** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana, 0000-0130 Albanian service to North America,
7425, Jan 23 at 2358 IS but poor signal, and not much audible after 0000.
Chinese had been on 7425 around 2355, which is CRI via Kunming. CRI is also
scheduled on 7425 in English via Kashgar at 00-01. R. Tirana`s other frequency
from Shijak, 6130, had much better signal at 0006 Jan 24, no QRM, but just
barely modulated.
Meanwhile noted rapid clicking QRM covering 7432-7436 or so which at first I
thought was spur from DentroCuban jamming on 7405, but clix still there when
jamming had ceased after 0000. Fortunately, no broadcasts scheduled on 7435
until 0030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. Since 11710v was reactivated on Jan 22-23, I look for the other
frequency from same transmitter, 15345, at the earliest opportunity, scheduled
from 2000 on Saturdays with R. Nacional relay. Jan 23 at 2057 there is a weak
signal, sounds Spanish rather than Arabic --- where is Morocco? Is it off or
not propagating? By 2157, 15345 considerably stronger and definitely in
Spanish, 2100 precisely accurate 5-pip timesignal, and talking about Argentina.
Still no sign of Morocco, no het. LRA close to 15345.0.
Next check at 2355 music and Argentine-accented talk, 2358 giving an e-mail
address for R. Nacional, or maybe it was a government PSA. UT Jan 24: 0004
saying they were now transmitting from Mar del Plata. On UT Sundays they stay
on 15345 until sign off nominally at 0230, while on Sundays they use 11710v
instead from 1800 to 0300 UT Mondays.
As for the 25m channel, which I estimated at 11709.4 based on my one-kHz
stepping up and down on the YB-400, Giampiero Bernardini in Italy was listening
at about the same time from 0040 UT Jan 23, and put it on 11710.56 drifting
upward very slowly by about 1 Hz per minute. He also has an FRG-7 but can
measure frequencies much more accurately with SDR-IQ and/or AOR AR7030.
Apparently I got it on the wrong side of the center channel.
Wolfgang Büschel reports that RAE is back on the air because a new tube has
been installed, while Gabriel Iván Barrera previously told us that purchase of
a whole new transmitter had been approved in November, so was there a
misunderstanding or is the new transmitter still on the way? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. HCJB via CVC CHILE, 11920 in Portuguese, Jan 24 at 0008
*still* with dirty FMy mushy spurs including obviously // audio around 11900
and 11940. How can either organization allow these to go on and on? Is anyone
paying attention? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Lavwadlamerik, again Jan 23 with fill-in secret transmission on 15390
until 2100* sharp, and up on successor 13725 at *2102:30. After 2200, 15390 was
off while 13725 remained on; and by 2201, 11905 had also come on late.
Another check at 2359: the secret 7590 channel, only fair signal, cut off with
programming in progress at 2359:50*. Expected it back on within two minutes,
but instead it did not resume until 0007 Jan 24. Wonder why it took so long.
Meanwhile I was also checking the VOA Spanish service which starts at 0000:
9885 was on with music fill shortly after, but // 5890 took a few more minutes
to come up, confirmed at 0009.
Repeatedly not being able to start a transmission by the top of the hour
certainly looks amateurish. Back at HQ they apparently don`t understand that
frequency changes cannot be made in a few sex on these old transmitters, and
need to build in flex programming time at the end of hours, or just plain
pauses for switching time. Many other SW stations have the same disconnect
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WTWW rock music and ID testing continued July 23 on 9480
until 1900 when as scheduled shifted to 9475 to avoid YFR. No difference in
signal strength here, unlike some other places. Only problems, occasional
usually brief carrier drops off the air due to some failsafe circuit, and I
ceased to keep track of those exact lapses. 2200 back to 9480 still with VG
signal. But must have faded down with the sun, as by 2355 was not hearing it at
all, or maybe off; instead, some other weak station, probably the Tibetan
service CNR-11 which starts 9480 at 2155 via Baoji-Sifangshan 724 site per Aoki.
Kept checking 5755 for WTWW`s evening test, but nothing there yet by 0009,
while WWRB was in well on 5745, so WTWW must not have been on. Still no sign of
it at 0054 so the 5755 test may have been scrubbed tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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