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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 9-11

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. R. Solh, finally audible again, just barely, via UK,
17705, May 11 at 1350 check with distinctive music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 May follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude
A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 11 May was 1 (5 nT). The
mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 11 May was 2 (13 nT). No space weather
storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are
expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) 

** ANGUILLA [and non]. Now`s the time to DX something else on Caribbean Beacon
frequencies. 6090 was missing around 0540 UT May 11; and so was 11775 around
1247 and 1606 recheck. (But DGS was still to be heard via Costa Rica at 1249 on
11870v, with a het of about 200 Hz, so 11869.8? Did not determine whether high
or low. No crackling!)

11775 looks open for SW Radio Africa today at 1700-1900; what else is there of
possible interest? Nothing really on 11775, but if 6090 is still off overnight,
there are low power stations in Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia(?), Liberia, and
not so low power in Nigeria, not all of which may be active (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. The off-6165-frequency extremely distorted transmission of RNT has not
been fixed yet; May 11 at 0526 I found it centered around 7305, instead of on
the high side of 7310, but it was still heavily QRMing RN Flevo in Dutch on
7310. By 0557 when Flevo was transitioning to DW Sines, 7305 garbage had
weakened considerably (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 May follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude
A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 11 May was 0 (4 nT). No
space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather
storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SEC via DXLD) 

** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze, barely audible typical piano music heard here
May 9 at 1312 on 9485, language unknown, but soon losing out to growing
strength of KAIJ 9480, probably aided by sporadic E. Even when that does not
happen, Shiokaze tough to hear here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Not sure if this is news, as I don`t often check it, but on the
DX-398, RDS from KOMA 92.5 is now, 2040 UT May 10, displaying title, artist and
year of the oldie being played, alternating with IDs. Very few US stations are
doing this yet, right? I have to run portable outside rather than next to the
computer, which puts out enough VHF hash to keep the RDS from locking in on
this strong signal (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Actually, in most cities, almost all of the big companies are doing this now on
their stations (Jeff Lehmann Hanson, MA, WTFDA via DXLD) 

** SPAIN. Checking again the following Thursday, May 10 at 2105, for La Bañera
de Ulises on REE as scheduled --- no, on 15110 a different program began
``Actualidad ---`` something, a roundtable discussion from the studio, and also
on 15345, barely parallelable buried under Morocco in Arabic. Must be ``La
actualidad al debate`` as scheduled Thursdays at 1305, but yes, LBU still shows
during the Thursday 2100 hour at
http://www.rtve.es/archivos/70-2721-FICHERO/Progra_01.pdf --- would it be too
much to ask for the programs axually broadcast to match those on the published
schedule? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA [and non]. Contrary to WRTH Update sked, RTT does cut 7275 off at
0530, as checked May 11: a few sex after that minute, went to open carrier, and
off around 0530:21, while same program continued on 7190, which has a better
signal here anyway; also contrary to HFCC which shows both at 0400-0800, 265
degrees on 7190, 340 degrees on 7275. 

BTW, FRCN Abuja, Nigeria, is supposed to open at 0430 on 7275, but I seldom
hear any trace of it before or after 0530; may operate only sporadically. Per
WRTH; not in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9153.0, spy letters replacing numbers, in groups of 5 in Morse on
A3, 1000 Hz tones easily determined by stepping up and down 1 kHz on YB-400, at
1305 May 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


       
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