** ANGUILLA [non]. 11775, Feb 19 at 1307, no Caribbean Beacon, just CCI in the
China/India radio war over Tibet which DGS/PMS normally covers incompletely.
Frequency changer from 6090 at night may be indisposed or overslept (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Feb 19 at 1358, 1415 chex, no signal from LRA36. Juan
Franco Crespo, Spanish philatelist, reminds us that (Friday) Feb 22 is
``Argentine Antarctica Day`` commemorating the first base established 109 years
ago:
http://www.marambio.aq/diaantartida.html
Says nothing about radio, but that would be the day, if ever, when LRA36 might
come on the air for the festivities. IIRC we have been disappointed in previous
years, but keep checking, including possibly warming up on Feb 21 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 11660, Feb 19 at 1348, strange Chinese song, 1350 mentions Roman
letters A-B-C and continues talking, // 9475 so definitely R. Australia, both
Shepparton. 11660 has some fast fading, at first thought flutter, but unlikely
from RA and too regular, so then it`s a SAH. However, the Big 3 online skeds
show nothing else at this hour. Could it be incipient ChiCom jamming, at least
from a carrier? RA normally escapes this fate, making one wonder what
concessions they may have made (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6270, Feb 19 at 0609, RHC music doesn`t match English on 6165 and 6125
--- that`s because the source of this leapfrog, 6060, is still in Spanish
service instead of English, leaping across 6165 another 105 kHz higher.
Meanwhile, the other leapfrog on 6205 is in English, since it`s 6125 over 6165
another 40 kHz higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Feb 19 at 1831, heavy CCI from gospel
music and talk in unID language, presumably R. Africa, and R. Pilipinas, making
SAH of about 6 Hz, altho not precise because of additional propagational fading
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 12000.9, Feb 18 at 1940, RFI in French on strange frequency //
11995, with same conversation, RFI jingle, discussion of Côte d`Ivoire. I was
monitoring on the porch with one receiver DX-398 only, but needed to check
whether the two were synchronized, and both were so weak that could not hear
both by adding the DX-375 from the car, so instead tuned 12000.9 on the inside
FRG-7 and rebroadcast it on my 88.1 MHz FM feeder to the porch. Yes, they are
synchronized. Reception is slightly stronger on 12000.9, both with good
modulation. Still monitoring both at hourtop to hear what happen: 12000.9 cuts
off just before the 2000 timesignal on 11995 which stayed on! So this is NOT a
spur and anyway, there is nothing to match on the lower side of 11995.
HFCC as of Feb 18 has no RFI on 12000 or 12005, but does show this:
11995 1800 1900 37W,46W ISS 500 204 0 216 1234567 281012 230213 D 17000 Fra F
RFI TDF 7151 AF_F_18
11995 1900 2000 37,46ISS 500 185 0 216 1234567 281012 230213 D 17000 Fra F
RFI TDF 7152 AF_F_19
11995 2000 2100 37,46ISS 500 185 0 216 1234567 281012 300313 D 17000 Fra F
RFI TDF 7153 AF_F_20
which means that the 18-20 UT portion of the 11995 broadcast is due to end on
Feb 23, when RFI makes its usual off-season changes, leaving only 20-21 UT.
This is not the first time RFI has been heard on another frequency above 11995;
from DXLD 13-06 on Feb 6: ``UNIDENTIFIED. Hello everyone, just noticed French
language broadcast with sports coverage on odd frequency of 12001 kHz at 1940
UT. Listening in trying to get ID; anyone know what it could be? Nothing in
French at this time either on 12000 or 12005. The broadcast ended abruptly at
2000 UT with no ID so don`t know what it is. Sounded like a soccer match
description (Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, Canada, Feb 6, dxldyg via DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
``At present football preparation match of both national teams France vv
Germany held in Paris stadium, started around 1950 UT, til approx 2125 UT. In
South Africa held Ghana vv Burkina Faso national soccer teams on Afrika Cup
around 1800-1930 UT though, also on EUROSPORT TV
transmission. vy73 wolfy (Wolfgang Büschel, Germany, ibid.) [On air live
coverage transmission from Paris soccer stadium on RFI outlets AT PRESENT,
7205, 9790, and 11995 kHz. 73 wb (Büschel, 2038 UT, ibid.)
If I had a guess, It sounded like Radio France, but, there was no ID
73 (Gilles, ibid.)``
So why in the world is RFI adding another broadcast, apparently also from
Issoudun, 5.9 kHz above the scheduled one?
Recheck the next day Feb 19 at 1847: yes, two RFI signals again, poor, on
11995.0 and now 12001.0.
Related: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports: `` FRANCE, Radio France Internationale
in French was observed on Feb. 18: 1700-1758 on 17853.35 ISS 500 kW / 155 deg
to CeAf, instead of 17850.0`` – and:
``FRANCE, Radio France Internationale in French was observed on Feb. 19:
1700-1758 on 17858.2 with good audio and up to 17860
