[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 1-2, 2017
Autor: PY2VOA - PRADO | Publicado: 2017-05-02T05:10:00-03:00


** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Monday May 1 at 2300, again NO signal from WRMI 
for the R. Tirana relay, but cuts on, joining news in progress at 
*2301:46.5. Same thing happened April 29 (and not checked April 30; no 
Sunday May 1 broadcast). It`s not like a quick change has to be made by 
this transmitter from another frequency, as nothing is scheduled on it 
for hours before 2300. Must not be starting to warm it up soon enough. 
No Clara but the OM is doing the broadcast today, some news item about 
Macedonian elexion; then something about Grand Valley State University 
and the mayor of Tirana; 2306.5 press review. Good on the PL-880. Retune
 at 2320 about the Ministry of Culture; 2323 brief Sports Roundup of 
some scores; 2324 unannounced song; 2327:45 station theme; 2328:30 IS 
plays four times and a fraxion before the 2329:30 Okeechobee song WRMI 
ID.
Alan Roe, Teddington UK supplies this rough guide to their programmes:
``Daily: News, then Press Review (mo-fr) or Mosaic of the Week (sa)
Mo: Albania in a Week, Cultural Activities, Sport
Tu: Interview/Comment (Albania, elections and EU integration)
We: Albania and the EU Integration Process; Hits Through the Years
Th: Albanian Economy and Facts; Around Albania
Fr: Profile
Sa: Tourism/Cultural items; Folk Traditional Music
Additional music items appear between features, and to end the programme`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, UT Tue May 2 at 0035, this WRMI in Oldies, ID 
as ``world-band radio``, fair signal S9+20 before I turn computer noise 
off. At 0100 without computer it`s good at S9+10. Just after 0100, the 
WRMI ID, and then smoothly into d?but of RAE relay in English to North 
America (but does another bit o` Biermann interrupt just as I am 
distracted by the doorbell?).
RAE Opens with multilingual IDs in: Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, 
Portuguese, Italian, German, Spanish again. Plugs North American 641+ 
phone number to hear RAE. OM announcer is very informal with accent. 
0102 mentions new SW relays via Florida, 5950 in Spanish M-F at 22-23 
(which I didn`t check, but it`s been extremely weak here), and 9395 in 
English Tue-Sat 01-02 (this is on 355 degree antenna so should be even 
better further east from here). Offers QSL to the P O Box 555 address.
Annoying music bed is playing thruout this talk. 0104 news headlines, 
and MLID#2; 0105 Congolese official visits US (really?); about Human 
Rights and Red Cross and the Malvinas (more below); economy fell 2.2% in
 February; MLID#3. 0106 Pres. Macri visited companies in Texas, 
including Dow Chemical. HR/Red Cross from Geneva to visit Malvinas to 
identify remains of 123 Argentine soldiers buried there anonymously. 
Arg. meat exports to Europe are growing. Economy fell 2.2% in Feb. 
Investments in tourism sector for 200 hotels amount to 2.2 billion (?) 
pesos. Presidential trip to Japan confirmed for May 18.
0109 MLID#4, then switch to YL who speaks English better for an 
interview with a ``great writer and journalist, Andrew Graham Ewell``, 
``good morning``. He speaks with a British accent, but lived in 
Argentina as a teen, left in 1976 but always wanted to come ``home``, 
but the war in 1982 intervened. Discussing the Malvinas; what about 
those still living there? Would they ever become half-Argentine? It may 
take another 35-year [sic] generation. He thinks the islands should be 
Argentine, but are not. 0121 YL wraps up the interview, which thankfully
 dispensed with an annoying music bed.
MLID#5. Song in Spanish. 0126 MLID#6; plug the 641-552-#### phone 
number, only once, (and the full Audio-Now number has been published in 
DXLD before). Adds that soon will be available in Mexico and Canada, and
 also Brasil in Portuguese, Spanish. 0127 MLID#7; 0128 Spanish song 
introduced by speech. 0132, outro title as ``Upside Down ?something`, 
and before that ``Poison Magic``; MLID#8.
0133 segment on Science &amp; Technology, by same guy as with news and 
he has to bring up the annoying music bed again. About SF authors and a 
book fair which started April 27. Ray Bradbury attended in 1997 &amp; 
2001. About books that anticipated inventions and creations. Jonathan 
Swift about the moons of Mars not discovered until 1877; automatic doors
 predicted in 1899. Aldous Huxley on reproductive technology, genetic 
manipulation; Orwell`s 1984 on surveillance. 1969 TV on demand 
predicted, came true in 2010; cyborg mechanical legs in 1972, now 
transplants; Jules Verne Naut?lus submarine, later by Spanish navy; 
Martian Chronicles; Borges on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 
internet. Beer industry is growing, depends on imported yeast. This 
feature was co-written by Arnaldo Slaen (DXer who also does the DX 
program).
0141 MLID#9; 0142 ``Mano a Mano`` by Julio Sosa; 0145 another song, 
instrumental; 0148 MLID#10; YL song ``Lonely Willow Tree``, and before 
it ``Life of a Match``(?), and before that ``Eden`` by Julio Sosa. 0151 
MLID#11. 0152 headlines with music bed: Pres visits TX companies; HR 
delegation to ID Malvinas bodies; Economy down 2.2% in Feb. 0153 
MLID#12, reminding WRMI SW sked ``while we fix our own equipment`` 
[except before it broke it was hard to hear; should keep WRMI relays 
anyway].
0155 announcer IDs self as Fernando Var?as(?), have come to the end of 
program``, no IS (their traditional one has been dispensed with?), into 
instrumental music and 0156 ``Nothing but a Heartache`` by Bonnie Tyler,
 no ID at 0200 TOH, and then ``Wipeout`` by The Ventures, and tune-out. I
 seriously suspect the last two were back to WRMI Oldies, not RAE ATTW, 
tho no announcements of a transition.
RAE`s music breaks were pleasant enough, and the topix interesting, 
altho the news items were rather repetitive, and did NOT include today`s
 big demonstrations by the Madres en Blanco at La Plaza de Mayo, which 
did make the BBC World News. The dozen plays of the multi-lingual ID 
loop were extremely excessive, crutch! Please desist. Turkey has an even
 longer loop with many more languages but they don`t play it a dozen 
times an hour, maybe only once or twice?
This has been my detailed log for this auspicious occasion, not to be 
repeated, as 01-02 UT has a lot of competition for my monitoring 
attention, but it`s great to have RAE available on SW again! (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5990, May 1 at 0405, RHC English on wrong frequency! Instead of
 6000, // 6145. 5990 is supposed to be only for the CRI relay until 0100
 (however, seems in past I have noticed them overlapping so not same 
transmitter). Wolfgang B?schel also noticed 5990 at 0545, but had been 
corrected to 6000 by 0650 shortly before sign-off, anyway (Glenn Hauser,
 OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, May 1 0407, TGAV with music, unseems NA, but off at 
0408*, the early closing on UT Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, May 1 at 1838, R. Kuwait with news in English, fair 
signal and would be completely readable without my line noise level. Tnx
 to tip from Mick Delmage, who said it was ``huge`` in Alberta at 1810. 
Also enough signal to stop my BST-1 caradio memory scan at 1910 during 
unneeded rock music. Still no reports of any other language services 
reactivated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 620, May 1 at 0415, ``La Norte?a``, 91.7 ID, i.e. XEBU 
Chihuahua2, 5000/250 watts, but not unusual here at night, often over US
 stations. I don`t think they said ``Norte?ita`` as listed this time 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, May 1 at 0416, surprised to find XEROK VG at S9+30, 
blowing away KQCV OKC; usually it`s the other way around. But now XEROK 
does sound like a borderblaster. Mentions Ciudad Ju?rez, promo for 800, 
songs
[later on May 1, CKLW programming was reported by CTV Windsor, via Artie
 Bigley, to have moved to sibling station CKWW 580, due to a fire in the
 CKLW transmitter, so that 800 is off, opening for DX?] (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.1 KKRD, 92.1 KAMG-LP, 105.5-K288FX, May 1 at 1915 UT 
check, all three Enid stations are still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, Enid,&nbsp; DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9996, May 1 at 0410, CW time pips including some doubled 
ones, S7.5 equal to noise level. Has to be RWM Taldom, surprised to be 
getting this 10 kW as not much is making it from stronger/closer/lower 
latitude Eurosites, except 9490 Nauen poorly. Better than 9955 WRMI now 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1875 monitoring: Saturday April 29 at 0630 on 
HLR 6190-CUSB, confirmed by Manuel M?ndez in Spain; Sunday April 30 at 
1030 on HLR 9485-CUSB, confirmed by Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria.
Also confirmed UT Monday May 1 at 0304 on Area 51 webcast, starting late
 after a song and some IDs, and presumably also on WBCQ 5129.82v-AM. The
 Monday 0330 on WRMI 9955 is almost confirmed: JBA signal at 0342 but 
resembles my intonation. Webcast however at 0357 is running but silent, 
unusual. It was running at 0305 check with R. Prague Sunday music show 
in English, so back to normal schedule after two weeks of `Bye, Bye, 
Sitkunai`.
Also confirmed Monday May 1 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB, good. Missed checking the 0030 May 2 on WRMI 7730. Next:
Tue 1100&nbsp; &nbsp;WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455? to WNW
Tue 2130&nbsp; &nbsp;WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 2330&nbsp; &nbsp;WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030&nbsp; &nbsp;WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455? to WNW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100&nbsp; &nbsp;WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330&nbsp; &nbsp;WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI: see ALBANIA [non], and ARGENTINA [non]
** U S A. 810, May 1 at 0417, ``810KLVZ.com`` so Brighton CO station is 
back on the air. As of 2016 NRC AM Log in August, said it was silent as 
of 4/2016. But in DXLD 16-45: ``AM Log Updates: 810, KLVZ, CO, Brighton ?
 Format to NOS (ex - Silent); slogan to "Legends 810/94.3," adds // 
K232FK - 94.3 (John Wilkins, NRC DX News Nov 14 published Nov 6 via 
DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1070, May 1 at 0422 UT, KNX with IBOC noise circa 1057 &amp; 
1083, 0425 UT traffic on the fives at 9:25 timecheck. Not unusual here 
with Wichita nulled, and thus its IBOC is more of a factor than that 
from 1080 KRLD.
1147 &amp; 1173, May 1 at 0426, IBOC noise from KSL. I haven`t noticed 
any from 1170 KFAQ in quite a while, which would give KSL a take-that 
from 1157 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1240.20, May 1 at 0427 UT, quite a het against the 1240.0 
pileup, presumably KCRT Trinidad CO, reported on 1240.19, as of March 
20, 2015 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0424 UT May 2
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Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 04:24:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser &lt;wghauser@yahoo.com&gt;
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 1-2, 2017
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