** ARGENTINA. 11710.535 approx., Oct 6 at 0059, RAE into accurate timesignal to
0100:00, Spanish ID; very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
BONAIRE. 800, Oct 6 at 0130 UT, I am again trying to dig XEROK out of this
frequency if it`s still there. KQCV 2.5/1 kW OKC dominates not only day but at
night, presumably still groundwave, with a major lobe right at us from site near
the southwest corner of Oklahoma county, about 72 miles.
But there is
something in Spanish religion under it. Possibly XEROK, tho not its main format.
Trying to null KQCV English religion on the DX-398 doesn`t help, so I compare
signals on the NRD-545 with its two antennas, the ALA-330S oriented east/west,
and the NVL wire oriented north/south: the understation is about the same as you
would expect from a signal at some ~45 degree angle between them. Copy is tough
vs the QRM, but at 0143 I make out an address announced in Spanish: P O Box 380,
Miami, Florida, EEUU. (Close but no cigar to PJB`s own P O Box 388 in
Kralendijk!) Then some songs/hymns.
I`m thinking it could be PJB, if not
XEROK, so I check their program schedule, in AST = EDT = UT =4:
At 0130-0145 UT weekdays is `Cruzada con Luis Palau`, the very widely
syndicated evangelist, but is that his address? No, own website shows postal
contact goes to Guatemala City:
So
I try a new Yahoo search on "P O Box 380, Miami" where, ajá, one of the top hits
is! ---
which
is a 62-page pdf I will never need to read beyond page 2 where that very address
is displayed.
PJB is upgrading from 100 to 450 kW, but with XEROK out of
the way, this could well still be only 100 kW, and easier to identify directly.
WRTH 2015 showed Spanish all evening from 0030 to 0700, and so does its current
program grid; preceded by English and followed by Portuguese. Distance: 4007 km
= 2390 miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA.
5910.05 & 6010.1, Oct 6 at 0115, both HJDHs are on registering S9, but I
can`t rate them better than very poor: with music and Spanish talk respectively
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9315, Oct 6 at 0102, no
signal from R. Cairo. Can`t be sure if it`s really off or MUF way down. Didn`t
get around to checking for the higher three (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 2598-USB, Oct 6 at 0117 UT, YL with
marine weather including wind forecasts in knots; 0119 mentions Strait of Belle
Isle. About S9; nothing on 2749-USB at the moment.
2749-USB, Oct 6 at
0152 UT, tune in to YL English mention of Sable Island (which is off Nova
Scotia, favourite for ham DX-peditions, and used to? have a LW beacon), and
immediately into YL (same?) in good French, not the English-accented version we
hear sometimes on these stations, appellant ``toutes stations`` thrice or so,
probably followed by ID but I can`t copy it; about S8. Best SSB sound by tuning
slightly down to 2748.96; nothing on 2598-USB at the moment.
Following a
previous log of these, former marine radio operator and DXer Jari Savolainin in
Finland replied: ``Re: Canada coastal stations: 2015 Canadian Coast Guard
facilities information of coastal stations (freqs, locations, times etc) for
Canadian Atlantic, St. Lawrence, Lakes and Arctic is at:
73, Jari``
That`s a huge file covering LF, MF and VHF, but giving a
rather different impression of what we`re hearing than from the
Dxinfocentre.
On 2749-J3E kHz, VCS, MCTS Halifax is shown with two
different ``sites`` --- Chebogue and Sambro. This is what it shows for the
broadcast starting at 0140 UT from Chebogue:
``RADIOTELEPHONY: (English
followed by French)
Technical marine forecasts synopsis, forecasts and
wave height forecasts for marine areas 201 to 2014.
U.S. weather
forecasts for Coastal Waters - Eastport to Schoodic Point, Maine and Offshore
Waters - Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line.
Notices to Shipping in areas
Bay of Fundy, South and West Coast Nova Scotia``
Chebogue per Wikipedia:
``a small fishing village located in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia.`` As I
previously traced to Yarmouth area based on G.C.
Sambro: ``a rural
fishing community on the Chebucto Peninsula in the Halifax Regional
Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the head
of Sambro Harbour, the community is immediately west of the entrance to Halifax
Harbour. Sambro is located at the end of Route 306``
Sambro broadcast
follows at 0240, with both at several other times thruout the night and day. You
can find other originators and sites by searching on each frequency.
On
2598-J3E kHz, VOK, MCTS Labrador via site Saint Anthony [Newfoundland] starting
at 0107 UT:
``RADIOTELEPHONY:
Technical marine synopsis, forecasts
and wave height forecasts for marine areas 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226,
227, 228, 229, 230, 235, 237 and 238.
Ice conditions and forecast for the
East Coast of Newfoundland, and the Labrador Coast, south of 54N.
Iceberg
Bulletin - Newfoundland Coast and Strait of Belle Isle``
(Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Time and date of first log of
this were omitted]: 6960-USB, {0046 UT Oct 2}, S9+5 pirate music cuts to spoken
comment about going online to express opinions, cut off and back to music; next
check 0058 another spoken rant fragment, then hard rock; 0102 distorted hard
rock, canned ID ``B-I-D Radio, Burn It Down``, and ``Thanks for listening,
discovering the world, one frequency at a time, good night`` and off just before
0103*. Many other logs here, all from further east, as far as the UK:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, Oct 6 at
0148, immediately upon tune-in, ``B-I-D Radio, Burn It Down``, and music about
S7. Have those who listen more to him found programming from this rather
incendiary name truly anarchic? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Oct 6 at 0124, JBA het from BSKSA Duba
audible against 1520.0 KOKC OKC. Distance 11437 km = 7107 statute miles (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570 &
7490-, i.a., via WRMI & WBCQ, Oct 6 at 0112, Brother Scare almost
synchronized on two stations, at the moment mentioning it`s October 2, and
informing us that Jesus was *not* Jewish, etc. No obvious disruptions in his SW
output due to SC flooding, other than a 3-day-old playback, but that`s not
unusual.
I force myself to listen a bit, as the flooding is obviously
caused by BS`s apocalypticism --- will he take credit as his LD prophecy
fulfilled, and/or blame sinful Americans for bringing it on? I don`t know the
topo situation of his Walterboro compound, and website doesn`t say anything
about current flooding. If anyone does hear him say something definite about
this, please inform us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
11580, UT Tue Oct 6 at 0057, WRMI 11580 is diminished to nothing but a JBA
carrier, remaining so at several chex during the following hour; at 0151, I can
JB tell someone is talking, at S2. I am checking out a new entry on the WRMI
program grid, `Steve Weeks` at 01-02 UT Tuesday only, to discover for myself
rather than asking Jeff White who or what that is. But now I do have to ask
Jeff; seems like 11580 programming needs to be MUF`d downward by B-15 if not
sooner.
Pending a reply from Jeff, maybe it`s this guy from a Google
search:
``A
truly original voice on the Kindie music scene, Steve Weeks performs with both a
boisterous sense of humor and a deep sense of purpose. "We’re supposed to be
entertaining and educating kids," the Colorado-based singer-songwriter enthuses.
"I am sincere about the music I write. If it’s not coming from the heart or
isn’t fun, I won’t write it."`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 6220-, Oct 6 at 0157, ranchera music about S5 from WMDB
880 Nashville via WNQM 1300, via difference mixing product 1300 kHz below WWCR
7520 at same site, 1300 WWCR Avenue. 7520 is not blasting as usual, only about
S8, so quite pleased that 6220 is still audible --- until both cut off at
0158:35* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1430, Oct
6 at 0125 UT, oldtime radio sitcom I don`t recognize, also later in the hour,
dominating frequency with QRM. Suspect it`s KZQZ St Louis, but no program
schedule on their website. Same time on 1190 I am getting unreasonably strong
kountry? music, suspected Insane sibling station KQQZ, both of which have been
suspected of cheating after sunset.
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0436 UT
October 6
