** CANADA. 1610, Oct 10 at 0634 UT, again at this hour YL in Luso Portuguese,
mentions call CHHA in English pronunciation. Clearer with USB tuning, presumably
due to relative ACI levels 1620 vis-à-vis 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6145, Oct 11 at 0100, RHC English is missing now at
nominal start, so I guess it`s completely off as not heard for several nights
after 0500 either. Ex-6165 not on either. Only other English, 6000 remains with
OK signal; Spanish 6060 not very good & 5040 good. Absent 6145 also means
there can be no leapfrog on 6230, shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 11650, Oct 11 at 0120, Chinese at S7-S4 with
slight echo. NDXC/Aoki shows only thing is CRI in Chinese, 500 kW, 212 degrees
from Urumqi, so not a jammer, and the echo should be about right for dual
short/long path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA.
4054.988, Oct 11 at 0041, TGAV Radio Verdad must be back! S9 open carrier vs
storm noise level a little higher. There`s lots of lightning over S/E Mexico and
Guatemala itself, but in US none closer than Illinois or the TN-AL-MS tri-state
area. Straining, I think there is a trace of modulation, but it`s useless. Later
delayed into my inbox, I find this stamped 2339 UT Oct 10 in enlarged font but
not in blue:
``RADIO VERDAD EN EL AIRE --- LES INFORMAMOS A TODOS QUE HOY
A LAS 4:30 PM, HORA DE GUATEMALA [2230 UT Oct 10], LOGRAMOS SALIR AL AIRE,
AUNQUE SEA CON MENOS AUDIO. AGRADECEREMOS A TODOS, ESPECIALMENTE A LOS
DIEXISTAS, INFORMARNOS CÓMO ESTÁ LLEGANDO LA SEÑAL EN LOS 4055 KHZ. DIEXISTAS,
DIVULGUEN LA INFORMACIÓN POR FAVOR. QUE DIOS LES BENDIGA. DR. ÉDGAR AMÍLCAR
MADRID, RADIO VERDAD``
To which I replied:
Estimado Édgar,
Sintonizo casi todas las noches a 4055 en espera de su renacer. Antes de recibir
esta nota, estaba captando la señal en 4054.988 a las 0041 TU con nivel S9,
contra ruido de tormentas cercanas un poco más fuertes, pero casi inaudible el
nivel de audio.
¿Es el transmisor original, o de radioafición en su vez?
¿Con cuántos vatios? La potencia parece igual a la acostumbrada, pero no vale
sin mucho más audio. Saludos, Glenn Hauser, Oclajoma`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 11725, Oct 10 at 0616, RNZI
is still on here instead of 9630, at poor level, yet the SSOB on 25m. It may not
work so well for us now as in our summer. 9630 has a very poor signal as R.
Aparecida has been re-uncovered. RNZI has made yet another schedule shakeup,
eliminating 9630: 0359-0758 11725, 0759-1258 7425 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, Oct 11 at 0154, very poor
carrier, which in evenings must be Station YHWH: Yes, I can barely make out the
voice of Josiah, and still at 0220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1898 monitoring: confirmed Monday
October 9 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.985v-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed UT Tuesday
October 10 at 0030 on WRMI, 7730, S9+20/30.
Also confirmed NEW time
Tuesday October 10 at 2030 on WRMI 11580 good, 9455 fair (I have paused during
recording next #1899 just to check this; to get it done an hour earlier really
cuts into my lunch hour).
WORLD OF RADIO 1899 contents: Australia,
Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia and non, France, Germany,
Indonesia, Israel, Korea North non, Kurdistan non, México, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Puerto Rico, Sa`udi Arabia, Somaliland, Syria, Tannu Tuva, Ukraine, UK, USA,
Zanzibar, unidentified 26005, and the propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO
1899 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast completed only a few minutes
before airtime: Tuesday October 11 at 2130 on WRMI 9455, fair. Also confirmed
Tue Oct 11 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.00v-CUSB, fair. Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI
5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
ZANZIBAR. 11735, Oct 9 at 2016, typical Ungujan music as ZBC is reactivated
after some weeks, as per numerous reports since October 7. Here it`s only S4
with deep fades to nothing. Has news in English some days at 1800-1810. Normal
sign-off is 2100v, altho one report said as late as 2200. Look out for R.
Transmundial, Brasil also on 11735 until 2100v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030, Oct 11 at 0226 UT, good signal looping N/S or
slightly clockwise from there, James Dobson program with 877 number, mentions
`Family Talk` which is one of his numerous sub-shows.
Suspect 50 kW ND
daytimer KCTA Corpus Christi TX, long after sunset, and even longer after WBZ
sunset. Is it on his roster? Yes, but at another illegal time, presumably
Central, no obstacle for gospel huxters above the Laws of Man!
Family
Talk
Corpus
Christi KCTA-AM 1030 M-F 3:30 AM
Only other religious station on that
bearing is 50/4 kW U4 WCTS Maplewood MN, but NOT on his list. Hoped for an
hourbottom ID, but all I hear is a KAB/Ad Council PSA for recycling, then
another g.h. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6130,
Oct 11 at 0053, two very poor carriers making a low het with each other; 0100 I
only hear one with talk too poor to copy. No Latin Americans known here, not
even Cuban mixing products; NDXC/Aoki shows the only two 6130s at this hour are
Tibet, 100 kW at 290 degrees from Lhasa, and Laos 50 KW ND. Certainly not a time
I would expect to hear it; Vientiane sunrise today was 2302, almost two hours
earlier, but conceivably a remnant, while Lhasa would still be good for
grayline. As a matter of fact, Laos has been reported slightly off-frequency to
low side, as Wolfgang logged these two but at an earlier hour, Laotian
sunrise:
``LAOS / CHINA, 6129.964, LNR Vientiane, and co-channel equal
signal level of S=9+5dB from 6130 kHz even from PBS Xizang Lhasa Tibet western
China, at 2301 UT on Oct 2 [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(Wolfgang Büschel, Stuttgart, Germany, df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 2, bclnews
yg via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
17900-USB, Oct 9 at 2018, 2-way in Spanish, one loud & clear, the other
really broken up with squeaks & squeals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0451 UT October 11