** ALBANIA. 7425, Sept 6 at 0352, R. Tirana is still silent; ditto 13625 at 1430; what`s the problem, exactly? We hope they are not allowing SW to peter out with a whimper (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 6, before 1300: None found at 1240-1247, 10300 up; and not on 7970 earlier either; hi-latitude paths are degraded, with CRI and CNR1 jammers weakened Before 1400: 12270, poor at 1350 14700, very poor at 1353 15430, JBA at 1356, het on hi side 15900, JBA at 1354 No 10300, none in the 13s, 16s before 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 12000, Sept 6 at 0516, lite pulse jamming against nothing, where it is `needed` only at 23-24 (Tue-Sat -01) for VOA Spanish. Also heavier pulse jamming, at least two transmitters overlapping, on 7365, Sept 6 at 0521, while 7405 was usual wall-of-noise against R. Martí. 7365 jamming is `needed` only at 00-03 vs RM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM [and non]. 9905-9910-9915, Sept 6 at 1238, DRM noise already on from presumed KTWR which has posted that it is testing its new DRM transmitter on 9910; previously heard DRM after 1300. Maybe started at 1230 when analog service in Chinese ends. They`d better quit by 1315 when AIR, another diehard DRM enthusiast, starts its Dari service in analog on 9910 (tho registered from 1300). But DRM noise still there at 1317, plus het heard underneath the noise, which I was also getting against KTWR Chinese 9910 before they started the DRM tests, but now AIR faces this double-whammy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, Sept 6 at 1230, weak but readable signal from AFN has Matt Lauer re-opening NBC-TV `Today` show on the half hour, mentioning Al Roker, chat with co-hosts, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 15075, Sept 6 at 0340 past 0400, very poor to JBA broadcaster with flutter, surely as in HFCC, AIR via Bengaluru site, 500 kW at 300 degrees, and another 500 kW at 240 degrees, in Hindi. Not much left of the megawatt by the time it gets here! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GUAM [and non], KTWR DRM collision on 9910 ** INDONESIA. 9525-, Sept 6 at 1321, VOI English, very poor with Commentary, 1324 mentions ``Exotic Indonesia`` so they are still doing that on Tuesdays, tentatively the RRI Bajarmasin guy`s voice then heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN [and non]. 11620, Sept 6 at 1306 solo singing by OM, not Qur`an but somewhat reverent-sounding, seems S Asian language. 1310 cut to news theme and YL speaking, mentions kHz, with CCI music underneath; 1314 Pakistan mentioned, 1315 music and different sounding talk, flutter. I expected All India Radio to be here, but Aoki shows it`s a collision with VIRI: 11620 1300-1427 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP. IRAN Urdu Kamalabad 1-7 11620 1215-1315 IND ALL INDIA RADIO Burmese Delhi Kham 1-7 11620 1330-1500 IND ALL INDIA RADIO English Delhi Kham 1-7 AIR probably leaves the transmitter on during the break with Tibetan or something not appearing on schedules (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 15760, Sept 6 at 1355 tone test catches my ear, but right off and into the majestic Kol Israel IS, which used to portend broadcasts in English and several other languages, but now they think only Persians are worth reaching on SW. (If I were a BBC Proms presenter, I might call it ``mighty``.). HFCC shows due east from Israel at 1400-1630, while the winter timing per WRTH was 1500-1630. That must mean Israel if not Iran is still on DST. Yes, per http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html Iran All locations Tuesday, March 22 [to] Thursday, September 22 Israel All locations Friday, April 1 [to] Sunday, October 2 WRTH Update in May showed it`s really less than a sesquihour, (so the 1400-1630 registration covers shifts for both DST and ST): Revised Complete Schedule Persian Days Area kHz 1400-1500 daily ME 13850isr, 15760isr 1500-1525 daily ME 13850isr, 15760isr (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sept 6 at 1259 IRRS ``Aïda`` theme which always runs a bit past hourtop, quick sign-on, pause and into Brother Scare, still going at quick recheck 1356, so no KQED today either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 6 at 0343, lo-key YL in Arabish talk, made out a few words such as `professor`, same monolog at 0401 recheck. So IGIM can apparently still run all-night, altho on Sept 5 I caught it cutting on at *0542:40. It`s tough to get a definite ID from this one, but I am sure it was Arabish, not Tajik; too, Tajikistan altho maybe active after 0200 is at a great propagational disadvantage, hi-latitude to here, getting into daytime, and there was no CCI audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Sunrise DX Sept 6, UT: 980, Sept 6 at 1208, IMER mentioned, so I thought it must be the only IMER station on 980, XEFQ in Cananea, Sonora, as recently logged; quite dominating frequency next few minutes, and I don`t think two stations were overlapping, but after opening ``Servicio Nacional de Noticias``, gave timecheck for 7:09 while it`s 5:09 in Sonora. Network feed from DF? Locutor Mario Campos, informally previewing stories to be covered. Then mentions ``Estéreo Vida, 93 FM``, gave two 8-digit phone numbers, and an 800 number, Twitter. 1212 over to YL with national weather summary, timecheck as 7:13. 1214 losing out to KMBZ. Now it looks like I was getting this per Cantú: 980 XETU Estereo Vida + FM 99.3 Tampico, Tamps. 10,000 1,000 so would they carry news from government`s IMER? Or maybe just a PSA. 1000, Sept 6 at 1204, NA ends and ID as ``La Rancherita``, Ciudad Juárez, so per Cantú this is: 1000 XEFV La Rancherita Cd. Juárez, Chih. 1,000 D For some time I have been hearing Mexican under KTOK, so glad to pull this ID. There are four other possibilities in N/W Mexico. KTOK is hard to null; other OKC groundwavers have sharper nulls such as 930 and 890, why? 1180, Sept 6 at 1200 ID mentioned ``Romántica`` and only one listed in Cantú, also most likely target area is: 1180 XEDCH La Romántica Cd. Delicias, Chih. 5,000 1,500 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAJIKISTAN. 11500, Sept 6 at 1240, flutter, hummy signal has some undermodulation in English, so VOR lux out today, rather than no modulation out of Dushanbé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060, Sept 6 at 1201, Spanish ID for KIJN, Farwell, Tejas. Cf my previous report, Wayne Heinen, editor of the new NRC AM Log, 2011-2012, just out (see http://www.nrcdxas.org/catalog/books/index1.html for ordering info; highly recommended!) points out that pre-sunrise and post-sunset authorizations are not found via FCC AM Query pages, but instead ``via FCC`s CDBS site. Using the CDBS station search: http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_sear.htm Go to Details on the station`s search form. Then View Correspondence Folder. This link will show the PSRA and PSSA documents for the station if any exist." If you follow these, you get a pdf that lists KIJN`s PSRA at: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=3821 which shows they may use up to 3.0 watts starting at 6 am CDT yearound, except in June a hefty 6.0 watts (since sunrises are earliest, and the ``limiting station``, XEEP can tolerate ``twice`` as much QRM!). KIJN is also very fortunate to be just barely in the CDT zone, as if licensed to Texico NM just across the border they could not sign on their ``three watts`` until 1200 UT. KIJN also has a PSSA at http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=1857 showing they may also use 3.0 watts for two hours after official sunset yearound, which in Sept means 0100-0300 UT. My last log was just after 0300, but maybe they were about to sign off. Currently they should not be on the air even with 3 watts between 0300 and 1100 UT, but Wayne says, ``KIJN has been running all-night for quite a while with no authorization that I can find.`` The fact remains that when I hear them in the PSRA or PSSA periods, they can`t possibly be running only three watts. I have read that it`s difficult-to-impossible to power down many transmitters to that level even if they wanted to, so it could be the full 10 kW, or anywhere between that and some reasonably audible lower power at this distance. A longer discussion of this, with the complete PSRA/PSSA tables for KIJN will be in DXLD 11-36 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1510+, Sept 6 at 1224, sports talk with het from off-frequency KCTE Independence MO. I need to recheck in the nightmiddle whether this daytimer is still on the air then as they had been for a week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1610, Sept 6 at 0346, low-level CCI but brief surge of one signal with gospel huxter in English, not // 5935, so not Anguilla. Canadian? This ought to be a prime DX frequency with no US stations except TIS on it, but difficult here tnx to IBOC from KATZ-1600 St Louis; Hallelujah! I still haven`t logged XEUACH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15419-USB, Sept 6 at 1356, caught a snatch of Spanish 2-way, I think, another intruder frequency, with BFO het from weak broadcast on 15420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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
