[HCDX]: Glenn Hauser's SW/DX, Nov 4

["Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

      GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 97-20, Nov 4, 1997

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE CHANGE ON WWCR. Yes, another one 
already: UT Sun 0230 on 5070 has been deleted. Although
Mundo Radial did not appear Fri Oct 31 at 2215 on 9475 as
scheduled this was because of a make-good for another show,
and MR is to be back on at that time. The week starting Nov 
6 I am releasing WOR Extra-21 (Hauser, OK)

COSTA RICA. RFPI has resumed 21465-USB; heard Nov 3 at 2100 //
15050-AM, and so strong I had to back off the RF gain; stayed
until abrupt closing in middle of a program around 2315. Hope
they keep it on in the 1800-2400 period at least. In contrast, 
HCJB on 21455-USB was barely detectable as usual (Glenn Hauser,
OK)

CUBA. On DXers Unlimited Oct 28, Arnie Coro revealed that 13600
will be the new USB fq to Europe when new sked goes into effect
Nov 10, ex-13725. Getting the whole story out of him at once is
never to be expected; he did not say whether 13715 would remain
the AM fq, nor whether English would continue at 2030-2130. Also,
6180 has already been added at 0500-0700 in English, beamed to
ENAm and Eu, not WNAm as reported elsewhere, //9820 and 9830-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK)

ECUADOR. HCJB is often weak and fading out on 9745, the only
fq to NAm around 0100; there's something very wrong with their
fq management when 5860 is much better tho beamed to Europe 
with IS 0112, opening Russian 0114 Nov 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK)

IRELAND [non]. The Oct 23 WCRI broadcast at 0100 on 5910 to NAm
announced that this was the final week for the Af repeat at
1900 on 15625; that service would resume when new funding is
found. Seems they have had very little listener response from
Af, even from Irish missionaries known to be there; but it was
a good backup for NAm listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK)

NEW ZEALAND. Contrary to the fq charts in Nov BBC On Air, an
exhaustive WS fq sked continues to show NZ as a relay site at
1100-1130 on 9700; Bill Matthews checked with RKI and they also
maintain that BBC relays continue--I see one listed on 6035; and
the BBC fq sked still shows Nepal too on 576 kHz. These are but
a few of the mistakes I am finding in BBC On Air as I check out
program timings (Glenn Hauser, OK; cf previous report 97-19)

SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Stair's relays via Germany are
now underway, on somewhat different sked than originally in
DTK listings: 0000-0200 5840, 0200-0400 5880, 7335 (swamping
CHU which never gets any respect), all to NAm, as announced by
B.S. on non //WWCR-7435 at 0237 Nov 4 and confirmed; rest of
the sked he gave, mostly with incorrect local time conversions,
so let's hope the freqs are right: 0600-0800 ANZ 9500, 1600-
1800 Eu 6175, 1700-1900 ME 11650. Says he has option to go 24h
on "Radio Jewlick" (Glenn Hauser, OK)

VIETNAM [non]. VOV relay in Spanish at 0300-0330, English 0330-
0400 is on new 5905 ex-7260. Wonder if this is Germany now
instead of Russia (Ivan Grishin, REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING)                                             ###

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