lunedì 30 giugno 2014

Glenn Hauser logs June 28-29, 2014

** BRAZIL. 5990, June 29 at 0603, RNA extra frequency is back on tonight // much stronger 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165 // 6100, 6060, 6000, UT Sunday June 29 at 0601, RHC is in weekly Esperanto show instead of English! Espo is supposed to be at 0700 Sundays on only one frequency, but I don`t stay up to check on that. 0615 still Espo music and announcement on all four. Presumably the studio jumped the gun by an hour on sending the Esperanto half-hour via the same program feed circuit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Not much Es to be seen lately as I let the analog TV set snow away on channel A2, until, UT June 28:

2217 on 2, video from the west fades in, to go with indications on the 6m ham map; soon gone again

UT June 29:

0025 on 3, Spanish from the WSW; square bug in UR with italic bold 3 in white/light; at a fade-up I can see it`s XHBC Mexicali with call letters on the left side, running upward on their sides. Also smaller lettering in a rectangular block on the bottom side of the square; during a ghosty movie; 0028 ads, including mention of ``en ambas Californias`` which is a dead giveaway for XHBC, and Notivisa promo, which also is.

0025 on 2, also something on this channel; 0035 Spanish, Televisa-2 star bug in LR with game(?) show, and nothing on 3 at this time. No more monitoring this evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1727 monitoring: another no-show at 2330 Saturday June 28 on 9930 WTWW.

0030 UT Sunday on 9495 WRMI: confirmed with last week`s #1726

0400 UT Sunday on 5830 WTWW: carrier cuts off the air just as I tune in at 0400 sharp; back on *0401 but no modulation until 0405*, back on with dead air at *0406-0407*; finally *0414:35 cuts back on air with WOR 1727 in progress. Mid-break comes at 0421, so must have started/restarted playback about 5 minutes late, perhaps to compensate, unusual. But cut off incomplete at 0430 and back to regular SFAW programming. Next:

0300v UT Monday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
1100 UT Tuesday on WRMI 9955
0630 UT Wednesday on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
1315 UT Wednesday on WRMI 9955
1430 UT Wednesday on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
2100 UT Wednesday on WBCQ 7490v

For those struggling to hear a complete WOR in the face of SW transmission problems, a reminder that current and hundreds of previous WOR audio files are at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html

And also podcasts via:http://www.rmrc.de
http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/

** U S A. 9930, June 28 from 2313, here`s what I heard on WTWW-2, when checking for WORLD OF RADIO, which normally airs at 2330 Saturdays, but did not appear last week:

2315, usual gospel music filler after a preacher
2330, gospel music keeps going until:
2334, two canned IDs, and 2335 QSY announcement to 5085
2336, another replay of QSO show from Dayton, still on 9930
2342, QSO is cut off and I thought transmitter went off, but
2352, 9930 is still on but with dead air
2356, QSO show heard again
2359* 9930 cuts off the air abruptly with no QSY announcement now
UT June 29:
0000, 5085 is already on by the time I retune, QSO continues, also at further chex thru 0045 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

NOTE: since approximately 0030 UT June 29, a huge continuous noise level has appeared here, apparently coming from a nearby house. Covers entire SW spectrum, from S9+10 to S9+25 on the FRG-7, allowing thru only the very strongest signals; also audible on MW. For the duration, this will seriously curtail my own DXing and monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report delayed for resending following yahoo mail problems earlier. Sorry if there were any duplications.

Dispatched at 0440 UT June 30

Welcome to EDXC conference 2014

We would like to invite you to the EDXC Conference 2014 to be held in the Southern France on 19-22 September 2014. The first part of the conference (19-21 September) will take place in a beautiful small village Saint-Dalmas de Tende situated approximately 80 km North-East from Nice. The latter part of the conference (21-22 September) will take place in the city of Nice.
It is understandable that people are coming from and going to different places and different times. That is why we will try to be very flexible with the conference packages. The price for the basic package will be around 185 € (single) / 135 € (double) including:
Accommodation: 2 nights in Saint-Dalmas de Tende with breakfast
Banquet dinner on Saturday
Coffee break on Saturday
Conference fee
Optional services:
Breakfasts in Tende: included now in the conference package, separately 8,30 €/day
EDXC express (transfer from Nice to Tende): around 20 €/person
Tour from Tende to Nice (via Italy and Monaco): around 26 €/person
Visit at the Prince's Palace in Monaco: 8 €
Visit in Nice (Old Town by a train): 8 €
A lunch in Nice with wine tasting: 50 €

****
The preliminary programme is as follows:
All times in CEST
Friday, 19 September 2014
- around 1400 EDXC Express leaves from Nice airport (an option for those who would like to travel to Tende together)
- 1600 Arrival in Saint Dalmas de Tende & check in at the hotel Le Prieuré (www.leprieure.org)
- 1630 EDXC conference check in starts
- 1730-2000: Opening of the conference, some lectures and presentations: Brazil travel 2013 (Dario Monferini)
- 2000 Dinner on your own
Saturday, 20 September 2014
- 0700-0900 Breakfast
- 0930-1030 EDXC topics (Kari Kivekäs)
- 1030-1115 News from New Zealand and South Pacific (David Ricquish)
- 1115-1545 A visit to Tende by train (a tour in the village + lunch on your own)
- 1600-1730 DX programme: The role of broadcasting in North Korea (Mark Fahey)
- 1730-1900 DX programme: To be confirmed
- 1930 EDXC Banquet
 Sunday, 21 September 2014
- 0730-0930 Breakfast
- 1000 Check out from the hotel + the Excursion "Visiting three countries in one day":
· Ventimiglia, Italy: a short walk in the city & a coffee break
· Monaco: a visit of the Radio Monte Carlo (Italian service) studios (to be confirmed), a tour around the city by walk, lunch on your own
- 1800-1900 Arrival in Nice, check in at the hotel(s). Our recommended hotel is Hotel St Paul (www.lesaintpaul-hotel.fr) but we give participants free hands to book their accommodation in Nice
- 1900- Free time in Nice, dinner on your own
 Monday, 22 September 2014
- 0700-0930 Breakfast
- 1000-1500 Excursion in Nice: a tour in the Old Town with a little train, optional lunch: "Formule niçoise" with specialities from Nice (incl. wine) and possible visits at radio stations. Christian Ghibaudo is still working hard to arrange us visits at radio stations in Nice
- around 1500 End of the conference
If you have anything to ask, please, do not hesitate to contact Kari (ksk@sdxl.org) or the main organizer Mr Christian Ghibaudo (chr.ghibaudo@gmail.com). More information can be found also on EDXC blog (www.edxcnews.wordpress.com).
Once again, we would like to see you at EDXC conference 2014 in September. You are warmly welcome!
Kari Kivekäs
Secretary General of EDXC
Jan-Mikael Nurmela
Assistant Secretary General of EDXC

VOA / RFA / RFE / RL SW transmission cut details

JUNE 29, 2014   I M M E D I A T E   OPERATIONAL MEMO  A14-093

FROM:  NETWORK CONTROL CENTER
SUBJECT:  FY14 TRANSMISSION CUTS

NOTE:  AS CUTS ARE TO SW TRANSMISSION ONLY, SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ELIMINATED AT THIS TIME.

THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE STARTING AT 0100 UTC, 01 JULY 2014:

NETWORK CHANGES:

C       0130-0200  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)
        1500-1700  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)
        1900-2000  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)
        2230-2400  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)

G       1500-1530  CANCEL UZBE (VOA)
        1730-1800  CANCEL AZER (VOA)

P       0100-0200  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)
        1200-1600  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)
        2200-2230  CANCEL ENGL (VOA)

RFA2    0000-0030  CANCEL VIET (RFA)
        1430-1500  CANCEL VIET (RFA)

RFA3    0000-0100  CANCEL  LAO (RFA)
        1100-1200  CANCEL  LAO (RFA)

TRANSMITTER CHANGES:

BOT-02  1600-1700  CANCEL 13570 2/350  NET C ENGL
        1630-1700  INSERT 15720 2/350  NET F4 PORT (FR)

GB-04   0130-0200  CANCEL  9825 160L:2M/172  NET C ENGL

IRA-01  2200-2300  CANCEL  5895 049L2:4L/065 NET P ENGL (SU-TH)
IRA-02  1900-2000  CANCEL  7485 275L:4L/299  NET C ENGL
IRA-06  0100-0200  CANCEL  9780 356L:2M/356 NET P ENGL
IRA-07  1600-1700  CANCEL 17895 275H:4M/275  NET C ENGL
        1800-1830  INSERT 15720 255H:4L/255  NET F4 PORT (MO-FR)

ISS-06  1630-1700  CANCEL 15720 180/180  NET F4 PORT (FR)
        1800-1830  CANCEL 15720 180/180  NET F4 PORT (MO-FR)

KWT-01  1730-1800  CANCEL  7435 070L1:2M/058 NET G AZER
        2200-2300  CANCEL  7480 070L2:2M/058 NET P ENGL (SU-TH)
KWT-03  0000-0030  CANCEL  9585 70L2:4M/86  NET RFA2 VIET
        0030-0100  CANCEL  9790 70L1:4M/78  NET C ENGL
        1500-1530  CANCEL 11810 70L2:4M/46  NET G UZBE
        2330-2400  CANCEL  9585 70L2:4M/86  NET RFA2 VIET
KWT-04  0030-0100  CANCEL  7425 70L1:2M/82  NET C ENGL
        0100-0200  CANCEL  7425 070L1:2M/082 NET P ENGL
        1500-1530  CANCEL 17600 70H1:4M/46  NET G UZBE

LAM-02  1500-1600  CANCEL  6105 6D:NH/055 NET RL-4 BR
LAM-03  1300-1400  INSERT 13745 80H:4L/56  NET RL-1 RU
LAM-04  0930-1100  CANCEL 13860 120H:2M/108  NET FRD PE
        1730-1800  CANCEL  9490 080L:4L/080 NET G AZER
        1500-1800  INSERT  6105 6E:N/55  NET RL-4 BR

NAU-03  1600-1700  CANCEL 15690 HR1:4L/105 NET FRD PE
NAU-04  0030-0400  CANCEL  7280 HR2:4L/105 NET FRD PE
        1600-1800  CANCEL  6105 4L/75  NET RL-4 BR

PHT-01  1200-1300  CANCEL 12150 34/270 NET P ENGL
        1300-1400  CANCEL 12150 79/349 NET P ENGL (SA-SU)
        1400-1500  CANCEL 12110 34/270 NET P ENGL (M0-FR)
        1500-1600  CANCEL 12110 34/270 NET P ENGL
PHT-04  2200-2300  CANCEL  7575 28/270 NET P ENGL (SU-TH)
        2300-2400  CANCEL  7575 28/270 NET P ENGL
PHT-05  1200-1300  CANCEL  9510 45/283 NET P ENGL
        1300-1400  CANCEL  9510 45 /283 NET P ENGL (SA-SU)
PHT-06  1230-1300  CANCEL  9695 32/270  NET S1 LAO
        2300-2400  CANCEL 12150 080/349 NET P ENGL
PHT-07  1500-1600  CANCEL  7540 26/270  NET C ENGL
        2300-2400  CANCEL  5895 021/275 NET P ENGL
PHT-08  1200-1300  CANCEL 12075 080/349 NET P ENGL
PHT-09  0030-0100  CANCEL 15290 81/349  NET C ENGL
        2230-2400  CANCEL 11840 79/349  NET C ENGL
PHT-10  1500-1600  CANCEL  9400 78/349  NET C ENGL
PHT-11  0030-0100  CANCEL 17820 93/21  NET C ENGL
        1230-1300  CANCEL 11965 36/270  NET S1 LAO
        2230-2400  CANCEL  7460 27/270  NET C ENGL
PHT-12  1400-1500  CANCEL 15490 040/270 NET P ENGL (MO-FR)

SAI-01  0000-0030  CANCEL 13835 270M/285  NET RFA2 VIET
        1100-1200  CANCEL  9325 270M/285  NET RFA3 LAO
        1400-1500  CANCEL 13825 270M/285  NET RFA2 VIET
        2330-2400  CANCEL 13835 270M/285  NET RFA2 VIET

SAO-04  1600-1700  CANCEL 11915 138H1:4M/114  NET C ENGL

SMG-02  1730-1800  CANCEL 11985 73/073 NET G AZER
SMG-03  1500-1530  CANCEL 11920 73/73  NET G UZBE

TIN-05  1400-1500  CANCEL 12130 280H:4M/280  NET RFA2 VIET
TIN-06  0000-0030  CANCEL 15675 280H:4M/280  NET RFA2 VIET
        2330-2400  CANCEL 15675 280H:4M/280  NET RFA2 VIET
TIN-07  0000-0100  CANCEL 15690 313H:4M/289  NET RFA3 LAO
TIN-08  1100-1200  CANCEL 15120 295M:4M/279  NET RFA3 LAO
        1400-1500  CANCEL  9760 270L:4M/270  NET RFA2 VIET
TIN-08  1300-1400  CANCEL 12075 313L:4M/305 NET P ENGL (SA-SU)
        2200-2300  CANCEL 12150 313L:4M/313 NET P ENGL (SU-TH)

UDO-01  1500-1600  CANCEL 15490 280H:2H/280 NET P ENGL
UDO-02  0030-0100  CANCEL 12015 30H1:2M/30  NET C ENGL
        1200-1300  CANCEL  7575 030L1:2M/018 NET P ENGL
        1300-1400  CANCEL  7575 030L1:2M/018 NET P ENGL (SA-SU)
        1400-1500  CANCEL  7575 280L:2L/268 NET P ENGL (MO-FR)
        1500-1600  CANCEL  7575 280L:2L/268 NET P ENGL
UDO-03  1500-1600  CANCEL  6140 300L1:4M/284  NET C ENGL
        1600-1700  CANCEL  7475 300L1:4M/300 NET T BANG
UDO-04  0030-0100  CANCEL 12150 280H:2M/280  NET C ENGL
        1600-1700  CANCEL 11850 300M:4H/300 NET T BANG
        2230-2400  CANCEL  9570 30L2:2L/18  NET C ENGL
UDO-05  2200-2300  CANCEL  5915 030L1:2H/018 NET P ENGL (SU-TH)
        2300-2400  CANCEL  7480 030L1:2H/018 NET P ENGL
UDO-06  1500-1530  CANCEL 13650 300H2:4L/316  NET G UZBE
UDO-07  0100-0200  CANCEL 15205 280H:2M/292 NET P ENGL

WOF-01  1300-1400  CANCEL 13745 A11/75  NET RL-1 RU

JUNE 29, 2014   I M M E D I A T E   OPERATIONAL MEMO  A14-093

291430RT

NNNNN

Network Control Center (IBB/T/ESN)
U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau
Broadcasting Board of Governors
330 Independence Avenue, SW,
RM-2140C    
Washington, D.C.  20237
(via DXLD)

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Segnale / Signal
JBA - Solo portante / Just carrier
IN - Insufficiente / Poor
SF - Sufficiente / Fair
BN - Buono / Good
MB - Molto Buono / Very Good


°°°: IDs via blogs
R7: Misurazione frequenze
PL-660: Autoscansione canali attivi

Domenica 22 giugno 2014
22.02 - 6245,4 R. TANGO ITALIA - Tanghi. SF-IN
22.07 - 6210 SW GOLD - ID "S (es) - W (double-u) - G (gi)". SF-IN

***

Mercoledì 25 giugno 2014
(08.00-08.30 - VR5000DSP)
15380 BSKSA (Buzz with no modulation). SF-BN
15120 VOICE OF NIGERIA spenta
9575 MEDI 1 (MRC) spenta
6190 HAMBURGER LOKALRADIO (D), tk OM. SF-IN

***

Domenica 29 giugno 2014
04.35 - 6030 R. MARTÍ (USA) w/out jammer. BN
04.48 - 6204,8 UNID europirata. IN
04.50 - 6239,1 "Non stop R. Marabu" ID OM. SF
04.55 - 6284,8 R. FOCUS INT. - IDs OM. SF-IN
05.04 - 9500 TWR SWAZILAND - tk OM/YL EE. SF-IN
05.06 - 9575 MEDI 1 accesa. MB
05.09 - 11930 Pulse jamming. To R. Belarus??? SF
05.14 - 11510 DENGE KURDISTANA spenta.
05.19 - 15265 FIREDRAKE+CNR1+VOA Tibetan. SF
06.06 - 7405 R. MARTÍ (USA) with jammer. SF-BN

***

Luca Botto Fiora
QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
G.C. 44° 21' 06.89" N / 09° 13' 30.94" E

***

Set 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
PL-660 Tecsun
VR5000DSP Yaesu
-
ANTENNE
(da 70 kHz a 2 MHz)
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
-
(da 2 a 5-6 MHz)
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
-
(da 5-6 a 30 MHz)
Dipolo "windom" 20 metri
Balun 6:1 bifilare su ferrite cm 20x1 (10 spire)

Isolatore di linea (ø 20 cm x 7 spire di RG174)
-
ACCESSORI
(per loop MW-VLF)
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
(per loop e dipolo HF)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC

***

Set 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORE
E5 Etón
-
ANTENNA
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA

***

REGISTRATORI IC SONY:
ICD-B500 (VR5000DSP)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
ICD-BX112 (R7 - E5)

***

SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.5 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.3.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.3 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.5.0 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3.1 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.2 demo (orologio mondiale)

***

DATABASE su:
SmartPad 7.0 Go Mediacom

Glenn Hauser logs June 28-29, 2014

** BRAZIL. 5990, June 29 at 0603, RNA extra frequency is back on tonight // much stronger 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165 // 6100, 6060, 6000, UT Sunday June 29 at 0601, RHC is in weekly Esperanto show instead of English! Espo is supposed to be at 0700 Sundays on only one frequency, but I don`t stay up to check on that. 0615 still Espo music and announcement on all four. Presumably the studio jumped the gun by an hour on sending the Esperanto half-hour via the same
program feed circuit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Not much Es to be seen lately as I let the analog TV set snow away on channel A2, until, UT June 28:
2217 on 2, video from the west fades in, to go with indications on the 6m ham map; soon gone again
UT June 29:
0025 on 3, Spanish from the WSW; square bug in UR with italic bold 3 in white/light; at a fade-up I can see it`s XHBC Mexicali with call letters on the left side, running upward on their sides. Also smaller lettering in a rectangular block on the bottom side of the square; during a ghosty movie; 0028 ads, including mention of ``en ambas Californias`` which is a dead giveaway for XHBC, and Notivisa promo, which also is.
0025 on 2, also something on this channel; 0035 Spanish, Televisa-2 star bug in LR with game(?) show, and nothing on 3 at this time. No more monitoring this evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1727 monitoring: another no-show at 2330 Saturday June 28 on 9930 WTWW.
0030 UT Sunday on 9495 WRMI: confirmed with last week`s #1726
0400 UT Sunday on 5830 WTWW: carrier cuts off the air just as I tune in at 0400 sharp; back on *0401 but no modulation until 0405*, back on with dead air at *0406-0407*; finally *0414:35 cuts back on air with WOR 1727 in progress. Mid-break comes at 0421, so must have started/restarted playback about 5 minutes late, perhaps to compensate, unusual. But cut off incomplete at 0430 and back to regular SFAW programming. Next:
0300v UT Monday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
1100 UT Tuesday on WRMI 9955
0630 UT Wednesday on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
1315 UT Wednesday on WRMI 9955
1430 UT Wednesday on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
2100 UT Wednesday on WBCQ 7490v
For those struggling to hear a complete WOR in the face of SW transmission problems, a reminder that current and hundreds of previous WOR audio files are at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
And also podcasts via:
http://www.rmrc.de
http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, June 28 from 2313, here`s what I heard on WTWW-2, when checking for WORLD OF RADIO, which normally airs at 2330 Saturdays, but did not appear last week:
2315, usual gospel music filler after a preacher
2330, gospel music keeps going until:
2334, two canned IDs, and 2335 QSY announcement to 5085
2336, another replay of QSO show from Dayton, still on 9930
2342, QSO is cut off and I thought transmitter went off, but
2352, 9930 is still on but with dead air
2356, QSO show heard again
2359* 9930 cuts off the air abruptly with no QSY announcement now
UT June 29:
0000, 5085 is already on by the time I retune, QSO continues, also at further chex thru 0045 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
NOTE: since approximately 0030 UT June 29, a huge continuous noise level has appeared here, apparently coming from a nearby house. Covers entire SW spectrum, from S9+10 to S9+25 on the FRG-7, allowing thru only the very strongest signals; also audible on MW. For the duration, this will seriously curtail my own DXing and monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

domenica 29 giugno 2014

Eliniki Radiophonia Tileorasi ERT Open in French on June 28

GREECE   Surprisingly broadcast of Eliniki Radiophonia Tileorasi ERT Open
1906-1916 on  7450 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to WeEu French, buzz audio signal
1906-1916 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu French, co-ch VIRI Arabic
1906-1916 on 15650 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu French, instead of 15630.
Two video recordings with French language broadcast on Saturday, June 28:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/eliniki-radiophonia-tileorasi-ert-open.html


--

73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Ascolti AM Treviso 29/06

5810  29/06 0425 WEWN Catholic Radio, Vandiver AL Px Rel. Es 24433
5830  29/06 0427 WTWW 1, Lebanon TN Info ID Px "WOR 1727" E 35533
5850  29/06 0428 WRMI- Trunews, Okeechobee Px  E 34533
5985  29/06 0429 NHK World R., Okeechobee Px "Buzon R. Japon" ID WRMI Es 25533
6030  29/06 0440 Radio Martì, Greenville  Px  Es 34533
6060  29/06 0442 Radio Habana Cuba, La Habana Px Mx ES 35544
17810 29/06 0443 Radio Japan, Ibaragi-kog Px J 25533
17840 29/06 0445 Radio Asutralia, Shepparton Px Sport E 35543


73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: esterna VHF azimuth 230

Glenn Hauser logs June 27-28, 2014

** ASCENSION [and non]. 7355, June 28 at 0539, JBA carrier rather than one of the best BBCWS English signals we can get here. On June 11, as in DXLD 14-25, Ascension site was confirmed off the air due to unexplained power supply problems, so seems like it is again. The JBA could be BBC from a substitute site poorly propagating to here. South Africa is doing well as usual on 7285 with Radio Sonder Grense. This also audiblizes some SSB 2-way on 7352, in Chinese? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 5990, June 28 at 0109, RNA is gone again from its extra frequency, nor can I hear it under RHC on 6000.

11750 & 11810, June 28 at 0524, distorted RNA spurs from defective 11780 transmitter are quite audible, but could be, and have been much worse. Additionally, now splattering directly above and below 11780, out to 11765 so with the 11810 spur next to 11815, QRMing the only two other Brazilians audible on the band at this time! Way to go, Rodeador (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815, June 28 at 0526, R. Brasil Central must be on overnight, as here`s Brazilian music, and 0527 Brazuguese announcement; but QRMed by spur from Brasília`s 11780 transmitter around 11810 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11840, June 28 at 0117, open carrier/dead air from RHC here, while nominal on 11760, 11670.

13605, June 28 at 0119, DentroCuban Jamming Command against nothing, wasting precious megawatts while Cubans go hungry; R. Martí employs this frequency only at 13-20. Jamming is quite heavy now, including 3-tones, lo-hi-lo. O, for the good old days of Soviet jamming with frequent Morse identifiers of the secret sites; their Cuban lapdogs never caught on to that technique (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 11899-11909 approx., June 28 at 0115, OTH radar pulses intruding, presumed from here, destroying the poor signal from 11905 SRI LANKA, so no calculation of its mistimesignal tonight.

15178-15202 approx., June 28 at 0120, OTH radar pulses, very different intruders from the ones around 11905, these being lower-pitched and slower (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 28 at 0109-0115:28.5*, R. Chaski with some modulation, vs storm noise level, cutoff six seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 15550, June 28 at 0535, R. Dabanga, fair signal with 2-note stingers, outshone on 19m only by Australia 15300 & 15240. Can this really be via UAE as still listed by Aoki as of June 28?

Per HFCC, the A-14 season began with the 0400-0559 transmission (along with R. Tamazuj during the first 29 minutes) as via UAE, but for some weeks now, it`s been shown as MADAGASCAR. That makes more sense propagationally to here, as other ME signals are absent on 19m except for a trace of 15170 which could be Saudi.

Current HFCC as of June 26 shows no more UAE site at all for these services, just MDC or SMG = Vatican, with a phony start date of 30 March:
0400-0557 15550 MDC, 11650 SMG
1500-1627 15150 MDC, 15550 SMG

It seems big changes are coming 1 July, with these new transmissions for MDG PNW FPU:
0400-0430  7205
0500-0527 15150
1500-1527 11805

These three are also ``Apd`` in the language column, whatever that means, Arabic-something, but the CIRAF zone has been changed to 48SW only = South Sudan and Uganda. All the other transmissions above have been for 39SW,47E,48W = Yemen, and all of Sudan. Yemen??

It remains to be heard whether the old transmissions are being replaced by the new ones, which seems more likely, or the new ones are in addition. Judging from the 0400 and 1500 timings, the new ones may be only R. Tamazuj, but what about 0500? If still Dabanga, it`s much reduced. Or could be something totally new. Must check July 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, WTWW-3, June 27 at 2213 check, this is now the Arabic hour of Bible Worldwide; UT June 28 at 0108, Pastor Pete Peters (d.) in English. June 28 at 1714, it`s PPP again (not // 9475); between 18 and 19, still English with Bible stories if not readings; after 1900, Spanish, after 2000 Brazuguese.

Random monitoring the past several days now allows us to put together a language schedule for WTWW-3 12105 service, but don`t hold us to it!
17-18 English (PPP)
18-19 English
19-20 Spanish
20-21 Portuguese
21-22 French
22-23 Arabic
23-24 Yoruba
00-01 Russian
01-02 English (PPP)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9955, June 28 at 0113, WRMI during PCJ show, again interviewing someone with British accent; repeat of older episode? Strangely with a variety of beep pitches in the background, to go with the noise and pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Not going easy on a former co-worker at the RHC collective. So are the beeps on the PCJ recording, or from something else? Not like the tones we hear elsewhere/when from Cuban jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13906-USB, approx., June 28 at 0530, hard to copy amid hashy QRM, but some vessel is giving its position, 41 N/71 W, I think (more precisely than I could copy), approaching Long Island from the east with patching against flooding, so presumably a marine rather than aeronautical mobile. Almost distressed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 2025 UT June 28

Daytime reception of Ictimai Radio on June 28

AZERBAIJAN   Surprisingly daytime reception of Ictimai Radio with FM mode:
0600-0700 on 11761vUNIDentified tx site to CeAs Azeri.
2 videos on June 28
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/daytime-reception-of-ictimai-radio-on.html

--

73!
Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

sabato 28 giugno 2014

VOA Radiogram, June 28-29, will CQ FD

VOA Radiogram for the weekend of  June 28-29 will include greetings to radio amateurs participating in Field Day. And there will be VOA News stories of interest to radio enthusiasts:

Here is the lineup (MFSK32 centered on MFSK32):
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  1:36  Program preview
  2:40  Field Day greetings to radio amateurs, with image
  5 03  VOA Cold War broadcasts from a Coast Guard cutter, with image
 14:25  Scientists push for continued HAARP funding, with image
 23:08  Associazione Italiana Radioascolto 10M river beacon, with image
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There will also be two surprise modes at the end of the show.

More information: VOA Radiogram, 28-29 June 2014, CQ FD

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VOA Radiogram transmission schedule

(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
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This weekend, The Mighty KBC will also transmit greetings to Field Day participants this weekend. A minute of MFSK64 will be transmitted Saturday at about 1130 UTC on 6095 kHz, and Sunday at about 0130 UTC (Saturday 9:30 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz. Both frequencies are via Germany.

Glenn Hauser logs June 26-27, 2014

** BRAZIL. 5990+, June 27 at 0103, RNA extra frequency is back on; it was missing 24 hours earlier. Now the signal is much better, fair, but still no comparison to supersig on // 6180. Announcing 600 kW on MW 980 just as I tune in (Maybe I misunderstood; thought it was only 300 kW: 3 and 6 almost rhyme in Portuguese and Spanish, something they should have avoided; but then 9 and 5 almost rhyme in English, so who are we to talk?). This one is just a tad higher above nominal than Chaski is above its 5980; see PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jamming morning of June 27:

18970, June 27 at 1247, CNR1 jammer, fair-good with fading; this one is not against RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, but against Sound of Hope, unheard. None in the 17s or 16s

18990, June 27 at 1247, CNR1 jammer, a few seconds behind 18970. This one is against RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, its Tue & Fri frequency in the 12-13 hour

13830, June 27 at 1251, CNR1 jammer, poor; none in the 14s

13850, June 27 at 1251, CNR1 jammer, fair

11805, June 27 at 1254, open carrier with flutter; 1300 starts CNR1 jammer, good; later at 1325 with CCI from VOA Chinese via SAIPAN and now // 11785 jamming against VOA Chinese via Tinang, Philippines

15525, June 27 at 1410, CNR1 jammer, poor-fair, maybe with CCI. Only JBA carriers on 15520 (Iran?) & 15530, so not sure if they are hitting Voice of Tibet via MADAGASCAR head-on

17570, June 27 at 1412, CNR1 jammer, with CCI, making slow SAH, i.e. VOA Tibetan via Lamperthein, GERMANY, daily this hour only

17740, June 27 at 1413, CNR1 jammer, poor, not synchronized with 17570. Aoki still shows 17740 at 14-15, but no known target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12140, June 27 at 0106, RHC harmonic in Spanish, 2 x 6070 is very poor vs CODAR

14295, June 27 at 0110, JBA AM carrier, no doubt from 3 x 4765, R. Progreso as previously IDed

17730, June 27 at 1245, RHC starting `Gaceta Cultural`, but it`s barely modulated, compared to // 17580 et al.

11860, June 27 at 1255, RHC undermodulated here too compared to 11760, verging on overmodulated; even it out??

9550, June 27 at 1258, RHC is dead air here on good signal, finally 1259 ID and IS but undermodulated too, canned announcement about 9850 going off at 1300, but not mentioning the ones which are starting: 15340 and 15370! 9550 maybe undergoing a transmitter change at this hour?

15370 et al., Friday June 27 at 1403, I am monitoring exactly one week after hearing the Cuban top-10 countdown, but not today: `Sonido Cubano` is starting a 48-minute program with some blues in English. I suppose the countdown is an irregular part of that show. Anyhow it gets rid of hoary old Fidel speeches during this hour on `Voces de la Revolución` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 9743-9769, June 27 at 0113, strong OTH radar pulsing presumed from here, intruding inside the 31m exclusive SWBC band; 9770 Turkey in stilted Spanish can still be heard clearly by sidetuning upward. Fortunately (?), not much broadcasting scheduled in this range at this hour except several from China; would bother Bahrain on 9745 if anyone could hear it otherwise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT [and non]. Radio Cairo spreads its trash around: this time, the 11710 transmitter is doing it:

11710, June 27 at 0107, R. Cairo in Spanish, distorted and hummy, with het from poor Argentina on the hi side, and putting out big dirty distorted spurs around 11700 and 11720, each spreading plus/minus 4 kHz or so

12070, June 27 at 0107, a // R. Cairo Spanish frequency, is big hum only, instead of usual crackling and spurs up and down

9315, June 27 at 0107, third R. Cairo Spanish frequency is the only one readable, altho undermodulated

9965, June 27 at 0112, R. Cairo Arabic, but just barely modulated with whine, despite VG signal level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 15180, June 27 at 1237, good signal with triumphal choral music; jamming noise bleedthru not audible until a pause in music from KCBS via VOK, 28 degrees USward. I can`t believe how cheerful everyone is over there! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9605, June 27 at 0114, KBSWR in Spanish via WHRI is missing, but back on at 0121 check. Normally very reliable; too bad KBS refuses to use a N American relay in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, June 27 at 0502 UT, Fox-hole of KGWA, Enid but bluesy tune weakly audible, so from WABG Mississippi? NO, soon followed at 0503 UT by ``103-1 KOFM`` ID. That`s its sibling station in Enid, transmitting country format from one of the three 960 towers: first time I`ve heard any such bleedthru in many months of monitoring these 5-minute dead air DX windows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1340, June 27 at 0512 UT, C&W music, Dolly? Briefly dominant, seems to peak NNW/SSE just like KGHM would from Midwest City but it`s sports. Not new KGGS Garden City KS either, which is also sports. Who is C&W format around here? KIHN, Hugo in SE OK per NRC-AM log: sure would like a definite on that one, elusive in Enid. BTW, Bruce Winkelman in Tulsa reports that OK`s third 1340, KJMU Sand Springs, is silent again as of June 25, not heard since April (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. 15355, June 27 at 0121, RSO fair in Arabic talk and music. Knew I would find it here, since proper 9500 was missing at 0114 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980+, June 27 at 0101, R. Chaski carrier with some modulation audible, until cutoff at 0115:22.5*, six seconds later than yesterday. Remains slightly on the hi side, about one click on the 40 Hz steps of the DX-398, and also obviously higher pitch than e.g. RHC 6000; see also BRAZIL 5990 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 11825, June 27 at 1328, BS on WRMI is playing 10-second clips of him on WRMI 15190 after ``contracting with VOA`` to do this at several sites in Africa (really IBB Monitoring, standard procedure for many SW broadcasters), including Ghana, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa --- remote receivers installed at US embassies or other posts; altho they all sound noisy but readable, he seems quite satisfied with the results, boosting his insatiable ego (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15590, June 27 at 0122, nothing but a JBA carrier from presumed R. Thailand to North America. That`s the usual case in the 0000-0330 period, including the English portions at 0000-0100, 0200-0230, alternating 6 and 38 degree beams from a 250 kW transmitter at Udorn. We have better but unsatisfactory results from the service toward Australia on 9390 at 1230-1300 or 1400-1430. If HSK9 were serious about broadcasting to North America, as payback for IBB access to Udorn, they would insist on using relays via Greenville, which they once did but inexplicably abandoned (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 11995, June 27 at 0459, unknown music stops, dead air, pause, ``Welcome to the Voice of America in K----`` when cut off the air; had been good but with flutter. HFCC shows VOA Kurdish is supposed to air at 05-06 via VATICAN (violating Separation of Church and State), with nothing on 11995 before 0500. So SMG screwed it up. Unknown if came back on later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also THAILAND

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1727 monitoring: missed confirming the Thu 1230 broadcast on WRMI 9955, overslept, but confident it aired on this reliable station.

Confirmed on WTWW-1, 9475, Thursday June 26 from 2100:30; simulcast on WBCQ 7490v only a JBA carrier here, but confirmed on webcast, almost synchronized with 9475 considering the webcast delay.

Also confirmed on WWRB, 5050, UT Friday June 27 starting at 0327:10 after a brief pause following the previous preacher. Initially overmodulated, then adjusted. Level on webcast back to normal. Next:

Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2330 on WTWW-2, 9930
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-9, 9495
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5109v-CUSB
Full schedule including many more webcasts, AM, FM, satellite:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, June 26 at 2012 check, WTWW-3 is in Brazuguese during this hour. June 27 at 0106, back to usual Pastor Pete Peters in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, June 27 at 0118, WWRB with non-BS preacher unlike 24 hours earlier; good, since that meant WOR would likely air circa 0327, and it did. Meanwhile, no BS at all to be heard from WWRB now, not on 3185 or 9370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 550, re last report about Jim Bohannon new on KTRS:
``Unfortunately, the NRC AM Log 2013 on page xvii does not include Bohannon among ``Networks and Shows that they carry`` among many other national talkhosts``

NRC AM Radio Log editor Wayne Heinen replies: ``Glenn et al., Page xiii: Network Name Specialty:
Mt = Mutual Talk - Dist by Dial Global - Jim Bohannon, America in the Morning``

Yes, there he is, but you can`t look up Bohannon by alfabetical order in the other list. Anyhow, this will have to be updated as his network is again named ``Westwood One`` per his announcement and on his station finder page which leads also to
http://www.westwoodone.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Previous report omitted the day of month, fixed:

750, June 26 at 0602 UT, Spanish from east/west is atop WSB making a fast SAH, no doubt KAMA El Paso TX as previously identified, way out of whack. Am I the only one who has noticed or cares? Certainly not WSB. It`s supposed to be only 1 kW at night direxional westward, but sounds like it`s 10 kW day power, non-direxional or even worse. . . . [more!] [and it`s still there blocking WSB, <24 hours later on June 27 before 0600] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 910, June 27 at 0521, YL weather on ``The Ranch AM``, seems NNE/SSW. That unique slogan goes right to KJJQ Volga SD (Brookings), per Google search and NRC AM Log; 500/500 watts. Nothing heard in Russian. Night pattern has minor lobe SSW toward us, major to the NE:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/231879-3459.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, June 27 at 0518 UT, YL with religious talk in English if I null KMOX, soon losing out. No KEOR OK Spanish gospel talk or praise music to be heard tonight in that position. Seems about N/S, so probably the new KTXW Manor (Austin) TX, having flipped from Spanish, authorized for 155 watts night. Another possibility would be WTWZ Clinton MS, REL/GOS per NRC AM Log, but supposed to be 10 kW daytimer only. See DXLD 14-19:

``The Christian Preaching format of "The Word" KLGO Austin has found a
new home. KLGO had broadcast most recently on 1490 until the debut of
"Fringe 105.3" on April 19 moved the Classic/Texas Country KOKE-FM
programming to 1490. . . new home for the format, which will take place on Monday, May 12. The KLGO format will debut on what is now Regional Mexican "La Z" 1120 KTXW Manor``. Per FCC AM Query, calls on 1120 have remained KTXW. Its night pattern is supposed to have deep nulls from NW thru NE to SE, including us and KMOX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1220, June 27 at 0516 UT, ``WSLM, 97.9 FM with Kentuckiana weather`` from Accuweather, back to C&W music``. This Salem IN station has been cheating for months, obviously with 5 kW day power instead of 82 watts night. This gives it a great advantage over numerous other 1220 stations from Ohio to Kansas to Texas to Georgia, or beyond, which are allowed only low power at night to protect Cleveland, which itself has a tight null westward. In case WSLM is still observing its legal pattern, it`s a figure-8 slightly clockwise from east/west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 710-, June 27 at 0525 UT, KCMO has lo audible het [LAH], about the same/opposite DF, and I believe it`s on the lo side, probably Mexican. There are a bunch of possibilities, and IIRC this has happened before, but not sure if ever identified.

The MW Offset list (almost half of which is really LW) is no help,
http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
showing no Mexicans on 710 nor anything far enough off to produce a LAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1758 UT June 27

giovedì 26 giugno 2014

Glenn Hauser logs June 24-26, 2014

** BRAZIL [and non]. 5990, June 26 at 0117, no sign of RNA`s extra frequency tonite, nor vs Cuba on alternate 6000 --- tho at first I heard some co-channel talk, but it was just voice-under being translated. And 11780 is back in whack at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 19000, June 25 at 1235, CNR1 jammer and another poor signal, i.e. RFA Tibetan via Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 14295, June 26 at 0102, R. Progreso, music, harmonic, 3 x // 4765; poor but certain signal, tnx to tip from someone in ABDX inquiring about an unID 24 hours and 18 minutes earlier; at 0111 some digital QRM bursts presumably by angry ham. Much weaker by 0125.

On the odd-harmonic theory, could also appear on x 5 = 23825, but would have a harder time propagating after dark on its schedule of 0030-0400v only. Doubt we`ll ever hear it on the even harmonix, x 2 = 9530 or x 4 = 19060, but check just in case. 4765 sufficient but far from a supersignal to cause overload, so 14295 is certainly a real harmonic propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 11559-11577, June 26 at 0111, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, and fortunately (deliberately?) not QRMing any audible broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [non]. 11945, June 26 at 0109, fair signal, YL in central Asian language, music. Haven`t noticed this before? Aoki shows it`s RFA in Uighur, 500 kW, 50 degrees from UAE at 01-02. So of course it must be jammed by the ChiCom, but for once I am not hearing any of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E, analog TV DX June 24, UT:

1830 check, no DX, but:

2055 on 2, 3, 4, now there are some signals, CCI, more or less from the southwest

2103 on 4, novela? with Azteca-13 bug UR; loud audio

2104 on 3, World Cup football

2105 on 5 and weaker 6, algo video

As this point FM DX may be in, so switch to that on the porch; see U S A. After some FL stations fade out, back to TV:

2140 on 2, CCI, Spanish from south and algo on 3

2155 on 2, Televisa Espectáculos, from SSW? Clock in UR

2159 on 2, clip of Patrick Stewart guesting on Jimmy Fallon, in squeeze-o-vision

2200 on 2, entertainment magazine, clock in UR says 17:00 = CDT; no bug visible in LR; algo in LL

2202 on 2, tentatively Gala swirl bug in LR

2250 on 2, soccer fades in weakly

2302 on 2, ads, Azteca-7 Mundial promo (which could be on Azteca-13), Cámara de Diputados federal PSA; nothing more.

More feeble Es, June 25, UT:

1603 on 2, algo from south CCI

1623 on 2, football made out among the weak CCI; Mundial presumed

1650 on 2, YLs in studio chat show, CCI

1709 on 2, Azteca-7 bug in UR during football

weak signals in & out for the next hour or so
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1390, June 25 at 0551 UT past 0600, local KCRC is dead air instead of ESPN, a rare chance to hear something else but its 1 kW open carrier is still too strong, unlike 960 KGWA`s. Also possiblizes DX on 1400, but nothing resurrected from that graveyard (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. While searching for FM DX from FL as IDed on three channels, I note some OK info, June 24:

93.7, Stillwater, KSPI is still ``Hot 93.7``

103.5, Anadarko, KVSP RDS shows: POWER / 103.5 / 460-_1035. I guess that`s their phone number. I believe it`s a rimshooter into OKC

90.5, KGVV Goltry, and 98.5, K253BC Enid are // but 90.5 is 5 seconds behind 98.5. They are both relaying KLVV 88.7 Ponca City, altho WTFDA says 98.5 is relaying KHEV 90.3 Fairview, which is way on the other (west) side of Enid. I don`t think so. 90.3 is now getting blotted by the closer 90.5 signal; and 88.7 by a different Enid translator on 88.9 shifted from 89.1. The 98.5 translator is no longer necessary (if it ever was). (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. 15355, June 26 at 0123, fair signal in Arabic, as RSO has failed again to QSY to 9500 at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 26 at 0114-0115:16.5*, R. Chaski carrier with some modulation until cutoff, which is 11 seconds later than one binite ago, as timing marches on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. 15425, June 25 at 1202, JBA carrier, but none on any of the previous Radio Free Sarawak frequencies, 15430, 15420, 15460; better by 1223, poor with talk in presumed Iban, bits of music until 1230 with 3 or 4 tones and off. 15425 is the new frequency that Ivo Ivanov and Ron Howard have been hearing the past couple days, but surely it won`t replace jumparounding to avoid jamming (which is never audible here). Ivo believes the site to be Tainan, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, June 25 at 1158-1159:12*, SIBC carrier until autocutoff. Sometimes I awaken just in time to check this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, June 25 at 1231, VOT English on poor signal, but already in news about SOS Kerry, not imposing the Qur`an upon listeners in this language, unlike in Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7460, June 25 at 1205, ``VOA News Today`` in English, but merely as a liner during Korean service (they do that a lot), fair signal, and out of synch with // 9490 saying same syllables 4 seconds later. At 1245 I find that third frequency 15780 matches 7460, not 9490. That`s because 7460 and 15780 are via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, 21 degrees USward to the NNE, while 9490 is via TINIAN to its NNW. And 7460 replaced 7225 on May 7, no doubt to the relief of 40m hams in the western half of America, but was that why it moved? Doubtful (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1726 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday June 25 at 1315 after gh ID on 9955 for WRMI; fair signal and after the Taiwan collision finishes.

Also confirmed final airing June 25 at 2100 on webcast of WBCQ 7490v.

WORLD OF RADIO 1727 monitoring: confirmed first airing, UT Thursday June 26 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair with fading; also on webcast. Next:

Thursday 1230 on WRMI 9955
Thursday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
Thursday 2100 on WTWW 9475
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050 (last week from 0338, so stay tuned)
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2330 on WTWW 9930 (but not last week)
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 9495 (may be previous edition)
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW 5830
UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, June 24 at 2136, WTWW-3 is in French instead of dead air yesterday during this hour. But next check June 26 at 0101, dead air again, vs weaker CODAR pulsing, and still so at 0107, 0126 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, June 24 at 0105, WWRB has Brother Scare on this frequency instead of 3185 or 9370, presumably during breaks in other programming, and/or necessary due to problems with other transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. After unID Mexican analog TV DX up to channel 6, I am expecting some Mexican FM DX, but instead, June 24 UT:

2112 on 88.3, two stations fading in and out, one plugging Southeastern University, seu.edu and phone -8716. So which SE Univ would that be? Would you believe that nowhere on the homepage
http://www.seu.edu does it say WHERE IT IS??? You have to dig deeper. Surely the page VISIT SEU will have to show WHERE IT IS, right? WRONG! How about WHO WE ARE? Nope, just how very very Christian they are. Surely CONTACT US ---, yes a street address on a Google Map, 1000 Longfellow Blvd, and driving instructions from Orlando and Tampa; but WHERE IS IT? Must zoom out the map! It is LAKELAND, thank God, we finally know? So what 88.3 is there? There isn`t any in WTFDA DB. Where is the nearest FL 88.3 to there? So what are the coördinates of Lakeland? Google maps don`t care to show that. Get out my Rand McNally: approx. 28 N/82 W. Of the six 88.3 FL stations, this must be it at 28.3607 N/81.0537 W:

WPOZ, 88.3, Union Park FL, 13/13 kW, Z88.3, Adult Hits, ``Always sage for your little ears in the back seat!`` [sic], CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN

Unless SEU is reaching out to other 88.3 markets. Is WPOZ owned by SEU? Not exactly: FCC FM Query says Central Florida Educational Foundation; and BTW they have an APP for 100 kW. Lots of gospel huxter licensees masquerade as ``educational``. Recorded. 1785 km = 1109 stmi

2114 on 88.3, weather with hi 87, T-storms, maybe same station

2116 on 92.9, Q-92, Ocala ad, Martin`s Yamaha; 2122, Q-92 non-ID again, Number One. WTFDA shows: WMFQ, 92.9, Ocala FL, 50/50 kW, ``YOUR STATION FOR BIG OLDIES 92.9`` ``92 Q 92.9 FM TODAY'S BEST MUSIC`` HOT AC. Recorded. 1674 km = 1040 stmi city-to-city

2126-2128 on 96.5, overriding KECO Elk City OK: ``Flip this House`` A&E workshop in the Orlando area, 1-800 number, therefore: WDBO-FM, 96.5, Orlando FL, 99/99 kW, News/talk format // 580. Recorded. 1776 km = 1103 stmi

Searching FM for 8 more minutes, making only a few OKLAHOMA notes [q.v.], so quit FM and back to TV, see MEXICO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 550, June 25 at 0533 UT, Jim Bohannon show, had not noticed before here, on first repeat as it ends at 0500 UT; loops about NE/SW; so KTRS St Louis or KCRS Midland TX? Neither on the Jimbotalk station finder, in fact the only 550 being WSVA in Harrisonburg/Staunton VA, but it`s on the live run only until 0500 UT, so what`s it? KCRS website does not include Jimbo among hosts, but does have C2CAM. And KCRS does have a nighttime mull toward us, tho traces of it on daytime groundwave under KFRM. Mixing with Red Eye Radio from N/S, which must be KTSA San Antonio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0500 UT June 26

Special broadcasts of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran for Ramazan

IRAN   Special broadcasts of Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran for Ramazan:
1923-0120 on  7410 SIR 500 kW / 329 deg to WeAs Azeri   June 28-July 29
2153-2350 on  9610 KAM 500 kW / 250 deg to NEAf Arabic  June 28-July 29
2223-0050 on  6090 KAM 500 kW / 073 deg to CeAs Tajik   June 28-July 29
2253-2350 on  5940 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to N/ME Kurdish June 28-July 29
2353-0050 on  6000 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish June 28-July 29
0020-0120 on  9845 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to N/ME Turkish June 28-July 29
0123-0320 on  6060 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Azeri   June 28-July 29

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/special-broadcasts-of-voice-of-islamic.html
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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Glenn Hauser logs June 26, 2014

** BRAZIL. 11750 & 11810, June 26 at 0548, spurs from RNA 11780 are still here but much reduced, crackling barely detectable while fundamental remains supersig (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. ChiCom jamming morning of June 26 with degraded propagation:
16920, June 26 at 1336, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter
17170, June 26 at 1337, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter
19000, June 26 at 1337, CNR1 jammer, fair. None in the 18s, 14s, 13s, 12s, and only inbanders on 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11860, June 26 at 1313 and later, RHC`s missing frequency today. At 1419, noted 11760, 12010, 15340, 15370, 17580, 17730 with vocal music instead of stale revolutionary speeches, so also a schedule change on Thursdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, June 26 at 1327, KBSWR has curtailed `Seoul Calling` for part 2 of a series supposedly commemorating the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950y --- but it`s unrelated, all about a Korean medicine clinic in Sri Lanka, i.e. acupunxure.

Now in midsummer this is one of the best extracontinental signals on 19m in our mornings; all midwinter it will be zilch if they continue to resist lowering. Probably second only to VOA Korean 15780 from Philippines, which sensibly does go down to 9 MHz in the B-seasons (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Fitful sporadic E poking MUF barely into channel A2, June 26, UT:
1424 on 2, weak CCI peaking about SSW
1433 on 2, animation with Televisa-5 net bug in LR
1454 on 2, panda character visible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 9610-AM, June 26 at 0545, here`s Station YHWH with usual rant, about the Sabbath, poor-fair in noise level; off at 0554 recheck. Previously was on 9600, but you never know where he`ll go next. Frequency accuracy seems very good and almost always picks a spot clear of interference, which is more than can be said for some legitimate SW broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 550, June 26 at 0555 UT, another try at IDing the station with the `Jim Bohannon Show` as heard last night. Again from NE/SW, as he`s wrapping up this hour. I do doze off before 0600 UT, but awaken just in time to hear ID, ``The Big 5-50, KTRS, Saint Louis``, into ABC News, which is several seconds ahead of same on KTSA San Antonio (why in the world don`t big stations on same frequency coöperate and synchronize their programming?? To everyone`s advantage).

KTRS is the obvious station in that direxion, and the first thing I checked on the Jim Bohannon station finder, but it`s *still* missing:
http://www.jimbotalk.net/stationfinder;jsessionid=91C252C08B4470E7071E2B4AEBA8D883?action=stateSearch&state=MO&programID=0
and nothing else in St Louis. You`d think Jim would at least keep up with affiliates in his home state. I suppose this is a recent addition.

Unfortunately, the NRC AM Log 2013 on page xvii does not include Bohannon among ``Networks and Shows that they carry`` among many other national talkhosts.

What a shame that Jimbo lacks outlets in many major markets, where the corporate-controlled clusters would rather air far-right anti-American lunatix than a sensible MOR talkhost. But he is on many minor stations (in Oklahoma, only KXCA-1380 Lawton live; but something at 10:30:00 pm Sundays on KFAQ 1170? That doesn`t make sense).

BTW the station finder mixes in his other show `America in the Morning`, news magazine at 09-10 UT weekdays. Strangely, the (local) times are in the right column along with days of week, while most entries in the ``time`` column read ``null``.

Yes, my Google search on KTRS Saint Louis gets this top hit:
http://www.ktrs.com/jim-bohannon-to-be-heard-overnights-on-the-big-550-ktrs/
This is not a story with any text, ``written by Andrew Dowd``, but a 7:40 video, just dated today June 26, so we beat them to it yesterday.

It`s an interview with local host McGraw Milhaven and sidekickess, about coming on KTRS; says he started ``this week``, at midnight to 4 am (so 3 am CDT must be a repeat of the first hour). Jim explains how he got his big break subbing for Larry King when a mechanic left a wrench in a Cape Cañaveral rocket (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, June 0602 UT, Spanish from east/west is atop WSB making a fast SAH, no doubt KAMA El Paso TX as previously identified, way out of whack. Am I the only one who has noticed or cares? Certainly not WSB. It`s supposed to be only 1 kW at night direxional westward, but sounds like it`s 10 kW day power, non-direxional or even worse.

Here`s the night pattern plot:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/565598-73092.pdf
showing minimum at 85 degrees, maximum at 265 degrees! It`s dated 9 June 2014: like most of these plots via FCC AM Query, they show up with a very recent date as if they are constantly being updated, instead of set in stone once established. But this one is obviously imaginary compared to what we hear.

Is there anything in KAMA`s Correspondence folder about an STA allowing them to run 10 kW ND at night? No, but this dated April 11, *2013* allows them to run 250 watts ND due to tower damage:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=40468
``TLC states that on March 13, 2013 one of the nighttime only towers
was knocked down by a construction crew. Thus, TLC requests STA to operating [sic] non-directionally with a power of 250 watts during nighttime hours, which is 25% of the station's authorized nighttime power``

So now it looks like they have just recently upped power for this ND authorization already in effect. It`s been ``temporary`` for 14+ months now, and still haven`t replaced the tower? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1718 UT June 26

Videos on June 25

All times are in UTC

June 25
Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0700 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UzSvrkGj9E&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0731 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPFllqfta84&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0800 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGJBk4YpVt0&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0829 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuzakzYlBVk&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0900 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlmR3Q1jmHY&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 0930 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqAmdXifOYU&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1000 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpEikFBO00&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1030 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_cAG0Y-0sU&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1100 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PId1vFmXc1s&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1133 on new 11761 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQoap1V8C84&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf, World Cup 2014 Brasil-Nigeria vs Argentina 1633 on 17685 Ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZKaBphmhkM&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf, World Cup 2014 Brasil-Nigeria vs Argentina 1646 on 17685 Ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnSOGkS8NsQ&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf, World Cup 2014 Brasil-Nigeria vs Argentina 1703 on 17685 Ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XlzQE5rAb8&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf, World Cup 2014 Brasil, Nigeria vs Argentina 1732 on 17685 Ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kSO89RecQA&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf, World Cup 2014 Brasil, Nigeria vs Argentina 1751 on 17685 Ascension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hKF5Nv2i3s&feature=youtu.be

BBC in English and Hausa, World Cup 2014 Brasil, Nigeria vs Argentina 1709 UTC, see below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWMy1YrXlk&feature=youtu.be

Radio Dialogue in English, Shona, Ndebele to SoAf 1642 on 12105 Talata, open carrier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY5F0gh6E9k&feature=youtu.be

Radio Hilaac in Somali on 15180 and Radio EYSC Eritrean Forum in Arabic on 15245 at 1725
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6M28MOPgtQ&feature=youtu.be

Voice of Oromo Liberation in Oromo,Amharic 1729 on 13830 Issoudun, plus white noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmGN6odFxt4&feature=youtu.be


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

mercoledì 25 giugno 2014

Additional frequencies of BBC to World Cup 2014 in Brasil, update + videos

U.K.(non)   Additional frequencies of BBC to World Cup 2014 in Brasil:
English World Service
1530-1600 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Wed/Thu
2000-2100 on  3255 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on  6170 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on  9410 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on  3255 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2100-2200 on  6170 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2100-2200 on  9410 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2130-2400 on  5830 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Sat
2130-2400 on  9510 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Sat
2130-2400 on 11625 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Sat
2130-2400 on 12025 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf Sat
Hausa
1530-1800 on 17685 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Wed/Thu
2000-2200 on 12060 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Mon
Six videos from June 25 - Nigeria vs Argentina 2:3http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/additional-frequencies-of-bbc.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Surprisingly daytime reception of Ictimai Radio

Surprisingly daytime reception of Ictimai Radio with FM mode audio on shortwave
0700-1200 on 11761vUNIDentified tx site to CeAs Azeri. Ten videos from June 25:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/surprisingly-daytime-reception-of.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Some changes of Deutsche Welle from June 25

GERMANY(non)   Some changes of Deutsche Welle from June 25:
0800-0830 on 17800 DHA 250 kW / 050 deg to WeAs Pashto, ex KIG
0830-0900 on 17800 DHA 250 kW / 050 deg to WeAs Dari, ex KIG
1330-1400 on 15595 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to WeAs Dari, cancelled
1400-1430 on 15595 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to WeAs Pashto, cancelled
1800-1900 on 17860 MDC 250 kW / 305 deg to WeAf Hausa, ex 310 deg
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/some-changes-of-deutsche-welle-from.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Additional frequencies of BBC

U.K.(non)   Additional frequencies of BBC, probably World Cup 2014 Brasil:
English World Service
1530-1600 on 17830 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Wed/Thu
1530-1800 on 17685 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Wed/Thu
2000-2100 on  3255 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on  6170 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2000-2100 on  9410 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun
2100-2200 on  3255 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to SoAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2100-2200 on  6170 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2100-2200 on  9410 DHA 250 kW / 220 deg to CEAf Mon/Tue/Thu
2130-2400 on  5830 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to CEAf Sat
2130-2400 on  9510 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Sat
2130-2400 on 11625 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Sat
2130-2400 on 12025 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf Sat
Hausa
2000-2200 on 12060 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf Mon
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/additional-frequencies-of-bbc.html

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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Videos from June 23

All times are in UTC

June 23
Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1345 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTshy_MJT8g&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1415 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AvDE1-3sms&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1429 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvqs7hNS08&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1433 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1CnAzfLio0&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1444 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWr4zTMjaF0&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1448 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZj1NUIKMc&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1627 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPBsi5tJmU&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1635 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzwwJaAyHR4&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1646 on new 11760 UNID tx site, ex 9677,5v
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut762IIm6o4&feature=youtu.be

Ictimai Radio in Azeri 1658 on 11760 UNID tx, from 1702 blocked by R.Liberty in Russian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjcUhU3CgUo&feature=youtu.be

Radio Free Iraq in Arabic 0700 on 17690 Lampertheim, scheduled 0600-0730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-dCkT4daGM&feature=youtu.be

Radio Free Iraq in Arabic 0728 on 17690 Lampertheim, scheduled 0600-0730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZcsT8qYIxc&feature=youtu.be

BBC in French to WeAf 0619 on 9915 and 11865 Woofferton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTVZbWPG69k&feature=youtu.be

BBC in Hausa to WeAf 0657 on 15490 Woofferton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1W9SbThEI&feature=youtu.be

Brother Stair in English to Eu 1257 on 9400 via old tx in Kostinbrod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqVSDbS1s6Y&feature=youtu.be

China National Radio 13 in Uighur to CeAs 1413 on 9420 Lingshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ij5J5ca0U&feature=youtu.be

CNR1 jamming 1358 on 13795 MP4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWg83--U5g4&feature=youtu.be

ERT Open in Greek 1823 on 7450 and 15650 Avlis, 9420 is off, Iran in Arabic is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_2GGqEqgY&feature=youtu.be

ERT Open in Greek 1908 on 7450 and 15650 Avlis, 9420 is off, Iran in Arabic is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ-bKoNnguk&feature=youtu.be

Radio Dabanga in Sudanese Arabic 0555 on 11650 Santa Maria di Galeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqUFc73bbA0&feature=youtu.be

Radio Dardasha 7 in Arabic to NoAf 0615 on 11655 Nauen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SyFLdfht0s&feature=youtu.be

Radio Kuwait in Tagalog Filipino 1030 on 21580 Sulaibiyah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvBOXMFE_5I&feature=youtu.be

Radio Liberty in Russian to EaEu 0635 on 9635 Lampertheim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPHIIo0bcsg&feature=youtu.be

Radio Liberty in Russian to EaEu 1859 to 1902 on 11760 Lampertheim, scheduled till 1900
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4gImvPBKPE&feature=youtu.be

Radio Liberty in Russian to EaEu 1906 on 5995, 9850 Lampertheim, 7455 Udorn Thani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlL3LGKPjFY&feature=youtu.be

Radio Miraya Morning Music Show to CeAf 0550 on 11560 Grigoriopol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ijVfWqQQE&feature=youtu.be

Radio Oesterriech International in German to WeEu 0613 on 6155 Moosbrunn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_YBcaSLB5U&feature=youtu.be

WEWN 1 in English to WeAf 0559 on 11520 Vandiver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz0oVr63XCQ&feature=youtu.be

WHRI Angel 2 Brother Stair in English to WeEu 0601 on 7365 Cypress Creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzinjHF0BL4&feature=youtu.be

WHRI Angel 2 in English to WeEu 0557 on 11635 Cypress Creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ChX43u9qE&feature=youtu.be


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73!
Ivo Ivanov



QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Glenn Hauser logs June 22-24, 2014

** BRAZIL. 11750 & 11810, June 24 at 0120, *no* big (not bit) dirty spurs from RNA 11780; but at 0532 check, now they`re there, extremely distorted, plus much weaker but detectable ones at 2 x 30 kHz above and below: 11720 and 11840. Strangely seems to be a late-night defect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 21630, June 24 at 0538, JBA signal, as to be expected, since Tuesdays only at 05-06, RFA Tibetan via Tinang, Philippines is here. Or is it the jammer? MUCH weaker than:

21690, June 24 at 0538, CNR1 jammer with echo and mix, i.e. vs RFA Chinese via TINIAN daily.

15195, June 24 at 1323, Firedrake musical jamming over Chinese and SAH, fair-good; none in the 12s, 13s, 14s; but CNR1 jammer also VG with CCI on 15115, good with het on 15265

15495, June 24 at 1325, CNR1 jammer, fair until 1330*. Not often heard here; one must monitor during this half-hour only on Tuesdays and Thursdays due to BBC Uzbek via Oman, which the ChiCom feel they must jam, but is it despite, or in coöperation with despotic Uzbekistan?

15540, June 24 at 1326, CNR1 jammer, very poor with VOT het on hi side

15590, June 24 at 1327, CNR1 jammer, very poor with VOT het on lo side and none in the 16s, 17s, 18s or 19s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 19097-19122 approx., June 24 at 1329, OTH radar pulsing, poor-fair, but the 19 MHz OSOB, proving propagation presumably from here, altho nothing on 21 MHz and degraded on 17 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Audio of XHER, 92.9, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, sporadic E reception June 23 at 1652-1655 UT, as in previous report:
http://www.w4uvh.net/XHER.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Screen shots of TV DX in previous report:
XEFE, 2, Nuevo Laredo, circle 2 in UL with net-5 in LR, sorry, overexposed automatically, but may get an idea of it, 1757 UT June 22:
http://www.w4uvh.net/XEFE.jpg

XEPM, 2, Ciudad Juárez, LAS NOTICIAS, 1456 UT June 23:http://www.w4uvh.net/XEPM.jpg

Only signs of Es since last report, leaving TV set on A2 snow: June 24 at 0234 UT brief fade-in of novela; and algo again at 0249 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Area tropo enhancement brings RF21, June 24 at 1412 UT. HSN is decoding with antenna south; what`s this?! NO PSIP ID, just blank for 21-1, but has three more also blank: 21-2 with religious talk by FRANCES on the set, only clue being an email address to JSM.org; 21-3 is black with ``No video input`` and rapid digital clock in the UL including frames zipping by, just like we sometimes see on Enid public access TV, like 16:21:28.25 etc. (not the current time but the number of hours+ accumulating that there has been NVI!) However, there is JBA modulation, can`t make it out, but sounds like the fully modulated 21-4 with an ad for mops & buckets. W9WI.com reveals what this is: KTOU-LD, 4 kW ERP in OKC, but he has only 21.1 with HSN.

JSM means Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, but the sinful bawler`s TV channel is called SBN = Sonlife Broadcasting Network. So I enter an OKC zipcode in the Channel Finder,
http://jsm.org/channelfinder.html and what do I get? Only cable and satellite providers! They are so incompetent they don`t even know, or want us to know that they are on air 21.2 in OKC.

As for HSN, what in the world is the point of putting it on a subchannel of this LPTV, when it is also on RF 50 Ion`s fullpower 62.6 in OKC?? So I still don`t know what programming is supposed to be on 21.3 and 21.4 from KTOU. Who owns this sorry excuse for a TV station, anyway? FCC TV Query shows Mako Communications LLC, in Corpus Christi TX.

Had almost forgotten, but previously logged KTOU on 21 with HSN as in DXLDs 10-30, 11-03, 11-06, 11-07, 11-09, 11-23 shortly after their DTV transition.

While I have this in from OKC, I also check the other listed LP channels: ``bad `` signals on 19, 36, 45, 46 (Norman) --- of course could be from somewhere else like 45 Tulsa or Wichita; and NO signals on 17, 41, 48 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 26, June 24 at 1413 UT, KTENNBC on PSIP as 10-1, i.e. Ada`s station which is rarely seen here, altho nor far beyond OKC. Also KTEN-CW as 10-2. W9WI.com also has ABC on 10-3, but I didn`t find it. Back in the day on analog 10 only, KTEN was a joint ABC/NBC affiliate which led to all kinds of scheduling problems, especially prime-time.

Same market for CBS is KXII-12, originally Ardmore but today listed only under Sherman TX across the river; now only a bad signal from it(?) still on RF-12. Transmitter site is still in OK between Ardmore and Durant north of Lake Texoma (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 24 at 0114, R. Chaski carrier and some modulation audible, very poor, until cut off at 0115:05.5* which is 12 seconds later than on June 22; so June 23 was the date it reached the 0115 mark, just as I had predicted/projected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1726 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI-10, 9955, Tuesday June 24 at 1109, just as I mention the CCI from France via TAIWAN during this broadcast (and Thursday 1230)! At least we are atop that with SAH and Cuban pulse jamming, tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:

Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINIG DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, June 23 at 2132, WTWW-3 is in open carrier/dead air. I have been randomly checking this to try to build up the correct language schedule, but no luck now. Recheck 2233, still OC/DA but now with fast SAH. What other signal could be on 12105 now? Nothing listed in HFCC, EiBi or Aoki! 0119 UT June 24, *still* dead air during what is normally an English hour from SFAW but not // WTWW-1 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 550, June 24 at 0548 UT, poor but clear signal looping N/S with news about Kansas: kidnapping in Wichita, mosquitoes; KFRM Salina is a bigsig on daytime 5 kW groundwave with OK officially in its coverage area, but night power is only 110 watts; we are still in its pattern to the southwest. Normally swamped at night by St Louis or San Antonio which are somehow almost absent, neither with lobes favoring us anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6913-USB, June 24 at 0117, probable military net, caught just a few English spoken words, followed by digital transmission a minute later. Never before logged this frequency here. Usually in the area are Spanish, peskies? During bandscan looking for piracy, but none. A couple of UDXF yg logs this year by Jack L. Metcalfe say it`s a US Army MARS net (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1715 UT June 24

martedì 24 giugno 2014

Radio Free Iraq June 18-23

USA(non)   R.Free Iraq, instead of R.Free Afghanistan/R.Azadi in Pashto/Dari:
0600-0730 on 17690 LAM 100 kW / 108 deg to WeAs Arabic, only June 18-June 23.
Videos: 2 on June 20, 1 on June 21, 2 on June 23 - strong reception in Sofia:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/new-broadcast-of-ibb-radio-free-iraq.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Ictimai Radio

AZERBAIJAN   Frequency change of Ictimai Radio. Very awful modulation/audio
during the time period 13-19 at least and at other time, maybe even 24 hrs.
1300-1900 NF 11760 secret / hidden site to CeAs Azeri, ex 9677,5v. Between
1700-1900 totally blocked by R.Liberty in Russian. Other stations on 11760:
0000-0500 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba
0000-1200 on 11760 SZG 100 kW / 165 deg to CHN  Chinese China Nat.Radio 1
0023-0220 on 11760 KAM 500 kW / 274 deg to SoAm Spanish VOIRI/IRIB
0323-0520 on 11760 SIR 500 kW / 336 deg to WeAs Azeri   VOIRI/IRIB
1100-1500 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba
1200-1257 on 11760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English China Radio Inter
1300-1357 on 11760 KUN 500 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English China Radio Inter
1500-1530 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Esperanto Sun R.Habana Cuba
1700-1900 on 11760 LAM 100 kW / 055 deg to EaEu Russian Radio Liberty
1900-2000 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English Radio Habana Cuba
2000-2030 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm French  Radio Habana Cuba
2100-2400 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish Radio Habana Cuba

Strong QRM in Sofia from other stations on adjacent channels 11755/11765:
2030-2100 on 11755 ISS 250 kW / 165 deg to WeAf Yoruba Adventist World Radio
1500-1625 on 11765 EMR 500 kW / 092 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto/Uzbek VOTurkey
1900-2000 on 11765 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Radio TV Algerienne
2000-2005 on 11765 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf French Radio TV Algerienne
2005-2100 on 11765 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Radio TV Algerienne

Ten videos between 1345 and 1703 UTC on June 23:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/06/frequency-change-of-ictimai-radio.html


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73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

lunedì 23 giugno 2014

Glenn Hauser logs June 22-23, 2014

** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 23 at 1358, JBA tone, 1359 BB IS at imagination level; cannot hear any mistimesignal before 1400 but into talk, presumably opening Urdu. This has just not been propagating for weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11750 & 11810, June 23 at 0518, bit dirty extremely distorted strong spurs again from 11780 RNA which is somewhat distorted, overmodulated itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 21690, June 23 at 0504, poor, CCI, i.e. CNR1 jammer and RFA Chinese via TINIAN this hour only (but followed by Tibetan via UAE until 07 per Aoki).

More CNR1 jamming, morning of June 23:

11430, June 23 at 1227, CNR1 jammer, fair // 11785 but echo apart. A long time since I`ve heard any on 11430; none in the 12s, 13s, 14s

16920, June 23 at 1233, CNR1 jammer, very poor to JBA
18980, June 23 at 1235, CNR1 jammer, very poor to JBA
13970, June 23 at 1350, CNR1 jammer, poor-fair
16360, June 23 at 1353, CNR1 jammer, good
16920, June 23 at 1353, CNR1 jammer, good
17170, June 23 at 1355, CNR1 jammer, fair
18930, June 23 at 1355, CNR1 jammer, very poor with SAH from Kuwait
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9790, June 23 at 0511, huge open carrier, as the slopperators at RadioCuba have failed to turn off the CRI relay transmitter at 0500.

6000, June 23 at 0513, Arnie Coro has heavy SAH from an equally strong carrier on slightly different frequency --- and RHC is missing from 6100 --- so the slopperators at RadioCuba have put *two* transmitters (but only one audio heard) on 6000, and *none* on 6100! When DXUL is over at 0524, now 6100 is on but just barely modulated, and only one signal on 6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Monitored channel A2 for analog signs of sporadic E for about two hours June 22 before something faded in, from the south, all times UT:

1655 on 2, algo fades in

1707 on 2, looks like béisbol; at least the player is standing still unlike fútbol

1708 on 2, yes, it`s baseball, and more from the southwest; Pacífico bug in UR, oval with italic 3 in it. Therefore must be XHQ, Guamuchil, Sinaloa, the full-time relayer of XHQ, channel 3 in Culiacán --- and not one of the same group XHI stations which are on channel 2 in the first place, right? per
http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html
However, W9WI.com has this in the lo-power section, defaulting to 0 kW. Cantú`s TV section, which I rarely consult, does not even list this station. It seems there are a lot of relays in Mexico which are not in the official database. 1557 km = 957 miles to city of Enid

1719 on 2, now it`s fútbol, presumably Copa Mundial, with Azteca-13 bug in UR, and fades out by 1720

1724 on 2, now fades in Azteca-7 per bug in UR with film drama, from the south; out and in and out. This opening is not so frustrating as the big ones with a bunch of stations at once; now they are taking turns

1739 on 2, fade-in CCI from south

1747 on 2, fade-in Azteca 13; it`s Rusia vs someone in football

1753 on 2, TELEACTIVA bug in UR so XEFB-TV Monterrey; football but slo-mo, cheering, so replays rather than live; MUF not up to color burst so B&W only, and not much sound either

1757 on 2, movie with Televisa 5 bug in LR; looks like Mel Gibson is in it; also no color at first, then comes up. Close to south. Ahá, in addition to the net-5 bug in LR there is another bug in the UL, a 2 in a circle! Some 5 relayer is axually adding a local non-ID. At best fade-ins, as I try to photo, the 2 is inside two semi-circles, the top one blue, the bottom one red. It looks vaguely familiar. Now it`s alternating with another station:

1801 on 2, start a 30-minute program ``4 por 4`` which is about truck sports

1802 on 4, video only, game? show, from Azteca 13; only time I get anything but 2`s today. Soon gone

1804 on 2, program called `El Potro TV``, with f bug = Televisa 4

1808 on 2, big graphic says ``Viva El Brasil``, with even larger XEFE --- so it`s Nuevo Laredo; then net-5 promo; followed by Televisa 2 promo for Canal de las Estrellas. So in México they are fans of Brasil? Maybe México is already out of the Cup. XEFE goes with the circle 2 bug in UL seen earlier, but it is not same as the ``billiard ball`` design on Oglethorpe`s channel 2 page above, but which does agree that XEFE carries some Televisa-5 programming

1815 on 2, the net-5 bug in LR is covered up briefly by something small and animated, including a clock

1827 on 2, ad for an optician at Guerrero y Gutiérrez, following glimpse of US bunting or flag, so maybe this or preceding ad was for something in Laredo TX

1830 on 2, the 4 by 4 show is back mixing

Lunch break, and at next check 1859 algo fades in, but nothing more

Another opening morning of June 23, UT:

1452 on 2, I am aimed NE in keeping with likely PTA per 6m Es maps, but as something fades in, it`s in Spanish with a studio talk, so rotate back to SW. Yet again, 6m maps do not do justice to Mexico. Clock in MDT lower-right, 8:53 at 1453 UT also with rotating temps for Chihuahua places: JUA, CUAU, CHIH, PARR; illegible crawler abottom, peaks to very good level

1453 on 3, algo as MUF climbs; 1454 N bug in LL, NOTIVISA on set, and 7:53 clock = PDT, so it has to be XHBC Mexicali, but soon gone, and never seen again in this opening, everything from further east/south. 1663 km = 1033 miles to Enid city

1455 on 2, ad for some event in the Sun Bowl of El Paso, so as above it`s certainly XEPM-TV, Juárez and not Chihuahua city. Juárez is only 947 km = 588 miles from Enid, or 57% of the distance from Mexicali

1456 on 2, same station XEPM with LAS NOTICIAS across the screen but left and right letters cut off, photoed; so originally HD?

Then the CCI grows on channel 2 as the opening strengthens

1515 on 2, soccer promo, probably Azteca 13; heavy CCI

1526 on 4, Azteca-7 bug UR, soccer interview briefly in English, back to Spanish from southwest. Generally I am refraining from guessing stations from networks, listings, PTAs, but once again W9WI.com has only two 7s-on-4, the more likely one being XHNCI-TV, 19.86 kW from Manzanillo, Colima, rather than XHPSO-TV, 40 kW from Matías de Romero, Oaxaca. I am still wondering if there is really another one further north/west. None shown on the map at
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/TV4.pdf
database unknown, and these maps unfortunately cut off north of Oaxaca and the rest of extreme southern Mexico. 2025 km = 1258 miles from Manzanillo to Enid cities, certainly a possible path

1527 on 2, English! feel-good `on the road` feature originally from CBS guy about Alzheimers, outro in Spanish ``qué lindo``, so was probably subtitled. Until then I was wondering if I was getting Canada off the back at same time

1530 on 4, Televisa-2 star bug in LR, plug/ad for FUD; 1531 ad to the tune of Hallelujah Chorus for ``Protección Feminina`` with American football gear (unnecessary?), ha ha. Next ad for Six Flags Mexico, featuring a ``roller-coaster`` ahora abierta, necessarily employing English terminology (has anyone attempted to translate that device?). Where is this? Probably México DF. Is Mexico really a 6-flags place in history like so many American states? I imagine that only 5 or too many 7 would not deter the branding; who cares about historical accuracy?

1538 on 4, Azteca-13 bug UR, cooking show about sushi

1541 on 6, algo video shows briefly

1547 on 2, that hearing aid infomercial again, but mixing with soccer audio; 1557 it`s by AUDIOTECH

1600 on 2 and 4, signals continue with CCI, but nothing identifiable thru hourtop

1614 on 4, A-13 studio/game show

1619 on 4, cooking segment, on tortellinas, no bugs but probably same as above; yes, then into `Corte Informativo`, news headlines about flooding in Coahuila, another disaster in another state, from Azteca Noticias

1622 on 4, Televisa Deportes, en vivo, soccer; also on 5 in and out

1629 on 87.75, trace of Spanish on channel 6 audio

1644 on 88.5, Spanish overcomes OKC station, plug some event on 26 de junio; noticias about municipio de Chihuahua, 1647 outro as RadioRama, M-N Noticias, fade out. WTFDA db, back in business since at least June 22, shows XHDI-FM, 10/10 kW, ``La Nueva`` + AM on 1360; and so does Cantú; but beware searching the WTFDA db as there are misspellings such as here, ``Chichahua`` in the city field. 1156 km = 716 miles

1650 on 87.75, out to the porch for FM DXing on DX-398 waving the whip around: again a bit of Spanish, now fútbol

1652 on 92.9, no further Mexican Es signals tuning above 88.5 found (all frequencies blocked or with ACI), until here: 8 para las 11 TC by YL DJ, in $tereo, and RDS already IDs it as: ESTEREO 92.9 FM XHER and also with TEMP 16C! (It can`t be that cold on a Chihuahuan summer day, and weather.com lookup at 1847 UT shows 95F, more like it)

1654 ``Chihuahua vive Seguro`` state government PSA. Air conditioner ad somehow associated with El Mundial, yelling goooooaaaal; ``Estéreo Romance`` singing ID, YL timecheck. WTFDA FMDB shows it`s in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, 9.53/9.52 kW H & V, ESTEREO ROMANCE + AM 990. I have logged their AM, XEER 990 several times. Distance 1225 km = 761 miles. Recorded until 1655 fadeout, link forthcoming, and with no more FM in a few minutes, back inside to TVs:

1703 on 2 and 4, heavy CCI, including World Cup coverage

1705 on 5, poor signal but animation from Televisa 5 bug in LR: it`s those evil penguins again. Title is really, based on the movie, ``Los Pingüinos de Madagascar``, scheduled on 5, M-F 11:30 am-12:30 pm CDT

1723 on 5, World Cup live; bug in LR has the generic Televisa horizontally-squashed oval, with VIVO above it, and DEPORTES below it. But it`s not live at the moment with a slo-mo replay

1737 on 2 & 4, heavy CCI; 5 with another caricatura show

1739 on 5 & 4, World Cup audio not synchronized, Chile vs somebody. That reminds me of reports that R. Cooperativa relay on 12365-USB has been reactivated for these momentous events, so I go out and try to hear it at 1741, but not. It may well be on but not propagating at this hour. Better luck if there`s an evening match

1808 on 2, Televisa-5 animation; not much on 3 or 4

1821 on 4, Azteca promo, novela, A-13 bug UR, peaks VG snow-free; in and out and still going past 1843

1843 on 2, mostly CCI, not much on 3 today despite signals on 2 and 4

1913 on 2, weak CCI is all that`s left.

1920 on 2, weak Televisa Deportes fade in with fútbol audio. More to come? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725-AM, June 23 at 0509, no signal from RNZI nor DRM on 11685-11695. These are supposed to start at 0459. RNZI used to warn of scheduled down time on their website but I can`t find any now; the remote transmitter site is unhumanned, so when something goes wrong it takes a while to send someone out there. Might have been on two wrong frequencies, unsearched for. Something in English on 9700 after 1200, so evidently fixed by then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 9740, June 23 at 1210, BBCWS via SINGAPORE, interesting interview with a scientist who thinks immortality, or much prolonged lifespans are within reach of some alive today. Not 100% copy on this poor signal intended to prevent North Americans from listening to BBCWS. Then comes the hard part: finding the programme title and link to it on the website. From bbcworldservice.com I first have to pretend I am listening from somewhere in their shortwave coverage. How about Tokyo? No, ``Sorry, we are unable to find any broadcasts to Tokyo, Japan``!!! Yet, once I have given up, a programme schedule for Tokyo shows up for 6195, close enough, with Monday 1205 UT as HARDtalk but no direct link to this episode. I have to search again and finally find it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0211msj
``Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation - Aubrey De Grey
Availability:    7 days left to listen
Duration:        25 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 23 June 2014

Imagine life without ageing. You could live for hundreds of years with the mental and physical attributes of your 25-year-old self. Would you be tempted? Hardtalk speaks to a scientist and futurologist who believes it is a proposition that 21st Century biotechnology will soon be able to deliver. Aubrey de Grey's Californian research foundation is spending millions of dollars in a bid to conquer the ageing process. Is his vision inspiring, daft, or downright dangerous?``

What is SENS? Wiki knows: ``Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence``. And ever notice how BBC uses words like ``Californian``, a lot more than Americanians do? How about ``New Yorkian?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 20000, June 23 at 1356, WWV with good signal. At less than 500 miles, it takes a sporadic E opening to audiblize this here. I`ve yet to hear it on 25000, including now --- is that still active? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1726 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast, UT Monday June 23 from 0301, and also JBA in the storm noise level on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB before 0330. Next:

Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955 (still with CCI from France via TAIWAN?)
Wednesday 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, June 22 at 2352 check, WTWW-3 now in tonal African language, presumably Yoruba, where it`s almost 1 am in Nigeria. Now regularly followed by Russian at 00-01 UT, i.e. 3-4 am in Moscow. Such scheduling might seem counterproductive for targets, but convenient for such speakers in North America. FCC A-14 registrations shows this is 40 degrees for CIRAFs 4, 9 and 18, i.e. all of Canada east of Manitoba, and --- Scandinavia (plus Finland, but not Iceland) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1929 UT June 23