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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 1-2
** AUSTRIA. Ö1, 13730, Feb 1 at 1400 going from English to German, just as QRM
from CRI via Cuba`s dirty 13740 transmitter starts modulating. Needlessly
complex English/Deutsch language schedule from Austria at 1305-1400 per EiBi:
13730 1305-1320 Mo AUT Radio Austria Int. E Eu
13730 1305-1320 Tu-Fr AUT Radio Austria Int. D Eu
13730 1305-1330 SaSu AUT Radio Austria Int. E Eu
13730 1320-1345 Mo-Fr AUT Radio Austria Int. D Eu
13730 1330-1335 SaSu AUT Radio Austria Int. D Eu
13730 1335-1400 SaSu AUT Radio Austria Int. E Eu
13730 1345-1400 Mo AUT Radio Austria Int. D Eu
13730 1345-1400 Tu-Fr AUT Radio Austria Int. E Eu
Otherwise at 0500-1830 it`s all in German. Per HFCC, 13730 switches from a 160
degree antenna to 0 degrees (or non-direxional?) at 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. I would have preferred to hear CMBF`s classical music, but 6060 cut
off at 0702 Feb 2, uncovering R. Tupi, Curitiba, with full ID mentioning a
ZY-call on MW, plus SW frequencies 9565, 11765 and 6060 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. The 40 kW ELCOR transmitter testing at Guápiles, as Raúl
Saavedra has found out, is still being heard on 5954, Feb 1 at 2320 check with
music, but too much Okeechobee 5950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Another try to hear something else after RHC 0700* on 49m: Sat Feb 2
on 6060, heard R. Musical Nacional, CMBF network opening ``Por Primera Vez``
apparently newly acquired classical recordings, giving program address of
Apartado 6659, Zona-6, but transmitter cut off at 0702*, uncovering Brazil,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON. On the lookout for resurgence of the Africa Numéro Un harmonic on
19160 --- Feb 1 at 2023, I could get a weak carrier slightly above on about
19160.3, but no audio. There seemed to be a second carrier slightly above that
--- and nothing much else in this frequency range. Is the fundamental also
off-frequency to the high side? Hilife music on 9580.1 or so, did not seem as
much as needed to match but maybe within the margin of error of my indirect
frequency estimating system with the DX-398. Further chex needed. In case you
think 20+ UT is a bit late for 19 MHz from Gabon, last year during good
openings it was being heard even past 2200, as I suppose the higher frequency
was propagating well enough to escape the tropical night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 February follow. Solar flux 71 and estimated
mid-latitude A-Index 16. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 01 February
was 4 (50 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No
space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours (SPWC via DXLD)
** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI, 17675 analog, holding its own against unnecessarily close
neighbor CVC Chile 17680, Friday Feb 1 until 2055 with ``Spectrum``
interviewing a yacht builder, then into latest advisory about Cycle Gene
battering Futuna with 945 hektopascals of low pressure. See:
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=37783
Strangely, this does not seem to have been making world news. 2058 Vanuatu
music break, 2100 timesignal, World & Pacific News. I was wanting to confirm
Mailbox at 2035, but this was an off-week for that fortnightly show (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare, 13810 via Germany, with big produced
opening at 1400 UT Feb 1, music mixed with bits of Alex Scourby`s Bible
readings, and R. G.`s dire declarations. See also USA: WWRB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Brother Scare still going on WWRB 3185, Feb 1 at 1334 check, not yet
on 9385. FCC B07 and HFCC B07 show WWRB on 3185 only until 1300 UT, then 9385,
both 100 kW at 340 degrees. Barring unpublished changes, it would not be the
first time a US SW station has overstayed its welcome on a certain frequency.
Oh oh, the WWRB Global 3 schedule at
http://www.wwrb.org/schedule/global_3/combined.pdf
shows the transition at ``9:00 am`` which would be 1500 UT. Timezone is not
specified on the WWRB schedules! But Manchester is well within the Central zone
west of the boundary with Eastern (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Tuning across WBCQ 7415, Friday Feb 1 after 2000 UT, I was quickly
informed that FDR, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were all ``communists`` ---
Enough of that crap. Per sked, it`s Money Talk, ``Started in July 2004, as a
spin off from Financial Survival 2000. Hosted by Jim and Eric Cedarstrom,
a.k.a. Patriot Trading Group.`` Pushing gold is their thing for the gullible.
Checking WORLD OF RADIO 1393 on Area 51 show, Friday Feb 1 at 2348, I found
that frequency had varied up to 5111.4-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Seems CVC Chile has got back on frequency 15410.00; Feb 1 at
1407, Radio Farda via Morocco was dominating, but no audible het as in previous
few days; maybe a lite SAH, hard to tell with propagation fading too (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. The rapid clicking sound I have been hearing mainly in the 5-7
MHz range in the mornings, thought to be Chinese OTH radar, was also heard Feb
1 at 1414 on 15080-15105, when East Asia was not propagating on that band. I
wonder if the British one in Cyprus sounds the same? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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