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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs January 14-15-16, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs January 16, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:13:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 14-15-16, 2014
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** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Wed Jan 15 at 1355, RA is no longer simulcasting a TV
newscast during this hour, but instead wrapping up something called ``ABC Open
500 Words``.
ABC Radio National presents a seemingly complete Summer Schedule grid
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/linkableblob/5133584/data/rn-2013-14-summer-schedule-data.pdf
date by date from Dec 23 to Jan 26, but for 12:00 midnight local time merely
says ``Summer Features`` M-F. Nothing anywhere on it about ``Open 500 Words``.
Nor anything like that on the A-Z Quick-Find list.
Finally a more general search of the site finds it`s a sub-title:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/abc-open-500-words3b-failure/5125288
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717-, Jan 16 at 0057, very poor signal but presumed R. Yura,
starting to propagate again. Around this time, the 60m band is full of carriers
matching Asian and Latin American usage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4985+, Jan 16 at 0054, very poor signal seemingly in Portuguese,
slightly on the hi side, and totally clear in the absence of that huge RTTY
signal normally blocking all broadcasters here; hope it`s gone for good. So
presumed R. Brasil Central. No signal on // 11815 to compare with. Nor any het
from 4985.5, Per?`s Radio Voz Cristiana, also uncovered if and when it be on
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5970, Jan 16 at 0101, Brazuguese here no doubt R. Itatiaia, but with
very heavy flutter. The equatorial ionosphere is really dynamic tonight (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11765-, Jan 16 at 0107, SRDA Curitiba with Davi Miranda wailing away
in portunhol, slightly wavering het against something because ZYE726 is
off-frequency to the lo side (is there *any* Brazilian SW station accurate to
point 0, let alone point 00?). Nothing else on 11765 in EiBi, Aoki or HFCC to
het against, and EiBi shows 11764.8 for SRDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780.1, UT Tue Jan 14, make a point of checking QRM
during RNB`s main collision with another station, Spain`s Sephardic service
which stupidly stays on 11780 instead of alternate 11795 or some other clear
frequency for its weekly broadcast at 0115-0145: at 0112, there they are with
the REE IS making a LAH circa 100 Hz against RNB. This is hardly an improvement
over colliding directly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 740, Jan 16 at 0141 UT, commercial mentions KHDH.com, apparently
something to do with winter travel rather than a radio station, despite the
`calls`. No such website. Expecting to hear CFZM Toronto here mixing with KRMG
Tulsa as usual, and so it is, onward to ads for what`s on CBC Television
tonite, more Canadian stuff, and ``AM-740`` ID. Still, what`s this KHDH? Maybe
a clue or ad on their website, http://www.zoomerradio.ca/ Nothing found for a
travel biz to get out of Toronto; maybe I didn`t copy the letters correctly.
Searching on KHDH, I find that there is such a radio station, in Alberta,
obviously not a real Canadian callsign:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/khdh-97-7-fm-the-nation-station-siksika-146
What nation would that be? A First one, a.k.a. Blackfoot.
Is there a real KHDH in the USA? Unknown to NRC AM Log, WTFDA FM Database, nor
to FCC AM or FM Queries (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 12045, Jan 14 at 1438, Firedrake good with flutter, vs 12050 WEWN and
its lower spur. No other FD, nor CNR1 jamming found in the 12-18 MHz OOB areas.
About 24 hours later on Jan 15, no FD music heard on 12045, just Chinese,
presumably switched to CNR1 jamming.
9315, Jan 14 at 1444, FD fair-poor mixing with IBB Tibetan via Thailand per
HFCC; Aoki now has CNR1/FD jamming listed for this hour on 9315, but nothing
about the target. Usually Aoki just puts a * to indicate such jamming, but far
too many users ignore it and report logs incorrectly as the target station
rather than the jamming!
6145, Jan 14 at 1445, Firedrake here against RTI, but on 6075 no FD heard, just
Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Jan 15 at 0051, R. Rebelde back on the air in the evening as
well as 5040 RHC English, so after a few weeks, both these transmitters and
antennas are back in use, after obviously sharing one facility causing RR to
cede to RHC in the 22-07 UT span. Also at 0627 check, both very good level,
except there is some hum and distortion on 5025. Once I have mentioned this on
WORLD OF RADIO 1704, shux, it`s gone again 24 hours later at 0057 Jan 16, just
a JBA carrier, presumably Quillabamba, Per?.
5010.0, Jan 16 at 0114, weak signal in French --- this could be interesting,
possibly Madagascar on all night? Compare to 5910 in case it`s a 2 x IF image
from 5910 Romania, but no match there. And with the DX-398 BFO on, it`s still
on 5010, not 4 kHz offset so not an image. Listening closer no, it`s Kriyol,
with lots of -la`s, which points to the RHC hour on 5040. Could be a leapfrog
mixing product over 5025 Rebelde another 15 kHz lower, but that`s off as per
log a few minutes ago --- not now! It is indeed back on, so leap away! There
could be an equivalent landing on 5055, in that case with Rebelde audio (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1704, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9570, Jan 15 at 1349, CRI relay has a big buzz atop the program
modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11750, add one more RHC frequency to my list of synchronized ones
along with 11760 and most of the others, Jan 15 at 1409 check (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13680, Jan 15 at 1951, RHC French, fair signal and very undermodulated
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 9490, Jan 15 at 0100, Cuban NA (same as played on RHC), is
audible under the DentroCuban Jamming Command`s attempt at a wall of noise,
i.e. R. Rep?blica is still here via FRANCE at 0100-0300. WRMI conveniently
leaves a gap in its usage of 9495 during that bihour, presumably ready to shift
it to Okeechobee, whenever the TDF contract run out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, Jan 16 at 0059, Chinese from PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi,
better than 4980 in Uighur, the only Asian signals making it on 60 m with some
audio; per Aoki exactly same parameters, 100 kW at 230 degrees, but of course
Chinese comes first and unequal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12080, Jan 15 at 0046, R. Cairo news theme, fair with flutter,
Spanish, distorted but almost readable. This one is 250 kW, 241 degrees from
Abis at 0045-0200 for CIRAF 13 & 15, i.e. eastern 2/3 of Brasil, half the
Guianas and part of Paraguay, i.e. the only SS portion of the nominal target!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, Jan 15 at 2122, ``Doctor Jesus, Operate on
Me`` gospel tune, hee hee, from R. Africa via WRMI; no second signal. 15190,
Jan 15 at 1948 check, still no signal from Bata or Okeechobee, while Africa is
propagating with 15120 Nigeria DRM.
Recently I`ve seen at least two logs of 15190 after 2000 as if they were really
Equatorial Guinea. Not since December 31; people must not be paying attention
to our reports about this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1704, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN. 6155, Jan 16 at 0121, VIRI piano IS, fair with flutter; 0123 brief
sign-on announcement and NA, no doubt to be followed by mandatory Qur`an. It`s
Kazakh, scheduled via Sirjan. No QRM at all from Bolivia or anything else. Just
before this, a signal on 6165 until 0120* was apparently BBC; see OMAN (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11675 // 11720, Jan 15 at 1406, VIRI talking about Afghanistan,
Taliban, and exactly synchronized indicating same transmitter site: yes, both
Kamalabad in Urdu, 178 and 118 degrees respectively; 11720 slightly stronger
here, but less ACI on 11675 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 6165, Jan 16 at 0115, surprised to hear heavy CCI to RHC English, from
something in S Asian language talking about Pakistan, but it cuts off at 0120*
--- that timing smax of Iran, but HFCC shows no IRIB, but BBC in Hindi via OMAN
at 0100-0130, to be followed by Urdu. The band is open from that area, however;
see IRAN anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Jan 14 at 0103, R. Chaski carrier tracked until cutoff at
0103:30.5, which is 12.5 seconds later than last check 48 hours before.
5980, Jan 15 at 0103, R. Chaski goes off circa 0103:36: unclear since strength
drops but still hearing a carrier, perhaps a mixing product. Time fits for 5.5
seconds later than last night.
5980, Jan 16 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier with some modulation detectable, very
poor, until cutoff at 0103:40*, which is 4 seconds later than last night,
considerable variation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non]. 9840, Jan 15 at 1953, WHRI with some other gospel
huxter, but 2000 after Onward Christian Soldiers, cut to join Brother Scare in
progress (the only way to join TOM, since there are no ID breaks provided!).
For a while there is a medium SAH, from some other transmitter --- maybe
overlap of two Cypress Creeks? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
USA: WWRB
** TAIWAN [non]. 9895, Jan 15 at 1954, music on poor signal, sounds somewhat
African; the only frequency on 31m I don`t recognize at the moment; 1956 YL
announcement in French, web address, au revoir, but can`t catch any details;
bit of vocal music at 1958-1959.6*.
HFCC shows this is BaBcoCk, 315 degrees from UAE to Europe, so also aimed
USward. That`s a big help, but what station, is it, really? Go to EiBi: R.
Taiwan International at 1900-2000.
BTW, Jeff White informs that RTI will be testing via Okeechobee, in Spanish
this Saturday and Sunday night, UT Sun & Mon Jan 19-20 at 0300-0400 on 7730.
Reports wanted especially from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean; results
will determine whether they resume relays they once had by WYFR. I asked Jeff,
what about English?: And he says RTI are also considering testing that for
North America! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1704, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15570, Jan 15 at 1949, good open carrier, no doubt Greenville B
warming up for 2000 transmission when it will jump to proper 15580. Meanwhile,
VOA Botswana on 15580 until 2000 gets no QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1703 monitoring: Tue 1200 broadcast on WRMI 9955 is
confirmed at 1209, generally atop the pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Six
hours earlier, no signal audible on 9955.
WORLD OF RADIO 1704 monitoring: this week I finish in time for preferred first
airing on WRMI, UT Thursday Jan 16 at 0430 on 9955. It does air, complete, as
confirmed on webcast, but the 31m band is dead, with a JBA carrier at best on
9955. I hope it`s doing better southward as targeted. I hardly ever hear from
South America, so I was pleased to see a log last week, Jan 9 at 0430 on 9955,
by Claudio Galaz in Chile, rating it SINPO 55454!
Further schedule of WORLD OF RADIO 1704 times:
Thursday 1330 on WRMI-10 9955
Thursday 2201 on WTWW-1 9475
UT Friday 0426v on WWRB 3195
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2130 on WRMI-14 7730 (as aired past two weeks)
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-11 9495 (as aired past two weeks)
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW-2 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI-10 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955 & 9840, Jan 14 after 0600 check, WRMI inaudible, maybe
just a plunged MUF despite its southerly status. Reaudible after 1200 for WOR
on 9955, q.v. Next night Jan 15 at 0631, only pulse jamming audible on 9955,
JBA carrier on 9840, maybe BS on WRMI, while 2 MHz down, 7570 BS is at very
good level. At this time on 31m, hardly anything but poor signal on 9420,
presumably Greece.
9495, UT Wed Jan 15 at 0051, Keith Perron talking about Nauen, closing `Media
Network Plus`, a pre-2014 show judging from his comments; 0053 ``73s & 88s to
the ladies``, implying some kind of gender selectivity if not bias, music fill;
fair-poor on this WRMI transmitter aimed southwards; open carrier until 0100*.
Perhaps a new time for that at 0030; worth checking 9495 other days between 00
and 01 for additional airings of other WRMI shows, as WORLD OF RADIO has also
been appearing there the past two UT Sundays.
9495, UT Thursday Jan 16 at 0055 check, in Spanish about Venezuela, presumably
`Acontecer Venezolano`, quarter-hour show from 0045; only jamming so far is ACI
from 9490 ramping up against R. Rep?blica via France; see CUBA [non].
9690, Jan 15 at 2007, BS via WRMI now running longer hours, so it blox not only
AIR GOS at 1330-1500, but now I hear a low audible heterodyne, no doubt the
always off-frequency to low side, Voice of Nigeria.
9955, Wed Jan 15 after 1400, this edition of AWR Wavescan has a substitute
presenter, Michael M?ndez, I think he said, since Jeff White has laryngitis.
See also USA: WINB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1704, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also TAIWAN [non]; USA: WORLD OF RADIO
** U S A. 15420.0-CUSB, Jan 15 at 1948, BBCWS Seychelles atop WBCQ, but no
audible het for a change, just a subaudible one of a few Hz, as WBCQ has
tweaked its frequency, like it did from 7491+ closer to 7490 (a tad below now).
I expect 15420 will eventually drift off like it has time and again. Neither
station gets it, that they should be at least 5 kHz apart, permanently! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5810, Jan 14 at 0106, WEWN briefly in English and Spanish, crackly
audio and squealspurs. Spanish scheduled 00-05, this is the same transmitter as
used overnight on 7555, morning on 11550, afternoons on 12050, westward (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, Wed Jan 15 at 2010, WINB with AWR Wavescan, interview or
presentation from NASB meet by Jer?me --- of TDF about the Issoudun, France
site, but between the accent and the hum on the recording, he was hard to
follow. After that, routine JSWC logs from early December, so it was an earlier
January episode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3185, Jan 16 at 0105, TOM is missing from WWRB, no signal; while 3215
is on with organ music; by 0134 recheck, BS is back on 3185, and still Bach on
3215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0613 UT January 16
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:17:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 16, 2014
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** CHINA. Firedrake, Jan 16 at 1437-1448 on the usual spots: 12045 good with
flutter, 9315 mixing VOA Tibetan, 6145 good against Taiwan.
CNR1 jamming, Jan 16: 9450 at 1443 Jan 16, mixed with extremely distorted
spurblob, same modulation but unsynchronized with it, extending 9400-9450 and
peaking around 9435-9440. 6075 at 1448 Jan 16 is CNR1 jamming only, no
Firedrake audible here.
At 1453 Jan 16, CNR1 jamming at G-VG levels on 9530, 9605, 9680, and with echo
on 9825. At 1500 it`s stopped on 9530, allowing the VOA YDD sign-off to be
heard clearly. By 1502, the CNR1 jamspots on 31m have changed to: 9435 area
blob, 9495, 9680, 9790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, Jan 16 at 1455, best signal in a long time from
VOI, not saying much, some modulation audible only with music, vs still
much-stronger 9530 CNR1 jamming and VOA Tinang. I brace myself for het blast
from 9525 China, but it comes on at *1458 only very weakly. It`s really CRI in
English via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN to Europe. After 1500 the two are about
equal, as now VOI is supposedly the one in Chinese. Now the 9530 ACI has
reduced from CNR1 jamming to only VOA Philippines about to sign off. Strangely,
I see that Aoki still has VOI on 9525 instead of 9526, or 9525.9v (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9800, Jan 16 at 1444, IBB Tinang is again having big problems
with the transmitter attempting to air VOA Korean: as I tune in, big open
carrier, trace of modulation at spike peaks only, then carrier off and on
without modulation; while off I can hear something else weak on frequency
(presumably Iran in Hindi). 1450 VOA resuming, 1451 drops off and on again,
1456 more of same; 1457 back on but with modulation suppressed and distorted,
carrier off and on yet some more; 1459 to sign-off routine from Washington,
1500 YDD playing.
I believe that earlier around 1400, 9800 was not breaking up. 9775, meanwhile,
R. Free Chosun has no such problems either, just as strong and probably also
from Philippines.
9530 & 9605, Tinang also playing VOA YDD sign-offs, suddenly in the clear at
1500 as the ChiCom have just turned off the jamming against VOA Chinese (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. See USA: WRMI. Also see Overcomer homepage
http://www.overcomerministry.org/
where SW info is hopelessly incomplete and inaccurate, but notice the boneyard
including a skull labeled Bro. Stair in the lower right. Here`s a blowup of it:
http://www.overcomerministry.org/files/Download/AfterSisAnnLandry.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKMENISTAN [non]. 12025, Jan 16 at 1437, speech in uncertain language,
poor level. Aoki shows it`s R. Liberty in Turkmen at 14-16, 100 kW, 75 degrees
from Biblis, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1704 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, Thursday Jan
16 starting at 1330:32. This means that our 29:00-minute program still cannot
fit into the slot until WRMI Scoreboard fires at 1359:00, so only first part of
the propagation outlook airs. Preceding, Prague relay introduced fill music for
``satellite listeners`` but WRMI dumps out of that for canned Andy Sennitt WRMI
ID at 1330, without which the entire WOR could have aired. Cuban pulse jamming
thruout, usually at lower level than WRMI even aimed south; helps a little to
cover up glitches in my editing, but I would gladly do without it. Other WRMI
transmitter on NW antenna tests open carrier atop our programming at
*1357:14-1357:50* and does not cut back on for good until Scoreboard finishes
and preacher starts at 1400.
Next WOR airings: On WTWW, Thu 2201 on 9475, UT Sun 0030 on 5085, UT Sun 0501
on 5830. On WWRB, UT Fri 0426v on 3195. On HLR, Sat & Wed 0730 & 1530 on
7265-CUSB. On Area 51 via WBCQ, UT Mon 0400v on 5110v-CUSB. On WRMI: Sat 2130
on 7730, UT Sun 0030 on 9495, Tue 1200 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Jan 16 at 0714, WRMI is very poor but has faded up enough to
tell that it is not Brother Scare, as has been scheduled at 0600-1059 UT: not
// BS on VG 7570, but something else in English --- someone axually speaking in
a normal tone of voice!! Could be Prague, e.g. Ivo Ivanov also noticed this at
07-09 and with remote receivers was also hearing BS on World Harvest Radio
9955, which he keeps publishing as HRI in South Carolina, rather than HBN in
Palau, which is obviously the site for this `Angel 5` service. No sign of
anything but WRMI here at that hour. I wonder if this was a temporary mixup or
substitution at WRMI, or if they have pulled BS off during that time just
because he is now on WHR 9955? It would be impossible to synchronize, so no
doubt there would be an echo in some areas, probably a long-delayed one if both
were BSing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1717 UT January 16
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