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Glenn Hauser logs December 30, 2020 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 06:00:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io> Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 29-30, 2020 Message-ID: <165081024.3435837.1609308047...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ** CANADA. 223-MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0743, dash and YYW, 1000 watt ND beacon at Armstrong, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Dec 29 at 0733, RHC is S9+30 of dead air in English plus some hum, no other frequencies left. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13571 approx., Dec 29 at 1512, the ``Cuban sound`` spurblob during `Sonido Cubano` on RHC, with F# tone, best readable in FM mode where it`s 10 kHz wide and hard to pinpoint the exact center. This is second-order, 129 kHz below source 13700-AM which is S9+20; then first-order circa 13636, 13765, weaker 13830, and S1-S2 on third-order 13894. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 9860, Dec 29 at 2226, S5-S7 fluttery Esperanto, as sked this hour from CRI via Kashgar, land of ChiCom cultural genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. And why is it that only Commies are interested in Esperanto broadcasting, also Cuba, not even gospel huxters who employ countless tiny tongues? Its creator, Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhof, was a Polish Jew, but pre-communism, 1859-1917y: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Dec 29 at 0737 UT, roboyl marine weather in English, S8 vs S7 noise level here. DXinfocentre.com shows starting at 0737, the first early-morning broadcast = 4:07 am local, in the cycle of 6 or 7 mostly NL stations in the 2598 group, is VCP-4, Placentia, with 3000 watts, greatest of all. Nothing on 2749-USB yet, but VCO Sydney NS is to start at 0740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9795, Dec 29 at 2304, Vietish? talk with QRM underneath sounds like Firedragon, but why bother? Aoki does not show *jamming or anything else here. This is FEBC in Mon via Iba site - not the same as Hmong, which is at other times in three different hues, Black, White, and Blue - based on traditional costumes? I wonder which one was SXMZ, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 9690, Dec 29 at 2302, REE in Sefard?, since it`s martes, rather than English on L/M/V. As matches the sked in Aoki/NDXC for Day 3; a.k.a. Ladino, also Sundays 2230-2300. Not as strong as usual, with some ACI from 9695 in Japanese with echo, i.e. CRI via Jinhua, presumably rather thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 29 at 2300, no signal from VOT English to us; should have been at least detectable despite S8-S9 HLLNL. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Tue Dec 29 at 1524, `Freedom Synergy Radio` is just ending another unscheduled airing on WRMI, 1525 into one of my favorite fill-music tunes, `Sandunga` on marimba; recheck at 1600, still on contrary to sked with TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4980, Dec 29 at 0220, WRMI apparently on here, but VP S8-S9 and undermodulated, can`t even be sure of language, SMTV? Not // 5010 which is S9/+10 and fully modulated vs Madagascar het, nor // any other WRMI frequency. At 0228 I hasten to compare them via TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR: 5010 is closing R. Taiw?n Internacional citing its Spanish sked as 01 on 5800, 02 on 5010, 22 on 7780; at S9+10, while whatever on 4980 is only S5-S7 into dead air at 0230 but still on, exciter only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.18v, Tue Dec 29 at 2258, WBCQ ending one `AAAWWW` with anti-Chinese remarx, retune at 2300, *another* `AAAWWW` - or the same one? Is starting with ``William Tell Overture`` and more anti-China interjexions. It`s scheduled at 22-23, but a gap at 23-24, not even ``Available Time Slot``. Didn`t Brother Scare useta occupy that hour? I see the WBCQ Program Guide has also finally deleted 3265, which has not been on the air since early 2020? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 7530, Dec 29 at 2227, no open carrier unlike 24+ hours ago, and presumably no SXMZ either at 2230 via Taiwan, the Colorado Christian-Hmong hmissionary show of B-19; at least that gave us a chance to find out it`s apparently gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 810 kHz, Dec 29 at 2325 UT, steady S9 of dead air in presumed English, WHB Kansas City? Yes, loops thataway and 2330 finally JIP stupid sports talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (101.1), KSFR Santa Fe NM, via webcast: one of my favorite shows in its final airing, UT Tue Dec 29 at 0400-0700, `Beyond Borders`, excellent ``world music`` hostessed by Susan Ohori. In her rather droll style of speech, she has been saying the last few weeks that she is moving to Thursday mornings at 16-19 UT, apparently already starting there tho sked even for next week/year still shows, what must be a similar show with another host, `Sound Travels`. I`ve not checked that yet. Each provides playlists, but apparently no podcasts or archiving since the demise of Radio Free America. See: https://www.ksfr.org/programs/beyond-borders https://www.ksfr.org/programs/sound-travels I have the impression the move was not Susan`s choice, as she alluded to her longtime Monday-night slot not being what the audience would prefer; some survey? The daytime show must be a different style with e.g.. breaks for news on hour, so she makes a point of playing an extra-long piece to conclude tonight. ``Susan Ohori https://www.ksfr.org/people/susan-ohori Susan Ohori pioneered the programming of world music on radio from 1972 - 1977 on Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley, with her program Last Chants. She served as Music Director there from 1976 - 1977, when she left the Bay Area to research and record Purepecha folk music in Michoacan, Mexico. She published "An Introduction to World Music: 100 Records to Start With" in the Next Whole Earth Catalogue. Moving to Santa Fe in 1980, she produced a weekly 6-hour program of classical music (including contemporary and world) on KUNM, Albuquerque, from 1980-1982. She was Program Director for the Explorations in Music concert series at the Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, from 1981-1985. In 1992 she began producing her weekly 3-hour program of world music, Beyond Borders, on KSFR. In 2002 (?), along with a group of dedicated station volunteers and supporters, she was instrumental in forming the non-profit Northern New Mexico Radio Foundation which won the contract to take over the management and fiscal responsibility of KSFR from Santa Fe Community College. She served on its Board of Directors from 2002-2009 (?). She founded Ohori's Coffee, Tea & Chocolate, a roasting and retail business in 1984 and sold in 2001. She also opened Casa, in 1996, a retail store specializing in folk art. She was a founding Board member of the Santa Fe Film Festival which she served on for 10 years. She has recently returned to her work on clay sculpture begun in the 1970's.`` The gallery of show hosts on KSFR lacks a portrait of her, unlike the others. Her name, at least, I think be Japanese/Nisei. A cursory websearch doesn`t find her visage either, but the woman who bought her coffee shop, I think. No info yet on KSFR site about what will replace her two sesquihours on Monday nights, and she is not saying. At least that alleviates the conflict/overlap with a similar show on New Mexico`s other prime public radio station, KUNM [89.9] Albuquerque, at 0500-0800 UT Tuesdays: https://www.kunm.org/programs/global-music which I suppose will now become my habitual listening. KUNM does have a limited on-demand archive. Years ago I did suggest to Susan that it was a shame both were on at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5095-USB, Dec 30 at 0215, very occasional 2-way, unseems Spanish, sandwiched between the huge 5085 WTWW signal, and its JBA spur about 5097 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 0600 UT December 30 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:50:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io> Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 30, 2020 Message-ID: <1424169318.3569679.1609372252...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 30 at 2205, RNA DRM test has resumed after Xmas break, tnx to tip via Richard Langley. S6-S7, 11 to 15 dB SNR into SJ do Campo KiwiSDR, with screechy cutouts; Better at TWR DR SDR, 16 dB but still some breakups during `A Voz do Brasil`; both read 13.06 kbps; still carrying the FM 96.1 feed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 244-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0722 UT, dash and TH, 1000-watt ND beacon at Thompson, Manitoba, remote north-central forming the eastern point of a triangle with Flin Flon to the west, and Lynn Lake to the north. The only NDB anywhere on 244 per dxinfocentre.com unlike 242 and 245; zero on 243 where I was hearing it USB at first. 274-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0725 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt NDB at Pikangikum, Ontario, ``back on``. 1741 km = 1082 st mi = 43+ miles per watt or 0.023+ watts per mile. 284-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0726 UT, dash and QD, 500-watt NDB at The Pas, Manitoba. 300-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0727 UT, dash and YIV, 500-watt NDB at Island Lake, Manitoba. 317-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0728 UT, dash and VC, 1000-watt NDB at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. I was tuned to 316-USB. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0729 UT, dash and YQK, 200-watt NDB at Kenora, Ontario. Mixing with PKZ? See U S A 332-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0731 UT, dash and YFM, 2500-watt NDB at La Grand 4, Quebec, atop my nearby 400-watt IC Wichita KS, and nothing from the usual dominator, 1000-watt QT in Thunder Bay, Ontario. LG-4 is a Hydro dam a kilomile north of Montr?al, fishing/outfitter destination. 351-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0735 UT, dash and YKQ, 500-watt NDB at Fort Rupert - Waskaganish, Qu?bec. At first tuned to 350-USB where it was overriding my nearby 400-watt RG at Will Rogers World Airport, OKC, Gally. Heard on 351 also with QRM from IN, really 353, see U S A. 355-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0738 UT, dash and YWP, 200-watt NDB at Webequie, Quebec; still waiting for a pronouncer on this one. Quite a few other Canadians in this session, skipped over as too familiar/regular (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0729 UT, during mostly-Canadian beacon logging, YQK has CCI from FKZ? or JKZ? Per list must have been PKZ, 400-watt NDB at Pensacola - Pickens, Florida. F-, J- and P- all have four dits/dahs in similar configs: ..-. / .--- / .--. 329-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0730 UT, PMV, 25-watt NDB at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. 344-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0733 UT, TKH, 25-watt NDB at Tallulah, Louisiana. I was tuned to 342-USB. Tallulah is the next town west of Vicksburg, MS, trans-river. Atop mix of more signals. 353-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0736 UT, IN, 100-watt NDB at International Falls - Ray, Minnesota; heard tuned to 351-USB mixing with YKQ CANADA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Wed Dec 30 from 2200:22 on WBCQ 7490.18v, S9/+10 via KB0FX SDR in MO, but faded to S5/S7 by 2227. Also confirmed Wed Dec 30 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S5 via heavy pulse jamming into TWR Bonaire SDR, faded to JBA vs PJ by 2329. Not next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative. Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com New WOR 2067 should be ready by early UT Friday January 1 for first broadcast on WRMI 5850, and maybe 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Wed Dec 30 at 1628, WRMI is still on with TOMBS = The Overcomer Ministry Brother Scare, during a caller, // > 5950 << 9395 <<< 9980 et al. One more look at the WRMI skedgrid http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs --- yes, WRMI-3 is supposed to run this late on Sabbathdays only. Not on by 19 UT or so; yet to catch when it turn off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13565-CW, Dec 30 at 1631, imagination-level CW in the noise, probably K6FRC 1.8-milliwatt HIFER beacon from Patterson CA, an hour or two later than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2351 UT December 30 End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 216, Issue 32 *********************************************