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Some check log entries of July 14 at 00-01 UT slot, taken in remote SDR's
at Cape Canaveral FL east coast, and at Edmonton Alberta in Canada.7490.155 USA  WBCQ old TX unit, noted at S=9+20dB level at 00.22 UT
        on July 24, mx of the 50ties.
9330even USA  WBCQ new TX #6 unit undoubtedly nice audio of 13.2 kHz
        wideband, S=9+15dB in FL US state. 00.25 UT on July 14,
        WLCR id heard few times.
9420.002 GRC  Voice of Greece Avlis, played nice Greek folk mx at
        00.27 UT on July 14, S=8-9 in FL state. 9.2 kHz wideband.
11780.009 BRA  R Nacional Brasilia, Brazilian folk music played, 00.31 UT on
         July 14, S=8-9 signal level tonight noted in Cape Canaveral FL
         state. 16 kHz wideband audio.
11660.002 IRN  VoIRIB Spanish talk program, sidelobe noted at S=8-9 level in
         Cape Canaveral FL, at 00.35 UT on July 14.
13740.002 CUB  20 kHz wideband signal, seemingly RHC Bauta's unit TX#5 has
         been repaired recently during their break off air in past weeks.
         Excellent audio quality at 00.37 UT on July 14, S=9+20dB strength
         noted in remote SDR at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada post.
         At 00.40 UT noted sport news of Copa America soccer tournament
         and football item at FC Barcelona Spain.
13840.008 NZL  R NZi Rangitaiki, boring female discusion talk program,
         00.46 UT on July 14, S=9+15dB strength in Alberta Canada SDR unit
         11 kHz wideband audio signal though.
15120even CUB  CRI in Spanish language via their Latin America relay site at
         Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW bcast center. S=9+25dB strength
         at Alberta Canada remote SDR unit. 18 kHz wideband signal,
         but audio feedline crackled and distorted quality a little bit.
15340even CHN  CNR1 jammer against SOH Taiwan in progress, at 00.52 UT
         on July 14, S=8-9 signal strength in Canada, via Anadyr Alaska
         path.
15565even THA   Most of the IBB BBG Thailand relay site TX units have been
         exact aligned by the technicians in past two months now.
         VoA Chinese program via Udorn Thani, S=8-9 in Alberta Canada,
         00.56 UT on July 14.
but
15590.005 THA   5 Hertz on upper sideband though, S=6-7 only,
         Radio Thailand Bangkok via Udorn Thani US base site, 01.00 ID
         in Thai language, 01-02 UT scheduled, started 01.00:24 UT exact
         with Thailand  National Anthem played and sung by crowd, July 14
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 14)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>

Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2019 6:16 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 12-13, 2019

CUBA. 11980, July 13 at 0019, Chinese song at S1, same as on
stronger 5990 CRI relay of which 11980 is second harmonic. Same as
also on CRI Spanish 15120 fundamental, but this transmitter has
crackling audio altho at 0021 the carrier is steady and not breaking
up. Something's always wrong at RadioCuba.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)CUBA. 13740, July 13 at 0023, RHC Spanish is on again via sporadic /
unscheduled frequency, VG S9+40. Something's always wrong? at RHC.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
CUBA. 15140, July 13 at 1322, RHC is absent, but audible on 15230
at only VP S2-S3. 13700 & 13740 are also both off at 1357, 11760 off
at 1358; but 9640 and 9535 are still on.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

U S A. 9330 is also off at 1936 check. But on in Arabic at 2037, VP S6-S7,
so presumably started at 2000. Off at 2358 retune, but that's the
antenna-rotation break; *2359:20 amid IS loop, now inbooming and reopening
WLC Radio in English.7490.18, UT Saturday July 13, can barely detect William Tell Overture
opening 'AAAWWW', due to hi local line noise level. The NRD-545 noise
blanker does a fine job of eliminating the buzz but also makes the
remaining program audio virtually unintelligible. Strangely, someone
on the phone is more readable than AW, so I give up. By 0056 or so I'm
listening to the loud & clear webcast, and some comments sound very
familiar --- is it a repeat? No, by 0100 AW mentions the two new
frequencies 15.180 and 11.705 to be used in daytime once they have
been programmed into the antenna/transmitter. It's still a work in
progress, which must account for all the downtime in the daytime.
Artie Bigley heard from AW that AAAWWW would be carried on 9330 but
not this time. I'd think the contract would have reserved some hours
for WBCQ's own programming. John Carver heard it all, and reports:
''Tonight's show on 7490 started on time after a few minutes of fill
music. Allan and Angela in the studio. I move to 5130 as the signal is
much better there. Phone call at 0007 from Freddie. Allan says that in
the future AAWWW will also air on 9330 but tonight is on 7490, 5130
and 3265. Allan refuses to say what the electric bill is for the
superstation but says it's in the high five figures every month. Says
it takes 900 kW for the transmitter to put out 500 kW. Allan got
Freddie off the phone in fifteen minutes this evening.

At 1400 July 13 check, 9330 is off again. Apparently no longer
bothering to turn Brother Scare on the old transmitter when the new
one be down; nor have I noticed him at additional hours on 7490+,
continuing at 22-23 weekdays anyway.

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1616 UT July 13
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