[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 6-7, 2023
** ALGERIA. 17600, Jan 6 at at 1616, S7/S9 music from Ifrikya FM is slightly overmodulated distorting, and spewing splatter up as far as 17650, less on the down side. Had not noticed any of that before. 17600 seems off by 1900 rather than scheduled -2000* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Jan 6 at 1743, LRA36 is already on with songs, S6/S7. 1836 still songs, cuts off modulation, then ``probando`` test counts up and down, doesn`t know he`s on the air? Some other talk, 1847 more dead air; 1849 music; 1852 YL DJ greets listeners; 1900 4 pm time check, `Nacional Noticias` with annoying musical background. Kept listening past 1945, more YL DJ, songs, greetings, 4+ pm TCs. Nothing whatsoever about Antarctica! Instead they are relaying R. Nacional, Bs. As., probably // 870. Yes, at 2020 she mentions 870 and 98.7 FM. I hear nothing about a presidential visit; it`s the chainsaw guy, Javier Milei, flying to Marambio first, maybe not yet Esperanza. 2300 recheck, now trace of a signal direct including the reduced carrier. UT January 7 at 0007, still good S7/S9 into Argentine remote with music, and soon a long talk stretch. 0026 a genuine LRA36 ID, unclear if still relaying LRA Nacional otherwhen. NO: 0035 YL with ``CQ de LU1ZV, boletín - antártico`` and historical radio news from many years ago, hardly a breaking ``bulletin``. Etc. Manuel Méndez had reported at 1745: ``ANTARCTICA, 15476usb, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza, 1732-, 06-01, relaying Radio Nacional, songs, comments, ID "En todo el país, Radio Nacional". Today special program due to the visit to Base Marambio and Base Esperanza of the president of Argentina. Weak signal at the moment. https://www.tvpublica.com.ar/post/milei-partio-a-la-antartida-para-visitar-las-bases-marambio-y-esperanza (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 4885v+, Jan 6 at 0147, S7 open carrier into Missouri remote, varies +19/28 Hz, similar offset like R. Clube do Pará before it vanished a couple weeks ago. Following tip on WOR iog: ``Currently at 0023 UT have a strong carrier on 4885 KHz - maybe Rádio Clube do Pará is coming back? 73, Mike Beu, KD5DSQ, Austin, Texas``. By 0422 it`s JBA talk into Bonaire SDR varying +20/23 Hz. Pardinho gets JBA on +23; Brasília makes it out better, continuous talk in Portuguese, S9 vs storm noise, and with an automatic 5?-pip timesignal at 0430. If Pará, it`s much weaker than before, both direct and remotedly. Even at Brasília, 4985 RBC is much stronger. As I recheck direct at 0433, 4885 is JBA S5/S8. Still on at my further rechex, 0504 S9+10 but dead air? 0737 JBA carrier. Meanwhile Manuel Méndez reported directly at 0625: ``Yes Mike, Rádio Clube is back but with a weaker signal than usual. Log in Lugo, NW of Spain: BRAZIL, 4885, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, 0604-0633, 06-01, Rádio Clube is back on the air after several days out, but at the moment it seems to be on with less power than usual. Relaying Rádio Bandeirantes news. Very weak. 15421`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140 & 11760, Jan 6 at 1658, both of the only RHC frequencies scheduled on at midday, are missing. SAWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 11720, Jan 6 at 1659, S3/S5 open carrier; 1700 AWR themesong sung with words, then regular instrumental version. Swahili scheduled 1700-1730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Jan 6 at 2300, VOT not off the air, S9+30 into UTwente. Paying some attention later: 2312 already song after news, ROTP? 2315 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, and `The Energy Agenda`, don`t recall that segment before, new for new year? 2320 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, song. 2325 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`, about Tandoory[?] pastries from some town. 2328 ``WYEH`` again, music. 2333 `WYEH`` #3! and music. 2338 ``WYEH`` #4! and 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel, music. 2344 ``WYEH`` #5, song. 2348 ``WYEH`` #6, enough!! and music. Note: the music is never announced or identified in any way; just as well? As we couldn`t understand the names. Of course, they *could* explain the songs in English at some length; the music-fill must amount to at least half the broadcast hour, more than that this time. 2352 s/off version with correct! B23 UTimes and frequencies, but incomplete overlooking this very emission! 2353 IS. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2356 restart IS with German IDs. UT January 7: extraneously still on at with almost accurate timesignal, quick German s/on, skipping all those satellite parameters; same news sounder as English, Nachrichten. It still overcomes the JBA CCI from EAST TURKISTAN. The Germod seems a bit gemuffelt. Still going past 0020: will the lucky masculine or feminine German hearer past 1 am local get a full hour? No, by 0028 I am hearing Chinese instead on 5960.001, only S9 into UTwente, as I am simulplaying LRA36 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2224 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday January 6 at 0130 on WRMI
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 6-7, 2023 [more]
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Jan 7 at 1552, no signals from LRA36 into Argentine remotes. Since has been missing last week presumably summer hiatus, did not alarm me an hour earlier, but checking after natural awakening. Now the best Argentine KiwiSDR, LU4AA is offline. Two others show *NO* SW signals at all on their waterfalls, altho band noise sounds as if receiving: LU5AGQ, LU4EEC. The only funxional one, LU1HCW, hears it not. Of course, possibly came and went earlier today circa 1500; anyone hear it, or try to? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 5938.241, Jan 7 at 0750, JBA carrier in sideband of huge 5935 WWCR. I`m deliberately seeking R Voz Missionária, reconfirmed active here; also at 0752 on 9665.312, music at S3/S5. AND at 0755 JBA on 11749.702, just reactivated frequency: so they do have three transmitters. 11750 power must be minuscule, as RNA 11780 from 0800 ``Bom dia - Brasil rural`` blasting in at S9/+10, rated 250 kW. Art Delibert reported: ``11749.56 -- Hearing the reactivated Voz Missionária here from about 0232 this evening, parallel to 9665.32. Music and talks in Portuguese. Fair signal level, but lots of local noise here. Tnx Glenn Hauser for the tip on reactivation (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, 1/7/23, Ten-Tec RX-340, SAL-12 antenna, Hard-Core-DX mailing list)`` And Art adds: ``Glenn -- I see Voz Missionária listed in the 2014 WRTH as 1 kW inactive, and in the 2015 WRTH as 10 kW inactive.`` About 11750 while implying the other two were not inactive. Strangely, no callsigns shown for 5940 & 11750, but ZYE890 for 9665. Here are the measurements by Carlos Gonçalves, Lisboa, Portugal, some hours earlier: ``11749.6 2220-2230 06/1 B R.Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC. Natl. nx magazine A Voz do Brasil. Meas. 11749.633 // 5938.246, 9665.328. 25331 CG`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Jan 7 at 0759, S9/S8 of dead air, obviously RHC transmitter which should have turned off hours ago. Maybe in English until 0700? Only 5/6 MHz frequency still on at 0751 is 6165 with S9+10 of dead air too. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9535, Jan 7 at 0802, this RHC is still on! S4/S6 modulating Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I think Algeria via France used to be here. B22 EiBi shows R. Ndarason Intl for Chad at 06-07 Woofferton, 07-08 Ascension. Also blox the exotic Apsua Radio from Georgia at 04-07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, Sat Jan 7 at 1853, weekly English from ORTM, S5/S8 into Canary SDR, but terrible whine/squeal from something and splash from 6000 even with AMNarrow or SAL tuning. Heavy accents from M announcers further make it almost unintelligible, barely recognizable as English. 1902 back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 7 at 0747, VON is on at S9/S6 but dead air. Something`s abysmal at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2172 monitoring: confirmed Friday January 6 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, good S9+10/20 into nearby Noale SDR with lite QRMusic from understation presumably Brighton. Also confirmed UT Saturday January 7 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG S9+30 direct. This is the major early broadcast NW across North America. Distracted by events in Washington, I miss checking at 0500 Sat January 7 on WBCQ Radio Angela 5130-; contrary to my info when recording it, by then was expected to be restored to full 29 minute airing instead of 1 like last week. Did anyone hear it, staying on until 0529? Also confirmed Saturday January 7 at 2030 on WRN webcast for North America; following 2029 Feature Story News - make that Olds, as Simon still says McCarthy is not yet elected speaker, which was more than 12 hours ago. Also confirmed starting at 2046 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 groundwave into nearby SDR. Next: 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 7730? 15770 [NEW] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [last week at 0431] 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v OR 5130v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week to William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for an Xmas CD and check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 One may also contribute by PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Jan 7 at 0100 on WBCQ webcast, `AAAWWW` obviously a replay of last week`s NYE eve show, so never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 6-7, 2023
DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated Jan 6: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE updated Jan 6: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ** BRAZIL. 11749.651, Jan 6 at 0721, new frequency of R. Voz Missionária, S6/S7 vs HNL with music, way off nominal 11750 just like it has been below 9665 and 5940. 9665v is now OFF, so is it the same transmitter and cannot be on both at once? Nor any trace of 5939- for several weeks now. Wolfgang Bueschel also tracked the 25m channel wobbling all over the place. Tnx to Célio Romais who first reported the new frequency. It seems 11750 had been allocated to RVM many years ago, but not even in WRTH 2005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 6 at 0717, R. Rebelde music is S9+20 but still suptorted. No RHC frequencies still on 5, 6 or 10 MHz. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.994, Jan 6 at 2234, no signal into UTwente from R. Cairo in English nominally 2115-2245. Somethings always amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Jan 6 at 0735, only 9/kHz split JBA carrier is here, R. Kiribati (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255, Jan 6 at 0733 check, no signal from VON (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW, Jan 6 at 0745, PN, 25 watt ND beacon at PoNca City is reactivated. Was first noted off as of Jan 4. 350 MCW, Jan 6 at 0747, RG, 350 watt ND beacon at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC is also reactivated. Was first noted missing Dec 23 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, KUCO-FM, new times for `Module` programs M-F are being found by monitoring: Fri Jan 6 at 2101-2105 UT, `Engines of Our Ingenuity` from KUHF, this one from 2005/2006y about how the leap second came about - altho they seem to have stopped by now. At 2200-2202 UT, `Composers Datebook`: this is the one with easy access online: for half an hour per biweek, you can hear all past 14 episodes including weekends, along with the scripts and notice how the announcer has edited them: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381443926/composer-s-datebook And at 2300-2303, `A Day to Remember`, this one about the one wife of Henry VIII who survived while Cromwell got the blame and beheading. Yes, during KUCO local classical origination again, including rush-hour traffic reports of no use outside The Metro (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Jan 6 at 2300, token English from REE, feature topix preview to be about Toys for Tots and Ronald McDonald at a children`s hospital; and what to expect from music in Spain this year? Between them asks for comments by whatsapp long number, or email. 2318 Amy Egan on the Spanish music scene in 2022, different genres including rock, flamenco. Good S9+10/15 into Maryland remote. At 2322 check other frequencies into same remote: 11940 much weaker but audible; 12030 JBA; 11685 inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005+, Jan 6 at *2259, VOT comes on overlapping BBC OMAN; but after BBC is off, still a heavy rippling SAH upon VOT, because it`s the one +5 Hz off-frequency vs the carrier from PBS Xinjiang, East Turkistan, land of imperialist Chicom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems, as yet itself unmodulated. VOT`s news until 2309 music bit and `Review of the Tuerkiyish Press` only until 2311 more music bit. 2312/2313 modulation starts from the CCI making matters worse. 2320 Analysis of Russia vs Ukraine during 2022. 2332 `Feeling Supreme` theme but too much QRM. 2334 switch to Maryland SDR no longer needed for Spain, gets rid of most of QRM but much weaker noisy signal remains. Anyhow we are distracted by going out for full view of a beautiful orange/pink sunset; 2343 more music playing; 2346 `DYKT?` highest point in Turkey, Mt Ararat, 5137 m and attempts to climb it; song. 2353 s/off with full but jumbled English schedule. 2355 fragment of IS and off* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2172 monitoring. Checking the website https://www.uniqueradio.biz/ Jan 6 to update my DX Programs and WOR schedules, we find this notice: ``* Unique SW Beacon 5035 kHz USB * The shortwave is on air but may occasionally not be due to the owners work schedule. * Many programs have been re-timed, please check the sched * Some streaming of Unique Radio is mostly available from January 1 2023 with some New Year extended times. *Jen continues to stream per her schedule.*`` The trouble is, AEST times are shown along with UT as 10 hours earlier; but NSW should now be on DST of UT +11. Manager Tim Gaynor explains to me that local times are correct in AEST of UT+10, not AEDT of UT+11, since altho in NSW he is close to Queensland which stays on UT+10 and he does not like DST; nor do I! Could anyones awake then please confirm times by webcast and/or by remote receiver tuned to 5035 USB confirming it is on air? Still unknown which frequencies are really in use by WRMI, Friday Jan 6 at 0830: 5010, 5850, 7780? In fact, none are now shown for WOR. Note there
