Updated:
DX/SWL/Media Programs:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
World
of Radio schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Alan
Roe`s Hitlist of SW stations:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm
**
BANGLADESH. 15505, April 5 until 1400:31.5, Bangladesh Betar mis-timesignal is
JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180,
April 5 at 0537, weak signal in French, i.e. VOA SAO TOME, M-F 0530-0630. No
sign of RNA as first reported March 31 by Daniel Wyllyans, Mato Grosso, Brasil,
reactivated and testing as high as 6183, then more like 6181, audible for him in
the daytime.
6180.226, & 6180.662, April 6 at 0640, now I`m getting
it! Very strong S9+20 with usual upbeat nightmiddle programming // 11780.105.
Two frequencies? Yes, with BFO I can tell this one transmitter has two carrier
peaks measured as above, and they beat against each other in a self-heterodyne.
Must make for an interesting SDR display.
If this goes to a full
schedule, bad news for much weaker 6185 XEPPM, Mexico`s only remaining SW
station --- but we`ve had a good run of no ZY ACI for at least a year. As for
direct collisions on 6180, besides VOA as above, at nighttime HFCC A-16 shows
only CRI English southward from Kashgar at 2300-0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 13605, April 5 at 1958, R. Martí
correctly announces it will soon be on 9565 and 11930, and 13605 off at 1959*.
Then 9565 bears jamming, and 11930 RM audible under jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 13740, April 5 at 1949, something fair in
French until cut off at 1958*. HFCC A-16 shows it`s RFI at 17-20, but a
different azimuth each hour from Issoudun, the final one being 200 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI
** IRAN. 9420,
April 6 at 0322, no sign of VIRI ``Voice of Justice``, English to N America, as
originally scheduled for A-16; just as well, since GREECE is here! Nor on //
11780: equally just as well, since BRASIL is here!
I hadn`t really
looked for it since A-16 began March 27, nor have I seen reports of anyone
hearing it. Walt Salmaniw, BC says he tried for it every night with no success.
That may be because, as Stephen Cooper received from englishradio@irib.ir April
4:
``Dear Stephen, Warm greetings from IRIB English Radio Broadcast. IRIB
English radio has recently planned to broadcast its programs via Internet and
satellite and based on this plan, the shortwave broadcast of our radio will be
unfortunately discontinued. As a radio hobbyist and an audience of IRIB English
Radio based in Tehran, Iran, what do you think about this idea? Do you think we
should take this measure and act as we have planned or you still prefer to
follow our programs via shortwave radio? Please let us know and help us to make
the best decision. Best Regards, Keep in touch, Arezou Radd, IRIB English
Radio``
Stephen adds, ``I have replied asking for information on when
this will happen and I have stressed it should continue on shortwave. The email
doesn't make it clear if the decision has been made or not though`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, April 5 at
2057, music seems Kurdish rather than Biafran, but very poor, S5; 2059
announcement in uncertain language, music cuts off at 2100:06*. Then, just as
monitored a couple times before, a stronger-sounding carrier but also metering
S5 cuts on at *2102:07 and off at 2103:36*, as if another station is attempting
to start but failing, lack of feed input?
We had concluded that R.
Biafra has quit SW, and on April 6 Ivo Ivanov reports ``NO MORE R. Biafra via
SPL Secretbrod [Bulgaria] from 2100 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf after
close of Denge Kurdistan``.
However, Biafra was still reported on one
recent date by Mark Taylor, Wisconsin in his NASWA Flashsheet, so is there
conflict over who gets to broadcast during this hour? If it was in English, it
certainly wasn`t Denge Kurdistanye:
``11600 OPPOSITION. Radio Biafra –
Kostinbrod, BULGARIA (Presumed), 2017–2100, 4/2/16 in English. Mostly a program
of call ins about a variety of politically related situations in Nigeria (Boko
Haram, corruption, etc.), music at 2025, 2036 fanfare and quick ID into person
on the street type interview, music, commentary, brass band music to 2100
suddenly off mid song. Fair`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
NEW ZEALAND. 9700, April 5 at 1405, RNZI is still here instead of 6170, opening
a Forum from BBCWS in London, about extreme environments for life on earth and
elsewhere; very interesting, and something not easily heard from BBC itself;
wrapping up already at 1446 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
NORTH AMERICA. 7520, April 5 at 2100-2104+ nothing detected after getting a tip
that pirate WAZU would be on at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Part 15 FM transmitters from Finer Physiques on West
Willow in Enid audible next door while I am having lunch at Jiang Yuan. There is
so much blockage otherwise that I can`t even hear KOSU on my walkmanish. These
allow customers to hear, presumably on headsets, whatever TV channel audio they
choose while exercising, so content is constantly changing. April 5 around 19 UT
I get these:
90.9, soap opera in English, source unknown
89.7, a news
channel, then channel surfing to something else
88.9, algo
88.7, Fox 25,
weak (KOKH)
88.5, Dateline on OWN, a cold-case story, strong
(Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1819
monitoring: confirmed Tue April 5 at 2330- (starting a few seconds early) on
WBCQ 9330.0-CUSB; also confirmed Wed April 6 after 1315.5 on WRMI 9955, good, no
jamming. Next:
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Updated WRMI schedule grid shows two additional airings; tnx,
Jeff!
UT Mon 0030 on 7730 to WNW, and Tue 2130 on 15770 to NE.
Fully
updated WOR schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955 & 11580, April 5 at
1401, WRMI with different eclectic music. 9955, April 6 at 1422 check, with
Qur`an!
WORLD MUSIC is now officially entered on the WRMI schedule grid
for frequencies other than 9955, altho we often hear it in the 14-15 & 05-06
UT hours at least, instead of BS on 9955.
As of April 6 the sked shows
World Music:
Wed-Sun 0000-0100 & Tue 0000-0030 on 7730
Wed/Fri/Sat
0200-0300 on 11580
Tue-Sat 0700-0800 & Sun 0730-0800 on 7730
Mon-Sat
1300-1400 & 2000-2100 on 11580 [also often heard after 1400]
Since
WRMI does not provide a playlist, but many of the tunes are heard time and again
in some kind of rotation, may I suggest that people with music-identifying apps
apply them here?
Presumably any more time that can be sold will be carved
out of this. Also, Radio France International is now shown only as: Wed
2115-2200 & Thu 2130-2200 on 15770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275.032, April 5 at 1936, WMLK is on at S9 level, but
just barely modulated; weaker S7 9265 neighbor WINB sounds louder (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9917.075 & 9942.935, April 5 at
1940, weak parasitic spur carriers from extremely strong 9930 WTWW-2 measured
here, i.e. matching approx. 12.93 kHz above and below. Fundamental probably
slightly off-frequency, but not measured directly; halfway between the spurs
would be 9930.005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
despatched at 1658 UT April 6
