** ARGENTINA. 11710.57 approx., August 1 at 0158, RAE varied again, S5 signal
just barely modulated, but I think I hear an RAE ID go by (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6025, August 1 at 0110, JBA carrier on the
FRG-7 squeezed between jamming/Martí 6030 and CRI/Albania 6020; and at 0147 also
JBAC on the NRD-545. According to Aoki, the only station anywhen anywhere on
6025 is R. Illimani, 10 kW ND La Paz, Bolivia, 0930-0400 in Spanish/Aymara
a.k.a. Red Patria Nueva, 0930-0300 in WRTH; but I would like a little modulation
which would be more likely at 0930. However, HFCC A-15 has five stations on
6025! All imaginary/inactive? Only one at this hour, Lhasa which would be
post-sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855.41
approx., August 1 at 0202, Brazuguese talk, S5 from R. Aparecida (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 590, August 1 at 0208,
operatic solo by YL from NW/SE, 0212 brief Spanish announcement and more aria;
must be R. Musical Nacional, and wow, no problem from Omaha, or Pueblo for that
matter. WRTH shows CMBF, 25 kW at La Julia MB. Parallel IDing is not an option
with the *only* other CMBF listed in WRTH on 1140. Website http://cmbfradio.cu mentions only 590 AM and 99.1
FM --- surely as serious/classical music network it`s mostly on FM ``tiny
Caribbean`` island-wide? Sked chex,
with
`La Opera` at 2200-2228 EDT Fridays. And two hours later `A Coro`, which I don`t
think is Arnie singing! They also claim to stream on Audio Real which launches
as Windows Media, just as mixed up as RHC with its constant plugs for Real Audio
(not). Indeed I try that:
mms://media.enet.cu/radiomusicalnacional
at 0442
and do hear choral music at only 32 kbps. Back to hi-fi/stereo KUSP I always
listen to UT Saturdays 03-05 for `On Site` starting with local classical
performances including the Carmel Bach Festival and the Cabrillo New Music
Festival (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non].
11775, August 1 at 0200, regular Cuban pulse jamming can be detected in the
heavy sideband splash of 11780 RNA/RNB Brasil which however, is not putting out
the usual further spurs. R. Martí has not used 11775 for several years now, but
the DentroCuban Jamming Command doesn`t know or doesn`t care. Maybe one residual
transmitter, as I don`t notice it when Anguilla or WHRI are running on 11775
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9315, August 1
at 0207, R. Cairo is S9+20 but OCDA to JBM in presumed English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15470, July 31 at 1703, no
signal from alleged new clandestine in Amharic, which had been registered for
Fridays only 1600-1800 via IRRS, which means via ROMANIA. Altho I reminded the
DXLD yg about this shortly before, NO replies seen of anyone hearing it or even
trying to hear it. BTW, BSKSA in Bambara is also registered exactly same time
and frequency daily, presumably imaginary as IIRC Bambara was canceled? Altho
not much audible on 19m, Saudi Arabia q.v. is making it else-frequency, so
propagation sufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE.
9420, August 1 at 0114, VOG with Greek music, but no // 9935 this time. However,
at 0156 I find that same Avlis transmitter active on 11645 since it`s putting
out humbuzz/propeller noise atop the talk modulation which is // 9420, still no
9935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 620,
July 31 at 0459 UT, ``La Norteñita`` briefly overrides KMKI The Metroplex, i.e.
XEBU, Chihuahua2; and KMKI, technically Plano, is still Radio Disney tho it`s
being sold to the cluster including KSKY-660 officially licensed to another
suburb (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690-, July 31
at 0558, VON drumming prélude with extremely distorted modulation, // weaker
7255-, 0600 announcement opening Hausa is slightly better, merely suptorted on
both (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. *0148:14.5 UT
August 1, my streetlite ignites with a wideband RF noise burst, which means it`s
about time to check again for KETU/KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa to cut off the 1120
air amid Mexican music, and that does happen at 0150:13.5*, which is 2 seconds
later than last night. I wonder if it slips at a constant 2-second rate, à la
Radio Chaski, or just varies/margin of error. Time will tell (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 9740, August 1 at 0113, poor signal in
Arabic? Nothing on 9500, nor 15140, so presumably RSO only one frequency-late
instead of two (9740 sked at 22-24). At 0205, JBAC on 9740: Iran in Urdu is
scheduled 0120-0220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI
ARABIA. 15205, July 31 at 1707, bits of Qur`an and plain talk in Arabic from
BSKSA, scheduled 16-18 but achieving only poor S3 signal; better S7 with
different Arabic service on 15435. Both HFCC listed with exactly same
parameters, 500 kW, 320 degrees USward, 25 degree slew, 216 antenna, so why the
disparity? A propagation check since nothing on 15470 audible for ETHIOPIA
[non], q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7261.0-USB,
August 1 at 0232, I am bandscanning thru the 40/41 mb in USB mode to find
something besides hams, but here`s a ham in USB mode! Ragchewer finally IDs as
KJ5GT, I think, no fonetix, and his Js sounds like his Gs; much weaker contact
is also in USB mode. I guess LSB on 40m is a convention, not a requirement, so
why not? ARRL shows: CHAVEZ, ALFRED A, KJ5GT, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7425, August 1 at 0238, music
and talk in Spanish, mentions ``la capital habanera`` so something to do with
Cuba. O, it`s // 7365 R. Martí mixed with some weaker Spanish, i.e. // Vatican
Radio relay (violating Separation of Church and State --- how much longer before
Brother Scare demands airtime from IBB?) on 7305 --- so a rare leapfrog mixing
product from Greenville, 7305 over 7365 another 60 kHz higher (should also check
for mirror/reverse leapfrog on 7245). 7425 audible on both the NRD-545 and
PL-880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD
OF RADIO 1784 monitoring: confirmed Friday July 31 at 2130 on WRMI 15770; and at
2130:34 on WRMI 7570: roughly equal only fair signals now with 15770 at right
angle to us and 7570 toward us but absorbed. Next:
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB,
July 31 at 1704, no signal detectable from WJHR; often buried in the noise
level, but not even the NRD-545 can pull anything, while neighbor 15610 WEWN is
sufficient. So, off the air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 770, July 31 at 0500 UT, CBS news from E/W running one word *ahead* of 780
WBBM, 0505 UT national ad, no ID, 0506 `Red Eye Radio`. Must be KKOB Albuquerque
NM, an RER carrier, but the last I knew it was with ABC news (and that always
seemed out of place, as originally NBC along with KOB-TV). NRC AM Log of a year
ago had it with ABC. Website sked
doesn`t
bother to mention news on the hour, but does now carry some CBS extended news
programs especially weekends. I guess `Perspective` from ABC news is also gone.
As for the website, it depends on linking to CNN for news stories (IIRC, CNN is
no longer in the radio network news biz).
Usual quandary here whether I
am hearing 50 kW North Valley main transmitter bleeding around the edges of its
pattern supposedly protecting WABC in almost the same direxion but a hazard to
balloonists; and/or the 230-watt ND fill-in KKOB in Santa Fe on the air only at
night. Couldn`t the latter at least be granted a separate callsign, like KKOB-1?
I am still espering for someone to arrange a DX test on Santa Fe with the
Albuquerque deliberately turned off, however briefly in the middle of the night
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 810, August 1 at 0215
UT, cowboy instrumental music including steel guitar, coming in fine on the
NRD-545 with N/S shortwire, but ``looping`` east/west on the PL-880 ferrite
(which I have to keep away from the noisy NRD display panel); 0217 UT ``Santa
Fe`s best hoedown country music, AM 810``.
KSWV NM has long been a
hybrid, ``Qué Suave`` but bilingual; still partly Spanish? I haven`t had a
chance to listen to it locally in far too long. Obviously on 5 kW day power, not
10 watts night, both ND. Oops, official July sunset is 0215 UT, from tomorrow in
local August, 0200 UT. Should have stayed with KSWV longer to note when they
really disappeared. 770 KKOB already overtaken by something in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0537 UT August
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