** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 12065, Jan 31 at 2007, NO signal from R. Australia, supposedly scheduled here at 0900-2100 toward North America. Remains to be heard whether the last known 3-transmitter schedule will be enacted as published.
[BTW, look out for the new target broadcast, sponsored by USAID for Nigeria, Dandal Kura, at 1800-1900 daily on 12065 via Ascension, per WRTH Update, which would collide with RA; except show`s tweets say 12055 instead; Ivo Ivanov did record it on 12065 Jan 28, but that was before RA was supposed to expand 12065 hours; and Dandal Kura is also via ASC at 0500-0600 on undisputed 9440]. However,
17840, Feb 1 at 0030, RA is on here as before and per new sked with fair signal, show about Johann Strauss` career with his waltzes. No longer on 19000. The 21-09 schedule also calls for 15415 and 15240, where I detect nothing but JBA carriers. This certainly is not `Future Tense` as on the RA schedule for 0030 UT Sundays; plugged into Classic FM net instead? No, no Strauss on the `Sunday Morning` playlist.
I was about to award 17840 OSOB status, but kept tuning down and eventually found very poor signals at 0037 on 17520 and 17510, which Aoki shows as KSDA in Chinese, and RFA Burmese via TINIAN, respectively; and then on 17490 the real SSOB, CRI Cantonese via Beijing site at 193 degrees, fair with heavy flutter. Since this is so strong, I tune OOB and find a whole bunch of CNR1 jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815 & 11745, Feb 1 at 0052, crackling spurs from RNA/RNB 11780.1v, and a weaker one around 11710, but no Argentina to hit on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammers, early UT February 1, most with very heavy flutter, u.o.s., and in different synchronized groups:
16980, Feb 1 at 0033, CNR1 jammer, good
16100, Feb 1 at 0034, CNR1 jammer, good
15940, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, good
15800, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, fair
15550, Feb 1 at 0036, CNR1 jammer, very poor
15340, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, good, a reverb apart from 16100
15295, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, fair
14980, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good
14920, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good with less flutter and a split second behind the 16100 group
14870, Feb 1 at 0040, CNR1 jammer, good, 2 seconds behind 16100
14800, Feb 1 at 0041, CNR1 jammer, poor, // synch with 15340
13890, Feb 1 at 0043, CNR1 jammer, good, // synch with 14870
13870, Feb 1 at 0044, CNR1 jammer, fair under heavy RTTY, // 16100, and also distorted spurs out to 13830 apparently from this
13820, Feb 1 at 0046, CNR1 jammer, fair // 14870, also with residual Cuban pulse jamming against Radio Martí [non], Commies vs Commies!
13610, Feb 1 at 0047, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter, a word behind 16100
12980, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, poor and not much flutter, // 16100
12950, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter // 16100
12775, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100; unusual OOB to end in -5, but ya gotta go where the victim is
12430, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, good with heavy flutter //16100
12045, Feb 1 at 0050, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100
11960, Feb 1 at 0051, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100
11925, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, good // 16100
11750, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100
11530, Feb 1 at 0054, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter, // 16100
That`s 24 heard at once! None further down in the 11s or 10s. If by any chance one of these is not really a jammer, I offer my abject apologies to the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 12080, Feb 1 at 0050, open carrier/dead air, fair-good, presumed R. Cairo in Spanish [non].
12035, Feb 1 at 0050, R. Cairo, extremely distorted, presumed Spanish as scheduled, also with CCCCCCI, but unseems // all the CNR1 jammers. Aoki says it`s CRI in Chinese via Xi`an
9860.0, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo fair signal is JBM, distorted, humwhine
9965+, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo good signal in Arabic, but undermodulated, distorted and crackling, humwhine higher pitched than 9860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Feb 1 at 0127, ``Chihuahua Vive`` PSA et al., dominating from SW, so XEYC Juárez, 1/1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Feb 1 at 0110, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY is fair with flutter, soon hearing Uncle Eric with The Giant Jukebox; 0130, Kim Elliot introduces MFSK64 for 1:25 about ``radio dials look great in the dark``, fair but fading down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.1-USB, Feb 1 at 0104, good signal from pirate, music style could be Whisky Redneck Radio; but 0113 ``This is Rock & Roll Radio; stay tuned for more rock & roll``. So a new one? No, same station at 0117 interjects ``Wolverine Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, Feb 2 at 0058-0110+, JBA carrier continues, so presumed BBCWS Hindi via UAE. Official start at 0100, but carrier on earlier? Or is there an undetected transition between R. Chaski and BBC circa 0100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 5830, Feb 1 at 0056, very poor signal with music. Aoki shows VOA Tibetan, 250 kW, 20 degrees from Sri Lanka at 00-01, which means I am probably hearing a CNR1 jammer, but did not think to match it to one of the 24 other frequencies just logged. WTWW doesn`t come on till about 0200, but 0100 would do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: 0231 UT Sunday broadcast on KVOH 9975 confirmed at 0237 check Feb 1; fair. Next:
Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580
Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v
Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955
Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v
Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Jan 31 at 2005, WTWW-2 is off again after the classical music concert in the morning. 12105, WTWW-3 is now on with Ted ID at 2007 in English, back to Spanish Bibling. Hmm, I wonder if 12105 and 9930 are really sharing the same transmitter? 5085 is not on at 0100 Feb 1 either, while 12105 is weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX, JANUARY 31, 1801-1931 UT
Having heard WGN and a bunch of other skywave stations yesterday during the hour after local mean noon (always 1832 UT), from inside Enid as I was driving and hunting quietest spots to stop and tune, today I plan a DX-pedition to my favorite and closest quiet rural monitoring spot, which is NW of Enid almost to Carrier, 7.5 miles west of US 81/60/64 on SH 45, where there is an area without overhead powerlines, and a convenient pull-off. I shall park facing north with the caradio whip on the right front fender, in case that have any influence on direxionality, pickup.
This includes some groundwave logs where there is something significant. We are getting our first good rain in months, so this may be enhancing groundwave a bit, and not a single lightning crash. As for skywave, there may be some additional help from sporadic E. It certainly was not reaching VHF channel 2, but strong signals from US stations a megameter away on the 15 MHz HF band are a sign of it. Es` role in mediumwave propagation seems to be a little-studied phenomenon.
In case significant, the WWV propagation info for 1800 UT on Jan 31:
``Geophysical Alert Message
# Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 January follow.
Solar flux 159 and estimated planetary A-index 11.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 31 January was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.``
First, as I pull out of the garage, WGN 720 is immediately listenable, at fair and steady level, not as strong as at night, but certainly sufficient here at mid-day. Not wanting to lose time on my way to a quick lunch, my first stop inside Enid is in a large open field south of Autry Technology Center without powerlines, which has thus been occupied by kite festivals at other yearparts.
720, Jan 31 at 1801 UT, WGN is in well with obvious local references. WGN is the prime pilot for all this, and the most fortunate in not suffering from any adjacent channel splash, nor any significant co-channel. Chicago-Enid city to city distance: 1074 km = 667 miles
670, Jan 31 at 1802 UT, woman singing the Star Spangled Banner, no doubt inaugurating a silly ballgame on WSCR, Chicago. This signal is atop KLTT Denver which is always here weakly on daytime groundwave
700, Jan 31 at 1806 UT, sports discussion involving Seton Hall and Xavier, way over KHSE The Metroplex; apparently originates from NJ. There are several Xaviers, but WLW schedule for today confirms it`s them at 11:30-2:30 EST:http://www.700wlw.com/articles/700wlw-programming-233227/saturday-january-31-11124595
Cincinnati-Enid city to city distance is 1213 km = 754 miles
760, Jan 31 at 1807 UT, CCI again with religion atop, no doubt KCCV Overland Park KS. Too much of that to tell whether the understation is WJR Detroit, which would be very nice at 1435 km - 891 miles
830, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, quick ID as WCCO.com with weather, 28 degrees and cloudy. Minneapolis at 1031 km = 641 miles
840, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, SAH between two weak stations; very marginal groundwave here is KTIC, West Point NE, so is the other one WHAS Louisville KY, 1092 km = 678 miles? Yes, see below
850, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, Superbowl discussion, no doubt KOA Denver; more below
1000, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, weak CCI barely, under KTOK, so WMVP Chicago?
1100, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, fast SAH is JBA, so OH/CO/MN and/or MO GW?
1120, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, KMOX under KEOR Tulsa = still open carrier/dead air
1360, Jan 31 at 1811 UT, low audible heterodyne which must be between the two closest groundwave which are both EWTN. See below
Now after lunch on my way to the prime DX spot near Carrier:
1670, Jan 31 at 1850 UT, algo with sportstalk. Has to be WOZN Madison WI. As soon as I am parked at prime spot, monitor this further; at 1854 UT, CBS Sportsradio, which fits for WOZN. 1038 km = 645 miles
1660, Jan 31 at 1854 UT, talk with a SAH, not enough to recognize as Bloomberg, but surely KWOD Kansas City KS; and the other most likely KQWB West Fargo ND, but KRZI Waco TX also possible; WQLR Kalamazoo MI never heard even at night
1610, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, OK, is now clearly audible on GW and still relaying NOAA Weather Radio from Kansas, synthetic YL. Nothing but NOAA?
1540, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, two weak stations, probably KXEL IA (SW) and KNGL McPherson KS (GW)
1420, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, low audible heterodyne, no doubt from the two closest groundwaves in KS and OK. At 1917 UT, it`s almost not raining, so step outside the car with DX-398 on BFO and quickly determine that 1420- is KULY Ulysses KS, while 1420.0, almost matching non-offset of several nearby frequencies, is KTJS Hobart OK. The het here is somewhat higher than the one on 1360, q.v. I assume KULY is still not a Metropolitan Opera affiliate, which we can get only on KUCO 90.1. Distance from Ulysses, 336 km = 209 miles; Hobart, 188 km = 117 miles. Not only is KULY almost twice as far from here, but it beams NW away from us and Hobart, while KTJS is non-direxional, both 1 kW in the day
1360, Jan 31 at 1857 UT, low audible heterodyne, from the two closest groundwave stations in KS and TX. Fortunately at 1907 UT, it`s almost stopped raining so with winds from the south, I step out of car, and quickly DF the 1360+ one as KDJW Amarillo TX, vs on-frequency KPHN El Dorado KS, which is strong enough for audio; both are EWTN but not enough KDJW signal to tell if they are // and not synchronized; anyhow, Catholix vs Catholix! At 1928 UT I notice that the het is slightly varying, probably KDJW`s fault. I didn`t think to pack in my portable keyboard in order to measure the hets; next time, as they will likely still be doing it
1370, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, still no sign of KGNO Dodge City KS, which Frosty Osborn, closer in Hooker OK, also has trouble hearing; believed to be off or severely ailing. Altho out here local 1390 KCRC is still causing some desensitization 20 kHz away
1200, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, SAH from two weak stations; WRTO Chicago could be one if in Spanish, but at 1913 UT talk show from Texas is in English, so WOAI San Antonio. Nice also to be getting skywave from the south where the sun is of course higher than from the north. City to city: 778 km = 484 miles
1100, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, 2- or 3-way SAH; 1900 UT, YL news atop. Can`t get a local reference but maybe WTAM Cleveland if not KNZZ Grand Junxion or WZFG Fargo [non]; or all three
1040, Jan 31 at 1901 UT, just as I tune in, 10-second pause for ID during Iowa BKB SBG, timed perfectly: WHO Des Moines: 687 km = 427 miles
870, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, SBG involving LSU, certainly WWL New Orleans, another southie, 1021 km = 634 miles
850, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, organ music, either KJON R. Guadalupe, Carollton TX, or KFUO Clayton MO, mixed with ABC News from KOA Denver, going to CO news about a rock climber killed in Ouray County
830, Jan 31 at 1908 UT, preacher in English is now atop WCCO as definitely logged earlier. Altho rain is starting again, I get out and DF this one ASAP, bending over to shield the DX-398: WNW/ESE, which points to 25 kW ND daytimer KUYO Evansville (Casper), central WY, 1016 km = 632 miles. Not to be confused with Evanston in SW WY. Already logged 830 WGUE Memphis TN and it is not religious
1060, Jan 31 at 1912 UT, discussion of abortion. No doubt KRCN Longmont CO, just this month born again from biz to Catholic
1400, Jan 31 at 1914 UT, whoopee! Local 1390 KCRC is in dead air, so I can hear something adjacent, but with national ads: NAPA, Quicken, and then at 1915 UT, Norman Mitsubishi, so KREF Norman OK. KCRC remodulates a SBG by 1917 UT
700, Jan 31 at 1919 UT, station in English almost zero-beat with KHSE TX groundwave; 1920 clear ID for WLW, Cincinnati. Unlike WGN, the 700 station suffers from ACI splash de 690 KGGF if not 710 KCMO
770, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk station now audible hoping for some sky, but it`s about North Dallas, so KAAM 10 kW Garland TX, groundwavable
840, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk show on education, abhorring an incident where a girl student had to pull her pants down and show her underwear. Apparently national, with phone 1-800-507-7080, then a caller from Colorado. Can it be WHAS? Let`s see: sked shows Sat 1-4 pm EST, ``The Weekend With Joe Pags`` but no further link worx. Phone number confirmed at http://www.joepags.com/
City to city, Louisville to Enid: 1092 km = 678 miles
1250, Jan 31 at 1927 UT, English talk show, soon fading vs Spanish music, the latter surely KYYS Kansas City KS, La X, La Super Estación. Of the nearest ones in NRC AM Log, IA, NE and TX are musical, while AR MO and TX are talkative of some sort. Too many possibilities
1550, Jan 31 at 1929 UT, ``News Radio 15-50, KKLE, Winfield`` [KS] and singing ID ``KKLE``, last letter raised pitch, 1930 UT into SRN News; is that the best they can do for news? No mention now of 1130 KLEY with which it is allegedly //. 250-watt KKLE is not far, always audible on daytime GW mixing with 2.5 kW KYAL, Sapulpa OK
1690, Jan 31 at 1931 UT, Disney-type music which was not audible earlier, no doubt KDDZ Arvada (Denver) CO again like yesterday
Now only one hour after noon LMT. With that I wrap it up and head home. The skywave DX has been much steadier than at night, but not constant, still subject to fades in and out. Much less interference now to combat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360+, Feb 1 at 0132 UT, I am still hearing a weak het on the hi side of countless 1360s closer to nominal, and the DF fits for Amarillo, KDJW as I decided in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1660, Feb 1 at 0137 UT ``ESPN Central Texas`` ID, which means KRZI Waco, as confirmed in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1670+, Feb 1 at 0136 UT, WOZN Madison WI has a fast SAH from something, and compared to neighboring channels, it`s WOZN which is off-frequency to the hi side. There are only 4 other North Americans on 1670, in CA, CA, GA and QC. That makes WPLA Dry Branch (Macon) GA the most likely beater, a Fox Sports outlet yet to be logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 740-, Feb 1 at 0121 UT, KRMG Tulsa has a low rumbling het on the lo side as also a few weeks ago, and again heard for several nights. Very hard to separate here; Mexican? 780 WBBM also has one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15431-USB, Feb 1 at 0037, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, whistling, crackling, beeping, mentioning ``500 kilos, 522 kilos`` of some commodity; what could that be? Also with a JBA carrier on 15431, not 15430, so one of their transmitters also emanates reduced carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0432 UT February 1
[BTW, look out for the new target broadcast, sponsored by USAID for Nigeria, Dandal Kura, at 1800-1900 daily on 12065 via Ascension, per WRTH Update, which would collide with RA; except show`s tweets say 12055 instead; Ivo Ivanov did record it on 12065 Jan 28, but that was before RA was supposed to expand 12065 hours; and Dandal Kura is also via ASC at 0500-0600 on undisputed 9440]. However,
17840, Feb 1 at 0030, RA is on here as before and per new sked with fair signal, show about Johann Strauss` career with his waltzes. No longer on 19000. The 21-09 schedule also calls for 15415 and 15240, where I detect nothing but JBA carriers. This certainly is not `Future Tense` as on the RA schedule for 0030 UT Sundays; plugged into Classic FM net instead? No, no Strauss on the `Sunday Morning` playlist.
I was about to award 17840 OSOB status, but kept tuning down and eventually found very poor signals at 0037 on 17520 and 17510, which Aoki shows as KSDA in Chinese, and RFA Burmese via TINIAN, respectively; and then on 17490 the real SSOB, CRI Cantonese via Beijing site at 193 degrees, fair with heavy flutter. Since this is so strong, I tune OOB and find a whole bunch of CNR1 jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815 & 11745, Feb 1 at 0052, crackling spurs from RNA/RNB 11780.1v, and a weaker one around 11710, but no Argentina to hit on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammers, early UT February 1, most with very heavy flutter, u.o.s., and in different synchronized groups:
16980, Feb 1 at 0033, CNR1 jammer, good
16100, Feb 1 at 0034, CNR1 jammer, good
15940, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, good
15800, Feb 1 at 0035, CNR1 jammer, fair
15550, Feb 1 at 0036, CNR1 jammer, very poor
15340, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, good, a reverb apart from 16100
15295, Feb 1 at 0038, CNR1 jammer, fair
14980, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good
14920, Feb 1 at 0039, CNR1 jammer, good with less flutter and a split second behind the 16100 group
14870, Feb 1 at 0040, CNR1 jammer, good, 2 seconds behind 16100
14800, Feb 1 at 0041, CNR1 jammer, poor, // synch with 15340
13890, Feb 1 at 0043, CNR1 jammer, good, // synch with 14870
13870, Feb 1 at 0044, CNR1 jammer, fair under heavy RTTY, // 16100, and also distorted spurs out to 13830 apparently from this
13820, Feb 1 at 0046, CNR1 jammer, fair // 14870, also with residual Cuban pulse jamming against Radio Martí [non], Commies vs Commies!
13610, Feb 1 at 0047, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter, a word behind 16100
12980, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, poor and not much flutter, // 16100
12950, Feb 1 at 0048, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter // 16100
12775, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100; unusual OOB to end in -5, but ya gotta go where the victim is
12430, Feb 1 at 0049, CNR1 jammer, good with heavy flutter //16100
12045, Feb 1 at 0050, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100
11960, Feb 1 at 0051, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter // 16100
11925, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, good // 16100
11750, Feb 1 at 0052, CNR1 jammer, poor // 16100
11530, Feb 1 at 0054, CNR1 jammer, very poor with flutter, // 16100
That`s 24 heard at once! None further down in the 11s or 10s. If by any chance one of these is not really a jammer, I offer my abject apologies to the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 12080, Feb 1 at 0050, open carrier/dead air, fair-good, presumed R. Cairo in Spanish [non].
12035, Feb 1 at 0050, R. Cairo, extremely distorted, presumed Spanish as scheduled, also with CCCCCCI, but unseems // all the CNR1 jammers. Aoki says it`s CRI in Chinese via Xi`an
9860.0, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo fair signal is JBM, distorted, humwhine
9965+, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Cairo good signal in Arabic, but undermodulated, distorted and crackling, humwhine higher pitched than 9860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Feb 1 at 0127, ``Chihuahua Vive`` PSA et al., dominating from SW, so XEYC Juárez, 1/1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Feb 1 at 0110, The Mighty KBC via Nauen, GERMANY is fair with flutter, soon hearing Uncle Eric with The Giant Jukebox; 0130, Kim Elliot introduces MFSK64 for 1:25 about ``radio dials look great in the dark``, fair but fading down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.1-USB, Feb 1 at 0104, good signal from pirate, music style could be Whisky Redneck Radio; but 0113 ``This is Rock & Roll Radio; stay tuned for more rock & roll``. So a new one? No, same station at 0117 interjects ``Wolverine Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, Feb 2 at 0058-0110+, JBA carrier continues, so presumed BBCWS Hindi via UAE. Official start at 0100, but carrier on earlier? Or is there an undetected transition between R. Chaski and BBC circa 0100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 5830, Feb 1 at 0056, very poor signal with music. Aoki shows VOA Tibetan, 250 kW, 20 degrees from Sri Lanka at 00-01, which means I am probably hearing a CNR1 jammer, but did not think to match it to one of the 24 other frequencies just logged. WTWW doesn`t come on till about 0200, but 0100 would do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1758 monitoring: 0231 UT Sunday broadcast on KVOH 9975 confirmed at 0237 check Feb 1; fair. Next:
Sun 2300 on WRMI 11580
Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v
Mon 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0401 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
Wed 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Wed 1415 on WRMI 9955
Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v
Wed 2201 on Global 24 via WRMI 9395
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Jan 31 at 2005, WTWW-2 is off again after the classical music concert in the morning. 12105, WTWW-3 is now on with Ted ID at 2007 in English, back to Spanish Bibling. Hmm, I wonder if 12105 and 9930 are really sharing the same transmitter? 5085 is not on at 0100 Feb 1 either, while 12105 is weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. DAYTIME SKYWAVE MW DX, JANUARY 31, 1801-1931 UT
Having heard WGN and a bunch of other skywave stations yesterday during the hour after local mean noon (always 1832 UT), from inside Enid as I was driving and hunting quietest spots to stop and tune, today I plan a DX-pedition to my favorite and closest quiet rural monitoring spot, which is NW of Enid almost to Carrier, 7.5 miles west of US 81/60/64 on SH 45, where there is an area without overhead powerlines, and a convenient pull-off. I shall park facing north with the caradio whip on the right front fender, in case that have any influence on direxionality, pickup.
This includes some groundwave logs where there is something significant. We are getting our first good rain in months, so this may be enhancing groundwave a bit, and not a single lightning crash. As for skywave, there may be some additional help from sporadic E. It certainly was not reaching VHF channel 2, but strong signals from US stations a megameter away on the 15 MHz HF band are a sign of it. Es` role in mediumwave propagation seems to be a little-studied phenomenon.
In case significant, the WWV propagation info for 1800 UT on Jan 31:
``Geophysical Alert Message
# Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 January follow.
Solar flux 159 and estimated planetary A-index 11.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 31 January was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.``
First, as I pull out of the garage, WGN 720 is immediately listenable, at fair and steady level, not as strong as at night, but certainly sufficient here at mid-day. Not wanting to lose time on my way to a quick lunch, my first stop inside Enid is in a large open field south of Autry Technology Center without powerlines, which has thus been occupied by kite festivals at other yearparts.
720, Jan 31 at 1801 UT, WGN is in well with obvious local references. WGN is the prime pilot for all this, and the most fortunate in not suffering from any adjacent channel splash, nor any significant co-channel. Chicago-Enid city to city distance: 1074 km = 667 miles
670, Jan 31 at 1802 UT, woman singing the Star Spangled Banner, no doubt inaugurating a silly ballgame on WSCR, Chicago. This signal is atop KLTT Denver which is always here weakly on daytime groundwave
700, Jan 31 at 1806 UT, sports discussion involving Seton Hall and Xavier, way over KHSE The Metroplex; apparently originates from NJ. There are several Xaviers, but WLW schedule for today confirms it`s them at 11:30-2:30 EST:http://www.700wlw.com/articles/700wlw-programming-233227/saturday-january-31-11124595
Cincinnati-Enid city to city distance is 1213 km = 754 miles
760, Jan 31 at 1807 UT, CCI again with religion atop, no doubt KCCV Overland Park KS. Too much of that to tell whether the understation is WJR Detroit, which would be very nice at 1435 km - 891 miles
830, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, quick ID as WCCO.com with weather, 28 degrees and cloudy. Minneapolis at 1031 km = 641 miles
840, Jan 31 at 1808 UT, SAH between two weak stations; very marginal groundwave here is KTIC, West Point NE, so is the other one WHAS Louisville KY, 1092 km = 678 miles? Yes, see below
850, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, Superbowl discussion, no doubt KOA Denver; more below
1000, Jan 31 at 1809 UT, weak CCI barely, under KTOK, so WMVP Chicago?
1100, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, fast SAH is JBA, so OH/CO/MN and/or MO GW?
1120, Jan 31 at 1810 UT, KMOX under KEOR Tulsa = still open carrier/dead air
1360, Jan 31 at 1811 UT, low audible heterodyne which must be between the two closest groundwave which are both EWTN. See below
Now after lunch on my way to the prime DX spot near Carrier:
1670, Jan 31 at 1850 UT, algo with sportstalk. Has to be WOZN Madison WI. As soon as I am parked at prime spot, monitor this further; at 1854 UT, CBS Sportsradio, which fits for WOZN. 1038 km = 645 miles
1660, Jan 31 at 1854 UT, talk with a SAH, not enough to recognize as Bloomberg, but surely KWOD Kansas City KS; and the other most likely KQWB West Fargo ND, but KRZI Waco TX also possible; WQLR Kalamazoo MI never heard even at night
1610, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, the TIS at Great Salt Plains State Park, OK, is now clearly audible on GW and still relaying NOAA Weather Radio from Kansas, synthetic YL. Nothing but NOAA?
1540, Jan 31 at 1855 UT, two weak stations, probably KXEL IA (SW) and KNGL McPherson KS (GW)
1420, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, low audible heterodyne, no doubt from the two closest groundwaves in KS and OK. At 1917 UT, it`s almost not raining, so step outside the car with DX-398 on BFO and quickly determine that 1420- is KULY Ulysses KS, while 1420.0, almost matching non-offset of several nearby frequencies, is KTJS Hobart OK. The het here is somewhat higher than the one on 1360, q.v. I assume KULY is still not a Metropolitan Opera affiliate, which we can get only on KUCO 90.1. Distance from Ulysses, 336 km = 209 miles; Hobart, 188 km = 117 miles. Not only is KULY almost twice as far from here, but it beams NW away from us and Hobart, while KTJS is non-direxional, both 1 kW in the day
1360, Jan 31 at 1857 UT, low audible heterodyne, from the two closest groundwave stations in KS and TX. Fortunately at 1907 UT, it`s almost stopped raining so with winds from the south, I step out of car, and quickly DF the 1360+ one as KDJW Amarillo TX, vs on-frequency KPHN El Dorado KS, which is strong enough for audio; both are EWTN but not enough KDJW signal to tell if they are // and not synchronized; anyhow, Catholix vs Catholix! At 1928 UT I notice that the het is slightly varying, probably KDJW`s fault. I didn`t think to pack in my portable keyboard in order to measure the hets; next time, as they will likely still be doing it
1370, Jan 31 at 1856 UT, still no sign of KGNO Dodge City KS, which Frosty Osborn, closer in Hooker OK, also has trouble hearing; believed to be off or severely ailing. Altho out here local 1390 KCRC is still causing some desensitization 20 kHz away
1200, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, SAH from two weak stations; WRTO Chicago could be one if in Spanish, but at 1913 UT talk show from Texas is in English, so WOAI San Antonio. Nice also to be getting skywave from the south where the sun is of course higher than from the north. City to city: 778 km = 484 miles
1100, Jan 31 at 1858 UT, 2- or 3-way SAH; 1900 UT, YL news atop. Can`t get a local reference but maybe WTAM Cleveland if not KNZZ Grand Junxion or WZFG Fargo [non]; or all three
1040, Jan 31 at 1901 UT, just as I tune in, 10-second pause for ID during Iowa BKB SBG, timed perfectly: WHO Des Moines: 687 km = 427 miles
870, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, SBG involving LSU, certainly WWL New Orleans, another southie, 1021 km = 634 miles
850, Jan 31 at 1902 UT, organ music, either KJON R. Guadalupe, Carollton TX, or KFUO Clayton MO, mixed with ABC News from KOA Denver, going to CO news about a rock climber killed in Ouray County
830, Jan 31 at 1908 UT, preacher in English is now atop WCCO as definitely logged earlier. Altho rain is starting again, I get out and DF this one ASAP, bending over to shield the DX-398: WNW/ESE, which points to 25 kW ND daytimer KUYO Evansville (Casper), central WY, 1016 km = 632 miles. Not to be confused with Evanston in SW WY. Already logged 830 WGUE Memphis TN and it is not religious
1060, Jan 31 at 1912 UT, discussion of abortion. No doubt KRCN Longmont CO, just this month born again from biz to Catholic
1400, Jan 31 at 1914 UT, whoopee! Local 1390 KCRC is in dead air, so I can hear something adjacent, but with national ads: NAPA, Quicken, and then at 1915 UT, Norman Mitsubishi, so KREF Norman OK. KCRC remodulates a SBG by 1917 UT
700, Jan 31 at 1919 UT, station in English almost zero-beat with KHSE TX groundwave; 1920 clear ID for WLW, Cincinnati. Unlike WGN, the 700 station suffers from ACI splash de 690 KGGF if not 710 KCMO
770, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk station now audible hoping for some sky, but it`s about North Dallas, so KAAM 10 kW Garland TX, groundwavable
840, Jan 31 at 1922 UT, talk show on education, abhorring an incident where a girl student had to pull her pants down and show her underwear. Apparently national, with phone 1-800-507-7080, then a caller from Colorado. Can it be WHAS? Let`s see: sked shows Sat 1-4 pm EST, ``The Weekend With Joe Pags`` but no further link worx. Phone number confirmed at http://www.joepags.com/
City to city, Louisville to Enid: 1092 km = 678 miles
1250, Jan 31 at 1927 UT, English talk show, soon fading vs Spanish music, the latter surely KYYS Kansas City KS, La X, La Super Estación. Of the nearest ones in NRC AM Log, IA, NE and TX are musical, while AR MO and TX are talkative of some sort. Too many possibilities
1550, Jan 31 at 1929 UT, ``News Radio 15-50, KKLE, Winfield`` [KS] and singing ID ``KKLE``, last letter raised pitch, 1930 UT into SRN News; is that the best they can do for news? No mention now of 1130 KLEY with which it is allegedly //. 250-watt KKLE is not far, always audible on daytime GW mixing with 2.5 kW KYAL, Sapulpa OK
1690, Jan 31 at 1931 UT, Disney-type music which was not audible earlier, no doubt KDDZ Arvada (Denver) CO again like yesterday
Now only one hour after noon LMT. With that I wrap it up and head home. The skywave DX has been much steadier than at night, but not constant, still subject to fades in and out. Much less interference now to combat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360+, Feb 1 at 0132 UT, I am still hearing a weak het on the hi side of countless 1360s closer to nominal, and the DF fits for Amarillo, KDJW as I decided in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1660, Feb 1 at 0137 UT ``ESPN Central Texas`` ID, which means KRZI Waco, as confirmed in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1670+, Feb 1 at 0136 UT, WOZN Madison WI has a fast SAH from something, and compared to neighboring channels, it`s WOZN which is off-frequency to the hi side. There are only 4 other North Americans on 1670, in CA, CA, GA and QC. That makes WPLA Dry Branch (Macon) GA the most likely beater, a Fox Sports outlet yet to be logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 740-, Feb 1 at 0121 UT, KRMG Tulsa has a low rumbling het on the lo side as also a few weeks ago, and again heard for several nights. Very hard to separate here; Mexican? 780 WBBM also has one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15431-USB, Feb 1 at 0037, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, whistling, crackling, beeping, mentioning ``500 kilos, 522 kilos`` of some commodity; what could that be? Also with a JBA carrier on 15431, not 15430, so one of their transmitters also emanates reduced carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0432 UT February 1
