[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 12-13, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ALGERIA [non]. RTA, 5865 via FRANCE, Dec 12 with Qur`an until abrupt cutoff at 0657*. Allah`ll get `em for that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISITENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [and non]. 9625, CBCNQ seems Inuk, but heavy QRM from FEBC 6 Hz away in listed Khmu language with Aleluya hymn Dec 12 running past 1400 to 1401 Jesus Saves IS and off. Meanwhile, CBC with French ID, then English news at 1400, distorted modulation. As soon as FEBC went off I could hear BBCWS news in English as well, which is via Cyprus.

9650, KBSWR via Sackville, when tuned in Dec 12 at 1405 was just an open carrier, but Korean modulation kicked in at 1406.

But the next morning, Dec 13, no Sackville frequencies heard! Must be the ice storm in the Maritimes downing powerlines, if not damaging antennas too. Does Sackville not have any backup power generating capability? I did not attempt to check all possible frequencies, but these were absent: at 1439, BBC sports via Cyprus in the clear on 9625, no sign of NQ service. 9650, normally a big signal with KBS in Korean, missing. 9610, no RCI at 1510. 13675, no CRI relay before 1600, no Austria after 1600.

BTW, Sackville`s nearest neighboring SW station, WBCQ, was operating normally, heard after 1500 with Brother Scare both on 9330 and 15420+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. With RNT reported reactivated on 4905 in the evenings, I have wanted to check for it in the mornings, but haven`t managed to as early as 0430. However, Dec 13 at 0613, there was a weak signal with indistinct modulation, CODAR QRM, presumably Chad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC is now announcing that they are playing back their morning programming from 1100 UT on their `audio real` webcast at 1500-1900, as heard Dec 12 at 1430 on 13680. Trouble is, it is not Real Audio, but Windows Media. Poor Real, getting the kleenex treatment as a reward for being the pioneer. Also mentioned Dec 13 at 1457 on 11760, but sign-off announcement included 955 kHz (``novecientos cincuenta y cinco en la banda de 31 metros``) to be used later in day, the announcer not knowing enough to realize that it was a typo in the script for 9550, and RHC could not possibly be on a MW frequency 955 kHz. But then the rest of the frequency announcement for transmissions starting at 0000 was cut off before he could botch anything further, and after another plug for programming continuing on their portal de Internet, off at 1459* 

Meanwhile, the DentroCuban Jamming Command pulsing away against nothing at 0615 Dec 13 on 9785, 9825, 7365, frequencies not currently in use for any hostile programming; and also on 9885 QRMing some station other than VOA Spanish, with music --- now it`s VOA English via South Africa. Pulses of a different pitch and different rate at same time on 9955 against inaudible WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECHIA. R. Prague, 13580, Fri Dec 12 at 1425 caught end of interesting feature on The Arts program about Martinu revisited, the composer Bohuslav Martinu, who is getting more respect these days; see http://martinu.cz  His name actually has a circle over the final u, but that is too exotic for MS Word to handle in a font other than WST-Czec from the symbol archive: $ which also appears to have Braille in it! And no doubt would not survive into plain text conversion. When I copy his name from the above website it just shows up as a plain old u. I am not clear about what fonetik funxion the circle serves, and I seldom see it on other Czech words; is it archaic? But we digress: back to his music! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [and non]. Big mess on 9704-9705, Sat Dec 13 at 1441, somewhat distorted Chinese on 9705.0 and het from 9704.3 or so. Per Aoki, 9705 is VOA Cantonese via Saipan. 9704.3 must be the always-off-frequency Ethiopia, by long path? But per Aoki, their English broadcast at 14-15 is M-F only. Nevertheless the transmitter must have been on; could not pull any audio from it separable from VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160, with R. Australia via WRN via CBC Overnight, via CKZN, with Media Report, mid-program ID from National Radio at 0645 Fri Dec 12. Quite good reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. FEBC, 9430, Fri Dec 12 at 1450, scheduled in Chinese, but a truly bilingual program with M in English, W in Chinese discussing origin of and playing Xmas carols, such as O Come, All Ye Faithful, which they said dates only from the XIX century, not as ancient as it seems with Latin title Adeste, Fideles. VG signal despite 345 degree azimuth from Bocaue; could be mistaken for a North American service. See also CANADA [non], 9625 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. RDPI, 15520, with silly ballgame in Portuguese, Sat Dec 13 at 1508 // much stronger 15560. What`s the schedule of 15520? Is PWBR `2009` any help? Of course not! No listing at all for RDPI on 15520. EiBi shows Sat/Sun only at 15-17 to Africa. Aoki agrees, adding the azimuth 144 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Sudan Radio Service, via Sines, PORTUGAL, Sat Dec 13 at 1510 with didactic discussion by M&W in English about animals; F-G peaks, but increasingly bothered by splatter from WYFR 17760 English. Is PWBR `2009` any help? Of course not. No SRS listed there, but Aoki & Eibi have English as daily 1500-1530. At 1529 into Arabic, or some dialect thereof, accompanied by steel drumming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WBOH, distorted 5920, Fri Dec 12 at 1345, OM preacher in gringo Spanish, e.g. pronouncing código as codígo, followed by YL with better accent. There is no Spanish shown on the schedule at this time, 8:45 am local: http://www.fbnradio.com/new_page_copy(1).htm

Sister station WTJC, Dec 13 at 0610 with Joy to the World during Xmas medley not only on distorted 9370 but also splattering as far as down as 9220 and as far up as 9490, but worse the closer to 9370, interfering with many other stations! Not the first time this has happened. // 5920 distorted but not splattering.

Checked again at 1438, 9370 itself had a big het since WTJC is also off-frequency, but VOA Deewa service in Pashto via Sri Lanka is really on 9370.0. And WTJC still splattering, now detectable between 9320 and 9410 again interfering with many other stations. I then tried to notify the FBN chief engineer David Gernoske but got a bounce from the earthlink address I had for him, so resent it to the generic FBN e-mail address 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. Someone reported RNV during the 0000 hour on 9550, which would be a new time via Cuba, but Dec 13 at 0005, no sign of it, just something weak in Chinese which per EiBi is CRI from domestic site in Hakka to SE Asia. There was another weaker signal under; EiBi also shows RHC itself on 9550 during this hour in French to S America, where, I understand, French is not a major language, but neither is Arabic in the Caribbean. These were both overshadowed by analog German from DW on 9545 which is currently via Ascension at 00-02 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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