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[HCDX]: G Hauser's SW/DX 99-30
GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-30, July 15, 1999
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** CANARY ISLANDS [non]. Fishing around for something to listen to
while taking a shower, on my trusty Astronaut 4 in the bathroom -- but
watch out for the hot chassis! -- came upon "Espan~oles en la Mar"
program on REE somewhere on the 13m band, looks like about 22.05 MHz
on the tiny dial, but really 21700, at 1420 Sat July 10. Judging from
Tenerife address, this show originates from Canaries, tho we can no
longer hear SW direct from the Islands. Started out with pen-pal
segment, but big lead story was "the largest drug bust ever", 15,000
kilos (so why don't the call it 15 megas?), with some Colombians,
Spaniards and Gallegos arrested in Las Palmas; later a report on
investigating the causes of whale mortality (Glenn Hauser, OK,
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** CUBA/VIETNAM. The director-general of V. of Vietnam, Tran Mai Hanh,
visited R. Havana Cuba July 12. RHC director Milagro Hernandez Cuba
welcomed Tran, who is also a member of the Central Committee of
Vietnam's Communist Party... (RHC website July 12 via BBC Monitoring,
exerpted by Hauser) So, maybe VOV relays are next...
** EUROPE. Oops, SWRS forgot that Portugal uses 21800 on weekends, as
checked July 10 at 1413; possibly SWRS would be on and audible whenever
RDP closes (Glenn Hauser, OK)
** GUYANA. 5950. After RTI via WYFR signed off at 0800, the Voice of
Guyana was doing just fine. I tuned the tape recorder on and faded off
to sleep. The next morning we checked the tape and had a good hour of
the Voice of Guyana including "Voice of Guyana" ids. This thanks to
your report regarding the 2 hour "window" mentioned in the June
Messenger. (Mickey Delmage, at Don Moman's antenna farm, Alberta, July
11, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** IRELAND [non]. Finally remembered to check RTE's new relay to
CAm on 6155 UT Mon July 12: *0129:45 amidst ad for Mazda, then Irish
Mirror and its sports coverage. Then ID as "Radio One, just after
half past 6" so presumably delayed from 1730 UT like on WWCR. Still
no info on site for this one, but signal was good with rolling fades;
could be DTK. Three minutes of news by woman, concluding at 0133 with
"News again at 7" -- not for the megalisteners to this frequency --
are they oblivious of their SW audience? Another Irish Mirror ad,
car insurance country-wide by phoning 617-9950, timecheck for 25:7,
into weather summary, and 0137 sports news, whence I departed. Off
a bit before 0200 but I wasn't listening in time in case there was
some switching error to give us a clue on relay site (Glenn Hauser,
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** IRELAND [non]. Glenn,
The new RTE Overseas Service on 6155 kHz at 0130 UT daily to Central
America is coming from Rampisham (Merlin) according to mail received
from Julie Hayde (RTE, Dublin).
By the way, your recent posting on DX report omitted to say that the
same service via WWCR, 12160 kHz, goes out at 1900 UT Sat & Sun. The
1830 UT slot is Mon - Fri. (Finbarr O'Driscoll, Ireland 12 July '99,
WORLD OF RADIO 996)
** ISLE OF MAN [non]. http://www.longwaveradio.com Isle of Man
International Broadcasting Company Ltd plans not only longwave 279
kHz but also per the website on the page showing LW coverage map,
satellite, shortwave, and internet:
"Reception will also be possible over most of Europe by satellite
and at certain times of day further afield into the Middle East
and former Soviet Union on short wave. We also propose broadcasting
to North America on short wave. The radio station's transmissions will
be available on the Internet."
No doubt the SW will not be from Man itself, but Merlin, DTK, etc
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996)
** MEXICO. Another Mexican nail in the coffin of American clear-channel
radio: WCCO's coverage is further restricted by what is billed as a
"new" outlet on 830, which was dominating the channel here Friday July
9 at 1038, from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, which is about as close as
you can get to Minneapolis and still be in Mexico. Frequent IDs as
"La Norten~ita" in the Radio Zo'calo group, 5 kW. Recheck at 1105 in
locally-originated news with time and temp chex at least once a
minute -- 23 degrees, high today 34 -- lots of news about the PRI;
evidently a local election coming up. Also said a new flight from
Torreon to Piedras Negras to Dallas was about to start July 19, once
the P.N. airport has FAA supervision. This newscast was just a warmup
for the sesquihour "Las Noticias de Hoy" to start at 7 am (1200 UT) as
promoted at 1109. Missed third letter of callsign: XE_K, and slogans
at 1110 included "R. Zo'calo, la radio bien hecha," "La Norten~ita,
la nueva estrella de Radio Zo'calo, la buena, que buena". By this hour
WCCO had faded out anyway, but I fear this will be a big problem in
the evenings, unless perchance they go to direxional protexion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** MOLDOVA. The planned frequency for MW broadcasts via Moldova is 1548
kHz. TWR already uses Grigoriopol tx. (500 kw) for broadcasts towards
Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia on 999 kHz daily 1800-1830 and 1900-1930
UTC. (Nick Pashkevich, Russia, July 9, WORLD OF RADIO 996)
** SRI LANKA. VOA Iranawila proof of performance test schedule
0000 July 17 to 0800 July 24
Time(GMT) Freq Azi Lang
========= ===== === ====
0000-0100 6010 25 TIBE
0000-0100 15115 25 TIBE
0000-0100 15565 291 ENGL
0000-0100 17650 25 TIBE
0100-0200 7115 25 ENGL
0100-0200 15115 4 CHIN
0100-0200 15460 20 CHIN
0100-0200 17650 41 CHIN
0200-0300 7115 33 ENGL
0200-0300 11695 4 CHIN
0200-0300 15115 41 CHIN
0200-0300 15460 20 CHIN
0300-0330 11695 33 AMHA
0300-0400 6090 255 ENGL
0300-0400 15115 25 ENGL
0330-0400 11695 275 ENGL
0400-0500 6090 356 ENGL
0400-0500 13770 267 ENGL
0400-0500 17740 318 ENGL
0500-0600 6065 247 ENGL
0500-0600 11695 25 TIBE
0500-0600 15460 25 TIBE
0500-0600 17740 25 TIBE
0600-0700 6065 286 ENGL
0600-0700 6170 299 ENGL
0600-0700 9770 348 ENGL
0600-0700 17740 20 ENGL
0700-0800 6065 356 ENGL
0700-0800 7275 25 ENGL
0700-0800 9770 25 ENGL
0700-0800 13620 33 CHIN
0800-0900 6190 340 ENGL
0800-0900 7275 334 ENGL
0800-0900 9790 4 ENGL
0800-0900 12040 25 ENGL
0900-1000 7275 4 ENGL
0900-1000 9770 340 ENGL
0900-1000 11695 25 ENGL
0900-1000 17740 41 CHIN
1000-1100 6170 332 ENGL
1000-1100 9790 255 ENGL
1000-1100 11695 49 ENGL
1000-1100 15445 41 CHIN
1100-1130 13795 255 ENGL
1100-1200 13760 4 ENGL
1100-1200 17650 20 CHIN
1100-1200 17650 41 CHIN
1130-1230 13795 49 BURM
1200-1300 9515 291 ENGL
1200-1300 9535 12 ENGL
1200-1300 21555 267 ENGL
1230-1330 13795 73 VIET
1300-1400 13685 4 CHIN
1300-1400 13760 49 KORE
1300-1400 17650 20 CHIN
1330-1400 9890 73 ENGL
1400-1500 7215 25 ENGL
1400-1500 13685 25 TIBE
1400-1500 15480 20 TIBE
1400-1500 17620 25 TIBE
1500-1600 6120 73 VIET
1500-1600 7215 25 ENGL
1500-1600 13755 73 VIET
1500-1600 17640 310 ENGL
1600-1700 7215 25 ENGL
1600-1700 7215 291 ENGL
1600-1700 9555 33 BANG
1600-1700 21815 255 ENGL
1700-1800 7215 25 ENGL
1700-1800 7215 291 ENGL
1700-1800 17795 310 ENGL
1700-1800 21535 255 ENGL
1900-2000 9680 73 ENGL
1900-2000 15520 73 ENGL
2000-2100 21815 73 ENGL
(Jim Watson, Sri Lanka, July 14 via Larry Nebron, Wolfgang Bueschel,
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** TAIWAN. Happened across an announcement from RTI via WYFR 5950 at
0714 July 14 that three frequencies are off for technical reasons until
mid-July (all of them from Taiwan itself), 11745 at 0300, 9610 at 1200,
15125 at 1400 (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** U S A. The AFRTS/AFN SSB relays have been going for almost a year,
and we've never seen a program schedule for them. AFRTS has declined to
provide any, since it seems that any one of 5 different program streams
might be on SW, apparently chosen at whim or upon request by target
vessels. So we need monitoring observations of exactly what has been
heard, whether 2-hour talk or music shows, or 1-minute bits, in case the
info be repeatable.
July 14 Wed at 0715 all three frequencies were on and //, 12689.5,
6478.5 and 4258.5 with Paul Harvey noon playback (Ed Baxter subbing),
without all the commercials so ended at 0727 when The Ocean Report
appeared. Then until 1259 was The Law Show with wacky cases, on 12689.5
only. lawshow@xxxxxxxx If a lot of people will monitor these frequencies
and keep track of what's on when, we can construct a partial schedule.
Every little bit helps. (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996)
** U S A. WRMI has just started testing on a new frequency! 7465 daily
at 0330-0500, to NAm, expected to be expanded (Jeff White, WRMI, on HCJB
DX Partyline July 11 via Hauser)
Well, poorly timed announcement, as no such test occurred that same UT
day, As The World Czeched. Instead stayed on 9955, evidently on the NW
antenna as the signal was fair rather than non amid the Cuban commie
jamming, but with some bilingual gospel huxters rather than R. Prague
relay at 0330 -- what has become of that, which was supposed to be
7 dpw in English at that hour? S/off at 0400 was generic for 9955, no
mention of 7465. Anyhow, 7465 was clear and unjammed. So Jeff has
finally taken our advice to get a new frequency and hope the dentro-
cubano commie jammers don't follow. Remains to be seen if he will also
keep fuera-cubano Spanish programming off it to give the jammers no
excuse to follow except spite. Nor next night, UT July 12, when
stayed on 9955 in Spanish past 0430. Nor July 13 (Glenn Hauser, REVIEW
OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** U S A. WRMI's new 7465 finally started UT Wed July 14: tune-in at
0329 to find open carrier, and 9955 already off; 0330 ID giving the new
frequency to North America, and into "Word of Spirit Radio Broadcast".
At 0415 recheck another wacky preacher was in progress. At least there
was no jamming -- yet. We hold faint hope that this will carry some
decent programming on weekends, such as Wavescan, Viva Miami. The
xoom WRMI website July 15 had everything but a program schedule.
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996, which includes a tape of the historic
first "7465" announcement)
** U S A. Last Friday's Al Weiner Worldwide on WBCQ 7415, UT Sat July
10 spent the last half hour from 0030 with a taped report following a
visit to the navy's super-power VLF station NAA in Cutler, Maine. The
key word here is *BIG*. Mainly operates on 24 kHz. So AWWW can be sort
of a media program (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 996)
** U S A. The other day I ran across Brother Stair. Said the US was
about to be invaded by thousands and thousands of Russian troops who
weren't coming from Russia but were stationed right here in the US, and
when this event occurred the Second Coming would happen, Christ would
come and save everything and Brother Stair wouldn't have a job anymore.
This guy is so nutty it's incredible there are people who believe him
-- that's the scary part. (Tom Risher, CA, July 9, REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING)
** YUGOSLAVIA. Glenn,
Radio Yugoslavia had some Orthodox church music during the last ten
minutes of the English transmission at 0000 July 14. More such music
programs from Belgrade would be welcome. They also gave out the e-mail
address: radioyu@xxxxxxxx and website address:
beograd.com/radioyu (which is outdated -- it redirects you to their
current site: http://www.radioyu.org) I also noted some new jingles on
RY last night. On UT Sundays at 0000-0030 on 9580, 11850 there is no
English, but Serbian, more musical respite with folk music instead of
all the talk (Ivan Grishin, Ont., July 14, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING) ###
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