[HCDX]: Glenn Hauser's SW/DX 97-14, Sept 25

["Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

    GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 97-14, Sept. 25, 1997

THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 911.
Arthur Cushen died, and tributes to him; recording of Radio New Nigeria; 
source of interference on 5907.5 identified; Belgium via Bonaire; trying 
to bring Joe Adamov back to America; Andaman Islands heard clearly in 
eastern North America; Urumchi's new transmitter frequencies; and much, 
much more including some of the items below (Glenn Hauser)

AUSTRALIA. RA missing from 5870, Sept 25 at 1300 but found on
5890 instead //9415, 5995. May be bad news for the Honduran, if
it ever plans to come back; not reported for quite a while 
(Glenn Hauser, OK)

AUSTRIA. Wolf Harranth of ORF says my previous item could be 
taken as malicious. This was certainly not my intent, although I
spoke strongly out of total exasperation at their previous
failure to clear up clashes, hoping to get their attention. 
Further checks show Portugal on 9655 at least between 0000 and
0300, thus blocking both 0030 and 0230 English. Now via BC-DX I
have seen ORF's W-97 schedule, indeed with 7325 replacing it to
NAm at 0000-0300. This will be fine, unless BBC still plans to use it 
at the same time 0230 which I do not yet know. Later: Wolf tells me that 
Portugal went to 9655 planned for W97 early by mistake and
will soon leave! (Glenn Hauser, OK)

COSTA RICA. Tetsuya Hirahara and others may have a long wait for
Estereo 88.3 to start a new SW on 6075. The applicant for 88.3
got a grant in only two weeks as a political favor, ahead of a
hundred others waiting for any FM frequency, provoking a huge
outcry by those who were passed over. If a profitable FM does 
not happen, it is unlikely the SW would either. Another 
complication is that RFPI itself is already using 88.3 (James
Latham, RFPI, WORLD OF RADIO 911)

COSTA RICA. Due to continuing jamming on 7385, which I have heard as 
late as 0900, RFPI has decided to change 7585 from 2 kW SSB to 10 kW AM 
at 0000-1200, meaning that 15050 will no longer be heard after 2400. 
However, 7585 was missing on UT Sept 25. A new frequency is being sought 
for the SSB unit (Hauser, OK)

CUBA. Rising flux means the return of broadcast harmonics in the
18, 23, 24 and even 30 MHz bands; RHC heard on new 18210 = 3 x
6070, Sept 21 at 1415, better signal than on fading fundamental,
announcing philatelic contest for the 30th anniversary of the
death in combat of Che Guevara and his companeros (Hauser, OK)

CZECH REPUBLIC. R. Prague may be fighting for its life; previous
reports indicate a new company is being sought to operate the
external service. Sept. 25 at 1307 on 13580, I caught the tail
end of an announcement asking listeners in solidarity with 
Radio Prague to write to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Glenn
Hauser, Oklahoma)

ETHIOPIA ? [non]. Nightly checks of Deutsche Telekom's 5910 at
0100, besides WCRI on Thu and R. New Nigeria on Sun, have turned up 
another broadcast in an unidentified language mentioning
Ethiopia, UT Sat Sept 20 only at 0100-0200; another clandestine
service? Needs to be identified (Ivan Grishin, Ont., WORLD OF
RADIO 911)

GERMANY. Brother Stair, who tested via Deutsche Telekom during
August, has not been heard in September, but on his USA
frequencies was heard to say he was signing a contract with DT
for 12 hours per day (Jim Moats, OH, WORLD OF RADIO 911)

IRELAND [non]. On WORLD OF RADIO 910 I gave the BBC transmitter sites 
for RTE's hurling special Sun Sept 28 from 1430,
but Finbarr O'Driscoll who provided the info, says I got one of them
wrong: 11660 is Rampisham, not Skelton. The others are: 11835
Singapore, 13630 and 15170 Skelton, 15195 and 17660 Ascension,
according to Wesley Boyd of RTE (Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 910/911)

MEXICO. XERTA, 4800.7, is still trying to get off the ground. As
Ed Rausch advised me, they were back testing UT Sept 24, but I
could barely pull an ID at 0145 from a signal weaker than usual
against Radio Buenas Nuevas below and a much stronger carrier on
4804.7 or so; later checks indicated XERTA did not stay on all
night this time; 4800.7 had a fine signal the next night at 0900
check in the clear, but no modulation! (Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma)

NEW ZEALAND. RNZI couldn't get its 6100 frequency to come up, so stayed 
on 9795 instead as noted Sept 22; 1129 finaally announced switch to 6100 
but nothing heard; Sept 23 at 0930 
check was again on 9795 late; Sept 24 at 1130 was back on 6100. Adrian 
Sainsbury tells me a problem in the control system prevented them from 
going to 6100 for two days (Hauser, OK)

NIGERIA [non]. Following Ivan Grishin's tip last week, I taped 
and monitored carefully 5910 via Germany UT Sunday Sept 21 at
0100. Immediately following Radio Vilnius with no transmitter
break and no detectable change in strength, Radio New Nigeria
opened in English, subtitled Voice of the Nigerian Advocacy Group 
for Democracy and Human Rights. Then a 5-minute talk by a woman
speaking what sounded like a Black American rather than Nigerian
accent; some music; then "brief commentaries" introduced as in
Efik at 0013, Yoruba at 0118. At 0124 wrapup in English, said
cassettes and other promotional items could be ordered from P.O.
Box 202, Boston, MA 02131, or E-mail nagdhr@xxxxxxxx Gave a 
different E-mail address which I could not copy correctly for
commentary on their programs; closed with "another Mo-Jo [?]
production" and off at 0129* sharp. I have asked them for more
info, such as whether they have other transmissions actually
aimed at Nigeria.
   Later found E-mail response from Maureen Gold. She says this
started June 12, 1997! (But apparently no one in the DX world 
noticed.) Sked is now To Af Sat 0600-0629 on 11995, NAm UT 
Sun 0100 on 5910, new freq from Sept 6, doesn't say what the
old one was; and CEu Sun 1500-1529 on 6175, no sites 
specified but probably all Germany. She says their website will
open within a week, http://www.nagdhr.com, and the other E-
mail address is: radioNNig@xxxxxxx (Glenn Hauser, OK; 
WORLD OF RADIO 911)

ST. HELENA. The Sept. issue of Conde Nast Traveler has a good 
article on the island, "The rock of exile" by Simon Winchester, 
but strangely enough makes no mention of Radio Saint Helena Day 
(via Chet Copeland, WORLD OF RADIO 911)                    ###

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