** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Wolfgang Büschel`s reports of new 13830 for R. Solh were before 1400 UT only. But Dec 14 I checked at 1346 and still nothing on 13830, as I was reconfirming on 15265 yet yet yet again that at that very hour, R. Solh is still playing the same sticking music CD as it has for months now. The new 13830 broadcast is axually only at 1230-1330 via Rampisham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. RA propagating again on its best frequency for North America [not], 9580, Dec 14 at 1358. Unfortunately, I tuned in only seconds before it went to a fragment of W. Matilda, interrupting programming, and off, leaving quite weaker 9590 to continue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. Presumed site for unlisted DRM, 13860-13865-13870, still strong Fri Dec 14 at 1348 check, but missing Sat Dec 15 at 1439. Probably another M-F only operation, or channel could be gone after a brief test period. TDF now plans to be running DRM at any hour on 5050-5055-5060 for domestic coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. VOI, 9526.0, lasts another day, Dec 14 at 1359 wrapping Korean with e-mail address voi @ rri-online.com pronounced more or less in English, and into Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 13790, muezzin fair at 1350 UT Fri Dec 14. HFCC says this is Iran`s Arabic service, 0530-1430, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALAYSIA. Usually all I hear is a weak het around 6050, but in the absence of XEXQ 6045, Dec 15 at 1409, a muezzin was doing his thing on approx. 6049.7, 1411 into talk in presumed Malay, then some music. Aoki, which does not bother with decimal off-frequencies, shows 6050 only as RTMalaysia Sarawak, at Sibu, 10 kW in Malay. If anybody posted a B-07 RTM schedule, it escaped us, but it includes several wooden registrations, including TWO sites on this frequency, both Sibu at 0200-1500 10 kW, and Kajang (Kuala Lumpur) at 0200-1700 with 50 kW. Ron Howard measured the off-frequency one on 6049.63 back on Nov 7 and said it was Suara Islam/Voice of Islam via RTM at 1540-1635 so that would presumably be KL and NOT Sarawak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 6045, XEXQ is back again, Dec 14 at 1355 check with classical; not very strong. Gone again, Dec 15 at 1400 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAINT HELENA. R. Saint Helena Day 2007, Dec 15: I`ve heard it several times before, so did not try this year until 2151 when it was supposed to be aimed at ENAm starting at 2145. Immediately on tuning in 11092.5-USB, heard an ID, but it was very weak and nothing further intelligible on the YB-400 with indoor wire wrapped several times around the ceiling of one room. Experimenting with other receiver and antenna combinations, best results not on the FRG-7, but on the DX-398 with primary E-W exterior longwire, so stayed with that. Did not get much better, mostly music, occasional ute QRM such as at 2200, so quit at 2207, and resumed at 2241 in preparation for the WNAm beam to start at 2245. By 2241 signal was considerably better, music playing seemed to have reverb. 2242 giving edress which I could not copy, music. I had to back off the RF gain to avoid puffing, but this does not mean the signal was extremely strong, steady at 8 out of 14 bars on the scale when RF gain at max. 2247 a phone call on the air with American accent but could not tell who it was; he said reception was very good. 2248, Carole King`s ``You`re So Far Away``. I had not noticed any change in strength around 2245, perhaps because in CNAm we are splitting the difference between their ENAm and WNAm aimings. 2252 mentioned Western North America, and then full ID with MW and SW frequencies, ``annual broadcast``, and all the different targets. 2255 ``God Is Watching Us`` tune; 2300 giving phone number, could not copy, more talk, marred at 2304 and more strongly at 2305 by that ute QRM of a tone and then several seconds of ``running water`` noise. 2307 a country music song by a woman, and I quit. Nice to hear RSH again, but it`s about time to try a different frequency. Quick recheck at 0045 Dec 16: not audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** THAILAND. Another lucky day for R. Thailand`s English at 1400-1430, as Costa Rica was absent from 9725, Dec 14 at 1416, but even so signal was only poor with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. VOT, 12035 better than // 11735, Friday Dec 14 at 1410 with ``Turkish Capital`` program, not sure of title, but was about different companies and what they produce, e.g. fruit juice, tiles, bandages. Fascinating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Contrary to usual Dec-Feb scheduling, WWCR has remained on 15825 during the 21-22 UT hour instead of 7465, including WORLD OF RADIO Fridays at 2130. We hope they`ll go back to 7465 for better coverage; discussed further in DX Listening Digest 7-152 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html