DX/SWL/Media Programs updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
World of Radio sked updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
** CANADA [and non]. 6070-, March 2 at 0327, CFRX with medium-fast SAH, maybe about 10 Hz, as CFRX is always offset slightly-minus, but what else could there be? Channel 292 Germany could be 24 hours, but Manuel Méndez, Spain has reported that ``eclipsing`` CFRX sometime after 0500, so is that when it signs on? But EiBi has the answer: IRAN in Arabic at 0320-0420 on 6070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, March 2 at 0325, RHC is S9+10 of dead air in Spanish, ha2; 5910, CRI English relay is S9+30 of JBM; 6000 RHC English is undermodulated somewhat distorted; 6165 RHC English is less undermodulated and not distorted; 6060 RHC Spanish is *off*. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), UT Sat March 2 at 0100, WBCQ webcast with bits of music and silence as if trying to bring up the wrong feeds; finally `William Tell Overture` starts and then lo-fi audio as A&A interject. Says they just flew down from Bangor ME to Sanford FL, so they must have skipped the Winter SWL Fest along the way near Philadelphia.
At 0121 checking the SW frequencies: 7490.2 is VP; 9330.17 is VP but identifiably // AWWW; 3264.9 JBA carrier of unknown content; 5130.48 is VP best of the lot but with something else.
I hope John Carver heard more of it; he already reports as of 0140:
``Tonight's AWWW --- Music, dead air, station promo before the top of the hour, dead air, snippet of music, dead air, music snippet and then the familiar theme starts. Both Allan and Angela doing voice overs during the theme. Poor signal on 7490. Allan and Angela flew to FLA this morning and are doing the show from there this evening. Mr. Transistor Norm called at 0107. Lost the signal at 0108. 5130 has the militia, no signal on 9330 so I end up on 3265 again. Fair signal and then it almost sounds like the transmitter went down and was restarted. then the noise came up making it difficult to copy. By 0116 I can copy nothing on either frequency. After the previous weekend's terrible 26 hour windstorm with gusts as high as 65 mph I checked all the antennas this week and the only one that didn't survive was the TV antenna. So I guess it's Allan Weiner only in certain areas instead of world wide. John, Mid-North Indiana``.
Meanwhile I was wondering if there would be any live broadcasts from the Fest: I asked Larry Will if there will be any (non-pirate); he replies:
``Jane and I are planning to be live from the Fest Sunday 0100-0200 UTC on 5130 and the Area 51 webcast. Lw`` i.e. Saturday night
I also asked Jeff White of WRMI, and he replied, no, not this year, but he is there recording a bunch of interviews which will be on Wavescan next weeks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), March 2 at 0248, I notice that the WBCQ webcast I had up earlier for AWWW is still running with someone talking; so I listen in: It`s about the Unity Bible Fundamentalist Church planning its very own ``DMR``-only SW transmitters, the next big thing, as a second ``free speech`` station like WBCQ but reaching parts of the world it does not: western US, Russia, China, India, Europe.
Huh? WBCQ 500 kW and rotatable antenna expects to cover everywhere from Maine. Appeals for funds, anything from $1 to $5000 welcome --- hey, if Brother Starr [sic] and Scriptures for America can raise hundreds of thousands for SW broadcasts, why not? Altho he ``hates money``, and will get this done, even without major financial support.
Says he already got a positive response from FCC. Keeps referring to ``DMR``, but slips once calling it ``DRM``. Needs to be on SW, since he is banned from FB, Twitter and other social media. This turns out to be Pastor Cody Serafeld(?), and a sidekick, from a ``little bitty church`` in Conroe TX, on the `Far Right Radio Show` --- so as a Free Speech station, he will certainly welcome the Far Left! The FRRS still has not achieved any visibility on the WBCQ program sked; UT Sat 02-04 on 7490 still shows as `Dead Frog Radio` which has passed away.
Still listening to webcast, at 0301 the standard WBCQ sign-off, so I guess the 7490+ transmitter was still running if inaudible here. And after that still more music on the webcast, at least.
At 0324, 5130.43 is still on JBA trace of modulation, with what? The 5 MHz unit has been showing up at unexpected times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0526 UT March 2
