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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 5
** ALASKA [and non]. KNLS presumed on 6890, the weak station in English, Dec 5
at 1323, but then in Chinese at 1325. Current FCC listings show WWRB on at same
time, 1200-1500, but no sign of it, as usual over-scheduled; while KNLS is on
6890 during this one hour only, in Chinese. 6890 has WYFR also listed at 09-13
and WWRB also at 22-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13640 check Dec 5: 1529, IS and opening theme, S9+10 but
local hi noise level; SINPO 35343 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. CRI, 9450, collided with Poland [q.v.] via Germany, Dec 5
from *1357 musical prélude mixing with Poland`s rock music. CRI`s préludes
should be dispensable to avoid such conflicts, and instead crash-start at
hourtop, but hey, we know what a ``good neighbor`` CRI is. Ironically, Poland
had just been talking about its severe trade imbalance and hoping for Chinese
aid to railways.
This CRI broadcast is in Russian at 1400, 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang, which
means it`s also aimed at North America. And even more ironically, it then had
QRM from Firedrake --- Chicoms vs Chicoms! This is because Sound of Hope also
starts 9450 at 1400; per Aoki it`s 100 kW at 335 degrees from Yunlin, Taiwan,
which must have been the third station in the mix.
More Firedrake on 9930, VG and in the clear, Dec 5 at 1424, not a trace of
anything else on frequency even during pauses, but the jamming is also there
because Sound of Hope is scheduled on KWHR 9930, M-F at 14-17. Is it really on
or have they pulled a fast one, QSY to somewhere else? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Dec 5 check of DW Amharic: at 1430 fair and clear on
Rwanda 15620, but only noise on 15660; even more so at 1456 recheck. Greece
15650 also had some tones on it briefly around 1430 so wondered if some jamming
was mistuned. No tone test on 15630 this day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. AIR VBS, 9870, VG except for polar flutter, Dec 5 at 1414,
music splashing over VOA 9865 report on how caste problems detract from
educational opportunities in India. VOA is 108 degrees from Lampertheim, which
means an even bigger clash in the Middle East (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. No sign of XEYU, 9599+, Dec 5 around 0635; possibly long-skip
propagation instead as ANO 9580 was better than usual. But at 1338, XEYU was
loud and clear with RFI news relay; in fact, much better than RA on 9580 and
9590 which were barely audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. PRES, 9450 via Germany, Dec 5 at 1343, best yet heard here,
35433, and actually listenable, so I did for a while: report on Polish health
care system, with speakers in Polish, voice-overs in English; 1347 mentioned
10:1 trade imbalance with China, and hopes to get Chinese aid for railway. 1351
ID in old style, which I greatly prefer, as ``Polish Radio, Warsaw``, but later
in passing said ``Polish Radio External Service``. Plugged Multimedia show on
Wednesday (but, this *is* Wednesday), goodbyes but no formal sign-off, and just
played high-intensity rock music until 1359* --- no Chopin or Szymanowski here!
However, CRI musical prélude collided co-channel from *1357 for two-minute
overlap, 1400 opening in Russian, more at CHINA; should be crash-starting or at
least waiting until 1359 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. RRI, 7180, Dec 5 at 0646 in English with contest info,
then report on real estate market in Romania; undermodulated but enough carrier
to make it listenable; no comparison in loudness, however, to neighboring
Tunisia 7190 with its usual great music. At least, no roar on this RRI
transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. R. Thailand, 9725 to SEAs/Au, in the clear Dec 5 at 1405 thanks to
absence of TIRWR; SINPO 35523 with flutter. In World News mainly about king`s
birthday celebration to be in Nakhon Ratchasima at 19 hours tonight (but it`s
already after 21 local! --- more stale news?). 1411 into feature about how H.M.
is such a sportsman in many different fields (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTNEING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. KAIJ, 9480, Dec 5 at 1404 check, inaudible, and not even a
trace of a carrier. Tho in skip zone, it`s usually detectable, so wonder if off
the air. Same results at rechecks 1446 and 1608, when I did confirm their
webcast was running. Yet Harold Camping was audible at 1404 on 9485, which is
Irkutsk aimed due south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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