** ALBANIA [and non]. 7210, Dec 11 at 2246, stilted Spanish from CRI relay, including USB, QRM to ham QSO in English on LSB only, but additional CCI of intermittent music which I think is naughty hamjam on their favorite hangout. Other broadcasters listed now in Aoki/NDXC are Sound of Hope, Taiwan plus jamming; Voice of Vietnam-1 from Daclac; PBS Yunnan not restarting until 2255 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [non]. 9630.00, Dec 11 at 2304, Chinese, which NDXC/Aoki shows as CRI in Cantonese via Jinhua 831 site this hour only, daily. No sign of R. Aparecida, which has been about halfway between 9630.0 and 9631.0. It was also absent when I commonly would hear it circa 0630 UT Dec 11, when other off-frequency ZYs were there hetting 9565 and 9665 1-kHz BFO step-tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 7445, Dec 11 at 2244, two stations mixing in Chinese; one with a clip in English to voice-over. That is certainly VOA THAILAND as scheduled this hour only, the other CNR1 jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12000, Dec 11 at 0542, RHC again on late in English, // 6000, so second harmonic? 11840 is much stronger S9+10 in Spanish // 11700, the latter with some distortion. 0624 recheck: 11700 & 11840 off, 12000 JBA carrier.
Is there anything to explain these on the RHC website schedule?
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
The slow-loading pdf covering Spanish only, now shows 11840 & 11700 on air until 0600, but both supposed to be in Spanish, for Chile and Buenos Aires, respectively.
Let`s see if from the British-flag page we can get a different frequency schedule?
http://www.radiohc.cu/en/interesantes/frecuencias
Yes, this one altho headed in Spanish, covers all the non-Spanish languages, starting with English. Still claims the evening English span is 02-08, instead of reality 01-07 generally, with the extra frequencies starting at 06 instead of 05 when we have been hearing them, just like in the summer. 12000 does not appear on either schedule at any time. It was a Spanish fundamental in A-18. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15140, Dec 11 at 1506, RHC is suptorted, // much better 15230. Would you believe that the current websked does not show 15230 ever? It`s always on at least in the mornings. There are two suspicious blank spaces under Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13560, Dec 11 at 1507, big RHC-FM blob right on the central ISM frequency, i.e. separations of about 70-71 kHz from S9+40, 13700-AM. The closer ones are quite readable in FM with the F# tone; further out, only the tone may be detectable, as I then hunt the others and note their strengths, put into order:
13334 trace
13418 S5
13489 S9
13560 S9+10
13630 S9+10
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13770 S9+10
13840 S9
13910 S9
13980 S5
14052 S3
14123 trace
Now that these spread into the 20m hamband, maybe the IARUMS will take notice. However, by 1513, the spurs are diminishing greatly as if someone is turning them down while the fundamental remains strong. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370, Dec 11 at 2257, RHC Spanish is S9+25 but suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 9749.8 approx., Dec 11 at 1248, Japanese mixing with another weak signal slightly below 9750.00 making a LAH. I would not expect NHK to be off-frequency but that is surely the one in Japanese, per Aoki, running 0755-1600.
Two others are listed at this time, PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot, I.M., CHINA in Mongolian at 2150-1605; and the one most likely to be off-frequency, R. Kuwait in Arabic at 1100-1600. In fact, that was reported on 9749.8 as long ago as Nov 2, 2017 by Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)
** JAPAN. 11665, Dec 11 at 2259, tune in to hear nothing but a 3+1 accurate timesignal to 2300:00* and off immediately. It`s NHK World Radio Japan, direct in Japanese since 2055. Aoki/NDXC shows the only other 11665 station, RTM Wai/Limbang FM, Kajang, Malaysia is supposed to take over immediately from *2300, but no sign of it. If active, we used to trace it in our mornings, allegedly straight thru until 1600*; it`s either that or 9835 left for SW from Malaysia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6045, Dec 11 at 1224 two stations mixing equally making fast SAH circa 10 Hz, one YL talk in Korean?, the other music; 1228 both are in music, S8-S9. Per Aoki/NDXC, here`s what`s happening: two clandestines are fighting each other, so Juche jamming hardly needs to intervene! National Unity Radio via Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN at 1100-1300; and V of Freedom from Hwaseong, Korea South at 0858-1406 (also at other very strange blox: 1452-2006, 2058-0206). 1348 recheck, only one with piano music, i.e. VOF; and not // 6085 Shiokaze (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 739.95, Dec 11 at 1300, news/talkshow in Spanish, making terrible low het against KRMG 740.00 Tulsa, which if carefully nulled, partially audiblizes the Mexican, which we know is XEQN, R. Fórmula, Torreón, Coahuila. It has appeared on some official listings of stations which are *not* migrating to FM, unfortunately. It`s been off-frequency for years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1570, Dec 11 at 2007 on caradio, Spanish here could be groundwave from KTUZ Tulsa, but no, it`s already skywave from XERF, ``La Poderosa`` IDs associating that with FM 103.9 as much as with 1570, an IMER station in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila. XERF really is powerful, allegedly 100 kW, while several peanut-power outlets also brand themselves as Poderosas; who`s to know any better? This is three hours and ten minutes before our earliest sunset at 2317 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9450, Dec 11 at 2305, something in Chinese mixing with a song in somelang. I would like to think the latter be FEBC Bocaue as scheduled daily 2300-2330 in the Iu language; not a good idea to confront RTI in Chinese and jamming at 2230-2430. The only mention of Iu in EiBi`s README.TXT language list is:``MIE Mien / Iu Mien: S China (0.4m), Vietnam (0.4m) [ium]``(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 11825, Dec 11 at 1255, RRI closing English hour, VG S9+10/20. If also propagating this well from *1200, fine for ENAm and maybe CNAm beyond intended target W Europe. Too bad it`s not an hour later when more of us are awake, now a time when usually I am not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3215, Dec 11 at 0635, TOMBS is still going at S9+30 via WWCR, not off the air at 0600 as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1960 monitoring: confirmed at 2058 Tuesday December 11, the 2030 on WRMI 7780, fair-poor S9-S5. Next:
0930 UT Wednesday Unique 5045 low-power NSW Australia
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045 low-power NSW Australia
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
0930 UT Saturday Unique 5045 low-power NSW Australia [alt.; Dec 22?]
1200 UT Saturday Unique *9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN *5950 via WRMI to WNW [unconfirmed]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045 low-power NSW Australia
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:
Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5950, Dec 11 at 1218, VOA news, rather than RAE relay in Portuguese which continues on 9955 only, vs pulse jamming; 1220 commercial for EZMedicare.com with a very long incomprehensible fast-speed disclaimer which should drive away any customers who might have been hooked; Oldies-style WRMI ID by BB claiming to be on 9395! Where currently there is really a screaming gospel huxter rather like Blalock the Blaster, but that is really from TOMBS and roughly // 9330+ WBCQ. Anyhow, 12-13 at least is an Oldies hour on 5950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Dec 11 at 1213, WTWW-2 with Xmasmx at S9+20/30, along with parasite spurs 5072.1 & 5097.9. Has been running all night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 11 at 0627-0633, in the order checked: 747, 729, 693(2), 639, 621, 531, 1089, *1215, 1575. *= strongest, Absolute R, UK; (2)= at least two carriers beating. See also Trans-Pacific (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Dec 11 at 0627: mainly Europeans, see Trans-Atlantic, but the first one I check is 846 which at this hour I expect to be from R. Kiribati, Kiritimati (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5055, Dec 11 at 1212, JBA carrier, perhaps 4KZ in Queensland, the only known broadcaster on this frequency. Nothing on 5045, where Unique Radio has supposed to have occupied the ex-Ozy Radio channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 7178-LSB, Dec 11 at 2248, pileup here, numerous hams talking over each other uttering nothing but their own callsigns over & over & over & over as most of them never get a contact; interspersed with pauses when everyone is listening, but on another frequency? Must be a DX-pedition or contest.
Calls copied, not all 100% sure due to QRhaM, despite fonetix: W9BF, K9RM, KP4S, N2OO, K4ZF, K0KB, KB2FM, W3RJW. Note how many are 1x2 format. At 2251 I sidetune looking for the DX station, and on 7175-LSB hear WP4N say ``up 3`` but nothing further heard on 7175 in the next biminute. The only one I look up at QRZ.com is WP4N in case he be the object of their affexion: Carlos M Osorio, Carolina PR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7644.00-USB, Dec 11 at 2240, 2-way in Spanish; one has a bad case of mike clatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9992.35-USB, Dec 11 at 2304, 2-way in Spanish with heavy engine noise which keeps the vox open even during speech pauses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0249 UT December 12
