sabato 15 febbraio 2020

Wolfgang Bueschel observations

INDIA  just noted on fine Perseus SDR remote rx at Edmonton Alberta-CAN
the excellent Bangalore bc center outlet on

9865even AIR Hindi program morning singer, Vividh Bharati program
at 02.00 UT, S=7 -89dBm during nighttime path via northern Europe /
Greenland into Alberta-CAN.

SPAIN similar strength like AIR Bangalore of
9690 kHz REE Noblejas Spanish at 02.03 UT on Febr 15.

KOREA D.P.R.  9665even KCBS Pyongyang Korean mens talk at 02.07 UT.

JAPAN  11790even NHK Radio Japan Yamata S=8 at 02.10 UT "NHK Nippon" ID
annmt, S=6 or -92dBm signal path across Alaska into Alberta-CAN.

KOREA REP / CHINA  11809.994 surprisingly odd fq of KBS in Japanese
S=6 -91dBm, and co-channel mix of 11809.999 kHz CNR8 Mongolian sce via
Beijing #491 sw center too at 02.13 UT.
{KBS have got some new tx equipment from Thomcast / Ampegon,
Made in Switzerland/Germany recently,
why this oddity of frequency to mention ? wb.}

CHINA / SAUDI ARABIA  similar bad two stn mixture on
11860even CRI Nepali sce Kunming Anning #501 site S=6 -91dBm signal, and
also the other path via Europe / Greenland odd Saudi MOCI Riyadh-ARS
11859.968 kHz JBA weak, Republic of Yemen Radio, exciled now and originate
from Riyadh bc center.

SRI LANKA  11905even weak S=5 -95dBm signal of likely SLBC Colombo,
subcontinental Hindi singer at 02.18 UT.

GREECE  9420.002 kHz nice folk mx program of Greek radio from Avlis site,
S=9 excellent signal at 01.29 UT, 11.2 kHz wide audio block during mx
performance.

CUBA  both former USSR R Moscow relay of RadioCuba Bejucal site
9535even RHC Spanish S=7-8 signal at 01.23 UT, and lower weak S=5
on \\ 9640 kHz too.

5999.994 kHz usual empty carrier only outlet, but RHC started feed at
00.58:15 UT sharp their program feed from La Habana bcasting house. As only
short range skip signal into Florida state, to mention poor S=6 or -87dBm
from RadioCom site at Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW.

5040even RHC Bauta signal was very poor and fluttery in Florida remote rx.
S=6-7 sounded like BrasPortuguese, instead of French-Creole language,
but don't ask me, I couldn't identify the program language so far.


Others tonight at 00.30 UT:
MEXICO  Probably settled here, acc to advice of gh recently:
6185.712 kHz measured of XERM R Educacion from D.F. site, tiny S=6
or -85dBm, heard in Cape Canaveral Florida remote SDR rx unit.
Some nearby wobbling spurious signal on 6186.6 kHz of some (Cuban?)
remaining jamming ? - like 6135v - at 00.30 UT on Febr 15.

BRAZIL  both RN da Amazonia Brasilia on air in \\, seldom heard that in past
decades.
 6180.014 kHz S=9+5 -72dBm, phone-in 'Brasileiro....' at 00.33 UT. \\ on
11780.007 kHz S=8 at 00.37 UT too.

ECUADOR  6049.999 Radio HCJB Quito in domestic vernacular language, sermon
by men like, S=6 or-85dBm at 00.44 UT into Cape Canaveral remote rx in
Florida-US state.

USA  WBCQ report tonight Febr 15:
5129.996 kHz scheduled here also WBCQ Monticello tx #3 acc Aoki Nagoya
database.  S=5 tiny -103dB into Cape Canaveral remote SDR rx.

Nothing noted of WBCQ on 3265, 6160v nor 9330 kHz tonight.

Some wobbling like signal on 7490.115 kHz tonight, fluttery into Alberta-CAN
receiving post remotedly, tiny poor S=5 or -101dBm at 01.40 UT.

USA   7315.003  WHRI Cypress Creek SC tx #1 presented an excellent audio
signal, well modulated of Voice of Vietnam Hanoi in Spanish language,
S=9+15dB at 00.31 UT and later at 01.22 UT in Vietnamese language.

Similar nice audio quality on nearby 7305even Vatican Radio via
AGM United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Greenville NC relay
station, in Spanish S=9+30dB proper signal at 01.34 UT
into Alberta-CAN rceiving post.

9605even WHRI Cypress Creek SC tx #2 present relay of KBS World Radio Seoul
in Spanish language. S=9+20dB strength into Edmonton Alberta rx at 01.56 UT
on Febr 15. Excellent audio quality to mention these days.

'Contacto el Mundo' service, Interview with Mrs. Silvia,
about Amazon books/libros selling, libres publico matter, novella writing
dinero ... etc.

KBS Seoul final annmt at    01.59:40 UTC.
WHRI tx switch-OFF at exact 02.00:13 UTC.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15)