** CHINA. Firedrake Feb 2:
9315, very poor at 1426, against VOA Tibetan via Thailand this hour only. Not noticed anywhere else, to hunting for FD in our mornings has been so unproductive for months in the 12-18 MHz range that I hardly bother anymore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, Feb 2 at 0612, RHC English undermodulated as usual but yet another anomaly: IADs make a pop, after which the modulation level briefly increases before settling back down. I also compare to // 6165: there modulation is OK and sounds louder, but on the FRG-7 S-meter, 6165 is much weaker than usual, registering *only* S9+15 while 6125 is S9+22!
As per Steve Luce tip last night, I also check for second harmonix in the 12 MHz band --- yes, there is 12330, 2 x 6165, audible but very poor, nothing heard on others which would be 12020, 12120, 12250. All six English frequencies are synchronized, so if there is a substitute transmitter on 6165/12330, it`s still at the same site: 5040, 6010, 6060, 6125, 6165, 12330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Feb 2 at 0659 UT, a partial ID mentioning 98.9, then romantic music. http://www.mexicoradiotv.com is handy for listing FM //s and the only one shown on 660 is:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
as I have heard before. Ditto the IRCA Mexican Log. However, not 100% positive, since more and more FM simulcasts are being added, as Mexican AM stations are being pushed to FM and it`s possible there could be two matching FM //s on any AM frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, Feb 2 at 1428, Brother Scare is still audible here from WWRB with music at the moment, which explains why he`s still missing from day frequency 9370, where a weak else is audible, presumably VOA Deewa Radio from Sri Lanka, which WWRB is allowed to blot out in our mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9615, Sat Feb 2 at 0618, tune-in to one of WHRI`s weekend-only transmissions, gospel huxter amid schedule announcement mentioning his other times and frequencies: 11.910; ``Sunday 1:00 CST on 9.840 M-H-Z``; gives website without any dots: ``wwwwhrorg click Angel 2``. Name of his show I copy as ``The End the Law Jesus Christ Broadcast``, with a P O Box in Shreveport LA; he is Apostle Larry Reed. Sounds like ALR is reading off stuff he doesn`t really understand, like shortwave and internet; also has very strange accent, pronouncing ``Americar`` and ``Africar``, with the R totally spoken, but he is no Kennedy.
Searching WHR programming, we find:
0615-0700 1:15 AM-2:00 AM Sa In The Lord Jesus Christ Larry Reed 9.615
1900-1945 2:00 PM-2:45 PM Su In The Lord Jesus Christ Broadcast 9.840
and no 11.910. Guess he is saying ``Lawd`` instead of ``Lord``. During the few minutes I listen transfixed, signal declines from good to fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Sat Feb 2 at 1314 UT, KLRG originating an Arkansas show, `Bluegrass with Leo Castleberry`, starts with Hank Williams` ``Lovesick Blues``; 1325 local ads sound ad-libbed, real down-home style. WTAN network website for KLRG shows this is 7-9 am Saturdays:http://klrg.tantalknetwork.com/index.cfm?PID=2
Also shows the Friday morning shows I have heard previously as: `We the People Radio` at 6-8 am, `Liberty Underground` at 8-10 am from the ``1787 Radio Network``, pre-empting `Imus in the Morning` to only one hour; otherwise he`s Mon-Thu 5-9 am, all CST. Separate schedules are available for WTAN itself, with some duplication, such as 1787 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1680, Feb 2 at 1307 UT, KRJO Monroe LA on Bloomberg Business Radio net, interesting interview with authoress of an article about some new wifi-blocking wallpaper (yes, stuff you axually paste on walls of physical rooms, i.e. subdivisions of houses or offices), but lets FM and ``emergency`` signals thru unscathed, per new patent. This is accomplished by using conductive ink in snowflake patterns on non-conductive paper; costs $12 per square yard [sic], affordable(?). Depending on how deployed, it can restrict your own wifi to certain room(s), or keep out wifi from beyond.
I assume it supposedly filters signals only in the 2.4 GHz wifi-band. But are we sure it won`t affect SW reception or any other frequencies?? Who cares about that? I then searched Bloomberg and found the related article:http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-31/guy-eymin-petot-tourtollets-wi-fi-blocking-wallpaper
It`s called MetaPaper, invented by a Frenchman and to be produced in Finland. It seems it never occurred to them to avoid the problem in the first place by using wired internet connexions only; works for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2670-USB, Feb 2 at 1243 UT after checking 2660 AM harmonic, notice some weak SSB on the prime USCG frequency, very poor and hard to copy, but make out some words such as Victoria Channel, Arroyo Colorado, Port of Brownsville, interspersed with mentions of numerous 150+ MHz VHF channels. Nothing heard at 1249 recheck.
2670 is shared by numerous USCG stations on a tight schedule, included in this exhaustive worldwide listing:http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions
and what I heard fits for the one scheduled from 1240 UT:
``1240 Corpus Christi, TX (NOY-8) 2670 kHz Local Notice to Mariners and weather``
It`s preceded at 1235 by NMG/NMG-2 New Orleans, and succeeded at 1250 by NOY in Galveston (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2240, Feb 2 at 1229 UT I awaken a bit too late as the harmonic here has probably already peaked; lively vocal music, 1240 still but weakening, fading to a JBA carrier by 1249.
2250, Feb 2 at 1236 UT, this probable 3 x 750 harmonic never exceeds a JBA carrier this morning. It would be nice if some other DXers in this part of the continent would look for these, especially if they have a better S/N ratio on 2 MHz. Of course also due to relative proximity, others may have a better shot at some of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Feb 2 at 0628 UT, algo with music, as earlier in the evening, suspected something other than the KGLD harmonic as heard before sunrise. Recheck 1229 again something. Remonitoring from before 1300 past hourtop, no increase in signal noted today at Tyler sunrise, continues JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
9315, very poor at 1426, against VOA Tibetan via Thailand this hour only. Not noticed anywhere else, to hunting for FD in our mornings has been so unproductive for months in the 12-18 MHz range that I hardly bother anymore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, Feb 2 at 0612, RHC English undermodulated as usual but yet another anomaly: IADs make a pop, after which the modulation level briefly increases before settling back down. I also compare to // 6165: there modulation is OK and sounds louder, but on the FRG-7 S-meter, 6165 is much weaker than usual, registering *only* S9+15 while 6125 is S9+22!
As per Steve Luce tip last night, I also check for second harmonix in the 12 MHz band --- yes, there is 12330, 2 x 6165, audible but very poor, nothing heard on others which would be 12020, 12120, 12250. All six English frequencies are synchronized, so if there is a substitute transmitter on 6165/12330, it`s still at the same site: 5040, 6010, 6060, 6125, 6165, 12330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Feb 2 at 0659 UT, a partial ID mentioning 98.9, then romantic music. http://www.mexicoradiotv.com is handy for listing FM //s and the only one shown on 660 is:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
as I have heard before. Ditto the IRCA Mexican Log. However, not 100% positive, since more and more FM simulcasts are being added, as Mexican AM stations are being pushed to FM and it`s possible there could be two matching FM //s on any AM frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 3185, Feb 2 at 1428, Brother Scare is still audible here from WWRB with music at the moment, which explains why he`s still missing from day frequency 9370, where a weak else is audible, presumably VOA Deewa Radio from Sri Lanka, which WWRB is allowed to blot out in our mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9615, Sat Feb 2 at 0618, tune-in to one of WHRI`s weekend-only transmissions, gospel huxter amid schedule announcement mentioning his other times and frequencies: 11.910; ``Sunday 1:00 CST on 9.840 M-H-Z``; gives website without any dots: ``wwwwhrorg click Angel 2``. Name of his show I copy as ``The End the Law Jesus Christ Broadcast``, with a P O Box in Shreveport LA; he is Apostle Larry Reed. Sounds like ALR is reading off stuff he doesn`t really understand, like shortwave and internet; also has very strange accent, pronouncing ``Americar`` and ``Africar``, with the R totally spoken, but he is no Kennedy.
Searching WHR programming, we find:
0615-0700 1:15 AM-2:00 AM Sa In The Lord Jesus Christ Larry Reed 9.615
1900-1945 2:00 PM-2:45 PM Su In The Lord Jesus Christ Broadcast 9.840
and no 11.910. Guess he is saying ``Lawd`` instead of ``Lord``. During the few minutes I listen transfixed, signal declines from good to fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Sat Feb 2 at 1314 UT, KLRG originating an Arkansas show, `Bluegrass with Leo Castleberry`, starts with Hank Williams` ``Lovesick Blues``; 1325 local ads sound ad-libbed, real down-home style. WTAN network website for KLRG shows this is 7-9 am Saturdays:http://klrg.tantalknetwork.com/index.cfm?PID=2
Also shows the Friday morning shows I have heard previously as: `We the People Radio` at 6-8 am, `Liberty Underground` at 8-10 am from the ``1787 Radio Network``, pre-empting `Imus in the Morning` to only one hour; otherwise he`s Mon-Thu 5-9 am, all CST. Separate schedules are available for WTAN itself, with some duplication, such as 1787 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1680, Feb 2 at 1307 UT, KRJO Monroe LA on Bloomberg Business Radio net, interesting interview with authoress of an article about some new wifi-blocking wallpaper (yes, stuff you axually paste on walls of physical rooms, i.e. subdivisions of houses or offices), but lets FM and ``emergency`` signals thru unscathed, per new patent. This is accomplished by using conductive ink in snowflake patterns on non-conductive paper; costs $12 per square yard [sic], affordable(?). Depending on how deployed, it can restrict your own wifi to certain room(s), or keep out wifi from beyond.
I assume it supposedly filters signals only in the 2.4 GHz wifi-band. But are we sure it won`t affect SW reception or any other frequencies?? Who cares about that? I then searched Bloomberg and found the related article:http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-31/guy-eymin-petot-tourtollets-wi-fi-blocking-wallpaper
It`s called MetaPaper, invented by a Frenchman and to be produced in Finland. It seems it never occurred to them to avoid the problem in the first place by using wired internet connexions only; works for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2670-USB, Feb 2 at 1243 UT after checking 2660 AM harmonic, notice some weak SSB on the prime USCG frequency, very poor and hard to copy, but make out some words such as Victoria Channel, Arroyo Colorado, Port of Brownsville, interspersed with mentions of numerous 150+ MHz VHF channels. Nothing heard at 1249 recheck.
2670 is shared by numerous USCG stations on a tight schedule, included in this exhaustive worldwide listing:http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions
and what I heard fits for the one scheduled from 1240 UT:
``1240 Corpus Christi, TX (NOY-8) 2670 kHz Local Notice to Mariners and weather``
It`s preceded at 1235 by NMG/NMG-2 New Orleans, and succeeded at 1250 by NOY in Galveston (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2240, Feb 2 at 1229 UT I awaken a bit too late as the harmonic here has probably already peaked; lively vocal music, 1240 still but weakening, fading to a JBA carrier by 1249.
2250, Feb 2 at 1236 UT, this probable 3 x 750 harmonic never exceeds a JBA carrier this morning. It would be nice if some other DXers in this part of the continent would look for these, especially if they have a better S/N ratio on 2 MHz. Of course also due to relative proximity, others may have a better shot at some of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Feb 2 at 0628 UT, algo with music, as earlier in the evening, suspected something other than the KGLD harmonic as heard before sunrise. Recheck 1229 again something. Remonitoring from before 1300 past hourtop, no increase in signal noted today at Tyler sunrise, continues JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
