** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Nov 2 at 0018, heavy collision between R. Tirana in Albanian, and CRI in Chinese. Meanwhile 7420 is open. It remains open at 0243 check, so I renew by recommendation that RT move to 7420 for 00-01 Albanian, and gives us English on 7420 sometime between 01 and 03 instead of 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 6075? See VATICAN [and non]
** CANADA. CBC Radio One`s `Ideas` this week is a series about the 75th anniversary of CBC; I hope to catch them all on webcasts: UT Tue-Sat first airing at 0005 to the AT/NT zones, e.g. CBN, and repeated at 0105, 0205, 0305 and 0405 to westward zones. Off to a disappointing start: the narrator said twice that the original CFCF in Montreal was `WXA` instead of correct proto-calls XWA as any radio historian should know (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 2, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 2, before 1300:
10300, poor at 1256
12230, fair at 1251
13920, fair at 1251
13970, poor at 1251
14700, JBA at 1253; none in the 15s, 16s, 17s
Before 1330:
15445, poor with noise at 1324; off at 1333 check
Before 1400:
10300, good at 1336
11500, very poor at 1336; but no more TajiQRM: see TAJIKISTAN
12230, poor at 1337
12600, JBA at 1337
12670, fair at 1337
13920, good at 1337
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9675, Nov 2 at 0554, REE relay is now here instead of 9630, with `Mundo Solidario` show being outroed. Modulation OK. I was apprehensive since 24 hours earlier this was on 9630, or rather covering the entire 31m band with totally out-of-whack transmission.
Both frequencies are always registered, not identically, but they only use one of them:
9630 0200 0600 10,11,12N CRI 100 0 0 925 1234567 301011 250312 D SPANISH E REE REE 6022
9675 0200 0600 7,8,10,11 CRI 100 340 0 145 1234567 301011 250312 D SPANISH E REE REE 6032
Some times before in A-11, REE has jumped from usual 9630 to 9675.
BTW, totally different propagation tonight before 0600, as 9675 was almost the OSOB, besides weak Gabon 9580. None of the usual US stations were audible, 9330, 9370, 9955. Higher bands were dead except for weak NZ/Australia on 11725, 13630, 13730-DRM, 15160, 15240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SPAIN
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 2 at 0609, RHC is still on way past usual 0500*, about as strong signal as Rebelde 5025, but weaker modulation. Can this be a sign of things to come in B-11? Op fell asleep at the switch? One+ hour later due to local time of UT-5 ex UT-4 already?
Day 4 of B-11, and the DentroCuban Jamming Command still hasn`t caught up with R. Martí`s new schedule, allowing it to penetrate unscathed to the information-starved and oppressed masses inside Cuba:
5745 and 5980, Nov 2 at 1235, RM with no jamming.
9805 and 11845, sometime before 1300 Nov 2, heavy jamming vs no RM.
15330 at 1334 with lite pulse jamming --- has the DCJC caught on? Not necessarily, as residual jamming was often audible here during the entire A-season when RM was never using 15330. At 1345 the jamming is upbuilding. But at 1402, RM is active on 15330 now, and no jamming yet detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 2 at 0611, R. Verdad carrier is still on, but I missed the majestic NA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, Nov 2 at 1341, AIR Sinhala service, which is mostly music, again audible on AM, after a few days of nothing but noise, DRM? Was not on, or not propagating at first check 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17720, Nov 2 at 1320, good signal with flutter in IndoMalay, talking about Islam and Iran. Yes, the so-called ``Melau`` language service from VIRI is now here at 1230-1330, 500 kW, 109 degrees from Kamalabad, and the // as yet unheard is now 21630, 500 kW, 115 degrees from Sirjan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15190, Nov 2 at 1257, IRRS via ROMANIA is already on with rock music prélude; 1258:25 Aïda theme, 1300 quick ``This is IRRS Shortwave in Milano signing on``, and after a few sex brings up Brother Scare who is reveling in the four SW frequencies he is on at this hour, 15190, 9980, 9385 and 9460 --- except he`s not, as WWCR does not open 9980 until an hour later. Nor is 9460 scheduled until 14-15 via Wertachtal! BS can`t even get his own frequencies right, yet he is the Last Days Prophet Of God?? He spends at least as much time gloating over his alleged coverage as he does axually preaching.
Someone already jumped to the wrong conclusion that 15190 is R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, despite our attempts to head that off. Besides having been silent for some six months (despite occasional other wrong assumptions), R. Africa never took live satellite feeds from BS or anyhuxter.
IRRS B-11 schedule showed BS on 15190 only at 13-14, but in HFCC registered an additional hour as 13-15, and it was reported yesterday in the second hour, so I listen again at 1357: yes, BS keeps on going past 1400, no ID, but there is a transmission break at 1400:13*-*1400:45 approximately. Sounded the same afterwards, no change in antenna or site, so why the break? Still going at 1430. I wonder if the second hour now replaces evening on 7290 which has been overtaken by Moldova/Russia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 17650, Nov 1 at 2010, I am surprised to encounter a VG signal in French, news with an emphasis on Japon, which surely no one but NHK would do. Yes, 2014 mentions NHKWorld, the English name mandatory in all language services; after usual Programmwechsel pause of a few sex, 2015 `Affaires et Technologie`. A new time for French from Radio Japon, 2000-2030, 250 kW, 305 degrees from MADAGASCAR, so also USward. Comparing to A-11 schedule, this replaces 1230-1300 on 17690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Nov 2 at 1408, no signal from Sea Breeze, at an hour it had remained audible recently, so must have made another periodic switcheroo, this time more or less coinciding with A/B seasons? Nothing on 6135 either which it had used before. Then checking another previous frequency, 5910, and there it is at 1410 with characteristic sad piano music under talk in non-English (English sometimes on Wednesdays, almost always on Fridays). Still poorly audible on 5910 at 1429 before sign-off of 1330-1430 broadcast.
Ron Howard, California, agrees it`s on 5910 now, and the jammer was already going at 1324, altho not heard here. Finally, Shiokaze is not colliding with Myanmar (5985v) or Madagascar (6135v). Other registered alternates for this in HFCC as `JIC MIC` are 6015, which I also checked but heard nothing other than jamming in the area; and 6140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, Wednesday Nov 2 at 1243, KBS World Radio via CANADA commencing weekly `Sounds of Korea` show about traditional musical instruments. Wish I could stop and listen, but too much else to monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Nov 2 at 1323, R. Kuwait is still here, but co-channel SPAIN is more of a problem than usual. When will MOI ever move to the frequency they registered for B-11, 21520? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Nov 2 at 0115, ME music, presumed IGIM on the air this night; also at 0243. Beware: not in HFCC, which on 7245 only shows TAJIKISTAN at 02-18. Did not check again until 0551 when IGIM was indeed on with Arabic talk, 0559 chanting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 9730v, Nov 2 at 1244 as I was checking Thailand on 9720, also noticed het here and suspected always off-frequency Rangoon. Yes, Ron Howard reports 9730.82, Myanma Radio at 1208-1321 Nov 2, prolonged schedule from previous closing at 1000* which he last heard Sept 13. The 9730.0 hetter/hettee before 1257 would be CRI English via Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, I meant to check earlier today whether RNZI was back on proper frequency, instead of 6170 yesterday, but did not think of it until 1407 UT Nov 2: anyway there is some signal on 5950, not 6170, presumably RNZI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Nov 1 at 2256, song in Russian(?) with good signal, believed to be Radio PMR ex-9665 filling its final segment, as then at 2300 accurate timesignal, VOR WS opening in English which now fancies itself as a ``Chariot of Fire``, rather than an art exhibition, claims ``24/7 to the whole world on AM, digital radio``, but no mention of shortwave! Still going at 0018 Nov 2 check; seems not using 6240 this season. VOR English also then on 7250, `Armavir`, and this winter that`s not colliding with Iran!
As recently as Oct 28, HFCC showed pertinent 7290s only as:
1800-2000 VOR via Moscow, 250 kW, 285 degrees
2300-0500 VOR via KCH, MDA, 300 kW, 310 degrees
While ``MDA MOL GFC`` presumably referring to Radio PMR is registered only from KCH:
7440, 1700-1800, 300 kW, 268 degrees
6015, 2100-2300, 200 kW, 265 degrees
By the time I tuned to 6015 there was only RRI IS before its 2300 broadcast via Galbeni, and others have reported PMR earlier on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15460, Nov 2 at 1255, RRI concluding sports report, sign-off until next English at 1800 in DRM. Good signal here tho intended for no further than W Europe in same direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY [non]
** RUSSIA. 7320, Nov 2 at 0600, timesignal about 7 seconds late from R. Rossii ID, poor signal with hum. HFCC B-11 shows this as `OKH`, really meaning Magadan, not Okhotsk, at 17-13, 100 kW, 45 degrees. Also still listed on 5940 at same hours, 100 kW, 30 degrees, which I have not reconfirmed in B-11 tho it was surely there until 1300 in A-11. So they are really running both? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PRIDNESTROVYE
** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, reactivated CR relay of REE, ex-11880, once again has collision from Romania, Nov 2 at 1312. Like I said, old habits die hard; this has happened winter after winter. RRI is on 15170 at 13-15 in Romanian to France. See also COSTA RICA.
Still trying to find the quadrilingual news headlines, including English, which started on REE last winter at 1530-1545 M-F, shifted to 1430-1445 during DST, but not now back at 1530. Wanted to make sure it`s not still at 1430, but when I heard the hour-long `Españoles en la Mar` opening with Morse code message at 1406 on 17595, I knew it could not be at 1430 either. At that time after a music break, item about underwater volcanic eruption in the Canaries (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 7315, Nov 2 at 0550, R. Dabanga via FRANCE, as 0430 transmission is almost over, fair signal, still no jamming audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875 via WYFR, Nov 2 at 0605, RTI in German, news about Taiwan`s rating by Lonely Planet, including clips in Chinese, all the while with undercurrent of some other audio, which I think was also German but totally unsynchronized, maybe yesterday`s program incompletely erased from the tape??
German??? This hour is supposed to be in SPANISH!! German from RTI is only scheduled at 19 and 21 via Eurosites, never WYFR. We`ve caught totally screwedup playouts from RTI before. How does this happen? 6875 was not as strong as last night, so not desensitizing out to 40 kHz away, but no pirates around anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11660, Nov 2 at 1250, open carrier with flutter, hum. Hmmm, I said to myself, sounds just like what we used to get in A-11 on 11500, i.e. Dushanbé failing to modulate V of Russia to S Asia. Yes! HFCC B-11 confirms it`s DB at 12-15, 500 kW, 155 degrees to CIRAF 41 with VOR. How can this go on for months and months with nobody in Moskva or Dushambe caring? After 1300, 11600 is overcome by ACI from both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9720, Nov 2 at 1245, English news about China, Russia, ME, W&M alternating, fair with flutter. Nothing about Thailand, not even the flood disaster, while I listened a few minutes, but it`s HSK9 now here for B-11 at 1230-1300 (and nearby 9725 for the next English at 1400-1430, both 250 kW, 132 degrees from Udorn). It sure would be nice if they would aim one of these toward us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 830, Nov 2 at 1303 UT, ending Huckaby rant, ``My Talk 830, KOTC``, local news, briefly audible with WCCO nulled. This is the 10 kW daytimer widely accused of cheating at night, COL Kennett MO in the Bootheel, but address in Poplar Bluff, and supposedly moving to Memphis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15480, Nov 1 at 2045, Arabic, then W&M with familiar love song, no doubt adapted into love of God/Jesus. HFCC shows AWR via Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA at 19-21, 250 kW, 19 degrees, exactly same as another bihour in Arabic at 04 on same 15480 I already reported. Adventism originated in the USA and AWR is still HQ`ed here, despite lack of any US SW stations (other than outlying GUAM, not a state).
17670 now has a collision at equal levels, Nov 2 at 1330 between Arabic with IRIB news theme, low-key mentions of Egypt, Iran, flutter; and, tonal language by emphatic speaker. HFCC B-11 reveals the answer:
IRIB, 1030-1630, 500 kW, 274 degrees from Kamalabad in Arabic, and
AWR, 1300-1357, 250 kW, 60 degrees from MADAGASCAR in Vietnamese. Well, maybe they don`t collide in the target areas, but I wouldn`t bet on it, with back-radiation eastward from Iran, and usually broad coverage from Madagascar, whatever the nominal azimuth. After all, I am getting it way, way, offbeam roughly to the side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17650, Nov 2 at 1404, VOA news with fair reception, but don`t expect anything more unless you go to voanews.com because at 1405 `Music Mix` ensued. FWIW, 17650 is now active at 14-15, 100 kW, 88 degrees from SÃO TOMÉ, then Hausa 1500-1530, 100 kW, 330 degrees from Botswana. At 1630/1830, 17650 is also now in use from Greenville for Portuguese to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 6075, Nov 2 at 0603 news in a Slavic language about Greece, fair signal, no doubt Vatican Radio, which has occupied this frequency ex-5885 now that Deutsche Welle is kaput. VR starts at 0520 in German per HFCC.
I also see that getting 6075 was just too tempting for R. Bulgaria to maintain its policy of only using frequencies ending in –00! RB Plovdiv registered on 6075 at 00-04 to NAm in English, Bulgarian, French and English, but I`ll believe that only if I hear it.
6185, Nov 2 before 0600 has fast SAH between XEPPM and something, but still overshadowed by CRI/Sackville 6190. That something must also be Vatican; at 0604 in a Scandinavian language as scheduled, still SAH with XEPPM. This winter again, the papists mess up our listening to Radio Educación between 0300 and 0620, but at least that will seem to end an hour earlier once we go off DST Nov 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17701, Nov 2 at 1317, CW station intruding, not hand keyed, but no DE ID heard as I listened for a couple of minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 6075? See VATICAN [and non]
** CANADA. CBC Radio One`s `Ideas` this week is a series about the 75th anniversary of CBC; I hope to catch them all on webcasts: UT Tue-Sat first airing at 0005 to the AT/NT zones, e.g. CBN, and repeated at 0105, 0205, 0305 and 0405 to westward zones. Off to a disappointing start: the narrator said twice that the original CFCF in Montreal was `WXA` instead of correct proto-calls XWA as any radio historian should know (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 2, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 2, before 1300:
10300, poor at 1256
12230, fair at 1251
13920, fair at 1251
13970, poor at 1251
14700, JBA at 1253; none in the 15s, 16s, 17s
Before 1330:
15445, poor with noise at 1324; off at 1333 check
Before 1400:
10300, good at 1336
11500, very poor at 1336; but no more TajiQRM: see TAJIKISTAN
12230, poor at 1337
12600, JBA at 1337
12670, fair at 1337
13920, good at 1337
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9675, Nov 2 at 0554, REE relay is now here instead of 9630, with `Mundo Solidario` show being outroed. Modulation OK. I was apprehensive since 24 hours earlier this was on 9630, or rather covering the entire 31m band with totally out-of-whack transmission.
Both frequencies are always registered, not identically, but they only use one of them:
9630 0200 0600 10,11,12N CRI 100 0 0 925 1234567 301011 250312 D SPANISH E REE REE 6022
9675 0200 0600 7,8,10,11 CRI 100 340 0 145 1234567 301011 250312 D SPANISH E REE REE 6032
Some times before in A-11, REE has jumped from usual 9630 to 9675.
BTW, totally different propagation tonight before 0600, as 9675 was almost the OSOB, besides weak Gabon 9580. None of the usual US stations were audible, 9330, 9370, 9955. Higher bands were dead except for weak NZ/Australia on 11725, 13630, 13730-DRM, 15160, 15240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SPAIN
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 2 at 0609, RHC is still on way past usual 0500*, about as strong signal as Rebelde 5025, but weaker modulation. Can this be a sign of things to come in B-11? Op fell asleep at the switch? One+ hour later due to local time of UT-5 ex UT-4 already?
Day 4 of B-11, and the DentroCuban Jamming Command still hasn`t caught up with R. Martí`s new schedule, allowing it to penetrate unscathed to the information-starved and oppressed masses inside Cuba:
5745 and 5980, Nov 2 at 1235, RM with no jamming.
9805 and 11845, sometime before 1300 Nov 2, heavy jamming vs no RM.
15330 at 1334 with lite pulse jamming --- has the DCJC caught on? Not necessarily, as residual jamming was often audible here during the entire A-season when RM was never using 15330. At 1345 the jamming is upbuilding. But at 1402, RM is active on 15330 now, and no jamming yet detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 2 at 0611, R. Verdad carrier is still on, but I missed the majestic NA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, Nov 2 at 1341, AIR Sinhala service, which is mostly music, again audible on AM, after a few days of nothing but noise, DRM? Was not on, or not propagating at first check 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17720, Nov 2 at 1320, good signal with flutter in IndoMalay, talking about Islam and Iran. Yes, the so-called ``Melau`` language service from VIRI is now here at 1230-1330, 500 kW, 109 degrees from Kamalabad, and the // as yet unheard is now 21630, 500 kW, 115 degrees from Sirjan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15190, Nov 2 at 1257, IRRS via ROMANIA is already on with rock music prélude; 1258:25 Aïda theme, 1300 quick ``This is IRRS Shortwave in Milano signing on``, and after a few sex brings up Brother Scare who is reveling in the four SW frequencies he is on at this hour, 15190, 9980, 9385 and 9460 --- except he`s not, as WWCR does not open 9980 until an hour later. Nor is 9460 scheduled until 14-15 via Wertachtal! BS can`t even get his own frequencies right, yet he is the Last Days Prophet Of God?? He spends at least as much time gloating over his alleged coverage as he does axually preaching.
Someone already jumped to the wrong conclusion that 15190 is R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, despite our attempts to head that off. Besides having been silent for some six months (despite occasional other wrong assumptions), R. Africa never took live satellite feeds from BS or anyhuxter.
IRRS B-11 schedule showed BS on 15190 only at 13-14, but in HFCC registered an additional hour as 13-15, and it was reported yesterday in the second hour, so I listen again at 1357: yes, BS keeps on going past 1400, no ID, but there is a transmission break at 1400:13*-*1400:45 approximately. Sounded the same afterwards, no change in antenna or site, so why the break? Still going at 1430. I wonder if the second hour now replaces evening on 7290 which has been overtaken by Moldova/Russia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 17650, Nov 1 at 2010, I am surprised to encounter a VG signal in French, news with an emphasis on Japon, which surely no one but NHK would do. Yes, 2014 mentions NHKWorld, the English name mandatory in all language services; after usual Programmwechsel pause of a few sex, 2015 `Affaires et Technologie`. A new time for French from Radio Japon, 2000-2030, 250 kW, 305 degrees from MADAGASCAR, so also USward. Comparing to A-11 schedule, this replaces 1230-1300 on 17690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Nov 2 at 1408, no signal from Sea Breeze, at an hour it had remained audible recently, so must have made another periodic switcheroo, this time more or less coinciding with A/B seasons? Nothing on 6135 either which it had used before. Then checking another previous frequency, 5910, and there it is at 1410 with characteristic sad piano music under talk in non-English (English sometimes on Wednesdays, almost always on Fridays). Still poorly audible on 5910 at 1429 before sign-off of 1330-1430 broadcast.
Ron Howard, California, agrees it`s on 5910 now, and the jammer was already going at 1324, altho not heard here. Finally, Shiokaze is not colliding with Myanmar (5985v) or Madagascar (6135v). Other registered alternates for this in HFCC as `JIC MIC` are 6015, which I also checked but heard nothing other than jamming in the area; and 6140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, Wednesday Nov 2 at 1243, KBS World Radio via CANADA commencing weekly `Sounds of Korea` show about traditional musical instruments. Wish I could stop and listen, but too much else to monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Nov 2 at 1323, R. Kuwait is still here, but co-channel SPAIN is more of a problem than usual. When will MOI ever move to the frequency they registered for B-11, 21520? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Nov 2 at 0115, ME music, presumed IGIM on the air this night; also at 0243. Beware: not in HFCC, which on 7245 only shows TAJIKISTAN at 02-18. Did not check again until 0551 when IGIM was indeed on with Arabic talk, 0559 chanting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 9730v, Nov 2 at 1244 as I was checking Thailand on 9720, also noticed het here and suspected always off-frequency Rangoon. Yes, Ron Howard reports 9730.82, Myanma Radio at 1208-1321 Nov 2, prolonged schedule from previous closing at 1000* which he last heard Sept 13. The 9730.0 hetter/hettee before 1257 would be CRI English via Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, I meant to check earlier today whether RNZI was back on proper frequency, instead of 6170 yesterday, but did not think of it until 1407 UT Nov 2: anyway there is some signal on 5950, not 6170, presumably RNZI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Nov 1 at 2256, song in Russian(?) with good signal, believed to be Radio PMR ex-9665 filling its final segment, as then at 2300 accurate timesignal, VOR WS opening in English which now fancies itself as a ``Chariot of Fire``, rather than an art exhibition, claims ``24/7 to the whole world on AM, digital radio``, but no mention of shortwave! Still going at 0018 Nov 2 check; seems not using 6240 this season. VOR English also then on 7250, `Armavir`, and this winter that`s not colliding with Iran!
As recently as Oct 28, HFCC showed pertinent 7290s only as:
1800-2000 VOR via Moscow, 250 kW, 285 degrees
2300-0500 VOR via KCH, MDA, 300 kW, 310 degrees
While ``MDA MOL GFC`` presumably referring to Radio PMR is registered only from KCH:
7440, 1700-1800, 300 kW, 268 degrees
6015, 2100-2300, 200 kW, 265 degrees
By the time I tuned to 6015 there was only RRI IS before its 2300 broadcast via Galbeni, and others have reported PMR earlier on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15460, Nov 2 at 1255, RRI concluding sports report, sign-off until next English at 1800 in DRM. Good signal here tho intended for no further than W Europe in same direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ITALY [non]
** RUSSIA. 7320, Nov 2 at 0600, timesignal about 7 seconds late from R. Rossii ID, poor signal with hum. HFCC B-11 shows this as `OKH`, really meaning Magadan, not Okhotsk, at 17-13, 100 kW, 45 degrees. Also still listed on 5940 at same hours, 100 kW, 30 degrees, which I have not reconfirmed in B-11 tho it was surely there until 1300 in A-11. So they are really running both? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PRIDNESTROVYE
** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, reactivated CR relay of REE, ex-11880, once again has collision from Romania, Nov 2 at 1312. Like I said, old habits die hard; this has happened winter after winter. RRI is on 15170 at 13-15 in Romanian to France. See also COSTA RICA.
Still trying to find the quadrilingual news headlines, including English, which started on REE last winter at 1530-1545 M-F, shifted to 1430-1445 during DST, but not now back at 1530. Wanted to make sure it`s not still at 1430, but when I heard the hour-long `Españoles en la Mar` opening with Morse code message at 1406 on 17595, I knew it could not be at 1430 either. At that time after a music break, item about underwater volcanic eruption in the Canaries (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 7315, Nov 2 at 0550, R. Dabanga via FRANCE, as 0430 transmission is almost over, fair signal, still no jamming audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875 via WYFR, Nov 2 at 0605, RTI in German, news about Taiwan`s rating by Lonely Planet, including clips in Chinese, all the while with undercurrent of some other audio, which I think was also German but totally unsynchronized, maybe yesterday`s program incompletely erased from the tape??
German??? This hour is supposed to be in SPANISH!! German from RTI is only scheduled at 19 and 21 via Eurosites, never WYFR. We`ve caught totally screwedup playouts from RTI before. How does this happen? 6875 was not as strong as last night, so not desensitizing out to 40 kHz away, but no pirates around anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11660, Nov 2 at 1250, open carrier with flutter, hum. Hmmm, I said to myself, sounds just like what we used to get in A-11 on 11500, i.e. Dushanbé failing to modulate V of Russia to S Asia. Yes! HFCC B-11 confirms it`s DB at 12-15, 500 kW, 155 degrees to CIRAF 41 with VOR. How can this go on for months and months with nobody in Moskva or Dushambe caring? After 1300, 11600 is overcome by ACI from both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9720, Nov 2 at 1245, English news about China, Russia, ME, W&M alternating, fair with flutter. Nothing about Thailand, not even the flood disaster, while I listened a few minutes, but it`s HSK9 now here for B-11 at 1230-1300 (and nearby 9725 for the next English at 1400-1430, both 250 kW, 132 degrees from Udorn). It sure would be nice if they would aim one of these toward us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 830, Nov 2 at 1303 UT, ending Huckaby rant, ``My Talk 830, KOTC``, local news, briefly audible with WCCO nulled. This is the 10 kW daytimer widely accused of cheating at night, COL Kennett MO in the Bootheel, but address in Poplar Bluff, and supposedly moving to Memphis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15480, Nov 1 at 2045, Arabic, then W&M with familiar love song, no doubt adapted into love of God/Jesus. HFCC shows AWR via Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA at 19-21, 250 kW, 19 degrees, exactly same as another bihour in Arabic at 04 on same 15480 I already reported. Adventism originated in the USA and AWR is still HQ`ed here, despite lack of any US SW stations (other than outlying GUAM, not a state).
17670 now has a collision at equal levels, Nov 2 at 1330 between Arabic with IRIB news theme, low-key mentions of Egypt, Iran, flutter; and, tonal language by emphatic speaker. HFCC B-11 reveals the answer:
IRIB, 1030-1630, 500 kW, 274 degrees from Kamalabad in Arabic, and
AWR, 1300-1357, 250 kW, 60 degrees from MADAGASCAR in Vietnamese. Well, maybe they don`t collide in the target areas, but I wouldn`t bet on it, with back-radiation eastward from Iran, and usually broad coverage from Madagascar, whatever the nominal azimuth. After all, I am getting it way, way, offbeam roughly to the side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17650, Nov 2 at 1404, VOA news with fair reception, but don`t expect anything more unless you go to voanews.com because at 1405 `Music Mix` ensued. FWIW, 17650 is now active at 14-15, 100 kW, 88 degrees from SÃO TOMÉ, then Hausa 1500-1530, 100 kW, 330 degrees from Botswana. At 1630/1830, 17650 is also now in use from Greenville for Portuguese to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 6075, Nov 2 at 0603 news in a Slavic language about Greece, fair signal, no doubt Vatican Radio, which has occupied this frequency ex-5885 now that Deutsche Welle is kaput. VR starts at 0520 in German per HFCC.
I also see that getting 6075 was just too tempting for R. Bulgaria to maintain its policy of only using frequencies ending in –00! RB Plovdiv registered on 6075 at 00-04 to NAm in English, Bulgarian, French and English, but I`ll believe that only if I hear it.
6185, Nov 2 before 0600 has fast SAH between XEPPM and something, but still overshadowed by CRI/Sackville 6190. That something must also be Vatican; at 0604 in a Scandinavian language as scheduled, still SAH with XEPPM. This winter again, the papists mess up our listening to Radio Educación between 0300 and 0620, but at least that will seem to end an hour earlier once we go off DST Nov 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17701, Nov 2 at 1317, CW station intruding, not hand keyed, but no DE ID heard as I listened for a couple of minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
