sabato 8 agosto 2020

Glenn Hauser logs August 8, 2020

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Sat Aug 8 at *1629, LRA36 comes on with fast CW message I am not prepared to copy or record, 1630 into song, 1633 ID for `Corazón Antártico` Wed 11-13 LT show. This is the well-publicized Saturday special supposedly starting at 1700 and staying on for 24 hours. From previous experience we know to tune in at least half an hour early for the runup, so I`ve been listening since 1617 via Brazil remote which gets it at S2-S3. The best one, Pardinho is not available, and Dan Robinson says it`s now by password only. Usual fill of mostly songs, 1645 another canned ID; 1656 plays the Morse code again and this time believe I can copy ``LRA36`` toward the end of it. Then voice IDs in Spanish, German, English and Russian; ``Nacional presenta: Corazón Antártico``, starting a few minutes early, into ``live`` mostly YLs, with G.C. of Esperanza Base, staff credits, and more chatter. I have to switch to a different Brazilian KiwiSDR at 1717, S1-S2 or S3 but more local noise. 1737 break for a song and then more talk. Altho publicized as an SSB test as if that were something new, it still has a residual reduced carrier, obvious when downtuned to 15475-USB.

However, since 1700 I`ve been preferably listening to the LA Opera via KUCO-FM webcast, this week the underperformed ``La Clemenza di Tito`` by Mozart, with a much better $tereo signal. I would need much better reception from LRA36 to try to understand and get anything out of what they are saying, so enough by 1751 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jammer survey, August 8 from 1343, early enough start to be thoro in the WOOB ranges before 1400*. Generally JBA or JBA carriers except as noted: 16600 and stronger 16300 with flutter; 15165 Chinese and fast SAH from VOA Thailand victim; 15130 vs VOA Philippines; 14980, 14920, 14870, 13920 S9/+10, 13835; none just above or below 13 MHz, unusual. The CW South Koreans inhabit.

At 1351: 12550 S8-S9, 12230 S6-S9, 12190 vs CODAR; 25m inband not checked; 11460 & 11440 both S7-S9; 11150 & 11100 JBA carriers; 10820 S2-S3; none in the lower nines by 1357 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW, Aug 8 at 0614 UT, Enid`s only ND beacon, EI at Woodring Airport, is back! I check for it every night, and only heard occasionally OIN from Oberlin KS on 341. EI was first missing on July 23 so was off for a semimonth, 16 days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2046 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday August 8 at 0130 on WRMI-1 7780, which has been restored to air after power surge damage, but NOT on 9955 which is now shown on the sked grid, rather a preacher, previous occupant of this time? so maybe WOR from next week? As also shown on sked, WOR no longer on 5850 & 5010, which had been a prime early airing and the only one across mid-America 315 degree azimuth, on 5850. As usual 7780 is poor here but good to the NE remotes. Skedgrid shows blank spaces for System F 5850 & 5010 at 0130-0200 on UT Wed, Thu and Fri. The latter would be a good replacement for WOR as soon as it`s finished. The bumper off our former spot is for only 15 minutes, so after 0145 there is World Music fill, such as the polka? at 0150.

WOR 2046 also confirmed Saturday August 8 at 1310 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA; 1320 slightly better, sounds like me. Next:

1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 [NEW] to NE
0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday    WRMI 5800 to SSE
0700 UT Sunday    Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday    WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday    WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday    WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday    Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Thanks for financial support from Doug Brown, London, Ont., for a check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17815, Aug 8 at 1428-1430+, open carrier/dead air, the OSOB, has to be WHRI which is active here weekends only; own sked shows so-called Angel 1 on 17.815 not until 1900 on Sat & Sun. Even this might be an exaggeration like so many other imaginary entries. HFCC shows it registered available 1400-2100 daily, 85 degrees toward Africa. Angel 1 sked shows that service is supposed to be on 21610 at this time merely with LeSEA music fill, where we have not detected it in ages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, Sat Aug 8 at 1513, checking the remotes for KVOH during presumed `Wavescan`: JBA at TWR Bonaire; no signal at TWRs Key West, Boa Vista, Raleigh; but JBA at DR; not at Brasília (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. RF-31, Aug 8 around 1500 UT, minor tropo boost from Kansas allows KDCU Derby (Wichita) to decode briefly with infomercial in Spanish, after having spotted Bad signals on 8 and 10 likely also Wichita into my broken UHF/VHF antenna (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14895.6-USB, Aug 8 at 1358, 2-way in Spanish discussing putas, and whistling (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1805 UT August 8