** CANADA. 740, Feb 10 at 0634 UT, Satchmo atop KRMG, and from further north, no doubt CFZM; 0635 mention Fort Erie, ``Toronto`s AM 740``; makes 44/minute SAH with KRMG = 0.7333--- Hz. Maybe assisted by ``740, KRMG, Tulsa – Applies for STA; station has discovered its night pattern is out of tolerance and will reduce night power until problem is identified and solved`` as in AM Switch, NRC DX News Jan 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 800, Feb 10 at 0632 UT, ad for event at St. Anne`s School, 519-254-1108. 519 is the AC for Windsor, so no doubt CKLW, and DF fits, certainly not OKC, as this happened to be in a temporary fade from XEROK, usual dominator and close to opposite direxion, which soon resurged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6010, UT Sunday Feb 10 at 0707, no signal from RHC where Esperanto is scheduled, instead COLOMBIA, and no RHC on any other 49 or 59 mb frequency either.
15340, Feb 10 at 1405, RHC with habitual deadair on Sunday mornings, but modulation had resumed by 1451 with RHC song, then `En Cía del Dr` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11740, Feb 10 at 0459, NHK IS, so the relay in English is apparently going to air complete and intact tonight. And at 0700, hummy carrier is still running on 11740, probably MSY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 12085, Feb 10 at 1321, Qur`an, good with flutter, i.e. VIRI Dari service 12-15, 500 kW, 85 degrees from Kamalabad. Not Syria, not Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PALAU. 9965, Feb 10 at 1340, ``What a Wonderful World``, 1343 Chinese announcement, IAD, Chinese song. Nice to hear something secular from WHR transmitter, i.e. R. Australia relay at 1300-1430, 100 kW, 318 degrees from Babcock via ``HBN`` as HFCC lists it.
9930, Feb 10 at 1344, WHR ID, good signal, then `MFC Worldwide` with Apostle Joe Perozich and Pastor Mariana Perozich. I guess the Apostle outranx the Pastor, natch considering their genders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SARAWAK [non]
** SARAWAK [non]. 9900, Feb 10 at 1108 and at 1253, zero signals, not even a carrier from R. Free Sarawak, which publicized this as their new frequency at 11-13 UT from today, as at http://radiofreesarawak.org
``IMPORTANT: Our frequency is changing to 9900kHz, 7-9pm
February 10, 2013: Let's usher in a new era in politics, too!
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Happy New Lunar Year! As usual, we have lined up recent must-listen interviews today, coming on after a sermon from Pastor Greman first.
However, it's not quite all business as usual. Today is another milestone in RFS history as it marks our first show at a new frequency and time – 9900 kHz on shortwave from 7-9 pm. Here's hoping the bad reception problems we had faced with the old frequency are a thing of the past. We know how much our listeners are depending on us for information that the BN-controlled mainstream media want to suppress to further their corrupt ends. So take a leaf from us – out with the problematic old government and in with the promising new government!
Radio Free Sarawak 1900-2100 localtime 1100-1300 UTC SW 9900 kHz daily``
Maybe tomorrow? Site is still unknown, but PALAU, formerly used on 15420/15425, and plenty of other Asian signals were audible at these times on 31m. Wolfgang Büschel and Jorge Freitas report 9900 was also inaudible in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505, Feb 10 at 1413, BSKSA ID mixed with bad humbuzz/whine.
15435, Feb 10 at 1504, awful buzz-hum is atop Arabic modulation, probably same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 15480, Feb 10 at 1450, YL in Chinese, good signal with flutter. HFCC, Aoki and EiBi all agree this is AWR via Trincomalee, 250 kW, 5 degrees at 1330-1500. I would have guessed Wertachtal, Germany instead, like BVBN on 15470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 17755, Feb 10 at 1311, Stimme der Türkei German service is again sufficient far beyond target if not skipping over Germany, as they are playing their mandatory time-filler, multilingual ID string, now with different background music, sounds minimalist like Glass. I guess this is to impress us that VOT broadcasts in so many languages (21 in WRTH), and it`s fun for the experienced SWL to try to identify each one, but it would be much more useful if each were identified in English, either in the spot or in some website reference, in the order played. It`s the several Turkic languages that are hard for us to sort out. 1313 Sunday on to `Türkisch im Rundfunk`` i.e. language lessons. Seems it`s been a long time, if ever, since they did this in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 13820, Feb 10 at 0701, very poor signal as BBC News is starting, whence? ASCENSION, 250 kW, 55 degrees during this hour only, another example of needlessly fragmented frequency scheduling.
11890, Feb 10 at 1420, BBCWS with yet another show about the early history of radio, apparently titled ``Tuning In`` as 1429 paused for half-hour break, to resume. Rather poor reception with flutter and degrading, so I quit and look it up later. Full 55-minute programmme:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013zqp9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7405, Sunday Feb 10 at 1305, it seems that R. Martí has started broadcasting in English --- not just incidentally, but an entire program. ``Saints Go Marchin` In`` playing followed by comments in English by a soprano about choral music, spirituals. 7405 well atop jamming now, but // 11930 more heavily jammed, at 1309 playing ``Walls of Jericho``. At 1329 it`s back in Spanish.
Meanwhile, VOA ``Spanish`` is also playing music in English at 1317 on 15590, ``Top Ten USA`` from Billboard, but at least announced in Spanish, // 13750 and 9885.
15580, Sunday Feb 10 at 1406, VOA with same `American Café` show aired 23 hours earlier on 11840, starting with Grand Central Terminal story. During this hour only, 15580 is via SOUTH AFRICA at 340 degrees, good for us just like Radio RSA was. Also // 17725 which this hour only is 100 kW, 126 degrees from SAO TOME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1655 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 5830, UT Sunday Feb 10 starting at 0500.6, plenty after top of hour ID which autofires from WTWW transmitter site, is out of the way.
Sunday 1630 broadcast on WRMI 9955 is JBA at 1646 check, but no jamming. Next on WRMI, Mon 0530, Tue 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Feb 10 at 0458, WBCQ has finally resumed modulation after dead air for hours & hours; now it`s a preacher, so must not be the `I Sing` multi-hour program scheduled to end at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9265, Feb 10 at 1252, WINB is back on proper frequency after excursion to 9273v last night. And once again the carrier is wobbling unlike 9273, again raising the question of whether 9273 was a different transmitter? Try again tonight. At 1320, it`s QSYed to 13570, also wobbling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1090, Feb 10 at 0622 UT, ``Old Rugged Cross`` in modern version not usual tune, 0624, ``Faith comes by hearing, KAAY`` ID, as Little Rock is back on air; fair and steady signal dominating from east, and I wonder if the temporary(?) 5 kW transmitter is also running non-direxional day pattern instead of usual tight NNW/SSE night pattern:http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/72206-7327.pdf
I`m about 280 degrees from KAAY, supposedly part of the deep null in its figure-8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 9645, Feb 10 at 0706, surprised to hear VR on past 0700, now with nice organ music, best here but also // 7250, 6075, 3975 as the lower frequencies are getting further and further into dayside absorption. Back to 9645 to hear switch to IS at 0709, 0710 a snippet of bells and cut off the air, also the other three. 0711 however, 9645 is back on (after beam change?) starting mass in Romanian, despite WRTH 2013 scheduling showing that Sundays only 0715-0830 and only on 7250.
15320, Feb 10 at 1505, hymn music with buzz and horrible distortion, but clears up during some more music, back to buzz during talk. Carrier is stable. Apparently a modulation input problem at SMG from R. Veritas Asia during their Filipino relay back to Mideast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7414, Feb 10 at 1305, blob with humroar is still here, mixed with sounds like Standard Chinese = Mandarin = Guo-yu; 1326 kept listening with the talk under the roar: this time stayed on until a single tone aired at 1330:10*. Yesterday I posted my previous logs of this mystery on the dx_india and dx_sasia ygs, but no responses yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15755, Feb 10 at 1408, good signal with gospel-huxter in English being translated after every phrase into S Asian language. Certain keywords make it clear the English comes first rather than vice versa, as evangelism is always one-way, from know-it-all English speakers. So what is it, and from where?
Aoki says since Jan 18, 15755 is KTWR GUAM at 1315-1345 in Hindi? [sic] but nothing later.
Au Contraire, HFCC Feb 5 says 15755 at 1300-1430 is
TAC 100 131 0 156 1234567 281012 310313 D UZB NEW RAM 19381
And EiBi updated Feb 2 says:
15755 1300-1430 XUU UNID Station SAs /UZBEKISTAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 800, Feb 10 at 0632 UT, ad for event at St. Anne`s School, 519-254-1108. 519 is the AC for Windsor, so no doubt CKLW, and DF fits, certainly not OKC, as this happened to be in a temporary fade from XEROK, usual dominator and close to opposite direxion, which soon resurged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6010, UT Sunday Feb 10 at 0707, no signal from RHC where Esperanto is scheduled, instead COLOMBIA, and no RHC on any other 49 or 59 mb frequency either.
15340, Feb 10 at 1405, RHC with habitual deadair on Sunday mornings, but modulation had resumed by 1451 with RHC song, then `En Cía del Dr` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11740, Feb 10 at 0459, NHK IS, so the relay in English is apparently going to air complete and intact tonight. And at 0700, hummy carrier is still running on 11740, probably MSY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 12085, Feb 10 at 1321, Qur`an, good with flutter, i.e. VIRI Dari service 12-15, 500 kW, 85 degrees from Kamalabad. Not Syria, not Mongolia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PALAU. 9965, Feb 10 at 1340, ``What a Wonderful World``, 1343 Chinese announcement, IAD, Chinese song. Nice to hear something secular from WHR transmitter, i.e. R. Australia relay at 1300-1430, 100 kW, 318 degrees from Babcock via ``HBN`` as HFCC lists it.
9930, Feb 10 at 1344, WHR ID, good signal, then `MFC Worldwide` with Apostle Joe Perozich and Pastor Mariana Perozich. I guess the Apostle outranx the Pastor, natch considering their genders (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SARAWAK [non]
** SARAWAK [non]. 9900, Feb 10 at 1108 and at 1253, zero signals, not even a carrier from R. Free Sarawak, which publicized this as their new frequency at 11-13 UT from today, as at http://radiofreesarawak.org
``IMPORTANT: Our frequency is changing to 9900kHz, 7-9pm
February 10, 2013: Let's usher in a new era in politics, too!
No comments Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00:07 — 110.0MB) | Embed
Happy New Lunar Year! As usual, we have lined up recent must-listen interviews today, coming on after a sermon from Pastor Greman first.
However, it's not quite all business as usual. Today is another milestone in RFS history as it marks our first show at a new frequency and time – 9900 kHz on shortwave from 7-9 pm. Here's hoping the bad reception problems we had faced with the old frequency are a thing of the past. We know how much our listeners are depending on us for information that the BN-controlled mainstream media want to suppress to further their corrupt ends. So take a leaf from us – out with the problematic old government and in with the promising new government!
Radio Free Sarawak 1900-2100 localtime 1100-1300 UTC SW 9900 kHz daily``
Maybe tomorrow? Site is still unknown, but PALAU, formerly used on 15420/15425, and plenty of other Asian signals were audible at these times on 31m. Wolfgang Büschel and Jorge Freitas report 9900 was also inaudible in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505, Feb 10 at 1413, BSKSA ID mixed with bad humbuzz/whine.
15435, Feb 10 at 1504, awful buzz-hum is atop Arabic modulation, probably same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 15480, Feb 10 at 1450, YL in Chinese, good signal with flutter. HFCC, Aoki and EiBi all agree this is AWR via Trincomalee, 250 kW, 5 degrees at 1330-1500. I would have guessed Wertachtal, Germany instead, like BVBN on 15470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 17755, Feb 10 at 1311, Stimme der Türkei German service is again sufficient far beyond target if not skipping over Germany, as they are playing their mandatory time-filler, multilingual ID string, now with different background music, sounds minimalist like Glass. I guess this is to impress us that VOT broadcasts in so many languages (21 in WRTH), and it`s fun for the experienced SWL to try to identify each one, but it would be much more useful if each were identified in English, either in the spot or in some website reference, in the order played. It`s the several Turkic languages that are hard for us to sort out. 1313 Sunday on to `Türkisch im Rundfunk`` i.e. language lessons. Seems it`s been a long time, if ever, since they did this in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 13820, Feb 10 at 0701, very poor signal as BBC News is starting, whence? ASCENSION, 250 kW, 55 degrees during this hour only, another example of needlessly fragmented frequency scheduling.
11890, Feb 10 at 1420, BBCWS with yet another show about the early history of radio, apparently titled ``Tuning In`` as 1429 paused for half-hour break, to resume. Rather poor reception with flutter and degrading, so I quit and look it up later. Full 55-minute programmme:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p013zqp9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7405, Sunday Feb 10 at 1305, it seems that R. Martí has started broadcasting in English --- not just incidentally, but an entire program. ``Saints Go Marchin` In`` playing followed by comments in English by a soprano about choral music, spirituals. 7405 well atop jamming now, but // 11930 more heavily jammed, at 1309 playing ``Walls of Jericho``. At 1329 it`s back in Spanish.
Meanwhile, VOA ``Spanish`` is also playing music in English at 1317 on 15590, ``Top Ten USA`` from Billboard, but at least announced in Spanish, // 13750 and 9885.
15580, Sunday Feb 10 at 1406, VOA with same `American Café` show aired 23 hours earlier on 11840, starting with Grand Central Terminal story. During this hour only, 15580 is via SOUTH AFRICA at 340 degrees, good for us just like Radio RSA was. Also // 17725 which this hour only is 100 kW, 126 degrees from SAO TOME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1655 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 5830, UT Sunday Feb 10 starting at 0500.6, plenty after top of hour ID which autofires from WTWW transmitter site, is out of the way.
Sunday 1630 broadcast on WRMI 9955 is JBA at 1646 check, but no jamming. Next on WRMI, Mon 0530, Tue 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Feb 10 at 0458, WBCQ has finally resumed modulation after dead air for hours & hours; now it`s a preacher, so must not be the `I Sing` multi-hour program scheduled to end at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9265, Feb 10 at 1252, WINB is back on proper frequency after excursion to 9273v last night. And once again the carrier is wobbling unlike 9273, again raising the question of whether 9273 was a different transmitter? Try again tonight. At 1320, it`s QSYed to 13570, also wobbling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1090, Feb 10 at 0622 UT, ``Old Rugged Cross`` in modern version not usual tune, 0624, ``Faith comes by hearing, KAAY`` ID, as Little Rock is back on air; fair and steady signal dominating from east, and I wonder if the temporary(?) 5 kW transmitter is also running non-direxional day pattern instead of usual tight NNW/SSE night pattern:http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/72206-7327.pdf
I`m about 280 degrees from KAAY, supposedly part of the deep null in its figure-8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 9645, Feb 10 at 0706, surprised to hear VR on past 0700, now with nice organ music, best here but also // 7250, 6075, 3975 as the lower frequencies are getting further and further into dayside absorption. Back to 9645 to hear switch to IS at 0709, 0710 a snippet of bells and cut off the air, also the other three. 0711 however, 9645 is back on (after beam change?) starting mass in Romanian, despite WRTH 2013 scheduling showing that Sundays only 0715-0830 and only on 7250.
15320, Feb 10 at 1505, hymn music with buzz and horrible distortion, but clears up during some more music, back to buzz during talk. Carrier is stable. Apparently a modulation input problem at SMG from R. Veritas Asia during their Filipino relay back to Mideast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7414, Feb 10 at 1305, blob with humroar is still here, mixed with sounds like Standard Chinese = Mandarin = Guo-yu; 1326 kept listening with the talk under the roar: this time stayed on until a single tone aired at 1330:10*. Yesterday I posted my previous logs of this mystery on the dx_india and dx_sasia ygs, but no responses yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15755, Feb 10 at 1408, good signal with gospel-huxter in English being translated after every phrase into S Asian language. Certain keywords make it clear the English comes first rather than vice versa, as evangelism is always one-way, from know-it-all English speakers. So what is it, and from where?
Aoki says since Jan 18, 15755 is KTWR GUAM at 1315-1345 in Hindi? [sic] but nothing later.
Au Contraire, HFCC Feb 5 says 15755 at 1300-1430 is
TAC 100 131 0 156 1234567 281012 310313 D UZB NEW RAM 19381
And EiBi updated Feb 2 says:
15755 1300-1430 XUU UNID Station SAs /UZBEKISTAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
