** AUSTRALIA. 7240, RA with Movietime, from Radio National, Dec 11 at 1425 with negative review of ``Nine``, and teaser for next week`s review of ``Bright Star``, a few words from Jane Campion. Show is scheduled Fridays 1405-1434 on RA, also 9590 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON. 9580, another good log of Africa Numéro Un, Moyabi, Dec 10 at 2145 with doo-wop music. As I nappily dozed, dreamt I was tuned to 7465 instead where Rock the Universe runs during this Thursday hour on WWCR; but then a French announcement, and at 2150 Ray Peterson`s ``Corinna`` the lyrix of which are primarily ``Corinna, Corinna, I love you so``, pronounced in English, from darkest Africa, no less (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. VIRI, a missionary station, Dec 11 at 1458 amid Russian hour on 9575, quite good while // 9730 was just barely audible: bit of Qur`an recitation, some string music, more Qur`an, Russian commentary upon it. Perhaps they do more of this on Fridays than other days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, Dec 11 from Vatican clearance at 0620 was enjoying some neat drumming, percussion on XEPPM, but already at *0624:30 blotted by Brasília with song, starting earlier than ever. Grrr! Only three sesquiminutes today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11785, BuzzSKSA audible Dec 11 around 1440. But not at 1515, nor on 15435 which is normally rasping away after 1500. I made sure to turn off the oil heater QRM during this check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WJHR, 15550-USB, weakly audible at 1930 Dec 10, same F&B preacher as always, but who is this lucky guy with an exclusive SW station? Next check around 2045, not heard, so maybe closed in meantime. Dec 11 at 1500, not heard. At least with SSB one can expect to detect a signal if it be on, tho surely nowhere near the 50 kW equivalent AM power required, bending the rules. OTOH, it`s been so weak so far that poor propagation and unfavorable skip distance could be enough to disaudiblize it here even if on. Still no reply to my 3 e-mails to them Dec 8; has anyone heard from them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. On caradio at 2045 Dec 10 noticed steady EWTN Catholic programming on 1090, a frequency normally vacant of groundwave here daytimes, so skywave was kicking in. Call-in with an authority cluing in listeners about doctrine; can they take the Old Testament seriously as inerrant?
By 2053 I had switched to the DX-398 and it was looping NE/SW as a SAH of about 3 Hz was developing, likely caused by Little Rock a hefty acute angle apart. And the Catholic station was running about one second behind WEWN on 15610. During rest of hour, was sometimes // and sometimes not, as it must have been cutting in and out of network feed. 2100 ID as ``KESX, the station that cares``, and shortly The Lord`s Prayer.
So it`s the 3.4 kW daytimer in Excelsior Springs MO, near Kansas City, with a direxional pattern, surprise, surprise, toward the big city, main lobe about 248 degrees, so also favoring Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570, big steady open carrier, with some fading, Dec 10 at 2051. Also heard same about 6 hours earlier but did not log as it went off a few sex after I intuned. Have also heard this other days. Nothing at all scheduled on 15570 at either time, but I suspect it is VOA Greenville warming up for transmission to follow on 15580 from 2100, and avoiding overlapping with VOA Iranawila on same until 2100, which is exactly what they should be doing. Probably jumps to 15580 as GB modulation starts at hourtop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** GABON. 9580, another good log of Africa Numéro Un, Moyabi, Dec 10 at 2145 with doo-wop music. As I nappily dozed, dreamt I was tuned to 7465 instead where Rock the Universe runs during this Thursday hour on WWCR; but then a French announcement, and at 2150 Ray Peterson`s ``Corinna`` the lyrix of which are primarily ``Corinna, Corinna, I love you so``, pronounced in English, from darkest Africa, no less (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. VIRI, a missionary station, Dec 11 at 1458 amid Russian hour on 9575, quite good while // 9730 was just barely audible: bit of Qur`an recitation, some string music, more Qur`an, Russian commentary upon it. Perhaps they do more of this on Fridays than other days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, Dec 11 from Vatican clearance at 0620 was enjoying some neat drumming, percussion on XEPPM, but already at *0624:30 blotted by Brasília with song, starting earlier than ever. Grrr! Only three sesquiminutes today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11785, BuzzSKSA audible Dec 11 around 1440. But not at 1515, nor on 15435 which is normally rasping away after 1500. I made sure to turn off the oil heater QRM during this check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WJHR, 15550-USB, weakly audible at 1930 Dec 10, same F&B preacher as always, but who is this lucky guy with an exclusive SW station? Next check around 2045, not heard, so maybe closed in meantime. Dec 11 at 1500, not heard. At least with SSB one can expect to detect a signal if it be on, tho surely nowhere near the 50 kW equivalent AM power required, bending the rules. OTOH, it`s been so weak so far that poor propagation and unfavorable skip distance could be enough to disaudiblize it here even if on. Still no reply to my 3 e-mails to them Dec 8; has anyone heard from them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. On caradio at 2045 Dec 10 noticed steady EWTN Catholic programming on 1090, a frequency normally vacant of groundwave here daytimes, so skywave was kicking in. Call-in with an authority cluing in listeners about doctrine; can they take the Old Testament seriously as inerrant?
By 2053 I had switched to the DX-398 and it was looping NE/SW as a SAH of about 3 Hz was developing, likely caused by Little Rock a hefty acute angle apart. And the Catholic station was running about one second behind WEWN on 15610. During rest of hour, was sometimes // and sometimes not, as it must have been cutting in and out of network feed. 2100 ID as ``KESX, the station that cares``, and shortly The Lord`s Prayer.
So it`s the 3.4 kW daytimer in Excelsior Springs MO, near Kansas City, with a direxional pattern, surprise, surprise, toward the big city, main lobe about 248 degrees, so also favoring Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570, big steady open carrier, with some fading, Dec 10 at 2051. Also heard same about 6 hours earlier but did not log as it went off a few sex after I intuned. Have also heard this other days. Nothing at all scheduled on 15570 at either time, but I suspect it is VOA Greenville warming up for transmission to follow on 15580 from 2100, and avoiding overlapping with VOA Iranawila on same until 2100, which is exactly what they should be doing. Probably jumps to 15580 as GB modulation starts at hourtop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
