martedì 13 novembre 2018

Glenn Hauser logs November 11-12-13, 2018

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Nov 12 at 1425 UT, ``No report received`` from Cold Lake, Edmonton, Winnipeg; at 1426 UT, Trenton Military timecheck as now ``1325``, then some successful aviation weather reports timedated 1400. Something`s always wrong at CHR. One can only hope their weather statistics, when they have any, are more accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15370, Nov 11 at 2056, RHC reactivated here for European service in French at 2030, Portuguese 2100, Arabic 2130-2200. Arnie`s sked shows 100 kW, 10 degrees from Bauta site, which is not really right toward Europe but up the east coast of North America. This and 15140 in English are the SSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9720, Nov 12 at 0022 check, RHC English on new frequency, first time heard, during `DXers Unlimited`. // 5040. Later on Nov 12, Wolfgang Bueschel got a revised B-18 sked, showing this transmission moved *two hours earlier*, which certainly makes sense for an audience in Africa: English at 22-23, after French & Portuguese at 21-22. And so confirmed English at 2257 check --- but also English again at 0029 check Nov 13, so maybe at both times temporarily for transition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6180, Nov 12 at 0656, RHC English is here at S9+20 but JBM! This is the new CRI relay frequency I previously discovered, but supposed to be running only at 01-03. Now, RHC is missing from 6000, so maybe that`s the transmitter on 6180 by mistake? The rest of RHC English at 0656: 6060 loud and splattering, 6100 very weak, 6165 good at S9+10, 5040 off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640, Nov 12 at 1510, another reactivated RHC Spanish frequency, S9+10/20, quite stronger than // 9535. Yet per Arnie`ssked, this is one of the weakest transmitters, only 50 kW, 110 degrees from Bejucal for Antillas, at 12-16 and 22-05. While 9535 is 100 kW, 230 degrees from Bejucal for Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13728.304, Nov 12 at 1517, weak music and talk spur // 13700 modulation, so is there a matching one 28.304 kHz on the opposite side? Yes! on 13671.696. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but this is different, not like the panoply of strong FM spurs all over the band which used to come out of 13700-AM. The lower one hets something weak on 13670 in French, i.e. CRI via ALBANIA to W Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1956, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. 5950, Nov 12 at 0655, RFI English is still here on WRMI from WRN, but RFI will stop producing English in the mornings from Nov 18, as Mike Cooper heard them announce, apparently leaving only the 1400 broadcast; what then to be heard at 0600? And, after am Ian ID at 0659, Nov 12 at 0700, 5950 goes into RFI Spanish, definitely not Portuguese as on the WRMI skedgrid when last checked; as I write it doesn`t want to load, maybe down for editing. Before 0700 WRMI is presumably getting RFI from WRN, but not after 0700 replacing WRN feed which is DW in English as previously heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 9689.9, Nov 11 at 2052, VON is back on here causing LAH to SPAIN 9690.0, unlike hetlessness yesterday, until VON goes off at 2101:45* clearing REE for its silly ballgame coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. 11815.0, Nov 12 at 1409, TRT Turkish on-frequency today, only a SAH apart from Japan which is slightly weaker. OTOH,

12035.7, Nov 12 at 1414, TRT English is the one way off-frequency, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: 
``GERMANY Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 7265CUSB, Nov 11
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/11/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
1131-1200 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, fair/good``

Also confirmed here: Sunday November 11 at 2142 the 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor S7-S9. 

Also confirmed Sun Nov 11 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10 and no jamming. 

Also confirmed UT Monday November 12 at 0230 on WRMI 5950, S9+10 and undermodulated, lite pulse jamming since WRMI had Radio Martí on there for a while; then it was WRN with WOR, now it`s not via WRN, but WRMI itself and also on NEW // 9395, both of which are now carrying Radio Tirana, Albania in English the other six nights of the week, if they can get their program to WRMI.

WOR 1955 also confirmed on Area 51 webcast just as it finishes at 0429 UT Monday Nov 12, while WBCQ 5130v had been inaudible; 9955 WRMI before 0430 is poor with music, but after 0430 WOR confirmed on its webcast (which BTW now continues at 0500 with Israel Radio via WRN, which should also still be on SW WRMI 5950: 0527 plugging the Kan/Reqa app.)

WORLD OF RADIO 1956 contents: Anguilla, Argentina non, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea and non, France and non, India or Indonesia, Iran, Korea South, Kurdistan non, México, Netherlands non, Nigeria non, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Perú, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, USA; and the propagation outlook.

WOR 1956 ready for first airings UT Tuesday November 13: confirmed at 0030 on WRMI 7730, good; 

Also confirmed the 0200 UT Tuesday November 13 on WRMI audible on portable at 0220 on NEW 5010; not audible on 9955; nor is 9955 audible on R75 at 0233, just pulse jamming; and by now 5950 is carrying `Frecuencia al Día` from 0230. Both 5010 and 9955 are aimed SSEward --- 151 & 160 degrees resp., but MUF favors the new lower one now duplicating 9955 at 0100-0500. Next:

2030 UT Tuesday   WRMI   7780 to NE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI   5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI   9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ   7490v to WSW
0729 UT Saturday  HLR    6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday  Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday  HLR    9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday  WRN    5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday    HLR    7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday    WRMI   7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday    WRMI   9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI   5950 to WNW, NEW 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday    WBCQ   5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday    WRMI   9955 to SSE, NEW 5010 to SSE

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12121.17-USB, Nov 12 at 1417, 2-way in colloquial Spanish with some CODAR QRM, but not the usual big RTTY around here. During QSO a 1420, an automatic Morse code ID(?) fires, like one hears on VHF repeaters! Not copied and not recorded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0638 UT November 13