** ALBANIA. Webcast, Sept 3 at 0330, R. Tirana is indeed still announcing 13640 instead of 13735 for the English Mon-Sat at 1845 and 2000; 13640 with an interference problem was replaced months ago. Moot anyhow, no SW at all on the air currently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Sept 3 at 0522, Brazilian music, poor vs noise level, CODAR. Probably R. Clube do Pará, traditionally one of the best 24h signals from Brazil, first time audible here in months. I lament my lack of DX logs below 5 MHz, as my line noise level is horrific; must get OG&E on the case, if they haven`t all been deployed to the east coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Sept 3, in the ChiCom noon hour:
16100, JBA at 0456, while CRI Kashgar VG and fluttery in Russian on 15445, 15665
After 1230:
7970, very poor at 1231
10300, very good at 1236
12600, good at 1238
13130, fair at 1239
13970, JBA at 1240
14400, JBA at 1241
16100, very poor at 1243
16980, JBA at 1242, slightly better than the 14 and 13
18180, JBA at 1244
Before 1400:
12025, JBA at 1352 under CNR1 jamming
12270, very good at 1352
12500, very good at 1351
12980, very good at 1351
13970, poor at 1350
13920, poor at 1350, weaker than 13970
15430, fair at 1344 mixed with noise, Chinese
15555, very poor at 1344
16100, fair at 1347
17170, good at 1349 with flutter; none in the 18s, 14s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, can`t trace AFN Sept 4 at 1226 avoiding as best I can WTWW 5755, nor several previous mornings. Is AFN off again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sat Sept 3 at 1257 tune-in to M&W discussion in American English; IRRS via Tiganeshti, ROMANIA must have been turned on early with tail of something else, but 1258:40 cut to Aïda, 1300:10 quick IRRS sign-on ID, dead air, until, until ---
1300:55 KQED Radio ID, discussion about upcoming cultural events in the Bay Area, including Ensemble Paralelle with the opera Wozzeck; Exploratorium; a new play, etc. 1307 outro as ``The Do List`` with David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle; see
http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/thedolist/
However, nothing about Wozzeck now but we find by searching the KQED Events Calendar that Wozzeck was performing January 30, 2010, so apparently a very old podcast we are hearing. Followed by jazzed-up `Star Spangled Banner` but not to the extent of Jimi`s.
Poor signal at outset with deep fades, but getting a little better.
1312.5, into discussion of several of the week`s ``under-reported news stories``; 1317 mentions program is `Between the Lines``; 1322 from Blair Mountain WV, to cellphone hazards; 1340 ending show, with 203 area code, originates in Connecticut, and website. Found this to be the August 19, 2011 edition:
http://www.btlonline.org/2011/110819-btl.html
but KQED is not listed as a station carrying it. Then PSAs and songs.
(I break away for another Firedrake scan.) 1354 discussion of aging and Alzheimer`s with Susan Jacoby, author of `The New Old Age`` on `Listeners` Forum`. Cut off at 1358.5 for IRRS sign-off and WEWN ethereally heavenly sign-on QRM.
So it pays to keep checking this hour of IRRS, as once again they have replaced Brother Scare with KQED or other noncommercial US public radio programming. Is it a satellite mixup? I looked for KQED in Lyngsat`s listing of free radio USA, not there. Maybe it involves instead mixed up web feeds to Milano and/or Tiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 3 at 0135, weak Arabish talk so IGIM continues 24-hours, post-Ramadan, why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 3; the lowest frequencies generally fade out first, so today I start tuning at band-bottom:
550, at 1154 UT Sept 3, TC 5:54 en Tapachula(? sounded like), 23 grados. Per Cantú, no Chiapans, but likely this one:
550 XEZK Poder 55 Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jal. 2,500 1,000, if not:
550 XETNC Radio Nayarit Tepic, Nay. 2,500 150
710, at 1157 UT Sept 3, DJ giving his work sked as he starts a shift, also on other stations in the group, 3 pm on R. Lobo, elsewhen on R. Sabrosita. 1202 full ID as XEDP, La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc, claiming 7500 watts contrary to WRTH and to Cantú:
710 XEDP La Ranchera Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 7,000 100
880, at 1158 Sept 3, federal and Estado de Coahuila PSAs, ergo:
880 XETC 880 AM Torreón, Coah. 10,000 1,000
660, at 1201 Sept 3, many local announcements about Ciudad Delicias so
660 XEACB Radio 660, La Tremenda Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
870, at 1204 Sept 3, rustic music, then M&W alternating with detailed sign-on for XETAR including e-mail address, schedule 6 am to 6 pm; 6:03 TC, YL DJ begins her show for 3 de setiembre from:
870 XETAR La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara Guachochi, Chih. 10,000 D
BTW, the town used to be spelt Guachóchic, requiring an accent on O
610, at 1208 Sept 3, TC for 5:09, 1.5 Hz SAH mixing with KCSP Kansas City which is gaining. Timezone means it has to be a relog of:
610 XEGS La Ley Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500
770, at 1211 Sept 3, poor signal with Los 40 Principales singing ID:
770 XEREV Los 40 Principales + FM 104.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 5,000 100
1300, at 1216 Sept 3, in QRM mentions Puente Internacional, which I have traversed between Ciudad Juárez/El Paso, and XEP:
1300 XEP Radio 13 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 38,000 200
Note refined power level, odd 38 kW vs. nominal as in WRTH 50 kW
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, Sept 3 is another good night for VON reception, 0456 undermodulated YL with ID in passing, program summary, including what will be on 9690 later, 0501 into headlines by same announcer instead of OM as last time. Atop Chinese radio war on 15120. Would have expected more from China, as had big signals in Russian on 15445 and 15665, but those are both via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-USB, Sept 3 at 0516, big pirate signal at S9+12, rock music with heavy modulation. No carrier at all, so tuning is touchy especially with the FRG-7 BFO which drifts a bit when first engaged. Professional-sounding DJ with XFM ID, live timechex and song info breaks: 0522, ``22 after 5 UTC``. G-mail address, ``This is the power of X``, then ``Get Up, Stand Up`` song for gay rights. 0527, 27>5 TC, says shifting gears to Urban Astronaut, inviting requests by e-mail. M. Manson coming up, listen on the web at http://xfmlive.com then techno. 0535 Plasmatix; still going past 0614. XFM has been reported a lot lately by others. Er, shouldn`t this be ``XUSB``? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 13800, Sept 2 at 2051, rap music in Spanish, what`s this, Sawa, Farda? No, RRI, of course, with its eclectic, unpredictable music. 2052 `Practical Guide` talk in English about bus fares in Bucharest. 2055 frequencies for next English broadcasts, IS and off. Modulation excellent, signal very good, nothing comparable direct from Europe at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWAZILAND [and non]. 15360, Sept 3 at 1401, heavy CCI with fast SAH, South Asian song mixing with RHC. It`s TWR at 1400-1415 only, daily at 43 degrees in Urdu, the only ``TWR India`` broadcast via Manzini, and you have to find it under India [sic] in WRTH/Update. We are way, way, offbeam and offtarget for such good reception, were it not for RHC in the way, unknown to HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 5950, Sept 3 at 0520, RTI managed to broadcast the proper language via WYFR, English, W&M conversing, instead of French last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15370, another Saturday, Sept 3, so what does the BBCWS relay via Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA have on this week? At 1401 check, it`s in French! This is the hour supposedly in Somali, as we were also hearing French in July, further discussed in early August DXLDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11175-USB, Sept 3 at 0506, Andrews AFB, Maryland, SE of Washington DC, with coded message in military fonetix:
6CPZWFYIZ6ZSUN2NKY6RMKYNRMHIJZUGOSFSZLIOM4
Finished with, `This completes [something]. . .42 characters, Andrews, Out`` And indeed there were 42. Just for fun, I Googled on that and, would you believe, no hits. But there will be now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 910, Sept 3 at 1246 UT, Latin mass stix out, whence? Surely not KVIS Miami OK, not Catholic. EWTN affiliate list
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/amfm.asp
has only one on 910, Guadalupe Radio Network, KATH Dallas-Fort Worth.
http://grnonline.info/
And its program schedule confirms daily mass from EWTN [also on WEWN SW, unchecked] at 7-8 am = 12-13 UT; Sundays for a sesquihour:
http://grnonline.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70
KATH is really licensed to Frisco TX, 1000/500 watts. What a great call, ``KATH-olik`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1060, Sept 2 at 1158 UT, Spanish gospel music, ID ``La I-H-N``; I had previously learned to avoid this one as non-Mexican, but for the record this season: it`s really KIJN, 10 kW daytimer in Farwell TX, panhandle next to NM; as in In Jesus` Name (or In His Name?).
Guess what, this is well before local sunrise, as it`s a few minutes before sunrise even here in Enid far to the east of it. FCC AM Query has no pre-sunrise authority info, but NRC AM Log 2011-2012 shows psra of 3 watts. I don`t think so. (Date is correct; omitted from yesterday`s log).
Also hearing Spanish gospel music on 1060, Sept 3 at 1247, still some skywave, after not hearing KKOB on 770 from 1245 when it is supposed to switch to non-direxional day pattern. Should start showing later in September (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Sept 3 at 1214 UT, ad for ``1190 The Fan`` and other stations in group looking for a sales rep. That leads to KREB in Bentonville AR, http://1190thefan.com/ (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.4, Sept 3 at 0518 weak music on AM, some pirate, no comparison to the signal on 6960-USB so I stayed with that, see NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9300, Sept 3 at 1232, intriguing big hum on small signal again, the kind of thing one would expect from Cairo, but no broadcaster listed on this frequency in HFCC, Aoki or EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Sept 3 at 0522, Brazilian music, poor vs noise level, CODAR. Probably R. Clube do Pará, traditionally one of the best 24h signals from Brazil, first time audible here in months. I lament my lack of DX logs below 5 MHz, as my line noise level is horrific; must get OG&E on the case, if they haven`t all been deployed to the east coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Sept 3, in the ChiCom noon hour:
16100, JBA at 0456, while CRI Kashgar VG and fluttery in Russian on 15445, 15665
After 1230:
7970, very poor at 1231
10300, very good at 1236
12600, good at 1238
13130, fair at 1239
13970, JBA at 1240
14400, JBA at 1241
16100, very poor at 1243
16980, JBA at 1242, slightly better than the 14 and 13
18180, JBA at 1244
Before 1400:
12025, JBA at 1352 under CNR1 jamming
12270, very good at 1352
12500, very good at 1351
12980, very good at 1351
13970, poor at 1350
13920, poor at 1350, weaker than 13970
15430, fair at 1344 mixed with noise, Chinese
15555, very poor at 1344
16100, fair at 1347
17170, good at 1349 with flutter; none in the 18s, 14s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, can`t trace AFN Sept 4 at 1226 avoiding as best I can WTWW 5755, nor several previous mornings. Is AFN off again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. 15610, Sat Sept 3 at 1257 tune-in to M&W discussion in American English; IRRS via Tiganeshti, ROMANIA must have been turned on early with tail of something else, but 1258:40 cut to Aïda, 1300:10 quick IRRS sign-on ID, dead air, until, until ---
1300:55 KQED Radio ID, discussion about upcoming cultural events in the Bay Area, including Ensemble Paralelle with the opera Wozzeck; Exploratorium; a new play, etc. 1307 outro as ``The Do List`` with David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle; see
http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/thedolist/
However, nothing about Wozzeck now but we find by searching the KQED Events Calendar that Wozzeck was performing January 30, 2010, so apparently a very old podcast we are hearing. Followed by jazzed-up `Star Spangled Banner` but not to the extent of Jimi`s.
Poor signal at outset with deep fades, but getting a little better.
1312.5, into discussion of several of the week`s ``under-reported news stories``; 1317 mentions program is `Between the Lines``; 1322 from Blair Mountain WV, to cellphone hazards; 1340 ending show, with 203 area code, originates in Connecticut, and website. Found this to be the August 19, 2011 edition:
http://www.btlonline.org/2011/110819-btl.html
but KQED is not listed as a station carrying it. Then PSAs and songs.
(I break away for another Firedrake scan.) 1354 discussion of aging and Alzheimer`s with Susan Jacoby, author of `The New Old Age`` on `Listeners` Forum`. Cut off at 1358.5 for IRRS sign-off and WEWN ethereally heavenly sign-on QRM.
So it pays to keep checking this hour of IRRS, as once again they have replaced Brother Scare with KQED or other noncommercial US public radio programming. Is it a satellite mixup? I looked for KQED in Lyngsat`s listing of free radio USA, not there. Maybe it involves instead mixed up web feeds to Milano and/or Tiganeshti (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 3 at 0135, weak Arabish talk so IGIM continues 24-hours, post-Ramadan, why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX Sept 3; the lowest frequencies generally fade out first, so today I start tuning at band-bottom:
550, at 1154 UT Sept 3, TC 5:54 en Tapachula(? sounded like), 23 grados. Per Cantú, no Chiapans, but likely this one:
550 XEZK Poder 55 Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jal. 2,500 1,000, if not:
550 XETNC Radio Nayarit Tepic, Nay. 2,500 150
710, at 1157 UT Sept 3, DJ giving his work sked as he starts a shift, also on other stations in the group, 3 pm on R. Lobo, elsewhen on R. Sabrosita. 1202 full ID as XEDP, La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc, claiming 7500 watts contrary to WRTH and to Cantú:
710 XEDP La Ranchera Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 7,000 100
880, at 1158 Sept 3, federal and Estado de Coahuila PSAs, ergo:
880 XETC 880 AM Torreón, Coah. 10,000 1,000
660, at 1201 Sept 3, many local announcements about Ciudad Delicias so
660 XEACB Radio 660, La Tremenda Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
870, at 1204 Sept 3, rustic music, then M&W alternating with detailed sign-on for XETAR including e-mail address, schedule 6 am to 6 pm; 6:03 TC, YL DJ begins her show for 3 de setiembre from:
870 XETAR La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara Guachochi, Chih. 10,000 D
BTW, the town used to be spelt Guachóchic, requiring an accent on O
610, at 1208 Sept 3, TC for 5:09, 1.5 Hz SAH mixing with KCSP Kansas City which is gaining. Timezone means it has to be a relog of:
610 XEGS La Ley Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500
770, at 1211 Sept 3, poor signal with Los 40 Principales singing ID:
770 XEREV Los 40 Principales + FM 104.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 5,000 100
1300, at 1216 Sept 3, in QRM mentions Puente Internacional, which I have traversed between Ciudad Juárez/El Paso, and XEP:
1300 XEP Radio 13 Cd. Juárez, Chih. 38,000 200
Note refined power level, odd 38 kW vs. nominal as in WRTH 50 kW
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, Sept 3 is another good night for VON reception, 0456 undermodulated YL with ID in passing, program summary, including what will be on 9690 later, 0501 into headlines by same announcer instead of OM as last time. Atop Chinese radio war on 15120. Would have expected more from China, as had big signals in Russian on 15445 and 15665, but those are both via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-USB, Sept 3 at 0516, big pirate signal at S9+12, rock music with heavy modulation. No carrier at all, so tuning is touchy especially with the FRG-7 BFO which drifts a bit when first engaged. Professional-sounding DJ with XFM ID, live timechex and song info breaks: 0522, ``22 after 5 UTC``. G-mail address, ``This is the power of X``, then ``Get Up, Stand Up`` song for gay rights. 0527, 27>5 TC, says shifting gears to Urban Astronaut, inviting requests by e-mail. M. Manson coming up, listen on the web at http://xfmlive.com then techno. 0535 Plasmatix; still going past 0614. XFM has been reported a lot lately by others. Er, shouldn`t this be ``XUSB``? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 13800, Sept 2 at 2051, rap music in Spanish, what`s this, Sawa, Farda? No, RRI, of course, with its eclectic, unpredictable music. 2052 `Practical Guide` talk in English about bus fares in Bucharest. 2055 frequencies for next English broadcasts, IS and off. Modulation excellent, signal very good, nothing comparable direct from Europe at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWAZILAND [and non]. 15360, Sept 3 at 1401, heavy CCI with fast SAH, South Asian song mixing with RHC. It`s TWR at 1400-1415 only, daily at 43 degrees in Urdu, the only ``TWR India`` broadcast via Manzini, and you have to find it under India [sic] in WRTH/Update. We are way, way, offbeam and offtarget for such good reception, were it not for RHC in the way, unknown to HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 5950, Sept 3 at 0520, RTI managed to broadcast the proper language via WYFR, English, W&M conversing, instead of French last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15370, another Saturday, Sept 3, so what does the BBCWS relay via Meyerton, SOUTH AFRICA have on this week? At 1401 check, it`s in French! This is the hour supposedly in Somali, as we were also hearing French in July, further discussed in early August DXLDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11175-USB, Sept 3 at 0506, Andrews AFB, Maryland, SE of Washington DC, with coded message in military fonetix:
6CPZWFYIZ6ZSUN2NKY6RMKYNRMHIJZUGOSFSZLIOM4
Finished with, `This completes [something]. . .42 characters, Andrews, Out`` And indeed there were 42. Just for fun, I Googled on that and, would you believe, no hits. But there will be now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 910, Sept 3 at 1246 UT, Latin mass stix out, whence? Surely not KVIS Miami OK, not Catholic. EWTN affiliate list
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/amfm.asp
has only one on 910, Guadalupe Radio Network, KATH Dallas-Fort Worth.
http://grnonline.info/
And its program schedule confirms daily mass from EWTN [also on WEWN SW, unchecked] at 7-8 am = 12-13 UT; Sundays for a sesquihour:
http://grnonline.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=70
KATH is really licensed to Frisco TX, 1000/500 watts. What a great call, ``KATH-olik`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1060, Sept 2 at 1158 UT, Spanish gospel music, ID ``La I-H-N``; I had previously learned to avoid this one as non-Mexican, but for the record this season: it`s really KIJN, 10 kW daytimer in Farwell TX, panhandle next to NM; as in In Jesus` Name (or In His Name?).
Guess what, this is well before local sunrise, as it`s a few minutes before sunrise even here in Enid far to the east of it. FCC AM Query has no pre-sunrise authority info, but NRC AM Log 2011-2012 shows psra of 3 watts. I don`t think so. (Date is correct; omitted from yesterday`s log).
Also hearing Spanish gospel music on 1060, Sept 3 at 1247, still some skywave, after not hearing KKOB on 770 from 1245 when it is supposed to switch to non-direxional day pattern. Should start showing later in September (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Sept 3 at 1214 UT, ad for ``1190 The Fan`` and other stations in group looking for a sales rep. That leads to KREB in Bentonville AR, http://1190thefan.com/ (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.4, Sept 3 at 0518 weak music on AM, some pirate, no comparison to the signal on 6960-USB so I stayed with that, see NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9300, Sept 3 at 1232, intriguing big hum on small signal again, the kind of thing one would expect from Cairo, but no broadcaster listed on this frequency in HFCC, Aoki or EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
