Log Roberto Pavanello

  693 26/1 17.55 Lutherische Stunde - Sottrum Tedesco ID e predica buono
 1252 26/1 17.30 MR Danko R. - Budapest Ungherese Gipsy MX buono
 1584 26/1 17.15 R. Studio X - Momigno IT ID e MX buono
 3905 26/1 23.00 R. Alice - EE ID e MX buono
 3930 26/1 23.05 R. Likedeeler - EE ID e MX buono
 4845 26/1 22.50 R. Cultura - Manaus PP MX buono
 4885 26/1 22.55 R. Clube do Parà - Belem PP NX suff.
 4955 26/1 23.20 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS predica suff.
 5910 26/1 23.25 R. Alcaravan - Puerto Llera SS MX buono
 5940 26/1 23.25 Voz Missionaria - Camboriù PP predica suff.
 6045 27/1 09.30 R. Iceman - EE ID e MX buono
 6100 22/1 18.30 R. Serbia - Beograd IT NX buono riattivata
10000 23/1 19.30 Observatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora suff.
11725 23/1 19.10 R. New Zeland - Wellingyon EE NX buono
11855 23/1 19.15 R. Aparecida - PP ID e MX buono
11925 23/1 19.20 R. Bandeirantes - Sao Paulo PP calcio suff.

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs January 30, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 2325, Jan 30 at 1349 very poor signal but enough English modulation to match it with 4835; stronger than 2485 which is JBA, so all three Northern Territory stations are making it; as I retune 4835 at 1355, ID for ``ABC Alice Springs`` with website, timechex for NT and WA too a sesquihour apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH [and non]. 4750, Jan 30 at 1355, back to SAH between two carriers here, no more 4752, so BB has resumed colliding directly with RRI, instead of exact offset 2 kHz since Jan 24, and which they denied even happened. Ron Howard, California agrees 4752 is gone again, back to 4750 at 1403 and so does Supratik Sanatani, Kolkata, West Bengal, at 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Jan 30 at 1420, V. of Kurdistan with music, and still intermittent audio dropouts, via PRIDNESTROVYE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 960, Jan 30 0600 UT during the 5-minute Fox-hole of no modulation from local KGWA: mostly ballad music in Spanish, but a bit before KGWA blasts back on at 0605, clearly heard are the 4-descending ``XEW`` chimes which we have previously matched with XEK, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. NTSC ch A2, Jan 30 at 1555 UT turn-on to find weak sporadic E opening in progress, initially one guy on screen, then CCI and traces of Spanish audio. Checking the 6m maps, both show nothing but a couple ham contacts between New Mexico and NE, Central Mexico, but the midpoints of those correspond with XE TV crossing to here across another angle. Soon fades out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [and non]. 7325-, Jan 30 at 1348, the dominant CRI Japanese service, 500 kW, 73 degrees from Xian, definitely has a fast SAH and CCI from something else, while CRI itself is not so strong. Must be Wantok Radio Light, PNG, and I know that a semi-hour break from Xian is imminent before resuming at 1430 in Filipino, 145 degrees. At 1358, CRI is off leaving only the other weak station, JBA, bothered by storm noise level which must be coming from Alabama now. At 1400:08 I hear one beep but that could be QRM instead of a WRL timesignal. 1404 still a carrier but no modulation audible, so not much point in listening further into the dayside. Meanwhile however, I have compared this signal to 3325 Indo/PNG and 9325 Korea North and/or VOA Tinang, and find by comparison, 7325 is slightly on the low side, which is where everyone reports WRL: Ron Howard put it 50 Hz low Jan 24 during the same window; Wolfgang Büschel reported 41 Hz low on Jan 27.
 I take this opportunity to remind everyone that the name of the station is NOT ``Radio Wantok Light`` as some insist on inverting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 15170, Wed Jan 30 at 1435-1440, RRI with a comedy, lots of funny overexpressive voices in Romanian, and classical/operatic music bits; fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, Jan 30 at 0258 check, WWRB is off again, but still on 3195. You never know whether they will be running both transmitters; let`s hope so during WORLD OF RADIO Friday at 0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17725, Jan 30 at 1424, VOA Music Mix ID, poor signal but better than usual and not too much ACI from Cuba 17730. HFCC shows this hour is 100 kW, 126 degrees from SÃO TOMÉ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 15310, Jan 30 before and after 1430, Vietnamese talk on fair signal. Aoki and HFCC show it`s RFA, 250 kW, 267 degrees from TINIAN. No jamming detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 9595.36, Jan 30 at 1412, R. Nikkei with soul music in English, and het on the hi side making pitch between F4 and F#4 on my keyboard. What could this be? Seems propagated, not local. Nothing else scheduled on 9595; recheck 1459 just before Nikkei goes off, no more het. And Ethiopia was still hetting 9565 today, not 9560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2013

** EGYPT. Early UT Jan 29 there were several reports on the DXLD yg of Qur`an on 9190v. What could it be? Tarek Zeidan later identified the accent as Egyptian, and the prayers were for dawn, which should not start until around 0300 UT in Cairo. But early the next UT day, Wolfgang Büschel in Germany reported:

``R Cairo 9191.013 kHz at 0012 UT on Jan 30: S=9 signal in Germany. EX 0000-0700 9305 ABS 250 kW 315 deg NoAM Arabic General Service. Separate program in English on 9965 kHz. 73 wb`` To which I replied:

``I rather suspected this, and am about to check it too, but the ex-frequency should be 9905, which replaced 9305 months ago. Glenn``

Then at 0057 UT Jan 30, I start monitoring, but nothing to be heard around 9190. Or 9905. 9965 is on the air. (There is also a weak blob of something around 9258 which turns out to be a spur from Guiana French q.v. 9490.) Note that Cairo formerly used several frequencies in the 9200-9300+ range, but never intentionally below 9200.

I have noticed previously that the 9905 transmitter altho scheduled straight thru 00-07, often was not on the air during the first hours of that span (nor was 9305 which it replaced).

At 0105, as I have the BFO on 9190 at 0107, I briefly hear a VFO swishing back and forth across --- maybe that`s the Cairo transmitter, very unstable, but it doesn`t stick.

Another check at 0249: still no 9190; some wandering signal like a sounder crosses weak WINB 9265, soon up across 9285. At 0255 I find that 9905 is on the air with Qur`an; 9965 other Arabic service is just barely modulated; 9720, the English frequency is just a humbuzz; and still nothing around 9190. Other monitors were not hearing it tonight either, except Wolfy earlier. It appears at this time that Cairo is back to abnormal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH. 9258, Jan 30 at 0057, weak blob of something detectable despite the T-storm noise from northeast of here. After I have checked out Peru and Egypt, I look further for spurs of the 9490 Montsinéry relay at 00-02 of RMI`s Radio República: there they are again, 9374 and matching 9606, plus and minus 116 kHz from 9490. Unlike last night, this time besides the big hum, there is some modulation of R.R. on both of them, a lofi phoneline feed.

I look for others closer to 9490: yes! Weaker ones on 9526 and 9454, hum-roar just barely modulated, fortunately not interfering with anything; these are plus and minus 36 kHz from fundamental. There is yet another pair, however, which do interfere plus and minus 70 kHz from 9490: about 9420 vs Greece, and 9560 in S Asian language, scheduled as Vatican in Tamil. The first-heard blob on 9258 now obviously comes from this too, as it is 232 kHz below 9490, double the other spurs at 116 kHz, and further has a match on 9722 vs the just barely modulated Cairo English on 9720, all heard around 0116.

Summarizing all these spurs, all approx., maybe plus or minus 1 kHz, as the blobs don`t have sharp carriers for accurate measurement:
low   high   separation from fundamental 9490
9258  9722   232 kHz
9374  9606   116 [strongest ones]
9420  9560    70
9454  9526    36
The last two are likely really matched, one pair the doubles of the other, just like the further pair of pairs above them.

These spurs closely match the displacements previously heard in the 02-04 period from the NHK Japanese relay on 5960 from Montsinéry; a quick check tonight at 0255 did not produce them, vs the high noise level, but have been heard many times before, e.g. 5844, 5890, 5924, 5996, [6030, masked by Cuban radio war], 6076, which are also 36, 70 and 116 kHz above and below the fundamental. Now I need to look for plus and minus 232 = 5728, 6192.

It was not necessary to monitor these on my main receiver with longwire, but only with the DX-398 on the porch, and a shortwire, with better frequency readout. All of these, of course, should be totally suppressed to avoid interfering with other stations and to maintain a `clean` operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4835, Jan 30 at 0112, no sign of R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, as per Pedro F Arrunátegui`s report the night before. I need to check an hour earlier before WWCR come son 4840, but even with BFO I cannot detect a carrier on 4835, yet can hear CODAR sweeps; it`s a poor South American night, weak signals e.g. on 4885 Brasil, 4790 Perú. Recheck at 0255, still just CODAR. So was it on the air during this period? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 29 at 2259, checked for R. Chaski, Cuzco, when Thomas Nilsson in Sweden has heard it, but as expected this is too early here, nothing. Jan 30 at 0058 another try at R. Chaski, much like last night, mixing with Chinese, presumed CNR1 jammer, but unlike last night, there is quite a lot of storm noise from the Mississippi Valley area. Again the ChiCom goes off at 0100* after timesignal, and I still hear music; 0100:30, muffled announcement again I can`t recognize as Spanish; 0101:45 fanfare music and talk again like 24 hours earlier; 0103:20 more music, talk with Spanish intonation, and cut off the air at 0104:52* give or take a few sex, a close match to last night 0104:50* --- looks like they let a timer turn it off, regardless of the programming in progress. It`s fortunate that they do run a few minutes past 0100 in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Changes

KOREA D.P.R.   Some frequencies of Voice of Korea are active again on air.
Day by day different frequencies are on air and off air. Updated schedule:
back on air (1 tx)
0300-1300 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En/Ko/Ch/Ko/Ko/Ch/Ko
1300-2100 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko
2100-2400 on  7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ch/Ch/Ko

currently off air (2 txs)
0300-0700 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En
0300-0700 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Ch/Fr/En/Ch
0700-1000 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko
0700-1000 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko
1000-1300 on  6170 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm En/Fr/Ko
1000-1300 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/Ch/Ko
1300-2400 on  7570 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu En/Fr/En/Fr/Ko/En/Sp/Fr/En/Sp/Ko
1300-2400 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu En/Fr/En/Fr/Ko/En/Sp/Fr/En/Sp/Ko

Very strange choice for WeEu service of Voice of Korea was noted on Jan.29/30:
1300-2100 on  3250 PYO 100 kW / non-dir to Asia Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko

NEW ZEALAND    Updated B-12 SW schedule of RNZI in English as of Jan.30:
0459-0650 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM
0459-0650 on 13730 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM
0651-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to Tonga AM
0651-0758 on 11675 RAN 035 kW / 000 deg to Tonga DRM
0759-1058 on  9765 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM
0759-1058 on  9870 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM
1059-1259 NF 15720 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg to Timor,NW Pacific AM, ex 17675
1059-1259 on  9870 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM
1300-1550 on  5950 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM
1551-1650 on  9765 RAN 100 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Fiji AM
1551-1650 NF  7285 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Fiji DRM, ex 9630
1651-1850 on  9765 RAN 100 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Fiji AM
1651-1850 on  9630 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg to Cook Isl,Samoa,Fiji DRM
1851-2050 NF 11725 RAN 050 kW / 035 deg to Niue,Tonga,Samoa AM, ex 15720
1851-2050 NF 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Niue,Tonga,Samoa DRM, ex 17675
2051-2150 NF 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to Solomon Islands AM, ex 17675
2051-2150 NF 17675 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to Solomon Islands DRM, ex 15720
2151-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific AM
2151-0458 on 17675 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg to All Pacific DRM

--
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs January 26, 2013

** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, Jan 26 at 0706, Caribbean Beacon is missing uncovering the LAH between no doubt R. Bandeirantes, since it`s in Portuguese, and a weaker signal. An hour or two earlier we always assume it`s R. Nigeria, Kaduna, and if really running 250 kW, could still be; it too is always off-frequency, to the low side. Need to look for its weak spurs around 6077 and 6103 that James MacDonell and Thomas Nilsson have been reporting. It`s also a very good Brazilian night with supersigs on 11780 and 6180, and hardly anything on 31m except 9665. CB day frequency 11775 is on at 1445 with DGS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6125, Jan 26 at 0705, I find RHC is still on, strong signal with distorted Spanish, then cuts off. Supposed to end in English at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 26 at 1426, AFN is quite good today, but not // KOSU with NPR WESAT; instead, military news about Secretary Panetta, 1428 outro by Petty Officer Brandy Wills(?), female; 1430 news or feature about immigration reform, Obama clips (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 11750, Jan 26 at 1446, subcontinental music, unusually stronger than RHC during its `Agenda 21` and making slow SAH; 1449 switch to talk, a bit overmodulated as is the song at 1455. 1500 RVA IS and sign-off in English until 2100 UT in Mandarin. HFCC and Aoki show it`s been Telugu, 250 kW, 280 degrees from Palauig-Zambales at 1430-1500. A favorite Filipino frequency is 11750, preceded by FEBC in Lahu at 1400-1430, and on weekends, VOA Tinang at 1300-1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Jan 26 at 1328, JBA carrier detectable vs. lots of CW QRhaM, so seems R. Hargeysa is still on and barely propagating longpath. I`ve yet to get enough signal during the reported 1320-1340v English segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2660, Jan 26 at 1330 UT I start monitoring the JBA harmonic with gospel music; little peak at 1337 when I understand a few words by YL singer, ``everything you do``. 1340 UT I check fundamental 1330 kHz, but can`t make out such programming in the QRM. Normally dominant here are KNSS Wichita and KCKM Monahans. More little peaks with music at 1352, 1356. 1400 a change in the music but no ID or announcement heard. 1424 still barely audible, no announcements or ads unless during fades.

One of these days, I will fire up computer early and see if I hear the same kind of stuff; Jan 26 I do so at 1538, and altho `listen live` at
http://www.christiannetcast.com/listen/player.asp?station=kgld-am
first proclaims ``no connexion``, then oncomes more of that black gospel music just like I have been hearing on 2660, so that`s a very good sign. Also like 2660, there are no ads or other announcements among the music until 1600 UT, music interrupted abruptly for ``KGLD 1330 AM Tyler`` legal ID, and on to a local pastor joined in progress, off-mike in echoey sanxuary. Time to cut the stream.

The Saturday 10-10:30 am block is ``SHILOH HOLINESS CHURCH, PASTOR H. K. VEASEY``. Program schedule at http://www.kgld.org/daily_broadcasts is obviously incomplete, listing only times with gospel-huxters, starting weekdays at 10:45 am (1645 UT), so we may assume at other times they are just filling with the gospel music I have been hearing. Sundays, however, there are also church services at 7-8 am, so I should be able to note the difference then. KGLD website is also black-emphasis. Slogans ``The Light`` and ``East Texas Gospel Giant`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7618-SSB, Jan 26 at 1438, very formal military net, reading a notice about frequencies at dictation speed, just caught the end of it. Then various contacts, each concluding with a beep. Tactical IDs mention Star-something, NCS then says ``going ALE-2``, but silence for a couple minutes before I hear some of that ``running water``.

Searching UDXF yg, we find: ``7618.0 usb 141a/ALE snd 042 RMRCAP, Civil Air Patrol, Rocky Mountain Region. 05:04:38UTC (2011-09-20) (Jon-FL in Florida, USA on StarChat#wunclub) These are the loggings from the NSA logbot on several IRC channels. They are listed by Freq, Mode, Comment, UTC time, nickname, QTH and IRC channel``

This thread from May 31, 2009 lists both frequencies and tactical callsigns for CAP:
http://forums.radioreference.com/utility-listening/146257-civil-air-patrol-hf.html

7618.0-USB is a nationwide ALE Net. The only state callsigns with a Star are: Starfish in Minnesota, and Star Garnet in Idaho, presumably the latter with the Rocky Mountain connexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5825, Jan 26 at 1429 open carrier, at the top edge of an OTH radar range. Only broadcast listed in Aoki is 15-16 RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan, so if not a ute, maybe either that or a ChiCom jammer warmin` up, a-rarin` to go. HFCC also has Vatican via Tashkent at 13-14 on 5825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Progetto convertitore per DRM

Salve a tutta la lista. E' un piacere annunciare che sul mio sito http://webalice.it/telegrafia, alla sezione RADIOASCOLTO/DRM ho pubblicato l'articolo integrale di un mio progetto di un convertitore per DRM. Il modello è quello che uso regolarmente in stazione, quindi collaudato e funzionante. L'articolo è stato tratto dalla rivista CQ Elettronica di Gennaio 2013. Sono gradite le osservazioni.

Giovanni Lorenzi - IT9TZZ
QTH: Messina - Italy  38.11 N  15.32 E
Locator JM78SE
RX: Yaesu FRG-7000/Kenwood TS-440/Yaesu FT-897
RX SDR: Autocostruito
Ant: Longwire 25 m / Dipole
Down converter per DRM: homebrewing
Website: http://www.webalice.it/it9tzz
Ham info: www.qrz.com/db/it9tzz

Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2013

** CHINA. 7435 // weaker and SSB QRhaMed 7220, Jan 29 at 1358, Radio Exterior de España interval signal is still being played by the confused ChiCom before CRI`s Nepali broadcast; both via Kunming site, but SARFT master control in Beijing is to blame (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Circa 1510 Jan 29, RHC fails to transmit a galaxy of spurs surrounding 11760 today, unlike yesterday; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 4850, Jan 29 at 0057 weak signal with some program modulation vs hi local noise level. Must be PBS Xinjiang, Kazakh service, 100 kW, ND from Urumqi as per Aoki, at 2340-0325; nothing else scheduled. BTW, following my recent remark, I see that Aoki has corrected all the spellings from ``Urumqui``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ETHIOPIA

** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 9565.6v, Jan 29 at 1512, big het no doubt caused by the always-off-frequency Ethiopia. It`s making a pitch on my keyboard primarily at E5 = 659 Hz, but shifting irregularly a semitone higher to about F5 = 698 Hz. Approached another way by counting the clix at 40-Hz steps above 9565 on the DX-398, I get 13 = only 0.52 kHz, so possibly the other weaker station it is hetting is slightly below 9565? Unlikely, as it must be CRI Chinese via Kashgar, only other thing scheduled. And before 1600 it`s not R. Ethiopia, but the clandestine service for Eritrea, V. of Democratic Alliance, until 1530 in Tigrinya Tue/Thu/Sat, other days Arabic per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. Suspicious open carrier, which I am tentatively pinning on Montsinéry due to previous behavior, e.g. on 11995, leaving transmitter on air long after end of scheduled broadcasts:

11740, Jan 29 at 0612, fast SAH upon weak station in French, which is ROMANIA, not what one might guess from old schedules, Vatican which now does not start here until 0700 (altho we know how unreliable they are too). 11740 is of course, the NHK GUF relay in English to NAm at 0500-0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 5995, Jan 29 at 0610, open carrier, S9+18, seems too strong for MALI, which does start around 0600 typically with very low modulation. But nothing else is scheduled. Considering the civil war in Mali, it`s fortunate that the government radio station stays on the air at all, but some modulation would be helpful. REE Costa Rica had previously in A-12 been on here by mistake, but tonight it`s on proper 5965 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 29 at 0052 I start monitoring for the new R. Chaski, Cuzco. Good sign: there is CCI from two stations, but also splat from CRI Habana 5990 which is about to finish. At 0059 I am hearing both music and a Chinese announcement. Chi station timesignal ends at 0100* and off the air, still hearing instrumental music, maybe with a religious tinge? Muffled announcement follows. I have a pretty good ear for Spanish, but I could not recognize it as such, so Quechua? After another bit of music like a fanfare, more talk and now I definitely pick out a few Spanish words. This cuts off the air abruptly at 0104:50*. So altho I have not heard an ID, I am now positive it is R. Chaski. The Chinese station would be CNR1 jammer of VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka. And no Cuban pulse jamming audible now, despite R. Martí in the madrugada.

News about R. Chaski from other sources: Thomas Nilsson in Sweden heard it January 23 during an earlier window at 22-23 UT and contacted the station. Reply came from one Bruce Maddux, so it would appear English is fine. He said they had begun in November after many years off the air, and Thomas was the first international listener to contact them. (We all have been remiss in not finding it before PFA did!) Station says schedule is 05-10 & 17-20 local time, rather than -22 as PFA first reported. 20 local = 01 UT, so this closure and the previous one I heard UT Jan 26 a few minutes after 01 fit that schedule. Thomas` recording of it a few days later:http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/5980-130126-2259z-Radio_Chaski.mp3
This was on exactly 5980.018. Seemed zero-beat with the ChiCom jammer to me, no SAH noticed.

Rafael Rodríguez in Colombia says it rebroadcasts the signal of Red Radio Integridad, matching the webcast at http://redradiointegridad.com
so expect to hear that ID as well as R. Chaski.

BTW, Pedro F. Arrunátegui in Lima has more Peruvian news for us: R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba just moved Jan 28 from 5120 to 4835.03, heard at 2310-2422 // Radio Felicidad 1110 in Lima, romantic music, but with local programming starting at 00 UT. His clip of it has been posted to the DXLD yg.

Not sure what the evening schedule is, when I never heard it on 5120, but last February, Dave Valko found the transmitter on long before modulation started in the mornings, 1104 one day, 1041 the next.

I wonder if the QSY also signifies it has become duly licensed and thus eligible for an in-band frequency. WRTH 2013 showed *no* callsign on 1 kW 5120, and a schedule of 10-03. I guess previous Peruvian on 4835, and still in Aoki, of course, R. Marañón, is long gone. Quillabamba will now collide with Sikkim in the mornings and/or VL8A as long as it keeps on 60m instead of 120m; and WWCR 4840 ACI on the air from 01 to 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, Jan 29 at 1507, the Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is back! Nothing but a big buzz; at least it`s not spreading to other frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Korea

D.P.R.K.    Another two frequencies of Voice of Korea are active on Jan.29:
0300-0700 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En
1300-2100 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko

--
73!
Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs January 27-28, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 11945, Jan 28 from 1505, RA`s excellent `Asia-Pacific` newsmagazine, but cut off abruptly at 1528 before it`s over. At 1529 I notice that next frequency 11880 has started a bit early. Now must get in habit of immediately retuning, just as one must do at 1458 from 9580 to 11945. But if it is the same transmitter, there will still be a break of at least a minute before 11880 come up. If possible, listen instead to 7240 which should stay on. The people running the Melbourne studio just don`t get it that they need to build in pauses with no significant programming, to accommodate SW frequency changeovers. O yeah, SW is just an outdated adjunct to continuous short-range FM relays and webcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 4752, Jan 28 at 1351, still a carrier here hetting RRI Makassar, see INDONESIA. Abu Tabib Md. Zia Hasan, Senior Engineer, Research & Receiving Centre, Bangladesh Betar, denied to Supratik Sanatani, India, that they are on 4752 instead of 4750! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Jan 27 at 2140 check, RHC is in proper Portuguese this Sunday instead of Esperanto as last Sunday. 15370 at 2243 check, ``Guantanamera`` is playing, maybe in Esperanto version, but couldn`t tell from the many refrains ``guajira, guantanamera`` which are apparently untranslatable. Then talk in Espo.

Noisy blobs all over the 25 m band, Jan 28 from 1322: first noticed circa 11845 and 11874, no intelligible music or talk modulation, but a constant-pitch whine which matches on these and all the rest. At first I suspect RHC 11860 transmitter as the source, but these are not exactly the same plus and minus from it, and as I tune on down, many more are encountered every 13-15 kHz or so, to as low as 11580 area.

Many have no exact carriers and can be heard better in AM mode than with BFO. First rough finds are circa: 11745, 11731, 11718, 11703, 11674; also 11788, 11801, 11816, 11827, 11888, 11901, 11914, 11954. The separations here are, also approx.: 14, 13, 15, 29, 13, 15, 11, 61, 13, 13, 40. Common factor 13-14 kHz.

By now it`s 1347 and at this point I am suspecting Anguilla 11775 could be the source. But at 1353 I can barely hear the same pitch whine under the otherwise good modulation on 11760 RHC. At 1404 I notice the noise also QRMing 11775 but its level fluxuates with fades, and the offsets do not match that exactly. Some of them do have carriers and make hets with nearby victims, e.g. 11815 REE Costa Rica, where the het on the hi side is circa F#6 = 1480 Hz. Call it 11816.5. If 11760 is the source, that`s 56.5 kHz above, fourth multiple of 14.125.

At 1530 they are still going, and on the YB400 BFO 1 kHz steps I estimate several of them as: 11674.9, 11703.1, 11732.4, 11788.4, 11816.9, 11832.4, 11845.1, 11873.6. The intervals between these are: 28.2, 29.3, 56.0, 28.5, 15.5, 12.7, 28.5. The common factor here is somewhere around 14 kHz. Possibly some carriers from other sources got in, to explain the disparities; also the spurs themselves vary somewhat over time.

It only remains to monitor the RHC sign-off circa 1600, listening to one of the spurs (11703) on one radio, and 11760 on another, both with BFO to hear exactly when the transmitter is turned off. Yes, both disappear at exactly the same instant, 1600:28*. Such a panoply of spurs from awful RHC transmitters has happened several times before, a fine old anomaly, but bad news for all the other stations: RHC the worst neighbor possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 4750, Jan 28 at 1351, soft island music, presumed RRI Makassar, poor with weak 2-kHz het from Bangladesh 4752 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. ARTS channel via Enid PEGASYS cable access ch 12, UT Monday Jan 28 at 0520, is starting to play ``Stairway to Lenin``, from ``The Orchestra``. This is an hilarious satire on Soviet Communism, set to the music of Ravel`s ``Bolero``. ARTS provides no program schedule, so you can only tune in at random and see what`s playing. I have seen this many times, always already in progress, but now from the beginning. Unfortunately, I am not prepared to tape it! But maybe it will show up again in the next few days under current rotation. Unfortunately2, PEGASYS only provides lo-fi hissy audio and video from this channel: at least the video is not breaking up at the moment and the sparklies are not too bad. The original was produced in HDTV! Look for it on YouTube: here`s a fragment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoANrOmdtYc
Some others have been deleted. I think Zbigvision is trying to keep it salable on DVD, along with other great videos, via http://www.zbigvision.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Jan 28 at 1425-1500, another great concert of Kurdish vocal and instrumental music with hardly any announcements, tnx to the PKK terrorists of V. of Kurdistan, and coinciding with peak reception hour, better than usual today from presumed PRIDNESTROVYE site. BUT, annoyingly frequent IADs which BRB seems content to allow forever (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1653 monitoring: 0530 UT Monday Jan 28 on 9955, WRMI ID can be heard under the heavy jamming, and then WOR 1653 opening, confirmed anyway as on the air. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Next: Tuesday 1200 and Thursday 0430, the latter maybe with new 1654 if ready in time; Wednesday 0630 & 1630 on HLR Germany 7265-CUSB. Wednesday broadcasts appear to be regular now in addition to Saturday, but need confirmation they still include WOR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Dx Re Mix News # 765

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 765 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Date: Mon Jan.28,2013
Also visit:, sections "DXPeditions"&"Schedules"
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GERMANY   Radio City is now broadcast via Hamburger Lokalradio's SW service
1300-1400 on  7265 GOH 002 kW / 230 deg to WeEu English 4th Sat USB+Carrier

GERMANY   5th transmitter of Radio 700 from Kall was tested from Jan.25:
0000-2400 NF  3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu, break 1200-1300 on Jan.27!
0700-1800 on  3955 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu & 2230-2400
0900-1700 on  6005 KLL 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu
0700-1600 on  6085 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu
0950-1300 on  9700 KLL 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu, on Jan.26 till 1400

GERMANY(non)    Updated winter B-12 schedule of Deutsche Welle:
0300-0400 on  5905 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
0300-0400 on  5925 KIG 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Swahili
0300-0400 on  7265 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
0300-0400 on 12070 ASC 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Swahili
0400-0500 on  5905 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to EaAf English
0400-0500 on  7285 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0400-0500 on  9800 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf English
0400-0500 on  9470 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0500-0530 on  5905 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to EaAf English
0500-0530 on  7425 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAf English
0500-0600 on  9470 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to EaAf English
0500-0600 on 11800 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0530-0600 on  7425 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
0530-0600 on 12045 KIG 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
0530-0600 on 17800 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
0600-0630 on 12045 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0600-0700 on 13780 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0600-0700 on 17800 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
0630-0700 on 12045 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
0630-0700 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
0630-0700 on 21780 DHA 250 kW / 260 deg to WeAf Hausa
0800-0830 on 15640 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Pashto
0800-0830 on 17710 DHA 250 kW / 050 deg to WeAs Pashto
0830-0900 on 15640 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari
0830-0900 on 17710 DHA 250 kW / 050 deg to WeAs Dari
1000-1100 on  9800 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
1000-1100 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 265 deg to CeAf Swahili
1000-1100 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
1000-1100 on 15700 KIG 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Swahili
1200-1300 on  9800 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf French
1200-1300 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / 275 deg to NoAf French
1200-1300 on 15440 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf French
1200-1300 on 17800 WOF 250 kW / 182 deg to NoAf French
1200-1300 on 17820 WOF 250 kW / 150 deg to NoAf French
1200-1300 on 21780 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf French
1300-1400 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / 280 deg to WeAf Hausa
1300-1400 on 17800 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
1300-1400 on 21780 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
1330-1400 on  9440 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari
1330-1400 on 15640 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Dari
1400-1430 on  9440 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto
1400-1430 on 15640 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Pashto
1430-1500 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to WeAs Urdu
1430-1500 on 15360 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Urdu
1430-1500 on 15640 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Urdu
1500-1600 on  7300 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
1500-1600 on  9800 KIG 250 kW / 265 deg to CeAf Swahili
1500-1600 on 12055 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
1500-1600 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Swahili
1600-1700 on  9800 KIG 150 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic
1600-1700 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Amharic
1600-1700 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic
1700-1800 on  9795 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf French
1700-1800 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf French
1700-1800 on 15275 KIG 150 kW / 295 deg to WeAf French
1700-1800 on 15700 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to NoAf French
1800-1900 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
1800-1900 on 15275 KIG 150 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
1800-1900 on 17800 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf Hausa
1900-1930 on 11800 KIG 250 kW / 210 deg to SoAf English
1900-2000 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to SoAf English
1900-2000 on 15275 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to SoAf English
1930-2000 on 11800 KIG 250 kW / 210 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
1930-2000 on 11865 KIG 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
1930-2000 on 12045 MEY 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAf Poprtuguese
2000-2200 on  9655 KIG 250 kW / 295 deg to WeAf English
2000-2200 on 11800 KIG 250 kW / non-dir to CeAf English
2000-2200 on 12070 KIG 250 kW / 210 deg to SoAf English


GERMANY(non)    Updated winter B-12 schedule of Media Broadcast:
NON-DAILY TRANSMISSIONS
Trans World Radio
0645-0700 on  5910 WER 100 kW / 055 deg Mon-Fri     to WeEu Polish
0800-0850 on  6105 WER 100 kW / 300 deg Daily       to NoEu English
0930-1000 on  7210 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Daily       to WeEu Hungarian
1100-1130 on  6105 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Sat         to EaEu Romanian
1500-1530 on  7295 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Mon         to EaEu Belarussian
1500-1530 on  7295 WER 100 kW / 060 deg Tue-Fri     to EaEu Russian
1630-1700 on  6105 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Sat         to EaEu Romanian

Iceman Radio
0900-1000 on  6045 WER 100 kW / non-dir 4th Sun     to CeEu Music

Transportradio:
0900-1100 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Mon-Fri     to WeEu Music

Mighty KBC Radio:
0900-1600 on  6095 WER 100 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun     to WeEu Music

Radio Joystick, from Feb.3 and test on Jan.20
1100-1200 on  7330 ISS 100 kW / 060 deg 1st Sun     to CeEu German

Evangelische Missions Gemeiden
1130-1200 on  6055 WER 125 kW / non-dir Sat/Sun     to CeEu German
1200-1230 on 13730 WER 250 kW / 045 deg Sat         to FE   Russian
1600-1630 on  9605 WER 250 kW / 060 deg Sat         to EaEu Russian

Missionswerke Arche Stimme des Trostes
1200-1215 on  6055 WER 250 kW / non-dir Sun         to CeEu German

Pan American Broadcasting
1400-1415 on 15205 NAU 100 kW / 090 deg Sun         to SoAs English
1415-1430 on 15205 NAU 100 kW / 090 deg Daily       to SoAs English
1430-1445 on 15205 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg Sun         to SoAs English
1930-2000 on  9685 NAU 250 kW / 155 deg Sun         to NoAf English
1930-2030 on  9685 NAU 250 kW / 155 deg Sat         to NoAf English

HCJB Global Voice
1530-1630 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Sat         to CeAs Russian
2245-2300 on 11920 WER 100 kW / 240 deg Daily       to BRA  Kulina
2300-2330 on  9835 NAU 100 kW / 240 deg Daily       to BRA  German
2300-0045 on 11920 WER 100 kW / 240 deg Daily       to BRA  Portuguese

OGM Radio Xoriyo:
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg Tue/Sat     to EaAf Somali

Radio Oeoemrang
1600-1700 on 15215 WER 500 kW / 300 deg Tue Feb.21  to NoAm German

Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front till Dec.30 and cancelled
1700-1730 on 15315 WER 125 kW / 135 deg Sun         to EaAf Oromo

Voice of Oromo Liberation
1700-1800 on 13810 ISS 100 kW / 126 deg Sun/Wed     to EaAf Oromo/Amharic

Christian Science Sentinel
1900-2000 on  5960 WER 100 kW / 075 deg Sat         to EaEu Russian

Radio Biafra London till Jan.17 and cancelled
1900-2000 on 11830 WER 125 kW / 180 deg Thu/Sat     to WCAf Igbo/English

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network
1900-1930 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Tue         to EaEu Russian
1900-1930 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Wed         to EaEu English
1900-1915 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Thu         to EaEu Ukrainian
1900-1915 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Fri         to EaEu Russian
1915-1945 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Sat         to EaEu English
1900-2000 on  6030 NAU 100 kW / 060 deg Sun         to EaEu English
0800-0830 on  7220 WER 100 kW / non-dir Sun         to WeEu English
0800-0845 on  7220 WER 100 kW / non-dir Sat         to WeEu English
0830-1000 on 17545 WER 125 kW / 135 deg Fri         to NEAf Arabic, x 09-10
1630-1730 on 11875 WER 100 kW / 165 deg Daily       to CEAf Nuer/Dinka
1600-1630 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Mo/Th/Fr/Su to EaAf Oromo
1700-1730 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Mon/Tue/Fri to EaAf Tigrinya
1730-1800 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Mon/Wed/Fri to EaAf Amharic
1700-1800 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Tue/Thu     to EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Sat         to EaAf Amharic
1630-1800 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Sun         to EaAf Amharic
1800-1830 on 15335 NAU 100 kW / 150 deg Fri-Sun     to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 on  9850 NAU 100 kW / 142 deg Fri         to EaAf Arabic
1830-1900 on  9850 NAU 100 kW / 142 deg Sun         to EaAf Arabic
0500-0530 on  9450 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Thu         to N/ME Arabic
0500-0515 on  9450 WER 250 kW / 120 deg Fri         to N/ME Arabic
1800-1830 on  9715 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Mon/Wed     to N/ME Hebrew,x 1745-
1800-1900 on  9715 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Tue         to N/ME English,x 1745-
1800-1845 on  9715 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Thu         to N/ME English,x 1745-
1800-1815 on  9715 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Fri         to N/ME English,x 1745-
1800-2000 on  9715 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Sat/Sun     to N/ME English,x 1745-
1715-1745 on  9810 WER 125 kW / 120 deg Fri         to N/ME Arabic
1930-2015 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Sun         to N/ME English
1715-1800 on 11700 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Mon/Wed-Fri to N/ME Arabic
1700-1800 on 11700 WER 100 kW / 120 deg Tue/Thu     to N/ME Arabic
1700-1720 on 11915 ISS 250 kW / 115 deg Mo/Tu/Th/Fr to N/ME Arabic
1700-1735 on 11915 ISS 250 kW / 115 deg Wed         to N/ME Arabic
0400-0430 on  5950 NAU 100 kW / 110 deg Sat-Mon     to WeAs Luri
1830-1900 on  7365 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Sun         to WeAs Persian
1800-1900 on  7365 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Tue/Thu     to WeAs Persian
1800-1830 on  7365 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Fri         to WeAs Persian
1800-1815 on  7365 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg Sat         to WeAs English
1900-2000 on  9470 NAU 250 kW / 125 deg Sat         to WeAs English
1915-1945 on  9470 NAU 250 kW / 125 deg Sun         to WeAs English
1630-1830 on  9925 WER 100 kW / 105 deg Daily       to WeAs Persian
0100-0115 on  7395 WER 250 kW / 090 deg Sun         to SoAs English,x Sa/Su
1500-1530 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Sun         to SoAs English
1530-1600 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Wed/Fri     to SoAs Urdu
1530-1600 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Thu         to SoAs English
1515-1530 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Fri         to SoAs Punjabi
1515-1530 on 13740 NAU 100 kW / 095 deg Sat         to SoAs English
1630-1645 on 15215 WER 125 kW / 105 deg Fri         to SoAs Tamil, ex Sun
1400-1430 on 15470 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg 1st Sun     to SoAs English
1430-1500 on 15470 ISS 250 kW / 083 deg Sat/Sun     to SoAs English
1100-1115 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Tue-Fri     to EaAs Cantonese
1100-1130 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Mon         to EaAs Chinese
1115-1130 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Fri         to EaAs English
1100-1130 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Sat/Sun     to EaAs English
1130-1200 on 15390 TRM 125 kW / 045 deg Sat/Sun     to EaAs Japanese
1300-1400 on 15180 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg Sun         to EaAs Korean
1300-1330 on 15180 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg Mon-Sat     to EaAs Korean

DAILY TRANSMISSIONS
Gospel For Asia
0030-0130 on  7215 NAU 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs South East Asian langs
1230-1500 on 15285 NAU 250 kW / 089 deg to SoAs South East Asian langs
1330-1530 on 15235 NAU 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs
1530-1630 on 15150 NAU 250 kW / 099 deg to SoAs South East Asian langs
2330-0030 on  7240 NAU 250 kW / 085 deg to SEAs South East Asian langs

Radio Japan NHK World
0200-0500 on  9620 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to WeAs Japanese
1700-1900 on 15445 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to WeAs Japanese
2200-2300 on  9620 WER 500 kW / 135 deg to WeAs Japanese

Radio Dardasha 7:
0330-0345 on  6095 NAU 125 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1600-1615 on  9665 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
0300-0315 on  7325 NAU 250 kW / 124 deg to N/ME Arabic
0430-0445 on  5980 NAU 125 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1715 on  9440 WER 125 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
2000-2015 on  5940 NAU 250 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Arabic
0600-0615 on  9440 NAU 125 kW / 180 deg to CEAf Arabic
2030-2045 on  9515 NAU 250 kW / 180 deg to CEAf Arabic

Hamada Radio International:
0530-0600 on  7350 NAU 100 kW / 180 deg to WeAf Hausa Mon-Fri

Adventist World Radio
0400-0430 on  5975 NAU 100 kW / 130 deg to EaEu Bulgarian
1600-1630 on  6100 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to EaEu Bulgarian
1000-1100 on  9610 NAU 100 kW / 180 deg to SoEu Italian Sun
0700-0800 on 11975 NAU 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Arabic
0800-0830 on 15125 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Kabyle
0800-0900 on 15145 NAU 100 kW / 205 deg to NoAf French/Tachelhit
1730-1800 on 11860 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Kabyle
1900-1930 on 11860 WER 250 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Wolof
1900-2000 on 11760 WER 100 kW / 210 deg to NoAf Arabic/Tachelhit
2000-2030 on  9805 NAU 100 kW / 205 deg to NoAf French
1900-2000 on  9535 NAU 100 kW / 215 deg to NoAf Arabic
0300-0330 on  7315 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Tigrigna
0300-0400 on  9610 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Oromo/Amharic
1630-1700 on 17575 ISS 250 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Somali
1730-1800 on 11795 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Oromo
1200-1230 on 11670 TRM 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs Mon
1230-1300 on 11670 TRM 250 kW / 025 deg to SoAs Meitei Sun/Wed/Fri
1230-1300 on 11670 TRM 250 kW / 025 deg to SoAs Bangla Mon/Tue/Thu/Sat
1500-1600 on 15270 TRM 250 kW / 355 deg to SoAs Punjabi/Hindi
1500-1530 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to SoAs Nepali
1530-1600 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 025 deg to SoAs English Sat-Wed
1530-1600 on 15255 TRM 250 kW / 025 deg to SoAs Tibetan Thu/Fri
1300-1330 on 15480 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon-Fri
1300-1330 on 15480 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to EaAs Uighur Sat/Sun
1330-1500 on 15480 TRM 250 kW / 005 deg to EaAs Chinese

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries
1300-1400 on 15370 TRM 250 kW / 060 deg to SEAs English
1400-1600 on  9460 WER 100 kW / non-dir to WeEu English
1400-1600 on 13810 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to N/ME English
1900-2000 on  9835 WER 500 kW / 165 deg to NWAf English

Lutheran World Federation,Voice of Gospel(Sawtu Linjilia)
1830-1900 on  9800 WER 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde

Radio Liberty
0300-0500 on  6105 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
0400-0500 on  6075 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1500-1700 on  6120 WER 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1200-1230 on 15265 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Kyrgyz
1400-1500 on  9595 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1400-1500 on 13645 WER 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1500-1530 on 11790 NAU 250 kW / 075 deg to CeAs Kyrgyz
1500-1600 on 13775 NAU 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Avari/Chechen/Circassian
1600-1700 on  9445 NAU 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tajik
1600-1800 on 11775 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Georgian
1700-1800 on  9585 NAU 250 kW / 095 deg to CeAs Russian "Caucasus Echo"

Radio Farda
0500-0730 on 13615 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Persian
1230-1430 on 13635 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian
1500-1630 on 13680 WER 250 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Persian

Radio Mashaal
0500-0900 on 13580 NAU 250 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Pashto

Radio Free Afghanistan
1230-1330 on 13830 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Dari
1330-1430 on 13830 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Pashto/Dari

Deewa Radio
1400-1500 on  9565 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Pashto

Radio Ashna
1530-1730 on  9770 NAU 250 kW / 110 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto

Voice of America
1600-1700 on 17895 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to CeAf English
1630-1700 on 15670 WER 250 kW / 180 deg to CeAf Portuguese Fri
2030-2100 on  9690 NAU 250 kW / 185 deg to CeAf Hausa Mon-Fri
1630-1700 on 11905 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  En"So.Sudan in Focus" Mo-Fr
1630-1700 on 13625 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  En"So.Sudan in Focus" Mo-Fr
1800-1830 on  9645 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to SDN  Arabic "Afia Darfur"
1900-1930 on  9815 NAU 250 kW / 155 deg to SDN  Arabic "Afia Darfur"
1630-1700 on 15620 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Somali
1730-1800 on  9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1730-1800 on  9860 WER 250 kW / 150 deg to EaAf Afan Oromo Mon-Fri
1800-1900 on  9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Amharic
1800-1900 on  9755 WER 250 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Amharic
1900-1930 on  9485 NAU 250 kW / 140 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0230-0330 on  7360 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian
0500-0600 on  9760 NAU 100 kW / 105 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1400-1500 on 13580 NAU 250 kW / 120 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1600-1800 on 11775 WER 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Georgian
1830-1900 on  9435 NAU 250 kW / 090 deg to CeAs Azeri

FRANCE    Frequency change of Radio France Internationale in Pashto:
1430-1500 NF 21580 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs, ex 15360 // 17850

KOREA D.P.R.   Some frequencies of Voice of Korea are active again:
back on air
0700-1000 on 15245 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to EaEu Ru/Ru/Ko only on Jan.24
0700-1300 on  7580 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN  Japanese
1300-2100 on  6170 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko
2100-2400 on  7580 KUJ 200 kW / 109 deg to JPN  Japanese
currently off air
0300-1300 on  7220 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En/Ko/Ch/Ko/Ko/Ch/Ko
0300-0700 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/En/Ch/En
0300-0700 on 13650 KUJ 200 kW / 238 deg to SEAs Ch/Fr/En/Ch
0300-0700 on 13760 KUJ 200 kW / 028 deg to CSAm Sp/En/Sp/Fr
1000-1300 on  9345 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ko/Ch/Ko
1300-2100 on  9325 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Ko/Ru/Ru/Ge/Ru/Ge/Ge/Ko
1300-2400 on 12015 KUJ 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu En/Fr/En/Fr/Ko/En/Sp/Fr/En/Sp/Ko
2100-2400 on  7235 KUJ 200 kW / non-dir to NEAs Ch/Ch/Ko

POLAND/BULGARIA    Cancelled transmission of Polish Radio External Service:
1500-1600 on 12095 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Polish, now on MW 1386 LTU.

SPAIN    Surprise: New additional transmissions of Radio Exterior de Espana
in Spanish to WeEu, not mentioned in the official schedule of the station:
0900-1055 on 15585 NOB 050 kW / 060 deg to WeEu in DRM
1100-1255 on 13720 NOB 250 kW / 000 deg to WeEu, ex DRM
1500-1655 on 15585 NOB 250 kW / 060 deg to WeEu Sat/Sun
1700-2255 on  7275 NOB 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu Sat/Sun

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Ascolti onde corte 27 gennaio Treviso

9610  27/01  1000 AWR Europe, Issoudun  Px "Studio Dx 500" It 45544
17675 27/01  1258 R. New Zealand Inter., Rangitaiki  Info E 35544
21680 27/01  1300 R. Vaticana, S. Maria Galeria Nx  It 34533
17595 27/01  1306 R. Exterior España, Noblejas Px "Amigos" Es 45555
15590 27/01  1302 Voice of America, Greenville Nx  Es 23423
15580 27/01  1429 Voice of America, AFS - Meyerton  Mx Info E 43433
 7390 27/01  1512 R. Romania Inter., Saftica Px" Ascoltatori" It 54544

73 da N. Marabello
Treviso, Italia

RX: SONY ICF SW7600G
ANT:  VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi

Glenn Hauser logs January 26-27, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Jan 27 at 1347, VL8A the best yet, quite readable with sacred choral music and talk. Except for CUBA 5025, it`s the SSOB at S9+18. I bet it`s the same `Sunday Night` program as on R. Australia --- yes it is, about one word behind // 9580.

By 1405, 4835 has faded to a JBA carrier. It`ll be a sad day when VL8A goes back to 2310 at night, previously planned for March. But new WRTH National Radio Update says ``ABC Alice Springs continues using 4835 kHz for undefined period also between 0830-2130 instead of 2310 kHz.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Jan 27 at 1425 start listening to RA`s `Sunday Night`, excellent program about religion, during long `Encounter with Sacred Music` produxion about gospel choral groups in Australia, where all faiths and even Buddhists, Atheists participate for the love of music, and its social meaning as in the US Civil Rights Movement. Cut off as usual at 1458*, so retune to 11945 for the rest of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 15340, Jan 27 at 1415, RHC dead air allows English talk about JC to be heard, so HCJB is appearing again, first time heard here for several months, presumably longpath. However, WRTH 2013 shows English does not start until 1445 (Saturdays 1515). All references including own grid athttp://www.hcjb.org.au/docs/B12_Schedule_HCJB_Australia_20121028-20130330.pdf
show Urdu 7 days a week at 1400-1430, so what happened? English is default, I suppose, if something is missing; or maybe this Urdu just included an English bit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH [and non]. 4752, Jan 27 at 1253, signal here as already IDed by others as Bangladesh Betar, shifted from 4750, but weaker than remaining 4750, presumably RRI; still the same at 1348. Seems like BB took my recent advice to spread out the 4 clashers on 4750 to different frequencies, but 2 kHz is not far enough; in fact, it may be worse in Asia on ordinary receivers so listeners to both RRI and BB now have to cope with a 2 kHz het.

4755 would be even worse yet, covering poor Micronesia. If BB want to stay as close as possible to 4750 on the hi side I would recommend 4770 where nothing is listed. 4760 is out due to one or two Indians, and 4765 is out due to Tajikistan. There is also nothing significant in Asia for many channels below 4750 altho that range may not be considered open for broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 27:
11500, very poor at 1325, mixing with something? Haven`t heard it here for months. Only target per Aoki is a 0.1 kW Sound of Hope nuisance transmitter on Taiwan, and no longer any V. of Russia to be collaterally damaged. No other FDs noted this morning altho did not perform a complete bandscan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. The UT Jan 27 screwups, ahem, anomalies, so far at RHC:

5040, Jan 27 at 0551, dead air during Spanish block; 0554 some music starts, unlike what was on the four 49m English channels.

15340, Jan 27 at 1415, usual Sunday situation with dead air, during which I heard HCJB, see AUSTRALIA, but by 1419 has resumed modulation with `Amigos de Cuba` mailbag (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESTE)

** GERMANY [non]. 7425, Jan 27 at 0559, Portuguese talk about Angola, Cabo Verde, cut off in mid-word about 0559.5. Great coördination! Scheduled as 0530-0600 [sic], DW, 250 kW, 100 degrees from ASCENSION, not Rwanda. HFCC shows this only started on 1 January, despite IBB Russian via Lampertheim already on 7425 at 03-07, which must have been the weak signal audible after DW quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 13710, Jan 27 at 1328 good signal with music here seems unsubcontinental; quickly check 9690 and find it weaker //, i.e. AIR GOS about to open instead of playing the wonderful AIR IS. 1329 brief announcement in unknown language, probably Tibetan as usually happens with AIR bringing up wrong program feed, supposed to be ending at 1330 on three other frequencies including Bengaluru 9575.

1330 English opening AIR GOS announcing 9690, 13710 and 11620 which is unheard until 1331, a poor open carrier with flutter. 9690 and 13710 are also Bengaluru, while 11620 is Delhi. For some reason, 13710 is missing from HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 17550, Jan 27 at 1408, VIRI Arabic OM with crosstalk from a YL voice in unknown language. I don`t think this is external QRM from another station, but self-QRM transmitted by Kamalabad itself. Could be Urdu, Dari, Kurdish or Japanese, scheduled on other insufficiently isolated KAM transmitters, antennas at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Jan 27 at 1406, Shiokaze is still here, in Korean with Myanmar het on hi side. Expecting the 1330-1430 broadcast to make another frequency jump shortly to elsewhere on 49m, tho I have never heard Uny Juche jamming noise on 5985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Some more winter sporadic E analog TVDX, UT Jan 27 at 0044, already monitoring channel A2 NTSC, some CCI fades in, despite no activity on the two 6m ham Es maps, until later in the hour and not from Mexico there. Lasted only a few minutes. More CCI came in at 0211, stronger, and also signs of video on A4 and A5. At 0215 for several minutes, a preacher in Spanish dominated; seems odd programming for prime-time Sunday night. I wonder which station or network would be doing that? CCI remained past 0245 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7275, Jan 27 at 0634, fairly good signal, undermodulated in English, i.e. Abuja, PSAs/promos with IDs in passing as R. Nigeria by bassy OM voice who is harder to copy than higher-pitched YL voice at 0637 about African Cup of Nations match, South Africa vs Morocco today. This is seldom readable here due to very low modulation, but better than usual today; and seldom even detectable under Tunisia until timer cuts it off at 0626/0627* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9635 // weaker 9620, Sunday Jan 26 at 2309, REE opening `Desde el Infierno` with unmistakable spooky music and narration. Last weekend I also heard it during the previous 22 UT hour on Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 7325, Jan 27 at 0558, Arabic with echo, and SAH, indicating BBCWS is running two unsynchronized transmitters here, inevitably self-QRMing. What genius scheduled this? Uplooked later in HFCC, here`s what`s happening:

04-05, 300 kW, 185 degrees from Cyprus,     CIRAF 47E, 48NW
04-07, 250 kW, 170 degrees from Woofferton, CIRAF 37S, 38W, 46NW
05-06, 300 kW, 173 degrees from Cyprus,     CIRAF 38E, 39NW

Hey, there`s no overlap in fragmented CIRAF target zones, so everything`s fine and no alarm bells went off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1653 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday Jan 27 at 0459.4 on WTWW-1, 5830. Another early start meant another abrupt interruption for top-of-hour canned ID spanning the last part of my 52-second intro, and the first part of the news to follow. I didn`t even get to say ``Standard disclaimer``. Otherwise fine and very good signal. Next: UT Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2660, Jan 27 at 1331 UT, S9+8 carrier but no modulation audible; 1338 maybe some mod after local noise burst; 1342 now at S9+12 I can make out an over-assertive preacher. 1404 gospel music. This is what I expected based on yesterday`s research into the KGLD Tyler TX program schedule, preaching instead of music Sundays only before 1400. Distracted by INDIA, just missed monitoring at 1330 when they should have doubled power from 500 to 1000 watts on fundamental 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9313, Jan 27 at 1316, weak humblob, fades so not local, just barely modulated, not // RHC 9540, a known spurrier but never this far down before; at 1323 fades up enough to match GFRN talk audio with VG 9330 WBCQ, my main suspect which has put spurs out before below 9330. Nothing heard on what would be a match 17 kHz higher, 9347 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13570, Jan 27 at 1423, tune by WINB on a Sunday, the only day it is on this early, finding wacko gospel huxter asserting that Jesus was a Baptist, the only true religion, all other sects such as Anglican/Episcopalian, Wesleyan/Methodist being ``harlot daughters``. How`d you like to have your faith called that? Or your daughter?

WINB program schedule is updated Jan 13,http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm
showing this is `Zion`s Rest Baptist Church`. No contact info or website via WINB but Googling leads to a church by that name in Austin TX, and several with `Primitive` inserted elsewhere in the South.

WINB sign-on times now shown as Sunday 1230, Saturday 1445, M-F 1845 UT, and not an Overcomer anywhere. Quickly retuned 4 MHz down and 10 kHz up for some reasonable religion on Radio AUSTRALIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1030, Jan 27 at 1258 UT, outro of Spanish religious show with http://hermandadcristiana.org from Anderson, Indiana, strong signal from N/S, SAH, 1259 switching to English with preacher about David & Jeremiah, apparently a promo, but no ID. However this cut off at 1300 or faded out very quickly.

Contact info at above website has no postal addresses or locations, but gringo officials with AC 765- phonumbers, i.e. east-central Indiana. No affiliate list there nor at linkedhttp://www.oneplace.com/ministries/la-hermandad-cristiana/
but the latter does give a postal address in Anderson IN, altho the Spanish version is produced in California and Texas.

At 1302, `Day of Decision` is opening. I assume it`s 50 kW daytimer KCTA Corpus Christi TX. Yes, both programs match the schedule at http://www.kctaradio.com/services.html
which we need to keep handy for this station which doesn`t like to ID, and doesn`t act like a strict daytimer.

Shows first program on weekdays is at 5:30 am CT, weekends 6:00 am. Final program listed on weekdays is `Southwest Radio Church` starting at 8:00 pm! On Sundays, last program is `In Touch Weekend` starting at 7:00 pm for unknown duration. On Saturdays has Spanish programming from noon until sign-off at unspecified sunset. You`ll recall a few months ago, we were getting a dirty carrier all night on 1030.

FAQ page has this: ``Q. Why can't I hear KCTA at night?
A. KCTA is licensed by the FCC to be operated from Boston, Massachusetts sunrise (that is so we won't interfere with them) to Corpus Christi, Texas sunset.``

FCC info for KCTA has nothing obvious about WBZ sunrise, but for KCTA SR/SS:
January  7:15 6:00 [1315-2400 UT]
February 7:15 6:15 [1315-2415 UT]

So what are the sunrise times for WBZ?
January  7:15 [1215 UT]
February 6:45 [1145 UT]

However, an imported letter from 1980http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=36851
really reproduces CP and license info dating back to the year 1945 mentioning Boston sunrise! They kept getting SSAs (special service authorizations) renewed periodically to start at Boston sunrise. BTW, this was originally KWBU, Baylor University on 1010. The deal with WBZ came when switching to 1030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 7906-USB, Jan 27 at 1306, checking for Ho Chi Minh Radio, coastal station, which Ron Howard recently reminded us about with English notices: very weak SSB talk here but sounds like Vietnamese to me. At 1310 a series of rapid beeps, marking end of transmission? If not QRM. Nothing heard on // 8246-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Segnale / Signal
IN - Insufficiente / Poor
SF - Sufficiente / Fair
BN - Buono / Good
MB - Molto buono / Very good


Domenica 20 gennaio 2013
*11.00 - 7330 kHz
R. JOYSTICK - Issoudun (F)
Jingles, IDs OM e musica reggae.
Segnale molto buono-buono
Da febbraio prevista ogni prima domenica del mese, stessa ora, stessa frequenza.

***

Martedì 22 gennaio 2013
15.53 - 6209,88 Riferimenti a R. DELTA, EE, annunci OM. SF-IN
16.11 - 6374,54 CAROLINE RAINBOW, EE, IDs OM. BN-SF
16.15 - 6285 UNID europirata s/off 16.30. SF-IN
16.40 - 6745,12 Mx dance on&off. Prob. europirata? SF-IN

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Mercoledì 23 gennaio 2013
08.25 - Emittenti in apparenza spente:
6070 Tx Röhrbach (Germania) (da giorni)
9579 MEDI 1 (Marocco) (ieri accesa)
9580 AFRICA N° 1 (Gabon) (co-ch solo R. Australia)
15245 VO KOREA (da giorni solo su 13760)
-
FIREDRAKE
09.27 - 17250 + 16100 (SF-IN)
09.32 - 14800 (BN-SF) + 13970 (SF-IN)
09.35 - 12370 (SF-IN)
-
09.39 - 6190 kHz
HAMBURGER LOKALRADIO - Göhren (D)
Tedesco, parlato YL.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
09.44 - 9700 kHz
test R. 700 - Kall Krekel (Germania)
Tedesco, jingles e oldies.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
In // a 6005 (SF-IN) + 6085 (BN-SF)

***

Luca Botto Fiora
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

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Rack 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
-
ANTENNE
1) Da 70 kHz a 2 MHz:
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
2) Da 2 a 5-6 MHz:
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
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3) Da 5-6 a 30 MHz:
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m
Balun 1:32 su toroide FT-140/43 ACA

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ACCESSORI
Su antenne HF:
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
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Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC

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Rack 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORE
E5 Etón
-
ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA

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REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

***

SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.2 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.0.2 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.1 demo (orologio mondiale)

Glenn Hauser logs January 25-26, 2013

** BOLIVIA. 4700, Jan 26 at 0051, two signals making a LAH (low audible heterodyne). One no doubt R. San Miguel, always reported off-frequency, but what else? Only on-channel MW fundamental which could harmonicize here is 940 x 5. I am making a quick check of 60m for signals, rather than trying to pull IDs from everything.

4717, Jan 26 at 0044, music on poor signal here, no doubt R. Yura, also at 0051 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4815, Jan 26 at 0119, preacher in Portuguese vs CODAR, and must use USB to avoid the ute noise, i.e. R. Difusora, Londrina.

4845, Jan 26 at 0048, some music, flute and voice, probably R. Cultura, Manaus, as there are no Asians here, tho some flutter.

4877.2, Jan 26 at 0115, music, less fading than the Asians, and frequency measurement of 5 x 40 Hz DX-398 clix above 4877 strongly suggests R. Roraima. In DXLD archive I find only one report of it on this exact frequency, from Carlos Gonçalves in Portugal, 3 August 2011 at 2235+. Harold Sellers, BC, had it on 4877.1, 24 Nov 2012 at 0200. ZYG810 does vary a lot, reported during past year on many split spots from 4875 past 4878. Now it had some SSB QRM on the lo side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 26 before 0100:
12670, good at 0055
12980, good at 0055
13530, good at 0057, very heavy flutter
13920, good at 0054, very heavy flutter
13970, fair at 0054, very heavy flutter
14800, fair at 0057, with flutter
14980, fair at 0058, with heavy flutter
Instead of the usual quick tuning on the FRG-7 I was using the DX-398 so hastened to step 5 kHz at a time as far as I could before hourtrop, but no more found up to 17300 by 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4800, Jan 26 at 0043, fair signal in Chinese as I start a 60m session on the chilly porch with DX-398 to avoid household noise sources. Geermu again, no doubt. See also EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Comments on jamming: see GUIANA FRENCH, PERU

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, Jan 26 at 0045, fair signal in Chinese nicely spaced between two much stronger US stations; of course, it`s PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi (which so many including Aoki insist on misspelling Urumqui --- the ``Q has to be followed by U`` rule is inapplicable in Chinese orthography, as the Q does not even represent a K sound.) Still in at 0113 but declined to very poor signal.

4980, Jan 26 at 0046, Turkic-sounding talk, axually Uighur service, another 100 kW at Wulumuchi (alternate spelling of Urumqi) from PBS Xinjiang (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH. 9606, Jan 26 at 0125, roaring spur centered around here, not very strong but previously matched with Montsinéry during the R. República 00-02 transmission on 9490, 116 kHz above it. And yes, there is a match, somewhat stronger, 116 kHz below it around 9374. On very strong 9490, RR itself is undermodulated during a lo-fi phone interview; in fact, the two spurblobs axually sound louder than the fundamental! Which is suppressing any jamming, surely is being transmitted; it would propagate, as 9955 has the wall of noise, as it did at 2216 Jan 25 during WRMI`s silent period. Anyhow, the spurs show that TDF still hasn`t fixed that problem, which also emanate 116 kHz away from the NHK relay on 5960 after 0200, i.e. 6076 and 5844, which I have not reconfirmed lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. QSL: nice full color card depicting a sailing ship riding the waves and a pirate, from Channel Z Radio, received in p-mail January 25 from maildrop, P O Box 109, Blue Ridge Summit PA 17214. Had sent e-mail report containing my log of this, Jan 13 at 2140-2148 on 15067.6 AM. Specifies 18 watts from an LU8EHA transmitter. Had replied earlier by e-mail from channelzradio@gmail.com  Also with card, personal letter about his homebrew transmitters. This QSL has been added to my gallery via:http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
Thanks, Channel Z Radio! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. Prompted by Bob Wilkner tip that R. Logos was powerful at 2340 Jan 26 on 4810, I try it an hour+ later, but not much here. Some OA frequencies are making it, altho well-known 60m ones I do not stick with trying to dig out IDs, January 26:

4747, Jan 26 at 0050, weak broadcast, presumably R. Huanta 2000. Aoki shows sign-off at 0100 already
4775, Jan 26 at 0049 music, no doubt usual R. Tarma. At 0120 I am also hearing some English QRM, must be a local mix
4790, Jan 26 at 0120, weak signal, presumed R. Visión, also with LAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 26 at 0100 during the half-hour window when supposedly no other stations in the world are on this frequency, another try for the new R. Chaski, Cuzco. To my surprise I am not hearing any jamming this time, but the local noise level on the porch is yet hitting 6 bars on the DX-398. Nevertheless I have some very weak talk past 0103. I have left the computer on inside, so go turn it off hoping to lower the noise, but makes no difference, both good news and bad, as there are still 6 bars of noise when I resume at 0112, but now the station is gone. More tries will ensue. Has anyone definitely heard R. Chaski in N America yet? At 0127 check, the Cuban jamming was definitely on and propagating on 5890, 6030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 4765, Jan 26 at 0050, weak broadcast audible, seemed Russish. Tajik Radio 1 does have some Russian segments, tho Aoki shows Tajik at this time; Russian-influenced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9905, Jan 25 at 2216, WTWW-2 is off; and AAMOF, think it has been missing all week during the hours previously dedicated to Brother Scare. 12105, WTWW-3 is also off, when usually in French; it had been on earlier today circa 1400 in Russian. BS could still be heard on 9980 WWCR, more than sufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 21630, Jan 25 at 1902, WHRI with heavy echo, as one would expect from long path delay vs short path, 24 vs 1 kilomile, altho it seem unlikely at midday here when half the path must be thru the darkside. Maybe there is some other explanation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1653 monitoring: confirmed on webcast of Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB starting at 0245 UT Saturday Jan 26 (a sesquihour earlier, I had noted 5110- coming in well during `Allan Weiner Worldwide` which again ran late until 0239).

Next, on HLR Germany, 7265-CUSB, Sat 0630 & 1630; on WRMI 9955, Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200; on WTWW 5830, UT Sun 0500. Also WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. 15775, Fri Jan 25 at 1900, VOA is signing off with Yankee Doodle Dandy routine to 1901, carrier a bit longer, fair signal. What had I just missed? VOA Studio 7, last part in Shona, also in Ndebele and English. HFCC shows M-F 1800-1900, 100 kW, 124 degree antenna with a +24 slew from SAO TOME, extending the daily 1700-1800 broadcast which is on a different 126 degree antenna at a -12 slew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Jan 26 during the 0600-0605 UT Fox-hole of local KGWA with unmodulation: at first echoey ABC news like KMA/KNEB; then 0603-0605, poetic recitation in Spanish with musical background. Don`t think it was `Soy Soldado`, super-patriotic spiel which some Mexican stations add to war-mongering national anthem at midnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Jan 26 at 0053, JBA carrier, so circa sunrise should still be better chance for presumed 1330 harmonic, maybe KGLD Tyler TX when it would be on much higher fundamental power of 1 kW from 1330 to 2345 UT, or even PSRA of 500 watts 1200-1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4895, Jan 26 at 0048, music mixing with CODAR. Choices are Mongolia, India and Brasil. Not on 4896 where AIR Kurseong has recently jumped. At 0115 I find a LAH, i.e. two stations on almost but not quite 4895, along with CODAR swishes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs January 24-25, 2013

** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 25:
7390, fair at 1409 slightly atop the mix with two signals in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming and VOA Cantonese via Philippines

11520, very poor at 1415, het on lo side. Neatly matches Aoki listing for V. of Tibet, 11518 at 1330-1430 via Tajikistan
No other FD found 12-18 MHz until 1424
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 11805, Jan 25 at 1427, VIRI IS, poor signal, 1430 three rising chimes, opening in unID language, brief choral piece presumed national anthem, another quick announcement and into Qur`an, the standard opening procedure. Aoki shows this is a Bengali hour, 500 kW, 100 degrees from Kamalabad. The Urdu service was also audible earlier in the hour on 11720 // 11685 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


** ISRAEL [non]. 9955, Jan 25 at 0530, WRMI inaudible under jamming, but Jeff White says as of tonight, WRN relay at this time has resumed after some experimentation with Vatican Radio in Arabic. Therefore, Israel Radio`s only SW broadcast in English should be back at 0530-0545 Tue-Sat. Computer was off so could not confirm yet on WRMI webstream (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 5985, Jan 25 at 1342, Sea Breeze again in English on this Friday and much better reception than usual, talking about the UN and human rights in several countries, including North Korea. Still good at 1405 with news sounder, headline from Yonhap about Google trip to NK, another from Daily NK. Usual het from MYANMAR on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 9335, Jan 25 at 1413, VOK in French, modulation rather distorted. 11710, Jan 25 at 1417, French also here and somewhat distorted with additional mixture of jamming noise that VOK is unable to keep out of its adjacent broadcast transmitter. Any SW broadcaster that is obviously so intimately involved with jamming other stations is worthy of nothing but contempt, also RHC and CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO [and non]. 9579.1, Jan 25 at 0556, Médi Un carrier, at least is back, making big het with 9580.0; having been missing 23.5 hours earlier. Only modulation audible is music from the higher frequency, i.e. presumed GABON. The het made a pitch somewhere between A5 and B-flat5, i.e. 880 and 932 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, further observations Jan 24-25: ID occurs at random oddtimes, not just hourtop and hourbottom, such as 2004 and 1448 UT: by seemingly synthetic voice unlike the other announcements: ``You are listening to 530 AM operated by Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma``. Many of the same old Ad Council PSAs continue in rotation, but now there is a new one apparently by a local announcer, including her flub at the end, about ``never leave candles unattached --- unattended``. I have yet to hear anything remotely connected with USAF or other military matters, but instead an emphasis on safety for civilians, also applicable to allhumans, including military (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Jan 25 at 0621, KMOX has a SAH of 192/minute = 3.2 Hz as measured some times before, but varies, presumably from KEOR carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Jan 25 at 0619 UT, KFAQ Tulsa is accompanied by IBOC noise, as Bruce Winkelman had first reported it turned back on Jan 24, after some months off. However at next check 1440 in the daytime, with weaker signal, IBOC did not seem to be present (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [non]. 5980, further chex for the new R. Chaski, Cusco: not only do we have R. Martí and wall-of-noise DentroCuban jamming at 07-13 UT, but at least lite residual Cuban pulse jamming continues on 5980 at many (all?) other hours, typical incompetent overkill and disrespect for other non-hostile broadcasters: Jan 24 at 2308 check, Jan 25 at 0117, 0205 the jamming is still there, plenty to block the Peruvian if really on and testing tonight as Pedro F. Arrunátegui reports scheduled until 0300. Here is his 17-second clip of it announcing 5980 only:http://www.w4uvh.net/chaski5980PFA.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7260, Jan 25 at 1406, fair signal in English from VOR about ``Tatiana Day`` = Jan 25 in Russia. Would be sufficient if not for the SSB QRhaM on an above-normal E Asian morning. HFCC shows 500 kW, 230 degrees from Vladivostok at 10-16 but the English portion is 13-15 only. Off the back is 50 degrees, which aims right down the angled California/Nevada border (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1653 monitoring: first SW broadcast confirmed on WTWW-1 9479, Thursday Jan 24 starting early about 2159:20. Therefore, the exact hourtop interruption for legal ID occurred further into the intro minute, at second :39 just as I started to say ``Eq--`` uatorial Guinea, and finished just as the theme did.

Then the 0430 UT Friday broadcast on WWRB confirmed at 0452 check Jan 25, very good on both 5050 and 3195. Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1030 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 1 kW in Germany on 7265-CUSB; UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5830; on WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200; On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11715, Jan 25 at 1455, KJES, off-key kidchoir with hymns in English, then switching to Spanish for ``En la Sala de Jesús``, a bit of ``Saints Go Marchin` In``, all with guitar accompaniment; 1459.5 rudely interrupted by not one but two kIDs, more music; 1504 adult starts talking about Jesus expiring. VG signal by 1455 and growing. Transmission nominally starts at 1400 but seldom audible then; at 1417 when I was checking VOK 11710, KJES was starting to fade in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1510, Jan 25 at 1443 UT, Moneyradio1510.com, 480 AC phone and Arizona ads, i.e. KFNN Mesa. So is it 22 kW day power or 100 watt nite power? No quibble here, as FCC official sunrise in January is 1430 UT; February 1415. They also have a 4-watt PSRA in both months, i.e. from 1300 UT, but why go with that when they can already run 100 watt night-power? Limiting station is supposedly KGA Spokane. I think the entire FCC pre-sunrise authority concept is somewhat flawed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Jan 25 at 0602-0605 UT in KGWA Fox-hole, dominant signal is playing low-key big-band music, maybe WABG Mississippi. If they would only ever ID during this window (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660+, Jan 25 at 1347 UT, JBA carrier from the harmonic; 1358 a bit o` music makes it thru the noise level. As mentioned yesterday, prime suspect is KGLD in Tyler TX. Need to monitor earlier in the 13-14 UT hour. Again it`s slightly on the hi side compared to KMBZ Business Radio 1660.

In case it`s KGLD, take note of its official SR/SS times:
Jan 1330-2345;
Feb 1300-2400 UT
Day power is 1 kW, nite power only 77 watts. Also has 500-watt PSRA every month starting at 6 am local = 1200 UT during ST, 1100 UT during DST.

Also complex PSSA ranging from 36 to 176 watts, as late as 0330 UT in the summer;
in January: 2345-2400 75 watts, 0000-0015 67 watts, 0015-0045 45 watts, 0045-0145 36 watts.
In February: 0000-0030 102 watts, 0030-0100 51 watts, 0100-0200 36 watts. Does any station axually follow these rules to the minute and the watt? All this applies of course to 1330, with powers on 2660 if this is the source, presumably much less. However, if some of the accurate power level is leaking out on an harmonic, the power on the fundamental must be correspondingly reduced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Frequency changes

GEORGIA   R.Abkhazia in Abkhaz was heard on Jan.23 with weak signal in Sofia
0656-0816 on  9535 SUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs. Shortwave transmissions are
are very irregular Mon/Wed/Fri. On Jan.23 0800-0816 news bulletin in Russian

GERMANY(non)    Some changes of Media Broadcast (MBR):
Radio Joystick in German, from Feb.3 and test on Jan.20
1100-1200 on  7330 ISS 100 kW / 060 deg to CeEu 1st Sun SINPO 35443 in Sofia

Brother Stair/The Overcomer Ministries in English
1300-1400 NF 15370 TRM 250 kW / 060 deg to SEAs, ex 1100-1300 on 15565 Sa/Su

Voice of Oromiyan Liberation Front in Oromo till Dec.30 and cancelled
1700-1730 on 15315 WER 125 kW / 135 deg to EaAf Sun

Radio Biafra London in Igbo/English till Jan.17 and cancelled
1900-2000 on 11830 WER 125 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Thu/Sat

Bible Voice Broadcasting Network (BVBN), new transmissions from Jan.25/27:
1715-1745 on  9810 WER 125 kW / 120 deg to N&ME Fri, please check language
1830-1900 on  9850 NAU 100 kW / 142 deg to EaAf Sun, please check language
1830-1930 on  9850 NAU 100 kW / 142 deg to EaAf Fri, please check language

GERMANY(non)    Frequency change of Deutsche Welle in Urdu from Jan.23:
1430-1500 NF 15360 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs, ex 17860 // 15275,15640

FRANCE    Frequency change of Radio France Internationale in Pashto:
1430-1500 NF 21580 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs, ex 15360 // 17850

PAKISTAN    Radio Pakistan is currently on air again via two transmitters:
0045-0215 on 11570 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0045-0215 on 15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu
0500-0700 on 15735 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
0500-0700 on 17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
0830-1105 on 15725#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
0830-1105 on 17700#ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1200-1300 on 11570 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAs Chinese
1330-1530 on 11645 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1330-1530 on 15425 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME Urdu
1700-1900 on  9560*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
1700-1900 on 11570*ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu Urdu
# incl.English news bulletin 0905-0910 and 1100-1105
* incl.English news bulletin 1700-1710

TIBET(non)   Only one transmission for Voice of Tibet in Chinese on Jan.23:
1200-1230 on 11528 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, ex Tibetan
1300-1330 on  7553 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, not on air
1330-1400 on  7557 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs, not on air

--
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs January 22-24, 2013

** CUBA. 13780, Jan 23 at 1525, RHC is off, but I believe was on an hour or two earlier tuneby.

15230 & 15370, Jan 23 at 2346, RHC in Portuguese on both but not //. Then I find that 15230 is running 22 seconds behind 15370: separate playouts. Same also happens with French at 2100 on 11760 and 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GABON [and non]. 9580, Jan 24 at 0621, no het! Only a JBM but S9+17 signal on 9580, presumed ANO with MOROCCO missing from 9579.1. May have been a second carrier SAHing 9580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9470v: following my numerous logs for several months of the ``wandering banshee blob`` down past 9400, Jose Jacob in India reports to dx_india yg that the AIR National Channel transmitter in Delhi has returned to its proper frequency following his visit to HQ:

``The AIR National Channel on 9470 was noted on exact frequency and proper modulation last night (22 Jan 2013), after many months. They were noted drifting on various nearby frequencies with distortion for some months now. The same was intimated to the concerned officials in person during my visit to the AIR HQ, New Delhi last weekend. Now look out for any changes to AIR Leh 4660 which has been parked here for some months now, instead of using original frequency of 4760.``

I wasn`t certain whether this was the source of my blob, so asked him:

``Jose, So was this the source of the `wandering banshee blob` I logged numerous times below 9470, sometimes even below 9400? True, I have not heard it lately, but not always was it audible when propagation from S Asia was favorable. Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma``

``Dear Glenn, Yes, this indeed was the faulty transmitter wandering on 9 MHz frequencies! Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India``

However, some checks Jan 23 by others found only a carrier on 9470 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 800, Jan 24 at 1307 UT, ``XEROK, la estación más potente del norte de México, 50 mil watts``, then hyped news ID numerous times as ``Calibre 800`` --- must be contraxion for canal libre, outro? Then a prayer rendering gracias to some señor, choral music bit; 1311 over to live announcer, YL emitting her own ``cucú`` laughing, silly chatter with others; she has poor dixion, also mentions sibling station XEWG 1240, so simulcast? XEROK is really peaking now, way over KQCV OKC still on night facilities; other guy promotes that later this morning he is going to give away tickets to an Indios game on Sunday; 6:14 TC, talk about the `clima`, current temp 6C. Now the distorted modulation station is starting to QRM, presumably XEDD or XEZR, still not positively IDed. As for the power, we know XEROK was once 150 kW, and IRCA Mexican Log still shows that day and night, while Cantú and WRTH 2013 both show 50 kW now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
 DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 830, Jan 24 at 1317 UT, Spanish news from between SW and SSW, vs WWCO opposite, jarring mispronunciation of François Hollande as ``frankois``, each letter pronounced, 7:18 TC, 1321 ID as Radio Zócalo, ad mentions Colonia Lomas del Norte, then Piedras Negras, FM frequency jingle ending in .9, i.e. 100.9 as XHIK is listed, on to music. As previously researched, this is XEIK in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, R. Zócalo being the group or news name connected with Saltillo, while all references continue to name this 830 outlet La Norteñita (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 900, Jan 24 at 0643 UT, program promos for W Radio, atop CCI with SAH, 0645 traditional XEW descending chimes.

900, Jan 24 at 0655 UT, now however, preacher with howling audience including kidsounds, which as before I hope is elsewhence than XEW: it is, 0659 concluding with assertion that música rock es satánica, ID as Radio Así (sounds like, meaning thus, or that`s the way it is; or could it be Asís as in San Francisco de?) and refers to `La Biblia Dice` as program name, lunes a jueves 11 pm a 1 am, which has just been reached in CST. 0700 ``Radio Así en 900 de amplitud modulada``, website ending in .mx; 0701 mentions Monterrey, but more `La Biblia Dice`, 0702 mentions Nuevo León and 900 AM again.

Anyhow, this must be what is listed as XEOK, La OK Noticias, 10/0.25 kW in Monterrey per IRCA Mexican Log 2012; WRTH same except has Radio Tráfico as additional slogan. Cantú as OK Noticias only and nite power as 2.5 kW, which is more like it. 900 in Monty was once a co-channel XEW relay as XEWM, long gone. Monty and DF are close to same direxion from here, Monty somewhat further west.

O, here`s what it really is, as linked from Cantú`s NL listings: Radio ACIR, not Así. That`s the name of a national group but this particular website is for the Monterrey XEOK station; beware, en vivo audio autolaunches! http://www.radioacir.net/
Program schedule is not helpful with large blox including these merely labeled ``Pro. Nacional o Independiente`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1090, Jan 23 at 0636 UT, ``en tu radio, Milenio 103.7 FM`` and back to rock music in English. I think not, but something on 1090 AM, i.e. XEAU in Monterrey NL, listed 250 or 500 watts at night, but not so unusual here, and in fact often dominant. Now it`s a bit easier as KAAY Little Rock is reported off the air, maybe forever.

1090, Jan 24 at 0600 UT, Mexican NA no doubt XEAU too, and 0640 with music in English. Also at 1251 ID as Milenio Radio, 6:51 TC, SAH from something (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1100, Jan 23 at 1252 UT, frenetic banda music looping NE/SW, quick announcement unreadable by SHVA, then a slow song. 1253 plays fanfares several times, 1254 YL introduces newscast with phone number, www. site mentioning Zacatecas. Possibly separate stations, as rechecking the bearing now it`s closer to N/S appropriate for Zac, i.e. per Cantú:
1100 XETGO Radio Cañón + FM 90.1 Tlaltenango, Zac. 5,000 400
And IRCA agrees; WRTH shows power as 5/0.5 kW. 1257 fading, as KFAB 1110 splatter overtakes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** MEXICO. 2910, Jan 24 at 1223 UT, very poor in Spanish, S9+10 with fading but not enough vs noise level, so XEVT Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously identified, is still third-harmonicizing from 970. Surprisingly, by now I have yet to see anyone else reporting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Some more winter sporadic-E analog TV DX, UT Jan 23:
0303, after monitoring for hours, with antenna south, some weak video fades in on ch A2
0308, now audio adds, in Spanish. So that rules out Canada; will there be any analog Canadians left to DX this summer?
0330+, weak CCI on A2 lasts a bit longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, Jan 24 at 1900+ UT, I finally get in contact with someone at Vance AFB involved with the new TIS station. They are surprised to hear from me and wonder why I want all this info. Mr. Paul Schillo, civilian, say it`s a TIS with 10 watts, range maybe 5-10 miles. Purpose? ``put on the air at the request of the base for additional communications capability for base leadership`` also to communicate with truckers making deliveries, and people off-base. Assured me it was properly authorized, not clear by whom. Did not want to tell me whether its antenna is the usual short vertical TIS stations use. I asked about hearing something other than those Ad Council PSAs and the need for IDs, and he said they had just starting inserting IDs around the hour and half hour, and would comply with FCC regs. Altho as military I doubt the FCC has any authority over it. Amid new FEMA PSAs, at 1928 UT, by seemingly synthetic voice unlike the other announcements,
 gist: ``You are listening to 530 AM from Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Jan 23 at 1406 UT, KEOR is there but very weak with Mexican music, making 192/min SAH with KMOX, = 3.2 Hz, so I bet it`s the KEOR transmitter which is slightly varying.

Not hearing it in the 06-07 UT hour Jan 24, altho there is a weak SAH on KMOX at times, maybe this with open carrier only. At 1338, now Mexican music is back, with SAH counted of 172/minute = 2.87 Hz (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [non]. 5980, Jan 24 at 1237, wall-of-noise jamming, of course, from the DentroCuban Jamming Command vs R. Martí, which runs from before 0700 until 1300 at least. Pedro F. Arrunátegui in Lima has just revealed there is a new station in Cusco on 5980, Radio Chaski, which he heard well Jan 16 at 1234-1340; they told him they are testing with a schedule of 10-15 & 22-03 UT, so obviously our only chance to hear it is in the evenings. HFCC shows the competition then: 23-24 BBC English via Oman; 00-01 IBB Tibetan via Sri Lanka; 0130-0200 BBC Urdu via Oman. Only other South American to look out for on 5980 is R. Guarujá, Florianópolis SC, Brasil, which as of November was not confirmed to be active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 5930, Jan 24 at 1235, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam is finishing ``Istanbul (not Constantinople)``, a great novelty song I always enjoy and have yet to ever hear on V. of Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Jan 24 at 0334, R. Hargeysa is still here, only poor signal as Qur`an finishes, into presumed Somali talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 9885, Jan 23 at 0613 check, VOA English very poor signal, but modulation sounds OK unlike 24 hours earlier, Nigeria-like (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 15110, Jan 22 at 1934, no signal from REE. Just making sure it`s still gone, as they had mis-announced it earlier today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479 & 9905, Jan 22 at 1934 check, both WTWW frequencies are absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955 [non], Jan 24 at 0500 as I am listening to WRMI webcast following final playback of WORLD OF RADIO, surprised to hear Vatican Radio opening --- in Arabic! I asked Jeff White if this is correct, and he says, ``Yes. It's experimental, and will probably be just temporary.`` I see that he has put up a new program grid dated Jan 22,
one click away from here:
http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
including Radio Vaticano (not -a), (language not specified), Tue-Sat 0500-0545, so is it all in Arabic? So much for Israel/WRN at 0530. He later replies it will be ``back to normal`` tonight, whatever that mean.

Scanning the new schedule, we see that there are no more R. Martí relays, with the only major block of exile programming remaining being R. Libertad, UT Tue-Sat at 00-01. Former Martí time 23-24 UT M-F is filled by WRN, except Thu `La Rosa de Tokio` media program.

Something new is ``WRMI Scoreboard`` for one minute, M-F: 1059, 1259, 1459 UT (the last webcast only). There are no changes to WORLD OF RADIO times, but beyond that have not analyzed it thoroly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1653: just missed completing it in time for UT Thursday 0430 Jan 24 on WRMI, so first SW airing will be Thu 2200 on WTWW 9479. Then: UT Fri 0430v on WWRB 3195 (and we hope 5050); UT Sat 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; on WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. Also WRN via SiriusXM 120, Sat 1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 930, Jan 24 at 1328 UT, `Morning in America`, i.e. the far right wacko Bill Bennett show. His website is no help in locating affiliates: you have to enter a zip code and then keep getting blank pages, even by putting in 78216, the studio address for suspect KLUP in San Antonio. Broader Google search on program name and 930 does bring up KLUP among others, so retry MIA site search on default San Antonio zip 78201, and that finally produces listing for KLUP, as heard several times before in WKY null (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Jan 24 at 1259, as I intune just before 1300 UT, legal ID in English as ``KXXT, Tolleson-Phoenix``. See previous discussion of their ``15000/250`` watt powers, and this is still more than an hour before sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1110, Jan 23 at 0638 UT, KFAB Omaha is splattering, first noticed the noise listening to KMOX 1120 and then WTAM 1100. Sounds normal on 1110 itself. The splat would be something normally expected close to Omaha with superstrong signal, so something may be out of whack, or the `wide` bandwidth setting of my DX-398 is slipping. At least KFAB dropped IBOC some time ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 747, Jan 24 at 1325 UT, JBA TP carrier detected here on a quick check, soon gone, no time for a complete MW 9 kHz scan; typically NHK Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Jan 24 at 1225 UT, another go at the presumed second harmonic of something on 1330: JBA carrier. I proceeded to DX SW and MW and did not get back to 2660 until 1347, and now it`s best yet: definite gospel music in English, 1350 announcement, more music, 1356 announcement, but fading into noise level and gave up for today at 1402. Enid sunrise was 1338 UT.

Looking thru the NRC AM Log for GOS or REL formats not too far away: best bet is KGLD Tyler TX, 1000/77/psra 500 watts non-direxional, with address in faraway Baytown. Perhaps someone near Tyler could check this out. Seems a bit late for WVHI in Evansville IN or WLOL in Minneapolis. All the others of those formats are way too far in distant states (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)