** ANGUILLA. DGS/PMS, 6090, Feb 1 at 0714, noticed that this was running about 4 words behind WWCR 5935. These used to be synchronized, using exactly the same satellite downlink, so something has changed. 11775 has also been mostly active in the daytime lately. I understand that periodic power outages affecting different parts of the grid on Anguilla, for ``maintenance`` may be partly responsible for the station`s sporadic absences (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. The DentroCuban Jamming Command won`t relent for QSO with Ted Randall on WRMI, 9955, Sundays at 06-08 UT. Feb 1 at 0708 could hear the show but with jamming pulses several times a second, rather than a solid wall of noise, so maybe just one transmitter still running. Apparently CO2KK`s fraternal ham radio sentiments do not extend far enough to get them all turned off.
RHC again running overtime past nominal 0700* in English, Sunday Feb 1 at 0705, still with English `news`, VG on 9550, also audible on 11760, 6060, 6140 with QRM, but not 6000 which is supposed to carry Esperanto this semihour on Sundays only, but instead a weak WYFR audible. 0712 recheck, 11760 and 9550 at least were still running.
Re-recheck at 1501, Esperanto was opening on unscheduled 13680, but this was just over-run, chopped off at 1503 to open carrier, as they were about to give the first scheduled frequency, at 0700, 6000 --- whew, just as well, for as I had just observed, that broadcast was a bust. Then found Esperanto running on its only scheduled 1500 frequency, 11760, much weaker than 13680 had been (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VENEZEULA [non]
** GERMANY. Besides Muzprosvet in DW`s Russian service, there is another excellent music semi-hour in the English service, but which hardly appears on SW any more, covering many genres from week to week, tho not so avant-garde as the Russian one: A World of Music.
Here`s the DW audio archive including this show, which on Feb 1 was about the recorder, and its applications both in jazz and classical:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,4703,00.html
And here is the direct link to the audio:
http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_multi_mediaplayer/0,,2425457_type_audio_struct_4703_format_WMedia,00.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Sounds Historical, excellent 2-hour show from National Radio via RNZI, just starting at 0706 UT Sunday Feb 1 as I tuned in 9765. ``The way we were``, topics to include Hawkes Bay earthquake, racial confrontation in the XIX century, foundation of Nelson colony on Feb 1. This was the final ``summer special holiday edition``, which I guess means repeats.
I had thought this started at 0808, for less than one hour only, silly me, for believing the schedule at http://www.rnzi.com/pages/schedules.php
It`s currently on the advanced summer-time sked, which means on N.R., S.H. is at 0700+ until 0900 UT, but the RNZI sked shows generic N.R. during the 0700 UT Sunday hour. DST of UT +13 lasts until April 6 this year; then it should revert to 0808-1000 UT, whatever frequency RNZI may be on by then.
Here`s the show`s home page, currently featuring the latest programme, but audio is available back 8 weeks, with all the music removed for copyright reasons, in 20+ minute segments:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. No sign of the WWCR harmonic on 6430, Feb 1 at 0445, just the strong ute it was colliding with, and WWCR-1 program heard on 3215 only. George McClintock came out of retirement Jan 31 to work on eliminating the harmonic, which was a transmitter tuning problem. If anyone does hear this or any other WWCR harmonic or spur, please report.
At 0709 still no harmonic on 6430, but the 49m channels were showing up on 25m, possibly due to receiver overload; it`s hard to tell. Not only on second harmonics 11780 mixing Brazil with a SAH and fades, and 11870 with PMS eclipsing WEWN, but also on 11825 which is the sum of 5890 and 5935, with both audios (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CUBA [and non]. The DentroCuban Jamming Command won`t relent for QSO with Ted Randall on WRMI, 9955, Sundays at 06-08 UT. Feb 1 at 0708 could hear the show but with jamming pulses several times a second, rather than a solid wall of noise, so maybe just one transmitter still running. Apparently CO2KK`s fraternal ham radio sentiments do not extend far enough to get them all turned off.
RHC again running overtime past nominal 0700* in English, Sunday Feb 1 at 0705, still with English `news`, VG on 9550, also audible on 11760, 6060, 6140 with QRM, but not 6000 which is supposed to carry Esperanto this semihour on Sundays only, but instead a weak WYFR audible. 0712 recheck, 11760 and 9550 at least were still running.
Re-recheck at 1501, Esperanto was opening on unscheduled 13680, but this was just over-run, chopped off at 1503 to open carrier, as they were about to give the first scheduled frequency, at 0700, 6000 --- whew, just as well, for as I had just observed, that broadcast was a bust. Then found Esperanto running on its only scheduled 1500 frequency, 11760, much weaker than 13680 had been (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VENEZEULA [non]
** GERMANY. Besides Muzprosvet in DW`s Russian service, there is another excellent music semi-hour in the English service, but which hardly appears on SW any more, covering many genres from week to week, tho not so avant-garde as the Russian one: A World of Music.
Here`s the DW audio archive including this show, which on Feb 1 was about the recorder, and its applications both in jazz and classical:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,4703,00.html
And here is the direct link to the audio:
http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_multi_mediaplayer/0,,2425457_type_audio_struct_4703_format_WMedia,00.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Sounds Historical, excellent 2-hour show from National Radio via RNZI, just starting at 0706 UT Sunday Feb 1 as I tuned in 9765. ``The way we were``, topics to include Hawkes Bay earthquake, racial confrontation in the XIX century, foundation of Nelson colony on Feb 1. This was the final ``summer special holiday edition``, which I guess means repeats.
I had thought this started at 0808, for less than one hour only, silly me, for believing the schedule at http://www.rnzi.com/pages/schedules.php
It`s currently on the advanced summer-time sked, which means on N.R., S.H. is at 0700+ until 0900 UT, but the RNZI sked shows generic N.R. during the 0700 UT Sunday hour. DST of UT +13 lasts until April 6 this year; then it should revert to 0808-1000 UT, whatever frequency RNZI may be on by then.
Here`s the show`s home page, currently featuring the latest programme, but audio is available back 8 weeks, with all the music removed for copyright reasons, in 20+ minute segments:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/soundshistorical
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. No sign of the WWCR harmonic on 6430, Feb 1 at 0445, just the strong ute it was colliding with, and WWCR-1 program heard on 3215 only. George McClintock came out of retirement Jan 31 to work on eliminating the harmonic, which was a transmitter tuning problem. If anyone does hear this or any other WWCR harmonic or spur, please report.
At 0709 still no harmonic on 6430, but the 49m channels were showing up on 25m, possibly due to receiver overload; it`s hard to tell. Not only on second harmonics 11780 mixing Brazil with a SAH and fades, and 11870 with PMS eclipsing WEWN, but also on 11825 which is the sum of 5890 and 5935, with both audios (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###