** AUSTRALIA [and non]. RA, 6020, still has co-channel QRM from that motor-boating defective transmitter, believed to be Vietnam, Dec 20 at 1340 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Bandscan of 13 MHz, Dec 19 at 1430 found Habana`s three frequencies from two transmitters all missing --- no RHC 13760, no CRI English 13740, no leapfrog on 13720; however, 13680 RHC was on as usual. 1442 recheck, all were back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Dec 20 check at 1340 found XEXQ still missing from 6045 as it has been for several days; XEYU not detectable either on 9599+, but at 1911 it was poorly audible with classical music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Surprised to find big collision between two US SW stations on 7465, Dec 20 at 0642; they were at roughly equal very strong level, taking turns dominating, roughly 10 Hz apart in a big SAH. Both with preachers, Christians vs Christians! One changed programs at 0644 from Midnight Cry to Pastor Shockley (sp?), from the Key West Church of God; the other did not. The other I couldn`t help but recognize as Pastor Pete Peters. Oh, oh, he`s supposed to be on 5890 via WWCR. Checked that frequency: vacant. So WWCR had stayed on 7465 long past the scheduled switch to 5890 at 0400, and WHRA was the other one on 7465, scheduled 0500-0700 per WHR site, and then off the air, but registered available until 0900. At 0658 I sure thought it was a WHRI ID instead, then off without the usual `next frequency` announcement, leaving WWCR in the clear. Sometime between then and the next time I checked, 1339, WWCR had switched to 5890 with usual Power Hour. Adam Lock was on the phone until hourtop in his post-WWCR job promoting Berkey water softeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. 15290, RNV via Cuba, Dec 18 at 1916 was just open carrier along with a lite squeal. 1918 came on the audio, closing program ``La Mujer Venezolana``, 1919 into perpetually years-out-of-date transmission schedule always starting with San Francisco 11 am on 13740, i.e. this very transmission which has not really been on 13740 since 2004 or 2005 at latest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ZAMBIA. CVC news in English, 1900 Dec 18 on 13590, 1905 into DJ; no signals from Europe were making it at this time on this band, further evidence that the site is really Zambia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1387, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Heavy grinding and bubbling jamming continues on 15710, heard as late as 1913 Dec 18, and also at 1443 Dec 19. I can never hear any sign of the station being jammed. R. Martí can normally be detected at times on its jammed frequencies. Since the hours are long, my theory is: a new daytime frequency for R. República`s low-power transmission from somewhere in Latin America which we had been hearing for some weeks on 5954.1. Is that still there, anytime between 22 and 04, also jammed? Either that or the DentroCuban Jamming Command has found a new clandestine to block (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1387, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15710, heavy Cuban-style jamming still going Dec 20 at 1906 check. Target still totally blocked here if there is really anything under it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html