UPDATE MAY 3:
DX/SWL/Media Programs:
World
of Radio schedule:
Alan
Roe`s Hitlist of SW stations websites:
**
ALBANIA. 9850, May 3 at 0125, R. Tirana IS, F-G signal, and LAH audible
underneath at pauses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL.
11815+, May 3 at 0117, music slightly on hi side, from RBC, poor signal and
marred by crackling spur from 11780.1 RNA/RNB. I recently referred to it as a
private station, but it`s really owned by the Goiás state government, as
in
which
ought to confront the feds over this issue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12070+, May 3 at 0109, R. Cairo in Spanish with extreme
distortion on very good signal and loud modulation
11935+, May 3 at 0110,
R. Cairo, open carrier/dead air on good signal in Spanish[non]
9315.0,
May 3 at 0111, R. Cairo, presumed Spanish, just barely modulated and what there
is sounds suptorted
9965+, May 3 at 0112, R. Cairo, ME music, fair-good
and not distorted in Arabic service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 21580, May 2 at 1822, JBA signal, only one on 13m
besides inbooming 21600 WHRI. Still at 1848 when I manage to // it to 17850, so
it`s RFI as expected, French to Africa; 21580 sked 17-20 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, May 3 at 0051, The
Mighty KBC on new summer frequency via GERMANY, VG signal too with Eric bragging
about the 125,000 watts (which is axually half-power). (WTWW is already on 5085,
so no problem with 9930.) Kim Elliott was concerned with no 9925 signal until it
came on late at 0010, and wasn`t sure whether his Radiogram would radiate circa
0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, May 2 at
1850 UT midday check, KOKP Perry is still off.
1120, May 2 at 1850 UT
midday check, KETU Sperry is off again (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OMAN. 9500 & 9740, May 3 at 0111, no signals from RSO on
either of the frequencies usually employed at this hour. Where is it? I then
check 15140 and find instead WRMI/BS, probably receiver harmonic; see USA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 2 at 0052, JBA
carrier, presumed R. Chaski? But it`s even weaker than usual, and can`t trace it
at all at 0100. Maybe have reset the autotimer now to earlier cutoff (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 17855, May 2 at 1831, REE is
missing from its best (North American) frequency, during silly ballgame coverage
still audible on 17715, only fair; 15490, poor, and no signal on 15450 either
(nor 21620 which appears on some schedules earlier). Anyhow, leaves 17850 RFI
alone without ACI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA.
11905, May 3 at *0114:10.5 SLBC carrier on; 0114:46.5 music starts; 0115:12
mistimesignal ends, sign-on. WRTH UD shows it`s in Bengali daily rather than
earlier skeds as Hindi some days of week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [non]. 15260, May 2 at 1836, fair signal with ME music,
Arabic talk. Aoki shows it`s IBRA Radio via Woofferton UK 18-19 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21400-USB, May 2 at 1823, WX7JM making
quick contest contacts, giving AZ/MCP signature, i.e. Phœnix AZ, Maricopa
county, 1824 with KB8LDE, unheard, in Oregon, and then ``CQ Contest, 7QP``;
what`s that? Then I hear a few others on 15m (12 and 10m having been checked
first, dead), as there is some sporadic E in play:
21340-USB, May 2 at
1826, K9OM in Indiana working a K7 for this
21368-USB, May 2 at 1828,
W7UUU in the Seventh Area QSO Party (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 17895, May 2 at 1829, VOA, VG off the back of
Greenville, promos for music shows at 00-03 & 11-13 UT; and for `Music Time
in Africa`, at 15 & 20 UT Sat & Sun, says hyper Heather. 1830 cut to
sign-off with YDD. This big steady sig is about as close as we can get to hifi
on SW. Wish they would run it all day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15630, May 2 at 1834, rap music in English, fair
signal, 1837 announcement not in Greek, 1844 `Lean on Me`; 1846 announcement and
soul music; by 1851 faded to JBA. Aoki shows it`s VOA Amharic via FRANCE at
18-19 daily plus M-F appendages: 1730-1800 Afaan Oromo, 1900-1930 Tigrinya
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1771
monitoring: 1860 kHz, confirmed starting at 0314:43.5 on WA0RCR, Gateway 160m
ham broadcast from MO, and removing as much music as possible from my opening,
along with it much of what I say; hard to hear here in noise level. Next:
Sun
2100 WRMI 15770 [? But not last week. Check 7570 too]
Sun 2300 WRMI
11580
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [but 5110 has been off or QRP]
Tue
1100 WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955
Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
Thu 0330 WRMI
9955 [CANCELED per latest WRMI schedule]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 11920, May 3 at 0127, WRMI continues to play fill music
during this hour instead of Fámily Radio in Spanish. This is really a positive
development, as Jeff has put together a very nice library of diverse eclectic
music from around the world, worth listening to for its own sake as I did for a
while tonight. Wish he would publish a playlist. First there was rock song with
guitar, language unknown; 0131 orchestral and YL vocal in Mideast song. Good
signal. (Meanwhile my streetlite fires at 0129.5 building up to full strength by
0130; slightly cloudy at sunset or it might have been a few minutes later; and
the almost-full moon is right up near it) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 11825 & 5850, Sat May 2 at 2329 check, both Global
24 frequencies are OFF from WRMI. But finally after a month, G24 Facebook has a
new post: ``Global24 April 30 at 4:37am · We expect to post an updated schedule
soon. Thanks.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15140,
May 3 at 0102, Brother Scare with wide fading range from nothing to poor, and in
synch with 7570 WRMI, so this is second harmonic, but suspect it`s produced by
PL-880 receiver overload with too much random wire plugged in, rather than
transmission. The WRMI fundamental on 15190 is running BS about one word behind,
as it`s sent thru the Radio Africa Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110, May 3 at 0052, very poor carrier and no
modulation audible on USB or LSB; recheck at 0059, now there is some JBA music
on 5109.7-USB, as Area 51 is supposed to be on now, while the frequency has been
missing the past week.
7490, May 3 at 0053, WBCQ, presumed piratical show
with guy talking, but he`s interrupted every few seconds for dead air as long as
10 seconds. It seems we are not missing any words, as picks up where he left
off, i.e. playback is stopping and restarting sometimes in mid-word, or
buffering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1660, May
3 at 0120 UT, dominant signal has Nostalgic announcer and ``Sunny Side of the
Street``, loops NNE/SSW. Most likely KQWB West Fargo ND, but it was last known
to be Classic Country format; rather than ``KMBZ`` business format from KC/MO
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15640, May 3 at
0106, very poor signal with gospel? music and English announcements. Probably
receiver overload image of the PL-880, but not matched to any of the WWCRs; NHK
direct from Japan is fundamentally on 15640 until 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0457 UT May 3
