** CHINA. Firedrake April 25, from full bandscan 7-18 MHz:
15140, fair at 1225; good still at 1356, a rare inband frequency
13970, JBA at 1226
13320, poor at 1227
12950, good at 1220
10300, good at 1231
8400, good at 1234
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11705, RNV relay, April 25 at 1213 with same continuous crackle on audio as heard in the evenings on 12020, obviously same transmitter and/or same degraded program feed. Sounds like it originates from some cross-talking modulation unrelated to this program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI stayed on the air this Sunday, April 25, but instead of regular English programming was continuous rock music concert from 1300 past 1325, good reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615 and 17625, noticeably in // with Arabic talk, April 25 at 1329, both about equal with fair signals, shortly BSKSA ID with reverb added. Both are supposedly 500 kW and 100 degrees with Holy Qur`an program, except 17615 is supposed to switch to 17625 at 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT, Sunday April 25 at 1248 with Turkish lesson, translating phrases about visiting Ankara, 1250 outro ``Let`s Learn Turkish``. 1251 historical talk about Istanbul. Fair signal here, // JBA 15520 eastward. At 1254 found better signal on 13635 in Turkish, soon switching to presumed live sports coverage with crowd noises (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, WBCQ with special Area 51 transmission, Sunday April 25 at 1512, advertising WBNY hats and T-shirts. Good reception and no BBC Seychelles QRM as feared. WORLD OF RADIO to follow at 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0-USB, unID pirate April 25 at 1236 with top 40 music from the 80s, maybe Arrowsmith? 1247 robotic YL voice, sounds like she says ``Point of no return hit show``. 1253 still but weakening; 1258 robotic YL ID but couldn`t copy, also with yahoo.com address. Then sounds like SSTV mixing with music, 1301 definitely SSTV beeps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11500, still open carrier, with flutter, at 1230 April 25. We can only assume it is Dushanbé, Tajikistan, which is supposed to be relaying Voice of Russia. Isn`t it about time someone noticed at site that there is no modulation? Or, `it`s not my job to get the modulation, just to turn on the transmitter``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15385, April 25 at 1357 with open carrier, then tone tests at a variety of descending pitches, past 1400. Someone`s transmitter is getting proofed, and I bet it isn`t KJES. Nor is it necessarily any of the other users of 15385 during the day, Tinang, Noblejas or even Novosibirsk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
15140, fair at 1225; good still at 1356, a rare inband frequency
13970, JBA at 1226
13320, poor at 1227
12950, good at 1220
10300, good at 1231
8400, good at 1234
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11705, RNV relay, April 25 at 1213 with same continuous crackle on audio as heard in the evenings on 12020, obviously same transmitter and/or same degraded program feed. Sounds like it originates from some cross-talking modulation unrelated to this program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI stayed on the air this Sunday, April 25, but instead of regular English programming was continuous rock music concert from 1300 past 1325, good reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615 and 17625, noticeably in // with Arabic talk, April 25 at 1329, both about equal with fair signals, shortly BSKSA ID with reverb added. Both are supposedly 500 kW and 100 degrees with Holy Qur`an program, except 17615 is supposed to switch to 17625 at 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT, Sunday April 25 at 1248 with Turkish lesson, translating phrases about visiting Ankara, 1250 outro ``Let`s Learn Turkish``. 1251 historical talk about Istanbul. Fair signal here, // JBA 15520 eastward. At 1254 found better signal on 13635 in Turkish, soon switching to presumed live sports coverage with crowd noises (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, WBCQ with special Area 51 transmission, Sunday April 25 at 1512, advertising WBNY hats and T-shirts. Good reception and no BBC Seychelles QRM as feared. WORLD OF RADIO to follow at 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0-USB, unID pirate April 25 at 1236 with top 40 music from the 80s, maybe Arrowsmith? 1247 robotic YL voice, sounds like she says ``Point of no return hit show``. 1253 still but weakening; 1258 robotic YL ID but couldn`t copy, also with yahoo.com address. Then sounds like SSTV mixing with music, 1301 definitely SSTV beeps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11500, still open carrier, with flutter, at 1230 April 25. We can only assume it is Dushanbé, Tajikistan, which is supposed to be relaying Voice of Russia. Isn`t it about time someone noticed at site that there is no modulation? Or, `it`s not my job to get the modulation, just to turn on the transmitter``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15385, April 25 at 1357 with open carrier, then tone tests at a variety of descending pitches, past 1400. Someone`s transmitter is getting proofed, and I bet it isn`t KJES. Nor is it necessarily any of the other users of 15385 during the day, Tinang, Noblejas or even Novosibirsk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
