[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 22, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** BRAZIL [non]. Not only is R. 9 de Julho blocked on 9820 by Cuba when Mesa Redonda is on at variable times between 2200 and 2400, but note that RDPI, Portugal is also scheduled on 9820 at 1900-2300. However, Brazilian Portuguese sounds a lot different than Portuguese Portuguese. I heard some of that weakly Sept 22 at 2204, and really nothing else on frequency, unless some fading could be imagined to be a SAH from São Paulo. Why in the world would a new Brazilian SW station choose to be on the same frequency as Portugal? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. CBC Northern Québec, 9625, Sept 22 at 2135 with native-accented announcer in English giving detailed weather forecasts for many unrecognised small communities, temps mostly in the single digits. 2139 a break for a song about how to play poker, The Gambler? So are there casinos everywhere up there now too and/or is CBC encouraging the First Nations to become gambling addicts? 2142 more weather for another northern region. This is the M-F 2130-2200 northern news block cutaway from CBC network programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake on 13625, Sept 22 at 2113. Per Aoki, target is R. Free Asia in Chinese via Tinian at 17-22, which was inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC still missing from 11800, tho it is still on their revised online schedule at 20 Portuguese, 2030 Arabic, 21-22 Spanish; instead Sept 22 during the 2100 UT hour heard only R. Bulgaria in Spanish, wrapping up at 2158, to carrier off at 2200.5. I am still wondering if 11800 has been replaced by an unknown channel or if these transmissions are simply gone. Also checked 13680 after 2200, and nothing there, despite on the schedule as in French. At that time nothing on 11750 either, also supposed to be on in Spanish. The only RHC Spanish frequencies audible at 2203 were 13760, poor and splashed by much stronger Portugal on 13755; and 9550.

Looking for R. 9 de Julho, Brasil on 9820, I found RHC not on the air yet at 2204 Sept 22, instead Portugal audible weakly, but at 2230 recheck Habana was on with big signal in Mesa Redonda, a TV simulcast, starting with a clip from Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, dictator emeritus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** ECUADOR. HCJB Spanish, 11960 at 1329:30 Sept 22 automated ID about Ecuador being the third-largest exporter of flowers, and still claiming to be on 21455: ``11690, 21455, 11960`` altho the 13m frequency was dropped months ago per HCJB`s own publicity at the time.

9745, Sept 22 at 2206 with music which at first seemed SE Asian, and afternoon opening from over there certainly possible, screeching soprano with rustic string instrument accompaniment. Could it be V. of Han, Taiwan? No, talk at 2211 certainly did not sound SE Asian, but more S American Indian. 2217 music resumes, segué at 2228 to a bit of more familiar Andean music and 2229 HCJB ID with numbers pronounced in Spanish. This is just the Quechua service, 100 kW at 155 degrees, but rather weak and fluttery here as equatorial signals sometimes are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. After a month or so on the air almost every day, R. Africa, 15190 missing again, Sept 22 at 2115 when no adjacent QRM. Believe it was also absent Sept 21, and maybe 20. Tsk tsk, Tony Alamo, just raided for alleged child porn and sexual abuse, had been a regular in the 2200 UT hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. After hearing DW English, VG on 15205 and 11865 via Rwanda, also found it on 9735, Sept 22 at 2135, running a second behind with report on fashion shoes. 9735 is Rampisham UK, 500 kW at 140 degrees, but this site does a good job off the back of its antennas, while Rwanda reaches us off the front beyond the W African target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 11850 with hymn, Sept 22 at 2121, then Japanese announcement, more music, off abruptly at 2129*, no ID caught. Per Aoki, it`s KSDA, which should have continued in English at 2130, but not noticed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. AIR, 15050, Sinhala service better than usual just a sesquihour before equinox, Sept 22 at 1402 nice vocal music with tabla and chimes, modulation OK, some trans-polar flutter but better signal than an hour earlier. 1410 into talk, and modulation not so good. With BFO on, carrier wobbled slightly but maybe due to Doppler effect rather than transmitter instability. This is 174 degrees from Delhi/Kingsway, so could be longpath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. RRI, 9790, Sept 22 at 2208 news in English about politics, Romanian names mentioned, merits of unicameral vs bicameral parliament, fair aside Sackville DRM 9795-9800-9805. 2210 ID as Radio Newsreel on Radio Romania International (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN [non]. As I previously reported, the 1300 broadcast in Swedish was heard Sept 21 on 11640 instead of scheduled 15240, and it was again on 11640 Sept 22, 1327-1329* discussing fytbal. This led me to check at 1430, and sure enough, 11640 Sackville relay came back on with English, also instead of 15240. Unfortunately, I missed which frequency George Wood announced at the opening. The CRI relays via Sackville are funxioning normally on 15260, 15220. So how is the relay transmitter `broken` if it can run on 11640 without warning, instead of 15240? O, as I type, at 1435, George said that the 1430 would be on 11640 instead of 15240 till further notice. And the R. Sweden English page now says:

``New Frequency --- Following a technical fault at one of Radio Canada International’s transmitter antennas at Sackville, a new antenna has been set up, but our transmissions are now on a new frequency. Instead of 15240 kHz, the broadcast in English to North America at 1430 UT is now using 11640 kHz, in the 25 meter band. The change is expected to continue until our new shortwave schedule at the end of October.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Tony Alamo Ministries, whose compound in Fouke, Arkansas, was raided on suspicion of child porn and sexual abuse, is scheduled on WWCR M-F 1300-1400 on 15825. So at the next opportunity I tried to listen, Sept 22 at 1312. I missed the opening so cannot be certain it was still Alamo; very poor reception here in usual skipzone. No fire & brimstone here, just low-key talk at the moment about tsunamis, earthquaxe. He`s on lots of other radio stations, but apparently no TV ministry; at least I don`t find Alamo, searching TV schedules.

WWCR DGS service, 13845 is normally in the clear, tho usually weak in skip zone here only one megameter away from Nashville, but Sept 22 at 2112 had QRM from hi-speed RTTY on 13847. At 2202 recheck WWCR was weaker, starting to echo with multipath or backscatter and RTTY was stronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15515 with strong open carrier, Sept 22 at 1401-1405*. No broadcaster is scheduled anywhere around this time, but suspect it is Guiana French with test or error, as happened before, tho scheduled only at 1200-1230 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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