** ANGUILLA. 6090, March 13 at 0615, CB is off again; also off March 14 at 0232
check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA [non]. Further chex of RAE relays via WRMI, Mon March 12:
March 12 at 1900, again no RAE German on 9395, instead Oldies // 9455, and from
1958 past 2000, 9395 still Oldies, not RAE Italian, while 9455 breaks off for
variety programming, see USA: WRMI.
Recall that these alleged M-F transmissions scheduled effective January 8 were
also missing until they finally appeared exactly one month ago on February 12.
Apparently lost in the shuffle again due to confusion with DST affecting other
transmissions (and/or the clox on the servers in question --- but AFAIK these
two are not showing up at any time on any frequency).
5950, at 2200 March 12, no signal from RAE Spanish; it`s always weak here but
should be able to detect it. By 2231 it`s on and JBA with tango? Must have come
up late. M-F only.
7780, at 2330 March 12, confirmed in French, RAE. M-F only.
9395, UT Tue March 13 at 0118, RAE English has indeed shifted back to 0100
start instead of 0200 during standard time, but now it`s got a new //, 9455!
Discussion of a bandoneón player.
9395, March 13 after 1900 and 2000, RAE German and Italian are still AWOL,
Oldies instead. Wonder for how many weeks this time?
9455, March 14 at 0131 check, RAE English interviewing an Argentine expat in
New York, same kind of show they were doing almost a year ago. Now 9455 is
S9+10, much stronger than // 9355, the original and still only publicized
frequency. (But the other WRMI on 9 MHz is now S9+20 on 9955 with no jamming vs
gospel huxter.)
9455 confirmed still // 9955 for RAE Portuguese an hour earlier than before,
March 14 at 1100, both very good today. So in most of Brasil, this broadcast
was at 10 am local until a month ago, then 9 am when Brasil went off DST, now 8
am since FL goes on DST, as if that should have any impact in the target. (FL
is considering legislation to stay on DST of UT-4 yearound, which should
simplify things for WRMI!)
I expect RAE itself will be slow to catch up, if ever, with accurate real time
and frequency changes for all these (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1921, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ASCENSION. 15490, March 14 at 1932 on caradio, African language with typical
``Ascension hum``. It`s Hausa among others scheduled 1800-2000/2030 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7730, March 12 at 2333 during WRMI survey, a JBA carrier here and
some modulation? much weaker than the weak WRMI 7780. Aoki shows another
station may be on 7730 any of the 24 hours, Sound of Hope, 1 kW, so no doubt
this is ChiCom CNR1 jamming. And WRMI does not come up on 7730 until
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 13670, March 14 at 1417, soft song in English with guitar,
lyrix repeated include ``no one`s talking`` and ``no, no, no, no, no``, yet
1419 followed by M discussing in French! Aoki/NDXC shows it`s CRI French
service via ALBANIA; in more confusing cross/cultural programming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA: 9570 spurs
** CUBA. RHC survey on second, third and fourth days of DST; this will be
rather convoluted, especially for anyone trying to restructure this to
frequency order, but this is what I heard, starting Monday March 12. I have
included the date with each item, seeming redundant here, but RHC and my gh
credit will have to be added if rearranged:
15730 at 2231 March 12, dead air? Maybe algo, vs high noise level. Sunday March
11 at this time, it was Esperanto. 15730 by 2330 March 12 is audibly Portuguese
but modulation is cutting out and distorted.
15230 at 2233 March 12 is Portuguese, while yesterday started the hour in
English by mistake; 9720 at 2233 March 12 is Kriyol-la; 5040 at 2235 March 12
in Spanish.
5040 at 2300 March 12, frequency announcement is woefully incomplete: 11670,
11950, 6000, and stopping ``deja de transmitir`` 5040! -- NOT!! Still on in
Spanish but should be English; maybe later, and for now // Spanish 11760, 11840
plus/minus parasites.
11950 // 6000 by 2302 March 12 are dead air, but 2303 JIP `Mesa Redonda`. In
fact, 11950 // 6000 are not main RHC as the frequency announcement implied, but
the separate `Mesa Redonda` TV soundtrack channels now one UT hour earlier.
Both of them are off again during the 00-01 hour, at 0022 check March 13.
15230 at 2303 March 12 is dead air, still so at 2307, not English. 9720 is
English by 2303 already. By 2330 March 12, 15230 is in Spanish // 11760 etc..
11670 is DA till 2304:20 March 12, then JIP main Spanish // 9535, 9640
5040, March 12 at 2333 is finally in English, // 9720 with some distortion on
the upper
UT Tue March 13:
6060 VG at 0022 UT March 13, music in Spanish service, // 9535, 9640 distorted
and CW mix?, 11670, 11760, 11840 and parasites, 15230. 5040 Kriyol-la.
9720 and 15730 are off by 0022 UT March 13.
6165 // 6000 at
