venerdì 8 febbraio 2019

Glenn Hauser logs February 7-8, 2019

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by Alan Roe, Updated:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

** ANGUILLA. 11775, Feb 7 at 1858, CB/TUN/DGS/PMS is off again, having been on at previous check 1455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6060, Feb 8 at 0658* RHC English cuts off air just as I tune in; 6100, 6165 and 5040 are already off. But outlier 6000 is still on, starting to re-open English hour at 0659. By 0701 its air is dead. Presumably it too will be offcut when the sloppyrators at the other site get around to it. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12300, Feb 8 at 1352, RHC is S8-S3 but surging up a bit, 2 x 6150 which is S9 to S9+10, both slightly distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9965, Feb 8 at 1357 pulse jamming against nothing but a JBA carrier probably FE, rather than Radio República which left this frequency many years ago. Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command. At least the J is here rather than upon 9955 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 8 at 1412, RHC is S9 of dead air with SAH of about 2 Hz, no doubt OMAN. With no modulation, no spurs audible, while 15230 is nominal at S9-S7. At 1457 still S9+10 of dead air on 15140. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 8 8at 0653, VON is still gone, no bigsig but a JBA carrier maybe local device about 7255.75 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5130.461, UT Fri Feb 8 at 0240, this WBCQ is obviously on, signature off-frequency, weak and just barely modulated, with what? Never-up-to-date websked shows it totally off the air between 0330 UT Wed and 0100 UT Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475- & 5830, Feb 7 at 1855, both WTWW-1 frequencies are off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5970, Feb 8 at 0657, WEWN is S9+10 of dead air; Spanish night frequency has been re-active last night or two, even with modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825 & 13845, Feb 8 at 1458 & 1535, WWCRs are S9+20, way more than usual JBA signals, so rare February sporadic E opening in play, as confirmed on 6m map with MUF up to 93 MHz over eastern USA. I`ve had so little luck hearing any FM DX under such circumstances that I don`t even try. By 1714 still Es, estimated MUF 81 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, I`m seeking KGNO Dodge City KS, which at 5 kW ND ought to be audible on daytime groundwave here, but never is; surely with skywave starting up? It`s 243 km = 151 miles away. No sign of it; instead:

1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, ``Talk 13-70, one minute from CBS News``, But Austin ID, 2300 CBS News and signal drops, i.e. KJCE Rollingwood TX. But LSS there is not until 0015.

I have been unable to hear any trace of KGNO for more than a sesquiyear, but can find NO information at FCC AM Query about it being anything other than active: nothing in correspondence file about STA for silence or reduced power, etc. Continues to be listed in NRC AM Log with no notation about it being silent. Likewise at radio-locator.com with link to website: http://www.swksradio.com/kgno-am-1370/ and Listen Live link, so I do so at 1659 UT Feb 8: Yes, IDs as KGNO 1370, DC`s first radio station, just like on website: ``1370 KGNO is Dodge City’s FIRST radio station! It was signed on in June of 1930``. And into Fox ``news``. What is going on here? See my previous report:

``1370, Sept 28 [2017] at 1859 UT, still no signal audible from KGNO Dodge City KS. Can`t believe it`s funxioning at 5 kW ND which should be making it on daytime groundwave across the Ogallala Aquifer, only 205 km = 127 miles. Is it gone, QRP, or really out of whack direxional away? (Glenn Hauser, Helena OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

This was a few days after Wayne Heinen, Denver, did report hearing it: ``1370, KGNO, KS, Dodge City – 9/24 2300 [EDT = 0300 UT 9/25] – Faded up, “AM 1370 KGNO Dodge City,” to Fox News. Haven’t heard this in quite a while (Wayne Heinen, CO, NRC DX News Nov 13 [2017], published Nov 5, via DXLD) Nor here yet; must be out of spex or out of air (gh, OK)`` 

Is anyone currently hearing KGNO by DX or close to DC? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, Feb 8, 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1430, Feb 7 at 1923, rock music is fading in and out, overcoming KTBZ Tulsa; suspect 50 kW KZQZ St Louis MO/IL, already skywaving. Day pattern is ENE/WSW, our way, while 5 kW night pattern is NNW/SSE with a null toward us. We are in the null of our nearest, KALV Alva, hard to hear here protecting KTBZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Feb 7 at 2230, KBXD Dallas is still in Vietnamese like in the morning, apparent infomercial for ``Forever Beaumore Cosmetix``. At least two other Metroplex Vietnamese are on 1460 and 1600; also Houston 1560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Feb 8 at 1328-1333: 774-NW, 828-NW, 837-WSW, 882-?, 1098-W, 1188-?, 1422-NW, 1566-NW. Just after LSR at 1327 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9835.006, Feb 8 at 1401, S3-S6 JBA talk and music, first suspected Malaysia which has been reported active on reduced schedule, but more likely IRAN in Russian as also scheduled this hour only, 1320-1420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1805 UT February 8