re Cuban Number services ...
Guess the Bejucal - former big USSR shortwave relay site bunker towards
North America continent of 1965 built-up and 70ties -
the Cuban numbers station installations have refurbished some 10 years ago,
when Arnaldo also introduced the leisure music program 'Radio Progreso' on
4765 kHz in 60 meterband nightly, 50 kW TX of power.
HM01 antennas pattern may different, compared to Bauta NON-Directional
fountain like steep angle azimuth on 11760 kHz to all-Caribbean target.
HM01 CUB  Cuban spy Number stn did start female voice transmission in
Spanish language at 07.35 UT today Jan 4, S=9+20dB noted in Massachusetts,
Rochester and NJ, covered totally WBCQ on short skip zone in north-eastern
states, S=9+25dB, '...Ocho....Zero....'.
but the big Bejucal shortwave transmission site is close to
22°52'13.33"N  82°19'48.03"W
https://goo.gl/maps/iq2WgN73hT5wgdit9
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=841e9d55-8e3e-4759-9648-a2d442b5f4b2&cp=22.866511~-82.334812&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

CUB_Bejucal_electronic espionage base_18ant_10dishes
22°56'45.11"N  82°21'48.46"W
https://goo.gl/maps/RsUqmkQsteSUVCdy7
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=98fbb34e-9025-4900-bf93-85a32e9471f2&cp=22.945454~-82.364068&lvl=17&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

NIGERIA   7254.939  Proper northern winter propagation path into North
America, noted Voice of Nigeria in Fulfulde WeAF sce via Abuja at 07.38 UT
on Jan 4, male presenter, S=9+10dB or -71dBm this morning.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4)
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From: "Arthur Pozner" <aspozner@gmail.com>

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Asilomar State Beach, CA logs - January 1, 2021

CUBA    HM01 on 11530 kHz is a regular Numbers service.They have used data
(RDFT) and other burst-like signals for a while. Always a very high level
RF transmission on the East Coast in the US. A total of 16 (!) different
frequencies are listed, according to Priyom.org ...
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:35 PM Stephen Luce <stvlucetx@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
I also came across the Spanish numbers and data hiss/tones on 11530 around
1715 UT January 1.  Very strong signal into Houston, even better than RHC
on 11760.  Transmission was gone a short time later.  Guess the numbers
stations have adopted higher tech.
Stephen Luce
Houston, Texas 
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Log Jan 4th at 15.00 - 15.30 UT in western Europe:
15190.065 BRA  5 kW ZYE522 R. Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte MG
<www.inconfidencia.com.br>
<http://inconfidencia.mg.gov.br/modules/programacao/players/pop_am.php>
S=5 or -98dBm at 15.08 UT on Jan 4th.

15224.984 ARS  Saudi Radio 1st Arabic talk program Riyadh,
fluttery S=6-7 in southern Germany, 15.12 UT on Jan 4th.

15400even MDG  Radio Tamazuj, Juba program to southern Sudan ?
at 15.16 UT, scheduled 14.59-15.57 UT organized via MGLOB Talata
Volonondry Madagascar relay facility. S=8-9 fluttery signal.

15460even BOT  VoA Hausa language service to WeAF, S=9+5dB,
discussion at 15.20 UT.
15579.996 BOT  VoA English service at 15.23 UT, S=9+10dB, light
pop mx program.

15700even CUB  CRI Latin AM relay site Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW
noted at 15.26 UT in western Europe, poor JBA signal of S=5.

15770even USA  WRMI - steady strong lighthouse in the 19 meter band, noted
at 15.27 UT, S=9 of English TV px relay program ?
15825.001 USA  WWCR Nashville organization. Religious program from Georgia?,
about 'Honour ... Message of Truth... Father in Heaven...'. Much strong here
in southern Germany at 15.30 UT, S=9+20dB signal.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4)

HM01 CUB  Cuban spy Number stn noted empty carrier at 17.24 UT on 11530even
kHz.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"

To: <WOR@groups.io>; "hcdx" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2021 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Asilomar State Beach, CA logs - January 1, 2021

re Cuban Number services ...
Guess the Bejucal - former big USSR shortwave relay site bunker towards
North America continent of 1965 built-up and 70ties -
the Cuban numbers station installations have refurbished some 10 years
ago, when Arnaldo also introduced the leisure music program
'Radio Progreso' on 4765 kHz in 60 meterband nightly, 50 kW TX of power.
HM01 antennas pattern may different, compared to Bauta NON-Directional
fountain like steep angle azimuth on 11760 kHz to all-Caribbean target.
HM01 CUB  Cuban spy Number stn did start female voice transmission in
Spanish language at 07.35 UT today Jan 4, S=9+20dB noted in Massachusetts,
Rochester and NJ, covered totally WBCQ on short skip zone in north-eastern
states, S=9+25dB, '...Ocho....Zero....'.
but the big Bejucal shortwave transmission site is close to
22°52'13.33"N  82°19'48.03"W
https://goo.gl/maps/iq2WgN73hT5wgdit9
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=841e9d55-8e3e-4759-9648-a2d442b5f4b2&cp=22.866511~-82.334812&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

CUB_Bejucal_electronic espionage base_18ant_10dishes
22°56'45.11"N  82°21'48.46"W
https://goo.gl/maps/RsUqmkQsteSUVCdy7
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=98fbb34e-9025-4900-bf93-85a32e9471f2&cp=22.945454~-82.364068&lvl=17&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

NIGERIA   7254.939  Proper northern winter propagation path into North
America, noted Voice of Nigeria in Fulfulde WeAF sce via Abuja at 07.38 UT
on Jan 4, male presenter, S=9+10dB or -71dBm this morning.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4)
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JRX Logs: January 1, 2021Receiver: Degen DE1103Antenna: Sony AN-71All times and dates in UTC/GMT.

CHINA** 6100. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2251-2300, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Spanish. A musical program; 2300 IS, ID and beginning program in portuguese language. Good reception.

CLANDESTINE** 7550. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2041-2054, Radio Free North Korea, Tashkent-UZB, in Korean. Man talks and talks, it seems to be a long and enthusiastic speech. Fair reception.

CUBA** 11880. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2241-2251, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in English. Music; Man announcer talks and more songs. Good reception.
** 15230. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2302-2312, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican-CUB, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers present a newsletter. Fair reception.

FRANCE** 6170. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2030-2040, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. The Qur´an chant; 2037 Man talks; 2038 Woman talks. Fair reception.

GUAM** 13089-USB. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2158-2217, NRV USCG Guam. Man announcer talks, in slow english, messages and repeats several times; 2217 Man talks, it seems to be the a Naval Station features (??). Fair reception.

MADAGASCAR** 9765. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2140-2153, MWV - Palavra Alegre, Mahajanga-MDG, in Portuguese. ID, and next, man pastor makes a preaching; 2146 IS, ID, website and repeat: ID and POBox to Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil; 2148 A song. Very good reception.

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re Cuban Number services ...
Guess the Bejucal - former big USSR shortwave relay site bunker towards
North America continent of 1965 built-up and 70ties -
the Cuban numbers station installations have refurbished some 10 years ago,
when Arnaldo also introduced the leisure music program 'Radio Progreso' on
4765 kHz in 60 meterband nightly, 50 kW TX of power.
HM01 antennas pattern may different, compared to Bauta NON-Directional
fountain like steep angle azimuth on 11760 kHz to all-Caribbean target.
HM01 CUB  Cuban spy Number stn did start female voice transmission in
Spanish language at 07.35 UT today Jan 4, S=9+20dB noted in Massachusetts,
Rochester and NJ, covered totally WBCQ on short skip zone in north-eastern
states, S=9+25dB, '...Ocho....Zero....'.
but the big Bejucal shortwave transmission site is close to
22°52'13.33"N  82°19'48.03"W
https://goo.gl/maps/iq2WgN73hT5wgdit9
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=841e9d55-8e3e-4759-9648-a2d442b5f4b2&cp=22.866511~-82.334812&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

CUB_Bejucal_electronic espionage base_18ant_10dishes
22°56'45.11"N  82°21'48.46"W
https://goo.gl/maps/RsUqmkQsteSUVCdy7
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=98fbb34e-9025-4900-bf93-85a32e9471f2&cp=22.945454~-82.364068&lvl=17&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

NIGERIA   7254.939  Proper northern winter propagation path into North
America, noted Voice of Nigeria in Fulfulde WeAF sce via Abuja at 07.38 UT
on Jan 4, male presenter, S=9+10dB or -71dBm this morning.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Pozner" <aspozner@gmail.com>

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Asilomar State Beach, CA logs - January 1, 2021

CUBA    HM01 on 11530 kHz is a regular Numbers service.They have used data
(RDFT) and other burst-like signals for a while. Always a very high level
RF transmission on the East Coast in the US. A total of 16 (!) different
frequencies are listed, according to Priyom.org ...
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:35 PM Stephen Luce <stvlucetx@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
I also came across the Spanish numbers and data hiss/tones on 11530 around
1715 UT January 1.  Very strong signal into Houston, even better than RHC
on 11760.  Transmission was gone a short time later.  Guess the numbers
stations have adopted higher tech.
Stephen Luce
Houston, Texas 
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JRX Logs: December 30-31 , 2020Receivers: Degen DE1103Antennas: Degen 31MS
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

BRAZIL** 4885. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0353-0405, Radio Clube do Para, Belem-PA, in Portuguese.Man and woman announcers talk news. Fair reception.

CHILE** 4228-USB. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2231-2240, CBV Valparaiso Meteo Fax, Valparaiso-CHL. Meteorological Faz transmission. Fair reception.
Parallel logs on 8677-USB, poor reception; 17146-USB, out.

CHINA** 4905. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0205-0215, PBS Xizang, Lhasa-Tibet-CHN, in Tibetan. Woman talks; A song; 0208 Man talks and other song; 0212 Woman and man announcers talk. Poor reception.
 ** 4980. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0216-0229, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Uyghur. A song; Man and woman voices; 0219 Man talks with music background; 0222 A song; 0227 Man talks and other song. Fair reception.
** 6145. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0155-0205, PBS Qinghai, Xining-CHN, in Chinese. Woman and man announcers talk; 0200 Time pips, ID and return announcers communication, now with music background. Fair reception.
** 7335. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1740-1757, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Croatian. Chinese songs during this log; 1755 IS till 1757. Fair reception.
** 7340. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1800-1810, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Italian. IS and ID; 1801 Begins a newsletter by man announcer. Good reception.
** 7385. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1850-1900, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in French. A chinese class by woman and man announcers; 1855 Woman talks and says ID; A song. Very good reception till 1858. After 1858UT, begins a collision between CRI and CRI. See below:
** 7385. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1900-1910, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Albanian. A collision between CRI transmissions in Albanian, with music, and French, with news by female singer.
** 7395. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1910-1920, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in German. Woman announcer talks news; 1912 A song; 1916 Man talks. Very good reception.
** 7415. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1935-1950, China Radio International, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Czech. Man announcer talks news, presumably; 1940 A song "Mr Robinson"; 1943 Man talks; 1946 A song. Very good reception.
** 13650. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2301-2315, China Radio International, Habana-CUB, in Portuguese. Man announcer talks and begins a program with chinese instrumental music, only. Very good reception.

CUBA** 4765. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0330-0340, Radio Progreso, Bejucal-CUB, in Spanish. Man and woman announcers in a nice conversation; ID. Fair reception.
** 5025. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0240-0250, Radio Rebelde, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. Man says sport news; 0244 Men announcers present news. Fair reception.

FRANCE** 7375. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1840-1850, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man announcer makes a interview with a man and says "Corona"; 1847 Woman talks. Fair reception, with a continuous bip disturbance. What´s it?

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS** 9580. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2215-2228, Vatican Radio, Saipan-MRA, in Chinese. Man talks with music background; 2225 A brief music and returns man communication; 2228 Woman talks and ends programming. Good reception.
Parallel logs on 6185smg, poor reception; 7410smg, poor reception.

PHILIPPINES** 9405. Thu, Dec 31, 2020. 0003-0013, FEBC - Radio Liangyou 3, Bocaue-PHL, in Chinese. Women announcers in conversation; 0009 Man announcer talks. Good reception.

USA** 4840. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0340-0352, WWCR 3, Nashville-TN, in English. Woman and man announcers in conversation about christian themes: Woman makes questions and man pastor answering; 0346 A song. Good reception.
** 5000. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0230-0240, WWV Colorado, Fort Collins-CO, in English. Man announcer says UTC time each a minute; Says ID and features of the station. Fair reception.
** 9330. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2241-2257, WBCQ 6 - World´s Last Chance Radio, Monticello-ME, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers, alternatively, talks about religious themes; 2246 Woman talks and says ID and website; 2250 Men talk about religious themes: Questions and aswers. Very good reception.
** 12050. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2152-2215, EWTN - Radio Catolica Mundial, Vandiver-AL, in Spanish. Woman makes a prayer with music background; 2135 ID jingle; 2157 A song; 2200 ID and begins a Vatican Radio news, repetition of today's morning program. Good reception.

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