** ARGENTINA. 15345.255v, Dec 9 at 1828, S3 signal, maybe trace of modulation
during alleged RAE ATTW English hour on a Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Dec 10 at 0128, no signal from presumed
R. San Carlos second harmonic like last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Dec 9 at 0700, RHC in Spanish, probably just
switched from English and about to sign off, like all the other English
frequencies already have.
11760, Dec 10 at 2147, S9+20 open carrier, RHC
warming up for *2200? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT.
9540.158, Dec 9 at 1842, S6 signal JBM, what`s it?? Aoki shows R. Cairo Italian
hour, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis, and, o yes it`s recently been reported (as
``9540``):
``9540, 30.10.16, 1810, R. Cairo, Italian: It's a shame: Only
carrier no audio! XXXXX (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, Nov DX Fanzine, Dec 1 via
DXLD)``
``9540, 25.11.16, 1846-1853, R. Cairo, via Abis, Italian: ID,
Program on Islam, News + Arab song, 53443, heard for first time after years with
a decent modulation (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, Italia, Nov DX Fanzine, Dec
1 via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR.
17640, Dec 9 at 1805, MWV is on at S9+20 with song, English hour a.k.a. African
Pathways Radio, and short propaganda pieces for the severely degraded attention
spans of their target audience; also with a condescending tone --- but wait, all
evangelism is condescending by definition.
17640, Dec 10 at 1825, MWV is
on again, for the fourth day in a row! Must be a record. Also the repeat at 2006
but poor by now.
11610, Dec 10 at 2146, MWV NLS in stilted Chinese to
Europe at S9+5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720,
Dec 10 at 0157, ``Continuamos en El Fonógrafo 700-20 AM`` non-ID, overcoming
WGN, another Chicagoan attenuated by auroral conditions. When this happens I
keep hoping to hear something deeper, such as R. Católica in Nicaragua; El
Fonógrafo is only XEJCC Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, 25 kW daytimer until 0200 per
IRCA Mexican Log 2015; 1 kW per WRTH 2016, both as ``Extremo 720``. Let`s hope
both catch up with current name in new editions out shortly (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Dec 10 at 0134, Spanish station is
over WBBM in auroral conditions, plug for a torneo de pesca (fishing
tournament), federal PSAs, non-ID as ``La Poderosa, 103.7 FM, 780-AM``, into
music. That all fits for XESFT, San Fernando, Tamaulipas, 5/1 kW. Also mentioned
Victoria, i.e. the state capital, Ciudad Victoria; on the NRD-545 with fixed
antenna; at 0156 recheck on the rotatable DX-398, separable from WBBM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.04-AM, Dec 10 at
2133, pirate already audible here, music with heavy disco beat at S9+5, somewhat
undermodulated, and carrier wobbling. Still same at 2149 but a little stronger
to S9+10. Several logs here, all from further east, say it was Channel Z with an
Xmas show, Blondie; none with a precise frequency, just 6925:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 13550, Dec 9 at 1830, weak
signal mixing two modulations, red flag as a local overload/external mixing
product between a strong SW signal from elsewhere, and an Enid MW station:
exactly: 13550 minus 1390 KCRC = 12160 WWCR (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 13860, Dec 9 at 1833, S5 signal with
talk, in English? HFCC shows VOA ``sna`` = Shona at 1800-1900 M-F. But Aoki
confirms that the final half hour M-F of the 1700-1900 UT Zimbabwe service is in
fact English; the rest of it a complex rotation of Shona, Ndebele and English in
20-minute segments (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY.
5980, Dec 10 at 2138, VP S8 signal with Turkish style song, so presumed VOT as
scheduled until 2200, 250 kW at 310 degrees USward. Fortunately they`re off in
time not to block Chaski (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTEING DIGEST)
** UGANDA
[non]. 15240, Sat Dec 10 at 2010, VP signal in presumed Luganda, from R. Munansi
via WWRB; equivalent signal to 15825 WWCR, with no sporadic-E enhancement today
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF
RADIO 1855 monitoring: UT Sat Dec 10 at 0041, JBA carrier on 9330v, so
presumably it`s on via WBCQ; 9265 WINB is marginally less JBA. K index is 5,
with G1 storms. Sat Dec 10 circa 1545 via UTwente SDR, nothing audible on HLR
7265 but a weak non-WOR program, presumably CRI Hindi and/or Azad Kashmir Radio,
themselves attenuated by poor propagation. Not confirmed Sat Dec 10 after 2330
on 9330, no signal at all from WBCQ altho 9265 WINB is fair. Next:
Sun 0410v
WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW [experimental]
Mon
0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon
0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 // 7730,
Friday Dec 9 at 0702, WRMI again playing the latest `Viva Miami` episode, Jeff
in the field interviewing someone about the wonders of Everglades National Park.
NOT `Media Network Plus` as now shown on the schedule grid for this hour on
7730. Probably filling rest of hour with World Music as before (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15770, Sat Dec 10 at 2120, WRMI with
`Dub Politico`, droning, stumbling speaker with a political angle I have yet to
figure out, since I can`t stand to listen to him, 2129 an F-bomb (so that`s OK
now on WRMI as well as WBCQ?) as he closes with contact info e-mail implying his
name is E J Oliva. 2130 no ID and right into `Made in Italy` which of course is
not in English. Skedgrid now shows `Dub Politico` at 2100-2115 and blank block
at 2115-2130, so now a half-hour show? The only other airing, UT Sat 0100 on
11580, allegedly remains a quarter-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, UT Sat Dec 10 at 0126, JBA carrier during WBCQ
`Allan Weiner Worldwide`; 5130+ is S8 but VP vs noise. Talking about WHVW, but
really too poor to follow. Nothing on 3250v. K-index is 5, with G1 storms. It
would be helpful if regular listeners to AWWW who can hear it better would send
us detailed notes of new programming info he usually includes somewhere in the
show, as the best/only way to find out about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Dec 9 at 1805, no signal from WMLK, which had
been on yesterday; and it isn`t even Sabbathday yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Dec 9 at 1834 tuneby, Alex Jones,
InfoWars on WWCR. Jones is the most hateful talkshower, expounding lie after
lie, ``fake news``, leading stupid listeners to violence at worst, voting for
buffoons at best.
WWCR shares the blame for propagating his vileness;
fortunately AFAIK the only SW station doing so, but how many others would
welcome him on if approached? Has WWCR no shame? This is only one of several
Jones segments on WWCR, also on 6115, 5890, 4840, whose spans I am not about to
publicize.
Strangely enough, his website does not provide an affiliate
list but claims ``160 AM, FM and SW stations``. Tune-in.com has 104 entries, but
many of them are duplicates. I was expecting to see some major market talk
stations on the list, but most of them are minor; the least minor being KPNW
Eugene OR, WCGO Chicago and KMJ Fresno. Since the GCN is involved, no doubt he`s
on a number of pirate FMs which he had better not publicize (Glenn Hauser, ok,
DX LISENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Sat Dec 10 at 1928 on BST-1 caradio,
I hope to catch the tail of `Theatre Organ of the Ozarx`, but instead WTWW-2 is
DEAD AIR. This continues to be the case past 1934 when the program normally
ends, and further chex at 1947, 2005, 2119! Final check of the dead air at 2143
on the NRD-545 reads S9+50 on 9930, accompanied by the usual spurs at plus/minus
12.9 and 25.8 kHz, 9917.1 at S9 with hum, 9904.2 S6 but a bigger hum; 9942.9 at
S7; 9955.8 obscured by too much WRMI 9955.0 QRM with World Music; come on, Jeff!
With some luck, Organ show may appear around 0200 UT Sunday on
5085.
Looks like the whole WTWW 9930 transmission has been a total waste,
as Ted was paying more attention to 9475 with his hamshow; and 12105 OK in
English at 1947 check. What a laughingstock he has made of WTWW, and the bosses
back in Laporte, Colorado don`t know or don`t care (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0039 UT December 11
