** AUSTRIA. 17610, extremely repetitious HOA music, 6 notes + 6 notes over and over, Feb 11 at 1455-1458:45*. My guess was Amharic, but Eibi lists this as AWR Moosbrunn in Afar. I wonder how many Afari Adventists they have accumulated so afar? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 13800, ME music, Feb 11 at 1406; this is VIRI Arabic service via Zahedan, fair signal, much better than Brother Scare via Germany on 13810. Then checked 15545 Sirjan and that was barely audible but seemed // 13800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. I have some observations about digital TV being disrupted just as tornado was hitting OKC, posted on TVDX lists and in upcoming DXLD 9-014 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Repeating my finding of a few weeks ago: yes, RRI`s 11970 frequency is on the air for the English broadcast at 1300. Even tho I could not hear it at all the day before, Feb 11 at 1348 it was just barely audible with folk music, and English announcement. But why was the Romanian language service on 11940 incomparably stronger, and despite the DentroCuban Jamming bleeding over from 11930?
11940 is Galbeni, 300 kW at 285 degrees to France
11970 is Tiganesti, 300 kW at 307 degrees to British Isles
So 11970 ought to be putting in a better signal here than 11940, as we are much closer to 307 degrees; yet, it`s just the opposite. Is there some unknown disparity between the two transmitter sites, their new antennas, or the real power of the transmitters, both supposedly new ones? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA [and non]. CVC, 13590 Lusaka, inbooming Feb 11 at 1353 with hyper British-accented DJs (are they really Africans? Does this really originate from studio in South Africa?), discussing hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe, then rap music to abrupt off at 1358:50. Now what? Your casual listener is not going to know to switch to 13650, as I did a few sex later and it had already resumed with same music continuing. 1400 1Africa jingle, hyped-up ``24 hour news brought to you by CVC Media Africa``, axually just headlines by YL with constant music bed, starting with cholera spreading from Zimbabwe to other countries; 1403 a semi-minute of sports by OM including a US basketball score; IDs, URL; 1404 starting show seemingly called ``Ebon-Edge``.
Then at 1409 I checked 15745, the CVC frequency via Jülich, GERMANY, and found the same rap crap, frantic DJs, except not // --- well, almost. Turns out to be running about 10 seconds ahead of 13650; 1415 seeking affiliates in Africa who can get CVC programming free with unspecified benefits! Such a deal. 15745, however, was marred by constant OTH radar pulses, centered on this frequency; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15730-15760, presumed OTH radar, Feb 11 at 1415, causing heavy interference to 1Africa, CVC via Germany 15745, right at the center of the pulsing. Kept thinking OTH would move on, but still going at 1446. The 30-kHz-wide OTHR has been heard at many different spots on 15 MHz, so it`s surprising they would pick one colliding so directly with a broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** IRAN. 13800, ME music, Feb 11 at 1406; this is VIRI Arabic service via Zahedan, fair signal, much better than Brother Scare via Germany on 13810. Then checked 15545 Sirjan and that was barely audible but seemed // 13800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. I have some observations about digital TV being disrupted just as tornado was hitting OKC, posted on TVDX lists and in upcoming DXLD 9-014 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. Repeating my finding of a few weeks ago: yes, RRI`s 11970 frequency is on the air for the English broadcast at 1300. Even tho I could not hear it at all the day before, Feb 11 at 1348 it was just barely audible with folk music, and English announcement. But why was the Romanian language service on 11940 incomparably stronger, and despite the DentroCuban Jamming bleeding over from 11930?
11940 is Galbeni, 300 kW at 285 degrees to France
11970 is Tiganesti, 300 kW at 307 degrees to British Isles
So 11970 ought to be putting in a better signal here than 11940, as we are much closer to 307 degrees; yet, it`s just the opposite. Is there some unknown disparity between the two transmitter sites, their new antennas, or the real power of the transmitters, both supposedly new ones? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA [and non]. CVC, 13590 Lusaka, inbooming Feb 11 at 1353 with hyper British-accented DJs (are they really Africans? Does this really originate from studio in South Africa?), discussing hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe, then rap music to abrupt off at 1358:50. Now what? Your casual listener is not going to know to switch to 13650, as I did a few sex later and it had already resumed with same music continuing. 1400 1Africa jingle, hyped-up ``24 hour news brought to you by CVC Media Africa``, axually just headlines by YL with constant music bed, starting with cholera spreading from Zimbabwe to other countries; 1403 a semi-minute of sports by OM including a US basketball score; IDs, URL; 1404 starting show seemingly called ``Ebon-Edge``.
Then at 1409 I checked 15745, the CVC frequency via Jülich, GERMANY, and found the same rap crap, frantic DJs, except not // --- well, almost. Turns out to be running about 10 seconds ahead of 13650; 1415 seeking affiliates in Africa who can get CVC programming free with unspecified benefits! Such a deal. 15745, however, was marred by constant OTH radar pulses, centered on this frequency; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15730-15760, presumed OTH radar, Feb 11 at 1415, causing heavy interference to 1Africa, CVC via Germany 15745, right at the center of the pulsing. Kept thinking OTH would move on, but still going at 1446. The 30-kHz-wide OTHR has been heard at many different spots on 15 MHz, so it`s surprising they would pick one colliding so directly with a broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
