** EGYPT. 9900.175 & 9895v, May 25 at 2059, 2120 and 2209 chex, no signals at all from R. Cairo unlike yesterday. Richard Langley, NB, to the WOR iog provides 100% confirmation of the precise frequency I logged:
``I started listening to Radio Cairo on nominal 9895 kHz yesterday (24 May) around 2040 UT using a Field BT portable with just its whip antenna indoors. This is just before Glenn's report of yesterday. The signal was good but heavily distorted as usual. It was difficult to tell that accented French was being spoken. Music seemed slightly less distorted. There was also a persistent whine (600 Hz). Checked using the U. Twente SDR receiver where the signal was stronger but equally distorted and the AMSync frequency was 9895.175 kHz. Audio (except whine) was cut between about 2100:05 and 2108:47 UT and then returned. Time pips (quite clear) at 2115 and then start of English program but hard to tell at times it was English. The transmitter stayed on this frequency until about 20:31 UTC [sic, must mean 2131] when it switched within some seconds to 9900.175 kHz. Should have been on this frequency since the start of the English program, I believe. English program continued to about 2245. Transmitter stayed on without audio (except whine) until about 2323! -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 17550.02v, May 25 at 2117, R. Kuwait JBA carrier is the OSOB, in its foolish doomed Arabic transmission for C&W NAm. Previously was on the minus side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.940, May 25 at 0550, VON is back after a few days away, so I remeasure, about where it always parx, and on earlier than usual with a prélude of African choral music at S9/+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 13690.050, May 25 at 1338, JBA carrier, confronting splash from 13700 Cuba; off at 1358. Scheduled is only VOA Chinese via SAIPAN, this hour only. Likely also jammed, but even before the typhoon, this site was known for offfrequenciness (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.1, K206CA, Oasis translator in Enid is back on not only carrier but modulation, May 25 circa 2030; the other absentees in last report remain so (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1983 monitoring: via UTwente SDR, confirmed Saturday May 25 from 1431 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 9485-CUSB, so propagating, sporadic E short-skip boost? But with horrific splash from Romania 9490. Still has not flipped to LSB as I proposed, which would have helped somewhat. HLR is dedicated to staying on 6190 & 7265 no matter what, since those are legacy W German regional frequencies, SFB and SWF, but that does not apply to 9485, so they could move completely, e.g. 9480. Was also audible at first check 1415 during MN+. Alan Gale, England, reports on his direct reception:
``Hi Glenn, I can confirm that World of Radio was on 9485 kHz on HLR today, though thanks to the splatter from the station on 9490 it was only possible to hear the odd word now and then. It was definitely you though, and I did hear your 'Glenn Hauser concluding' message at 1459 UT when the other station went quiet. As you said, it would definitely help if they were on the lower sideband, but at least the IRRS broadcast [Monday 1815v] on 7290 kHz is very strong here at the moment so I will continue to listen to that one instead. Alan``
WOR 1983 also confirmed Saturday May 25 at 2100 on WRMI 9955 after ID & IS loop, but joining WOR 5.5 words late, upcut ``rld of Radio 1983 ---``. I keep half an ear on it for the rest, hoping it stay on unlike Wednesday. No, cuts off the air at 2111*, back on at 2119 or maybe a minute earlier. Meanwhile 9395 kept going, and there were no storms in Florida at this time. Next:
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315], ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany, to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780, to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395, to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780, to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51, to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955, to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW, ND
1815 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania, ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780, to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 editions], ND
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955, to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [and/or 2130], to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780, to NE
[it appears we will now be running on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle, so freshest new airings are on weekends]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505v, May 25 at 0554, NO signal at all from the very undependable WRNO. Are the Chinese and other ministries paying for lost airtime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475, May 25 at 2103, WTWW is AWOL, and also absent from all other possible frequencies: 5085, 5830, 9930, 15810, even 12105. Not a storm in TN at this time, and neighbor WWCR remains nominal on 15825, 13845, 9350. 5085 is on at 2311, in time for `Theatre Organ in the Ozarx` [non?] nominal 2330- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13700, May 25 at 2109, gospel huxter in English, rather weak and not domestic? VP at tune in, then surges S7 to max S9. About Absalom vs Amnon who raped his sister, whew! At first sounds a bit like a younger DGS, but no, and not // 13845 PMS. HFCC shows it`s really WHRI on a NF since May 5, 2000-2200, 250 kW at 47 degrees, on Day 1=Sunday only, but this is Saturday! So also or instead of on Sunday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9200, May 25 at 0556, mystery open carrier at S7-S3; also May 25 at 2105 JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2328 UT May 25
