** ALBANIA [non]. 5950 // 9395, Nov 14 at 0230, WRMI relaying R. Tirana IS, 0231 theme and usual sign-on in English claiming to be on internet only --- despite all the trouble we went to arrange this SW transmission; anyhow, it`s back in whack after missing a few days. This time, 5950 is S9+10 to S9, while 9395 is only S4 and vs a high local noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9720, Nov 13 at 2309, RHC is S9+30 but JBM suptorted in French; at 2357 now sounds like Kriyol, and Nov 14 at 0000 into English becoming // 5040. However by 0055, 9720 is off, while 5040 is musicking. Arnie`s original B-18 schedule had 9720 at 23-01, in French, Portuguese, 0000 English, but amended Nov 12 to move all that two hours earlier, i.e. 21-23 with English at 22-23, and as I previously reported confirmed end of English hour at 2257 Nov 12. But for the time being, running English both at 22-23 & 00-, it seems, transitionally or confusedly. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 15140, tune-in at 1956:30 Nov 14, RHC VG signal in Kriyol, but modulation and/or carrier cuts off and on; 2000 into distorted English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5040, Nov 15 at 0004, this RHC is dead air; 0012 starts to fade up modulation to just barely, unsure of language. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** FRANCE [non]. 5950, Nov 15 at 0700, RFI via WRMI opening Spanish, still not `Portuguese` as on skedgrid. Is S5, but this time, 9395 is propagating much better at S9+10 with Oldies. Will RFI still be heard in English at 06-07 next week, during WRN relay? Evidently the only English hour then produced will be M-F at 1400, and anything else will have to repeat that, per Mike Cooper. Presumably continuing at 00-01 UT on 5950, not on WRN then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. 4869.907, Nov 15 at 1253 & 1315, no signal around 4870 yet, but VP carrier on and measured here at 1324; by 1327 I can almost imagine hearing the AIR IS before the Nepali hour. Since there is no signal earlier, surely not RRI Wamena, Indonesia reactivated, even tho the off-frequency signifies where it last was in 2017. But besides the Australian logs in Oct of AIR Delhi on ``4869.94`` for the Kashmiri service after 1430, current EiBi has Delhi considerably offset-plus, on 4870.3! for Nepali at 1330-1430, Clandestine Radio Sedaye Kashmir at 1430-1530, and also at 0230-0330, first 40 minutes in Kashmiri, spoken by 5 megaIndians and 100 kiloPakistanis. And last 20 minutes from 0310 & 1510 in DO which means Dogri (sometimes includes Kangri dialect), spoken in N India by 4 mega and also abbr`d [doi,dgo,him], per EiBi`s readme.txt language roster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. It seems I am not the only connexion between Encompass and Enid --- Encompass bought Babcock which bought WRN - World Radio Network, which has satcast World of Radio for many years. In downtown Enid I was surprised to see ENCOMPASS now labeling a building, i.e. Encompass Financial Services at 130 W Randolph. They also have something to do with real estate and home health, all of which seem rather far removed from international broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 9965, Nov 14 at 1545, S9+10 to S7 is the SSOB from Asia/Pacific, i.e. 1530-1600 Nippon no Kaze in Korean via T8WH, a standout signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Nov 14 at 2300, REE timesignal and Spanish ID, opening English service with news, then about a jazz festival. By 2330 jazz faded out for BoH TS, and opening French. English is M/W/F only, while French is M-F. Good signal here, not on 11940 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1956 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday November 13 at 2030 on WRMI 7780, fair. Not checked Wed 1030 on 5950. Also confirmed Wednesday November 14 at 2220, the 2200 on WRMI 9955, and two seconds later on WBCQ 7490+, poor. Next, not until: 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW 1200 UT Saturday Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW 1700 UT Saturday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND 1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, NEW 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE, NEW 5010 to SSE Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490+, Nov 13 at 2030, fair WBCQ is on with ancient recordings, like `Marion`s Attic` or `Behaviour Night`. But this must be `Pirate Joe Extravaganzo`, since Tuesday is the only weekday 7490 is on from *2000 instead of *2100; generally unpropagable in warmer months this far into the sunshine. J. P. Ferraro`s other show does better, `Shortwave Saturday Night` now rescheduled to 0200-0500 UT Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9330.232, Nov 14 at 1542, this WBCQ, all-BS-all-the-time (besides the AWWW hour), and it seems whenever I tune across him, he`s instructing people how to phone TOM answering machine. This once I pause long enough to measure how far up WBCQ has drifted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5085, Nov 15 at 1254, WTWW-2 with classic rock music, S9+30 past sunrise, after all-night? Plus and minus usual spur carriers 5072.1 & 5097.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 15 at 0220- UT: 531, 549, 576, 585, 621, 638, 684* vs WSCR IBOC, 738, 774(2), 837, 855(2), 864, 882, 936, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098(2), 1107, 1125, 1206(2), 1413. *stronger; (2)=at least two carriers beating. TA JBA MW carrier search, Nov 15 at 0642- UT: 585, 612, 621, 693(2), 711, 729, 774(2), 837, 846, 855, 882, 909, 936, 999, 1026, 1098, 1125, 1179, 1215, 1314 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report dispatched at 2008 UT November 15 _ 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
