** CHINA [non]. 7210.00-AM, April 30 at 2327 checking a tip of something unusual
here, maybe a pirate? It sounds very poor, but registers S9+10 vs storm noise
level of S8 on a nearby open frequency. 2328 sounds like gospel rock, 2330
announcement maybe Spanish, then intonation sounds like English, 2332 another
song. 2356 still a rock song, off between 2357 and 2358* leaving nothing but SSB
hams around 7210. I must assume this is CRI Spanish as listed via Albania at
22-24, despite the unexpected programming style. Could have checked //s had I
known in time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9964.98v,
April 30 at 2349, R. Cairo almost on frequency, but wobbling slightly, 2351 it`s
JBM with YL in English, and a lite whine.
12005.05, May 1 at 0011,
horrible distorted loud modulation centered here, apparently Arabic, got to be
Cairo. Yes, HFCC shows 2215-0045 in Portuguese/Arabic, 250 kW, 241 degrees from
Abis. Also shown on 12070 but nothing there. Also shown as // 13820 from the
other site, not checked. Good thing this is done before 0100 when Vietnam starts
its North American service via Woofferton on 12005 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, April 30 at *2358:55
carrier on from Nauen, just in time for The Mighty KBC to reactivate its summer
frequency ex-6040 from the very first seconds of May 1. Modulation from 0000
with brief sign-on, highly produced rock DJ other than Uncle Eric during this
hour, lotsa jingles, asks for reports to themightykbc@gmail.com It`s S9+15 here,
or SINPO 55434. 0002, ``9925, 125,000 watts of songs, all-American rock``.
0021 insert by a fan prompting financial support for KBC and plugging
his own blog http://hfradioreview.com
This appears to be another anonymous one, tho I think he said his name is Ted,
and he`s advertising on KBC; he has a thing for weather fax DXing (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.00-USB, April 30 at
2335, rap music peaking S9. 2356 recheck it`s off. Several logs here say it was
WJD Radio Indiana,
especially
the one from RainBrandy in Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1823 monitoring: I`d rather
not be awake at 1:30+ am local, but since I am on Sat April 30, it`s a good
chance to find out if I can hear or at least detect WOR via 1 kW Hamburger
Lokalradio, on 6190. At 0634 tune-in, there is a JBA carrier! Measured on
6190.013. Perhaps someone can confirm whether that match HLR as heard in Europe.
However, BBCWS English via South Africa is also scheduled on 6190 at
this time, 100 kW at 0 degrees/or non-direxional. It`s certainly capable of
being even more than 13 Hz off-frequency. (BTW, Aoki still doesn`t show Göhren
on 6190, but outdated winter usage of 7265 at 07-09, even tho switched to 6190
before B-season was over).
How about comparative sunrise times?
Gaisma.com has lots of places in Germany, but not Göhren, and not even Nauen!
Let`s settle for Rostock as an approximation: 0335 UT. That`s three hours before
I am hearing this. Likewise with Meyerton: > Johannesburg as an
approximation, where sunrise was 0432 UT. Still a stretch, but with power and
darkness path advantage, will have to go with Jo`burg as likely for this. Abed,
I`m not messing with the computer to try UTwente at 0630.
But I`m up for
the next broadcast, which was missing last week. Now at 1451 check Sat April 30,
7265-USB does provide WOR via UTwente SDR, completely readable R5, and no QRM,
but not enough to overcome all the noise level. Goes off at 1500, and still no
CRI CCI to be heard, that long before sunset in Europe.
WOR 1823 also
confirmed Sat April 30 at 2240 on WBCQ 9330.00-CUSB, as on Sats only it plays an
hour earlier, from 2230. Next:
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. 7490.0-AM, April 30 at 2342, J. P. on `Shortwave Saturday Night` is advising
a caller about antennas. Seems WBCQ frequencies have been adjusted, maybe only a
few Hz off 7490 instead of 7489.9, and 9330-CUSB with WOR an hour earlier was
spot-on; for now. I think 5130 was still lo but didn`t measure it in the noise,
and nothing from 3250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
6915, April 30 at 2356, WRMI BS is still missing from this frequency, which had
been 24 hours for a couple months.
15560, May 1 at 0016 in routine
bandscan, here`s Brother HyStairical on a new frequency, and it`s synchro with
WRMI 5765. So #5 transmitter on 285 degree azimuth must have been moved from
6915 to 15560, but 24 hours, or not? WRMI skedgrid still shows 6915 24 hours.
15560 already has several other stations on it during the day, including KSDA
but no CONUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6060-,
April 30 at 2332, JBA carrier off-frequency to lo side. I`m checking for the
publicized extended broadcast of the 10 kW Radio Revival, Sala, Sweden,
transmitter, nominally until 2400 with ``Radio Sala Cruisin` Special``. The last
few minutes would be about our only chance way out here, still more than a
sesquihour before our sunset at 0119 UT. At 2353 I measure the frequency as
6059.79. Can someone further east confirm such an offset? RHC is scheduled to
start 6060 at 0000, and by 0002 UT May 1 it is on, but I can still hear a slight
het from the understation. Chengdu, China is supposedly on here during this
entire span with 50 kW northwards; and then there`s SRDA Curitiba, Brasil,
nominal 6060 and sure to be slightly off, if it`s on. This year`s DSWCI DBS
indicates it is active, 24 hours, reported as recently as March, but doesn`t
bother with precision frequencies. Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal, had SRDA April 9
at 2251 on 6059.9, with QRM from China. I`m afraid I also more likely had SRDA
than Sala. No carrier at all audible on Sala`s other frequency, 5 kW 3975 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0300 UT May
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