Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Update on Firedrake

CHINA Jamming Puzzle -- Firedrake on 15635 kHz at 1300-1400 UT, against UNID service ?
Maybe another Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH-Sound of Hope service from Taiwan?
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 19)

Firedrake, 1514-1535, April 16. Scanned every 5 kHz. from 7000 to 19000, but did not find any noticeable Firedrake. Are they really gone? (Ron Howard-CA)

Firedrake talk and music jammer is full in action in 1210-1300 UT Apr 20th, like in past week log, - frequ against txions in Mandarin, Cantonese, Tibetan, Uighur, Nepali:

7260 1700-2100 IBB TIN 7565 1600-1700 IBB UDO
9350 0100-0200 1600-1700 IBB UDO 9355 1700-2100 IBB SAI
9370 1500-1600 IBB TJK 9385 2100-2200 IBB TIN
9455 1500-2200 IBB SAI 9565 1600-1700 IBB Tinang
9845 1200-1500, 2200-2300 IBB SAI Tinang
9985 1300-1400 IBB SAI 11540 1500-1900 IBB TIN, SAI
11550 1500-1600 IBB KWT 11585 1500-1600 IBB TIN
11590 1200-1400 IBB KWT 11605 1200-1400 IBB TIN
11625 1500-1600 IBB TIN 11740 2000-2200 IBB TIN
11785 1900-2400 IBB TIN 11785 1100-1400 IBB UDO
11805 1230-1500 IBB UDO, Tinang, TIN
11825 0900-1300 IBB Tinang 11965 0900-1100 IBB UDO
11975 1400-1500 IBB KWT 11990 1100-1500 IBB TIN, NVS
12025 1500-1700 IBB SAI 12040 1000-1500 IBB UDO, Tinang
12140 1230-1500 IBB TIN -Burmese? different from Myanmar?
13740 0700-1000 IBB UDO 13760 0300-0700 IBB SAI
13830 1100-1400 IBB TJK 15250 0700-1100 IBB Tinang
15285 1300-1530 BBC SNG 15412 1330-1400 VoTibet TJK
15495 1500-1600 IBB TIN
15535 0600-0700 UNID, maybe 24 hrs service jammer.
15840 1000-1200 UNID, SoH TWN ? 17560 1330-1400 VoTibet MDG
17775 0700-1000 IBB TIN 17855 0700-1100 IBB Tinang
17800 0300-0700 IBB SAI

Also transmissions of BBC London Mandarin, Uzbek, Kyrghyz; AIR Delhi Mandarin Tibetan, Nepali; Taiwan domestic and international broadcasts 11656 and 15270, - are subject of heavy jamming. wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 20)
(wb, Germany/HCDX)