** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13720 to NAm, Feb 2 at 1542 with ID, then item about the
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Albanian angle. Some fading, S9+10
to 15, and good modulation. Hope that keeps up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. HCJB, 11920, Feb 2 at 2248 with declamation by missionary in
clearly enunciated, unlike a native-speaker, Kulina, Brazilian Amazon Indian
language scheduled 2245-2300 at 150 degrees. Shortly into duet with a song to
the tune of ``Silent Night``, long after Xmas; I am not sure a literal
translation of the original German would make much sense in the jungle, so
would not be surprised if that carol tune has been reworked into something
else, as common among hymnalists. 2251 segué to OM solo mentioning Maria. Rest
of show was instrumental music rather than Bible readings, 2259 into Portuguese
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 15785 with SAH estimated at 11 Hz between two roughly
equal stations, one in Arabic, i.e. WYFR at 45 degrees, and the other
presumably Galei Tzahal in Hebrew. WYFR is scheduled on this frequency only at
1600-1645, and this was at 1601 Feb 2. Aoki says GZ stops at 1600, just in
time, but not today. WRTH and PWBR say 24 hours and 10 kW while Aoki says 5 kW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15435, Feb 2 at 1505, VG signal with Qur`an, but the
buzz is back --- it sounds like something frying, which may be exactly what`s
happening somewhere in the transmitter, tho so far it has not burned up! It`s
easily audible but not strong enough yet to impede readability. The recitations
were interrupted every few minutes for some slow talk in unsung Arabic; //
15225 which was as usual weaker, and no buzz detectable. Not // 13710, another
BSKSA program which was also Qur`aning. By 1530, the buzz had cleared up on
15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Standing by for WRMI to switch to NW antenna on 9955, Feb 2
at 1459, just heavy Dentro-Cuban jamming against previous program, R. Cuba
Libre; can`t have any talk of a free Cuba, now, can we? 1459:30 I could tell
the WRMI carrier came on, but still too much jamming; at 1501 could make out
English, presumably R. Prague relay as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. OTH radar pulses, presumed, weak, 9185-9205 at 1456 Feb 2 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13830, some ute with a whine, but on BFO, multiple carriers
evident at close separation, Feb 2 at 1503. Perhaps we can expect more utility
activity on this frequency now that R. Solh has been abolished (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17515, 5-digit spy numbers in Spanish by robot YL, Feb 2 at 1602,
with ``Atención, 86082 18381 37422`` repeated twice when I intuned, then just
86082 repeated thrice, and into secret message of other groups (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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