** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 11:
8400, VG at 1252, but nothing on 10500 or anywhere up to 15 MHz by 1300. Nor up to 18 MHz after 1305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 5965, REE relay in Spanish at 0532 Sept 11, obliterating the papal voice; had been missing the night before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [and non]. 6180, DW in English closing transmission at 0529-0530* Sept 11, 150 degrees via Sines, PORTUGAL; sufficient signal, but the 0400-0530 English broadcast is unfeasible in NAm with Vietnam via Sackville on 6175 until 0529*. One minute is better than zero, which is what they intend for us to hear.
At 0530 found DW weaker in German on 6075, also from Sines but at 35 degrees.
And just as I tuned across 6085, DRM cut on at 0530. Quite a signal for the nondirexional 10 kW Ismaning transmitter, disturbing Dead Gene Scott on 6090; DRM supposedly 0400-2210, so maybe it had just been a momentary break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. AFN back on proper frequency 5765-USB, Sept 11 at 1240, WESAT from NPR with Scott Simon introducing silly ballgame interview. He`s a huge baseball fan and imagines all his listeners are. At least we know the sports segment is always around this part of the hour. Anyhow, AFN had been on 5755.5 24 hours earlier, apparently by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI still missing Saturday Sept 11 at 1235 check and after 1300 scheduled English. Nor on alternate 11785, only ChiCom jamming vs VOA (and no WHRI Hmong either, canceled) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 99.9, Genesis Communications Network pirate in Enid, back on the air Sept 9, was gone again Sept 10 afternoon chex around 1900 and later. So, you never know with this one.
While I was at it: 104.7 KEIF-LP Enid still on the air despite FCC myriabuck fine and talk it would have to close; another rumor says they have already moved transmitter site off the too-high building: but even if now in compliance heightwise, you don`t just do that without permission from FCC. Signal as strong as ever at local range.
1120 KEOR on the air Sept 10, and 1580 KOKB was modulating, but back to open carrier around 1620 Sept 11, so probably was again for the 1300-1500 Spanish Saturday sports service of KHGG, which I no longer need to monitor (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 6019.3, R. Victoria on again, off again: Sept 11 at 0532, CRI via Sackville 6020.0 has its tell-tale het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. VOR chex UT Saturday Sept 11: at 0023, in English on both 5900 and 9665, with 9665 running about 2 sex ahead of 5900, only fair signals.
FWIW, 5900 is registered as 500 kW, 315 degrees from ``Armavir`` at 22-04. 6240 surely ``Kichinov`` like 9665.
Same at 0030, when IRSerbia was in English on 9675, eclipsing 9665 with better modulation and signal, but duller announceress. VOR at 0113 still on 5900 and 9665 still, now without comparison to 9675.
6240, which had mostly been carrying Radio PMR at 00-02 this week, was off the air at 0023 and later chex Sept 11, as appropriate for UT Sat & Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9585, Vietnamese YL squeezed between RA and RA Saturday Night Country, Sept 11 at 1257. It`s KFBS at 12-13, 278 degrees. Usually one can tune between 9580 and 9590 without this intrusion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT, fair Sept 11 at 1303, YL reading reception reports with the all-important SINPO ratings, shortly concluding DX Corner with contact info, theme. So this Saturday is reconfirmed as an on-week for this alt-week non-DX program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Can anyone check 17520 before 1630, or even after? While DXing with Cumbre is on the WHRI1 webcast, I cannot detect even a carrier on 17520 where it was heard for the last few weeks; and 16m is hopping with other signals.
[shortly later]: Then I check the WHR online sked and find that this transmission has been moved without notice to 21630. A signal barely detectable there, so I suppose DWC was on it from 1600 Sat Sept 11. She wrapped up early at 1624, but theme played for 5 minutes on webcast. First quarter hour was mostly, or all quoting Media Network blog items, then Pirating with Chris Lobdell, including clips as usual, recorded off air and not always very readable.
21630 signal much weaker than Portugal 21655, even Spain on 21610, 21570.
Meanwhile WORLD OF RADIO 1529 was super-audible via WWCR2 12160 at 1601-1630, with sexy reverb added (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Bill Hepburn`s tropo maps showed activity between here and the Kansas City area for the morning of Sept 11, and I was already getting KWCH RF19 with the antenna pointed toward OKC. Turned around, most of the Wichita stations were visible, not including KSNW-45 for some reason, so I bandscanned for more interesting further signals. Not interesting programmatically, most of them with infomercials, kidvid on Saturday, or gospel huxters. ALL TIMES UT.
At 1435, RF 14 displayed DTV 24-1 KSASDT, same as on RF 26 Wichita. W9WI.com shows this is KOCW, Hoisington KS, 40 kW, 163m, as a DT-CP relaying KSAS. Hoisington is a 3-kiloperson town (2000y) just north of Great Bend. Does not merit a displayed ID of its own, even tho bigger than a translator.
At 1448, RF34 had DTV 4-1 WDRF DT displayed on the manual tuning menu --- I think! Very hard to tell and A from an R on this font and this resolution, but sure looked like an R. Anyhow, it`s really WDAF, as correctly displayed in the upper right when directly tuned. Lower right has Fox / 4 / Kansas City constant bug, and the 4 is large. Still in at 1504 check.
At 1451, RF21 had DTV 16-1 KTRJ-D1, TBN with the usual 5 virtual channels like KDOR, KTBO, and presumably every TBN outlet. Oops, another A/J confusion. Maybe I need to change the font on the DTV converter: I think you can do that but haven`t looked into it; or is it just for the closed captioning. This is really KTAJ in St Joseph MO, megawatt ERP, 258 miles. And it was overcoming KAKE-21 Wichita.
At 1453, RF18 with DTV 19-1 KCPT-1 with pledge drive from Kansas City imagining it`s ``tonight`` --- more proof that PBS station pledge drive pitches with all the phones ringing are phony, pre-recorded, probably generic, not even from the station in question. Or they may mix them in with recognizable local personalities. 19-2 KCPT-2 had kidvid; not sure if there was a 19-3 as signal was losing out.
At 1452, rotated antenna to NW toward Dodge City KS as there were bad-signal bars showing on RF6; I often see that but no decode. But now enough to visiblize DTV 6-1 KBSD-DT, one of the few VHF stations which has kept its original channel, and the closest lowbander to me. But it`s just a full-power relay of KWCH-19 Wichita, and with the same DTV 6-2 KBSD-WX continuously. I vaguely recall in the distant past these Wichita relays around KS had some local news origination, part of 10 pm? but no longer?
At 1500, RF22 with DTV 2-1 KSNC-DT, Great Bend, going into Qubo kidvid. No 2-2 here either like parent KSNW-45 with one channel only.
At 1505, RF41 with DTV 38-1 KMCI-TV, in and out. I don`t think there was a 38-2, but not sure. W9WI.com shows it`s independent, from Lawrence KS, with four different entries and four different powers from 365 to 1000 kW, whichever may be in effect currently.
At 1508, RF42 with DTV 41-1 KSHB-TV, 3-2-1 Penguins kidvid; while 41-2 had KSHB-WX, Action Weather for Sedalia at the moment, same graphic format as KFOR-27 DTV 4-2. KSHB is the NBC for Kansas City since WDAF blew that network off long ago to become a minion of Murdoch. In those days, real channel 4 was thought to be a tremendous advantage over any UHF channel, ha ha.
Some signals remained past 1600, even 1700 UT, but weakening and I ceased chasing them, not expecting to find anything further than St. Joe (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
8400, VG at 1252, but nothing on 10500 or anywhere up to 15 MHz by 1300. Nor up to 18 MHz after 1305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 5965, REE relay in Spanish at 0532 Sept 11, obliterating the papal voice; had been missing the night before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [and non]. 6180, DW in English closing transmission at 0529-0530* Sept 11, 150 degrees via Sines, PORTUGAL; sufficient signal, but the 0400-0530 English broadcast is unfeasible in NAm with Vietnam via Sackville on 6175 until 0529*. One minute is better than zero, which is what they intend for us to hear.
At 0530 found DW weaker in German on 6075, also from Sines but at 35 degrees.
And just as I tuned across 6085, DRM cut on at 0530. Quite a signal for the nondirexional 10 kW Ismaning transmitter, disturbing Dead Gene Scott on 6090; DRM supposedly 0400-2210, so maybe it had just been a momentary break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. AFN back on proper frequency 5765-USB, Sept 11 at 1240, WESAT from NPR with Scott Simon introducing silly ballgame interview. He`s a huge baseball fan and imagines all his listeners are. At least we know the sports segment is always around this part of the hour. Anyhow, AFN had been on 5755.5 24 hours earlier, apparently by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI still missing Saturday Sept 11 at 1235 check and after 1300 scheduled English. Nor on alternate 11785, only ChiCom jamming vs VOA (and no WHRI Hmong either, canceled) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 99.9, Genesis Communications Network pirate in Enid, back on the air Sept 9, was gone again Sept 10 afternoon chex around 1900 and later. So, you never know with this one.
While I was at it: 104.7 KEIF-LP Enid still on the air despite FCC myriabuck fine and talk it would have to close; another rumor says they have already moved transmitter site off the too-high building: but even if now in compliance heightwise, you don`t just do that without permission from FCC. Signal as strong as ever at local range.
1120 KEOR on the air Sept 10, and 1580 KOKB was modulating, but back to open carrier around 1620 Sept 11, so probably was again for the 1300-1500 Spanish Saturday sports service of KHGG, which I no longer need to monitor (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 6019.3, R. Victoria on again, off again: Sept 11 at 0532, CRI via Sackville 6020.0 has its tell-tale het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. VOR chex UT Saturday Sept 11: at 0023, in English on both 5900 and 9665, with 9665 running about 2 sex ahead of 5900, only fair signals.
FWIW, 5900 is registered as 500 kW, 315 degrees from ``Armavir`` at 22-04. 6240 surely ``Kichinov`` like 9665.
Same at 0030, when IRSerbia was in English on 9675, eclipsing 9665 with better modulation and signal, but duller announceress. VOR at 0113 still on 5900 and 9665 still, now without comparison to 9675.
6240, which had mostly been carrying Radio PMR at 00-02 this week, was off the air at 0023 and later chex Sept 11, as appropriate for UT Sat & Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9585, Vietnamese YL squeezed between RA and RA Saturday Night Country, Sept 11 at 1257. It`s KFBS at 12-13, 278 degrees. Usually one can tune between 9580 and 9590 without this intrusion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT, fair Sept 11 at 1303, YL reading reception reports with the all-important SINPO ratings, shortly concluding DX Corner with contact info, theme. So this Saturday is reconfirmed as an on-week for this alt-week non-DX program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Can anyone check 17520 before 1630, or even after? While DXing with Cumbre is on the WHRI1 webcast, I cannot detect even a carrier on 17520 where it was heard for the last few weeks; and 16m is hopping with other signals.
[shortly later]: Then I check the WHR online sked and find that this transmission has been moved without notice to 21630. A signal barely detectable there, so I suppose DWC was on it from 1600 Sat Sept 11. She wrapped up early at 1624, but theme played for 5 minutes on webcast. First quarter hour was mostly, or all quoting Media Network blog items, then Pirating with Chris Lobdell, including clips as usual, recorded off air and not always very readable.
21630 signal much weaker than Portugal 21655, even Spain on 21610, 21570.
Meanwhile WORLD OF RADIO 1529 was super-audible via WWCR2 12160 at 1601-1630, with sexy reverb added (Glenn Hauser, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Bill Hepburn`s tropo maps showed activity between here and the Kansas City area for the morning of Sept 11, and I was already getting KWCH RF19 with the antenna pointed toward OKC. Turned around, most of the Wichita stations were visible, not including KSNW-45 for some reason, so I bandscanned for more interesting further signals. Not interesting programmatically, most of them with infomercials, kidvid on Saturday, or gospel huxters. ALL TIMES UT.
At 1435, RF 14 displayed DTV 24-1 KSASDT, same as on RF 26 Wichita. W9WI.com shows this is KOCW, Hoisington KS, 40 kW, 163m, as a DT-CP relaying KSAS. Hoisington is a 3-kiloperson town (2000y) just north of Great Bend. Does not merit a displayed ID of its own, even tho bigger than a translator.
At 1448, RF34 had DTV 4-1 WDRF DT displayed on the manual tuning menu --- I think! Very hard to tell and A from an R on this font and this resolution, but sure looked like an R. Anyhow, it`s really WDAF, as correctly displayed in the upper right when directly tuned. Lower right has Fox / 4 / Kansas City constant bug, and the 4 is large. Still in at 1504 check.
At 1451, RF21 had DTV 16-1 KTRJ-D1, TBN with the usual 5 virtual channels like KDOR, KTBO, and presumably every TBN outlet. Oops, another A/J confusion. Maybe I need to change the font on the DTV converter: I think you can do that but haven`t looked into it; or is it just for the closed captioning. This is really KTAJ in St Joseph MO, megawatt ERP, 258 miles. And it was overcoming KAKE-21 Wichita.
At 1453, RF18 with DTV 19-1 KCPT-1 with pledge drive from Kansas City imagining it`s ``tonight`` --- more proof that PBS station pledge drive pitches with all the phones ringing are phony, pre-recorded, probably generic, not even from the station in question. Or they may mix them in with recognizable local personalities. 19-2 KCPT-2 had kidvid; not sure if there was a 19-3 as signal was losing out.
At 1452, rotated antenna to NW toward Dodge City KS as there were bad-signal bars showing on RF6; I often see that but no decode. But now enough to visiblize DTV 6-1 KBSD-DT, one of the few VHF stations which has kept its original channel, and the closest lowbander to me. But it`s just a full-power relay of KWCH-19 Wichita, and with the same DTV 6-2 KBSD-WX continuously. I vaguely recall in the distant past these Wichita relays around KS had some local news origination, part of 10 pm? but no longer?
At 1500, RF22 with DTV 2-1 KSNC-DT, Great Bend, going into Qubo kidvid. No 2-2 here either like parent KSNW-45 with one channel only.
At 1505, RF41 with DTV 38-1 KMCI-TV, in and out. I don`t think there was a 38-2, but not sure. W9WI.com shows it`s independent, from Lawrence KS, with four different entries and four different powers from 365 to 1000 kW, whichever may be in effect currently.
At 1508, RF42 with DTV 41-1 KSHB-TV, 3-2-1 Penguins kidvid; while 41-2 had KSHB-WX, Action Weather for Sedalia at the moment, same graphic format as KFOR-27 DTV 4-2. KSHB is the NBC for Kansas City since WDAF blew that network off long ago to become a minion of Murdoch. In those days, real channel 4 was thought to be a tremendous advantage over any UHF channel, ha ha.
Some signals remained past 1600, even 1700 UT, but weakening and I ceased chasing them, not expecting to find anything further than St. Joe (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
