** ALBANIA. 9855-, July 19 at 0120-0136 and recheck at 0150, NO signal from R.
Tirana, following a month of misery, last heard two nights ago, the Albablob is
off tonight, after its usual one-night skip.
Let us fervently hope the
Tiranamitter is being repaired, rather than yet another station throwing in the
towel on SWBC. Please check all other broadcasts whether they be off or on, and
if so, in what condition: 0700-0900 daily 7390, 1700-1800 & 1931-2030
Mon-Sat on 7465; 2300-2400 daily on 9855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9317-9323 approx., July 19 at 0054, S9+15 humbuzz blob
from R. Cairo out of the 9315 transmitter with the same sound altho slightly
softer spanning 9312-9316, but unlike the sidekick this one has a detectable
carrier circa 9315 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH
AMERICA. 6930-USB, July 19 at 0019, weird electronic music, techno I guess, at
S6 vs storm noise bursts up to S9; no announcements except sounds like ``let`s
go`` twice at 0025; off at 0101 check. This thread
identifies
it as Moonlight Radio with an ID at 0030 and apparently off thence (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 19 at 0058, R.
Chaski JBA carrier, as I tune in early and continuously to catch its reset but
constantly slipping autotimer cutoff: it happens at 0101:13.5*, so now another
recession averaging ~6.5 seconds later per diem/noctem is underway (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 19 at
0114:47.5, SLBC musical prélude starts, 0115:17.5 the 2+1 timesignal ends,
opening in Hindi. VP signal is ``twice`` as strong tonight, S2 instead of S1
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 11580 //
stronger 5850, July 19 at 0046, WRMI relaying R. Slovakia International in
English (or rather, since it has no SW transmissions of its own, this is not
really a relay), about visiting a mine. I also checked WRMI on 9955 which is not
// but found it also talking about Slovakia, huh? No, the latter is really Radio
Prague as per outro at 0057. Tsk2 that the two former partners are now up
against each other at the same time via WRMIs, coincidence? At least R. Ukraine
International is an hour earlier at 2330 on 11580 only, and M-F only per sked
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7489.96-AM, UT Tue July
19 after listening to `From the Isle of Music` on S9+20 WBCQ until 0100, at 0102
I find something pseudo-religious and even more imaginative than Brother
HyStairical can muster (who is scheduled to take over the frequency at 0100) ---
two(?) guys often talking over each other about ``the pain of the Dark Ones``,
gloomy music, gortons, Bob, raising money, 0119 mentioning ``fake invasion, fake
rapture``, modulation cutting off and on, ``subgeniuses`` --- O, that`s it, the
great parody show, ``Church of the Subgenius Hour of Slack``, which currently is
nowhere on any WBCQ schedule. 0124, discussion of $45 hamburgers; 0127 ``KNLS(?)
pledge drive``. Welcome back!! But I fear this was just an anomaly:
0132,
quick WBCQ ID with bong, cut to music; 0133 adstring all voiced by same
announcer about: an air show in western New Brunswick on Saturday July 23 (?
Competing with Vance AFB`s Enid, with the Blue Angels, and everything --- be
very, very quick to take cover if necessary); Triple-L paving, for all your
paving needs, 227-0000; Sav-a-Lot grocery in Presque Eel, and Caribou; Gary`s
Auto sales (used) in Caribou, 498-6461; 0135 automated TC for 9:34 and C&W
song; 0139 UT ``Kicks [sp?] FM`` and finally cut to Overcomer Ministry (but not
BS at the moment) running a few seconds behind 7570 WRMI; 0150 still. The WTFDA
database shows WBCQ-FM, 94.7, 6 kW/95m in Monticello slogan as ``Classic Country
94.7`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505vv, July 19
at 0108, WRNO is on tonight, and still won`t hold still as I try to measure it
with BFO. At first close to 7505.00, then drifting up, back down to 7504.85,
0113 circa 7505.15, etc., etc. But OK as far as modulation quality and lack of
splatter here, if not in Wisconsin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105-, July 18 at 2045 check, WTWW-3 is not only on
the air at S9+20 but modulating!!! in Portuguese. 9930, however, WTWW-2 is still
off, no Dave Ramsey; 9475- is also S9+20 with SFAW but distorted modulation,
which Wolfgang Büschel also noticed. 12105- at 0040 UT July 19, now it`s bogged
down in Russian, S9+25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9855-LSB, July 19 at 0116, early check for R.
Tirana, but instead hear colloquial Spanish 2-way intruders goofing around ---
wow, they don`t know what they`re in for in a few minutes! Or, they do, since
they quit at 0120, despite Radio Tirana turning out to be a no-show (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0324 UT July
19
