** CHINA [and non]. 15530, May 26 at 1342, open carrier at S9-S5, dead air, but
shortly CNR1 cuts on in Chinese // echoey 13690, as if it`s jamming something.
Like Voice of Tibet, but the closest match on Aoki today is
15528 1315-1340
TJK * VOICE OF TIBET Chi Dushanbe-Ya 1-7
but no carrier audible now on 15528,
as it would have jumped at 1340 to 15522 per Aoki, but not noted or
checked.
15558.0, May 26 at 1404, JBA carrier here and also on 15555
(along with USB WJHR), and 15560. 15558 would be Voice of Tibet in Tibetan via
Tajikistan; 15555 a CNR1 jammer; 15560 another CNR1 jammer.
15565, May 26
at 1405, JBA carrier, i.e. V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR, until cut off at 1407*,
time for it to jump to 15560 where there is already a CNR1 jammer against 15558
VOT Tajikistan as above (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
19070, May 26 at 1400, JBA carrier, i.e. 2 x 9535 RHC; nothing audible on 19280
or 19420, altho on fundamentals, 9640 and 9710 are much stronger than 9535
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12085.065, May 26 at
0555, R. Cairo in suptorted Arabic at S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, May 25 at 1314, KBS World Radio is
somewhat listenable now that darkness on the high-latitude path is minimized,
the only time of year when we can really hear it – yet still tough copy with
heavy flutter S9 to S6, which will surely vary from day to day. Talking about
increasing internet usage, of which ROK is already a leader. Believe it or not,
this ``North American`` service in English stays on this same frequency all
year, a total loss for about 75% of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. This log a week ago was typoed on the wrong
frequency, 9400, yet I did not notice it before nor did anyone else bring it to
my attention. Any editors who published it must also publish this correxion to
9480:
9480, May 19 at 0427, MWV at S9+25 with `this day in history`
excuse for a Bible lesson, ID as ``African Pathways Radio on 94-80 at 4 am UTC,
and 176-40 [sic] at 6 pm UTC``. Oh, yeah? The 18 UT repeat has been AWOL for
weeks, as this brand-new station still can`t get both its Continental
transmitters operational.
17640, May 26 at 1800+ check, *still* no signal
from African Pathways` other English broadcast via MWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9389.985, May 26 at 1223 no signal on R.
Thailand frequency --- but that`s correct as there is a 1215-1230 break between
1200 Malay and 1230 English (was there originally some other language in there,
deleted?). 1228 recheck, now there`s an open carrier at S7-S9, so promising for
the English service which is seldom listenable here, as it`s for SE
Asia/Australia. However, the dead air keeps on going during the entire English
semihour, isn`t anyone paying attention at Udon Thani? Or maybe it`s just barely
modulated, until cut off at 1259:39*; back on at *1259:57 slightly stronger
after beam change from 132 to 54 degrees in Japanese. Only by 1302 can I detect
some definite modulation, but the signal has declined to S4-S7 and always with
ACI from 9395 [Un]TruNews on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9885, May 26 at 0601, VOA French with an echo
a syllable or two apart, adding up to S9+10. 0600 is the supposed switchover
time during the one-hour M-F broadcast, from São Tomé site to Greenville (why
bother?), but ST is late to turn off, not until 0602:40* after which GB is in
the clear.
6080, May 26 at 0635, JBA carrier, so only VOA São Tomé as
scheduled in English until 0700. Persistently during B-15, Greenville bigsig had
been overriding it after 0630 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1826 monitoring: confirmed Wed
May 25 at 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 very good; slight ACI from algo on 9950.
Also confirmed Wed May 25 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, after usual clipped-off ID,
but JBA on 7490 at 2127 check. Also confirmed Wed May 25 at 2330 on WBCQ
9329.9-CUSB, sufficient.
WORLD OF RADIO 1827 ready for first airings Thu
May 26:
Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
[confirmed]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210
NSW low-power
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
Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210
NSW low-power
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun
0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [apparently canceled; not last week]
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 2130 WRMI 15770
to NE
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, May 26 at 0600, WRMI is playing
The Overcomer theme music, instead of another hour of World Music as is often
the case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9970.110,
May 26 at 1215, JBA carrier, with ACI from 9965 T8WH Brother Scare. Nothing ever
in HFCC on 9970, but Aoki has, without a known offset, * meaning also
jammed:
9970 2240-1646 TWN * SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng Chi ? 1-7
It could have
been a local device, except not there when checked an hour or two later (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. NTSC Channel A2,
55.25/59.75 MHz, +/- 10 kHz, May 25 at 1613 UT, fades in a video signal after
countless hours of snowstorm monitoring of the analog TV by my long hours at the
computer --- there is a circular design with the word DEPORTIVO around it ---
Spanish for sporting, fades right out; at 1614 another surge up to the audio
channel, confirming a few words of over-enthusiastic Spanish. Gone again, and
the only sign of DX between 1400 and 1830+ UT today. At least I now know my
antenna is really connected.
The 6m DXMap as of 1610 UT was showing an
MUF of 105 MHz over grid square EL89. Now that ALL Mexican analog TV stations
are gone from channel 2, and there is only one DTV station on 2, from Oaxaca, I
know this has to be extra-Mexican, which is great from a DX standpoint, if only
I could ID it.
Only western Cuba is within single-hop range of ~2
megameters. Beyond that could be Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, or
maybe somewhere in Central America, but the map at the moment does not show any
openings that further. I devoutly hope for some such double-hop this summer Es
season, now that there`s no single-hop from Mexico in the way. To that end, I
have repositioned my C-490 antenna toward approx. 140 degrees, rather than 170
degrees which was a compromise between Oklahoma City and central Mexico; but
it`s only 21 feet (6.4 meters) above ground level, which is way below the trees
to the east and south of here, but those are more of an obstacle to UHF than
low-VHF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
2225 UT May 26