** ARGENTINA. 15344, June 8 at 2144, RAE must be on, as its off-frequency
carrier is detectable, altho some have reported it missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 2485, June 9 at 1125, VL8K is barely
audible, better than 2325 and of course weaker than 4835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BURUNDI [non]. 15480, June 8 at 1818, attempting to
hear Radio Publique Africaine, new target broadcast which started a week ago, as
reported by Ivo Ivanov, but no signal at all in awful daytime propagation from
Europe. This appears in HFCC registrations as
``15480 1800 1900 53NW ISS
250 145 0 217 1234567 010616 291016 D 17400 RunSwaFra F NEW MGB
16675``
which means the site is Issoudun, France, but the MGB means the
frequency management organization for this entry is the Madagascar station ---
the only HFCC entry for it in such a rôle (so why don`t they broadcast it
themselves?). In Kirundi, Swahili and French.
Reception seems to be good
in Europe. Patrick Robic, Austria, A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel reported June 5, ``
Web: http://www.rpa.bi --- Radio Publique
Africaine (RPA) mit dem Programm "Humura Burundi" in Vn zu hören um 1800 UTC auf
15480 kHz``
José Miguel Romero2, Spain posted a recording from June
6:
At
4 minutes into 6-minute clip, sounds like slogan ``La Voix de Sang-froid`` ??
From their website I gather that RPA has been around for a while with
several FM frequencies inside Burundi; it apparently opposes the efforts of the
present regime to stay in power.
Who are they?
Program
grid as of 27 months ago included relays of VOA and DW.
RPA
is in WRTH 2016 as one of the Other Stations in Burundi on FM, spelt ``Public``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1829, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA.
16100, June 9 at 1345, CNR1 jammer, at S6-S9; and 16300 much stronger S9 to
S9+10, but not in synch, both vs unheard Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA [non]; KURDISTAN [non]; TIBET [non]
**
CUBA [non]. 6000, June 9 at 1157, no signal from RHC, scheduled 11-13 UT, while
5025 Rebelde is still audible. Instead on 6000 something Asian, which would be a
non-jammer CNR1 from Beijing 572 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ITALY. 13960-USB, June 8 at 1818, no signal from Marconi Radio
International, very low-power station which has scheduled USB broadcasts on
Wednesdays in June: 1730-1830 on 13960, 1915-2015 on 15070, 2045-2145 on 7700.
Another check during the 15070 hour is unproductive. Publicized dates are June
8, 15, 22 and 30, i.e. the last one being Thursday instead of Wednesday (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1829, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH.
3920, June 8 at 1128, JBA AM carrier, (if not a ham) presumed the KCBS 5 kW
transmitter in Hyesan, which was inactive as of WRTH 2016, but reported to the
DXLD yg by Eduard Korsakov, Moskva, at 1700 April 7 as presumed to be that
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, June 9
at 1149, trying to hear Denge Kurdistanye, but only get Chinese past 1201 with
CNR jingle. Last report on this from Ivo Ivanov was May 29 when he said the
0500-1300 segment via PRIDNESTROVYE was off the air between 0530 and 1230. Is it
still normally operative daily at 03-05 via France, 05-13 Pridnestrovye, 13-17
Bulgaria, 17-21 Pridnestrovye, as in current Aoki?
As for Chinese on
11600, RTI is on here at 10-13, but not in Mandarin so not jammed; Sound of Hope
could also be on 11600.225 thruout between 00 and 16 with RFA relays, drawing
jamming onto 11600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR.
17640, June 8 at 1819, MWV is still missing from this originally scheduled
African Pathways Radio hour in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 11665, June 8 at 1235, no signal from RTM, probably
off, while 9835 at 1238 is audible with music at S6-S9. Next day June 9 at 1148,
11665 is on with pop music, while 9835 is Qur`aning past 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 780, June 9 at 1133 UT, open
carrier/dead air from KSPI Stillwater. In June & July, official sunrise for
this 250-watt daytimer is 1115 UT, but programming doesn`t start until 1200 UT
with local talkshow (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA
NEW GUINEA. 3260, June 9 at 1126, R. Madang is S2 with some music audible; 3325
is S4, maybe Bougainville; 3365 JBA carrier and also one on 3240 which is still
mystifying. We are at our earliest sunrise now in Enid of 1113 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, June 8 at 0536, SIBC
is on late again after nominal 0500*, talk at S4-S5, still at 0602 but music on
this hourtop rather than news as at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1829,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 17855, June 7 at 1939, no signal from REE
which is supposed to start at 1800 weekdays. This North American beam must be
off since // 17715 is weakly detectable, propagable, and also 15500. There is
something on 17885, so could it be a mispunch? No, from 1930 that`s BBC Hausa
via Ascension. Another try next day:
17855, June 8 at 1820, no signal,
while 15500 and 17715 are JBA but no 15390, which is always weak but may also be
AWOL. 2144 recheck, same situation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1829, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15522, June 9 at 1342, very poor
carrier. Any split frequency in this area has got to be Voice of Tibet via
TAJIKISTAN, and indeed so listed by current Aoki at 1340-1400 in Chinese. No
jammer carrier audible on 15520 or 15525. Next check at 1412, I find one on
15558, also listed as same, 1407-1430 in Tibetan, and there is also something on
15560, which would be co-channel jamming and/or VOT in Tibetan via Madagascar
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1828
monitoring: confirmed Tuesday June 7 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, good (after outages
past two weeks). Also confirmed Tue June 7 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.915-CUSB. Also
confirmed Wed June 8 from 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, good. Also confirmed Wed June 8
at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, and 7489.95-AM is very poor at 2128. Also confirmed Wed
June 8 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.9-CUSB.
WORLD OF RADIO 1829 ready for first
airings June 9; first broadcast confirmed June 9 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, good with
no jamming. Next:
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
to WSW
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
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. 9275, June 8 at 1822, WMLK is still AWOL awaiting
repairs, as neighbor 9265 WINB is only JBA itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, June 8 at 1820, KVOH is still active
here in weekday Spanish service, during hymn, but is now only poor at S5. Other
frequency 9975, English evenings remains silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, June 9 at 1143-1146+ UT, KBXD Dallas TX is
*still* stunting with classic country segués, making ~208/minute SAH = 3.47 Hz
with KQAM Wichita KS talker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11415-USB, June 8 at 1237, presumed Indonesian QSO
pirate net audible here poorly.
11435-USB, June 9 at 1151, pileup of
Indonesian QSO pirates, some musical. Also one on 11410-USB and another on
11460-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. RF NTSC
Channel A4, 67.25/71.75 MHz plus/minus 10 kHz, June 8 at 1530 UT bits of video
joined by a bit of audio, pretty sure it`s Spanish. Most of the time I leave my
analog TV on snowy channel 2, and the 6m map is now showing sporadic E up to 106
MHz, centered over Kentucky, but maybe something is attempting to skip in from
Cuba or Latin America beyond. Otherwise, nothing analog on any channel 2-6, nor
any FM DX here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
despatched at 1721 UT June 9
