** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana is still on 6110, Nov 18 at 0030 in Albanian, big collision underneath RHC. Very little signal on // 7425, and at 0130 there is only one frequency for English, 6110, which Cuba is now occupying 18 hours a day for `N, C y S América`, which means a non-direxional antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 18 at 1433: poor on 8400, nothing audible on 9000 or 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC language usage check Nov 18 at 0620: 6140 in Spanish this time // 6150 and 6120; 6060 and 6010 in English, no phone-ringing or hammering audible at the moment. At 0631, 11760 also with VG signal in Spanish, now in its fifteenth day of not producing two dozen spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also ALBANIA [and non] ** ECUADOR [non]. It`s UT 18 November, so HCJB should have closed down its last major transmitter at Pifo and transferred the Portuguese service on 11920 to relay via CVC Calera de Tango, CHILE. At 0030 there is Portuguese, but not as good as before, now with some flutter. Similar signal from CVC itself in Spanish on 9745. Of course, we`re way off target-Brasil, both from the perspective of Ecuador and Chile. One schedule shows the Brasilian service ending at 0045, but not confirmed, some uncertainty about its duration, from 2300? What about Kulina which had been at 2245? Could not hear HCJB direct on 6050 at 0030, but only checked so far on the portable in the yard. That`s being transferred from Pifo to Pichincha site, still within Ecuador (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA [and non]. AIR Aligarh distortion blob from `9470` transmitter had varied further upward Nov 18 at 1435, centered about 9502 and extending 9495-9510 or so, covering weak carriers detectable on 9500 and 9505. Per EiBi and Aoki, those would be CNR1 and BBC Hindi via Oman, respectively. Blob weaker but still audible at 1520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, R. Educación, monitored during the all-too-brief QRM-free window Nov 18: at 0619 tune-in no trace of Vatican, just XEPPM with percussion performance featuring vibes, bells, et al. Always something intriguing and unexpected in their free-form eclectic format, anything but ``typical Mexican music``. At *0630:45 the Brasília carrier came on, but could still hear XE under. RNA did not start modulating with its own song overriding DF until 0641, a minute or so after // 11780 cut on with modulation already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6104.7, XEQM, Nov 18 at 0713, DJ talking on phone with YL, 0716 ``la más grande`` slogan and finally back to song. Atop audible het, from what at this hour? No major stations scheduled on 6105, so maybe one of the other LA`s is active, such as R. Canção Nova, Brasil, which EiBi shows as 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11785 buzz, Nov 18 at 1446 mixing with Chinese, no Arabic audible; at 1522, the usual big buzz on 15435 was only S7, and a trace of same still on 11785 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Sudan Radio Service, Nov 18 at 1526 hilife music. Just as I was wondering exactly when English is now scheduled, at 1527 on came a PSA in English that only Sudanese citizens are eligible to vote in upcoming elexions, and how to go about registering with passport or other documentation, endorsement by a religious leader, etc. 1528 more music. 1529 non-English announcement, annoying echo, 1533 Sudan Radio Service IDs in passing during Arabic segment. Despite the echo, much better signal here via PORTUGAL, than competing Miraya FM relay on 15650 via SLOVAKIA colliding as ever with Greece. Wait a minute --- I am hearing the SRS echo during talk, but not during music! That means it has nothing to do with propagation, but is deliberately introduced in the studio produxion, to make it sound cool? Only degrading readability. Then searching for language schedule, Google warns with http://www.sudanradio.org --- ``this site may harm your computer`` e.g. installing malicious software. So we`ll make do with what Aoki shows: 15-17 with the first semihour in English daily, the remaining sesquihour in Arabic, but I don`t think it is so straightforward, more of a mixture (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. What a pity that the big signal from Greenville on 15580, during the 21-22 hour only, carrying VOA Music Mix shows, was distorted and splattering up to 15 kHz away, Nov 17 at 2131. On Tuesday it was Roots & Branches. 9930 with VOA English, Nov 18 at 1441 about one second behind // 9760. 9930 used to be the prime frequency of defunct KWHR Hawaii, and inherited by T8WH Palau (known to FCC as `KHBN`), which is registered there 07-22, but apparently not using it for at least two hours 14-16 when VOA via Sri Lanka is also listed, 250 kW, 322 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. For the third night in a row, WYFR interfering with itself on 9355: Nov 18 at 0629 English Family Radio ID crosstalk clearly audible underneath Italian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI 9955, Nov 18 at 0637 with Wire Light M&W discussion, S9+18 over jamming, so suspect WRMI has resumed the NW antenna, as scheduled on UT Wednesdays, also for WORLD OF RADIO at 0800. After 1500, audible again over jamming with R. Prague relay in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET) ** U S A [and non]. 11715, KJES with big S9+22 carrier, Nov 18 at 1444, but JBA modulation of catechisms mixing with unknown language station, must be R Liberty via Lampertheim, GERMANY in Uzbek. At 1519 another station was atop KJES, i.e. RVA Philippines in Tagalog via VATICAN back to Gastarbeiter in the ME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WEWN gave us a clear shot at the Taiwan het against 11550, Nov 18 at 1445-1448 since WEWN had lost modulation until Spanish resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. As I was outchecking the blob from INDIA, q.v., Nov 18 at 1500, heard TWR IS just barely escaping it on 9495. Per Aoki at 15-16 it`s 100 kW, 55 degrees via AUSTRIA in Russian, except Mondays when the first semihour is in Belarussian. Christians vs Christians, also listed on 9495 during this hour is YFR in English via UAE, 250 kW, 105 degrees but unheard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297, LV de la RASD, Nov 18 at 0700 with Arab rap, 3-pip timesignal almost a sesquiminute late at 0701:28, Arabic ID, sounders, news? by rapid YL; 0702:30 ID again. Usual good signal from Tindouf, ALGERIA; BTW, the only way now to hear Algeria direct on SWBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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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