** ALBANIA. 13625, Sept 7 at 1430: still nothing from R. Tirana. But Christian Milling of Funkhaus Euskirchen, Germany informed us after yesterday`s query: ``Hi Glenn, Tirana: The studio to transmitter audiolink is defective. New equipment is ordered and shall arrive and be installed in the next weeks`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 7, before 1200:
7970, very poor at 1142. Did not do a full bandscan in this segment.
Circa 1230:
10300, good at 1222
No others up to 18 MHz by 1228; propagation conditions degraded.
After 1300:
15430, JBA at 1306 with het on hi side, no doubt the jumpy V. of Tibet via Tajikistan, which current Aoki shows on 15442 at this time. Aoki is often updated every day, but as of Sept 7 it`s still headed:
``A11 Shortwave Frequency list August 26, 2011 2100UTC`` at
http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/userlist1.txt
so Aoki must be on a break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17865, Sept 7 at 1300, pulsing from the DentroCuban Jamming Command is no match for the DRM noise just above it; third harmonic of 5955 transmitter vs Radio República which at this hour should be on 9965 instead, always jammed in the daytime. Then found roughly equivalent signals from two more third harmonix of Cuban jammers: 17670 at 1302, which is 3 x 5890, used by VOA Spanish only at 23-24 (Tue-Sat -01); and on 18090, 3 x 6030 vs R. Martí which just closed at 1300. Way to go, incompetent DCJC, as countless Cubans go hungry while you waste precious electricity.
12000 at 1309 Sept 7 with more needless jamming, a fundamental, vs non-VOA also ``needed`` only in evenings; at this time could not hear second harmonix of the above third harmonix, i.e. 12060, 11910, 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15055-15080, Sept 7 at 1308, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, poor and fortunately just missing India weakie on 15050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9910, Sept 7 at 1221, Chinese with less than 1 kHz constant het on hi side, KTWR vs jamming? Need to hear if KTWR cuts to DRM test at 1230, but missed rechecking today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875-17880-17885, Sept 7 at 1300 found DRM noise already roaring, but gone at 1402 recheck. The TDF test to Brasília is supposedly running 13-16 until Sept 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sept 7 at 1313, JBA but sounds like Brother Scare, so no loss today with poor propagation from IRRS via ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 17550, Sept 6 at 2044, carrier from R. Kuwait Arabic to C&W NAm is JBA, as propagation conditions deteriorate; starting such a hi-latitude path at such a high frequency at 11 pm local time is inadvisable except at midsummer. Still fairly good on 15540, simultaneous English to NAm; that too is bound to deteriorate as we get into winter, while RK continues to pretend it is on 11990. Meanwhile, we had super signal from RHC in Arabic on 17560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 7; Heard NA on numerous frequencies around 1200 UT, but only caught one definite ID. It`s always a cat-and-mouse game, as they often fade out before the NA is finished, and you never know whether it will be a short, or long version with the same melody repeated over and over until abrupt ending.
640, Sept 7 at 1201 after NA, ID as XEJUA, 5000 watts, Milenio, Ciudad Juárez, and other sign-on data such as street address. Soon faded and I was hearing KFI with not much signal yet from nulled nearby WWLS OK.
Cantú shows:
``640 XEJUA Milenio TV (audio del canal) Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 D``
So he says it`s carrying soundtrack of this TV channel now! As recently as WRTH 2011, it was ``Radio Recuerdo, Canal 640``
Milenio is mainly a newspaper, but website http://www.milenio.com includes live audio and video. I`ve not heard of it being TV on the air; maybe just pay cable as implied in their contact info listing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11500, Sept 7 at 1223, poor signal, open carrier with hum instead of VOR English relay; 1311 improved to fair signal, still no modulation in silent Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, Sept 6 at 2017, WWCR is once again enhanced by off-season sporadic E on HF to VG signal of S9+22+, which also audiblizes the matching modulation spike field approx. 15620-15705 peaking 15670, and a slightly weaker one 15480-15530, fortunately barely missing Kuwait, the only decent signal in the area, on 15540. However, this time I could not hear the +/- 15.6 kHz spur carriers circa 15810 and 15840, altho splash outward from 15825 was reaching that far. And still I don`t find spike fields to match on the high side which if exactly mirroring would range 15945-16030 and 16120-16170. Of course, WWCR-1 really ought to be occupying no more than 15820-15830 max (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Sept 7 at 0522 check, no het, so daytimer KCTE Independence MO has quit broadcasting at night; someone else had sports talk amid CCI. Some 6.5 hours later, the wavering het on 1510.8 or so was back, affirming that KCTE is still off-frequency, in the daytime at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 7, before 1200:
7970, very poor at 1142. Did not do a full bandscan in this segment.
Circa 1230:
10300, good at 1222
No others up to 18 MHz by 1228; propagation conditions degraded.
After 1300:
15430, JBA at 1306 with het on hi side, no doubt the jumpy V. of Tibet via Tajikistan, which current Aoki shows on 15442 at this time. Aoki is often updated every day, but as of Sept 7 it`s still headed:
``A11 Shortwave Frequency list August 26, 2011 2100UTC`` at
http://www.geocities.jp/binewsjp/userlist1.txt
so Aoki must be on a break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17865, Sept 7 at 1300, pulsing from the DentroCuban Jamming Command is no match for the DRM noise just above it; third harmonic of 5955 transmitter vs Radio República which at this hour should be on 9965 instead, always jammed in the daytime. Then found roughly equivalent signals from two more third harmonix of Cuban jammers: 17670 at 1302, which is 3 x 5890, used by VOA Spanish only at 23-24 (Tue-Sat -01); and on 18090, 3 x 6030 vs R. Martí which just closed at 1300. Way to go, incompetent DCJC, as countless Cubans go hungry while you waste precious electricity.
12000 at 1309 Sept 7 with more needless jamming, a fundamental, vs non-VOA also ``needed`` only in evenings; at this time could not hear second harmonix of the above third harmonix, i.e. 12060, 11910, 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15055-15080, Sept 7 at 1308, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, poor and fortunately just missing India weakie on 15050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9910, Sept 7 at 1221, Chinese with less than 1 kHz constant het on hi side, KTWR vs jamming? Need to hear if KTWR cuts to DRM test at 1230, but missed rechecking today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875-17880-17885, Sept 7 at 1300 found DRM noise already roaring, but gone at 1402 recheck. The TDF test to Brasília is supposedly running 13-16 until Sept 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sept 7 at 1313, JBA but sounds like Brother Scare, so no loss today with poor propagation from IRRS via ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 17550, Sept 6 at 2044, carrier from R. Kuwait Arabic to C&W NAm is JBA, as propagation conditions deteriorate; starting such a hi-latitude path at such a high frequency at 11 pm local time is inadvisable except at midsummer. Still fairly good on 15540, simultaneous English to NAm; that too is bound to deteriorate as we get into winter, while RK continues to pretend it is on 11990. Meanwhile, we had super signal from RHC in Arabic on 17560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 7; Heard NA on numerous frequencies around 1200 UT, but only caught one definite ID. It`s always a cat-and-mouse game, as they often fade out before the NA is finished, and you never know whether it will be a short, or long version with the same melody repeated over and over until abrupt ending.
640, Sept 7 at 1201 after NA, ID as XEJUA, 5000 watts, Milenio, Ciudad Juárez, and other sign-on data such as street address. Soon faded and I was hearing KFI with not much signal yet from nulled nearby WWLS OK.
Cantú shows:
``640 XEJUA Milenio TV (audio del canal) Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 D``
So he says it`s carrying soundtrack of this TV channel now! As recently as WRTH 2011, it was ``Radio Recuerdo, Canal 640``
Milenio is mainly a newspaper, but website http://www.milenio.com includes live audio and video. I`ve not heard of it being TV on the air; maybe just pay cable as implied in their contact info listing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11500, Sept 7 at 1223, poor signal, open carrier with hum instead of VOR English relay; 1311 improved to fair signal, still no modulation in silent Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, Sept 6 at 2017, WWCR is once again enhanced by off-season sporadic E on HF to VG signal of S9+22+, which also audiblizes the matching modulation spike field approx. 15620-15705 peaking 15670, and a slightly weaker one 15480-15530, fortunately barely missing Kuwait, the only decent signal in the area, on 15540. However, this time I could not hear the +/- 15.6 kHz spur carriers circa 15810 and 15840, altho splash outward from 15825 was reaching that far. And still I don`t find spike fields to match on the high side which if exactly mirroring would range 15945-16030 and 16120-16170. Of course, WWCR-1 really ought to be occupying no more than 15820-15830 max (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Sept 7 at 0522 check, no het, so daytimer KCTE Independence MO has quit broadcasting at night; someone else had sports talk amid CCI. Some 6.5 hours later, the wavering het on 1510.8 or so was back, affirming that KCTE is still off-frequency, in the daytime at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
