** CUBA. 17580 & 17730, April 4 at 1317, RHCs are by far the SSOBs, but also
both with big hum and modulation breakup. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5935, Monday April 4 at
1301, YL in Chinese with typical Shiokaze piano accompaniment, S7 fading to S5,
so still getting wind of Sea Breeze from JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, April 4 at 1800-1804+, no signal from MWV,
a.k.a. African Pathways Radio. 16m is working well enough from Europe at least,
e.g. 17620 France. Here`s why, from a reply received by Wendel
Craighead:
``Henry Huffard, Host, says my QSL is on its way. But I can no
longer hear this station, and Mr. Huffard explains why. "Unfortunately, in our
fifth day of operations, a defective part shut us down - so you will not be able
to receive us now. Everything at the station is new and under warranty so it is
just a matter of getting the part to Madagascar and having it installed. We will
let you know when we resume operations."`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 6050.030, April 4 at 1305, very poor S4 signal with
music, talk, presumed Asyik FM, which recently reactivated SW. A biday ago, Ron
Howard had it on a slightly different but still plus offset: ``6050.05, Asyik FM
via RTM, 1140, April 2. Seems they have straightened out their problems and are
now back to normal transmissions; in vernacular and pop songs; singing jingle
IDs`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, April 4
until 0104:13.5* approx., new reset autocutoff time of R. Chaski, expected to
recess ~6+ seconds later per day for the next months to come. (BTW, if one could
axually hear the programming, it would be not only Red Radio Integridad, but
also Radio Transmundial via RRI via Chaski, as reported by Claudio Galaz and
Daniel Wyllyans) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U A E.
13820.127, April 4 at 1321, very poor tonal but not Chinese talk at S1, and all
the Cuban jamming has now cleared out, not even residual pulses, piling up on
13605 Radio Martí instead. So what`s scheduled now, so far off-frequency? Of
course! It`s the Dhabbaya UAE site, now with IBB in Burmese, 1230-1330, 500 kW,
85 degrees. I wonder if UAE architects and builders are any more accurate with
their skyscrapers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A
[non]. 9815, April 4 at 0517, American English report about medical news, fair
signal, so is it CRI or DW? No, really VOA scheduled via BOTSWANA at 0400-0530,
but as far as A16 HFCC knows, it`s in Kinyarwanda, not English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1819 monitoring:
confirmed Sunday April 3 after 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.0-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed
UT Monday April 3 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, and at 0324 check on WBCQ
5129.735-AM, sufficient; also confirmed at 0335 check on WRMI 9955, fair, no
jamming. Next:
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 [and non]. 9955, UT Mon April 4 at
0515, WRMI good with Mideast pop music, which seems to be regular now before
switching to Brother HyStairical at 0600. More eclectic music instead of BS or
anything else:
11580, April 4 at 1333, nice S9+10, Andean tune with
guitar, quena, and a low-pitched wind instrument – almost like a didgeridoo,
with thunder SFX at start and finish; 1337 on to a song with guitar, gutteral
Slavic-like language? 1341 quite a contrast, one of the perennials: ``Up, Up
& Away`` in English.
At 1349 it`s getting splashed from 11585, which
would be KTWR GUAM starting at 1345, despite aiming away at 290 degrees; so need
LSB tuning for WRMI. More music past 1400, and even past 1500 instead of BS. And
totally different than what`s playing on 9955.
9955, April 4 at 1351,
this WRMI is already in eclectic world music, tho programming was normal earlier
in this hour; 1359 Zanotti ID competing with ACI from 9950, Radio Free Asia
opening in Vietnamese, despite aiming due westward from Tinian; and on 9955 more
world music, for rest of hour, and still more after 1500, totally different than
what`s playing on 11580. Where`s our BS?? Everywhere else on WRMI and other US
SW frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050,
April 4 at 0028, telco-quality audio from unknown gospel huxter on WWRB, about
warfare among Christians over doctrine. No more usage of 3195? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11435-USB, April 4 at 1330, pileup
of competing talkers, presumed Indonesian QSO pirates, strongest here; also some
weak singing on 11430, and algo on 11455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15111.0-USB, April 4 at 1326, INTRUDERS, very poor
2-way, tentatively in colloquial Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17855, April 4 at 1315, JBA carrier when little but
Cuba is making it on 16m --- nothing scheduled now, but suspect REE SPAIN
testing for later broadcast starting at 1800 (when it`s loud and clear as usual
today). If one believed the lies Russia tells the HFCC, 17855 is also used by
Khabarovsk at 01-06; and CRI English Beijing has it at other dayparts (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1826 UT April
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