Glenn Hauser logs March 1, 2010
** CHINA. 9380, the only Firedrake found March 1 at 1258, good signal here but nothing on 8400 or 9000.
Monitoring pause with open carrier at 1300-1305, then resuming traditional percussion music on 9380. No
victim heard but presumably Sound of Hope, and incidentally messing up other stations, DW starting 9380
at 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. CRI, 6190 via Sackville, March 1 at 0553 ``The Beijing Hour`` upwrapped by
British-accented OL, identifying self as Susan Osman, also ID as ``CRI Beyond Beijing`` which is what I
have been hearing on KGBC-1540 Galveston TX.
Susan Osman? She`s the ex-BBC TV presenter who quit because of a ``culture of ageism``, and moved China to
host a breakfast radio show, but first time I`ve run across her. Google her name for numerous stories about
that from early last December. Looks pretty good to me for a 51-year-old (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9955, heavy DCJC but mixing about equally with WRMI in Spanish religious program, March 1
at 0544, sounds Catholic, so Vatican Radio? No, latest schedule shows ``En Camino`` during this semihour
UT Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 9560, at 1615 March 1, DW news in English with report on Chinese guy who has been
blacklisted since he wrote about Tiananmen Square, and was intercepted before he could board a plane for
an apolitical literary festival in Cologne, apparently now under house arrest. His previous attempt
last year to attend a book fair in Germany was also big news. This broadcast is at both 345 and 60 degrees, 250
kW each, via SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9535, NHKWNRJ, in Japanese direct from Yamata to NAm, March 1 at 1532 with usual good signal, now
playing ``Sukiyaki`` --- It`s a great tune, but I should think NHK would avoid it as too too stereotypical
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. WWCR has announced it is moving from 4775 to 4840 as of Monday March 1 at 0300-1200 UT (and as
reported, tried it already during the DX Block, Feb 28 at 03-04). Apparently this notice mixes local date
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