** CUBA. The secret third airing of RHC`s Spanish DX program ``En Contacto`` recurred at exactly the same time this Sunday as last Sunday: June 6 at 2144-2157:30, best here on 15370, also audible and synchronized up to a reverb apart on 11730, 9660, 6110, and just barely audible this early 5040; an echo apart on 15380, 12030, 9660 from the other transmitter site.
Unihosted by Manolo de la Rosa last week and this; we miss his wife Malena Negrín and wonder where she is. After usual birthday greetings to a couple listeners, continued reminiscences of the foundation of RHC almost 50 years ago. At the end Manolo mentioned that the RHC anniversary series airs martes [wanting to say local Mondays?] a las 0140, sábados 2240 TU; apparently E.C. is carrying excerpts from that. After a brief bit of one of the countless renditions of ``Guantanamera``, next show was about José Martí. No spurs audible from 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. Having missed carrier-on the last two days for the 2100-2130 RFI Spanish on 17630 via GUIANA FRENCH, I tuned in very early June 6 before 2050, but this time it did not cut on until *2058:50, musical modulation from 2059, sounded like hilife but could not determine lyrix language; possibly Portuguese as before, but no announcement. 2100 4-pip timesignal 6 seconds late, opening RFI Spanish at 11 de la noche en París, noticias, good signal but with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255, fair signal and OSOB (meaning 7200-7300 41m) at 2152 June 6, in African language; 2254 still in an African language, but a few other signals starting to show, making it the SSOB. Per Aoki, at 21-22 V of Nigeria is in Fulfulde, 22-23 Hausa, from the old Ikorodu site. No one seems to know for sure to what extent the new site at Abuja is in use by now, but we never see more than one frequency reported at any one time. Will Ikorodu be closed down completely or has it already been? BTW, VON is not in HFCC, another thing they need to get in order to reduce the risk of collisions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. REE, June 6 during the 20 UT hour, VG on 15110 direct, 17850 via Costa Rica, with the new transmitter, no longer relatively muffled, was playing some great Indian classical music with tabla, etc. In the 21 UT hour on same, also audible on weaker CR relays 11815 and 9765, some dramatic readings accompanied by Ligeti, and other mysterious music.
The A-10 program grid we have courtesy
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillaree10.pdf
merely shows ``Tablero Deportivo`` for these hours on Sundays, so I suppose these shows were merely filling in for absent or early-ending silly ballgames. Did not catch any announcements, so don`t know the titles, but ``Mundofonías`` and ``Pangea`` scheduled nearby sound like good candidates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. 12085, R. Damascus, June 6 at 2119 during English hour with whine, still talking about Gaza, somewhat better reception than yesterday, but still requires too much strain to follow; besides, I know it`s going to be an anti-Israel diatribe. 2125 music; 2127 ``News and Views`` switched to YL announcer, also about the flotilla; 2141 weakening.
But still there at next check 2159 in English; just before 2202, switched to Spanish ID but immediately went off the air. After apparent beam reversal from 98 to 278 degrees, per Aoki, back on two minutes later at 2104 with open carrier, somewhat weaker, and made out no Spanish talk until 2210.
98? Yes, their only SW broadcast in English is for Australia (does it inboom in the mornings there?), while the earlier one 340 degrees for Europe, also USward at 20-21 has long been suspended, replaced by a one-hour break. So we`re lucky to hear it at all in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
Unihosted by Manolo de la Rosa last week and this; we miss his wife Malena Negrín and wonder where she is. After usual birthday greetings to a couple listeners, continued reminiscences of the foundation of RHC almost 50 years ago. At the end Manolo mentioned that the RHC anniversary series airs martes [wanting to say local Mondays?] a las 0140, sábados 2240 TU; apparently E.C. is carrying excerpts from that. After a brief bit of one of the countless renditions of ``Guantanamera``, next show was about José Martí. No spurs audible from 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. Having missed carrier-on the last two days for the 2100-2130 RFI Spanish on 17630 via GUIANA FRENCH, I tuned in very early June 6 before 2050, but this time it did not cut on until *2058:50, musical modulation from 2059, sounded like hilife but could not determine lyrix language; possibly Portuguese as before, but no announcement. 2100 4-pip timesignal 6 seconds late, opening RFI Spanish at 11 de la noche en París, noticias, good signal but with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255, fair signal and OSOB (meaning 7200-7300 41m) at 2152 June 6, in African language; 2254 still in an African language, but a few other signals starting to show, making it the SSOB. Per Aoki, at 21-22 V of Nigeria is in Fulfulde, 22-23 Hausa, from the old Ikorodu site. No one seems to know for sure to what extent the new site at Abuja is in use by now, but we never see more than one frequency reported at any one time. Will Ikorodu be closed down completely or has it already been? BTW, VON is not in HFCC, another thing they need to get in order to reduce the risk of collisions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. REE, June 6 during the 20 UT hour, VG on 15110 direct, 17850 via Costa Rica, with the new transmitter, no longer relatively muffled, was playing some great Indian classical music with tabla, etc. In the 21 UT hour on same, also audible on weaker CR relays 11815 and 9765, some dramatic readings accompanied by Ligeti, and other mysterious music.
The A-10 program grid we have courtesy
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillaree10.pdf
merely shows ``Tablero Deportivo`` for these hours on Sundays, so I suppose these shows were merely filling in for absent or early-ending silly ballgames. Did not catch any announcements, so don`t know the titles, but ``Mundofonías`` and ``Pangea`` scheduled nearby sound like good candidates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. 12085, R. Damascus, June 6 at 2119 during English hour with whine, still talking about Gaza, somewhat better reception than yesterday, but still requires too much strain to follow; besides, I know it`s going to be an anti-Israel diatribe. 2125 music; 2127 ``News and Views`` switched to YL announcer, also about the flotilla; 2141 weakening.
But still there at next check 2159 in English; just before 2202, switched to Spanish ID but immediately went off the air. After apparent beam reversal from 98 to 278 degrees, per Aoki, back on two minutes later at 2104 with open carrier, somewhat weaker, and made out no Spanish talk until 2210.
98? Yes, their only SW broadcast in English is for Australia (does it inboom in the mornings there?), while the earlier one 340 degrees for Europe, also USward at 20-21 has long been suspended, replaced by a one-hour break. So we`re lucky to hear it at all in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
