** CHINA [non]. 11855, Nov 16 at 0715, fair signal in Chinese, but unsounds
Mandarin, so Cantonese? No, scheduled as (Mandarin) Chinese from CRI via ALBANIA
at 310 degrees right toward us, but at this wee hour, presumably intended only
for NW Europe; het from R. Aparecida, BRAZIL, off-frequency circa 11856.2
getting creamed by this at 07-09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. Morning of Nov 16, RHC is finally implementing the B-15
frequency changes, from tentative schedule as in DXLD 15-43.
At 1421
bandscan Nov 16, RHC Spanish found on: 9550, 9640, 9710, 9820, 11760, 15370,
17580, 17730, 17750. NOT found any longer on 11860, 11950, 13740, 15730. New
ones are: 9710, 17580, 17730 and 17750.
At 1504 and 1525 chex, of the
on-ones above, these are now off: 17580, 9710, 9550. 16m is new in the mornings:
17730 is very good, 17580 good, and 17750 fair with hum. The single frequency
scheduled to stay on midday is now 11760 at 12-19.
Watch out for 11670
to replace 11760 at 1900 in Arabic, 1930 in Creole, 2000 in English, 2100-2130
in French, aimed, where else? CHICAGO! And blocking access to All India Radio
all across North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
JAPAN. 9760, Nov 16 at 0711 tune-in, immediate ID in American English, ``No
matter where you are, this is RN2``, and into a song, fair signal. I.e. JOZ7,
Radio Nikkei 2, which is nominally in Japanese, per Aoki at 23-08, 50 kW, 50
degrees from Chiba-Nagara, suitable for North America. By this time after 4 pm
JST, JOZ6, 6115 is also audiblizing, same power and beam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. RF 2, Nov 16 at 1648 UT, my long-hours
monitoring for sporadic E openings pays off again, way off-season, with signs of
NTSC video. By 1653 I see a full-screen INFO 7 ID, so it`s XHTAU, Tampico,
Tamaulipas; 1654 ad for SEARS (``say-ARSE``, but no audio MUF yet). 6m Es map
now shows two contacts: TX to IN, and shortly, XE2 northern Mexico to Indiana
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 16 at 0713,
Brother Scare via WRMI is inbooming, contrary to 3.5 hours earlier when 9955 was
very poor S7. Makes one wonder if 9955 really stays on the 160 degree beam at
all times, but maybe just a propagational fluke. Some other late nights, it`s
almost inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 1659 UT November 16
