** BRAZIL. 11780, Dec 13 at 0606, RNA/RNB is back with usual bigsig after missing 23+ hours earlier, and still // 6180.
11765, Dec 13 at 0607, unmistakable wacky wailing of Davi Miranda poorly audible from the 20 kW SRDA Curitiba transmitter, much2 weaker than 11780`s nominal 250 kW, and no doubt much higher gain antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. See U S A: KLRG
** CUBA [and non]. 11880, Dec 12 at 2150 check, RHC Portuguese is still here with bigsig tho supposedly aimed oppositely, Africaward, and audible way below is the other Portuguese broadcast which had priority on this frequency, NHK via GUIANA FRENCH to S America; Tnx a lot, Arnie, the big bully (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Dec 13 at 0610 UT, live talkshow mentions ``en Chihuahua`` matter-of-factly, and so likely but not certainly:
1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
as in Cantú; WSW direxion is right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1590, Dec 13, and for many weeks, I have not been hearing KWEY Weatherford, either on home rigs or on caradio; it`s not that far away to the SW of here; daytime occupant and often at night or twilight is KVGB in Great Bend KS. So is KWEY really off the air? Well, KWEY`s day pattern does have quite a null toward us and Great Bend, with a broad pattern favoring the southwest, so maybe it is on.
The ONLY `Silent AM Station`` in OK, as of Dec 6 on the FCC listhttp://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/newsite/docs/silentAM.html
is KEOR [1120], and as we have been hearing it every day and night, know it is one which is NOT silent, altho operating illegally with no IDs, and daytimer at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK [non]. 17815, Dec 13 at 1458, good signal with slow fades, conversation between studio and phoner in presumed Iban. I tuned in just in time to hear R. Free Kenyalang ID, and 1459 change to IRRS Milano sign-off offering numbered QSL card, operatic theme, cut off at 1500:23*. This followed a tip after 1000 UT from Ron Norton of NEXUS-IBA that they would be testing to SE Asia with 300 kW at 13-15 UT today: no mention of RF Kenyalang, or transmitter site, but that`s obviously it, and we assume with 300 kW it`s via ROMANIA; Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, says it`s Tiganeshti. Remains to be heard whether this be permanentized; so RFK is trying IRRS instead of last week`s test via WRN on 15650, which Ivo now thinx was via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN. It`s a rather high frequency to penetrate into Borneo by 11 pm local, but they put a fine signal into Oklahoma, and Lim Kwet Hian in Jakarta says ``Tonight, Dec 13, I heard R Free Kenyalang at 1340 UT, 17815 kHz with
strong signal and good reception. Akwet`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1647, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9460+, Dec 13 at 0617, BBCWS via ASCENSION has strange variable buzzwhine QRM on hi side, unlike anything I have previously sourced to a local device (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9905 will probably be the new frequency for WTWW-2, ex-9990. US Army wants a frequency near there back, so FCC approved this, George McClintok tells me. May start Monday Dec 17 after a weekend of promotion announcements. Schedule currently 2000-2400 UT (21-24 being Brother Stair), but may expand into the morning hours. Needs to stay on hi end of 31m to minimize interaxion with WTWW-1 on 9479, which he says would like to normalize to 9480 and get rid of the hets, but will have figure out how to eliminate sixteenth harmonic coming from a feedline, which if on 151680 would interfere with a local schoolbus 2-way frequency, but avoids that by harmonicizing on 151.664 MHz instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1647, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 660, Dec 4 at 1428 UT, English ads for a business in Gallup, and Home Depot, then 1429 right into Navajo. Fair steady signal; that makes it KTNN Window Rock AZ, which I haven`t heard for some time, behaving itself with nighttime null toward New York. Now it`s definitely non-direxional daytime starting at 1415 UT in Dec, 1430 in January; KHAC 880 had been heard a bit earlier at 1408, again, in its case before same official sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, Dec 13 at 1430 UT, hoping for KXNT Nevada, but only weak signal here is still WHAS Louisville, with KY ad (and not KTIC NE either). Looking up FCC AM Query, official sunrise in Las Vegas is not until 1445 in Dec & Jan, in case KXNT is waiting for that. Ditto another 50 kW NV possibility to the east, KDWN 720, and WGN was still in at 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 880, Dec 13 at 1403 UT, `Canada Calling`, definitely not a C-station but aimed at snowbirds in Florida: a show we haven`t heard in years, outro at 1405 with plug for http://canadacalling.com and ``Prior Smith speaking from Toronto``. Was mostly about what`s going on back in Ontario.
We know this isn`t a Florida station either, but the one owned by the WTAN network in AR, i.e. KLRG Little Rock! How indirect can you get?
Just as I suspected, checking the station list on the CC website, KLRG is NOT included, tho Prior knows about some other non-FL stations in the so-called ``sunbelt``, TX, AZ and Bahamas. On WTAN 1340 Clearwater graveyarder the times are 9 am and noon ET. Quite a bonus, 50 kW KLRG, tho sponsors in Florida are a bit off-topic.
1406 UT right into `Imus in the Morning`; is that a KLRG show or a WTAN show? Says he is about to take time off for throat surgery and holiday vacation.
Meanwhile, hardly any signal from 880, KRVN Nebraska to N/S, but nulled anyway; could not be nulled: opposite station 880, KHAC Window Rock AZ, which was gaining ascendancy, first with an harmonious hymn, 1408 into Navajo study of Jeremiah VII, continued from yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 900, Dec 13 at 1431 UT, KSGL Wichita, but all I hear in the mornings are gospel-huxters: seems it has a double format with nostalgia music starting at 1705 UT weekdays with the syndicated `Bill Miller Show` and `Music You Remember` for sure after 1905 UT. Schedule: http://www.ksgl.com/3.html
KSGL is my closest 900, but 250 watts means not much signal here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)
** U S A. 1280, Dec 13 at 1413 UT, KSOK Arkansas City KS, semi-local, but with strange slogan ID for Ark City as a ``Y2K-Protected Community`` --- wonder what the story is behind that? Hmm, yes, I guess it did survive Y2K! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Dec 13 at 1420 UT, KBXD Dallas preacher but now making an 88/minute = 1.47 Hz SAH with presumed KQAM Wichita. In any event, it appears that KBXD has moved closer to 1480.000 than evidenced by the fast SAH it had been making since rebuilding and reactivation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Dec 13 at 1434 UT, refers to University Drive, then ``Money Radio 15-10``, loops E/W, and certainly KFNN Mesa AZ, no doubt on 22 kW daypower instead of 100 watts night; official sunrise in Dec & Jan is 1430 UT. Also has 4-watt PSRA Oct-Feb, no more than 10 watts other months, due to KGA Spokane. But night power of 100 ought to apply right thru to sunrise, so no point in a PSRA of 1/25 that much! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 6175, Dec 13 at 0527, VOV bit of Vietnamese, before BaBcoCk switched to their fill music loop, just like they used to do via Sackville on this frequency; now it`s via WHRI, as Wolfgang Büschel points out, replacing 7345 via Woofferton which had been used for the final 0430 UT hour only to W North America, and was coming in well here the last time we checked. But obviously Cypress Creek should be more reliable for such a target. HFCC shows the change was made on Dec 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Dec 13 at 0603 UT, during KGWA silent period, some harmonica bluesy music, which points to format of WABG in Greenwood, Mississippi, but have never been able to get a definite ID during this 5-minute window wherein several other stations vie for dominance, oblivious of what`s happening in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1070, Dec 13 at 1359 UT, talking about something concerning Sherwood Forest, apparently a local place rather than England, right thru TOH with no ID, but of course fading at 1402 when there may have been an ID sounding like WGIH, then taking a caller. No such station, but top Sherwood Forest hits go to Pigeon Forge TN, also in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana. Could be WFLI Chattanooga altho well past sunrise and WHAS was still in at 1430; heard in the E/W null of KLIO Wichita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13635-13750 approx., Dec 13 at 1343, CODAR in this range; also much below 13610, but normally free of it above 13610. Perhaps couldn`t resist the paucity of SWBC stations on this band. Go away! In the afternoons there is hardly anything below 13820-13830-13845 from North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 21677 approx., Dec 13 at 1350, 2-way in SSB, except with inverted speech so can`t get it to resolve at any point tuning back and forth; INTRUDER in the 13m SWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
11765, Dec 13 at 0607, unmistakable wacky wailing of Davi Miranda poorly audible from the 20 kW SRDA Curitiba transmitter, much2 weaker than 11780`s nominal 250 kW, and no doubt much higher gain antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. See U S A: KLRG
** CUBA [and non]. 11880, Dec 12 at 2150 check, RHC Portuguese is still here with bigsig tho supposedly aimed oppositely, Africaward, and audible way below is the other Portuguese broadcast which had priority on this frequency, NHK via GUIANA FRENCH to S America; Tnx a lot, Arnie, the big bully (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Dec 13 at 0610 UT, live talkshow mentions ``en Chihuahua`` matter-of-factly, and so likely but not certainly:
1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
as in Cantú; WSW direxion is right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1590, Dec 13, and for many weeks, I have not been hearing KWEY Weatherford, either on home rigs or on caradio; it`s not that far away to the SW of here; daytime occupant and often at night or twilight is KVGB in Great Bend KS. So is KWEY really off the air? Well, KWEY`s day pattern does have quite a null toward us and Great Bend, with a broad pattern favoring the southwest, so maybe it is on.
The ONLY `Silent AM Station`` in OK, as of Dec 6 on the FCC listhttp://transition.fcc.gov/mb/audio/newsite/docs/silentAM.html
is KEOR [1120], and as we have been hearing it every day and night, know it is one which is NOT silent, altho operating illegally with no IDs, and daytimer at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SARAWAK [non]. 17815, Dec 13 at 1458, good signal with slow fades, conversation between studio and phoner in presumed Iban. I tuned in just in time to hear R. Free Kenyalang ID, and 1459 change to IRRS Milano sign-off offering numbered QSL card, operatic theme, cut off at 1500:23*. This followed a tip after 1000 UT from Ron Norton of NEXUS-IBA that they would be testing to SE Asia with 300 kW at 13-15 UT today: no mention of RF Kenyalang, or transmitter site, but that`s obviously it, and we assume with 300 kW it`s via ROMANIA; Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, says it`s Tiganeshti. Remains to be heard whether this be permanentized; so RFK is trying IRRS instead of last week`s test via WRN on 15650, which Ivo now thinx was via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN. It`s a rather high frequency to penetrate into Borneo by 11 pm local, but they put a fine signal into Oklahoma, and Lim Kwet Hian in Jakarta says ``Tonight, Dec 13, I heard R Free Kenyalang at 1340 UT, 17815 kHz with
strong signal and good reception. Akwet`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1647, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9460+, Dec 13 at 0617, BBCWS via ASCENSION has strange variable buzzwhine QRM on hi side, unlike anything I have previously sourced to a local device (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9905 will probably be the new frequency for WTWW-2, ex-9990. US Army wants a frequency near there back, so FCC approved this, George McClintok tells me. May start Monday Dec 17 after a weekend of promotion announcements. Schedule currently 2000-2400 UT (21-24 being Brother Stair), but may expand into the morning hours. Needs to stay on hi end of 31m to minimize interaxion with WTWW-1 on 9479, which he says would like to normalize to 9480 and get rid of the hets, but will have figure out how to eliminate sixteenth harmonic coming from a feedline, which if on 151680 would interfere with a local schoolbus 2-way frequency, but avoids that by harmonicizing on 151.664 MHz instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1647, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 660, Dec 4 at 1428 UT, English ads for a business in Gallup, and Home Depot, then 1429 right into Navajo. Fair steady signal; that makes it KTNN Window Rock AZ, which I haven`t heard for some time, behaving itself with nighttime null toward New York. Now it`s definitely non-direxional daytime starting at 1415 UT in Dec, 1430 in January; KHAC 880 had been heard a bit earlier at 1408, again, in its case before same official sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, Dec 13 at 1430 UT, hoping for KXNT Nevada, but only weak signal here is still WHAS Louisville, with KY ad (and not KTIC NE either). Looking up FCC AM Query, official sunrise in Las Vegas is not until 1445 in Dec & Jan, in case KXNT is waiting for that. Ditto another 50 kW NV possibility to the east, KDWN 720, and WGN was still in at 1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 880, Dec 13 at 1403 UT, `Canada Calling`, definitely not a C-station but aimed at snowbirds in Florida: a show we haven`t heard in years, outro at 1405 with plug for http://canadacalling.com and ``Prior Smith speaking from Toronto``. Was mostly about what`s going on back in Ontario.
We know this isn`t a Florida station either, but the one owned by the WTAN network in AR, i.e. KLRG Little Rock! How indirect can you get?
Just as I suspected, checking the station list on the CC website, KLRG is NOT included, tho Prior knows about some other non-FL stations in the so-called ``sunbelt``, TX, AZ and Bahamas. On WTAN 1340 Clearwater graveyarder the times are 9 am and noon ET. Quite a bonus, 50 kW KLRG, tho sponsors in Florida are a bit off-topic.
1406 UT right into `Imus in the Morning`; is that a KLRG show or a WTAN show? Says he is about to take time off for throat surgery and holiday vacation.
Meanwhile, hardly any signal from 880, KRVN Nebraska to N/S, but nulled anyway; could not be nulled: opposite station 880, KHAC Window Rock AZ, which was gaining ascendancy, first with an harmonious hymn, 1408 into Navajo study of Jeremiah VII, continued from yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 900, Dec 13 at 1431 UT, KSGL Wichita, but all I hear in the mornings are gospel-huxters: seems it has a double format with nostalgia music starting at 1705 UT weekdays with the syndicated `Bill Miller Show` and `Music You Remember` for sure after 1905 UT. Schedule: http://www.ksgl.com/3.html
KSGL is my closest 900, but 250 watts means not much signal here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)
** U S A. 1280, Dec 13 at 1413 UT, KSOK Arkansas City KS, semi-local, but with strange slogan ID for Ark City as a ``Y2K-Protected Community`` --- wonder what the story is behind that? Hmm, yes, I guess it did survive Y2K! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Dec 13 at 1420 UT, KBXD Dallas preacher but now making an 88/minute = 1.47 Hz SAH with presumed KQAM Wichita. In any event, it appears that KBXD has moved closer to 1480.000 than evidenced by the fast SAH it had been making since rebuilding and reactivation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Dec 13 at 1434 UT, refers to University Drive, then ``Money Radio 15-10``, loops E/W, and certainly KFNN Mesa AZ, no doubt on 22 kW daypower instead of 100 watts night; official sunrise in Dec & Jan is 1430 UT. Also has 4-watt PSRA Oct-Feb, no more than 10 watts other months, due to KGA Spokane. But night power of 100 ought to apply right thru to sunrise, so no point in a PSRA of 1/25 that much! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 6175, Dec 13 at 0527, VOV bit of Vietnamese, before BaBcoCk switched to their fill music loop, just like they used to do via Sackville on this frequency; now it`s via WHRI, as Wolfgang Büschel points out, replacing 7345 via Woofferton which had been used for the final 0430 UT hour only to W North America, and was coming in well here the last time we checked. But obviously Cypress Creek should be more reliable for such a target. HFCC shows the change was made on Dec 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Dec 13 at 0603 UT, during KGWA silent period, some harmonica bluesy music, which points to format of WABG in Greenwood, Mississippi, but have never been able to get a definite ID during this 5-minute window wherein several other stations vie for dominance, oblivious of what`s happening in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1070, Dec 13 at 1359 UT, talking about something concerning Sherwood Forest, apparently a local place rather than England, right thru TOH with no ID, but of course fading at 1402 when there may have been an ID sounding like WGIH, then taking a caller. No such station, but top Sherwood Forest hits go to Pigeon Forge TN, also in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana. Could be WFLI Chattanooga altho well past sunrise and WHAS was still in at 1430; heard in the E/W null of KLIO Wichita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13635-13750 approx., Dec 13 at 1343, CODAR in this range; also much below 13610, but normally free of it above 13610. Perhaps couldn`t resist the paucity of SWBC stations on this band. Go away! In the afternoons there is hardly anything below 13820-13830-13845 from North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 21677 approx., Dec 13 at 1350, 2-way in SSB, except with inverted speech so can`t get it to resolve at any point tuning back and forth; INTRUDER in the 13m SWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
