VOA Radiogram, Feb 1-2, includes simultaneous text and image

VOA Radiogram for the weekend of February 1-2 will include simultaneous MFSK32 text and image transmissions.

Details:

voaradiogram.net/post/75085431284/voa-radiogram-1-2-feb-2014-includes-simultaneous-text

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 North Carolina

Kim

voaradiogram.net

Dx Re Mix News # 835

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DX RE MIX NEWS#835 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date:January 27, 2014
Also visit: <swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com>, sections Recordings and Schedules
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BELGIUM(non)   Changes of Alyx & Yeyi clandestine stations
Radio Inyabutatu, new time and frequency
1600-1700 NF 17870 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat from Jan.18
1700-1800 on 15310 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Kinyarawanda Sat till Jan.11

Radio Medrek - Radio Forum, probably former Voice of the Forum of Eritreans
1800-1900 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat, new from Jan.25

CANADA(non)    Frequency and time changes of Bible Voice Broadcasting:
1630-1830 NF 15750 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Farsi, ex  9990 from Jan.16
1630-1830 NF 11600 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Farsi, ex 15750 from Jan.18
1530-1730 on 11600 SOF 100 kW / 126 deg to WeAs Farsi, ex 1630-1830, Jan.22

CLANDESTINE   Cancelled transmissions of Radio Shorouq - Radio Sunrise:
1600-1700 on 11610 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Arabic Mon-Wed from Jan.15

GERMANY   Updated winter B-13 schedule of 3985, 6005, 7310 via Kall-Krekel:
0000-2400 on  3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu as follows:
0000-0530 Daily   Radio 700 German
0530-0545 Mon-Sat Missionswerk Freundesdienst German
0530-0545 Sunday  Radio 700 German
0545-0630 Daily   Radio 700 German
0630-0645 Mon-Sat Radio 700 German
0630-0645 Sunday  Missionswerk Freundesdienst German
0645-1000 Daily   Radio 700 German
1000-1100 Daily   Radio 700 German
1100-1115 Daily   Missionswerk Freundesdienst German
1115-1600 Daily   Radio 700 German
1600-1630 Daily   Radio Slovakia International German, new
1630-1700 Daily   Radio Prague German, new
1700-1730 Daily   Polish Radio Warsaw German, new
1730-1745 Mon-Sat Missionswerk Freundesdienst German, ex 1745-1800
1745-1800 Mon-Sat Vatican Radio German, new
1730-1800 Sunday  Radio 700 German
1800-1830 Daily   Radio Slovakia International German
1830-1930 Daily   Radio Ukraine International German
1930-2000 Daily   Radio Slovakia International German
2000-2030 Daily   Radio Prague German
2030-2100 Daily   Polish Radio Warsaw German
2100-2200 Daily   Radio Ukraine International German
2200-2400 Daily   Radio 700 German

0700-1800 on  6005 KLL 100 kW / non-dir to CeEu as follows:
0700-0900 Daily   Radio Belarus German
0900-1100 Daily   Radio 700 German, except:
1000-1100 4th Sun Radio Gloria International  German
1100-1115 Daily   Missionswerk Freundesdienst German
1115-1600 Daily   Radio 700 German
1600-1630 Daily   Radio Slovakia International German, new
1630-1700 Daily   Radio Prague German, new
1700-1730 Daily   Polish Radio Warsaw German, new
1730-1745 Mon-Sat Missionswerk Freundesdienst German, ex 1745-1800
1745-1800 Mon-Sat Vatican Radio German, new
1730-1800 Sunday  Radio 700 German

0700-1600 on  7310 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu as follows:
0700-1100 Daily   Radio 700 German, except
1000-1100 4th Sun Radio Gloria International  German
1100-1115 Daily   Missionswerk Freundesdienst German
1115-1600 Daily   Radio 700 German, ex till 1300

INDIA    Additional frequency of All India Radio in Russian from Jan.20:
1615-1715 on 11620 BGL 500 kW / 335 deg to EaEu // 9595 AM and 15140 DRM

New DRM test broadcasts of All India Radio:
1000-1100 on 17895 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to AUS  English, ex AM
1145-1315 on 15795 BGL 500 kW / 035 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex inactive in AM
2045-2230 on 11620 BGL 500 kW / 120 deg to AUS  English, ex AM
2245-0045 on 13605 BGL 500 kW / 058 deg to NEAs English, ex AM

KOREA NORTH(non)   Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Jan.16:
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5910 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5910 Chinese/Korean Tue
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5910 English Fri*
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5910 Korean/Japanese Sat
1330-1430 NF  5985 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5910 Japanese/Korean Sun
1600-1700 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5975 Japanese Mon/Wed/Thu
1600-1700 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5975 Chinese/Korean Tue
1600-1700 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5975 English Fri*
1600-1700 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5975 Korean/Japanese Sat
1600-1700 NF  5910 YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE, ex 5975 Japanese/Korean Sun
*confirmed on Jan.17 and 24, very good signal in Sofia on both frequencies.

NEW ZEALAND    Frequency change of Radio New Zealand International in DRM:
2051-2150 NF 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg to Solomon Isl/Niue/Tonga, ex 17675

RUSSIA(non)   Only one transmission of Tatarstan Wave remained on the air:
0810-0900 on 12095 ARM 100 kW / 327 deg to WeEu Tatar/Russian
0410-0500 on 11790 NVS 250 kW / 085 deg to FERu Tatar/Russian, cancelled
0610-0700 on  9895 NVS 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tatar/Russian, cancelled

TUNIS   From the beginning of the year no signal from Radio TV Tunisia:
0502-0602 on  7275 SFA 500 kW / 340 deg to WeEu Arabic
0702-0802 on  7335 SFA 500 kW / 265 deg to NoAf Arabic

USA   Changes of Brother Stair via WHRI from Jan.20:
0600-0800 on  7520 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu WHRI Angel 2, additional
0700-0800 on 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg to AUS  WHRI Angel 2, cancelled
1000-1200 on 11565 HRI 250 kW / 245 deg to AUS  WHRI Angel 1, additional
2200-2300 on  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu WHRI Angel 2, cancelled


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73!
Ivo


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

Voice of Jinling in Chinese

CHINA   New schedule of Voice of Jinling in Chinese from Jan.20:  1230-1600 on  5860 NJG 100 kW / 161 deg to EaAs, ex 1430-1700  Stable signal in Sofia on Jan.30 around 1530 till s/off at 1600.

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73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

GREECE-VOICE OF FREE AND OPEN ERT IN THE WHOLE WORLD

GREECE-VOICE OF FREE AND OPEN ERT IN THE WHOLE WORLD 
Winter Program (Effective From December 1, 2013)
   UT           Transmitter No.1  Transmitter No.2    Transmitter No.3
0000-0100   7475/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
0100-0200   7475/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na   
0200-0300   7475/285º/eu/ca*15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na 
0300-0400   7475/285º/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0400-0500   7475/285º/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0500-0600   7475/285º/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0600-0700   7475/285º/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0700-0800   7475/285º/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0800-0900   7475/285*/eu/ca  11645/182º/caf     9420/323º/eu/na
0900-1300       SILENT            SILENT           SILENT
1300-1400   9935/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1400-1500   9935/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1500-1600   9935/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1600-1700 *9935/285º/eu/ca  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1700-1800   7475/285º/eu/na  15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1800-1900   7475/285º/eu/na*15630/285º/eu/ca  9420/323º/eu/na
1900-2000   7475/285º/eu/na  15650/105º/me/au  9420/323º/eu/na
2000-2100   7475/285º/eu/na  15650/105º/me/au  9420/323º/eu/na
2100-2200   7475/285º/eu/na  15650/105º/me/au  9420/323º/eu/na
2200-2300 #7475/285º/eu/na  15650/105º/me/au  9420/323º/eu/na
2300-2400   7475/285º/eu/ca*15650/105º/me/au  9420/323º/eu/na
*Transmission ends 10 minutes earlier.
#ERA Thessaloniki.
au=Australia; ca=Central America; caf=Central Africa;
eu=Europe; me=Middle East; na=North America;
(John Babbis, MD)

Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Habana Cuba

from 0700 on 6060 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish SINPO 45544 in Sofia
from 0700 on 6100 HAB 100 kW / 010 deg to NEAm Spanish SINPO 45444 in Sofia
Continues after 0800, with strong QRM from TWR in English on 6105 via Nauen
End of broadcast at 0810UTC of both frequencies. –
73!

Ivo

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

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

Log Roberto Pavanello

540 16/1 22.55 Onda Cero R. - Barcelona Catalano ID e pubblicità locale buono
603 12/1 17.00 France Inter - Lyon FF Notre Dame des Ondes buono
918 19/1 00.50 R. Inter - Madrid SS talk su mercato auto suff.
1035 18/1 21.30 Northsound 2 - Aberdeen EE ID e MX suff.
1035 18/1 23.10 R. Eli - Tartu Russo talk OM suff .
1116 17/1 21.58 R. Albacete - SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
1125 14/1 18.30 R.N.E. R.5 - Castellon SS NX reg. Comun. Valenciana buono
1134 14/1 18.50 COPE - Salamanca SS NX locali suff.
1233 18/1 23.30 R. Dechovka - Predboj Ceco MX buono
1323 18/1 23.45 Gold - Brighton EE MX // a 1548 KHz suff.
1341 15/1 21.57 Onda Cero R. - Ciudad Real SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1485 17/1 22.55 COPE - Vilanova i la Geltru Catalano ID " COPE Catalunya i Andorra " buono
1575 18/1 23.10 R. Farda - Washington Farsi MX suff.
1584 18/1 23.15 R. Studio X - Momigno IT ID e MX buono
4030 18/1 04.50 Laser Hot Hits - EE ID e MX buono
4880 18/1 17.30 SW R. Africa - Herts EE NX buono
5025 18/1 05.10 R. Rebelde - Habana SS MX ottimo ( nuovo TX ? )
5950 18/1 05.20 Voice of Tigray Revolution - Tigrino talk OM e YL suff.
6045 19/1 10.00 Shortwave Rock - EE ID e MX buono
6185 18/1 05.30 R. Educacion - Mexico D.F. SS MX suff.
6245 19/1 09.20 R. ACDC - EE ID e MX buono
6285 19/1 09.40 R. Telstar - EE ID e MX buono
6518 18/1 16.20 Voice of the People - Kyonggi-do Coreano talk YL suff.
7250 18/1 13.40 R. Bangladesh - Dhaka Nepalese MX buono
7515 18/1 16.30 Voice of the Martyrs - Seoul Coreano gospel suff.
7850 18/1 23.40 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip buono
9380 18/1 13.30 North Korea Reform R. - Seoul Coreano talk OM suff.
9500 18/1 18.50 T.W.R. - Manzini EE predica buono
9526 18/1 13.45 Voice of Indonesia - Jakarta EE ID e MX buono
9630 19/1 00.45 R. Aparecida - PP predica buono
9820 15/1 19.50 R. 9 de Julho - Sao Paulo PP predica suff.
9910 18/1 13.35 Open R. for North Korea - Seoul Coreano MX buono
9950 18/1 13.20 Furosato no Kaze - Tokyo Coreano talk YL buono
10000 18/1 23.00 WWV - Fort Collins EE ID e pip pip buono
11720 18/1 17.20 Voice of the Forum of Eritreans - ?? Tigrino MX afro buono
11735 18/1 17.50 Zanzibar BC - Swahili MX afro buono
11780 17/1 22.00 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP A Voz do Brasil buono
12105 18/1 16.40 R. Dialogue - Bulawayo EE ID e MX afro buono
15225 18/1 12.10 R. Veritas - Manila Karen talk OM buono
15548 18/1 12.15 Voice of Tibet - Dharamsala Cinese talk YL buono
17630 18/1 16.25 R. Xoriyo - Toronto Somalo MX afro buono
25000 18/1 11.50 MIKES - Espoo pip pip suff.
873 20/1 22.55 R. Zaragoza - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
882 20/1 23.00 R. XARXA - Barcelona Catalano ID e NX suff.
882 22/1 22.55 COPE - Alicante SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
1053 24/1 18.50 COPE - Zaragoza SS NX reg. Aragon suff.
1071 23/1 18.30 A.I.R. - Raijot Urdu MX buono
1125 20/1 23.05 Vivacite - Brussels FF MX suff.
1125 24/1 18.30 R.N.E. R.5 - Castellon NX reg. Com. Valenciana  buono
1503 21/1 18.30 R.N.E. R.5 - La Linea SS NX reg. Andalucia buono
1521 24/1 22.55 R. Castellon - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1539 23/1 22.55 R. Manresa - Catalano ID e NX locali buono
1584 24/1 21.58 R. Gandia - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1602 21/1 22.55 R. Cartagena - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1620 25/1 04.35 R. Rebelde - Habana SS MX // a 5025 KHz suff.
3320 20/1 20.05 R. Sonder Greense - Meyerton Afrikaans MX suff.
3330 25/1 04.50 CHU - Ottawa EE/FF ID e pip pip. buono
3905 22/1 19.55 Skyline R. Int. - EE ID e MX buono
3905 25/1 23.20 R. Alice - EE ID e MX buono
4780 22/1 19.45 R. Gibuti - Arabo talk OM buono
4835 20/1 20.00 VL8A - Alice Springs EE NX buono
4885 25/1 04.30 R. Clube do Parà - Belem PP NX buono
4915 25/1 23.25 R. Daqui - Goiania PP ID e MX suff.
5915 24/1 19.40 ZNBC Lusaka Vern. MX afro buono
5970 25/1 04.40 R. Itatiaia - Belo Horizonte PP MX suff.
6055 19/1 18.40 R. Rwanda - Kigali Kinyarwanda MX afro suff.
6240 26/1 09.45 R. Monique - EE ID e MX buono
6250 26/1 09.50 R. Saturnus - EE ID e MX buono
6260 26/1 09.55 R. Casanova - EE ID e MX buono
6265 25/1 16.50 R. Tango Italia - IT tanghi buono
6293 25/1 17.00 R. Mustang - EE ID e MX  buono
6285 26/1 09.30 R. Focus Int. - EE ID e MX buono
6305 26/1 09.40 R. Calypso - EE ID e MX  buono
6320 26/1 10.20 R. Shadowman - EE ID e MX buono
6395 26/1 10.05 R. Scotland - EE ID e MX buono
7120 19/1 17.40 R. Hargeisa - Somalo talk OM suff.
7300 26/1 10.00 U-Boat 66 R. - EE ID e MX  buono
9665 25/1 22.55 Voz Missionaria - Camboriu PP MX // a 5949 KHz buono
9800 19/1 18.30 Sawtu Linjila- Fulfulde talk OM buono
9965 25/1 19.40 R. Thailand - Bangkok EE economi al NX buono
10000 21/1 22.20 Obser. Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora suff.
11765 22/1 19.35 R. Deus è Amor - Curitiba PP folle urlante buono
11890 25/1 18.00 R. Pilipinas - Manila Filippino talk OM buono
12095 26/1 08.25 Voice of Tatarstan - Kazan Tataro talk OM buono
15190 20/1 20.10 R. Africa - Bata EE predica suff.
15345 22/1 19.40 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires IT NX buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2014

** ALBANIA. 5985, Jan 30 at 0635, ME music, Arabic announcement, poor signal and carrier unstable: it`s CRI via Cërrik, at 05-07, 240 degrees; // 7210 and 9590 sometimes also audible but unchecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AMSTERDAM ISLAND [non]. 18130, Jan 30 at 1438, no sign of FT5ZM nor pileups in the area, so settled for Vlado in Slovakia, q.v. Trying 15m, plenty of pileups, at least on 21350, 21345, 21312, 21298, 21293, countless hams spouting nothing but their own calls over and over,  presumably provoked by FT5ZM in the region, but nothing audible here on its nominal 21285. Bill Smith, W1OW suggests consulting this running log of attempts and successful contacts:http://www.dxscape.com/dxped/dxped3.html
Including lots of rude language (more so than on the ham bands??). It only goes back one hour, but as of 1720, FT5ZM had been using 21288 on 15m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 15340, Jan 30 at 1523, RHC is conveniently absent today so I can hear Kununurra, fair signal with hymn; 1526, Ozish sign-off announcement for the S Asian service until tomorrow morning on 17760, and yes, still calling itself ``HCJB Australia``, despite manifesto from Colorado Springs HQ last week that the ministry has been renamed ``Reach Beyond``, banning historic HCJB brand. It lives longer straddling the Equator, and Down Under. Off at 1530* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 9435-9460, Jan 30 at 1452-1506+, the CNR1 jammers centered on 9450 produce an echo, one of which is also the distorted blob expanding beyond 9450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17730, Jan 29 at 2109, RHC is on what is normally a morning-only frequency until 1600*, apparent live speech in English with voice-over translation to Spanish.

It`s the CELAC summit in Habana, including some itty bitty English Caribbean islands which for unfathomable reasons ally themselves with the Cuban Commies. Or as RHC denominates it,
``II Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños``, http://www.radiohc.cu/especiales/celac

Says there are 33 member states, lots of foreign ministers and even heads of state attending, and the Cumbre was Jan 28-29. Did we hear anything about it on Yanqui media?? RHC coverage may well have been running all day long, but not checked earlier here, nor yesterday.

Soon found many other RHC mostly-morning frequencies in //: 17580-lofi, 15340, 15230, 13780, 13680, 12010, 11750, and at 2117 when there is now a speech originally in Spanish, even 9540-JBA. Seems they have lucked out with no noticeable collisions despite running these frequencies far beyond their usual spans, even during 21-22 UT which is normally a silent period for most transmitters.

The only other one, not in //, is 11760 in usual 2100-2130 French (was // 11880 off? Didn`t notice it), but at 2132, 11760 too has joined the Spanish group, and by now 13680 has gone off, replaced by 11860, another `morning` frequency instead of 11840. The official CELAC agenda showed the summit was to have closed already at 1930 UT Jan 29.

5040, RHC English is AWOL at 0637 Jan 30, while 5025 Rebelde is on.

11750, Jan 30 at 1334, RHC Spanish is just barely modulated, compared to 11760; ditto at 1508 recheck. 15230 is also undermodulated at 1432; while 15340 is completely missing, audiblizing AUSTRALIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GHANA [non]. 9830, Jan 29 at 2115, AWR in English giving address in Ghana, vs RTTY which is constant over here, but not over there? This semi-hour via Moosbrunn, AUSTRIA at 210 degrees could carry `Wavescan` on Sundays, but does not, apparently considered by HQ to be of no interest in Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11740, Jan 30 at 1448, SW Asian language, fair past 1451, presumably AIR Pashto service, new frequency via Bengaluru, per Jose Jacob and Wolfgang Büschel, rather than Panaji, Goa as per Aoki and Ivo. Clue: wb says it`s exactly on 11740.000, not a Goan characteristic. I should have relistened at 1530, when others have been hearing AIR`s domestic 9 pm English newscast on 11740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 11675, Jan 30 at 1447, open carrier with flutter, same past 1500, 1512. I can only assume it`s the Russian service of VIRI, except failing to modulate the 500 kW coming out of Sirjan at 320 degrees also USward during the 1420-1520 hour. Wake up? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. 9960, Jan 30 at 1457, BaBcoCk music loop which is somehow mesmerizing, even tho poor in QRM between WRMI and 9965 Cuban pulse jamming against nothing. This is filler *after* the 1430 Furusato no Kaze clandestine broadcast to Korea North in Japanese about abduxions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]

** PHILIPPINES. 9465, Jan 30 at 1505, fair signal in Russian mentions ``golos boga``. No, it`s merely FEBC being extremely presumptuous, but then every gospel huxter thinx he`s *the* voice of god, not least Brother Scare. But Russian modestly lacks definite articles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SLOVAKIA. 18135-USB, Jan 30 at 1438, OM3TWM is calling QRZ and making quick simplex contacts; is there some contest on this Thursday? Found him while hunting for Amsterdam Island, q.v., still no sign of it around here nor on 20m, but pileups at least on 15m. QRZ.com:

OM3TWM
VLADO LUDROVSKY
Lidicke namestie 10
KOSICE 04022
Slovak Republic
Apparently he doesn`t like CW or QRP, judging from his (naughty language, beware) website:http://www.qrz.com/db/OM3TWM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Jan 30 at 1451, WWRB is missing, so so is BS, but on at next tuneby 1456. Still no WTWW-2 9930 (see USA: WTWW entry), but that audiblizes the nonsensical co-channel BS on 9930 from PALAU; its carrier is on at 1457, and ID sign-on 1459, into 1500 BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 9505, Jan 30 at 1504, BBCWS news in English, fair with flutter. This one is 250 kW, 10 degrees from OMAN at 1500-1800 per HFCC, and likely to collide with Sudan after 1630, which however is 100 kW aimed 210 degrees to totally different CIRAFs, so no problem, right? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1706 monitoring: ready well ahead of 0430 UT Thursday Jan 30, and confirmed at 0431 on WRMI webcast, but WRMI-10, 9955 is a JBA carrier, MUF not cooperating, whilst 7570 BS is blasting in from Okeechobee. Too bad RMI programming itself does not enjoy a 7 MHz frequency and on a NW antenna, but how was 9955 in South America? The K-index went up from 2 to 3 between 0300 and 0600 UT.

Confirmed next WOR airing at 1330 Jan 30 on WRMI-10, 9955. Finally, the gh ID plays before 1330:00 so WOR starts right on time, and is over just in time at 1359 for two notes of music fill before cutting to `Scoreboard`. This was on the SSE antenna with rather heavy pulse jamming, tnx a lot Arnie, but WOR/WRMI readable if you cared to put up with it. Overridden for a minute at 1356:30 by the WRMI-11 transmitter carrier northwest, which cut back on to stay amid `Scoreboard`.

Next: Thursday 2201 on WTWW-1 9475
UT Friday 0426v on WWRB 3195 (we hope; internet outage last week)
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-14 9495
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW-2 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI-10 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1400 on WRMI-11 9955
Remember: WOR podcasts now via http://www.rmrc.de
But listening on shortwave is encouraged, if possible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105 & 9930, Jan 29 at 2113, both WTWW transmitters are off, leaving only 9475. 5085 is also missing Jan 30 at 0637 (so not overshadowing BS on 5110v-CUSB WBCQ) and 5085 still gone at 1340; also day frequency of WTWW-2, 9930 is missing at 1500 Jan 30, thus audiblizing the co-channel station BSing, T8WH Palau after its sign-on at 1459. See SOUTH CAROLINA [non]

George McClintock explained at 0411 UT Jan 30, with photos:

``WTWW # 2 transmitter failure --- A crack in #2 heat exchanger from freezing. There are 5 frozen spots.

Cutting out a bad section. The only scenario that matches the fact are: 1. The electrical power failed last night when the temperature was about 0 degrees. 2. Both transmitters have latching relays for filaments on and a separate relay for high voltage on. 3. When the power failed the #1 transmitter drained the water back into the building because of an automatic air valve. When AC power returned the #1 transmitter came to normal operation. 4. #2 transmitter did not drain on power failure and froze up because no air could get into the exchanger to allow the water to drain.

I have an automatic air inlet valve that I will order shortly and put on #2. #2 currently has a manual valve because an operator was to open it when needed. If everything goes according to plan, #2 will be operational tomorrow after I pick up some parts. George McClintock, WTWW Jan 29, 2014`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Jan 30 at 1433, KVOH has started propagating (never yet at *1400), but choral music suffers from distortion, rough modulation, and unstable carrier; quite unpleasant more likely to drive listeners away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1140, regarding yesterday`s log of KCXL now being ``Univisión Kansas City``, I belatedly search the NRCDXAS website on the call and find only this dated 12 Oct 2013:
``1140 KCXL MO Liberty – Format to TLK/NOS (ex-TLK/OLD)``. So greater flip to UV Spanish is more recent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1830 UT January 30

Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2014

** AMSTERDAM ISLAND. No sign of any activity Jan 29 around 1408 circa 7082 or 14180 or 18130 or 21285, not even from nearby pileups. Presumably the FT5ZM DX-pedition is still in full force, but just not propagating from the other worldside, even within 250 miles from its antipodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11780.1+, Jan 29 at 0246 check, RNB/RNA is still way off-frequency. Most of the time there is nothing around to het it so it`s not obvious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 29 at 0620, ER is overmodulating now and distorting as Wolfgang Büschel has also been noting lately on this and other channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Jan 29 at 1353, I am standing by for R. Free Chosun prélude to begin via RVA Palauig, PHILIPPINES, but no signal yet until *1354:10 open carrier and then JIP the YM crooner as always amid ``I`m stayin` for the long run``, and next love song in English. 1440 tuneacross, just in time to hear an ICD = intermittent carrier dropout during Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Jan 29 at 0627, XEPPM is still (under)modulating YL in Spanish, instead of just open carrier after nominal 0600 closing, and as usual with heavy ACI from 6180 Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 21305-USB, Jan 29 at 1444, while looking around for Amsterdam activity, here is an American accent with an exotic call, I figure in some remote oblast, RX3XX (radio xray three xray xray), working W4KBX, also heard, until 1447, next WD9CCC. Sufficient signal but with flutter even in SSB mode. Then Serge admits he`s merely in Moscow. Well, just to the southwest of Moscow if QRZ.com is correct:
RX3XX
Sergey A. Mezhuev
ul. Kirova 47-57
248001, Kaluga
Russia
where he has a lot more to say about his preferences:
http://www.qrz.com/db/RX3XX
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: missed checking the Tue 1200 airing on WRMI 9955, but 24 hours earlier during `Wavescan` it was in well enough atop jamming. NEW time for WOR is Wednesday 1400 on 9955: at 1358 the open carrier is already on atop the other WRMI transmitter with Japanese fill music after another `Wavescan` airing; 1359 `Scoreboard` starts, but it`s cut off for a gh ID! Which is now on the stronger NW signal, and WOR starts at 1400, plays to completion at 1429. I hope to have 1706 ready for first airing on 9955, UT Thu at 0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Wed Jan 29 at 1430, following WORLD OF RADIO at new time, WRMI repeats last week`s `Viva Miami` which I heard previously on webcast only, Jeff & Thaïs in Spanish with comments and mailbag. They commute frequently between Miami and Okeechobee, about a 3 hour drive, 150 miles. WRMI is now operated out of Okeechobee, except some programs, such as this one, are still recorded in the Miami studio. Very pleased with hundreds of reception reports from around the world since taking over YFR facility at the beginning of December. Two new QSLs for WRMI/Okeechobee are at the printers, with more to come. Visitors to Florida are welcome at the site, but arrange ahead by e-mail (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. During President Obama`s State of the Union speech, UT January 29 around 0235, I do a quick tune across the AM, FM and SW bands to find which stations are broadcasting it and which are not; on MW I do not dig deeply as the TV and computer are on, but find:

Confirmed with SOTU: 700 WLW, 740 KRMG, 780 WBBM, 820 WBAP, 830 WCCO, 850 KOA, 890 WLS, 980 KMBZ, 1040 WHO, 1080 KRLD, 1110 KFAB, 1160 KSL, 1170 KFAQ.

Confirmed NOT with SOTU, some with stupid ballgames, some with other equally stupid sports or far-right talk, some (WSM) with music: 650 WSM, 670 WSCR, 690 KGGF, 720 WGN, 760 WJR, 840 WHAS, 1000 KTOK, 1100 WTAM, 1200 WOAI, 1510 WLAC.

Due to the noise level could not tell which on 750 WSB, 870 WWL.

On the OK FM band, as expected, business as usual, except for 91.7 KOSU, the only one possibly carrying SOTU, with NPR --- but failing at 0243, in attempt to cut away from The Spy musical programming. Pres. Obama speech is JBM as there is something wrong with the feed --- maybe stereo input out of phase, as KOSU broadcasts only in mono!

On shortwave, surprise2, none of the private US stations I can hear are carrying it. VOA is not on in English, of course --- but, Radio Martí 7365 is carrying the SOTU with voice-over translation.

9885, Jan 29 at 0632, VOA here is running Pres. Obama during regular English transmission, which is 06-07, 124 degrees via São Tomé. I assume only excerpt, as the speech ran over an hour, unless the transmission was extended (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1140, 24 hours after yesterday`s unID announcing two frequencies in Spanish, 1140 and 690, I am trying again to get a definite ID. KRMP OKC is no problem, easy to null, altho it owns the channel on daytime groundwave (in English).

At 1337 UT Jan 29, ranchera music and Univisión promo for a newscast at 6:30 (am or pm?), on 1140 y 102.9, La Poderosa, 16 grados, and then ``Univisión Kansas City`` mentioned! 1339 UT mentions ``Chihuahua, Chihuahua``, apparently ad for a musical group.

Therefore, since the NRC AM Log was compiled in August, this station has flipped: KCXL Liberty MO, ``Radio Free Liberty``, U1 4000/6 watts; format was TLK/OLD, and it was // K275BQ on 102.9, which matches. FCC AM Query shows it`s still KCXL, licensed to Alpine Broadcasting Corp.

But from 1344 UT Jan 29, another SS starts to come in on 1140: ``La Tremenda`` with grocery prices, for Supermercado Las Américas, which we have previously matched with KLTK Centerton AR. Quick fade/outs/ins, during dynamic sunrise skip. 479 area code phones, matching NW Arkansas, 717-2885 and 759-6090; in between playing música romántica; 1350 ID as ``Sensacional, Radio Las Américas, 11-40 AM`` (only); 1353 again by SHVA. 1357 now ID as ``en dos frecuencias, 1140 y 1380 de amplitud modulada``, more music. ??

I was quite sure the second frequency announced yesterday was 690; now it`s not, but I am not positive of the second digit. (Note 1380 is second harmonic of 690, probably insignificant). The only AR station on 1380 is KDXE, North Little Rock, already SS, but ``La Que Buena`` per NRC AM Log.

Ahá, checking neighboring states, I see that 1380 KMUS Sperry (Tulsa) OK is listed as ``Radio Las Américas``, so that probably explains it (but not about 690). So 1380 KMUS is relaying 1140 KLTK with local ads from Arkansas? 1140, anyhow, at 1400 UT gives legal ID as ``KLTK, ---, Radio Las Américas, 11-40`` (only). By 1403 UT it`s losing out to KSOO, q.v. Hearing KMUS itself is tough here with heavy splatter from local 1390 KCRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1140, Jan 29 at 1403 UT, ABC news begins go overcome the Spanish on 1140, 1404 UT KSOO.com plug and Rotorooter Sioux Falls ad; 1405 UT weather: hi 38, lo 13, snow; now 5 degrees, and lo tonite minus 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1706 UT January 29

Glenn Hauser logs January 27-28, 2014

** AMSTERDAM ISLAND [non]. Trying for the FT5ZM DX-pedition again Jan 28 but no activity around 14180, nor 21285. DX-pedition websitehttp://www.amsterdamdx.org/about-dxpedition/#tab-478-3
shows nominal SSB frequencies: 3790, 7082, 14185, 18130, 21285, 24955, 28485. They also have RTTY and CW: a couple of the latter on bands not using SSB: 1826.5, 10115 kHz.

But Jan 28 at 1420 there are pileups on 18135 and 18140, countless North Americans speaking nothing but their own callsigns over and over and over, hoping to override the others and get a call back from FT5ZM. Maybe it`s on 18130, but just not audible here; occasionally someone comes on 18130 with quick comments, such as ``this is a total soup`` at 1433; ``working up`` at 1444. Still nothing audible on 18130 at 1505, but now at 1506, there are pileups too on 18145. *Never* in all of this do I ever hear the call FT5ZM mentioned; it`s ``understood``.

Anyhow I definitely heard it yesterday on 20m. Looking thru the DXpedition website, finally found a map on the very last of the 28 slides, showing two operating locations: on west part of island at 37-48 S, 77-32E; and on the NE coast at 37-47 S, 77-34 E.

City-to-city distance calculator doesn`t fail to connect Enid with Amsterdam I., at 19601 km = 12180 statute miles = 10584 nautical miles. The exact antipodes is the middle of Prowers County in SE Colorado, nearest town Lamar. Reception could be great there with antipodal focusing, but there still has to be propagation from some direxion (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11783.2, Jan 28 at 0122, RNB is still way off-frequency, coincidentally opening up 11780.0 for the UT Tuesday Sephardic semi-hour from SPAIN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815.3, Jan 28 at 0127, R. Brasil Central in Portuguese, remains off-frequency by only 0.3 kHz, compared to RNB/RBA 3.2 kHz above its nominal. Need to do better than that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11860, Jan 28 at 0128, Firedrake, fair with flutter. Uplooked later, nothing to account for this in Aoki or HFCC, but: from 0130 CRI Nepali service via Kunming on 11860. Perhaps this was a switching error, making FD a prélude to that. Unfortunately I did not recheck after 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Jan 28 at 0624 check, R. Rebelde is off again, but back on at 1345 check. I wonder if its SW hours have deliberately been reduced? Altho no longer needing to share transmitter with 5040 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Jan 27 at 2057, unexpected English #2: surprised to hear RHC in English, // 11760. The slopperators at Radio Cuba have tuned 11880 on a few minutes early before 2100 French which is supposed to be // 11760. See also JAPAN [non]

6000, Jan 28 at 0105, RHC English is very undermodulated unlike // 6165  (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [and non]. 6050, Jan 28 at 0059 I`m listening carefully to Vozandes, since HQ in CO has issued a press release that HCJB Global has been renamed Reach Beyond! So what will its original Quito station call itself now? Clearly still, ``H C J B``! poor signal, 4-pip time signal, last one prolonged and into usual Waorani mantra at 0100.

Tnx to Yimber Gaviria, Colombia for this item:

HCJB GLOBAL BECOMES REACH BEYOND -- A NEW NAME AND A NEW CALL TO CHRISTIANS WORLDWIDE --- Friday, January 24, 2014 7:29 PM

HCJB Global announced today that the 82-year-old ministry, founded in Quito, Ecuador, is changing its name to Reach Beyond. The new name and the release of the Reach Beyond Mission Manifesto are intended to encourage and challenge Christians worldwide to reach beyond their comfort zones and perceived limitations to share the love of Jesus in places where the gospel has seldom, if ever, been heard.

HCJB Global's "Beyond the Call" radio program, on more than 1,000 stations around the U.S., will now be called "Reach Beyond."
Linkhttp://crossmap.christianpost.com/news/hcjb-global-becomes-reach-beyond-a-new-name-and-a-new-call-to-christians-worldwide-8605

Tsk2, after establishing a relatively new identity DU as ``HCJB Australia`` where of course the letters do not mean anything like an ITU callsign. So it`s now Reach Beyond Australia?? No, they haven`t got the message yet either, still HCJB Global Australia:http://www.hcjb.org.au/
But listen for possible change on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, Jan 27 at 2053, R. Africa via WRMI with the preacher in French; seems to be a regular around this time; everything else heard so far has been in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 28 at 0117, ER playing C&W classic ``Stand by Your Man``, Tammy I guess, 0118 segué another C&W in English, ``Ruben James`` in Madison County; clear here but // 9420 with CCI and SAH caused by CRI. It`s not Greek to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11985 // 11740, Jan 28 at 0100, AIR Sinhala service, both poor and 11985 from Delhi-Khampur has some IADs unlike 11740 from GOA; I can hear enough 11740 on the G8 with whip to compare with 11985 on the DX-398 with external wire, to tell that they are still an echo apart during music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)

** IRAN. 7420, Jan 28 at 0115, Spanish conversation about pobreza with pauses, 0116 soft music and crescendo, poor with flutter. It`s VIRI at 0020-0220, 500 kW, 274 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11850, Jan 27 at 2055, unexpected English #1: formal welcoming statement from new president of NHK, then into French translation as this is the French semihour of R. Japon via MADAGASCAR. See this story via Rick Barton, AZ:http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140125_16.html

But that`s not all that Katsuto Momii has said making news lately:

Japan NHK Boss Under Fire for Comfort Women Remarkhttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/japan-nhk-boss-fire-comfort-women-remark-22112644
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Jan 28 at 1350, weak talk, seems Chinese, and piano music typical of Shiokaze, and nothing, not even a het on 5985, where Sea Breeze had just moved Jan 16 from 5910, but now apparently back on 5910 again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 28 at 0054, carrier from R. Chaski until cutoff at 0104:47.5* which is 16.5 seconds later than last check three days ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11780, UT Tue Jan 28 at 0122, REE weekly Emisión Sefarad is in the clear, especially by tuning a bit low, tnx to the prolonged off-frequencing of RNB from 11780 to 11783+, surely unintentional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9495, Jan 28 at 0054, WRMI alternate with outro for `La Rosa de Tokio` media program from Argentina, which has occupied this hour UT Tue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12050, Jan 27 at 2054, WEWN Spanish modulation is still very distorted in addition to the constant squealing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Jan 27 at 2058, ZBC with Ungujan music, poor signal; no DRM detectable as Wolfgang Büschel was hearing co-channel earlier Jan 25 and 26 from unknown, unscheduled source. Cut off rudely amid announcement at 2059:47* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1140, Jan 28 at 1340 UT, station in Spanish says it`s now on two frequencies, 690 y 1140; O`Reilly`s auto parts ad with jingle in Spanish; but mixed with another SS, maybe XEMR. I would expect the first one to be KLTK, Centerton AR (Rogers market), ``La Más Mexicana``, as often heard around SRS.

The 690 could be KEWI Benton AR, which may have flipped from news/talk/sports in English. Benton is SW of Little Rock, getting into that larger market, not to be confused with Bentonville, Walmart HQ in the NW corner of AR, which is near Centerton, altho it`s missing from my Rand McNally. Closer 690 KGGF Coffeyville KS is still in English, whew.

This says nothing about being on 690 too:https://es-la.facebook.com/pages/La-Mas-Mexicana-1140/114761538559014
but there`s nothing more recent on it than Sept 2012! Tried some live streams, none of which work, nor does http://www.lamasmexicana1140.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Jan 28 at 0133 UT, tropical music segués, with WOAI nulled; 0138 UT YL in Spanish about how to avoid divorce, apparently a counseling service, consejero, concludes with twitter and phone number only once: 1-800-829-2500, then romantic music. When WOAI fades a bit, this is well audible, otherwise making fast SAH. That phone leads to a religious book publisher, Bethany House. My suspicion is again WAMB Nashville TN, which just changed format from big bands. Probably the same one heard recently with open carrier after sunset. Blaine Thompson forwarded this to ABDX:
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2014/01/10/longtime-big-band-station-wamb-changes-formats-in-the-wake-of-owner-bill-barrys-death

``WAMB FM 99.3 and AM 1200 are proud to bring full time Latin Pop Music and English Pop Hits to the Middle Tennessee area. WAMB owner, the late Bill Barry was regarded as modern day pioneer in the Broadcast industry. He was proud to be the first one to bring Hispanic programing to Nashville and had been working with the Silva Entertainment family for over 2 decades. The new format will target first and second generation Latin American Market.

WAMB regrets the end of 42 years of previous programming which included "Big Band" and the music of yesteryear. The family of Bill Barry greatly appreciates the staff, loyal listeners and advertisers that have touched our lives. However, this beautiful music can still be found weekdays from 12 noon until 3pm on WCOR AM 1490.``

And refers to:https://www.facebook.com/99.3FMNASHVILLE
Tail wags dog: Per NRC AM Log, 99.3 is really only a translator, W257AR, yet it gets top billing over a 50 kW AM transmitter!! WAMB 1200 is supposed to be daytime only, but with 3.8 kW Critical Hours, whenever those are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1735 UT January 28

Glenn Hauser logs January 26-27, 2014

** AMSTERDAM ISLAND [and non]. 14180-USB, Jan 27 at 1448, FT5ZM, on the DX-pedition, finally located here, after hearing pileups below it, mainly 14175, from 1443. WA5TYJ was reciting nothing but his call over and over, then QSYed to 14168. Several other stations attempting to contact FT5ZM on frequencies in between, because he says ``listening down`` without specifying any particular frequency. Fonetix are always ``Fox Tango Five Zulu Mexico``, and he gives his call often enough, but not with every single contact as he should; and many of the 5-9`s he awards are to partial calls, another no-no.

From one of the closest bits of land to our antipodes, FT5ZM has quite a sufficient steady signal, the only problem being QRM from clueless callers on the same frequency, jamming by carriers, dits, or even music, and too much ACI from stations as close as 2.5 kHz down, as someone also complained. On the FRG-7 whose bandwidth is too wide, constant ACI from aside, as if a ragchewer.

Among the calls or semicalls worked by FT5ZM were: N5IOO at 1451; NOS and 4MW at 1453; K1OYQ at 1454; K9OW at 1456. At 1457, ``QRZ North & South America only, a difficult path``. Still saying that at 1512; 1519 switch to rest of world for a while, including BV5RN at 1523, SM5CZQ at 1524.

I`ll bet in their narrow focus on ham radio, it never even occurred to the NCDXF, that for negligible additional cost they could also have activated Amsterdam as a shortwave-broadcast country, by letting one of their transceivers funxion part of the time as a broadcast station, on a broadcast band, perhaps unattended, just playing a tape loop ID and music.

Website is http://www.amsterdamdx.org/ including a slideshow and very brief history of the island. So far they`ve raised $336,320 of their $450K goal. I don`t even see the coördinates there, and Amsterdam is so remote that it`s not indexed in several of my atlases. The biggest one has it at 37-52 south, 77-32 east. That`s further south than Enid is north, which means winters could be severe, but it`s summer there now. Looks like this will last until about Feb 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165, Jan 26 at 0702, RHC is still on with music, but off a few minutes later.

6000, Sunday Jan 26 at 0702, RHC`s weekly Esperanto is very good here, tacked on to one English frequency.

15482, Jan 26 at 1405, RHC spur audible for the second day here, very poor but // 15340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 26 at 0700, IS and clear ID as ``Helliniki Radiophonia``, poor signal this late. Others have reported some other name between those two words (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Jan 26 at 2007, instead of TOM, WWRB presents big hum only. What are we going to do?! On 31m, we can only hear Brother Scare on 9690, 9930, 9955, 9980! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB after 0400 UT Monday January 27, and also on webcast. Next: Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955 southward; new Wed 1400 on WRMI 9955 northward; Wed 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Jan 27 at 0626, WTWW-1 is off the air again, while the other TN stations are inbooming as well as WTWW-2 on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12050, Jan 26 at 2016, R. Católica Mundial besides the constant squeal, is very distorted, while // 13830 is just squealing; during ``por su dolorosa pasión`` monomania (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Jan 27 at 0711 UT just as I tune across, ID for ``--- Classic, KIND``. That`s Independence, in SE KS, not so far but still doing well for only 32 listed watts at night, vs 250 day, non-direxional. Sure would be nice if we could believe listed night powers when we hear such stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1550, Jan 27 at 0641 UT, ad for Subway catering with a 225- area code. Figured it would most likely be Springfield/Branson, but no, it`s Bâton Rouge LA! This is on the FRG-7 with E-W longwire, at the moment atop heavy CCI. So WPFC which is supposedly 42 watts night, 5000 watts day, non-direxional, ``winning people for Christ`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1715 UT January 27

Ascolti AM Treviso 26/01/2014

11725 26/01 758 Radio New Zealand, Rangitaiki info ID Jingle E 33533
6030   26/01 801 Radio Martì, Greenville ID info Nx Es 24522
5830   26/01 803 WTWW Lebanon, TN Px rel. E 13522
21800 26/01 855 Voice of Russia, Irkutsk ID Info Nx  E 25433
15160 26/01 912 KBS World Radio, Kimjae Mx K 34534
9610   26/01 1002 AWR Europe, Nauen Px "RVS Magazine Studio DX 552" It 54544
12085 26/01 1100 R. Australia, Shepparton  Info ID Nx E 34533
15330 26/01 1155 FEBC Manila, Bocau   Px  K-P 33522
21610 26/01 1200 R. Exterior Espana, Noblejas Ts info ID Nx Es 45544

73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Antenna - VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi

QSL Radio Monique

R. Monique 6240 KHz - radiomoniqueradio@hotmail.nl con QSL elettronica allegata in 2 ore.

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs January 25-26, 2014

** BRAZIL. 11783.1, Jan 25 at 2118 as RNB is strengthening, it`s still way off-11780-frequency. This time I measure it by the notes-on-the-keyboard method against 11784 and 11782 BFOs: A very close beat to A5 = 880 Hz below 11784, so that`s 11783.12. From 11782 it`s Eb6 = 1244 Hz above, or 11783.24, so make it somewhere between those like 11783.18, but closer I think to 11783.12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 5910v, Jan 26 at 0431, Alcaraván Radio ID in the clear and music, once R. Japón via France vacates the frequency; before then only causing a LAH to NHK, and now the tables are turned as a much weaker NHK relay via Lithuania to Russia makes a LAH under HJDH. The other HJDH, The Voice of Thy Conscience on 6010, mainly preaching in Spanish, is also atop a QRM het, maybe Mexico or Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad / Radio Truth, received in P-mail their 2014 calendar about a week ago, which is a single sheet featuring thumbnails of the staff of 13, six of whom are announcers, and including Ralph Borthwick, engineer who visits as necessary from British Columbia (I think). Main photo features ``Radio Lwenge, Hija de Radio Verdad`` FM station in the Congo. Anniversary reminders:
14 aniversario de Radio Verdad: 25 Feb 2014
Bodas de Plata ``Volviendo a Jesús``, 1 abril 2016 [Gerente Édgar Madrid`s signature show]

Also enclosed a note in English, and a tract in Spanish, but no pennant or QSL (I already have several).

The envelope makes an interesting cover, altho it bears no postage stamps. It`s airmail style, bordered by alternating red and blue parallelograms. On the obverse there is a rubber stamp imprint of a triangle superimposed on a circle, inscribed:

CQ0101 / CORREO DE GUATEMALA, S.A. / Concesionario de Correos y Telegrafos / 14 DIC 2013 / Chiquimula / Chiquimula / Guatemala / Centro America [really they are all in caps of various sizes]. If Correo de Guatemala is an S.A., does that mean it`s privatized?

On the reverse there is another rubber stamp overlapping the flap, reading 17 DIC 2013 FRANQUEO. And a self-adhesive label taking the place of a true postage stamp, with yet another date, apparently when the letter was axually ready to leave the country, 13 days later than the first one, 27-Diciembre-2013. (Of course there were holidays intervening.)

In its upper-left is a red imprint with a stylized bird, and EL CORREO / Destino Seguro. A much larger similar bird logo underlies the middle of the label; and there is tilted grid across the right half of it. Across the bottom is a long bar code. Inscriptions: Guatemala, C.A. / AGENCIA ATANASIO / Q.6.50 / Concesionario del Correo Oficial de la Republica de Guatemala (Glenn Hauser, OK, Jan 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11670, Jan 25 at 2121-2135, AIR presents a delayed broadcast of the address in English by the Hon. President of India on the eve of the 65th Republic Day, followed by some brief band music, anthem? In case you missed it, here it is:http://ibnlive.in.com/news/full-text-presidents-speech-on-republic-day-eve/447770-3.html
Then classical music with lots of droning, 2150 unreadable announcement and orchestral music, but now signal is weakening, just as neighbor 11665 NHK is strengthening, but not enough to bother (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 7260, Jan 26 at 0420, very poor signal with music, flutter, QRhaM zeroed in on it. Presumed Iran in Azeri, 500 kW, 328 degrees from Sirjan at 0320-0520, per Aoki, rather than PBS Xinjiang or Mongolian Radio 2, which latter WRTH says does not start until 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 5910, UT Sun Jan 26 at 0428, NHK is VG ending mailbag in Spanish, called `Espacio Dxista` --- is there any DX or media news in it, then? Despite strength from this Issoudun, FRANCE relay, 500 kW at 290 degrees to Central America, there is a LAH from poor HJDH in Colombia, q.v. whose frequency is usurped. To make it worse, NHK stays on from 0430 to 0431* with IS and ID loop in English and Japanese. After it cuts off, Alcaraván Radio is almost in the clear, but now there is a very weak LAH under it, which is no doubt the next NHK broadcast, Russian, 100 kW, 79 degrees from Sitkunai, LITHUANIA.

6195, meanwhile was // 5910 with NHK Spanish, even stronger, 250 kW, 167 degrees via WHRI to S America. Spanish to Americas still merits such duplication while English merits zilch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Further monitoring of WRMI webcast, no longer simulcasting Brother Scare occupying SW 9955, Saturday, Jan 25: 2000 UT `Wavescan`, Jeff White hosting again but with Ray Robinson of KVOH reading the first feature (he has a British accent); back to preachers in English at 2030, 2100; 2106, R. Prague in English.

7730, Sat Jan 25 at 2113, WRMI beam to Europe is playing music; 2136 blues, so now it`s Blues Radio International as soon IDed.

9495, UT Sun Jan 26 at 0026, WRMI is playing music to S America, not blues (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WORLD OF RADIO

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: confirmed at 0029:21 UT Sunday Jan 26 on WTWW-2, 5085. Also confirmed at 0030:02 UT Sunday Jan 26 on WRMI, 9495. But WTWW-1 found to be off the 5830 air at 0427, and remained off when WOR would have aired at 0501-0530 (but confirmed on webcast). Next: UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB.

PODCASTS of WORLD OF RADIO are again available, thanks to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club, going back to #1701 in case you have missed any episodes since WRN stopped podcasts:http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de
Check out what else the RMRC has to offer, including their annual QSL calendar, via http://www.rmrc.de
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sat Jan 25 at 2115, WTWW-3 is back on with Bible in French, having missed Arabic earlier today and probably Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 7360, Jan 26 at 0422, VG signal with sermon abut Hyesus Christus. My guess is Amharic, but Aoki shows at 0415 daily, Vatican Radio switches from Amharic to Tigrinya, 500 kW, 136 degrees from SMG: just another instance of huge signal from there reaching here tho aimed elsewhere, making us wonder if there is something wrong with their antenna and/or its aiming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0629 UT January 26

Radio Celebrates Australia Day

All across Australia today, it's time to celebrate things Australian.

From the bush to the city and in every state and territory, share Australia Day with the voices, sounds and events of Australia through thousands of Australian radio stations.

They're all online in the Australian Radio Guide and you're just one click away from audio streaming them live at www.radioheritage.net.

Today is also a day of reflection as well as play, and you'll find fascinating features from the past:

* who was broadcasting in Australia way back in 1931
* long gone radio stations in the mid-1940's as Aussies struggled with finding peace in the days after WWII
* the power of Radio Australia calling the world in 1953
* Bi-centennial year 1988 showcases the changes on the Aussie airwaves

All these and more at www.radioheritage.net so enjoy Australia Day, the day it's good to be an Aussie.

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Glenn Hauser logs January 24-25, 2014

** BELGIUM. Not much broadcast activity from Europe on 21 MHz, so I check whether 24 MHz hamband is open: yes, it is:

24975-USB, Jan 25 at 1515, ON7USB, Geert making quick contacts with US stations including a KC0.

ON7USB
Geert Cottyn
Daalstraat 23
Gullegem, WV 8560
Belgium

Per QRZ.com lookup. Says he is in western Belgium near France border. But 28 MHz is not open. Then I check 21 MHz, and among several more ham signals there, the one I pick with a sufficient signal is:

21315-USB, Jan 25 at 1521, ON7LX, calling QRZ contest. Another one from the same area! From the voice I did not realize this is an XYL:

ON7LX
Carine Ramon
Bruggesteenweg 77
B-8755 Ruiselede
Belgium
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11783.2, Jan 25 at 0108, RNB music is way off-frequency from 11780.0 (or rather 11780.1v where it`s been lately). Modulation OK; nothing to het against, but obviously has shifted when stepping thru at 5 kHz intervals, then measured on the DX-398 40-Hz-step clicker compared to WWV, also compared to nearby RHC seemingly accurate on 11760.0, but still approximate. At 0645 next check with African-sounding music, RNB is a bit lower circa 11783.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815.3, Jan 25 at 0110, R. Brasil Central, presumed, with pop music, lyrix maybe in English, fair signal and way off-frequency as befits a ZY. As usual // 4985 buried under RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Jan 25 at 0657, R. Rebelde is off again, while 5040 and all the 6-MHz RHC English frequencies are still running; Rebelde was on earlier in the evening as usual now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9965, Jan 25 at 0101, R. Cairo news theme is readable on whining carrier, suppressed modulation, but better than usual; 0135 seems dead air again until Arabic starts; a lot better than 9720 Spanish/English frequency, much weaker and just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, Jan 25 at 1525, very weak signals making a fast SAH, one with barely audible music. 1532 announcement. If I could recognize a single word of Spanish, that would clinch it as XEPPM on the air in the daytime, but it does have that Mexican `feel`. Monitors further south in Baja Oclajoma or dentro-México could surely confirm this.

HFCC shows only Turkey in Italian at 1500-1530, unlikely, but Aoki adds: China Huayi until 1600 with 15 kW ND from Chengdu, also unlikely. EiBi lists it too and both agree that Voice of Korea is finished with 6185 by 1500. FWIW, Firedrake from China is still audible on 6145 at 1525 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 15355, Jan 24 at 2310, M&W discussion sounds like Tagalog, good signal, really stands out, in fact the SSOB and stronger than 15370 RHC. Yes, HFCC shows it`s R. Veritas Asia in ``Fil`` at 2300-2330, 250 kW non-direxional from Palauig site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 25 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier amid splash & hash until cut off at 0104:31* which is 11.5 seconds later than 48 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIN DIGEST)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. 9955, Jan 25 at 0135, R. Slovakia International via WRMI, VG in English, feature about positive portrayals of Gypsy life. This is scheduled UT Tue-Sat only. Loud & clear, no jamming; could easily believe it`s on a NW antenna rather than SSE, but maybe just propagational fluke; half an hour earlier it was under jamming during English religious programming, left over from the R. Libertad hour until 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 17675-17745, Jan 25 at 1725, approx. range of splatter from WHRI 17705 with overdriven Brother Scare. HFCC shows 100 kW on 315 degree beam to the NW. Heavy QRM upon 17715 Spain, but according to EiBi, in the 17-19 UT period there is absolutely nothing else attempting to broadcast over those 70 kHz, an appalling display of lack of interest among stations in a band which is wide open for daytime propagation; so splatter away!! Quick check finds a few duplicates of Brother Scare at this time: 15420-WBCQ vs BBC, 11825-WRMI, 9980-WWCR, 9955-WRMI, 9930-WTWW, 9840-WHRI, 9370-WWRB. See also U S A: WWRB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, Jan 24 at 2117 and at 2306, WWRB still with fill music instead of Brother Scare, apparent internet outage lasting all day from previous night. Strange that SW sites in remote places don`t rely on satellite feeds instead, or at least for backup. Mostly big band music, Dave`s favorite filler, also enjoyed by many others who ran across it, a wonderful respite from the LDPOG.

3185, Jan 25 at 0056, WWRB finally back with TOM`s alarming theme music; while 3215 WWRB is in music fill, ``As Time Goes By``, but now presumably for unsold time as often heard on this channel rather than an outage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7730, Fri Jan 24 at 2148, WRMI alternate hour with Spanish DX program talking about Buenos Aires stations, 1190 R. América. Same show is repeating on 9495, UT Saturday Jan 25 at 0052 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SLOVAKIA [non]; SOUTH CAROLINA [non]; USA [and non]: WORLD OF RADIO

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: check Sat 2130 on WRMI 7730, where we aired for two weeks, but not last week. Then:
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI 9495
UT Sun 0030 on WTWW 5085
UT Sun 0505 on WTWW 5830
UT Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB. AND::::

WRMI has put up an updated program grid for 9955 only, as of Jan 23,https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
showing an additional time for WORLD OF RADIO: Wednesdays at 1400. That finally puts us on the 315-degree antenna back across North America, so reception should be excellent. Unfortunately, per our usual produxion schedule, that will have to be the previous week`s show repeated.

Also, as Jeff White pointed out, the WRMI webcast is no longer carrying BS when he`s on 9955, at 06-11 & 15-22 UT daily; no schedule available, but checkinghttp://67.239.246.10:8000
a few times on Sat Jan 25, I`ve only heard other religious programming, such as at 1830, the Japo-Mississippian YL who is `Living the Bible`, at a former World of Radio time. And another preacher at 1915-1930, but:

At 1900 `Viva Miami`, Jeff & Thaïs doing mailbag in Spanish; Jeff is still a bit laryngitic. They are very pleased with all the good reception reports now from around the world. Greetings to HFCC in Kuala Lumpur, which means Jeff is too busy in Okeechobee to go over there himself. However, he and the NASB have offered along with Spaceline to host the B-14 HFCC/ASBU Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria on August 25-29. 1930: La Voz de Eslovaquia desde Bratislava (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sat Jan 25 at 1508 check, WTWW-3 Arabible is absent again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Jan 25 at 0127 UT, big open carrier most obvious with WOAI nulled, and making fast SAH with it. Best guess would be WAMB Nashville which has a 50 kW non-direxional transmitter for daytime; or maybe WRTO Chicago 20 kW reducing to 4.5 kW at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Jan 25 at 0128 UT, barely audible het upon 1520 KOKC, presumably Saudi. 9 kHz steps further down the band did not uncover any other TAs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1933 UT January 25

Ascolti AM Treviso 25/01

6095   25/1 958 Transport Radio, Nauen Mx ID info NL 55555
15340 25/1 959 China International Radio, Xian   Px Info M 24533
12065 25/1 1000 R. Australia, Shepparton  Info ID Nx E 35554
13840 25/1 1059 R. New Zealand International, Rangitaiki  Info ID Ts E 35534
11825 25/1 1100 AWR KSDA, Agat-Guam Info ID E  Px  M 45544
21610 25/1 1104 R. Exterior Espana, Noblejas Nx  info ID Es 45534

73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Curiosità.
A dicembre 2013 mi segno i seguenti appunti d'ascolto:
11/01/2014 - *09.00 - 9510 kHz - R. Rasant via IRRS
25/01/2014 - *09.00 - 9510 kHz - EMR via IRRS
Purtroppo non ricordo più dove li avevo letti, ma mi interessavano, così ho provato.
Risultato? In entrambi i casi (di sabato) al posto di quei programmi c'erano i notiziari tipo U.N.
Probabilmente, all'ultimo momento le cose sono cambiate.

***

Un altro appunto che mi ero preso era il seguente:
*07.00-08.00* - 11565 kHz - THE OVERCOMER via WHRI
Ho provato un paio di volte ma il canale era completamente vuoto.
Ho pensato ad una scheda non aggiornata o a problemi al trasmettitore.
Stamattina passo su 7520 e trovo il programma, con un segnale molto forte.
Mi è venuto il dubbio di uno spostamento, i messaggi DXLD me l'hanno confermato.
-
Sabato 25 gennaio 2014
07.30-08.00* - 7520 kHz
THE OVERCOMER MINISTRY via WHRI
Segnale molto buono
Comunque su 11565 non mi pare ci fossero problemi tali da decidere uno spostamento.
-
*15.00 - 9930 kHz
THE OVERCOMER MINISTRY
via World Harvest Radio - Koror (Palau)
Programma iniziato dopo 5 minuti di organo da chiesa.
Segnale buono

***

Luca Botto Fiora
QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
G.C. 44° 21' 06.89" N / 09° 13' 30.94" E

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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)

***

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Relays from HLR and Radio Gloria

Radio Gloria Sunday January 26th

07 - 09 UTC on 7265 kHz

09 - 11 UTC on 9480 kHz
10 - 11 UTC on 6005 & 7310kHz  /"shortwaveservice.com"6005
16-18 UTC Coloradio.org  laut.fm/kompakt
Please send all reports to: radiogloria@aol.com  Thank you!
Repeat: 2nd Sunday 9th of February on 6190kHz 

Hambuger Lokal Radio Sunday January 26th

12.00 to 14.00 UTC on 9480 KHz
Please send all reports to: redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de Thank you!

Good Listening!

73s

Tom 

Glenn Hauser logs January 23-24, 2014

** CUBA. 15482, Jan 24 at 1401, RHC sounder stands out and then distorted Spanish; apparent spur from very strong 15340, and also a trace on 15198, i.e. 142 kHz above and below. 15482 is also hetting Chinese on 15480, which is AWR via Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, Jan 23 at 1956 check, no signal from R. Africa, Bata, shortly before R. Africa, Okeechobee comes up on 15190. Bata has been successfully staying off the 15190 air after (and before) 2000 this year, so please don`t believe outdated listings and assume you have EqG direct in the 20-23 period if you hear R. Africa programming: it`s WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 3325, Jan 24 at 1352, poor carrier, trace of modulation, presumably RRI Palangkaraya rather than PNG; and very poor carrier on 3345, presumably RRI Kendari. Atsunori Ishida shows both are quite active lately, with 3325 running until shortly after 1700*, and 3345 until 1500* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Jan 24 at 1339, poor signal from Sea Breeze, JSR JAPAN, but I can tell it`s again in English this Friday with brief YL news headlines attributed to Daily NK, alternating with typical stingers; and also constant het on hi side from Myanmar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1270, Jan 23 at 2002 UT during music, I get around to comparing KTUZ Claremore-Tulsa to its new parent, KTUZ-FM 106.7 OKC: 1270 is running a couple Spanish words behind, about right for a satellite-feed delay. You`d think AM could pull a direct off-the-air feed from FM? Not with a 106.9 Muskogee-Tulsa station in the way (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS [and non]. 9545, Jan 24 at 0637 very pleased to hear some ``island music``, from SIBC. Previously have heard the carrier here, probably open after-hours, but first time with some audio. Fair signal with deep fades; 0646 YL announcement; then canned announcements, in Pidgin? Maybe ads; more music, 0655 another announcement but it`s getting weaker; 0657 music with a bass beat past ToH 0700, no pause or timesignal; marred by occasional rapid pulses, OTHR? 0701:30 finally YL announcement but very poor and worsening, just in time for my shuteye. First I check 9660 at 0703 and find R. Australia, 10 kW Brandon not much better. Then reawake at 1355, a very weak carrier is detectable on 9545 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Jan 23 at 1954-2119+, WWRB has silenced Brother Scare, totally dead air for at least a sesquihour, interrupted only for automatic IDs at 2000 & 2100 hourtops. Still no BS Jan 24 at 1439, but now fading up more big band music fill. Apparently WWRB`s microwave access to internet has failed, also affecting other programming such as WORLD OF RADIO, q.v.

Meanwhile, I find BS still running on his redundant other frequencies; Jan 23 at 1954 on 9930, 9955 & 9980, tho not synchronized, he`s wondering why he`s still alive at age 80? God`s will of course, as no one else can properly spew prophecy. We wonder too what will happen when he passes, just in case the World hasn`t really ended first ``in your lifetime``. Much of his programming already consists of extremely repetitive recordings, so that could go on and on for eternity via shortwave, if his Ministry survive and keep raking in the dough: Another dead preacher refusing to go away, like PPP and DGS. OTOH, R.G. is *so* charismatic, that it`s hard to imagine any real successor as The Last Day Prophet of God, and certainly none is in sight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 15520, Jan 24 at 1405, V. of Tibet, poor signal via MADAGASCAR, which I was not hearing by 1401; must have come on late. No jamming audible, but anticipating QSY jump to 15515, I tune another receiver with BFO to 15516, and hear that cut on at *1406:06. Now there is no signal detectable on 15520, the jammer not propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17655, Jan 24 at 1407, good steady open carrier, off in less than a minute: no doubt habitual Greenville test hours before scheduled VOA transmission in Portuguese at 1700-1800 on same. (Per Aoki, Fridays only there`s more at 1630-1700 via Vatican; and Mon-Fri there`s even more at 1800-1830 via Botswana)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Jan 23 from 2201 on WTWW-1, 9475. Not confirmed at next chance, UT Friday Jan 24 at 0430 on WWRB 3195: instead, Dave cuts off preacher at 0430 to make an announcement but I can`t copy it with computer noise on, and had already found the WWRB stream wasn`t working. Evidently no internet into or outof WWRB, so rest of hour from 0431 filled with big-band music. See also USA: WWRB entry

Next WORs: Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB. I read that they recently repaired their rotor and reached power of 1000 watts PEP from Göhren, Germany.

Saturday  2130 on WRMI 7730? Ran for two weeks then, but not last week
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 9495: has run for three weeks so far
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday   1200 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, Jan 23 at 1954, open carrier dead air from WWRB instead of Brother Scare; whilst otherwise occupied, I leave 9370 on the YB-400 to enjoy the silence, interrupted only by Dave`s legal ID at 2000 and again at 2100; finally tune out at 2119 when it`s still dead air. Evidently WWRB has lost internet contact with the outside world. This also prevented WORLD OF RADIO from playing at its only scheduled WWRB time, UT Friday Jan 24 at 0430 on 3195, instead big band music. Back to 9370: Jan 24 at 1439, still no TOM, but BB music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Channel A2 NTSC, usual check for sporadic E TVDX finds traces of video fading in and out, Jan 24 at 1458 for next 10 minutes or so, and more circa 1618; antenna parked south and don`t want to rotate it in frigid temps. 6-meter maps show no activity at all, but the sporadic-E clouds map http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N
shows lots of them in the 20 and 30 MHz MUFs around eastern US, bunched in the northeast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1630 UT January 24

Radio Zeleny Glazh 25900 kHz

Venerdì 24 gennaio 2014

12.22 - 25900 kHz (400 W)
RADIO ZELENY GLAZH (Russia)
MTUCI - Moscow Technical University
of Communications and Informatics
Musica techno e annunci OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
(fortunosa apertura di 5-10 minuti)
Solo venerdì 12.00-15.00.

***

Luca Botto Fiora
QTH Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
G.C. 44° 21' 06.89" N / 09° 13' 30.94" E

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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)

***

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Ascolti AM Treviso 24/01

11725 24/01 758 Radio New Zealand, Rangitaiki info ID Jingle E 33433
11945 24/01 759 R. Australia, Shepparton  Px Sport E 35344
6030   24/01 800 Radio Martì, Greenville ID info Nx Es 25322
5830   24/01 801 WTWW Lebanon, TN Px rel. E 23422
21800 24/01 803 Voice of Russia, Irkutsk ID Info Nx  E 25433
6070 24/01 805 Radio Channel 292, Rohrbach Mx D 24433

73 da N. Marabello
QTH  Treviso, Italia
RX:  SONY ICF SW7600G
Ant.: VHF esterna azimuth 230 gradi

Glenn Hauser logs January 22-23, 2014

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, Jan 23 at 0059, pirate music at poor level with SSB ACI; 0108 still QRM but now it`s CCI on same frequency, probably in SSB mode, while pirate has two guys talking about ordering T-shirts, laughing.

Several others heard the same about T-shirts, QRM from ``peskies`` and IDed it as Radio Free Whatever:http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,15053.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Brad Ferguson, GM of Classical KCSC-FM 90.1 Edmond/OKC, replied to my inquiry Jan 22: `` Hi Glen[n], Our main antenna suffered a bad lightning strike at some point, we don't know when, but it only manifested itself two weeks ago when we could not get the ERP above 15%. In the meantime a crew has taken down the top three bays for repair and put up a temporary at 300 feet. The temporary itself shorted out Monday and Hal replaced it with a one-bay yesterday afternoon. The relentless wind has kept progress slow as the repair was supposed to be finished a week ago``

It was back on again by 2100 UT Jan 22, and seems to have stayed on at full strength, which is still not enough to provide full quieting, especially in stereo. Mid-day temp Jan 23 in OKC area is in the low single-digits F! with windchills below zero (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 23 at 0057, R. Chaski carrier with some modulation audible amid the splash from 5990 CRI CUBA for another minute or two, and also unusually some intruder SSB QRM on the hi side. Cutoff comes at 0104:19.5* which is 11.5 seconds later than last check 48 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1705 monitoring: ready for first airing UT Thursday Jan 23 at 0430 on WRMI 9955: very good signal this time, tho presumably still on the SSE antenna, well atop the jamming. Hope as spring approaches the MUF will be holding up better this late in the night. Preceded by a new canned ID from same host as WOR, who says,

``Standard disclaimer. Glenn Hauser in Enid, Oklahoma, identifying, Radio Miami International, WRMI, Okeechobee, Florida, USA, and wrmi.net. Send your comments and reception reports to info@wrmi.net or to WRMI, P.O. Box 52-68-52, Miami, Florida, 33152, USA.``

He has also recorded IDs in French, Portuguese and Spanish, as yet unheard on the air.

WOR 1705 also confirmed on next airing, Thursday Jan 23 at 1330:30 on 9955, and this too is preceded by the gh ID at 1330:00, ironically causing the last semiminute of the 29-minute WOR to be chopped off at 1359 for WRMI Scoreboard, before quick switch from the SSE to the NW antenna at 1400. Even so, WOR reception is sufficient atop the jamming. Next:

Thursday 2201 on WTWW-1 9475
UT Friday 0426v on WWRB 3195
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2130 on WRMI 7730? Was for two weeks, but not last week
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 9495: has been for three weeks now
UT Sunday 0030 on WTWW-2 5085
UT Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1 5830
UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB

** U S A. 9495, UT Thu Jan 23 at 0052 check, this alternate RMI program frequency now is again in Spanish about Venezuela, presumably `Acontecer Venezolano`, which is the only SW program about that country, lacking anything from RNV`s long-delayed SW site itself, and thus without supervision by The Bolivarian Revolution. Described thus on the WRMI programing page,http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html

Acontecer Venezolano --- Productor: José Torrellas
E-mail: acontecervenezolano@gmail.com

``Programa de opinión, actual, versátil. Conducido y producido por José Torrellas, quien con sus diálogos busca de una manera personal, dinámica y objetiva informar en temas de interés político, económico, deportivo, etc. con lo que esté aconteciendo en el país. A través de este programa, conozca más sobre Venezuela. Una linda patria con deseos de continuar en libertad y democracia, como debe ser.``

Perhaps we should start filing this like a clandestine as VENEZUELA [non]. Sufficient signal, so far no jamming on 9495, except increasing bleed from 9490 as 0100 approaches (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1901 UT January 23

Special broadcasts by AIR for Republic Day 2014 Jan 25-26

Special broadcasts by AIR for Republic Day 2014

All India Radio will broadcast following special programs in connection with the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January, 2014

*25 January 2014 (Saturday) : Eve of Republic Day*

1330 UTC (1900 IST) onwards Hon`ble President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee`s address to the nation in Hindi & English. This will be broadcast by all stations of AIR on MW, SW, FM, DTH and by IGNOU Gyan Vani stations. Shortly after this broadcast, the local stations will broadcast translation in local languages.

Consequent to the President s broadcast schedule, news bulletin & other regular programs would stand cancelled.

SW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm
FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm

*26 January 2013 (Sunday) : Republic Day*

Running Commentary of Republic Day parade and cultural pageant live from
Rajpath 0350 UTC (0920 IST) onwards :

Hindi : 6155 (Aligarh); 9595 (Delhi), 11620 (Bengaluru)
English : 6030 (Delhi); 15050 (Bengaluru)

Also try SW/MW/FM frequencies as per above mentioned links.

The following regional stations will change from their Morning frequencies on 60 Meters (4 & 5 MHz frequencies ) to their day time frequencies between 0335-0350 UTC as follows :

6000 Leh
6040 Jeypore
6065 Kohima (Irregular)
6085 Gangtok
6150 Itanagar (Irregular)
7230 Kurseong
7240 Mumbai
7280 Guwahati (Irregular)
7295 Aizawl
7315 Shillong
7325 Jaipur
7440 Lucknow

The following stations are already scheduled to be on air daily at this time and will also relay the running commentary.

6020 Shimla
6110 Srinagar
7210 Kolkata
7290 Thiruvanthapuram
7335 Imphal
7380 Chennai
7390 Port Blair
7420 Hyderabad
7430 Bhopal

All AIR Stations including Local Radio Stations will relay the live broadcast of the Republic Day Parade either in Hindi or English. Please send your reception reports to : spectrum-manager@ air.org
73, (Alokesh Gupta, Jan 22, dx_india yg via DXLD)

Retro Radio Dial Japan 1953

Retro Radio Dial Japan 1953
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Japan is in just its first year of independence following the end of the Allied Occupation, its Bonin, Volcano and Ryukyu Islands to the south remain under American control, and yet a comprehensive web of radio networks is in operation and newly established private commercial radio stations are rapidly spreading.

It's 1953. The FEN Far East Network from Tokyo is one of the strongest signals on the AM dial and the NHK Overseas Service is using powerful shortwave transmitters to carry the vision of a new Japan to the world.

The area is full of tension. Soviet troops gaze across a narrow sea lane into Northern Japan and American forces stare back in return as the cold War between the USSR and the West intensifies. On the nearby Korean peninsula, a long war ends in armistice, but not peace.

In this time, Japanese listeners were entertained and informed by the rapidly growing number of radio stations, and Japanese inventors were about to unleash the transistor radio, small and cheap radio sets that let millions of Japanese take their music, news, information and entertainment on the road, in their coats, on their bicycles, into schools, factories, and all over Japan.

Retro Radio Dial Japan is the latest in this fascinating series that takes a look back at the world's radio dials 60 years ago.

Recent additions include Brazil, South Asia and South East Asia whilst the feature on North Asia has been revised.

Enjoy all of them at www.radioheritage.com.

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Connecting today's people with yesterday's radio

Retro Radio Dial Pacific Islands 1953

Radio Heritage Foundationwww.radioheritage.com

Retro Radio Dial Australia,
New Zealand & Pacific 1953
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Less than 10 years after the end of the Second World War, its echoes could still be heard across the Pacific, at that time often called an  American lake.

Commercial radio was returning to new heights of public popularity in Australia, state run radio was firmly in control in New Zealand, the first FM radio station was on the air in the then still Territory of Hawaii and the many islands of the Pacific remained in the colonial control of the UK, USA, France, Australia and New Zealand.

The most powerful AM station was a Voice of America megawatt outlet on Okinawa in the occupied Ryukyu Islands, otherwise the honor went to 2YA/2YC from Wellington in New Zealand. The shortwaves were completely dominated by Radio Australia, then forging new audiences across the region and popularity across the world with its Australian brand of friendly radio.

It was a still a time of tension in the region, with the Korean War winding down, Russia and America deep in a Cold War and yet, across the islands, small radio stations were emerging such as KUAM on Guam and the airwaves were settling into a decade long period of growth and prosperity.

Retro Radio Dial Australia, New Zealand & Pacific is the latest in this fascinating series that takes a look back at the  world's radio dials 60 years ago.

Recent additions include Brazil, South Asia, South East Asia and Japan whilst the feature on North Asia has been revised.

Enjoy all of them at www.radioheritage.com.

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The Global Radio Memories Project
Connecting today's people with yesterday's radio

Glenn Hauser logs January 21-22, 2014

** CHINA [and non]. 11695, Jan 22 at 1503, CNR1 jamming, which Aoki shows is against VOA Uzbek via Sri Lanka this semihour only. // stronger 11640 which is against RFA Tibetan via Kuwait this hour only. CNR1 // many others of course, even down to 6020 to block RFA Chinese via Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1157-1183 kHz, Jan 22 at 1423 and 1620 UT chex, IBOC is back on from 1170 KFAQ Tulsa. I feared the clearup would not last (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1270, Jan 21 at 1955 UT I am checking out the Claremore/Tulsa station which AM Switch in NRC DX News Jan 13 reported changed call Jan 3 from KRVT to KTUZ; also IRCA DX Monitor Jan 18 which added ``was Regional Mexican, now new unknown format``. Us Okies know that KTUZ is already the call of a Spanish FM station in OKC, 106.7, plus TV on RF 29 which carries both archrivals Telemundo and Univisión. Could there be some connexion? Yes!

Even on the caradio, 1270 is quite weak here, so after finding that it is indeed // 106.7 which has a semi-local signal, I continue listening there for ToH ID. (Haven`t yet checked on two radios for a delay.) After some dead air, at 2000 UT, SHVA exclaims joint ID for both FM on 106.7 and AM Claremore-Tulsa on 1270, stations of Tyler Media. Tyler is pronounced as in English, Media as in Spanish.

So now yet another Tulsa AM station becomes a mere satellite of an OKC station (after 1570 relaying 890, also Tylers). As for format, IRCA says ``1270 KTUZ Claremore, OK was Regional Mexican, now new unknown format``. It still sounds ``regional Mexican`` to me, if that means norteña music where most of the immigrants around here come from, besides Guatemala.

Inspecting http://www.ktuz.com/ one is hard-pressed to find La Zeta as on any radio frequency but 106.7. But Jesus is one of their DJs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Jan 21 at 2026 UT check, KCSC-FM Edmond is back on the air as promised earlier today, with classical music; seems at usual level which means not enough to avoid picket-fencing as I drive around Enid, nor enough to break into stereo sound, altho the ST icon displays on the radio dial, showing that it exists (unlike on much stronger 91.7 KOSU, downgraded to mono). Good to have them back --- but wait, gone again later that evening, and still gone Jan 22 at 0630, 1505 and 1620 UT chex. Still no mention on the website about the outage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Jan 22 at 1441, open carrier/dead air from BS via WWRB; or maybe it`s just barely modulated as I am hearing something there, or CCI or crosstalk. Back on at 1456 check. ``Fortunately`` there is plenty of BS redundancy tnx to WRMI, WTWW and WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9605, Jan 21 at 2050, pop music, poor-fair, what`s this? 2051 French announcement mentioning the Spanish apellido Hernández, jogging my memory that REE is scheduled this hour in French M-F. And // much weaker 9570. Nothing on 9665, where I heard this service by mistake recently. 9605 is 110 degrees from Noblejas per Aoki, while 9570 is 168, both at the odd rated power of 350 kW.

BTW, Noblejas is the *only* site in the entire Aoki list with such a power level (and not applying to all their transmitters, either.) What about HFCC? The *only* listing anywhere with 350 kW power is China via Spain 9690 at 0200-0400, while the three other 9 MHz channels above are listed as only 250. WRTH says Noblejas now counts upon 6 x 250 kW transmitters. Period. 9690 certainly puts out bigsigs to N America, but anyone`s guess whether they are somehow punched up to 350 kW (or less than 2 x 250?).

This historical site http://www.swcountry.be/e.html
shows for Noblejas there were six Thomson TRE2330s of 350 kW each installed in 1971, two of which are apparently no longer in service.
2 350 THO TRE2330 1971¤ †
4 350 THO TRE2330 1971¤
There is no key to meaning of the symbols. Besides 8 newer 250-kW units, if any of the 350s are really still in use, perhaps they are powered down to only 250 accounting for such registrations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [and non]. 15535, Jan 22 at 1458, good open carrier, with 1 kHz tone jammer barely audible; 1459 sign-on from R. Tamazuj via VATICAN, considerable flutter but way over the jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7730, Tue Jan 21 at 2100, WRMI goes from BS to `Wavescan` commencing the extra hour of RMI programming. Seems the only way to find out the schedule at 21-22 is by monitoring, but it`s flexible and may not repeat following weeks. Usual poor signal here. At 2155 in Spanish about Venezuela, probably the quarter-hour `Acontecer Venezolano` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490-, Jan 21 at 2049, since it`s Tuesday, WBCQ is on an hour earlier than most days, with novelty music: Pirate Joe`s Extravaganzo from WHVW in New York. Signal is really too poor to enjoy. By occupying the 20-21 UT slot, P.J. gets the least coverage of any show on 7490, full daytime even in winter, and will only worsen as the year progresses, jumping a full hour even earlier once DST kicks in. I suppose this may still be a solid signal closer (but not too close) to Monticello ME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1700, Jan 22 at 1431-1435+ UT, open carrier/dead air atop weak Fox Sports station, making about 7 Hz SAH. OCDA station must be KKLF Richardson TX, the comedy station muted, and KVNS Brownsville the Fox Sports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1726 UT January 22