** ANGUILLA. 11775, Feb 18 at 1502, PMS is on again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 413 kHz, Feb 18 at 0738 UT, beacon YHD and dash. It`s 250 watts at Dryden, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15514, 15438, 15297 approx., Feb 18 at 1434-1441, traces of spurblobs out of 15370-AM RHC, but not demodulating in FM mode, only dead giveaway F# tones. Almost, but not totally suppressed yet.
15370, Sunday Feb 18 at 1435, RHC starting `En Contacto` DX program. S9+30 but undermodulated with hum. Arnie Coro is back on air via phone after surgery, sounds like before with extremely rapid Spanish speech as if there`s no tomorrow. Topix include winter propagation, no sunspots, geomag storm, Bouvet DX-pedition aborted, 24 Feb a few days away will celebrate anniversary of the first broadcast by `Onda Corta Experimental Cubana`` in 1961y on historic 11760 frequency; 1444 a letter from Gabriel Gómez, CX2BI in Uruguay; 1446 wrapping up early, credit spiel including ``su locutora Marta Ríos``; fills with long version of theme music which includes Morse code, but next show, `En Cía del Dr`, still starts early at 1447 instead of 1450. I guess Arnie may also be back in English `DXers Unlimited` on Sun & Tue plus following UT days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7490, Feb 18 at 1544, Brother Hysterical is on this WWCR // 9980. Now scheduled on 7490 at 15-16 on Sundays only. WWCR must have had an open hour to fill with *something* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. Dave Frantz of WWRB writes me Feb 18: ``Greetings!! We are pleased to alert the listeners of shortwave radio that Radio Munasi [sic] will return on WWRB weekends on 15240. power will be 100 kW. during the day time in the afternoon Eastern time, exact times to be determined`` --- so I suppose not already today, but check:
15240, Feb 18 at 1643, no signal yet. However, previously it was usually weak, too close at one megameter for solid prop, just like 15825 WWCR; a bit of HF sporadic E can make all the difference for us, but Uganda? How well did it ever make it over there by multi-hop F2? Our South African monitor, Bill Bingham, was not hearing much of it.
WRTH 2017 listing said in the COTB sexion, page 517:
``Target: UGANDA (UGA) --- RADIO MUNANSI (Clan), 7035 Laurel Canyon Blvd # 15333, North Hollywood, CA 91615. Phone: 1 818 5348273 (Studio). W: radiomunansi.com. Webcast: L/P. kHz: 15240.
Winter schedule 2016/2017
Luganda/English 1600-1900 Sat/Sun UGA 15240wrb
Notes: Internet-based opposition radio station, on SW since May 2016``
I bet that address is a mail drop. It had been off the air for a year; my report from 2017: ``** U S A. 15240, Sunday February 26 at 1838, still *no* signal from WWRB, altho neighbor 15825 WWCR is detectable. Radio Munansi not heard since February 4, and assumed canceled. No further non-logs from here, until/unless it or something appear on 15240 from WWRB weekends``
IIRC the Munansi website never got around to mentioning the WWRB SW broadcasts, nor does it now; but a ``recent podcast`` is dated 15 Feb *2015*! Perhaps the latest political strife in Uganda has prompted them to resume. The aboutus page says:
``Radio Munansi is a community radio station that seek to stimulate, educate and entertain our audience, to reflect the diversity of the local and world community, and to provide a channel for individuals, groups, issues and music that have been overlooked, suppressed or under-represented by the current Ugandan government.
Radio Munansi advocates for peace, social and environmental justice through independent media and programming neglected by the mainstream. We embrace diversity, tolerance of others` opinions and freedom of expression. Radio Munansi celebrates and promotes the creative, cultural and political vitality of the local community`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 365 kHz, Feb 18 at 0752 UT, beacon ID as AA. Dxinfocentre says it`s at Fargo-Harwood ND, while classaxe adds ``Kenie, Fargo, axually just over the border in MN``. I was really tuned to 363 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1917 monitoring: confirmed by Alan Roe, Teddington UK: ``GERMANY: PCJ Media Network Plus followed by World of Radio heard with fair reception via Hamburger Lokal Radio on 9485 kHz from 1120 UT tune-in`` Sunday Feb 18. Next:
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 #1918?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1918?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, Feb 18 at 1425 UT, nice rendition of ``Clair de Lune`` on piano, quite a relief from all the stupid sports / political / religious chatter on most MW frequencies, whence? 1430 UT promos for EWTN Radio, all with times in Eastern; 1431 UT `EWTN Bookmark` author interview. Should be easy to look up EWTN affiliates in NRC AM Log: certainly is not WQOP Jacksonville FL, nor WOPG Albany NY, nor WHIC Rochester NY, which are really in EST zone.
Must be KHOJ, Saint Charles MO, 12000/210 watts U4, ``Heart Of Jesus Radio`` despite being in CST zone. Why does EWTN, based in Alabama, also Central, insist on citing times in Eastern only? Perhaps God has annointed ET as supreme. Just another example of timezone imperialism which is even easier for east-coast-based networx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 517 kHz, Feb 18 at 0735, mix of beacons, the best call I can pull out is HCW, but nonesuch or similar listed by classaxe or dxinfocentre.. I`ve been trying to hear anything besides the two Okies on the 500 kHz band, PN Ponca City 515 which is quite strong here day and night, and HMY Lexington 512, south of OKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1709 UT February 18
