** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6134.8, March 2 at 0058, once again rumbling lo het caused by R. Aparecida, BRAZIL, approaching closely but not exactly to R. Santa Cruz`s less variable frequency. About equal level here now, making both unusable, and presumably even more so in South America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6000-, March 2 at 0052, no RHC `Mesa Redonda` on this UT Sunday, and no EBC either, altho there is some very weak carrier here. After 0100, when RHC English is starting with IS, no het audible, so EBC off-frequency AM transmitter remains gone, perhaps to 5990 for DRM tests, less likely to be detectable at such low power, and original publicity indicated would be after sunrise, not evenings anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060 // 6070, March 2 at 0059, ``Tie a Yellow Ribbon`` song in English, but a slight Spanish accented singer. How nice of RHC to honor our absent soldiers!! Oh, oh, voice over outro talking about Los 5 by their names, so it`s really yet another dig at US for holding those terrorists/heroes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12080, March 2 at 0114, ``Radio Cairo presenta --- Cantos de América Latina`` with tango theme. VG signal level, but of course heavy distortion --- yet not so much that I can`t understand it this time. But who`s going to listen to music like this? And don`t Latin Americans have enough music on their own clear stations? How about something Egyptian? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11740 Goa and // 11985 Delhi-Khampur, March 2 at 0054, AIR Sinhala service with matching talk, but 11985 runs about a second behind 11740; poor with flutter, but improving with approaching Equinox. 11740 also has some lite CCI, presumably CNR2 Lingshi until 0100* per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 750, March 2 at 0151, immediately upon rotating the DX-398 away from strong WSB signal, I hear ``Huasteca``. That was easy: XETI Tempoal, Veracruz, as heard before the usual occupant of this position, and suspected on day power of 10 kW rather than 250 W night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 850, March 2 at 0145, as I tune in, ``103.7 FM, información oportuna en Milenio Radio``, then apparent tribute to someone named Porfirio. This is of course XEM, Chihuahua2, 5/1 kW, and a regular here. At first it`s equal to KOA, mutually nullable with SAH of 5 or 6 Hz, then even surpassing KOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, March 2 at 0121, VG pirate signal with music, altho there was none at first bandscan before 0100; I bet it`s Wolverine Radio. Theme of tunes soon becomes clear, titles with ``Little``. Playing as I tune in is ``Little Darlin```, 0123 segué ``Little Betty[?]``, 0125 Wolverine Radio ID, ``This Little Girl`s Goin` Rockin```; 0127 ``Where Are You, Little Star``, [Twinkle2]; 0130 ID and ``Little Sister``. So Wolverine manages to keep me tuned for a dekaminute, overcoming urge to keep bandscanning, neat stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, March 2 at 0149 UT, big open carrier over WBBM, and DF fits for my nearby KSPI Stillwater, 250-watt daytimer, back to its old trix of not turning off carrier after sign-off which in March should be at 0030 UT. Nulling KSPI, I am getting more Spanish music than WBBM, probably XESFT. Some other northerly signals are propagationally weakened, notably WCCO 830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, March 2 at 0051, R. Chaski with some Spanish modulation in the clear; after 0100 there is weak CCI making a SAH of about 7 Hz from BBC Hindi via UAE. The SAH stops which is now the cue that R. Chaski`s timer has cut off its carrier, as the total signal doesn`t weaken much, at 0104:09.5* which is 10.5 seconds later than 48 hours ago, give or take (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: 1710 confirmed on very strong WTWW-2, 5085, from 0030:15 UT Sunday March 2: WTWW-2 audio processing is such that it boosts any glitches and background noise, which there is on this week`s show I didn`t notice until it was finished. Simultaneously from 0030 Sunday March 2, on WRMI-14, 9495, last week`s WOR 1709 is replayed with fair signal but clear modulation here. 1710 also confirmed on very strong WTWW-1, 5830, from 0501 UT Sunday March 2. Next 1710: UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11502, 11511, 11529, 11538, March 2 at 0112, approx. peaks of first- and second-order squealing spurs at plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz from 11520 WEWN English transmitter, which is very strong at this hour, boosting the constant spurs along with it. Each modulation peak spurts an additional carrier, better audible with BFO when there are no legitimate transmitters near these frequencies. However, I don`t hear any at plus and minus 27 kHz.
Then check also strong Spanish frequency 11870, which has spurs at closer intervals, roughly plus and minus 5 kHz, which means that they cause less damage away, but more damage to center frequency, squealy-beating against itself as modulation varies. This has been going on for years, with Mother Angelica doing nothing whatsoever about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, March 2 at 0134 UT, interesting music I find when nulling KSTP, lingering ~5 Hz SAH, sounds like K-pop or J-pop, but fading. Looking thru NRC AM Log, the only ETHnic (Asian) station possible would be KSJX, all the way from San José, CA! It`s 10/5 kW U4, day pattern with a considerable lobe eastward, night pattern with a deep cardioid null toward KSTP (which aims westward to protect WFED), official March KSJX sunset is not until 0215 UT, yet high-end at month-begin should be skywavable eastward by now as real SJ sunset today is only 0202 UT. Googling indicates KSJX is primarily Vietnamese, but http://mrbi.net lists it as Vietnamese/Other, and very few of the Multicultural group stations have own websites for any further research.
Could the SAH be a clue? It`s usually dissatisfying to consulthttp://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
as despite its length, it`s worldwide and far from complete as to US stations, in fact only 6 of them on the list at 1500, but does include these two:
1499.9993 USA KSJX (San Jose, CA) [1499.9992-1499.9996] 20081126
1500.0014 USA KSTP (Saint Paul (N), MN) [1500.0005-1500.002] 20130909
showing them only 2.1 Hz apart, but the KSJX reading is from 5+ years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17610-17615, March 2 at 0118, slight noise peak around here could pass for DRM, but nothing scheduled, nor anything needing DRM-jamming; weaker even than NZ 17670-17680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0546 UT March 2
** BRAZIL. 6000-, March 2 at 0052, no RHC `Mesa Redonda` on this UT Sunday, and no EBC either, altho there is some very weak carrier here. After 0100, when RHC English is starting with IS, no het audible, so EBC off-frequency AM transmitter remains gone, perhaps to 5990 for DRM tests, less likely to be detectable at such low power, and original publicity indicated would be after sunrise, not evenings anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060 // 6070, March 2 at 0059, ``Tie a Yellow Ribbon`` song in English, but a slight Spanish accented singer. How nice of RHC to honor our absent soldiers!! Oh, oh, voice over outro talking about Los 5 by their names, so it`s really yet another dig at US for holding those terrorists/heroes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12080, March 2 at 0114, ``Radio Cairo presenta --- Cantos de América Latina`` with tango theme. VG signal level, but of course heavy distortion --- yet not so much that I can`t understand it this time. But who`s going to listen to music like this? And don`t Latin Americans have enough music on their own clear stations? How about something Egyptian? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11740 Goa and // 11985 Delhi-Khampur, March 2 at 0054, AIR Sinhala service with matching talk, but 11985 runs about a second behind 11740; poor with flutter, but improving with approaching Equinox. 11740 also has some lite CCI, presumably CNR2 Lingshi until 0100* per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 750, March 2 at 0151, immediately upon rotating the DX-398 away from strong WSB signal, I hear ``Huasteca``. That was easy: XETI Tempoal, Veracruz, as heard before the usual occupant of this position, and suspected on day power of 10 kW rather than 250 W night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 850, March 2 at 0145, as I tune in, ``103.7 FM, información oportuna en Milenio Radio``, then apparent tribute to someone named Porfirio. This is of course XEM, Chihuahua2, 5/1 kW, and a regular here. At first it`s equal to KOA, mutually nullable with SAH of 5 or 6 Hz, then even surpassing KOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, March 2 at 0121, VG pirate signal with music, altho there was none at first bandscan before 0100; I bet it`s Wolverine Radio. Theme of tunes soon becomes clear, titles with ``Little``. Playing as I tune in is ``Little Darlin```, 0123 segué ``Little Betty[?]``, 0125 Wolverine Radio ID, ``This Little Girl`s Goin` Rockin```; 0127 ``Where Are You, Little Star``, [Twinkle2]; 0130 ID and ``Little Sister``. So Wolverine manages to keep me tuned for a dekaminute, overcoming urge to keep bandscanning, neat stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, March 2 at 0149 UT, big open carrier over WBBM, and DF fits for my nearby KSPI Stillwater, 250-watt daytimer, back to its old trix of not turning off carrier after sign-off which in March should be at 0030 UT. Nulling KSPI, I am getting more Spanish music than WBBM, probably XESFT. Some other northerly signals are propagationally weakened, notably WCCO 830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, March 2 at 0051, R. Chaski with some Spanish modulation in the clear; after 0100 there is weak CCI making a SAH of about 7 Hz from BBC Hindi via UAE. The SAH stops which is now the cue that R. Chaski`s timer has cut off its carrier, as the total signal doesn`t weaken much, at 0104:09.5* which is 10.5 seconds later than 48 hours ago, give or take (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: 1710 confirmed on very strong WTWW-2, 5085, from 0030:15 UT Sunday March 2: WTWW-2 audio processing is such that it boosts any glitches and background noise, which there is on this week`s show I didn`t notice until it was finished. Simultaneously from 0030 Sunday March 2, on WRMI-14, 9495, last week`s WOR 1709 is replayed with fair signal but clear modulation here. 1710 also confirmed on very strong WTWW-1, 5830, from 0501 UT Sunday March 2. Next 1710: UT Monday 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11502, 11511, 11529, 11538, March 2 at 0112, approx. peaks of first- and second-order squealing spurs at plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz from 11520 WEWN English transmitter, which is very strong at this hour, boosting the constant spurs along with it. Each modulation peak spurts an additional carrier, better audible with BFO when there are no legitimate transmitters near these frequencies. However, I don`t hear any at plus and minus 27 kHz.
Then check also strong Spanish frequency 11870, which has spurs at closer intervals, roughly plus and minus 5 kHz, which means that they cause less damage away, but more damage to center frequency, squealy-beating against itself as modulation varies. This has been going on for years, with Mother Angelica doing nothing whatsoever about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, March 2 at 0134 UT, interesting music I find when nulling KSTP, lingering ~5 Hz SAH, sounds like K-pop or J-pop, but fading. Looking thru NRC AM Log, the only ETHnic (Asian) station possible would be KSJX, all the way from San José, CA! It`s 10/5 kW U4, day pattern with a considerable lobe eastward, night pattern with a deep cardioid null toward KSTP (which aims westward to protect WFED), official March KSJX sunset is not until 0215 UT, yet high-end at month-begin should be skywavable eastward by now as real SJ sunset today is only 0202 UT. Googling indicates KSJX is primarily Vietnamese, but http://mrbi.net lists it as Vietnamese/Other, and very few of the Multicultural group stations have own websites for any further research.
Could the SAH be a clue? It`s usually dissatisfying to consulthttp://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt
as despite its length, it`s worldwide and far from complete as to US stations, in fact only 6 of them on the list at 1500, but does include these two:
1499.9993 USA KSJX (San Jose, CA) [1499.9992-1499.9996] 20081126
1500.0014 USA KSTP (Saint Paul (N), MN) [1500.0005-1500.002] 20130909
showing them only 2.1 Hz apart, but the KSJX reading is from 5+ years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17610-17615, March 2 at 0118, slight noise peak around here could pass for DRM, but nothing scheduled, nor anything needing DRM-jamming; weaker even than NZ 17670-17680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0546 UT March 2
