Glenn Hauser logs April 7-8, 2011

** CUBA [and non]. While monitoring Kuwait, q.v. on 17550, I also check for RHC on 17560, new frequency to Europe which has been colliding with VOA at 1930-2030. April 7 at 1950, RHC French is way on top, with VOA under via Bonaire JBA, but soon becoming more audible. Around 2000 I notice that RHC has gone to open carrier instead of Portuguese. I figure it`s another pregnant pause as RHC tries to get its act together, but at next check 2019 the carrier is off leaving VOA in the clear! Exhuberant DJ Mathieu LaVoie is conversing with a caller.

Could it be that RHC has caught on that they have a problem with this collision? I quickly search thru 17, 15, 13, 11 MHz bands for a replacement frequency, but none found, yet. At 2042, 17560 is still vacant of both stations, but at 2058 the RHC carrier is back on, as if intentionally about to resume for Spanish, whose modulation does not kick in until 2103, typical amateurish JIP of `Revista Iberoamericana de la Tarde`, VG signal and much better than // 12040, 12020. So maybe in subsequent days we shall find French, Portuguese and/or Arabic at 1930-2100 on a new clear RHC frequency. Or maybe it just broke down today and will stick to 17560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. R. Cairo is really fond of the out-of-band lower side of 9 MHz. April 7 at 0131 I am hearing it on 9315, 9305 and 9290.

9315 is open carrier, or possibly just barely modulated. Spanish via Abu Zabaal is scheduled at 0045-0200, English 0200-0330.

9305 is the usual extremely distorted Arabic service, via Abis at 19-07. I often hear it after 0500, 0600, but unlistenable.

9290 has some weak modulation at 0132. Scheduled as Spanish via Abu Zabaal to SAm at 0045-0200.

But that`s not all. HFCC A-11 shows all these other low-9 frequencies at some time during the day from ERU: 9250, 9280, 9295, 9310.

While hunting thru HFCC, let`s pull out all the R. Cairo English frequencies:
1215-1330 17870
1600-1800 12170 or 15345
1900-2030 11510 or 15270
2115-2245 5770 or 6270
2300-2430 6270
0200-0330 9315

I am assuming that where two frequencies are registered, only one will really be in use, as usual for English. I`m surprised that nothing but 6270 is found for 6270 at 2300 in the summer to WNAm; should be on much higher band, and Cairo may have been among those stations scared out of the 6200-6300 range by the Russians. Is the 2115 broadcast really on 5770, or 6270? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, April 8 at 0129 with classical music, also // 7475 at 0142. That`s because of a 4-day strike by journalists thru Monday. John Babbis forwards this about it:

``NEWS BLACKOUT IN GREECE AS JOURNALISTS STRIKE
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14973098,00.html

Greek journalists began a four-day strike today in protest at the government's austerity measures, leading to a nationwide news blackout. Television channels aired pre-recorded material, radio stations played back-to-back music and newspapers will not be published until Tuesday. Even online news sites shut down.

The Athens journalists' union is demanding the rehiring of journalists recently laid off at several newspapers and TV stations. Many unions have staged months of strikes and demonstrations since the government unveiled austerity measures to battle its budget deficit crisis.

The financial crisis gripping Greece has hit the media sector hard, leading to the closure of several newspapers. Sources: AP/Deutsche Welle`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, R. Kuwait, April 7 at 1809 sounds like Christian preacherman with American accent, so I figure WYFR or something must have taken over the frequency --- but this fair signal with fading has no QRM, sounds much like RK reception has been. Then British-accented YL mentions interest in Arab civilization and culture, Islam.

So must be R. Kuwait`s opening feature really about Islam. By 1947, signal has improved to good with western pop music, even rap, still past 2001, a sure sign of Kuwait, pretty good reception today. Still rocking at 2044, but I missed the news headlines around 2050 before 2100*.

Back at 2000, I looked for the RK Arabic service to C&W NAm opening on 17550, but nothing; must have come on late as it`s there at next check 2017 with Arab music; 2040 into Arabic talk, but signal is fading and weaker by 2100. On other days it`s not been heard at all. So for a while we had a choice between Western and Eastern music from the two frequencies of R. Kuwait toward North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 7 at 1402, poor with ID, drumming (Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Happened to catch a promo on KFOR-TV 27, OKC, April 7 that its secondary station KAUT, RF 40 will be changing April 11 to ``Freedom 43 TV``, ``red, white and you``, evidently a super-patriotic politico-gospel huxter format?

Not yet; looking at upcoming program listings on zap2it, I see the same mostly syndicated and MyTV network programming as before, except `News Channel 4 at 9` becomes `Freedom 43 News`.

BTW, I was pissed to find that when I brought up zap2it on the same browser I had used earlier today to look at the Antenna TV program listings (reruns, reruns, reruns), it had overwritten my cookie set up for local cable listings, now going directly to Antenna TV. Grrrr.

This change has already been making media news. Here is one story:

``Rebranding as 'Freedom 43,' Oklahoma City's KAUT Targets Conservative Viewers === By Andrew Gauthier on March 25, 2011 5:37 PM
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/rebranding-as-freedom-43-oklahoma-citys-kaut-targets-conservative-viewers_b8111

Oklahoma City's KAUT is undergoing an aggressive rebranding effort to appeal to the more than 50,000 active and reserve military personnel in Oklahoma. Next month, KAUT (channel 43), a MyNetworkTV-affiliate which airs a two-hour morning newscast in addition to a half-hour nightly newscast at 9 p.m., will relaunch as "Freedom 43."

"For the first [time?], a TV station is aiming its news focus not at a particular demographic, age group, or gender," boasts Jim Boyer, KAUT's president and general manager, "but at an audience bound by social connections and shared values."

"Freedom 43 TV is for all Oklahomans who believe in faith, freedom, and patriotism," Boyer said, in announcing the brand makeover.

KAUT's new identity appears to be in line with that of Fox News, with programming based on a specific worldview and meant to draw a conservative audience.

"We usually focus on covering geographic areas or news events of the day," says Mary Ann Eckstein, KAUT's news director and senior vice president. "While we will continue to do that, we are also going to tap into the culture and beliefs of our audience with things like local commentary and new franchise reports that appeal to our patriotic and conservative viewers."

Anchoring Freedom 43?s revamped 9 p.m. newscast will be Bobbie Miller. In an interesting twist, meteorologist Mike Morgan's weather updates will include forecasts for the places abroad where many Oklahomans are stationed.

KAUT is owned by Local TV, which also owns Oklahoma City's NBC-affiliate KFOR. Freedom 43 officially launches on April 11th.``

Another:
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-citys-kaut-43-to-rebrand-as-freedom-tv-43/article/3551654

The station`s chequered history is pretty well covered here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAUT-TV
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13845, WWCR, April 7 at 1406 unlike a few minutes earlier, surged to VG signal during cross-breed holsters ad (just what I need!! Or was it Holsteins?), in sudden sporadic-E enhancement on HF, but not reaching their next frequency, 15825, still weak. Anyway, a hopeful sign for the oncoming spring/summer Es season into VHF.

I figured 13845 would fade down to usual poor level, but it did not: still inbooming while 15825 was not, at further chex 1812, 2045. Could normal propagation have improved to the point that Es is not necessary to get 13 MHz in here at only one megameter skip distance? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17820, VOA Portuguese to Africa is now here for A-11, ex-17740, VG signal April 7 at 1813 except the announceress is speaking with a pronounced Brazilian accent, a country VOA abandoned years ago, something about debating technical problems in Rio. It`s 94 degrees from Greenville, daily at 1700-1800, extended weekdays to 1830. Is it also a de-facto Brazilian service now, altho unaptly timed?

Wondering what other usage of Greenville remains, I check HFCC A-11: 17820 is the highest and only 16mb frequency on the current schedule.

On 19m, I hit a strange entry, same 94 heading to Africa, but in English on 28-29 March only, at 2330-2430 on 15210. Since it`s split into two different segments, both dated 28-29 March, not clear if it was really on for two days or just one. What for? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1559 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB 2390 and 5050, UT Friday April 8 at 0330. Checking the webstream, the one usually carrying WOR
http://24.159.87.174:8000/stream.mp3.m3u
has The King James Bible Instead.

This page linx to the four different streams:
http://www.wwrb.org/wwrbonline.php
We find WOR is axually running on Global stream 2:
http://www.wwrb.org:8000/stream2.mp3.m3u
While KJV is on both 1 and 3, the one labeled KJV 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

BIJELJINA, BIH AND STUBLINE, SRB PHOTOS

International Radio Serbia have just posted many pictures on it's website.

- 23 pictures of BIJELJINA, BOSNIA transmitting station
- 3 pictures of STUBLINE, SERBIA transmitting station before 1999
- 18 pictures of STUBLINE station today

Link for gallery:
http://glassrbije.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=58&Itemid=205

(DrAgan via dxld ml)

Martedì 12 Aprile a Radio3 è Radio Pride!

Dalle 6 del mattino a mezzanotte

Un' intera giornata, scandita da una programmazione dedicata al mondo della radio. Si parlerà del passato, del presente e del futuro del mezzo radiofonico dalle 6 del mattino a tarda notte , in un palinsesto scandito da voci che hanno fatto la storia alla radio, soprattutto da esperienze che testimoniano la straordinaria vivacità di questo mezzo e dei suoi diversi linguaggi. "Tutta la Città ne parla" trasmetterà da Viterbo una puntata particolare , mentre "Radio3mondo" parlerà di un progetto cui partecipa Radio3 per sostenere le emittenti dei paesi in via di sviluppo, oltre a far un viaggio nelle varie radio della rivolta araba. Via via tutti gli altri programmi di Radio3 presenteranno esempi e collegamenti di vitale radiofonia e delle sue evoluzioni.

Radio Pride, la giornata dedicata alla radio

Il 12 aprile Radio 3 trasmetterà Radio Pride, giornata dedicata alla radio. Chiedono anche l'invio di foto dei propri apparecchi radio. (tnx Stefano Valianti)

Glenn Hauser logs April 7, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, after appearing April 6 for the first time in almost 5 months, LRA36 gone again as eagerly sought 24 hours later, no signal, not even a carrier detected April 7 at 1237, 1300, 1320, 1334, 1353, 1404, 1410, 1430. Perhaps yesterday was just a test. No reply to my e-mail inquiry (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

 

They had damage to antenna, now solved. Today on the air only in FM for trouble to shortwave transmitter. They hope to solve in few hours (Roberto Scaglione, Sicily, 1532 UT April 7, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 7: Since I was generally tuning downward today, they are in reverse order by frequency altho not strictly chronological:
16100, good at 1239
15900, good at 1239, off at 1300* along with most or all of the others
15430, fair at 1354; Aoki shows V. of Tibet via UAE at 1330-1400
14700, poor at 1242
13920, very good at 1328, not in previous hour; still at 1353-1400*
13850, good at 1243. Nothing scheduled here in HFCC, but Aoki shows
Sound of Hope from Taiwan at 20-17
13130, fair at 1244
12600, fair at 1245 --- all the others are // except this one
12240, always check this, but not on today
11500, fair at 1248, fair at 1330
10970, good at 1249, very good at 1331
10300, good at 1249; was clear at 1209 for SOH: see TAIWAN
 8400, good at 1250, fair at 1354

17515, April 7 at 1323, CNR1 jamming vs algo, // 11990. Aoki shows
BBC Uzbek via Thailand at 1300-1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6050, RHC continues to blast HCJB in the evenings, not only for English at 01-07, but already on the air in Spanish at 0058 April 7. No telling how much earlier it came on.

Poor HCJB is stuck with this frequency, not only by Ecuadorian government frequency assignments, but also having foolishly handed out thousands(?) of fixed-tuned radios, expecting to have a captive audience, especially among indigenous. Now HCJB is the captive of Arnie Coro, who refuses to move RHC. As a good Communist, does he have an anti-Christian agenda?

7405, R. Martí, VG with no jamming audible, April 7 around 0620, same as noted April 1. Is the DentroCuban Jamming Command diminishing its `service`, or just out of touch?

Checking RHC 49m frequencies before 1200: April 7 at 1145 on 6000 and 6150, not heard on listed 6140, and 6095 is no longer in use; Venezuela relay in English on 6060 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 21565-21590, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here at 1357 April 7 and also past 1400. Kudos, they picked a 25-kHz range without any broadcast stations at the moment, but still an unwelcome noise intrusion into an SWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15595, April 7 at 1325, Russian tones off and on, poor carrier. Nothing in Aoki, but HFCC shows DW, 250 kW, 110 degrees via ``Armavir``, a.k.a. ``Krasnodar``, RUSSIA at 1330-1500, i.e. in Dari, Pashto, Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, April 7 at 0615, song in French, then Greek announcement, so it really is VOG, diversifying? At this hour no co-channel, the 11-hour Iranian collision having ended at 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

 

** MEXICO. In previous report I wrote DST started April 4; should have read April 3 (Sunday) (gh)

** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, Hamada Radio International, April 7 at 1358 good open carrier, 1400 drumming and opening in presumed Hausa; now scheduled M-F 1400-1430, 125 kW, 180 degrees from Wertachtal as an RMI service, but there was no RMI opening in English by Jeff White, as used to occur. This transmission on another frequency started B-10, but soon was dropped. WRMI website
http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
still displays outdated B-10 schedule for clandestine clients, without sorting them out, so here is a tentative HRI schedule extracted from A-11 info, all via Nauen or Wertachtal, GERMANY:

0530-0600 M-F 9545 11970
1400-1430 M-F 21480
1930-2000 daily? 11865 11945
But which frequencies are alternates and which in use now? The 0530 broadcast had been on two other frequencies in B-10.

Jeff White has just explained: ``Glenn: Usually they're not running the announcement, but it is through us. The Hamada schedule has been changing at least once a week with the elections, etc. and will probably keep changing for the next few weeks`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. As I was flipping thru the DTV channels April 7 at 1437 UT, I finally got something on 9-2: KWTV-DT 39 OKC has activated at last a second channel with PSIP ID as News9 N (with a space), vs the main channel merely News9 (even tho it`s mostly entertainment). It`s obviously not something just thrown together, as full of grafix, commercials, traffic reports, news and weather --- and now, coverage of the wildfires around OKC, which we suspect is the reason for this activation on RF 39.2, carrying the news channel they had been putting on Cox Cable in OKC for years (but not in Enid).

About time they put it on the air too, if they have nothing else to fill up a subchannel with, but will it stick after the fires? We got twisters too! As KWTV was dithering last year whether to keep RF 39 or 9, they duplicated programming on 9-1, 9-2, and even 9-3, never any alternative.

So KWTV finally joins the big leagues, with major competitors KFOR, KOCO, KETA, KOCB, KOKH all running an extra DTV channel.

BTW, KFOR is still running weather on 4-2, and Antenna TV
http://www.antennatv.tv/affiliates/
still says it`s ``coming in May`` on 4-3, so I guess KFOR will keep 4-2 as weather, even tho with a hint of severe weather, the Big 3 all blow away regular programming on their main channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

 

There is NOTHING about the extra DTV channel to be found on their website http://www.news9.com/ not even by searching on News9 N (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 3260-, April 7 at 1151 some music, presumed R. Madang, one of the better NBC signals along with 3275, 3290, 3365, 3385; plus Indos 3325, 3345. 3260 slightly on low side compared to 1260 signals. 1158 announcement, but back to music past 1201 as it is weakening to very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, REE via COSTA RICA, Thursday April 7 at 1246 in Castilian instead of Basque during this semihour, interview with writer, flamenco guitar and singing breaks, much stronger than // 11815. Another interruption in the Basque schedule, or possibly still the Basque service just switching to Castilian for a bit with someone not fluent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 10300, April 7 at 1209, Chinese talk, very poor but no Firedrake, and not // CNR1 11990 et al., so presumed Sound of Hope once again suffered by the ChiCom to be in the clear. Firedrake was on 10300 by 1249 check, plus many others; see CHINA. BTW, Falun Gong`s Epoch Times reports that two men in Vietnam have been arrested for transmitting SOH from their homes on SW, after diplomatic pressure from China; WTFK for those?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 13760, April 7 at 1203 W&W talking about Türkei in German which fits nicely for listed VOT in German at 1130-1230, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler. OK here but was better on a good day in B-10 an hour later on 17755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, April 7 at 0616, WBCQ with gospel huxter, good signal. Staying on late (how late? All night?) with GFRN/Radio 2:11 seems to be the rule now rather than the exception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGET)

** U S A. 7190, April 7 at 1143, the dulcet tones of Brother Scare are just barely audible, but still there when fully attenuated, fading in and out, with some QRhaM, and // 5890 synchronized, so spur from WWCR +++ plus WNQM, 1300 kHz higher. There could be another one, 1300 kHz lower on 4590 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, WINB still making sporadic appearances: not there before 1200 April 7, but at 1205 VG with gospel huxter in English. Gone again at 1329 check and still silent at 1430. Not on 9265 either at these times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1559 monitoring: first airing Thursday April 7 at 1500 on WRMI 9955, JBA but confirmed on webcast. Next ones are: Thu 2100, Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1400, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.

On WWRB: UT Fri 0330 on 2390 and maybe also 5050 like last week. On WWCR: Fri 2030 on 15825, Sat 1600 on 12160, Sun 0630 on 3215. On IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA: Sat 1800 on 7290, 1566, 1368. See full updated schedule including more webcasts at
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
or access to years of audio including latest at
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 13730, NF for VR relay via CANADA, ex-9865, April 7 at 1154 in Spanish, 1204 in English with news of Libya, Q`Daffy considering Obama his `son` and endorsing him for 2012! What a generous and sneaky guy! No hard feelings? Lite CCI from an understation, which HFCC reveals must be DW in French, 250 kW, 110 degrees via PORTUGAL at 12-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs April 5-6, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. After checking 15476 just about every weekday morning for more than two months, LRA36 is finally back on the air! Tipoff as I tuned across was tell-tale 4-kHz het against Poland [non] 15480. April 6 at 1332, 15476 with songs, lots of fading, S9+10 peaks. Previously until it disappeared in November, there would often be nothing but a carrier on its signature off-frequency. By 1346 it`s weakening, no announcements heard yet. On wide bandwidth, a 6 kHz het starts at 1358.8 from 15470, i.e. BBC Hindi via Cyprus (and registered TOM via Nauen until 1400 still missing from 15470).

Still detectable carrier at 1415, 1433. Between 1358 and 1430 there are stronger Europeans on both sides, 15470 and 15480. Wonder what the transmission span really is now? Used to be 1200-1500v M-F but recent reactivation plans mentioned 1100-1800, and later, 1230-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 6; VP/P/F/G/VG refer subjectively to strength:
10300, very poor with flutter at 1430; could not hear this or Sound of Hope during the previous hour
12240, poor with heavy flutter at 1328; very poor at 1427
13130, poor with heavy flutter at 1328
14700, good at 1330; also at 1425
14970, good at 1330; off at 1425 check unlike 14700
No others found up to 17 MHz by 1332
Really, there is flutter most of the time on these frequencies tho I don`t always mention it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Checking some more new frequencies as listed for RHC, since the only way to be sure they exist is to monitor them: 9710 and 13670 both fair at 2245 April 5, // 12040.

Some frequencies continue to overrun past nominal 0500* of Spanish service: April 6 at 0519, 12040 is still on with usual lo-fi audio, // but a syllable ahead of 5040. At 0527, lo-fi 6120 is also still on, but only a reverb apart from 5040. At 0535 check, 6120 is off but 5040 and much weaker 12040 are still on.

11830, April 6 at 1428 continues the *1300 collision between WYFR and RHC, as I said, both spewing nonsense, so not a loss that they cancel each other out (axually RHC atop at the moment) --- anti-science `Creation Moment` on WYFR, hoary old Fidel speech on `Voces de la Revolución,` your weekdaily dose of Commie propaganda from the master, ending at 1429 with, natch, ``Patria o Muerte, ¡Venceremos!`` which I parody as potential gusanos might exclaim under their breath, ``Patria o Suerte, ¡Pensaremos!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 6 at 1422 still with imaginary 17850 frequency announcement; fair with less flutter than BSKSA e.g. 17705 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Most of Mexico went on DST April 4, usual date being first Sunday in April, like it used to be in US (tho border cities switched on same date as US, March 13, for commercial convenience). Resultantly (which does not get redlined by unmodified MSW spellchecker, altho the single word ``spellchecker`` does --- [however, on yahoomail with Firefox, ``resultantly`` and ``redlined`` are redlined, but ``spellchecker`` is not!]), 6185, R. Educación programming and schedule are now one UT hour earlier.

April 6 at 0525 in Spanish news, presumably RFI delayed relay as previously scheduled at 0600. Now it has ACI from 6190 CRI English via Sackville until 0557. At 0533, R. Educación live announcer with ID for 1060 and 6185, timecheck for 12:34 and mentions that the RFI relay just concluded. It`s presumably UT Tue-Sat, and 0500 is now the switchover time from separate XEPPM SW-only programming, to duplicating MW the rest of the night.

Since during standard time, 6185 was being turned on up to an hour earlier than nominal *0000, is it now being turned on as early as 2200? It was also running up to a semihour later than nominal 1200*, so is it now left on until 1130? Might as well, as NHK Russian USward is still starting at 1130, blocking XEPPM for a semihour. Vatican`s usage of 6185 is now 0205-0500 for eastern Europe, causing considerable interference even here, but at least Brasília is still silent on 6185 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 13765, April 6 at 0515, station in English about Africa, a Vatican frequency, but not // 7250 also in English which is a separate service for Europe. 13765 is 250 kW, 295 degrees via MADAGASCAR.

Altho 19m was totally dead at this time, not even Nigeria 15120, 22m was full of signals from Eurafrica as well as Pacificasia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also MEXICO

UNIDENTIFIED. 13625, April 6 at 0518 open carrier between Dabanga 13620 and Australia 13630, and I think there was some modulation on it before 0515; nothing listed by HFCC or Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ASCENSION BBCWS Relay 6005 0405 GMT English 333 April 4 Two OMs with comments on Libya. Also a YL with comments on Libya.

CANADA Radio Japan Relay-NHK 5960 0427 GMT Japanese 444 April 4 YL and OM with comments. Then music by 0431 GMT.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 6000 0412 GMT English 333 April 4 An OM talking about Anateur Radio Antennas. //6050[333].

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 5025 0441 GMT Spanish 433 April 4 Group of OMs singing with bongo music.

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 5965 0423 GMT Spanish 333 April 4 OM with comments in the Diaria program.

SWAZILAND Trans World Radio Relay 5995 0418 GMT English 333 April 4 OM with ID S/off 0418 GMT.

UNITED STATES, Florida Radio Taiwan Relay-RTI 5950 0434 GMT Chinese 444 April 4 YL and OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR #3 4840 0445 GMT English 444 April 4 YL with an ID followed by an OM with commments.
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Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ARGENTINA Radio Balurte 6214 0305 GMT Spanish 333 April 3 Two OMs with comments plus some band music.

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Relay 6190 0310 GMT Dutcj 444 April 3 Two OMs with comments.

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands Intl Relay 6165 0320 GMT Spanish 444 April 3 Two OMs with comments. YL singing 0322 GMT.

CANADA Voice of Vietnam Relay-VOV 6175 0316 GMT Spanish and Vietnamese 444 April 3 YL with comments. OM is SS and a YL in Vitnamese 0318 GMT.

CANADA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 6020 0344 GMT Chinese 333 April 3 YL and OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba-RHC 6140 0324 GMT Spanish 444 April 3 YL and OM with comments. Also some Cuban music followed by an ID RHC by a YL. //6060[333], 6120 [333], 9770[444], 12010[333].

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba RHC 6050 0337 GMT English 333 April 3 YL and OM with comments. OM with RHC ID 0340 GMT. //6000[333].

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 6125 0329 GMT Spanish 433 April 3 Two YLs in a conversation. Time pips 0330 GMT.//6055[444].


Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ALBANIA Radio Tirana 7425 0340 GMT Albanian 333 April 1 OM with comments and a YL singing 0342 GMT.

ASCENSION BBCWS Relay 7255 0325 GMT English 444 April 2 OM with comments on gambeling in Australia. OM with comments on current sports 0327 GMT. BBC ID by an OM 0329 GMT.

GREECE Voice of Greece 7475 0335 GMT Greek 333 April 1 OM singing then a YL with comments. //9420[232].

GUINA, French Voice of Russia Relay-VOR 7335 0312 GMT Spanish 433 April 2 YL with comments. Music vocals 0314 GMT. //7330[333]via Moscow.

IRAN ?? Voice of the Islamic Republic?? 7375 0305 GMT Arabic 333 April 2 OM with comments -- a very noisy frequency.

SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 7230 0332 GMT English 333 April 2 Two OMs with comments.

UNITED STATES, Maine WBCQ 7415 0344 GMT English 333 April 1 OM asking for $25 cash be sent to him for religous book. YL with comments on dieting by vitamins.

VATICAN STATE Vatican Radio-VR 7305 0320 GMT Spanish 444 April 2 Two YLs with comments and VR ID. OM with VR ID 0323 GMT. Two YLs with mote commets.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
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Glenn Hauser logs April 4-5, 2011

** ALBANIA [and non]. 13640, R. Tirana check vs All India Radio co-channel QRM, Monday April 5: At 1926 only AIR clashing with the other Arabic station on 13640.

At 2000 all I hear is AIR until *2001.5 RT carrier cuts on the air late and applied audio at 2001.6 as the 2-minute opening full-English schedule announcement is about to conclude. RT on top but QRM audible under, about the same as last previous English service on Saturday. Since RT is not fully modulated, it cannot afford any such QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, no carrier April 5 at 1307, 1356 chex. How about another contact with the station for an update on its plans? Apparently this is a very low priority at Base Esperanza (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 5:
 8400, very good at 1228
10300, good at 1248; gone at 1310 audiblizing SOH: see TAIWAN
10970, good at 1248
11500, poor at 1249
12240, very poor at 1251, not // the lower ones
13130, poor at 1253; almost // to 10970 but a few sex out of synch --- I think --- this FD music begins to sound all the same after years of 60-minute repetitions. No others found up to 17 MHz by 1300, but:

15430, FD poor with flutter at 1356-1400* when none of the previous frequencies are refound in quick chex. A few sex after this goes off, at *1400:15 to 1401:10* a stronger open carrier appears on 15430. The target at 1330-1400 was V. of Tibet, via Babcock, UAE.

15670, CNR1 jamming April 5 at 1308 // stronger 15115, the latter with victim also audible. 15670 is RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan; 15115 is VOA Mandarin via Thailand (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. Further monitoring of RHC`s new schedule effective April 4:

17560 *is* the frequency in use to Europe, not 17550, and not 17650. However, they *should* be on 17650 during the first hour at least, since 17560, as I predicted, collides with VOA French to Africa, good signal here. So both are in French at 1930-2000! Then RHC Arabic at 2000.

April 4 at 1927 tune-in, open carrier on 17560 over VOA French, and also ACI from WYFR 17555 in French! At *1929:45 an additional carrier makes a SAH on 17560, as VOA is transitioning from São Tomé to Bonaire site, the Yankee Doodle Dandy sign-off from Pinheira colliding with VOA programming now continuing via Bonaire!

Obviously (?) quite aside from the new RHC problem, VOA should DCI (drop carrier immediately) from ST since the same programming continues from another site (and it`s absurd and unnecessary to change sites in the middle of a program, just to show they can do it, but stepping all over themselves as happens in many other cases due to lack of internal coördination).

Meanwhile, still unmodulated carrier from Cuba, until finally at 1932.3, RHC French modulation is JIP with Journal Parlé, and now it`s the signal atop VOA. (How quaint that term, ``spoken newspaper`` for radio newscast. Turnabout, a newspaper might then be called a ``printed broadcast``.)

By 1940 the two are about equal level here, awful collision. VOA is due east from Bonaire for Africa, while RHC is presumably NEward for Europe, but bound to be colliding thruout Eurafrica too. The collision ends circa 2030 when VOA is finished with 17560.

Next check at 2245, RHC is loud and clear on 17560, as it should also be Sundays for `En Contacto`, if the earlier collision has not been corrected, and it is not likely to be as Arnie Coro does not like to admit he has made a mistake, witness the HCJB 6050 collision which he has prolonged.

Once again Coro proves his incompetence as frequency manager, since VOA French at 1930 has been there since A-11 began, no secret if he had turned on a radio in the past week, or consulted HFCC public listings, even tho he refuses to participate for fear of having to negotiate with Americans (that doesn`t stop the ChiCom).

9620: in previous report I mentioned that the RHC schedule shows them staying on 9770 at 23-04 to ``Rio de Janeiro`` (not including any Portuguese, however). Ha ha! RHC *is* on 9620, not checked until 0332 UT April 5, when it`s atop REE direct. Spain has been on this frequency for decades. Poor REE listeners in SAm must be pulling their hair out, as Cuba`s status even among comsymps is self-destructing.

The problem is: we have two different contradictory skeds from RHC, one on the website, and another sent out to DX editors, so all we can do is *monitor* to find out what they are *really* doing.

13670, NF for RHC also confirmed at 0332 April, poor signal // 6060 and 9620, not 9770. 13670 scheduled 21-04.

12020, another NF for RHC, confirmed at 0437 // 12040 and 11760. 12020 is scheduled 21-05.

9550, NF, or rather reactivated as used in past years, April 5 at 1229 with Amalia reporting on jaguares, atop CRI in Vietnamese, Commies vs Commies! 9550 now scheduled 11-13 to ``Chicago``.

13680, April 5 at 1255 not yet on, but 13780 has open carrier, 1256 cutting on modulation; no finesse or formal sign-ons here!

12000, lite pulse jamming against nothing, April 5 at 0533. That`s because VOA Spanish is now using it at totally different hours, 23-24, plus Tue-Sat 00-01, when no doubt there is a wall of noise. 12000 was once an RHC frequency too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, Tuesday April 5 at 1314 VG signal but with IADs during another `Exotic Indonesia` co-produxion with RRI Banjarmasin. News that 35 Indonesian soldiers were not among those killed in a Kinshasa, Congo plane crash. News items alternated from Banj and Jak.

1323 `Today in History` about civil disobedience and Gandhi, Howard Hughes, and Tiananmen Square. 1327 `Commentary`. Until 1334 `Focus` on Indonesian embassy funxions being transferred from Tripoli to Tunis. 1335 feature docu from Banj, about the State Islamic Institute, 1 km from RRI studios, the only one on Kalimantan island. Part I on its history and establishment; evidently Indonesia is a theocracy if this is state-sponsored. No, thank you.

Since unusually I have a computer on for another reason, I bring up the corresponding webcast at 1344 via http://www.en.voi.co.id  The greeting, mixed with gamelan, says ``...the world service of Radio Republik Indonesia, the Voice of Indonesia, the sound of dignity, dignifying the ultimate noble of human being [sic]``. I see the website has a ``dignity forum`` where one might learn why they are so obsessed with this angle.

I was wondering if the streaming would also suffer from IADs: fortunately it does not, but the audio quality, especially from Banjarmasin, is degraded, with HF hash in the background. At 1352 they wrap up with one song each from Banj and Jak.

This runs over until 1402 ID in English; still listening to webcast instead of 9526-, it remains in English instead of switching to Indonesian on SW, with brief newscast until 1405 a song about California girls, 1410 live DJ in English saying the next news will be on the hour; amid more pop music, some of it in Indonesian, he inserts at 1416 weather reports for different Indo cities, generally raining and temps 24-33 C; then for SEAs and otherworldly cities, even New York, Europe, and more Indorock (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 5 at 0528, poor signal with unstable carrier, must be VON. Need to catch it at 0500 for news before fading down some nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9650, the third and final broadcast of Emisión Sefarad from REE is confirmed here, UT Tuesdays 0415-0445, not on alternate 9690. VG signal to NAm, from 0438 with music until sign-off. Sorry I missed most of it, as this was their 25th anniversary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 10300, April 5 at 1310, Chinese talk, very poor, presumed Sound of Hope, and NO Firedrake to block it. Previous days FD cut on around this minute, but today still absent at 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, surprised to hear the WWCR guys, Jerry and Brady on WRMI frequency, and with lite jamming which WWCR never gets, April 5 at 0520, discussing the NASB Survey, which is about to close. This must have been during `Viva Miami` as scheduled 0515 UT Tuesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ again on later than scheduled with Radio 2:11, April 5 at 0524 with prayer requests to 877-942-4253. Who needs intercession by strangers?? If I want to contact God, I`ll do it myself. But then He is apparently subject to democratic influence, toting up the votes. Of course certain strangers believe they are more ept at getting thru, which is anti-democratic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, WINB is back on April 4 at 1934 with YL gospel huxter, wobble. Also April 5 at 1254 with OM gospel huxter, constantly wobbling carrier; but at next check 1359, it`s gone. Apparently the 24/7 schedule has been curtailed, so on and off and on and off, rather than breakdown (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 14275, 1257 April 5, AM broadcast mentioning tsunami and Japan emergency, calling for traffic re; distorted modulation, 1258 ID as International Amateur Radio Network, so FCC has still not managed to close down Glenn Baxter`s K1MAN in Maine despite numerous violations and litigation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17560 at 1930 April 4, VOA French collides with itself as site-switch overlaps, now also blocked by CUBA: q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs April 3-4, 2011

** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15476, still no carrier from LRA36, Monday April 4 at 1251, 1317, and at 1401 when Polskie Radio via UK was OK on 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 15190, UT Monday April 4 at 0054 sounds like a national anthem, deep fades but good at peaks. Ends at 0059 with Portuguese mention of http://www.inconfidencia.com.br and corresponding e-mail address; also 21 horas (tho it`s now 22 local in Beautiful Horizon). 0100 full ID with MW, SW and FM callsigns and frequencies of R. Inconfidência. Sufficient reception after WYFR Portuguese is thru blocking it all the way from 2200 to 0045.

I admit to not being familiar with the Braz NA, as it is seldom heard (seldom played?) by all the SW stations Brazil is still so fortunate to have. But as I recall, it does seem to be the one linked here in midi, with interesting background about it:http://www.wazamar.org/Nederlanders-in-Brazilie/a-volkslied-brazilie-tekst.htm
So does ZYE522 make a habit of playing NA at this time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake April 4:
 8400, VG at 1230; VG also at 1323, and no SOH audible during pause
10300, Chinese talk, poor at 1228, with SAH, so evidently Sound of Hope is for the moment atop FD!! At 1255, FD atop but now very poor. At 1323, fair FD and no SOH audible
10970, good at 1228, first one encountered this morning; poor at 1320
11500, VG at 1245, better than 10970; poor at 1320
13130, fair at 1250
13970, good at 1247. No others heard up to 18 MHz by 1253
15900, fair at 1315, not before 1300; now no others up to 18 MHz
At 1409, no FD audible anywhere above 8 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11830, RHC on new frequency as expected, April 4 at 1243 with `Gaceta Cultural`, VG and hard to tell if WYFR carrier is on yet, probably not. // 11760 and an echo apart, 11690, not 11730 which does not oncome until 1300. 12040 is still on, mixing with ChiCom jamming and VOA. WYFR 11830 OC does come on at *1254, IS and sign-on at 1259 also mentioning 11865 and 11910 but only the latter is // programming.

Commies vs Christian Camping cultists! WYFR has been using 11830 forever, but blissfully ignorant RHC frequency manager Arnie Coro picks it anyway. Axually, this is a good idea: all RHC frequencies should be arranged to collide with WYFR, since no one wants to hear the nonsense both of them spew! A tremendous conservation of frequencies. WYFR is 315 degrees, due NW from Okeechobee, i.e. blasting across central USA on its way to Vancouver. In next hour past 1400, the two took turns dominating 11830 as the other would slightly fade, but always with an unacceptable mixture.

The RHC online transmission schedule athttp://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
has now been updated to show 11830 as to ``New York`` at 11-15, and the new European frequency as *17560* from 1930 in French, not 17650 nor 17550, both reported previously and corrected(?).

We can hardly wait until 1930 to confirm which is really in use. If it is 17560, that will be colliding with VOA, also in French, due east from BONAIRE until 2030 daily.

Other new RHC frequencies of note:
9710 at 21-23, 13670 at 21-04, both for Caribbean.
12020 at 21-05 to Chile will collide, Commies vs Commies, with Vietnam 12020v at 22-24 including English at 2330. Contrary to http://programasdx.com/rhca11.pdf
9620 is not on RHC`s own schedule at 23-04 to SAm, but still on 9770. 9620 would have been a huge collision with Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 17650, April 4 at 1338 good signal talking about Afghanistan, 1359 DW jingle and ID, mentions Dari. Schedule is:

1330-1400 Dari, 1400-1430 Pushto, both 500 kW via Rampisham UK, but making a 3-degree antenna shift between them from 92 to 95, i.e. from northern to southern Afghanistan; does that really make a difference? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, VOI after missing two days, is back April 4, at 1233 good in Japanese, repeating words, probably Indonesian lesson. 1349 check still on in English hour with ID, ``sound of dignity`` slogan, music; from 1357 usual ChiCom 9525.0 het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JORDAN. 11960, April 4 at 0458, Arabic music and announcement but cuts off the air at 0459:10*. Presumably R. Jordan. A-11 registered as 0500-0715, 500 kW, 250 degrees from AKA site (Al Karanah), and had recently been heard after 0500, but I bet Jordan just went on DST. Yes, WRTH 2011 says it started March 28, UT+3 instead of UT+2, so broadcasts are one UT hour earlier, and this one is only one hour long, anyway, starting at 0400? And anyhow, neighbor Turkey, q.v. continued on 11980 past 0500, so we were not bereft of ME music and culture (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 4 at 1400 starting English on time for a change, with still-imaginary frequencies announced, 21695 and 17850; but too poor here vs my cable DTV box bubble-jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 4 at 0449 big hum, must be VON warming up. Yes, at 0450 talking drumming starts, melody and rhythm remind us of a Perry Como tune, ``Don`t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes``, probably coincidental. 0452 ID as ``Voice of Nigeria, Laygoss``.

Bad/under modulation but S9+15 and now the OSOB --- no sign of Australia on 15160 or 15240 nor any other African sites. Then I look up in HFCC (which lacks Nigeria), and see 15160 does not start until 0500, but 15240 should have been on since 0000. By 0503 check during news, VON signal has dropped markedly but still with its signature hum/whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6815-AM, following a tip from TCS mailing list, presumed The Crystal Ship, UT April 4 at 0040, hard rock music but too little signal, too much noise. BTW, to keep up with where lightning is striking around the USA, even for non-golfers, seehttp://www.weather.com/maps/activity/golf/uslightningstrikes_large.html?from=mapofweek
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 13620, April 4 at 0455, good with flutter, the SSOB, only other significant signal being Russia 13775. Talk is Arabic-like but also seems tonal, which Arabic is not. 0500 lo-fi speech continues thru hourtop, but 0502 R. Dabanga singing and spoken IDs. This is 250 kW, 330 degrees from MADAGASCAR so also USward, at 0430-0527 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. Sound of Hope: makes it past Firedrake on 10300: see CHINA

** TURKEY. 11980, 0458 April 4 Turkish music, 0500 accurate timesignal and presumed news theme, news talk. Scheduled now 04-06, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler to Europe, also USward when propagation cooperate. See also JORDAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9330-CUSB, April 3 at 0603, gospel rock with good signal. Must be WBCQ with prolonged Radio 2:11 broadcast. Current (?) schedule at http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330
shows nothing but Good Friends Radio Network, 1300-0400 daily. Also at 0507 April 4 with praise music.

Compared to CHU 3330, WBCQ is slightly on the low side of 9330 --- but is CHU`s frequency really ``standard``, i.e. extremely accurate like its time? WBCQ is normally a bit off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9825, UT Sunday April 3 at 0413, Chris, Lobdell`s ``Pirating with Cumbre`` segment amid `DXing with Cumbre`, VG signal. Tnx to Wolfgang Büschel tip the week before when B-10 might still have been in effect, so was not sure it would still be there this week. Is on current online WHR schedule for 0400 Sundays on 9825, so in this case the SW frequency listed is really on the air!

This has been duly entered on the A-11 update of our DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAM schedule, along with one other DWC SW airing which needs to be reconfirmed, Sun 0730 on 11565:http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WINB has been missing a lot of airtime lately, and it`s not just because 13570 doesn`t usually propagate overnight. No sign of that April 3 at 0607 while Zambia and Australia were good on 13590, 13630, 13690. 

But also at 1403 April 4, not on 9265, nor 13570, clear of QRM to CODAR, while at 1405, ``running water`` appeared briefly centered on 13571.5, also free of WINB QRM. Still nothing from it at 1426 check. I wonder if such utilities have objected to WINB being on 13570? Website sked as of March 13 still claims it is 24 hours, either on 13570 or 9265, except for one-minute QSY breaks:http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm

Both still absent at 1724 check April 4. Breakdown, or did program contracts run out and it no longer pays to run the wobbly old transmitter 24/7? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Dx Mix News # 671

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DX MIX NEWS # 671                                             04 April 2011
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BELGIUM(non)    Summer A-11 of TDP stations:
Denge Mezopotamya in Kurdish:
0400-1400 on 11530 SMF 300 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily
1400-1800 on 11530 SMF 500 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily
1800-2000 on  7540 SMF 300 kW / 129 deg to WeAs Daily
TDP Radio in DRM:
0700-0800 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Mon
0800-0900 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Tue
0900-1000 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Wed
1000-1100 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Thu
1100-1200 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Fri
1200-1300 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sat
1300-1400 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sun
2100-2200 on 17755 GUF 100 kW / 311 deg to NoAm Daily
The Khmer Post Radio in Khmer:
1200-1300 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Daily, new
La Voix de Djibouti in Somali+News in Arabic and French:
1200-1300 on 21525 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Thu
The Disco Palace in DRM:
1400-1500 on  6015 ISS 035 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Daily
2000-2100 on 17755 GUF 100 kW / 311 deg to NoAm Daily
Gunaz Radio in Azeri:
1430-1930 on  7610 SMF 250 kW / 130 deg to CeAs
Voice Asena in Tigrinya:
1730-1800 on 15360 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Mon/Wed/Fri
Suaab Xaa Moo Zoo in Hmong:
2230-2300 on  7530 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Daily

BOSNIA/SERBIA    Summer A-11 schedule of International Radio Serbia:
1300-1630 on  9635 BEO 017 kW / 310/130 to WeEu En/Se/Sp/Ar/Ru/Fr/Ge
1630-1730 on  9635 BEO 017 kW / 310/130 to WeEu Ch/Al/Hu/Gr
1730-1800 on  9635 BEO 017 kW / 310/130 to WeEu It
1800-1930 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Ru/En/Sp
1930-2000 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Se Sun-Fri
1930-2030 on  6100 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Se Sat
2000-2030 on  6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Ge Sun-Fri
2030-2130 on  6100#BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Fr/En
0000-0030 on  9685 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Se Mon-Sat
0000-0100 on  9685 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Se Sun
0030-0100 on  9685 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm En Mon-Sat
0100-0130 on  9685 BIJ 250 kW / 310 deg to NoAm Se Wed
# strong co-ch CRI in Arabic

BURMA(non)    Summer A-11 schedule of Democratic Voice of Burma in Burmese:
1430-1530 on 11515 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to SEAs
2330-0030 on  9490 WER 100 kW / 075 deg to SEAs
Registered, but not yet active:
1300-1400 on 11560 A-A 200 kW / 133 deg to SEAs
1430-1530 on  7475 A-A 100 kW / 133 deg to SEAs
2330-0030 on 11595 ERV 100 kW / 100 deg to SEAs

CANADA    Frequency change of Radio Canada International in English:
2000-2100 NF 15330 SAC 250 kW / 105 deg to CeAf, ex 13650

KAZAKHSTAN     Summer A-11 schedule for Voice of Orthodox in Russian:
1430-1500 on  9950 A-A 200 kW / 310 deg to CeAs Tue/Fri

MADAGASCAR    Summer A-11 schedule for Voice of People in En/Shona/Ndebele:
0400-0500 NF  9870 MDC 050 kW / 065 deg to ZWE, ex 9875 eff.from April 1
1600-1630 on  9445 MDC 050 kW / 065 deg to ZWE, strong co-ch RL in Uzbek
1800-1900 on  7330 MDC 050 kW / 065 deg to ZWE, strong co-ch WYFR Romanian

MOLDOVA    Summer A-11 schedule of Radio PMR Pridnestrovye Mon-Fri:
1700-1900 on  9665*KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu Ru/En/Fr/Ge, each 30'
1900-2100 on  9665*KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu Ru/En/Fr/Ge, repeated
2100-2300 on  9665*KCH 300 kW / 309 deg to WeEu Ru/En/Fr/Ge, repeated
* co-ch till 1730 CRI in Hausa;
        1800-2000 REE in French/English Mon-Fri

MOLDOVA(non)    New summer frequency for Voice of Russia in French:
1600-2100 NF  9410 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NWAf
          // 15465 MSK 250 kW / 250 deg to WeEu fr 1700 (1600-1700 carrier)

MOLDOVA(non)    Summer A-11 schedule of Radyo-e Rahoya Iran in Farsi:
1600-1700 on  5810*KCH 100 kW / 100 deg to WeAs, not registered 1530-1730
* plus Iranian bubble jammer

PAKISTAN    Frequency change of Radio Pakistan in Urdu WS:
1700-1900 NF  9350 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu, ex  9390 // 11590 to WeEu

RUSSIA    Summer A-11 of Radio Rossii in Russian:
0400-0800 on 12070 MSK 250 kW / 265 deg to WeEu
0825-1300 on 13665 MSK 250 kW / 265 deg to WeEu
1325-1700 on  9480 MSK 250 kW / 265 deg to WeEu
1725-2100 on  7215 MSK 250 kW / 265 deg to WeEu

SOUTH AFRICA    Summer A-11 of Channel Africa. From Apr.1 Mon-Fri, ex Daily
0300-0355 on  5980 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to ECAf English
0300-0455 on  3345 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English
0500-0755 on  7230 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English
0600-0655 on 15255 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WCAf English
0800-1200 on  9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf English
1200-1400 on  9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Nyanja/Lozi
1400-1600 on  9625 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf Portuguese/English
1500-1555 on 15660 MEY 250 kW / 005 deg to CEAf Swahili
1600-1655 on 15235 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to WCAf French
1700-1755 on  9675 MEY 500 kW / 330 deg to WCAf English

SOUTH AFRICA    New time & frequency of So.African Radio League in English:
1630-1730 NF  3230 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Mon, ex 1905-2005 on 3215
0800-0900 on  7205 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Sun
          // 17570 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to EaAf Sun

UKRAINE    Summer A-11 of Radio Ukraine International:
1400-1700 on  9420*KHR 100 kW / 055 deg to RUSS in Ukrainian
* co-ch VOG ERA-5 Greek; CNR Kazakh/Uighur; VOIRI/IRIB Arabic from 1630

UKRAINE     Summer A-11 for Voice of Russia via RUI's tx:
0200-0300 on  7440 LV  500 kW / 303 deg to NoAm in English
0900-1000 on 11655 LV  300 kW / 278 deg to WeEu in German

USA(non)    Some IBB changes:
VOA's "Radio Sawa" in Arabic on SW to LBY, TUN, EGY:
0800-1330 on 15775 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg
0800-1000 on 11725 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg
1000-1200 on 11680 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg
1200-1330 on 11890 LAM 100 kW / 132 deg
0800-1100 on 17880 KWT 250 kW / 285 deg
1100-1330 on 17840 KWT 250 kW / 285 deg

Voice of America in Farsi, retimed:
0230-0330 on  5970 BIB 100 kW / 088 deg, ex 0130-0230 on same
0230-0330 NF  6095 WER 250 kW / 105 deg, ex 0130-0230 on 6105
0230-0330 on  7345 BIB 100 kW / 105 deg, ex 0130-0230 on same

Radio Liberty in Russian, effective from April 7:
0300-0400 NF  9845 BIB 100 kW / 063 deg, ex  9740
1700-1800*NF 12080 LAM 100 kW / 075 deg, ex 11985 to avoid VOR in English
* "Caucasus Echo"

USA(non)    WYFR Family Radio via BAB in new language - Sinhala:
1500-1600 on 12035 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs, ex English

Glenn Hauser logs April 2-3, 2011

** ALBANIA [and non]. 13640, R. Tirana, English to Eu and NAm at 1845-1900 and 2000-2030 Mon-Sat, on a frequency which was carefully chosen and registered not to cause or be subject to interference, now has co-channel QRM since a few days after A-11 officially started, All India Radio began using it during these hours and beyond: 1715-1945 in Arabic, 1945-2030 in French, 500 kW, 300 degrees via Bengaluru. First noted by Noel Green in England, where AIR ruins Tirana reception, so we monitored it April 2:

Until 1857 or so, R. Tirana was atop the CCI, which became clearly audible once Tirana went off. The QRM was stronger before *1959 Tirana resumed, and it started atop, but progressively lost out to the interference, until by 2027 they were roughly equal levels. No doubt the situation is worse further east and south from here, and intolerable in Europe. Since propagation was subnormal today, the clash could be worse when conditions improve.

Since Tirana was on 13640 first (also previous seasons) and duly coordinated, AIR, which is obviously capable of changes at short notice, should move immediately to a clear 13 MHz frequency, of which there are plenty.

While barely evading a collision with Albania, Dardasha 7 from Cyprus, due south via Wertachtal is also on 13640 in Arabic at 1900-1930, Wolfgang Büschel reports.

Tirana skips Sundays in English, so the other two may be heard today, without Shijak, that collision resuming Monday unless AIR relents (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 15330, April 2 at 2012, RCI remains here for its only vestigial English hour on AM from Sackville, // weaker 15235, 17735; and originally published 13650 has now been replaced by 15330, so not a mistake, but a last-minute A-11 change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 3: 8400, VG and no CCI at 1251. Not heard after 1300, nor anywhere else up to 18 MHz by 1310, during subnormal propagation conditions; per WWV, the mid-latitude K-index at 12 and 15 UT was 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11760, RHC `En Contacto`, Sunday April 3 at 1338, Manolo de la Rosa says that the new frequency for Europe circa 2240 Sundays is 17650, but he doesn`t make clear that is not supposed to go into effect until April 4 so today should still be on 11770, et al.

13750, open carrier April 3 at 1404, and 13680 is off as is standard RHC practice on Sundays whether or not there is going to be any `Aló, Presidente` a few hours later from Venezuela.

At 1607, 13750 and the four other A,P frequencies are off the air: 17750, 15370, 13680, 11690. Checking http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/ it says that El Hugazo has ``ceded his space`` to a report on somebody`s South American tour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 11865, DW is still here with two hours of English for Africa, 2000 at 140 degrees via PORTUGAL, 2100 at 295 degrees via RWANDA, and fairly audible in deep NAm too: April 2 at 2040 report on the late zoopolarbear Knut; 2126 with German lesson, 2130 into political/news discussion, and during this hour better on // 15540, also 295 from Rwanda, and audible on 15275, 120 from Portugal.

15275 Rwanda was back with DW English, April 3 at 0608 repeating the previous report on Knut, but VG signal drops off the air every few seconds. Now nothing from 15190 Eq Guinea or 15120 Nigeria. Knut:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,752006,00.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI missing for the second day in a row, April 3 at 1251 when should have been in Japanese, and after 1300 in English, but once again the other Cimanggis transmitter with RRI domestic continued to be heard on 9680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, April 2 at 1958, R. Kuwait English service, good with flutter, rock music, but by 2011 had faded to very poor level. Meanwhile, nothing audible from Arabic service to C&W NAm on 17550. Propagation is very selective and touchy with this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, Sunday April 3 at 1238, REE`s `Amigos de la Onda Corta` is in progress via COSTA RICA, station news including ESPN on the air from Dominican Republic on MW 690; then REE`s Emisión Sefarad celebrates its 25th anniversary April 4, schedule for it and interviews with presenters Matilda and Rajel, who are also involved in other projects such as a new book of Sephardic poetry.

So, as we suspected, despite publicity all over Spanish DX groups that ADLOC would be at 1330, for A-11 it is really an hour earlier now at 1230 Sundays on this and all the other frequencies. It seems that with every seasonal change, erroneous info about this scheduling gets published as fact, to be corrected by monitoring. Conditions were subnormal for Spain direct on higher frequencies. Still unconfirmed is the only other alleged time, Saturdays 0630. Did anyone hear it then April 2? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 9510, April 3 at 1250, VOA English, discussion about what`s next for Syria, outroed as `Encounter` with expert from the University of Oklahoma; *1254 another open carrier comes on, with ripple SAH depressing but not inaudiblizing modulation from first transmitter. 1300 recheck only one signal is there, VOA news in English. Per HFCC, here`s what`s happening:

Daily at 12-13 is 250 kW, 283 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, (PHT).
Sat/Sun at 13-14 is 50 kW, 285 degrees from Tinang (PHX). The extra hour is for `Jazz America` which followed // 12150, 7575. So there was an overlap of about 5 minutes, during which I was not monitoring to determine if any modulation also self-clashed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479, WTWW, April 3 at 1317 speaker mentions matter-of-factly that radiation ``has a frequency`` which goes up to the ionosphere, but those who are baptized are protected when it comes back down, because that changes them physically. PPP/SFAW, always good for a guffaw! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9947.5, the continuous tone test heard the previous two mornings, gone again April 3 at 1302 check. Several others have reported hearing it:

Ken W. English, Studio Engineer at KSL-TV, Salt Lake, says:
``Hi, I heard the tone/tones on 9947.5 all day on April 1, as well.
It was very strong (at Midvale, Utah, using a 55-foot long-wire antenna), with very minor fading, all day, ending somewhere around sunset. At times, it almost seemed like there were slightly different frequency audio tones on the upper and lower AM sidebands. Like you said, that might have just been a beat with 9950.

I think I have heard some un-modulated carriers, and some with tone, on various frequencies lately. I've assumed they were U.S.-based religious broadcasters with automation problems, or something. What does it cost to run 100 kW for several hours ;) ? Maybe it was on this frequency.

Doing a Google search, I found a couple of references to this being a frequency for a "NOAA Emergency Communications Network". I have e-mailed the Public Information folks at NOAA, to see if they have an answer. I'll let you know if I hear back.``

Bob LaRose, W6ACU, San Diego, CA, wrote at 1812 UT April 2:
``Hi Glen[n]! Also hearing the strong AM station with tone on 9947 kHz here in San Diego. Very strong and does not have normal fading characteristics (very slow fades and only a couple db) so speculate it is within ground wave range. First noticed all day yesterday (1st). Back again today. Navy test of some type?``

Searching DXLD, I found in 4-189 that WEWN was putting out spurs including 9947 in December, 2004, but those came from 9955, no longer in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

QSLs Luca Botto Fiora

Filippine
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL Tinang 9490 kHz, Cartolina QSL e scheda in 36 giorni. No RP. QTH: P.O. Box 6000 - Montreal - Quebec H3C 3A8 (Canada). V/s: Bill Westenhaver. Inviato CD MP3.

***
Germania
RADIO GLORIA INTERNATIONAL Kall Krekel 6085 kHz, Cartolina QSL, lettera, scheda e cartolina religiosa in 48 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: QSL@radiogloria.eu  V/s: Peter Galliker - Station Manager.

***
Pirata
CAROLINE RAINBOW 6375 kHz, E-QSL in 1 giorno. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: carolineradio@hotmail.com e radiorainbow@hotmail.com  V/s: Jan Vraag.
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RADIO STAR INTERNATIONAL 6221 kHz, Cartolina QSL e fogli informativi in 20 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: RSI - Post! bus 2702 - NL-6049 ZG Herten (Paesi Bassi). Inviato CD MP3.
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ZENDER BIZON 6300 kHz, E-QSL in 32 dd. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: radio97.1@hotmail.com

***
Serbia
RADIO VALJEVO 1368 kHz, E-QSL in 28 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 inviato a: mimis@cuckovic.org  V/s: Svetomir Cuckovic - Stari Banovci (Serbia). Il rapporto con CD MP3 e dollaro inviato nel 2009 non ha mai ottenuto risposta.


Luca Botto Fiora

QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2011)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 669
AFRICA: 116
ASIA: 192
AMERICA: 119
OCEANIA: 32
CLANDESTINE: 65
PIRATA! : 334
FM ITALIA: 171
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TOTALE: 1698

Log Roberto Pavanello

 1200  2/4 03.25 WXKS - Newton EE MX suff.
 1404  2/4 10.10 R. Corse Frequenza Mora - Ajaccio IT Mediterradio suff.
 1470  2/4 03.00 WLAM - Lewiston EE NX suff.
 1494 28/3 11.10 R. Corse Frequenza Mora - Bastia IT Mediterradio buono
 1510  2/4 03.20 WWZN - Boston EE talk OM buono
 1584  2/4 23.50 Unid con no stop MX compreso Tiziano Ferro (Verona o Studio X) buono/pttimo
 1620  2/4 03.05 R. Rebelde - Habana SS MX // a 5025 KHz suff.
 1636 27/3 21.30 Technische Man - Dutch ID e MX buono
 1650  2/4 03.10 WHKT - Portsmounth EE talk OM suff.
 1654 27/3 21.50 R. Napoleon - Dutch ID e MX buono
 1660  2/4 03.15 WWRU - Jersey City Coreano live phone buono
 3905  1/4 19.30 Skyline R. Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 3920  2/4 22.55 R. Batavia - EE ID e MX buono
 5818  3/4 08.30 Orion R. - EE ID e MX buono
 6220  2/4 23.10 Laser Hot Hits - EE ID e MX buono
 6303  2/4 23.20 R. Marconi - EE ID e MX buono
 7410 29/3 14.00 R. Fiume - IT NX ottimo
 9505 30/3 17.30 R. Int. di Serbia - Beograd IT NX buono
 9675  2/4 22.55 R. Cancao Nova - Cachoeira Paulista PP MX buono
10000  2/4 22.50 Observatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e pip pip suff.
11765  2/4 22.35 R. Deus è Amor - Curitiba PP predica buono
11780  2/4 22.30 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP NX buono
15190  2/4 22.40 R, Inconfidencia - Belo Horizonte PP MX buono
15345  2/4 22.45 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS intervista su film buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs April 1-2, 2011

** ANGUILLA [and non]. 11775, April 2 at 1350, PMS is JBA and I thought she was very undermodulated until I noticed a SAH, indicating suppression by a stronger carrier atop; but nothing else scheduled now except AIR Tibetan/Nepali via GOA at 1200-1430, surely not the source of this. Could have been a R. Martí Greenville or Sackville tuneup for evening service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BURMA [non]. 12140, April 2 at 1352, fair signal in Burmese giving boxes in Bangkok and Tokyo, so suspected a gospel huxter, but it`s really R. Free Asia, 250 kW, 272 degrees via TINIAN at 1330-1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 9550, April 2 at 1302 in Vietnamese, and still audible at 1404, i.e. CRI, 500 kW, 193 degrees from Beijing site. This starts at 1100, and I can hardly wait to exclaim ``Commies vs Commies`` again when RHC allegedly also starts using 9550 April 4 at 11-13.

Firedrake April 2:
10300 the only one audible, from *1310 overcoming Sound of Hope, see TAIWAN. MUFs and hi-latitude paths were depressed, WWV saying altho there were no geomag storms, K-index was 4 at 12 UT, 3 at 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 7405, April 2 at 0611, R. Martí with no jamming audible, unlike 6030 at 0615.

5040, RHC Spanish April 2 still on at 0616 about, what else, Los 5, well past nominal 0500*; they sometimes leave 5040 on while the 6 MHz frequencies quit at scheduled time.

15120, RHC JBA April 2 at 1317, and mixing with something else weak, barely better on clear 15230. 19m was just about dead, with K=4 at 1200, the only decent signal being CRI/Sackville 15260; likewise 16m except for CVC Chile 17680.

As for the anticipated revived European service of RHC from April 4 at 1930-2300: Manolo de la Rosa has made yet another correxion, via Juan Franco Crespo: now saying it will be on 17650! Instead of 17560, instead of 17550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, zero signal from R. Africa, April 2 at 0602, vs SSOB 24 hours earlier, so hard to believe it is even on the air this Saturday; while Nigeria 15120 was audible both dates. AUSTRALIA was VG on 15160, also 15240, 15415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. 17690, RFI via GUIANA FRENCH, good April 2 at 1359 with musical prélude, 1400 timesignal, opening Spanish with 4 pm timecheck, ``repaso de la actualidad en 3 minutos``, 1403 a show about human rights, so no huelga hoy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUINEA. 7125, RTG still sporadically active intruder in the exclusive (?) worldwide 40-m hamband, Saturday April 2 at 0612 with Qur`an interrupted every few seconds for translation/explanation in French. Co-channel from an SSB ham in Spanish needing no BFO, tho there were plenty of clear frequencies around 7125; a deliberate spoiler? Such programming was a surprise to me, as I did not realise Guinea is 85% Moslem, 8% Christian, per 2002y World Almanac. So at least 7% think for themselves, dare to be different (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, after a spate of reliability for a couple weeks, VOI absent when English would have been aired, Saturday April 2 at 1302 and later chex during the hour. From adjacent RRI domestic relay transmitter at Cimanggis, 9680 still running with gamelan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, with RNW Dutch back on this summer frequency at 1300 via IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES, I made a point of monitoring the end, underclashing with CRI English via Sackville: 1325 mentions Marijke van der Meer, a familiar name from RNW English, 1326 NA, and 1327 open carrier instead of two sesquiminutes of the English feed until 1330*, which was a regular feature last A-season. So it`s been deliberately suppressed, and I can no longer say it should be added to the RNW transmission schedule, and comprehensive schedules of English broadcasts; shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160, April 2 at 0614, VG S9+18 signal in English, could be RCI, interview about Ivory Coast, then saying Lynn Desjardins will be next. After music break, at 0618 program ID as ``The Link`` from Montréal. Axually, it`s CKZN with CBC Overnight still carrying Radio Canada Internal/Immigration produxions. No sign of co-channel CKZU which, four timezones to the west, would not yet be in such programming. In previous seasons, RCI relays from Asia have been scheduled later on 6160, colliding with CBC`s own CKZU/CKZN! But not in A-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, the sometimes-audible VON English service from 0455: April 2 at 0601 news in English with deep fades peaking S9+10, unstable carrier, distorted crackly modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 13800, April 1 at 2037, RRI with news in English, into `Radio Newsreel`, good // weaker 11880 and even weaker 11940. 13800 is not listed in this early version of the RRI A-11 schedule:
http://www.bclnews.it/a11schedules/romania.htm
Just 11880, 11940 and DRM 9765. But 13800 is in HFCC as:
13800 2030 2100 8 TIG 300 307  1234567 270311 301011 D Eng ROU RRO ROU 
i.e. to 8=E USA, beyond Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 5930, April 2 at 1251, R. Rossii with nice Bach organ music, 1253 Russian announcement; as usual stronger than // 5940 an echo apart in final few minutes of broadcast day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA. 15275, April 2 at 0603, DW news in English, fair. It`s 250 kW, 295 degrees from Kigali for WAf, also USward; as NIGERIA 15120 was also propagating, but no EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15190, qq.vv. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [and non]. 5965, REE via COSTA RICA mixing with Vatican, April 2 at 0606, program involving flamenco music, not `Amigos de la Onda Corta` DX show which in B-10 was at 0605 Saturdays. Would they shift it one UT hour earlier for A-11 so we could still hear it by staying up only till 12:30 am local? Of course not!

José Bueno`s DX program publicity says it is now at 0630, so we would have to stay up until 2 am! On 5965 CR and direct 11890, 12035, which were not propagating this night. He says the only other airing is Sundays at 1330, same UT as in B-10, but it was NOT on at that time March 27, maybe really shifted to 1230? On 11880 via CR, which like 15170 before it, is absent on Saturdays, back on Sundays; et al. 0630 Saturday also needs to be confirmed by someone awake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [and non]. 10300, April 2 at 1307 instead of usual Firedrake, axual talk in Chinese and no jamming! Poor signal. *1310 Firedrake cuts on, but a mix of them still audible. In B-10, Aoki had 10300 as one of numerous 100-watt nuisance transmitters of Sound of Hope = Xi Wang Zhi Sheng at 2000-1700, but they must have put a much more powerful transmitter on it now; 1348 recheck, not much but FD audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** UGANDA [non]. 15410, R. Y`Abaganda, carrier on a dekasecond before *1700 Saturday April 2, new A-11 frequency ex-17725 for 1700-1715 weekly broadcast via Issoudun, FRANCE --- but very poor signal, some music audible, so presumed, while RFI itself on 15300 from same site was much better. This disparity is too great to explained by the registered parameters:
15300: 500 kW, 190 degrees
15410, 250 kW, 140 degrees
The latter has advantage of being much closer to directly off the back toward here, and half the power should not result in much less than half the signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5755, WTWW, April 2 at 1241 discussing brass bracelets on collars for dogs to make them less nervous, then cut to dead air for about a minute. Scriptures for America Worldwide has never got its technical act together. Resumed, playing ``Turn Your Radio On`` and denouncing psychophysical effects of bad/loud music. And the very strong WTWW carrier remains wobbly, obvious with BFO switched on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 7575, April 2 at 1257, VOA concluding `Press Conference USA`, so must now be scheduled Saturdays 1230 on this and other frequencies, 7575 being 18 degrees USward from Udorn, THAILAND.

9355, April 2 at 1258, good signal with VOA YDD sign-on; 1300 fragments of a couple different feeds, then ``Voice of America in Cantonese``, a minority language not worth jamming by the ChiCom, unlike Uzbek, Tibetan, etc. This is 349 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 13-15.

12150, Saturday April 2 at 1351, VOA `Jazz America` vs CODAR // weaker 9510 and even weaker 7575. It`s Saturdays and Sundays 13-14, 12150 being 349 degrees via Tinang, PHILIPPINES.

15115, April 2 at 1357, Chinese // 9845 and echoing, vs something else in Chinese, i.e. VOA at 13-14, 250 kW, 18 degrees from THAILAND. Only Asian signals making it thru on 19m, attesting to the power of ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BURMA [non]

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1557 monitoring: Sat 1400 broadcast on WRMI 9955 barely audible but not jammed; BFO helped and I notice that WRMI carrier is also slightly unstable, compared to several other signals in the area. Next airings are Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.

On WWCR, confirmed Sat 1600 on 12160; final repeat to be Sun 0630 on 3215.

IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA confirms WOR time is now Sat 1800 UT on 7290, also 1368, 1566 MW in Italy, and: ``You are also getting unscheduled repeats during streaming only time and on AM/Medium Wave daily from 19:04 CET to 01:00 CET [1704-2300 UT], both in Rome and N Italy.``

IRRS and I would of course like to know how well we are being received around Europe on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZAMBIA [and non]. 13590, April 2 at 0603, CVC 1Africa with gospel rock in English, VG signal. In A-11 this is scheduled all the way from 06 to 20, 100 kW, 315 degrees toward W Africa and Michigan, colliding with China, then Russia at 10-15, and Germany 1530-18 certain days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9947.5, the continuous tone test first heard April 1 is also heard April 2 at 1305, mainly QRMing 9950 in Korean, i.e. Nippon no Kaze, 2 degrees from Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs April 1, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13625, R. Tirana check April 1 at 1436 in English, has fair modulation and understandable with some concentration, but better modulation on neighbor 13620 aimed in opposite direxion, 80 degrees from IBB KUWAIT in Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another month starts and still no LRA36, despite repeated reactivation expectations and excuses: not even a carrier, April 1 at 1249, 1323, 1431 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 1:
 8400, just barely audible at 1256
10300, fair at 1255, not // any of the following except 12180
12180, fair at 1243, mixing with something, proved not to be // any of the others heard in next few minutes, except 10300. Nothing at all in HFCC on 12180 to account for this, so guess Sound of Hope
12240, good at 1243
12980, good at 1243
13130, fair at 1246
13500, good at 1245
13920, good at 1244
13970, fair at 1327 // 13920 but 13500, 13130, 12240, 12180, 10300 are off; 13970 down to JBA at 1433
15900, good at 1321; was not there before 1300
16100, JBA at 1251; hi-freq and hi-lat paths are depressed today

I was listening to 12180 and 10300 at 1300 when they vanished, and 13500 was also gone a few sex later. Did not recheck all the others immediately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. A revised schedule from R. Habana Cuba is coming out, via José Bueno, effective April 4, showing new 17560 in use to Europe at 1930-2300 in French, Portuguese, Arabic and Spanish. Then Manolo de la Rosa sent a correxion via Bueno and Juan Franco Crespo, that at least for his show `En Contacto`, Sundays at 2245, frequency would be 17550 instead of 17560. If RHC winds up on 17550 for the entire service, we look forward to the collision with Kuwait after 2000, q.v.!

This revived European service does not include English: the 19-20 broadcast on 11760 remains targeted at Central America (where there is only one small English-speaking country, Belize).

Other new frequencies in the April 4+ RHC schedule, all for Spanish:
 9550 11-13 to Chicago
 9620 23-04 to Rio de Janeiro
 9710 21-23 to Antilles
11830 11-15 to New York
12020 21-05 to Chile
13670 21-04 to Caribbean

Way to go, Arnie!
 9550 will collide with WYFR until 1145
 9620 collides with Spain to SAm at 23-05
Spain DRM also remains on 9630 at 00-02 via CR spreading beyond 5 kHz
11830 collides with WYFR after 1300, 315 degrees to NAm. It`s been there for many years; hasn`t Arnie noticed?? HFCC A-11 has now been published for all to see, even he who refuses to participate.

Meanwhile, he keeps RHC on 12040 at 11-15, which as I have been pointing out, collides with ChiCom jamming and VOA. Also no changes in English from the March 20 schedule, i.e. still blasting HCJB 6050 at 01-07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11775, lite jamming pulses under ANGUILLA, April 1 at 1253; 11775 *needs* to be jammed only in the evening, when R. Martí has resumed using it for A-11 at 00-03, which BTW is Greenville 00-01, Sackville 01-03 per HFCC.

7405, April 1 at 1359, R. Martí promo with no jamming audible, nor when it cuts to open carrier at 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, April 1 at 0555, R. Africa the SSOB at S9+12 with gospel huxter in English; less fading but more modulation that Australia 15160; NIGERIA also audible on 15120, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9690, April 1 at 1329, AIR talk in unID language, rather than musical runup to GOS, let alone the AIR IS, but 1330 switch to English sign-on with constant hum, right into news. The only language service ending at 1330 (on other frequencies) is Tibetan, so maybe that`s it, on the same program feed line (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 1 at 1336, VOI English with `Miscellany` talk about stem cells, as I endure intermittent audio dropouts (IADs) clocked at 10 times per minute, but quite irregularly spaced and seeming to have nothing to do with momentary modulation peaks. They are even more annoying during music, following at 1341, comedy song combining Hawaiian and C&W; 1344 Englonesian version of Billy Joel`s ``I Love You Just the Way You Are``, plus more Indopop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 9420, April 1 at 2041, Iranian music instead of Greek; despite ERA`s decades of usage of 9420, VIRI has overtaken their frequency by surprise, as John Babbis has been reporting since A-11 began. Wolfgang Büschel says Iran has put its all-night Arabic service on 9420 at 1630-0530, which HFCC has as 500 kW, 289 degrees via Zahedan, instead of originally registered 9460 --- because Turkey in Turkish is already on 9460 at 16-21.

But why QSY to 9420? Scenario: without bothering to turn on a radio, or consult any knowledgeable DX reference, IRIB figured that like so many other ERA HFCC registrations, 9420 was also wooden, not really in use! But it is, in fact, up to 24 hours a day!! How will this be resolved? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT [and non]. 17550, since R. Kuwait in Arabic to C&W NAm was coming in March 31 before 2400, I listen for it again April 1 at 2035, but not a trace, nor later at 2121. 15540 English also absent before 2100. Is 17750 irregular, or was a propagational anomaly to be credited the day before? Still nothing audible at 2352, but 16m is almost dead except for Taiwan/WYFR 17725. See also CUBA, planning to use 17550 to Europe! Or 17560? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, April 1 at 1431, VOAf from the GJ still here at quick check, fair with African music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, April 1 at 0556, VON with hilife music, 0557 ending `Moving On` show about musical instruments; S9+12, equivalent meter reading to 15190 Equatorial Guinea, but doesn`t sound as loud, and 15120 also has SAH, CCI, listed as CRI Chinese from Beijing site. Both this and VON last another hour until 0700 on 15120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PORTUGAL. 12060, April 1 at 0558 music, 0600 4-pip timesignal and Portuguese Portuguese; RDPI now scheduled 05-07, 200 kW, 144 degrees. It`s also back on 7240 which is more reliable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 15460, fair April 1 at 1323 with R. Svoboda ID in passing. HFCC says IBB Russian via Rampisham UK during this hour, full site schedule being: 08-10 Tinang, Philippines; 12-13 Lampertheim, Germany; 14-16 Lampertheim again [why switch to Ramp for one hour??]. NHK due west from Yamata in Japanese is also listed at 12-14, likely to produce a collision in Russia, but not here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 13810, April 1 at 1433, Brother Scare mixing with weaker signal; scheduled as Iran in Hindi from 1430, 500 kW, 102 degrees via Sirjan; Scare is 100 kW, 130 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY so likely to collide even worse around the Mideast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 17595, REE, April 1 at 2120 the same hypernasal YL we hear on the 1430 Portuguese news snippets, is saying ``ciao`` to her Brazilian listeners, and then playing Arab music (or should I say Moorish?). This service is M-F 21-22 on 17595 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA

** TURKEY. 15450, monitored V. of Turkey again April 1 on reactivated A-season frequency for 1230 English: fair at 1249 and at 1321 when in sign-off, announceress still imagines this broadcast is an hour later on 25m; only 2.5 iterations of the IS before cut carrier, but still identical rather than variations, and listening more closely, I don`t think it`s on a real piano any more but some `authentic instrument` keyboard. Boring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also IRAN

** U K [non]. 17685, April 1 at 0000, BBCWS `World Briefing`, poor with flutter as relay via THAILAND is starting; also scheduled now a further hour via SINGAPORE until 0200.

15470, April 1 at 1430, S. Asian language with BBC ID in passing; scheduled as 14-15 Hindi, 250 kW, 97 degrees from CYPRUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 15470, where R. Sawa had a good signal on March 30 and 31 until 1330* sign-off as VOA, gone again April 1, not even a carrier detectable at 1249, 1302 or 1323. I now know that this was via Greenville; no wonder, a good signal, but in use only two days.

Another R. Sawa schedule, probably outdated quickly if not already, as IBB apparently struggles to get this emergency SW service going:
0800-1000 11725 Lampertheim
0800-1100 17880 Kuwait
0800-1330 15775 Lampertheim
1000-1200 11680 Lampertheim
1100-1330 17840 Kuwait
1200-1330 11890 Lampertheim and 13625 São Tomé.
BTW, Lampertheim does not really have a suitable antenna for Libya or the Arab world (Glenn Hauser, OK, April 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1557 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB, excellent signal on 2390, UT Friday April 1 at 0330, checked at 0358 before ending and this week also // weaker 5050, unlike last week. So it may or may not be on both. Presumably, further than a megameter from Manchester, 5050 achieves a better signal.

On WRMI 9955 the first airing of #1557 this week could not be until Friday 1430, confirmed at 1438 with fair signal, no jamming. Next chances are Sat 0800, 1400, 1730; Sun 0800, 1530, 1730.

On WWCR, confirmed Friday April 1 at 2030 back on summer frequency 15825, which without any sporadic E enhancement is very poor here, but we hope now gets better into Eurafrica and even western North America beyond the skipzone. Next airings are Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215.

On IPAR/NEXUS/IBA/IRRS, new WORLD OF RADIO time and frequency should be Saturday 1800 on 7290, presumably still via SLOVAKIA. HFCC A-11 shows nothing on 7295 during this hour, but 7285 with VOR, 250 kW, 280 degrees from Samara, so how is reception now in Europe on 7290? Official targets of IRRS are CIRAF zones 18-20, 27-30, 37-39, i.e. all of Europe including western Russia, the north African tier, and ME from Turkey thru Arabia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479, WTWW, April 1 at 1355 tuneby, Pastor Pete Peters music and talk modulation cutting off and on a few times per second, totally unlistenable, and the bits of mod heard were also distorted. Had recovered by next check 1442, not cutting out but still rough-sounding (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WINB missing from both known frequencies, 13570 and 9265, April 1 at 1435; no fooling. So now 13570 no longer QRMs CODAR. 9265 is on at next check 2240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9947.5, strong AM carrier with continuous DSB tone of less than 1 kHz, April 1 at 1438 centered here, also making het against weak 9950 carrier; plus noticed about an hour earlier. Fortunately this is far enough away not to bother 9955 WRMI; nor is it related to the previous WWV spur, but what is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

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30/03/2011 2022      17705            R Nacional de Venezuela      CUB  Via TX CUBA - px "Alo Presidente"+ ID             
30/03/2011 2014      15345            RAE General Pacheco          ARG   px news in francese                              
30/03/2011 2006      15189,6          R.Incofidencia             B    px locale                                         
30/03/2011 2000      5005             R.Nacional, Batà          GNE  px locale                                       
29/03/2011 0445      3350             R.Exterior  de Espana       CTR  px news                                         
29/03/2011 0441      11815            R Brasil Central -Goiania     B    px mx samba                                     
29/03/2011 0434      4055             R Verdad -Chiquimula         GTM    px religioso low audio     

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Glenn Hauser logs March 31, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, still no LRA36 carrier detectable, March 31 at 1313, and now would be quite squeezed between POLAND [non] on 15480, and Sawa strong via ??? on 15470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 15345 [not measured to the fraxion], RAE with variety of lite music, March 31 at 2350; then to 8-note IS 2356-2357* about to QSY to 11711v; fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 15190, R. Inconfidência, March 31 at 2310 mixing about equally with WYFR Portuguese to Brasil, making lo and wavering het. That`s better than to be expected, and depending on whether WYFR begins to drop out/skip over. At same time, WYFR had much stronger signals on 15130 and 15440, not aimed at Brasil. This was on the DX-398 portable; rechecked at 2338 on the FRG-7, WYFR was way on top; too much antenna? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BULGARIA. 11600, March 31 at 0527 open carrier with flutter; 0530 starts speaking German, but keeps dropping off the air several times; 0531.5 back on with carrier only. Without knowing the exact schedule, I figure it`s Bulgaria, and probably // 9600 --- tuning down there at 0532, yes, it is // as 11600 resumes some fitful German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 7110-7150, Intruder into worldwide 40m hamband, OTH radar pulses, March 31 at 1250, same rate and sound as several other spots, but variable intensities, 6960-7000, 6460-6510, 6780-6840, all approx.; presumed from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUYANA. 3290, after a week or so of much better reception of V. of Guyana, back to little or nothing lately vs the ute on the low side, e.g. at 0535 check March 31. I also read that they were off the air for at least 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6020, trying to hear Shiokaze = Sea Breeze at its earlier time and new frequency reported by S. Hasegawa and Ron Howard, March 31 at 1340, all I can detect is an undercurrent of something vs strong R. Australia, on 6020 until 1400, but SB stays another half hour into our daylight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 17550, March 31 at 2358, Arab music, heavy flutter, then R. Kuwait ID; off when rechecked at 2407. This was a regular last summer, upholding surprisingly late across midnite meridian from weehour Kabd.

Checking HFCC A-11 for Kuwait transmissions to CIRAFs 6 and 7, i.e. contiguous C&W USA west of 90 degrees:
11950 22-05 150 kW 350 degrees, DRM in ENGLISH [really on?? 7 hours??]
13650 18-21 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic
13770 14-20 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic
17550 20-24 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic

I continue to be amazed that Kuwait even tries to serve this area, at least in Arabic; are there a lot of Kuwaitis around, like in California?

There are two other transmissions better suited to ENAm, but designated for CIRAF 27, 28 = Europe:
 9880 21-24 500 kW 310 degrees, Arabic
15540 18-21 150 kW 310 degrees, Arabic [but really in English!]
Such a gross error, repeated season after season, forces us to question accuracy of the rest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11890, REE in Spanish, March 31 at 0526, good reception now with climbing overnight MUF. On March 23 I reported this on 11895 --- rechecking, at 05-07 they do use 11895 in B-seasons, 11890 in A-seasons (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 13570, March 31 at 0529, presumed WINB is back to a JBA carrier, compared to VG signal 24 hours earlier; tonight Australia and Russia are still in on 13 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15470, March 31 at 1329, R. Sawa, with ``I Wanna Ride Your Body`` song in English designed to corrupt innocent Moslem youth, until cut at 1330 for Voice of America sign-off, and off at 1331 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1557 monitoring: this edition was finished later than usual, making the first SW airing to be UT Friday April 1 at 0330 on WWRB 2390.

It also picks up the program number missed the previous week when we called that edition #1558 by mistake. So next week it will be on to #1559. Note well: 1557 is the latest, current edition, produced March 31.

1557 confirmed on ACB Radio Mainstream webcast starting at 0100 April 1, to be repeated 2-hourly.

Next SW airings: WRMI 9955: Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1400, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. WWCR: Friday 2030 on reactivated 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA, Saturday 1800 on reactivated 7290, to be confirmed.

WBCQ 7415 was playing Amos `n` Andy on webcast when I checked at 2130 Wednesday March 30. Operator told me he played WOR 1558 at 2100, rather than previously scheduled 2115, and the week before, WOR appeared at 2130. WBCQ has not replied to our inquiry about what time it is really supposed to air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###