** BOTSWANA. 15730.302, March 22 at 1915, JBA carrier with flutter, way off-frequency. Only thing scheduled is VOA in French until 1930 when Grimesland takes over (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 17585, March 22 at 1435, Chinese S7/S9 with flutter, the SSOB by far with only a few JBA carriers elsewhere on 16m. It`s CNR1 jammer // 9660, this hour only against VOA Tibetan via Biblis, GERMANY. Propagtionally, this would need to be from western ``China``, such as East Turkistan, ChiCom-occupied ``Xinjiang`` in order to be effective into ChiCom-occupied Tibet, a single hop away over partial daypath (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13740, March 22 at 1438, S9+10 of dead air, obviously RHC, supposedly running until 1500; while 13700 is only S9 and undermodulated; also fails to produce any spurs circa 65-70 kHz above and below, none heard in several weeks. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, March 22 at 1920, S9/S7 of humbuzz, obviously RHC but no programming, off at 1921*. Maybe a test. Aoki guesses 11760 is in a break 1800-2200; EiBi, 1800-2100. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9856 approx., March 22 at 1456, extremely distorted FMish talk, signature of parasitic spurblob from a nearby frequency. With a second receiver I quickly match modulation peaks to clear 9800, which is VOA Korean via Tinang! Further confirming this is a matching spurblob about 56 kHz below on the other side, 9744 approx. All three are off by 1500, but a weaker signal remains on 9800, i.e. Nippon no Kaze in Korean via TAIWAN. Tinang aims 21 degrees toward Korea which carries on well into deep North America, fundamentally or otherwise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9370, March 22 at 1934, R. Svoboda relay is S9+8 into Izhevsk, Russia SDR, somewhat overmodulated distorted; also splattering at least 9350-9390 by 1957; at first a bit of `clatter` jamming? But its own defectivity from ARMENIA? is the main obstacle. Even worse into UTwente, S9+30 and same splatter range; off at 2000* after ID and almost starting another hour. We`re still awaiting news of more transmissions funded by Shortwaves for Freedom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11815.722, March 22 at 1448, TRT again way off-frequency hetting weaker Japan 11815.0, and no Turkish modulation audible. Wolfgang Büschel puts it at 11815.721 at 1414 today; and Ivo Ivanov 11815.7 from 1400 presumably until 1655. Zach Liangas, Greece says 11815.72 is correct at 1609.
My independent measurement yesterday 24 hours ago was 11815.737. I admit that my last digits may be slightly approximate. Various other TRT frequencies are inexact but not as far off, so are they deliberately mistuning this one day after day? Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 13565 CW, March 22 at 1437, HIFER beacon K6FRC is JBA from Patterson CA, allegedly only 1.8 milliwatts; today no sign a sesquikHz lower of YSO Yellow Springs OH: that one is normally too close for skip without a little help from the sporadic E: 795 statute miles = 1279 km; while K6FRC is 1283 stmi = 2065 km (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2130 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday March 22 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9395 & 9455 both S9+25 into Missouri remote, indistinguishable in strength and modulation; unlike a previous comparison into an east-coast remote, when 9455 was extremely inferior; what changed? And this time no fading down by 0058, still VG. OTOH, more diversity is called for. Next:
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A [non]. 9455, March 22 at 1504, weak fluttery signal must not be WRMI, since it`s much stronger on nearby 9395 with same nominal parameters. Otherwise on 9455 at this hour: CRI Chinese via Kunming. Not unusual for 9455 WRMI-5 to be partially missing from 24/7 on the grid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9330, March 22 at 1506, WLCR gospel huxter in English via WBCQ is only poor S3/S6. How can this be with 500 kW? Axually HFCC registered as only 250 kW, 300 degrees toward W Canada at 14-16. But Bulgarian DX blog:
``USA WLC Radio changes on 9330 kHz via Monticello, March 17
0300-0557 on 9330 BCQ 250 kW / 250 deg to CNAm English
0600-0655 on 9330 BCQ 250 kW / 225 deg to ENAm English
0700-0757 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to SPAI Spanish
0800-0857 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to GERM German
0900-0957 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to FRAN French
1000-1057 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to U.K. English
1100-1157 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 190 deg to NSAm Spanish
1200-1355 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 220 deg to CeAm Spanish
1400-2155 on 9330 BCQ 250 kW / 256 deg to WCAN {sic} English
2200-2257 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 190 deg to NSAm Spanish
2300-0255 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 170 deg to BRAS Portuguese
Публикувано от Observer в 1:11 PM``
Same situation at 1925 recheck, 9330 only VP S2/S4; yet closest other SW station, 9265v WINB is S9/S6. 256 degrees is close to our angle from Monticello and certainly all south of the border; so the weak signal is still unexplained (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15450, March 22 from 1657 past 1730, no signal into UTwente or Kuwait SDR. An unnamed broadcast in Persian was supposed to test at this time and date, per Ivo Ivanov on March 3:
``New clandestine broadcast is registered in B-21 HFCC Database via TDF Issoudun
1700-1730 on 15450 ISS 150 kW / 088 deg to WeAs Persian eff. from March 22 via WRMI Broker
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Публикувано от Observer в 4:45 PM``
Despite RMI in HFCC, Jeff White told me it`s not WRMI-brokered.
Then Ivo said the date for it was March 20, but I did not see that in time, nor did anyone? check for it. That`s also in HFCC dated 12 Mar as applying to 20 March only, not with RMI:
``15450 1700 1730 40 ISS 150 88 0 217
1234567 200322 200322 D 17400 Fas F TDF TDF 11203``
Wolfgang Buschel replies:
``What? but in A-22 RMI requested via TDF FMO?
15450 1600 1630 40 ISS 150 88 0 217
1234567 270322 291022 Farsi F RMI TDF 4389 Ir``
Current RMI skekgrid as of March 22 dated March 13 does not show anything on 15450 or for Iran via TDF.
Note: March 22 is significant in Iran, date DST starts associated with equinox = Nowruz = New Year 1401 of March 20, UT +4.5 instead of +3.5, accounting for 1700/1600 UT change of so far unconfirmed, imaginary, unattributed broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15610, March 22 at 1914, no signal from 250 kW WEWN which is supposed to start English at 1900; yet pennywhistle 15555 USB WJHR is audible from nearby. What would Mother Angelica say? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9940, March 22 at 1922, classic rock at S9+10/20 from WTWW-2, more active lately on this frequency. No others checked are on air now: 9475, 5830, 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2030 UT March 22
