** CANADA. 860, Nov 1 at 1247 UT, as I am trying to separate KKOW from XEMO, but can`t since they are almost collinear with Enid, instead with both of them nulled I hear French in the clear, mentioning Canada, which is CBKF-2, Saskatoon, Sask., 10/10 kW U4. NRC Pattern Book of 2013 shows major lobe north day and night, but almost as major to S at night, SSE at day, no doubt to cover Regina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7435, Nov 1 at 0003, Greenville having a problem getting Radio Martí going: S9+20/30 carrier on and off, while 7355 is already running; 0004, just-barely modulation starts, gradually turned up to normal level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 12085, Nov 1 at 1333, YL sounds much like KSDA in Thai QRMing 12035 Turkey, q.v.; but not // 12085 is KSDA in Lao (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 11629.760, Nov 1 at 1431, R. Kuwait is S9+10/S9 with Qur`an. Seems this one is consistently off-frequency unlike Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WINB
** MEXICO. 550, Nov 1 at 0045, ``91.3, La Súper-Estación``, loops WSW. Of course it`s XEPL, Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Axually, I thought they said ``101.3`` which sounds rather similar in Spanish.
540, Nov 1 at 0046, ``La Ranchera de Paquimé`` on AM & FM, i.e. XETX with FM on 90.5, from Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua.
709.875, Nov 1 at 0048, tell-tale het against KCMO or KGNC, from the sometimes off-frequency alternate transmitter of XEDP, La Ranchera de Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Still there at 0612 when I measure, 709.875? Yes, mwoffsets has it on 709.87 as of 2017-03-08.
870, Nov 1 at 0052 UT, XETAR music and YL DJ with 5:52 TC, about to close down daytimer at 6:00. La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, Guachochi, Chihuahua, at first atop WWL, then making fast SAH with it. I`m accustomed to hearing this around sunrise.
BTW, the UT-7 TC confirms Mexico beyond the US economic-influenced border cities, has sensibly now ended DST a week before USA; it would be even more sensible for both countries to abolish it.
These XEs logged following Kaz`s advisory instead to seek US daytimers to the west on the best night of the year before they must sign off much earlier from tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 820, Nov 1 at 1241 UT, romantic music in Spanish over WBAP which a few minutes earlier had been dominant; 1242 canned YL ID as ``Canal ochocientos veinte, ABC Radio``, i.e. XEABCA, Mexicali BCN and back to more romx, a title starting with ``Amor ---``. Now I measure its SAH separation from WBAP at less than 1 Hz, 48 per minute or 0.8 Hz. My sunrise today 1255 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 860, Nov 1 at 1247 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS C&W is getting CCI in Spanish, but cannot mutually null them, i.e. close to opposite direxion. They both null at the same position, audiblizing French from CBKF-2 Saskatoon; see CANADA. 1301 Mexican NA, short choral version, and 1303 ``XEMO, La Poderosa 860, música de recuerdo``, non-sign-on info with street address, website, and then prayer to María. XEMO is 10/7.5 kW from Tijuana BCN, which in fact is almost exactly opposite to here from KKOW, but six times further (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 15720.10, Oct 31 at 2111, RNZI back on this band, only poor now. Most of their frequencies are slightly off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Periodic update on Enid stations as of November 1:
530, `K530AM` Vance AFB TIS remains off the air for months now, altho sometimes I think I have a very weak carrier.
1390, KCRC, 1/1 kW, continues to put big spurs causing hets circa 30 and 60 kHz above and below: 1330, 1360, 1420, 1450. The two closer ones have plenty of modulation, all messing up KS and OK legit stations.
88.3, Family Radio satellator K202BY, remains on the air for months now with dead air.
RF 17, K17JN-D, Three Angels satellator continues with activity on 17-1, 17-3, and 17-5, black/silence on 17-2, 17-4, 17-6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 25, Nov 1 after 0335 UT during Colbert, on a different antenna, I am now getting KWTV OKC duplicating 9.1 and 9.2 on new channel, as well as old RF 39. Apparently there is another month before they must close down 39; and duplication is OK contrary to my previous IIRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 9650.037, Oct 31 at 1817, JBA carrier off-frequency. Aoki has nothing but Guinea at this hour, but never noted them that far off. HFCC has no Guinea, but Riyadh, 100 kW ND at 1400-1800 in Arabic, so likely that extended. IIRC there was also a 9650 radio war with Iran in A-18 at some hour, but VIRI not scheduled in B-18.
9675, Oct 31 at 1819, Türkish at S9-S7, the SSOB! excerpt for 9475 WTWW. This one is definitely Riyadh as scheduled 1800-2057, 500 kW, 340 degrees Turkward and also USward. I bet the Saudis have a few things to say to the Turx (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9690, Nov 1 at 0010, REE fair in Portuguese to North America. Presumably also to S America on 11940, inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 15270v, Nov 1 at 1324, VOT sign-off in German, mentioning 49 mb for a later broadcast, i.e. 5945 at 1830, bit of IS and off; only slightly off-frequency but no time to measure it. Yes, the German broadcast at 1230 is now here on 310 degree antenna from Emirler, so I retune to 12035 for next broadcast from same in English.
12035, finally *1329 with VOT IS and sign-on in English, now with correct time and frequency! But *1329 at same time on 12035 is a weaker signal with AWR theme and then in Thai, making a fast SAH, i.e. KSDA due west from GUAM at 1330-1400. Both are in HFCC, but I was hearing *no* sign of KSDA the previous few days of B-18 season. This can ruin the first half of VOT, still CCI at 1355, but off by 1359.
Note: if you don`t hear VOT English on 12035 promptly from no later than 1330, check 15270 where the sloppyrators at Emirler may have let it run late into the next language on the feed.
11815, Nov 1 at 1429, VOT Turkish music is VG way over JBA Japan, and not +0.7 kHz off-frequency today, nor is 12035! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15580, Oct 31 at 2112, VOA with rock music at S9, the SSOB, >> 15610 WEWN, 15720 RNZI. For B-18, Greenville-B has been resumed on this frequency but for only one hour at 2100-2200. We expect to be able to hear `Music Time in Africa` L&C on Fridays. 250 kW at 94 degrees, but we are directly off the back at ideal skip distance 1846 km = 1147 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1954 monitoring: NOT confirmed, Wednesday Oct 31 at 2100 on WRMI, since 9955 is OFF the air! Still nothing at 2113 check while 9395 Oldies is S9+20. Final recheck at 2129 just as WOR is ending, 9955 has come on sometime since 2113 with WOR in progress. Simul on WBCQ 7490.14 confirmed, fair since 2105 tune-in, vs high local line noise level of S9+35! Next:
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1231 UT Saturday Unique 9265V via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional [nominal 0315-]
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW [? not last week]
0400vUT Monday Area 51 5130v via WBCQ to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, UT Thu Nov 1 at 0006, AWR Wavescan on WRMI as one of three dozen airtimes, but hit now by heavy wall-of-noise jamming. There is no exile programming in Spanish at 0000, but two other Spanish shows on UT Fri & Mon; however, Radio Libertad must be jammed at 2315-2400 M-F, and the sloppyraters at the DCJC certainly don`t care about causing collateral damage to enemy RMI.
Note that from Nov 4, all programming on 9955 shifts one UT hour later to stay at the same ET. Jeff White notifies that this also applies to 9395 and 9455, but all other frequencies stay at the same UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNID 7730
** U S A [and non]. 13685-13690-13695, Nov 1 at 1332, assymetrical DRM noise, just like we used to hear on 15665-15670-15675 from WINB, which has been missing: `Normal` DRM on hi side, `rough` on lower side. So now I bet it`s WINB. Seems that for latest WINB info one must check their twitting, not the winb.com website, but which at least refers to
twits:
``winb@SWWINB Oct 29
https://twitter.com/@SWWINB
Here is our fall DRM schedule: Mon-Fri only:
7315 kHz 062 deg. 0700-0900 UT
9265 kHz 062 deg. 0900-1100 UT
13690 kHz 062 deg. 1100-1700 UT
On weekdays, time between 1700 and first scheduled AM broadcast is occasionally used for transmitter testing on 9265 kHz, often DRM``
I`ve yet to hear or see any reports of DRM on 7315 or 9265, but could easily be missed overnight. HFCC B-18 indeed no longer has WINB on 15670, but 13690, however as ``D`` which means NOT DRM! This defective 13690 DRM still going at 1428 check.
BTW, no DRM on 13645-13650-13690 today (as in previous report I wondered if 13690 could be spur out of KUWAIT), but here is another twit about that, from who knows where:
``DRMNA.INFO Retweeted
Benjamin @Benjami51372632 Oct 31
https://twitter.com/drmna_info
2018-31-10 1400z DRM radio_Kuwait is on 13650khz in arabic for last 5 hrs. Loud and clear. The show goes on! #drmlog 0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, Nov 1 at 1245 UT, ``102.9, más música y variedad --- en español, el motivador``. Must be US station, as a Mexican would never need to say it`s in Spanish! Loops E/W. NRC AM Log shows it`s KJFA Belén, Nuevo Méjico, 1800/30 watts U1, slogan as Éxitos 102.9. Yes, of course, it`s way pre-sunrise there, so on day power? Official sunrise is not until an hour later, 1345 UT! (December: 1400). First time I`ve heard it here; KJFA-840 is successor to KARS-860 Belén. Now for Albuquerque market, address for the cluster at 4125 Carlisle NE, which I think used to host KHFM i.a.
I thought 102.9 would be a translator, even on Sandia Crest, but no, KJFA-FM is 3.7 kW ERP horizontal only, licensed to Pecos NM, on the other side of SC, do how does that get into ABQ? FCC coverage map shows it does not, and barely into Santa Fe and Las Vegas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 870, Nov 1 at 1225 UT, weather in the 20s and 30s, snow, mention northern Wisconsin, so this sure isn`t WWL. First on R75, then switch to DX-398 to get a bearing. Yes, with WWL nulled. 1228 UT more such weather, highs in 40s. 1231 UT TC for 7:31 =CDT, now 25 degrees, mention Minnesota. This is certainly KPRM Park Rapids MN, 50/2.5 kW U2. Suspect on 50 kW ND day pattern as night nulls south. But official FCC November sunrise is not until 1315 UT! Even in October it was 1230 UT, so I should not have been hearing it already at 1225. December will be 1400 UT which they will probably also precede (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Nov 1 at 1215-1221: 531, 558, 567, 585, 594, 702, 711, 738, 747, 756, 774, 828, 837, 855, 864, 873, 945, *972, 1008, 1017, 1044, 1098(2), 1143, 1566. *=strongest, no doubt Korea South; (2) = at least two carriers beating, Marshalls and what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Nov 1 at 1304 UT, Spanish M&W with KRVN nulled; too late for Chihuahua (the 700s were big at 1235, but gone by our sunrise 1255). Too many US possibilities in NRC AM Log: WIJR Highland IL (St Louis mkt), WMDB Nashville TN, KJOZ Conroe TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7730, Oct 31 at 2113, weak DRM-like noise; could WRMI be testing it? Probably not but check further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17750-USB, Oct 31 at 2109, 2-way INTRUDERS, probably in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17850-AM, Oct 31 at 2110, JBA carrier, and the OSOB to boot; but nothing scheduled now in HFCC or Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1811 UT November 1
