** ALBANIA. Trying to monitor R. Tirana about the Jan 21 violent lethal demonstrations there, Jan 22 at 2100: 9895 poor signal, but better than 7530; not enough to copy vs local noise level. So tried the webcast at
http://radiotirana.funkhaus.info:8000/
Stream is running but silently.
Then tried next half-hour broadcast at 0330 UT Jan 23 on 6100 only: again too much noise vs signal. Now the webcast is running ---
News seems even-handed. Albanian anti-government protesters, 3 dead, 47 wounded. ``Forsenics`` to determine kind of gun which fired bullets. Quotes US ambassador, calling for calm and restraint. Foreign press reports. Background on socialist party protests to the election results. Nice folk music to end the transmission.
Now that I can hear her clearly, I`m afraid the announcer mispronounces a number of English words. But I would have a hard time pronouncing any Albanian words correctly.
And repeats at 0400 while SW takes a break, another repeat at 0430 when SW 6100 is back on. But silent after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7255, Jan 23 at 1339 soft rock music, 1340 Russian announcement beginning ``dear friends``, next song in Chinese. Fair signal from CRI, per Aoki, during this hour only, 500 kW, 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang, so also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Shortly after 1400 UT Jan 23, the special ``Alo, Presidente`` Sunday-only frequencies are all on the air, 17750, 15370, 13750 and 11690, but with same RHC programming as on 11730, 11760, 13780, 15120, 15230, 15360.
Next check at 1710, the EH frequencies are still on and also still Hugazoless, just // RHC programming on all, except 15370 is open carrier, 17750 is undermodulated. 15360 and 13780 are off, 13680 is on but with the weak transmitter. 13750 and 11760 VG, 11730 weaker as usual, 11690 with RTTY QRM on the low side.
11760, RHC Esperanto service reconfirmed this Sunday, Jan 23 at 1517 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 23 at 1335, talk detectable under my local DTV cable converter jammer; AFN had apparently been missing for a day or two (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. 3340, Jan 23 at 0623, just barely modulated music, must be HRMI; a bit of running-water ute QRM hits briefly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525, VOI, Jan 23 at 1347, just barely modulated (JBM) with music, so hard to tell if there are any IADs; 1348 English announcement. Much better signal an hour later in Indonesian. Frequency is just a tad below 9525 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 11665, nothing audible Jan 23 at 1350 from RTM`s latest new frequency, reported by S. Hasegawa and Ron Howard as relaying Sarawak services like on 9835, which is also unheard. This country continues to be a most frustrating one here to pull any readable signals from on any of its frequencies. At least they are putting on new transmitters, so maybe something will eventually work for us. I suspect they lack antennas aimed USward by coincidence, let alone design (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9570, RVA, Jan 23 at 1515 choral music, bell and Russian from R. Blagovest service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA`s ``Jazz America`` is still missing from what used to be its best frequency by far, 9760 via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, Sunday January 23 at 1341, with announcement about some figure`s birthday, but poorly audible on 7575 and 9640.
Latest HFCC still shows 9760 on the air Sat & Sun only at 13-14, but 250 kW, 283 degrees from Tinang unlike later, 15-16 at 21 degrees USward, so is it really on at 13? I don`t think so; even aimed westward we should still be able to hear some of it.
After all, 9640 was audible, and that is also Tinang, 250 kW at 270 degrees. And so is 7575, 250 kW at 332 degrees, both on the air this hour only Sat & Sun for Jazz America.
FWIW, says the program page
http://www.voanews.com/english/programs/radio/64963177.html
``VOA Shortwave Saturdays & Sundays 1300-1400 GMT/UTC
Frequencies: 7.575, 9.64, 9.76 & 11.705 mhz``
Did not check 11705, but I certainly have not noticed it there either as I tune around, nor is it in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, WWCR, Brother Scare missing Jan 23 at 0618 on huge carrier, but some low audio from DGS // 5935. As far as I can tell, 5890 is axually transmitting such audio, nor merely caused by receiver overload, as it remains with attenuation, detuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, Jan 23 at 1402, ``Rock of Ages`` instrumental hymn, partially demodulated by co-channel weak signal from Iran`s Arabic service which runs until 1630, 500 kW, 295 degrees from Sirjan. WJHR presumably just signed on, boldly taking on the superpower competitor; soon into talk about sin. Also a problem: splash from Portugal 15560, on air only on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1548 monitoring. Tnx to Anne Fanelli, NY who confirms we were back on WWCR 12160 Saturday at 1700, her favorite time to listen.
On WRMI 9955: audible with poor-fair signal Sunday Jan 23 at 1645 check, and with fast SAH which per Aoki is Family Radio in Russian, 15-17, 250 kW, 352 degrees from Tainan, Taiwan. But no jamming.
1710 recheck, 9955 now has heavy jamming equal to the level on 9965 against R. República. DentroCubans must be protected from English broadcasts such as UN Radio Calling Asia, on the WRN relay schedule Sundays at 1700, to include WOR at 1830 and much more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3997-LSB, Sunday Jan 23 at 1320 one ham handing off to next one to continue reading chapter 23 at verse 34. Turns out to be Matthew, 24: shortly later, from Mel, but the call I copied doesn`t match the handle.
3987.5-LSB, Sunday Jan 23 at 1323, traffic net with message, ``For every man there is a woman, and the guitarist has his pick.`` -- Confucius? Then reading it back to be sure every word has been copied correctly. Countering the Bible class on 3997, which was mentioned here. Het from 3985, presumably Echo of Hope, Korea South. This net IDed at 1331 as Arkansas Razorback Emergency Traffic Net, and then handing over to:
3987.5-LSB, Ozark Bible Class, NCS Gene, W5SXV In Prairie Grove, opening with Pledge of Allegiance (``under God`` version). It could have been quite a cacophony, with multiple stations joining in, but they did not; however, reciter called for ``amens`` at the end of the POA, and several came thru in quick succession. Geez, it`s not a prayer!
1333 the leader delves into Ezekiel, after whom all those Zeke hillbillies are named, as he said. ARRL lookup shows: GAINES, EPHRIAM E, W5SXV, 12917 GREEN EARTH RD, PRAIRIE GROVE, AR 72753. There are several other AR nets on this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1681.0, Jan 23 at 0640 UT, KRJO 1680 Old School in Monroe LA has constant het on hi side, never noted before. Still there when I turn back on at 1308. Could one of the other five US stations on 1680 have slipped a kHz? Cuba has done this on some other frequencies, except there is no known Cuban on 1680. Possibly of local origin, but I doubt it. Anyone else hearing it? I was in the area trying for new XEANAH on 1670, but so far no luck with that, nor on caradio in evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15209.3, approx., het again upon WYFR Portuguese 15210.0, Jan 23 at 1402, still at 1454 with some audio, and at 1515 when YFR is in English. Has anyone further east identified the source? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
http://radiotirana.funkhaus.info:8000/
Stream is running but silently.
Then tried next half-hour broadcast at 0330 UT Jan 23 on 6100 only: again too much noise vs signal. Now the webcast is running ---
News seems even-handed. Albanian anti-government protesters, 3 dead, 47 wounded. ``Forsenics`` to determine kind of gun which fired bullets. Quotes US ambassador, calling for calm and restraint. Foreign press reports. Background on socialist party protests to the election results. Nice folk music to end the transmission.
Now that I can hear her clearly, I`m afraid the announcer mispronounces a number of English words. But I would have a hard time pronouncing any Albanian words correctly.
And repeats at 0400 while SW takes a break, another repeat at 0430 when SW 6100 is back on. But silent after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7255, Jan 23 at 1339 soft rock music, 1340 Russian announcement beginning ``dear friends``, next song in Chinese. Fair signal from CRI, per Aoki, during this hour only, 500 kW, 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang, so also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Shortly after 1400 UT Jan 23, the special ``Alo, Presidente`` Sunday-only frequencies are all on the air, 17750, 15370, 13750 and 11690, but with same RHC programming as on 11730, 11760, 13780, 15120, 15230, 15360.
Next check at 1710, the EH frequencies are still on and also still Hugazoless, just // RHC programming on all, except 15370 is open carrier, 17750 is undermodulated. 15360 and 13780 are off, 13680 is on but with the weak transmitter. 13750 and 11760 VG, 11730 weaker as usual, 11690 with RTTY QRM on the low side.
11760, RHC Esperanto service reconfirmed this Sunday, Jan 23 at 1517 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 23 at 1335, talk detectable under my local DTV cable converter jammer; AFN had apparently been missing for a day or two (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. 3340, Jan 23 at 0623, just barely modulated music, must be HRMI; a bit of running-water ute QRM hits briefly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525, VOI, Jan 23 at 1347, just barely modulated (JBM) with music, so hard to tell if there are any IADs; 1348 English announcement. Much better signal an hour later in Indonesian. Frequency is just a tad below 9525 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 11665, nothing audible Jan 23 at 1350 from RTM`s latest new frequency, reported by S. Hasegawa and Ron Howard as relaying Sarawak services like on 9835, which is also unheard. This country continues to be a most frustrating one here to pull any readable signals from on any of its frequencies. At least they are putting on new transmitters, so maybe something will eventually work for us. I suspect they lack antennas aimed USward by coincidence, let alone design (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9570, RVA, Jan 23 at 1515 choral music, bell and Russian from R. Blagovest service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA`s ``Jazz America`` is still missing from what used to be its best frequency by far, 9760 via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, Sunday January 23 at 1341, with announcement about some figure`s birthday, but poorly audible on 7575 and 9640.
Latest HFCC still shows 9760 on the air Sat & Sun only at 13-14, but 250 kW, 283 degrees from Tinang unlike later, 15-16 at 21 degrees USward, so is it really on at 13? I don`t think so; even aimed westward we should still be able to hear some of it.
After all, 9640 was audible, and that is also Tinang, 250 kW at 270 degrees. And so is 7575, 250 kW at 332 degrees, both on the air this hour only Sat & Sun for Jazz America.
FWIW, says the program page
http://www.voanews.com/english/programs/radio/64963177.html
``VOA Shortwave Saturdays & Sundays 1300-1400 GMT/UTC
Frequencies: 7.575, 9.64, 9.76 & 11.705 mhz``
Did not check 11705, but I certainly have not noticed it there either as I tune around, nor is it in HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, WWCR, Brother Scare missing Jan 23 at 0618 on huge carrier, but some low audio from DGS // 5935. As far as I can tell, 5890 is axually transmitting such audio, nor merely caused by receiver overload, as it remains with attenuation, detuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, Jan 23 at 1402, ``Rock of Ages`` instrumental hymn, partially demodulated by co-channel weak signal from Iran`s Arabic service which runs until 1630, 500 kW, 295 degrees from Sirjan. WJHR presumably just signed on, boldly taking on the superpower competitor; soon into talk about sin. Also a problem: splash from Portugal 15560, on air only on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1548 monitoring. Tnx to Anne Fanelli, NY who confirms we were back on WWCR 12160 Saturday at 1700, her favorite time to listen.
On WRMI 9955: audible with poor-fair signal Sunday Jan 23 at 1645 check, and with fast SAH which per Aoki is Family Radio in Russian, 15-17, 250 kW, 352 degrees from Tainan, Taiwan. But no jamming.
1710 recheck, 9955 now has heavy jamming equal to the level on 9965 against R. República. DentroCubans must be protected from English broadcasts such as UN Radio Calling Asia, on the WRN relay schedule Sundays at 1700, to include WOR at 1830 and much more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3997-LSB, Sunday Jan 23 at 1320 one ham handing off to next one to continue reading chapter 23 at verse 34. Turns out to be Matthew, 24: shortly later, from Mel, but the call I copied doesn`t match the handle.
3987.5-LSB, Sunday Jan 23 at 1323, traffic net with message, ``For every man there is a woman, and the guitarist has his pick.`` -- Confucius? Then reading it back to be sure every word has been copied correctly. Countering the Bible class on 3997, which was mentioned here. Het from 3985, presumably Echo of Hope, Korea South. This net IDed at 1331 as Arkansas Razorback Emergency Traffic Net, and then handing over to:
3987.5-LSB, Ozark Bible Class, NCS Gene, W5SXV In Prairie Grove, opening with Pledge of Allegiance (``under God`` version). It could have been quite a cacophony, with multiple stations joining in, but they did not; however, reciter called for ``amens`` at the end of the POA, and several came thru in quick succession. Geez, it`s not a prayer!
1333 the leader delves into Ezekiel, after whom all those Zeke hillbillies are named, as he said. ARRL lookup shows: GAINES, EPHRIAM E, W5SXV, 12917 GREEN EARTH RD, PRAIRIE GROVE, AR 72753. There are several other AR nets on this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1681.0, Jan 23 at 0640 UT, KRJO 1680 Old School in Monroe LA has constant het on hi side, never noted before. Still there when I turn back on at 1308. Could one of the other five US stations on 1680 have slipped a kHz? Cuba has done this on some other frequencies, except there is no known Cuban on 1680. Possibly of local origin, but I doubt it. Anyone else hearing it? I was in the area trying for new XEANAH on 1670, but so far no luck with that, nor on caradio in evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15209.3, approx., het again upon WYFR Portuguese 15210.0, Jan 23 at 1402, still at 1454 with some audio, and at 1515 when YFR is in English. Has anyone further east identified the source? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###