** BRAZIL. 9592.3, surprised to hear the unmistakable wailpreaching of David Miranda here, Jan 10 at 0620, // 9565 but slightly out of synch with it. Can only assume that ZYE969, R. Globo, São Paulo, nominal 9585, but recently on 9587v, has varied even further. BTW, it`s missing completely from WRTH 2011! Above info is from Aoki. WRTH 2010 had same calls on 9585 as Radio CBN(Globo), SP. 9565 is Súper Rádio Deus é Amor, Curitiba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Sunday Jan 9 I was monitoring RHC on 6140, to find that the Spanish DX program repeat, ``En Contacto`` did not start until 2247 and ended at 2300.
DCJC violates the Monday-morning traditional truce with Radio Martí, still pulsing away at 0620 Jan 10 on 7405, despite RM silent period; sounds like at least two pulsers are in play, and similar sound on 7365, where RM would not ever be anyway at this hour. 6030 at 0629 check also with pulsing, seems mixed with similar noise, DRM? Romania does use 6030 for DRM at other times, but at 0630-0700, RRI English is supposed to do so on 6015-6020-6025.
Full-bore jamming is running on 5955, Jan 10 at 0631, when altho inaudible beneath it, R. República presumably observes no truces.
12000, RHC Jan 10 at 1448-1454, spur from 12040, and a match on 12080, as Arnie Coro is commenting on electricity produxion following Hurricane Ike, such as wind power on the NE coast with Atlantic breezes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ISRAEL [non]
** ISRAEL [non]. 9955, Israel Radio, via WRN, via WRMI, Monday Jan 10 at 0614 at end of newscast with weather, headlines, 0615 WRMI ID, 0616 Maravillosas Palabras de Vida, the Salvation Army show. Israel relay is M-F only at 0600, as nothing ever happens on Gentile weekends. Good signal but mixed with pulsing from DentroCuban Jamming Command, endorsed and presumably frequency-managed by Arnie Coro (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISITENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Es from Mexico at tune-in 2321 UT January 9, from SSW, ch 2 with same offset CCI, one discussion audio, other soccer video; 3 with Sky TV HD commercial; 2327 signs of activity on 4. Pretty much gone by 2345, but from Sherlock maps, opening intensified while moving further east, lacking analog Mexican signals to skip into here. Tried FM for a while, but no Es noted (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, XEPPM with dead air, just open carrier, Monday Jan 10 at 0628 when RFI relay should be running; still at 0637. Wake up! ¡Despiértese! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Sudan Radio Service via PORTUGAL, checked again Jan 10 at 1630, but not in English unlike Sunday Jan 9. Periodically punxuated by drums (talking?). At least there is no ACI from CUBA on weekdays, and GB is not yet on 17740. 1643 did hear an English expression ``available through loan``, 1650 mostly music. Meanwhile VOA 17740 carrier had come on, with some ACI, but much stronger from 1655, as SRS was about over.
Listening to my Jan 9 tape when SRS was in English, around 1632 had clip of president of S.S., and heavily-accented interviews with others. Has anyone heard of a planned or proposed name for the new country, other than Southern Sudan? How about Jubaland. It already has NASWA`s blessing as a radio country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The spurs from WTJC 9370v, previously reported at 1406-1420+ Jan 9, are still there Jan 10 at 0623: awful distortion circa 9393, 9347, plus weaker ones to the lower side around 9323 and 9301. Fundamental 9370 undermodulated and distorted, softer than the spurs.
And again, Jan 10 at 1444 spurs around 9345 and 9395, still there but weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, WWCR Jan 10 at 1439, VG signal with panty-liner ad, ergo sporadic E is hopping on HF, also 13845 saying nothing about panty-liners.
11715, as a result, I check for KJES NM at 1441 Jan 10, and its undermodulated English robokid is in at S9+18 rather than usual trace or absence, plus het since KJES is off-frequency.
Not at the moment but a semihour earlier, WWV was unusually well audible on 15000. Later in morning, started monitoring ch 2, but Es had not reached VHF, nor were there any lines on the 50 MHz DX-Sherlock map, nor any current Es reports on the TV/FM Skip Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15325, Jan 10 at 1437 Bachish organ music, but at 1438 ruined by YFR riff and S Asian talk, also bothered by R. Martí 15330 splash rather than DCJC bleed at the moment. It`s Oriya, due east via 500 kW Wertachtal at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1600, Jan 10 at 1418 UT, weather with lows in the teens, highs in the forties, then Red River ski area ad, ``Real Oldies 1600``. Therefore, Albuquerque`s KRKE. Fortunately, K may substitute for QU, otherwise it would have to be QUERQUE, a forbidden call in more ways than one.
1550, Jan 10 at 1421, Albuquerque Traffic Network, mentioning familiar streets such as Candelaria (never pronounced as in Spanish, but ``– air – ee – uh``. Otherwise, there is also a Candelaria Street in El Paso del Norte --- do they at least pronounce it as in Spanish?). Then 1550 also has a Red River ski area commercial; some Elvis, who is a real oldie too, but apparently only as intro to chat about him. This is KIVA, with talk format, strangely enough at the same address as KRKE on San Pedro NE.
Thanks to frequential/propagational advantage, these two 10 kW were putting in much better signals than 50 kW non-direxional 770 KKOB, which I had checked at 1415 after quitting night pattern. KKOB did build up a bit later at 1424 with ID, 1434 ``KKOB First News`` starting with Tucson (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CUBA [and non]. Sunday Jan 9 I was monitoring RHC on 6140, to find that the Spanish DX program repeat, ``En Contacto`` did not start until 2247 and ended at 2300.
DCJC violates the Monday-morning traditional truce with Radio Martí, still pulsing away at 0620 Jan 10 on 7405, despite RM silent period; sounds like at least two pulsers are in play, and similar sound on 7365, where RM would not ever be anyway at this hour. 6030 at 0629 check also with pulsing, seems mixed with similar noise, DRM? Romania does use 6030 for DRM at other times, but at 0630-0700, RRI English is supposed to do so on 6015-6020-6025.
Full-bore jamming is running on 5955, Jan 10 at 0631, when altho inaudible beneath it, R. República presumably observes no truces.
12000, RHC Jan 10 at 1448-1454, spur from 12040, and a match on 12080, as Arnie Coro is commenting on electricity produxion following Hurricane Ike, such as wind power on the NE coast with Atlantic breezes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ISRAEL [non]
** ISRAEL [non]. 9955, Israel Radio, via WRN, via WRMI, Monday Jan 10 at 0614 at end of newscast with weather, headlines, 0615 WRMI ID, 0616 Maravillosas Palabras de Vida, the Salvation Army show. Israel relay is M-F only at 0600, as nothing ever happens on Gentile weekends. Good signal but mixed with pulsing from DentroCuban Jamming Command, endorsed and presumably frequency-managed by Arnie Coro (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISITENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Es from Mexico at tune-in 2321 UT January 9, from SSW, ch 2 with same offset CCI, one discussion audio, other soccer video; 3 with Sky TV HD commercial; 2327 signs of activity on 4. Pretty much gone by 2345, but from Sherlock maps, opening intensified while moving further east, lacking analog Mexican signals to skip into here. Tried FM for a while, but no Es noted (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, XEPPM with dead air, just open carrier, Monday Jan 10 at 0628 when RFI relay should be running; still at 0637. Wake up! ¡Despiértese! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Sudan Radio Service via PORTUGAL, checked again Jan 10 at 1630, but not in English unlike Sunday Jan 9. Periodically punxuated by drums (talking?). At least there is no ACI from CUBA on weekdays, and GB is not yet on 17740. 1643 did hear an English expression ``available through loan``, 1650 mostly music. Meanwhile VOA 17740 carrier had come on, with some ACI, but much stronger from 1655, as SRS was about over.
Listening to my Jan 9 tape when SRS was in English, around 1632 had clip of president of S.S., and heavily-accented interviews with others. Has anyone heard of a planned or proposed name for the new country, other than Southern Sudan? How about Jubaland. It already has NASWA`s blessing as a radio country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The spurs from WTJC 9370v, previously reported at 1406-1420+ Jan 9, are still there Jan 10 at 0623: awful distortion circa 9393, 9347, plus weaker ones to the lower side around 9323 and 9301. Fundamental 9370 undermodulated and distorted, softer than the spurs.
And again, Jan 10 at 1444 spurs around 9345 and 9395, still there but weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, WWCR Jan 10 at 1439, VG signal with panty-liner ad, ergo sporadic E is hopping on HF, also 13845 saying nothing about panty-liners.
11715, as a result, I check for KJES NM at 1441 Jan 10, and its undermodulated English robokid is in at S9+18 rather than usual trace or absence, plus het since KJES is off-frequency.
Not at the moment but a semihour earlier, WWV was unusually well audible on 15000. Later in morning, started monitoring ch 2, but Es had not reached VHF, nor were there any lines on the 50 MHz DX-Sherlock map, nor any current Es reports on the TV/FM Skip Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15325, Jan 10 at 1437 Bachish organ music, but at 1438 ruined by YFR riff and S Asian talk, also bothered by R. Martí 15330 splash rather than DCJC bleed at the moment. It`s Oriya, due east via 500 kW Wertachtal at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1600, Jan 10 at 1418 UT, weather with lows in the teens, highs in the forties, then Red River ski area ad, ``Real Oldies 1600``. Therefore, Albuquerque`s KRKE. Fortunately, K may substitute for QU, otherwise it would have to be QUERQUE, a forbidden call in more ways than one.
1550, Jan 10 at 1421, Albuquerque Traffic Network, mentioning familiar streets such as Candelaria (never pronounced as in Spanish, but ``– air – ee – uh``. Otherwise, there is also a Candelaria Street in El Paso del Norte --- do they at least pronounce it as in Spanish?). Then 1550 also has a Red River ski area commercial; some Elvis, who is a real oldie too, but apparently only as intro to chat about him. This is KIVA, with talk format, strangely enough at the same address as KRKE on San Pedro NE.
Thanks to frequential/propagational advantage, these two 10 kW were putting in much better signals than 50 kW non-direxional 770 KKOB, which I had checked at 1415 after quitting night pattern. KKOB did build up a bit later at 1424 with ID, 1434 ``KKOB First News`` starting with Tucson (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
