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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 4-5
** CHINA. On 4900, Jan 4 at 1415, M&W talk definitely in Chinese. Per Aoki this
could only be V. of [the] Strait, Fuzhou, at 12-17, 50 kW at 140 degrees,
axually in Amoy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. CRI relay in English on 13740, Jan 4 at 1434 had audio cutting out
every few seconds. Commies vs commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. The DW Amharic and jamming situation of such intense interest
in Nov and Dec seems to have receded, but I checked this out again on Jan 4 at
1436. I could hear both 15620 and 15660, the lower frequency stronger, but no
jamming detectable on either, unlike 15645 where there was only jamming (I
think; often hard to tell from ambient noise level), altho DW via Sri Lanka is
supposed to be on 15640. Both 15620 and 15660 are Rwanda, but the latter is
non-direxional, and not always audible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR GOS, 9690, Jan 4 at 1424 with a talk which may have been outroed
as ``Focus``. Good modulation level, but over constant hum, also coming out of
this transmitter? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4605, RRI Serui, Papua, presumed as the only station in the world
known on this frequency, Jan 4 at 1415 with YL ballads, 1418 announcement. Weak
signal on 4790 vs CODAR may have been another Indonesian; none of the other 60m
Indo frequencies produced anything above the local noise level (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. Fri Jan 4 at 1422 checked for Don Anderson and
the Amigo Net on 8122-USB, as previously reported, but nothing heard (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. Hmong World Christian Radio has disappeared from WHRI 11785,
since Sat Jan 5 at 1513 check it was Lester in English instead; indeed HWCR has
also vanished from the online WHR schedule, but Hmong Lao Radio is still there
Sat & Sun 14-15 on same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. After tuning around for the WIMA 1150 DX test, Jan 5 at 0705 UT, I
found a VG signal from KGYN 1210 Guymon with ID and 0706 ``High plains
forecast`` from NewsChannel Ten, i.e. KFDA-TV Amarillo. No Man`s Land might as
well be part of Texas, lost to Okie media. Remarkable signal for a station with
a null toward Philadelphia, and no doubt yet another case of non-direxional day
operation at night. BTW, WOAI IBOC QRM, but could be nulled as these are close
to right angles from here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. RDPI, 15560, paused in some sports talk for unclear reason to play
``Santa Claus Is Coming to Town`` classic version in English, Jan 5 at 1517.
Enough! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. Jan 5 at 1458, ``The First Noel`` orchestral version playing
on 9885, then announcement in something Slavic. Must be the new CVC service via
Jülich relaying an FM station in Ukraine, Radio Svitle. Guess it`s Xmas eve for
them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Frecuencia al Día, the DX program produced by Dino Bloise, with input
from a number of regular contributors, has quietly stepped into the vacuum left
by RN`s canceled Radio Enlace. I ran across it at one of WRMI`s unspecified,
`flexible` timings, UT Fri Jan 4 at 0637 on 9955, which was propagating for a
change, and not jammed at the moment. So that`s Friday 0630 for FAD, among many
other airings. For those listening an hour later at 0730 Fri, WORLD OF RADIO
has been heard in the past but not reconfirmed lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Another US SW station missing: KTBN. Jan 4 at 0641, vacancy on 7505
while all the other US SW stations on the band were audible; recheck at 1408,
still missing. Not heard lately on the daytime frequency either, 15590, such as
Jan 5 at 1610 and 1716. Has anyone heard them this year on either frequency?
FCC and HFCC are ambiguous about the exact schedule, showing a 2-hour overlap
in the morning and a 1-hour overlap in the evening, even tho KTBN has only one
transmitter! This gives them the flexibility of switching at 14, 15 or 16, and
at 00 or 01 without having to specify which. In deep winter, surely the times
should be 1600-2400 & 0000-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Looked for the WIMA 1150 Lima OH DX test, Sat Jan 5 at 0700-0705, but
no sign of it, only network news, probably the usually dominant KSAL Salina KS
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. That rapid clicking thought to be Chinese OTH radar was heard in
these approximate frequency ranges Jan 4: at 1411, 5245-5330, 5785-5825; at
1423, 8595-8625. I noticed that the ANL on the FRG-7 helped noticeably to
diminish, so the pulse rate is something akin to noise it is designed to limit
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. On a recent Sunday at 1400-1401, I heard a code message on 6075,
which apparently came from the Pet-Kam R. Rossii transmitter just before
closedown. I checked this again on Friday January 4, and this time it was
clearly CW (on and off keying), as the RR carrier was apparently already off,
and thus having nothing to do with it. But this does appear to be a regular
transmission. Once again I was not recording and not prepared to copy it
accurately, but I got a partial message and call: ``CQ DE 8G-- K`` Could be a
tactical call, especially since it`s CW within a broadcast band; 8G per ITU
allocations would be Indonesia, as in ARRL`s prefix allocations list:
8AA-8IZ Indonesia (Republic of)
One can probably copy this any day at 1400-1401 on 6075. Just in case, I
checked again at 1500 but not heard. Searching the over 12000 messages so far
accumulated in the UDXF yg, not a single hit on 6075 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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