** ALBANIA. 9854.95, Sept 16 at 0151, R. Tirana is mostly humroar, but some
music detectable under it. At 0157 I notice some crackle circa 9827, suspect
it`s out of same transmitter, and it goes off at 0158 just about when 9854.95
does (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept
16 at 1359, Bangladesh Betar is very weak, but can hear the IS, and the 5+1
mis-timesignal ending at 1359:52, Urdu service opening theme. If timesignal hits
1400:00 it will only be a coincidence as in past it could be several seconds
either side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9320-9330,
Sept 16 at 0207, big S8 blob of R. Cairo peaking at 9325 with peaks sounding
like talk modulation, but totally incomprehensible. This is obviously coming out
of the main blob 9310-9320, peaking at 9315, same S8 but lacking any talkish
sounds, just the roar where English to North America is scheduled (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.895, Sept 16 at 1305, VOI is
S5-S8 and can tell there`s some talk, in presumed English, yet readability is
still R=0, and there seems to be some pulsating hum along with the modulation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 11405, 11410,
11425, 11435, 11440, Sept 16 at 1318, all USB, presumed QSO pirates from here.
11435 is best, 11440 has a pileup, and 11425 includes some singing. Ironically,
these can come in better than VOI on 9526-v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9550, Sept 16 at 0201, YL & YL with news in Spanish,
mostly about the Islamic Republic of Iran, implying it is really VIRI as
scheduled 0020-0320 via Sirjan to South America. Surprised they would be doing
news at the top of real hours rather than the top of askew Iranian hours. S9-S7
fading and undermodulated. // 12025 is but a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Sept 16 at 0220, 8 y 19 minutos
timecheck, from ``Radio Mexicana, la música ---``. XEP, Juárez as usual dominant
signal at night, but plenty QRM too. Impossible to believe it`s 200 watts at
night rather than 38,000 watts day power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5900, Sept 16 at 1252, JBA carrier, presumed R.
Rossii, Vladivostok; the other reactivated Russian SW station, R. Sakha, 7295,
Sept 16 at 1252, JBA carrier is even weaker (or could be an ham); not a good
propagation day for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
TURKEY [and non]. 9465, Sept 16 at 0205, Qur`an at S4. Only thing scheduled is
TRT in Uyghur this hour, but Voice of Turkey is not known for Qur`aning, being a
secular state/station, altho the Islamists seem to be in ascendancy. During long
pauses, sounds like an understation talking, at first thought maybe Iran Spanish
// 9550 which I had just heard? But too weak to tell. Instead, the understation
could be Turkey and the overstation something new and unknown (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 5810, Sept 16 at 1249, S6-S8 poor
signal, talk with accent but seems English. See UNID log of yesterday. On theory
that it is BBCWS, I check 6195 which is certainly BBCWS via Singapore --- or as
HFCC still labels it, `Kranji (Merlin)`! And it matches, furthermore, just about
synchronized, but 5810 could still be a different site, such as Nakhon Sawan,
Thailand. The current HFCC page for BBCWS still does not show any entry for
5810! What do they know?
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A16&broadc=BBC
So
it`s on 5810 for at least two days in a row, rather than jumping around (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1843
monitoring: confirmed Thursday Sept 15 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, excellent; also
confirmed Thu Sept 15 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.040v-CUSB, fair S9. Next:
Fri
2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR
6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0700 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1400 Unique
Radio NSW 3210 ND
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 NSW 3210 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 7504.995, Sept 16 at 0154, WRNO is on tonight with
gospel music, S9+30 but considerably undermodulated. Probably a fluke it`s so
close to 7505.000 at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1170, Sept 16 at 0221 UT, KFAQ Tulsa with talk, and
can`t detect any gospel huxter understation, so seems as if WWVA Wheeling has
finally fixed its night pattern to protect us from it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9275, Sept 16 at 1300, open carrier at
S6, plus some intermittent non-English, non-Spanish, Asian? language very weak
2-way USB demodulated by it; still the same at 1320. The only known broadcaster
on 9275 anywhen is WMLK, Pennsylvania, which has been struggling to keep its
`new` transmitter operational, has been off for a few weeks but will presumably
come back eventually; normally operates only in local afternoons altho Aoki
shows a possible span of 1400-2100 (never on Sabbaths! So be sure to check on
Friday). Not as strong as 125 kW should be, but stronger and steadier than one
would expect from E Asia, yet could also pertain to the China radio war, which
could show up anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report despatched at 1532 UT September 16
