[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2020

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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by ALAN ROE updated October 1
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated October 2
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

WORLD OF RADIO schedule updated October 2
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 3 at 0230, anonymous mystery missionary station
is on again, good S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR during drama, carrier offset
first reads -45.1, anomaly? Then settles to more usual -5.4 to -6.0.
0255 program outro sounds like `Historia Preferida`, or was it
`Historia de la Biblia`? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 monitoring: not confirmed
Friday October 2 at 2200 on WRMI 9955: canceled without notice. At
2204 check a Lt. Joe Allen spelling his email address, and pushing a
religious book ``Behind Metal Bars`` with phone number. O, the System
B sked has been changed but still shows a longago date May 4, now with
`Mental Bars`, M/W/F at 2200, with Viva Miami filling at 2215. So now
we have lost our 9955 audience at both Friday evening times.

Confirmed UT Sat Oct 3 at 0130 on WRMI 7780: inaudible! here tho 7730
& 7570 are, weaker than usual; nor at UTwente, nor at Virginia, but
attaining at least a fair S5-S7 signal at Maine SDR. K index is only 2
but propagation continues really sucky. Next:

1130 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT SundayWA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT MondayWRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT MondayWRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT MondayWRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0300vUT MondayWBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT MondayWRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT MondayIRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday   WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent
by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Financial support may alternatively be sent via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily US funds as PP will convert
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490 webcast), UT Sat Oct 3 at 0001, WBCQ `AAAWWW` is
starting with ``WTO``; 0104 usual opening fiddling on the air with
studio settings, mikes. His mike is cutting out a bit. Says it`s hot
in DeLand of Fla, 75% humidity, 71 degrees outside, 81 inside Studio
9. Muses whether to resume video UStreaming during show so all can see
scantily clad beautiful Angela. Into Topic A, Virus and now inside
beloved Trump too, microbiology lesson, later complaining about
property and income taxation. I`m only semi-listening while following
more objective TV coverage of the situation. 

At 0027 I tune around remotes to find out which frequencies are in
play: at Rochester, no 3265, no 5130, no 6160, not even 7490, nor even
9330 with WLCR! How about Alexandria VA, a bit further away for better
skip? Not much: no 3, 5 or 6, 7 is JBA while 9330 is a good S7 during
Portuguese aimed at Brasil. In Maine, 9330 is VG S8-S9, but 7490 is
only JBA. At Warrenton MO, nothing on 3, 5 or 6, but 7490 is good
S5-S7, 9330 good S7.

At 0042, he finally confirms date is 2nd of October, YOOL 2020 and
simulcasting on 7490 & 6160 --- I don`t think so, 6159.9 not picked up
anywhere including here. Now he says that 5130 has been ``mothballed,
not retired`` due to shortage of technicians. Again appeals for job
applicants, says pays better than most. Angela adds they also need
more buyers of airtime. 0050 he explains how it is necessary to
discharge capacitors and everything to avoid being killed even when
transmitters are ``off``. 0056 closing prayer suggests OFIH should
modify the virus just a little to make it less lethal. Yeah, that`s
the ticket! At 0114 I check reception here to be sure while not
listening to Hal Turner: zilch on 6159.9; 7490 is S9; 9330 is S9+40
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0431 UT October 3
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Today's Topics:

   1. DX TIP: KLSQ 870 Las Vegas, NV (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
   2. Re: [WOR]  Cuba item. (Wolfgang Bueschel)
   3. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1441 (Michael Bethge (WWDXC))
   4. Voice of Korea in wrong language on 15245.2 kHz, October 2
  (Ivo Observer)
   5. Scandinavian Weekend Radio Edition#240 on October 3-4
  (Ivo Observer)
   6. World Music Radio, 15805, on air now with unscheduled
  transmission (Manuel M?ndez)
   7. Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)
   8. Re: Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
   9. FTIOM & UBMP, October 4-11 (bill tilfordproductions.com)
  10. LRA 36 on air today Wednesday 1400 UTC (Manuel M?ndez)
  11. WNJC 1360 Weekly DX Test, FT8 Basics, and HSFB (Les Rayburn)
  12. Radio Igloo eQSL received (Manuel M?ndez)
  13. JRX Logs_ Sunday, September 27, 2020 (Jota Xavier)
  14. JRX Logs_ Wednesday, September 30, 2020 (Jota Xavier)
  15. JRX Logs_ Thursday, October 1, 2020 (Jota Xavier)
  16. BLOG: audio diversity technique (Zacharias Liangas)
  17. Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 01:22:22 -0600
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
To: NRC-AM , IRCA List , ABDX
List , Hard-Core-DX 
Subject: [HCDX] DX TIP: KLSQ 870 Las Vegas, NV
Message-ID:

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

I'm noting it fairly strong tonight. It's been known to have issues
switching to night power/pattern.

They'd filed back in July to be silent, but have apparently been silent
since December.

The 870 signal matches a webstream I found. It's the first time ive heard
this since last winter

Paul


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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 09:56:32 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" 
To: "wor" , "hcdx" 
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR]  Cuba item.
Message-ID: <817B02E6167E4A97BA0F82812288B648@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
reply-type=original

CUBA   Both Bauta outlets of RHC La Habana English sce to North America, on
6100 and 6145 kHz noted on excellent audio 20 kHz wideband block.

Both units were successfully repaired in the last six months
and the maintenance was good. Respect the RadioCuba technicians.

6145 kHz off air early at 06.58 UT, followed by
6100 kHz off time at 06.59 UT suddenly, Oct 2nd.

60 meterband outlet Bauta on
5025 kHz minus 2 Hertz frequency, also S=9+15dB each observed on remote
Perseus SDR rx unit at Massachusetts state in northeastern corner
of Drumb plaything,

-- but EMPTY CARRIER only from Bauta site at this 07 UT hour in 60 mb,
no modulation from Habana Broadcasting House fed.

73 wb  df5sx
wwdxc

https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml

Here is the link, where you can find all TopNews / BC-DX since 1993year:
https://www.wwdxc.de/archive.shtml


- Original Message - 
From: "Harold Frodge" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2020 1:20 AM
Subject: [WOR] Logs & no debate analysis
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA
5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156

CUBA 11880 China Radio Int?l; 1525-1531+, 9/28; ?World Today?
EE discussion re U.S.-China politics & economics. S10 w/slightly
subdued audio. (Frodge-MI)



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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 12:42:28 +0200
From: "Michael Bethge \(WWDXC\)" 
To: "Michael Bethge \(WWDXC\)" ,
, 
Cc: "\"Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich\"" , "\"Richard
Lemke\"" , "\"Fernando Luiz de Souza\""
, "\"Faustino Prado Moreira\""
, "\"Wolfgang Bueschel\"" 
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1441
Message-ID: <7DAE5411392D4A778840090B8E2E0FD0@BETHGEZUHAUSE>
Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="iso-8859-1"

The latest edition (2 October 2020) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:

http://topnews.wwdxc.de

(or http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml / https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml)

It can also be downloaded as a txt file at: http://bcdx.wwdxc.de.

Best 

[HCDX] BLOG: audio diversity technique

[Zacharias Liangas via Hard-Core-DX]

https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/home/z

A simple audiodiversity  technique to test the sensitivityof two radios 




Zacharias LiangasAirspyHF+Discovery   with SDRConsole & 2x16 m antena
Icom  R75 /PL380 /  De1103  radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
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[HCDX] JRX Logs_ Wednesday, September 30, 2020

[Jota Xavier via Hard-Core-DX]

JRX Logs_ Wednesday, September 30, 2020Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s)_  
LongwireDate and Time in UTC/GMT

BRAZIL** 4985. Wed, Sep 30, 2020. 2041-2051, Radio Central do Brasil, 
Goiânia-GO, in Portuguese. A musical program. Poor reception.
CHINA** 7390. Wed, Sep 30, 2020. 2030-2040, China Radio International, 
Jinhua-CHN, in Hungarian. IS and ID in chinese and hungarian language; Man and 
woman announcers talk news, presumed. Fair to poor reception.
FRANCE** 5950. Wed, Sep 30, 2020. 2006-2016, KBS World Radio, Issoudun-F, in 
French. Man and woman announcers talk news; ID; 2012 Woman talks. Fair 
reception.
GERMANY** 9760. Wed, Sep 30, 2020. 2017-2028, Adventist World Radio, Nauen-D, 
in French. Man pastor makes a sermon, preaching; 2022 A song; 2025 Woman says 
ID and POBox to Abdijan, Côte d´Ivoire and a brief music; 2026 Repeats ID and 
address, two times. Fair reception.
PHILIPPINES** 15190. Wed, Sep 30, 2020. 1834-1844, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, 
in Tagalog. Woman announcer in conversation with a man during all log. Fair to 
good reception.

JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier SWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)
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[HCDX] JRX Logs_ Thursday, October 1, 2020

[Jota Xavier via Hard-Core-DX]

JRX Logs_ Thursday, October 1, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_  
LongwireDate and Time in UTC/GMT

ASCENSION ISLAND** 11810. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1808-1820, BBC, Ascension 
Island-ASC, in English. Man and woman announcers present news, including the 
first debate between Trump and Biden; A long news space dedicated to 
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, caucasian enclave claimed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. 
Very good reception.
BRAZIL** 11815. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1758-1808, Radio Brasil Central, Goiânia-GO, 
in Portuguese. News by woman announcer; ID and local time, says female voice; A 
song. Poor reception.
CHINA** 11650. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1732-1742, China Radio International, 
Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in Esperanto. Woman announcer talks, with music background; 
1737 Man and woman talks and a Chinese Class. Good reception.** 11725. Thu, Oct 
1, 2020. 1722-1732, China Radio International, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in German. A 
song; 1724 Man announcer talks; 1729 A chinese song. Good reception.** 11895. 
Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1845-1857, China Radio International, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in 
Amoy language. Woman and man voices; 1847 A recorded audio, presumed, with 
chinese songs and people manifestation; 1856 Woman announcer talks and abrupt 
ends at 1857 even. Very good reception.
CLANDESTINE** 11830. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1820-1834, Dandal Kura Radio, 
Issoudun-F, in Kanuri. Man in conversation with a man; 1824 Conversation, by 
phone, between man announcer and other peoples. Good reception.
FRANCE** 11850. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1835-1845, Deutsche Welle, Issoudun-F, in 
Hausa. Man announcer in conversation with a woman; 1837 Man voice and a song; 
1541 ID and woman voice communication and a interview with a man. Good 
reception.
MALI** 11640. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1902-1915, China Radio International, 
Bamako-MLI, in Arabic language. Man talks; 1904 A song by male singer; 1908 
Woman and man talk, and other song. Very good reception.
NIGERIA** 11770. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1743-1758, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-NIG, in 
English. Woman announcer talks news about Nigeria, mainly; Interview; 1756 ID, 
website and address by female announcer. Very good reception.
SRI LANKA** 11750. Thu, Oct 1, 2020. 1708-1722, Sri Lanka BC, Trincomalee-CLN, 
in Sinhala language. Woman announcer talks; 1710 A song; 1715 Woman and man 
announcers talk, to seems a commercial announcement; 1718 A song. Very good 
reception.

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[HCDX] FTIOM & UBMP, October 4-11

[bill tilfordproductions.com]

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[HCDX] LRA 36 on air today Wednesday 1400 UTC

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

ANTARCTICA, 15476 USB, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel will 
be on air today Wednesday at 1400 UTC with its usual program "Corazón 
Antártico"

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[HCDX] JRX Logs_ Sunday, September 27, 2020

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JRX Logs_ Sunday, September 27, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ 
Degen 31MS Date and Time in UTC/GMT

CUBA** 11670. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2330-2340, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in 
Spanish. man and woman announcers present a program "Escucha Conmigo"; A rumba 
song; ID; More songs. Fair reception.** 11760. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2150-2200, 
Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. "Nuestra America"_ man announcer 
presents a musical program with latinamerican songs, including a song by 
Mercedes Soza. Fair reception.** 11760. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2313-2328, Radio 
Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. A jazz song; 2316 man voice says ID and a 
cuban rumba song in the program "De Cuba un Disco"; 2321Woman and man 
announcers present the program "Escucha Conmigo"_ Dedicate to musician Luis 
franco Guevara: biography and songs. Good reception.** 11800. Sun, Sep 27, 
2020. 2253-2303, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican-CUB, in Spanish. A song; ID and 
begins the program "De Cuba un Disco", presented by male announcer and jazz 
songs. fair reception.** 15140 Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 1942-1958, Radio Habana Cuba, 
Bauta-CUB, in English. Man announcer presents a musical program; 1955 ID and 
woman talks. Fair to poor reception.** 15140. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2011-2022, 
Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in French. Man and woman announcers talk news; ID 
and more news. Poor reception.** 15230. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2243-2253, Radio 
Habana Cuba, Quivican-CUB, in Portuguese. Man announcer communication during 
all log time. Very poor reception.** 15370. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 1929-1942, Radio 
Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in French. IS,ID; Woman and man announcers present 
news. Fair reception.** 15370. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 1959-2010, Radio Habana Cuba, 
Bauta-CUB, in Portuguese. IS and ID; Man voice and a programming of the day and 
says "Mantengase en Sintonía !"; Space "Date to Remember"; Woman talks a brief 
space dedicated to climate changes and the five actions dedicated ti it; 2005 
News by woman announcer. Fair reception.** 15370. Sun, Sep 27, 2020. 2030-2040, 
Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Arabic. IS and ID; Man and woman talk news, 
presumed, and say ID many times during this log. Fair reception.

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[HCDX] Radio Igloo eQSL received

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

NETHERLANDS?,  6290, Radio Igloo, received eQSL card i 6  days. Reception
report sent to:
radioig...@gmail.com
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[HCDX] WNJC 1360 Weekly DX Test, FT8 Basics, and HSFB

[Les Rayburn]

Chief Engineer Duke Hamann, KC2DUX has committed to continuing weekly DX Tests 
late night Saturday/early Sunday mornings until at least the end of October. 
They will always begin at Midnight Eastern Time (0400 UTC). At this point, it 
looks like Duke will continue to include FT-8 transmissions as well. 

Last weekend’s first-ever test of the mode brought some promising results. 
Conditions were poor overall yet the FT-8 transmissions from WNJC were 
successfully decoded on the West Coast of the United States, into Florida and 
Alabama and locations as distant as Spain.  Most of the DX’ers who had success 
with the mode were hams who already had experience—but there were exceptions. 

Below we’ll discuss a bit more about the mode and how you can get started on 
the fun. And never fear, in addition to this exotic mode, Duke plans to 
continue with the usual voice and Morse Code ID’s, sweep tones, and sound 
effects. This means you still have a great chance to log the station 
regardless. 

If you do receive the test, you can request an e-mail verification from the 
station by e-mailing Duke Hamann at: 

kc2...@duxpond.com

If you would prefer a QSL card, you can send reception reports along with a 
self-addressed stamped enveloped (SASE) to: 

Duke Hamann, KC2DUX
P.O. Box 84
Dennisville, NJ 08214


THE BASICS OF FT-8 MODE

First a little Q: 

Q. What the heck is FT-8? 

A. It’s a special mode that requires a computer to decode the transmission from 
the station. The station transmits a series of tones, in a pre-arranged 
sequence with careful timing. A computer “listens” for these tones, allowing it 
to identify them even when no audible signal can be detected by your ears. The 
computer can literally hear below the noise level. It can also hear “through” 
QRM from other stations in some cases. 

Q. Do I need an SDR (software defined radio) or a fancy receiver? 

A. Nope. You can use virtually any receiver and a laptop, desktop or tablet to 
receive the signals. You need a way to get the audio from your radio into the 
computer. A patch cord from  your earphone jack, a computer interface of the 
type used by hams, even a microphone placed close to the radio speaker can 
work. 

Q. What software do I need on the computer? 

A. There are several software packages that can be used, but the original and 
still the best is called WSJT-X You can download it for free here: 

WSJT Home Page 

Q. Can I record the audio and just play it back into the computer later? 

A. Technically, yes—but it’s difficult. The timing has to be precise and audio 
levels can be important too. Better to do it “live” during the DX Test. 


TIME SYNC

Timing is critical. The software is looking for tones transmitted at a specific 
interval of time in “blocks” or groups that make up the text. Your computer 
clock has to be in perfect sync with the transmitter clock. Yes, this could be 
done with GPS, but the easiest way is to use a NTP application. Again, there is 
free software.  Take a look at Meinberg.  You install it as a service on your 
system, let it disable the built-in time sync and it just works.

https://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_stable 



MODES & BANDWIDTH

FT8 is normally done in USB mode by hams—but WNJC is transmitting the tones in 
AM mode as required by FCC rules. This means you want to use AM mode on your 
receiver. The tones vary in frequency, so you want a bandwidth of about 2.5-3 
kHz…nothing too narrow. 

During last week’s test some of us got better results by using LSB mode. If the 
test starts and you can’t decode the signal try a different mode or wider 
bandwidth. Each transmission can take 30 seconds or longer to decode. Be 
patient. 

GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND (YOUTUBE TOO) 

Do a Google search on “How to get started on FT8 mode” and you’l find lots of 
advice on how to get started. Likewise, YouTube has tons of videos on the 
topic. Search with a plus sign (+) sign and add your radio for specific advice. 

I.E. "Getting started on FT8 + Drake R8B"


HOW DO I….

FT8 is one of the most popular modes of operation in amateur radio. On any 
given day, there are more hams using FT8 than Morse Code (CW). But it’s not the 
easiest thing to get working the first time. There are lots of variables…what 
kind of radio, what kind of connection, your computer clock, etc. Too many for 
me to give you a “checklist” of instructions. 

Experience and trial and error are the best bets here. The good news is that 
it’s easy to test. Tune your receiver to 14.074 mHz in the 20 Meter ham band. 
Set your receiver to USB mode and start the software. Once you’ve got things 
set up right, you’ll quickly begin decoding signals nearly 24 hours a day. 


DON’T WAIT-VOTE EARLY 

Election officials across the country are advising citizens to request their 
absentee ballots early, fill them out, and mail them 

Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

Log October 2nd, 11-12 UT, 21.58-22.20 UT.

5024.998 CUB  R Rebelde NOT ON AIR, still only empty carrier at 11.15 UT.

6000even CUB  RHC Quivican fq recently aligned some 8 Hertz up to even
frequency. But still distorted overmodulated audio fed, S=9+25dB power in
Massachusetts SDR rx. 10 kHz wideband audio block visible on screen.

6100even CUB  RHC Bauta, ID given at 11.29:50 UT, S=9+10dB, 10 kHz wideband
audio, excellent quality now again vie Bauta transmission center, the BBEF
Beijing 'Made in China' transmitter refurbished very well.

7350.002 CUB  RHC Bejucal Spanish outlet at the Antilles target at 11.33 UT,
S=8 or -90dBm into backlobe point, heard remotedly in NY, MA US states.

9535.002 CUB  RHC Spanish on that channel towards central Latinamerica,
aimed at MEX, GTM, CTR and Pananmea channel zone azimuth target. S=5-6 at
11.35 UT on Oct 2nd.

11760even CUB  RHC Bauta non-directional all Caribbean target broadcast,
S=9 at 11.39 UT.

Grayline at that hour Detroit - Georgia - Cozumel MEX at 11.40 UT.

13740even RHC Bauta in Spanish, S=7 at 11.43 UT in Massachusetts SDR rx.
ARG antenna azimuth.

Similar signal strength in NY, MA, at 11.57 UT also on
13750even ROU  RRI Tiganesti, in English,
13760.009 TUR  TRT Emirler, in German,
13635.006 TUR  TRT Emirler, in Turkish,
15130even ROU  RRI Tiganesti, in English.

CUB, nothing did propagate / not on air on 15140 kHz Bauta,
nor on 15230 kHz QUI, towards Brazil South America at 11.53 UT.


7489.993 USA  WBCQ noted S=9+10dB signal in NY and MA at 21.59 UT,
station ID given exact at 22.00 UT.
9330even USA  WBCQ the 500 / 250 kW Ampegon unit, S=9 at 22.03 UT.
But in Portuguese of WLC broadcast.
5130.011 USA  WBCQ tiny, likely only exciter warm up, S=4 at 22.06 UT.
Nothing noted of WBCQ 3265 nor 6160 kHz.

6184.972 MEX  XEPPM R Educación Mexico D.F. S=5-6 poor at 22.10 UT.
6179.997 BRA  R Nacional da Amazonia, some few Hertz on lower sideband,
S=9 -78dBm, Portuguese talk program, at 22.13 UT on Oct 2nd.
6135.090 BRA  R Aparecida, poor Portuguese signal S=5-6, at 22.15 UT.
6115.001 USA  WWCR Nashville TN, rent by TOM BS roarer sermon,
S=9+35dB at 22.17 UT.
SELDOM SEEN 30 kHz wideband signal from 6098 kHz upwards !
5945even ROU  RRI Galbeni, English sce, S=8-9, Romanian local pop mx
program played, at 22.22 UT on Oct 2nd.
5939.467 BRA  much lower band Brazilian Voz Missionaria, S=5 at 22.27 UT

73 wb df5sx

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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020


CUBA  5025, Oct 2 at 0537 UT, R. Rebelde, S=9+20dB of dead air --- well,
at least it's not distorted since there is no modulation! Still
propagating post-sunrise at 1240 UT to S=9/+10dB and still dead.
Something's always wrong at RadioCuba.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1906 UT October 2
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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020

[Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX]

** CHINA. 9215, Oct 2 at 1246, JBA carrier with flutter, a CNR1 jammer
vs SOH frequency --- the only WOOB one I find below 14 MHz.
Propagation is still degraded. K-index is 3. October is traditionally
a month for a peak in SW reception conditions, but not yet! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, reply to my latest report:

``4.940 kHz 23.30 UTC 01-10-2020 SINPO 55545. Caribbean music in
Spanish, including one song dedicated to Colombia (Cantando, cantando
yo viviré/Colombia tierra querida) as well as Dominican singer Juan
Luis Guerra. Then, I also heard a program called Casados y felices, at
23.40, presented by Gladis and Enrique Saavedra, both speaking in
Spanish with Colombian accent. As additional clue, they ended the
program by inviting listeners to e-mail them to
i...@fuerzadepaz.com. 

So, this is the new station Glenn Hauser has been recently reporting
on the group. As far as I can remember the same frequency was used by
Continental or Amazonas Internacional, both Venezuelan stations owned
by the same people living in Barinas, but years ago. Now they're off
the air! Therefore, although there was no clear station ID, some facts
indicate that it broadcasts from Colombia, such as the Colombian
Spanish, strong reception in relation to my location, and the e-mail
address the aired which seems belongs to the Colombia para Cristo
organisation. 

In fact, I dare to say that this is another station operated by the
Colombia para Cristo organisation, which also operated Marfil Stereo,
La Voz de tu Conciencia and Alcaraván Radio. Maybe friend Rafael
Rodríguez in Bogotá may give us some relevant and additional
information about this new –tentative Colombian- radio station.
(Leonardo Santiago, SW35, 5-meter longwire, Mérida, Venezuela)``

Tnx, Leonardo. 4940, Oct 2 at 0132 check via Bonaire SDR, on again in
Spanish, S8-S9. At 0537 direct, tropical music S8-S9 above local noise
level S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Oct 2 at 0537, R. Rebelde, S9+20 of dead air --- well,
at least it`s not distorted since there is no modulation! Still
propagating post-sunrise at 1240 to S9/+10 and still dead. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 1210, open carrier with slow SAH of
184/minute = 3.07 Hz. Comes to life with Mexican NA, choral until 1215
``Vd. escucha: El Fonógrafo 7-20 -- mil vatios -- Ciudad Juárez``..
That would be XEJCC; maybe also mentioned call but not positive. 

All this contradicts IRCA Mexican Log info which shows daytime only
with 25000 watts, sign on at 1159 with Chihuahua state anthem around
1205 after NA. WRTH does show only 1 kW.

Then follow a string of mandatory PSAs mostly governmental, except for
one promoting a webstation-only, apparently, ``Radio Cid?, La Voz de
los Juarenses``. 1219.6 Fonógrafo slogan ID again and fading down. 

Aha, searching finds it`s really Radio STIRTT, as here:
https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/
or
https://www.facebook.com/StirttSeccionJuarez/
http://www.radiostirtt.org.mx

Ahh, the Mexicans love their cumbersome acronyms, initialisms! This
means Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Radio, la
Televisión y Telecomunicaciones, i.e. a labor union. We learn that 14
septiembre was Dia del Locutor, and today 2 de octubre is Día
Internacional de la NO VIOLENCIA, e.g. against women in India. And 22
de noviembre will be their 72nd anniversary. Such celebrations are the
major subject of these displays. This page is to listen-live:
https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/app/190322544333196/
where I hear some upbeat stereo songs; ID at 1847 as I write this
sounds like ``Radio Estir``. But we digress!

711.27v & 728.73v kHz, two matching wobbly spurs making exactly
same-pitched hets against other Mexicans on 710 & 730, are what first
drew me to 720, since that would be the transmitter producing them
exactly halfway between. This was first at 1208. Once modulating, late
sign-on? from 1210, 720 itself sounds OK. 

The spurs remain but by 1222 they are both gone, while 720 is back up
with song in Spanish, talk, and not fading out until 1226. LSR Enid
today is 1228 UT. There has been no other significant signal on 720
which could have been source of spurs, but the disparity in
disappearances detracts from 100% certainty. Maybe XEJCC transmitter
was tweaked in the meantime, or lost them once warmed up? BTW, at 1226
the other Chihuahuans, XEDP on 710 and XEHB 730 are still in (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 contents: Antarctica,
Argentina non, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada, China,
Colombia?, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea non, Finland, France,
Germany, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South and non, Kurdistan
non, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Pridnestrovye,
Somalia non, Sudan South non, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican
non; IPhones; and the propagation outlook.

Confirmed first SW airing UT Friday October 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010

[HCDX] World Music Radio, 15805, on air now with unscheduled transmission

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Log in Friol
Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters

DENMARK, 15805, World Music Radio, Randers, 1526-1535, 02-10, 
unscheduled transmission, pop songs, Latin American songs. id. "WMR". 
35433.


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[HCDX] Scandinavian Weekend Radio Edition#240 on October 3-4

[Ivo Observer]

*FINLAND   Scandinavian Weekend Radio Edition#240 on October 3-4*
2100-1500 on  6170 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
2100-1500 on 11690 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1500-2100 on  5980 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English
1500-2100 on 11720 VIR 0.1 kW / non-dir to WeEu Finnish/English*Live
broadcast 0700-2100UT Saturday+live stream:* Radioverkko.fi


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[HCDX] Voice of Korea in wrong language on 15245.2 kHz, October 2

[Ivo Observer]

KOREA D.P.R.   Voice of Korea in wrong language on 15245.2 kHz,
October 2:*1300-1357 on 15245vKUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese,
instead of English*
1300-1357 on  9435 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English - as scheduled A-20
1300-1357 on 11710 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to NoAm English - as scheduled A-20
1300-1357 on 11735 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese - as scheduled A-20
1300-1357 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Chinese - as scheduled A-20
1300-1357 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu English - as scheduled A-20



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[HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1441

[Michael Bethge (WWDXC)]

The latest edition (2 October 2020) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:

http://topnews.wwdxc.de

(or http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml / https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml)

It can also be downloaded as a txt file at: http://bcdx.wwdxc.de.

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Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Cuba item.

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

CUBA   Both Bauta outlets of RHC La Habana English sce to North America, on
6100 and 6145 kHz noted on excellent audio 20 kHz wideband block.

Both units were successfully repaired in the last six months
and the maintenance was good. Respect the RadioCuba technicians.

6145 kHz off air early at 06.58 UT, followed by
6100 kHz off time at 06.59 UT suddenly, Oct 2nd.

60 meterband outlet Bauta on
5025 kHz minus 2 Hertz frequency, also S=9+15dB each observed on remote
Perseus SDR rx unit at Massachusetts state in northeastern corner
of Drumb plaything,

-- but EMPTY CARRIER only from Bauta site at this 07 UT hour in 60 mb,
no modulation from Habana Broadcasting House fed.

73 wb  df5sx
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From: "Harold Frodge" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2020 1:20 AM

Subject: [WOR] Logs & no debate analysis
Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA
5525 Whitehall St., Midland MI 48642-3156

CUBA 11880 China Radio Int’l; 1525-1531+, 9/28; “World Today”
EE discussion re U.S.-China politics & economics. S10 w/slightly
subdued audio. (Frodge-MI)

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[HCDX] DX TIP: KLSQ 870 Las Vegas, NV

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I'm noting it fairly strong tonight. It's been known to have issues
switching to night power/pattern.

They'd filed back in July to be silent, but have apparently been silent
since December.

The 870 signal matches a webstream I found. It's the first time ive heard
this since last winter

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