Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE   Radio Netherlands Relay-RNI   17605  2310 GMT  Dutch  444  Aug 20  OM interviewing an OM..

BONAIRE   Radio Japan Relay-NHK   15265  2342  Japanese  444  Aug 20  Classical Music. OM with comments 2354 GMT. YL with more music 2355 GMT.  ID by an OM 2358 GMT.  Time Pips and off the air 2359 GMT.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana-REE Relay   17850  2250 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 20  YL singing.  OM with comments 2255 GMT.  OM with ID of REE 2256 GMT. Then back to vocal music by OMs  Then off the air 2300 GMT.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana REE Relay  17850  2048 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 21  Continuos music. OM with comments at 2050 GMT.  YL with comments 2052 GMT.  More music 2053 GMT.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba-RHC   15370  2337 GMT  Portuguese  444  Aug 20  YL with comments.

FRENCH GUIANA   Radio France Relay RFI   21690  2045 GMT  French  333  Aug 21  YL and OM with comments.

NORTH MARIANAS    Radio Free Asia-RFA   15430  2330 GMT  Chinese  333  Aug 20  YL and OM with comments.  //15585[333] No Marianas.

UNITED STATES, Florida    WYFR relay site.   Radio Taiwan Intl Relay.   17725  2304  GMT  Spanish  433  Aug 20  YL with comments.

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

Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2011

** ANGUILLA. On again: 11775, Aug 21 at 2127, PMS. Also 6090, Aug 22 at 0520 with music and phone number for reservations at ``this Sunday`s service`` --- a bit late for that on UT Monday. Note: in Los Ángeles, not The Valley! 11775, also Aug 22 at 1319 PMS with rumbling-sound CCI, not sure whence.

BTW, Terry Krueger in FL heard CB`s night frequency in the daytime, 6090, 2024-2114+ August 20, ahead of its nominal *2200, so always check both, day or night if one be missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Aug 22, first from random incomplete tuning:
 7970, fair at 1155
12025, fair at 1318 over CNR1 jammer
12980, very good at 1258; very poor at 1317
13970, very good at 1258
14700, fair at 1214, good at 1259
15430, poor at 1310
16100, poor at 1217
17170, very poor at 1217

From full scan of 7-19 MHz before 1400:
10300, good at 1355
12025, poor at 1355, equal level to CNR1 jammer
13970, very good at 1356
15280, fair at 1358
15515, fair at 1358; none higher
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 13820-13845, Aug 21 at 2125, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, vs DCJC and R Martí at one end, WWCR at the other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 770, Aug 22 at 1159, ``Los Cuarenta Principales`` slogan and 5:58 TC, i.e. XEREV again, SRS from Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 7285, Aug 22 at 0524, Sonder Grense better than usual, and in English! M talking about Africa, with consecutive translation by W to Afrikaans (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, Aug 22 at 0519, WWCR broadcasting dead air, until 0530 ID and starting some program. Filler `Golden Age of Radio` scheduled for UT Mondays only 05-06, so dispensable; sold half the hour? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17460.2, Aug 22 at 1305 open carrier, then slow and lo-modulated MCW, but could have been beating against another transmitter. Yesterday this was on 17461.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Dx Mix News # 691

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DX MIX NEWS # 691                                            22 August 2011
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U.K.(non)    Summer A-11 Schedule of BABCOCK Relays. Part 1 of 3:
Voice of Vietnam
0100-0128 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English
0130-0228 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm Vietnamese
0230-0328 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English/Spanish
0330-0428 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English/Spanish
0430-0528 on  6175 SAC 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAm Vietnamese
1700-1728 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1730-1828 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese
1830-1858 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French
1900-1928 on  9895 SKN 300 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2028 on  9430 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to WeEu German
2030-2128 on 11840 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to SEEu Vietnamese

Adventist World Radio
0100-0200 on 15445 TAI 100 kW / 250 deg to Asia Vietnamese Sat

Radio Payem e-Doost in Farsi
0230-0315 on  7460 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs
1800-1845 on  7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs

EDC Sudan Radio Service Darfur Program
0400-0500 on 11800 RMP 250 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic  Sat-Thu
1600-1700 on 15500 WOF 300 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Arabic  Sat-Thu, ex RMP

EDC Sudan Radio Service
0400-0500 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Arabic
0500-0530 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Arabic  Sat/Sun
0530-0600 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf English Sat/Sun
1500-1530 on 17745 SIN 250 kW / 114 deg to EaAf English
1530-1700 on 17745 SIN 250 kW / 114 deg to EaAf Arabic
1700-1730 on  9590 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Various*
1730-1800 on  9590 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf English Mon-Fri
*Dinka Mon; Zande Tue; Moru Wed; Bari Thu; Shiluk Fri

Radio Okapi
0400-0500 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala(Congo)

Radio Damal (Voice of the Somali People or Odka Bulshada Somaliyeed)
0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 on 11740 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf Somali
1930-2130 on 11650 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali

Bar-Kulan Radio/Meeting Place
0500-0600 on 15750 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali
1600-1700 on  9930 MEY 500 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Somali

Radio Japan NHK World
0500-0530 on  5975 RMP 500 kW / 140 deg to WeEu English
1100-1200 on  9760 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg to WeEu English/Russian Fri DRM
1700-1900 on 13740 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg to NoAf Japanese
0400-0430 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 238 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1700 on 12045 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Japanese
0130-0200 on 11740 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1330 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 141 deg to SoAs English
1400-1430 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English
1515-1600 on  7410 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg to SoAs Urdu
1300-1345 on 11685 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali
0200-0300 on 11780 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Japanese
0800-1000 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Japanese
0945-1030 on  6140 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1030-1100 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
1130-1200 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Thai
1230-1300 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1430-1500 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
0930-1000 on  9485 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to BRA  Portuguese
2130-2200 on 11880 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to BRA  Portuguese

BBC
0400-0600 on  3955 SKN 100 kW / 121 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0800 on  5875 WOF 100 kW / 114 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-0700 on  7430 MOS 040 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English DRM
0700-0800 on 11925 SIN 090 kW / 040 deg to WeEu English DRM
1400-1500 on  5845 NAK 090 kW / 290 deg to SoAs Hindi DRM, deleted July 11
1500-1530 on  5845 NAK 090 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English DRM,deleted July 11
1530-1600 on  5845 NAK 090 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English DRM
1400-1500 on 15640 TRM 090 kW / 005 deg to SoAs Hindi DRM
1500-1600 on 15640 TRM 090 kW / 005 deg to SoAs English DRM

DWL
0500-0600 on 17780 TRM 090 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English DRM
1600-1800 on  5845 NAK 090 kW / 290 deg to SoAs English DRM
1600-1800 on 15640 TRM 090 kW / 005 deg to SoAs English DRM

KBS World Radio
0700-0800 on  9860 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to WeEu Korean
1100-1130 on  9760 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg to WeEu English Sat DRM
1800-1900 on 15360 RMP 250 kW / 062 deg to EaEu Russian
1900-2000 on  6145 SKN 250 kW / 150 deg to WeEu French
2000-2100 on  3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German
2100-2130 on  3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu English

Voice of Croatia
0800-1200 on 11675 SNG 100 kW / 140 deg to AUS  CroatianEnglish news

IRIN Radio(Integrated Regional Information Network)
0830-0930 on 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

Eternal Good News
1130-1145 on 15525 DHA 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs English Fri

Trans World Radio Africa
1300-1315 on 13660 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun, ex Fri-Sun
1730-1800 on  9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri
1800-1815 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed
1800-1815 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1815-1845 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on  6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun

Voice of Tibet
1330-1400 on 15430 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs Tibetan

Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2011

** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Aug 21 at 1324, finale of Beethoven`s Fifth, a favourite selected by guest Graham Clark(e), inventor of the cochlear implant and now a Believer, on `Sunday Night` from RA. This prompts me to rant that RA, and hardly any other SW station, would *dream* of playing that entire, or any other symphony! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11650, Aug 21 at 1311, CRI in Esperanto, easily recognizable from unique intonation even if you can`t make out many of the words, poor signal in ACI from 11655 NHK via Canada.

At CRI, judging from number of broadcast hours per day, six, four of them on two frequencies, per WRTH update May 27:

Esperanto Days Area kHz
1100-1200 daily EAs 11635uru, 15110uru
1300-1400 daily SEA 9440nnn, 11650bei
1600-1700 daily Eu 1215fla
1700-1800 daily Eu 11650xia
1930-2030 daily Eu 7265kas, 9745uru
2200-2300 daily SAm 7315kas, 9860kas

Esperanto is more important than: Albanian, Amoy, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chaozhou, Croatian, Czech, Filipino, Hakka, Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Malaysian[sic], Nepali, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swahili, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Urdu. Even the least of which have multi-times more speakers than Esp`o; partly attributable to being widely dispersed rather than concentrated in one country or region, with (only) four distinct target areas, not including Pacific, N America, Mideast or Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Aug 21, in the ChiCom noon-hour:
16980, JBA at 0448
16100, JBA at 0448, even weaker than 16980; none lower

Before 1300, incomplete search:
 7970, fair at 1253
10300, poor at 1253-1300*, mixing with Chinese talk, SOH: see TAIWAN

After 1300:
12270, very good at 1314
12980, fair at 1314
13920, very good at 1315; none in the 14s nor rechecked closer to 1330
15290, good at 1316
15430, poor at 1316 // 13920
15900, very good at 1318
16100, very good with flutter at 1318; weaker than 15900
16980, very poor at 1318

Before 1400:
16980, poor at 1354
16100, fair at 1353
15900, very good at 1354
15525, good at 1356
15515, good at 1356; unusual two 10 kHz apart
15280, poor at 1356; none in the 14`s
13920, very good at 1352
12980, very poor at 1358
12270, good at 1358
12025, very poor at 1358, under CNR1 jamming
10300, fair at 1358

Before 1500:
15770, very good at 1455
14700, fair at 1455
12500, fair at 1457
10300, good at 1458
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13680, checking whether RHC would still turn it off earlier than 13780 on a Sunday: Aug 21 still on at 1352 but off at 1427 while 13780 continued; but not needed for 13750 with `Aló Presidente` still absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 17608-17632, Aug 20 at 2025, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, fortunately not blasting any broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11670, Aug 20 at 2200, AIR GOS ID in English, poor, but a beneficiary of the vanished Venezuela service via Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, still absent Aug 21 at 1453 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TATARSTAN [non]. 15110, Aug 21 at 0450 songs, 0452 break for announcements in presumed Tatar, not Russian; 0455-0500 more songs, good signal but fluttery. 0500 music stops, then hear CRI theme music and Chinese ID as transmitters have transitioned.

Until 0500 it`s Tatarstan Wave, 250 kW, 60 degrees via Samara, RUSSIA; after 0500 it`s CRI Mandarin, 100 kW, 174 degrees via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, per HFCC and EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 11670, turning on radio last tuned to INDIA [q.v.] at 2200, Aug 20 at 0441 there is American English, very poor signal with flutter. HFCC shows VOA is here via BOTSWANA at 04-07, switching from 350 to 10 degrees at 0500. Usually monitoring after 0500, had not run across it before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17461.0, Aug 21 at 1321, S9+12 steady open carrier; still at 1354 but now peaking only to S9+8. Just AM, no hidden RTTY or anything else with BFO onswitched (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton-RA   13630  2247 GMT  English  444  Aug 19  YL and OM with comments.  Two YLs with comments on Artist's from Australia. //15515[333], 15560[444], 17795[333].

BONAIRE    Radio Netherlands Intl Relay-RNI    17605  2320 GMT  Dutch  444  Aug 19  Two OMs with comments.

BULGARIA   Radio Bulgaria-RB   11700  2314 GMT  English  333  Aug 19  YL and OM with comments on world events.

CANADA   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   11840  2312 GMT  English  444  Aug 19  Two OMs on what would happen IF Israel was invaded by Egypt.

CANADA   Radio Canada Intl-RCI   15455  2328 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 19  YL with comments and suddenly of the air 2329 GMT.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba-RHC   13670  2300 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 19  OM with RHC ID.  YL with RHC ID 2301 GMT. Bongo music and Two YLs singing 2303 GMT.  //15230[444] and 12020[444].    Mackenzie-CA..

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI   15720  2240 GMT  English  333  Aug 19  YL and OM talking on Energy in ones body.

NORTH MARIANAS   Radio Free Asia-RFA   15585  2326 GMT  Chinese  444  Aug 19  Two OMs with comments.

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

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Legenda segnale (Signal)
IN - Insufficiente (Poor)
SF - Sufficiente (Fair)
BN - Buono (Good)
MB - Molto Buono (Very Good)


Sabato 13 agosto 2011
21.30 - 11775 kHz
UNIVERSITY NETWORK - The Valley (Anguilla)
Inglese, riflessioni bilbiche OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Ieri era ancora inattiva.
-
2135 17680 CVC VOZ CRISTIANA - Santiago (Cile) - SF/IN
2138 15190 R. INCONFIDENCIA - Belo Horizonte (Brasile) - SF/IN


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Domenica 14 agosto 2011
0450 13730 R. DABANGA - Talata V. (Madagascar) - SF/BN
0455 11690 R. OKAPI - Meyerton (Sud Africa) - SF/BN
0504 7811U AFRTS - Key West-FL (USA) - Inglese - SF
0510 6185v R. EDUCACION - Mexico DF - Musica locale - SF/IN
-
05.15 - 6090 kHz
UNIVERSITY NETWORK - The Valley (Anguilla)
EE, riflessioni bibliche OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Il 16 agosto alle 05.00-06.00 era di nuovo spenta.


***


Venerdì 19 agosto 2011
05.22 - 11253U kHz
RAF VOLMET (Regno Unito)
EE, ids "R-A-F Volmet" e wx PC-YL.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
05.44 - 9955 kHz
WRMI - Hialeah-FL (USA)
SS, tk OM/YL (prob. R. Praga)
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
05.48 - 9580 kHz
AFRICA N° 1 - Moyabi (Gabon)
FF, nxs OM e mx.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente


***


Luca Botto Fiora


QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia


RICEVITORI
R7 Drake - Satellit 500 Grundig - E5/G3/G6 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu - ATS909 Sangean


ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-5.5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
-
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop da finestra e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems

Glenn Hauser logs August 17-19, 2011

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Aug 18 at 0534, DGS is back on again. 11775 also on again at 1032 with PMS, but poor signal now, weaker than Brasília 11780; by 1122 had built up to VG signal during music break, 800 number. And 6090 still on Aug 19 at 0602. (At recording time for WOR 1578, it had been off again for a biday.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [and non]. 11710+, Aug 18 at 1034, big het between RAE in Japanese and something closer to 11710, presumably North Korea and/or CNR1 per Aoki. Geez! RAE frequency management is a farce, putting Japanese service on same channel as those. But then, RAE does not even try to protect its own frequencies by registering them with HFCC. The // 6060 earlier in the hour was better audible here, but much weaker than Radio Nikkei on 6055, Japan`s domestic SW service, so another loser! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6134.8, Aug 18 at 1038 music with het from 6135 and also OTH radar [see CHINA]. The het went off at 1040:42* and so did the music, so that must have been from the nameless Korean clandestine, revealing R. Santa Cruz much weaker, while OTHR continued (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9695+, Aug 18 at 1020, Brazilian with news and nationwide temperatures, S9+18 but undermodulated, mentions Manaus, Rio Mar, local ad for Distribuidora Londrina. It`s Radio Rio Mar, alluding to the Amazon river being so big it amounts to a sea in itself. No het, but we know it`s off-frequency; Manuel Méndez, Spain, recently measured it on 9695.7. This is a good clear window for ZYE245 before Japan comes on with Vietnamese at 1100. BTW, WRTH 2011 has 9695 hours as 09-21 only, one of few entries attempting to show times for Brazilian SW stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 9625, Aug 18 at 0518, Sackville again running a tone test after CBCNQ closed at 0506; good signal but eclipsed by REE/Costa Rica 9630. We seldom hear 9625 well enough any time to enjoy the CBC programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 18:
16980, very poor at 0526, better than 16100 also very poor. No others found at this hour

At 1125, not only no FD on 10300 allowing SOH thru [see TAIWAN] but none heard anywhere else 10-16 MHz

Around 1330, none at 1320 until:
12980, fair at 1336
15290, fair at 1327
14700, fair at 1328

Firedrake August 19, on inside antenna due to thunder, so ratings may be incomparably lower; before 1300:
10300, JBA at 1255
12980, very poor at 1256
13970, fair at 1258
15545, poor at 1258
16100, JBA at 1259
16980, fair at 1258
17170, fair at 1259; not on 18180

Before 1400:
16100, good at 1349
15280, fair at 1349
14700, poor at 1350
13795, fair at 1350; none in the 12`s, 11`s
10300, poor at 1354

After 1430; still on indoor antenna:
10300, poor at 1435; none in the 11`s, 12`s, 13`s, 16`s, 17`s
14700, fair-good at 1432
15790, very good at 1431
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6135-6160, August 18 at 1038, OTH radar pulses presumed from here in the middle of a broadcast-only(?) band, bothering i.a. BOLIVIA 6134.8, Canada 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 15120, Aug 18 at 0524 CNR1 echoing, plus another station in Chinese, so suspect the frequency-hopping Radio Free Asia is back here, way over any sign of Nigeria. At 0528, 17855 had Chinese CCI, but could not tell if part of it was // 15120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, S9+15, August 18 at 1110, national anthem is playing, so R. Verdad started a bit late today; multi-verses finally end at 1114, chimes and sign-on in Spanish, offering QSL, banderín; then in English, YL in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525-, Aug 18 at 1025, VOI weak in English with a recipe. Still better than we can hear the 1300 English hour. Did not notice any IADs and wonder if the 9525- transmitter doesn`t have them compared to the 9526-? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 21540, Aug 19 at 1358, R. Kuwait in Arabic is the SSOB, if not the OSOB, with hardly any trace of Spain on 21540 or 21610, tho stronger Rwanda had just gone off 21780. These days anything readable on 13m is notable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11670-11675-11680, Aug 18 at 0523, RNZI DRM here as usual, but no trace of AM on 11725, nor at 0539. I looked for known RNZI frequencies on 15, 13, 11, 9, 7 and 6 MHz in case there was a another mistake, but none found. At 1011, 6170 AM was on as usual. Nothing found on RNZI website either to explain the absence, such as a maintenance period (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Tipped off by an Enid Chamber of Commerce calendar listing for an `R/C` event at local noon Wednesday, August 17, we went to the Broadway Tower in downtown Enid, which has numerous antennas on top, including KXOK-LD 31. Turns out that means ribbon-cutting. Altho the KXOK transmitter is on the top floor, where we went first, the office of ``TVOK`` is on the main floor at Suite K. It`s been there for months; ribbon-cutting now is admittedly only a photo-op of no particular significance on this date.

The staff were hyped-up for the occasion and bent on drawing in new advertising clients, but we took the opportunity to ask some pointed questions, such as why don`t you do any local produxion, since all we ever see on KXOK is RTV. She claimed they did, ball games, and Outdoor Oklahoma, Discover Oklahoma. Trouble is, the last two are NOT produced by KXOK but elsewhere in the state.

How about doing local news? Weaseled out of that one, but would consider producing profiles of local businesses, CofC members. There was no sign of a studio, anyway, tho a guy was recording the event with a portable camera.

KXOK is really just an adjunct of KTEW-LD 18 in Ponca City which bought it a couple years ago, and broadcast joint TVOK IDs. They are also on K35JY, a translator in Lamont filling in a coverage gap, and on a few cable systems. A `coverage map` on the wall [also on the website] showing an ellipsoid with Enid near one focus really has nothing to do with signal patterns. I suspect the master control is in Ponca. (KTEW, inspired by a former call of channel 2 in Tulsa?? It certainly meant a lot more than KJRH does, better branding, altho channel `2` is now on channel 8, not to be confused with channel `8` KTUL which is now on channel 10.)

We did find out that TVOK are getting into the OKC market on a DTV subchannel of ``a Spanish station, 45-2``. That would be KOHC-CD, 15 kW, Azteca América per W9WI.com, which hasn`t made it to Enid despite lack of any active RF 45 here, contrary to listings. I wonder how the TVOK signal gets to KOHC; certainly not off the air from LD 31, blocked by another one in OKC, nor 18 all the way from P.C.

We also picked up some giveaways, cookies, ginger ale 12 oz. can., mug, magnet, business card, pens, folder, squeezable `stress reliever` in the form of a TV set instead of a ball, with TVOK NETWORK pasted upon it. More at http://www.tvoknetwork.com which you will not find by googling on the real callsign KXOK, nor on TV OK, nor TV-OK, but just TVOK - no space (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. More BS on WWCR: see U S A

** TAIWAN. 10300, August 18 at 1125, weak talk in Chinese, no Firedrake, so presumed Sound of Hope, Xi Wang Zhi Sheng, which Aoki shows as 24 hours, or rather at any hour. We can only hope the Falun Gong fans dentro-China caught this rare opportunity to hear it too. There would be a possibility of this being CNR1 jamming instead, but it was not // 11990, 12040. See also today`s Firedrake roundup under CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. 5870-5875-5880, Aug 19 at 0603, DRM noise at VG strength: it`s BBCWS in English, 100 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton at 06-08, just starting and not usually noticed as I stop before 0600. Should have provided perfect reception, but no doubt fading down/out as the night/day progresses.

BTW, another UK SW site, Rampisham, is to close by Christmas, says the BECTU union, which strongly objects, via Alan Pennington (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1578 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast after 0330 UT Thursday August 18, but only jamming heard on 9955. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Further WRMI broadcasts are: Thu 1500, 2100, Fri 0500 [confirmed at 0525, steady S9+12 and R5 with no jamming], 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, etc.

WTWW: Thursday 2100 on 9479, UT Sunday 0400 on 5755
WBCQ: Thursday 2130 on 7415, UT Monday 0300v on 5110v-CUSB Area 51
WWRB: UT Friday 0330v on 5051 [confirmed; still with het de 5050]
WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WWCR has finally found something to fill unsold time, languishing since the departure of Rollye James at the end of March: MORE Brother Scare! Aug 18 at 0537, there he is on WWCR-1, 3215, // WWRB 3185 just a reverb apart, which isn`t always the case with different stations.

Next check at 1004, 7520 (ex-9985) is also running BS. At 1014 as I was tuning across inbooming 5890, WWCR-4, BS was talking about being on new 7520 and asking for reports, since it was not coming in well at Walterboro. First said he would be on there until 6 am M-F, and then he said until 5 am, usual confusion. Must end at 1100 UT when 7520 switches to 15825 with Russian and Arabic on weekdays. 7520 was only fair here too, night MUF not always cooperating, normally at its lowest in the hours before sunrise. 3185 from WWRB was still on and better. So why does he need 3215 and 7520 in addition to 5890 and 3185??

Next night rechecked: 3215, Aug 19 at 0601 TOM again, // 3185 during Scourby Bible reading; we still don`t know the exact span of this. Are these changes accounted for on the WWCR website? Of course not! The program schedule still stamped August 1 will probably not be updated until September, Labor Day.

Is this accounted for on The Overcomer Ministry website? Of course not! Neither on the home page nor on the ftp SW listing. May well be trial runs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 6501-USB, Aug 18 at 1006, one of the USCG stations with marine weather, mentions National Hurricane Center in Miami; and the robotic male voice is back re-replacing the human we heard recently. Also with bad distorted modulation which has been a long-time problem; nothing audible just above 8500 which is sometimes // from another transmitter, another site? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re previous report of Follett TX translators seen except for ch 51: with my brain in analog-mode, I overlooked the more likely explanation: blocked by DTV from KSBI OKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA [non]. 11705, Aug 19 at 1254, open carrier here, prompting dreams of RNV reviving via Cuba! So I rechecked the next previously scheduled broadcast at 1506 on 11680, but nothing there. Maybe 11705 carrier was NHK altho not opening Indonesian until 1315? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9063.0, Aug 18 at 0531, S9+20 open carrier; suspect Cuban spy numbers transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9221.5 approx., Aug 18 at 0520, 2-way in Spanish encoded with alfanumerix such as ``lima``, ``catorce`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10830, Aug 18 at 1030, very distorted and weak FMy music, peaking here but heard down to 10780 or so. Smax of 10.7 MHz IF radiation from some FM radio receiver in my neighborhood; none of mine were on. These things usually don`t appear on exactly 10700 for some reason, due to wideband FM deviation? I might have found a // to a local station if I had been willing to scan the entire FM band on another radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

ANGUILLA   Caribbean Beacon   11775  2120 GMT  English  433  Aug 18  YL with comments from the Bible concerning the Holy Spirit.

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton    13630  2132 GMT  English  333  Aug 18  OM with Radio Australia ID 2133 GMT. OM mentions Obama often.

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton    15515  2205 GMT  English  333  Aug 18  News items on the Pacific Islands such as St. George. OM with RA ID 2206 GMT.  OM news on a major helicopter crash!!

CANADA   Radio Canada Intl-RCI    15235  2145 GMT  French  444  Aug 18  YL and OM with comments.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba-RHC   13670  2138 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 18  YL and OM with comments.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   13640  2136 GMT  Japanese  333  Aug 18  YL with comments with piano music in the background.

RWANDA   Voice of Germany-DW  Relay   15275  2152  English  333  Aug 18  YL and OM with comments. OM with DW ID and then an IS and off the air 2200 GMT.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WTWW   12100  2130 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 18  OM with comments and mentioning Cristo often.

 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

Rampisham transmitter site to close by Christmas

Babcock Engineering has announced plans to close the Rampisham transmitter site by Christmas 2011.

BECTU members at the Rampisham transmitter site in Dorset run by Babcock Engineering were shocked to learn yesterday (17 August) of plans to close the facility by Christmas with the loss of 19 jobs.

Staff across the UK had been expecting bad news after the decision by BBC World Service in January this year to sharply reduce the number of hours of shortwave broadcasting and to end it altogether by 2014.

Despite this advance warning, yesterday's announcement still came as a shock. The company also plans to close three posts at the Woofferton site in Shropshire with four at Orford Ness in Suffolk also at risk of closure.

An initial meeting between BECTU representatives and management took place yesterday; the consultation period is due to end on 19 September.

Assistant general secretary Luke Crawley said:

"The loss of 19 jobs at Rampisham and seven elsewhere in the network will come as a terrible blow to our members. We have already pressed the management to do everything they can to minimise the impact including offering redeployment and retraining where appropriate. Transmission members will note with regret that this announcement will also end seventy years of shortwave broadcasting from Rampisham."


Criticism of the FCO

BECTU has strongly criticised the coalition government for pushing through a 16 per cent cut in the grant provided to the World Service from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). This was considerably higher than the 10 percent cut in the FCO budget for other areas. It was this disproportionate  reduction which lead the BBC to decide to reduce shortwave broadcasts immediately and end them by 2014.

BECTU's campaign against the unfair settlement included giving evidence to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee in Parliament. The highly critical report which followed led to some funds being restored to the World Service. However the representations did not persuade the BBC to change its mind about ending shortwave transmission despite the fact that listeners to shortwave make up half of the World Service audience. (http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/1313)

QSLs Luca Botto Fiora

Brasile
RADIO 9 DE JULHO São Paulo 9820 kHz, E-mail senza dati con E-card allegata jpg in 7 giorni da radio@radio9dejulho.com . RP: 1$. QTH: Rua Manoel de Arzão 85 - São Paulo 02730-030. Inviato CD MP3.
-
RÁDIO INCONFIDÊNCIA Belo Horizonte 15190v kHz, Cartolina QSL in 53 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Av. Raja Gabaglia 1666 - Luxemburgo - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais 30441-194. V/s: Marcus Starling - Diretor Tecnico. Inviato CD MP3 (arrivato rotto). (1700th stazione BC confermata)

***

Guyana Francese
WYFR FAMILY RADIO INC. Montsinery 9465 kHz, Cartolina QSL, schede e adesivi in 246 giorni. No RP. QTH: Oakland CA 94621 (USA).

***

Italia
R101 Brenzone (Verona) 89.3 + Brunate (Como) 100.8 + Valcava (Lecco) 101.2 + Roncola Botto (Bergamo) 105.9 + Monte Laghicciolo (Genova) 106.9 MHz, Cartoline QSLs, lettera e adesivi in 15 giorni. RP: due francobolli da 0,60 €. V/s: QSL Manager R101: Dario Monferini - Via Davanzati 8 - 20158 Milano. Inviato CD MP3. (ascoltate a Santo Stefano d'Aveto-GE)

***

Pirata
IMR IRISH MUSIC RADIO 6930 kHz, E-QSL in 4 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: imr6930@yahoo.com  V/s: Tony Kenny.
-
RADIO BLACK BANDIT 6375 kHz, A4 E-QSL (dopo un sollecito) in 220 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: doctortim@t-online.de

***

Tajikistan
RADIO VATICANA Yangi Yul 7585 kHz, Cartoline QSL, adesivi ed opuscoli in 454 giorni. No RP. QTH: 00120 Città del Vaticano.

Luca Botto Fiora

QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2011)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 674
AFRICA: 116
ASIA: 193
AMERICA: 122
OCEANIA: 32
CLANDESTINE: 65
PIRATA: 336
FM ITALIA: 171
---------------
TOTALE: 1709

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton   17795  2335 GMT  444  Aug 16  OM with news headlines about World Cups games. //15560[444]via Shepparton, 15230[444] via Shepparton.

CANADA   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   11840  2328 GMT  English  444  Aug 17  OM in the Beijing Hour with comments on OMs building Windmills. OM with CRI ID 2331 GMT.

CANADA   Radio Japan Relay-NHK   5960  0453  Japanese  444  Aug 17  OM singing opera music. YL ancr with comments. //15325 [444].

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWRB   3185  0420 GMT  English  333  Aug 16  OM preacher yelling and screaming in the Overcomer Ministry.

UNITED STATES,  Tennessee   WWCR-#1   3215  0425 GMT  English  444  Aug 16  Two OMs in a conversation. OM recieving telephone calls.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WTWW   5755  0437 GMT  English  444  Aug 16  Two OMs with comments on what happened 2,000 years ago via the book of Jerimia.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWCR-2  5935  0446 GMT  English  444  Aug 16  Choir singing, Minister on the Children of God.

UNITED STATES,    Radio Taiwan Intl Relay-RTI   5950  0450 GMT  Chinese  444  Aug 16  YL and OM with comments. 

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

QSLs Luca Botto Fiora

Brasile
RADIO 9 DE JULHO São Paulo 9820 kHz, E-mail senza dati con E-card allegata jpg in 7 giorni da radio@radio9dejulho.com . RP: 1$. QTH: Rua Manoel de Arzão 85 - São Paulo 02730-030. Inviato CD MP3.
-
RÁDIO INCONFIDÊNCIA Belo Horizonte 15190v kHz, Cartolina QSL in 53 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Av. Raja Gabaglia 1666 - Luxemburgo - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais 30441-194. V/s: Marcus Starling - Diretor Tecnico. Inviato CD MP3 (arrivato rotto). (1700th stazione BC confermata)

***

Guyana Francese
WYFR FAMILY RADIO INC. Montsinery 9465 kHz, Cartolina QSL, schede e adesivi in 246 giorni. No RP. QTH: Oakland CA 94621 (USA).

***

Italia
R101 Brenzone (Verona) 89.3 + Brunate (Como) 100.8 + Valcava (Lecco) 101.2 + Roncola Botto (Bergamo) 105.9 + Monte Laghicciolo (Genova) 106.9 MHz, Cartoline QSLs, lettera e adesivi in 15 giorni. RP: due francobolli da 0,60 €. V/s: QSL Manager R101: Dario Monferini - Via Davanzati 8 - 20158 Milano. Inviato CD MP3. (ascoltate a Santo Stefano d'Aveto-GE)

***

Pirata
IMR IRISH MUSIC RADIO 6930 kHz, E-QSL in 4 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: imr6930@yahoo.com  V/s: Tony Kenny.
-
RADIO BLACK BANDIT 6375 kHz, A4 E-QSL (dopo un sollecito) in 220 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: doctortim@t-online.de

***

Tajikistan
RADIO VATICANA Yangi Yul 7585 kHz, Cartoline QSL, adesivi ed opuscoli in 454 giorni. No RP. QTH: 00120 Città del Vaticano.

Luca Botto Fiora

QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2011)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 674
AFRICA: 116
ASIA: 193
AMERICA: 122
OCEANIA: 32
CLANDESTINE: 65
PIRATA: 336
FM ITALIA: 171
---------------
TOTALE: 1709

Tips "Girolla" Buccinasco

Date        utc    khz
16/08 2122  9730   V of Vietnam    VTN Son Tay-px nx in F -Buono
16/08 2115 17680   CVC La Voz   CHL px nx sportivo -Buono
16/08 2111 11815   R Brasil Central -Goiania  B   px locale + id- Buono
16/08 2106 12133,5 AFRTS-Saddlebunch Keys FL    USA relay // 13362 khz    USB  -Suff
16/08 2104 20000   WWV     Fort Collins   USA  time signal bip...bip...bip.....-Suff
16/08 2100 13362   AFRTS-Barrigada  GUM relay  USB -Suff
16/08 2055  9515   R Marumby Curitiba  B   px  mx locale -Suff
16/08 2043  9819,9 R Nove de Julho    B   Sao Paulo - px locale-Suff
16/08 2039  7125   R.Guineè-Conakry   GUI  px mx in F e locale-Suff
13/08 0004   189   RUV Ràs 2     ISL  Gufuskàlar-px locale -Suff
10/08 1812  5066,3 R Télé Candip Bunia  COD  px locale bassa modulazione -Suff

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Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF- DSP 9
-Eavesdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop LFL1010
-Lat. 45°25'0"N Long. 9°7'0"E -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

Glenn Hauser logs August 17, 2011

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Aug 17 at 0510, C.B. still missing; also missing from 11775 at 1321 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, Aug 17, quick scan before 1300:
10300, good at 1256
12500, good at 1256
12980, good at 1256
13920, good at 1257
13970, good at 1257
14700, good at 1258
15545, poor at 1258
16100, fair at 1259
16980, poor at 1259
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, Aug 17 at 1324, RNW Dutch is atop CRI in English! So continues this longstanding collision ignored by frequency managers of both stations, but before long it will be moot as RN`s Dutch service is doomed. CRI is via Sackville and ought to have a dominant signal across North America, while RNW is 200 degrees via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, so they just can`t believe there would be a collision as far as central North America. Directly off the back of the 200 antenna would be 20 degrees USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. K48KE, OETA Buffalo: see USA, grouped with TX TVDX

** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9520, August 17 at 1326, very heavy CCI producing a fast rippling SAH, the top station being R. Veritas Asia, with IS at 1327, ID in English, ``from Quezon City, following program in Sinhala on 9.520 MHz at 2030 hours UTC``. Can`t be 2030, but that`s what it sounded like, also a minute later repeating announcement with slightly different wording. Much stronger than Indonesia 9525-. The CCI continues past 1330. Consulting HFCC, you do not find anything but RVA here, but in Aoki there is PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot, China, at 0950-1605. Perhaps the ChiCom should register their domestic transmissions; why not?? In this case it`s not a disguised jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. More morning tropo from the west Aug 17, tipped off by KWOU 88.1 Woodward enhanced, so I soon start searching for analog or DTV translators in the TX panhandle and OK, UT:

1428 on 34 DTV KOMI Woodward is decoding, and KUOK 35 is not, as usual

1431 on 48 DTV, OETA translator with antenna west, Sesame Street. Has to be K48KE in Buffalo OK, 11.8 kW, and indeed comes in best slightly to the WNW of due west. Still decoding at 1540, perfect reception also of OKLA on 48-2! As I was swinging the antenna around, analog 48, KWDW OKC was also visible. Nothing on 17, 20, 22 or 28 from Cherokee/Alva OK, which are closer.

1428 on 53 analog, trace of video from west. By 1455 I am also getting analog on 45, 47 and 49, a sure match again for the Follett TX translator group at the NE corner of the Panhandle.

W9WI.com listings, all including Booker at 36-22-24.00N, 100-16-0.00W:
Booker, Etc. [47] K47BP  0.924 0.00 NH TX-LIC KACV (2 PBS)
Follett      [45] K45AU  1.040 0.00 NH TX-LIC KVII (7 ABC)
Follett      [49] K49BB  1.040 0.00 NH TX-LIC KAMR (4 NBC)
Follett      [51] K51BC  1.040 0.00 NH TX-LIC KFDA (10 CBS)
Follett      [53] K53EE  1.040 0.00 NH TX-LIC KCIT (14 Fox)

I was getting all these with the correct input, except no signal on 51, off the air??

1455 on 53, analog video is now locking in; weak audio at times surges to much louder, strangely; 47 has PBS; 49 produces a local ID and promo for FOX 14, KCIT AMARILLO, 1458 disclaimer for an infomercial starting early, Sharper Image ovens. 49 has a 3 and 7-day weather forecast graphic, believe with YL meteorologist; resembles KFOR-4 but not at this moment. 1459 on 47 I catch a KACV ID too. 1459 on 49 an ad for Shoe Carnival, 1500 NBC News TODAY, a few sex ahead of KFOR as received here via cable. 1501 on 45, THE VIEW, which matches ABC from KVII input. 1502 on 47, PBS is now not // OETA.

At 1506 I am also getting weak analog video on 23, likely K23EC Canadian TX, of KACV, close by to Follett area, previously DXed.

At 1511 I compare the relative strengths of the Follett group, from strongest to weakest: 53 > 47 > 45 > 49. Same at 1521, why? They are supposedly exactly the same power from the same tower, 1.040 kW, except 47 is 116 watts lower.

At 1515, K48KE is still decoding, and holds up more or less until 1600. Folletts are out by 1515, but back at 1521 as above, out again; at 1620 still trace of analog video on 47 only, the lowest powered one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9300+, Aug 17 at 1332, carrier slightly above channel compared to Firedrake 10300, nothing but continuous buzz/whine, still going at 1403, 1410. The kind of thing Cairo and Riyadh are capable of generating; no broadcasters at all on 9300 per HFCC, Aoki and EiBi, but there are plenty of Qahirans nearby at various times, e.g. 9290, 9305, in this favorite out-of-bandsexion of ERTU.
EiBi has another intriguing nearby, but this was not DRM to my ear:
9295 0800-1600 irr ALASKA DART WE2XRH DIGITAL NAm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs August 16, 2011

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Caribbean Beacon, gone again, August 16 at 0548 check; also gone again from 11775 at 1341. It had resumed on August 14 after about 3 weeks off for antenna work; I think I also heard it on Aug 15 but did not bother to log it, assuming it was back to stay. DGS really has nothing new to say, so why bother? This station does nothing whatsoever to promulgate Anguillan arts and culture, let alone those of the Caribbean in general. In fact, it never even IDs by that name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 16, just before 1300, quick scan; all with flutter, much heavier than usual:
10300, fair at 1257
12980, poor at 1257
13920, fair at 1257
14950, good at 1258; none higher

After 1300, not a complete scan, but noted:
15290, fair at 1312

After 1330:
15280, good at 1344, also with grind jamming; ex 15290 previous check
15525, very poor at 1345; no others 10-18 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, August 16 at 1348, no signal from V. of Africa; it`s been so sporadic anyway that we have no idea whether rebel attacks approaching the Sabrata site and/or power outages are the cause (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Got a nice surprise in the p-mail, a p-book, softcover, from REE, ``Cuentos Irreverentes`` por Miguel Angel de Rus, thirteen `tragicomic` short stories, 170 pp., Madrid, 1995y. De Rus has worked for RNE, but the book has no official support or imprimatur. It has a prolog by another RNE journalist, Carlos Castillo. (I am wondering if he is the same but pseudonymous onetime Castilian broadcaster for Austrian SW, `Carlos Arturo del Castillo`.) Unfortunately, I hardly have time to read books in English, but it`ll keep. It came as my prize for participating in the REE survey of `how do you listen to us`, to which I replied to several programs, ¡onda corta! (Glenn Hauser, OK, August 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12100, August 16 at 1342, WTWW is still in Arabic, signing on circa 1300. On Aug 14, Jean-Michel Aubier, France, found this at
http://wtww.us/pages/program-schedule.php

New schedule to start shortly: [nothing but Bible readings]

Central                       UTC
 6- 9 am     Russian       1100-1400
 9-12 noon   Arabic        1400-1700
12- 3 pm     French        1700-2000
 3- 6 pm     German        2000-2300
 6- 9 pm     Spanish       2300-0200
 9-12 midn   Portuguese    0200-0500
12- 3 am     English       0500-0800
 3- 6 am     English       0800-1100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA. I was amusing myself by Googling up the RNV Canal Internacional website to see if there was any explanation why they have been missing from Cuban relays for about a month. Of course not, but goes right to that colorful frequency map, all but one of which have been wrong since shortly after service was revived, dated 2003y, and the times are local in each target area, disregarding DST!
http://www.rnv.gob.ve/noticias/index.php?pg=internacional

Then I did an internal website search on `Calabozo`, the new SW transmitter site under construxion and supposedly almost finished. Naturally, I get no hit on that, but on calabozo as a common word in some lengthy socialist declaration text, leading me to uplook it in my P-dixionary; it means: ``Dungeon, prison cell, pruning knife``. Not many SW stations have been able to name their transmitter site so negatively! Maybe that`s why what little publicity comes out about the SW plans downplays the name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CHINA   Jammer   11540   1809 GMT  Chinese  444  Aug 15  YL singing jammer music.

CHINA   China Radio Intl-CRI   11895  1812 GMT  Chaozhon   333  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments.

FRENCH GUIANA   Radio France Intl Relay   21690  1836 GMT  French  333  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments on a very noisy frequency.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   9835  1802 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 15  OM with comments with America mentioned often. Music with a YL singing 1805 GMT.  YL with comments by 1808.

UNITED STATES, North Carolina   Radio Marti   11930  1816 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 15  YL singing plus Bongo Drums. YL and OM with comments 1818 GMT. //13820 [333] via North Carolina.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WTWN   12100  1820 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 15  OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WWCR #2   12160  1822 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  OM talkling about the US A government not working for the people of the USA.  Also selling books.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WWCR #3    13845  1831 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  OM selling generators in the Liberty progeam.  Also selling emergency drinking water.      MacKenzie-CA..

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

WTWW schedule

- Transmitter 1 Schedule  Click here
8am Central (1300 UTC) to 7pm (0000 UTC)  9480 khz
7pm Central (0000 UTC) to 8am (1300 UTC)  5755 khz

- Transmitter 2


- Transmitter 3 
Scripture readings
12.1 Mhz
 
New schedule to start shortly:
Central                               UTC
6 - 9 am       Russian       1100 - 1400
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Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE    Radio Japan Relay-NHK   11935  0320 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 15  OM with comments with music in the background and followed by an OM singing.  OM with comments by 0526 GMT. //5960[444]via Canada.

BRAZIL   Radio Nacional Da Amazonia   11780  0340 GMT  Portuguese  444  Aug 15  Continuous music then OM with Radio Nacional ID 0343 GMT. ///9655[333].
 
CHINA   Chuina Radio Intl-CRI   11895  0330 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  English  YL and OM with comments and  OM singing 0335 GMT.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana-REE   9630  0354 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments in the Diaria program.  OM with REE ID 0400 GMT.

RUSSIA, Vladivostok    Voice of Russia-VOR   12040  0315 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  Piano music plus some vocal singing.

RUSSIA   Voice of Russia   9735  0345 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments.

SPAIN   China Raio Intl Relay-CRI   9690  0348  English  444  Aug 15  Two OMs with comments on England spots events.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WTWN   12100  0310 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  OM with comments.

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"
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Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13625, Monday Aug 15 at 1430, R. Tirana still missing, one transmitter down all month (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 15, before 1300, generally poor conditions:
10300, very good at 1237
12980, good at 1241
13920, fair at 1243
14700, very poor at 1243; none higher

After 1330:
15280, poor at 1341; none higher up to 19 MHz
14950, good at 1342
13920, fair at 1342
12270, good at 1342
12025, very poor at 1342 under CNR1 jammer; none lower

Before 1430:
15720, very poor at 1424. Nothing in Aoki, EiBi or HFCC to account for this, so probably Sound of Hope or maybe Voice of Tibet landed here
15280, fair at 1427, also with grind jammer; no others
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, Aug 15 at 1428, no signal. Chris Greenway pointed out that fighting was getting near to the Sabrata shortwave site yesterday; but V. of Africa has been quite sporadic anyway. Wolfgang Büschel says Sabrata is 38 km from Al Zawiyah, but 17725 had been on and off earlier Aug 15, 1313-1316*, *1318- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, UT Monday August 15 at 0515, Harry Shearer`s `Le Show` is in progress via KWOU Woodward, interview about Pfizer avoiding taxes. That makes a semi-convenient time for us to hear it on the KGOU network, 0500 UT Mondays. I see on their schedule they also have `Joe Frank` 24 hours earlier at 0500 UT Sundays, before going to BBC overnight relays at 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7520, Aug 15 at 0159*, WWCR-1 QSY announcement to 3215, which did come up within a minute, instead of 7465 where they were by mistake(?) the night before.

9980, Aug 15 at 1419, WWCR-4 with Brother Scare, extremely strong, and clearly audible in the background other audio which we found // 13845 WWCR-3. WWCR fails to isolate one transmitter/antenna from another sufficiently, a longstanding defect. Or the mix could be getting into the audio chain before transmission.

15825, August 15 at 1423, WWCR-1 is extremely strong too, must be aided by sporadic E not reaching VHF, with squeal as bad as ever on this transmitter, splashing out to 15810 and 15840, where the much weaker but detectable spurs are with same modulation; and furthermore once again putting wideband modulation spikes roughly covering 15620-15710, and a weaker range from 15500 to 15560, QRMing numerous other stations in these ranges. Longstanding problems that WWCR has failed to solve (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###