** ANGUILLA. 11775, March 18 at 1451, University Network with huge distortion,
an occasional comprehensible word of PMS penetrating thru breakup; crackling
audible at least out to plus/minus 7 kHz, 11768-11782. Same thing that was
ruining 6090 last night. Doesn`t anyone in The Valley notice, at least when
changing frequencies, that the transmitter is way out of whack, and needs to be
closed down until repaired? Of course not! Tsk2, she dispensed with services of
a competent engineer, George McClintock who used to go down there and fix it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15700, March
18 at 1423, CRI English relay modulation is breaking up with crackling: wiggle
that patchcord.
15370, March 18 at 1431, RHC itself inbooming with music
show, during ``Yo quiero despertar contigo``, racy song. // 11760 has heavy SAH,
which according to Aoki would have to be Kamalabad, Iran in Bengali at
1420-1520. RHC also still on // 9640 & 9820, while 17730 & 17750 are but
JBA carriers in degraded propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 11580, March 18 at 1353, WRMI again with eclectic world
music concert, maybe Turkish tune; 1355 another familiar song with guitar,
language unknown. Sure wish Jeff could provide a playlist with details of all
this great music. Meanwhile, weaker 9955 is in `Viva Miami`, I think, with
Jeff`s voice. After 1400: at 1402, 9955 has not switched to Brother HyStairical
as scheduled, but gone to music as well, but *not* // a different playout
continuing on 11580 which is not in BS either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5072.08, March 18 at 0616, I measure the WTWW-2 spur
more closely, which makes it -12.92 kHz from 5085 --- altho I do not confirm
whether fundamental is on exactly 5085.000; probably not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 680, March 18 at 1336 UT, ``Country Legends,
KKYX, now in stereo on 104-9``. Does ``now`` imply a recent addition? No, as of
last August it`s already in the NRC AM Log as // K285EU, 104.9, but it also
shows $tereo (and IBOC) on 680. If so, why does KKYX San Antonio TX imply it`s
not stereo on original AM frequency? Did they turn that off once they had the
translator? BTW coverage of a 250-watt max FM translator is incomparable to a
50/10 kW lowband AM station. As for IBOC, I have not noticed any noise from it
peaking at 667/693 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
1150, March 18 at 1340 UT, classic rock tunes dominate, looping NE/SW, rather
than KSAL KS which would be N/S; 1342 UT ID amid tunes as ``All News Radio`` ---
huhhh?? And then a gospel rock song; 1345 UT fading out but still not much from
KSAL. Possibilities are KHRO El Paso TX 5000/380 watts U1, oldies; closer KOLJ
Quanah TX 530/77 watts U1, supposed to be country classics; or even KRMS Osage
Beach MO, 840/55 watts U1, news/talk. Could it be KSAL all along, skewed DF, and
despite breaking format? Website http://www.ksal.com has nothing resembling a
program schedule, but branded as NewsRadio 1150. Seems I have heard them with
some music before, at least on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4766.0, March 18 at 1349, JBA carrier still here
close to fade-out, presumably something from Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1653 UT March 18
