** AUSTRALIA. 6150, June 18 at 1159 check, R. Australia is spur-free, having acknowledged our notification about the problem yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 18:
13795, poor at 1240, and very poor at 1321; only one audible, all the rest being CNR1 jammers instead:
After 1230 June 18:
None in the 17s, 16s, 15s or 14s at 1238
12500, very poor at 1241
12670, fair at 1241
12800, very poor at 1241
13530, fair at 1241
Before 1330 June 18:
12500, JBA at 1322
13530, poor at 1321 vs CODAR
13920, poor at 1320
14700, poor at 1320
14800, fair at 1320
15800, poor at 1318; none in the 16s
15970, poor at 1318
17250, fair at 1320
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)
** CUBA. 6165, June 18 at 0101, RHC English carrier comes on late, cuts off and on a few times, no modulation yet except rhumble.
6010, June 18 at 0516, RHC English supposed to start at 0500 is still open carrier/dead air, except for the hets it produces with other Latin American victims, probably mainly HJDH. 6060 & 6125 are OK, but:
6165, June 18 at 0516, Arnie Coro`s distorted modulation is audible at peaks only, with hum. Carrier is stable enough, anyway, but totally unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Keeping an eye on the channel 2 snow, something fades in at 2158 UT June 17: soon visible is an MTY bug in the UR, before fade-out at 2200. So it`s XHCNL-TV in Saltillo, Coahuila, relaying channel 34 in MonTerreY, which apparently has same calls.
The next few fade-ins are getting into the typical ``second season`` of summer sporadic E, i.e. strong snow-free one station at a time, instead of a mess of CCI, so more geographically restricted despite the large number of channel 2 transmitters in close spacing all over Mexico.
At 2234 on 2, next fade-in is Azteca-13 net with bug in UR during novela; also for only two minutes, snow-free peaks, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/az13on2a.jpg
There are seven high-power and one low-power 13s on 2 per W9WI.com but even the high-powers are mostly in the 5 kW ERP range, with only two at 100 kW: XHCH Chihuahua and XHFA in Nogales. I would gladly accept any of the others further east if only I could get a local ID.
At 2243 on 2, fade-in something with no bug during ads (in Spanish!) including www.totalmovie.com, Kotex
At 2245 on 2, another peak snow-free, during movie? Letterboxed
At 2248 on 2, net-13 novela, but not snow-free
At 2251 on 2, snow-free novela runs past 2300; but seems same station at 2302 now into YL talk show, `Cosas de Vida`, i.e. net-13, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/az13on2b.jpg
At 2348 on 2, quick fade-in to snow-free, graphic says FAKE CALL; then see TELEACTIVA bug in UR, so now it`s really Monterrey, XEFB-TV; video only
At 2353 on 2, old musical movie in B&W, since I can see TELEACTIVA bug in UR with red background, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/xefb.jpg
At 2358, MUF is finally exceeding 60 MHz with algo weak on 3 and 4
At 2359 on 3, net-5 bug LR, studio sitcom, kids one with paper bag on head; probably XEZ
UT June 18:
At 0013 on 2, now heavy CCI but TELEACTIVA still dominant
At 0018 on 4, Azteca 13 still with `Cosas de Vida` talkshow previously seen on 2, and still at 0031. Of the ten 13s-on-4, eight of which are full-power, most likely would be XHWX in Monterrey NL, considering I am definitely getting Monterrey on 2
At 0032 on 2, news anchor? With italic-caps XEFE call letter bug in UR, from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, as illustrated along with many others at http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html
At 0050 all that is left is weak CCI on 2, out by 0100
Another opening in the morning:
At 1405 on 2, sudden-fade in, news on net-7, probably XHTAU Tampico; soon gone
At 1428 on 2, talking head (but no audio) with label in LL, SORTEO TEC (?) (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160.8, June 18 at 0100, Cuba 6165 isn`t on yet until 0101, and without really trying I hear here ``CBC news``, so it`s CKZN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, June 18 at 1154 UT, KOAG is suffering from self-imposed big buzz much of the time including now.
1120, June 18 at 1201 UT no signal from KEOR, nor have we heard it the past few days at random daytime chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 18 at 0101, R. Chaski carrier detectable until cut off at 0102:54.5* which is five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 17735, June 18 at 0454, poor signal with Arabic music from IWT, so I tune a second receiver to 7275, where open carrier is already on but with SSB QRhaM on the lo side. Musical modulation overlaps about four seconds after it comes up on 7275 at 0456:14 until 17735 cuts mod and carrier at 0456:18* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, June 18 at 1227, VOT with regular IS still in use, very poor, 1230 accurate timesignal and opening English, but insufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, June 18 at 1322, WTWW-3 today back to its nominal language at this hour, Russian, vs CODAR and CCI from KSDA Chinese which is also on here until 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 18:
13795, poor at 1240, and very poor at 1321; only one audible, all the rest being CNR1 jammers instead:
After 1230 June 18:
None in the 17s, 16s, 15s or 14s at 1238
12500, very poor at 1241
12670, fair at 1241
12800, very poor at 1241
13530, fair at 1241
Before 1330 June 18:
12500, JBA at 1322
13530, poor at 1321 vs CODAR
13920, poor at 1320
14700, poor at 1320
14800, fair at 1320
15800, poor at 1318; none in the 16s
15970, poor at 1318
17250, fair at 1320
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)
** CUBA. 6165, June 18 at 0101, RHC English carrier comes on late, cuts off and on a few times, no modulation yet except rhumble.
6010, June 18 at 0516, RHC English supposed to start at 0500 is still open carrier/dead air, except for the hets it produces with other Latin American victims, probably mainly HJDH. 6060 & 6125 are OK, but:
6165, June 18 at 0516, Arnie Coro`s distorted modulation is audible at peaks only, with hum. Carrier is stable enough, anyway, but totally unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Keeping an eye on the channel 2 snow, something fades in at 2158 UT June 17: soon visible is an MTY bug in the UR, before fade-out at 2200. So it`s XHCNL-TV in Saltillo, Coahuila, relaying channel 34 in MonTerreY, which apparently has same calls.
The next few fade-ins are getting into the typical ``second season`` of summer sporadic E, i.e. strong snow-free one station at a time, instead of a mess of CCI, so more geographically restricted despite the large number of channel 2 transmitters in close spacing all over Mexico.
At 2234 on 2, next fade-in is Azteca-13 net with bug in UR during novela; also for only two minutes, snow-free peaks, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/az13on2a.jpg
There are seven high-power and one low-power 13s on 2 per W9WI.com but even the high-powers are mostly in the 5 kW ERP range, with only two at 100 kW: XHCH Chihuahua and XHFA in Nogales. I would gladly accept any of the others further east if only I could get a local ID.
At 2243 on 2, fade-in something with no bug during ads (in Spanish!) including www.totalmovie.com, Kotex
At 2245 on 2, another peak snow-free, during movie? Letterboxed
At 2248 on 2, net-13 novela, but not snow-free
At 2251 on 2, snow-free novela runs past 2300; but seems same station at 2302 now into YL talk show, `Cosas de Vida`, i.e. net-13, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/az13on2b.jpg
At 2348 on 2, quick fade-in to snow-free, graphic says FAKE CALL; then see TELEACTIVA bug in UR, so now it`s really Monterrey, XEFB-TV; video only
At 2353 on 2, old musical movie in B&W, since I can see TELEACTIVA bug in UR with red background, photoed:http://www.w4uvh.net/xefb.jpg
At 2358, MUF is finally exceeding 60 MHz with algo weak on 3 and 4
At 2359 on 3, net-5 bug LR, studio sitcom, kids one with paper bag on head; probably XEZ
UT June 18:
At 0013 on 2, now heavy CCI but TELEACTIVA still dominant
At 0018 on 4, Azteca 13 still with `Cosas de Vida` talkshow previously seen on 2, and still at 0031. Of the ten 13s-on-4, eight of which are full-power, most likely would be XHWX in Monterrey NL, considering I am definitely getting Monterrey on 2
At 0032 on 2, news anchor? With italic-caps XEFE call letter bug in UR, from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, as illustrated along with many others at http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html
At 0050 all that is left is weak CCI on 2, out by 0100
Another opening in the morning:
At 1405 on 2, sudden-fade in, news on net-7, probably XHTAU Tampico; soon gone
At 1428 on 2, talking head (but no audio) with label in LL, SORTEO TEC (?) (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160.8, June 18 at 0100, Cuba 6165 isn`t on yet until 0101, and without really trying I hear here ``CBC news``, so it`s CKZN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, June 18 at 1154 UT, KOAG is suffering from self-imposed big buzz much of the time including now.
1120, June 18 at 1201 UT no signal from KEOR, nor have we heard it the past few days at random daytime chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 18 at 0101, R. Chaski carrier detectable until cut off at 0102:54.5* which is five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 17735, June 18 at 0454, poor signal with Arabic music from IWT, so I tune a second receiver to 7275, where open carrier is already on but with SSB QRhaM on the lo side. Musical modulation overlaps about four seconds after it comes up on 7275 at 0456:14 until 17735 cuts mod and carrier at 0456:18* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, June 18 at 1227, VOT with regular IS still in use, very poor, 1230 accurate timesignal and opening English, but insufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, June 18 at 1322, WTWW-3 today back to its nominal language at this hour, Russian, vs CODAR and CCI from KSDA Chinese which is also on here until 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
