** CHINA. Lots of CNR1 jammers on lower band morning of Oct 26:
9280, Oct 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, fair
9230, Oct 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, fair
9200, Oct 26 at 1251, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, poor
9150, Oct 26 at 1252, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, good
All with some flutter; none in the 8s, 10s, 11s OOB, 13s
12190, Oct 26 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
12500, Oct 26 at 1256, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
12910, Oct 26 at 1256, CNR1 jammer, very poor
9150, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter
9200, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, fair
9230, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, fair-good
9320, Oct 26 at 1343, CNR1 jammer, good signal, best of the lot, recitation with music, seems same programming as others but way out of synch with them. At end of A-14, Aoki had this as a jammed frequency due to a many-hour 100-watt Sound of Hope relay of R. Free Asia, but don`t recall hearing CNR1 here before. Nothing on 9320 in HFCC B-14 after WRN Korean via Uzbekistan until 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Re R. República on 9420 instead of 9490: ``Glenn: I think this was an error at Issoudun,`` says Jeff White. We`ll see if it`s back on 9490 to be jammed at 0100 Oct 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 9955, RFI Chinese via TAIWAN at 11-13 seems to be gone, Oct 26 no longer audible QRMing WRMI at 1105 and 1230 chex; but where is it now? Can`t be listed in HFCC, say the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15700, Oct 26 at 0605, fair signal with YL in French about how to contract ebola; the SSOB and would be the OSOB if not for weakers, all Africans, on 15120 Nigeria and 15170 RFI South Africa. 15700 is DW via RWANDA at 0600-0630 USward too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 26 at 1340, no signal from VOI English, now squeezed as always in B-seasons by 9530 China radio war (VOA Chinese via Philippines drawing it there), and by 9520 at 1355 with mass in some language, i.e. R. Veritas Asia in Sinhala, also Philippines. Atsunori Ishida`s Monitoring Report of Indonesian Radio does show 9526 today starting Japanese at 1200; but then? The 1300 English hour had been logged, so far, every day in October at slightly variable times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, Oct 26 at 1350, very poor signal with NZ accent, so RNZI has made its usual B-14 switch from 6170. Its sked also now shows no more 9700 preceding it on the NW beam, but:
1059-1258 13840 NW Pacific, PNG, Timor
1300-1550 5950 Pacific
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9700, Oct 26 at 0610, TRT Turkish music with fair signal, now back here for B-14 replacing 11980 in A-14, and an hour later, 05-07 at 310-degree beam USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 29061-USB, Oct 26 at 1340, G2F with CQ-contest contacts: Now the 10m band is so full that some of them are even finding clear spots up to 29100!! QRZ.com shows:
WISBECH AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB.
Balmore, Swallow Lane
Tydd Gote, Wisbech. Cambs PE13 5PQ
England
Also claims ``Green Stamps or IRC's are not valid in the UK, please do not send.`` Green stamps is a euphemism for US dollar bills, not an S&H promotional device long since abandoned. Since when are they non-negotiable in the UK? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9460, Oct 26 at 0609, BBCWS in English with fair-good signal here, now scheduled at 06-07, 65 degrees from ASCENSION (and also 04-05, 15 degrees from South Africa).
9915, Oct 26 at 0610, BBCWS in English, good signal better than 9460, yet about 1 second behind it. 9915 is at 06-08 also ASCENSION, 65 degrees, but per HFCC at half-power 125 kW!
(The 102 degree beam from ASC at 05-06, which served US so well in A-14, has now in B-14 shifted to 7445; turned on too late to check on its first day)
9870, Oct 26 at 0611, hilife music in French, fair signal. Now it`s BBC from 0600 via ASCENSION. Hausa from 0629 on 9870 switches to Woofferton; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9800, Oct 26 at 1348, VG signal in Korean, i.e. VOA via PHILIPPINES back here for B-14, 13-15, 21 degrees from Tinang also USward, ex-15780, which was good in the summer, but not propagating much lately. 9775 is // and synch with 7235 at 12-14, but which switches to Tinian for another hour at 14-15.
9775, no signal, so it seems there will be no resumption of another Korean broadcast via RVA Philippines last year, R. Free Chosun. WRN B-14 registrations for this, via BC-DX show all these possibilities:
7590 1300-1430 44NE TAC 100 71 Kor UZB WRN WRN
7555 1300-1500 44NE TAC 100 70 Kor UZB WRN WRN
15630 1300-1500 44NE DB 100 71 Kor TJK WRN WRN
11570 1430-1630 44NE DB 200 71 Kor TJK WRN WRN
A-14 usage was 15630, but where is it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1744 monitoring: confirmed on KVOH, 9975, UT Sunday Oct 26 from 0131:04, after opening procedure: 0123 open carrier, very good strength, brief tone tests, 0125 music, 0130 sign-on. Now, will this and all other KVOH transmissions shift one UT hour later from next Sunday on standard time? If so, that would not affect WOR until UT Nov 9, so one more at 0131+. Next, this week:
Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580
UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955*
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB (time shifted)
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
*The CCI from RFI in Chinese via Taiwan on 9955 at 11-13 for the last several months seems to be gone as of Oct 26, not heard at 1105 or at 1230. Not sure where they went, as not heard either on nearby clear frequencies I suggested, and Taiwan transmissions are banned from HFCC by the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Oct 26 at 0615, no BS on WTWW-2, but instead Ted Randall`s country music show (which was on as usual earlier UT Sunday around 0100, but should have gone back to BS long before 0615). What happened? Did Brother Scare pull out of WTWW, or did Ted`s automation run away/awry? Next check 1255, *still* C&W music, no BS. Next next check at 1512 on 9930 --- dead air! Burning 100 kW for nothing, SNAFU for how many hours this time? Not even an ID autofiring at 1600, still dead past 1638, when I check 9475 and first think WTWW-1 is totally off the air; but no, it`s on at very much weaker level than the carrier on 9930, must be greatly reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Oct 26 at 1105, WRMI VG signal with preacher, and can`t detect any CCI from RFI in Chinese via TAIWAN which suddenly appeared here last summer at 11-13. Next check at 1230 Sunday when WRMI is still good but a bit weaker, still no QRM, as Jeff & Thaïs White are starting `Viva Okeechobee`, discussing their visit to Noruega in late August, on their way to HFCC in Bulgaria, via a new direct 9-hour flight from Fort Lauderdale to Oslo, where they were staying in a ski-area hotel, and re-met SWL/DXer Rolf Løvstrøm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9610, Oct 26 at 1246 speech, or rather low-key sermon, in Spanish, something new here, good signal. HFCC reveals it`s a new time for Vatican Radio relay via Greenville-B, 1230-1300, 250 kW, 184 degrees, replacing 1130-1200 on 7305. (There was no such shift last B-season). And continues at 0200-0245 on 7305, both violating Separation of Church & State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1638 UT October 26
9280, Oct 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, fair
9230, Oct 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, fair
9200, Oct 26 at 1251, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, poor
9150, Oct 26 at 1252, CNR1 jammer with Chinese opera, commentary, good
All with some flutter; none in the 8s, 10s, 11s OOB, 13s
12190, Oct 26 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
12500, Oct 26 at 1256, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
12910, Oct 26 at 1256, CNR1 jammer, very poor
9150, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter
9200, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, fair
9230, Oct 26 at 1342, CNR1 jammer, fair-good
9320, Oct 26 at 1343, CNR1 jammer, good signal, best of the lot, recitation with music, seems same programming as others but way out of synch with them. At end of A-14, Aoki had this as a jammed frequency due to a many-hour 100-watt Sound of Hope relay of R. Free Asia, but don`t recall hearing CNR1 here before. Nothing on 9320 in HFCC B-14 after WRN Korean via Uzbekistan until 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Re R. República on 9420 instead of 9490: ``Glenn: I think this was an error at Issoudun,`` says Jeff White. We`ll see if it`s back on 9490 to be jammed at 0100 Oct 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 9955, RFI Chinese via TAIWAN at 11-13 seems to be gone, Oct 26 no longer audible QRMing WRMI at 1105 and 1230 chex; but where is it now? Can`t be listed in HFCC, say the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15700, Oct 26 at 0605, fair signal with YL in French about how to contract ebola; the SSOB and would be the OSOB if not for weakers, all Africans, on 15120 Nigeria and 15170 RFI South Africa. 15700 is DW via RWANDA at 0600-0630 USward too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 26 at 1340, no signal from VOI English, now squeezed as always in B-seasons by 9530 China radio war (VOA Chinese via Philippines drawing it there), and by 9520 at 1355 with mass in some language, i.e. R. Veritas Asia in Sinhala, also Philippines. Atsunori Ishida`s Monitoring Report of Indonesian Radio does show 9526 today starting Japanese at 1200; but then? The 1300 English hour had been logged, so far, every day in October at slightly variable times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, Oct 26 at 1350, very poor signal with NZ accent, so RNZI has made its usual B-14 switch from 6170. Its sked also now shows no more 9700 preceding it on the NW beam, but:
1059-1258 13840 NW Pacific, PNG, Timor
1300-1550 5950 Pacific
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9700, Oct 26 at 0610, TRT Turkish music with fair signal, now back here for B-14 replacing 11980 in A-14, and an hour later, 05-07 at 310-degree beam USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 29061-USB, Oct 26 at 1340, G2F with CQ-contest contacts: Now the 10m band is so full that some of them are even finding clear spots up to 29100!! QRZ.com shows:
WISBECH AMATEUR RADIO & ELECTRONICS CLUB.
Balmore, Swallow Lane
Tydd Gote, Wisbech. Cambs PE13 5PQ
England
Also claims ``Green Stamps or IRC's are not valid in the UK, please do not send.`` Green stamps is a euphemism for US dollar bills, not an S&H promotional device long since abandoned. Since when are they non-negotiable in the UK? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9460, Oct 26 at 0609, BBCWS in English with fair-good signal here, now scheduled at 06-07, 65 degrees from ASCENSION (and also 04-05, 15 degrees from South Africa).
9915, Oct 26 at 0610, BBCWS in English, good signal better than 9460, yet about 1 second behind it. 9915 is at 06-08 also ASCENSION, 65 degrees, but per HFCC at half-power 125 kW!
(The 102 degree beam from ASC at 05-06, which served US so well in A-14, has now in B-14 shifted to 7445; turned on too late to check on its first day)
9870, Oct 26 at 0611, hilife music in French, fair signal. Now it`s BBC from 0600 via ASCENSION. Hausa from 0629 on 9870 switches to Woofferton; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9800, Oct 26 at 1348, VG signal in Korean, i.e. VOA via PHILIPPINES back here for B-14, 13-15, 21 degrees from Tinang also USward, ex-15780, which was good in the summer, but not propagating much lately. 9775 is // and synch with 7235 at 12-14, but which switches to Tinian for another hour at 14-15.
9775, no signal, so it seems there will be no resumption of another Korean broadcast via RVA Philippines last year, R. Free Chosun. WRN B-14 registrations for this, via BC-DX show all these possibilities:
7590 1300-1430 44NE TAC 100 71 Kor UZB WRN WRN
7555 1300-1500 44NE TAC 100 70 Kor UZB WRN WRN
15630 1300-1500 44NE DB 100 71 Kor TJK WRN WRN
11570 1430-1630 44NE DB 200 71 Kor TJK WRN WRN
A-14 usage was 15630, but where is it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1744 monitoring: confirmed on KVOH, 9975, UT Sunday Oct 26 from 0131:04, after opening procedure: 0123 open carrier, very good strength, brief tone tests, 0125 music, 0130 sign-on. Now, will this and all other KVOH transmissions shift one UT hour later from next Sunday on standard time? If so, that would not affect WOR until UT Nov 9, so one more at 0131+. Next, this week:
Sunday 2300 on WRMI 11580
UT Monday 0259v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955*
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB (time shifted)
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
*The CCI from RFI in Chinese via Taiwan on 9955 at 11-13 for the last several months seems to be gone as of Oct 26, not heard at 1105 or at 1230. Not sure where they went, as not heard either on nearby clear frequencies I suggested, and Taiwan transmissions are banned from HFCC by the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Oct 26 at 0615, no BS on WTWW-2, but instead Ted Randall`s country music show (which was on as usual earlier UT Sunday around 0100, but should have gone back to BS long before 0615). What happened? Did Brother Scare pull out of WTWW, or did Ted`s automation run away/awry? Next check 1255, *still* C&W music, no BS. Next next check at 1512 on 9930 --- dead air! Burning 100 kW for nothing, SNAFU for how many hours this time? Not even an ID autofiring at 1600, still dead past 1638, when I check 9475 and first think WTWW-1 is totally off the air; but no, it`s on at very much weaker level than the carrier on 9930, must be greatly reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Oct 26 at 1105, WRMI VG signal with preacher, and can`t detect any CCI from RFI in Chinese via TAIWAN which suddenly appeared here last summer at 11-13. Next check at 1230 Sunday when WRMI is still good but a bit weaker, still no QRM, as Jeff & Thaïs White are starting `Viva Okeechobee`, discussing their visit to Noruega in late August, on their way to HFCC in Bulgaria, via a new direct 9-hour flight from Fort Lauderdale to Oslo, where they were staying in a ski-area hotel, and re-met SWL/DXer Rolf Løvstrøm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9610, Oct 26 at 1246 speech, or rather low-key sermon, in Spanish, something new here, good signal. HFCC reveals it`s a new time for Vatican Radio relay via Greenville-B, 1230-1300, 250 kW, 184 degrees, replacing 1130-1200 on 7305. (There was no such shift last B-season). And continues at 0200-0245 on 7305, both violating Separation of Church & State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1638 UT October 26
