** BOUGAINVILLE [and non]. 3325, May 6 I`m awake at 1200, so quickly tune here
for NBC, talk and song at S4-S7, 1202 talk, recheck at 1205 it`s down to S2, so
suspect NBC has gone off in the meantime uncovering RRI Palangkaraya. Ron Howard
agrees with my obs on this yesterday: ``Glenn - May 5 was a good day for NBC
Bougainville reception! 1001 with PNG bird call; news in English till 1011 and
then news in Tok Pisin/Pidgin till 1021. Noted NBC went off the air about 1153;
RRI was not heard till later. Ron``
Today May 6, 3260 was already off at
1200, and 5020 Solomons was off when checked at 1205 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 11825, May 6 at 1242, CNR1 jamming
is echoing to make it even worse, also on 11785 but not so duplicative. 11825
has IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES with Chinese at 09-13, while 11785 does the same at
09-15, alternating PHILIPPINES and THAILAND sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GAMBIA [non]. 15465, May 6 at *1900, JBA S4 signal,
too weak to copy but presumably Radio Free Gambia`s weekly broadcast via FRANCE.
Did not come on until exactly 1900, as I was getting a bit worried (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 11965, May 6 at 1908, fair S5
signal in Japanese, which means it is indeed NHK World, direct from Yamata, 300
kW on 305 degree beam, which is not at all favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15575, May 6 at 1349, no
signal at all from so-called North American service in English of KBS World
Radio at 13-14 (+ Korean at 14-15), which they doggedly insist on transmitting
directly instead of a relay in North American like for their Spanish. Yet, on
15590 we have S8-S9 signals from ChiCom jamming and/or IBB Thailand (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, May 6 at
1901, very poor S2-3 signal with music, which would be Denge Kurdistanye, which
at this hour per Ivo is via FRANCE. I usually hear it better, tho not very well,
around 1300-1400 when site is Bulgaria [SCB in Ivo parlance]. His schedule for
D. K. as of April 30, and KCH = Pridnestrovye:
0300-0500 on 11600 ISS 250
kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0500-1300 on 11600 KCH 300 kW / 116 deg to WeAs
Kurdish
1300-1700 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx
23200
1700-1930 on 11600 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1930-2100 on
11600 SCB 100 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish + 2nd hx 23200
(Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17530, May 6 at 1710, VOA`s `International
Edition` is loud & clear from Greenville, on the G8 portable at a
restaurant; 1727 to a USG editorial about ChiCom torturing Tibetan monk
dissident; 1730 on to silly ballgame show and tune-out. This is our best time to
hear VOA L&C from within the US (for those of us beyond the GB skipzone,
anyway). Mike Cooper notes that the 1300 UT edition of I.E. which he would get
on satellite or online, has been dropped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 6
at 2130 on WRMI 15770, and from 2130.5 on much stronger WRMI 13695. Also
confirmed Friday May 6 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, audible on the G8 in
downtown Enid for the annual Tri-State Music Festival parade of band noise.
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. 15825, May 6 at
1348, WWCR-1 with gospel huxter is S9+20, which means sporadic-E opening again
boosting usual weak signal too close for F2-layer propagation at 1 megameter.
But a narrow opening, not affecting 15610 WEWN at similar distance, nor
15555-USB WJHR, JBA after 1400. Didn`t have a chance to check for greater MUF
until a few hours later when some W7 hams were making it on 18 MHz, but no
broadcast remotes heard on 25-26 MHz. DX map showed some 50 MHz ham DX during
the day across the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
17775, May 6 at 1404, KVOH already S9 but undermodulated, probably with
sporadic-E boost; by 1441 up to S9+10 and sufficient modulation in Spanish; it`s
already off at 1901 check rather than running overtime. Meanwhile night/English
frequency 9975 remains AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 9370, May 6 at 1911, WWRBS is still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, May 6 at 1911, no signal from WMLK, while 9265
WINB makes S6-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 790,
May 6 at 1220 UT, end of National Farm Report, or plug for it in the familiar
voice of good ol` Orion Samuelson, then local IDs for ``K-Triple-X``, and more
completely, ``K-Triple-X and 100.3 The Ride``. WTFDA FM Database shows that is
100/100 kW KRDQ Colby KS, confirmed as `The Ride` but not shown as // 790, and
indeed with Hot AC, it may not be totally duplicative but rather a sibling
station to C&W KXXX, which is now surely on day power of 5 kW. Initially no
QRM from anything, not even KFYO Lubbick, but then KURM fades up, q.v.,
separable by wrist-twisting the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 790, May 6 at 1222 UT, almost an hour post-sunrise,
KURM fades up to compete with KXXX Colby KS. This one is advertising something
at Blue Springs, KURM ID in passing as ``Curm Radio``, reviewing a seemingly
local baseball game of ``our Cardinals`` --- does that mean a namesake
Rogers-Arkansas-area team rather than ``their Cardinals`` in St Louis? Also
geographically odd is the ref to Blue Springs, which is a major suburb of Kansas
City MO, and no such town in AR, but maybe a place of springs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 860, May 6 at 1226 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS
with birthday wishes to various listeners, including a 1-year-old, something
large market stations dare not attempt if they want to have time for anything
else, and then 1228 UT a ``Mexican polca for those still celebrating Cinco de
Mayo``. This is a (week?)daily spot when they always play a polka, another cute
tradition. Some of the b-days were advance for Saturday May 7 so presumably no
polka dedications then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
1090, May 6 at 1857 UT, on the NRD-545, very poor signal but can make out an
EWTN ID, so it`s KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, not bad for 8 kW ~300-mile
groundwave at midband, major lobe slightly south of west to hit Kansas City
best; considering how poorly the KC 710, 750, 810, 980 stations make it here
daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9565, May
6 at 1306, open carrier/dead air at S7-S9, no jamming. Once again, best guess is
Greenville-B checking transmitter for R. Martí but that doesn`t start for
another seven hours; or IBB Thailand, which has a Tibetan hour at 1600 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11460-USB, May 6 at 1246,
best axion here among the presumed Indonesian QSO pirates is from somebody
singing; 1255 more talking, 1258 at least two singers competing. It seems these
guys have no concept of ``over``, taking turns. But more and more US hams
dispense with that courtesy, too, risking talkovers. Nothing much else lower
except:
11405-USB, May 6 at 1303, weak talk, and recognize one keyword,
``komunikasi`` the Indonesian meaning of which is easily guessed correctly; then
another one on 11410 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 0259 UT May 7
