** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, Nov 11 at 0635, PMS audio is cutting off and on with IADs; // 5935 WWCR identical, so it`s a feed problem from Box 1 in LA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, Nov 11 at 0639, RNA is already on with songs tho it`s not UT Sunday: since Brasília is now on DST of UT -2, the nominal 5 am opening is now at 0700 instead of 0800 UT, and like last winter/summer, it seems they really turn on the transmitter sometime around 0630 UT or even earlier. SSOB and almost the OSOB, with very weak signals only on 11680 in Arabic (BBC Cyprus) and 11520 in English (WEWN; but not 11870 Spanish) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 11885, Nov 11 at 0007, two stations mixing about equally in English: one is // 11790, i.e. CRI, 200 degrees from Xi`an; the other one listed must be WYFR in wrong language English instead of Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIGN DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Nov 11 has a number of anomalies --- because of this unique date for the numeralogically superstitious?
Before 1400:
9200, very good at 1340. Haven`t heard any in the 9`s for ages
10300, poor at 1342, NOT FD, but talk in Chinese(?) with distortion, seemingly from the transmission rather than as jamming, but can`t be sure whether this is really Sound of Hope or a different kind of jamming against it. Continues right thru hourtop past 1403+, traces at
1419, fading out or going off?
11500, very good at 1342 // 9200
12230, very good at 1342
12600, very good at 1343
13850, at 1346: see UNIDENTIFIED
13970, Chinese talk poor at 1345, over FD very poor, not // 10300 or 12045=CNR1. So maybe really SOH
14970, very good at 1346
15390, good at 1346 and // the others
15970, very good at 1346
16980, very good at 1349
17170, very good with flutter at 1349
After 1400 (besides 10300 as above):
9200, good at 1421, 1439
11500, good at 1434
11980, good at 1434, unusual in-band, vs nothing audible or scheduled, except: Aoki does show 11980 as yet another 100-watt SOH nuisance transmitter any time between 20 and 17 UT
12600, very good at 1439
12670, very good at 1439; none in the 13s
15780, very good at 1443; none in the 16s, 17s
18180, very good with flutter at 1445
none in the 19s, 20s (where never heard, but checking just in case)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, RHC Spanish found on new unlisted frequency, not on their new B-11 schedule, very slow-loading; what about the new broadband cable connexion thru Venezuela??
http://www.radiohc.cu/de-interes/frecuencias.html
still not correcting the 97420 typo either, Nov 11 at 0003 an echo apart from // 9740.
DentroCuban Jamming Command around 0624 Nov 11:
9955 vs WOR on WRMI and 9885 vs VOA have pulse jamming at fast rate;
same on 9825 vs non-Martí, which is only at 00-03 via GB and SAC
9965 vs non-República, pulsing at slow rate
VOA is on 9885 at 03-07 via three African sites, South Africa during the final hour, certainly not in Spanish, but English. Could not hear it under the jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Nov 11 at 1328 the first thing checked this morning, and there is RRI Palangkaraya still holding up a semihour after sunrise here in Indonesian talk. I also hunt for Australia on 2325 but so far nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Nov 11 at 1337, VOI carrier detected during presumed English hour, but far too weak vs the ACI from China radio war on 9530. By 1437, signal is much better S9+18 and fluttery with music in the clear during presumed Indonesian hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Nov 11 at 1330, Sea Breeze opening in English with contact info over sad piano music, good signal. I feel for the abductees and their families, but can`t help but wonder if these broadcasts are having any effect at all in discovering / recovering them, rather than just calling attention to the issue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. In B-11, RNW Dutch still inhabits three channels 9.8-9.9 MHz but the configuration differs:
9895, Nov 11 at 0625, good signal but with hum
9865, Nov 11 at 0625, weaker signal, no hum, and not //. At 0626 plays Orange anthem and off while 9895 continues talking
9830, Nov 11 at 0627, about 2 seconds behind 9895
Per HFCC:
9895 at 0600-0657 is 300 kW, 280 degrees from KCH, Moldova [a.k.a. Grigoriopol, PRIDNESTROVYE] to W Europe, so that explains the hum
9865 at 0600-0627 is 300 kW, 230 degrees from BONAIRE to NZ
9830 at 0600-0657 is 500 kW, 120 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY to SE Europe, NE Africa, NW Mideast
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11810-11815-11820, DRM noise Nov 11 at 0005 from REE via COSTA RICA, new transmission in Spanish to Brasil, why? There was conflicting info whether it`s 23-24 or 00-01 UT. Maybe also at 23, not checked before 24. Now has ACI from Chinese in AM on 11820, i.e. CRI, 200 degrees from Xi`an (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 11 at 0628 another nightly check whether RTI is still in the wrong language via WYFR, German instead of Spanish. Not tonight: not on the air at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1590 monitoring: confirmed first broadcast on WTWW 9479, Thursday November 10 at 2200, but the audio was breaking up continuously for the entire period --- you could still follow what I was saying, but it was surely annoying, a turn-off. The WTWW local ID just before it was not breaking up. Later chex of 9479 and at 0637 & 1330 of 5755 found the same kind of breakup during SFAW. Hope they get it fixed by UT Sunday 0500 for the repeat of WOR.
WRMI 9955: should have also been on at 2200 Thursday, nothing but jamming audible. Before the timeshift, WRMI was experimentally broadcasting a R. Martí program at 22-23, but it`s not on their new Nov 7 schedule grid at any time. There is nothing `requiring` jamming at 2200 except on Sundays, `Foro Revolucionario` at 2130-2230.
At 0600 UT Friday Nov 11, WOR confirmed on WRMI webcast; 9955 checked at 0624 had pulse jamming and no WRMI audible. Next airing at 1530: no jamming, but 9955 dominated by RFA in Tibetan, atop fast SAH presumably from WRMI with WOR. Next times to try: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830.
WBCQ 7490: we checked by 2220 Thursday Nov 10 during Amos & Andy, and the BBCWS QRM from Thailand was considerable, continued so as WOR was starting at 2230. No longer an audible heterodyne, just a subaudible one, so Allan must have got my note and at least adjusted the frequency. Playback UT Monday 0400v on Area 51, 5110v-CUSB should be OK. We confirmed that 7505 is open and available as a much better frequency for WBCQ. However, close to 2400 there was a weak broadcast signal on 7510 where nothing is listed. What`s that?
WWRB 3195 & 5051: WOR confirmed UT Friday 0431, this time only a 10-15 second respectful pause after the SC preacher.
ACB Radio Mainstream was supposedly staying on local time, meaning WOR would appear on even UT hours thru UT Friday from 0200 --- but it was not on at 0400, instead 0500. They tell me the entire schedule is still going to shift a real hour by next week, when we should be on even instead of odd UT hours Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 27640, Nov 11 at 1455 I am straining to hear R. Martí Greenville harmonic, 2 x 13820, vs the QRM mostly on sides from freebanders, and I finally make a match with // 15330 when some music plays on extremely weak signal. Next target: 30660 = 2 x 15330, but not today, nor 23860 = 2 x 11930 which I heard a few weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13850, Nov 11 at 1346, expecting to hear Firedrake, but instead some romantic vocal music aside WWCR 13845. Nothing scheduled on 13850 until Israel in Persian at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, Nov 11 at 0639, RNA is already on with songs tho it`s not UT Sunday: since Brasília is now on DST of UT -2, the nominal 5 am opening is now at 0700 instead of 0800 UT, and like last winter/summer, it seems they really turn on the transmitter sometime around 0630 UT or even earlier. SSOB and almost the OSOB, with very weak signals only on 11680 in Arabic (BBC Cyprus) and 11520 in English (WEWN; but not 11870 Spanish) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 11885, Nov 11 at 0007, two stations mixing about equally in English: one is // 11790, i.e. CRI, 200 degrees from Xi`an; the other one listed must be WYFR in wrong language English instead of Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIGN DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Nov 11 has a number of anomalies --- because of this unique date for the numeralogically superstitious?
Before 1400:
9200, very good at 1340. Haven`t heard any in the 9`s for ages
10300, poor at 1342, NOT FD, but talk in Chinese(?) with distortion, seemingly from the transmission rather than as jamming, but can`t be sure whether this is really Sound of Hope or a different kind of jamming against it. Continues right thru hourtop past 1403+, traces at
1419, fading out or going off?
11500, very good at 1342 // 9200
12230, very good at 1342
12600, very good at 1343
13850, at 1346: see UNIDENTIFIED
13970, Chinese talk poor at 1345, over FD very poor, not // 10300 or 12045=CNR1. So maybe really SOH
14970, very good at 1346
15390, good at 1346 and // the others
15970, very good at 1346
16980, very good at 1349
17170, very good with flutter at 1349
After 1400 (besides 10300 as above):
9200, good at 1421, 1439
11500, good at 1434
11980, good at 1434, unusual in-band, vs nothing audible or scheduled, except: Aoki does show 11980 as yet another 100-watt SOH nuisance transmitter any time between 20 and 17 UT
12600, very good at 1439
12670, very good at 1439; none in the 13s
15780, very good at 1443; none in the 16s, 17s
18180, very good with flutter at 1445
none in the 19s, 20s (where never heard, but checking just in case)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, RHC Spanish found on new unlisted frequency, not on their new B-11 schedule, very slow-loading; what about the new broadband cable connexion thru Venezuela??
http://www.radiohc.cu/de-interes/frecuencias.html
still not correcting the 97420 typo either, Nov 11 at 0003 an echo apart from // 9740.
DentroCuban Jamming Command around 0624 Nov 11:
9955 vs WOR on WRMI and 9885 vs VOA have pulse jamming at fast rate;
same on 9825 vs non-Martí, which is only at 00-03 via GB and SAC
9965 vs non-República, pulsing at slow rate
VOA is on 9885 at 03-07 via three African sites, South Africa during the final hour, certainly not in Spanish, but English. Could not hear it under the jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Nov 11 at 1328 the first thing checked this morning, and there is RRI Palangkaraya still holding up a semihour after sunrise here in Indonesian talk. I also hunt for Australia on 2325 but so far nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Nov 11 at 1337, VOI carrier detected during presumed English hour, but far too weak vs the ACI from China radio war on 9530. By 1437, signal is much better S9+18 and fluttery with music in the clear during presumed Indonesian hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Nov 11 at 1330, Sea Breeze opening in English with contact info over sad piano music, good signal. I feel for the abductees and their families, but can`t help but wonder if these broadcasts are having any effect at all in discovering / recovering them, rather than just calling attention to the issue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. In B-11, RNW Dutch still inhabits three channels 9.8-9.9 MHz but the configuration differs:
9895, Nov 11 at 0625, good signal but with hum
9865, Nov 11 at 0625, weaker signal, no hum, and not //. At 0626 plays Orange anthem and off while 9895 continues talking
9830, Nov 11 at 0627, about 2 seconds behind 9895
Per HFCC:
9895 at 0600-0657 is 300 kW, 280 degrees from KCH, Moldova [a.k.a. Grigoriopol, PRIDNESTROVYE] to W Europe, so that explains the hum
9865 at 0600-0627 is 300 kW, 230 degrees from BONAIRE to NZ
9830 at 0600-0657 is 500 kW, 120 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY to SE Europe, NE Africa, NW Mideast
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11810-11815-11820, DRM noise Nov 11 at 0005 from REE via COSTA RICA, new transmission in Spanish to Brasil, why? There was conflicting info whether it`s 23-24 or 00-01 UT. Maybe also at 23, not checked before 24. Now has ACI from Chinese in AM on 11820, i.e. CRI, 200 degrees from Xi`an (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 11 at 0628 another nightly check whether RTI is still in the wrong language via WYFR, German instead of Spanish. Not tonight: not on the air at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1590 monitoring: confirmed first broadcast on WTWW 9479, Thursday November 10 at 2200, but the audio was breaking up continuously for the entire period --- you could still follow what I was saying, but it was surely annoying, a turn-off. The WTWW local ID just before it was not breaking up. Later chex of 9479 and at 0637 & 1330 of 5755 found the same kind of breakup during SFAW. Hope they get it fixed by UT Sunday 0500 for the repeat of WOR.
WRMI 9955: should have also been on at 2200 Thursday, nothing but jamming audible. Before the timeshift, WRMI was experimentally broadcasting a R. Martí program at 22-23, but it`s not on their new Nov 7 schedule grid at any time. There is nothing `requiring` jamming at 2200 except on Sundays, `Foro Revolucionario` at 2130-2230.
At 0600 UT Friday Nov 11, WOR confirmed on WRMI webcast; 9955 checked at 0624 had pulse jamming and no WRMI audible. Next airing at 1530: no jamming, but 9955 dominated by RFA in Tibetan, atop fast SAH presumably from WRMI with WOR. Next times to try: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830.
WBCQ 7490: we checked by 2220 Thursday Nov 10 during Amos & Andy, and the BBCWS QRM from Thailand was considerable, continued so as WOR was starting at 2230. No longer an audible heterodyne, just a subaudible one, so Allan must have got my note and at least adjusted the frequency. Playback UT Monday 0400v on Area 51, 5110v-CUSB should be OK. We confirmed that 7505 is open and available as a much better frequency for WBCQ. However, close to 2400 there was a weak broadcast signal on 7510 where nothing is listed. What`s that?
WWRB 3195 & 5051: WOR confirmed UT Friday 0431, this time only a 10-15 second respectful pause after the SC preacher.
ACB Radio Mainstream was supposedly staying on local time, meaning WOR would appear on even UT hours thru UT Friday from 0200 --- but it was not on at 0400, instead 0500. They tell me the entire schedule is still going to shift a real hour by next week, when we should be on even instead of odd UT hours Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 27640, Nov 11 at 1455 I am straining to hear R. Martí Greenville harmonic, 2 x 13820, vs the QRM mostly on sides from freebanders, and I finally make a match with // 15330 when some music plays on extremely weak signal. Next target: 30660 = 2 x 15330, but not today, nor 23860 = 2 x 11930 which I heard a few weeks ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13850, Nov 11 at 1346, expecting to hear Firedrake, but instead some romantic vocal music aside WWCR 13845. Nothing scheduled on 13850 until Israel in Persian at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
