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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 11-12-13, 2015
** ALBANIA [and non]. 9850, May 13 at 0132, R. Tirana is back on original frequency for English to North America, after switch to 9855 on May 10 UT (not on air May 11, and not checked May 12). Nothing on 9855, but very poor propagation on 9850 and I want to positive it`s RT so retune at 0156 to hear RT closing IS.
At 0157 I`m also hearing some weak SSB QRM. This demodulates as 9851-LSB, and in clear after Tirana 0158*. Sounds like ham or MARS, intermittent one side only, copied ``come down for a fish fry``. Never heard any such QRM to RT before on 9850. Possibly from 160m band, 4 x 1970.2; or the PL-880 may be fooling me with an overload image (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURUNDI [non]. Another check May 12 for the newly expanded services of VOA to this country due to strife there: listed as 1600-1630 UT on three frequencies. At 1608, I can hear a poor signal on 17530 with hilife music; 15460 very poor seemingly //, both SÃo TomÃ, and nothing audible on 13630 Botswana. Ivo Ivanov was monitoring the same semihour and says only 13630 was in Kinyarwanda [sic: surely Kirundi if for Burundi]; while 15460 & 17630 were in music, then English.
So their act is not together. Also the VOA PR gave the wrong frequencies for the 1930-2000 broadcast, NOT the same as at 0400-0530, but instead 9470, 11615 and 12140. I couldn`t hear any of those May 12 after 1930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9420, May 12 at 1220, music fair with flutter, seems Chinese rather than Greek. Aoki shows two Chinese stations on 9420 at this hour besides Greece: CNR13 in Uyghur via Lingshi 725 site and CNR6 in Mandarin via Beijing 491 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 11665, May 12 at 1235, fair signal with chanting past 1242; and a non-chanty song at 1249, presumed RTM with Wai or Sarawak FM service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255 & 9690, May 12 at 0615 check, poor signals, but can make them // so VON is on again with presumed Hausa, but much degraded propagation tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 11 around 1830 UT on caradio, where I can have better reception of Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa ``La Picuda`` when on --- open carrier still quieting compared to e.g. 1110 with no signal from KFAB or anything.
1120, May 12 at 1611 UT check on PL-880, now NO signal, not even with BFO, from KEOR/KETU, but you never know what they will do next, or when (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Tue May 12 at 1345 UT, KOSU Stillwater/OKC with monthly show pre-empting part of NPR Morning Edition: `The Living Room with Gerry Bonds`, OK-themed interviews on wide variety of topix. Details:
``Literacy and Language. May 2015 --- Our program was preempted on May 6th due to sever weather. It will be re-broadcast Wednesday, May 13th at 6:30 pm [2330 UT]
Have you ever heard of a "book desert?" Book scarcity is a harsh realty in high poverty communities, not only in Oklahoma, but in many parts of the USA, and the world, for that matter. What weâll be tackling in The Living Room this month is the challenge of turning book scarcity into book abundance for very young children. You know what I mean --- those wonderful early childhood picture books that so many of us remember for the rest of our lives. Unite for Literacy is a Colorado-based enterprise that is dedicated to eliminating book deserts. Go to their website http://uniteforliteracy.com and youâll see a library of free digital picture books narrated for kids in 27 languages. Recently, KOSU teamed up with Unite for Literacy. Their goals? Get kids excited about reading and then make sure they have access to books, no matter what language they speak. Our first guests are Unite for Literacy CEO, Mike McGuffee, is here, and with him KOSU Director, Kelly
Burley. LISTEN NOW
During our second segment, we discuss the fact that Oklahoma is one of 18 so-called hot spots identified around the world where native languages are disappearing. For some tribes, like the Cherokees, the preservation effort has made good progress. Even the Unite for Literacy Project has 50 children's books in the Cherokee language as part of its free online library. But for some other tribes, it continues to be a real struggle and a race against time. Weâll talk about two of those tribes with some very special guests: Lori Hamilton is Executive Officer of the History & Culture Division of the Chickasaw Nation and Justin McBride, Language Director of the Kaw Nation. LISTEN NOW``. Audio:
http://www.thelivingroomgb.com/sites/thelivingroom/uploads/media/audio/Season_400/TLR_409.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 11650, May 12 at 0540, JBA signal from presumed R. Dabanga via VATICAN, while no signal audible on 13800 in degraded propagation.
15550, May 12 at 1543, Arabish audible on LSB, while USB is mixed with WJHR; 15150 JBA carrier, 17600 inaudible. By 1609, Arabish is dominant on 15550 with Dabanga mentioned, and tone jamming too and/or just carrier on 15551.0. Still nothing audible on 17600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15525, May 12 at 1401, poor signal from V. of Tibet presumed via MADAGASCAR, so I`m standing by for frequency jump to 15530 which does occur at *1407:05; no jamming audible on either, before or after. Recheck 1428, already off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, May 12 at 0532, open carrier/dead air except for some hum from WTWW-1. Next check May 12 at 1434, QSY to day frequency has been accomplished, but still dead air! Ted must be making the changes by remote control without bothering to hear whether anything is really being modulated; same old story. Even the operator doesn`t care to listen to PPPP. Amazing that the SFAW ownership allows this to recur, but presumably just as clueless back in Laporte. Unfortunately, by 1930 when I`m routinely checking for the new VOA Burundi service on 9470, now it`s totally splashed out by mod from WTWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0326 UT May 13
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