** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15476, LRA36, Friday May 27 did not tune in until 1247 but no signal, just China on 15480, so proceeded to scan for Firedrake [see CHINA], which takes a good 10 minutes before most of them cut off at hourtop. Recheck at 1258, 15476 is now on at S8-S9+5 with talk, 1300 music with a beat, but just too weak. At 1316 XYL talk has improved to S9-S9+10 but cuts off at 1320* and not heard any more, such as at 1346 or after 1400.
While I was listening with BFO on 15475 for LRA36 to turn back on, at 1329 there may have been a couple of fitful attempts to do so, after some utility QRM heard at 1327 consisting of three beeps and a Bronx cheer, twice in a row, exact frequency undetermined.
If you want to go where it should be easy to hear LRA36, try its antipodes, 63 north/123 east, west of Yakutsk in the middle of Siberia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 27:
16980, JBA, flutter at 1252
16100, good at 1252
15545, poor at 1253
15540, very poor, heavy flutter at 1336, 1347; this one jumping around after V. of Tibet stays on, also heard shortly after 1300
15430, very poor at 1336, 1347
14950, very good at 1254
14900, good at 1253; good but heavy flutter at 1338, 1449
14700, good at 1253; none in the 13s at this time
13850, poor at 1447 with ACI de 13845 WWCR; not heard earlier
12600, good at 1255
10970, very good at 1256, none lower; good at 1341, none in the 13s, 12s or 11s at this time; fair at 1451 // 14900
WWV says:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 May follow.
Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 9.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 27 May was 2 (8 nT).
The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 27 May was 2 (18 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM [and non]. 9560, May 27 at 1359 after RA is off, open carrier with persistent het from always off-frequency Ethiopia, 1400 AWR theme music, very poor, language? Listed as Chinese from KSDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. 7125, May 27 at 0549, RTG poor with music and SSB QRhaM, on the air for a change this early, while 7245, Mauritania was not. Poor propagation now, with little from Europe, and even 7275 Tunisia weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, R. Mauritanie, which reactivated May 26, missing again May 27 at 0550, or maybe not supposed to be on that early, but still absent at 0601, 0607 vs. weakened Portugal 7240. Not on 4845 either. However, when I awoke briefly at 0725, 7245 bore a sufficient signal talking in non-Arabic, (or a severely different dialect), much stronger than 7240 Portugal which was still on and audible. Only other listed possibility is Yakutsk, but I think not under current conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 55.25 MHz, May 26 around 1730 UT, the sporadic-E MUF is poking up into VHF TV, signs of analog video from the south; 1750 some Spanish audio, and at this time there is NO Es showing on the 6m map! At 1753 I see the `Vale` bug in lower right, the V like a check mark. Axually, the show is `Se Vale`, on network 2, M-F at `noon`:http://www.televisa.com/programas/entretenimiento/079443/se-vale
But nothing further developed in TVDX that afternoon when I could monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 15620, May 27 at 1453, something in Indonesian atop CCI with SAH, seems Russian; 1454 mentioned SMS. 1511 still CCI but now one is preaching in English, also with slush from defective 15610 WEWN transmitter.
HFCC, Aoki and EiBi agree that the Indonesian is FEBC, Bocaue, 100 kW, 200 degrees at 1400-1530; the Russian is DW via Kigali, RWANDA, 250 kW, switching from 30 to 15 degrees between 1457 and 1500; but nothing scheduled in English, perhaps an aberration from FEBC, for consecutive translation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINGN DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15260, fair May 27 at 1431, presumed Urdu talk mentioning Pakistan, ``recording engineer``, impossible to express that in Urdu? Fair signal. This is the new frequency since May 15 of R. Veritas Asia, via VATICAN, 70 degrees back to Pak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. I want to get this report dispatched before 1800, but the R. Nord Revival says it will be on 9940 at 18-20 UT May 27. Latest details:http://radionordrevival.blogspot.com/2011/05/frequency-schedule-for-radio-nord.html
``Radio Nord now (1715 UT) audible with fair signal on 7485 (not 7385 as their blog said this morning). Audible in AM + lsb (not usb). Clear channel here now RFE Tajik has signed off. --- Alan Pennington,
Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+ longwire``, to DXLD yg.
Note that this revival has been scheduled at the worst possible time for propagation: SWPC predicts K indices reaching 4, solar flux at the lowest of 80-85 during these three days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 17545, YFR, May 26 at 1745 after hymns in English during supposedly new Luba-language service via ASCENSION, announced: ``Family Radio apologizes for this change in our programming`` and urged listeners to read their Bible --- answering my own question in previous report, since no one else did.
88.3, K202BY, the translator here in Enid for Family Radio, I habitually ignore, but since the Camping crash have paid a bit more attention, wondering if it`s inherited yet by some other gospel-huxter, such as Christian Post, which has been taunting FR to sell off its stations on the cheap; a hostile takeover?
Harold is no longer droning on 88.3 or on SW, so it`s not so obvious who`s playing the music. But May 26 at 1959 UT caught a full ID for: KEAR, 88.1, Sacramento and a few of its direct translators in California, Family Radio, Oakland, California mailing address --- no box or street needed! (I copied the call as KAAR, sure sounded like, thought perhaps another FR relay, but can`t be that.)
WYFR shortwave continues to be mostly // and in English/music, the other language speakers perhaps having been privately raptured away?
Dare we hypothesize a schism, yea purge, within the organization?
The `Open Forum` archive athttp://fsiarchive1.familyradio.org/forum/m3u.php?m=05&y=2011
has links for May 20, skips 21, 22, 23, resumes for 24 and 25 only as of May 27; I haven`t tried to open them. May 23 was the special OF when HC took a sesquihour for a `press conference`, no questions allowed? Trying to explain how he could be so wrong, but not in this archive? His droning voice used to be all over the place on YFR frequencies, but not heard this week in random tuning. Is he still producing programs that are not being broadcast?
May 26 at 2017 check, music and English talk by someone else in // on 17845, 17795, 17725.
May 27 at 0545, 9680 is back on in English and // 9715 instead of one being in Spanish; solar flux is way down and propagation from these was only poor, plus // 9985 very poor, 9505 fair, 9355 & 9385 poor. (Not much above 10 MHz except down under, and nothing but RA on 15 MHz.)
May 27 at 0551, 7730, 5985 and 5850 // with music. 7520 not on yet, but open carrier at 0558.
May 27 at 1337, English, no Spanish on 15130 // 15770, 13695
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB continues to be absent, May 26 at 2013 and May 27 at 1250. Is there anything about this breakdown on their website? Of course not! In fact, from that you would think they are 24/7, even tho that ceased at least a month ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15795, WWRB is still missing May 26 at 2012 (tho 9385 is on as usual), May 27 at 1313 just the ChiCom jamming vs AIR music, both poor; while 15825 WWCR is inbooming by Es, so WWRB is really off. Still off at 1705 check; what happened? I want my BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, KVOH still missing at the end of a second week, May 27 at 1705 check. They`re flopping like dries. At least 15550-USB, WJHR is on! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1566 monitoring: UT Friday May 27 at 0331 confirmed on primary WWRB webcast, also 5050. On the web, audio level dropped greatly following the preceding preacher, but apparently it was OK on 5050, reported with good reception by Alan Pennington in England.
ACB Radio Mainstream at 0300, 0500 and 1700 UT Friday May 27 was running last week`s WOR 1565 instead of 1566, despite our quick reminder to them at 0300. Oh, well.
WRMI, 9955, Friday 1430 broadcast just barely audible with a familiar-sounding voice in the noise, not jamming, at 1454. WRMI repeats are Saturday 0800, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, etc. On WWCR: Friday 2030 on 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. On IPAR: Saturday 1800 on 7290. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Saturday & Sunday 1730, Sunday 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
While I was listening with BFO on 15475 for LRA36 to turn back on, at 1329 there may have been a couple of fitful attempts to do so, after some utility QRM heard at 1327 consisting of three beeps and a Bronx cheer, twice in a row, exact frequency undetermined.
If you want to go where it should be easy to hear LRA36, try its antipodes, 63 north/123 east, west of Yakutsk in the middle of Siberia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 27:
16980, JBA, flutter at 1252
16100, good at 1252
15545, poor at 1253
15540, very poor, heavy flutter at 1336, 1347; this one jumping around after V. of Tibet stays on, also heard shortly after 1300
15430, very poor at 1336, 1347
14950, very good at 1254
14900, good at 1253; good but heavy flutter at 1338, 1449
14700, good at 1253; none in the 13s at this time
13850, poor at 1447 with ACI de 13845 WWCR; not heard earlier
12600, good at 1255
10970, very good at 1256, none lower; good at 1341, none in the 13s, 12s or 11s at this time; fair at 1451 // 14900
WWV says:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 May follow.
Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 9.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 27 May was 2 (8 nT).
The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 27 May was 2 (18 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM [and non]. 9560, May 27 at 1359 after RA is off, open carrier with persistent het from always off-frequency Ethiopia, 1400 AWR theme music, very poor, language? Listed as Chinese from KSDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. 7125, May 27 at 0549, RTG poor with music and SSB QRhaM, on the air for a change this early, while 7245, Mauritania was not. Poor propagation now, with little from Europe, and even 7275 Tunisia weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, R. Mauritanie, which reactivated May 26, missing again May 27 at 0550, or maybe not supposed to be on that early, but still absent at 0601, 0607 vs. weakened Portugal 7240. Not on 4845 either. However, when I awoke briefly at 0725, 7245 bore a sufficient signal talking in non-Arabic, (or a severely different dialect), much stronger than 7240 Portugal which was still on and audible. Only other listed possibility is Yakutsk, but I think not under current conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 55.25 MHz, May 26 around 1730 UT, the sporadic-E MUF is poking up into VHF TV, signs of analog video from the south; 1750 some Spanish audio, and at this time there is NO Es showing on the 6m map! At 1753 I see the `Vale` bug in lower right, the V like a check mark. Axually, the show is `Se Vale`, on network 2, M-F at `noon`:http://www.televisa.com/programas/entretenimiento/079443/se-vale
But nothing further developed in TVDX that afternoon when I could monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 15620, May 27 at 1453, something in Indonesian atop CCI with SAH, seems Russian; 1454 mentioned SMS. 1511 still CCI but now one is preaching in English, also with slush from defective 15610 WEWN transmitter.
HFCC, Aoki and EiBi agree that the Indonesian is FEBC, Bocaue, 100 kW, 200 degrees at 1400-1530; the Russian is DW via Kigali, RWANDA, 250 kW, switching from 30 to 15 degrees between 1457 and 1500; but nothing scheduled in English, perhaps an aberration from FEBC, for consecutive translation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINGN DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15260, fair May 27 at 1431, presumed Urdu talk mentioning Pakistan, ``recording engineer``, impossible to express that in Urdu? Fair signal. This is the new frequency since May 15 of R. Veritas Asia, via VATICAN, 70 degrees back to Pak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. I want to get this report dispatched before 1800, but the R. Nord Revival says it will be on 9940 at 18-20 UT May 27. Latest details:http://radionordrevival.blogspot.com/2011/05/frequency-schedule-for-radio-nord.html
``Radio Nord now (1715 UT) audible with fair signal on 7485 (not 7385 as their blog said this morning). Audible in AM + lsb (not usb). Clear channel here now RFE Tajik has signed off. --- Alan Pennington,
Caversham, UK, AOR 7030+ longwire``, to DXLD yg.
Note that this revival has been scheduled at the worst possible time for propagation: SWPC predicts K indices reaching 4, solar flux at the lowest of 80-85 during these three days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 17545, YFR, May 26 at 1745 after hymns in English during supposedly new Luba-language service via ASCENSION, announced: ``Family Radio apologizes for this change in our programming`` and urged listeners to read their Bible --- answering my own question in previous report, since no one else did.
88.3, K202BY, the translator here in Enid for Family Radio, I habitually ignore, but since the Camping crash have paid a bit more attention, wondering if it`s inherited yet by some other gospel-huxter, such as Christian Post, which has been taunting FR to sell off its stations on the cheap; a hostile takeover?
Harold is no longer droning on 88.3 or on SW, so it`s not so obvious who`s playing the music. But May 26 at 1959 UT caught a full ID for: KEAR, 88.1, Sacramento and a few of its direct translators in California, Family Radio, Oakland, California mailing address --- no box or street needed! (I copied the call as KAAR, sure sounded like, thought perhaps another FR relay, but can`t be that.)
WYFR shortwave continues to be mostly // and in English/music, the other language speakers perhaps having been privately raptured away?
Dare we hypothesize a schism, yea purge, within the organization?
The `Open Forum` archive athttp://fsiarchive1.familyradio.org/forum/m3u.php?m=05&y=2011
has links for May 20, skips 21, 22, 23, resumes for 24 and 25 only as of May 27; I haven`t tried to open them. May 23 was the special OF when HC took a sesquihour for a `press conference`, no questions allowed? Trying to explain how he could be so wrong, but not in this archive? His droning voice used to be all over the place on YFR frequencies, but not heard this week in random tuning. Is he still producing programs that are not being broadcast?
May 26 at 2017 check, music and English talk by someone else in // on 17845, 17795, 17725.
May 27 at 0545, 9680 is back on in English and // 9715 instead of one being in Spanish; solar flux is way down and propagation from these was only poor, plus // 9985 very poor, 9505 fair, 9355 & 9385 poor. (Not much above 10 MHz except down under, and nothing but RA on 15 MHz.)
May 27 at 0551, 7730, 5985 and 5850 // with music. 7520 not on yet, but open carrier at 0558.
May 27 at 1337, English, no Spanish on 15130 // 15770, 13695
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB continues to be absent, May 26 at 2013 and May 27 at 1250. Is there anything about this breakdown on their website? Of course not! In fact, from that you would think they are 24/7, even tho that ceased at least a month ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15795, WWRB is still missing May 26 at 2012 (tho 9385 is on as usual), May 27 at 1313 just the ChiCom jamming vs AIR music, both poor; while 15825 WWCR is inbooming by Es, so WWRB is really off. Still off at 1705 check; what happened? I want my BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, KVOH still missing at the end of a second week, May 27 at 1705 check. They`re flopping like dries. At least 15550-USB, WJHR is on! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1566 monitoring: UT Friday May 27 at 0331 confirmed on primary WWRB webcast, also 5050. On the web, audio level dropped greatly following the preceding preacher, but apparently it was OK on 5050, reported with good reception by Alan Pennington in England.
ACB Radio Mainstream at 0300, 0500 and 1700 UT Friday May 27 was running last week`s WOR 1565 instead of 1566, despite our quick reminder to them at 0300. Oh, well.
WRMI, 9955, Friday 1430 broadcast just barely audible with a familiar-sounding voice in the noise, not jamming, at 1454. WRMI repeats are Saturday 0800, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, etc. On WWCR: Friday 2030 on 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. On IPAR: Saturday 1800 on 7290. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Saturday & Sunday 1730, Sunday 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###