** AUSTRALIA [and non]. VL8 check Jan 16 at 1321: carriers and bits of audio on 2485, better 2325, and best 2310, still very poor. 2850 KOREA NORTH was much better, but poor conditions on higher bands led to no significant loggings during the next sesquihour, so I mainly listened to R. Australia`s Sunday-night religion discussion, after 1400 on 7240, 9590 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 13580, Jan 16 at 0014, strong in Chinese with heavy echo. Since this is a genuine CRI broadcast, 500 kW, 215 degrees from Beijing site, nothing to jam here, I suspect it was really short/long path. You have a serious self-inflicted `PR` problem when any reception of your stations must be evaluated whether it is jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, for the second week in a row, RHC succeeds in getting its Esperanto broadcast on as scheduled, Jan 16 at 1500, announcing Sunday-only schedule as this plus 0700 on 6010 (not checked this week, but previously was really on 6050, 6150); and 2230 on 15370, which I still hope to remember to check this week, as it was also missing in December.
Meanwhile at 1505, the special frequencies for ``Aló, Presidente``, 17750 and 13750 were on the air as always on Sundays, but only with RHC programming // 11730, and also at 1538 on 17750, 15370, 13750, 11760, and 11730 an echo apart. See also VENEZUELA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, since Mark Coady in Ontario was hearing R. Kuwait again in English with news at 1830 Jan 14, good signal, I look for it Jan 15 at 1855: JBA carrier is all we get out here in deep NAm; should gradually improve with oncoming spring if schedule be maintained. Had been generally inaudible in NAm, even Europe since October, above the MUF for winter night-path starting at 9 pm local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255, VON, Jan 15 at 2257 just as I tune in, huge signal but horribly distorted national anthem, cut modulation before it finished, and cut carrier a few sex later, as they couldn`t stand it either at the transmitter site. Was conclusion of Hausa broadcast normally here, altho once we caught it on 9690 instead. Once off, uncovered tune-up tones on 7250 before NAm service from RUSSIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, KWOU Woodward, at 2205 UT Jan 15, generally audible on caradio west side of Enid; but still seems to be on air only intermittently in testing phase. BTW, the home frequency of KGOU at OU in Norman is 106.3; not 105.7 as I said, which is another relay, KROU on the NE side of OKC, neither of which reaches Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7250, VOR WS in English to NAm, Jan 15 at 2258 tune-up tones, 2300 sign-on still voiced by the late Carl Watts. Lately I listened to the Moscow Mailbag tribute to him last week. The YL announcer has quite a heavy accent; co-host is now Max Gorbachev. Any relation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Further WORLD OF RADIO 1547 monitoring: 9955, WRMI, Saturday Jan 15 at 1855 for the 1830+ WRN relay: pulse jamming, JBA carrier, but confirmed on webcast. Sunday Jan 16 at 1637, fair signal, no jamming except bleed from the wall of noise on 9965. Next chances: Sun 1830, Mon 1230 - probably jammed, Tue 1630; Wed 1630 unless I have #1548 ready by then as hoped. Also on WBCQ 7415, Tue 2000.
0730 UT Sunday Jan 16, WOR 1547 confirmed on 3215, the only known WWCR SW airing this week since:
2130 Friday on 7465 was off the air, but still on WWCR-1 webcast.
1700 Saturday on 12160 missing third week in a row despite schedule.
0330 Sunday on 4840 canceled plus entire DX Block at end of 2010y
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9405, WINB, Jan 16 at 0703 check is JBA, less than 9370v WTJC, now spurless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, WJHR, Jan 16 at 1638, trace of talk on USB, presumed this, in splash from Portugal 15560 which is weekends only. I had not logged WJHR since Dec 27, so it still exists, despite flouting FCC rules with nowhere near 50 kW, a glorified ham station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. No-show again from El Hugazo; despite RHC as always shifting to Sunday-only frequencies, 17750, 13750, 15370, these were // RHC itself at 1639 check including 6140, 11730, 13680. 11730 was an echo apart from 13750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12020, very distorted spur at 2310 Jan 15; could not match it to anything circa, such as WEWN, RHC, HCJB or 12025 DW German via Rwanda, from whose splash it was hard to separate and possibly the source (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA. 13580, Jan 16 at 0014, strong in Chinese with heavy echo. Since this is a genuine CRI broadcast, 500 kW, 215 degrees from Beijing site, nothing to jam here, I suspect it was really short/long path. You have a serious self-inflicted `PR` problem when any reception of your stations must be evaluated whether it is jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, for the second week in a row, RHC succeeds in getting its Esperanto broadcast on as scheduled, Jan 16 at 1500, announcing Sunday-only schedule as this plus 0700 on 6010 (not checked this week, but previously was really on 6050, 6150); and 2230 on 15370, which I still hope to remember to check this week, as it was also missing in December.
Meanwhile at 1505, the special frequencies for ``Aló, Presidente``, 17750 and 13750 were on the air as always on Sundays, but only with RHC programming // 11730, and also at 1538 on 17750, 15370, 13750, 11760, and 11730 an echo apart. See also VENEZUELA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, since Mark Coady in Ontario was hearing R. Kuwait again in English with news at 1830 Jan 14, good signal, I look for it Jan 15 at 1855: JBA carrier is all we get out here in deep NAm; should gradually improve with oncoming spring if schedule be maintained. Had been generally inaudible in NAm, even Europe since October, above the MUF for winter night-path starting at 9 pm local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255, VON, Jan 15 at 2257 just as I tune in, huge signal but horribly distorted national anthem, cut modulation before it finished, and cut carrier a few sex later, as they couldn`t stand it either at the transmitter site. Was conclusion of Hausa broadcast normally here, altho once we caught it on 9690 instead. Once off, uncovered tune-up tones on 7250 before NAm service from RUSSIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, KWOU Woodward, at 2205 UT Jan 15, generally audible on caradio west side of Enid; but still seems to be on air only intermittently in testing phase. BTW, the home frequency of KGOU at OU in Norman is 106.3; not 105.7 as I said, which is another relay, KROU on the NE side of OKC, neither of which reaches Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7250, VOR WS in English to NAm, Jan 15 at 2258 tune-up tones, 2300 sign-on still voiced by the late Carl Watts. Lately I listened to the Moscow Mailbag tribute to him last week. The YL announcer has quite a heavy accent; co-host is now Max Gorbachev. Any relation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Further WORLD OF RADIO 1547 monitoring: 9955, WRMI, Saturday Jan 15 at 1855 for the 1830+ WRN relay: pulse jamming, JBA carrier, but confirmed on webcast. Sunday Jan 16 at 1637, fair signal, no jamming except bleed from the wall of noise on 9965. Next chances: Sun 1830, Mon 1230 - probably jammed, Tue 1630; Wed 1630 unless I have #1548 ready by then as hoped. Also on WBCQ 7415, Tue 2000.
0730 UT Sunday Jan 16, WOR 1547 confirmed on 3215, the only known WWCR SW airing this week since:
2130 Friday on 7465 was off the air, but still on WWCR-1 webcast.
1700 Saturday on 12160 missing third week in a row despite schedule.
0330 Sunday on 4840 canceled plus entire DX Block at end of 2010y
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9405, WINB, Jan 16 at 0703 check is JBA, less than 9370v WTJC, now spurless (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, WJHR, Jan 16 at 1638, trace of talk on USB, presumed this, in splash from Portugal 15560 which is weekends only. I had not logged WJHR since Dec 27, so it still exists, despite flouting FCC rules with nowhere near 50 kW, a glorified ham station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. No-show again from El Hugazo; despite RHC as always shifting to Sunday-only frequencies, 17750, 13750, 15370, these were // RHC itself at 1639 check including 6140, 11730, 13680. 11730 was an echo apart from 13750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12020, very distorted spur at 2310 Jan 15; could not match it to anything circa, such as WEWN, RHC, HCJB or 12025 DW German via Rwanda, from whose splash it was hard to separate and possibly the source (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###