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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs March 25-26, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Belarus Radio (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Re: [dxld] Radio Romania International to NA (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Glenn Hauser logs March 26-27, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Re: Glenn Hauser logs March 26-27, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:44:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 25-26, 2012
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** ALBANIA. 7425, March 25 at 2254, R. Tirana IS is already playing, before the
daily one-hour-earlier Albanian to N America at 23-24 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. Looks like the reactivation of RTA relay via Issoudun,
FRANCE, heard at the beginning of A-12, was only a pro-forma test to remind us
it`s possible: missing from 7295, 24 hours later at 0524 March 26. The only
other one checked per the A-12 registered schedule was 7495, and it too was
absent at 2253 March 25, just before it would normally have closed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9555, March 26 at 0515, good signal with Vietnamese song. It`s just
like the music normally heard on VOV via CANADA 6175 --- which was missing! Did
not get back to 9555 before 0527 to confirm that`s what it was on wrong
frequency, but quite sure of it; gone at 0531 check. 9555 not currently
scheduled from Sackville at any time, but 9560 until 0400 with CRI in Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake March 26, before 1330:
16980, good at 1326
15545, fair at 1324, missing VOT target, apparently on 15553
15500, good with flutter at 1324, het
14970, poor at 1328
14700, very poor at 1328
13850, very good at 1328, totally overshadowing 13845 WWCR if on
11500, poor at 1330
After 1400:
17560, good with flutter at 1404 vs V. of Tibet due NE from Madagascar
15870, very good at 1416, 1439, contrast with 15800
15800, poor at 1415, 1439
13850, very good at 1434, still way over WWCR 13845
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9630, March 26 at 0516, REE relay is now here for A-12, // 5965,
ex-9675 in B-11 which is now free for Brasil. Really in Castilian at this time.
Just in case, REE keeps registering both 9630 and 9675 at 02-06 on 340 degree
beam.
11815.5 approx., March 26 at 1421, REE relay is off-frequency again today,
causing het underneath NHK Japanese direct, which chex as 11815.0 by 5-kHz
DX-398 stepping to several other 25m channels with BFO. On my keyboard, pitch
of the het = B below hi C, or 494 Hz but on the YB-400 stepping 1 kHz between
11815 and 11816, it`s a shade closer to 11816 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non non]. 7410, March 26 at 0523, sure sound like a couple of
commercials, aside Cuban pulse jamming on 7405 against nothing. This is now
Hrvatski Radio`s own 100 kW from Deanovec, not the German relay, scheduled at
05-18, 320 degrees not for us but really USward too; ex-7370. There should now
be token 3 minutes of English news at 0600 and 1000 M-F, one hour earlier than
before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9490, March 26 at 0513, two or three pulse jammers still
running, long after R. Rep?blica via RMI via Canada is finished at 0200 (UT Sun
& Mon only, from 23 Sat & Sun). And residual jamming on 9490 still audible
around 1300.
Also this UT Monday, when everyone knows R. Mart? is off for weekly silent
period, DentroCuban jamming is still running on 7405, and at least two pulse
jammers on 6030 at 0528, blocking any possibility of hearing Calgary or Central
African Republic.
Arnie`s refusal to participate in HFCC leads to more collisions as each new
season starts, since participants ignore where RHC is really operating! Then
maybe he`ll fix it 8 days later with RHC`s own seasonal shifts April 2 (almost
coinciding with Cuba`s expected start of DST UT-4 on April 1. Spanish span will
probably shift an hour earlier to 11-05 UT, but most other languages stay at
same UT, with exception of English at 20 and 00 which shifted an hour earlier
last A-season.)
9810 has been in use by RHC since last November, but March 26 at 0518 a
collision between Spanish and unID language; Spanish is // 6120 RHC; makes a
slow SAH of about 144/minute = 2.4 Hz, as I just barely had time to count 36
fades in 15 seconds, before the other station cut off at 0519*. HFCC shows it`s
VATICAN, Scandinavian service in Finnish/Norwegian/Swedish from 0500 to 0520;
also on 11740, unchecked.
9955, UT Monday March 26 at 0521, wall-of-noise jamming when WORLD OF RADIO is
allegedly running on WRMI. It isn`t always so bad other nights of the week at
this hour. What evil power Arnie has, to jam anyone who criticizes him. Oui,
mes amis, you heard that right. Don`t you believe his on-air persona as a
friend of DXers and SWLs. Just another small reason why The Revolution must be
overturned, sooner rather than later.
15380, March 26 at 1410, PBXVI speaking from Mexico as he is moving on to visit
Cuba now, not your everyday speaker on RHC, but only a brief clip, and this is
not Voces de la Revoluci?n. Before 1400, 15380 is now colliding with Saudi
Arabia, another one Arnie needs to move away.
Reactivated 11845 from R. Mart? is now jammed on its second day, March 26 at
1420 but RM is atop the jamming, unlike // 11930 which is under the jamming;
why the difference? Heavier jamming on 11930? Both are supposedly 250 kW from
Greenville, and only one degree apart, 184 and 183. Could be 11930 is running
much less than rated power, and/or on antenna with less favorable side lobe
this way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9305, March 26 at 0512, open carrier with fair signal, no doubt R.
Cairo now scheduled in Arabic from 19 to 07, 315 degrees from Abis to W Europe
and E North America. Often has modulation problems, but not as bad as 6270.
Egypt used to go on and off DST at odd dates, which would affect timing of this
transmission, but timeanddate.com says none this year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. 15650, March 26 at 1413 has collision between at least two
stations, mixing equally Qur`an(?), other music, clips of Pres. Obama, making
fast SAH. At 1438 with same SAH still going, one of them is in Greek music, so
VOG, and what else?
Incredibly, literally, HFCC A-12 has ERT Avlis registered on 15650, 23 hours a
day from 15 to 14 UT! Yet I am hearing it during the one hour it is not. But
when are they really using it? Previous cutback to 12 hours a day if still in
effect, would mean on the air on any frequency only from 14 to 02 UT?
The other 15650 is IBB in Turkmen via Wertachtal, GERMANY, at 14-17. Aoki
clarifies it`s RFE/RL, 3 hours straight in Turkmen; and also shows on 15650:
``15650 IRRS Milano (The Overcomer Ministry) 1200-1400 1234567 English 300 67
Tiganesti ROU 02606E 4442N TOM a12`` --- but so far we are still hearing
Brother Scare on 15190, also listed by Aoki, and not 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, March 26 at 1317, AIR Sinhala service normally in DRM has once
again changed back to AM, as happens unpredictably on rare occasions, why? We
approve! Able to enjoy nice music, with flutter. Still in AM at 1407. No doubt
will be back in snazzy new DRM medium ASAP, like tomorrow for its listener
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI is again in the clear during 13-14 English hour, after
a B-11 season with huge ACI from the China radio war on 9530. But March 26 at
1304, only open carrier, then bits of music and YL talk in English coming and
going, very undermodulated on S9+22 signal with some flutter, which if properly
modulated would be very well audible! We can only hope. After 1400 when
Indonesian is scheduled, big het with 9525.0, CRI Russian, 37 degrees toward
DVR and also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17550, March 26 at 1333, fair signal in Arabic mentioning Iran and
Ahmadinejad, so I bet it`s VIRI: Yes, in A-12 their 11-hour Arabic service is
now here at 0530-1630, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad. Parts of it conflict
with China and KSDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, March 26 at 1332, R. Kuwait as expected doggedly stix to this
frequency in A-12, just like in B-11, both seasons registered instead on 21520
but never used, instead continuing to collide with Spain on 21540, which
doesn`t have a clue either that one of them should move to any of scads of open
frequencies on this band!
RK is way atop Spain today, at 1340 dramatic narration, music including bits of
western classical; after 1400 Spain gains a bit but not much. 1439 still good
with Qur`an over Spain, moros contra cristianos (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 15341.6, oh no, IMM has decided to move its off-frequency
het-producer from 15349.1+ back to this frequency for B-11, instead of leaving
it on a clear 15345! March 26 at 1320, making big D-note above hi-C het
[nominally 587 Hz] with 15340.0 HCJB Australia, ruining its S Asian music,
without a notch filter.
Anyhow, that leaves 15350 stations in the clear, such as at 1410 Gospel for
Asia, due east from Wertachtal, GERMANY, now scheduled 1230-1500 in a multitude
of minority languages (Soura per Aoki at 1400-1415 Mon & Tue); and if IMM stix
to 15341.6, then 15350 also clear for RVA Tagalog via Vatican at 1500-1553.
Turkey isn`t trying to use 15350 any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9865, RNW BONAIRE in Dutch manages to modulate March 26
at 0520, unlike 24 hours earlier. It`s 3.5 seconds ahead of // 9895 via Nauen,
GERMANY.
6250, March 26 at 0526, reactivated Bonaire leapfrog of 6080 NHK Spanish over
6165 RNW Dutch is so strong that on 6250 I can hear not only the Spanish, but
the Dutch NA underneath playing from 6165 fulcrum, and off at 0527* as soon as
6165 is finished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9700, March 26 at 0517 nice music which is now Romanian folk, since
RRI has taken over the frequency from Turkey in B-11. HFCC A-12 still shows
loads of wooden BULGARIAN registrations on many frequencies including 9700;
have the Plovdiv transmitters been dismantled yet? If really on, many of them
would collide with RRI:
19-20 Spanish, 20-2030 French, 2030-21 English; 00-01 English, 01-02 French,
05-0530 French, 0530-06 English, 06-0630 German, as RRI is now scheduled on
9700, clearly glomming on to a formerly prime frequency of their unfortunate
southern neighbors.
15135, March 26 at 1318, disco music with Romanian(?) lyrix, 1328 Romanian
talk. This is RRI`s 2-hour Romanian at 285 degrees, 12-14, replacing same
parameters at 13-15 from Galbeni in B-11 on 17820, which was stronger; why go
from a higher to a lower band in the summer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 11650, March 26 at 0511, R. Dabanga via VATICAN now with
ringing sound jamming on-frequency instead of +5 kHz as 24 hours earlier.
Didn`t miss it by that much (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWAZILAND. 9500, March 26 at 0514, poor signal with African-accented
preacher in English, as TWR is still going on this unscheduled frequency
morning after morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 12005, March 26 until 0508:40* during music, no doubt IWT,
nominally registered 0400-0610 in A-12, one hour off as usual! 100 degree beam.
Second signal around here I chase just before it cuts off, after unID 12015
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 11980, March 26 at 0509, fair signal with wonderful Turkish music,
TRT back on A-season frequency, at 04-06, 310 degree beam to W Europe and also
USward, ex-9700 in B-season at 05-07 (really closing around 0655) which is now
occupied by ROMANIA, q.v.
17770, March 26 at 1405, fair signal in Arabic news, i.e. VOT now here at
14-15, 500 kW, 252 degrees from Emirler.
Still in A-12, all VOT is from Emirler, nothing from ?akirlar. What exactly is
the status of that site? Dismantled, destroyed or on standby? WRTH 2012 shows 3
x 250 kW and 2 x 500 kW there, double-daggered as ``inactive at time of
publication`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7250 // 9645, March 26 at 0525, VR`s 0500-0528 English is now here,
both with good signals, latter with Brazohet. See also CUBA [and non] for 9810
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. 8294-USB, March 26 at 1312, very poor signal with YL in Vietnamese,
presumed VISHIPEL, Ho Chi Minh city as scheduled // 7906-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. As I start my March 26 0500+ UT monitoring session from the top
down, 15 MHz is dead unlike 24 hours earlier, and nothing on 13 except VOR
13775 from DVR.
12015, just as I tune in, poor signal with BaBcoCk music loop cuts off the air
at 0507*. This is a BAB frequency, but nothing scheduled now, just BBC Somali
Cyprus until 0429, and BBC English South Africa from 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:04:47 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Belarus Radio
Message-ID: <E044BE10699A49E4A7DB9CA51C2957E8@HNPC2>
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BELARUS Thanks to a tip of Hans Weber.
Belarusian Radio weak signals around 19-20 UT slot in German, noted on 6155
instead! and 11 730 kHz, but NOT on registered 7360 kHz and 7255 kHz,
also missed on MW 1170 kHz program.
German service content today of very OLD FASHION content ...
(wb, BC-DX TopNews wwdxc March 25)
BELARUS 11730/6155-7255. Re: Belarus in German.
Every day a new frequency. Today, on March 26 on 7255 and 11 730 kHz in
German. Was yesterday a keyboard slipper to 6155 kHz, or only the frequency
of winter schedule even one day longer in the air? Even today I have no idea
of the 3rd frequency from Minsk.
Help. Has anyone heard MW Minsk 1170 kHz yesterday?
(wb, BC-DX TopNews wwdxc March 26)
Is probably not a third more - see the link below:
<http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/ger/>
1170 kHz medium wave and therefore also would be history.
Vy 73 - Hans
<http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/eng/>
<http://www.radiobelarus.tvr.by/ger/>
also links in Russian and Belarus.
(Hans Weber-D, A-DX March 26)
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:02:36 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Radio Romania International to NA
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Such a lack of knowledge compared to the actual broadcast schedule on the
broadcasting studio happened sometimes ...
here is the A-12 RRI Bucharest schedule of March 8 / 23:
ROMANIA A-12 schedule of Radio Romania International:
ARABIC 0630-0656 11790GAL 15180TIG 15400GAL 17575TIG
1400-1456 11830GAL 11945TIG 15160GAL 15490TIG
AROMANIAN 1430-1456 ^6060SAF, not Macedonian
1630-1656 ^5980SAF, not Macedonian
1830-1856 ^5920SAF, not Macedonian
CHINESE 0400-0426 17780TIG *21540TIG
1300-1326 15435TIG 17850TIG
ENGLISH 0000-0056 9700TIG 11965TIG
0300-0356 9645TIG 11795TIG 11895GAL *15340GAL
0530-0556 9700GAL *11875TIG 17760GAL 21500TIG
1100-1156 15210TIG 15430GAL 17510TIG 17670GAL
1700-1756 *9535TIG 11740TIG
delete 1700-1730 +DRM 7350 Kvitsoe Norway 60kW.
2030-2056 *9700GAL 11880GAL 13800TIG 15220TIG
2200-2256 7435GAL 9540GAL 9790TIG 11940TIG
FRENCH 0100-0156 9700TIG 11965TIG
0500-0526 9700GAL *11830GAL 15340TIG 17770TIG
1000-1056 15240GAL 15380TIG 17785TIG 17795GAL
1600-1656 9680TIG 11950TIG
2000-2026 *9700GAL 11970GAL
GERMAN 0600-0626 *7230TIG 9700TIG
1200-1256 9675TIG 11875TIG
delete 1600-1700 +DRM 7460 Kvitsoe Norway 60kW.
1800-1856 *9495TIG 11940TIG
ITALIAN 1400-1426 ^9800SAF
1600-1626 ^7445SAF
1800-1826 *^5920SAF
ROMANIAN 0000-0056 9525GAL 11750GAL
0100-0156 9525GAL 11750GAL
0400-0456 7350GAL 9770GAL
0700-0756 12010TIG 15260GAL 15760TIG 17720GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun
0800-0856 12010TIG 15450GAL 15700TIG 17860GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun
0900-0956 15240GAL 15380TIG 17600TIG 17860GAL
"Curierul romanesc" Sun
1200-1256 ^9410SAF-100kW 11700GAL 15135GAL
1300-1356 11700GAL 15135GAL
1500-1556 11910GAL 15130GAL
1600-1656 9690GAL *11665GAL
1700-1756 11970GAL 15310GAL
1800-1856 11970GAL 15310GAL
1900-1956 11970GAL 15310GAL
RUSSIAN 0430-0456 *7390TIG 9800TIG
1330-1356 11835TIG 13640TIG
1500-1556 9690TIG *11615TIG
SERBIAN 1530-1556 ^6025SAF
1730-1756 ^6125SAF
1930-1956 ^6125SAF
SPANISH 0200-0256 9520GAL 9645TIG 11795TIG 11945GAL
1900-1956 9700TIG 11795TIG
2100-2156 17745TIG 21510TIG
2300-2356 9655GAL 9745TIG 11795GAL 11955TIG
UKRAINIAN 1500-1526 ^6060SAF
1700-1726 ^5950SAF
1900-1926 ^6125SAF
^ Saftica 100 kW, all other Galbeni and Tiganesti 300 kW.
* DRM via Saftica 100 kW; Galbeni or Tiganesti 300 kW.
IRRS relays
ARABIC to Sudan
1300-1500 daily 15190TIG
1500-1515 Fri 15190TIG
1500-1530 Sun 15190TIG
1500-1700 Sat 15190TIG
ENGLISH 0800-0815 Wed 11910TIG
0800-0900 Sat 9510SAF
0930-1200 Sun 9510SAF
1730-1800 Sun 7290SAF
1800-1900 Fr-Su 7290SAF
(RRI-RRO schedule; IRRS Milano-Italy broker schedule via
Radiocom.facilities at Saftica and Tiganesti;
via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 8/23)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gilles Letourneau" <gletourneau @ yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:50 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Radio Romania International to NA
Hi Steve,
Yes indeed I am listening to their french broadcast at the moment on 9700
khz .. booming in with excellent signal and they did mention 11750 khz in
the french broadcast and it's not there.
I can hear it with a very strong signal on 11965 Khz
73's Gilles Letourneau Montreal, Canada
________________________________
From: "stvlucetx" <stvlucetx @ sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 8:35 PM
Subject: [dxld] Radio Romania International to NA
At 0000 check on Tuesday March 27 Radio Romania International in English
blasting in on 9700, but not present on the 11750 frequency also announced
at the top of the broadcast. Found RRI on 11965, which had been in an
earlier version of the A-12 schedule. Good signal on 25 meters, but 31
meter frequency much better.
Steve Luce Houston, Texas
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:13:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 26-27, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 7425, March 26 at 2354, R. Tirana daily Albanian hour in well with
no QRM. 7425, March 27 at 0128, R. Tirana sole English to NAm confirmed at new
A-12 time, also QRM-free, Klara signing on at 0130, but still with old times
and frequencies expired in B-11! ``UK 2100 on 7530, USA 0230 on 7420``. Except
Sundays/UT Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 15190-, March 26 at 2220, R. Inconfid?ncia can be heard
under WYFR in Portuguese, which like always in A-seasons, usurps this frequency
back to Brasil at 2200-0045. Being slightly off-frequency makes the undermusic
from BH sound off-key. As time goes on, WYFR weakens a bit by comparison (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 15180, March 26 at 1902, Arabic must have just come on,
stronger than 15190 R. Africa, but not too strong; 1905 ID in passing as Radio
Canada Douali (means International?). Off already at 1930 check, as 15190 EqG
is growing. 15180 is 250 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton UK at 1900-1930 only.
17735, March 26 at 1914 there is an annoying lo and wavering het circa low C to
C# or 135 Hz, between something in French and something in Arabic. Of course
the Arabic is IWT, Tunisia, which has been here for a few weeks after a sudden
move from 9720, but haven`t got around to telling HFCC about it. 17735 is now
from RCI at 19 to 22 in French, English, French. Both are unusable as a result
even tho most of the other frequencies in the 17.7s are empty! 1931 still the
awful het.
For the A-season, RCI has again moved its only English hour left via Sackville
from 18-19 to 20-21, even tho there are no time shifts of even one hour, let
alone two, in target Africa; why? At 2005, RCI is starting `The Link` with a
sub hostess on 15330 (still with remnant Cuban jamming against Mart?
underneath, not to be used at all by them for seven months), and 15235. 2057
closing I also run across this on 17735 when by now Tunisia has finally left
the frequency. At 2102, RFI French is on 17735 and 15235 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake UT March 26:
9455, good at 1927 vs RFA Mandarin via Saipan. Must be huge power to put such
a signal into here over mostly day path
13850, poor at 2329, now weaker than adjacent 13845 WWCR
14400, fair at 2330 but heavy ute QRM. Haven`t heard it here for a long time,
in our mornings
14700, fair with flutter at 2329
14970, fair with flutter at 2329; none in the 12s, 15s, 16s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 15100, March 26 at 2315 sounds like hymn, in Chinese? Poor with
flutter. Aoki shows CRI in Cantonese, 500 kW, 161 degrees via Jinhua-Youbu 831
site at 23-24, followed by Hakka at 0000-0057 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. The papal visit to Cuba led to some very strange bedfellows
on the airwaves, which probably nothing else could have accomplished.
First noticed something extraordinary March 26 at 1925 UT when I found RHC had
turned its morning frequencies back on, for lack of anything better, i.e. 13670
and 13780 with live coverage of the pope`s arrival in Santiago de Cuba, at the
Antonio Maceo International Airport (remember him? The exiles also honored
Maceo by naming one of their several Voz del CID transmitters after him; was he
a turncoat??). Quickly found other RHC morning ones also back on: 11760, weaker
9850 and weaker still 11690, 11750 and 9540.
13640 also in OC prior to opening European service in French at 1930, but other
language services were unphased by the live event. Under 13640 at 1928 was
something else, presumably still colliding with India, Arabic at 300 degrees
from 500 kW Bengaluru.
The anchors kept repeating the same Commie babble, unable to break away from it
even for such a momentous event. By 1934 pope was ready to ``pisar`` on the
soil of Jos? Mart? where he would be welcomed by ``General del Ej?rcito`` Ra?l
Castro Ruz. Seems that is his #1 title, with ``Presidente del Consejo de
Ministros`` #2 mentioned less often.
The whole ceremony was extremely militaristic. Once Ben was on terra firma, at
1936 the Cuban NA played, as gun salutes roared off, segu? unfamiliar anthem of
the State of Vatican City as the guns kept firing. I lost count, but anchor
said ``21 salvas de artiller?a`` as befits a head of ``state``. I hope they
missed all circumhumans!
At 1940 and several later times, announced that this was a joint broadcast by
R. Rebelde, RHC, CMKC Radio Revoluci?n and Radio Mamb?, the latter ones being
provincial or local outlets. Ra?l spoke from 1941 to 1952, then PBXVI from 1952
to 2002, in his strangely-accented Spanish which sounds like he learned it from
English rather than German. Nothing very revolutionary, just calling for
``hombres rectos`` to lead Cuba into the future. Then back to anchor
commentary, in preparation for the 7-km Popemobile ride from the airport to the
city.
Then at 2008 I found the R. Cat?lica Mundial, WEWN was also covering this in
Spanish on 12050 and very weak 13830. The also-weak English frequency, 15610,
was not covering it, but more important ``pro-life`` stuff and `Open Line`
program. I then tried EWTN TV via cable, and they were live from Cuba with
English coverage, but only until 2015 when back to a Lenten filler, `Rome`s
Hidden Churches`; EWTN probably to resume after the lull. No live popestuff on
Telemundo or Univisi?n.
By 2051 next check, RHC was gone from 13670 and 13780, but now 13830 WEWN had
built up to good level, finally a bit of HF sporadic E to assist these
otherwise too-close overskipping transmitters.
During a 2-hour 22-24 UT power outage due to arcing on a nearby pole, which had
the lights, computers and everything flashing on and off till we rushed to the
major breaker, I resume monitoring on battery power. Unfortunately the outage
does not go far enough to get rid of all the line noise, but it is somewhat
reduced.
At 2228, RHC live coverage in Spanish has resumed on 9660 [normally separate
Mesa Redonda channel] // 9710, 9810, 13640, 13690.
At 2312, I find a new frequency, 15470, but this one has voice-over translation
of the papal festivities into Portuguese! VG with some flutter. At first I
thought it was Benedict underspeaking, but really a Cuban religionist with a
similar but stronger voice.
At 2322, WEWN Spanish on 13830 is // RHC but about 6 seconds behind it
as the Cuban Catholic official is speaking, and then with PBXVI himself
prompting rote responses from the crowd.
15470 is also // about 1 second ahead of WEWN 13830. There we have three
different SW stations covering this; are there more? I boldly try R. Mart?, and
by golly, it is too, on still heavily jammed 6030 and well atop jamming on
11930, about 12 seconds behind RHC 13690! Must have got to Miami via a
circuitous routing.
At 2331, WEWN English 15610 has decided to join in during the pope`s mass, with
a good deal of music. This frequency as usual is distorted and accompanied by
squishy spurs.
How about VOA which is starting its usual Spanish broadcast at 2330? No, VOA
news about the visit but not // coverage, on heavily jammed 12000 and stronger
vs jamming 9885, with 5890 not checked.
Before 00 UT, 11840 has CRI English via Sackville, Chinese lesson, but at 0001,
RHC has come on for another one with live coverage.
At 0002, I find WEWN English now on 11520 with English translation of the
Spanish festivities.
Before 0000 UT there is a suspicious strong open carrier on 11945, and after
0000 UT March 27, it too adds papal visit coverage during the mass, and 15470
is also still on with Portuguese translation and no ID at hourtop.
A few days ago I checked Vatican Radio`s ``special broadcast`` page and found
nothing about any shortwave coverage. But I suspect 15470 and 11945 are VR, so
check again. The disorganized Vatican Radio has more than one webpage about
Special Broadcasts, and you may get the wrong one first by searching. I kept
looking until I found this:
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/trasm_spec.asp
``Special Broadcasts Tuesday 27 March 2012 [times Roman = UT +2!]
Apostolic Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and to the Republic of Cuba:
Santiago de Cuba, Holy Mass at 00.30 am [2230 UT 26 March]
>From Plaza Antonio Maceo in Santigo [sic] de Cuba, Holy Mass presided over by
>Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of
>the image of the "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre"
Live Broadcast from 00.20 a.m. [2220 UT 26 March]
- in German via Internet on Channel 3
- in Portuguese for Brazil on kHz 15470 SW and via Internet Channel 4
- in Italian for the Rome area on kHz 585 MW, MHz 105,0 FM and via Internet on
Channel 5
- in Spanish for Latin America on kHz 11945 SW and via Internet on Channel 6``
So that clinches that, except VR never tells us what the transmitter sites are,
but with this strong reception I strongly doubt direct from SMG. Maybe
Sackville? Bonaire?
Summing up: RHC, R. Mart?, WEWN and Vatican Radio were all covering the same
event on SW, altho not all with the same commentary. The Cuban Commies are
eager to cloak themselves in the respectability(?) of Catholicism, not Atheism.
The Tuesday special page linx to another one for Wednesday
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/trasm_spec.asp?cod=txs_2012_03_28_ing.asp
showing events Tuesday evening here by when he will be in La Habana, and his
departure Wednesday morning, but when I check it there is nothing listed on SW;
maybe there will be last-minute changes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [and non]. 9369-9396, March 26 at 2349, OTH radar pulses presumed
from here, bothering WTJC 9370v, but WWRB 9385 is already off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, March 26 at 1902, R. Africa is weak, compared to
RCI Arabic on 15180, see CANADA, but by 1930, 15190 has built up to readable
level if I cared to, but distracted by special coverage of pope visit to Cuba,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, March 26 at 1854, Greek talk and music, as VOG has obviously
switched from 15650 to 15630 sometime since last noted at 1413; but when is it
now? No more CCI here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11620, stronger 11670 = 11715 all unusually audible March 26 at 2224
with Indian vocal music. This is just before the close of the AIR GOS-V in
English at 2045-2230, the first two from Bengaluru, the third from Delhi (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 12080, March 26 at 2222, fair signal with Qur`an, then Arabic
announcement. This is the nighttime counterpart of IRIB`s 17550 heard earlier
today during its 0530-1630 broadcast, as 12080 is 1630-0530, 500 kW, 289
degrees from Zahedan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, March 26 at 1853, R. Kuwait in well today with country music,
1855 rap; 1900 ``This is a joint program produxion``, ``Islam . . . peace``,
same show which used to be at 1800 daily, ponderous narrative of platitudes
about the religion, interspersed with ``Allah Akhbar``s. Yes, it merely means
``God is Great``, but don`t they know it`s been slightly degraded by Islamic
extremists yelling it as they explode themselves and/or innocent victims? Ought
to play that exclamation down. Still in well at 2012 with music; at 2053 weaker
but still audible in rock music; must have just missed the token news headlines
at 2050.
Summery conditions are definitely building up just as A-12 starts, and as long
as the Sun behaves itself. R. Kuwait`s strange service to C&W NAm on 17550 has
reappeared, March 26 at 2221, S9+10 with Arabic music, diminishing but still
JBA at 2300. 17550 is missing from A-12 HFCC registrations, but they are
meaningless anyway with incorrect entries for 15540 and 21520/21540. Aoki
reminds us that in A-11 17550 was 20-24 at 350 degrees. The only thing similar
in A-12 HFCC is 9880, 21-24, 310 degrees to Europe. Is that still on or 17550
instead? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. During the B-11 season, IMM decided to stay on 15349.1 at
all times during the day and evening, but in A-12 it`s back to two
off-frequencies. Earlier on March 26 at 1320 and still at 1410 it was on
15341.6 or so, putting heavy het on HCJB Australia 15340.0, while 15345 was
open and would not have bothered 15350 stations either; but at next check 1906
it`s moved up to 15345.1 or so.
Like last summer, if they would only reverse the two, they would avoid rather
than cause interference, but that would make too much sense. Still, since this
change comes only one day into the A-12 season, IMM must be attempting to make
seasonal adjustments, even tho it refuses to participate in HFCC.
Neither does RAE, Argentina, which now faces QRMorocco since LRA is stuck
around 15345v, but not audible today, unless it was the source of very weak het
upon Morocco at 2103. IMM gone at 2240 check, but RAE still not audible at 2350
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. What`s left of R. Netherlands in English remains
sufficiently audible in CNAm, even tho intended only for Africa, if one is able
to listen between 18 and 21 UT: Monday March 26 at 1911, 15495 in English
interview mentioning tswi.org which of course refers to the RNW program `The
State We`re In`. A minute later I find it // on stronger and synchronized
17605, talking about breast reconstruxion by using extra tissue from the
stomach, apparently about injured Kurdwomen.
Must be same site? Yes, both Vatican now, but 15495 is at 1900-2057 and 17605
at 1800-1957 so they double up only during the middle hour. Before next program
at 1930, frequency announcement of 17605, 15495, 11615, 7425. However, at 2012
I was still hearing both 15495, and 17605 which went off at 2056*, a minute
before 15495 which was still doing the sign-off until 2057*. Contrary to HFCC
and Aoki which maintain 17605 is over at 1957 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120 check Monday March 26, after the usual VON weekend
off: at 1856, nothing audible in AM or DRM as 15110 Spain QRM is not too severe
yet. DRM might have come on at 1900, but still nothing at 1903 amid splatter
from 15110.
Not checked again until 1924, and now DRM noise is clearly audible from 15115
to 15125 (and Spain/Costa Rica is no longer on 15125 at this time in A-12; now
registered only at 11-14 daily). Presumably off around 2000 as usual, since
checked at 2006 again no DRM to be heard, altho Spain [q.v] spurs from 15110
were much worse.
7255, March 26 at 2223, all VON can manage is an unmodulated carrier, so North
American SSB hams are taking advantage of it to transmit in pseudo-AM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, March 26 at 2219, poor conversation in Arabic. Nothing listed
but R. Sultanate of Oman, which is supposed to end a seven-hour Arabic to
Europe (and NAm onward) at 2200, running over? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15220 and stronger // 13800, March 26 at 2052, RRI in English with
sports segment, continuing to get thru on loud and clear frequencies direct
from Europe better than any other station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. Later on Sunday, IRS did put up their A-12 schedule as found
by Alan Roe at
http://voiceofserbia.org/program-schedule
including English to NAm at 0030-0100 UT Tue-Sat on 250 kW via Bijeljina 9685,
same frequency as last summer.
But: no signal, March 27 at 0035 check, nor on former 6190. Now what? Europe
was in well including VOR on 9665. BTW, the new sked still shows the old
frequency to Europe, 10 kW 9635 direct, changed weeks ago to 9640, and still in
use March 25, as J-M Aubier points out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15110, March 26 at 1903, REE is not totally out of whack today, just
splattering up to 15120 where Nigeria is not yet audible. By 2006, it`s now
putting out spurs peaking at multiples of about 10 kHz, 15090, 15100, 15120,
15130. It`s a report about the Pope in Cuba, but not live coverage on this
station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 17725, March 26 at 2300, RTI opening Spanish relay via WYFR, G
signal, Paul Hsiao admitting that this is the program for s?bado 24 de marzo! I
recently heard another transmission headed as two days late, and now it`s 3
days, already 27 March in Taibei. At least they don`t try to hide these
out-of-date broadcasts, but why should they be? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 17735: see CANADA [and non]
** U S A [and non]. 17530, March 26 at 1919, big open carrier with French JBA
underneath; 1929 VOA sign-on. Yet another instance of unnecessary site changes
in the middle of a transmission, causing VOA to interfere with itself: HFCC
shows French at 1830-1930 via S?o Tom?, and 1930-2030 via Greenville B, which
should tune up elsewhere and crash-start on 15730.
15340, March 26 at 2241, poor signal from VOA Spe-cial Eng-lish, which is due
west from SAIPAN at 2230-2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5078.5-USB, March 26 at 2235, Navy MARS net, mainly NNN0APJ control,
and NNN0AEV in Missouri; strictly structured yet personal QSOs as per military
discipline. This could be a very good reason US SWBC stations are not on 5080,
like WTWW started to use, shifted to 5085. Googling finds NNN0APJ is Ed Menard,
probably in Nebraska. They were allowed to use abbr`d callsigns, and `AEV
mentioned that this is a ``pretty tricky frequency`` propagation-wise (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN papal visit to Cuba coverage: see CUBA [and non]
** U S A. KBOI, 670, Boise ID, QSL card p-mailed March 22 received March 26 for
e-mail report with code ID audio attachment following the DX test on 50 kW day
pattern at 0807, 0837 UT March 10:
http://www.w4uvh.net/KBOIQSL.jpg
View of transmitter site. v/s Randall Rocks confirms I heard them in Enid OK.
Also enclosed more photos of studios, Bill and Randall, transmitter, phasor and
6-tower antenna array in envelope from Citadel Broadcasting Company comprising
two AM, four FM stations in Boise starting with KBOI. Thanks Scott Fybush and
Bill Frahm for the test, and the QSL. To be added to my gallery at
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OKO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 12035, March 26 at 2358, VR IS is playing. I fear that it`s the end
rather than beginning of a broadcast, as VR has this annoying habit of doing
that. Yes, off at 2400* without announcement, but listed as 2315-2400
Vietnamese, 75 degrees from SMG. I wonder if they are still mis-inserting a
couple minutes of English before 2315?
[non]. Special coverage of visit to CUBA: q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17902.5-USB, March 26 at 2303, Spanish 2-way interrupted by
digital data bursts, co?rdinated? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 18000-SSB, March 26 at 2303, weak 2-way contact, unsure of
language, aero-band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:02:00 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 26-27, 2012
Message-ID: <D7CFA8E5141E48A494A39129E719A7B4@HNPC2>
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NIGERIA 15120 Perseus browser image showed a very 'quiet' image this
morning, strong though, but little bit undermodulated level. No distortion,
no scratches, very little buzz from the satellite feed ...
English soul singer on "Moving On" program at 0545-0558 UT.
So my strong guess this morning transmission originate from new Abuja TX
site instead. 73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:13 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 26-27, 2012
NIGERIA [and non]. 15120 check Monday March 26, after the usual VON weekend
off: at 1856, nothing audible in AM or DRM as 15110 Spain QRM is not too
severe yet. DRM might have come on at 1900, but still nothing at 1903 amid
splatter from 15110.
Not checked again until 1924, and now DRM noise is clearly audible from
15115 to 15125 (and Spain/Costa Rica is no longer on 15125 at this time in
A-12; now registered only at 11-14 daily). Presumably off around 2000 as
usual, since checked at 2006 again no DRM to be heard, altho Spain [q.v]
spurs from 15110 were much worse.
7255, March 26 at 2223, all VON can manage is an unmodulated carrier, so
North American SSB hams are taking advantage of it to transmit in pseudo-AM.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 111, Issue 27
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