** BANGLADESH. 15505, May 12 at 1359 tune-in, BB IS is playing, timesignal ends at 1359:41.5, opening Urdu, very poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, May 12 at 0106, Yura with Andean music, 0109 Spanish announcement, poor signal, but better than other S Americans on 60m, and pleased how well this holds up despite our latening sunsets, today 0128 UT in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 12:
13795, fair over CCI at 1250. All others are with CNR1 programming:
11500, fair at 1233 with ZRGD ID in passing; mostly traditional music during this hour, but not Firedrake
12870, fair at 1247
13830, fair at 1250 with CCI
13920, very good at 1250
14700, good at 1252, hets
14750, JBA at 1252
14800, very good at 1252
15870, very poor at 1253
15970, very good at 1253
16100, very good at 1255
17080, very poor at 1255
17300, fair at 1255; none in the 18s
CNR1 jamming after 1300 includes:
15115, at 1309 vs VOA Chinese & weaker 15195 vs RFA Tibetan
15265, fair at 1308 plus deliberate het vs RTI, which as usual was running open carrier here at least a semihour early
15330, very good at 1305, more traditional music; vs BBC Uzbek via Oman, unheard, and in fact best of the inband CNR1 frequencies now
15570, poor at 1305 with hets
15610, fair at 1305 over WEWN, with propeller noise, het on lo side
15800, very good at 1325, still traditional music show
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7405, Sunday May 12 at 1206, above the jamming while // 9805 is below the wall of noise, R. Martí playing classical music! Something by César Franck. O, it`s that LDS show, so only in the context of worship, violating Separation of Church & State; later narration over organ music, and straying as far as ``Sound of Music``. Announcer asserts that music is the only thing in this world that will take us to heaven. More choral/organ music. 1228 closing show #4361 from ``el Templo de Salt Lake City, Música y Palabras de Inspiración`` (= Music and the Spoken Word, in English).
1229 promo for Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Cuba was a founding signer (long before Castro); also promo Martí via Radio Caracol, 1260, Miami, 9 pm to midnight ET, with text numbers; 1230 tie-in human-rights news about an Argentine diplomat visiting Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 12045, May 12 at 0515-0519, DW via RWANDA with hard-hitting report on the anti-Putin protest movement in Russia, by Marijke someone (not van der Meer, ex-RNW!). What`s left of DW gets pans by Germans, but I would like to put in a good word for its journalism, something you would never hear on VOR, and worthy of the BBC if that is any longer a compliment. Even if in North America we can only overhear broadcasts to Africa, no earlier than 0400 and no later than 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 6090, May 12 at 1200, two timesignals with second pips perfectly out of synch --- which one is right? Then ``Sakura`` so one is Radio Japan, and the somewhat weaker signal is in Chinese. HFCC shows NHK Yamata 289 degrees going from Korean to Chinese at 1200, and the other Chinese would be CNR Geermu at 1000-1605, 100 kW, 172 degrees. Aoki refines this to CNR2; apparently not intended as jamming but just poor frequency management by NHK. Rule No. 1: do not pick a frequency already used in the target country! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, May 12 at 1215, NO signal from RNZI, and none on 9655 either, so off the air, or on a totally different frequency? What`s next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 12 tuning in at 0103, having just finished off a tank of lawnmower gas, should be in time for another Chaski-check, but nothing there! Either an anomaly or they have finally reset their clock-timer closer to nominal 0100* whence I shall have to resume monitoring hereafter if not sooner (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11910, Sunday May 12 at 1240, `Amigos de la Onda Corta`, via Beijing. The audio on this relay is harsh, verging on distorted, nothing like Noblejas or Cariari (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Hunting for more Armed Forces Day [non], crossband activity per the schedules at
http://usamars.us/crossband_2013.htm
Before 2359 UT May 11, punching up most of the frequencies, nothing heard, except:
14402-USB, AAZ, Fort Huachuca AZ, May 11 at 2355 repeatedly calling CQ and listening on 14256-USB, but no replies past 0001 May 12. Possibly because 14402 is amid a huge radar pulsing blob from 14388 to 14420. If AAZ were monitoring his own frequency simplex, might have realized this.
4041.5 CW, May 12 at 0121, repeated CQs de NWVC, i.e. USS LST 325 docked in Evansville IN as heard earlier on 7389-LSB. There was something between the CQ and the DE, maybe AFD.
Axually was trying to hear USB on 4038.5, not an Armed Forces Day special, but a regular Navy MARS net, with some NNN0 presenting a tutorial on RMS Express, but first explaining WinLink, which got heavy QRM from NWVC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1668 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, Saturday May 11 starting at 2328:46, which should end by 2357:46 in plenty of time for the QSY to 5085. Also confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday May 12 from 0400.5 or so. Next: Sunday 2330v on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Sunday May 12 at 0111, WWRB is on, sounds like Martha Garvin hymning, and // weaker 3195. Hope WWRB will keep using 5050 evenings, or just replace 3195 for the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, May 12 at 0106, Yura with Andean music, 0109 Spanish announcement, poor signal, but better than other S Americans on 60m, and pleased how well this holds up despite our latening sunsets, today 0128 UT in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 12:
13795, fair over CCI at 1250. All others are with CNR1 programming:
11500, fair at 1233 with ZRGD ID in passing; mostly traditional music during this hour, but not Firedrake
12870, fair at 1247
13830, fair at 1250 with CCI
13920, very good at 1250
14700, good at 1252, hets
14750, JBA at 1252
14800, very good at 1252
15870, very poor at 1253
15970, very good at 1253
16100, very good at 1255
17080, very poor at 1255
17300, fair at 1255; none in the 18s
CNR1 jamming after 1300 includes:
15115, at 1309 vs VOA Chinese & weaker 15195 vs RFA Tibetan
15265, fair at 1308 plus deliberate het vs RTI, which as usual was running open carrier here at least a semihour early
15330, very good at 1305, more traditional music; vs BBC Uzbek via Oman, unheard, and in fact best of the inband CNR1 frequencies now
15570, poor at 1305 with hets
15610, fair at 1305 over WEWN, with propeller noise, het on lo side
15800, very good at 1325, still traditional music show
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7405, Sunday May 12 at 1206, above the jamming while // 9805 is below the wall of noise, R. Martí playing classical music! Something by César Franck. O, it`s that LDS show, so only in the context of worship, violating Separation of Church & State; later narration over organ music, and straying as far as ``Sound of Music``. Announcer asserts that music is the only thing in this world that will take us to heaven. More choral/organ music. 1228 closing show #4361 from ``el Templo de Salt Lake City, Música y Palabras de Inspiración`` (= Music and the Spoken Word, in English).
1229 promo for Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Cuba was a founding signer (long before Castro); also promo Martí via Radio Caracol, 1260, Miami, 9 pm to midnight ET, with text numbers; 1230 tie-in human-rights news about an Argentine diplomat visiting Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 12045, May 12 at 0515-0519, DW via RWANDA with hard-hitting report on the anti-Putin protest movement in Russia, by Marijke someone (not van der Meer, ex-RNW!). What`s left of DW gets pans by Germans, but I would like to put in a good word for its journalism, something you would never hear on VOR, and worthy of the BBC if that is any longer a compliment. Even if in North America we can only overhear broadcasts to Africa, no earlier than 0400 and no later than 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 6090, May 12 at 1200, two timesignals with second pips perfectly out of synch --- which one is right? Then ``Sakura`` so one is Radio Japan, and the somewhat weaker signal is in Chinese. HFCC shows NHK Yamata 289 degrees going from Korean to Chinese at 1200, and the other Chinese would be CNR Geermu at 1000-1605, 100 kW, 172 degrees. Aoki refines this to CNR2; apparently not intended as jamming but just poor frequency management by NHK. Rule No. 1: do not pick a frequency already used in the target country! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, May 12 at 1215, NO signal from RNZI, and none on 9655 either, so off the air, or on a totally different frequency? What`s next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 12 tuning in at 0103, having just finished off a tank of lawnmower gas, should be in time for another Chaski-check, but nothing there! Either an anomaly or they have finally reset their clock-timer closer to nominal 0100* whence I shall have to resume monitoring hereafter if not sooner (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11910, Sunday May 12 at 1240, `Amigos de la Onda Corta`, via Beijing. The audio on this relay is harsh, verging on distorted, nothing like Noblejas or Cariari (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Hunting for more Armed Forces Day [non], crossband activity per the schedules at
http://usamars.us/crossband_2013.htm
Before 2359 UT May 11, punching up most of the frequencies, nothing heard, except:
14402-USB, AAZ, Fort Huachuca AZ, May 11 at 2355 repeatedly calling CQ and listening on 14256-USB, but no replies past 0001 May 12. Possibly because 14402 is amid a huge radar pulsing blob from 14388 to 14420. If AAZ were monitoring his own frequency simplex, might have realized this.
4041.5 CW, May 12 at 0121, repeated CQs de NWVC, i.e. USS LST 325 docked in Evansville IN as heard earlier on 7389-LSB. There was something between the CQ and the DE, maybe AFD.
Axually was trying to hear USB on 4038.5, not an Armed Forces Day special, but a regular Navy MARS net, with some NNN0 presenting a tutorial on RMS Express, but first explaining WinLink, which got heavy QRM from NWVC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1668 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, Saturday May 11 starting at 2328:46, which should end by 2357:46 in plenty of time for the QSY to 5085. Also confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday May 12 from 0400.5 or so. Next: Sunday 2330v on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Sunday May 12 at 0111, WWRB is on, sounds like Martha Garvin hymning, and // weaker 3195. Hope WWRB will keep using 5050 evenings, or just replace 3195 for the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
