** BRAZIL. 11856.86, Oct 7 at 0059, R. Aparecida is way off-frequency again, VP with Brazuguese talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Oct 7 at 0047, R. Rebelde music is very suptorted at S9+25. See also USA: WWRB for QRM against RHC 5040. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WRMI about jamming; and USA: WWRB about spurs
** GUATEMALA. 4055, follow-ups to the imaginary ``worldwide`` test of Radio Truth, Oct 4 in the afternoon:
New mail from Radio Verdad about its test transmission. It's all so strange...?????:
"Apreciado Don Manuel: Me acaban de informar que la transmisión se llevó a cabo por la mañana, y ya la suspendieron porque se calentó un poco el equipo. Édgar Madrid Radio Verdad ------------------"
(via Manuel Méndez, Spain, 0428 UT Oct 5, WOR iog via DXLD)
Translation:
Thanks, Manuel. I was just informed that the transmission was carried out in the morning but was stopped because the equipment got a bit hot (via Ed Sylvester, ibid.)
Estimado Glenn, lee el email que copio abajo y que me envió Édgar Amílcar Madrid, de Radio Verdad, y que es la respuesta a un DX-ista italiano sobre un informe que envió de una de sus transmisones regulares pensando que era la emisión de "Transworld Radio Verdad", y sobre todo las explicaciones que da sobre el no salir al aire.
Yo creo que al Sr. Édgar alguien lo está engañando, que está poniendo dinero en un proyecto que no existe, y que cada vez le piden más dinero con multiples disculpas de averías, problemas, etc. ¿Qué opinas? Un cordial saludo (Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Manuel believes that Dr. M is being duped, putting money into a project that does not exist, time after time being asked for more money with multiple apologies for problems.
[I also received the reply from Dr M, a cc of his reply to this:
``Salve Dr Edgar, I send the signal of Radio Verdad that I receive with my radio in Italy, the signal is weak, even the audio, at 2230 UTC. Good saturday and good Sunday, Davide Borroni``]
Aquí está el e-mail:
"Dear Davide Borroni, from Italy:
Thank you very much for you report of Radio Truth. I appreciate it very much.
Sorry, the signal you picked up was NOT Transworld Radio Truth signal, but our regular short wave of Radio Truth. When you pick up Transworld Radio Truth, you will receive a very strong signal, but did NOT actually send our Transworld Radio Truth signal at this time, due to the fact that our satelite connection was not made correctly. There was an error with one of the several connecting apparatus. In order to correct the error, we are supposed to buy a new one, and our money is not enough at the present time. We'll advise you whenever we are ready to send out the signal to Europe. It is going to be a strong signal.
Excuse us please. May God bless you. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid General Manager and Director -------------------------------------"
I warned Dr M as soon as he first started to publicize this years ago that it was likely a scam, that he should demand proof and exact explanation of how it could be accomplished. And several times since (Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
``As of 2005-2015 nothing but some kind of ute noise blob on the plus side of 4055, at UTwente SDR.`` -- gh
This was centered on 4057 kHz. Some NATO STANAG transmission I think.
And of course nothing on 4055 kHz. I have little doubt about what's going on here: A devout men has been taken in, and one can only hope for him that he has not transferred money to some swindler.
I have to wonder about the guy, as reported from Canada, who repairs his transmitter if necessary: Did he really not try to explain some background? (Kai Ludwig, Germany, WOR iog via DXLD)
Here is my correspondence from 2016, 2017 with Ralph Wayne Borthwick:
From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 12:05 AM
To: w_dborthwick@hotmail.com
Subject: Verdad?
Wayne, I wonder what you think of this SW Alliance Euro-USA that Dr Madrid has been telling us about??? Do you have any further info about it? It all seems very fishy and vague to me, and even Edgar does not seem to understand how it is supposed to work even tho he has put up money for it. I tried contacting them at the email address he mentioned, but surprise, no reply. 73, Glenn Hauser
[The address Dr M mentioned, including the Mexican engineer involved:
"Milton Nova Posadas" <miltonposadas@hotmail.com>
"SWNetWork Short Wave" <shortwaveeurousa@gmail.com>]
Glenn, I agree it sounds fishy. I have never heard of it. I will be in Chiquimula mid Feb to fix a minor problem on the transmitter. Will hopefully learn more about it then. 73, Wayne Borthwick
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 12:09 AM
To: w_dborthwick@hotmail.com
Subject: Truth Worldwide
Hi Wayne, Since Dr Madrid is again writing about Radio Verdad going out Transmundial, like heard in Japan on 4 MHz when it is 9:45 am in Guatemala, I ask you again from your intimate familiarity with Radio Verdad, how this is possibly accomplished? Thanks, Glenn Hauser
Re: Truth Worldwide
Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:53 PM
Hi Glenn, I do not know what is going on with the R. Verdad trasmundial sig reports from Japan. While down there a year and I half ago to fix the transmitter Dr. Madrid talked briefly about it but I didn't get a good technical explanation. My wife broke her arm the second day there so we had to cut the visit short and head back to Canada and haven't discussed it since. Wayne Borthwick(via Glenn Hauser, Oct 6, 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Oct 6 at 1233, I try again and like yesterday hear no signal, but recheck at 1301 now there is S7-S8 of dead air again! Is Palangkaraya turning on the transmitter in vain hope that there will be something from Jakarta to modulate it, like the scheduled 1300 English, ex-9526v?
Propagation is certainly OK, as I again detect the JBA off-frequency carrier just below 3345 from RRI Ternate, which BTW is in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. (IIRC, Scott dismissed some Moluccas stamps as illegitimate; by a separatist movement?)
You won`t find Ternate on the WRTH 2018 page 56 slickmap of SE Asia, but it does show Palu, on Sulawesi! I did not even think of trying to hear RRI Palu as it`s been off the air for many years, despite implication there that it`s an active SW site. WTFK?
Last mentioned in DXLD 12-08 of February 22, *2012* ---
``INDONESIA. RRI Palu hasn't been reported on SW for a while as far as I've noticed, but I heard them a couple of days ago a little above 3967 kHz from tune-in around 2340 on 19 Feb UTC (morning of 20 Feb local time). The programming was current affairs talk and public service announcements with several mentions of RRI Palu, Pro-1 and "Kanal Inspirasi" until sign-off just before 2400. My listening location was Balikpapan, about 500 km west of Palu across the Strait of Makassar, and the signal was strong with good audio but a carrier instability problem. Regards (Alan Davies, Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-08)
Great! Ishida http://rri.jpn.org/ hasn`t caught this one yet as of Feb 22. Altho http://short-wave.info/?station=RRI%20Palu never noticed it was absent from nominal 3960, database probably derived from Aoki, which has the same schedule, no indication that it was inactive. When was it really last heard? It has been quite a while. According to DXLD 11-31, it was April 2009 per Ishida. But the last axual log of it in DXLD was 9-072 from Sept 18, 2009 by Barry Hartley in Australia.
It was last listed in the WRTH 2010 and even then it was *inactive on 3961v with 10 kW. Palu is in the NW corner of Sulawesi, same `radio subcountry` as Makassar, Gorontalo and Kendari (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1605, DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-08)
[short-wave.info] Database definitely derived from Aoki - the site states exactly that. Currently also states last update of the database was January 27. Since January 27 there have been well over 30 individual updated versions of the Aoki list (DanF, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST 12-08)
At least once a day, which is why I always check the current online Aoki rather than some archived version (gh, DXLD 12-08)``
This DXLD issue is also referenced at http://rri.jpn.org under April 2009 as the silent date for RRI Palu. Altho Atsunori Ishida suspended his site at the end of 2017, let us hope it remain available as a valuable historical archive (Glenn Hauser, OK, October 7, 2018, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND. 5505-USB, Oct 6 at 0605, YL with VOLMET, S7-S8 very poor vs storm noise, about the same level. EiBi shows only Shannon here 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, October 5 approx. 1850 UT, surprised to hear African Pathways Radio in English via MWV, with a segment quoting verses from the Qur`an ---- referencing Surah-this and Surah-that by number. Evidently WCB has an ``outreach`` to Moslems, a fine example of ecumenism, or more likely trying to trick them into reverting to Islam`s progenitor. I am not certain of the date and time as I can`t find a note about this since I was driving in the car. Could have been the repeat 2 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 2749-USB, Oct 7 at 0050, YL voice with presumed marine weather, S9 vs storm crashes up to S9+25 just east of here and a large area of north-central Texas.
2598-USB, Oct 7 at 0051, same thing about same level. Sounds like the same synthyl, but not //. Glad these Canadian MF stations are making it thru again as we get into fall.
According to the 2018 Canadian Coast Guard schedule:
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2018/Part2#21
``Table 2-24 - Sydney MCTS/VCO - Broadcasts [Nova Scotia]
Sydney MCTS/VCO - Broadcasts
UTC Site Frequency or Channel Contents
00:40 Port Caledonia 2749J3E Radiotelephony
Technical marine synopsis and forecasts for marine areas 209, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 231 and 232.
Wave height forecast for marine areas 209, 213, 214, 215 and 217.
Notices to Shipping in areas Cape Breton Shore (covering Cabot Strait to Banquereau Bank), Gulf of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland South Coast, P.E.I. and Miramichi Bay.
Notices to Shipping revising the position of every reported offshore exploration and exploitation vessel.``
``Table 2-10 - MCTS Placentia/VCP - Broadcasts [Newfoundland]
00:48 St. Lawrence 2598J3E Radiotelephony
Technical marine synopsis, forecasts and wave height forecasts for marine areas 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237 and 238.
Weather and Wave height forecasts for marine area 213.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 7 at 0035, strong unrecognized tunes segué, S9+25; finally 0040:30 break a ``Wolverine Radio`` ID as expected. Many logs here say the theme topic was ``Heaven``
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,46617.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1950 monitoring: Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, reports to the WOR iog: ``GERMANY, 6190, Hamburger Lokal Radio, Goehren, 0600-0710, 06-10, the habitual Saturday program in English, "Media Network Plus and "World of Radio" missed today - Out of air at this time. No signal here in Lugo and no signal via SDR Kiwi in Switzerland, Germany and SDR Twente in Holland, not even carrier detected.``
WOR 1950 confirmed on Unique Radio via WINB, Saturday October 6 from 1231 on 9265V, usual wobble but R5 in AM mode. I didn`t keep listening but Richard Langley, NB reports to the WOR iog:
``While trying to listen to Unique Radio via WINB on 9265 kHz this morning using the U. Twente SDR receiver (not surprisingly, reception was generally poor and only barely audible at times), a digital signal came up on the frequency at about 12:40 UTC and persisted until about 12:55 UTC. Was it heard elsewhere? Any ideas as to what this might have been? I can supply an audio recording if anyone is interested.-- Richard Langley``
``I am interested, since this must have been QRMing WOR, which I heard starting OK at 1231. Glenn``
``An mp3 file containing the full period of the digital signal plus a minute or so before and after is attached. It's rather large at about 15 MB but I've included the whole recording in case it is decodable and someone wants to try. Before the beginning of the digital signal, one can tell it's WoR by the sound of Glenn's voice even if you can't make out words very clearly. I checked a few previous Saturdays when I had also automatically recorded the Unique Radio broadcast using the U. Twente receiver but didn't notice any digital signal. When it occurs, this signal might only be audible in Europe but perhaps Tim can tell us if he's received any other reports of this co-channel QRMing signal. -- Richard Langley``
Next chance for WOR is 1431 UT Sat Oct 6 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 6190-CUSB. I`m unable to hear UTwente play, probably my recalcitrant computer, but there may have been nothing to hear anyway for the third weekend in a row, as Alan Gale, England, reports:
``No 6190 again today --- Hi Glenn, I've been monitoring 6190 kHz for HLR, but yet again no sign of it here; usually it gets better after the Equinox, so I have to assume that it's still off the air. Getting a great signal from Radio Emmeloord on 6095 kHz though. Alan``
Confirmed UT Sunday Oct 7 at 0326 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 7 minutes into, so started circa 0319; S9+20 but confronting S9+30 storm noise crashes east of here in OK. Next:
1030 UT Sunday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW [off last 2 weeks]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9955 to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.17v, UT Sunday Oct 7 at 0102, ``Ride of the Valkyries`` theme on WBCQ signifying it`s `Shortwave Saturday Night` at new time, and J.P. starts right off discussing the SCOTUS situation. Only S8 fading to S5 and not sure it will remain listenable for the next trihour.
What about 3265? When is WBCQ going to put that into regular service, which would be prudent with winter oncoming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7570, Oct 6 at 0443, WRMI with TOM announcements of contact info including ``Walterboro`` --- by YL in Spanish, OM in Korean, YL in Japanese, YL in Russian, some of them sounding synthetic. 0446 back to BS himself in --- what else? --- South Carolinian English, and // 5850.
7730, WRMI has also been scheduled with TOM until 0500, so I check it at 0446 --- but not //, instead protracted sermon in Indonesian, presumably Alameda Bible Fellowship.
NDXC/Aoki as of Oct 6 has 30 entries for ABF via WRMI; are these written in stone, with the very odd transition times? All are attributed to the #1 transmitter which cannot be correct. Final numbers are days of week starting with 1=Sunday; I assume ``1-57`` mean every day except 6 = Friday. Viz.:
15770 1630-1647 Eng Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1646-1700 Hin Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1700-1716 Eng Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1716-1730 Fre Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1730-1748 Spa Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1748-1805 Por Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1805-1824 Ger Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1824-1850 Pol Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1850-1907 Cze Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1907-1924 Rus Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1924-1943 Ara Okeechobee1 1-7
15770 1943-2000 Heb Okeechobee1 1-7
9395 2300-2313 Eng Okeechobee1 1-7
9395 2313-2328 Spa Okeechobee1 1-7
9395 2328-2342 Fre Okeechobee1 1-7
5850 0100-0116 Eng Okeechobee1 1-57
5850 0116-0132 Jap Okeechobee1 1-57
5850 0132-0147 Kor Okeechobee1 1-57
5850 0147-0200 Chi Okeechobee1 1-57
7780 0300-0316 Eng Okeechobee1 346
7780 0316-0332 Fre Okeechobee1 346
7780 0332-0400 Spa Okeechobee1 346
7780 0400-0416 Pot Okeechobee1 346
7780 0416-0434 Ger Okeechobee1 346
7780 0434-0450 Pol Okeechobee1 346
7780 0450-0500 Cze Okeechobee1 346
7730 0400-0416 Eng Okeechobee1 3457
7730 0416-0430 Fre Okeechobee1 3457
7730 0430-0446 Jap Okeechobee1 3457
7730 0446-0500 Ind Okeechobee1 3457
No such info has been found on the WRMI website itself. These do not include various other times and frequencies heard with ABF. Searching does not find the word Alameda anywhere on the WRMI website; nor on the Overcomerministry site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 5950, UT Sunday Oct 7 at 0027, WRMI amid `Viva Miami` with Jeff in mailbag, rapidly mentioning only name, location and frequency from lots of reporters, a Latin American group as I tune in. Still going at 0030, so this transmitter is again running off-kilter scheduling, as the 14-minute VM should not be spanning a quarter-hour break. Recheck at 0041, now with gospel huxter concerned about Satan.
No het from 5952.5 Radio Pio XII, Bolivia tonight; must be off. But there has been lite pulse jamming from the hi side, not I think vs WRMI despite its relay deal with Radio Martí at other times; but long leftover from years ago when Radio República via Costa Rica was on 5954.1v! Tuning down at 0031 I find the same lite jamming against nothing on 5890, which is a long-gone ex-frequency of VOA Spanish! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085 (and parasite spurs 5072.1 & 5097.9), UT Sun Oct 7 at 0000, once `Discover Oklahoma` and/or `PBS Newshour` are finished on TV, I tune in to tail of `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` on WTWW. Sure sounds familiar: ``I could have danced all night``, then Bob Heil chitchat just like heard 168 hours ago about having to get out as the janitor is coming, etc., etc. Closes with ``Why do you do me like you do?`` which does not end until 0012:40, so this repeat is running even later than last week --- so late, that Ted skips the canned program outro and gets right to his MFJ commercial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5055.76 & 5044.22 approx., Oct 7 at 0042, WWRB`s gospel huxter modulation from 5050 is again blasting out intermittent matching spurs at S9+30. And second-order weaker scratch about 5038.4, so that poor RHC 5040 gets a triple whammy, from both sides, in addition to general splash out of 5050; and like last time, RHC may as well turn off, as it`s self-defeatingly undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC --- and WWRB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 13680, Oct 6 at 1316, American accented English --- so most likely CRI? NO, not // 9570 via Cuba. O yes, Voice of Hope (Africa) as ID in passing a bit later; S7 peaks, deep fades to S2. This frequency active weekends only, aimed thisawayish. // 9680 ND is as usual buried under the China radio war (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, despite storm noise from KS & TX, October 6 from 0500 UT: 558, 585(2), 621, 639(2), 693, 729, 774, 837, 855(2), 882, 909, 936, 999, 1017, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1125, 1215, 1314, 1413, 1458 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11960-USB, Oct 6 at 1311, 2-way in Spanish, Mexican accents, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0508 UT October 7
