** ALBANIA. 7475, Feb 14 at 0056, no signal at all from R. Tirana near end of
Albanian hour to North America. Yet Romania on 7410 is S9 and 7445 BBC Dari from
Woofferton is S9+25! The next broadcast is 0230 in English on 7475, so I check
that at 0232: nothing. Wolfgang Büschel has been monitoring more R. Tirana SW
broadcasts and concludes Shijak site has been completely off the air for a few
days now (but they are experimenting with more MW, to Europe, not us of course).
Altho we are advisors to RTSH, we have no info on the status or plans for SW
broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 6060,
Feb 14 at 0112, Cuba missing, leaving very poor signal with music, RAE? And het
on lo side about 6059.75, Brasil? Again, NO signal on RAE ATTW frequency which
had long been varying a bit around 11710.6. There is however, a JBA carrier on
11712.0 but could be a receiver birdie. I also had zero signal around 15345v
before 2400 Feb 13 nor recent afternoons, so still suspect RAE is off the air
except possibly 6060, which is too weak to be of any use here. Could Argentine
or other South American DXers please confirm whether or not RAE is active on any
of these frequencies?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
15700, Feb 13 at 1427, CRI English relay is S9+10 but just barely modulated.
That`s the rule rather than exception, but sometimes worse than others (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17730, Feb 13 at 2234, RHC in
French, while 15370 is in Spanish. So the 2230 Sunday Esperanto before moving to
2130 on 15370, would have been on 17730 rather than 15370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, Feb 14 at 0112, RHC is off, but maybe
ARGENTINA q.v. is on.
6000 // 6165, Feb 14 at 0119-0122, RHC English,
Juan is interviewing Prof. Arnie Coro on the phone, ``a leaving radio legend``
---- oops, he`s not leaving, he`s living! And congratulating him, apparently
because it`s World Radio Day. Fidel allegedly visited RHC four times, and made
the original announcement to the world in April 1961 that RHC was on the air.
This and other historic recordings are being preserved in the RHC archives.
Modulation on both frequencies is decent for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 9490, Feb 14 at 0134, no Radio República
via FRANCE and hardly any jamming either, so the DentroCuban Jamming Command
must not be hearing it either. What`s happened? Maybe funding hiatus. Europe is
propagating e.g. from 9420 Greece at S7-S5, 9570 Albania at S9-S7. R.R. may have
been gone for a while without my noticing. Nominal schedule per WRTH and EiBi is
01-03 UT. Then I check HFCC B-16 registrations, which rather strangely show
00-01 & 01-02 separately for entire season, plus 0200-0259 starting 12
February. 12 Feb is the date for several other schedule changes by ISSoudun
transmitters, notably RFI itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 5060, Feb 14 at 0106, Chinese at S8,
from PBS Xinjiang. Therefore I seek the three other 60+ mb frequencies from
Urumqi`s other domestic service languages, and there they are but JBA carriers
only: 4980, 4850, 4500, as Chinese is appropriately first-among-equals, ha2.
4800 carrier also, presumably Geermu, China. 4765 also carrier, trace of
modulation at 0110, suspect Tajikistan before Cuba signs on, rather than Brasil
– is either ZY listed there active? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690-, Feb 13 at 0643, again no show of second VON
frequency during Hausa hour, but S9+20 on 7255-. Propagating from Africarea on
31m are: 9650 Guinea, 9915 Ascension (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7615, Feb 14 at 0233, JBA signal here, and I
think I hear the calm but strident tones of Mr YHWH, on a frequency where I
previously found him. Another one to check is 7550, where Dave Valko recently
caught him (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 14
at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, vs lite pulse jamming, and splatter from
5990 Cuba. Since I found last night that their autotimer had been reset earlier,
tonight my ears are monitoring continuously while my eyes are glued to the
watch, to find it does cut off at new earlier time of 0101:22*, so that will be
the starting marker for a brand-new cycle of ~6.7 second latening per noctem
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 7340, Feb 14 at 0129,
surprised to find RRI English here at S9+25, since this frequency is supposed to
be in Romanian. // English properly on 7325 at S9+35, also // 5960 at S9+30,
concluding sports roundup. Fourth frequency to N America is 5910 Romanian, which
I should have tried for sure, but I think I noticed it was in Romanian earlier
when making another futile check for any trace of Colombia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 17895 & 17705 &
17615, Feb 13 at 1429, the three 16m BSKSA frequencies are poor-fair, i.e.
propagation is improving, and in fact they are better than CUBA on 17580, 17730,
17750. By 1505 the SA triad are off, and RHC is much stronger than before, S9+20
on 17750 but JBM, also 17730; and 17580 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 3269-USB, UT Tue Feb 14 at 0138, another MARS net, this
one with radiochex and/or relays among abbr`d calls 6VK, 6GE, 6RB and 6IN,
calls fonetikaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
4041-USB, UT Tue Feb 14 at 0104, MARS net with radiochex among AFA7FA >
AAR7JT < AFA7BG, calls fonetikaly, indicating relative strengths (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1864
monitoring: confirmed UT Monday February 13 from 0401 on Area 51 webcast; at
0417 check on WBCQ 5130+, poor but listenable. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 13
after 0430 on WRMI webcast, while 9955 is but a JBA carrier. Also confirmed UT
Tue Feb 14 at 0043, the 0030 broadcast on WRMI 7730: S9+20/30 but
undermodulated. Strangely, this airing is habitually so, unlike other 7730
programs, and unlike other WRMI/WOR airings. Also confirmed at 0055, the 0030 UT
Tue broadcast on WBCQ 9330.06v-CUSB, very poor S4. Next:
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
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. 11580, Monday Feb 13 at 2235, WRMI with
`Christian New Age Radio`, sounds like same episode I have heard two or three
recent Mondays at this time altho not on schedule. Also on much weaker // 6855
& 5950. I write to Rev. Frederick Moe about it, which will constitute the
rest of this log:
``Still on WRMI --- Hello Rev. Frederick,
I`ve
run across your Christian New Age Radio show a few times, but it seems to be the
same episode #2 (as you refer to previous pilot #1). Nor is it on the WRMI
schedule the last time I checked, but the time I hear it is 2230 UT on Mondays,
when three frequencies are carrying the same program (including mine, World of
Radio, at the same time on Fridays.) 11580 is by far the best, with a good
signal and no interference altho it is supposedly aimed NE from FL and I am NW
of there. Also on much weaker 6855 to the WNW and 5950 to the south.
I
normally don`t spend time on religious shows, but yours is a refreshing respite
from the screaming preachers infesting so much of shortwave, including much of
the time on WRMI. Also enjoy the pleasant music.
Your name caught my
attention immediately, since years ago we used to hear from a SW/DXer named Fred
Moe, and wonder if you are the same person??
Your outro also mentioned
that the music just played had been Failing Dream; and the homily came from The
Liturgy. At the end, 2258 UT today February 13, you mention QSL, so I would
appreciate one, either to this e-mail address or by postal to Glenn Hauser, P O
Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. I was listening on my Icom R75 with about 100 feet of
east-west longwire.
I see in the WRMI server that your file is dated
November 2, 2016, so apparently you have not uploaded any further episodes. I
wonder what happened --- and if you are aware that #2 is still being played
every week? Best wishes, Glenn Hauser``
No reply yet (Glenn Hauser, UT
Feb 14, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.06-AM, UT Tue Feb 14 at 0126,
I remember that `From the Isle of Music` is on WBCQ, good S9+30 signal now and
no need to listen on webcast. I enjoy the rest of the music via the good speaker
of the PL-880 with reelout antenna, while I continue bandscanning into the other
ear on the NRD-545 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
11815-12250, Feb 13 at 1415, at least this far extends the spuriouscrap out of
12050 WEWN. So I send another note to Glen Tapley of WEWN:
``RE: 12050
causing severe interference
Glen, Again, lately it`s been even worse.
This morning around 1415 UT, the spurious blobnoise from 12050 could be heard as
far down as 11815 and as far up as 12250. Worst closer to 12050 of course,
blocking Turkey on 12035. Also QRMing Yemen on 11860. And many weaker signals in
the area. Generally increases the background noise level in much of the 25m
band. With a second receiver I could match the modulation peaks on 12050 with
the spurious.
If you can`t get this transmitter back in order to transmit
only within its authorized 10 kHz bandwidth, it`s another one you should take
off the air permanently!
Did you have a good time in Jordan? Regards,
Glenn Hauser``
His reply at 1744 UT: ``Glenn, Thanks for the info Glenn.
Vandiver working on it. Jordan was fruitful. Always great to engage with great
friends and colleagues. Glen Tapley | Engineering, Affiliate Relations | EWTN
Global Catholic Radio Network``
11860, YEMEN [non] much was fighting the
WEWN hash at 1442. WEWN and its spurs somewhat weaker at 1505. I didn`t get
around to rechecking whether 12050 improved immediately or was taken off. But:
5810, Feb 14 at *0122 as I tune in, WEWN cuts carrier on the air, and
Spanish modulation some 30 seconds later, but cuts off and back on without
modulation at first. Presumably same transmitter as daytime on 12050, altho
fortunately it had not been blasting its band with spurs, but obviously having
problems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1590, Feb
14 at 0147 UT, earnest YL preaching Christian stuff in Spanish, dominating
frequency for a while and slightly stronger on N/S than on E/W antenna. Her
ministerio is named Cristo Te Llama Hoy, and says it`s on FB by that name. 0154
UT gives contact info including a P O Box somewhere in Tejas, and her apellido
is Herrera. 0155 UT to music and fadeout; 0159 UT fade-in a bit, but no ID; 0200
UT fade in better with norteña song, maybe hymn, cut off at 0202 UT to intro
next program, maybe mentioning Alma Viva, phone number, and fade into QRM as I
have to QRT, without getting a DF on the DX-398. Also a persistent het on low
side, maybe KWBG IA as in DXLD 16-15.
First thought is KMIC Houston, but
as we discovered a few months ago, it flipped from R Aleluya to Asian. The only
other Texan Spanish religionist in NRC AM Log is: KDAE Sinton 1000/500 U4,
address Corpus Christi and // Radio Libertad.
Now for the research. The
main FB page by that name says it`s in El Salvador, with nothing much on it, but
URL automatically inserts a dot: /cristotellama.hoy
Searching on KDAE
leads to this:
of
which 1590 is the only AM station, plus a bunch of Texas FMs, but program sked
does not match what I heard, tho it has a female pastora. This may well require
further monitoring.
Adding Herrera to search on "Cristo te llama hoy"
leads to someone named Hna. Madai Herrera:
which
guess what, is on R. Aleluya, so that takes us back to KMIC Houston, including
this item from a week ago at the SAME time:
``Cristo Te Llama
Hoy/Hna.Madai Herrera 7 de febrero a las 5:15 ·
#BuenosDias ??
Este es el
tema que compartí ayer en la radio. Es mi deseo que pueda ser de bendición a sus
vidas. Y si lo es por favor compártelo con alguien que no ha entregado su vida a
Cristo. Hubo Cambio, Madai Herrera, Radio Aleluya 88.1FM - Programa Cristo Te
Llama Hoy, 6 de Febrero del 2017, Lunes 7:30pm, PO Box 3262, Pasadena, TX
77501``
So is KMIC still Radio Dabang, or not, or partly that and partly
Aleluya?? The latter still claims to be on 980 and 88.1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0545 UT February 14
