[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 16, 2009

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** AUSTRIA [non]. Monitored 13675 after CRI relay closed at 1559, and up came something in German at 1600, with ``12 Uhr`` timecheck and immediately into Mittagsjournal, but no ID! It`s rather poor form to initiate a transmission without even identifying yourself. Hmm, it`s noon in Sackville, so are they now producing German programs there? But context of items soon led one to believe it was Wien, and therefore this `news` was at least 5 hours old! What if something important had broken in the interim? Never mind, you vill vait until 24 hours later to hear about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. Unlike the night before, Sunday morning, RNA was absent from 11780, Monday Feb 16 at 0633, and so were its spurs on 11730 and 11830. I`ve yet to figure out the real schedule for these and 6185 transmissions; XEPPM was also QRM-free. They do vary depending on day of week, and now local time is UT -3. 

WRTH 2009 just shows 0900-0200 but this is certainly incorrect, or incomplete. PWBR `2009` shows 11780 at 0645-0230, but one hour later in ``mid-year`` (i.e. 0745-0330 now that DST is over; it really doesn`t feel like mid-year yet!), and furthermore filling in the gap on Sundays only for 24-hour operation. That corresponds roughly with what I have been hearing, not hearing. PWBR fails to mention any Brazilian station under Voices From Home, page 330! This one would certainly qualify more than any other, if they are dealing only with strong signals heard worldwide.

Aoki says 11780 is on at 0700-0245 7 days a week, but power as only 7.5 kW, instead of 250 as in WRTH, so other Aoki info is questionable; PWBR does not hazard a guess as to power. Aoki`s azimuth is 360 degrees, meaning due north, I suppose. Eibi guesses both 6185 and 11780 are 24 hours, and doesn`t deal with azimuths from anywhere.

HFCC has no entries for Brasil on 11780 or 6185, but frequency managers ignore these behemoths at their peril. BTW, there was a report a few months ago that RNA would be buying new transmitters in February, hopefully spurless ones (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 6030, Feb 16 at 1431, very weak signals mixing to produce fast SAH, but briefly one dominated with YL giving Canadian news headlines, ergo CFVP Calgary. Brief ``running water`` ute QRM, but no jamming audible this time; the DentroCubans had either turned it off or it had faded out. 6160 CKZU was also audible slightly better at 1432, talking about risk of landslides in BC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15195, Feb 16 at 1614 noted carrier, weak station mixed with what sounded like DRM noise, barely bothering Equatorial Guinea too on 15190; noise suddenly stopped at 1621. What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing! HFCC also has nothing at all on 15195 between 1500 and 1700. But Eibi and Aoki agree it is the Monday-only 1600-1700 broadcast of Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EiBi) = EOTC Holy Synod Radio (Aoki), via Samara, Russia, 200 kW, 188 degrees, accompanied on Sundays only by Addis Dimts Radio, all in Amharic. So was the noise jamming? No DRM scheduled anywhere around here; they sound so much alike (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING)

** FRANCE. RFI English, 15605, Monday Feb 16 at 1631 starting a strange show called ``Mission Paris``, announced as a co-produxion with Deutsche Welle, and the EU. Seems to be a drama, with lots of SFX, à la video game? About demonstrations, mentioned remote-control (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ITALY [non]. Studio DX, in Italian via WRMI 9955, Feb 16 at 0648, fair signal mixing with DentroCuban jamming pulses, so Roberto Scaglione should also have a bone to pick with fellow DX program producer Arnie Coro, who never gets jammed. Airing as scheduled UT Mondays 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 15180, Feb 16 at 1616 apparently in Hausa, mentioning Abuja, Nigeria. What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing! But this is of course Aso Radio, not a clandestine, but relay of a local FM station back to the country, as in Aoki, M-F 1600-1700, guessing the site is France. EiBi doesn`t guess on the site at all. HFCC doesn`t know anything about it. However, as we outpointed previously, WRTH 2009 says it comes via Samara, RUSSIA. There was also QRM from an open carrier on 15178, but I am not certain whether this was something local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. Miraya FM, via IRRS via Slovakia, 15650, Feb 16 at 1500 was unreadable under Greece, but in the clear at 1635, heavily accented English M&M discussion about Rwanda, intermittent hums; peaks S9+10 but still difficult copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Surprised to hear WEWN in English with EWTN women`s program on 9390, Feb 16 at 0704, instead of usual 9455. All current online schedules including WEWN`s own at http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm 
show 9390 not on the air until 0900; a change, or SNAFU? 

WEWN in Spanish, 11520, Feb 16 at 1448, co-channel QRM with SAH varying 3-4 Hz; what does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing colliding in W-season; but in fact it`s RNW English to S Asia via Madagascar during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DXing for Desecheo, Feb 16 at 1535, found nothing on 14190 but a VA3, so tuned up to 14200 at 1538 and heard brief urgent no-frills contacts between a WX3B and numerous Europeans, as if he were about to close down forever at any moment. Where is this exotic station? Carroll County, Maryland, he soon revealed, and even has a QSL manager. I must visit this rare DX county sometime, of which the seat is Westminster, directly NW of Balmore on the way to Taneytown, per the Rand McNally atlas, which inexplicably devotes two pages to Maryland and only one page to New Mexico, which is 12.4 times larger, but hardly 24.8 times less congested, and worth of no less map detail (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11532, that big open carrier on 11532.0 was back Feb 16 at 0645 overriding WYFR Camping on 11530; never heard any modulation, and off at 0658 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  ###


      

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