** ALBANIA. 7425, Oct 23 at 0156, weak S5 signal mostly open carrier, but enough
very low modulation in Spanish to match it to 7365, i.e. Radio Martí, Greenville
NC USA. I`m checking this carefully on behalf of R. Tirana, Albania, which was
planning to use 7425 for English to North America at 0230-0300 UT Tue-Sat in
B-15, now only a few days away.
The US 7425 signal is a result of
intermodulation between the 7365 Greenville transmitter, and another one there
on 7305 which I tuned first at 0154 to find an S9+40 level open carrier prior to
Vatican Radio relay at 0200 --- but with a little bit of R. Martí Spanish
modulation bleeding onto 7425! There should be a match on 7245.0 where I do also
detect a just-barely-audible carrier, but with LSB QRhaM. The formula is 2B - A
and 2A - B, or put more simply, leapfrogs 60 kHz above and below the two
intentional frequencies 60 kHz apart.
Once Vatican is modulating on 7305,
I check 7425 again at 0204 Oct 23: the signal and mixing modulation levels are
still very low, but I can make a match with both 7305 Vatican and 7365
Martí.
GB plans to continue on these two frequencies in B-15, 7365 until
0400, and 7305 until 0245, which means the 7425 mix would interfere with half of
the R. Tirana broadcast.
Therefore, R. Tirana needs to go to another
frequency. 7465 is well-established for them on other transmissions, including
in B-15 English at 2100-2130 Mon-Sat to Europe (and North America beyond), and
0000-0100 daily Albanian to North America. During the 0230-0300 period, 7465 is
presently clear; however, extremely strong WRMI on 7455 can splash upon it, and
some receivers may have trouble separating them.
Therefore I am
recommending Tirana use 7470, which is also clear of any other interference as
is adjacent 7475. Greece has not made any HFCC registrations, but if it should
show up on 7475 this winter, it should concede or Tirana should go back to 7465.
As for interference on the upper side, more weak Cuban pulse jamming is around
7480, above which there is also splatter from 7490v WBCQ; and at 0258 there is
weak RTTY on 7477.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL.
11856.27 approx., Oct 23 at 0216, R. Aparecida here, after having drifted down
closer to 11856.2 last few days instead of 11856.3 where it had been for a
while, instead of 11855+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
BRAZIL. 9723.87 approx., Oct 23 at 0228, Radio RB2 has been drifting further and
further downward from 9725, now below even 9724; not necessarily a bad thing
since there is nothing on 9725 to het it, and splash from Romania 9730 is heavy.
Apparently Aparecida a parallel on 11856.27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB, Oct 23 at 0242 UT, S5 signal with English
marine weather by synthetic YL voice. CCG site shows at 0240 it`s VCS Halifax
via Sambro site, while one hour earlier it`s via Chebogue.
(Also tried
for the 2582-USB Iqaluit/Resolute 0205 broadcast around 0212, but no dice when
it should not have finished yet) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 570, Oct 23 at 0251, R. Reloj timesignal for 10:50 is
about 0.5 second slow compared to WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9315, Oct 23 at 0221, NO signal at all from R. Cairo in
English, where it`s been in A-15 tho hardly modulated. Not heard on 9860 either,
both of which are registered alternatives for A-15 and B-15. A third alt for
A-15 is 9720, which I did not remember until uplooked later, but noticed nothing
on it either when I was bandscanning from 9710 Cuba to 9723.87 Brasil.
Propagation MUF is certainly down over this wintering nightpath, yet I can still
detect Cairo Arabic on 9965.12 at 0232, poor signal, and just barely modulated
with whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Oct
23 at 0222, VOG is on tonite, good at S9+20 with Greek music, whilst whiny 9935v
is off tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9510.0,
Oct 23 at 0223, VIRI presumed Arabic on poor S8 signal, but with constant whine,
not same pitch, but much like what Greece accomplishes on 9935; wonder if same
model transmitter? In B-15 look for this on 6060 instead vs CUBA and also
subject to jumping 1-2 kHz above frequency, until 0230 (not -0030 as I said on
WOR 1796); and after 0230 on 9895 per sked via Büschel, a special Arabic
service:
0230-0530 7370kam 9895zah "Al-Quds TV"
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 12025, Oct 23 at 0219 just as I tune in some
Spanish on poor signal, it cuts off the air at 0219.3* --- VIRI of course, A-15
scheduled 0020-0220, 500 kW, 304 degrees from Kamalabad. Trouble is, they
weren`t quite finished speaking from the studio. B-15 tentative Spanish sked,
via Wolfgang Büschel:
SPANISH 0020-0220 7225kam 9445kam
0220-0320 7225kam
0520-0620 13865sir 15530kam
2020-2120 6195kam 7400sir
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
PERU. 5980, Oct 23 at 0107, R. Chaski JBA carrier, until autocutoff at
0108:25.5* which is 13 seconds later than 48 hours ago, averaging 6.5 per.
Usually I`m running the NRD-545 with ALA-330S, but tonight I am also getting
just enough of it on the FRG-7 with 100` E-W longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7270.0-USB, Oct 23 at 0237, the contrarian
USB net on 40m has Gary, west of Denver City, KG0FI, using 60-70 watts to a
dipole, good signal in contact with stalwart W9RAN. KM6AB also mentioned. Well,
altho not fonetik, I thought KG0FI was correctly copied, but ARRL no hits it;
does have only two other hams in Denver City TX itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1796 monitoring: confirmed
second SW broadcast, Thursday Oct 22 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, sufficient. Also
confirmed UT Friday Oct 23 at 0100 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, good. Next:
Fri 2130
WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW
Fri 2330 WRMI 5850 to
NW
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat
1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 2300 WRMI
11580 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100
WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
9974.93 approx., Oct 23 at 0233, KVOH with Pat Conrad promising us some Count
Basie, but first, some ``Good News`` --- I wonder, do all the jazz performers
featured have to be Christians? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 560, Oct 23 at 0251 UT, Jim Bohannon going into a long
commercial break until about 0255 UT, presumably his old station KWTO
Springfield MO. After non-matching PSAs/ads, then find // 690 KGGF Coffeyville
KS but 6 seconds behind it. Anyhow, two stations around here carrying Jimbo`s
first hour live, and probably the other two; altho KWTO is not as solid as you
would expect with a night lobe aimed slightly south of here (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1060, Oct 23 at 0158 UT, I am listening to
music in Spanish hoping for a ToH ID from presumed KXPL El Paso TX. (This is
following up my Sept 26 log at ``0148 UT, ranchera music, WSW/ENE, 0151 UT segué
romantic tune, 0154 UT another segué``). Since then I frequently hear what must
be this with nothing but music, now continues past 0201 UT and starting with
ranchera, nothing but segués at 0206 UT, 0209 UT, 0217 UT ``My Way`` in
instrumental EZL version, 0219 UT, 0224 UT.
Only QRM was briefly at 0200
UT instead of an ID from this, some English station with ABC News --- a few
intriguing possibilities for that (KIJN Farwell TX, remember, is gone from
1060.)
The music loops slightly CCW from east/west, which fits for EP,
and there are no other SS US or Mexican stations in those direxions with the
possible exception of KRUZ in Arkansas, 500-watt daytimer which is supposedly
silent since April and never logged here (despite attempts during a supposed
brief activation with its temporary wire antenna earlier this year).
2015-2016 NRC AM Log shows KXPL as SS:NWS/TLK, ``Radio El Paso-Juárez,
con su música`` which would appear to be contradictory.
How about
Wikipedia? Surely outdated as ``La Voz 1060``:
which
linx to:
``A brand
new radio station of it’s [sic] kind in El Paso, La Voz 1060AM initiated on
February 1st of 2008. This station is dedicated to provide news and informative
content to the Spanish language listener [sic] in our region. Programs range
from three (3 [sic]) local newscasts to audience interactive community help
shows through; [sic] call _ [sic] response, forums and psychology/medical
help.``
As of last February, while it still existed, Cantú site listed it
as ``Radio NET 1060`` --- yes, even tho it`s really a US station. NOT in the
2014 IRCA Mexican log --- since it`s really a US station. Incomplete US MW
listings in WRTH 2015 give bare-bones info, call, power, address, no slogans or
even language.
Now we`re getting somewhere with Radio-locator.com as of
today:
KXPL-AM 1060 kHz
El Paso, Texas
"Radio Sol Energía
Musical"
Station Format: Spanish
Website: none
FCC AM Query doesn`t
deal either with any programming info such as slogans or language. But all agree
it`s a 10 kW daytimer, and FCC with sunset/sunrise info here converted to
UT:
October 0030-1315 UT
November 0000-1330 UT
The DX-398 was
running with this while I was bandscanning on the NRD-545, with KXPL
all-music-all-the-time jukebox at least until 0230 UT, but around 0240 I realize
I am no longer hearing it, so maybe signed off two hours late, but never any
announcements heard.
Looks like it`s following the example of 1120
Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK, KETU, a.k.a. KEOR --- yes, I`m still hearing its
Mexican music with nary an announcement. What`s the deal with these, anyway, tax
write-offs? Can`t be earning any money with no commercials, and if they are
paying for music licensing (what else?), not to mention electrical fluid, they
must be operating at a loss.
I still want to hear a KXPL or Radio Sol
Energía Musical ID. Is that too much to ask? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5831-SSB, approx., Oct 23 at 0042, very weak 2-way,
can`t even tell language but Spanish most likely. They will get blown away
within a sesquihour once WTWW intrudes on 5830 in this fixed band (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0529 UT October 23
