** BRAZIL [and non]. 9645.4, Feb 25 at 0458, JBA carrier, presumed R.
Bandeirantes reactivated on SW, as first reported by Brazilians on Feb 22, and
resuming its off-frequency. Not as strong as the other 31m ZY variants off 9630,
9665, 9725, 9820. They also say 6090v is back on, blocked here by Anguilla, but
possibly capable of hetting it. The third Bandeirantes channel 11925 is not yet
reported.
9645.0, Feb 25 at 0521, now there`s a very poor on-frequency
signal yet stronger than 9645.4. HFCC shows it`s VR, SMG VATICAN in Arabic at
0500-0530.
9645.4, Feb 25 at 0626 now RB is clear with music but very
poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CANADA. 1610, Feb 25 at 0459 UT, announcement in Spanish over PMS Anguilla, and
0500 UT `O, Canada` national anthem, i.e. CHHA, Voces Latinas, Toronto. Do any
other or all Canadians play NA at local midnite? I haven`t noticed it before,
certainly not from CBC; optional unlike Mexico? Getting the new 1610 in Montreal
past CHHA will be tough here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CHINA [non]. 9570, Feb 25 at 1353, S9+10 song in Brazuguese with guitar, from,
what else? CRI English via CUBA, or rather as IDed with addresses at 1354, ``CRI
News-Plus Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000,
Feb 25 at 0512, S9+40 open carrier/dead air instead of RHC English; 6060 is
S9+25; 6100 is S9+30, and 6165 is S9+35. Otherwise: 5040 is still in Spanish;
6075 is on with dead air; at 0518 so is 11840 at S3 to 5; at 0522, 9535 is on
with dead air at S8. All these are scheduled in Spanish until 0600, plus 15230,
generally inaudible here, until 0700.
Recheck at 0536: 6000 still dead
air, 9535 off, 11840 JBA in Spanish // 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7400, Feb 25 at 1345, Sea Breeze YL in
English on Thursday, 1347 typical sounder; presumed CRI Burmese is the
understation today. It`s about time for another Shiokaze frequency jump,
probably back to the 6 MHz band from JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 9120 and 8960, Feb 25 at 0626, weak signals of
Brother Scare and local ESPN 1390 KCRC, i.e. external mixing or R75 receiver
overload, both 1390 kHz away from VG WRMI frequencies, 7730 and 7570 (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Tuning thru longwave for
beacons, not expecting any real DX, I find these on the NRD-545 with ALA-330S
loop oriented east-west:
251, Feb 25 at 0525, AM - Amarillo TX; I thought it
was on 250
365, Feb 25 at 0527, HQG - Hugoton KS; I thought it was on
364
404, Feb 25 at 0530, FNB - Falls City - Brenner NE; thought it was
405
(Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1813
monitoring: confirmed Wed Feb 24 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490v-AM webcast. Due to slight
misalignment of automation timing, three extraneous words are inserted after the
WBCQ ID and just before WOR playback starts. Today, they are: ``up in Quebec``.
Similar happens before some WRMI airings. Also confirmed at 0030 UT Thu Feb 25
on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB.
WORLD OF RADIO 1814 ready for first SW broadcasts Thu
Feb 25:
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri
0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI
13695 to NW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to
SW
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. 9455, Feb 25 at
1350, Brother Scare at S6, so poor that first I imagine it`s Bulgaria, but 1359
WRMI ID by BZ; so o yeah, it`s the most obscure of WRMI`s new frequencies, #14
on hi-angle antenna 181 degrees to Cuba at 13-20, paired with equally weak
nightish channel 5950 at 20-13, mostly BS except for some AWR and FR
hours.
This despite IBB SAIPAN already on 9455 starting at 1600 plus
ChiCom jamming, Firedrake at times. (Voice of Russia also pretends it`s on 9455
until 1400 via Irkutsk) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. 9275, Feb 24 at 2036 check, no signal from WMLK, Bethel PA, whose open
carrier test was confirmed 48 hours earlier; available between 17 and 22 UT.
Another check Feb 25 at 1910: Not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11635, Feb 25 at 0515, Hallelujah (pick your
spelling) hymn poor at S5. Must be WHRI reactivated: yes, HFCC shows it stopped
11635 from Dec 6, resumed it Feb 7, at 0430-0600, 250 kW northeastward (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1080, Feb 25 at 0534 UT,
C&W music vs KRLD Dallas, i.e. KSLL Price UT, 10 kW non-direxional daytimer
still funxioning 24h. Does KRLD care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1380, Feb 25 at 0459 UT, usual plug for Iglesia del
Pueblo on Pasadena Blvd., and usual ID ONLY for KMIC 1590 Houston, R. Aleluya,
really via KRCM Shenandoah TX, obviously still running its 22 kW day power on
north/eastward pattern, breaking three regulations at once (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. I`ve asked Don Moman, VE6JY near
Edmonton, Alberta, who has an antenna farm with direxion-finding capability, if
he could help us with the 11860 station. His full findings so far appear in the
DXLD yg; including his first check after 0100 UT Feb 25: a 60 Hz hum displayed
on the Perseus screen capture (and I see a barely visible double, 120 Hz from
the carrier). (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I read the comment
about possibly coming from Iran - but I can rule that out, I think. As per the
attached Perseus screen capture the transmitted signal has easily viewed 60 Hz
hum components indicating it`s fed from a 60 cycle power source. Iran is listed
as 50 Hz. Saudi is 60 Hz. You can also see the "fuzz" on the carrier which is
typical of a signal going thru the somewhat disturbed auroral regions (Don
Moman, 0250 UT Feb 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Don, Very good. Neat clue
about the hum Hz. I see that Saudi Arabia is the ONLY country in the Mideast,
not to mention Europe and most of Asia, Africa, that is on 60 Hz.
Would
this definitely be caused by 60 Hz power at the transmitter, or could it be
caused by 60 Hz hum in the studio modulation being fed into the transmitter, and
which could be in two different countries? (Glenn to Don, via DXLD)
I
suppose it could sneak in via either means, and I'm no expert, but to me it
comes in mainly at the transmitter. If the signal is strong enough, I think it
would be very rare not to see either 50 or 60 Hz energy. I think in most cases
the audio response would fall off greatly enough in a shortwave transmitter
modulation chain, there wouldn't be much left, even if it was present in the
audio feed (Don, ibid.)
Around 1450 UT he finds the peak short-path
signal at 20 degrees, but also long-path from 200 degrees. That azimuth cuts
right across Saudi Arabia, midway between Riyadh and Jeddah, and within one
degree of Aden.
My check of 11860 at 1401 Feb 25 finds usual big S9+10
signal, W&M with Arabic news about Yemen, and can`t hear any hum. If Don
gets any 50 Hz hum from 11860 at other dayparts, that should prove then it`s not
from Sa`udi Arabia (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
Big buzzy signal is slowly drifting downward; an ionosonde? Feb 25 at 1407 it
crosses 11535; at 1410 past 11400, 1411 past 11375, 1412 past 11360, 1414 to
11345. It was slowing down, at first 45 kHz per minute, then 25, 15, only 7.5,
approx. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
1917 UT February 25
