CUBA and others
Maybe 13740 kHz Bauta antenna and feeder equipment test on Dec 20 ?,
when GH reported/heard that seldom time transmission.
Nothing today heard on 13740 kHz at 19.45 UT.
Only on center 22 mb:
13590.058 kHz much odd fq from US IBB BBG relay site Sao Tome, English sce,
S=8 signal noted in NY and MI states remotedly.
CUBA  15140even Creole sce at 19.50 UT on Dec 21,
S=9+25db signal in remote SDR installation at Detroit MI state in USA.
S=9+35dB on various SDR antennas in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada check.
Bauta outlet on 'California antenna' at 340 degrees north-westward
azimuth of Cuba island.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 21)

USA  9395 kHz even, Brother Stair sermon at 20.03 UT on Dec 21,
S=9+40dB signal in Canada.
7780even WRMI ...walking in Power En px ... acc Aoki Nagoya list,
at 20.12 UT S=9+35dB in Canada.
21525 even WRMI R Africa, backlobe Africa signal in Alberta, S=8 only.
20.22 UT on Dec 12. Scheduled til 21.00 UT.

other US outlets at this hour in 16 mb:
17774.990 kHz KVOH  'nice audio signal, singer ballade, nice audio quality,
S=9+40dB signal in Canada remote SDR.
17815.007 kHz WHRI Aoki Nagoya Japan list show 'Water of Life Ministry'
at 20.27 UT on Dec 21. Soul music singer. S=9+35dB strength.
5085 kHz even, Dec 21 at 20.40 UT, WTWW-2 is on air with orchestra/singer
program,
S=9+15dB in remote server at Alberta Canada,
S=9+25dB in remote Detroit MI state installation.
No spurs at this hour propagation.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 21)
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Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 6:22 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 20-21, 2018

CUBA. 13740, Dec 20 at 1940, RHC Spanish is loud S9+30; surprised
to hear this, as on Arnie`s B-18 skeds it does not start until 2200,
then Bauta until 0500. In fact at this hour there are no Spanish
broadcasts scheduled, or heard elsewhere in quick bandscans, just
Kriyol on weaker 15140, S9+10 and undermodulated. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
U S A. 9395, Dec 20 at 1942-1944 at lest, dead air from WRMI at S9
-S7; another feed failure from Walterboro? (Glenn Hauser, OK DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
U S A. 5085, Dec 21 at 1525, WTWW-2 is on with Xmasmx, S9+20/30,
also audibilizing the parasite spurcarriers about 5072.1 and 5097.9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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** BRAZIL. 9818.725, Dec 21 at 0643, VP with some talk modulation, R.
Nove de Julho presumably still relaying R. Aparecida. Way off-
frequency carrier is often audible. Now, the other ZYs on 31m are
9665- and 9565-, but no 9630+ or 9675- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740, Dec 20 at 1940, RHC Spanish is loud S9+30; surprised
to hear this, as on Arnie`s B-18 skeds it does not start until 2200,
then Bauta until 0500. In fact at this hour there are no Spanish
broadcasts scheduled, or heard elsewhere in quick bandscans, just
Kriyol on weaker 15140, S9+10 and undermodulated. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15311.66, 15283.06, 14996.96, 14968.36 all approx., Dec 21 at
1420, the now usual weak and squealing, somewhat wobbly spurs out of
RHC 15140 transmitter. Someething`s always wrong at RHC.

13700 is much weaker than usual and than // 13780, maybe explaining
why no FM spurs are audible on the 22m band at 1418 Dec 21.

15700, Dec 21 at 1521, CRI English relay is better modulated than
usual. Listening in SSB only, there is a similar squealing sound to
the four 15140 spurs above. Very strange effect I have not noticed
elsewhere; listening in AM, no squeal tho a slight hum. On my
keyboard, the squeal is approx. D to D# above Cmiddle, i.e. circa 300
Hz. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 13820, Dec 21 at 1415, Radio Martà VG on proper
frequency with hardly any jamming audible. Still at 1513 check, an
hour during which yesterday RM had inexplicably jumped to 13860 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1390, my nearest local, KCRC, continues putting out spurs
at multiples of approx. 30 kHz above and below, despite denials by the
KCRC contract engineer. I decide to measure them as accurately as
possible, Dec 20 at 1926-1939 UT on the R-75:

1449.771, makes het with weak 1450 stations, Woodward & Shawnee
1419.883, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KTJS Hobart
1389.994, KCRC fundamental is slightly low, and varies?
1360.059, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KPHN El Dorado KS
1330.177, makes big het with KNSS Wichita which otherwise would be listenable here

At this time can`t hear hets on 1300 & 1480 but have before, perhaps
closer to site on caradio. Separations between these from top to
bottom: 29.889, 29.888, 29.935, 29.882. One of them looks too far off,
not sure if I miscalculated (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Many more holiday specials from KGOU Norman thru Jan 1:
http://www.kgou.org/special-programs
with webcast link. Starting with Paul Winter`s 31st Annual Winter
Solstice Celebration, 0400-0600 UT Sat Dec 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. One addition to the KUCO holiday specials: UT SAT DEC 22:
1400-1600 Performance Oklahoma: Xmas Vespers 2018 at OCU [sacred]
https://www.kucofm.com/programs/performanceoklahoma/this-week-s-program/
Oklahoma City University has a fine music department
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035.0, Friday December 21 at 1400, S9-S6, VOT English in
`Letterbox`. Host seems to be winging it from axual letters rather
than a prepared script. At least two come from Bangladesh, but hard to
understand details; he keeps urging people to send reception reports.
At 1407 sings for a few seconds? 1408 show ends and into songfill.

11815.0, December 21 at 1414, the other VOT, Turkish music, also S9-S6
but sounds louder; and remarkable coincidence, both are (almost) on-
frequency today, rather than one or the other plus ~700 Hz! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, Dec 20 at 1942-1944 at lest, dead air from WRMI at S9
-S7; another feed failure from Walterboro? (Glenn Hauser, OK DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 21 at 1525, WTWW-2 is on with Xmasmx, S9+20/30,
also audibilizing the parasite spurcarriers about 5072.1 and 5097.9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11418-11442 approx., Dec 21 at 1431, OTH radar rapid
clicking; also traces of same sound 11560-11565 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

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** BRAZIL. 9818.725, Dec 21 at 0643, VP with some talk modulation, R.
Nove de Julho presumably still relaying R. Aparecida. Way off-
frequency carrier is often audible. Now, the other ZYs on 31m are
9665- and 9565-, but no 9630+ or 9675- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740, Dec 20 at 1940, RHC Spanish is loud S9+30; surprised
to hear this, as on Arnie`s B-18 skeds it does not start until 2200,
then Bauta until 0500. In fact at this hour there are no Spanish
broadcasts scheduled, or heard elsewhere in quick bandscans, just
Kriyol on weaker 15140, S9+10 and undermodulated. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15311.66, 15283.06, 14996.96, 14968.36 all approx., Dec 21 at
1420, the now usual weak and squealing, somewhat wobbly spurs out of
RHC 15140 transmitter. Someething`s always wrong at RHC.

13700 is much weaker than usual and than // 13780, maybe explaining
why no FM spurs are audible on the 22m band at 1418 Dec 21.

15700, Dec 21 at 1521, CRI English relay is better modulated than
usual. Listening in SSB only, there is a similar squealing sound to
the four 15140 spurs above. Very strange effect I have not noticed
elsewhere; listening in AM, no squeal tho a slight hum. On my
keyboard, the squeal is approx. D to D# above Cmiddle, i.e. circa 300
Hz. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 13820, Dec 21 at 1415, Radio Martà VG on proper
frequency with hardly any jamming audible. Still at 1513 check, an
hour during which yesterday RM had inexplicably jumped to 13860 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1390, my nearest local, KCRC, continues putting out spurs
at multiples of approx. 30 kHz above and below, despite denials by the
KCRC contract engineer. I decide to measure them as accurately as
possible, Dec 20 at 1926-1939 UT on the R-75:

1449.771, makes het with weak 1450 stations, Woodward & Shawnee
1419.883, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KTJS Hobart
1389.994, KCRC fundamental is slightly low, and varies?
1360.059, KCRC audio overwhelms anything from KPHN El Dorado KS
1330.177, makes big het with KNSS Wichita which otherwise would be listenable here

At this time can`t hear hets on 1300 & 1480 but have before, perhaps
closer to site on caradio. Separations between these from top to
bottom: 29.889, 29.888, 29.935, 29.882. One of them looks too far off,
not sure if I miscalculated (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Many more holiday specials from KGOU Norman thru Jan 1:
http://www.kgou.org/special-programs
with webcast link. Starting with Paul Winter`s 31st Annual Winter
Solstice Celebration, 0400-0600 UT Sat Dec 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. One addition to the KUCO holiday specials: UT SAT DEC 22:
1400-1600 Performance Oklahoma: Xmas Vespers 2018 at OCU [sacred]
https://www.kucofm.com/programs/performanceoklahoma/this-week-s-program/
Oklahoma City University has a fine music department
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035.0, Friday December 21 at 1400, S9-S6, VOT English in
`Letterbox`. Host seems to be winging it from axual letters rather
than a prepared script. At least two come from Bangladesh, but hard to
understand details; he keeps urging people to send reception reports.
At 1407 sings for a few seconds? 1408 show ends and into songfill.

11815.0, December 21 at 1414, the other VOT, Turkish music, also S9-S6
but sounds louder; and remarkable coincidence, both are (almost) on-
frequency today, rather than one or the other plus ~700 Hz! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, Dec 20 at 1942-1944 at lest, dead air from WRMI at S9
-S7; another feed failure from Walterboro? (Glenn Hauser, OK DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Dec 21 at 1525, WTWW-2 is on with Xmasmx, S9+20/30,
also audibilizing the parasite spurcarriers about 5072.1 and 5097.9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11418-11442 approx., Dec 21 at 1431, OTH radar rapid
clicking; also traces of same sound 11560-11565 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

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** CUBA. 9955, Dec 19 at 1906, pulse jamming at VP level, but totally
unnecessary as WRMI doesn`t recome on until *2155, but at least it`s
running in time to QRM WORLD OF RADIO at 2200. Also pulse jamming
against nothing on 9955 at 1534 Dec 20. Just let it run all the time,
but ramp it up to wall-of-noise during Radio Libertad 0015-0100 and
some other exile spots. Just think how many undernourished Cubans
could be fed if the expense of jamming nothing (or rather, anything)
were spent on them! Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban
Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13559, Dec 20 at 1536, RHC FM is S9+10 with F# tone, but
undermodulated, geez. So I go hunting for others at approx. 70-71 kHz
multiples away from source 13700-AM: 13489, 13418, 13630 is S9+10 but
suptorted; 13771 louder but distorted; 13841. Also detectable around
13912, 13984, 14055 is S3 with F#, 14126 S2-S3, and 14196 trace vs 20
m hams. Sic the IARUMS on them? Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15311.6, Dec 20 at 1545, weak spur from RHC 15140, and
matching 14968.4, i.e. approx. 171.6 kHz above and below. Emboldened,
I try for their doubles, and do find a JBA carrier at 14797.8, but not
on the plus side which would be 15482.2. The second closer set out of
15140 are audible on 14997 and 15283, but not on double 15426 or
14854. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

BTW, fundamental 15140 is very strong and overmodulated, contributing
to the extras. Per Arnie`s original B18 sked, 15140 is QuivicÃn site
until 1600, Bauta after 1600, so these will not be happening after
1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13860, Dec 20 at 1540, surprised to find Radio
Martà here, VG and jamming-free, instead of scheduled 13820 which is
still being jammed. Mistake or deliberate to evade jam? But at 1725
recheck, back on 13820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 18083-CW, Dec 19 at 1912, CQ marker DE XE2V; does not
appear to be hand keyed, several repetitions with same glitches.
Finally goes to hand for a contact, details or otherstation not copied
here. He`s the OSOB, and with deep fades, so sporadic-E while no F-
layer propagation is funxioning from anywhere. QRZ.com info:

``XE2V
MODESTO "MODE" PERALTA H.
P.O.BOX 147
23000, LA PAZ, B.C.S.
Mexico

I have been a radio amateur since September 1985 as XE2HOE, I have
just turned 32, from March 10, 2017, I was authorized XE2V, by the
Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) I am now transmitting most
of my time in cw morse, my New cw key is a begali magnum, give me
Christmas, my radio is icom 7700 and my antennas Optibeam OB9-5 5
bands and Mosley SF-204-A 40 m. I am a member of FISTS CW CLUB
num.17554 my name in cw is (Mode). 73s
Member of ARRL ID 3100414228
Diploma WAS # 60867 in CW
Diploma WPX # 3834 in CW``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAO TOME [non]. 1530, Dec 20 at 0258-0300, no Yankee Doodle
detectable from 600 kW ND VOA relay sign-on, as Mark Connelly, MA, has
been urging for an `easy` African MW catch further east. But here, it
can`t get past blaster WCKY Cincinnati. I am on the longwire rather
than trying to null WCKY which might help little as they are 11
degrees apart from this POV: 71.5 vs 82.5 degrees. The other time he
suggests is at VOA sign-off 2200* maybe without YDD (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Dec 19 at 2036 on caradio, 1520 KOKC OKC again
with a JBA 1 kHz het, probably from Duba 2-megawatter. Those further
east (and north, west?) should be looking for this against whatever
1520 signal they may have, 2 or 3 hours before local sunset (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SINGAPORE. 7355, Dec 19 at 1545, Korean at S9-S7, the SSOB beyond
WWCR. O, it`s BBC at 1530-1830, 250 kW, 25 degrees from Kranji, so
carries right on USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U A E. 9580.109, Dec 19 at 1531, JBA carrier off-frequency, another
atrocity from Egypt or Saudi Arabia? No, HFCC shows it`s NHK Urdu at
1514-1545, 250 kW, 60 degrees via DHA, another site well-known for
offfrequenciness. Radio Australia avoided this problem by self-
destructing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1961 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday December
19 after 2200 via portable DX-375, fair with jamming on WRMI 9955,
much weaker on WBCQ 7490+. Next:

0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB low-power NSW Australia
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
0930 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB low-power NSW Australia [Dec 22]
1200 UT Saturday Unique *9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN *5950 via WRMI to WNW [unconfirmed]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
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 low-power NSW Australia
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

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

** U S A. 5085, Dec 19 at 1540, WTWW-2 is still S9+20/30 on night
frequency with Xmasmx, ``Let It Snow``, cut immediately to hamad.

But Dec 20 at 1528 check, 5085 is off. You never know what Ted will be
doing with this. Sometimes it seems that 5085 is running all day
and/or all night with Xmasmx.

WHY in the world does Ted and so many other broadcasters think the
audience wants to be inundated by Xmasmx all the time during The
Season?? Some of the music is great, much of it banal, or even
earworms, and all of it is keyed to an imaginary holiday, except for
pagans. I would be pleased to hear an occasional carol the rest of the
year, and plenty of nonxmasmx in December. (BTW, I notice that some
editors will not let me say ``Xmas``.)

That reminds me, WRMI has had a program promoting Xmasmx all year;
haven`t run across it lately; exist-it-still? Searching websked, yes:
UT Monday 01-02 on 5950, 9395. From Programming page:

``Since November, 2014, Countdown2.Christmas Radio has been a home for
those who know the world would be a better place if the Christmas
spirit ruled hearts year-round. Broadcasting Christmas music 24 hours
a day (every day of the year) via its web site http://c2c.audio ---
TuneIn, iTunes, Nobex, iPhone and Android apps (and more),
Countdown2.Christmas Radio is proud to extend its reach through
shortwave radio on WRMI.

Tune in weekly for a live broadcast with Alan and various other
members of the Fahrner family...and join in the Christmas cheer with
the likes of Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Julie Andrews, Elvis Presley,
Dean Martin, and all your other Christmas music favorites! 0000 UTC
Monday on 9455 kHz`` --- a long outdated frequency! And I would not
assume it`s really on both 5950 & 9395 without confirmation (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1754 UT December 20
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