** ARGENTINA [and non]. 15345+, Monday Nov 21 at 2159, RAE IS at end of foreign-language block, German, about to go to weak and fluttery Spanish, but with splatter from MOROCCO 15349.1, 4+ kHz het. If it were not for the fact that the two used to be on top of each other on 15345v, we would object strongly to this insufficient separation. In fact, let`s start doing that: it`s not good enough. Furthermore, much stronger IMM stayed on way later than nominal 2200* this date, still going at 2235 when I quit monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15230, Nov 21 at 2201, RA fair signal with news about Marshall Islands, and very poor if any signal on 15240, where RA was easily audible yesterday during this hour via Tainan, Taiwan. No sign of Cuba on 15230: one new RHC schedule shows it starting Spanish at 22-, another at 24-, and both show 15230 in Portuguese at 23-24, which I recall hearing recently.
At 2204 I also had RA on 15515 and 15560, but not parallel during news, I thought by tuning back and forth (not with two receivers), until 2205 when they were // for post-newscast magazine show. Both listed as Shepparton, 30 and 70 degrees respectively.
15415, Nov 21 at 2219, another RA frequency with rock music, 2221 Indonesian announcements. It was fluttery unlike the others and more like Brasil 15190, Argentina 15345, briefly raising the spectre of defunct R. Clube de Ribeirão Preto, years ago on 15415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 22 at 0015 check, for the third night in a row, RHC is in English, the correct language now according to its own schedule instead of Creole as on Nov 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15210, Nov 21 at 2206, open carrier, so what? 2207:30 classical music theme, very distorted announcement in unknown language? This crap one suspects first from Cairo, and sure enough, that`s what`s scheduled in HFCC B-11: 2030-2230, French, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis to W Africa.
I search HFCC on same parameters and find two other frequencies matching: 9280 and 15690. Aoki has only 9280, and that was the only one last winter in WRTH 2011. Apparently they register three but use only one frequency; it`s rather pointless to build in such alternatives when they can`t even modulate worth a damn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT [and non]. 17550, Nov 21 at 2140, R. Kuwait Arabic is in again, good signal with heavy flutter, and the only other signal on 16m now is the perpetual blaster CVC Chile on 17680. (But at 2223, 17550 still in and 17605 NHK Bonaire, 17575 WYFR have also appeared with strong signals; nothing else) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. See ARGENTINA, 4-kHz clash continues on 19m
** SPAIN. 11780, Nov 14 at 0114, yep, REE Sephardic / Judeo-Espanhol service is here colliding equally with RNA Brasília and making a SAH with it, despite having announced 11795 for this weekly UT Tuesday broadcast at the conclusion of the first airing, Monday 1454 on 15385. They are oblivious to real band occupancy, and should stay on 11795 instead as in A-season, as long as no one else is there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Nov 21 at 2145-2200, VOA Music Mix with Monday show `American Gold`, lots of great oldies, signal strong enough to believe Greenville as in previous seasons, but now listed as 100 kW, 350 degrees from BOTSWANA. Selective-fading distortion extreme, taxing one`s enjoyment of the music; maybe additional distortion in the modulation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, Nov 21 at 2210, WBCQ is in open carrier; I had been hearing Global Spirit Proclamation still going a few minutes past 2200 as I bytuned, so suspected they would really stay on until almost 2300 like yesterday, but not today. Carrier went off a few minutes after 2210; flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9990, WTWW-2 is still working on the spur problem. Testing briefly with // 9479 PPP modulation Nov 21 at 2315, but I could still hear the spurs +/- 13, 26 and 39 kHz approximately, the furthest ones weakest and any beyond that below my local computer noise level. The closest ones are loudest circa 9977 and 10003 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15498, Nov 21 before and after 2200, big noise with regular pulses, maybe some kind of fax centered here. Since it`s in the 19m SWBC band, I first suspected some BC station far out of whack. Unlikely to be jamming tho would certainly serve the purpose. Have not heard this at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15230, Nov 21 at 2201, RA fair signal with news about Marshall Islands, and very poor if any signal on 15240, where RA was easily audible yesterday during this hour via Tainan, Taiwan. No sign of Cuba on 15230: one new RHC schedule shows it starting Spanish at 22-, another at 24-, and both show 15230 in Portuguese at 23-24, which I recall hearing recently.
At 2204 I also had RA on 15515 and 15560, but not parallel during news, I thought by tuning back and forth (not with two receivers), until 2205 when they were // for post-newscast magazine show. Both listed as Shepparton, 30 and 70 degrees respectively.
15415, Nov 21 at 2219, another RA frequency with rock music, 2221 Indonesian announcements. It was fluttery unlike the others and more like Brasil 15190, Argentina 15345, briefly raising the spectre of defunct R. Clube de Ribeirão Preto, years ago on 15415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov 22 at 0015 check, for the third night in a row, RHC is in English, the correct language now according to its own schedule instead of Creole as on Nov 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15210, Nov 21 at 2206, open carrier, so what? 2207:30 classical music theme, very distorted announcement in unknown language? This crap one suspects first from Cairo, and sure enough, that`s what`s scheduled in HFCC B-11: 2030-2230, French, 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis to W Africa.
I search HFCC on same parameters and find two other frequencies matching: 9280 and 15690. Aoki has only 9280, and that was the only one last winter in WRTH 2011. Apparently they register three but use only one frequency; it`s rather pointless to build in such alternatives when they can`t even modulate worth a damn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT [and non]. 17550, Nov 21 at 2140, R. Kuwait Arabic is in again, good signal with heavy flutter, and the only other signal on 16m now is the perpetual blaster CVC Chile on 17680. (But at 2223, 17550 still in and 17605 NHK Bonaire, 17575 WYFR have also appeared with strong signals; nothing else) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. See ARGENTINA, 4-kHz clash continues on 19m
** SPAIN. 11780, Nov 14 at 0114, yep, REE Sephardic / Judeo-Espanhol service is here colliding equally with RNA Brasília and making a SAH with it, despite having announced 11795 for this weekly UT Tuesday broadcast at the conclusion of the first airing, Monday 1454 on 15385. They are oblivious to real band occupancy, and should stay on 11795 instead as in A-season, as long as no one else is there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Nov 21 at 2145-2200, VOA Music Mix with Monday show `American Gold`, lots of great oldies, signal strong enough to believe Greenville as in previous seasons, but now listed as 100 kW, 350 degrees from BOTSWANA. Selective-fading distortion extreme, taxing one`s enjoyment of the music; maybe additional distortion in the modulation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, Nov 21 at 2210, WBCQ is in open carrier; I had been hearing Global Spirit Proclamation still going a few minutes past 2200 as I bytuned, so suspected they would really stay on until almost 2300 like yesterday, but not today. Carrier went off a few minutes after 2210; flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9990, WTWW-2 is still working on the spur problem. Testing briefly with // 9479 PPP modulation Nov 21 at 2315, but I could still hear the spurs +/- 13, 26 and 39 kHz approximately, the furthest ones weakest and any beyond that below my local computer noise level. The closest ones are loudest circa 9977 and 10003 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15498, Nov 21 before and after 2200, big noise with regular pulses, maybe some kind of fax centered here. Since it`s in the 19m SWBC band, I first suspected some BC station far out of whack. Unlikely to be jamming tho would certainly serve the purpose. Have not heard this at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
