** CUBA. 15140, Feb 28 at 1539, RHC carrier off and on and off and on.
When it comes back, dead air at first, then music modulation re-
applied. 11760 also dead Feb 28 at 1543 before music cuts on.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. During brief 15140 offnesses,
probably a trace of OMAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13780, March 1 at 1510, RHC still on but undermodulated; off
by 1525 check when 13700 is S9+30 of dead air; 15700 CRI relay at 1510
is undermodulated but not distorted, sufficient with volume up. 15140
at 1526, RHC is dead air, while 15230 is undermodulated. Somethings
are always wrongs at RHC/RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also SAUDI ARABIA
** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 11820.02, Feb 28 at 2240, SRI/SBA Qur`aning
poor signal but enough to lullabye my nap, until abrupt chopoff at
2300* -- Allah`ll get`em for that?
Trying again March 1 at 2220 for a more precise reading, SA is JBA, vs
another even weaker carrier closer to 11820.00 --- since nothing is
scheduled there, suspect it is a second-order spur from 11840 RHC,
doubled beyond the constant first-order one on 11830.
While checking 11820 in EiBi, I see an adjacent interesting entry:
``11825.5 1300-1330 HKG FEBC Radio Liangyou KHA Tib /PHL-b``
i.e. a Hong Kong ``station`` in the Khams dialect of Tibetan via FEBC
Bocaue, Philippines site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LSTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 12030, Thu Feb 28 at 2236, REE VG S9+10 discussing The
Virgin Mary in Spanish, monogamy, alternating with ARABIC --- not
clear which one is translating the other originally; but not // 11945
& 9690 in Castilian only. WRTH 2019 mentions that REE webcasts in
Arabic, but does not show any SW schedule for it; and nothing at all
about Spain in the Feb 4 update.
12030 is the ME-beam frequency which nevertheless arrives here well
off the back (sometimes propagating better than 9690 direct). EiBi
does not show any Arabic either, but there is Sephardic/Ladino Sundays
only at 2230-2300 on 12030. WRTH asterisks that as a cutaway from
Spanish at same time on all four frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5960, UT Fri March 1 at 0045, German at S9+10 fading to S7,
so yet again VOT sloppyrators at Emirler have left this transmitter on
an extra hour after English; will The Mighty Farty KBC stay here,
taking their chances on UT Sundays, until the bitter end of B-18?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.19, UT Fri March 1 at 0055, WBCQ with `Camp
Constitution Radio``, 0100 ``WTO`` and into an `AWWW` repeat, which
must be plenty old since ``it`s a balmy night``, and the tenth
monthiversary of A&A togetherness (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, 4840, 5890, Feb 28 at 0721-0725, 75% of WWCR
transmitters are on the air without modulation. Only 5935 is
modulating, S9-S7 poor. 3215, S9+20 with hum and 5890, S9-S7, would
normally be off the air at this time, while 4840, S9+20 would be TOMBS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, Feb 28 at 1929, no signal audible from KVOH, unlike
yesterday. Wolfgang Bueschel explained Feb 27 while 17774.989 was well
audible on the east coast, ``17 MHz reception behind 1st skip at least
need 2500 kilometers distance. To Enid_OK 1890 kilometer distance
only`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880-CUSB, March 1 at 0701, praise music mixing with KRVN Fox
``News``, while tuning LSB I have KRVN Nebraska without the QRMusic;
therefore it is KHAC Tse Bonito NM/Window Rock AZ, secretly known for
suppressing its LSB; not especially strong and maybe really not on 10
kW ND day power now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, Feb 28 at 1534 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is still
on the air with rock music; and also March 1 at 2216 UT. It could
crash again at any moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re my hearing a Spanish, Radio Vida on 1480 instead of
Vietnamese, KBXD The Metroplex: ``Glenn, to further the update on
1480: In just the past few days KLVL [Pasadena TX] has started running
the Radio Vida religious format // to KRCM 1380, so that is what you
heard. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``, Feb 27, WOR iog via DXLD)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.129, March 1 at 0049, JBA carrier presumed second
harmonic from some LAm or NAm broadcaster on 1470.65 or so. Another
measurement March 1 at 0658 puts it on 2940.132. Others closer and/or
with better antenna gain and/or with less noise should be able to ID
this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST
This report dispatched at 2247 UT March 1
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