** AUSTRALIA. 5982 & 6008, Nov 22 at 1405, no spurs audible from R. Australia 5995. Mike Cooper sent a press report that there was a grassfire at the Shepparton site about the same date I was hearing the spurs, perhaps caused by the wiring, so I wonder if the spurs were a cause or effect of the fire?
11880, Thu Nov 22 at 1540, discussion of US politix, interview with Politifax guy, RA show originating with RN; 11880 now opens at 1530 on 50 degree beam, so useful here after 9580 is off at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 22 around 1355: none found 18-12 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non?]. 12045, Nov 22 at 1357 pseudo-drama in English about cooking and dating, then some Chinese. I figured it was CRI`s end-of-hour language lesson filler, but looking it up, find VOA Chinese is scheduled until 1400 via Saipan. However, that Must Be Jammed, as Aoki reminds us with an as*erisk, so could jamming source have been CRI English for a change? Had not noticed such a good signal before, with ACI from 12050 WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 5745, Nov 22 at 1151, R. Martà is on, good signal and no jamming yet, unlike 5980, 6030. OCB has just expanded schedule to originally planned 11-14 UT on 5745, now that WTWW has found another frequency, 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 13780, Nov 22 at 1536, RHC is missing, supposedly on until 1600, and still going on the other 11, 15, and 17 MHz channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GERMANY [non]. 12055 // stronger 12070, Nov 22 at 1538 in Swahili, i.e. DW via RWANDA during this hour. HFCC shows 12055 is non-direxional while 12070 aims due south; that`s not a Swahili-speaking area, Zambia and beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 15485, Nov 22 at 1531, no signal from V. of Tibet via Talata, which we heard a few days ago and remains listed in Aoki, but never listed in HFCC. Nor is it on an adjacent frequency in case a jumparound be required to avoid jamming. Plenty of Eurasian signals audible on 19m, anyway. What now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, UT Thu Nov 22 at 0600 UT, KGWA Enid manages to modulate instead of providing a Fox-hole, for the second night; is my understation DX window done for? Will keep checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1000, Thu Nov 22 at 1208 UT, KTOK OKC has replaced its morning newstalk on this holiday with a 2-hour musical program for Thanksgiving, featuring various US military bands playing instrumental inspirational music, starting with ``God of Our Fathers`` by the US Marine Band, then ``Shaker Melody``, by a US Army band. Announcer gives scriptural background for each piece. The music is nice, but this whole concept is a clear violation of Separation of Church and (Military) State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15330, Nov 22 at 1430, R. Martà has a fast SAH and CCI under, more of a QRM problem than jamming at the moment. HFCC shows the R. Veritas Asia relay in Urdu via SMG VATICAN is here at 1430-1457 with 250 kW at 70 degrees, AND 1430-1500 with 250 kW at 89 degrees, to non-identical CIRAF targets: presumably only one is really in effect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Anomalies at BSKSA: 17625, Nov 22 at 1346, Qur`an on here, but no signal on usual // 17615. Per Aoki, 17615 runs HQS to 1557 and 17625 until 1357. At 1439, now it`s the reverse with 17615 on and 17625 off. 17705, Nov 22 at 1346, open carrier/dead air, and still so at 1434. This is supposed to be BSKSA General program 1 at 1155-1457. Meanwhile 21505 was nominal with good signal and modulation. They forgot to apply modulation to 17705; oh well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, Thu Nov 22 at 1332, checking REE via COSTA RICA just to be sure there`s no Basque: `Diario Hablado` concludes with sports item, then Castilian interview with proprietor of an Elvis-themed wedding chapel in Madrid; costs only 40 Euro? At 1349, presumed // 21540 direct is well buried by SSOB Qur`an from Quwait, which stubbornly refuses to end this collision by operating on its long-registered frequency 21520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15434 & 15746, Nov 22 at 1350, no spurblobs audible today from VOA Spanish 15590, unlike 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3195 & 5050, Nov 22 at 0446, both WWRB frequencies are off; 3185 Brother Scare was dead air for a bit, then resumed. Hope a temporary problem, and one or both will be on 24 hours later for WORLD OF RADIO, UT Friday 0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9955, Nov 22 at 0444 check, WORLD OF RADIO 1644 was ready in time for first airing on WRMI, UT Thursday 0430; but totally blocked by wall-of-noise jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Further WRMI airings: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. BTW, by 0626 Nov 22, WRMI was audible with R. Praga in Spanish atop pulse jamming. First audible WOR airing should be Thursday 2200 on WTWW-1 9479; then UT Friday 0430 on WWRB 3195 and/or 5050; UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 on HLR 7265, 1630 on HLR 6190; Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120; UT Sunday 0500 on NEW 5830 from WTWW-1. Possibly sometime the same Saturday evening/UT Sunday on WTWW-2, 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 840, Nov 22 at 1230 UT, ``Christian teaching on KWG#``, and `Grace to You` show; good in null of WHAS, loops NW/SE. Must really be KWDF, 8 kW daytimer in Ball LA, which is NW of Alexandria. NRC AM Log shows it starts at 0700 ET = 1200 UT, but FCC AM Query says altho it has a PSRA of 500 watts, in November only, it does not apply due to WHAS! However, legal November sunrise has just happened at 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1300, Nov 22 at 0647 UT, sports references to ``UT``, so could it be one of the Tennesseeans? No such luck: ``AM 1300 The Zone`` and further talk about the Texas Motor Speedway, so it`s KVET Austin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN. 15770-15775-15780, Nov 22 at 1533, fairly strong DRM signal should decode if one cared to bother: HFCC shows Vatican Radio, 125 kW at 90 degrees, 1530-1550 (Sundays to 1558) in English. How many DRM receivers exist east of Holy See? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6135+, Nov 22 at 1403, heterodyne audible here, with likely explanation from Ron Howard`s log Nov 20: Shiokaze has reverted to 6135.0 at 1330-1430, and Madagascar varies around 6135.19, which would be long path. The het is on the hi side of 6135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) _ 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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