Dx Re Mix News # 800

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 800. This is the last edition. Monday, September 30, 2013.
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AZERBAIJAN    Voice of Justice/Voice of Talyshistan again on SW from Sep.23
Voice of Justice
0600-0634 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat
1400-1434 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri
Voice of Talyshistan
0900-1000 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh
1200-1300*on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh
1500-1600 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh
*QRM from Radio Romania International in German on nominal 9675
All broadcasts are with traditional awful audio and modulation.

CUBA   A new Cuban experimental shortwave operation starting from October 1
0030-0400 on  4765 HAB 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish Radio Progreso

IRAN(non)   A new clandestine station Sedaye Radio-ye Mehr Iran has started
1630-1700 on 15680 ISS 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAs Persian Fri/Mon from Sep.23

IRAN   Effective from Sunday, Sept.29 all shortwave broadcasts from Voice
the Islamic Republic of Iran begins 7 minutes earlier, e.g: new times is:
xx23-xx20 / xx53-xx50, instead xx30-xx27 / xx00-xx57. The new schedule is
0023-0220 on  9550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to SoAm Spanish
0023-0220 on 11760 KAM 500 kW / 274 deg to SoAm Spanish

0053-0220 on  7295 SIR 500 kW / 046 deg to CeAs Tajik
0053-0220 on  9800 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Tajik

0123-0220 on  7325 ZAH 500 kW / non-dir to SoAs Urdu
0123-0220 on  9790 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg to CeAs Kazakh
0123-0220 on  9730 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to SoAs Urdu
0123-0220 on 11820 SIR 500 kW / 005 deg to CeAs Kazakh
0123-0220 on 11930 KAM 500 kW / 118 deg to SoAs Urdu

0153-0250 on 13750 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg to SoAs Hindi
0153-0250 on 15450 SIR 500 kW / 095 deg to SoAs Hindi

0223-0250 on  7295 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Uzbek
0223-0250 on 11870 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg to CeAs Uzbek

0223-0320 on  5950 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto
0223-0320 on  9550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to SoAm Spanish
0223-0320 on  9700 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Pashto

0223-0520 on 11660 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to EaAf Arabic Al-Quds TV
0223-0520 on 11760 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic Al-Quds TV
0223-0520 on 12080 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic Al-Quds TV

0253-0320 on  7220 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to WeAs Armenian
0253-0320 on 11700 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to WeAs Armenian
0253-0320 on 11925 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Russian
0253-0320 on 13660 SIR 500 kW / 018 deg to CeAs Russian

0253-0620 on 11940 KAM 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs Dari
0253-0620 on 13740 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to WeAs Dari

0323-0420 on  7365 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish Sorrani
0323-0420 on  9610 KAM 500 kW / 244 deg to NEAf Arabic Voice of Palestine
0323-0420 on  9715 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg to N/ME Kurdish Sorrani
0323-0420 on 11875 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg to EaAf Arabic Voice of Palestine
0323-0420 on 13650 SIR 500 kW / 330 deg to NoAm English Voice of Justice
0323-0420 on 15470 KAM 500 kW / 324 deg to NoAm English Voice of Justice

0323-0520 on 11670 SIR 500 kW / 336 deg to WeAs Azeri

0353-0450 on 13750 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg to CEAf Swahili
0353-0450 on 15340 KAM 500 kW / 210 deg to CEAf Swahili

0423-0450 on  9610 KAM 500 kW / 250 deg to NEAf Hebrew
0423-0450 on 11875 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg to EaAf Hebrew

0423-0550 on 11860 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to N/ME Turkish
0423-0550 on 13710 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to N/ME Turkish

0453-0520 on 13750 KAM 500 kW / 321 deg to EaEu Russian
0453-0520 on 15480 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to EaEu Russian
0453-0520 on 17655 SIR 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Russian
0453-0520 on 21520 SIR 500 kW / 046 deg to CeAs Russian

0523-0620 on 15320 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to SEEu Bosnian
0523-0620 on 17530 SIR 500 kW / 300 deg to SoEu Spanish
0523-0620 on 17660 KAM 500 kW / 297 deg to SEEu Bosnian
0523-0620 on 17700 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to SoEu Spanish

0523-0820 on 13785 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
0523-0820 on 15150 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, 15151.2v on Sep.27/29
0523-0820 on 17550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to EaAf Arabic

0553-0650 on 17540 SIR 500 kW / 260 deg to NWAf Hausa

0623-0720 on 15480 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to SEEu Italian
0623-0720 on 15550 SIR 500 kW / 302 deg to SEEu Albanian
0623-0720 on 17595 KAM 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Albanian
0623-0720 on 17610 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg to WeEu French
0623-0720 on 17660 KAM 500 kW / 294 deg to SEEu Italian
0623-0720 on 17890 SIR 500 kW / 304 deg to WeEu French

0723-0820 on 11810 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto
0723-0820 on 13730 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to WeAs Pashto
0723-0820 on 15500 SIR 500 kW / 322 deg to WeEu German
0723-0820 on 17570 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German

0823-0920 on 21525 SIR 500 kW / 233 deg to CEAf Swahili
0823-0920 on 21790 SIR 500 kW / 231 deg to CEAf Swahili

0823-1020 on 13785 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
0823-1020 on 15150 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, 15151.2v on Sep.27/29
0823-1020 on 15570 SIR 500 kW / 235 deg to N/ME Arabic
0823-1020 on 17550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to EaAf Arabic

0823-1150 on 13880 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to WeAs Dari
0823-1150 on 15500 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg to WeAs Dari

0923-0950 on 11945 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to WeAs Armenian
0923-0950 on 15225 SIR 500 kW / 322 deg to WeAs Armenian

1023-1120 on 11925 AHW 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Arabic
1023-1120 on 13720 KAM 500 kW / 238 deg to NEAf Arabic
1023-1120 on 13785 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
1023-1120 on 15150 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, 15151.2v on Sep.27/29
1023-1120 on 17550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to EaAf Arabic
1023-1120 on 21505 KAM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English
1023-1120 on 21640 KAM 500 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English

1123-1150 on 21505 SIR 500 kW / 270 deg to NWAf Hausa
1123-1150 on 21750 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg to NWAf Hausa

1123-1420 on 13785 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
1123-1420 on 15150 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic, 15151.2v on Sep.27/29
1123-1420 on 17550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to EaAf Arabic

1153-1220 on 13685 SIR 500 kW / 282 deg to EaAf Hebrew
1153-1220 on 15240 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to NEAf Hebrew

1153-1250 on 17610 KAM 500 kW / 064 deg to EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 on 17670 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 on 21500 SIR 500 kW / 076 deg to EaAs Chinese
1153-1250 on 21650 KAM 500 kW / 065 deg to EaAs Chinese

1153-1420 on  9565 KAM 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs Dari
1153-1420 on 13880 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to WeAs Dari

1223-1320 on 11730 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto
1223-1320 on 13730 KAM 500 kW / 091 deg to WeAs Pashto
1223-1320 on 17590 SIR 500 kW / 115 deg to SEAs Bahasa Malay
1223-1320 on 21670 SIR 500 kW / 107 deg to SEAs Bahasa Malay

1253-1420 on  9455 SIR 500 kW / 080 deg to SoAs Urdu
1253-1420 on 15300 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg to SoAs Urdu
1253-1420 on 15400 SIR 500 kW / 198 deg to N/ME Urdu

1323-1420 on 13630 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs Japanese
1323-1420 on 15555 KAM 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs Japanese

1323-1620 on  9870 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to N/ME Kurdish Kirmanji

1423-1450 on  9565 KAM 500 kW / 085 deg to WeAs Dari

1423-1520 on 11700 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Bengali
1423-1520 on 11955 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Russian
1423-1520 on 13590 AHW 250 kW / 026 deg to CeAs Russian
1423-1520 on 13765 SIR 500 kW / 102 deg to SoAs Hindi
1423-1520 on 13800 SIR 500 kW / 322 deg to EaEu Russian
1423-1520 on 13840 KAM 500 kW / 099 deg to SoAs Bengali
1423-1520 on 15300 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg to SoAs Hindi
1423-1520 on 15400 AHW 500 kW / 084 deg to SoAs Bengali

1423-1620 on 11815 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
1423-1620 on 17550 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to EaAf Arabic

1423-1650 on 11985 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to WeAs Azeri, 11987.1v on Sep.27/29

1453-1550 on  5950 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Uzbek
1453-1550 on 11860 SIR 500 kW / 030 deg to CeAs Uzbek

1523-1620 on  6060 SIR 500 kW / 090 deg to SoAs Urdu
1523-1620 on  9940 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Kazakh
1523-1620 on 11700 SIR 500 kW / 040 deg to CeAs Kazakh
1523-1620 on 13780 SIR 500 kW / 105 deg to SEAs English
1523-1620 on 15515 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg to SEAs English

1553-1720 on  5950 SIR 500 kW / 046 deg to CeAs Tajik
1553-1720 on  5985 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to N/ME Turkish
1553-1720 on  7210 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to N/ME Turkish
1553-1720 on  7435 KAM 500 kW / 058 deg to CeAs Tajik

1623-1650 on 11825 KAM 500 kW / 094 deg to SoAs Bengali
1623-1650 on 13730 KAM 500 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Bengali

1623-1720 on  6005 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to WeAs Pashto
1623-1720 on  7230 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to WeAs Armenian
1623-1720 on  7340 AHW 250 kW / 084 deg to WeAs Pashto
1623-1720 on  9655 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to WeAs Armenian
1623-1720 on 11815 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
1623-1720 on 12080 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic

1653-1750 on  7350 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian
1653-1750 on  9800 AHW 250 kW / 026 deg to CeAs Russian

1723-1820 on  9715 KAM 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu German
1723-1820 on  9860 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to SEEu Bosnian
1723-1820 on 11865 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Bosnian
1723-1820 on 11905 SIR 500 kW / 322 deg to WeEu German
1723-1820 on 11970 SIR 500 kW / 216 deg to CEAf Swahili
1723-1820 on 13670 KAM 500 kW / 206 deg to CEAf Swahili

1723-2020 on  9320 KAM 500 kW / 178 deg to N/ME Arabic
1723-2020 on 12080 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic

1753-1850 on  6140 SIR 500 kW / 320 deg to EaEu Russian
1753-1850 on  7240 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg to EaEu Russian

1823-1920 on  9570 SIR 500 kW / 305 deg to SEEu Albanian
1823-1920 on  9860 KAM 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French
1823-1920 on 11740 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Albanian
1823-1920 on 12025 SIR 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu French
1823-1920 on 13720 SIR 500 kW / 263 deg to NWAf Hausa
1823-1920 on 15550 KAM 500 kW / 253 deg to NWAf Hausa
1823-1920 on 17650 KAM 500 kW / 259 deg to NWAf French

1923-1950 on  7315 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg to SEEu Italian
1923-1950 on  9755 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Italian

1923-2020 on  6040 KAM 500 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian
1923-2020 on  9400 KAM 500 kW / 205 deg to SoAf English
1923-2020 on  9565 SIR 500 kW / 340 deg to EaEu Russian
1923-2020 on  9715 KAM 500 kW / 304 deg to WeEu English
1923-2020 on 11750 SIR 500 kW / 313 deg to WeEu English
1923-2020 on 11885 SIR 500 kW / 211 deg to SoAf English

2023-0220 on 12080 ZAH 500 kW / 289 deg to NEAf Arabic

2023-2120 on  6090 SIR 500 kW / 305 deg to SEEu Albanian
2023-2120 on  7315 KAM 500 kW / 289 deg to SoEu Spanish
2023-2120 on  9760 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg to SoEu Spanish
2023-2120 on  9830 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Albanian

2053-2150 on 11765 SIR 500 kW / 053 deg to EaAs Japanese
2053-2150 on 13710 SIR 500 kW / 060 deg to EaAs Japanese

2123-2220 on  9810 SIR 500 kW / 295 deg to SEEu Bosnian
2123-2220 on 11685 KAM 500 kW / 298 deg to SEEu Bosnian

2223-2320 on  9785 SIR 500 kW / 115 deg to SEAs Bahasa Malay
2223-2320 on 11870 KAM 500 kW / 109 deg to SEAs Bahasa Malay

2323-0020 on 13715 KAM 500 kW / 064 deg to EaAs Chinese
2323-0020 on 15140 SIR 500 kW / 065 deg to EaAs Chinese
2323-0020 on 15730 SIR 500 kW / 075 deg to EaAs Chinese

ITALY/ROMANIA   New additonal transmission of NEXUS-IBA IRRS Shortwave:
1530-1600 on 15190 SAF 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf English Sun, from Oct.6

POLAND(non)    Since the beginning of the winter season, the Polish Radio
broadcasts will stop broadcasting on shortwave. The currently schedule is
1300-1330 on 12095 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Russian
1330-1400 on 12095 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1530-1630 on  9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Polish
1630-1730 on  9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1730-1800 on  9400 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Russian

TAIWAN(non)   PCJ Radio International will conduct a DRM test transmission:
1030-1230 on 15645 TRM 085 kW / 045 deg to EaAs English on Sunday, Oct.13

U.K.(non)    New time and frequency of BBC in Persian from September 22:
1600-1700 NF 13660 NAK 250 kW / 300 deg to WeAs, ex 1500-1600 on 6195 SNG
1600-1700 on 15310 WOF 250 kW / 086 deg to WeAs, ex 1500-1600 on same NAK

USA(non)   Frequency change of Radio Free Asia in Khmer:
1230-1330 on 13850 IRA 250 kW / 073 deg to SEAs, ex 13845 to avoid WWCR-3

USA(non)   Frequency changes of Voice of America
1500-1530 NF 11880 SAO 100 kW / 020 deg to WCAf Hausa, ex 13725
2030-2100 NF 12095 NAU 250 kW / 190 deg to WCAf Hausa Mon-Fri, ex 9815
2130-2200 NF 15110 GB  250 kW / 094 deg to WeAf Bambara Mon-Fri, ex 12005 BOT

Dear all,
This is the last edition of my newsletter.
The beginning was almost 20 years ago.
I would be glad if any of you have all editions.
I'm only got half. But it no longer matters.
Over the past two years many things have changed.
After more that 35 years in the world of shortwave I will stop. Right now.
Goodbye.

Glenn Hauser logs September 28-29, 2013

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 11895, Sept 29 at 0114, seeking ``Sohl`` music, a bit of it, before Pashto talk mentioning Washington DC; Deewa Radio, good with flutter, USward from SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 15345.4, Sept 29 at 0057, R. Nacional has varied up to here, good signal with flutter, but just barely modulated. 0124 weaker but mod has improved during song, not silly ballgame. BTW, deep South Americans note their 6060 transmitter has finally been repaired, no more spurs all over 49m.

I often check for LTA 13363.5-LSB which might be more sportive on weekends, but not heard now or recently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Sept 29 at 1244, subcontinental vocal music from BB English service, fair with flutter; 1253 food and water advice for those on Hajj to Saudi Arabia; 1257 non-sequitur music astounded, ``Allá en el Rancho Grande``; or is that what Arabia seems like from the viewpoint of cramped, watery Bangladesh?

15505, Sept 29 at 1358, OTOH is JBA and not even worth pursuing for an offtimesignal today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4875, Sept 29 at 0053, the ZY blob, Rdif. Roraima, is centered here; with BFO I can detect a carrier amid it. BTW, judging from subsequent logs of this station varying at least from 4873 to 4885, it was also this unID a dekaday ago:

``4875v, Sept 19 at 0056 as I am surveying the 60m band with BFO at 5-kHz steps from the DX-398 on the porch, here`s a ``banshee`` carrier which is slowly cycling up and down. Could be utility rather than broadcaster`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. 6165-, Sept 29 at 0056, no signal from RNT tonight, even tho Cuba q.v. is late again coming on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 6240, Sept 29 at 1307, Chinese classical vocal music, rather than Western this Sunday, good signal turns out to be CNR1 jammer as // 6135 and many others; this against unheard 100 kW Sound of Hope, Taiwan during this hour only per Aoki. Did not check for other CNR1 jammers before 1300, but before 1400:

15570, very poor at 1354 with het on lo side; none in the 16s, 17s
14750, fair at 1355 with flutter
13830, poor at 1355
12370, very poor at 1357
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 29 at 0103, RHC English is very undermodulated with hum, whilst the only // at this hour, 6165 is still absent and so is CHAD. In Spanish, 6060 modulation is lower than // 6100, but not by so much. By 0120, 6165 is on. A day never goes by without some discrepancy at RHC; what a mess it is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. 15410, Sept 29 at 1359, ID for RFI in French, immediately followed at 1400 by CRI opening Chinese. What`s going on here? At first suspected CRI master control mixup like they have done for years with Spain IS before Nepali service; maybe.

But Aoki and HFCC show on 15410, CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN at 14-15, and RFI Swahili via Meyerton, RSA at 15-16, so possibility it was the latter setting up for the next broadcast an hour later? However, it sounded like both these were coming from the same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, UT Sun Sept 29 at 0116, Avlis transmitter is again relaying ERA3 service with classical music, competing with classical on 9525 & 7335 Romania. This has been quite reliable Saturday nights despite all the disruptions over Greek broadcasting. However, not on usual // 7475. Also reliable is Byzantine Chant, UT Sunday Sept 29 at 0514, good signal on 9420 and in fact the SSOB! Even heard some feminine/boy voices (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 & 11985, AIR Sinhala service presumed, during music has managed to funxion on both frequencies tonight, at least after 0100; 11740 GOA stronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 21650, Sept 29 at 1240 in Chinese, i.e. VIRI, 500 kW, 65 degrees from Kamalabad; poor signal with 21540 Kuwait much stronger.

13880, Sept 29 at 1355, JBA signal thought might be CNR1 jammer, but Aoki shows VIRI, Dari at 0830-1427, 250 kW, 84 degrees from Ahwaz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. 7280, Sept 29 at 0114, ME vocal music with imposed echo/reverb, 0116 suddenly it`s the Beatles! Such a clash has got to be R. Farda with its peculiar music mix apparently appealing to Iranians as arranged by that woman in Washington: yes, per Aoki, 0030-0400, 250 kW, 105 degrees via Nauen, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 720, Sept 29 at 1208 UT, three federal PSAs (always tagged ``gobierno de la república``), 1210 ID as Extremo 7-20, bit of music, then discussing a vendedor de casimires [= cashmeres, presumably sweaters made of goat wool], secuestro en la Zona Rosa. It`s XEJCC in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, Sept 29 at 1230 UT, WBAP is weak and am getting Spanish with it nulled again, string of federal PSAs, then ID for ``7-60 AM, ABC``, romantic music. So which station is relaying XEABC in the DF on 820?? Hey, it must be this one with an -A added to that call, per Cantú:
820 XEABCA Radio Frontera Mexicali, B.C. 3,500 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 870, Sept 29 at 1206 UT, birds chirping, announcement in Tarahumara mentioning XERTA; then to live YL DJ in Spanish with 6:06 TC, and hum on her mike; Guachochi, Chihuahua, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, an exotic favorite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1030, Sept 29 at 1224 UT, romantic Mexican music, then ``en todas partes, Contesa`` (I think) also mentioning an FM, and 6:24 TC, back to music with a beat. Roughly WSW, and with it nulled I can hear KTWO WY with local weather. The UT -6 timecheck rules out Tijuana, leaving only these XE possibilities per Cantú:
1030 XEYC Radio Fórmula Cd. Juárez, Chih. 5,000 500
1030 XEMPM Exa + FM 98.9 Los Mochis, Sin. 10,000 1,000
Maybe the word I heard was really Exa instead of Contesa (or Contessa) which leads nowhere on 1030. There is no US station in UT-6 except KTWO in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Sept 29 at 1202 UT, WKY goes seamlessly from Spanish to English for Indomable`s `Sunday Morning Magazine`, pretending to be pubaffs instead of infomercial, in fact an episode I had heard a few weeks ago, with guest from Paragon Fine Homes, about tornado safety. Around 1225 second guest is promoting a kennel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Sept 29 at 1223 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* very out of order; no one at Triple Play Sports notices or cares? Modulation cutting on and off at rate of approx. 130 times per minute; with BFO I can tell this is also affecting the carrier, altho it does not go off completely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Hello Glenn, Is it true that your 1640 agro/farm station is switching to oldies on Monday? Best wishes and 73's (Barry :-) Davies, Carlisle UK, Sept 28, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Hi Barry, News to me; where did you hear that? Would not be surprised. This afternoon it`s football, Saturday afternoons being prime time for college football, but I think they were doing that anyway (Glenn to Barry via DXLD)
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/dxmidamerica/FormatFlips.html
(Barry, DXLD) Viz.:

1640 WKSH WI Sussex Silent pending sale by Disney as of 9-29
1680 KRJO*LA Monroe OLD C&W "Country Legends 1680", dropping OLD R&B 9-27
1640 KOAG*OK Enid 2b OLD "True" starting Mon 9-3o 9-27
(FormatFlips via DXLD)

Trouble with FF is that sources aren`t stated. Also note the 1680 entry which I have already reported, but DXMA misses its interim format for a sesquiyear or so, News/Talk/Business. * means outside the DXMA prime interest area.

As for 1640 Enid, the All-Ag format (originating with 250/7 watt KFLP 900 Floydada TX), will have lasted only half a sesquiyear; and its logo I availablized will become a collectors` item:http://www.w4uvh.net/koag.jpg

Local radio gets zero coverage in the local press. I`ve looked around the Champlin Broadcasting and Chisholm Trail Broadcasting websites and find nothing about it. But have been monitoring 1640 more than usual:

Sat Sept 28 around 1910 and still at 2215 UT, some college football game. UT Sunday Sept 29 at 0040, sales job opening promo from Champlin Broadcasting jointly ``KOAG and KZLS True Oldies``, back to All-Ag news for now. Apparently 1640 will be on the True Oldies satfeed, like KZLS 99.7 Mustang/OKC has been for quite a while now, so does that mean 99.7 will also be flipping to something else, or duplicated? TO is also on KLIO 1070 Wichita audible here. Sunday morning circa 1230 UT it`s still Ag for one more day? I suppose call change will also be made ASAP, as our 1640 X-bander has yet to find an identity that worx. Meanwhile, next January`s ag expo in Enid will again be sponsored by KNID, not KOAG (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 29 at 0055, R. Chaski carrier detectable in heavy splatter from 5990 CRI/CUBA. Cleared after 0100, and Chaski cutoff comes at 0105:28* which is 11 seconds later than two days ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 9525 stronger // slightly weaker 7335, UT Sunday Sept 29 at 0116, RRI`s regular Saturday-night classical concert in Romanian service, competing with ERA3`s classical on 9420, but not with The Mighty KBC`s rock via Germany on 7375.

13820, Sept 29 at 1248, E European folk music, 1250 Romanian announcement, all underneath Greenville open carrier except for brief tone, prior to R. Martí. Keeps the frequency real quiet, and no jamming yet. Is RRI, 1200-1257, 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni, per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA [non]. 17870, Saturday Sept 28 around 1750 quick check, yes, the weekly monarchist clandestine R. Inyabutatu is still there, fair signal in presumed Kinyarwanda; and still missing from HFCC but Aoki says BULGARIA site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, Sept 29 at 0115:11, 2-pip off-timesignal ends from SLBC opening Hindi service, good with flutter, equivalent signal to neighbor 11895 Deewa Radio, see AFGHANISTAN [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. 9770, Sept 29 at 0109, VOT Spanish hour is missing! Not propagational, as 9760 OMAN is in well. Following big blob and spurs I heard Sept 26. Other frequency 9870 is also absent, so maybe they are working on the problem. VBS India is alone with music on 9870. But 0121 check, now 9770 & 9870 are both back on and spurless, 9870 ``música popular turca`` mixing with VBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9800-10000, Sept 29 at 0108, modulation spike spurs from 10000 WWV detected down 200 kHz in clear spots! Steve Handler, IL, also says Sept 27: ``Hi Glenn, The modulation spurs for WWV 10 MHz have been going on at least a week. Have heard them in the AM during their weather info broadcasts``. Turn down the modulation a tad! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1688 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 9930, at 2329 Sat Sept 28; also on WTWW-1, 5830, from 0401 UT Sunday Sept 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Sept 29 at 0054, WTWW-2 is missing --- because it`s still on day frequency 9930 instead of QSY at 0000, with Ted Randall`s QSO ham discussion. 9930 still extremely strong, 0106 fading a bit, but soon recovering, still VG at 0121; unknown how late still on.

9479, Sept 29 at 1349, WTWW-1 is missing --- because it`s still on nite frequency 5830 instead of QSY at 1300, with SFAW; unknown for how much longer, but by now WTWW-3 is on 12105, and WTWW-2 on 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 960, Sept 29 at 0502 UT during local KGWA Fox-Hole, in its open-carrier null I am mainly hearing blues music, announcement mentions ``Mississippi Delta`` and a celebrity(?) urges ``listen to this station`` which is no doubt WABG Greenwood. Haven`t heard it in quite a while during this window; propagational, or dependent on slipping into day power and pattern? New NRC Pattern Book shows ND day, a minor lobe this way at nite (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 29 around 0038 UT, KRJO Monroe LA with a couple IDs as ``Classic Country 16-80``, not ``Country Legends`` as I originally heard. Not sure if they are alternatives, one primary, one secondary, or a permanent change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN. 9975, Sept 29 at 0107, poor signal in Hindi with flutter, short/longpath echo, i.e. CVC International, 01-04, 100 kW, 186 degrees from Tashkent, per Aoki. Get this while you can, as when KVOH finally starts it will be blocked around here; carried out two tests on 9975. What`s the delay? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 17530, Sept 29 at 1352, VOA Somali via SMG with usual short/longpath echo, as explained before after exiting Somalia via Indian and Pacific oceans. The short distance from Vatican to Enid is 8812 km, which means the long distance is 40040 minus 8812 = 31228 km, which is 22416 km further, i.e. a delay at the speed of lite, taken at 298500 km/sec, of 0.075 second or approx. 1/13 of one second (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Sept 29 at 1214-1219 UT, JBAs: 594, loops N/S instead of NW/SE, so either very skewed or something else; correctly NW JBAs on 693, 774, 828, 882, 1053, 1134 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

VOIRI Iran at new time on the air, correction

IRAN   Effective from Sunday, Sept.29 all shortwave broadcasts from Voice the Islamic Republic of Iran begins 7 minutes earlier, e.g: new times is: xx23-xx20 / xx53-xx50, instead xx30-xx27 / xx00-xx57.
The new schedule in last edition DX REMIX NEWS # 800 tomorrow, Sept.30

--
73!
Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Ascolti AM Treviso 28-29 settembre

1116  28/9  518 SER Radio Albacete, Ctra Mahora Px Es 13422
15515 28/9 1159 AWR Asia via  KSDA, Agat - Guam ID E Px  rel.  M 44434
15610 28/9 1200 WEWN Catholic Radio, Birmingham AL ID Px rel. E 45444
21610 28/9 1204 R. Exterior España, Noblejas Nx cultura" Es  55555
1368   28/9 1206 Challenger Radio, Villa Estense (PD) Px "VOA News" E 24433
15340 28/9 1230 HCJB Australia, Kununurra Jingle ID Px rel. NE 45444
15515 28/9 1159 AWR Asia via  KSDA, Agat - Guam ID E Px  rel.  M 44434
15610 28/9 1200 WEWN Catholic Radio, Birmingham AL ID Px rel. E 45444
21610 28/9 1204 R. Exterior España, Noblejas Nx cultura" Es  55555
15340 28/9 1230 HCJB Australia, Kununurra Jingle ID Px rel. NE 45444
 9740 28/9 1858 KBS World Radio, Kimjae Mx Sp 33443
 6145 28/9 1950 KBS World Radio, Wofferton Px "Entre nous" F 43444
4840  29/9  450 WWCR 3, Nashville Px rel. E 34444
4960  29/9 455 Voice of America, Sao Tome Prince PX E 33433
5965  29/9 500 Radio Exterior de Espana, Cariari ID Nx Es 23322
9790  29/9 901 AWR Europe, Nauen Px "studio DX 535" It 55455
21660 29/9 1004 BBC Radio WS via Thailand Nx E 14322

73 da N. Marabello
Treviso, Italia

RX: SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi
http://web.tiscali.it/ondecorte

Glenn Hauser logs September 27-28, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept 28 at 1358 BB IS on very poor signal; off-timesignal ends at 1359:43.5, into Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming, Sept 28 before 1400:
none in the 17s, 16s at 1347
15115, good at 1348 with usual CCI
14980, very poor at 1351
14750, very poor at 1350
14700, JBA at 1350
13920, poor at 1351
13830, very poor at 1351
11990, poor at 1354 with flutter
11805, good at 1355 with CCI
11785, fair at 1355 with CCI
11640, fair at 1355 with CCI
11605, poor at 1355; none in the 10s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 28 at 0540, RHC VG signal but very undermodulated compared to other English channels 6060, 6125, 6165.

11845, Sept 28 at 1355, lite pulse jamming against nothing, just keeping the transmitter active to remind us of long-gone R. Martí.

15340, Sept 28 at 1402, RHC theme atop HCJB, so I stand by for another way-off timecheck, and am not disappointed. At 1402:30, YL claims it is ``exactamente las 10, 1 minuto``, i.e. a full sesquiminute slow. But at least RHC never attempts to broadcast an axual timesignal! All they need to do is tune in another Castro & Castro outlet, Reloj Nacional, which is accurate to within a few seconds (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, Sept 28 at 1304, a song is playing, uncertain language, 1306 English finally opens late, with standard sign-on by YL as RRI World Service, Voice of Indonesia, on three imaginary frequencies, which has three missions, two of which are informing and dignifying; missed the middle one. Still sufficient signal and modulation, which I hope keeps up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 13650, Sept 28 at 0328 the IRIB IS, 0330 NA, 0331 sign-on V. of Justice in English alleging the two frequencies are 9710 and 11770 on the 31 and 25 m bands!! OMA, have they been announcing the wrong frequencies all A-13 season?? Those were the B-12 frequencies per WRTH 2013. If they can`t even get this right, have we nothing to worry about enriching Uranium? Usual procedure: s/on followed at 0332 by Qur`an, 0336 program summary, 0337 news theme, top stories with musical sounders, finally news, starting with Rouhani at the UN and Historic Phone Call from President Obama. Not often monitoring their inconveniently-timed only English broadcast to North America, I was thinking the // frequency was on 25m but could not find it. Finally uplooked in handy BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English booklet, it`s 15470 --- there I do find it but very poor. (At 0333 I had concluded q.v. Rwanda 15365 was the OSOB)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. 15680, Friday Sept 27 at *1629:27 carrier on, 1630:10 choral anthem, 1631 YL announcement mentions Iran, 1632 music and a long speech. This is the new clandestine, Radio Mehr, altho I never can make out such an ID in the all-Persian talk, scheduled Mon & Fri only at 1630-1700, from the Iranian National Council in Paris headed by Reza Pahlavi, maybe the speaker. Fair peaks to 5 bars on the DX-398, deep fades, so SINPO 35433.

1642 jamming(??) starts, rapid warbling tones which could be one of Kim`s digital modes; I find it is on LSB only and can be totally eliminated by tuning USB only. But I go back to AM in order to tell if and when it stops, which it does at 1646, so maybe coincidental mere ute QRM rather than jamming.

Meanwhile 1643 into music, 1647 another ``Seda-ye --- Iran`` ID mentioning kHz; 1649 long song with guitar; 1650 VFO swishes by, maybe unrelated ionosonde rather than a jammer zeroing in. This sad ballad occupies the rest of the transmission, interrupted at 1656 for YL sign-off announcement; 1700 fades down to open carrier, and 1700:08* carrier off with no clues as to transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

One sesquihour earlier, I gave advance warning of this new service:

``Here`s background on the INC, a ``nascent democracy group`` headed by the son of the ex-shah, so he`s not a monarchist?http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=645
Please monitor noting language (anything but Persian?), content and speculate on transmitter site``

So several others in the DXLD yg also monitored, or researched it.

David Kernick of Interval Signals Online: ``They have a Facebook page (in Persian) at https://www.facebook.com/radiomehriran --- The 'About' section cites a website URL http://radiomehriran.org which doesn't work, nor does the Soundcloud URL given on the main page banner. The banner does however show "SW", "19" and what appears to be a Hotbird satellite frequency``

Bill Bingham, Johannesburg, RSA: ``Heard signing on at 1630, s4-s5, with somewhat martial-sounding music, made me think of North Korea. Brief intro by YL, then brief orchestral music and talk by OM. Sounded like a web address at 1638. Talk sounded Persian, but the music was, to my ear, not particularly so. Not really readable in Jo'burg, atmospheric QRN too severe, not helped by stormy weather brewing around here``

Jari Savolainen in Finland: ``A random check around 1640. Good signal here and noted also that digi-like sound with LSB. I guess after the ID around 1647, sounds like "Sedaye Radio-ye Mehr Iran" they also give telephone number. Had to go away, so nothing else to tell``

Ron Howard: ``Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP86R5MzyGo
provided by Hiroshi Inoue``

Andy Lawendel: ``R. Mehr's first broadcast can be heard on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/radio-mehriran/tvrvugp1rhrp

It sounds to me like "Dushanbe" is mentioned in the initial announcement, which clearly indicates a frequency in kHz. Google translates comments on Soundcloud as:

"Iran's first radio program of September, you can hear and download.

Note that the start time of winter in Europe and America, October radio programs of Iran, Tehran time every Monday and Friday from 8 pm to 11:30 pm every night through shortwave, and via Bird satellite aired. With the change of time in Europe, on Monday the sixth of December, hour-long broadcast will be this week.

Seal of radio every Friday night from 9:00 to 9:30 pm Tehran time half a meter via shortwave radio frequencies 15680 kHz is 19. This program every Monday at the same time on the same wave repeats.

Broadcasts every night from 12:30 pm the night of October through Hotbird Satellite radio channel Radio Tehran time World repeats.

The following radio channels:
Radio Jahani
Radio, every Friday, 21:00 to 21:30 Tehran time"``

David Kernick: ``Not sure if this means the SW broadcast is on Friday, repeated the following Monday, so Monday/Friday rather than Monday-Friday. Also confused by some of the timings given; Iran has been on UT +3.30 since 22 September. "Dushanbe" is Persian for Monday.``

Not to be confused with an admission of transmitter site, which could be Tajikistan, but I would guess Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Sept 28 at 0335, presumed Kurdish music is fair-good, as per Aoki, Denge Kurdistani is the only station any time on 11510, 0300-1500 100 kW, 100 degrees via Kishinev-Grigoriopol, Moldova, [a.k.a. PRIDNESTROVYE], then 1500-1900, 50 kW, 195 degrees from Kostinbrod (Sofia), Bulgaria. More strum-music during the hour I usually hear it, 1356 UT with fair reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA. 15365, Sept 28 at 0333, English discussion about sports and conflicting claims by Romania and Hungary over Transylvania, made me assume it was RRI, but it was really BBCWS this hour only via Kigali, and until I found q.v. Iran weakly on 15470, the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RWANDA [non]. Just a reminder to those reading this in time that another weekly Saturday-only broadcast of the new monarchist clandestine, Radio Inyabutatu, is due at 1700-1800 Sept 28 on 17870 via uncertain site, tho Aoki puts it in Bulgaria. What does Ivo think before he retires?? He previously went with Issoudun, France. If it were Kostinbrod, he should be able to hear it and its 35740 harmonic on groundwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120-AM, Sept 28 at 0329 open carrier, 0331 martial NA presumed, fair signal as R. Hargeisa remains reactivated, not much QRhaM at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, Sept 28 at 1326, VOT IS with fair signal, still on air after the English broadcast until finally cut off at 1327:48*. Seems like it may have been sufficient during the fortnightly DX program a semihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1688 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, in progress at 0202 UT Saturday Sept 28. It was JBA on the portable DX-398 in downtown Enid with whip antenna only, but I could recognize the voice. Also confirmed on WRMI webcast UT Saturday until 1531:45. Next: Sat 2330v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400v on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs September 27, 2013

** AUSTRIA. 21270-USB, Sept 27 at 1354, OE2GEN, quick contacts with US stations, including a WD8 he looks up immediately as last worked in 1992y. QRZ.com shows:
OE2GEN
Gerald BISCHOF
WALSERSTRASSE 21
WALS A-5071
Austria
Only a few other weak signals audible on 15m; he`s avoiding the OTH radar just above; see CYPRUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept 27 at 1357 BB with tone, 1358:13 starts IS; timesignal ends within one second of 1400, congrats! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 27 before 1400, today including all CNR1s heard, possibly a few not jammers. One may look up the targets in Aoki on frequencies with an *.
17900, very poor at 1334; none in the 18s, 19s
17170, poor at 1335
16100, JBA at 1336
15575, poor at 1337 atop KOREA SOUTH q.v.
15545, poor at 1338, het on lo side; none in the 14s
15265, poor at 1336 with het due to off-frequency Taiwan
15195, very poor at 1336 also with noise jamming
15115, very good at 1336, heavy CCI with victim
13830, fair at 1340; none in the 12s
11990, fair at 1341
11805, good at 1342; I`m using this one to // others
11785, fair at 1342
11640, fair at 1342
11605, poor at 1342
9810, very poor at 1346; none in the 8s
9680, good at 1344 with heavy CCI including Indonesia
9660, fair at 1344
9355, very poor at 1344
7445, fair at 1347 with CCI and SAH
7385, poor at 1347 with CCI and SAH
7365, poor at 1347 with CCI
7310, very poor at 1347 with CCI
7305, very poor at 1347
None in the 6s, too late to propagate now

After 1400, incomplete search:
15570, poor at 1407 altho no VOT het, just 5 kHz from 15575 KBS
15570, still on at 1428, very poor
15525, poor at 1405 vs V of Tibet; 1428 still on 15525 after VOT went to 15520, but which is already gone now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 21275-21305, Sept 27 at 1351, OTH radar pulses presumed from here proving the 15m band is open tho with little activity beyond Austria, q.v. OTHR is off at 1356 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, Sept 27 at 1344, VOI again good signal and modulation with music, flutter, during English hour but whose earlier non-music I missed during breakfast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [non]. 15680, Mon & Fri 1630-1700, shortly after dispatching this log report I shall be attempting to hear a new clandestine, Radio Mehr, site unknown, on behalf of the Iranian National Council in Paris, headed by Reza Pahlavi, the Shah`s son who is apparently pro-democracy rather than a monarchist; you may want to try it too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 15575, Sept 27 at 1331, KBS World Radio English to ``North America`` is very poor with flutter, and het from V. of Tibet on 15573; I fear 15575 itself will be hit by CNR1 jammer as a consequence, but not yet. At 1337 *now* there is CNR1 stop KBS, // the many other CNR1 jammers. See also CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 540, Sept 27 at 1201 UT, federal PSAs including from an agency I hadn`t heard before, Secretaría de la Marina about an essay contest(?), ``la juventud y la mar``; soon full AM & FM ID for La Ranchera de Paquimé, which it does very frequently as a boon to DX listeners, i.e. in Cantú:
540 XETX La Ranchera de Paquimé + FM 90.5 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chih. 1,000 250
which continues to be the dominant XE on 540 around here despite its puny parameters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)

** MEXICO. 700, Sept 27 at 1200 UT, hoping to catch a definite hourtop local ID, probably XEGD in Chihuahua, but only says ``Noticias MVS`` as I have been hearing fed out of the DF, and immediately into today-in-history feature (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Sept 27 at 1228 UT, KOKP Perry with more problems: local morning talkshow out of Stillwater is burping, audio cutting off and on at the rate of about 144 times a minute = 2.4 times per second. Also seems weaker than it should be, making KMMQ Spanish Omaha market easier to hear in null. // 1580 KOKB Blackwell has no such problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. 15140, Sept 27 at 1400 no signal from R. Sultanate of Oman here nor on other possibilities 15560 or 15355, so looks like English will be missing again as noted last two days by Derek Lynch, Ireland. But it`s just late coming on today, as there it is at 1403 recheck, poor-very poor signal, seems with watery SFX; 1404 English announcement, ``Dear listeners ---``; 1410 pop music; 1430 recheck a fanfare, announcement and a different fanfare introducing news; first minute of headlines at least punxuated by dramatic music bits, but the news is only semi-readable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [and non]. 5930 & 5940, Sept 27 at 1235, R. Rossii // but unsynchronized twins from Pet/Kam and Magadan are presenting some avant-garde music, but after announcement, atone with synthetic Bach for rest of semihour. 5940 is a bit stronger than 5930, reverse of usual case. But at 1256, CCI starts on 5940, presumably Australia, then silent until official start at 1300 as the Russians are closing down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15520, Sept 27 at 1410, V of Tibet via MADAGASCAR has made its usual jump from initial ``fooled-ya`` channel of 15525, while CNR1 jammer stays on 15525. See also CHINA jamming log where off-channel hets mentioned imply other VOT transmissions via Tajikistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1688 monitoring: confirmed on WWRB webcast UT Friday Sept 27 from 0329, and later also on 5050 which continues to arrive much weaker than other 5 MHz signals. Next:

UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955; Sat 2330 on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 870, Sept 27 at 1222 UT, XETAR in Chihuahua which earlier has the channel to itself, now suffers from other Spanish CCI, from further north/west making SAH of about 5 Hz; 1224 ID as ``870, La ----?, Univisión América, Las Vegas`` with norteña. This is really KLSQ, COL Whitney, Nevada, 5000/430 watts. Its FCC September sunrise is not until 1315 (Oct: 1345 UT), so should have been on 430 watt night power direxional rather than 5 kW day power non-direxional. No PSRA is in the FCC correspondence folder. Night pattern throws a huge lobe to the NW, with three bitty lobes to the SSW, SE and E:http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/666479-79198.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1440, Sept 27 at 1212 UT mentions an address in Wray, 6:12 TC, morning show, plays ``Can`t Help Falling in Love with You`` but with a (reggae?) beat. Blasted away by Spanish at *1215, as KTNO The Metroplex TX goes to 50 kW day pattern. I had been listening to:
KRDZ Wray CO, 5000/212 watts U1, but with a PSRA of up to 500 watts from Sept thru April, unneeded in summer. It`s in northeast CO right next to NE and KS, a tri-state area (Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Sept 27 at 1205-1208 UT. JBAs on 594 --- this one seemingly westward rather than NW --- while there are several superpowers in Asia, there`s only a 50 kW in Victoria. Also from NW on 774, 972, 1053, usual Japanese, S Korean presumables (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs September 26-27, 2013

** BOLIVIA. 4717-, Sept 27 at 0049, lively music from Yura on the air this late tonight, poor signal but better than most from S America on 60m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, Sept 27 at 0128, Radio Pio Doce, sounds like ads or at least hype in Spanish; need LSB to avoid dratted Cuban jamming against nothing on 5955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4873, Sept 27 at 0051, approx. center of distorted blob with music, no doubt the out-of-whack Rdif. Roraima. At 0126 recheck it had shifted to 4874 and I could tell it was drifting as I listened for a few seconds. Last night it was around 4880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. 6165, Sept 27 at 0056, undermodulated talk at first unseems French conversation, then it doesseem. By 0103 recheck, Cuba is on and blocking, unlike absence all last night. Bill Bingham, RSA, reminds me that Zambia has been missing from 6165 for a long time, so the CCI with Chad I heard after 0300 was probably the other frequency toward Asia for Turkey`s English broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165, Sept 27 at 0103, RHC is on in English back to blocking Chad, and // 6000 is quite undermodulated by comparison. Similar for the Spanish channels at 0130: much less modulation on 6060 than on 6100. At this time I noticed both English and Spanish had same news item concerning the Pacific islands.

7340-7430, Sept 27 at 0113, approx. extent of jamming pulses bleeding from single fast unit against nothing on 7405, and wall-of-noise on 7365 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More about jamming under BOLIVIA

** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Sept 27 at 0106, trace of broadcast talk from AFN. I was not hearing it before 0100, maybe the time it QSYs up from 4319-USB (which is always blocked by a big ute here after 0000 even if it propagate). Anyhow, like last night, but not as well, 12759-USB gradually improves during the next semihour; noticeably better at 0116 check in talk; 0125 music, and still music at 0132-0133+ tuneout.

As Station Manager Greg Badger told me, we are axually hearing an Air Force transmitter relaying AFN`s 99.1 FM, ``Power 99`` live DJs if we are listening between 00 and 08 UT M-F, 02 and 06 UT Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 13362-USB, no signal from AFN here around 0117 UT Sept 27 while Diego Garcia [q.v.] is in on 12759-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 & 11985, another check Sept 27 at 0053 of the two AIR frequencies supposed to be simulcasting the Sinhala service at 0045-0115: 11740 with talk in presumed Sinhala; it does resemble French with rising intonations at the end of phrases or sentences, at least the way it`s spoken here.

11985 is NOT //, instead open carrier with hi-pitched squeals. Still the same (no IS on either) at 0058; by 0102, 11985 has started modulating in music // but probably not synchronized with 11740. At 0115, 11985 is back to squeal on OC, and by 0116, 11740 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OMAN. 15140, Sept 26 at 2000 a choral and military band national anthem is playing, must be Oman`s at local midnite; 2002 Arabic ID, and into an hour of almost uninterrupted ME music, nice for my nap. Much better signal than Kuwait on 15540 which would only play Western music, anyway. Georgi Bancov, Bulgaria, suggests that RSO has done something to improve its signals, and I tend to agree. Derek Lynch, Ireland, however, says the past two days, 15140 has been coming on at 1500, thus missing the English hour. Is it on some other frequency now at 1400, like 15560 which it had used for a while? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4955, Sept 27 at 0012, music on very poor signal, presumed R. Cultural Amauta, Huanta, the only known broadcaster in the Americas, yea, the world, on 4955 (notwithstanding R. Nacional, Colombia still in Aoki; how many decades has that been gone?). 4955 supposedly counts upon ten times the power of another Huantan, 4775, which I hear more often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 27 at 0048, R. Chaski a bit better than usual in Spanish talk vs. music splashing from 5990 CRI via Cuba. 0058 the splash is off so Chaski music is better heard; 0102 talk segment strong enough to tell the modulation is distorted, presumably the usual `Creation Moment` wacko capsule, until cutoff at 0105:17* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday. With BFO on, it made a blip as the plug was pulled.

We may have only a month left to enjoy R. Chaski in the clear at 00-01, for in B-13, IBB plans to put a Tibetan service on 5980 during that hour via Sri Lanka, sure to draw ChiCom jamming as well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, Sept 27 at 0114 I am ready to hear SLBC start. Open carrier cuts on music at 0114:47, good modulation and strength, but fluttery. Two-pip timesignal is about 12 seconds late after 0115, sign-on in Hindi mentioning ``Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 10000, Sept 27 at 0109, WWV during weather bits is putting out modulation spike spurs at least as far down as 9945. I was ready to blame Cairo`s 9965 transmitter where there is hardly any modulation on the fundamental, but found the spikes stopped between the WWV wx and the time announcement, resuming during the next minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1688 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday Sept 26 starting at 2101:10; usual excellent signal. Next: 0330v UT Friday on WWRB 5050; 0200v UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955; Saturday 2330 on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0401 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 27 at 0118 UT, KRJO Monroe LA has a fast SAH similar to what I heard around sunrise, and a bit of other audio when I null KRJO. I was hoping it would be Spanish, but by 0120 fades in as English, so likely WPRR in Michigan.

Another 1680 remote possibility is the NAU station in Flagstaff AZ, ``KJAK``, part 15 or maybe a bit more, as Mike Sanburn reminds us, which you won`t find in the listings. Strangely enough, FCC AM Query shows KJAK is not assigned to any other AM station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search Sept 27 at 0117-0122 UT: none found on 9 kHz steps with BFO, but 1521 het against 1520 KOKC; these 1-kHz ones are best heard without the BFO, just listening for the het, and surely this is the 2-megawatt in the northwestern corner of Saudi Arabia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Tips "Girolla"

UTE
8467.5 KYODO PRESS J Tokio, 2100 18sept, pressfax 60/576,333
16976,PWZ33 B Marine Rio de Janeiro,1920 21Sept, Pactor  weather,233
6224,ZLM Taupo Radio NZL Taupo,0550 24Sept, weather ,333

 

BC
15476,LRA36 R Nacional Arcangel San Gabriel ATA Base Esperanza,1915-1942 17-19-24Sept, mx local px better LSB,13222
4055, R Verdad GTM Chiquimula,0420 18Sept, local px mx,33333
15345,RAE ARG Buenos Aires,2047 18Sept, px in F + ID,33333
15345,RAE ARG Buenos Aires,1900 19Sept, px in I + ID,33333
1550,R Nacional del RASD ALG Rabuoni,2005 19Sept, px loc,33333
4960, VOA  STP via Pinheira,0525 21Sept,local in vernacular ID in E 0530utc off, 
5910, Alcaraván R CLM Puerto Lleras,0530 21Sept, Latin American songs+ID"Alcaraván Radio, 1530 AM",33333
5939.9 ,Voz Missionaria B Camboriú,0540 21Sept, P rlg mx better in LSB -good signal on 9665khz,32333(Giorletti)
15345,RAE ARG Buenos Aires,1911 21Sept, px sport in S  + ID,33333
15189.95,R Inconfidencia B Belo Horizonte,1950 21Sept, px loc better LSB,23222
11855, R Aparecida B Aparecida,2010 21Sept, px mx "Aparecida",33333
11780, R Nacional da Amazônia B Brasília,2025 21Sept, px "sportivo do Brasil...Botafogo"// 6180khz,33333
4055, R Verdad GTM Chiquimula,0340 24Sept, local px music rel,23222
6160, CKZU CAN Vancouver, 0400 24Sept, px nx "CBC news",23222
189,RUV Ràs2 ISL Gufuskàlar,24Sept 0415,px local,22222
1620, R Rebelde CUB Guanabacoa,0440 24Sept, px local in S //5025khz,33333
1610, The Caribbean Beacon AIA The Valley,0500 24Sept, px local//6090khz,33333

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Glenn Hauser logs September 26, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Sept 26 at 1237 with flutter, BB music I was going to rate as fair, but then English talk is tough to copy, demoted to poor.

15505, Sept 26 at 1358, BB IS, then resumed off-timesignal ending at 1359:46.5, opening Urdu, poor signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CAMBODIA [non]. 13850, Sept 26 at 1233, once again nothing audible from RFA Khmer, but by 1254 it`s a good signal, presumably via SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 650, Sept 26 at 1158 UT, stuff about which MLB teams are ahead, nothing about Canada, but then on curling in Saskatoon, which strongly makes me suspect it`s CKOM: yes, outro as ``sports at :25 and :55 past the hours on the CKOM Morning News``. Dominating the frequency instead of usual XETNT, and too late for WSM or KIKK. But what about KGAB in between? 2005 NRC Pattern Book shows CKOM nite pattern is supposed to throw everything northward, while day pattern has only a minor lobe southward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jammers, Sept 26 after 1230:
11840, good at 1245; don`t recall this spot before, but Aoki shows it is jamming the All India Radio Chinese service at 1145-1315, inaudible
12910, good at 1236
13830, good at 1233
13920, good at 1233
14700, very good at 1236
15560, poor at 1239, het on hi side; none in 16s, 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET [non]

** CUBA. 11860, Sept 26 at 1244, is today`s missing RHC frequency. Probably same transmitter down as missing from 6165 last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 5765-USB, Sept 26 at 1144, 1232, AFN is still AWOL, as far as I can tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526-, Sept 26 at 1248, VOI with song after song in English, interspersed with Japanese announcements, as that`s the supposed language this hour. Best heard in months, good modulation and good signal, tho with flutter! 1249 mentions website www.voi.co.id, having to pronounce that in English letters; 1255 duet in English; 1256 another Japanese announcement about website, another English song.

1300 sharp switch to axual English service intro, now as ``RRI World Service, Voice of Indonesia, in Jakarta``, YL continues to proclaim three imaginary frequencies, 9525, 15150, 11785; program summary; 1302 news by OM announcer (Rahman?) whose accent unfortunately makes it hard to understand despite improved reception. 1312 commentary; 1316 `Today in History` including 1983 false alarm of US missiles launching, detected by malfunxioning Soviet satellite monitoring system, whew; 1996y algo; 1997 earthquake in Italy. 1321 `Focus` on Indonesia winning three gold medals in weightlifting somewhere, up to 184 kg, also involving a woman heaver, not necessarily at that weight. Break for breakfast, but recheck at 1358 now CRI Russian is on 9525 with prélude making a big het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Sept 26 at 1200 UT, YL with lots of news items referring to the ``DF``, 1201 ``Noticias MVS``, Today in History segment with clips in English of a poet, Olivia Newton-John with ``Xanadu``. Like my previous log April 25 at 1108 as in DXLD 13-18, I am still wondering which 700 station is taking this network feed out of the DF. Obviously same one heard Sept 12 at 1201 UT with history clips, as in DXLD 13-38, probably XEGD in Hidalgo del Parral, rather than XEDKR in Guadalajara (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, Sept 26 at 1204 UT, ``iniciamos Noticiero Cuestión de Minutos``, a rather odd name for a newscast, W&M anchors chat, weather for Chihuahua, so as expected it`s just XEDP in Cuauhtémoc, the usual dominator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 760, Sept 26 at 0510 UT, preacher in Spanish, but sounds almost sane, NE/SW and way over WJR with SAH from opposite direxion, gradually fading back up. Unseems any US SS station, leaving it to Mexico. Chihuahua would be the obvious choice, tho none listed as totally religious; recheck at 0527, I make out an ``Antena 760`` ID way under WJR mentioning Chihuahua, but by then not necessarily same station, altho SAH seems the same. Cantú:
760 XEES Antena + FM 102.5 Chihuahua, Chih. 10,000 1,000
Meanwhile, WJR is on `Redeye Radio`, usual hateful anti-Obama rants; tnx a lot, WBAP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 970, Sept 26 at 1212 UT, choral NA at odd time, way under gospel huxter in English, presumably KHVN Tulsa, atop XEJ Juárez which often owns 970 here at night. Yet in the noroeste there`s another Chihuahuan, a Sonoran and a Sinaloan I would prefer to hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1030, Sept 26 at 1228 UT, romantic music in Spanish, loops east-west; 1229 ID but missed the critical parts: ``XE--, Mil 30 AM, Radio ---``. Probably this as in Cantú:
1030 XESDD Radio Romance Tijuana, B.C. 5,000 5,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15573, Sept 26 at 1329, hearing a het between this and 15575; the latter could be KBS World Radio, but 15573 is stronger, and a typical split frequency for V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN, tho I can`t make out modulation on either; meanwhile there is no carrier on 15570 where a CNR1 jammer might have been, but more likely would be 2 instead of 3 kHz away, i.e. 15575 despite KBS. Aoki currently shows VOT on 15573 at 1305-1340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Sept 26 at 1144, WTWW-1 is in open carrier, dead air, not even some hum, as lost feed from SFAW. Still OC at rechex: 1232; and even after QSY to 9479 at 1313, 1326, 1357; but by 1404, PPP is finally remodulating. And the other two WTWWs are also funxioning, on 12105 Arabible, 9930 BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, Sept 26 at 1227 UT, polka piece, so KKOW Pittsburg KS is still playing a polka every morning; earlier I was hearing some news or weather from KOAM, its ex-AM call, but now coming from the TV station of the same name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 26 at 1219 UT, buy-gold ad, 1222 music, certainly KRJO Monroe LA in new ``Country Legends`` format, but suffering from IADs several times a minute, i.e. audio dropping out intermittently at certain modulation peaks, both during the ads and music. But there`s a fast SAH from a second station which attracts my attention; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Sept 26 at 1148-1152 UT: JBA on 693, 774, 882, 1008 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1680, Sept 26 at 1219-1222 as I am monitoring KRJO LA breaking up, there`s a fast SAH from a second station which attracts my attention as the other 1680 X-banders are rather far from here: KGED Fresno CA, WPRR Ada MI, KNTS Seattle WA, discounting at this hour the ones in FL and NJ.

Also could be a TIS/HAR such as WQEL629 with two transmitters near Santa Rosa NM on I-40 as recently reconfirmed active by Harold Frodge. I think those were left over long after some construxion work was completed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Atlantic 2000 this Sunday 29th

Atlantic 2000 will be on the air this Sunday 29th of September from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC on 7310 kHz,

The programme will be streaming at the same time on our website:  http://radioatlantic2000.free.fr

All reports to:  atlantic2000international@gmail.com   Thank you!

 

Good listening.

Mike

Shortwave Rock will be on the air September 29th

The next broadcast of Shortwave Rock will be on September 29th between (0900-1000 UTC) on 6045 kHz.
We hope you will be able to listen.

Please email your reports to: phil@shortwaverock.com

Best regards,
Phil Mitchell

Glenn Hauser logs September 25-26, 2013

** BRAZIL. 4880v, Sept 26 at 0340, horrible blob with some music, presumed Rdif. Roraima, which Dave Valko has also been hearing distorted and widely varying from 4873 up to as far as 4885 vs the next Brasilians, but tonight it`s far enough down not to bother 4885 at the moment. Nominally on 4877 per Aoki, 4878 per WRTH, but presumably supposedly licensed for 4875, ending in -5 like other 60m ZYs. Should be off after 0400 per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD [and non]. 6165, Sept 26 at 0101, RNT good signal but quite undermodulated in French, unimpeded by AWOL RHC, and still in clear at further chex 0106, 0115, and even 0132 (altho RHC English is on 6000). Another session at 0334 finds RHC still missing from 6165, but now there is a LAH, presumably CHAD with ZAMBIA, one of them playing hilife music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6060, Sept 26 at 0335, RHC Spanish is extremely strong, somewhat distorted and splattering up to plus/minus 15 kHz. In compensation, 6165 RHC English is completely off, clearing channel for Chad, q.v., and Zambia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Sept 26 at 0102, my almost-daily chex for AFN around this hour finally pay off: JBA broadcast-intoned talk. By 0116 it`s better with W&M talk, music bits; 0118 screaming SFX, 0120 song; 0122 stronger yet; 0124 guitar strums and announcement; 0128 music past 0130; 0131 YL DJ is almost readable, gives a couple phone numbers ``for more information`` about something; 0132 OM ID as ``AFN, Diego Garcia`` and also ``AFN, Diego Garcia news-brief``. 0134 another phone number, and I think all of them started with a 370-exchange [see below]; 0135 another song. (Sri Lanka is inbooming on 11905 now.)

This has been with the DX-398 on the porch, a short random wire antenna around the eaves plugged into it, same rig I was using when I heard DG last winter. It`s time to go back inside, and then at 0140 I check for same on the FRG-7 with much longer external wire, but cannot hear it, even after turning off a TV that was putting some hash right on the frequency.

As a result of contacting AFN HQ in LA last week about GUAM missing, I also got in direct contact with the manager of AFN Diego Garcia, Greg Badger. I got a preply from him due to a cc from HQ before I had even written direct:

``Glenn, Glad you are enjoying the SW service out of DG. Always happy to hear about our long range listeners! I will pass that on to my DJs.

V/R
MCC(EXW/SW/NAO)Greg Badger
Station Manager
American Forces Network Diego Garcia
DSN: 315-370-3680
COM: 011-246-370-3680
PSC 466 BOX 14
FPO AP 96595
Like us on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/AFN-Diego-Garcia/200133586714459
``

So on Sept 17 resent my report from last February:

``Greg, Thanks for your preply. Here is the report from last February 12 I tried to send but did not have a working e-mail address. Would appreciate a detailed confirmation, QSL if you have one. Since then I have hardly heard your station at all, tho I frequently check for it around the same time. One of these days --- Best wishes, Glenn Hauser`` Viz.:

``AFN shortwave heard in Oklahoma

Hello AFN Diego Garcia,

I have been wanting to hear your station for a long time, and have just succeeded here in Oklahoma.

Your night frequency 4319-USB just does not make it, blocked by interference. So I am glad I checked your other frequency. What time does it start?

Fairly weak but readable signal on 12759-USB, February 12 from tune-in at 0102 UT during news, mentioned US Army, not sure if from AFN or AP.

At 0107 pop music was playing, 0109 woman DJ says ``welcome back`` and promises weather forecast and this day in history later. More pop music, including rap past 0114.

0118, time check as ``currently 7:18``; this is [couldn`t copy name] on the Morning Maintenance [? sounded like, program name?]; phone number 374-4421 for something; weather coming up in a couple minutes.

0119, AFN TV promo for The Big Loser, Hawaii 5-0, premiere of film ``Lincoln`` this weekend (already?? we should be so fortunate on free TV Stateside), refer to online TV program schedule.

0120, PSA about smoking ONLY in designated areas

0121, weather forecast, including: overcast, 90% rain probability, hi 88, lo 76, winds 20-25 kts, and mentioned Diego Garcia

0122, music resumes ...

Reception peaked about SINPO 25433. There was no interference at all.
Receiver DX-398, which has 40-Hz tuning steps on SSB.
Antenna: maybe 40 feet of wire strung under eaves of my porch.

I was sitting outside in 44 degree weather before snowstorm expected later tonight. I would very much appreciate a QSL card or verification letter if you find my report correct, to:

Glenn Hauser
P O Box 1684
Enid OK 73702

I produce the WORLD OF RADIO program each week and will be mentioning this reception on the next show.

Details of my log will also be published on the internet in several hours, so please watch our for any possibly phony reports strongly resembling my details. I have already tipped off my DX Listening Digest yahoogroup subscribers that your signal is coming in over here tonight.

Which of your AM or FM stations are we hearing on SW? Could you provide a schedule of exactly when you have local programming on SW rather than Los Angeles feeds?

Many thanks, Glenn Hauser (veteran, once worked at American Forces Thailand Network)

PS. A perhaps odd question: I have a correspondent in Portugal who insists that the correct name of the island is Diogo Garcia, since that was the spelling of the original Portuguese discoverer. And spelling it Diego represents undue Spanish influence. Is this common knowledge over there?``

He sent this reply Sept 20:

``Glenn, I don't have a QSL, honestly had to look it up to know what it is. What type of information is needed in a letter? The list of events you wrote fall in line with our broadcast, the weather, the PSA, and the cut to AP news is right inline with our program.

Our live DJs are on from 0600-1400 M-F and Sat 0800-1200 Diego Garcia time which is GMT+6. [= 0000-0800 UT M-F, 0200-0600 UT Sat]

The station you hear was one of our FM stations "Power 99" FM 99.1.

The Air Force here broadcasts the SW signal so I am trying to get a point of contact to ask about your frequencies and tuning comments, as well as find out if they broadcast the signal 24/7. I do not have any SW experience; I didn't realize your antenna had to be 40 feet long.

The broadcasting of TV shows, in regards to your comment about the airing of "Lincoln" is done through an agreement with several networks. They provide free products to military stations overseas only. There are no stateside recipients of that programming. As well as the programming has to be civilian commercial free. We (AFN stations) create PSA that have information for local military events, messages, and such to keep the members informed of their local happenings. We also stress areas of focus when needed, such as motorcycle safety.

For your Portugal question: I have never heard or seen Diego Garcia spelled any other way since I have been on the island (10 months). I have been over to the old coconut plantation (built in the 1800s) and did not seen any signs with a different spelling. Though the signs that are posted are fairly recent (less then 50 years).

I applaud your dedication with sitting outside on a cold day and thank you for your service! Thanks, Greg``

I`ll explain to him more about QSLing and let him know of this new reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. 5950, Sept 26 at 0338, HOA music, fair signal, announcement, presumed V. of Tigray Revolution as scheduled from 0300; not a problem now that WYFR has done away with R. Taiwan relay and also with itself. (However, watch out for Iran in Pashto at 0230-0330 on same, which should be propagating better with later sunrises, local time being 6-7 am.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 & 11985, Sept 26 not checked until 0100, AIR is messed up again tonight after succeeding in running in // 24 hours earlier: now, 11740 is in music, presumably Sinhala service, while 11985 is open carrier with tone and hum; still the same at 0105. Both good strength with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 26 at 0101, R. Chaski carrier with some talk and music modulation audible, until cutoff at 0105:11.5* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday in the inexorable march toward resetting before reaching 0106 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Sept 26 at 0329 open AM carrier vs CW and SSB QRhaM; by 0331 talk modulation has started from R. Hargeisa, but it`s quite nondescript and weak; still in at 0343. Had been missing since Sept 5, but resumed Sept 24 as heard by Kouji Hashimoto and Ron Howard at other dayparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 5980, Sept 26 at 0338, interview in African-accented English, then better-enunciated YL host with 22:6 CAT timecheck on `Africa Rise & Shine` from Channel Africa; fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, Sept 26 at 0124, SLBC VG but fluttery with subcontinental music, Hindi service; only a quick check away from DIEGO GARCIA q.v., so can`t be sure SLBC wasn`t cutting off and on again tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN. 7205, Sept 26 at 0333, good signal somewhat undermodulated, music and talk in Arabic, from Omdurman; SSB QRhaM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9670, Sept 26 at 0103, someone is putting a motorboating spurblob here, nor very strong, but certainly new. Seems like there is another one sounding the same but underneath CRI/Cuba 9580. Tuning further up the band, there is a big one on 9745, and also on 9770 mixed with V. of Turkey Spanish service. Also a weak one about like 9670, on 9795. No others heard up to 10000. Since 9745 and 9795 are both 25 kHz from 9770, I have to suspect that Emirler is the source of this mess. (Cairo is just an open carrier on 9720, and the 9965 signal is relatively clean tonight with tone.)

9870 is the // VOT Spanish frequency from same site, but it is blobless, mixing only with AIR VBS as usual. So 9670 is a leapfrog of 9870 over 9770, but that doesn`t explain 9580 (maybe not really involved), with no match either on 9960, nor is another leap onto 9970 audible. But the blobs for sure on 9670, 9745, 9770 and 9795 are plenty already! They continue past 0130 in the 1-hour broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1688: first airing on WRMI, UT Thursday Sept 26 at 0330: confirmed on 9955, starting at 0331:10, vs Cuban pulse jamming, at first about equal to it, by 0343 nothing much but the jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie!

Next: Thu 2100 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050; UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Sat 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955; Sat 2330 on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sun 0400 on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5890 & 5935, Sept 26 at 0339, WWCR, which is blasting in earlier in the evening and sometimes later, now is quite weakened and ``hollow``; yet 5830 WTWW, only a few miles further away is still inbooming. Can it be that there is something really inferior about WWCR`s power and/or antenna system? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15260, Sept 25 at 1905, YL in Arabic, fair signal, better than very poor Kuwait today on 15540, and OOFSOB (one of few stations on band); not sure what until undozed from nap at 1928 to hear ``Huna Idha`at`` something, then mentioning Adventist World Radio. WRTH doesn`t provide any language IDs in the listings under UK, but Aoki shows in A-13 that this 19-20 Arabic is via Nauen, GERMANY. If you hear AWR on 15260 it`s elsefrom: 1600-1630 Urdu via Austria; 22-24 Chinese via Guam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search, Sept 26 at 0055-0058 UT, before getting down to SW business, DX-398 on the porch: JBAs on 783, 882, 1053, 1521 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4710, Sept 26 at 0058, JBA carrier as I start stepping thru the 60m band. It seems the 3 x 1570 Spanish harmonic that Dave Valko, PA and Bob Wilkner, FL have been hearing before sunrise is also on the air in the evenings. Plenty of possibilities without any further clews, likely from Mexico, Caribbean, Central America or near South America, if not axually domestic USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voice of Justice and Voice of Talyshistan on 9677.6

AZERBAIJAN    Voice of Justice and Voice of Talyshistan again on shortwave:

Voice of Justice noted on Tue/Wed, Sept.24/25
0600-0630 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Wed/Sat
1400-1430 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Azeri Tue/Fri

Voice of Talyshistan noted on Mon/Tue, Sept.23/24
0900-1000 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat
1200-1300 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat
1500-1600 on 9677.6 SPK 010 kW / non-dir to CeAs Talysh Mon-Sat


--
73!
Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Radio Kuwait on 21580, Sept.25

KUWAIT   Two broadcasts of Radio Kuwait of the same frequency on Sep.25:
from 0930 NF 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 21540 (0930-1800)
from 1000 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 084 deg to EaAs Tagalog Filipino (1000-1200)

 

From 1200 R.Kuwait continued to use wrong frequency 21580, instead of 21540:
1200-1300 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, co-ch RFI in French.
from 1300 on 21580 KBD 500 kW / 310 deg to WeEu Arabic, please check till 18-- 73!

--
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Studio DX anche sui 1233 kHz via Radio Azzurra

Anche se per pochi minuti, ascoltato questa mattina presto alle 03:14 utc il programma Studio DX sui 1233 kHz di Radio Azzurra. L'ascolto è stato fatto in viaggio nella provincia di Grosseto con l'autoradio dove la ricezione è stata condizionata probabilmente dalla scarsa potenza utilizzata ed il forte segnale di Radio Dechovka non ha permesso di meglio. Poco prima delle 04:00 utc arrivava a tratti anche Absolute Radio.

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Glenn Hauser logs September 25, 2013

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept 25 at *1355:25 with carrier, 1356:00 tone, 1357:47 IS, 1359:55 sign-on in Urdu from Bangladesh Betar, and skipping an off-timesignal again! Maybe my critiques have got thru to them, that any station which can`t consistently broadcast an accurate timesignal should not even try to. Better reception than usual today, S9+12 and not too fluttery (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12120, Sept 25 at 0243, RHC Spanish VG here and missing from 6060, so once again RadioCuba has mistuned this transmitter to its second harmonic; this is not just an additional leakage on 2x, but a replacement! Tnx to inquiry from Rafael Rodríguez in Colombia, who was hearing this from 0030, underneath strong RTTY. 12120 almost always is dominated by RTTY, but here it`s underneath RHC. Will RHC still be on 12120 after 0500 in English? No, back to 6060 at 0523 check. Last time this happened was June 1 as discussed in DXLD 13-23:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1323.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 5765-USB, Sept 25 at 1248, nothing detectable from AFN, nor for the past few days; seems gone again. If no one hears it in another few days, perhaps further inquiries should be made (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 & 11985, Sept 25 at 0059 check past 0100, AIR is in // this time during music, presumably the correct Sinhala service, rather than totally separate 24 hours earlier, as I reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9950, Sept 25 at 1253 open carrier, good signal, much stronger than 9955 traces of WRMI. 1300 finally music and opening Japanese, I thought, but should have been Korean first, maybe with initial Japanese ID? Anyhow, it`s the pair as in Aoki, 100 kW, 2 degrees from Tamsui District, TAIWAN: 1300-1330 Nippon no kaze, in Korean a.k.a. Ilbon-e Baram, and 1330-1400 Furusato no kaze, really in Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4810-, Sept 25 at 1047, Andean music with yipping, 1050 YL announcement unseems Spanish, 1058 music. Very poor signal but better than anything else on 60m from S America, just some carriers. 1101 still music but fading into noise level. Otherwise in clear, only slight occasional ute QRM, maybe a trace of CODAR swishes.

Long after the demise of XERTA, surely this is the only American on 4810, R. Logos, in Chazuta, the new missionary station inaugurated a little over a year ago (and not to be confused with the previous R. Logos in Bolivia on 4865). WRTH 2013 strangely does not show the R. Logos name under Perú 4810, but instead ``Iglesia Evangélica Central de Chazuta``.

I can usually hear the 4810 carrier in my evening monitoring around 0100, but the ute QRM on the hi side is heavy then, and I can never log anything from Chazuta. This time I awoke myself with a sneeze, so decided to make the best of it by tuning around 60m before resleeping. The pre-sunrise LA window many DXers inhabit, I normally miss; got to sleep sometime.

This is very slightly on the lo side, compared to something on 810, probably WHB, which matches measurements the past few months by Chuck Bolland in Florida as 4809.975, .993, .976. Everyone else the past year seems to have rounded it off to 4810. However, an early log 13 months ago by David Sharp in NSW put it on 4810.03 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 25 at 0100, R. Chaski audible with some modulation, until cutoff at 0105:06*, which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALIA. 7120, Sept 25 at 1331, JBA AM carrier, still at 1348, with almost constant CW QRM on the hi side from an N4- ham, surely no hand keyer, who doesn`t defer to intruders. R. Hargeisa is back! Per Kouji Hashimoto, Japan, who chex every night for the 1900v sign-off, it was last heard Sept 5, and resumed Sept 24. Ron Howard also heard it again Sept 24 at 1337-1359*, seemingly in English at first, scheduled 1320-1340. We still need to check for resumption of *0330v, by far the best time for it here. Around 1330 by longpath, it`s a balancing game between signal increasing from the source as sundown approaches there, and diminishing at this end as the sun rises further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15525, Sept 25 at 1401, V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR in the clear, fair signal. Around *1404, CNR1 jammer cuts on 15525, but somewhat weaker here. What will happen next? Ivo Ivanov in his penultimate DX Re Mix News, dated Sept 20 and covering monitoring Sept 13-15, issued a new schedule for VoT, showing 1415 as the time for it to jump from 15525 to 15520, but today it still happens at the previous time 1408, leaving the CNR1 jammer behind. Did not get back before 1430 to see whether the jammer ever followed it, but previously it did not, making this an effective countermeasure. Ivo does add, ``Changes between frequencies vary from 3 to 5 minutes`` --- but this is 7 minutes earlier than he now shows.

This also applies to the many other frequencies via Tajikistan, at 1200-1430, all offset ending in -2, -3, -7 or -8 between 15537 and 15563, some in Chinese, some in Tibetan, all of which nominally change in quarter-hour segments, per Ivo. The CNR1 jammers can only operate on even -5 or -0 channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs September 24, 2013

** CAMBODIA [non]. 13850, Sept 24 at 1240, checking again for RFA on its shifted frequency to avoid WWCR 13845, but on 13850 only a JBA carrier. By 1253 check now a good signal has built up (or come on late?), in Khmer and stronger than WWCR; presumed SRI LANKA site. Today`s Aoki (Sept 24) still has it on 13845 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 24 before 1300:
17900, fair at 1247 with flutter, first noted here; signal much like CRI Kashgar/Urumqi, East Turkistan on 17490, 17560, 17630, 17650
16920, fair with flutter at 1249
15550, poor at 1250 with flutter, het on hi side
15250, poor at 1249 with echo and het/tone jamming
15195, fair at 1249 with flutter, CCI and noise jamming; no 15115
13830, fair at 1253 with flutter; none in the 14s
13605, fair at 1250 with flutter
12980, poor at 1254 with flutter
11640, fair at 1256 with CCI; none in the 10s

After 1300, but no full research:
15540, fair with flutter at 1320, het on hi side; no longer 15550
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, Sept 24 at 1319, a good but fluttery day for KBSWR in English, W&M chatting about how no one likes to pay taxes. Still much weaker than VOA Korean on 15775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Sept 24 at 1330-1400, V. of Mesopotamia, allegedly via PRIDNESTROVYE (switching to Bulgaria at 1500), continuous traditional vocal music with lots of ululation, no announcements until just before 1400 timesignal ending one sesqui-second late, 4 pips, last one prolonged. Then continues talk. Heavy flutter on the music only adds to its remote mystique (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 560, Sept 24 at 1201 UT, full ID, AM & FM for as in Cantú:
560 XESRD La Tremenda +FM 89.3 Santiago Papasquiaro, Dgo. 10,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Sept 24 at 1203 UT, big hum added to open carrier as often heard in mornings; station warming up for late sign-on, still hum at 1210; at 1211 some CCI in Spanish starts to appear underneath, could be KHSE TX. 1218 choral NA is in progress, 1219 full sign-on ID from XEGD, La Poderosa in Parral, i.e. as in Cantú:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, Sept 24 at 1206 UT a state anthem is playing under WBAP (which I never can null out completely), making slow SAH; 1208 CCI from a third station, but the anthem ends with a prolonged hi note, unlike the Coahuila anthem I previously linked to. No sign-on announcement audible immediately after the anthem.


There is nothing from Coahuila or Chihuahua on 820, in deference to WBAP. Could it be Durango where there`s an 820, XEDRD? Official state anthem just premièred on July 8, 2013, as in:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwVpGu7n6Q
by children`s choir, certainly not the version I heard, and without the prolonged hi note at the end, tho that could be a certain singer`s show-off on another anthem.

Ajá, the Sinaloa anthem does have that prolonged hi note finale:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydkuaKP7vYw
It seems this too has just been adopted in April of this year, following a contest.

So based on this somewhat tenuous connexion, I will make the log tentatively the only Sinaloan on 820, per Cantú:
820 XEUDO Radio UdeO (Univ de Occidente) + FM 89.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250
Sinaloa of course is a hot-spot for SRS MW DX around here with many other stations logged, despite distance of almost a kilomile. 650 XETNT is a regular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1190, Sept 24 at 1223 UT, YL national news of México, with subheadings interjected by OM, mentions ``la jornada``, ``electrónico de hoy``, 1226 fading a bit but program promo, 1227 definite TC as 5:27, and mentions Fórmula. That nails it as KNUV Tolleson (Phœnix market) AZ, 5000/250 watts, which is 24-hour newstalk with Grupo Fórmula, per NRC AM Log 2013, and except for local timechex, evidently fed out of the DF. ¡Viva Aztlán? There is only one real Mexican in the UT-7 zone, per Cantú, 250/100 watt XEMBC in Mexicali.

This Fórmula is heard well as long as a Clear Channel Communications station in English is nulled from the N/S, presumably KFXR from The Metroplex? No, FCC shows that licensed to Capstar TX LLC. Yet bringing up all the 1190s in FCC AM Query, there is not a single one licensed to Clear Channel; Capstar may be a subsidiary or LMA deal.

Here`s a story from two years ago which does include KFXR as a CCC station:http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/10/the_end_of_local_radio_reports.php
More directly, the CCC website (whatever became of the .cc domain?)http://www.clearchannel.com/CCME/Pages/StationSearch.aspx
shows 1190 KFXR as their *only* AM station in Dallas (and none in Fort Worth) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Sept 24 at 1158-1200: JBA on 747, maybe on 1008; not checked above 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs September 23-24, 2013

** CHAD. 6165-, Sept 24 at 0046, good signal but low modulation with music, presumed RNT back on all-night. Offset frequency is low by about the same amount, as CKZN below 6160, making almost same pitch on 5-kHz BFO steps. 0101-0102+, 6165 still in clear with RHC not on yet, hilife music tho previously I have heard ID and news atop this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740 & 11985, more anomalies from AIR, whose Sinhala service is supposed to run at 0045-0115 via Goa and Khampur sites respectively, and which axually happened correctly UT September 23 when in last report I confirmed that 11985 was a couple words behind 11740, before and after 0100.

But tonight, UT Sept 24, the two are totally separate! 11740 at 0054, fluttery talk, intonation sounds French! And so do a few words. Is it possible that Sinhala could sound this way, or maybe the announcer is Franco-Sinhalese? AIR`s only known French broadcast is at 1945-2030 for Europe. 0059 into music which runs over hourtop (bottom to them). (No, there is no other station listed on 11740 at this time, let alone in French.)

11985 at 0054 is NOT // 11740, but a 1 kHz tone. At 0057 I am hearing a higher-pitched tone, 2 kHz? From 0058 AIR IS as if it`s the start of a service, not the middle of one, and I can still hear the tone under. 0100 IS stops and now I can hear the hi tone better; ID starts ``Yih All India Radio``. Or ``Yeh`` as in Hindi, per WRTH, but I again suspect this is the scheduled 0100-0200 Sindhi service on wrong frequency, wrong program feed plugged into 11985. Hey, maybe someone at master [sic] control is mixing up Sindhi and Sinhala since they start with the same three letters? RHC has some competition in the anomaly department (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, Sept 23 at 2020, JBA carrier presumed Kuwait, back on nominal English frequency instead of 15515 yesterday; earlier at 1929 could not even detect 15540, let alone 15515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980+, Sept 24 at 0048, R. Chaski carrier amid noise and splash from 5990 CRI via CUBA; slightly hi in frequency compared to the masters of precision on the Greatest of the Antilles. Clearer after 0100 without 5990 QubaRM, until self-demolition during music at 0105:00.5, which is 11 seconds later than last check 48 hours before.

Having surpassed the 0105 mark, it shouldn`t be too long before the timer gets reset to slightly before 0100 to begin another precession cycle. The last reset was on July 21 as in DXLD 13-30 after it had reached 0105:44* on July 20, so if that pattern holds, it will be another 8 or 9 days till the next one; I had previously calculated it would be on October 4.

I hardly need Aoki to tell me what I am hearing on 5980, but checking it now:
5980 Radio Chaski 2200-0103 1234567 Spanish/Quechua PRU
5980 Radio Chaski 1000-1500 1234567 Spanish PRU
No attempt to publish power, azimuth, location or coördinates altho we know it`s in Urubamba. I wonder if he is advancing the sign-off time by one minute every 11 or 12 days according to my observations? If so, is a bit behind (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5110- CUSB, UT Tue Sept 24 at 0053, guy with strange accent and turning R`s into W`s keeps making anti-abortion points, refers to Matthew XXIV. Must be something new on WBCQ but not from Area 51. Yes:

Mo 5110 08:00PM 09:00PM ET 0000 0100 UTC Christian Media Weekly News
Mo 5110 10:00PM 11:00PM ET 0200 0300 UTC Christ Kingdom Ministries
according to http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=5110
but what about the hour in between? 0107 check, now it`s an unscheduled broadcast of `Marion`s Attic` and she is playing music boxes with no scratching! Rather than 78s, a polka and then something from 1877y. Wish I had time to keep listening, preferably online. Will this be reliable, or just an ad-hoc bonus filler at the moment?

BTW, Larry Will of Area 51 notified me at 0205 UT Monday Sept 23: ``Extra airing of WOR 1687, Monday 0240 on 5110. Glenn, I have an extra 30 minutes or so this evening so WOR 1687 will get an extra airing at 0240 or so on 5110 this evening. Regards, Lw``

== Tnx, but unfortunately I did not see this until almost two hours later, so could not get the word out. Apparently `Pirates Week` nominally an hour from 0200 this UT Monday, ran short (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7555, Sept 24 at 0106, KJES, The Lord`s Ranch, NM, is certainly still here and inbooming with Spanish kids praying and repeating. It was missing 48 hours ago and unchecked 24 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Sept 24 at 0110, WTWW-2 is off; I know it was on with BS when I tuned across before 0100.

Regarding my recent comments, George McClintock informed me Sept 22: US SW stations are not required to maintain a public file, because they do not have a City of License; no frequency or modulation monitors are required either, unlike AM stations, but most SW stations have them anyway. He maintains that the latest WTWW spurs I reported must have been receiver-produced, since he could not hear them within 0.5 to 1 mile of the site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 24 at 0017 UT on caradio, along another trip to and from squirrel haven, I`m hearing classic country instead of business radio. This X-band frequency is dominated around here by KRJO, so another format change from Monroe? Sometime last year they went from ``Old School`` soul music to Business, often // 1660 Kansas City with Bloomberg.

Yes! After adstring including one mentioning John Kennedy, who is Louisiana State Treasurer, 0021 ID as ``Country Legends 16-80`` and also as Classic Country.

Still dominant back on the porch with DX-398 at 0111, TennErn with ``16 Tons``, then ``Classic country is like salt & pepper --- makes everything better with just one shake --- Country Legends 16-80, KRJO``. Change since the 2013 NRC AM Log went to press in August, anyway.

I suppose this is the source, altho it says nothing about on-air affiliates rather than webcasting: http://www.a1country.com/countrylegends.html

Own website http://www.krjo.com/ is still named NEWS RADIO 1680 AM but the live streaming http://www.krjo.com/stream/live-stream.php
does bring up country music and soon the same slogans I have just logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)