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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs September 5, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs September 5-6, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 10:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 5, 2013
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** ANGUILLA [non]. 11775, Sept 5 at 1235 and 1322 chex, no Caribbean Beacon,
just Chinese jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6160, Sept 5 at 1213, very poor signal with occasional English
audible, weaker than music on 6165 from presumed CNR6 if not Vietnam or
Myanmar. So 6160 must be CKZU Vancouver, maybe still in CBC Overnight service
after 5 am local. Their signal is really ailing and we look forward to the new
transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 5 before 1300: Found
first on 15940 at 1226, I decide to use that to // all other possible CNR1
channels heard, whether jammers or not:
17170, poor at 1229, none in the 18s, 16s
15610, very poor at 1226 mixing with WEWN, also het on lo side
15250, poor at 1227 with usual tone too
14750, very poor at 1230
14700, poor at 1230
13830, poor at 1231
13605, very poor at 1231 mixing with algo; none in the 12s
11825, very good over CCI at 1235
11785, good over CCI at 1235
11775, very poor at 1235, no Anguilla
11640, good at 1234 with CCI
11605, fair at 1234 under CCI
11555, poor at 1234 aside 11550 WEWN splash
?9680, fair at 1239 in mixture with RRI, RTI
?9500, fair at 1239 in clear
?7470, fair at 1242 mixed with music, maybe real Firedrake?
?7445, poor at 1242 mixed with Chinese CCI
?7385, very good at 1243 over CCI
?7365, poor at 1244 with weak CCI; echo apart from 15940
?7345, fair at 1245, synch with 15940
?7305, poor at 1245 by itself
?7280, good at 1245 with CCI
?6180, poor at 1247
?6175, very poor at 1247
?6135, fair at 1247 with CCI
?6125, very poor at 1247 alone
?6110, fair at 1248 with CCI
Things change from hour to hour. At 1331 I notice:
15195, with CNR1 jammer poor signal, and noise jamming added
15115, CNR1 is very good with no noise, about equal level to jammee
Those who really care make look up in Aoki the targets of all these
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9410, Sept 5 at 1240, CNR5 is the noise-maker today (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 15600, Sept 5 at 1318, slow Chinese, poor signal, but not // 15940
and all the CNR1 jammers. Aoki shows it`s really the CRI Malaysian service at
1230-1327 via Kunming, so must be a language lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Sept 5 at 0451, RHC English is undermodulated and interrupted by
noise blasts, unlike on // 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM [and non]. 5765, Sept 5 at 1211 and later in the hour, only RTTY here,
no AFN, but still Guam transmitter? Someone suggests I just ask AFN about
what`s happening and maybe I will later, but now the priority is to monitoring
what is heard or not. I do check this:
http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/Shortwave.aspx
Which says:
``Shortwave service is provided by the Navy as an option for their ships
without the Navy's Direct-to-Sailor (DTS) capability. Shortwave also serves as
a backup to those customers with DTS. Shortwave service is also an option for
land-based listeners in remote locations that do not have access to local or
satellite-delivered AFRTS full Satellite Network (SATNET) services. Shortwave
services are intended to operate 24/7 but do experience disruptions due to
maintenance and atmospheric conditions.
[CURRENT SHORTWAVE HIGH FREQUENCIES]
Location???????????? Band???????????? Daytime????? Nighttime
Diego Garcia???????? Upper Sideband?? 12,759 KHz?? 4,319 KHz
Guam???????????????? Upper Sideband?? 13,362 KHz?? 5,765 KHz
Key West, Florida??? Upper Sideband?? Decommissioned
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Upper Sideband?? Out of service for an indefinite
period``? ?
So they still have Guam as active, but note that Hawaii, really off the air for
years now, has not been formally decommissioned so there is some possibility it
may resume. It was last reported on 10320-USB, Nov 7, 2009, and I think the
night frequency was 6350, off before then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 4750, Sept 5 at 1153, RRI Makassar has heavy CCI and
fast SAH from Bangladesh or China; not much signal on 4870 Wamena (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [and non]. 21650, Sept 5 at 1252 something very weak with talk,
scheduled as VIRI in Chinese, 1200-1257, 500 kW, 65 degrees from Kamalabad. (I
assume China does not try to jam this, from a fellow dictatorship?) All the
other 13m stations were in too altho not very strong, i.e. Rwanda, France,
Spain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 3945, Sept 5 at 1145, singing on AM underneath LSB hams
provokes visions of Vanuatu; much weaker and not // 3925 R. Nikkei 1 which is
strong enough to discourage American hams. On 3945 ham discussion of cancerous
pancreas not being suitable for transplant. 1158 the music goes to Japanese
announcement so it`s only R. Nikkei 2, now much better as hams are away,
accordion music past 1200 hourtop with no timesignal. But at 1207 another ham
net is underway [see U S A].
I had thought Nikkei-2 on 3945 signed off much earlier. Yes, it did, as in WRTH
2013 until 0605* Sun-Thu, 0900* Fri & Sat (meaning UT Sat & Sun?), but current
Aoki shows as of July 1 until 1400* M-F, 0900* Sat & Sun. 3945 is 10 kW ND from
the Chiba-Nagara site, but the confusing situation on 3925, assuming Aoki is
correct about Japan info: 50 kW from Chiga-Nagara at 64 degrees, *2155-1500*
daily, but *also* simulcast from the 10 kW ND Nemuro site starting at *0800
until: 1200* Sat/Sun, 1330* Mon-Thu, and 1415* Fri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 2910, Sept 5 at 1134 UT, M&W alternating with local news in Spanish,
peaks around 1137, fading 1140 with timecheck as they go into ads with music
bits. Awake early enough today a semihour before local sunrise, I again seek
this regular third harmonic as heard last season from XEVT, 970, Villahermosa,
Tabasco, surely same again with recognizable format. Still fighting atmospheric
noise level and local line noise or something cutting on and off. This was
first heard Dec 28, 2012 as in DXLD 13-01, then frequently logged in Jan, Feb
and Mar, last heard April 27. DST schedule is approx 10-05 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755+, Sept 5 at 1154, music is audible from PMA The Cross, and
timed its cutoff today at 1158:14*; no tones heard but very weak. Ron Howard
measured this Aug 24 on 4755.52 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 9579.15, Sept 5 at 0447, no signal from M?di 1, altho neighboring
Spain is in well on 9620, 9535. Luca Botto Fiora, Italy first reported this
absent as of August 31. Another one gone for good? Other Nador transmitters had
previously dropped off, like 15345v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Pre-sunrise check of 90 meters Sept 5 from 1144: 3385 is
best, also carriers on 3365, 3325, 3260; none on 3345 or 3205. Recheck at 1201,
3385 is off, but 3365, 3345 and now best 3325 are still on (of course 3325 or
3345 could possibly be Indonesia), while 3260 Madang is again in NBC English
news, this time cutting off abruptly at 1205:07* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5940, Sept 5 at 1210, R. Rossii ID, 1211 solo and choral music,
narration. This frequency is about one word behind stronger // 5930 Pet/Kam,
due to one more satellite hop? At 1224, 5940 in synch with // 7320 since both
are Magadan. 7320 also has ACI splash from 7325 CRI Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, Sept 5 at 1152 some talk audible here, very poor
aside still stronger 5025 Cuba; no doubt SIBC a bit before closedown, always on
the lo side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 15725, Sept 5 at 1530, R. Dabanga has just started, good
signal with typical music liners, 1532 ID, via VATICAN. With continuous 1 kHz
tone jammer, also typical from Sudan. Listed // 15150 via Madagascar is only a
JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 5980, Sept 5 at 1249, BBCWS in English, very poor on its
Thursday-only frequency via THAILAND. Aoki has a * meaning it is jammed by
China. Can`t detect that here, so I wish monitors in Asia would evaluate
whether China is still jamming English from BBC, VOA, RA et al., and how bad it
is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1685 monitoring: confirmed first airing on WRMI
webcast, UT Thursday Sept 5 at 0330; 9955 not checked as that has usually
proven to be futile. Next:
Thu 2101 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Fri 0326v on WWRB 5050
UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955
Sat 2327v on WTWW-2 9930 (if like last week)
UT Sun 0401 on WTWW-1 5830
Sun 2327v on WTWW-2 9930 (maybe, or Mon 0000v on 5085)
Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, Sept 5 at 1317, WWCR is inbooming instead of JBA, so must be
getting an off-season sporadic E boost, which however does not rise anywhere
near VHF, nor even affect similar-distanced 15610 WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTSTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1640, Sept 5 at 0457 UT, local KOAG has CCI from an ESPN Radio
station, even when KOAG is not fully nulled. Must be WTNI Biloxi MS, as
recently reactivated, the only known ESPN on 1640, and a slightly different
angle from here than KOAG site; sounds like instead of 1 kW night power, it
could be the 10 kW day that WTNI has previously been accused of running. The
two are a fast SAH apart, which means maybe circa 15 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3945-LSB, Sept 5 at 1207, after monitoring extended schedule of R.
Nikkei-2, JAPAN [q.v.], another ham net is underway with reports of local
weather readings past 24 hours, including Alamosa and Leadville CO (which both
generate low lows, one due to its high elevation and other due to being in a
valley where cold air settles), then someone chex in from South Dakota too.
This is apparently the Colorado Weather net now at 1200v UT instead of 1230
daily as in the final April 2007 edition of John Norfolk`s Nets2You (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Sept 5 at 1216 UT, in E-W null of N/S KRVN NE, mentions WJJR
98.9? then Stevie Wonder. WTFDA FM database shows WJJR as an AC station in
Rutland VT on 98.1 and I certainly was not sure of the numbers or letters.
Would expect this to be KLRG in Arkansas, but unclear why they would mention
that station with no direct connexion. Perhaps a syndicated program also on it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 21:53:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 5-6, 2013
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** BOLIVIA. 4717-, Sept 6 at 0100, Andean(?) music on the unique frequency of
R. Yatun Allyu Yura, Yura; still with song, poor but the best S. American
signal at 0117 on 60m.
On 49m, 6135-, R. Santa Cruz has a good strong signal, and 5952+, R. Pio Doce
is not bad either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 4815, Sept 6 at 0101, Portuguese shouting about B?blia, vs
CODAR and must use USB to avoid the 4810 ute, i.e. ZYG640, R. Difusora Londrina.
5970, Sept 6 at 0056, Cuban pulse jamming has suddenly appeared here for no
reason, quite bothering R. Itatiaia.
11815, Sept 6 at 0058, R. Brasil Central with song, now just as strong as 11855
R. Aparecida with its new transmitter, and RBC modulation is better. REE DRM
11810-11815-11820 from CR either off tonight or closed early; still going
centred on 9630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5970, Sept 6 at 0056, Cuban pulse jammer is centered here,
right atop poor Radio Itatiaia, Brasil, and spreading plus/minus 7 kHz. Another
one with a quite different rate and pitch is still on 5955 where R. Rep?blica
resided long ago (really 5954+ for them), but 5952+ Radio Pio Doce, Bolivia has
enough oomph to combat it. Yet more pulse jamming against nothing on 5890 where
VOA Spanish used to be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9675, Sept 6 at 0112, CRI English talking about Turkey and
the PKK, heavy flutter and same program as via Albania and Cuba on 9570, 9580
with no flutter. Got to be another Kashgar relay: yes, 01-02 only on the usual
308 degrees. Had not noticed this before, but now it stands out with Moscow
gone from 9665 and Beograd gone from 9685 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 9720, Sept 6 at 0113, R. Cairo carrier is maybe just barely
modulated, but hard to tell with strong OTH radar pulses extending from 9716 to
9745, CYPRUS? Egypt`s transmitters are so broken that one might suspect this
noise was coming out of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. e-QSL received Sept 5 from Radio Casablanca, now at
http://www.w4uvh.net/Casablanca.jpg
as linked from
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
Design is from movie posters, for this report last year as in DXLD:
6939.7-AM, Dec 16 at 2238 a pirate signal is here, 2240 ID as Radio Casablanca,
e-mail; playing old WWII tunes at the same time as `Marion`s Attic` on WBCQ
7490, but no BBCCCI here. Bits sound like old-time radio, then song about the
Maginot Line; 2245 ``Animal Crackers`` by Shirley Temple; 2248 ``Three Little
Fishies``; 2250 flash from United Press: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; 2251
another Radio Casablanca ID, FDR`s ``day which will live in infamy`` address to
Congress; 2259 ID and ``Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition``; 2304
``Remember Pearl Harbor``; 2307 ID email as [email protected] and 2313
``Bugle Boy``; 2316 ID & e-mail; 2318 ``I`ll Be Seeing You``; 2328 ID and
e-mail again, dramatic bit; 2345 still on but at next check 2355 it`s off.
Nothing about Casablanca or Morocco heard other than the name. Sufficient
signal of S9+12, and making C# above middle C het with 6940 reference = 278 Hz,
so about 6939.72 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Accompanied by note: ``Glenn, Thank you for your reception report on Radio
Casablanca from late last year. A long-overdue eQSL is attached.
After many, many months of confinement in a Nazi labor camp, manufacturing
faulty artillery shells, I recently managed to escape and make my way back to
Morocco with the aid of members of the resistance.
I sincerely apologize for the long delay. War is hell, and prison is no picnic
either. We will make every effort to answer future reception reports in a more
timely manner, verifying reports with one of our series of four full-data
eQSLs. Thanks for listening! Richard Blaine, American``
Tnx, Rick! He had just carried out another broadcast which I only heard about
after it was over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Sept 6 at 0055, R. Chaski is audible in talk with very poor
signal; fortunately some additional Cuban pulse jamming on 5970 is spreading
only up to 5977. Chaski cutoff timed tonight at 0104:24* apparently now
interrupting their regular devotional talk in the Red Radio Integridad relay
from Lima. That`s 11.5 seconds later than last check 48 hours earlier.
BTW, my nearest streetlight`s darkness sensor fired it up right at 0100 UT with
a clear sky at sunset as it was doing in April, but now it`s precessing earlier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9665, Voice of Russia`s last remaining English frequency to
near North America, has vanished unexpectedly early before the projected SW
closedown at yearend. Only the Brasilian off-frequency 9665- audible Sept 6 at
0054 in Brazuguese.
VOR absence was first noted 24 hours earlier by several listeners, and was
apparently still going as of Sept 4. Leo Barmaleo tells us that it`s the Maiac
site (PRIDNESTROVYE) which has stopped carrying VOR, so other transmissions
from there must be gone too, altho remaining for now via some other sites
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1685 monitoring: confirmed starting at 2100:56
Thursday Sept 5 on WTWW-1, 9479; also confirmed starting at 0329 UT Friday Sept
6 on WWRB webcast and presumably 5050. Next: UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via
WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4802-USB, Sept 6 at 0109, Navy MARS net designated 5X1B, treated as
if it`s a station being called, but really a general call, from NCS NNN0ZIJ,
everything always in fonetix. With NNN0TDA, NNN0TSW and others, saying stand by
for some (digital) traffic, 2k long which took about a minute; some remark
about receiving it vs some interference, presumably alluding to the CODAR I was
also hearing. Googling on the calls: NNN0ZIJ = Robert Barker in Wisconsin;
NNN0TDA = Ed Green in Milton WI; NNN0TSW = ham call NA9J, John J Kotlarik in
Green Bay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1270, Sept 5 at 1907 UT on caradio at a fairly quiet parking lot on
the west side of Enid, hearing two stations, one with Spanish music, and the
other with English talk. SS is surely KRVT Claremore/Tulsa, as indeed IDed at
1915 as ``La Qu? Buena`` (as not misspelt in the NRC AM Log 2012), and would
expect the second signal to be 50 kW KFLC Fort Worth, but it`s also Spanish,
the last we knew, with Univisi?n Am?rica.
Don`t recognize the voice of the English talker, but 1956 finally mentions it`s
the Glenn Beck Show, so with a sub today. Can`t pull any ID before 2000 Fox
News with the QRM, but suspect there wasn`t any. Other close 1270 for daytime
groundwave is KSCB Liberal (no jokes, please), Kansas, and indeed it`s on the
Beck affiliate list. I don`t normally get this in the daytime. It was fading up
and down regularly, not too fast and not too slow, maybe as SAH with KRVT.
Soon ruled out any skywave this time of year on higher frequencies scarcely a
semihour after local mean noon at 1832 UT. KSCB is nondirexional days with 5
kW, so it`s feasible, really only 175 statute miles, 281 km, quite closer than
FW but with one tenth the power, except most of KFLC`s power heads E/W, not
toward us at all (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5470-USB, Sept 6 at 0122-0128+, strange 2-way in Spanish. Without
BFO it sounds like SSB, but tuned in USB, whenever the main station is talking
there is continuous heavy RTTY-sound along with him even when he pauses. There
is a beep whenever he cuts on. Maybe a mixing product or repeater would behave
this way? Is conveying traffic slowly at dictation speed, sometimes with
punxuation and fonetix. Made out a few words and phrases more than once
concerning ``gasolina``, ``agua purificada``, and once, ``poner la protecci?n
de marinas``. Some long pauses between transmissions with no RTTY (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5690+, Sept 6 at 0120, JBA carrier detectable with BFO, around
where the Uruguay pirate Radio Chan? has been residing, varying 5688 up to
5692.5 as last measured by Ernesto Paulero, Argentina on Sept 3-4. No carriers
from the OOB South Americans on 5580, 5460 if they are still on (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11900+USB, Sept 6 at 0059, Spanish 2-way intruder, so obvious
amid the 25m broadcast band. Slightly on hi side but not as far up as 11900.5
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13364-AM, Sept 6 at 0053 I find a JBA carrier here as I am making
a periodic check for AFN Guam 13362-USB and/or LTA Argentina, 13363.5-LSB
without any luck on either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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