** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Feb 8 at 1945, WRMI with music fill instead of RAE in
German, one month after it was supposed to commence. Remonitored across hourtop
2000, no break, no ID but ME world-music plays on. New sked grid updated Feb 7
still claims RAE Deutsch & Italiano to be on 9395 at 19-21 UT (which would
have been M-F only) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA
[non]. 7360, Feb 8 at 1956, Chinese instrumental music, not Firedragon, S9-S7
and off at 1957*. Would be more interesting propagation if direct, but listed as
concluding a bihour in French, 150 kW aimed 310 degrees also USward via ALBANIA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15570, 15509, 15440,
15302, 15233, 15163, 15095, 15030, 14952, 14897, 14818, 14744, 14674? Feb 9 at
1457, RHC-FM spurblobs out of 15370-AM transmitter at these very approx. centers
up to 10 kHz wide. The closest ones are strongest, and the furthest ones barely
detectable by the F# tone if nothing else. At first scan, 15570 is a trace, but
at 1507, now it`s strong, plus further-uppers, 15642, 15710, so everything is
constantly fluxuating. Also today, there seems to be a general hash level across
the entire 19m band, including between the blob peaks. Readable FM audio only on
the closer ones, for `Sonido Cubano` music show. By 1600, 15370 and its
constellation are off, while 15230 is uncovered still on AM for another minute
until 1601* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9570, Feb 8
at 1941, S9-S5 JBM signal, no doubt R. Cairo as scheduled in JBM German (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 11530, Feb 8 at 1939,
R. Herwa International via WRMI is VG, and this time I try for // 9580 via
Issoudun, FRANCE direct --- and I do hear a weak signal sounding the same. Next
task: try to measure the asynchrony (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 530, Feb 8 at 2005-2010+ UT, I monitor our local
station which I have not bothered to log for a long time. Incredibly boring
program of a few PSAs played over and over, viz.:
1, Lock your doors and
windows, trim bushes, get an alarm to discourage burglaries: from ncpc.org and
US DOJ = National Crime Prevention Council (if Drumpf hasn`t eliminated it
yet)
2, teach children to beware of internet, ncpc.org, USDOJ, Ad
Council
3, discouraging sending nude pictures of yourself lest your dad see
you topless, www.cybertipline.com,
DOJ; really salacious-sounding
4, are you an embarrassment on the dance
floor? Then consider adopting a child from foster care, 888-200-4005, HHS and Ad
Council [non sequitur]
5, (kid voice), asthma attack prevention, www.noattack.org, 1-866-noattacks, EPA, Ad
Council. 1-866-noattac is sufficient!
After 5 minutes they start
repeating, as reconfirmed Feb 9 at 1705-1710+. An amateur ID with heavy
background noise interrupts one of them but not always at the same spot, ``Enid,
Oklahoma, you are listening to K-530-AM, operated by Vance Air Force
Base``.
There used to be a bunch of other PSAs, which may or may not
appear at different hourparts, such as what to do when a hurricane hits
(Enid!?)
You may notice that the subjects of these helpful advisories
have nothing to do with the USAF or anything military. K530AM presumably exists
to deal with genuine emergencies such as a plane crash or terrorist attack, but
I have my doubts. There is also an electronic sign on a street approaching the
base advising of its existence. It`s generally audible on caradios around Enid,
but unfortunately happens to be 430 kHz away from 960, which is 430 kHz away
from 1390, our two local broadcast stations, a mixing product which gets boosted
under powerlines even near Vance.
K530AM is obviously a made-up call. I
can`t think of any DX loggings of this, presumably circa 10 watts. Richard Allen
nearby cannot help but have heard it, but I am unaware if the few other Okie
DXers in Tulsa, Shawnee or Hooker have ever reported it. Like any other 10-watt
TIS/HAR station it`s barely possible to DX by skywave. A few miles away, it
can`t overcome ordinary household noise level, and at night it is easily
nullable to get Cuba. I believe I have heard it on the road close to NW OKC.
I am reminded to draw attention to K530AM, since looking at seemingly
exhaustive list of TIS/HAR and ordinary broadcasters on 530 at:
we
see it does NOT exist! In OK there are only two, in OKC, WNWU499 with no further
info. And WPTZ990 on MLK Drive (neither of which I have heard on visits).
Listings are in order by callsign, not location, so you have to search on
``OK``.
Yet I am credited as one of the sources, and have reported K530AM
a number of times in past. The fact that it is not in an FCC database, as under
USG military control, should not make any difference. So please add it to the
list!
Northward from here, there is a Kansas Turnpike Authority station
near South Haven on 530, which relays Wichita NOAA Weatherradio, and I have also
reported, but nothing from Kansas on 530 is listed either. There are a few
others further up the Turnpike (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 13565, Feb 9 at 1513, K6FRC HIFER beacon barely audible
with CW IDs over and over. Figured this would be a good time for its 1.8
milliwatts, as KVOH is inbooming on 17775-; both Californian, altho Patterson is
258 miles = 415 km from Simi Valley (or if driving, 298/479) (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1916 monitoring: not
confirmed Thu Feb 7 at first check circa 2235 UT, 5850 WRMI not on air! But OK
in progress at 2242 check, VG S9+10, and finished at 2259.5 so playback must
have started on time at 2230.5 even if transmitter not on yet. (And R. Tirana
relay follows, JIP at 2300.5.)
WOR 1916 confirmed, UT Fri Feb 8 at 0030
on WBCQ, 9330.1v-CUSB, fair --- despite having been replaced by Brother Scare 24
hours earlier who I thought said he was now on 9330, 24 hours. Well, back to
normal today. So never mind my assumption that our 9330 broadcasts were deleted.
All we can do is keep monitoring to hear what may happen next.
BTW, I
can`t help but notice that no other DX program host to my knowledge, in English
or any other language, keeps reconfirming and reporting on their own broadcasts;
why not? I consider this essential to keep up with what`s really happening, as
stations make changes without notice, and there can always be technical
problems. Next:
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 WRMI
7730 to WNW
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE,
9455 to WNW [or #1917?]
Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast
access:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9330.2, Feb 8 at
1939, very poor signal from WBCQ, can`t tell if BS but presumably on extended
(test?) schedule.
9330.159v-CUSB, Feb 9 at 0639, gospel huxter going on
and on about Noah, not BS, and seemingly not from TOM at all, as BS is running
on unparallel 5890 WWCR. By 0658 this UT Friday, Cuban spynumbers are way atop
WBCQ on 9330, S9+20.
9330, Feb 9 at 1432, nothing audible (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7780, Feb 8 at 1945, can`t detect even
a carrier from this WRMI, which had been scheduled on air all day with Oldies.
Now I suspect it`s off between 15 and 20. Recheck 1958, now 7780 is on //
stronger 9455 Oldies, in preparation for the 20-21 UT variety programming hour.
7780 is off again at 1515 Feb 9, while 9395 // 9455 go back to Oldies.
O,
the skedgrid at
has
just been updated as of Feb 7, indeed showing a 7780 break at 15-20 (except
Sundays 16-20). What else has changed? It implies 7780 at 13-15 is on air
Sundays only with religion, leaving `The Power Hour` repeat weekdays at 13-15 to
be on 9395 only. `TPH` live M-F at 21-23 is still supposed to be on 7780 //
9395, but most of the time if you really listen in, it`s not!
9395, Feb 8
at 2115, Biermann ID breaking Oldies for VOA News with Ann Ball. She makes three
stumbles in the first minute which also includes an axuality of some
newsmaker.
9395 // 9455, at 01-02 is a variety programming block,
including a new `Grateful Dead` hour on UT Tuesdays, as opposed to plain old
`Oldies` on UT Wednesdays (and `Countdown to Xmas` UT Mondays, `Jazz from the
Left` UT Thursdays). BTW, nonexistent 11580 is still shown on the program grid
in several blox.
9455, Feb 7 at 1945, Bob Biermann Oldies ID claiming to
be on 9455 and 9395! There are so many exceptions to this, that canned IDs
saying that need to be carefully managed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also ARGENTINA [non]
** U S A. 9474.974, Feb 8 at 1942, WTWW-1 with
SFAW, carrier is steady now without the fast hiccuping heard the past few days.
It`s always off-frequency-minus. Still OK Feb 9 at 1451 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Feb 8 at 1948, surprised to find
WTWW-3 on the air, as almost daily bandscans have found it missing since Xmas.
Now it`s S9+20 of gospel country music, and as usual, carrier is wobbling
slightly and modulation is somewhat distorted. But, I measure it right on
12105.00! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17774.990,
Feb 9 at 1509, KVOH is S9+30; other days it`s a JBA carrier if any this early.
Is this entirely due to propagational variations? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also K6FRC
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW
carrier search continues to be very productive except for being too weak for any
audio: Feb 9 at 0659-, USB tuning 1 kHz below, R75 preamps off:
531, 558,
585, 603, 612*, 621, 684, 693*, 738, 774 (vs IBOC noise from what? Not WBBM,
something from 760?), 783, 801, 846, 855, 882, 909*, 936, 954, 999, 1008, 1035,
1044, 1053, 1089, 1098, 1125, 1152, 1188, 1197, 1215*, 1224(2), 1296, 1306,
1314(2), 1341, 1413(2), 1485(2), 1503, 1521, 1539, 1575, 1602.
* =
stronger ones. (2) means I can hear an unsteady het indicating more than one
carrier beating on slightly different frequencies. Additional channels missing
could well be due to temporary fades as I go by (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1840 UT February 9
