World of Radio

** AUSTRALIA. 15525, Feb 26 at 2259, “HCJB Global Voice“ ID, Melbourne address, poor signal and into another language. Aoki shows this 2200-2430 transmission, 100 kW, 340 degrees from Kununurra, is mainly Chinese [Mandarin] except: 2230-2300 Japanese on UT Fri/Sat; Amoy 0000-0030 UT Mon-Fri (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 27 before 1400: 13130, poor with …

** BRAZIL. 4885, Feb 26 at 0649, funny song, better than usual signal S9+16 vs CODAR; 0652 partial ID caught mentioning SAm, kHz, no doubt the #1 60m ZY signal here overnight, R. Clube do Pará (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb 25 at 2210, bigsig with continuous pop music from RNA, accompanying my afternoon nap …

** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 25, before 1330: 11500, nothing ever here today, just: 12230, fair with flutter at 1320 just after first found on 12300 12300, poor with flutter at 1320 Before 1400: 12230, good at 1346 12300, good at 1346 12670, good with flutter at 1346 during drumming-only passage, edit 12980, JBA at 1345 13680, good at 1347 15535, …

** AUSTRALIA. 13630, Feb 24 at 0635, unusual music for RA, soon outroed as Gypsy/Turkish for a music festival in Melbourne. Best of the four 13/15 MHz frequencies, almost sufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11750, Feb 24 at 1434, RHC is missing from one of its minor frequencies, but soon found instead on 11705! Error in …

** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15476, Thu Feb 23 at 1310, once again no trace of LRA36, nor on several other chex in the following bihour. If they were ever willing or able to turn on the transmitter again, it should have been on Feb 22, “Argentine Antarctic Day“ celebrating 108 years of continuous inhabitance, according to LU8YD on the condig lista. …

** ANGUILLA. 6090 was back on air Feb 22 around 0645, but now it`s TUN/DGS/PMS/CB`s 11775 that is missing at 1336, 1437 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb 22 at 0654, RNA still not on the air; maybe exhausted from Carnaval? But 11765 SRDA Curitiba is audible with weak wailing from David Miranda, so propagation is …

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Feb 21 at 0700, Caribbean Beacon is off, uncovering weak het from presumed Nigeria/Brasil; wish I had noticed this earlier. 11775 is on nominally at 1354 check with gospel music interlude (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb 21 at 0644, RNA is on, good with Brazilian talk, reverb, crowd noise — o, must …

** CHINA. 9725 // 9905, Feb 20 at 1633, both fair with Chinese narration and music, i.e. CNR1 jamming on 9725 against R. Free Asia in Uyghur via UAE which per Aoki just started here Feb 1; and on 9905 vs. RFA Chinese via Palau, neither of which was audible. BTW, did not run across any Firedrake this morning tho …

** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb 19 at 0629 strong open carrier, no doubt RNA, but normally UT Sundays only they are programming all night. Still OC at 0651 past 0700. BTW, DST where observed in Brasil lasts one more week until Feb 26, which means its normal sign-on will be before 0800 rather than before 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING …

** BRAZIL. 9665+, Feb 18 at 0638, gospel rock, 0641 announcement in Portuguese, S9+18 but undermodulated, deep fades, the SBOB, only other one audible being weaker Miranda wailing on 9565. No doubt ZYE890, R. Voz Missionária, Camboriú SC, slightly on hi side. MUF did not reach 12 MHz tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 18: …

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11925.2, Feb 17 at 0637, Portuguese discussion, at first very poor with slow fades to S9+12 peaks, surely R. Bandeirantes on its characteristic off-frequency. I don`t often hear this one in the nightmiddle even when 11815 RBC is audible, and wonder if Band is really on the air. Something on 9645+ probably its more reliable other …

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Feb 16 at 1435, perfunctory check since it`s Thursday, still no signal from LRA36, nor at some tuneby times before 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Feb 16 at 1147, R. Australia with promo for a special on the anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Darwin, to air this coming Sunday [Feb 19] …