** BRAZIL [non]. 6180, April 14 at 0615, again no signal from RNA, with weak VOA
French via São Tomé again in the clear. I`ve not heard RNA 6180 since April 9,
just when the finally got their act together, almost-accurate frequency and OK
modulation; nor have I seen any other reports of it. Is it totally gone again,
or limited hours, maybe daytime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1821, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9870, April 14 at 1312, what`s
this? S9+10, American English about rock groups in the 80s with brief music
clips lasting only a few seconds. Natural pauses between sentences in the
narration have been edited out, making this sound more urgent(? and phony).
Mainly about Fleetwood Mac, personnel changes and conflicts thru the years.
Outro as `Spotlight` with Johnny Hutong(?), part 3 of 4; 1317 on to part 4. Of
course, it`s only CRI, // 9730, so why don`t they deal with China, where I
understand there is a lot going on?
No QRM at all on 9870, where I was
hoping to hear the Vividh Bharati Service of All India Radio. 9870 AIR is
``temporarily off the air`` per http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
--- the best source for current AIR info. VBS had been scheduled on 9870, 500
kW, 35 degrees from Bengaluru at 0025-0440, 0900-1200, 1245-1740, but CRI has
always collided with it, now with English at 13-16, 500 kW, 200 degrees from
Xi`an (powers and azimuths from HFCC). NNE from BGL and SSW from XIA means the
signals would literally collide somewhere over the Himalayas if both were on, so
AIR might as well turn itself off at least during these two sesquihours. Then at
1330 the AIR GOS is indeed propagating on 9690 with fair signal, news (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910.050, April 14 at 0618,
tropical music S9 to S7, so Alcaraván Radio is back; haven`t heard it in quite a
while. The only nighttime collision now would be at 03-05 UT, NHK via France.
Not clear how secular the tunes are since understanding the lyrix is tough
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, April 13 at 1259,
RHC frequency announcement partially caught, claiming 15370 will be on the air
until 1600! Out of date for a month, since DST closing moved to 1500*. I suppose
the rest of the announcement hasn`t been updated either; typical (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9940, April 14 at 1304, South Asian
song and talk, S9+10 with flutter. HFCC shows it`s AIR Burmese service, 500 kW,
60 degrees from Bengaluru at 1200-1315 (really 1215-1315 but HFCC registrations
from AIR add a quarter hour before) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also CHINA [and non]
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5935, April 13 at 1300, poor
S5-S9 piano music, and sounds like Korean instead of Japanese, as Korean is
scheduled at this time on Wednesdays from Shiokaze/Sea Breeze (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, April 14 at 1405, Denge
Kurdistanye with talk in Kurdish is S9+10, about the same as Yemen 11860; the
D.K. audio is always clipped, lower-fi, but at least it is not cutting out. Site
at this time is BULGARIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
TURKEY. 9830, April 12 at 2159-2202, trying to detect VOT English to North
America, but all I hear is the strong RTTY station. (9870 does have Saudi Arabia
propagating). 2230 recheck, RTTY is off (or in a pause?) and now there is a JBA
carrier, presumably TRT. It`s been colliding with the RTTY summer after summer,
but never considering a QSY, duh (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1820 monitoring: confirmed April 12
at new Tuesday time 2130 on WRMI 15770, good altho aimed NE. Also confirmed Tue
April 12 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.02-CUSB. Also confirmed Wed April 13 after 1315
on WRMI 9955, poor at S6 but no jamming. Also confirmed Wed April 13 at 2100 on
WBCQ webcast, following ``secret words`` during automation misalignment,
``toilet paper``. (Also, the canned WBCQ singing ID immediately preceding,
always gets cut off before the final music notes resolve, not only now, but I
think at other breaks.) WOR also confirmed on WBCQ, AM 7490-, Wed April 13 at
2121, very poor in daytime noise level. Also confirmed Wed April 13 at 2329+ on
WBCQ 9330.090v-CUSB, poor.
WORLD OF RADIO 1821: ready for first
broadcasts April 14:
Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to
NW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW
low-power
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri
2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [or off air last
week and this?]
Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400
Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [or off air
last week and this?]
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830 Unique Radio
3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WRMI 7730
to WNW
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue
2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
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, April 14
at 0620, WRMI still in World Music instead of Brother HyStairical as still on
7570 et al., so not only one hour at 05-06, but into another; S7-S9 in poor
propagation.
9955, Thu April 14 at 1301, AWR Wavescan is underway about
QSL cards, soon an historical feature read by Ray Robinson; recheck at 1323,
JSWC reporter is reading strictly formatted logs dated late October-early
November! Her routine logs are always a few weeks old, but this takes the cake.
Is an old WS episode being replayed by accident or as substitute for a new one?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, April 13 at 2331
check, no WWRB, after several regular appearances from *2255 with Radio RSA IS.
Richard Langley says Dave was doing his monolog later UT April 14 after 0200.
Maybe timing depends on when he has an unsold hour to fill, and/or whether he`s
off on a flight. Hey, why not broadcast remotely live from the air? Richard says
he was talking about his experiences as a pilot from a young age (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 17775.00, April 12 at 1923,
surprised to hear KVOH Spanish on the air later than nominal 1900*, S9+20 but
undermodulated music, until 1936 a segment praying to a padre, then music; 1940
seems like sign-off, until 6 am, and mentions 12 horas as in noon, when it
normally closes by PDT. But more gospel rock keeps playing with a heavy beat,
and 1950 another preaching program starts, `El Camino de la Vida`. I can`t hang
around, but maybe finally goes off circa 2000, an hour late. A hangup in their
automation playback, or confused by PST/PDT? PDF program schedule
shows
the `Camino` show is supposed to air at 1800-1815 UT, but it hasn`t been updated
since January and still shows wrong standard time conversions. I`ve never
understood why they don`t broadcast several hours later, when 17775 is certainly
propagating better into Latin America and there could be more listeners in the
evening; maybe just a matter of expense.
Are KVOH still not running their
latest acquired transmitter? At least this one is spot-on frequency. BTW, 17775
is a JBA carrier at best at *1400 these days. Now before 2000 it`s advisable to
tune USB to avoid blast from 17765 WHRIBS. (KVOH, BTW, had the good sense to
turn down Brother Scare who would like to occupy every US SW station.)
Of
course, SCG`s main attention is now focused on getting going in Zambia. Ray
Robinson tells me that VOH Africa haven`t been on 4965, 6065 or 9680 since Good
Friday; the area service may come back later this month, once linkups between
Lusaka and site are firmed up; but awaiting a replacement part for the other
transmitter to West Africa, which it may take months for Continental to
fabricate and provide. More about this on WORLD OF RADIO 1821 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9265, Wed April 13 at 1337 check, WINB is
again like yesterday on air way earlier than before on a weekday, with a gospel
huxter at S5; also Thu April 14 at 1434, poor S6. Program schedule as of April
14 still hasn`t caught up with this, showing nothing before *1800 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1821, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, April 14 at
1243 UT, checking again for the mystery ``1290 y 1480 Qué Buena`` heard a few
days ago, still none of that; dominante signal occupying 1480 instead of nearest
KQAM Wichita, is several segués of classic rock including Bob Dylan, Johnny
Cash, no ``Wonderful KBOX`` jingle non-IDs heard today, yet obviously KBXD
Dallas on day power, altho not always so at this hour. Legal ID at hourtop 1300
UT as ``This is KBXD, 1480, Dallas`` with slight Spanish accent, and another
tune. Never any commercials heard either --- a great jukebox for listeners, but
how much longer can this go on? Must still be considered stunting (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 9921.0, April 14 at 1306,
whoop-whoop jammer against 9920 FEBC, which airs Vietnam minority languages
1200-1330 on a complex schedule, five different ones at 1300-1330 depending on
day of week, per EiBi, Bru on Thursdays, which is also spoken in Laos. It`s a
100 kW Iba transmitter aimed due west. The jammer is always there, so this time
I investigate it further: a carrier 1 kHz offset, and modulated with the
whoop-whoop, variable pitch tones, rather than the carrier itself being moved
back and forth. Tuning LSB just about eliminates it so I hope the Hill Tribes
being proselytized have R75s or the like with such capability. As for the FEBC
modulation, it almost sounds like English intonation, but cannot understand
anything --- maybe a heavy English accent on Bru, as there`s a very good chance
American missionaries are responsible for this attempt at cultural genocide.
BTW, KNLS in Chinese is also registered on 9920 at 1300-1400, but no
sign of it or ChiCom jamming; wooden. It`s supposedly on both 9655 and 9920
during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non].
11860, April 14 at 1400, Republic of Yemen Radio is S9+10 with talk in Arabic,
but modulation cutting off and on repeatedly. I wonder if it`s an internet feed;
this happens often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 1736 UT April 14
