[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 6-7, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CUBA. Checking the ``Alo, Presidente`` service Sunday July 6: at 1400, 13750 was already on with Cuban NA, not Venezuelan, opening with RHC diatribe about, what else, the 5 héroes. 11875 open carrier pending A,P, as was CRI English relay on 13740 still until 1404 when modulation had come up on both. Weaker 13760 with regular RHC non // programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. Following up the absence of R. República from 6135 before 2400 and 6155 after 0000: tnx to a tip from Antonio Madrid in Spain, new frequency at 2200 is 9515. Confirmed here, good atop jamming July 6 at 2310. I was standing by at 2356 for QSY announcement. Overblown drama or dramatic reading about Cuba Libre ended just in time for them to say that next frequency would be 9640 from ``8 pm``, and 9515 cut off at 0000 sharp. 

So I go to 9640. Nothing except lite jamming in `standby mode``. Finally at 0002 I think, maybe the RR transmitter site is still bringing up 6155? So I punch that it in, just in time to hear a couple words in Spanish, and it cuts off as they realize their mistake. Back to 9640. Still nothing, until after 0004, cuts on for a few seconds in Spanish, off again, back to stay before 0005, taking about genetix. Not as strong as 9515 was, and didn`t really sound like RR, and no ID for the next few minutes till I had enough. Recheck at 0129 and immediately heard R. República ID. 

9640 appears to have been quite open for a new occupant, except for one day a week per Aoki, EiBi, UT Sunday:
9640 PAN AMERICAN BC 0030-0045 1...... English 125 90 Wertachtal D 01041E 4805N PAB a08 
Maybe in the meantime this transmission has vacated. 9515 was also pretty open at 2200-2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. Raúl Saavedra in Costa Rica and Ron Howard in California say 9526 was on the air July 5 at 1300 tho I could not hear it. Audible again here Sunday July 6 but VOI`s clock is really off: at 1252 soft romantic music, 1300 not into English but in middle of Japanese service with YL speaking distinctly. Recheck at 1325, now in English talking about Bali, 1326 ID mentioning the three frequencies, which they never use simultaneously; indeed it is rare for them to use even two, but signal getting too weak, deep fades.

Aoki says this 250 kW Cimanggis transmitter is aimed 30 degrees, 
which is just right for us in CNAm. The great circle route crosses 
the entire island chain of Japan, tangentially attains about 58 degrees north latitude in SW Alaska, and carries on to Enid some 9800 miles away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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