** BRAZIL. 4825, Feb 15 at 2358, enthusiastic Brazilian, could be silly ballgame, poor with lite het and heavier CODAR, maybe mentioned Rio de Janeiro at 2400. The ZY activity list in DXLD 13-06 shows of the two stations on this frequency, R. Educadora Bragança - PA, has not been confirmed active, while R. Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista - SP, was heard by Carlos Gonçalves in January, but it`s religious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Feb 16 at 0001 check, RNA/RNB is back with usual huge signal in news, and plenty of trans-equatorial flutter; it had been missing UT Feb 15 in our evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, Feb 15 at 2354, weak signal with music, must be AFN, tnx to tip from Bob Wilkner of best time to hear it before ute QRM starts. Indeed at 0000 Feb 16 there was lite ute QRM, plenty to block this, and a few minutes later the usual very heavy clicker. AFN DG`s other frequency, 12759-USB, not audible at 0103 Feb 16, where it may or may not have moved by this time tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9606 & 9374, Feb 16 at 0005 just after R. República via RMI via TDF Montsinéry 9490 has started its nightly bihour, I can still hear the spurblobs 116 kHz above and below that malfunxioning transmitter, so the fix hasn`t arrived yet. Also weaker ones on 9526, 9454. The 9374 one has QRM from WWRB which is still on 9370 with Brother Scare. As for 9490 itself, altho carrier level is enough to suppress most of the jamming, it continues to be quite undermodulated, a problem I have not noticed when same unit broadcasts NHK after 0200 on 5960, after 0500 on 11740. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, Feb 15 at 1919, still no DRM from VON as previously scheduled 1830-2000, so REE COSTA RICA 15125 suffers no QRDRM. However, with BFO there is a JBA AM carrier on 15120, where nothing else is scheduled, so perhaps VON is still on but with a weak analog transmitter. Did their DRM crash, or decided it just wasn`t worth it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 530, ``K-530-AM``, Vance AFB TIS seems back to full 10-watt power Feb 15; Fridays also appears the base newspaper The Scoop, published by the Enid Eagle, and still not a word about the new radio station tho the What`s Happening column includes vital info like ``Low bowling rates set for Presidents Day`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1650, Feb 16 at 0009 checking for KYHN, I have a weak station with sports talk, presumably KCNZ in Iowa, altho trying to DF it, seems more like Fort Smith direxion; has KYHN started regular programming or is it off completely? At 0011 Spanish takes over, talk about Enrique El Octavo, presumably KBJD Denver with a religious angle. Back at 0052, now I am getting two stations in Spanish, one surely Denver, but now the stronger discussion loops NE/SW, pointing to KSVE El Paso, which is supposedly romantic music rather than talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 16 at 0100*, CNR1 jammer finishes with 5 + 1 timesignal, uncovering R. Chaski, Urubamba, with some music, 0101 talk, 0101:41 fanfare and announcement; as usual music is playing again when they cut the carrier, and true to form, it`s 5 seconds later than last night: 0106:15* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1656 shortwave station monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ webcast, starting at 0232 UT Saturday Feb 16; and confirmed on 5110v-CUSB at 0254 check. Next: Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120; UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1, 5830. See also WRMI new schedule info! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI finally posted updated schedule grid ca 0200 UT Feb 16, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
showing the huge timeblox just sold to Brother Scare:
04-05 Sun & Mon
05-12 Mon-Sat
06-11 Sunday
13-14 daily
15-16 Saturday
15-24 Mon-Fri
17-20 Sunday
17-22 Saturday
That totals 110 hours per week = 65.5% of the entire schedule!
The only remaining times for WORLD OF RADIO are:
Thu 0430, Sat 1600, Tue 1200
AWR WAVESCAN, which Jeff produces, retains:
Mon 1200, Tue 0430, Wed 0100, Wed 1200, Thu 0400, Fri 0415, Sat 0400, Sat 1200, Sat 2330
You can check the schedule for the rest, including Viva Miami, the non-English DX programs, R. Prague and Slovakia which remain, plus a few secular non-DX shows, other gospel and exile programs. No more World Radio Network filler.
Monitoring 9955 on and off Friday, BS was audible at 1921 without jamming; at 0004 UT Saturday, R. Libertad, the main exile program is still on this hour only, and somewhat audible despite jamming.
Now updated as a result are:http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2660, Feb 16 at 0055 UT, fair signal at peaks, with music, some talk, but alternate fades completely out; 0058 it`s black gospel music, but fades out again before 0100, and neighbor turns on TV to finish it off; still presumed KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4720, Feb 15 at 2356, looking for DX on 60m, DX-398 on the porch, find very poor signal with talk in French about Jerusalem. Since no broadcaster is known here in French or anything, I am immediately suspicious it`s a receiver image, and bingo, sounds just like what`s on WTWW 12105 at the moment, tho with one receiver can`t establish a firm parallel. However, there is another very strong unrelated signal on 7385, WHRI, which is halfway between, explaining this non-transmitted leapfrog. So this is NOT a real log, but a warning of something to beware of (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6080, Feb 16 at 0002 and still at 0057, music and a LAH, some weak station also with a buzzy carrier. Is this R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, the Brazilian known to be active as heard by Carlos Gonçalves on Feb 2? He did not mention a buzz. Might also be one of two Chinese per Aoki. Not the first time I`ve heard the buzz here (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Feb 16 at 0001 check, RNA/RNB is back with usual huge signal in news, and plenty of trans-equatorial flutter; it had been missing UT Feb 15 in our evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 4319-USB, Feb 15 at 2354, weak signal with music, must be AFN, tnx to tip from Bob Wilkner of best time to hear it before ute QRM starts. Indeed at 0000 Feb 16 there was lite ute QRM, plenty to block this, and a few minutes later the usual very heavy clicker. AFN DG`s other frequency, 12759-USB, not audible at 0103 Feb 16, where it may or may not have moved by this time tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9606 & 9374, Feb 16 at 0005 just after R. República via RMI via TDF Montsinéry 9490 has started its nightly bihour, I can still hear the spurblobs 116 kHz above and below that malfunxioning transmitter, so the fix hasn`t arrived yet. Also weaker ones on 9526, 9454. The 9374 one has QRM from WWRB which is still on 9370 with Brother Scare. As for 9490 itself, altho carrier level is enough to suppress most of the jamming, it continues to be quite undermodulated, a problem I have not noticed when same unit broadcasts NHK after 0200 on 5960, after 0500 on 11740. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, Feb 15 at 1919, still no DRM from VON as previously scheduled 1830-2000, so REE COSTA RICA 15125 suffers no QRDRM. However, with BFO there is a JBA AM carrier on 15120, where nothing else is scheduled, so perhaps VON is still on but with a weak analog transmitter. Did their DRM crash, or decided it just wasn`t worth it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 530, ``K-530-AM``, Vance AFB TIS seems back to full 10-watt power Feb 15; Fridays also appears the base newspaper The Scoop, published by the Enid Eagle, and still not a word about the new radio station tho the What`s Happening column includes vital info like ``Low bowling rates set for Presidents Day`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1650, Feb 16 at 0009 checking for KYHN, I have a weak station with sports talk, presumably KCNZ in Iowa, altho trying to DF it, seems more like Fort Smith direxion; has KYHN started regular programming or is it off completely? At 0011 Spanish takes over, talk about Enrique El Octavo, presumably KBJD Denver with a religious angle. Back at 0052, now I am getting two stations in Spanish, one surely Denver, but now the stronger discussion loops NE/SW, pointing to KSVE El Paso, which is supposedly romantic music rather than talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 16 at 0100*, CNR1 jammer finishes with 5 + 1 timesignal, uncovering R. Chaski, Urubamba, with some music, 0101 talk, 0101:41 fanfare and announcement; as usual music is playing again when they cut the carrier, and true to form, it`s 5 seconds later than last night: 0106:15* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1656 shortwave station monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ webcast, starting at 0232 UT Saturday Feb 16; and confirmed on 5110v-CUSB at 0254 check. Next: Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1600 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120; UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1, 5830. See also WRMI new schedule info! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI finally posted updated schedule grid ca 0200 UT Feb 16, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
showing the huge timeblox just sold to Brother Scare:
04-05 Sun & Mon
05-12 Mon-Sat
06-11 Sunday
13-14 daily
15-16 Saturday
15-24 Mon-Fri
17-20 Sunday
17-22 Saturday
That totals 110 hours per week = 65.5% of the entire schedule!
The only remaining times for WORLD OF RADIO are:
Thu 0430, Sat 1600, Tue 1200
AWR WAVESCAN, which Jeff produces, retains:
Mon 1200, Tue 0430, Wed 0100, Wed 1200, Thu 0400, Fri 0415, Sat 0400, Sat 1200, Sat 2330
You can check the schedule for the rest, including Viva Miami, the non-English DX programs, R. Prague and Slovakia which remain, plus a few secular non-DX shows, other gospel and exile programs. No more World Radio Network filler.
Monitoring 9955 on and off Friday, BS was audible at 1921 without jamming; at 0004 UT Saturday, R. Libertad, the main exile program is still on this hour only, and somewhat audible despite jamming.
Now updated as a result are:http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2660, Feb 16 at 0055 UT, fair signal at peaks, with music, some talk, but alternate fades completely out; 0058 it`s black gospel music, but fades out again before 0100, and neighbor turns on TV to finish it off; still presumed KGLD Tyler TX, 2 x 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4720, Feb 15 at 2356, looking for DX on 60m, DX-398 on the porch, find very poor signal with talk in French about Jerusalem. Since no broadcaster is known here in French or anything, I am immediately suspicious it`s a receiver image, and bingo, sounds just like what`s on WTWW 12105 at the moment, tho with one receiver can`t establish a firm parallel. However, there is another very strong unrelated signal on 7385, WHRI, which is halfway between, explaining this non-transmitted leapfrog. So this is NOT a real log, but a warning of something to beware of (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6080, Feb 16 at 0002 and still at 0057, music and a LAH, some weak station also with a buzzy carrier. Is this R. Marumby, Curitiba PR, the Brazilian known to be active as heard by Carlos Gonçalves on Feb 2? He did not mention a buzz. Might also be one of two Chinese per Aoki. Not the first time I`ve heard the buzz here (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
