** IRAN [and non]. 17650, August 8 at 1914, poor
signal in French, yet it is the SSOB, better than a very poor signal on 17795,
presumably BBC Woofferton. I am rather surprised that per HFCC, 17650 turns out
to be IRIB, 1830-1930, 500 kW, 259 degrees from Kamalabad to Africa. The 16m
band is almost vacant in our afternoons, tho surely many closer countries would
be propagating if they cared to employ it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, August 8 at 2025 UT on caradio, the only anomaly is that KOKP Perry is off the air again (totally, not just open carrier); while sibling stations 1580 and 105.1 are // and nominal. Why does this keep happening? Touchy transmitter and someone has to get around to going out to the unmanned site and reset it? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, August 8 at 2214, Arabic music is here instead of 15355, so this time RSO has failed to QSY at 2200 as per own schedule. Next check, August 9 at 0005, 15355 is still on, that having failed to QSY to 9760 at 0000 per own schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, August 9 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier is barely audible, but definitely cuts off at 0100:53.5* which is 4.5 seconds later than yesterday, so there does seem to be some slight variation. I am back on the porch with the usual DX-398 and short wire, fortified by Deet on my hands and exposed neck area which would also be helpful as I moved on to half a sesquihour (one tank) of lawnmowing after this DX session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9685, August 9 at 0004, REE is gone again from the unscheduled, frequency it was on 23 hours earlier, but it *is* on 15160, in Spanish. Ivo Ivanov points out that 15160 was scheduled 23-02 and 9685 is a ``new`` frequency replacing it. I did check 15160 as well yesterday around 0100 and heard only Chinese weakly, as CRI is also scheduled there in a three-way collision with R. Australia. Today another check at 0058 finds 9685 still vacant of Spain as well as Serbia, and 15160 Spain // 9535, but no RA or CRI audible. So my theory holds, that Spain was on 9685 by mistake, bringing it up again after the intentional French broadcast on it at 20-21 weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday August 9 at 2100.5, very good.
Tuned in WWRB webcast just in time at 0327 UT Friday August 10 to hear Dave cut off the preacher at 0328 to announce that their ``computer looks like it`s fixed after a bad lightning strike which did a lot of damage here at WWRB, stand by for World of Radio``, and WOR 1681 followed at 0329. Also confirmed on 5050 at 0353 check, fair with some splash from Cuba 5040.
Next: UT Saturday August 10 at 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v (maybe) on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Following the post-sunrise 5085 broadcast of Brother Scare, August 9, nothing more heard from WTWW-2 into early UT August 10 on 9930 or 5085. George McClintock tells me that WTWW is far enough up a hill from the Upper Cumberland River for flooding not to be a threat; a different H2O problem has reduced the schedule, a leaky pump for the water-cooled transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. 9995 [non], August 9 from 0201:30, I listen to WRMI webcast for the Ecos del Torbes special. All about the history of the station which was formerly on SW 4980 and 9640, still on MW 780. (IIRC it was about one of the last Venezuelans left on 60m; must have been gone at least ten years, not even in the archive of LA SW Logs.) Almost continuous talk in Spanish, but announcements in English and French at the beginning. Also almost continuous music background, occasionally foreground, but no full songs until the last 8 minutes or so. Never heard a word about politix, let alone Chávez & Maduro. Seemed like it was still going when cut to WRMI ID and into Radio Eslovaquia Internacional relay at 0230. This repeats 24 hours later, and Saturday at 2230 on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, August 8 at 2025 UT on caradio, the only anomaly is that KOKP Perry is off the air again (totally, not just open carrier); while sibling stations 1580 and 105.1 are // and nominal. Why does this keep happening? Touchy transmitter and someone has to get around to going out to the unmanned site and reset it? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, August 8 at 2214, Arabic music is here instead of 15355, so this time RSO has failed to QSY at 2200 as per own schedule. Next check, August 9 at 0005, 15355 is still on, that having failed to QSY to 9760 at 0000 per own schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, August 9 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier is barely audible, but definitely cuts off at 0100:53.5* which is 4.5 seconds later than yesterday, so there does seem to be some slight variation. I am back on the porch with the usual DX-398 and short wire, fortified by Deet on my hands and exposed neck area which would also be helpful as I moved on to half a sesquihour (one tank) of lawnmowing after this DX session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9685, August 9 at 0004, REE is gone again from the unscheduled, frequency it was on 23 hours earlier, but it *is* on 15160, in Spanish. Ivo Ivanov points out that 15160 was scheduled 23-02 and 9685 is a ``new`` frequency replacing it. I did check 15160 as well yesterday around 0100 and heard only Chinese weakly, as CRI is also scheduled there in a three-way collision with R. Australia. Today another check at 0058 finds 9685 still vacant of Spain as well as Serbia, and 15160 Spain // 9535, but no RA or CRI audible. So my theory holds, that Spain was on 9685 by mistake, bringing it up again after the intentional French broadcast on it at 20-21 weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1681 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday August 9 at 2100.5, very good.
Tuned in WWRB webcast just in time at 0327 UT Friday August 10 to hear Dave cut off the preacher at 0328 to announce that their ``computer looks like it`s fixed after a bad lightning strike which did a lot of damage here at WWRB, stand by for World of Radio``, and WOR 1681 followed at 0329. Also confirmed on 5050 at 0353 check, fair with some splash from Cuba 5040.
Next: UT Saturday August 10 at 0200 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday & Sunday 2329v (maybe) on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Following the post-sunrise 5085 broadcast of Brother Scare, August 9, nothing more heard from WTWW-2 into early UT August 10 on 9930 or 5085. George McClintock tells me that WTWW is far enough up a hill from the Upper Cumberland River for flooding not to be a threat; a different H2O problem has reduced the schedule, a leaky pump for the water-cooled transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. 9995 [non], August 9 from 0201:30, I listen to WRMI webcast for the Ecos del Torbes special. All about the history of the station which was formerly on SW 4980 and 9640, still on MW 780. (IIRC it was about one of the last Venezuelans left on 60m; must have been gone at least ten years, not even in the archive of LA SW Logs.) Almost continuous talk in Spanish, but announcements in English and French at the beginning. Also almost continuous music background, occasionally foreground, but no full songs until the last 8 minutes or so. Never heard a word about politix, let alone Chávez & Maduro. Seemed like it was still going when cut to WRMI ID and into Radio Eslovaquia Internacional relay at 0230. This repeats 24 hours later, and Saturday at 2230 on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
