Glenn Hauser logs November 1-2-3, 2020

ALAN ROE`S WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST updated:

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Change of DST - Amended Time-Zone offset notations for Cuba (Progreso, Rebelde) and USA (Martí, VOA, WRMI)
2) Cuba - R Progreso: Updated link to live stream; removed link to audio on demand (as page no longer found)
3) Germany - MBR: Updated link to new B-20 frequency schedule
4) India - All India R: Updated link to generic AIR Homepage, and
removed link to AIR's own frequency page as no longer exists
5) Romania - RRI: Updated link to new webpage for B-20 frequencies, and deleted link to RRI's own on-demand/podcasts (as no longer existing)
6) Spain - REE: Updated link to new webpage for B-20 frequencies
7) Turkey - TSR: Added link to frequency page for TSR
8) USA - WRMI: Moved "Encore Classical Music" link from association with WWCR to WRMI

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be end of November. Best wishes and 73 from England (where we are about to go into another national lockdown). (Alan Roe, Nov 1)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Nov 1 at 2307: 7540 Chinese S9, // weaker 7810, 7470; at 2321, 6125; 2322, JBA Chinese 11170, 10920, 10870; JBA carriers on 11120, 11070, many of same SOH jam frequencies heard in our mornings. 7540 is jamming RFA Tibetan via Kuwait; 7470 is RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan, both this hour only. 7810 is an SOH frequency but Aoki does not have it on and jammed at this hour. 6125 is a legit CNR1 non-jammer channel.

Around grayline, I have some other non-CNR1 // Chineses: at 2310, 7325, which is CRI Cantonese via Kunming. And at 2322 on 6140, vocal operatic which is same service and site.

6900, at 2315, something weak, Chinese? Yes, a SOH *jammer.

[and non] 6100, at 2320 Nov 1, Chinese music, i.e. CRI Portuguese via Beijing short-path to here but aiming long-path 318 degrees, and // 13650 same via CUBA, but on the latter, modulation cutting on & off, while NHK is continuously audible underneath. This service continues to be *nothing* but music fill for years now! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba as well as CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Nov 2 at 1500, S9+20/30 of dead air except for big hum, then trace of CRI English modulation, ex-11880 via CUBA. By 1505 modulation has crept up a bit but still awful. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5954, Nov 2 at 2312, Cuban pulse jamming centred here, a legacy disservice originally drawn by the Costa Rican transmitter of Radio República, remember that? Which has been gone for many years (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145, UT Mon Nov 2 at 0213-0218, RHC English with `DXers Unlimited`, Derwin? Jones substituting for Arnie who has a ``sore throat``, but the script is typical Arnie stuff about propagation and ham radio, lasting only 5 minutes. Just confirming DXUL still exist around these times for next DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS update pending (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Nov 2 at 1538, VP S5-S6 signal, must be RHC but dreadfully weak, for music is // 11760 which is suptorted! As is 15140. // 15230 is a little better. At 1540 I find more RHC still on air, nominally until 1600 now? or slipshod: 9535 not distorted but fluttery; and 7350 very poor and undermodulated. Somethings always wrongs at RHC. It may be another week before intentional B-20 changes settle in as Arnie plays catch-up. Individual Spanish program times should already have shifted one UT hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY. 18164-USB, Nov 2 at 1455, IU3BTY fonetikaly calling QRZ. Seems Italy/Slovenia area is a hotspot for 17m activity and/or propagation to here.  https://www.qrz.com/lookup/iu3bty ``IU3BTY, Valerio Spagnolo, Via Cristoforo Colombo n.20, Conegliano (Tv) 31015, Italy`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also SLOVENIA

** KURDISTAN [non]. 15600, Nov 2 at 1459, ``Dengê Amerika`` ID and off 1500*. It`s VOA Kurdish via Woofferton UK at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 560, Nov 2 at 0629 UT, ID in passing as I tune across, sounds like ``La Serena - 98.1``. But no such slogan is listed for any Mexican or any Latin American, and there are no US SS on 560. Instead I think it must have been:

XEGIK, Monclova, Coahuila, which is my nearest XE anyway, per IRCA Mexican Log, 1400/250 watts with FM on 88.1, ``La Acerera`` --- acero means steel but acera can also mean sidewalk. Steel mill? IIRC, Monclova is a polluted industrial town, and there is a General Steel Group there, at least with warehouse and sales if not manufaxuring. The Steely Station? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVENIA. On 18113-USB, Nov 1 at 1458, I have been hearing a ham making quick contacts as ``CNR57DX``. A three-letter prefix is unheard of and surely wrong; nonesuch in qrz.com but I can`t figure out what he is really saying? Never with fonetix to make it clear except for the ``DX`` which is  obvious. CN+ implies Morocco. Ideas?

Don Moman, AB replied on the WOR iog: ``I'm hearing the pileup all calling Slavko S57DX on 18113.``

Tnx, Don. I guess he is saying fonetik ``sierra`` but it sure sounds like C-N-R. I bet he`s related to S51DX I logged the other day. Slovenia, land of future first-ladies. Yes, they are brothers. Lots of info at:

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/s57dx
``S57DX, SLAVKO CELARC, OB IGRISCU 8, 1360 VRHNIKA, Slovenia``

Still allows a little time for chat about weather, etc., but clearly trying to rack up contacts, contest? Lots of other activity on 17m, such as a pileup on 18150-USB.

18122-USB, Nov 2 at 1450, there he is again, S57DX with quick North American contacts, CQ 17, this time alternating ``sierra`` with ``sugar``, better clearer signal than yesterday. Still going at 1546 recheck. See also ITALY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday November 2 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 to UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0230 on WRMIs 7780, ditto; and 5800 good to Bonaire SDR. So those remain at same UTs, no shifts.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 from 0401 on Area 51, 6159.92 WBCQ, S7 but sounds VG into a Rochester SDR, now one UT hour later.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0430, one hour later, on WRMI webcast, but cannot hear 9955 direct except some weak pulse jamming, nor can I hear it via various KiwiSDRs in North & South America!

Also confirmed Monday November 2 from 1900.9 on IRRS 7290 via BULGARIA, S9+30 into UTwente SDR from *1857 carrier, 1859.8 ID with P O box, 1900.3 FSN headlines before WOR. With a few glitches OK past 1910 at least.

Also confirmed UT Tue Nov 3 at 0108 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, good at
UTwente. Next:
0330 UT Tuesday   WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [timeshift]
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE  [timeshift]
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

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

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** U S A. 9955, Nov 2 at 1539, WRMI is still on with The Overkiller, substituting for 9395, altho surely in the opposite direxion, and // 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. AHW has vaguely mentioned special programming tonight commemorating the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in the form of KDKA, on WBCQ 7490 & 6160 = UT Tuesday. But I don`t find anything about it in his twits or on the website, nor of zappahead. Does anyone know?

I do see on the *WBCQ* 7490 program sked a new wacko conspiracy show Tue-Sat at 0400-0600. But these hours are in HFCC for WHRI not WBCQ, and I already heard something last week assumed to be Cypress Creek since it was not off-frequency. Is the takeover/merger underway already? (Glenn at 2141 UT Nov 2, WOR iog)

No replies, but monitoring 7490.1 from 0000 UT Tue Nov 3, good signal direct at first but fading down by 0008, the usual `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot` repeat filler, the first dekaminute also commemorating the KDKA anniversary with some songs popular in 1920y, starting with ``Whispering``.

Then I switch to 6159.92, S9 for WBCQ Area 61 and hear a docu about the early days of KDKA, in fact a produxion by KDKA when ``today`` was the Reagan era, mentioning adding a ``Far North Service`` on SW in the `30s. Then I find this week`s Area 61 has now been revealed at http://zappahead.net/#2020-1102-area61

``Area 61 for 2-6 November 2020
Tune in weekdays at 7PM US eastern time (0000 UTC) on WBCQ 6.160 MHz. You can listen to us on the internet at http://splatterbox.us/area51

Monday 2 November 2020
KDKA Pittsburgh began regular broadcasting 100 years ago today when the station began an election night broadcast at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1920, from a tiny shack atop one of the Westinghouse Electric buildings in East Pittsburgh.

Four men manned that first broadcast: Engineer William Thomas; telephone line operator John Frazier; R.S. McClelland, a standby; and Leo Rosenberg, radio's first announcer.

The election returns of the Harding-Cox presidential race were relayed to about one thousand listeners who learned through this incredible new medium who the next president of the United States would be.

Celebrating 100 Years of KDKA Radio
KDKA Celebrates 65 (November 2, 1985)
Adventures In Research 30 December 1944 Eyes and Ears For the Millions
Jean Shepherd 1965 - Magic of Radio``
I then listen to more of it on the stream (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1020, Nov 3 at 0120 UT, it`s the 100th anniversary of broadcasts from KDKA Pittsburgh PA, so it would be nice to log them now. But as usual, nearby KOKP Perry OK stupid sportstalk dominates even at night, and if I null it, instead of KDKA it`s gospel huxtering in Spanish, no doubt 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM, which if it were operating properly would be nulling toward KDKA and me. These two stations make a hefty SAH of 4 Hz. In my dreams, I imagine a broadcasting industry salute to KDKA by all the other 1020 stations turning off tonight for an hour or three --- fat chance!!! NRC AM log shows there are only 8 more USA 1020s with at least low power at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 13830, Nov 2 at 1548, VP talk and music S5-S7, Aoki shows it`s VR via own SMG site daily in Amharic 1530-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.93, Nov 2 at 0240, ROCV into Bonaire SDR is a JBA carrier where it is usually well audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
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DON`T VOTE REPUBLICAN --- I appreciate readers tolerating my occasional political comments here, as I do not participate in any political online fora. My fellow Americans --- please --- let us elect a decent, honest, competent president; and Congress to back him up, as we desperately need to start reversing the terrible damage they have been doing to *our* federal government from within. Thank you (Glenn)

This report despatched at 0248 UT November 3