** ANTARCTICA. I`m seldom monitoring at midafternoon with minimum noise levels, so took the opportunity Jan 6 at 2029 to seek LRA36 on 15476, in case it has resumed its old 18-21 UT M-F schedule. No, no sign of it, but not much signal from 15345v Argentina either. I still often check 15476 between 12 and 15, but nothing to report (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 9580, 9590, 9560, RA missing from all three, Jan 6 at 1339. Sometimes propagation is unusually bad, but there should be some sign of them in descending order of strength. Suspect an outage at Shepparton. So I check 6020 at 1342, and it is audible tho only fair. At 1352, 9580 and 9590 are back on with country music for the current flooding, ``No Rain, No River; No River, No Dam; No Dam, No Power`` by the Dingoes. Double absence earlier allowed thru on 9585: IRAN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9625, CBCNQ, Jan 6 at 0627 continuous tonetest after 0605 sign-off, yet again, why? S9+20, and I wish reception were typically this good during programming. Tone estimated at one semikHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 5936 approx., Jan 6 at 0621, het upon weakened WWCR 5935 with so-called University Network, presumed spur from R. República via ELCOR on 5954.2v; matching frequency, approx. 5972.4, detectable with BFO tho nothing to het there. Seems the DentroCuban Jamming Command does not bother with the spurs, and even the fundamental can overcome jamming latenite. See also CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6050, Jan 6 at 0618, RHC ID overmodulated and distorted unlike the other English frequencies, third night of problems with this transmitter.
17865, Jan 6 at 2113, pulse jamming here, 3 x 5955 vs R. República, and was not there before 2100, the nominal start of RR on 5954.2, changing from daytime channel 9965.
By 2202 check, 9965 had only lite pulse jamming instead of Wall of Noise which then attacks neighbor 9955 WRMI with WORLD OF RADIO. But much of the day there are equal WONs on both. See also COSTA RICA, and USA: WRMI for more jamming observations; NIGERIA: 15120 QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 3810-LSB, Jan 6 at 0613, HD2IOA timepips and announcements every dekasecond audible beneath NAm hams also on exactly 3810-LSB, as if in contempt of this SAm timesignal station operating legally, which they can surely hear too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7475, VOG again turns over its transmitters to the Greek Orthodox Church, like Dec 25 and Jan 1, on Jan 6 at 0624 with chanting; 0640 for a while it`s a soloist, so harmony is suspended as a concern, but still sounding off-key, if there is one. 0653 abruptly cut off the air for frequency change. Jan 6 = GO Xmas, a.k.a. Epiphany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN, after mostly standard newstalk format for a while, back with country music instead, Jan 6 at 1325. Ron Howard in California says: ```"Mainstream Country" music program; after the 1500 news, changed over to "Z-Rock" music```. The switch back to music, he first noted Jan 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9575, the buzz/motorboating with no intelligible modulation is here again, Jan 6 at 1415, presumably the AIR domestic transmitter at Kingsway. How does it sound withIndia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9585, Jan 6 at 1340 caught VIRI news theme, then Japanese, unimpeded by adjacents from AUSTRALIA [q.v.] on 9580, 9590 which normally dominate. Before 1405, RA was back on 9590, but VIRI still separable on 9585 with Qur`an for all the Japanese Shi`ites. This is 500 kW, 60 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, wanted to hear VON news in English from the outset 1500 Jan 6: but the lackadaisical operators at RHC didn`t get around to turning it off until 1503:30*, uncovering poor signal from VON, and usual wobbling carrier with BFO --- is this a sign of defective transmitter and/or problems with the power grid beyond their control? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. Continuing to check whether R. Blagovest via RVA survives in 2011y: 9570, Jan 6 at 1459 tail of ID in English, 1500 bells, and opening Blagovest, all-talk in Russian, still going at 1512, 1521 (when it was gone yesterday), 1528; 1536 with classical music, slow movement from a Vivaldi Season, but 1537 back to talk. 1545 signal is fading out.
15435, Jan 6 at 1428 open carrier, just as 15440 AWR Urdu goes off [see U S A [non]]; 1430 trumpet IS, musical opening, sign-on mentioning Pakistan, more Urdu, now from R. Veritas Asia, via SMG, VATICAN relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. 11905, hoping again for some SLBC SRI LANKA, scheduled here from 1530 and aimed USward at 355 degrees: Jan 6 at 1528, ``Silent Night`` in Russian(?), nice rendition by YL soloist; 1529:30 cuts off, audiblizing some other music; then right back on but somewhat weaker in Slavic, mixing music with flutter. 1532 still/again playing ``Silent Night`` for OrthodoXmas.
As before, the blocker is PRES via Woofferton, going from Belarussian to Ukrainian at 1530. Or is a lot of this ``Belarussian`` service axually in Red-Russian, as has been reported for some stations? On an earlier day, Terry Krueger in Florida kept listening longer than I and began to hear signs of SL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9765, via COSTA RICA, Jan 6 at 1333, REE without Basque, which I know I noticed during this semihour only a day or two ago; instead, Castilian with ``Sexto Continente`` program talking about winners of a cuento-concurso. Maybe this was just fill for a holiday the Basques had off, Día de Reyes/Epifanía del Señor. BTW, are the Basques just as Catholic as the rest of Spain? 1343 went by next Cariari frequency 11815, and still in Spanish.
And too at 1351 when my bandscan reaches 17595, which is REE direct from Noblejas. This signal is really a standout, strong and clear even when nothing much else is making it from Europe on 15 or 17 MHz.
I gather that ``Sexto Continente`` refers to the imaginary ``Hispanoamérica`` landmass with a big salt-water body in the middle:
http://www.rtve.es/podcast/radio-exterior/sexto-continente/
9605, Jan 6 at 2048, sillyballgame coverage by announcer so enthusiastic I am not sure of language, but hear bits of Spanish mixed with French, then away from the stadium to French talk, so it`s REE`s direct French service M-F at 20-21; considerable ACI from RCI 9610 in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15200, Jan 6 at 1459 VOT piano-variations IS, Arabic ID, 1501 opening mentioning kiloHertz several timez. Don`t think I`ve run across this one before, but is 500 kW, 252 degrees from Emirler at 15-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. First airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1546 confirmed on WRMI webcast after 0430 UT Thursday Jan 6. But at 0458 check of 9955, totally blocked by wall-of-noise DentroCuban jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie! 2200+ UT Thursday also totally jammed. Next airings on WRMI are: Fri 1530, Sat 0900, 1500, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830, Mon 1230.
BTW, Jeff White says WRMI`s NAm antenna is still out of axion, but they still hope to get it back on this season, at least for the 15-17 UT slot; all broadcasts remain on the Caribbean/S American antenna.
WOR 1546 confirmed on first WBCQ 7415 airing Thursday Jan 6 at 2019 check, fair signal. Repeats Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday from 2000.
Upcoming airings on other SW stations: WWRB UT Fri 0430 on 3185.
WWCR Fri 2130 7465, Sat 1700 12160 (we hope; pre-empted last week); Sun 0730 3215.
IRRS/NEXUS-IBA/IPAR: Sat 1900 on 6090 to Eu but can also make it to NE America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4050, Jan 6 at 0614 check, nothing audible from KWMO x 3 --- so back to night power on 1350 of 84 watts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9405, another check of WINB`s new overnight frequency, Jan 6 at 0627: JBA, but I can tell the carrier is typically unstable. Is Rod Hembree really paying for 8 hours of this airtime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9360, Jan 6 at 1400, ``VOA-direct-from-Washington`` jingle, opening the weekend-only hit music show announced in Englonesian, not even time for news headlines, who cares? Fair signal. Is Thu-Fri-Sat only, 250 kW, 200 degrees via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, so it is really quite `indirect` from Washington.
15580, Jan 6 at 1457 open carrier, 1458 fade-in tone test, then cut it off, and carrier off at 1459*. Presumably IBB Greenville tuning up for *1700 VOA transmission. They often do the same on 17740, but it was not audible at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15440, Jan 6 at 1425, South Asian music, announcement mentioning Punjabi, Tamil and other languages, 1427-1428 AWR theme. This is Urdu via Austria, 300 kW, 90 degrees. Off just in time for more Urdu from 15435, see PHILIPPINES [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 9755, Jan 6 at 2014, English talk about Sudan, good signal. BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English booklet IDs it right away at the top of 2000 listings, as Vatican Radio. HFCC says 500 kW, 170 degrees from Santa Maria di Galeria.
5885, Jan 6 at 2021, checking the +6+ MHz band for anything audible this early = 1349 LMT, music on this frequency must be Vatican Radio,
which at 1940-2120 is favorably aimed USwards at 326 degrees. Aoki confirms this is a 10-minute music break, except on Sundays only Esperanto at 2020-2030. Not // 9755.
Besides Cuba 6140, also had signals on 6200 Bulgaria and 5960 CRI Albania, both aimed USward beyond western Europe. see also PHILIPPINES [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, on caradio, Jan 6 around 1710 UT, KEBC Disney Radio in OKC has fast heavy SAH and QRM from some other station. This is less than a sesquihour from low noon at 1832, and by 1730 no longer there. I suspect it is residual skywave from 50 kW KGOW Houston TX, altho its lobe aims 15 degrees, quite a lot less toward 345 degrees, but I seem to recall a similar SAH from it before. But could also be Harold Camping`s KKAA in Aberdeen SD, which is often heard here earlier, has a latitudinal advantage and a lobe right toward us. Cannot either rule out 10 kW KLNG Council Bluffs IA, non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11520, strong open carrier Jan 6 to 1534*, back on at *1535; from HFCC you would think WEWN is the only station in the world on 11520, but only at 0000-0900; testing or mixup? Equivalent level to 11550 in Spanish, but supposed to be on 15610 in English where it was inaudible, but sporadic-E-less propagation is no help. In Aoki we find there is lots more on 11520, from YFR via Taiwan, Sound of Hope and consequent ChiCom jamming --- but none of it during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** AUSTRALIA. 9580, 9590, 9560, RA missing from all three, Jan 6 at 1339. Sometimes propagation is unusually bad, but there should be some sign of them in descending order of strength. Suspect an outage at Shepparton. So I check 6020 at 1342, and it is audible tho only fair. At 1352, 9580 and 9590 are back on with country music for the current flooding, ``No Rain, No River; No River, No Dam; No Dam, No Power`` by the Dingoes. Double absence earlier allowed thru on 9585: IRAN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9625, CBCNQ, Jan 6 at 0627 continuous tonetest after 0605 sign-off, yet again, why? S9+20, and I wish reception were typically this good during programming. Tone estimated at one semikHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 5936 approx., Jan 6 at 0621, het upon weakened WWCR 5935 with so-called University Network, presumed spur from R. República via ELCOR on 5954.2v; matching frequency, approx. 5972.4, detectable with BFO tho nothing to het there. Seems the DentroCuban Jamming Command does not bother with the spurs, and even the fundamental can overcome jamming latenite. See also CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6050, Jan 6 at 0618, RHC ID overmodulated and distorted unlike the other English frequencies, third night of problems with this transmitter.
17865, Jan 6 at 2113, pulse jamming here, 3 x 5955 vs R. República, and was not there before 2100, the nominal start of RR on 5954.2, changing from daytime channel 9965.
By 2202 check, 9965 had only lite pulse jamming instead of Wall of Noise which then attacks neighbor 9955 WRMI with WORLD OF RADIO. But much of the day there are equal WONs on both. See also COSTA RICA, and USA: WRMI for more jamming observations; NIGERIA: 15120 QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 3810-LSB, Jan 6 at 0613, HD2IOA timepips and announcements every dekasecond audible beneath NAm hams also on exactly 3810-LSB, as if in contempt of this SAm timesignal station operating legally, which they can surely hear too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7475, VOG again turns over its transmitters to the Greek Orthodox Church, like Dec 25 and Jan 1, on Jan 6 at 0624 with chanting; 0640 for a while it`s a soloist, so harmony is suspended as a concern, but still sounding off-key, if there is one. 0653 abruptly cut off the air for frequency change. Jan 6 = GO Xmas, a.k.a. Epiphany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN, after mostly standard newstalk format for a while, back with country music instead, Jan 6 at 1325. Ron Howard in California says: ```"Mainstream Country" music program; after the 1500 news, changed over to "Z-Rock" music```. The switch back to music, he first noted Jan 5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9575, the buzz/motorboating with no intelligible modulation is here again, Jan 6 at 1415, presumably the AIR domestic transmitter at Kingsway. How does it sound withIndia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9585, Jan 6 at 1340 caught VIRI news theme, then Japanese, unimpeded by adjacents from AUSTRALIA [q.v.] on 9580, 9590 which normally dominate. Before 1405, RA was back on 9590, but VIRI still separable on 9585 with Qur`an for all the Japanese Shi`ites. This is 500 kW, 60 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, wanted to hear VON news in English from the outset 1500 Jan 6: but the lackadaisical operators at RHC didn`t get around to turning it off until 1503:30*, uncovering poor signal from VON, and usual wobbling carrier with BFO --- is this a sign of defective transmitter and/or problems with the power grid beyond their control? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. Continuing to check whether R. Blagovest via RVA survives in 2011y: 9570, Jan 6 at 1459 tail of ID in English, 1500 bells, and opening Blagovest, all-talk in Russian, still going at 1512, 1521 (when it was gone yesterday), 1528; 1536 with classical music, slow movement from a Vivaldi Season, but 1537 back to talk. 1545 signal is fading out.
15435, Jan 6 at 1428 open carrier, just as 15440 AWR Urdu goes off [see U S A [non]]; 1430 trumpet IS, musical opening, sign-on mentioning Pakistan, more Urdu, now from R. Veritas Asia, via SMG, VATICAN relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. 11905, hoping again for some SLBC SRI LANKA, scheduled here from 1530 and aimed USward at 355 degrees: Jan 6 at 1528, ``Silent Night`` in Russian(?), nice rendition by YL soloist; 1529:30 cuts off, audiblizing some other music; then right back on but somewhat weaker in Slavic, mixing music with flutter. 1532 still/again playing ``Silent Night`` for OrthodoXmas.
As before, the blocker is PRES via Woofferton, going from Belarussian to Ukrainian at 1530. Or is a lot of this ``Belarussian`` service axually in Red-Russian, as has been reported for some stations? On an earlier day, Terry Krueger in Florida kept listening longer than I and began to hear signs of SL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9765, via COSTA RICA, Jan 6 at 1333, REE without Basque, which I know I noticed during this semihour only a day or two ago; instead, Castilian with ``Sexto Continente`` program talking about winners of a cuento-concurso. Maybe this was just fill for a holiday the Basques had off, Día de Reyes/Epifanía del Señor. BTW, are the Basques just as Catholic as the rest of Spain? 1343 went by next Cariari frequency 11815, and still in Spanish.
And too at 1351 when my bandscan reaches 17595, which is REE direct from Noblejas. This signal is really a standout, strong and clear even when nothing much else is making it from Europe on 15 or 17 MHz.
I gather that ``Sexto Continente`` refers to the imaginary ``Hispanoamérica`` landmass with a big salt-water body in the middle:
http://www.rtve.es/podcast/radio-exterior/sexto-continente/
9605, Jan 6 at 2048, sillyballgame coverage by announcer so enthusiastic I am not sure of language, but hear bits of Spanish mixed with French, then away from the stadium to French talk, so it`s REE`s direct French service M-F at 20-21; considerable ACI from RCI 9610 in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15200, Jan 6 at 1459 VOT piano-variations IS, Arabic ID, 1501 opening mentioning kiloHertz several timez. Don`t think I`ve run across this one before, but is 500 kW, 252 degrees from Emirler at 15-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. First airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1546 confirmed on WRMI webcast after 0430 UT Thursday Jan 6. But at 0458 check of 9955, totally blocked by wall-of-noise DentroCuban jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie! 2200+ UT Thursday also totally jammed. Next airings on WRMI are: Fri 1530, Sat 0900, 1500, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830, Mon 1230.
BTW, Jeff White says WRMI`s NAm antenna is still out of axion, but they still hope to get it back on this season, at least for the 15-17 UT slot; all broadcasts remain on the Caribbean/S American antenna.
WOR 1546 confirmed on first WBCQ 7415 airing Thursday Jan 6 at 2019 check, fair signal. Repeats Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday from 2000.
Upcoming airings on other SW stations: WWRB UT Fri 0430 on 3185.
WWCR Fri 2130 7465, Sat 1700 12160 (we hope; pre-empted last week); Sun 0730 3215.
IRRS/NEXUS-IBA/IPAR: Sat 1900 on 6090 to Eu but can also make it to NE America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4050, Jan 6 at 0614 check, nothing audible from KWMO x 3 --- so back to night power on 1350 of 84 watts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9405, another check of WINB`s new overnight frequency, Jan 6 at 0627: JBA, but I can tell the carrier is typically unstable. Is Rod Hembree really paying for 8 hours of this airtime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9360, Jan 6 at 1400, ``VOA-direct-from-Washington`` jingle, opening the weekend-only hit music show announced in Englonesian, not even time for news headlines, who cares? Fair signal. Is Thu-Fri-Sat only, 250 kW, 200 degrees via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, so it is really quite `indirect` from Washington.
15580, Jan 6 at 1457 open carrier, 1458 fade-in tone test, then cut it off, and carrier off at 1459*. Presumably IBB Greenville tuning up for *1700 VOA transmission. They often do the same on 17740, but it was not audible at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15440, Jan 6 at 1425, South Asian music, announcement mentioning Punjabi, Tamil and other languages, 1427-1428 AWR theme. This is Urdu via Austria, 300 kW, 90 degrees. Off just in time for more Urdu from 15435, see PHILIPPINES [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 9755, Jan 6 at 2014, English talk about Sudan, good signal. BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English booklet IDs it right away at the top of 2000 listings, as Vatican Radio. HFCC says 500 kW, 170 degrees from Santa Maria di Galeria.
5885, Jan 6 at 2021, checking the +6+ MHz band for anything audible this early = 1349 LMT, music on this frequency must be Vatican Radio,
which at 1940-2120 is favorably aimed USwards at 326 degrees. Aoki confirms this is a 10-minute music break, except on Sundays only Esperanto at 2020-2030. Not // 9755.
Besides Cuba 6140, also had signals on 6200 Bulgaria and 5960 CRI Albania, both aimed USward beyond western Europe. see also PHILIPPINES [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, on caradio, Jan 6 around 1710 UT, KEBC Disney Radio in OKC has fast heavy SAH and QRM from some other station. This is less than a sesquihour from low noon at 1832, and by 1730 no longer there. I suspect it is residual skywave from 50 kW KGOW Houston TX, altho its lobe aims 15 degrees, quite a lot less toward 345 degrees, but I seem to recall a similar SAH from it before. But could also be Harold Camping`s KKAA in Aberdeen SD, which is often heard here earlier, has a latitudinal advantage and a lobe right toward us. Cannot either rule out 10 kW KLNG Council Bluffs IA, non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11520, strong open carrier Jan 6 to 1534*, back on at *1535; from HFCC you would think WEWN is the only station in the world on 11520, but only at 0000-0900; testing or mixup? Equivalent level to 11550 in Spanish, but supposed to be on 15610 in English where it was inaudible, but sporadic-E-less propagation is no help. In Aoki we find there is lots more on 11520, from YFR via Taiwan, Sound of Hope and consequent ChiCom jamming --- but none of it during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
