** AUSTRALIA. 12085, Dec 30 at 1327 check, this RA frequency is once again much
stronger than // 12065, which is the normal situation; after their being equal
on Dec 28, and reverse on Dec 24 --- as if antennas were being exchanged. What`s
going on at Shepparton?
Very degraded propagation Dec 31 at 1310 UT, 2016
having arrived in DST AET, poor on 12085, only fair on 9580, but improves an
hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1806, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 30 at 0705, very poor signal in Brazuguese,
as R. Clube do Pará apparently signs on now at 0700, rather than 24h, and is
already off again by our evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6m Es maps showing activity all day Dec 29, just out
of reach, over eastern USA, northern, northwestern, so I never see anything on
channel 2, or hearing anything on 88.1 --- until almost midnight local, UT Dec
30:
0536 on 2, fade-in weak video and audio with music
0542 on 2,
Spanish ad, promo a program at 6 de la tarde, but can`t catch a
network
0543, ``SIPSE``, mentioned as one word, so that points right to
one of my regulars, XHY-TV in Mérida, Yucatán. (And my antenna is also pointed
that way.); no more seen after 0546. Then I check the 6m map and see one ham
contact line across Texas to correlate with DX from this direxion.
Probably the last time I will ever see it with the apagón analógico
looming, but will no longer be an obstacle to further Latin American TVDX from
the same bearing across Central and South America, I hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11724.99, UT Wed Dec 30 at 0650, RNZI
good with discussion of virtual reality, which turns out to be part 1 of the
`TED Radio Hour`, as outroed at 0657 --- No US SW station dares to serve as a
true public radio outlet, so TG for NZ! DRM is also grinding away circa 11690
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 30 at 1925
UT, Spanish, with OSU PSA and 918 area code, so KETU, Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa, La
Ketú is back on following yesterday`s outage (more reliable now that it`s not
just music fill, but still subject to absences for no particular obvious reason
like power failure) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA
[non]. 1460, KZUE El Reno is still AWOL, Dec 30 at 1919 UT on caradio: power
still out following Dec 26-27 icestorm. Instead weak mix of skywave signals, one
with football talk.
1460, Dec 30 at 1929 UT, ESPN Radio and at 1930 UT
CCI from station mentioning Burleson, missed ID for an FM; 1953 UT C&W
music.
Burleson and C&W is certainly KCLE a.k.a. Cleburne TX;
nearest ESPN on 1460 is KXPN, 5 kW ND in Kearney NE. (KCLE used to be ESPN till
it flipped to The Outlaw last May; KBZO Lubbock TX is ESPN, but Deportes, i.e.
Spanish).
KZUE is still missing Dec 30 at 1812 UT check (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Dec 31 at 1702-1721 UT, KOSU
provides us with 19 minutes of dead air instead of NPR news and Hear & Now
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. FM bandscan on
caradio, Dec 30 at 1955 UT finds several stations still absent following Dec
26-27 icestorm:
88.3, K202BY, Enid, Family Radio still off (since
November icestorm)
89.1, K206CA, Enid, Oasis, still off
90.5, KGVV,
Goltry, off
93.7, KSPI, Stillwater off? Weak signal with C&W, probably
something else, maybe a mix
95.7, KXLS, Lahoma/Enid, still off
98.1,
WWLS, The Village, apparently off again
106.7, KTUZ, Okarche, off, no
Spanish
107.1, KNID, North Enid, still off
Next check 22 hours later,
Dec 31 at 1755 UT, this time on the hand-held PL-880:
88.3, K202BY,
Enid, Family Radio, still off
89.1, K206CA, Enid, Oasis back on talking
about Tulsa ministries
90.5, KBVV, Goltry, still off
93.7, KSPI,
Stillwater, off
95.7, KXLS, Lahoma/Enid, still off
98.1, WWLS-FM, The
Village, is on but low power, e.g. much weaker than 98.9, KYIS
99.7, KNAH,
Mustang, unheard, nor Wichita Spanish in 99.9 LPFM ACI
100.5, KATT, OKC, off;
had been on yesterday
101.1, algo weak, Stillwater or Woodward
missing?
105.7, KRDR, Alva on, but once again failing to ID in the 10 seconds
before 1800:00 UT provided by ESPN
106.7, KTUZ, Okarche, back on in
Spanish
107.1, KNID, North Enid, still off
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Dec 30 at 1325, JBA carrier
from SIBC, on late once again. Ron Howard says was because of typhoon
warnings.
5020, Dec 31 at 0724, detectable JBA carrier this early in Cuba
splash, and still on at 1308, 1356 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15500, Thu Dec 31 at 1507, S9+20 open carrier with some
fading, continuously past 1600+; presumably REE, the only station listed here,
but supposed to start programming from 1500 only on Saturdays & Sundays;
perhaps on NY eve, the ops at Noblejas are confused. Ivo Ivanov has also heard
REE transmitters running carriers at odd times like 0900+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 11815.04, Dec 31 at 1501, very poor signal,
unseems Japanese, and off-frequency, so likely TRT Emiler TURKEY in Turkish as
scheduled 14-17 UT at 300 degrees USward, rather than NHK at 09-17, 235 degrees
oppositeward. I was hoping to hear some New Year celebrations from 2016, just
arrived in Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD
OF RADIO 1805 monitoring: confirmed at 1433 Dec 30, the Wed 1415.5 broadcast on
WRMI 9955, no jamming. Also confirmed Wed Dec 30 at 2200, on WBCQ 7490.00, right
on time and right on frequency.
WORLD OF RADIO 1806: ready for first
broadcasts Thu Dec 31:
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 to
NW
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri
2130.6 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?
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW
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, Dec 30 at 0703, `Midnight[sic] in the
Desert` is already resuming after a [news?] break, Heather again, subject
nuclear storage sites, via WTWW-2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1110, Dec 31 at 1350 UT, Qur`an bits alternating with
talk (translation?) in non-Arabic language, maybe Punjabi or Urdu, from 50 kW
KVTT Mineral Wells (Metroplex) TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1520, Dec 31 at 1336 UT, C&W music making slow SAH
atop KOKC OKC, then ID ``1520 AM KYND`` from Cypress TX, ``now living in
Londale`` (?? I don`t find any similar place in greater Houston) (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540.08, Dec 30 at 1310 UT, het upon
dominant signal KXEL on the R-75. I measure it down to here, and on the DX-398
it`s about two clix (80 Hz) above KXEL, furthermore looping NNW/SSE, just right
for KGBC Galveston TX, and with South Asian music; 1316 UT YL in English
welcomes us mentioning 106.1 --- so that clinches it, KGBC reported in
RadioDiscussions to have replaced G&E/CRI relay with ``Hum Tum Radio`` //
106.1. WTFDA Database has no such 106.1 listing for TX, but this one is in the
market:
K291CE KLTN-HD3 106.1 SUGAR LAND TX 0.19 kW 29.4456 95.2855
Spanish
KLTN is full-power on 102.9 in Houston, ``regional Mexican`` format.
By 1318 UT, KEDA is gaining on 1540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Dec 31 at 1329 UT, R. Jalapeño is dominant
signal, ID in Spanglish from KEDA San Antonio, with a constant LAH: manœvering
the DX-398, I am trying to decide whether KEDA is the one off-frequency, to the
hi side. No, it`s further east, like from KGBC Galveston as I thought yesterday,
tho I can`t pull any South Asian audio from it today. By 1348 UT, KXEL is
starting to appear, and making a sub-audible het with KEDA, i.e. both very close
to on-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Caradio
bandscan Dec 30 starting at 1918 UT finds skywave in play half a sesquihour
after local mean noon, including:
1620, at 1918 UT, ``The Zone``, i.e. KOZN
Bellevue (Omaha) NE
1510, at 1921 UT, football game, fades up and down, KCTE
Independence MO, also with lo het, so must be on its off-frequency transmitter
now. This het is just a bit higher-pitched than the one on 1540, at 1928
UT
1540, at 1921 UT, low audible het, like I was getting at sunrise from KGBC
Galveston TX (vs KXEL IA likely)
1660, at 1921 UT, sports talk, probably KWOD
Kansas City KS, tho ND and TX are also sports
1700, at 1922 UT, sports talk
about Iowa over TexMex music, i.e. KBGG Des Moines IA and KKLF Richardson
TX.
See also separate logs: OKLAHOMA [non] 1460; USA 700, 1360 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 700, Dec 30 at 1923 UT on
groundwave, Spanish religion, so KHSE Wylie TX. so far heard only in Spanish
despite broadening format to ETHnic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360, Dec 30 at 1926 UT, plugging AM-820, covering the
state of Ohio, Catholic call-in from EWTN. I.e. the former WOSU disposed of by
Ohio State, now WVSG with 6.5 kW in the daytime. But this 1360 is KPHN El Dorado
KS, close enough for marginal groundwave but stronger than usual so some boost
from skywave? Holding its own against the local KCRC spur/het from 1390 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Dec 30 at 1429,
R. Sana`a in music at S9+20, usual very good level; 1437 goes to dramatic echoey
speech, and CCI from IBB Kuwait audible under; 1439.5 to chanting music; 1441:56
cut to Maghrib, sunset call to prayer.
Very different reception Dec 31,
as WWV reported:
``Geophysical Alert Message
Solar-terrestrial indices for
30 December follow.
Solar flux 102 and estimated planetary A-index 4.
The
estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 31 December was 4.
The estimated
planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 31 December was 6.
Space weather for the
past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level
occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be
moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are
expected.``
11860, Dec 31 at 1308, JBA carrier from R. Sana`a; improved
to only poor by 1422; 1439 very poor with CCI from IBB Kuwait; cut to Qur`an for
Maghrib call to prayer at 1443:28.5.
Two days ago this happened at
1441:22.5, so now 2 minutes and 6 seconds later. Gaisma.com shows today`s sunset
in Aden at 1444 UT; Sana`a, 1443, so today`s timing neatly splits the difference
between the two main cities; both to shift 4 minutes later in one week (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1833 UT
December 31
