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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 9-10
** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Another day in a row that R. Solh plays our favorite tune
at exactly the same time on 15265 via UK, March 10 at 1451-1457, but poor
reception compared to March 8 and 9. Olle Alm suspects that the entire
broadcast replays the same recording every day. That sure must cut down on
produxion, and feed costs. All they have to do is spin the same CDs at
Rampisham. We must admit we`re hooked on this tune, but what about the intended
audience? Surely it`s not effective PsyOp to play the same stuff every day
without variation, or is there some kind of mind-control theory to the
contrary? But the audience presumably is not captive, forced to listen. Or do
they pipe it into the prisons? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Rapid clix, buzz on 6080, March 9 at 0715, and also on 5930 are
explained thus: leapfrog mixing products of heavy dentroCuban jammers against
R. Martí on 5980 and 6030, 50 kHz above and below.
RHC, 5965, March 9 at 2230 opening Portuguese service which is not supposed to
be on this frequency! Per confusing schedule on website,
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm
5965 at 2230 is Creole. Then checked 17705, which is supposed to be in Guarani,
but it was in French, and not Creole. FUBAR.
March 10 at 0620 check, too early for Polisario, RHC spur was still there on
6300 in English, 6060 leapfrog over 6180. Wonder how hard Arnie is trying to
fix it.
March 10 at 1500 on 15190, a couple of Beatles trax, ``Baby, won`t you drive my
car`` and something else more familiar to me from Sgt. Pepper. I know RHC had
been on 15190 as usual before 1500 in Spanish, and should then have signed off,
but I was not listening continuously to know whether the carrier ever went off.
Beatles music ended at 1505* so likely RHC fooling around unless some pirate
decided to ride on their coattails. Meanwhile, 15370 had gone off by 1500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. R. Martí don`t get no respect from the dentro-Cubans and not
much from me, but I can`t fault them for quoting from the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which the previous Cuba ratified, about free elexions, March
10 at 1429 on 13820; then plugging TV Martí being visible on channel 20, and
quoting José Martí. 1432 into Perspectiva Económica with a guy in Wáshington,
and fading under the dentroCuban jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. We hear HCJB DRM on 15140 as previously reported, but strangely
enough the DRM schedule sites
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/dossiers/drm_schedule.html
and
http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/drmdx/main&sort=Country,UTC
both say 15200, and furthermore 9595 instead of 9820; last minute changes one
way or the other? 9595 would messed a lot of stuff on 9590-9600:
0000-0630 daily 9595 5 N America 4 HCJB test various Quito Ecuador
0630-0800 daily 9595 351 N America 4 HCJB test various Quito Ecuador
1200-2400 daily 15200 5 N America 4 HCJB test various Quito Ecuador
5, 351 being the azimuths and 4 being the kW. I guess it`s on their still
existing huge high-gain antenna? Or has it been dismantled by now?
Did not check earlier in the evening UT March 10, but at 0610 there was no DRM
audible on 9815-9820-9825 altho NZ was in on 9885-9890-9895. Propagation was
poor; so looked again at 0653 and still nothing, nor on 9595, when HCJB analog
9740 in Low German was audible, altho weaker than usual. And this was after the
scheduled DRM beam change further west at 0630 which should have favored me
compared to Kulpsville, whichever frequency was in use.
Next check at 1414, HCJB DRM also missing from 15140, but instead on
15195-15200-15205, and bothering VOA on 15205! There had been complaints by DRM
monitors of some Arabic station QRMing on 15140, Qatar?
No, it`s Oman which was there long before HCJB decided to blast it away with
DRM. Oman and Qatar are often confused, perhaps because there is only one
letter and one country between them, tho they have little in common. At least
Omanalog 15140 was audible here at 1457 with music before 1500*, also thanks to
WYFR 15130 being weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
There was digital noise on 9595 today (March 10) at around 0755 at weak
strength. I didn't note what time it went off air. On Friday I heard a 'ditter'
(continuous fast pips) on this same frequency after 0800, but that wasn't
detected this morning (or the RTTY type signal on about 9698.8 USB heard same
time). There was no audible DRM signal on 15140 on Friday at around 1530 - Oman
was a loud 9+10dB at my location (Noel R. Green (NW England), dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. RTG, 7125, 0718 March 9 with hilife music, no sign of co-channel RN
Flevo. Tropical paths have the advantage, but wonder if RN is still there
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. We can depend on NHK Warido R. Japan for a wide and entertaining
variety of tunes, some of them funny or for children, on Music Time, or
whatever they call the mandatory 5-minute music break between the 10-minute
news at hourtop and Asian Top News at :15 or on weekends whatever follows. Such
as at 1510-1515 UT on 9505, 9875 March 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINGN
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA. A reminder of the website of Brother Scare detractors,
http://www.thenetteam.net/
including 146 pages of testimonials, ever-growing, starting at the very strange
URL of
http://htmlgear.tripod.com/guest/control.guest?u=tammymcallaster&i=6&a=view
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [non]. R. Sweden, 15240 via Canada, March 10 at 1443 playing
announcement that they *will* change March 5 from 11550 to 12070 at 1330 due to
QRM. Time warp (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Following our discussion with WBOH, the spurs have indeed
disappeared, when checked March 9 at 0709, nothing on 5890 or 5950, but their
own carrier on 5920 had continuous swishing noises, and under-modulation. Again
the case March 10 at 0630, altho there was some unID humming and pulsing around
5870, not interfering with anything, which might have been WBOH but not the
same noise as before. If there was a match around 5970 it was obscured by Costa
Rica 5965 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Another quick check of the collision between WYFR and WEWN on 7455:
March 9 at 0719, WYFR was way on top, with WEWN barely audible underneath, and
RTTY not audible at all. And another one March 10 at 0613 before WYFR comes on,
found WEWN atop the also audible RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA. So much for YVTO being a standard frequency station. March 10 at
0624 on 5000 I was hearing WWVH with a SAH of about 10 Hz between the pips,
easier to count that way, and also the higher-pitched pips from YVTO and
minutely Spanish announcements audible underneath. WWV was also in there but
weaker than WWVH and stronger than YVTO. I cannot imagine WWV or WWVH being 10
Hz off frequency, so therefore it must be YVTO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. RN RASD, 6299.9, March 9 at 0717 in Arabic singing,
fair against noise level. On the FRG-7 with BFO on I compared frequency to MW
1300 and found it slightly off. However, also audible March 9 around 2225,
closer to 6300, it seemed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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