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Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4, 2015
Here are some facts and findings on ITU CIRAF image data documents:
Brandon site in A-14 season was ALWAYS registered 25 kW.
AOS PDF sheet showed 10 kW only.
5995 and 9660 kHz at 10 degrees azimuth
CIRAF zones 51, 64 and 65
towards northern Pacific incl Koror, Kiribati, Samoa isl.
12080 kHz at 80 degrees azimuth
CIRAF zones 51, 56, 60, and 62
towards rather central, eastern and southern Pacific
incl Koror, to NZL, Samoa, and Cook Isls.
ANGOLA. 4950-,
at 1945 UT July 4 exact on 4949.735 kHz,
compared to RWM Moscow Taldom 4996, VOA 4930 and ABC Northern sce 4835 kHz.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 9:06 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4, 2015
ANGOLA. 4950-, July 4 circa 0100, definitely a carrier here on the low
side, when there is not much making it from S America. Strongly suspect
it`s RNA which is always reported off-frequency, and with deficient
modulation (if any, overnight?). (Such as 4949.75 by Carlos GonÃalves,
Portugal, June 25 at 1931-1951; but he does not mention any modulation
deficiency this time). It`s not at all unusual to detect 4950- carrier
here around this hour, with or without anything on 60m from S America
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
AUSTRALIA. 12085 & 12065, July 4 at 1212, RA in play-by-play coverage of
some SBG, unlike the missing PNG [q.v.] relay on 12025 which has been
started for just such a purpose; live? it`s after 10 pm in eastern Oz; by
1252, 9580 interviews a coach about family violence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA [non]. 12025, July 4 at 0456, live coverage of a silly
ballgame, apparently American SÃmoa vs PNG, fair signal, past 0600 with no
ID. This is the latest sensation, NBC suddenly on new SW frequencies for a
special event, with conflicting info. Some think it`s via RA Shepparton;
others say via Townsville, Queensland, with 10 or 20 kW. Perhaps the
dormant Broadcast Australia 10 kW unit at Brandon has been reactivated for
this, which would make sense, as its original purpose and antennas were
for RA to cover PNG. Brandon is so small that I don`t find it on the first
two atlases I grab, but it is certainly close to major city Townsville, 65
km or 41 miles away. (BTW, if Australia were ever to become a Republic,
Queensland would have to be renamed: how about Gillardia? Vic and NSW are
also colonial legacies. Perhaps uncontroversial geographical state
nomenclature should be extended: Northeast Australia, Southeast
Australia.)
One schedule says 12025 is in use at 08-20 UT, but here it is already
before 0500. I was looking for it first on 9860, nominally 22-10 UT, but
nothing. My next check at 1212 finds no 12025, while R. Australia [q.v.]
is in as usual on 12085 > 12065 with its own SBG coverage. Still no 12025
at 1345 check.
6075, July 4 at 1213, chanting, siren, drumming, 1216 says something for
PNG is ``brought to you by NBC``, hyper music still at 1223, almost fading
out by 1250. The 6075 signal is poor but that`s to be expected this late
after our sunrise, and could well be starting out with 100 instead of only
10 or 20 kW. By 1252, RA 9580 is no longer in play by play football (I
think, rather than cricket).
Keith Perron reported July 3: ``Papua New Guinea's national broadcaster is
leasing time from the Broadcast Australia shortwave site in Brandon,
Australia for coverage of the South Pacific Games. Power: 20 kW
10 to 14 UTC - 6075
19 to 22 UTC - 6075
22 to 10 UTC - 9860
When Radio Australia used this site they were running 10 kW``
Source? He misses 12025, and how did the power get doubled for this??
Aoki as of July 4 shows them thus from 1931S 14720E NBC a15 Jul. 1-18:
6075 NBC National Radio 1900-2200 1234567 English 25 10 Brandon AUS
6075 NBC National Radio 1000-1400 1234567 English 25 10 Brandon AUS
9860 NBC National Radio 2200-1000 1234567 English 25 10 Brandon AUS
12025 NBC National Radio 2200-1000 1234567 English 25 80 Brandon AUS
i.e. 25 kW each on 10 and 80 degree azimuths. The 80-degree beam on 12025
is of course not for PNG, but islands further east, not to mention
impacting North America beyond.
Ivo Ivanov reported earlier July 4: ``Radio NBC, National Radio of Papua
New Guinea is leasing times from shortwave site in Brandon, Australia for
coverage of the South Pacific Games
1900-2200 6075 BRN 020 kW / 010 deg NPac as previous RA 5995/6080
2200-1000 9860 BRN 020 kW / 010 deg NPac as previous RA freq 9660
2200-1000 12025 BRN 020 kW / 080 deg EPac as previous RA freq 12080
1000-1400 6075 BRN 020 kW / 010 deg NPac as previous RA 5995/6080``
Craig Seager posted to the ARDXC list on July 4:
``In case you hadnât heard --- The collapse of ABC Radio Australia
internal capacity to provide specific regional content has seen PNG
national broadcaster step up to lease transmission time from Australian
contractor Broadcast Australia for the South Pacific Games next [sic]
month 4-18 July 2015. The site is Townsville in northern Queensland.
To Papua New Guinea
1000 - 1400 UT 6075 kHz
1900 - 2200 UT 6075 kHz
2200 - 1000 UT 9860 kHz
To Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
0800 - 2000 UT 12025 kHz [sic]
Both broadcasts are with a power of 20 kW AM up from 10 kW when the site
carried Radio Australia programming. [for release 29 June] Via Nigel
Holmes``
S. Hasegawa, Japan, was first to report 6075 on July 2; also heard by Ron
Howard on July 3. Wolfgang BÃschel in Germany finds the NBC signals to be
too strong for 10 kW Brandon; he and Kai Ludwig suspect idle Shepparton
100 kW units are really in use at least in part. Can we get the full story
on this? FWIW, before RA quit them, some of the ``Brandon 10 kW``
transmissions often sounded to me like 100 kW Sheppartons.
It would be advisable to check all three frequencies at any time
propagation is possible, since I heard 12025 when ``not`` scheduled and
did not hear 9860 when it was. Obviously the 24-hour schedule can`t only
be about ballgames, so is this the precursor to a regular rented full NBC
SW service? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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