World of Radio

** CANADA [and non]. 6110, June 5 at 0500, strains of “Sakura“ raise faint hope that NHK World Radio Japan English relay is back in business — but it`s only faint overload from the NHK Spanish service starting on 6080 via BONAIRE, removed from 6110 by attenuation. Need to check whether any scheduled Sackville frequencies are missing from other transmissions, …

** BRAZIL. 15191.5, June 4 at 0536, Brazilian music is fading in and completely out, on giveaway offset frequency of R. Inconfidência, as I was looking for R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, which is sometimes on the 15190 air this early, but no sign of it despite good African reception elsewhere on 19m. Bothered by splash from N. Korea in Spanish …

** CANADA. Analog Es TV DX opening continued from last report, June 3 UT: 1629 on 2, promo Global News at 10 and another program at 11; still CKND-TV-2, Minnedosa, Manitoba; 1630 `Focus Manitoba` starts. 1708 on 2, `Simpsons` in and out for rest of half hour. Es continued the rest of the afternoon per maps, over much of US, …

** BRAZIL. 11780, June 3 at 0502, RNA is on here but not on 6180; good news anyway for 6185 MEXICO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. Sporadic E TV DX opening from north in English replaces Mexico [q.v.] earlier in this hour, June 3 UT: 0051 on 2, GLOBAL promo, VG video for a moment even …

** BRAZIL. 11780, June 2 at 0524, RNA is on here, but still missing from 6180. What will happen UT Sunday when they both had been running all night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake June 2, before 0600: 15900, very poor at 0530 16100, JBA at 0542 16700, very poor at 0542 17100, very poor at …

** BRAZIL. 6180, June 1 at 0548, RNA is still missing, but quite good on 11780 at 0556 with Brazilian music, usual personable madrugada DJ talking about saudade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. A little more Es analog TVDX ensued after the opening in previous report, May 31, UT: 1927 on 2, hearing a video het on …

** ALASKA. Mauno Ritola points out that 9655 is not the frequency scheduled by KNLS for Chinese at 13-14, altho I reported it May 30, and he heard it again May 31. Error or change? KNLS website in English still shows 9920 for this in A-12, and so does the Chinese website which includes a http://www.smzg.org/Schedule_in_English.htm BTW, to get to …

** ALASKA. 9655, May 30 at *1300, open carrier and KNLS IS, good signal, with Sackville in an extended hiatus between Korea and China on 9650 until *1302; KNLS still audible with Chinese music at 1303. Recheck at 1330, 9650 was off again and 9655 still in Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 9650, May 30 until …

** AUSTRALIA. 4835, May 29 at 1219, JBA carrier detectable in my dratted hi noise level on 60m, presumably VL8A, Alice Springs, which tnx to tip from Nigel Holmes via Craig Seager, ARDXC, is now sticking to this frequency day and night instead of 2310, “because the transmitter contractors are unable to maintain the automation system that controls the day-night …

** AUSTRALIA. 21725, Monday May 28 at 0535, poor signal with slow song. Figured it was European with Romania in on 21500, or even Iranian, but HFCC shows IBB Tinian at 0500-0600, 250 kW, 279 degrees, but which service? For that we always have to look elsewhere, such as EiBi, which shows merely RFA in Mandarin, but on Thursdays only, …

 ** CHINA [non]. 9690, May 27 at 0420, VG carrier but just barely modulated in Chinese, and // 9790 with epic choral music, sounds like cinematic, normal modulation level but distorted. 0424, Chinese announcement on 9790, dead air on 9690. CRI relay on 9690 is scheduled 02-04 via Noblejas, SPAIN, and 9790 at 03-05 via CUBA, the 04-05 hour axually …

** ALASKA. 9610, May 26 at 1127, YL solo in Chinese, 1129 OM with English lesson repeating words and phrases: “Fruit“, “I have three fruit trees in my yard, peach, pear and apple“, “A vacation in Florida was the fruit of a year of hard work“. Good signal, wasn`t sure whence, until uplooked as: KNLS. Rather unpatriotic: How about a …