** CAMBODIA [non]. 9960, Oct 1 at 1255, romantic-sounding Cambodian song by M singer, over RTTY on 9960, but bothered by ACI from the DentroCuban Jamming Command on both 9955 and 9965. At 1259, 9960 is hit by a low het as habitually off-frequency Tainan, Taiwan turns on its transmitter for YFR in Vietnamese, and at 1259:40 there is an brief announcement but can`t tell from which. Palau goes off at 1300* and immediately reappears on 9965 with R. Australia in Chinese mixed with the Cuban jamming.
9960 until 1300 is the new clandestine via T8WH PALAU that Ludo Maes of TDP told me about at HFCC Dallas, Saturdays only at 12-13 since Sept 17, but the first chance I have had to log it, KPPM Radio, for Khmer People Power Movement. For more about it see http://www.kppmradio.org
and Ron Howard also references:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KhmerPeoplePowerMove
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Khmer-Power-Movement-KPM/276670769252?v=info
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake October 1, before 1300:
10300, good at 1256
11510, good at 1256 --- Sound of Hope finally wised up and got off VOR/Tajikistan frequency 11500?! See RUSSIA [non]
12500, good at 1256
13920, fair at 1256
No time to scan further up as I had to get back to 9960 for the Cambodian clandestine.
Around 1330:
16980, very poor at 1326
16100, good at 1327
15900, JBA at 1326
15525, very poor at 1344
15275, fair at 1330, but gone at 1346
14970, very poor at 1330
13920, fair at 1330
13850, fair at 1331
10300, fair-good at 1332
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Oct 1 at 0544, nothing audible from VOG; tho propagation makes it iffy, Romania was in OK on 9655, so suspect VOG was really off. Not audible on 11645 either. At 1328, 15630 had a very poor carrier, but not even that at 1344. At 1557 again a carrier and bits of modulation, presumably VOG, edged by horrible DRM noise from 15640. Perhaps VOG is becoming sporadic?
John Babbis points out that Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italy, had reported at 2339 UT Sept 30 to playdx yg: ``Grecia in onde corte spenta. Ciao a tutti. Da qualche giorno osservo che la Grecia in onde corte è spenta. Non so se riaccenderà, può darsi, in caso contrario non mi meraviglio, anzi l'ho fatto quando era ancora accesa, visto che la crisi economica greca non è cosa di ieri.``
[translated] ``For several days I observe that Greece is off shortwave. I do not know if they will fire up again, maybe, otherwise I would not be surprised, indeed I have been that they were still on, as the Greek economic crisis is not something from yesterday.``
However, in his every-evening monitoring reports, John did log ERA, UT Sept 30-Oct 1: 2200-0200+ on 7475 and 9420. Press reports previously quoted in DXLD asserted that despite all Greece`s problems, and cutbacks in domestic broadcasting, the external SW service was secure due to its popularity among mariners, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Oct 1 at 1311, finally Voice of Indonesia with decent reception during English hour, S9+22, good if not full modulation, still marred by some hum and intermittent audio dropouts, but not too often. Talk about the batik industry, outro as having been `Press Review`; 1312 ``Sound of Dignity`` VOI slogan, `Today in History` starting with someone born this date in 1917, a singer/songwriter from Java whose father owned a batik factory. 1317 on to `Focus` segment but MEGO; 1321 `News in Brief`; 1333 ending `Miscellany` with long IAD of at least 5 seconds, next `Music Corner`. Hope October will continue to provide improved reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 11500, Oct 1 at 1302, open carrier with flutter, maybe Just Barely Modulated? Once again, must be VOR, scheduled Hindi during this hour via TAJIKISTAN, which usually fails to modulate, also for English in previous and following hours. At least, no co-channel from Firedrake/SOH, which was on 11510 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 15230, Oct 1 at 1347, BaBcoCk music loop mixing about equally and with SAH against RHC; also in clear on stronger // 17505. These and unchecked 9795 are scheduled 1315-1400 from Woofferton for staff training purposes. First time I have heard it on 15230; did Babcock assume the frequency was open since RHC refuses to participate in HFCC? Another set are scheduled from Woofferton at 1300-1345 on 9605, 9800-DRM and 11640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15370, Saturday-only BBCWS, what language will it be in this week, Oct 1? At 1308, not French, not English, presumably Somali, frequent particle ``wa`` heard, by two OM periodically going into paroxysms over crowd noise, evidently a Saturday-afternoon stupid ballgame involving Somalis? HFCC shows Somali at 13-16 on day 7, Aoki shows French, both with site: CYPRUS. Other schedules have shown part of the trihour in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, WWCR on wrong frequency again! Oct 1 at 0545, there is Brother Scare, poor signal with flutter, missing from 5890; and // 3185 WWRB which was slightly ahead, during revival meeting. Per own website, transmitter schedule still dated 20 August shows WWCR-4 is supposed to be on 9980 at 12-02, 5890 at 02-12, altho program schedule has it non-continuous. PDF program grid already updated to October 1 still shows 5890 at 05-11 (except Saturday 0230- with non-BS programming until 0500), and 9980 at 14-21 (except Sat -20, all-BS except 20-21).
5935, Oct 1 at 1248, WWCR extremely strong ruining R. Rossii classical music on adjacents 5930 and 5940 from DVR, during thinly-dramatized Bible discussion, not University Network, not // PMS on 11775 Anguilla. That would be `Unshackled`, scheduled Saturdays 1230 on WWCR-3, but supposed to be still, and previously was, on 7490 after 1200. Another wrong frequency! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9960 until 1300 is the new clandestine via T8WH PALAU that Ludo Maes of TDP told me about at HFCC Dallas, Saturdays only at 12-13 since Sept 17, but the first chance I have had to log it, KPPM Radio, for Khmer People Power Movement. For more about it see http://www.kppmradio.org
and Ron Howard also references:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KhmerPeoplePowerMove
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Khmer-Power-Movement-KPM/276670769252?v=info
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake October 1, before 1300:
10300, good at 1256
11510, good at 1256 --- Sound of Hope finally wised up and got off VOR/Tajikistan frequency 11500?! See RUSSIA [non]
12500, good at 1256
13920, fair at 1256
No time to scan further up as I had to get back to 9960 for the Cambodian clandestine.
Around 1330:
16980, very poor at 1326
16100, good at 1327
15900, JBA at 1326
15525, very poor at 1344
15275, fair at 1330, but gone at 1346
14970, very poor at 1330
13920, fair at 1330
13850, fair at 1331
10300, fair-good at 1332
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Oct 1 at 0544, nothing audible from VOG; tho propagation makes it iffy, Romania was in OK on 9655, so suspect VOG was really off. Not audible on 11645 either. At 1328, 15630 had a very poor carrier, but not even that at 1344. At 1557 again a carrier and bits of modulation, presumably VOG, edged by horrible DRM noise from 15640. Perhaps VOG is becoming sporadic?
John Babbis points out that Luca Botto Fiora, Rapallo (Genova), Italy, had reported at 2339 UT Sept 30 to playdx yg: ``Grecia in onde corte spenta. Ciao a tutti. Da qualche giorno osservo che la Grecia in onde corte è spenta. Non so se riaccenderà, può darsi, in caso contrario non mi meraviglio, anzi l'ho fatto quando era ancora accesa, visto che la crisi economica greca non è cosa di ieri.``
[translated] ``For several days I observe that Greece is off shortwave. I do not know if they will fire up again, maybe, otherwise I would not be surprised, indeed I have been that they were still on, as the Greek economic crisis is not something from yesterday.``
However, in his every-evening monitoring reports, John did log ERA, UT Sept 30-Oct 1: 2200-0200+ on 7475 and 9420. Press reports previously quoted in DXLD asserted that despite all Greece`s problems, and cutbacks in domestic broadcasting, the external SW service was secure due to its popularity among mariners, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Oct 1 at 1311, finally Voice of Indonesia with decent reception during English hour, S9+22, good if not full modulation, still marred by some hum and intermittent audio dropouts, but not too often. Talk about the batik industry, outro as having been `Press Review`; 1312 ``Sound of Dignity`` VOI slogan, `Today in History` starting with someone born this date in 1917, a singer/songwriter from Java whose father owned a batik factory. 1317 on to `Focus` segment but MEGO; 1321 `News in Brief`; 1333 ending `Miscellany` with long IAD of at least 5 seconds, next `Music Corner`. Hope October will continue to provide improved reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 11500, Oct 1 at 1302, open carrier with flutter, maybe Just Barely Modulated? Once again, must be VOR, scheduled Hindi during this hour via TAJIKISTAN, which usually fails to modulate, also for English in previous and following hours. At least, no co-channel from Firedrake/SOH, which was on 11510 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 15230, Oct 1 at 1347, BaBcoCk music loop mixing about equally and with SAH against RHC; also in clear on stronger // 17505. These and unchecked 9795 are scheduled 1315-1400 from Woofferton for staff training purposes. First time I have heard it on 15230; did Babcock assume the frequency was open since RHC refuses to participate in HFCC? Another set are scheduled from Woofferton at 1300-1345 on 9605, 9800-DRM and 11640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15370, Saturday-only BBCWS, what language will it be in this week, Oct 1? At 1308, not French, not English, presumably Somali, frequent particle ``wa`` heard, by two OM periodically going into paroxysms over crowd noise, evidently a Saturday-afternoon stupid ballgame involving Somalis? HFCC shows Somali at 13-16 on day 7, Aoki shows French, both with site: CYPRUS. Other schedules have shown part of the trihour in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, WWCR on wrong frequency again! Oct 1 at 0545, there is Brother Scare, poor signal with flutter, missing from 5890; and // 3185 WWRB which was slightly ahead, during revival meeting. Per own website, transmitter schedule still dated 20 August shows WWCR-4 is supposed to be on 9980 at 12-02, 5890 at 02-12, altho program schedule has it non-continuous. PDF program grid already updated to October 1 still shows 5890 at 05-11 (except Saturday 0230- with non-BS programming until 0500), and 9980 at 14-21 (except Sat -20, all-BS except 20-21).
5935, Oct 1 at 1248, WWCR extremely strong ruining R. Rossii classical music on adjacents 5930 and 5940 from DVR, during thinly-dramatized Bible discussion, not University Network, not // PMS on 11775 Anguilla. That would be `Unshackled`, scheduled Saturdays 1230 on WWCR-3, but supposed to be still, and previously was, on 7490 after 1200. Another wrong frequency! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)