** CUBA. The DentroCuban Jamming Command was asleep at the switch, wasting
precious electricity needed by The People, as pulse jamming was still audible
weakly on 5980 until 1428* Jan 22. R. Martí usage of that frequency ceases at
1300. Also, DentroCuban Jamming Command, 5980, Jan 23 at 0638, grinding away,
despite fact that R. Martí does not start here until 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Following advice in WORLD OF RADIO 1392, checked RHC 49mb frequencies
at 0700 UT Jan 25: 6060 switched from RHC closing music at 0700 sharp to
``Compositores Cubanos`` program from R. Musical Nacional, but transmitter cut
off after a few seconds. At 0701, found 6000 running with undermodulated talk
program about Condoleeza Rice, Neocons, US immigration policy, past 0704; think
I heard Mesa Redonda mentioned, so may have been replay of that discussion
program on some other network feed. And there was a weaker mix of Spanish talk
and music underneath, but this was revealed as WYFR when Cuba finally went off
at 0705. 6180 was already off at 0701 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI back on 9526 after several weeks` absence during the hours I
am awake: Jan 22 at 1439 in Indonesian, pop music, constant hum more obvious
during talk and pauses, but good strength. Transmitter dumped off the air for a
fraxion of a minute at 1440, 1449, 1452 and 1458. Usual format of mostly music,
1456:30 to closing warta berita headlines, 1459 YL singing anthem until 1501:30
open carrier with increasing hum, finally off at 1504*. No sign of CRI in
Russian which usually occupies the 1500 hour on 9525, altho there was a lite
het from something when I first tuned in. Thought 9526 might come back on with
gamelan/English ID loop from 1530 as it used to, but still off at final check
1536 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1392, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9526, Jan 24 at 1439 in Indonesian music, which was
sticking for a full minute until 1440. I did not hear a click or pop, so maybe
it was a digital rather than vinyl problem. There followed 4, four minutes of
dead air --- well, not quite dead, as it allowed us to appreciate the hum and
het unimpeded. Finally resumed programming, and played NA earlier than usual at
1456 --- it`s by a soprano with a beautiful voice. Tune in for that if nothing
else. 1504 recheck, still on with carrier, hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. RRI Makassar, 4750, fairly good and better than it has been
recently, as late as 1423 Jan 25, M&W in Indonesian talking over music. And a
quick check for VOI found it still on 9526 around the same time (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Checking out a report of the jammer and Echo of Hope
missing from 6348, I found they were both there as usual Jan 25 at 1416, the
jammer pulsing at a steady rate of between 4 and 5 times per second (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Outdoing VOI, WBCQ 9330 was heard with open (reduced) carrier for at
least 4 minutes from tune-in 1512 Jan 23. Quite an improvement over Radio
Weather (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WYFR, 5745, with Camping, Jan 23 at 0640 overridden by open carrier
and then brief tonetest before going off. Typical behaviour of IBB, probably
testing transmitter to be used later by R. Martí, tho not scheduled until *1000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. RNV, 11680 via Cuba, Jan 22 at 1506 tune-in again with
heavily-accented English segment, over constant bed of drumming, about US
financing of AUC in Colombia, US` double standard about terrorism, unemployment
rate 6.2%, lowest since 1991. Segment called ``Informative Short News`` in
typically poor translation to English, Spanish ID and I thought it was over,
but resumed English at 1509 with ``Belligerence, the Only Way to Peace``,
Chávez speaking and voice-over translation about FARC and ELN not being
terrorist organizations, and must give up kidnapping. This was identical to
what I heard the day before at about the same time; they`re getting as bad as
RHC in harping on the same subjects ad nauseam, but what else would you expect?
English ended at 1518. Way over the co-channel QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1392, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6775-6820, presumed Chinese OTH radar, Jan 23 at 1433 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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