** BOTSWANA [and non]. 13830, July 21 at 0522, no signal yet from VOA French,
and no noise blob on the hi side either I am checking for, unlike last night.
After 0530, 13830 is on but very poor S8 max, and still no noise.
Despite this, Franco-neighbor 13840, from 0530 NHK via MADAGASCAR is VG
at S9+10. Normally there is not such a disparity between them; is 13830 from a
substitute site today, perhaps off for repairs because of the noise problem last
night? VOA can switch sites around as needed without notice (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11880 & 11680 approx., July 21 at
0528, S9 extremely distorted plus/minus 100 kHz blobspurs // 11780 so out of
RNA, which sounds OK on the S9+20 fundamental. OTOH, 6180 is behaving itself, no
blob yet again around 6205 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CHINA. 13920, July 21 at 1342, big S9+10 signal from CNR1 jammer,
// but not
synch with the jammer on 11785. So I do a full WOObandscan from 10 to 19 MHz: at
1347 find another but not synchronized, exactly 1 MHz higher on 14920, also VG
at S9+10/20. The only other one is on 16100, S5-S8. At 1400 I`m listening to
14920 as it cuts off after only 4 timepips. There was also a suspicious open
carrier at 1344 on 13510, S4-S5. On none of them was there any trace of a
jamming target. All but 13510 are listed by Aoki as jammed Sound of Hope
frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Re my TV DX
log on channel 2 July 20, I do know how to spell Campeonato --- it was typoed as
``Camponeato``. Either way, the Anglophone spell-checker redlines it, not being
clued in to Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO.
610, July 21 at 1108, mentions Grupo Chávez, which means it`s XEGS, Guasave,
Sinaloa, QRM from KCSP, KC, MO; and shortly a mention of Sabinas, which means
that`s XEBX in Coahuila (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
MEXICO. 660, July 21 at 1110, song about besos, 1112 ID as ``La Kaliente 102.9``
which means it`s the negligible 50/10 kW AM progenitor, XEEY, Aguascalientes2
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 990, July 21 at 1104,
XET, La T Grande, Monterrey NL, opening news block `Enlace 99` until 10 am (15z)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, July 21 at 1117,
6:17 TC ``tiempo del centro de México``, during newscast, loops WSW, vs KCTA
gospel huxter south in English. Therefore I think this is still XEYC in Juárez,
not having QSYed to 1420 contrary to some reports, with Milenio Radio
originating in the DF, but courteously specifying the timezone of chex which is
not applicable in Chihuahua; just like Central Americans have to put up with
Eastern zone references whether specified or not, as if that were the default
USA standard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 780,
July 21 at 1105 UT, open carrier is already on from KSPI Stillwater, 250 watt
daytimer, which could start programming in July at 1115 UT (August: 1145 UT) but
normally does not until 1200 UT. A Mexican is under, probably XESFT, and nothing
from WBBM already.
BTW, looking thru their History Cards at FCC AM Query,
in 1953y KSPI had a CP to change to fulltime on 1490 kHz, but relinquished it.
Original CP in 1946y was for 840 kHz, but soon changed to 780. A 70-year-old
station which never wanted to be more than a 250-watt daytimer (except they did
add a significant FM on 93.9/93.7) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1210, July 21 at 0559 UT, C&W music from KGYN
Guymon, VG dominating frequency, so once again is in a protracted period of
leaving ND 10 kW day power on at night instead of protecting Philly (and Enid).
Ditto at next check pre-sunrise at 1100 UT, ID as ``KGYN, Guymon-Liberal, a
Steckline Communications Station``, then dead air (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, July 21 at 1346 UT, KOSU with `State
Impact Oklahoma` cutaway from NPR Morning Edition, this report about the health
hazards to humans and animals of too-bluish LED street lighting. I don`t find
today`s report yet on the website, but here is one from NPR a month ago which
probably inspired it:
(Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7295.005, July 21 at 1143,
R. Sakha with poor signal, still on at 1202 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, July 21 at 1126, carrier with some
music from SIBC. Altho 9545 would have been much better here, now it would be
blocked by TAIWAN move-in, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9545, July 21 at 1126, Chinese signal at S7-S9,
something new, first reported yesterday by Ron Howard. This frequency had been
(by chance) exclusive worldwide for Solomon Islands, but which has been inactive
lately even during daytime schedule normally until 0500, sometimes on into the
night. It was unID for Ron but clues were for Taiwan rather than Mainland. At
1157 still Chinese talk and music, and not // 11785 CNR1 echo jamming. 1158 ID
ending with ``guangbo diantai`` but I missed the important words just before it!
Followed however by some websites ending in .tw, so that clinches it. At 1200 a
timesignal of only 3 + 1 pips, maybe a semisecond late. Could it be Fu Hsing,
which Ron says has been missing from 9410 and 9774? NO:
Today`s Aoki
already has the answer:
9545 1000-1400 TWN * R.TAIWAN INT. Chi Tamsui Dist
1-7
But no *jamming heard yet, no doubt ASAP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12072-USB, July 21 circa 1208 and reawake at 1345,
nothing from the Dark Knight, US Army net heard yesterday. I may add that their
contacts lacked an element of spontaneity – going by training scripts? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1834
monitoring: confirmed Wednesday July 20 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7489.992-AM, S6-S7 vs
noise level. Also confirmed July 20 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.051-CUSB.
WORLD
OF RADIO 1835 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday July 21 at 1130
on WRMI, 9955, VG at steady S9+20 and NO jamming! thru end of show. Preceded
until 1129 by `Frecuencia al Día`, last item being a ``Valencia DX`` report by
José Miguel Romero in Spain, who is one of our valued DXLD contributors, but
never mentions he does this on the air; and followed by bilingual ID. Next
WORs:
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
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 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
Not SW, but also note MW times
from Italy now listed as WOR by IRRS:
Sat 2330 IRRS 1368, 846
Sun 2100
IRRS 1368, 846
WRTH says these are Challenger Radio, 10 and 1 kW
respectively
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830,
July 20 at 2056 check, WTWW-1 is ON night frequency in the daytime, and
surprisingly good at S9+10, theme adaptation of ``Rawhide`` sung by planted
Pastor Pete Peters. They sometimes run 9475 all-night, so why not 5830 all-day?
Wish I had checked for it at high noon, 1832 UT here, maybe 45 minutes earlier
around Nashville.
12105, July 20 at 2056, WTWW-3 is Bibling in French, VG
at S9+20, while 9475 and 9930 are off.
5085, July 21 at 0520, WTWW-2 is
still off, no `Midnight [sic] in the Desert` which used to be at 05-08 UT
Tue-Sat, and is still proudly displayed as if ``with Art Bell`` on the WTWW.us
homepage along with Dave Ramsey show afternoons, also disappeared.
What
does M[sic]itD itself say about WTWW? http://midnightinthedesert.com/
It
seems their /howtolisten page hasn`t been updated for 7 months. Pushes streaming
and podcasts for a price, but finally linx to a page of radio stations with WTWW
5085 at the top; and *only 10* other AM/FM stations nationwide! Not including
the Alva OK station KPAK 97.5 which was originally on the roster but whence it
was never heard here. Hardly a successful broadcast, and now it`s lost its true
nationwide frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
570, July 21 at 0545 UT, Fox Sports Radio is good dominating frequency from WSW.
As previously IDed must be KWML Las Cruces NM, and on 5 kW ND day power instead
of legal 155 watts night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 3967.0, July 21 at 1134, open carrier at S7-S9. Not
a known broadcast frequency in Asia (North Korea is on 3970), so perhaps just a
hAM, but why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
despatched at 1646 UT July 21
