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Thanks for David’s excellent "RadioCuba" station assessmentmy small log items recently
Jan 5  4765.000 even 02.15 UT R Progreso, S=9+30dB powerhouse
         6000even  RHC En QUI, 120 Hertz BUZZ main power BASS audio tone 
accompanied

         S=9+40dB powerhouse in Edmonton AB-CAN remotedly. at 02.24 UT.
Jan 6   4764.998 R Progreso, S=8 at 02.43 UT.
          Not on 5025 nor 5040 kHz on the air...
          6000.002 QUI signal, RHC English, BUT BREAK DOWN at exact 02.56 
UT Jan 6.
          but nothing on 9534v, 9710, 11760, 11840, 13 and 15 MHz, 
nothing - all empty.
          6180 kHz probably CRI Chinese via QUI, S=9, at 02.29 UT, and 
underneath also
          6179.963 MDG  MWV 'La Voz Alegre' in Spanish westwards LatAM 
azimuth
          and 3rd stn underneath CRI Beijing Chinese CHN mainland direct 
also.
          11760even RHC Sp only much weak S=5-6 signal also at 02.34 UT.
          nothing on 13 MHz 22meterband
          15230even very poor string visible,
           more questionable like RadioCuba QUI to BRA / ARG azimuth at 
02.48 UT.

Jan 8    6180even CRI Quivican San Felipe TITAN USSR made 250kW relay, En at
            01.00-01.57 UT, S=9+30dB signal noted in AB-CAN
others of USA WBCQ
Jan 05
5130.286 kHz at 02.22 UT
6159.933 kHz at 02.29 UT
Jan 06
5130.304 kHz at 02.50 UT
6159.931 S=9+10dB at 03.03 UT
7489.968 only poor S=5 at 03.06 UT
9330even always excellent S=9+35dB powerhouse,
Spanish ! at 03-04 (not 2-3 UT), noted at 03.17 UT
excellent technical audio quality WLC Spanish;
to compare neighbour 9264.987 WINB  Red Lion PA, S=9+25dB strong at 03.15 
UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 09)
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
From: Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX

Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2024 2:44 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 7-8-9, 2024CUBA. 6000, Jan 8 at 0450, RHC English is S9+30/40 but JBM,
sup/torted, at least providing the plus/minus parasitic spur carriers,
much weaker but significant. Meanwhile, David Crawford who trax RHC
activity much more closely, replied at 0108 Jan 8 to a previous report
of mine:
``I wouldn't put much faith into _any_ RHC schedules just now. Some
late summary obs:
Current RHC working tx count as of this evening at 0030 Z (local Sun 7
JAN) appears to be:
Bauta - 2
Quivicán - 1 RHC; 2 CRI reserved
Bejucal - 0 (none heard since July 2023)
[follow-up at 0118: ``Right on cue, 6000 RHC ENG came up with the +/-
10 kHz about the time I hit send, and 15230 is still on, so update
Quiv RHC tx count to 2 above``].
At Quivicán:
On 6 Jan local evening, RHC Quiv was noted 2300 Z on 6000, no useful
modulation, and RHC POR on 15230. 6000 pulled the plug just before
0000Z and there was no ENG program aired after.
On 7 Jan local evening, CRI Quiv 5990 and 13650 were up
simultaneously, and RHC SPA was on 15230 during the 23 Z block, with
very low modulation; 6000 was completely missing. After 0000Z, 5990
and 15230 remained on, but still no 6000.
So, 6000 evening ENG has been missing at least couple of days now. I
haven't checked morning 6000/15230 in a few days, though they were
both reliably active as of a few days ago.
At Bauta:
15140 disappeared about 3 weeks ago; it was the "squealer" tx and was
used at times on 11760 or 11670 also. Since then 11760 has been the
prime daytime freq with the "good 25 m" tx that was previously shared
with the HM01 spook. HM01 remains unheard since October.
RHC was active on 11760 most of the afternoon 7 Jan. I wasn't around
to check for the Radio Havano Cubo ESP Sunday program at 1600 Z. It
was active with ARA at 1800 Z, HAT 1830 Z, 19-20 Z unmonitored, ENG
2000 Z, FRA 2100 Z, then it pulled the plug abruptly at 2123ish. 11760
came back around 2235 with SPA, with 9710 also found already up at
that time. 9710 then dropped off around 2353Z, while 11760 continued,
and is still on at 0105 Z.
Some days lately 11760 has been pulling the plug, seemingly randomly,
early afternoon, leaving no RHC anywhere until the 2200 Z SPA block.
Or, they may keep it active all afternoon instead.
9710 and 11760 had been showing up consistently for the morning SPA
block as of a few days ago.
For the national stations, 5025 Bauta remains off, 4765 remains on as
of 6 Jan.  4765 was "professionally DFd" to Bauta, but doesn't seem to
correlate with any major full site outages at Bauta when they
occasionally happen; the tx sites are relatively close together for DF
purposes, so it may indeed be at the usually-listed Bejucal.
So, the general trend of deterioration continues. Will the CHICOMs or
Putkin fly in some techs and fix everything, or will RadioCuba finally
run RHC SW to complete and permanent failure?
--------------------------
David E. Crawford
Indian River City, Florida
United States of America``
--------------------------
Thanks, David! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0143 UT January 9
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