** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Feb 13 at 1041, carrier with trace of modulation from 4KZ, less than S5 storm noise level. No signal at all on 5045-LSB or CLSB, Unique Radio, which is to be expected being even lower-powered and aiming for NSW area coverage only; WOR should have aired earlier at 0930 Wednesday. At 1201, still a trace of talk on 5055 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also unID 4835.6
** CUBA. 6060, UT Wed Feb 13 at 0628, RHC is just starting `DXers Unlimited`, our last chance to hear this edition, better here than // lower modulated 6165, 6000; 5040 somewhat distorted, and 6100 still AWOL. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Arnie starts with the ``dreamers radio band``, little-known new allocation in some countries around 9 kHz, sí amigos, you heard me right, axually 8.7-9.1 kHz ELF, so it`s RF not AF. A few hams are experimenting it with digicodes, especially in UK, Europe. I had never heard of it. Arnie`s English speech is getting more and more slurred, as we fear he is ailing, contrasting with his healthy canned openings and closings recorded long ago. Ends at 0635 already after only 7 minutes. Despite our ``policy differences``, I wish him well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15140, Feb 13 at 1412, RHC is S9+20/30 but suptorted; wiggle that patchcord, and no spurs audible today. 15700, CRI English relay is S9+20 and also distorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HUNGARY [and non]. 91.7, Feb 12 at 2030 UT, during `The World` hour from WGBH/BBC/PRI via KOSU, I happen to hear part of a segment which I then find on the program website:
Most Recent Episodes February 12, 2019 --- Viktor Orbán's not-so-free media, protesting for permanent residency [sic], Venezuela's aid standoff. And, the right-wing government in Hungary and the control it has over its media. . .
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/cdn.pri.org/sites/default/files/audio/cdn/2019/02/pris-world/episode-audio/2019_0212_full.mp3?siteplayer=true&dl=1
The whole 46+ minute episode, but after stories on El Chapo and Venezuela, Hungary portion starts at 22:53 if you advance the player and runs until 33:30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 13 at 0642, RNZI on new frequency, and it`s S9+10, a guy reviewing movies such as ``Black Klansman``. Ex-13730 before 0658, which often managed to be the OSOB. Now 11725 is VG S9+10 and almost the OSOB besides JBA carriers on 11680-VOK, and 11520-WEWN.
9765, by next check reawake at 1035, RNZI is here, VG S9+10 talking about PNG.
Next check at 1211, should be on 9700 as at 1059-1258, but nothing there, so must have made another move during the bihour much weaker here, the only time RNZI puts all its kW into NNW rather than at least partly NNE azimuth. I scan elsewhere on 9 MHz band, also 6, but finally at 1220 find what sounds like RNZI on 7330, NZ accented YL in English, poor S9/S9+10 vs noise level, with flutter.
By another check at 1403, something VP is on 7330 [CRI in Russian}, but RNZI is still on 6115 after 1259, now with weather around the coast of NZ, and plugging ``on Vodaphone [?] cable channel 421``.
Later I check the sked at
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
which confirms my findings:
11725 at 0459-0658; 9765 at 0659-1058; 7330 at 1059-1258 since 12 Feb
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 7410, Feb 13 at 1145, two stations mixing, one song the other talk in tonal language with flutter, adding up to S7-S9. Altho there are plenty of open spots on the band, Aoki/NDXC and EiBi agree this is the incredible collision of: CRI CHINA in Tagalog TO Philippines, and FEBC Manila FROM PHILIPPINES in Khmer. I thought both of them collude in HFCC? Yes, they do, in B-18 on adjacent lines, but alarm bells did not go off since their CIRAF target areas differ by one digit: 49 and 50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 12035.7, Feb 13 at 1407, VOT English off-frequency today, poor with stray lite Cuban pulse jamming; 11815.0+ Turkish is as usual stronger, and today almost on-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4045-USB, Feb 13 at 1204, WCY Lakeland FL with individualized weather forecasts for sailing clients in the Caribbean, now for the Island Pearl around Eleuthera, winds and seas outlook for as far ahead as Saturday and Sunday (Feb 16-17). He asks how copy? and gets 2-way replies which I cannot copy. Also uses 12350-USB, maybe later rather than simul as nothing audible there now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 13 at 1040 the 1030 on WRMI 5950, S9/S9+10, so good enough signal but as always, modulation on this transmitter is softer than others like 7570, 9395. Next:
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16]
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:
Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3264.87, Feb 13 at 0011, WBCQ testing here for the second night on slightly higher drift: VP S6-S9 but sounds like AW in conversation with others, so maybe an AWWW playback, altho most of the time that`s a monolog. Or it could be Pirate Joe on WHVW who sounds a bit like AW, similar accent. Not // 7490+ or 9330+ and 5130+ not on the air. This was apparently on late- or all-night as Wolfgang Bueschel was still hearing it via remote at 0835 Feb 13 on 3264.883.
Reception much better closer to Maine of course, and the previous night, Feb 12, David Hodgson in Nashville TN reported: ``3265 WBCQ (presumed) 0945 Feb 12, Jazz and Blues music. ID around 1000 "Heart and soul of American music WHVW" No mention of WBCQ. WHVW ID again a few minutes later. Checked an hour later and heard right wing rant call in talk show. Call in number 207-538-9180. Odd time of day to be on the air``. That is WBCQ`s own public phone number, which I used to use to feed WOR to them.
Why are all WBCQ transmitters never [hardly ever] on-frequency? I guess it`s because they rely on ground crystal-controlling, an inexact science; surely the Superstation will employ frequency synthesizer, altho if everything stay on 9330[.000?] as planned, rapid and accurate changes will be foregone, while azimuths will be rotated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4980, Feb 13 at 1156, surprised to find S9+10 signal here playing music loop, the theme from R. Prague; got to be WRMI-3, which is still websked at 21-24 UT only, with Supreme Master TV. Must be a test, not // 9955 or 9395 now. 1159 Spanish ID strangely mixed with bubbling utenoise which seems to be in the audio rather than QRM; 1200 to othermusic but shortly cut off the air. 5010 is not on the air. Aha, must be mistake or change from that, as 5010 WRMI-14 is scheduled at 11-12 including R. Praga at 1130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505, Feb 13 at 0637, WRNO is ending a program from BGEA, two IDs and contact info; sked must be skewed. Next show starts with some Morse code (faux?) I am not prepared to copy mixed with intro music. It`s the flagship of WRNO`s current owner, ``Good News with Robert Mawire`` (mah-WEE-ree), who starts by exclaiming over and over ``Give me the mountain``. Off-putting style of preaching but nowhere near that attained by Blalock the Blaster on otherstations.
Again at 1145, I find 7505 is dead air, altho hints of bits of mod; in Chinese by now? Still dead at 1218; I`m unfortunately awake but WRNO is not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, Feb 13 at 1044, WWCR dead air at S9+30, yet another station failing to fulfill overnight. Supposed to be TOMBS now; by 1154, BS is back. When this happen, 1) is any exact record available or kept on the extent of the failure? and 2) is it determined whether the programmer or the station is at fault (or middlething like a satellite company)?; and 3) is a financial adjustment made in billing? Or is the client not paying by the minute but rather some kind of flat rate subject to uncompensated outages? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17774.989, Feb 13 at 1457, KVOH already on with dead air and some hum at S9+30, 1500 fading to S9/S6, and no audio yet. Usually at the outset it`s a JBA carrier at best. Must be getting some February sporadic-E boost, but when I get around to checking the DXmap at 1725, not a trace of any DX above 50 MHz; of course all we need for KVOH is an MUF of 18 MHz, which would be noticed only via a few US SWBC transmitters. But now on the 28 MHz map there are a few Es contacts across eastern USA, with an estimated MUF of 71 MHz. As usual, KVOH is slightly off-frequency-minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4835.6, Feb 13 at 1045 while 4840 WWCR is dead air, a JJBBA carrier here; I don`t suppose OzyRadio or Sikkim would be on the air but this far off channel, would they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5035, Feb 13 at 1041 VP carrier, perhaps R. Educação Rural, Coari, Brasil, the only thing listed in EiBi and Aoki/NDXC (no more Aparecida on this frequency). EiBi has it at 09-02 on 5035.1, so I should be more exact; Aoki at 10-01 and doesn`t mess with decimals from anything, quite a drawback. WRTH 2019 has RER only, but double-daggered as inactive. Only other 5035 is in EiBi, Russian Spy Numbers S06, Tuesdays at 1100-1110, unknown site, unlikely to make it here unless it`s from the FE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1800 UT February 13
