** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Sept 27 at 1311, LRA36 is back on again as evidenced by a JBA carrier here, 1316 traces of music. Could still detect carrier at chex 1347, 1403, 1429. So an active Tuesday; maybe this Thursday too, unless a holiday.
Ron Howard, CA, was also getting it today: ``open carrier at 1347; hovering just above and below threshold level (mostly below); best segment from 1420 to 1426 with singing and YL announcer; too weak to ID language; transmitter off at 1503`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. Shortly after posting yesterday`s report, got a reply from Mathias Svensson of CVC La Voz, whom I had met at HFCC Dallas, about why I had heard 9780 and 11665 Sept 25 at 0550 UT, far beyond their usual sign-offs:
``Hi Glenn, It was nice to meet you too. Transmissions were extended to cover a two-night special event at the request of listeners. Everything returned to normal on Sunday`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 27; geomag storms and blackouts really disrupted reception, as reported by WWV:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 September follow.
Solar flux 148 and mid-latitude A-index 27.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 27 September was 3 (39 nT).
The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 27 September was 4 (40 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected.``
10300, JBA at 1135, none higher nor 7970
Not checked again until around 1330:
10300, fair at 1331
11500, poor at 1330 with lo het, CCI
14970, JBA at 1326; none in the 13s, 12s
15970, very poor at 1322 with flutter
16100, very poor at 1323 with flutter = 15970
17170, JBA at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 5970, Sept 27 at 1144, strong open carrier, making SAH with much weaker station. Surely REE Cariari warming up for the 1200 broadcast which with 0/360 degree listings is either non-direxional or due north. However, not audible at next check 1304, maybe outfaded. The other station could be PBS Gannan, China, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 530, Sept 27 at 1114 I am hearing typical Enciclopedia EZL music, confirmed by 7:15 timecheck in Spanish at 1115, so this 10 kW CMBQ transmitter in Habana holds up this late --- well, of course, by gaisma.com I see that LSR there today is 1120 UT, while here in Enid it is 1223. BTW, have not heard the 1 kHz het from TN beacon LYQ 529 for many months; thanks, Dave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Sept 27 at 1334, VOI conveniently mentioned Banjarmasin just as I tuned in, then music, too poor to follow but reconfirming another `Exotic-Indonesia` on Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 27 at 0545, IGIM is already on with YL in Arabish, 0547 Islamic chanting. It`s always fun to hear this right next to the super-Christian Vatican mass on 7250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Pre-sunrise MW DX Sept 27: I woke up an hour too early.
620, Sept 27 at 1116 UT, Radio 6-20, music offer, 8-digit phone starting with 5-, i.e. DF, loops N/S, adstring mixed with government PSAs, addresses in DF. 1118 ``Está Vd. en Por el Campo`` program, ``desde la Ciudad de México``. Cantú:
620 XENK Radio 6.20 México, DF 50,000 5,000
Totally overriding Mickey Mouse and anything else on 620
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Sept 27 at 0540, JBA signal, could have been VON, or China radio war, nothing audible on 15200, where 24 hours earlier, Daniel Hostetler in Anchorage AK said he was getting another VON service non-// --- finally activating new transmitter and antenna? Around when I was getting VON very well on 15120, Sept 26 at 0510-0515+, nothing was heard as I swept across 15200. 19 mb conditions tonight were totally different, back to dominant/only signals from Australia on 15160 > 15240, likewise 13630 > 13690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. I don`t always see it, and it could vanish at any moment to be replaced by DTV for which there is a CP and a deadline, so I am always pleased when a bit of tropo enhances KWDW-LP, Nichols Hills on channel 48 analog, with Univisión from KUOK, such as Sept 27 at 1431 UT; 1437 in `hoy` program per bug in lower-left, (from DF or LA? Later a horoscope segment originated in Los Ángeles).
So I checked for other low-powers in OKC: at 1437, // KCHM-HD, 36.1 also on RF 36 was also in with `hoy` during 2011y month-by-month beefcake calendar segment; along with 36.2 which still runs audio of `La Zeta` 106.7 plus slide show from concerts. This signal was in & out, marginal, while analog 48 remained rather steady.
Checking all the other UHF analog channels, found only 19 with gospel huxter English audio, but unsynched screen seemed to be black as often noted before, i.e. KUOT-CA with GCN religious TV network. Also the audio cut in & out, not sure if transmitted that way or caused by 2-way QRM. When I came to ch 19 on the DTV set, I was also getting a `bad` DTV signal. Must have been Wichita, as RF 45 KSNW `3` was decoding even with the antenna in opposite direxion.
OTOH, the marginal DTV signal from OKC on 46, KOCM, Daystar, Norman, was not strong enough to decode, as it often is not, even tho apparently required on Enid cable, a late addition on ch 95.
Later while aimed north at Wichita I was getting bad signals from most, but RF 35 produced KMTW My-TV Hutchinson on 36.1, while 36.2 carried ``CNTVSD`` i.e. Country, same as on 25.2 of KOKH-24 OKC which however PSIPs it as ``CMN`` --- there is no standardization in such IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9890, Sept 27 at 1355, choral music in a round, 1357 Chinesish YL announcement with website or e-mail, 1359 orchestral music, 1400 another announcement mixed with music, `Jesus Saves` IS and off at 1400:50*. HFCC shows FEBC, 100 kW, 305 degrees from Bocaue is scheduled here in Mandarin Chinese (cmn) at 1330-1400 only; why only a semihour apart from multi-hours in the 9.4s? Aoki refines this to Yunnan dialect. And from 1400, CNR13 via Lingshi 725 site in Uighur is supposed to take over 9890 until 1805; but not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17505, Sept 27 at 1325, VTC music loop, poor with flutter, and also at 1349, in another 1315-1400 BaBCock training transmission from Woofferton; unheard on listed // 15230 occupied by RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 6195, Sept 27 at 1306, BBCWS `Newshour` introduced by a French woman, as again this week they are trialling [trialing? a Britishism] different guest-hosts each day, why? Did not catch her accented name. Just some time-off for the regulars, or a sign of things to come? This is a 250 kW SINGAPORE transmitter split into 125 each at 0 and 90 degrees per HFCC at 09-16 but also reaches W&C NAm for a while despite BBC`s intentions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, Sept 27 at 0546 as I tune across WEWN Spanish, once going up and once going down, *both times* by pure chance I hear the unxuous `By the light of the moon` announcer intone ``dolorosa pasión``, the words he is really stuck on mindlessly repeating countless times during the program, such that the odds are high that you will hear them in random tuning, just reconfirmed.
9372, Sept 27 at 1139, squishy -18 kHz spur from WEWN 9390 was interfering with 9370 WTJC, Christians vs Christians! Matching spur around 9408 was likewise interfering with something in Chinese on 9410, i.e. Fu Hsing, Taiwan or CNR5. The +/- 9 kHz spurs not so obvious as nothing to beat against at the moment on 9380, tho FEBC Manila/Iba should have been hit on 9400 by a 9399 one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sept 27 at 1308, dead air again from WBCQ instead of Rod Hembree`s Good Friends Radio Network/Radio 2:11. Still DA at 1333 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Ron Howard, CA, was also getting it today: ``open carrier at 1347; hovering just above and below threshold level (mostly below); best segment from 1420 to 1426 with singing and YL announcer; too weak to ID language; transmitter off at 1503`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. Shortly after posting yesterday`s report, got a reply from Mathias Svensson of CVC La Voz, whom I had met at HFCC Dallas, about why I had heard 9780 and 11665 Sept 25 at 0550 UT, far beyond their usual sign-offs:
``Hi Glenn, It was nice to meet you too. Transmissions were extended to cover a two-night special event at the request of listeners. Everything returned to normal on Sunday`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 27; geomag storms and blackouts really disrupted reception, as reported by WWV:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 September follow.
Solar flux 148 and mid-latitude A-index 27.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 27 September was 3 (39 nT).
The mid-latitude K-index at 1500 UTC on 27 September was 4 (40 nT).
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected.``
10300, JBA at 1135, none higher nor 7970
Not checked again until around 1330:
10300, fair at 1331
11500, poor at 1330 with lo het, CCI
14970, JBA at 1326; none in the 13s, 12s
15970, very poor at 1322 with flutter
16100, very poor at 1323 with flutter = 15970
17170, JBA at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 5970, Sept 27 at 1144, strong open carrier, making SAH with much weaker station. Surely REE Cariari warming up for the 1200 broadcast which with 0/360 degree listings is either non-direxional or due north. However, not audible at next check 1304, maybe outfaded. The other station could be PBS Gannan, China, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 530, Sept 27 at 1114 I am hearing typical Enciclopedia EZL music, confirmed by 7:15 timecheck in Spanish at 1115, so this 10 kW CMBQ transmitter in Habana holds up this late --- well, of course, by gaisma.com I see that LSR there today is 1120 UT, while here in Enid it is 1223. BTW, have not heard the 1 kHz het from TN beacon LYQ 529 for many months; thanks, Dave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525-, Sept 27 at 1334, VOI conveniently mentioned Banjarmasin just as I tuned in, then music, too poor to follow but reconfirming another `Exotic-Indonesia` on Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 27 at 0545, IGIM is already on with YL in Arabish, 0547 Islamic chanting. It`s always fun to hear this right next to the super-Christian Vatican mass on 7250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Pre-sunrise MW DX Sept 27: I woke up an hour too early.
620, Sept 27 at 1116 UT, Radio 6-20, music offer, 8-digit phone starting with 5-, i.e. DF, loops N/S, adstring mixed with government PSAs, addresses in DF. 1118 ``Está Vd. en Por el Campo`` program, ``desde la Ciudad de México``. Cantú:
620 XENK Radio 6.20 México, DF 50,000 5,000
Totally overriding Mickey Mouse and anything else on 620
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Sept 27 at 0540, JBA signal, could have been VON, or China radio war, nothing audible on 15200, where 24 hours earlier, Daniel Hostetler in Anchorage AK said he was getting another VON service non-// --- finally activating new transmitter and antenna? Around when I was getting VON very well on 15120, Sept 26 at 0510-0515+, nothing was heard as I swept across 15200. 19 mb conditions tonight were totally different, back to dominant/only signals from Australia on 15160 > 15240, likewise 13630 > 13690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. I don`t always see it, and it could vanish at any moment to be replaced by DTV for which there is a CP and a deadline, so I am always pleased when a bit of tropo enhances KWDW-LP, Nichols Hills on channel 48 analog, with Univisión from KUOK, such as Sept 27 at 1431 UT; 1437 in `hoy` program per bug in lower-left, (from DF or LA? Later a horoscope segment originated in Los Ángeles).
So I checked for other low-powers in OKC: at 1437, // KCHM-HD, 36.1 also on RF 36 was also in with `hoy` during 2011y month-by-month beefcake calendar segment; along with 36.2 which still runs audio of `La Zeta` 106.7 plus slide show from concerts. This signal was in & out, marginal, while analog 48 remained rather steady.
Checking all the other UHF analog channels, found only 19 with gospel huxter English audio, but unsynched screen seemed to be black as often noted before, i.e. KUOT-CA with GCN religious TV network. Also the audio cut in & out, not sure if transmitted that way or caused by 2-way QRM. When I came to ch 19 on the DTV set, I was also getting a `bad` DTV signal. Must have been Wichita, as RF 45 KSNW `3` was decoding even with the antenna in opposite direxion.
OTOH, the marginal DTV signal from OKC on 46, KOCM, Daystar, Norman, was not strong enough to decode, as it often is not, even tho apparently required on Enid cable, a late addition on ch 95.
Later while aimed north at Wichita I was getting bad signals from most, but RF 35 produced KMTW My-TV Hutchinson on 36.1, while 36.2 carried ``CNTVSD`` i.e. Country, same as on 25.2 of KOKH-24 OKC which however PSIPs it as ``CMN`` --- there is no standardization in such IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9890, Sept 27 at 1355, choral music in a round, 1357 Chinesish YL announcement with website or e-mail, 1359 orchestral music, 1400 another announcement mixed with music, `Jesus Saves` IS and off at 1400:50*. HFCC shows FEBC, 100 kW, 305 degrees from Bocaue is scheduled here in Mandarin Chinese (cmn) at 1330-1400 only; why only a semihour apart from multi-hours in the 9.4s? Aoki refines this to Yunnan dialect. And from 1400, CNR13 via Lingshi 725 site in Uighur is supposed to take over 9890 until 1805; but not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 17505, Sept 27 at 1325, VTC music loop, poor with flutter, and also at 1349, in another 1315-1400 BaBCock training transmission from Woofferton; unheard on listed // 15230 occupied by RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 6195, Sept 27 at 1306, BBCWS `Newshour` introduced by a French woman, as again this week they are trialling [trialing? a Britishism] different guest-hosts each day, why? Did not catch her accented name. Just some time-off for the regulars, or a sign of things to come? This is a 250 kW SINGAPORE transmitter split into 125 each at 0 and 90 degrees per HFCC at 09-16 but also reaches W&C NAm for a while despite BBC`s intentions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, Sept 27 at 0546 as I tune across WEWN Spanish, once going up and once going down, *both times* by pure chance I hear the unxuous `By the light of the moon` announcer intone ``dolorosa pasión``, the words he is really stuck on mindlessly repeating countless times during the program, such that the odds are high that you will hear them in random tuning, just reconfirmed.
9372, Sept 27 at 1139, squishy -18 kHz spur from WEWN 9390 was interfering with 9370 WTJC, Christians vs Christians! Matching spur around 9408 was likewise interfering with something in Chinese on 9410, i.e. Fu Hsing, Taiwan or CNR5. The +/- 9 kHz spurs not so obvious as nothing to beat against at the moment on 9380, tho FEBC Manila/Iba should have been hit on 9400 by a 9399 one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sept 27 at 1308, dead air again from WBCQ instead of Rod Hembree`s Good Friends Radio Network/Radio 2:11. Still DA at 1333 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
