** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana on 7465, Nov 7 at 1944 with IS, good S9+15 signal and opening English // 11635 which was S9+12 but with deeper fading. No interference on either.
R. Tirana collision with Habana on 6110, Nov 8 at 0056: R. Tirana the best yet, definitely atop, so maybe even better in ENAm, especially if RHC is non-direxional on 6110 like it was on ex-5965, still listed by Aoki with nothing from Habana on 6110 despite our numerous reports of it the past week. Confirmed Habana 6110 under Tirana by // 9600, and at 0101 after all the other RHCs oncame, 6060, 6120, 6140. Let this not encourage R. Tirana to stick on 6110 instead of getting out of this mess (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11711, presumed from here, weak het against VOK, Nov 7 at 1341, we can hear again thanks to the continued absence of the RHC spurblob from 11760 which landed around 11708-11709 for almost a full solar rotation, from at least October 10 until November 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. RNA, 6185, cut on the air abruptly at *0636 Nov 7 and immediately modulating, blasting away XEPPM, México`s soft romantic music with guitar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 6200 with undermodulated east European folk music, Nov 7 at 2038, first thought Prague, as they use channel at times, but really R. Bulgaria, always ending in -00 and clinched by // stronger 7400. This hour is in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. CVC`s 9745 transmitter is still totally out of whack, 24 hours after first noted; is anyone paying attention in Calera de Tango, Miami, or West Bromwich? UT Nov 8 at 0056, extremely overmodulated and distorted on 9745, and splattering downward but not upward; worst areas are 9695 and above, but detectable down to 9650, QRMing numerous other stations. Are those paying any attention either? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Amid the N Korean signals on 105, 90 and 85 meters, on 3280, Nov 7 at 1329, a child was singing in Chinese, i.e. V. of Pujiang, Shanghai, listed as only 15 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 7 at 1336: 8400 better than 9000 better than 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9120-9145, OTH radar pulses, Nov 7 at 1336, presumed from here altho narrower-band than usual, more like Cyprus but less likely propagationally at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC`s usage of 6010 at 05-07 in English continues to be sporadic; I am sure they have better reasons than deferring some of the time to XEOI, but Nov 7 at 0627 XEOI was in the clear, and again could not tell if LV de tu Conciencia, Colombia was there too.
RHC was on 6060 and 6140 in English; 6120 and 6150 in Spanish.
Confirming the active RHC Spanish frequencies during the 19-20 UT hour, Nov 7 at 1942: 13770, 11800, 11760, 11730, 11690, 6110. I believe it`s the same set between 15 and 20. Also RNV relay on 15290, VG at 1923.
I also need to catch the frequencies RHC claims to be using from 2100, for the Revista Iberoamericana. Nov 7 at 2103 I missed the first part of the announcement on spurless 11760, presumably concerning 13 MHz, just 11760, 11800, 9660, 6110. But they were really heard on additional 11730 and 11770. One of these ought to be breaking away for other language services, but often they are all // in Spanish. See also ALBANIA; ARGENTINA; USA WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15055-15080, OTH radar, Nov 7 at 1526, presumed from here, and bothering the distorted R. Cairo signal on 15080, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 6270, R. Cairo in French already audible with fair signal as early as 2036 Nov 7, not much weaker than, but less modulated than Arabic on 6290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CYPRUS
** INDIA. AIR Aligarh blob Nov 7 at 1334 again centered about 9460, covering 9455-9470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also USA: WTWW
** INDONESIA. VOI missing for the seventh day in a row from 9525v/9526v, Nov 7 at 1335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Lower bands mostly dominated by signals from here upon quick scan Nov 7 at 1320: 2850, 3250, 3320, 3480(jamming), 3560 all audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. QRM, or not, to XEOI 6010 and XEPPM 6185: see CUBA; BRAZIL
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Belay my previous remark that KEOR 1120 seemed back on to stay; tho apparently bought or LMA`d by KJMU-1340 and carrying its IDs, next check of 1120 Nov 7 at 1508 found KMOX instead with local ads, ID in passing, just after getting my H1N1 shot. No waiting at the clinic, in fact more red-uniformed nursing students than customers, as lots of Okies are scared to get vaccinated. There was a bit of a SAH circa 5 Hz, so possibly the KEOR carrier was on at some level, hard to tell on the caradio. By 1512 KMOX had faded down or out and still no KEOR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9570 caught my ear with classical music, fair Nov 7 at 1541, but 1545 into Russian talk about bozh, so must be a gospel huxter: yes, R. Blagovest via R. Veritas Asia, PHILIPPINES, 1500-1557, 250 kW at 331 degrees form Palauig-Zambales site, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES [non]. 9550 at 1949 Nov 7, mix of Arabic talk and music, 2000 apparently news by YL. Is FEBA via RWANDA, 250 kW, 30 degrees at 1900-2030. In that case, probably not real news, maybe just Good News (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 12005, enjoyable Arab music, Nov 7 at 1934 but gone by 1950, contrary to B09 RTT schedule supposedly on this frequency 1700-2110. One must monitor each Sfax frequency to determine its real span (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WBCQ has now abandoned 7415 for most of the time on Saturdays. Nov 7 at 2039 heard instead weak talk in English, no doubt CRI, also with fluttery news in English at 2107.
Aoki shows the default occupants of 7415 as a string of CRI broadcasts via East Turkistan sites: 19-20 Czech, 20-22 English, 23-24 English, breaking at 22-23 to jam BBC Chinese via Thailand. Other days of the week, of course, when WBCQ is on, these can QRM it even in NAm. Not to mention, R. Farda via Lampertheim at 0030-0230.
As far as FCC is concerned, WBCQ 7415 is authorized to run 24 hours a day. It`s a pity they do not have enough business to reach anything near that. See the new FCC B-09 schedule as of Nov 3 at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B09FCC01.TXT
Per Aoki, there are additional occupants between 11 and 19, when WBCQ has rarely been on 7415 air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The new FCC B-09 schedule has three entries for `WBWW`, despite having granted calls WTWW instead already in August to George McClintock`s new station under construxion in Lebanon TN. All are 100 kW, 40 degrees: 5755 at 00-07, 9480 at 12-19 and 22-24. CIRAF targets are 4,9,18,27,28,37-39,46,47 which means E Canada, all of Europe, N Africa, Mideast. Nothing being heard yet. The AIR Aligarh wandering spurblob often obstructs 9480 after *1317; watch out!
On-air testing was anticipated to start this month, but not much detail at the website http://www.wtww.us --- three photos were added in October for a total of nine via http://wtww.us/pages/images.php
Skimming thru the FCC B-09 schedule I don`t see any surprises:
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B09FCC01.TXT
It still lists imaginary stations KTMI, WBOH and WMLK. Neither this nor A-09 show 3145 for WWRB despite having been using it. And still no listings for the Milton FL CP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, WRMI, VG at 0620 Nov 7 during La Rosa de Tokio, better than neighbor WYFR on 9985. WRMI must have been on the NW antenna, not the case every night. Jamming not audible, but maybe still under.
DentroCuban Jamming Command was certainly running at 1340 against R. Praga Spanish relay; the S/N ratio had improved somewhat as RP was upwrapping at 1354.
WRMI Saturday schedule now includes at 19-20 Happy Station repeat, 2000-2030 WORLD OF RADIO, but Nov 7 at 2000 just jamming to be heard. Maybe on the SSE antenna, or not really on the air, just webcasting? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTJC 9370v is still/again putting out spurs consisting mostly of noise: Nov 7 at 0625 during music, broad dirty spurs centered approximately 9345 and 9395. Same situation at next check 1335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA`s Music Time in Africa, Saturday Nov 7 at 2005, best on 13710 via Botswana, almost synched with good Bonaire signal on 11975, this time featuring Sierra Leone. By 2037 I could also hear it on // 6080 São Tomé, which also might be good enough in ENAm and Europe. Same applies to Sundays at 20-21. And for weekday program during this hour, African Beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532.0, open carrier, some fading, het vs much weaker carrier on 11530, Nov 7 at 0617, the latter presumably WYFR rather than V. of Mesopotamia. Not much else making it on 25 m except NZ on 11725. I have heard the 11532 carrier a few times before, most recently Feb 16, 2009 at 0645 as in DXLD 9-015; also in 9-008, 8-132, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, Nov 7 at 1935 with ME music, then undermodulated talk unseems Arabic but similar. I was looking for Kuwait English on 11990, but only a very weak carrier there compared to this good signal --- but nothing scheduled on 11995 after 1900 when France supposedly concludes in French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570 with open carrier off and on, Nov 7 at 1524. Nothing at all scheduled here for many hours, so a frequency in need of an occupant, perhaps about to get one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
R. Tirana collision with Habana on 6110, Nov 8 at 0056: R. Tirana the best yet, definitely atop, so maybe even better in ENAm, especially if RHC is non-direxional on 6110 like it was on ex-5965, still listed by Aoki with nothing from Habana on 6110 despite our numerous reports of it the past week. Confirmed Habana 6110 under Tirana by // 9600, and at 0101 after all the other RHCs oncame, 6060, 6120, 6140. Let this not encourage R. Tirana to stick on 6110 instead of getting out of this mess (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11711, presumed from here, weak het against VOK, Nov 7 at 1341, we can hear again thanks to the continued absence of the RHC spurblob from 11760 which landed around 11708-11709 for almost a full solar rotation, from at least October 10 until November 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. RNA, 6185, cut on the air abruptly at *0636 Nov 7 and immediately modulating, blasting away XEPPM, México`s soft romantic music with guitar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 6200 with undermodulated east European folk music, Nov 7 at 2038, first thought Prague, as they use channel at times, but really R. Bulgaria, always ending in -00 and clinched by // stronger 7400. This hour is in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. CVC`s 9745 transmitter is still totally out of whack, 24 hours after first noted; is anyone paying attention in Calera de Tango, Miami, or West Bromwich? UT Nov 8 at 0056, extremely overmodulated and distorted on 9745, and splattering downward but not upward; worst areas are 9695 and above, but detectable down to 9650, QRMing numerous other stations. Are those paying any attention either? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Amid the N Korean signals on 105, 90 and 85 meters, on 3280, Nov 7 at 1329, a child was singing in Chinese, i.e. V. of Pujiang, Shanghai, listed as only 15 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 7 at 1336: 8400 better than 9000 better than 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9120-9145, OTH radar pulses, Nov 7 at 1336, presumed from here altho narrower-band than usual, more like Cyprus but less likely propagationally at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC`s usage of 6010 at 05-07 in English continues to be sporadic; I am sure they have better reasons than deferring some of the time to XEOI, but Nov 7 at 0627 XEOI was in the clear, and again could not tell if LV de tu Conciencia, Colombia was there too.
RHC was on 6060 and 6140 in English; 6120 and 6150 in Spanish.
Confirming the active RHC Spanish frequencies during the 19-20 UT hour, Nov 7 at 1942: 13770, 11800, 11760, 11730, 11690, 6110. I believe it`s the same set between 15 and 20. Also RNV relay on 15290, VG at 1923.
I also need to catch the frequencies RHC claims to be using from 2100, for the Revista Iberoamericana. Nov 7 at 2103 I missed the first part of the announcement on spurless 11760, presumably concerning 13 MHz, just 11760, 11800, 9660, 6110. But they were really heard on additional 11730 and 11770. One of these ought to be breaking away for other language services, but often they are all // in Spanish. See also ALBANIA; ARGENTINA; USA WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15055-15080, OTH radar, Nov 7 at 1526, presumed from here, and bothering the distorted R. Cairo signal on 15080, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 6270, R. Cairo in French already audible with fair signal as early as 2036 Nov 7, not much weaker than, but less modulated than Arabic on 6290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CYPRUS
** INDIA. AIR Aligarh blob Nov 7 at 1334 again centered about 9460, covering 9455-9470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also USA: WTWW
** INDONESIA. VOI missing for the seventh day in a row from 9525v/9526v, Nov 7 at 1335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. Lower bands mostly dominated by signals from here upon quick scan Nov 7 at 1320: 2850, 3250, 3320, 3480(jamming), 3560 all audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. QRM, or not, to XEOI 6010 and XEPPM 6185: see CUBA; BRAZIL
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Belay my previous remark that KEOR 1120 seemed back on to stay; tho apparently bought or LMA`d by KJMU-1340 and carrying its IDs, next check of 1120 Nov 7 at 1508 found KMOX instead with local ads, ID in passing, just after getting my H1N1 shot. No waiting at the clinic, in fact more red-uniformed nursing students than customers, as lots of Okies are scared to get vaccinated. There was a bit of a SAH circa 5 Hz, so possibly the KEOR carrier was on at some level, hard to tell on the caradio. By 1512 KMOX had faded down or out and still no KEOR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9570 caught my ear with classical music, fair Nov 7 at 1541, but 1545 into Russian talk about bozh, so must be a gospel huxter: yes, R. Blagovest via R. Veritas Asia, PHILIPPINES, 1500-1557, 250 kW at 331 degrees form Palauig-Zambales site, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES [non]. 9550 at 1949 Nov 7, mix of Arabic talk and music, 2000 apparently news by YL. Is FEBA via RWANDA, 250 kW, 30 degrees at 1900-2030. In that case, probably not real news, maybe just Good News (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 12005, enjoyable Arab music, Nov 7 at 1934 but gone by 1950, contrary to B09 RTT schedule supposedly on this frequency 1700-2110. One must monitor each Sfax frequency to determine its real span (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WBCQ has now abandoned 7415 for most of the time on Saturdays. Nov 7 at 2039 heard instead weak talk in English, no doubt CRI, also with fluttery news in English at 2107.
Aoki shows the default occupants of 7415 as a string of CRI broadcasts via East Turkistan sites: 19-20 Czech, 20-22 English, 23-24 English, breaking at 22-23 to jam BBC Chinese via Thailand. Other days of the week, of course, when WBCQ is on, these can QRM it even in NAm. Not to mention, R. Farda via Lampertheim at 0030-0230.
As far as FCC is concerned, WBCQ 7415 is authorized to run 24 hours a day. It`s a pity they do not have enough business to reach anything near that. See the new FCC B-09 schedule as of Nov 3 at http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B09FCC01.TXT
Per Aoki, there are additional occupants between 11 and 19, when WBCQ has rarely been on 7415 air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The new FCC B-09 schedule has three entries for `WBWW`, despite having granted calls WTWW instead already in August to George McClintock`s new station under construxion in Lebanon TN. All are 100 kW, 40 degrees: 5755 at 00-07, 9480 at 12-19 and 22-24. CIRAF targets are 4,9,18,27,28,37-39,46,47 which means E Canada, all of Europe, N Africa, Mideast. Nothing being heard yet. The AIR Aligarh wandering spurblob often obstructs 9480 after *1317; watch out!
On-air testing was anticipated to start this month, but not much detail at the website http://www.wtww.us --- three photos were added in October for a total of nine via http://wtww.us/pages/images.php
Skimming thru the FCC B-09 schedule I don`t see any surprises:
http://www.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B09FCC01.TXT
It still lists imaginary stations KTMI, WBOH and WMLK. Neither this nor A-09 show 3145 for WWRB despite having been using it. And still no listings for the Milton FL CP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, WRMI, VG at 0620 Nov 7 during La Rosa de Tokio, better than neighbor WYFR on 9985. WRMI must have been on the NW antenna, not the case every night. Jamming not audible, but maybe still under.
DentroCuban Jamming Command was certainly running at 1340 against R. Praga Spanish relay; the S/N ratio had improved somewhat as RP was upwrapping at 1354.
WRMI Saturday schedule now includes at 19-20 Happy Station repeat, 2000-2030 WORLD OF RADIO, but Nov 7 at 2000 just jamming to be heard. Maybe on the SSE antenna, or not really on the air, just webcasting? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTJC 9370v is still/again putting out spurs consisting mostly of noise: Nov 7 at 0625 during music, broad dirty spurs centered approximately 9345 and 9395. Same situation at next check 1335 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA`s Music Time in Africa, Saturday Nov 7 at 2005, best on 13710 via Botswana, almost synched with good Bonaire signal on 11975, this time featuring Sierra Leone. By 2037 I could also hear it on // 6080 São Tomé, which also might be good enough in ENAm and Europe. Same applies to Sundays at 20-21. And for weekday program during this hour, African Beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532.0, open carrier, some fading, het vs much weaker carrier on 11530, Nov 7 at 0617, the latter presumably WYFR rather than V. of Mesopotamia. Not much else making it on 25 m except NZ on 11725. I have heard the 11532 carrier a few times before, most recently Feb 16, 2009 at 0645 as in DXLD 9-015; also in 9-008, 8-132, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, Nov 7 at 1935 with ME music, then undermodulated talk unseems Arabic but similar. I was looking for Kuwait English on 11990, but only a very weak carrier there compared to this good signal --- but nothing scheduled on 11995 after 1900 when France supposedly concludes in French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570 with open carrier off and on, Nov 7 at 1524. Nothing at all scheduled here for many hours, so a frequency in need of an occupant, perhaps about to get one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
