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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser B-06 logs, Octobefr 30
B-06 monitoring between 14 and 17 UT Monday Oct 30:
** AUSTRIA [non]. Checking Vienna`s relay via Sackville, now an hour later and
on 13675, the same frequency carrying CRI in English before 1600: From 1600 Oct
30, Ö in German, 1605-1620 in English, 1620 back to German, 1624 pause for
Donau IS, also at 1645 and back to English which was rudely cut off in progress
at 1659*
Apparently they are clueless back in the studio that the only transmitter for
this service in faraway Sackville, has to go off one minute before the hour.
Matches the Monday-only schedule for this at
http://www.bclnews.it/b06schedules/roi.htm
Monday: America West:
1600-1605: News in German
1605-1620: Report from Austria (English)
1620-1625: Regional radio-News in German
1625-1630: Wissen aktuell - in German
1630-1635: News in German
1635-1640: Wissen aktuell - in German
1640-1645: Regional radio-News in German
1645-1700: Report from Austria (English)
But the English segment times vary, on other days of the week; why make it so
complex? Viz.:
Tue-Fri America West:
1600-1605: News in German
1605-1610: Wissen aktuell - in German
1610-1615: Regional radio-News in German
1615-1630: Report from Austria (English)
1630-1700: Repeat
Sat & Sun America West:
1601-1605: Regional radio-News in German
1605-1630: Report from Austria - The Week in Review (English)
1630-1700: Repeat
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. As of Oct 30 at 1650 UT, RCI still hasn`t posted its new B-06
schedules at http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/horaires.shtml and I am also wondering
about RCI-1 webcast programming for purposes of updating MONITORING REMINDERS
CALENDAR --- all I can do for the moment is delete previous entries which are
bound to be outdated.
We were sent the B-06 schedule in PDF, however, but it is not (yet?) totally
correct as to when CBC programs are running and when RCI programs replace them.
Monday Oct 30 the 14-17 UT transmission did not contain The Links for the first
two hours, but instead as in A-06, the final 2/3 of The Current, and all of
Sounds Like Canada, from CBC, as I found out when I tuned in at 1419 on 9515,
13655 and new 17820, which as usual in the B-seasons no longer has that
collision with DW on 17800. But the ax still hangs over these two programs, in
case RCI has simply not got around to starting its new Link magazines on the
first weekday of the new season.
The harmonica fill-music has survived the seasonal transition, too, heard at
1430 for less than a minute, then a promo for a new sesquimonth contest, see
http://doingmypart.coop [as below]
The news at 1500, however was from RCI, not CBC. I really don`t see why they
bother. 1506 back to SLC. At 1547 for a semiminute 13655 dumped off the air
just as there was in interesting discussion with a Montrealer who says he runs
into some of the 100,000 Haitians there frequently and speaks Creole with them.
Quick switch to 17820. 13655 dumps off the air again, this time for a full
minute, at 1552. 1604 concluding ``CBC National Radio News``, 1605 harmonica,
1606 final hour of SLC.
Meanwhile, I was checking what was happening on CBC NQ 9625. At 1501 there was
CBC News while RCI frequencies were running RCI News. At 1522 all were // with
SLC.
Earliler, while scanning the 19mb at 1443 I heard something other than English
on 15240, scheduled as the R. Sweden relay. Swedish? Certainly not. Lappish?
No, but something close --- Inuktituk, mentioning Inuit!
Yes, it was // 9625, and Sackville was running the NQ Service on 15240 instead
of R. Sweden, which of course has just shifted one UT hour later [see SWEDEN].
The DST/ST time changes for R. Sweden via Sackville never go smoothly. This
continued on 15240 until 1459* with of course a much better signal than we get
on 9625, tho there was splash from the neighboring Sackville transmitter on
15230 relaying CRI, another bad idea.
At 1442, I had found a roughly equal collision of CRI in English via Sackville,
and RHC in Spanish on 15230. Awful unlistenable mix, but hey, commies vs
commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Here are some details of the contest promoted on RCI, but forget
about it if you are not a Canadian citizen!
``Conditions: Participants must be Canadian citizens and between the age of 18
and 30 when they register for the contest. The contest ends November 30, 2006.
The two grand prize winners and ten finalists will be announced during
International Development Week in February 2007. For complete contest rules,
click here.
http://doingmypart.coop/rules.php
Prizes --- Two grand prizes --- The two participants whose entries are judged
as best by the jury will win a one-week familiarization trip, in the Spring of
2007, to a developing country where Développement international Desjardins
(DID) experts in technical support and investment are working. A $15,000
value!``
DID sponsored a previous contest promoted on RCI, but almost all the winners
were in Québec, so publicizing it around the world on shortwave was pointless
and fruitless. There is also an RCI staff member named Desjardins, any
relation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. VOA in Vietnamese giving DGS a run for his money, on
9725 at 1504 Oct 30, as in schedule below at 15-16. Site is Saipan, and since
Cahuita is off-frequency, there was a lo het too
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Confirming that Cuba has gone back to UT -5, Oct 30 at 1405, Manolo de
la Rosa on RHC 11760 gave a time check for 9:05 am in Habana, as well as
mentioning that Despertar con Cuba now begins at 1100 UT = 6 am local. Kudos to
RHC for keeping its SW scheduling on UT the yearound! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Rapidly clicking spurs from jammers against Martí continue to be found
some 50-65 kHz away. Oct 30 at 1550 there were some around 15381-15382,
originating from 15330. None, however, found on the low side around 15280 to
match as sometimes happens (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECH REPUBLIC [and non]. Checking again R. Prague`s new 13580 to NAm in
English at 1400, barely in time Oct 30 at 1429 IS and IDs, only fair with CODAR
and local video hash. The Sackville relay at 1500 is incomparably better, on
15160, concluding this date at 1427-1429* with their transmission schedule in
French! Wouldn`t it be more helpful to announce the English schedule in an
English broadcast? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FINLAND. YLE was audible on 15400 Oct 30 at 1420 check in Finnish, unlike
the day before. This used to be a remarkably reliable hi-latitude signal, but
even it is not always making it thru the auroral zone now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. VOG, 15630, now not starting until 1600, Oct 30 at 1607 in Greek
music; only fair, but better than 17525 was earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Suara Indonesia, 9525, Oct 30: first checked at 1421, open
carrier with hum, also at 1451, 1501, 1521. However at next check 1532, the
gamelan orchestra with English ID loop had started, as heard a few days
earlier. This is almost as nice as listening to China`s Firedrake, tho more
repetitive. I noted when the music paused for a couple seconds and started over
initially with solo drumming: at 1537:59 and at 1544:23. That computes to a
loop lasting 6:24 (or maybe 3:12 if I missed a restart in the middle). Sure
enough, another restart at 1557:10, i.e. 12:47 later, give or take a second.
This kept running past 1600, but at 1601:30 opened Arabic service, and that
continued on into the hour. Since 9525 is aimed 30 degrees on schedule until
1400, and there is no reduction in signal when it is prolonged, one might ask,
why is VOI broadcasting Arabic toward Japan and North America? Answer: when
they make the switch at 1600 to the proper frequency for Arabic, 15150, that is
aimed 318 degrees, and poorly heard here if at all.
9680 is a horrible mixture of stations colliding, as it has been for years and
years, with RRI slightly atop at the moment I checked, Oct 30 at 1449 in
Indonesian, other talk in Chinese; meanwhile nearby frequencies such as 9670
were empty. At 1503 recheck, 9680 was vacant. During the 1400 hour, and no
doubt earlier, it is a battle between Taiwan and China, with Indonesia the
collateral victim. There`s nothing in HFCC but Indonesia at this hour, but ILG
A-06 had CBS Taipei at 11-18 in Mandarin to China on 9680, so bound to provoke
intense jamming. PWBR `2006` showed 9680 as R. Taiwan International, Huwei, 100
kW and jammed at the same hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. As noted yesterday, CVC A Sua Voz, Miami via Chile in Portuguese
to Brasil, on new 15410 is ruining our reception of what would be one of R.
Farda`s best outlets for its wonderful mix of Iranian and western music, as
noted at 1549 Oct 30. However, at this time, R. Farda was gaining over CVC,
unlike an hour earlier. Meanwhile, nearby frequencies go vacant (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY. On 11800, Arabic mentioning Roma, with that typical Rai squealing
transmitter, at 1434 Oct 30. Trouble is, the sked at
http://www.bclnews.it/b06schedules/rai.htm shows this is supposed to be on
11825 to NW Af, tho there is another Arabic at 1330 on 11800 to NEAf. I suspect
the 1330 time is incorrect, and both are supposed to be at 1430. Did not check
11825 since I did not know about it until looked up later, but probably not
audible due to ACI, and the SE beam on 11800 is more favorable here directly
off the back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. I supposed NHK Warido had changed its longtime direct frequency to
NAm in Japanese, 9535, since nothing heard at 1500 Oct 30, unlike 9505 in
English; however, 9535 was going when rechecked at 1521, so came on late (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA [non]. V. of Africa is back on 17725 via FRANCE, for the 1400-1600
English broadcast; Oct 30 at 1511 big hum, and eventually decided they were
speaking English. Seemed to be putting brief phonecalls on the air from western
admirers of The Leader of the Revolution; is it his birthday or something? I
suppose his admiration extends to unbirthdays as well. Scheduled on 17725 at
153 degrees from Issoudun and 21695 at 140. Could not confirm if 21695 is
really on, as 13m conditions were poor, only weak signals and nothing north of
Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA [and non]. Oct 30 at 1447, Afropop music coming in well on 17660, and
again at 1512 check. I suppose it is still running until 1530, regardless of
Sawt al-Amal`s schedule ending at 1400. Similar signal to ANO Gabon on 17630
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [and non]. Just to keep straight when 15240 is Sackville and when it
is Hörby now, the B-06 schedule shows:
Sackville 272 degrees at 1400-1415 M-F, 1400-1430 Sa/Su in Swedish, 1430-1500
daily in English, 1545-1600 daily in Swedish. (That is, when they don`t put CBC
Northern on at 1430 instead; see CANADA.)
All other 15240 transmissions between 13 and 1530 come from Hörby at 290 or 305
degrees for North America, in Swedish u.o.s., namely: M-F 1300-1315 290,
1315-1330 305; Sa/Su 1300-1330 stays on 290 degrees thruout. Daily 1330-1400
English 305, daily 1500-1530 Swedish 305.
This is from the version posted at
http://www.bclnews.it/b06schedules/sweden.htm which I think we also published
some time ago. Note that the ma for Madagascar relay notation is missing from
some of the 7420 entries in Swedish, which are obviously Mad from their
40-degree azimuth toward S Asia.
In this area, one can usually guess whether 15240 is Sweden or Sackville, based
on strength and steadiness of signal, but not always. Oct 30 at 1508 Swedish
was not so strong with fading, so Hörby, and mentioned the words ``Radio
Sweden`` in English during talk in Swedish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 5975 may have been abandoned for NAm, but BBC WS is still using
it for other worldparts, and now audible in the morning here at 1425 Oct 30
interviewing a Nigerian // 9740 and 6195 Singapore. 5975 is Thailand at 12-15
at 25 degrees which means it carries on to NAm.
17885, BBCWS with Focus on Africa, giving a +44 phone number, better here via
South Africa, than on // 17830 via Ascension, neither aimed this way (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA Special English hour, Oct 30 at 1605 after news going into
``New Dynamic English``; more news to follow on half hour. This is São Tomé at
126 degrees; F-G here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. KJES, 11715, on standard time schedule now, Oct 30 at 1555 in English
as always witnessing their monomania; 1559 cut to ID by kid, and a bit of
WEWN-like choral music cathedrally reverberating. 1600 to kid ID in Spanish,
then man praying in Spanish with heavy gringo accent, so it must run until 1700
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Huge signal with religious talk in English on 9450, Oct 30 at 1609,
could not be anything but a new frequency for WEWN. Yes, here is the B-06
schedule at http://www.ewtn.org/radio/freq.htm
Effective October 26 2006 - March 25, 2007
Horario vigente el 29 octubre 2006 al 25 marzo 2007
EST NAm English LAm Spanish Eu/Af English UT
7 PM 5810 11870/7540 5810 0000
8 PM 5810 11870/7540 5810 0100
9 PM 5810 11870/7540 5810 0200
10 PM 5810 11870/7540 5810 0300
11 PM 5850 11870/7540 5810 0400
12 AM 5850 11870/7540 7570 0500
1 AM 5850 11870/7540 7570 0600
2 AM 5850 11870/7540 7570 0700
3 AM 5850 11870/7540 OFF AIR 0800
4 AM 5850 11870/7540 OFF AIR 0900
5 AM 5850 11870/7540 OFF AIR 1000
6 AM 5850 11870/7540 OFF AIR 1100
7 AM 5850 11870/7540 OFF AIR 1200
8 AM 9955 13615/9885 OFF AIR 1300
9 AM 9955 15745/9885 OFF AIR 1400
10 AM 9955 15745/9885 OFF AIR 1500
11 AM 9450 15745/9885 15785 1600
12 PM 9450 15745/9885 15785 1700
1 PM 9450 15745/9885 15785 1800
2 PM 9450 15745/9885 15785 1900
3 PM 9450 15745/9885 17595 2000
4 PM 9450 15745/9885 17595 2100
5 PM 9975 15745/9885 7560 2200
6 PM 9975 15745/7540 7560 2300
*= * Secondary service to Europe during this time - signal strength marginal
[sic, but no frequencies are now *ed!]
Frequencies are subject to change. Changes will be announced in advance at the
beginning of the hour as early as possible. Contact Glen Tapley, Frequency
Manager, at 205-795-5779 or gtapley @ ewtn.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. More 2-way SSB in Spanish inside a SWBC band: 9632, Oct 20 at
1502; one side was weaker than the other, but I don`t have time to try to make
out any clues as to provenance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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