some logs of Febr 2ndCUBA short check on NoAM Rochester NY-US state SDR unit, around 14 UT 9535.004BEJ, 9650.005BEJ, 11760evenBAU, 13699.996BAU, 13740even BAU-distorted txion, heard also some produced FM noise spurs on 13572 and 13636 kHz, this tiny intermodulations produced at Bauta site appear mostly on days of increased propagation numbers ... some logs of Febr 2nd at 16.45 UT onwards here in western Europe. 13844.988 odd fq USA WWCR TOM BS roarer, S=9+5dB, Febr 2 at 16.45 UT 13830even CVA Vatican Radio in English, from Santa Maria die Galeria S=9+40dB powerful signal in western Europe at 16.48 UT, scheduled 16.30-17.00 UT. 13750.003 KWT VoA from AGM United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) exBBG USAGM VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb, US exIBB USAGM VoA RL RFA bcast center Kuwait relay site is n o t at Kabd location, rather 43 kilometers distance apart northerly at al-Dschahra suburb 29 30 45.59 N 47 40 17.84 E <https:goo.gl/maps/mEfcyCVssEL2> VoA Swahili service towards East Africa S=7-8 backlobe into EUR at 16.49 UT. 13710.014 ARS Saudi Ar radio 1st program, HQ prayer at 16.51 UT Febr 2nd S=9+25dB strength in western Europe. 10 kHz wideband audio block from Riyadh bcast center. 13700.004 BUL Co-channel Cuba sce 22 mb channel on even 13700 kHz: 4 Hertz on upper side, TOM BS roarer sce from SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site, TERRIBLE M E T A L L I C LIKE AUDIO SOUND, S=9+20dB -71dBm in western Europe Perseus SDR rx. and some log at remote SDR rx in Cape Canaveral FL state on Febr 2nd 5024.998! CUB R Rebelde from Bauta at 23.35 UT at S=9+30dB level. 5040even CUB RHC La Habana Spanish sce to the Latin America world, discussion on late Pres Drumb presidency at 23.38 UT, also S=9+30dB signal from Bauta bcast center site. 5875DRM mode noted here on their DRM mode program since Jan 1st. F__ RFI French sce via Issoudun, scheduled 23.30-24.00 UT S=9 sidelobe at 23.41 UT noted in Rochester NY remote SDR. 5960.005 TUR VoTurkey Emirler, Turkish singer performance, modern, at 23.43 UT, only S=8 strength in NY state SDR installation 5990even CUB CRI Beijing English sce, relayed via Chinese Latin AM relay at Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW site, 23-24 UT on S=9+20dB fair signal level, excellent audio feed noted at 23.45 UT Febr 2nd today. 6040DRM mode ROU RRI Bucharest via Bacau Galbeni site on Moldovian border in eastern Romania, English sce at S=9 level 23.46 UT. 6115.002 USA WWCR Nashville TN, girl singer - but on TOM BS program, S=9+25dB at 23.48 UT in Rochester NY state eastern coast. 6180v nothing on air from Brasilia BRA. 11780.006 BRA Radio Nacional da Amazonia from Brasilia, BrasPort, S=8 at Rochester NY 23.58 UT on Febr 2nd. 6184.973 MEX XEPPM Radio Educacion Mexico D.F., Spanish girl singer at 23.49 UT, poor S=6-7. 13650even CUB CRI Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW site, 23-24 UT Portuguese sce onn S=9 fair signal level at Rochester NY state, excellent audio performance tonight noted 23.51 UT 9535.003 CUB RHC Bejucal, towards Mexico to Panama latin states, S=7-8 at 23.51 UT, also 9650.004 CUB Little stronger on their 50 kW Antilles / Suriname azimuth sce, S=8. 11670 BAU S=9 at 23.52 UT ! 11850 QUI but NOT on air ! 11760even CUB RHC Bauta S=9 at 23.55 UT. 13680even CUB RHC Bauta S=8-9 at 23.52 UT. 13739.995 CUB RHC Bauta S=7 towards SoAM at 23.54 UT on Febr 2nd. and 11949.996 CUB "Mesa Redonda" Spanish program talk on Pandemia, Mon-Thur 0000-0100 UT, S=9+5dB in remote NY state remote SDR rx at 00.03 UT on Febr 3rd. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 2 / 3) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2021 6:30 AM Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 2-3, 2021 CUBA. 6060, Feb 2 at 0558, RHC still in Spanish ID & IS, but at 0558.5, cut roughly to end of English hour and then 0600 re-opening English hour. I was hearing no trace of it before 0300, but Ivo Ivanov thinx it start at 0100; and there is another conflict at 04-05 with Algeria via France, an hour I was not checking.Recheck at 0710, ¿qué pasa? 6060 is still on unlike last night, and in English, good modulation, the best of the lot, as 6000 is off; 6100 // 9700 are both suptorted but 9700 signal holding up to S9+10. 5040 is unusually still on this late, but in Spanish. Something's always wrong at RHC. Checking 6060 next night, UT Feb 3 at 0200, again no sign of Cuba here, just JBA Iran; 0315 recheck, now RHC is on with VG signal in Spanish; so approx. start 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) CUBA. 13892, 13829, 13764 S7-S9, 13636, 13573, 13508 trace, all approx., Feb 2 at 1511, FMish spurblobs with F# tones out of 13700-AM, at ~64 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) CUBA. 6000, UT Wed Feb 3 from 0420 to 0440, RHC English, checking for the mid-week edition of Arnie Coro's 'DXers Unlimited', its former slot on Tuesday/UT Wednesday broadcasts --- no sign of it, just various other features including sports report, 'Connecting the Dots'. However, the Spanish equivalent DX program, 'En Contacto' was heard by Claudio Galaz, Chile, Sunday January 31 from 2340 on 13740, with typical content, but he does not say who presented it or whether they said anything about Coro. Spanish podcasts including 'En Contacto' are here: http://www.radiohc.cu/podcasts but they are quite sporadic lately, the latest being from 17 enero. Never the voice of Arnie, but the usual Arnie-like topix including ham DX-peditions, propagation. I listen carefully to the closing credits, and Arnie is NOT mentioned; instead, "escribe: Luís Milán Roldán; su locutora y amiga: Marta Ríos". Has Arnie become a nonentity at RHC? Searching website on Coro brings up instead a whole bunch of recent COVID-19 stories. As "Coro" in quotes, zilch. But there may not be anything about the people who do work there now, not even Marta (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0530 UT February 3 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list
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