** CHINA. 9410, Oct 1 at 1236, poor signal in Chinese but OK modulation, presumably CNR5 Beijing, which is no longer crashing to a noise blob any more, it seems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [non]. 9420, Oct 1 at 0539, no signal from ERT at a time when it normally inbooms, so is it finally all over for the Voice of Greece? Plenty of European signals are making it, such as ALBANIA 9515, 9590; FRANCE 9535; VATICAN 9645; ROMANIA 9700.
Nor can I hear anything on 15630 or 15650 at 1341 past 1400 Oct 1; at 1550 there is something on 15630, but not in Greek; Aoki shows R. Liberty in Tajik via FRANCE during this hour.
BTW, how long did the surprise ERT English newscast last at 1305-1315v? I could never hear it but others were reporting it only for about a week in August, I think (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 1 at 1311, VOI English with two reports from Sydney, probably about immigration issue; 1318 now it`s the Tuesday connexion from RRI Banjarmasin, Borneo, about education and water quality; totally in the clear, sufficient modulation, but fluttery and weakening from fair to poor by the half-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK1, 500 kW from Tokyo; among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750, Oct 1 at 1234, ``As Time Goes By`` by woman singer in English, then Japanese announcement. It must be American Standards night at NHK too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 570, Oct 1 at 1202 UT, XEBJB mentioning conditions at Monterrey airport; weak audio problem, much louder with canned announcement for ``Notiradio 570`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Oct 1 at 1206 UT, 6:06 TC, XETNT, Los Mochis, news branded as ``Fórmula Noticias`` but local origination about Hurricane Manuel damage to Sinaloa. WRTH lists this as W Radio, which would seem to be contradictory (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 1 at 1210 UT, ``Donald Duck`` scratchy modulation can be heard somewhere between and below KQCV and XEROK, previously traced to XEDD, La Tremenda, Montemorelos NL, which goes haywire, maybe worst in the mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 1 at 1219 UT, Billy Joel`s ``Piano Man`` in English ending, then oddly timed opening of ``Radio México Noticias`` in Spanish from Grupo Radio México, originating in Chihuahua Capital, but this via XEP in Juárez. Usual dominant signal at SRS on day power of 38? kW, too bad for Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 1217 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* breaking up severely, unlistenable for at least the fifth day in a row (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930 Pet-Kam, // 5940 Magadan, Oct 1 at 1227, ``Blues in the Night`` by Sinatra(?), including whistling segment; it must be American Standards night at Radio Rossii during its final hour before midnite sign-off. 5930 is a couple words ahead of 5940 which is quite weaker this time, respectively rating fair and poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Mountainlake tropo map for VHF hams shows huge red blobs all the way from the Tex/Mex border to the Great Lakes, so I turn on DTV at 1437 UT, finding nothing very far beyond Wichitans, except:
RF 49, KTKA 49-1 Topeka KS, with local ad, Rachael Ray; also 49-2 is KTKA-WX, a.k.a. Storm Track Weather, map and forecasts, current conditions rotating in Topeka, Emporia, Manhattan, Concordia, etc. with music track including cinematic. Also 49-3 with KTKACW+ ID on PSIP. In solid for a while past 1500; took a few photos of 49-2 and 49-3, to be linked later.
RF 18 at 1451 UT, KCPT-1, KCPT-2 and KCPT-3 virtual 19s are also in with PBS varieties from Kansas City.
RF34 at 1452 UT, WDAF 4-1 Kansas City barely decodes. Many other DTVs with BAD signals. Also scanned channels 2-59 for any signs of analog signals, but none seen, not even KWKD-LP 28 Wichita; is it still on? Nor KETM-LP 17 Emporia; is it still on?
I also rotated southwards but nothing unusual breaking thru from that direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 1 at 1158-1201 UT: JBA on 693, 738, 747, 774, 882, 972, 1008; including NHK TS on 693: see JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15643-SSB, approx., Oct 1 from 1342 intermittently, 2-way in Spanish barely audible, noticed when I was trying for Greece on 15630, 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [non]. 9420, Oct 1 at 0539, no signal from ERT at a time when it normally inbooms, so is it finally all over for the Voice of Greece? Plenty of European signals are making it, such as ALBANIA 9515, 9590; FRANCE 9535; VATICAN 9645; ROMANIA 9700.
Nor can I hear anything on 15630 or 15650 at 1341 past 1400 Oct 1; at 1550 there is something on 15630, but not in Greek; Aoki shows R. Liberty in Tajik via FRANCE during this hour.
BTW, how long did the surprise ERT English newscast last at 1305-1315v? I could never hear it but others were reporting it only for about a week in August, I think (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 1 at 1311, VOI English with two reports from Sydney, probably about immigration issue; 1318 now it`s the Tuesday connexion from RRI Banjarmasin, Borneo, about education and water quality; totally in the clear, sufficient modulation, but fluttery and weakening from fair to poor by the half-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK1, 500 kW from Tokyo; among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750, Oct 1 at 1234, ``As Time Goes By`` by woman singer in English, then Japanese announcement. It must be American Standards night at NHK too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 570, Oct 1 at 1202 UT, XEBJB mentioning conditions at Monterrey airport; weak audio problem, much louder with canned announcement for ``Notiradio 570`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Oct 1 at 1206 UT, 6:06 TC, XETNT, Los Mochis, news branded as ``Fórmula Noticias`` but local origination about Hurricane Manuel damage to Sinaloa. WRTH lists this as W Radio, which would seem to be contradictory (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 1 at 1210 UT, ``Donald Duck`` scratchy modulation can be heard somewhere between and below KQCV and XEROK, previously traced to XEDD, La Tremenda, Montemorelos NL, which goes haywire, maybe worst in the mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 1 at 1219 UT, Billy Joel`s ``Piano Man`` in English ending, then oddly timed opening of ``Radio México Noticias`` in Spanish from Grupo Radio México, originating in Chihuahua Capital, but this via XEP in Juárez. Usual dominant signal at SRS on day power of 38? kW, too bad for Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 1217 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* breaking up severely, unlistenable for at least the fifth day in a row (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930 Pet-Kam, // 5940 Magadan, Oct 1 at 1227, ``Blues in the Night`` by Sinatra(?), including whistling segment; it must be American Standards night at Radio Rossii during its final hour before midnite sign-off. 5930 is a couple words ahead of 5940 which is quite weaker this time, respectively rating fair and poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Mountainlake tropo map for VHF hams shows huge red blobs all the way from the Tex/Mex border to the Great Lakes, so I turn on DTV at 1437 UT, finding nothing very far beyond Wichitans, except:
RF 49, KTKA 49-1 Topeka KS, with local ad, Rachael Ray; also 49-2 is KTKA-WX, a.k.a. Storm Track Weather, map and forecasts, current conditions rotating in Topeka, Emporia, Manhattan, Concordia, etc. with music track including cinematic. Also 49-3 with KTKACW+ ID on PSIP. In solid for a while past 1500; took a few photos of 49-2 and 49-3, to be linked later.
RF 18 at 1451 UT, KCPT-1, KCPT-2 and KCPT-3 virtual 19s are also in with PBS varieties from Kansas City.
RF34 at 1452 UT, WDAF 4-1 Kansas City barely decodes. Many other DTVs with BAD signals. Also scanned channels 2-59 for any signs of analog signals, but none seen, not even KWKD-LP 28 Wichita; is it still on? Nor KETM-LP 17 Emporia; is it still on?
I also rotated southwards but nothing unusual breaking thru from that direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 1 at 1158-1201 UT: JBA on 693, 738, 747, 774, 882, 972, 1008; including NHK TS on 693: see JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15643-SSB, approx., Oct 1 from 1342 intermittently, 2-way in Spanish barely audible, noticed when I was trying for Greece on 15630, 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
