[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 6, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ALGERIA [non]. 7455, Arabic talk at 2150 Dec 6, 2155 into Qur`an; figured it was RTA via Issoudun, FRANCE, quickly confirmed by // weaker 5865 just as scheduled. But 7455 closed abruptly at 2200* while 5865 continued, contrary to sked via DX Mix News claiming that 7455 finishes at 2157. Just as well, as RTTY QRM was building on 7455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. 7335, at 2152 Dec 6, station in Russian under CHU, 2154 ID in passing as R. Svoboda (Note: NOT ``Sloboda`` as some would have it!), i.e. R. Liberty. This is 250 kW, 30 degrees from Thailand to eastern Russia at 21-22 only. Yet more incentive for CHU to hurry up and QSY to 7850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 5030, definite Chinese at 2146 Dec 6, in the sidebands of Cuba 5025. Commies vs Commies at an unusual time for reception from Beijing on 60m, and not heard after 2200 altho that`s still only 6 am in China. BTW, at 2146, Mauritania was also audible on 4845 with ute QRM, so that made three separate continents at once on 60m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. R. República, 11835 via Sackville, Dec 6 at 2204, good with no jamming audible; tho on weekdays when sign-on is not until *2300, I have been hearing lite jamming in standby(?) mode as early as 2200. Programming may or may not be // WRMI 9955 which just resumed R.R. during same time period (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [and non]. Since I had tuned in too late for the monthly haiku segment on NHKWNRJ`s World Interactive, on the 1400 UT Saturday Dec 6 broadcast, I wanted to catch it on the next play at 2200, but the only frequency, 13640 was weak and mixed with VOA Cambodian via Tinian! Making a SAH of approximately 8 Hz. If the collision is bad here, it must be awful in SE Asia. It looks like R. Japan just tacked the 20-minute English broadcast onto the preceding hour in Japanese, what the hell if it collides with VOA after Japanese is over. 

BTW, PWBR `2009` shows it more like 15 minutes long, as the bar between 2200 and 2300 obviously extends less than one third of the way. So while compiling this report, I listened to the show ondemand, no SAH or anything to make it shortwavy, via http://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/program/index.html
Full name of the haiku guru sounds like Shokan Tadashi Kondo as pronounced both by himself and his co-host; axually about renku this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255, Dec 6 at 2149, heard N6HK asking if anyone is using the frequency? Well, yes! V. of Nigeria in French which was perfectly demodulating your SSB, but I guess you can`t hear them a couple megameters further west: Berman, Stephen D, N6HK (Extra), 24031 Sage Ave, Tehachapi, CA 93561 per ARRL lookup (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL [and non]. RDPI collision with HCJB, 12040, Sat Dec 6 at 2249 making fast SAH. This starts at 2230 when HCJB comes on in German, but at recheck 2302 HCJB was alone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. REE, which is supposed to be on 9640 at 2200, and which was on 9690 past 2300 Dec 3 as in previous report, was instead on 9630 when checked Sat Dec 6 at 2205 with sports, // 11940. Per Aoki and EiBi, REE is not using 9630 at all this season, but in HFCC it`s a duplicate registration with 9640, identical parameters at 19-23, so they can take their pick any given day. Or possibly it`s one of numerous weekend variations which make more sense to REE than to anyone else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 7445, at 2152 Dec 6, as tuned across, heard station in English mentioning bbcworldservice.com so presumably BBCWS. Yes, this is another of their fragmented 1-hour transmissions, 21-22, 100 kW from Meyerton, South Africa, at 330 degrees to W Africa, and also favoring North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. CVC Miami via Chile, A Sua Voz in Brazilian Portuguese on 15410, Sat Dec 6 at 2224 in Sem Limites hour of classical music. Axually there certainly are limits, like 4 minutes max for any single selexion! I listened to most of the rest of the hour, deeply offended by the cavalier treatment given the greatest music. Only excerpts are played, the most recognizable portions. Almost always the DJ talks over the music at open and close, a sign of gross disrespect, and of course fades it in and out since degraded attention spans of their perceived audience must be served and observed. Name of DJ sounds like José António Sesquim, but axually spelt Ceschin as found on website. 

Music included Tchaikovsky`s Capriccio Italien which got a full four (4!) minutes at 2224-2228 before a 3-minute commercial break. 2241 Dança dos Marineros by Rimsky-Korsakov, marred further by a semiminute break in transmission; 2245 Assim Falava Zarathustra by R. Strauss got only 2 minutes, and it was the jazzed-up with drumming version, only of the opening, godforbid anyone should hear the entire tone poem. 2248 March of the Siamese Children, by Rogers & Hammerstein II. 2256 wrapping up saying would be back tomorrow, so it`s on Sundays too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING via DXLD) ###


      

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