** COLOMBIA. 5910+, Oct 20 at 0558, tropical vocal music past 0600, automated 1:03 ``una y tres minutos`` TC at 0603, but no ID, back to music. It`s surely Alcaraván Radio, HJDH, reactivated after missing a week or more? Explanation:
``5910, Alcaraván R, Puerto Lleras, the last weeks I was not able to receive this station, at sunrise here in Spain. Rafael Rodríguez from the station let me know that the transmitter of Alcaraván Radio suffered a breakdown and is on air in reduced time, but they are working to repair it (Manuel Méndez, Spain, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 1743, DXLD)``
Slightly on the hi side compared to MW 910 kHz carriers on the FRG-7. And Wolfgang Büschel had measured it on ``5910.063, at 0616 UT Oct 12,
into northern Alberta Canada receiver site. Fluttery signal, hops few Hertz up and down``. Altho there is some signal now around 6010, it`s much weaker and can`t be sure if it`s sibling HJDH The Voice of Thy Conscience (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370, Oct 20 at 1422, RHC is in English! Possibly live YL speech about Ebola, says outbreak is over in Sénégal and Nigeria, and urges countries in the Bolivarian Alliance to prevent it. No translation during or after. She has a slight Chinese accent, and outroed by next speaker, Raúl himself, in Spanish as Doctora Margaret Chan (she`s the head of OMS/WHO), approving of Cuban anti-Ébola aid. Probably not there in person.
Apparently is live coverage coming from TV Cubana. 1427.5 back to RHC studio for announcement saying it`s the Cumbre Extraordinaria de Países Bolivarianas, i.e. ALBA. Then back to the event, and also audible on // 15230, 17730, 17580, 12010, 11860, 11760, 9820, 9550, the last with Vietnamese CCCI as usual.
RHC stories about this today:http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36929-margaret-chan--%C2%A8ayuda-de-cuba-para-enfrentar-brote-de-ebola-es-una-esperanza%C2%A8
http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36924-raul-castro-llamo-a-tomar-medidas-para-impedir-el-ebola-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe
``El ALBA la integran Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, Santa Lucía y San Vicente y las Granadinas, así como Haití, Granada y San Cristóbal y Nevis.``
How did all those English-speaking Caribbean islands get roped into this unsavory group? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15300, Oct 20 at 1421, VIRI IS, fair with flutter, 1423 NA, 1424 sign-on in usual procedure but I don`t try to ID the language, knowing I can uplook it later in Aoki: Hindi hour, 500 kW, 109 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13563, Oct 20 at 1434-1445+ I am hearing an extremely weak CW beacon about 1 kHz below much stronger GNK, Madison WI on 13564. Best to zero-beat GNK and still hear the other, but which also has QRM from 13560ish ISM hash, and a continuous beeper at the rate of 176/minute or almost 3/second. Hard to copy three characters in a row, but finally put them together as SZX, which fortunately is in the LWCA HIFER listhttp://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/index.htm
13562.95, SZX, Macomb IL, by KA9SZX at 5 wpm (while GNK is:)
13563.99, GNK, Madison WI, by KC9GNK, 10 wpm
SZX is the first new one I`ve heard in a while besides the five regulars, with AJO, AZ, MTI, K6FRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
``5910, Alcaraván R, Puerto Lleras, the last weeks I was not able to receive this station, at sunrise here in Spain. Rafael Rodríguez from the station let me know that the transmitter of Alcaraván Radio suffered a breakdown and is on air in reduced time, but they are working to repair it (Manuel Méndez, Spain, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15 via WORLD OF RADIO 1743, DXLD)``
Slightly on the hi side compared to MW 910 kHz carriers on the FRG-7. And Wolfgang Büschel had measured it on ``5910.063, at 0616 UT Oct 12,
into northern Alberta Canada receiver site. Fluttery signal, hops few Hertz up and down``. Altho there is some signal now around 6010, it`s much weaker and can`t be sure if it`s sibling HJDH The Voice of Thy Conscience (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370, Oct 20 at 1422, RHC is in English! Possibly live YL speech about Ebola, says outbreak is over in Sénégal and Nigeria, and urges countries in the Bolivarian Alliance to prevent it. No translation during or after. She has a slight Chinese accent, and outroed by next speaker, Raúl himself, in Spanish as Doctora Margaret Chan (she`s the head of OMS/WHO), approving of Cuban anti-Ébola aid. Probably not there in person.
Apparently is live coverage coming from TV Cubana. 1427.5 back to RHC studio for announcement saying it`s the Cumbre Extraordinaria de Países Bolivarianas, i.e. ALBA. Then back to the event, and also audible on // 15230, 17730, 17580, 12010, 11860, 11760, 9820, 9550, the last with Vietnamese CCCI as usual.
RHC stories about this today:http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36929-margaret-chan--%C2%A8ayuda-de-cuba-para-enfrentar-brote-de-ebola-es-una-esperanza%C2%A8
http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/36924-raul-castro-llamo-a-tomar-medidas-para-impedir-el-ebola-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe
``El ALBA la integran Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Antigua y Barbuda, Dominica, Santa Lucía y San Vicente y las Granadinas, así como Haití, Granada y San Cristóbal y Nevis.``
How did all those English-speaking Caribbean islands get roped into this unsavory group? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15300, Oct 20 at 1421, VIRI IS, fair with flutter, 1423 NA, 1424 sign-on in usual procedure but I don`t try to ID the language, knowing I can uplook it later in Aoki: Hindi hour, 500 kW, 109 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13563, Oct 20 at 1434-1445+ I am hearing an extremely weak CW beacon about 1 kHz below much stronger GNK, Madison WI on 13564. Best to zero-beat GNK and still hear the other, but which also has QRM from 13560ish ISM hash, and a continuous beeper at the rate of 176/minute or almost 3/second. Hard to copy three characters in a row, but finally put them together as SZX, which fortunately is in the LWCA HIFER listhttp://www.lwca.org/sitepage/part15/index.htm
13562.95, SZX, Macomb IL, by KA9SZX at 5 wpm (while GNK is:)
13563.99, GNK, Madison WI, by KC9GNK, 10 wpm
SZX is the first new one I`ve heard in a while besides the five regulars, with AJO, AZ, MTI, K6FRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1743 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 webcast from 0259 UT Monday Oct 20, and presumably on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. Next:
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15795, Oct 20 at 1419, VG signal with gospel huxtress, as WWCR-1 has again failed to QSY to 15825 at 1200! Still there at 1449 check, but by 1550 back on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 920, Oct 20 at 1255 UT, Spanish ad with 719 AC, under another station. Seems to be NW/SE, so I wonder if it was really 713, i.e. KYST Texas City (Houston) TX, which is fully Spanish. 719 would be KLMR Lamar CO, and NRC AM Log says it too has ``some Spanish``. This website is English-only and not very informative, http://www.myhometeamsports.com/KLMR.html
``KLMR AM "Your Home for Classic Country" Broadcast Schedule:
Anything Goes 7:05-8:00 am Monday through Friday``
which could include Spanish, but this is before 7:00 am MDT. KLMR is also on Facebook but nothing SS there either, mostly sports-stuff and weather forecasts hardly worthy of preservation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, Mon Oct 20 at 1313 UT, ``Mike & Mike`` from KAKC Tulsa but at certain angles with an echo/reverb, meaning a second ESPN affiliate. This map is not user-friendly; all you can do is blow it up and hover over each dot, or right-click, maybe to see which station and frequency applies:http://espn.go.com/espnradio/affiliate
So we consult the new 2014-2015 NRC AM Log on 1300. There are surprisingly few ESPNs listed besides KAKC Tulsa, none in neighboring states. How about sports-formats anyway which may have flipped or added ESPN for Mike & Mike? KVET Austin TX, KCSF Colorado Springs CO, KRZS Searcy AR. KCSF online schedule confirms it`s not them, but KVET http://www.am1300thezone.com
does have Mike & Mike from ESPN, M-F 5-9 am CDT, plus more ESPN M-F 9-11 am; elsewhen Fox Sports, and also NBC Sports. So ESPN should be added to the NRC AM Log for KVET (and may already have been in an e-DXN update). Has dated day-by-day future schedule, even with contingencies depending on who wins what games.
The hand on the ESPN map above doesn`t want to point a finger at the dot between San Antonio and Waco in case that means Austin. Finally it worx – no, that`s Temple; there is no Austin dot. What do they know?
Here`s something odd to be broadcast on KVET: Sunday Oct 25 at 11:00-11:30 pm, ``Clear Channel Staff Meeting`` = 0400-0430 UT Mon Oct 26. Check out rather their iHeartRadio webcast for inside info??
Also, like any good macho sports station, KVET currently linx to Splash News cheesecake of a Venezolana, Michelle ``La Cuerpa`` Lewin, who, except for freckles on her shoulders, back and chest, is almost as pink as the sandía, watermelon she`s biting on a bikini beach (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1846 UT October 20
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15795, Oct 20 at 1419, VG signal with gospel huxtress, as WWCR-1 has again failed to QSY to 15825 at 1200! Still there at 1449 check, but by 1550 back on 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 920, Oct 20 at 1255 UT, Spanish ad with 719 AC, under another station. Seems to be NW/SE, so I wonder if it was really 713, i.e. KYST Texas City (Houston) TX, which is fully Spanish. 719 would be KLMR Lamar CO, and NRC AM Log says it too has ``some Spanish``. This website is English-only and not very informative, http://www.myhometeamsports.com/KLMR.html
``KLMR AM "Your Home for Classic Country" Broadcast Schedule:
Anything Goes 7:05-8:00 am Monday through Friday``
which could include Spanish, but this is before 7:00 am MDT. KLMR is also on Facebook but nothing SS there either, mostly sports-stuff and weather forecasts hardly worthy of preservation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, Mon Oct 20 at 1313 UT, ``Mike & Mike`` from KAKC Tulsa but at certain angles with an echo/reverb, meaning a second ESPN affiliate. This map is not user-friendly; all you can do is blow it up and hover over each dot, or right-click, maybe to see which station and frequency applies:http://espn.go.com/espnradio/affiliate
So we consult the new 2014-2015 NRC AM Log on 1300. There are surprisingly few ESPNs listed besides KAKC Tulsa, none in neighboring states. How about sports-formats anyway which may have flipped or added ESPN for Mike & Mike? KVET Austin TX, KCSF Colorado Springs CO, KRZS Searcy AR. KCSF online schedule confirms it`s not them, but KVET http://www.am1300thezone.com
does have Mike & Mike from ESPN, M-F 5-9 am CDT, plus more ESPN M-F 9-11 am; elsewhen Fox Sports, and also NBC Sports. So ESPN should be added to the NRC AM Log for KVET (and may already have been in an e-DXN update). Has dated day-by-day future schedule, even with contingencies depending on who wins what games.
The hand on the ESPN map above doesn`t want to point a finger at the dot between San Antonio and Waco in case that means Austin. Finally it worx – no, that`s Temple; there is no Austin dot. What do they know?
Here`s something odd to be broadcast on KVET: Sunday Oct 25 at 11:00-11:30 pm, ``Clear Channel Staff Meeting`` = 0400-0430 UT Mon Oct 26. Check out rather their iHeartRadio webcast for inside info??
Also, like any good macho sports station, KVET currently linx to Splash News cheesecake of a Venezolana, Michelle ``La Cuerpa`` Lewin, who, except for freckles on her shoulders, back and chest, is almost as pink as the sandía, watermelon she`s biting on a bikini beach (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1846 UT October 20
