** CUBA. The latest in the never-ending series of operational errors at RHC was
another beneficial one, allowing us to hear R. Musical Nacional programming on
SW, as has occasionally happened before at this time. But don`t expect it to
happen exactly like this the next night, or ever again ---
Jan 17 at 0640, RHC in English on 6000 talking about, what else? You know what
--- was underlain by a coloratura soprano. This was not the case on 6060 which
had RHC English only. Normally there is no significant co-channel QRM to 6000
at this hour, but the same mix was also on 6180, so that`s a red flag that the
audio was not from another transmitter, but from the same transmitters in Cuba,
with a mixture of audio feeds going into them, and consequently out of them.
Sure enough, at 0659 on 6000, just as RHC was closing, I heard a Radio Musical
Nacional ID; both cut off at 0700 as that frequency went off the air. But 6060,
which had not had RMN before 0700, stayed on the air with nothing but RMN, at
full modulation, with program as scheduled ``La Ópera``. Announcer spoke for
some time, plugging other shows including Teatro de la Opera, but never giving
the time, which would feature Thaïs. Then some classic recordings (originally
78s?) of a singer whose name I didn`t recognize or catch. This was still going
at 0734.
Meanwhile I checked 6180 again at 0718. RMN was also heard there, but now
mixing with yet another Cuban domestic network, this one with talk, keywords
``mesa redonda``, ``poder popular``. 6180 had an additional SAH, probably
Amazônia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. Stop the presses! HCJB may have finally caught on that for the last
few years, they have been automatically announcing the wrong frequencies for
their morning Spanish broadcast. I checked 11960 Jan 18 at 1359, 1429 and 1459,
and instead of the Einstein- or other notable pseudo-evangelical quotations
plus frequencies, I heard all three times the formerly alternating ID break
consisting of quena and HCJB`s mailing address instead. They still don`t have
the automation coördinated properly, as the tail end of the previous program
gets cut off for the ID at 30 seconds before the hour and half hour. But I
won`t be satisfied until I hear a new announcement with the correct
frequencies, 11690 and 11960 instead of 11760 (which was never correct), and
9745.
15270-15275-15280 DRM, Jan 18 at 1425, sounding just like the Dentro-Cuban
jamming on 15330, 15710. Presumably HCJB 4 kW testing DRM again on its usual 19
mb frequencies. Those who invented DRM should have made it sound less like
jamming on an analog receiver; bad PR this way.
DRM-DX schedule checked a couple sesquihours later still shows HCJB DRM only at
11-12 UT, German to Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. R. Cultural Coatán, 4780 is a regular here in the mornings;
unfortunately I don`t usually fire up until after sunrise. Following John
Wilkins` hypothesis that XERTA might be on 4780 too, I paid more attention than
usual, Jan 18: around 1333 mariachi music, mixed with talk but hard to
ascertain language, suspect not Spanish. 1401 ID mentioning 60 metros, but
could not catch name of station. Musical bed with the ID was, incongruously for
either, ``London Bridge``.
Afterwards in talk segment, evidently preaching, in non-Spanish, except for an
occasional recognizable Spanish words such as ``capítulo``, ``versículo``, i.e.
chapter and verse in Bible quotations. Gradually fading, but still audible at
1410, almost gone by 1420 when I quit.
I doubt that XERTA in the DF would be broadcasting in any native language, but
TGLT certainly does. Meanwhile, nothing more than a carrier detectable on 4800,
if that was XERTA. There was no more than one signal on 4780, aside from the
constant CODAR sweeping by that and 4800. Then I see Scott Barbour`s report of
Jan 17 that TGLT signed on at 1129 with ``London Bridge``. That clinches it for
me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, KJES, Jan 17 at 1417, off-key kid-choir with endless
repetitions of hymn verse starting ``A correr`` and ending ``en la sangre de
Jesús`` --- Yes, Spanish meaning ``Run. . . to the blood of Jesus``. Kept
faking us out, is it about to end? Now? Now? But paused for English ``let me
know if you can hear me`` ID at 1430, and shortly into usual call-and-response
in English. This blurs the border between their designated Spanish and English
hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 8GAL, 6074, heard once again Jan 17 at 1400-1401 with VVV/CQ
marker, but not audible Jan 18 at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Rapid pulsing, believed to be Chinese over-the-horizon radar, Jan
16 at 1430 was found at approx. 9135-9165, and 9400-9425, the latter
interfering with R. Sweden in English on 9400, and Greece on 9420. I quickly
scanned 6-9 and 10-11.7 MHz but did not hear it anywhere else (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Just as I tuned in 15110, Jan 16 at 1447, hearing some Arabic
dramatic talk and drumming, it vanished. Per skeds, this would be Kabd, R.
Kuwait, supposed to run from 1315 until 1800, 500 kW at 100 degrees, Arabic
until 1600, then Urdu. Maybe it`s unusual for it to be on, rather than off,
since I don`t recall encountering it before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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