mercoledì 11 ottobre 2017

Glenn Hauser logs October 11, 2017

** BRAZIL. 4865, Oct 11 at 1119, JBA carrier; nothing from Asia here, and the S American closest to the terminator is R. Verdes Florestas, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre in the far west, where sunrise was 1030 UT per:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/brazil/cruzeiro-do-sul
(gaisma.com excludes CdS from its long roster of Brazilian cities!)
(and the other ZY nominal 4865, faraway R. Alvorada de Londrina habitually varies around 4862) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Oct 11 at 1121, R. Verdad has S9 signal, and less noise, so that I can detect that an hymn is undermodulatedly playing. Just before my last log report went out, this reply came in dated 0444 UT Oct 11:

``Gracias, Glenn, por su reporte. Ciertamente, estoy transmitiendo con el transmisor original, con 850 watts de potencia, pero hay un problema en la tarjeta de audio que no permite mayor volumen. El día de mañana vendrá el Ingeniero Ralph Borthwick de Canadá a reparar los daños en la tarjeta de audio. Creo que en esta semana saldremos al aire en forma normal, Dios mediante. Otra vez, gracias por su reporte. Édgar Madrid Radio Verdad`` 

It`s fortunate that Ralph is available to fly in and help, but strange there is no one in Guatemala to do it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KYRGYZSTAN. 4010.221, Oct 11 at 1124, JBA carrier vs MARS on 4011-USB, surely Bishkek on characteristic off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Oct 11 at 1154, loops SSW, OEM promo, feature on progress in mamografía from UNAM called ``Radiósfera``. 1200 song, ID missed if any while checking other frequencies, 1201 M&W in morning show with national weather summary. Based on direxion and format, most likely XEABC, 70/10 kW in Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México.

Here is the program blog, which stalled a decade ago!
http://radiosfera.blogspot.com/
Basic info:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direcci%C3%B3n_General_de_Divulgaci%C3%B3n_de_la_Ciencia#Radi.C3.B3sfera

XEABC website
https://www.abcradio.com.mx/
shows 7 am program is `En La Noticia`, also mentions OEM.

OEM is Organización Editorial Mexicana, which besides newspapers has 24 radio stations
https://www.oem.com.mx/oem/
including link to ABC Radio
https://www.abcradio.com.mx/
which leads back to 760 for Ciudad de México
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Oct 11 at 1119, no signal from SIBC which normally runs until 1157* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4027-USB, Wed Oct 11 at 1123, MARS net discussing decodifying, abbr`d calls as AL, WX or 4WX, AQG. 

4011-USB, Oct 11 at 1124, another MARS net. May we assume these are in the UT-4 zone, after 7 am local, or early risers in the UT-5 zone after 6 am? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1899 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 11 at 1050 the 1030 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 and 9455 S9+20, both VG --- contrary to some mornings when 9455 has been a JBA carrier well above the effective MUF. Also confirmed Wed Oct 11 at 1325 the 1315 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10, no jamming audible. Next:
Wed 2030   WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Thu 2230   WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
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 2130   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

Full schedule on all affiliates:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Download and podcasting linx:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775.115v, Oct 11 at 1407, KVOH in Spanish is way off-frequency today and VP S3, too weak to evaluate modulation quality or hear splatter. Frequency is wavering slightly. Remeasured at 1451 I get 17775.113v, within margins of error so make it 17775.114v. Standard remarx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UZBEKISTAN. 12160, Oct 11 at 1455, very poor Asian language vs CODAR. It`s TWR India, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, 1445-1545 M-F in Punjabi. Per NDXC/Aoki, transmission in various lesser languages starts at 1345 and ends at 1430 Sat & Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGSET)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 11 at 1144-1149 UT: 774-WSW, 657-WSW, 612-WSW, 882-NW, 1098-W (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4050-USB, Oct 11 at 1122, 2-way in colloquial Spanish I can`t help but notice when checking 4055 GUATEMALA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10036.60-USB, Oct 11 at 1141, 2-way in tonal Asian language; may we assume it`s aeronautical? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15673.40-USB, Oct 11 at 1405, 2-way INTRUDERS in colloquial Spanish about pescados and puta-madres (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1735 UT October 11