** CUBA. 6125, May 19 at 0519, RHC English is somewhat undermodulated and distorted; 6165 is somewhat undermodulated and not distorted. // 6060 mod is OK but weakest as usual aimed toward Europe; and 6010 is OK.

Sunday May 19 at 1401, RHC Spanish has lost modulation, only dead air on: 17580, 15340 vs HCJB, 11860, 11760. Nominal on 17730, 15230, 13780, 11750, 11690; trace of signal? on 9540. Things always go more haywire than usual on Sunday mornings, presumably because of long- defunct `Aló Presidente` relay from Venezuela, which required transmitter and feed shuffling to accommodate, from which RHC has yet to recover (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11730, May 19 at 0529, surprised to hear NHK giving full English schedule, 0530 into `Sakura` theme and French as scheduled. The English was // 11970 just before it closed. TDF Issoudun applied off-topic modulation to 11730 a minute too early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2, May 19 at 1533 UT, sporadic-E signal fades in, Spanish. Jockeying rotor, seems slightly east of due south. A B&W documentary. Probably XHY-TV Mérida, Yucatán; yes, during ads at 1541 I make a match to webstream via http://sipse.com/canal2/ with the usual delay. It`s only a weak opening so far, in and out, mostly out, and not above ch 2. Hope to have more in my next report.

Glad to be getting some real TV DX again, while analog still exist in parts of México. But I continue to pine for something further, extended single hop from Central America, double-hop from Central or South America, which DXers further east now have little trouble getting with no US stations in the way. But for me, Mexicans are still in the way.

At 1550 UT, the essential 50 MHz Es maps at
http://www.tvcomm.co.uk/radio/muf5.html
and
http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&Map=NA
show lots of paths across eastern, southern and western USA, but no linx between Enid and Mérida.

BTW, I appreciate the tolerance in SW lists for my including VHF/UHF DX which may simply be ignored if not interested, but which I find hard to fathom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, May 19 at 0058 check, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY, good signal but very heavy flutter in propagation disturbance. I wonder how that affected Kim`s Radiograms (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Saturday May 18 at 1948 UT check on caradio at squirrel haven, KEOR Catoosa is gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Typo in yesterday`s URL about KIZS 101.5 Collinsville: of course should have read http://www.lapreciosa.com (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 48, May 19 after 0230 UT, with my new C-490 antenna in service, I am pleased to find that KOCY-LP is still NTSC from OKC, 18.1 kW with Estrella TV network. Under dead conditions I am lucky to see a frame bar, but with a little help from the troposphere, it visiblizes, hardly ever snow-free: the nearest if not only OK TV station that hasn`t gone DTV yet, which I will really miss as a signal-checker that antenna be funxional (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 19 at 0057, no signal at first, then a JBA carrier, but seems slightly on the lo side, unlike usual 5980.00 from R. Chaski, or is it some other carrier? No time to measure it, so I just listen for the cutoff, This one goes off about 0100:18*, 11 seconds later than last heard two evenings ago, so still correlates as the Urubamban (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5000, May 19 at 0518, WWV propbotess intones: SF 132, Ap 21, K 4 at 03; minor, G1, S1; next 24 hours forecast: G2, S1, R1. That explains why not much to report this time on SW: horrible conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, UT Sun May 19 at 0101, WWRB is on again with hymn, since it`s Saturday night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun May 19 at 0057, WTWW-2 is on with music. Did anyone notice whether WOR 1669 appeared at 2329 Saturday on 9930? I was otherwise occupied, but earlier in the afternoon suspected they were live from the Dayton Hamvention, if not a previous QSO show.

WORLD OF RADIO 1669 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday May 19 at 0400.6, very good reception. Next: Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 720, May 18 at 1954 UT, caradio bandscan at squirrel haven north of Enid, quiet location (but lite line noise detectable on some MW channels; I can still see powerlines in the distance), baseball game. Can this be WGN? Some player named deJesús. Yes, it`s the Cubs, daytime groundwave all the way from Chicago! I`ve heard it before in the daytime; in winter there is some question whether it`s residual skywave, but surely not now. City to city distance is 667 miles, maybe a bit less to the site.

670, the strange thing is, I am not hearing anything from WSCR, which theoretically should have at least as good a signal as WGN under these circumstances. KLTT Denver, a couple hundred miles closer, is alone with some non-sports talk mentioning area code 303. Why does WGN get out so much better than WSCR? Is the latter not up to par? Unfortunately, Okie stations block the other Chi-town possibilities, 780 and 890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. RF 9, May 18 at 1929 UT, KAFT Fayetteville AR, tropo is in with high humidity, even at mid-afternoon. 37.9 kW KAFT emits the usual four subchannels, three varieties of PBS, plus 13-4 with a reading service, video being nothing but a slide which changes colors and fonts every so often; I assume like all the other Arkansas PTV stations (OETA OTOH, restricts to only two so they can run HD on the prime one. KPTS-8 Wichita also has 3 or 4 channels we are missing in OK).

Inaugurating my new C-490 Antennacraft antenna, which replaces the same model severely damaged by icing last winter. I was trying to hold off till after tornado season, but couldn`t wait any longer with sporadic E erupting (and the lowband elements being longest were the most damaged on the old one). The UHF `arrow` segment of the C-490 was not damaged, and now I am wondering if I can detach it and use it productively independently? Heavy storms and high winds followed this night, but whew, no tornados here.

Axually the first non-local signal I got on the new antenna was KOTV-45 Tulsa, as I was realigning the rotor and it was axually pointing WNW. Hmm. Also in: KOED-11, Tulsa. I discovered that with end point due west, the rotor won`t reach 270-280 degrees or so, but nothing much to be seen directly from that angle.

Then on the way to squirrel haven, on caradio north of Enid on 107.9 heard an ad for Rogers at 1942 UT May 18, which must have been nearby KEZA, 99 kW also in Fayetteville AR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 580, May 18 at 1953 UT from squirrel haven, a daytime bandscan audiblizes a weak talk station underneath WIBW Topeka KS, the very dominant signal here. Lubbock TX, KRFE? But only 500 watts and supposedly directional westward. I do recall it gets out well. Or is it KJMJ Alexandria LA, 5 kW, non-direxional, and a couple hundred miles further than Lubbock, over a not-so-good ground conductivity path? No nulling and no DFing on the caradio. I guess we can rule out WILL, despite WGN incoming, with WILL`s null toward Topeka and us --- or is it out of order? IIRC they had some problems a while ago.

Speaking of which, I hear that KCKN 1020 Roswell NM is running only 1 kW non-direxional as its 50 kW has failed and is not being fixed by the new owners. That might audiblize it here, no longer nulled toward KDKA (not heard yet and not likely unless KOKP is off), while opening up 1020 for much else in the West (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

DX Listening Digest 13-20 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1320.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt

CONTENTS:
WOR 1669 / ALASKA A13 / ALBANIA A13 / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA A13 / AUSTRALIA Symban / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA +non RA / AUSTRALIA +non HCJB+ / AUSTRALIA AXQ421 / BANGLADESH / BELARUS A13 / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA A13 / CANADA +non CBW+ / CANADA CKZU/CKZN / CANADA non BVBN / CANADA CKND2 / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CUBA +non / CZECHIA non / DIEGO GARCIA / ECUADOR +non / EGYPT / EUROPE Pirate / FRANCE +non / GABON / GEORGIA / GERMANY +non / GREECE / GUAM +non A13 / GUATEMALA / GUINEA / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET 2LO / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM SXM / IRAN +non / ITALY non / JAPAN +non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KUWAIT / KYRGYZSTAN / LIBYA / MADEIRA +non / MEXICO / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NEW ZEALAND A13 / NICARAGUA / OKLAHOMA KEOR / PAKISTAN +non / PANAMA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU +non / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / PRIDNESTROVYE A13 / PUERTO RICO / RUSSIA +non A13 / RWANDA / SAINT HELENA /
SAIPAN / SARAWAK non / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SOMALILAND / SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA +non / SUDAN non / SWAZILAND / TAIWAN +non / TAJIKISTAN / TATARSTAN non / TUNISIA / UK non BBCWS / USA NWVC/AAZ+ / USA +non VOA / USA KOA / USA WOR/WTWW/WWRB/WBCQ/WRMI+ / US WWRB / USA WRMI / USA WEWN / USA WWCR / USA non AWR / USA +non wYFR A13+ / USA KMPH / USA KCKN / USA WBLQ / USA WELP / USA WQLL / USA WOIR / USA WKAL / USA WQOH / USA WNEW+ / USA WGBW / USA FCC/ VANUATU / VATICAN / VENEZUELA / VIETNAM +non / VIRGIN ISLANDS US / YEMEN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 4820 / UNIDENTIFIED 15310 / UNIDENTIFIED 15835 / UNIDENTIFIED 17055 / UNIDENTIFIED 17450 / UNIDENTIFIED 17720 / UNIDENTIFIED 18965 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / DX-PEDITIONS / MUSEA / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION

For restrixions and searchable 2013 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
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WORLD OF RADIO 1669 headlines:
*DX and station news about: Antarctica, Argentina, Brazil, Central
African Republic, China, Georgia, Germany non, India, Indonesia, Korea
North non, Korea South non, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan, Tajikistan,
Tatarstan non, Tunisia, USA, Vanuatu

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1669, May 16-22, 2013
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0328v WWRB 3195 [on air but computer down, no WOR]
Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0143]
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed by wb]
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955 [inaudible]
Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [unconfirmed]
Sun 0400 WTWW 5830 [confirmed]
Sun 2330v WTWW 9930 [not on the air]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1670 if ready in time]

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and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
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them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
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** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, May 18 at 0517, RTA via FRANCE is unmodulated, or barely modulated, and weaker than 7275 Tunisia, while 7285 SOUTH AFRICA is much stronger in Afrikaans. Summer conditions now disfavor Europe and North Africa this late; the other RTA via France on 9535 is fair, a bit better with Qur`an but not enough to overcome storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, May 18 at 0502 UT, big hum from XEFZ Monterrey NL dominating channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, May 17 at 1918 UT, Spanish romantic music. A sporadic E FM DX opening was in progress from Mexico, so on caradio I was bandscanning upward for signals in Spanish. After some on 92.3, 93.9, 96.3 and 97.9, none identified, found best signal here so stayed with it: 1919 YL DJ with recipe including guayabo, yierba buena; refers to http://www.lapreciosoa.com and a singing ID for ``La Preciosa``, ad/promo for a May 31 game at 1930 (local) between México y Nigeria on ``tu emisora de fútbol``; still in steady at 1925 UT, and now I am getting suspicious: not volatile sporadic-E fading. PSA for CruzRojaAmericana.org and 1-800-784-2433 on La Preciosa 101.5. Altho Mexico does have something like our toll-free numbers, an XE would not be promoting the American Red Cross. And no website in .mx!

Yet: at 1927 song which is an ode to Atotonilco and its mujeres preciosas among other attributes. Googling soon shows Atotonilco is a place name in at least four Mexican states. Here`s one place for the lyrix I heard:
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Atotonilco-lyrics-Brave-Combo/AAD5F32C684B2345482568C800082687

At 1929 YL DJ is back on with greetings to listeners in Tulsa, Bakersfield, Huron and Guadalajara!

Tulsa FM stations are regular here in the 200 km range, but such signals were boosted today by fog in the morning and still high humidity at mid-afternoon. FCC FM Query shows this one is:
KIZS Collinsville, with only 6.2 kW ERP, licensed to: Clear Channel

Searching on lapreciosa, we find this group with outlets in various unlikely places including Tulsa:
http://www.1015lapreciosa.com/main.html
including obligatory cheesecake gallery, not very productive
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 31 & 32, KXOK-LD, Enid, May 18 at 0430 UT check, both subchannels are black screen and silent but with PSIPs still displayed: 31-2 M-FOX, and 31-3 Azteca. Usually only one of them is missing. If these networks are paying KXOK for OTA coverage around Enid, they are sure getting shafted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 18 at 0059, not even a carrier audible from R. Chaski, expecting cutoff shortly after 0100. Not clear yet whether just not propagating or off earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, May 18 at 0517, undermodulated Arabic talk and music from IWT, much weaker than 7285 SOUTH AFRICA, yet stronger than Algeria via FRANCE 7295. Eike Bierwirth, Wolfgang Büschel and Ivo Ivanov have been monitoring IWT, and Ivo reports new times:

``Radio TV Tunisia this morning May 18:
0457-0556 on 7275 SFA 500 kW / 340 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 0357-0627
0657-0756 on 7335 SFA 500 kW / 265 deg to NoAf Arabic, ex 0557-0807``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1669 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB from 0143:15 UT Saturday May 18. Live `Allan Weiner Worldwide` seemed to be over at 0138, but then played back a recorded(?) phone conversation for a few more minutes, as sometimes happens.

Wolfgang Büschel confirms the 0630 Sat broadcast on Hamburger Lokalradio: ``GERMANY 7265cusb mode, Glenn Hauser's WoR #1669 heard on steady S=8-9 signal via Goehren Germany site, here in Stuttgart southern Germany. Around 0640 UT May 18, still in progress at 0650 UT.
73 wb``

On WRMI 9955: Saturday May 18 around 1510, no signal audible to possibly a JBA carrier. Propagation conditions are degraded.

Next: Saturday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, May 18 at 0500 UT courtesy KGWA`s Fox-hole of hum only, upon otherwise open carrier: some station with local weather, then KMA ID in passing and joining ABC News in progress. Maybe a SBG ran over. Altho ABC news is commonly heard, and always assumed to be primarily from KMA Shenandoah IA (except when KGKL San Angelo TX was malfunxioning), it`s rare to get a real ID from KMA as normally it`s only network programming at 0500-0505 while KGWA is silent (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 96.3 FM, May 17 at 1916 UT, on caradio, some Spanish fades in and out, vs ACI from 96.1 OKC and 96.5 Tulsa. First heard some Spanish on 92.3 mixing with Wichita Classic Country, following reports on the WTFDA list of a sporadic E opening into the FM band, presumably from Mexico. Not many open channels around here, but also briefly found some Spanish romantic music on 97.9 at 1917; Spanish music on 93.9 mixing with OK at 1923, but the best Spanish signal was on 101.5: unfortunately, this turned out to be from Tulsa! See OKLAHOMA (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 11640, May 17 at 1202, CNR1 jamming // 11605 against RFA Tibetan, but on 11640 it`s vs R. Taiwan International.

Other CNR1 jamming instead of Firedrake, before 1400:
13970, fair at 1356; none in the 12s
14700, fair at 1356
14750, poor-fair at 1356
16100, poor at 1359
16360, fair at 1359
I did not get above 17000 before 1400, but hardly anything propagating on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17730, May 17 at precisely 1402, RHC timecheck for ``en todo el territorio nacional, exactamente las diez, un minuto``. More lies from the Commies. I had hoped to hear lies in the form of claiming frequencies which aren`t really on the air, like 17580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, May 17 at 0506 UT, really big hum atop the channel, much more than 24 hours earlier, presumed fault of XEFZ Monterrey NL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, May 17 at 1115 UT, a few words of Low German, dead air, and canned sung ID for ``XEDP, la Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc``, Chihuahua, and more music. Fridays are a regular day for this minority preacher, but he stopped rather abruptly, maybe unintentionally, cuing a silence-sensor. Not sure what other days he may be on during this semihour.

I have to get up this early now for any sunrise skip DX from NW Mexico as our Enid sunrise is now 1123 UT, to reach its earliest in less than a month circa 1113.

Just before this on 710, I was still getting a good signal with ID on 650 from the very reliable Radio 65 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, XETNT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, May 17 at 1120 UT (how appropriate), praise music in Spanish seemingly from Ca-Tulsa direxion, i.e. KEOR, and no KMOX; then that fades back in with the usual few-Hz SAH, and shortly the PMS is no longer heard, so KEOR at less than 200 km may also have been via sky- rather than ground-wave; unless it was really something else, as IDs are scarce. Lately KEOR has mostly been active in full daytime. Official FCC span for this daytimer in May is 1115-0130 UT; June, 1100-0145 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 17 at 0055, R. Chaski carrier, 0058 with lite music instead of preaching, cut off at 0100:07* which is 5 seconds later than last nite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9980, Thursday May 16 at 1409, no signal from Brother Scare via WWCR-4; on weekdays supposed to start at 1200, weekends 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 11605, May 17 at 1200, theme and Radio Free Asia ID in English, introducing Tibetan; generally atop CNR1 jamming. 12-14 RFA is via TINIAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, May 17 at 0519, IWT still active in undermodulated Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1669 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 9479, Thursday May 16 after 2100 (before 2100 same edition was also playing on WTWW-2 9930).

UT Friday May 17 at 0330 on WWRB: via webcast, Dave apologized for no WOR until next week, as station had been hit by lightning, knocking out computer so WOR could not be obtained, and continued with fill music. SW unchecked, but presumably still on 3195 only, as earlier in evening, no 5050 was on.

Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB (Europeans please confirm); Saturday 1500 & Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 17520, May 16 at 1305, no signal at all where CNR1 was heard 23 hours earlier, and which Ivo Ivanov concluded was a new frequency for the earthquake-provoked National Emergency broadcast, but which has just been relaying CNR1 much of the time. Is it gone again? 16m propagation is quite poor today, however, even from Cuba.

Then at 1402, 24 hours later than yesterday, still no 17520 but I do find a CNR1 on 17530, synchronized with the jammer on 11990.

Rather than Emergency service, 17530 could be jamming VOA Tibetan, but this is Thursday and latest Aoki shows that scheduled on Tuesdays only during this hour from Lampertheim, Germany, inaudible. But that hardly fits with VOA English via Botswana supposedly daily 1400-1500 on 17530. And the Tibetan schedules are highly volatile.

12000, May 16 at 1407, reconfirmed that the National Emergency service, is carrying CNR1, and is two seconds behind 11990 CNR1 jammer, which I have been using as a reference // checker.

12040, May 16 at 1406, CNR1 poor signal with CCI: in this case it`s jamming VOA Chinese via Philippines this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Non-Firedrake jamming with CNR1 audio, in addition to the separate logs which don`t correlate with former Firedrake channels:

May 16 after 1300:
17450, JBA at 1309, (and no ute whine as sometimes audible now)
15970, JBA at 1315; none in the 18s or 16s
15900, very poor at 1315
13970, poor at 1318; none in the 14s or 12s except as noted
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11930, May 16 at 0520, multiple tone & pulse jamming against nothing (never R. Martí, anyway at night, but blocking any possibility of Belarus); then similar weaker jamming circa 11879 where there is even less to target, probably a spur of this tho no match on the hi side. At 0531, same jamming just about synchronized on another non-Martí daytime-only frequency, 13820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 660, May 16 at 0502 UT, haven`t looked for the hummer lately, but there it is, mixed with `The Answer` = KSKY The Metroplex; previously tracked to XEFZ Monterrey NL, which leaves a hummy carrier on after NA, sign-off circa 0500; Optimod presumably maxing out on the `silent` STL feed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1000, May 16 at 0540 UT, ``La Rancherita Mil AM, Ciudad Juárez``, i.e. XEFV. No problem from KTOK OKC, which was on low power and/or not modulating, as I first noted a few minutes earlier on the bathroom radio when I could not hear it, despite WKY 930 loud as usual. XEFV can normally be heard at night with KTOK nulled on the DX-398 close to 90 degrees away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 16 at 0059, R. Chaski carrier detectable until cut off the air at 0100:02*, which is 5 seconds later than yesterday. At this rate it will take roughly 70 days to reach 0106 and another timer reset (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 9746, May 16 at 1250, not much modulation audible, but fair carrier, plenty to make annoying 4-kHz het with NHK 9750, which is all-Japanese, all the time from 0755 to 1700 per Aoki. This has already been IDed May 15 by Ron Howard as Voice of Han, ex-9745. It was on exactly 9746.00 so obviously an intentional shift rather than a drift, but why? Helps BBC Singapore a little by moving 1 kHz further away, but now a problem for NHK listeners. Maybe it`s catching, as another Taiwan station, Fu Hsing, has been on 9774 for a long time. At least there is nothing else on 9745 at the moment to make a 1 kHz het --- except Bahrain supposedly 24 hours, but which we never hear here.

Today`s Aoki already has 9746 as effective May 14, but calling the station Voice of Guanghua, 250 kW, 300 degrees from Kuanyin at 1040-2400. Yet another version in WRTH 2013: Kuanghua Chih Sheng (Voice of Kuanghua) with SW schedule as 0755-0005.

BTW, only RTI is in the International Section of WRTH; all the other Taiwan SW stations including this denoted ``Broadcasts to Mainland``, are in the National section, page 367 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Information at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_Han
VOH website at
http://www.voh.com.tw/
(Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Etón E1, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1669, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, May 16 at 0524, IWT is still here with fair signal in Arabic. Perhaps they are limping along with only one operational SW transmitter now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1669 monitoring: confirmed first airing on WRMI webcast, UT Thursday May 16 at 0331; SW 9955 not checked this time. WRMI repeats are Sat 1500, Tue 1100. Next:

Thursday 2100 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 3195 (and/or we hope 5050); UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB (Europeans please confirm); Saturday 2329 on WTWW-2 9930; Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5820; Sunday 2329 on WTWW-2 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, May 16 at 0535 UT, no dead air from KGGF, but instead Royals/Angels silly baseball game, at the bottom of the ninth from Anaheim, on the Royals Radio Network, sponsored by Sonic. So now we know what it takes to keep KGGF Coffeyville KS modulating after midnight. Wonder when the taps played this night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, May 16 at 0502 UT during KGWA Enid Fox-hole of no modulation except persistent hum, main occupant is blues music with harmonica, so presumed WABG Greenwood MS, which others have concluded is sometimes on day facilities at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)