** ALGERIA [and non]. 891, Dec 26 at 0353, Arabic talk barely audible against 890 WLS, but this is the strongest of the usual TA carriers.
Also some audio on 909 against 910 stations, BBC Radio 5 Live synchros (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 351 kHz, Dec 26 at 0743 UT, NDB dash and YKQ, 500 watts at Fort Rupert - Waskaganish, Quebec. I am tuned to 350 where it is yet overcoming RG at Will RoGers WA, OKC.
366 kHz, Dec 26 at 0744 UT, NDB dash and YMW, 500 watts at Maniwaki, Québec.
392 kHz, Dec 26 at 0746 UT, NDB dash and ML, 500 watts at La Malbaie - Charlevoix, Quebec. Where`s that? Neither name in my Rand McNally atlas index. Search finds them just NE of QC City on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. NOT to be confused with another ML on 392! Without the dash, 25 watts in Monroe, Louisiana. More NDBs, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, Dec 26 at 1546, Trenton Military with four ``no report received`` in a row, then some flight weathers are received, but still haven`t set their own clock running 61 minutes slow: ``time 1445``. Something`s always wrong at CHR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13840, 13769, 13631, 13561 approx., Dec 26 at 1542, FM/AM first- and second-order spurblobs out of 13700 RHC. These are hard to miss, but no one else reports them. Until now: Wolfgang Bueschel an hour earlier pinpoints them which I do not since they are so broad:
``on east coast units heard two S=6-7 SPURIOUS - like FM - signals either sideband of 13700 kHz Bauta site transmission, at 1428 UT on:
13561.94
13631.25
13768.75
13837.97 kHz. Signals unstable, wobbles some 10 to 50 Hertz up and down. wb`` Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11880, Dec 26 at 2107, RHC Portuguese back on right frequency today instead of 11660 yesterday before 2300 in English. Also much weaker now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Dec 26 at 0728, TGAV on late again for Xmas, preaching about Jeová, buenas nuevas, plucked music, S9+10, 0730 Radio Verdad ID, banjo & piano tune introducing ``su programa``, YL advisor, tema ``cómo conocer(?) a la pareja ideal``. BTW, news in the sense of journalism is never ``nuevas`` but ``noticias`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dec 26 at 1550, Kurdish (?) talk unseems Turkish, from Dengê Welat via FRANCE. Slight long/short path echo. Only one station, no Turkish jamming nor on 11540. Are they still trying sometime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 4996, Dec 26 at 0716, weak timesignals synchronized with WWV 5000, obviously RWM Moskva/Taldom. Seldom heard. So then I check:
4625, Dec 26 at 0720, trace of buzzer vs CODAR, the mysterious Russian ``doomsday`` transmitter. I`ve never heard it better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9395, Dec 26 at 1554, as I tune by Brother HyStairical on WRMI, he is bragging about being on seven international satellites reaching everywhere, and on eleven SW transmitters. What a waste! Pretend you are the profit-of-God and the moolah pours in from psychophants (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 329 kHz, Dec 26 at 0738 UT, ND beacon PMV, which is 25 watts at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. QRM from IC, which is 400 watts from Wichita KS on 332.
[and non] 335 kHz, Dec 26 at 0740 UT, NDB BV, which is 25 watts from Batesville - Almond, Arkansas; mixing with YLD and dash, 1000 watts from Chapleau, Ontario.
382 kHz, Dec 26 at 0745 UT, NDB SP, 25 watts at Springfield, Illinois; I was tuned to 380-USB.
Not to be confused with another SP, on 386, which is 50 watts on St. Pierre, the French one with Miquelon. I also see another target on 386, HAU, 25 watts at Helena - Hauser, Montana. Hauser is the name of a dam/lake/reservoir north of Helena. There is also a pop. 700 town Hauser on the Oregon coast north of Coos Bay.
I am hearing very little below 300 kHz, maybe something to do with my R75 sensitivity and/or LW antenna; but plenty tonight above 300; see also CANADA. Of course at dozetime I am only hitting here and there, instead of trying to log and re-log everything possible like some guys do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7290-LSB, Dec 26 at 1951, the 7290 traffic net is wrapping up by NCS WA5VAS; says it`s at 10-12 Mon-Sat and 1-2 M-F. Must be referring to CST. Mentions QRM from foreign broadcaster, and that it has gone off by 2001 when the net is closing anyway. Also gave website http://www.7290trafficnet.org
I was really checking for that foreign broadcaster, IRRS 7290 via Romania(?) and indeed could hear it on DSB AM while the hams were only on LSB, despite 7290 being a preferred hangout for hAMs.
I suspect I myself could be QRMing them on Mondays until 1930 now in midwinter, but I`ve yet to hear me direct on IRRS, which inboooms to Utwente.
I daresay that ham traffic nets are a bit anachronistic with so many more efficient ways for third parties to communicate, even from isolated locales. More of a social gathering. At closing a couple of messages were still outstanding with no one to take them on.
I gather this is centred in Texas; the only YL I heard, who relayed some contacts the other NCS could not hear, is Jo Ann Keith, KA5AZK in rural Gilmer TX, while WA5VAS is Gary Caywood in Hondo TX, per ARRL/FCC lookups.
Gleaned from website: ``The 7290 Traffic Net is an independent, public service traffic net operating on or about 7290 kHz, and has been in continuous operation since 1953, handling formal written traffic, informal messages and operating extended sessions during emergencies or special needs. All Amateur Radio Stations licensed to operate on this frequency are welcome to check in with or without traffic and are not required to take traffic in order to participate. But we are really more than just a traffic net. Our members become friends and family...``
And a link to a 2016y `Texas Country Reporter` <6 minute segment on YT about Jo Ann Keith and her pareja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJHjc_c29Y T.C.R., a good show, used to be seen in OK too; wonder if it still exist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WOR 2014 is available as of 0140 UT Friday December 27
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2014.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2014.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
WORLD OF RADIO 2014 contents: Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba and non, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany, Iran, Japan non, Kashmir/Ladakh, Malaysia/Sarawak, Netherlands non, New Zealand, North America, Norway, Poland non, Sa`udi Arabia, Singapore, Turkey, UAE, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu; ETOW; and the propagation outlook
The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually starts with heavy jamming but steadily abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [canceled?]
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 6160v? to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
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. 5800, Dec 26 at 2108, WRMI is off again today nor on 9425 nor 6060; but unlike yesterday, 5800 has resumed with SMTV at next check 2226, good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Dec 26 at 1548 hybrid DRM noise from WINB reactivated today; but absent yesterday at 1540: further suggesting the non-programming half be involved with HF trading, unneeded on a stock market day off (and never on weekends either) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VANUATU. 5040, Dec 26 at 0715, S3 trace of music from presumed R. Vanuatu now that Cuba is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6355, Dec 27 at 0304, no signal from Radio Piraña beacon somewhere in Europe, latest frequency publicized by Jorge García, altho clear here unlike his alternate 6330 with some blob maybe local; and big ute still around 6342. He has not said exactly what CW ID the beacon send between 23 and 08 UT until January 2 of a future year (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0544 UT December 27
