[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 18, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CANADA. CFRX, 6070, undermodulated but readable for a while, with phone number for call-in, Sept 18 at 1250, which must have been shortly after North Korea signed off. Much softer than its neighbors JOZ on 6055, Firedrake on 6085. By a few minutes after 1300, CFRX had weakened enough so that its puny modulation was not enough to overcome the noise level. The engineer was supposed to be looking into this problem when he could get around to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake on 9310, instead of usual 9300, Sept 18 at 1258, poor; presumably because Sound of Hope was on 9310 today too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Checking some questions raised in my previous report: Sept 17 at 2100, zero on 13680 which is supposed to be a new frequency for English // 11760 at 2030-2130; but nothing audible either on the former // 9505. If it were on 13680 this would be a big improvement over the 9 MHz channel getting buried in the afternoon haze. RHC was in on 13760 at the same time in Spanish, but low modulation cutting in and out, while playing new(?) Siboney interval signal/theme, so it`s not limited to Mesa Redonda where I first noticed it. This tune is only a few notes repeated over and over every few sex, so can drive you nuts even quicker than REE`s IS, which it sorta resembles.

The newly revised RHC online transmission schedule is also wrong about English after 0500. Tho it sometimes does not propagate, as when recently checked, 9550 is still on the air tho omitted from the schedule, with `Ed Newman` doing `news` and propagating too, UT Sept 18, confirmed at 0524 with only fair signal; not making it on 11760 if that was still on. On 25m, the only significant signal was CVC Chile on 11665. Also on 49m, the RHC frequencies were in English only, not mixed with Portuguese. One has the impression that the webmaster is just dealing with meaningless numbers, does not even monitor the station, and has no `feel` for what really must be happening, sorting out contradixions, etc.

And you never know what will happen with the DentroCuban Jamming Command. Altho WRMI 9955 was jammed this past weekend both during WORLD OF RADIO and QSO with Ted Randall, on Sept 18 at 1850 and 1920 chex, no jamming --- but no signal here from WRMI either unless that was the very weak carrier detectable with BFO. If jammed, that would have been propagating, as jamming vs Martí on 9565 was audible.

Speaking of which, earlier at 0505 UT on 9565 I noticed three tones or carriers mixed, not the kind of thing you normally get even from residual runover jamming. R Martí is currently scheduled on 9565 only at 17-24, altho Aoki thinx it`s only 20-22.

The next afternoon, Sept 18, things were quite different at 2040-2045 check! Feedlines mixed up, or yet more unannounced changes? Still nothing on 13680, but 11760, supposed to be RHC English, instead was relaying Venezuela in Spanish with sports report, // much weaker 17705, the only frequency it is supposed to be on during this hour. No RHC English on 9505, no signal. Nothing audible on 11800 or 11880 either, but 11750 was in RHC Arabic. Result: the 2030-2130 English broadcast was missing completely, which would have matched the posted sked until its recent update (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. I have a harder time here in CNAm getting AIR than they do on either coast since it`s closer to transpolar to OK. So all I can report is that there were weak signals with talk Sept 18 at 1229 and 1237 on 5010 (too early for Madagascar) and also at 1246 on 4940, frequencies matching AIR T`ram and G`ati. Several more common frequencies matching China, Indonesia and PNG were also in, 5030, 4900, 4790, 4750, 3995, 3905, 3385, 3335, 3325. Maybe on a better equinoxial sunrise I will be able to pull something identifiable from India on 60m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. RRI Fak2, 4790 with Qur`an yet again, Sept 18 at 1328, while RRI Makassar, 4750 was doing something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Missing the morning before, R. Mil, XEOI was audible on 6010 again Sept 18 at 1235 talking about anniversary of the PAN, and still talk at 1326 about petróleo. So ``Mexican music lives`` only in the sense of suspended animation during this news/talk hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Interest in KGOW, 1560, seemed to vanish after its night on the world stage, running 50 kW as H. Ike was passing thru metro Houston. Perhaps everyone assumed it would immediately go back to 100+ watts at night. However, 5 nights later, UT Sept 18 at 0520, I found it again dominating the channel, but hardly with emergency programming relaying KPRC-2. Caught my ear with an amusing song, ``Go Away, Ike``, then adstring, including a local phone number, 713-666-1101 for geothermal air conditioning from Indoor Comfort Specialists, http://1560ac.com --- with a website like that I was beginning to wonder if this too was a parody, but it really worx, forwarding to http://www.indoorcomfortspecialist.com/ --- I assume this allows the sponsor and the station to track how many heard the ad on 1560. By clicking on it here you will help to skew those findings.

Then something about the Astros playing away. 0523 finally non-ID as ``1560 The Game``, and promo for John Granado Program on ``1560 The Train``, yuk2. In fact this and previous items were run twice in a row. At 0526 resumed current show which was a ``September 15 recap``, why? Trying to decide whether something was spelled jenkum or jenkem, and story about one of the hosts being hit in the face with a bag of dog urine and crap at some club. At this point I had had enough, sure anyway that it was really KGOW. While it did not overpower all the QRM on 1560, it certainly dominated even on a long-wire not aimed toward Houston. When running daytime facilities at night because of an emergency, isn`t it supposed to be non-commercial and with axual emergency info? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Good carrier on 7390 turned into R. Free Asia opening in Burmese with English ID, Sept 18 at 1330 via Tinian; then tuned down to 7365 and heard Chinese, which per Aoki is VOA in Cantonese via Tinang. The latter had residual jamming pulses, but I doubt if they were of much help in Guangzhou to the Chicom who must have been doing their own jamming, tho not audible here. The only hours the DentroCubans really need to jam the FueraCubans` Martí on 7365 are 23-04 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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