** ASCENSION. 11810, Feb 28 at 2104, BBCWS News is hard to copy on poor signal,
but when anchor Neil Nunes speaks, his booming voice helps. 2106 programme seems
to be about the Universe, and would be nice to be able to hear clearly. HFCC
shows that BBC was to expand the daily 18-21 UT relay, 125 kW at 65 degrees, to
another hour until 22 M-F only, since Feb 18, and double the power the extra
hour to 250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, Feb
28 before 2100 I notice no signal from RNA, (nor Anguilla 11775), i.e. hardly
anything on 25m below BBC 11810 except ZANZIBAR, q..v. But at 2106, now it is
on, fair with some sort of news, and then some happy sertaneja(?) music, during
the Report from Amazonia hour. So perhaps in the early evening they only run it
at 21-23 for that and then `A Voz do Brasil` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHAD [non]. On the WOR iogroup, Kai Ludwig, Germany, replies
to the info from David Smith about Radio Ndarason Internantional quoted in my
last report:
`` <>
A really big one. What must have happened: Someone
booked transmissions for the new Chad branch, now operating as Radio Ndarason
International, believing that its programming supersedes that of the Nigerian
branch, still operating as Dandal Kura Radio.
But not so. And the mistake
has not been immediately noted because two different providers, Media Broadcast
and Babcock International, have been engaged.
I assume someone else
already contacted Mr. Pütz of Media Broadcast? In case the transmission of
Maiduguri programming is now supposed to continue (the target audiences appear
to be different ones, so this would make sense) the obvious solution would be to
move the Issoudun transmissions of Chad programming off 5960 and 12050 kHz
ASAP.
What still must be added is that stunts like "Radio Biafra,
broadcasting from London" unavoidably lead to the assumption that even more
sinister actions, like fooling transmission providers, must be expected. Kai
Ludwig`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
What will I do next? This
item was somehow headed USA, fixed:
** CUBA. 5040, Feb 28 at 0038, RHC
English with crackle on the modulation // weaker 9720 but no crackle there.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. 0039-0050, `DXers Unlimited` runs almost 11
minutes this UT Wednesday, and could easily occupy 15 if Arnie would slow down
and speak at a normal pace. Topix include: ham DXpedition to St. Brandon Island,
3B7A in April; another Bouvet DXpedition planned for next(?) southern summer,
call 3Y0I, see http://www.bouvetoya.org
(it opens with an ink spot in the corner, maybe a map? And thence you can sign
up for their newsletter; understanding Polish may be helpful). Then about
hamsats such as Oscar 7; low solar activity allowed Arnie to log on 6115 at 0600
UT, French from DR Congo, Brazzaville. Lucky him to get that rather than Nikkei,
Japan; and it`s the *other* Congo, NOT the DR, a mistake Dave Valko also just
made in his more credible log. One lonely sunspot lately, but more expected. Try
60 mb between local SS and SR, especially for the 3 Cuban frequencies; solar
flux was below 70 for 8 days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
**
CUBA. 5040, March 1 at 0037, RHC with a `World of Stamps` essay question, which
as always prompts political endorsement of The Revolution. This frequency still
has crackle on the modulation like exactly 24 hours ago. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non].
11980, Feb 28 at 2055, Cuban-style lite pulse jamming atop a JBA carrier, which
would be AWR in French via AUSTRIA. Jamming here is not unusual, and presumably
a stray spur out of the pileup on 11930 vs Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, March 1 at 0116, JBA carrier, i.e.
SLBC opening its Hindi service, starting to propagate as we approach equinox.
Must tune in slightly earlier in case there be enough signal to audiblize and
chronicle the mis-timesignal circa 0115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 4020-USB, March 1 at 0035, MARSians in contact, AFA7PQ
and AFA7LH.. I previously logged AFA7PQ, July 17, 2014 at 1307 on 7305-USB and
traced the call to Frank Miller, with North Central in Nebraska:
Unfortunately
that link is now 404.
I had also logged AFA7LH once before: December 20,
2016 at 1406 on 7457-USB, but ``Believe it or not, the only Google hit on call
AFA4LH MARS is in the March 1993 issue of PopComm`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1919 monitoring:
confirmed just in time at 2228 UT Feb 28, the Wed 2200 on WBCQ 7490v, fair. Also
confirmed UT Thu March 1 at 0030 on WBCQ 9330.23v-CUSB, S8-S4, fair-poor.
Next:
Thu 2230.5 WRMI 5850 to NW
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
#1920?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1920?]
Full WOR schedule via
all media, podcast access:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Feb 28 at 1914,
surprised to find this WRMI on the air, instead of lengthy midday 15-22 UT
hiatus since BS crashed. It`s World Music, a German song not // 9395 or 9455,
while 7780 is still BS. Onward to Paraguayan harp playing hymn tune, and at 1920
an Arabic song. 9955 cuts off abruptly at 1921:50* so it must have been a test;
of what, for what?
9955 was also surprisingly strong, S9+10/20, while
9395 & 9455 were only S7-S5. Normally those two are stronger, as to be
expected from their 355 and 285 degree azimuths, and we are about halfway
between them, vs 160 degrees on 9955. Therefore the logical conclusion is that
at this time, 9955 must have been on a different antenna, such as a 315, which
is aimed directly at us, like 5850, ex-7570 which blasted in (at night). I
compare the three 9 MHz channels again at 0121 UT March 1: NOW, 9955 is a JBA
carrier, 9455 is S5-S7, and 9395 is S6-S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5129.80, March 1 at 0034, WBCQ is S9+20 to S9 of dead
air! Instead of Brother Scare. Still DA at 0054; recheck at 0112, BS modulation
has resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5935, March
1 at 0114, another station vying for the dead-air award, WWCR. Still DA past
0157, but 0200 comes to life with ``Wipeout`` introducing `Classic Redneck
Radio` which is really some twisted kind of evangelism. Au contraire, current
WWCR schedule shows 5935 is supposed to carry nothing but Dr Gene Scott, 7
nights a week between 01 and 13 UT --- and // 6090 Anguilla is off, sob. `The
Classic Redneck Show` is supposed to be on 3215, UT Tue-Sat at 02-03. Not
knowing that yet, I did not check for it there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR [and non]. 11735, Feb 28 at 2055, nice typical
Ungujan music from ZBC in its last few minutes until cutoff at 2100* sharp
without any announcement, how rude. Only a poor signal, but hard to believe,
with exception of the Cuban radio war on 11930, it`s the 25m SSOB! Neither
Anguilla nor Brasil is transmitting on 11775, 11780. 11810 BBC Ascension is no
stronger, q.v.
Well, at least below 12000. WEWN should have been on
12050. And I guess WWCR was still on 12160 until 2100, but it`s really WOOB and
I didn`t tune up that far; once DST start March 11, it`s to close earlier at
2000 (HFCC has the wrong date, Monday March 12) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6900.0-LSB, March 1 at 0050, some instrumental
music catches my ear; unfamiliar, so hard to tune accurately, but finally some
2-way in Spanish mixes in on this exact frequency, as some SFX also play by
alguien. The communicators agree at 0053 to QSY ``5 arriba``, and there they are
on 6905-LSB without the musiQRM. Unfortunately, did not turn out to be a pirate
broadcaster per se, as no North Americans were active up to 7000.
Not
even did I hear presumed Radio El Mundo, Argentina, on 6935 at 0104, as Daniel
Wyllyans, Brasil reported to HCDX at 0144 UT March 1, but dating it Feb 28,
incorrect? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report
dispatched at 0428 UT March 1
