** AUSTRALIA. 9610, April 4 at 1325, S8-S9 in S Asian language saying ``@twr.in`` so it must be TWR-India, via?? NO, scheduled is Reach Beyond Australia on 9610 in Hindi until 1330 Thursdays. Could RBA be secretly carrying TWR programming, or did I mishear? A bit more S Asian talk and music follows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [non]. 15120-15125, Thu April 4 at 1403, I can tell WINB hybrid DRM is on, but VP S4 about = noise level. This must be the new Unique Radio transmission at 14-15 Wed/Thu/Fri. Tim doesn`t say what the program is --- his own `Sounds of Your Life`??
BTW, NIGERIA could also be DRMing circa 15119.9 as early as 1600 in Arabic, as reported by Ivo Ivanov; while WINB is scheduled until 1700 M-F, so a head-on collision is possible. I wonder what will happen then? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855.693, April 4 at 0535 JBA carrier, no doubt an apparition from Aparecida back on air this overnight, and the OSOB except for weak 11520 WEWNglish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 341 kHz, April 4 at 0549 UT, dash and YYU ND beacon, 500 watts from Kapuskasing, Ontario, one neat name. Town website says, ``Did you know? Kapuskasing means "Bend in the river" in Cree``. Also logged a USA station on same frequency, different pitch, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, April 4 at 0520, RHC is S9+20 of dead air in English; 6060 is S9+20/30 good modulation of music in Spanish; 6100 S9+20/30, undermodulated but sufficient to hear; 6165 S9+10 undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15370, April 4 at 1858, S9+10 open carrier from RHC about to start algo at 1900? Nothing known before 1930 French to Europe. Is this something wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, April 5 at 0534, RHC English S9+10 JBM here; 6060 S9+10 good mod; 6100 S9+20 undermodulated; 6165 S9+10 JBM; 5040 S9+20 distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Also suffering from local high line noise level at S9 on this and lower bands! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15230, April 5 at 1402, RHC is S8-S9 but just barely modulated; while 15140 is only S7-S8 but sufficiently modulated. But by 1651, 15140 is suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6070, Thursday April 4 at 1348, two carriers making fast SAH, CFRX vs Sea Breeze, JAPAN, as I can almost recognize its earnest YL in English; as Ron Howard reports, presumably // on 5920 vs Voice of Freedom, which are VP here. At 1405 I am hearing CFRX only on 6070-minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 9630, April 4 at 0516, RNZI is much weaker than usual, in fact about equal to the het from 9630.48 R. Aparecida, Brasil. Due to local storms I am on the internal longwire, but don`t think that should make much relative difference --- if anything, Brasil should be weaker on it.
9630, April 5 at 0532, RNZI back up to S9+10 tonight, way atop the still audible Aparecida het to the plus side.
5945, April 5 at 1330, RNZI still on here with music instead of 5980 after 1259, then 1332 YL about Solar System; S9+10 including local HNL of S9, still detectable past 1400. Perhaps coping with the JSR clash on 5980? But websked still shows 5980 from 1259 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 4635, April 5 at 0137, notorious buzzer is barely audible; seems not evenly spaced, occasionally a double-buzz, adding up to approx. 64 times per minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 9690, April 4 at 1853, REE is poor S4-S8 but alone. Have not heard the tell-tale het from Nigeria-minus lately. Ivo Ivanov says the other collision on 9690 with MWV Russian at 19-20 has been resolved by its last-minute change to 9845 (where I get a JBA carrier at best) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1976, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, April 4 at 1320, no signal from VOT English to Europe and USward from 1230 in A-19, nor have I been able to detect it yet past few days; pitiful propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 341 kHz, April 4 at 0549 UT, as I am copying ND beacon YYU from Kapuskasing, CANADA, another one on same frequency at higher pitch, much weaker is OIN, 25 watts from relatively close Oberlin, Kansas, new here. Wait a minute, what about my local on 341, Enid`s own EI ---? Must be off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1975 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 3 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S8-S9; and 4 seconds later on WBCQ 7490.15v, S3-S5.
Missed checking UT Thu April 4 at 0000 on WRMI 7730 while I was at a planetarium show by Northern Oklahoma College; confirmed at 0125 UT Thu April 4 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair-poor.
WORLD OF RADIO 1976 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Colombia, Congo DR, Cuba/China, Germany, Iran, Japan and non, Korea North non, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Sikkim, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Zambia; and the propagation outlook
Ready for first airings Saturday April 5; it seems our cycle will be Saturday to Friday for a while, so the freshest material will be heard on weekends.
0629 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany [ex-0729]
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [April 13, alt weeks]
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
1431 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany [ex-1531]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 5950 7730
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
1800 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7730
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions]
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
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17774.990, April 4 at 1408, absolutely no signal from KVOH if it opened at 1400, or totally not propagating, as usually inaudible before noon here. By 1852 it`s S7-S8 poor in music, but the OSOB! Built up to S9 of Spanish praise music by 1952 when I measure it: old transmitter was put on 17774.989, so I suspect this is still it, unless they have managed to tune replacement to the same offset? How about that, Ray Robinson? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0406 UT April 6