** EGYPT. 12070, Aug 13 at 0042, R. Cairo is S8 with Arabic music, and not
very distorted, so that`s an improvement; but 11935 is JBA at S1-S2; 9965 is S9+
with whine and no other modulation; 9315 at 0047 is open carrier/dead air at
S9+. Tarek Zeidan in Cairo has forwarded complaints about these to station and
may meet with them about identifying or solving the problem; further reports
wanted. Well, I`ve been logging this mess several times a week for months, so
how much more do they need? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Some sporadic E continued from last report, August 12
UT:
1828 on 2, fade-in algo video, maybe Televisa-2 star bug glimpsed
LR
1831 on 2, Spanish audio briefly, sounds like game show
1846 on 2, some
video CCI; nothing more.
August 13: 1510 on 2, CCI briefly with some
audio, language uncertain; 6m Es map shows center of activity over southern
Illinois, so maybe Ontario, but those maps often miss Mexican openings even into
TV band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Aug 13
at 1506-1510.4 UT, dead air from KOSU instead of `On Point`. These lapses happen
far too often. Their automation / computer programming too unreliable, and need
human to oversee it constantly (in which case who needs the automation, anyway?)
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 105.7, Aug 13 at
1458-1500 UT, I`m monitoring KRDR Alva for any ID during ESPN programming; seems
ESPN allows about 10 seconds around 1459:30 for local IDs, but just silence, no
WMBH mentioned either (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
SOMALILAND. 7120-, Aug 13 at 1328, JBA AM carrier amid the hams, presumed R.
Hargeisa, longpath trace during what should be English segment on signature
off-frequency slightly to the low side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1785 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday
August 12 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 webcast.
WORLD OF RADIO 1786 monitoring:
ready for first airing 1130 UT Thursday August 13 on WRMI 9955 – but as often, I
myself sleep thru it; this time up as late at 0645 viewing a few Perseids. Next
on SW:
2100 UT Thursday WRMI 7570
2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770
2130 UT
Friday WRMI 7570
2330 UT Friday WRMI 5850
0630 UT Saturday HLR
7265-CUSB
1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR
1860-AM
0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6180, Aug 13 at 0040, no signal from KBUF
1030 x 6. I wonder what caused this extremely distorted harmonic to emanate
before, and if they deliberately fixed it or just a fluke? Nor circa 1315 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
6220.0-AM, August 13 at 0041, another try for this tantalizing unID, this time
definitely Mexican music, and fair signal peaking S9+20, and soon canned ID by
OM as ``escucha La Ranchera, mil 300 (ó 600??)``, then another number by a
different voice, back to music, but signal drops drastically to S8 at 0043:33 or
so, same music still barely audible.
6220 cannot be an harmonic of any
(even) MW frequency, so that`s out. However, the signal drops circa 0045 smack
of a standard sunset powerdown of a US MW station. Visually searching thru the
NRC AM Log on 1300 and 1600 I don`t find a single ``La Ranchera`` slogan; nor
from México in Cantú, IRCA Log or WRTH, so dead ends there too. Maybe I didn`t
hear the frequency correctly. Still suspect a pirate relay. Must start
monitoring earlier than 0030 for further clues. Rechecking hfunderground.com,
searching entire site, no reports this year of anything on 6220; nor at
freeradiocafe.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1786, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1602 UT August 13
