** AUSTRALIA. 120m VL8s all audible Oct 7 at 1228, and seemed // in music, then YL talk: best on 2325, then 2485 and worst on 2310. Really all JBA vs local noise level. Later dates and monitoring earlier hours should improve them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 7: at 1251, good on 8400, poor on 9000. At 1425, still good on 8400, JBA on 9000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC Oct 7: at 0540, English on 6140, 6060, 6010; Spanish on reactivated 6120 and JBA 6000. Another frequency missing yesterday was back Oct 7, 11800 distorted at 1315 in Spanish.
Several of the DCJC frequencies are accompanied by jamming spurs on each side. While the center frequency is a wall of noise, perhaps only one transmitter is doing the spurs, at a rate of 2 pulses per second, such as at 1256 Oct 7 covering 10-15 kHz each side of 9805 and 9955. Same setup observed around 7405 earlier circa 0530.
RHC 13780 transmitter still squealing, Oct 7 at 1337, very strong and much more noticeable here than on WWCR 13845 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. The AIR 9470 Aligarh extremely distorted blob covered 9475-9485 opening at 1318 Oct 7, initially cutting on and off // clear Bengaluru 9425 with AIR IS. Now it`s blocking R. Australia in Chinese on 9475. Has RA filed a complaint with AIR? That might get some axion after four months of this nonsense! By 1427, the blob ranged 9470-9490 and RA was undetectable under it.
The AIR 11585 transmitter had a big signal at 1430 Oct 7 but also a big hum marring the Sindhi service via Delhi-Khampur. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525.9, good carrier but no modulation audible at all during the alleged English hour, Oct 7 at 1302 and several more chex, e.g. 1328. See PHILIPPINES (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. The sole occupant of the 105m band, KCBS 2850, with martial orchestral music, Oct 7 at 1230, VP vs noise level, slightly better than the 120m Strines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9520 with instrumental music at 1325 Oct 7. Dialing by feel, at first assumed I was on 9525.9 for VOI, but that was an open carrier. At 1327, 9520 went to ID in English as Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City, the next broadcast at 1330 to be in Sinhala, repeated at 1328; 1329 into Sinhala announcement, 1330 IS and march theme, 1333 giving P O Box in Q.C. Fair signal for something so far off-target, per Aoki, 250 kW, 280 degrees from Palauig-Zambales site at 1330-1357, balanced during following semihour by Tamil on same parameters. During the few minutes I listened, nothing overtly Catholic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7320, R. Rossii via Magadan, Oct 7 at 0525 with circus music, a bit of it reminding us of Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies; 0530 brief announcement introducing a pizzicato piece; 0533 into the Vladimir Danov show, discussion with an academic about organ music? But no more music for 2+ minutes so I move on. Good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9440-9450 noise blob, Oct 7 at 1304: could it be the Aligarh transmitter on early? No, that appeared on 9475-9485 at 1318, see INDIA, and 9445 noise still there at 1322. Looked up later in Aoki, it`s DRM! VOR to S Asia via Irkutsk-Odinsk, 15 kW, 234 degrees at 1200-1600 in Russian, Hindi this hour, then English and more Hindi, and the DRM DX schedules have it too on 9445 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Usually takes a very strong signal from WWCR to detect any squeal, but Oct 7 at 1337, PMS was less than solid on 13845, but squeal still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulse observations Oct 7, all ranges approximate: at 1245, 5740-5790 bothering AFN GUAM on 5765; also 6910-6960 and 6785-6825; at 1340, 14385-14410. The last was quite strong peaking around 14395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 7: at 1251, good on 8400, poor on 9000. At 1425, still good on 8400, JBA on 9000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC Oct 7: at 0540, English on 6140, 6060, 6010; Spanish on reactivated 6120 and JBA 6000. Another frequency missing yesterday was back Oct 7, 11800 distorted at 1315 in Spanish.
Several of the DCJC frequencies are accompanied by jamming spurs on each side. While the center frequency is a wall of noise, perhaps only one transmitter is doing the spurs, at a rate of 2 pulses per second, such as at 1256 Oct 7 covering 10-15 kHz each side of 9805 and 9955. Same setup observed around 7405 earlier circa 0530.
RHC 13780 transmitter still squealing, Oct 7 at 1337, very strong and much more noticeable here than on WWCR 13845 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. The AIR 9470 Aligarh extremely distorted blob covered 9475-9485 opening at 1318 Oct 7, initially cutting on and off // clear Bengaluru 9425 with AIR IS. Now it`s blocking R. Australia in Chinese on 9475. Has RA filed a complaint with AIR? That might get some axion after four months of this nonsense! By 1427, the blob ranged 9470-9490 and RA was undetectable under it.
The AIR 11585 transmitter had a big signal at 1430 Oct 7 but also a big hum marring the Sindhi service via Delhi-Khampur. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525.9, good carrier but no modulation audible at all during the alleged English hour, Oct 7 at 1302 and several more chex, e.g. 1328. See PHILIPPINES (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. The sole occupant of the 105m band, KCBS 2850, with martial orchestral music, Oct 7 at 1230, VP vs noise level, slightly better than the 120m Strines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9520 with instrumental music at 1325 Oct 7. Dialing by feel, at first assumed I was on 9525.9 for VOI, but that was an open carrier. At 1327, 9520 went to ID in English as Radio Veritas Asia, Quezon City, the next broadcast at 1330 to be in Sinhala, repeated at 1328; 1329 into Sinhala announcement, 1330 IS and march theme, 1333 giving P O Box in Q.C. Fair signal for something so far off-target, per Aoki, 250 kW, 280 degrees from Palauig-Zambales site at 1330-1357, balanced during following semihour by Tamil on same parameters. During the few minutes I listened, nothing overtly Catholic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7320, R. Rossii via Magadan, Oct 7 at 0525 with circus music, a bit of it reminding us of Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies; 0530 brief announcement introducing a pizzicato piece; 0533 into the Vladimir Danov show, discussion with an academic about organ music? But no more music for 2+ minutes so I move on. Good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9440-9450 noise blob, Oct 7 at 1304: could it be the Aligarh transmitter on early? No, that appeared on 9475-9485 at 1318, see INDIA, and 9445 noise still there at 1322. Looked up later in Aoki, it`s DRM! VOR to S Asia via Irkutsk-Odinsk, 15 kW, 234 degrees at 1200-1600 in Russian, Hindi this hour, then English and more Hindi, and the DRM DX schedules have it too on 9445 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Usually takes a very strong signal from WWCR to detect any squeal, but Oct 7 at 1337, PMS was less than solid on 13845, but squeal still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulse observations Oct 7, all ranges approximate: at 1245, 5740-5790 bothering AFN GUAM on 5765; also 6910-6960 and 6785-6825; at 1340, 14385-14410. The last was quite strong peaking around 14395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###