Mount Evelyn DX Report: DX QUICK TIPS

DX QUICK TIPS

June 22, 2019

FRANCE
While cruising around the bands the other day, I noted R. France International - Issoundun on the new frequency of 11700 kHz. This is in French to East Africa at 0400-0500 UTC, NF (ex 9620). A weak signal sitting under the much stronger co-channel R. Habana, June 21.

USA
Further to my logging in last week's DX Quick Tips, WBCQ - Monticello ME was noted again yesterday. But where it was way off frequency last week at 9330.18 kHz, this time it was dead on 9330 kHz at 0430 UTC. Listened to a program featuring much waffle (and some dis-information...!) about problems with radio frequency interference. Because they got it on the exact frequency, surely this must be the new transmitter? But it doesn't sound like it is at full power yet! A fair to good signal at the time, which is OK considering the station is not aiming its carrier at Australia! June 21.

TWO DAYTIME BANDSCANS

Here in Down-under-land, we are smack bang in the middle of mid-winter, having just passed the shortest day (June 21). This means bands that are usually devoid of daytime signals for most of the year, are quite active during much of the day right now. I have been looking at two time segments on three shortwave broadcast bands: the 41, 49 and 60-metre bands. While many of these scheduled broadcasts will be regularly heard by listeners in the northern hemisphere, in southeastern Australia we only hear these signals for just a few weeks in the year.

The first bandscan is 2230 to 0100 UTC, which is 8:30 to 11:00am local time on June 19 and 20.

⭐⭐ 5930 AUSTRIA. BBC - Moosbrunn. Dari to Afghanistan 0040 to f/out 0050, weak signal.

5980 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. Spanish to Cuba 2230 to past 0100.

6030 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. Heard from 0000 (10:00am here) right through the day. Weak signal at first but by 0200, it is at a fair level.

6115 OMAN. BBC - Al Seela. English WS 2200-2300. I regularly hear 6195 via Kranji but not this parallel freq via Al Seela.

7260 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. 2330-0030 in Sinhala to Sri Lanka. Nothing heard from the co-channel PBS Xinjiang-Urumqi.

7300 ENGLAND. BBC - Woofferton. English WS to SAs 0000-0100. Weak signal and only heard during mid-winter.

7315 USA. VoVietnam - Cypress Creek SC. English to SAm 0000-0030, weak signal but discernable in the noise. Changed to Spanish at 0030 until 0100.

7350 CHINA. CRI - Kashi. English to Eu at 0035. Fair signal.

The second bandscan is longer and has some quite surprising stations popping up, some very early fade-in times, plus lots of signals that appear for only a few weeks in the year. This survey covers the 0200 to 0600 UTC time segment (midday to 4:00pm) between June 15 and 22.

⭐⭐ 4840 USA. WWCR - Nashville TN. English with either Overcomer Ministry, some nutcase called Alex Jones (Infowars?) or other idiosyncratic nonsense, fading in around 0400 (2pm here!) through to past 0600.

5025 CUBA. R. Rebelde - Bauta. Spanish f/in 0415 to 0600.

⭐⭐ 5040 CUBA. R. Habana - Bauta. Spanish to CAm f/in 0350 (time varies!) to 0500. Then English 0500 to s/off 0600. However, on occasions, I have heard Spanish at 0500 in what is probably a programming stuff-up!

⭐⭐ 5055 AUSTRALIA. Radio 4KZ - Innisfail QLD. When I'm listening to DX out in the bush, I can hear this at 0200 (midday!) with a very weak signal and continuing on through to the evening. The signal improves from around 0630 in mid-winter here. For the rest of the year, 4KZ doesn't normally fade in here until after 0800.

5085 USA. WTWW - Lebanon TN. English to NAm, 0400-0600.

5830 USA. WTWW - Lebanon TN. American preaching 0500-0600.

5875 ENGLAND. BBC - Woofferton. Arabic to EAf s/on 0300-0400, weak signal.

⭐⭐ 5900 BULGARIA. Overcomer Ministry - Kostinbrod. In English 0230-0400, weak signal.

❓❓ 5915 UNIDENTIFIED. A weak carrier noted around 0525, faded by 0605. Occasional wisps of music and anncts. June 22.

⭐⭐ 5925 BOTSWANA. VoA - Moepeng Hill. English to Af at 0300-0500.

5935 USA. WWCR - Nashville TN. American hell-fire preaching at 0430 to 0600.

5950 USA. WRMI - Okeechobee FL. Supreme Master TV, English 0400-0600.

⭐⭐ 5959.88 KUWAIT. R. Kuwait - Sulaibiyah. Surprised to hear Arabic to ME, f/in 0305 to f/out 0420. Not previously heard at this time and was confirmed on the Qatar KiwiSDR. Listed as 250 kW into a non-directional antenna. Weak signal throughout on June 22.

5970 USA. WEWN - Vandiver AL. Spanish to SAm 0430 to 0600.

5985 USA. WRMI - Okeechobee FL. S/on 0330 with different programs that vary on a daily basis.

5985 USA. R. Japan - Okeechobee FL. Spanish to CAm 0400-0430.

6000 CUBA. R. Habana - Quivican. English to ENAm at 0420 to 0600.

6020 ALBANIA. CRI - Cerrik. Mandarin to ENAm 0200-0400, good signal.

6030 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. 0200-0600+ in Spanish to Cuba.

6040 ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. English to WNAm 0300-0357. Good signal.

6050 FRANCE. R. Algerienne. Arabic to CAf at 0400-0500, good signal.

6105 FRANCE. R. Japan - Issoudun. Japanese to CAm 0200-0400, good signal

6120 AUSTRIA. AWR - Moosbrunn. Farsi to Iran 0330, Turkish to ME 0400-0430

6155 GERMANY. AWR - Nauen. French to NAf 0430-0500.

6155 AUSTRIA. R. Oesterreich Int’l - Moosbrunn. S/on 0500 in German to Eu.

6165 TURKEY. VoT - Emirler. English to ME 0300-0356.

6165 CUBA. R. Habana - Bauta. English to CNAm 0400-0600.

6180 ROMANIA. RRI - Galbeni. Romanian to SEu 0400-0457.

⭐⭐ 6185 MEXICO. R. Educación - Mexico City. Again, further to last week's DX Quick Tips, noted with a very early f/in 0400 to s/off just after 0500 (varies). It was a weak signal and never really improved throughout the observation period. This is the earliest I have ever heard it fade in, but especially considering it was at home in the Mount Evelyn radio shack! Noted on June 22 and only ever a mid-winter DX signal for just a few weeks of the year.

6195 USA. R. Japan - Cypress Creek SC. Spanish to SAm 0400-0430.

⭐⭐ 7205 SUDAN. R. Republic of Sudan - Al-Aitahab. Arabic to EAf, f/in 0435 with mainly Sudanese popular-styled music selections and Arabic anncts. We only ever hear this for several weeks in mid-winter, and it never got to any comfortable listening signal level. F/out around 0530 (which is 7:30am Sudan time), June 22.

7315 USA. WHRI - Cypress Creek SC. English 0240-0400 fair.

7335 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. Spanish to Cuba 0200-0600.

7345 ENGLAND. BBC - Woofferton. English to WAf s/on 0500 to 0600.

7360 BULGARIA. BBC - Kostinbrod. Farsi to Iran 0230-0330.

7365 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. Spanish to Cuba 0200 to s/off 0300, changes to 7435 kHz. Then it returns to this freq from 0500.

7375 ROMANIA. RRI - Tiganesti. English to WNAm 0300-0357. Good.

7385 USA. WHRI - Cypress Creek SC. English to WNAm 00300-0400.

7435 USA. R. Martí - Greenville NC. Spanish to Cuba s/on 0300-0500.

7485 PRIDNESTROVIE. BBC - Grigoriopol. Farsi to Iran 0230-0300, good signal.

7570 USA. WRMI - Okeechobee FL. Overcomer Ministry 0300-0500 English to WNAm.

7730 USA. WRMI - Okeechobee FL. Overcomer Ministry English 0200-0400.

73 and have a great weekend everyone,

Rob Wagner VK3BVW