** ALBANIA. 9850, April 12 at 0124, R. Tirana IS, fair signal reading 15-26 dbu
on the PL-880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815
& 11745, April 12 at 0120, crackling spurs from 11780.1v RNA/RNB, and a
weaker one detectable around 11710 but no RAE to QRM on a weekend (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15370, April 11 at 1310, no
signal from RHC, nor 15730, nor 15230, but this time it`s a propagation
disturbance as 19m is almost dead except for something Arabish? weak on 15620
[no, it must be VOA in Somali via BOTSWANA]. But by 1323, 15370 is starting to
fade in at very poor level, and also always even weaker 15230. By 1352, 16m is
still dead [WWV says K index at 12 was 4, but ``no storms``]. By 1355, the CRI
relay carrier on 15700 is on at good level, but still no RHC on 15730. Guess
that NF will start April 12, maybe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9965.4, April 12 at 0055, R. Cairo with VG signal, Arab
pop music, rather distorted but good modulation level, not
suppressed
9315.0, April 12 at 0056, R. Cairo ``Spanish`` is open
carrier/dead air but at least not off-frequency
12070+, April 12 at 0057,
R. Cairo, fair with heavy flutter, dead air; only slightly on hi side, probably
less than .1
11935, April 12 at 0057, LAH under RB2, Brasil, again
presumed to be the other Cairo Spanish transmitter. One or both could be
off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 960,
April 12 at 0100-0105 UT, KGWA Enid with unexpected Fox-hole of dead air,
audiblizing KGKL: See U S A 960 log (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 94.3, April 11 at 1351 UT, KLGB-LP is still open
carrier/dead air; and still at 2013 UT, i.e. at least 48 hours of it. By 0327 UT
April 12 check, it`s finally back modulating, but can still hear KVBN bleed
during pause (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980,
April 12 at 0052, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, still at 0107 retune until cutoff
at 0108:07* which is 8.5 seconds later than yesterday. My streetlite ignited
already around 0105, which would have been later if the sky were not cloudy (and
one lightning stroke later at 0124 which persuaded me to close down for now)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, April 12 at
*0110:52-0111:03*, SLBC pre-test of carrier, good signal level, then from
*0111:32 or so, a much weaker carrier on, steps up a little, but not to original
level. I`m getting a 26-44 dbu reading on the PL-880, but the carrier cuts on
and off and on. Music prélude starts at 0114:53, but shortly cuts off the air,
not back on until 0115:50, having hopped past the expected mistimesignal, more
carrier cuts off and on, etc. What`s going on at Trincomalee? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. 11580, April 12 at 0048, RUI is back on
WRMI, during mailbag, whew: 24 hours earlier, `Wavescan` was running instead
during this semihour. An American asks if there are any Subway sandwich shops in
Ukraine. Reply: subways in several cities including Kiev, but no sandwiches
inside them: sandwiches may be found just outside some stations. He didn`t
realize this was Subway with a capital S. Meanwhile, 5850 WRMI is relaying
Slovakia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non].
WORLD OF RADIO 1768 monitoring: Confirmed starting at 0328.5 UT Sunday April 12
on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Missouri. Vern truncates our opening to minimize the music
and the billboard, and inserts own IDs, such as at 0338. Next:
Sun 2100
WRMI 15770 [NEW on schedule, but not last week; try 7570]
Sun 2300 WRMI
11580
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Wed
0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955
Wed
1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
Thu
0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1769 if ready in time]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9525, April 11 after 2130, just in case, I
check out the frequency via UTwente, since WORLD OF RADIO appeared there via
BULGARIA two weeks ago but not one week ago. And not this week either, no
signal.
Are they still on the air via WRMI? 11825, Sat April 11 at 2200,
Brother Scare finished, WRMI ID, Global 24 ID, and into `Feature Story News`
headlines, only three of them, including Russian and American are blasting off
to space station. That was on March 27, so here we have ``olds`` from more than
two weeks ago.
I am checking out Global 24, since it`s been that long
since there has been any new info on their website or Facebook, i.e. program
schedule for March 28-30.
Still
on the air, yes, but back to the routine of more and more old stuff, apparently
automation playing out from archives lacking anything new. After the headlines,
into `Upstate Radio Theater`, introducing oldtime radio shows, starting with
``Johnny Dollar`` episode from 11/26/61, ``The Mad Bomber Matter`` That`s
exactly the same episode which was on the Global 24 schedule for March 28, but
then it was at 23 UT on 5850.
Previously on 11825 Sat at 2203-2400 was
`The Rock Pile`. This fortnight `Pile` starts instead at 2303, after 3 minutes
of outdated news including Boehner will travel to Israel later this month
(March). Not sure it`s `The Rock Pile` since started right off with ``Jump``
then another familiar classic rock tune, finally 2311 intro (or midtro) as `The
Rock Pile`. Not checked again until 0051, when `Blues Radio International` is
very good. That matches the old sked, when it was at 0030; and likewise `Travel
with Rick Steves` after 0100 at 0110 check, discussing Cuba.
What about
5850? That`s what previously carried `Upstate Radio Theater` at 23-24 Sat. Today
at 23 I at first think 5850 is not on, but it`s just too weak on the ATS-909
next to my noisy computer. Later at 2338 UT check outside, it`s `Democracy Now`,
which is normally on M-F only at this time. Maybe it`s yesterday`s episode,
about Cuba, but then it`s often about Cuba, and could be as old as the other
shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505+, April 12
at 0113, WRNO continues AWOL as it has been for a few nights now (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 960, April 12 at 0101 UT, local KGWA
Enid is in another Fox-hole! I.e. dead air during Fox newscast which we often
find at local midnite 0500-0505 UT. I`ve long suspected there could be others,
but have better things to do than monitor KGWA constantly.
Anyhow, I can
now hear something clearly with it nulled: GEICO ad and back to a silly baseball
game, batter being some guy Hernández (ergo a multi-millionaire), finished
already at 0103 (strike out?), and ID as Rangers Radio Network. That`s all I
need. See affiliate map/list at:
showing
the only 960 is KGKL San Angelo TX (which I also have often heard in the other
Fox-hole with ABC News). The only other 960 in TX is KIMP, but not on the list,
which it could have been as the Rangers do have a few Spanish affiliates too
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1500, April 12 at 0104
UT, with KSTP nulled, CBS News making SAH of about 3 Hz; 0105 right into NWS
automaton with local weather for ``Denison and surrounding locations``. Some
nostalgic music and full sign-off by KJIM, Sherman TX, with 1000 watts power,
owner and address, ``now leave the air`` until 6 am with CBS News, and ``the
best songs and memories on the radio``.
Official April SS/SR for KJIM
are 0100/1200 UT (May: 0115/1130), so they figure it`s OK to run 7 minutes over.
As for 6 am = 1100 UT, that would be their 500-watt PSRA, which is valid only
April thru July. FCC Correspondence shows KJIM also has a hefty PSSA of 5 or 6
watts during the first quarter-hour post-sunset in May-June-July only, then
boost up to a hefty 16 watts for the rest of the two hours. Really? All other
months, their PSSA power is 0.0 watts. My second-closest 1500, not new, but
always nice to hear this good local station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0402 UT April 12