[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 24

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CANADA. RCI on 13655 and 17800 but missing from 9515 at 1436 Oct 24, but at
1437 encountered it on 9755 instead, which is supposed to be the evening
frequency. This continued until 1459* Earlier, shortly after 1400 I noticed the
CRI relay was missing from 15220, not on pre-1400 15260 either, but 15220 had
come on by recheck at 1437. One wonders how this can keep happening at
Sackville. Don`t they have an explicit schedule showing which frequency, which
transmitter, which antenna, which program feed line, to run at which times? Is
all this dependent on a human doing the proper switching every hour or half
hour? Fortunately, 9755 was not interfering with anything detectable (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC, 11760 and 9550, final morning newscast at 1453 Oct 24 said they
would have a special ``Mesa Redonda Informativa`` at 6:30 pm local (2230 UT) on
11875 and 6000 about hurricanes Wilma and Alpha. Then the so-called ``news``
spent about 3 minutes quoting what Pres. Chávez had said the day before
condemning capitalism. Closing transmission at 1456 saying the evening
broadcast would start at 7 pm (2300 UT) on 15230, 11705, 11760, 9550 and 6000.
Are they really on 11705 then? Or ever? I think this is a very old tape or
script they have not bothered to update for a few years. 11705 does not appear
for Cuba at any hour whatsoever in EiBi, NDXC or HFCC A-05. Before 1500, 11805
and 12000 were also on, and before 1400 also audible on 6000, so apparently RHC
facilities survived Wilma OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI open carrier again loud and clear, except for some hum, on
9525 at 1430 Oct 24; 9680 RRI was not so good but at least it was modulating,
with Qur`an at 1454 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ISRAEL. Reshet Beth presents a wide variety of music. Oct 24 at 1407 there
were barbership harmonies in Hebrew on 17535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. Holy Qur`an, with pauses almost as long as the verses. Dead
air is clearly not a concern here. Is the muezzin resting from the effort of
singing each passage? Leaving time for listeners to repeat or insert their own
prayerful thoughts? At 1504 Oct 24, very good on 15315, which per HFCC is 500
kW, 295 degrees from Riyadh at 1500-1800; // 15435, 320 degrees at 1500-1800
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN [and non]. Made another check of the delay between R. Sweden direct
on 15735 and via Sackville 15240, in English at 1350 October 24: 15735 was
running about 68 seconds behind 15240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. Not surprisingly, WYFR appears to be off the air, in a quick check of
some of its usual frequencies at 1530 UT October 24. WRMI 7385 was also unheard
as expected about a sesquihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. VOA Korean service, Mon Oct 24 at 1442 had language lessons
using Katrina recovery vocabulary, such as ``300 pounds of venison``. In a
couple months, no doubt, this will move on to Wilma. A few minutes later found
// 7235, but it was at least one second behind 11740. Per EiBi, sites are:
11740 Philippines, 7235 Marianas, and also on 7215 Marianas, which I did not
notice. But per HFCC A-05, 11740 is Tinang at 21 degrees, 7235 is Tinang at 325
degrees, which does not make sense for Korea, and must have changed in the
meantime. The more up-to-date NDXC schedule shows 7235 as Tinian at 321 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)




	
		
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