** CHINA. 15150, Jan 4 at 0629, OSOB is Chinese with fair signal, 0630 two-pip timesignal, and ``Chung-guo chi-sheng`` ID, which I think means CPBS = CNR1 = Voice of China, no doubt here as a jammer against VOA Chinese, via Tinian during this hour only. EiBi does list 15150 as a Firedrake/CNR1 jammer during this hour along with ten higher frequencies.
9455-9485, Jan 4 at 1405, FMy distorted spurblob with CNR1 modulation matching 9450 which may be the source of it, again today on the hi side, so VOK 9435 is clear; and 9475 WTWW is still not on by 1421.
9815-9835, Jan 4 at 1424, now this 9825 CNR1 jammer too is putting out scratchy sideband spurs, but apparently still no Malaysia on 9835 to suffer them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860, Jan 4 at 1428, I tune across RHC in time to catch their canned frequency announcement, to be sure I heard correctly last time a totally imaginary and obviously incorrect frequency. Yes, the last of the four 25 metros frequencies is pronounced as ``y mil setecientos noventa kHz`` = 1,790. Which to anyone with a semibrain would obviously be an impossible 25m frequency. And it`s not just a matter of dropping the first digit, as the correct frequency is not 11790, but 11750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. 17850, Saturday Jan 4 at 1600 carrier, 1600:20 music and Oromo Voice opening, but ID starts with ``Radio Seda-ye`` which sure sounds like Farsi, but then also mentions Oromo. So a successful launch today, instead of Jan 1, when their audio never made it on air, instead bits and pieces of RFI in French. I listen to most of the half-hour, and never hear any English, tho original report about this said would be in Afaan Oromo and English.
Mostly talk with brief music breaks, reception deteriorating as the semihour progresses, stops at 1630 and carrier shortly off*. Site is reported as Issoudun, FRANCE, scheduled Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays only. Back at 1558 I was hearing nothing on 17850, but an OC on 17860, which turned out to be VOA Radiogram, Saturdays only via Greenville at 1600-1630. Oromo Voice started out stronger than VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7475 & 9420, Jan 4 at 0626 both on from Avlis with different music. 7475 has stronger signal, weaker modulation, less Greekish. 9420 has weaker signal, stronger modulation, more Greekish. Or, since they are often not //, could one of them not be from Avlis? Someone speculated the maritime site SVO might be pressed into use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15660, Jan 4 at 1431, Doxology and harmonious hymn in uncertain language, with Hammond organ, but talk following at 1436 is certainly Burmese. It`s always easier to ID languages in talk than in music. So KSDA as scheduled daily at 1430-1500, 285 degrees from Agat. Fair signal with deep fades. Or should I file this as INDONESIA [non], since WRTH puts AWR Asia/Pacific HQ there, with Guam only as one transmitter site? No (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Jan 4 at 1427, poor signal but typical sad piano music theme of Shiokaze about to close; announcement sounds more like Korean than Japanese which is supposed to be the tongue during the second half of Saturday broadcasts per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Jan 4 at 1358, VG signal from R. Free Chosun prélude; and believe they have now changed music, but still YL singer in English. Need to check as early as 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4760, Jan 4 at 0619 check, still no trace of ELWA, which reactivated Dec 20, and was widely reported thru Dec 25, but not yet by me; Dave Valko, PA in cumbredx also heard ELWA on late for NYE, Dec 31 past 2315, but has anyone heard it in 2014y? Their official relaunch was supposed to be Jan 1.
BTW as I am searching my mail for 4760, Yahoo desperately puts an ad at the top reading ``Appliance Parts Today - Get parts for 4760 fast. Ready to ship`` --- huhhhh? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1220, Jan 4 at 1353 UT, Allstate and Gospel World local ads with Del City addresses, and 405- phones, then live DJ and timecheck, so KTLV Midwest City, with a little help from skywave shortly after sunrise, as on groundwave it`s JBA during the daytime (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3215, Jan 4 at 0622, as I tune across WWCR, Brother Scare is talking about his times and frequencies (seems he spends great gobs of airtime doing this rather than preaching; OK). At this point he mentions 10 am to 2 pm on 9265, and also from 10 am daily on 9265; added an hour on 9385; 13570 at 2-3 pm, 10-11 am on 13810; 11 am-noon on 7435; 10 am-noon on 6110. Those would be Eastern times, altho the last three refer to Germany (and/or Bulgaria?). Also says he is overnight on AM stations, including Orlando, Phoenix, Tulsa, and KCKN Roswell.
9265 & 13570 of course can be nothing else than WINB, where he has been previously but not lately, and still nowhere on WINB`s currently posted schedule probably outdated, as of Nov 17. Is he back? Not around 1559 and 1620 chex on 13570. WWRB glommed onto 9370 long ago, once WTJC had crashed on 9385. BS is stupidly playing an old tape with totally misleading specific outdated info about his own schedule!
On AM, KCKN went Spanish long ago, and I was not aware of him being on any Tulsa station. Which was that? His own AM schedule now atftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/AM%20Radio%20Stations.htm
shows none from Orlando, Phoenix, Tulsa or Roswell. Altho TOM`s own website station info is also notoriously incorrect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 13570, Jan 4 at 1559, WINB ID atop VOA signing-on with Yankee Doodle Dandy, the evitable daily collision facilitated by FCC and IBB. They are a fast SAH apart. VOA site is São Tomé, this hour only in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1725 UT January 4
9455-9485, Jan 4 at 1405, FMy distorted spurblob with CNR1 modulation matching 9450 which may be the source of it, again today on the hi side, so VOK 9435 is clear; and 9475 WTWW is still not on by 1421.
9815-9835, Jan 4 at 1424, now this 9825 CNR1 jammer too is putting out scratchy sideband spurs, but apparently still no Malaysia on 9835 to suffer them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860, Jan 4 at 1428, I tune across RHC in time to catch their canned frequency announcement, to be sure I heard correctly last time a totally imaginary and obviously incorrect frequency. Yes, the last of the four 25 metros frequencies is pronounced as ``y mil setecientos noventa kHz`` = 1,790. Which to anyone with a semibrain would obviously be an impossible 25m frequency. And it`s not just a matter of dropping the first digit, as the correct frequency is not 11790, but 11750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. 17850, Saturday Jan 4 at 1600 carrier, 1600:20 music and Oromo Voice opening, but ID starts with ``Radio Seda-ye`` which sure sounds like Farsi, but then also mentions Oromo. So a successful launch today, instead of Jan 1, when their audio never made it on air, instead bits and pieces of RFI in French. I listen to most of the half-hour, and never hear any English, tho original report about this said would be in Afaan Oromo and English.
Mostly talk with brief music breaks, reception deteriorating as the semihour progresses, stops at 1630 and carrier shortly off*. Site is reported as Issoudun, FRANCE, scheduled Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays only. Back at 1558 I was hearing nothing on 17850, but an OC on 17860, which turned out to be VOA Radiogram, Saturdays only via Greenville at 1600-1630. Oromo Voice started out stronger than VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7475 & 9420, Jan 4 at 0626 both on from Avlis with different music. 7475 has stronger signal, weaker modulation, less Greekish. 9420 has weaker signal, stronger modulation, more Greekish. Or, since they are often not //, could one of them not be from Avlis? Someone speculated the maritime site SVO might be pressed into use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15660, Jan 4 at 1431, Doxology and harmonious hymn in uncertain language, with Hammond organ, but talk following at 1436 is certainly Burmese. It`s always easier to ID languages in talk than in music. So KSDA as scheduled daily at 1430-1500, 285 degrees from Agat. Fair signal with deep fades. Or should I file this as INDONESIA [non], since WRTH puts AWR Asia/Pacific HQ there, with Guam only as one transmitter site? No (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Jan 4 at 1427, poor signal but typical sad piano music theme of Shiokaze about to close; announcement sounds more like Korean than Japanese which is supposed to be the tongue during the second half of Saturday broadcasts per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Jan 4 at 1358, VG signal from R. Free Chosun prélude; and believe they have now changed music, but still YL singer in English. Need to check as early as 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4760, Jan 4 at 0619 check, still no trace of ELWA, which reactivated Dec 20, and was widely reported thru Dec 25, but not yet by me; Dave Valko, PA in cumbredx also heard ELWA on late for NYE, Dec 31 past 2315, but has anyone heard it in 2014y? Their official relaunch was supposed to be Jan 1.
BTW as I am searching my mail for 4760, Yahoo desperately puts an ad at the top reading ``Appliance Parts Today - Get parts for 4760 fast. Ready to ship`` --- huhhhh? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1220, Jan 4 at 1353 UT, Allstate and Gospel World local ads with Del City addresses, and 405- phones, then live DJ and timecheck, so KTLV Midwest City, with a little help from skywave shortly after sunrise, as on groundwave it`s JBA during the daytime (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3215, Jan 4 at 0622, as I tune across WWCR, Brother Scare is talking about his times and frequencies (seems he spends great gobs of airtime doing this rather than preaching; OK). At this point he mentions 10 am to 2 pm on 9265, and also from 10 am daily on 9265; added an hour on 9385; 13570 at 2-3 pm, 10-11 am on 13810; 11 am-noon on 7435; 10 am-noon on 6110. Those would be Eastern times, altho the last three refer to Germany (and/or Bulgaria?). Also says he is overnight on AM stations, including Orlando, Phoenix, Tulsa, and KCKN Roswell.
9265 & 13570 of course can be nothing else than WINB, where he has been previously but not lately, and still nowhere on WINB`s currently posted schedule probably outdated, as of Nov 17. Is he back? Not around 1559 and 1620 chex on 13570. WWRB glommed onto 9370 long ago, once WTJC had crashed on 9385. BS is stupidly playing an old tape with totally misleading specific outdated info about his own schedule!
On AM, KCKN went Spanish long ago, and I was not aware of him being on any Tulsa station. Which was that? His own AM schedule now atftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/AM%20Radio%20Stations.htm
shows none from Orlando, Phoenix, Tulsa or Roswell. Altho TOM`s own website station info is also notoriously incorrect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 13570, Jan 4 at 1559, WINB ID atop VOA signing-on with Yankee Doodle Dandy, the evitable daily collision facilitated by FCC and IBB. They are a fast SAH apart. VOA site is São Tomé, this hour only in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1725 UT January 4
