** ALBANIA. 9854.97, Sept 23 at 0127, usual humroar mixed with R. Tirana IS, S7
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11710.66, Sept 23
at 0120, no doubt RAE on signature off-frequency, S7 with music; and another
unID carrier below 11710 about 11709.85. RAE is supposed to be in an hiatus with
music only until relaunch Oct 5 with new name, new programming, new IS, new
modulation? but old frequencies, as explained by Arnaldo Slaen, GRA blog, via
DXLD 16-38 and WORLD OF RADIO 1844 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Sept 23 at 0228 tune-in to Radio Pío Doce
signing off with full ID, frequency list, contact info, atop ``Col. Bogey
March`` theme music as always. 0230 plays interval signal? of about 10 rising
notes a few times and dead air (or something bleeding in, JBM?) until off circa
0231:50*. WRMIBS 5950 is so weak as usual that it is not a problem to separate
them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 870, Sept
23 at 0259 UT, I am noticing that WWL has some musiQRM, but also some QubaRM as
an ``RR`` fires in Morse from Radio Reloj, which per WRTH 2016 counts upon
three: 10 kW in Bueycito GR and Baracoa GÜ (closest), 1 kW in Sancti Spíritus
SS.
The music is probably KJMP Pierce CO, 1200/320 U4, as KAZ reported:
``KJMP 870 CO into IL --- KJMP with their oldies is bothering WWL tonight
here near Chicago for a new catch for me. They must be seriously out of spec and
none of their patterns is supposed to put much this way. They were loud crushing
WWL at the Convention in KC last weekend. 73 KAZ Barrington IL (Neil Kazaross,
Perseus and DKAZ Phased Array aimed westish, 0333 UT Sept 18, NRC-AM via DXLD)``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9605, Sept 23 at
0213, Radio Habana Cuba S3 on new frequency! Propaganda-style talk about Uruguay
immediately recognizable, confirmed // 9710 (which has CCI at this hour, CRI
Spanish via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN). Also checked // 6060 RHC and find it a
reverb/echo apart, denoting two different transmitter sites. However, 9605 is //
and synch with 9535 which has a much better signal. No sign of WHRI now on 9605,
which had been running own programming at 02-03, by mistake? instead of
scheduled 7315, failing to QSY after Korelay. Continuing bandscan, I soon
encounter:
9465, Sept 23 at 0217, Spanish here too, another RHC NF, also
S3 and // synch 9535. Since 9465 and 9605 are both 70 kHz from 9535, I must
conclude these are spurs, altho strong enough to be taken as some of their
weaker fundamentals! Note, previously on 9465 during this hour I was once
getting Qur`an, and Turkey in Uighur, but none of that audible tonight with
degraded propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA
SOUTH [non]. 9605, Sept 23 at 0125, instead of KBS World Radio Spanish via WHRI,
just a carrier, open, or maybe a trace of modulation. What`s wrong? Not on after
0200 when I am getting CUBA! q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 5150.0-AM, Sept 23 at 0118, something here with
music, S7; by 0219 it`s S6 on other receiver; 0233 rock music. Referred to as
``Relay Station`` since it broadcasts different pirates, including Newport
Pirate Radio and Bangalore Poacher, per latest logs at
Also separate threads from previous days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6949.40-AM, Sept 23 at 0224, algo JBM. Only one
other guy caught this and IDed it, in HF Underground:
``Solar
Centric, 6949.5 AM, 0226 UTC, 23 Sept 2016 « Today at 03:01 »
Heard via LO
WebSDR, thanks to kcpr on the piratechat for alerting me.
0226-0250 OM
lecturing about shamanism
0251 Solar Centric ID repeated a few times for a
couple of minutes
0253 music - "Too Hot" by The Specials
0255 the idle
STANAG on 6947, which had been silent all evening, suddenly fired up and drowned
out Solar Centric. He went off a minute or so later. Logged MDK2, Denver,
CO.``
I also noticed 6946+ was unusually absent. Where`s LO among
WebSDRs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Re:
``FORMAT, SLOGAN AND SILENT STATUS CHANGES:
1050, KXCA Lawton, OK was CBS
Sports Radio, now Westwood One The Touch urban adult contemporary, old slogan:
"The Ticket 1050 AM", new: "1050
AM Heart and Soul"
1050, KGTO Tulsa,
OK old slogan: "1050 The Touch KGTO", new: "KGTO
1050 Heart and Soul"
[both 1050 OKies on same net now? Can barely hear both daytime or
SR/SS, maybe echoing? -- gh]
1380, KKRX Lawton, OK was Westwood One
The Touch urban adult
contemporary, now CBS Sports Radio, old slogan: "1380
The Touch",
new: "The Ticket 1380" (Bob Wien, Broadcasting Information, IRCA
DX
Monitor Sept 3 via DXLD)``
1050, Sept 22 at 2021 UT on caradio I
finally get around to checking these out: I am not hearing any QRM, but there
are two weak signals making a SAH of 6 to 7 Hz during music. I don`t hear any
echo so the two must be well-synchronized. 2038 UT a commercial for Walgreen`s,
no QRM and no echo. 2040 UT now there are conflicting commercials during local
cutaway. Recheck at 2056 UT now one is in music and the other in talk,
continuing past 2100 UT, can`t hear any IDs but obviously these are the two Okie
stations near limits of groundwave. KGTO Tulsa, approx. 102 miles, is 1 kW
non-direxional; KXCA Lawton, approx. 125 miles, is 0.25 kW direxional away from
Tulsa. Both have negligible night powers, pace XEG. If I`m ever in Tulsa at
night, must hear how well its 22 watts carry. Or Lawton: 6 watts (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1844
monitoring: confirmed Thursday September 22 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, excellent.
Also confirmed Thu Sept 22 at 2330 on WBCQ 9329.994-CUSB, S9+10. Next:
Fri
0830 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
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. 880, Sept 23 at 0244 UT, ranchera
music looping E/W, need to listen on LSB to avoid strong day-power cheating KHAC
NM/AZ gospel huxter in English which is USB only (almost, some bleedover into
LSB?). That leaves KRVN NE on DSB which I can`t null completely so still a lot
of QRM for this one. Live DJ gives his cabina phone number; 0247 UT another
announcement, 0250 UT fading down. 0302 UT fading up a bit for music, 0304 UT
timecheck I can`t copy. From previous experience it is probably WIJR Highland IL
(St Louis MO market), 160 watts night; rather than WMDB Nashville TN 2 watts
(and is the latter still compensating for that by buying time on WNQM 1300?
Can`t tell anymore since WWCR fixed its mixing products on 6220 & 8820)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500.5, Sept 23 at
0237 UT, the mystery whine is louder than I`ve ever heard it, really QRMing KSTP
SBG, still loops east/west; harder to detect on lo side 1499.5. Thought to be
somewhere around the New Madrid Fault multi-state area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0530 UT September 23
