[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ALBANIA. R. Tirana apparently needs to close down one of its transmitters
earlier than the other. April 29 the 2300 Albanian broadcast on 9410 went off
at approx. 0027:30 before the music was over, while // 7425 stayed on until it
finished at 0028*. 

In another matter of precise timing, new 6120 in English at 0145 goes off close
to 0158, just as REE is starting IS on 6125. 6115 in English at 0230 starts
just as Italy/Ascension is ending on 6110, so in both cases Albania has elbow
room on both sides now.

The 1300 broadcast on 13750 was inaudible April 29 due to propagation
disturbance, preventing anything from Europe making it at that time on 13 or 15
MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 April follow. Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude
A-index 14. The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 28 April was 4 (60 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching
the G1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be
minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected (SEC via DXLD)

** BOLIVIA. Enjoying a lack of local noise-producers, just atmospherics, April
29 at 0052 I was pleased to hear some Andean music and Spanish talk on 4716.6.
Must be R. Yura on its distinctive frequency. Yes, they soon mentioned Yura two
or three times in passing, apparently calling listeners in various places
including Argentina. Best SINPO 35243, and 0100 had dual timecheck for 2101 or
9:01 pm; then at 0101 what I think as an axual ID followed by a neigh. Steadily
lost out to growing atmospheric noise level and gave up at 0109 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHILE. Brian Alexander`s logs prompted me to make another check for the CVC
mixing products around 25m. Sure enough, on 12275, CVC La Voz in Spanish with
ID at 0129 April 29, so strong it could easily be taken for a fundamental,
S9+10. Matching spur on 11360 was considerably weaker, S4 to peaks at S9. These
are leapfrogs of the two intentional Spanish frequencies over each other, 11665
and 11970, both of which were much stronger still. Portuguese on 11745 was
rather weak and did not hear the further mixes with each of the Spanish
frequencies I reported before, even tho that was with a portable in the park,
and this was with the home rig on longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. Spanish commentary on 710 at 0208 April 29 with an echo. Must be the
Dentro-Cubans ganging up on ``wacky`` WAQI, but also making R. Rebelde a pain
to listen to if one should really want to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KGYN 1210, which has to stay in Guymon, tsk2, continues to forget
to switch to night pattern protecting Philly. UT April 29 at 0147 Patsy Cline,
Walking After Midnite, was inbooming at S9+20. Turned out to be in the
syndicated-sounding ``Cody`s Classic Country Countdown``, which later paused
for some local ``high plains`` weather. So once again easterners have a chance
to DX this station on day pattern (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. The TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, NW of Enid on 1610 kHz is
still running the same loop as first heard a year or so ago, as we went up for
the adjacent NWR`s annual festival April 28; including breaks for robotic NWS
weather relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. This is certainly not enough to claim a definite log, but it
was fun to hear a 1 kHz het on the hi side of KOKC 1520 which has a strong
night signal here, UT April 29 at 0146 and for several minutes thereafter. I
suppose the superpower Saudi on 1521 is very likely the source (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. Re my April 27 report: well, of course, SWRA was not heard
at 1920! I keep thinking it is on until 20, but it closes at 1900 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. The extremely distorted spur(?) around 7314v was still heard, UT
April 28 from tune in around 0450, when it was interfering with a station in
French on 7310.0, which would be Channel Africa. Listened intently past 0500
but could not make out anything resembling an ID on the hour. No sign of Flevo
after 0500 this date, as hi-latitude paths were outwiped, K=5 by 0600 as below.
UT Sun April 29, WHRI stayed on 7315 past 0300, so the next chance to work on
the spur during this time period should not be until UT Tuesday May 1 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 April follow. Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude
A-index 14. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 28 April was 5 (114 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching
the G1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is expected to be
minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected (SEC via DXLD) 


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