BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

(Mr. Hiroshi via Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, NDXC Mar 5)
COLOMBIA 5910.07 Marfil Estereo, Puerto Lleras, At 0325-0410 UT on Feb
29, English religious sermon with Spanish translations. Local music at
0403 UT. ID at 0407 UT. Fair to good.
(Brian Alexander-PA-USA, DXplorer Mar 1)
CUBA 11680, new frequency for RHC in Spanish, loud and clear, and best
of the lot when checked for parallels, March 1 at 0015. It was
synchronized with // 13760. It was not synchronized, echoing against much
weaker 11760, 9600, 6060, 5965. // 6140 was slightly out of synch with the
other two groups. This could indicate three different transmitter sites
and/or three separate audio feed routings for the same program and/or,
least likely, deliberately offset modulation on adjacent transmitters to
even out power consumption, as is done at Bonaire and various IBB sites
such as Tinian.
The audio on these was not // 6000 and 9820, which carry separate "Mesa
Redonda" program at this time. At 0020 the main program was identified as
"Revista Informativa de la Noche de Radio Habana Cuba". Also checked
Rebelde 5025 just in case, and totally separate programming from all of
this.
11680 is not on any of the online frequency schedules for RHC at this
hour, nor on their own frequency schedule at
which we have already pointed out is inaccurate in other cases.
However, 11680 is in use for the Venezuela relay at 15-16, and we also
heard it on one Sunday during the 14-15 UT hour instead of 11875 which
collides with WEWN. 11875 is on the RHC schedule above for 00-05, but not
heard now, so it appears 11680 is its replacement in the evenings, but who
knows if this is a fluke or a permanent change? Did not hear any frequency
announcements, but those are not reliably updated, anyway, announcers
being the last to know of any frequency changes.
It's typical for RHC, once it starts using one frequency at a certain
time, to expand it to other times, of course leaving it for monitors to
discover what is happening as no notifications are made to HFCC by this
outlaw nation, which still asserts it follows international broadcasting
rules, unlike the US which dares to broadcast to Cuba without its
permission.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Mar 1)
ECUADOR/FR GUIANA/VATICAN STATE DRM buzz from HCJB on new frequency
March 7 and 8 to avoid DW 14-20 via Kigali, Sines on 15275. Supposed to be
on 15480-15485-15490 at 1400-2100, but already on at 1343 March 7, nominal
4 kW transmitter power, but quite a bit stronger than neighboring DRM from
Vatican on 15510-15515-15520 which was scheduled only until 1400. Also
checked the third special for the SWL Winter Fest, and it was on too at
1355, TDF Guiana French, 17835-17840-17845, which had also changed from
its usual 17870-17875-17880 to avoid some interference. However, on
Saturday, 17840 will collide with Lisbon from 1400, weekends only.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Mar 7)
9735 DRM, HCJB, 0133, 03/07/08, English. Discussion about how Jesus was
the first communist(!) and similar religious programming w/HCJB Australia
IDs and a special HCJB DRM ID. One of several special transmissions to the
Winter SWL Festival. 15-18dB SnR signal w/a few spotty audio dropouts,
still quite respectable for 4kW from South America.