[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 12, 2008

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** AUSTRALIA [non]. RA via WRN via CBC Overnight, delayed 4 hours, via CBU via CKZU, 6160, Sunday Oct 12 at 1253 UT had Innovation program interviewing someone from CSIRO, ending at 1255, and then at 1257 outro to CBC Overnight. Poor with adjacent QRM on both sides. The trouble is, this slot was previously occupied by Australian Express until it was canceled last week, to be replaced by Australian Bight (?). So what became of that? I found it anyway on the RA website, whence indeed Australian Express has vanished, once I stopped looking for it in the program list under A:

``The Australian Bite --- A tasty spread of stories and music coming to you from all around Australia. From cafe culture to crested cockatoos, from arts and books to the mysteries of Australian rules football, there's something for everyone here in the pantry. Presenter: Heather Jarvis. Universal (GMT) UTC Offset 0.00 Hours English Stream
Tuesday  1330 1705 1730  
Friday   1830  
Saturday 0030 0505 0530``
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/99.htm

So they run it twice in a row at 1705 & 1730, 0505 & 0530? I rather doubt that, but Tue 1330 matches when Au Express used to be on RA direct, 9580. Maybe 1730 and 0530 are end-times, tho none such shown for other airings. From the description, Au Bite seems to be much the same as its predecessor, a grab-bag features magazine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC, 6000, UT Sunday Oct 12 at 0534 starting DXers Unlimited, with QRDRM from 5990-5995-6000. Nothing on current DRM schedules at this hour, but formerly in use from Europe. Some reports show BBC via Norway centered on 5990 now, but is it on the early, and if so, it should not be interfering with 6000. The DRM I am getting now seems to be centered on 5995. Luxembourg stopped 5990 on March 14, 2008, per DRM DX forums.

RHC 6000 also has QRDRM at 1235 Oct 12, but we know that is from Brandon, Australia 5990-5995-6000. Sounds very much like the Cuban jamming against nothing on 5980. Maybe those with DRM should try to `decode` some Cuban jamming.

I rarely tune across the whole 12 MHz range, but Oct 12 at 1316 encountered on 12582 rapid pulses like DentroCuban jamming but faster, clocked at 270 per minute = 4.5 per second. If DCJC, must be quite spurious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VENEZUELA [non]

** GERMANY [non]. 17610, Oct 12 at 1351, good signal with ID in passing as DW in Hausa; this is via Sines, Portugal, 250 kW at 150 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 5010, presumed AIR T`puram, Oct 12 at 1229 excited talking which sounded like Australian accented English, maybe cricket? Weak and fluttery right past 1230; at 1300 recheck still audible with music. Don`t see how it could have been anything else at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4920, Oct 12 at 1302 with warta berita, still going at 1307 and not // 4790. So must be RRI Biak; aside it a weaker carrier which could be Jambi. BTW, I remember hearing Biak when it was still under Dutch control; Netherlands New Guinea was in a disputed transitional period 1959-1969, finally becoming fully part of Indonesia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio, missing Sat Oct 11, was back on WHRI 11785, Sun Oct 12 at 1312 with Hmong talk, mentioning English terms ``People`s Court`` and nine times in the next three minutes, ``Transportation Ministry``. I wonder what country they were talking about where government institutions have English names? Surely not Laos, Vietnam or Hminnesota (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. Figured 13m would be pretty dead, but instead found one very good signal at 1326 Oct 12 on 21470, BBCWS via Ascension, steady at S9+10 with minor fading. The Ticket show, on a long-overdue dentroChinese TV film about Bruce Lee which has been moved up from CCTV-8 to CCTV-1. 1329 broke for promo about Assignment: South Ossetia starting Oct 23. 1330 promo rest of Ticket; 1330:30-1332:30 news headlines, then more of The Ticket about composer John Adams; recheck at 1347, much weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. RNV via Cuba, 11705, Oct 12 at 1241 check had very strong signal, but modulation cutting off and on about once per second. Impeded listening for content (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      
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