venerdì 23 aprile 2010

Glenn Hauser logs April 23, 2010

** ANGUILLA. C.B. also reactivated on 11775, PMS at 1335 check April 23. But there will surely be a next time when they break down, reaudiblizing DX on 6090 at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Friday April 23 audible again at 1303 with music, very weak and a struggle against noise level, no broadcast QRM. 1310-1321 switched to YL talk, but could only outmake an occasional word such as ``palabra``, ``10 mil vatios``, and am not sure of the latter. 1342 music again and now 15480 Woofferton with Poland in Belarussian has faded up, but not enough to really bother 15476 which is still JBA, when I quit at 1358 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, lots of them April 23: at 1325 fair with flutter on 13970, but no other `970s --- is that a Falun Gong ``lucky number``, as someone suggested frequencies are picked on that basis? None found in the 9-11 MHz area. But at 1333, fair with flutter on 11100. 1336 poor on 12950 and 12620, but 13320 was good with flutter, and still heard at last check 1411 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC anomalies April 23, at 0502: English on 5970 and 6000, into music; Spanish on 6010, 6060, 6120; still same at 0505. Nothing yet on 6150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9385, WWRB anomaly April 23: at 1327 big signal but Brother Scare just barely modulated, then he cuts on full, equivalent to sound on WINB 9265. Next tuneby 1333, 9385 back to JBM. Keep wiggling that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, WRMI, Friday April 23: at 1330 fair with news in French from R. Prague, no jamming. This is for the minuscule number of Haitians who have SW radios, want to know what is happening in Europe and the Czech Republic, and understand real French well enough.

1435, OM talking in English, sounds like me --- yes, it`s WORLD OF RADIO 1509 as scheduled, apparently no jamming but signal very weak. We are now into the fourth month of WRMI`s NW antenna being out of order. Next SW airing of WOR is Friday 2028 on WWCR 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 7460, April 23 at 1255, instrumental version of ``Hark, the Herald Angels Sing``, reminding us of how underplayed Xmas music is the rest of the year, and how overplayed in the fourth quarter. We have Family Radio to thank for this, as became obvious at 1258 segué to ``Got sei die Ehre`` theme. Per Aoki, the 12-13 hour on 7460 is Vietnamese, 100 kW, 225 degrees from Paochung, TAIWAN site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###