[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 31-August 1, 2010

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CHINA. Firedrake August 1: nothing found 8-18 MHz before 1300.

13970, however, a well-known Firedrake frequency, had open carrier at S9+10 with flutter, August 1 at 1336, but no music until 1338*. CNR1 jammers were audible on the usual 11, 12 MHz channels.

15562, August 1 at 1335, weak het against strong Portugal to NAm 15560. Suspect it is ChiCom jamming against V. of Tibet, on today`s frequency via Tajikistan, vs 15556 yesterday. RDPI is on 15560 only on Saturdays and Sundays, except for ``special events`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. Nothing Asiatic making it on 60m at 1159 August 1, such as RRI Serui 4605 or Makassar 4750; traces of a signal on 5020, however, presumably Solomons. My typo in previous report about Ron Howard not hearing Serui on July 31: 4604.90 was the frequency, not 4605.90. Anyhow, it was back August 1 when Dave Valko in PA heard it around 1000 on 4604.93.

9680, August 1 at 1225 choral music sounds so much like N. Korea on 9666 that they almost seem // for a moment; then 9680 is more like Christian praise. Is KNLS reactivated as scheduled? No, not // remnant on 7355, and 9680 soon into Indonesian announcement at 1229, RRI.

9525.9, VOI was VG as usual in Japanese, then English during the 1300 hour August 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. No R. Nikkei on 3925, 6055 or 9595 at 1200 August 1, but 1200 is the nominal sign-off on Sundays, so may have just missed it. Were others still hearing it earlier on July 31 or August 1? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. TV DXers are lamenting that the Es season is `over` and apparently quit looking out for openings. No one had alerted on the WTFDA list or TV-FM Skip Log, when July 31 at 2155 UT I found one in progress from the south, Mexico analog:

2155 on 2, a mix of stations, including a game show, something on 4

2201 on 4, novela

2204 on 2, star logo, Canal de las Estrellas promo, for Televisa Música, Arm and Hammer ad, IMX promo. Could be flagship XEW-TV DF

2206 on 3, ads // 2, net-2

2207 on 4, movie from net-5

2209 on 4, CCI with net-2 gameshow featuring lucha libre characters, about dating? Audio on 4 and 2 an echo apart

2216 on 4, adstring --- seems this show is about 50% commercials, including Tio Nacho. At this time the DX Sherlock 6m map did not show any N-S paths, just E-W, some contacts between OK and S California.

2223, opening is weakening, and I am out for a sesquihour, to hear Sen. Coburn rail against Big Government, in the Enid ballpark at 102 degrees in the shade, free hotdogs and lemonade sponsored by radical-right ``thinktank`` Oklahoma Council on Public Affairs (OCPA).

UT Sunday August 1:

0140, ch 2-4 with Spanish in and out from southwest

0159 on 4, Televisa promo

0200 on 3, heavy almost-zero CCI beat bars, i.e. XHQ Culiacán vs XHBC Mexicali. More often than not, these two are fighting it out instead of one or the other

0207 on 3, XHBC has local news, large 3 bug in LR, tu canal

0211 on 6, something beginning to show, 0218 drama in English, no doubt XETV Tijuana

0222 on 4, quiz show in Spanish

0223 on 3, XHBC still in with news, less CCI

0225 on 6, ad in English; 0230 6CW bug in LR = XETV; checked FM briefly at 0240 but nothing

0302 on 3, XHBC still in but weaker

0324 on 3, novela maybe still XHBC, weakening, about gone
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1523 may have been missing from WWCR 12160, Sat at 1630, but it was still there UT Sunday August 1 at 0230 on 4840; however, just as I spot-checked at 0242 I heard another voice mixing with mine for a moment. Final repeat should be Sunday 2330 on 9980 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. It`s Sunday August 1 at 1535, so which frequency will WINB be on today? 13570, VG signal with YL gospel huxter. So at least during this hour, WINB has three different frequencies depending on day of week. What flexibility! Rivals WHRI, meeting the needs of clients: M-F new 9335, Sat 9265, Sun 13570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. El Hugazo missing again for the second Sunday, no signals on 17750, 13750, 12010, August 1 at 1535 check, by when ``Alo, Presidente`` would nominally start; tho who knows, might show up later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1580: following Saturday July 31 capture between 13 and 14 UT of ``La Zona`` in Spanish, I tried equally hard to hear it on Sunday August 1 during the same hour: no sign of Spanish talk or Mexican music. This is *very* strange --- as if the Spanish station is on the air only on Saturday mornings. 

What I did hear, under the open carrier from KOKB Blackwell OK: 1240 UT, only English station(s). 1300 KHGG Van Buren-Ft Smith AR dominant with ID. 1312 Fox Sports Radio call-in with 877 number, presumably KHGG mixing with something else in English; Auto-Zone ad. 1327, still no Spanish. 1330, Ft Smith cuts away from sports for gospel huxter, ``Searching the Scriptures``, I think. Still some CCI, probably KREL Colorado, no Spanish. 1347 preacher mixing with some music, also religious? No Spanish, nor by 1400.

As for my previous comment about 1580 applications in New Mexico, on the NRC-AM list, tnx to Evan R. Newlon who replied, ``Glenn, I'm in Albuquerque - 1580 is silent here, 1900Z, 1 pm MDT. You are right, there used to be a station on 1580, I don't know where it went. I should be able to hear the station if it is in Santa Fe, but frequency is inactive right now. WB5HAM, Evan``.

And to Doug Smith, W9WI, who replied: ``The 1580 station in Albuquerque moved to 1600 in February 2000 (as Glenn alludes to). There is one open application for 1580 in Santa Fe (another one has been marked "Ineligible", haven't seen that before. I presume that means the FCC determined the applicant was not eligible to hold a broadcast license -- not a citizen? An application for 1580 in Roswell, NM has been dismissed.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###


      

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