** ARGENTINA. 13363.5-LSB, Nov 11 at 0058, JBA so I can tell LTA is on the air this Saturday night, but too weak to copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9480, Nov 11 at 0101, something in Chinese, vs squealing spur circa 9481 from GUIANA FRENCH 9490. Probably CNR1 jammer against IBB in Uyghur via KUWAIT starting at 0100, following CNR Tibetan service from Beijing until 0100. Also, WTWW-1 may have just left 9479 for 5745 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5990, Nov 11 at 0050, CRI Spanish 00-01 relay is back on proper frequency, whew, instead of apparent mispunch 24 hours earlier on 5950. Presumably also applies to the 23-24 English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 11 at 0103, R. Rebelde is on the air but with that het from presumed RTTY transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9475-9502, Nov 11 at 0101, R. República relay from TDF Montsinéry has resumed emitting squealing spurs in this range from fundamental 9490. Detectable around 9475 and worst around 9481 and 9499, as well as the hash closer in about plus/minus 5 from 9490. The Mighty KBC, via BULGARIA --- see NETHERLANDS [non] --- has wisely left 9500 for 9450 this week. We hoped the spurs were fixed, since we were not hearing them anymore previous nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9450, Nov 11 at 0059, The Mighty KBC has very good signal with rock music, via BULGARIA, moved here this UT Sunday at 00-02, ex-9500, to escape the spurs from 9490 R. República, and a good thing they did: see GUIANA FRENCH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15435-15475, approx. peak around 15450, huge dirty distorted spur, Nov 10 at 2004. As soon as I could tell the language was French, I figured it was VOA Greenville, from 15225. Yes, matches, and there is an equal spur range 14980-15020, peaking just about atop WWVH 15000, disaudiblizing it completely. So the peaks are plus/minus 225 kHz or so.
Second order spurs are weaker but obvious circa: 15650-15720, peaking about 15680; 14755-14810, peaking about 14780; and third order even detectable circa 14550, but not circa 15900. At 2025 recheck, all are diminished, perhaps only due to propagational decline, but still plenty around 15450, 15000.
2032 rerecheck, all gone as is the fundamental, altho VOA is still on 15225 in Hausa, but now via Botswana on Saturdays only (Sundays, the extension from same until 2100 is in French). The GB transmission is on the main African antenna azimuth 94 degrees, so we are close to directly off the back. HFCC designates the antenna as an 896. I notified GB about the problem, so hope it is soon fixed.
15580, meanwhile, also 94 degrees from GB on an 883 antenna, is VG in English during VOA`s excellent `Music Time in Africa` at 20-21 Sat & Sun, and with no spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9990, Nov 10 at 2020, WTWW-2 is on again, this time not Brother Scare like WWCR 9980 and WWRB 9370, but music; 2030 seems gospel music, Ted Randall canned ID, and some IADs during next tune ``Let the Lower Lights Be Burning``.
`QSO with Ted Randall` running as usual on WTWW-1 9479 Saturdays at 19-21; WTWW-3 was missing from 12105, unlike WWCR from 12160.
9990 not checked again until 0058 Nov 11, when it`s still going with hymns, but gone at 0102 to 5085 instead, still music. Further chex during this hour found nothing but music, no DJing by Ted, but another canned ID by him at 0200, in fact two of them, the second to tune of ``A Summer Place``. After that Ted is prompting music requests, such as ``Judy in Disguise``, which the requestor thinx is ``Judy in the Skies``, hee hee. Wonder if he will be putting on QSO replay later, or even WORLD OF RADIO as happened unpredictably two or three times on 5085 Saturday nights. Anyway, WOR 1642 should be on WTWW-1 5745 UT Sunday at 0500 ex-0400. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1642 monitoring: tried the Saturday 1830 airing, Nov 11 at 1835, when WRMI is relaying the only WRN feed left to North America for WOR, but only a JBA carrier is detectable vs the Cuban pulse jamming, maintained even at this odd hour since Arnie can`t stand the competition from a DX program not under Communist thought-control (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9480, Nov 11 at 0101, something in Chinese, vs squealing spur circa 9481 from GUIANA FRENCH 9490. Probably CNR1 jammer against IBB in Uyghur via KUWAIT starting at 0100, following CNR Tibetan service from Beijing until 0100. Also, WTWW-1 may have just left 9479 for 5745 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5990, Nov 11 at 0050, CRI Spanish 00-01 relay is back on proper frequency, whew, instead of apparent mispunch 24 hours earlier on 5950. Presumably also applies to the 23-24 English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 11 at 0103, R. Rebelde is on the air but with that het from presumed RTTY transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9475-9502, Nov 11 at 0101, R. República relay from TDF Montsinéry has resumed emitting squealing spurs in this range from fundamental 9490. Detectable around 9475 and worst around 9481 and 9499, as well as the hash closer in about plus/minus 5 from 9490. The Mighty KBC, via BULGARIA --- see NETHERLANDS [non] --- has wisely left 9500 for 9450 this week. We hoped the spurs were fixed, since we were not hearing them anymore previous nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9450, Nov 11 at 0059, The Mighty KBC has very good signal with rock music, via BULGARIA, moved here this UT Sunday at 00-02, ex-9500, to escape the spurs from 9490 R. República, and a good thing they did: see GUIANA FRENCH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15435-15475, approx. peak around 15450, huge dirty distorted spur, Nov 10 at 2004. As soon as I could tell the language was French, I figured it was VOA Greenville, from 15225. Yes, matches, and there is an equal spur range 14980-15020, peaking just about atop WWVH 15000, disaudiblizing it completely. So the peaks are plus/minus 225 kHz or so.
Second order spurs are weaker but obvious circa: 15650-15720, peaking about 15680; 14755-14810, peaking about 14780; and third order even detectable circa 14550, but not circa 15900. At 2025 recheck, all are diminished, perhaps only due to propagational decline, but still plenty around 15450, 15000.
2032 rerecheck, all gone as is the fundamental, altho VOA is still on 15225 in Hausa, but now via Botswana on Saturdays only (Sundays, the extension from same until 2100 is in French). The GB transmission is on the main African antenna azimuth 94 degrees, so we are close to directly off the back. HFCC designates the antenna as an 896. I notified GB about the problem, so hope it is soon fixed.
15580, meanwhile, also 94 degrees from GB on an 883 antenna, is VG in English during VOA`s excellent `Music Time in Africa` at 20-21 Sat & Sun, and with no spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9990, Nov 10 at 2020, WTWW-2 is on again, this time not Brother Scare like WWCR 9980 and WWRB 9370, but music; 2030 seems gospel music, Ted Randall canned ID, and some IADs during next tune ``Let the Lower Lights Be Burning``.
`QSO with Ted Randall` running as usual on WTWW-1 9479 Saturdays at 19-21; WTWW-3 was missing from 12105, unlike WWCR from 12160.
9990 not checked again until 0058 Nov 11, when it`s still going with hymns, but gone at 0102 to 5085 instead, still music. Further chex during this hour found nothing but music, no DJing by Ted, but another canned ID by him at 0200, in fact two of them, the second to tune of ``A Summer Place``. After that Ted is prompting music requests, such as ``Judy in Disguise``, which the requestor thinx is ``Judy in the Skies``, hee hee. Wonder if he will be putting on QSO replay later, or even WORLD OF RADIO as happened unpredictably two or three times on 5085 Saturday nights. Anyway, WOR 1642 should be on WTWW-1 5745 UT Sunday at 0500 ex-0400. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1642 monitoring: tried the Saturday 1830 airing, Nov 11 at 1835, when WRMI is relaying the only WRN feed left to North America for WOR, but only a JBA carrier is detectable vs the Cuban pulse jamming, maintained even at this odd hour since Arnie can`t stand the competition from a DX program not under Communist thought-control (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
