** AUSTRIA. 7360, August 2 at 0140, S5-S8 in unID language. HFCC shows BBC via Moosbrunn in Prs, presumably meaning Dari (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6100, August 1 at 0556, this RHC English is JBM; 6000 a bit better; 6060 = 6165 best modulation levels. Something`s always wrong at RHC. How these four relate to each other in strength and modulation level is constantly changing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13700, August 1 at 1316, RHC AWOL; 1317 carrier cuts on and off and on; 1341 recheck now it`s modulating but failing to emit spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15140, August 1 at 1909, RHC English is poor, much weaker than normal, only S7; QRP? Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, August 1 at 0547, Dandal Kura via ISSoudun modulation seems OK, unlike previously when it was nothing but humbuzz. However, signal is weak in the noise tonight, so am not sure it be pristine.
9790, August 1 at 0547, RFI via ISSoudun is JBA carrier, so cannot evaluate it; a different night than 7220, with much better propagation, this transmitter was also humbuzzing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 8424-CW, August 2 at 0102, dash and DE SVO, over and over, i.e. Olympia Radio, Athens, one of the few CW stations left on SW. 2002 Klingenfuss Guide had it on 8423. Primarily a broadcast DXer, I don`t always bandscan utilities, but now with WLO QRT, nary a dit of CW markers are to be heard on the fixed or marine bands, so this one is welcome. Among lots of open space, one still hears mostly modes unreadable to the ear, fax, RTTY and more complex digitals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: AAM 13508
** INDIA. 6140, August 2 at 0045, JBA music and talk, no match for S8 storm noise peaks. Strixe me as a frequency usually unoccupied. Aoki/NDXC shows nothing on 6140 between 2357 and 0830. But EiBi has:
``6140 0025-0430 IND All India Radio GOS UR PAK a`` = Aligarh site
HFCC:
``6140 0000 0430 41N ALG 250 282 0 146 1234567 250318 281018 D 6075 Urd IND AIR AIR 16043``
And VU2JOS, entry in red with a*terisk as a change from B-17:
``6140 * 250 Aligarh Uttar Pradesh N 0025-0430 Urdu (Pakistan) (Ex 6145/9620)`` N is for the zone in India of transmitter location = north (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 7425, August 2 at 0142, almost OC, but JBM with algo. I`m hoping this will turn out to be a Greenville-B mixing product like IBB used to provide, of the pre-Vatican open carrier on 7305 leapfrogging over an adjacent Radio Martí transmitter on 7365 another 60 kHz higher --- but no, no Vatican IS or Spanish is audible by 0148. Instead, HFCC reminds us it is VIRI in Arabic, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan, all the way from 1730 to 0230. Now if only they can manage to modulate it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6870-AM, August 2 at 0047, only pirate is here, S9 vs almost as much storm noise level, steel drum music, segués of mostly soft YL vocals, not recognized. Never heard any announcements or IDs during continuous monitoring (with one ear, anyway), past 0111 during yelling, 0118 ME music. Recheck at 0138 it`s off. Several logs here say it was Mix Radio International at 2309-0134*
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,44802.0.html
No one else reported an ID during my listening span, but three guys got IDs at 2318 August 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13508-CW, August 1 at 1913, slow CW in a long message, but finally I can copy ``DE AAM`` and eventually ending with AR merged. Also sent 4 dots and 2 dashes in a row a few times --- what symbol is that??? Like HM or SW without a space between the letters.
CW is so rare on the bands these days that it really stands out in a bandscan. It`s a good strong signal. I keep listening until 1922 but nothing further. I later search the UDXF iog archive for the call and frequency and find one latest thread of Feb 9, 2018:
``I occasionally scan the bands and look for odd signals as I guess most people here do. It has been a habit of mine since my "tour of duty" in The USN from 1979 - 1985. I was involved with elint/sigint. Nothing more to say. I have been looking at the boards and other resources for information on a message I intercepted 02/07/2018 at 11am Pacific/1900z. Frequency 13.508 MHz, CW, signal strength 579. The message was "Calling all stations de AAM Beach Surf Castle Bravo Sierra Sierra BT."
The signal repeated three times when I came across it and no joy since I first heard it. I have been parked on it since then. I find no reference to the frequency nor the call sign although it looks like a tactical call sign. I wonder if it is an Army or Airforce mars net? Any help identifying the sender or theories about the sender are appreciated. Jim Kenny K7LD``
Replies:
``Jim, AAM is the US Army MARS station at Fort Huachuca, AZ. Its tactical voice call is DESERT EAGLE. 13509.5 USB has been used by Army MARS stations, including AAM. What sort of receiver are you using & how does it set up for receiving CW transmissions? Jack L. Metcalfe - Stanford, KY``
``Hi Jack and thanks very much for the reply. I am using a Perseus sdr with an ALA-1530LNP antenna. The actual frequency was 13.508.1 MHz. When I saw the signal I was in cw, 500 Hz bw. I usually scan the bands of interest (to me) and at 11 AM PST, 11 and 13 MHz are starting to come alive. The signal was fairly strong so I thought it may be in CONUS. I can see data TX occasionally up a couple kc or so; maybe MT63 or M110A. I will look to see what freq next time I see it. I will leave the Mhold on to capture it.
I am also curious as to why AAM started the message "calling all stations" instead of "VVV". Is that normal on MARS CW nets? The message references are very odd! JK``
Some other AAM logs previously reported in UDXF on 14579, 17445. I had heard AAM3 during an interoperability test on 13483.5-USB, Nov 5, 2017 at 1600, as in DXLD 17-45, but that may not be at same location (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1941 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August 1 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490, JBA to VP but recognizable; NOT simultaneously on WRMI 9955, with a much better signal, but now automation has been reprogrammed to start at confirmed 2100.5 after another WRMI ID. Next:
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Sat 0631 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1431 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2130 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe, or 2330?]
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Mon 0130.5 WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 0400 WRMI webcast only, non-direxional
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
Tue 2130 WRMI 5950 to WNW [or #1942?]
Full schedule for WOR on all outlets, not just SW; podcast linx:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, August 2 at 0150, WRMI with World Music filling the second semihour abandoned by RAE English at 0100.
BTW, Don`t you believe the sked on RAE`s own website:
http://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-ingles/
which still shows a full hour in English, and not // 5950; Japanese and Chinese on the ex-frequency 9455; Portuguese at wrong time 12-13 instead of 11-12, and on 9955 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505, August 2 at 0120, WRNO hasn`t shown up at nominal *0100, but is on with gospel huxter in English at 0149 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 990, August 1 at 2037 UT on caradio about 18 miles N of Enid on US 81/60/64, bandscan is not much different then inside Enid, but I do hear an ID in passing from KRSL Russell KS, also as on 98.1 FM which is a mere translator. 990 is 250 W ND day, at about the edge of its Ogalalla groundwave, 291 km = 181 miles. KTOK 1000 splatter is a little less of a problem here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0443 UT August 2
