** BRAZIL [and non]. 11925.78, May 21 at 0005, very poor carrier here, must be
R. Bandeirantes, which until now had stuck reliably close to 11925.2. This only
worsens the bleed from Cuban jamming on 11930. There is also a weaker carrier on
11925.0, presumably AWR Chinese via SRI LANKA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17730, May 21 at 0021, RHC in French (not Kriyol) and
definitely not Quechua, which RHC claims airs at 0000, but whenever we check,
this semihour is in French instead. So is Quechua qaput, or what? RHC`s own
schedule, now labeled April-November 2016,
claims
Quechua is on 15370, a mistake we`ve already discussed (along with all the other
languages; 17730 afternoon transmission is totally missing!). Aoki believes that
it`s on 15370. EiBi, however, shows 17730 at 0000 as Q,F, meaning either, or
(and at the same time on 5040 we do hear Kriyol).
As for Quechua, it is
probably significant that RHC website has no Quechua page (nor ever did?), while
it recently added Italian, a language not (yet?) on SW. See the flags at upper
right. Guarani was another native American language that expired from RHC
without notice.
RHC schedule has other gross errors, like English to
``Chicago`` at 20-21 on 11670, as well as 19-20 on 15140, while in fact, 15140
replaced 11670 and the move an hour earlier for DST happened a month before that
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, May
21 at 0020, rock music at S8, and in less than a minute, ID as ``X-L-R-8``.
Still going at 0157, same station? Yes, many other logs of it here from 0000 to
0313, long:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6876.033-AM, May 21 at
0158-0200+, rock music at S7, presumably The Crystal Ship relay on its favorite
frequency. Yes, many more logs of it between 0031 and 0210:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 21 at 0024, JBA
carrier, so presumed R. Chaski, after missing last night, but I can`t stay
around to time the 0100+ cutoff tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1826 monitoring: confirmed Fri
May 20 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, good; and 2130.5 on WRMI 13695, excellent. Also
confirmed Fri May 20 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.98-CUSB, good (as WBCQ switched back
to the regular CUSB transmitter after and before tests on the 9330+ AM
transmitter: see WBCQ log). Next:
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat
0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW
low-power
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
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. 9330.09v-AM, May 20 at 1955, WBCQ IS & ID loop as
if prior to sign-on, very poor on the R75 but at this hour stronger than 7490
which is a JBA carrier. 9330+ is presumably carrying programming simulcast with
7490. The latter does sign on at this hour on Fridays, but I don`t know whether
9330+ had been on all day with BS; I last tried for it at 1358 when I could
still detect it. By -v in this case, I mean I can hear the frequency varying
slightly as I listen on BFO and try to measure it; that`s always the case with
this unit. At 2003 I can recognize Copland`s `Fanfare for the Common Man` which
I think is a typical theme on `Financial Survival`, the precious-metals-pusher,
that I would not ordinarily waste my time listening to.
9330 // 7490,
Friday May 20 at 2131, next time I check via the PL-880 on the porch, no strain,
both are amid typical `Behaviour Night` music. I am wondering what will happen
as we approach the 2330 transmission on 9330v, which has been on the other CUSB
transmitter.
At 2321, WBCQ is still in AM on 9330.350. By 2327, it`s
switched to the other transmitter, CUSB on the lo side of nominal, with usual
The Planet IS & ID runup to another sign-on, and at 2330.0 WOR 1826 starts
nominally. This good signal is still stronger than 7490 with other programming.
At 2358 just before WOR ends, measured on the NRD-545 on 9329.98 at S9+25, while
7490 is now S9+30.
I want to hear what Allan has to say `Worldwide`
about the 9330 tests(?), so I`m listening from the outset, now UT Saturday May
21 at 0000. William Tell Overture theme starts on 7490 (and I think also on
9330? but by 0002 it`s Blalock the blaster as scheduled), and AWWW also now
5129.9, which is very poor S7 in noise level and delayed by about 46 seconds. No
signal detectable on 3250 or vicinity.
A barbecue party is underway at
WBCQ (B stands for barbecue, he says), and he`s interviewing various people
starting with a mechanic who is not afraid to work on 100+ year old vehicles
from Allan`s collexion. At 0009 he says 5130, 3250 and 7490 are on right now and
wants immediate reception reports (but still nothing here on 3250).
9330.153v, by 0152 UT May 21, once again frequency has been switched
back to the AM transmitter, and also back to Brother Scare, // 7489.945-AM,
while 5129.91 is in other programming, seems a drama. Still no 3250 audible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, May 20 at 2018,
WTWW-3 is AWOL instead of Bibling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050 & 3185 & 9370, UT Sat May 21 at 0003 check, all
WWRB frequencies are off. Still no Pirates Cove on Friday nights. I`ve set an
alarm for 18 UT Saturday to find whether the ``Radio Africa`` Ugandan
clandestine(?) heard last weekend reappear on 9370. I am not aware of any other
monitor reporting it, and Dave still isn`t telling us anything about it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0351 UT May
21
