** BOLIVIA. 4409.76, Aug 29 at 0123, JBA carrier, presumably R. Eco, Reyes,
listed 500 watts on 4409. Nothing around 4451, but algo around 4699, the other
WOOB Bolivians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA.
5952.47, Aug 29 at 0109, Radio Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte (XII/XX), measured here at
0109 Aug 29, very poor S 7-8 peaks in talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815, Aug 29 at 0117, R. Brasil Central with music,
just S3 but no spurs blocking it --- until a trace of some from the lower side
circa 11812 out of 11780 RNA, of course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910 & 6010, Aug 29 at 0110, no signals from
HJDH and HJDH (but a JBA carrier on 6010.0; HFCC shows only possibility is a 5
kW reserve transmitter in Belarus, 23 hours a day; more likely a 5 kW Brasilian,
unbeknownst to HFCC, but not off-frequency?). It seems the last time the
Colombians were heard was May 23 as in DXLD 15-21.
I asked HJDH QSL
manager Rafael Rodríguez R. in Bogotá why they are off, and received this rather
surprising reply, original Spanish in the dxldyg and next DXLD; here in my
translation: (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Best Regards, Mr.
Hauser, Earlier this year, Martin Stendal was linked by the Colombian Attorney
General in an investigation for alleged support he would give the Colombian
guerrillas of the FARC. He was accused by two former guerrillas seeking economic
and legal benefits, incriminating Martin. The investigation determined that the
work he carried out in no way could be interpreted as support for the FARC,
because what he does is just evangelize and seek peace in Colombia.
Among
the accusations, it was mentioned that he used the shortwave broadcasters to
send encrypted messages, something that was not proven, but during the period of
the investigation he preferred to keep them off the air. At the end of May he
was exonerated of any accusations.
He also suffered the loss of his
father, who started the evangelical work here in Colombia. After that I could
not really have direct contact with him. I am informed he has decided to wait
until all the investigation calms down and he is not currently in Colombia.
The organization decided to perform preventive maintenance on the
equipment which already had some flaws, but an ongoing problem in the area where
the transmitters are located is the electricity supply (ups and downs, absence,
etc.). After the maintenance it was decided to hold off until the situation is
regularized, through a power plant fueled by diesel.
Actually I have no
official information about ceasing broadcasts on shortwave, but all the work
that Martin and his organization developed is going through changes. I am
confident that sometime soon they will reactivate transmissions.
PS. I
send you some links about the situation experienced by Martin with Colombian
Attorney General, which has been solved for the better:
American
missionary with alleged links to the FARC has been released:
The failed assignment of the prosecution in the case of the missionary:
Capture
of the American missionary is a false positive --- FARC
(Rafael
Rodríguez R., Colombia, Aug 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1620, Aug
29 at 0138, R. Rebelde with excited commentary, but NOT // 5025, which is to be
expected as 1620 then mentions ``sorteo de béisbol --- de la FM Radio Rebelde``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12070 & 11935 at
0113 Aug 29; 9965.2 at 0129 Aug 29; and 9315 at 0133 Aug 29, all R. Cairo
frequencies are JBA carriers, so I can`t really evaluate the modulation: cagey!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 9755-9760-9765,
Aug 28 at 1305, DRM noise, not scheduled, but likely RNZI during what is
normally a DRM hiatus, even for the special HFCC broadcasts. 9760 had been on
their DRM schedule later before moving to 7330. Now from Aug 29, DRM should
resume sporadic RNZI schedule as-needed for relays, mostly on weekdays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Aug 29 at
0100, pirate music, 0101 announcements in kid voices? and stops. Just missed it.
Was about S5 vs storm crash level peaking S9. To HFU for the answer: KBOX.
It
seems there is currently no licensed KBOX on AM, per the NRC AM Log 2015-2016
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.16-AM, Aug
29 at 0103, JBA music, still at 0143, presumably the usual Liquid Radio, never
strong enough here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA.
Re 88.1, KWOU Woodward audio problems: received a prompt reply even tho it was
after-hours on a Friday, 2236 UT Aug 28 from Patrick Roberts, Chief Engineer at
mother station KGOU Norman:
``Hi Glen[n]. Thanks for the info. It seems
that there is some internet link disturbance that's crept up recently in the OU
network. We feed it over Tieline IP codecs. To help mask the problem, I've
changed the profile on the Tieline encoder headed that way, adding 100% Forward
Error Correction (basically sending the audio packets twice slightly delayed).
That seems to have stopped the drop-out problem, at least at 5:30 (lots of
people might have gone home at OU, lessening the problem naturally; we shall
see). We normally have a very good path up to there, effectively on fiber most
of the way through the same service provider. If it acts up again, I can switch
out to our cellular modem for a while. I'll try to keep an eye on it for the
next few days. Thanks! PR`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
SRI LANKA. 11905, Aug 29 at *0114:11.5, carrier on from SLBC; don`t hear any
music starting, but must be just too weak, as I can barely make out the 2+1
mistimesignal ending at 0115:19.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 6220.0-AM, WMDB Nashville TN, relayed by WNQM 1300,
relayed by mixing spur with WWCR-4, 7520 minus 1300. Originally there was a
power cut at 0045 UT, official August sunset in Nashville, corresponding to WNQM
switch from 50 kW ND day to 5 kW direxional night. The signal after then would
be detectable but much weaker.
I wasn`t listening before 0045 tonight,
but surprised to be hearing it at ``high`` power level, 0105 UT Sat August 29,
with ranchera music rating S6 vs storm crash peaks at S9. 0106 UT ``La
Ranchera`` slogan of WMDB 880. 7520 WWCR is still on to produce the mixture, but
I am not hearing much if any audio from it on 6220. 0132 still audible now at
~S7, and at 0144. So did WNQM stay on 50 kW after sunset??
This cannot
last past 0158 when 7520 switches to 5890 UT Tue-Sat --- and one might
reasonably expect to find the next SW-minus-MW mix on 5890 minus 1300 = 4590,
but not sought lately. That will be on air all night; but 5890 doesn`t start
until 0400 UT Sundays, 0300 UT Mondays. 7520 is not on air at all weekends, so
no 6220 possible till UT Tuesday, but under these circumstances we should still
hear it in September when WNQM supposedly cuts to night power and pattern at
0000 UT just as 7520 is starting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1788 monitoring: confirmed
Friday August 28 at 2330 on WRMI-12, 5850, good signal on their lowest
frequency, not much subject to propagation disturbances, and on 315 degree
antenna right across the middle of North America; can only improve into fall and
winter, so I hope we can keep this time & frequency. Next:
0630 UT
Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB
1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB [please confirm: not
audible Wednesday]
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. 7489.95-AM, UT Sat Aug 29 at 0145 tune-in to `Allan
Weiner Worldwide` live on WBCQ, running way over, but why not? Good signal and
// 5110.0-AM (DSB plus carrier) which is much weaker in noise; and 9330 is not
on. He`s had a long phone call with Anthony(?) a young person laudably
interested in radio; now starts going thru some pirate logs from the latest Free
Radio Weekly, mentions that a lot of them are by Glenn Hauser.
This
prompts Scott Becker to call in, suggesting they ``drag`` me to the next
WinterFest, where I have ``never been``, ungluing me from my chair (tho I do go
to the PO Box, they admit). Suggests putting a poll on the WBCQ website whether
people would like to meet me, ``a friggin` institution`` at the next Fest. Scott
also threatens to visit me from his place 50 miles away in Kansas. 0151 back to
some more FRW pirate logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. 5085, Aug 29 at 0155, open carrier/dead air at 50 to 60 over S9 level from
WTWW-2, with some hum as always. I assume Ted is about to play DJ prior to the
0400 `Midnight [sic] in the Desert` Art Bell broadcast, as I think he does most
weeknights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non].
12005, Aug 29 at 0113, VOV English relay to N America via UK remains nothing but
a JBA carrier; summer is over, hastened by geomag storm not recovered from yet,
and more to come in early September (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0356 UT August 29
