[HCDX]: G Hauser's Shortwave/DX Report 99-72

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

        GLENN HAUSER'S SHORTWAVE/DX REPORT 99-72, Dec 11, 1999

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CONTINENT OF MEDIA 99-09. The new edition started airing on RFPI Dec 
10. For topic summary see 
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/com9909.html

For schedule see
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/wormassw.html

** AUSTRIA [non]. This week, ORF's DX show in Spanish, Sat Dec 11 at 
1651 on 17865 via Canada, had at least 3 minutes of two simultaneous 
Spanish tapes playing at same level, one of which was the DX program. 
Would it be too much to ask for operators at ORF to pay attention to 
what they are sending out? (Glenn Hauser, OK)

** BRAZIL [non]. Sat Dec 11 between 21 and 22 Brasilia time [2300-
2400 UT] R. Transmundial will have a live broadcast via satellite 
from TWR Bonaire on 800 kHz. Rudolf Grimm, and Carlos Felipe da Silva 
of the Amigos do Radio program will be participating. The objective 
is to reach listeners who call an 0800 toll-free number during this 
hour, and determine where they are calling from, since changes are 
being made in the antenna pattern toward South America. So people are 
invited to listen and call the 0800 number which will be announced. 
(Grimm, radio-escutas Dec 10, translated by Hauser) Karl Leite in 
Natal added that he had not heard PJB 800 for quite some time. As I 
recall, TWR is turning off its 500 kW transmitter to be replaced by 
100 kW with more directive antenna pattern (Hauser)

** COSTA RICA. On this week's RFPI Mailbag, James Latham wondered if 
others were hearing some data QRM to 6975. Yes, I did, at 0541 check 
Dec 11, when 3-second data bursts came on precisely every 39 seconds 
for the several minutes I listened with watch in hand. Strong enough 
to be annoying, but not totally overriding; after a while one tended 
to tune them out mentally (Glenn Hauser, OK)

** ISRAEL. Dear Kol Israel, please a d j u s t your 50 kW tx at 
Jerusalem transmitter site, which is registered for 9390 kHz channel 
on the ITU list. The latter mentioned tx unit is wandering today, Dec 
11, towards variable 9393.04 kHz. Hetting Radio Pakistan which is co-
channel carrying the French service on 9395 kHz (exact 9394.91]. 73 
de (Wolfgang DF5SX Bueschel)

9390 1900-2200 2-10,27,28 ISR 50 318 0 28 D HEB ISR KOL 30-3 
9395 2200-2359 2-10,27,28 ISR 50 318 0 28 D HEB ISR KOL 30-3 
9390 2359-0500 2-10,27,28 ISR 50 318 0 28 D HEB ISR KOL 30-3 

** PORTUGAL. December 11, 1999. This item comes from CIDX member 
Larry Dolan, of Pierrefonds, Quebec. While checking out some opening 
in the low VHF spectrum, on Saturday, December 11, 1999, around 1400 
UT, Larry came up with the following catch: 31080 kHz at 1400 UT- 
PORTUGAL: RDP Radio Portugal in Portuguese. Second harmonic of 15540 
kHz with Portuguese programming for North America. Larry is using an 
Icom IC-R7100 with outdoor mobile magmount antenna. He also monitored 
the fundamental 15540 on his Drake R8B with a random wire. (Sheldon 
Harvey Greenfield Park, Quebec)

** SUDAN. 6965 has been noted here with good reception at 1430-1610v;
no religious program has been heard but mainly talk in Arabic on
neighbouring countries  - Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Uganda and 
Arabic songs of European Style went off Dec 1O at 1600 and on Dec 11 
at 1611 after News and ID as Ida.......Sudani (Mahendra Vaghjee, 
Mauritius, Dec 11) But which station, exactly? (Hauser)

Mahendra was kind enough to send along a RA file of this one. He's 
right, it is an anti-Sudanese clandestine. It's Voice of Freedom and 
Renewal, which is reportedly based in Eritrea. Heard in Arabic with 
military action reports and news headlines. Sudanese government 
referred to a 'terrorist regime' and IDs as Sowt al-hurriyah wa al-
tajdid. Did hear one new slogan after an ID, Sowt al-Sudan al-jadid, 
Voice of the new Sudan. The backer of this station recently reported 
that they were operating a bit "below" their announced frequency of 
7000 kHz. This one has been heard as far as East Coast North America, 
so check out 6965 at 0400. (Hans Johnson, Cumbre DX Special) 

** TURKS & CAICOS. Dear Glenn, My apologies for not giving the Turk & 
Caicos item from your SW-report full source-information in ARC's MW-
Echo. It was a mistake and I'm sorry for that.
I take this opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a 
Happy New Year 2000! 73's (Tore Larsson editor of ARC's Caribbean and 
Central American column, Dec 11) Same to you!

** U S A. On Dec 11 I checked the WRMI website 
http://members.xoom.com/wrmi, and found the program schedule updated 
as of Dec 1, and FINALLY presented in tabular rather than paragraph 
format! And you get to the schedule at first step after the home 
page. WRMI is on 7385 at 0200-0930 except UT Mon from 0300. Since I 
have not heard WRMI on 9955 in MONTHS ? literally, nothing but 
jamming whenever I check, I will pick out only the few programs worth 
listening to which are on 7385. Note that Wavescan is presented ONLY 
in the middle of the night for your convenience, as is Viva Miami 
with one exception. 

Daily  0300-0330 R. Prague Spanish
Daily  0330-0400 R. Prague Czech
Daily  0400-0430 R. Prague English
UT Sat 0430-0445 UN Radio
UT Sun 0445-0500 Viva Miami English
UT Sun 0500-0600 Scream of the Butterfly
UT Tue 0830-0900 AWR Wavescan
UT Tue 0900-0930 Viva Miami English
UT Wed 0830-0900 AWR Wavescan
UT Wed 0900-0930 Viva Miami English
UT Thu 0900-0930 Viva Miami English
UT Fri 0900-0930 Viva Miami English

Let us hope the UT days here are correct in the 0830-0930 period, 
since WRMI presents its schedule in UT but ``local days'' and 
apparently 0830-0900 is still considered the day before since it is 
at the end of the previous day's schedule rather than the beginning 
of a new day, a la the dolts at TV Guide, even tho it is the next day 
both by UT and EST! (Glenn Hauser)

** U S A. Tnx to a tip last week from Glenn Hauser, I checked Sat Dec 
11 for the ``Worldwide Space Support Net'' on 13985 USB. It started 
at 1600 sharp, not 1500 as he thought they had said. First-time NCS 
was AGA5MC at McChord AFB, WA, with last week's NCS, AFA4BR, helping 
out as alternate NCS. It is a USAF directed net, meaning everybody 
takes orders from the NCS, no free-for-all. First there was setting 
the net frequency. Roll call took at least 15 minutes, then 
propagation tests with various stations called upon to radio-check 
others. This was marred by some exact co-channel QRM which came up, 
referred to by one participant as PACTOR. At 1636 it was time for 
phone patches, but no one had adequate quality for that. Proclaimed 
that maximum effort is expected on 1 January to exchange Y2K info 
between command posts and to clue in the command posts about this. 
13985 was finally referred to as Wisdom 3, in discussing QSY after 
1643* to Wisdom 7, and later down to Wisdom 6. (Does anyone know what 
frequencies these are?) As far as I could tell all the participants 
were within CONUS, not Worldwide at all, and nothing whatsoever was 
said about space, or supporting it. Some were at various AFBs, 
identified with calls, or in outlying areas such as AFA6CG in Deming, 
NM, ``supporting Holloman AFB''. An exercise, in futility? (Glenn 
Hauser, OK)

** U S A. From Allan Weiner Worldwide, Dec 11 at 0100 on WBCQ 7415: 
His malady is a mild case of viral encephalitis, and herbal remedies 
his M.D. would never even think of prescribing, have been helping. He 
would rather have this than Lyme disease. Plans are firming up for 
the summer radio-ship in Boston harbor. He was talking about what a 
lightship is, but I did not catch whether this vessel is to be one. 

Earlier I checked for Jean Shepherd on WBCQ 7415 at the scheduled 
time Dec 11 of Fri 2130. There was Gary Bourgois carrying on a 
conversation with someone, almost as if not on the air. At 2139 Gary 
realized he had forgotten that it was time to play Jean Shepherd for 
WBCQ, and was hunting around for the tape, which would run late at 
2140-2230, but evidently he never found it as at recheck after 2205 
it was still Gary gab. Geez, it is possible to be too informal as an 
international satellite and shortwave broadcaster. (Glenn Hauser, OK)

** U S A. Kim Elliott expects me to do another Shortwave Year in 
Review special feature, to appear on the C-segment timings only of 
VOA Communications World Dec 25, i.e. 0736, 1536, 1936, 2336, as well 
as in the half-hour deluxe edition (Glenn Hauser, OK)            ###



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