[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 26

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** ANTARCTICA. LRA-36 back on the air Monday Feb 26 at 1954 check, but all I
could get was a carrier on 15476. During the following hour and as late as
2115, Steve Lare in MI and Raúl Saavedra in Costa Rica were more successful
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. R. Diez, 710, via LTA, 15820-LSB and not USB, Feb 26 at 2332 with
ID, news, traffic report, adstring including Banco Rio; fading in and out but
good at peaks (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. A few chex of RHC during a time I seldom monitor, Feb 26: 2336 on
6000, huge collision with R. Praga in Spanish via Sackville; at 2339, found
6000 // 6180 in obsessive discussion of Posada Carriles; 6180 was over Brasil
but why should there be any collision here? At 2340, RHC Portuguese was on both
11705 and 17705, while 9550 was in English. At 2400, 6300 was audible with NA
and outdated frequency list in Spanish, not, of course, including the frequency
where I was hearing it (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. Had another try at R. República`s frequency change announcement
at the end of the 6135 transmission, Feb 26 at 2357. A few days earlier I
thought they said they were about to move to 6100 [seis mil cien], but now it`s
clearer that they are saying 6010 [seis mil diez]! --- Which IIRC was their
original frequency at 0000 when they started about a year ago, but long out of
use. How can they be so FUBAR? Furthermore, they still have not managed to
coordinate their programming with frequency changes, as at 2358 with 6135 still
on the air, another program started, ``Hablando en Serio``, until automatic
cutoff at 2359:30. Quick retune to the real successor channel, 6185, and that
show continued, having started on the previous frequency (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CZECH REPUBLIC [non]. R. Prague in Spanish via Sackville, 6000, is still
going despite huge collision with Habana we pointed out months ago, Feb 26 at
2336 czeck producing fast SAH and roughly equal levels; but one of them had
Slavic bits. No problem on 5990 with CRI Cuban relay only, Prague having
cancelled that English relay via Sackville at yearend (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. Finally heard R. Cairo here on 11950, Feb 26 at 2303 with Arabic
music, ACI from 11945; 2307 into disco beat mixed with YL talk in seeming
English as scheduled; reception deteriorated thereafter (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUINEA. Checking reactivated Conakry, 7125, Feb 26 at 2253 with talk in
vernacular mixed with music; at 2347 recheck some shouting in English naming
several other African countries, mixed with hilife. At 2356 Guinea was till
going under Russian tune-up tones (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. Maybe this is SOP for Bonaire, but I still found it odd to hear
RN`s carillon IS on 17605 at 2259 Feb 26, then after some clix, at 2300
directly into NHK in Japanese talk, without any NHK IS or theme music (Glenn
Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. After having been missing for a couple days, XEYU was
surely back Feb 26 at 2314 check on 9599, causing the big het with Vatican IS
but the latter was on top, Christus Vincit! and 2315 opening Vietnamese. Would
Vatican please keep its broadcasts to SE Asia out of North America? Per HFCC
this is Santa Maria di Galeria aimed 72 degrees with 500 kW, yet it is stronger
than Mexico next door (BTW, until 2245, VR on 9600 is via Pet/Kam or
Khabarovsk, Russia). (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Did a double take upon hearing REE in Spanish on two adjacent
frequencies, 7270 and 7275, Feb 26 at 2251, but it`s intentional, as in HFCC,
both dated thruout B-06:
7270 1900 2300 37,38W,46 NOB 350 170   234567 ARAB/SPAN E REE REE 
7275 1700 2300 18,27-29  NOB 250  50  1234567 SPANISH   E REE REE  
(Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WBCQ, 18910 was on both LSB and USB, and full AM carrier as far as I
could tell, Feb 26 at 2255 with Hembree`s Quick Study Radio, thinly disguised
evangelism, as checked on the DX-398 with separate LSB and USB tuning; very
good signal (Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Looking periodically for KVOH spurs as previously reported, sometimes
I hear nothing but a buzz which cannot be correlated with 17775 audio, except
it is on matching offsets around 17630 and 17920, such as Feb 26 at 2258;
however, they seemed to be gone a minute later as 17775 continued with ID;
perhaps this was a result of temporarily lowered modulation level (Glenn
Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WEWN still on 7455 in Spanish but over RTTY, Feb 26 at 2344 check;
meanwhile I could hear something else on its former frequency, 7540, which per
EiBi and PWBR would be R. Free Asia in Mandarin via Tajikistan, and/or jamming,
but only until 2400, so that still doesn`t explain why WEWN shifted to 7455 all
the way from 23 to 13, and despite WYFR at 07-11 and despite all the RTTY
(Glenn Hauser, MLPDX, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

MLPDX = DXpedition to Meadowlake Park, Enid, with DX-398 on cells and whip
only, while watching fish and geese, low noise level. Next time will bring some
wire. ###


 
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