** CHINA. Firedrake August 5: at 1333 JBA on 13970; 1337 P-F on 9000.
August 6: at 1317 poor on 9000, nothing on 8400, which has not been heard at all for several days and presumed off. But has Sound of Hope moved to another far out-of-band frequency as yet unfound?
At 1352 could hear FD on 11805 mixing with VOA and CNR1 jamming, also 12040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC, 11760, August 6 at 0509 back in Spanish. You never know from one night to the next whether this frequency will be in Spanish or English. Do they change it on a whim, or just randomly? At least have not heard Portuguese lately after 0500 on any RHC frequency.
9570, CRI relay, August 6 at 1400 opening English hour --- but this is supposed to end at 1400! After a semi-minute, cut audio and after two minutes cut carrier. Meanwhile, I checked 13740 where it is supposed to be from 1400, and that was running normally; two different transmitters involved as already obvious from open carrier on 13740 which starts as early as 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9524.9 or so, August 6 at 1318 during English hour, with hum, talking about the origin of the WWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. VOR Khabarovsk, 12000, still free of RHC QRM as that is still on unannounced and perpetually crackly 11800 instead; August 5 at 1357 wrapping up Chinese hour, 1358 IS. 12000 quality has improved but somewhat distorted, and with BFO on can tell carrier is still unstable. Very good signal strength today; but August 6 at 1350 nothing audible, off the air? SF has been down to 66 and not much else on high-latitude E Asian paths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17530, August 5 at 1329 poor with BBC sounder, Farsi. Don`t often hear anything here but it is Rampisham, 1230-1500, 500 kW, 95 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR, 13845, DGS service, August 5 at 1332 check. This would not be notable, except on certain days recently it has been absent. Also on the air about 24 hours later August 6. At that time, Es MUF was between 13845 and 15825, the latter not inbooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB, 18770, poorly audible August 5 at 1408 check with hoarse Ralph giving 888 number. He axually thinx people are eager to listen to him on the phone if not SW, altho for that I think he has a different toll number. 9385 x 2 = 18770, often making it here with a little help from the sporadic E layer, MUF of which does not need to reach TV channel A2 to be effective on HF. Yet I don`t recall anyone else ever reporting 18770. Why not try? I am not suggesting that Brother Scare is any more listenable when heard on a harmonic. Depending on skip distances, etc., other harmonics of US 9 MHz stations might be audible in the 18-20 MHz area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Last few days I`ve noticed WINB missing from both frequencies, such as August 6 at 1354, nothing on 9265 or 13570. Curtailed schedule? But at 1554, 13570 was audible poorly, and as soon as I tuned in heard the convicted Tony Alamo and some woman giving Texarkana TX PO Box. If you are broadcasting a convicted criminal, does that make you an accessory? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9750, August 6 at 1320, besides Japanese talk from NHK, co-channel from what sounded like a SE Asian song. V. of Malaysia is also listed here in Indonesian, per Aoki, (as well as PBS Nei Menggu, and VOR Russian via Kaliningrad) so VOM looks likely. It seems to me that both Japan and Malaysia using same frequency to and from Asia is not a very good idea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
August 6: at 1317 poor on 9000, nothing on 8400, which has not been heard at all for several days and presumed off. But has Sound of Hope moved to another far out-of-band frequency as yet unfound?
At 1352 could hear FD on 11805 mixing with VOA and CNR1 jamming, also 12040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC, 11760, August 6 at 0509 back in Spanish. You never know from one night to the next whether this frequency will be in Spanish or English. Do they change it on a whim, or just randomly? At least have not heard Portuguese lately after 0500 on any RHC frequency.
9570, CRI relay, August 6 at 1400 opening English hour --- but this is supposed to end at 1400! After a semi-minute, cut audio and after two minutes cut carrier. Meanwhile, I checked 13740 where it is supposed to be from 1400, and that was running normally; two different transmitters involved as already obvious from open carrier on 13740 which starts as early as 1350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9524.9 or so, August 6 at 1318 during English hour, with hum, talking about the origin of the WWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. VOR Khabarovsk, 12000, still free of RHC QRM as that is still on unannounced and perpetually crackly 11800 instead; August 5 at 1357 wrapping up Chinese hour, 1358 IS. 12000 quality has improved but somewhat distorted, and with BFO on can tell carrier is still unstable. Very good signal strength today; but August 6 at 1350 nothing audible, off the air? SF has been down to 66 and not much else on high-latitude E Asian paths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17530, August 5 at 1329 poor with BBC sounder, Farsi. Don`t often hear anything here but it is Rampisham, 1230-1500, 500 kW, 95 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR, 13845, DGS service, August 5 at 1332 check. This would not be notable, except on certain days recently it has been absent. Also on the air about 24 hours later August 6. At that time, Es MUF was between 13845 and 15825, the latter not inbooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB, 18770, poorly audible August 5 at 1408 check with hoarse Ralph giving 888 number. He axually thinx people are eager to listen to him on the phone if not SW, altho for that I think he has a different toll number. 9385 x 2 = 18770, often making it here with a little help from the sporadic E layer, MUF of which does not need to reach TV channel A2 to be effective on HF. Yet I don`t recall anyone else ever reporting 18770. Why not try? I am not suggesting that Brother Scare is any more listenable when heard on a harmonic. Depending on skip distances, etc., other harmonics of US 9 MHz stations might be audible in the 18-20 MHz area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Last few days I`ve noticed WINB missing from both frequencies, such as August 6 at 1354, nothing on 9265 or 13570. Curtailed schedule? But at 1554, 13570 was audible poorly, and as soon as I tuned in heard the convicted Tony Alamo and some woman giving Texarkana TX PO Box. If you are broadcasting a convicted criminal, does that make you an accessory? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9750, August 6 at 1320, besides Japanese talk from NHK, co-channel from what sounded like a SE Asian song. V. of Malaysia is also listed here in Indonesian, per Aoki, (as well as PBS Nei Menggu, and VOR Russian via Kaliningrad) so VOM looks likely. It seems to me that both Japan and Malaysia using same frequency to and from Asia is not a very good idea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
