** AUSTRALIA. 6132-6133 & 6167-6168, June 4 at 1144, squishy spurblobs are back from the 6150 R. Australia transmitter, very distorted audio matching 9580, while 6150 itself sounds OK atop Cuba. First heard May 28 but not in the meantime, checked some days.
So the Shepparton-1 transmitter, which is an SW100A, has problems. It`s the same one used later in the days in order, on 5995, 9710, 11650, 15240, mostly in English, so look out for similar plus/minus 17-18 kHz spurs around those frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 4 at 1359, BB IS plays past 1400, no timesignal, but opening Urdu at 1400:08; very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non], only CNR1 jamming, June 4 before 1200:
13920, poor with het at 1159; none in the 12s, 14s
Before 1300 June 4:
none in the 12s, 13s, 14s at 1251
15970, good at 1253
16100, fair at 1253
16160, fair at 1253
17170, very poor at 1254
17450, fair at 1254; none in the 18s
Before 1330 June 4:
16160, good at 1319; none in the 17s
16110, suspicious open carrier at 1320 before 16100 comes on but 16110 remains on too
16100, fair at *1320
15970, fair at 1323
14980, fair-good at 1323
14870, very poor at 1323
14700, fair-good at 1323
13830, poor at 1324
12870, fair at 1324
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 12120, June 4 at 0523, still no RHC on mistuned harmonic of 6060, but the Spy Lady is spouting Spanish numbers alternating with digital bleeps, and also mixing with RTTY which I assume is from somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 9955, June 4 at 0527, RFI English is back on SW! Thanks to Brother Scare whose contract with WRMI expired May 31 (plus a couple bonus days), forcing WRMI to replace him with many hours of WRN relays again, as detailed in my last report. No jamming either now, and fair-good signal, which is much better than usual. Strange propagation tonight with little direct from Europe on 31m, making this along with 9330 WBCQ and 9885 VOA French via Botswana (switches to Greenville at 06) the SSOBs.
Report on banking rules; 0530 ID as `Paris Live` at 7:30 am so it must really be live; continues with news headlines from Africa. RFI via WRN via WRMI is now daily at 05-06 & 09-10 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI for more
** INDIA. 15050, June 4 at 1205-1217.5* AIR Delhi with nice music in Tamil service, until cut off late and in mid-announcement; then tuned to 15040 and there`s the Burmese service at about same poor level.
9690, June 4 at 1329, sufficiently fair with plucked instrument music, presumed Tibetan announcement, more such music, never any AIR IS, but 1330 `Namaskar` and opening GOS in English with frequencies, 1330.5 news. // 13710 is very poor and // 11620 is a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 11835, June 4 at 1326 RHC has some CCI, talk, music, very weak underneath. Presumably Voice of Wilderness, one of the Bible Voice services, 250 kW, 45 degrees from Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, 1300-1400(Sundays -1430) in Korean per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 9835, June 4 at 1152, song in English, ``you`re my brother --- sister --- family``; segué to another at 1153 seemed Malay but then heard ``Be in love``, from Sarawak FM. BTW, I see that India is also on 9835 at 1330-1740; should be quite a collision (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010, June 4 at 1146, can`t hear XEOI but there is a JBA carrier, maybe it or Asia. Has it stayed on air since return June 2 and has anyone heard it anywhen? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 800, June 4 at 1120 UT after sunrise, KQCV OKC is now missing, leaving a remnant of Mexican music likely XEROK plus a SAH. Still nothing at 1137, 1219, 1245 chex but on at 1405 with gospel huxter. May not have anything to do with tornado aftermath.
1460, KZUE El Reno, remains silent by 1405 UT June 4, surely tornado-caused but still unknown exactly what happened to La Tremenda (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN [non]. 15560, June 4 at 0520, spirited discussion in SW Asian language, fair signal, better than 15400 Dabanga/Madagascar, for example. Hadn`t noticed this before. HFCC shows it`s IBB in Urdu, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY at 0400-0600 since 7 May.
But Aoki shows it`s Mashaal Radio in Pashto, otherwise same. RFE/RL info about this operation: ``Radio Mashaal was launched in January 2010 in order to counter a growing number of Islamic extremist radio stations in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the border with Afghanistan. Languages: Pashto. Coverage: 9 hours daily``. Five of which:
DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria shows the R. Mashaal schedule via MBR is now:
0400-0600 on 15560 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto
0600-0900 on 15360 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto
And BTW, the other site in Germany, Wertachtal, is now closed down, completely off. RIP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 3 at 0058 hymx, 0100 different music, usual sounder and announcement to R. Chaski cutoff at 0101:41.5*, which is 5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI, has replaced Brother Scare with 93 hours per week of WRN relays. Consult the current WRN North America schedule grid at the times previously given. It`s not easy to find without a direct link:http://www.wrn.org/listeners/assets/PDFs/WRN_ENGLISH_NORTH_AMERICA_A13.pdf
So the WRMI times now include, in many cases more than once per day:
Poland, Prague, Israel, Swissinfo, RFI, Channel Africa, Asia Calling, KBS, Sweden, RNZI, Vatican, Slovakia, Guangdong, Banns (Denmark), Media Network Plus, and of course WORLD OF RADIO at 1730 Saturdays.
However, can`t hear anything on 9955 at 1520 June 4, so suspect they are again turning off the transmitter Mon-Fri 14-23 during the WRN block (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also FRANCE [non]
** U S A. 12105, Tuesday June 4 at 1325 check, WTWW-3 is back in Russian, the original language at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1350, June 4 at 1125 UT, Osgood File; he`s as bad as Paul Harvey was, working commercials into the narrative. So it`s a CBS station, fades out before he`s finished. Most likely KMAN Manhattan KS or maybe KRNT Des Moines IA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
So the Shepparton-1 transmitter, which is an SW100A, has problems. It`s the same one used later in the days in order, on 5995, 9710, 11650, 15240, mostly in English, so look out for similar plus/minus 17-18 kHz spurs around those frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 4 at 1359, BB IS plays past 1400, no timesignal, but opening Urdu at 1400:08; very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non], only CNR1 jamming, June 4 before 1200:
13920, poor with het at 1159; none in the 12s, 14s
Before 1300 June 4:
none in the 12s, 13s, 14s at 1251
15970, good at 1253
16100, fair at 1253
16160, fair at 1253
17170, very poor at 1254
17450, fair at 1254; none in the 18s
Before 1330 June 4:
16160, good at 1319; none in the 17s
16110, suspicious open carrier at 1320 before 16100 comes on but 16110 remains on too
16100, fair at *1320
15970, fair at 1323
14980, fair-good at 1323
14870, very poor at 1323
14700, fair-good at 1323
13830, poor at 1324
12870, fair at 1324
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 12120, June 4 at 0523, still no RHC on mistuned harmonic of 6060, but the Spy Lady is spouting Spanish numbers alternating with digital bleeps, and also mixing with RTTY which I assume is from somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 9955, June 4 at 0527, RFI English is back on SW! Thanks to Brother Scare whose contract with WRMI expired May 31 (plus a couple bonus days), forcing WRMI to replace him with many hours of WRN relays again, as detailed in my last report. No jamming either now, and fair-good signal, which is much better than usual. Strange propagation tonight with little direct from Europe on 31m, making this along with 9330 WBCQ and 9885 VOA French via Botswana (switches to Greenville at 06) the SSOBs.
Report on banking rules; 0530 ID as `Paris Live` at 7:30 am so it must really be live; continues with news headlines from Africa. RFI via WRN via WRMI is now daily at 05-06 & 09-10 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI for more
** INDIA. 15050, June 4 at 1205-1217.5* AIR Delhi with nice music in Tamil service, until cut off late and in mid-announcement; then tuned to 15040 and there`s the Burmese service at about same poor level.
9690, June 4 at 1329, sufficiently fair with plucked instrument music, presumed Tibetan announcement, more such music, never any AIR IS, but 1330 `Namaskar` and opening GOS in English with frequencies, 1330.5 news. // 13710 is very poor and // 11620 is a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 11835, June 4 at 1326 RHC has some CCI, talk, music, very weak underneath. Presumably Voice of Wilderness, one of the Bible Voice services, 250 kW, 45 degrees from Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, 1300-1400(Sundays -1430) in Korean per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 9835, June 4 at 1152, song in English, ``you`re my brother --- sister --- family``; segué to another at 1153 seemed Malay but then heard ``Be in love``, from Sarawak FM. BTW, I see that India is also on 9835 at 1330-1740; should be quite a collision (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010, June 4 at 1146, can`t hear XEOI but there is a JBA carrier, maybe it or Asia. Has it stayed on air since return June 2 and has anyone heard it anywhen? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 800, June 4 at 1120 UT after sunrise, KQCV OKC is now missing, leaving a remnant of Mexican music likely XEROK plus a SAH. Still nothing at 1137, 1219, 1245 chex but on at 1405 with gospel huxter. May not have anything to do with tornado aftermath.
1460, KZUE El Reno, remains silent by 1405 UT June 4, surely tornado-caused but still unknown exactly what happened to La Tremenda (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAKISTAN [non]. 15560, June 4 at 0520, spirited discussion in SW Asian language, fair signal, better than 15400 Dabanga/Madagascar, for example. Hadn`t noticed this before. HFCC shows it`s IBB in Urdu, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY at 0400-0600 since 7 May.
But Aoki shows it`s Mashaal Radio in Pashto, otherwise same. RFE/RL info about this operation: ``Radio Mashaal was launched in January 2010 in order to counter a growing number of Islamic extremist radio stations in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (now Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the border with Afghanistan. Languages: Pashto. Coverage: 9 hours daily``. Five of which:
DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria shows the R. Mashaal schedule via MBR is now:
0400-0600 on 15560 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto
0600-0900 on 15360 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto
And BTW, the other site in Germany, Wertachtal, is now closed down, completely off. RIP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 3 at 0058 hymx, 0100 different music, usual sounder and announcement to R. Chaski cutoff at 0101:41.5*, which is 5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI, has replaced Brother Scare with 93 hours per week of WRN relays. Consult the current WRN North America schedule grid at the times previously given. It`s not easy to find without a direct link:http://www.wrn.org/listeners/assets/PDFs/WRN_ENGLISH_NORTH_AMERICA_A13.pdf
So the WRMI times now include, in many cases more than once per day:
Poland, Prague, Israel, Swissinfo, RFI, Channel Africa, Asia Calling, KBS, Sweden, RNZI, Vatican, Slovakia, Guangdong, Banns (Denmark), Media Network Plus, and of course WORLD OF RADIO at 1730 Saturdays.
However, can`t hear anything on 9955 at 1520 June 4, so suspect they are again turning off the transmitter Mon-Fri 14-23 during the WRN block (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also FRANCE [non]
** U S A. 12105, Tuesday June 4 at 1325 check, WTWW-3 is back in Russian, the original language at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1350, June 4 at 1125 UT, Osgood File; he`s as bad as Paul Harvey was, working commercials into the narrative. So it`s a CBS station, fades out before he`s finished. Most likely KMAN Manhattan KS or maybe KRNT Des Moines IA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
