** ANTARCTICA. At 1923 UT Jan 6 I am getting a carrier on 15476, but too weak to surpass my noise level. LRA36 may be (back?) on. Please check, I immediately posted on the DXLD yg. (No more comparing with RAE on 15345v, as that transmitter broke down in late October, Gabriel Iván Barrera tells me.) Mark Schiefelbein, Missouri, tuned in 15476 and confirmed hearing Spanish 1943-2005+, so it`s clear that Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel is active again (Glenn Hauser, OK, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1494, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. Ö1 confirmed still with token English newscast relayed on SW 6155, Thu Jan 7 at 0708 after German, first item about the underpants-bomber; tightly squeezed between Cuba 6150 and CBC 6160. Presumably French followed at 0711 as per Jan sked discovered by Yimber Gaviría; however, no longer played back on the evening broadcast to NAm, just German as confirmed by Joe Hanlon, NJ, UT Jan 5 at 0039 on 7325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. The ADXB comprehensive schedule of Spanish SW broadcasts shows R. Rebelde, 5025 at 09-07, i.e. a two-hour break, but I thought it was 24 hours. Sometimes I am monitoring a bit past 0700, and Jan 7 it was certainly still running with music at 0707. If it were off, that would clear the frequency for VL8K from fade-in until its switch to 120m nominally at 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC missing from 6140, Jan 7 at 0709, while the other 49m frequencies were nominal, but most of them now QRMed: 6060 English vs Brazil; 6120 distorted Spanish vs RNW Dutch via Vatican; but 6150 Spanish in the clear. Shortly found where the 6140 transmitter probably went: 9640, VG in Spanish an echo apart from 6150, historical lecture about a European doctor in the XIX-XX centuries. At 0715, found 11760 still on in Spanish too. 9640 is officially on the RHC schedule only between 22-24 for the irregular Mesa Redonda show, so is this a mistake or an experiment? See also UNIDENTIFIED 13770.
DentroCuban Jamming Command pulses still running on 5980, Jan 7 at 1437, despite R. Martí finishing with the frequency at 1300.
Noise jamming, sounding just like DRM, around 7170, Jan 7 at 1438. At first figured it was part of the Ethiopian/Eritrean radio war, but then it switched to characteristic DCJC residual pulsing --- in the ham band?? I doubt the Cuban ham radio federation would dare to object. Perhaps a transmitter gone haywire, spur, or chasing some exile ham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15300, checking for TURKEY [q.v.], at 1422 Jan 7 colliding with RFI playing music, and just after Turkey went off, ``RFI Musique`` ID --- a sign that another strike is in progress as threatened, over massive layoffs. So expect much more musique on all RFI transmissions which remain on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, enjoying the AIR VBS Hindi pop music, Jan 7, and at 1454 a familiar intro riff --- yes! It`s one of our favorites which the late lamented R. Solh, US psyop service for Afghanistan played every day at exactly the same hour. A real upbeat tune with great singing, instrumental interludes until 1459. I wish I knew the title, artist and more details about it. Further proof that a lot of Solh music was really Indian, probably Bollywood, not Afghan at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, still audible with weak music Jan 7 at 1435, only station on band, presumed RRI Palangkaraya, which is in south central Kalimantan Tengah, inland from Banjarmasin. Only one or two other Indos are left on 90m, and I expect before long this one too will wink out, never to be heard again. Ishida shows only 3345 Ternate, Maluku Utara is still on, until 1500*; but tho also rated 10 kW, not heard like PK is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI with music Jan 7 at 1355, only fair signal today; 1401 English ID with usual info including imaginary frequencies 15150 and 11785, off at 1402:40* intentionally before any transition announcement to Malay hour, which apparently has been deleted. RRI Jakarta still on 9680 at 1442 with gamelan and singing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 13615, WYFR in Spanish, which used to own the frequency, now about equal level to R. Farda, Jan 7 at 1429 with two IDs, an echo apart from 15410; and propagational echo also on the 13615 transmission, which at 14-16 is 108 degrees via Lampertheim, GERMANY, while 15410 during same bihour is 95 degrees via Skelton UK.
There`s something about Lampertheim, which always has a long-path or severe backscatter echo also on the VOA English relay, 11985, equally 108 degree azimuth at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 12035.0, VOT in English during Live from Turkey, Thursday Jan 7 at 1416. Usual distorted audio from this ailing Çakirlar transmitter, and lo audible het, but not clear whether that is from inside or outside the TRT transmitter. Too poor to get anything out of the program. VOR via Samara at 14-15, 250 kW at 130 degrees is on 12035 in HFCC, but not in WRTH, Aoki or EiBi, so may be wooden.
Checked // 15300 at 1422 as final VOT IS was playing, fast SAH with RFI and off, so that frequency is useless too due to collision not avoided in poor B-09 planning, while there are plenty of clear spots on 19m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Not hearing KJES on 11715 in the 14-17 period for quite some time, I was also checking for any sign of KJES on 15385 during its scheduled 19-21 UT broadcast, Jan 6 at 1923: No. Nor was there anything on 7555 at 0241 Jan 7, where KJES is scheduled 0200-0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1494, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI both propagating and unjammed, Jan 7 at 0715, discussion about Czechia, and this semihour is R. Prague via WRN, so yet another bonus broadcast on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4755, weak carrier fading Jan 7 at 0718, probably Brasil, but one always hopes that PMA Micronesia will one day come back as still promised for 2+ years on their website. Could not pull any audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13770, RHC now has a co-channel clash with something, Jan 7 at 1431, Arabic music making fast SAH. Nothing else is scheduled at any time on 13770, except AIR in Hindi to ME at 1615-1730, according to HFCC, EiBi and Aoki, so this is something new. Of course, with Cuba an outlaw nation refusing to participate in HFCC, any other station would assume 13770 was open for their use, failing to turn on a radio and check it, or failing to consult DX resources. No big loss for RHC, which has a much bigger signal next door on 13780 until 1500. A few months ago, Arnie moved the 13760 transmitter to 13770 to avoid Juche QRM, Commies vs Commies; now what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** AUSTRIA. Ö1 confirmed still with token English newscast relayed on SW 6155, Thu Jan 7 at 0708 after German, first item about the underpants-bomber; tightly squeezed between Cuba 6150 and CBC 6160. Presumably French followed at 0711 as per Jan sked discovered by Yimber Gaviría; however, no longer played back on the evening broadcast to NAm, just German as confirmed by Joe Hanlon, NJ, UT Jan 5 at 0039 on 7325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. The ADXB comprehensive schedule of Spanish SW broadcasts shows R. Rebelde, 5025 at 09-07, i.e. a two-hour break, but I thought it was 24 hours. Sometimes I am monitoring a bit past 0700, and Jan 7 it was certainly still running with music at 0707. If it were off, that would clear the frequency for VL8K from fade-in until its switch to 120m nominally at 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC missing from 6140, Jan 7 at 0709, while the other 49m frequencies were nominal, but most of them now QRMed: 6060 English vs Brazil; 6120 distorted Spanish vs RNW Dutch via Vatican; but 6150 Spanish in the clear. Shortly found where the 6140 transmitter probably went: 9640, VG in Spanish an echo apart from 6150, historical lecture about a European doctor in the XIX-XX centuries. At 0715, found 11760 still on in Spanish too. 9640 is officially on the RHC schedule only between 22-24 for the irregular Mesa Redonda show, so is this a mistake or an experiment? See also UNIDENTIFIED 13770.
DentroCuban Jamming Command pulses still running on 5980, Jan 7 at 1437, despite R. Martí finishing with the frequency at 1300.
Noise jamming, sounding just like DRM, around 7170, Jan 7 at 1438. At first figured it was part of the Ethiopian/Eritrean radio war, but then it switched to characteristic DCJC residual pulsing --- in the ham band?? I doubt the Cuban ham radio federation would dare to object. Perhaps a transmitter gone haywire, spur, or chasing some exile ham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15300, checking for TURKEY [q.v.], at 1422 Jan 7 colliding with RFI playing music, and just after Turkey went off, ``RFI Musique`` ID --- a sign that another strike is in progress as threatened, over massive layoffs. So expect much more musique on all RFI transmissions which remain on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, enjoying the AIR VBS Hindi pop music, Jan 7, and at 1454 a familiar intro riff --- yes! It`s one of our favorites which the late lamented R. Solh, US psyop service for Afghanistan played every day at exactly the same hour. A real upbeat tune with great singing, instrumental interludes until 1459. I wish I knew the title, artist and more details about it. Further proof that a lot of Solh music was really Indian, probably Bollywood, not Afghan at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, still audible with weak music Jan 7 at 1435, only station on band, presumed RRI Palangkaraya, which is in south central Kalimantan Tengah, inland from Banjarmasin. Only one or two other Indos are left on 90m, and I expect before long this one too will wink out, never to be heard again. Ishida shows only 3345 Ternate, Maluku Utara is still on, until 1500*; but tho also rated 10 kW, not heard like PK is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI with music Jan 7 at 1355, only fair signal today; 1401 English ID with usual info including imaginary frequencies 15150 and 11785, off at 1402:40* intentionally before any transition announcement to Malay hour, which apparently has been deleted. RRI Jakarta still on 9680 at 1442 with gamelan and singing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 13615, WYFR in Spanish, which used to own the frequency, now about equal level to R. Farda, Jan 7 at 1429 with two IDs, an echo apart from 15410; and propagational echo also on the 13615 transmission, which at 14-16 is 108 degrees via Lampertheim, GERMANY, while 15410 during same bihour is 95 degrees via Skelton UK.
There`s something about Lampertheim, which always has a long-path or severe backscatter echo also on the VOA English relay, 11985, equally 108 degree azimuth at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 12035.0, VOT in English during Live from Turkey, Thursday Jan 7 at 1416. Usual distorted audio from this ailing Çakirlar transmitter, and lo audible het, but not clear whether that is from inside or outside the TRT transmitter. Too poor to get anything out of the program. VOR via Samara at 14-15, 250 kW at 130 degrees is on 12035 in HFCC, but not in WRTH, Aoki or EiBi, so may be wooden.
Checked // 15300 at 1422 as final VOT IS was playing, fast SAH with RFI and off, so that frequency is useless too due to collision not avoided in poor B-09 planning, while there are plenty of clear spots on 19m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Not hearing KJES on 11715 in the 14-17 period for quite some time, I was also checking for any sign of KJES on 15385 during its scheduled 19-21 UT broadcast, Jan 6 at 1923: No. Nor was there anything on 7555 at 0241 Jan 7, where KJES is scheduled 0200-0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1494, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI both propagating and unjammed, Jan 7 at 0715, discussion about Czechia, and this semihour is R. Prague via WRN, so yet another bonus broadcast on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4755, weak carrier fading Jan 7 at 0718, probably Brasil, but one always hopes that PMA Micronesia will one day come back as still promised for 2+ years on their website. Could not pull any audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13770, RHC now has a co-channel clash with something, Jan 7 at 1431, Arabic music making fast SAH. Nothing else is scheduled at any time on 13770, except AIR in Hindi to ME at 1615-1730, according to HFCC, EiBi and Aoki, so this is something new. Of course, with Cuba an outlaw nation refusing to participate in HFCC, any other station would assume 13770 was open for their use, failing to turn on a radio and check it, or failing to consult DX resources. No big loss for RHC, which has a much bigger signal next door on 13780 until 1500. A few months ago, Arnie moved the 13760 transmitter to 13770 to avoid Juche QRM, Commies vs Commies; now what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
