** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13720 to NAm, Feb 2 at 1542 with ID, then item about the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Albanian angle. Some fading, S9+10 to 15, and good modulation. Hope that keeps up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. HCJB, 11920, Feb 2 at 2248 with declamation by missionary in clearly enunciated, unlike a native-speaker, Kulina, Brazilian Amazon Indian language scheduled 2245-2300 at 150 degrees. Shortly into duet with a song to the tune of ``Silent Night``, long after Xmas; I am not sure a literal translation of the original German would make much sense in the jungle, so would not be surprised if that carol tune has been reworked into something else, as common among hymnalists. 2251 segué to OM solo mentioning Maria. Rest of show was instrumental music rather than Bible readings, 2259 into Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 15785 with SAH estimated at 11 Hz between two roughly equal stations, one in Arabic, i.e. WYFR at 45 degrees, and the other presumably Galei Tzahal in Hebrew. WYFR is scheduled on this frequency only at 1600-1645, and this was at 1601 Feb 2. Aoki says GZ stops at 1600, just in time, but not today. WRTH and PWBR say 24 hours and 10 kW while Aoki says 5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15435, Feb 2 at 1505, VG signal with Qur`an, but the buzz is back --- it sounds like something frying, which may be exactly what`s happening somewhere in the transmitter, tho so far it has not burned up! It`s easily audible but not strong enough yet to impede readability. The recitations were interrupted every few minutes for some slow talk in unsung Arabic; // 15225 which was as usual weaker, and no buzz detectable. Not // 13710, another BSKSA program which was also Qur`aning. By 1530, the buzz had cleared up on 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Standing by for WRMI to switch to NW antenna on 9955, Feb 2 at 1459, just heavy Dentro-Cuban jamming against previous program, R. Cuba Libre; can`t have any talk of a free Cuba, now, can we? 1459:30 I could tell the WRMI carrier came on, but still too much jamming; at 1501 could make out English, presumably R. Prague relay as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses, presumed, weak, 9185-9205 at 1456 Feb 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13830, some ute with a whine, but on BFO, multiple carriers evident at close separation, Feb 2 at 1503. Perhaps we can expect more utility activity on this frequency now that R. Solh has been abolished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17515, 5-digit spy numbers in Spanish by robot YL, Feb 2 at 1602, with ``Atención, 86082 18381 37422`` repeated twice when I intuned, then just 86082 repeated thrice, and into secret message of other groups (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** ECUADOR. HCJB, 11920, Feb 2 at 2248 with declamation by missionary in clearly enunciated, unlike a native-speaker, Kulina, Brazilian Amazon Indian language scheduled 2245-2300 at 150 degrees. Shortly into duet with a song to the tune of ``Silent Night``, long after Xmas; I am not sure a literal translation of the original German would make much sense in the jungle, so would not be surprised if that carol tune has been reworked into something else, as common among hymnalists. 2251 segué to OM solo mentioning Maria. Rest of show was instrumental music rather than Bible readings, 2259 into Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 15785 with SAH estimated at 11 Hz between two roughly equal stations, one in Arabic, i.e. WYFR at 45 degrees, and the other presumably Galei Tzahal in Hebrew. WYFR is scheduled on this frequency only at 1600-1645, and this was at 1601 Feb 2. Aoki says GZ stops at 1600, just in time, but not today. WRTH and PWBR say 24 hours and 10 kW while Aoki says 5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15435, Feb 2 at 1505, VG signal with Qur`an, but the buzz is back --- it sounds like something frying, which may be exactly what`s happening somewhere in the transmitter, tho so far it has not burned up! It`s easily audible but not strong enough yet to impede readability. The recitations were interrupted every few minutes for some slow talk in unsung Arabic; // 15225 which was as usual weaker, and no buzz detectable. Not // 13710, another BSKSA program which was also Qur`aning. By 1530, the buzz had cleared up on 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Standing by for WRMI to switch to NW antenna on 9955, Feb 2 at 1459, just heavy Dentro-Cuban jamming against previous program, R. Cuba Libre; can`t have any talk of a free Cuba, now, can we? 1459:30 I could tell the WRMI carrier came on, but still too much jamming; at 1501 could make out English, presumably R. Prague relay as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses, presumed, weak, 9185-9205 at 1456 Feb 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13830, some ute with a whine, but on BFO, multiple carriers evident at close separation, Feb 2 at 1503. Perhaps we can expect more utility activity on this frequency now that R. Solh has been abolished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17515, 5-digit spy numbers in Spanish by robot YL, Feb 2 at 1602, with ``Atención, 86082 18381 37422`` repeated twice when I intuned, then just 86082 repeated thrice, and into secret message of other groups (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
