** GREECE. 9420, Jan 27 at 2220, open carrier/dead air at S7-S9, still past 2230 and I think a later check; nothing on 9935. Must be Voice of Greece minus any modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, Jan 28 at 0114, Synthyl says ``You are listening to CNR Radio, 69-40 . . .`` and the rest not understood, as audio seems to be mixing with a TV soundtrack --- also from CNR or a QRM pirate? S9. 0201 still going with hard rock, by 0206 S9+15. More:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40136.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Jan 28 at 0201, rough-voice singer belting out ``Born on a Bayou``, S9 like 6940 but sounds a bit louder; 0206 Wolverine Radio ID. Apparently started at *0119:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40137.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 6000, Jan 28 at 0145, W&M conversation, carrier drops off for a moment, fair S7-S9. Must be Türkish, altho here and there it sounds like Portuguese and German; VOT at 01-03, 500 kW 72, degrees from Emirler. This is during RHC`s hour off 6000, but capable of mutual QRM after 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2960, Jan 28 at 0121 UT, VP harmonic signal with heavy beat music, 120/minute. Has to be from 1480 or 740. Certainly not // the dominant 1480 here, Spanish KBXD; nor 740 KRMG/CFZM. 0123 YL DJ, S7 peaks. ECSS engaged, and this helps a little, maybe making the difference. 0131 up to S8-S9 with classic rock, 0132 fade for announcement, soul tune. 0135 UT, ``Greatest hits of all time, WADX (?) 1480``, weather: 59 degrees now, predicted low 57. 0136 UT brief QRM from stronger 2962-USB aero contact with Selcall. Figuring I can look up the call later, I move on, but 0200 UT recheck, can`t copy ID, only maybe another slogan ``best music you know``.
Oh oh, No WADX call in NRC AM Log for 1480, nor anything fuzzily similar. To FCC AM Query displaying all the 1480 stations: there it is right at the top: WABF, Mobile AL. This is a new call effective Dec 6, 2017, replacing WERM which replaced something else Aug 19, 2014.
WERM was NOStalgia format, per NRC, and now WABF is still 5/4.4 kW U2, which means direxional at night only:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/194580-22221..pdf
Major lobe goes SE, virtually nothing to the WNW. Also check:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WABF-AM&h=N
Likely on ND day pattern if not power, how much of it on the double?
And refers to own website which leads to:
http://newsite.wabfradio.com/2017/03/27/77/
I also check the NWS for Mobile, and find current temp 60, predicted low 58, a close match to WABF`s version.
There was a call swap with 1220, which NRC had listed as:
1220 WABF Fairhope AL 1000/30 U1
Then searching the DXLD archive on WERM, Terry Krueger in Clearwater FL reported:
``1479.958, ALABAMA, WERM, Mobile. 0951 October 22, 2017. Sérgio Méndez "Never Gonna Let You Go" into The Jackson 5 "The Love You Save" then Frankie Valli, no ID over the top of hour, Fleetwood Mac "Silver Springs" live rendition, finally at 1009, male canned "Great music on your local station, WABF, go online at... WABF 1480." They pretend to be WABF, which is still the assigned calls for the sister station on 1220 kc/s (per the FCC dB), and WABF apparently pretends to be WERM (not audible with XEB blocking the channel). One website of sorts is wabf1220.net. Read the Wiki separate entries for WERM and WABF for the convoluted story on these two. Apparently the problems continue, with this off-frequency and drifting very slightly from this center measurement.``
I did not check for exact frequency, but if still as above on fundamental, it would now be harmonicizing on 2959.916. Will recheck.
I had forgotten that WERM was putting out 2x harmonic just over a year ago in January 2017, which I had logged as follows:
```UNIDENTIFIED. 2960, Jan 7, 2017 at 0320, stable JBA carrier with trace of modulation, but with QRN adding up to S9+10. Checking here since Tim Tromp had reported the night before to the harmonics yg,
``WERM Mobile AL, 2 x 1480 on 2960 with a decent signal and modulation during peaks with black gospel music. WERM calls clearly heard between songs making for an easy ID on 2960 but no luck logging them on their intended frequency of 1480 here. 73, Tim Tromp, West Michigan``.
It`s licensed for 4400 watts at night on 1480, so how much on 2960?
2960, Jan 12, 2017 at 0722 UT, S4 signal with trace of music, presumed the currently active harmonic of 1480, WERM, Mobile AL. 2960, Jan 12 at 1310, still VP carrier at S4``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3245-USB, Jan 28 at 0140, MARS net, weak signals, NCS AAA5CMI, also in contact with AAA5RD and many others. Searching on latter call gets some interesting hits such as this discussing what does MARS really do?
http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=72966.0;wap2
And IDing him as Art, AAA5RD -- N9AOP, Region 5 Army MARS Director, and lookup on ham call finds: ``VIDMAR, ARTHUR A, N9AOP, JOLIET, IL 60435`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1914 monitoring: confirmed Saturday January 27 at 2230 on WBCQ, 9329.888v-CUSB, good S9+10 (following 2228 The Planet IS & ID loop, 2229 jingle ID and fundraising promo). NOT confirmed Sat Jan 27 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, as that frequency has been off the air all day and still is; ditto by 0200 UT Sun Jan 28 (and 11580 not reactivated either!) Checking WA0RCR at 0126, S9 with heavy CW QRM on almost same frequency 1860-AM; so there must be another ham contest underway. Next:
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1915?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7489.93, UT Sun Jan 28 at 0152, WBCQ without Mitch & Kathy, but two guys discussing Part 15 hobby broadcasters, 0156 wrapping up as podcast from radiosurvivor.com, 0159 one of hosts is Eric Klein. And usual closedown after 0200. You saw it here first: WBCQ program schedule shows nothing after `Shortwave Saturday Night` ends at 0100.
WBCQ is not on their affiliate list
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/affiliates/
in fact nothing from Maine and nothing on SW! But I see two stations in New York which also carry WORLD OF RADIO.
As for `Mitch & Kathy`, John Carver heard this on last night`s AWWW: ``Allan did say that the Mitch and Cathy show was coming back to the air. Said nothing about Brother Stair this week. No emails were read and only the two phone calls. John, Mid-North Indiana.``
Speaking of BS, Kai Ludwig forwards news that his bail has been approved at $750K, so he can go back to the compound now that his victims have left:
TV report, with footage from bond court:
http://abcnews4.com/news/crime-news/75k-bond-set-for-colleton-county-preacher-ralph-stair-accused-of-sexual-assault
And the press with a still photo:
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/preacher-charged-with-sexual-assault-can-return-to-walterboro-compound/article_796b6bae-011b-11e8-afed-33271aab6533.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Jan 28, at 0117, WTWW-2 is back on, Ted promo for QSO, C&W music, S9+45, along with much weaker parasite spur carriers on 5072.1 and 5097.9, so all set for TOITO at 0205?
Meanwhile, Ted is neglecting WTWW-1, Jan 28 at 0150 still on 9475 with a JBA carrier, while it would be audible if also on its night frequency 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, UT Sun Jan 28 at 0138, WWRB reactivated, sounds like same paranoid politico-religious show as before, about Palestine, Trump, Zion, 33-degree Masons, etc. One guy spouting and another reinforcing him (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0420 UT January 28
