** ALBANIA. At midsummer, 11 MHz with lots of signals from Europe in the nightmiddle, such as Arabic on 11775 at 0609 June 23, kept talking about Israel. Presumably CRI via Albania as scheduled. Jordan is also registered here, but don`t recall any reports of it axually using this frequency. Bulgaria in Spanish was also in on 11800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 23; poor propagation, hi local noise level.
13000, JBA or imagination-level at 1330
13970, poor at 1328
14700, fair at 1330
14970, fair at 1331, weaker than 14700
None others found 8-19 MHz between 1320 and 1336
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 13820, R. Martí, June 23 at 1350 with discussion of influential Mexican authors. Remarkably, no jamming audible, or maybe traces, despite huge signals from RHC on 13680 and 13780. But at 1400 the jamming noise ramped up. Cannot believe the DentroCubans would axually relent depending on program content (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 11615, RFI in English, comprehensive news, Wednesday June 23 at 0610, good signal. 170 degrees from Issoudun, 0600-0630. If on the air weekends, presumably defaults to French. Lucked into a day when they are not striking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 11645, June 23 at 0612 with Greek music, weaker than adjacent TWR South Africa 11640. This is supposed to be the English hour of the R. Filia service, including BBCWS relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI confirmed on the air June 23 at 1344 only by barely detecting its carrier on this unique frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, June 23 at 0620, weak carrier detectable slightly low compared to 5025 Rebelde, presumably Star Radio. Brian Alexander, PA, measured it 72 hours earlier on 4024.99, which fits nicely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E on VHF is finally back after a 2-day respite: I leave TV on channel 2 most of the time waiting for openings. 0014 UT June 23, channel 2 fades up with southerly Spanish, Banco Azteca --- may we assume they never advertise on Televisa? Is ad break in dubbed Los Simpson which resumed at 0017; Homer doesn`t sound like Homer, sorry; could Hank Azaria learn Spanish? TV Guide says it`s the Azteca-7 network. There are six possibilities, Campeche and Tampico most likely here.
More interesting is CCI on 2 for several minutes from black screen, silent audio. Who could that be? It`s 10 kHz offset from Simpsons. Then I am getting commercials in English. Maybe it was XHRIO. From the Dxinfocentre maps, XHCAM and XHRIO are both offset plus, so that doesn`t fit. XHTAU Tampico and XHDRG Durango are zero, so could be either of those, if black was XHRIO. Yes, this is iffy, but who`s counting?
0026 on channel 4, net-5 bug UR, lucha libre? Also WW logo to be seen such as on interview mike, one W atop the other. Thought it pertains to W network, as in XEW, radio too, or is it for Wrestling? Weak opening fading in and out; at 0054 saw the WW on mike again, interviewing a bunch of guys in a ring [= square], but not wearing masks. Net-5 on 4 has a number of possibilities, including XHD Tampico.
0034 on ch 2, Primer Impacto, which is the Televisa tabloid newsmagazine we also get on Univisión. TV Guide online is giving me trouble, refusing to load local or international listings. Maybe because the advertising isn`t loading first? Geez.
0041 on ch 2, preacher in Spanish, with phone number, ``llámenos al`` starting with (81), which is the country code for Japan, so it must have been something within Mexico, or somewhere closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [non]. Re my previous report of a 92.7 relaying XHRR 102.5 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, ``La Ley``. It is in fact KESO, a fine example of international cooperation. Steven Wiseblood in Harlingen, for whom these are locals confirms:
``92.7 is definitely transmitting from Port Isabel, relaying 102.5 Reynosa; funny thing is, they have no ads for Port Isabel or South Padre Island, all the content is geared to McAllen-Edinburg-Hidalgo. I have absolutely no idea why a Port Isabel station is being used to relay the Reynosa station, and also why is there no local content for Port Isabel or South Padre Island. I have confirmed, however, that the 92.7 transmitter is within 2 miles of downtown Port Isabel, near the ship channel. Sometimes I secretly wish for the Fairness Doctrine so that a station like this will at least have to have a few hours of local content a day, but it is being used now as nothing more than a relay for 102.5 Reynosa, "La Ley"`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [non]. Altho I still think airplane scatter from Vance training flights affects reception of KSNW-45 Wichita, around 1700 UT June 22 the DTV signal is popping in a few times per minute for a few seconds each, whether or not I hear the jet engines, so I think the signal is now ``on the verge`` with brief fluxuations up to decode level just caused by atmospheric turbulence, near 100-degree temps.
Then I tried some of the other Wichita market UHF stations. Some of them had no signal, some had a little signal, but none would pop in like KSNW. Most are also lower-powered.
Makes me wonder if I had much higher tower, much higher gain, greater capture area, whether this or other Wichitans would be constantly DTV received, but somehow doubt it in 200-km range. The one I really want is our nearest PBS alternative to OETA, KPTS-8, and I`ve yet to get any decode from it this summer, as it`s always too weak, even when Wichita U`s are pounding in late at night (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, haven`t heard WJHR in the mornings for weeks, but June 23 at 1403 there it is with one and only preacher, fair signal at peaks. Possibly it`s on most of the time, but only audible when sporadic-E boosts, certainly the case now as WWCR 15825 and 13845 are inbooming, plus CB 27 MHz from Georgia, etc., altho not making it to VHF. It seems WJHR missed being included in the WRTH 2010. Let this be a lesson: if you are starting a new SW station, get it on the air by Oct or Nov rather than Dec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re my previous comments about WBRA-DT Roanoke VA: Trip Ericson points out that they have decided to stay on channel 3, and are now 9.8 kW ERP non-direxional. I had been consulting the wrong entry in FCC`s TV Query (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. When I check 4025 for carrier from Liberia, I also check 6025 with BFO on, compared to 5025 Cuba, and June 23 at 0620 there was a very weak signal slightly on the low side matching 4025-, and some JBA music. If R. Amanecer, Dominican Republic, were running late again, I would expect more of a signal from them, and anyhow has been measured about 50 Hz on high side.
Enugu, Nigeria, is supposedly inactive, and propagation rules out Iran or Malaysia. Bolivia? Does R. Illimani/Patria Nueva ever stay on all night? It could also be a spur, tho by now most of the bigger signals on 49m have finished. Bonaire is sleeping. Cuba? Unlikely since all their frequencies end in -0. For sure it`s not the imaginary KTMI in Oregon, which some lists display on 6025 from registrations as if it axually existed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CHINA. Firedrake June 23; poor propagation, hi local noise level.
13000, JBA or imagination-level at 1330
13970, poor at 1328
14700, fair at 1330
14970, fair at 1331, weaker than 14700
None others found 8-19 MHz between 1320 and 1336
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 13820, R. Martí, June 23 at 1350 with discussion of influential Mexican authors. Remarkably, no jamming audible, or maybe traces, despite huge signals from RHC on 13680 and 13780. But at 1400 the jamming noise ramped up. Cannot believe the DentroCubans would axually relent depending on program content (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 11615, RFI in English, comprehensive news, Wednesday June 23 at 0610, good signal. 170 degrees from Issoudun, 0600-0630. If on the air weekends, presumably defaults to French. Lucked into a day when they are not striking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 11645, June 23 at 0612 with Greek music, weaker than adjacent TWR South Africa 11640. This is supposed to be the English hour of the R. Filia service, including BBCWS relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI confirmed on the air June 23 at 1344 only by barely detecting its carrier on this unique frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, June 23 at 0620, weak carrier detectable slightly low compared to 5025 Rebelde, presumably Star Radio. Brian Alexander, PA, measured it 72 hours earlier on 4024.99, which fits nicely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E on VHF is finally back after a 2-day respite: I leave TV on channel 2 most of the time waiting for openings. 0014 UT June 23, channel 2 fades up with southerly Spanish, Banco Azteca --- may we assume they never advertise on Televisa? Is ad break in dubbed Los Simpson which resumed at 0017; Homer doesn`t sound like Homer, sorry; could Hank Azaria learn Spanish? TV Guide says it`s the Azteca-7 network. There are six possibilities, Campeche and Tampico most likely here.
More interesting is CCI on 2 for several minutes from black screen, silent audio. Who could that be? It`s 10 kHz offset from Simpsons. Then I am getting commercials in English. Maybe it was XHRIO. From the Dxinfocentre maps, XHCAM and XHRIO are both offset plus, so that doesn`t fit. XHTAU Tampico and XHDRG Durango are zero, so could be either of those, if black was XHRIO. Yes, this is iffy, but who`s counting?
0026 on channel 4, net-5 bug UR, lucha libre? Also WW logo to be seen such as on interview mike, one W atop the other. Thought it pertains to W network, as in XEW, radio too, or is it for Wrestling? Weak opening fading in and out; at 0054 saw the WW on mike again, interviewing a bunch of guys in a ring [= square], but not wearing masks. Net-5 on 4 has a number of possibilities, including XHD Tampico.
0034 on ch 2, Primer Impacto, which is the Televisa tabloid newsmagazine we also get on Univisión. TV Guide online is giving me trouble, refusing to load local or international listings. Maybe because the advertising isn`t loading first? Geez.
0041 on ch 2, preacher in Spanish, with phone number, ``llámenos al`` starting with (81), which is the country code for Japan, so it must have been something within Mexico, or somewhere closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [non]. Re my previous report of a 92.7 relaying XHRR 102.5 Reynosa, Tamaulipas, ``La Ley``. It is in fact KESO, a fine example of international cooperation. Steven Wiseblood in Harlingen, for whom these are locals confirms:
``92.7 is definitely transmitting from Port Isabel, relaying 102.5 Reynosa; funny thing is, they have no ads for Port Isabel or South Padre Island, all the content is geared to McAllen-Edinburg-Hidalgo. I have absolutely no idea why a Port Isabel station is being used to relay the Reynosa station, and also why is there no local content for Port Isabel or South Padre Island. I have confirmed, however, that the 92.7 transmitter is within 2 miles of downtown Port Isabel, near the ship channel. Sometimes I secretly wish for the Fairness Doctrine so that a station like this will at least have to have a few hours of local content a day, but it is being used now as nothing more than a relay for 102.5 Reynosa, "La Ley"`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [non]. Altho I still think airplane scatter from Vance training flights affects reception of KSNW-45 Wichita, around 1700 UT June 22 the DTV signal is popping in a few times per minute for a few seconds each, whether or not I hear the jet engines, so I think the signal is now ``on the verge`` with brief fluxuations up to decode level just caused by atmospheric turbulence, near 100-degree temps.
Then I tried some of the other Wichita market UHF stations. Some of them had no signal, some had a little signal, but none would pop in like KSNW. Most are also lower-powered.
Makes me wonder if I had much higher tower, much higher gain, greater capture area, whether this or other Wichitans would be constantly DTV received, but somehow doubt it in 200-km range. The one I really want is our nearest PBS alternative to OETA, KPTS-8, and I`ve yet to get any decode from it this summer, as it`s always too weak, even when Wichita U`s are pounding in late at night (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, haven`t heard WJHR in the mornings for weeks, but June 23 at 1403 there it is with one and only preacher, fair signal at peaks. Possibly it`s on most of the time, but only audible when sporadic-E boosts, certainly the case now as WWCR 15825 and 13845 are inbooming, plus CB 27 MHz from Georgia, etc., altho not making it to VHF. It seems WJHR missed being included in the WRTH 2010. Let this be a lesson: if you are starting a new SW station, get it on the air by Oct or Nov rather than Dec (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re my previous comments about WBRA-DT Roanoke VA: Trip Ericson points out that they have decided to stay on channel 3, and are now 9.8 kW ERP non-direxional. I had been consulting the wrong entry in FCC`s TV Query (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. When I check 4025 for carrier from Liberia, I also check 6025 with BFO on, compared to 5025 Cuba, and June 23 at 0620 there was a very weak signal slightly on the low side matching 4025-, and some JBA music. If R. Amanecer, Dominican Republic, were running late again, I would expect more of a signal from them, and anyhow has been measured about 50 Hz on high side.
Enugu, Nigeria, is supposedly inactive, and propagation rules out Iran or Malaysia. Bolivia? Does R. Illimani/Patria Nueva ever stay on all night? It could also be a spur, tho by now most of the bigger signals on 49m have finished. Bonaire is sleeping. Cuba? Unlikely since all their frequencies end in -0. For sure it`s not the imaginary KTMI in Oregon, which some lists display on 6025 from registrations as if it axually existed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
