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** CUBA. 17730, Wed June 13 at 1406, S9+20 of dead air from RHC past 1411, but is the SSOB by far, >> 17775 KVOH, 17530 (IBB via Vatican runover? Or São Tomé supposed to be weekends only?). Per WRTH Update, and Aoki, RHC 17730 is supposed to keep Spanishing until 1500. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13740, June 13 …

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. The midnight sun is allowing JBA carriers, some with a little audio, to propagate in the nightmiddle on 16 meters: June 12 at 0600+, all these correlating with CRI in various Eurolangs via Kashgar: 17865 French, 17680 Spanish, 17650 Chinese, 17720 German. Another one on 17520 could be Italian, but is off-frequency so likely RFA …

Perhaps you have been tuning into Radio Dabanga recently on frequency 15550 or 13800 Khz – enjoying the jingle, trying to decipher some of the Arabic, or even trying to figure out who is singing a song we have played. We greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for Radio Dabanga, a shortwave Sudanese radio station exiled in Amsterdam. Your emails, filled with …

New Zealand: According to the online schedule http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen on 11 June, RNZ Pacific has no DRM broadcasts any more: 0459-0658 11725 Pacific Daily 0659-1058 7425 Pacific Daily 1059-1258 7425 Solomon Islands, PNG Daily 1259-1650 5980 Pacific Sun-Fri 1259-1858 5980 Pacific Sat 1651-1850 6115 AM Cooks, Samoa, Tonga Sun-Fri 1851-1950 7285 AM Cooks, Samoa, Tonga Sun-Fri 1859-2058 9700 Pacific Sat 1951-2050 …

** CHINA. 17705, June 10 at 1308, Chinese opera on CNR1 (not Firedragon since there is vocalizing), // much stronger 15040. Both are jamming All India Radio`s only Chinese broadcast, 1145-1315. Saudi Arabia is also on 17705 at 1155-1457, and normally the signal heard here, but no sign of India or BSKSA now; maybe after 1315. These are only two …

** CUBA. [previous report slightly corrected:] 13634 approx., June 9 at 1312, RHC audible here in FM, spur from 13700-AM; also weaker at 65-68 kHz intervals around 13568, 13768, 13834, 13900. Recheck at 1419, blob only audible around VP 13764. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sunday June 10 at …

** CUBA. 13635 approx., June 9 at 1312, RHC audible here in FM, spur from 13700-AM; also weaker at 65-68 kHz intervals around 13568, 13533, 13768, 13834, 13900. Recheck at 1419, blob only audible around VP 13764. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11860, June 9 at 1929, RHC in French quite undermodulated, …

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATED: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html ** CUBA. 6000, June 7 at 0602, this RHC English frequency is AWOL tonight, still on 6060 VG, 6100 JBM, 6165 good but with squeal. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 13740, June 7 at 1446, CRI English relay is undermodulated, with crackle; wiggle that patchcord? Carrier is also …

** U S A [and non]. From the Isle of Music, June 10-16: This week, we present some wonderful Cuban and Cuban-American Jazz recordings, most of them new. 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100 kW, Sunday 1500-1600 UT on SpaceLine, …

** CUBA. June 6 at 1314, all over the 13 MHz band I am getting extreme noise distortion, without specific peaks or readable audio, apparently out of the 13700 RHC transmitter worse than ever. Cleared up at 1409 recheck. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 7355, June 6 at 1110 fair S9 signal …

** CUBA. 6100, June 5 at 0553, RHC English is JBM, // with increasing modulation levels: < 6000 < 6165 < 6060; and 5040 is already off early. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 13660, June 5 at 1354, RHC Spanish is S8-S9 here and nearly 100% readable, despite being a leapfrog mixing …

** ANGUILLA. 11775, June 3 at 1426, PMS of TUN is on CB, as consistently Sundays, while quite sporadic the rest of the week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6165, June 3 at 0556, RHC in wrong language, Spanish instead of English, and better modulated than the remaining English on 6100, 6060, 6000, 5040 — where the …