DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated Dec 7:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
** CUBA. 5025, Dec 7 at 0715, Radio Rebelde music is overmodulated, distorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba; 5040 RHC is off by now this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 15230, Dec 7 at 1455, `Despertar con Cuba` wrapping with final propaganda headlines, S9+20 but undermodulated here; // 15140 is weaker S9+10 but fully modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13766 & weaker 13633 approx., Dec 7 at 1502, spurblobs from 13700-AM, no others heard at multiple displacements of 66-67 kHz. Better audible in AM than FM, mush in SSB. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 6220, Dec 7 at 0343 past 0409, S9 JBM maybe Arabic? Presumably the jammer against Iran International TV, which however is nowhere to be found in the 6.2s. Today`s Aoki/NDXC shows 6230 for VOIRI in Arabic at 1200-0400; and 6270 for IITV via Armenia over exactly the same timespan; without making the connexion that one is trying but failing to jam the other. Iran is upset, cracking down on IITV people inside the police state (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND. 13264-USB, Dec 7 at 1456 VP VOLMET, i.e. Shannon, scheduled 1200-1800 on here per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 7525, Dec 7 at 1325 VP carrier, 1329 beeps, 1330 music JBA. This would be the publicized special 40th anniversary broadcast of the Asian Broadcasting Institute, site not specified but believed to be UZBEKISTAN. An auspicious date --- no, not *that* one. I hardly expected to hear this any better without a remote. It`s airing thrice, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Ron Howard recorded the first one, including a greeting in English from American Forces Network, Taiwan --- not mentioning ABI and probably generic out of the archives. Show is mainly in Japanese, anyway. ABI is a grandiose name for a DX club, which I think back in the day did carry out useful research (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. Ron Howard clarifies my last report:
``Hi Glenn, A few minor points, regarding your nice survey of Korean stations: 1) Frequencies listed would be "Surveying Echo of Hope - VOH and Voice of the People." 2) 4557 is neither VOH nor VOP? Ron California``
4557 was a Voice of the People frequency for many years, as in WRTH 2014 which I have at hand, but has been gone for some time while the jammer persists just in case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 13270-USB, Dec 7 at 1457, ``Sondrestrom --- no report received``, says the same guy who worx for Trenton Military, where NRRs are often replete, but this is Gander VOLMET. That`s the US base on the SW coast of Greenland just north of Nuuk, tropical compared to Thule. Gander still scheduled at hours plus :20-30 and :50-60, rest of the time off in deference to defunct New York Radio. Gander might as well expand to continuous, except that would triple its power consumption (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U A E. 5995.095, Dec 7 at 0337, JBA carrier way off-frequency. Of course! It`s the Al-Dhabbiya site, scheduled this hour only with BBC Arabic, which apparently are not embarrassed to be associated with such incompetence.
BTW, there is no entry for UAE at all on page 496 of WRTH 2019 in the International department, where there should be at least for info about the relay station. Is there in the 2020? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2011 monitoring: barely confirmed Saturday December 7 at 1326 the secret 1300 airing on WRMI 15770, VP here but hopefully much better NE of Okee toward Europe. Next:
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 6160v?
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5950, Dec 7 at 0712, dead air from WRMI during an SMTV block, 0100-0800 per Aoki/NDXC. Which also claims WORLD OF RADIO is on 5950 at 0830-0900 Sundays --- I am never awake to check this myself, but I think this has been gone for months replaced by Alameda Bible Fellowship as on WRMI skedgrid --- but which also continues to show WOR Wed at 1030 on 5950 System F programming; yet frequency sked above shows another SMTV hour, presumably daily. Wouldn`t it be great if everyone got their skeds updated/corrected to mesh with reality? If anyone really hear WOR at this zzz time either, please let me know (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505, Dec 7 at 0330, no signal from WRNO, one of our most unreliable stations: but nothing of interest anyway, just gospel-huxtering. Remember when they used to throw in newscasts from DW? Just think: the original WRNO pioneered WORLD OF RADIO on SW, and even rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1110, Dec 7 at 0704 UT, dead air from KFAB Omaha for at least a minute; 0705 comes to life with KFAB Weather-Watch. I hasten to null open carrier and try for WBT or anything else, but nothing IDable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13653.6-USB approx., Dec 7 at 1459, 2-way INTRUDERS in colloquial Spanish; one with engine noise addresses the other as ``capitán``.
13751-USB, Dec 7 at 1503, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS with good signals, one with engine noise; no swearing immediately heard (Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1837 UT December 7
