** 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