** ALASKA [and non]. 11765, May 12 at 1359, CNR1 jammer against Taiwan, to
timesignal 1400 and off, then KNLS sign-on in English immediately audible, but
still some weaker CCI, which is CRI English via Urumqi on a 212 degree azimuth
per Aoki. KNLS aims due west, so hearing it at all down here is difficult. Not
really strong enough for listenability, and also has some splash from 11760 RHC
especially during music, even with USB tuning.
Where is the other KNLS
transmitter at 1400? 7355 in Chinese. Other English broadcasts are all on 11870
at 08-09, 10-11 and 12-13, the last also // 7355. I recently remarked that the
KNLS English hour was easier to hear via MADAGASCAR, but really now unseems so:
02-03 on 9600, 03-04 on 15515, both aimed at India (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 15040, May 12 at 1257, CNR1 with good signal,
no trace of jamming target AIR in Chinese; usual format with 6-pip timesignal at
1300 and continuing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY
[non]. 11580, Friday May 12 at 1300, WRMI with IBC Radio on new schedule, an
old-fashioned DX program now in English. First segment is ``Italian Shortwave
Panorama`` reading a bunch of logs in upward frequency order attributed to DX
Fanzine, ``from the studios of Marconi Radio International``. The logs all date
from late April/early May. As one-liners, program content is irrelevant beyond
language and SINPO --- nor do I hear any individual reporters credited, but most
of them probably from editor Antonello Napolitano. ISWP #55 ends at 1311, spoken
by Mario Candelli; IBC jingle, English ID and Spanish ID sounds like Dino; a bit
of music, address ibc@europe.com and a
website I don`t copy. 1314 on to next segment ``DX-Italia`` from I2MQP with a
heavier accent, all ham DX news, mostly concerning DX-peditions, or rather dates
of visits by individual hams to countries other than their own, starting with
Mauritania, Uganda; outro at 1324 as having been spoken by Gabriele, bit of
music, and starting just before 1325 the final digital segment in MFSK32,
content unknown; 1329:30 over to WRMI WNYW-style ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7615, May 12 at 0535, now there is a
JBA carrier from presumed Station YHWH, much later than before. Rick Barton in
AZ has heard him starting at 0300. On May 2, Walt Salmaniw heard him until
0520:30*. Note: my previous report of no reception yet at 0230-0237, I wrote
7515 & 7510 by mistake, but 7615 & 7610 were the frequencies really
checked. Tnx to Ron Howard for catching this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6905-LSB, May 12 at 1249, ham-like ragchew QSO in
Spanish between Raúl and weaker Arnaldo (or Armando?) who obviously know each
other well, until 1257* with no callsigns. Probably Mexicans who don`t bother to
get a license to operate inside 40 meters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0342 UT May 12
