** CHINA. 17660, July 12 at 1253, rock songs in English, something you might
expect from VOA Korean but not // 11990. So it`s really the still site-unknown
CNR8 ``Ethnic Minority Radio`` in Korean (CNR8 also applies to separate Kazakh
and Mongolian services). And a Korean announcement at 1259. 17660 is not as
strong as usual, and virtually the OSOB, tho some of the 17705 CNR1 jamming
against India is JBA. Unusually, none of the EAST TURKISTAN CRI channels are
audible: 17560, 17630, 17650, which are normally there on 16m if nothing else.
17660 must come from eastern China, on the Asian side of the pole, while
Turkistan transmitters arrive via the European side of the pole; all mostly
illuminated at midsummer. K-index at 12 was 3; solar flux 120, but ``no storms``
per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6100, July 12 at
0543, no signal from RHC English, but the rest of the overkill Cuban Five are
nominal. Higher bandscan did not find RHC English on any unexpected channel,
like 11880 a few nights ago. 6100 is listed as the Bauta #3 transmitter, same
one scheduled until 0200* on 11760. Possibly in the 02-05+ break it could be
employed for spy numbers or CRI relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, July 12 at 0548 UT, Top-40 music beat, slightly
clockwise from south, i.e. XEWA San Luís Potosí; rather than the usual dominator
on 540, XETX, La Ranchera de Paquimé, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua; what`s
happened? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 690, July 12
at 0600 UT, full ID for XEN in México DF, ``100,000 watts`` a Grupo Radio Centro
station. Yes, but --- at night it`s supposed to cut to only 5 kW. I wouldn`t be
surprised if it`s more than that, as it easily dominates 690 over Cuba or
anything else, such as the open carrier from KS, KGGF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, July 12 at 0554 UT, automated timecheck
for 12:54, and 105.7 La Grande(?) ID, making 4 Hz SAH with WGN. Must have been
really said ``La Kaliente``, as this is surely still XEDE Saltillo, Coahuila.
Would-be WGN listeners can`t wait for this one to migrate to FM-only (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690-, July 12 at 0608, open
carrier/dead air instead of Hausa from VON, and same on weaker 7255- at 0610
check. Wake up! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non].
11825, July 12 at 0611, JBA carrier, and NO carrier on 13775, as Nigerian Armed
Forces Radio presumably proceeds via France --- but Europe is not propagating
tonight; K-index at 06 was 3, but ``no storms`` recently or predicted by WWV.
Indeed, the only significant good signal on 13 MHz is 13580 BBC, because
it`s via Madagascar. Before 0600 I was getting Vatican on 13765, only because
that`s really via Madagascar too. No RFI English audible after 0600 on 13725, no
Hausa on 13750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW
GUINEA [non]. 9860, July 12 at 0536, poor signal from NBC relay, play-by-play of
some SBG, and still a split-second behind much stronger // 12025. Some loggers
are just saying AUSTRALIA to avoid the controversy about whether these are
Shepparton or Brandon/Townsville. If they are the same site, one or the other,
would someone please explain why 9860 is one satellite-hop delay behind 12025?
I`m awaiting astute monitors inside Australia to apply all efforts (other than
quoting ``official`` info) to confirm whether Shep is in use for 12025 (and
probably 6075). While monitoring via remote receivers can be useful, one thing
you can`t do with them over internet is compare frequencies in real time for
satellite or other delays --- only by employing two real SW radios next to each
other!
6075, July 12 at 1251, music on very poor signal this morning, as
propagation is generally degraded except for one-hoppers on higher bands from
Cuba, USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, July
12 at 1252, fair signal with Turkish music, as the English hour from VOT somehow
squeezes thru despite depressed propagation with not much else on 19m beyond
Cuba. And it`s on correct frequency! Ivo Ivanov noted that on July 6, Emirler
failed to make the switch from previous 1120-1225 German on 13760 until 15450
came up at 1240, so the first dekaminute of English was on wrong 13760 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 600, July 12 at 0557 UT, ID
for KTBB-FM, some rock music, but it`s really a bit in `Texas Overnight`,
instead of `Jim Bohannon`, since this is a weekend, UT Sunday. Didn`t catch the
FM frequency, but NRC AM Log lists translator K236BG on 95.1, yet slogan as
``NewsTalk AM 600/95.7 FM``. ?? WTFDA database shows no Tyler on 95.1 or 95.7,
and no K236BG. Instead the ``FM`` of KTBB 600 is: 250 watt translator K239CB,
95.7 in QUITMAN TX which is about 30 miles NNW of Tyler.
I was of
course, re-rechecking for KSJB ND on 600, but still no sign of it, allegedly
back on full 5 kW power with rebuilt antenna system (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880-CUSB, July 12 at 0557 UT, SRN News
headlines, 0559 UT ID ``You`re listening to the Western Indian Radio Network,
KHAC, Tse Bonito``, and weather info for Rez spots in NM and AZ; all in English.
See http://www.westernindian.net/
--- Yes, still no modulation on LSB, just USB plus carrier. Hard to believe it`s
on 430-watt night power rather than 10 kW day power, non-direxional both.
Sibling station is KTBA 760, 250/60 watts U1, Tuba City AZ; is it //? Maybe not:
NRC-AM Log shows 760 is // 104.9 KWIM, which is back in Window Rock AZ next to
Tse Bonito NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
despatched at 1530 UT July 12