** CHINA. 3900, August 3 at 1124, JBA AM carrier, perhaps PBS Hulun Buir, 10 kW
ND from Hailar, Mongolia Inner per Aoki. H-AM might have been here too but no
intermittence during by brief intuneance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11900, August 3 at 1415, M&W conversing in S Asian
language, and music, fair S8; still at 1436 down to S5-S8. Aoki shows it`s CRI
in Sinhala this hour, 500 kW, 258 degrees from Jinhua-Youbu 831 site, which I
hardly would expect to be hearing so well here; a fluke? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11745-11775, August 3 at 1438, RHC music on
11760 is splattering out to here from quite distorted/overmodulated S9+20
fundamental. Same on S9+30 15370 is clear and splashing only 15360-15380 at 1443
August 3, while as always // 15230 is much weaker, S8-S5 and also
undermodulated. // 17730 a JBA carrier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 3910 &
3930, August 3 at 1124, sounds like // music vs noise jamming, so Voice of the
People, clandestine, each 50 kW ND on their recently adjusted frequencies as of
a couple months ago. I expect 3930 is bothering JOZ 3925 reception in
Asia.
3985, August 3 at 1125, similar signal with jamming but talk, i.e.
the other clandestine, Echo of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, August 3 at 1055, choral NA already playing from
WSW, 1058 as expected ``La Ranchera de Paquimé``, XETX sign-on full ID from
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, along with 90.5 FM, street address, Grupo BM
Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 540,
August 3 at 1058, having just heard XETX sign on, now there is another Mexican
NA in its null toward the SSE, and 1100 ID as ``Los Cuarenta``, i.e. XEWA, San
Luís Potosí, SLP.
At this angle I am also getting a low het, but no time
to pin it down, suspected Nicaragua where Managua sunrise is not until 1132 vs
1140 here. On July 8 until 0459*, Bruce Conti in NH measured R. Corporación on
539.859 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, August 3
at 1103, choral NA from SSW, 1105 into music but interjecting ``La Kaliente
102.9``, i.e. XEEY, Aguascalientes2, 50/10 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710.0, August 3 at 1106, bit of ``Ode to Joy`` theme,
or rather whatever hymn has stolen its tune, and sermon in Spanish about el muro
de Jerusalén. Voice sounds like same guy I frequently hear a few minutes later
in bajoalemán, i.e. XEDP, La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, not on the
off-frequency transmitter at the moment. Maybe he appreciates Beethoven (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4774.908, August 3 at 1121,
very poor carrier vs CODAR. Suspect it`s still Radio Tarma, where sunrise today
is 1120. Recent logs put it on approx. 4774.9, and the last precise one I find
is from 2 June 2016 by Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal on 4774.946, when he
distinguished it from Brasil on 4774.914, closer to my measurement but Congonhas
SR was a bihour earlier; and there is nothing in Asia circa 4775 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13557-13565, August 3 at 1440 check,
not a trace of any of the HIFER beacons we used to log in this range, GNK, MTI,
K6FRC, or SZX, as in this roster:
Almost
daily bandscans for many months in daytime and nighttime have not detected any
of these, so wonder if they are still active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1889 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday August 2 at 2100 on webcast of WBCQ, and shortly on 7490, fair vs
summer noise level. Also confirmed Aug 2 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.135v-CUSB, fair.
Next:
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW [maintenance break until Aug 19]
Sat
1431 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW [maintenance break until Aug 19]
Sat 1930v
WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 11580
to NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE
Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun
1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW [maintenance break until Aug 13]
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), August 2
at 2059 on WBCQ webcast, fragment of closing theme on `Financial Survival`,
really catchy tune usually heard as I check for WORLD OF RADIO Weds at 2100. I
suppose most pop fans know what it is, and now I do after Googling the lyrix: by
ABBA:
``I
work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it
sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's
too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't
have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball
Money, money,
money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money,
money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha aha
All the things I
could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich
man's world
A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my
mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy
me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To Las Vegas or
Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the
same``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7780 // 9395
// 9455 WRMI, and non-synchro // 13845 WWCR, August 3 at 1400, `The Power Hour`
on all with its filler-segment for affiliates not breaking to news, and now WRMI
is not either, no more VOA news relay inserted --- at least not today. And the
Oldies remain nowhere, man (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. 880, August 3 at 1113 UT, YL with news about infrastruxure funding, on the
``World Radio Network`` --- huh? N/S so obviously KRVN Lexington NE; 1115 UT
website worldradio.com and discuss Nebraska corn crop, on ``Nebraska World
Radio`` --- huh? We already have the WRN based in London and the religious
HCJB-affiliated WRN in the RGV.
I honestly thought they were saying
``world`` but website reminds me it`s really ``Rural``! And any qualified
Nebraskan may join the NRRA for $25 and get a certificate. Other stations in the
group are KNEB 960 and KTIC 840. Anyhow, the world beyond its daytime coverage
area will be trying to hear KRVN around 1800 UT August 21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search: the
``season`` has begun --- I`d rather be sleeping, but since I`m awake, August 3
at 1047, a quick check for TP carriers, on 9 kHz steps via the handheld DX-398:
Yes, JBA ones detected only on 747 from the WSW, i.e. 3LO Melbourne, Australia;
and at 1049, 1098 kHz from the west, i.e. V7AB, Marshall Islands. Sunrise here:
1140 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
1756 UT August 3