** ALBANIA [and non]. 7470, Jan 15 at 0223, R. Tirana IS is playing, poor
signal, but at least nothing much from IBB Kuwait underneath, which had been a
JBA carrier earlier. I understand the co-channel is much worse in eastern North
America, so another frequency change for Tirana is contemplated. I suggest a
minor shift back to 7465, but that may still have too much adjacent QRM from
7460 and 7470.
You may recall that 7425 was the original plan but
avoided that due to the Greenville mixing product of 7305 Vatican over 7365
Martí another 60 kHz higher. That is still happening, S4 at 0207, but the
Vatican half-sesquihour unexpectedly shifted a quarterhour earlier, starting at
0145 instead of 0200, so 7425 should be clear again by 0230.
Well,
almost: the 7305 carrier and hence 7425 mix did not go off tonight until about
0232. In the 7400s, we find several open frequencies at 0230: 7425, 7435, 7440,
7450, 7475, 7480. These have something on them: 7430, 7445, 7455, 7460, 7490
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 870, Jan 15 at 0221, as
I tune across WWL, I hear ``RR`` in Morse, so Radio Reloj is underneath. WRTH
2016 shows three CMBDs on 870: 10 kW each in Bueycito, Granma and Baracoa,
Guantánamo; 1 kW in Sancti Spíritus, SS. SS is the closest from mid-isle, altho
weakest. Here`s a handy map and list by frequency provided by Bruce Conti:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3308-USB, UT Fri Jan 11 at
0211, tune-in to talk about a door prize at a joint meeting of a ``Digital Road
Show`` sponsored by Army and Air Force on Jan 23, and all stations are invited
(did not catch where this is); mentions forums on the North Central Division
website, some of them barely active. It`s an Air Force MARS net, AFA5NC and
AFD5QI among the calls. Have to avoid the carrier on 3310, whether local
KCRC/KGWA mix or Mosoj Chaski (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
U S A. 15730, Jan 14 at 1939, VOA French has a considerable echo on the S9+10
signal, listed as Greenville only at 1930-2030 (altho the previous hour is via
Vatican, violating Separation of Church & State), so apparently long path is
coming around a split second after short path. When GB fades a little, the
effect increases. I`m about to have another try at the 2000-2030 music block, on
Thursdays supposed to be ``Afro music``. Starts with two minutes of music at
2006, then gabbing from 2008 past 2015 so I quit, altho a sidecheck later found
some music again.
BTW, Tim Hendel raises an interesting point about
terminology; perhaps we are too vague calling it ``high life``:
``Glenn,
just a random thought, and you are free to quote me if you wish. I have noticed
that many DX-ers use the term "high life" to describe African popular music,
such as on Rádio Nacional de Angola, WOR 1807. I remember when I first began
hearing stations from newly independent sub-Saharan African stations, around
1960, the music they played at that time was called "high life." The popular
music played today seems, to me, to be very different, and I wonder if people
outside of the DX-ing community still use this term. Might the term "Afro-pop"
be more appropriate? Just a thought`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1808 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Jan
14 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, good. Also confirmed UT Friday Jan 15 at 0200 on WBCQ
9330.03-CUSB, now at S9+25 --- this frequency is picking up at night, better
than 7489.9-AM and much better than 5109.7-CUSB (but a lower MUF might knock it
out next week). Next:
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 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sun 0900 WRMI
5850 to NW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430.6 WRMI 9955
to SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.6 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed
2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 5109.7-CUSB, UT Friday Jan 15 at 0130, `Broad Spectrum Radio` is starting.
As already posted to the DXLD yg and to appear in full in the next DXLD 16-02,
James Branum has planned out his subjects for the next three months.
On
the second program of the month, like tonight, it`s a GI Rights Show, advice
from him, a civilian attorney who has practiced military law (next: Feb 12, Mar
11); third week, Movement Music Show --- protest songs (Jan 22, Feb 19, Mar 18);
fourth week, Neurodiversity Show ``celebrating positive aspects of having a
different kind of mind`` (Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 25); first week (like heard Jan
8), The BSR Radio Report (Feb 5, Mar 4).
Reception is not so good, S6
and not full copy. It may be better closer to WBCQ, but out here I`m afraid it
will worsen as we get into spring, especially from the second Sunday in March
when it will have to shift one UT hour earlier due to the totally unnecessary
and counterproductive imposition of daylight shifting time, coördinated with
Communist Cuba. And too many SW stations go along with it, instead of sticking
to the international standard of UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6115, Jan 15 at 2243, gospel huxter in Spanish from WWCR-1,
but something else is barely audible underneath. Sounds like Dead Gene Scott
ranting at a more youthful level. Yes, WWCR-2 transmitter audio from 13845 is
bleeding into #1! 13845 is too weak here to make a match on another receiver,
but I can do so with convenient neighbor Anguilla on 6090 which is // and
synchronized with 13845 off same satellite feed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Not that I am eager to hear another debate among a
bunch of anti-American pols vying to out-right each other, but being on the Fox
Business Channel, we won`t be seeing it on a high Suddenlink cable tier we don`t
buy.
So in my radio monitoring session UT Jan 15 between 0218 and 0226,
I do a quick bandscan of MW to find any stations carrying it. Not nearly as many
as the last Democratic debate, but just these without digging into graveyard and
regional QRM: 1510 WLAC Nashville, 1110 KFAB Omaha, 1000 KTOK OKC, 850 KOA
Denver. Otherwise the usual stuff of silly puck games or sports talk, regular
anti-American talk shows, and bits of music here and there. As a deep red state,
I wondered if any Oklahoma FM stations would go out of their way to radio this
Republican TV debate: NO, none found.
Back at the TV dial after 0300 UT,
just in case, I check the FBC cable channel which is normally Not Authorized,
and guess what – Suddenlink has unblocked it for this very special occasion,
natch, without any notice! Tsk2, more Enidians could have witnessed it, had they
only known (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched
at 0442 UT January 15
