** CUBA. 1620, Dec 8 at 0039 UT as I tune in, Spanish, sounds like Raúl Castro, for the moment atop the US stations making slow SAH, i.e. R. Rebelde, probably the closest one, in Guanabacoa CH, 5 kW per WRTH 2013 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11880, Dec 7 at 2132, open carrier from RHC, allowing one to hear Portuguese from NHK Radio Japan underneath, which was already on 11880 at 2130-2200 via GUIANA FRENCH. Was Arnie monitoring to confirm that`s really the case? Or just usual slipshod operation. I don`t know whether French aired intact until 2130. Just before 2135, RHC`s own Portuguese modulation cuts on, covering up NHK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Dec 8 at 0109 UT, dominant signal is news in Spanish, WBBM completely nulled, and this one peaks slightly west of due south. Ciudad Victoria mentioned several times; 0111 ``la primera pausa de la hora`` and jingle I could not understand. Pause-announcements include a meeting this week in Toluca about labor law; promo for `La Hora Nacional` Sunday at 10 pm, ``México unido en una sola señal``, i.e. every radio station is obliged to carry this weekly government hour; then a minute or more of just instrumental music. 0114, plugging contacto methods for the show, phone report from Ciudad Victoria.
Obviously this is from Tamaulipas, where Victoria is the state capital, but there are two 780 stations in the state: XEMTS in Tampico, Fórmula NotiGape; and XESFT in San Fernando, la Triple T. Cantú`s linx to both lead to group websites, neither of which mentions a station on 780! XESFT is more often heard, but I`m leaning to XEMTS based on the emphasis on news. OTOH, XESFT is very slightly further west than XEMTS which is close to due south from here. Low rumbling het growing from something else, as the het with WBBM is subaudible (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 8 at 0118 UT, daytimer KEOR Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is still going with non-stop Mexican music, best in KMOX null, now with a 160/minute SAH = 2 and 2/3 Hz. I have also continued to hear KEOR whenever checked, day or night since last log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, UT Friday December 7 at 2045, Radio PMR with operatic music (the second half of each semihour is customarily music fill of some sort). Recheck at 2129 some Russian, then 3-pip timesignal about 5 sex late, and into French. 2150 now songs in Russian to 2200 stop modulation without announcement and carrier off before 2201*.
In case anyone still believe the publicized schedule ``Monday-Friday 18-23 UT``, I have now reconfirmed what we knew before --- they mean M-F strictly by the local clock, i.e. they quit at midnight Friday night, and resume at the beginning midnight of local Monday, i.e. 2200 UT Sunday, as previously confirmed already on the air then, when there is English at the time most convenient for us in North America, UT Sunday thru Thursday, NOT M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Fri Dec 7 at 2202, WBCQ with `Behaviour Night`, old record show in progress, and as I expected from allied `Marion`s Attic` at same time on Sunday, this is also ruined by co-channel QRM from BBCWS in English via THAILAND, making a fast SAH, and almost as strong. Standard remark about need for better frequency coördination (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1646 monitoring: confirmed on 5110v-CUSB, Area 51 via WBCQ with late start, UT Saturday Dec 8 at 0237:54, after a long `Allan Weiner Worldwide` discussing radio tubes.
Next: Saturday 0630 on 7265, 1630 on 6190 from Hamburger Lokalradio.
Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830, Sunday 0900, 1630, Monday 0500, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955.
Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120
UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11730, Dec 8 at 0127, hymn in Spanish, confirming that WYFR has made a frequency change from 15440, now 0100-0200, at 285 degrees, effective December 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers, 0042-0050 UT Dec 8: first noticed 1521 tell-tale het upon KOKC-1520, from NE/SW, i.e. Saudi monster, so did a quick downward DX-398 scan of entire band at 9 kHz intervals with offset BFO. Carriers audible, mostly just-barely: 1602, 1539, 1521, 1494, 1485, 1206, 1197, 1179, 1152, 1143, 1053, 1026, 945, 909, 684, 639 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6970-LSB, Dec 8 at 0055, Brazilian Portuguese QSO, presumably freebander; had another one recently on 6980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7110-AM, Dec 8 at 0122, JBA carrier. Could be Thazin Radio, MYANMAR, minorities program, only known broadcaster on this frequency. Today`s sunrise in nearby Mandalay was 0003 UT. Need to check for this earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7170.15 approx., Dec 8 at 0057, JBA AM carrier here. Could be a ham, but a nameless Brazilian pirate has been widely reported in the radio-escutas group for the last few weeks, apparently relaying legit FM music stations. Dave Valko, PA, was also hearing AM music here the night before on the low side of 7170 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11880, Dec 7 at 2132, open carrier from RHC, allowing one to hear Portuguese from NHK Radio Japan underneath, which was already on 11880 at 2130-2200 via GUIANA FRENCH. Was Arnie monitoring to confirm that`s really the case? Or just usual slipshod operation. I don`t know whether French aired intact until 2130. Just before 2135, RHC`s own Portuguese modulation cuts on, covering up NHK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Dec 8 at 0109 UT, dominant signal is news in Spanish, WBBM completely nulled, and this one peaks slightly west of due south. Ciudad Victoria mentioned several times; 0111 ``la primera pausa de la hora`` and jingle I could not understand. Pause-announcements include a meeting this week in Toluca about labor law; promo for `La Hora Nacional` Sunday at 10 pm, ``México unido en una sola señal``, i.e. every radio station is obliged to carry this weekly government hour; then a minute or more of just instrumental music. 0114, plugging contacto methods for the show, phone report from Ciudad Victoria.
Obviously this is from Tamaulipas, where Victoria is the state capital, but there are two 780 stations in the state: XEMTS in Tampico, Fórmula NotiGape; and XESFT in San Fernando, la Triple T. Cantú`s linx to both lead to group websites, neither of which mentions a station on 780! XESFT is more often heard, but I`m leaning to XEMTS based on the emphasis on news. OTOH, XESFT is very slightly further west than XEMTS which is close to due south from here. Low rumbling het growing from something else, as the het with WBBM is subaudible (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 8 at 0118 UT, daytimer KEOR Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is still going with non-stop Mexican music, best in KMOX null, now with a 160/minute SAH = 2 and 2/3 Hz. I have also continued to hear KEOR whenever checked, day or night since last log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, UT Friday December 7 at 2045, Radio PMR with operatic music (the second half of each semihour is customarily music fill of some sort). Recheck at 2129 some Russian, then 3-pip timesignal about 5 sex late, and into French. 2150 now songs in Russian to 2200 stop modulation without announcement and carrier off before 2201*.
In case anyone still believe the publicized schedule ``Monday-Friday 18-23 UT``, I have now reconfirmed what we knew before --- they mean M-F strictly by the local clock, i.e. they quit at midnight Friday night, and resume at the beginning midnight of local Monday, i.e. 2200 UT Sunday, as previously confirmed already on the air then, when there is English at the time most convenient for us in North America, UT Sunday thru Thursday, NOT M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Fri Dec 7 at 2202, WBCQ with `Behaviour Night`, old record show in progress, and as I expected from allied `Marion`s Attic` at same time on Sunday, this is also ruined by co-channel QRM from BBCWS in English via THAILAND, making a fast SAH, and almost as strong. Standard remark about need for better frequency coördination (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1646 monitoring: confirmed on 5110v-CUSB, Area 51 via WBCQ with late start, UT Saturday Dec 8 at 0237:54, after a long `Allan Weiner Worldwide` discussing radio tubes.
Next: Saturday 0630 on 7265, 1630 on 6190 from Hamburger Lokalradio.
Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830, Sunday 0900, 1630, Monday 0500, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955.
Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120
UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11730, Dec 8 at 0127, hymn in Spanish, confirming that WYFR has made a frequency change from 15440, now 0100-0200, at 285 degrees, effective December 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers, 0042-0050 UT Dec 8: first noticed 1521 tell-tale het upon KOKC-1520, from NE/SW, i.e. Saudi monster, so did a quick downward DX-398 scan of entire band at 9 kHz intervals with offset BFO. Carriers audible, mostly just-barely: 1602, 1539, 1521, 1494, 1485, 1206, 1197, 1179, 1152, 1143, 1053, 1026, 945, 909, 684, 639 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6970-LSB, Dec 8 at 0055, Brazilian Portuguese QSO, presumably freebander; had another one recently on 6980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7110-AM, Dec 8 at 0122, JBA carrier. Could be Thazin Radio, MYANMAR, minorities program, only known broadcaster on this frequency. Today`s sunrise in nearby Mandalay was 0003 UT. Need to check for this earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7170.15 approx., Dec 8 at 0057, JBA AM carrier here. Could be a ham, but a nameless Brazilian pirate has been widely reported in the radio-escutas group for the last few weeks, apparently relaying legit FM music stations. Dave Valko, PA, was also hearing AM music here the night before on the low side of 7170 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
