[HCDX] Numerous Loggings From The Last 3 Weeks

[Dave Valko <djvalko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

PERU  5602.56  LV de los Andes, San Miguel de El Faique, Huancabamba  0112 
very animated M anncr w/mx at t/in.  Ment of ??radio?sintonia.  ?? mas ?? 
numero uno ?? Huancabamba?frontera? ?.  Another ment of Huancabamba, radio, 
and numero uno.  Mx bridge, then clear ID by different M as ??Radio La Voz 
de los Andes??.  Canned echo anmnt by M w/clear ment of Huancabamba.  Then 
another over beautiful OA flute mx w/ment of frontera.  Live M returned for 
a very short anmnt at 0117, followed by apparent canned tlk by W (briefly) 
then M anncrs over Huayno mx w/ment of Juan Castro, and ?la radio? and ID 
??onda ??, La Voz de los Andes??.  Suddenly went off at 0119:30*.  Best 
signal yet and very glad to get the ID.  (12 Nov.)

PERU   4751.79  R. Huanta Dos Mil  1001  Canned anmnt by M in pres. Aymara, 
then live M briefly including ID, more canned anmnts in SP.  Live M 
returned at 1004.  Good signal and Codar not as much of a problem this 
AM.  (13 Nov.)

PERU  5039.17  R. Libertad de Junin (pres.)  1048-1055, Already on at t/in 
w/pres. nx by alternating M and W.  Actuality by M also.  Ment of 
Peru.  Canned ad at 1054.  Not very strong and annoying slop QRM from 5025 
Rebelde.  Fading out too quickly and too far gone by 1055.  (13 Nov.)

4918.98  R. Quito  On the air today 1000-1100.  (13 Nov.)

NORTH KOREA  2850.05   KCBS Pyongyang  Once TVI ended at 1132, hrd 
?hard? 
speech or somesuch by W anncr.  Then 1137-1159 pgm of nonstop peppy mx 
either instru. or w/womens chorus.  1159 M anncr w/ID, deadair, and 3+1 
(higher) time ticks.  1200+ impassioned tlk by M.   Amazingly strong clear 
signal peaking at 1200.  Still coming in very weakly at 1242 w/mx when the 
MD recording ended.  Wonder if the recent increase in solar flux levels 
have anything to do with this improved signal.  Usually its very difficult 
at best.  (13 Nov.)

ARGENTINA  6214.7  R. Baluarte/R. Armonia  0140-0156 Preaching by M in 
SP.  0156-0159 soft vcl mx.  0159 M in PT w/clear R. Armonia 
ID/freq.  0159-0206 more soft PT mx, 0206 sounded like 2 promos, then back 
to soft PT vcl mx until the MD ran out at 0212!!  Best heard in quite some 
time.  Was hoping to get s/off.  (14 Nov.)

PERU  5039.17  R. Libertad de Junin (pres.)  Suddenly popped on at exactly 
1052:48, then audio w/M and W tlking 6 seconds later.  Not really strong 
enough to copy.  (14 Nov.)

PERU  5024.92  R. Quillabamba  1005 Could hear this underneath Rebeldes 
OC.  Canned anmnt between campesino songs.  Another anmnt w/Laser 
shooting-like SFX, live M briefly, and beautiful harp mx.  Think this 
would?ve been really nice if Rebelde wasn?t on.  (16 Nov.)

PERU  4886.63  R. Virgen del Carmen  1014 prob. ad of girls chorus mixed 
w/tlk by W w/ment of ??la voz de la ciudad??, then another ad including an 
excerpt of a speech.  1017 brief anmnt by live M w/ment of onda corta, then 
another ad w/ment of ??la voz de la selva?? and ?la hora?, then canned ID 
by M at 1019 as ?4885 kilohertz onda corta, R. Virgen del Carmen? ending 
w/very short fanfare mx, and back to live M anncr to 1023.  Into nice OA 
harp campesino mx.  M returned at 1026-1031 ments of trabajo.  1031 into ad 
block.  Slowly fading and barely there at 1100.  Finally able to ID 
this!!  Best signal in quite a while but audio has a buzzing sound and 
there?s slop QRM from 4885 ZY.  They have a very nice Web site.  (16 Nov.)

PERU  5014.42  R. Altura (pres.)  1006 live M at t/in (pres. nx) w/ment of 
nacionales.  Canned shouting anmnt by M, and into campesino mx.  1012 live 
M, TC and anmnt, another song.  1017-1023 ad/promo block.  First one start 
w/ment of Juventud, ment of Cerro de Pasco.  1023 live M.  Didn?t hear any 
IDs.  (17 Nov.)

ECUADOR  4909.23  R. Chaskis (pres.)  1100 Beautiful very professional 
campesino mx w/great flutes.  1101 W anncr in Indian lang briefly w/ment of 
?nacional?, then more mx.  More of the same w/anmnts by W at 1108, 1111, 
1117, 1122, and 1126, but didn?t hear one ID.  (17 Nov.)

BRAZIL  4925.07   R. Educacao Rural, Tefe (pres.)  2332-0102  tlk by M 
w/flute mx underneath.  Ment of telefono.  Noise at ToH prevented ID.  Not 
that strong.  (17-18 Nov.)  See below

BRAZIL  4925.09   R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, 0959 End of ZY Pop song, then 
simple ?R. Rural? ID by M, fanfare w/women group chorus, and full canned ID 
by M, and M in slight echo w/pres. nx.  Good signal.  (18 Nov.)

BOLIVIA  4928.2  R. San Miguel (pres.)  1007 rustic drum beating mx, 
muffled long tlk by W at 1009-1013+.  Faded very quickly after 1015.  Slop 
QRM from Brazil below too.  Imposs. to copy.  (18 Nov.)

CUBA  6300  R. Havana Cuba spur  0630-0700  RHC puts out a nasty spur here 
of 6180 until it signs off at 0700.  (19 Nov.)

NORTH KOREA  6285  R. Pyongyang  1057 caught end of sked and ID by M in EG, 
then OC.  Into IS at 1100.  Strong w/a little slop QRM from CRI below.  (21 
Nov.)

ECUADOR  4909.23   R. Chaskis  1053-1055 beautiful HC mx w/W vcl, 1055 M 
anncr in SP w/song anmnts and also nice clear ID, then back to more HC 
mx.  1058 another clear ID by different M in lcl dialect.  Great flute song 
at 1101.  A little bit of echo on M voice and also actualities aired during 
feature at 1104-1112.  Back to mx.  Finally lost around 1150.  Hrd again in 
the evening w/nice signal at 0153 on 4909.24.  Mx was turned down and had 
deadair from 0245-0252, and again 0318-0321.  Went off at exactly 0329:10 
after anmnt (including ID) w/out fanfare.  S/on is very irregular and 
sometimes audio is so weak as to be nearly imposs. to detect.  Nice today 
though.  (22 Nov.)

HONDURAS  3249.7   R. Luz y Vida  Has been slightly above 3250 for a while 
but was here below today at 1116 w/M and W in SP and EG rel. pgm.  (23 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6930   WBNY  1432 Political discussion, tongue in cheek comedy 
songs, NBC chimes, ads.  Shouting/singing and Turkey gobbling.  Monotonous 
?Monkey? sound bits/speech collage.  ?Pirate Quiz? show.  ?99 Dead 
Baboons?.  (23 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6876.12   The Crystal Ship  1530, song by I think 10 Years 
After.  1532 ID anmnt w/echo.  ?Good morning Vietnam? and ?Fortunate 
Son?.  Decent signal.  (23 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6850.06   WBNY  1537, continuing here w/same kind of pgming as 
hrd on 6930U earlier.  This was in AM mode and much weaker.  (23 Nov.)

After coming home from visiting relatives at 1840, I found the power was 
out.  I immediately gathered the Power Tank and DC power cord and headed up 
to the radio.  Was getting a weak carrier on 4845, and decent audio from 
5025 Rebelde, but that was all for 60 meters.  49 meters was full of 
stations.  Found another carrier on 4780 (Djibouti) at 1900.  Oddly, it was 
pretty noisy for there not being any power in town.  The power was finally 
restored at about 0020.  (23 Nov.)

CLANDESTINE  6245   R. Zamaneh  Booming signal at 1843.  (23 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6924.94U   Captain Ron  2023 Live bdcst, ID, e-mail addr, ment 
of the Free Radio Weekly.  Said hasn?t been on for a while.  Testing 
audio.  Later was playing mx.  Good.  (23 Nov.)

HAMS  3943L   Hams playing around   Boots Randolf ?Ruby? at 2048, then M 
w/song anmnts and ment of VH1 Classics.  CW briefly, and more tlk.  (23 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6875.39   WBNY  2055 M w/political tlk, 2059 parody song.  Cow 
SFX over Rock mx.  Same type of pgm hrd earlier.  FRN logs had WBNY 
here.  (23 Nov.)

24 November 2006:   Went up for a micro-DXpedition as I wanted to compare 
mid-day 49 and 60 mb reception to last year at this time.  The K index was 
high and there were G1 level storms.  On the way up, the NRD fell off the 
seat and onto the floor again.  Fortunately there was no damage except to a 
bent adapter ground plug.  The NRDs are really solid radios!!

RX:  JRC NRD-535D
ANT:  315' Beverage (BOG) at 50°, and 395? at 85°
QTH:  Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration:  1600-2045 UTC
Solar Indices:  S.F. = 77  A Index = 15  K Index = 3 (but down to 2 at 
1818)  Minor space weather w/G1 level storms.
WX:  Clear, sunny.  Warm 50°56° F. (10°13° C.)

These freqs had audio at some level just after 1600:  6230, 6200, 6180, 
6170, 6165, 6160 (Canada), 6155, 5120, 6110, 6090, 6085 (WYFR), 6075, 6065, 
6050, 6035, 6015 (decent), 5995, 5990, 5980, 5970 (good), 5955, 
5930.  Carriers or threshold audio on almost all other channels!!  The band 
seemed to drop off a bit by 1630.  The band picked back up and a few more 
signals with audio showed up after 1700.  By 1817 check, at least 2 dozen 
signal w/audio were noted.  And by 1920, respectable audio was noted on 
nearly every channel on the band!!

At 1844, these signals started appearing using the 85° BOG; 5026, 4976, 
4845, and 4780.  At 1913, was getting signals on these freqs; 5030, 5026, 
5005, 4976, 4950, 4940, 4845, 4780, and 4770.  Oddly, the strongest signals 
were 5026 and 4780 followed by 4976 and 4940.

EGYPT  6230  R. Cairo  Already a signal w/audio (mx) at 1556, M anncr, then 
AR mx to 5_1 (higher) time ticks at ToH, M very briefly w/pres. ID, mx 
bridge, then tlk.  (24 Nov.)

IRAN   6200  V.O. Islamic Rep. of Iran (pres.)  1602 tlk by M in mid-east 
lang.  M over AR mx at 1606.  Fairly good and 100%.  Very quick fading 
though.  (24 Nov.)

UNID.  6014.4  Carrier here at 1611.  Still there on numerous checks and at 
1911.  Is this a station here or could it be an rx internally generated 
signal??  (24 Nov.)

ALBANIA  5970 CRI relay  Tlk by W in GM, then M anncr over mx w/poss. ID at 
1614.  1615 canned ID by W, then M anncr again.  Decent signal and pretty 
good at 1706 check.  (24 Nov.)

CUBA  5025  R. Rebelde  1616  Tlk by M in SP.  100% readable.  A bit weaker 
at 1654 but still readable.  Actually heard all day long.  (24 Nov.)

USA  5000  WWV  Easily audible at 1617!!  Pounding in on 85° BOG.  (24 Nov.)

ZANZIBAR  11735  R. Tanzania Zanzibar  1636 only fair signal.  (24 Nov.)

AUSTRIA  6155  R. Austria Int.  1642 mx, then M anncr in GM, and Tango-like 
song.  GM song at 1648.   ID at 1700.  (24 Nov.)

POLAND  6035  R. Polonia  M and W in Euro-like lang at 1649.  1655 Macy 
Gray song.  M and W anncr then.  1657 end of pgm and off.  (24 Nov.)

CLANDESTINE  6245  R. Zamaneh  1701 AR Pop-like mx, so I suppose this signs 
on at 1700.  Not hrd before.

UNID.  6235  UNID.  Also on just after 1700.  Who would that be??  R. 
Rossii??  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6925U  V.O. Influenza??  Big signal at 1720 w/what sounded 
like Joe Cocker mx.  Chipmunks Christmas song, stopped, then ?Toy Sack? 
sung to B-52s ?Love Shack?.  A couple more Christmas songs.  Still going at 
1749.  (see below)  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6925U  V.O. Influenza relaying V.O. the Runaway 
Maharishi??  1813  VORM pgm w/Captain Ganja acknowledging reception 
reports.  Said was R. Free Euphoria but is now VORM.  Requested 3 29 cent 
stamps and mentioned freqs around 7420, so must?ve been an old show.  (see 
below)  (24 Nov.)

LITHUANIA  6250  VOIRI via Lithuania  Found here at 1730.  (24 Nov.)

UNID.  6225  UNID.  Found a signal here too at 1730.  1746 M tlk in 
mid-east lang.  Gone at 1803, so apparently a half hour xmsn.  Who would 
this be??  Kazahkstan??  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  6210  R. Borderhunter  I setup a test with the operator of 
R. Borderhunter to see how early Europirates could be heard here.  At 1732 
a definite carrier here until at least 1743, but not there at 
1745.  Extremely weak of course.  That?s a full 4 hours and 20 minutes 
before our local sunset!!!!  Incredible!!  Noted carrier again at the ToH 
xmsn at 1801.  It may have come on at 1800:30 but it wasn?t abrupt enough 
to be certain to the second.  Went off at exactly 1811:05!!  A little 
stronger when it came on for the 1830 xmsn at exactly 1830:55.  Still not 
strong enough for audio, although it sounded very much like a M anncr 
briefly at 1835:50.  Definitely audio at 1840, but it went off at 
1840:50.  Was a couple minutes late for the longer 1900 xmsn showing up at 
exactly 1902:05.  An echo anmnt and deep-voiced M anncr, which I found 
later that this was the Borderhunter 2007 Summer Meeting jingle.  Another 
jingle 1803-1804.  Only strains of audio after that.  Came back at 1918 and 
nothing was heard.  (see below)  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  6220  Mystery R.  Getting a carrier here at early as 
1804.  Seemed similar in strength to Borderhunter on 6210 at this 
time.  Maybe a tad stronger at 1808.  A little bit of mx at 1833!!  Almost 
3 and a half hours before sunset!!  Long Techno-Dance mx much more audible 
by 1852.  Usual ID at 1910.  Really impressive by 1935.  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (NA)  6925U  V.O. Influenza  1847 IDs and addr, Dread Zeppelin song 
anmnt, and into said song.  Has to be same signal that?s been on since 
1720.  Strong.  (24 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  6205  R. Borderhunter  Found on this freq at 1942 w/couple 
nice Rock-a-Billy songs.  1952 clear short ID w/freq over Techno-Dance 
mx.  Instru. song.  Also recognized ?Daddy Cool? by Boney M at 2007, ?The 
Letter? by The Box Tops, ?I?m on Fire? by Bruce Springsteen at 2019, one by 
Buddy Holly at 2023, and ?Odia? by CCR at 2035.  Fady signal and dropped 
down by 2017, and audio just weakly in and out by 2030.  But by 2035 was 
coming back slightly.  Must?ve had a spike in the X-Ray flux.  2038 
?Sultans of Swing? by Dire Straites.  Not getting any better by 2045.  (24 
Nov.)

UNID.  5010  R. Madagascara??  1958 signal w/audio, but almost as soon as I 
tuned in, a pulsing UTE started.  When I returned at 2001 it was gone.  (24 
Nov.)

UNID.  6285  V.O. Korea??  Something here at 2016.  Threshold audio w/M 
anncr.  (24 Nov.)

UNID.  6067.75  V.O. Korea??  Getting a carrier here after 1100 but no 
chance for audio because of horrible local static noise.  Got the carrier 
again at 1207 and definitely sounds like an Asia.  V.O.Korea maybe??  (25 Nov.)

POLAND  9525   R. Polonia  1328-  During their broadcast, I heard the pgm 
hosts tlk abt the SW audience compared to their Internet audience.  They 
admitted there are more people listening on the Internet than on SW.  Also 
that they have had many complaints of poor SW reception over the recent 
years.  (25 Nov.)

UNID.  7120  Multiple RS IDs sounding like ?R. (sit-Eye-ah) by M and 
W.  Familiar IS but can?t recall the station!!  Then M w/another ID and 
into pres. nx.  Fair over Wantok.  (25 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  15070.3v  Cupid R.  1446-1656  Already on when I tuned in 
w/more recent Pop mx.  Recognized songs by Natalie Merchant and 
Outfield.  1449 ID and hotline and song for Chris Smolinski.  1454 ID, 
e-mail, and hotline number again.  More anmnts including listener 
acknowledgements at 1502, 1513, 1531, 1535, 1600, 1605, 1612, 1619, 1640, 
1650.  Played my ID anmnt at 1543 followed by another ID jingle.  Still 
going at 1656 although it appeared Rinus was giving closing anmnts.  Nice 
brief peak at 1507 but then almost abruptly faded out.  Beautiful peak 
1600-1606, but then faded way down after 1620.  Annoying local ticking 
noise until abruptly going off at 1551:17, only to return at 1635.  (25 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  6324.5  R. Waves Int.  2006 little bit of mx.  2007 M 
anncr but not strong enough to copy.  More mx.  Like 6306, this faded after 
2010.  M anncr again briefly at 2022, W anncr at 2023.  Later, at 2104, 
caught the ?Caroline? theme song.  2106 sounded like an ID.  2107 ?Knock on 
Wood? by Eddie Floyd.  2111 ?Stand by Me? by Ben E. King.  2113-2115 M w/UK 
sounding accent over mx but not RWI anncr.  Caroline pgm relay at this time 
perhaps??  2123 ?Our House? by Madness.  2131 M anncr but getting some SSB 
QRM.  2132 finally nice ID ?This is RWI, Radio Waves Int?? and addr. 
Horrible UTE QRM at 2137.  2150 ?It Never Rains in Southern California? by 
Albert Hammond followe by M anncr.  Dropped down by this time.  Gone at 
2157.  (25 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  3927  Spaceman R./R. Delmare  Signal here and even some 
very weak audio at 2014!!!  Mx coming in at 2027 but several Hams were 
tuning up.  Strong enough to recognize songs by 2035.  2040-2044 two songs 
by The Carpenters including ?On Top of the World?, and then maybe 
another.  2049 Mr. Spaceman w/ID, ment of the Internet, hotline 
0031-621-948070.  2059-2102 ?Hard Days Night?.  2126 ?The Sounds of 
Philadelphia? by MSFB, 2128 ?Me and Mrs Jones? by Billy Paul, 2135 ?Free 
Ride? by The Edgar Winter Group.  2136 Spaceman w/listener acknowledgements 
and into Neil Diamonds ?Beautiful Noise?.  2139 acknowledgement of Mr. 
Smart (Spaceman admitted he didn?t know his first name!!).  2145 
?California Dreamin? remake.  2148-2150 Spaceman w/song anmnt and ID, 
phone, e-mail.  Going off and on at 2158 as if there were xmtr 
problems.  (25 Nov.)

CUBA  6420  R. Nac. De Venezuela via Cuba spur here too just like on 
6300.  Fortunately they go off at 0700.  (26 Nov.)

PIRATE (EUROPE)  15070  Cupid R.  Has been on the air Saturdays in the 
1430-1630 time frame.  Operator said he'd be on again this coming Saturday 
(2 December).  When its peaking, can have a pretty decent signal here in 
eastern NA.  Good audio too.

73            Dave


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