** CHINA. 9230, Nov 14 at 1355, Chinese, poor, no doubt CNR1 jammer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9850, Nov 14 at 1348, RHC
modulation is breaking up, like it does on 15370, next frequency from same
transmitter. Item about an Esperanto confab in Habana, 18-22 Nov, 120+ expected
to attend from Cuba and abroad; clip of RHC`s own Esperanto service, which is
not something many SW stations can claim.
9820, Nov 14 at 1350, no signal
from RHC here, but tuning on down, at 1353, there it is on 9535! That`s supposed
to be an evening frequency. I bet it`s the same transmitter but they failed to
change it to morning frequency. 9550 is not on now either, but presumably will
be on at 14-15, contrary to announcements. Remember, the final B-15 changes are
supposed to start Nov 15-16, e.g. 9710 replaced by 6075 evenings (Glenn Hauser,,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15435, Sat Nov 14 at 2212,
Strine-accented general talk about the ABC, Ustralia, NT service, etc. Can`t be
R. Australia, nothing audible on 15415, or 17840. Sounds like something on
`Wavescan` from the HFCC Conference in Brisbane; only poor signal and weakening.
2225 I can still detect Jeff White with item about QSLing Radio Mi Amigo, so it
is `Wavescan`; 2229 AWR theme and ID mentioning 15435. I was not aware of this
airing of WS, but now it`s in the DX/SWL/Media Programs roster. What does HFCC
B-15 say? KSDA Guam at 2200-2230, in English on days 1/3/5, Sun[danese] on days
2/4/6/7. Well, that`s either incorrect, or they`ve shifted the days from correct
UT days to match UT times, i.e. calling this ``day 1`` = Sunday, which it is in
the target area, but if you are giving times in UT, SO MUST THE DAYS BE.
I start searching the AWR website hoping for a complete and updated WS
schedule. It seems that AWR thinks the title of the program is ``DX Wavescan``,
not just Wavescan. Someone please tell Jeff and Adrian!
From
smtwtfs choices, the first s for Sunday is highlighted on all these as I view it
on UT Saturday, labeled as AWR English / English India, and no sites
given:
1030-1100 UT 17730
1530-1600 UT 15670
1600-1630 UT
15530
1600-1630 UT 11995
2200-2230 UT 15435
2330-0000 UT
15320
There has also been confusion whether the 2330 broadcast on 15320
is really UT Sat or UT Sun as it used to be. I can`t hear anything but a JBA
carrier at 2332, but Wolfgang Büschel confirms it remotely as WS on UT Saturday,
as well as the 2200 broadcast. The least they could do would be to put the 2200
and 2330 broadcasts first on the list, since they occur before the others, which
are undisputedly on Sundays, UT and locally.
But what about all the other
WS times on WRMI, WWCR, KVOH? I`ve suggested to Jeff White that it would be very
helpful if he could provide a comprehensive WS schedule by day and time order on
all stations, and keep it updated (most likely to change being WRMI itself)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 9400, Nov 14
at 1354, Kurdish music with no CCI, so I wonder if FEBC has been driven off? Its
other Chinese service is still audible altho not strongly, on 9430 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7395 has some
music on it, Nov 14 around 2335, so seems The Mighty KBC hasn`t changed
frequency via GERMANY yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OKLAHOMA. 1120, Nov 14 at 1951 UT, for the record, yes, KETU/KEOR
Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is still going, nothing but regional Mexican music
tocadiscos (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1560, Nov
14 at 1936 UT, in a daytime MW down-bandscan, find no signal from KEBC Del City,
1000 watts, which is normally audible here. Checked both on the NRD-545 and
caradio parked. Was NBC Sports, which means I pay no attention to it anyway, and
can`t recall whether it was on or not when I was within OKC a bi-day ago. NRC AM
Log gives slogan as ``The Franchise 2``, which I`ve never heard either. For
comparison, the next 1 kW station down the dial, 1490 KMFS Guthrie is audible as
usual, altho it is closer; and 1520 KOKC sounds like less than 12.5 kW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9690, Saturday Nov 14 at 1944,
no signal from REE North American service, which ought to be propagating by now;
others are audible, 11530 a JBA carrier; 15390 very poor and 15500 merely poor.
At 2216 recheck, 9690 is definitely AWOL, while 11530 is VP, 15390 & 15500
are good. No, not heard on ex-17855 either, which is still registered in B-15
HFCC as imaginary/alternative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
TURKEY. 12035, Nov 14 at 1359, VOT English with `Question of the Month`:
something about boxers; poor-fair, and on to music fill, still at 1411, as this
is an off-week for `Letterbox` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6080, Nov 14 at 0645, ``VOA One, the hits`` says the DJ, and
on with rock music instead of news; good signal, still Greenville, not Pinheira.
I guess this continues to start at 0630, tho the São Tomé transmission was
scheduled from 0500 when I have not been looking for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Nov 14 at 0650, WTWW-2, `Midnight [sic]
in the Desert` as Art Bell is replying to a caller who wonders why Art refers to
``25 time zones`` --- aren`t there only 24? Art explains there is a half-hour
zone somewhere, as an addition. Well, Art, there are several half-hour zones,
adding up to a lot more than 25 total. More slipshod/inaccurate info from this
source, besides not knowing what ``midnight`` means (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am supposed to be a winner on WCLV`s
`Weekend Radio` this week, having submitted a funny faux-pas from an Enid
periodical, e.g. 03-04 UT on WCLV Cleveland webcast, 04-05 UT on KUCO Edmond OK
webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
0311 UT November 15
