** ALBANIA. 9855, March 28 at 2358, R. Tirana IS and off, no QRM at end of
Albanian hour to N America. Afterwards, a JBA carrier, presumably IBB Kuwait
and/or Chicom jamming scheduled for following hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, March 30 at 1359:30 Bangladesh
Betar IS is very poorly audible, and 5+1 mis-timesignal ends at 1400:25.5.
15505, also March 31 at 1359 one play of 10-note IS is VP, before
mis-timesignal ending at 1400:27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BELARUS. {not a log, yet, but in case you haven`t heard ---}
11730, R. Belarus, is allegedly having its SW, MW and LW transmitters closed
down permanently at local midnight, 2100 UT March 31. I never have any luck
hearing this but will try one last time. On Thursdays, 2000-2020 in Spanish,
2020- in English normally until 2200, and // 11930 which no way is going to make
it past Cuban jamming and Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD [and non]. 6165, March 29 at 0548, can still
detect another slightly offset carrier under RHC, presumed RNT. Also March 30 at
0546, fast SAH from understation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 7405, March 30 at 0550, wall of noise jamming
against nothing, since R. Martí no longer uses this frequency overnight. It is
on 7365, which is atop lite pulse jamming, normally reserved for standby
situations.
11930, March 30 at 0557, mixed in with the wall-of-noise
jamming against nothing are those irregular beeps again, this time only two at a
time, the first one longer, i.e. like N in Morse code. Then some are strung
together like C in Morse. With BFO, pitches change as they are slightly
displaced away from 11930.00. 11930, March 31 at 0642, I am again hearing some
N`s amid noise.
13605, March 31 at 1423 RM VG with no jamming,
wall-of-noise still stuck on ex-frequency 13820; other RM frequency 11930,
however, is totally buried in jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 17630, March 31 at 1407, CRI English
discussing how to prevent suicides in Beijing subways, S9 with deep fades, so is
it Urumqi or Bamako, MALI? Yes, once again this A-season, both are registered at
14-15 on 17630, but I`m sure I`m getting Urumqi, while other list-loggers will
imagine Mali. At 12-14 it`s only Urumqi, and at 15-16 it`s only Bamako (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GOA. 9810, March 30 at 1241, OK
carrier but modulation is a big motorboating sound, off at 1243. Not bleed from
9805, no jamming yet against Martí. I bet it`s the defective transmiter in GOA:
yes, HFCC shows 250 kW, 120 degrees from Panaji at 1100-1245 in Tamil and Telugu
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 11705, March
29 at 1406, NHK World Radio Japan, good at S9+10. A-16 English schedule shows
several changes; from HFCC:
0500, 5975 UK, 11970 France
1100, 11695
Singapore [new time] (+Fri only token DRM 9765 UK)
1200 broadcast is
GONE!
1400, 11705 Palau, 15735 Uzbekistan
1800, 9755 South Africa
1930,
9645 Japan, 9710 Vatican [NEW time]
11705, again March 31 at 1418, S9-S6,
about transmitting Korean culture to Japan; JBA carrier on 15735 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5935,
March 31 at 1355, very poor signal, talk maybe in English, as expected on
Thursday from Sea Breeze/Shiokaze, JAPAN, on new frequency ex-7400 as first
reported by Ron Howard. Still a carrier at 1401, as there may be some extended
broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non].
11600, March 30 at 1346, Denge Kurdistanye with Kurdish talk, 1350 some music
plus hum, 1359 music, 1400 back to talk; 1416 still talking with hum, and S9 to
S9+10, compared to S8-S9 at tune-in; still much weaker than 11860, YEMEN [non],
S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
MADAGASCAR. 9535, March 28 at 2335, usual poor signal from RHC, but maybe there
is some CCI under it, the otherwise yet unconfirmed Chinese hour of MWV, 55
degrees to E Asia.
9600, March 28 at 2359, JBA carrier, cuts off and on
and off and on, apparently stays from 0001.4 March 29, 0003 very poor talk
audible. Presumably MWV English hour to central Africa in middle of their night,
but much weaker than their other broadcasts I am monitoring. Also March 30 at
0037, JBA carrier and traces of talk.
David Kernick, UK, heard it much
better March 31. It seems this hour identifies quite differently from the others
in English as ``African Pathways Radio`` -- ``Madagascar World Voice was
observed signing-on at 0000 UT on 31 March 2016 on 9600 kHz, as follows: "From
the beautiful region of the Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station [I take
that capitalisation from references on the KNLS website "What's Going On?" page]
This transmission starts in one minute". After promised minute of the 'Chariots
of Fire' IS (as used by KNLS) came their signature tune and introductory
announcement: "From the top of the world and from the beautiful region of the
Indian Ocean, this is Your New Life Station, broadcasting over the air and
online". It seems that World Christian Broadcasting's new station identification
varies according to language and target area``.
17640, March 29 at 1800,
sufficient signal in English, excited host about first week on air, thankfully
brief vuvuzela blast from African Pathways Radio.
17640, March 30 at
1857, sign-off announcement mentions only this 18 on 17640 and 04 broadcast on
9480, which we have found to be duplicates, as the other English broadcasts are
not from ``African Pathways``; brief OC and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non non]. 17765, March 29 at 1917, Brother
Scare is S9+40 here, and also on 17815 only S9+10, and one second ahead of
17765, so two different sites? No, HFCC A-16 shows both as WHRI. They replace
17530 and 17610 in B-15. Full span registered to these, not necessarily all in
use: 17815 at 19-21, 250 kW at 85 degrees; 17765 at 18-22, 250 kW at 315
degrees. Meanwhile, BS also on 17790 WRMI, S9+10 but very undermodulated. At
2022 recheck, 17815 is off, 17765 still on and 17790 also off, early (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI
** SPAIN. 17855,
March 30 at 1900, REE is VG at S9+30, timesignal and discuss in Spanish English
league football (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non].
15553, March 31 at 1358, JBA carrier, smax of yet another frequency change of
Voice of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN, and/or ChiCom jamming. I bet Ivo has it in his
latest update – yes, as of March 31:
1345-1400 on 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg
to CeAs Tibetan
1400-1415 on 15553 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs
Tibetan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450.053,
March 30 at 1245, very poor signal with trace of modulation, i.e. VOT on A-16
frequency allegedly in English, and yes, like ex-12035+ an hour later, this one
is also off-frequency high. By 1309 has improved to S1 during music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9650, March 29 at 0150,
0200, 0255 and 0320 chex, NO signal from BBCWS in English, as heard the night
before, so evidently it was a mistake (by SENTECH? Or a test, from Woofferton?).
But it had happened before, as reported by Mark Taylor, WI in the NASWA
Flashsheet: ``9650, UNKNOWN. BBC, 0157, 3/21/16. Series of promos for BBC, Time
pips, teaser for "Forum" program, news; QRM from likely Turkey in SS under.
Fair`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 17530, March 31 at 1408, S9+20 steady open carrier, no doubt Greenville
testing before 1700-1830 broadcast in English as now scheduled, so now we do
have a chance at excellent VOA reception off the back at midday. 17530 had been
occupied by WHRIBS in B-season. Besides 1700-1830 via GB, VOA is also using
17530 from other sites at 1300-1700, 1830-1930, and again GB in French at
1930-2030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15630,
Tue March 29 at 1922, African language good signal until 1930* ``VOA,
Washington`` ID and off. HFCC shows this is Tigrigna, 300 kW at 126 degrees from
Woofferton UK, M-F at 1900-1930, following daily 1800-1900 Amharic, and M-F
1730-1800 Oromo. Why can`t they say ``VOA, Woofferton``?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1818 monitoring:
confirmed Mon March 28 at 2335 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, slightly on the lo side. Also
confirmed Tue March 29 from 2329:43 on 9329.95-CUSB. This almost daily
transmission is habitually starting a bit before 2330 now. (By 0015 recheck
during Blalock the Blaster, has drifted up to 9329.985.)
Also confirmed
Wed March 30 from 1315:32 on WRMI 9955, sufficient, no jamming. A couple seconds
of music intervened after the gh ID at 1315:00. Also confirmed Wed March 30 on
WBCQ webcast, between ID and start of WOR at 2100, a bit of noise and sounds
like the words ``I`ve yet``. Also on 7489.91 at 2128 check, but very poor now in
noise level. (At 2329 recheck during `The Next Chapter`, drifted to 7489.83.)
WOR also confirmed Wed March 30 after 2330 on 9330.00-CUSB.
Tim Gaynor`s
low power station in NSW, Unique Radio on 3210, has added WORLD OF RADIO, four
airings each weekend as included below.
WORLD OF RADIO 1819: ready for
first airings Thu March 31 and confirmed at 1152 on 9955, S9+10:
Thu 1130
WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5
WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR
6190-CUSB to SW [ex-0730]
Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210
Sat 1400 Unique
Radio 3210
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [ex-1530]
Sat 1930v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon
0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to
WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, March 29 at 0550, WRMI again with eclectic music
concert this hour instead of BS, S9+10; 0553 Hawai`ian song.
11530, March
31 at 0645, BS is very poor but matchable to very strong 7570, and about equal
to weak 11580, so for A-16, WRMI has resumed 11530 after experimenting with it a
couple weeks ago, replacing 11920? Yes, per sked grid dated March 27, 11530 is
#4 at 22-12 UT including 00-01 Taiwan in Spanish, 01-02 Fámily Radio in Spanish;
elsewhen nothing but BS and paired at 12-22 UT with day frequency 17790, both at
160 degrees (the other Taiwán relay hour is 03-04 on 5985).
9955 &
11580, once again March 31 at 1416, both with music instead of BS (who is on
11565, etc., etc., etc.) and not the same music: 9955 in Mideastern at the
moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7489.87-AM, UT
Wed March 30 at 0016, on WBCQ, TimTron is hosting a show explaining how
frustrating grinding crystals can be, which he has had to do for new frequency
5130 ex-5110 in ``transmitter-2``. Apparently there are two of those, or two
exciters, BC-610 and FT-243. As I have wondered, why not use frequency
synthesizers? He says, KISS, xtals require one tube or transistor, rather than a
rack or even a room of equipment.
He also hopes to get 3250 up soon,
like in two weeks. He was working on it Saturday, but the Q was too low, leading
to risk of harmonic radiation; fixing that. Had high voltage flashover problems,
would not work, so he quit for the time being.
Trying to do call-in, but
phone wouldn`t work at first since it was still forwarding to Allan in Florida.
Unclear whether this was really live or a playback but scheduled for UT Wed
00-01 is an Allan Weiner Worldwide repeat. 0100 cut abruptly to Brother Scare,
so probably a playback (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
9275, March 29 at 1920, no signal from WMLK, while neighbor 9265 WINB is S8.
Seems reactivated WMLK is appearing less and less; why bother at all with
sesquidecade-old stuff? Because that doesn`t stop lots of other gospel huxters
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15555-USB, March 29 at
1931, usual sole gospel huxter John Hill, defunct, on WJHR. Haven`t noticed it
for some time, unsure whether irregular operation or skip has been too long
beyond Milton FL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7250
// 6070 // 3975, March 30 at 0548, Latinish mass from Vatican Radio now audible
on all three, azimuths respectively 26, 326, 330, continuing to collide
unnecessarily with CFRX 6070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4766.0, re the unID carrier I have logged several
times, we can forget about it as a broadcaster. Ron Howard
reports:
``4766.0, strong open carrier at 1144 on March 28. Jim Young
(Calif.) informed me today "Have been listening to this O/C for hours this AM
while working. Ever-so-often, I hear the tell-tale RTTY come on --- very
infrequently! Still at 1436." Thanks to Jim for solving the mystery! Afraid I
did not have the patience to listen to this OC for hours (Ron Howard, Asilomar
State Beach, CA, Etón E1, antenna: 100' long wire, dxldyg via DX LISTENING
DIGEST)``
Walt Salmaniw, BC, adds on March 29: ``More on the mystery
4766. I'm hearing it for hours after LSR. It seems identical to the signal on
3287. I now think it's from this side of the Pacific. 100% not India. Way too
strong. That's it from Masset! 73, Walt`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1819, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11460-USB, March 30 at 1312,
presumed Indonesian QSO pirate with some vocal music off and on, 1313 sounds
like country song in English. 1317 another song fragment, 1324 C&W still,
and 1343. Meanwhile others less musical are at neat 5-kHz intervals as if these
channels are well-planned: 11405, 11410, 11425, 11440, 11450. And everyone is
on-frequency making for easy tuning at 1- or 5-kHz steps.
More of this on
March 31 at 1410: 11425 stands out, with pileups of competing vocal noises, some
verging on singing past 1414, 1425. Others active on 11405, 11410, 11415, 11440,
11450, 11455, 11465-music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report dispatched at 1908 UT March 31
