** CANADA. 15034-USB, Jan 28 at 1922, CHR with aviation weather successfully for
Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Cold Lake, giving altimeters in inches of mercury,
e.g. 29.89 instead of kilopascals as heard elsewhen; what`s with that? The units
for all readings are never specified, but obvious. It`s only minus 6 in
Winnipeg, heat wave. 1926 on to terminal forecasts --- non as ``no report
received`` from the same quartet; and local mis-time as `1-8-2-5 zulu`. Back to
av. wx. OK for next quartet starting with Comox (COE-mocks), etc. (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 13740, Jan 28 at 1909, very poor
signal in French talk. HFCC shows RFI on here at 17-18 and 19-20 until Feb 12
when it will be 17-20, but with azimuth changes every hour, four different
angles to Africaparts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE.
9420, Jan 28 at 0635, ERT is S9+10 with Greek novelty song, and so is // 9935;
quite an improvement as overnight MUF has been below this most of the time. If
it persist, we may hear Orthodox service 24 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 9575, Jan 28 0635, no signal from Médi 1,
despite Greece propagating well on 9420 & 9935. Nador at best has rarely
been listenable, but often a carrier. I gather from other reports that despite
24-hour schedule, it is rather irregular, but recently reported to be back
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1600, Sat Jan 28 at
1928 UT, KUSH, Cushing playing jive music, subformat Americana, I suppose.
Weekday afternoons, it`s talk shows (after me, the deluge from Trans-Canada)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9690, Sat Jan
28 at 1915, REE with SBG at S8, while 15390 is a JBA carrier, and 15500 a JJBA
carrier. Earlier scanning the 16m band, NOTHING! Except a JBA carrier on
17755.6, perhaps a birdie instead of off-frequency REE (at 1903 tried 13m and
had only JBA carriers from 21675 WRMI and 21610 WHRI, typically now) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Jan 28 after
1600, UTwente is still running, so I check for R. Munansi via WWRB: nothing, nor
at 1741, 1815. At 1902 even here on my own NRD-545, I only get a JBA carrier,
presumably that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13564,
Jan 28 at 1910, GNK beacon on CW from Madison WI. Frequently scan the HIFER band
13550-13570, but hadn`t heard this or any for some weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1862 monitoring:
7265-CUSB, Sat Jan 28 at 1545, checking UTwente web SDR in Holland, can only
hear CRI alternating Hindi and Chinese in evident language lesson, not WOR. CRI
stops at 1558, and then there is a JBA gh from Hamburger Lokalradio, but still
weak CCI, maybe Azad Kashmir. *1600 much stronger CRI cuts on with IS, theme and
opening Russian. Next WORLD OF RADIO chances:
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
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
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770
to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed
1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to
WNW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6855, Jan 28 at
1919, JBA signal from WRMI. I`m still waiting for anyone closer to Okee to
confirm what`s on this during the daytime, but I hear a trace of music, not //
to 11825, so it`s not Brother Scare, presumably World Music. Sked grid shows
System B at 12-20 UT, which at 12-15 means the same programming variety as on
9955, but at 15-22 that`s back to BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Jan 28 at 1859, WTWW-2 with Bob Heil already
opening `Theater Organ of the Ozarx` early ``tonight``. Will play recordings
from Columbus OH, admittedly with ``patrons in the background``. Cut off at
1929.5 for canned WTWW hype ID and into ``Amateur Radio Newsline #2048 recorded
January 27``. Excellent signal, needing only PL-880 with whip, but tuning by at
1913 on the NRD-545, also the inevitable matching spurs on 9942.9 and 9917.1
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Sat Jan 28 at
1911, no signal from WWCR-2! (13845 and 15825 are VP to JBA; 12105 WTWW is
S9+25). Sked for 19-21 Sat on 12160 is Brother Scare as of Jan 1. Maybe another
curtailment, but you`d think they`d keep the transmitter on with something
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 660, Jan 28 at 1936 UT,
my MW bandscan downward for skywave signals (after 1540 KXEL IA) finds something
here on the E-W antenna, country music and talk seemingly in English at 1939 UT;
ads in English at 1942 UT, and ending with something -online.com. The N/S
antenna has KSKY The Answer talk from The Metroplex as usual dominant on
groundwave, but E/W brings this, also making a 1.2 Hz SAH.
I`m thinking
it`s got to be KTNN Window Rock AZ, at midday! Not listening long enough to hear
some clinching Navajo chanting, but their website is indeed: http://ktnnonline.com/ The only other 660
anywhere around here is 1 kW KCRO Omaha, opposite direxion from Dallas, and
Christian in English.
So I`m confident it is KTNN, which is 1008 km or
627 miles from here, 50 kW ND but I know groundwave doesn`t even reach into the
OK Panhandle. 770 KKOB ought to make it too, but too much QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Sat Jan 28 at 1929 UT, SBG and I
wonder if it`s KXEL Waterloo IA. Yes, mentions UNI, i.e. University of Northern
Iowa, game involving fouls and free-throws, so evidently BKB. Come to think of
it, free-throws in FB would make it marginally more interesting. How about
melding all the SBGs into one? That would save a lot of trouble.
I have
been remiss in pursuing daytime MW skywave this winter, and the season is
winding up, but here`s one less than an hour after local mean noon (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 840, Jan 28 at 1406 UT
wake-up and tune-in, WHAS ID still propagating a semihour after sunrise here and
1:15 after sunrise in Louisville. I null it and hear a snatch of Spanish, ``---
radio`` with SAHs, still suspecting KVJY Pharr TX in the RGV, but fades leaving
a gospel huxter in English, presumably daytimer KWDF Ball LA. (The only other
840 around here, daytimer KTIC in West Point NE, I am ruling out as it`s C&W
and ``Rural Radio``, barely audible in full daytime.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1460, Jan 28 at 1931 UT, KZUE El Reno OK
groundwave in Spanish is dominant on the N-S antenna, but mixed with something
in English on E/W antenna. Most likely KHOJ, the RCC station in St Charles MO
skywaving in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
despatched at 2328 UT January 28