** ASCENSION. 6005, Nov 19 at 0538 check, BBCWS in English again with that
hum on the carrier. Suspect it`s always there as heard Nov 11 at 0519. Which
frequencies does same unit employ at other dayparts?
I also noted in
earlier report that 6005 and two other Ascension frequencies were not
synchronized, to which Chris Greenway of BBCM replies:
``Hi Glenn, Ref.
your note in the latest DXLD about the transmitters at Ascension not having
their audio in sync. This is deliberate! It's to smooth out power consumption -
i.e. avoiding a surge when there's an audio peak. The technique caused a problem
a while back when a DXLDer spotted that two ASC transmitters on the same
frequency (but different beams) had audio out of sync. I pointed this out to the
relevant colleagues and it was fixed. Obviously, the technique should only be
used when the transmitters in question are on different frequencies. The
technique was introduced when Ascension went over to wind-generated
electricity`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9605, Nov
19 at 1438, VG signal in Chinese, i.e., CNR1 jammer against IBB via Philippines
this hour only; // 9530 for same reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Nov 19 at 0420, R. Rebelde modulation is cutting
out and carrier unstable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
11880, Nov 18 at 2055, as semi-napping, I land on a quiet OC, until 2058 when
RHC English suddenly cuts on. The sloppyrators at RadioCuba have turned the feed
on early, supposed to be on 11670 only, before this starts French at 2100, and
whose own 11880 English will not restart for another hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GOA. 11560, Nov 19 at 1430, SW Asian talk, poor with
hum and squeals. Wolfgang Büschel says the AIR Panaji, Pashto/Dari service at
1300-1530 and 0200-0345 has moved here from 11740. Goa transmitter often has
defects; the squeal might have been spur from 11550 WEWN, but heard nothing like
it on the lower side with BFO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
KOREA NORTH [non]. 7400, Nov 19 at 1305, Shiokaze, Yamata, Japan, with typical
sounders and comments in presumed Thursday English; no CCI from China as Ron
Howard points out that CRI has left this hour, but plenty of ACI here from 7405
Radio Martí, making listening to Sea Breeze difficult (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, Nov 19 at 0707 UT, noise de open FM STL
from the SW, presumably the usual XEDT Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, but stops at 0708*
uncovering a weaker station in Spanish CCW, probably XEOK NL (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 930, Nov 19, various checks between
0525 UT and 0705 UT fail to detect any signal from WKY OKC. Did their tower fall
down, or what? No new news about it at radio-insight.com nor any outage
mentioned at own http://www.laindomable.com/ Perhaps
close-in, no one notices. This allowed me to DX several other 930s which normal
big night signal from WKY blox, filed under U S A and UNIDENTIFIED.
Before our sunrise at 1313 UT Nov 19, at 1250 UT, I`m checking 930
again, and at 1251 UT do detect an ``Indomable`` ID, but it is *very* weak –
surely less than 100 watts, and/or maybe a longwire substitute? Also ID at 1320
UT but still unable to overcome skywave CCI; at 1315 there was C&W music
from NW, probably Colorado. I had also detected WKY at midday yesterday, so
maybe it was still on 24 hours tho not recoverable at night. However, next check
Nov 19 at 1917 UT, WKY 930 is back to normal, stronger than 890 KTLR and 1000
KTOK, so my fun is probably over. See also UNIDENTIFIED 930, another Spanish
station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non].
5050, Nov 19 at 0421, WWRB is on here with Brother Scare instead of 3185 which
is off; next check at 0515, switch has been made from 5050 to 3185. So now at
0500? Don`t depend on it.
5109.7-CUSB, Nov 19 at 0422, Brother Scare is
on this WBCQ, but not // 5050 WWRB, while something else is on 7490. Indeed, TOM
is scheduled on the 58-meter band outlet only on UT Thursdays at 02-04, but now
he`s running past then. This was to compensate for BS being bumped off 7490 for
Hal Turner Wednesday nights, UT Thu 02-04, and `Financial Survival` repeat runs
every night 04-05 UT Tue-Sat on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 5985, Nov 19 at 0423, Chinese instead of NHK in
Spanish, fair signal from WRMI. Must be a mixup. RTI Spanish relay was supposed
to have changed from 7730 to 5985 as of November 17, but at same time as before
= 03-04:
``Nuevo esquema de R. Taiwán Internacional
Publicado el 15
noviembre 2015 17:54 por EA4-0003
Con la incorporación de la nueva frecuencia
para Centroamérica de 5985 kHz, el esquema de emisiones en español será así a
partir del martes 17 de noviembre de 2015: 0200–0300 11920 kHz S-AME, 0300–0400
5985 kHz C-AME (Antônio Avelino, Brasil) … Sigue leyendo
(Pedro
Sedano, AER, Nov 15, noticiasdx yg via DXLD)``
All I heard briefly was in
Chinese but maybe it was the Spanish service an hour later with a Chinese
segment? Anyhow, that leaves 7730 now scheduled zero hours per week. The
original 5985 service had been at 04-05 only, first half hour Radio Japón,
second half hour variety of DX and other programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6080, Nov 19 at 0654, VOA discussing some
female country artists topping charts, good signal but then fades a bit; vs
Cuban pulse jamming stray. Suspect it`s still Greenville substituting for São
Tomé (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO
1800 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday November 19 at 1230 on
WRMI 9955, good with no jamming. Also confirmed Thu Nov 19 at 2100 on WRMI 7570,
good too. Next:
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
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. 9955, Thu Nov 19 at 1225, tuning in WRMI early before WORLD OF RADIO, the
Spanish DX program `Frecuencia al Día` has José Miguel Romero2 voicing his
Valencia-DX report as the final item (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 750, Nov 19 at 1258 UT, ``Univisión América 750 AM, una
estación euforia[?]``, i.e. KAMA El Paso TX. Also in nightmiddle sometimes QRMs
WSB when it should not, but situation not as bad as it was earlier this year
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 770, Nov 19 at 1352 UT
now on 50 kW ND day pattern, KKOB says it`s 32 degrees in Albuquerque and plugs
``talk partner 1050 KTBL`` which is a mere 1/1 kW, sufficient for overflow
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 780-USB plus carrier,
Nov 19 at 0712 UT, ``780 AM, Fountain, Colorado, home of the legends``, and yes,
nothing on the LSB but WBBM; so why don`t they ID as ``780 USB ---``? NRC AM Log
shows address of KCEG is in Denver, while Fountain is beyond Colorado Springs.
Replying to my earlier query about other SSB stations is Dave Valko:
``Doing another review and found that 880 WPIP [1800 W D1, Winston-Salem NC] is
AM with LSB ONLY (no USB component), just like 870 WPWT [10000 W D1, Colonial
Heights TN]. Interesting`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. 870, Nov 19 at 1323 UT, ``Univisión América 870 AM, una estación
euforia[?]``, same slogan as heard earlier on 750 KAMA. Some other word than
euforia, but what? Maybe not: Random House Spanish Dixionary translation is not
``euphoria`` but: ``resistance to disease; buoyancy; well-being``, certainly
positive attributes, and a bit more specific than ``más buena``!
Anyhow,
the only 870 Ua station is: KLSQ Whitney (Las Vegas) NV, 5000/430 watts U2.
Night pattern goes northwest only, so surely on day pattern and probably power,
well before sunrise which in Nov is officially 1415 UT (Dec & Jan: 1445 UT).
I was checking whether XETAR Chihuahua would still be audible this late, as
during standard time it doesn`t open until 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Nov 19 at 0525 UT, `Jim Bohannon` live
feed // 690 KGGF, best on N/S antenna, in the (almost?) absence of WKY OKC. In
fact I`m getting a reverb, so two JimBo stations. This single page
now
displays all affiliates at once, facilitating searching by frequency rather than
having to click on each state. Besides too-far outlets in MD and OH, we find
these on 930, with local times here converted to UT:
WTAD Quincy IL
04-07
WKCT Bowling Green KY 03-06
KSDN Aberdeen SD 03-06
KROE Sheridan
WY 04-06
Very likely I am getting WTAD and KSDN, also logged on 930
before and soon KSDN again for sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Nov 19 at 0705 UT, break after some network news
with ad for Aberdeen Civic Arena, weather, and ``Newstalk 930, KSDN, Aberdeen``
South Dakota. This would also be one of the stations with Bohannon over an hour
ago. If WKY OKC were on at normal power, I would not be able to hear this from
the opposite direxion. Once again I suspect another station is out of whack:
KSDN 1 kW night pattern is supposed to throw northeast, and we are south. 5 kW
day pattern has major lobe NW, minor lobe SE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Nov 19 at 0526 UT, classic rock roughly east-west,
vs JimBo on the N/S antenna. 0557 UT a John Denver song; 0600 UT ID for WGAD
Rainbow City, and 103.9 FM W2####. That`s on the newly acquired ICR-75 with
ALA-330 antenna. This is facilitated by the lack of any audible signal from WKY
OKC, but which may be on but at very puny power; see OKLAHOMA.
An hour
later I`ve switched to the DX-398 with internal ferrite only: 0658 UT Nov 19,
country song runs over 0700 UT; finally 0702 UT, clear ID for ``WGAD, Rainbow
City-Gadsden and W280ER, 103.9`` and jingle as ``The greatest hits of all time,
WGAD``, then disco tune. Imagine that: top billing to the AM, not FM translator.
FCC shows W280ER is licensed to Anniston, but with a CP for Gadsden --- another
one of those move-in deals for AMs desperate to get on FM. Before and after, the
translator is separately owned/licenceed.
Per NRC Pattern Book, 500-watt
night pattern is supposed to go south with essentially no signal to the west! 5
kW day is non-direxional.
NRC AM Log doesn`t mention Gadsden AL, just
CoL Rainbow City, with address in Oxford, format AC. Station obviously
identifies with larger city Gadsden of which Rainbow City is a suburb, on I-59
in northeast AL, while Oxford is quite some distance to the south on I-20, near
Anniston. WGAD is probably also one of my unIDs from yesterday, rather than KCCC
NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1580, Nov 19 at 1347
UT, nulling KOKB OK, I get something from the NW/SE, mentioning ``northeast
Colorado/southwest Nebraska``, so that`s KAMI Cozad NE, 1 kW ND; making 3.5 Hz
SAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Nov 19 at
1252 UT, just after confirming that WKY OKC is on the air but at severely
reduced power, I`m briefly hearing another weak SS station, counterclockwise
from WKY, ``los éxitos de hoy, Qué Suave`` (or Ke Suabe?) – trouble is I`m not
certain of the last word, and don`t find any listings for such a slogan or
anything similar in western US or Mexico.
If Mexican, the only likely
930s this late are XESHT in Saltillo, Coahuila, but it`s supposed to be ``La
Poderosa`` or ``La Más Buena``; or XEQS in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, which is
``Romántica``. Could it be KCCC Carlsbad NM in a recent flip? Well, there is a
`Que Suave` in Carlsbad, but it`s a hair/nail salon. Searching on that slogan
mainly hits on KSWV 810 Santa Fe. How about KAPR Douglas AZ, listed as SS? Could
be, except it`s allegedly // KVOI 1030 which is NewsTalk in English (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2257 UT
November 19
