[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 12

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. One more day, again Oct 12 at 1346, R. Solh, 17700 via
Rampisham UK, playing skipping/sticking music CD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13750, Oct 12 at 1302 check was again in Albanian
instead of English. Switched to English sometime between 1314 and 1315 for tail
end of press review about nuclear power, electricity shortage (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LSITENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. Oct 12 at 1215 found a signal in English on 4910 where normally
there is none: must be VL8T, Tennant Creek NT, once again having failed to
shift to 120m at scheduled 0830. Aussie dialog, 1218 music, 1230 news; still
audible at recheck 1319, and weaker at 1325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** BULGARIA. No awful spurs from Russia Oct 12 on the 15 MHz band, but instead
I found R. Bulgaria 15700 transmitter at 1327 producing over-modulation spike
spurs out to 15680-15720 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 12 at 2010, 2014 on 13625, 11740, 11700, none very
strong, but atop whatever it`s jamming, which according to EiBi is in all three
cases R. Free Asia in Chinese via Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** ITALY [non?]. Just as if you hear Persian on SW you know it`s not Iran, if
you hear Italian, you know it`s not Italy. Oct 12 at 1222 a M&W discussion in
Italian on 15595. This is Vatican Radio, scheduled daily at 1200-1230, 250 kW,
107 degrees from Santa Maria di Galeria. 

Or in the interest of country diversity should we now consider the
extra-territorial SMG as Italy proper, since there are also SW emissions from
inside Vatican City proper.

The ADDX by-language schedule at http://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php dated 2
Sept needs to be revised since it still shows Rai and NHK in Italian. Others
still using this language: CRI, WYFR, IRIB, AWR, RRI, VOT, VOR, Tirana, Serbia,
Cairo, SANTEC, TWR, RAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 13745 was still a mystery here, Oct 12 at 1255 tune-in, man speaking
slowly, deliberately with great expression, apparently reading poetry or a
classic story. Went right thru hourtop with no break. Finally at 1311 music,
1317 started another program with theme, woman announcer; 1319 brief Russian
actuality with voice-over translation in still uncertain language. I don`t hear
anything to indicate this is Christian, nor recognizable jingles from major
broadcasters. Since this was Friday, I was alert for TWR as still on the
schedules from Rwanda in Afar at 1300-1315 only, and previously heard, but no
sign of it now. Then checking Aoki as of Oct 11, the answer:

13745 VOICE OF RUSSIA 1200-1400 1234567 Pashto/Dari 250 105 Krasnodar 

This was probably an S07 change, as it is still missing from other listings;
ADDX dated 2 Sept shows this transmission in Dari, not Pashto, on 12015 and
15510 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** RUSSIA [and non]. Checking the 15.6-MHz area again Oct 12 for VOR spurs of
the last few days: none heard, but 15550, believed to be the problem
transmitter the day before, was still missing from Hindi service, just 15605 at
1325. VOR in Russian at 1325 on 15540, weaker than // 15660 tho both are listed
as Moskva site, 250 kW. 15540 is 190 degrees and 15660 is 100 degrees, the
latter, closer to off-the-back for us. However, my spearch was not in vain: see
BULGARIA.

Wolfgang Büschel is hearing Russian spurs further afield from the 15660
transmitter, where I did not check today, wandering in the 15.0+ and 16.2+ MHz
areas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Radio Martí, 13820, very strong and jamming barely audible under, as
usually the case here midway to Cuba on the beam from Delano, Oct 12 at 2008.
Only one problem: audio cutting out continuously, making it unlistenable. Still
the same at 2012 and 2021 rechex. Isn`t anybody paying attention at Delano? Why
should they care? They are short, losing their jobs (if not FIGMO, having to
move to another IBB facility) after DL closes down in two weeks (assuming that
HR 3598 goes nowhere?). 

If no one on duty can be persuaded to actually monitor the incoming or outgoing
audio, why isn`t there an automatic monitoring system to ring an alarm when
this happen? Why isn`t there a backup program feed available on a moment`s
notice, such as plain old dial-up phone line, which could be switched to
manually if not automatically? Checked 11930 Martí via Greenville, and no
breakups, so the problem is somewhere between Miami/Washington and Delano.
Rechecked at 2126, 13820 was still breaking up every few seconds, quite an
improvement, but not good enough for my government`s work coming out of my
pocket. One is always suspicious of a station whose own employees do not want
to listen to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



       
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