** MEXICO. 800, Jan 16 at 0700, choral NA is playing, multi-verse until 0705
full XEROK Radio Cañón ID ``desde la frontera norte``, full, but not including
any assertion of current power level, presumably 50 kW once again after a long
QRP hiatus --- equipment problem, or deliberate downgrade? It seemed the latter,
like with co-Juárez station XEJ 970. No reference to a new FM, just Grupo 7, not
to be mistaken for Ciento 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OKLAHOMA. 640, Sat Jan 16 at 1337 UT, open carrier/dead air from KWPN Moore,
easifying audibility of KFI; 1358 UT recheck now it`s funxional with ESPN (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15545, Jan 16 at 1459,
R. Tamazuj is already running, in Arabic about Sudan, but 1500 formal ID as
``Huna Radio Tamazuj``. Good signal, on at least third day of new frequency
ex-15550, so presumably permanent (until the next change), via SMG, VATICAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF
RADIO 1808 monitoring. Confirmed via UTwente SDR, Saturday Jan 16 at 1531 via
Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, GERMANY, 7265-CUSB --- WOR theme is definitely
audible under co-channel Hindi from China Radio International; but nothing can
be copied. I hope it`s better somewhere else in Europe. Next:
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.
9955, Sat Jan 16 at 1435, WRMI with quena music, so scheduled `Living the Bible`
has failed to materialize; still fill music at 1458 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3989-LSB, Sat Jan 16 at 1403, ``Colorado
Amateur Radio Weather Net``, check-ins with full local weather readings (temps
typically: 12), including from W0CO (Bradford J Wick in Pitkin); more like
3988.95 for clearest demodulation.
3950-LSB, Sat Jan 16 at 1408,
``Western Nebraska Net``, roll-call for check-ins, brief reports on local
weather, but also some from eastern Kansas and eastern South Dakota, including
WA0LIL (Gary E Budde) in Norfolk NE, 12 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 870, Jan 16 at 1341 UT, very poor signal with non-ID as
``Great Country`` which I think is a syndicated format. Can`t get a DF on it due
to local hash (probably too many chargers running). Prime suspect is KPRM Park
Rapids in the middle of MN, 50/1 kW in NRC AM Log, which has a split
personality, not only ``Classic Country`` as format in Radio-locator, but also
with far-right nincompoops such as Limbaugh and Hannity per own website
Notice
the disparity in power levels, but still plenty in daytime. FCC says 50 kW, but
January sunrise is not until 1400 UT! (Feb: 1330 UT). Natch, no program sked on
website. No other existing country stations on 870 likely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, Sat Jan 16 at 1347 UT, KLEY Wellington
KS is open carrier/dead air. The January sun just rose officially at 1345 UT
(Feb: 1315 UT), allowing it to boost from 1 watt (ha ha) night power to 250 watt
day, which is plenty for groundwave to here. Or rather, they also have a PSRA of
250 so could have been modulating that much since 1200 UT, despite 50 kW KWKH.
Not unusual to hear dead air from KLEY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 690, Jan 16 at 0712 UT, Spanish canciones
interrupted by non-ID for ``La Reina, 107.9 FM y 690 AM``. Searching FM and AM
lists and broad searches lead nowhere. A few US SS stations don`t match. Figure
it`s Mexican, pretty good DF at SW/NE. Possibly XEMA Fresnillo, Zacatecas, 50/2
kW, listed with an FM on 107.1 by Cantú and IRCA --- but on 107.9 in WRTH 2016
--- but2, name in all as ``La Mejor``. However, I am not 100% sure that the word
I heard was Reina (queen). I am more certain of the FM frequency, which in
Spanish unlike English would not be confundible with 107.1. More to the SW is
one other Mexican, XEST, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 2/0.25 kW, but with FM on 94.7 and
called ``Romántica``. Maybe there`s been a recent change at one of these which
will eventually emerge (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report dispatched at 1822 UT January 16
