** ALBANIA. Previously missing from the unofficial R. Tirana webcast, rechecked UT Sept 2 at 0331 instead of silence, the English service is underway! with opening frequency schedule; unfortunately I `tuned in` too late to tell if Klara had corrected 13640 to 13735 for the 1845 and 2000 transmissions, which are still off the air, anyway. Yes, 7425, the 0330 frequency, is still absent too. Heard features alternating with music including at 0347 `Around Albania` about two tourist villages in the south. Ended at 0400 and back to silent streaming.
Christian Milling in Germany, who was involved in setting up the stream with Radio 700, tells us:
``Hi, what I can confirm from checking the RT stream are the following languages on the Webcast. All programs are now recorded and uploaded to the webserver (sorry for the non-translation in the feed, but my knowledge of Turkish and Serbian is rather low...)
1545-1600 Greek
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/gr/al/tirana/tirana.php
1800-1830 German
http://www.radio700.info/podcast/de/al/tirana/tirana.php
1830-1900 Turkish
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/tr/al/tirana/tirana.php
1900-1930 French
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/fr/al/tirana/tirana.php
2015-2030 Serbian
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/rs/al/tirana/tirana.php
0330-0400 English
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/en/al/tirana/tirana.php
The Greek Service consists only of an announcement and music non stop.
Unfortunately I can't hear the Italian programs online. Obviously they are transmitted via the second audiochannel that is connected to the transmitter sites, so here no recording possible.
It seems that the Webcast is fed to Fllakë Transmitter 2 programs and Shijak Transmitter 1 programs, except for Italian and some of the English broadcasts. During the day the webcast seems to carry the domestic service of Radio Tirana 1.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15476, LRA36 still missing at the end of another week, checked Friday Sept 2 at 1301; and 1404, when weak carriers from other stations could be detected on 15470, 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake September 2, before 1300:
7970, very poor with flutter at 1240
10300, very good at 1246
12270, very good at 1247
13920, fair at 1247
14720, very good at 1250
15565, poor at 1252, het on the hi side
15900, very good at 1250
16100, JBA at 1259
16980, JBA at 1257
18180, very poor at 1258; no 17170
Before 1330:
7970, JBA at 1325
Before 1400:
18180, good at 1351 with flutter; Steve Handler getting it too in IL
17170, good at 1351 = 18180; none in the 16s now
15900, very good at 1353
15525, JBA at 1354
15430, good at 1354; none in the 14s
13920, open carrier at 1356 with flutter, JBA? Or maybe not FD
13130, very good at 1356 with flutter; none in the 12s
10300, good at 1359
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Re: `Voices from Other Lands` guest on CRI in my previous report, Rich Cuff helps out with a likely suggestion: ``Might it have been ex-senator Gordon Smith? He was a two-term senator [from Oregon]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/12/AR2011021202489.html
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_H._Smith
He's president of the NAB, which leads me to think he was the contact``. Maybe will eventually be added here:
http://english.cri.cn/08webcast/voices.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15275, Sept 2 at 1253 weak signal in French, with some noise jamming which normally accompanies Firedrake jamming of V. of Tibet around here, but neither of those. Collateral victim anyway is DW at 12-13, 250 kW, 170 degrees to W Africa via Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875-17880-17885, Sept 2 at 1403, weak DRM is here again today. Alokesh Gupta forwards this from the drmna yg confirming my suspicions, but why for a fortnight if the digital meeting in Brasília was only on Sept 1?
``From Thursday 01 September to Thursday 15 September 2011 included, new transmissions from Montsinéry (French Guiana) to Brazil:
13.00 to 16.00 UTC
P = 150 kW DRM
Freq = 17880 kHz
Az : 165°
DRM Parameters:
B mode
Bandwidth = 10 kHz
MSC= 64 QAM
CR = CR0.6
Audio encoding = AAC + SBR
Program = RFI _L2 (only music).
RFI and TDF logos will be transmitted as data content. Wishing you good reception. Sorry for late notice. Regards. Jacques GRUSON F6AJW``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sept 2 at 1259, ``Triumphal March from Aïda`` opening theme of IRRS via ROMANIA, marred by cutting off a few sex just before it finished, then resumed with simple ``IRRS shortwave in Milan, signing on``, dead air, then fade up and joining in progress, Brother Scare, who continued for rest of hour at a couple chex; so another day without defaulting to KQED programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750, Sept 2 at 1242, ``My Love Is Here to Stay``, is it Eartha Kitt or Diana Ross? Anyhow, more great eclectic music courtesy NHK Japanese service, 1244 YL DJ announcement. This is 300 kW, 290 degrees from Yamata at 07-17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 2, UT:
1030, at 1157 UT Sept 2, ``Radio Fórmula 10-30 AM``, then 1158 Mexican NA, so probably had already been programming. Only one in Cantú list is: 1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
1130, at 1158 UT Sept 2, ID as ``La H-N``, i.e. per Cantú:
1130 XEHN Ke buena Nogales, Son. 1,000 D
1130, at 1158 UT Sept 2 overtaking the above, ``La Poderosa FM [algo] y 11-30 AM, . . . Sinaloa``, both in KWKH null, so this one is:
1130 XEMOS La Poderosa + FM 94.1 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250
Doesn`t seem powerful to me!
980, at 1158 UT Sept 2, mentions ``Mexicano de la Radio``, 9-80 AM, announcer Marco Campos, then conversing with a YL. I suspect that the slogan was fully ``Instituto Mexicano de la Radio``, i.e. the government group including notably XEB-1220 and XERF-1570. Cantú frequency list unfortunately does not show ownerships or affiliations, but the IMER website http://www.imer.gob.mx/ has a dropdown list of Emisoras, not all of them including frequency, but I spot one match with Cantú`s 980 roster: ``La FQ, Cananea, Sonora`` which goes to:
http://www.lafq.imer.gob.mx/ which Cantú lists as:
980 XEFQ La Voz de la Cd. del Cobre Cananea, Son. 2,500 500
990, at 1202 Sept 2, long multi-verse choral NA past 1203 but losing to QRM; at 1205 Spanish music to ``Somos la -- [algo]`` could well be another station, then to Elvis` ``All Shook Up``.
900, at 1207 Sept 2, numerous ads with addresses at various kilómetros on ``Carretera a Álvaro Obregón``. This Googles right to Cuauhtémoc, Chihua2, so Cantú has it:
900 XEDT La Reina Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500
I couldn`t find a place called Álvaro Obregón in any of my atlases, but Google maps locates it as a colonia due north of Cuauhtémoc on highway 5.
870, at 1210 Sept 2, low-key YL DJ, quite a relief from the super-hype on so many commercial stations, plus no QRM, with birthday greetings, time as 6:11, into a polca, of course from:
870 XETAR La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara Guachochi, Chih. 10,000 D
880, at 1212 Sept 2, US béisbol homerun statistics, including some player for ``Los Metropolitanos de Nueva York`` --- ``Mets`` is just too hard to pronounce in Spanish! Beyond that, no clues; could be US or Mexican. Only US SS in new NRC AM Log around here is KJOJ in Conroe TX, near Houston, but supposed to be AC format. Of the nine Mexicans on 880 there are at most four possibilities at this hour. Maybe XEV, R. Fórmula, Chihua2? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [non]. 990, at 1220 UT Sept 2, most of the Mexicans have faded out, but still a strong dominant signal here and hard to null, with SS ballad, 1222 ``Radio Éxitos`` singing ID, then more upbeat ballad by YL or kid with a big voice; 1226 ``El Amor --- Radio Éxitos 9-90 AM, La Mejor``. 1230 a more extensive ID/promo just lacking the needed details: ``Radio Éxitos 9-90 AM``, something about not saying any dirty words. Next song romantic, including refrain/lyrix ``se va muriendo, quiero vivir``, ``en mi casa, en mi alma, hay un sitio para ti``.
Major suspect is The Metroplex outlet hijacked several years ago from Wichita Falls, now KFCD, COL Farmersville TX. New NRC-AM Log still shows it as Spanish religion, but Googling on slogan and frequency gets hits on KFCD including Wikipedia with this update note: ``On june 4 2011 Till Today Is Broadcasting Spanish Hits 70" 80" Called Radio Exitos 990 Recuerdos y Mas`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, Sept 2 at 1327, under music from CRI English via CANADA, talk in Indonesian until cut off at 1328*. No doubt the IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES relay at 1300-1327 in Dutch stayed on one minute more with this bonus of RNW Indonesian; too bad it`s no longer English. Altho it`s possible the entire transmission was in Indonesian by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Heavy wildfire coverage continued on KFOR, KOCO and KWTV the afternoon of Sept 1, but they all condescended to go back to network news at 2230 UT, all on main channels; NBC at least had a report from OKC. CBS focused on Fort Worth where they own a station, KTVT. Scott Pelley intoned those call letters strangely, stressing the V instead of the final -T (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 5950, RTI relay via WYFR is totally SNAFU, Sept 2: at 0552 I hear talk in French! Then some rock music, 0555 more M&M conversing in French, 0556 rock song in English, 0559, French again, mentions fréquences but cut off before any given.
Just before 0600 we heard a few words of RTI ID in Spanish mixing with WYFR ID in English. 0600 switch to RTI English giving part of their SW schedule, on 7445. 0600:38 ends a timesignal, and switch to sign-on of RTI Spanish service, news for 1 September.
5950 is supposed to carry English at 05-06, Spanish at 06-07. I assume they were totally screwed up in Taipei, playing out the wrong program, French which is scheduled only at 19-20 and never via YFR. Around 0600 I can imagine them madly pushing buttons trying to get the proper Spanish recording on air, and finally succeeded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15976 approx., Sept 1 at 1831, very distorted FMy spur with no carrier spreading 15970-15982 in Spanish. First thought is CVC, which has previously put a nasty spur in the 16`s, but no match to Chile 17680. Talking about Cuba and Venezuela, but RHC is nowhere on the air at this hour. So third choice is Radio Martí --- yes, matches 13820, which is 2156 kHz lower, so spur from Greenville --- but could be from one of the two other RM frequencies, 11930 or 9565. Can`t figure out any formula to account for 15976 mixing with RM or any other Greenville frequency (and there aren`t any active after 17820 VOA Portuguese closed at 1830).
Recheck at 1955, still going, and significantly, continues after 2000 when GB turns 13820 off and over to Sackville, which is initially inaudible under the jamming, weaker than GB had been. Noticed that the spur is nicely centered in between RTTY on 15960 and 15990, not bothering them. An hour later at 2058 I still hear 15976, and enough of // RM on 13820 to confirm that it`s now out of synch, being routed thru Sackville. The two remaining GB channels with RM, 11930 and 9565, are scheduled until 2400*. I am listening to 15976 again at 2358 and it seems to stop at 2358:30* a bit before the fundamentals do? Hard to tell vs jamming when they really go off. So that`s inconclusive.
Meanwhile I had notified GB of the problem, no doubt caused or exacerbated by Irene which blew the entire plant off the air for a biday. So is it from the 9565 or 11930 transmitter? Sept 2 at 1400 I could tell that 11930 had started up as scheduled, under the jamming, a trihour before 9565, but no 15976 audible yet. Checking again at 1656, still no spur, nor even after 9565 had started up at 1700. So it may have been fixed in the meantime.
R. Martí was weak, but the daytime-absorbed jamming was weaker, so I heard them promoting a special broadcast Thursday Sept 8 at 8 pm --- I surely hope it`s Pres. Obama`s much-anticipated speech to a joint session of Congress, rather than a silly ballgame, which usually appear on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1580 monitoring: at 2100 UT Thursday Sept 1, confirmed on WTWW 9479 and starting later in the minute on WRMI 9955, not jammed but weak here. Also confirmed at 0330 UT Friday Sept 2 on WWRB still on 5051. Their `winter` switch to 3215/3195 as of Sept 1 has not happened yet, nothing from WWRB on either frequency earlier in evening. At 0500 UT Friday Sept 2, confirmed on WRMI webcast, starting shortly after ACB Radio Mainstream webcast, which repeats 2-hourly thru 2330 Fridays, via http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17690, Sept 1 at 1827, umlauty talk in Turkish mentioning Germany. HFCC reveals it`s YFR at 17-19, 250 kW, 102 degrees via BaBCock, Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11435.0, Sept 2 at 0604, huge S9+25 open carrier, then variety of digital noises on and off, slight fading; far stronger than any SWBC signal on 25m. Suspect something out of Cuba associated with spy-number transmissions. Yes, here`s an old log searched on UDXF yg:
``11435.0 kHz am Cuban SK01. Huge carrier +40dB 06:26:11UTC (2010-10-01) (allenk on StarChat#wunclub) These are the loggings from the NSA logbot on several IRC channels. They are listed by Freq, Mode, Comment, UTC time, nickname, QTH and IRC channel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Christian Milling in Germany, who was involved in setting up the stream with Radio 700, tells us:
``Hi, what I can confirm from checking the RT stream are the following languages on the Webcast. All programs are now recorded and uploaded to the webserver (sorry for the non-translation in the feed, but my knowledge of Turkish and Serbian is rather low...)
1545-1600 Greek
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/gr/al/tirana/tirana.php
1800-1830 German
http://www.radio700.info/podcast/de/al/tirana/tirana.php
1830-1900 Turkish
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/tr/al/tirana/tirana.php
1900-1930 French
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/fr/al/tirana/tirana.php
2015-2030 Serbian
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/rs/al/tirana/tirana.php
0330-0400 English
http://www.radio700.info/podcasts/en/al/tirana/tirana.php
The Greek Service consists only of an announcement and music non stop.
Unfortunately I can't hear the Italian programs online. Obviously they are transmitted via the second audiochannel that is connected to the transmitter sites, so here no recording possible.
It seems that the Webcast is fed to Fllakë Transmitter 2 programs and Shijak Transmitter 1 programs, except for Italian and some of the English broadcasts. During the day the webcast seems to carry the domestic service of Radio Tirana 1.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15476, LRA36 still missing at the end of another week, checked Friday Sept 2 at 1301; and 1404, when weak carriers from other stations could be detected on 15470, 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake September 2, before 1300:
7970, very poor with flutter at 1240
10300, very good at 1246
12270, very good at 1247
13920, fair at 1247
14720, very good at 1250
15565, poor at 1252, het on the hi side
15900, very good at 1250
16100, JBA at 1259
16980, JBA at 1257
18180, very poor at 1258; no 17170
Before 1330:
7970, JBA at 1325
Before 1400:
18180, good at 1351 with flutter; Steve Handler getting it too in IL
17170, good at 1351 = 18180; none in the 16s now
15900, very good at 1353
15525, JBA at 1354
15430, good at 1354; none in the 14s
13920, open carrier at 1356 with flutter, JBA? Or maybe not FD
13130, very good at 1356 with flutter; none in the 12s
10300, good at 1359
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Re: `Voices from Other Lands` guest on CRI in my previous report, Rich Cuff helps out with a likely suggestion: ``Might it have been ex-senator Gordon Smith? He was a two-term senator [from Oregon]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/12/AR2011021202489.html
and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_H._Smith
He's president of the NAB, which leads me to think he was the contact``. Maybe will eventually be added here:
http://english.cri.cn/08webcast/voices.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15275, Sept 2 at 1253 weak signal in French, with some noise jamming which normally accompanies Firedrake jamming of V. of Tibet around here, but neither of those. Collateral victim anyway is DW at 12-13, 250 kW, 170 degrees to W Africa via Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875-17880-17885, Sept 2 at 1403, weak DRM is here again today. Alokesh Gupta forwards this from the drmna yg confirming my suspicions, but why for a fortnight if the digital meeting in Brasília was only on Sept 1?
``From Thursday 01 September to Thursday 15 September 2011 included, new transmissions from Montsinéry (French Guiana) to Brazil:
13.00 to 16.00 UTC
P = 150 kW DRM
Freq = 17880 kHz
Az : 165°
DRM Parameters:
B mode
Bandwidth = 10 kHz
MSC= 64 QAM
CR = CR0.6
Audio encoding = AAC + SBR
Program = RFI _L2 (only music).
RFI and TDF logos will be transmitted as data content. Wishing you good reception. Sorry for late notice. Regards. Jacques GRUSON F6AJW``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sept 2 at 1259, ``Triumphal March from Aïda`` opening theme of IRRS via ROMANIA, marred by cutting off a few sex just before it finished, then resumed with simple ``IRRS shortwave in Milan, signing on``, dead air, then fade up and joining in progress, Brother Scare, who continued for rest of hour at a couple chex; so another day without defaulting to KQED programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750, Sept 2 at 1242, ``My Love Is Here to Stay``, is it Eartha Kitt or Diana Ross? Anyhow, more great eclectic music courtesy NHK Japanese service, 1244 YL DJ announcement. This is 300 kW, 290 degrees from Yamata at 07-17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 2, UT:
1030, at 1157 UT Sept 2, ``Radio Fórmula 10-30 AM``, then 1158 Mexican NA, so probably had already been programming. Only one in Cantú list is: 1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
1130, at 1158 UT Sept 2, ID as ``La H-N``, i.e. per Cantú:
1130 XEHN Ke buena Nogales, Son. 1,000 D
1130, at 1158 UT Sept 2 overtaking the above, ``La Poderosa FM [algo] y 11-30 AM, . . . Sinaloa``, both in KWKH null, so this one is:
1130 XEMOS La Poderosa + FM 94.1 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250
Doesn`t seem powerful to me!
980, at 1158 UT Sept 2, mentions ``Mexicano de la Radio``, 9-80 AM, announcer Marco Campos, then conversing with a YL. I suspect that the slogan was fully ``Instituto Mexicano de la Radio``, i.e. the government group including notably XEB-1220 and XERF-1570. Cantú frequency list unfortunately does not show ownerships or affiliations, but the IMER website http://www.imer.gob.mx/ has a dropdown list of Emisoras, not all of them including frequency, but I spot one match with Cantú`s 980 roster: ``La FQ, Cananea, Sonora`` which goes to:
http://www.lafq.imer.gob.mx/ which Cantú lists as:
980 XEFQ La Voz de la Cd. del Cobre Cananea, Son. 2,500 500
990, at 1202 Sept 2, long multi-verse choral NA past 1203 but losing to QRM; at 1205 Spanish music to ``Somos la -- [algo]`` could well be another station, then to Elvis` ``All Shook Up``.
900, at 1207 Sept 2, numerous ads with addresses at various kilómetros on ``Carretera a Álvaro Obregón``. This Googles right to Cuauhtémoc, Chihua2, so Cantú has it:
900 XEDT La Reina Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 1,500
I couldn`t find a place called Álvaro Obregón in any of my atlases, but Google maps locates it as a colonia due north of Cuauhtémoc on highway 5.
870, at 1210 Sept 2, low-key YL DJ, quite a relief from the super-hype on so many commercial stations, plus no QRM, with birthday greetings, time as 6:11, into a polca, of course from:
870 XETAR La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara Guachochi, Chih. 10,000 D
880, at 1212 Sept 2, US béisbol homerun statistics, including some player for ``Los Metropolitanos de Nueva York`` --- ``Mets`` is just too hard to pronounce in Spanish! Beyond that, no clues; could be US or Mexican. Only US SS in new NRC AM Log around here is KJOJ in Conroe TX, near Houston, but supposed to be AC format. Of the nine Mexicans on 880 there are at most four possibilities at this hour. Maybe XEV, R. Fórmula, Chihua2? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [non]. 990, at 1220 UT Sept 2, most of the Mexicans have faded out, but still a strong dominant signal here and hard to null, with SS ballad, 1222 ``Radio Éxitos`` singing ID, then more upbeat ballad by YL or kid with a big voice; 1226 ``El Amor --- Radio Éxitos 9-90 AM, La Mejor``. 1230 a more extensive ID/promo just lacking the needed details: ``Radio Éxitos 9-90 AM``, something about not saying any dirty words. Next song romantic, including refrain/lyrix ``se va muriendo, quiero vivir``, ``en mi casa, en mi alma, hay un sitio para ti``.
Major suspect is The Metroplex outlet hijacked several years ago from Wichita Falls, now KFCD, COL Farmersville TX. New NRC-AM Log still shows it as Spanish religion, but Googling on slogan and frequency gets hits on KFCD including Wikipedia with this update note: ``On june 4 2011 Till Today Is Broadcasting Spanish Hits 70" 80" Called Radio Exitos 990 Recuerdos y Mas`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, Sept 2 at 1327, under music from CRI English via CANADA, talk in Indonesian until cut off at 1328*. No doubt the IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES relay at 1300-1327 in Dutch stayed on one minute more with this bonus of RNW Indonesian; too bad it`s no longer English. Altho it`s possible the entire transmission was in Indonesian by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Heavy wildfire coverage continued on KFOR, KOCO and KWTV the afternoon of Sept 1, but they all condescended to go back to network news at 2230 UT, all on main channels; NBC at least had a report from OKC. CBS focused on Fort Worth where they own a station, KTVT. Scott Pelley intoned those call letters strangely, stressing the V instead of the final -T (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 5950, RTI relay via WYFR is totally SNAFU, Sept 2: at 0552 I hear talk in French! Then some rock music, 0555 more M&M conversing in French, 0556 rock song in English, 0559, French again, mentions fréquences but cut off before any given.
Just before 0600 we heard a few words of RTI ID in Spanish mixing with WYFR ID in English. 0600 switch to RTI English giving part of their SW schedule, on 7445. 0600:38 ends a timesignal, and switch to sign-on of RTI Spanish service, news for 1 September.
5950 is supposed to carry English at 05-06, Spanish at 06-07. I assume they were totally screwed up in Taipei, playing out the wrong program, French which is scheduled only at 19-20 and never via YFR. Around 0600 I can imagine them madly pushing buttons trying to get the proper Spanish recording on air, and finally succeeded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15976 approx., Sept 1 at 1831, very distorted FMy spur with no carrier spreading 15970-15982 in Spanish. First thought is CVC, which has previously put a nasty spur in the 16`s, but no match to Chile 17680. Talking about Cuba and Venezuela, but RHC is nowhere on the air at this hour. So third choice is Radio Martí --- yes, matches 13820, which is 2156 kHz lower, so spur from Greenville --- but could be from one of the two other RM frequencies, 11930 or 9565. Can`t figure out any formula to account for 15976 mixing with RM or any other Greenville frequency (and there aren`t any active after 17820 VOA Portuguese closed at 1830).
Recheck at 1955, still going, and significantly, continues after 2000 when GB turns 13820 off and over to Sackville, which is initially inaudible under the jamming, weaker than GB had been. Noticed that the spur is nicely centered in between RTTY on 15960 and 15990, not bothering them. An hour later at 2058 I still hear 15976, and enough of // RM on 13820 to confirm that it`s now out of synch, being routed thru Sackville. The two remaining GB channels with RM, 11930 and 9565, are scheduled until 2400*. I am listening to 15976 again at 2358 and it seems to stop at 2358:30* a bit before the fundamentals do? Hard to tell vs jamming when they really go off. So that`s inconclusive.
Meanwhile I had notified GB of the problem, no doubt caused or exacerbated by Irene which blew the entire plant off the air for a biday. So is it from the 9565 or 11930 transmitter? Sept 2 at 1400 I could tell that 11930 had started up as scheduled, under the jamming, a trihour before 9565, but no 15976 audible yet. Checking again at 1656, still no spur, nor even after 9565 had started up at 1700. So it may have been fixed in the meantime.
R. Martí was weak, but the daytime-absorbed jamming was weaker, so I heard them promoting a special broadcast Thursday Sept 8 at 8 pm --- I surely hope it`s Pres. Obama`s much-anticipated speech to a joint session of Congress, rather than a silly ballgame, which usually appear on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1580 monitoring: at 2100 UT Thursday Sept 1, confirmed on WTWW 9479 and starting later in the minute on WRMI 9955, not jammed but weak here. Also confirmed at 0330 UT Friday Sept 2 on WWRB still on 5051. Their `winter` switch to 3215/3195 as of Sept 1 has not happened yet, nothing from WWRB on either frequency earlier in evening. At 0500 UT Friday Sept 2, confirmed on WRMI webcast, starting shortly after ACB Radio Mainstream webcast, which repeats 2-hourly thru 2330 Fridays, via http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17690, Sept 1 at 1827, umlauty talk in Turkish mentioning Germany. HFCC reveals it`s YFR at 17-19, 250 kW, 102 degrees via BaBCock, Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11435.0, Sept 2 at 0604, huge S9+25 open carrier, then variety of digital noises on and off, slight fading; far stronger than any SWBC signal on 25m. Suspect something out of Cuba associated with spy-number transmissions. Yes, here`s an old log searched on UDXF yg:
``11435.0 kHz am Cuban SK01. Huge carrier +40dB 06:26:11UTC (2010-10-01) (allenk on StarChat#wunclub) These are the loggings from the NSA logbot on several IRC channels. They are listed by Freq, Mode, Comment, UTC time, nickname, QTH and IRC channel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
