** ALASKA [and non]. 9920, July 15 at 1300, KNLS IS on poor signal, but atop
another one making fast SAH. That would be FEBC, 100 kW due west from Iba,
PHILIPPINES site at 1300-1330 daily in Koho, a minority language in Vietnam
spoken by 200 kilopersons per EiBi. At 1301, KNLS Chinese announcement, more IS
until opening at 1302. Furthermore by 1322 it`s weakening, but I can now hear
Viet-Com whoop-whoop jamming as they don`t take kindly to farang Christians
trying to convert their minorities from animism or whatever.
Why in the
world would KNLS go on same frequency as a fellow Christian broadcaster, which
is jammed to boot? Both are in HFCC with a collision at 1300-1330. Or maybe they
think it`s all OK, since CIRAF targets are different: 49 only = SE Asia for
FEBC; 33SE and 44 = eastern third of China for KNLS. And as everyone knows, SW
signals cannot penetrate CIRAF boundaries! I find that, e.g., 9925 and 9930 are
now open, among many others in the area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1782,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815, July 15 at 0536, R. Brasil Central
with music, poor signal, but just a trace of crackling spur from RNA/RNB 11780;
likewise only a trace on open 11745; seems they have finally managed to
attenuate, if not totally eliminate them, as the fundamental remains quite
strong. Also seems whenever I hear RBC, it`s playing music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, July 15 at 0546, at first I think RHC is
off this frequency tonight, but already weakened, the carrier is still there,
and now much undermodulated to boot, just a trace. How about the other overkill
of The Cuban Five? 6100 is very good, somewhat distorted; 6060 is suptorted;
6000 undermodulated but not distorted; 5040 slightly suptorted (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, July 15 at 0538, ERA is poor
and not in Greek, but I can`t figure out what other language; 0541 music, 0543
another language. Ivo Ivanov reports they spend this hour in multilingual
newscasts not including English; presumably the same on // 11645 which serves
only to make a rumbling het against Dabanga via Vatican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. THE TINY TRAP --- Pluto
mission is a golden opportunity for duh – unthinking journalists to call it
``tiny`` --- dwarf planet is OK, but how can anything more than a thousand miles
across ever be called tiny? Latest goofs noted:
Pluto referred to twice
as ``tiny`` in an AP Story via the Enid Eagle
July 7.
On the National
Geographic Channel special, before the flyby, UT July 15 at 0327 and 0340, Pluto
is ``tiny``, twice.
On the CBS Evening News, July 15 at 2241 UT, Scott
Pelley found it ``tiny``.
The PBS Nova special, UT July 16 at 01-02, did
NOT call it ``tiny`` that I ever caught! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic-E NTSC TVDX monitoring, UT July 14:
2201
on 2, fade-in and back out, shark(?) movie in Spanish
2245 on 2, CCI from two
stations on same offset, big bar
2325 on 2, old movie in Spanish, looks like
monochrome era
July 15: signs of CCI on channel 2 most of the
morning;
1702 on 2, fades in a bit, traces of audio too, Spanish
1713 on
2, Spanish ad for ropa
[and non]
1706 on 2, some Morse code tones in
the mix! Maybe image from local repeater? Sounds like an automatic ID but too
fast. Or bleed from 6 meters? Again at 1713.5 and 1720.5; after lunch also heard
at 1756.0 and 1803.0 --- on a timer of about 7 minutes apart; most be local
rather than by sporadic E (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
NIGERIA [non]. 13775, July 15 at *0600, carrier on from Nigerian Armed Forces
Radio via FRANCE, propagating again, but I doze off before hearing any
modulation which may have started late again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [non]. 6075, July 15 at 1233, NBC relay with
ad for auto import assistance, fair signal, and then sports results. I continue
to think this is Shepparton, AUSTRALIA, not Brandon. In the British DX Club,
Alan Pennington quotes Dan Ferguson that 12025 (at least) is indeed Shepparton,
as we have maintained all along, contrary to ``official`` info from PNG and
Australia, but Dan hasn`t told us, nor what his source is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 11645, July 15 at 0535, R. Dabanga
stingers, singing IDs, rumbling lo-het QRM, presumably Greece`s out of whack
transmitter vs VATICAN site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A [non]. 15630, July 14 at 1839 UT, desperate for a semi-interesting signal to
accompany my nap, with the SW bands bearing little beyond gospel-huxtering US
stations at midday, I find VOA here, fair signal with jingle, 1844 mentions
voanews.com/amharic, and a bit of HOA music; 1900 news includes some clips in
English, quick sign-off from Washington at 1930* without any YDD. It`s via
Woofferton UK, 300 kW at 126 degrees, so directly off the back would be 306,
close to USward. It switches to Tigrigna at 1900 weekdays, without my noticing.
Little else is making it from Europe: Spain 15490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1781 monitoring:
confirmed on WRMI 9955, Wednesday July 15 after 1315; good reception. Also
confirmed on webcast of WBCQ 7490, Wednesday July 15 at 2100.
WORLD OF
RADIO 1782 monitoring: first SW airing will be 1130 Thursday:
1130 UT
Thursday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Thursday WRMI 7570
2130 UT Friday WRMI
15770
2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570
0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1430 UT
Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0315vUT Sunday
WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770
2300 UT Sunday WRMI
11580
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
1100
UT Tuesday WRMI 9955
0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
1315 UT Wednesday
WRMI 9955
1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ
7490v
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite:
Access
to audio, podcasts of this and previous programs:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, July 14 at 1814 UT, Rush
is barely audible; at first I thought it was another talker, but compared to
KTOK 1000, the 840 station utters the same words a good many seconds behind.
According to Rush` station list, it`s either KXNT in Las Vegas NV or WHAS in
Louisville KY, both of which carry him live. Tho both 50 kW, KXNT is out of the
question at much greater distance and extremely unfavorable N/S direxinal
pattern.
So once again I have WHAS at high noon, presumably residual
skywave (maybe sporadic-E enhanced, a little-explored phenomenon on MW vis-à-vis
VHF and even HF) and/or diminished D-layer absorption for some reason.
Groundwave over the Ozarx at that distance, 1092 km = 678 miles, is less likely
than skywave at midday, I think. The path from Louisville is mostly conductivity
8 and 4 millimhos/meter, while that from Chicago at about the same distance, and
which can make it on groundwave 670 and 720 kHz, rates 15 and 8, enough to make
a difference.
This signal also fades down, and has a 6 Hz SAH on it.
That`s likely from KTIC in West Point NE, which is a marginal groundwave signal
over good conductivity of 15 and 30. Neither that C&W nor the fourth
possibility, religious KWDF in Ball LA, would be on the `EIB` network (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 870, July 14 at 1812 UT, on
caradio from quiet parking lot in central Enid, JBA signal here with intonation
sounding like Spanish, quite different from the Vietnamese I was expecting,
which is what I normally hear around SR/SS or sometimes at night vs WWL, i.e.
KFJZ Fort Worth TX. However, Radio-Locator shows KFJZ now as Spanish Christian
(only); is it still Vietnamese at all? No website. It also has a bump in daytime
coverage toward the north. Having proven a few weeks ago that WWL New Orleans
can be heard here over 600 miles away in the daytime, I`m also seeking it again,
and that may well be the SAH of about 6 Hz against KFJZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1150, July 14 at 1808 UT on caradio at a
quiet parking lot in central Enid, I`m getting three signals at midday; KSAL
Salina KS mainly, with Rush, but also a slow SAH of about 0.6 Hz and a faster
SAH. The second signal is no doubt 1 kW, KNED McAlester OK, which is barely
present at this distance, 251 km = 156 miles, but what could the third be?
Looking at the NRC Pattern Book on 1150, the next-closest is:
KOLJ Quanah
TX, 530 watts C&W, near SW corner of OK, 288 km / 179 mi
and after
that:
KRMS Osage Beach MO, 840 watts, News/talk, 505 km / 314 mi
Of course
on the vertical caradio antenna, no DFing is possible. All these are
non-direxional daytime. Altho slightly more powerful, the greater distance and
lesser ground conductivity over the Ozarx makes KOLJ far more likely, over 30/15
g.c. BTW, 5 kW KSAL has a much better signal here at night with a lobe toward us
than non-direxional daytime; but more QRM (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0213 UT July 16
