Glenn Hauser logs October 30-31, 2015

** ALBANIA. R. Tirana is testing 7470 for three (two?) nights instead of 7425, following my urging, to avoid Greenville intermodulation and adjacent jamming interference. Reports of course wanted. 

7425, Oct 31 at 0228, Vatican Radio theme music is clearly audible here as well as on fundamental 7305. This may have been closing, as they were already off at 0239 instead of 0245. It seems this transmission sometimes runs 30, sometimes 45 minutes.

7470, Oct 31 at *0230:04, R. Tirana open carrier on, off, on; 0231 IS once and standard sign-on still mentioning 7425 (tho sounded more like 7426, maybe due to a fade/distortion). Signal on 7470 is S9, but so is the storm noise level; this is not a good night for SW reception in general. But 7470 is now FREE of any man-made interference, and so are adjacent frequencies, nothing on 7465 or 7475, 7480; weak station on 7460, and strong station on 7490. 

Comparing to other European signals on 7 MHz band: 7340, RRI Romanian is S9+20, but that is still not strong enough to overcome the noise level. 7395, RRI in French is better at S9+30. These are of course much stronger transmitters and antennas. R. Tirana goes to music at 0240. So of course, I recommend that they stay on 7470.

Alan Roe reports: ``Fair to good reception here (outside the target area) at sign-on 0230 with good signal strength - conditions a little noisy and some deep fading, but otherwise OK with no QRM. It's a stronger signal than I hear at 2100 for the European transmission.

Alan Roe, Teddington, UK.``

Wolfgang Büschel monitored the same with all these details, but doesn`t say anything about interference, so we assume there was none either, which is the reason for the move:

``Dear Drita, here is a report of your Radio Tirana English language transmission to the states in North America, USA, Canada and Mexico / Cuba, on October 31, 2015, at 0227 to 0258 UTC, on a frequency of 7469.981 kHz exact footprint, measured on the remote SDR software defined radio unit at New Jersey unit post on eastern US coastline

next to the Atlantic Ocean.

Signal strength was mostly at S=9+15dB to +20dB signal strength,

latter in signal peaks. Very little audio BUZZ heard accompanied

of 100 / 200 Hz origin main power. Main powerful audio bandwidth was visible at 2.2 kHz wide, the total bandwidth 5.4 kHz of the Shijak signal.

At 0227 UT heard a first attempt to start the transmission, heard a 2 second lasting Radio Tirana pause signal.

At 0229:06 the Shijak transmitter started again, short transmission ended at 0229:52.

At 0230:07 TX Shijak started again, noted Radio Tirana Identification and piano interval heard, followed by Identification read and spoken by the female lady presenter. Followed by male newscast reader of Radio Tirana news from 0230 onwards.

See the attached screenshot of the SDR software screen of 0238,

and listen to the recorded audio file of 0231 to 0237.

At 0256:40 final Radio Tirana interval signal noted again til 0257:49,

when the Shijak transmitter switched OFF. regards de Wolfie in Stuttgart Germany.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 7220, Oct 30 at 0545, CCI between Romanian and something else. It`s the same collision every B-season; doesn`t it bother anyone in Eurasia? RRI at 05-06 is 285 degrees for France; the other is CRI English via Albania, 140 degrees. Despite the widely disparate azimuths, SW beams are not unidirexional, and from sites not that far apart should be hard to avoid each other, at multiple angles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 9710, Oct 31 at 0243, RHC in Spanish is weaker than CCI with music, which is: CRI in Spanish via Kasghgar, EAST TURKISTAN at 01-03 (also Portuguese at 00-01) --- same collision as in B-14, which must be even worse in South America; and then there`s Iran in English to N America also on 9710 from 0320. Arnie plans to move 9710 to 6075 on Nov 16, so better enjoy CFRX 6070 while you can. At least he`s not going right on CFRX` frequency like he did before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 12070.05, Oct 31 at 0047, R. Cairo, S9 signal but suptorted in presumed Spanish

9965.2, Oct 31 at 0056, R. Cairo, S9+20 but JBM in Arabic

9860, 9720, 9315, NO signals now in Spanish nor later in English

9745.0, Oct 31 at 0243, R. Cairo, Qur`an, VG S9+25 signal but suptorted; starts at 0200

9965.2, Oct 31 at 0245, R. Cairo other Arabic faded to S9+5, JBM music

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 7300, Oct 31 at 0233, very poor signal with music, unknown language. HFCC shows its IRIB in Uzbek at 0220-0250, 500 kW, 18 degrees from Sirjan; should be better at 0250-0320 in Armenian after switch to 320 degree azimuth, more USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 9895, Oct 31 at 0244, Qur`an fair at S6. HFCC shows it`s IRIB in Arabic, 0230-0530, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan --- so look out for this frequency to jump up or down a kHz or two like 9420, 9510 did in A-15, if it`s the same transmitter. They had two but only one is accounted for on current schedules from this site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [and non]. 5980, Oct 31 at 0040, JBA carrier from R. Chaski; after 0059 joined by the BBC UAE carrier a few Hz away making double-pitch BFO het. Chaski`s portion cuts off about 0109:17*, which is 6 seconds later than yesterday at 0109:11*. Tonight I could not get a sharp timing so it may have been a semisecond earlier or later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15330, Oct 30 at 1446, S Asian language often ending sentences with -heh particles, soon at 1448 ID pronounced in English, Radio Veritas Asia. Good with lite long-path echo. HFCC shows Urdu via SMG VATICAN site at 1430-1457, 250 kW, 89 degrees. The other such relay for B-15 is: 15460 and/or? 15620 at 1500-1553 in Filipino. There are probably also some Vatican relays via Palauig I haven`t found yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 7395, Oct 31 at 0235, RRI with classical violin music, S9+30, 0238 into Romanian lesson for French; 300 kW, 310 degrees from Galbeni; also on 7340 at 0233 in Romanian at only S9+20, which is 300 kW, 307 degrees from Tsiganeshti, thus should be just as strong. Yet, RRI is as usual the strongest station direct out of Europe. We certainly hope they don`t follow thru with plan to QRT SW in a year or two (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Oct 30 at 0543, Brother Scare is very poor but // 3185, as WWRB has left the day-frequency on again tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565, Oct 30 at 1452, K6FRC part 15 HIFER beacon from Patterson CA, audible at same time as 13564, GNK from Madison WI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1797 monitoring: confirmed Friday Oct 30 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and at 2130.5 on WRMI 7570; now the latter is stronger here, and the former is fading down by 2145. Also confirmed Friday Oct 30 at 2330 on WRMI 5850, good. Next:

Sat 0730   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1530   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 0315v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 2300   WRMI 11580 to NE

Remainder are [DST unshift now]:

Mon 0400v  WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0430   WRMI 9955 to SSE  

Tue 1200   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 2200   WBCQ 7490v to WSW

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7489.9-AM, Oct 31 from 0100 I monitor the second hour (or final half-sesquihour) of WBCQ`s `Allan Weiner Worldwide`; says he prepared for it and succeeded in DXing last Saturday`s UN-Day SAQ test from Sweden on VLF 17.2 kHz. Had to go to a quiet location away from transmitters and powerlines, used an RAK-7 WW II receiver which tunes 14-600 kHz and a 100-meter longwire. So there`s your answer, that the Alexanderson Alternator has been heard in North America.

0111, mentions falling out with James Latham of Radio for Peace International, whom he had met and hosted as they had common interests, but not after WBCQ started broadcasting Hal Turner, in keeping with Free Speech; got a writeup at the SPLC site as a ``station of hate``. Now Turner back on WBCQ is calling our president ``the magic Negro``.

I believe before 0100, AWWW was // but probably not synchronized on 5109.7-CUSB, but recheck at 0122, now it`s something else, discussing video games, World of War, etc. Allan is talking about new programming including this, Fridays at 9 pm ET (henceforth 0200 UT Sats), but I couldn`t catch the name. Larry Will tells me, ``"Grogcast" is the name of the program. Tonight was the second broadcast. I am running them on the 5110 webcast as a favor to WBCQ and the program sponsors, so they can have a webcast parallel to shortwave. Regards, Lw``

`Ramsey`s Roadhouse` may be down to last five programs, but Allan doesn`t think they will quit. [Mon 7-7:30 pm ET = UT Tue 0000-0030 on 7490v]

New on Thursday nights, 5110: 

8 pm ET [0100 UT Fridays] `Just Right`

9 pm ET [0200 UT Fridays] `Listening Device` including some music

On 9330: 6 pm ET Sat [2200 UT this week, 2300 UT thence], Radio Northern Ireland; this week however about Scotland. The Mennonite show continues Wed 9 pm ET [now 0200 UT Thu]; and he also mentions `Don`s Electric Dragster` [??] without a time. 

0142 is time for benedictive prayer; a bit more conversation with Tom that Nov 5, 1990 was the final final broadcast of Radio Caroline. And Allan cryptically says he`s working on a ``new project this winter, a game-changer for free speech radio worldwide, changing the future of broadcasting, working on it in earnest``. Presumably from the Land of Fla as he doesn`t like temps below 72. 0146 chime and JIP Brother Scare on 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15610, 13830, 12050, 11550, Oct 30 at 1445, WEWN is AWOL from all possible frequencies. Radar maps show no storms in the AL area, so maybe they are mowing around the antenna farm. Propagation OK, as WWCR 15825 is even getting a sporadic-E boost, and Mother`s other SW neighbor, Mocking WJHR 15555-USB is sufficient as usual. Not rechecked until 2038, when 12050 and 15610 are on, but 13830 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15680-15690 & circa 15695, Oct 30 at 2040, WWCR scratchy spurs are audible // very strong fundamental 15825 at modulation spikes, plus and minus about 140 kHz. No doubt they are always radiated, but this path is getting a sporadic E boost, as evidenced by 10m ham maps, but not 6m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Oct 31 at 0045, S7 open carrier/dead air from WTWW-3, which Ted is again allowing to burn many kWh for nothing. Still so at 0132, S6; that`s 47 kWh so far if running full power, maybe not, and not allowing for inefficiency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9974.9, Oct 31 at 0054, KVOH is S9+25 but with humbuzz about disciples of Satan, cut at 0055 to TruNews about US in Syria, from Simon Marks, Washington correspondent. A stringer? Name sounds familiar. Yes, with Feature Story News; remember that from Global 24?

http://www.simonmarks.com/ Does he not realize that being picked up by TruNews will damage his journalistic credibility?

9975.11, Oct 31 at 0245, next check of KVOH has shifted/drifted up to here on the other side of 9975, still hummy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Oct 30 at 1255 UT, Mexican music is dominant from the WSW, surely KXPL El Paso as heard also in the evening, without ever admittedly IDing itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 88.9, Santa Cruz CA via webcast, Oct 31 at 0415 UT or so, `KUSP On Site` host Robin Whitehouse says that from next week the program moves to Fridays at 7-9:30 pm PST, i.e. 0300-0530 UT Saturdays and follows another classical music show (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6145.00-USB, Oct 31 at 0035, more brazen INTRUDERS into the SWBC band, 2-way in Spanish discussing putas. Before 0100 they`ll be driven away by RRI in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0510 UT October 31

Relays this Weekend

Saturday:

07.00 to 09.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz
09.00 to 12.00 UTC, on 6190 KHz
12.00 to 16.00 UTC, on 7265 KHz

Sunday:
08- 09 UTC, MV Baltic Radio  on 7265 KHz
09- 10 UTC, MV Baltic Radio  on 9485 KHz
10- 11 UTC, Radio Waves Int  on 7265 KHz
11- 12 UTC, Radio Waves Int  on 9485 KHz
12- 16 UTC, Hamburger Lokal  on 9485 KHz

Saturday & Sunday Nights:

Mi Amigo relays via 1485 kHz every weekend from Latvia
Saturdays 21.00 - 23.00 UTC and 4 hours on Sundays 19.00 - 23.00 UTC

Radio Channel 292  Transmission schedules:

http://www.channel292.de/schedule-for-bookings/

Radio Mi Amigo Transmission schedules:

www.radiomiamigo.es/shortwave

Good Listening!

73s

Tom

Agenda DX 31/10

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Hogar, Panama 670 Khz (1954)
Radio Itatiaia AM Vale do Aço, Brasile 650 Khz (1994)
Radio Cora del Perù 4915 Khz (1983)
XEZT, Puebla, Messico 1250 Khz (1969)
Radio Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago 730 Khz (1947)
Radio Deportes, Colombia 830 Khz (1954)

Radio Tirana test 7470 khz

As a test: 7470 instead of 7425KHz - Our Director ordered from tonight, for Radio Tirana Ch.3 English Program to North America.

Please, arrange its monitoring for 3 days to see how it propagates in East-Central USA.

Thank you very much, indeed.

Drita Cico

RTSH Monitoring & High Frequency Manager 

Radio Tirana 

On 2015-10-30, at 5.23.PD, "Glenn Hauser wghauser@yahoo.com [dxld]" <dxld@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> ** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Oct 30 at 0230, R. Tirana with heavy subaudible heterodyne and co-channel interference from IBB Greenville 7305/7365 intermodulation, while 7470 remains wide open. It seems the official who must OK our suggestion is away, so waiting on that to make the change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXL ISTENING DIGEST)

Propagation News – 1 November 2015

RSGB  

October 30, 2015 

It has been another week with great HF conditions. Last weekend gave many people the chance to work DX on 10 metres in the CQ Worldwide contest.

The solar flux index stayed above 110 and geomagnetic conditions were generally quiet, especially compared with the problems we had with high speed solar wind streams last month. This, coupled with better general autumnal propagation, meant the maximum useable frequency headed past 29MHz. Many low-powered 10 metre beacons in the US could be heard in the UK, which is always a good sign. However, there was also a proton event on Thursday that may have affected polar paths.

Propagation on 10 metres to the United States, Caribbean and South America has improved dramatically, so make the most of it while it lasts.

Next week NOAA predicts the solar flux index will decline, possibly into the mid-eighties. The K-index is predicted to rise to five or six on Tuesday or Wednesday due to incoming plasma from the sun. If the prediction is correct, expect MUFs to drop and HF conditions to be poorer mid week.

As we are now in November, according to VOACAP you should be using a smoothed sunspot number of 46.4 for your propagation prediction programs.

VHF and up propagation news:

 

The first week of November looks like getting off to an unsettled start on Sunday in the far north and west, but with some promising lift conditions in the south-east of the country.

This could be the start of a good week for VHF/UHF/microwave ducting with high pressure residing over the continent for much of the time, and allowing substantial parts of the UK to couple into the action. Even the north should benefit from these quieter weather conditions later. The most likely extended paths will be towards the south into France as far as the Alps and Pyrenees, and eastwards across the North Sea to the Baltic. So it’s a good week for checking the multimode sections of the bands. SSB and CW should prove especially rewarding, and it is worth spending a few minutes getting a beacon list printed off.

If you are new to these higher frequencies, remember that cross polarisation is not a good philosophy for VHF DXing. It may be time to experiment with just a simple horizontal wire dipole, rather than struggle with a collinear.

There are no major meteor showers this week, but we have the Leonids on 17 and 18 November to look forward to.

For EME operators, next week shows falling declination and moon window length with increasing losses. There is still plenty of Moon time, with up to 15 hours of moon visibility on Monday, falling to 12 hours next Sunday where losses will be close to maximum.

http://rsgb.org/main/

QSL card from a little bit confused staff at VOA

VOA 1530 kHz, Pinheira relay in Sao Tomè e Principe, verified an electronic

report sent to letters@voa.gov, askvoa@voanews.com, letteruser@voanews.com, voanews@voanews.com, with a QSL card with wrong details and transmitter site field left blank (!)in 48 days. Only frequency was correct and the two included dates (03/29/15 and 10/25/15) were totally wrong as my report  was dated 09/11/15!. I suppose this QSL card was for another listener who instead received my verification card. If such unlucky guy is reading my message, please write me so we can exchange cards! The QSL card, kept in a big envelope, was shipped from Washington by air-mail on 25th September 2015 and was delivered to me on 30th October 2015! 

Antonello Napolitano

Test Transmissions from FEBA on Saturday 31 Oct 2015 from Sri Lanka

Test Transmissions from  FEBA on Saturday 31 Oct 2015 from Sri Lanka:

 

Time : 1330 to 1400 UTC (7.00 -7.30 PM India time)

Frequency : 9775 kHz  (31 Meter Band)

Power: 125 kW

Transmitting Site : Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Reception reports are appreciated from all listeners especially  in India and particular within South India-North East India.

Reception Reports may please be sent by email to kenneth@febaindia.org preferably by Sunday morning ie 1 Nov 2015.

Special eqsls will be issued.

Please circulate this message to others

Yours sincerely,


Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Hyderabad, India

 

Mobile: +91 94416 96043

 www.qsl.net/vu2jos

Observer SW News - B15 Voice of Greece

GREECE   Voice of Greece transmissions on October 30:
till 0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0700-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary^
0800-0802 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek and off
^ news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Polish,
Albanian and Italian. Today missing language - Arabic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLVLspujv4&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRu3LBjvuro&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=27U5m01NS3M&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlU3Cm5AJIk&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIK1do1dJn8&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhPOxNxmtc8&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV5o0JY1dnY&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlbemiTzeKE&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvIc76Z8yR4&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0v83y4Y-aI&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjBk72BV748&feature=youtu.be

Updated winter B-15 SW schedule of Voice of Greece. Some days the
station used 1 or 2 frequencies or no broadcast on the air. Often
the technicians don't make freq changes according to the schedule
These frequencies is not registered in winter B-15 HFCC database.
0000-0455 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
0000-0455 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
0500-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0500-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
0700-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary^ Mon-Fri
0700-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary^ Mon-Fri
0700-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun
0700-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Sat/Sun
0800-0900 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0800-0900 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
0900-1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary+ Mon-Fri
0900-1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary+ Mon-Fri
0900-1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun
0900-1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Sat/Sun
1200-1255 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
1200-1255 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
1300-2255 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek#
1300-2255 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek#
2300-2400 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
2300-2400 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
* co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur 1100-1805UT
^ 3-6 minutes news Mon-Fri in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian,
Polish, Albanian, Italian, Arabic and music between each language.
+ 2-3 minutes news Mon-Fri in Arabic, Polish 0905-0910, then Greek
+ 2-3 minutes news Mon-Fri in Serbian, Romanian, Russian 1005-1020
+ 2-3 minutes news Mon-Fri in Spanish, Albanian, Italian 1105-1115
# 3-6 minutes news Mon-Fri in English 1300-1305 and then in Greek.

Shortwave schedule of Voice of Greece by transmitters
tx#1 is off due to maintenance
0500-0700 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
0700-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary^ Mon-Fri
0700-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Sat/Sun
0800-0900 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
0900-1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary+ Mon-Fri
0900-1200 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek Sat/Sun
1200-1255 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek
1300-1305 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu English
1305-2255 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
2300-0455 on  9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
tx#2 is off during winter B-15
0400-0955 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
1000-1855 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Greek
1900-2255 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek
2300-0355 on 15630 AVL 100 kW / 260 deg to CeAm Greek
tx#3
0500-0700 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0700-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary^ Mon-Fri
0700-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun
0800-0900 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
0900-1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary+ Mon-Fri
0900-1200 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek Sat/Sun
1200-1300 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
1300-1305 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu English
1305-2300 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
2300-0500 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek

--

73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Venerdì sera in onde medie a 1359 khz

Venerdi' 30 ottobre, alle ore 19,30 circa, verra'  acceso, a Zerobranco, il tx in onde medie; ricordo la frequenza 1359  kHz.
Le prove  tecniche  di trasmissione  verranno effettuate, con alcune interruzioni (in maniera  discontinua), fino alle ore 00,30  / 1,00  ....circa.
Invito  tutti, radioamatori, swl, bcl, amici e simpatizzanti, ad accendere le radio in onde medie per dare rapporti d' ascolto.
Chi volesse puo' venire in sezione.
Buona  radio .
Federico iz3kzx , Alessandro iz3vth  e  Carlo iz3clh.

--
Roberto Rizzardi IU5FHF
Porto S. Stefano (GR) - Italy
Lat 42N26 - Long 11E07 - Locator grid JN52nk
eQSL.cc Member - SWL I0216GR - SWARL IZ5013SWL
RX: ICOM IC-R71E
Sangean ATS 909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM
RTL-SDR Newsky R820T usb tuner
SDRSharp, HDSDR, SDR Console software
TX: Baofeng UV-5R, Intek KT-210EE
Ant: Indoor self-made MW-SW 75 cm side square tunable loop
15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor wire antenna
Dual-band VHF/UHF vertical antenna without radials
J-Pole 144 MHz antenna made by IZ5TRO
Websites: http://diarioradio.blogspot.it/ - http://hamqsl.blogspot.it/
Skype - Twitter: robybenjy 

Glenn Hauser logs October 29-30, 2015

** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Oct 30 at 0230, R. Tirana with heavy subaudible heterodyne and co-channel interference from IBB Greenville 7305/7365 intermodulation, while 7470 remains wide open. It seems the official who must OK our suggestion is away, so waiting on that to make the change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DXL ISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 15345.23, Oct 29 at 2340, RAE in Spanish is good at S9+15 and as always way off-frequency; circa 0045 Oct 30 in Japanese moved to around 11710.6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11934.94, Oct 29 at 2343, Portuguese prayer, very poor S4 from Rádio RB2 presumably relaying Aparecida. 

11925.0, Oct 29 at 2342 looking for possible reactivation of R. Bandeirantes, but only hear weak Chinese, on-frequency and with bleed from 11930 Cuban jamming. 0042 Oct 30 recheck, just a JBA on-frequency signal and no more jambleed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 15190.1, Oct 29 at 2338, R. Inconfidência, as usual off-frequency plus, very poor S3 with music, now liberated by absence of WRMI; too bad its signal is so weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 800, Oct 30 at 0034 UT, ad for Kehlwindows.com, weather in Celsius, but also 45F now, i.e. CKLW Windsor Ont. Vs KQCV OKC. Sometimes CKLW is there, sometimes not at all. It does have two different day & nite minor lobes to the southwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 6010.3, Oct 29 at 2359, music marred by stuttering continuously, rather like fingers drumming on a lower lip. Not // 15190.1 Inconfidência, so presumably LV de tu Conciencia. Then Oct 30 at 0002, I find the same sound on the other HJDH, 5910.1, Alcaraván Radio, plus ``running-H2O`` ute QRM at times. Maybe it`s a defective studio-transmitter link (FM, or internet?) from Bogotá to Puerto Lleras. They are both around S6 to S7. 0053 UT recheck, 5910.1 is still wobbly, and 6010.3 seems deadair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 12070.0, Oct 30 at 0040, R. Cairo is S8, suptorted, in Arabic? Only other frequencies found are:

9964.55, R. Cairo, Oct 30 at 0054, Arabic music, S9 but undermodulated; by 0231 this is fair signal but dead air

9745, Oct 30 at 0231, Qur`an on very good signal and sufficient modulation, double-sideband plus carrier

9860 & 9315, not even carriers before or after 0200, where English has been registered. Third possibility, 9720 is a JBA carrier at 0235, likely something else.

It seems the English SW service to N America has been dropped, not heard for a few weeks now. It is however, available on the web, as first reported UT Oct 29 by Bruce F in New York to the DXLD yg:

``Radio Cairo's 0200 UT English Program On-Line --- I have heard this English language program transmission with good quality sound at the following link, despite the fact that it is labeled (in Arabic) as the Farsi Service:

http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=Faressy&ChnName=10

The link works for the 0200-0330 UT broadcast in English. I've noted it before 0200 in Spanish. I'm nearly certain it's a live feed, but haven't found it on my radio to compare the two. The frequency may have changed with the new broadcasting season - it was on 9315 kHz.

Right now - Friday Oct 30, 2015 at 0208 UT, the English service from Cairo is online at their "Swahili" link:

http://www.egradio.eg/radio.php?PubPnt=ElSawaheely&ChnName=9

So it's not always on the same link. Last night it was at the "Farsi" link. Bruce`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, Oct 29 at 2336, very poor S4 signal with preaching in Spanish, mentioning ``el Señor`` every few seconds, i.e. the so-called ``pescador predicador`` allegedly circa Nicaragua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-USB, Oct 30 at 0004, S9 pirate with heavy strumming, then vocal; 0010 it`s S9+10 as Dick Weed has a sidekick describing an app they have to use after propagation fades out. Next tune to be ``Remove the Head``, by Bile (??), on Radio Free What-Ever. Still going at 0039, discussing selling T-shirts online, only one so far despite several refreshes; 0055 next check is off. Many more logs of this:

http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,24155.0.html

including Dick Weed himself: ``Find us continuing the show on http://www.mixlr.com! look for "djdickweed" and you got RFW streaming to you!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.70-AM, Oct 30 at 0006, ``Bicycle Built for Two``, and big band music of that era; 0013 ``Germany Calling, Reichsender, in 31 meter band, Germanycalling@gmail.com``. Time warp as except for the e-mail address sounds like it`s from four-score years ago. Not as strong as RFW on 6960; 0018 repeat same canned ID, I think, which also mentions Hamburg, Bremen and maybe a D- callsign; ``Deutschland Über Alles``, as NA, but the lyrix sounded different, maybe a further verse, ending at 0020:40* and off the air. Many other logs of this:

http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,24157.0.html

Wish I had tuned in earlier. Hallowe`en weekend should be a pirate festival (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Oct 30 at 0058, one carrier here, S6, 0059 joined by a second one on slightly different frequency, best detected with offset BFO making a double-pitch het. The first one is Chaski, and the second is the spoiler BBC Hindi via UAE. One of them, Chaski, autocutsoff at 0109:11*, restoring a single-pitch het, UAE. Altho I logged a similar situation on Oct 25, the last precise timing was 7 nights ago, in A-15 on Oct 23 until 0108:25.5*, or 45.5 seconds earlier: average slippage thus being 6.5 seconds per, close to ``on schedule`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Oct 30 at 0028 UT, tell-tale het from 2000 kW BSKSA Duba upon 1520.0 KOKC OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Oct 29 at 1853, S8 open carrier, REE about to broadcast to North America; 1903 sufficient with `24 Horas`. A higher band would be better, and before 1900 on weekends from 1500, a higher band is necessary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 29 at 2330, V. of Turkey back on winter frequency and time, amid English to North America, reads ~S9 but noisy. 2344 already signing off with full English schedule in jumbled order, music and IS; still playing at 2358 recheck but off by 2359, avoiding putting German on this air as sometimes reported. 

Meanwhile, my nearest streetlite ignites with a wideband RF noise burst at *2347; it`s cloudy so with a clear sky at sunset, it would be a bit later triggering the photocell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1797 monitoring: confirmed second SW broadcast, Thursday Oct 29 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, now quite good, aimed toward us and not absorbed so much as in summer. (Meanwhile, 7490 WBCQ had something else.) Also confirmed UT Friday Oct 30 at 0100 on WBCQ 9330.1-CUSB, S9+25 (from next week: 0200). Next this week:

Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE

Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW

Fri 2330   WRMI 5850 to NW

Sat 0730   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1530   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 0315v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 2300   WRMI 11580 to NE

Remainder are [DST unshift now]:

Mon 0400v  WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0430   WRMI 9955 to SSE  

Tue 1200   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 2200   WBCQ 7490v to WSW

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, Thu Oct 29 at 2331 on WRMI, AWR Wavescan is starting, first item read by Ray Robinson about Réunion`s QSLing history, formerly on SW. Broad tuning has bad het from 5952.5 BOLIVIA, but LSB eliminates it. Then find same program on much stronger 5850 WRMI, very good signal, not synchronized, but ahead of 5950 by about a semi-minute. 5950 is the hi-angle, short-range antenna for Cuba, and that transmission is to shift one UT hour later on Nov 1; while 5850 is 315 degrees right at us to the NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775+, Oct 29 at 1425, KVOH is very slightly on the hi side compared to 11775 Anguilla on the FRG-7, much closer than the +.3 recently measured on the NRD-545. By 1852 UT Oct 29 on the NRD, however, I put it slightly on the lo side, 17774.98 or so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7504.7, Oct 30 at 0106, WRNO is on with usual preacher, some distortion and hum, strong signal. Last time I tuned, Oct 25 at 0147, it was AWOL, but not rechecked in the meantime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 790, Oct 30 at 0036 UT, ad for Hollywood-something, so could it be KABC already? No! Back to Springdale Junior High Football, i.e., usual nearby KURM Rogers AR. This is a Thursday night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Oct 29 at 1157 UT, guy speaking English with Britishish accent, loops roughly east-west --- certainly not WWL, XETAR or KFJZ, but what? Could be a preacher. Nothing listed seems to fit. Fades before 1200 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Glenn, I wonder if your 870 unidentified could be WKAR from East Lansing Michigan? It is NPR from Michigan State University and carries many BBC programs. I believe it is 10 kW daytime only (Steve Frock, KB8QHE, Springfield, Ohio, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Steve, I bet you`re right. I was not looking far enough beyond adjacent and second-adjacent states. Their schedule shows BBC Outlook until 1200 UT, and local sunrise was 1208 UT today; FCC sunrise for October was 1145 UT (Nov: 1230 UT; Dec: 1300 UT). Daytime pattern heads NNW, but rather broad without a deep null toward here. And I was also getting WNWI 1080 Chicago area a few minutes later. Tnx, (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Oct 30 at 0032 UT, mixing with the Mexican music presumably KXPL El Paso, is a station in English with a bunch of ads mentioning Arizona, including Albertson`s. Therefore it is KDUS, Tempe, 5000/500 watts U2, address in Guadalupe; a new one for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1560, Oct 30 at 0025 UT, fantasy sports discussion from Yahoo SR is blasting in S9+20 from the SSE/NNW, obviously KGOW Bellaire/Houston TX, still on day pattern to the NNE, and maybe day power of 46 instead of 15 kW night into the Gulf SSE --- which makes it a frequent DX catch in S America. 0026 UT ads for TIAA-CREF and Arizona State University (a legit school, trying for national online business, to outdo ``University of Phœnix``) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1660, Oct 30 at 0023 UT, ranchera music on east-west antenna briefly and then lost. I suppose it`s DKXOL Brigham City UT, as sunset there is about 5 minutes later. Since they are illegal, do the power down from 10 to 1 kW anyway? Maybe that would lower the fine. 

BTW, FCC is considering in an NPRM following thru on the original X-band rationale, i.e. turning off the <1600 already="" deleted="" digest="" div="" dx="" hauser="" is="" it="" khz="" kxol="" lenn="" list="" listening="" not="" now="" ok="" on="" one="" parent="" since="" station="" that="" the="" was="" which="">

UNIDENTIFIED. 6060, Oct 29 at 2355, noise blob amid which a carrier is detectable; this is not like Cuban jamming, more like DRM but narrow-band, only 2-3 kHz each side. Could be the defective Zahedan, Iran transmitter in Arabic until 0230, ex-9421v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0423 UT October 30

Solar activity forecast for the period October 30 - November 5, 2015

Activity level: mostly low to moderate
X-ray background flux (1.0-8.0 A): in the range B1.0-B8.5
Radio flux (10.7 cm): a fluctuation in the range 85-125 f.u.
Events: class C (0-15/day), class M (0-4/day), class X (0/period),
        proton (0-1/period)
Relative sunspot number (Ri): in the range 10-90

Jozef Lesko
RWC Prague, Astronomical Institute, Solar Dept., Ondrejov, Czech Republic
e-mail: sunwatch(at)asu.cas.cz
_________________________________________________________________________

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 30 - November 5, 2015

First half of forecasted week, we expect quiet to unsettled conditions.
The second half of the forecasted interval, we expect active conditions
about November 4. The active conditions may culminate by minor storm
between November 3-4.

Tomas Bayer
Institute of Geophysics ASCR
Budkov Geomagnetic Observatory (BDV)
_________________________________________________________________________

Geomagnetic activity forecast for the period October 30 - November 25, 2015

Geomagnetic field will be:
quiet on November 15 - 16
mostly quiet on November 14, 17 - 24
quiet to unsettled on October 30, November 6, 10, 25
quiet to active on October 31, November 1 - 3, 7 - 9, 11 - 13
active to disturbed on November 4 - 5

Amplifications of the solar wind are expected on November 1 - 5, 11 - 13


Remarks:
- Reliability of predictions remains reduced in present solar cycle phase.
- Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement.

Petr Kolman, OK1MGW
Czech Propagation Interested Group
(OK1HH & OK1MGW, weekly forecasts since 1978)
e-mail: kolmanp(at)razdva.cz

Agenda DX 30/10

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Tawantisuyo, Perù 6175 Khz (1948)
Radio Macarena, Colombia 5975 khz (1974)
BBC Limassol, Cipro 1332 Khz (1956)
Radio Andina, Perù 4996 Khz (1961)
Radio Moldova (1930)

Observer SW News Oct.27-29

ALASKA   Reception of KNLS The New Life Station on Oct.27/29
0800-0900 on  9615 NLS 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English tx#2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPXwutzQK0U&feature=youtu.be
1500-1600 on  9680 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Russian tx#2
1600-1700 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1
1700-1800 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 300 deg to NEAs Chinese tx#1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vm4cGSmt0I&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2VB0Mfsg9c&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=139bkYuEnbA&feature=youtu.be

AUSTRALIA    Some B-15 new frequencies of Reach Beyond Australia
from 1245 on  9695 KNX 100 kW / 315 deg to SEAs Indonesian
from 1330 on  9720 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi
from 1212 on 15430 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Rawang
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFOYoLe2r5Y&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s38OCMnUUQU&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMo6UlNisDg&feature=youtu.be

EGYPT   New B-15 frequency of Radio Cairo General Service on Oct.27:
0200-0700 NF  9745 ABS 250 kW / 315 deg to NoAm Arabic, ex 9905 B-14
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVygo5Ga65M&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE   New B-15 services of Radio France International
0600-0670 on  9675 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf English
0800-0830 on 15455 ISS 500 kW / 198 deg to WeAf Mandingo
1200-1230 on 21620 ISS 500 kW / 198 deg to WeAf Mandingo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=72UnujgPtac&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsOGdCf2aY&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIsOGdCf2aY&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxTPiOqwrv8&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE(non)   Radio Xoriyo with transmitter problem on Oct.27:
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr-3qLKTfa4&feature=youtu.be

FRANCE(non)   Strong signal of Eritrean Forum Medrek, October 27
1700-1800 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Tue/Sun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMBcY4KnYc8&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY   Winter B-15 schedule of Deutscher Wetterdienst via transmitter Pinnenberg
0600-0627 on  6040 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/German CUSB, please check!!
2000-2027 on  5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/German CUSB, nothing Oct.29
1200-1227 on  6040 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English/German CUSB+3 videos Oct.29
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkB5r1-G8QM&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcsiHON4708&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-TbmKXhp6A&feature=youtu.be

GERMANY(non)   BVBroadcasting on 9715 kHz via Media Broadcast from Oct.25
1800-1815 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Fri, ex MOS
1800-1815 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Sat EGN, ex MOS
1800-1815 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Sun, ex MOS
1800-1830 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Thu/Sun, ex MOS
1815-2000 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Sat, ex MOS
1830-1900 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME Arabic  Sun, ex MOS
1900-2000 on  9715 NAU 100 kW / 133 deg to N/ME English Sun, ex MOS
EGN=Eternal Good News
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqjM-h1PvBQ&feature=youtu.be

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on Oct.27/29
Oct.27
1235-1301 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
1301-1306 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu English
1306&1501 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, but no signal at 1655UT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxsBIHnAGso&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFfREGErOeY&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8icigRFFf4&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEhGQK4zQ5Q&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycTr-__NDNo&feature=youtu.be
Oct.29
from 0835 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, but no signal at 0855UT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gwJU8uaqfY&feature=youtu.be
Oct.29, again back on air
from 1230 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek
1301-1306 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu English
1306-1807 on  9420*AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, but no signal at 1855UT
* 1100-1805 co-ch China National Radio 13 in Uyghur
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjQQPrlWuN0&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozPRYa89II&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V--8MxoUV4k&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsZBAUIxXU&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjEnQ-5J9ns&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezxsOVSzZok&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEYMklodi9o&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecZXD4eioMk&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9zkSh6vTr4&feature=youtu.be

INDIA   New B-15 frequency of All India Radio on October 28:
1315-1415 NF 11560 PAN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Dari, ex 11740
1415-1530 NF 11560 PAN 500 kW / 300 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex 11740
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5njDQaYwmE&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cpu02mgXN8&feature=youtu.be

JAPAN   Weak signal of Radio Nikkei 1
from 1308 on  9595 NAG 050 kW / 064&244 deg to JPN Japanese
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Ur3NmmIMo&feature=youtu.be

JAPAN(non)   New time and frequencies of Shiokaze Sea Breeze eff from October 25
1300-1400 on  7400 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Tue Japanese, instead of Chinese
1600-1700 on  5990 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Tue Japanese, instead of Chinese
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CB_frKQUbw&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j1Xwdg-SPY&feature=youtu.be
1300-1400 on  7400 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Wed Korean, instead of Japanese
1600-1700 on  5990 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Wed Korean, instead of Japanese
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4g99s8Suac&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUwgNqZ4cWs&feature=youtu.be
1300-1400 on  7400 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Thu Korean, instead of English
1600-1700 on  5990 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Thu Korean, instead of English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQCZ3QmDss&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-meMP5mcAhk&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IznJEJFWqIo&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmhJxj36vfY&feature=youtu.be

KURDISTAN(non)   B-15 of Denge Kurdistan by transmitters:
0400-0800 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0800-1200 on  9400 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1200-1500 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1500-1700 on  9400 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-2000 on  9400 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
2000-2200 on  9400 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOSnqAaRk6Q&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOSnqAaRk6Q&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbil_S-4C_Y&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q30Wz9Cm778&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibKyHCutL3Q&feature=youtu.be

OMAN   Radio Sultanate of Oman on October 27/28:
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic, instead of English
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English, as scheduled B-15
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEN8j1VW8vM&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=coGA0yRkNIk&feature=youtu.be

PIRATE   Weak signal of Horizont FM on October 27
from 1215 on 15700 unknowun tx site to Eu English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3SbsIufs0&feature=youtu.be

NETHERLAND(non)   Good reception of Transportradio on October 29:
0900-1100 on  6095 NAU 100 kW / 230 deg to WeEu Dutch Mon/Thu/Fri
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYN5d0oF57U&feature=youtu.be

NEW ZEALAND   Observation of Radio New Zealand International:
from 0700 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / non-dir to All Pacific
from 1255 on 13840 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to NWPacific/PNG
from 1300 on  9700 RAN 050 kW / non-dir to All Pacific
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn8f51zoEI8&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwMclNs4zlI&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyc6d-um9ic&feature=youtu.be

NIGERIA   Reception of Voice of Nigeria on October 29:
0600-0700 on 9689.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf Hausa
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CAB8Z1kM6s&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhe4zNi34a4&feature=youtu.be

SECRETLAND(non)   Updated schedule of BVBroadcasting via Secretbrod
1700-1800 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Farsi, ex 1630-1800
1700-1715 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic Dardasha 7
1715-1745 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic Tue
1715-1800 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME Arabic Mon/Wed/Fri
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZjw4Abdp_I&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vl41paPSWo&feature=youtu.be

SWAZILAND   New B-15 frequency of TWR Africa in Amharic, Oromo and other:
1630-1800 NF 11660 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAf, ex traditional 11700 kHz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRI_j9utOM&feature=youtu.be

TANZANIA   Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation at 18UTC on October 29:
from 1800 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili, not English
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXAaipv2cYM&feature=youtu.be

U.K./FRANCE(non)   Radio Dandal Kura and Manara Radio on October 29
0700-0800 on 15480 WOF 300 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Kanuri R.Dandal Kura
0730-0830 on 15440 ISS 150 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa Manara Radio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTznNe0USnc&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7DS5hkrCA&feature=youtu.be

USA   Good reception of WHRI Angel 2 on October 29
0430-0445 on 11635^HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat
0445-0500 on 11635^HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat EGN*
0500-0600 on 11635^HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat-Thu
0500-0515 on 11635^HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu French  Fri
0515-0600 on 11635^HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Fri
0600-0700 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English TOM#
0700-0800 on  7355 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English TOM#
^ from Dec.6 change to 9830
* relay Eternal  Good  News
# relay Brother HySTAIRical
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kwfzCq5yL4&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllRtmFrmXM&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lLgxg-te98&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfyt_yCRK4A&feature=youtu.be
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNE0DUvKB3A&feature=youtu.be

--

73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

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Glenn Hauser logs October 28-29, 2015

** ALASKA [and non]. 9680, Oct 29 at 1305, pileup of CCI on the KNLS Chinese frequency, maybe in the mix, as RTI Chinese and ChiCom jamming are certainly on, and NHK Japanese is also scheduled now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9665, Oct 29 at 0621, LAH mixing Brazuguese from Voz Missionária, and sweet singing from the paradise of North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)  

** CUBA. 6055, Oct 29 at 0636, new Cuban pulse jamming is centered around here now instead of 6050, which will be somewhat helpful to HCJB and ELWA, but not to R. Nikkei, not yet audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, Oct 29 at 0634, this RHC English frequency is missing, while 6000, 6060 and 6165 remain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT [and non]. 9745, Oct 29 at 0617, S9+30, Arabic, undermodulated with some hum but not very distorted; maybe a bit of reverb on the audio, i.e. R. Cairo`s new frequency to N America at 02-07, blasting away any trace of Bahrain which has been on 9745 as its only SW frequency. 

In case there be any doubt about which is which, see if there is any LSB, because 10 kW ND from Abu Hayan, Bahrain is carrier + USB only, and should remain audible at other dayparts, further CCI permitting. 

Discounting two imaginary Indonesians in HFCC, the only other occupant of 9745 is CRI in Esperanto via Urumqi, East Turkistan at 1930-2030, but Abis, Egypt is also listed at 17-19 in Turkish, which may or may not be active here. Fortunately, R. Free Asia, and Firedrake/CNR1 jamming are no longer on 9745 at 17-21 in B-15; and Taiwan`s Guanghua zhi Sheng at 0755-2400 is x-inactive, per Aoki and Ron Howard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. Re this log: altho I did write down 13848.98 and put it twice in the report, I have a feeling I meant to make it 13849.98. Too late to recheck now as the frequency is no longer in use, moved to 9745.0 --- 

``13848.98, Oct 24 at 0243, R. Cairo Arabic, with sufficient Qur`an, slightly on lo side; while the other secular Arabic service is on 9965.10, suptorted and whining. S6 and S7 respectively, while 13848.98 has more fading. Zilch on the three possible 0200-0330 English to North America frequencies, 9315, 9720 and 9860`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 7220, Oct 29 at 0627, bit of music on VG signal, then R. Mondiale Adventiste, La Voix de l`Espérance, signing off in French, postal address in Abidjan, Côte d`Ivoire, presumably studio originating this service, also numerous social media linx. HFCC shows 0600-0630, 250 kW, 200 degrees from Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [and non]. 9675, Oct 29 at 0620, RFI`s sole English hour direct from Issoudun is audible, fair signal and lite CCI. What else is there? HFCC B-15 shows 500 kW from Saudi Arabia at 03-15, but suspect it`s wooden. Aoki A-15 reminds us of non-HFCC users which may continue in B-15: R. Canção Nova, Brasil; R. del Pacífico, Perú, both 24 hours but probably not, or inactive; and also had CNR1 from 23 to 09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** INDIA [and non]. 9620, Oct 29 at 1303, S Asian music mixing with Chinese, flutter. HFCC B-15 shows from 1215 to 1600 both AIR Aligarh and CNR Beijing. Aoki A15 showed AIR in Sindhi, and CNR2 until 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 9710, Oct 29 at 0358, RHC with SAH presumably from Voice of Justice on reactivated B-15 frequency for English to N America, foolishly chosen to collide again with Cuba. At 0400 RHC plays short version of NA at local midnite, but does not go off; instead a couple minutes of news until 0403* after which Iran is weakly audible in the clear. // 7325 for it is inaudible, really on the air? Cuba plans to move from 9710 to 6075 but not until Nov 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 3985 & 3912, Oct 29 at 1220, AM carriers with bits of modulation but heavy QRhaM, the S Korean clandestines, and/or N Korean jammers. Wolfgang Büschel heard more near 4058, Oct 14 at 1235 via SDR in Japan, which could be a leapfrog mixing product of these another 73 kHz higher --- if they are at the same transmitter site, despite Aoki listing different ones: Kyonggi-do Koyang for V. of the People on 3912; Hwaseong for Echo of Hope on 3985; while the jamming is all from Kujang site in the North (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 710.0, Oct 29 at 1245 UT, `Cuestión de Minuto` seems to be title of a news segment, ID for La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc, XEDP, 710 y 89.7 FM. Using its on-frequency transmitter site at the moment, but not at all unusual to hear the low-het at night from the other site. Efemérides items, text number, weather, Chihuahua news. Believe I also heard a UT -6 TC go by, tho I would have expected UT -7 already from deep Chihuahua beyond the frontera (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Oct 29 at 0623, RNZI is VG tonight interviewing a rugby player; in fact sounds louder than 11780 Brasil. 9700, Oct 29 after 1300, RNZI also good here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 9690, Oct 29 at 0620, NO signal from VON in Hausa; must be off, as RFI English on 9675 via FRANCE [q.v.] is fairly audible over a higher, more difficult path.

7255-, Oct 29 at 0625, VON in Hausa is active on this frequency, good signal and with low audible het, indicating it is much closer to nominal 7255.00 than before. The CCI is presumably Minsk, Belarus, registered 05-08, altho I am not certain how precise its frequencies are, as they are known to put out spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 7345, Oct 29 at 0630, RRI VG signing on in English, for ``Western Europe, SE Asia and the Pacific area``, 0631 `Radio Newsreel`. This frequency is for CIRAF 27N = British Isles, but at 307 degrees from Tsiganeshti carries on perfectly well to North America for anyone who may be awake (and more of us will be from November 1) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 9610, Oct 29 at 1302, poor-fair signal with ``Radio Svoboda; Novosti``, i.e. R Liberty in Russian with news. HFCC shows this hour only is 250 kW, 329 degrees via TINIAN to CIRAF 30-33 = the southern half of Siberia from the Urals to the Pacific. So far Putin is not jamming this; just wait? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [and non]. 7325, Oct 29 at 0629, BBC in French is just closing via Woofferton, and // 7305 which is ASCENSION, but the latter continues in Hausa after a beamswitch from 27 to 55 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 17530-17540, Oct 29 at 1349, loud DRM noise, 1350 switches to AM carrier, off, back on with DRM; 1423 still DRM. Some testing, but nothing registered in HFCC. Just yesterday around 1400 on 17535 I was getting BaBcoCk in AM only with music loop and test announcements, presumed from Woofferton. Nothing in drmna yg or drmna.info about any such DRM on 17535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9610, Oct 29 at 1217, Greenville carrier is already on, prior to 1230 Vatican Spanish relay, violating Separation of Church & State --- does it really need to warm up that long? Same goes prior to the 0200 relay on 7305, 7425. Might as well modulate it with something useful, like VOA, God forbid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 6080, Oct 29 at 0634, VOA news, about Republican debate, VG over Cuban pulse jamming which is presumably spurious here, also audible when VOA is off. In B-15, VOA English morning usage of 6080 is: 03-04 via Vatican; 04-07 via SÃO TOMÉ, with a radical azimuth switch at 0500 from 138 to 20 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1796 monitoring: confirmed Wed Oct 28 at 2100 on webcast of WBCQ 7490.

WORLD OF RADIO 1797 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing at 1145 check Thursday Oct 29 on WRMI 9955, good signal but some pulse jamming audible underneath: tnx a lot, Arnie! From next week this Thursday 1130 broadcast unshifts to 1230 UT. Next for this week:

Thu 2100   WRMI 7570 to NW

Fri 0100   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE

Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW

Fri 2330   WRMI 5850 to NW

Sat 0730   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1530   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [DST unshift now]

Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 0315v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?

Sun 2300   WRMI 11580 to NE

Remainder are [DST unshift now]:

Mon 0400v  WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0430   WRMI 9955 to SSE  

Tue 1200   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 2200   WBCQ 7490v to WSW

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 770, Oct 29 at 0640 UT, `Red Eye Radio` is a full 30 seconds ahead of flagship 820 WBAP which delays it for some reason (plenty of time to hit the kill button for sensitive Metroplexians?). 770 being KKOB and/or KKOB. 

(I notice some editors delete my comments about KKOB and KKOB. Let me remind you that there are TWO KKOBs on 770, one in Albuquerque and at night one in Santa Fe, and from this angle it`s not possible to be sure which is being heard, or both. KKOB itself is no help, without any individual IDs) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Oct 29 at 1258 UT, I am paying more attention than usual to the gospel huxter here in English, since the AM Switch column in the latest NRC DX News Nov 2 refers to the St Louis market 1010 station, twice as ``KXFN`` -- surely a typo? Altho stranger things have happened in swapping calls around, a.k.a. trafficking:

``SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA)

1010 KXFN MO St. Louis – Station was placed into receivership, FCC granted receiver permission to take control of station, and receiver discovered station is not operating properly at night; applies for STA to stop night broadcasting for now.``

``Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 590 KFNS IL Wood River – Silent Nov. 12, 2014; station was placed into receivership, FCC granted receiver permission to take control of station, and silent notice has now finally given. (See co-owned KXFN-1010 above.)``

I thought the g.h. was male, but outro show as joycemeyer.org [sp?], 1259 UT ad for St Louis New Testament Church, weather, and finally at 1301 ID as KXEN (NOT KXFN). Of course a spoken ID even at hourtop does not necessarily mean it is correct; witness 1120 KETU/KEOR, and 1650 KFSW/KYHN! So I consult FCC AM Query:

Yes, as far as FCC is concerned, 1010 is still KXEN, while the real KXFN is also in St Louis, but on 1380, and they are separately owned, KXEN by BOJ Radio Enterprises LLC and KXFN by Grand Slam Sports LLC, holding that callsign on 1380 since 6/20/2012 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Oct 29 at 0659 UT sounds like M. Angelica, soon plug EWTN, insert ID for ``KRCN 1060 AM, Longmont-Boulder-Denver``. Good dominant signal which we should not be getting in the nightmiddle, 50000/111 watts U1 – guess which? Does Angelica condone such violations, in the name of God? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, Oct 29 at 1205 UT, talk in non-Russian Slavic QRMing KRLD about 6-7 Hz away. Must be the Polish ethnic station in Chicago market, address in Riverdale, WNWI Oak Lawn IL, 3/2.6 kW U2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Oct 29 at 1207 UT, gospel huxter in English with KMOX mutually nullable, but in between seems zero-beat until I detect a very slow SAH of 15/minute = 0.25 Hz, no doubt KTXW Manor TX (Austin), 5600/155 watts U4; no KEOR/KETU yet from OK. KTXW official sunrise is not until 1230 UT; November: 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1360, Oct 29 at 1232 UT, Spanish plugging Nueva Vida church in Dallas, i.e. KMNY in its ex-Money format, 50000/890 watts U4, CoL Hurst TX. Sun just rose officially at 1230 UT; November: 1300 UT.

Since keeping call despite getting religion, can we come up with a new slogan to fit? Well, evangelism is still all about money to do it; or MULTICULTURAL RADIO BROADCASTING LICENSEE, LLC could be interpreting KMNY as ``many``.  ``May Not Yell`` would be helpful too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Oct 29 I awaken at 1145 UT, so right to the DX-398 for a Trans-Pacific carrier search, starting as always with 774 which is memorized in USB offset mode --- there it is, a JBA carrier from the NW, and stronger than all the others I detect in the next few minutes: 747, 702, 693, 594, 873, 972, 1053, 1125, 1143. Back to 774 at 1159 straining to hear a trace of the NHK timesignal at 1200, but cannot. Sunrise here not until 1252 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 800, Oct 29 at 1239 UT, weak Spanish with KQCV OKC nulled as much as possible, but never completely. Suspect XEROK Juárez on greatly reduced power from 50 kW, as we know by previous webcast check it continues to be an ``800`` station altho mostly inaudible. UT -6 timecheck at 1242 UT fitting for a border city still on MDT; W&M low-key conversing but can`t pull anything locally identifiable; much weaker than 720 presumed another Juárez but fading by 1243 UT; 1249 UT brief musical segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 870, Oct 29 at 1157 UT, guy speaking English with Britishish accent, loops roughly east-west --- certainly not WWL, XETAR or KFJZ, but what? Could be a preacher. Nothing listed seems to fit. Fades before 1200 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 980, Oct 29 at 1253 UT, romantic music in Spanish, good signal looping WSW; 1254 UT non-ID like ``980, a la torre``(?), more music; fading by 1256 UT. Probably usual XEFQ, Cananea, Sonora (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9940, Oct 29 at 1214 tone test, 1215 talk in Burmese? poor signal with CCI. Does not fit B-15 HFCC which has 11-14 IBB in Bod (Tibetan) via Tajikistan; and FEBC Bocaue, Philippines only at 1430-1500 in Uighur; suspect FEBC may have expanded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1818 UT October 29

Agenda DX 29/10

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Mosca (servizio estero), Russia 7310 Khz (1929)
Radio Rioja, Perù 5045 Khz (1976)
Radio Guarani, Paraguay (19in SW) 6175 Khz (1955)

Schedule B15: Radio Tunisi International

 0803-0900 UTC german
1303-1400 UTC english
1403-1500 UTC  italian
1903-2000 UTC spanish

963 Radio Tunez Int., español.

TUNEZ 963 Radio Tunez Internacional, Tunis, 19:00-19:30, escuchada el 27 de octubre de 2015 en español, ID "Canal Internacional de Radio Tunez",locutor con presentación "con ustedes hasta las 21:00 horas", efemerides "Un día como hoy nacio el escritor murciano Azorin", música hispana,reportaje sobre el patrimonio audiovisual, noticias entre temas musicales, "novena cédula yihadista desarticulada en las últimas semanas, SINPO 33343

Jose Miguel Romero

Radio Republik Indonesia signs cooperation agreement with DRM

DRM Consortium Chair Ruxandra Obreja told a gathering of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) members in Instanbul,"We have some good news to announce tonight."

RRI and the DRM Consortium then signed a co-operation agreement that will see Indonesia test DRM transmissions across its vast archipeligo.

Radio Republik Indonesia has been considering digital radio options for some time, and this latest announcement indicates that the country may add Digital Radio Mondial transmission systems onto one or more of the national broadcaster's existing transmission installations.

No specific details of just what the co-operation agreement would entail were discussed at the announcement.

http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news/radio-republik-indone sia-signs-cooperation-agreement-drm

Glenn Hauser logs October 27-28, 2015

** ALASKA [and non]. 9655, Oct 28 at 1327, CRI English guy with distinctive voice, accent, as scheduled this hour via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, poor; despite KNLS also scheduled in Chinese, maybe lite CCI to CRI? Why in the world would a station broadcasting to China choose to be on the same frequency as CRI?? Someone in frequency planning must not be paying attention. 

I couldn`t remember what the other KNLS frequency was supposed to be this hour, but it`s 9680 also in Chinese, which in the past has been blocked by CNR1 jamming against Taiwan (but RRI domestic relay still gone?) You`d not know about anything concerning Taiwan in HFCC, where the ChiCom ban it. But it does now show NHK Yamata now on 9680 in Japanese 12-17 UT! And the only Indonesian entry is for imaginary two hours of English from Jakarta at 22-24 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Oct 28 at 0217, the Greenville-B mixture of Vatican and Martí is still audible here; at 0228, R. Tirana has not moved yet to recommended clear 7470, IS, making low audible het against GB, since Shijak is off-frequency, 7424.979, per Wolfgang Büschel the night before, i.e. 21 Hz low (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 12065, Oct 28 at 1403, the least of R. Australia`s frequencies here (but the most for listeners in Eurasia), still has CCI as another season is underway, nothing done about it by the clueless ABC management! HFCC shows RA at 09-21, vs. BBC: Singapore 1330-1430 in Bengali, Hindi; 1500-1600 Urdu; 1600-1630 Hindi via UAE; plus 1700-1830 IBRA Arabic via Woofferton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Oct 28 at 1401, open carrier/dead air from CRI relay, as often the case, from the Cuban sloppyrators. Today the English modulation does not cut on until 1402:34 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, Oct 28 at 0550, Alcaraván Radio, fair and clear with nice music, no CCI from TWR Polish via Austria, because that has now shifted one hour later to 0642-0700 M-F. But because of Colombia`s failure to protect its sole shortwave station from predators, all it has to cope with now during nightish hours, per HFCC are:

0100-0300, RRI in Romanian

0430-0500, NHK Russian via Lithuania

0645-0700, TWR Polish via Austria M-F

0900-1300, VOR Russian via Vladivostok [ha! As if that still existed]

0930-1000, VOA Radiogram, Sat only [can`t Kim find a clearer spot??]

1130-1200, CRI Filipino via Beijing

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Oct 28 at 1404, wall-of-noise jamming is still here against nothing since R. Martí moved to 13820, where it`s very strong, but now jamming is also audible underneath Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [and non]. 6050, Oct 28 at 0415, HCJB is weak as always, but now has QRM from spurious Cuban pulse jamming, as I feared when hearing it after 0500 last night. At 0549 Oct 28, after HCJB is off (but ELWA LIBERIA should be on), the jamming is quite heavy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 9710 & 7325, Oct 28 at 0415, JBA carriers only with flutter from VIRI `Voice of Justice` service in English to N America, now in B-15 scheduled on new frequencies at 0320-0420; presumably will be better when propagation improve. Like last year, 9710 will be colliding with CUBA until it`s off circa 0400; however, tentative RHC sked via Wolfgang Büschel shows that will change to 6075 but not until November 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. Re: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 7580, Oct 27 at 1252, band music at fair signal, something new. HFCC B-15 on 7580 only has two IBB services in Tibetan but at much different hours, 00-01 & 16-17. Maybe Aoki will have it once B-15 info is available``

Jean-Michel Aubier in France points out that Voice of Korea is now on 7580 at 0730-1330 in Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 17535, Oct 28 at 1355, ``test transmission`` loop medley of wide variety of music styles, including a bit of the ``BaBcoCk theme``, but the name BaBcoCk is never mentioned, just asking for reception reports to transmissiontest@gmail.com --- which are rarely answered. This is the SSOB, or at least equivalent to the only other significants, Saudi Arabia on 17615, 17705. As a matter of fact, HFCC shows nothing but Riyadh on 17535 at 12-14, obviously one of many wooden ones. The test loop is still going to 1412. It could be precursor of a new relay client, but more likely a training exercise at Woofferton as previous unscheduled appearances have been (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1796 monitoring: confirmed Wed Oct 28 at 1315 on WRMI 9955; good, no jamming audible. Next: Wed 2100 on WBCQ 7490v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 670, Oct 28 at 1253 UT, country music looping WNW/ESE, surely the AR station normally heard at SRS, but it`s supposed to be sports-talk! Soon into news bit, from ``Southwest Arkansas` News Leader, Caddo Country 98.9 FM and 670 AM``, ads for Hot Springs, Hope; 1257 another such ID with Community Calendar, plus ``from the banks of the Caddo River, in Glenwood, Arkansas, caddocountryradio.com``. Never any callsigns given; has been KHGZ, which is no doubt due to change to erase its previous ``Hog Call Sports`` identity. 

Still KHGZ, 5 kW ND daytimer, in FCC AM Query. At first I thought they were saying ``Cattle Country``, having switched mascots as well as formats! Used to be with CBS Sports Radio, but never(?) // WSCR 670 Chicago, which this late is no longer audible. 1310 UT claims ``four in a row without commercials on Caddo Country 98.9 and 670``. 

I think this is quite a recent flip; the Community Calendar on website dates back to March and September, and still has old e-mail address.

The FM is, you guessed it, a mere translator despite top billing, K255BH. On AM, in case they adhere to daytime SR/SS times, for Oct they are: 1215-2345 UT; Nov, 1245-2315 UT (but of course as we go off DST Nov 1, morning opening will *seem* to be half an hour earlier rather than later) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1100, Oct 28 at 0612 UT, `Red Eye Radio` anti-American political talk, looping NW/SE and surely KNZZ Colorado Springs CO, 50 kW *still* on ND day pattern at night; makes fast SAH with WTAM Cleveland, and KNZZ is dominant. The RER feed is also running many seconds ahead of originator WBAP 820, which must be deliberately delaying it locally (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, Oct 28 at 0603 UT, open carrier/dead air for a minute, 0604 UT ID as WCKY, ESPN 1530, more dead air, then finally fading up ESPN sports talk in progress. What a sad excuse for a once-great 50 kW radio station. I also had 1530 deadair on the caradio circa 0120 UT Oct 27 and hoped it was something more exotic than Cincinnati OH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11880, Oct 28 at 1410, good signal with dead air. Maybe Iran prior to Russian via Sirjan from 1420? But seems closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1623 UT October 28