** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9590, Feb 8 at 1513, RA English on what could be its best frequency for us during this hour, is marred by considerable CCCCCCI, i.e. ChiCom Chinese language co-channel interference from CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN toward Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7220, Feb 8 at 1358 open carrier, but *no* REE IS as has been emanating from Kunming site for a biyear prior to CRI Nepali service. Have they finally seen my logs and suppressed it? Modulation at 1400 however did not sound like standard CRI opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA
** CUBA. 13670, Feb 8 at 1404, no RHC for another day on scheduled and announced frequency until 1600. Maybe one of their transmitters is down, which would also lead to other absent frequencies elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA. 21282-USB, Feb 8 at 1439, OK1BN, blowing off an Italian caller as he only wants DX non-Europeans, i.e. Americas. Some kind of contest? He is making 4 or 5 contacts per minute, mostly US and Canada, and could make six if he didn`t tell every single one that his name is Petr, but that would have been crass. First station I heard him call had been calling him duplex circa 21240 in a pileup, but further contacts were simplex. QRZ.com shows:
Petr Clupny
Jilovska 420/33
Praha 4 142 00
Czech Republic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9425, Feb 8 at 1510, AIR National Channel concluding a segment in English, music, into Hindi, ``Akashvani`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 7590, Feb 8 at 1514, oscillating tone jammer vs weak signal. Aoki shows North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135, Feb 8 at 1346, Shiokaze has made another QSY starting today, ex-5985 where I first heard a very weak het so Myanmar is beating against something else, maybe carrier already on from a Moscow site for VOR 1400 Turkish.
6135 has good signal with sad piano music under Japanese YL, then OM. I do barely detect a lower-pitched het on 6135, growing very slightly until 1430* of JSR, then too weak to copy, Madagascar longpath? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 7110, Feb 8 at 1349, vocal music with flutter, lite CW and SSB QRhaM; by 1427 has declined to a JBA carrier, i.e. new frequency widely reported in the *1030-1430* period. Everyone assumed this is from new capital Nay Pyi Taw (as WRTH spells it), if not Yangon, but Babul Gupta via Alokesh Gupta reported that a new minority language service is also on 7110 in the local mornings, 2330-0130 UT from Rakhine Broadcasting Station, i.e. the westernmost state along the Bay of Bengal, capital Sittwe a.k.a. Akyab, but is the transmitter really there? Christian Diemoz in Italy heard it with a strong signal.
The evening service of RBS in other minority languages is on 7345 at 1030-1330, confirmed Feb 8 by Ron Howard in California altho it`s underneath China the entire period, so 7110 also on the air at that time has to be from a different transmitter, not necessarily the same site as in the mornings.
Aoki Feb 8 lacks 7345, and claims 7110 is the Rakhine Broadcasting Station, but 50 kW, 356 degrees from Naypyidaw at 2330-0130 and 1030-1330 in minolangs, 1330-1430 in Burmese. Guptas say the daytime frequency of RBS minority service is 9590 at 0130-0330 and 0530-0930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 7250, after missing two days, VR is back here Feb 8 at 0640, fair in Latin mass, weaker than a very different kind of chanting from MAURITANIA on 7245 which has also reappeared. VR also back on 6075, poor at 0642 check, and very poor on 7360 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7220, Feb 8 at 1358 open carrier, but *no* REE IS as has been emanating from Kunming site for a biyear prior to CRI Nepali service. Have they finally seen my logs and suppressed it? Modulation at 1400 however did not sound like standard CRI opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA
** CUBA. 13670, Feb 8 at 1404, no RHC for another day on scheduled and announced frequency until 1600. Maybe one of their transmitters is down, which would also lead to other absent frequencies elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA. 21282-USB, Feb 8 at 1439, OK1BN, blowing off an Italian caller as he only wants DX non-Europeans, i.e. Americas. Some kind of contest? He is making 4 or 5 contacts per minute, mostly US and Canada, and could make six if he didn`t tell every single one that his name is Petr, but that would have been crass. First station I heard him call had been calling him duplex circa 21240 in a pileup, but further contacts were simplex. QRZ.com shows:
Petr Clupny
Jilovska 420/33
Praha 4 142 00
Czech Republic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9425, Feb 8 at 1510, AIR National Channel concluding a segment in English, music, into Hindi, ``Akashvani`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 7590, Feb 8 at 1514, oscillating tone jammer vs weak signal. Aoki shows North Korea Reform Radio via Tashkent during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135, Feb 8 at 1346, Shiokaze has made another QSY starting today, ex-5985 where I first heard a very weak het so Myanmar is beating against something else, maybe carrier already on from a Moscow site for VOR 1400 Turkish.
6135 has good signal with sad piano music under Japanese YL, then OM. I do barely detect a lower-pitched het on 6135, growing very slightly until 1430* of JSR, then too weak to copy, Madagascar longpath? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 7110, Feb 8 at 1349, vocal music with flutter, lite CW and SSB QRhaM; by 1427 has declined to a JBA carrier, i.e. new frequency widely reported in the *1030-1430* period. Everyone assumed this is from new capital Nay Pyi Taw (as WRTH spells it), if not Yangon, but Babul Gupta via Alokesh Gupta reported that a new minority language service is also on 7110 in the local mornings, 2330-0130 UT from Rakhine Broadcasting Station, i.e. the westernmost state along the Bay of Bengal, capital Sittwe a.k.a. Akyab, but is the transmitter really there? Christian Diemoz in Italy heard it with a strong signal.
The evening service of RBS in other minority languages is on 7345 at 1030-1330, confirmed Feb 8 by Ron Howard in California altho it`s underneath China the entire period, so 7110 also on the air at that time has to be from a different transmitter, not necessarily the same site as in the mornings.
Aoki Feb 8 lacks 7345, and claims 7110 is the Rakhine Broadcasting Station, but 50 kW, 356 degrees from Naypyidaw at 2330-0130 and 1030-1330 in minolangs, 1330-1430 in Burmese. Guptas say the daytime frequency of RBS minority service is 9590 at 0130-0330 and 0530-0930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 7250, after missing two days, VR is back here Feb 8 at 0640, fair in Latin mass, weaker than a very different kind of chanting from MAURITANIA on 7245 which has also reappeared. VR also back on 6075, poor at 0642 check, and very poor on 7360 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
