** BRAZIL. 4885.03, Feb 23 at 0214 check, R. Clube do Pará is still absent. I do
find a few JBA carriers on typical ZY 60m frequencies: 4875.1, 4865.0, 4861.9,
5035 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 6055, Feb 23 at
0230, JBA carrier. Surely not JOZ at midday in Japan; HFCC shows it must be
IRIB, 0230-0530 in Arabic, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2097-CW, Feb 23 at 0206 UT, beacon with a
simple ID as A in Morse code every 10 seconds. Weak but no doubt about the
letter sent. Tnx to tip from Rick Barton, Peoria AZ, who reported this Feb 16,
as 2097.3, from Quartzsite AZ. It`s among the HIFers on this list:
``(15
watts) - 'A' ident or malfunctions as series of dits - 15 watts max., 24/7 [1]
Last reported: June 30, 2012``
Quartzsite is on I-10, 20 miles from
California, or 944 miles = 1519 km from Enid, amounting to 63 miles per watt.
Wonder what happened to some other such beacons in the 3.4+ and 4.0+ MHz range,
including a couple in OK I used to hear? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1813 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Feb 23
at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.063-CUSB, following 0029 IS & ID loop, sign-on. It`s S9
now with good modulation. Next:
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. 9330.06, Feb 23 at 0159, WBCQ The Planet ID, and 0200
right into a gospel huxter with no program introduxion, initially paranoid about
``airplanes spraying stuff`` and ``aluminum corn``. WBCQ program guide already
has this as new `Word of Deliverance` with Pastor Jim Inman, 7 days a week at
02-03 (following `Full Gospel Hour`, also 7-daily at 01-02, with Terry (the
blaster) Blalock. (But the sked still shows WOR on 9330 only at 0300 UT Friday
instead of daily 0030 except Sat 2330 instead of 0030 UT
Sunday.)
Meanwhile, at 0202 UT Feb 23, WBCQ 7489.9 is already Brother
Scaring, but with someone else paranoid about apocalypse-by-radiation, while
nothing heard on 3250 or 5109.7 (in last report one mis-reference read 5107.9)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Feb 22 at 2007,
S9+30 open carrier/dead air except some hum from WTWW-2, during `Dave Ramsey`
show. While tuning on to a much more interesting carrier on 9275, I leave a
receiver on here eventually to discover modulation cutting back on at 2015.4,
JIP Ramsey just as he is going to a commercial break. Isn`t anyone at station
paying attention? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
9275.04, Feb 22 at 2010, tune in S9 to S9+10 open carrier, cuts off at 2010.5*,
back on at *2016.4 and stays on until 2055.2*. Back on briefly at *2056.3 but
cuts off and on and off. Another brief appearance at *2114.9 and quickly off,
never to return past 2200.
Unfortunately up against a local device
bubble jammer, probably a DTV cable converter box, but the carrier is fading
slightly, and normally nothing here, so I instantly suspect it`s the
long-dormant WMLK, Assemblies of Yahweh, Bethel PA, which just registered this
frequency with HFCC for possible B-15 usage between 17 & 22 UT, also 04-09,
both 125 kW at 53 degrees to Europe.
Before it went dark a decade plus
ago, it was on 9265, but WINB subsequently usurped that frequency for itself.
WMLK was long registered on 9955 too, but now has wisely ceded that to WRMI, 24
hours. WMLK got a 250 kW transmitter and have been trying to get it and
associated damaged antennas operational all this time. Some of this is detailed
on their website, http://wmlkradio.net
but
which has not been updated since 2013y. WMLK was still in WRTH 2015, as
inactive, but they gave up and removed it from 2016!
I e-mailed this
inquiry to everyone on the webpage contact list, except Elder Jacob O Meyer
(EJOM) himself, who died in 2010y* and thus was not expected to reply.
``Dear WMLK: This afternoon Monday Feb 22, I have been hearing a good
unmodulated carrier on 9275.04 kHz. Since you have recently registered this new
frequency, I wonder if I am really hearing WMLK testing on the air at last after
these many years?? If so, is this the first day or when did testing
start?
I tuned in at 2010 UT but it went off about 2010:30; and came back
on at 2016:24 or so and has stayed on continuously as of 2052.
9275 reads
about S9+10 with slight fading, while your neighbor in more ways than one, WINB
on 9265 is S9 fading down to only S5. This is on my R-75 receiver with 100 foot
east-west longwire.
Please confirm whether or not this is WMLK testing,
and update us on your plans from now on? Perhaps you could modulate an ID at top
of hour? Thanks, Glenn Hauser, World of Radio``
This went out just before
the cutoff at 2055z, as if they got my mail and realized someone was listening?
No, probably coincidental; and still no reply, so I don`t yet have any
confirmation this was really WMLK. Anyhow, this carrier at S9 was stronger than
neighbor 9265 WINB, only averaging S8 despite its 50(?) kW being aimed this way.
9275: a frequency for further monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3195 & 3185, Feb 23 at 0209, WWRB absent from both
frequencies; don`t know if on 3215 earlier, but received this Update Feb 22
directly from Dave Frantz, edited only for style:
``Greetings. We made a
slight change in our flight sked. This has allowed me to be here at WWRB early.
We operate 7 days a week:
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 6:55 PM to 12:00 AM:
3215 then 3195 after 9:00 PM
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 6:55 PM to 9:00 PM: 3215
then 3185 after 9:00 PM
[these times must be EST = UT -5; WWRB is very near
the CST boundary]
Right now shortwave broadcasting is a race to the
bottom in airtime pricing. So I can make $170.00 per hour flying with ZERO
expense --- or crawl on my belly for less than $50.00 per hour with plenty of
expense!!!!
Since the demise of coal fire power plants, electric rates
are now skyrocketing. The demand charges alone eat up the power tube replacement
reserve.
It's worth noting my wife has a friend that is a licensed
massage therapy business: She charges $70.00 per hour for a massage. She is
booked SOLID with 'church going' clients; she just brought in another therapist
to help her with the work load. Her basic cost for her business is: $250.00 per
month office rent, utilities included!!, 300 bucks, a ONE time expense for a
massage table, 50 bucks for sheets / drapes. 20 bucks for a gallon of massage
oil. Profits GALORE --- PLUS she works when she wants to and no bull shit to put
up with.
A Shortwave station: almost a million bucks for a 100 kW
station, PLUS all the operating expenses to make $50.00 per hour????? with all
the other cost. Red ink GALORE & PLENTY of bull shit to put up with. How can
you pay an employee a DECENT living wage with that little revenue? When Brother
Stair quits the U.S. shortwave, coupled with the EXPLOSIVE electric rates,
THAT'S IT!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, Feb
22 at 2012, WWCR-4 has crashed again; it was blasting in a few minutes earlier
with Brother Scare // much weaker 9955 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1380, Feb 23 at 0237 UT, station with ranchera hymn is
dominating again, like the non-identifying KRCM Shenandoah TX, relaying KMIC
1590 Pasadena/Houston, as logged two nights ago, obviously still on 2.8 kW ND
day facility if not the 22 kW day direxional applied for (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Bandscanning UT Tue Feb 23, vs
approaching storm noise level of S9 to S9+20 at 3.3 MHz, somewhat less on higher
frequencies, I encounter a few SSB nets, probably MARS, usually one station
somewhat more copiable than any others:
3299-USB, 0210 Feb 23, W&M
voices conversing, then into digital modes
4036-USB, 0212 Feb 23, contact
between 5AK and 5MG, truncated calls, about antennas
4041-USB, 0213 Feb
23, brief bit of another 2-way
6986.5-USB, 0217 Feb 23, ``shall we keep
it open for army only?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9300.0-USB, Feb 23 at 0225, weak 2-way in unknown
language. Really no idea, except it unseems tonal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0442 UT February 23
