[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 16-18

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ANGUILLA. DGS/PMS, 11775 missing Dec 17 at 1450; I suppose may have stayed
on night frequency 6090 but too late to hear that here. Dec 18 at 1425, 11775
was back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. In our summer, RA is very reliable late at night here on 19m, but
it`s been quite a while since the MUF has held that far up. So it was notable
Dec 18 at 0645 that RA was audible, tho not very strong on 15515 and 15160;
however not on 15240 where it should also be from Shepparton. Another T-E was
audible on 15255, Channel Africa. Note the high K-index of 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 December follow. Solar flux 80 and
mid-latitude A-index 24. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 18 December
was 4 (65 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No
space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SWPC via DXLD)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. Monday Dec 17 at 1900 on WHRA 11785, ID definitely starts
``Dimtse Tewahedo ?`` as in the WHRA schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also GERMANY

** GERMANY [non]. 15620 at 1433 Dec 18, ``Deutsche Welle, Amharic Service`` as
they were giving P- and e-mail addresses, pronounced in English! This seems to
be a regular ID time in this service. Fair signal via Rwanda, no jamming
audible, but 15660 with usual white noise. I wonder if the Germans and
Ethiopians have reached some kind of accommodation on this issue, or the latter
just ran out of jamming transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH. TDF DRM missing from last three (nine?) known frequencies,
13860-13865-13870, 15790-15795-15800 and 17870-17875-17880, at 1455 Mon Dec 17,
ditto Dec 18, so I suspect the DRM transmitter is again trying much lower
frequencies in daytime, as now registered and approved for 5050-5055-5060, 24
hours. Nor heard Sat & Sun Dec 15 & 16, but that`s routine (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. NHKWRJ, 11705 via Canada, Tue Dec 18 at 1420 had a talk about
some new Japanese technology to detect land mines, by picking up resonant
frequencies of certain explosives, including 0.85 and 3.4 MHz; this was a
repeat from Sept. Need to search out the details, but I assume doing this
around Denver or Boston would not work too well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio produces some amazing and exotic sounds, via
WHRI 11785; Dec 16 until 1427 some tones which I think were originating from a
human voice modulated thru a tube or something. Must be heard to be
appreciated; Sat & Sun 1400-1500 plus Hmong World Christian Radio after 1500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Startled to hear a US talk show on 4800, Dec 16 at 0651, with
numerous commercial, toll-free numbers, from Business Talk Radio Net. Could it
be XERTA reactivated on its new frequency, and converted into a `border`
station for the US audience? No! At 0659 a local Enid ad and ID for KGWA, so
it`s the 5TH harmonic of 960. Tho harmonics 2 and 3 are always there on 1920
and 2880, I have never heard it on 4800 in frequent 60m bandscans. This signal
was also suspect in that it was at absolutely constant strength and did not
seem subject to preselector peaking. Perhaps current snow and ice at
transmitter caused this to get out, or a temporary receiver/antenna problem, as
fortunately not heard since (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. After the Dec 14 airing which publicized the imminent Radio Saint
Helena Day, we notified WWCR that Mundo Radial is to be canceled. What would
replace it? Monday Dec 17 at 2215 on 7465, we found Frecuencia Al Día in
progress until 2230, so presumably the half-hour show started at 2200. The
other opening is Friday 2215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. AFN, 12133.5 had audio dropouts exactly // 7811, Dec 18 at 0646,
unlike 5446.5 with same programming but no cuts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. No problem hearing the KEVT 1210 Arizona DX test: Dec 17 at 0701 tune
in, immediately heard ID mentioning ``La Raza`` and Sahuarita, so into the log
and on to sawing logs. Fair signal dominating frequency with 10 kW ND, but
something was causing a slow SAH. Tnx for the DX special (Glenn Hauser, Enid
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. Aló, Presidente, via Cuba 11875, once again Sunday Dec 16
was colliding with WEWN in Spanish at 1430. The A,P audio feed on 11875 was an
echo apart from // 13750 and 17750. The other usual parallels, 11670 and 13680
were missing this date. Still on 17750, 13750 and 11875 only at 1457 check when
a clip of HCF speech with motto ``Patria, socialismo, o muerte, ¡venceremos!``
(This exceeds Fidel, who doesn`t mention socialism, strangely enough.) At 1511,
HCF was apparently on live, reading something from El Universal. Same three
frequencies on at 1539.

By sheer luck, I tuned into RNV CI via Cuba just as they went into a rare and
unpredictable English segment, Monday Dec 17 at 1515 on 11680. It was about
Belarus, Lukashenko`s visit to Anzoátegui and how Venezuela and Belarus are
such good friends (authoritarians must stick together); the translation was too
literal and heavily accented, but we appreciate the effort. If only we knew
when to expect English. 1521 back into Spanish with song about ``madera
preciosa`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5195.2 approx. on SSB, a net of some kind Monday Dec 17 at 1430
with an ``HF roll call``, of towns in Texas in alphabetical order, including
Pharr. Most replied with `555`. Wrapping up a few minutes later, several
stations checked out giving W- callsigns including the NCS, sounding like
WQFR277, or maybe WQSR277. No results Googling that. The others were in the
same format. The informal net callsign sounded like ``Cape Guard`` +town or
something phonetically similar. Apparently this is a weekly schedule, but NCS
said due to holidays, next meeting would be sometime in January, members to be
notified by E-mail. No results either searching UDXF postings on 5195, but
someone must know what this is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6156, causing strong het against German on 6155, the latter
presumably Austria, Dec 18 at 0653. This reminded me of Chuck Bolland`s unID
Spanish on 6155.22 at 2330 Dec 17, but my carrier was very close to 6156.0
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Rapid clicking pulses, presumably Chinese OTH radar, Dec 16 at
1359 found on 6795-6840 and 6540-6590 approx. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15710, large grinding/bubbling jammer, Cuban style, Dec 17 at
1502 and still at 1536, but against what? Nothing known here, so must be
something new. Again Dec 18 at 1431, still at 1515. Could not detect any signs
of victim underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


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