** BURMA [non]. 9670, March 23 at 1333, disco music with heavy beat of 120 per minute, then talk in Burmese, so that`s R. Free Asia via Tinian as scheduled at 1330-1400 only. It`s preceded on 9670 by BBC Indonesian via Singapore and followed by VOA Tibetan via Thailand (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake on 8400 and 9000, March 23 around 1330 were fairly good, but noticeably weaker at 1415 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. It`s incredible how CRI gets the worst of the transmitters in Cuba for its relays, never up to decent modulation quality, and puts up with this year after year. Of course the units may have been provided as aid and/or run by Chinese techs. What a loss of face! March 23 at 1340 in English on 9570, only peaks of modulation were audible, and those were distorted. Wiggle something! Or get a refund (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, on AIR VBS, not only the music but the mixed-language ads are fun to listen to: March 23 at 1414, ``Drive to the nearest Indian Oil outlet --- and win exciting prizes!``, then a march tune. Fair reception, and much better than 9425 National Channel, only poor at 1418 but as far as I could tell the modulation was OK, unlike last time I checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525, good reception March 23 during English hour at 1342, but the better the signal, the better the hum comes thru too. Indonesian words were being translated, but a printed text needed. Jack and Anna were discussing ``What do you usually do on Sunday? --- I usually go to the beach with my friends.`` Must be a lot of beaches in that archipelago. Next program following ``Let`s Learn Bahasa Indonesia`` at 1346 was ``Music Corner``. At first there was ACI from a 9530 station, but by 1353 some spikes from a station breaking up on 9520 were more problematic. Per Aoki, 9530 is Chicom jamming plus VOA Chinese via Tinang, and 9520 is R. Veritas Asia, also Philippines, in Sinhala which does not come on until 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [non]. 5895, looking for R. Mada, at 0420 March 23, but not a chance with WWCR 5890 up to usual super-strength. Occasionally we get ``long skip`` instead and WWCR weakens, this late at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [non]. 7325, VOT via Sackville, yet another day still in Turkish instead of correct English, March 23 at 0420 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7457-USB, Air Force MARS Net, NCS now with new callsign AFD4TN, with the best signal by far, mostly weak check-ins at 1420 March 23 mentioning on emergency power (due to an emergency, or just as test?); 1421 AFA4NG in Boaz, 1422 calling anyone in Alabama. Calls always given fonetikally, tnx.
I get zero Google hits on AFD4TN, and only one among the 20,235 logs so far in the UDXF yg, as controlling another MARS net on 3299-USB for the Tennessee area at 0205 UT Jan 31. My previous logs of MARS on 7457 are in DXLDs 8-031, 8-035 and 8-124 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7235, VOA Korean via Tinian, Monday March 23 at 1320 with English lessons, on the theme of drinking maple sap, which looks and tastes like water, something preferred by Koreans rather than syrup. Such things one can learn by SWLing! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA. Firedrake on 8400 and 9000, March 23 around 1330 were fairly good, but noticeably weaker at 1415 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. It`s incredible how CRI gets the worst of the transmitters in Cuba for its relays, never up to decent modulation quality, and puts up with this year after year. Of course the units may have been provided as aid and/or run by Chinese techs. What a loss of face! March 23 at 1340 in English on 9570, only peaks of modulation were audible, and those were distorted. Wiggle something! Or get a refund (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, on AIR VBS, not only the music but the mixed-language ads are fun to listen to: March 23 at 1414, ``Drive to the nearest Indian Oil outlet --- and win exciting prizes!``, then a march tune. Fair reception, and much better than 9425 National Channel, only poor at 1418 but as far as I could tell the modulation was OK, unlike last time I checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525, good reception March 23 during English hour at 1342, but the better the signal, the better the hum comes thru too. Indonesian words were being translated, but a printed text needed. Jack and Anna were discussing ``What do you usually do on Sunday? --- I usually go to the beach with my friends.`` Must be a lot of beaches in that archipelago. Next program following ``Let`s Learn Bahasa Indonesia`` at 1346 was ``Music Corner``. At first there was ACI from a 9530 station, but by 1353 some spikes from a station breaking up on 9520 were more problematic. Per Aoki, 9530 is Chicom jamming plus VOA Chinese via Tinang, and 9520 is R. Veritas Asia, also Philippines, in Sinhala which does not come on until 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [non]. 5895, looking for R. Mada, at 0420 March 23, but not a chance with WWCR 5890 up to usual super-strength. Occasionally we get ``long skip`` instead and WWCR weakens, this late at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [non]. 7325, VOT via Sackville, yet another day still in Turkish instead of correct English, March 23 at 0420 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7457-USB, Air Force MARS Net, NCS now with new callsign AFD4TN, with the best signal by far, mostly weak check-ins at 1420 March 23 mentioning on emergency power (due to an emergency, or just as test?); 1421 AFA4NG in Boaz, 1422 calling anyone in Alabama. Calls always given fonetikally, tnx.
I get zero Google hits on AFD4TN, and only one among the 20,235 logs so far in the UDXF yg, as controlling another MARS net on 3299-USB for the Tennessee area at 0205 UT Jan 31. My previous logs of MARS on 7457 are in DXLDs 8-031, 8-035 and 8-124 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7235, VOA Korean via Tinian, Monday March 23 at 1320 with English lessons, on the theme of drinking maple sap, which looks and tastes like water, something preferred by Koreans rather than syrup. Such things one can learn by SWLing! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
