** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no LRA36, June 28 at 1328. Yes, this is getting rather pointless; perhaps I should shift emphasis to non-logging countless other stations which are not being heard either, not even on the air, hi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BONAIRE. 6250, June 28 at 0516, Spanish from NHK World Radio Japón is readable with fair signal S9+18, ute QRM, maybe a bit of RNW Dutch underneath, as this is the leapfrog mixing product of 6080 over 6165, another 85 kHz higher. Again not to be mistaken for Equatorial Guinea which is fundamentally on 6250 sometimes later in the hour but not heard here for some weeks in deep summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 11600, June 28 at 0505, S9+12 open carrier, some fades. Presumably R. Bulgaria, Plovdiv, not scheduled until 0530-0700 in German, French, English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 28: 0455-0500, none found 12-18 MHz for the local noon hour, altho some CNR1/CRI frequencies were making it, such as 15670, 17540 (Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN)
11500, fair at 1321, none lower; also at 1345
12270, good at 1325
12980, good at 1329, 1345
13850, good at 1326, 1345; ACI de WWCR
13920, fair at 1326, 1345
14700, fair at 1327, 1345, 1420
15430, poor at 1348, not in previous semi-hour
15515, fair at 1348, ex-15550
15550, fair at 1328
15970, fair at 1420, not earlier
16100, good at 1330, very good at 1349; not after 1400
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RadioCuba operators asleep at the switches again, allowing RHC to continue past nominal 0500* June 28: 11760 in English still going at 0503 with `This Day in History`, good but not solid signal while 6010 still hasn`t come up, unlike the overkill three other 49mb English channels, 6050, 6060, 6150. 11760 still on at last check 0518.
5040, RHC Spanish also on late June 28 at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15890-15915, June 28 at 0456, OTH radar pulses presumed from here, poor signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, June 28 at 1338, JBA carrier, only enough to confirm VOI is still off-frequency. There have been a couple reports this month of it back on 9525 at later dayparts, but not sure if it was really measured there or assumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Not much Es lately into low-VHF band, but June 28 at 0226 UT something analog fades in on channel 2, peaking from southwest: it`s XEPM Ciudad Juárez again, with tucanal bug in UR, 8:40 pm, 39 degrees. Lower right has large bug of program name/segment ACCESO on one line, TOTAL below it. 0253 I notice that people`s faces are squeezed making them abnormally long; apparently station converting HD aspect ratio rather than cropping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11835, June 28 at 1400 our first chance to hear RNW in English with today`s news about station fate, but no news of course, right into feature program `The State We`re In`, i.e. bigger world issues than only RNW; poor signal today via MADAGASCAR, aside RHC 11830 ACI. O, there is nothing new per Media Network: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Parliamentary vote on RNW motions delayed two days
The Dutch parliament was due to vote today on three motions affecting RNW that were submitted during yesterday's debate on public broadcasting. The government opposes all three motions, the most significant one being from Martijn van Dam of the PvdA (the Dutch Labour Party). In the motion he denounces the abrupt manner of the proposed cuts to RNW's budget and suggests that "no irreversible decisions" be taken until there has been a further debate on the future of RNW after the summer recess. This morning, the parliamentary clerk informed RNW that the vote will now take place on Thursday, rather than today. The reason(s) for the delay are not clear (June 28th, 2011 - 10:58 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** SPAIN. Been a few weeks since I checked on REE`s weekly Emisión Sefarad, scheduled UT Tuesdays 0115-0145 on 11795 to S America. June 28 I tune in at 0120 --- oh, oh, REE IS is playing, so they`ve messed it up again. 0122 open carrier, 0123 modulation starts. Instead of ending at 0145, program still going with music, 0149 standard sign-off giving three transmission times, including 0115. After two digits of the postal code in the contact address, cut modulation and then carrier before she could finish. Signal was VG, anyway, and as long as it stay on 11795, free of collision with Brasil 11780, also with good signal. Apparently playback did not begin at proper time of 0115, and started a little too late past 0120 to finish before transmitter op cut them off after an extra 5 minutes, all he was willing to provide, tho there should have been more leeway than that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. In deep summer, RTT reception on 7275 and 7335 is not so good with storm noise levels, degraded propagation, so June 28 at 0509 I am enjoying their ME music on 9725 // weaker 12005, but by 0512 both of them are gone. Then I check 7275 at 0513 and it`s on with Arabic talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, June 28 at 0521 check, WWCR with gospel music, still no Rollye James. In the June schedule they`ve replaced her M-F with 05-06 `Inspirations Across America` (= 13-14 UT on 15825), and 06-07 `Worldwide Country Radio`. On her website http://www.rollye.net it`s unclear whether she is currently on WPHT 1210 Philadelphia, weeknights 9-12 CT or that`s oudated info. Apparently she is not, per
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/the-big-talker-1210-program-schedule/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, June 28 at 1344, KJES steady S9+22, but just barely modulated with kidgroup, then single robokid speaking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17530, June 28 at 1423, R. Sawa is talking longer than usual in 1415 newsbreak, translating English interview on Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, 1425 back to music. This is 13-15, 250 kW, 285 degrees from Kuwait for CIRAF 39 = Egypt, LIBYA, SE corner of Tunisia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11985, June 28 at 0502, weak 1000 Hz tone test, very poor aside TRT 11980. Haven`t heard any of these lately in the 13-15 UT period, but a couple times then the TT had been on 11980. Speculation is that they come from new transmitters being installed in Saudi Arabia, or maybe even Libya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** BONAIRE. 6250, June 28 at 0516, Spanish from NHK World Radio Japón is readable with fair signal S9+18, ute QRM, maybe a bit of RNW Dutch underneath, as this is the leapfrog mixing product of 6080 over 6165, another 85 kHz higher. Again not to be mistaken for Equatorial Guinea which is fundamentally on 6250 sometimes later in the hour but not heard here for some weeks in deep summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 11600, June 28 at 0505, S9+12 open carrier, some fades. Presumably R. Bulgaria, Plovdiv, not scheduled until 0530-0700 in German, French, English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 28: 0455-0500, none found 12-18 MHz for the local noon hour, altho some CNR1/CRI frequencies were making it, such as 15670, 17540 (Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN)
11500, fair at 1321, none lower; also at 1345
12270, good at 1325
12980, good at 1329, 1345
13850, good at 1326, 1345; ACI de WWCR
13920, fair at 1326, 1345
14700, fair at 1327, 1345, 1420
15430, poor at 1348, not in previous semi-hour
15515, fair at 1348, ex-15550
15550, fair at 1328
15970, fair at 1420, not earlier
16100, good at 1330, very good at 1349; not after 1400
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RadioCuba operators asleep at the switches again, allowing RHC to continue past nominal 0500* June 28: 11760 in English still going at 0503 with `This Day in History`, good but not solid signal while 6010 still hasn`t come up, unlike the overkill three other 49mb English channels, 6050, 6060, 6150. 11760 still on at last check 0518.
5040, RHC Spanish also on late June 28 at 0518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15890-15915, June 28 at 0456, OTH radar pulses presumed from here, poor signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, June 28 at 1338, JBA carrier, only enough to confirm VOI is still off-frequency. There have been a couple reports this month of it back on 9525 at later dayparts, but not sure if it was really measured there or assumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Not much Es lately into low-VHF band, but June 28 at 0226 UT something analog fades in on channel 2, peaking from southwest: it`s XEPM Ciudad Juárez again, with tucanal bug in UR, 8:40 pm, 39 degrees. Lower right has large bug of program name/segment ACCESO on one line, TOTAL below it. 0253 I notice that people`s faces are squeezed making them abnormally long; apparently station converting HD aspect ratio rather than cropping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11835, June 28 at 1400 our first chance to hear RNW in English with today`s news about station fate, but no news of course, right into feature program `The State We`re In`, i.e. bigger world issues than only RNW; poor signal today via MADAGASCAR, aside RHC 11830 ACI. O, there is nothing new per Media Network: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Parliamentary vote on RNW motions delayed two days
The Dutch parliament was due to vote today on three motions affecting RNW that were submitted during yesterday's debate on public broadcasting. The government opposes all three motions, the most significant one being from Martijn van Dam of the PvdA (the Dutch Labour Party). In the motion he denounces the abrupt manner of the proposed cuts to RNW's budget and suggests that "no irreversible decisions" be taken until there has been a further debate on the future of RNW after the summer recess. This morning, the parliamentary clerk informed RNW that the vote will now take place on Thursday, rather than today. The reason(s) for the delay are not clear (June 28th, 2011 - 10:58 UT by Andy Sennitt, Media Network blog via DXLD)
** SPAIN. Been a few weeks since I checked on REE`s weekly Emisión Sefarad, scheduled UT Tuesdays 0115-0145 on 11795 to S America. June 28 I tune in at 0120 --- oh, oh, REE IS is playing, so they`ve messed it up again. 0122 open carrier, 0123 modulation starts. Instead of ending at 0145, program still going with music, 0149 standard sign-off giving three transmission times, including 0115. After two digits of the postal code in the contact address, cut modulation and then carrier before she could finish. Signal was VG, anyway, and as long as it stay on 11795, free of collision with Brasil 11780, also with good signal. Apparently playback did not begin at proper time of 0115, and started a little too late past 0120 to finish before transmitter op cut them off after an extra 5 minutes, all he was willing to provide, tho there should have been more leeway than that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. In deep summer, RTT reception on 7275 and 7335 is not so good with storm noise levels, degraded propagation, so June 28 at 0509 I am enjoying their ME music on 9725 // weaker 12005, but by 0512 both of them are gone. Then I check 7275 at 0513 and it`s on with Arabic talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, June 28 at 0521 check, WWCR with gospel music, still no Rollye James. In the June schedule they`ve replaced her M-F with 05-06 `Inspirations Across America` (= 13-14 UT on 15825), and 06-07 `Worldwide Country Radio`. On her website http://www.rollye.net it`s unclear whether she is currently on WPHT 1210 Philadelphia, weeknights 9-12 CT or that`s oudated info. Apparently she is not, per
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/the-big-talker-1210-program-schedule/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, June 28 at 1344, KJES steady S9+22, but just barely modulated with kidgroup, then single robokid speaking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17530, June 28 at 1423, R. Sawa is talking longer than usual in 1415 newsbreak, translating English interview on Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, 1425 back to music. This is 13-15, 250 kW, 285 degrees from Kuwait for CIRAF 39 = Egypt, LIBYA, SE corner of Tunisia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11985, June 28 at 0502, weak 1000 Hz tone test, very poor aside TRT 11980. Haven`t heard any of these lately in the 13-15 UT period, but a couple times then the TT had been on 11980. Speculation is that they come from new transmitters being installed in Saudi Arabia, or maybe even Libya (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
