** CHINA. 9000, Firedrake good at 1323 March 28, not on 8400 or 9300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910, Marfil Estéreo, March 27 at 0612, somewhat rough modulation in talk rather than musical segment. Speaker was enumerating several points, numbering 32, 33, finally stopped at #40; could these be additional Commandments? 0614 ID and into harp music. The roughness was caused by a slightly unstable carrier, as apparent with BFO on, but also messing with its own modulation with no BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC does it again! Portuguese late at night, while it is not scheduled any later than 2400 UT on other frequencies. March 29 at 0508 on 5965, news about Paraguay, Cuba, 0510 RHC ID in Portuguese; and // clear 9600. On 5965 Habana was atop a 3-way collision with REE/Costa Rica, and presumed Vatican. Next check at 0549, both 5965 and 9600 RHC were off.
Per RHC`s own schedule at http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm
5965 and 9600 in Spanish end at 0500. Perhaps transmitter op neglected to turn 5965 and 9600 off, and the program feed line for some unknown reason contains Portuguese at this hour, not the first time it has appeared totally off-schedule for SW. Meanwhile, at 0509 I confirmed RHC English frequencies were nominal on 6000, 6060 and 6140.
Vatican and REE/CR already collide 0400-0805 on 5965 per B-08 schedule, until 0705 on A-09 schedule, with Vatican making a beam switch from 10 to 330 degrees at 0540 in winter, 0440 in summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9525 in A-09, English during the 1300 hour, clear and good with some hum, March 29 at 1352 playing an ABBA-inspired song in uncertain language, English ID, Sound of Dignity. Ruined at *1357 by CRI musical prélude, tho VOI somewhat on top during following hour in Malay. The two were producing a fast SAH, maybe 20 Hz, indicating both are quite close to 9525.0. It so happened that Brandon Jordan was running Perseus SDR at the time, showing VOI on 9524.968 and CRI on 9524.996, i.e. 28 Hz apart! CRI Russian is 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang, thus onward to NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. Already gone, the superb 7335 Guiana French relay of VOR in English, UT March 29 at 0355 check; I did find VOR in Spanish on 7395 with a good but fadey signal; 0359 announced that the following hour would be on ``31 metros`` --- no specific frequency; then IS, and started another hour in Spanish, STILL on 7395 and still claiming to be on ``31 metros`` only! What do they know in the studio? Their A-09 sked for Spanish really shows 0400-0500 on 7395, 9945 and 9880, but the latter two were inaudible here. 7395 is not registered at all for this transmission, so what is the site? Possibly a relay abroad as it was audible well enough here.
What about English? The ONLY frequency to N America now on their schedule at 0400-0600 is 13775, but that was also inaudible. It`s registered only until 0500, 250 kW at 50 degrees from Vladivostok, and we know how inferior Vlad is compared to Pet-Kam in serving W&C NAm. VOR has made major reduxions in its SW broadcasts, which they are touting as improvements!
13870 in Russian conversation, March 29 at 1320 past 1332, fair with flutter. What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing. 13870 for A-09 is VOR in Russian at 1400-1800, 250 kW, 190 degrees from a Moscow site, and is the `highest` 13 MHz broadcast frequency in use; later also by IBB Germany at 1730-1930 to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. You guessed it --- VOT via Sackville 7325 still in Turkish instead of correct English, at 0403 UT check March 27. No, I don`t expect anyone to publish every single follow-up logging like this, but I am keeping track for the record of Turcanada`s grand SNAFU.
Also UT March 28 at 0410: Turkish. UT March 29 at 0350, nothing on air yet; 0415 and 0459* -- Turkish, as Sackville had still not switched to the A-09 schedule when this broadcast is supposed to be at 0300-0359. But hopes are dim that it will axually be in English, as it seems no one at TRT or RCI cares enough about the LISTENER to fix this month-long mistake.
VOT confirmed on new A-09 frequency 15450, for 1230-1322v English to Europe and thence toward NAm, March 29 at 1316, fair with Turkish music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Lum & Abner on 780, UT Friday March 27 at 0548, which I can only assume is the OTR show from WBBM, quite a timewarp and a respite from current `news`. Had a low rumbling het too, I suppose from some Mexican or other LA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Thanks to the flood in Fargo, I figured I would at last have a chance to hear the new WZFG-1100, which has a 50 kW day rig from its site in Minnesota, but very low power normally at night. Sure enough, March 27 at 0552 UT, there it was with live coverage, giving phone 271-1100, e-mail talk@am1100.tv and toll-free 1-888-598-8464, also slogan ``Talk Radio The Flag, AM-1100``. At first it was dominating the frequency; then I had to easily null WTAM-1100 Cleveland OH as it faded back up, a slow SAH with it. By 0558 IBOC from KFAB-1110 Omaha NE was bothering 1100, almost the same direxion from here; discussing areas which are to be evacuated. 0559 legal ID ``WZFG, Dilworth-Fargo-Moorhead, USA``, 0600 Fox `News` Radio, leading with their own local story. By 0602 KFAB IBOC was blocking WZFG. There ought to be a law.
Meanwhile I was checking the other Fargo, and Bismarck frequencies, but could not pull anything floody or identifiable out of the QRM on 550, 790, 970, 1130; or 1200 where KFNW also has a 50 kW day rig; just WOAI heard. No doubt the 50 kW-at-night from WZFG will continue for the duration of the emergency the next few days. There had been a number of reports of KFGO-790 getting out on 5 kW non-direxional day power at night, rather than shooting it all northward at night. CBW-990 is another station to keep an ear on, as they are worried in Winnipeg, barely mentioned in US media coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. A-09 schedule shows WHRA at 0500-0700 on 7390, 75 degrees across Iberia; nevertheless, I heard a sign-on from WHRI at 0459 March 29 on 7390. The problem is, 7390 collides with Tirana which starts its non-direxional Albanian service to Europe at 0630. If it`s really a WHRI transmitter it would be less harmful in Europe, aimed at some other direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Correxion to previous item where I repeated the frequency instead of the time: Earlier heard lite squeal on WWCR-1 when using 7465. Now heard also on same transmitter when on 3215, March 24 at 0547 during talkshow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Sunday March 29 check of the ``Aló, Presidente`` service via Cuba: after Cuban NA, softer-gentler version, 13750 signed on at 1404; RHC announcer mentioned that Chávez goes as late as ``5 pm`` (tho RHC SW coverage stops before 2000 UT, I think), and starts at 11:30 am = 1530 UT. Nevertheless, RHC presents a sesquihour of lead-in programming starting with Mundo 7, at 1407. 13750 was usual VG signal, and also audible on much weaker 13680, nothing on 11875 yet, and 11690 only with HCJB. At 1412 found poor signal on 17750; at 1414 11690 now on making 5 Hz SAH with poor HCJB, and still no 11875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. VOV, 6175 via Canada, nice Vietnamese music at 0505 March 29 marred by irregular audio dropouts of a split second each, averaging about ten per minute. Weakest link syndrome (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** COLOMBIA. 5910, Marfil Estéreo, March 27 at 0612, somewhat rough modulation in talk rather than musical segment. Speaker was enumerating several points, numbering 32, 33, finally stopped at #40; could these be additional Commandments? 0614 ID and into harp music. The roughness was caused by a slightly unstable carrier, as apparent with BFO on, but also messing with its own modulation with no BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC does it again! Portuguese late at night, while it is not scheduled any later than 2400 UT on other frequencies. March 29 at 0508 on 5965, news about Paraguay, Cuba, 0510 RHC ID in Portuguese; and // clear 9600. On 5965 Habana was atop a 3-way collision with REE/Costa Rica, and presumed Vatican. Next check at 0549, both 5965 and 9600 RHC were off.
Per RHC`s own schedule at http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm
5965 and 9600 in Spanish end at 0500. Perhaps transmitter op neglected to turn 5965 and 9600 off, and the program feed line for some unknown reason contains Portuguese at this hour, not the first time it has appeared totally off-schedule for SW. Meanwhile, at 0509 I confirmed RHC English frequencies were nominal on 6000, 6060 and 6140.
Vatican and REE/CR already collide 0400-0805 on 5965 per B-08 schedule, until 0705 on A-09 schedule, with Vatican making a beam switch from 10 to 330 degrees at 0540 in winter, 0440 in summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9525 in A-09, English during the 1300 hour, clear and good with some hum, March 29 at 1352 playing an ABBA-inspired song in uncertain language, English ID, Sound of Dignity. Ruined at *1357 by CRI musical prélude, tho VOI somewhat on top during following hour in Malay. The two were producing a fast SAH, maybe 20 Hz, indicating both are quite close to 9525.0. It so happened that Brandon Jordan was running Perseus SDR at the time, showing VOI on 9524.968 and CRI on 9524.996, i.e. 28 Hz apart! CRI Russian is 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang, thus onward to NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. Already gone, the superb 7335 Guiana French relay of VOR in English, UT March 29 at 0355 check; I did find VOR in Spanish on 7395 with a good but fadey signal; 0359 announced that the following hour would be on ``31 metros`` --- no specific frequency; then IS, and started another hour in Spanish, STILL on 7395 and still claiming to be on ``31 metros`` only! What do they know in the studio? Their A-09 sked for Spanish really shows 0400-0500 on 7395, 9945 and 9880, but the latter two were inaudible here. 7395 is not registered at all for this transmission, so what is the site? Possibly a relay abroad as it was audible well enough here.
What about English? The ONLY frequency to N America now on their schedule at 0400-0600 is 13775, but that was also inaudible. It`s registered only until 0500, 250 kW at 50 degrees from Vladivostok, and we know how inferior Vlad is compared to Pet-Kam in serving W&C NAm. VOR has made major reduxions in its SW broadcasts, which they are touting as improvements!
13870 in Russian conversation, March 29 at 1320 past 1332, fair with flutter. What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing. 13870 for A-09 is VOR in Russian at 1400-1800, 250 kW, 190 degrees from a Moscow site, and is the `highest` 13 MHz broadcast frequency in use; later also by IBB Germany at 1730-1930 to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. You guessed it --- VOT via Sackville 7325 still in Turkish instead of correct English, at 0403 UT check March 27. No, I don`t expect anyone to publish every single follow-up logging like this, but I am keeping track for the record of Turcanada`s grand SNAFU.
Also UT March 28 at 0410: Turkish. UT March 29 at 0350, nothing on air yet; 0415 and 0459* -- Turkish, as Sackville had still not switched to the A-09 schedule when this broadcast is supposed to be at 0300-0359. But hopes are dim that it will axually be in English, as it seems no one at TRT or RCI cares enough about the LISTENER to fix this month-long mistake.
VOT confirmed on new A-09 frequency 15450, for 1230-1322v English to Europe and thence toward NAm, March 29 at 1316, fair with Turkish music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Lum & Abner on 780, UT Friday March 27 at 0548, which I can only assume is the OTR show from WBBM, quite a timewarp and a respite from current `news`. Had a low rumbling het too, I suppose from some Mexican or other LA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Thanks to the flood in Fargo, I figured I would at last have a chance to hear the new WZFG-1100, which has a 50 kW day rig from its site in Minnesota, but very low power normally at night. Sure enough, March 27 at 0552 UT, there it was with live coverage, giving phone 271-1100, e-mail talk@am1100.tv and toll-free 1-888-598-8464, also slogan ``Talk Radio The Flag, AM-1100``. At first it was dominating the frequency; then I had to easily null WTAM-1100 Cleveland OH as it faded back up, a slow SAH with it. By 0558 IBOC from KFAB-1110 Omaha NE was bothering 1100, almost the same direxion from here; discussing areas which are to be evacuated. 0559 legal ID ``WZFG, Dilworth-Fargo-Moorhead, USA``, 0600 Fox `News` Radio, leading with their own local story. By 0602 KFAB IBOC was blocking WZFG. There ought to be a law.
Meanwhile I was checking the other Fargo, and Bismarck frequencies, but could not pull anything floody or identifiable out of the QRM on 550, 790, 970, 1130; or 1200 where KFNW also has a 50 kW day rig; just WOAI heard. No doubt the 50 kW-at-night from WZFG will continue for the duration of the emergency the next few days. There had been a number of reports of KFGO-790 getting out on 5 kW non-direxional day power at night, rather than shooting it all northward at night. CBW-990 is another station to keep an ear on, as they are worried in Winnipeg, barely mentioned in US media coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. A-09 schedule shows WHRA at 0500-0700 on 7390, 75 degrees across Iberia; nevertheless, I heard a sign-on from WHRI at 0459 March 29 on 7390. The problem is, 7390 collides with Tirana which starts its non-direxional Albanian service to Europe at 0630. If it`s really a WHRI transmitter it would be less harmful in Europe, aimed at some other direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Correxion to previous item where I repeated the frequency instead of the time: Earlier heard lite squeal on WWCR-1 when using 7465. Now heard also on same transmitter when on 3215, March 24 at 0547 during talkshow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Sunday March 29 check of the ``Aló, Presidente`` service via Cuba: after Cuban NA, softer-gentler version, 13750 signed on at 1404; RHC announcer mentioned that Chávez goes as late as ``5 pm`` (tho RHC SW coverage stops before 2000 UT, I think), and starts at 11:30 am = 1530 UT. Nevertheless, RHC presents a sesquihour of lead-in programming starting with Mundo 7, at 1407. 13750 was usual VG signal, and also audible on much weaker 13680, nothing on 11875 yet, and 11690 only with HCJB. At 1412 found poor signal on 17750; at 1414 11690 now on making 5 Hz SAH with poor HCJB, and still no 11875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. VOV, 6175 via Canada, nice Vietnamese music at 0505 March 29 marred by irregular audio dropouts of a split second each, averaging about ten per minute. Weakest link syndrome (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
