** ASCENSION. 11810, Feb 8 at 2102, BBCWS news in English, poor signal but
enough to hear that tell-tale hum, just like on 6005 at night, but not on all
ASC transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOTSWANA.
11850, Feb 8 at 2058, VOA Hausa, fair, 2059 sign-off in English, 2100 YDD and
off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Feb 8 at 0705,
RHC carrier is still on late, presumably after a previous hour of English; so
the leapfrogs with 5025 upon 5010 and 5055 are also on, but only 5025 is left at
0708 recheck once 5040 has gone off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, Feb 9 at 1459, Denge Kurdistane is
playing The Internationale, choral version, not sure what language but mentioned
Russia just before it; so are the PKK Commies? I was checking for site switch,
but song continues with some talkovers until 1501.5 cut to Kurdish music. S9-S7
and could not detect any break or site switch but still may have been a smoothie
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1600, Feb 8 at 2110
UT, KUSH Cushing with several classic country and classic rock tunes; 2116 UT ad
string including promo for News9 (KWTV)`s latest weather gadget coming soon;
2118 UT ``Oklahoma`s Americana Station KUSH 1600 and KUSH.com, The Kush``. No
longer with talkshows in afternoon, such as the sparsely-affiliated Marilu
Henner show.
Upgrade from 1 to 5 kW ND daytime was completed some time
ago, resulting in slightly better groundwave signal here; with 70 watts at
night, we`d never know it exists vs the skywave from Denver, St Louis, Dallas,
etc. In fact, during above log occasional fades produced SAH of 5 or 6 Hz,
probably from Vietnamese Metroplexer KRVA, which is its major nemesis once
skywave starts to kick in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
SPAIN. 11685, Feb 8 at 2103, REE audible poorly talking about a pelota, on the
frequency for West Africa, but no signal on 9690 for North America. A17 plans to
resume 17855 for us, if and when on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1863 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday
February 8 at 2200 on WBCQ; 7490`s webcast only checked amid my recording 1864.
Missed checking the next one, UT Thu Feb 9 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, but
probably as it`s confirmed on later at 0105.
WORLD OF RADIO 1864
monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday February 9 at 1230 on WRMI,
9955, S9+10 over pulse jamming; much louder than // 6855 at only S9. Also
confirmed Thu Feb 9 at 2130 on WRMI, 11580, fair with fades. Also confirmed UT
Fri Feb 10 after 0030 on WBCQ, 9329.85v-VUSB, poor-fair. Next:
Fri 2230
WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855 to WNW, 5950 to S
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat
2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v
WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
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, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE,
6855 to WNW
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE,
6855 to WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11825, Feb 8 at
2100 I notice that this WRMIBS transmitter is off. Back on the next day sometime
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4070.396, Feb 9 at
0656, beacon ZN is in again, sending ID about 15x per minute, and peaking CW at
S8. Chris Smolinski, Maryland, replied to my previous logs on the UDXF.io
group:
``Hi Glenn, There’s been a burst of new activity with respect to
the unlicensed hobbyist beacons often found around 4 and 8 MHz. There is also a
dasher that I have heard mornings around 4111 kHz, although I don’t think anyone
else has reported it. From what I understand, these beacons are typically very
low power, often in the 100 mW range. So they often require very good conditions
to hear them, and I have noticed that there are very narrow windows of time when
a particular beacon will be heard at my QTH. You might also want to try for the
A beacon on 2097 kHz, apparently it runs significantly more power. I can hear it
almost every morning``
Tnx, Chris. I hear beacon A on 2097.3 just about
any time at night I check it (Quartzsite AZ). {listen at least 10 seconds for a
repetition} Do none of the thousands of UDXFers know about ZN and GT? I`ve
already tried searching the archives on calls and frequencies. 73, (Glenn
Hauser, ibid.) No further replies there
This report dispatched at 0444 UT
February 10
