** CHINA [and non]. 9465, Jan 20 at 1523, approx. center of FMy distorted spurblob, modulation matching part of the CNR1 jamming pileup on 9450, so possibly out of that.
9570, Jan 20 at 1524, Firedrake poor-fair here atop algo; unusual spot to hear it. Aoki shows VOA Uzbek via Vatican at 1500-1530 only. So here we have both VOA violating Separation of Church and State, and the ChiCom Interfering in the Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11880, Jan 19 at 2108 check, RHC is missing from French to Africa broadcast, but still on 11760 in French to Americas. It`s always something wrong at RHC.
11750, Jan 20 at 1413, RHC missing from one of its weak frequencies; but audible at 1521 along with another one, 9540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 9575, Jan 20 at *1525, NHK IS prior to half hour in Chinese at 290 degrees from Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata, per Aoki.
And no sign of Morocco now or at various other times I have sought Médi-1, 9575. Aoki has contradictory info for it: either 24 hours, or with a break 1330-1600 except on Fri, Sat, Sun, and a break everyday until 1855. And the only other services on 9575 are CNR1 jamming and AIR in Tibetan at 1215-1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 7520, Jan 20 at 0625, here`s Brother Scare on yet another frequency, much weaker than 7570 WRMI, and about equally fair to 7490v WBCQ. Running about 4 wacky words behind 7570, but way off synch from 7490, uncomputed.
Still on numerous lower frequencies: 3185 WWRB, 3215 WWCR, 5085 WTWW, 5110 WBCQ JBA, 5890 WWCR. But not audible/no propagation on 9 MHz WRMIs, 9495, 9840, while 9955 is the OSOB with jamming, both pulses and wall; let alone anything on higher bands.
Ivo Ivanov and Wolfgang Büschel were also hearing the BS on 7520. They assume it`s WHRI A2 replacing unheard 11565. 7520 goes off at 0800, as well as WRMI 9840. They both conclude that 7520 is ex-11565 at 06-08, which was 245 degrees to Australia.
9930, Jan 20 at 1526, BS is relatively weak here compared to WTWW on blasting 9475 & 12105, and also weaker compared to 9955 WRMI and 9980 WWCR. So at this time is 9930 really WTWW, or is it off?
BS is in fact also scheduled from another station on 9930:
1500-1800 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Brother Stair
per Ivo Ivanov as of Jan 11 & 14, which may be ancient news by now with their frequent changes. Sure to produce a long delayed/echo in some parts, not here since WTWW is so blasting when on. Ivo timed it Jan 11: T8WH PALAU, nine seconds behind WTWW.
As for 9955, BS via WRMI, Jan 20 at 1526, it`s atop but with considerable CCI in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming; HFCC as of Jan 8 and Aoki as of today show IBB in Tibetan via Tinian 15-16 on Tuesdays & Thursdays only --- but this is Monday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9390, Jan 20 at 1359, HSK9 ID in English from the PRD in BKK; carrier cut for antenna switch from 54 to 132 degrees, comes back on shortly and finally stays on after five dropoffs, but much weaker and unreadable now for the fully English semi-hour. I was wondering whether it would diffuse more IDs looping like the last time I tried to hear it, instead of programming, due to strife? 54 was in Thai toward Japan and much more favorable for us than 132 toward Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1704 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT Monday Jan 20 at 0400, presumably also on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, which was too weak to surpass computer noise level. Next: Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955; Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Jan 20 at 0604 UT, easily heard, dominating the Indomable WKY when nulled, Fox ``news``, 0605 promo for a Hannibal MO library with 573-area code, ID from WTAD Quincy IL, into C2CAM. I`ve heard it before, but this is unusual. Could it be on ND 5 kW day pattern? I was also hearing it last April with same suspicions, as in DXLDs 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 13-17.
FCC AM Query shows WTAD 1 kW night pattern of double-figure 8, i.e. four lobes roughly to N/E/S/W and extremely deep nulls between them, such as 230 degrees to the southwest, close to Enidward.
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/305660-3646.pdf
Enid is 238 degrees from Quincy, at 686 km distance. The 230 null is exactly toward WKY`s coordinates.
And WTAD also has a CP, why? Hard to make out any difference:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1549844-121217.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. 15755, Jan 20 at 1415, poor signal with music, then talk, S Asian language? Aoki shows TWR from Tashkent to India, 1415-1430 M-F in Garhwali. Full transmission with other languages is 1315-1430. Not much else making it on 19m now; the only other signal in the vast wasteland between 15610 WEWN and 15825 WWCR being 15700 DW Swahili via Rwanda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 17870, regarding my unID African language at 1600-1630+ Sat Jan 18: Ivo Ivanov says:
BELGIUM (non) New time and frequency of Alyx&Yeyi`s Radio Inyabutatu:
1600-1700 17870 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat from Jan 18
1700-1800 15310 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat till Jan 11
That`s the monarchist clandestine for Rwanda, which was originally on 17870 from inception in September until Dec 14, when Ivo reported it changed to 15310 at the same hour on Sats. Now it`s gone back to 17870 but one hour earlier, always via FRANCE. The current but undated Alyx & Yeyi schedule, which refuses to disclose transmitter sites, at
http://www.airtime.org/shortwave/schedule.php
does show R. Inyabutatu Saturdays at 16-17 on 17870;
And not to be confused with another 17870 client:
Radio Xoriyo 1600-1630 17870 AM m---f-- Somali Africa
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1739 UT January 20
9570, Jan 20 at 1524, Firedrake poor-fair here atop algo; unusual spot to hear it. Aoki shows VOA Uzbek via Vatican at 1500-1530 only. So here we have both VOA violating Separation of Church and State, and the ChiCom Interfering in the Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11880, Jan 19 at 2108 check, RHC is missing from French to Africa broadcast, but still on 11760 in French to Americas. It`s always something wrong at RHC.
11750, Jan 20 at 1413, RHC missing from one of its weak frequencies; but audible at 1521 along with another one, 9540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 9575, Jan 20 at *1525, NHK IS prior to half hour in Chinese at 290 degrees from Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata, per Aoki.
And no sign of Morocco now or at various other times I have sought Médi-1, 9575. Aoki has contradictory info for it: either 24 hours, or with a break 1330-1600 except on Fri, Sat, Sun, and a break everyday until 1855. And the only other services on 9575 are CNR1 jamming and AIR in Tibetan at 1215-1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 7520, Jan 20 at 0625, here`s Brother Scare on yet another frequency, much weaker than 7570 WRMI, and about equally fair to 7490v WBCQ. Running about 4 wacky words behind 7570, but way off synch from 7490, uncomputed.
Still on numerous lower frequencies: 3185 WWRB, 3215 WWCR, 5085 WTWW, 5110 WBCQ JBA, 5890 WWCR. But not audible/no propagation on 9 MHz WRMIs, 9495, 9840, while 9955 is the OSOB with jamming, both pulses and wall; let alone anything on higher bands.
Ivo Ivanov and Wolfgang Büschel were also hearing the BS on 7520. They assume it`s WHRI A2 replacing unheard 11565. 7520 goes off at 0800, as well as WRMI 9840. They both conclude that 7520 is ex-11565 at 06-08, which was 245 degrees to Australia.
9930, Jan 20 at 1526, BS is relatively weak here compared to WTWW on blasting 9475 & 12105, and also weaker compared to 9955 WRMI and 9980 WWCR. So at this time is 9930 really WTWW, or is it off?
BS is in fact also scheduled from another station on 9930:
1500-1800 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg EaAs English Brother Stair
per Ivo Ivanov as of Jan 11 & 14, which may be ancient news by now with their frequent changes. Sure to produce a long delayed/echo in some parts, not here since WTWW is so blasting when on. Ivo timed it Jan 11: T8WH PALAU, nine seconds behind WTWW.
As for 9955, BS via WRMI, Jan 20 at 1526, it`s atop but with considerable CCI in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming; HFCC as of Jan 8 and Aoki as of today show IBB in Tibetan via Tinian 15-16 on Tuesdays & Thursdays only --- but this is Monday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9390, Jan 20 at 1359, HSK9 ID in English from the PRD in BKK; carrier cut for antenna switch from 54 to 132 degrees, comes back on shortly and finally stays on after five dropoffs, but much weaker and unreadable now for the fully English semi-hour. I was wondering whether it would diffuse more IDs looping like the last time I tried to hear it, instead of programming, due to strife? 54 was in Thai toward Japan and much more favorable for us than 132 toward Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1704 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT Monday Jan 20 at 0400, presumably also on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, which was too weak to surpass computer noise level. Next: Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955; Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Jan 20 at 0604 UT, easily heard, dominating the Indomable WKY when nulled, Fox ``news``, 0605 promo for a Hannibal MO library with 573-area code, ID from WTAD Quincy IL, into C2CAM. I`ve heard it before, but this is unusual. Could it be on ND 5 kW day pattern? I was also hearing it last April with same suspicions, as in DXLDs 13-14, 13-15, 13-16, 13-17.
FCC AM Query shows WTAD 1 kW night pattern of double-figure 8, i.e. four lobes roughly to N/E/S/W and extremely deep nulls between them, such as 230 degrees to the southwest, close to Enidward.
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/305660-3646.pdf
Enid is 238 degrees from Quincy, at 686 km distance. The 230 null is exactly toward WKY`s coordinates.
And WTAD also has a CP, why? Hard to make out any difference:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1549844-121217.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UZBEKISTAN [and non]. 15755, Jan 20 at 1415, poor signal with music, then talk, S Asian language? Aoki shows TWR from Tashkent to India, 1415-1430 M-F in Garhwali. Full transmission with other languages is 1315-1430. Not much else making it on 19m now; the only other signal in the vast wasteland between 15610 WEWN and 15825 WWCR being 15700 DW Swahili via Rwanda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 17870, regarding my unID African language at 1600-1630+ Sat Jan 18: Ivo Ivanov says:
BELGIUM (non) New time and frequency of Alyx&Yeyi`s Radio Inyabutatu:
1600-1700 17870 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat from Jan 18
1700-1800 15310 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat till Jan 11
That`s the monarchist clandestine for Rwanda, which was originally on 17870 from inception in September until Dec 14, when Ivo reported it changed to 15310 at the same hour on Sats. Now it`s gone back to 17870 but one hour earlier, always via FRANCE. The current but undated Alyx & Yeyi schedule, which refuses to disclose transmitter sites, at
http://www.airtime.org/shortwave/schedule.php
does show R. Inyabutatu Saturdays at 16-17 on 17870;
And not to be confused with another 17870 client:
Radio Xoriyo 1600-1630 17870 AM m---f-- Somali Africa
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1739 UT January 20
