** ALBANIA. 13625, Sept 26 at 1430 check, still no R. Tirana on SW. As for what happened to Drita Çiço`s son Parid, he was extremely distraught about something and jumped out a window. This is very personal, not related to radio, and I will not deal with it further. Drita is talking about it to her mailing list (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15400, Sept 26 at 1249, HCJB English with Revelation nonsense about the antichrist, 666, great tribulation. Other transmitter on 15340 putting a big het on Morocco 15341v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 11600 and 9600, again checking R. Bulgaria prior to the 0530 German Sept 26: 11600 carrier already on at 0523, not 9600, but it came on at *0524. I wonder why they don`t play their IS for a while, just dead air. 0529:50 or so, IS finally starts on 11600 but only gets a couple iterations, while 9600 cuts it on just before 0530 and only part of it is heard before theme on both and sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6754-USB, Sept 26 at 0532, Trenton Military with aviation weather including Keflavik, but several sites were ``nothing received from`` including Prestwick. Lots of background noise on the modulation, apparently, rather than QRM; just far enough away from the blob on 6768, see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, D XLISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. Unlike 24 hours earlier [as in last report under USA [non]], no signals from CVC La Voz in Spanish on 11665 or 9780 as I tuned around 0530 UT Sept 26. That was certainly an anomaly, no reply yet to my inquiry to Calera de Tango (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 26, before 1300:
10300, fair at 1243; none in the 7s, 11s, 12s
13920, poor at 1247; none in the 14s, 15s
16100, fair at 1253
16980, fair at 1253
18180, very poor at 1257; no 17170
Before 1330:
16100, very poor at 1323
16700, good at 1324 with flutter; unusual spot. Last heard May 14, 2010 as in DXLD 10-19; it all depends on whims of Sound of Hope
16980, good at 1324 with flutter, just like 16700
17170, JBA at 1326; no 18180
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Some CRI signals were coming in well but with heavy flutter before 1300 Sept 26: 17575, at 1255 Sept 26, Chinese song, Russian announcement. HFCC shows SZG site at 12-13 aimed due northwest. Also similar signals on 17545 (unlisted), 17490 and 17650 both Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN.
9870, Sept 26 before 1307, AIR VBS was in well with Indian pop music, but at 1307 and still after 1400, CCI from CRI English, scheduled 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an, take that, Bengaluru! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12020, Sept 26 at 0521, big open carrier, likely RHC not turned off at 0500.
9565, Sept 26 at 1306, DCJC pulse jamming far from the time they are ``needed`` vs R. Martí, but QRMing adjacent 9570, CRI relay via CUBA too, and 9560 Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL. On Sept 14-15, I attended the High Frequency Coordinating Conference in Dallas TX. Here`s the final final version of my report, including linx to 33 photos. There have been a few updates and additions since the version in DXLD 11-38:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HFCCB11.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Sept 26 at 1329 I hear a tone or het, very poor signal, but 1330 the het remains as piano music and Shiokaze sign-on is audible, intonation sounds Japanese today. The het is of course from off-frequency MYANMAR on the hi side; Sea Breeze back here after a while on 6135, via JSR JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MWDX Sept 26, UT:
550, Sept 26 at 1209, ad with gong for a new Chinese buffet opening Sept 22 in Cuauhtémoc:
550 XEPL La Super Estación Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 5,000 150
630, Sept 26 at 1156 UT, historical item mentioning Municipio General Escobedo, Monterrey, outro as ``Al Momento``, to be continued an hour later; ``Buenos días, en directo desde la Ciudad de México en la F-B``, promo joint fútbol show with La Invasora 99.7 FM. Cantú:
630 XEFB FB La Estación Que Da Las Noticias Monterrey, N.L. 10,000 10,000
while 99.7 is confirmed as:
99.7 XHSP La Invasora Monterrey, N.L. 50,530
Altho IDing locally, XEFB was taking a program direct from the DF
630, Sept 26 at 1202 UT, another station has taken over 630, Fox fanfare, XEUR-AM, 50 kW, full ID, Grupo Radio Centro. O no, another bad lead. I was quite sure of the call, but the real XEUR is on 1530 in the DF, a Radiorama station. I don`t see any similar call listed on 630. Ahá, they must have said XEQR-AM, which is the original station of Radio Centro on 1030, but relayed on 630 somewhere? According to http://radiocentro.mx/estaciones they have quite a few stations on AM and FM, but except for 93.9 in Los Ángeles, they are all in the DF, not a national network in Mexico.
680, Sept 26 at 1206 UT, NA ending and sign-on mentions Chihuahua, so:
680 XEFO Éxtasis Digital Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250
760, Sept 26 at 1205 UT, another late NA, 1206 ID as ``Antena 760, Chihuahua Capital``, i.e.:
760 XEES Antena 760 Chihuahua, Chih. 10,000 1,000
800, distorted signal: see UNIDENTIFIED
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non] 15120, Sept 26 at 0510, VON is the SSOB by far and virtually the OSOB (something weak on 15630, presumably Greece); in world newscast, well done with correspondents in New York, London, Moscow, and good, only slightly distorted modulation above the ever-present hum. 0513 item about legal limbo of trans-gender and intersex folk as far as passports, etc., but now some are providing `indeterminate gender` boxes to be checked. Deep fades, S6 to S9 but not bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 890, Sept 26 at 1300, KTLR OKC IDing with its FM translator, on 94.1 which is K231BH, 250 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 11920, 0400+ UT Sept 26, still huge collision between RRI in Romanian and V. of Justice, IRAN in English to NAm, a sesquiweek after I brought it in person to the attention of both frequency managers at HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17505, Sept 26 at 1325, fair signal again with the VTC/BaBCock music loop. Wolfgang Büschel found out from Dave Porter at Woofferton what this is all about:
``Hi Wolfie, Regrettably it's not as exotic as you suspected! I can confirm those frequencies are registered and they are on our schedule.
We are using the time slots and the changes in frequency and modulation mode to train our staff at the Babcock Media Management Centre in London for the remote operation of the Woofferton site when we are not staffed out of office hours.
At present our colleagues in the Babcock Control Room in Bush House look after us but soon that is closing when the BBC transfer to their London W1 studio centre. Hence the need to train our staff in the other control facility.
We needed to be able to run a real schedule and then we put faults on our transmitters so that the MMC staff can work out how to re-establish the service, etc. Vy 73, Dave``
``Also observed by Ivo at R Bulgaria, and Y.T. [wb] today: Heard popular CELLO music endless. At 1340 UT on 9795, 15230, 17505 kHz.
New UNID service via Babcock brokery on Sept 25:
1300-1345 9605 WOF 300kW 182deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1300-1345 9800 WOF 125kW 180deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music in DRM
1300-1345 11640 WOF 125kW 102deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1315-1400 9795 WOF 125kW 090deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 15230 WOF 300kW 150deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 17505 WOF 125kW 152deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
Transmissions of 'popular' cello music ended exact 1400:00 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25`` (via DXLD)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: confirmed on WBCQ Area 51 webcast, UT Monday Sept 26 at 0300. Did not get 5110v-CUSB checked in time, however. No word about whether `Pirates Week` will ever be resuming in that timeslot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Sept 26 at 1211, very distorted talk audible in KQCV OKC null, can`t even tell if it`s Spanish or English, but seems to peak SW/NE, pointing to XEROK. Might have been a spur except it`s right on 800 too. Has anyone noticed such a problem with XEROK Ciudad Juárez? There are some little US stations in the opposite direxion, but a bit late for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6768, Sept 26 at 0528, big wide whine centered here, presumably a ``mutant``, perhaps from Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15400, Sept 26 at 1249, HCJB English with Revelation nonsense about the antichrist, 666, great tribulation. Other transmitter on 15340 putting a big het on Morocco 15341v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 11600 and 9600, again checking R. Bulgaria prior to the 0530 German Sept 26: 11600 carrier already on at 0523, not 9600, but it came on at *0524. I wonder why they don`t play their IS for a while, just dead air. 0529:50 or so, IS finally starts on 11600 but only gets a couple iterations, while 9600 cuts it on just before 0530 and only part of it is heard before theme on both and sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6754-USB, Sept 26 at 0532, Trenton Military with aviation weather including Keflavik, but several sites were ``nothing received from`` including Prestwick. Lots of background noise on the modulation, apparently, rather than QRM; just far enough away from the blob on 6768, see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, D XLISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. Unlike 24 hours earlier [as in last report under USA [non]], no signals from CVC La Voz in Spanish on 11665 or 9780 as I tuned around 0530 UT Sept 26. That was certainly an anomaly, no reply yet to my inquiry to Calera de Tango (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 26, before 1300:
10300, fair at 1243; none in the 7s, 11s, 12s
13920, poor at 1247; none in the 14s, 15s
16100, fair at 1253
16980, fair at 1253
18180, very poor at 1257; no 17170
Before 1330:
16100, very poor at 1323
16700, good at 1324 with flutter; unusual spot. Last heard May 14, 2010 as in DXLD 10-19; it all depends on whims of Sound of Hope
16980, good at 1324 with flutter, just like 16700
17170, JBA at 1326; no 18180
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Some CRI signals were coming in well but with heavy flutter before 1300 Sept 26: 17575, at 1255 Sept 26, Chinese song, Russian announcement. HFCC shows SZG site at 12-13 aimed due northwest. Also similar signals on 17545 (unlisted), 17490 and 17650 both Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN.
9870, Sept 26 before 1307, AIR VBS was in well with Indian pop music, but at 1307 and still after 1400, CCI from CRI English, scheduled 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an, take that, Bengaluru! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12020, Sept 26 at 0521, big open carrier, likely RHC not turned off at 0500.
9565, Sept 26 at 1306, DCJC pulse jamming far from the time they are ``needed`` vs R. Martí, but QRMing adjacent 9570, CRI relay via CUBA too, and 9560 Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL. On Sept 14-15, I attended the High Frequency Coordinating Conference in Dallas TX. Here`s the final final version of my report, including linx to 33 photos. There have been a few updates and additions since the version in DXLD 11-38:
http://www.w4uvh.net/HFCCB11.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Sept 26 at 1329 I hear a tone or het, very poor signal, but 1330 the het remains as piano music and Shiokaze sign-on is audible, intonation sounds Japanese today. The het is of course from off-frequency MYANMAR on the hi side; Sea Breeze back here after a while on 6135, via JSR JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MWDX Sept 26, UT:
550, Sept 26 at 1209, ad with gong for a new Chinese buffet opening Sept 22 in Cuauhtémoc:
550 XEPL La Super Estación Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 5,000 150
630, Sept 26 at 1156 UT, historical item mentioning Municipio General Escobedo, Monterrey, outro as ``Al Momento``, to be continued an hour later; ``Buenos días, en directo desde la Ciudad de México en la F-B``, promo joint fútbol show with La Invasora 99.7 FM. Cantú:
630 XEFB FB La Estación Que Da Las Noticias Monterrey, N.L. 10,000 10,000
while 99.7 is confirmed as:
99.7 XHSP La Invasora Monterrey, N.L. 50,530
Altho IDing locally, XEFB was taking a program direct from the DF
630, Sept 26 at 1202 UT, another station has taken over 630, Fox fanfare, XEUR-AM, 50 kW, full ID, Grupo Radio Centro. O no, another bad lead. I was quite sure of the call, but the real XEUR is on 1530 in the DF, a Radiorama station. I don`t see any similar call listed on 630. Ahá, they must have said XEQR-AM, which is the original station of Radio Centro on 1030, but relayed on 630 somewhere? According to http://radiocentro.mx/estaciones they have quite a few stations on AM and FM, but except for 93.9 in Los Ángeles, they are all in the DF, not a national network in Mexico.
680, Sept 26 at 1206 UT, NA ending and sign-on mentions Chihuahua, so:
680 XEFO Éxtasis Digital Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250
760, Sept 26 at 1205 UT, another late NA, 1206 ID as ``Antena 760, Chihuahua Capital``, i.e.:
760 XEES Antena 760 Chihuahua, Chih. 10,000 1,000
800, distorted signal: see UNIDENTIFIED
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non] 15120, Sept 26 at 0510, VON is the SSOB by far and virtually the OSOB (something weak on 15630, presumably Greece); in world newscast, well done with correspondents in New York, London, Moscow, and good, only slightly distorted modulation above the ever-present hum. 0513 item about legal limbo of trans-gender and intersex folk as far as passports, etc., but now some are providing `indeterminate gender` boxes to be checked. Deep fades, S6 to S9 but not bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 890, Sept 26 at 1300, KTLR OKC IDing with its FM translator, on 94.1 which is K231BH, 250 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 11920, 0400+ UT Sept 26, still huge collision between RRI in Romanian and V. of Justice, IRAN in English to NAm, a sesquiweek after I brought it in person to the attention of both frequency managers at HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17505, Sept 26 at 1325, fair signal again with the VTC/BaBCock music loop. Wolfgang Büschel found out from Dave Porter at Woofferton what this is all about:
``Hi Wolfie, Regrettably it's not as exotic as you suspected! I can confirm those frequencies are registered and they are on our schedule.
We are using the time slots and the changes in frequency and modulation mode to train our staff at the Babcock Media Management Centre in London for the remote operation of the Woofferton site when we are not staffed out of office hours.
At present our colleagues in the Babcock Control Room in Bush House look after us but soon that is closing when the BBC transfer to their London W1 studio centre. Hence the need to train our staff in the other control facility.
We needed to be able to run a real schedule and then we put faults on our transmitters so that the MMC staff can work out how to re-establish the service, etc. Vy 73, Dave``
``Also observed by Ivo at R Bulgaria, and Y.T. [wb] today: Heard popular CELLO music endless. At 1340 UT on 9795, 15230, 17505 kHz.
New UNID service via Babcock brokery on Sept 25:
1300-1345 9605 WOF 300kW 182deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1300-1345 9800 WOF 125kW 180deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music in DRM
1300-1345 11640 WOF 125kW 102deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1330
1315-1400 9795 WOF 125kW 090deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 15230 WOF 300kW 150deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
1315-1400 17505 WOF 125kW 152deg to NoAF, non-stop VTC music till 1400
Transmissions of 'popular' cello music ended exact 1400:00 UT
(Wolfgang Büschel, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 25`` (via DXLD)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1583 monitoring: confirmed on WBCQ Area 51 webcast, UT Monday Sept 26 at 0300. Did not get 5110v-CUSB checked in time, however. No word about whether `Pirates Week` will ever be resuming in that timeslot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Sept 26 at 1211, very distorted talk audible in KQCV OKC null, can`t even tell if it`s Spanish or English, but seems to peak SW/NE, pointing to XEROK. Might have been a spur except it`s right on 800 too. Has anyone noticed such a problem with XEROK Ciudad Juárez? There are some little US stations in the opposite direxion, but a bit late for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6768, Sept 26 at 0528, big wide whine centered here, presumably a ``mutant``, perhaps from Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
