** BRAZIL. 4885.025, Feb 23 at 0656, R. Clube do Pará, Belém, is back on at S9
with music, 0658 very full ID. As in my last report, it was missing at 0214
check. Sometimes they stay on all night, more often not. Maybe this is just
getting started around 5 am local DST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9935, Feb 23 at 0642, ERT whiner is audible at S5,
while 9420 non-whiner is JBA carrier at S2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 11518, Feb 23 at 1428, JBA carrier, trace of
modulation? No jamming audible from 11515 or 11520. No doubt this is V. of Tibet
via TAJIKISTAN on one of its off-frequencies. Wolfgang Büschel was monitoring
one after another today from 1200 on the 15, 13, 12, 11 MHz bands concluding
during this time:
``1402:03-1405:20 11513 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS
Tibetan, no jamming observed til 1405 UT on Febr 23, then VoT Dushanbe hopped
to
1405:20-1430:37 11518 DB 100 kW 131 deg to CeAS Tibetan, and CNR jammer
has been appeared STILL on lower side 11510 kHz. VoT TX cut off at 14.30:37 UT
on Febr 23`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Received
this Feb 23 from anonymous webmaster@wmlkradio.net
---
``Glenn: You are correct in your assumptions. WMLK Radio is licensed
by the FCC to test at 9.275 MHZ from 1700-2200 UTC. We have been placing a
carrier and modulated content on the air during this time period. Programming
with SID's will soon follow when testing stages and adjustments are completed.
Thank you for your report!``
Check 9275 Feb 23 at 1727: not on yet
today.
This undated page, but which I think is nothing new, explains some
of their woes in getting this thing going:
concluding
with this ``mission statement``:
``Radio WMLK cannot be stopped at the
border of a given country. Many people on this earth only have access to the
outside world via shortwave radio. With this method of communication, we will
reach many people and many countries, that otherwise would present difficulty in
accessing. There comes a time of government restriction/intervention, and also
the time comes that attempts will be made, to silence those in opposition to
their views. The beast system will be very oppressing. With our own broadcasting
capabilities, we will be able (Yahweh Willing!) to continue to send forth
Yahweh's Truth to a dying world! Also in the works is obtaining our own power
generator. We want to be able to produce our own electricity if necessary.
Shalom! Gary A. McAvin, Chief Operating Engineer``
It looks like the evil
government`s FCC was very foolish to authorize WMLK! ``Beast system``??? ``Dying
world``??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 &
7730, Feb 23 at 0704, these WRMIs have switched to the very nice eclectic fill
music loop, after hours & hours of BS, while e.g. 5765 & 7780 stay with
BS. The transmission schedule grid is confusing, showing 5850 and 7730 switch to
System D other religious programming at 0700, but Sundays only on 5850, Mondays
only on 7730 --- and this is Tuesday. So apparently other days of week are not
paid for by BS or anyone, but they leave the transmitters on. BTW, have not
heard the fill music lately on 11580 between 13 and 15, but rather more BS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re 1380, KRCM,
Shenandoah TX, now heard twice with strong dominant signal at night, the info
that it had an application for 22 kW was from the NRC AM Log as of last summer.
Checking current FCC AM Query, we see now they already are LICENSED for 22 kW
day power, 50 watts (ha, ha) night power:
The
pdf pattern plot is 404, but the data shows:
major
lobe is to the north and east; minimum to the WSW. Not only are they licensed
for 22/0.05 kW, but also have an application for 22/0.043 kW. This involves a
transmitter site change at night only.
Currently licensed day and night
at
30° 07' 40.00" N Latitude Power: 22.0 kilowatts (kW) Daytime
95°
57' 35.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
with different patterns day and
night.
Day site would stay same, but new night site app would be quite
moved:
29° 39' 54.00" N Latitude Power: 0.043 kilowatts (kW) Nighttime
95° 45' 28.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
and non-direxional
However, if
they are going to run 22 kW at night, why bother with a new 43-watt night-only
site presumably closer to the target area? DAIJ Media, LLC, licensee of KRCM,
obviously has no respect for the rules, not bothering to ID legally either
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Lots of USB QSO
pirates in Indonesish, Feb 23 at 1430-1440 on 5-kHz spacings: 11460, 11455 (more
soft-spoken and more musical), 11450, 11435, 11410, 11405 (sounds YL) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1729 UT
February 23
