** CUBA. 5990 CRI relay, 6000 RHC, Feb 15 at 0051 both are suptorted, so cannot make anything out of their leapfrog on 6010; likewise suptorted is 5025 Rebelde, while 5040 & 6060 RHC are OK, presumably reflecting contrary situations at two different sites. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15700, Feb 15 at 1523, CRI Plus English relay is S9+20 and suptorted. This is hardly unusual, but qualifies for ``something`s always wrong at RadioCuba`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 13670, Feb 14 at 1812, MWV is back in English with `African Pathways Radio`; and also the next English hour from 2000 on 11965, rather than Arabic which occupied both hours yesterday, another of their too-frequent mixups. 2000 preview mentions opening music, and closing music, then proceeds to play the closing music now, something from their ``beloved Madagascar``. So they are mixed up even within the programs. Good signals as usual from the near-antipodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690-, Feb 14 at 1814, VON JBA with off-frequency carrier before Spain or Madagascar collide; and also DRM noise 15115-15120-15125, presumably both in English now, and are they //? By next check at 1950, no DRM audible. Wolfgang Bueschel reported on same date:
``Wonderful English language program audio from Abuja today Febr 14 at 1745 UT on 9689.920 kHz, S=8-9 or -77dBm signal here in southern Germany. And also at 1804 UT still on 2nd Abuja unit in DRM mode on 19 meterband: S=9+10dB data block of 10 kHz broadband, 'notch snick' central visible on 15119.861 kHz exact, and a separate 'string' visible on 15120.610 kHz exact. 73 wolfie df5sx`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615.066, Feb 15 at 1410, JBA carrier from SRI, and also JBACs on not-way-off-frequencies 17705, 17895. This is notable only because these Saudisigs are almost the only signs of life on 16m after sunrise here, but even they have been inaudible lately. Always-skewed 17615.066 suffers a transmission break at 1414. By 1458 only the lowest is audible, still at 1520 when I measure it. But at 1525, much stronger SRIs on 15435, 13710. HFCC info for each:
17895 12-15 295 degrees
17705 12-15 310
17615 13-16 190
15435 15-18 320
13710 15-18 295
HFCC doesn`t care, but WRTH shows the two different programs: Qur`an on 17895, 17615 [sic], 13710; General Arabic on 17705, 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570 & 7730, Feb 15 at 0154, WRMI dead air during TOMBS, but soon resumes. Both frequencies much weaker than usual, only S9 max, propagation disturbance? 7730 is always somewhat weaker than 7570 here which is beaming right at us while 7730 is 30 degrees CCW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 4840, Feb 15 at 0710, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR when supposed to be TOMBS; may well last all-night but I`m going to sleep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 7355, Feb 15 at 1529, B-B-C- chimes at S9, 1530 opening Korean; 5845 shortly at 1533 find VP //. Both are 250 kW, 25 degrees via SINGAPORE until 1830. 1530-1830 scheduling originated when KOREA NORTH was temporarily on half-hour time-zone. But 7355 supposedly has been extended to start at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15770, Feb 14 at 1952, dead air from WRMI, supposed to be Supreme Master TV. I continue monitoring silence until 1959.5 WRMI ID autofires and cut off the air. 5950 is supposed to take over SMTV at 2000, and do have a JBA carrier already but can`t tell what if anything be modulating it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5130.5, VP UT Fri Feb 15 at 0059, this WBCQ is on, contrary to never-up-to-date websked showing nothing between 0330 Wed and 0100 Sat --- now ending some talk show with phone 323-2943; ID and 0100 into another show, all about guns, mentioning Wednesday, so delayed a day? 0200 abrupt cut to ID and some music; 0203 someone ``proclaiming the gospel`` from P O Box 23110(?), definitely in Bethlehem PA. Still VP signal.
7490.18, UT Fri Feb 15 at 0157, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` mentioning that `Dead Frog Radio` is coming back from next Friday for two hours following AWWW at 9 pm ET, produced by an inmate at a federal prison; how does he do it? Then e-mail from the guy who has arranged to be QSL manager for XEG-1050 Monterrey NL. I already heard this episode months ago, but random listeners to this filler might assume it`s current about DFR. Such are the drawbax of playing unedited old live episodes which do not refer to specific dates. 01-02 UT Fri on 7490 is indeed an ``available time slot``, to be followed at 02-03 by VORW --- NOT, as 7490 then goes off the air.
3264.9, Feb 15 at 0200, JBA carrier so presumably WBCQ still testing here; has it been on every might since Monday, all night? Sked still says ``There are no scheduled transmissions on 3265 KHz at this time`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5072.166, Feb 15 at 0702, WTWW-2 is running late again, all-night? with rock music, so I pin down exact frequencies of the parasitic spurs always accompanying 5085, the opposite one measured on 5097.838, i.e. 12.838 plus and 12.834 minus. So the fundamental should be slightly askew too: but measured independently as 5085.000, so within 2 Hz margins of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Friday Feb 15 at 1408, no signal from WINB non-DRM carriers below 13690, nor DRM noise above 13690, supposed to run M-F at 11-17. This hugely asymmetrical transmission, unique to WINB on 13690 (& 7315 M-F at 07-09, neither registered as DRM), remains to be explained why it occur. What does it look like on dreamscreens? And was this on air in time for `SW Radiogram` at 1500 Fri? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775-, Feb 15 at 1522, still no signal from KVOH, off or not propagating? Still zilch at 1942 check. After my last report, Ray Robinson of KVOH replied, ``There are views of the KVOH antenna site, transmitter building and Harris SW100 transmitter in this month's Voice of Hope video update, here [9:36]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4YXoopZOM. The Harris is finally fully refurbished and all hooked up, almost ready to turn on. The RCA transmitter's days are numbered! Ray.``
Amid all the platitudes, bits of info are gleanable: Tayloe says power will be ``doubled`` --- does that mean running both transmitters? The ``new`` Harris is axually an old one from KTWR Guam, which has been ``totally rebuilt`` with ``thousands of hours of work over three years``, ``we are within weeks of signing on``; and it will be ``good for 20 years unless the Lord comes first``. Programming will also be increased on all three stations, Israel and Zambia too.
Ethan Best, KC9YDN, and I, wonder ``Will 9975 kHz be returning soon?`` No reply about that. During long inactivity, KVOH has kept imaginary registrations of it in HFCC as 00-08 UT, 100 kW and 100 degrees, like 17775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, Feb 15 at 1535 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still off the air; random daytime chex have not found it since last logged Dec 2, altho I wasn`t paying much attention until late January. Have they notified FCC that they are off or applied for STA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Feb 15 at 1537 UT, 50 kW KBXD Dallas is still in Vietnamese and still propagating 2+ hours after sunrise as QRM to much closer groundwave KQAM Wichita in English, and making a slow SAH of 45/minute = 0.75 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Fri Feb 15 at 1540! UT, blues music with narration, loops NE/SW with some fades past 1549, suspected KXEL Waterloo IA still skywaving, best on the E-W longwire, while Spanish from Dallas dominates on the DX-398. Confirmed at: http://www.kxel.com/program-schedule/
Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb | 8-10amwhich does not link to show site, but I find it: http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/
``There's no politics at Our American Network, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears with our first show Our American Stories.``
And a large archive of listenable episodes, probably this one: http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/story?title=The-Fred-Davis-Blues``The Fred Davis Blues --- Howard Husock shares a story of music, friendship, and tremendous talent lost to violence.``
Seems like a worthwhile show and a much-needed respite from AM radio politix, like Redeye Radio and Rush also on the KXEL sked, which is yet somewhat diverse. Or find anotherstation:http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1955 UT February 15
