Glenn Hauser logs December 1-2, 2008
** CHINA. 5240, I rarely hear Tibet here, but maybe I should check this far OOB more often; Dec 2 at 1404 mixing
with CODAR was weak Firedrake, I think, but did not seem // also weak 9000. Note this would have been during
the top-of-hour 5-minute monitoring break when Firedrake usually pauses against Sound of Hope. Some 7
hours later and a few days earlier, a Brazilian DXer reported R. Free Asia in Chinese on 5240, which seems
unlikely unless they have decided to collide directly with the long-established Xizang OOB frequency,
which is on the air about 22 hours a day, causing the Chicom to jam themselves? It is also conceivable that
Firedrake-like music could appear occasionally as legitimate programming on Chinese stations. More
monitoring needed! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. As you may have noticed, I have tried to avoid monitoring RHC and all its SNAFUs lately, but caught
one anyway Dec 2 at 1501 on 13760 when Bárbara Betancourt was introducing herself and opening Despertar
con Cuba, also on 11760 but an echo apart. Both went off a few seconds apart at 1502*. Another case of the 1100
UT program being played back at 1500 and being put on the air by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. VOIRI, 9575, Dec 2 at 1429 caught my ear with some nice music on a fairly good signal; 1430 ID and
opening in Russian, Qur`an but quite brief, becoming pro-forma? Already 1433 news theme and into
newscast. This is 330 degrees from Sirjan, i.e. to western Russia, and also favors North America (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 15410, Dec 1 at 1505, enjoying R. Farda music almost completely obliterating co-channel
Chile, but a SAH was detected at 1509, and Farda off at 1529*. Schedule is 1400-1530 via Woofferton UK, 105
degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15110, at 1440 Dec 2, Arabic music, 1442 mentioning Kuwait, which is scheduled here 1315-1800 at
100 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Happened on RNZI in French, 17675, UT Monday Dec 1 at 2148, speech about Pres. Sarkozy,
mentioning Polynésie Française. 2151 back to English with 9 to 11 timecheck. This is not on the RNZI
program grid http://www.rnzi.com/pages/schedules.php but instead RNZI Feature UT Mon-Thu 2140-2200
tho there is a Pacific Press Review in French scheduled from 2115 UT Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
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