** AUSTRALIA. 11387-USB, Oct 4 at 1302, a few words of VOLMET in English by YL
voice, then stops, lost to Spanish 2-way on or near frequency. EiBi shows the
timeshare on this frequency starts on the hour and half hour with Australia,
switching every 5 minutes in order to: Kolkata, Bangkok, Karachi, Singapore,
Mumbai. Australia, Kolkata and Mumbai run 24 hours, while the others are more or
less local daytime only. Australia site is ``n`` = Ningi, Queensland,
27S04'00"-153E03'20". But it lasted only 2 minutes? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15730, Oct 4 at 1408, RHC about Huracán
Joaquín position relative to Bermuda, noticeably undermodulated compared to
15370. Wiggle that patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
MEXICO. 770, Oct 4 at 1200, Fórmula Noticias opening morning news on 85 stations
across the country, members of its first network, originating at 103.3 and 970
in the DF; also plugs its presence in the USA. This is XEACH, Monterrey NL, 25/1
kW, separable from weaker KKOB or KKOB, NM with CBS News (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 870, Oct 4 at 1204, 10 kW daytimer XETAR,
Guachochi, Chihuahua, signing on by YL in native language, then Spanish by same
YL; then another(?) native language by OM. In all cases, they must still
pronounce sponsoring agency full names in Spanish: CDI [Comisión Nacional para
el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas], SRCI [Sistema de Radiodifusoras
Culturales Indigenistas]. Location given as Colonia El Santo in Guachochi. BTW,
a few years ago the normal spelling of the town had a -c at the end (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 970, Oct 4 at 1219, ranchera
music loops WSW; 1220 ID with FM and AM frequencies uncopied, 6:20 TC; 1225,
``tu estación --- ranchera``, another incomplete ID, and a long string of
federal PSAs including Conociendo a México; Cámara de Diputados y Diputadas [!
At last], Servicio del Emprendedor [enterprise, entrepreneur], 1227 ID for ``970
y 96.1 FM``, automated 6:27 TC, 1228 back to music. It`s XESW, Ciudad Madera,
Chihuahua, greatly benefiting by departure from the 970 dial of XEJ Juárez. See
my previous log of March 27 making this AM/FM match lacking in the big 3
references, and much more about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 990, Oct 4 at 1229, Mexican music loops E/W, brief
Spanish announcement ``Somos ---``, and English folk music, ``Hey Ladi-Ladi-,
Hey Ladi-Ladi Oh`` [sp?], 1234 ID mentions ``música Rockola``, which is the
known name of XECL Mexicali BC, more folk music in English. WRTH, IRCA and Cantú
strangely list it at 1.4 kW day, 3 kW night. NRC Pattern Book shows it`s all ND,
but slightly larger day than night contour. By this time, no XET Monterrey to
compete, altho something Spanish on 1050 is audible, maybe XED instead of XEG
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 640 KWPN, 930 WKY,
98.1 WWLS, Oct 4 at 1205 UT all carrying `Sunday Morning Magazine` pubaffs chat
in English. 640 and 98.1 are almost synchro, 98.1 running one word behind 640;
but 930 is way ahead and already back to Spanish at 1217 while the others
continue in English. This week, 96.9 KQOB is *not* running same show, but
instead a Cal-Max infomercial at 1205. The sibling stations on 98.9 and 100.5
are still not carrying `SMM` either (they could run it at other times?) (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1793
monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday Oct 4 at 0325 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Missouri,
about 3 minutes into program. Next:
Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE
Mon 0300v
WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW [or 5109.7-CUSB]
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue
1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v
to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4790-,
Oct 4 at 1245, JBA carrier vs CODAR. As I noted before, new BBC Uzbek relay via
Tajikistan is here at 1300-1330 only, likely sucking in ChiCom jamming: so is
one of those carriers already on? Or could it really be reactivated RRI Fak2,
Indonesia? Atsunori Ishida has nothing new on it, last logged in March
2013:
But
currently cryptically warns in red, ``During December 2015 from August 2015, a
part of the frequency below 7 MHz will not be monitored``. This one is slightly
on the lo side. I have been hoping to recognize some BBCWS theme music around
1300, and there are only traces of modulation by then, maybe some music as early
as 1254. 4750 RRI Makassar also in, as now usual with much stronger signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1634 UT
October 4
