** CHINA. Firedrake April 16: at 1329, poor on 8400; at 1334 good on 10300. At 1342, good on 12970 and 10970 --- checked the other `970s but not on those (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Anomaly observations April 16: at 1332, strong open carrier on 9570 instead of CRI English; same was OK via Sackville on 9650, once the collision with RN/Tinang was over. Left a receiver on 9570 and CRI finally cut on at 1339.5 talking about Icelandic vulcanism. Refund on the way from La Habana to Beijing?
A few minutes before 2100 April 16, 15370 RHC Arabic, and much weaker 15380 in Spanish. But at 2100 check they had parallelized to both in Spanish, announcing the second hour of Revista Iberoamericana, which is Mon-Sat at 4-7 pm EDT = 20-23 UT. 15370 is so strong that it is splashing upon 15380, Cuban commies vs Cuban commies!
At 2240 April 16 I notice RHC 12030, reminding me to check what happen at 2300. On 12020 at 2256, RDP International ID, musical prélude, 2257 NA. Signal reads at least S9+22 and while Portugal is capable of that, this had ``reverse fading``, i.e. occasionally modulation became stronger as signal briefly faded down, so RDPI was axually under a much stronger open carrier from Cuba.
2302 still no RHC mod, however. 2303 finally JIP (joined in progress) RHC English // the only frequency where it is supposed to be, 5040, Elena Valverde beginning accented `news`. After about a minute at 2304 RHC cut to the proper Spanish program feed now // 12030. As time went on, the 12020 RHC signal gained and RDPI weakened, scarcely audible at 2330 but here in NAm it still has VG // 9715 USward.
RHC was missing from 12030 the other day, but now it`s clear that RHC is still running both, however ineptly, from 2300, despite RDPI also targeting South America on 12020, and the latter is properly registered with HFCC, was also there at least a week before Arnie decided to use it. If he has even realized yet there is a problem, perhaps he is trying to figure a way to get out of it and yet save face. We`ll see.
11831, April 16 at 2332, very rapid and regular pulsing centered here, over weak broadcast signal on 11830, seems to be in Chinese, i.e. DW via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA, per Aoki. Coincidental no doubt, as I think the ChiCom don`t jam DW, for some reason, right? And not their style. Instead, likely yet another spur out of the DentroCuban Jamming Command mass-attacking Radio Martí on 11775, 56 kHz lower. VOA also being wall-of-noise jammed on 11970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa, April 16 at 2102 with open carrier, good signal but zero modulation. Finally at 2107 traces of preachy audio started to appear, and that`s enough for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. In a previous report, this item was missing tune-in time and date, now added, so please replace it with:
13775, VOR finally propagating with good signal on the only frequency retained for English to NAm at 04-06, 50 degrees from Vladivostok; good modulation too, YL in story narrative with music and war SFX at 0526 April 12. Scheduled is ``Timelines``. But at next check 0558 right before sign-off, was fading out and becoming JBA! Apparently the G3 magstorm had hit the path in the meantime. This could be avoided by using a relay to the south! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 15510, SW Asian music at 1345 April 16, but with quick audio dropouts. Aoki reminds us again that it`s Voice of Russia, Pashto/Dari service via Krasnodar.
VOR`s only frequency in English to NAm, 9890, April 16 at 2250 in jazz, over co-channel CNR1 Lingshi; VOA 9885 stronger carrier is already warming up, but not much of a problem to 9890 before modulation and jamming is added at 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Some WORLD OF RADIO 1508 monitoring chex: Thu April 15 at 1900 on 9330-CUSB from WBCQ, first SW airing anywhere --- but cut off after two minutes, as this was just runover from the previous paid hour, and WOR is supposed to be on 7415 only, inaudible here. Sometimes WBCQ is not so quick to turn off 9330, to our benefit.
9955, at 0030 UT Friday April 16, confirmed on WRMI, fair signal, and either no jamming or very little audible under. Did not check the Thu 2100 airing, but other days it`s been nothing but heavy jamming at that hour.
15825, scheduled for 2030 Fridays from WWCR, tuned in at 2057 to confirm WOR was on, but too late, as already announcing frequency change to 7465. WOR playback often starts early at 2028 or 2029. However, there must have been a problem, since 15825 stayed on the air, at 2058 when the announcement switched to ``7465 now opening``, and even the beginning-Spanish intro, then at 2059 repeat the original QSY announcement, and 15825 finally off at 2100 sharp. By this hour, 15825 signal is poor here, while 7465 is VG but squealy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. As noted previously, KJES has been unheard in A-10 on 11715 when I bandscan just about every morning, nor on less frequent afternoon chex of 15385; I seldom try 7555 in the evening, but not there either at 0120 April 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11494-USB, April 16 at 2334, 2-way military-sounding contact in Amerenglish, said ``capable of flying on two engines if needed``, and discussed arranging phone patch. There was lots of background noise, feedback when mike open.
That frequency gets lots of hits in the UDXF yg, altho none since February of last year --- is that group restored to full searchability? Heading does not say otherwise. The logs mention CAMSLANT contacting Coast Guard aircraft (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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