[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 17-18

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ARGENTINA. 15820-LSB, weak Spanish talk at 2240 Nov 17, no doubt LTA;
confirmed it was LSB rather than USB using the ICF SW07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Another check of 9625 for CBC NQ: Nov 17 at 2306, a poor signal
there in non-French language. Can`t find a program sked for this online, tho I
have seen them on paper in previous seasons. The only thing I can find on the
CBC website is this merely mentioning the frequency 9625:
http://www.cbc.ca/frequency/shortwave.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. A bit of Cuban jamming was audible on 9515, Nov 17 at 2303, a
frequency which Martí apparently used only briefly last season and never
appeared on schedules. Just in case. No jamming at this hour on 9565, still
used by RM but earlier in the day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Spy letters in code, 5800, Sat Nov 18 at 0625, VG signal rivalling the
broadcast transmitters of RHC rated 100 or 250 kW. In fact, it could well be
one of them, as it is operating in A3 mode, i.e. the carrier stays on as in a
normal AM transmission, the modulation merely being tones of about 1 kHz going
on and off. Would be useful for code practice, but never uses 16 letters of the
alfabet, nor any numbers, punxuation.

RHC English, 6180, anti-US items which seem to take up at least half their
airtime, giving XEPPM 6185 a rough time, Nov 18 at 0627; at 0637, RHC English
on 9600, apparently ex-9550, and Bernie O'Shea, Ottawa, had earlier at 01-02
found languages supposed to be on 9550 mixing in with Spanish on 9600 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR. Choices, choices from HCJB, Nov 17 at 2255. 11920 was in their
indigenous Kulina language toward that tribe in Brasil at 126 degrees, but G
here where it has very few speakers. Preferred 12000 which had the Spanish
service playing some nice Andean music; however, was cut off abruptly at 2259*
without any announcement. I knew they were switching to 11700 so tuned there
quickly and heard the opening ID from 2259:30 claiming they were on 11720
instead. BTW, 11720 had an open carrier from something for the next few minutes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [non]. Looking for R. Quito, 4919, Nov 18 at 0620, nothing there,
just music on 4915, presumably Ghana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GABON. Another check of ANO harmonic, 19160, found it still propagating as
late as 2238 UT Nov 17, mostly buzz but a little unintelligible modulation.
Same as on much stronger fundamental 9580 checked at 2303. BTW I then also
heard some intermittent buzzing, only, of a different sort, on 17630, probably
unrelated, but it is an ANO frequency much earlier in the day (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** GABON. RTVG, 4777, yes, a big buzz just like on 9580 and 19160, Nov 18 at
0614; no modulation audible, and fortunately barely not a problem for Nigeria
on 4770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. VOG, 9420 with good listenable signal Sat Nov 18 at 1433 during
English hour, Hellenes Around the World; this time interviewing a guest in
studio rather than phone. Well, I can`t be sure of that; could have been a
high-quality satellite hookup as in common use for US public radio interviews,
so you`d never know the conversants are not facing each other (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525 in Arabic to EAs and NAm, Nov 18 at 1607 going from
Qur`an into talk by woman, VG signal as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI DRM missing again, no trace of it on 7145 Nov 18 at 1431.
Are any Pacific relayers actually relying on this as their feed source? Both
DRM on 9890 and AM on 9870 were coming in well earlier around 0630 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. Singing on 4790, Nov 18 at 0615 as I was checking out the Gabuzz on
4777, presumed R. Visión, Chiclayo. I look up the frequency in PWBR ``2007`` in
case there could be something else and see nothing but R. Atlántida, Iquitos,
the previous occupant of 4790, and anyway not listed on the air at this hour!

This shows how outdated a PWBR can be, even if it were not post-dated. R.
Visión was first reported in DXLD 6-079 as being heard May 23, 2006, with
details of the changeover in 6-081, and numerous other items during June in
6-080, 6-084, 6-086, 6-092 and 6-095, and onwards from there. 

Of course, PWBR is forbidden to use DXLD as a reference, only since they refuse
to acknowledge the existence, much less run a source credit line for, DX
Listening Digest, World of Radio, or Glenn Hauser. (If someone does run across
any such mention in PWBR, please let us know; reading 420 non-searchable paper
pages for that purpose would be a waste of time.) But some reports of Visión
taking over 4790 must have appeared in other DX publications PWBR is not
forbidden to reference, long before it went to press (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. RTT, Arabic on 7190, Sat Nov 18 at 0629, with what sounds like a
stand-up act, frequently interrupted by audience laughter, something you don`t
hear much on Islamic-world stations, come to think of it. 0631 into a funny
song, 0632 phone interview. Apparently this is some kind of humor program.
Would be nice to know its title and more about it from some of our
Arabic-speakers. Sfax is a good reliable signal here around this time, with 500
kW aimed 265 degrees, while // 7275 at 340 degrees apparently goes off earlier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WINB missing from 13570, which it supposedly uses all day, every day,
Nov 18 around 1500 tuneby; just CODAR swishes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9705, Nov 18 at 1609, some classical piano music, but at 1610
into English discussion of evolution and creation, so enough of that, must be
some gospel huxter. Figured I could look it up later, but no luck in HFCC B-06,
PWBR ``2007``, Aoki list; nor in ILG A-06 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)



 
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