** BRAZIL. 6180 & 11780, March 28 at 0620 check, RNA/RNB still absent for
the eighth night in a row. There does not seem to be an uproar in Brasil over
the vanishing of its greatest SW station by far. Maybe because it`s controlled
by a discredited government (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CHINA [non]. 13740, March 28 at 1400, S9+30 of dead air, 1401:44 brings up CRI
English modulation in progress, typical slipshod Cuban operation; for A-17 this
is ex-15700, at 1400-1600 but sounds just like it with some hum and less than
full modulation. CRI relays are the only HABana registrations allowed in HFCC.
No change in the other CRI relays via CUBA.
Why move down one band for
summer? Perhaps some MUF predixion calls for that with ever-declining solar
activity, despite higher solar angle over full-day paths. Let`s look at the
table of Most Suitable Frequencies on page 45 of the 2017 WRTH, no longer
compiled by George Jacobs:
From transmitter in Eastern North America to
North America (East), March-April 2017, at 11-15 UT: 13 MHz band. To NAm (West)
at 12-16 UT: also 13. For May to August, 13 and 11 MHz respectively. Of course
there is a margin of error of plus or minus one band. Similar figures for
transmitter in Central/South America, but I think that`s less appropriate for
Cuba on this table (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and
non]. 13605, March 27 at 2120 jamming here but no Radio Martí; at least they
have found the frequency, and no longer jamming ex-13820. 9565 has wall-of-noise
jamming over RM, much like 9955 Radio Libertad via WRMI. 11930 bears R. Martí at
VG S9+20 level, no jamming audible, a Cuban interviewing a Castilian about
Venezuela. Between 20 and 24 UT, the two RM frequencies scheduled are in fact
9565 and 11930, so the DentroCuban Jamming Command is still out of synch (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11705, March 27 at 1427,
NHK English relay via PALAU is good at S9-S7 way offbeam over here, wrapping up,
and should be usable from 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
SPAIN. 17855, March 27 at 2115, REE to NAm is a JBA carrier, weaker than 15520
beamed elsewhere. Using remotes, Wolfgang Büschel agrees that 15520 is best in
eastern NAm at 2145, also 17715 JBA (but 15390 off?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1870 monitoring: confirmed
Monday March 27 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, poor. Also confirmed UT Tuesday
March 28 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, S9+10 but undermodulated compared to e.g. 7570
at S9+20. I`m awake Tuesday March 28 at 1100 so check 9955, but can`t confirm on
a JBA carrier; by 1127 a trace of audio, probably me. Meanwhile 6855 is playing
music at S9+10 but not // 5950. Next:
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to
WNW
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to
WNW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to
WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, UT Tue Mar 28 at 0059, I`m checking this WRMI for
which Yahwuh gospel huxter has been showing up at 0100; playing Oldie ``Walk
Right In``, quick ID, at 0101 back to more music. I guess he`s not daily and/or
the 9395 scheduling is still in flux (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11825, March 28 at 1429, JBA carrier rather than
WRMIBS, which must be off, since 11580 on a less favorable 44-degree beam is S9
with Spanish song. For A17, 11825 registration at 355 degrees has been expanded
to 13-03 UT, but WRMI skedgrid still stops it at 2400.
The JBA 11825
carrier I have now must be Iran in Bengali, per HFCC, 1420-1520, 500 kW due east
from Sirjan. Other colliders: 1300-1330 FEBC Philippines in Khg (Kyrgyz?);
1620-1650 Iran in more Bengali from Kamalabad, but must be wooden from silent
site; and 1700-1800 CRI in Croatian from Beijing site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1623 UT March 28