[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 8-9, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ANGUILLA. PMS, 6090, Oct 9 at 0545 with big hum. No such problem via // WWCR 5935, which still had a good signal at this late hour, so it`s a problem at Anguilla, not at LA or the uplink. Wiggle that patchcord! See also CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC in English, 6140, UT Thu Oct 9 at 0547, ``Ed Newman`` with mailbag show, evading a question about what the qualifications are to become president of Cuba. He also said the listener correspondence office is across the street from RHC in another building, so when they bring the letters over (shuffling of papers), they have to be careful not to get run over. Big hum on this frequency, of slightly lower pitch than the hum on Anguilla 6090; no such problem on // 6000 or weaker 6060. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. Rechecking 11920, where VozAndes appeared the day before, nothing there Oct 8 at 1355, tho 11960 was on as usual. So 11920 must have been a mistake. BTW, I was going to mention this on WOR 1429 as in the headlines, but never got to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. 15495 at 1410 Oct 8 in apparent S Asian language, which per Aoki is Bondo on Wednesdays at 1400-1415 from Gospel for Asia via Wertachtal at 90 degrees. Of more interest was the interference, wideband noise I was hearing from 15490 to 15510. This buzz reminded me of the defective Saudi Arabian transmitter, but nothing such scheduled around here, and that has not been happening for several weeks where it used to. Nothing at all scheduled on 15500 at this hour; Kuwait on 15505, but not heard. By 1425 the noise was no longer heard, by which time 15495 was in Gamit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI, 11786, Oct 8 at 1359 with ID in English; 1400 hets from Firedrake and VOA 11785 go off, but VOI signal only poor with IS, 1403 opening presumed Malay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Some mornings XEXQ is just barely audible, or inaudible on 6045, but Oct 9 it was quite good at 1302, as YL announcer was identifying music with opus numbers and key signatures in the do-re-mi style, then unusual oriental-sounding piece with flute, chimes, gongs, narration, a companion to Firedrake on 6030; 1307 segué into more traditional classical music. No more announcements heard until 1345, but a one+ minute break in transmission at 1341. Was running about S9+10, and with weak rippling SAH from E Asian transmitter. Respectable modulation level too from San Luís Potosí, as heard on my main receiver, FRG-7 with E-W longwire, but surprised it was also audible on the DX-390 at the breakfast table which uses only the reel-out interior wire clipped to the whip (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Live coverage of the second presidential debate UT Oct 8: At 0135, 6040 just barely audible with het, 9820 inaudible, presumably unusually poor propagation from Greenville. 6080 from Africa also very poor, barely detectable with QRM. WBCQ confirmed with it on 5110-CUSB. REE Spain with Spanish translation on 6055. I expect the same will happen for the third and final debate, UT Thu Oct 16 from 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1429, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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