** ARGENTINA [non]. 9455, Friday February 2 at 0907 check, ``tango argentino``
and Japanese announcement, so confirmed is RAE relay via WRMI this hour only,
this frequency only M-F; very good signal. Is there any news at the start? If
so, must be brief. See USA: WRMI for Portuguese, German, Italian (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BELGIUM. 14180-USB, Feb 2 at 1457, looking
for Bouvet, here is OT4A calling QRZ or CQ20, callsign always fonetik, and
making very quick contacts with RS as if this is a DX contest; only additional
info with every contact, mostly US stations, is ``name is T-H-E-O``. QRZ.com
--:
OT4A Belgium flag
THEO BEMELMANS
BETONWEG 56
3670
MEEUWEN-GRUITRODE
Belgium
And he`s a.k.a. ON4AEK. Apparently a lot of
hams get secondary calls for DX/contest purposes with different prefices for the
benefit of WPX hunters, even while operating from same home QTH. But don`t try
to QSL him direct. Lots of photos of his antennas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. ND beacons, MCW IDs per
http;//www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb ---
317, Feb 2 at 0705 UT, VC and dash, from
La Ronge, Saskatchewan, 2158 km, 1341 st mi in N Central Sask
332, Feb 2
at 0707 UT, QT and dash, from Thunder Bay, Ontario --- seems like negative
keying, maybe the way I am off/tuned?
395, Feb 2 at 0713 UT, YL and dash,
Lynn Lake, Manitoba, 2289 km = 1423 st mi even further N than La
Ronge
(also relog of 388, GLY, Clinton-Golden Valley, Missouri at 0712;
I`ll try to avoid relogs of nearby domestix) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15233, 15302, 15439, 15508, Feb 2 at 1453 check, the
worst of the RHC-FM spurblobs out of 15370-AM are on today around these peaks
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 11530, Feb 2 at
1930, R. Herwa International via WRMI is on again, usual good signal. This
broadcast has been quite reliable, unlike the morning one at 0700, let alone the
apparently canceled R. Biafra. Ivo Ivanov reported:
``Radio Herwa
International via TDF and WRMI, Jan 21
1930-2000 on 9580 ISS 100 kW / 170
deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri, fair
1930-2000 on 11530 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to
WeAf Hausa/Kanuri, weak
Radio Herwa International - no signal on Jan
25-27
0700-0730 on 13710 ISS 100 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri
Also
nothing 11530 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to WeAf of WRMI tx#9
Radio Herwa
International, inactive at present as of Jan 29
0700-0730 on 11530 YFR 100 kW
/ 087 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri
0700-0730 on 13710 ISS 100 kW / 170 deg to
WeAf Hausa/Kanuri
Radio Herwa International [not inactive as of Jan
29]
1930-2000 on 9580 ISS 100 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri
1930-2000
on 11530 YFR 100 kW / 087 deg to WeAf Hausa/Kanuri
Radio Biafra [only
entry for this in his clandestine schedule]
0500-0530 on 7240 ISS 100 kW /
170 deg to WeAf English [sic]``
Need to recheck whether Biafra is still on
9955 WRMI/`RAE` webcast at 0500, after 9955 is off SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1915 monitoring:
confirmed Thursday February 1 at 2230.5 on WRMI 5850 VG S9 to S9+10. Also
confirmed, UT Fri Feb 2 at 0030 on WBCQ, 9330.0v-CUSB, VP S2. Next:
Fri
0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0729
HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to
NE
Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE
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 #1916?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast
access:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9455 // 9955, Feb 2 at 1202,
I`m awake to check out RAE`s Portuguese hour via WRMI. Altho 9455 was quite
strong 3 hours earlier for Japanese [See ARGENTINA non], now both are JBA, S1-S2
and at first I can`t determine the language. At 1220, 9455 suddenly fades up to
S9+10! Must be when enough insolation heats the ionosphere between there and
here. 9955 is not quite as strong, and by 1224 bothered by Cuban pulse jamming
as if they should care whether Argentina speak to Brasil! A good way to make
friends for Cuba? Now that I can hear it, a long narration about a singer from
the 1930s, with ancient recordings.
At 1240 both are good with song;
1245 talk feature but with continuous music bed, faded up to full periodically,
about San Juan province and some geological national park. YL speaks
Porteñuguês, i.e. Brazuguese with an Argentine Spanish accent; of course, many
place names are pronounced in original Spanish, or Porteñol. 1251 about comidas
in that region; 1252 the pulse jam on 9955 is JBA, seems to mention ``O base de
la Luna``?, 1253 outroduxion credits with program name mentioned once but I
don`t copy it. Also mentions ``quarta-feira``, implying that this is the
Wednesday broadcast, not even Thursday`s, now on Friday. Also explains why no
Friday `Atualidade DX` segment heard today. Maybe Tuesday? Yes, program schedule
here
shows
the 4-feira travelog feature title I was hearing: `Rotas Argentinas`. And the
earlier feature could have been `A Conversação`. 1254 finished and plays RAE
multi-lingual ID loop twice; 1257 to Polynesian fill music from WRMI. So this
service is anyhow confirmed, altho previously it was not lasting until :57 past
the hour.
BUT, RAE in German & Italian now complete their fourth week
of imaginary broadcasts at the new scheduled times of 19-21 UT M-F and new WRMI
frequency 9395: Feb 2 at 2045 check, 9395 with World Music fill, that jaunty sax
tune.. Se vuoi ascoltare l`italiano, tune to 9455 // 7780 at 2045 Friday altho
`AWR Wavescan` is scheduled at 2030-2100.
However, today, `The Power
Hour` is still running on 9395 // 7780, resuming at 2135 Feb 2 after break with
a hard-sell adstring for the paranoid; instead of defaulting to World Music fill
on these a few minutes after 2100 as I had been logging repeatedly (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9610, Feb 2 at 1226,
S5-S2 open carrier, typical Greenville warmup could have been going already 10
minutes earlier. 1230 JIP (join in progress), Vatican News IS and ID pronounced
in mandatory inglés, sign-on in Spanish with `Informativo matutino` for 2 de
febrero. So was it recorded earlier? It`s already tarde in Roma, the center of
the universe. 1245* cuts off modulation abruptly in mid-word, with no despedida,
carrier off a few seconds later.
Not a trace of any VOA ID or IS before
or after, as if they are ashamed to be violating Separation of Church &
State, so casual listeners would have no idea whence this really radiate.
Anyhow, confirms as I suspected, that like the 0145 UT broadcast on 7305, also
violating Separation of Church & State, this too has been curtailed to only
15 minutes, ex-45 in that case, ex-30 in this case. The WRTH B17 updater missed
these changes.
The RCC should also explain why they need to use secular
VOA Greenville when they have their own WEWN Radio Católica Mundial which is
also relaying Vatican News in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, 0100-0115 UT
February 2: this time with the NRD-545 and ALA-330S oriented E/W. I usually
prefer the R75 where it`s easy to set 9 kHz steps from any starting point. In
this case I have to tune 1 kHz away from each 9-kHz plan frequency on SSB. For
some reason, it`s mostly midband, nothing at low end and only one at high end:
882, 909, 936, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098, 1116, 1125, 1134, 1152, 1161, 1179, 1197,
1521.
February 2 at 0648-0702 UT, back on the R75 with E/W longwire. This
time I am tuning 1 kHz above with LSB, which could alter the results. Ideally I
should do both LSB and USB with the close frequencies. 531, 549, 558, 567, 585,
621, 639, 693, 711(seems off frequency plus), 729, 774, 783, 801, 855, 882*,
909, 936, 954, 999, 1044(2), 1053, 1089, 1116, 1125, 1152, 1197, 1215*, 1251.
*strongest ones, maybe a bit of audio on 882. 711+ is signature of this
per Bruce Conti, NH, NRC:
``711 WESTERN SAHARA SNRT Laâyoune JAN 26 2200
- Presumed this at 711.12 kHz in het party with 711.02 Iran and 711
Spain``
I also try LW but only sign of anything is 198 at 0703 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6040.3-USB, Feb 2 at 0134,
weak 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS; nothing on 6040.0 at the moment, but het from
BRAZIL 6040.67 must not bother them, nor the possibility of a spurblob from HJDH
6010v showing up in the area again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2343 UT February 2
