** BOLIVIA. 3310, Oct 2 at 0107, looking for R. Mosoj Chaski after last night`s surprise, but only a JBA carrier now which could be it if not a remnant of my local KCRC/KGWA mix. The Big 3 sources disagree on when RMC goes off, 0100, 0130 or 0200. Yesterday WWV reported ``Solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level occurred.`` Also today at 0000: ``Solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level occurred``.
4717-, Oct 2 at 0052 check, it`s another night for Yura to be off early: no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Oct 2 at 0104, now a squealy blob is here, QRMing presumed R. Clube do Pará, the regular one if not the two other ZYs listed. It`s the same thing I had been hearing just above 4875 abutting R. Roraima, so now I suspect this wandering blob has nothing to do with either station and could even be Oklahoman. Is anyone else hearing it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4985+, Oct 2 at 0116, Brazuguese raised voices but maybe not to the extent of futebol-mania, same as heard on 11815, then some music, both very poor. 4985 is slightly on the hi side compared to WWV with BFO. Therefore these are R. Brasil Central, Goiânia; haven`t heard it on 60m in a long time. Clear of any QRM now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855, Oct 2 at 0109, poor R. Aparecida is suffering from the noise field emitted by super-strong 11870 WEWN, Catholix vs Catholix! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD [and non]. 6165-, Oct 2 at 0056, undermoduated music typical of RNT, apparently back to overnight again, but within a couple of seconds, RHC open carrier comes on earlier than usual, covering it up completely before its 0100v English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 4765, Oct 2 at 0052, I start checking for the alleged new SW frequency of R. Progreso starting tonight: only two very weak signals on slightly offset frequencies producing a double pitch on the BFO (rather like 4775 always with Peru+Brasil but that`s stronger now), so surely not Cuba on 4765, but Brasil and/or Tajikistan?
At 0057 one of them is noticeably strengthening with romantic music, so I compare it to MW 890, and seems the same, i.e. it really is R. Progreso, but quite weak compared to 5025 R. Rebelde, not to mention all the RHC SW frequencies starting with 5040.
0058 ID as Radio Progreso and axually announcing this new frequency 4765! (Then I`m off to check Chaski and other circa 0100 stuff.) At 0106 recheck, 4765 is still weak; 0120 tune-out, it`s fair at best. Arnie said, ``Transmitter power is registered at 50 kiloWatts and a classic high departure angle antenna will be used as required for the Near Vertical Incidence Skywave transmissions.``
5025 is also supposed to be NVIS, but never convinced me since it obviously puts out plenty signal in the horizontal plane. This one I can believe is NVIS with restricted DX coverage, and/or: as it`s experimental, they were still powering it up gradually, not anywhere near 50 kW yet. Other monitors also noted the low but increasing strength. Schedule is 0030-0400 UT, mostly with the `Nocturno` music program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630 // 9420, Oct 1 at 2038, very poor signals with same music, so Voice of Greece isn`t gone yet tho it was inaudible 7 hours earlier. 9430, Oct 2 at 0051 it`s back to normal with VG signal, // weaker 7475 and much weaker 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Oct 2 at 0059, AIR Khampur is once again failing to carry the scheduled Sinhala service, instead a fluttery whine --- or is it a deliberate tone? If so, feeble; no IS anyway this time, still same at 0102, while 11740 via GOA is properly musical, good with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. Typo in previous report: this is NHK-2, not NHK-1:
693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK2, 500 kW from Tokyo; among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 2000 UT, KOKP Perry has *finally* been fixed to keep modulating without hiccuping for the past pentaday, Fox Sports ID, 2003 George Carlin`s football vs baseball routine, a real classic and surely the best thing ever broadcast by Triple Play Sports Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Oct 1 at 1900 UT, legal TOH ID for FCC Facility 87168, as ``KZLS, Hennessey-Oklahoma City``, no mention of Enid since it flipped yesterday from KOAG All-Ag to True Oldies, ex-99.7 FM Mustang. FCC website is allegedly out of service thanks to a minority of anti-government Republican wackos who axually got elected into the government thru the stupidity of too many Americans.
But FCC AM Query is still working and I don`t think I am looking at a cache, tho I have gone to the 87168 page before. It still shows *ENID* as the *only* city of license, and has made the call switch from KOAG to KZLS. It seems Mr Champlin is all too eager to divorce himself from his Enid roots with yet another station edging away from us.
But then, when I click on the call sign changes link, http://www.fcc.gov/shutdown-page.html?Facility_id=87168&Callsign=KZLS
I do get an out of service redirect: ``We regret the disruption, but during the Federal Government-wide shutdown, the FCC is limited to performing duties that are immediately necessary for the safety of life or the protection of property. FCC online systems will not be available until further notice.``
Anyhow, we now enjoy having a local quality signal for a while on True Oldies, especially since we have lost it on FM from OKC and AM from Wichita. And fortunately, the buzz constantly accompanying All-Ag has also been removed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Obs on 1610 GSPSP, 1270 KRVT, 1210 KGYN: See U S A
** PERU. 5980, Oct 2 at 0055, poor signal from R. Chaski but enough for modulation to be audible; soft, vaguely ``inspirational`` instrumental music continues thru 0100 past 0101 as I note some overmodulation distortion; finally just before 0102, jingle and off-time check for ``son las 20 horas``, net ID for Red Radio Integridad. Cutoff comes at 0105:45*, about 6 seconds later than yesterday, as the witching hour of 0106 draws ever closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3390-USB, Oct 2 at 0107, a weak Navy MARS net is here as I am searching for LA BC DX on 90m: one call copied is NNN0ANX, who is Frank in Tennessee per a list of Navy Marine Corps MARS ALE Licenses, along with a lot of others by first name and state only at:http://www.navymars.org/national/ale/NMCM_MARS-ALE%20_Stations.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 11870, Oct 2 at 0109, WEWN is extremely strong, and along with it a noise field extending out plus/minus 20 kHz, bothering particularly another Catholic station, tsk2, 11855 R. Aparecida; and something on 11885, which Aoki points to Urumqi. Fortunately WEWN fades down as the evening wears on until it`s no problem after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Noted on the caradio while in a hot-spot, relatively lo-noise mall parking lot in the western side of Enid, on daytime groundwave:
850, Oct 1 at 2002 UT, two very weak signals with slow SAH, one in English = KOA Denver at the extreme edge of its range, and one in Spanish = KJON Carrollton (Metroplex) TX (hijacked from Anadarko OK).
1270, Oct 1 at 2005 UT, two stations with very slow SAH, one in Spanish = KRVT Claremore (Tulsa) OK, one in English = KSCB Liberal KS. Ads after the news include for local business, and then for homes mentioning Liberal, Kansas, removing any doubt, another one at the extreme edge of its 5 kW ND groundwave just across from the OK panhandle near Guymon (tho KGYN 1210 is always in with twice the power ND). Then into a talkshow which is anything but Liberal.
1610, Oct 1 at 2008 UT, hum from the abandoned but still powered-up TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, NW of Enid. It becomes much more audible on the road just north of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic MW carrier search Oct 2 at 0110-0114: JBA ones on: 1305, 1215, 1206, 1053, 1026, 954, 945, 783, 774, 684 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
4717-, Oct 2 at 0052 check, it`s another night for Yura to be off early: no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Oct 2 at 0104, now a squealy blob is here, QRMing presumed R. Clube do Pará, the regular one if not the two other ZYs listed. It`s the same thing I had been hearing just above 4875 abutting R. Roraima, so now I suspect this wandering blob has nothing to do with either station and could even be Oklahoman. Is anyone else hearing it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4985+, Oct 2 at 0116, Brazuguese raised voices but maybe not to the extent of futebol-mania, same as heard on 11815, then some music, both very poor. 4985 is slightly on the hi side compared to WWV with BFO. Therefore these are R. Brasil Central, Goiânia; haven`t heard it on 60m in a long time. Clear of any QRM now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855, Oct 2 at 0109, poor R. Aparecida is suffering from the noise field emitted by super-strong 11870 WEWN, Catholix vs Catholix! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD [and non]. 6165-, Oct 2 at 0056, undermoduated music typical of RNT, apparently back to overnight again, but within a couple of seconds, RHC open carrier comes on earlier than usual, covering it up completely before its 0100v English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 4765, Oct 2 at 0052, I start checking for the alleged new SW frequency of R. Progreso starting tonight: only two very weak signals on slightly offset frequencies producing a double pitch on the BFO (rather like 4775 always with Peru+Brasil but that`s stronger now), so surely not Cuba on 4765, but Brasil and/or Tajikistan?
At 0057 one of them is noticeably strengthening with romantic music, so I compare it to MW 890, and seems the same, i.e. it really is R. Progreso, but quite weak compared to 5025 R. Rebelde, not to mention all the RHC SW frequencies starting with 5040.
0058 ID as Radio Progreso and axually announcing this new frequency 4765! (Then I`m off to check Chaski and other circa 0100 stuff.) At 0106 recheck, 4765 is still weak; 0120 tune-out, it`s fair at best. Arnie said, ``Transmitter power is registered at 50 kiloWatts and a classic high departure angle antenna will be used as required for the Near Vertical Incidence Skywave transmissions.``
5025 is also supposed to be NVIS, but never convinced me since it obviously puts out plenty signal in the horizontal plane. This one I can believe is NVIS with restricted DX coverage, and/or: as it`s experimental, they were still powering it up gradually, not anywhere near 50 kW yet. Other monitors also noted the low but increasing strength. Schedule is 0030-0400 UT, mostly with the `Nocturno` music program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630 // 9420, Oct 1 at 2038, very poor signals with same music, so Voice of Greece isn`t gone yet tho it was inaudible 7 hours earlier. 9430, Oct 2 at 0051 it`s back to normal with VG signal, // weaker 7475 and much weaker 15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Oct 2 at 0059, AIR Khampur is once again failing to carry the scheduled Sinhala service, instead a fluttery whine --- or is it a deliberate tone? If so, feeble; no IS anyway this time, still same at 0102, while 11740 via GOA is properly musical, good with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. Typo in previous report: this is NHK-2, not NHK-1:
693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK2, 500 kW from Tokyo; among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 2000 UT, KOKP Perry has *finally* been fixed to keep modulating without hiccuping for the past pentaday, Fox Sports ID, 2003 George Carlin`s football vs baseball routine, a real classic and surely the best thing ever broadcast by Triple Play Sports Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Oct 1 at 1900 UT, legal TOH ID for FCC Facility 87168, as ``KZLS, Hennessey-Oklahoma City``, no mention of Enid since it flipped yesterday from KOAG All-Ag to True Oldies, ex-99.7 FM Mustang. FCC website is allegedly out of service thanks to a minority of anti-government Republican wackos who axually got elected into the government thru the stupidity of too many Americans.
But FCC AM Query is still working and I don`t think I am looking at a cache, tho I have gone to the 87168 page before. It still shows *ENID* as the *only* city of license, and has made the call switch from KOAG to KZLS. It seems Mr Champlin is all too eager to divorce himself from his Enid roots with yet another station edging away from us.
But then, when I click on the call sign changes link, http://www.fcc.gov/shutdown-page.html?Facility_id=87168&Callsign=KZLS
I do get an out of service redirect: ``We regret the disruption, but during the Federal Government-wide shutdown, the FCC is limited to performing duties that are immediately necessary for the safety of life or the protection of property. FCC online systems will not be available until further notice.``
Anyhow, we now enjoy having a local quality signal for a while on True Oldies, especially since we have lost it on FM from OKC and AM from Wichita. And fortunately, the buzz constantly accompanying All-Ag has also been removed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Obs on 1610 GSPSP, 1270 KRVT, 1210 KGYN: See U S A
** PERU. 5980, Oct 2 at 0055, poor signal from R. Chaski but enough for modulation to be audible; soft, vaguely ``inspirational`` instrumental music continues thru 0100 past 0101 as I note some overmodulation distortion; finally just before 0102, jingle and off-time check for ``son las 20 horas``, net ID for Red Radio Integridad. Cutoff comes at 0105:45*, about 6 seconds later than yesterday, as the witching hour of 0106 draws ever closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3390-USB, Oct 2 at 0107, a weak Navy MARS net is here as I am searching for LA BC DX on 90m: one call copied is NNN0ANX, who is Frank in Tennessee per a list of Navy Marine Corps MARS ALE Licenses, along with a lot of others by first name and state only at:http://www.navymars.org/national/ale/NMCM_MARS-ALE%20_Stations.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 11870, Oct 2 at 0109, WEWN is extremely strong, and along with it a noise field extending out plus/minus 20 kHz, bothering particularly another Catholic station, tsk2, 11855 R. Aparecida; and something on 11885, which Aoki points to Urumqi. Fortunately WEWN fades down as the evening wears on until it`s no problem after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Noted on the caradio while in a hot-spot, relatively lo-noise mall parking lot in the western side of Enid, on daytime groundwave:
850, Oct 1 at 2002 UT, two very weak signals with slow SAH, one in English = KOA Denver at the extreme edge of its range, and one in Spanish = KJON Carrollton (Metroplex) TX (hijacked from Anadarko OK).
1270, Oct 1 at 2005 UT, two stations with very slow SAH, one in Spanish = KRVT Claremore (Tulsa) OK, one in English = KSCB Liberal KS. Ads after the news include for local business, and then for homes mentioning Liberal, Kansas, removing any doubt, another one at the extreme edge of its 5 kW ND groundwave just across from the OK panhandle near Guymon (tho KGYN 1210 is always in with twice the power ND). Then into a talkshow which is anything but Liberal.
1610, Oct 1 at 2008 UT, hum from the abandoned but still powered-up TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, NW of Enid. It becomes much more audible on the road just north of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic MW carrier search Oct 2 at 0110-0114: JBA ones on: 1305, 1215, 1206, 1053, 1026, 954, 945, 783, 774, 684 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
