** CANADA. 2749-USB, April 2 at 0637 UT, unusual to hear anything in the nightmiddle, but marine weather info in French with English accent; millibars and direxions mentioned, also Matane several times which is a Québec city on the Gaspé coast NE of Rimouski. Stops at 0639* and nothing now on 2598-USB either. I cannot find a 2019 schedule on the Canadian Coast Guard site, just 2018: http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/Marine-Communications/RAMN-2018/Part2#21 which does not show anystation ending around 0640 UT; and it has never been clear to me whether these stations stay on UT or make DST shifts! CCG 2018 sked does show VCO Sydney NS *starting at 0740 UT via Port Caledonia site, English only, which would now be *0640 if DST be observed. Nor does this version:
http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm#O%20ATL
Bill Hepburn replies already to an advance copy of the above:
``Hi Glenn, That could've just been an unscheduled broadcast with a marine warning or an amended forecast. Unscheduled broadcasts are not that uncommon. I've heard lots of them over the years. They also interrupt the VHF continuous marine broadcasts.
From the RAMN: "MCTS Centres broadcast marine safety information through continuous, scheduled and unscheduled broadcasts to provide mariners with information such as weather bulletins, ice information, and notices to shipping (NOTSHIP) concerning the operational status of navigational aids and dangers to navigation."
BTW, broadcast times noted in UT remain on UT regardless of ST/DT status. The RAMN's are now updated on an ongoing basis - so it's always the latest issue. You can check the amendment dates on the Amendment Register on page i. The "year" changes in April, the official annual issue time.
My guess is that you heard Escoumins Coast Guard Radio broadcasting from its site on Grindstone Island, QC. Regards, Bill Hepburn`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Monday April 1 at 2302, no signal from RHC for `Mesa Redonda` TV soundtrack, which is S9+30 on only // 11950. So no ACI this side of 5995 Mali. By 2306, 6000 has come on too. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, April 2 at 0625, this RHC English is off; 6060 is loud S9+30 with music; 6100 is S9+30 but undermodulated with hum; 6165 only S7 and u/mod. At 0629, 5040 starts `Focus on Africa` with a song from Sierra Leone, good S9+20. So English span is now more-or-less 23-07. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 13820, April 2 at 1338, residual lite jamming on ex-Martí frequency, while heavier jamming seems now under replacement 13605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 13735, April 2 at 1340, YL speaking, S4 with flutter. HFCC shows nothing but VIRI in Russian, 1320-1430, 500 kW, 336 degrees from Sirjan. One of few signals on band besides Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 5980, April 2 at 1413, RNZI is S9-S6, poor maybe with SAH; Ron Howard reports that Shiokaze/Sea Breeze has started using two frequencies at once, including this one for the daily 1405-1435 Japanese broadcast, // 6090 (and the 1300-1400 including Thursday English is on 5920 // 6070). JIC continues to demonstrate incompetence in frequency management, as NZ is not the only collision. Will Adrian keep it there? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9690, Monday April 1 at 2201, REE in English, with what else, music, in this case a blues band visiting and then Justin Coe interviews a Jeff. So for A-18, English has shifted one UT hour earlier to 2200-2230 M/W/F. Should also be on the other three, 12030, 11940, 11670. Come on, Justin, suppress your música-sobretodo-mania and give us some news, even analysis of current events in Spain! Or would that be too unsafe under circumstances? Secret REE Arabic should now be at 2130, M-F? on 12030, 11670, unchecked yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830.05 approx., April 1 at 2228, VOT English to N America for A-19, no RTTY QRM, only slightly off-frequency+plus, pending a crash to 9830.7v one of these days. (I also must cope with a constant local device JBA carrier slightly off 9830.000.) But something else is already wrong: 2259 still on with IS, and 2300, 2-second-late, 6-pip mis-timesignal and into GERMAN! still past 2305 check, just like sloppyrators at Emiler would do in B-season after 0000 on 5960. Fortunately now there are no legitimate broadcasters to collide on 9830 after 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday April 2 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG; also at 0100 on 7780,
S9/+10, F-G. Next:
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0000 UT Thursday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
0930 UT Friday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
[it is unclear when 1976 will start airing, as 1975 has unavoidably begun 4 days late; stations please replay latest available editionif necessary]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Monday April 1 at 2140, Radio Free Grenada ID for 15105 kHz! It`s featured on `La Rosa de Tokio` this week via WRMI; later discusses Radio Swan. This show and `Historias de Radio` provide a *lot* of historical SW info with clips (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, April 2 at 0622, S9+40/50 of dead air, obviously WWCR transmitter normally off at this time; equivalent level to 5935 with DGS modulation. What of the other two? 4840 at 0630 is also dead air of S9+30, instead of Alex Jones? (who has admitted he is psychotic) --- no, scheduled InfoWars until 0600, then TOMBS here too; 3215 at 0633 is S9+20 with double-audio! at about equal level: TOMBS and something mentioning 1-800-VENUSLIVE (?). Both are on both LSB and USB; the least WWCR could do would be to separate them sidebandedly. Own WWCR program sked dated April 1 shows 3215 is supposed to be OFF the air at 05-09! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4810, April 2 at 0630, steady weak carrier here, vs utehash on plus side. Aoki thinx R. Logos, Perú runs 0900-2400 only; EiBi B-18 shows 1000-1300 & 2300-0226. WRTH 2019 is noncommittal as to hours. Could also be a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5800, April 2 at 0623, OM solo song, VP S4-S5, need LSB to avoid ute QRM plus. No legit broadcasters scheduled here except: Guess what ---- now registered in Jeff`s A-19 HFCC is WRMI available 24 hours on 5800 via 181 degree Cuban antenna; but surely not this now, far too weak. Nor is it a Cuban spur as one must always consider.
Checking full HFCC, 5800 and 11580 24h are the only RMI listings not (yet?) in use, but most current frequencies are registered beyond their axual hours.
However, Free Radio Service Holland publicized activity as of March 31 on 5800 i.a., but not mentioned at this specific time. Here`s what FRSH says:
http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/129-frs-holland-on-air-on-sunday-march-31st-2019.html
So it could well be some other Europirate now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Note: there are still no April Fool items in this report, etc., etc., etc.
This report dispatched at 1833 UT April 2
