** CUBA [non]. 5950, Aug 12 at 2320, JBA carrier on presumed new AWR service
from and to Cuba via WRMI. Assuming it`s really on the air, must be on a
hi-angle, short-range antenna just right for max signal into Cuba, not here. At
least I detect no jamming, either. 5850 WRMI on its NW antenna is much better
but still only poor this early. I`ve yet to check for the other AWR 5950
broadcast at 1100-1130, but that must have been Mark Taylor, Wisconsin`s poorly
audible unID in the NASWA Flashsheet. Or rather, a full hour each for System H
per WRMI frequency grid; maybe for expansion or some other program? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Looking thru EiBi`s
readme.txt abbr. listings, I find hw for transmitter site of KWHW Altus OK. Yes,
this graveyarder has made the Big Time as a USA SW station, in the A-15 EiBi
frequency list:
``2900 0000-2400 USA KWHW Country Altus, OK E CNA hw``
All
because of our monitoring the 1450 x 2 second harmonic for a few days this May,
but I am afraid it is currently inactive, as I occasionally check the frequency
(which was really off- to the lo side). Let`s keep it listed for a while longer
in case of a relapse (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OMAN [non]. I now realize exactly how the WRTH 2015 mixed up Oman instead of
Slovakia as relayed by Global 24 via WRMI. RSO is the abbr. for Radio Sultanate
of Oman, the station. But RSO is *also* the separate abbr. for the now defunct
Slovakia SW site, Rimavská Sobota. Probably not the first time this has
happened, but HFCC/ITU expect you not to mix up one abbr. table with another, as
they do not necessarily avoid duplication (Glenn Hauser, OK, Aug 12, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Aug 12 at 0047, JBA carrier from R.
Chaski on the NRD-545 reads about S8 with the random wire, S9 on the Wellbrook
just hooked up, but both are mostly picking up storm noise levels; and
distracted by what turns out to be KBUF-6180, I miss the Chaski cutoff circa
0106 tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905,
Aug 12 at 0114:46.5, music starts on very poor SLBC carrier, 2+1 mistimesignal
(not miss timesignal; it`s neuter for sure) ends at 0115:19.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, August 12 at 0120, no signal from
WTWW-2, when a ham DX program had been running on Tuesday nights; 0245 recheck
it`s on but with country music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
U S A. 6177-6183 at least, August 12 at 0052 UT on the newly inaugurated
ALA-330S antenna to the NRD-545, an extremely distorted talk station in English.
At first I fear the new antenna is producing it, but soon found just as much
with the longwire, and separately on the PL-880 with its own reelout. It`s sort
of like FM mode, but the NRD won`t demodulate in FM, nor does any combination of
filters do much to improve it. Naturally, I first check the 49mb on the other
receiver for any modulation match, but none, nor on 41 or 31m.
It does
sound like a US commercial station, so next suspicion is a harmonic --- and the
only MW frequency which would produce a 6180 harmonic is 1030 (x6). So now I try
to find a match on 1030, but not much is propagating this early, half a
sesquihour before sunset. At 0101 UT, 6180 is in network news, outroed at 0105
UT as ABC; next minute probably contains local ads/ID, but can`t copy (this
causes me to miss a Chaski-check, but worth it); 0106 UT opens American
-something talkshow, apparent YL host, with OM guest interviewed. At 0125 UT
*maybe* a hint of a match on 1030. Now I switch receivers to find that the
PL-880 side-tuned to 6178 produces more readable audio than the NRD-545 offtuned
or not. Especially after 0100 UT, the mis-modulation has been sporadic, cutting
on and off, somewhat dependent on peaks.
And BINGO, 0129 UT local break,
commercial for Papa Murphy`s (cook-it-yourself) Pizza in Garden City and Dodge
City, and ``right here on KBUF``. So rather than KCTA or something, it`s my
nearest 1030, in SW Kansas, which doesn`t ever produce much on the fundamental,
2.5 kW ND day and 1.2 kW direxional to southwest at nite. CoL is Holcomb KS,
address in Garden City. And yes, with ABC news, per NRC AM Log
2014.
Program schedule at
shows
M-F at CDT 7pm–10pm America Now. Elsewhen the ilx of Limbaugh, Hannity and
Levin, so format is anti-American talk, plus ag stuff weekday mornings, and more
talk variety on weekends.
They have chosen a rather clear frequency to
harmonicize, tnx to absence of Brasília, and fortunately doesn`t spread as far
up as 6185 to mess up México. This is certainly its first day of issue: 24 hours
earlier, there was no sign of it as I logged very weak AM signal from CRI
Kashgar (presumed, instead of Brasil) on 6180.
How long will this go on?
Oh, we must also check for lower harmonix: 2060, 3090, 4120, 5150, and why not,
higher ones: 7210, 8240, 9270, 10300 ---. August SR/SS: 1200/0145 UT. Possibly
6180 is no longer heard after 0145 UT? I don`t stay to find out
tonight.
At *0132.5 my nearest streetlite ignites with its brief wideband
RF noise burst (I look out the window to confirm visually). Enid sunset is now
0127 UT, earlying a bit more than one minute per 24 hours. So much for this DX
session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6220.0-AM,
Aug 12 at 0037, the pirate? or broadcast mixing product is again poorly audible,
but best yet at peak with a song, which I cannot recognize as a tango. 0043
signal drops sharply to a JBA carrier. Possibly these are two different
stations. And still so at 0121. Would others check this out? Might be more
readable further east into the darkside.
At 0045 August 12, 2015, I
inaugurate the ALA-330S magnetic loop antenna which Brandon Jordan kindly gave
me, now hooked up to the other antenna input of the NRD-545, but switching back
and forth there is little difference on 6220. The ALA-330S is currently inside
right next to the radio and facing north/south; finding a quieter spot to
install it outside will be problematical but possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.16-AM, Aug 12 at 0114, JBA carrier
is the only activity on the pirate band, presumably Liquid Radio on its
signature/fingerprint exact frequency as recently reported by others on HF
Underground (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 0329 UT August 12
