** CHINA. Firedrake September 17; before 1300 it`s hit-and miss as a T-storm makes me use the DX-398 with inside random wire rather than the continuously tuning FRG-7:
10300, JBA at 1259
13920, fair with flutter at 1258
16100, JBA at 1258
16980, JBA at 1258
Before 1400, back with FRG-7 and longwire, full scan:
13920, very poor at 1341
12980, fair with heavy flutter at 1343
12600, poor with heavy flutter at 1342
12270, good but heavy flutter at 1342
11500, poor at 1344; earlier before and after 1300 it was just the open carrier from presumed TAJIKISTAN failing to modulate V. of Russia
10300, very poor at 1345
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [non]. 11810, Sept 17 at 0527, flutish Arabic music and mentions of Allah, but certainly not Qur`an; 0529 cut to modern Arabic music, gmail address, SMS number, W&M conclude announcement with dardasha7.com and off at 0530* --- so it`s R. Dardasha 7, the Christian program based in Cyprus, 125 kW, 185 degrees via Nauen, GERMANY per HFCC. What I usually hear is the colliding listing for RRI DRM in French during the same semihour, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni, but did not notice any QRDRM this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 11645, Sept 17 at 0526, BBC sports report in English, good signal with flutter. So this UT Saturday, ERA`s R. Filia service has English from BBCWS on at the moment; recheck at 0531 I heard a bit of French, whence? And then Greek songs to 0550* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Sept 17 at 2050, R. Kuwait poor with English news headlines by YL, so it seems the 1800-2100 broadcast remains in English instead of registered Arabic; but reception is worsening as that block gets further into the night at the origin. Nothing audible on the Arabic to C&W NAm channel 17550, which rivaled 15540 in the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, semilocal KOKP, Perry OK, normally blox anything else, but Sept 17 at 1250 UT I found KOKP had relented by ceasing to modulate, unlike its sister station 1580 KOKB Blackwell, which was sports-talking as usual, tho last year had extensive hours/days of dead air itself.
When nulled, this allowed me to detect a weak signal with Mexican music. Rather than referring to Cantú for a genuine XE, at this late hour I suspect KCKN Roswell NM, which per 2011 NRC AM Log besides C&W and religion has ``some Spanish programs``. Let`s take a look at their program schedule, at http://kckn1020.com/ --- what program schedule? I don`t see any sign of one, and everything is in English leading you to believe it`s nothing but kickin` country! (During the following hour, 7-8 am Saturdays, is Red Steagall`s Cowboy Corner, linked to http://www.cowboycorner.com/ --- I remember reporting that months ago on another affiliate.) So how about it, Jerry, do you have Mexican music on the air Saturdays before 7 am MDT? There is no Mexican north or west of this unlikely one in Cantú:
1020 XEPIC Radio Hits Tepic, Nay. 1,000 1,000
FCC AM Query shows Official Sunrise for KCKN during September is 1245 UT, (October: 1300), so KCKN would have just switched from DA-night pattern to DA-day, both 50 kW. Day pattern is quite unfavorable for us, with big nulls to the NE & SW, major lobes to the NW and SE, but night pattern has an even deeper null toward KDKA, as if they cared anymore with KOKP et al. in between (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15610, Saturday Sept 17 at 1354, IRRS via ROMANIA with Brother Scare, another day with no KQED substitute; at 1358 usual collision between IRRS signing off and WEWN prélude of Regina Cœli, about to sign-on. This is just as BS is ramping up his super Sabbath service live, tsk. But one can tune over to 15420-CUSB where WBCQ sign-on cuts off the ``CQ`` to join BS in progress. It`s fun trying to tune the BFO just right so the Hammond organ sounds more or less normal. Whatever reference carrier is left is not enough to hear under the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 13620, Sept 17 at 0519, R. Dabanga, via MADAGASCAR, poor with SAH and 1000 Hz tone jamming is again audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, Sept 17 at 0520, WTWW is VG now with Bible in English, while 23 hours earlier it was JBA, in widely variable propagation conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN seems to be expanding its squishy spur service. First they were always plus and minus 9 kHz from the English transmitter; then they started showing up slightly weaker additionally at plus and minus 18 kHz. Now, add an even weaker pair at plus and minus 27 kHz!
Sept 17 at 2034 they are obviously on 15592, 15601, 15619 and 15628 from the 15610 transmitter at S9+25 or so, the same modulation detectable with heavy distortion, but also I find them around 15583 beating against VOA 15580, and a bit on 15637 to match. The 15628 was also beating against poor Voice of Greece. Mother Angelica, have you no shame? Victimae, how much longer are you going to take this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15185, Sept 17 at 2030, S9+10 signal but still only poor with fading, American language lesson in English for French; at 2037 found same on incomparably stronger 15730 an echo ahead of 15185, but modulation on 15730 is distorted, especially the musical background. HFCC shows 15185 is BOTSWANA, Sat & Sun only at 2030-2100 for VOA French, 100 kW at 10 degrees; while 15730 is the Sat & Sun extension for another semihour of the 2000 VOA French, 250 kW, 94 degrees from Greenville (plus gobs off the back). I was tuning around 15190 to see if there was any sign of R. Africa: no, nor R. Inconfidência, Brasil, but it was tight squeeze between VOA and YFR/Ascension 15195 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 16850.5-USB, Sept 17 at 2039-2050+, talk about horses in Luso Portuguese catches my ear; at first it sounds like a broadcast, the fellow is so glib and well-modulated, a feeder? No, eventually he pauses and hear a response from a much weaker signal. Klingenfuss 2002 SW Frequency guide shows 16850.5 not as SSB but as a digital channel 89 for coast stations. Of the 36,133 posts so far in the UDXF yg, searching on 16850, 16850.5 and messing with the decimal positioning does not get a single hit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
10300, JBA at 1259
13920, fair with flutter at 1258
16100, JBA at 1258
16980, JBA at 1258
Before 1400, back with FRG-7 and longwire, full scan:
13920, very poor at 1341
12980, fair with heavy flutter at 1343
12600, poor with heavy flutter at 1342
12270, good but heavy flutter at 1342
11500, poor at 1344; earlier before and after 1300 it was just the open carrier from presumed TAJIKISTAN failing to modulate V. of Russia
10300, very poor at 1345
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [non]. 11810, Sept 17 at 0527, flutish Arabic music and mentions of Allah, but certainly not Qur`an; 0529 cut to modern Arabic music, gmail address, SMS number, W&M conclude announcement with dardasha7.com and off at 0530* --- so it`s R. Dardasha 7, the Christian program based in Cyprus, 125 kW, 185 degrees via Nauen, GERMANY per HFCC. What I usually hear is the colliding listing for RRI DRM in French during the same semihour, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni, but did not notice any QRDRM this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 11645, Sept 17 at 0526, BBC sports report in English, good signal with flutter. So this UT Saturday, ERA`s R. Filia service has English from BBCWS on at the moment; recheck at 0531 I heard a bit of French, whence? And then Greek songs to 0550* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Sept 17 at 2050, R. Kuwait poor with English news headlines by YL, so it seems the 1800-2100 broadcast remains in English instead of registered Arabic; but reception is worsening as that block gets further into the night at the origin. Nothing audible on the Arabic to C&W NAm channel 17550, which rivaled 15540 in the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, semilocal KOKP, Perry OK, normally blox anything else, but Sept 17 at 1250 UT I found KOKP had relented by ceasing to modulate, unlike its sister station 1580 KOKB Blackwell, which was sports-talking as usual, tho last year had extensive hours/days of dead air itself.
When nulled, this allowed me to detect a weak signal with Mexican music. Rather than referring to Cantú for a genuine XE, at this late hour I suspect KCKN Roswell NM, which per 2011 NRC AM Log besides C&W and religion has ``some Spanish programs``. Let`s take a look at their program schedule, at http://kckn1020.com/ --- what program schedule? I don`t see any sign of one, and everything is in English leading you to believe it`s nothing but kickin` country! (During the following hour, 7-8 am Saturdays, is Red Steagall`s Cowboy Corner, linked to http://www.cowboycorner.com/ --- I remember reporting that months ago on another affiliate.) So how about it, Jerry, do you have Mexican music on the air Saturdays before 7 am MDT? There is no Mexican north or west of this unlikely one in Cantú:
1020 XEPIC Radio Hits Tepic, Nay. 1,000 1,000
FCC AM Query shows Official Sunrise for KCKN during September is 1245 UT, (October: 1300), so KCKN would have just switched from DA-night pattern to DA-day, both 50 kW. Day pattern is quite unfavorable for us, with big nulls to the NE & SW, major lobes to the NW and SE, but night pattern has an even deeper null toward KDKA, as if they cared anymore with KOKP et al. in between (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15610, Saturday Sept 17 at 1354, IRRS via ROMANIA with Brother Scare, another day with no KQED substitute; at 1358 usual collision between IRRS signing off and WEWN prélude of Regina Cœli, about to sign-on. This is just as BS is ramping up his super Sabbath service live, tsk. But one can tune over to 15420-CUSB where WBCQ sign-on cuts off the ``CQ`` to join BS in progress. It`s fun trying to tune the BFO just right so the Hammond organ sounds more or less normal. Whatever reference carrier is left is not enough to hear under the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 13620, Sept 17 at 0519, R. Dabanga, via MADAGASCAR, poor with SAH and 1000 Hz tone jamming is again audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, Sept 17 at 0520, WTWW is VG now with Bible in English, while 23 hours earlier it was JBA, in widely variable propagation conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN seems to be expanding its squishy spur service. First they were always plus and minus 9 kHz from the English transmitter; then they started showing up slightly weaker additionally at plus and minus 18 kHz. Now, add an even weaker pair at plus and minus 27 kHz!
Sept 17 at 2034 they are obviously on 15592, 15601, 15619 and 15628 from the 15610 transmitter at S9+25 or so, the same modulation detectable with heavy distortion, but also I find them around 15583 beating against VOA 15580, and a bit on 15637 to match. The 15628 was also beating against poor Voice of Greece. Mother Angelica, have you no shame? Victimae, how much longer are you going to take this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15185, Sept 17 at 2030, S9+10 signal but still only poor with fading, American language lesson in English for French; at 2037 found same on incomparably stronger 15730 an echo ahead of 15185, but modulation on 15730 is distorted, especially the musical background. HFCC shows 15185 is BOTSWANA, Sat & Sun only at 2030-2100 for VOA French, 100 kW at 10 degrees; while 15730 is the Sat & Sun extension for another semihour of the 2000 VOA French, 250 kW, 94 degrees from Greenville (plus gobs off the back). I was tuning around 15190 to see if there was any sign of R. Africa: no, nor R. Inconfidência, Brasil, but it was tight squeeze between VOA and YFR/Ascension 15195 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 16850.5-USB, Sept 17 at 2039-2050+, talk about horses in Luso Portuguese catches my ear; at first it sounds like a broadcast, the fellow is so glib and well-modulated, a feeder? No, eventually he pauses and hear a response from a much weaker signal. Klingenfuss 2002 SW Frequency guide shows 16850.5 not as SSB but as a digital channel 89 for coast stations. Of the 36,133 posts so far in the UDXF yg, searching on 16850, 16850.5 and messing with the decimal positioning does not get a single hit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
