martedì 8 marzo 2016

Glenn Hauser logs March 7-8, 2016


** EGYPT. 9962.20, March 8 at 0359 check, R. Cairo 9965.30 transmitter still putting out multiple spur carriers, this one being 3.1 kHz away, i.e. 2 x 1.55 kHz. Another one on 9963.75, at first step 1.55 kHz down; etc., etc., but not at blasting level tonight vs innocent bysenders WRMI and KVOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9935, March 7 at 2153, whine from ERT detectable in WTWW-2 9930 slop; OK on 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525, March 8 at 1407, JBA carrier from presumed VOI. Atsunori Ishida agrees that while it was missing March 3-6, has been back on March 7-8, not necessarily at full hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820.04, March 7 at 2215-2235+, BSKSA is wholly Qur`aning at S9, good soporific music for my nap; 2236 briefly switched to a different vocalist; also // 11915 is only S2 at 2236. At 2237 I check 11860 and find a JBA carrier, maybe the Yemeni service, but why is it so weak now compared to the others if it`s really from Riyadh? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TIBET [non]. 11507.0, March 8 at 1415, talk on very poor signal, no doubt V. of Tibet via TAJIKISTAN on signature split frequency, and also algo JBA carrier on 11505 which would be the CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 5910, UT Tue March 8 at 0247, I have Alcaraván Radio, COLOMBIA on 5910.027 making a LAH against 5910.0 station, presumably Romania, but very weak. That`s off before 0300, when I`m only hearing HJDH, but by 0303 there`s another weak signal about 5910.01 in non-Spanish, hard to separate and one or the other is varying slightly. Presumed clandestine Radio Lead Africa, via SOUTH AFRICA, as scheduled Mon/Tue/Fri during this hour. BTW, others report never hearing that name as an ID on air, despite online nomenclature, which is all in English unlike the broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1815 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue March 8 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.315-CUSB, S9+10. Next:
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. 9395, March 8 at 1359, unusually, no signal from WRMI-6 carrying the 24/7 SonPower Network (not just TruNews, its flagship program). 9955 is still on as normal, but no check of all the other frequencies. Would marginally help 9400 Kurdistan and 9390 Thailand reception, as 9395 never really strong here on 355 azimuth, and probably still the old max 50 kW ex-Hialeah ex-Santo Domingo Wilkinson transmitter. 9395 still off at 1412 and still inaudible at 1744 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9275, March 7 at 2150, no signal from WMLK, and didn`t notice any earlier, so a Monday off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9474.98, March 8 at 1408, WTWW-1 is managing to modulate, in fact with a much bigger hum than usual, as some guy who sounds a lot like PPPP, same cowboy accent, but is obviously not deceased, makes a point of mentioning more than once the date March 5, 2016, on `Coffee with the Wranglers`, soon resorting to a Bible verse, as if that would enhance his credibility. March 5? That was just before the 38+ hours of silence was finished for the time being, so making up for lost broadcast, or ordinary repetition? The hum is self-inflicted, not caused by LAH as there is nothing else on 9475.00 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** YEMEN [non]. 11860, March 8 at 1419, Republic of Yemen Radio, still S9 +10/20 during familiar triumphal music segment. See also SAUDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1756 UT March 8