** CUBA. 6145, June 30 at 0400 check, RHC is still missing from one of its two
English frequencies. I think also off at 0215 as I was not logging CKZN on 6160,
but neglected to notate it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CUBA. 13605, June 30 at 0208-0211+, in remnant of Cuban noise jamming long after
Radio Martí is off from here, intermittent beeps of varying pitches (with BFO
on, so slightly different frequencies), either in pairs, or four in a row. This
is very much like the beepplay I have logged previously on another Cuban jamming
frequency, 11930, but there were a lot more beeps in a row then. I can only
assume the various jamming site operators are playing around, perhaps performing
for each other; or to mystify spy interceptors. There is also a weak continuous
carrier about 13602.9, perhaps part of this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160-, June 30 at 0214 check, CKZN is still
AWOL, and now we finally know why. Here`s my Q&A inquiry thread to CBC
NL:
Shortwave transmitter off the air
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 11:30
PM, Glenn Hauser wrote:
``The 6160 kHz relay of Radio 1 Goose Bay via
transmitter at St. John`s has been missing for about 4 days. Please advise what
the problem is, what steps are being taken to restore it and when this is
expected to be back on air.
The contact us page for CBC NL does not
include anyone with a technical/engineering title, unless that means you as
Communications Officers. Please forward to the appropriate person if
necessary.
Thanks, Glenn Hauser``
------------------------------
--------------
On Tue, 6/27/17, KATIE ROWE <katie.rowe@cbc.ca> wrote:
Date:
Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 11:18 AM
``Hi Glenn, I am going to connect with
our Systems Technologist and check into this. Where do you live?
Katie
Katie Rowe
Senior Communications Officer
CBC Newfoundland and
Labrador
T: 709-576-5161
C: 709-693-6725
@KatieRoweCBC``
On
Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Glenn Hauser wrote:
``Katie, I am in Enid,
Oklahoma, USA, where I used to be able to hear it, as shortwave has a very large
potential range. I am in contact with other SW listeners all over Canada, the US
and beyond, who have relied on this signal to hear CBC. Further checks today
confirm it is still missing. Thanks for checking into this and I hope to be
hearing back from whoever is in charge of the shortwave transmitter.
Glenn``
Thursday, June 29, 2017 7:02 PM --- ``Hi Glenn, They are
currently conducting some testing to gauge listenership. I've been advised that
they will likely be off-air for a couple of more weeks. Katie``
There you
go, another Australia-like ``test`` to justify turning off SW permanently. Prove
them wrong, and let them know you want to keep listening (especially if you`re
in Labrador ---) (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA.
7585-AM, June 30 at 0236, Station YHWH is JBA, maybe S5 vs noise level peaking
at S8. Rick Barton in AZ was also listening at 0240, but says Josiah soon went
to open carrier for 10 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1884 monitoring: confirmed Thursday June 29 at 2330 the
first SW airing, on WBCQ 9330.2v-CUSB, good. 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
Sat
2300 WRMI 11580 to NE [NEW]
Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE
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
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Full WOR schedule on all affiliates, AM, FM, satellite,
webcasts:
Also
access to podcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A.
5085, UT Friday June 30, WTWW-2 is on with S9+45 of music, ``¡Tequila!`` ---
perhaps that explain the erratic nature of this operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505, UT Friday June 30 at 0155, WRNO is not
off the air again and not in Chinese; instead a woman is testimoning about how
God helped her choose a peach-colored blush, and control(?) her daughter (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1310, June 30 at 0222 UT, ad
for Madisonville, also mentions Hopkins County, which match in KY; ergo, this is
WTTL, U2 1500/500 watts but with a CP for U1 1500/40, per last year`s NRC AM
Log. FCC AM Query now shows it`s licensed for the latter, no longer a CP, so
nice to get a 40-watter, if we can believe that. Madisonville is in western KY,
halfway between Evansville IN and Clarksville TN. Not to be confused with
Hopkinsville KY which is in a different county to the south (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1580, June 30 at 0217 UT, adstring
including area code 479, 474-0006 for Able Construxion; 0218 UT a ``101.1
Flashback`` about a historical gunfight; 101.1sports.com ? Movemart, 646-MOVE,
movemartinc.com another ad for Able roofing, mentions Oklahoma, 101.1; 0220
finally some music, a torch song. AC 479 means this is Arkansas, where we have
KHGG Fort Smith (almost Oklahoma). NRC AM Log shows it as U1 1000/49 watts,
TLK/SPT, ``The Sports Hog`` but no FM. Lots of QRM but now well after sunset I
would lean closer to 1000 watts.
WTFDA FM Database does not show an AM //
but instead: [K266BS //KHGG-FM 101.1 VAN BUREN AR 0.25 0.25 83.0 0.0 35-26-51
94-21-54 THE SPORTS HOG 103.1 [sic] SPORTS]
Yes, there is a
non-translator on 103.1, so why do they keep announcing 101.1, a mere
translator? [KHGG-FM 103.1 WALDRON AR 6.1 6.1 412.0 412.0 34-58-44 93-56-42 3F20
- THE SPORTS HOG 103.1 SPORTS]
Because Waldron is some 40 miles SSE of
Fort Smith, not good enough! while Van Buren is truly a suburb right next to
Fort Smith. The `real` FM station is neglected not only by the original FM, but
eclipsed by its translator in The City? Not exactly:
1580 website linked
from radio-locator.com http://sportshog1031.com/ says nothing
about a 101.1, except grafix about sibling stations include: ``101.1 FM THE
JUDGE Fort Smith`s Country`` --- so apparently the Fort Smith Radio Group has
recently flipped things around. Could be HD2 is also involved here, but what
really is on main channel of 103.1 now? Anyhow, day and night coverage maps for
1580 show that site definitely on the AR side of the border (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1190.05 approx., June 30 at 0225 UT,
off-frequency station here; better on the N/S antenna than the E/W, and
employing all the splitoff tuning techniques of the NRD-545 (notch filter, very
tight selectivity = narrow bandwidth, passband tuning, on USB), I *think* it`s
the one in Spanish, such as XECT, Contacto 1190 in Monterrey NL, 10000/100 watts
per IRCA 2015 Mexican Log (when will there be a 2017?), but IIRC when last heard
it was not off-frequency. There were six further Mexicans on 1190 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6204.95-AM, June 30 at 0147, JBA
carrier. 6205 is a favourite frequencie for Euro-pirates. One recently reported
several dates, but not this late, is Coast FM, at hfunderground (and no North
Americans) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched
at 0451 UT June 30