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

["Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 97-24, Dec 4, 1997

THIS WEEK ON WORLD OF RADIO 920. VOA Bethany demolished; Tom
Sundstrom injured in accident; KHNC burns down; Cuban MW outlet
using FM; now three Eritrean clandestines; Turkey wants monitors;
Marconi centenary special on Isle of Wight; and many of the
stories below (Hauser)

AUSTRALIA. What's going on with RA's frequencies? A revised sked
as of Dec 1 is on their website, but doesn't match what I am
actually hearing. Best morning frequency, 9415 altho on the sked
at 1200-2130 has been miissing; instead I heard RA on 9590 Dec 2
at 1245 as well as 9580, and still going under BBC/WYFR after
1250 carrier and 1300 programming. Hope this is not a permanent
change from loud and clear 9415. The 49mb frequency 6020 has
Bonaire clash at 1200, and at 1300 something in Chinese, much
worse than the abandoned 5870 and 5890. Same situation on Dec 3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 920)

CHINA/CUBA. One can be somewhat amused by commies jamming commies:
Cuban bubble jammer against R. Marti 7405 stays on after 1400
marring CRI in English to North America, Dec 1; jamming still
audible at 1445 Nov 30 tho CRI on top (Glenn Hauser, OK)

GUATEMALA. Mauno Ritola in Finland notes that AWR's worldwide
sked no longer lists their station here; is it still on the air?
I checked Dec 1, and yes, it is, but should not be--distorted 
and off frequency. At 1218 found distorted Spanish preaching on
5980.84, in Voz de la Esperanza program, also mentioned La Biblia
Hoy. 1232 full ID "Desde Guatemala en Centroamerica transmite
Union Radio, 1330 AM, --- FM, 5980, banda internacional de 49
metros onda corta, Radio Mundial Adventista, La Voz de la 
Esperanza, Union Radio...". Also Dec 2 at 0054 check could detect
het and carrier on exact same frequency, trace of Spanish; Dec 2
at 1211 on exact same frequency again but even more distorted and
unintelligible (Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 920)

LITHUANIA [non]. R. Vilnius finally got word that there's heavy
ute QRM to 5905 for their 0030 English to NAm via Germany: 
Mailbag UT Sun Nov 30 0047 had some letters about this, and the 
Germans were blamed for the frequency choice; no mention of 
additional //5880 where I was surprised to find them, with no ute 
QRM. This continued following nights, sometimes with adjacent 
broadcaster splash from 5875 but usually better than 5905. At
last UT Dec 3 at 0058 closing, RV said they had "an extra
frequency this week to North America, 5880". So like happened on
31m this summer, they're duplicating for a while and may move to
the new one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 920)

MOLDOVA. Huge buzz on 7125 at least from 2300 past 0200 is V. of
Russia's reactivated relay via Grigoriopol'. It seems that they
are putting video instead of audio from the satellite downlink on
the SW frequency (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WORLD OF RADIO 920) This
has been going night after night; doesn't anybody at the station
or in Moscow notice?! Tape sample on W.O.R. 920 (Hauser, Dec 3)

NORWAY. Revised Dec sked shows NRK and Denmark using new 18950
for SAm at 1000-1055 only (gh) Already audible here by 1045 (Joe
Hanlon, PA, WORLD OF RADIO 920)

PERU. R. Frecuencia San Ignacio heard at 0230-0240 on second
harmonic 11354.4 as well as 5677.2 Nov 28, and the next night 
the same from *0030 (Rafael Rodriguez, Colombia, WORLD OF RADIO 920)

ROMANIA. RRI's new 0600 English to NAm is still on 5965, but 
under heavy interference from Norway. The other frequency, 6155,
has moved to 6095 (Peter Hallam, Northern Ireland, Dec 2, WORLD 
OF RADIO 920)

TAHITI. RFO's lingering transmitter must be the carrier at 2351
Dec 2 on 15167.35 approximately, measured as closely as I could 
by counting the clicks on the ATS-909, allowing for its offset.
This signal is useful only for the memories it evokes of former
exotic and good reception (Glenn Hauser, OK)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. I keep seeing schedules for UAE Radio, 
Dubai, evidently originating from the station, which omit English
at 1330, and nobody points this out, even tho I reported in Oct
on this English broadcast, which is by far the best timing for
North America, even tho for "Europe and North Africa". Actual
monitoring is always more reliable than info from stations
themselves, and I suggest editors should pay attention to it. Now
I have reconfirmed English starting at 1329, best here on 13675,
poor on //13630, 15395, and seldom propagating lately on 21605;
such as Dec 1 with news, 1337 "Sunshine station, UAE Radio in
Dubai", talk on trade routes and commodities in the Middle Ages.
13675 was so strong Nov 30 that it was a problem for Belgium at
1300 on 13680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 920)

U S A. Another BBC relay via VOA fouled up, UT Sun Nov 30 at 0000
when Sackville changed to Delano, feed switched from BBC to VOA
English news, normally not broadcast from USA on weekends at this
time! This lasted until about 0026 when the BBC feed was suddenly
back. I'm baffled why people working at radio stations can pay so
little attention to what is actually going on the air. VOA owes
BBC for 26 minutes of relay time, on 9590 (Glenn Hauser, OK)

U S A. Tnx to tip from Ed Rausch, WGTG heard testing 2nd               
transmitter, Nov 28 at 2145-2205* with continuous tape loop 
on 9505 saying this is with antenna No. 3, rhombic at 340 degrees
magnetic. The same thing Nov 29 at various checks during the day,
but not since. Later I heard Dave Frantz say that #2 was using
digital modulation instead of analog, and he has time for sale.
Note that 9505 may not be the ultimate frequency, as initial test 
channels often differ. Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX, found out that 
3200 or 3210 also may have been tested. BTW, W.O.R. 920 aired 
this week on 5085-USB at the backup time of UT Wed 0600 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, and WORLD OF RADIO 920, which includes tape of test 
announcement)                                           ###

VIETNAM. The new super-power transmitters in the Mekong Delta
are not SW but MW, four of them, not five: one 2000 kW Harris,
and three 500 kW Harris. Also under construction is a new MW
facility in the north with two more MW supplied through Marconi
by Nautel. These were put out for tender a couple of years ago
(B. Dawson, P.E., Seattle, WA, WORLD OF RADIO 920) We still
wonder what frequencies these are on!?

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