** ALBANIA. 13755, R. Tirana open carrier from Shijak is already on at tune-in 1418 June 29; some ACI from DPRK in French on 13760, splash from CRI/Cuba 13740. 1428:40 the RT IS starts, 1430 sign-on with A-10 schedule including 0230 on 7425, but weakening now. Another check at 1450, was ending mailbag (Tuesday) with a report from USA for 7425, 1451 into music fill (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, finally showing a bit of audio, music only heard at frequent chex June 29 from 1330: 1337 as I am torn between this and Banjarmasin; 1345-1405 when sounded like drums and flutes, becoming JBA, 1406 slightly better but brief local 2-way FM image QRM. 1454 carrier still detectable along with a slightly stronger one on 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15525, at 2309 June 28, fair signal fluxuating to S9+10 with Christian hymn in Mandarin; can only be HCJB Kununurra a.k.a. ``KNX``. This and all their 15525 broadcasts, even Japanese, are registered 340 degrees, i.e. aimed at Hong Kong, across central China and Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** CANADA. WWCR had been inbooming on 15825, so a sporadic-E opening into VHF was possible, but did not turn on TV until 1502 UT June 29. Tho antenna aimed south, was getting analog English on channel 5, so quickly rotated northward. It`s CBC with World Cup Paraguay vs Japan from the NNW, and also // channels 2, 3, and 4 fading in and out. Obviously from Saskatchewan area with possible intrusions from neighboring prairie provinces. Catching definite local IDs difficult, but the usual suspects I have reported before. DX Sherlock shows 6m activity mostly east-west across northern tier of states, so I am at right/acute angle to the major paths.
1506 on 2, fashion show in English, with CCI
1509 on 6, ad in English, CTV logo, during ``Fashion Television`` show which has a logo of a large T on screen and on interview mixe. This is on the CTV net at 9-10 am CDT as in MB, but this scheduling fits for CST from Sask an hour later, i.e. CKCK Regina. Still at 1540.
1515 on 4, The View with Whoopy et al., the CDT zone scheduling for MB CTV stations, but also simul at 11 am EDT from Ontario. CCI from another station in English, not CTV or CBC.
1555 on 3, FIFA in French, no doubt CBWFT Winnipeg.
1557 on 4, CTV promo Skywatch weather radar on your PC.
1559 on 3, Moose Jaw entertainment ad. Main MJ station is of course on ch 4, so I suppose CFQC-1, as the other ch 3 in southern Sask are CBC.
1600 on 6, briefly see 6x9 on screen; could that refer to a station whose main channels are those?
1605 on 3, The View, so CTV from CST Sask, mixing with CBC WC.
1610 on 4, Regis & Kelly, mixing with CBC vuvuzelas. This is scheduled on CFTO and CKCO in Ontario at 9-10 am EDT = 3 hours earlier. In the US it`s syndicated to individual stations rather than on a single network altho it`s produced at ABC New York; how about Canada? Did not find any listings for it from zap2it in Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay.
Show`s own website ignores Canada, with drop-down ``local listings`` only for states, not provinces:
http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/local_listings.html
Or could it be something even rarer, a US LPTV station still in analog?
The only one in the area per dxinfocentre map is KGJC in Montana. Googling on calls gets little except a cache of W9WI as of May 16 showing: ``Great Falls , MT [4] KGJC-LD 0.300 0.00 47-27-52.40N 111-21-17.80W LD-CP ||||| Great Falls``
But the current W9WI has removed it completely! No do those calls show on any other Montana channel. It was only a CP on 4, anyway. FCC TV Query also unlists that call for anywhere, and no channel 4 for Great Falls. Regis site doesn`t include it either.
Then I check Calgary listings at zap2it.com --- Regis is on CFCN ch 4 at 10 am MDT, check! Please tell Regis in New York about this.
1615 on 4, infomercial? About Canadians adopting Afrokids, mentioned Worldvision. That`s sked on Global at 11 am CDT but no Global on 4 in Manitoba. CHFD Thunder Bay Ontario? No, not sked at all on that station. Chex at 10 am CST for CFSK from Saskatoon, Global.
1615-1700, mix of stations, nothing dominating for long, ch 2-4.
1700 on 2, WC finally over, ``CBC News Network`` audio ID starting with imminent EIIR Royal Tour of Canada.
1738 on 2, I now find 2 peaking from the NE with CBC Queen coverage, from a naval ship? Soldiers lined up in formation. Signals are weakening, not much left above 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 29: started scanning 18 MHz downward at 1315.
15560, fair at 1319. Aoki shows V. of Tibet via Tajikistan at 1230-1330 on 15547, but also several other frequencies in area including 15562 at 1200-1230 only; but no doubt shifts day to day if not minute to minute. Did not pin this down to 15560 instead of 15562. See 15530:
15530, fair at 1336 // 14970, and now 15560 is off. Aoki shows V. of Tibet via Tashkent on 15530 only at 1330-1400
15140, fair at 1323, // 15560; 1324 into ``ramshorn`` passage; still FD at 1408 // 14970, with 15530/15560 now off. Tough luck, Sultanate of Oman; but FD gone at 1452 check
14970, fair at 1325, 1408; gone at 1452
13970, JBA at 1325 with het, unusual
no others heard by 1330 down to 8 MHz
11500, fair at 1457, not heard earlier, so quickly rescanned 8-18 MHz before 1500 and found no others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, good signal June 29, and since it`s Tuesday, the ``Exotic Indonesia`` hookup with RRI Banjarmasin is in progress at 1331, dialog with Mahendra there, discussing the million-rupiah fines [?!] imposed in Jakarta for not buckling seatbelts, unlike Banj where he only got a suggestion from cop; sharing stories at food stalls instead of restaurants; 1335 YL with scripted cultural show about the art of Banjari story-telling. 1338 the remote audio was crackling up for a while; said performances typically last all night until 5 am. I kept interrupting this interesting story to check on LRA36 which could only provide a bit of music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Anomaly stations check circa 1900 UT June 28:
1120, KEOR still absent as it has been for weeks; a pity with its shiny new antenna towers in the woods going to waste
1580, KOKB Blackwell, (over)modulating again instead of open carrier for past few days. So much for my Spanish mystery until KOKB fails again. Meanwhile, Bill Hale researched possibilities, tnx! ---
``Glenn, According to 100000watts.com, the only 1580 with SS Sports is WTTN in Columbus, WI: ESPN Deportes 1580
1580s with 'Spanish' anywhere in their Format are:
KBLA Santa Monica, CA
WDAB Travelers Rest, SC
WLIM Patchogue, NY: Radio Adonai
WNTF Bithlo, FL: Latina 1580
WVZN Columbia, PA``
1670, Winkeljohn`s talking houses still rumbling away in mutual-QRM
99.9, GCN pirate, Enid, back on the air after missing over weekend (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Antonio Buitrago of REE conveyed assurances that following ``transmitter problems`` for months, the weekly Sephardic show to S America scheduled UT Tuesdays at 0115-0145 on 11795 would surely be back on the air as of June 22 --- but I missed checking for it then.
So I set the alarm and made sure to seek it June 29 from 0113: NOTHING on 11795 thru 0120, altho REE direct in Spanish to SAm sufficient on 11680. Also listened on formerly listed and announced frequency 11780 for this, but as usual RNA was in continuous loud music, and could not detect even the REE IS or fanfare underneath it, tho signal wavered a bit possibly caused by a much weaker signal underneath subaudibly heterodyning it; or not.
REE was the 13m OSOB, June 29 at 1411, poor on 21570 but better than // 21610 and traces of 21540 mixed with Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15867.0, as tuned by June 29 at 1413 heard 2-way contact, stronger being assertive American military YL with flight instruxions, mentioning Air Station Mobile. Could something be brewing in The Gulf? Turned on DX-398 with USB to confirm which sideband, but nothing more heard until 1430 except for occasional digital data bursts such as ``running water``.
Same frequency during 1300 hour I previously reported in DXLD 9-073 mentioning Air Station Sacramento, and 10-17 on April 29 with similar frustration. Terminology denotes US Coast Guard. Numerous previous logs in UDXF forum search of various USCG locales, but also US Customs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, finally showing a bit of audio, music only heard at frequent chex June 29 from 1330: 1337 as I am torn between this and Banjarmasin; 1345-1405 when sounded like drums and flutes, becoming JBA, 1406 slightly better but brief local 2-way FM image QRM. 1454 carrier still detectable along with a slightly stronger one on 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15525, at 2309 June 28, fair signal fluxuating to S9+10 with Christian hymn in Mandarin; can only be HCJB Kununurra a.k.a. ``KNX``. This and all their 15525 broadcasts, even Japanese, are registered 340 degrees, i.e. aimed at Hong Kong, across central China and Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** CANADA. WWCR had been inbooming on 15825, so a sporadic-E opening into VHF was possible, but did not turn on TV until 1502 UT June 29. Tho antenna aimed south, was getting analog English on channel 5, so quickly rotated northward. It`s CBC with World Cup Paraguay vs Japan from the NNW, and also // channels 2, 3, and 4 fading in and out. Obviously from Saskatchewan area with possible intrusions from neighboring prairie provinces. Catching definite local IDs difficult, but the usual suspects I have reported before. DX Sherlock shows 6m activity mostly east-west across northern tier of states, so I am at right/acute angle to the major paths.
1506 on 2, fashion show in English, with CCI
1509 on 6, ad in English, CTV logo, during ``Fashion Television`` show which has a logo of a large T on screen and on interview mixe. This is on the CTV net at 9-10 am CDT as in MB, but this scheduling fits for CST from Sask an hour later, i.e. CKCK Regina. Still at 1540.
1515 on 4, The View with Whoopy et al., the CDT zone scheduling for MB CTV stations, but also simul at 11 am EDT from Ontario. CCI from another station in English, not CTV or CBC.
1555 on 3, FIFA in French, no doubt CBWFT Winnipeg.
1557 on 4, CTV promo Skywatch weather radar on your PC.
1559 on 3, Moose Jaw entertainment ad. Main MJ station is of course on ch 4, so I suppose CFQC-1, as the other ch 3 in southern Sask are CBC.
1600 on 6, briefly see 6x9 on screen; could that refer to a station whose main channels are those?
1605 on 3, The View, so CTV from CST Sask, mixing with CBC WC.
1610 on 4, Regis & Kelly, mixing with CBC vuvuzelas. This is scheduled on CFTO and CKCO in Ontario at 9-10 am EDT = 3 hours earlier. In the US it`s syndicated to individual stations rather than on a single network altho it`s produced at ABC New York; how about Canada? Did not find any listings for it from zap2it in Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay.
Show`s own website ignores Canada, with drop-down ``local listings`` only for states, not provinces:
http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/regisandkelly/local_listings.html
Or could it be something even rarer, a US LPTV station still in analog?
The only one in the area per dxinfocentre map is KGJC in Montana. Googling on calls gets little except a cache of W9WI as of May 16 showing: ``Great Falls , MT [4] KGJC-LD 0.300 0.00 47-27-52.40N 111-21-17.80W LD-CP ||||| Great Falls``
But the current W9WI has removed it completely! No do those calls show on any other Montana channel. It was only a CP on 4, anyway. FCC TV Query also unlists that call for anywhere, and no channel 4 for Great Falls. Regis site doesn`t include it either.
Then I check Calgary listings at zap2it.com --- Regis is on CFCN ch 4 at 10 am MDT, check! Please tell Regis in New York about this.
1615 on 4, infomercial? About Canadians adopting Afrokids, mentioned Worldvision. That`s sked on Global at 11 am CDT but no Global on 4 in Manitoba. CHFD Thunder Bay Ontario? No, not sked at all on that station. Chex at 10 am CST for CFSK from Saskatoon, Global.
1615-1700, mix of stations, nothing dominating for long, ch 2-4.
1700 on 2, WC finally over, ``CBC News Network`` audio ID starting with imminent EIIR Royal Tour of Canada.
1738 on 2, I now find 2 peaking from the NE with CBC Queen coverage, from a naval ship? Soldiers lined up in formation. Signals are weakening, not much left above 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 29: started scanning 18 MHz downward at 1315.
15560, fair at 1319. Aoki shows V. of Tibet via Tajikistan at 1230-1330 on 15547, but also several other frequencies in area including 15562 at 1200-1230 only; but no doubt shifts day to day if not minute to minute. Did not pin this down to 15560 instead of 15562. See 15530:
15530, fair at 1336 // 14970, and now 15560 is off. Aoki shows V. of Tibet via Tashkent on 15530 only at 1330-1400
15140, fair at 1323, // 15560; 1324 into ``ramshorn`` passage; still FD at 1408 // 14970, with 15530/15560 now off. Tough luck, Sultanate of Oman; but FD gone at 1452 check
14970, fair at 1325, 1408; gone at 1452
13970, JBA at 1325 with het, unusual
no others heard by 1330 down to 8 MHz
11500, fair at 1457, not heard earlier, so quickly rescanned 8-18 MHz before 1500 and found no others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, good signal June 29, and since it`s Tuesday, the ``Exotic Indonesia`` hookup with RRI Banjarmasin is in progress at 1331, dialog with Mahendra there, discussing the million-rupiah fines [?!] imposed in Jakarta for not buckling seatbelts, unlike Banj where he only got a suggestion from cop; sharing stories at food stalls instead of restaurants; 1335 YL with scripted cultural show about the art of Banjari story-telling. 1338 the remote audio was crackling up for a while; said performances typically last all night until 5 am. I kept interrupting this interesting story to check on LRA36 which could only provide a bit of music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Anomaly stations check circa 1900 UT June 28:
1120, KEOR still absent as it has been for weeks; a pity with its shiny new antenna towers in the woods going to waste
1580, KOKB Blackwell, (over)modulating again instead of open carrier for past few days. So much for my Spanish mystery until KOKB fails again. Meanwhile, Bill Hale researched possibilities, tnx! ---
``Glenn, According to 100000watts.com, the only 1580 with SS Sports is WTTN in Columbus, WI: ESPN Deportes 1580
1580s with 'Spanish' anywhere in their Format are:
KBLA Santa Monica, CA
WDAB Travelers Rest, SC
WLIM Patchogue, NY: Radio Adonai
WNTF Bithlo, FL: Latina 1580
WVZN Columbia, PA``
1670, Winkeljohn`s talking houses still rumbling away in mutual-QRM
99.9, GCN pirate, Enid, back on the air after missing over weekend (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Antonio Buitrago of REE conveyed assurances that following ``transmitter problems`` for months, the weekly Sephardic show to S America scheduled UT Tuesdays at 0115-0145 on 11795 would surely be back on the air as of June 22 --- but I missed checking for it then.
So I set the alarm and made sure to seek it June 29 from 0113: NOTHING on 11795 thru 0120, altho REE direct in Spanish to SAm sufficient on 11680. Also listened on formerly listed and announced frequency 11780 for this, but as usual RNA was in continuous loud music, and could not detect even the REE IS or fanfare underneath it, tho signal wavered a bit possibly caused by a much weaker signal underneath subaudibly heterodyning it; or not.
REE was the 13m OSOB, June 29 at 1411, poor on 21570 but better than // 21610 and traces of 21540 mixed with Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15867.0, as tuned by June 29 at 1413 heard 2-way contact, stronger being assertive American military YL with flight instruxions, mentioning Air Station Mobile. Could something be brewing in The Gulf? Turned on DX-398 with USB to confirm which sideband, but nothing more heard until 1430 except for occasional digital data bursts such as ``running water``.
Same frequency during 1300 hour I previously reported in DXLD 9-073 mentioning Air Station Sacramento, and 10-17 on April 29 with similar frustration. Terminology denotes US Coast Guard. Numerous previous logs in UDXF forum search of various USCG locales, but also US Customs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
