[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 6, 2008 part 2

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 9345, Nov 6 at 2130 with open carrier, 2132 signing-on Albanian sesquihour with usual low and somewhat distorted modulation. Fair to good signal and no QRM. So I was too late to hear how English made it at 2100, but should have been OK, also on 7510 and no WRNO on 7505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA [and non]. Not only does PMS, 6090 have a constant hum on her own transmitter, but also that het from Nigeria(?), and at 2237 Nov 6, DRM bleeding over from 6085. That`s supposed to end at 2200 per DRM skeds, 10 kW non-direxional from Bayerischer Rundfunk, Ismaning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [non]. R. Australia via Taiwan, 11550, Nov 6 at 2220 in Indonesian mixed with English, perhaps part of lessons; fair. Someone else recently reported this as R. Cairo in Arabic and English, but that has moved to 6255, which I also heard today; see EGYPT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. CFRX has yet more competition for 6070, now that R. Rumanía Internacional is back in full business, as heard Nov 6 at 2235 with ID in Spanish and folk music. CFRX was capable of making no more than a fast SAH with RRI, now scheduled on 6070 only at 22-23, 300 kW, 247 degrees from Tiganesti. It`s about the same fast SAH that off-frequency and undermodulated CFRX sometimes makes with CVC Chile which now doesn`t open on 6070 until 0000 and then runs all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. In A-08 HFCC, OTTAWA appeared 24 hours on 7335, so broadcasters would at least know CHU existed, but in B-08 it`s deleted (and not shown on 7850, probably will not be as considered utility), so altho CHU has yet to make its long-planned QSY, the broadcasters have moved in on 7335, as if CHU and its would-be listeners do not exist. Among others, there`s VOR with a big signal via Guiana French to NAm at 0200-0600, but also WHRI is scheduled three hours a day, 12-13 and 22-24. WHRI`s ``Daily Dose`` of gospel rock heard at 2250 Nov 6, very strong. I reject this iatrogenic medicine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Now it`s Vatican Radio getting hit by the DentroCuban Jamming Command, which pulses and bubbles on 9600 most of the day, even when RHC itself is on it; Nov 6 at 2204, Vatican Radio direct in Chinese was mixing with the jamming. The Chicom themselves don`t bother to jam VR, despite their differences over who owns the Catholic church in China, so, nevertheless, --- Commies vs Catholix! 

RNV via Cuba, 11670 was funxioning normally as I scanned the 25m band around 2210 UT Nov 6, but at 2211 an ear-splitting broadband series of whines broke out, ranging from 11640 to 11725, overriding all broadcast signals in this range, such as 11700 WYFR, 11690 DW/Rwanda, 11665 Japan/WYFR. As I tuned across the 85 kHz I could hear not only multiple carriers heterodyning each other, about 6 of them equally spaced per 10-kHz segment, but also the RNV audio in Spanish over the entire range, so obviously the culprit was the Cuban transmitter which went totally out of whack and ruined that portion of the band. This lasted at least past 2230, altho I could not stand to monitor it constantly. At 2243 recheck, 11670 was back in whack and the broadband whine had ceased. I have caught similar outbreaks before from Cuban transmitters, POS.

Typical DentroCuban jamming pulses and with BFO on, bubbling, around 7865, cut off at 2257* and back on at *2258; pulse rate of about 132 per minute; versus absolutely nothing on this out-of-band frequency. Nor could it be a simple harmonic; possibly a mixing product or just an inexplicable spur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** EGYPT [and non]. R. Cairo, 6255, Nov 6 at 2241 after Arab music, YL in English with sign-off announcement. Her thick accent, extremely rapid pace, and low modulation made it impossible to understand more than the gist and an occasional word. Then into tone which lasted until 2245* These people are doing just about everything wrong, preventing Radio Cairo from being even a moderately successful service. She alone could solve one of the problems: slow down and speak as clearly as you can! Your voice has to surmount great obstacles to reach listeners many megameters away. You should take lessons from your nearest neighbor on the dial, Radio PMR, 6240 which was loud AND clear, also ending English at 2246, into French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. No sign of 15190, R. Africa, Nov 6 at 2157, just YFR/Ascension on 15195. Is its absence just for now or for a long time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. New station on 1120, still playing same oldies music for testing, but has added IDs; heard one immediately upon tune-in Nov 6 at 1844 UT: ``AM 1120, KEOR, Catoosa``. By 2100 it was mixing with skywave from KMOX with CBS News bong, but KEOR dominating for a bit longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WINB is apparently changing 13570v to 9265v at 2200 UT now, instead of 2100, since before 2200 it was not to be heard on 9265, and at 2203 there it was with some preacher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Haiti has not observed DST since 2006, according to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone.html?n=709&syear=2000
But VOA still keeps shifting its three daily Kriyol broadcasts one hour depending on when DST comes and goes in Washington! Obviously they are more concerned with their own convenience than with the listeners, whom the shifts can merely confuse, and consequently result in a loss of audience. Or could it be that VOA/IBB are so out of touch with their audience that they don`t even know DST no longer runs in Haiti?

Now we hear the evening broadcast at 2200 instead of 2100, on 13725 and stronger // 15390, until closing at 2229. Both played the YDD sequence, and carrier stayed on 15390 until 2232:30, wasting taxpayer kilowatts x 3 including third frequency unchecked, 11895 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WRMI, 9955, 2206 UT Thu Nov 6 with Irish accent and discussion of Irish vs EU laws, ergo it`s RTE again, via WRN, on WRMI relay, no more Overnight AM, which a few weeks ago occupied the 21-24 UT period weekdays, and if it had continued would now be 22-01 UT. At the beginning some DentroCuban jamming bothered; at 2300 recheck another European English relay was running, Radio Netherlands scheduled, and now no jamming audible, but a continuous het had appeared from about 9954.8. It had some audio too but unable to separate from WRMI. Most likely source is France via Taiwan, which was there at least in A-08. After 0030 I checked the WRMI webcast and there was Israel Radio again on SW in English. 0102 went into Rick Hash, Bible Pathway, readings in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA [and non]. The intolerable collision on 9420 goes on: Nov 6 at 2150, about equal levels from V. of Greece in Greek, music, and 1Africa, CVC Zambia in English; SAH of approximately 4 Hz between them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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