** CANADA. 2749-USB, Jan 17 at 0443, YL in French with marine weather, S9 but so
is the noise level. Canadian Coast Guard website finds the most recently
scheduled broadcast is from MCTS Les Escoumins / VCF - at 0437 from Natashquan
on 2598-J3E and this from La Vernière on 2749-J3E, ``Radiotelephony ---
Technical marine synopsis and forecast for marine areas 215 to 221 and 301 to
302. Wave height forecasts for marine areas 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 301 and
302. Notice to Fish Harvesters (when available).`` Nothing about it being in
French, as specified for some other transmissions. Nor pointing out that this
place is in les Îles de la Madeleine = Magdalen Islands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 6145, Jan 17 at 1409, Chinese mess
here, not Firedragon this time but some other music, and echoing doubletalk,
presumably CNR1 as jammer against Taiwan. My previous remark about PBS Qinghai
not using 6145 is inapplicable, as Ron Howard has been hearing it again before
this blockage starts at 1400. Today`s Jan 17 edition of the Aoki list has also
removed the x from 6145. There is a similar collision on 6180, another RTI
channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17580, Jan 17 at
1432, RHC with VG signal level, but carrier is breaking up, cutting off the air
and back on; then recovers for the moment. Wind shorting out slack antenna
wires? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15535.09, Jan 17
at 1422, very poor signal with algo, off-frequency, presumably R. Cairo in
Arabic as scheduled from Abis at 13-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 21250-USB, Jan 17 at 1438, DJ0ABR, KURT, is spelling
his call and name over and over, trying to get thru to a difficult contact,
which I never hear him name.
21305-USB, Jan 17 at 1440, pileup including
a DK1- Germany call. Must be a DX-pedition on a nearby frequency but nothing
heard in the area during pileup pauses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6040, UT Sun Jan 17 at 0142, Mighty KBC at S9+10,
still with het on hi side from Rádio RB2, Brasil, Uncle Eric with `Giant
Jukebox`. VOA Radiogram site confirms the new time for that bit on KBC is 0220
UT. So when is Kraig`s Lost Song segment now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Jan 17 at 0140, finally some pirate
axion, classic rock at S7-S9, deep fades; bet it`s Wolverine Radio. Yes, IDs
inserted at 0143 and again at 0152.
Many logs here saying the theme this
time is ``taking a ride``, or songs with ride/riding/riders in the title.
Also
some captures of the SSTV ID card, such as:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 910, Jan 17 at 1339 UT and
still at 1350 UT, open carrier/dead air looping E/W, presumably KVIS Vinita OK,
1/1 kW U3. Missing Sunday-morning prime preaching time! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 7315, Jan 17 at 0427, R. Tamazuj with
IDs and music, S9, 0430 switch to R. Dabanga singing ID. This is via VATICAN at
0400-0600. HFCC shows certain days of week during certain segments of this span,
WHRI is also registered on 7315 in Spanish/English, but not blocking at the
moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 11517, Jan
17 at 1418, very poor talk, presumably V of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN, the station
which loves frequencies ending in -2, -3, -7 or -8. However, no carrier on 11515
or 11520 where a ChiCom jammer should be. Constantly shifting; today`s Aoki
still hasn`t caught up with this, continuing to show at 1410-1430, 11512*. That
followed my Jan 13 log in same timeblock of 11512 instead of previously listed
11513 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9655, UT Sun Jan
17 at 0422, checking VOT English for the Letterbox, but too weak to copy, S6
with local device QRM. Should have checked the // to Asia, 7240 in case it
propagate back here instead of the North American service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1808 monitoring: confirmed on
WA0RCR, 1860-AM, UT Sunday Jan 17 at 0421 about 7 minutes into the show, so
started circa 0414, and already over at 0445 with ham show discussing
intermodulation problems on 2 meters. Next:
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
There had been a
problem with one of the WOR Podcast linx; now it`s back, with 1808, thanks to
Keith Weston:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12015, Jan 16 at 2248, S9+30
open carrier/dead air from WTWW-3, yet again, missing its extremely repetitious
Bibling Worldwide (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
15795, Jan 17 at 1420, no signal on 15825, but WWCR is still here with gospel
huxter in English, having failed to make the switch at 1300 per own schedule.
Still 15795 at 1521 recheck; and STILL on 15795 during Latin mass at 1709 check.
HFCC B-15 registrations allow 15795 only at 10-14, and 15825 at 11-22, giving
them some flexibility, but not this much. At least nothing else is currently
scheduled on 15795, so it doesn`t really matter, except to would-be listeners
finding nothing on expected or memorized 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 690, Sun Jan 17 at 1340 UT, no signal from KGGF
Coffeyville KS, nor several minutes later. Often runs open carrier into the
night, but now no carrier at all, when it should be in well by groundwave around
sunrise. (Neighbor 860 KKOW Pittsburg is in well as usual). Recheck at 1709 UT:
now it`s on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non].
11860, Jan 17 at 1446, R. Sana`a with assertive singing and drumming; cut to
Qur`an for Maghrib sunset call to prayer not until 1453:15.5, which is 101
seconds later than two days ago, Jan 15 at 1451:34.5 (I missed checking Jan 16,
for the first time in a long time!)
For the first time I monitor at a
time inconvenient for me, 1749-1800 Jan 17, when Bill Bingham in South Africa
has been noting a modulation overlap and signal jump circa 1753, indicative of a
site swap. As expected, I only get a very weak signal at this time, S5-6, with
trace of modulation, while the noise level is S4-5. No change in levels until a
drop at 1759, leaving a JBA S4 carrier. So what I had been hearing was instead
the original B-15 occupant of 11860 at 1730-1759 only, AWR in Kabyle, 100 kW,
210 degrees from Nauen, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15482.35-USB approx., Jan 17 at 1424, INTRUDERS,
2-way in colloquial Spanish frequently referring to putas. Also laughing,
whistling, engine noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report despatched at 1822 UT January 17
