** CHINA. Firedrake June 27, before 0500:
17450, very good at 0449
16100, very poor at 0452; no others found lower
After 1200:
15435, fair-good until 1214*
Before 1300, eleven: where`s the other one?
11500, very poor at 1242; none in the 10s
12800, poor at 1242
13920, fair at 1241
13970, good at 1241
14700, fair at 1242
15555, good at 1244
15940, very good at 1244 with flutter
16920, very good at 1244
16980, very good at 1244
16100, fair at 1246
17450, very poor at 1246; none in the 18s
After 1300:
15485, fair at 1313
15560, fair at 1313 ex 15555 before 1300; het on hi side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 13780, June 26 at 1957, some vocal music of uncertain origin, no announcements until 5+1 timesignal and off at 2000*. The signal was about 0.5 second late compared to WWV one minute later. Meanwhile, I was noting a SAH of about 7 Hz with another carrier. HFCC and Aoki show the two both scheduled on 13780 until 2000 are R. Free Asia in Chinese via Tajikistan, and RFI in French, 155 degrees from Issoudun, which I assume is the primary one I was getting. Of course, there would also be ChiCom jamming on frequency.
Different subaudible heterodyne ranges require different methods of calculating, lacking any precise instrumentation. In this range, I watch the seconds ticking by on my digital watch, and count to myself matching the fades, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 over and over, and if this stays in synch that`s the separation. For me this is practical only up to 10 or 12; then it gets too difficult. If they were a little closer I could have counted the fades in a 15-second period and multiplied by 4 for how many per minute, and divided by 60 for the Hz. Or any other fraxion of a minute with appropriate multipliers, altho counting for a whole minute would be most accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17550, June 27 at 1316, very good signal with little fading from VIRI, Arabic ID. Is 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad at 0530-1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 11815, June 27 at 1245, NHK with comedic song and audience laughter, as usual mixing with but atop REE Costa Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. More anomalies from R. Kuwait: 15540, June 26 at 1953, English frequency is again in Qur`an, then Arabic talk, 2001 discussion in Arabic, and with 17550 now on the air too, I find it in a *different* Arabic service. They had always been // before if 15540 was not in English; 17550 seems like news headlines, stinger, but soon back to Qur`an, then traditional music with lots of drumming at 2035.
At this time, 2035, 15540 had Qur`an discussion, and for a change did *not* go back to English for headlines at 2050-2053; before 2100 this one was back in Qur`an, still not // 17550, and stayed on very late until cut off at 2115:20*.
WRTH 2012 page 257 has confusing info about all the different domestic programs and their hours, apparently two different ones with Qur`an, but evidently the other ones also include some Qur`an. It would be nice if some Arabic speaker would listen and sort this out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Some more sporadic E analog TV DX June 26, UT:
2115 on 2, note some weak video fading in from south
2132, it`s a toon like Spongebob, probably net-5
2145, signals increase with CCI on 2 and also on 4
2145, peaks at ch 5 with brief video and audio in Spanish, nothing IDed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11880, June 27 at 1240, REE via COSTA RICA in Castilian instead of the weekday Basque semihour: it`s sporadically missing for reasons unknown. Interview about medicinal plants. First noticed under Japan on much weaker // 11815. No signals direct from Spain audible to compare, in case Cariari lost satellite feed and had to substitute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9745, June 27 at 1225, very poor signal with Chinesish talk sandwiched between Kranji and Yamata, presumed V. of Han, 250 kW, 300 degrees from Kuanyin, per Aoki at 0745-2405; tho V of Russia in Russian via Chita is also scheduled this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
17450, very good at 0449
16100, very poor at 0452; no others found lower
After 1200:
15435, fair-good until 1214*
Before 1300, eleven: where`s the other one?
11500, very poor at 1242; none in the 10s
12800, poor at 1242
13920, fair at 1241
13970, good at 1241
14700, fair at 1242
15555, good at 1244
15940, very good at 1244 with flutter
16920, very good at 1244
16980, very good at 1244
16100, fair at 1246
17450, very poor at 1246; none in the 18s
After 1300:
15485, fair at 1313
15560, fair at 1313 ex 15555 before 1300; het on hi side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 13780, June 26 at 1957, some vocal music of uncertain origin, no announcements until 5+1 timesignal and off at 2000*. The signal was about 0.5 second late compared to WWV one minute later. Meanwhile, I was noting a SAH of about 7 Hz with another carrier. HFCC and Aoki show the two both scheduled on 13780 until 2000 are R. Free Asia in Chinese via Tajikistan, and RFI in French, 155 degrees from Issoudun, which I assume is the primary one I was getting. Of course, there would also be ChiCom jamming on frequency.
Different subaudible heterodyne ranges require different methods of calculating, lacking any precise instrumentation. In this range, I watch the seconds ticking by on my digital watch, and count to myself matching the fades, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 over and over, and if this stays in synch that`s the separation. For me this is practical only up to 10 or 12; then it gets too difficult. If they were a little closer I could have counted the fades in a 15-second period and multiplied by 4 for how many per minute, and divided by 60 for the Hz. Or any other fraxion of a minute with appropriate multipliers, altho counting for a whole minute would be most accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17550, June 27 at 1316, very good signal with little fading from VIRI, Arabic ID. Is 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad at 0530-1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 11815, June 27 at 1245, NHK with comedic song and audience laughter, as usual mixing with but atop REE Costa Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. More anomalies from R. Kuwait: 15540, June 26 at 1953, English frequency is again in Qur`an, then Arabic talk, 2001 discussion in Arabic, and with 17550 now on the air too, I find it in a *different* Arabic service. They had always been // before if 15540 was not in English; 17550 seems like news headlines, stinger, but soon back to Qur`an, then traditional music with lots of drumming at 2035.
At this time, 2035, 15540 had Qur`an discussion, and for a change did *not* go back to English for headlines at 2050-2053; before 2100 this one was back in Qur`an, still not // 17550, and stayed on very late until cut off at 2115:20*.
WRTH 2012 page 257 has confusing info about all the different domestic programs and their hours, apparently two different ones with Qur`an, but evidently the other ones also include some Qur`an. It would be nice if some Arabic speaker would listen and sort this out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Some more sporadic E analog TV DX June 26, UT:
2115 on 2, note some weak video fading in from south
2132, it`s a toon like Spongebob, probably net-5
2145, signals increase with CCI on 2 and also on 4
2145, peaks at ch 5 with brief video and audio in Spanish, nothing IDed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11880, June 27 at 1240, REE via COSTA RICA in Castilian instead of the weekday Basque semihour: it`s sporadically missing for reasons unknown. Interview about medicinal plants. First noticed under Japan on much weaker // 11815. No signals direct from Spain audible to compare, in case Cariari lost satellite feed and had to substitute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9745, June 27 at 1225, very poor signal with Chinesish talk sandwiched between Kranji and Yamata, presumed V. of Han, 250 kW, 300 degrees from Kuanyin, per Aoki at 0745-2405; tho V of Russia in Russian via Chita is also scheduled this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
