sabato 30 aprile 2016

Glenn Hauser logs April 29-30, 2016


** CHINA. 17485, Fri April 29 at 1433, song, S9 with flutter; 1439 can hear Chinese talk and CCI from second station. So it`s CNR1 jamming vs VOA Tibetan via THAILAND, this hour only and on M/W/F only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 17630, April 29 at 1434, CRI English during `Roundtable` chat show, 1436 greeting listeners in Finland, St Kitts & Nevis. This is S9+20 with flutter, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Urumqi, like so many relays toward Europe. Last year this was pretty regular way over here beyond, but haven`t heard it so well this year. Maybe will improve into summer over almost-polar sunlit path. 

Since CRI English, eastward via Bamako, MALI, is also scheduled during this hour on 17630, and some North Americans choose to believe they are hearing that site instead, I make a point of listening at the closure of Urumqi during the Chinese-lesson filler at hourend, which happens at 1457:10*. There remains on 17630 only a JBA carrier, which was too weak to detect while Urumqi was on, but Mali does continue another hour with CRI English in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, April 29 at 1955, check just in time to hear a JBA carrier, which would be Radio Free Gambia via FRANCE, as others have reconfirmed on the air again this Friday from 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11645, April 30 at 0024, JBA carrier, presumably AIR GOS in English from Delhi as scheduled until 0045, rather than Greece, which hasn`t been showing here until after 0400 (and neither 9420 nor 9935 is on now) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. The Big 4 TV stations in OKC are once again in wall-to-wall storm/tornado coverage, April 29 from 20 UT or so, the area being hit southern OK up to OKC (but we are just rainy in Enid), so before and after 22 UT, I do an AM & FM bandscan to confirm which OKC-area radio stations are simulcasting which TV stations:

 88.5, KFOR
 89.7, KFOR
 91.7, KWTV
 92.5, KWTV --- must have deal with Tyler Media
 93.3, KWTV
 94.7, KFOR --- must have deal with iHeart
 96.1, KFOR
 96.9, KOKH --- says has deal with Cumulus
 98.1, KOKH 
 98.9, KOKH
 99.7, KOCO
100.5, KOKH
101.9, KFOR
102.7, KFOR
104.1, KWTV
106.7, KTUZ --- in Spanish of course
107.7, KWTV

List does not include any of the numerous translators or some marginal stations I can`t hear easily in Enid, and also skips some gospel huxters which don`t bother with such earthly emergencies (God is not responsible for damage, deaths: only for saving people from close calls). KOCO is clearly in fourth place, as previously noted also only on KGOU 106.3 and its relays, but I can`t even hear 88.1 KWOU Woodward at the moment.

 640, KOKH?
 800, NOT, altho they were talking about weather for a bit, original?
 890, NOT
 930, KOKH, with voice-over in Spanish
1000, KFOR
1520, KWTV
Couldn`t hear 1140, 1340, 1460, 1560 stations well enough vs local device and noise level.

As for the TV stations themselves: 
KWTV 39 ``9.2`` which is normally old newscast replays, still is! At 2234 UT, the clock says 12:02 (noon), what a waste. But CBS Evening News is again shifted to KSBI 23 ``52.1``. 

KOCO 7 ``5`` has NOT put ABC News on 5.2 but keeps MeTV going, altho last time ABC prime after 0000 UT went onto the subchannel. 

KETA 13 ``13`` allowed EAS tornado warnings to interrupt program audio repeatedly with horrible modulation/noise last time, crawl at screen-top, but this time manages at least to get thru BBC News 2200-2226 with no interruptions.

KFOR 27 ``4`` is running wx simulcast on 4.2 instead of Antenna TV, AND ALSO on KAUT 40 ``43``, until 2230 UT when NBC News goes on KAUT, which was not done last time. Is this all ad-hoc, decided on moment`s notice?

KOKH 24 ``25`` already has continuous weather, mix of national and local on 25.3. But it may have been looping older stuff rather than // current WTW coverage on 25.1.

KTUZ 29 ``30`` is also doing continuous weather in Spanish, + KTUZ 106.7 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 9655, April 30 at 0012, no signal unlike 24 hours ago, when it appeared to be in Romanian, and thus RRI. This time the four RRI transmitters are all accounted for on scheduled 7335 & 9790 (S9+25) in Romanian, 9730 & 11800 in English. 

9655 was on the B-15 RRI schedule from Galbeni (at 14-16 in Romanian), so altho not currently scheduled anywhen, that would explain how it`s still on the roster and could get punched on the air accidentally. Now, both 7335 and 9790 at 00-02 are listed as Galbeni, so one of those was probably missing when 9655 was transmitting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15770, April 29 at 2036, WRMI yet again with Brother Scare replaying that bit referring to what I said about his shoveling money at WRMI. This was first heard back on February 6, so BS must really enjoy it! Or be sorely hurting for any new material.

6915, April 30 at 0011, this WRMIBS frequency is missing; tho always weak and noise level is hi now, I can`t even get a JBA carrier, while I can on 5015, 5765. The others are in dead air when I first check, but within a minute resume modulating. 0042 recheck, still no 6915 at all, while 5015, 5765 and 7570 are BSing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. Regarding my item about the lack of English broadcasts from RTI, there is another one missed because I was searching Aoki on Eng Paochung, rather than Eng Tamsui Dist, despite WWDXC thinking the same frequencies be from Paochung as does EiBi; whatever: maybe these could make it to North America off the back: 

``9465  1500-1600 1234567 English    300 225 Paochung  TWN RTI
 11685  1500-1600 1234567 English    300 205 Paochung  TWN RTI
(R TWN Internat., March 22, 2016; via ADDX Andreas Volk-Munich Germany; transformed and condensed by wb - via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24, WWDXC DX MAGAZINE 4/2016 via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, April 30, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13564, April 30 at 0025, GNK CW beacon is barely readable in noise level, but that`s something; Madison WI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1823 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 29 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695; also confirmed Fri April 29 at 2330.0 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB. Next:
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW [confirmed last week]
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW [back on air from this week?]
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. 7489.9-AM, April 30 at 0006 check, J. P. Ferraro from WHVW is substituting Worldwide for Allan Weiner this week on WBCQ, but at 0038 check, Allan is there on the phone, from the NH hamfest? Discussing how we can`t rely on any digital medium to be permanent. Also try 5129.91-AM, presumably // but too buried in the storm noise, which is also bothering 7 MHz and even up to 12 MHz at least. Nothing audible on 3250v if that should be active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, April 29 at 1441, KVOH is S9+20 and with sufficient modulation for a change, as Spanish announcer is talking about being on air until ``5 pm``, before switch to 9975 in English. That would be 0000 UT, but I think he`s referring to extended webcast as 17775 is supposed to close at 1900, altho I have heard them several times later, so I check again today:

17775, April 29 at 1905, gospel music in Spanish is S9+20 but as always rather lo-fi, lacking in highs, again on air after nominal sign off. By recheck 1952 it is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15585.0-USB, April 30 at 0031, poor signals 2-way in colloquial Spanish, intruders, as I am on my way to check 15590 for Radio Thailand, which is even weaker, unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 16540.0-USB, 0033 April 30, multi-station net, one much stronger S8 than others, with androgynous voice I will not attempt to assign a gender, sorry! In unknown language, but could be Tagalog or similar. Weaker ones keep talking underneath. Presumably aboardships; is anyone familiar with who use this frequency? Klingenfuss 2002 Guide, which I still have handy, merely says ``worldwide ship stations simplex frequency``, like its neighbors at 3-kHz spacings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0545 UT April 30