[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 3-4, 2009
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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 3-4, 2009



** ANGUILLA. 11775, Caribbean Beacon audio from 1610 still mixing with The University Network, June 4: at 1330 PMS had music underneath her, then undermodulated live announcement by OM announcer for a change, apologizing for audio difficulties (but I assume not this particular problem), program summary for the rest of the morning, back to gospel music QRMing the Bossette (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Everything back to normal at RA June 4, 24 hours after we observed two separate programs on 9580/9560 and 9590/9475, even with Chinese by mistake(?) on 9590 at 1300 --- First checked at 1127 June 4, all four in English and //. Ditto at 1305 for Asia-Pacific, with report on the Beijing Massacre 20 years ago --- certainly the station to listen to for news about China, unlike CRI, where I bet any mention of this whatsoever was verboten, so I wasn`t going to waste my time. But did anyone listen to the complete CRI English hour on June 3 or 4 and hear anything about it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake check June 4: at 1325, 14420 good // weaker 13970, and also audible on 9000 (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA

** TURKEY. Some reports of VOT 9830 from NAm at 2200 indicate there is no interference, so I check again June 3: heavy RTTY, and if Turkey is there, it is totally buried. I was going to record a sample to send to VOT, whom I notified about this problem weeks ago, but would prefer for there to be *some* signal from them to prove my case. Must keep trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Altho WRMI was back on the 9955 air June 3 at 2000 with Polish Radio via WRN, it was off the air again two hours later, as confirmed by Jeff White, probably still undergoing maintenance. It`s not certain whether WRMI will resume full-time broadcasting with WRN at 16-24 UT M-F, but in case they do, or for any part of it, the current WRN schedule shows:

1600  RNZI, Korero Pacifica - Recorded in RNZIâs Wellington studios, this 15 minute programme includes a news bulletin covering the Pacific region including Fiji, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa and New Zealand, followed by a short current affairs feature  
1615  Vatican Radio, World News - a daily bulletin of international news from the team at Vatican Radio  
1630  Deutsche Welle, News and Features  
1700  Polish Radio External Service, News and Features  
1730  Radio Netherlands, News and Features  
1800  RTE Ireland, Drivetime - A round up of the day's top news stories in Ireland [part 1 of a one-hour program? See 2100] 
1830  Radio Prague, News and Features  
1900  Radio Sweden, News and Features  
1930  Radio Australia, News and Features  
2000  Polish Radio External Service, News and Features  
2030  KBS World Radio (Korea), News and Features  
2100  RTE Ireland, Drivetime - A round up of the day's top news stories in Ireland [part 2 of the one-hour program starting at 1800?]
2130  Radio Romania International, News and Features  
2200  Radio Netherlands, News and Features  
2300  Voice of Russia, News and Features  
2330  Israel Radio, News - a round up of the day's news and current affairs from Jerusalem (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** VATICAN. As I was tuning around 31m Thu June 4 at 0507, I came upon someone in Swedish with a DX report on 9645 --- mentioning R. Thailand, WRNO, RHC, R. Guarujà Paulista, LRA36! That must be Christer BrunstrÃm`s regular item on Vatican Radio. Then a YL continued, mentioning DX-Parliament. 0517 played a bit of Swedish Rhapsody, which used to be the theme of R. Sweden. Fair reception with fading and atmosferix. So why has VR never had a DX program in English?? 

We have discussed this `Scandinavian language` transmission recently in DXLD. EiBi shows:
0500 0520 Mo,Sa CVA Radio Vaticana FI  Eu 1611 1260 7335 9645 
0500 0520 Tu    CVA Radio Vaticana NO  Eu 1611 1260 9645 7335 
0500 0520 3457  CVA Radio Vaticana SWE Eu 1260 1611 9645 7335 

But the language usage appears to be more flexible. Christer BrunstrÃm himself explained May 27 in DXLD:

``Dear Glenn, Vatican Radio broadcasts in Swedish at 1840 UT on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The programme is repeated the next day at 0500.

On Mondays there are frequently contributions in Norwegian. There are 
no regular programmes in Danish but Vatican Radio's Swedish Section 
has many listeners in Denmark.

I produce a short DX-report which is broadcast as part of the Mail Bag 
programme on the first Wednesday of each month. It was begun in 1995 
if I remember correctly.

When not broadcasting in Swedish, programmes can be heard in Finnish 
and Estonian. Kind regards. Christer BrunstrÃm, Halmstad, Sweden``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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