** ARGENTINA. 15345, Jan 14 at 2213, RAE ID in Spanish, into deportivo segment, S9+ 10 to 12, i.e. poor to fair. Frequency matches Tunisia [q.v.] on 7345, indicating both of them are close to nominal at the moment. On Sat and Sun at the same time, 15345 would ID as Radio Nacional, i.e. domestic relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Further chex of the new KWOU *88.1 Woodward, relaying KGOU *105.7 Norman, public radio from OU: afternoon of Jan 14 we drive due north about 10 miles from Enid to release another trapped squirrel banned from our pecan trees. Altho it`s no closer to WW, reception is generally better out there.
Then we go to the west side of Enid, but there it`s losing out to KMSI 88.l Moore, which doesn`t make much sense; suspect KWOU was off the air intermittently as still in testing stage, but when on it`s with NPR programming, after 21 UT not with ATC like KOSU *91.7, but BBC Newshour.
KGOU/KWOU also carry both hours of NPR`s TOTN including TOTN SF, at 19-21, unlike KOSU which only runs the first hour. KGOU has only one redundant hour of the 2-hour weekday ATC, 22-01 UT, while KOSU runs all of it twice at 21-01; what a waste (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. The sudden regime-change here draws attention to the SW broadcast schedule of RTT, which now may be disrupted, but ordinarily it is only in Arabic and we often listen late at night, especially when playing music.
By the time we tuned in, Jan 14 at 2204, only one frequency was on the air, 7345, poor and undermodulated. Contrary to HFCC registrations one hour off, the WRTH 2011 schedule has been, we believe, essentially correct:
0200-0510 9725 12005
0400-0626 7275 [co-channel to Abuja Nigeria, after 0500?]
0600-0810 7335 [mixed with Vatican at first]
1600-2000 9725 12005
1700-2110 7225
1900-2310 7345
Ironically, Tunisia recently hosted an HFCC meeting, despite inability to enter its own schedule correctly, and despite being a repressive dictatorship. Let`s hope things really get better now.
This also raises the question of why there have not been (any?) clandestine broadcasts to Tunisia over the past icosayear?
This website is mostly in Arabic, http://www.rtci.tn/ but linx to the `latest` French newscast. As of 0515 UT Jan 15, it`s dated ``RTCI le Journal de 13h30 - 14 janvier 2011`` which was before the pres abdicated and fled. But it contains reports from the streets about the demonstrations. This site looks the same:
http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/
Both appear on the RNW Hitlist.
Satellite monitor Mike Cooper in Atlanta says it is also possible to get Tunisian TV and radio on Ku-band, Galaxy 19, not only in Arabic but also French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 5940, BBCWS in English, Jan 15 at 0316, good here tnx to WWCR 5935 being quite weak, and a few words ahead of // 7445 which is very good, almost as if BBC were broadcasting to US again!
5940 is per HFCC both 300 kW, 77 degrees from Cyprus, and 300 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton UK, but I heard no echo; perhaps only one really in use at any given time. 7445 is 250 kW, 114 degrees from Ascension, nowhere near really for us at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WWCR [non], 7465
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO listeners lose again: WWCR 7465 off the air when WOR should have appeared, Friday Jan 14 at 2130, just a very weak signal from something else, while the other three WWCR frequencies were strong, 9350, 9980, 13845. However, WOR 1547 was on the WWCR-1 webcast at this time, so should be there when the transmitter is back on the air. It was still off after 2200, missing Frecuencia al Día too, and also still off after 2300. Not checked again until 0246, and by then the next WWCR-1 frequency, 3215, was on the air.
Now we wait with bated breath for Saturday 1700 on 12160; if it is still WORless, that means there will be only one chance for WWCR listeners to hear us this week, Sunday at the late hour of 0730 on 3215 (we hope).
As WOR SW opportunities diminish, I should remind people that the latest and a great many previous editions are available on demand via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also there are many webcast-only WOR affiliates, plus most of the scheduled SW airings are also webcast. See
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
The other station on 7465 at 2130 must have been BBCWS English via SOUTH AFRICA, scheduled during this hour only, 100 kW, 330 degrees USward, which blocks WOR reception in Africa, but at least here in NAm is totally blown away by WWCR when it is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** OKLAHOMA. Further chex of the new KWOU *88.1 Woodward, relaying KGOU *105.7 Norman, public radio from OU: afternoon of Jan 14 we drive due north about 10 miles from Enid to release another trapped squirrel banned from our pecan trees. Altho it`s no closer to WW, reception is generally better out there.
Then we go to the west side of Enid, but there it`s losing out to KMSI 88.l Moore, which doesn`t make much sense; suspect KWOU was off the air intermittently as still in testing stage, but when on it`s with NPR programming, after 21 UT not with ATC like KOSU *91.7, but BBC Newshour.
KGOU/KWOU also carry both hours of NPR`s TOTN including TOTN SF, at 19-21, unlike KOSU which only runs the first hour. KGOU has only one redundant hour of the 2-hour weekday ATC, 22-01 UT, while KOSU runs all of it twice at 21-01; what a waste (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. The sudden regime-change here draws attention to the SW broadcast schedule of RTT, which now may be disrupted, but ordinarily it is only in Arabic and we often listen late at night, especially when playing music.
By the time we tuned in, Jan 14 at 2204, only one frequency was on the air, 7345, poor and undermodulated. Contrary to HFCC registrations one hour off, the WRTH 2011 schedule has been, we believe, essentially correct:
0200-0510 9725 12005
0400-0626 7275 [co-channel to Abuja Nigeria, after 0500?]
0600-0810 7335 [mixed with Vatican at first]
1600-2000 9725 12005
1700-2110 7225
1900-2310 7345
Ironically, Tunisia recently hosted an HFCC meeting, despite inability to enter its own schedule correctly, and despite being a repressive dictatorship. Let`s hope things really get better now.
This also raises the question of why there have not been (any?) clandestine broadcasts to Tunisia over the past icosayear?
This website is mostly in Arabic, http://www.rtci.tn/ but linx to the `latest` French newscast. As of 0515 UT Jan 15, it`s dated ``RTCI le Journal de 13h30 - 14 janvier 2011`` which was before the pres abdicated and fled. But it contains reports from the streets about the demonstrations. This site looks the same:
http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/
Both appear on the RNW Hitlist.
Satellite monitor Mike Cooper in Atlanta says it is also possible to get Tunisian TV and radio on Ku-band, Galaxy 19, not only in Arabic but also French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 5940, BBCWS in English, Jan 15 at 0316, good here tnx to WWCR 5935 being quite weak, and a few words ahead of // 7445 which is very good, almost as if BBC were broadcasting to US again!
5940 is per HFCC both 300 kW, 77 degrees from Cyprus, and 300 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton UK, but I heard no echo; perhaps only one really in use at any given time. 7445 is 250 kW, 114 degrees from Ascension, nowhere near really for us at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WWCR [non], 7465
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO listeners lose again: WWCR 7465 off the air when WOR should have appeared, Friday Jan 14 at 2130, just a very weak signal from something else, while the other three WWCR frequencies were strong, 9350, 9980, 13845. However, WOR 1547 was on the WWCR-1 webcast at this time, so should be there when the transmitter is back on the air. It was still off after 2200, missing Frecuencia al Día too, and also still off after 2300. Not checked again until 0246, and by then the next WWCR-1 frequency, 3215, was on the air.
Now we wait with bated breath for Saturday 1700 on 12160; if it is still WORless, that means there will be only one chance for WWCR listeners to hear us this week, Sunday at the late hour of 0730 on 3215 (we hope).
As WOR SW opportunities diminish, I should remind people that the latest and a great many previous editions are available on demand via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also there are many webcast-only WOR affiliates, plus most of the scheduled SW airings are also webcast. See
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
The other station on 7465 at 2130 must have been BBCWS English via SOUTH AFRICA, scheduled during this hour only, 100 kW, 330 degrees USward, which blocks WOR reception in Africa, but at least here in NAm is totally blown away by WWCR when it is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
