** BRAZIL. 11780, Sat Mar 3 cut on at *2058 JIP S7-S9 excited Brazuguese talk, presumably SBG; 2129 recheck, yes, that`s it, unlike weekdays when more serious with `Reporte da Amazônia` at 2130. Still no Anguilla to ACI it from 11775. And game still going past 2200 instead of `A Voz do Brasil` weekdays. Since they join in progress the game at 2058, do they also QIP, cut off at 2300, even if it`s not finished? I`m not checking at that time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, March 4 at 0041, RHC English playing old recording of ``St Louis Blues``, still another night with crackle on this transmitter marring the music. Only //, weaker 9720 maybe has a bit of crackle too. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, March 4 at 0145, R. Rebelde, two announcers very calmly describing a béisbol game to complete silence --- no crowd noise! Same on // 1180 with multiple echoes from all the transmitters which effectively block any sign of Radio Martí to Oclajoma. Possibilities:
1, there are no fans in the stands
2, there are fans but they are bored
3, announcer booth is very well insulated
4, defective audio mixing
5, announcers are elsewhere watching it on TV with sound turned down
6, something`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9380, March 4 at 0107, just as I tune in a S Asian song at S5-S7, AIR dumps off the air at 0107:40 but back on within about a semiminute. After 0100, this 250 kW, 188-degree Aligarh transmitter carries the Vividh Bharati Service. Should be better on // 9865, 500 kW, 174 from Bengaluru (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, March 3 at 2304, a quick pirate scan before I finish a session, finds one on, mentioning `Pancho`, so apparently Radio Pancho Villa from, to, or about the SWL Winterfest in PA is already on rather than waiting until midnight local as tentatively scheduled. I notify the WOR iogroup a few minutes later, but I`m not ready to resume monitoring for a sesquihour.
6935-USB, March 4 at 0045, pirate with rock music, 0053 stops as I doze. 0103 back on, ``Pancho Villa sending greeting to all SWLs,`` mentions Tom Kneitel; ``Voice of Pancho Villa`` ID along with off-mike music. QSL via an unspecified ``maildrop in Austin, Texas``. 0115 bagpipe IS and off or pause (so now I pay more attention to Radio Free Morania on WBCQ, q.v.) 0132 music starts up again; 0135, ``Hola amigos, hijos de putas``, ``Pancho Villa at SWL Fest, buy PopComm from Tommy Kneitel``. QSL via Austin again. 0148 bagpipe IS of 6 or 7 notes thrice as there is some 2-way CCI? And stays off. But:
6950-USB, March 4 at 0205, now Voice of Pancho Villa QSY to here with music, ID, only S5-S3. PV speaks with an exaggerated funny accent, not exactly Mexican. This adds up to four separate threads at HFU:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40835.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40836.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40846.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40850.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.1-AM, Mar 4 at 0045, unID JBA talk, only other sign of a pirate now besides Pancho Villa. Not in HFU but around 2330 a Voice of America imposter was reported:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,40841.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15239.93, Sat Mar 3 at 2058, presumed R. Munansi clandestine via WWRB is still on, offset frequency, having started circa 1800 today, with JBA talk and music. Furtherchex, still on past 2104, and 2129, so maybe until 2200 tho registered only until 2100. Are any IDs inserted at hourtops? None caught yet. Maybe tomorrow, like last Sunday will be on as early as 1500? It`s so weak, one would think it was coming from Uganda rather than going to it; fainter than Zanzibar direct on 11735, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1919 monitoring: Not confirmed Sat Mar 3 at 2230 on WBCQ 9330.215v-CUSB --- rather keeps on BSing, 13 seconds before repeat on 9980 WWCR; I hope this was a mistake. Also BS keeps going past 2300 with no ID when Blalock had been blasting, but he is on at 0040 March 4.
WOR 1919 is confirmed Sat Mar 3 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, fair; and UT Sun Mar 4 at 0200 on WRMI 7780, S9-S5.
`TWIAR` via WA0RCR 1860-AM also coming in well without contest QRM, boding well for WOR there circa 0415. Next:
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:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490v, Sat March 3 at 2200, WBCQ with first weekly broadcast of `Radio New Music` after original trial a biweek ago. S9+10/20, as first two tunes are depressed country-rockers about Jesus and sinners, so I withdraw my recommendation. Did not really expect `New Music` in the sense of avant-garde classical, but something a bit more experimental than this. 2210 back announcement gives titles and performers which will be on website with linx. Apparently the deal is that these are ``new`` in the sense of not widely known or radio-played, yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5129.8v, UT Sun March 4 at 0112, WBCQ with `Lumpy Gravy` on Area 51 block, playing classic routine of ``Radio Morania, dedicated to the 6000-ton spaghetti harvest, from the capital of Morania, Spaghetti City``. ``Pierre Rodríguez`` interviews ``Kennel (?) Ferguson, spaghetti harvest field worker``. Last year there wasn`t one since the spaghetti seeds didn`t arrive from Italy. Morania is otherwise ideal since the sun shines 26 hours per day. Program outro as `The 6000 Trail`, on ``RME, Radio Morania External Service, the golden sound of Radio Morania``. Time check as ``zero-twelve hours``. Now adding frequencies: 6.02973, 92.919, 73.32.
0120 `Moranian Mailbag`, first from C M Stanbury II in Ontario, on Saturday August 32nd. Explains requirements for QSL: times must be local, 53 seconds behind GMT; attach schematic diagram of receiver, etc. Address is obscured by sudden ute QRM, and this happens coincidentally two more times. Other letters from unreal(?) people, as host explains how free Morania is. 0130 sign-off with ID, national anthem, which resembles a cartoon jive tune with kazoo. 0131 real WBCQ ID. I guess this was more fun than fumbling in the cold/dark at Plymouth Meeting?
I wonder if Pancho Villa (see NORTH AMERICA) would appear again at 0500, maybe via Area 51? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395 // stronger 9455 // strongest S9+45 5850, UT Sun Mar 4 at 0109, WRMIs with `AWR Wavescan`, Ray reading a story about CBX and other early CBCs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, UT Sunday March 4 at 0200, no signal from WTWW-2, so another week without TOITO? NO, blasts on S9+50 at *0201, off and on and then mod off & on; no ads for a change, but canned WTWW ID, extremely distorted, and `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` theme, Bob Heil says mostly music, less talk, including a Hammond organ he furbished in Columbus OH, but first, a Wurlitzer (seems like a re-run; are there any new ones? Why bother, with such unreliable transmission). Distorted modulation is now intermittent, but enough to drive away an organ lover or any reasonable listener (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, March 3 at 2057, Ungujan music this day is allowed to run past 2100, and a brief announcement before ZBC cuts off at 2101*; poor signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6050, March 4 at 0057, ``Donald Duck`` extremely distorted spur talk right atop HCJB, maybe a bit heavier on the low side. FM mode will not demodulate it. Again strongly suspect it`s the HJDH Conciencia, COLOMBIA transmitter which is supposed to be normally and nominally modulated on 6010, unheard there. Later switched to music before I could try comparing mod peaks to othersigs.
Poor HCJB, getting creamed by another S American, Christians vs Christians! It must be incomparably worse in the Ecua-lombia region. At 0103 I`m also hearing similar garbage around 6015, 6025, mixing with Cuban jamsplat out of 6030. By 0134, 6050 has less blob but more splat from 6060 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0429 UT March 4