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[HCDX] Brandon Jordan logs - August 25 - partial 60 meter survey
60 MB Survey - August 25, 2007 - 0254-1230 UTC
190 kHz span: 4,727 - 4,917 kHz
QTH: Memphis, TN USA (35.1068,-89.8980), Sunrise: 1127 UTC
Receiver: RFSpace SDR-14
Antenna: Wellbrook ALA-100 Loop (60/240°, 3m x 9m, 1m elevation)
Accessories: GAP HearIT DSP, Datong FL3, Ratzlaff 2.25 mHz High Pass Filter
** AUSTRALIA. 4910.00 ABC Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, 25 AUG
0640-0832* - carrier rising above noise floor at 0640, threshold audio
beginning 0730 and fair signal by 0815 with live sports broadcast.
Abrupt 0832* sign-off. (Jordan-TN)
** BOLIVIA. 4796.35 (t) R Mallku, Uyuni, 25 AUG 0954 - Transmitter
turned on at 0954. Threshold audio first noted by 1030 and peaking from
1040 until 1050, which matches sunrise at transmitter enhancement.
Andean music then monologue in lang by woman. Poor with strong slop when
Buena Nuevas was playing music, even in LSB, and moderate CODAR.
(Jordan-TN)
4865.01v (p) R Logos, Santa Cruz, 25 AUG 0254-1200 - Suspected R Logos
here during the entire recording drifting +/- 25 Hz, only peaking to
audio levels after 1000 and best from 1020-1040, matching 1026 UTC Santa
Cruz sunrise. Religious sounding vocals, no announcements heard, and
unable to determine language. Very poor due to beeping UTE QRM on both
sidebands. Carrier faded into noise floor shortly after 1200. (Jordan-TN)
4875.08 (p) R La Cruz del Sur, La Paz, 25 AUG *0955 - Transmitter
turned on at 0955, audio started fading up at 1020, peaking from
1029-1035 with just threshold audio and then fading fast. Talk by man,
echo efx, 90% certain Spanish language. Peak enhancement definitely fits
Bolivia, LA SW Logs list them on 4876v and last reported 12/06.
(Jordan-TN)
** BRAZIL. 4754.87 R Inmaculada Concepçao, Campo Grande MS, 25 Aug
0254-1100 - Catholic religious programming, best signal 0940-1000 UTC.
Carrier below noise floor by at 1100. (Jordan-TN)
4785.06 (t) R Caiari, Porto Velho RO, 25 Aug *0840 - Transmitter turned
on at 0840, weak Portuguese talk heard by 0915. Peaking by 1020
transmitter sunrise. No ID noted. Poor with medium CODAR. (Jordan-TN)
4804.98 R Dif do Amazonas, Manaus AM, 25 AUG *0858 - Transmitter turned
on at 0858, initially poor but steadily improving towards transmitter
sunrise. Nice peak from 1000 to 1010 before slowly fading, with ID then
announcements by man. Moderate CODAR QRM made listening difficult.
(Jordan-TN)
4845.23 R Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus AM, 25 AUG 1007 - Transmitter
turned on at 1007 and silent until brief sign-on announcement by man as
"Radio Cultura" into contemporary vocals. Good signal with occasional
UTE QRM on both sidebands, then fading after 1015. (Jordan-TN)
4885.01 R Clube do Pará, Belem PA, 25 AUG 0254-1140 - Great signal all
night
giving CODAR a run for its money. Music, interviews, IDs. Slowing fading
after Belem sunrise, carrier faded below noise floor at 1140. (Jordan-TN)
4894.89v (p) R IPB Novo Tempo, Campo Grande PR, 25 AUG 0254 - Carrier
here all night, slowly drifting downward (25 Hz by 0800). Signal fading
up from 0940 with a peak perfectly matching Campo Grande's 0953 UTC
sunrise, but never enough for any usable audio. Carrier faded below
noise floor at 1102. (Jordan-TN)
4894.99 (p) R Baré, Manaus AM, 25 AUG 0254-0359* - Very presumed,
carrier only and emitting +/- 60 Hz spurs (+ harmonics) until
transmitter left the air at 0359*. No sign of this s/on in the
morning.(Jordan-TN)
4905.11 R Araguaina, Araguaína TO, 25 AUG 0903 - Transmitter switched
on at 0903 but weak, no audio heard until 0914 as signal as rapidly
peaked with easy contemporary Christian vocal, brief announcement by man
in Portuguese then back to vocals. Great 2 minute peak exactly at
Araguaína 0917 sunrise before rapidly fading back down until carrier
dropped below noise floor at 1020. High static levels. (Jordan-TN)
4914.96 R Difusora, Macapá AC, 25 AUG 0230-1120 - Noted here all night
with music format, fair signal amidst heavy CODAR until Goiânia sign-on
and fading after down after Macapá sunrise. Signal disappeared below
noise floor by 1120. (Jordan-TN)
4915.02 R CBN Anhanguera, Goiânia GO, 25 AUG *0904-1100 - Sign-on
announcements by man, mentions of Brasil and Goiânia into program of
easy vocals then religious monologue by man starting at 0930. Generally
dominant over R. Difusora, which wasn't an issue anyway in USB. Ever
present CODAR. Faded below noise floor by 1100. (Jordan-TN)
** CHINA. 4750.00 (t) PBS Qinghai, Xining, 25 AUG 0918-1230 - noted
carrier rising above noise floor at 0918. Signal peaking by 1130 and
holding steady until 1230 tune-out, but dominated by Indonesia
throughout. No pronounced 1153 sunset at transmitter enhancement.
Threshold talk by man and woman in lang, Chinese vocals. Minimal
CODAR.(Jordan-TN)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780.00 R.Djibouti, 25 Aug *0304 - s/on directly into
Koran recitations, sermon in Arabic at 0310. S9 signal with static,
starting to slowly fade by 0315.(Jordan-TN)
** ECUADOR. 4814.98 (t) R El Buen Pastor, Saraguro 0254-0309 and
0855-1145 - Tentatively the one here in Spanish with religious program,
sign off announcement at 0300* then silence until the transmitter left
the air at 0309. Transmitter turned back on at 0855. Much improved by
1030 with US religious program giving Atlanta, GA P.O. Box at 1058.
Probable ID at 1100 but could catch no details. Mainly poor due to
static levels, no ID or location info heard. LA SW Logs show this one
last report Dec 04, but am pretty confident this is them due to format
and propagation. (Jordan-TN)
4909.216 R Chaskis del Norte, Otavalo, 25 AUG 0245-0531* - Spanish talks
by male announcer, lots of indigenous Andean music, panpipes, mentions
of Ecuador but no ID heard. Mainly very poor but better after 0510. Must
be evenings only as no sign of them signing back on in the morning.
(Jordan-TN)
** GABON. 4777.00 R Gabon, Moyabi 25 Aug *0458-0759* - Huge S9+20
signal, French with s/on announcements by woman, news at 0500 and pop
vocals at 0510. Carrier at noise floor at 0759* (Jordan-TN)
** GUATEMALA. 4779.96, R Coatán, San Sebastian, 25 AUG *1030-1230 -
National anthem, s/on ID and announcement, vocals (Jordan-TN)
4799.77 R Buenas Nuevas, San Sebastián, 25 AUG 0254-0424* and 0859-1230
- S/off at 0424* then transmitter turned back on early at 0859 and dead
air until 0924 then non-stop instrumentals until 1000, then dead air
until transmitter left air at 1002. Back at 1015 with instrumentals
until 1024 sign-on announcement then back to musica. Still there at 1230
with good signal. CODAR throughout. (Jordan-TN)
** INDIA. 4760.00 (p) AIR Port Blair, Brookshabad, 25 AUG 1040 -
carrier noted rising above noise floor at 1040 and peaking around 1200,
but never strong enough to produce audio. Presumed based on peak
coinciding around Port Blair sunset. (Jordan-TN)
4820.00 (p) AIR Kolkata, Calcutta, 25 AUG 1222-1230 - Presumed the one
here turning the transmitter turned on at 1222. About equal level to and
7 Hz below tentative PBS Xizang. No audio noted before 1230 end of
recording. (Jordan-TN)
4879.99 (p) AIR Lucknow, 25 AUG 1205-1230 - presumed the one here
turning transmitter on at 1205. No audio noted by 1230 end of recording.
(Jordan-TN)
** INDONESIA. 4749.96 RRI Makassar, 25 AUG 0828-1230 - rising above
noise floor at 0828 and improving rapidly. Bits of audio first noticed
around 0915, better by 0940 with pop vocals. Announcement by man at
0955 then Islamic evening call to prayer, announcement by woman at 1002,
then return to Koranic recitations at 1004 during excellent sunset at
transmitter enhancement. Much weaker but still usable at 1230 tune-out.
Best in LSB to avoid presumed PBS Qinghai carrier, very slight CODAR
QRM. (Jordan-TN)
4789.98 RRI Fak-Fak, Fak Fak, 25 AUG 0805 - carrier noted rising above
noise floor at 0805 and steadily rising amidst strong CODAR. Koranic
recitations noted from 0900. Much better after 1130 local sunrise in
Memphis, peaking at S5 with vocals, some C&W sounding, woman announcer,
and CODAR much weaker. (Jordan-TN)
4869.93 (t) RRI Wamena, Wamena, 25 AUG 0720 - Same signal as noted on
15 Aug, but fading up earlier at 0720 this morning. Threshold audio
noted by 0830 but still too weak to be very usable. Unlike other RRI
outlets noted this morning, no sunset call to prayer heard around 0845
Wamena sunset. (Jordan-TN)
** MALI. 4835.58 ORTM, Bamako, 25 Aug 0554 - Transmitter turned on at
0554, no audio noted until around 0610, vocals accompanied by strings
into monologue in lang. I am only able to get usable audio from this
station for about 15 minutes centered on transmitter sunrise despite
decent signal strength. (Jordan-TN)
** MAURITANIA. 4845.15 R Mauritanie, Nouakchott, 25 AUG - No sign of
R. Mauritanie at usual *0700, or after. (Jordan-TN)
** MEXICO. 4810.00 XERTA, México City, 25 AUG 0254-1230 - easy going
vocals, IDs, TCs, announcements entire 0254-1230 recording. Moderate to
strong CODAR. (Jordan-TN)
** NIGERIA. 4769.96 R Nigeria, Kaduna, 25 AUG 0423-0815 - Transmitter
turned on at 0423, s/on at 0430 with drums, then choral anthem then
announcements and possible news in presumed Hausa, vocals at 0445.
"Radio Nigeria Kaduna" ID into national and regional news in English.
S9+10 signal from 0500-0545 marred by moderate static levels. Carrier
disappeared below noise floor at 0815. (Jordan-TN)
** PERU. 4746.87 (t) R Huanta 2000, Huanta, 25 Aug *1024 - Very
tentative. Only threshold audio noted from 1050 to 1105, monologue by
female then man after 1100, likely religious. Huanta 2000 previously
logged *0913 on 4754.97 kHz Aug 15. (Jordan-TN)
** SWAZILAND. 4774.97 TWR, Manzini, 25 AUG 0405 - Religious
programming in German, English ID at 0430. USB poor and LSB unusable due
to UTE QRM. USB unusable after Gabon s/on. (Jordan-TN)
** TIBET. 4820.00 (t) Xizang PBS, Lhasa, 25 Aug 1045-1230 - carrier
noted rising above noise floor at 1045, weak audio noted from 1200 with
brief instrumental music then talk by man. Best in LSB, occasional UTE
QRM in USB. (Jordan-TN)
4905.00 Xizang PBS, Lhasa, 25 AUG 1020-1230 - carrier slowly rising
above noise floor at 1020 UTC and slowing. Peaking fast at 1127 Memphis
sunrise, talks by man and in woman in presumed Tibetan until 1159, then
brief musical bridge and back to discussion by man and woman. Still
audible at 1230 end of recording. (Jordan-TN)
** UNID. 4895.00 25 AUG *1056-1230 - unid fluttery Asian signal here
signing on at *1056 with signal peaking at receiver sunrise. No audio
heard. Nobody listed as signing on at 1100 here, although Aoki lists AIR
Kolkata as *1130 s/on. Mongolia is listed 2200-1500 and Kuching
0800-1500, and not sure Kuching is still active here. (Jordan-TN)
** VIETNAM. 4739.71v (p) R Son La, San La, 25 AUG 1145-1225 - Possibly
the one here turning the transmitter on at 1145. Only bits of barely
threshold audio noted, transmitter drifting +/- 200 Hz, with occasional
sudden jumps of 5 - 8 Hz. Signal faded below noise floor by 1225 UTC.
(Jordan-TN)
** ZIMBABWE. 4828.00 Voice of Zimbabwe, Guineafowl, 25 Aug 0254-0504*
- non stop African music, peaking around 0420 and past Zimbabwe sunrise
with fair signal. Transmitter turned off at 0504* without fanfare. Best
reception yet of this frequency since the "tests" began. (Jordan-TN)
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