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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 6, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 7, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 21:50:44 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 6, 2013
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** ALBANIA. 7465, Nov 6 at 0033, fair signal with music but low modulation, no
QRM, presumed the daily Albanian language service of R. Tirana to North America
at 00-01, here and now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. 7300, Nov 6 at 0641, TWR music-box IS is already going, VG // much
weaker 5910 but without any HJ QRM audible. Polish starts at 0644 on both,
synchronized via Moosbrunn. 7300 is the one aimed 300 degrees toward us, and
5910 the one really toward Poland (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. 15440, Nov 6 at 1404, fair signal with S Asian song; HFCC shows AWR
Urdu at 1400-1430 via Moosbrunn.
17605, Nov 6 at 1443, Horn of Africa music, good signal with birds tweeting,
talk; it`s AWR Afar service daily at 1430-1500 via Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6070, Nov 6, CFRX is still missing, depriving SWLs of hearing Mayor
Ron Ford`s show, which TV clips remind us is/was on CFRB, per placard proudly
displayed on the mic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7220, Nov 6 at 1358 JBA carrier, but no REE IS audible, some other
music. So CRI may have finally removed the anomaly from the pre-Nepali service
via Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 4765, Nov 6 at 0035, R. Progreso not on, nor at 0113, but it is on at
next check 0141 with music; so sign-on moved an hour later from 0030 to 0130.
Haven`t yet caught closedown, but supposedly circa 0500 ex-0400, altho one
night it was still on closer to 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15530, Nov 6 at 1403, poor signal in French with crowd noises,
mentions RFI several times; this is axually scheduled as their Russian service
daily at 1400-1430 from Issoudun. I wonder if they have defaulted to French
language fill with another strike, like they used to do frequently (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Nov 6 at 1336, tell-tale het against VOA/CNR1 on 9530, but
not much VOI modulation to be heard; at least denoting it`s back after absence
since last heard Oct 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1694, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Nov 6 at 0601 UT, multi-verse choral NA, 0605 full ID by SHVA
mentions location in Colonia Centro, Zacatecas, FM 105.9 ``de lo m?s alto del
cuadrante``, then jazzed-up version of `Ghost Riders in the Sky`. I thought
this would be easy to look up, but in Cant? and IRCA there are *no* Zacatecans
on 660, and no FM // matches either. Maybe Zacatecas was part of a street
address rather than the city or state itself: there ought to be a law. Couldn`t
copy more due to considerable QRM, including another XE with NA coming up
underneath first station at 0607. Of the nine Mexicans on 660, I`ve previously
IDed XEEY, XEACB, XEDTL, XEFZ and likely two of those (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, Nov 6 at 0035, JBA carrier could be Chaski, or ChiCom
jamming or even VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka; After 0100, it must be Chaski, but
now mixed with pulse jamming from Cuba, until carrier cut at 0103:09.5*, which
is 16.5 seconds later than last check three nites ago.
This and other logs this evening are not on the porch with DX-398 due to a
thunderstorm, but instead on the FRG-7 and inside random wire (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21630, weaker than // 21610, and also weakest // 21540 under Kuwait,
Nov 6 at 1441, REE Noblejas, all with some long/short path echo (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1694, after DST and frequency shifts: first airing to
be
Thursday November 7 at 2201v on WTWW-1 9479 [soon to shift to 9475]; UT Friday
0427v on WWRB 3195 [and maybe 5050];
UT Saturday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB;
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany, 7265-CUSB;
Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955;
UT Sunday 0029v on WTWW-2 5085, if now shifting from 9930 at 0000;
UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1 5830;
UT Monday 0029v on WTWW-2 5085 [maybe, reported last week at 2330 on 9930]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1694, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Nov 6 at 0030, WTWW-2 is still on here instead of 5085; 9479,
Nov 6 at 0030, WTWW-1 is still on here instead of 5830. Both have shifted to 5
MHz after 0100. George McClintock tells me that within a few days, the night
changeover time will be 0000 UT for both (and the wtww.us website already shows
this, along with morning QSYs at 1400). Then at 1333 Nov 6, 5085 is on, but
both 5830 and 9479 are off. Furthermore, 9479 will be standardized by Nov 8 to
9475, on request of VOA to avoid interference to 9480. I see in Aoki (not HFCC,
of course) that 9475 is also in use by R. Australia from 1100 to 1900, but I
think it`s toward Asia, never much signal here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1694, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, Nov 6 at 0037, WWRB has Dave in a rant again, making mocking
voices, about 99% of Christians being lip-service full of crap, and 1% true
Christians: prove which you are by calling 931-728-6087 and booking airtime on
WWRB. Then 0039 dead air for at least a minute as maybe he`s answering the
phone or cooling off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, Nov 6 at 1406, `Rock of Ages` theme on keyboard/banjo, and
WJHR signing on; 1409 pause and bring up gospel huxter introducing his tape #4,
that there is ``no evidence whatsoever for evolution``, apparently aimed at
kids but also connecting this with the New World Order; choppy modulation. Now
we know how really wacko this mono-huxter station is. Clock may be 6 minutes
slow as previous sign-off was well after 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 830, Nov 6 at 0647 UT, WCCO with guest from
http://www.astronomy.com/ison about viewing the comet, best late in November. I
have to null cheating WFNO Norco LA and its Mexican music to hear WCCO in the
clear at night. WCCO show I think is also on KMOX, other CBS stations,
originating in Boston? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 3975, Nov 6 at 0637, VR with Latin mass // stronger 6075, and still
not heard on 9645. Last winter 3975 could do quite well here, best signal from
Europe on 75m, but now some SSB QRhaM before they start avoiding it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier, Nov 6 at 0653: het on 910 from 909; too late to do a
full search (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0550 UT November 7
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 08:09:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 7, 2013
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** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming search Nov 7 after 1430:
14980, good but with heavy flutter at 1435
No others found in the 12s, 13s, 15s, 16s, 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA
** CUBA [and non]. Poor RHC, getting QRM because Arnie refuses to participate
in HFCC, so other stations would at least know where it`s operating, (rather
than consulting the real world of DX reports, or even turning on a radio). Will
Arnie ever make any adjustments?
17580, Nov 7 at 1406, RHC is about equal to the clash from IBB making a SAH,
i.e. R. Azadi via Biblis at 1330-1430. Meanwhile there are plenty of open
channels for either on 16m.
11760, Nov 7 at 1433, RHC is buried by heavy CCCCCCI, as their good friends the
ChiCom are intent on jamming Sound of Hope, Taiwan, at 1300-1500. Iran in
Bengali is also on there from 1420, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 15235, Nov 7 at 1403, S Asian song, with gospel lilt, much better
than adjacent 15230 Cuba. HFCC shows Islamabad, Pakistan at 1330-1530, surely
imaginary, and MBR at 1330-1530, 250 kW, 85 degrees from Nauen. But what? For
that, consult Aoki: at 1400-1415 Thursdays (and Fridays), it`s Athmeeya Yatra
Radio (Gospel for Asia) in Kar, presumably meaning the Burma minority language
Karen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Nov 7 at 0703, animated Greek talk, fair with deep fades. Sure
wish I understood Greek, as press reports about now that riot police raided ERT
HQ building to expel the occupiers, but a rather chaotic situation. Here`s one
story about it via Mike Terry:
http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/07/riot-police-launch-early-morning-raid-on-occupied-greek-broadcaster/
So will we hear anything further on the Avlis SW frequencies? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 6055, Nov 7 at 1345, it`s Thursday and R. Nikkei 1 is teaching
English; American-accented OM reads passage mentioning Obama and CSIS; then
Japanese YL explains the terms; much better on // 9595 at 1348, explaining
``come to a standstill`` as pronounced both in American and British accents. It
was also audible a bit earlier on 3925 vs QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Nov 7 at 1354 tune-in, no open carrier but cuts on
at *1354.6, much later than previously, prior to R. Free Chosun at 1400. This
signal displays no transpolar fading as would be expected from alleged
Tajikistan site; instead it`s strong and steady, almost as good at 9800 VOA
Korean, 250 kW, 21 degrees from Tinang, Philippines, which aims that also right
onward toward US.
So I continue to suspect this is no Tajikistan, but either Tinang or Tinian, as
this station altho based in Seoul is funded by the US government anyway. How
covert is that? It`s explicit in the WRTH 2013 which also listed Dushanbe sites
for it. Unfortunately, website http://www.rfchosun.org is all in Korean.
9775 is not in HFCC B-13, where instead you come up with two bogus listings at
this time on 9775, no trace of either heard:
CNR, 0900-1605, 150 kW, 270 degrees from Beijing in Chinese; and
SLBC, 1230-1630, 300 kW, 350 degrees from defunct Ekala, Sri Lanka in English!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7190-LSB, Nov 7 at 0705, Triple-H net for WAS (working all states),
trying to respond to a call from CO5MZ, but continuous QRM from a station
sending Tarzan yodel-yells over and over, and other rude noises, music. N4EDN
call heard from someone in the net, asking for DX check-ins only; refers to
``trash`` on the frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Nov 7 at 1434, no signal from WTWW-3. It seems quite often at
least one of the three transmitters is down for some maintenance (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Nov 7 at 1327 UT, car care ad in rapid Spanish, roughly E/W;
1330 IDs in passing as ``La Ke Buena 1,510 de AM``, 1331 music. Can`t catch any
local references, but sounds like a US rather than Mexican station. Nothing
fits in 2013 NRC AM Log, altho there are several SS on 1510, as close as KS and
TX.
Then I Google on the slogan, "la ke buena 1510 am``, being sure to misspell
``que``, and that leads right to
https://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Ke-Buena-1510-Am/536340043087287
which turns out to be WQQW in St. Louis MO. Joined FB only on August 27, 2013.
That was after the NRC AM Log was printed, where WQQW Highland IL was ``Madison
County`s Hometown Station`` in English, C&W and talk, 1 kW direxional daytimer,
address in Belleville IL. (At first I thought it must be ex-KMRF in Marshfield
MO since their address is in St Louis --- but Marshfield is really way off near
Springfield in SW MO.) FCC AM Query shows the WQQW pattern aims toward the
southwest, just right for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1609 UT November 7
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 131, Issue 7
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