** CANADA [non]. 17810, Aug 27 at 1847 as I tune in to RCI they are talking about immigrants from South Asia, so it`s still ``Radio Canada Immigration`` despite supposed change of focus. VG signal I was sure came from Sackville, NB, but uplooked later, it`s 175 degrees from Skelton, UK! BBCWS in English on 17795 was just about as good, and that`s Skelton too, 180 degrees. The other two RCi frequencies at 18-19 are 11765 Skelton on 9530 Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15620, Aug 27 at 1850, good signal in Hausa from DW via RWANDA, except for squishy spur around 15619 from WEWN 15610, now built up to strong level, maybe some sporadic-E boost, which hasn`t made it into VHF for a fortnight or so as the summer TV/FM DX season ends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15360, Aug 27 at 1852, thought it was Japanese pop music, but excuse me, it must have been Korean. 1854 Russian announcement. Scheduled is KBS, 250 kW, 62 degrees via Rampisham UK at 18-19. Yet another service that will have to find another site if Ramp gets shut as planned by Xmas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15310, Aug 27 at 1855, vocal music with disco beat, uncertain language. 1900 5-pip timesignal, Romanian news about North Carolina, ergo RRI as scheduled, 17-20, 300 kW, 285 degrees toward France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15825, Aug 27 at 1904, Brother Scare // 9980, and a reverb apart from 9385 WWRB. There he is, occupying even more spare time on WWCR; pdf sked still dated Aug 1 shows him on 15825 Sat 19-20 and Sun 1745-2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. As far as I can tell, Greenville frequencies have been off since before 1300 UT. Definitely missing: Portuguese from 1700 on 17820; French from 2000 on 15730.
The rest are Radio Marti, heavy jamming as usual, so can`t be positive there is no RM signal under, perhaps at reduced power. At 2011, I could hear a trace of Spanish on 13820 under jamming, but that`s because Sackville takes over at 20-22. If there is protracted silence from Greenville, Sackville would be the obvious choice for extended hours of RM.
RM 11930 and 9565 are scheduled until 2400;
VOA Spanish at 23-24 on 5890, 9885 and 12000
(Glenn Hauser, 2044 UT Aug 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Update: at 2305 Aug 27 check, the VOA Spanish service is unheard on 5890, 9885, 12000, tho some DentroCuban jamming is still on these frequencies.
We can see on the radar maps that Greenville has been hit hard by Hurricane Irene, but the wraparound winds from the N/NE are moving on up the coast. The problem at Greenville B is that the circuit breaker on the 69 kv line needs to be reset, but it`s outside in the rain and not a good idea to open the cabinet.
As per previously gathered GB schedule, the only transmissions for the rest of early UT Sunday are R. Martí: 6030 at 0000-1300, 7365 at 0000-0300, 11775 at 0000-0100, 7405 at 0300-0700 and 1200-1400, 5980 at 0700-1200, 9805 at 0900-1300. 11775 continues at 01-03 via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370-, WTJC remained off the air at 1912 UT Aug 27; I checked later exactly where the eye of H. Irene made landfall, and it was Cape Lookout, which is right next to Morehead City and WTJC Newport (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** GERMANY [non]. 15620, Aug 27 at 1850, good signal in Hausa from DW via RWANDA, except for squishy spur around 15619 from WEWN 15610, now built up to strong level, maybe some sporadic-E boost, which hasn`t made it into VHF for a fortnight or so as the summer TV/FM DX season ends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15360, Aug 27 at 1852, thought it was Japanese pop music, but excuse me, it must have been Korean. 1854 Russian announcement. Scheduled is KBS, 250 kW, 62 degrees via Rampisham UK at 18-19. Yet another service that will have to find another site if Ramp gets shut as planned by Xmas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15310, Aug 27 at 1855, vocal music with disco beat, uncertain language. 1900 5-pip timesignal, Romanian news about North Carolina, ergo RRI as scheduled, 17-20, 300 kW, 285 degrees toward France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15825, Aug 27 at 1904, Brother Scare // 9980, and a reverb apart from 9385 WWRB. There he is, occupying even more spare time on WWCR; pdf sked still dated Aug 1 shows him on 15825 Sat 19-20 and Sun 1745-2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. As far as I can tell, Greenville frequencies have been off since before 1300 UT. Definitely missing: Portuguese from 1700 on 17820; French from 2000 on 15730.
The rest are Radio Marti, heavy jamming as usual, so can`t be positive there is no RM signal under, perhaps at reduced power. At 2011, I could hear a trace of Spanish on 13820 under jamming, but that`s because Sackville takes over at 20-22. If there is protracted silence from Greenville, Sackville would be the obvious choice for extended hours of RM.
RM 11930 and 9565 are scheduled until 2400;
VOA Spanish at 23-24 on 5890, 9885 and 12000
(Glenn Hauser, 2044 UT Aug 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Update: at 2305 Aug 27 check, the VOA Spanish service is unheard on 5890, 9885, 12000, tho some DentroCuban jamming is still on these frequencies.
We can see on the radar maps that Greenville has been hit hard by Hurricane Irene, but the wraparound winds from the N/NE are moving on up the coast. The problem at Greenville B is that the circuit breaker on the 69 kv line needs to be reset, but it`s outside in the rain and not a good idea to open the cabinet.
As per previously gathered GB schedule, the only transmissions for the rest of early UT Sunday are R. Martí: 6030 at 0000-1300, 7365 at 0000-0300, 11775 at 0000-0100, 7405 at 0300-0700 and 1200-1400, 5980 at 0700-1200, 9805 at 0900-1300. 11775 continues at 01-03 via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370-, WTJC remained off the air at 1912 UT Aug 27; I checked later exactly where the eye of H. Irene made landfall, and it was Cape Lookout, which is right next to Morehead City and WTJC Newport (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
