** AUSTRALIA. 2485 & 2325, Dec 19 at 1349, S9 Oz talk from doomed VL8 Shower
Service stations, and natch 4835.
9580 > 12085 >> 12065, Dec 19
at 1405, RA is back on all three doomed frequencies after AWOL last two days.
9580 is S9+10/20 with discussion of women and food, gingerbread, condiments. By
1420 it`s reminiscences of watching movies in the 1940s on shipboard, with lots
of background noise. RA online program schedule continues to show nothing during
the 14 UT hour, on Mondays (unless `Conversations with Richard Fidler` from 1300
is now two hours long). But that show has just gone into summer repeats until
January 23.
Jerry Lenamon, Waco, calculates based on Victorian
electricity documents, that power costs at Shepparton would have increased about
71% from 2006 to 2013, even more now, a possible factor in deciding to close it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9645.3, Dec 19 at
0614, no signal from R. Bandeirantes. This has been off for some weeks, but I
may not have noted it. Meanwhile, numerous other off-frequency ZYs provide
carriers at least now starting with 11925+ Bandeirantes; 11935+, 11855-, 11765-,
9819-, 9725-, 9665+, 9630, 9565, 5940- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5939.83, Dec 19 at 0627, Portuguese talk and music,
from R. Voz Missionária, usually blasted away by 5935 WWCR but which is weakened
at the moment, tho resurging later in the hour. BTW, this is the only ZY SW
frequency in WRTH 2016 with a blank in the callsign column; why, and what is it,
really? Maybe 2017 shows it. Reliable // 9665v is ZYE890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, Dec 19 at 1529, no signal from
Trenton Military (nor did I hear it last night on 6754-USB). Must be off for
repairs. Don Moman, Alberta, already replied Dec 18 to my original
report:
``15034 was still very distorted at 1952 but seems back to normal
at 2040 UT. I did send off a quick note at that time to our CFARS group (our
equivalent to MARS) in case someone there might know someone in charge of that
[to] forward it, but I suspect it was just coincidence that it was cleared up.
Don VE6JY``
15034, Dec 19 at 1835, CHR, Trenton Military is back with
good modulation, but as too often happens, defaulting to ``no report received``
from places like Thule. At 1836 UT gives own time as 1735 zulu! So still not
fully funxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060,
Dec 19 at 0253, RHC Spanish is S9 of open carrier/dead air! Just like it was
last night, Dec 18 at 0655 check. So always? Yes, still OC/DA tonight Dec 19 at
0623 check just as `DXers Unlimited` is ending on all the other English
frequencies; shux, missed it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 1566, Dec 19 at 1339, carrier looping NW on the DX-398
with internal antenna only, and at last I can pull some audio: talk, maybe
Korean? and piano music. Could also get the carrier at 1343 but no audio on the
R-75 with E-W longwire. At 1345 weaker, no audio audible. It`s FEBC, HLAZ from
Jeju (Cheju) Island, 250 kW. WRTH 2016 shows 1345 is the time it transitions
from Japanese to Chinese, no doubt also antenna change correlating with signal
drop here, altho it`s already just after sunrise. Aoki also shows those times
but no azimuth info. A few minutes earlier, I had sought TP carriers on lowband,
774 etc., but none audible. Then checked NK MW/low SW frequencies and found 2850
to be S7 at 1347, 3250 also audible, but nothing unusual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, Dec 19 at 1404, Denge
Kurdistane is S7-S9 with Kurdish talk (steadier than 11860 Yemen [non] ranging
S5-S9). At 1411 recheck, there is an echo, caused by 3 possibilities: 1)
long/short path from one site; 2) two sites overlapping with slightly different
satellite feeds; 3) deliberately imposed effect on original modulation. Ivo
Ivanov continues to update the schedule, showing 11600 at 06-15 is all via
PRIDNESTROVYE. At 15-16 he hears second harmonic on 23200, so concludes that
hour is from his nearby BULGARIA site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Dec 19 at 1837, MWV is on but only poor
carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 12035, Dec 19
at 1404, no signal from VOT English to Europe and USward, but 1408 recheck, it`s
on, at S4-S6 with Turkish music. A very late switch from preceding German until
1325 on 15270? Or just being intermittent. 1418 modulation cuts off and on, dead
air, then carrier off. 1422 it`s back on with closing IS, off again at 1426
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1856
monitoring: confirmed UT Monday December 19 from 0403 on Area 51 webcast, and
also on WBCQ, 5130.079-AM as measured an hour earlier. Also confirmed Mon Dec 19
from 0430 on WRMI webcast, JBA carrier on 9955. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
5130.055-AM, UT Mon Dec 19 at 0632, Area 51 is still on! I often check frequency
in case this happen, yet Dec 18 sked at
shows
nothing after 0500 as usual. Really off-the-wall scatter-brained stuff, like a
pirate gone wild; talk mixed with music, mentions KPFA, Jeffrey Dahmer story,
Bob, standing in line, hamburger. 0647 song ``Roll Out the Pork Barrel``, 0648
mentions WCSB(?) Cleveland, still going past 0700. A P O Box address I can`t
copy at 0703. Confirmed not a pirate, by AW quick WBCQ ID inserted at 0705,
still going at 0720 when I can`t stay awake any longer. Ad-hoc Hours of Slack?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7730 // 5850, December
19 at 0708, WRMI in church service with choir and organ. Scheduled on 7730 at
least on Mondays is `Your Weekend Show`, squeezed out of the TruNews disservice,
but unseems to be that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
4840, Dec 19 at 0645, WWCR is S9+40 of dead air, still at 0658. Can`t let WTWW
and RHC get all the dead-air attention! 3215 is nominal with WWCRBS. Mon program
missed at this hour is `Inspirations Across America`. Refund? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17775, Dec 19 at 1526 and 1854, KVOH
is still AWOL when it should be back on a weekday. Did however note without
logging, VOH-Africa, ZAMBIA on 11680, poor circa 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475, Dec 19 at 0255, JBA carrier from
WTWW-1, not yet switched to 5830 night frequency, but which has happened by
0302 recheck; yet propagation is such that even 5830 is very poor (like 5890
neighbor WWCR). WTWW.us website says transition time is 9 pm CDT on one page,
merely 9 pm Central on another.
9475, Dec 19 at 1424, WTWW with frequent
IADs during harangue by a pre-deceased Pastor Pete Peters, who is in no position
to complain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Dec
19 at 1837, WMLK is on with a very poor carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2520, Dec 19 at 1348 UT, S6 carrier with some
fading to S5, no modulation audible which ought to be, if there be any;
1355-1402 UT monitored continuously in case about to sign-on. Likely a second
harmonic, and Tim Tromp in West Michigan had just reported yesterday to the
harmonics yg: ``WOCO on 2520 (2 x 1260), Strong signal right now on 2520 // to
1260 kHz (also heard here) and confirmed with a clear TOH ID at 1300 UT with
local talk and Christmas music``. WOCO of course is close to him in Oconto,
Wisconsin, 1000/29 watts U1 plus 500-watt PSRA. WOCO official sunrise is 1315 UT
in Dec, 1330 in Jan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
4864+, Dec 19 at 0645, open carrier at S4-S6, also past 0710. Slightly on the hi
side but not measured. Maybe Brasil? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4940-USB, Dec 19 at 0643, intermittent 2-way, very
poor in French? Maybe Canadian; only one side of contact audible (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4960, Dec 19 at 0642, open
carrier ranging S5-S7, still past 0700, when I am alert for something to start.
Weakening a bit by 0710. Another of these 60m mysteries (which is really a fixed
utility band around here). I think it`s a bit late for VOA São Tomé to be
incoming, but it is indeed scheduled until 0730, switching from French to Hausa
at 0700. There is certainly enough signal for modulation to be audible if there
be any. 4960 is also a frequency used recently by [YHWH], but he would surely
not leave transmitter on for no reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12182-12205, Dec 19 at 1415, approx. 23-kHz range
of OTH radar clicking, with the upper boundary merging into CODAR swishes (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1935 UT
December 19
