** BRAZIL. 11710 & 11745 & 11815 & 11850, June 18 at 0539, crackling
spurs from 11780.1v RNA/RNB are worse than usual, as evidenced by audibility
around 11850 and bothering 11855 R. Aparecida. 11780 itself is distorted and
carrier wobbly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. My
first sporadic-E TVDX this season from the north, despite my antenna being stuck
toward the SSE and thus favoring Mexico (which I was getting earlier June 16),
all analog, all times UT June 17:
0046 on 2, fade-in football game, with
ads in English for Tim Horton, Coca-Cola supporting women in sports, so Canada
instead of Mexico. Then half-time show during a FIFA game with clips featuring
Nigerian players. Local.ca website which leads to TV skeds all over Canada,
reveals this is on the CTV network as in Ontario, current game Nigeria vs USA in
women`s soccer; 0057 SPORTCHEX ad; 0100 game resumes with women players, from
Vancouver. 0135 another fade in and traces of video around 0200. 6m map shows
MUF 94 MHz centered over Illinois. This is presumed CHBX in Sault Ste Marie
Ont., altho there are three other further lower-powered CTVs allegedly still not
DTV in Sask and Alta.
After 3.5 hours of FM DX mostly from South and
North Carolina, later UT June 17:
1811 on 2, fade-in algo in English;
1819 ads in English mention Canada; 1822 ``celebrate Elliott Lake`s 60th
anniversary``, i.e. Ontario town halfway between Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie,
but off the main drag of the Trans-Canada Highway (I figured it would be older
than that; it once had a low-band CKSO Sudbury TV repeater of its own. One
website reveals: ``The City's modern story began in 1953 when the famous
Backdoor Staking Bee that rivalled the Klondike Gold Rush put Elliot Lake on the
worldwide map with the discovery of a massive, rich uranium ore body``. Now E.L.
is being promoted as a retirement community and vacation destination). So I
conclude this is again CHBX SSM.
Followed at 1822 by the ``Channel 590
community calendar`` --- assuming that refers to a MW frequency, the closest
Canadian would be CJCL in Toronto, but it`s SportsNet and hardly likely to stray
into a small-town-like community calendar (a closer but not close enough 590 is
in Ironwood MI, but at the very western tip of the UP). There are two much
further 590 Canadians: CJCW, Sussex NB ``Your Community, Your Radio Station``,
and VOCM, St John`s NL, but no likely analog 2s around there which would require
double-hop Es.
1825 on 2, Dr Oz, which chex for CHBX at 2-3 pm EDT.
After this for a few hours I am producing WORLD OF RADIO 1778, and by 2220
retune, it`s back to TVDX from MEXICO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9570, June 18 at 1249, CRI Cantonese relay is instead
dead air. Sometime after 1300, CRI English is audible but quite undermodulated
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E TVDX, June
16, all analog, all times UT:
1500 on 2, fade-in Televisa 5 net bug in LR
with animation dubbed into Spanish; still/again at 1519
1524 on 2,
Televisa Deportes promo for Copa on Canal 5 net
1559 on 2, fade in again,
still animation, net-5 bug LR
1629 on 2, amid CCI, f bug in LR, which is
Televisa net-4
1650 on 2, still CCI
1651 on 2, talk show, f bug in
LR
1653 on 2, +v MAS VISION full screen animated logo, and fútbol promo,
i.e. XEWO-TV Guadalajara
1727 on 2, algo, one guy on screen
1729
on 2, +v MAS VISION ID again
1730 on 2, U bug in LR, i.e. UNIVISION, but
probably via some Televisa station in Mexico rather than LPTV from Florida or
double-hop from Nicaragua
1800 on 2, AZTECA full screen, unknown whether
net-7 or 13
1817 on 2, unknown bug in LR, perhaps with clock and temp.
Nothing more this afternoon until 0046 June 17 when for a change I`m getting
CANADA, q.v.
June 17:
2220 on 2, tune-in, algo in Spanish, also
on 4 (CANADA, q.v., had been in earlier today before I paused for WORLD OF RADIO
produxion)
2225 on 4, swirl bug in LR; in LL EXCLUSIVA / GALA
TV
2239 on 4, 5 bug in LR
2305 on 2, film drama, dubbed
Spanish
2321 on 2, Simpsons amid CCI
June 18 UT:
0117 on 2,
Simpsons, still! Nothing more tonight
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, June 18 at 0542 check, RNZI is AWOL yet
again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 740, June 18
at 1319, KRMG with flood warnings around Tulsa, ID only as ``News 102-3 KRMG``
so I expect the useless 50 kW AM station to be demolished any minute now (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 94.3, June 17 at 1526,
while tuning for Es DX, notice that local KLGB-LP Enid has buzz on main carrier
and louder buzzy spurs on 94.1 and 93.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: June 17 at 1917:35 UT as I am
resting on bed, it shakes for a few seconds (and no one else is around). USGS
later confirms this was a 4.2, at 20 km west of Perry, 5 km deep, at 1917:08 UT,
so a ~27 second delay to reach Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 13800, June 18 at 0546, R. Dabanga via VATICAN is
fair, and no jamming for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 11870, June 18 at 0541, no signal from WEWN Spanish,
but 11520 English is very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
U S A. 1280, June 18 at 1331 UT, no signal from KSOK Arkansas City KS,
semi-local C&W station. Maybe I`ll finally hear Poteau OK? Not today. Still
off at 1750 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Finally
some FM DX this summer by sporadic E. Others have reported several openings, but
the first one I have caught, using DX-398 or ATS-909 (when RDS is captured), or
PL-880, all with rod antennas only, but possibly assisted by signals bouncing
off my mast-mounted TV antenna not far away; June 17, all times UT:
1432
on 88.3, gospel rock songs fade in and out, also 1438
1439 on 88.3, RDS
shows KNOWS which I assume is part of a title rather than a call sign. Then YL
& YL chat, referring to myjourneyfm.com which converts to
and
this station in the WTFDA FM Database:
WRVL 88.3 LYNCHBURG VA 50.0 42.0
330.0 330.0 37.1150 79.2107
THE JOURNEY 88.3 RELIGION
However, they
have another similar station with reversed call-letters:
WVRL 88.3
ELIZABETH CITY NC 50.0 50.0 136.0 136.0 36.1840 76.1734
THE JOURNEY 88.3
RELIGION
Another fade in at 1501 got only a partial ID, so still not
positive which one it was.
1503 on 88.1, NPR News continues past 1504
optional cutaway when many stations insert local news, tsk; 1506 to `On Point`
talk/call-in show
1520 on 88.1, static WRJA at left of 7-character RDS
field, i.e.:
WRJA-FM 88.1 SUMTER SC 98.0 98.0 305.0 305.0 33.5252 80.1614
8276 WRJA PS} South Carolina ETV SOUTH CAROLINA ETV RADIO NEWS/TALK
1521
on 88.5, hymn mixing with Diane Rehm, no RDS
1522 on 89.3, classical
violin music; likely either WSCI Charleston SC or WTEB New Bern NC
1527
on 88.5, classical, likely WFDD Winston-Salem NC
1533 on 88.5, the
dullest tones of Harold Camping, so Family Radio. WTFDA Database finds very
likely source in PTA:
WFCH 88.5 CHARLESTON SC 29.5 29.5 93.0 93.0 32.4904
79.5008 FAMILY RADIO RELIGION
But there is another in the southeast:
WMFL
88.5 FLORIDA CITY FL 7.7 7.7 52.0 52.0 25.1931 80.2416 FAMILY RADIO
RELIGION
1554 on 88.1, WRJA fade-in again with RDS, `On
Point`
1630 on 88.3, K-LOVE on RDS --- not local, none listed in OK or
KS, so how about NC/SC? Only fit there is:
WLXK //WRCM 88.3 BOILING
SPRINGS NC 50.0 50.0 92.0 92.0 35.1352 81.4257 7414 - 'WLXK' Song/Artist-K-LOVE
Song/Artist-K-LOVE
Soft Rock K-LOVE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
1704 on
88.1, WRJA RDS, NPR News
1704 on 88.5, NPR news running several seconds
behind 88.1; WFDD?
1706 on 88.1, WRJA RDS, starts `Here &
Now`
1714 on 88.3, rock, singing ID sounds like WIFK? Looking thru the
entire 88.3 roster, I find nothing closer than WLXK as above in NC
1718
on 88.1, WRJA on RDS, string of NPR program promos, tagged with times, but no
station references
1754 on 88.3, ad for romarelementary.com in NC --- but
searching finds this is really in East Point (Atlanta) GA, an all-black(?)
private academy.
1755 on 88.3, ad for Casting Crowns performance,
Thursday at 7 pm, area code 540 mentioned. That`s for northern VA, but not
Lynchburg. WRVL website calendar shows instead at 6 pm June 18, at First Baptist
Church, Roanoke, which is in AC 540. After 1800 no more FM, but I am getting
Canadian TV on 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN
[non]. 15370, June 18 at 1256, YL in Russian, fair-good; 1257.5 bit of
Hallelujah Chorus, R. Vatikan, i.e. violating Separation of Church and State via
USG`s IBB Tinang, PHILPPINES relay. I await the fun as Commies in Cuba should
cut on frequency any minute now: yes, SAH starts at *1258 with open carrier
during VR`s ``L.I.C.`` and `Christus Vincit`` IS; 1259 RHC Spanish audio cuts on
and off and on and off and on and off; 1300 Vatican is off but RHC continues
cutting modulation off and on and off the air 1302*. BTW, when on, the RHC
signal is not the usual blasting level here; much stronger on 15730 and even
15230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
1808 UT June 18
