** ANGUILLA. 6090, Feb 5 at 0446 check, DGS is on again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. WRMI (RAE) webcast, Feb 5 at 0515 is still carrying Radio Biafra, immediately recognizable at quick check as the YL is reciting their text number. Unfortunately, audio is distorted as it was earlier during WOR 9955, which signs off at 0500, and Biafra is not on any WRMI frequency now. Maybe it is still on 7240 via France, unchecked, as that appears in Ivo`s clandestine schedule dated Jan 29, but nowhere at 1900. If this be a feed to Issoudun, it too would come out distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Feb 5 at 0442, RHC Spanish is suptorted during music; wiggle that patchcord. Likewise 6000 // 6165 in English service.
15.03, 15.10, 15.165, 15.235, 15.30, 15.44, 15.505, 15.57, 15.64, 15.71 MHz, Feb 5 at 1519 check, RHC-FM with `Sonido Cubano` music. This time I am tuning FM mode on 5 kHz steps and hear it best at these approx. spots. Best of all is 15.30 which spreads plus and minus .05 MHz. All emanate from the hugely defective 15.37-AM transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 7510, Feb 5 at 1431 as I am bandscanning for missing 7390 RNZI, here`s a song by YL, maybe religious, S9 but VP and vs splatter from 7490 WWCR. It`s KTWR in Korean, 1435 M&W discussion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 7390, Feb 5 at 1427, no signal from RNZI. So I start looking for it from 5900 upwards with special attention to other known/previous RNZI frequencies. Nothing on 6, 7 MHz bands, no 9700, but finally I find it:
9890 at 1441 Feb 5, poor S5-S9, conversation with author, appropriate S Pacific accents, mentions ``All-Blacks in the summer``, an NZ clue, also says anti-depressants did not help him. Reads a bit from opus at closing, barely time to mention that he`s an Aussie, 1500 timesignal and news starting with terrorist in Europe; 1505 promo a world-music show on RNZ-National ID in passing, and then usual post-news weather forecasts.
So what`s it doing on 9890? Well, that is the latest QSY for the 11-13 UT segment, so maybe failed to make the switch, or is it deliberate? Yesterday I had noticed 7390 was weaker than usual. No, sked shows still supposed to be on 7390:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 11530, Feb 4 at 1947 check, R. Herwa International again missing from WRMI, so now neither Saturday nor Sunday; how about Monday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 6125, Feb 5 at 0445, VOT concluding with schedule of English broadcasts, which is the far-outdated one for the A-17 season! including ``0300 on 9515 to Europe and USA, 6165`` to elsewhere. Yet disclaimer follows that news on two broadcasts is ``pre-recorded, 23-24 and 04-05``, which are the correct current times. Announcer hasn`t noticed that this is a contradixion right in front of him. 0445 into IS; good S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 5 at 1526, K6FRC HIFER beacon is JBA from Patterson CA, vs CODAR. I check almost every morning, and other times without hearing it or any other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1915 monitoring: not confirmed UT Monday February 5 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB: no signal, off? Confirmed UT Mon Feb 5 from 0400 on Area 51 webcast, but NOT confirmed on WBCQ 5130-, no signal. Normally this can at least be detected if on; John Carver, IN, says it was not on the air at all this evening. Confirmed UT Mon Feb 5 at 0430 on WRMIs, very good S9+10 on 9455, good enough on // 9955, but with some deep fades. However, the WRMI (RAE) webcast audio is distorted. And its ``service unavailable ICY 401`` at 1726 recheck. Next:
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW [always reliable and strong here]
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1916?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7780 // 9395 // 9455, Sunday February 4 at 1852, all three WRMI`s are playing ``Puff, the Magic Dragon`` during Oldies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. 6175, Feb 5 at 0443, something new, African language reeling off frequencies pronounced more or less in English but I`m not ready to copy them all; good S9+10/20. Suspect it`s VOA. Nothing in latest Aoki of Feb 3, nor HFCC of Jan 29. But EiBi of Feb 4 has it:
``6175 0400-0500 Mo-Fr USA Voice of America ZWE ZWE /BOT```
His only // is 9825/STP but I heard some more frequencies mentioned on higher bands, 15 and 17 MHz. WRTH Updater also adds those two only, in English/Shona/Ndebele (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 5 at 0624-0633 on the R75: 693*, 774, 873, 882*, 909, 1017, 1044*, 1089, 1116, 1125, 1152, 1197, 1215*. *being the stronger ones but still not enough for audio. I do this only when convenient at bedtime, but some suggest there may be sunrise enhancement in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
[yahoo mail has been down this morning, so I am starting with posting this only directly to the WOR iogroup, at 1759 UT Feb 5]
