World of Radio

** BOLIVIA [and non]. 5935, Oct 2 at 2336, cannot detect any carrier from R. Yura, altho noise level is not so bad tonight; nor at 2356 just before WWCR blasts on. Yet I am getting various S. American off-frequencies including 5952.46, Pio Doce, which was missing the last two nights. Colombia is but a JBA carrier on 5910.33. Have …

** CUBA. 6145, Oct 2 at 0543, now it`s this RHC English frequency which is off, remaining on 6100, 6060, 6000 during music — but the last of The Cuban Five, 5040 is in wrong language, Spanish! with sports report. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Oct 2 at 0539, RNZP/RNZI …

** ANGUILLA [non]. 11775, Oct 1 at 1417, still no signal from Caribbean Beacon. Turns out that the Sept 24 reactivation when it sounded OK, was quite an anomaly; no more hurricanes, but not heard since. Now there is a JBA carrier on 11775, presumably AIR Nepali via GOA until 1430. 6090.0, Oct 1 at 2353, no AIA, but VP …

** GERMANY. 15449.885, Oct 1 at 1414, still a JBA carrier, from off-frequency IBB Biblis scheduled for Radio Liberty in Tajik (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. 7425, Sunday October 1 at 1250, RNZI back on correct frequency instead of 6170 which was running before 1300 yesterday; 6170 not on yet but is at 1335 recheck. RNZI …

Government broadcaster Radio Lebanon now stream their first programme audio from a new website at www.radioliban.gov.lb. Programming is in Arabic and the website itself nominally also in English, however the English element is presumably still a “work in progress” as it seems somewhat limited. The site’s programme schedule seems inaccurate and incomplete, e.g. sign-on time is given as 08:00 local …

** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, Oct 1 at 0023, no signal from Pio XII; must be off, as other Bol & SAm at least carriers are in on 5910.3, 6050.0, 6134.8, 6173.9. Do they close early on Saturday evenings instead of 0230? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6060, Sept 30 at 0516, checking RHC English: this one is off, …

** BOLIVIA. 5935.01+, Sept 28 at 2350, again a JBA carrier fighting high local noise level radiated out of a lamp which needs to be turned off, from presumed R. Yura before WWCR creams it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5040, Sept 29 at 0602, RHC English is still on here starting another hour repeat. Nominal close …

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Daytime LW beacon bandscan Sept 28 at 2050 UT includes: 356 PTT, 350 RG, and 341 EI. Per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm 356 PTT is Pratt KS, 341 EI is Enid OK of course, but no listing for 350 RG! (NOT to be confused with RG on 352 from Rarotonga!) MARE Log Summary Aug 2017 reminds us that our …

** AUSTRALIA. 9690, Sept 28 at 1244, RBA in English still signing off its Myanmar sesquihour claiming to be on 9685 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6100, Sept 28 at 0458, RHC on early with Spanish, weaker than // 6060, until both of them convert to English at 0500, also on weaker 6145 very poor, 6000 stronger …

UKRAINE Radio Maiak, Odessa reactivated its transmitter on 765 kHz from Kapitanivka, Odessa region, with 40kW. Heard today after 1900.   Karel Honzík, CZE 28/9-2017 (via dxld yg)

** BOLIVIA. 5935.01, Sept 27 at 2356, finally I have a JBA carrier, after no-shows 24 and 48 hours earlier from presumed Radio Yura; slightly on hi side, with traces of modulation until blasted away by WWCR steel drums from *2358:50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 11785, Sept 27 at 2338, Firedragon music jamming over something in …

** BOLIVIA. 5935/5936, Sept 26 at 2315, again no trace of a signal from R. Yura, tho several off-frequency 49m ZY carriers are detectable, including the one below 5940, as well as Pio Doce on 5952.4+. I shall be interested whether the South Americans were still hearing it yesterday and today. (Some editors will hasten to throw out these non-logs, …