NEW RECEIVER. Tnx to the generosity of Brandon Jordan, TN, I am now employing an
Icom IC-R75, which he has modified and refurbished. It`s for now using the ~100
foot E-W longwire formerly into the FRG-7, which remains beside it for
backup/dual monitoring using another lesser longwire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Nov 21 at 1400, RA is OFF! Still
off at 1526; this happens all too often, while the other two Sheppartons are
still audible: 12085 VP, 12065 worse with usual BBCCI at 1400; at 1526 both with
rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9722.97,
Nov 20 at 2355, Rádio RB2`s downward drift has now surpassed (or rather,
subpassed), 9723 with Aparecida mentions, very poor. Based on the rate of drift,
one might project when it may reach 9722, 9721, 9720, etc., etc. (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9535, Nov 21 at 0630, RHC Spanish is
still on here, a sesquihour after scheduled closing at 0500*; wake up! Altho
several other SS frequencies allegedly last until 0600, none
later.
17730, Nov 21 at 1349, RHC is breaking up, and this time it`s not
just the modulation but the carrier too as checked with BFO; 100 kW Bauta
antenna wires shorting in the breeze? Meanwhile, much weaker and tinnier // 250
kW Titán 17750 is constant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
NORTH AMERICA. 6770-AM, Nov 21 at 0637, oldtimeradio pirate is poor but almost
readable in drama, ``the phantom`` mentioned, maybe program by that title? Seems
to be on constantly, usually only a JBA carrier here at night. I wonder if this
is plugged into webcast of the 1920s Radio Network,
which
merely shows generically from 06 to 17 UT, `20s to 40s`. It does include
considerable music blox elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505.12, Nov 21 at 1351, BSKSA with siren SFX
during Arabic service, never strong, but only reliable ME l3m signal left after
the demise of Radio Kuwait, and now on the IC-R75 I easily measure its
offfrequenciness. Scheduled 12-15 only and indeed no more heard after 15; 500
kW, 290 degrees from Riyadh.
13710.08, Nov 21 at 1532, also off-frequency
but good signal with Qur`an, probably same BSKSA Riyadh transmitter as 21505.12,
as exactly the same parameters registered for this at 15-18 per HFCC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15580, Nov 20 at 2120, VOA
playing African music, reminding us that `Music Time in Africa` does air during
this hour on Fridays, the ONLY one when Greenville is currently scheduled in
English. 2124 outro announcement that the music was from Mali, coincidence? I
listen to some more of it later, despite time conflict with World of Radio and
World of Radio on WRMI and WRMI, content of which I am already very familiar
with.
DJ Heather Maxwell, nicknamed ``Max``, at closing gives times as:
Friday at 09; Saturday and Sunday at 09, 15, 20 and 22 UT. She`s ignorant of the
very broadcast I am hearing, Friday at 21. Bet she is not even an SWL, not
turning on a radio to confirm when her own program airs. Program website:
doesn`t
give any times and frequencies, but one may listen to latest and previous
programs (and I did so to confirm her schedule announcement).
No plain
old PROGRAM schedule for VOA to be found, but B-15 frequency schedule to Africa
for the times above shows these without site specifications either:
09, NO SW
or MW
15, 4930 6080 15580 17895
20, 909 1530 4930 6080 15580; 2030+ also
4940 [which is on air only this semihour from São Tomé, Hausa weekdays, English
weekends]
21, 1530 6080 15580
22, NO SW or MW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1800 monitoring: confirmed
Friday November 20 at 2130.0 on WRMI 15770, following an Andy Sennitt ID; and at
2130.5 on WRMI 7570, following a Rudy Espinal ID at 2129.5 and a semiminute of
fill music; why? This time not cut off before finished. Next:
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. 12050, Nov 20 at
2002 on BST-1 caradio, WEWN Spanish with *long* IADs of several seconds
interrupting Spanish at very irregular intervals, as a `Misericordia` show is
starting with the same ``comforting`` host as overnight in the moonlight. Must
make extremely frustrating listening for anyone who axually wants to hear it;
still so at 2007 recheck. He originates in Miami so maybe a feed problem into
Vandiver (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, Nov 20 at
1857 UT on Nissan caradio in western Enid, at quiet spots between powerlines,
traffic signals and plasma TV residences, WGN Chicago is quite audible with IDs,
program promos, altho seems to have faded out after 1900 UT. 670 also has CCI,
no doubt WSCR Chicago vs usual daytime groundwave remnant of KLTT Denver.
So we are into the low-noon midday MW DX season, scarcely a month from
Solstice Dec 22; local mean noon here is always 1832 UT. Strange thing is, this
affects the lo end of MW band more than hi end, as nothing on 1690 from WVON
Chicago; nor anything unusual on other (literally) clear channels in a quick
bandscan. However, on 1700 can be heard a JBA SAH, presumably Des Moines and
Dallas (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, Nov
21 at 1329 UT, program preview of several gospel huxters in English coming up on
WNQM Nashville TN, mixing with presumed KAKC Tulsa, as skywave from east hasn`t
yet faded out, and 50 kW ND helps (WLW 700 is also louder and clearer). WNQM is
on the growing roster of former WORLD OF RADIO affiliates. So their evening
relay of WMDB 880 La Ranchera in Spanish is over by now, but does anyone know
exactly what the hours for that are? Lotsa luck finding any specific info on the
WNQM or WMDB websites. It`s certainly unneeded after sunrise, when 880 regains a
decent daytime signal.
WNQM programming between 13 and 24 UT might also
radiate on 9980 plus and minus 1300, like the #4 SW transmitter does from 7520
at 00-03 weeknites on 6220, 8820. That is, seek it on 8680 and 11280 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am supposed to be a winner
on WCLV`s `Weekend Radio` competition *this* week, having submitted a ``funny
faux-pas`` from an Enid periodical, e.g. UT Sunday Nov 22 at 03-04 UT on WCLV
Cleveland webcast, 04-05 UT on KUCO Edmond OK webcast, and on many public radio
stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1800, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
VATICAN. 15770-15780, Nov 21 at 1537, DRM noise is QRMing 15770 WRMI, but it`s
only BS celebrating Sabbath, couldn`t happen to a more useless victim. Can`t
even escape it by employing LSB, belying the alleged ``10 kHz`` nominal
bandwidth the DRM Consortium would have us believe, and further proof that DRM
should NEVER have been allowed within the AM SWBC bands. Fixed bands are
sparsely populated with other digital signals already. Scheduled as Vatican
Radio, 1530-1600, 125 kW due east in English for South Asia, but as we well
know, Santa Maria di Galeria radiates remarkably in many other direxions than
the boresight, which can be a blessing or a curse, depending (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [and non]. Yemeni President Hadi, who was
ousted from Sana`a last year by the Houthi rebels and later fled to Saudi
Arabia, is said to have set up a clandestine station called "Radio Sana`a",
transmitting on 11860. Hadi has returned to Aden, but I would assume that his
radio station is based in Saudi Arabia (Chris Greenway, BBCM, Nov 20, dxldyg via
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
DXLD monitors quickly checked 11860 Nov 20: Tarek
Zeidan in Cairo was hearing it at 1930-2000+; Ivo Ivanov in Sofia at 19-21+;
Bruce in NY with a remote receiver at 2145 ID. The reported schedule is,
presumably UT, 18-23 and 04-09.
Noel Green points out that 11860 is
unregistered after the 1730-1800 AWR Kabyle via Nauen broadcast, but IBB KUWAIT
in Pashto and Dari is on 11860 at 1430-1630. Anyhow, I check 11860 Nov 21 at
1522, immediately hearing USB 2-way intruder, probably Spanish, but then off,
leaving a very weak AM signal with ME? music, no doubt Kuwait. Back to 11860
later! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15740, Nov
20 at 1832, fair signal open carrier/dead air. Nothing scheduled, but smax of a
Greenville-B test, which is scheduled to take 15730 over from Vatican one hour
later, since warming up there now would QRM it (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1826 UT November 22
