Dx Re Mix News # 830

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 830                                      December 30, 2013
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CLANDESTINE    Some changes of clandestine broadcasts:
Denge Kurdistan from Dec.20:
1800-2000 NF  7390 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish, ex 11510
0400-1600 on 11510 KCH 250 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Kurdish unchanged
1600-1800 on 11510 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish unchanged

Radio Xoriyo from Dec.27
1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 175 deg to EaAf Somali Fri, ex Sat, Dec.21

Radio Oromgenati from Dec.28
1500-1530 on 15515 TIG 150 kW / 165 deg to EaAf Oromo  Sat, ex Fri, Dec.20

Oromo Voice will be on the air from January 1, 2014
1600-1630 on 17850 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Oromo Mon/Wed/Sat

CUBA   Winter B-13 shortwave schedule of Radio Habana Cuba:
0000-0030 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Quechua
0000-0100 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm English
0000-0100 on  6000 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish Mesa Redonda Tue-Sat
0000-0100 on  6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0000-0100 NF  6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish, ex  6100
0000-0100 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
0000-0100 NF 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish, ex 11680
0000-0100 on 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0000-0100 on 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17705
0000-0100 on 13780 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm Spanish Mesa Redonda Tue-Sat
0000-0100 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0100-0130 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Creole
0100-0200 on  6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0100-0200 on  6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0100-0200 NF  6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish, ex  6100
0100-0200 on  6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm English
0100-0200 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
0100-0200 NF 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish, ex 11680
0100-0200 on 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0100-0200 NF 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17705
0100-0200 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0130-0200 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm French

0200-0500 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0500 on  6000 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
0200-0500 on  6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0200-0500 NF  6070 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish, ex  6100
0200-0500 on  6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm English
0200-0500 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
0200-0500 NF 11670 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish, ex 11680
0200-0500 on 11760 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
0200-0500 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0200-0500 NF 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17705
0200-0500 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0500-0600 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm English, ex Spanish
0500-0600 on  6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English
0500-0600 on  6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English
0500-0600 NF  6100 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English, ex  6125
0500-0600 on  6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm English
0500-0600 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
0500-0600 on 11840 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
0500-0600 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish

0600-0700 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm English
0600-0700 on  6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English
0600-0700 on  6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English
0600-0700 NF  6100 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm English, ex  6125
0600-0700 on  6165 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm English
0700-0730 on  6000 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Esperanto Sun

1200-1300 on  6000 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1200-1300 on  9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm Spanish
1200-1300 on  9550 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
1200-1300 on  9850 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1200-1300 on 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish

1300-1400 on  6000 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1400 on  9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm Spanish
1300-1400 on  9550 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
1300-1400 on  9850 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 11750 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish, additional in B-13
1300-1400 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1300-1400 on 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish

1400-1600 on  9540 HAB 100 kW / 340 deg to NoAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 11690 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 11750 HAB 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 11860 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 13780 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 15340 HAB 250 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 17580 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 on 17730 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Spanish
1600-1630 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm Esperanto Sun

1930-2000 NF 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu French, ex 17720
2000-2030 NF 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Portuguese, ex 17720
2000-2100 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm English
2030-2100 NF 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Arabic, ex 17720

2100-2130 on 11760 HAB 100 kW / non-dir to CeAm French
2100-2130 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf French
2130-2200 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf Portuguese

2200-2300 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2200-2300 on  9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish
2200-2300 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
2200-2300 on 11880 HAB 100 kW / 100 deg to SoAf English
2200-2300 NF 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Spanish, ex 17720
2200-2300 NF 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17705
2230-2300 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm French Mon-Sat
2230-2300 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Esperanto Sun

2300-2330 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Creole
2300-2400 on  5040 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish
2300-2400 on  9710 HAB 250 kW / 315 deg to NWAm Spanish
2300-2400 on  9810 HAB 100 kW / 230 deg to CeAm Spanish
2300-2400 NF 13680 HAB 100 kW / 053 deg to WeEu Spanish, ex 17720
2300-2400 NF 13740 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 17705
2300-2400 on 15230 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2330-2400 on 15370 HAB 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Portuguese

CUBA   Swortwave schedule of Radio Progreso:
0130-0500 on  4765 HAB 050 kW / non-dir to Cuba Spanish

CUBA   Temporarily schedule of Radio Rebelde:
0700-2200 on  5025 QVC 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm Spanish, ex 24h 050 kW/ND

CUBA   Current schedule of Cuban Spy HM01 Hybrid Mode 01, Female voice:
0500-0555 on  5855 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0500-0555 on 14375 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

0600-0655 on 10345 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0600-0655 on 14375 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

0700-0755 on  9330 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0700-0755 on 13435 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

0800-0855 on  9065 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0800-0855 on 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

0900-0955 on  9240 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
0900-0955 on 12120 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

1000-1055 on  5855 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
1000-1055 on  9155 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
1000-1055 on 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
1000-1055 on 12180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

1600-1655 on 11435 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Daily
1700-1755 on 11530 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Daily
1800-1855 on 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Daily
1900-1955 on 12180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Daily

2100-2155 on 11635 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
2100-2155 on 16180 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

2200-2255 on 10715 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
2200-2255 on 17480 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat

2300-2355 on 11530 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri
2300-2355 on 17540 HAB 100 kW or secret tx site Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat


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73!
Ivo


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

Glenn Hauser logs December 29-30, 2013

** CHINA. 9410-9460 approx., Dec 30 at 1510, filthy FM distorted blob of talk modulation, centered about 9438 and bothering 9430 FEBC Chinese most. I can make its modulation peaks // to CNR1 jammer on 9680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Dec 30 at 0640, this RHC transmitter is getting worse and worse, during English hour making an annoying audible rumble in the AM mode, and severe wobbling with BFO applied; about to explode? // 6100 very undermodulated, and the other overkills 6000, 6060, 6165 nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Dec 29 at 2102 check, R. Africa Network via WRMI with ID as usual two minutes late, and lite SAH from the other R. Africa still autocolliding from Bata (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 15700, Dec 30 at 1520, good signal in Swahili, which is remarkable since Deutsche Welle is allegedly aimed due south from RWANDA, which is not toward Swahili-land any more than we are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Dec 30 at 1356, R. Free Chosun is still playing Xmas music prélude in English, the same song now about ``Christmas joy``. Signal comparable to 9800 VOA Korean via Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Dec 30 at 0645, 31m is dead as I tune up the band, until crossing VG signals on 9840 and lesser 9955, with, what else, Brother Scare, via WRMI. 9955 also has pulse jamming on it. These would be OSOB if it were not for a VP signal from 9665v Brasil, so only attain SSOB status. Nothing else! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also U K [non]

** U K [non]. 15420, Dec 30 at 1519, nothing but Brother Scare audible via WBCQ in recently expanded schedule of 1400-1800 UT daily (plus Global Spirit Proclamation also expanded to 1800-2200 UT daily). This collision has never concerned BBCWS, which is also on 15420, due west from doomed Seychelles site at 1500-2000 daily. But at the moment, no trace of BBC heard, not even a het against WBCQ off-frequency (altho Rwanda is propagating very well on 15700). Maybe BBC is moving off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. If you can hear BBCWS at 1732 UT Dec 30, and it`s a stream carrying `World Business Report`, this edition is supposed to include an interview with me about the future of shortwave. It had been delayed from Dec 26 and could be postponed again for more urgent coverage; preview of Dec 30 show mentions only the Eurozone outlook for 2014.

Airtimes are 1732, 1932, and 2232 GMT. Not certain if same to all targets. To try to hear it on air, we extract the frequencies from the BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English booklet for B-13:

1732: 1323-Cyprus, 1413-Oman, 3255 & 6190 South Africa, 6195 & 9505 Oman, 12095 & 15420 Seychelles, 5845 Thailand DRM, 15400 & 17780 & 17830 Ascension.

1932: 1413 Oman, 3255 & 6190 South Africa, 12095 & 15420 Seychelles, 9915 Woofferton, 11810 & 15400 Ascension

2232: never mind, NO BBCWS SW or MW frequencies on the air at 22-24!

Once confirmed, we`ll find a link to hear it ondemand via:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvhj7
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: the new time on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB, UT Monday 0400 Dec 30, did not eventuate; instead both on SW and webcast there was dead air, broken every 2.5 minutes by the same fraxured clip of Jean Shepherd every time, something about ``dynamic sports programming``. This was still going on at 0438. Larry Will explains that it was due to a rare internet failure. Next: Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7555, Dec 30 at 0643, WEWN Spanish with big squeal, which I normally don`t hear much on this frequency. May depend on how strong the fundamental is, and vs the French ute noise on the hi side. // 11870 earlier in the evening before it drops out, has had the squeal, so suspect the transmitters have been swapped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Dec 30 at 0655 UT, ranchera music mixing with KMOX. At first I am not hearing it when I null KMOX toward the SE for KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa the daytimer which has been caught running all-night, and would be praise music. By 0700 this is audible with KMOX nulled for ID mentioning Austin, Bustos? Media, ``líder de radio en español``, right back to romantic music in Spanish. So this is the new station KTXW, city of license Manor TX, which we already reported in DXLD 13-23 last June and followed up in 13-28:

``Now we must beware of another new Spanish station on 1120, KTXW in
Manor (Austin) TX which has just started testing, ``nostalgic wall-to-
wall Spanish language ballads format`` as `Exitos 11-20`` with
5000/155 watts. Tnx to Artie Bigley for tip of this thread at
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=235285.msg2121776
KTXW is about 90 degrees away from KEOR from my angle, so besides
format difference, not easily confundible here (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1672, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Nevertheless, the 2013 NRC AM Log as of August still showed it ``not on air`` with 5600/155 watts. The latest NRC Pattern Book as of July 15 does not show it at all.

FCC AM Query agrees day power is 5600 not 5000 W, and night pattern at
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1537028-120414.pdf
shows a deep null toward KMOX, and also toward us, mainly NW/SE but no null toward the SW. Day pattern at
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1537028-120413.pdf
shows major lobe to NW, minor to SE, but plenty toward Enid.

Normally, KMOX has no such interference here at night, from KTXW which now makes a SAH of 40/minute = 2/3 Hz, a lot closer than KEOR is to KMOX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1220, Dec 30 at 0704 UT, WSLM ID in passing atop the jumble, and with off-frequency het from TX nulled. 82-watt classic-country station in Salem IN continues to dominate the frequency, surely running day facility of 5 kW. Day & nite figure-8 pattern is slightly clockwise from east-west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9665, Dec 30 at 1357, 1 kHz continuous tone runs past 1400 for some minutes, but off at 1417 check. Aoki shows the only things scheduled are: CRI in Russian via Xian until 1357, Sinhala via Jinhua 831 from 1400; and KCBS Pyongyang at 2000-1800. No sign of any of those besides the tone which nevertheless may have been coming from one of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1700 UT December 30

Ascolti AM 29 dicembre

9525 26/12 17.30 Voz de Indonesia - Jakarta SS ID buono
11945 29/12 700 Radio Australia, Shepparton ID info Nx E 43544
11725 29/12 702 R. New Zealand International, Rangitaiki ID TS Nx  E 33533
5980 29/12 703 Radio Martì, Greenville Px .  Es 33443
12095 29/12 705 BBC World Service, Ascension  Nx E 34533
15160 29/12 900 KBS World Radio, Kimjae Px K 33543
9610   29/12 1000 AWR Europe, Nauen Px "RVS Magazine - Studio DX 548" It 44554
1116 29/12 1115 RAI Radio1, Palermo Nx "Gr Sicilia It 13522
17595 29/12 1307 R. Exterior de España, Noblejas   Px "Amigos de la O.C." Es 33533


73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Messina, Italia
RX:  SANYO M-1750K
Ant.: VHF esterna azimuth 080 gradi

Log Roberto Pavanello

936  26/12 11.15 RAI R.1 - Venezia IT NX reg. Veneto buono
1017 23/12 18.45 R.N.E. R.5 - Granada SS NX reg. Andalucia buono
1062 23/12 00.15 Country R. - Praha Ceco MX buono
1062 23/12 17.40 RAI R.1 - Cagliari IT NX reg. Sardegna buono
1220 28/12 23.50 R. Globo - rio de Janeiro PP talk OM suff.
1224 23/12 16.55 COPE - Lleida Catalano ID e pubblicità locale buono
1350 24/12 23.45 Super R. Cristal - Salvador PP predica suff.
1386 28/12 23.35 R. An One - ?? IT MX buono
1584 28/12 23.20 R. Studio X - Momigno IT MX buono
1610 28/12 04.50 Caribbeam Beacon - Anguilla EE predica suff.
1620 28/12 05.05 R. Rebelde - Habana SS MX suff
3320 28/12 23.40 R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton Afrikaans talk OM suff. .
3935 23/12 23.00 Crazy Wave R. - EE ID e MX buono
4765 28/12 05.00 R. Progreso - Habana SS NX buono
4775 28/12 23.10 R. Tarma - SS MX buono
4955 28/12 23.15 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS MX suff.
5825 26/12 10.10 R. Tower - Dutch ID e MX buono
5910 25/12 00.05 R. Alcaravan - Puerto Lleras SS MX buono
6135 23/12 23.30 R. Aparecida - PP MX buono
6201 29/12 09.40 R. Sunflower - EE ID e MX buono
6210 25/12 10.00 R. Luxemburg - EE IDS e MX buono
6210 26/12 09.50 Tip & Elvis Show - EE ID e MX buono
6242 26/12 10.25 R. Telstar - Dutch ID e MX buono
6245 25/12 09.35 R. Ronex - ?? EE ID e MX suff.
6250 26/12 09.30 R. Casanova - EE ID e MX buono
6285 25/12 10.20 R. Focus Int. - EE ID e MX buono
6295 25/12 09.50 R. Mistletoe - EE ID e MX buono
6305 25/12 10.15 R. Marabù - Tedesco ID e MX buono
6380 26/12 10.30 SWCH - EE ID e MX buono
9525 26/12 17.30 Voz de Indonesia - Jakarta SS ID buono

 

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Nel caso, auguri di un sereno 2014.

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Martedì 24 dicembre 2013
19.00 - 9885 kHz
NDR FUNKAUS EUROPA
Moosbrunn (Austria)
Tedesco, notizie OM.
Segnale buono
Co-ch Radio Cairo in russo.
-
19.24 - 9925 kHz
NDR FUNKHAUS EUROPA
Issoudun (Francia)
Tedesco, telefonate di auguri.
Segnale molto buono

***

Venerdì 27 dicembre 2013
19.00 - 1368 kHz
EUROPEAN MUSIC RADIO
via IRRS NEXUS IBA
via CHALLENGER RADIO (I)
Inglese, annunci OM e musica rock
Segnale sufficiente-buono

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Domenica 29 dicembre 2013
*11.30 - 6055 kHz
EVANGELISCHE
MISSION GEMEINDEN
Nauen (Germania)
Tedesco, int/sig tipo WYFR e ID's OM.
Segnale molto buono
-
12.30 - 6070 kHz
FREE RADIO SERVICE HOLLAND
via R. CHANNEL 292 - Rohrbach (D)
Inglese, annunci OM e musica rock.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente

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

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Set 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
PL-660 Tecsun
VR5000DSP Yaesu
E5 Etón

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ANTENNE
(da 70 kHz a 2 MHz)
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
-
(da 2 a 5-6 MHz)
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
-
(da 5-6 a 30 MHz)
Dipolo "windom" 21 metri
Balun 4:1 bifilare su ferrite cm 20x1 (17 spire)

Isolatore di linea (ø 20 cm x 6 spire di RG174)

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ACCESSORI
(per loop MW-VLF)
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
(per loop e dipolo HF)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC

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Set 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORE: DE1103 Degen
-
ANTENNA
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA

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REGISTRATORI IC SONY:
ICD-B500 (VR5000DSP) - ICD-BX800 (PL-660) - ICD-BX112 (R7 - E5)

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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.5 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.3 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.4 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3.1 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.2 demo (orologio mondiale)

***

DATABASE
SmartPad 7.0 Go Mediacom

Glenn Hauser logs December 28-29, 2013

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, Dec 29 at 0628, again hearing a LAH against off-frequency HJDH. This time I can determine from bits of PMS and RHC audio that it`s a mixture of 6090 Anguilla and 6000 Habana, i.e. a receiver-produced leapfrog mix due to overloading the FRG-7, removable by attenuation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Dec 28 at 2108, this RHC frequency is AWOL, should have been // 11760 in French.

5990, Dec 29 at 0101, CRI relay is still on, opening English, supposed to stop before 0100 with Spanish, so additional QRM to 5980 PERU.

6060, Dec 29 at 0112, RHC`s only Spanish frequency audible, none on 11 or 9 MHz, 6070 is off, 6000 & 6165 English, 5040 French with rumble (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5060, Dec 29 at 0102, poor signal in Chinese, so it`s PBS Xinjiang, 100 kW, 230 degrees from Urumqi. Therefore I check their other language services: 4980 in Uighur is very poor at same parameters; 4850, 100 kW ND, Kazakh, JBA. It`s only fitting that Chinese enjoy the best signal. Another one I keep forgetting to compare is 4500 in Mongolian, 50 kW ND per Aoki. There are also 75mb channels supposed to be //.

7250, Dec 29 at 0107, fair signal in Chinese with hum, also Urumqi, but in this case it`s CRI, 500 kW, 212 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Dec 28 at 2004, R. Africa Network via WRMI, some gospel huxter with New-Year program reviewing the weather disasters of 2013, concluding that ``Christ is at the door``. Yeah, right. Don`t hear any Batan CCI at first, but maybe a trace at 2024. By 2110 definite SAH and double audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 9370, Dec 29 at 0110, music and mentioning ``America, Washington DC``, i.e. Deewa Radio at 01-04 in Pashto, 250 kW, 70 degrees from Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO [and non]. 9575, Dec 28 at 2017, JBA carrier, I suppose Medi-1 as nothing else is scheduled, but would expect more from it and fear it is becoming sporadic again. Meanwhile F-G signals on 9555 and 9675 from SAUDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU [and non]. 5980, Dec 29 at 0100, heavy fast pulse jamming from CUBA, but R. Chaski carrier still detectable with BFO, until cutoff at 0101:59*, which is 6.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, Dec 29 at 0114, good signal level but besides transpolar flutter fading up and down, there is Doppler flutter laterally on the carrier; SLBC music starts at 0114:50, timesignal ends 0115:11, yes, eleven seconds late! Opening in Hindi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 11880, Sunday Dec 29 at 1327, PCJ 6-note interval signal in second of two specials via WRMI; program opens with timesignal which is 16.5 seconds late! due to internet feed? TG for WWV. This is the live `Happy Station` callout, with less music than usual, but when it plays, same degraded fidelity as last week. Usual light-hearted gab by Keith Perron between and during calls, including: Kenny Tosh in Belfast; Jonathan Short in China; Bob Zanotti in Switzerland; Steven Mason in NJ, Jan Oosterveen in Netherlands, Andy Sennitt, ibid., Jodi? In Kolkata, Tom Meijer. Some no-answers from people who had sent in phone number and were supposed to be QRX. Keith mentions that the 5995 Nauen relay has to close 3 minutes early at 1327, but Jan points out they availablized the transmitter for 5995 by moving some other service to Issoudun for this occasion.

Generally sufficient here on 11880 with some fades, no QRM --- until 1430 before WRMI carrier goes off, then hear some VP CCI. 11880 had been chosen because it was completely unoccupied, but now what? HFCC and Aoki still show nothing else, but Jorge Freitas on the SDR Twente was getting QRM earlier in the hour at 1410, seemed VOA in Asian language; a year ago VOA Kurdish was on 11880 that hour via Biblis, but now Ivo Ivanov says it`s ``VOA in Tibetan 1400-1500 on new 11880, ex 7255 KWT // 9670``, which means also ChiCom jamming ASAP. But PCJ has no immediate plans for further broadcasts on WRMI 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-2, 5085, starting at 0030:00 sharp, UT Sunday Dec 29, after gospel music. Repeat at 0501v UT Sunday on WTWW-1, 5830, at first inaudible, then detectable, as propagation has dropped out again this late in the winter night. I wonder if it`s better further away? At this hour, the other TN signals are similarly degraded on 5890, 5935, while on 60m, 5085 and 4840 remain well audible.

Next: NEW time on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB: UT Monday Dec 30 at 0400v. Hope propagation holds up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15460, Dec 28 at 2008, Brother Scare is here, very undermodulated, because WRMI has been concerned that the original 15440 frequency toward Europe at 20-22 UT is not propagating well. Jeff White notified Juan Franco Crespo in Spain on Dec 28 that they would be moving to 7730 (WOOB, quite a plunge, almost exactly by 50%, not yet entered on WRMI`s graphic frequency schedule; but hints may lead to something in Spanish), but when I first check at 2003, a JBA carrier is on 7730 at best, probably something else. 15440 is indeed off, but tuning up the band at 2008 I find 15460 with BS, and music degraded by low bitrate feed. No QRM heard on 15460, but Iran in English is scheduled there until 2020, 205 degrees from Kamalabad.

Guess what, WRMI is radiating on the second harmonic of 7730 instead of the fundamental! I notified Okeechobee of the error ASAP, but they were apparently busy with something else, and stayed on 15460 at further chex 2045, 2110 and 2152. Jeff White replied, ``Glenn: We will probably be off to Europe tomorrow [Sunday] from 2000 to 2200 to do some work, and it should be back on on Monday on 7730 kHz``. Ivo Ivanov could hardly believe 7730, really meant to be 11730? No, 7730 was previously really used by WYFR, champ of WOOB pioneering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15420-CUSB, Dec 28 at 2007, the anapaestic androgynous preachperson from Fence Lake, NM, is in the clear on WBCQ; BBCWS extension until 2100 on this frequency was quite temporary, Mandela-inspired?

7490+, Dec 29 at 0108, WBCQ with better signal than recently, back up from QRP, or is it just propagational variation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475, Dec 28 at 2018, clips from 1971y of CKLW, ``20-20 News`` hyped about rape in an elevator; turns out to be commercial for a DVD documentary, ``Rise and Fall of the Big 8``, then Ted Randall asking for listener feedback; so his `QSO` show, Sats 19-21 UT, breaking away from SFAW on WTWW-1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 11625, Dec 28 at 2013, VR English, fair signal with African Catholic news; sked daily 2000-2030, 250 kW, 214 degrees from SMG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Dec 28 at 2012, Ungujan music, fair from ZBC, tho absent yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1710 UT December 29

Dx Re Mix News # 829

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 829                                      December 29, 2013
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ALASKA    Winter B-13 of KNLS The New Life Station:
0800-0900 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian
0900-1000 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on  9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1100-1200 on  9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on  9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1300-1400 on  9680 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1500 on  9615 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Chinese
1500-1600 on  9655 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs English
1600-1700 on  6190 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian
1700-1800 on  6190 NLS 100 kW / 285 deg to EaAs Russian


USA   Updated B-13 of WRMI, Brother Stair, Radio Africa, Family Radio
0000-0200 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
0000-0200 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs
0000-0200 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English Brother Stair
0000-0200 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
0000-0200 on 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg to NSAm English Brother Stair

0200-0300 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
0200-0300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs
0200-0300 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English Brother Stair
0200-0300 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair

0300-0400 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
0300-0400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Spanish Family Radio
0300-0400 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English Brother Stair
0300-0400 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair

0400-0600 on  7570 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English Brother Stair
0400-0600 on  9840 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Brother Stair
0400-0600 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs
0400-0600 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS English Brother Stair
0400-0600 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair

0600-0800 on  9840 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Brother Stair
0600-0800 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair

0800-1100 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair

1100-1300 on  9495 YFR 100 kW / 181 deg to CARR English Brother Stair
1100-1300 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1100-1300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

1300-1400 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1300-1400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs

1400-1500 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1400-1500 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Various WRMI programs
1400-1500 on 17790 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

1500-2000 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
1500-2000 on 17790 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

2000-2200 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
2000-2200 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa
2000-2200 on 15440*YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother Stair
*will be changed to 7730 or rather 11730

2200-2300 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
2200-2300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm English Brother Stair Mon-Fri
2200-2300 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs Sat/Sun
2200-2300 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
2200-2300 on 15190 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to NCAf English Radio Africa

2300-2400 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to MEXI English Brother Stair
2300-2400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Spanish Family Radio  Mon-Fri
2300-2400 on  9955 YFR 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Various WRMI programs Sat/Sun
2300-2400 on 11730 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to WNAm English Brother Stair
2300-2400 on 13695 YFR 100 kW / 151 deg to NSAm Spanish Family Radio

2330-2400 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to BRAS religious program Sat


USA(non)    Winter B-13 schedule of World Harvest Radio:
WHRI Angel 1
0000-0100 on  7335 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Sun/Mon
0100-0200 on  9605 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg to SoAm Spanish KBS World Radio
0300-0330 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam
0330-0400 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm English Voice of Vietnam
0400-0430 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to SoAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam
0430-0530 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg to MEX  Vietnamese Voice of Vietnam
0800-0900 on 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg to AUS  English Mon-Fri
0900-1100 on 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg to AUS  English Sun
1400-1500 on 21600 HRI 250 kW / 059 deg to NoAf English Sun
1500-1600 on 21630 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat/Sun
1600-1800 on 21630 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
1800-2000 on 17610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
2000-2100 on 17610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat
2130-2200 on 17540 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK
2300-2400 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Sun-Fri
WHRI Angel 2
0000-0100 on  5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Tue-Sat
0100-0130 on  9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish Tue-Sat R.Netherland
0130-0200 on  9895 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Mon
0200-0300 on  5920 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Tue-Sat
0300-0330 on  7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat
0330-0400 on  7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Russian Sat
0400-0430 on  6195 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg to SoAm Spanish Radio Japan NHK
0430-0500 on  9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat
0445-0500 on  9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun
0500-0600 on  9830 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat-Thu
0900-0930 on  6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAm Portuguese Radio Japan NHK
0930-1000 on  6195 HRI 250 kW / 152 deg to SoAm Spanish Radio Japan NHK
1100-1200 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Sun
1300-1400 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Sat/Sun
1400-1500 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Sun
1600-1700 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Sun
1730-1830 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Sun
1830-2000 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Thu/Sat
1900-2000 on  9840 HRI 250 kW / 025 deg to NEAm English Mon/Wed/Fri
2000-2115 on  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun
2200-2400 on  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat
T8WH Angel 3
0800-0900 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Sun-Fri
0800-0900 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Japanese Sat
0900-1000 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English
1000-1200 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Sun
1200-1230 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese Fri Radio Que Me
1200-1300 on  9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Sat/Sun
1300-1430 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English Radio Australia
T8WH Angel 4
0130-0300 on 15680 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sun
0300-0400 on 15680 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Mon-Fri
0400-0500 on 17840 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Radio Australia
1115-1200 on  9625 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK
1200-1300 on  9960 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Khmer Khmer Post Radio
1315-1400 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian Radio Japan NHK
1400-1430 on 11925 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Radio Japan NHK
1430-1500 on 11980 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat/Sun
1600-1630 on  9905 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs English Sat
WHRI Angel 5
1300-1400 on  9930 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs English Sat/Sun
1430-1500 on  9960 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze
1500-1530 on  9975 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze
1530-1600 on  9965 HRI 100 kW / 345 deg to NEAs Korean Nippon no Kaze
WHRI Angel 6
0100-0200 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Sun
0100-0215 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Mon
0200-0300 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Tue-Sat
1200-1300 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Mon-Fri
1300-1400 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Sun
2200-2300 on 15180 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to NWAm English Fri


USA    Winter B-13 of WEWN Global Catholoc Radio:
WEWN-1
0000-0900 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English
0900-1200 on 11520 EWN 250 kW / 355 deg to SEAs English
1200-1800 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to WeEu English
1800-2400 on 15610 EWN 250 kW / 040 deg to N/ME English
WEWN-2
0000-1000 on 11870 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
1000-1700 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
1700-2400 on 13830 EWN 250 kW / 155 deg to SoAm Spanish
WEWN-3
0000-0500 on  5810 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
0500-1200 on  7555 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
1200-1800 on 11550 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish
1800-2400 on 12050 EWN 250 kW / 220 deg to MEX  Spanish


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of World Wide Christian Radio:
WWCR-1
0000-0200 on  6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
0200-1100 on  3215 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
1100-2100 on 15825 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
2100-2400 on  6115 WCR 100 kW / 046 deg to WeEu English
WWCR-2
0000-0100 on  5070 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
0100-1300 on  5935 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
1300-1600 on  7490 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
1600-2100 on 12160 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
2100-2300 on  9350 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
2300-2400 on  5070 WCR 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English
WWCR-3
0000-0100 on 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English
0100-1300 on  4840 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English
1300-2400 on 13845 WCR 100 kW / 040 deg to NoAm English
WWCR-4
0000-0300 on  7520 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat
0300-0400 on  5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat
0400-1200 on  5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English
1200-1300 on  5890 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri
1300-1500 on  9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri
1500-2400 on  9980 WCR 100 kW / 090 deg to CeAm English


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WTWW We Transmit World Wide:
WTWW-1
0000-1400 on  5830 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg to NEAm English
1400-2400 on  9475 TWW 100 kW / 050 deg to NEAm English
WTWW-2
0000-1400 on  5085 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English
1400-2400 on  9930 TWW 100 kW / 180 deg to SoAm English
WTWW-3
0000-0300 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Spanish Sat-Wed
0300-0500 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Portuguese Sat-Wed
0500-0600 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Portuguese, very irregular
0600-0900 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Yoruba, very irregular
0900-1200 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Chinese, very irregular
1200-1400 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Russian, very irregular
1400-1500 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Russian Fri-Tue
1500-2100 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Arabic  Fri-Tue
2100-2400 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm French  Fri-Tue


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WBCQ The Planet:
0000-0400 on  5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English CUSB Dayly
0400-1100 on  5110vBCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English CUSB Daily, ex Tue-Sat
2000-2100 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Tue
2100-2200 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Mon-Fri
2200-2400 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Sun-Fri
0000-0200 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Daily
0200-0500 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Mon-Sat
0500-1100 on  7490 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English Daily
0000-2400 on  9330 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English CUSB Daily
1500-1800 on 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English CUSB, not 1400-1800
1800-2200 on 15420 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English CUSB Daily


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WWRB:
0000-0500 on  5050 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English AM/USB
0000-1400 on  3185 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English
0200-0500 on  3195 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English, irreg
1400-2400 on  9370 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English
2300-0200 on  3215 WRB 100 kW / 045 deg to NEAm English, irreg


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WINB:
1215-1300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun
1300-1500 on 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sun
1500-1545 on 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun
1545-2200 on 13570 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
2200-2400 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0000-0330 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0330-0430 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sat


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of KJES:
0200-0300 on  7555 JES 050 kW / 335 deg to NWAm English
0300-0330 on  7555 JES 050 kW / 020 deg to NEAm English
1400-1500 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 070 deg to NEAm English
1500-1600 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 350 deg to NWAm English
1600-1700 on 11715 JES 050 kW / 150 deg to CeAm Spanish


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WRNO:
0200-0500 on  7506vRNO 050 kW / 020 deg to NoAm English


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of KVOH:
0300-0500 on  9975 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg to CeAm English Sun/Mon
1400-2000 on 17775 VOH 050 kW / 100 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon-Fri


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of Caribbean Beacon:
1000-2200 on 11775 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg to CeAm English
2200-1000 on  6090 AIA 100 kW / 320 deg to CeAm English


USA   Winter B-13 schedule of WJHR Radio International:
1400-2200 on 15550 JHR 050 kW / 005 deg to NWAm English DSB


--
73!
Ivo


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

DX log MW di dicembre Saverio De Cian

Questo il log di dicembre non male per alcune novità, preziosa la collaborazione quasi giornaliera con Valter Comuzzi, proprio un lavoraccio anche per una propagazione povera in onda media!

Auguroni di un sereno 2014 !

Saverio De Cian
Sedico - Belluno
RX : SDR Perseus & JRC 535
ANT: Single Delta Flag + FLG100LN

1100 27/12/2013 0345- B ZYK694 R Globo, São Paulo; px sportivo, Id "Globo" 22222
1270 19/12/2013 0315- ARG LS11 R Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata; commenti e notizie, ID "Radio Provincia Buenos Aires" 21321
1310 05/12/2013 0459- CAN CIWW Ottawa ON; mx, nx e annunci in E 22322
1340 17/12/2013 0401- CLM HJFB Amor Estereo SF de Bogotá; px mx in S, Id "Amor Estereo"      22322
1340 03/12/2013 0426- VEN YVNE R Uno AM 1340, Caracas; Id "Radio Uno" segue l'inno venezuelano 23322 in Venezuela time UTC+4 h 30 m.
1349,905 18/12/2013 0200- B ZYH520 Boa Vontade, Salvador; commenti sportivi e Id in P 22322
1349,992 18/12/2013 0201- ARG LS6 R Buenos Aires; mx, annunci e Id "LS6 Radio Buenos Aires AM 1350" 23322
1359,990 17/12/2013 0335- CLM HJTU R Oxigeno, Cartagena; px mx, Id "estas escuchando Oxigeno Cartagena 1360 AM" (tnx Valter Comuzzi) 23322
http://nacional.oxigeno.fm/audio-en-vivo/cartagena-am/1360-am/player/OXIAM_CARTAGENA
1390 25/12/2013 0401- HND HRVC LV Evangélica Tegucigalpa; mx, px rel e Id "La Voz Evangelica" 22322
1390 25/12/2013 0428- VEN YVZO R Lumen 2000, Maracaibo; mx e Id "Lumen, la buena noticia, un mensaje de paz, amor y esperanza" (tnx Valter Comuzzi) 22322
1400 25/12/2013 0627- CLM HJKM Emisora Mariana de Bogotá; mx, parlato in S, Id "Emisora Mariana" 22322
1430 27/12/2013 0400- B ZYJ200 RB2 Curitiba; mx natalizia, annunci e Id in P 22322
1440 25/12/2013 0329- USA WRED Westbrook ME; px sportivo, Id "WRED" 22322
1470 10/12/2013 0407- PRU OAU4B R Capital, Lima; annunci e mx, Id "Radio Capital"  23322
1470 17/12/2013 0626- MEX XEAI Radio Fórmula México DF; px mx e Id "Formula femenina" 23322
1510 07/12/2013 0600- USA WUFC Boston MA; px sportivo, Id "NBC Sports Radio" 34343
1569,975 06/12/2013 0339- PRU OAU7Z R Carraviz, Juliaca; mx, parlato in S e Id "La Voz de la Liberación" (tnx Valter Comuzzi) 21321
1570 10/12/2013 0401- PRU OCU4J Radio Bethel Lima; mx, px religioso e Id "Bethel en todo el Peru" 33433
1570 05/12/2013 0459- CAN CJLV Laval QC; px mx e commenti in F 23322
1570 24/12/2013 0430- MEX XERF La Poderosa, Ciudad Acuña; mx, inno e vari slogan, Id "La Poderosa" 44433
1580 17/12/2013 0416- CLM HJQZ R Maria, Barranquilla, Id "Radio Maria" 23322
1620 24/12/2013 0500- CUB CMBA Rebelde; commenti, interviste, inno e vari Id 32322
1620 25/12/2013 0358- VIR WDHP Frederiksted; news e commenti in E, Id "WDHP" 22322  http://www.reefbroadcasting.com/
1629,820 12/12/2013 0150- ARG LRM991 R Melody, San José; mx, commenti in S e Id "Radio Melody" 23432
1650 05/12/2013 0459- CAN CJRS Montréal QC; id e news in F 31321
1650 17/12/2013 0627- MEX XEAZR-AM ZER Radio; px mx, Id "Zer Radio" 24322
1660 19/12/2013 0559- USA KRZI Waco TX; commenti sportivi, slogan (tnx Valter Comuzzi) (QRM WGIT) 21321
1660 25/12/2013 0402- PTR WGIT Canóvanas PR; commenti, annunci, Id "WGIT" 23322
1670 19/12/2013 0302- ARG R Rubí, Rafael Castillo; mx e ID "Radio Rubí" (tnx Valter Comuzzi) 23322
1680 19/12/2013 0559- USA KRJO Monroe LA; px mx, Id "16-80 KRJO" 23322
1700 19/12/2013 0600- USA KVNS Brownsville TX; px musicale, Id "KVNS" 34333
1700 24/12/2013 0500- USA KVNS Brownsville TX; px sportivo, Id "Fox Sports Radio" 33333

 

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New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953

December 29 2013

DX Clubs, editors, radio media

New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953
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Several new features of interest to radio history fans are coming soon to www.radioheritage.net home of The Global Radio Memories Project.

Examining the radio dials in 1953, each feature details the broadcasters on the air 60 years ago giving old timers an opportunity for memories, and offering a special insight into how radio has developed in each location when compared with the broadcasters of today.

The new features to be released shortly cover South East Asia, South Asia, South America, and Brazil.

Mediumwave and shortwave stations predominate, with a few early FM stations. You'll find many long gone and now forgotten broadcasters, many of whom were powerful stations of their time and known to listeners around the globe.

Each Retro Radio Dial features comes in a broader media perspective from 1953, with the most popular music and movies of the time, and a group of suggested books you can buy to explore cultural, political and other issues of the period from the region.

Join us at www.radioheritage.net shortly to discover these new features, and enjoy the large number of features such as Iron Curtain Europe, Africa, Caribbean and many others already published.

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Visit the Pacific this winter

December 28 2013

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Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2013

** CHINA. 9455 & 9355, Dec 27 at 1947, Firedrake fair on both, and reliably so, jamming RFA Chinese via Saipan on both for several hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11750 y 15230, Dec 28 at 1249 are both open carrier/dead air from RHC, and 15230 is yet the OSOB almost an hour before sunrise here. 11750 would be warming up for at 1300 start, but 15230 is supposed to modulating from *1200.

9850 is still on at 1402, not its scheduled successor per Aoki also on the 160-degree antenna, 15340. Another one is tardy, 13780. By 1444 check, 13780 is going, but 15340 is only open carrier/dead air. By 1522 both are modulating, congratulations.

13740, Dec 28 at 1405, CRI English relay back on proper frequency today after error on 13650 yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, Dec 27 at 1947, Greek music, F-G as Avlis has been more active on its prime frequency lately.

9420, Dec 28 at 0110, Greek discussion atop CRI; not // 7450 at 0112, undermodulated Greek music.

Wonder what will happen if anything when 2014y arrive? These SW transmissions have held up remarkably long after the worker/management dispute started last summer (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11670, Dec 27 at 1944, just as I tune in, YL in English is saying goodbye, then dead air. Looks like the AIR GOS at 1745-1945 would have been listenable here, beamed 325 degrees with 500 kW from Bengaluru. Hindi to follow for an hour, then back to English at 2045 but at 280 degrees per Aoki; which also shows both English segments *jammed by the ChiCom (presumably with white noise), but not the Hindi interval. Trouble is, too many Chinese understand English now! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Dec 28 at 1352, musical prélude again to R. Free Chosun; today it`s rather choppy with degraded propagation, fair with flutter. 1401 underway in Korean but with ``Jingle Bells Rock`` playing underneath. Is this a serious clandestine?? They do play a lot of music later in the bihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Dec 28 at 1258 UT, song in Spanish with low audible het, dead giveaway it`s Monterrey NL, 1300 confirmed by full ID with call letters XEBJB, street address, into news headlines. WRTH 2014 says slogan is Radio 570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Dec 28 at 1304 UT, weather, then live DJ greeting listeners and families in various colonias around Parral, and Hidalgo, dominating frequency, ranchera song ``Ay, mamá`` by YL with quite a set of pipes; then ``buenos días en XEGD, La Poderosa``, 1308 ID for 700, 90.3 and web from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua. WRTH 2014 shows 5000/250 watts with that slogan, while IRCA 2012 had it as Ke Buena, 1000/200 watts. And Cantú today shows 5000/1000, also La Poderosa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Dec 27 at 1950, JBA carrier in full daytime, presumed another bit of XEPPM evidence. Even at night, modulation is quite low so not very useful. BTW, they have a DX/media program on SW only, most UT Thursdays at 0030-0100, `Sintonía Libre` with plenty of musical relief, better heard from the archive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Dec 28 at 0113, VG signal from special UT Saturday airing of The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, singing ID, ad in Dutch for Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW radio; Eric in English asks for e-mail, 0114 ``Oasis``. 0125 ``We Will Rock You`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 28 at 0054, JBA carrier from R. Chaski (or Chaski R. as WRTH 2014 puts it, 5 kW), until cutoff at 0101:52.5* which is 22 seconds later than last check 4 days ago = 5.5 later on the average per day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15320, Dec 28 at 1522, Tagalog talk with loud music mix at equal level, seems unrelated, and apparent double input to transmitter and/or studio error; 1525 music stops and only talk heard, defaulting to English to say ``Brothers and Sisters of St. Paul``. It`s R. Veritas Asia, relay via VATICAN, 107 degrees back to Middle East Gastarbeiter, but as usual from SMG site, plenty of signal bleeding off in other direxions. Aoki and EiBi correctly show time for this as 1500-1553, while HFCC registration is for 1630-1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Dec 27 at 1948, WWRB is *still* (again?) open carrier/dead air like it was at previous check 1519, or rather just barely modulated with Brother Scare; now there is maybe a trace of modulation.

BTW, Jeff White has advised Juan Franco Crespo in Spain that the 20-22 UT broadcast to Europe has replaced 15440 with 7730, all in English for the moment (i.e. B.S.). Just checked the WRMI graphic frequency schedule at 1740 Dec 28: still showing 15440. That`s quite a drop, almost exactly by 50% (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: no longer at 0300 UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, so not even checked Dec 28. Now confirmed is the replacement time for that, UT Mondays 0400v. Meanwhile: UT Sunday 0029v on WTWW-2 5085 (we hope, as not on the air last week, and played previous program the week before); and UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490, Dec 28 at 0100, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` not only here but // 9330-CUSB and 5110v-CUSB, but *not* synchronized, as apparently each transmitter has a different feed routing (partly via internet, Area 51 HQ in Maryland?). 7490 is JBA apparently still QRP, so 9330 is best; Allan`s opening sermon until 0116 when he gets Mal on the phone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0117, WRMI in its fill-music loop, German song, then polka at 0118. Had been a preacher until 0115; according to just updated program schedule grid dated Dec 28, the 0115 UT Saturday program was supposed to be `Christ Gospel Broadcast`. Totally free of jamming at the moment; not due to propagation since 9490 Radio República (still via France, how much longer?) is buried under wall-of-noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 850, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0637, surprised to hear a female hosting `Coast to Coast AM`, most unusual, via KOA (and countless other non-synchronized frequencies); admonishes callers not to use 4-letter words as her guest is discussing swearing, both casual and causal. Casual swearing serves no purpose other than to show the person is too lazy to think of and utter the proper word, and doesn`t care how it damage her reputation. Causal swearing is exclamatory and forgivable especially if from injury. Before next break, hostess IDs as Dr. Kathryn (?) Alpert (?)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 910, Dec 28 at 0645 UT, singing ID sounds like ``WHMO`` but no match in the NRC AM Log or FCC AM Query. Closest fonetikaly is WAKO in Lawrenceville IL, U3, 500/50 watts with an AC/OLD format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5910, Sat Dec 28 at 0619, off-frequency HJDH has a LAH, at a time when nothing else is scheduled on 5910. Would not even be TWR warming up from Austria since its 0644-0659 broadcast in Polish is M-F only. Does not work out to be an RHC mixing product either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7560, Dec 28 at 1356, 1 kHz tone, fair with flutter; stops at 1359, transmission break, then resumes until at least 1420. By 1406 there is some weak talk CCI underneath. EiBi, Aoki, and HFCC all agree what`s supposed to be here 7 days a week: BBCWS at 1330-1430, going from Bengali to Hindi at 1400 and switching sites from Thailand to Uzbekistan. So both sites lost common satellite feed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1745 UT December 28

RTR 2 Die Powerstation on Dec.28

BULGARIA(non)   Special broadcast of RTR 2 Die Powerstation:
1600-1900 on  7535 SOF 100 kW / 306 deg to CeEu German/Music


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73!
Ivo


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

WTWW-3 in Yoruba and Chinese

USA   Again surprisingly transmission of WTWW-3 on Dec.28
till 0905 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Yoruba
from 0905 on 12105 TWW 100 kW / 040 deg to NEAm Chinese


--
73!
Ivo


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

Two different broadcasts of Brother Stair via WBCQ on Dec.28

USA   Two different broadcasts of Brother Stair via WBCQ:
from 0830 on  7490.1 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English
but not// on  5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English


--
73!
Ivo


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

Glenn Hauser logs December 27, 2013

** CUBA. 13650, Dec 27 at 1436, CRI English relay VG here, missing from 13740. Another screwup by RadioCuba, as 13650 is the Cuban relay frequency for Portuguese at 23-24. 14-16 English will probably be back on 13740 in a day or two. Usual modulation level not up to par (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 5910, Fri Dec 27 at 1410, very weak station talking, unseems English, with some music mixed. Shiokaze is back here, as not even a carrier audible on 6140, which is also ACI`d by 6145 Firedrake. Nothing else scheduled on 5910 at this time, and Aoki`s Dec 27 edition is right up to date, showing Sea-breeze on 5910 since December 26, and furthermore, no English but instead: 1330-1430 Mon, Thu & Fri all in Korean; Tue all Japanese; other days split half & half: Sun Japanese & Korean; Wed Chinese & Korean; Sat Korean & Japanese. Ron Howard also noted English missing last Friday when it was still on 6140.

Altho 6145 Firedrake is in well again today, reception at this hour from Japan on 49m very poor, e.g. 6055 Nikkei (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 14996, Dec 27 at 1441, time pips on CW, beating against 15000 WWV/H, but separable with LSB. Poor signal, but seems like some seconds are skipped or doubled, and pip slightly prolonged at ToM. No doubt it`s RWM Moskva-Taldom on its unique standard frequency, which would eventually emit a CW ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7490+, Dec 27 at 0638 check, Brother Scare is JBA here on WBCQ. Seems like same backup QRP transmitter, but frequency remains adjusted closer to nominal. Ivo Ivanov put it on 7490.1.

9690, Dec 27 at 1450, surprised to hear some gospel huxter other than BS from WRMI, and it`s // 9955, so feed mixup presumed; compensates for running BS on 9955 an hour early before 1500 a few days ago?

9370, Dec 27 at 1451, WWRB is on with open carrier, dead air. Was still absent earlier in the hour. 1519 by turning up the volume, it`s just barely modulated with BS. At first suspected crossmod from the extremely stronger signals on 9980, 9955, 9930 (have we got enough BS yet? Never!), but 9370 is not synched with any of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Dec 27 at 1446, JBA carrier and then some music detectable, as KVOH is just starting to propagate. They could avoid this by running the 6-hour weekday broadcast an hour or two later during the daytime (and not have to get going by 6 am PST) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [and non]. 13735, Dec 27 at 1437, Vietnamese talk with heavy tone jamming on DSB, pitch wavering slightly. It`s the Viet Cong response to R. Free Asia, via SAIPAN, one hour only. Lack of CRI on 13740 [see CUBA] expedited monitoring of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1643 December 27

VOA Radiogram, 28-29 Dec, has DX potential

This weekend, VOA Radiogram begins its new transmission Saturday 0930-1000 on 5745 kHz. That's very early in the morning in the Americas, but this broadcast might have a chance of being heard and decoded in Asia and northern Europe.

Because of likely marginal reception conditions in distant places, there will be a VOA News story in the slow (55 wpm) but robust MFSK16 mode. There will also be MFSK32 (120 wpm) and MFSK64 (240 wpm).

The broadcast Sunday 1300-1300 UTC on 6095 kHz is discontinued.

Details of this weekend's broadcast is here:

voaradiogram.net/post/71234024046/voa-radiogram-28-29-december-2013-might-be-audible-in

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC)
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz

All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

Voice of Nigeria and WBCQ on Dec.27

NIGERIA    Additional transmission for Voice of Nigeria:
0700-0800 on  7254.9 AJA 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf French

USA   New broadcast of Brother Stair via WBCQ The Planet:
from 0700 on  7490.1 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm English


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73!
Ivo


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

Glenn Hauser logs December 26-27, 2013

** ALGERIA [non]. 7495, Dec 26 at 2103, RTA via FRANCE in what sounds like national anthem; scheduled to go from French to Qur`an at 2105. Poor signal, but better than adjacent 7490 WBCQ whose frequency I was checking out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Dec 26 at 2212, no DGS here or on 11775, but by 2231, PMS is on 6090 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DJIBOUTI. 4780.0, Dec 26 at 2220, very poor signal with music past 2233, presumed this despite nominal 2100* as R. Djibouti has been reported running this late: by Zacharias Liangas, Dec 17 at 2237; and by Anker Petersen same date until 2244*. Nothing else known on frequency either, and not Ecuador which is on 4781.7 or so. I was checking 4760 first for ELWA Liberia, but nothing heard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Dec 26 at 2049, R. Africa Network via WRMI seems alone today, until it fades a bit and then the SAH from Bata starts to appear. By 2121 the two audios are definitely mixing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [and non]. 7450, Dec 26 at 2056, jazz, while 9420 is Greek talk; at 2102, 7450 carries ERA IS and ID I think as ``Helliniki Radiophonia``, IS again. Also weak talk CCI, which must be Iran in Spanish until 2120, 500 kW, 298 degrees from Sirjan.

9420, Dec 26 at 2155 playing Roy Orbison song in English, ``Sweet Dreams, Baby``, at 2231 announcement during music mentions ``tessera``, so maybe carrying fourth program? Maybe not; that`s the Spor(t) network, which would be mostly talk, sports and other news, if it still exist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1190, Dec 27 at 0043 UT, a Mexican is dominating the channel on non-direxional caradio antenna, with news, 6:42 TC, federal PSAs, rumbling het from something off-frequency. Two best bets are XECT in Monterrey and XEWK in Guadalajara (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1470, Dec 27 at 0104 on caradio, Mexican music and ID as ``La Consentida``, for which there is only one match in the 2012 IRCA Log: XEHI, Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas; that`s right across the Rio Bravo from Roma, Tejas. WRTH 2013, however, names XEHI ``Mi Radio 1470, Puro Cañonazo``, but has no other 1470 as Consentida.

¿What about Cantú? No Consentidas on 1470, tho I am positive that`s the slogan I heard, and yet another identity for XEHI:
1470 XEHI La Caponera Cd. Miguel Alemán, Tamps. 10,000 250
What does Caponera mean? Random House says: ``coop for fattening capons; gaol; place where one lives well free of charge``

Well, I`m sticking with XEHI = Consentida, as that`s the very active identity currently on FB: https://www.facebook.com/XEHI1470
Dixionary definition of which is over-indulged or spoilt, hardly something positive. In DXLD 13-36, Henrik Klemetz said words like consentida imply mistress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Ch A2 NTSC, Dec 26 at 1640 UT, weak video fades in, enough to spot the Azteca net-7 bug in the upper right, no audio, and soon fades out. Thus I am rewarded for countless hours of viewing snow on channel 2, with the first sign of a winter sporadic-E opening this year. Antenna having shed its ice finally without breakage, still parked SSE toward OKC, close to due S whence this probably comes from XHTAU Tampico. 6m Es maps are showing only a couple of contacts across the Texas area, but the MUF map shows lots of spots across the US with Es clouds into 20 or 30 MHz ranges. Keep monitoring, and another brief peak of weak video CCI on channel 2 at 1805 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 99.9, Dec 27 at 0110-0150 UT, part 15 from the same house as last few years in the Pheasant Run addition, western edge of Enid, with Xmas music in $tereo and light show; full quieting only within a block of the place. Variety of songs, mostly secular, or jazzed up such as Mannheim Steamroller (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 9395, Dec 26 at 2225, VOR in English, fair in phone interview about South Sudan; via ARMENIA. This service is in its final week before contracting in 2014y to nothing but Irkutsk site, with English only for AustralAsia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SERBIA [non]. 6100, Dec 26 at 2212, music, then the bored-sounding IRS announceress talking about Serbia; poor to fair, but wasn`t expecting to hear her at all. Best time of year for this English semihour for Europe to reach so much further, and proves that IRS could still broadcast to North America if they cared to, which in previous winters was on 6190 at 0130, exactly what they pretend to do:
http://voiceofserbia.org/program-schedule
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K. BBCWS interview with me did not air on the Dec 26 `World Business Report`. Lucy Burton, who did the interview, tells me, ``We had a last minute shuffle with our running orders today. I believe the shortwave piece will now be broadcast next Monday at the same time (1730, 1930 and 2230 gmt)`` Or 32 minutes after the hours. She reported from Romania on today`s show, and told me she also visited RRI, which may be part of the Monday segment; they plan to close down their SW in a few years (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9475, starting at 2200:54 Thursday December 26.

3195, WWRB bodes ill as tuned in at 0408 Dec 27 to find open carrier, dead air, or rather hum, and also on the webcast. But at 0418.5 our usual warmup act comes on, until terminated at 0430:05, and WOR 1701 starts at 0430:15 UT Friday. Not on 5050.

Next: Saturday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0030v on WTWW-2, 5085
UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1, 5840
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955
Check http://www.worldmicroscope.com for possible new time for WOR on Area 51 this weekend (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Dec 26 at 1827, KVOH music check: yes, it sounds better now as the packets are tying together without the gaps. I was checking since Ray Robinson says they modified their STL; also says KVOH took Xmas day off, which I why I didn`t hear them before 2000; and they stay on at least until then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7490+, Dec 26 at 2057, WBCQ IS & ID, still very poor as if on backup transmitter, but frequency close to nominal, rather than +1.4 kHz as I`ve been hearing it later in the night. It`s weaker than Algeria via FRANCE on 7495 causing it ACI, even tho that 500 kW is aimed nowhere near us, 194 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0558 UT December 27

RUSSIA: Voice of Russia B13 MW & SW schedule from 1st Jan 2014

Schedule "Voice of Russia" in Russian from 1 January to 29 March 2014. Time UTC.

for Belarus:

16-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

for the Caucasus

6-12, 16-3 - 657 kHz, 50 kW from Grozny

1-24 - 1395 kHz, 500 kW from Yerevan

Russian and Chechen in the same direction (apparently Radio channel Caucasus)

3-6, 12-16 - 171 kHz, 1200 kW of Krasnodar and 657 kHz, 50 kW from Grozny

for Central Asia

0-23 - 1503 kHz, 500 kW from Dushanbe

for the Baltic countries

18-21 - 1143 kHz, 150 kW from Kaliningrad

18-22 - 1215 kHz, 1200 kW of Kaliningrad

Europe

4-6, 17-18 - 1548 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

8-9, 12-15 - 9625 kHz, 15 kW from Kaliningrad (DRM, Channel 2)

16-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-20 - 1413 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-21 - 1143 kHz, 150 kW from Kaliningrad

Ukraine and Moldova

4-8, 17-18 - 1548 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

5-19, 21-23 - 999 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

18-20 - 1413 kHz, 500 kW from Grigoriopol

Broadcast "Voice of Russia" on the HF in all languages from January 1:

Australia and New Zealand

English 21800 kHz from Irkutsk, 250 kW, 6-9

in Asia

DRM 10-12 - 12035 kHz in English, 13-15 - 7400 kHz for an hour in Hindi and Urdu, 15 kW from Irkutsk

in the analogue 7-9 - 21800 kHz 10-12, 13-14 - 9560 kHz 15-17 - 5900 kHz in English

12-13 - 9560 kHz in Vietnamese from Irkutsk 250 kW

10-14 - 5900 kHz in Chinese from Irkutsk 250 kW

12-14 - 5980 kHz in Japanese from Irkutsk 250 kW

to Europe (only DRM)

Moscow 40 kW

7-10 - 11635 kHz in English

15-17 - 9680 kHz in German

17-19 - 6110 kHz in German

20-22 - 6000 kHz for an hour in Spanish and English

Kaliningrad 9625 kHz 15 kW

First channel - 8-9 in German, English 9-10, 12-15 in German

Second channel - 8-9 in Russian, English 9-10, 12-15 in Russian

PS Since January 1, due to changes in net broadcasting "World Radio Network", schedule changes and airing programs "Radiopanorama." With the new year listen to an overview of developments in the world of radio and other means of communication on Saturdays at 10:16 UTC, repeated at 19:46 and 22:46, and then on Sunday at 6:46 and 14:46, and Monday 3: 16)

Source: "Radiopanorama" ("World Radio Network") for 21.12.13.

(Aleksandr Diadischev  via open_dx)

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Alokesh Gupta

New Delhi

WBCQ on 5109.8

USA   Music program of WBCQ The Planet on Dec.23, instead of TOM on Dec.22
from 0730 on  5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm USB+Carrier

USA   Music program of WBCQ The Planet on Dec.23, instead of TOM on Dec.22
from 0930 on  5109.8 BCQ 050 kW / 245 deg to NEAm USB+Carrier


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73!
Ivo


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

Oromo Voice Radio to start 1 January 2014.

This Ethiopian clandestine will start shortwave operation on 17850 kHz at 1600 UT on 1 January 2014, with programming in Afaan Oromo and English. Further info with YouTube video at http://tinyurl.com/of3xqc4 and on the broadcaster's own website at oromovoice.org.

David Kernick, Interval Signals Online

(via dxld yg)

HCJB Australia language correxions

According to
http://www.hcjb.org.au/docs/HCJB%20Australia%20B13%20Schedule.pdf
in Ivo Ivanov`s B-13 shortwave schedule of HCJB Australia
0000-0030 on 15400 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Malayalam Sun
should read: Bahasa Malaysia
[...]
0100-0115 on 15400 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Chinese Wed/Fri
0100-0115 on 17760 KNX 100 kW / 310 deg to SEAs Chinese Wed/Fri
1130-1145 on 11700 KNX 100 kW / 320 deg to SEAs Chinese Wed/Fri
Chin Hakha --- Duhdim Nun (Abundant Life), also see
http://www.hcjb.org/hcjb-global-news/asia-pacific/programs-produced-by-chin-hakha-pastors-in-australia-touch-persecuted-believers.html
[...] 
1000-1030 on 15400 KNX 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Fijian Mon-Fri
2300-2330 on 15525 KNX 100 kW / 345 deg to EaAs Fijian Mon-Fri
should read: Fujian-Chinese
[...]
(Ivo Ivanov, DX RE MIX NEWS #826 December 16, 2013, via DXLD)
(Dr. Hansjoerg Biener 26. December 2013, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs December 25-26, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Dec 25 around 1430, RA in `Conversations` with Richard Fidler interviewing Michael Ware about his experiences as a war correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan, for TIME and CNN, now recovering from PTSD. Radio National`s show archive has nothing new since Dec 13, as it`s summer re-run time. Searching on guest name, it`s this one from last August, altho he also appeared in 2012; in fact that show was a repeat of the previous one, so this is a rerepeat; but new to me.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/08/16/3827038.htm?site=conversations
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9570, Dec 26 at 1444, open carrier/dead air with some hum, surely the Habana relay of CRI which failed to turn off after 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Dec 25 at 1958, R. Africa from Bata refers to Tony Alamo and his website, but it`s not the convicted sex offender himself who is serving 175 years in prison; fair signal, better than usual. Has to be Bata since the R. Africa on WRMI is still on 17790 with music, QSY announcement and off at 2000:08*.

Not until *2001:20 does WRMI/RAN come on 15190 atop Bata, making SAH of about 4 Hz; brief break in transmission at 2002, then Radio Africa Network on WRMI ID. Meanwhile 15440 WRMI with BS is instead dead air at 2003 but modulating by next check at 2056 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 7390, Dec 25 at 0640, RFI French with fast SAH; definitely two carriers several Hz apart, but only one modulation. Again most likely reason is that Issoudun is mistakenly running two 500 kW transmitters at once. Current schedule thru 22 Feb calls for 05-06 at 160 degrees, and 06-07 at 185 degrees. Second possibility is that Albania is warming up for its 0800 broadcast on 7390 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Dec 25 at 1357, R. Free Chosun with usual Xmas song in English before Korean.

9775, Dec 26 at 1348, R. Free Chosun is already on with prélude, `O Come, Emmanuel` Xmas tune, and then the same ones as before up to 1400 opening in Korean; usual good signal comparable to 9800 VOA Korean from Philippines (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, Dec 26 at 1406 UT, `K530AM`, Vance AFB once again has turned the power up to sound like its mighty 10 watts instead of milliwatts, hyper-boring Ad Council PSA rotation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17705, Dec 25 at 1405, BSKSA with General Arabic, and 17615 with Qur`an, split again after being joined 24 hours earlier. Also still separate around same time Dec 26 with Qur`an also on 17895 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. This time for BS, see EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]; USA: WBCQ and WRMI

** U K. If you can hear BBCWS at 1732 UT Dec 26, and it`s a stream carrying `World Business Report`, this edition is supposed to carry an interview with me about the future of shortwave. Once confirmed, we`ll find a link to hear it ondemand via:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvhj7
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15580, Dec 25 at 2004, open carrier, deadair from VOA Greenville, then 2004:45 joining music in progress on `African Beat`. This hour is full of Xmas music boogied up in African style, such as `Joy to the World` at 2008. To accompany our afternoon nap hoping to compensate for overnight sleep deficits.

VOA does a good job of appealing to African listeners, but how is so much African-oriented programming ``telling America`s story abroad``?? Meanwhile, more traditional carols nearby on 15610 WEWN all during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: ready for first airing at new WRMI 9955 time of Thursday 1330 Dec 26. But there`s no way our 29-minute program can fit into a 27:50 slot. 1326 R. Prague starts music fill; 1330:10 Andy Sennitt ID; 1330:50 WOR starts; cut off at 1358:40 for WRMI Scoreboard. The last few words of WOR were modulated on the NW transmitter, much stronger against the pulse jamming thruout, tnx a lot Arnie! Its carrier came on at *1357:50 overriding the previous WRMI transmitter but helping to suppress the jamming too.

Remaining WOR SW broadcasts, we hope with fewer problems:
Thu 2201 on WTWW-1, 9475
UT Fri 0428v on WWRB, 3195 (and check 5050-USB in case it revive)
The UT Sat 0300v WOR on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB has been cancelled as the time has been sold out to Brother Scare. Maybe WOR will still be heard on UT Sunday or Monday, TBA.
Sat 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
UT Sun 0029 on WTWW-2, 5085 (we hope; not on the air last week, and the week before played the previous week`s program)
UT Sun 0501 on WTWW-1, 5830
Tue 1200 on WRMI, 9955
Meanwhile, one may listen ondemand to this and hundreds of previous WORs at
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7491.4, Dec 25 at 0635 check, Brother Scare saying something about adding even more stations before 2014; very poor signal, as WBCQ continues way off-frequency and probably not the main transmitter. Also VP on 5110v-CUSB at 0642.

7491.4, Dec 26 at 0746, BS still here, very poor and same music break as on 5085 WTWW; 5110 is JBA at 0742 and not synch with 5085.

On backup reduced power and transmitter(s)? Maine has had widespread power outages from an ice storm. But as far as I can tell, this affects central Maine, not the northeast corner where WBCQ is. Need to check whether the full-power transmitter closer to 7490 is in use at all, during non-BS hours in the late afternoon and early evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Dec 25 at *1358:15, WRMI NW transmitter and antenna cuts on air overriding SSE one during Spanish show of English rock music, then back off a bit, another break at 1400* uncovering the jamming unhindered, and then back on to stay, not with scheduled WRMI programming but with Brother Scare an hour earlier than he`s supposed to start here at 1500. Mistake or change? Must have been mistake, as next day Dec 26, it`s back to other preacher programming after 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9475, Dec 25 at 1449, no WTWW instead of 1400 sign-on; so R. Australia is still weakly audible; 9930 and 12105, however are on by now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Dec 25 at 1957, no signal from KVOH. It seems they are turning it off some minutes before the scheduled 2000* closing, but today I couldn`t say for sure if it was on at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1635 UT December 26

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New VOA Radiogram transmission Sat 0930 UTC

Effective 28 December  2013, VOA Radiogram will add a new transmission Saturday, 0930-1000 UTC, on 5745 kHz.

Because of interesting propagation this time of day, this broadcast has a chance of being heard and decoded in the Asia/Pacific region and in northern Europe, at least this time of year.

To keep this schedule change budget-neutral, the VOA Radiogram broadcast Sunday at 1300-1330 UTC on 6095 kHz has been discontinued.

VOA Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC)
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17860 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.

voaradiogram.net

(via dxld yg)

Glenn Hauser logs December 24-25, 2013

** CUBA. 11840, Dec 24 at 2257, RHC Spanish, good signal level, but just barely modulated, and distorted. Why bother to broadcast such a degraded frequency at all like this?

5040, Dec 25 at 0153, RHC Spanish is still rumbling in AM, and wobbling with BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also JAPAN [and non]

** EGYPT. 9720, Dec 25 at 0204, R. Cairo, music with fair modulation! instead of usual dead carrier; a Coptic Xmas present for North Americans in English? Not for them until January 7. Couldn`t stay with it for news and rest of program, unfortunately. Meanwhile 9965 Arabic frequency is still open carrier, whine, maybe JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, Dec 24 at 2016, no signal detectable from either R. Africa; yet WRMI with BS is audible, poorly on 15440 at 2030 check, so evidently WRMI is missing from 15190, and so is Bata or maybe the latter is just not propagating. However, at 2101, one of them is on with music, and bet it`s WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [and non]. The big NDR Xmas Eve special was a big bust here, but I assume did better on various high seas than 800 km from the nearest salt water in deep North America, far beyond any intended coverage. At 1956 Dec 24, nothing audible on 6125, 9460, 9885, 9925 (too close to WTWW 9930 anyway), but possibly a carrier on 11955. Propagation from Europe is currently pitiful. At 2103 I check the second batch of frequencies: nothing on 6040, 9625, 9880, 9925, a JBA carrier on 9435, better at 2133 when it`s more likely Romania in the collision I foresaw. Final check at 2255, still nothing making it from NDR frequencies, which were via Nauen, Germany, Issoudun, France, and Moosbrunn, Austria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7450, 7475, 9420, Helliniki Radiophonia missing from all three at 0200 UT Dec 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [and non]. 13650, Dec 24 at 2255, NHK IS seems strong signal but undermodulated, while Japanese programming is not // on 11665. What`s really happening: NHK is under open carrier from CRI Habana relay, which after timesignal at 2300 opens in Portuguese. From 2259, NHK has started `Sakura` and signs on in Thai for the 20-minute morning broadcast aimed 240 degrees from Yamata, and here off the back at 60 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Dec 25 at 0145, Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY is in its week-long holiday series of `Wolfman Jack` shows at 00-02; now a love song, 0148 Wolfman Jack himself and a local station break with Mighty KBC ID, Dutch announcement, WMJ jingles, ``Let`s Make a Deal`` parody. Sufficient, but with more splatter from 7385 WHRI than 7365 Cuban jamming and Radio Martí, so tuning slightly below is helpful (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Dec 24 at 0138, only pirate on band playing Xmas rock, poor to fair peaks with deep fades; 0139 laughing DJ with back-announces for ``Hang Your Balls on the Xmas Tree``, and ``Kill a Tree for Christ``, hee hee. Sounds like a Wolfman-Jack wannabee, while the real thing was on 7375; 0140 jingle for RNI, and another novelty Xmas song. So someone is playing old(?) Radio Newyork International stuff; WBCQ being otherwise occupied. Still on at 0212 check, very poor, but now Wolverine is on 6945+. However, these guyshttp://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,14579.0.html
thought 6925-AM was RJI = Radio Jamba International
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6945.18-USB, Dec 25 at 0214, Wolverine Radio ID, ``Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas`` by YL singer. Usual good signal from this pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 530, Dec 25 at 0211 UT, ``K530AM``, Vance AFB remains stuck in the milliwatts, JBA with PSAs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 7320, Dec 25 at 0157, undermodulated R. Rossii ID, fair with fading. Question is, circumsolstice, how early could this be heard, from sign on 1700 UT? A bit further north it might well hold up all ``day``, being 100 kW aimed northeast, 45 degrees from Magadan toward Chattanooga, while Enid is 54 degrees azimuth from there. After all, 0200 UT is close to midday in Magadan at 59-46 North. Too bad they can`t fix the modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, Dec 24 at 1952, halting talk by a voice not very suitable for radio, and what is the language? Mentions Australia several times. Keeps going past 2000, fanfare, maybe some ID mentions MHz; more similar talk; finally decide it`s Turkish, but maybe with an Arabic accent; 2014 music and mentions Islam, and ``burasi`` by YL which clinches it as Turkish, the scheduled BSKSA broadcast as R. Riyadh, 1800-2057, 500 kW, 340 degrees toward Turkey, and as it happens, USward far beyond. Only fair signal by now, but hardly anything from Europe or anywhere outside North America is making it on 31m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5110v-CUSB, Dec 25 at 0141, the insatiable egomaniac Brother Scare has occupied another transmitter, bumping off rational programming, such as `Marion`s Attic`. WBCQ online sked now shows TOM at 00-11 UT Tue thru Sat on 5110. That`s why Area 51 is no longer on UT Saturdays, but still possible on UT Sun & Mon. Of course, this frequency is totally unnecessary, since BS already has an incomparably stronger signal all-night just 25 kHz away on 5085 WTWW, plus several others.

The WBCQ 7490 program schedule now shows Overcomer daily at 05-11 in addition to the previous prime-times: UT Mon-Fri at 01-04, Sat 02-04. However that`s not borne out by monitoring, and really heard on 7491.38; see USA: WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 15225, Dec 24 at 2017, VOA French to Africa as usual VG east and west from Greenville, but today it`s mixed with English due to prime language of studio guests, and sounds live. They`re discussing songs and referring to horebhaitian, spelt in French, a website or Facebook handle. It`s an a cappella girl group, 2024 finally singing something, ``Taste and See`` a hymn with nice harmonies; VOA host outros them bilingually as Les Angels, and has to wrap up SW broadcast before cutoff at 2030* by referring to continuing on FM in several African cities.

15580, Dec 24 at 2030, then I retune from 15225 French for more VOA African Beat music on English service, first something about mother and Tupperware (??) as I then nap-doze. It`s also Greenville until 2100 slight overlap in carriers but break in modulation as switching to Botswana for VOA news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7491.38, Dec 25 at 0142 I am checking 7490 for WBCQ, after finding 5110v-CUSB occupied by Brother Scare (see SOUTH CAROLINA [non]), but instead find a very weak AM signal measured on this frequency, making even weaker het against something on 7490. At 0143 the 7491+ station fades up enough to hear it say ``The heart and soul of --- music`` (?). `Heart & Soul of America Broadcast` is what had been on 5110 three or four nights a week, so must have been demoted to this once Brother Scare moved in. Current online 7490 sked shows H&SOAB only on UT Sundays 00-02; with Overcomer UT Wednesday at 01-04, but not. See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non].

This signal is so weak and so far off-frequency that I suspect it is not the usual 7490 transmitter but a backup/alternate of much lower power. Still the same at 0159 with VP/JBA music. Remains to be heard what becomes of the rest of WBCQ 7490 programming. As for the very weak het with 7490, no other broadcaster is scheduled there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0443 UT December 25