** CUBA [and non]. 9565, Oct 14 at 0030, post-Martí jamming noise now mixed with
beeps here too. This time there are not strings, but single beeps at frequent
but irregular intervals, sometimes overlapping. Pitches change from one to the
next; vs JBA carrier, presumably Brasil. At 0035 I listen with BFO off, and
still hear tones of various pitches, so the carriers are not pure CW, but MCW,
with modulation upon them.
9955, Oct 14 at 0038, noise jamming against
WRMI is still running, despite back to English from R. Prague after the R.
Libertad hour 23-24. The Commie Cubans must hold a grudge against the now free
Czechs. And mixed with it, some random beeping here too. Another possible
explanation --- beeps are place-holders for otherwise idling
jammers.
BTW, this page has Radio Libertad info right at the top
including:
``Horarios de Transmisión: Diariamente 8:00-9:00 am hora de Miami en 9955 kHz``
besides evenings. But this is either very new or very old, likely the latter, as
12-13 UT has been occupied for a long time by R. Prague in English, Eslovaquia
en español; as still on the skedgrid, variations on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 7175-7185-7195, Oct 14 at
0353, wideband DRM-style jamming, implying that VOBMEritrea may have shifted
from 7175 to 7185, altho no AM carrier can be detected anywhere amid this.
Thorsten Hallmann confirms that VOBME was on 7185 the evening of Oct 13. He says
jamming usually ends about 1700. I suspect same jammitters are more needed
against VOA by 1730.
7140-7145-7150, Oct 14 at 0355, DRM-style noise
jamming against the other VOBME, and here I can detect an AM carrier amid, at
7145.036 instead of 7145.6v where it had been.
Wolfgang Büschel explains,
``the Ethiopians bought exactly 6 x BBEF Beijing Made in China units some 8
years ago, which may possibly switch to DRM digital mode transmission too``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 9600, Oct 14 at
0034 check, still no signal at all from scheduled MWV broadcast of KNLS English
programming to Asia. Have not heard this for many weeks.
9665, Oct 14 at
0100+, no signal now either from the MWV repeat of KNLS English, just the
Brasilian slightly off-frequency with Mexican music. When MWV was on, we could
at least get a het or tell there was a second carrier.
9480, Oct 14 at
0422 check, zero signal from African Pathways Radio via MWV, another long-AWOL
transmission, while World Christian Broadcasting says nothing about the long
silence, pretending the station is still on the air rather than a fantasy.
Possibly they have quite legit reasons, such as severe technical or financial
problems, but won`t level with their supporters, few of whom actually have a SW
radio. The website promotes how much web traffic they are getting, so who needs
SW? Maybe the language programs continue available there.
Since these are
non-logs rather than logs, despite their significance, some editors will delete
them! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 580, UT Fri Oct
14 at 0403, old-time-radio show in Spanish, mentions ``Chucho el Rojo`` (neither
name certain!). Loops SSW so presumed XEMU Piedras Negras, Coahuila, rather than
XEFI Chihuahua which I recently logged from the SW; WIBW Topeka in a fade, then
up a bit, but diminished by auroral? Behindthename.com says Chucho is a
diminutive for Jesús (but never applied to Cristo, I suspect ---
``Chuchocristo``?).
Then I go to XEMU website, and find a sparse
programación page,
fortunately
including this!
``De 3:00 a 3:30 de la tarde y también a la [sic] 11:00
de la noche de lunes a viernes. Radio Novela Chucho el Roto``
Roto means
broken, rather than Rojo = red. Searching on full name, and then adding novela,
Wikipedia provides:
``Chucho el Roto (1858–1885) was a Mexican bandit
active in the late 19th century, whose life story has been the basis of number
of books, plays and other media since before his death. His real name was Jesús
Arriaga...``
``La XEW realizó una versión de Chucho el Roto como la
última gran radionovela transmitida por la estación radial, con más de 3,200
capítulos a lo largo de once años, tuvo gran acogida en México, Centroamérica y
Sudamérica. Debido a este éxito, se produjo una telenovela que se transmitía
junto con la radionovela; posteriormente se adaptó una tetralogía
cinematográfica que se fue estrenando en paralelo a la transmisión de la
radionovela.``
3,200 episodes over exactly 11 years = 291 per year, more
than one a day, if 5 per week, which would need 261. So now, I, and perhaps you,
have gained a learning experience from this brief DX log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Oct 14 at 0412, Spanish mentions
``Radio Centro``, with WLW nulled. There is such a station/network in Mexico,
but IRCA, WRTH, Cantú listings don`t draw any connexion on 700. Could it be from
somewhere else in Latin America? No such listings in WRTH. A little further
researching shows it`s only XEDKR, Guadalajara, 10000/150 watts [yeah, sure]
relaying Radio Red (1110 DF), but that is part of the Grupo Radio Centro
(flagship XEQR 1030). Once again we wish at least the IRCA Mexican Log would
display Grupo affiliations with each entry, if any (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Oct 14 at 0058, R. Chaski at S6, getting
a bit of a boost from auroral conditions, making some music modulation audible
(presumably originating as usual from Red Radio Integridad); until autocutoff at
0101:26.5*, which is 19.5 seconds later than last monitorage three nights
earlier, Oct 11 until 0100:07*, or slippage averaging 6.5 seconds later per
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13564, Oct 14 at 1445,
JBA CW beacon ID as GNK. Then I find two more which are even weaker, but
repeated IDs can eventually be copied vs the ISM hash and CODAR, frequencies
approx.:
13565, Oct 14 at 1446, K6FRC, HIFER beacon CW ID, almost
inaudible.
13558, Oct 14 at 1447, MTI, HIFER beacon CW ID, very slow
compared to the others. (I`m no good at judging words-per-minute; and is MTI a
``word``?)
I`ve frequently scanned the 13550-13570 ISM band almost every
day, but haven`t heard any HIFERs for many months. As in DXLD 16-09, both K6FRC
from California and MTI from Stone Mountain GA were last logged March 1 at
almost exactly the same times. GNK from Madison WI last logged August 15 at
1355, as in DXLD 16-33, I wonder if the recent geomagnetic disturbance led to
improved post-reception? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. Kim Andrew Elliott tells the DXLD yg at 1615 UT October 14: ``I just found
out that today is the last day of the special VOA Kreyòl (Creole) shortwave
transmissions for Haiti. 2000-2030 UT on 11720 and 15220 kHz, via Greenville.
Kim`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1847
monitoring: confirmed Thursday October 13 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.040v-CUSB, fair.
Next:
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0800 Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND
Sat 1300 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. 7730, Oct 14 at
0044, WRMI with gospel huxter talking about cults, but chopped off for classic
``WNYW-style`` ID, 0045 Chinese vocal music, later soft jazz, 0056 beach tune =
World Music.
Checked at 1555 UT Oct 14, the WRMI skedgrid has now
removed ``WM`` from the 00-01 UT hour on 7730, which had been Tue-Fri. Now there
are blanx, including today UT Friday, but new other stuff has been inserted on
UT Thursday. Anyhow, this hour is room for expansion, the World Music always
subject to replacement by paid programming or other filler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.06, Oct 14 at 0047, WBCQ is VP at only
S6; and so is 9330+ CUSB. This time, can be attributed to auroral conditions
attenuating signals from northern Maine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9311.2v-USB, Oct 14 at 1438, weak colloquial
Spanish 2-way, the communicators not on exactly the same frequency. Also heard a
sesquihour earlier as I tuned by (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9382.70-LSB, Oct 14 at 0028, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish INTRUDERS, one with engine noise; vs het from 9380.0 presumed India
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1731 UT
October 14
