** ASCENSION. 6005, Nov 11 at 0519, BBCWS `Newsday` with noticeable hum on this
frequency only --- I`ve heard it before on various other channels, presumably
defect of only one of their six transmitters? I`m also hearing BBC on 5875,
7445, so I compare them on two receivers ---- no synchrony despite all from
Ascension: 5875 is about 1 second behind 6005; 7445 is ahead of 5875 and behind
6005. IOW, first 6005, second 7445, third 5875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5010.065 approx., Nov 11 at 0515, ID for La Voz de
tu Conciencia immediately followed by Alcaraván Radio, 1530. One is a subsidiary
of the other? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Nov
11 at 0512, RHC in English this hour as well as 06-07; at least tonight as
schedules conflict about whether 5040 is in Spanish or English at 05-06 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9535 & 9710, Nov 10 at
0632, RHC Spanish is still on past normal sign-off, both undermodulated; asleep
at the switch? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL
GUINEA. 5005.00, Nov 11 at 0511, JBA carrier, suspecting, RNGE, Bata (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11880, Nov 10 at 1450, fair
signal in Russian, but undermodulated. HFCC reveals it`s VIRI, 500 kW, 320
degrees from Sirjan, carrying on to here, at 1420-1520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Nov 11 at 0451 UT, KGYN Guymon is
again dominant, so back on day pattern, ``From the 90`s till now, Today`s
Country, 1210, KGYN`` and ``Today`s Country for Elkhart, 1210 KGYN``. That means
nearby Elkhart KS, but tonight including Elkhart IN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SLOVAKIA [non]. 9955, Nov 11 at 0530, WRMI with
Radio Eslovaquia Internacional, VP at S3. Sked now shows 4 daily (or almost) REI
Spanish relays, at 0330, 0530, 1130, 1330, but NO English, leaving that and
Slovak for other frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A [non]. 6080, Nov 10 at 0630, VOA still good signal but some of that dratted
Cuban pulse jamming also audible; Greenville instead of Pinheira, with
`International Edition` news magazine. But I must wonder if it`s up-to-date, as
BBG Watch critix have charged some of these are reruns.
6080, Nov 11 at
0630, now VOA is very poor, if that`s what I am hearing, weaker than 6005 BBC
Ascension, so apparently handed this transmission back to SAO TOME. Closer US
signals, however, from TN are quite degraded, on 4-5-6 MHz, while Anguilla and
Cuba remain VG (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1799, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1798 monitoring: Confirmed Wed
Nov 11 after 1415 on WRMI 9955. Also confirmed Wed Nov 11 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490
--- now with a low audible het, from BBC Thailand, with WBCQ slightly
off-frequency.
WORLD OF RADIO 1799, ready for first SW broadcasts on Thu
Nov 12:
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 to NW
Fri
0200 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW [please confirm; unheard last week]
Fri 2130
WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB to
SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun
0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon
0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955
to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Nov 11 at 0512, WTWW-3 with Ted delivering a
commercial for C Crane, 1-800-522-5863, about a radio with a ``cadimum``
battery, back to Art Bell`s `Midnight [sic] in the Desert` where it`s 9+ pm in
Nevada. Original affiliation info from M[sic]ITD indicated breaks for local
commercials are just before tops and bottoms of hours. I would assume C Crane is
a national advertiser on M[sic]ITD, so Ted must be overriding one of those so he
can mention WTWW, for a kickback? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 780-USB, Nov 11 at 0453 UT, country music, but on
780-LSB, no country music, just WBBM without QRM, unlike on the hi side.
Therefore KCEG Fountain CO is another station with suppressed LSB (but full
carrier, presumably), like KHAC 880 NM. 0459-0500 UT going from bluegrass to
country tune, pause but no ID at all. Does anyone know of others? Guess we
always need to switch LSB/USB with any new catch. Yes, I made sure the passband
tuning on the NRD-545 was neutral, and L/U`d it several times to be certain
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1799, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
1380, Nov 11 at 0500 UT, USA ``news``, ``Good Gospel music on WKJV Asheville and
WKJW Black Mountain [1010],``, local weather, 0501 UT into gospel huxter from
Idaho. Quite a surprise, as I was just experimenting with trying to pull
anything past my strongest local, 1390 KCRC and here`s something in NC, 859
miles away and beyond four other 1380s in between; LSB helped as well as the
east-west Wellbrook. Only later did I see other reports of this, such as in
NRC-AM list:
``At 2200 CST on Tuesday night 11/10, I am hearing WKJV
Asheville NC dominating a very crowded 1380 kHz. This station has a day power of
25 kw ND and a night power of 1 kw and its night pattern throws its signal away
from my QTH in Madison WI. This is a new station for me. Currently the station
is carrying "The Gospel Hour" with Dr. Oliver B. Green. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison
WI``
Yes, night pattern is supposed to throw southeast. I assume all
broadcasters on WKJV must suppress/forsake all other versions of the Bible; but
I doubt King James would recognize the American gospel music of today (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1380, Nov 11 just before 0502
UT as I have just IDed WKJV in Asheville NC, I catch another ID (nothing but)
underneath, WLRM --- that`s in Millington TN, 2500/1000 watts U4 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1570, Nov 11 at 0503 UT, I`m DXing now
because a few hours ago northerners were reporting ``auroral conditions`` but
not very now, not here. On the E-W antenna I am hearing CBS News in English
instead of XERF, seems cutaway already at 0504 UT, and ``country music`` on
WTI#. Uplooked later, the closest fuzzy call to this is WYTI, Rocky Mount VA,
2500/220 watts U1, format C&W; but not CBS per NRC AM Log --- that may well
have been a different station. Geo area fits as I just got NC and TN on
1380.
I do a quick eyeball scan of the Log`s 1570 listings, and believe
it or not, of the 60 stations, find only one C for CBS, WPTW, Piqua OH, 250/250
watts U1. But news net affiliations are too subject to outdating, and it`s easy
to miss a hit with the eyeballs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1220, Nov 11 at 1353 UT, ad for something on ``Hiway 95 in
Athens``, soon fade-out, long past sunrise here. This should be easy to
pinpoint, but not: first of all, there are no 1220s axually in any community of
license called Athens. The Wikipedia entry for Athens (Greece) has a handy list
of ``Other locations named after Athens`` in the USA, some being townships,
including AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, KS, MI, MN, MS, OH, TX, WI (skipping some
too far east or west). I`ve looked up most of those on atlas maps and so far
haven`t found any hwy 95, US or state, in their vicinities. Ideas? Perhaps I
will keep searching more minutely. No idea of the direxion on this one (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4590, Nov 11 at 0509, I am
deliberately looking for another WWCR minus WNQM spur now that the WWCR-4
transmitter is on 5890 instead of 7520 after 0300. I do detect a JBA carrier,
but beneath a heavy ute blob and some CODAR. No way to ID anything unless that
abates. 1300 kHz up, the fundamental 5890 is suffering from a dropping MUF, only
poor at S8 with BS. 5890 is currently on air 03-13 UT Tue-Fri, 03-12 UT Sat,
05-12 UT Sun, 04-13 UT Mon --- mostly BS but some other g.h.`s before him in
evenings. The WNQM relay of WMDB 880, La Ranchera, may not run all night, but
you can`t tell from the WNQM website. Other #4 frequency is 9980 in the daytime,
so look for parasite on 8680 when it is on, and maybe 11280 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 18000-SSB, Nov 10 at 1455, weak
2-way, perhaps Spanish, demodulated by the FRG-7 MHz birdie; could be
aeronautical, what this band is for (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0550 UT November 12
