** ASCENSION. 17780, Sept 19 at 1748, English on very poor signal, not // VOA
17895, but it is // somewhat stronger BBC 17830, not synchronized. HFCC shows
that during this hour, both are 250 kW, 65 degrees from Ascension, yet with
different CIRAF targets: 17780 to zone 46 = West Africa from Western Sahara to
Niger and Nigeria; 17830 to zones 47-SW & 52, i.e. Cameroon, CAR, down to
Congos and Angola. Ascension is about the same latitude 8-south as
Brazzaville/Kinshasa, so a 65 degree beam is pretty far off for them, let alone
Angola. And it`s exactly the same antenna listed too, a 547. Two frequencies
with identical parameters 50 kHz apart seems quite a waste. Is there something
else to this duplication, which might instead have been alternates? Fortunately,
this is Saturday, when KVOH is off 17775 which otherwise would have been an
obstacle for 17780 here if not in Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15730, Saturday Sept 19 at 1422, RHC opening `Cancionero
Iberoamericano` mentioning Canarias. You will not find this long-running program
anywhere on the totally inadequate and generalized schedule at:
which
shows at 1423 Saturday, Boletín and at 1430 Saturday, Sonido Cubano (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9511.5, JBA carrier, Sept 19 at
0102, and nothing on 9510 --- no doubt that Zahedan transmitter off-frequency
again, during VIRI`s overnight Arabic service at 0030-0230, 500 kW, 289 degrees
to CIRAF 37-39, i.e. Iberia, across North Africa, including Turkey and all of
the Arabian Peninsula. We continue to be amazed that IRIB devotes very long
hours to Arabic but not a minute to Persian broadcasts --- a tacit admission
that Iranians abroad have no use for the current government broadcaster? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 550, Sept 19 at 1200, choral
NA ending, ID for XEPL, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, on 91.3 and 550, 24 hours,
``frecuencia líder``, into Suprema Corte federal PSA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Sept 19 at 1215, rock in English, loops
NE/SW; 1217 ``Los Cuarenta Principales, 104.3 FM`` ID, ergo per Cantú, XEREV,
5000/100 watts from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, an SRS hotspot for us; see also 1410
log. Literal translation of ``Top 40`` is awfully cumbersome, requiring 8
syllables instead of 3, but the best one can do into Spanish, it seems (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1410, Sept 19 at 1206,
discussing an Agro-fiesta en Mazatlán, therefore XECF, La Mexicana, Los Mochis,
Sinaloa, 10000/500 watts, per Cantú (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 91.7, Sept 19 at 1345 UT, NPR `Weekend
Edition Saturday` via 100 kW, 309-m HAAT KOSU Stillwater/OKC has CCI from a
gospel huxter, even on the YB-400 portable with whip positioned such that it
ordinarily provides unbreakable reception of KOSU. By 1359 I am manipulating the
PL-880 whip to still get enough of the CCI to ID it, and I do: ``KARG,
Poteau-Fort Smith``. It`s only 2.5/2.5 kW at 569/569 m HAAT, an American Family
Radio satellator, 330 km = 205 miles, tnx to the tropopshere. I don`t look for
other FMs but turn on the DTV and find lots of Bad UHF signals, with these Good
enough to show around 1405-1415 UT Sept 19:
21, KHBS, Fort Smith AR,
40-1
22, KOKI, Tulsa OK, 23-1 (with local news after 9 am Saturday,
odd)
28, Ion, 44-1, [i.e. megawatt KTPX-TV Okmulgee OK]
20, KQCW, Muskogee
OK, 19-1
18, KFSM-DT, Fort Smith AR, 5-1
42, KMYT-TV, Tulsa OK, 41-1
27
has a BAD signal, and then NO signal, i.e. OKC KFOR-TV must be totally torn up
by KFTA-TV Fort Smith AR, 600 kW, vs 790 kW KFOR. Even without DX QRM, KFOR`s
signal is no longer solid like it used to be, via my main antenna. What has
changed? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Sept 19
at 0100, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, traces of modulation, autocutoff at
0104:48.5* which is 12.5 seconds later than two nights ago Sept 17, 0104:36*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 620, Sept 18 at 1832
UT, at our exact local mean noon, during a storm here, usual poor but steady
daytime groundwave signal from KMKI Plano (Dallas) TX, no more Radio Disney. Ad
for something in 972 area code, Salem promotion.
Mark Sills in The
Metroplex tells me it came back on today about noon CDT there = 17 UT, after a
few days off to complete the sale to Salem, and that it`s duplicating one of
their FMs, KWRD 100.7 but running about 60 seconds behind it! So now we have an
FM adding an AM relay. KWRD-FM is 96/96 kW, 606/606 m HAAT licensed to Highland
Village, Christian talk format. KMKI is 5/4 kW U2, and per NRC AM log, both IBOC
and AM stereo – will either continue?
FCC`s Consummation filing shows ABC
completed sale of KMKI on Sept 15, but the document does not show to whom!
But
we know it`s Salem. However, the main listing for KMKI (no call change yet) now
shows licensee as one word: INSPIRATION (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Sept 19 at 1202 UT, open carrier/dead air,
looping WSE/ENE. Maybe KXEN St Louis [ex-Festus] MO, religion, or KZTN Amarillo
TX, sports. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1217 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6131 approx., Sept 19 at 0510, some ute is running
RTTY right inside the 49m exclusive ISWBC band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report despatched at 2013 UT September 19