[Swprograms] DX Listening Digest 8-034; World of Radio 1399

[Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>]

DX Listening Digest 8-034 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org 
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8034.txt

CONTENTS:

WOR 1399 / ABKHAZIA / AFGHANISTAN +non / ALGERIA non / ARGENTINA / ARMENIA non
/ AUSTRALIA RA / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA 7LA/TAB+ / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL /
BULGARIA A08 / BURKINA FASO / BURMA non / CANADA CBCNQ / CANADA RCI/NHK /
CANADA CBCR1 / CANADA CFGT / CHAD / CHINA / CLIPPERTON ham / COSTA RICA /
CROATIA / CUBA +non / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / EGYPT / ETHIOPIA non / GABON / GHANA
non / GUATEMALA / HAITI non / INDIA / INTERNATIONAL WATERS +non SNOX / IRAN
+non DRM+ / KOREA NORTH non / KUWAIT +non / LATVIA / MADAGASCAR / MEXICO +non /
MOROCCO / NETHERLANDS / NIGER / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA Crystal Ship / PERU /
PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / RUSSIA +non / SAUDI ARABIA / SWAZILAND / THAILAND /
TIBET +non / TURKEY / UK BBCTV / UK non BBCWS / USA non IBB / USA AT&T+ / USA
WBCQ / USA WNTP / USA CBS / USA WFLA+ / USA LYQ / USA WCAL / USA KAVT/KGED /
WESTERN SAHARA non / ZAMBIA / ZANZIBAR / UNIDENTIFIED 3325 / UNIDENTIFIED 6024
/ PUBLICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / WORLD OF TELEPHONY / DIGITAL BROADCASTING
/ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION

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have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WORLD OF RADIO 1399 SUMMARY:

*Portugal on 11620 blocking India, sometimes partly in Spanish when 
 silly ballplayer interviewed; parallel 11960 leapfrogs over it to 
 land on 11280
*Radio PMR, 6240, Moldova, seems Mon-Thu only, not M-F, 2300-2345 and 
 next UT day 0000-0045
*Romania DRM via Norway, English 1800-1830, interfered with Austria on 
 6155-6160-6165, quickly moved to 7460-7465-7470; also German 1700-
 1730 on 7565-7570-7575
*RFE/RL denigrates shortwave as it admits it is forced to resume it 
 for Armenia which closed its FM relays: 1500-1600 on 9830 and 11695 
 [site now known: both Biblis, Germany]
*Turkey 15350 transmitter at Çakirlar at 0800-0830 produces 
 oscillating spurs: 15280-15284, 15302-15305, 15324-15328, 15372-
 15375, 15395-15398
*Israel 11590 transmitter at 0615 produced oscillating spurs on 11552-
 11557, 11622-11630, latter covering Vatican 11625
*Unclear whether absolutely all SW transmissions from Israel Radio 
 will cease March 30: only Persian has been an external service, the 
 rest domestic relays; and efforts were made to preserve Persian
*We should still have IDF station Galei Zahal, whose two frequencies 
 vary: 15780-15785 and 6970-6975; heard on 15784.7 at 1545 until 
 blocked by WEWN at 1555
*Kuwait`s Pinoy service in Tagalog heard around 1130 off-frequency on 
 17886.0; first seemed Portugal due to samba
*Iran`s Arabic service at 2125 off-frequency on 6067.03 variable; and 
 at 1134 on 13801.4
*Iran via Lithuania in English until 2029 on 7565, then in Spanish 
 from 2029 on 6055, mixing with Rwanda
*R. Democracy Shorayee, clandestine to Iran, at 1733 on 7470
*Aslam Javaid translates Radio Solh`s anti-Taliban announcement on 
 15265, and recognizes some Pakistani Pushto singers as Khayal 
 Muhammad, Javed Akhter, Rahim Shah and female singers like Ms. 
 Zarsanga, Ms Gulnar Begum, Ms Mahjabeen Qizilbash, Ms Mashooq Sultan
*North Korea starts jamming Shiokaze, 1400-1430 on 5985 via Japan; not 
 too effective in California, but prolonged at first to 1450, blocking 
 Myanmar in English on 5985.83
*Thanks this week for financial support from Chuck Ermatinger, who 
 sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com
*R. Taiwan International broadcasts English to South Asia via France, 
 for better propagation, 1600-1700 on 11995 ex-9785
*RTI held very popular listener club meetings in Chennai, Kolkata and 
 New Delhi, India; see DXLD 8-028 and 8-029 for reports. Can you 
 imagine a SW station doing this in North America?
*GTRK Kamchatka, 6075, breaks away from R. Rossii relay for local 
 programming at 0810-0900
*Wantok Radio Light, Papua New Guinea, tentatively heard in Missouri 
 on 7325 from 1231 to 1345; RCI did not move from 7310 to 7325, 
 contrary to its own schedule; WRL also heard in Japan around 0800 on 
 7324.96
*RCI`s morning service in odd languages to USA now on 7310 until 1405, 
 then 9515 ex-9610
*WNTP 990 Philadelphia DX test postponed from Feb 23 to March 15, 
 early Saturday 0400-0500 UT, changing power and antenna in the 
 middle; see http://www.dxtests.info
*Hifer beacons in Oklahoma heard coast to coast claiming 300 or 200 
 milliwatts power: OK on 3450, MO on 4077; send nothing but callsign 
 in CW 10 times per minute; see 
 http://highfrequencybeaconsociety.bravehost.com/beacons.html
*1680 in Fresno abruptly changes from KAVT with Radio Disney to KGED 
 with nostalgia, Legends 1680
*Leaves only one R. Disney on 1680, easier for Swedes to ID: WDSS, 
 Ada, Michigan
*KVOH Los Angeles, 17775, again heard with distorted spurs on 17920, 
 17630 at 2308
*WWCR spur on 4915 at 2320, 9985 minus 5070
*WWRB, 5050, authorized at 0000-0500 only, heard as early as 2259 with 
 big band prélude, its best programming by far
*Air Force MARS nets heard at 1400 on 7457, controlled by AFA2AJ in 
 Virginia; and at 1500 on 7302 by AFA4MK in south-central US; both 
 probably one UT hour earlier now
*R. Taiwan International relay via WYFR on 5950 has English hour twice 
 at 0200 and 0300, but from two different transmitters overlapping at 
 0257-0300, on different beams 355 and 285 degrees, so no quick 
 antenna change necessary; but second signal blots out the first
*RHC, at 0130-0200 heard same date March 10 by two different listeners 
 on two different frequencies, 9600 and 6060 with Radio Reloj 
 programming
*Radio Buenas Nuevas, Guatemala, 4800, heard after and before 1200 in 
 Texas; don`t assume you have XERTA Mexico on 4800 without a firm ID
*Station on 4111.602 is R. Virgen de los Remedios, Bolivia, ex-
 4545.396
*R. Cultura, São Paulo, wandering again from 9615, reported in Brazil 
 on 9590 and 9580, despite R. Globo, SP on 9585
*Long-haul trans-equatorial FM DX from Caribbean again being reported 
 in southern Brasil, local evenings; reverse path should also work
*Propagation outlook from Boulder, March 11: A and K indices peaking 
 at 25 and 6 March 27; solar flux still stuck at 70 at least thru 
 April 7 ###

NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1399
Sat 0800 WRMI   9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sun 0230 WWCR3  5070
Sun 0630 WWCR1  3215 
Sun 0800 WRMI   9955
Sun 1515 WRMI   7385
Mon 0300 WBCQ   9330-CLSB [irregular]
Mon 0415 WBCQ   7415 [time varies]
Tue 1100 WRMI   9955
Tue 1530 WRMI   7385
Wed 1130 WRMI   9955

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Regards, Glenn Hauser


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