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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs February 28-March 1-2, 2017 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs March 2, 2017 (Glenn Hauser)
3. ANTARTIC ARGENTINA (Hugo L?pez CE3BBC)
4. LRA36 Antartic today (Hugo L?pez CE3BBC)
5. JRX Logs: March 2, 2017. (Jota Xavier)
6. Glenn Hauser logs March 2-3, 2017 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 06:12:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 28-March 1-2, 2017
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANGUILLA. 6090, March 1 at 0725, University Network is off! But something,
Brasil? is a JBA carrier. By next check at 2031, day frequency 11775 is on as
usual, S9+25 of suppressed/distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, March 1 at 2031, no signal from LRA36, which Manuel
M?ndez, Spain reports is back on the air and JBA there after AWR 15480 closes
at 2000. Believe it has been off all northern winter/southern summer. Probably
have a new crew for fall/winter season, as station only seems active a few
months per year. Normal schedule is approx. 18-21 UT M-F only (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1867, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Feb 28 at 0714, JBA carrier, but no blob in the 6150 range
from RNA/RNB, while 11780 is OK, VG. Then I hear a blob in the 6165-6175 range,
but can`t confirm a match to 11780.
6150v, 6120v, March 1 at 0614, by now the Brazoblobs are definitely off and so
is 6180, completely. The engineers at Rodeador must have finally realized
there`s a problem. 11780 is still good at S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1867, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 3330-CUSB, March 1 at 0626, CHU is inaudible, not even a carrier.
Think it must be off as I should be able to detect it despite storm noise of
S9+30 from eastern OK. 3485 NY Radio is audible, as is CHU OK on 7850-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910.160V, Feb 28 at 0709, Alcarav?n Radio is here at the moment,
mostly music --- in fact, since latest reactivation, I don`t believe I`ve heard
any IDs or automated timechex; maybe just not listening long enough. Audibly
varies as I try to measure it.
6010.144V, Feb 28 at 0711, The Voice of Thy Conscience is presumably the weaker
one here, also varying.
5910.14, March 1 at 0618, Alcarav?n Radio is S9+10 with tropical music. Another
check at 0729, now measured on 5910.131, music at S8 vs storm noise crashes of
S9+10/20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, March 1 at 0615, RHC English is absent, but still VG on 6165, in
fact splattering 6160-6170; 6100 is OK, and 6000 is S9+40 but suptorted. 6060
seems to have been missing a lot lately both before 0500 in Spanish and after
in English.
6100, March 1 at 0725, RHC is still on with dead air of S9+20, unlike all the
other frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 48, Feb 28 at 1753 UT, KOCY-LP, OKC, analog video only, fades
in briefly. Now I know that this one may or may not be on the air at any
moment; only way to be sure it is off is to see it strong enough one moment,
and cut off the next rather than fade out.
Doug Smith of W9WI.com responds to my previous comments: the reason why KOCY
has a CP for 15 kW is that would be the max power once it`s finally converted
to DTV --- (but that will never happen with all channels above 37 being
evacuated).
Also, he points out that the power and coverage of KOCO-7 are virtually the
same as KETA-13; twice the power I quoted from his list was for KOCO`s backup
rather than main transmitter.
I also think Doug has the answer to why my KETA-13 reception keeps breaking up:
QRM from second harmonic of KNID 107.1 on 214.2 MHz right in the middle of RF
channel 13, running 14 kW from less than 10 miles away (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1866 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday February
28 at 2130 on WRMI 15770; probably // 6855, but JBA and reception on this will
only worsen as we get into spring and summer, everything else being equal.
Missed checking UT Wed 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB ---
(Since I was busy at Enid High School for ceremony dedicating the Currie-Gregg
Observatory, in name of astronaut Dr Nancy Currie-Gregg. The dome and telescope
were a project of my late science teacher Mr James Smeltzer, just after I
graduated in 1963y. His daughter was also present and glad to selfie with one
of his former students. See http://www.wewillfindstars.space --- But I digress.)
WOR 1866 also confirmed Wed March 1 at 1030 on WRMI 5850 and much weaker //
6855. I happen to be awake for this rare check. Also confirmed Wed Mar 1 at
1421, the 1415.5 airing on 9955 at S9+20, well atop pulse jamming, but 6855 is
inaudible, faded out or off? Also confirmed Wed March 1 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490,
fair, after a semiminute of dead air instead of ID. Also confirmed UT Thu March
2 at 0030, WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, fair.
WORLD OF RADIO 1867 ready for first airings March 2:
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 to NE
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855? to WNW, 5950 to S
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 // 6855 // 7730, March 1 at 0720, WRMIs are all playing the same
World Music; but before 0700 I had noticed that 6855 was playing different WM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11965-12135, Feb 28 at 1548, WEWN 12050 is again out of whack with
splatter spikes out to this range. So I notify Glen Tapley again at 1642 UT Feb
28, two weeks after last time:
``Glen, It seems that whenever 12050 gets tuned up it gradually goes bad again.
Same is the case now Feb 28 checked around 1548 UT:
Modulation peak spikes can be heard between 11965 and 12135, gradually
diminishing toward the edges of this range. Severe up to 12100 and down to
12030 at least, impacting 12095 BBC via Madagascar. BBC uses 12095 much of the
day from additional sites, and earlier FEBC Philippines does too. And 12035
which at this time is AWR via Sri Lanka, i.e. two other Christian broadcasters.
Your own signal on 12050 is so distorted that it must be driving away listeners
rather than attracting them. Regards, Glenn``
No reply received, but by 1427 UT check March 1, 12050 is back in whack, no
more splatter spikes --- for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. RF DTV channel 31, Feb 28 at 1608 UT, area tropo is up, this time
from across the Kansas border. This is one which barely decodes for a split
second showing text in English along bottom of screen, yet the PSIP ID which
already shows with Bad signal is KDCU-DT 31-1 which is Derby KS (Wichita
market), despite W9WI.com showing ``46.1`` as Univision and ``46.2`` as UniMas,
but I can`t get #2 at all, nor #1 long enough to confirm network. Also, just
reading the font on the Zenith STB PSIP, at least on an SD screen, I couldn`t
be sure whether it was: KOCU, KDCV, KOCV; or KDCU, which has to be it.
BAD signals on all these channels: 35, 36, 42, 45, 28, 26, 22, 20, 17, 12, 11,
10, 8, many of which correspond to Wichita. Only one other manages to decode
briefly with my antenna toward OKC, after all: RF 19, 12-1, KWCH-DT (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0612 UT March 2
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 17:21:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 2, 2017
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** AUSTRALIA. 15340, March 2 at 1414, RBA English ID at S9-S7, 1415 into South
Asian music and language. Why don`t they introduce in English which language it
is? Aoki shows on Thursdays only, it`s Marathi. Simultaneously, RBA is on 11980
in English at S9+20/10.
15590, March 2 at 1417, another South Asian song is S9 to S9+10 here, and this
turns out to be the third RBA transmitter, scheduled Thursdays only in Telugu
during this quarter-hour. These are all aimed toward S Asia of course, but are
some of the best signals on 19m now, so I wonder if they are arriving long-path
without having to traverse much of the darkside (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. 3330-CUSB, March 2 at 0720, no signal from CHU again, while
7850-CUSB has a JBA carrier; yet relatively near SW station WBCQBS 7490 is
propagating at S9, better than usual in the nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9880.026, March 2 at 1220, Christian hymn, YL talking in Korean, S9
fading to S5. KSDA is scheduled this hour, so another station significantly
off-frequency; amid 9880 usage by other stations, China, Romania before and/or
after (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 5935, Thursday March 2 at 1325, Sea Breeze from JAPAN
still here, barely audible in English, and with tone pulse jamming. Expect them
to QSY soon, maybe escaping jamming for a few days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, March 2 circa 1300, no signal from Denge Kurdistane;
but recheck at 1409, now S9+10 during big audio buzz, soon fixed with Kurdish
talk mentioning Istanbul. Aoki shows site as Moldova (Pridnestrovye) at
0600-1500, but a beam switch at 1300 from 130 to 116, why? Then to Bulgaria at
1500, but Ivo has been saying it`s then France instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, March 2 at 0714, VG S9+20 signal with news of Solomon
Islands, typical RNZI sounders. Yes, surprised to find them back on this
frequency. Online schedule still shows 11725 until 0758, then 9765, with 9700
supposedly only at 1059-1258 on the NNW antenna, a recent change from 11610.
Maybe this explain the anomaly which may not recur:
``NB: Every month on the first Wednesday is Maintenance day at our transmitter
site from 2230 to 0600 UT (Thursdays 1030-1800 NZST) During this period there
may be interruptions to our programmes``. That period should have just finished
(altho NZST is not in effect now, rather NZDST of UT +13 until April 2). (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 48 NTSC, March 2 at 1455 UT, KOCY-LP OKC is weakly visible in
analog, with a little morning tropo enhancement; remains without cutting off
the air for a few minutes before fading (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 11580, Thursday March 2 at 1330, RUI via WRMI, VG signal.
News until 1335, nothing but about Russian military axion in eastern Ukraine,
and remaining resistance to takeover of Crimea, for which Feb 26 will be the
third anniversary. 1335 `Ukrainian Perspective` continuing anti-Russia news,
shelling on Ukrainian positions. Why haven`t we heard about this hot axion, if
really current? Refers to a Thursday February 23 press briefing, so I conclude
this program is one week old, NOT from today!
As previously noted, day-by-day file setup on WRMI server will replay an old
one if a new one has not overwritten it in time. Others have noted outdated RUI
programs on WRMI, from more than a week. In fact, I found the upload dates on
the System D server for the Saturday and Sunday RUI broadcasts still showing as
7/2/2016! Listen whether they really sound that old from last July? And
therefore always the same from one weekend to the next? At 1341 today, item
about Ukrainian arms producers participating in an exhibition in Abu Dhabi
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1867 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday
March 2 at 1230 on WRMI 9955, S9 over lite pulse jamming at first, but relative
jamming level increases during the semihour as WRMI weakens; tnx a lot, Arnie!
Yet WOR still 100% readable, including my error saying ``March 28`` instead of
February 28 regarding Xmas Radio. // 6855 is S9 at start, but much higher local
noise level on it. By 1322 during R. Prague, little or no jamming on 9955. Next
WORs:
Thu 2130 WRMI 11580 to NE
Fri 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855? to WNW, 5950 to S
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, March 2 at 0717, this WRMI is playing classic rock, Dylan, not
// World Music on 5850, 6855, 7730. TruNews is gone! Until end of Feb, had been
24/7 on WRMI-6, 355 degrees, since Global 24 crashed a couple years ago.
TruNews was initially on two more frequencies, then cut back to this one.
TruNews still shows on the WRMI web schedule. Rather, Flowing Streams Ministry
of which TruNews is/was the flagship program. Nothing on the TruNews website
now about SW, or any radio broadcasts, but plenty of far-right extremist
un-true slanted ``news``. Has Rick Wiles fallen out with WRMI, or simply a
financial decision, SW no longer worth it??
9395, another check March 2 at 1421 finds more classic rock, ``Stairway to
Heaven``; 1423 break at odd time for WRMI ID by Bob Biermann. Never announces
the music so I have to identify it: then ``It`s My Party`` by Leslie Gore; 1430
a WRMI ID mentioning 9395 specifically; 1434 ``Desiderata`` (you are a child of
the universe) --- NOT the parody, shux. 1438 ``Little Green Bag`` by The George
Baker Selexion; 1440 ``The Monkees``; 1443 some doo-wop; 1446 ``Smile a Little
Smile For Me, Rose Marie`` by The Flying Machine, etc., etc.
All the announcements are by Biermann, and suspect he is programming this now.
Biermann`s regular hour is ``Your Weekend Show`` which started on TruNews, then
expanded to various times (including mid-week) on other WRMI frequencies, so he
has survived the sinking ship of TruNews. Surely a temporary filler until
another full-time client for 9395 can be found. A golden opportunity to get
some journalistically legitimate Public Radio service on SW!!
I look for anything about this on WRMI`s FB, but nothing found; rather this new
show:
``Mirka Pratts February 22 at 3:12pm --- "LAS NOCHES CON MIRKA" a partir de
ma?ana jueves a las 8:p.m en WRMI Radio Miami Internacional, v?a Facebook donde
grabaremos el programa que saldr? el viernes a las 5:00 p.m en Am?rica y el
Caribe y a las 11:00p.m en Europa. Los esperamos!!!! 14 Likes2 CommentsLike ?
Comment ? Share``
WTFK? Geez. 6-hour time difference anyway implies 2200 UT Fridays. Of course,
both Europe and America have more than one timezone! So ?de qu? se trata,
Mirka?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11520, March 2 at 0711, no signal from WEWN overnight English
frequency, which is normally weak but audible. 5810 Spanish is inbooming a
usual. On 25m, 11580 WRMIBS is good, while it is normally JBA at this hour.
Strange reversal, due to propagation, or is 11520 really off? Also a JBA
carrier on 11870 which used to be WEWN`s other overnight Spanish transmitter,
and now nothing is scheduled there per HFCC and Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 820, March 2 at 1304 UT, another talk station with WBAP nulled as
much as possible. Think I hear a traffic report mentioning Gary, 1306 UT into a
show from Washington DC. Must be the Bill Press show as scheduled on WCPT, 820
for Chicago which is now Willow Springs IL, 5800/1500 U2 per NRC AM Log,
``Chicago`s Progressive Talk``, yet affiliated with Fox, among other networx!
Other Chi stations are still in, including 780, 1000 and 1200 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, March 2 at 1314, romantic music in Spanish over WOAI. No doubt
it`s WRTO Chicago, maybe still Univisi?n Am?rica but not their new sports
network as allegedly in the offing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1721 UT March 2
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 18:46:29 +0000
From: Hugo L?pez CE3BBC <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ANTARTIC ARGENTINA
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ANTARTIC ARGENTINA
15.475.95 18.15 UT LRA36 National Radio Arc?ngel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza.
March 02. Opening of broadcast with music in Spanish. Low signal with opening
conditions at times. 25333. It is best heard in USB mode.
Yesterday Wednesday 01, it closed at 21.06UT.
(Kenwood R-5000 "V" 20 Mts)
73'
ce3BBC
Hugo L?pez C.
Santiago de Chile
South America
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:35:54 +0000
From: Hugo L?pez CE3BBC <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LRA36 Antartic today
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ANTARTIC ARGENTINA
15.475.95 21.02UT, LRA36 National Radio Arcangel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza,
closes transmissions today March 2, at 21.02UT.
In summary, the broadcast was at times quite acceptable, audible, with low
signal but with openings that let you listen to your music in Spanish with ease
in USB mode.
Opening at 18.15UT and closing, at 21.02UT. SINPO 25332.
We must assume that their emissions will be from Monday to Friday. Remember
that in our southern hemisphere we are closing the summer and the days,
especially in Antartica, are slowly with less sunlight.
ce3BBC
Hugo L?pez C.
Santiago de Chile
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 21:56:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: March 2, 2017.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs: March 2, 2017.
BRAZIL** 11780. Mar 2 at 1726, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Bras?lia-DF. It?s
on-air? Yes, RNA it?s on-air, with awful transmission, barely audible. //
6180kHz, sign-off.
** 11780. Mar 2 at 2028, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Bras?lia-DF. Man
annnouncer talks about weather in Amazonia region; RNA announcements; Man and
woman annnouncers presents a problems "Nossa Terra": decicated to agriculture.
RNA with fair signal and modulation this afternoon, 35433. On 6180kHz, sign-off.
** 11855. Mar 2 at 2019, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida-SP, in Portuguese. A
musical program: regional songs. Station with good signal adn fair modulation,
45433.
CHINA** 6110. Mar 2 at 0338, PBS Xizang, Lhasa, in Tibetan. A song; Woman
annnouncer talks; Other song. Very poor station, 35332.
** 7325. Mar 2 at 1915, China Radio International, Shijiazhuang, in Czech
language. Man annnouncer talks; 1916 Man and woman presents a Chinese Lesson;
1927 IS and following, a instrumental song. Broadcasting with fair signal and
poor modulation, 35432.
** 7350. Mar 2 at 0211, China Radio International, Baoji-Sifangshan, in Pashto.
Man annnouncer talks; 0215 Woman talks; A short song. Very poor broadcasting,
35432. Parallel log on 15435, relay Xian, 35433.
** 11685. Mar 2 at 0233, China National Radio 11, Baoji-Sifangshan, in Amdo
language. Man annnouncer talks with very short music space between talks;
News??. Broadcasting with fair signal, noises and poor modulation, 35332.
** 13700. Mar 2 at 0341, China National Radio 13, Lingshi, in Uyghur. Man
annnouncer talks and talks. Broadcasting with fair signal and modulation, 35443.
CLANDESTINE** 7350. Mar 2 at 0444, Denge Kurdistan, Maiac, in Kurdish. Man and
woman annnouncers talks; 0449 A short song and talks. Very poor broadcasting,
35432.
ETHIOPIA and non.** 6090. Mar 2 at 0422, Amhara State Radio, Addis Ababa, in
Amharic. Man annnouncer talks in amharic language and woman annnouncer talks in
english, preaching. It?s a collision between Amhara Radio and Caribbean Beacon.
GUAM** 9720. Mar 2 at 2127, Adventist World Radio Guam, Agat, in Chinese. A
hymn; Man annnouncer talks. KSDA Station has a good signal and fair modulation,
45433.
IRAN** 7380. Mar 2 at 0402, Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran, Zahedan, in
Arabic. Man annnouncer talks and talks. Station with good signal, moderate
interference by spur WHRI Music on 7385kHz, 43432.
KOREA SOUTH non.** 9840. Mar 2 at 2040, KBS World Radio, Dhabbaya, in Arabic.
Man annnouncer talks and talks. Very poor transmission, 35432.
MADAGASCAR** 17640. Mar 2 at 2050, MWV African Pathways Radio, Mahajanga, in
English. Man annnouncer talks; 2053 A american old hit song; 2057 sign-off.
MOROCCO** 9575. Mar 2 at 0244, Radio Medi 1, Nador, in Arabic. A musical
program with variety songs: Tradicional arabic and modern english songs. Medi 1
is on-air, with very good signal and poor modulation, 45532.
NIGERIA non.** 7415. Mar 2 at 0500, Dandal Kura Radio, Ascension, in Kanuri.
IS, ID. Woman annnouncer talks and talks; Man talks. Station with fair signal
and modulation, 35433.
** 12050. Mar 2 at 1836, Dandal Kura Radio International, Ascension, in Kanuri.
Man annnouncer talks, conversation with a man; 1841 Woman talks; ID: Dandal
Kura Radio, only. Comments about the Boko Haram, a radical islamic group in
Nigeria; 1859 ID and frequency by female annnouncer. Dandal Kura has a very
good signal and modulation, 45544.
PHILIPPINES** 15640. Mar 2 at 0316, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang, in English. Man
annnouncer talks; ID; A song. Very poor transmission, 35332. Parallel logs on
17700, 35332 and 17820kHz, barely audible. These 3 frequencies arrive very bad,
here, in my location. When arrive !
SUDAN** 7205. Mar 2 at 0412, Radio Republic of Sudan, Al Aitahab, in Arabic.
Open carrier and barely audible; 0414 sign-off and returns on-air; Man
annnouncer talks. Station with good signal and barely audible audio, 45431.
TANZANIA** 6015. Mar 2 at 0304, Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Dole, in
Swahili. Man and woman annnouncers talks. Today, ZBC with a presumably moderate
to severe jamming. It?s a noise similar to the engine of the helicopter
(helicopter motor). Impossible to SINPO evaluation this time.
USA** 7505. Mar 2 at 0328, WRNO, New Orleans, in English. Man annnouncer makes
a religious preaching, with moments of excitement. Very poor transmission,
35332.
USA non.** 9860. Mar 2 at 2107, Radio Free Asia, Tinian, in Korean. Man and
woman annnouncers talks; 2113 Woman talks, interview with a man. Station with
good signal and fair modulation, 45433. Parallel on 9985, Tinian, 35432..
** 12140. Mar 2 at 0224, VOA Ashna Radio, Udon Thani, in Dari. Man annnouncer
talks; Conversation with a man. 0229 Woman annnouncer talks, ID. Station with
fair signal and modulation, 35433.
** 17655. Mar 2 at 1741, Voice of America, Santa Maria di Galeria, in
Portuguese. Man annnouncer talks News: Next french elections, Trump, Syria,
Islamic State, etc; ID; Announcement to program "Angola fala So", on Fridays.
VOA presents a good signal and fair modulation in this CVA relay frequency,
45433. After 1800UT, 17655 relay Pinheira-SAO, 35433 (sometimes, 35432).
VATICAN non.** 7305. Mar 2 at 0158, Radio Vaticana, Greenville, in Spanish.
Announcers talks News; The pope talks; ID: "La Radio del Papa". Comments about
"El primer dia de la Cuaresma"; 0206 Lecture about the letter of Paul to the
Corinthians. Good transmission, free of interference and/or noises, 45544.
YEMEN non.** 11860. Mar 2 at 2006, Republic of Yemen Radio, Jeddah, in Arabic.
Woman annnouncer talks. At 2011, abruptly, the Radio Aparecida strong spur
signal on 11855kHz, arrives! Could it be that at 2006UT I was listening to
Radio Sana'a (Radio Republic of Yemen)?
ZAMBIA** 5915. Mar 2 at 0254, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, Lusaka,
in Vernacular language. Man and woman annnouncers talks; A short tribal song;
0301 Man talks. Station with fair signal and poor modulation, with noises,
35332.
DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3).RX (s):
Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000.
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2017 04:32:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 2-3, 2017
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** BRAZIL. 4894.9, March 3 at 0209, not even a carrier from R. Novo Tempo, gone
again or just very sporadic? Propagation is OK, with the best and most reliable
ZY on 60m next door, 4885.022, S9 R. Clube do Par? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, March 3 at 0018, RNA/RNB and its spurblobs are still missing
tonight, while 11780 is nominal; JBA signal on 6180 would be CRI East Turkistan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 3330-CUSB, March 3 at 0045, CHU is still/again AWOL from here, but
OK on 7850-CUSB; inaudible, maybe off too, from 14670-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, March 3 at 0019, RHC Spanish is VG at S9+45 except for the
modulation which as usual is rough on this frequency.
5025, March 3 at 0049, R. Rebelde is off, while 5040 RHC is S9+45; see
UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 17880, March 3 at 0004, JBA carrier here is the only signal on 16m
besides Cuba very strong on 17730. HFCC shows it`s KSDA at 00-01, 315 degrees
NW in Chinese (or jammer? Probably the ChiCom do not bother with this) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. YHWH gone? I haven`t run across Station YHWH lately, nor seen
any other reports of it. My last log was Feb 20 at 21+ on 15530-. Last log on 7
MHz band was Feb 17 at 0243 on 7615. I did several scans of the 7 MHz band and
also 5790-5792 tonight March 3 until 0230 and didn`t find him. Most usual
timespan was roughly 02-04++ UT. Is anyone hearing him now, or has heard him
anywhere since the above catches? Searched HF Underground and found no logs
there since Dec 31, 2016 (Glenn Hauser, OK, 0311 UT Mar 3, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1867 monitoring: confirmed Thursday March 2 at 2130 on
11580, good. Also confirmed UT Fri Mar 3 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.05v-CUSB, S9+30!
Hope this improvement continue as we have less and less night on the path. Next:
Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855? to WNW, 5950 to S
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. New Program From Tilford Productions Invades the Airwaves --
Tilford Productions, which brings you From the Isle of Music, is launching a
second program, `Uncle Bill's Melting Pot`, a half-hour musical variety program
on WBCQ 7490 kHz, perhaps best described as indescribable, or as host Bill
Tilford states, "from the ridiculously sublime to the sublimely ridiculous with
genres from A-Z". The inaugural broadcast is Friday, March 3, 0000-0030 World
Date/UTC (Thursday, March 2, 7:00-7:30 pm EST in North America) (Bill Tilford,
IL, Feb 28, WORLD OF RADIO 1867, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So I make a point of listening UT Fri March 3 at 0000 on 7489.94-AM. Yes, an
enjoyable show, wide variety of music, starting with banjo and a polka. No
Spanish announcements. Good signal so far.
0030 UT Fri is when `Broad Spectrum Radio` from OKC had been running, but not
for a few weeks now and no update on the BSR website except trying to fundraise
to continue in 2017y. Instead again this week is `Furthermore 29-54` with
Ramsey from the other Monticello, including extended anti-TV clips of Howard
Beale from movie Network. Ramsey also plugs plenty for WBCQ program time sales.
Signal has faded way down by 0055. 29-54 had previously been occupying the open
slot half an hour earlier. After 0100, `Voice of the Report of the Week` with
no WWCR QRM. (Tnx to Ramsey for WOR support this week) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6855, March 3 at 0002 & 0220 chex, no signal from this WRMI. It`s
been rather irregular lately. Hope it`s funxional tomorrow night, for the
Winter SWL Fest special at 0300-0600 UT Saturday March 4. If not, maybe WRMI
can spare a backup transmitter elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Thu Mar 2 at 1949 on BST-1 caradio, WTWW-2 is very distorted as
Ted is plugging programming including `Dave Ramsey` weekdays at ``1 pm
Eastern`` --- no, it`s from 1:06 pm Central like right now during a break. Also
`Theater Organ from the Ozarx`, at 1 pm Saturday, which in this case is
approximately correct if Central (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11520, March 3 at 0016, WEWN English is on now, after missing late
last night, but poor-fair; a diocesan from Gallup IDs the program as `Catholic
Answers Live` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5935, March 3 at 0021, WWCR is VG with non-DGS guy ridiculing a UN
program concerned with water security --- why worry? ``Our world is
three-fourths water``. (OK, you drink the saltwater, not the rest of us.) Of
course, it`s the `James McCanney anti-Science Hour`. DGS is still going weakly
on 13845. Originally, 13845 & 5935 were from same transmitter, but now 5935 is
#2 and 13845 is #3 paired with 4840 at night. I see that WWCR has already
posted their DST schedule effective March 12 involving shifted frequency spans,
at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
Including 3215 starting at 0100 instead of 0200, so if WWRB still exists, will
have to do their QSY to 3195 a real hour earlier, lest they collide with WWCR
again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5025.02, March 3 at 0049, R. Rebelde is off (and so are the 5010
& 5055 leapfrogs with 5040), but there is a JBA carrier still here definitely
on the hi side. Certainly not VL8K Australia, and the only other known 5025
station is R. Quillabamba, Per? but until now was slightly on the lo side; so
can anyone confirm it`s up to here now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5995.009, March 3 at 0226, surprised to find a JBA signal here,
or two, as (except for imaginary Algerian in HFCC at 04-06) MALI is the only
one ever listed, but supposed to be in a 6-hour break from 00 to 06. Either
there is a second signal or there is one which is wobbling. Mali is easy after
0600, except it`s like 1 percent modulated. Maybe I can match the precise
frequency then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0432 UT March 3
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 171, Issue 4
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