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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Glenn Hauser logs August 3-4, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) 2. Glenn Hauser logs August 4, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:21:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 3-4, 2011 Message-ID: <1312474907.279.yahoomailclas...@web114017.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ANGUILLA. 6090 and 11775 continue to be absent for about a week, whenever checked on August 3-4. On August 4, George McClintock, consulting engineer and frequency manager for Caribbean Beacon explains, ``A new antenna curtain (wire portion of the antenna) is being installed. Salt air causes problems for the antenna over a long period of time. No transmitter problem`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BELGIUM [non]. 17750-17755-17760, Aug 3 at 2014, NO DRM noise; TDP Disco Palace is scheduled and usually blasting away from 20 to 22 via Guiana French; presumably an anomaly, but needs rechecking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [and non]. 21580, August 4 at 0536 CCI between two stations in Chinese, producing SAH, poor signals but at least propagating into the nightmiddle, i.e. R. Free Asia via TINIAN, and CNR1 jamming from who knows where dentro-China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 5770-5840, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,, August 4 at 1131, fortunately avoiding GUAM, q.v., but not MYANMAR. 6780 and 6870, peaks of rather wideband OTH radar pulses, Aug 4 at 1142 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake August 4, before 1200: 13920, poor at 1150; none higher 13130, poor at 1150 12600, fair at 1151 12270, fair at 1151 10300, good at 1153 Before 1230: 14720, very good at 1230, not 14700; none up to 18 MHz 12900, very good at 1224; none in the 13`s 12500, very good at 1224 12270, very good at 1224 Before 1300: 15545, fair at 1252 // 14720 good 16160, poor at 1254, rather than usual 16100 (note: I make complete bandscans, so I will not miss any new frequencies like this, rather than just check previously logged channels) 18180, very poor at 1256; none in the 17`s After 1330: 10300, poor at 1345 14720, good at 1341 14950, good at 1341 15970, fair with flutter at 1335; 15670 no FD but CNR1 jam flutter 16100, good with flutter at 1337, ex-16160 above before 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, Aug 4 at 1215, Nelson, N1NR in Pennsylvania discussing Columbus` voyages and hurricanes, with another SS in Georgia who must not be a totally native speaker from the way he pronounces Bermuda. For once, not anti-Castro rants! Tho still related to Cuba. Weak broadcast carrier was not enough; had to engage own BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 13945-13970, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, August 4 at 0532; 17640-17660 at 1310, bothering mainly 17650, which I should have paid more attention to, as nothing is scheduled there during this semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, Aug 4 at 1131, AFN with several minutes on Casey Anthony attributed to NBC; not // MSNBC, and can`t check NBC as local KFOR-27 is in own news until 1200. However, at 1137, handover to Al Roker working the crowd prior to too-brief national weather summary, so it must be soundtrack of the `Today` show, new for AFN at this time? What about NPR `Morning Edition` which I think used to be aired at 10-12? (At 1045 Aug 3, Jerry Lenamon in TX was hearing MSNBC`s `The Last Word` on 5765-USB, apparently on 10-hour delay.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA for more AFN ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 4 at 1123, not even a carrier yet from R. Verdad, but one detectable in high noise level at 1138. For better DX results in maximum darkness, RV really ought to sign on at the scheduled time of 1100. We are now in a perfect grayline situation, Enid sunrise at 1141, Chiquimula at 1142 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. 15610, IRRS via Tiganeshti, ROMANIA, Aug 4 at 1308 very poor but heard a bit of music unlike anything from The Overcomer Ministry; however, by 1322 the dulcet hoarseness of Brother Scare could be recognized, altho not // or at least not synchro with 9385 WWRB. 24 hours earlier on 15610, it was not BS but UN Radio or something. 1334 check, not even a carrier audible despite scheduled 13-14 UT. Unlikely another SW fadeout as Bulgaria was still in fairly well on 15700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA [and non]. 6049.6, Aug 4 at 1140, music and talk stronger than het from HCJB 6050.0, presumed Asyik FM on its off-frequency today. Usually HCJB dominates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, checking earlier in the night whether IGIM is expanded to 24h for Ramadan: Aug 4 at 0251 there is a poor signal, man talking continuously in Arabish, but can`t be sure it`s not Tajikistan as also scheduled, which would be in Tajik at 02-04, then Farsi at 04-06. Next check at 0416, sounds the same but weaker. Propagationally, Mauritania would have the advantage if on. By 0519, Nouakchott is certainly active with its characteristic monotonous chanting --- no, at least bitonous if not tritonous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9795, Aug 4 at 1156, RNW closing hour in Indonesian with satellite info, website, good signal here despite aiming 200 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES (opposite = 20 degrees, close); 1157 to open carrier featuring crackles for a couple minutes, instead of English filler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 17510, sufficient Aug 4 at 1144, RRI with `Living Romania` program, nevertheless starting with item about Denmark border controls, // weaker 17670, azimuths 307 and 165 resp. I was expecting to rehear the great folk music show `Skylark` which was on the previous Thursday at 1145-1152; shux. Not squeezed in later, as 1154 Enescu competition promo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN. 9725, fair Aug 4 at 1207, YL tonal 8-digit Chinese syllables, presumed numbers, from Star-Star (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7415 not, but checking WBCQ stream, Wednesday August 3 at 2129 I am hearing two audios mixing: Amos `n` Andy, `n` somethin` in Spanish for a few sex, sounds like Dino Bloise with `Frecuencia al D?a`. Presumably the same happened on 7415. Both audios stop at the same time, 2130 into unnamed show of amateur lo-fi singing of pop oldies. I`ve heard it before elsewhen on WBCQ, but what show is it? O, it must be: `Goddess Irina 1 Music Show`, which per still outdated 7415 schedule is supposed to be at 2330 on Tuesdays: http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=show_program&id=20 Her website in Western [sic] Samoa? including her portrait and spacey art also implies Tuesdays 2330: http://www.goddessirena1.ws/ Her ``Sunshine and Blue Skies`` CD playlist includes as second item, ``Bridge Over Troubled Water [sic]``, which I heard at 2135. WBCQ program may very well have just been playing that CD, which would explain lack of title, announcements. The 7415 schedule still shows WORLD OF RADIO Wednesdays at 2130 as well as the true time, Thursdays 2130. As for `Frecuencia al D?a`, it was regularly on WBCQ for a while, then apparently got lost in the shuffle of schedule changes. It`s still not listed at any time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1576 monitoring. First airing on WRMI 9955 webcast confirmed at 0330 UT Thursday August 4. Further WRMI times: Thu 1500, 2100, Fri 0500, 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730. A day before the 0500 airing, Aug 4 at 0528, 9955 had Jeff & Tha?s in Spanish, ergo `Viva Miami` with no jamming audible. More WOR times: WTWW: Thu 2100 9479, UT Sun 0400 5755 WBCQ: Thu 2130 7415, UT Mon 0300v 5110v-CUSB WWRB: UT Fri 0330v 5051 WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 All also with webcasts. Full schedule including many other webcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7881.0-USB, Aug 4 at 0523, I run across a broadcast, not a 2-way, soon obviously AFN instead of on 7811! Somebody`s finger at Saddlebunch slipped on the frequency pad, but if it`s 24/7, why would they ever be punching in a frequency? Series of typical short features and PSAs, including Dave Ross(?) on CBS Radio Network; 0524 `Soundbite`, 0525 Dan --- with `Today, August 4, in Rock History`, etc. Some het from a weak carrier on 7880, which must be wondering, what the ---? Next check at 1226, still not corrected and on 7881, not NPR `Morning Edition`, but // 12133.5 with more short features, 1228 PSA on UCMJ, 1229 `Air Force Report` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GUAM UNIDENTIFIED. 4940, straining for signals other than Cuba, WWCR, WWV on 60m, August 4 at 1128 the best I can find is a weak carrier and bits of modulation here, slightly on hi side compared to Russia 5940. Most likely V. of Strait, CHINA, rather than AIR Guwahati, which per Aoki does not start until 1200 and where per gaisma.com the sun does not set until 1238 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9770, Aug 4 at 1158, 1000 Hz mystery tonetest, poor. Recheck an hour later at 1257, still audible, very poor, but as I try to confirm it`s DSB rather than a het, the center frequency is around 9773, off by 1300. See 17800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 17800, Aug 4 at 1305, mystery 1000 Hz tone, underneath much stronger DW Hausa via RWANDA at 310 degrees USward. Still going at 1338; at least Hausa-listeners had the alternative of 17820 via PORTUGAL. Usually the tones find a clear frequency, but also clashed with DW 17800 on June 23 as in DXLD 11-25; see also 9770 from which I suspect the same transmitter had just upmoved (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:29:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 4, 2011 Message-ID: <1312500568.18704.yahoomailclas...@web114017.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** BELGIUM [non]. 17750-17755-17760, August 4 at 2026, DRM noise is rampant, TDP Radio via GUIANA FRENCH, while it was missing earlier in the same hour on August 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA [and non]. Following sporadic E opening from Denver to the NW on 11m, see USA, I turn on TV and see the MUF is up to channel 4 from further in the same direxion, August 4, UT: 2037 on 3, `Doctor Phil` --- signal is so steady and weak that at first I fear it`s cable or VCR radiation. It`s // KOCO-7 OKC, but not synchro and without the big KOCO-5 bug in the LR. Fades are gradually down and up, unlike the rapid fading and heavy CCI earlier in the summer season. Mostly no audio with inadequate MUF above video carrier, but surges at 2035 during local break to hear a promo for a ceremony to honor ``fallen heroes in Saskatoon``. At 2038 back to Dr Phil, but KOCO has cut away for ``Sky 5 Live`` above a wildfire near OKC. Anyhow this 3 is surely CFQC-TV-1 in Stranraer, full-power relay of CFQC channel 8 in Saskatoon, as received a number of times in past years. At 2108 it`s Oprah on 3, and still // but not synchro with KOCO-7, interviewing supermodels. (If I were one, I would be embarrassed to be called that; no chance, tho; and by ``embarrassed`` I do not mean pregnant.) Plugging in a Saskatoon postal code to zap2it, S7M 5V7 found for a radio station in the WRTH, another of its multitude of uses, gets the schedules for CFQC et al., confirming Phil and Oprah at 2 and 3 pm CST. 2039 on 2, cooking show. Maybe segment in same show as next on 4? 2045 on 4, talk show about sex when audio briefly infades, think I see a CBC pizza on the set wall. Sex one of the topics listed for today`s `Steven and Chris` show on CBC at 2-3 pm CST. However, ``about`` was pronounced ? l`am?ricaine, not canadienne, so is this an import? Never heard of it in the US. Probably CBKT-1, 100 kW in Moose Jaw (n? CHAB-TV), but there is also a 17 kW CBC relay in Greenwater Lake, CBKST-11. At 2100 now a cooking show and I can see a CBC bug in LR. Steady signal, but mostly not reaching audio. Fits nicely with scheduled `Best Recipes Ever` on CBK stations; too bad this was gone by 2138 when ``22 minutes`` airs, the news parody show. 2107 saw some rabbit ears, probably a DTV-conversion warning PSA. 2209 on 2, Rogers Cup promo from CBC. If we are still in Saskatchewan, there are two medium-power CBC relays; perhaps more likely CKSA-TV on the border with Alberta at Lloydminster, which despite being private is a CBC affiliate, and overpowered at 116 kW. No, CKSA is offset zero while I was seeing offset plus or minus, and both the SK stations are +. So per W9WI.com it is either: Cypress Hills SK CBCP-TV-2 6.750 274.60 +dH 49-39-25.00N 109-30-48.00W R-OP CBKT (9 CBC) via CBCP-1 (7) or Spiritwood SK CBKST-13 21.100 163.60 +dH 53-12- 5.00N 107-30-53.00W R-OP CBKST (11 CBC) via CBKST-9 (5) 2227 on 5, MUF briefly shoots up to video here sufficient to spot CBC bug in LR. As usual, too many options, four in SK and two in AB. 2257 on 2, mostly gone with occasional signs of signals. During most of this period same antenna was also feeding DTV converter on channel 2, but as usual, no sign of anything from the USA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15385, August 4 at 1914, KJES NM with ``Santa Mar?a`` praise music, by pros instead of kids, VG S9+20 with Es help. Modulation a bit rough and then fade music to tell a Jesus story in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15825, August 4 at 1915, WWCR is extremely strong with sporadic-E enhancement, S9+22 estimated on FRG-7 meter, which is about the most any non-local signal can register --- and the squeal is again being heard, not too bad but certainly audible under kid with poor dixion singing an old song reminding us of a ``Little Orphan Annie`` poem, ``[something] will get you if you don`t watch out``, ``control that lower lip``, evidently a morality lesson. July program schedule still posted shows at 1915-1930 M-F, `Daily Story Time`. Also splattering plus/minus 45 kHz, and the spurs just below 15810 and just above 15840 are clearly audible with // modulation. Of course, all these get worse, the stronger the fundamental signal, but previous strong signals did not audiblize the squeal. Instead of fixing WWCR-1, they might have swapped another transmitter, now back to the original. The -1, -2, -3, -4 designations don`t necessarily apply to specific transmitters, but instead program/frequency/antenna/transmission services which really could be routed thru any of the transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 20000 had WWV short-skipping in by sporadic-E, so a good time to tune up to 31 MHz. Nothing much on 15 or 12 m hambands, a bit on 10m including on 28430-USB a W-zero working W3s, and: On 25950 at 1923 August 4 I come to an NBFM signal copiable by slope detexion with adstring, fading up from nothing to S9+5 peaks. I bet it`s the KOA remote unit in Denver, commonly heard further away at moe favorable skip distances than mine, less than 500 miles. Includes ``your Bronco station, 850KOA.com``, ``Colorado, the hail capital`` from a roofer, and several others. I bet it`s during Rush Limbaugh: yes, back he came at 1926, so I quickly tune on to avoid puking. I should have logged all the advertisers in order to boycott them the next time I am in CO. Quick check again at 1941, but signal is gone by now. I can`t find any previous log by me of this, certainly not in the last biyear. Wasted a lot of time searching DX and official sources for the proper callsign of this unit without any luck. Probably is three letters plus three numbers. The ham at KOA who QSLed some others did not even mention what it really is. Next check at 2127, it`s back in ad break of some other far-right show by now. Meanwhile I was getting Saskatchewan on TV; see CANADA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12050, Aug 4 at 1945, tune across WEWN in Spanish to hear ``por su dolorosa pasi?n`` repeated over and over by unxuous announcer, alternating with caller repeating over and over ``ten misercordia de nosotros del mundo entero``. After more than a minute announcer finally put an end to this nonsense with ``Amen.`` Tuning across WEWN 7555/11870 in the nightmiddle, chances are at least 50-50 that you will hear the very same phrases, in the `Paz a la luz de la luna en vivo desde Miami` program UT Tue-Sat at 04-06. There are at least three different Spanish schedules, but this one appears only on the SW one at http://www.ewtn.com/radio/sp_radio_sched.asp While another live call-in program M-F at 19-20 is ``Jes?s en ti conf?o EN VIVO``, apparently from the same source, same host (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1576 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 9479, Thursday August 4 at 2100, VG signal. Confirmed on WRMI webcast after 1500 and 2100 Aug 4; inaudible on 9955 at 2127 check tho no jamming. WBCQ 7415 not audible either, but confirmed on webcast after 2130. Next chance: UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 5051. Also on ACB Radio Mainstream webcasts 2-hourly from 0100 UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 104, Issue 5 ********************************************