** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no trace of LRA36 carrier, Monday Sept 13 at several chex during 12-15 UT scheduled broadcast: 1320, 1359, 1423; but 15480 from Rampisham was audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non?]. 12000, RCI IS alternating with English and French IDs, which we often hear when feed is lost, Sept 13 at 1313, 1406, still 1425; poor but steady signal, much weaker than CNR1 jammer on 11990, and also much weaker than NHK relay funxioning normally on 11655. RCI not scheduled on 12000 from Sackville or any relay site, but could be a test via somewhere else. FWIW, VOR via Khabarovsk is registered on 12000 at 10-14, but no sign of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Sept 13: none found in several scans 8-18 MHz between 1305 and 1425, initially checking 8400 and 10500. CNR1 jammers were quite strong on 15285, 15265 et al., so Firedrake should have been audible somewhere if on the air.
Some suspicious hets and CNR1s, however: Sept 13 at 1356, 15530 with CNR1 // 15285, and weaker het from 15528.5; also CNR1 on 15430 with flutter until 1400* cutting off timesignal after only two pips, and then I found 15530 also off. But at 1401, 15550 has talk (not WJHR) with het on hi side slightly less than 1 kHz. 15580, VOA Music Mix at 1421 with weak het from 15582 and some audio.
Aoki has V. of Tibet via Tajikistan until 1400 on 15527 and via UAE until 1400 on 15430; nothing to account for 15550; VOT via Tajikistan on 15578 until 1407, then 15572; but the jumps are subject to wide variation.
Also, at 1419, 17560 CNR1 strong with heavy flutter, no het, // 11990 jammer. Must be against Voice of Tibet via Madagascar, one channel up from WYFR 17555. I first logged this as 17555 but I must have been off as no info that WYFR and Madagascar have shifted from listings. Madagascar relay not known for jumping around despite ChiCom jamming of clients (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. As I tuned across RHC, 15120, better 11760, Sept 13 at 1342, Tony Gómez was mentioning that one of the founders of RHC had died this morning, sounds like Saída López Cabaroca, who for almost 50 years from the outset had been Jefe del Departamento de Análisis de Correspondencia Internacional. Then an archive interview with her until 1351 mentioning that the number one country for letters to RHC is México, number two USA, etc. I`m pretty sure of her second and third names, but Googling on them both within and without the RHC site got nowhere. Apparently more of a nonentity until her demise. Not to be confused with Lourdes López, well-known correspondence chief who recently retired; never heard the name Lourdes mentioned. Who knows her correct name? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Obit
** INDIA. 15050, AIR poor with flutter, Indian vocal music at 1322 Sept 14, still at 1404, talk at 1424. Per Aoki it`s Sinhala service via Delhi/Khampur at 13-15. Transpolar conditions slightly improving with equinox imminent? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. After missing a few days, VOI attempted a comeback on 9526-, Sept 13: at 1304 hummy open carrier, interrupted by occasional bits of news in English. 1315 now English mostly on but with the brief audio dropouts; back to open carrier at 1321 and off the air at 1332*. But *1333:25 carrier back on with a bit of audio, back off at 1335:35* and not noted any later.
Atsunori Ishida reported carriers were on the air at earlier hours Sept 9-11, but not yet posted what he heard on Sept 12 or 13:
Sep 09 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0949-1300- )
Sep 10 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0955-1202 )
Sep 11 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0955-1000- )
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 21695, with African music Sept 13 at 1326, poor but SSOB surpassing Spain 21610; 1328 Swahili talk mixed with music, stronger than // 17725. By 1353, Spain 21610, 21570 and 21540 were all much stronger than weakening 21695. At 1417, 21695 gone and 17725 remained in English with ID Voice of Africa from the Great Jamahiriyah (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, Sept 13 at 1248 poor with music; only audible signal on band besides WWRB 3185, tho carriers detectable on 3290, 3315; not 3385 of course, off earlier. 3365 is R. Milne Bay, Alotau (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 6019.3, R. Victoria het on CRIEnglish via Sackville 6020.0, Sept 13 at 0547 interfering with Osman. Henceforth, we`ll assume this is the case and not report it until missing again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. Quick check for Radio PMR found it back on air UT Monday Sept 13 at 0025 on 6240 in French, after weekend break; while VOR in English occupied 9665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UNIDENTIFIED. 9752.5, approx. 2-way Spanish SSB intruders, intermittently at 1306-1312+ Sept 13; het from 9750 broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CANADA [non?]. 12000, RCI IS alternating with English and French IDs, which we often hear when feed is lost, Sept 13 at 1313, 1406, still 1425; poor but steady signal, much weaker than CNR1 jammer on 11990, and also much weaker than NHK relay funxioning normally on 11655. RCI not scheduled on 12000 from Sackville or any relay site, but could be a test via somewhere else. FWIW, VOR via Khabarovsk is registered on 12000 at 10-14, but no sign of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Sept 13: none found in several scans 8-18 MHz between 1305 and 1425, initially checking 8400 and 10500. CNR1 jammers were quite strong on 15285, 15265 et al., so Firedrake should have been audible somewhere if on the air.
Some suspicious hets and CNR1s, however: Sept 13 at 1356, 15530 with CNR1 // 15285, and weaker het from 15528.5; also CNR1 on 15430 with flutter until 1400* cutting off timesignal after only two pips, and then I found 15530 also off. But at 1401, 15550 has talk (not WJHR) with het on hi side slightly less than 1 kHz. 15580, VOA Music Mix at 1421 with weak het from 15582 and some audio.
Aoki has V. of Tibet via Tajikistan until 1400 on 15527 and via UAE until 1400 on 15430; nothing to account for 15550; VOT via Tajikistan on 15578 until 1407, then 15572; but the jumps are subject to wide variation.
Also, at 1419, 17560 CNR1 strong with heavy flutter, no het, // 11990 jammer. Must be against Voice of Tibet via Madagascar, one channel up from WYFR 17555. I first logged this as 17555 but I must have been off as no info that WYFR and Madagascar have shifted from listings. Madagascar relay not known for jumping around despite ChiCom jamming of clients (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. As I tuned across RHC, 15120, better 11760, Sept 13 at 1342, Tony Gómez was mentioning that one of the founders of RHC had died this morning, sounds like Saída López Cabaroca, who for almost 50 years from the outset had been Jefe del Departamento de Análisis de Correspondencia Internacional. Then an archive interview with her until 1351 mentioning that the number one country for letters to RHC is México, number two USA, etc. I`m pretty sure of her second and third names, but Googling on them both within and without the RHC site got nowhere. Apparently more of a nonentity until her demise. Not to be confused with Lourdes López, well-known correspondence chief who recently retired; never heard the name Lourdes mentioned. Who knows her correct name? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Obit
** INDIA. 15050, AIR poor with flutter, Indian vocal music at 1322 Sept 14, still at 1404, talk at 1424. Per Aoki it`s Sinhala service via Delhi/Khampur at 13-15. Transpolar conditions slightly improving with equinox imminent? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. After missing a few days, VOI attempted a comeback on 9526-, Sept 13: at 1304 hummy open carrier, interrupted by occasional bits of news in English. 1315 now English mostly on but with the brief audio dropouts; back to open carrier at 1321 and off the air at 1332*. But *1333:25 carrier back on with a bit of audio, back off at 1335:35* and not noted any later.
Atsunori Ishida reported carriers were on the air at earlier hours Sept 9-11, but not yet posted what he heard on Sept 12 or 13:
Sep 09 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0949-1300- )
Sep 10 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0955-1202 )
Sep 11 9526 kHz ----- ( Carrier : 0955-1000- )
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 21695, with African music Sept 13 at 1326, poor but SSOB surpassing Spain 21610; 1328 Swahili talk mixed with music, stronger than // 17725. By 1353, Spain 21610, 21570 and 21540 were all much stronger than weakening 21695. At 1417, 21695 gone and 17725 remained in English with ID Voice of Africa from the Great Jamahiriyah (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3365, Sept 13 at 1248 poor with music; only audible signal on band besides WWRB 3185, tho carriers detectable on 3290, 3315; not 3385 of course, off earlier. 3365 is R. Milne Bay, Alotau (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 6019.3, R. Victoria het on CRIEnglish via Sackville 6020.0, Sept 13 at 0547 interfering with Osman. Henceforth, we`ll assume this is the case and not report it until missing again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. Quick check for Radio PMR found it back on air UT Monday Sept 13 at 0025 on 6240 in French, after weekend break; while VOR in English occupied 9665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UNIDENTIFIED. 9752.5, approx. 2-way Spanish SSB intruders, intermittently at 1306-1312+ Sept 13; het from 9750 broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
