** ANGUILLA [and non]. After missing about 3 weeks to replace curtain antenna wires, Caribbean Beacon is finally back with Dead Gene Scott, August 14 at 0442 on 6090, and also at 1236 on 11775, the latter atop DentroCuban pulse jamming, left way over from R. Martí in the evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 14, before 1300:
16100, very poor at 1230
15970, poor at 1228
14700, JBA at 1231
13970, JBA at 1233
13130, fair at 1231
12270, good at 1233
11500, fair at 1235
10300, very good at 1238
Before 1330:
12270, good at 1325
13130, fair at 1325; none in the 14s, 11s
15425, poor at 1326
15970, fair at 1326
16100, poor at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5025, August 14 at 0439, R. Rebelde, just open carrier, while RHC was nominal on 5040.
RHC missing from scheduled frequencies 15360, 13680, 11690, Sunday August 14 at 1404, when only 15120 is supposed to have gone off. Still there on 11730, 11760, 11830, 12040, 13780, 15230.
RHC continues to upset its schedule on Sundays, despite the absence of any transmitter-hogging Venezuela relays for months. At 1535, still nothing on `Aló, Presidente` channels 11690, 13680, 13750, 15370, 17750. Well, there was something on 13680, in Chinese, CRI Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 9805, good UT Sunday Aug 14 at 0452, feature report in English, announcer sounds like Sandra Tsing Loh, but surely not; RFI ID and cut off at 0457* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1577 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 5755, UT Sunday August 14 after 0400. Also confirmed on WRMI 9955, at 1535. Besides several more WRMI repeats, next being Sunday 1730, the other airing upcoming is UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7465, August 14 at 0448, very strong blues music, and nothing on 3215. WWCR-1 must be on wrong frequency; 7465 still shows on the transmitter schedule as of August 6 at 2200-0100 only. According to August 1 sked, `Last Radio Playing` is the show at 04-05 UT Sundays on `3215` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15780, August 14 at 1225, very poor signal with soft song, then 1228 some Arabic and more upbeat music. HFCC shows IBB Arabic [= R. Sawa], 08-13, 100 kW, 132 degrees from Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0, August 14 at 0447, very poor signal buried in noise level, with bits of music, talk, presumably a pirate. Since the chilling effect of the WEAK and Crystal Ship busts, pirate activity has declined precipitously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA. Firedrake August 14, before 1300:
16100, very poor at 1230
15970, poor at 1228
14700, JBA at 1231
13970, JBA at 1233
13130, fair at 1231
12270, good at 1233
11500, fair at 1235
10300, very good at 1238
Before 1330:
12270, good at 1325
13130, fair at 1325; none in the 14s, 11s
15425, poor at 1326
15970, fair at 1326
16100, poor at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5025, August 14 at 0439, R. Rebelde, just open carrier, while RHC was nominal on 5040.
RHC missing from scheduled frequencies 15360, 13680, 11690, Sunday August 14 at 1404, when only 15120 is supposed to have gone off. Still there on 11730, 11760, 11830, 12040, 13780, 15230.
RHC continues to upset its schedule on Sundays, despite the absence of any transmitter-hogging Venezuela relays for months. At 1535, still nothing on `Aló, Presidente` channels 11690, 13680, 13750, 15370, 17750. Well, there was something on 13680, in Chinese, CRI Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 9805, good UT Sunday Aug 14 at 0452, feature report in English, announcer sounds like Sandra Tsing Loh, but surely not; RFI ID and cut off at 0457* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1577 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 5755, UT Sunday August 14 after 0400. Also confirmed on WRMI 9955, at 1535. Besides several more WRMI repeats, next being Sunday 1730, the other airing upcoming is UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7465, August 14 at 0448, very strong blues music, and nothing on 3215. WWCR-1 must be on wrong frequency; 7465 still shows on the transmitter schedule as of August 6 at 2200-0100 only. According to August 1 sked, `Last Radio Playing` is the show at 04-05 UT Sundays on `3215` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15780, August 14 at 1225, very poor signal with soft song, then 1228 some Arabic and more upbeat music. HFCC shows IBB Arabic [= R. Sawa], 08-13, 100 kW, 132 degrees from Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0, August 14 at 0447, very poor signal buried in noise level, with bits of music, talk, presumably a pirate. Since the chilling effect of the WEAK and Crystal Ship busts, pirate activity has declined precipitously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###