** BOLIVIA [and non]. 5935, Oct 29 at 2327, usual JBA carrier from possible R.
Yura if not Lhasa, and no WWCR to block it: they are probably waiting another
week for DST to go off here before re-jiggering their schedule. At 2358, JBA
13845 is announcing QSY to 5935, and WWCR does blast on there just before *2359
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9415, Oct 29 at 2331, Vietnamese talk, after bit of `Love Me Tender`
tune, VG S9+25 to S9. Hard to believe this bigsig is, as in HFCC: CRI,
2300-2400, 500 kW, 193 degrees from Beijing site. Off at 0004 Oct 30 recheck. I
was on the way to check 9420, finding neither Egypt nor Greece (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9535, Oct 29 at 2335, Chinese atop music from RHC // 11760,
Commies vs Commies! Now 2300-2400 is listed as CRI English, 100 kW, 122 degrees
from Kunming to CIRAF 50, which means Philippines and China`s own South China
Sea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11670, Oct 29 at 2353, RHC music is overmodulated and distorted, while
11760 is OK; 13740 also somewhat distorted. See also CHINA [and non] 9535
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 15780-15785-15790, Oct 29 at 1814, DRM noise, presumed Romania or
some major station, but the only thing B-17 HFCC listed on 15785 is 100-watt
non-direxional BIX FNA in ERL, i.e. as in NDXC/Aoki A-17, bit eXpress,
Erlangen, 24 hours. I never expected to hear it and for once wish I had DRM
reception. Is it really 24 hours? I give up trying to find it in WRTH --- no
major heading under Germany in International Section. It could be buried
somewhere in the 14 pages of state-by-state FM National listings. And EiBi,
based in Germany, does not even list it at all! See also SOUTH CAROLINA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. Good news and bad news. 5980 is now occupied by RRI, and
it`s DRM spreading out plus/minus 7 kHz, not just 5! It`s not registered with
HFCC as `N` = numérique. And on RRI`s own schedule as in DXLD 17-42, not
specified as DRM either; and it`s for W Europe, not N America, altho we are
right beyond there. So maybe DRM today by mistake.
But that`s good for my Chaski-checking. Despite the noise at S6 level, with BFO
I can still detect an AM carrier amid it! If RRI were also in AM, it would not
be easy to distinguish them. This carrier cuts off at 2333:44*, so it IS still
little Radio Chaski, 7 seconds later than last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 5973-5980-5987, Oct 29 at 2326, DRM noise, from RRI on new
frequency for B-17, listed as NOT DRM, 2300-2400, 300 kW, 285 degrees from
Galbeni for W Europe in English, and exceeding the claimed sharp 10-kHz
bandwidth for DRM. Looks bad for Chaski-checking, but axually it`s good! See
PERU.
5980, Oct 30 at 0003, RRI is now in AM in Spanish hour, ending news already and
into Ritmos music show. Almost same parameters as previous hour, except 5
degrees less at 280, yet no change in slewing, and now for CIRAF 12NE =
Venezuela in particular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA. While checking EiBi unsuccessfully for bit eXpress on 15785,
I notice another entry on same frequency, M-F at 1000-1100, ``Molester Stair``
from USA site-n which must mean WWCR Nashville, except I thought they were on
15795 early before switching to 15825. Then it`s clear that EiBi has changed
all 55 Brother Stair listings to Molester Stair. Now, now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15500 > 9690 > 17755, Sun Oct 29 at 1812, REE NAm frequency 9690 has
improved, but still not quite equal to the first one aimed exactly in the
opposite direxion toward Mideast. Fourth frequency is still 15390, now
redirected to be the one for S America, but unheard. Silly ballgame in progress
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 13745, Oct 30 at , R. Thailand from the PR Department is
opening English to North America, poor S6-S7 and ACI from very strong Cuba
which is still on 13740. Totally unnecessary for these to be adjacent with
plenty of open frequencies. Found expected B-season change from 15590 without
even looking it up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 29 at 2347, VOT sign-off with English schedule, last
frequency mentioned being 6165 which was an A-17, not B-17 frequency! So out of
date info. But now the ``recorded at 23 and 04`` advisory has become correct.
Anyway, Emirler has made the B-17 frequency and time change, ex 22 on 9830, now
2300 on 5960 to North America --- and guess what, again forgets to turn off the
transmitter so next language on web/satellite feed, German, is heard on 5960 at
0002 October 30. Oh2, if they overrun on UT Sunday, that will collide with The
Mighty KBC --- another reason to have avoided that new frequency (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15051-USB & 13270-USB, Oct 29 at 1819, no signals from New York
