** 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
