** AUSTRALIA. 11660, RA news in English at 2101 Jan 17, stronger than // 11650, which is found to be synchronized, so same site? Yes, per HFCC, at 2000-2200 both Shepparton, 70 and 30 degrees respectively, i.e. 11660 ideal for CNAm beyond the central Pacific. Until 2057 they are divided by RNW Madagascar on 11655.
At first I wondered if 11650 could be via Taiwan, but not now, not if they are in synch. However, Aoki shows 11660 as Brandon 10 kW in B-10, which does not compute either, as that would be much weaker and with a delay. Another RA pair until 1357 UT, 9580 and 9590, have the same azimuthal relationship in reverse order, i.e. 9580 better for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Today`s RHC SNAFU roundup so far, Jan 17: 11760 missing at 2051 when English hour should have been on, audiblizing AWR on 11755; see USA [non]. Next check at 2122, 11760 on with scheduled French.
12040, off before 2100, on with Spanish around 2105, off again at 2119; anyhow, RDPI not on 12040 at all, this being a weekday with no sillyballgame, so no `extraordinary emission` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa has not been heard for quite some time here, all year? Anyhow, Jan 17 at 2117 there is no trace of even a carrier, adjacent to strong YFR/Ascension on 15195. Has anyone been hearing 15190 lately at any hour? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. OKC`s only holdout running IBOC noise, WWLS-640, COL Moore, ex-Norman, sometimes turns it off unpredictably, such as Jan 17 at 2005 UT with remote from a car dealer, but still off at 2020 during sports talk, so avoiding asynchronism during live ballgame is not the reason.
This audiblized very weak something on 650, probably KGAB WY, and on 630, probably KHOW CO, but the latter still has IBOC upon it from KMKI 620 Plano TX. The next Metroplex station up the dial, 660 KSKY, is also bothered by WWLS IBOC when on, and now without it, I can detect KCRO Omaha underneath; all groundwave, on caradio (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11755, Jan 17 at 2051, slow talk in a tonal African language; 2058 retune in music, and no announcement before cut to open carrier at 2059:30, 2100 VTC music loop to 2100:42*. HFCC reveals it`s AWR in Yoruba via SOUTH AFRICA, 250 kW, 328 degrees from Meyerton to Nigeria, but also USward, accounting for the good signal, made better by the absence of RHC from 11760; see CUBA. Same has AWR French at 2000-2030.
** U S A. 11665, WYFR after 2100 was in Arabic again Jan 17, not Yoruba or whatever was heard once last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Jan 17 at 2113, ``Billie Jean`` by Michael Jaxon, 2115 segué to ``Thriller``, but very distorted modulation worsened by selective fading, and wobbling carrier. Must be VOA Music Mix, supposed to be BOTSWANA during this hour, so is it the ailing transmitter there? VG level at S9+15 and could have been Greenville, another ailing transmitter substituting.
9680, Jan 17 at 2126 hard rock music, 2127 VOA French with USG editorial, brief backgrounder on Martin Luther King, a Baptist minister from Alabama. (Actually he was from Atlanta, but became a pastor in 1954 in Montgomery.) This was over already in a sesquiminute, 2128.5 sign-off mentioning FM in Ouagadougou and Abidjan, not shortwave! VG signal which could have been Greenville, but HFCC shows MADAGASCAR, 250 kW, 300 degrees, M-F only. 9680 cut off at 2129.5 after ``VOA, Washington``.
9780, meanwhile, found to be // and leading 9680 by about a second. It`s SÃO TOMÉ, 100 kW, 88 degrees and weaker like it should be. 9780 continued with full Yankee-Doodle-Dandy sign-off until 2131, then open carrier continuing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9479, WTWW missing, Jan 17 at 2123; I know it was on during the previous semihour; back on at next check 2132 with super-signal. Unfortunately, nothing of interest heard in its absence, but 1Africa, Zambia, 9505 did not have to worry about overload from WTWW in OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
At first I wondered if 11650 could be via Taiwan, but not now, not if they are in synch. However, Aoki shows 11660 as Brandon 10 kW in B-10, which does not compute either, as that would be much weaker and with a delay. Another RA pair until 1357 UT, 9580 and 9590, have the same azimuthal relationship in reverse order, i.e. 9580 better for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Today`s RHC SNAFU roundup so far, Jan 17: 11760 missing at 2051 when English hour should have been on, audiblizing AWR on 11755; see USA [non]. Next check at 2122, 11760 on with scheduled French.
12040, off before 2100, on with Spanish around 2105, off again at 2119; anyhow, RDPI not on 12040 at all, this being a weekday with no sillyballgame, so no `extraordinary emission` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa has not been heard for quite some time here, all year? Anyhow, Jan 17 at 2117 there is no trace of even a carrier, adjacent to strong YFR/Ascension on 15195. Has anyone been hearing 15190 lately at any hour? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. OKC`s only holdout running IBOC noise, WWLS-640, COL Moore, ex-Norman, sometimes turns it off unpredictably, such as Jan 17 at 2005 UT with remote from a car dealer, but still off at 2020 during sports talk, so avoiding asynchronism during live ballgame is not the reason.
This audiblized very weak something on 650, probably KGAB WY, and on 630, probably KHOW CO, but the latter still has IBOC upon it from KMKI 620 Plano TX. The next Metroplex station up the dial, 660 KSKY, is also bothered by WWLS IBOC when on, and now without it, I can detect KCRO Omaha underneath; all groundwave, on caradio (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11755, Jan 17 at 2051, slow talk in a tonal African language; 2058 retune in music, and no announcement before cut to open carrier at 2059:30, 2100 VTC music loop to 2100:42*. HFCC reveals it`s AWR in Yoruba via SOUTH AFRICA, 250 kW, 328 degrees from Meyerton to Nigeria, but also USward, accounting for the good signal, made better by the absence of RHC from 11760; see CUBA. Same has AWR French at 2000-2030.
** U S A. 11665, WYFR after 2100 was in Arabic again Jan 17, not Yoruba or whatever was heard once last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Jan 17 at 2113, ``Billie Jean`` by Michael Jaxon, 2115 segué to ``Thriller``, but very distorted modulation worsened by selective fading, and wobbling carrier. Must be VOA Music Mix, supposed to be BOTSWANA during this hour, so is it the ailing transmitter there? VG level at S9+15 and could have been Greenville, another ailing transmitter substituting.
9680, Jan 17 at 2126 hard rock music, 2127 VOA French with USG editorial, brief backgrounder on Martin Luther King, a Baptist minister from Alabama. (Actually he was from Atlanta, but became a pastor in 1954 in Montgomery.) This was over already in a sesquiminute, 2128.5 sign-off mentioning FM in Ouagadougou and Abidjan, not shortwave! VG signal which could have been Greenville, but HFCC shows MADAGASCAR, 250 kW, 300 degrees, M-F only. 9680 cut off at 2129.5 after ``VOA, Washington``.
9780, meanwhile, found to be // and leading 9680 by about a second. It`s SÃO TOMÉ, 100 kW, 88 degrees and weaker like it should be. 9780 continued with full Yankee-Doodle-Dandy sign-off until 2131, then open carrier continuing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9479, WTWW missing, Jan 17 at 2123; I know it was on during the previous semihour; back on at next check 2132 with super-signal. Unfortunately, nothing of interest heard in its absence, but 1Africa, Zambia, 9505 did not have to worry about overload from WTWW in OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###