** ANGUILLA. 11775, March 20 at 1948, modulation ******still****** breaking up
from Caribbean Beacon, whenever DGS tries to speak amid his long pauses. 90
hours of this and counting! Before then, it was off the air for a day or so
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165, March 21 at 0537,
JBA carrier under RHC, detectable with BFO, and in AM, rapid SAH surges during
RHC fades; presumed reactivated RNT again. During DST I am not voluntarily awake
as late as 0700 UT when RHC closes, and Chad would likely have faded out by then
anyway, two hours after local sunrise. Or maybe not: Wolfgang Büschel says it
was still audible on the Qatar SDR at 0753 March 20, and he measured it that way
on 6164.958 at 1712 March 20; by 1900 it was up to 6164.960 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CONGO. 6115, March 21 at 0539, JBA carrier with
trace of modulation, presumed R. Congo again. Following my report 24 hours
earlier, Ralph Perry replied: ``Hi Glenn: Actually, 6115 Brazzaville is
sporadically on the air in the 0600+ slot. Probably a regularly scheduled xmsn,
just not heard quite 'regularly'. Don't need a special sked for this one as I've
heard them several times in the past six months with a mediocre signal but
certainly them, African music and French announcements. Signal strength was not
bad but way under modulated, similar to what you had. Best wishes and 73
Ralph``
Maybe due to elexion, they are now on before 0600, the earlier
the better for us. On the other hand, Ron Howard in California says,
``JAPAN. 6115, "RN2," 0518, March 21. Checking for Congo, but surprised
to find this instead, as I didn't think I could hear them this early; started
very poor; able to make out some pop hit songs from the 50s; 0600 clear "RN2"
ID``.
I know the 6115 station I heard first on March 20 was in French,
with African music. Even that will not totally rule out Radio Nikkei which is
occasionally in French lessons, and eclectic in music. To be positive, must
check // 9760 for RN2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
11840, March 20 at 1951, S9 open carrier/dead air, presumably RHC; also at 1959
on 15230, S8. President Obama is about to land for his visit. 15370 checked at
2107, RHC with a clip of Fidel in honor of RHC itself amid IS plays.
6060, March 21 at 0344, RHC music here is NOT // 6075, but turns out to
be // 6000 & 6165, i.e. 6060 is on the English feed! Another frequency
checked, 9535, remains Spanish // 6075 with música cubana. I have previously
noticed 6060 carrying English sometime during the 01-05 UT period instead of
scheduled Spanish. I`ll have to put 6060? back in as a possible in DX/SWL/Media
Programs. At 0402 recheck, 6060 has switched to Spanish and is much stronger,
probably also a transmitter/antenna change (and 6075 has gone off).
6165, March 21 at 0414, RHC English has been talking informally about
the Obama visit, but not exactly full coverage, as 0414.5 turns over to Arnie
Coro for DXers Unlimited; first topic: amateur radio astronomy, EME on the 1296
MHz band. By 0537, 6165 has a detectable SAH again from presumed CHAD, q.v.
A prime time to monitor RHC is Tuesday March 22 at 1400 UT when Pres.
Obama is scheduled to speak to the Cuban people, promised to be broadcast live
island-wide (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non].
11930, March 20 at 2110, Cuban jamming is unabated vs Radio Martí, as President
Obama begins his visit; ditto on 9565 --- and still jammed on 13820 which is
never in use at this hour; and for good measure on 9955 against WRMI`s Brother
Scare (Hermano Susto).
Spot chex of Radio Martí, as much as I can hear
it, show lots of palaver about the visit, but unseems much live from the scene,
as I`m sure the Dentro-Cubanos have not facilitated that. Yet, Pres. Obama would
lay a wreath at the memorial to José Martí, extremely ironic.
6030, March
21 at 0342, RM is over the jamming, bringing in via phone, an ``independent
journalist`` in Cuba, Ignacio González. Other frequency 7365 at 0350 the
discussion continues atop jamming level, but unabated. A different Greenville
transmitter is open carrier on 7405, already warming up to take over at
0400.
13820, March 21 at 1444, RM is well over jamming, while 11930 is
way under jamming. At 1948, 13820 is very good atop jamming, while 11930 is
under with jamming plus variety of musical tones, but not the same-pitch rows of
beeps I have heard before. 9565 is not yet on. 13820 cuts off abruptly at 2000*
sharp amid constant discussion of Obama visit and Cuba; 11930 is still unusable,
leaving us in the lurch.
9565 is still off until *2001:10 with carrier,
but modulation not applied until 2003 with `Obama en Cuba` reopening ``en 11-80
AM y nuestras [no citadas] frecuencias de onda corta``. Seems this was the same
transmitter as on 13820 which couldn`t retune any faster (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, March 21 at 0355, TGAV is closing a
program mentioning a bunch of other radio stations, including ``Tras las Ondas,
Radio --- de Santa Bárbara``, presumably the one in Honduras, then 0356 The
Lord`s Prayer recited in English but with tune background. R. Truth is about to
go thru sign-off routine on Sunday night two hours earlier than other nights;
but recheck at 0419, dead carrier is still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, UT Monday March 21 at 0423, government talk
presumed `La Hora Nacional`, and also presumed XEP Juárez, usually 38 kW day
power dominator here, so running it weekly show at 10 pm local MDT = CST/HCM as
border city is already on DST to go along with El Paso. DST in the rest of
Mexico does not begin until April 3 after two sesquiweeks of confusion (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA [and non]. 17800.00,
March 20 at 1953. AWR Fulfulde service via Meyerton is on-frequency today, after
being caught 72 Hz to the hi side during this semihour yesterday. However, 24
hours later, March 21 at 1943, there is no carrier from this ``daily``
broadcast; altho 17885 is S6 audible from BBC Hausa via Ascension (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 5910, UT Monday March 21 at
0339, YL in English about Uganda, S9-S5 and no het as HJDH seems to be
deliberately avoiding Radio Lead Africa via SOUTH AFRICA. Ron Howard was
listening at the very same time, and says HJDH went off at 0257* as now usual,
and later finally heard a partially clear ``Lead Africa Radio`` ID (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 4960, March 21 at 0400,
VOA English news is running one word behind // 4930, both S9+6. 4960 is São
Tomé, 4930 is Botswana, and they are // at 04-05 only; BOT is entirely in
English 03-06, and mostly in English 14-21; SAO is on 4960 only in the mornings,
on 4940 evenings, why? but only at 2030-2100 in Hausa or English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1817 monitoring:
confirmed Sunday March 20 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT
Monday March 21 at new shifted time from 0302 on Area 51 webcast, and before
0330 fair on WBCQ 5129.735. Also confirmed after 0330 on WRMI 9955, but very
poor S4-S6 (while 9395 was S9+5/15). Next:
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed
1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
9955, Sunday March 20 at 2230, Cuba is jamming `Viva Miami` on WRMI, seems an
episode which has been running for a few weeks, Jeff interviewing the guy from
Blues Radio International, Jesse Finkelstein. So I resort to webcast to inspect
what the 2245 program on the schedule is really about, `In Search of
Truth-Braz`. It starts with an hymn in Brazuguese, so it`s not in English and
it`s not clandestine or even political. Program ID announced is ``Deixe a Bíblia
Falar``, i.e. merely a version of `Let the Bible Speak`, with phone number
81-33425269. So that`s that. Unclear how this got titled otherwise in English on
schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7504.95, March
21 at 0352, open carrier/dead air, as WRNO must have finished early, nominal
0400*. They also start early, so wrong clock? Meanwhile, Ron Howard confirms
that their own website program schedule I cited is incorrect, as he still hears
`Praise for Today` in Chinese, UT Sat March 19 until 0351, ``scheduled Thu &
Sat about 0300-0400``. And furthermore he still heard a DW news relay in English
at 0241-0244 UT Sun March 20. He adds that on March 21 they were already in dead
air from 0232 onwards (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
9975, March 21 at 0407, poor ~S6 signal with `Sunday Night Swing` music, must be
KVOH on past nominal 0400*. One US SW station which has the good sense not to
make a DST shift, as if they had, would be going off at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, March 21 at 1954, mostly dead air
with hum from WWCR, interrupted by brief bursts of BS blather. Meanwhile, TOM is
OK on 9370 WWRB and numerous WRMI frequencies. At 2011 recheck, 9980 has
recovered during other programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Monday March 21 at 1955, no signal again from
WMLK, while neighbor 9265 WINB is audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1470, March 21 at 0321 UT as I bandscan, promo for ``AM
1470 KVHS``, heard twice, and I`m pretty certain of the calls --- but they lead
nowhere, nothing similar found in NRC AM Log, or FCC AM Query (unless it were
1420, KBHS Hot Springs AR --- surely not!).
So I try Barry McLarnon`s
``fuzzy`` search site via http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/
and
get a hit on: KDHN Dimmitt TX, which is 500/140 watts in the panhandle,
direxional westward, but close enough fonetikaly and geografikaly to be feasible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030, March 21 at
0427 UT, open carrier/dead air with some hum at S9+25, hard to DF but sort of
N/S, making me suspect 50 kW daytimer KCTA Corpus Christi TX which has been
known to do this before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report dispatched at 2251 UT March 21
