Hard-Core-DX.com: Glenn Hauser logs February 19-20, 2019

Glenn Hauser logs February 19-20, 2019

Wednesday, February 20 2019


** CUBA. 6100, Feb 20 at 0648, RHC English continues reactive here,
but distorted; undermodulated on 6000 & 6165, and just right on 6060.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13671.713, Feb 20 at 1437, JBA music, first suspect being RHC
13700 spur, 28.3 kHz away, but not //. Is there one on the opposite
side? 13728.294, also close to 28.3 with no modulation audible. Can
such a spur contain different audio from source? Or maybe on a single
receiver, music stopped as I retuned. These are not the huge FM spurs
which are sporadically provided by 13700. Nearest fundamental is 13670
CRI French via Albania, but not much heard of that. At 1514 I check
again, finding JBA carriers on 13671.7 and 13727.7, not matching
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13779.289, Feb 20 at 1445, RHC S9+10 knocked way off-
frequency again today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Feb 20 at 0656, S9+10 open carrier/dead air as
TGAV must not have turned off transmitter after normal sign-off circa
0612 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 9485-9490-9495, Feb 19 at 2245, DRM noise, scheduled 22-23
as RRI in Spanish, 90 kW at 247 degrees from Tsiganeshti site to CIRAF
14 = northern Argentina & Chile, southern Bolivia. I never see DX
reports from anyone in the Southern Cone listening in DRM, so how many
listeners can RRI possibly count on? Not to be confused with Cuban
jamming often extending beyond the later Radio RepÃblica hours via
France on 9490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035.0, Feb 20 at 1428, VOT not very off-frequency, but
still on air following English, with IS and ID break in presumed
Kazakh. Keeps going past 1430 timesignal, opening presumed Kazakh,
finally cut off circa 1431. I then swoop to 9785 where Kazakh should
have been already and do hear a JBA carrier there (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 3950-3955-3960, Feb 20 at 0658, DRM noise at S9+10 usurping a
stretch of our ``80 meter`` hamband, which is of course BBCWS in
English, scheduled 0559-0700 only, 100 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton
for Western Europe, but plenty signal back this way (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 20 at 1433, K6FRC beacon, Patterson CA, is
JBA, but quite stronger at 1515. I patrol the 13550-13570 ISM/HIFER
band almost every day, but K6FRC not heard since Dec 19; even longer
since I`ve heard any others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1970 monitoring: barely confirmed
first SW broadcast, Tuesday February 19 at 2033 on WRMI 7780, JBA via
PL-880 portable. Slept thru as usual the Wed 0930 & 1030 airings.
Next:

2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: March 2]
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Wed Feb 20 at 1430, no WINB DRM today,
missing again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Feb 20 at 1445, WJHR manages S8 signal of gospel
huxter, best heard in a while (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Feb 20 at 1507 & 1545, still no signal from KVOH, at
midweek. (Nor any from 17780 BBC Ascension) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 660, KCRO Omaha: Paul Walker explains why I did not hear
them mentioning 106.5 translator: ``They are moving the fm translator
on 106.5 for KCRO to 106.7 in Lincoln as K294DJ where itâll still
rebroadcast KCRO`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Feb 20 at 0027 UT, I`m seeking the new 50 kW daytimer
in Limon CO, KCRN, ex-KLIM, which Paul Walker in Laramie reported
finally activating CP a few days ago at quarter-power for starters.
Official FCC sunset for Feb is 0030 UT, so this should be my best
chance for it, after the 10 kW Okie KETU is off; and it`s close to a
right angle from KMOX for easy nulling. However, KCRN pattern is broad
to the west, null to the east; and there is another 1120 normally
audible here around SR/SS, KTXW Manor TX (Austin).

In fact that`s what I mainly hear with KMOX nulled, ``Austin`s
Christian talk, The Bridge`` --- alluding to the one that`s batty?? By
0029 underneath I hear a song, maybe hymn, so quickly compare on same
DX-398 to 1060 where there is KRCN Longmont (Denver), 50 kW daytimer,
another Catholic station, but will they really be simulcasting? Could
be // in brief bit. And nothing more from it after 0030.

KCRN is also designed to reach Denver past sparsely-populated eastern
CO plains. I will have an even worse chance at KCRN sunrise *1345 vs
KETU, KMOX et al. In March, KRCN span will be 1315-0100 UT (which of
course must stay the same UT after DST start already March 10). KRCN &
KCRN are in fact sibling stations, as the related calls imply, both
licensed to Catholic Radio Network --- so why do they need two 50 kW
Denver-market stations?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2394-, Feb 20 at 0703 UT, sounds like CW negative keying
in repeating pattern, but I can`t invert my brain to copy it. I.e.,
tone during pauses, no tone during dits or dahs. Or possibly a local
device cycling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.14, Feb 20 at 0700 UT, JBA carrier seems to be real
rather than receiver overload. Merits further pursuit, possibly second
harmonic from an off-frequency MW 1470+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5010-USB, Feb 20 at 0654, very poor 2-way in French,
certainly an unusual language for such (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13618-13640, Feb 20 at 1435, rapid over-the-horizon
radar clicking, wonder from where? Seldom hear these any more,
probably primarily due to pitiful propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1742 UT February 20

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