** AUSTRIA [and non]. 15440, Nov 16 at 1402, checking for WRMI on what has been
a problematic transmitter; not on, instead a weak signal with S Asian song,
which is AWR in Urdu, 300 kW due east from Moosbrunn at 1400-1430 only; WRMI
cuts on late at *1404.5 joining Brother Scare in regress during an ancient Paul
Harvey clip with some dire warning, overriding AWR but still audible under
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Nov 17 at 0513,
R. Clube do Pará with an ID mentioning 1,550 kHz. WRTH lists one station in Pará
on 1550, R. Cabano in Maracanã, perhaps an affiliate. CODAR QRM can be avoided
by LSB tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non].
7410, Nov 17 at 1301, looking for Shiokaze, but all I hear is Japanese from CRI,
but very strange music underneath, sure sounds like tune of ``Jesus Saves``, as
used by FEBC Philippines for IS! Exactly: FEBC runs Cambodian on 7410 at
1200-1300, so running a bit over. Ivo Ivanov also heard this until 1302 but
doesn`t mention CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
9330-AM, Wed Nov 16 at *0653, S9 open carrier, i.e. Spy Numbers warming up on a
transmitter shared with RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CUBA. 9535, Nov 17 at 0441, RHC Spanish surprisingly with love song in English
ending, ``Love Letters Straight from Your Heart``, on to announcement in
Spanish, // 9710, 6060, as I had already checked to be sure it wasn`t really the
English service // 6000 & 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 5980, Nov 16 at 0707, R. Martí back on frequency
to match the jamming after a jump to 5988, 24 hours earlier, keypad mispunch
which they should manage more often (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 4870.34, Nov 17 at 1344, one of two carriers
hetting around here, which would be AIR Delhi (Kingsway), but which Ron Howard
measured on 4870.57, October 22 at 1332; as the other one, RRI Wamena, INDONESIA
was off. Now, Nov 17 at 1345, I measure the lower one, Wamena on 4869.89, as did
Ron on October 20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH
[non]. 6145, Nov 17 at 1335, I finally find Sea Breeze on new frequency; last
channel was 7410, but there only heard CRI and FEBC at 1300, so later
bandscanning 49m band upwards. 6145 is good with no QRM, S9 to S9+10, YL with
very brief news headlines, each introduced by date and ``Daily NK``, and
outroduced by ``Daily NK`` again, same electronic sounder between them several
times a minute. 1339 different music and on to another segment. 1340 ID by YL
``This is Shiokaze - Sea Breeze from Tokyo, Japan``. 6145 is one of numerous
alternate frequencies registered with HFCC by JIC MIC at 13-14, 300 kW, 290
degrees from Yamata. English is only on Thursdays. Sea Breeze is about abduxions
of Japanese by North Korea.
Ron Howard also discovered 6145 today but for
him in California there was lite QRM from PBS Qinghai; and he found the *1405
Shiokaze in Japanese on new 5910 ex-7325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 11835, Nov 17 at 0435, VP S3 signal but conversation in
English, and not a WWCR overload mix of 5890 + 5935, so it really is MWV with
African Pathways Radio; no comparison to the bigsig it accomplished (when
active) in A-16 during this hour on 9480, but maybe 11835 works better for
Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA,
7410.0-AM, Nov 17 at 0447, S9 signal but deep fades and slightly suptorted with
the immediately recognizable voice and message of the YHWH guy, ``vs corporate
banksters``, etc. 0455 he seems to be wrapping up, ``wish you the best,
shalom``, ``thank you so much for listening in``. ``true Jews not interested in
false deity worship`` such as Jesus; ``waiting for Yahweh, God`s government to
be established``. I have to suspend for something else at 0458-0509, and he is
indeed off when I get back at 0509, and 7415 is now splashing.
Since 7410
is not a frequency in use by a legal US SWBC station, we must conclude that Mr
YHWH is back to piracy! --- despite having been busted last time, and location
revealed as near Ridgecrest CA.
He also recently made a legal $25
broadcast via WBCQ as we have reported, and was going to do another one, but if
and when that transpired, I have not heard.
Station YHWH previous pirate
behavior was to show up on a very wide variety of frequencies in and out of many
different bands, at many different hours, so maybe we are in for another such
treat, requiring lots of bandscanning. So far I have seen no other reports of
him on 7410, not even on HF Underground. One thing is likely: he will not keep
appearing again at the same time on the same frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. During Tropo DTVDX from RF 44, KSHV-TV
Shreveport, see USA, other decodes in this opening:
RF 31 at 1533, DTV
3-1 OETA-DT, i.e. KOET Eufaula OK, seldom seen here
RF 28 at 1534, Ion as
on 44-1, i.e. KTPX Okmulgee OK
RF 24 at 1535, OKC local KOKH 25 is not
decoding due to some DX CCI
RF 20 at 1536, KQCW-HD as 19-1, i.e. Muskogee
OK
RF 17 at 1537, local Enid multi-channel 3ABN Adventist translator is
not decoding due to DX CCI
RF 45 at 1552, as 6.2 KQCW-SD: this is really
KOTV Tulsa transmitter as on 6.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Nov 17 at 1342, very poor carrier still
here, so SIBC is running late again. I also checked 9545 around 0500 but it was
not extended today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH
[non]. 15540, Nov 17 at 1445, R. Tamazuj, talk in Juba Arabic, // 13800 which is
4 or 5 seconds ahead of 15540, both poor. Sites: 15540 France, 13800 Germany,
but both move at 1500, to Vatican and Madagascar, respectively, for the second
half (and for sibling station R. Dabanga at 1530-1630) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 12035, Nov 16 at 1408, VOT with songs at
S9-S7 as this English transmission is improving; for W Europe but we`re directly
beyond.
Shortly after mentioning on WOR 1852 that I`ve yet to get a
listenable signal from VOT`s 0400 broadcast to North America on 6080 --- I do:
Nov 17 at 0430, it`s S9+25, much stronger than VOA São Tomé which still makes a
weak fast SAH with it; and there is some hum evidently from Emirler. During a
``fairy tale`` about black clouds, ending shortly, 0433 to theme and `Question
of the Month`, details I manage to copy so I can enter the contest; 0434 on to
song and music fill for rest of hour. Recheck at 0450, Turkish song is still in
at S9+25. 6075 is still vacant and would be better except it might QRM 6070
CFRX. NO signal at all on the VOT // to Asia, 7240.
12035.039, Nov 17 at
1353, TRT with YL in English at S7 to S4; 1359 `Question of the Month` again
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2097.3, Nov 17 at 0523
check, beacon A in Morse every 10 seconds from Quartzsite AZ. I hear it just
about any time I check at night, but in well this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15220, Nov 16 at 2054 tune-in I hear one word
of French or Kriyol, back to open carrier, likewise on slightly weaker 11720; no
VOA YDD sign-on but at 2100 switch to one word in English, ``Creole``, and into
Kriyol, welcoming ``téléviseurs`` --- which I thought meant viewers, but Google
says both in French and Haitian Creole it means TV sets. Maybe I misunderstood.
Follows a long interview with a senator, 2113 bit of music and another
interview. Anyhow, altho not checked at 20 today, this shows that VOA has
retimed the Haitian one hour later, since as of Nov 11 it was still at 20 and in
English instead of Kriyol (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1852, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: confirmed
Tuesday November 15 at 2130 on WRMI 15770, fair. Not confirmed UT Wed Nov 16 at
0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: trace of a JBA carrier, so maybe is on but barely
propagating. Confirmed NOT on Wed Nov 16 at 1415.5 on WRMI 9955, since that
continues to switch to Brother HyStairical at 1400. Confirmed Wed Nov 16 at 2200
on WBCQ 7490v, good. Not confirmed UT Thu Nov 17 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330, no
signal, but 9265 WINB is but a JBA carrier, so WBCQ could be on and not
propagating.
WORLD OF RADIO 1852 monitoring: confirmed first SW
broadcast of Thursday November 17 at 1230 on WRMI 9955, when checked at 1256,
good S8 fading to S5. Next:
Thu 2130 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR
6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon
0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon
0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030
WRMI 7730 to WNW [off Nov 8 and 15 pending repair]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed
2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Full
updated schedule including satellite, webcasts, AM & FM:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 // 5950, Wed Nov 16 at
0701, these WRMIs remain // and now starting a `World Music` concert hour, both
VG on W or NW antennas, while 7730 remains absent.
15440, Nov 16 at
*1404.5, WRMI cuts on late with BS, overriding AWR Austria in Urdu; 15440 has
been a problematic transmitter and it`s off again at 2055 check; while 15770 is
on and undermodulated.
5850 // 5950, Thu Nov 17 at 0707, WRMI with `Viva
Miami`, old show I have heard before, Jeff plowing thru the mailbag, with quick
acknowledgments for reports from all over on many frequencies. I keep with it to
hear what happen afterwards: 0715 into World Music. 5950 remains temporarily on
285 antenna on loan from 7730, making it as powerful here as 5850. VM is not on
WRMI sked at this hour on either frequency, but it`s been added to my
DX/SWL/Media Programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
7504.78, Nov 17 at 0444, WRNO is lower than usual and varying audibly with BFO,
S8 signal but sounds weaker, very poor due to undermodulation during music.
Others were surprised it is on this late, but not really: during non-DST season
the sked is 02-05 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
5110.8, Nov 17 at 0510, as I am tuning down the 60m band starting at 5130, here
is a spur carrier, so I expect this means 5085 WTWW-2 is on the air --- yes,
when I get there in a moment, with `Unshackled`. 5110.8 is a second-order spur,
while the first-order on the plus side, 5097.9 is blocked by that wide utehash.
Matchers on the low side are easily detected, 5072.1, and also barely on 5059.2
--- these are all at 12.9 kHz intervals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Nov 17 at 0527 UT, ``AM 1200, Univisión América``
ID mixing with WOAI, so WRTO Chicago is still running day facility at night.
Tsk2, no clear channel for San Antonio any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Nov 17 at 1314 UT, ESPN-Deportes promos ignoring
Central and Mountain timezones, heavy CCI and SAH, from what we now know is KZMP
University Park TX. Around 1300 UT I was only hearing KXEL IA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Morning of November 16, lots of Bad
signals on most UHF channels, with tropo enhancement, but a Good one breaking
thru at 1529 UT on both my antennas:
RF44, PSIP immediately shows 45-1
KSHV-TV. It`s 500 kW ERP in Shreveport LA per W9WI.com with MyTV on 45.1, but
ads at the moment. I am also getting a 45.2 with super ID at lower left:
KSHV-TV,45.2 Shreveport (but no 45.3 or 45.4). [and sic, there is no space after
-TV, comma]. At 1547 the program on 45.1 is `Crime Watch` as IDed at lower-left;
while 45-2 says John Simms, and soon more aptly `Forensic Files` on the ESCAPE
network (bug LR: the P elevated so it`s half visible, get it?). At 1559 break,
45-1 with Weather Focus, Louisiana map; and 45-2 again supers KSHV-TV ID at LL.
These hold up until finally about 1620 starting to fade and break up.
W9WI.com shows KSHV only with My on 45.1, no 45.2. But rabbitears.info
also has Escape on 45-2.
Shreveport by tropo used to be not too rare in
analog era on 3 and 12 (and 6 with Texarkana). City to city distance is 574 km =
356 statute miles. Other decodes during this opening, from OKLAHOMA, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Nov 17 at 1438,
Republic of Yemen Radio is S9+20 with music and exhortations in Arabic ---
continues to be in season with bigsig every morning, presumed longpath, but site
as yet not revealed. We are still waiting for someone to visit the SAUDI site
during the broadcast to confirm whether it`s really from Riyadh (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 774, Nov 17 at 1308-1311 UT, JBA
TP carrier from NW, so surely NHK. No others detected on likely frequencies.
Sunrise here today: 1311; will attain another semihour later by latest in early
January (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2960.0, Nov
17 at 0520, very poor AM carrier, to be flagged as a possible broadcast harmonic
from 1480 or 740. Wavers a bit, which is suspicious, and also another one on
2959.4 via the NRD-545, which does emit birdies here and there (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED 3101.0-USB, Nov 17 at 0518, YL with
alfanumeric fonetix, ``over``, very poor; answered by OM, ``This is Echo, roger,
out``. Listed as just an aeronautical mobile service frequency (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, the open carrier of Nov 15
is gone again, Nov 16 at 1406 check; and also Nov 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1844 UT November 17
