** CUBA. 9795-9805 & 9820-9830 approx., field of buzzes apparently radiating from the RHC 9810 transmitter between them, altho not equidistant. Buzzing spurs like this have come from other RHC frequencies before, one of countless kinds of failures from RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Nov 17 at 0132, pleased to detect some JBA talk signifying that AFN is still on the air from here, its final SW site, and on a better occasion will become readable again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9770, Nov 16 at 1950, piano concerto, fair signal and always nice to hear Western classical music on SW, but at 1955 disrespectfully talks over the music before it can finish, as signal is degrading to poor, and off the air by 1957. HFCC shows it is merely a CRI Chinese hour on the ubiquitous 500 kW, 308 degree azimuth from Kashgar for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Nov 16 at 1927, mixture of gospel huxter in English = R. Africa, and somewhat underneath, a song presumably = R. Pilipinas, which just stops at 1929 without closing announcement. And R. Africa abruptly starts another g.h. at 1930 without the previous one formally closing. Recheck at 1959 another one is just opening with ``Wonderful Words of Life``.
Are they attempting to run on-time now? Well, time is running out, to be replaced by WRMI Okeechobee from December 1, altho we have no official word from Pan American Broadcasting that the EqG unit will be permanently closing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Nov 17 at 0109, presumed Thessaloniki studio playing bossa nova song in English, ``Call Me``, then another song in English. So no more classical music on Saturday nights from ERA3 network. Very good signal, anyway and *still* on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, Nov 16 at 1954, Indian classical vocal music, and very good signal, some flutter. If you went by HFCC you would have a choice of 500 kW, 230 degrees from Sabrata, Libya; or 100 kW, 220 degrees from Thumrait, Oman.
Fortunately, we know that both of these are imaginary, and the station really on 11670 but not in HFCC, is AIR, 500 kW, 325 degrees via Bengaluru, amid its Hindi hour toward Europe at 1945-2045 which is preceded and followed by English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Nov 17 at 0054, AIR is very poor with talk, but better than 11740 with its SAH and ChiCom CCI. At 0101 with 11740 now in clear, the two do seem // with song, so apparently AIR has succeeded today in broadcasting the Sinhala service on its scheduled frequencies. So far I have only this reply about the identity of the IS I recorded here 24 hours earlier:
``May be the interval signal of some other radio station, pre recorded, must have been accidentally played. 73 de arasu VU2UR``
Yes, but I have now caught them doing it on at least three occasions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Nov 16 at 1948, Denge Kurdistan, fair signal with Kurdish wailing, via Issoudun, FRANCE, not Bulgaria, according to Sofia`s Ivo Ivanov, at 16-20, and via PRIDNESTROVYE before 1600 when I usually listen during the 14-15 mostly-music hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 13650, Nov 16 at 1939 Arabic interview, good signal but fluttery; 1957 Kuwait ID, and again at 2000, opening akbar = news, but cut off abruptly at 2000:21*. That`s when it supposedly ascends to 17550 for North America central and west, but it`s not propagating any more. Nor was 15540, the English frequency checked at 1939; however at 2004, now there is a very poor fluttery signal with music, presumably R. Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, UT Sunday Nov 17 at 0053, The Mighty KBC ID, Eric proclaiming 125,000 watts into the stratosphere, but it`s not enough from Nauen for a strong, steady signal this week, nor to overcome noise from the storm that blew thru here a couple hours ago; yet fair and sufficient if not to enjoy the music to its fullest, as he then plays Bad Manners.
Wayne Heinen of NRC reported that Kraig Krist had a new weekly spot on the station as of last week, but unknown when during the bihour, and I don`t catch him in several rechex. There`s really too much going on at the same time Saturday nights, including WORLD OF RADIO, and a pirate or three, plus many other logs as in this report. Kim`s Radiogram is ending at 0133, back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Nov 17 at 0106, Wolverine Radio ID, then ``Pistol Packin` Mama, Lay That Pistol Down``; good signal, and still at 0139. Also heard by many others, until 0218*:http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13865.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6967-USB, Nov 17 at 0055, fair signal from pirate with country song, 0057 off, or rather pause before starting a narrative song. As I was checking the other pirate on 6930 at 0106, it must have gone off, no more at 0107. It was also UNID for everyone else who heard it between 0024 and 0105 reporting athttp://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13862.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, Nov 16 at 2001, choral NA on fair signal, 2002 Arabic ID from R. Sultanate of Oman. Need to get a recording of the complete anthem sometime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 17 at 0059, JBA carrier from presumed R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0100:07*, which is a second *earlier* than last night. Now I have doubts this is still Chaski, as not following its long-established pattern of shifting 5.25 seconds later each night.
And so close to 0100, it could be instead the CNR1 jammer closing down after VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka, or even the latter. Is Chaski still being heard earlier in the hour by Claudio Galaz in Chile? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [and non]. Correxion: at 1358 I mentioned frequency for Vietnamese as 9775, while I meant to repeat it as 9625; replace with:
9625, Nov 15 at 1349, big steady open carrier; stronger than the OC on 9775 prior to R. Free Chosun, from??? At 1358, 9625 already in Vietnamese, so per Aoki, it`s RTI, 14-15, 300 kW, 250 degrees from Paochung, that site still in business. Other E Asian signals are also VG today but only below 12 MHz; such as Taiwan in Japanese on 9735; Japan in Japanese on 9750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15420, Nov 16 at 1932, BBCWS due west from Seychelles, good signal concluding news headlines, then `Science in Action`. Only problem is WBCQ co-channel --- or almost, with its reduced carrier making a low audible heterodyne. Since WBCQ is nominally USB, we ought to be able to hear BBCWS in the clear by tuning LSB --- but there WBCQ also has a reduced, but not totally suppressed, LSB transmission. Same situation as on 5110 --- same transmitter? Those two frequencies are never, or hardly ever, on the air at same time.
12095, Nov 16 at 1940, fortunately find another BBCWS frequency with no QRM and same program, topic being aftermath, IDing the dead from Typhoon Haiyan; 1942 on to SALT = Southern African Large Telescope, at a remote location in South Africa, but it lasts only four minutes and is mainly about the facility`s economic impact on the community, not its scientific mission. 12095 is also via Seychelles but aimed 10 degrees north of due west; switches to Ascension at 2000 while 15420 closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1695 monitoring: confirmed from 0029:36 UT Sunday Nov 17 on WTWW-2, 5085. Next: Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1, 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 17 at 0133, Jeff White is talking about his plans for taking over the Okeechobee transmitters, including the PanAm broadcasts of R. Africa to be on 21525, effective December 1. But most of the time Jeff is overridden by Cuban pulse jamming, which we dearly hope will be less of a problem if not eliminated by the big move.
Not that Cuba will stop jamming 9955, but WRMI will have a lot more oomph against it. Program must have been `Viva Miami`, with multiple airings, but best for now to listen online: per DX/SWL/Media programs, the next few times are: Sunday 1215, 1515, 2015, Monday 0145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Nov 16 at 1949, ZBC enjoyable music on fair signal with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0402 UT November 17
** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Nov 17 at 0132, pleased to detect some JBA talk signifying that AFN is still on the air from here, its final SW site, and on a better occasion will become readable again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9770, Nov 16 at 1950, piano concerto, fair signal and always nice to hear Western classical music on SW, but at 1955 disrespectfully talks over the music before it can finish, as signal is degrading to poor, and off the air by 1957. HFCC shows it is merely a CRI Chinese hour on the ubiquitous 500 kW, 308 degree azimuth from Kashgar for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Nov 16 at 1927, mixture of gospel huxter in English = R. Africa, and somewhat underneath, a song presumably = R. Pilipinas, which just stops at 1929 without closing announcement. And R. Africa abruptly starts another g.h. at 1930 without the previous one formally closing. Recheck at 1959 another one is just opening with ``Wonderful Words of Life``.
Are they attempting to run on-time now? Well, time is running out, to be replaced by WRMI Okeechobee from December 1, altho we have no official word from Pan American Broadcasting that the EqG unit will be permanently closing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Nov 17 at 0109, presumed Thessaloniki studio playing bossa nova song in English, ``Call Me``, then another song in English. So no more classical music on Saturday nights from ERA3 network. Very good signal, anyway and *still* on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, Nov 16 at 1954, Indian classical vocal music, and very good signal, some flutter. If you went by HFCC you would have a choice of 500 kW, 230 degrees from Sabrata, Libya; or 100 kW, 220 degrees from Thumrait, Oman.
Fortunately, we know that both of these are imaginary, and the station really on 11670 but not in HFCC, is AIR, 500 kW, 325 degrees via Bengaluru, amid its Hindi hour toward Europe at 1945-2045 which is preceded and followed by English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Nov 17 at 0054, AIR is very poor with talk, but better than 11740 with its SAH and ChiCom CCI. At 0101 with 11740 now in clear, the two do seem // with song, so apparently AIR has succeeded today in broadcasting the Sinhala service on its scheduled frequencies. So far I have only this reply about the identity of the IS I recorded here 24 hours earlier:
``May be the interval signal of some other radio station, pre recorded, must have been accidentally played. 73 de arasu VU2UR``
Yes, but I have now caught them doing it on at least three occasions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Nov 16 at 1948, Denge Kurdistan, fair signal with Kurdish wailing, via Issoudun, FRANCE, not Bulgaria, according to Sofia`s Ivo Ivanov, at 16-20, and via PRIDNESTROVYE before 1600 when I usually listen during the 14-15 mostly-music hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 13650, Nov 16 at 1939 Arabic interview, good signal but fluttery; 1957 Kuwait ID, and again at 2000, opening akbar = news, but cut off abruptly at 2000:21*. That`s when it supposedly ascends to 17550 for North America central and west, but it`s not propagating any more. Nor was 15540, the English frequency checked at 1939; however at 2004, now there is a very poor fluttery signal with music, presumably R. Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, UT Sunday Nov 17 at 0053, The Mighty KBC ID, Eric proclaiming 125,000 watts into the stratosphere, but it`s not enough from Nauen for a strong, steady signal this week, nor to overcome noise from the storm that blew thru here a couple hours ago; yet fair and sufficient if not to enjoy the music to its fullest, as he then plays Bad Manners.
Wayne Heinen of NRC reported that Kraig Krist had a new weekly spot on the station as of last week, but unknown when during the bihour, and I don`t catch him in several rechex. There`s really too much going on at the same time Saturday nights, including WORLD OF RADIO, and a pirate or three, plus many other logs as in this report. Kim`s Radiogram is ending at 0133, back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Nov 17 at 0106, Wolverine Radio ID, then ``Pistol Packin` Mama, Lay That Pistol Down``; good signal, and still at 0139. Also heard by many others, until 0218*:http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13865.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6967-USB, Nov 17 at 0055, fair signal from pirate with country song, 0057 off, or rather pause before starting a narrative song. As I was checking the other pirate on 6930 at 0106, it must have gone off, no more at 0107. It was also UNID for everyone else who heard it between 0024 and 0105 reporting athttp://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13862.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, Nov 16 at 2001, choral NA on fair signal, 2002 Arabic ID from R. Sultanate of Oman. Need to get a recording of the complete anthem sometime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 17 at 0059, JBA carrier from presumed R. Chaski, until cutoff at 0100:07*, which is a second *earlier* than last night. Now I have doubts this is still Chaski, as not following its long-established pattern of shifting 5.25 seconds later each night.
And so close to 0100, it could be instead the CNR1 jammer closing down after VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka, or even the latter. Is Chaski still being heard earlier in the hour by Claudio Galaz in Chile? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [and non]. Correxion: at 1358 I mentioned frequency for Vietnamese as 9775, while I meant to repeat it as 9625; replace with:
9625, Nov 15 at 1349, big steady open carrier; stronger than the OC on 9775 prior to R. Free Chosun, from??? At 1358, 9625 already in Vietnamese, so per Aoki, it`s RTI, 14-15, 300 kW, 250 degrees from Paochung, that site still in business. Other E Asian signals are also VG today but only below 12 MHz; such as Taiwan in Japanese on 9735; Japan in Japanese on 9750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15420, Nov 16 at 1932, BBCWS due west from Seychelles, good signal concluding news headlines, then `Science in Action`. Only problem is WBCQ co-channel --- or almost, with its reduced carrier making a low audible heterodyne. Since WBCQ is nominally USB, we ought to be able to hear BBCWS in the clear by tuning LSB --- but there WBCQ also has a reduced, but not totally suppressed, LSB transmission. Same situation as on 5110 --- same transmitter? Those two frequencies are never, or hardly ever, on the air at same time.
12095, Nov 16 at 1940, fortunately find another BBCWS frequency with no QRM and same program, topic being aftermath, IDing the dead from Typhoon Haiyan; 1942 on to SALT = Southern African Large Telescope, at a remote location in South Africa, but it lasts only four minutes and is mainly about the facility`s economic impact on the community, not its scientific mission. 12095 is also via Seychelles but aimed 10 degrees north of due west; switches to Ascension at 2000 while 15420 closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1695 monitoring: confirmed from 0029:36 UT Sunday Nov 17 on WTWW-2, 5085. Next: Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1, 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 17 at 0133, Jeff White is talking about his plans for taking over the Okeechobee transmitters, including the PanAm broadcasts of R. Africa to be on 21525, effective December 1. But most of the time Jeff is overridden by Cuban pulse jamming, which we dearly hope will be less of a problem if not eliminated by the big move.
Not that Cuba will stop jamming 9955, but WRMI will have a lot more oomph against it. Program must have been `Viva Miami`, with multiple airings, but best for now to listen online: per DX/SWL/Media programs, the next few times are: Sunday 1215, 1515, 2015, Monday 0145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Nov 16 at 1949, ZBC enjoyable music on fair signal with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0402 UT November 17
