** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 8:
6240, fair at 1345, unusual spot: Aoki has the answer:
6240*SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 1300-1400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 BauJong TWN 12018E 2343N SOH b12 Jan 13-
No bandscan for more FD today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11740, Feb 8 at 0500, tuned to 11740 for the only English relay in the evening left from R. Japan to North America, a bit late for most of us: but, nothing! Finally at *0506:17 carrier on and brought up audio at 0506:30, with some hum. So 22% of the transmission is missed: refund due, but do they know this in Tokyo?
I wanted to find whether this was still/again putting out spurs like the earlier relays of República from 9490 at 00-02, and NHK Japanese from 5960 at 02-04.
Yes! First looked for plus and minus 116 kHz, the strongest ones coming out of 9490 and 5960, and there they are, same-sounding blobs around 11624 and 11856; however I could not hear any others as the fundamental was not very strong, +/- 232, 70 or 36 kHz. How about other dayparts when the same transmitter would be in use?? None encountered so far (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Feb 8 at 1330, Sea Breeze is indeed in English this Friday, opening with sad piano accompaniment, asking for info about abductees with all their contact info; ``This is Shiokaze - Seabreeze, the Shiokaze program from Tokyo, Japan``; 1333 into ``news flashes`` starting with some spot in North Korea being opened to tourism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA [non]. 12085, Feb 8 at 1453 poor signal with rough modulation until 1457 open carrier; 1500 something else starts. I had V. of Mongolia in mind, but apparently this frequency is used by them only at 0900-1100. Instead, I must be hearing Iran`s Dari service via Kamalabad at 12-15, and RFA Tibetan via Kuwait at 15-16 and/or CNR1 jamming. 1531 something still audible, Chinese?
12015, the other frequency of Mongolia, is as usual blocked by RTTY at 1506. This is the one they are supposedly using at 1400-1600 including English at 1530, but so is North Korea unless it`s one of their silent transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, UT Feb 8 at 0149-0155 on caradio, KOAG is in dead air again, audiblizing a mishmash of other stations, more than just WTNI MS in English and KBJA UT in Spanish. I suppose #3 should be WKSH in WI, if I can recognize Disney format thru the QRM. AFAIK, the only LA this side of Argentina is R. Juventus Don Bosco in the Dominican Republic, fat chance.
I was returning from a forum sponsored by the Department of Energy, seeking input for an Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed 600 kV HVDC electric transmission line by Clean Line Energy Partners, to export wind generated power from Beaver County in the OK Panhandle, to near Memphis TN. Exact route yet to be determined, but passing south of Enid around Hennessey.
I filed a comment instructing them that the line must NOT interfere with DTV reception in Enid, in the fringe area from OKC stations, as DTV is extremely subject to disruption by even minor amounts of noise. The wind generators for this have yet to be built either. More about it at http://PlainsandEasternEIS.com
Scheduling of event at 0030 UT caused me to miss my usual 60m monitoring session around 0100 Feb 8. When did Chaski cut carrier this time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4789.9, Feb 8 at 0618, poor signal with music, 0619 announcement with Spanish intonation, and more talk mixed with music bits, but too much CODAR QRM. Presumably R. Visión, Chiclayo, which I haven`t heard in ages this late, altho it used to be 24 hours. There have been several reports last few months of it as early/late as 0830, and always on this offset frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9705, Feb 8 at 1350, VOA Cantonese transmitter sounds back in whack today, with some propagational flutter but no obvious jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2660, Feb 8 at 0624 UT, some music audible, very poor, but the best/only 2 MHz harmonic audible now, presumably usual KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1655 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Thursday Feb 7 at 2200+ on WTWW 9479. Now they have shifted the start of WOR to well past when the top-of-hour ID is over, so no longer interrupted. Repeat is UT Sunday 0500 on 5830.
Also confirmed on WWRB, both 3195 and 5050 on air this week, UT Friday Feb 8 at 0429. First checked at 0420, a screaming & gasping preacher was playing; not sure if it is Larry Cain again, because Dave cut him off at 0428:30 for ID, respectful pause before starting WOR. Afterwards, at 0458, 5050 remained on air a while with open carrier.
Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB. (Tom Taylor says 7265 now closes at 1500, so WOR has moved from 1630 to 1430.) On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re previous item: ha! I meant Chicano accent, not Chicago!
``1060, Feb 7 at 1358 UT, Spanish in Chicano accent, no doubt KIJN Farwell TX as usual, plugs http://myjesusradio.com pronounced in English, proceeding with blessings. That website forwards to http://myjesusradio.wix.com/myjesusradio
which autolaunches crummy audio feed with hum, sounds like picked up off air on cheap AM radio, but at least no fast SAHs here, checked later in the daytime.`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7250, Feb 8 at 0608, open carrier already, no doubt VR SMG turned on way early before scheduled 0630 Latin mass. Will they modulate it with Swedish and Albanian this morning? No, stays just OC until finally 0629:18 brings up the bells. Now it`s // 6075, which was not on the air earlier like 7250.
3975, another // to 7250 & 6075, compensates by being absent still at 0631; finally carrier on at *0631:50-0632:00*; another try at *0632:47 and now it manages to stay on, joining mass in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7414, Feb 8 at 1328, the distorted rumbling carrier in Chinesish is on same frequency as yesterday until cut off at 1329:57*. Still nothing in Feb 8 update of Aoki to explain it.
However, EiBi shows:
7420 1215-1330 CHN CNR1 Jammer M FE
7420 1215-1330 IND All India Radio GOS [sic] TB Tib w
An obvious matchup, but could anyone in S Asia confirm whether this is really on 7414, or 7413? However, AIR follows with unjammed Nepali on same frequency, which is not being heard; and GOS from AIR applies only to their English broadcasts. Site w in Eibi must mean Guwahati. Altho the 7414 programming did not sound like CNR1, I should have compared it to known channels. HFCC shows azimuth of 130 degrees for 7420 in Tibetan & Nepali, which from Guwahati in the eastern wing of India is AWAY from Tibet and Nepal! Stranger and stranger.
Aoki agrees on 130 degrees, but shows 7420 starting at 1330 in Nepali, not for Tibetan before that, but where? Nor on any 7 MHz frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7715.5, Feb 8 at 0516, I notice some MCW, after which the A2 carrier cuts off during pauses. Seems like a single transmitter tho we have two stations in contact. Copied this much at 0520:
KA0R DE KA9O COME IN K
KA9O DE KA0R RGR GO AHEAD K
KA0R DE KA9O CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE VESSELS UNDER WAY AR
ALL CONDITIONS REPORTED AS NORMAL RK
These could be ham calls, and in fact they are, per ARRL lookup:
Golemo, Janusz, KA9O
9662 Golf Ter Apt Gw
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Previous call sign: KC9HAV
SHEHAN, ARTHUR G, KA0R
2247 MIDVALE TERRACE
HENDERSON, NV 89074
However, hams have no business this far outside the 40m band! So maybe by coincidence, tactical military calls. Searching the 47,063 posts so far on the UDXF yg, no significant hits on the frequency or the callsigns. Any ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
6240, fair at 1345, unusual spot: Aoki has the answer:
6240*SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 1300-1400 1234567 Chinese 100 310 BauJong TWN 12018E 2343N SOH b12 Jan 13-
No bandscan for more FD today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11740, Feb 8 at 0500, tuned to 11740 for the only English relay in the evening left from R. Japan to North America, a bit late for most of us: but, nothing! Finally at *0506:17 carrier on and brought up audio at 0506:30, with some hum. So 22% of the transmission is missed: refund due, but do they know this in Tokyo?
I wanted to find whether this was still/again putting out spurs like the earlier relays of República from 9490 at 00-02, and NHK Japanese from 5960 at 02-04.
Yes! First looked for plus and minus 116 kHz, the strongest ones coming out of 9490 and 5960, and there they are, same-sounding blobs around 11624 and 11856; however I could not hear any others as the fundamental was not very strong, +/- 232, 70 or 36 kHz. How about other dayparts when the same transmitter would be in use?? None encountered so far (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Feb 8 at 1330, Sea Breeze is indeed in English this Friday, opening with sad piano accompaniment, asking for info about abductees with all their contact info; ``This is Shiokaze - Seabreeze, the Shiokaze program from Tokyo, Japan``; 1333 into ``news flashes`` starting with some spot in North Korea being opened to tourism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA [non]. 12085, Feb 8 at 1453 poor signal with rough modulation until 1457 open carrier; 1500 something else starts. I had V. of Mongolia in mind, but apparently this frequency is used by them only at 0900-1100. Instead, I must be hearing Iran`s Dari service via Kamalabad at 12-15, and RFA Tibetan via Kuwait at 15-16 and/or CNR1 jamming. 1531 something still audible, Chinese?
12015, the other frequency of Mongolia, is as usual blocked by RTTY at 1506. This is the one they are supposedly using at 1400-1600 including English at 1530, but so is North Korea unless it`s one of their silent transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, UT Feb 8 at 0149-0155 on caradio, KOAG is in dead air again, audiblizing a mishmash of other stations, more than just WTNI MS in English and KBJA UT in Spanish. I suppose #3 should be WKSH in WI, if I can recognize Disney format thru the QRM. AFAIK, the only LA this side of Argentina is R. Juventus Don Bosco in the Dominican Republic, fat chance.
I was returning from a forum sponsored by the Department of Energy, seeking input for an Environmental Impact Statement on a proposed 600 kV HVDC electric transmission line by Clean Line Energy Partners, to export wind generated power from Beaver County in the OK Panhandle, to near Memphis TN. Exact route yet to be determined, but passing south of Enid around Hennessey.
I filed a comment instructing them that the line must NOT interfere with DTV reception in Enid, in the fringe area from OKC stations, as DTV is extremely subject to disruption by even minor amounts of noise. The wind generators for this have yet to be built either. More about it at http://PlainsandEasternEIS.com
Scheduling of event at 0030 UT caused me to miss my usual 60m monitoring session around 0100 Feb 8. When did Chaski cut carrier this time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4789.9, Feb 8 at 0618, poor signal with music, 0619 announcement with Spanish intonation, and more talk mixed with music bits, but too much CODAR QRM. Presumably R. Visión, Chiclayo, which I haven`t heard in ages this late, altho it used to be 24 hours. There have been several reports last few months of it as early/late as 0830, and always on this offset frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9705, Feb 8 at 1350, VOA Cantonese transmitter sounds back in whack today, with some propagational flutter but no obvious jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2660, Feb 8 at 0624 UT, some music audible, very poor, but the best/only 2 MHz harmonic audible now, presumably usual KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1655 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing Thursday Feb 7 at 2200+ on WTWW 9479. Now they have shifted the start of WOR to well past when the top-of-hour ID is over, so no longer interrupted. Repeat is UT Sunday 0500 on 5830.
Also confirmed on WWRB, both 3195 and 5050 on air this week, UT Friday Feb 8 at 0429. First checked at 0420, a screaming & gasping preacher was playing; not sure if it is Larry Cain again, because Dave cut him off at 0428:30 for ID, respectful pause before starting WOR. Afterwards, at 0458, 5050 remained on air a while with open carrier.
Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB. (Tom Taylor says 7265 now closes at 1500, so WOR has moved from 1630 to 1430.) On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re previous item: ha! I meant Chicano accent, not Chicago!
``1060, Feb 7 at 1358 UT, Spanish in Chicano accent, no doubt KIJN Farwell TX as usual, plugs http://myjesusradio.com pronounced in English, proceeding with blessings. That website forwards to http://myjesusradio.wix.com/myjesusradio
which autolaunches crummy audio feed with hum, sounds like picked up off air on cheap AM radio, but at least no fast SAHs here, checked later in the daytime.`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7250, Feb 8 at 0608, open carrier already, no doubt VR SMG turned on way early before scheduled 0630 Latin mass. Will they modulate it with Swedish and Albanian this morning? No, stays just OC until finally 0629:18 brings up the bells. Now it`s // 6075, which was not on the air earlier like 7250.
3975, another // to 7250 & 6075, compensates by being absent still at 0631; finally carrier on at *0631:50-0632:00*; another try at *0632:47 and now it manages to stay on, joining mass in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7414, Feb 8 at 1328, the distorted rumbling carrier in Chinesish is on same frequency as yesterday until cut off at 1329:57*. Still nothing in Feb 8 update of Aoki to explain it.
However, EiBi shows:
7420 1215-1330 CHN CNR1 Jammer M FE
7420 1215-1330 IND All India Radio GOS [sic] TB Tib w
An obvious matchup, but could anyone in S Asia confirm whether this is really on 7414, or 7413? However, AIR follows with unjammed Nepali on same frequency, which is not being heard; and GOS from AIR applies only to their English broadcasts. Site w in Eibi must mean Guwahati. Altho the 7414 programming did not sound like CNR1, I should have compared it to known channels. HFCC shows azimuth of 130 degrees for 7420 in Tibetan & Nepali, which from Guwahati in the eastern wing of India is AWAY from Tibet and Nepal! Stranger and stranger.
Aoki agrees on 130 degrees, but shows 7420 starting at 1330 in Nepali, not for Tibetan before that, but where? Nor on any 7 MHz frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7715.5, Feb 8 at 0516, I notice some MCW, after which the A2 carrier cuts off during pauses. Seems like a single transmitter tho we have two stations in contact. Copied this much at 0520:
KA0R DE KA9O COME IN K
KA9O DE KA0R RGR GO AHEAD K
KA0R DE KA9O CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE VESSELS UNDER WAY AR
ALL CONDITIONS REPORTED AS NORMAL RK
These could be ham calls, and in fact they are, per ARRL lookup:
Golemo, Janusz, KA9O
9662 Golf Ter Apt Gw
Des Plaines, IL 60016
Previous call sign: KC9HAV
SHEHAN, ARTHUR G, KA0R
2247 MIDVALE TERRACE
HENDERSON, NV 89074
However, hams have no business this far outside the 40m band! So maybe by coincidence, tactical military calls. Searching the 47,063 posts so far on the UDXF yg, no significant hits on the frequency or the callsigns. Any ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
