giovedì 4 giugno 2015

Glenn Hauser logs June 4, 2015

** ALASKA. 9920, June 4 at 1459 JBA carrier, signal builds up slightly, 1500 can barely recognize the KNLS IS/theme music at very poor level opening an English hour. So they are back after 3 months off, as first reported yesterday by Sei-ichi Hasegawa and the Nagoya DX Circle. Other English hours are at 1200 on 7355, not likely propagating any better to here; and at 1000 on 9655, which might (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 15034-USB, June 4 at 1319, Trenton Military, attempting to provide flight weather but there is ``no report`` from several Canadian airports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 17660, June 4 at 1401, something in Korean with good signal; also in the 12 and 13 UT hours. Aoki shows the CNR8 service in Korean just started here on June 1 at 0858-1500; site, power and azimuth unknown and not in HFCC as of June 2. No QRM noted, but this would collide with France via Madagascar at 12-13, and Saudi Arabia in French from 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 19000, June 4 at 1306, CNR1 jammer, fair with CCI and Wadley het from FRG-7, i.e. the Thursday-only 13-14 spot for RFA Tibetan via KUWAIT 

17570, June 4 at 1400, CJKT ID, i.e. CNR1, a few seconds after same on 17490. There is nothing in current Aoki, EiBi or HFCC to account for jamming either frequency at this hour, but presumably some horrible opposition broadcast(s) must be blocked. Happy anniversary! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also EAST TURKISTAN

** EAST TURKISTAN. 17630, Thursday June 4 at 1240, CRI English via Urumqi catches my attention since one of their best programs, `Voices from Other Lands` is interviewing David Finckel of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, who is apparently in Beijing for a New Music festival (and he`s married to Wu Han). His name is often misspelt Finkel in reviews, etc., but we`ll take this as correct:
Closes with one of his favorites as a `cellist, Dvorak`s Concerto for a minute or two until cut off at 1255 for mandatory Chinese lesson buffer. No mention of Tiananmen massacre anniversary! Quite sufficient signal as usual from this site intended for Europe.

17560, June 4 at 1255 I switch to the simultaneous French service of RCI, via Kashgar, where they are playing some wild percussion music before continuing another hour without formal re-opening at 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1650, June 4 at 0509 UT, `Info Wars` with Alex Jones is on KYHN Sallisaw, instead of `Red Eye Radio` so not // 1640 KZLS. Own sked http://kyhnradio.com/schedule continues to show Info Wars ending at local midnight CDT weekdays, and RER after midnight --- I can only conclude that KYHN sometimes fails to make the proper program source switch during CBS news on the hour. One far-right wacko is as bad as two others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 17760, June 4 at 0531, RRI in English news, poor signal, // 21500 with fair signal, and third analog frequency, 9700 is no better than 17760. We know Summer Solstice is nigh when 21 & 17 MHz are doing better than 9 in the nightmiddle from Europe! The two higher frequencies are aimed eastward from Galbeni and Tziganeshti, respectively, while the fourth unit is in DRM on 11795-11805 from Tziganeshti, per EiBi, unchecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, June 4 at 1209, SIBC carrier is still on, rather than off circa 1200 as usual. At first I could detect some modulation, but in heavy storm noise from KS & MO, I thought it quit circa 1201; however, Ron Howard says they then started simulcasting Wantok FM 96.3 with EZL pop songs heard past 1328 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 13800, June 4 at 0526, as I tune in, fast SAH and heavy CCI between unsynchronized MADAGASCAR and VATICAN sites overlapping, R. Dabanga vs R. Dabanga! MAD goes off about 0527.4* leaving VAT in clear, except for heavier than usual carrier jamming from the hi side causing big het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1776 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing June 4 at 1155 for the Thursday 1130 broadcast on WRMI 9955, good with no jamming. Next:
2100 UT Thursday WRMI 7570
2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770
2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570
0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [last week: from about 0325-]
2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 [irregular]
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955
0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 720, June 4 at 0541 UT, I`m getting something in English with WGN easily nulled --- it`s Roy Masters, plug for Foundation for Human Understanding, address in Grants Pass OR. I`ll bet it`s 50/50 kW U2 KDWN Las Vegas NV, which is normally inaudible here on night pattern, cardioid with deep null toward Chicago crossing Colorado and Nebraska, so we are quite a ways out of it. Yes, per
RM/FHU, is on one 720 station, KDWN, M-F at 9-11 pm PDT = 04-06 UT.

[At 0835 UT June 4, Les Rayburn in AL asked ``Who carries Roy Masters on 1530 kHz here now overnight? Cincinnati?`` Yes, same sked above shows WCKY as his sole 1530, but only at ``new time`` of 3:30-4:30 am ET = 0730-0830 UT] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, June 4 at 1220 UT, ``FM 92 and 1530 AM, 19 past the hour of 7`` and then immediate fadeout losing to Tulsa Spanish before I could even evaluate its format. But only match in the NRC AM Log is 500-watt C&W daytimer KMAM Butler MO, which is // KMOE 92.1. Butler is on I-49 south of Kansas City, midway N/S in MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11430 & 11435-USB, June 4 at 1212, intermittent weak melodious 2-ways in presumed Indonesian (or Javanese?), the QSO pirate band there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1745 UT June 4