[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 29-30, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana, 13640 to NAm, 1431 sign-on with English schedule, 1432 news, but too undermodulated to follow, and adjacent QRM from much better modulated 13645 in Slavo-Turkic language, i.e. per Aoki, Uzbek, R. Liberty, 100 kW at 80 degrees via Lampertheim, Germany at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. As if CRI were not causing enough interference already to other broadcasters by excessive frequency usage, another hour in English has been added on 9560, Sept 30 at 1311, news item about water on Mars, colliding with R. Australia which has been on this frequency for ages, also in English until 1400. Until now, CRI had waited until 1400 to start its English on 9560 via Kashi. Usage before 1400 must have just started, as not noted before in morningly bandscans, and not yet in any of the online schedules (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. REE Cariari, 3350, Sept 30 at 0556 check past 0558 was mixing the REE IS with regular programming which also included some music, until both went off at 0600. Is no one paying attention? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Another check of the RHC 13680 situation, Sept 29 at 2125 found it in music, presumably ending the English hour, and this time // 11760 seeming synchronized to within a reverb rather than 3 minutes and 9 seconds apart as the day before. At 2128 on 13680, the music cut off, carrier remained, and the music continued on 11760. About 2129:45 modulation on 13680 resumed in time for IS, again // 11760, opening Kriyol, but just after 2132, 13680 lost modulation again, carrier stayed on until 2142:30*  At 2134, 11760 dropped off the air for a couple seconds, then right back. 

I left the BFO on tuned 1 kHz away to notify me if and when 13680 came back on for scheduled RHC English at 2200. This happened at *2147:25, but I did not listen closely until 2202 and what did I hear? Japanese! NHK is also scheduled here from *2000 per PWBR ``2008`` but that is wrong; as in Aoki really starts at *2200 at 240 degrees for S Asia, ergo 60 degrees off the back toward us. 

I think RHC was underneath in French, so I don`t know which one turned on carrier at 2147:25. Evidently the Kriyol heard after 2130 on 13680 Sept 28 and 29 was just runover from the previous scheduled English hour. So sloppy. After 2300, 13680 from Cuba was at usual big level for Venezuela relay, blowing Japan away.

Sept 30 at 1340 found big open carrier on 15370, as RHC was transmitting, but without any modulation, altho from other site 15360 and 15120 were OK. Wiggle that patchcord! Monitor your own signals off the air for discrepancies! This continued to be the case at further chex as late as 1444, but at 1401 YFR theme could be heard clearly underneath, then S Asian language, which Eibi and Aoki say is Telugu via Wertachtal, but via Nauen per Sept M&B sked update, still at 1429.

9955, DentroCuban Jamming Command mixing with R. Prague in English via WRMI, Sept 30 at 1416. The jamming was still there but reduced from the full force employed before 1400 against R. Cuba Libre (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa, still sounds like Tony Alamo, talking about victory, over his current travail? Over/under WYFR Portuguese at 2216 Sept 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. R. Verdad still missing from 4052.5 at 0546 check Sept 30, following a lightning strike earlier in Sept, the date of which I have been unable to determine. Cannot find anything about this situation on the website, but checking their News page, I see that Dr. Madrid had another setback earlier this year when an arch he built was torn down, illustrated: http://www.radioverdad.org/noticias.html
Since RV has been such a friend to DXers, perhaps someone with technical knowledge or access to parts can help get them back on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. ``KHBN``, 9965 at 1417 Sept 30 with instrumental inspirational music, the station now scheduled here, and same music also audible on a carrier at 9995. I suspect the latter was a receiver-produced leapfrog over supersignal from WWCR 9980, 15 kHz apart, as no station should be overtly on 9995, too close to WWV. However, WWV is blasted away most of the day here by another Coloradan, Pastor Pete Peters, who fancies himself a singer, on WWCR, 20 kHz away, not far enough, splattering and de-sensitizing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIIPPINES. VOA English news at 1441 Sept 30 poor on 7430, soon confirmed by // 9760; 7430 is Tinang due west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. Tuned in 7185, Sept 29 at 2222 to hear sports roundup, so figured it was VOA, which runs sports around this minute in News Now --- but they kept referring to Romanian names and ``nils``. Yes, RRI, no doubt one of the new Galbeni 300 kW Continentals. 2225 beep, busy-music and into Network Europe for the next semihour, with stories about far-right getting 29% of the vote in Austria as protest to the two major parties; Belgium where illegal immigrants are on hunger strike; France following some American trend; show is ``in the Euronet partnership``. Good signal, very good modulation and SSB hams stayed away from it, tnx very much. 2255 sign-off mentioned only one frequency each, coming up on the 0000 and 0530 English broadcasts to North America and Europe respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13855 at 1433 Sept 30, Russian folksong with a Hebrew-sound to it so first guessed Israel, but 1433 R. Rossii ID, not // 15430. Some distortion. No sign of Israel really scheduled in Persian on 13850; guess they were taking the day off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895 with Qur`an, Sept 30 at 1406, lite reverb unlike heavier reverb via Iran, and this singer not as impressive as the 15150 one which was inaudible today. No // to 17895 found on 17 or 15 MHz bands. 1419 recheck, in non-musical talk on 17895. This is the Holy Qur`an service at 12-15 from Riyadh, 500 kW at 290 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Tony Alamo on WWCR, 15825, Sept 30 at 1326, poor reception in mostly-skip-zone, but was able to make out that he was interviewing females with leading questions about his alleged crimes, and they assured us they were unmolested. So he has been able to produce new programs since the law went after him. Also fan mail from Natasha, a non-Russian listener via R. East Africa. See also PALAU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WEWN, 11550 in Spanish, VG at 1412 Sept 30, barely perceptible whine. That reminds me have, not heard lately the annoying squeals which used to infest at least one of their transmitters on various frequencies, so maybe the defective modulation modules have finally been replaced? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. Surprised to hear VR IS on 7335 mixing with CHU, Sept 29 at 2229, 2230 opening English I think, but talk was undermodulated compared to IS. VR is NOT scheduled on 7335 at this hour per any of the online references, just at 0025-0520. Another screwup of their automation programming, or deliberate change in anticipation of CHU`s QSY to 7850? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9530, Sept 30 at 1314 with hets and noise. I certainly hope the Russians have not decided to resume jamming R. Liberty, which may or may not be on 9530 this hour via Germany, per conflicting listings. Axually, DX-Mix News, Bulgaria, says this hour is indeed added for RL Russian via Biblis effective October 1, ex-1400. But another possibility is defective V. of Vietnam home service relay transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      
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