** BRAZIL. 4875.10, Oct 12 at 0235, Brazuguese talk at S7, the SBOB, certainly
R. Roraima, Boa Vista, Rondônia on its fingerprint off-frequency. Wolfgang
Büschel, also logged this direct from Germany a sesquihour later tho WRTH-listed
sign-off is 0300: ``4875.102 BRA Rádio Dif Roraima Boa Vista, RR, 0402 UT
threshold level`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA.
5910 & 6010, Oct 12 at 0243, neither HJDH is detectable, presumed off.
However, Wolfgang Büschel reports one of them even later Oct 12: ``6010.062 CLM
La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta, tiny S=5 signal, weak
orchestra music at 0442 UT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CUBA. 5025, Oct 12 at 0520, R. Rebelde, rough modulation to go with rapidly
wavering carrier; meanwhile 5040 RHC has no such problem. Still that way at 1259
check with R.R. ID.
Wolfgang Büschel also noted this in Germany Oct 12:
``5025.0 CUB Radio Rebelde, Bauta, S=9+20dB, "Los Locos" singer, but hit heavily
by ute high speed two tone CW signals on 5021.900 and 5022.100 kHz on lower
sideband. Rebelde had 20 kHz wide broadband signal, 0415 UT talk on
Guantanameros local people, orchestra and pueblo local, esa provincia,
'Cartandilla Group'. Rough audio quality, but RHC 5040 next door was much better
quality, S=9+30dB`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
15370, Oct 12 at 1325, no signal from RHC, unlike 15730 and much weaker // 15230
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. 2863-USB, Oct 12 at
1233 UT, VOLMET with American accent, barely audible. No doubt it`s Honolulu as
scheduled per EiBi at :25 and :55 past the hours, shared only with Tokyo at :40
and :10; 24 hours. 2850-AM Korea North also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND NORTHERN [non]. 9330.2-CUSB, re my previous
log of R. Northern Ireland: correxion to the name of operator, Jordan, not
Brandon --- I know how I got that mixed up. Change to:
It`s only 2346
but Jordan seems to be signing off, ``looking forward to next week at 2100 on
this frequency``. . . (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO
[and non]. 1570, UT Monday Oct 12 at 0305, XERF with `La Hora Nacional` ---
weekly federal government show mandatory(?) for all stations to carry. I am
seldom monitoring at this hour, so take the opportunity to chase `LHN` across
the dial.
As to be expected, XERF is best, but still can`t eliminate the
QRM from US stations, notably the one in Missouri, 3 kW KBCV Bott gospel-huxter,
Hollister (Springfield). Considering the gobs of Mexican MW stations I do DX,
it`s rather strange that so few can be heard now, and not even La Poderosa
enough to be QRM-free.
1050, XEG Monterrey NL should be #2, but it too
suffers from a lot of QRM. At 0313 it does seem to be in LHN, while taking phone
calls from fans, but far from synchronized with XERF. At 0307 some US station in
English is atop XEG with fight-the-IRS ad.
990, XET Monterrey, sometimes
heard well, must really be direxional south tonight, ceding to CBW. Other major
stations are useless: 1220 XEB, 1140 XEMR, 940 XEQ, 900 XEW, 800 XEROK (kaput?),
730 XEX; 540 XEWA maybe has it, but again not synch with XERF. Also try 690,
620, 580 with nothing listenable.
6185, Oct 12 at 0318, XEPPM, Mexico`s
only remaining SW station, must surely be carrying `La Hora Nacional` --- but
NOT, totally different music playing than on 1570!
I`m about to conclude
`LHN` is not really mandatory; and instead of all stations in nation linking up
to a single feed, each has its own download to play back out of synch, if at all
--- maybe not even same episode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, Oct 12 at 0325, rock music at S9;
0326 segué; 0331 pause and ID as ``Accelerate`` --- this was clearly enunciated,
rather than ``XLR-8``, more music. It was not on at my previous bandscan about
an hour earlier; there must have been a break, since first logs of it started at
0001, and the last one at 0312, per
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 780, Oct 12 at 0306 UT,
daytimer KSPI Stillwater is still burning dead-air carrier, with CO and IL
audible underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND.
7119.98 approx, Oct 12 at 0332, fair carrier but no modulation from R. Hargeisa,
just after sign-on --- but wait, turning up the volume, there is JBM Qur`an
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1794
monitoring: confirmed Sunday October 11 at 2300 on WRMI 11580, sufficient. Also
confirmed UT Monday October 12 from 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB; also
confirmed UT Monday October 12 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, sufficient. Next:
Tue
1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9975.105
approx., UT Monday Oct 12 at 0253, JBA carrier. At first-tune, assumed KVOH was
off, lacking normal level signal. Then detected this JBA carrier, which could be
co-religionists via Uzbekistan? No, that transmission on 9975.0 was canceled
months ago, while 9975.1 is a known KVOH off-frequency, but why so weak?
Propagation at this hour, especially from the west, should still be OK. Must be
reduced power, maybe exciter only? BTW, current Aoki alleges that WORLD OF RADIO
is on KVOH, UT Sunday at 0230 --- news to me, and presumably to KVOH as well,
tho it would certainly be a worthwhile addition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 660, Oct 12 at 0304 UT, Navajo drumming and chanting,
dead giveaway that it`s KTNN, Window Rock AZ/NM; they habitually mix that in
with English music and programming. QRM but separable from talker in English,
presumably KSKY The Metroplex. Always enjoy hearing KTNN, and haven`t lately
here. When I do at full night, I must suspect it`s out of whack, not protecting
WFAN NYC/NJ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 770, Oct 12
at 1313 UT, in accordance with my recent remark, I`m standing by for KKOB
Albuquerque to pop on to 50 kW ND pattern at official October sunrise --- but
nothing happens at 1315 UT; KAAM The Metroplex from right angle continues with
weak signal, Jack Davis Show at 1316 UT; and with 2.2 Hz SAH before and after
1315, which could be from KKOB. Maybe KKOB will be making it later in October
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1090, Oct 12 at 0308
UT, gospel music in English at steady S9+20, looping E/W. 0310 ID as AM-1090,
KAAY and advertising for new sales rep, current one gushing over what a great
job it is for her. This dominant bigsig is not what we normally get nor are
supposed to get from 50/50 kW KAAY Little Rock AR on night pattern. They have an
STA for 5/5 kW non-direxional, but surely sounds like more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, Oct 12 at 1245 UT, KLEY Wellington KS
instead of dead air is modulating with distortion, making it hard to understand,
both during a remote about sports and then a commercial for Radioworks Joblink
in Kansas; carrier sounds OK with BFO. Is anyone at station listening to off-air
monitor? Is anyone at station? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
U S A. 1600, Oct 12 at 1251 UT, as I am trying to listen to the KUSHing OK local
morning show, still too much skywave from Vietnamese KRVA TX, and also a singing
ID in English for ``103.9`` --- Looking thru the 58 entries on 1600 in the NRC
AM Log 2015-2016, I do find one with an FM on 103.9! --- KRFS Superior NE,
500/44 watts and also 500 W PSRA, // Country 104, not a translator. Likely, but
can`t be positive it`s the only 1600/103.9 duo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1630, Oct 12 at 0228 UT tune-in, immediate partial ID
in Spanish for ``94.7 FM y 1630 AM``, ergo KRND Fox Farm WY, i.e. Granja del
Zorro. 94.7 is really a negligible translator, tail wagging the fox. No problem
from KKGM TX or KCJJ IA at the moment. AAMOF, no problem from WRDW GA either,
the only other 1630 in the USA, I`ve yet to hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. MSNBC, Oct 11 at 1851 UT, on `Meet the Press` playback,
Chuck Todd continues to LIE: ``back in just 45 seconds, we promise, with our End
Game segment`` --- which came back in TWO MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS!!! Same thing
happened last week, and every week. Why in the world does he go out of his way
to make false promises; as most commercial breaks are not overtly timed? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 774, Oct 12 at 1225 UT,
JBA carrier loops W/E, not NW/SE. It`s the first frequency I check for TP DX
when I awaken before sunrise, and often get trace of NHK, but today it must be
Australia, 3LO Melbourne, and the only other one I can find is on 702, also from
west, i.e. 2BL Sydney, both only 50 kW for ABC Local Radio. Nothing audible in
the 1500s, such as 1548 Emerald. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1236 UT, latening by 6 or
7 minutes per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
990, Oct 12 at 1240 UT, song in Spanish, 1242 UT interjects one word,
``Lozana``, or something similar before another song. I was expecting
``Rockola`` from XECL Mexicali as also logged recently and this too loops
roughly east/west. Could have been artist/music name rather than station name.
Nothing in the three XE references. Could be a US station: there are
several SS listed, the most likely at this time and direxion being KTKT Tucson,
except it`s ESPN Deportes. WSGO New Orleans keeps coming up in searches but it`s
talk in English. There is also a small town at the southern tip of TX called
Lozano (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5010.925
approx., Oct 12 at 0238, JBA carrier, suspect MADAGASCAR which is known to vary
around here. The Cubans are not off-frequency from 5040 and 5025, so if they
produced a leapfrog it would be close to 5010.0. (However, if 5025 and 5040 are
really at different sites now, as in Aoki, Quivicán and Bauta, respectively,
there could be no such transmitted mixture anyway.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re my continuing complaints about the
omnipresent RTTY (?) around 6131.5, Wolfgang Büschel also reports this circa
0455 UT Oct 12: ``6135.0 ASC BBC French service, hit heavily by high speed CW
signal around 6132 kHz, some annoying peaks visible on 6129.5, 6130.55, 6131.4,
6132.0, 6135.220 kHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report despatched at 1706 UT October 12
