** CUBA. 9790, Nov 23 at 0254, open carrier already from CRI relay; S9+25, so
should be good after 0300; checking since a listener in TX was wondering if
something had changed causing weak signal. Well, the MUF is tending to drop and
drop.
9535, Nov 23 at 0530, RHC is S9+10 with jazz, but undermodulated,
so the MUF is sufficient tonight.
9790, Nov 24 at 0428 check, CRI
Cantonese relay is pretty puny, not the blaster it could be, but more signal
than anything else out of Cuba or Okeechobee on 31m, mostly inaudible on 9395,
9535, 9955, let alone northerly signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9964.56, Nov 23 at 2357, good signal but dead air, or
is there some just-barely-modulation? If so, it should be English from R. Cairo
to North America at 2300-2430; while the 0200-0330 broadcast remains AWOL (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 23 at 1239, R.
Verdad is still audible, very poor in Spanish with website http://cristo.org repeated a few times along with
contact addresses; finally found location on website: Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
Wow, how many ministries would have killed for that URL! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 3985, Nov 23 at 1236, Echo of Hope with
talk and music, mixed with roaring jamming from North Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Nov 23 at 1301, full ID for Los
Cuarenta Principales Los Mochis, XHREV 104.3 and XEREV 770, then at 1303 NA,
mixing with KKOB and/or KKOB. A bit surprised, since the normal dominator from
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, 650 XETNT is quite weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900, Nov 23 at 1307, multi-verse choral NA from WSW
does not end until 1308, full ID for Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, XHDT, 98.3 FM
with 25 kW, street address, but this is XEDT, with ``el programa número uno en
Cuauhtémoc, Country Hits`` and into --- country hits, in English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Nov 23 at 0610 UT, KGYN
Guymon again is nothing but a big hum. Standard remarx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 11650, Nov 23 at 2305, ME music on fair
signal, by 2320 mostly talk in Arabic, maybe sermon; weakening by 2355. Must be
Oman on 11650 tonight, registered in HFCC as 22-02, 100 kW, 315 degrees from
Thumrayt. But the RSO info in HFCC is overwhelmingly wooden, as we know they
only have one SW transmitter on the air from Thumrayt, and zero from Seeb. Look
at all these imaginaries:
Excerpting
the hours from 22 to 02 UT, here are the alternatives:
315 degrees: 22-24
9740, 15355, 22-02 11650, 00-02 9500, 9545
220 degrees: 18-24 13785, 00-10
11760 [any broadcasts this azimuth?]
Judging from previous behavior in
the summer, when reception was much better, they could also stay on a pre-22
frequency after 22, i.e. 15140 among many others imagined: 15700, 15780, 15640,
13775, 13800, 12050, 17830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. WORLD OF RADIO 1800 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB and
webcast, UT Monday Nov 23 from 0404; also on webcast of WRMI, UT Monday Nov 23
after 0430, but a JBA carrier on 9955. Next:
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. 7489.89, UT Tue Nov 24 at
0001, I`ve finally remembered to listen to `Ramsey`s Roadhouse` on WBCQ, S9+10.
Novelty song in progress, something about a dynamo; 0010 announcements, plugs
for `BCQ; 0114 ``No one listens to shortwave unless they`re stone-cold sober ---
if you do, you`ll end up like Glenn Hauser`` ---- huhh?? After another song, at
0018, this is the 283rd edition of Ramsey`s Roadhouse, on air for 6 years, and
one more show to go. Acknowledges letter from Vashek Korinek, South Africa [QSL
collector], and someone sent calendars from Sweden/Germany.
Says he is
thinking about doing a different show for a change, but would be in same time
slot. First music was Frank Zappa; complains about a car device allowing Verizon
to track and spy on us; second song was The Band. Earlier had clip of a
conversation with Rabbi Spivak, a great guy who is on WBCQ a lot more. Then
something by ELO. Host says he is 70 years old, time to do something different.
Dedicating last tune to friend Mike Norris, who has died at 69; both were
apparently electrical workers, thus ``Wichita Lineman``. 0029 outro of program
by wife Carol. 0030 next show is `Camp Constitution Radio` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9900, Nov 23 at 2355, rumbling noise with
flutter, nothing intelligible; maybe Cairo transmitter on after 2245? But I see
in Aoki that at 23-24 only, RFA Chinese via Saipan is on 9900, so this may be a
different kind of jamming than usual, if not the Saipan transmitter itself out
of whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched
at 0445 UT November 24
