** CANADA [and non]. 6110, June 5 at 0500, strains of ``Sakura`` raise faint hope that NHK World Radio Japan English relay is back in business --- but it`s only faint overload from the NHK Spanish service starting on 6080 via BONAIRE, removed from 6110 by attenuation.
Need to check whether any scheduled Sackville frequencies are missing from other transmissions, such as RCI:
19-20 15235 17735 French
20-21 15235 15330 17735 English
21-22 15235 15330 17735 French
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 5, before 1400:
16980, good at 1339 but very rapid flutter and Doppler; none in 17s
15970, fair at 1340, same flutter, surely same site
15490, JBA at 1344, het on lo side
14700, JBA at 1345
13920, very poor at 1345, none in the 12s
11500, JBA? At 1347; not certain it was not VOR music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FIJI [non]. 11565, 0830-0900 June 4: WRN Broadcast confirms that Domo I Viti, the new clandestine from Adelaide, was transmitted from WHRI Cypress Creek SC USA, not Palau as originally planned. Note that it`s Mondays only: next chances June 11, 18, 25, etc. A clip of my reception will be on WORLD OF RADIO 1620 and eventually at
http://www.w4uvh.net/fijiviti.rm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15650, June 5 at 1342, poor signal with music. Greece must be on much earlier than curtailed *1400 schedule, altho it often starts a few minutes earlier. Yes, announcement following sounds Greek. 1427 recheck has faded to a JBA carrier in disturbed propagation, K=4 by 15. Nothing but Greece scheduled around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. See CANADA
** MEXICO. 6185, June 5 at 0457, XEPPM again heard with good modulation on fair signal with summer storm static; a novelty song, weak het from 6190, presumably BBC via South Africa, replaced by huge het from CRI via Sackville cutting on a dekasecond before 0600. XEPPM stayed on a bit longer, music at 0504, but gone a few minutes later.
Julián Santiago there in the DF says R. Educación is still operating from *1400 until 0500, all-day instead of all-night when it would propagate and have little QRM after 0600, as he continues lobbying them to resume (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, June 5 at 0456, VON on the air for the second day in a row! Reception not as good as 23 hours earlier, some CCI underneath, and still with the self-defeating whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 7570, June 5 at 0506 after finding WEWN absent from 7555 [see U S A], I am surprised to hear something here in Spanish. Since they are talking about Kuomintang and Taiwán and Japón, and mentioning tonal Chinese names, it`s obviously RTI via WYFR, which is supposed to be on 7570 only at 0400-0500.
Recheck at 0520, it`s gone. WYFR not only didn`t get the transmitter turned off at 0500 but somehow got the RTI Spanish program to replay for modulation. Meanwhile, 5950 was in proper RTI language tonight, English instead of Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, June 5 at 0506, WEWN, R. Católica Mundial is missing again from its all-night frequency; still going on 11870 in Spanish, 11520 in English. 7555 still absent at last check 0520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, June 5 at 0512, WTJC is very distorted, but no spurs heard, maybe because it`s just not strong enough to audiblize them. Same situation at 1252, presumably such all-night and beyond, unlistenable hymnody, surely even for the highly motivated fundamentalist, let alone for the rational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17605, June 5 at 1337, Burmese from YFR has good signal previously correlated with confirmed substitute site KCH = Kichinov, Moldova = Grigoriopol, Pridnestrovye = Transnistria --- rather than originally scheduled TAC = Tachkent = Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which transmitter is apparently still down for maintenance. Higher latitude paths were generally attenuated or absent. WWV says the K-index grew from 2 at 12, to 4 at 15 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TAIWAN [non]
Need to check whether any scheduled Sackville frequencies are missing from other transmissions, such as RCI:
19-20 15235 17735 French
20-21 15235 15330 17735 English
21-22 15235 15330 17735 French
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 5, before 1400:
16980, good at 1339 but very rapid flutter and Doppler; none in 17s
15970, fair at 1340, same flutter, surely same site
15490, JBA at 1344, het on lo side
14700, JBA at 1345
13920, very poor at 1345, none in the 12s
11500, JBA? At 1347; not certain it was not VOR music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FIJI [non]. 11565, 0830-0900 June 4: WRN Broadcast confirms that Domo I Viti, the new clandestine from Adelaide, was transmitted from WHRI Cypress Creek SC USA, not Palau as originally planned. Note that it`s Mondays only: next chances June 11, 18, 25, etc. A clip of my reception will be on WORLD OF RADIO 1620 and eventually at
http://www.w4uvh.net/fijiviti.rm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15650, June 5 at 1342, poor signal with music. Greece must be on much earlier than curtailed *1400 schedule, altho it often starts a few minutes earlier. Yes, announcement following sounds Greek. 1427 recheck has faded to a JBA carrier in disturbed propagation, K=4 by 15. Nothing but Greece scheduled around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. See CANADA
** MEXICO. 6185, June 5 at 0457, XEPPM again heard with good modulation on fair signal with summer storm static; a novelty song, weak het from 6190, presumably BBC via South Africa, replaced by huge het from CRI via Sackville cutting on a dekasecond before 0600. XEPPM stayed on a bit longer, music at 0504, but gone a few minutes later.
Julián Santiago there in the DF says R. Educación is still operating from *1400 until 0500, all-day instead of all-night when it would propagate and have little QRM after 0600, as he continues lobbying them to resume (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, June 5 at 0456, VON on the air for the second day in a row! Reception not as good as 23 hours earlier, some CCI underneath, and still with the self-defeating whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 7570, June 5 at 0506 after finding WEWN absent from 7555 [see U S A], I am surprised to hear something here in Spanish. Since they are talking about Kuomintang and Taiwán and Japón, and mentioning tonal Chinese names, it`s obviously RTI via WYFR, which is supposed to be on 7570 only at 0400-0500.
Recheck at 0520, it`s gone. WYFR not only didn`t get the transmitter turned off at 0500 but somehow got the RTI Spanish program to replay for modulation. Meanwhile, 5950 was in proper RTI language tonight, English instead of Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, June 5 at 0506, WEWN, R. Católica Mundial is missing again from its all-night frequency; still going on 11870 in Spanish, 11520 in English. 7555 still absent at last check 0520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, June 5 at 0512, WTJC is very distorted, but no spurs heard, maybe because it`s just not strong enough to audiblize them. Same situation at 1252, presumably such all-night and beyond, unlistenable hymnody, surely even for the highly motivated fundamentalist, let alone for the rational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17605, June 5 at 1337, Burmese from YFR has good signal previously correlated with confirmed substitute site KCH = Kichinov, Moldova = Grigoriopol, Pridnestrovye = Transnistria --- rather than originally scheduled TAC = Tachkent = Tashkent, Uzbekistan, which transmitter is apparently still down for maintenance. Higher latitude paths were generally attenuated or absent. WWV says the K-index grew from 2 at 12, to 4 at 15 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TAIWAN [non]
