** BRAZIL. At 2156 Jan 17 I was pleased to find no signal on 11780. This did not last long as I continued to tune downward and encountered an extremely distorted FMy blob centered on 11670 but recognizable as Brazilian Portuguese. If AIR GOS in English was there as scheduled until 2230, it was totally wiped out. I`m sure this signal is RNA as it`s still barely readable by slope detexion. After 2200 it intrudes upon NHK 11665.
At 2328, still the blob on 11670 and now it`s stronger, spreading wider somewhat beyond plus/minus 5 kHz, worse during music. I don`t find any other peaks on the 11 MHz band, tho the background noise level may be slightly higher in the vicinity. Other signals further away continue to be unaffected. But it may well get worse (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2345 UT Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Further chex of this UT Jan 18: by 0200 the extremely distorted FMy blob is centered closer to 11665; same at rechex 0421, 0512, 0558, 0705. Not there or not audible at next check 1335. So where will it be the next evening? 6180 remained nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 18: none found around 1353 UT, 12-16 MHz. Logs in our morning have been very sparse the past several weeks; more likely to catch it at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17730, Jan 18 at 1354, RHC on here with poor signal, but the other 16m is missing today, no 17580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 13660, Jan 18 at 0614, something in Arabish about Bin-laden; unusual to hear any such thing. HFCC shows BBC, 300 kW, 280 degrees via Cyprus at 06-07, and also 300 kW, 121 degrees at 05-07, i.e. two Cypriot transmitters during this hour for 600 kW total (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 18 at 1350, AFN is off again, no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Jan 18 at 0610, R. Verdad with organ music, sign-off, running a bit late with NA starting at 0611 which means it will be on for another 4-5 minutes; subnormal signal tonite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Jan 18 at 0617, military band music, rather Russian-sounding, poor with flutter. 0621 announcement in French, and now choral music. It`s VOK, of course, per Aoki 200 kW at 28 degrees. WRTH says this hour is to Latin America. French, a minor language in LAm, and in the middle of the night? Sure, why not?! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Jan 18 at 1347, Sea Breeze from JSR, Yamata, JAPAN, is finally back in (heavily accented) English this Friday, about Bill Richardson`s trip to NK (which was unsuccessful in gaining release of American, or even seeing him); usual Myanmar het on hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Jan 18 at 1443, big clear signal in Arabic, and no sign of Spain underneath, already off? Usual echoey REE audible on 21610. R. Kuwait has YL accompanied by piano music, talking about expensive real estate or apartments? in London, Belgravia, all with prices in the millions of American dollars; also mentions William Randolph Hearst, Bezos of Amazon. 1450 moves on to Mumbai; then mentioning Michael Bloomberg, Waltons/Walmart. Interjected between items is program/segment ID as ``Al-Ashri al-Wai`` or something like that; less sure of last word. Perhaps for rich Kuwaitis hunting for investments. Off the air at 1458.
BTW, I am beginning to see reports of Kuwait`s English showing up again on 15540 after 1800, as we are almost a month past the Solstice and lowest nighttime MUFs. Checked here at 1800 Jan 18: zilch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Jan 18 at 0632 UT, `Hora Nacional` promo, 0633 PSA for Instituto Estatal Electoral, but didn`t hear which state; ``Sí, se puede`` federal PSA. Then ID as ``90.5, La Ranchera de Paquime, y 540 AM``, also mentions group BM Radio, and on to romantic music. XETX once again from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and still no sign of XEWA. Sounds like they stress it Paquíme, rather than Paquimé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Winter sporadic E opening, UT Jan 18, analog NTSC TVDX:
0029, ch A2 fades in with antenna S, there is an f in lower left, which leads me to net-4, and probably relay by XHY Mérida, as also peaks from the SSE. Checking the 6m Es maps, there is already a considerable opening over SE USA into the Caribbean, and now it`s moving westward.
0031, ch A2 now has a net-7 bug in the upper right, so must have moved on, probably to XHTAU Tampico, now peaking southward. Initially video only, then with audio. Show is fast-paced narrated by guy in a strange costume, with show logo in lower left DC, the letters going upward on a slant. About manufaxuring, showing produxion lines. 0035 A&V say ``DDC``, and net-7 promos. I search on that and find it means `Difícil De Creer`` = hard to believe = believe it or not. The first D is cut off my overscanned screen, too far into the corner.
0042 on A4, MUF rises to here, weak video de algo.
0046 on A2, DDC with quick credit crawl across screenbottom, odd time for program to end.
0100 and later on A2, weak CCI from several stations; still 0138, fading out around 0215.
0138 on A5, MUF briefly up to here, algo A&V
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 530, the Enid area has a brand-new surprise radio station, a TIS/HAR, Jan 18 at 0623 UT, cycling two PSAs over and over, Smoky Bear vs wildfires, and sad story of Sarah Watkins, for http://dontalmostgive.org It`s a steady obviously groundwave signal, looping slightly E/W of due N/S, with Cuba still audible in its null. No ID on half hour or full hour at 0700.
Still going at next check 1358 with same pair of spots, still no ID at hourtop, but by 1428 has changed to rotate several other PSAs, always attributed to the Ad Council: on crime prevention = protect your house by keeping lox locked, on behalf of US DOJ, National Crime Prevention Center, http://ncpc.org --- two on computer security, http://www.cybertipline.com --- supervise your kids online and encourage them not to post nude photos --- adopt-a-teen for foster-care --- asthma attacks, from EPA. Still no ID at 1500. Now blox weak NWS Wichita on 530. A transmitter hunt will be undertaken this afternoon! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 740, Jan 18 at 1401 UT, KRMG Tulsa claims to be from the ``24 hour Fox News center``, but local news about water rationing in OKC as the drought continues, extreme weather. What has Fox to do with local OK news on KRMG? Maybe they just denominate it that for the ``prestige`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Jan 17 at 2200, with the usual interruption during the opening for a canned ID. I missed monitoring the next airing, 0430v UT Friday on WWRB 3195 and maybe 5050. Did anyone notice whether there were any anomalies?
Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; UT Sun 0500 on WTWW-1 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. 7506.4, Jan 18 at *0159, WRNO cuts on air joining gospel huxter in progress. Tuned in a minute earlier and there was *no* signal on 7505. There had been some reports that WRNO was on 7505 even, as early as 2300, switching to 7506.4 by 0200, but I`ve yet to hear any such thing. Only fair signal tonite, but modulation OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, Jan 18 at 1359 UT, ``ESPN Deportes`` ID, cut off for 1400 legal ID in heavily accented English, ``KSAH, Universal City`` (TX), with WGN nulled. No sign of Jew`s harp music today; later in hour Spanish from presumed XECJC, and no KDWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Friday Jan 18 at 1407 UT, from E/W, KLRG Sheridan AR is managing to modulate today! With `We-the-People` radio, host mentioning that it`s once-a-week, unless he gets more sponsors. Angle is that it`s 1776 again, i.e. time for another revolution with guns against the government. No problem from N/S KRVN this morning, much weaker. But what has become of `Imus in the Morning`, once heard on KLRG and still on his affiliate list for 5-9 am CST?http://www.imus.com/station-list/category/arkansas
This show is not to be confused with a once 24/7 radio network of the same name which crashed in 2008. Now it applies only to central Arkansas as a nutty Tea-Party ``paleo-conservative`` show on KLRG Fridays at ``7-8 am`` (but now it`s after 8 am!), as inhttp://www.wethepeopleradioshow.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360, Jan 18 at 1504 UT, mentioning area codes 206 and 425, Emerald Heights Academy in Belleville (?). Something in the St. Louis MO area? The area codes will reveal. No, both of those are in the Seattle WA area and the Academy is a Catholic school in Bellevue. Religious teaching followed. Certainly not the 1360 up there, Spanish KKMO in Tacoma, but no doubt one of the EWTN English affiliates around here, KAHS in El Dorado KS, or KDJW in Amarillo TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Jan 18 at 0649 UT, screaming gospel huxter in Spanish, loops N/S with SAH. I sure hope this is not what has become of the once mighty XEW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, Jan 18 at 1422 UT, Spanish talk seems about European fútbol. Hard to DF with the splash from local KOAG 1640, but seems more like El Paso than Denver direxion. KBJD Denver is supposed to be religious, and KSVE El Paso is supposed to be ``María`` romantic music, so neither fits. A fast SAH develops at 1426 and soon overtaken by English, no doubt from resurgent KCNZ in Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
At 2328, still the blob on 11670 and now it`s stronger, spreading wider somewhat beyond plus/minus 5 kHz, worse during music. I don`t find any other peaks on the 11 MHz band, tho the background noise level may be slightly higher in the vicinity. Other signals further away continue to be unaffected. But it may well get worse (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2345 UT Jan 17, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Further chex of this UT Jan 18: by 0200 the extremely distorted FMy blob is centered closer to 11665; same at rechex 0421, 0512, 0558, 0705. Not there or not audible at next check 1335. So where will it be the next evening? 6180 remained nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 18: none found around 1353 UT, 12-16 MHz. Logs in our morning have been very sparse the past several weeks; more likely to catch it at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17730, Jan 18 at 1354, RHC on here with poor signal, but the other 16m is missing today, no 17580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 13660, Jan 18 at 0614, something in Arabish about Bin-laden; unusual to hear any such thing. HFCC shows BBC, 300 kW, 280 degrees via Cyprus at 06-07, and also 300 kW, 121 degrees at 05-07, i.e. two Cypriot transmitters during this hour for 600 kW total (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 18 at 1350, AFN is off again, no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Jan 18 at 0610, R. Verdad with organ music, sign-off, running a bit late with NA starting at 0611 which means it will be on for another 4-5 minutes; subnormal signal tonite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Jan 18 at 0617, military band music, rather Russian-sounding, poor with flutter. 0621 announcement in French, and now choral music. It`s VOK, of course, per Aoki 200 kW at 28 degrees. WRTH says this hour is to Latin America. French, a minor language in LAm, and in the middle of the night? Sure, why not?! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Jan 18 at 1347, Sea Breeze from JSR, Yamata, JAPAN, is finally back in (heavily accented) English this Friday, about Bill Richardson`s trip to NK (which was unsuccessful in gaining release of American, or even seeing him); usual Myanmar het on hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Jan 18 at 1443, big clear signal in Arabic, and no sign of Spain underneath, already off? Usual echoey REE audible on 21610. R. Kuwait has YL accompanied by piano music, talking about expensive real estate or apartments? in London, Belgravia, all with prices in the millions of American dollars; also mentions William Randolph Hearst, Bezos of Amazon. 1450 moves on to Mumbai; then mentioning Michael Bloomberg, Waltons/Walmart. Interjected between items is program/segment ID as ``Al-Ashri al-Wai`` or something like that; less sure of last word. Perhaps for rich Kuwaitis hunting for investments. Off the air at 1458.
BTW, I am beginning to see reports of Kuwait`s English showing up again on 15540 after 1800, as we are almost a month past the Solstice and lowest nighttime MUFs. Checked here at 1800 Jan 18: zilch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Jan 18 at 0632 UT, `Hora Nacional` promo, 0633 PSA for Instituto Estatal Electoral, but didn`t hear which state; ``Sí, se puede`` federal PSA. Then ID as ``90.5, La Ranchera de Paquime, y 540 AM``, also mentions group BM Radio, and on to romantic music. XETX once again from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, and still no sign of XEWA. Sounds like they stress it Paquíme, rather than Paquimé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Winter sporadic E opening, UT Jan 18, analog NTSC TVDX:
0029, ch A2 fades in with antenna S, there is an f in lower left, which leads me to net-4, and probably relay by XHY Mérida, as also peaks from the SSE. Checking the 6m Es maps, there is already a considerable opening over SE USA into the Caribbean, and now it`s moving westward.
0031, ch A2 now has a net-7 bug in the upper right, so must have moved on, probably to XHTAU Tampico, now peaking southward. Initially video only, then with audio. Show is fast-paced narrated by guy in a strange costume, with show logo in lower left DC, the letters going upward on a slant. About manufaxuring, showing produxion lines. 0035 A&V say ``DDC``, and net-7 promos. I search on that and find it means `Difícil De Creer`` = hard to believe = believe it or not. The first D is cut off my overscanned screen, too far into the corner.
0042 on A4, MUF rises to here, weak video de algo.
0046 on A2, DDC with quick credit crawl across screenbottom, odd time for program to end.
0100 and later on A2, weak CCI from several stations; still 0138, fading out around 0215.
0138 on A5, MUF briefly up to here, algo A&V
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 530, the Enid area has a brand-new surprise radio station, a TIS/HAR, Jan 18 at 0623 UT, cycling two PSAs over and over, Smoky Bear vs wildfires, and sad story of Sarah Watkins, for http://dontalmostgive.org It`s a steady obviously groundwave signal, looping slightly E/W of due N/S, with Cuba still audible in its null. No ID on half hour or full hour at 0700.
Still going at next check 1358 with same pair of spots, still no ID at hourtop, but by 1428 has changed to rotate several other PSAs, always attributed to the Ad Council: on crime prevention = protect your house by keeping lox locked, on behalf of US DOJ, National Crime Prevention Center, http://ncpc.org --- two on computer security, http://www.cybertipline.com --- supervise your kids online and encourage them not to post nude photos --- adopt-a-teen for foster-care --- asthma attacks, from EPA. Still no ID at 1500. Now blox weak NWS Wichita on 530. A transmitter hunt will be undertaken this afternoon! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 740, Jan 18 at 1401 UT, KRMG Tulsa claims to be from the ``24 hour Fox News center``, but local news about water rationing in OKC as the drought continues, extreme weather. What has Fox to do with local OK news on KRMG? Maybe they just denominate it that for the ``prestige`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1652 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Jan 17 at 2200, with the usual interruption during the opening for a canned ID. I missed monitoring the next airing, 0430v UT Friday on WWRB 3195 and maybe 5050. Did anyone notice whether there were any anomalies?
Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1630 on HLR 7265-CUSB; UT Sun 0500 on WTWW-1 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. 7506.4, Jan 18 at *0159, WRNO cuts on air joining gospel huxter in progress. Tuned in a minute earlier and there was *no* signal on 7505. There had been some reports that WRNO was on 7505 even, as early as 2300, switching to 7506.4 by 0200, but I`ve yet to hear any such thing. Only fair signal tonite, but modulation OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, Jan 18 at 1359 UT, ``ESPN Deportes`` ID, cut off for 1400 legal ID in heavily accented English, ``KSAH, Universal City`` (TX), with WGN nulled. No sign of Jew`s harp music today; later in hour Spanish from presumed XECJC, and no KDWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Friday Jan 18 at 1407 UT, from E/W, KLRG Sheridan AR is managing to modulate today! With `We-the-People` radio, host mentioning that it`s once-a-week, unless he gets more sponsors. Angle is that it`s 1776 again, i.e. time for another revolution with guns against the government. No problem from N/S KRVN this morning, much weaker. But what has become of `Imus in the Morning`, once heard on KLRG and still on his affiliate list for 5-9 am CST?http://www.imus.com/station-list/category/arkansas
This show is not to be confused with a once 24/7 radio network of the same name which crashed in 2008. Now it applies only to central Arkansas as a nutty Tea-Party ``paleo-conservative`` show on KLRG Fridays at ``7-8 am`` (but now it`s after 8 am!), as inhttp://www.wethepeopleradioshow.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360, Jan 18 at 1504 UT, mentioning area codes 206 and 425, Emerald Heights Academy in Belleville (?). Something in the St. Louis MO area? The area codes will reveal. No, both of those are in the Seattle WA area and the Academy is a Catholic school in Bellevue. Religious teaching followed. Certainly not the 1360 up there, Spanish KKMO in Tacoma, but no doubt one of the EWTN English affiliates around here, KAHS in El Dorado KS, or KDJW in Amarillo TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 900, Jan 18 at 0649 UT, screaming gospel huxter in Spanish, loops N/S with SAH. I sure hope this is not what has become of the once mighty XEW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1650, Jan 18 at 1422 UT, Spanish talk seems about European fútbol. Hard to DF with the splash from local KOAG 1640, but seems more like El Paso than Denver direxion. KBJD Denver is supposed to be religious, and KSVE El Paso is supposed to be ``María`` romantic music, so neither fits. A fast SAH develops at 1426 and soon overtaken by English, no doubt from resurgent KCNZ in Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
