** ASCENSION [and non]. 6135, June 9 at 0539, poor signal in presumed Hausa, analog BBC as scheduled this semi-hour, altho could not hear it an hour earlier in analog French or DRM; now suffers from squeals out of the defective 6125 RHC transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 9 at 1357, BB is JBA with tone test, 1358 IS, timesignal ends about 1359:46 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7365, June 9 at 1309, poor signal from real Firedrake, vs nothing else audible, but HFCC shows IBB Zho = Chinese, via Thailand at 13-14, then Tinang at 14-15. For what this really is, we need Aoki:
VOA Cantonese both hours, same site switch. Aoki also reveals that at 15-17 it`s RTI in ``Chinese`` with more jamming of some sort. No such info in HFCC where the ChiCom have managed to ban Taiwan.
Chex for Firedrake or CNR1 jamming later finds only the latter:
15800, fair at 1351, M&W dialog; // 15115, 15195, but none lower audible in the usual out-of-band areas above 12 MHz
16360, poor at 1351, none in the 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, June 9 at 0540, RHC English now with the squealing transmitter, varying pitch depending on modulation, and even bothering 6135 BBC: see ASCENSION. Other RHCs:
6165, June 9 at 0541 at the moment no wobble; that`s because:
6060, June 9 at 0541, now the motor-boating transmitter has been switched to this frequency --- low rumble, with BFO, obviously from this, not the Brazilian hetting from a constant off-frequency
6010, June 9 at 0542, RHC English is very good strength but over-modulating here to the point of distortion; worse at 0556 during music
5040, June 9 at 0542, RHC English nominal starting `World of Stamps`
Sunday morning anomalies:
13780, June 9 at 1304, no signal from RHC, tho the DentroCuban Jamming Command is certainly propagating on 13820. Next check 1348, now 13780 is on during `En Contacto` appropriately mentioning `los técnicos de Radio Cuba`` -- and 13780 is still the motorboating transmitter. Only heard a snippet but doubt they were discussing this issue.
1404 check, we find all these RHC frequencies in dead air: 11750, 11760, 11860, 15230 as well as CRI English relay 13740 but with whine. These RHC are nominal: 9540 (with CCI), 11690, 15340, 17580, 17730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. 15630, June 9 at 0547, usual Sunday-morning Byzantine chant from VOG; reverse of winter, now this is fair-good, the best/only frequency, while // 9420 is JBA, mostly absorbed by plenty of daylight westward from Avlis. For contrast, we have Gregorian chant at the same time from Vatican on 15595, even better signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, June 9 at 0529 and still at 0556, open carrier, obviously from XEPPM which often does not turn off the transmitter once modulation is cut circa 0500. When modulating, it is at much too low a level vs the ACI from Brasil 6180, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, June 9 at 0605, VON with world news in English, coming in better than an hour earlier, and hum/distortion level not too bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 11835, June 9 at 1301, not even a carrier audible from weekly PCJ Radio via Sri Lanka, and JBA carrier from India/China on 11840. Expecting much better from the new repeat to North America via Nauen, GERMANY, UT Monday at 0000 on 9925 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, June 9 at 0544, IWT has fair signal but just barely modulated. We`re also at the worst = least dark part of the year for propagation on the lower bands over ``night`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6100, June 9 at 1310, VOA Greenville with warbling digital text tone test, poor vs the daytime noise level, and one of few signals left on 49m, no better than Australia 6150, NZ 6170.
We continue to lament that Kim is apparently putting all his attention into this project and neglecting
Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcastinghttp://www.kimandrewelliott.com
which has had no new entries since 24 April. At least it`s a valuable archive until that date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Sunday June 9 at 1303, WTWW-2 Bible Worldwide service this time is in Chinese which fits for prime-time over there, but you never know from one day to the next which language will be aired at which hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, Sunday June 9 at 1305, WWCR dead air --- or almost; after attenuating to eliminate receiver crosstalk, I still hear a trace of unID modulation, its own transmitted crosstalk, along with some hum; and the fax QRM from 9982 is clearly audible. 9980 is still dead air at 1345, but by 1406 has picked up Brother Scare.
WWCR still hasn`t got around to putting up a current transmitter schedule at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html since expiring May 31. But the program schedule dated June 1 claims WWCR-4 is ``signed off`` Sundays at 12-14 UT. So why burn 200 kWh of juice? Hardly good management, cutting into the profit margin.
As for the fax, EiBi shows:
``9982.5 0519-1600 HWA KVM70 Fax Honolulu Oc k``
To EiBi, site k in HWA just means: ``k-KVM Honolulu 21N20-158W00``
And it`s been logged as such a year ago by fax-fan Kenneth Vito Zichi, Michigan, in the MARE Tipsheet. Why does KVM70 put up with this too-close QRM from the Mainland? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 9 at 1357, BB is JBA with tone test, 1358 IS, timesignal ends about 1359:46 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7365, June 9 at 1309, poor signal from real Firedrake, vs nothing else audible, but HFCC shows IBB Zho = Chinese, via Thailand at 13-14, then Tinang at 14-15. For what this really is, we need Aoki:
VOA Cantonese both hours, same site switch. Aoki also reveals that at 15-17 it`s RTI in ``Chinese`` with more jamming of some sort. No such info in HFCC where the ChiCom have managed to ban Taiwan.
Chex for Firedrake or CNR1 jamming later finds only the latter:
15800, fair at 1351, M&W dialog; // 15115, 15195, but none lower audible in the usual out-of-band areas above 12 MHz
16360, poor at 1351, none in the 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, June 9 at 0540, RHC English now with the squealing transmitter, varying pitch depending on modulation, and even bothering 6135 BBC: see ASCENSION. Other RHCs:
6165, June 9 at 0541 at the moment no wobble; that`s because:
6060, June 9 at 0541, now the motor-boating transmitter has been switched to this frequency --- low rumble, with BFO, obviously from this, not the Brazilian hetting from a constant off-frequency
6010, June 9 at 0542, RHC English is very good strength but over-modulating here to the point of distortion; worse at 0556 during music
5040, June 9 at 0542, RHC English nominal starting `World of Stamps`
Sunday morning anomalies:
13780, June 9 at 1304, no signal from RHC, tho the DentroCuban Jamming Command is certainly propagating on 13820. Next check 1348, now 13780 is on during `En Contacto` appropriately mentioning `los técnicos de Radio Cuba`` -- and 13780 is still the motorboating transmitter. Only heard a snippet but doubt they were discussing this issue.
1404 check, we find all these RHC frequencies in dead air: 11750, 11760, 11860, 15230 as well as CRI English relay 13740 but with whine. These RHC are nominal: 9540 (with CCI), 11690, 15340, 17580, 17730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. 15630, June 9 at 0547, usual Sunday-morning Byzantine chant from VOG; reverse of winter, now this is fair-good, the best/only frequency, while // 9420 is JBA, mostly absorbed by plenty of daylight westward from Avlis. For contrast, we have Gregorian chant at the same time from Vatican on 15595, even better signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, June 9 at 0529 and still at 0556, open carrier, obviously from XEPPM which often does not turn off the transmitter once modulation is cut circa 0500. When modulating, it is at much too low a level vs the ACI from Brasil 6180, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, June 9 at 0605, VON with world news in English, coming in better than an hour earlier, and hum/distortion level not too bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 11835, June 9 at 1301, not even a carrier audible from weekly PCJ Radio via Sri Lanka, and JBA carrier from India/China on 11840. Expecting much better from the new repeat to North America via Nauen, GERMANY, UT Monday at 0000 on 9925 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, June 9 at 0544, IWT has fair signal but just barely modulated. We`re also at the worst = least dark part of the year for propagation on the lower bands over ``night`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6100, June 9 at 1310, VOA Greenville with warbling digital text tone test, poor vs the daytime noise level, and one of few signals left on 49m, no better than Australia 6150, NZ 6170.
We continue to lament that Kim is apparently putting all his attention into this project and neglecting
Kim Andrew Elliott reporting on International Broadcastinghttp://www.kimandrewelliott.com
which has had no new entries since 24 April. At least it`s a valuable archive until that date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Sunday June 9 at 1303, WTWW-2 Bible Worldwide service this time is in Chinese which fits for prime-time over there, but you never know from one day to the next which language will be aired at which hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, Sunday June 9 at 1305, WWCR dead air --- or almost; after attenuating to eliminate receiver crosstalk, I still hear a trace of unID modulation, its own transmitted crosstalk, along with some hum; and the fax QRM from 9982 is clearly audible. 9980 is still dead air at 1345, but by 1406 has picked up Brother Scare.
WWCR still hasn`t got around to putting up a current transmitter schedule at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html since expiring May 31. But the program schedule dated June 1 claims WWCR-4 is ``signed off`` Sundays at 12-14 UT. So why burn 200 kWh of juice? Hardly good management, cutting into the profit margin.
As for the fax, EiBi shows:
``9982.5 0519-1600 HWA KVM70 Fax Honolulu Oc k``
To EiBi, site k in HWA just means: ``k-KVM Honolulu 21N20-158W00``
And it`s been logged as such a year ago by fax-fan Kenneth Vito Zichi, Michigan, in the MARE Tipsheet. Why does KVM70 put up with this too-close QRM from the Mainland? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
