** ALBANIA. 13755 had no OTH radar June 10 unlike yesterday after 1400, but checked R. Tirana anyway at 1431: as always, reciting full English schedule. At the beginning of A-10 I confirmed they were announcing new times and frequencies correctly, so have not been paying much attention to it, an obstruxion to getting each English broadcast on the road.
But the final item was ``0430`` on a 6 MHz frequency in the 49m band, ergo, this was the old B-09 winter season schedule, since currently the last transmission is 0330 on 7425! Besides getting it correct, I continue to urge R. Tirana to move the transmission schedule announcement to the END of each broadcast. All we need at the beginning is the frequency for the current outsending. Especially when there are two rather than one, so intuners know they have an alternative if the one they are listening to is inadequate. However, this would require each transmission to be individualized, maybe too much trouble.
As for reception on 13755, tho S9+5 at peaks, it was no match for CRI via Habana on 13740, at least S9+25 and splashing upon 13755 especially during music. Truly, Cuban transmitters are the bane of shortwave, and it seems they should be avoided even more than 15 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, June 10 at 1352 carrier detectable, and then some JBA music modulation, 1353 YL announcement. This time it`s stronger than the 15480 station, which is not saying much. 1405 I thought it had outfaded until I touched the tuner and found the carrier was still there, dead air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 10:
8400, JBA in noise level at 1306. No others found by 1345 up to 19 MHz
People are still wondering what to call this jamming consisting only of traditional Chinese instrumental music, while we have this well-accepted and documented term, Firedrake, as explained a number of times in DXLD.
Someone referred to this as ``snake charming music`` --- I disagree: you don`t charm cobras by crashing and banging, but by gentle sounds in a regular rhythm as the flute weaves back and forth, more of a visual thing for the cobras which are in fact deaf. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Cobra
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, good modulation June 10 for the third day in a row! 1310 mentioning anniversary of the mutiny on the Bounty; strangely enough, this was toward the end of the (current) newscast, soon followed by repeating headlines. 1311 commentary about Obama cancelling his visit to Indonesia again; they seem a bit miffed. 1314 Today in History (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11655, NHKWNRJ June 10 at 1415 with unusual programming, continuous unannounced soft jazz on piano with bass, until finally 1432 Japanese talk. Sackville relay must have been filling during program feed outage. Refund on the way to Tokyo? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, Star Radio carrier, presumed, June 10 at 0615, detectable vs QRM and as usual slightly low compared to Cuba 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. A bit of TVDX later in the evening June 9, UT June 10: at 0230 ch 3 from west, documentary? At times heavy CCI from almost same offset, 3 or so large bars. Likely scenario: XHBC Mexicali vs XHQ Culiacán, both zero offset per W9WI.com. The offset designers obviously did not take into account the needs of DX viewers in OK.
At 0240 on channel 2, brief fade in with Azteca-7 net logo, and here the only likely is XHENT, Ensenada BCN, 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, KJES, June 10 at 1500, S9+15 but just barely modulated, an exercise in piety; Yahweh mentioned, not the God of the Pope, from this pseudo-Catholic station, and 1501 child pleading for reports with ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 13590, 1Africa, June 10 at 1410 hyper YL DJ with SMS numbers, bits of music mixed, then into gospel rap, ``Praise the Lord`` just about the only lyrix. Stronger than usual, S9+12, but still heavily CODARed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6025-, FRCN Enugu, BIAFRA, suspected source of barely detectable carrier, June 10 at 0615. WRTH 2010 has it as inactive/irregular, so can someone in the area confirm whether it has been on lately? Offset is just about identical to Star Radio, LIBERIA below 4025, which has been measured at -15 Hz. If 6025 were Dominican Republic, it was slightly on hi side of frequency when heard 3 nights ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
But the final item was ``0430`` on a 6 MHz frequency in the 49m band, ergo, this was the old B-09 winter season schedule, since currently the last transmission is 0330 on 7425! Besides getting it correct, I continue to urge R. Tirana to move the transmission schedule announcement to the END of each broadcast. All we need at the beginning is the frequency for the current outsending. Especially when there are two rather than one, so intuners know they have an alternative if the one they are listening to is inadequate. However, this would require each transmission to be individualized, maybe too much trouble.
As for reception on 13755, tho S9+5 at peaks, it was no match for CRI via Habana on 13740, at least S9+25 and splashing upon 13755 especially during music. Truly, Cuban transmitters are the bane of shortwave, and it seems they should be avoided even more than 15 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, June 10 at 1352 carrier detectable, and then some JBA music modulation, 1353 YL announcement. This time it`s stronger than the 15480 station, which is not saying much. 1405 I thought it had outfaded until I touched the tuner and found the carrier was still there, dead air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 10:
8400, JBA in noise level at 1306. No others found by 1345 up to 19 MHz
People are still wondering what to call this jamming consisting only of traditional Chinese instrumental music, while we have this well-accepted and documented term, Firedrake, as explained a number of times in DXLD.
Someone referred to this as ``snake charming music`` --- I disagree: you don`t charm cobras by crashing and banging, but by gentle sounds in a regular rhythm as the flute weaves back and forth, more of a visual thing for the cobras which are in fact deaf. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Cobra
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, good modulation June 10 for the third day in a row! 1310 mentioning anniversary of the mutiny on the Bounty; strangely enough, this was toward the end of the (current) newscast, soon followed by repeating headlines. 1311 commentary about Obama cancelling his visit to Indonesia again; they seem a bit miffed. 1314 Today in History (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11655, NHKWNRJ June 10 at 1415 with unusual programming, continuous unannounced soft jazz on piano with bass, until finally 1432 Japanese talk. Sackville relay must have been filling during program feed outage. Refund on the way to Tokyo? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, Star Radio carrier, presumed, June 10 at 0615, detectable vs QRM and as usual slightly low compared to Cuba 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. A bit of TVDX later in the evening June 9, UT June 10: at 0230 ch 3 from west, documentary? At times heavy CCI from almost same offset, 3 or so large bars. Likely scenario: XHBC Mexicali vs XHQ Culiacán, both zero offset per W9WI.com. The offset designers obviously did not take into account the needs of DX viewers in OK.
At 0240 on channel 2, brief fade in with Azteca-7 net logo, and here the only likely is XHENT, Ensenada BCN, 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, KJES, June 10 at 1500, S9+15 but just barely modulated, an exercise in piety; Yahweh mentioned, not the God of the Pope, from this pseudo-Catholic station, and 1501 child pleading for reports with ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 13590, 1Africa, June 10 at 1410 hyper YL DJ with SMS numbers, bits of music mixed, then into gospel rap, ``Praise the Lord`` just about the only lyrix. Stronger than usual, S9+12, but still heavily CODARed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6025-, FRCN Enugu, BIAFRA, suspected source of barely detectable carrier, June 10 at 0615. WRTH 2010 has it as inactive/irregular, so can someone in the area confirm whether it has been on lately? Offset is just about identical to Star Radio, LIBERIA below 4025, which has been measured at -15 Hz. If 6025 were Dominican Republic, it was slightly on hi side of frequency when heard 3 nights ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
