** BRAZIL. 11745 & 11815, May 27 at 0608, crackling spurs are still here. I
have relented and not logged/reported them every night heard, which is: every
night. At this time the RNA/RNB fundamental 11780.2v is overmodulated/distorted
which only worsens the spur output. Turn down the damn modulation
level!!
11710 & 11745 & 11815, May 28 at 0639, cracking spurs not
only of the first order but also the second order are emanating from the even
more overmodulated/distorted 11780v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 18990, May 27 at 1344, JBA carrier either
from CNR1 jammer or scheduled target, RFA Tibetan, always 78 degrees via Kuwait
during this hour on Wed & Sat. BTW, HFCC shows different antennas: on Wed
it`s a type 146 with no slew; on Sat it`s a 216 with an 8 degree slew; why?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 17615, May 27 at 0615,
very poor, music maybe ME with flutter, then announcement. Per HFCC this could
be either CRI in German via Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, or CRI in Chinese via
Kunming southwards, so likely the former (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 13850, May 27 at 0609, R. Cairo, good signal in Arabic
but suptorted, unlistenable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
GERMANY [non]. 17720, May 27 at 1324, surprised to hear DW IS seeking brothers,
fair signal, but off at 1326 check. I would not have been surprised had I
remembered this from Ivo Ivanov:
``GERMANY(non) Test transmissions of
Deutsche Welle from May 26 to 28:
0750-0758 15215 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs
English
1315-1328 17720 TRM 250 kW / 355 deg WeAs DWL, IS
1320-1328 15215
DHA 250 kW / 045 deg WeAs Hausa, co-ch KSDA Bengali``
So this was via SRI
LANKA; what will ensue? (Glenn Hauser, OK, LISTENING DIGEST)
**
GUATEMALA. 4055, May 28 at 0535, carrier detectable from R. Verdad, but nothing
more in heavy storm noise level. Dr Madrid had just notified me at 0412: ``Radio
Truth is on the air already, with 800 watts and much stability. Praise God and
Engineer Ralph Borthwick, from Canada. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad y
Radio Verdad TV``. Let`s hope he also improved the modulation while he was at it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, May 27 at 0642
UT, romantic music in Spanish, loops WSW, fast SAH against others. Presumed XEP
Juárez, Chihua2, but since it`s dominating the frequency, I can`t believe it`s
on 200 watt night power instead of 38 kW day.
BTW, Fred Cantú`s http://www.mexicoradiotv.com site is
still ``temporarily unavailable``. I fear it is permanently (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. Channel 2, at turn-on May 28,
1456 UT, weak signal looks like Es and it`s fading some --- NO, it`s cable
radiation (I have too many amps, splitters, cables and devices!) of KAUT RF 40,
``43`` as still on Suddenlink analog cable 2 viewed // on another set.
However:
1510 UT May 28 on 2, now there really is Es from Mexico, making
almost zero-beat with cable rad, and overcoming it, or producing low-audible
heterodyne of the video bleeding into the audio (may we assume that all analog
cable channels are precisely zero-offset? No need to be otherwise).
Clearly visible is digital clock in lower right reading CDT a minute
slow: at 1510 UT, 10:09; at 1512 UT, 10:11! It`s a studio chat between standing
W & M, I suspect something about fashion the way she is displaying. On the
backdrop is the word CALLE, presumably show or segment title. Finally at 1513 UT
I tentatively make out the Gala swirl bug partly off-screen in the extreme lower
right beyond the clock; and then fades out.
Oh oh, it seems that
w9wi.com has deleted all Mexican listings on channel 2, probably all channels!
He does have linx to Cofetel, but those don`t work; nor to Cantú, which is still
inaccessible and maybe closed permanently. That leaves us with maps such as
this:
incomplete
geographically and likely outdating too, but some Televisa 9`s on 2 include
XHHMA in Sonora and XHAGU in Aguascalientes --- but Gala programming is
typically also relayed by Televisa-local channels.
A bit of googling
suggests that XHY-TV in Yucatán, a.k.a. Gala TV Mérida, debuted in January 2014,
a 9 am-1 pm show called ``Calle 60``. XHY is a not uncommon catch here, and not
far off my antenna heading. At peak I was also getting something on channel 4,
but not 3, which also fits for Mérida.
6m Es map is now showing only TX
to FL east-west contacts, including a couple from NE Mexico to FL, but I am
getting north-south (roughly: antenna stuck about 170 degrees so can`t jockey it
for a better reading of source). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 11725, May 28 at 0537, open carrier
from RNZI, but on adjacent 11730 NHK in French I am hearing sweeping tones of
varying pitches, presumably 5+ kHz hi audio frequencies coming out of the
adjacent Enzedder undergoing another of its Thursday maintenance breaks.
However, I am not hearing them circa 11720 where there is nothing to beat
against. A few minutes later RNZI is back to programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120-, May 27 at 0613, VON English with
good AM signal slightly on the lo side, chants undermodulated but not
distorted.
9690- & 7255-, May 27 at 0605 check, NO signals from VON
Hausa, another off-day; while African propagation is funxional: 9575 Morocco and
7285 South Africa.
9690 & 7255, May 28 at 0615, now carriers
detectable in heavy storm noise level here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.1, May 27 at 0113 UT, good stereo signal from
local translator K206CA on Oasis Network which blox public radio KMUW from
Wichita or KYCU Clinton, or anything else, with gospel music as I tune in, then
modulation cuts off, and on and off; back on at 0122 next check playing praise
music in Spanish --- didn`t know they did that, but Oasis is after all a Spanish
word as well as English, a language resumed with the next tune. Anyhow, another
instance of K206CA losing modulation. When on, the audio is fine with no CCI so
unseems muting due to QRM on input from KNYD or KMSI. Maybe instead caused by
power glitches. There are storms in the state (as always!), but not in this
immediate area (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA.
1640, May 28 at 1316 UT, open carrier, dead air except for hum, from KZLS
Enid/Hennessey/OKC. Ho, hum, not at all unusual for them; what a sorry excuse
for a radio station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA.
21630-FM, May 28 at 1310 UT, I am hearing some FM station ``relayed`` centered
here, spreading approx. 21550-21700 in extreme distortion as received on the
AM-mode FRG-7. Some unknown neighbor again has tuned their FM radio to favorite
101.9 KTST OKC, which is the first thing I check for a // and it matches. The
radio`s ~10.7 MHz IF is radiating this on its second harmonic, with considerable
deviation from nominal 21.4 MHz. KTST is mostly jock talk now, despite RDS
display as I tune it in directly: TWISTER / TODAY`S / NEW / COUNTRY. If this is
still on after 1400, it will seriously QRM BBC Ascension on 21630; nothing else
audible fundamentally on 13m yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 104.5, May 28 at 1347 UT, classical music easily
heard in stereo from new KZZW Mooreland, with area tropo enhancement; it`s
``Carnival of Venice`` on flute with orchestra. RDS display is constant and
static with only: KZZW, at left margin, not even centred. Seems the music is
never identified, as segué 1355 to ``Blessèd Assurance`` on harp, but 1356
already non-ID as ``In Balance Music`` (as explained in my previous report).
More music over hourtop until 1402 KZZW Mooreland ID and into `USA Headline
News`. One minute of it before commercials, then another 30 seconds of news,
more ads, and after that, as always into ``news`` of hot-button topix for
far-right religious fanatix, the scarcely hidden political agenda of USA Net.
1406.5 back to classical music --- no, it`s one of countless versions of
``Aleluya``. This is all too insidious. BTW, whenever I hear Christians parlant
about blessing, I can`t help but think of what blesser means in
French
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, May 28 at
1306, VOT in English is poor-fair, partly readable, better than usual, 1307
theme and into Question of the Month, which is about wrestling. There`s no way I
could have understood or copied the three Turkish names as multiple-choice. But
anyone has a 33.33% chance of winning by guessing. Would they accept ``the
second one`` as an entry, rather than citing the name? After that you presumably
have to be lucky in a draw for a souvenir.
TRT website is no longer
helpful! Alan Roe of WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST,
reports
to the DXLD yahoogroup:
``V of Turkey. I've noticed recently that all
links to
now
redirect to
where there is absolutely no mention of the Voice of Turkey radio service.
It is possible to access the live stream of the English service via
but the old podcast
links no longer work, and I can find nothing to provide programme or frequency
information on their websites.
I e-mailed VoT, and received this reply
from Seher Cemre Aytekin from the English section:
"As of April 25, TRT's
newly launched English channel, TRT World has taken over the website. As the
Voice of Turkey Radio, we have no authority over the content of the website. We
have not been informed so far whether the new website will include VOT
broadcasts or podcasts in the future. Currently, we are providing these
materials via our broadcasts. We express our regrets for the
inconvenience."
The live streams continue on trt.net.tr as
follows:
English is usually via the VOT World stream:
except
at 1630 when English is via the VOT East stream:
The
Turkish (TSR) stream is at:
Hope
that helps! Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1774 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday May
27 at 1325 on WRMI 9955, some guy talking about Greenland`s OYR; fair signal, no
jamming for the 1315 broadcast. Also confirmed Wed May 27 at 2100 on webcast of
WBCQ 7490.
WORLD OF RADIO 1775 monitoring:
first SW broadcast
presumed Thu May 28 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; next:
2100 UT Thursday WRMI
7570
2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770
2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570
0630 UT
Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1930vUT Saturday
WA0RCR 1860-AM
0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [last week: from about
0400-]
2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 [irregular]
2300 UT Sunday WRMI
11580
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
1100
UT Tuesday WRMI 9955
0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
1315 UT Wednesday
WRMI 9955
1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ
7490v
[update to the final item about Art Bell going on WBCQ from July
20: Dr Becker reconfirms that, but deconfirms that Bell would be on AWWW this
week about it]
For all our broadcasts on all media see
Access
to podcasts, latest and previous shows:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13564 approx., May 27 at 0611,
K6FRC beacon is very poor but enough to copy definitely in CW vs CODAR, sending
nothing but call over and over from California; no other beacons audible in the
13550-13570 HIFER band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
1080, May 27 at 0640 UT, KRLD Dallas has QRM with fast SAH, and ID as ``Rock
105, The Kastle``. I spell it with a K since NRC AM Log shows KSLL Price UT, as
// K285AB 104.9, ``Rockin` the Kastle with Classic Rock``, and AM stereo.
Trouble is, this is licensed as a 10 kW non-direxional daytimer!! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1735 UT May 28
