** ALASKA. 9655, July 2 at 1032, weak KNLS amid English hour, tough copy with
ACI on both sides from somewhat stronger Sino-Chosun transmitters, but a clear
enunciator is praying to a father; just my luck not to catch them during a
secular segment. KNLS website undated, quoted by Australian DX News, says they
are not fully operational yet, using one transmitter and one antenna for all
broadcasts. Aoki shows 100 kW at 285 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11735, July 2 at 1038, live YL DJ in Brazuguese with
:37 timecheck, addressing her ``família da rádio``, fair signal, some music,
joined by OM announcer. No sign of VOK, allegedly scheduled here too this hour
in English as well as R. Transmundial, at 08-02 per Aoki 50 kW, 60 degrees from
Santa Maria-Camobi. And I never hear it in the 01-02 period. At 1042 there is
some weak music mixing with ZYE858, not sure if part of its own background or
North Korea (which later this morning owns 11735).
11725, July 2 at 1038,
having heard 11735, I seek the allegedly reactivated R. Marumby, and attain only
a JBA carrier. Daniel Wyllyans in MT had reported it on June 16; and ntt aktuell
says it came back June 9 // 6080 and 9515, part of the Sistema Iensen de
Comunicação, in Curitiba PR, a.k.a. Rádio Novas de Paz, which is only how Aoki
lists it at 08-21. ntt says the website mentions 730, 6080 and 9515 only. 11725
is not in WRTH 2015, even as inactive, but the latest National update mentions
11725 testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non].
ChiCom jamming morning of July 2:
17665, Thu July 2 at 1309, CNR1 jamming
vs BBC Uzbek via Oman, this semihour only on Sun/Thu/Sat; same as on 17705 vs
AIR in Chinese with Saudi Arabia in the way too
15115, July 2 at 1329,
Firedragon! All-musical jamming is primary atop, but CNR1 also vs VOA Chinese
via Thailand, as the hyper-paranoid ChiCom just can`t bear to let in anything
possibly contrary to the Party Line
15265, July 2 at 1332, CNR1 jamming
making het against always off-frequency Taiwan; no Firedragon here. At 1353,
CNR1 echoing from more than one site
15555, July 2 at 1349, CNR1 jammer,
poor, vs JBA carrier on 15552, no doubt V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN
15535,
July 2 at 1350, CNR1 jammer, very poor, vs JBA carrier on 15537, no doubt V. of
Tibet via TAJIKISTAN
15275, July 2 at 1353, CNR1 jammer alone. This hour
only, daily target is RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan per Aoki
17760, July 2
at 1402, CNR1 jammer, good with slight SAH, which this hour only would be from
victim VOA Tibetan via Thailand on Sun/Tue/Thu/Sat and this is Thursday (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, July 2 at 0525, RHC
English on this frequency is *much* weaker than the others, as usually the case
now; strongest is 6100 with 6060, 6000 close behind. The A-15 original schedule
from April shows in the 05-07 period:
6060 A1 100 kW Bauta to Nueva
York
6100 A7 100 kW Bauta to San Francisco
6165 A10 100 kW Bauta to
Chicago
6000 A4 250 kW Titán to Wásh DC
Exact azimuths aren`t given
but the 6100 San Francisco beam should be closest to us, with Chicago 6165
second best, instead of last; so have they swapped them around, or running 6165
at low power? We should also check if 6000 is really out of synch with the
others. Further anomalies:
15705-15755 approx., July 2 at 1311, RHC
Spanish bigsig on 15730 is splattering out to plus/minus 25 kHz. This is Bauta
1, supposedly 100 kW on A4 antenna toward Rio de Janeiro, but plenty plenty
USward
15010, July 2 at 1330, RHC Spanish, fair but readable signal,
which is a leapfrog mixing product of 15730 over 15370 another 360 kHz lower.
Don`t think I`ve heard it here before. 15370 is 100 kW Bauta-4 on antenna-8 for
San Francisco
16090, July 2 at 1331 is theoretically where the reverse
leapfrog of 15370 over 15730 should land, and I do get a JBA carrier here,
only
15040, July 2 at 1354, RHC Spanish poor also here but not earlier
when I was getting 15010. That`s because the 15700 CRI relay transmitter is now
already on with open carrier: 15700 leaping over 15370 another 330 kHz lower to
land on 15040. Some complete fade-outs.
All these are on the PL-880 on
the porch with short reel-out antenna. Since they are still heard weaker with
receiver attenuation I think they are genuinely transmitted. Huge fundamental
signals help to audiblize mixing products, many, many dB down but not
completely
11950, July 2 at 1415, RHC still running here with jazz, //
15730, 15370, 15230, 9640, while 13740 and 11860 are off. Bauta-3, 11950
ex-11760 is the sole midday frequency staying on at 15-18, same parameters as at
11-15 UT, 100 kW non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, July 2 at 1027, R. Verdad is amid canned
multi-lingual ID and address spiel, Swedish into Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11730, July 2 at 0529, NHK World Radio
Japan citing entire schedule in English which is so short it will fit into one
minute if they don`t bother with relay sites, and who cares about those? Trouble
is, this precedes the French language via France at 0530-0600, and should have
been appended to the 0500 English broadcast via France on 11970 which is already
off. Switching uncoördinated making for a little-known English transmission
lacking from schedules, 0529-0530 on 11730. At 0530 Sakura and into French,
indeed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 15245,
July 2 at 1328, VOK with triumphal music // 13760 // 11710 // 9435 during
English hour, half of which are to America, half to Europe.
11735 //
13650, July 2 at 1339, VOK with more music but not // the four frequencies above
since this pair are in the Chinese service. No undertones of mixing jamming
noise audible, but surely there are on at least some of them as some level
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 590, July 2 at 1101
UT, full ID from XEFD, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, ``info Rio Bravo``, atop Omaha or
anything else shortly before sunrise here at 1118 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710, July 2 at 1108 UT, super-patriotic
``Soy Soldado`` recitation again, from XEDP, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua; not
off frequency and no het. We also hear this around local midnight, 0600v UT, so
presumably circa sign-off and sign-on; or every 5 or 6 hours too? Basta (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, July 2 at 1114 UT,
``Siempre 88-9`` mentioned during national weather info from Culiacán to Mérida,
6:14 TC; plug for Oaxaca, 1116 song clip of ``Day the Music Died`` in English,
``Siempre 88-9`` again, informativo, fading. Loops SSW and I figure it`s the
usual XEOK Monterrey, but what FM is it relaying? XHM in the DF, which is an
Acir station, and confirming here also on XEOK
which
however does not show the frequency for all of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Channel A2 NTSC, July 1 at 1659 UT, fade-in
some CCI by sporadic E, including same-offset beat; 6m Es map shows opening
centered over New Mexico? and MUF 55 MHz; nothing identifiable until 1733 when I
spot the Televisa-2 net star bug in lower right, and nothing more today (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11685-11690-11695, July
2 at 0530, DRM noise, which I can`t imagine is anything but RNZI, on a former
DRM frequency but NOT on their current website schedule at this hour, where it`s
supposedly in a DRM break until 0651 M-F on 7330 (recently heard well by Walt
Salmaniw in BC). However, in alternative HFCC registrations, RAN is shown with
DRM at 0645-0800 as well as 1850-2100 when it`s on RNZI`s own schedule at
1851-1950 daily. Meanwhile, at 0530 July 2, RNZI is on AM audible to all as
usual on 11725 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK [non].
15425, July 2 at 1035 no signal from reactivated Radio Free Sarawak, nor hardly
anything else on dead band. S. Hasegawa, Japan had reported it back since June
26 at *1030-1200*.
By 1137 there is a very poor signal; by 1147 now it`s
faded up with audible talk and dramatic music; 1150 phone ringing and
interviewing someone via it, all in presumed Iban. Never caught an ID but 1158
music lasts until 1200 OC for a few seconds and off*.
See DXLD 14-47,
for news about its suspension as of November 17, 2014 due to jamming. Site now
not yet known, but had been Palauig, Radio Veritas Asia, Philippines, and
allegedly also at times Taiwan, or maybe Palau (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 13558 approx., July 2 at 1340, JBA very slow CW sending
MTI with long pauses, every 13.75 seconds, i.e. slightly more than 4 times per
minute = 55 seconds. Haven`t heard this one in a while, from Stone Mountain GA;
LWCA list puts it on 13557.54. No others audible at this time on the 13550-13570
HIFER band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF
RADIO 1779 monitoring: confirmed on webcast of WBCQ 7490, Wednesday July 1 at
2100.
WORLD OF RADIO 1780 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing, Thursday
July 2 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; good signal but lite pulse jamming audible
underneath, surging during mid-break at 1145; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:
Thu
2100 on WRMI 7570
Fri 2130 on WRMI 15770
Fri 2130.5 on WRMI 7570
Sat
0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Sat 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio
7265-CUSB
Sat 1930v on WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 0315v on WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun
2100 on WRMI 15770
Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580
Mon 0300v on WBCQ 5110v Area
51
Mon 0330 on WRMI 9955
Tue 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 on Hamburger
Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wed 1430 on Hamburger
Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
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(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1080, July 2 at 1130 UT, I
happen to be tuning across KRLD Dallas when there is a momentary glitch during
traffic report, corresponding to the official July sunrise time for pattern
change from broad cardioid at night nulling toward Hartford to non-direxional
day; no difference in reception here. July SR/SS are 1130/0130 UT; August:
1145/0115 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 17590,
July 2 at 1212, poor-fair talk in Italian. Must be Vatican Radio, certainly not
Rai – yes, scheduled daily 1200-1220, following on Fridays only, English at
1130, both direct from SMG. At 1220, turns over 17590 to the Islamic Republic of
Iran for an Indonesian hour; how ecumenical a frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1825 UT July 2
