** ALBANIA [non]. 9395, July 31 at 0230 check, WRMI still defaults to World Music fill instead of Radio Tirana relay – starting with the song about how wonderful the Bahamas are (indirectly promoting Jeff`s cruisebiz).. It may be a while, or a long while before we hear RT again. It`s not the same problem as 7 months ago, when RT had changed the streaming URL without notice, defeating automation. Kai Ludwig forwards:
``This posting [in German]
http://radioforum.foren.mysnip.de/read.php?8773,1402976,1475907#msg-1475907
says: All streaming from Radio Tirana is down since July 24; at present the foreign service goes out via Eutelsat 16A only. Link to WWDXC page which has recordings of the German broadcasts, recorded off satellite`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1941, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Yes, this is the reason why also the programs on 6005 / 3985 are not updated. Radio Tirana is informed (Christian Milling, shortwaveservice, ibid.)
At 0230 UT August 1, 9395 again goes to World Music loop, this time starting with ``Up2 and Away``. I also try the live stream link, via new Hitlist:
https://www.rtsh.al/radio-tirana-3-live/
and indeed it will not play; ``network error`` flashes occasionally. Of course, the WRMI broadcast would have been from a file transfer earlier, 0230 only being a legacy time for the real Radio Tirana ex-SW broadcasts.
Altho WRMI surely gets some input from satellite feeds, it probably would not be worth it to set up grasping Radio Tirana off Eutelsat 16A if that were even possible; temporarily? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA [non]. 5935, July 29 at *2359, WWCR steel drums signing on for 12 hours. A bit of an impediment to hearing R. Yura, which Claudio Galaz, Chile, has heard reactivated in the morning as ``5936``. Not even a het/carrier here, but our best chance should be in the minutes before WWCR comes on, improving as our sun sets earlier. However, one night recently I found WWCR absent as late as 0150. We need to know the exact true frequency of Radio Yura (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1941, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, July 31 at 0134, RNB is S9+20 greeting listeners in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte --- so I assume it is RNB programming, not RNA specifically. Some have evaluated this as underpowered, and it may be less than original 250 kW rating, but plenty now, loud & clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12000, July 30 at 0004, RHC is only S5-S2, much weaker than // 11840, 11760, 11700, 11670. Normally it`s equivalent. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, July 31 at 0142, RHC English is JBM at S9+10/20, while // 6165 is sufficient. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13767, July 31 at 1410, Oh2, RHC spurblob is back, out of the 13700-AM transmitter, somewhat readable in FM mode, along with the F# tone above Middle C. So I start looking for others at 67 kHz intervals --- none at 13633 unless maybe a trace, and tuning back to 13767, it`s gone already by 1413. 13700 itself is only S9-S8, maybe not enough to audiblize the full panoply and/or they hurriedly tuned up to suppress them. 13740 now with CRI Plus in English is S9+20/30 but as always undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, July 30 at 0551, S9 of humbuzz, much like I was hearing 24 hours earlier on 9790 from RFI via Issoudun. In this case it is R. Dandal Kura, for Lake Chad area as scheduled via ISS. Either they have two bad transmitters or they switch one around, which would even out the damage. Should have rechecked how 9790 was doing this time. We should try them both henceforth (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1941, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7255-, July 30 at 0552, open carrier, so VON must be back after AWOL past two nights --- if they can keep it up past 0600 for Hausa. Not until next night, July 31 at 0559 am I listening later to I hear it modulating with that wonderful percussive prélude (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1941, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, July 30 at 1858, 1902, 1915, 1933, 2014, 2042 UT chex, K202BY, the Family Radio translator for Enid, is dead air except for a weak tone. It`s noticed on caradio, since 88.3 is the easily captured frequency used to feed the SW radio into the FM.
Not rechecked until 0158 UT August 1, when it`s *still* dead air but atonal --- furthermore on the DX-398 I can tell that there is no stereo pilot, which means the dead air is not confined to left-channel only, like their modulation had been for weeks and weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11904.9, July 30 at *0031:17.5, SLBC JBA carrier comes on late, too weak to detect a mis-timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1940 monitoring: Ivo Ivanóv, Bulgaria reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on 9485 CUSB on July 29:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2018/07/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_29.html
1031-1100 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun, weak/fair/good``
Confirmed here, UT Monday July 30 from 0130.5 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30, and presumably 7780, JBA carrier. Also confirmed UT Monday July 30 from 0302 on Area 51 webcast, and at 0327 JBA in noise level on WBCQ 5130.071 (earlier at 0035, measured about 5129.04). Also confirmed UT Monday July 30 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, S9/S9+10; and confirmed immediate repeat after 0500 on WRMI webcast only.
Also confirmed UT Tuesday July 31 at 0047 check the 0030 on WRMI 7730, good.. Presumably Tuesday July 31 at 2030 on WRMI 7780 & 5950, both buried in daytime noise level. Presumably also at 2130 on 5950 ditto.
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 contents: Albania non, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia and non, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Ireland Northern non, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nigeria, Perú, USA, Western Sahara non, unidentified; and the propagation outlook
WORLD OF RADIO 1941 ready for first airing, Tuesday July 31 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9329.95v, and confirmed S8-S4 (2359 some rock music instead of immediately back to BS). Next:
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950 to WNW
Wed 2100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v to WSW [maybe]
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9930v to WSW [maybe]
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. 15809.93, July 30 at 0000, WTWW-3 must be the JBA off-frequency signal here on sporadic appearances. Unfortunately, no sporadic E now to boost it to audibility (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7505v, July 31 at 0139 & 0559, WRNO is off tonight. But plenty 40m to hear at 0559, neat Bell Bird IS from NZ opening on 7425, and opening percussion IS on 7254.9+ from Nigeria, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0312 UT August 1
