Cuba rapport on Nov 18, at 14.45 UTC, at Rochester NY, US state
Still on A-20 fqs
6000, 7350, 9535, 11760, 13700, 15140, 15230 kHz
and at 14.51 UT noted carrier-on switch
15700 kHz CRI English sce from 15 UT,
via 250 kW tx#1 at Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center.
73 wb
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 17-18, 2020

CUBA. It`s Nov 17 into UT Nov 18, when RHC B-20 changes are finally
supposed to go into effect, according to Arnie, but they have not. Did
he tell the tri-site transmitter operators? Our monitoring:
15370, Nov 17 at 2202, tune in too late to hear the entire Spanish
frequency announcement but I don`t expect it to be brand-new. VG here,
nothing yet on new 13680 supposedly for Europe. Nothing on 11880
supposed to be revived this hour for English to Africa, nor on
previously used 9720 or 7380. Opening `Revista Nuestra América` as
scheduled Mon-Sat at 5-7 pm = 22 UT: at least they have the 5-hour
winter time conversion correct. // 11800 is still on with plus/minus
10 JBA parasites, not 11850; 11760 is overmodulated; // 9535, 9640 not
9650, 5040, 13740. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Further:
5025, Nov 17 at 2235, R. Rebelde is on with OK mod after missing
yesterday, S9+15/25 but less than 5040 RHC at S9+20/30.
6145, Nov 18 at 0109, RHC English is still here and still going by
0100; not on 9700 yet.
4765, Nov 18 at 0223, R. Progreso music is suptorted at S9+30.
5025, Nov 18 at 0225, R. Rebelde music is undermodulated at S9+10.
Don`t you believe this version of the RHC schedule
http://www.radiohc.cu/de-interes/programacion
which is undated but with plenty of long-gone frequencies, like 17580,
17750, 17730, 9850, 9820, 9550, 6165, 6075, 11840; 11670 for English
at 20-21 --- I can`t remember that ever in use. Under that heading I
was looking for a *program* schedule with names and times of
individual shows, but instead it is a far-outdated transmission
schedule. Wake up, ``Webmaster: Reinier Clemente López``, if not also
outdated.
It does show after 22 UT, `Revista Nuestra América`, which quite some
time ago replaced the broader more generic `Revista Informativa de la
Tarde`. ``Our America`` --- is Cuba laying claim to the entire
continent, infecting The Revolution everywhere, i.e. excluding the US
of America? Or is this magazine restricted to info concerning the W
Hemisphere only? If not, why call it that? Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
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** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 18 at 0253, synthyl in French with marine
weather, S8 vs local noise level of S7. Dxinfocenter.ca shows the
latest start among the four Canadian CG stations timesharing 2749 is
0240 from VCS-21, 1500 watts from Halifax, NS but not marked as
bilingual. Nothing heard nor scheduled at this time from Newfoundland
on 2598-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CAYMAN ISLANDS. Andy Robins replies to my non-log of CBC, appended
to my yes-log of Puerto Rico beacon: ``Glenn: Regarding your question
about the non-directional beacon CBC on 415 kHz on Cayman Brac, Cayman
Islands: someone on the NDB List reflector posted a report last week
stating that, per a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), this beacon has been
"permanently withdrawn" from service. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo,
Michigan USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Nov 18 at 0224, good S9/+10 signal direct from
anonymous mystery missionary station, gospel huxter in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. It`s Nov 17 into UT Nov 18, when RHC B-20 changes are finally
supposed to go into effect, according to Arnie, but they have not. Did
he tell the tri-site transmitter operators? Our monitoring:

15370, Nov 17 at 2202, tune in too late to hear the entire Spanish
frequency announcement but I don`t expect it to be brand-new. VG here,
nothing yet on new 13680 supposedly for Europe. Nothing on 11880
supposed to be revived this hour for English to Africa, nor on
previously used 9720 or 7380. Opening `Revista Nuestra América` as
scheduled Mon-Sat at 5-7 pm = 22 UT: at least they have the 5-hour
winter time conversion correct. // 11800 is still on with plus/minus
10 JBA parasites, not 11850; 11760 is overmodulated; // 9535, 9640 not
9650, 5040, 13740. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Further:

5025, Nov 17 at 2235, R. Rebelde is on with OK mod after missing
yesterday, S9+15/25 but less than 5040 RHC at S9+20/30.

6145, Nov 18 at 0109, RHC English is still here and still going by
0100; not on 9700 yet.

4765, Nov 18 at 0223, R. Progreso music is suptorted at S9+30.

5025, Nov 18 at 0225, R. Rebelde music is undermodulated at S9+10.

Don`t you believe this version of the RHC schedule
http://www.radiohc.cu/de-interes/programacion
which is undated but with plenty of long-gone frequencies, like 17580,
17750, 17730, 9850, 9820, 9550, 6165, 6075, 11840; 11670 for English
at 20-21 --- I can`t remember that ever in use. Under that heading I
was looking for a *program* schedule with names and times of
individual shows, but instead it is a far-outdated transmission
schedule. Wake up, ``Webmaster: Reinier Clemente López``, if not also
outdated.

It does show after 22 UT, `Revista Nuestra América`, which quite some
time ago replaced the broader more generic `Revista Informativa de la
Tarde`. ``Our America`` --- is Cuba laying claim to the entire
continent, infecting The Revolution everywhere, i.e. excluding the US
of America? Or is this magazine restricted to info concerning the W
Hemisphere only? If not, why call it that? Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6970-AM, Nov 18 at 0210-0250+, S7-S8 JBA soft music,
at first piano, no announcements thru 0221 at least, presumably a
pirate; one other unID log of this at:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74437.0.html
from someone in Alabama, ``unid 6970.07 am 0215 utc 18 Nov 20 « on:
Today at 02:17 » Unid station with music signal that is weak. Thanks
for the show. Signal has drifted to 6969.9 am « Last Edit: Today at
02:20 by blw »``. 6970 is also a 24-hour Sound of Hope + CNR1 jamming
frequency, but format and propagation time are both to the contrary
for both (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Nov 17 at 2233, steady S9+25 of dead air --- surely
it`s VOA Grimesland, having failed to turn off at 2200*. It`s
certainly not VN1 from Vietnam, only thing scheduled in HFCC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.1v, Tue Nov 17 at 2205, WBCQ poor signal with `AAAWWW`
playback filler; at 2226 reading an article about pioneer station WWJ
Detroit. Oh2, this hour the pioneer hacker show `Off the Hook` from
WBAI is on the websked; what happened? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI observations: 5850, Nov 18 at 0229, is OFF, but back on
with TOMBS when checked at 0410. At 0230, 5800 is nominal; 5950 is JBA
presumed WRMI? But the 7s are ON, with 7780 nominally to the NE now a
surprising S9+20 saying ``Bible Commentary`` but immediately into
Brazuguese; 7730 and 7570 both S9+40 of BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Reply to my hearing WJHR 15555-USB on air again: ``I had,
indeed, been checking periodically. The last time was Sunday (15
November) at around 1630 UT. They weren't back on yet then. -- Richard
Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Nov 18 at 0212 check, WRNO is gone again (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9385, Nov 18 at 0257 check, S4-S6 of something presumably
WEWN English too high/close/offbeam to propagate well; On Nov 16, Ivo
Ivanov reported that this was OFF the air from 0000 to 0900, but I
wonder if it was just not propagating all the way to Bulgaria (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. Re 6906 ROCV off the air, Manuel Méndez, Spain got this
communique from station in the form of a jpg, which I transcribe as
non-punxuated but at least axentuated:

``COMUNICADO --- Estamos fuera de transmisión Por fallas técnicas y
eléctricas pronto estaremos nuevamente al aire ING Gregorio Kina está
trabajando para solucionar esta problemática`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 18 at
0100-0108: 1575, 1548, 1539, 1521, 1503, 1341, 1314(2), 1305(2),
*1215(2), 1179, 1152(2), 1134(2), 1107(2), 1098(2), 1053, 1044, 999,
981, 936(2), 909, *891, *882(2), 855(2), 837, 819, 801, 774(2), 747,
729, 711, 693, 684(2), 639(2), 621, 612, 585, 567 ?566.4?, 549,
531(2).

I am making a point of surveying these now, altho an hour earlier
would be even better, since recently some signals from ``China`` have
been reported as far as Michigan on 1521 and 1098. With Sa`udi off
1521 after 2230v, any carrier there attracts attention. 1521 at 00-02
UT is CRI via Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of cultural genocide and
ChiCom brainwashing of Uyghurs; in Russian with 500 kW, per EiBi,
first hour to Siberia, second to Central Asia, so presumably with a
beam change around 0100 more favorable to us. There is nothing else in
Eurasia on 1521 over 10 kW. 1098 could be CNR-11 domestic service in
Tibetan, 1000 kW from Golmud altho there are several lesser
possibilities. * = strongest signals during this check; (2) = at least
two carriers beating. 566.4 could be a local birdie; no such variants
known. Of course I am unlikely to get any identifiable language audio,
but I keep doing this to confirm that at least remnants of all these
stations do penetrate so deep into North America (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

JOHN OLIVER`S LAST WEEK TONIGHT --- 2020 finale until Feb 2021

Good riddance to 2020!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzlCOg-37hI

Or chronologically, this comes first:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMz_sTgoydQ
(via gh)

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** CANADA. Not a single lightning strike anywhere in USA or Canada
showing at Blitzortung, Nov 17 at 0645 UT, so should be a great
low-noise night for beacon DX -- other than from local sources. So
bandscanning away:

376-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0658 UT, dash and YAG is JBA, 40 watts from
Fort Frances, Ontario.

366-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0701 UT, dash and YMW, 500 watts from Maniwaki,
Quebec.

355-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0703 UT, dash and YWP, 200 watts from Webequie,
how do you pronounce that?, Quebec, ``To Be Decommissioned
2021-02-25``.

351-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0705 UT, dash and YKQ, 500 watts from Fort
Rupert - Waskaganish, Quebec; I`m tuned to 350-USB, hearing this at
same time as next one, and nothing from RG 350 at WRWA OKC.

350-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0705 UT, dash and NY, 400 watts from eNderbY,
British Columbia, mixing with YKQ-351 at different pitches but nothing
from RG at WRWA OKC, normally owning 350. Beacons from BC are very
rare here. Enderby is between Armstrong and Grindrod, just north of
Vernon and Kelowna, east of Kamloops; from Enid, 2313 km = 1437
statute miles. Hurry up: ``To Be Decommissioned 2021-02-25``

344-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0711 UT, dash and YC, 100 watts from Calgary,
Alberta, yet another ``To Be Decommissioned 2021-02-25``

335-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0713 UT, dash and YLD, 1000 watts from
Chapleau, Ontario.

276-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0717 UT, dash and YEL, 200 watts from Elliott
Lake, Ontario. I did skip past even others more often logged (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer search, Nov 17 from 1343: none WOOB in the 13s,
12s, until at 1350 JBA on 11170, 11150, 11120, 10160; 9 MHz not
checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145, Nov 17 at 0649, RHC English still here, for the last
time? S9+20 and undermodulated. Supposedly to be replaced by 9700 from
this date, so maybe by UT Nov 18. Reactivated 6060 is not yet on
either, and something weak not // on 9700. Something`s always wrong at
RHC. Next to check: whether the ``Africa`` service in English really
resume at 22-23 on 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, Nov 17 at 1546, RHC is S7-S9 but JBM; while 15140 is
S9+10 with sufficient modulation level but somewhat distorted, just as
music show `Sonido Cubano` is ending; whew. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Nov 16 at 2257 algo JBA, unID pirate.
Latest log in HFUnderground was almost 2 hours earlier, ``Pathetic
President Radio``, so by now could be something else.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74396.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. We are in marginal level-1 tropo enhancement Nov 17 at 15
UT per Hepburn map, so I hopefully bandscan for UHF/VHF DTVDX into my
broken antenna on its bent mast: something Bad on RF 35, and RF 15 OKC
is not decoding, implying DX QRM. W9WI.com is still out of order, FCC
info not grabbing, displaying nothing but Canada on ch 35; but by
state one can search OK for . Besides several low-power
translators not very close, two most likelies are:

K35MV-D, Concho near OKC, 15 kW I have seen before, the first-nations
station; and KUOK Woodward, 8 kW Univision. It seems that the other
resource, rabbitears.com cannot display stations in channel order! In
case I could be getting Kansas or something. Primary ordering is by
market size, OKC being #50 but somehow including other towns like
Woodward. Tulsa, OTOH, #63 does not lead to any subcities with
sublistings (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0605 UT, ND beacon DDP, which
is 1000 watts from San Juan - Dorado. Not always audible, but when it
is, a good sign of enhanced almost-LW propagation, my most distant
`regular` beacon.

[non] Which reminds me, in bandscans have not heard Cayman Islands in
a long time, last logged Feb 23, so off the air? On 415 kHz, CBC
Cayman Brac with 600 watts still listed at dxinfocentre.com (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Nov 16 at 2300, REE opening English since it`s Monday,
Alison Hughes about the mysterious assassination of poet Federico
Garcia Lorca at beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Nov 16 at 2256, VOT IS and English IDs, S9+10, so
back in whack after missing this emission yesterday. Something`s not
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2060 monitoring: From 1850 UT Mon
Nov 16 I`m on 7290 via UTwente, conveniently listening elsewhere in
the house via my RF feeder set to 92.1 MHz; big splash from adjacents
at first, *1858.2 IRRS carrier on and quiet. The trouble is, my
too-smart feeder turns itself off thinking there is nothing to feed,
before IRRS modulates s/on or WOR can be heard, and before I can get
back to bypass it. But by 1909 check, WOR is OK in progress.

Missed checking UT Tue Nov 17 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, and even the new
sked time of UT Tue Nov 17 at 0200 on WRMI 9955; did anyone hear
them?

Confirmed UT Tue Nov 17 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG into Bonaire SDR.
Next:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Thanks this week for financial support from Andy Robins, Kalamazoo
MI who with a US$ check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
says, ``You provide an invaluable service that deserves support!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Nov 16 at 2146, WRMI is on with TOMBS, which it had
been doing all-day while 9395 was down, but supposedly now back in a
break until 2200, filled only on webcast by music. // 15770 also
TOMBS, while 9395 // 5800 with SMTV, 9455 with YWS or BB`s other
radical political show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Nov 17 at 1545, gospel huxter at S5, so WJHR
Milton FL is back! Had been missing since hurricane hit the Panhandle,
and I`ve been alert for it in daily bandscans across here; altho
possibly was on earlier but just not propagating.

First noted missing Sept 18 following Hurricane Sally, ``The SWBC
station, or rather glorified ham rig, most likely to have been blown
away by Hurricane Sally, Milton FL near Pensacola. Seldom audible
anyway. It will be of note if anyone definitely hear it again``

to which Richard Langley replied Sept 26: ``WJHR typically comes in
well here in NB. Nothing heard this afternoon (26 September) when
checked at 1724 UT, not even a weak carrier. Power doesn't appear to
be out at the 5920 Oak Manor Drive, Milton, residence according to
Gulf Power, so perhaps the antenna tower is down or there is other
station damage. Will continue to periodically check 15555 kHz --
Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12302-USB, Nov 17 at 1345, 2-way in Spanish as I am not
finding any CNR1 jammers around here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10925-USB, Nov 17 at 1352, 2-way in unID language,
possibly Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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Glenn,
our German Football Soccer National team on game perform
against Spanish national team in Sevilla
today Nov 17, around from 19.15 hrs z UTC
So - I guess REE Noblejas will have a live coverage also on
all four shortwave channels.
73 wb

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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 16-17, 2020

SPAIN. 9690, Nov 16 at 2300, REE opening English since it's Monday,
Alison Hughes about the mysterious assassination of poet Federico
Garcia Lorca at beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 (Glenn
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Its generally very easy to connect with this SDR whichnever congests by  users .The noise is the same across all bands with standard S3levels . Good also for HF reception with lower gain above 9 MHz antennas mentionedare 400 m longwave .Most typical stations received  in my town can be heard as well by this systemMany unwanted carriers and NBD have been found inside the MW band
Below is a short log list as tested in 15 (parents) and16/11 (home ) The 15/11 are non dated There were also testsin parents home using a fathers  PL550 inthe centre of the city and my smartphone. Smartphone screen does not allow touse ID  on the kiwi SDR.
 
531 Jil FM 1952 good in // with radio

630 two Arabic stations 2125 16/11 one with sermonsthe other with songs S10

657 Iran poss Gilan 2130 16-11with m,an talking a bit emphaticallyS30 ID ing as R Khorestan Also //684

729 ERA 2000 news mixed with RNE  for signal S10

810 Skopje with traditional song 2023 in // with aPL550 used in parents home retest with S10 on 1729 16/11 but mixed with Englishstation [scotch ]

828 Russia 2137 -45dbm /S20+10 talk by YL

846 Iran , talks 2139 S9 mixed with another with Quranicsermons (al Quran S Arab )

963 on 16/11with talks in French . Most possible is Tunis

1016  Iran2030  with ID with S10 als on 999 and 981 16/11 Korean at  2150 also 10 ID ardabil from Iran covering that

1020  withmarker -..  (D) on 1714  on 16/11is it possible?

1044 mostly RNE . on 16/11 there is a DRM signal

1098 mixed seems Tibetan and some with  seemingly afghan music (no so much Persian )16/11

1340 Radio Ulster 1740 , news or similar , mixed withanother English broadcast under  S20

1350 TWR in Arabic on 1946 mentioning Stefanus (Steve )S10+

1359 and 1377 with CNR at 1943 and again 2052  nosignals noticed On 16/11 on 1736 with Iran and talks S10

1512 Azeri ? 2020 with Turkic  song and ID as Azerbaijan Again 1714 on 16/11This is noted as a Iran transmission in mwlist

1539 Hindi song S10 adverts 2015 with S10 Retest 171616/11  with again tamil song and mixwswith CNR signal in its fades Supposed Pravasi Bharati  

1548 in Russian mentioning Jesus 1927 so sems TWR? (yesvia moldova ) S20

1566 HLAZ?  1937S20 with a sons. Retest 205x  with S10unless therer is another korean station  retest17.22 talk in Korean with S10 with program that seems as VoA (political news- mentionon of Kim Jong and also … trump voice  )

1575 RAI (Genova) S9 with talk sand adverts 16/11

1705 and 1747 on around of 2025 with Russian pirates

Fast track shortwaves

3985 KBS in German 2213 witht S7 signal 16/11

5995 Mali 2214wityh typιcal instrucapela songs S7

6020 CRI Spanish 2215 talks S9 & 6100

6185  Vatican classicalmusic S9 2216

6377 Kontayner 2218-91dbm 

7225 IRIB IS  2221S9

9420 VoG 2223 pop greek song -83 or S8 same level CRIPP  9410

9490 DRM with  S10 signal

11975 CRI in French S10

Also Bandung kSDR later :

9665 Pyongyang Pangsong  with operas 2238 Qrmed with recuerdos del alabra  from possibly Voz Missionarira Both are in thesame freq

9445 VoK with  fast operas 2243 S9

11665 Wai FM 2245 S9 (-73)mixed dangdut songs with IDsin  between There is high noise nearby  the carrier of S7 (-78)

Zacharias LiangasAirspyHF+Discovery   with SDRConsole & 2x16 m antena
Icom  R75 /PL380 /  De1103  radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
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