** BRAZIL [and non]. 11749.9 or so, het with 11750.0, Jan 8 at 0648. The off-frequency one is surely Brazilian, at 0649 with Portuguese singing. PWBR `2009` shows 11749.8 for R. Voz Missionária, Florianópolis SC, which I think is correct despite LA-DX showing this only as a future plan on 11750, while also listing separately what is no doubt the same transmitter under its previous identity, but showing the frequency variation range:
11749.8v R Marumby, Florianópolis SC [2258-2319] (49.8-50.0) Mar08 B // 9665 (irr)
11750 R Voz Missionária, Florianópolis SC [FUTURE PLANS] Jul08 L (a)"Voz Missionária" // 5870v, 9665
As for 11750.0, Aoki and HFCC show three possibilities at this hour:
CNR1 at 37 degrees, i.e. USward; CRIENG via Albania; and BBC Hausa via Ascension.
25m was quite open over night paths from Brazil, with signals ranging from very strong RNA 11780 to moderate 11815, 11925, to weaker carriers on 11765, 11895. Cuba was also VG on 11760, not always the case when longer skip is in.
I had not noticed 11749.9v recently, but there was that het again 17 hours later at 2344 when it was definitely abutting CNR1 which starts at 2200 from Shijiazhuang 723 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 8 at 2348: good on 9000, JBA on 8400, not on 10210, 11300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL
** CYPRUS [and non]. 15495-15520, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, Jan 8 at 1445. Bothered something weak on 15520, presumably YFR in Hindi via UAE as scheduled. It seems Kuwait is no longer using 15505, fortunately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [and non]. 11903 and 11937 the approximate centers of the mushy FMy spurblobs from HCJB via CVC Chile in Portuguese, Jan 8 at 2343. They do vary somewhat, previously around 11900 and 11940 or 11902 and 11938, but that`s no excuse.
BTW, Allen Graham tells me HCJB`s Spanish mailbag show Club de Oyentes, and consequently the sub-program within it, Aventura Diexista, are being cancelled after January, due to declining audiences. CDO is only on the 6050 Pichincha transmitter, which is NOT being closed down as some rumors had it, while ADX gets plenty of play via WRMI. DX Partyline will continue to be produced, also aired via WRMI et al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. 7125 at 0653 Jan 8, French interview on phone about political situation there, so RTG again on the air in the morning, outstanding sorethumbly in hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526v, Jan 8 at 1357 tuned in time to confirm VOI carrier was on today hetting 9530, but very poor and already off at next check 1402. Has the Malay service formerly at 14-15 been dropped, or moved elsewhen? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9585, Jan 8 at 1432 Qur`an, 1434 into talk I thought was Urdu, poor-fair signal, much better than Iran`s Russian service at same time on 9575, which is just barely modulated as we have noted several dates recently, but better signal strength.
9585 also turns out to be VIRI, per Aoki in Hindi at 1430-1528, 500 kW, 102 degrees from Sirjan site, the same one as on 9575, 500 kW, 330 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, KEOR, Sperry, had been rather constant, but Jan 8 at 2030 UT found it missing and for several minutes as I was land-mobile. Signal audible sometime after 2100, and since it was talk, figured it was now KMOX, until heard KJMU-1340 ID (only), the station it simulcasts in Sand Springs, back to Old School music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9410 will always be a quintessential BBCWS frequency to me, dating back several sesquidecades, not too long ago virtually 24 hours in English, but now it`s partial and others are welcome to inmove. I was aware Voz de Turquía was using it for Spanish at 02-03, but now heard with another transmission, Jan 8 at 1358 with IS, 1400 timesignal a few sex late and opening in Russian, as in B-09 schedule from Çakirlar site. Then quick check of 12035 in English from a another transmitter in that hall showed the usual low het and somewhat distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9440, at 1357 Jan 8, open carrier with hum, Russian-style tones on and off, 1358 tones stop, 1400 the WYFR opening joined in progress, Open Forum with Harold Droning. This is a relatively new transmission, which I first reported Dec 18, site unknown.
Aoki now lists it at 14-15 only as 250 kW, 195 degrees from Novosibirsk-Oyash, starting Dec 24. That`s about 82 degrees E longitude, making it virtually transpolar from here, 97+ W.
9440 was about two seconds behind otherwise // 9770, similar signal but from elsewhere, 500 kW, 84 degrees from Nauen, Germany, and also at 14-15 only, says Aoki.
13605, Jan 8 at 1455 with instrumental hymn ``Softly & Tenderly`` but soon morphing into YFR ``Gott sei die Ehre`` theme until off at 1459*. It`s Uzbek, 250 kW, 75 degrees via Wertachtal, Germany at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480 in Wichita KS had been Radio Disney, but now as heard Jan 7 at 1957 UT it`s ``The Big Talker, 1480 KQAM``. Promo gave list of talkshow lineup, too quick to copy down, but not a one of them liberal and some of them far-right wackos, anything but in the public interest, such as Glenn Beck, John Gibson. At least they also have relatively moderate Joe Scarborough, and Jim Bohannon --- only America in the Morning, not his evening talkshow.
If KQAM has its own website, it`s not showing up anywhere near the top of Google searches. But here`s the program list, CST = UT -6, as if they turn the transmitter off for weekends:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/68784/kqam-wichita-unveils-talk-lineup?ref=search
And another story about the transfer:
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b12119
A big SNAFU at 2000 UT as commercials continued for the first half of the one-minute Fox ``News``, double audio; no loss. 2001 switches to Mid-America Network, owned by same group, for bitter cold weather forecast, 2002 market report (meaning ag, not stock), 2003 promo Imus show which includes local news breaks.
Strangely enough, during the Radio Disney era, kept old calls KQAM, which don`t seem to relate to any cartoon character, and are still keeping them. KQAM was originally on 1410, and now that is co-owned with present 1410, sports talk, KGSO. Both put adequate daytime groundwave signals into Enid almost 200 km away.
Steckline Communications already owned 1410, and FCC AM Query Jan 7 still shows 1480 owned by Disney. It also shows:
20-year Call Sign history of the 1480 facility, #61352:
Current Call Sign: KQAM
Call Sign Begin Date
KQAM 09/23/1997
KZSN 02/01/1990
KLEO 12/31/1982
KWKN 09/01/1980
And of the 1410 facility, #53150:
Current Call Sign: KGSO
Call Sign Begin Date
KGSO 05/01/2005
KMYR 09/23/1997
KQAM 09/15/1980
KEYN
Will Radio Disney find another outlet in Wichita? The Radio Disney website thinx they are still on 1480:
http://radio.disney.go.com/music/yourstation/wichita/index.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENITIFIED. 9547 or 9548, SSB intruder, intermittent 2-way amid stronger broadcast signals on 9545, 9550, Jan 8 at 2350. Could not tell whether it was Spanish, Asian language, or what, but noted here to encourage further chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532, the big open carrier again with brief data bursts, same-sounding as heard Jan 6 at 0620 on 11435, now heard Jan 8 at 0642-0644, big het on WYFR 11530. This is nothing new, and really clashes with WYFR, where they probably do not care due to their extreme redundancy. I wonder if any digital-mode types can make anything of these transmissions, likely from Cuba, at least nail down the exact mode. We suspect they are more sophisticated spy transmissions than the AM numbers and Morse cut numbers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570, Jan 8 at 1442, big solid S9+18 open carrier, so steady I was toying with the idea it could be from something in the household, but 1443 brief tone-test and off at 1444*. Then I recall previous logs of this and assumption it is another test-only channel from IBB Greenville, not otherwise in use this season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
11749.8v R Marumby, Florianópolis SC [2258-2319] (49.8-50.0) Mar08 B // 9665 (irr)
11750 R Voz Missionária, Florianópolis SC [FUTURE PLANS] Jul08 L (a)"Voz Missionária" // 5870v, 9665
As for 11750.0, Aoki and HFCC show three possibilities at this hour:
CNR1 at 37 degrees, i.e. USward; CRIENG via Albania; and BBC Hausa via Ascension.
25m was quite open over night paths from Brazil, with signals ranging from very strong RNA 11780 to moderate 11815, 11925, to weaker carriers on 11765, 11895. Cuba was also VG on 11760, not always the case when longer skip is in.
I had not noticed 11749.9v recently, but there was that het again 17 hours later at 2344 when it was definitely abutting CNR1 which starts at 2200 from Shijiazhuang 723 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 8 at 2348: good on 9000, JBA on 8400, not on 10210, 11300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL
** CYPRUS [and non]. 15495-15520, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, Jan 8 at 1445. Bothered something weak on 15520, presumably YFR in Hindi via UAE as scheduled. It seems Kuwait is no longer using 15505, fortunately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [and non]. 11903 and 11937 the approximate centers of the mushy FMy spurblobs from HCJB via CVC Chile in Portuguese, Jan 8 at 2343. They do vary somewhat, previously around 11900 and 11940 or 11902 and 11938, but that`s no excuse.
BTW, Allen Graham tells me HCJB`s Spanish mailbag show Club de Oyentes, and consequently the sub-program within it, Aventura Diexista, are being cancelled after January, due to declining audiences. CDO is only on the 6050 Pichincha transmitter, which is NOT being closed down as some rumors had it, while ADX gets plenty of play via WRMI. DX Partyline will continue to be produced, also aired via WRMI et al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. 7125 at 0653 Jan 8, French interview on phone about political situation there, so RTG again on the air in the morning, outstanding sorethumbly in hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526v, Jan 8 at 1357 tuned in time to confirm VOI carrier was on today hetting 9530, but very poor and already off at next check 1402. Has the Malay service formerly at 14-15 been dropped, or moved elsewhen? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9585, Jan 8 at 1432 Qur`an, 1434 into talk I thought was Urdu, poor-fair signal, much better than Iran`s Russian service at same time on 9575, which is just barely modulated as we have noted several dates recently, but better signal strength.
9585 also turns out to be VIRI, per Aoki in Hindi at 1430-1528, 500 kW, 102 degrees from Sirjan site, the same one as on 9575, 500 kW, 330 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, KEOR, Sperry, had been rather constant, but Jan 8 at 2030 UT found it missing and for several minutes as I was land-mobile. Signal audible sometime after 2100, and since it was talk, figured it was now KMOX, until heard KJMU-1340 ID (only), the station it simulcasts in Sand Springs, back to Old School music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9410 will always be a quintessential BBCWS frequency to me, dating back several sesquidecades, not too long ago virtually 24 hours in English, but now it`s partial and others are welcome to inmove. I was aware Voz de Turquía was using it for Spanish at 02-03, but now heard with another transmission, Jan 8 at 1358 with IS, 1400 timesignal a few sex late and opening in Russian, as in B-09 schedule from Çakirlar site. Then quick check of 12035 in English from a another transmitter in that hall showed the usual low het and somewhat distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9440, at 1357 Jan 8, open carrier with hum, Russian-style tones on and off, 1358 tones stop, 1400 the WYFR opening joined in progress, Open Forum with Harold Droning. This is a relatively new transmission, which I first reported Dec 18, site unknown.
Aoki now lists it at 14-15 only as 250 kW, 195 degrees from Novosibirsk-Oyash, starting Dec 24. That`s about 82 degrees E longitude, making it virtually transpolar from here, 97+ W.
9440 was about two seconds behind otherwise // 9770, similar signal but from elsewhere, 500 kW, 84 degrees from Nauen, Germany, and also at 14-15 only, says Aoki.
13605, Jan 8 at 1455 with instrumental hymn ``Softly & Tenderly`` but soon morphing into YFR ``Gott sei die Ehre`` theme until off at 1459*. It`s Uzbek, 250 kW, 75 degrees via Wertachtal, Germany at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480 in Wichita KS had been Radio Disney, but now as heard Jan 7 at 1957 UT it`s ``The Big Talker, 1480 KQAM``. Promo gave list of talkshow lineup, too quick to copy down, but not a one of them liberal and some of them far-right wackos, anything but in the public interest, such as Glenn Beck, John Gibson. At least they also have relatively moderate Joe Scarborough, and Jim Bohannon --- only America in the Morning, not his evening talkshow.
If KQAM has its own website, it`s not showing up anywhere near the top of Google searches. But here`s the program list, CST = UT -6, as if they turn the transmitter off for weekends:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/68784/kqam-wichita-unveils-talk-lineup?ref=search
And another story about the transfer:
http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=b12119
A big SNAFU at 2000 UT as commercials continued for the first half of the one-minute Fox ``News``, double audio; no loss. 2001 switches to Mid-America Network, owned by same group, for bitter cold weather forecast, 2002 market report (meaning ag, not stock), 2003 promo Imus show which includes local news breaks.
Strangely enough, during the Radio Disney era, kept old calls KQAM, which don`t seem to relate to any cartoon character, and are still keeping them. KQAM was originally on 1410, and now that is co-owned with present 1410, sports talk, KGSO. Both put adequate daytime groundwave signals into Enid almost 200 km away.
Steckline Communications already owned 1410, and FCC AM Query Jan 7 still shows 1480 owned by Disney. It also shows:
20-year Call Sign history of the 1480 facility, #61352:
Current Call Sign: KQAM
Call Sign Begin Date
KQAM 09/23/1997
KZSN 02/01/1990
KLEO 12/31/1982
KWKN 09/01/1980
And of the 1410 facility, #53150:
Current Call Sign: KGSO
Call Sign Begin Date
KGSO 05/01/2005
KMYR 09/23/1997
KQAM 09/15/1980
KEYN
Will Radio Disney find another outlet in Wichita? The Radio Disney website thinx they are still on 1480:
http://radio.disney.go.com/music/yourstation/wichita/index.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENITIFIED. 9547 or 9548, SSB intruder, intermittent 2-way amid stronger broadcast signals on 9545, 9550, Jan 8 at 2350. Could not tell whether it was Spanish, Asian language, or what, but noted here to encourage further chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532, the big open carrier again with brief data bursts, same-sounding as heard Jan 6 at 0620 on 11435, now heard Jan 8 at 0642-0644, big het on WYFR 11530. This is nothing new, and really clashes with WYFR, where they probably do not care due to their extreme redundancy. I wonder if any digital-mode types can make anything of these transmissions, likely from Cuba, at least nail down the exact mode. We suspect they are more sophisticated spy transmissions than the AM numbers and Morse cut numbers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15570, Jan 8 at 1442, big solid S9+18 open carrier, so steady I was toying with the idea it could be from something in the household, but 1443 brief tone-test and off at 1444*. Then I recall previous logs of this and assumption it is another test-only channel from IBB Greenville, not otherwise in use this season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
