** ANGUILLA. 2820, Nov 23 at 0044 UT I am searching the 2 MHz band for MW harmonix, and may have finally found one --- gospel huxter in English, at some peaks can tell he is over-assertive, but not hyper-assertive.
But could also be some kind of mixing product or image from SW, so I check some of the bigsigs for a match: not // 3185, 5070, 5830, 6115 --- but oh oh, it is // and synchronized with 6090, i.e. DGS. Unlikely he`s also on some MW 1410 or 940 station to produce an harmonic here, so start figuring:
2 x 2820 = 5640. Add the DX-398 IF of 450 kHz and what do you get? 6090! Since the receiver IF is involved, we know it`s just an image. (The DX-398 also ``hears`` WTWW-1 weakly on 4930 = 5830 minus 2 x 450). Furthermore, 2820 is not synchronized with the other DGS via WWCR on 13845 which as usual has faded way down prior to 0100 QSY to 5935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.84 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, weak station with music, presumably R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, in Yura, which I measured exactly one biweek before on 4716.64, and others have reported circa 4716.7.
5580, JBA carrier at 0040, likely the Bolivian too.
6105.5v, so far no luck even hearing a JBA carrier from reactivated R. Panamericana. Is Ralph Perry or anyone still hearing it evenings? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4814.64, Nov 23 at 0038, music and Portuguese announcements vs CODAR, and must use USB tuning to take out uteblob on lo side which is also an obstacle to the hi side of 4810 R. Logos. Recheck at 0058 when M&W are talking, 0101 some electronic SFX, 0102 ID mentions OM and ondas curtas 62m, don`t catch the name or callsign. But the only Brazilian around here is Rdif. de Londrina, Paraná. Website indicates they are totally religious format, and also calls 4815 ``ondas curtas 62m`` rather than onda tropical. However, Ralph Perry and Jim Young have measured it on 4814.97 in recent days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15191.4, Nov 23 at 0103, very poor signal in Portuguese, no doubt R. Inconfidência on its usual off-frequency. Was checking this since in the radioescutas group this has been listed as inoperative. Maybe it`s skipping over most of Brasil and they can`t hear it there; or irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Nov 23 at 0025, checking Voice of Croatia via Nauen, GERMANY, where two transmitters have been producing a beat circa 20 Hz apart, very annoying: apparently fixed, but now there is irregular propagational flutter, unlike more southerly paths from 7465 Albania and 7475 Greece, e.g. Modulation sounds slightly ``hollow``, i.e. not precisely synchronized, but adequate.
I had notified Walter Brodowsky of MBR about the non-synchronization problem:
``Hi Walter, We have been bothered by the fact that the two Nauen transmitters carrying Croatia on 7375 are not zero-beat in frequency, between 0000 and 0400 UT. In fact, I estimate they are some 20 Hz apart, altho I cannot measure it exactly. This rapid flutter really impedes listenability. Believe me, altho one is aimed at South America, there is plenty of signal from it reaching us in North America to cause this problem. Could you look into having them match the frequencies precisely? Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma, WORLD OF RADIO``
And he replied Nov 21:
``HI Glenn, many thanks for your observation and letting us know about it. I forwarded your very valuable information towards SW Radio Station Nauen so that the Technical Staff there can look into this issue and I hope the problem will be solved very soon. All the best to you and hope to hear again from you in the future.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
Followed by another reply Nov 22:
``Good Morning Gentlemen, Many thanks for all your efforts in this matter. The problem should be solved now: There was a technical failure at Nauen which avoided the synchronization between the different frequency control units of the two transmitters which were broadcasting simultaneously on 7375 kHz. As long as each transmitter is broadcasting as a "stand alone" solution and not in simulcast mode with another transmitter such an error is very difficult for being remarked. Therefore, I would like to express our thankfulness for letting us know about the very specific problem which helped us a lot to find this technical problem and solve it. Please let us know in the future if there would be trouble again.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 4781.72 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, as I tune in, Spanish timecheck for 19 horas, 35 minutos, i.e. UT-5; ``música, en Oriental, tu Radio``. Earlier this month in the mornings at *1100, Bob Wilkner in FL had R. Oriental, Napo, on 4781.64, and Ralph Perry in IL on 4781.68 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, Nov 23 at 0104 check, R. República has VG signal with hardly any jamming audible, nor any spurs! Keep it up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255, Nov 22 at 2117, VON with African music, whilst serving as BFO for North American LSB ham declaring that ``Metamucil is very similar to Ex-Lax``. At 2152 music, 2154 audio cutting in and out, then non-English announcement; 2200 in a language which says ``Salaam Aleikum``, not Arabic, and probably Hausa as scheduled, while the previous language was Fulfulde.
I was checking this out because, as mentioned on WORLD OF RADIO 1644, Bruce Fisher in New York as of Nov 19 had been hearing an unlisted VON English transmission for a few days at 2130-2200, very good to excellent on 7255. Thorsten Hallmann in Germany has also noted some variations in VON`s known schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4747.1, Nov 23 at 0033, weak station with music, no doubt R. Huanta 2000 on characteristic frequency.
5120 and 5460, JBA carriers at 0040, likely the Peruvians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. PRIDNESTROVYE, 7290, Nov 23 at 0028, VOR is poor with QRhaM, counting 1-2-3, whistling, carrier het on and off, etc. In this case the North American ham is perfectly within his rights, as VOR is the intruder and has no business broadcasting *to* North America inside our hamband (and also on 7250). There are plenty of spots they could use above 7300. Even worse, 7290 is a favorite spot for hams in the rare AM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050 // 3215, Nov 23 at 0107, WWRB is back on and using both transmitters; sounds like Pastor Cain from SC, who is also our lead-in to WORLD OF RADIO at 0430 UT Fridays.
First audible WOR airing was confirmed inbooming on 9479, Thursday Nov 22 at 2200+ on WTWW-1; and yes, complete now to its 29-minute duration, altho switching back to SFAW afterwards, back-announced as if I were PPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 21 at 2048 UT, new KBXD Dallas is already skywaving in with gospel music, frequent IDs with variety of slogans including ``The answer to your prayers``, and plugging their 50 kW power. Way over KQAM Wichita groundwave on caradio, but fading down to nothing and back up. 2100 into `Financial Survival` with Cedarstrom which isn`t exactly religious. KQAM might even have issues with this in their coverage area? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Date correct, omitted from previous report]
** VATICAN. 7250, Nov 22 at 2155, poor signal in Arabic, which turns out to be Vatican scheduled 2140-2200, 250 kW, 108 degrees from SMG; while I was expecting V. of Russia in English, also scheduled here at 21-22, 275 degrees from Moskva. However, its North American beam of 315 degrees, 500 kW from ``Krasnodar`` starts at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2335 kHz, Nov 23 at 0056 UT, in searching for MW harmonics, very poor signal here with music, but since it ends in -5, not a likely harmonic; nor is it so easily explained as 2820 (see ANGUILLA). On the 2 MHz band but not higher, I am now hearing some lightning crashes, which per the Weather Channel map for nighttime golfers, would be coming from a storm line between southern Missouri and central Illinois (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
But could also be some kind of mixing product or image from SW, so I check some of the bigsigs for a match: not // 3185, 5070, 5830, 6115 --- but oh oh, it is // and synchronized with 6090, i.e. DGS. Unlikely he`s also on some MW 1410 or 940 station to produce an harmonic here, so start figuring:
2 x 2820 = 5640. Add the DX-398 IF of 450 kHz and what do you get? 6090! Since the receiver IF is involved, we know it`s just an image. (The DX-398 also ``hears`` WTWW-1 weakly on 4930 = 5830 minus 2 x 450). Furthermore, 2820 is not synchronized with the other DGS via WWCR on 13845 which as usual has faded way down prior to 0100 QSY to 5935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.84 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, weak station with music, presumably R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, in Yura, which I measured exactly one biweek before on 4716.64, and others have reported circa 4716.7.
5580, JBA carrier at 0040, likely the Bolivian too.
6105.5v, so far no luck even hearing a JBA carrier from reactivated R. Panamericana. Is Ralph Perry or anyone still hearing it evenings? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4814.64, Nov 23 at 0038, music and Portuguese announcements vs CODAR, and must use USB tuning to take out uteblob on lo side which is also an obstacle to the hi side of 4810 R. Logos. Recheck at 0058 when M&W are talking, 0101 some electronic SFX, 0102 ID mentions OM and ondas curtas 62m, don`t catch the name or callsign. But the only Brazilian around here is Rdif. de Londrina, Paraná. Website indicates they are totally religious format, and also calls 4815 ``ondas curtas 62m`` rather than onda tropical. However, Ralph Perry and Jim Young have measured it on 4814.97 in recent days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15191.4, Nov 23 at 0103, very poor signal in Portuguese, no doubt R. Inconfidência on its usual off-frequency. Was checking this since in the radioescutas group this has been listed as inoperative. Maybe it`s skipping over most of Brasil and they can`t hear it there; or irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Nov 23 at 0025, checking Voice of Croatia via Nauen, GERMANY, where two transmitters have been producing a beat circa 20 Hz apart, very annoying: apparently fixed, but now there is irregular propagational flutter, unlike more southerly paths from 7465 Albania and 7475 Greece, e.g. Modulation sounds slightly ``hollow``, i.e. not precisely synchronized, but adequate.
I had notified Walter Brodowsky of MBR about the non-synchronization problem:
``Hi Walter, We have been bothered by the fact that the two Nauen transmitters carrying Croatia on 7375 are not zero-beat in frequency, between 0000 and 0400 UT. In fact, I estimate they are some 20 Hz apart, altho I cannot measure it exactly. This rapid flutter really impedes listenability. Believe me, altho one is aimed at South America, there is plenty of signal from it reaching us in North America to cause this problem. Could you look into having them match the frequencies precisely? Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma, WORLD OF RADIO``
And he replied Nov 21:
``HI Glenn, many thanks for your observation and letting us know about it. I forwarded your very valuable information towards SW Radio Station Nauen so that the Technical Staff there can look into this issue and I hope the problem will be solved very soon. All the best to you and hope to hear again from you in the future.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
Followed by another reply Nov 22:
``Good Morning Gentlemen, Many thanks for all your efforts in this matter. The problem should be solved now: There was a technical failure at Nauen which avoided the synchronization between the different frequency control units of the two transmitters which were broadcasting simultaneously on 7375 kHz. As long as each transmitter is broadcasting as a "stand alone" solution and not in simulcast mode with another transmitter such an error is very difficult for being remarked. Therefore, I would like to express our thankfulness for letting us know about the very specific problem which helped us a lot to find this technical problem and solve it. Please let us know in the future if there would be trouble again.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 4781.72 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, as I tune in, Spanish timecheck for 19 horas, 35 minutos, i.e. UT-5; ``música, en Oriental, tu Radio``. Earlier this month in the mornings at *1100, Bob Wilkner in FL had R. Oriental, Napo, on 4781.64, and Ralph Perry in IL on 4781.68 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, Nov 23 at 0104 check, R. República has VG signal with hardly any jamming audible, nor any spurs! Keep it up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255, Nov 22 at 2117, VON with African music, whilst serving as BFO for North American LSB ham declaring that ``Metamucil is very similar to Ex-Lax``. At 2152 music, 2154 audio cutting in and out, then non-English announcement; 2200 in a language which says ``Salaam Aleikum``, not Arabic, and probably Hausa as scheduled, while the previous language was Fulfulde.
I was checking this out because, as mentioned on WORLD OF RADIO 1644, Bruce Fisher in New York as of Nov 19 had been hearing an unlisted VON English transmission for a few days at 2130-2200, very good to excellent on 7255. Thorsten Hallmann in Germany has also noted some variations in VON`s known schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4747.1, Nov 23 at 0033, weak station with music, no doubt R. Huanta 2000 on characteristic frequency.
5120 and 5460, JBA carriers at 0040, likely the Peruvians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. PRIDNESTROVYE, 7290, Nov 23 at 0028, VOR is poor with QRhaM, counting 1-2-3, whistling, carrier het on and off, etc. In this case the North American ham is perfectly within his rights, as VOR is the intruder and has no business broadcasting *to* North America inside our hamband (and also on 7250). There are plenty of spots they could use above 7300. Even worse, 7290 is a favorite spot for hams in the rare AM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050 // 3215, Nov 23 at 0107, WWRB is back on and using both transmitters; sounds like Pastor Cain from SC, who is also our lead-in to WORLD OF RADIO at 0430 UT Fridays.
First audible WOR airing was confirmed inbooming on 9479, Thursday Nov 22 at 2200+ on WTWW-1; and yes, complete now to its 29-minute duration, altho switching back to SFAW afterwards, back-announced as if I were PPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 21 at 2048 UT, new KBXD Dallas is already skywaving in with gospel music, frequent IDs with variety of slogans including ``The answer to your prayers``, and plugging their 50 kW power. Way over KQAM Wichita groundwave on caradio, but fading down to nothing and back up. 2100 into `Financial Survival` with Cedarstrom which isn`t exactly religious. KQAM might even have issues with this in their coverage area? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) [Date correct, omitted from previous report]
** VATICAN. 7250, Nov 22 at 2155, poor signal in Arabic, which turns out to be Vatican scheduled 2140-2200, 250 kW, 108 degrees from SMG; while I was expecting V. of Russia in English, also scheduled here at 21-22, 275 degrees from Moskva. However, its North American beam of 315 degrees, 500 kW from ``Krasnodar`` starts at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2335 kHz, Nov 23 at 0056 UT, in searching for MW harmonics, very poor signal here with music, but since it ends in -5, not a likely harmonic; nor is it so easily explained as 2820 (see ANGUILLA). On the 2 MHz band but not higher, I am now hearing some lightning crashes, which per the Weather Channel map for nighttime golfers, would be coming from a storm line between southern Missouri and central Illinois (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
