giovedì 21 gennaio 2021

Glenn Hauser logs January 20-21, 2021

** CANADA. Re: ```274-MCW, Jan 20 at 0737 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt NDB from upnorth Pilangikum, Ontario, still in Hepburn list in red as ``back on``. Distance is 1741 km = 1082 stmi, or 43.28 watts per mile.``` --- Should have read miles per watt, tnx to Richard Line in MI for catching that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Re: ``U S A. 286-MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0735 UT, ND beacon .-.-/... --- what??? .-.- is not a Roman letter but Russian ``ya``. I listen again and again, and that`s what it sounds like, tuned to 284-USB. But this must be on 286, EKS in Ennis, Montana, heard without a pause between dit for E and dah-dit-dah for K! Classaxe shows no note about any such error``

Harold Frodge, MI, replies: ``No mystery --- 284 QD 0.4 The Pas MB, Le Pas A/P; 01 Nov (DT), 06 Dec (KZ) [Has misskeyed as .-.-/...]``

Then I find this in classaxe.com about QD 284: ``Most often miskeys with the first dash in each character replaced with a dot. Sounds like AA S. 15Feb2020``

But not always: I have also heard correct QD. This seems about as convoluted an explanation as mine of another station lacking a pause between two letters. But pinning down the frequency to 284 implies it`s QD --- and what I heard did have a dash, overlooked in my original report, so it`s Canadian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 21 at 0126, RHC English only S6-S9 direct, but:

5040, Jan 21 at 0127, RHC off or below noise level here; 0135 checking Bonaire SDR, only a JBA carrier, could be India? While 5025 Rebelde is good. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13634, 13569, 13769, 13838 all approx., Jan 21 at 1443, extremely distorted spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13739.796, Jan 21 at 1445, the other RHC 22m frequency bears the transmitter off-frequency from 13740.00. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. Re the 3+1 pips I heard at strange time of 1344 Jan 19 on 1566 kHz, ``One of the clubs has compiled a timesignal reference but I have not found it again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

Richard Langley replies on the WOR iog: ``It is attached. See FEBC in the list. You're welcome. -- Richard Langley``

And thank you. I see there are some others with 3+1, altho FEBC appears to be the only one that fits on 1566; e.g. there are no NHKs at all on 1566 per WRTH. I`m really quite sure that`s it, but curious if others have noticed the pips at odd times like transmission changes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2069 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January 20 at 2100 ono WRMI 7780, S7-S9 to UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 20 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.189v, S8-S9 direct. Briefly some 2-way SSB QRM around 2102.

Missed checking Wed Jan 20 at 2300 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Thu Jan 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10 to Bonaire SDR. JBA carrier here vs S9+10 high noise level.

New WOR 2070 should be ready by early UT Jan 22 for first airings Friday at 0130 on WRMIs 5850, 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1729 UT January 21