** BOUGAINVILLE. 6020.00, Feb 4 at 0746, I have an S7-S9 signal, no QRM at all,
with lo-key talk possibly in English; 0748 music, 0753 talk, 0758 piano music,
and singing past 0801. 0802 an announcement I think mentioning NBC, cut off the
air abruptly at 0802:44*.
I figure the reactivated NBC outlet here has
finished with its day frequency at 7 pm local, and is moving to night frequency
3325, which I do not expect to propagate this early, and do not hear; and
besides it`s way past my bedtime. This was certainly not on 6020.7 where Karel
Honzik recently reported it by long path to Czechia around this same time of
day; maybe initially they did not have the frequency accurately tuned
up.
Yet I`m awake again at 1248, to find an S9 signal with music on 3325,
maybe a second carrier? Not sure. But I decide this is INDONESIA,
q.v.
6020, Feb 4 at 1315 I finally check NBC`s day frequency, and there
it is, after midnight local time! With Indonesia on 3325, and only two
frequencies available, it makes sense to stay/resume on 6020, altho designed for
day propagation only. This is S9, and no sign of Vietnamese from Vietnam, or
anything else on 6020. I hear some English words, constitution, people of
Solomons, so in suspected Tok Pisin; lo-key studio announcer is interviewing
various people on phone, with brief instrumental music interludes between, and
abruptly faded out when someone else is ready to speak. 1320 seems to mention
numbers, phone? 1323 music (different music on 3325 with Indonesia); 1324 back
to tok in Pisin; 1326 music; 1330 phone talk; 1333 hear feminine voice on phone
for first time; 1335 music and running-water ute QRM; 1356 woman singing, music
past 1400, song maybe mentions ``my country``, anthem? 1401 definite ID by YL as
``NBC National Radio``, back to more music with autotune. At 1402, 6020 is
S9+20; 1405 mentions Papua New Guinea, another song; 1410 NBC promo, mostly
music. 1415, half a sesquihour after sunrise here, beginning to fade down, to
only S9 by 1420; JBA carrier by 1443. If they are still testing the new 10 kW
transmitter, can`t be sure which frequency if either will be on air at any
particular time the next days. I wonder what kind of antenna, not NVIS? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910.05, Feb 4 at 0547,
tropical music at S9+15, so Alcaraván Radio is back on its usual + offset; no
QRM now. BTW, the Tennesseans on 5830, 5890, 5935 are much weaker, S7 very poor,
not always the case. I had thought HJDH inactive, as I have not been hearing it
after ~0630 when I usually start bedtime monitoring. Maybe they sign off circa
0600 now? Also check for sibling on 6010, finding only a JBA carrier, maybe
something other than Conciencia. I don`t check again until 0744 when 5910 is
definitely off.
I see in WRTH 2016 schedule as 23-10 UT for both 6010 and
5910, but 5910 has a single dagger by it, unexplained, unlike the double dagger
meaning inactive next to the only other Colombian SW listed, HJOY, LV del
Guaviare, 2000-0300 with 5 kW on 6035 --- which has been gone for years, so is
there some reason to expect it back? The April 2015 Domestic Broadcasting Survey
from DSWCI has it on the ever-expanding roster of deleted stations, as not heard
since May 2011 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL
GUINEA. 5004.99, Feb 4 at 0520, very poor signal combating storm noise far from
our area, with music, presumed R. Bata. I`m checking during this hour encouraged
by Ron Howard re-hearing it in further California. By 0543 it`s up to S7 with
talk, can`t tell if Spanish; 0556 still JBA. Very slightly on the lo side (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9934.945 approx., Feb 3 at
0652, defective ERT Avlis transmitter is back on, just barely modulated music
with whine, S5-S8 about equal signal level to OK // 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Feb 4 at 0528, R. Truth has
preacher in English as usual during the final hour of the broadcast day, and
still no sign of any clone signals around it. Ditto Feb 4 at 1250, one S7-9
station in Spanish, very poor S6 by 1310. On Feb 3 got this from Dr.
Madrid:
``Dear Glenn Houser and Víctor Gutiérrez: Our test transmissions
for Radio Verdad are on the same frequency 4055 kHz. However, in some countries
the frequency may vary a Little (one or two points). If a country is close to
Guatemala, the frequency may vary a little bit, in order not to bother our
master signal. We are not using any transmitters, but only computers, which
inject the signal into many short wave antennas. They are attempting to maintain
the same frequency 4055, as far as it is possible.
It is a completely
new technology on trial. A group of European, US and one Mexican Engineers are
working on it. It is a scientific experiment in order to rescue short wave. I
myself do not fully comprehend the system. The whole transmission system is
being controlled by satellite, and also the power injected into all short wave
antennas in the whole world.
I have paid different amounts of money for
the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, South
America and the Caribbean Islas. I hope everything comes out all right, as it is
a scientific experiment.
The schedule is the same as regular Radio
Verdad, beginning by 1000 UT up to 0605 UT. This set of tests will last only
this weeks. This week transmissions are being sent from Guatemala City, but,
depending on the results, we´ll start permanent transmissions from Chiquimula. I
will appreciate any reports about the quality and strength of the signal. May
God be with you, Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid, Radio Verdad & Radio Verdad
TV``
Can anyone explain how this could possibly work? If I were he,
before handing over any money, would insist/demand that the purveyors explain
exactly how this is supposed to be accomplished. It makes no sense to me, and I
am almost certain this is a scam and a fraud, and have told Dr Madrid so. If
anyone is so inclined, a thorough search for 4055v signals on SDRs around the
world might disprove this, or prove, if R. Verdad is heard at a time of day when
it could not possibly propagate from Guatemala. So far he says he has got good
reports from Panamá and Indonesia, no details (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Feb 3 at 1400, barely make
out a Radio Republik Indonesia ID vs hash on the channel probably local device
QRM. So Palangkaraya instead of Bougainville. Palangkaraya is inland
south-central Borneo (Kalimantan). The two are 4222 km apart, or 2623 miles, so
perhaps to them it seems like they can share a frequency.
3325, Feb 4 at
1248, S9 signal with music, so now is it Bougainville or Palangkaraya? 1300 soft
announcement, 1302.5 announcement with music and hard-sell ads(?), think
language is Indonesian, 1307 music. (At 1315 I start monitoring 6020 and find
Bougainville, q.v. is still there on its `day` frequency at local midnight). At
1324, 3325 is playing different music than 6020; at 1356, 3325 has become much
weaker, naturally fading down earlier than 6 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7400, Feb 4 at 1327, Sea Breeze still here,
with usual YL, seemingly in English as on Thursdays, heavy ACI from 7405 Radio
Martí and Cuban jamming. Seems like there is also some CCI underneath 7400,
which would be CRI Burmese via Kunming. 1356 before closing, some more
Shiokaze-style talk and music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
KOREA SOUTH. 15575, Feb 4 at 1449, VP signal S5-7 with flutter, presumed KBS WR
in Korean --- first sign of this all winter, the so-called North American
service at 14-15, which KBS insists on keeping to the 15 MHz band which won`t
propagate thru the winter nights. It`ll be longer before the previous hour 13-14
in English also starts to show, both to continue in A-16 when they will finally
work much of the time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
OKLAHOMA. RF 40, Feb 3, I notice that KAUT ``43``, OKC, has added another
subchannel to 43-2 THISTV: on 43-3 is ESCAPE, a network I had never heard of.
Logo bug in lower right has the P raised so the top part of it is
missing/escaPing. KAUT itself is a substation of KFOR,
and
guess what, searching here on ESCAPE gets no significant hits. This is so
unimportant to KFOR/KAUT that they don`t even acknowledge it on website. If you
can find it on the
page,
there is a program schedule for KAUT-DT2 never calling it what it is, THISTV,
but nothing for a KAUT-DT3. I found it on an STB, but my Sanyo DTV set doesn`t
want to recognize anything on 40 unless I rescan searching for all OTA DTV
signals again --- which means I might lose some of the others it captured last
time.
The ESCAPE movie network does exist already in many other markets,
but first time seen around here: http://www.escapetv.com/ It seems this
specializes in crime movies and shows, so never mind (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325-, Feb 4 at 1257, very poor
carrier remains, after CRI Japanese cuts off for a couple minutes, so presumed
Wantok Radio Light is active. See also BOUGAINVILLE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. BURNS, OREGON ON HAM RADIO --- Glen[n]:
Tennessee ham radio operator David Parrish (callsign KI4THY) is interviewing
various people living in Burns, Oregon with his phone patch and transmitting the
conversations over the air on 3843 kHz [LSB?]. He has done this on previous
nights as well. He has spoken to local citizen activist YouTubers, a mother and
daughter working as manager and waitress at a local tavern, a desk clerk at a
local motel and other figures. Other ham radio operators and phone callers from
around the U.S. are asking questions and making comments in the discussion. It
is also being streamed on http://livehams.com
by another ham (Des Preston, KB8UYJ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sent from my iPhone,
0722 UT Jan 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST via dxldyg without delay, WORLD OF RADIO
1811)
Despite posting the above to the 800+ DXLD yg members, it got zero
response, and I myself did not get around to checking it until:
3843-LSB,
Feb 4 at 0532, S9+25 signal from main ham about the Burns, Oregon standoff at a
National Wildlife Refuge. Says people will be calling in during next hour. Hopes
someone will record and put it on YouTube. It`s ``KI4THY, Captain Dave, here``
at 0533. Jamie and Dan will be live from the Pine Room Lounge in Burns shortly,
a ``real volatile situation``. 0537 someone on phone, Ernest, KG4QIX, who is
``almost twin`` of KI4THY, really brothers? Invites SWLs to call in, but never
hear a phone number. Brief `jamming` by someone singing. Reference to
livehams.com; and to High Desert Amateur Radio Group, in Bend and Burns. Waiting
for people to get off work; 0542 Dave is ``taking a break to change the ice on
the deck``, ha ha. Now a spoiler emits several ``oink, oinx`` in the pause. 0550
resumes net. Says Danny in Burns OR is coming up; 0601 ``we got four people
hanging on out there``. Unfortunately, at this point I have to QRX and finish
distributing WORLD OF RADIO. Apparently they are doing this every night around
midnight Central, and will continue for the duration.
Not till 0733 UT
am I back on 3843-LSB and find the post-discussion still going about this
``cliff-hanger``. Someone asks Dave about his phone patch. Says it`s home-made,
and with a Bluetooth module it`s easy to hook up a cell phone to it. After
transmission from an N5 in Waco, ``keep your powder dry``, trying to clear the
net. Someone says ``tune to 3833 for the rest of the story``, but I hear nothing
there immediately in a quick check.
Since I missed the body of the
broadcast (?) tonight, I`m still not quite sure where Dave and his friends are
coming from. Are they doing impartial journalism by interviewing onlookers in
Burns, or are they militia supporters? Or some of both? The question also arises
whether this use of ham radio is kosher, altho it certainly makes for
interesting monitoring. At least they are not trying to hide anything, using
their callsigns.
Where is KI4THY? 691 LAKEVIEW ST, ESTILL SPRINGS, TN
37330. His QRZ.com profile includes: ``73's to all from beautiful Tims Ford
Lake, East of Lynchburg and West of Estill Springs, Tn. KI4THY is a Vietnam
veteran and served the US Navy as an electronics technician aboard the USS
Suribachi, an ammo ship, in the South China Sea in 1972, with the USN 6th fleet
in the Mediterranean Sea in 1971, and USN Guam communications center/AFRTS in
1970`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO
1810 monitoring: confirmed UT Wed Feb 3 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330-CUSB, at S9+10/20
after at least 5 minutes of The Planet IS & IDs prior to new sign-on time.
That`s because Allan Weiner surprised me with this: ``Hi Glenn, I have decided
to carry WOR all seven days on 9330. Will be on 7:30 to 8pm, except Sat. will be
on 6:30 to 7p. All times EST. Hope this helps. Thanks for all you do. Allan``.
So in terms of UT that means Mon-Sat 0030, and Sat 2330. At tune-in
frequency was about 9329.87, but by 0054 it had warmed up to 9330.000. Also
confirmed 24 hours later UT Thu Feb 4 at 0030 on 9330.0. Due to our produxion
schedule, the first airing here of new WORs will be UT Fridays (and the previous
9330 airing at 0200 UT Friday, expected to shift to 0300, will no longer be
necessary).
WOR 1810 also confirmed Wed Feb 3 at 1415.5 on WRMI 9955
(following FG Radio, Cyprus, with a short-story ``classic reading`` from Robert
Louis Stevenson; why? We`ve heard RLS on FGR before, and wonder if it`s the same
story, an ``evergreen`` standby episode instead of any news? BTW their website
has not been updated since last May, with outdated schedules,
including
this Wed 1400 on 9955 but with summer timing of Wed 1300.
WOR 1810 also
confirmed Wed Feb 3 during the WBCQ 2200 airing, at 2211 when it was on about
7490.0; rechecked after 0030, this had as usual drifted down slightly to the lo
side of 7490.
WORLD OF RADIO 1811 monitoring: confirmed first SW airing
Thu Feb 4 after 1230 on WRMI 9955: at 1253 check it`s S9+10 with pulse jamming;
tnx a lot, Arnie! Also confirmed Thu at 2100 on WRMI 7570, good. Also confirmed
NEW: UT Friday Feb 5 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.135-CUSB. Next:
Fri 2130 WRMI
15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [ex-7265]
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to
SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun
0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND?
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v
WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to
WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Shortly after posting my latest logs, heard from Jeff
White, that the WRMI transmission grid has now been updated,
So
the second entry for ``5850`` on the TOM website really applies to
7730:
5850 West/Midwest USA & NE Asia
Daily
0100-0700
0900-1000
1100-2300
8pm-2am
4am-5am
6am-6pm
5850
[sic] Western N America & Mexico
Daily
0100-0700
0800-0000
8pm-2am
3am-7pm
[two entries for
5850? Does that mean two transmitters/antennas at once? Would be something new
for WRMI. Or meant to apply to a different frequency?]
242 hours a day of
course is equivalent to an average of TEN+ BS transmitters at once thruout the
day, 24/7. Margin of error: Jeff White confirms that it`s nominally 10 x 24 =
240 hours per day.
5850, Feb 3 at 0701, as expected above, this frequency
is taking a break from BS, with fill music, while 5015, 5950 and 7570 are still
BS; also 7730 has gone to music instead of BS. At this hour in the nightmiddle,
BS is also still audibly transmitting on day frequencies 11580, 11825, 11920,
plus 13695 with a JBA carrier.
11580, Wed Feb 4 at 2125, surprised to
hear `Walking in Power` outroduxion on this frequency at this hour, which per
revised schedule is supposed to be part of the deka-frequency BS-blast from WRMI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, UT Tuesday Feb 2
at 0100-0200, WBCQ is presumably broadcasting first episode of new weekly show,
`From the Isle of Music`. But since I`m busy at the computer, I condescend to
listen to the webstream instead, despite the perfect ``reception`` for this show
designed for shortwave. The host is a big Cuban music fan and has even visited
the Antille and interviewed musicians, so not all the hour is pure music.
Unfortunately, the stream is not stereo which would give it added value over SW;
I wonder if the original show is produced in stereo. Reception is so good that I
can perceive numerous edits during the talk portion, altho not as obvious as on
World of Radio.
We certainly welcome this addition to the schedule,
altho if any music is hardly lacking on SW already, it`s Cuban --- the only
saving grace of Radio Habana (and Radios Rebelde, Progreso to a much lesser
extent). Too bad he didn`t pick some other Latin American country to feature.
He, who? We only found his name by hunting thru old Facebook posts, Bill
Tilford. He mixes in comments in Spanish with a pronounced Yanqui accent from
Chicago. This replaces `Rabbi Yaakov Spivak` on WBCQ, and Larry Will says
another new music show will occupy Rabbi`s other 01-02 hours on UT Wed, Thu,
Fri; until then, filled by `Allan Weiner Worldwide` repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. KRZA Streaming is now back up! Thank you
all for your patience through our streaming transition to a new company. As some
of you may know we had to switch from Live365.com to SurferNetwork.com due to
the closing of Live365. You can stream the same way you always have by clicking
on the "Listen Live" link on the home page of our website. Have a great day and
enjoy KRZA via the web and mobile devices! (Gerald Rodriguez, General Manager,
KRZA 88.7 Alamosa CO, Feb 2, http://krza.org via
DXLD)
Good,
have been listening to their 3-hour world-music show Feb 4 at 16-19 UT. Janet
Woodman says she is only on the first Thursday of the month (Glenn Hauser, Feb
4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Feb 3 from 1417 tune-in,
R. Sana`a mostly music, past 1500 still at S9+10; 1502.4 changes music, but no
call to prayer or announcement past 1506.
11860, Feb 4 at 1309 check, R.
Sana`a is already at good S9+10 level with Arabic talk. Previously it would not
fade up to this level for another semihour. I`m mainly monitoring Bougainville
during rest of this hour. At 1409, 11860 is S9+20 still M&W talk in Arabic
about Yemen. 1421 audio stops during a non-Qur`an spoken recitation, and dead
air continues until cuts back on with music at 1431.5; S9+20 here sounds much
louder than the S9+20 metering on 6020. At 1501, 11860 switches from music to
talk, still going at 1510 with no break for a call-to-prayer, which now seems
quite hit-and-miss, optional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 4 at 0525 UT, again hearing some weak
blues music with KSTP nulled as much as possible. At hourtop, 0558-0600+ UT
don`t hear any announcement, just music. Replying to my previous log is Wally
Leisering:
``Have you ruled out KCLF 1500, New Roads, LA? I have not
heard them in GA so far.
I
love this line from their web page. "While some stations would be satisfied with
this coverage, we at KCLF 1500 AM have plans to increase the station’s
broadcasting power and find ways to expand the station’s coverage area!" (Wally
Leisering, Decatur, GA, Sent from Windows Mail, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)``
Wally, tnx for the tip. I bet that`s it, but it would be nice
if they legal-ID once in a while. Logo says ``The Voice of Pointe Coupée
Parish``, and: ``The Best in Gospel, Blues and Zydeco``
``American Blues
Network --- Showcasing best Blues talent, The American Blues Network is the
oldest blues show playing down home contemporary and traditional blues! On air:
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm & 6:00pm – 6:00am``
General direxion
and blues all night certainly fit; I haven`t heard any Zydeco yet. NRC AM Log
had it as UC/AC, ``K-15``, 1000 D1, but a CP for U1 850/18. They`ve obviously
been on at night, maybe more than 18 watts. So they went to the trouble to get a
U1 license by ``reducing`` power at night. Sudden appearance may be explained by
the CP going into effect, or just letting the 1 kW daytime stay on, like so many
stations cheat. FCC AM Query still has the U1 info as CP, but it takes them a
while to catch up when a CP is activated. CoL is New Roads LA, which is barely
on the south/west bank of the Mississippi, but is the site, justifying a K-call?
Also the U1 CP site has slightly different coördinates than the original D1 site
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1811, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 0056 UT February 5
