** AUSTRALIA. 5045.00, Aug 29 at 1209, JBA carrier, presumed Ozy Radio, new
station at Mount Razorback NSW, first reported Aug 28 at 0552 as unID by Bryan
Clark, NZ, and then by several Aussie DXers and remote monitors; ``more music,
less talk`` not even IDs until one finally caught at 1149 by David Kernick.
David Sharp, NSW got an E-QSL: ``Ozy music radio Razorback near Camden 25 NM SW
of Sydney, 2nd day of transmission. eQSL. 500 watts 5045 kHz. So you have heard
them! So here is your confirmation! Regards John``. They also play the
Kookaburra in tribute(?) to defunct Radio Australia! Ron Howard, who hastened to
the beach in California, was also hearing Waltzing Matilda at 1334 and
1419.
At tune-in I had a second carrier on the side at 5045.8, maybe ute
which then went off. However, Brian Powell tells us there are three other
licensees for 5045 in Australia: NSW, Queensland, and Western Australia (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Aug 29 at 1355, BB
open carrier at S3-S4; IS audible by 1358:50, and tentative mistimesignal until
1359:32 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11810 &
12000, Aug 29 at 2323 are the only RHC spurs detectable during today`s 23-24 UT
hour, piling up the kilowatts on 25m. Fundamentals active are 11760, 11840,
11880 and 11950, not 11670. Plus the always plus/minus 10 spurs out of 11840 on
11830 & 11850. 11810 computes to be leapfrog of 11950 over 11880; 12000 as
11760 over 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA.
3325, Aug 29 at 1153, soft vocal music at S7-S5, only one station audible, RRI
Palangkaraya; 1200 Indonesian announcement, with a feeble timesignal a few
seconds late, ``Jakarta`` mentioned, presumed news, audible past 1209; sunrise
here 1201. Bougainville must have closed earlier today. Wolfgang Büschel via a
remote in Japan was still hearing a mixture on 3324.999 at 1124 with RRI atop
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 6045, Aug 29 at
1213, an easy 1 MHz flip up to Voice of Freedom, from 5045 Australia, to hear
S8-S6 song, 1214 YL in conversational Korean, 1217 another song. Not // 4885,
and no noise jamming, which remains on ex-6135 (Glen Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 610, Aug 29 at 1132, choral NA, ID mentioning 106.1
FM, Sinaloa song, so it`s usual XEGS Guasave. Another one antheming on the
semihour. Not // yet to 650 XETNT which is already programming (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Aug 29 at 1143, open carrier
with hum, about WSW/ENE, mixing with weaker stations in Spanish, English.
Presumed XEGD, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, based on my previous logs from
2015y:
``700, June 6 at 1105 UT, timecheck for 6:05 on 88.1 FM, just as
it`s hit by low rumbling het from another station cutting on the air, presumably
XEGD Chihuahua. No 700s are listed with an FM 88.1, but must be XEDKR in
Guadalajara, relaying Radio Red out of México DF which *is* also on 88.1 there``
``700, Feb 19 at 1259, big hum looping NE/SW on open carrier, 1300
Spanish news starts without any ID. Possibly two different stations, but I doubt
it: hummer would be XEGD, La Poderosa, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, 5/1 kW per
IRCA & Cantú, 5/0.25 kW per WRTH`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, Aug 29 at 1158, Spanish has overcome KDWN, 1201
choral NA, into Chihuahua state song, 1203 music and sign-on but unreadable now.
So XEJCC Ciudad Juárez (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU.
5980, Aug 29 at 2328, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff at 2332:23*.
Slightly better signal today than yesterday for a sharper edge, vs 2332:12
obscured by that other carrier. So 2332:23 is the new starting point for the 6.7
seconds per diem slippage recession expected for weeks to come (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1893
monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast less than one semi-hour after
completed, Tuesday August 29 at 2130 on WRMI 9455, fair, 15770 poor aimed NE
from FL (but Jon Collins, Birmingham UK, says: ``Hi! World of Radio 1893 heard
Tuesday via WRMI from 2130 on 15770 at a solid S9 on my Tecsun PL-660 with the
radio`s whip``). Also confirmed here Tue Aug 29 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.08v-CUSB.
Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v-AM to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
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
Sun 0200 WRMI 11580 to NE
Sun 0315v 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5129.82-AM, UT
Wed Aug 30 at 0115, WBCQ is JBA but back on lo side of 5130, so were they trying
another transmitter last time? Presumably during `Amateur Radio Roundtable`
which should have been on 9330 during the summer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Aug 30 at 0114, WTWW-2 is S9+30 of dead air
instead of some ham show to compete with WBCQ; 9475, WTWW-1 is also S9+30 of
SFAW programming, usual hum and suptorted modulation; sounds like half their
modulation modules are kaput. You`d think #1 frequencies would be higher
priority for the single transmitter which still worx properly; but #2 is Ted`s
own public service plaything of less offensive programming, when it`s modulated
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, Aug 29 at 1136 UT,
news in English by M&W looping E/W, weak and steady, only station on
frequency, no sign of WGN (which would loop NE), fading down around 1145 UT,
resurges a bit, but 1158 UT check, blocked by Spanish, XEJCC Juárez just signing
on. Got to be 50 kW KDWN Las Vegas NV, there are so few USA 720 stations, either
on ND day pattern way early, or fraxion of signal leaking out around the
cardioid null toward Chicago, a few degrees off from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGESST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search
August 29 at 1124-1128 UT, presunrise here of 1201: only found from WSW on 701,
828; from west on 1098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This
report dispatched at 0147 UT August 30
