china jams voa,bbc's african services

 DX LISTENING DIGEST 13-25, June 20, 2013
       Incorporating REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
       edited by Glenn Hauser, http://www.worldofradio.com

** CHINA. 13970, CNR-1, June 12, 1030. Very solid with noted //s on 
17080, 16920, 16360, 16100 (Rick Barton, Arizona, Hammarlund HQ-200, 
Drake R8; Random Wire and Slinky, ABDX via DXLD)

Firedrake June 13:
13795, poor at 1223 with CCI, and still at 1311

CNR1 jamming, June 13:
15540, poor at 1308, het on hi side
15550, poor at 1353 // 11785, het on lo side
15610, poor under WEWN, but // 11785
15800, good at 1221
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

13740, CNR-1, June 14, 1030. Firedrake music crashing and banging over 
background on CNR-1 programming in Chinese. VG. Heard // CNR 
transmissions, but sans Firedrake music, on: 16920, 16100, 13850, 
13820.

13740, Firedrake Music, June 15, 1045. Crash-boom-bang. No //s heard. 
Noted CNR-1 on Firedrake frequency 16100 (Rick Barton, Arizona, 
Hammarlund HQ-200, Drake R8; Random Wire and Slinky, ABDX via DXLD)

Firedrake jamming, June 15:
12100, fair at 1234 vs CODAR. New frequency! Nothing at all in Aoki to 
account for this, not even a 100-watt SOH listing
13795, fair at 1242 and // 12100

CNR1 jammers instead of Firedrake, June 15:
11500, poor at 1237; not synchronized with 11785, 11825; none in 12s
13970, good at 1241
14700, good at 1244 with hets, local?
15800, good at 1244, also 1300 timesignal and modulation stops but 
carrier on until 1301:15* or so
16920, poor at 1245; none in the 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

15100, Firedrake Music Jammer. June 15, 1530. Strong with banging and 
booming. No //s heard, nor any unusual CNR stations on typical 
Firedrake frequencies. Also heard on recheck at 1710 with VG signals. 
Surprised to hear it so soon after the hour (Rick Barton, Arizona, 
Hammarlund HQ-200, Drake R8; Random Wire and Slinky, ABDX via DXLD)

15100, 15/Jun 1715, Firedrake with weak signal in my QTH, but good in 
SDR Twente (Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia, 12 14ｴS 38 58ｴW - 
Brasil, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Against Voice of America in Uzbek:
1500-1530 on 15100 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg to CeAs Tue/Sat
Chinese technicians may already be sleeping (Ivo Ivanov, ibid.)

Firedrake June 16:
13795, fair at 1245 and still at 1331

Non-Firedrake CNR1 jamming June 16:
14700, very good at 1246 but none in the 12s, 13s or 15s. Off at 1331
16920, fair at 1251
17080, very poor at 1253 with flutter, // 14700
17450, very poor at 1253 with flutter; none in the 18s

Firedrake June 17:
13795, poor at 1234

CNR1 jamming instead of Firedrake June 17:
13920, fair at 1234; none in the 12s
14700, fair at 1234 with flutter; none in the 15s, 16s or 17s

Firedrake June 18:
13795, poor at 1240, and very poor at 1321; only one audible, all the 
rest being CNR1 jammers instead:

After 1230 June 18:
None in the 17s, 16s, 15s or 14s at 1238
12500, very poor at 1241
12670, fair at 1241
12800, very poor at 1241
13530, fair at 1241

Before 1330 June 18:
12500, JBA at 1322
13530, poor at 1321 vs CODAR
13920, poor at 1320
14700, poor at 1320
14800, fair at 1320
15800, poor at 1318; none in the 16s
15970, poor at 1318
17250, fair at 1320
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)

[and non]. BBC & VOA English to Africa === The Aoki file posted today, 
June 18, includes many changes showing BBC and VOA English to Africa 
jammed by CNR1 and Firedrake (Dan Ferguson, 1546 UT June 18, NASWA yg 
via DXLD)

Checking 13 & 16m only so far in Aoki, following as*erisks, these are 
shown as jammed, all English (and sometimes skipping other languages):

VOA:
17895 1500-1830
17530 1400-1500

BBC:
17830 0700-0800, 1600-1800
17795 1700-2000
17640 0600-0800, 1600-1700

Please check today, still jammed? These are in addition to numerous 
broadcasts from VOA and BBC to Asia. Also AIR English:
17895 & 17510 at 1000-1100 are marked as jammed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, June 19, DX LISTENING DIGEST)