** COLOMBIA. 5910.197, March 16 at 0703, Alcaraván Radio with tropical music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, March 15 at 0617,
R. Rebelde is now on, having been absent at last check 0106 (however, then I had
a JBA carrier a smidgen above 5025.000, and I now see that Dave Valko had
measured R. Quillabamba 3 Hz high, just right). At 0617, 5040 RHC is off, I
guess nominally finishing English at 0600 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860, March 16 at 1308, RHC Spanish talk is audible
since Yemen [non] is so weak, i.e. second-order spur from 11840, along with
matching -20 kHz spur on 11820, and much stronger first-order spurs on 11850
& 11830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17750, March
15 at 1403, only RHC on 16m is a carrier here, with 17580 and 17730 already off.
One can never be quite sure which of the trio will be operational at any time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and
non]. 7175-LSB, March 15 at 0600, NY0V/MM approaching Howland Island, in contact
with much stronger LA8QQ/portable W4 in SC who has a good American accent
despite being Norwegian. NY0V refers us to his qrz.com page and to http://nauticos.com for more info about this
maritime expedition. Turns out to be concerned with search for remains of Amelia
Earhart, Howland being one of the destinations on her flight. QRZ.com
info:
``NY0V USA flag
THOMAS N VINSON
31000 US 52 S.
Chatfield,
MN 55923 USA
QSL: DIRECT, W0 BURO, LOTW
The Eustace Earhart Discovery
Expedition:
NY0V/MM: From around Feb 20 through March 2017. Look for me
from some rare grids as we sail from KH6 and be on station around the vicinity
of KH1. (Sorry, no landing!) We will be conducting deep water SONAR surveys at
18,000 ft/5400 m below the surface as we search for Amelia Earhart's Lockheed
L10E. Check out http://www.nauticos.com
You can follow along on the expedition as we will be updating the expedition
portal at: http://expeditionportal.nauticos.com/
I will add QSL info once I return.
You can listen to the story of my
radio history on "QSO Today" podcast on Eric, 4Z1UG's site:
This
is podcast #111``
After this contact, LA8QQ calls CQDX on same frequency.
Checking again March 16 at 0655, I find NY0V/MM on 7178-LSB working a ZL, both
very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1869, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
KOREA NORTH [non]. 5935, March 16 at 1306, Sea Breeze from JSR Tokyo is still
here another Thursday with English, typical sounders; weak but no jamming
audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5995, Thu
March 16 at 1302, RNZI on new frequency, ex-7355, good S9+10 shortly after
sunrise here, but will deteriorate quicker than 7355 did --- which is still on
their schedule for Saturdays only, why? Pacific news now about PNG, Vanuatu,
where telephony went out and they had to call in an Australian expert to fix it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020.0, March
16 at 0706, carrier at S7 in splash of 5025 Cuba; presumed SIBC already, no
modulation detectable, and could be dead air as recently reported for hours on
9545 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 11580,
March 15 at 1330, RUI via WRMI, preview mentioning International Women`s Day
which was March 8, so I conclude this file is from one week ago, not today. Then
1335 feature on an exhibition about 50 Ukrainian inventors, many of whom got
mixed in with Russians during the Soviet era (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1868 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday March 15 at 1326, the 1315.5 airing on WRMI 9955, good; and // 6855,
poor. Also confirmed Wed Mar 15 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 webcast, but I was getting
worried as Brother Scare was on just before instead of Financial Survival; and
overlapped with the ID which overlapped with WOR starting. Also audible fairly
on 7490 itself a few minutes later. Also confirmed Wed March 15 at 2355, the
2330 airing on WBCQ 9329.9v-CUSB, good.
WORLD OF RADIO 1869 ready for
first airings March 16:
Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2130 WRMI 11580
to NE
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855?
to WNW, 5950 to S
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR
6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM
ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun
1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0300v
WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE,
6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI
9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
NOTE: Keith Weston says the WOR podcasts via iTunes,
Googleplay Music and Feedburner will not be available for WOR 1869 and 1870
until a server crash can be fixed. The other two podcasts continue via
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6855 // stronger 7730 // strongest 5850,
Thursday March 16 at 0700, WRMI opening `Jazz for the Asking` hosted by Keith
Perron.
The website http://www.pcjmedia.com dated March 8 now
says:
``Stay tuned - We are rebuilding - PCJ Radio International twice
weekly North American broadcasts --- We are rebuilding PCJ Media with an
entirely new look for 2017 - In the meantime, Catch PCJ Radio International
twice weekly to North America.
Wednesday - 0100 UT on 11580
Friday
- 2200 UT on 9955``
So still overlooking the additional WRMI
broadcasts I have already pointed out, notably this one, which on the WRMI grid
still mistakenly Friday instead of Thursday, is labeled `Media Network Plus`,
but all of them ought to be labeled PCJ, as one never knows exactly which PCJ
program will be contained. The JFTA page http://www.pcjmedia.com/jfta does not
mention carriage on WRMI or any SW station.
9580: note that WRMI has
registered this ex-Radio Australia frequency for A-17, at exactly the same hours
RA used it, 0900-2100 UT! When RA self-destructed at end of January, I suggested
to Jeff White that WRMI should take over this frequency, either to preserve it
for possible RA revival, or even to relay RA, whether ABC liked it or not. Would
be very popular among North American SWLs and great PR for WRMI. But unknown yet
what WRMI will really do with it: to become the daytime partner to 6855
transmitter at night on 285 azimuth, which has been running 24 hours, but pretty
useless in the daytime, even more so in summer [WORLD OF RADIO
1869]
11580, March 16 at 1312, WRMI playing `Viva Miami` episode in
Spanish with Thaïs & Jeff discussing HFCC visit to Jordania. This is a
secret airing, Thu at 1300, since the skedgrid shows nothing but World Music.
I`ll add it to DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, March 16 at 0708, WWCR is dead air except for hum
and lite whine of varying pitch and beating; S9+30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Replying to my previous remark that WRNO
7505VV is in Chinese daily at 0300-0400, Ron Howard says, ``Hi Glenn, Observed
schedule for the Chinese language program ("Praise for Today"), after DST
started, is daily 0200-0300 UT, noted on March 13 & 15. After 0302 back to
English programming till about 0402* cut off. Ron``.
OK, not monitored at
either time myself, but contradicts previous info he got from WRNO that it would
stay at 10 pm Central, which was 0400 UT, and now 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5125, March 15 at 0615, big buzz centered
here, almost too close to WBCQ. March 16 at 0705, now an S9+30 open carrier on
5125.0. Much like the one on 5100.0 at 0105 March 15. What`s going on here?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11435-USB, March 16
at 1326, presumed Indonesian pirates singing and talking over each other; think
I hear some English words, ``got you``, ``meet you`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1753 UT March 16
