** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 9345, 2320 Sept 13, G signal with Albanian music, lacking in higher audio frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. See CUBA; MEXICO ** CANADA. Yes, something is very wrong with CFRX, barely a week after its reactivation from a biyear snooze. Sept 13 at 2253, fair carrier on 6070, but almost `open` --- occasionally I could make out a bit of modulation in the CFRB you-must-hear-this style. CBC NQ, 9625 reception is improving, such as Sat Sept 13 at 2338 with favourites such as ``Michelle, Ma Belle``, suitably bilingual, and until 2344, monolingual ``Mona Lisa``, by N. K. Cole, on Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap show from CBC Radio One. Before 2300 I heard laughter, presumably CBC`s new comedy show, Laugh Out Loud at 2230: http://www.cbc.ca/laughoutloud/ And on weekdays before 2200 there is Nunavut news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. Nothing buy heavy jamming audible on 9955, Sat Sept 13 at 2009 when WORLD OF RADIO has been running on WRMI. Also same at 2236 recheck. Mesa Redonda taking a break on Saturday Sept 13; it is after all, irregular, or usually M-F only: nothing on 9820 at 2322, raising hopes for new R. Nove de Julho, Brasil which just opened on that frequency, but nothing more than a very weak carrier detectable, which could be Xian or Guanxi, China. Several more chex up to 0003 Sept 14, and 9820 still Cubaless and Brasiless. The Cuban transmitter for 9820 could have been on 9600 instead, since that frequency was already running at 2323 in big collision with Vatican in Vietnamese. Quickly confirmed it was RHC, as music // 11680 but a reverb apart. RHC normally does not start 9600 until 0000 except maybe Sundays 2330 for Esperanto. At 2358 RHC modulation was pausing, allowing the VR IS to be heard in the clear and then off at 0000 as RHC resumed. Last spring when XEYU was sporadic on 9599.3, all it had to contend with during the 2300 hour was Vatican, not Cuba. BTW, the Aoki listing of R. México Internacional on 9600 is incorrect, as that station deceased years ago and did not use this frequency anyway. Meanwhile was checking RHC English on 9550 during the 2300 hour, but never heard DXers Unlimited, Saturday Sept 13. Thought they might squeeze it in, but still missing by 2345, and instead usual politically-charged stuff. Maybe Arnie is busy getting all the jammers back to full capacity. And I must say that with the exception of ``Ed Newman``, and Arnie Coro, RHC is suffering from M&W announcers with poor dixion and heavy accents. Can`t they find any more native speakers of English willing to spout the party line? No more hijackers, soldiers of fortune, traitors or extradition-avoiders to be made into international radio stars? Someone questioned whether the DentroCuban Jamming Command, and R. República were really on 9640; yes, reconfirmed Sept 14 at 0002 with RR on top in talk about the space program, having just switched from 9515 until 2400. Yes, Cubans must be protected from hearing about space! RHC, 13760, Sept 14 at 0004, fair carrier but very undermodulated, and modulation punched up a bit only on spikes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. Tuned in 9760 just in time Sat Sept 13 to hear a bit of Greek music at 2244 from CyBC, ID mentioning Kypros, good signal // much weaker 5930, but cut off at 2244:35 while music still playing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. R. Cairo, English to NAm, 9280, Sept 13 at 2310 Arabic music at fair level, but half-second-late timesignal after 2315 led to drop in modulation with news theme, and YL beginning newscast. Couldn`t make it out; gave up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. While the day before, RNA was all over XEPPM on 6185, on Sept 13 at 2300, Radio Educación was atop with national anthem and sign-on, making a low het as usual. Would RNA Brasília please go back to 6180 in the evenings and after 0700? Much obliged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also CUBA ** MOROCCO. R. Médi 1, Nador, deserves its reputation for wonderful music on 9575; Sept 13 at 2328-2326 in Arabic, man singing what seemed like a round, backed by choral group chanting at a faster rate. 2347 soprano with string instrument accompaniment, alternating with tenor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7395, Sept 13 at 2238 with announcements in Indonesian, soft music, Suara --- something. Is a handy PWBR ``2008`` any help? Of course not. But at 2250 R. Nederland singing ID. Figured it might be Madagascar but B-08 schedules show it as via Tinang, Philippines, 250 kW at 200 degrees. Unusual time of day to be hearing that on 40m; maybe longpath, or equinoxial conditions kicking in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB programming improves greatly when gospel-huxter customers are lacking and Dave Frantz puts on his favorite fill music instead, big band. This ran during the entire hour Sunday Sept 14, or at least from 0007 past 0055, on 3185. Tho I wonder how few records he has, as the old favorites keep reappearing, e.g. starting tonight with In the Mood and Delightful, Delovely. Perhaps these oldies are more suitable anyway for lack of fidelity thru his SW modulators. Meanwhile at 0007 found 5050 in open carrier with hum; 5745 Brother Scare with hum; nothing on 6890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Navy MARS net, 5153.5 SSB, Sat Sept 13 at 2255, QSO between NNN0YQB and NNN0ADF, discussing lack of stations in East Texas, and how checking into the SHARES (sp?) net is unproductive with the army MARS guys courteous but not really interested in what the sailors have to say. Per Google search to http://www.navymars.org/national/cmi/CMI14-08.TXT YQB is Kenneth in East Texas. Searching each callsign in the 16,508 posts to the UDXF yg, each got exactly one hit, and neither was helpful in locating them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 9415, Sept 13 at 2318 with constant heavy noise, sounded rather like DRM, but not wide enough and with BFO I could detect a carrier underneath. Still the same just before and after 2400 into UT Sept 14. Online schedules show VOA via Philippines at 2200-2400 on 9415 but in English, so not to be jammed; also Prague is on 9415 until 2330. The only likely jamming target on 9415 is Taiwan but at 0900-1100 only. Maybe the IBB transmitter was very out of order, or something totally extraneous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] 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
