mercoledì 17 aprile 2019

Glenn Hauser logs April 16-17, 2019

** CHINA. Unusually today I have been bandscanning the entire 11-15 MHz OOB range for jammers, once one was found to be propagating, as I was originally looking for a Cuban harmonic on 12200.

12190, April 17 at 1234 Chinese at S3 // 6125 and 11785 where there is a mixture. This is one of countless CNR1 jamming frequencies as monitored by Wolfgang Bueschel during this hour, +3 Hz high.

13130, April 17 at 1242, another Chinese at S2 // 11785. Per wb`s report, another CNR1, vs Sound of Hope, the latter being +86 Hz high when he heard it, but not even a het from it here.

12820, April 17 at 1244, Chinese at S3. Wb`s report shows CNR1 on exact frequency, while target SOH when he monitored was -95 Hz low, inaudible here. 

15110, April 17 at 1408, Chinese opera and talk at S9-S5, the only such signal inside 19mb; it`s CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese via Philippines this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, April 16 at 0559 [not 0539 typo originally], RHC English is suptorted just before 0600* turnoff, which seems to be intentional from this frequency/site only. English continues on best 6060 with This Day In History, concerning Bay of Pigs, Fidel speech declaring the Revolution is socialist (-- gotcha!) and the founding of RHC in 1961y; also good signal and modulation this time on 6100, slightly worse on 6165. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000 & 6165, UT Wed Apr 17 at 0238, both the only RHC English frequencies this early are undermodulated, and to boot, 6000 is also suptorted, in DXers Unlimited just ending at 0239, and into a new program `Connecting the Dots` with a new announcer, Mike somebody, about the A-bomb in 1945 --- no doubt another way of spewing anti-American propaganda. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 4765, April 17 at 0241 check, R. Progreso still missing. Does Arnie ever explain such significant problems? Of course not! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11840 at S7 & 11860 at S9, April 17 at 0242, RHC Spanish spurs out of 11850 at S9+20. Elsewhere on 25m at 0249: 11670 is S9+20 but suptorted; 11700 S6-S8 but clear; 11760 off already. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, April 17 at 0559, RHC English re-opening another hour, suptorted here and stays a while past 0600 tonight; 6060 is VG, 6100 is good and slightly better than 6165, while 5040 is off already. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6100, April 17 at 1229, RHC Spanish mixing/underneath Russian, which is CRI, 500 kW, 55 degrees from Beijing site this hour only. the two making a medium SAH. RHC is also on 6000 undermodulated, and no longer on 6150. No harmonix audible on 12200 or 12000.

Well into the A-19 season, what does RHC websked say?
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
It`s still B-18! Showing nothing lower than the imaginary 9600 in the 12-14 UT morning, despite their really running 6150.

An A-19 sked via Wolfgang Bueschel, however, shows 6000 at 11-14, 250 kW Quivicán non-direxional; and 6100 at 11-13, 100 kW Bauta at 340 degrees toward Chicago with `Mesa Redonda` --- but I think these M.R. entries in the morning are spurious. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740, April 17 at 1404, RHC S9+10/20 of dead air, not turned off yet. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, April 17 at 0235, WRMI relaying ``English service of Ukrainian Radio, with Ukrainian Perspective``, fair. Inconvenient listening time for me, but pleased to note that this service still exist on SW, scheduled only at 0230-0300 UT Tue-Sat. Main announcer has a very distinctive voice, instantly recognizable; what does he call himself? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Wed April 17 at 1323, S6-S9, WRMI in DX program, rapid Spanish about British pirates of the 60s, with many clips (in English); 1327 outro mixing with rapid Morse code, 1329 ID as ``La Súper Stéreo``. It`s `Antena DX` from 1300, in a timeslot once filled by World of Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505v, April 7 at 0237 check, WRNO still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1557 UT April 17