** CHINA. Firedrake still reliably on 9000, checked Nov 5 at 1316, presumably against Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non non]. Just because it`s jammed doesn`t mean it`s a Cuban clandestine. Following a report of R. República on 9600, I monitored UT Nov 5 at 0255-0300+ and guess what: it`s Radio Habana Cuba, and it is also jammed! They were ending a 3-hour program, the last part about how Cuban music is popular in Perú, and that could have been a Radio República produxion, but then telltale RHC sounder and ID at hourtop. Also checked 6060 at 0318 and it was //. The jamming on 9600 is not heavy, but is certainly there. 9600 is on the currently posted RHC frequency schedule as 0000-0500, so it seems unlikely R. República would also be there unless they are really spoiling for a fight. The question remains, why would Cuba jam its own broadcast? Habana SNAFUs are nothing new and this may be just another one. BTW, Jeff White says the RMI broadcast of R. República is now M-F at 1100-1200 on 6100 via Sackville; and there may be more. I have not yet checked at that early hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. North Americans now have another morning broadcast in English available: RRI at 1300-1400 on 15105, 17745, which is intended for Europe, but carries on just fine to OK; well, almost. At first 17745 was not audible, but 15105 was good, Nov 5 at 1328 in program about classical music by Enescu and others inspired by folk music. Usual string of mini-features followed on this Wednesday: 1339, when 17745 was also audible, sports report; 1342 Encyclopedia, about an exhibition of 110-120 radio sets celebrating the 80th anniversary of radio broadcasting in Romania, from Nov 1, 1928; 1347 The Cooking Show, recipe for pumpkin pie; 1349 DX Mailbag starting with a report from Rich D`Angelo, Wyomissing, on 6015. It seems Galbeni is pronounced GAHL-benn, forget the -i. Only two more reports referred to, the last from Dmitri Antonov, Krasnoyarsk. Then gave English transmission schedule to Western Europe; and to North America: 2130-22 6115 9755 23-24 6115 9610 01-02 6145 9515 04-05 6115 9515 WNAm Pacific: 0630-700 15135 17780 Meanwhile, the Romanian-language service remains good as well on 11940, and on 15170 colliding with REE via Costa Rica, but Nov 5 at 1341 check I found that the undermodulated signal from REE was on top for a change, with a pronounced SAH of a few Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Checking for R. Tirana, English at 0245-0300 on 7390, only a weak carrier, next to a strong open carrier on 7385, Nov 5 at 0253. At 0300 VOA Spanish special elexion coverage cut on the air in mid-word, obviously already in progress on satellite, internet. I assume this SW frequency will be gone tomorrow, not a time VOA Spanish is normally on the air. Then checked Kim Elliott`s site and there it is, special elexion-night broadcast 0300-0400 on 7385, 5940 and 9890. 9890 was barely detectable, and 5940 was much weaker than 7385. If these and some English frequencies cut off at 0400 UT just as President Obama was proclaimed, it was a case of monumentally poor timing by VOA; I was listening to TV but a radio was still on 7385, and noticed the noise level jump at 0407, so that`s when the carrier went off and so may have prolonged modulation too. Checked retimed morning VOA Spanish service Nov 5: at 1315 on 9885, promo for Enfoque Andino at 7:30-8:30 EST, and Buenos Días, América at 8:30-9:30 --- yes until 9:30, they said, = 1430 UT, so maybe it goes on for another semihour after SW closes? Also said there would be newscasts at 10 and 11 am = 15 and 16 UT, but now apparently referring to via FM relays in LAm cities. At 1326, also heard on new // 15590, very strong and blowing away Spain on 15585, but that`s not to the Americas. Was ending Enfoque Andino segment with Tobey Keith song. Closing Buenos Días, América at 1359, said next program would be deportivo = sports report at 1700 UT! Is that on SW, like ex-1400 on 17565? At 1359:30, 15590 DCI = dropped carrier immediately, while 9885 went thru the Yankee Doodle sign-off routine. Supposed B-08 Spanish schedule at http://www.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_s.cfm is still totally out of date as of Nov 5 at 1520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. After running 24 hours for several days on 7505 with music tests, including the non-registered block of 1600-2300, WRNO was missing at 2055 UT Nov 4, as we had asked them not to interfere with R. Tirana in English on 7510 at 2100-2130. WRNO was also off when checked around 0300 Nov 5, but back on at 0641 and with jazz at 1317 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WWRB, 6370, again audible but weak on 2x harmonic of 3185 with Brother Scare, Nov 5 at 0646 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WBCQ, unlike the days before, missing from 9330 at 1425 check, but was on with Brother Scare at 1517 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Rapid pulses, like OTH radar, extending at least plus/minus 10 kHz from 13950, Nov 5 until cut off at 1408* Same sound as heard previously centered on 15090 (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. 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