** ANGUILLA. 6090, Nov 7 at 0715, CB with open carrier/dead air, while 5935 WWCR
is nominal with DGS utterances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CHINA. 9620, Nov 6 at 2250, S5 Chinese echoing. Therefore it`s a couple of CNR1
jammers against inaudible IBB Chinese, 332 degrees from Tinang, Philippines,
scheduled this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CHINA. 7410, Nov 7 at 1357, S9+10 Japanese with piano music, giving contact
info, from a ``Hoso desu``, and did I hear Shiokaze mentioned? As it`s now
scheduled 13-14 here, but at 1400 CRI theme and opening Japanese. I had tuned
away briefly at 1359/1400 to check 7355 New Zealand, so there could have been a
station/site switch on 7410. But CRI Japanese is also at 13-14 on 7410. Hard to
imagine Shiokaze staying on this ill-chosen channel much longer (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15140, Nov 6 at 1920, RHC is choking in
Arabic, instead of English, first indication that they have gone to B-16
scheduling a week late, in order to coördinate with DST shift like USA, as a
running dog of Yanqui imperialism. So English on 15140 should now be at 20-21
UT, unchecked yet.
As of Nov 7, has their embedded pdf frequency schedule
at http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
been
updated? Of course not! But my further monitoring shows:
11880, Nov 6 at
2242, English now during this hour instead of 23+ UT, as usual during B-seasons,
yes, moving an hour *earlier* instead of later by UT. This also divorces it from
the Tropical 5040 English which does move an hour later to start at 0000, altho
not confirmed yet. 2256 recheck, now dead air on 11880, crashed, or finished
early?
6075, Nov 6 at 2245, RHC reactivated here in Spanish, S9 // 11760.
This replaces 9710 in the tarde, just like last B.
6075, Nov 7 at 0536,
RHC is still on here but in English! Weaker than 6060, and also // 6000, 6100,
6165, best on 5040 --- and at 0547 I find 9535 is also still on and in English!
Unknown yet whether these normally Spanish-only frequencies did this due to
confusion on the first day of standard time, or an intentional extension. Final
recheck at 0658 finds 5040 still on, 6060, 6075 and 9535 off; 6000, 6100 and
6165 still on but all gone shortly after 0700. (On UT Sundays only, one of them
stays on with Esperanto for another semihour, 6100?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 7 at 0538, R. Rebelde back on with
ID, S9+20 but somewhat undermodulated; a music countdown being enumerated. Also
still detectable after 1315 UT, but earlier evening UT Nov 7 I think it was
still off, unlogged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA
[non]. 9955, Sunday Nov 6 at 2251, anti-Communist Cuban exile program, mentions
hours as 5:30-6:30 pm, i.e. `Foro Revolucionario`, Sundays only now shifted one
real hour later to 2230-2330 UT. No jamming audible: may take a while (if ever)
to get the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command synched up with targets
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 13820, Nov 7
at 1410, R. Martí is VG with no jamming audible, W&W chatting about the late
Janet Reno on `Con Voz Propia`. Wall of noise jamming is still attacking 7435,
which switches to 13820 at 1400. Also buried by jamming on // 11930. At 1413,
13820 goes into a fade with SAH from some CCI, and then some lite pulse jamming
starts to be heard. Iran in Arabic is on 13820 until 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11925, Nov 7 at 1407, NHK World Radio
Japan via PALAU, English commentary about Mrs Clinton. QRMed by jamming bleeding
from 11930, while // 11685 Uzbekistan is a JBA carrier here (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Nov 6 at 1809, still nothing
from MWV English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND.
7355, Nov 7 at 1353, pop music, good with no CCI, and not on 9700, as RNZI is
testing this, why? 9700 not propagating to Pacific in the low-sunspot springtime
nights? It was propagating to here. 1355 RNZ International announces postal
address, P O Box 123, Wellington 6140, Voice of the Pacific; 1400 timesignal and
news. KNLS is on 7355 until 1300, and then there`s Iran in Kurdish at 1320-1420
colliding elsewhere, but not here. Apparently no longer a test, but on the sked,
ex-9700: ``12:59 - 16:50 7355 AM Pacific Daily`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.923, Nov 6 at 0614 check, VON Hausa exactly
here, usual strong signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OKLAHOMA. UT Monday Nov 7 at 0145:15 UT, my computer and video screens in front
of me start shaking for a few seconds; earthquake! Soon revealed as centred
slightly west of Cushing, USGS rating 5.0 at 0144:24 UT; so it took almost a
minute to reach here? Some reports near the epicenter said it lasted up to a
sesquiminute, and there was a lot of damage especially to old buildings in
Cushing. OKC TV stations rushed in to cover it; KWTV and KFOR were both running
late, due to stupid ballgame overruns on their networks, their full newscasts
not starting until 0450 UT and 0500 UT respectively. This allowed KOCO and KOKH
to get the jump on them from 0400 UT, even 0300 UT, respectively. As usual, too
little too late, the oil-controlled Republican Okie government may ban a few
more fracking/injexion wells around areas already devastated by
quakes.
1600, Nov 7 at 1317 UT I start listening to Cushing`s only radio
station, KUSH (not even an FM translator there, per WTFDA DB), during the usual
W&W morning chat show, where of course this is the topic of the day; but
skywave QRM from Vietnamese KRVA The Metroplex is still heavy making a slow SAH
of 28/minute = 0.47 Hz. Anyhow, KUSH survived the shakeup. Here`s KUSH website
for its own latest news, streaming:
It`s OK here on
groundwave after skywave fades out (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. (6020 & 7340), UT Monday Nov 7 0415-0455 UT, I
listen to the RRI webcast, since I am on the computer instead of on the radio,
for the final repeat of the Listener`s Day special, musings about Happiness;
some familiar names such as Christer Brunström, Sweden:
I
suppose the ``0600`` Nov 7 on-demand English broadcast would contain this for a
while (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 6140-6145-6150,
Nov 7 at 0543, DRM noise. I bet it`s RRI: well, HFCC shows 0500-0600, Roumanian,
300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni but D which means NOT DRM. No N notations
anywhere around there --- which mean NOT NOT DRM, i.e. Numérique (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 17800, Nov 6 at 1928, VG signal
with 1 kHz tone test; 1930 AWR Theme, English ID by YL introducing Fulfulde.
Figured it`s another Madagascar emission, but HFCC shows this one is Meyerton,
250 kW at 315 degrees, and overkilling way on to North America. Or is it?
The
very first immigrant language in a very long list is ``Adamawa Fulfulde
(22,500)`` So that many potential listeners in USA, of whom how many have SW
radios, how many know about this broadcast, and how many would be open to
Adventist conversion? Zero? Per EiBi`s readme, Fulfulde a.k.a. Fulani is spoken
by about 10 megapeople in Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9690, Nov 6 at 2255, REE achieves good signal
by now on North American beam, as it`s about over. What they don`t fathom is
during the previous 8 hours on weekends they need to be on one, preferably two
higher bands earlier to propagate properly. Meanwhile,
11685, Nov 6 at
2255, REE in Castilian is VP S2, but enough to // 9690, this being the 1900+
frequency for Africa succeeding 17755 before then on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 12035, Nov 6 at 1410, VOT English is fair
with Turkish music, except now it has to cope with splatter from maladjusted
12050 WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non].
15240, Sunday Nov 6 at 1809, WWRB is JBA with R. Munansi music, 1816 talk;
recheck 1920 off, so previous schedule until 1900 rather than 2000 seems
maintained, starting at 1600 but often first hour is mostly music (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 5450-USB, Nov 7 at 0554, robotic YL with
VOLMET in halting English. I just can`t copy the locations announced, but many
of the airports are something-International, until finally at 0601 ``Midlands``
mentioned. Would help if ``she`` uttered each location twice like CHR does. Many
have ``no information available``. What`s with that? Anyhow EiBI shows this is
the 24-hour RAF station, somewhere in UK. Among the conditions in each
non-missing report is QNH which I gather means ``altimeter`` = barometer in
millibars, e.g. 1013. Once she spelt it out as ``Quebec-November-Hotel``. But
why QNH? Do any other VOLMETs say that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1850 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Monday
Nov 7 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, no signal, probably off, while 9265 WINB is
very poorly audible. Also confirmed UT Monday Nov 7 from 0231 on World Radio
Network webcast, after non-DST shift from 0131. Also confirmed UT Monday Nov 7
at 0401 on Area 51 webcast and presumably also via WBCQ 5130v-AM. Also confirmed
after 0430 UT Monday Nov 7 on WRMI 9955, JBA. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed
1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
7490, Sunday Nov 6 at 2241, WBCQ is S9+25 so `Marion`s Attic` of ancient
recorded music is again in season! Before the shift off DST, and especially in
summer, we may as well forget it way out here at 21-22 UT vs full daytime
absorption. Song with xylophone, and reception good enough to hear the
scratches. However, timewise for me it`s always a hard choice to listen to this,
or during same 22-23 UT Sunday hour, to KUCO, 90.1, with `Relevant Tones`,
this
week music featuring drum kits. With careful antenna positioning I can even hear
that in stereo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7780,
Nov 7 at 0546, WRMI still missing here. It`s the #3 transmitter, paired with
15770 daytime, and indeed that is missing too, Nov 7 at 1726. While 15770
carries some worthwhile programming at 21-22, 7780 is nothing but BS (except for
an occasional attempt at a special preëmption to Europe). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11580, Nov 7 at 1426, romantic Spanish song
from WRMI, so still with World Music this hour on weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 12050, Nov 6 at 1405, like
yesterday, WEWN Spanish is still extremely distorted and splattering out to
12020-12200! QRMing 12105 IBB Saipan in Burmese, 12035 Turkey in English, and
impossiblizing anything weaker above 12050.
12050, Nov 6 at 1808 check,
now the splat can be heard out to 12020/12225, but worse the closer to 12050 on
the hi side. 12160 WWCR is getting hit now.
12050, Nov 6 at 2246, WEWN
still S9 distorted and splattering 12020-12180.
5810, Nov 7 at 0545, WEWN
all-night Spanish frequency is OK without the spur field, so I guess a different
transmitter. The other overnight Spanish channel, 11870 is still
AWOL.
11520, Nov 7 at 0550, very poor signal, presumed WEWN English
overnight.
12050, Nov 7 at 1405, WEWN still distorted and splattering up
to 12115 at least, blocking 12085 Australia, bothering 12035 Turkey.
Finally at 1523 UT Nov 7, I notify frequency manager Glen
Tapley:
``Glen, Since this has been going on since Nov 5, I must assume
you are unaware of it: the reactivated transmitter on 12050 is EXTREMELY
distorted and overmodulated, and even worse, is splattering out to roughly
12020-12200 kHz! This has been causing severe interference to 12160 WWCR, 12105
WTWW (during the hours they are on) and even more so to weaker signals such as
Radio Australia on 12085, 12065.
This needs to be taken off the air
immediately until it can be remedied. I gather than WEWN has been having lots of
transmitter problems recently, apparently one of them off the air
completely.
Regards, Glenn Hauser, OK``
He replied 12 minutes later
that he was passing this on to Vandiver. Not rechecked here until 1726 Nov 7,
when 12050 is indeed OFF, thanks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Nov 6 at 1809, no signal from WMLK, even tho it`s
Sunday, post-Sabbathday; increasingly erratic appearances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 860, Nov 7 at 1325 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS
concluding ``Full Moon Polka`` part of daily Polka Time segment combined with
birthday wishes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540,
Nov 7 at 1315 UT, ESPN-Deportes promos, i.e. KZMP University Park (Metroplex)
TX, 32 kW day power since 1300 UT (December: 1330 UT) but losing out to KXEL.
Altho in Spanish, the abbr. ESPN is always pronounced in English to avoid sexual
embarrassment. They`re stuck with the brand, altho its original meaning has long
been surpassed in both languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1849 UT November 7
