RECEIVER PROBLEMS: my main rx, Icom R75, originally ``instant-on``,
began taking up to a minute to warm up several months ago and this has
increased little by little, so that now it takes almost 3 minutes. By
warm-up, I mean fully tunable. It seems to be receiving signals
without much delay; it`s the audio output to speaker or phones which
lags. I fear this may get worse and worse. Now am tempted to leave it
on for hours between sessions, but not sure which would be worse: more
on-and-off, or protracted on without use. Other annoying problem is
tendency of frequency keypad to bring up not only the one I punch, but
an adjacent number; or sometimes Enter before I am quite finished.
Any advice? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 10080, Nov 29 at 0315, RHC harmonic again, S5/S9, tnx to tip
from Jorge Freitas in Brasil, posted to WOR iog at 0310:
``10080 29/Nov 0304 CUBA Radio Habana Cuba. Same program as 11760.
Could be second harmonic of 5040, but 5040 doesn't have any signal
here or on SDRs. 73 Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia 12°14´S
38°58´W - Brasil, Tecsun PL-660, XHDATA, Antenna Delta Loop and LW 20
meters``
However, here, unlike my previous logs with nothing more than a JBA
carrier, fundamental 5040 is also to be heard louder, S7/S9, but
nothing on 11760. Propagation must be iffy. Harold Frodge was hearing
nothing in the Great Lakes - Michigan, unknown if referring to 10080
only or all three.
10050, Nov 29 at 0727 my next check, 10080 is off but 2 x 5025 Radio
Rebelde is on! S9/+10, and 5025 is back after a long absence, at
S8/S9. Then Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reported, via SDR Half Moon Bay CA,
assuming all these are ``BAUta 100 kW 083&263 to Cuba``:
``Radio Habana Cuba in Spanish/English/Spanish on 5040 khz & 2nd hx
10080 kHz via Bauta, November 29:
0519&0559 on 10080 Spanish/English. Good
0519&0559 on 5040 Spanish/English. Poor
from 0659 on 10080 Spanish is unscheduled. Good
from 0659 on 5040 Spanish is unscheduled. Poor
And assuming these are ``BAUta 100 kW / non-dir to Cuba``:
``Reception of Radio Rebelde in Spanish on 5025 kHz & 2nd hx 10050 kHz
via Bauta, November 29:
0715&0758 on 10050 Spanish. Very good
0715&0758 on 5025 Spanish. Weak/fair``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, Nov 29 at 2007, RHC English again instead of break,
much better here S9/+10 than // supposed only frequency 15140. Too
bad, but 11760 gone before 2049 recheck. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 9955, Nov 29 at 1616, WRMI with anti-Communist rant in
Spanish, S9 vs NO jamming. Not // 11860 Martí. Another secret
broadcast of R. República? Yes, as 1624 talking about trabajadores,
and a ``paro nacional`` = general strike? 1625 ID with schedule on
9490 and 5800 but no other SW frequencies; 1628 now says also on La
Poderosa 670 = WWFE Miami, Sundays at 11 pm. Previous announcement
included some other nights but not every. 1629 resumes ``derecho al
trabajo`` subject. Checking again WRMI skedgrid, transmission hours
atop shows 9955 continuously with System B, while contradictorily,
SysB sked shows it ``internet only`` at these hours with no content
given!
9955, next check Nov 29 at 1904, still/again? anti-Communist rant in
Cuban Spanish, S7/S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995, Nov 29 at 2133, R. Cairo, S9+35 into UTwente with
huge hum, just barely suppressed/distorted modulation, unreadable and
marginally recognizable as Englishish intonation. Something`s always
egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Nov 29 at 0730, JBA carrier from R.
Kiribati; only other 9/kHz split JBA MW carrier is 774 at 0732 making
a slow beat of two signals, i.e. remnant of SPAINs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Nov 29 by 2308, no VOT signal into UTwente; nor
any East Turkistan either - until cut on *2311.4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 13565, Nov 29 at 1604, JJBBA CW, surely the 1.8 milliwatt
HIFER beacon K6FRC in California; vs much stronger CODAR swirshes at
the rate of exactly twice per second (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. Among several 10m ham beacons, Nov 29 at
1910-1916, with listings from WI5V site, first two almost same
frequency:
28216.5, ID ID ID N7MA N7MA N7MA... slow rate:
28.2165 N7MA C ROSE LAKE, IDAHO # 5W, VERTICAL New 23 December 09.
28216, --- --- DE K3FX/B ... fast rate:
28.216 K3FX C NEPTUNE CITY,NEW JERSEY # 5W, 1/2 VERTICAL.
28196 [sic], DE VE7MTY/B:
28.197 VE7MTY C PITT MEADOWS, BC # 25W, VERTICAL
28231.3, VVV DE N3TVV/B:
28.2313 N3TVV I JIM THORPE, PA # 5W, VERTICAL Tentative coordination
20 Feb 2014 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Nov 29 at 1945, VOA in English lessons, via
BOTSWANA; 2000 VOA News but sesquiminute off the air amid at 2002.5*
to *2004; never very strong, now it`s weakened (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2166 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday November 29 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S5/S8 direct; S9/+10 into
Misssouri SDR but no signal into Winnipeg SDR. Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. 15770, Nov 29 at 2008, WRMI with Spanish program about the
disappeared R. Suecia, including lots of clips, some in English. It`s
`La Rosa de Tokio` as scheduled this hour Tuesdays. Sounds familiar;
altho `new`, I search out previous LRT publicity that R. Sweden would
be topic: weekends of 7/17/22, 12/26/21, 5/22/21, 6/21/20. Older ones
maybe different, but suspect reruns lately, never specified. I still
haven`t figured out what Tokyo Rose has to do with any of this. Direct
at first, it`s poor, but at 2050 into Maryland SDR, VG S9/+5.
9955, WRMI: See CUBA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 7890, Nov 29 at 0729, JBA carrier from RV 2 X 3945; 11835,
JJBBA carrier on 3 X 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6810, Nov 29 at 0725, JBA carrier, often noted but not
logged. If harmonic, possible fundamentals: 3405, 2270, 1702.5, 1362,
1135, 972.86, 851.25, 756.67, 681, 619.09, 567.5, 523.85 --- all of
which are very unlikely. Idle utility? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 2313 UT November 29
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