Glenn Hauser logs January 5-6, 2009

** ASIA [non]. 9385, Jan 6 at 1516, Brother Scare on WWRB getting a run for his money from strong co-channel QRM in Korean, also with a rippling SAH indicating perhaps 20 Hz separation. This is R. Free Asia as scheduled; online references differ whether site is Sri Lanka or Saipan, but the latter is more likely and more recent. If WWRB were not there, RFA would have a fine signal even here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Usual sloppy operation at Quivicán, Bejucal, and/or Bauta transmitter sites: Jan 6 on 13680, replay of 1100 UT RHC program Despertar con Cuba was underway until cut off at 1501*. RNV relay on 11680 was in English about FARC operations in Venezuela, when also cut off the air at 1504* and still not on at 1515 recheck. RHC DCC meanwhile was continuing on weaker 11760 until that too was cut off abruptly during a speech by Raúl himself, at 1514* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 9575, VIRI Russian service is regular here, such as Jan 5 at 1430 after open carrier, ``Golos Irana``, anthem? 1431 into Qur`an; undermodulated and flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 15345V, Jan 5 at 1513, Arabic talk and music, Allah al-akbar; slight motorboating sound and with BFO on could tell transmitter was slightly unstable. Presumed this as now scheduled per Aoki as RTV B08:
15340 RTV MAROCAINE 0900-1500 1234567 Arabic 250 110 Nador 00255W3502N
15345 RTV MAROCAINE 1500-2200 1234567 Arabic 250 110 Nador 00255W3502N
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6074, 8GAL, V/CQ marker in CW again overlapping R. Rossii, 6075, before the latter quit modulating at 1400 Jan 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9360-9380, OTH radar pulses perfectly centered on WTJC 9370, and also audible mixing with it on center frequency, Jan 5 at 1425. Or so it seems. Possibly emitted by WTJC itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###