** BANGLADESH. 15505, August 7 at 1358, BB best heard in some weeks; hope it`s a trend, S9+17 peaks with flutter during IS, timesignal ending 3.5 seconds past 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 15400, August 6 at 1621, one of few signals on 19m (except 15825 WWCR getting short-range sporadic-E boost) is here in Chinese, poor with fast SAH.
Nothing in latest HFCC, but Aoki shows since April 23, RFA in Chinese via SAIPAN has been on 15400 only on Tuesdays, which this is, and it`s likely the CNR1 jammer atop. Another of those services with futile jamming-evasion by changing frequencies depending on day of a week, in a published and predictable pattern; with neighboring *listings in Aoki: 15395 on Sundays, 15405 on Thursdays. 15410 on Saturdays, etc.
13675, August 6 at 1623 another weak Chinese signal, i.e. another CNR1 jammer, this time against daily 15-17 broadcast of RFA via TAJIKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, after missing a Chaski-check UT August 7 due to an event, and after avoiding the skeeters on the porch by monitoring from inside for a few days, on August 8 I try bundling up in the 85 degree heat like it`s winter, with a ski mask, and almost all other skin covered. Tune in at 0059, some music modulation is making it despite splash from CRI/Cuba 5990, and the 5980 carrier cuts off at 0100:49*.
The cutoff I reported 48 hours earlier at 0100:59.5 must have been a red herring, probably receiver overload from something else, as Martien Groot, Netherlands, timed it at a more expectable hour of 0100:38 August 6, which was 11.5 seconds later than August 4, and 11 seconds earlier than August 8, so we are back on track with the ~5.5 second shift per 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9685, August 8 at 0057, another perfunctory check for International Radio Serbia, whose North American service (once one of the best signals from Europe) has been missing for weeks now, and has yet to answer my inquiry: but something else is there!
Immediately IDs as Radio Exterior de España. Have they moved in deliberately, or is it a mistake? Time will tell. I check some of the other REE frequencies I can recall to see if they are missing: still on stronger 9535; much weaker but still audible, buried in its own DRM Noise from CR 9630, on 9620. CR analog relay audible on 5995. HFCC has 11680 for Spain at 23-02, and not audible there, but I`m not sure if they really had been during this hour. I know I had previously heard them (in B-12?) clashing with Cuba, scheduled 23-04 on 11680, but neither is on now. Is REE using 9685 at any other time? Yes! For the M-F 20-21 UT French broadcast. So that explains it: either forgot to change frequency since 21 or punched wrong pre-set button. Stayed on past 0101. Bet it`s gone again tomorrow.
I suspect some log editors throw out items like this if they`re probably a one-off and not repeatable; but to me mistakes are much more newsworthy than routine logs, and should be a matter of historical record --- at least they are, in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, August 7 at 0526, familiar Western operatic piece but apparently in Arabic; fairly good signal as IWT is gradually improving now with increasing darkness on its end of the path. On 7275 for only one hour now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110-CUSB, August 8 at 0104 I attempt to hear the new show on WBCQ, `Heart & Soul of America Broadcast`, but cannot. A reduced carrier is however detectable in the noise level. Meanwhile, 9330 WBCQ remains unheard at various times of day and night checked August 6-8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: completed in time for first airing on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday August 8 at 0330. Thence:
Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Friday 0325v on WWRB 5050 (we hope, having missed two weeks due to computer problems there)
UT Saturday 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 1 kW in Germany, 7265-CUSB (please confirm it`s still on in August?)
Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830
As for WTWW-2, the Sat & Sun 2330v airings on 9930 were missed last week due to transmitter problems, but maybe will resume; it was on the air Wednesday at 2330. Even less certain are the variable times between 17 and 24 on 9930, or 00-01 on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 15400, August 6 at 1621, one of few signals on 19m (except 15825 WWCR getting short-range sporadic-E boost) is here in Chinese, poor with fast SAH.
Nothing in latest HFCC, but Aoki shows since April 23, RFA in Chinese via SAIPAN has been on 15400 only on Tuesdays, which this is, and it`s likely the CNR1 jammer atop. Another of those services with futile jamming-evasion by changing frequencies depending on day of a week, in a published and predictable pattern; with neighboring *listings in Aoki: 15395 on Sundays, 15405 on Thursdays. 15410 on Saturdays, etc.
13675, August 6 at 1623 another weak Chinese signal, i.e. another CNR1 jammer, this time against daily 15-17 broadcast of RFA via TAJIKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, after missing a Chaski-check UT August 7 due to an event, and after avoiding the skeeters on the porch by monitoring from inside for a few days, on August 8 I try bundling up in the 85 degree heat like it`s winter, with a ski mask, and almost all other skin covered. Tune in at 0059, some music modulation is making it despite splash from CRI/Cuba 5990, and the 5980 carrier cuts off at 0100:49*.
The cutoff I reported 48 hours earlier at 0100:59.5 must have been a red herring, probably receiver overload from something else, as Martien Groot, Netherlands, timed it at a more expectable hour of 0100:38 August 6, which was 11.5 seconds later than August 4, and 11 seconds earlier than August 8, so we are back on track with the ~5.5 second shift per 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9685, August 8 at 0057, another perfunctory check for International Radio Serbia, whose North American service (once one of the best signals from Europe) has been missing for weeks now, and has yet to answer my inquiry: but something else is there!
Immediately IDs as Radio Exterior de España. Have they moved in deliberately, or is it a mistake? Time will tell. I check some of the other REE frequencies I can recall to see if they are missing: still on stronger 9535; much weaker but still audible, buried in its own DRM Noise from CR 9630, on 9620. CR analog relay audible on 5995. HFCC has 11680 for Spain at 23-02, and not audible there, but I`m not sure if they really had been during this hour. I know I had previously heard them (in B-12?) clashing with Cuba, scheduled 23-04 on 11680, but neither is on now. Is REE using 9685 at any other time? Yes! For the M-F 20-21 UT French broadcast. So that explains it: either forgot to change frequency since 21 or punched wrong pre-set button. Stayed on past 0101. Bet it`s gone again tomorrow.
I suspect some log editors throw out items like this if they`re probably a one-off and not repeatable; but to me mistakes are much more newsworthy than routine logs, and should be a matter of historical record --- at least they are, in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, August 7 at 0526, familiar Western operatic piece but apparently in Arabic; fairly good signal as IWT is gradually improving now with increasing darkness on its end of the path. On 7275 for only one hour now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110-CUSB, August 8 at 0104 I attempt to hear the new show on WBCQ, `Heart & Soul of America Broadcast`, but cannot. A reduced carrier is however detectable in the noise level. Meanwhile, 9330 WBCQ remains unheard at various times of day and night checked August 6-8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: completed in time for first airing on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday August 8 at 0330. Thence:
Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Friday 0325v on WWRB 5050 (we hope, having missed two weeks due to computer problems there)
UT Saturday 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 1 kW in Germany, 7265-CUSB (please confirm it`s still on in August?)
Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830
As for WTWW-2, the Sat & Sun 2330v airings on 9930 were missed last week due to transmitter problems, but maybe will resume; it was on the air Wednesday at 2330. Even less certain are the variable times between 17 and 24 on 9930, or 00-01 on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
