On Nov 9 replaced my primary antenna to the FRG-7, mostly E-W longwire, which had several splices, by a single piece of heavier gauge wire over same route, from tree to tree to tree and not more than 10 feet above ground, not quite as long, but axuallly measured as 160 feet = 49 meters. Notice a definite improvement in overall reception, especially better S/N allowing weak 60 and 90m signals to come thru better. (However, in the post-sunset `prime time` period vs household and area noise sources, I still get better results with the DX-398 on the porch and a much shorter random wire plugged into it.)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Nov 10 at 1333, VL8A still in a semihour after sunrise here, very poor, mentions Northern Territory. 1339 playing typical country music. Note WWCR-3 is now scheduled on 4840 from 01 to 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. 15470, Nov 10 at 1453, gospel huxter in English, fair signal. This is Bible Voice Broadcasting, via Wertachtal, GERMANY, scheduled here only on Sat & Sun. What a pity that this now represents Canada on international SW, altho never direct from Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4940, Nov 10 at 1339 soft M&W talk in Chinese, i.e. V. of Strait, Fuzhou. No CCI from India audible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7435, Nov 10 tuned in just in time before 1400 to hear once the REE IS from Kunming, followed by CRI theme and opening in presumed Nepali. // 7220 was too blocked by SSB QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 10 at 0614, R. Rebelde now clear of the persistent RTTY QRM, and no het either as at last check 0233.
5040, Nov 10 at 0614, RHC is back in English as newly scheduled during this hour, instead of Spanish 24 hours earlier. But wait, there`s more:
9550, Nov 10 at 0624, RHC English on this unscheduled frequency, so I check the 49m transmitters and find one is missing: 6060. Another mistake, or experimenting?
5800, Nov 10 at 0617, cut numbers, spy transmission as regularly scheduled, just like I was hearing on RHC`s 15340, Nov 9 at 1929-1934 instead of RHC French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Nov 10 at 1342, AFN with talk but not // NPR Weekend Edition Saturday digitally-delayed on KOSU. 1342 outro segment as with Christina Aguilera, and ``Today on NBC``, sounds like Lester Holt. Still barely audible at 1420 and still not with NPR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Nov 10 at 1328, RRI Palangkaraya at S9+12, 1329 rustic music, 1330 YL mentions Indonesia, almost one semihour after sunrise here.
4750, Nov 10 at 1334, RRI Makassar, SSOB with music; 1335 YL in Indonesian. With BFO I can tell there is a second signal on slightly different frequency, Bangladesh or China?
Atusnori Ishida`s Monitoring Report of Indonesian SW athttp://www.rri.jpn.org/
has not been updated since Nov 7, but in the week prior agrees that these two had been active, slightly variable times:
3325, -1000-1700v* and *2200v
4750, -1000-1600v* and *2100v-2130-
Only other active RRIs were:
4870, -1000-1500v* and *2000v-2100-, Wamena
7290, -0730-0800v*, occasionally much later, Nabire
9680 Jakarta had not been heard since October 19
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11685, Nov 10 at 1401, S Asian language mentioning Pakistan, musical theme, and soon found a bit better // 11720. Both are VIRI in Urdu at 1300-1430 via Kamalabad, 178 and 118 degrees respectively. No sign of BBC Burmese via Singapore, also sked on 11685 at 1345-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. 15760, Nov 10 at 1450, continuous tone, 1455 change to IBA IS, good signal, 1500 fades out the last iteration in order to present accurate timesignal, and opening Farsi, ``Injo (however they say Jerusalem), seda-ye Israel``.
Persian is the only language IBA considers worth broadcasting on SW, for obvious strategic reasons. Who cares about allies, or a worldwide tongue?? HFCC B-12 shows IBA Persian at 1500-1630 registered on multiple frequencies, but presumably only on two or three at once: 90 degrees on 6990, 9390, 9985, 13850, 15760; 27 degrees on 11595, 17490. I guess the other active one is 13850?
New B-12 WRN North America schedule shows Israel Radio in English, daily at 0030-0045 and 0630-0645 UT. Unfortunately these are not times when WRMI is currently relaying WRN on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, Nov 10 at 1331, very poor with music, must be KCBS; only other possibility for a broadcaster would be a third harmonic of 950. It`s been ages since I have heard any non-local MW harmonic in the 2+ MHz range. Maybe new antenna will help (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. 4820, Nov 10 at 1335, two stations making a SAH here, no doubt PBS Xizang, Lhasa, and AIR Kolkata. At 1337 I estimate the SAH at about 10 Hz; talk on top is not Chinese, so must be Hindi from AIR, as this Tibetan frequency is supposed to be in Chinese. Imagine how much worse the collision must be in S Asia! BTW, don`t you believe Aoki that Voz Evangélica, Honduras is still active on 4820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7255, Nov 10 at 0621, very weak AM carrier, possibly Belarus as only thing scheduled unless it`s a spoiler ham transmitter; SSB QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Nov 10 at 1333, VL8A still in a semihour after sunrise here, very poor, mentions Northern Territory. 1339 playing typical country music. Note WWCR-3 is now scheduled on 4840 from 01 to 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. 15470, Nov 10 at 1453, gospel huxter in English, fair signal. This is Bible Voice Broadcasting, via Wertachtal, GERMANY, scheduled here only on Sat & Sun. What a pity that this now represents Canada on international SW, altho never direct from Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4940, Nov 10 at 1339 soft M&W talk in Chinese, i.e. V. of Strait, Fuzhou. No CCI from India audible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7435, Nov 10 tuned in just in time before 1400 to hear once the REE IS from Kunming, followed by CRI theme and opening in presumed Nepali. // 7220 was too blocked by SSB QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 10 at 0614, R. Rebelde now clear of the persistent RTTY QRM, and no het either as at last check 0233.
5040, Nov 10 at 0614, RHC is back in English as newly scheduled during this hour, instead of Spanish 24 hours earlier. But wait, there`s more:
9550, Nov 10 at 0624, RHC English on this unscheduled frequency, so I check the 49m transmitters and find one is missing: 6060. Another mistake, or experimenting?
5800, Nov 10 at 0617, cut numbers, spy transmission as regularly scheduled, just like I was hearing on RHC`s 15340, Nov 9 at 1929-1934 instead of RHC French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Nov 10 at 1342, AFN with talk but not // NPR Weekend Edition Saturday digitally-delayed on KOSU. 1342 outro segment as with Christina Aguilera, and ``Today on NBC``, sounds like Lester Holt. Still barely audible at 1420 and still not with NPR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Nov 10 at 1328, RRI Palangkaraya at S9+12, 1329 rustic music, 1330 YL mentions Indonesia, almost one semihour after sunrise here.
4750, Nov 10 at 1334, RRI Makassar, SSOB with music; 1335 YL in Indonesian. With BFO I can tell there is a second signal on slightly different frequency, Bangladesh or China?
Atusnori Ishida`s Monitoring Report of Indonesian SW athttp://www.rri.jpn.org/
has not been updated since Nov 7, but in the week prior agrees that these two had been active, slightly variable times:
3325, -1000-1700v* and *2200v
4750, -1000-1600v* and *2100v-2130-
Only other active RRIs were:
4870, -1000-1500v* and *2000v-2100-, Wamena
7290, -0730-0800v*, occasionally much later, Nabire
9680 Jakarta had not been heard since October 19
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11685, Nov 10 at 1401, S Asian language mentioning Pakistan, musical theme, and soon found a bit better // 11720. Both are VIRI in Urdu at 1300-1430 via Kamalabad, 178 and 118 degrees respectively. No sign of BBC Burmese via Singapore, also sked on 11685 at 1345-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. 15760, Nov 10 at 1450, continuous tone, 1455 change to IBA IS, good signal, 1500 fades out the last iteration in order to present accurate timesignal, and opening Farsi, ``Injo (however they say Jerusalem), seda-ye Israel``.
Persian is the only language IBA considers worth broadcasting on SW, for obvious strategic reasons. Who cares about allies, or a worldwide tongue?? HFCC B-12 shows IBA Persian at 1500-1630 registered on multiple frequencies, but presumably only on two or three at once: 90 degrees on 6990, 9390, 9985, 13850, 15760; 27 degrees on 11595, 17490. I guess the other active one is 13850?
New B-12 WRN North America schedule shows Israel Radio in English, daily at 0030-0045 and 0630-0645 UT. Unfortunately these are not times when WRMI is currently relaying WRN on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, Nov 10 at 1331, very poor with music, must be KCBS; only other possibility for a broadcaster would be a third harmonic of 950. It`s been ages since I have heard any non-local MW harmonic in the 2+ MHz range. Maybe new antenna will help (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [and non]. 4820, Nov 10 at 1335, two stations making a SAH here, no doubt PBS Xizang, Lhasa, and AIR Kolkata. At 1337 I estimate the SAH at about 10 Hz; talk on top is not Chinese, so must be Hindi from AIR, as this Tibetan frequency is supposed to be in Chinese. Imagine how much worse the collision must be in S Asia! BTW, don`t you believe Aoki that Voz Evangélica, Honduras is still active on 4820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7255, Nov 10 at 0621, very weak AM carrier, possibly Belarus as only thing scheduled unless it`s a spoiler ham transmitter; SSB QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
