** ALBANIA. R. Tirana now appears to be completely off the air. One of the two Shijak transmitters had been down since the end of July, meaning e.g. the 1430-1500 English to NAm was missing from 13625 (and still silent Aug 26), but the evening broadcasts were still heard on 7425. Now, Aug 26 at 0257 I heard nothing there (tho it might have just signed off), so checked again at 0330 for the final repeat and 7425 was still missing. Wolfgang Büschel noted earlier on August 25 he was not hearing any Tirana transmissions. Let`s hope they can soon fix whatever the problem is! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, CB missing again, Aug 26 at 0540; however, could hear RHC in English, leapfrog of 6010 over 6050; also when mid-attenuated, but in this case may have been receiver overload more than spurious transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Another weekly update on LRA36: still missing from 15476, Friday Aug 26 at 1313 check, as well as almost weekdaily chex sometime during its former 1230-1500 span (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 10000, Aug 26 at 1257, beeps of higher pitch mixing with WWV/WWVH. 1259 began Morse IDs on MCW over and over as BPM, i.e. China`s WWV at Lintong (Mt. Li), Shaanxi. Too bad on pp 668-669, WRTH 2011 does not show details such as ID times, in this case during minutes :29 and :59. Even in the standard-frequency arena, the ChiCom brazenly QRM US broadcasts, while the Russians are kind enough to offset their timesignals -4 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 26, after 1300:
15290, good at 1314, with flutter
16980, good at 1314, with flutter; no others found
Before 1400:
16980, good at 1349
15520, fair at 1351 [usually around here on frequencies ending -5]
14720, fair at 1351
13970, very good at 1353
13850, very good at 1353 eclipsing weak WWCR 13845
12025, very poor at 1353 under CNR1 jammer; none in 11`s, 10`s
7970, just barely audible at 1355
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 9870, Aug 26 at 1255 was enjoying the music from AIR VBS, only fair reception from Bengaluru at 35 degrees, but after 1300 ruined by CRI English, which HFCC shows co-channel at 13-16, 200 degrees from Xi`an, to SE Asia, take that! Also listed on 9870 is DRM from Moscow at 13-18, but not heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. Tnx to info from Ivo Ivanov, I alerted DXLD to a new Arabic broadcast from IRRS, he heard last Friday Aug 19 at 1400-1415 on 11910, but what is it, religious or political? Still not mentioned on the IRRS schedule. Just barely audible signal here at 1408 Aug 26, but Kai Ludwig in Germany heard website mentioned before closing, http://arabwomantoday.com and Andrea Lawendel found more by Googling:
Arab Women's Day Service
Al. B 850 881
Amman - Jordan 11185
From the Jordan Baptist Convention. One other time scheduled for this is Wed 0800-0815, both 300 kW, 140 degrees from Tiganeshti, ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1579 monitoring:
Thursday Aug 25 on WTWW 9479: confirmed starting at 2101
WRMI 9955, just barely audible before 2130 altho not jammed
WWRB 5051, confirmed starting at 0332 UT Friday August 26
Some further airings:
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755
UT Monday 0300v on WBCQ Area 51 5110v-CUSB
And several on WRMI 9955. Full schedule at
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
Altho no longer on SW from IRRS, we have confirmation that in July they were including WOR randomly on their webcasts; and also MW 1368, 1566 in Italy, between 17 and 24 UT, times here CEST of UT+2; and some WOR editions have been skipped.
on 20110703 at 06:37:32 WOR 1569
on 20110707 at 16:38:45 WOR 1571
on 20110711 at 10:35:55 WOR 1571
on 20110711 at 22:56:21 WOR 1571
on 20110718 at 14:37:53 WOR 1571
on 20110719 at 12:57:42 WOR 1571
on 20110720 at 02:46:42 WOR 1571
on 20110720 at 18:52:52 WOR 1571
on 20110721 at 01:11:41 WOR 1571
on 20110725 at 05:33:02 WOR 1574
on 20110727 at 11:13:19 WOR 1574
Like they said, `random` so all you can do is tune in randomly too and maybe catch us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN is off the air August 26; seems every August they close down for a few days of maintenance, but there is nothing about this on their frequency schedule page http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
Aug 26 at 1250, nothing on 7555, 12050 or 13580. After 1300 nothing on 11550 which normally takes over from 7555. 1710 nothing on scheduled 15610, 13830 or 11550. Victims of its squishy spurs plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz from the English-language transmitter get a temporary respite. Previous maintenance periods have failed to deal with this problem (nor squeal on one of the Spanish transmitters), so we don`t expect any fix this time either. Speaking of fixes, what are Marian cultists going to do in the interim? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Looking for Hurricane Watch Net on 14325, I don`t hear anything, but notice something on 14313-USB, Aug 26 at 1319. At first rather than a 2-way contact, sounds like a broadcast, playing recording of Riley Hollingsworth at Dayton, including audience reaxion. Two automatic CW IDs went by before they could register on my brain. Apparently discussing Glenn Baxter K1MAN; one guy refers to a website the other was not familiar with, http://www.ve7kfm.com for info about a Canadian fruitcake. K3VR mentioned with W7CPA (? Not sure of latter call). K3VR is Bryan Crow, arch-critic of Glenn Baxter. They were apparently talking over K1MAN himself, weaker signal heard saying during a pause ``I am going to take legal action`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGET)
** U S A. With Hurricane Irene approaching North Carolina, IBB Greenville may be affected --- precautionary closedown, power loss, or axual damage. However, most of their antennas are rated to withstand 250 mph winds, they have Diesel backup power to keep the transmitters on the air altho not at full power, and the buildings are `hardened`.
From latest HFCC info, here is the complete schedule from Greenville, NC (Site B), 35N28 077W12, the -to date in all cases being 29-Oct-2011 (that does not mean there will not be any further changes for any reason). Please monitor whether any of these transmissions are missing, and/or if propagationally they seem to be coming from somewhere else. IBB may well have a contingency plan to replace some of them with other sites for the duration.
From A11 Schedule of IBB
Start UTC Stop CIRAF Language Beam kW Days (Sun=1) From
5890 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 174 250 34567 08-Apr-
6030 0000 0300 11 Spanish 225 250 1234567 08-Apr-
7365 0000 0300 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 08-Apr-
9885 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 146 250 34567 08-Apr-
11775 0000 0100 11 Spanish 172 250 1234567 21-May-
12000 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 168 250 34567 27-Mar-
7465 0130 0200 12-13 English 184 250 34567 08-Apr-
9820 0130 0200 11-13 English 164 250 34567 08-Apr-
6030 0300 0900 11 Spanish 205 250 1 34567 27-Mar-
7405 0300 0400 11 Spanish 184 250 1 34567 08-Apr-
7405 0400 0700 11 Spanish 183 250 1 34567 27-Mar-
9880 0600 0630 46-48,52,53 French 91 250 23456 08-Apr-
5980 0700 0900 11 Spanish 174 250 1 34567 08-Apr-
5980 0900 1200 11 Spanish 174 250 1234567 08-Apr-
6030 0900 1300 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9805 0900 1300 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 08-Apr-
7405 1200 1400 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 08-Apr-
9885 1200 1300 11SE,12NW Spanish 184 250 1234567 08-Apr-
13750 1200 1300 12,14 Spanish 168 250 1234567 27-Mar-
15590 1200 1300 12,14 Spanish 174 250 1234567 08-Apr-
11845 1300 1700 11 Spanish 184 250 1234567 27-Mar-
13820 1300 2000 11 Spanish 174 250 1234567 27-Mar-
11930 1400 2400 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9565 1700 2400 11 Spanish 164 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1700 1730 46,47,52,53,57NE Portuguese 94 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1730 1800 46,47,52 Portuguese 94 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1800 1830 46,47,52,53,57NE Portuguese 94 250 23456 27-Mar-
15730 2000 2030 46-48,52,53 French 94 250 1234567 08-Apr-
15730 2030 2100 46-48,52,53 French 94 250 1 7 08-Apr-
6030 2200 2400 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 27-Mar-
5890 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 174 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9885 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 146 250 1234567 08-Apr-
12000 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 168 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 was still on in Portuguese at 1715 check August 26 (Glenn Hauser, August 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, CB missing again, Aug 26 at 0540; however, could hear RHC in English, leapfrog of 6010 over 6050; also when mid-attenuated, but in this case may have been receiver overload more than spurious transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Another weekly update on LRA36: still missing from 15476, Friday Aug 26 at 1313 check, as well as almost weekdaily chex sometime during its former 1230-1500 span (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 10000, Aug 26 at 1257, beeps of higher pitch mixing with WWV/WWVH. 1259 began Morse IDs on MCW over and over as BPM, i.e. China`s WWV at Lintong (Mt. Li), Shaanxi. Too bad on pp 668-669, WRTH 2011 does not show details such as ID times, in this case during minutes :29 and :59. Even in the standard-frequency arena, the ChiCom brazenly QRM US broadcasts, while the Russians are kind enough to offset their timesignals -4 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 26, after 1300:
15290, good at 1314, with flutter
16980, good at 1314, with flutter; no others found
Before 1400:
16980, good at 1349
15520, fair at 1351 [usually around here on frequencies ending -5]
14720, fair at 1351
13970, very good at 1353
13850, very good at 1353 eclipsing weak WWCR 13845
12025, very poor at 1353 under CNR1 jammer; none in 11`s, 10`s
7970, just barely audible at 1355
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 9870, Aug 26 at 1255 was enjoying the music from AIR VBS, only fair reception from Bengaluru at 35 degrees, but after 1300 ruined by CRI English, which HFCC shows co-channel at 13-16, 200 degrees from Xi`an, to SE Asia, take that! Also listed on 9870 is DRM from Moscow at 13-18, but not heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. Tnx to info from Ivo Ivanov, I alerted DXLD to a new Arabic broadcast from IRRS, he heard last Friday Aug 19 at 1400-1415 on 11910, but what is it, religious or political? Still not mentioned on the IRRS schedule. Just barely audible signal here at 1408 Aug 26, but Kai Ludwig in Germany heard website mentioned before closing, http://arabwomantoday.com and Andrea Lawendel found more by Googling:
Arab Women's Day Service
Al. B 850 881
Amman - Jordan 11185
From the Jordan Baptist Convention. One other time scheduled for this is Wed 0800-0815, both 300 kW, 140 degrees from Tiganeshti, ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1579 monitoring:
Thursday Aug 25 on WTWW 9479: confirmed starting at 2101
WRMI 9955, just barely audible before 2130 altho not jammed
WWRB 5051, confirmed starting at 0332 UT Friday August 26
Some further airings:
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755
UT Monday 0300v on WBCQ Area 51 5110v-CUSB
And several on WRMI 9955. Full schedule at
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
Altho no longer on SW from IRRS, we have confirmation that in July they were including WOR randomly on their webcasts; and also MW 1368, 1566 in Italy, between 17 and 24 UT, times here CEST of UT+2; and some WOR editions have been skipped.
on 20110703 at 06:37:32 WOR 1569
on 20110707 at 16:38:45 WOR 1571
on 20110711 at 10:35:55 WOR 1571
on 20110711 at 22:56:21 WOR 1571
on 20110718 at 14:37:53 WOR 1571
on 20110719 at 12:57:42 WOR 1571
on 20110720 at 02:46:42 WOR 1571
on 20110720 at 18:52:52 WOR 1571
on 20110721 at 01:11:41 WOR 1571
on 20110725 at 05:33:02 WOR 1574
on 20110727 at 11:13:19 WOR 1574
Like they said, `random` so all you can do is tune in randomly too and maybe catch us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN is off the air August 26; seems every August they close down for a few days of maintenance, but there is nothing about this on their frequency schedule page http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
Aug 26 at 1250, nothing on 7555, 12050 or 13580. After 1300 nothing on 11550 which normally takes over from 7555. 1710 nothing on scheduled 15610, 13830 or 11550. Victims of its squishy spurs plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz from the English-language transmitter get a temporary respite. Previous maintenance periods have failed to deal with this problem (nor squeal on one of the Spanish transmitters), so we don`t expect any fix this time either. Speaking of fixes, what are Marian cultists going to do in the interim? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Looking for Hurricane Watch Net on 14325, I don`t hear anything, but notice something on 14313-USB, Aug 26 at 1319. At first rather than a 2-way contact, sounds like a broadcast, playing recording of Riley Hollingsworth at Dayton, including audience reaxion. Two automatic CW IDs went by before they could register on my brain. Apparently discussing Glenn Baxter K1MAN; one guy refers to a website the other was not familiar with, http://www.ve7kfm.com for info about a Canadian fruitcake. K3VR mentioned with W7CPA (? Not sure of latter call). K3VR is Bryan Crow, arch-critic of Glenn Baxter. They were apparently talking over K1MAN himself, weaker signal heard saying during a pause ``I am going to take legal action`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGET)
** U S A. With Hurricane Irene approaching North Carolina, IBB Greenville may be affected --- precautionary closedown, power loss, or axual damage. However, most of their antennas are rated to withstand 250 mph winds, they have Diesel backup power to keep the transmitters on the air altho not at full power, and the buildings are `hardened`.
From latest HFCC info, here is the complete schedule from Greenville, NC (Site B), 35N28 077W12, the -to date in all cases being 29-Oct-2011 (that does not mean there will not be any further changes for any reason). Please monitor whether any of these transmissions are missing, and/or if propagationally they seem to be coming from somewhere else. IBB may well have a contingency plan to replace some of them with other sites for the duration.
From A11 Schedule of IBB
Start UTC Stop CIRAF Language Beam kW Days (Sun=1) From
5890 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 174 250 34567 08-Apr-
6030 0000 0300 11 Spanish 225 250 1234567 08-Apr-
7365 0000 0300 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 08-Apr-
9885 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 146 250 34567 08-Apr-
11775 0000 0100 11 Spanish 172 250 1234567 21-May-
12000 0000 0100 12-13 Spanish 168 250 34567 27-Mar-
7465 0130 0200 12-13 English 184 250 34567 08-Apr-
9820 0130 0200 11-13 English 164 250 34567 08-Apr-
6030 0300 0900 11 Spanish 205 250 1 34567 27-Mar-
7405 0300 0400 11 Spanish 184 250 1 34567 08-Apr-
7405 0400 0700 11 Spanish 183 250 1 34567 27-Mar-
9880 0600 0630 46-48,52,53 French 91 250 23456 08-Apr-
5980 0700 0900 11 Spanish 174 250 1 34567 08-Apr-
5980 0900 1200 11 Spanish 174 250 1234567 08-Apr-
6030 0900 1300 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9805 0900 1300 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 08-Apr-
7405 1200 1400 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 08-Apr-
9885 1200 1300 11SE,12NW Spanish 184 250 1234567 08-Apr-
13750 1200 1300 12,14 Spanish 168 250 1234567 27-Mar-
15590 1200 1300 12,14 Spanish 174 250 1234567 08-Apr-
11845 1300 1700 11 Spanish 184 250 1234567 27-Mar-
13820 1300 2000 11 Spanish 174 250 1234567 27-Mar-
11930 1400 2400 11 Spanish 183 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9565 1700 2400 11 Spanish 164 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1700 1730 46,47,52,53,57NE Portuguese 94 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1730 1800 46,47,52 Portuguese 94 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 1800 1830 46,47,52,53,57NE Portuguese 94 250 23456 27-Mar-
15730 2000 2030 46-48,52,53 French 94 250 1234567 08-Apr-
15730 2030 2100 46-48,52,53 French 94 250 1 7 08-Apr-
6030 2200 2400 11 Spanish 205 250 1234567 27-Mar-
5890 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 174 250 1234567 27-Mar-
9885 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 146 250 1234567 08-Apr-
12000 2300 2400 12-13 Spanish 168 250 1234567 27-Mar-
17820 was still on in Portuguese at 1715 check August 26 (Glenn Hauser, August 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###