** BRAZIL. 11780 & 6180, Feb 19 at 0729, for the fourth night in a row, no
signals from RNB/RNA. We still await any news about what has caused this
absence; Brazilian DXers are not discussing it on the radioescutas yg with 1380
other members. Perhaps they overlook anything in English? 6180 does have a JBA
carrier from alguma coisa at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3344.869, Feb 19 at 1345, JBA carrier on signature
off-frequency of RRI Ternate. Confirmed regularly active at http://rri.jpn.org/ (as ``3345``) until sign-off
close to 1500*. Sign-on times vary widely from as early as *1959 to as late as
*2051. This is one of only three remaining active RRI tropical stations, the
others being 3325 and 4870-. Ron Howard put it on 3344.85 until 1503* Jan 29.
Walt Salmaniw reported 3344.867 on Jan 6. Last time I measured it was Sept 2,
2016 at 1234 on 3344.865 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN.
15140, Feb 19 at 1411, no signal at all from RSO. It hasn`t been enough for easy
listening in a long time, but if on, surely there would be a trace. Ivo`s
reports indicate it is quite sporadic with English not always occupying this
hour and only this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Feb 19 at 1407, music at S4-S6, so SIBC must be on late
again, perhaps simulcasting Wantok FM. Ron Howard reported yesterday they were
extending past 1200* again but not daily; on Feb 18 he says they ended
modulation at 1314, dead air past 1608! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 13557.539, Feb 19 at 1418, HIFER beacon sending MTI ID
at very slow rate every 13.5 seconds or so, or slightly more than 4 times per
minute. It`s from Stone Mountain, GA near Atlanta. Haven`t heard this one since
Oct 14 at 1447 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15670,
Sun Feb 19 at 1406*, steady S9 open carrier goes off seconds after I tune in ---
no doubt VOA Greenville testing for later Radiogram broadcast Sunday at 1930
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1865
monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday February 19 at 0437 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO,
S9+20, at Nigeria item, 18 minutes into show, so started circa 0419. Ivo in
Bulgaria confirms Sun Feb 19 at 1130 on HLR 9485-CUSB. Next:
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,
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. Something new at
the WRMI skedgrid, a new entry in magenta called ``System E`` only for 0000-0100
on 6855: `Christmas R.` on UT Mondays, of all things; blanx for rest of week.
Rest of the time, 6855 is still shown matching many of the other Systems on
other frequencies. As of Jan 14, here`s what was on 6855 at 00-01:
0000-0030
System H AWR = 5950
0030-0100 System F Slovakia = 11580, 5850
This is a
pre-log, I hope, if I can get it; otherwise will have to wait a week. Others
please try it, too. I don`t notice anything else significantly changed in the
non-9955 program grid,
but
monitoring has: Wolfgang Büschel reports a media program in Ukrainian or Russian
at 0638 UT Sunday Feb 19 on 5850. I would guess that is the expanded to a
semi-hour `Radio Panorama` in Russian, replacing World Music (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15240, Sunday Feb 19 at 1641, no signal
from WWRB with R. Munansi, while 15825 WWCR is poorly audible. Not heard since a
JBA signal on Feb 4, so deleted? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UZBEKISTAN. 15755, Feb 19 at 1407, S Asian song at S4-S6 with
heavy flutter. HFCC B-16 shows since 30 Oct: 1300-1530 TWR via Tashkent,
multilingual. But what is it, exactly? NOT in latest Aoki of Feb 18, nor in EiBi
of Feb 7. Not in WRTH B-16 update version 2 (incorporating some of my
correxions), either. Plowing thru the extremely complex TWR INDIA schedule in
the WRTH 2017 itself, the only Sunday 1400+ transmission listed via Tashkent is
Hindi on 7505, so perhaps 15755 is a replacement for that. The 7505 schedule
showed 100 kW at 131 degrees, 1400-1415 Hindi daily except Awadhi on Wednesdays.
Nor have I found 15755 in Ivo Ivanov`s reports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 13680, Sunday Feb 19 at 1415, S4-S6 Voice of Hope -
Africa but in American accent with a story about Galilee & Simon Peter`s
doings. This weekend-only broadcast is now our best chance to hear it with the
suspension of weekday mornings on 11680. 4965 & 6065 in the weekday evenings
until 2200 are really too early for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6270.00-USB, Feb 19 at 0737, JBA 2-way, seems
Italian. This is a legit ship communications frequency, channel 15 paired with
6321.0, per Kingenfuss of 2002y. When Cuba was on both 6060 and 6165, it would
put a leapfrog on 6270, often checked but not heard lately, maybe not from same
site to possiblize this any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9520.32-USB, Feb 19 at 0735, very poor 2-way
signals in Spanish, INTRUDING (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2001 UT February 19