** BRAZIL. 11934.851, May 19 at 0550, JBA carrier, so Rádio RB2 is back; had
been missing for a week or two in random bandscans. Still no 11925.2v
Bandeirantes, gone for good? Elsewhere on 25m:
11856.055, May 19 at 0553,
JBA carrier from presumed R. Aparecida.
11764.586, May 19 at 0556, SRDA
is S7-S3, much stronger than the other two and the only one with audible
Brazuguese modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA.
7500, May 19 at 1305, poor signal from algo. Presumably CNR1 jamming vs VOA
Chinese via Thailand, this hour only per Aoki, as also logged at 1315 May 5 by
Dan Sheedy, CA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9700,
May 19 at 1257, very poor signal in Chinese, as I try to compare with CNR1
jammer on 11785, 9680. 1300 timesignal almost in synch, so apparently CNR1, but
why are they here? Nothing listed needing jamming.
Mauno Ritola listened
further and despite Beijing timesignal, fouond programming not matching CNR1 on
e.g. 9710. Wolfgang Büschel also heard a non-match at 1600, and thought 9700 was
// 9820, CNR2 at 1555-1606.
Today`s Aoki has the answer for 9700, CNR 16,
which WRTH calls Voice of China Country, shown as on 720 kHz Beijing only.
9700 CNR 16 1100-1605 1234567 Chinese 100 163 Beijing 491 3955N 11625E
CNR5 a17 May 17
9700 CNR 16 2055-2400 1234567 Chinese 100 163 Beijing 491
3955N 11625E CNR5 a17=17780
Not clear why this also refers to CNR5, which
is Zhonghua News Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA.
6145, May 19 at 0543, RHC English is just barely modulated on S9+10 signal; 6100
is VG at S9+20/30; 6060 is S9 to S9+10, but sounds much weaker during storm
noise, somewhat undermodulated; 6000 is S9+20 with sufficient mod (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, May 19 at 0548, very
poor signal, S6 between lightning crashes with some music, presumed only known
broadcaster on frequency at a prime hour to hear it, RNGE Bata. And I`m even on
the `inside longwire` due to storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 90.1, May 19 at 1803 UT as I am checking out KUCO
which has been off the air, both it and KHCC are suddenly overridden by Spanish!
Ad in pesos, plug for ``Telemundo regresa a Megacable``. Too long for MS, but
soon fadeaway by sporadic E. 6m map shows there is an opening across central
North America including into Mexico, estimated MUF 91 MHz. Anyhow my first FM Es
of the season, brief tho it may be. I hasten to bandscan FM but nothing further
heard by Es.
There are far too many 90.1s in Mexico, many of them at good
Es range, and Megacable operates all over per this story about it and Telemundo
dated May 15, accents into apostrophes sic:
``Acerca
de Megacable: Megacable Comunicaciones es una empresa de servicios de cobertura
nacional a la vanguardia en el a´mbito de las
telecomunicaciones.
Megacable proporciona servicios de Televisio´n por
Cable para ma´s de tres millones de suscriptores, ma´s de dos millones de
suscriptores de Internet y ma´s de un millo´n de suscriptores de Telefoni´a
Digital en ma´s de 350 municipios del pai´s. Adema´s ofrece servicios
corporativos, Publicidad y tambie´n produce contenidos como el canal Video Rola,
y la red Megacanal, que ofrece programacio´n local en 29 de los principales
mercados a nivel nacional.
En Megacable tenemos como misio´n contribuir a
una mejor calidad de vida proporcionando.`` [sic, that`s how it terminates]
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non].
5995+, May 19 circa 1256, JBA carrier presumably again S Korean clandestine
and/or N Korean jamming; at 1310 poor station in English so RNZI still here. I
had warned Adrian Sainsbury that ``Korean Radio War Usurps 5995`` with a copy of
my previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
** OKLAHOMA.
All four major OKC TV stations went to wall-to-wall storm coverage the afternoon
of May 18, pre-empting regular programming and for the most part, commercials.
At least three of them also get on various radio stations for those away from
their TVs.
KFOR-27 (channel ``4``) promoted radio stations of the iHeart
group also relaying KFOR audio: the ones on 102.7, 94.7, 1000, 1340, 101.9,
98.5, 96.1. With logos, and 98.5 is ``El Patrón``, what?? WTFDA FM DB shows it`s
really a 130-watt, 204-meter translator, K253BV, // HD2 of KBRU 94.7 (98.5
totally blocked in Enid by local translator). So do they voice over KFOR into
Spanish?
Searched the DB on Patron and found it a rather rare slogan,
known on only 5 other US stations, two of which are also Okies: 99.5 in Guymon,
100 kW; and 101.5 in Collinsville, 6.2 kW. Are these related to the OKC one? The
others are in CA, IA and GA. Only 3 Mexicans employ that name, and one
Guatemalan.
Getting back to TV, what happens at 2230 UT when it`s time
for network news to be demoted off the main channels? KSBI-23 (``52``), the
substation of KWTV-39 (``9``), suddenly switches from its regular syndie program
Access Hollywood interviewing of all people, Rachel Maddow, to CBS News. KFOR
puts NBC news on its substation KAUT-40 (``43``), pre-empting some other
disposable rerun. But KOCO-7 (``5``) has only one alternative, its 5.2 normally
with MeTV, but --- no ABC news, instead duplicating weather of 5.1! That`s OK;
we`ve always found David Muir`s tabloid show a distant third; replete with
teasers which turn out to be 10 seconds of nothing when they finally appear.
KOCO already puts some of its own alternative programming on 5.2, such as early
news at 9 pm to get a jump on 10 pm like ``Fox 25``, and KFOR via ``Freedom 43``
have already been doing. Similar behaviour is likely May 19 and next week during
the tornado season (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA
[and non]. 90.1, May 19 circa 0530 UT, KUCO is off the air, no WCME classical
music overnight. Probably resulting from heavy storm which blew threw earlier in
evening with lightning and hail. Still no signal at 1250 UT. At 1440 UT I bring
up the webcast, as DJ Kimberly Powell is making an announcement including
weather forecasts, but she says nothing about 90.1 being off the air (of course,
the two satellites 95.9 KCSC in Woodward and 91.9 KBCW in McAlester are
presumably still funxional).
At 1457 UT via the PL-880, I`m straining to
hear KUCO on 90.1 in case it`s on the air but QRP. During the next biminute I`m
getting lightning scatter of bits of classical music, presumably competitor KHCC
in Hutchinson KS, but no words of `Stardate` which always airs M-F at 1458 UT on
KUCO.
KUCO website http://www.kucofm.com does not say 90.1 is off,
but it`s never good for real-time outages. Here is the GM`s message which has
been up for some months:
``Dear Friends, KUCO is proud to enter its 51st
year of broadcasting. Our small staff continues to work hard to bring you good
programming all year long.
This spring we especially welcome our new
listeners in Woodward and northwestern Oklahoma. We completed the Woodward
Upgrade Project (funded by the Rapp Foundation) in early December just in time
for the holiday programming. Our next project is to replace our main antenna in
Oklahoma City which is now 35 years old. A backup antenna was placed in service
over a year ago to keep us reliable. Down the road we need to replace our
transmitters which are 30 and 20 years old, respectively.
We are also
still anxious about future funding from our licensee, UCO, which continues to
suffer declining support from the state. Many of you know Higher Ed was cut 16%
during the last legislative session. We are told the 2017-2018 year may see some
drastic reductions here on campus.
KUCO is responsible for two thirds of
its operating budget and our listeners provide nearly half of that amount,
mostly raised during our twice-yearly fund drives. It's that time again and we
hope you will continue your membership in the Better Music Club.
Sincerely,
Bradford Ferguson, General Manager``
90.1, at 1801 UT May 19, another
check whether KUCO is back on --- yes, it is, but much weaker than usual, with
Beethoven`s Seventh, mixing with other classical from KHCC (and also interrupted
by Es: see MEXICO). Beet7 matches website current playlist, except it was
supposed to be over at 1802 UT, but does not really end until 1821 UT (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 92.1, May 19 at 1808 UT,
horribly distorted signal with Spanish gospel rock, from KAMG-LP Enid, back to
its old situation after reactivation. What a useless station (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.1, May 18 circa 1900 UT, KKRD Enid
is finally back on air after missing a few weeks, Air 1 gospel rock // 90.9
OKC.
105.5, May 18 circa 1900 UT, K288FX, ``North Enid`` translator for
88.9 KYLV K-Love OKC, is also back on the air after similar absence since
previous storms. Both may have been on for a day or two before I noticed (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO
1878 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday May 18 at 2130 on WRMI
11580, fair vs local storm noise (probably the last time at this hour due to
pending RAE Argentina relay in German to start next week). Also confirmed Thu
May 18 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.219v-CUSB, fair-poor (by next check at 0123 May 19,
with Brother Hystairical, had drifted to 9330.121). Next:
Fri 2330 WBCQ
9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 7265-CUSB
to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE [NEW]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun
1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
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 [to be canceled]
Tue 1100
WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW [to be canceled]
Tue 1300 WRMI 11580 to NE
[NEW; to be canceled]
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 2330
WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW
Wed 1315.5
WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, May 19
at 1409, KVOH is propagating at S9+10, but it`s dead air, and not wobbling
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7712 & 6833,
the open carriers I heard last night now are both running high-speed RTTY, May
19 at 0231, 0234 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 1902 UT May 19