** ANGUILLA. 6090, Oct 31 at 2343, whee! DGS is back from The Valley, with VG S9+30 signal and modulation. Had been off for weeks since hurricane, except for a very brief reactivation a few days later when it seemed to be OK then. At 0154 Nov 1 check, // 5935 WWCR and synchronized, taking the same satellite feed from LA. Day frequency 11775 may be back too. It was reported that the antenna needed repairing, while the MW 1610 tower was completely down, and still unheard there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 9666.15, Oct 31 at 2346, R. Voz Missionária is back after missing last night, S9+5 and wayer off-frequency. I can also hear it wavering while measuring, Portuguese religion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 31 at 2336, pirate music with heavy pulsing beat; S9+15. YL inserts comment about Facebook; 2340 she says something about weapons restrixions, as I find the music sounds better when tuned to 6950.12-USB; 2345 she says, ``Happy -u-k-n Hallowe`en, from Clever Name Radio``. Many more logs here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38415.0.html
Seems it started this frequency at 2335 and was off by 0008 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Oct 31 at 2337, pirate music at S9+25. Finally at 2354, ``Wolverine Radio`` ID. Many2 more logs here, and SSTV images on a HW theme:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38406.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 4065-USB, Nov 1 at 0118, pirate music; axually sounds better at 4064.989, DJ sounds like Dick Weed, conversing with someone, so must be Radio Free What-Ever; 0130 more talk, mentioning having listened to Wolverine, but conditions bad on 6.9 MHz band so moved down here; 0148 still going. I find this in normal bandscanning, when there is no activity on 6.9 band, and would alert others to this seldom-active pirate frequency, but HFUs were already reporting it from all over North America:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,38418.0.html
None of them mention QRM from beacon NZ or ZN. See my separate unID log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, Oct 31 at 2332, R. Chaski carrier is again quite audible amid the QRDRM from ROMANIA, until autocutoff at 2333:58*, which is a hefty 7.5 seconds later than last night until 2333:50.5*. RRI has run DRM now for three nights in a row on this frequency it shows as non-DRM, so hardly seems accidental; plus, switches to AM before 0000 for the Spanish hour which follows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 6130, Nov 1 at 0154, RRI signing-off English to North America, only S9-S7, but to be followed by another hour in French; not DRM, but see PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 13745, Nov 1 at 0002, HSK9 presumed English to N America, but VP S5-S6, and this time 13740 Cuba is no problem, hardly any better at S4-S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2000-USB, Oct 31 at 0612 check, no sign of New York Radio VOLMET, which has been missing from its four shortwave channels, and which a few years ago strangely appeared on this temporary bandedge frequency, as Paul S in CT reminds us. Also nothing at some further chex early UT November 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1901 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday October 31 at 2030 on WRMI, much stronger on 11580 than // 9455.
However, one hour later at 2130 when on 9455 only, I find the WRMI signal even weaker but detectable and mixing with fluttery Chinese music, maybe Firedrake. Well, of course! HFCC B17 shows IBB in Chinese via SAIPAN at 21-22, so it Must Be Jammed. Furthermuchmore, the preceding 5 hours are more of the same: 16-17 and 17-21 also Saipan, but in three different segments since there is a 10-degree antenna beam change for the middle one from 300 to 310 degrees, why?
What other collisions does WRMI now face on 9455? 02-03 IBB in Bod/Tibetan via Kuwait, and jamming; 06-09 Riyadh in Arabic, 500 kW, 295 degrees; and Bangladesh Nepali service which was on 9455 years before WRMI came along, but at 1315-1345 only, despite having registered the full hour. Maybe it`s time for WRMI-5 to revert to the 6.8 MHz band where it started, especially since it`s wintrish again and less fadeoutty overnight --- but down there it kept being bumped off by USG reclaiming frequencies for MARS or something. No such plan is in initial HFCC registrations.
WOR 1901 replayed at 2130 because I was running a bit late today.
WORLD OF RADIO 1902 contents: Alaska, Algeria non, Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Bougainville, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba non, Germany and non, India, Indonesia, Iran and non, International Vacuum & Internet, Japan and non, Korea South, Kurdistan non, North America, Papua New Guinea, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Sikkim, Solomon Islands, Somaliland non, Spain, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, USA; and the propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO 1902 monitoring: confirmed first broadcast less than a semi-hour after completed, Tuesday October 31 at 2330 on WBCQ, which has varied even further up, measured at 2346 on 9331.41-CUSB, S9+5. Next:
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
Thu 2230 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1531 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 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
[un-DST time shifts start here:]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 11580 to NE, 9455 to WNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3185, Oct 31 at 2338, WWRBS is already on, so no 9370 day frequency over this night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475 & 5830, Oct 31 at 2339, WTWW-1 still missing from both day and night frequencies. What`s wrong? Joins WTWW-3, gone for months from 12105.
5085, however, still worx, since WTWW-2 is Ted`s plaything, no programming from Scriptures for America which owns the facility; UT Wed circa 0150 running ham program. Flanked by the spurs he cannot or will not eliminate circa 5072 and 5098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130.357, UT Wed Nov 1 at 0149, ham discussion on WBCQ, now S9+10, and should improve as we get wintry, having stayed here all summer in the static (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1710 kHz, Oct 31 at 0605 UT check, can make out the screaming service from Radio Retén lo que Tienes, the pirate from Bâton Rouge LA which is in no hurry to get busted. Also considerable 1710 carrier, presumably this, circa 0200 UT Nov 1. It was first being reported locally on FM back in March also claiming to be on 1710 then, but only in last month is being DXed, so must have beefed up their MW output (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4066 approx., while monitoring Radio Free Whatever pirate on 4065-USB [see NORTH AMERICA], I`m barely hearing a CW ID over and over as ZN --- or is it NZ? Pauses between are so similar I can`t decide which one comes second. Might have been out of RFW transmitter itself. Music from RFW just about blots it out, but much more audible while Dick Weed is talking, and definite copy at 0130. RFW is off by 0159, but so is the beacon. It ought to be in this listing:
https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/High_Frequency_Beacon
where there are several others around this frequency, but it`s not.
Any ideas? I frequently check this area for beacons but nothing heard for months. Searching my archive on NZ would be overproductive, but ZN? I was getting ZN last February on a nearby frequency:
``UNIDENTIFIED. 4070.34, Feb 7 at 0257, JBA CW beacon sending ZN over and over slowly. Previously logged Feb 4 a 0448 as on 4070.36; maybe my estimates are varying rather than the transmission. So where is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 4070.396, Feb 9 at 0656, beacon ZN is in again, sending ID about 15x per minute, and peaking CW at S8``
Never found out where it is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0419 UT November 1
