** AUSTRIA. 15440, March 5 at 1427-1428*, AWR theme music, off with no announcement, but scheduled as Urdu from 1400; F-G signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. The CRI domestic service in English seems to be overtaking the external service. March 5 at 1406, 15230 and 13675 via CANADA, 13740 via CUBA are in ``China Drive``, M&W gabbing about weather, she keeps mixing in Chinese language bits, and still going at 1430 in item about shortage of kindergartens.
So we may say goodbye to CRI ES feature programs such as Voices of Other Lands, which used to appear Thursdays at 1430 and many other times. Is 10 pm really drive-time in Beijing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, March 5 at 1425 on 17090-17115, and same sound on matching 17490-17515, with no other stations audibly QRMed in these ranges (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4775, among many weak 60m signals shortly after local sunrise, March 5, corresponding to Sino-Indian channels, this one had some talk vs CODAR at 1319, presumably AIR Imphal, tho Aoki also lists V. of Iranian Kurdistan, clandestine which probably varies if active at all, and too early for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET [and non]
** INDONESIA. RRI March 5: at 1305, 4750, Makassar with Indo talk atop a rumbling het from China(?) also with some audio audible.
3325, Palangkaraya, at 1310 with gamelan concert, 1313 M&W conversing. Both signals stand out on their bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Sea Breeze via JSR JAPAN, Friday March 5 at 1418, M with heavy accent in English news about North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. 4820, March 5 at 1320 two stations mixing with fast SAH, one music, one talk, ergo Lhasa and Kolkata.
4920, March 5 at 1321, M&W conversation in non-Chinese, and also unseems Indonesian, so either Lhasa or Chennai; Biak also on frequency but Aoki shows only 750 watts and not on Ishida`s list as active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1502 observations, Thursday March 4: I was out and about at 2000 so checked WBCQ on the portable with whip only. 9330 started WOR, but next check at 2005 it had been turned off as nominally closes at 2000. Then I could just barely hear me on 7415, the only intentional frequency.
The webcast from ACB Radio was confirmed at 0100 UT Friday, and it repeats every two hours thru 2330; the webcast scheduled at 0100 from Area 51 had something else running.
At 0135 UT Friday March 5, also just barely audible on WRMI 9955, with lite pulse jamming at first, but it disappeared as I listened, at least for the moment.
At 0430 UT Friday March 5, VG signal on WWRB 3185 which is just starting to carry WOR (also lofi webcast). We followed a screaming preacher, but there was a decent interval of dead air afterwards before Brother Scare started.
At 1547 Friday March 5, confirmed on WRMI 9955, poor signal but no jamming; the NW antenna is still out of service.
A reminder that the WWCR airings are: Fri 2130 on 7465, Sat 1730 on 12160, UT Sun 0330 on 4840, 0730 on 3215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB had horrible buzz, trying to rival the former frying sound of BSKSA on 15435, March 4 at 2219 during preacher, spreading plus/minus 12 kHz. By 2232 had improved a bit, less buzz but distorted. Their transmitter is in really sorry shape, but we do appreciate the harmonic on 18530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, WWCR-4, Scriptures for America feed was open carrier, March 5 at 1258 --- well, almost. If I risked turning up the volume and tuning to the sidebands I could barely make out an ID for IRN, the slanted-news network.
Quickly checked // 9480 WTWW and it was also silent for the moment, then 1259 ID still as a program test, and 1300 both resumed PPP at full blasting modulation and signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am still not hearing the WEWN spurs which used to accompany the English-language transmitter, e.g. 13835, March 5 at 1432 allowed Joyce Riley to be unimpeded on WWCR 13845; WEWN Spanish on 12050, however, has a different problem: squealing audible on the center channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15595, March 5 at 1329 Radio Vaticana closing Italian broadcast with times of next ones, said ``crede`` and cut off at 1330*. Was good signal; this is 500 kW at 107 degrees daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15105, March 4 at 2127, surprised to hear something with good but fluttery signal about Ethiopia, in British English, so is it DW, or CRI? No, BBCWS on new frequency. I barely had time to // it to 12095 and find 15105 was about one second ahead, when 15105 cut off abruptly at 2127:30*.
Uplooked later, not scheduled here tho BBC does use 15105 in Hausa at 1930-2000 via Ascension; so forgot to turn off transmitter, or a test? However, 12095 is definitely Ascension at this hour and they were not synchronized, so another site? Or does BBC deliberately de-synchronize //s from Ascension to even out power usage like some IBB and RNW sites do? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA [non]. The CRI domestic service in English seems to be overtaking the external service. March 5 at 1406, 15230 and 13675 via CANADA, 13740 via CUBA are in ``China Drive``, M&W gabbing about weather, she keeps mixing in Chinese language bits, and still going at 1430 in item about shortage of kindergartens.
So we may say goodbye to CRI ES feature programs such as Voices of Other Lands, which used to appear Thursdays at 1430 and many other times. Is 10 pm really drive-time in Beijing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, March 5 at 1425 on 17090-17115, and same sound on matching 17490-17515, with no other stations audibly QRMed in these ranges (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4775, among many weak 60m signals shortly after local sunrise, March 5, corresponding to Sino-Indian channels, this one had some talk vs CODAR at 1319, presumably AIR Imphal, tho Aoki also lists V. of Iranian Kurdistan, clandestine which probably varies if active at all, and too early for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET [and non]
** INDONESIA. RRI March 5: at 1305, 4750, Makassar with Indo talk atop a rumbling het from China(?) also with some audio audible.
3325, Palangkaraya, at 1310 with gamelan concert, 1313 M&W conversing. Both signals stand out on their bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Sea Breeze via JSR JAPAN, Friday March 5 at 1418, M with heavy accent in English news about North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. 4820, March 5 at 1320 two stations mixing with fast SAH, one music, one talk, ergo Lhasa and Kolkata.
4920, March 5 at 1321, M&W conversation in non-Chinese, and also unseems Indonesian, so either Lhasa or Chennai; Biak also on frequency but Aoki shows only 750 watts and not on Ishida`s list as active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1502 observations, Thursday March 4: I was out and about at 2000 so checked WBCQ on the portable with whip only. 9330 started WOR, but next check at 2005 it had been turned off as nominally closes at 2000. Then I could just barely hear me on 7415, the only intentional frequency.
The webcast from ACB Radio was confirmed at 0100 UT Friday, and it repeats every two hours thru 2330; the webcast scheduled at 0100 from Area 51 had something else running.
At 0135 UT Friday March 5, also just barely audible on WRMI 9955, with lite pulse jamming at first, but it disappeared as I listened, at least for the moment.
At 0430 UT Friday March 5, VG signal on WWRB 3185 which is just starting to carry WOR (also lofi webcast). We followed a screaming preacher, but there was a decent interval of dead air afterwards before Brother Scare started.
At 1547 Friday March 5, confirmed on WRMI 9955, poor signal but no jamming; the NW antenna is still out of service.
A reminder that the WWCR airings are: Fri 2130 on 7465, Sat 1730 on 12160, UT Sun 0330 on 4840, 0730 on 3215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB had horrible buzz, trying to rival the former frying sound of BSKSA on 15435, March 4 at 2219 during preacher, spreading plus/minus 12 kHz. By 2232 had improved a bit, less buzz but distorted. Their transmitter is in really sorry shape, but we do appreciate the harmonic on 18530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, WWCR-4, Scriptures for America feed was open carrier, March 5 at 1258 --- well, almost. If I risked turning up the volume and tuning to the sidebands I could barely make out an ID for IRN, the slanted-news network.
Quickly checked // 9480 WTWW and it was also silent for the moment, then 1259 ID still as a program test, and 1300 both resumed PPP at full blasting modulation and signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am still not hearing the WEWN spurs which used to accompany the English-language transmitter, e.g. 13835, March 5 at 1432 allowed Joyce Riley to be unimpeded on WWCR 13845; WEWN Spanish on 12050, however, has a different problem: squealing audible on the center channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15595, March 5 at 1329 Radio Vaticana closing Italian broadcast with times of next ones, said ``crede`` and cut off at 1330*. Was good signal; this is 500 kW at 107 degrees daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15105, March 4 at 2127, surprised to hear something with good but fluttery signal about Ethiopia, in British English, so is it DW, or CRI? No, BBCWS on new frequency. I barely had time to // it to 12095 and find 15105 was about one second ahead, when 15105 cut off abruptly at 2127:30*.
Uplooked later, not scheduled here tho BBC does use 15105 in Hausa at 1930-2000 via Ascension; so forgot to turn off transmitter, or a test? However, 12095 is definitely Ascension at this hour and they were not synchronized, so another site? Or does BBC deliberately de-synchronize //s from Ascension to even out power usage like some IBB and RNW sites do? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###