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These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also
VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without
much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open
access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page53
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only
or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan
stock caradio as specified; ICR-75 E-W longwire
** MEXICO. 540, Nov 24 at 0513, Mexican PSA, ``¡La Ranchera de Paquimé!``
canned ID from XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. Slogan IDs run every few
minutes, great for DXing. So conditions back to ``normal``, this 700-watter(?)
dominating instead of CBK. Even with XETX nulled, I`m hearing Top 40ish music,
presumably XEWA SLP (which must be distinguished from the other XEWA on 540 in
Monterrey with different format) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Nov 22 at 0316, Spanish music over WSM without even nulling it;
0318 Radio 65 singing ID, i.e. XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Nov 21 at 1306, ad mentions El Paso, Zaragoza, so XEROK is in,
but touchy to get it past KQCV OKC, nulled as much as possible. Almost
sufficient at sunrise, but no borderblaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1020, Nov 22 at 0308, ``RR`` once a minute underneath KOKP Perry OK
semi-local sports talk. The RRs fire about a sesquisecond after true minutetops
of WWV. Also a het from about 1019.9, but can`t tell if that`s Radio Reloj or
elsewhence. WRTH 2016 shows no Cuban clox on 1020, but three other stations,
and this isn`t even an overnight filler switch.
Terry Krueger`s Cubalist as of Aug 29, 2016, does not show a current Reloj on
1020, but in 2003-2006, Reloj audio was used as a jammer (against Turks &
Caicos?) from Jorobo, Las Tunas. The current Radio Artemisa here might explain
it, as Greg Hardison recently heard Reloj overnight on another Artemisa
frequency, 770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Terry L Krueger replies to my log of ``RR`` Reloj sounder on 1020: ``I
hear 1020 Reloj regularly overnight. Believe I've heard Artemisa here overnight
as well so inconclusive as to source. Daytime -- such as right now at 1530 GMT
-- Artemisa strong on 1020, parallel 770. Never a Reloj daytime here but if
it's a dedicated Reloj on the eastern half of the island, I'd not hear it from
this location. Had the Artemisa overnight Reloj relay around 0840 GMT today on
770. Artemisa at 1126 GMT recheck`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
More from Terry:
1020: Getting Radio Artemisa at GMT 1104+ today, parallel 770, with Reloj in
the mix, also WURN, Kendall FL ("Actualidad Radio" news format in Spanish). So,
confirms not Artemisa.
Radio Guamá and CMKS also still listed at 1020 per RadioCuba; can't recall my
last reception of either here though. Still suspect Reloj is a dedicated
transmitter on 1020 from central or eastern Cuba.
Archival logs found are below. Interestingly, no trace of Reloj 1020 during
extensive Cuba monitoring from various points in the Florida Keys, 2012:
1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1010 May 27, 2015. This one -- which
has been here for a long time -- is certainly dedicated solely to Reloj audio
feed and not an overnight feed, as audible well after 6:00 a.m. local time, and
certainly from the eastern half of Cuba, as not audible after 1030 GMT from
this location. This site was listed in the 2008 WRTVH.
1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1135 December 12, 2010. Mostly poor
under Radio Guamá, sounders never can catch up with reality: 4 seconds off, 7
for the "RR" sounder. This one is not in your WRTVH-2010, though it was listed
a couple of years back I believe.
1020 CUBA Radio Reloj, Jobabo, Las Tunas. 1116 July 8, 2012. Weak and about the
last traces post-sunrise with Radio Artemisa dominating daytime.
(Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, 1120 UT Nov 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1190, Nov 23 at 0112, Spanish M&W Catholic talk dominant from N/S,
not // WEWN 5810, about trip to Ciudad de México, 0117 pause for corte
comercial, Mexican promos, on ``Contacto 11-90 de AM``, i.e. XECT, 10000/100
watts, Monterrey NL, way after sundown (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1190.12 approx., het to 1190 stations at 0305 UT November 22,
soon fades; ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS. 1650, November 11 at 0138 UT, I am finally
hearing the ND beacon ``SAC``, barely against Spanish from Denver and
other broadcast stuff. I copy the ID at 12 times per minute, or every
5 seconds. Tried passband tuning and narrow bandwidth and notching,
but most audible just with normal bandwidth on the NRD-545.
This was first reported by Tim Tromp in Michigan on October 28.
Unlisted, led to lots of speculation in a very long thread via DXLD
16-44. SAC is the test ID used by a Beaumont TX company which makes
beacons, Southern Avionics Company, but which denied they were
transmitting on 1650. I suspect it is one of their beacons which
hasn`t been reprogrammed with ID of the new owner, likely from an
offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. But the broadcast X-band
ought to be off-limits to these. Terry Krueger, Clearwater FL,
reported via WORLD OF RADIO 1850 and DXLD:
``Coordinated bearings taken by myself, David Potter and Gerry Bishop
-- all from separate locations between coastal central, NW and north
central Florida -- would appear to put this north of Pt. St Joe to
west of Panama City`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1650, Nov 22 at 0300 UT, TOH ID in Spanish for KBJD Denver, and I
thought they said ``Radio Senda`` i.e. path, but primary name has been Radio
Luz; maybe Senda is a sub-slogan or a program name, altho not as such on their
schedule.
I`m really checking here for the mysterious Gulf of Mexico beacon SAC, which I
only heard once, but not lately, nor have seen any other reports of it. Is
anyone still hearing it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search November 19, UT:
At 1255: 774-NW, 693-NW, 747-NW?
At 1256: 792-WSW
At 1258: 1098-W
At 1259: 1566-NW
I go back to 774 in time for the 1300 NHK timesignal but no copy
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Nov 20, UT:
At 1258, 702-WSW, 738-SW, 774-WSW
At 1259, 792-WSW (and 738 is soon gone, but vs huge 740 KRMG Tulsa)
Our Enid sunrise today: 1314 UT, currently latening by one minute per diem
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 21, UT:
At 1254, 774-NW, 747-NW, 694-NW
At 1256, 594-NW, 567-NW
At 1258, 1098-W
At 1259, 1566-NW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search November 23, UT:
At 1317, 594-NW
At 1318, 774-NW
At 1319, 1566-NW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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