World of Radio

** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 15: 12500, very poor at 1436 12600, very poor at 1436 No others found 10-18 MHz in the next few minutes. Propagation was generally poor on hi-latitude paths from everywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11532, Feb 15 at 0638-0639+, digital data bursts from V2a are a little earlier than usual, i.e. within …

** CANADA [and non]. 6604-USB, Feb 14 at 0636, VOLMET sounds like same voice as 6754-USB Trenton Military, and first wondered if they were //, but at this time 6604 is NY Radio, shared with Gander at other hourparts. 6604 including Pittsburgh, St Louis, Indianapolis, with temps and dewpoints in C, usual confusing mix of English and metric units for …

** BRAZIL. 11815, Feb 13 at 0628, wide-awake madrugada music typical of R. Brasil Central, Goiânia; very poor at first, 0630 announcements and now fading up to S9+15, to be sure they are Brazilian as M&W are conversing at 0632. It`s the OBOB (only Brazilian on band) and not much else either. Nothing audible on RBC`s other channel 4985. Jim …

** ALBANIA [and non]. 7425, Feb 12 at 0047, R. Tirana ID, with CCI from China also causing a SAH. I would say it`s 60% Tirana, 40% China. R. Tirana never took my advice since early in the B-11 season to get away from this by shifting to clear 7420 for the 00-01 Albanian broadcast to North America. BTW, this …

** CUBA [and non]. 11750, Feb 11 at 1421, I am hearing some singing weakly under always weak RHC. I had dreams of SLBC Sri Lanka, the 300 kW Ekala transmitter, but this does not start until 1500 (HFCC) or 1530 (Aoki) or 1530 (Trincomalee, WRTH) or 1630 (Trinco, EiBi) —  instead it must be R. Farda via Biblis, GERMANY, …

** AUSTRALIA. 6230-USB, Feb 10 at 1345, poor signal in Oz English, wind velocities in knots plus gusts for locations including Adelaide, i.e. from VMW, Wiluna WA, then forecast for NT. This frequency is usually jammed by North Korea from 16 to 20 hours a day including at 1345, per Aoki, since MND Radio uses it for 76 minutes a …

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, since it`s Thursday, just in case a couple chex in case LRA36 be reactive: No, not even a carrier detectable at 1358, 1443 Feb 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7255, Feb 9 at 1341, Firedrake-like music, but not exactly, as it`s CRI Russian service with announcement at 1342, 500 kW, 37 degrees from …

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9590, Feb 8 at 1513, RA English on what could be its best frequency for us during this hour, is marred by considerable CCCCCCI, i.e. ChiCom Chinese language co-channel interference from CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN toward Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7220, Feb 8 at 1358 open carrier, but *no* REE …

** CHINA [and non]. 6145, Feb 7 at 1522, Chinese station has het on weaker 6144.0 where no modulation detectable. Perhaps additional jamming or Taiwan`s notorious off-frequenciness, as Aoki shows all these in the 15-16 hour on 6145: CNR8 in Kazakh from Lingshi PBS Qinghai from Xining in Chinese [except Tuesday, and x=off the air] RTI in Chinese from Paochung …

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Feb 6 at 1446:40, ID twice for Trenton Military, time as 1450Z! and flight weather for Calgary, Cold Lake, etc. I hope CHR`s other figures are more accurate than the time. Sounds like real human being and I wonder how automated this be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Today`s RHC anomaly: 13670, Feb 6 …

** CANADA. 6070, Feb 5 at 0634, CFRX, no comedy but call-in show with several phone numbers, `People Helping People`; however, interrupted for a promo of “overnight comedy“ on CFRB, but no hours specified! Program schedule at http://www.newstalk1010.com/schedule.aspxshows UT Sunday is the one night without comedy, but other talk shows; M-F it`s 12-6 am (05-11 UT), Saturdays 12-5 am (05-10 …

** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 4: 11500, very poor at 1437; had not heard it before 1400. Propagation is quite subnormal today, and no others found up to 17 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9810, Feb 4 at 0603, RHC theme music, poor signal running overtime to 0603.5*. 9850, Feb 4 at 1431 dead air from RHC …