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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 21, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 21-22, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:26:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 21, 2011
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** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Nov 21 before 1400:
11500, good at 1353; none lower
12230, good at 1353
12600, fair at 1354
13130, good at 1356; none in the 14s, 15s
13970, fair at 1354
16100, poor at 1359; none in the 17s, 18s before 1400
Before 1500:
9200, poor at 1434, but mixing with Chinese talk, presumably Sound of Hope
itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Dentro-Cuban jamming survey Nov 21:
6030, at 0620 similar mix to 9955, but pulsing at slower rate; vs nothing as
this is UT Monday when R. Mart? takes a 6-hour break 04-10
9955, at 0617, whine-and-grind-and pulsing, no WRMI audible
15050, noise jamming at 1400 --- oops, that`s DRM: see INDIA
18090, at 1400, lite pulse jamming, 3rd harmonic of 6030
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11840, Nov 21 at 1351, RHC with usual good carrier level (second only
to 11760 on this band), but just barely modulated, lowering it to on a par with
the weak signals on // 11690, 11750. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISITENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15710, Nov 21 at 1358, talk with bad distortion, gone after 1400: the
traditional fate for years of R. Cairo`s Indonesian service, 1230-1400, 250 kW,
106 degrees from Abis. Nothing has changed for the better post-Mubarak as far
as Egyptian broadcast engineering standards (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, Nov 21 at 0626-0630*, RFI in English, VG signal discussing a
`Sarko` cartoon, citing his low poll numbers. Strange, I have not noticed this
transmission before. Maybe here`s why: registered in HFCC B-11 as in Hausa
instead of English! 0600-0630, 500 kW, 170 degrees from Issoudun to fragments
of 5 different CIRAFS which I suppose should define rather closely the extent
of Hausaland. Aoki agrees it`s supposed to be Hausa.
I have kept checking for the unlisted French broadcast of music during same
hour on 15220 November 19, but no sign of it. RFI/TDF are obviously making all
kinds of mistakes, so altho far-fetched, I wonder if 15220 was a mis-punch for
7220 on that date, and also mis-programmed past 0630? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15045-15050-15055, Nov 21 at 1400, DRM is back amid AIR Sinhala
service bihour, whilst no AM or DRM was audible 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525, Nov 21 at 1345, no carrier detectable from VOI between ACI
on 9530 (very strong) and 9520. Those off at 1437, so try again: now a JBA
carrier on 9525, but too weak to tell if it is a smidgin below 9525 as typical
for VOI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15349.1, Nov 21 at 1403, IMM is still here for a third day,
ex-15341v/15345v, clear with Arabic, but hit at 1458:40 by big het from Vatican
as legitimately scheduled on 15350; see PHILIPPINES [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15350, Nov 21 at *1458:40, VATICAN carrier cuts on
producing big het with MOROCCO [q.v.] which for the third day is on 15349.1; no
IS but 1500 theme and ID from R. Veritas Asia. Something needs to give during
this hour, but how long will it take for any of the stations to notice or take
action? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15385, Monday Nov 21 at 1454-1455*, REE Emisi?n Sefarad sign-off
gives schedule of three broadcasts including 0115 UT Tuesday to S America on
11795 --- but we already confirmed it this B-season recolliding with Brasil on
11780; have they really moved back to the clear frequency? Only monitoring will
tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 21 at 0623, RTI via WYFR still in wrong language
German, with plenty of Chinese mixed in to be translated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Nov 21 at 0613, dead air again from WBCQ on S9+20 carrier
with hum. I suspect this is the fault of the overconfident Rod Hembree`s Good
Friends Radio Network which keeps crashing in Ontario; hey, if you are
purchasing 23 hours a day at a flat rate, and want to fill some of it with dead
air, that`s your privilege! Remodulating circa 1400 next check. I just wonder
if the DA lasted all night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12050, Nov 21 at 1349, WEWN Spanish is back to normal after hours and
hours yesterday of extremely distorted outofwhackiness: only defect is the
usual squeal detracting from leaden-paced mass with soft organ music, rustlings
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Answering my query whether 15315 at 2200 Nov 20 in Dutch from RNW was
via Greenville or reactivated Bonaire:
[Media Network] New Comment On: Rats damage one Bonaire transmitter
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rats-damage-one-of-the-bonaire-transmitters
Only the three transmissions we mentioned are affected. The transmitter has
been cleaned, but the spare parts have not yet arrived from Switzerland.
Greenville will continue to provide backup service until further notice (Andy
Sennitt, 1136 UT Nov 21, Media Network blog comment via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17000, Nov 21 at 1417, 2-way SSB in colloquial Spanish, no need
for BFO as the FRG-7 even-MHz birdie takes care of that. Amid marine band,
maybe legit transmitters rather than poachers, but sounds just like them when
intruding into broadcast bands, and never any sort of IDs heard (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:46:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 21-22, 2011
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** ARGENTINA [and non]. 15345+, Monday Nov 21 at 2159, RAE IS at end of
foreign-language block, German, about to go to weak and fluttery Spanish, but
with splatter from MOROCCO 15349.1, 4+ kHz het. If it were not for the fact
that the two used to be on top of each other on 15345v, we would object
strongly to this insufficient separation. In fact, let`s start doing that: it`s
not good enough. Furthermore, much stronger IMM stayed on way later than
nominal 2200* this date, still going at 2235 when I quit monitoring (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15230, Nov 21 at 2201, RA fair signal with news about
Marshall Islands, and very poor if any signal on 15240, where RA was easily
audible yesterday during this hour via Tainan, Taiwan. No sign of Cuba on
15230: one new RHC schedule shows it starting Spanish at 22-, another at 24-,
and both show 15230 in Portuguese at 23-24, which I recall hearing recently.
At 2204 I also had RA on 15515 and 15560, but not parallel during news, I
thought by tuning back and forth (not with two receivers), until 2205 when they
were // for post-newscast magazine show. Both listed as Shepparton, 30 and 70
degrees respectively.
15415, Nov 21 at 2219, another RA frequency with rock music, 2221 Indonesian
announcements. It was fluttery unlike the others and more like Brasil 15190,
Argentina 15345, briefly raising the spectre of defunct R. Clube de Ribeir?o
Preto, years ago on 15415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 22 at 0015 check, for the third night in a row, RHC is in
English, the correct language now according to its own schedule instead of
Creole as on Nov 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15210, Nov 21 at 2206, open carrier, so what? 2207:30 classical music
theme, very distorted announcement in unknown language? This crap one suspects
first from Cairo, and sure enough, that`s what`s scheduled in HFCC B-11:
2030-2230, French, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis to W Africa.
I search HFCC on same parameters and find two other frequencies matching: 9280
and 15690. Aoki has only 9280, and that was the only one last winter in WRTH
2011. Apparently they register three but use only one frequency; it`s rather
pointless to build in such alternatives when they can`t even modulate worth a
damn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT [and non]. 17550, Nov 21 at 2140, R. Kuwait Arabic is in again, good
signal with heavy flutter, and the only other signal on 16m now is the
perpetual blaster CVC Chile on 17680. (But at 2223, 17550 still in and 17605
NHK Bonaire, 17575 WYFR have also appeared with strong signals; nothing else)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. See ARGENTINA, 4-kHz clash continues on 19m
** SPAIN. 11780, Nov 14 at 0114, yep, REE Sephardic / Judeo-Espanhol service is
here colliding equally with RNA Bras?lia and making a SAH with it, despite
having announced 11795 for this weekly UT Tuesday broadcast at the conclusion
of the first airing, Monday 1454 on 15385. They are oblivious to real band
occupancy, and should stay on 11795 instead as in A-season, as long as no one
else is there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Nov 21 at 2145-2200, VOA Music Mix with Monday show
`American Gold`, lots of great oldies, signal strong enough to believe
Greenville as in previous seasons, but now listed as 100 kW, 350 degrees from
BOTSWANA. Selective-fading distortion extreme, taxing one`s enjoyment of the
music; maybe additional distortion in the modulation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, Nov 21 at 2210, WBCQ is in open carrier; I had been
hearing Global Spirit Proclamation still going a few minutes past 2200 as I
bytuned, so suspected they would really stay on until almost 2300 like
yesterday, but not today. Carrier went off a few minutes after 2210; flexible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9990, WTWW-2 is still working on the spur problem. Testing briefly
with // 9479 PPP modulation Nov 21 at 2315, but I could still hear the spurs
+/- 13, 26 and 39 kHz approximately, the furthest ones weakest and any beyond
that below my local computer noise level. The closest ones are loudest circa
9977 and 10003 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15498, Nov 21 before and after 2200, big noise with regular
pulses, maybe some kind of fax centered here. Since it`s in the 19m SWBC band,
I first suspected some BC station far out of whack. Unlikely to be jamming tho
would certainly serve the purpose. Have not heard this at other dayparts (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 22
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