[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 6-7

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** GERMANY. Jan 7 at 1500 found Persian talk on 9925, rather good signal, and
since it`s Persian, it can`t be from Iran. Went to music around 1515; at 1529
spelled out a .org e-mail address in English, but could not catch it all; then
at 1530, P-mail to Box 40591, but not certain of that either. None of this
struck me as religious, so had high hopes for something clandestine. What does
PWBR 2008 say? Nothing! So I had to wait a while to look up online resources:

EiBi: 9925 1430-1630 G Bible Voice FS ME /D-w 

Which means Farsi from UK via Wertachtal, altho Aoki shows same as Juelich
starting Dec 1, which explains why PWBR missed it. Probably changed from Jülich
to Wertachtal since then, as many DTK transmissions have shifted sites. Doesn`t
Iran have enough problems without trying to convert them to Protestants? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. R. Coatán, no doubt, on 4780 with chipmunk-style singing in
Spanish mixed with CODAR, 1346 Jan 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. Don`t often hear AIR on 60m here, but Jan 6 at 1342 on 4840, S Asian
music, woman singing, later excited dialog; poor signal and still audible at
1358. AIR Mumbai is the only listed possibility. Not so much from Indonesia or
China on band this morning. Repeat performance the next morning, Jan 7 at 1350.
In Marathi, or Hindi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. Harold Camping, whose ego trip surpasses even Brother Stair`s,
pontificating, Jan 7 at 1409 on 6225 with echo, so seems both short and long
path from Dushanbe, 200 kW, 125 degrees, YFR relay scheduled at 14-15 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. I remembered to check again for the Texas Department of
Transportation net on the first Monday in 2008y. Jan 7 at 1430 promptly started
on 5195.3 SSB, with ``Tex-Dot HF roll call``. I think I copied all the cities
named, most but not all of which checked in: Abilene, Amarillo, Atlanta,
Beaumont, Brownwood, Bryan, Childress, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort
Worth, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Lufkin, Odessa, Paris, Pharr, San Angelo, San
Antonio, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls [YL], Yoakum. Each one gave a signal report
to Austin NCS WQFR277, often 555 --- could this be SIO? Surely not from such a
para-governmental net. All this took less than 5 minutes, with lite CODAR QRM
thruout. Closed with ``see you next week``. Cf. previous reports under unID in
DXLDs 7-150, 7-153, 7-154 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. KTBN, which had been absent a few days, back at usual strength Jan 6
at 0632 on 7505. Sounds suspiciously like a TV soundtrack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. "Aló, Presidente`` service via Cuba, Sunday Jan 6 at 1405
check talking about Cuba instead of Venezuela, in usual RHC prélude to the real
show, on 11875 atop WEWN, 13750 clear, and barely audible on 17750 mixing with
WYFR. Not found on any other frequencies; RHC mainstream programming continuing
on 11760, 11805, 12000, 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6075, the brief slow-speed CW marker heard again Jan 6 at
1400-1401. This time it was barely audible, but I managed to copy the full
callsign: 8GTL. That doesn`t help much: not a single hit on that in the UDXF
message archive; nor anything significant in a Google search, but I do now know
that 8GTL is also the model number of a telescope, and also of a gas compressor
engine! Could these transmissions be in honor of one of them? 

Tried 6075 again Monday Jan 7 at 1400. This time the R. Rossii carrier after
closing timesignal overlapped for about half of it, but when the ID came there
was QRM and I couldn`t copy it 100% despite recording, so I am not sure the
third character was a T, maybe an M or an A? Seemed like more than a single
dash. Of course, there is no law that something clandestine like this should
always use the same identifier. Message was VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 8G --- [twice] K.
I`ll keep trying till I get it for sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


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