Dx Re Mix News # 778

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 778 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date: April 30,2013
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GERMANY   Upcoming frequency change of HCJB via Weenermoor:
0000-2400 on  3995 WNM 1.5 kW / non-dir to CeEu till Apr.30
0000-2400 NF  7365 WNM 1.5 kW / 145 deg to CeEu from May 01

IRAN    Some changes of VIORI/IRIB from May 5:
0730-0827 on 11810 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto, new transmission
0730-0827 on 13730 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to WeAs Pashto, new transmission
1430-1527 on  5890 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to WeAs Pashto, cancelled
1530-1627 on  6060 SIR 500 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu, ex 1530-1727

ISRAEL     Summer A-13 SW schedule of Kol Israel from April 28:
1400-1500 NF 13850vISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Fri/Sat, ex 11595
1400-1500 NF 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Fri/Sat, ex  9985
1400-1530 NF 13850vISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Sun-Thu, ex 11595
1400-1530 NF 15760 ISR 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian Sun-Thu, ex  9985

SARAWAK   Frequency change of Radio Free Sarawak from April 28:
1100-1300 NF 15460 TAI 100 kW / 200 deg to SEAs Iban, ex 15430/15420/15425

U.K.(non)    Upcoming changes of BBC from May 5:
0300-0400 on 11820 WOF 300 kW / 137 deg to CEAf Arabic, additional frequency
0600-0700 NF  7355 ASC 250 kW / 065 deg to WeAf English, ex 9410
0600-0700 on  9410 WOF 300 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English new tx site, ex ASC
1345-1430 NF  5890 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex 7465 from Apr.22
2000-2100 NF 12095 WOF 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf English, ex 9915

U.K.(non)    Frequency change of Adventist World Radio Europe/Africa
2000-2030 NF 11830 ISS 250 kW / 180 deg to NoAf French, ex 17610 WER

USA(non)   More and more frequency changes of IBB:
Radio Free Asia
0100-0200 NF 17505 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex daily
0100-0200 NF 17510 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 17505
0100-0200 NF 17515 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 17505
0100-0200 NF 17520 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 17505
0100-0200 NF 17525 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 17505
0100-0200 NF 17530 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 17505
0100-0200 NF 17535 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 17505
0300-0400 NF 17490 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17495 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17500 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17520 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17525 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17530 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 17485
0300-0400 NF 17615 TIN 250 kW / 279 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 17485
0400-0500 NF 21455 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21465 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21475 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21485 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21495 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21505 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 21480
0400-0500 NF 21520 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 21480
0500-0600 NF 21460 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21470 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21480 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21510 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21530 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21540 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 21710
0500-0600 NF 21550 TIN 250 kW / 313 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 21710
0600-0700 NF 17790 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 17855
0600-0700 NF 17795 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 17855
0600-0700 NF 17805 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 17855
0600-0700 NF 17810 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 17855
0600-0700 NF 21500 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex daily
0600-0700 NF 21515 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 21500
0600-0700 NF 21530 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 21500
0600-0700 NF 21540 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 21500
0600-0700 NF 21550 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 21500
0600-0700 NF 21565 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 21500
0600-0700 NF 21575 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 21500
1000-1100 NF 15320 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 15435
1000-1100 NF 15330 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 15435
1000-1100 NF 15340 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 15435
1000-1100 NF 15600 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu/Sun, ex 15435
1000-1100 NF 15620 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 15435
1000-1100 NF 15650 TIN 250 kW / 297 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 15435
1400-1500 NF 11520 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Thu, ex 11715
1400-1500 NF 11590 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Fri/Sun, ex 11715
1400-1500 NF 11715 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Wed, ex daily
1400-1500 NF 12095 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Mon/Sat, ex 11715
1400-1500 NF 12140 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to EaAs Cantonese Tue, ex 11715
1500-1600 NF 13790 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 13855
1500-1600 NF 13795 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 13855
1500-1600 NF 13805 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 13855
1500-1600 NF 13805 TIN 250 kW / 303 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 13855
1600-1700 NF 15340 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15380 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15385 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15390 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15395 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15405 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 15435
1600-1700 NF 15410 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 15435
1800-1900 NF 11555 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 11545
1800-1900 NF 11590 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 11545
1800-1900 NF 11600 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 11545
1800-1900 NF 11605 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 11545
1900-2000 NF  9745 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex daily
1900-2000 NF  9775 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9745
1900-2000 NF  9780 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue/Thu, ex 9745
1900-2000 NF  9825 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 9745
2200-2300 NF  9345 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9360 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9370 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Fri, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9510 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Thu, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9625 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Wed, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9720 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF  9735 SAI 100 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon, ex 9880
2200-2300 NF 15110 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Thu, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15120 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Fri, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15130 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sat, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15140 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Sun, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15150 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Mon, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15160 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Tue, ex 15290
2200-2300 NF 15170 TIN 250 kW / 280 deg to EaAs Cantonese Wed, ex 15290
2300-2400 NF 15535 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Mon, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15545 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Wed, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15555 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Tue, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15570 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Fri, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15580 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Sat, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15590 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Thu, ex 15430
2300-2400 NF 15610 TIN 250 kW / 321 deg to EaAs Chinese Sun, ex 15430
2315-2400 NF  9335 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 9900
2315-2400 NF  9355 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Tue/Thu, ex 9900
2315-2400 NF  9930 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sun, ex 9900
2315-2400 NF  9945 KWT 250 kW / 080 deg to CeAs Tibetan Sat, ex 9900

Voice of America
1400-1500 NF 12120 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAs English Mon-Fri, ex 7540
1430-1500 NF 12075 TIN 250 kW / 287 deg to SEAs Burmese, ex 12120
1500-1600 NF  6140 UDO 250 kW / 284 deg to SoAs English-Special, ex 9760
1500-1600 NF 12120 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SoAs English, ex  6140
1630-1700 NF 15115 GB  250 kW / 094 deg to CSAf Portuguese Fri, ex 17530
1700-1730 NF 15115 GB  250 kW / 094 deg to CSAf Portuguese, ex 17530
1730-1800 NF 12005 SAO 100 kW / 076 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon-Fri, ex 15620
1730-1800 NF 15115 GB  250 kW / 094 deg to CSAf Portuguese, ex 17530
1800-1830 NF 13630 BOT 100 kW / 350 deg to CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri, ex 9825
1800-1830 NF 15115 IRA 250 kW / 255 deg to CSAf Portuguese Mon-Fri, x 13630
1800-1900 NF 12005 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic, ex 15620 WER
1900-1930 NF 12005 BOT 100 kW / 010 deg to EaAf Tigrigna Mon-Fri, ex 15620
2200-2230 NF  5905 PHT 250 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer, ex 6060

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Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 29 at *1356 approx., BB carrier with tone, 1358 IS, poor with flutter, timesignal ending at 1359:39, opening Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 29 before 1300:
13795, poor at 1336 with CCI, continues to be the only one left. All the other former FD frequencies heard are occupied by CNR1 jamming:

12230, fair at 1234
13130, poor at 1238 with CCI
13830, poor at 1234
13850, poor-fair at 1234
13920, fair-good at 1234
14700, poor at 1240
15800, fair at 1242, not synch
16360, poor at 1245
17080, fair at 1249
17170, very poor at 1249
17300, poor at 1249; none in the 18s
That`s a total of 11 transmitters at once

Before 1400 April 29:
11500, poor at 1341
13830, fair at 1348; echo apart from 14700
13970, good at 1348
14700, fair at 1347
14980, very poor at 1347
15970, poor at 1343
16360, very poor at 1344
16920, fair at 1344
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11752, 11768, etc., April 29 at 1342, despite sufficient east Asian propagation today, the 8-kHz spur field from 11760 CNR1 jammer is inaudible, as it has been since last heard April 22, so apparently repaired again and/or moved elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 13785, April 29 at 1237, Arabic modulation is distorted and suppressed compared to carrier level, worthy of Cairo, but instead per Aoki & EiBi, it`s IRIB, 0530-1427, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad. Atop a weak Chinese? signal, nonesuch scheduled. 1348 recheck, Arabic music and talk, modulation much better now but overshadowed by Habana 13780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, Sunday April 28 at 2050, R. Kuwait English pauses for token news headlines; these had been missing on several recent chex; better than nothing, as I am seldom listening for the somewhat longer but still insufficient newscast at 1830.

17550, April 28 at 2303, R. Kuwait in Arabic akhbar (or is news = akbar; never can remember which), good signal with flutter on strange service to us from 2 am there, possibly propagating only in lighter/warmer months. In fact, it`s the second SSOB after Habana 17705 and nothing else of any significance on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 15505, April 28 at 2233, open carrier/dead air with flutter, as I am checking 15500 for Cumbre, where there is zilch. What`s this? O yes, HFCC reminds us that CRI Bamako relay is scheduled during this semihour only, in Chinese. So apparently it still exists, totally pointlessly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, UT Monday April 29, I tune in even earlier at 0450 UT to hear Spanish preacher finishing with Monterrey address, 0451 ID for Radio ABC, XEFZ in Monterrey and into choral multiverse NA. Mixing with others and they overtake by 0456, but this virtually confirms it`s the station which had been broadcasting a big hum after the NA finished around 0500, but which is no longer heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, April 29 at 0514, XEPPM, R. Educación is still not only on the air with carrier, but modulating it with news in Spanish; suspect it`s the relay of RFI which normally is suppressed from their SW transmitter after 0500, only on MW 1060; first heard report about eradicating malaria and its mosquitoes in Africa including Burkina Faso; next report from ``aquí en París``.

And it`s still/again on at 1222 when I awaken, Spanish talk and singing, story-telling? making fast SAH with Chinese; which one will fade out first? Hope it`s a new expanded all-night schedule like they used to do, but may have just forgotten to turn off the SW.

6010, meanwhile, is Mil-less at 1222, just CRI English JBA. However, Julián Santiago in the DF told me April 27: ``efectivamente XEOI está fuera del aire debido a una avería en el transmisor, misma que, el Ing. Rodríguez está reparando. Esperemos que pronto vuelva al aire`` --- transmitter breakdown which the engineer is repairing, and we hope will be back on air shortly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 29 at 0053, R. Chaski carrier audible in hash with BFO; by 0103 can make out some talk before cutoff at 0104:41*. A pleasant 75 degrees on the porch with DX-398, but we have another cold snap coming. Yesterday`s reported timing was incorrect; should have been 0104:36.5*, as I forgot to add the 23-second correxion factor to my watch reading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SARAWAK [non]. 17840, April 29 at 1246, surprised to find a new signal here, and promptly IDed in passing as Radio Free Sarawak during otherwise YL talk in presumed Iban, fairly sufficient signal, from where? Kashgar is in well on 16m, 17560, 17630, 17650, so could be as far as central Asia, unlikely Taiwan. Listened continuously and at 1252 OM speech to enthusiastic crowd inserting some English words, democracy, television control, Malaysia, ``you are disqualified as a democratic country``; 1254 dramatic music bit and other announcements, cut off the air in mid-sentence at 1258:20* without any further clews. They are still clueless in the studio that they should wrap it up by 1258.

Presumably now on here from 11 to 13, which could be a problem for BBC French via Ascension as scheduled in Aoki 1200-1230, before I intuned; or not: since that is not in EiBi or HFCC.

Presumably ex-15420/15430 where it had been this month, unchecked today. However, today`s Aoki has replaced those with:

15460 Radio Free Sarawak 1100-1300 1234567 Iban 250 45 Trincomalee CLN 08108E 0844N RFS a13 Apr. 28 [i.e. effective yesterday]. HFCC and EiBi do not show that 15460. I certainly did not notice it today either when tuning around. As usual, own website is wrong, http://radiofreesarawak.org/ still showing long-gone 11600 in the title line, and 15430 at the top of the page (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15500, after my first log yesterday of this new frequency for BSKSA in Arabic from 1248 past 1400, several DXLD yg members were hearing it in English after 1600 almost until 2100: those are hours when BSKSA has long provided English on a domestic service, but refused to put it on even one SW transmitter. As we suspected, must have been test of possible new transmitter as several are being installed, since absent next day April 29 at 1245, 1344, 1400 and 1626 chex. We can only hope such a 5-hour English service on SW will eventually be permanentized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 5995, April 29 at 0520, REE COSTA RICA relay is again on wrong frequency after 0400 instead of vacant 5965. Seems this happens about once a week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: WTWW-2, 9930, Sunday April 28 at 2329, oh, oh, double audio, a Ted Randall `QSO` show playback mixed equally with ``Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport``, some fill music which frequently shows up on the WTWW playlist. No WOR at 2330, but mixture continues with other music; finally after canned ID, WOR 1666 starts at 2337, but is useless with the double audio feed thruout; also cuts off by 0001 April 29, and then 5085 exhibits the same mixture; this is also happening on the webcast. Once WOR finishes at 0006, only single audio.

I wasn`t able to reach anyone at WTWW in time to fix it, but later learned that Ted is in the hospital, and the computer decided to play two programs at once. Get well, Ted! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. April 28, checked the latest WHR online program schedule by searching on ``Marie Lamb`` as program host, to bring up all the alleged times for `DXing with Cumbre` (which are constantly changing), and noticed that it supposedly airs every half hour on one frequency or another between 2100 and 2330 Sundays! So I decided to check them all out:
2100 on 17540 – NOT ON AIR
2130 on 17510 – confirmed, but it`s last week`s show #750 from April 18. Marie is too busy at WAER/WCNY to do anything herself, just turns it over to some downunderite and Chris Lobdell; apparently none produced this week, as she has not announced a 751 on the DWC yg
2200 on 15180 AND 11775 – NOT ON AIR
2230 on 15500 T8WH – inaudible; but KSDA 15320 is not either for AWRWS
2300 on 17510 NOT ON AIR
That is typically what happens. Are all those imaginary frequencies on the WHR program schedule designed to fool paying clients? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.4, April 29 at 0057, WRNO open carrier is on with VG signal, but still dead air at 0106 check. Congratulations, anyway on what sounds like a nice clean signal as long as it is unmodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, UT Monday April 29 at 0500, KGGF Coffeyville KS sign-off, 0500.5 taps start(s) (is that singular or plural? One never hears of a single tap), to be followed by dead air all night tho unchecked. Don`t know what programming preceded it on a Sunday night, but on weeknights it`ll be back to JimBo unless they turn him off early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, April 29 at 0500-0505 UT, KGWA Fox-hole, now occupied mostly by weak echoing ABC News, i.e. presumed KMA IA and KGKL TX on proper night parameters. No sign of USA-IRN news or WABG MS; was that a fluke? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, April 29 at 0524 UT, some music making slow SAH with KRLD nulled as much as possible, and ``AM 10-80`` ID. Meanwhile I have to listen to `Texas Overnight with Charlie Jones` lamenting that some major TX newspapers are losing circulation not because of the web, but because they are ``too much like NPR``, i.e. too liberal for him. What bilge. KRLD is trying to out-right the `Redeye` competition on WBAP. Let CBS never be accused of liberalism!

Back to the unID: close to a right angle from Dallas, I suspect KGVY Green Valley AZ, (Tucson market with a webcam on Mt Lemmon) nostalgia, except it`s a 1 kW daytimer. I also had a tentative log of it before sunrise at 1223 UT September 23, 2011 as in DXLD 11-39. Website http://www.kgvy1080.com/ says streaming is under construxion, so cannot check whether ``AM 1080`` is a typical non-ID for them, as it could be for any 1080. Note: we already know it is in AM and on 1080! What we need are call letters or something else unique, duh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9544.5-USB, April 29 at 0108, some weak 2-way intruder in Spanish. Picked a good spot with no broadcaster on 9545 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12097-12098, Monday April 29 at 1228, extremely distorted FMy Asian language, not // CNR1 jammer on 11825; not KSDA which is OK far enough away on 12105 (and WTWW not on yet); also atop a very weak carrier on 12095, but prime suspect is FEBC Bocaue, PHILIPPINES, nominal 12095, scheduled in Iu Mien daily until 1230, and Achang at 1230-1245 except Thursdays. Aoki shows:
MIE   Mien / Iu Mien: S China (0.5m), Vietnam (0.3m)
ACH   Achang / Ngac'ang: Myanmar, South China (30,000)
Unfortunately I did not note whether this went off at 1245; next check at 1303 it was gone. If not, it would have to be a spur/mistune from further afield (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tips mix "Girolla" Buccinasco

BC
11730,R Belarus BLR Kolodischy,1130 21Apr,px local in Belarusian,55555
6095,The Mighty KBC D Wertachtal,1140 21Apr, Pub HAM antenna + px mx,44444
17730,R Habana Cuba CUB Habana,1150 21Apr, px in S "El comandante Fidel",22333
9655,R New Zealand NZL Rangitaiki,1215 21Apr, px mx +ID,23333
6070,R 6150 D Rohrbach,1250 21Apr,px mx,23333
7120,R Hargeisa SOM Hargeisa,1640 21Apr, px loc vernacular,44444
4319,AFRTS DGA Diego Garcia,1650 21Apr,px relay in English in USB mode "Dido"song,33333
4750,Bangladesh Betar BGD Dhaka,1700 21Apr, px loc nx,33333
5066.3,R Telè Candip COD Bunia,1715 21Apr,px mx low audio,12222
7295,TRAXX FM via RTM MLA Kajang,1725 21Apr, px mx pop,33333
4765,Tajik R1 TJK Yangiyul,1735 21Apr, px loc nx,22332
14700,Sound of Hope TWN,1150 27Apr,px loc+jamming,23333
16920,Sound of Hope TWN,1220 27Apr,px loc +jamming,23333
9790,AWR F Issoundun,0900 28Apr,px "Studio DX" +"Voce della Speranza"in Italiano,44444
15400,HCJB AUS Kunumurra,1102 28Apr,px in J,23333
15680,R Farda THA,1115 28Apr, px in local //15690khz,33333
15670,VOA Radiogram test ,1930 28Apr,Voa radiogram  mode digit MFSK /Thor end tx OFF 2000utc,33333
15190,R Inconfidencia B Belo Horizonte,2001 28Apr,px local +ID,33333
15345,RAE ARG Buenos Aires,2015 28Apr, px local in S,44444
11780,R Nacional de Amazonia B Brasilia,2019 28Apr, px local,33333
4835,VL8A AUS Alice Springs,2030 28Apr, px mx relay ABC,23333

 

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13988.5,JMH Tokio Meteo J Tokio,1705 21Apr,wefax chart 120/576,333
12412.5,NOJ ALS Kodiak,1710 21Apr,wefax chart Goes satellite picture 120/576,122
9165,HLL2 Seoul Meteo KOR Seoul,1726 21Apr,wefax chart 120/576,133
16135,KVM70 HWA Honolulu,1735 21Apr,wefax chart 120/576,122
4067,Tashkent Meteo UZB Tashkent,1749 21Apr,wefax chart 120/576 very noise,112
20000,WWV USA Ft.Collins,1755 21Apr,Time signal "Bip Bip ...time ",34444
8105,SVJ4 GRE Athens,1045 27Apr,wefax chart 120/576,444
13882.5,DDK6 D Hamburg,1132 27Apr,wefax test chart 120/576,444
14670,CHU CAN Ottawa,1200 27Apr, time signal "bip..bip...time",333
22542,JJC J Tokio,1145 27Apr, wefax sumo news?,60/576,333
16898.5,XSG CHN Shanghai,1225 27Apr, tfc SITOR A +ID in CW,333
16331.9,RIT RUS Severomorsk,1046 28Apr, id "S"in CW,444
16331.7,RCV UKR Sevastopol,1047 28Apr, id "D"in CW,444
16331.7,RIW RUS Mosca,1049 28Apr, id "C"in CW,444
16854,XSQ Guangzhou Radio CHN Guangzhou,1340 28Apr, message in SITOR B,444
16010.5,Militar Poland  POL,1355 28Apr,ALE msg,444

 

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Glenn Hauser logs April 27-28, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 28 at 1358, no signal from BB, nor at 1400, but at 1407 can detect a JBA carrier; bad propagation today, maybe combined with late opening. 15500 new SAUDI [q.v.] frequency not strong enough to bother here, but there? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake jamming, April 28 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1245, continues to be the only FD frequency found for what has become a rarity. All others are CNR1, with serious if not ``classical`` music, including ex-Firedrake channels:

13920, fair at 1245
14700, poor at 1245
15250, fair at 1245 (longtime CNR1 jammer, not FD)
15560, poor at 1249 with flutter
16160, very poor at 1249, also CODAR, unusual here
16250, fair-good at 1249 with flutter; none in 17s or 18s altho CRI Kashgar in well on 17560, 17630, 17650

After 1300:
11990, fair at 1313, CNR1 now serious orchestral/choral music
12000, fair at 1313, a couple seconds behind 11990, emergency net?
Usual CNR1 jammers also good on 11805, 11785
15115, good at 1324, 15195 very poor, 15265 poor, usual non-FD CNR1 jammers
16160, very poor at 1323
17250, good at 1321 with flutter, now with opera, i.e. singing
17370, good at 1321
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC anomalies:

15200-15260, April 28 at 1306, the weakish 15230 transmitter is again emitting a buzzy field above and below, loudest circa 15220.

11750, April 28 at 1315 check is in English! about Cuban stamps, but cut off the air at 1316; should be in Spanish, of course. Then surveyed all other frequencies at 1318, with // music in Spanish service: 9540, 11690, 11760, 11860, 13780, 15230, 15340, 17580, 17730

15482, April 28 at 1319, weak distorted spur // 15340 et al.

17580, April 28 at 1410, carrier cuts off and on, then stays on but no modulation. Then found others only with open carrier: 13780, 11760, while at 1411 the rest nominal Spanish modulation: 17730, 15340, 15230, 11860, 11750, 11690; and 9540 too weak to tell, maybe not on.

13740, April 28 at 1411, CRI English relay is quite undermodulated, but sufficient if volume turned up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 13760, April 28 at 1311, VOK in extremely stilted English, and heavy cross talk from Chinese service plus Juche jamming noise. Same mixture on // 11710 at 1317. It seems their new ChiCom transmitters have been installed incompetently, insufficiently isolated from each other. They wouldn`t let Chinese engineers do it at top-secret location, instead supposedly trained their own (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 28 before 1248, KBSWR carrier is again on way early, foretelling good reception today for the 1300 English to ``North`` America, unlike yesterday when it was unreadable for Saturday`s `Listeners Lounge`. Indeed it is: 1258 with IS and IDs in English and Korean, 1300 opening English and news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 28 tuning in even earlier at 0449 UT trying to sort out the one about to hum: initially preacher in Spanish on top; 0450 music station takes over, 0457 mentions 98.9 so that`s XEACB, La Lupe in Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua; only now do I hear an XE NA weakly underneath and no hum after 0500; probably from the preaching one earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 830, April 28 at 1215 UT, Spanish weather in C, mentions 100.9 FM; 1216 TC for 7:17. No doubt it`s XEIK Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a semihour after sunrise here and soon to fade out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. April 27 at 1833-1845 UT, right at local mean noon, a MW bandscan while visiting squirrel haven, some 10 miles north of Enid, on caradio with vertical antenna, so no DFing or nulling. Skipping many normal signals, just some of the mostly weak ones of interest by groundwave in a low-noise area away from powerlines. Axually done from top down, reversed here for convenience:

530, far enough away from Vance on the south side, to hear some CCI under ``K530AM``, no doubt the HAR near South Haven just across the KS border operated by the Kansas Turnpike Authority

540, alabanza music over C&W, i.e. KDFT Dallas over KWMT Iowa

570, slow SAH, CCI audible under KLIF Dallas, i.e. WNAX South Dakota

670, weak religious discussion, or self-help? Also thought I heard Waziristan mentioned. Anyhow, it`s not WSCR Chicago (sportstalk, which is possible), but KLTT Denver

700, romantic music in Spanish, KHSE Dallas, ex-Asian

840, weak C&W, must be KTIC West Point, Nebraska, 5 kW daytimer at the margin of its range; but also a fast SAH: second closest is KWDF Ball, central Louisiana, 8 kW daytimer. I also had it more definitely around sunrise last November, in DXLD 12-48

850, weak Spanish, so KJON Dallas, rather than KOA Denver, which is also possible, and might be there without KJON or if I could null it

890, KTLR OKC & 910, without KVIS Miami OK, both suffer from IBOC noise out of 900 KSGL Wichita, 250 watts nostalgia when not huxtering

1090, RCC programming obviously, so 8 kW daytimer KEXS Excelsior Springs (KC) MO, with EWTN

1100, gospel music in English, very poor, KKLL Webb City (Joplin), Missouri, 5 kW daytimer

1120, alabanza music, so KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK is back on after missing since April 16

1190, weak CCI, SAH, one mentioning Irving, so 50 kW KFXR Dallas; no higher Metroplexers were making it for sure except 1700. Other 1190 could be AR, KS or MO

1310, JBA carrier, could be Joplin MO, Beloit KS or Dallas TX

1350, fast SAH. I would gladly take either rare Okie, KTLQ Tahlequah or KPNS Duncan

1370, too much splatter and desensitization from local KCRC 1390 on north side of Enid, to hear KGNO Dodge City which I know starts making it somewhat further north. Forget 1380 and 1400

1420, ad for BancFirst somewhere in Oklahoma, so KTJS Hobart

1430, weak CCI music & talk, i.e. KALV Alva in its null toward KTBZ Tulsa

1450, heavy CCI, one music, another ballgame, i.e. KGFF Shawnee and KSIW Woodward respectively; maybe a third? Could be KWBW Hutchinson KS or KWHW Altus OK

1470, JBA carrier with SAH, suppose KGND Vinita in northeast OK with one of the Kansans, all really too far, KSMM Liberal or KAIR Atchison

1480, KQAM Wichita KS has NO CCI from 50 kW KBXD Dallas, but wait till some skywave kix in

1490, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Must check whether that`s temporary. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, KBIX Muskogee was silent. Leaves JBA carriers, SAH; two Kansans: KKAN Phillipsburg, KTOP Topeka

1510, alabanza music, fair vs KOKC 1520; as previously tracked down, KNSS Larned KS, ex-ESPN

1570, alabanza music, KZLI Tulsa with no XERF for a change

1610, nothing but quite a hum from WQCL720, Great Salt Plains State Park OK

1700, comedy JBA, no doubt 10 kW KKLF Dallas/Richardson; at top end one might still wonder if it could be skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, April 28 at 1206, WKY should be in weekly English pubaffs show, but instead adstring in Spanish mixed with a couple in English; finally at 1211 played *outro* for Sunday Morning Magazine, more ads, and 1212 back to Indomable music. SMM must have lasted 6 minutes at most instead of 30, or the automation screwed up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 27 circa 1837 UT in daytime bandscan, KEOR Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is on the air again with what else but alabanza = praise music in Spanish. Not on circa 1200 UT April 28, when it could be, well after sunrise, but it is on at 1453 check. I`ve yet to catch when they come on, if the time is even fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, April 27 circa 1835 UT, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Still maybe off circa sunset when logged others on 1490, see UNIDENTIFIED. But back on with gospel huxter April 28 at 1516 check. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, the other 1490 Okie from Muskogee, KBIX, was silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 28 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier as usual audible with BFO amid the hash of local and propagated noise; cut off at 0104:13.5* which is 10.5 seconds later than two nights ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15500, new frequency from BSKSA, first heard today April 28 at 1248 in Arabic vocal music with long pauses, reverent but unsounds like normal Qur`an recitation; 1252 YL with Saudi ID; still on at 1304, and 1358 past 1400. Good modulation, not // 17705. Maybe one of their new transmitters? Not in Aoki or HFCC, 15500 an open frequency after 1200/1157. Fair signal while 17705 is JBA today. Sure I would have noticed 15500 if it were on, in daily chex for Bangladesh 15505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SERBIA [non]. 9685, April 28 at 0103, IRS is off the air already, instead of extending a semihour for English as sometimes happens on UT Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, April 28 at 0447, IWT still absent. Wolfgang Büschel says it is missing from all frequencies, contrary to Rumen Pankov`s observations I quoted yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: started a bit late on WTWW-2, 9930, Saturday April 27 at 2331:07, but completed at 2400:03, followed by QSY announcement to 5085, and off, so all is well-coördinated now. 5085 may have been on for an hour, not at 0102 check.

Confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB UT Sunday April 28 at 0200, but this was a one-time substitute for usual UT Saturday 0130v since AWWW ran almost until 0200 then. WOR 1666 also confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday April 28 at 0400.5. Next: Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2, 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, April 28 at 0102, WWRB is on with big band music, Dave`s favorite filler; presumably just having completed the Saturday-UT Sunday-only paid sesquihour simulcast from 2330, also on 3215. Most nights it remains absent from 5050, but it ought to be the primary frequency in summer instead of 90m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, UT Sunday April 28 at 0106, WRMI with kid singing ``God Bless America``, and no jamming audible. I see WRMI has just updated its program schedule grid (in UT -4), as of April 26 via http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
showing this is `Tell the World Ministries`, a quarter-hour of English amid Spanish. Not sure what changes have been made; there are still gobs of Overcomer hours for another month. Radio Libertad is scheduled M-F 23-24 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, April 28 at 0446, open carrier/dead air from WTWW-1 instead of SFAW/PPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Log Roberto Pavanello

1566 20/4 03.50 R. Kolbe - Schio IT pellegrinaggio a Roma buono
3320 20/4 23.05 R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton Afrikaans MX suff.
3932 20/4 22.05 R. Bogusman - EE ID e MX buono
4835 19/4 19.25 VL8A - Alice Springs EE NX suff.
4845 20/4 22.50 R. Cultura - Manaus PP calcio suff.
4976 19/4 19.15 UBC R. - Kampala Swahili MX afro buono
5910 20/4 R. Alcaravan - Puerto Lleras SS MX buono
5915 20/4 03.30 Zambia NBC - Lusaka Vern. Talk OM suff.
5950 20/4 03.25 Voice of Tigray Revolution - Mekele Tigrino talk OM suff.
5952.5 20/4 22.55 R. Pio XII - Siglo XX Aymara NX suff.
6055 20/4 03.35 R. Rwanda - Kigali Vern. MX afro buono
6090 20/4 03.40 Amhara State R. - Bahir Dar Amarico talk OM suff.
6290 20/4 22.30 R. Powerliner - EE ID e MX buono
6300 20/4 22.35 Odynn R. - EE ID e MX buono
6550 21/4 08.30 R. Casanova - Dutch ID e MX buono
7120 20/4 03.45 R. Hargeisa - Somalo MX afro buono
9665 20/4 22.45 Voz Missionaria - Camboriù PP predica suff.
10000 20/4 22.40 Obsevatorio Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora suff.
11710 20/4 03.20 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires FF ID e tango suff.
15130 19/4 19.20 R. Pilipinas - Manila Filippino NX buono

 

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

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

Sabato 20 aprile 2013
9665v kHz
04.43-05.03
RÁDIO VOZ MISSIONÁRIA
Camboriú-SC (Brasile)
Portoghese, riflessioni OM.
Segnale sufficiente
-
11885 kHz
*18.00-18.30*
NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN
Meyerton (Sud Africa)
EE, IDs e nxs OM+YL.
Segnale buono

***

Domenica 28 aprile 2013
06.03 - 17630v35 + 17765v70 kHz
Spurie di IRIB in SS (da 17700 o 17530 kHz)
La solita intermodulazione tra due impianti vicini.
-
06.19 - 15120 VO NIGERIA overmodulated. MB
06.23 - 12257 WRECKIN' R. INT., Mx rock. SF-IN
06.25 - 11980 R. DNIPROVSKA HVYLYA (AM reduced). SF
-
07.08 - 7310 Kall Krekel (D) in portante muta. SF-BN
07.10 - 6005 Kall Krekel (D) in portante muta. SF-IN
07.13 - 9330 WBCQ? EiBi+HFCC s/off 06.00. SF-BN

***

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

***

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
-
3) Da 5-6 a 30 MHz:
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m
Balun 1:32 su toroide FT-140/43 ACA

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

***

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

***

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

***

SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.3 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.1.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.4 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3.1 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.1.1 demo (orologio mondiale)

***

DATABASE
Kindle 4 Amazon

Glenn Hauser logs April 27, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 27 at *1559:24, Bangladesh Betar carrier on late, no time for tone or IS, or even TS, 1559:46 joining sign-on announcement in Urdu; fair with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, April 27 before 1300:
13795, fair at 1257, FD doggedly sticking to this frequency only while all the others remain replaced by CNR1 audio jamming:

16100, fair at 1251; none higher
15970, poor at 1251
15560, poor at 1251 // 16100
14700, poor at 1251
13830, fair at 1257; none in the 12s except:

12000, poor at 1258, not synch with 16100, and 1300 timesignal is 3 seconds late, now with CCI, Vietnam? This is presumably the earthquake emergency radio service rather than as jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, April 27 at 0534, today`s anomaly #1 is absence of the RHC tropical frequency during English hour; still overkill on 6010, 6060, 6125, 6165.

Anomaly #2: 15482 approx., April 27 at 1400, RHC riff as I tune by, that weak distorted spur again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Saturday April 27 at 1126 in assertive Chinese! presumably preaching, with `inspirational` music background, fair signal at S9+18, from TGAV, Radio Verdad, whose SW license may have only a month or two left. Program schedule http://www.radioverdad.org/programaci%C3%B3n
mentions nothing in chino, but it`s one of several unexpected languages they really insert, a 700-watt station which may axually have been DXed in China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 27 at 1303, VOI open carrier/dead air with flutter; 1304 join in progress news in English, undermodulated. Had noticed some special Japanese during previous hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 620, April 27 at 0540 UT, Spanish ad for an event mentioning 93.3, apparently an FM sponsor of it; hoped I had something other than XEBU Chihuahua city, since its own FM is 91.7, but after some federal PSAs for Diputados, Suprema Corte, ID as Chihuahua, La Rancherita. The 93.7 there per Cantú is XHBW, Magia Digital, whose AM is 1280. Maybe they are same group? Or just a crossover commercial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 650, April 27 at 1155 UT, Mexican music, fading at 1156 during Radio 65 sung ID, polca. Tuning down the band, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is the only XE still audible on lowband here, 12 minutes after our sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 27 at 0452 UT, early NA already playing on unID station, presumably the one which has been followed by big hum; but losing out by 0454 to `The Answer`, KSKY The Metroplex. Some chex after 0500 did not detect the hum, maybe no longer in effect? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, April 27 at 0642 UT, international exchange rates in Spanish, 0644 news about Tabasco. Main signal, with KTSM El Paso and KGGF Coffeyville OC more or less nulled, and peaks further east than most Mexicans I get. All adds up to presumed XEN, México DF with its news/talk format. There is only one XE further east, in Veracruz but it`s a Ke Buena, likely musical --- or not? IRCA shows XEAFA in Coatzacoalcos as News & Ranchera. Still, XEN most likely, especially if running 50 kW nites as claimed instead of 5. (IIRC, 690 used to be a major frequency from Cuba, but not any more.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, April 27 at 0546 UT, béisbol with crowd noise, presumably a live late game if in Mexico too they are open-ended; loops SW and soon mentions Cuauhtémoc as one of the teams, so usual XEDP Chihuahua, breaking away from ranchera format. It`s almost local midnite in the UT-6 zone. Surely more nite games to come when it`s cooler around the diamond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, April 27 at 0549, timecheck as ``48`` and temp as 18 grados, back to music; typical automated time & temp format at every break of XEDE Saltillo, Coahuila. Altho 50 kW WGN has as strong a signal as 250-watt(?) XEDE, WGN is totally nullable, avoiding slow SAH; not too far from collinear either, e.g. around Dallas, where listening to WGN must be quite a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1570, April 27 at 1142 UT, XERF with 6:42 timecheck on ``La Poderosa``, brief Efemérides = day in history with Col. Bogey whistling theme, 1144 federal and Coahuila state PSAs; 1145 Spanish music CCI grows apparently as KZLI Tulsa icoses its 50 watt PSRA per NRC AM Log to 1000 watts day at official sunrise there; but I can still hear at 1145 XERF mentioning some cumpleaños and at 1146 an instrumental-only version of ``Mañanitas``, unlike last time. Anyhow this seems to be a regular morning ritual for them. But in May, KZLI goes to day power at 1115 UT, and in June, 1100. Never mind the 50 watts: FCC AM Query shows PSRA is only 8 watts, limited by XERF every month except June when unneeded. Can anyone in Tulsa or even Catoosa really hear them on 8 watts atop XERF? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2910, April 27 at 1118 UT, YL giving phone number, ``pide que se comunique``, missing person perhaps; then about something happening ``hoy a las 8 de la mañana``, brief bits audible at peaks between lightning crashes, typical morning news format of 970 x 3, XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco. Their sunrise today 1147, almost same as here, but they will lose only a dekaminute of darkness by June (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MICRONESIA. 4755+, April 27 at 1159 I monitor the carrier from PMA The Cross, which goes off about 1159:20* without any DTMF [dual tone multi-frequency] signaling tones being heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KZLI, 1570, PSRA etc.: see MEXICO: XERF

** OKLAHOMA. WTFK? Six new wireless mikes have been donated by a benefactor to the drama department at Enid High School, and made good use of in a produxion of ``The Wiz``, UT Saturday April 27 at 0030v, which caused me to miss a Chaski-check this date. I understand that FCC is being pressured to assign some WL mike frequencies to other users, which could result in QRM in concentrated theatre districts, such as Broadway; no chance of that in Enid. Need to bring scanner to performances (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, April 27 at 1157, Wantok Radio Light still in the clear but weak; stronger Magadan 7320 no problem. Talk and hymn, 1201 hymn, 1203 strange SFX, 1206 ``Old Rugged Cross`` but not to usual tune; 1215 sounds like a children`s drama (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, still nothing from IWT April 27 circa 0530. However, Rumen Pankov in Sofia, Bulgaria reports today: `` Radio Tunis seems is on the air only from 0300 on 17735, from 0400 on 7275 and from 0600 on 7335 but not in their evening from 1600 on 17735. But only on April 22 was heard 1800-1900 on 7225, 17735, MWs 585 and 684 - all in Arabic`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 17530, April 27 at 1332, fair signal with HOA music is VOA Somali via VATICAN this hour only. Aoki shows 17530 keeps switching sites and languages later: 14-15 English via Botswana; 1600-1630 Sat Kinyarwanda via São Tomé; 1830-1930 French via ST; 1930-2030 French via Bonaire [what??? As A13!]; 2030-2100 Sat Hausa via Greenville.

Better check HFCC instead which shows 17530, daily u.o.s.:
1300-1400 Somali via Vatican; and no English at 14-15
1600-1630 Sat Kinyarwanda via ST
1630-1700 Fri Portuguese via Greenville since April 12
1700-1800 Portuguese via Greenville, ditto
1830-1930 French via ST
1930-2030 French via Greenville since April 18; and no Hausa Sat
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Larry Will of Area 51 informs us about WORLD OF RADIO via 5110v-CUSB: ``Glenn, Allan went very long tonight, until 0156, so we're going to re-schedule World of Radio to 0200 UT Sunday on WBCQ. Happy DXing.``

Also: Saturday & Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, April 27 at 1349, no signal traceable from WBCQ, tho 9370 WWRB is strong enough. Still no 9330 at 1402, but 15420-CUSB is poorly audible with Saturday-only Brother Scare primitive organ music opening. 1626, now 9330-CUSB is audible with Brother Hembree, who is no less certain of his wacky beliefs than BS, but quite weak compared to 9370 and 15420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Retro Radio Dial Queensland Australia

Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
April 27 2013

Media Release

Australia 1988
Queensland AM
Retro Radio Dial
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A fascinating look back 25 years ago to 1988 and radio stations that could be heard in Queensland Australia has just been released by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.com.

As well as a complete list of AM stations along the dial, the new feature includes the name of the radio station owners of that era, nearly all of which were local corporations and individuals in the days before mergers and acquisitions led to big changes in what Australians could listen to.

Retro Radio Dial Queensland Australia 1988-2013 is the latest of a new series exploring all Australian & US states in the coming months, as well as other parts of the world.

The feature includes the Top 20 music Hits of 1988, popular movies and books and other aspects of popular culture that add to the flavor of the AM & FM radio dials of the past 25-50 years.

The Retro Radio Dial series also includes features exploring radio as early as 1928 in California, Japan and Shanghai in 1941, Hawaii in 1961, Idaho and Texas in 1963, ACT/NSW and Victoria/Tasmania Australia in 1988 and many new titles are currently in preparation.

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Glenn Hauser logs, April 25-26, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 5755, April 26 at 1224, now fax sounds are audible, so VMW Wiluna WA as in EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 26 at 1359 tune-in, just in time to hear a few iterations of the BB IS, and timesignal ending at 1359:40.5, opening Urdu; very poor, but somewhat impressive considering very degraded hi-latitude propagation conditions; even lo-latitude HCJB Australia 15400 was quite weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 4716.7, April 26 at 0058, Yura with music, back on the low side of 4717 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4754.9, April 26 at 0059 music, presumed the only American station known circa 4755, Radio Immaculate Conception, Big Field, Thick Bush. (Since Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, translates names of stations never broadcasting in Portuguese, into Portuguese, I am no less justified in translating Brazilian names to English, hi) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4915, April 26 at 0100, Brazilian music vs CODAR, 0101 TC as ``dez horas`` and ID as R. Daqui, best ZY on band. Any station might utter ``daqui`` as it merely means ``from here``, but only ZYF691 in Goiânia turns the expression into a proper name. Perhaps at founding they had a hard time thinking of a more original, less generic name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake April 26 before 1300:
13795, poor at 1245 vs R. Free Asia Tibetan via Kuwait, and very poor an hour later at 1350. All the other traditional FD frequencies audible are still occupied instead by CNR1 jamming:

12230, poor at 1242
12370, fair at 1242, not synchronized with 12230
13970, poor at 1245; none in the 14s, 15s, 16s, 17s; in fact the 16m band was totally dead, not even Cuba, and 19m had only a few weakies

Before 1400:
13970,  CNR1 very poor at 1348; none in the 12s, 14s, 15s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, April 26 at 0056 surprised (not really) to find RHC in wrong language, French, which is supposed to be on 5040 only, with 11760 in Spanish. Probably was also in Kriyol at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 26 at 0452 UT, choral NA is already playing early, maybe the station which will cut to big hum afterwards, but by 0454 losing out to other Mexican music stations, so all unID now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 26 at 0053, R. Chaski carrier audible as usual with BFO vs the pervasive local and band noise level; automatic cutoff at 0104:26*, five seconds later than last nite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. 11530, April 26 at 1234, nothing but big hum and flutter, no modulation, as Voice of Russia is wasting its relay rubles on this site; the hum is always there even when modulating. Was it thus for the entire scheduled 5-hour span, 10-15 UT in English except 13-14 Hindi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday April 25 after 2100. Next airing 0330v on WWRB: confirmed first on webcast, predecessor ending with ``let`s bow our heads`` at 0327, background noise level surges, Dave IDs, false restart of that (?), and then WOR from 0328, later confirmed also on 3195, no 5050.

Next: UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs April 24-25, 2013

** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 25 at 0503-0505, rather repetitive martial music is playing from RTA via FRANCE, suspect national anthem; 0505 on to other programming, just one audio for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 9475, April 25 at 1029, drumming from RA, Tok Pisin timechex for Cook Islands and 8:30 in PNG, numbers pronounced in English, news theme and news, something about Gallipoli in 1915y. It`s always fun to try to understand TP with all its `blongs`. VG signal here on 30 degree beam from Shep, much better than // 9710 which is 353. Aoki shows both run Pidgin at 09-10 daily, and 10-11 M-F, weekends in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 25 at 1357:25 tune-in, BB already on with hum and tone; 1358:40 IS with hum; timesignal ends at 1359:39, opening Urdu, poor-fair today but better than most other 19m weaksigs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non], April 25 before 1400: again no real FD, but CNR1 audio appearing on former FD OOB outlets, compared to CNR1 jammer on 11785:
13530, good at 1347 // synch with 13920
13920, fair at 1345, a few seconds behind 11785
14700, poor at 1347, synch with 11785, not 13920
14980, fair at 1348, slight echo with 11785
15970, good at 1349, echo with 11785; all have some flutter
16360, poor at 1350, synch with 11785; none in the 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11680, April 25 at 1135, RHC on wrong frequency again, by lysdexic punchupper instead of missing 11860, altho 11680 is an intentional channel in the tarde. 11680 is an echo apart from // 11690, so different sites. 1402 frequency list on 17580 et al. still claims 11860 until 1500. 11680 not there at 1405 recheck, figured they`d fixed it, but 11680 cuts back on kovering Korean music, commies vs commies; then modulation cuts off and on, and the carrier drops out too, not correlating with times of modcuts. SNAFU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA [and non]. 9870+, April 25 at 0105, there is some DRM-like noise 9872-9875 on the hi side of Romania in Spanish, but not on the lo side, so is it semi-DRM? Presumably not ready for full DRM yet. More likely some unrelated utenoise. So is AIR still in AM under RRI? Maybe, trace of something (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 650, April 25 at 1112 UT, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa with 5:12 TC, unique show ``Buenos Días, Yarderos`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 25 from 0455 UT, I am switching back and forth with 690 KGGF, here trying to nail down which XE is the one switching to a big hum heard several nights after NA finished at 0500. But now there are two or three stations mixing. Initially Mexican music is atop, not NA starting before hourtop. 0500 full ID for ``La Mexicana, 12 en punto`` and then short choral NA, 0501 another slogan ID. That`s XEAR in Tampico, Tamaulipas, 5/1 kW, listed as 24 hours by IRCA. I can barely hear some hum in the background from the other mystery station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 25 at 0504 UT, another station which is not the hummer, ID as La Lupe, i.e. XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, 5/1 kW, still on tho listed as sign-off at 0600 which would be 0500 during DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 25 at 1109 UT, NA is ending late, in mix of several stations, then full sign-on by an IMER station with 5-letter call, also mentioning its HD channel, i.e. on FM. This has to be XEDTL, Radio Ciudadana in México DF, 50/1 kW (remember when it was commercial XERPM? That call is no longer in use anywhere per IRCA cross-reference). IRCA and Cantú do not list an FM for it, but probably refers to 660 programming being simulcast on one of their FM IBOC subchannels. Yes, explained here:http://imer.gob.mx/imerdigital/
with Ciudadana on 107.9 HD2. Looks like they have some good cultural programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, April 25 at 1045 UT, ID for Radio Red on 1110, and FM. XEDKR, Guadalajara relay of XERED DF on 1110, per Cantú 10000/150 watts, but nevertheless the default station at night with WLW nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, April 25 at 1108 UT, dominant signal now with FM frequency 102.5, ``Noticias MBF`` (or NDF? Or some combination of similar sounding letters). Cantú and IRCA show no 700 with an FM on 102.5, nor XERED 1110 either. However, Cantú does list in the DF:
`` 102.5 Noticias MVS, Noticias, programas hablados. XHMVS 80,100 watts. Grupo MVS Radio.``

So the question is, which XE on 700 would be relaying this? As far as I can tell from their website with lots of news and visuals, http://www.noticiasmvs.com/#!/home it`s an independent company, and no affiliate list to be found. Search site on 700 and you get loads of news stories mentioning this figure. By now, it has 700 to itself, WLW faded out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2910, April 25 at 1034, weak talk and music vs storm noise level, presumably XEVT 970 x 3 from Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously IDed. In winter it was signing on at 1059, off at 0600, so now should be 0959-0500 UT with carrier on a few minutes earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, April 25 at 1151 some weak music, no doubt PMA The Cross, as usual somewhat on the hi side, compared to a 9755 station; automatic closedown tones at 1159:14 and cut carrier at 1159:16*. If I were up every day at this time, I certainly hope not, it would be interesting to time variations in cutoff times like with Chaski in the evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, April 25 at 1032, C&W music segués with VG signal, reminding us that this is now the RNZI channel from 0759 to 1058; also DRM noise circa 9890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. 9965, April 25 at 1312, R. Australia Chinese relay has big problems again: instead hearing tones changing pitch slightly like Doppler from an airplane flying over (e.g. the Vance jet trainers all the time atop Enid), then cutting off after making a big noise, resuming; carrier also cuts off at end of at least one cycle; then at 1313 Chinese audio mixes in with the tone; 1315 tone off and on, noise bursts, but in a few minutes clears up with Chinese audio only. Feed circuit problem and/or transmitter problem at T8WH. One might mistake this for external jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. April 25 from just before sunrise 1145 UT I search for NBC signals on 90m, finding, all too weak vs noise level:

3205, Vanimo, is second best at 1141 with talk; 1202 still a carrier, but open? 1204, no it`s JBM, and 1209 can make out some music still past 1218 when I quit.

3260, Madang, 1141 carrier, 1149 music and talk, 1203 weaker than 3205 but modulating better, bit of music at 1209* before carrier cut.

3325 & 3365, from 1141, weaker carriers so I concentrate on the others

3385, Rabaul, best signal at 1142 with talk, could be in English; 1146 music with a beat; 1159 still on, but off at next check 1202.

3905, also checked at some point but nothing audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 25 at 0058, R. Chaski is audible with Spanish in the noise, and carrier cutoff timed at 0104:21* which is about 6 seconds later than last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, April 25 at 0454, IWT is still missing for a second day. Next news will be if and when it come back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666: confirmed on webcast, first airing on WRMI 9955, UT Thursday April 25 at 0331. Next:

Thursday 2100 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0330v on WWRB 3195 (and we hope they bring back up // 5050 for the summer); UT Saturday O130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330, April 24 at 1918, no signal from WBCQ which is nominally 24 hours on this frequency only; there is some propagation disturbance attenuating hi latitude paths, Monticello ME is the northernmost conterminoUS SW station, and is almost three times as far as the Tennesseans, which are inbooming as usual on 9370, 9479 and 9980, but I would still expect some trace of a signal from WBCQ if it were on the air at all.

WBCQ, 15420-CUSB is audible at 1917 April 24, with usual BBC collision, which is now westward from Seychelles at 1300-2000 UT, covering the entire span when WBCQ may also be using it. Who`s doing their frequency mismanagement?

9330, April 25 at 1352 check, over full daytime path, still no sign of WBCQ, tho there is a JBA carrier a couple kHz below; 9370 WWRB is very good (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, April 25 at 0452 UT I tune in even earlier to hear what KGGF Coffeyville KS is doing: last part of Jim Bohannon Show; kudos to KGGF for still carrying him, the closest station around here, but unfortunately not with a solidly listenable signal at night. JimBo is that rare breed of a middle-of-the-road talkshow with a wide variety of guests and topix, rather than a far-right hate agenda.

As in previous log, KGGF was already dead air by 0456 last night, but this time continues with JimBo wrapup, 0458 quick sign-off announcement giving day/night powers of 10/5 kW, ``join us again tomorrow for another day of broadcasting; good night``, and plays taps rather than SSB. If anyone hankers to hear KGGF further away, the taps at local midnight would be a good tipoff. Then dead air, carrier stays on as usual.

I am unavoidably awake too early by 1043 UT, so check 690 again: still open carrier, so figure they will sign on just before 1100 = 6 am local CDT. But recheck at 1057, already on with talkshow discussing Facebook; was it JIP? It seems both their sign-off and -on timings are flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, April 25 at 0508 UT, KOKC has QRM from vocal ballad Mexican music. Unfortunately, unlike other OKC signals I can`t completely null KOKC so have to put up with the nonsense from Redeye Radio while trying to ID the QRM, from which I have yet to copy any announcement. At least I get a pretty good DF on it, SSW or maybe NNE, which if correct rules out the Californians as Greg Hardison helpfully suggested. There it is again at 1053, music making fast SAH with KOKC.

I think we can also rule out KSIB in Creston IA, our closest 1520 to the NNE since it`s a daytimer and still active in English per website.
Based on proximity and direxion, the most likely one in Cantú is:
1520 XEVUC La Norteñita Allende, Coah. 1,000 D
with one little problem: listed as a daytimer, but as we know, that doesn`t necessarily stop USA or USM stations from running all night. The IRCA Log 2012 has this one on 1050 instead, as ``La Gigante``, so recently moved? I can see how they would want to get off XEG`s frequency, and maybe really operate at night on the new channel. WRTH 2013 also has this La Norteñita on 1520, as 1 kW fulltime, i.e. no ``d`` indicating a daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4925v, April 25 at 1020, nothing much extracontinental on 60m except a big het here, presumably MND Radio from Korea South as scheduled, vs. R. Educação Rural, Tefé, Brasil as logged by Dave Valko PA, April 8 on 4924.98 and 4925.24 respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5755.0, April 25 at 1152, as I am tuning up by MHz to compare the offset of MICRONESIA 4755+, I cross a very weak carrier here. Could be an OOB broadcast station, but none currently listed in HFCC or Aoki; however, EiBi who also includes some utilities, has:
5755 1100-1715 AUS VMW Wiluna Met Fax Oc w
Did not hear any faxy sounds, just steady carrier, so maybe between weather map transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs April 24, 2013

** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 24 at 0519, Issoudun does it again! Mixture, double audio feed of RTA Qur`an service and Arabish talking on the other at equal levels. 9535 is // with Qur`an only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 21725, April 24 at 0518, RA, poor signal, but // inbooming 15515. OSOB at this very late hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 24 at *1358:15, BB carrier on, very poor with IS and hum, timesignal ending at 1359:42. At least manages to propagate a bit transpolar despite degraded conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 4717.15 approx., April 24 at 0059, Andeanish vocal music with shouted interjexions, right thru hourtop past 0103, as Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura is on the hi side of 4717 instead of usual considerably to the lo side. Also best signal from them in some time, even tho our sunsets are latening, now 0113 UT, but it`s already some three hours after sunset in Bolivia. 0106 M&M about ``la virgen``, must be secs-talk show, or ??? 0108 sounds like a produced exhortative commercial. I am now avoiding the x-word, even in abbreviating seconds, since I suspect that triggers yahoomail rejexions. If so, grow up! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. With propagation so poor today, don`t expect much in the way of Firedrake (non), and I just find CNR1 jammers, none higher than:
12500, very poor at 1343
12870, very poor at 1343
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11760, April 24 at 1341, heavy CCI to RHC, presumably the China radio war, CNR1 vs SOH, but no sign of the 8-kHz spur constellation around it, maybe due to degraded propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 9880, April 24 at 1218, operatish arias interrupted by Korean announcement at 1219; still Korean past 1232. HFCC shows it`s merely KSDA during this hour, so the music must have been Christian-religious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 9870, April 24 at 1307, AIR VBS with vocal pop music, over CCI from CRI for a change, but there should not be any such collision; no switch to DRM yet. It seems the previous news about DRM this week jumped the gun. Alokesh Gupta reports April 23 in dx_india yg: ``Update: The new 500 kW AM/DRM transmitter from Riz is under final stage of installation & DRM tests expected by next month. Also the correct email ID to send reception reports for 9870 kHz AM is: rajendiran45 at yahoo dot com`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA [non]. 12160, April 24 at 1346 good signal with flutter, S Asian singing, but some crackle on the carrier; 1357 announcements, 1358 mentions TWR India address. Aoki shows this semihour is Hindi daily, extended earlier and/or later on certain days, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN.

I`d much rather hear R. Tashkent with such a signal, but the Uzbekibekibekis are more interested in foreign exchange, even from Christians, than propagating their own propaganda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, April 24 at 1339, Denge Kurdistan is poor but propagating well enough to enjoy the wailing rather than talk after 1400. Today`s Aoki shows site as PRIDNESTROVYE until 1500 with 100 kW, then Bulgaria with 50 kW until 1900. But latest DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, April 23 shows a.k.a. KCH with 250 kW until 1500, then Issoudun, France with 250 kW. Anyhow, I`m never listening after 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. Correxion: originally I wrote time as 2132, but it must have been 2032, since English ends at 2100:

17550, April 20 after 2000, R. Kuwait`s next frequency is quite poor, but by 2032 it`s much better at good level, in fact quite stronger than English on 15540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 660, April 24 at 0455 UT tuning in early trying to nail down the hummer post-0500: dominant is lively Mexican music, but by 0456 an understation is playing choral Mexican NA, and that`s likely to be the hummer; yes: 0500 NA stops and hum surges. (Every station signing off with an anthem, anywhere, should be required to insert a quick legal ID *after* it!)

660, April 24 at 0524 & 0536 UT, IDs in passing for 98.9, La Lupe, mixing with others, so that`s XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chih., not the hummer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, April 24 at 0516, VON with hum and some distortion, YL talking about women & girls in technology; S9+10 peaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, April 24 at 1200, JBA carrier, presumed Wantok Radio Light. Ron Howard and Walt Salmaniw confirm it was off the air during this hour yesterday, but was on earlier and later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 24 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier is audible as I bundle up to brave the 36-degree porch, as we are having record low temps. Definite abrupt cutoff at 0104:15*. (My previous report also mentioning the streetlite firing at 0107, had the wrong UT date on it, April 22 instead of 23; sigh) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 12030, April 24 at 1338, very poor signal mainly exhibiting big hum; per Aoki, it`s the Vladivostok-Rasdolnoy site of VOR in English, 500 kW, 230 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 24 at 1359 good open carrier, 1400 cut on a few sex late theme and announcement, presumably V. of Tibet as scheduled via MADAGASCAR. No doubt jammed, but none heard as this transequatorial path has great propagational advantage here vs degraded hi-latitude conditions, tho Talata aims NE instead of NW toward us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. 7275, April 24 at 0512, IWT is gone again, altho 7285 S Africa and 7295 Algeria via France are in normally. Not on 7225 either, night frequency which is sometimes on by mistake. Will it be off for another week like the recent hiatus? How about the other transmissions? Check 17735 at 1600-2010v* if you can get it, or 7225 at 1655-2110, or 7345 at 1900-2310 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, April 24 at 0456 UT, tuning in early to hear KGGF sign-off, it`s already in open carrier, vs KTSM El Paso, and no taps tonite around 0500, altho a Mexican NA could be heard weakly mixing. At 0459 KTSM ran a TX DOT seat-belts PSA, 0500 Fox ``news``, 0506 C2CAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 12019.3 approx., Wednesday April 24 at 1245, ``VOV Letterbox`` replying to Richard that they will not abandon shortwave; also has new QSL design since last year. Next reply to a Nigerian about whether Vietnam has diplomatic relations with. YL with considerable accent but still mostly readable on fair signal with flutter; 1257 says ``goodbye till next time`` and no other sign-off, dead air until 1300 opening Indonesian with Vietnamese accent too.

Aoki shows 177 degrees on 12020. A major drawback of the otherwise excellent Aoki list is that nominal/rounded frequencies are shown, not perpetual off-frequencies like this which could be very helpful to identification; but would take up at least two scarce columns in the listings. HFCC does not either; EiBi has room for decimal frequencies in some entries, yet shows this also just as 12020. VOV is far enough above RTTY on lo side to avoid it, and fortunately nothing on 12020.0 to make a het, fooling casual listeners into believing VOV is really on 12020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15420 approx., April 24 at 1224, weak SSB scratching from an intruder, maybe Spanish; notable in that it`s the only signal propagating on the 19m broadcast band, with 16 and 13m also dead almost half a sesquihour after sunrise here at 1146; much degraded propagation with K-index of 3 at 1200, but ``no storms`` per WWV. Grew to K=4 by 1500.

An hour later at 1336, 13 and 16m are still dead, not even RHC, but some signals on 19m, notably low-latitude 15400 HCJB Australia and 15340 Cuba, little else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Puntland: 15 4x4s for local police and short-wave radio station

Brand new vehicles and a fundamental instrument for radio communication to lead the population of Puntland toward a future of renewed development: a ceremony was held in Garowe, the capital of the North East region of Somalia, on 21 April for the official presentation of 15 Toyota 4x4s to the local police and of a short-wave radio station – both of which were donated by Italy through the UN agency UNOPS.

Wide local press coverage

The ceremony was widely covered in the local press and national television networks. Participants included President of Puntland Abdirahman Mohamed Farole and his Vice President, the entire government of the independent Somali region, the speaker and several members of the Parliament, the Chief of Police and various business community, economic world and civil society representatives.

President Farole thanks Italy for support

In his elaborate speech, President Farole sincerely thanked the Italian government for its support, underscoring the deep and historic friendship that unites our peoples. He then recalled the other major programmes already financed by the Italian government in Puntland, which include a fishing industry project at Eyl through UNFAO, the refurbishing of the port of Bosaso through UNHabitat, rehabilitation of the Bosaso and Garowe airports and the healthcare facility of Eyl, also through UNOPS.

Information, education and entertainment

The short-wave radio set up in Garowe has a frequency of 6.16 Mhz (nighttime) and 13.8 Mhz (daytime) and 200W of power, with regional coverage that will vary depending on the time of day and weather conditions (as far as the Middle East and Europe during the night). A temporary transmitter has been set up in advance of the permanent one, to be installed within the year, which will have worldwide reach. The radio will be used to broadcast informative, educational and entertainment programming and will involve local associations and the various civil society components of Puntland.

Retro Radio Dial NSW Australia 1988

Radio Heritage Foundation
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April 22 2013

Australia 1988
ACT/NSW AM
Retro Radio Dial
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Glenn Hauser logs April 22-23, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 23 at *1356:19, BB carrier on and quickly adding hum and tone; 1357:12 switch to IS which we get to hear longer than usual today for 2+ minutes; mis-timesignal ends at 1359:47.5, opening Urdu. Poor with heavy flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 11990, April 23 at 1257 like yesterday, Russian tune-up tones, prior to VOA Chinese via Novosibirsk, along with fast SAH, no doubt from ChiCom jammer about to pounce but no modulation yet. 1300, 5+1 timesignal and add CCCCCCI [Chinese Communist Chinese language co-channel interference] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 12000, April 23 at 1257, mix of Chinese and a song; the Chinese is CNR1 since it`s // 11825 jammer in the mix. As noted yesterday, V. of Vietnam is also here alternating Chinese and Russian until 1330, and it seemed strange that CNR1 jamming was running against VOV in either language. At 1300, CNR1 programming is atop 12000 with some hum. At 1418 recheck, 12000 poor in Chinese not // 11990 CNR1 jammer. At 1422, noted the CNR1 jammers on 15525 and 15570 were not // 12000 or maybe way out of synch with it.

Sei-ichi Hasegawa has reported to the DXLD yg: ``CNR started a NationUrgent Radio with an earthquake of Lushan, Ya-an, Sichuan. National Urgent Radio-Lushan Emergency Radio, 24 hours on 9800, 12000 kHz and FM 92.7 MHz. Ya-an CNR1 24 hours on 639 kHz and FM 99.1 MHz. This broadcast is co-production of CNR, Sichuan TV & Radio, Ya-an PBS and Lushan TV & Radio``

I was also checking 9800 a few minutes before 1300, but could not pull anything between WHRI 9795 bigsig, and Cuban jamming on 9805. WHRI off after 1300, and at 1303 all I can get on 9800 is a poor carrier with no modulation audible; still some jamming on 9805, and 9795 now bears a much weaker signal in Japanese, i.e. Radio Thailand.

These have already been added to Aoki as of April 23, with my comments: What is the ID of NUR in Chinese? Or is it just CNR1 as implied by new Aoki entries:
 9800 CNR 1 National emergency broad 0000-2400 1234567 Chinese 100 217
12000 CNR 1 National emergency broad 0000-2400 1234567 Chinese 100 217
[both:] Shijiazhuang 723 CHN 11428E 3804N CNR1 a13 Apr. 22-

And that answers my next question about transmitter site. But why? CNR1 is already ubiquitous, to say the least, all over China and most of the world. There is no point in adding these unless there is special programming on them. Maybe part of the time it`s Lushan Emergency Radio (and how is that ID in Chinese?), or the other co-producers, filling the rest with CNR1?

Wolfgang Büschel explains: ``From Shijiazhuang towards Lushan, Ya-an, Sichuan, distance is 1370 kilometers at 230 degree angle. Azimuth from Shijiazhuang is real 217 degrees. Propagation distance would fit with good volume in 31 and 25 mb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, April 23 circa 1330, except there is no Firedrake jamming heard on its traditional mostly OOB frequencies but instead still CNR1 modulation:

13920, very good at 1328; none in the 12s
14700, poor at 1330 with flutter
14980, very good at 1330
15195, fair at 1335: vs RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14
15610, poor at 1333 under WEWN, plus propeller noise
15800, good at 1332
16100, very good at 1335, reverb apart from 14980
16160, fair at 1335, no reverb vs 14980
16920, good at 1337, reverb apart from 14980
17250, JBA at 1338; none in the 18s, 10s
17450, fair at 1337

After 1400, not a complete search, more CNR1 jamming:
15525, fair at 1422
15570, good at 1422 with flutter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11860, April 23 at 1301, RHC Spanish is just barely modulated, while 11760 is at normal level, but with squeal. 1417 recheck, now 11860 is OK. Never a new day without some new anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, April 23 at 0058, JBA music no doubt from AFN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA [non]. 15390, April 23 at 1344, gospel harmony in unknown language, 1345 announcement and more; fair signal but declining. Aoki shows it`s Athmeeya Yatra Radio (Gospel for Asia), 250 kW, 85 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY, with huge selexion of obscure minority languages whose speakers are targeted for Christianization, i.e. Tuesdays 1330-1345 Nockte, 1345-1400 Kokborok. From EiBi`s exhaustive readme list of langs:
NOC   Nocte / Nockte (India - Assam, Arunachal Pr.: 35,000)
KBO   Kok Borok/Tripuri: India (0.7m)
Are these unchurched heathens snowed by anyone bothering to broadcast to them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 560, April 23 at 0554 UT after music, ID as ``La Tremenda``, dominant unless nulled when US stations can be heard, i.e. XESRD, Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, 10/1 kW per Cantú.

I was wondering about the derivation of this strange name; no info on that in Wikipedia, but I do learn it is a town about the same size as Enid but four times as high; many emigrants from there are in Chicago. In the news lately for kidnapping. Googling, I don`t find the name Papasquiaro applying to anyplace or anyone else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 580, April 23 at 0549 UT, promo for ``Noticias Rancherita del Aire``, singing ID for same, live DJ with timecheck and 26 degrees; often dominant over opposite WIBW Topeka KS with which it makes a 2 Hz SAH, i.e. XEMU, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, 5/2.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 660, April 23 at 0500 UT the Mexican NA is playing, followed by dead air, open carrier with background hum surging to foreground. So we know the big hum being heard here is from a United States of Mexican rather than United States of American. Next will have to tune in a few minutes earlier to determine which one. Apparently they leave on not only the carrier after sign-off, but also the Optimod which stupidly brings up the hum on the circuit. Tonight it`s worse than usual, with slow pulsing too. 0548 recheck I think it is off, but fades back in along with another Spanish station still modulating.

My hunch is that the hummer is XEFZ in Monterrey NL, which is usually the dominant Mexican on this frequency; but based solely on the schedule hours in the 2012 IRCA Mexican Log, which cannot remain totally accurate after publication: it`s 24 hours as are XEEY Aguascalientes and XEAR Tampico, while these close at 0600: XEACB Ciudad Delicias (which I have also heard before), XEWX Durango; while the others sign off at some other time. However altho presented in UT, those schedule times probably apply to winter non-DST rather than now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1610, April 22 at 1921 UT at a quiet location with caradio inside Enid, I can still hear a weak hum, no doubt from WQCL720 at Great Salt Plains State Park, contrary to yesterday`s assumption that they had finally turned it off. What a waste (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, April 23 at 1249, not even a carrier from Wantok Radio Light. While it may be too much to expect something from its 1 kW every day even with no CCCCI, I still wonder if it`s off the air today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 22 at 0057, R. Chaski carrier as usual detectable weakly in the noise level, including storms in the next county to the north, Grant. At 0100 can tell it`s Spanish; 0101 music while 5990-CRI Cuba English splash is still overrunning; 0101:45 the sounder we have heard so many times, then Spanish talk somewhat muffled; 0102:50 fanfare and presumed devotional capsule --- but I missed the turnoff, tuning around elsewhere, got back too late at 0104:40 when it was already off, which should have occurred at approximately 0104:10. Our streetlite fires on at 0107, earlier than it would have if the sunset were clear instead of clouded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, April 22 at 1902 check, WBCQ is now on after absence earlier in the day, who else but Rod Hembree promoting, who else, but Jesus Christ; 15420-CUSB also on and stronger with the androgynous anapaestic preachperson from Fence Lake NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, April 23 tune-in just before 0500, KGGF Coffeyville KS is playing taps, and then dead air, open carrier, making slow SAH with news understation presumably KTSM. So this indicates KGGF is deliberately signing off at local midnite, but not turning off the carrier. Since they are licensed for fulltime, why not burn up 5 kWh for 5 hours or however long it takes before resuming programming? But what a waste: they could be modulating at no extra cost with *something*. Next I will have to tune in a few minutes earlier than that for what they say at closing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN [non]. 17510, April 23 at 1309 W&M in Turkic language, fair signal, gone at 1337 recheck. Aoki shows it`s BBC Uzbek via OMAN. Normally jammed by the ChiCom but apparently not propagating today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 7305, April 23 at 0150, the Greenville carrier is on prior to Vatican Radio relay; 0209 check in Spanish, only fair signal; 0232 check in French! Spanish supposedly is half a sesquihour until 0245. Ed Insinger in NJ had noted this previously and contacted VR about the anomaly. Reply explaining how a substitute satellite stream has to be picked up for this was in DXLD 13-16. Sergio Salvatore of VR frequency management also said after 0230 it could be in English, Armenian or Russian which we have not heard yet. It seems what they need to do is run the Spanish service intact at original timing of 0145-0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs April 21-22, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, another check for BB April 22: nothing on until *1357:26 carrier, soon applying hum and interval signal; timesignal ending at 1359:39 and opening Urdu, poor signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. 11990, April 22 at 1254, something new here: carrier with tones on and off, typical tune-up procedure from Russia/CIS transmitters, so I stay with it to hear what develop by 1300? 1256, CNR1 jammer comes on making fast SAH. Tones stop circa 1259.5 to music, but can`t copy what, as too much jamming, after 1300 timesignal with ZRGD/CJKT ID.

Nothing in today`s Aoki update to account for this either; however HFCC as of April 22 shows:
11990 1300 1500 44 NVS 250 120 0 216 1234567 310313 271013 D RUS IBB GFC 7237
I.e. a US government transmission via Novosibirsk, RUSSIA to CIRAF 44 = the eastern third of China. So it`s probably VOA in Mandarin (as this timeblock is for VOA not RFA), and not Tibetan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, April 22:
11825, poor at 1253 in heavy mix with CNR1 jamming and VOA Chinese via Philippines. All off after 1300.

NO OTHER Firedrake heard on traditional FD frequencies, but instead CNR1 program audio as jamming, as has been the case also the past two days. As before, I am not including mostly inband frequencies which were already occupied by CNR1 jamming,

Before 1300:
16360, very poor at 1243, initial catch confirmed by // 11785 CNR1 jamming, but not in synch with it. Note that propagation is below par this morning, and local line noise level is above par!
16250, very poor at 1243; none in the 17s, 18s, 15s, 14s
13970, fair at 1249
13830, poor at 1249
12500, fair at 1249
12370, very poor at 1249

Before 1400, still CNR1 rather than FD, not a full search:
15970, very poor at 1357
16160, very poor at 1358

After 1400:
13850, fair at 1423; none in the 12s
15525, fair at 1420; none in the 14s
15570, fair at 1420
15870, good at 1420
15900, very good at 1420
16160, good at 1421
17370, good at 1422 with utebeeps; none in the 18s

Also, CNR1 jamming on a strange frequency:
12000, poor at 1251, mixing with presumed V. of Vietnam, only thing scheduled here, going from Russian to Chinese at 1300. Did SOH also show up on 12000, or are the ChiCom also afraid of what fellow Commies in Vietnam have to say, or mistaking it for a greater enemy? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776, 11784, April 22 at 1304, JBA carriers/hets are back here, 8-kHz-multiple spurs out of CNR1 jammer on 11760 under Cuba.

These were not audible before 1300, nor anywhere else on the 25m band. I was checking 11954 and 11962, where Dave Valko heard Firedrake carriers April 9 from 1120, but unknown why: to me, that means the 8-kHz-spur-producer was on 11970 at that time, and there probably would have been more of them also on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 5954+, April 21 at 2356, nothing detectable from R. República, altho there is some Cuban jamming noise around 5955. Since R.R. has had the bigsig on 9490 via GUF and now ISS at 00-02 daily, there is not much need for this little CR transmitter, and not reported lately, so had assumed it was out of service.

However, Giampiero Bernardini & Dario Monferini from their coastal DXpedition in Italy reported it April 9 at 2352 on 5953.9, Spanish fair signal, low modulation, but any ID? It used to be steady on the hi side of 5954 circa 5954.3 as heard last year. Maybe I tuned in too late at 2356, as even if active they would go off by 0000, which is now more than an hour before sunset here.

Of course, don`t confuse it with Bolivia`s Radio Pio XII nearby on 5952.40v as logged by Ron Howard April 17 until 0230* with the Col. Bogey/River Kwai whistling march (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 6010, April 22 at 0522, RHC English is severely disrupted, audible only at distorted modulation peaks, while normal on 5040, 6060, 6125 and 6165. Wiggle that patchcord! Meanwhile, we can enjoy the big het this makes with presumed COLOMBIA, not MEXICO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, April 22 at 1410, gospel huxter in English, presumed KTWR GUAM as scheduled, which raises the question, is anyone still hearing R. Africa on 15190 at any time?? I have not for some weeks, but better chances here were around 0600 or 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 17650, April 21 at 2340, JBA carrier, maybe KSDA. I was trying to confirm whether AWR Wavescan is on now as allegedly scheduled at 2330 UT Sundays. Usually more reliable at 2230 on 15320, unchecked lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6010, yes, XEOI Radio Mil is definitely off the air again. April 22 set alarm to get me up by 1147 to check for any signal, and nothing there between the Juche jammers. I had discovered it back on the air March 8, as in DXLD 13-11, and it was gone by April 19. Will it be away again for another year, or forever? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, fake callsign ``K530AM``, Vance AFB has been on the air continuously since first discovered in February. And there has still never been any mention of Enid`s newest radio station in Scoop, the weekly base newspaper published by the Eagle, nor in the Eagle itself. Allegedly 10 watts, on caradio it`s quite good all over Enid in the daytime. The KTA TIS in southern KS is covered up. At night it`s weak enough to be nullable for Cuba on the DX-398.

April 22 at 1648-1651 UT, I take three minutes to copy the PSA/ID loop to see if there have been any changes:
Wireless Amber alerts, Ad Council
Internet risky for kids, ncpc.org USDOJ and Ad Council
Vance AFB Harrison Gate is open 24 hpd; Baker 0630-0900 M-F excluding federal holidays
Crimestoppers on Vance: call hotline 580-213-7200; or emergency 911
Large commercial vehicles go to Search gate: open M-F 0630-1830; Sat 0630-1430 or call if needed elsewhen
FEMA`s new Guide to Preparedness, fema.gov or 800-480-2520
ID: ``This is K530AM ---`` but cut off for another ID but with background noise, why? ``K530AM, operated by Vance Air Force Base``
Amber alert, again ---
Previously there were a few other PSAs in rotation which might still appear at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 22 at 1447 and 1647 UT, KEOR Catoosa / Sperry / Tulsa remains absent, as it has been for a few days now. When it came back as ``Radio Victoria`` with praise music in Spanish, we expected it to stay, but no (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1610, April 22 and for weeks now, no trace in Enid of the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, suspect off the air. WQCL720 had been JBA on caradio at quiet spots in Enid outskirts, and easily audible a few miles north on US 81/60/64, but lastly with nothing but hum, previously with NWS relay, and before that with axual info about the area, including selenite crystal-digging. Must check for sure next time I head northward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, April 22 at 1217, Wantok Radio Light still very weak but clear of CRI QRM during its maintenance period; and not much ACI from Magadan 7320. Vocal music, probably hymn; 1222 announcements, 1225 more music; 1229 announcement with yelping, praise song; 1233 still no recognizable `Back to the Bible` nominally from 1230, as Ron Howard says it is scheduled; but at 1235 ``Welcome to Back to the Bible`` --- the only clear and definite English copy I have had from WRL.

Mike Gilchrist replies to my query about whether they use other languages: ``Usually in Pidgin before 11 or so. Sometimes TOA [?] and other times 1115 when English syndicated programs start`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, April 22 at 0056, R. Chaski carrier is audible in noise level and splash from CRI/Cuba 5990. As expected, carrier cut at 0104:05*, which is 5.5 seconds later than last night. Will this precession ever reach 0105 this cycle before resetting the timer back to 0100+? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9665, UT Sunday April 21 at 2339, Radio PMR is on, in German, music; 2358 ID, usual het from off-frequency Brazilian: great frequency choice! Just before 2400, another clear ID for Radio Pridnestrovye, and seamless transition without any break to V of Russia, Chariots-of-Fire and opening English to ``Latin`` America.

Ever since someone discovered that Radio PMR had been rescheduled from 21-22 UT in B-12 to 23-24 UT in A-13, allegedly Monday-Friday, I have been suspecting the TRUE UT days are Sunday-Thursday, following their previous strange practice of saying ``Monday-Friday`` along with UT times, except the days of the week apply to local time where it is after midnite. Thus we may also confidently expect that this will NOT be on the air UT Friday as well as Saturday. The misassumption that it is M-F has been widely quoted without comment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 11530, April 22 at 1252, VOR in English with QRM from WEWN English 11520 squishy spur circa 11529; in addition to the perpetual humroar out of this transmitter in TAJIKISTAN. VOR knows how to pick `em for their legacy service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 11560, April 22 at 0510, clip in English as I tune in, soon voiced-over in Arabish; fair with deep fades, then mentions ``Miraya`` and ``Sudaniya``. Per Aoki, this is the Arabic/English R. Miraya FM transmission at 0300-0600, 50 kW, 195 degrees from Kostinbrod, BULGARIA (which we also heard well in B-12 on ex-9940).

However, Ivo Ivanov & Georgi Bancov reported April 16 in DX Re-Mix News: ``All other transmissions from Kostinbrod are cancelled!!`` except for two Brother Scare broadcasts. So is Miraya now from somewhere else, or Bulgaria again? Only Ludo Maes knows for sure?

However2, on April 22, DX Re Mix reports Radio Miraya:
0300-0600 on 11560 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English/Arabic
SCB means ``SecretBrod`` site, as opposed to SOF = Sofia for sure
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1665 monitoring: Starts at 2328:42 UT Sunday April 21 on WTWW-2 9930, early enough to end well before 2400, i.e. 2358:42, *then* off the air promptly. QSY to 5085 which was still on the air an hour later this UT Monday. Next for WOR:

Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955; also UT Thursday 0330 unless new 1666 is ready by then, both always jammed; tnx a lot, Arnie! But if awake Tuesday at 1100, please check. Also Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB, if on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5920, UT Monday April 22 after 0000, WHRI is on the air, but not DXing with Cumbre; 7385 is not on the air at all. At 0056, 7315 is on the air with praise music. At 0452, 11635 is on with only fair signal, music, not DWC, and off the air after 0500. I was checking for real SW airings of DWC vis-à-vis previous and alleged scheduling, but none found this Sunday evening. However, it might have been on some frequency at 0100 or 0200. Marie makes no effort whatsoever to research and publish when she is really on the *air* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, UT Monday April 22 at 0056, WWRB is not on the air, unlike 24 hours earlier; seems it depends on business, which client wants the extra frequency, so maybe on Saturday nights only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9330-CUSB, noticed NO signal from WBCQ circa 0500 UT April 22, but could be `long` propagation, with e.g. Greece 9420 in well. However at 1236 over day path, still no trace of a 9330 signal, when e.g. 9370 WWRB is in well. Nor at 1407. So conclude 9330 transmitter, nominally 24 hours, is really off the air. WBCQ still missing at 1646, but 9370 WWRB is weak, and 9479 WTWW attenuated; must be propagation disturbance too. WWV reported at 1500:

``Geophysical Alert Message
Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 April follow.
Solar flux 109 and estimated planetary A-index 3.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 22 April was 1.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``

Now`s our chance to hear SYRIA?? R. Damascus allegedly scheduled 16-20 UT, one hour each in Turkish, Russian, German, French; after break, 21-22 English but aimed eastward unlike the other languages; and 22-23 Spanish reversed toward the west. But is this still on the air at all, 2+ years into the civil war? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 690, April 22 at 0532 UT, open carrier/dead air, no doubt from KGGF Coffeyville KS, as happens frequently (always?) after local midnite, making slow SAH with presumed KTSM El Paso underneath. What does the KGGF program schedule show? Who knows? Cannot find any website. I should listen at 0500, when I am instead trying the 960 Fox-hole (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 660, UT Monday April 22 at 0531 UT, dead air except for big hum here again from somestation in US or Mexico; loops NNE/SSW. I should listen at 0500, when I am instead trying the 960 Fox-hole (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)