** GREECE. 9420.01, Jan 14 at 0653, VOG now almost on-frequency and good audio
without the whine, so got the original transmitter going again? Conversation in
Greek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910,
Jan 14 at 1353, Shiokaze is still here and still propagating a few minutes after
our sunrise, no obvious jamming but may be mixed in as part of the ambient noise
level. Yes, in English about NK this Thursday with usual distinctive sounders
and deferential YL announcer, yet with a sense of urgency. 1356, ``Sea Breeze,
from Tokyo, Japan``. 1358 spelling out contact info including a phone number,
off at 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Jan
14 at 1330, ``La mera mera, La Ranchera de Paquimé``, after a string of federal
PSAs. I knew if it were XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, there would be an
ID within two minutes of tuning in. By this time, most of the lowband XEs are
gone, except 620 XEBU Chihuahua2, but this 1000/250 watter persists. Our sunrise
today: 1343 UT, earlying at the rate of 3 or 4 minutes per week (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Jan 14 at 0700, Chihuahua state
anthem is playing (listen for ``chihuahuense``), vs IBOC from WSCR, 0701 ``son
las 12``, en 98.9 FM, so it`s XEACB, Ciudad Delicias again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Jan 14 at 1306, XEROK with two cuckoos
for a time check ``6 con 6 minutos``, headlines; 1308 this time it`s a rooster
crowing, and ID including call letters XEROK. Still with restored hi power,
presumably 50 kW ND entitled to own the frequency at night across western USA,
holding its own against nearest groundwave KQCV OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15545, Jan 14 at 1525, surprised to
find R. Tamazuj here instead of 15550, with several IDs in passing past 1527,
until 1529 R. Dabanga takes over. Meanwhile I check the other // frequencies:
15400 is 4 seconds behind 15545 and goes off at 1530*; 13800 is not synchronized
with either one, 4 seconds ahead of 15545 at 1530.
The original B-15
schedule per HFCC was: 15550 Vatican at 1500-1630; 15400 Issoudun at 1500-1530;
13800 at 1500-1600 Madagascar, 1600-1630 Vatican. Could be a recent shift to
avoid Sudanese tone/carrier jamming, altho I am not hearing any now. HFCC has
zero entries on 15545. And the current PNW sked still shows 15550:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1808
monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast from 1230 UT Thursday Jan 14, at 1254
check on WRMI 9955; also lite Cuban pulse jamming, but bothersome with WRMI`s
rather weak signal now. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 to
NW
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330v-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 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. 760, Jan 14 at 0703 UT, WJR Detroit is still
very much on, altho Tom Jasinski in Joliet IL had notified us one bihour
earlier: ``WJR 760 should be going off the air for maintenance tonight. Heard
brief announcement just minutes ago while listening to John Batchelor show``. No
time was specified; maybe they went off later, but I`ve seen no reports
confirming that; or a last-minute postponement. Jim Renfrew in NY also reported
they were still on between 05 and 07 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Jan 14 at 1320 UT, after some local ads, ``Great Oldies
24/7, KCCC``, from Carlsbad NM; slogan maybe alternative to rather than
replacing listed ``Pure Gold`` in NRC AM Log 2015-2016; 1000/60 watts U1 and
PSRA 500. Jan SR/SS: 1400/0015 UT; Feb 1345/0045 UT. PSRA could start at 1300
UT. With WKY OKC close to right angle, mostly nulled (watch out for WKY La
Indomable lapsing to commercials in English when trying to sort them out) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1060, Jan 14 at 1322 UT, rap
in Spanish, 1323 UT TC for 6:23 and ``Fiesta 10-60`` non-ID, i.e. KXPL El Paso
TX; more rap. It`s a 10 kW ND daytimer, but with a 500-watt PSRA which could
start at 1300 UT. Jan SR/SS are 1400/0030 UT; Feb: 1345/0045 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Jan 14 at first check
1305, little if any signal from R. Sana`a, starting to build up around 1335, and
S9 level by 1343 with usual fare of Arabic dialog. I`m always bandscanning
during this period, rather than staying on 11860 to detect whether there`s an
abrupt upjump in strength. Trying to catch the repetitive Arabic announcement
with triumphal music which I`ve dubbed its ``mission statement`` without really
understanding it, but not heard today. The break for sunset Maghrib call to
prayer does happen at 1451:31.5, which is 22.5 seconds later than yesterday at
1451:09 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5112-USB,
Jan 14 at 1258, weak 2-way in English; is this a MARS frequency? Who knows; such
are classified, as if MARS were handling top-secret traffic (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11725, Jan 14 at 1348, extremely
distorted modulation blob. Only thing in EiBi and Aoki is R. Marumby, Brasil,
but I think it`s inactive on this frequency and not even listed in WRTH 2016 on
11725 at all. Maybe originates on some nearby frequency, such as 11730 Belarus
or Iran (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
1742 UT January 14
