[HCDX] Glenn Hauser B-06 logs October 29+ (more)

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had another quarter hour to monitor at the end of Oct 29, and this is what I
found:

** ARGENTINA. LTA, Argentine Army feeder, on 13363.5 SSB, Sunday Oct 29 at 2346
UT with silly ballgame, enthusiastic announcer; could have been same game but
different coverage as on R. Nacional, 15345 AM. At 2347 LTA paused for a brief
commercial. I don`t really care which station it was relaying at the moment
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. The incompetent DentroCuban engineers have found yet another way to
pollute the SW spectrum. Oct 29 at 2348, innocently trying to scan the 13 MHz
band for anything new in B-06, I found a huge ringing sound extending all the
way from 13615 to 13760 or so and seeming to peak about 13665 at 20 over S9,
but almost as strong for a large swath on either side. It was accompanied by
weaker audio from R. Nacional de Venezuela relay, nominally 13680, so it was
that transmitter which went totally haywire, // 15250 which was OK. This lasted
the rest of the hour, making reception of anything else in some 150 kHz
impossible, except 13650, CRI in Portuguese, also via Cuba, which could still
be heard, but not strong enough to override the noise completely (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. At 2344 UT Oct 29, R. Martí had left reactivated 15330, but
still heavy jamming upon it. 13820 was back on with RM at 2350 check, well over
jamming  (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. HCJB does it again! Another erroneous frequency announcement
recording at 2359:30 Oct 29 on excellent 11700 in Spanish had a brief quote
from Aristotle(?) and then frequencies as 11720 and 21455. HCJB on 11700 is
aimed both 157 and 330 degrees with 50 kW each from Pifo, and those tuning to
11720 would actually hear rival WYFR in Spanish at 140 degrees, and quite a bit
weaker here. 11720 was in fact the HCJB frequency for this 23-01 transmission
in A-06. How long will it take them to fix this? Don`t hold your breath,
judging from the 7 months of wrong announcements in the mornings (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT [and non]. Just as expected, R. Cairo has decided to bury itself under
WYFR again this winter B-06, on 11885 for English to North America on 11885 at
2300-2430. Oct 29 at 2355 I found WYFR in Portuguese, and only a trace at best
of anything at all underneath it. I assume Cairo is there according to
tentative B-06 schedule; certainly no longer on 11950. The WYFR transmission is
supposedly aimed at Brazil but at 20 over S9 here in the opposite direxion is a
good demonstration of how easily collateral damage can be caused, whatever the
theory may be about serving specific forward target areas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. No ``It`s All Greek to Me`` music show presented in English, as
previously scheduled, and occasionally actually appearing, UT Monday at 0000.
Brought up webcast at 0007 Oct 30 and heard world news in Greek, 0010 into a
show with a woman speaking expressively, only in Greek, backed up by music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



 
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