Glenn Hauser logs March 22-23, 2021

Thanks Glenn,yes, ROCV Venezuela and TWR Bonaire combination ...
excellente signal noted this morning around 07-08 UT on March 24
VENEZUELA  6205.032 kHz at 07.20 UT, Radio Onda Corta Venezuela, pop mx,
different audio levels noted: S=1 or -122dBm JBA tiny in Rochester NY,
S=5 or -96dBm in Seattle WA west coast USA,
but excellente on remote KiwiNet SDR
at TWR Bonaire Caribbean Netherlands installation
http://bonaire.twrmon.net:8073/
at 07.24 UT S=8 or -79dBm signal.
CW pips at exact 07.31 UT, used SyncAM mode,
75dB gain glider, switched AGC-OFF;
"Manual Gain" option.
Pop mx in Spanish "Esta noche ...".
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 22-23, 2021

BONAIRE. VOA attempted to get airtime on TWR 800 Bonaire last year,
in order to reach adjacent Venezuela without the inconvenience of
shortwave, but first started after 0000 UT with HJHJ 600 Barranquilla,
Colombia, as I monitored last summer. Now a TWR deal is in effect per
this via El Dial, Spain:``Antillas Holandesas
AER, 20/03/2021 18:39, https://aer.org.es/archivos/26720, EA2-0800
Según Erminy Fernando en el grupo de FB Cadena DX, la VOA ha iniciado
transmisiones a Venezuela desde las instalaciones de TWR en Bonaire
(800). Reportado 2100-2230 con el programa “Venezuela 360”,
presumiblemente de lunes a viernes. (Rafael Rodríguez en el grupo
DXing.info fb, vía Ydun’s Medium Wave Info).(via El Dial)``
Now that it`s Monday March 22, I check for it via TWR`s own Bonaire
SDR. At 2142 an interview is underway with someone fluent in Spanish
but with obvious American accent -- I wonder why such people don`t
make a little more effort to tighten up their dixion. Seems to be
about the border situation; and then another one about the pandemic in
the US, neither of which very pertinent to Venezuela. 2159 VOA ID and
sign-off, quick ID as ``PJB-98, Apreciamos su sintonia`` and back for
more VOA. 98? What`s that about, an FM frequency? There`s no PJB or
any other Bonaire FM station in the 98s listed in WRTH 2021.
While sufficient, the 800 signal is not superstrong on TWR`s own SDR
--- they must be deliberately attenuating it, understandably. On the
waterfall, much stronger signals show on 550, 710 and 910 which are
obviously Caracas, and 860 from Curacao (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

VENEZUELA. 6205.031v, March 23 at 0005, 0007, 0010.5 between tunes,
Radio Onda Corta Venezuela is now inserting Morse Code IDs as ROCV. S7
into Bonaire SDR, the AM signal remains rather distorted but sounds
less so when tuned in SynchAM mode. Another one at recheck 0120 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0300 UT March 23
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Glenn Hauser logs March 22-23, 2021

Wednesday, March 24 2021