[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 20-21

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** BRAZIL. RNA, 11780, good signal but with some flutter, Oct 21 at 0015 with
beautifully harmonious male duet; during next dekaminute there was a mandatory
political announcement promoting democratic socialism, leading up to the
referendum on Oct 23; more music and live announcer claiming the time ``in all
of Brazil`` was 22:something. Well, not exactly --- Brasil has three time
zones, or four if you count the UT-2 coastal DST as a separate one. But who
cares about the remote western regions, even on the Amazonian service? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)

** COLOMBIA. No reports of R. Líder lately, so I myself checked to see if they
are still active. Yes, Oct 20 at 0603 on 6139.8 pause for ID in music, good
signal, slight het from presumed DW which blox it in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 October follow. Solar flux 78 and mid-latitude
A-index 9. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 20 October was 1 (05 nT). No
space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours (SEC via DXLD)

** COSTA RICA. Defunct Gene Scott back on 5030, Oct 20 at 0608 check, with fast
SAH, presumably from Burkina Faso (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. R. Cairo, 11885, better modulation that usual, but still somewhat
bassy, so I flicked on the FRG-7`s high-pass filter, Oct 21 at 0029 just as
English was ending; pause and timesignal ending 2.5 seconds fast, as compared
on my watch to WWV one minute later! If you can`t do better than that, you
should`t be airing pips implying much greater accuracy. Then R. Cairo theme,
opening in Arabic, into Qur`an recitation for 10 minutes, very calming and
soporific. Followed by a non-male announcer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** ITALY. Rai seems to favor North America with its squealing transmitter(s)
--- not only at 1400 on 17780, but also at 0028 Oct 21 on 11800 in Italian.
Thanks, a lot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Fortunately, REE 17595 was back to normal Oct 20 around 1400, 24
hours after the huge monster blob it was producing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A . Surprised to hear defunct Gene Scott booming in on 13845 after 0510
UT Oct 20 --- probably with help from Sporadic E at this late hour --- instead
of 5935. Don`t recall WWCR ever running a day frequency like this at night by
mistake. So now`s the time to DX something normally blocked around 5935. The
other three transmitters are where they are supposed to be, 7465, 5070 and
3210. 13845 faded down a bit at 0514, and was still audible at 0557. 

Reminds me of the Caribbean Beacon, which has been known to stay on 11775 at
night instead of 6090. 13845 was quickly confirmed during music as // 6090. The
13845/5935 scheduled changeover times until Oct 30 are 0100 and 1200. 73,
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I've hearing the same, and still going reasonably in the clear at 0615 UT,
Glenn (Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Oct 20, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Just read Glenn's msg and tuned in here in Copenhagen at 1215 UT, and I hear
"God bless" talk with a good signal on a clear frequency, so this is probably
still WWCR --- am awaiting an ID in 15 minutes. 73, (Erik Køie, Denmark, dxldyg
via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Would not expect one on the half hour; for that matter, did not hear one on the
hour at 0600. 5935 was back on at 0143 Oct 21 (gh, DXLD)

** U S A. Presumably WBCQ on late at 0611 Oct 20 on 5110, with bits of audio
occasionally surfacing vs large noise source around 5107 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)



		
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