[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 5-6, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Normally loud and clear 9580 from R. Australia had some weak co-channel from VOA in a SE Asian language, Oct 6 at 1237, as RA`s Late Night Live was interviewing a female doctor who had served in Tennant Creek and other places. It was just barely audible and first thought it might be receiver cross-modulation, but nothing like that elsewhere on 31m. Have not noticed this before, so something new? Maybe not; per Aoki, Laotian began April 14, Tinang at 283 degrees, 1230-1300 only. VOA Washington ID at 1259 and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** AUSTRIA. Surprised to hear some news in English on 6155, Monday Oct 6 at 0610, giving temps in the Alps, 0611 into French. Had some splatter from RHC music on 6140. 0615 into German talking about Pulcinella, and music followed a bit later. This has to be OE1, but these newscasts are not accounted for in WRTH nor in the page they refer us to: http://oe1.orf.at/service/international_en

In fact, there is nothing about French at all. If you change it to _fr
it is nicht gefunden. Signal was rather weak, and I had to be sure it wasn`t Croatia instead on 6165 which does have a bit of English at 0600. Would it be too much to ask for Austria to provide an accurate and complete schedule of its foreign-language broadcasts on SW? Well, yes, it would, obviously. Which home service program is axually being relayed at this time? According to EiBi, 6155 is totally in German from 0400 to 1205 when they start doing the language rotations. Aoki is even less informative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. Checking 15190 again Sunday Oct 5 at 2204, all I could hear was WYFR in Portuguese, so presumably R. Africa still missing. However, around 0600 Oct 6 I was hearing RNGE 6250 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. Another anomaly from RNZI: Oct 6 at 1413, surprised to hear YL with marine weather on 9615, mentioning knots and swells. Sounds like the regular coastal forecast from RNZI. Are they on 9615 instead of scheduled 6170? No, they are on BOTH, and both in analog during what must again be a break in the DRM service, so the DRM-capable transmitter can be run on AM via a second frequency. 1416 time check as 15 past 3, RNZI ID, music, dramatic reading, apparently. 

Per RNZ National schedule for the All-Night Programme Tuesday 7 October 2008 or if you prefer, Ratu 7 Whiringa-a-nuku 2008, this is what I was hearing: 3:15 The Year of the Horse, by Sam Mahon (RNZ); 3:30 NZ Books (RNZ); no mention of the coastal weather forecasts.

Still audible poorly on both at 1432 final check. Per RNZI`s posted schedule effective until Oct 18, 9615 AM is supposed to be on the air only at 0459-0658 and 1851-1950. Has the automation gone haywire again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Listened to a bit of the Bryne Edwards Show, new on WRMI, 9955, via webcast Sunday Oct 5 at 1634. It`s pronounced Brinn, short i. Started with music rather than discussion of financial markets, so is that his main focus? Hard-driving rock music continued uninterrupted past 1657. And I interrupted listening to the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, now on KCSC Sundays at 16-17 UT, for this??? Promised ``more insightful commentary`` after the top of the hour; meanwhile, more music. 

After 1700, Bryne described his music as ``hard driving techno, trance, even some chill-out music`` and promoted show called ``Power Learning``. At 1702 he explained that his planned guests this week both cancelled, so more music fill. Next week he said there will be a change in programming, first hour Your World Your Way, followed by Power Learning and then the B.E. show, check WRMI website for details. As of 1550 UT Oct 6, nothing about Power Learning on WRMI site, where The Brynn Edwards show is filed under T. So these shows are in fact related, coming from the same source. They appear to be thinly disguised infomercials, but what are they selling, exactly? Enough of that music so I quit at 1710. It seems they jumped the gun in buying all this SW airtime before they were really ready to fill it. Reminds me of some previous short-lived WRMI clients (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Now that RNI has moved from 7415 to 5110 on WBCQ, what do I hear at 0045 UT Monday Oct 6 on 7415? Brother Scare, of course, assuring us that the USA is about to go under. Much better signal on 7415 than 5110-CUSB, which was also evidencing approaching thunderstorms, but those closer to Monticello evidently prefer less coverage out here as it`s inevitably a tradeoff if you have to be on only one frequency from one site. At 0157, BS was still going on 7415 and still asserting the USA is about to collapse, but signal had weakened considerably, still better than 5110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


      
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