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** ALBANIA [and non]. 7530, Nov 2 at 2059, R. Tirana signal is JBA for the English to Europe now at 2100-2130 on this frequency only, so maybe in eastern N America and a bit further west as winter progresses, we can get this transmission if none in the evening.
7425, Nov 3 around 0030 check, still with heavy cochannel from China during Albanian hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Nov 3 at 1303, no sign of LRA36 on this Thursday, but I had no time to chase it for another hour or two; instead producing WORLD OF RADIO 1589 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 5900, Nov 3 at 0539 jazz now here, soon into Swingle Singers (or clones?), standard ID jingle of Radio Bulgaria. Do they use these in languages other than Bulgarian?
Going strictly by HFCC registrations, 5900 runs M-F at 0530-0600, Sat & Sun 0500-0600, on two transmitters from Plovdiv, 300 kW at 306 degrees and 170 kW at 115 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake November 3, before 1300:
7970, fair at 1251
10300, good at 1254 with flutter
12230, poor at 1256
13130, very poor at 1256
13970, poor at 1257
14700, poor at 1257
16100, very poor at 1259
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 3 at 0534 RHC is off unlike the night before when it ran more than an hour overtime past 0600; how slipshod.
5745, Nov 3 at 1241, R. Martí is finally getting jammed on the fifth day of B-11; 5980 not so much, just lite pulses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA AIR. 15050, 13-15 AIR Sinhala service via Khampur, not checked today Nov 3, but in dx_india, Jose Jacob and Alokesh Gupta confirm this transmission is in DRM, perhaps temporarily as test for an ABU meeting in Delhi first week of November (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 2850, Nov 3 at 1239 I am finally getting a signal from KCBS, first this season, reading S9+20 during choral music, but the local noise level alone is S9+17. Also detectable Korean signals on 4450 at 1243, jamming; 3480 Korean talk; jamming on 3985 and 3912. JAPAN 3925 was peaking S9+20 but sounded stronger than 2850, less noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Nov 3 at 1300, day five of B-11, R. Kuwait is still here instead of clear 21520, but this time colliding REE is atop with news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Nov 3 at 0550, IGIM gone again, or not yet on this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Nov 3 at 0547, VON English at S9+10, and good level of modulation too but still with whinehum. SSOB, way stronger than Australia 15160, Botswana 15580. Not much was coming in on 11 or 13 MHz either, so it was a bit surprising to encounter this big, isolated signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5940, Nov 3 at 1247 Russian announcement and music, from R. Rossii, Magadan, // 6075 Pet/Kam but not synchronized. 7320 also audible but too weak vs CRI Japanese 7325 to be sure it matched 5940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 9675, Nov 3 at 0544, REE via COSTA RICA is still here instead of 9630 and not splattering over the whole band either. This version of the schedule http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreeb11.pdf
show 9675 is now the preferred frequency at 02-06, 340 degrees to NAm on AM, while 9630 remains for the 00-02 relay in DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 3 at 0541, RTI via WYFR is in a Chinese language, altho scheduled during this hour as English! E.g. in archived version here: http://www.bclnews.it/b11schedules/rti.htm
I wonder if they had even more totally wrong German this date at 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11660, Nov 3 at 1255, VOR relay is again nothing but open carrier with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 13865, Nov 3 at 1257, B-B-C- chimes, very poor with flutter. HFCC shows 1300-1330 Uzbek via OMAN, 250 kW, 10 degrees. And thus bound to be jammed by the ChiCom interfering in the internal affairs of Uzbekibekibekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1589 was delayed somewhat in produxion but uploaded by 2002 UT November 3, in time for first SW broadcasts:
2100 on WRMI 9955
2100 on WTWW 9479 -- confirmed, excellent signal
2130 on WBCQ 7490 –- confirmed at 2142, now with sufficient signal, no QRM from KAZAKHSTAN audible --- is Almaty really on at 20-22? But before I finished at 2157, lo het and QRM from BBC Bow Bells, preceding their 22-24 English broadcast from Thailand, 25 degrees and also USward. From next week, with WOR one UT hour later at 2230, the whole show will suffer this collision. This Thursday at 2244, when something else was on WBCQ, the BBQRM had abated somewhat due to strengthening of The Planet, but all this is too close to the grayline! Allan Weiner has said that ``there is no such thing as a clear frequency`` on SW, but there could be if a station didn`t have to stay on the same one for hours and hours at a time, or frequency management were more astute.
For example, consulting HFCC B-11, 7505 has nothing on it at 19-05 UT, the hours WBCQ is now registered for 7490 --- except WRNO after 2200, which has been off the air for almost a year! And ought to relinquish the frequency until and unless it ever needs one. 7515 also has nothing on it at 19-05. Of course this would have to be confirmed by monitoring if WBCQ were serious about moving. And cleared with the FCC in case NTIA claims some US government usage of any of these.
New WOR broadcasts UT Friday November 4:
0331 on WWRB 3195 and 5051
0500 on WRMI 9955
1430 on WRMI 9955
Saturday 0800, 1500, 1730 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755
After unDST hourshifts:
Sunday 0900, 1630, 1830 on WRMI 9955
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Nov 3 at 2150 open carrier S9+20 with fading, gone at 2153. Must have been WYFR warming up for 2200-2245 Spanish broadcast as WWCR is no longer the sole occupant of 12160, at 15-20, soon to be 16-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA [and non]. 7530, Nov 2 at 2059, R. Tirana signal is JBA for the English to Europe now at 2100-2130 on this frequency only, so maybe in eastern N America and a bit further west as winter progresses, we can get this transmission if none in the evening.
7425, Nov 3 around 0030 check, still with heavy cochannel from China during Albanian hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Nov 3 at 1303, no sign of LRA36 on this Thursday, but I had no time to chase it for another hour or two; instead producing WORLD OF RADIO 1589 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 5900, Nov 3 at 0539 jazz now here, soon into Swingle Singers (or clones?), standard ID jingle of Radio Bulgaria. Do they use these in languages other than Bulgarian?
Going strictly by HFCC registrations, 5900 runs M-F at 0530-0600, Sat & Sun 0500-0600, on two transmitters from Plovdiv, 300 kW at 306 degrees and 170 kW at 115 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake November 3, before 1300:
7970, fair at 1251
10300, good at 1254 with flutter
12230, poor at 1256
13130, very poor at 1256
13970, poor at 1257
14700, poor at 1257
16100, very poor at 1259
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 3 at 0534 RHC is off unlike the night before when it ran more than an hour overtime past 0600; how slipshod.
5745, Nov 3 at 1241, R. Martí is finally getting jammed on the fifth day of B-11; 5980 not so much, just lite pulses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA AIR. 15050, 13-15 AIR Sinhala service via Khampur, not checked today Nov 3, but in dx_india, Jose Jacob and Alokesh Gupta confirm this transmission is in DRM, perhaps temporarily as test for an ABU meeting in Delhi first week of November (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 2850, Nov 3 at 1239 I am finally getting a signal from KCBS, first this season, reading S9+20 during choral music, but the local noise level alone is S9+17. Also detectable Korean signals on 4450 at 1243, jamming; 3480 Korean talk; jamming on 3985 and 3912. JAPAN 3925 was peaking S9+20 but sounded stronger than 2850, less noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Nov 3 at 1300, day five of B-11, R. Kuwait is still here instead of clear 21520, but this time colliding REE is atop with news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Nov 3 at 0550, IGIM gone again, or not yet on this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Nov 3 at 0547, VON English at S9+10, and good level of modulation too but still with whinehum. SSOB, way stronger than Australia 15160, Botswana 15580. Not much was coming in on 11 or 13 MHz either, so it was a bit surprising to encounter this big, isolated signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5940, Nov 3 at 1247 Russian announcement and music, from R. Rossii, Magadan, // 6075 Pet/Kam but not synchronized. 7320 also audible but too weak vs CRI Japanese 7325 to be sure it matched 5940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 9675, Nov 3 at 0544, REE via COSTA RICA is still here instead of 9630 and not splattering over the whole band either. This version of the schedule http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreeb11.pdf
show 9675 is now the preferred frequency at 02-06, 340 degrees to NAm on AM, while 9630 remains for the 00-02 relay in DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 3 at 0541, RTI via WYFR is in a Chinese language, altho scheduled during this hour as English! E.g. in archived version here: http://www.bclnews.it/b11schedules/rti.htm
I wonder if they had even more totally wrong German this date at 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAJIKISTAN. 11660, Nov 3 at 1255, VOR relay is again nothing but open carrier with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1589, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 13865, Nov 3 at 1257, B-B-C- chimes, very poor with flutter. HFCC shows 1300-1330 Uzbek via OMAN, 250 kW, 10 degrees. And thus bound to be jammed by the ChiCom interfering in the internal affairs of Uzbekibekibekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1589 was delayed somewhat in produxion but uploaded by 2002 UT November 3, in time for first SW broadcasts:
2100 on WRMI 9955
2100 on WTWW 9479 -- confirmed, excellent signal
2130 on WBCQ 7490 –- confirmed at 2142, now with sufficient signal, no QRM from KAZAKHSTAN audible --- is Almaty really on at 20-22? But before I finished at 2157, lo het and QRM from BBC Bow Bells, preceding their 22-24 English broadcast from Thailand, 25 degrees and also USward. From next week, with WOR one UT hour later at 2230, the whole show will suffer this collision. This Thursday at 2244, when something else was on WBCQ, the BBQRM had abated somewhat due to strengthening of The Planet, but all this is too close to the grayline! Allan Weiner has said that ``there is no such thing as a clear frequency`` on SW, but there could be if a station didn`t have to stay on the same one for hours and hours at a time, or frequency management were more astute.
For example, consulting HFCC B-11, 7505 has nothing on it at 19-05 UT, the hours WBCQ is now registered for 7490 --- except WRNO after 2200, which has been off the air for almost a year! And ought to relinquish the frequency until and unless it ever needs one. 7515 also has nothing on it at 19-05. Of course this would have to be confirmed by monitoring if WBCQ were serious about moving. And cleared with the FCC in case NTIA claims some US government usage of any of these.
New WOR broadcasts UT Friday November 4:
0331 on WWRB 3195 and 5051
0500 on WRMI 9955
1430 on WRMI 9955
Saturday 0800, 1500, 1730 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5755
After unDST hourshifts:
Sunday 0900, 1630, 1830 on WRMI 9955
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Nov 3 at 2150 open carrier S9+20 with fading, gone at 2153. Must have been WYFR warming up for 2200-2245 Spanish broadcast as WWCR is no longer the sole occupant of 12160, at 15-20, soon to be 16-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
