[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 7-8

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** PRIDNESTROVYE. Wonder what became of Radio PMR? No sign of anything on 6240,
Friday March 7 at 2332 check, nor at 0023 recheck March 8. I remember hearing
it as usual, but not bothering to log it, one day earlier after 0000 UT March 7
in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. KVOH spurs heard again, March 7 at 2308: having listened to R.
Australia 17785 most of the previous hour without any problem from strong
17775, I tuned around 16m and found a noise blob very close to 17920 where KVOH
spurs have appeared before. Mixed with the noise were modulation peaks, which I
could // with 17775, talk interview with someone on phone, so that`s the
source, plus 145 kHz. Then checked for a match on minus 145 kHz = 17630 and
could hear the same pitched noise, tho quite a bit weaker against local noise
level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. As feared, WORLD OF RADIO was missing from Area 51, WBCQ, 5111+v, at
its usual Friday 2330 time, March 7. Did not check until 2355, but did not hear
any modulation on the reduced carrier with USB; webcast was playing music. Nor
has the March 7+ Area 51 schedule been posted on WBCQ Forums, another casualty
I suppose of the Winter SWL Fest. Let`s hope things are back to normal from
March 14, when, however, we assume everything will be one UT hour earlier due
to silly daylight shifting time, thus WOR Fridays at 2230, immediately losing
an hour of nighttime propagation in addition to the gradually latering sunsets
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. CVC A Sua Voz commits another cardinal sin in presenting
classical music, ``Sem Limites``, on 15410 via Chile, March 7 at 2328: talking
over the tail end of a piece and fading it out, in order to introduce a
3-minute break consisting of jarringly over-produced promotions for something
or other with music that was anything but classical. Tune out in disgust. BTW,
the audio processing is not suitable for classical music either, everything
pushed up for minimum dynamic range, plus generally low fidelity (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. Bandscan of 19m, March 7 at 2322 found a big gaping hole on
15250 where huge signal from RNV via Cuba normally resides during this hour.
But it cut on at *2324 in the midst of their habitually outdated transmission
schedule announcement, then ``Mari2`` folk song, and started ``Efemérides`` but
cut off the air again at 2327* before date could be mentioned. Then checked //
13680 and it was also missing. Both came on again at *2330 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


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