** BRAZIL. 9664.515, April 12 at 0610, RVM is S4-S7 of music, varied
slightly upward but obviously now on the plus side of the halfway spot
in BFO stepping 9664/9665 back and forth on the R-75. Last night while
hunting for Cairo, had it on .511; no spurs noted now like on April 7
-8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11840, April 11 at 2101, JBA RHC carrier, aside new frequency
11850 which is S9+20 but undermodulated. By 2252, there is enough
audio on 11840 to match it to 11850 --- and *also* on 11860 just
barely enough to hear thru the jamming overrun against RM. By 2334,
both 11840 & 11860 have risen to S4-S7, the latter over the jamming
level which has declined further at least by comparison, and still of
course all // modulation to 11850.
Therefore I am positive that 11840 & 11860 are in fact plus/minus 10
kHz spurs out of 11850, just like 11830 & 11850 were when 11840 was
the fundamental halfway in between, with similar relative signal
disparities. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Also, I do not see 11840 on any of the new RHC schedule versions,
despite what Wolfie had concluded April 10: ``and 10 kHz down [from
11850] also fundamental Bauta tx unit {not spur signal} as 2100-0400
11840 BAU 100 160 SoAm Spanish Buenos Aires tx #5 sometimes irregular
on air, ex13740 kHz previously, wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1977, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13650, April 11 at 2336, CRI is S9+30 but suptorted also with
annoying music in background, relay to Brasil but in Luso accent.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 4765, April 12 at 0046, R. Progreso is still AWOL, while 5025
Rebelde is nominal. The third night in a row. Ditto at 0331 check
April 13, fourth night. Transmitter totally broken? Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba. That leaves weak CODAR swooshes, and maybe a
chance at Tajikistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1977, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, April 12 at 0047, this RHC is off; 0050 back on with S9
carrier and whine, JBM on and off and on and off, in French or Kriyol.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, April 12 at 0048, RHC is S6-S* of dead air or JBM;
other English frequency 6000 is S9/S9+10 but suptorted JBM.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, April 12 at 0600, RHC English is S9+20 of dead air;
6000 is off; leaving 6060 & 6100 & 5040 still modulating in English.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12200, April 12 at 0614, RHC English at S6 about = to band
noise level; second harmonic of 6100, a new one here. Otherwise you
might not know the MUF is this high in the nightmiddle. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. Will have to add it to the frequency list for
DXers Unlimited, right, Arnie? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 7380, April 12 at 2201, RHC dead air; 2203 finally opening in
French. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [non]. 9720, April 11 at 2329 past 2330, JBA carrier,
probably IBB Mandarin via Kuwait at 23-24, rather than R. Cairo as
also registered in A-19 HFCC for Portuguese to S America at 2215-2330.
Then 2330-2445 Arabic on 9660, 0045-0200 Spanish on 9665. I hear no
trace of these either before and after 0045, and believe that Cairo`s
S American service continues to be imaginary. 9665 of course is
occupied by BRAZIL, measured at 9664.511, yes now slightly less than a
semi-kHz off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1977, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11805, April 12 at 1355, S9-S7 in
Myanmarianese, 1400 mentions Washington DC. Registered as TINIAN at
1230-1430 for IBB, i.e. R. Free Asia during this span, so maybe a
transmitter there be back in service. Had not noticed this frequency
before. BTW, Palau takes it over at 1430 weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11819.987, April 12 at 2210, SBC is no longer off-
frequency to the plus side, Qur`aning until stops abruptly at 2214,
but dead air carrier stays on past 2221; nominal sked is until 2257*
per NDXC/Aoki, 2300 per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830, April 11 at 2247, no signal from VOT English to N
America, which if it ever started after 2200, should not have signed
off quite yet. April 12 at 2202, however, JBA talk presumably VOT, vs
stray Cuban pulse jamming if not RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1976 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday April 13 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair at our newest time,
discovered last week by Mark Coady. Unfortunately I could not get 1977
finished in time for this, but onward:
WOR 1977 is available as of 0240 UT Saturday April 13
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1977.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1977.mp3
WORLD OF RADIO 1977 contents: Algeria non, Antarctica, Bolivia,
Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Guinea,
Iceland, India, Iran, Japan non, Korea North & South, MÃxico and non,
North America, Papua New Guinea, PerÃ, Philippines, Spain, Sudan,
Sudan South non, Thailand, UAE, USA; and the long- and short-term
propagation outlooks
The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany [probably 1976]
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [April 13, alt weeks]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 5950 7730 [some canceled?]
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [ex-1800]
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7730 [canceled?]
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [canceled?]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730 [canceled?]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 [NEW; or 1978?]
[it appears we will now be running on a Saturday-to-Friday
cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5800, April 12 at 0559, WRMI modulating Oldies at S9+10 vs
storm noise, and // 9395, both across ToH with no ID; and not // 5950
which is presumably SMTV now. 5800, still not on the WRMI skedgrid,
may have bumped up testing power but soon faded to way weaker. Which
transmitter is it? The only one with 24 hour blanks on the websked is
#4 as if 9455, at 160 degrees; but HFCC reg for 5800 is 181 degrees,
which is currently used by 5010 on its limited sked (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0431 UT April 13
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