** ALBANIA. 7430, R. Tirana in English, Tue Jan 19 at 2113, Klara presenting mailbag with letters from USA, Sweden, UK and one recognizable name, Christopher Lewis. Later music fill and off the air at 2127*. Good signal, adequate modulation, no QRM tho there was something weaker on 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11600, DentroCuban Jamming Command still grinding away on this frequency for no perceptible reason. There is nothing on any of the online schedules after Slovakia finishes at 1600, and no victim can be detected under the jamming, such as 2055 UT Jan 19, but bothering DW German via Rwanda on 11605. 11600 jamming diminished after 2100 but irregular pulsing could still be heard. The DCJC must be convinced something needs to be jammed on 11600, or maybe there was a typo in Arnie`s monitored schedule. Or could it be, or have been, a never-discovered daytime broadcast of Radio República or some other clandestine with a signal too weak to show up? Checked RHC frequencies in case they have resumed something Creole, Jan 19 at 2130 but found them all in Spanish, except 11760 with English running late, about a joint Cuban/Venezuelan clinic in Haiti which was apparently already there when the quake hit. 2132 theme and transition to French (not Creole) also on 11760, partly about what Cuba is doing in Haiti. Here`s one story about that on their website: http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/a_sugerencias/enero/10/etica.htm And another, in English, always with as negative a spin as possible toward the USA, claims 400 Cuban doctors are in Haiti: http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/a_comentarios/10/enero/ene18.htm On the French broadcast one item was slightly positive, that Cuba is allowing US aid flights to overfly eastern Cuba, or as found on their website: ``Le communiqué rappelle que le gouvernement cubain avait autorisé, tout de suite après avoir reçu la demande, l’utilisation de l’espace aérien sur l’Est de son territoire, par des avions étasuniens à destination d’Haïti pour faciliter l’envoi d’aide humanitaire.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. After hearing VOA Creole earlier than scheduled the day before on 13725, I started looking for it much earlier on Jan 19, before the expanded midday transmission until 1930 was over on 15390 and 17565. I was not monitoring constantly, rather checking 13725 once per half hour, but nothing. Finally a more comprehensive bandscan found 15390 still/again on the air at 2052 with VOA Creole --- no other frequencies found on 9, 11, 13, 15 or 17 MHz bands. No thanks to VOA for not publishing their full correct frequency schedule in Creole. Interview in progress kept on going right past hourtop 2100, but 15390 abruptly cut off the air at 2100:30*. I could imagine the operator at Greenville hustling to manually retune the old beast to 13725, meanwhile missing programming in progress from Washington. Finally 13725 carrier came on at *2002:15, and it took almost another minute for modulation to be applied, phone-ins now. At 2105 it was the anomalous English-speaking woman from Martinique, same recording I have now heard three times at random tune-ins, seeking her father Michel Kenetry (? No idea how to spell his surname, something like that, but she never spelt it). Also copied her phone number but not to be put here as she does not need any extraneous calls. (If in the extremely unlikely chance someone in Haiti really needs to contact her after reading this here, ask.) At 2129:30 programming on 13725 paused with ``has come to you from VOA, Washington``, but not a sign-off as Ronald César resumed from studio at 2130 with news about the situation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Over two months after he was sentenced to 175 years in prison for child sex abuse, convicted evangelist Tony Alámo is *still* broadcasting on WINB, where criminality is no problem, noted Jan 19 at 2050 with distorted modulation on 13570, plus splattery spurs down to 13530 and up to 13595, with further peaks around 13500 and 13635 (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. 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
