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Glenn Hauser logs January 5-6, 2013

** CUBA. 6165, Jan 6 at 0609, RHC English is instead open carrier/dead air in yet another SNAFU. Along with 6010 and 5040, this is its strongest frequency here; those and weaker // 6060, 6125, were unaffected.

At 0626 on 6165, guess what, digital noises, interrupted by Spanish spy numbers! YL with one 5-digit group only, ``45411``, then back to noises, further interrupted by other single groups past 0635. Is this its new format or may we somewhen else still hear long strings of groups on AM or cut CW?

This makes it painfully obvious that RHC is an integral part of the Dirección General de Inteligencia, sharing transmitters, so it`s easy to get RHC on spy frequencies or vice versa. (Easy, that is, if you are run by incompetents.) Not the first time it`s happened, by far, but the most blatant in recent memory.

Not exactly an exchange --- spy numbers normally appear on some frequencies between 5.8 and 5.9 MHz, but none at this time, nor any RHC to be heard on former spy frequencies.

9511 approx., Jan 6 at 1413, weak spurblob around here, presumably from also weak RHC 9540, as frequently happens.

15340, Jan 6 at 1425, RHC is dead-air on huge carrier, as most likely to happen on Sundays in reverent respect for the missing El Hugazo; shux, no spy numbers instead here. Still DA at 1520, and by now 13780 is completely off the air.

17580, one of the still funxioning frequencies, meanwhile, I monitored at 1435-1450 Sunday Jan 6, for the first `En Contacto` of 2013y. After listener birthday salutes for the week to come, as usual every year, repeated last week`s salutes to the 129 ``most active listeners`` of the past year. I assume this means everyone who axually wrote directly to the program. They are in 12 groups, starting with one listener from Nicaragua, to first place again, 23 from --- CUBA!

Makes you wonder if the show is also carried on domestic radio, but I don`t think so. Dentrocubanos feel comfortable writing to this one safe shortwave station, and also save on postage costs needed for meagre rations. Except for Spain, all names were from the Americas, almost all Latin, including a few from EE UU y Canadá. Brazilian name pronunciations were forced into Spanish, even José. AFAIK, RHC has no DX program in Portuguese, so they have to listen to Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 6 at 0613, Orthodox chanting/singing; it`s Epiphany = Greek Orthodox Xmas, and the sound is a bit more formal than usual on other Sundays, otherwise unremarkable. So Radio Philia has again been banished from 7475, instead // mainstream VOG much weaker 9420 tonight, but 7475 dumps off the air at 0622*-*0625; when back, it`s also subnormal with some flutter following propagation disturbance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 15260, UT Saturday Jan 5 at 2201, nice SE Asian music, involving gamelan, fair-good sufficient signal; 2206 announcement sounds almost Indonesian with keyword ``siaran``, IDs something like ``Radio Athrem Dewara`` plus two more words; back to vocal music. By 2215 talk mentions ``Christus``, a dead giveaway it`s a missionary station.

HFCC and Aoki agree it`s KSDA, 255 degrees from Agat, alternating Javanese on Sun/Tue/Thu, with Sundanese on Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat, so this must have been the latter; but what is the true wording of the ID? AWR website is no help; has lots of listening options, such as
http://www.awr.org/fr/listen/program/124
but nothing in print about the axual ID! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 11670, Sat Jan 5 at 2143, AIR GOS good but with flutter, concluding talk about the Nicobar Islands I wish I had heard, introducing Film Music. Faded that out at 2200 with no announcements about what the music was, but always enjoyable: they must view it as just a filler. Meanwhile checked //s: about as good on 9445, but not so good on 11620 and 7550. Which ones are best varies a lot from day to day as we in North America must struggle to hear AIR via the only means possible, virtually trans-polar off-beams, never any relays abroad.

[and non]. 13710, Jan 6 at 1421, AIR GOS in poor signal about Nepal, with CODAR QRM up to 13730, that having invaded the 22m SWBC band even further above 13.6 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11880, Jan 5 at 2142, I can still hear music under RHC Portuguese, no doubt NHK also Portuguese via GUIANA FRENCH, so it still hasn`t changed to 11960, as Ivo Ivanov says they are going to. Hurry up! Such a change should have been made immediately as soon as RHC usurped the frequency, as you can`t negotiate with Arnie Coro, who never admits he`s made a mistake. 11960 remains unoccupied (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Jan 5 at 2155 UT, again today, KOKB Blackwell is in open carrier/dead air, while sibling station 1020 KOKP Perry is nominal. Evidently the 1580 relay is unattended (and unmonitored!), so once it craps out, it takes a lot of time for them to send someone out to fix it; who cares? Stupid sports talk, when managing to modulate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505, Jan 6 at 1433, BSKSA in Arabic marred by humbuzz, so at least one of their transmitters is still defective, but nowhere as bad as it once was, on 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 15440, Jan 5 at 2214, RTI`s only English to NAm, via WYFR is back today after providing dead air yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. Re my yesterday`s 15710 log, Kai Ludwig replies to the dxldyg:

``BBC WS to Europe in Dari and Pashto --- This is the service that has been broadcast for quite some time, almost a decade I think, from Skelton on 6195, as I reported time and again, reconfirming that it's still on air. Besides Dari and Pashto it also contained a third hour, in Farsi.

So now moved to Zygi, together with the necessary frequency change, and with the Farsi hour being terminated. Which also means that the (still mostly failing?) CyBC transmission is during its last months not the only thing the Zygi site beams to Europe.

I have never seen any explanations for this service and its target audience. So I take this as another opportunity to ask if someone knows an insider who could comment on this, also the aspect that this weird service no longer offers Farsi but still Dari and Pashto? Kai``

I didn`t mention or monitor it, but HFCC shows 15710 now has something else following at 1600 and really beamed in the proper direxion:
15710 1600 1630 41N,42SW CYP 300 101 0 186 1234567 281012 310313 D 17710 Hindi CYP BBC BAB 3229 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1650 monitoring: UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1 5830: at first thought it was off the air, but monitoring outside with least noise level, I`m there, but quite weak. Yet, WTWW-2 on 5085 is inbooming. The MUF has a sharp cutoff between 5.1 and 5.8 MHz! Other Tennesseeans (I refuse to call them Vols), WWCR 5890 and 5935 are just as attenuated. I hope anyway, the `skip is long`, with 5830 still getting out further away: how was it on the west coast of North America, or Europe? Yet2, at 0608 recheck, 5830, along with 5890 and 5935 are back to usual very good level. Must have been hit by a propagation disturbance an hour earlier, then recovered. Such luck.

Remaining chances to hear WOR 1650 this week are via WRMI 9955: Mon 0530, Tue 1200, probably Thu 0430. Unknown yet whether HLR will make another Wednesday appearance, 7265-USB at 0630 & 1630 like the last biweek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370, Sunday Jan 6 at 1415, no signal from WWRB, and not audible on night frequency 3185 either, which if still on is buried in daytime noise level. I want my Brother Scare! 1527 check, now 9370 is on but with defunct Alex Scourby`s pseudo-authoritative Bible readings as provided by TOM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sunday Jan 6 at 1522, WTWW-3 is on today in Arabic, probably bad news again for R. Dialogue, clandestine from Madagascar to Zimbabwe on same at 16-17, but unchecked here then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 13927-USB, Jan 6 at 1524, Allan Stern`s favorite MARS frequency, some military 2-way conversation is still audible, with heavy OTH radar QRM ranging 13918-13943, presumably from CYPRUS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Dx Re Mix News # 762

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 762 from Georgi Bancov & Ivo Ivanov. Date: Mon Jan.7, 2013
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GERMANY(non)   Changes of Deutsche Welle from Jan.1, 2013:
Chinese, all cancelled, no short waves broadcast
1300-1330 on  9610 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to EaAs
1300-1400 on 11600 SNG 250 kW / 013 deg to EaAs
1300-1400 on 13700 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to EaAs
English
0500-0530 NF  7425 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAf, ex 9800 KIG
Poprtuguese
0530-0600 NF  7425 ASC 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAf, ex 9800 KIG

JAPAN(non)  Frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World in Portuguese to SoAm
2130-2200 NF 11960 GUF 250 kW / 185 deg,ex 11880 to avoid RHC in Portuguese

RUSSIA(non)    Winter B-12 SW schedule for Voice of Russia as of Jan.6:
0000-0400 on  7290 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm English
0000-0400 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0000-0500 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to NoAm Spanish
0200-0400 on 12070 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian
0200-0500 on  9480 DB  500 kW / 267 deg to SoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on  9765 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Spanish
0600-0900 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu English DRM
0600-1000 on 21800 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to AUS  English
0600-1000 on 21820 NVS 500 kW / 145 deg to AUS  English
0700-0900 on 12015 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs English
0700-0900 on 21840 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
0700-1100 on 15745 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English (15745.2 on Jan.5)
0800-0900 on  9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English+Russian DRM
0900-1000 on  9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English+German DRM
0900-1000 on 11635 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu German DRM
1000-1200 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1000-1200 on  9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu German+English DRM
1000-1200 on 11935 NVS 250 kW / 120 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1300 on  5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1400 on  7305 IRK 250 kW / 180 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 11640 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs English DRM
1100-1400 on  6115 IRK 250 kW / 152 deg to SEAs Chinese
1100-1500 on  9560 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to SEAs English
1200-1300 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1200-1300 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1400 on  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs Dari/Pashto
1200-1400 on  5980 IRK 100 kW / 110 deg to EaAs Japanese
1200-1400 on  9625 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu English+Russian DRM
1200-1500 on 12055 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to SoAs Russian
1200-1500 on 12075 DB  500 kW / 155 deg to SoAs English (12075.2 on Jan.5)
1300-1400 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1400 on  5900 VLD 100 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Mongolian Mon-Sat
1300-1500 on  7260 VLD 500 kW / 230 deg to SEAs English
1300-1600 on  7315 IRK 015 kW / 224 deg to SoAs Hindi/Urdu/Hindi DRM
1400-1500 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Urdu
1400-1500 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs English
1400-1900 on  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1500-1600 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs Hindi
1500-1600 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English
1500-1700 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1800 on  5900 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on  5885 DB  100 kW / 137 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on  9405 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NoAf French
1600-1800 on  5955 NVS 250 kW / 180 deg to SoAs English
1600-1800 on  7390 NVS 250 kW / 145 deg to CeAs English
1600-1800 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf French
1600-1900 on  6110 NVS 250 kW / 240 deg to CeAs Russian
1600-2100 on  9340 DB  500 kW / 297 deg to N/ME Arabic
1700-1900 on  4960 DB  100 kW / 180 deg to WeAs English
1700-1900 on  6145 KLG 015 kW / 220 deg to WeEu Italian/French DRM
1700-1900 on  9790 MSK 250 kW / 117 deg to CeAs Russian
1700-2100 on  6235 DB  100 kW / 240 deg to WeAs Arabic
1700-2100 on  9400 KCH 500 kW / 235 deg to NoAf French
1800-1900 on 11985 ERV 500 kW / 192 deg to EaAf English
2000-2200 on  6000 MSK 040 kW / 260 deg to WeEu Spanish/Portuguese DRM
2200-2400 on  9395 ERV 500 kW / 305 deg to NoAm English
2200-2400 on  9750 ERV 500 kW / 258 deg to SoAm Portuguese
2300-2400 on  7290 KCH 500 kW / 296 deg to CeAm English

TAIWAN(non)    Winter B-12 SW schedule of Radio Taiwan International:
0000-0030 on 11655 TAI 100 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
0000-0100 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Cantonese/Hakka
0000-0300 on  9660 KOU 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Chinese
0100-0200 on 11565 YFR 100 kW / 140 deg to SoAm Spanish
0100-0200 on 11875 TAI 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
0200-0300 on 11995 GUF 500 kW / 195 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on 15320 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs English
0400-0500 on 15320 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
0400-0600 on 11640 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
0400-0600 on 15245 TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
0800-0900 on 11605 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to JPN  Japanese
0900-1000 on 15270 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
0900-1000 on 15465 PAO 100 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Chinese
1000-1100 on  6105 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1100 on 11520 PAO 100 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1000-1100 on 11625 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
1000-1100 on 11915 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1000-1100 on 15270 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
1000-1100 on 15465 PAO 100 kW / 230 deg to SEAs Amoy
1000-1400 on  9780 KOU 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Chinese
1000-1500 on  6085 HUW 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1000-1700 on  7385 KOU 100 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1200 on  7445 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on  9465 TAI 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs English
1100-1200 on  9735 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to JPN  Japanese
1100-1200 on 11625 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Chinese
1100-1200 on 11985 HUW 100 kW / 002 deg to NEAs Russian
1100-1300 on 11720 TAI 300 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1400 on 11640 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1100-1700 on  9680 TAI 300 kW / 352 deg to EaAs Chinese
1200-1300 on  6105 KOU 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
1200-1300 on  9465 TAI 250 kW / 180 deg to SEAs Amoy
1200-1300 on  9665 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Chinese
1200-1300 on 11625 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1200-1300 on 11765 TAI 100 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1200-1300 on 11915 TAI 250 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
1300-1400 on  9735 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to JPN  Japanese
1300-1400 on 11625 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Amoy
1300-1400 on 15265 TSH 300 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Chinese
1300-1500 on  7445 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Chinese
1400-1500 on  9625 TAI 300 kW / 250 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1400-1500 on 11875 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1400-1500 on 15180 ISS 500 kW / 060 deg to RUSS Russian
1400-1600 on 11635 PAO 100 kW / 245 deg to SEAs Thai
1400-1800 on  6075 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
1400-1800 on  6145 PAO 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Chinese
1500-1600 on  7380 PAO 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Chinese
1500-1600 on  7555 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Thai
1500-1600 on 11605 TAI 300 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Cantonese/Hakka
1500-1700 on  7365 TAI 300 kW / 325 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1700 on  9440 TAI 250 kW / 205 deg to SoAs English
1600-1700 on 15485 ISS 500 kW / 085 deg to SEAs English
1700-1800 on  7465 ISS 500 kW / 055 deg to RUSS Russian
1700-1800 on 15690 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to SoAf English
1800-1900 on  3965 ISS 250 kW / 345 deg to U.K. English
1900-2000 on  3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German
1900-2000 on  9895 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu French
1900-2000 on 11875 ISS 500 kW / 190 deg to NoAf French
2000-2100 on  3965 ISS 250 kW / 215 deg to SoEu Spanish
2100-2200 on  3965 ISS 250 kW / 050 deg to WeEu German
2200-2300 on  6115 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to NoAm English
2200-2300 on 11605 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to JPN  Japanese
2200-2300 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm English
2200-2400 on  6105 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2400 on  6150 KOU 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2400 on  7445 PAO 100 kW / 225 deg to SEAs Thai
2200-2400 on 11635 PAO 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Chinese
2200-2400 on 11700 TAI 300 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2400 on 11885 HUW 100 kW / 002 deg to JPN  Chinese
2300-2400 on  9660 KOU 100 kW / 267 deg to SEAs Chinese
2300-2400 on  9685 TAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese
2300-2400 on  9690 YFR 100 kW / 222 deg to CARB Spanish
2300-2400 on 15440 YFR 100 kW / 285 deg to CeAm Chinese
2330-2400 on 11655 TAI 100 kW / 205 deg to SEAs Vietnamese

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Log Roberto Pavanello

 1170 30/12 23.00 R. Slovenia Int. - Maribor Sloveno NX buono
 1269 30/12 17.59 COPE - Ciudad Real SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
 1584  5/1  23.25 R. Studio X - Momigno IT MX buono
 3930  5/1  22.50 R. Rainbow - EE ID e MX buono
 4026  5/1  23.00 Laser Hot Hits - EE ID e MX buono
 4835  5/1  20.20 VL8A - Alice Springs EE NX buono
 5835  6/1  09.45 R. Thunderbird - MX buono
 6070  5/1  23.05 CFRX - Toronte EE ID e NX buono 
 6095  1/1  10.20 Transport R. - Lelystad EE/Dutch ID e MX buono
 6305  1/1  10.00 R. Merlin Int. - EE ID e MX suff.
 9565  3/1  19.45 R. Deus è Amor - Curitiba PP predica in // a 11765 KHz suff.
 9665 30/12 22.50 Voz Missionaria - Camboriù PP predica in // a 5940 KHz suff.
 9820  3/1  19.40 R. 9 de Julho - Sao Paulo PP predica buono
11915  3/1  19.35 R. Gaucha - Porto Alegre PP NX suff.
11925  3/1  19.30 R. Bandeirantes - Sao Paulo NX suff.
15190  3/1  19.25 R. Inconfidencia - Belo Horizonte PP MX buono
15345  3/1  19.20 R.A.E. - Buenos Aires IT NX buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Glenn Hauser logs January 4-5, 2013

** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 4 before 2300:
13970, very poor at 2255; none lower

1355-1400 Jan 5, none found 12-16 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 17550, Jan 5 at 1401, Arabic with good signal, but somewhat distorted modulation, typical of IRIB, yes, 1030-1630, 500 kW, 259 degrees via Kamalabad. IRIB modulation doesn`t get as bad as Cairo`s (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7595, Jan 5 at 1350, fair signal with Korean talk, no jamming audible, despite being per Aoki:
7595 Radio Free Chosun 1200-1400 1234567 Korean 100 71 Dushanbe-Yangiyul TJK 06848E 3829N RFC b12 Dec. 3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2910, Jan 5 I wake up by 1213 UT, so remonitor this unID frequency during what has proven to be its peak signal time, which isn`t saying much, but today it`s better than yesterday, especially during occasional surges. But about the only details I can copy in the rapid Spanish discussion between M&W announcers are the timechex he frequently gives, starting with 6:13, and at 1224 UT, 6:24. Bits of music are sometimes audible as part of commercial or news produxion, never a full song. At 1225 mentions Féisbuc. From 1227 added to the high local line noise level, some additional local noise bursts come and go. 1228 strongest yet with 6:28 time, phone number; 1233 fading down; 1242, fade up with YL`s monolog; lite SSB ACI; 1247 maybe mentions XEVT in passing; 1249 fading.

Since I don`t expect it to come back, I hasten to fire up the computer and look for its webstream. I don`t like to resort to this, but instead make my IDs in real time on my own radio, but enough is enough. DXing does not mix with online here, as the computer and shack are in different rooms, yet not far enough apart to keep computer noise from disrupting DXing whenever it`s on.

Of course I already am fairly certain it is XEVT. Via the Tabasco page of http://www.mexicoradio.tv com under Villahermosa, I get an instant link to the XEVT stream, via http://www.xevt.com and there they are --- the same voices, same format, I have been struggling to hear on 2910 (but apparently no mention of that frequency! Just 970 and // FM XHVT 104.1).

From easy listening now and info on the website, the program is `Buenos Días Telereportaje` at 6-7 am, and extends further until 10 am at least on Saturdays. Now I hear local announcements about street work, meetings, greetings, mentions of Tabasco; 1259 canned ID for ``las frecuencias de la VT, 970 y 104.1``, ``La VT, señal que une``; 1300 singing ad for a plomería; 1302 re-opening another hour of Telereportaje; 1306 news headline mentions Ciudad Juárez, but no XEJ here! 1309 finally a tropical song is allowed to play.

They have a nice interactive website, and even video streaming, but before I even try it, that says ``server not found``.

Current day`s program schedule is here:http://www.xevt.com/programacion.php
with linx to other days. Show sign-on at 5 am, off at 23:59, i.e. just before 0600 UT. The first hour after sign-on I heard is:
05:00-06:00 Amanecer de mi Tierra * Carlos A. Cabrales Aguilar

And the next hour I have been hearing is:
06:00-07:00 Buenos Días Telereportaje * Jesús Sibilla Oropesa
                                      * Humberto Hurtado Beltrán
But those are both male names, so I think the YL co-host after 1300 must axually be funxioning an hour earlier:

07:00-10:00 Telereportaje * Jesús Sibilla Oropesa
                          * Emmanuel Sibilla Oropesa

Except reading the pages about Telereportaje`s 30-year family history, Emmanuel is also a guy, so I still don`t know who the YL is. Hmmm, unless ``she`` is a varonkid whose voice hasn`t changed yet? There are also multiple pages and photos on the history of XEVT itself, since 1954.

So far I haven`t seen reports of anyone else DXing this, but if anyone does, I urge them NOT to try to QSL or even contact XEVT about their third harmonic on 2910, as that will only encourage them to get rid of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Jan 5 at 0600-0605 UT, NO Fox-hole, as local KGWA Enid continues to modulate, also the last few nites. I fear my fun is over, but not before I snagged CFAC, XEK, XEFAMA, KMA, probably KNEB, et al. during KGWA dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. More about 1640 Enid, now known as KOAG:

``Hi Glenn, Your ag station network originates from KFLP 900 in Floydada TX; we used to carry a morning farm report from them in Roswell [KCKN 1020]. The all-day deal is new as they fed maybe a half hour a day for a 20 station network. Their little 250 watter really gets out. Take care, (Jerry Kiefer, TX, Jan 4, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

That certainly is a niche format. I`m sure farmers & ranchers would like maybe an hour a day of the latest ag news and market reports, as already provided on a number of rural stations, notably KFRM 550 which has tremendous daytime coverage in KS & OK, but 24/7???? And how much original material can KFLP really produce, before repeating stuff? I won`t be listening enough to find out, but there must be a lot of repetition (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, KOSU, Fri Jan 4 at 2244 UT, checking for `This Week in Oklahoma Politix` cutaway from NPR ATC, as promoted earlier in the day --- not there, just kept going with NPR feed. Possibly I misunderstood day and/or time it was supposed to air, and the KOSU website`s incomplete schedule is no help; heard it already anyway on demand, so who cares about the broadcasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, Jan 4 at 1318 fairly good carrier, but can`t hear any modulation, none sent? Weaker ones on PNG channels: 3365, and 3325, the latter just as likely INDONESIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 12075, Jan 5 at 1356, balalaika music and talk in English, poor, insufficient signal, but must be one of the surviving transmissions of VOR, i.e. 12-15, 500 kW, 155 degrees from TAJIKISTAN to S Asia. VOR is harder to hear now than even BBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 17595 & 21610, Sat Jan 5 at 1605, REE news in Castilian followed by sea-chanty theme of Galician segment, then ``o informativo gallego`. By 1615 I notice it`s back in plain old Castilian, but talking about Bilbao, Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos, etc.; when last heard a few months ago at old timing of weekdays 1230+ UT, Castilian was substituting for Basque, apparently considered by Madrid as too dangerous a language to trust the Bilbaoans to broadcast on SW, and surely not understood by non-Basques in Madrid or anywhere else.

Then from 1623 songs in Spanish until 1630 timesignal and starting another show, `Heliotropo`. If there was any Catalan between them, which used to be one of the Big Three, I missed it. Catalan is also problematic with the separatist movement. Never mind Valencian, similar to Catalan.

So this is at least one time that REE is condescending to provide a few minutes in ``co-official languages``. I made a point of checking this following David Williams, Sacramento log of last Saturday during this semihour of the same lineup, Galician and Spanish about Basque country instead of Basque language. Vague info earlier from REE was that the non-Castilian languages would now be getting a weekly airing instead of M-F.

So is this on the REE schedule now, and are there any other airings? Not on this gridhttp://www.rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior/programacion/
which has obviously not been updated since the major shakeup a sesquimonth ago and in fact still shows a summer 2-hour difference between TU and HOE!

Checking the RTVE website at 1800, I see that the Cabalgata de los Reyes Magos, a very colorful nighttime parade, is in live video streaming from TVE since 1748 UT, and still an hour later, but from Madrid, not Bilbao. Is there another one in Basque country? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 15440, Jan 4 at 2247, RTI via WYFR is instead dead air, past 2300, 2311; meanwhile // 6115 is OK with RTI English at 2248, discussion of a poetess (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAJIKISTAN. See KOREA NORTH [non], RUSSIA [non]

** U K [non]. 15710, Jan 5 at 1359, good signal from B-B-C- chimes, opening in Farsi? No, must be Dari as kept mentioning Afghanistan. Yes, scheduled 14-15 Dari, 15-16 Pashto, 300 kW, 317 degrees from doomed Limassol, CYPRUS, per Aoki, which would explain the good signal way over here, but that azimuth can`t be right.

What does HFCC say? 317 degrees too! And the CIRAFs as 27 and 28 which are western Europe! So is BBC deliberately aiming these languages at Afghans back in Europe instead of Afghanistan? That seems a rather specialized minority audience to benefit from BBC SW coverage, denied to so many of the rest of us even in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1650 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, UT Saturday January 5 at 0230. Next: UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 0900, 1630, Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200, probably Thursday 0430 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1000, Jan 5 at 1330 UT, easily in KTOK null, New Mexico`s KKIM with several IDs in passing, ``welcome to Haley`s Comments``, hee hee, not only on 1000 but livekkim.com he says over the 10 kW daytime transmitter operating illegally, January official FCC sunrise being 1415 UT.

Tried http://kkim.com but that goes to a genealogy (?) site squatter, and KKIM is really http://mykkim.com Yes, program grid shows `Frank Haley`s Comments`, Sat 6:30-7 am MT.

It`s strange KTOK 1000 OKC hasn`t tried for more than 5 kW; maybe too close to Chicago, but 50 kW WMVP is not a factor here with huge cardioid to the east. Axually, KTOK has a CP for 5.8 kW, big deal. With much more power, it could have filled the mid-America gap among Chicago, Seattle and México DF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 7250, Sat Jan 5 at 0604, VR is already on in Scandinavian, only poor signal tonite, and nothing yet on 3975, 6075 or 9645, which all join in at 0630 for Latin mass. My guess is Swedish rather than a related language, but WRTH 2013 shows totally different Finnish on Sat & Mon, other days Swedish, and since latest cutbax, both supposed to be on MW 1260 only at 0600-0620. Recheck at 0620, it`s changed to Albanian, scheduled daily on 1260 only.

Several previous nites, 7250 was not on much before 0630, but as per my earlier reports has occasionally come on by 0615 or so. Hard to know if this is slipshod warming up or something deliberate to return Nordic and Illyrian languages to SW, perhaps without the Pope`s permission. And what became of Norwegian, or even Danish? In 1980, Sweden was 1.4% Catholic, probably even less now, so lucky that VR pays any attention at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

QSLs Luca Botto Fiora

Armenia
WYFR Kamo 11505 kHz (15.8.2012), Cartolina QSL, adesivi, scheda, calendarietti, segnalibro e materiale religioso in 31 giorni. No RP. QTH: Oakland CA 94621 (USA). Inviato CD MP3. (200ma stazione BC asiatica confermata)

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Clandestine
KPPM Koror 9960 kHz (12.11.2011). Il rapporto inviato al P.O. Box 8074 di Cranston RI 02920 (USA) - come riportato sul loro sito Internet - è tornato indietro con il timbro rosso "BOX CLOSED".

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Emirati Arabi Uniti
R. AUSTRALIA Dhabbaya 9855 kHz (13.3.2012), Cartolina QSL e scheda in 106 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: P.O. Box 428G - Melbourne VIC 3001 (Australia). Inviato CD MP3.

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Francia
AWR Issoudun 9790 kHz (17.6.2012), Cartolina QSL e biglietto da visita in 94 giorni. RP: Francobollo nuovo da 0,60 €. QTH: Radio Voce della Speranza - Via del Pergolino 1/4 - 50139 Firenze (Italia).
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MV BALTIC R. Issoudun 6140 kHz (1.7.2012), Cartolina QSL in 62 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Seestrasse 17 - DE-19089 Göhren (Germania). V/s: Roland Rohde. Inviato CD MP3.

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Germania
GEMEINDE GOTTES via HCJB Weenermoor 3995 kHz (15.8.2012), Cartolina QSL e lettera in 8 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: info@gemeinde-gottes-herford.de QTH: Zimmerstrasse 3 - DE-32051 Herford. V/s: Nikolai Hernst.
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ICHTYS R. via HCJB Weenermoor 3995 kHz (14.8.2012), E-QSL in 6 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Z. Hd. Sven Tasche - Rudolf Breitscheid Str. 3 - DE-01945 Ruhland.  V/s: Sven Tasche-Leader Ichtys R. sven.tasche@gmail.com Inviato CD MP3.
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THE MIGHTY KBC Wertachtal 6095 kHz (24.11.2012), E-QSL in 4 ore. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: themightykbc@gmail.com V/s: Eric van Willegen.

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Italia
RAI Venezia 936 kHz (29.8.2012), Lettera QSL, adesivo e spilla del 75° anniversario in 15 giorni. No RP. QTH: Rai Way S.p.A. - Gestione Territoriale - Zona AF Veneto - Controllo Qualità Servizio - Palazzo Labia - S. Geremia 275 - 30121 Venezia. Inviato CD MP3.
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E finalmente, dopo qualche anno, una conferma FM italiana:
RETE SPORT tx M. Cavo-RM 105.6 MHz (6.8.2012), Lettera QSL in 23 giorni. RP: Francobollo da € 0,60. QTH: Via Tiburtina 719 - 00159 Roma. V/s: Franco Nicolanti-Editore. Inviato CD MP3. (ascoltata a Rapallo-GE)

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Pirata
BALTIC SEA R. 6915LSB kHz (31.3.2012), E-QSL in 160 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: balticseapirate@gmail.com  V/s: DJ Sailor.
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PYTHON R. 6915 kHz (4.8.2012), E-QSL in 8 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: python@pirateradio.at (tnx info Roberto Rizzardi).
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BNL ROCK RADIO via R. 700 Kall Krekel 6085 kHz (30.9.2012), QSL-PDF in 14 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: bnlradio@hotmail.be  V/s: Hans-Peter Dohmen - BNL Team.
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R. CITY "MORE CARS" via IRRS via Challenger R. Nord Italia Villa Estense-PD 1368 kHz (27.10.2012), QSL-PDF in 1 giorno. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: citymorecars@yahoo.ca
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R. FOCUS INT. 6240 kHz (1.4.2012), E-QSL in 92 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: focus@live.co.uk
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R. NORA 6265 kHz (2.12.2012), E-QSL in 28 minuti. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: radionora@hotmail.com  V/s: Martin.
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R. PINK PANTHER 6553,6 kHz (18.11.2012), E-QSL in 4 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: pinkpantheram@hotmail.com
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R. RONIN SW 6290 kHz (13.7.2012), Cartolina QSL e lettera in 50 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: radioroninshortwave@gmail.com  QTH: P.O. BOX 1 - Belfast NY 14711 (USA).
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SLUWE VOS R. 6207 kHz (13.7.2012), E-QSL in 57 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: rxreport@live.nl  V/s: Jelmer.
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WEERKLANK R. 6314 kHz (4.8.2012), E-QSL in 3 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: pk152@hotmail.com  V/s: Andre.

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Singapore
VOICE OF CROATIA Kranji 17860 kHz (6.11.2012), Lettera QSL e schedule PDF in...10 minuti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: mladen.golubic@oiv.hr  V/s: Mladen Golubic - Frequency Manager.

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Svezia
R. DELLEN INT. 5895 kHz (2.6.2012), Cartolina QSL in 77 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Vita Huset - SE-179 95 Svartsjö. V/s: Ronny Forslund. Inviato CD MP3.

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STAZIONI DI TEMPO E FREQUENZA CAMPIONE

Canada
CHU Ottawa 7850 kHz (20.10.2012), Cartolina QSL in 20 giorni. No RP. QTH: Institute for National Measurement Standards - National Research Council of Canada (NRC-INMS) - 1200 Montreal Road - Bldg M-36 - Ottawa ON K1A 0R6. V/S: Bill Hoger - Technical Officer. Inviato CD MP3.

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Hawaii
WWVH Kekaha 10 MHz (19.10.2012), Cartolina QSL e depliant in 14 giorni. No RP. QTH: NIST Radio Station WWVH - P.O. Box 417 - Kekaha HI 96752 (USA). V/s: Adela Mae P. Ochinang - Secretary. Inviato CD MP3.

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Italia
ASSOCIAZIONE AMICI DI ITALCABLE - Stazione Segnale Orario Viareggio-LU 10 MHz (30.9.2012), Cartolina QSL in 9 giorni. E-rpt con MP3 inviato a: info@associazioneitalcable.it

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Luca Botto Fiora

QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2012)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 699
AFRICA: 117
ASIA: 201
AMERICA: 129
OCEANIA: 32
CLANDESTINE: 66
PIRATA: 366
FM ITALIA: 177
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TOTALE: 1787

ARISS

ARISS contact planned January 7, 2013 with school in France

An International Space Station school contact has been planned January
7, 2013 with participants at Ecole Les Muriers, Saint-Maur-Des-Fossés,
France. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:57 UTC,
which is 11.57 CEWT.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Adrien(10) and Augustin(10): What is the temperature outside the ISS?
2. Bastien (10) and Camille (11): What does the Earth look like from the ISS?
3. Diana (10) and Ester Rose (10): What does the Moon look like from the ISS?
4. Samuel(11) and Lisandru(11): Have you already passed through an asteroid belt?
5. Guy (11) and Henri (10): Are you able to go outside the station, into the space?
6. Laura (10) and Mathilde (11): What is your speed? Can you feel it?
7. Manon (11) and Rachel (11): How do you sleep? Do you have the same sleep pattern than on the earth?
8. Malaurie (10) and Mathilde (11): Do the crew members sleep one after the other, or do you sleep all at the same time?
9. Mathieu (11) and Nathan (10): How do you know if it is morning or night on board?
10. Noam (10) and Romain (10): Do you do any sports and physical activities? Do you lose weight?
11. Ondine (10) and Raphaelle (11): Do you shave every day? If so, how?
12. Dusan (11) and Samuel (11):Do you see any space debris? Can you see evidence of pollution of the earth?
13. Yacine (10) and Mathieu (10): what are your hobbies on the ISS after a day of work?
14. Sahra (11) and Malaurie (11): Are you happy to come back home at the end of your mission?
15. Matéo (10) and Henri (10): What is your current mission?
16. Louis (11) and Lisandru (11): Why did you choose to become an astronaut?
17. Camille (10) and Mathilde (10): How do you cook food? What is a typical meal in the ISS?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning.

73

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Chairman

HH Lokalradio, MVBR and R Gloria this weekend

Saturday 5th: HH Lokalradio
 5  - 10 UTC, HLR    on 7265 KHz  
10  - 13 UTC, HLR   on 6190 KHz  
13  - 17 UTC, HLR   on 7265 KHz

Sunday 6th:  MVBR and R Gloria
 7  -  8 UTC, MVB    on 7265 KHz
 8  - 10 UTC, RGI     on 7265 KHz
10 - 11 UTC, MVBR on 7265 KHz
11 - 13 UTC, RGI     on 9480 KHz
1 3- 14 UTC, MVB   on 9480 KHz

All reports please to:
HLR:    redaktion@hamburger-lokalradio.de
MVB:  info@mvbalticradio.de
RGI:    radiogloria@aol.com

Happy New Year to all our Listeners for 2013!!

Good Listening!!
73s Tom

Glenn Hauser logs January 3-4, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 5995, Jan 4 at 1453, Elgar`s ``Enigma Variations``, great classical music playing on RA, unusual for them, but most welcome! Until: faded out incomplete at 1459 for RA promo and then news, also on // 11945, while 9580 was already off at 1458, even more rudely. I suppose RA considered it merely fill music for some program missing on summer hiatus. The program scheduled at this time was:http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacific/radio/programschedule?tz=0&stream=pacific
`Friday Late`, interview program, which this certainly was not, from RN at 1400[sic]-1500[sic] UT to the Pacific. Archive indicates it`s been off since Dec 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Jan 4 at 0950 I am unavoidably awake, so check 60 and 49m for the morning LA window. Noise level is such that the only signal making it is this, lively song in Spanish, no het, mentions ``Los Coyotes del Norte``, a musical group, or anti-American remark? Next tune is Andean, and then another segué. No doubt R. Santa Cruz, which is one station we don`t have to lose sleep to hear in the evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9695.3, Jan 4 at 1011, ``Aleluya`` song but a new tune to me, Brazilian Portuguese preaching, het, poor signal, no doubt R. Rio Mar, ZYE245, Manaus, 7.5 kW, which per WRTH signs on at 1000 and off at 2100, accounting for nothing from it in the evenings; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Having just entered 9810 and 6120 in updated DX/SWL/Media Programs listing, as possible frequencies for RHC English during the 0500 hour, since several times has been so instead of scheduled Spanish, I check 9810 at 0545 Jan 4, just in time to hear undermodulation from that annoying-voiced YL in English switch to OM in Spanish. I`m sure she keeps RHC`s ratings down even further beyond the unwanted propaganda and monomania about Los Cinco (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Jan 4 at 1022, R. Rebelde `Haciendo Radio` morning show with report from a Venezuelan official about Chávez` condition, pulmonary problems, and warning against evil foreign powers pushing destablization of the Bolivarian Revolution (what would Simón say?) because of uncertainty about the health of El Hugazo. Strangely, no audio breakup or RTTY QRM at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Jan 4 at 0339, fair signal with Horn of Africa music, occasionally overridden by ``running-water`` ute bursts. RTD with 50 kW per WRTH. Otherwise, about the same signal as 4930 VOA Botswana with 100 kW. This exotic spot is a relatively easy catch on 60m, always neat to hear. Not in HFCC, of course, and I wonder if that`s why Voice of Russia chose 4780 too in their evenings. They should have known it was there by 1) keeping up with DX bulletins; or 2) turning on a radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. 6170, Jan 4 at 1048, operatic quality baritone with song about My Fatherland, and good signal; O yeah, it`s a recent new frequency from V. of Korear, as 1050 into talk about relations between Korea and Japan.

RNZI better watch out, if they expect to go back to 6170 in the A-13 season, as VOK is likely to stay and of course is not registered in HFCC. For now, RNZI is on 9765 during this hour; see NEW ZEALAND. Aoki shows VOK usage of 6170 is 1000-2050 since November 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9765, Jan 4 at 1015, ``live`` rock concert with VG signal, from what? An unfamiliar usually sound-asleep daypart for me, but quickly found in the BDXC-UK Broadcasts in English B-12 booklet as RNZI. See also KOREA NORTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Jan 4 at 1531, KOKB Blackwell in open carrier/dead air, while sibling station 1020 KOKP Perry is nominal with sports talk. The network connexions among these and studio in Stillwater are incredibly unreliable (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. KOSU has a new segment, `This Week in Oklahoma Politics`, heard promoed on a Friday morning as airing Fridays at 4:44 pm during NPR ATC (2244 UT) --- this is the time when Frosty Troy of the Oklahoma Observer used to hold forth until abruptly canceled last June. His counterpoise was Republican Neva Hill, who was scheduled exactly 24 hours earlier, on Thursdays.

Now she is back but Frosty is not, on the new show, instead another non?-Republican, also audible online: http://kosu.org/2013/01/this-week-in-oklahoma-politics-12/

``This Week in Oklahoma Politics --- Filed by Michael Cross in Feature, Local News, News, Politics. January 4, 2013

Click here to download audio

Back from the Christmas break, ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel and Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill sit down with KOSU Capitol Bureau Chief Michael Cross to discuss the last minute deal in Congress to avoid going over the so-called fiscal cliff. The talk then turns to the upcoming legislative session and the extra money for Governor Fallin to appropriate in her executive budget.``

But don`t click on anything else on that page or it will interrupt the playback, a major drawback of flash. Another drawback is that you can`t see how long it is going to be until it`s over: 9:00 minutes. Promo said something about parts 1 & 2, so presumably split into 2 x 4:30 minute pieces to fit into the ATC hole, the other one maybe on Thursdays? As a mere module, TWIOP does not appear on KOSU`s overall program schedule, and there may be another airing in the mornings. Nor do they explicitly say that it`s always Ryan & Neva now, but presumably (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOMALILAND. 7120, Jan 4 at 1500, R. Hargaysa very poor signal but audible, presumably just signed back on, via longpath, under heavy CW QRhaM, clueless about what he is covering up, tho certainly entitled to. 1501 answered by a much weaker CW, at same relatively slow speed, audiblizing Hargeisa a bit more (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7305, Jan 4 at 1052, large open carrier and fitful tones on and off, atop Chinese CCI, no doubt Greenville B tuning up prior to the 1130 Vatican relay, and likely to go off again shortly before it`s closer to Pope-time, as IBB violates separation of church & state (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1650 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday January 3 at 2200 on WTWW-1 9479. This time it and the canned ID started about the same time at hourtop, the ID overriding WOR audio until it was finished. I am so far resisting the temptation to re-open WOR *after* the theme with my name and program number. Repeat is UT Sunday 0500 on 5830.

Also confirmed on WWRB, both 3195 and better 5050 on the air this week, UT Friday January 4 from 0432 or so; after dead air, WOR opening at 0431 was heard only in a few bursts, bad connexion, but patchcord wiggled and picked up at 0432 during first item about Angola. May have started over? As ended at 0502 when 5050 abruptly cut off the air as soon as I said ``next week``.

Instead of Pastor Larry ``Amen & Amen`` Cain from Anderson, South Carolina before WOR, from tune-in at 0419 until 0430, a nice primitive organ concert was playing apparent hymns altho I did not recognize them. Is Cain gone for good, or music filling for him in another playback problem?

Further WOR chances: UT Sat 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; on WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830; Sun 0900, 1630; Mon 0530; Tue 1200; and probably Thu 0430 unless a new one is already ready. On HLR Germany 7265: Sat 0630 & 1630. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830

Complete WORLD OF RADIO schedule has been updated:http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

And so has DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, January 4:http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.4, Jan 4 at 0332, WRNO with Deutsche Welle news in English, emphasis on Germany, good modulation and no het leading a lot of listeners to believe that it`s really on announced ``7505``. 0334 cut to ``send money to WRNO`` promo, 0335 Pastor J P Jones, so tune out ASAP. Next check 0402, DW news again, ending with reference to their website! 0404 gospel huxter expecting the Last Days to be in 2026y; 0406 rock music. Apparently WRNO is using DW for newscasts only rather than full programs? I expect it`s free, and wonder if DW even knows about it, such involvement with a commercial/sectarian outlet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, Jan 4 at 1005 UT, ``1530 The Light, and KLBW1530.com`` then religious song. Guess what, this is a daytimer per NRC AM Log, 2.5 kW in New Boston TX, which is in the far NE corner just outside Texarkana. And it`s more than 3 hours before January FCC sunrise at 1315 UT! It does have a PSRA of 6 watts in January, but that doesn`t start until 6 am = 1200 UT! Also in the FCC Correspondence File is a $1500 forfeiture by the previous licensee for failing to renew on time. Now how about a fine for running daytime at night? 

Checking their website, it forwards to http://klbw1530.weebly.com/ and is rather spartan with an emphasis on southern gospel music. Do they account for operating illegally at night? Well, their on-air staff http://klbw1530.weebly.com/on-air-staff.html
gallery includes Ed Evans at 12-5 am, but they could always claim that was just for webcast, accidentally on the real air; and nothing about an FM translator (Glenn Hauser, OK, FRG-7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1670, Jan 4 at 1003 UT, ``All new CBS Sports Radio Network``, and its Twitter handle; NFL talkshow phone-inner, to 855-212-4-CBS. As widely reported, this is the new format of WOZN, Madison WI, after stunting with rock music, and before that Xmas music, ex-WTDY news/talk. Didn`t we have too many sports networks already? I expect with the CBS brand, they have already lined up a formidable network of other stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2729, Jan 4 at 0959 UT, open carrier I hope will turn into a third harmonic of 910 about to sign on, until I measure it off the side from 2730; and OC continues past 1000. Some utility on AM? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2910, Jan 4 at 1053 UT, S9+12 open carrier ought to prove fruitful as the presumed third harmonic of 970 I have been hearing is about to sign on. Short version of Mexican NA plays at 1059, removing any doubt about the country, and explaining why they don`t play it again at 1200. But just not enough audio vs the noise level; seems this XE is undermodulating on its harmonic if not on its fundamental.

I listen for about 10 minutes, but can just barely tell a broadcaster is there with some talk and some music; also some additional noise sources cut on and off. For the first time I roll tape on this so I can go back to sleep and maybe pull some details out on playback. Don`t dare leave BFO on due to possible drift, but that means I can instead employ the FRG-7 noise limiter which helps very little. We have a new neighbor who has been refurbishing a vacant house, now with the power on, cable connected, and more RFI surely to follow.

I`ve been listening to the C-90 as I write this report, and it`s not a good morning for XEVT(?). Very slight improvement in S/N around 1200 but really not a single word copiable. Surges a bit more around 1215, maybe with approach of local sunrise? LSR is 1244 UT today in Villahermosa, Tabasco, exactly one hour earlier than Enid. Still in when the tape ends circa 1235. There has been absolutely nothing useful on it, so I can record over it another time.

Someone should be able to get a definite ID at the 1100 sign-on if not later, when they are much more concerned about telling us the time rather than the ID, altho there are plenty of other ways to find out the time. Still not hearing it around my 0600 UT chex, so probably signs off earlier, nor earlier in evenings when my local noise level is probably even higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs January 2-3, 2013

** AUSTRALIA. 6007 & 6033, approx., distorted FMy spurblobs matching modulation on the RA Shepparton 6020 transmitter halfway between, Jan 2 at 1320. I was expecting this since the same transmitter is on 5995 after 1400 and sporadically spurblobbing 13 kHz above and below it. Jan 3 at 1348 check: no blobs around 6020 today. Not to be confused with the Cuban or N Korean jamming noises in this area, which are quite different (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 6134.815 approx., Jan 3 at 0610, BBC French via Ascension has het on low side, slightly wavering around F#3 below middle C4, i.e. 185 Hz. This smax of the het R. Santa Cruz causes earlier in the evenings, against the now defunct V. of Russia Spanish service via St. Petersburg, on 6135.0 at 00-03. Ron Howard heard RSC New Year`s Eve way later than usual sign off as late as 0417 Jan 1 on 6134.76, and I suspect they again have left the transmitter on, but even later. BBC French is quite a bit stronger, mostly talk, and all I can make out is some music on the het frequency, but BBC off at 0629. There is still a het against something much weaker on 6135.0. At 0630 the announcement sounds Spanish; slop de much stronger Cuba 6125; then some tropical music, lyrix maybe in Spanish. 0640 the music stops, but still het so the carrier isn`t off yet; presumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 2: 11970, poor at 1329, presumably as usual against unheard Sound of Hope 100-watt nuisance transmitter from Taiwan, which in Vietnam would get you thrown in jail (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Jan 2 around 0210, V. of Croatia relay via Nauen, GERMANY, is still on, despite ``Jan 1`` termination of SW; but around 0050 UT Jan 3 it`s gone, forever. Walter Brodowsky of M&B replied Jan 2 to an inquiry from Rich D`Angelo, NASWA: ``The transmission is cancelled since today. It was our initiative to leave it on the tx due to the fact that we had not received a clear statement how to proceed`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 11760, Jan 2 at 1330, RHC is missing, allowing CRI English to be heard instead, with flutter; Commies not vs Commies for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 2 at 0628, music is not // VOG 9420, so the R. Filia service must be running today with mostly music fill during the Albanian segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 3 at 1346, AFN is on today after missing another day, but very poor vs. OTH radar pulses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640. Jan 3 at 0506 UT, Enid`s X-bander had a new call and a new brand, ID as KOAG, ``All Ag, All Day``, ``keeping farmers and ranchers informed``. 0515 ADM ad, also ``The Farm Station``; segments on sunflowers, sorghum, reference to http://www.allagnews.com
This is something syndicated by Paramount Broadcasting Corporation. No affiliate list as such on the website, but the Listen Live page says: ``Listen to All Ag, All Day! live across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles at 800AM (KDDD) Dumas-Amarillo; and across the Texas South Plains at 900AM (KFLP) Floydada-Lubbock.`` So it looks like KOAG is only the third station, they have not got around to adding on.

Further listening finds KOAG with IRN-USA news on the hour and half-hour (the latter with sports segment). At 1432 the news feed was suffering from IADs, digifarts and some hum. Legal ID still includes Enid-Oklahoma City. Plenty of market reports too.

This replaces KFXY, which lastly had a southern gospel music format, always subject to pre-emption for stupid ballgames, as I expect KOAG will be too. All this talk should mean less ACI for DX on 1630 and 1650. Maybe I`ll finally hear XEARZ.

Tnx to David Yocis of NRC who spotted the call change at FCC before I did on the local radio. Note that unlike most X-banders, this one is direxional with a figure-8 loop from east of Hennessey, between OKC and Enid so it favors both cities, but nulls toward the ENE and WSW, making it difficult in those direxions. Now they might wish to be non-direxional, better to cover ``all-ag`` areas in western Oklahoma rather than urbanity. And why not? It was a choice; they were not required to be direxional to protect anything, in fact making it worse for WTNI in Mississippi at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11815, Jan 2 at 1330, REE with usual poor signal via COSTA RICA since it is aimed to SAm with NAm abandoned, mentioning that `La Hora de Asia` will resume on 7 January (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1650: ready in time for first airing on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday January 3 at 2200; next: 0430v UT Friday on WWRB 3195 (and maybe 5050? Not last week); 0230v UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; 0500 UT Sunday on WTWW-1 5830.

On HLR 7265: Sat 0630 & 1630
On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830; Sun 0900, 1630; Mon 0530; Tue 1200
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Jan 2 at 1326, open carrier/dead air from WBCQ during Good Friends Radio Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9465/9435, Jan 3 at 1400 the banshee spurblob is wobbling around 9465 at first, then down to 9435 and wavering back upwards again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Segnale / Signal
IN - Insufficiente / Poor
SF - Sufficiente / Fair
BN - Buono / Good
MB - Molto Buono / Very Good


Domenica 30 dicembre 2012
*13.00-13.15* - 13660 kHz
TWR AFRICA - Kigali (Ruanda)
Afar, int/sig e riflessioni OM.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
Solo domenica.

***

Domenica 31 dicembre 2012
Verso le 07.09, su 9955 kHz, sopra a WRN via WRMI si è sentito il Firedrake (il famoso jamming di musica cinese) e, dopo 2 minuti circa, sparito il Firedrake è comparso il jamming cubano. L'impressione avuta è che il Firedrake venisse ripetuto dal trasmettitore cubano *per errore* (!?) e che poi, rendendosene conto, abbiano commutato di nuovo (manualmente?) sul jamming cubano destinato a WRMI. Sarebbe anche vero che d'inverno, sempre presso il mio QTH ma credo in generale in Europa, in mattinata sui 31 metri transitano anche segnali asiatici, però il fade-in dalla Cina popolare inizia di solito verso le 10.00 UTC. Immaginando una certa 'vicinanza culturale' tra Cina e Cuba, sarebbe possibile l'ipotesi che, in caso di necessità (propagazione, orari, target, problemi tecnici ecc.) il Firedrake venga irradiato non solo dal territorio cinese?
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15.40-15.55 - 6326 kHz
RADIO BILA DIRA
Ceco+EE, musica locale e IDs OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Anche questa emittente, come Bila Hora, trasmette solo fra 31 dicembre e 1° gennaio?
-
16.02-16.17 - 6285 kHz
OSAKA RADIO
EE, IDs OM/YL e oldies.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
16.40-16.55 - 6435 kHz
RONEX RADIO
EE, IDs OM e oldies.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente


***

Luca Botto Fiora
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

***

Rack 1 (LW-MW-SW)
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
-
ANTENNE
1) Da 70 kHz a 2 MHz:
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA modificata per LW-VLF
Isolatore di linea su ferrite autocostruito
Preamplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION autocostruito (escludibile)
-
2) Da 2 a 5-6 MHz:
Loop magnetico interno tipo KR1ST 150x100 cm su finestra
Preamplificatore RF kit LX1456 NE (escludibile)
-
3) Da 5-6 a 30 MHz:
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m
Balun 1:32 su toroide FT-140/43 ACA
Isolatore di linea su ferrite autocostruito
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato W8JI (escludibile)

-
ACCESSORI
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie GBC


***

Rack 2 (LW-MW)
RICEVITORE
E5 Etón
-
ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite di 75 cm ACA
Isolatore di linea su ferrite autocostruito

***


REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

***

SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.2 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.1.1 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 6.0.2 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.1 demo (orologio mondiale)

Glenn Hauser logs December 31-January 1

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Jan 1 at 0650, Caribbean Beacon is off the air, but nothing much in its absence. Later after sunrise, 11775 is back as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11780 // 6180, Jan 1 at 0637, R. Nacional Rio de Janeiro ID after promos for EBC services, webcasts. Rio station is an anomaly, maybe for the holiday, these normally carrying Brasília 980 service, rather than separate Amazonian programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Jan 1 at 0157 via Nauen, GERMANY, Voice of Croatia is still on with music, 0200 the spread-out timesignal and Croatian. Presumably abolition of SW will ensue by the next night. This night, there were reports of English and Spanish appearing at odd times during the span, perhaps in farewell altho not saying much if anything about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5025, Jan 1 at 0649, R. Rebelde audio is breaking up during a song, a great start to another year by the engineering geniuses at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 7475, Jan 1 at 0632, VOG is // 9420 with Orthodoxish chanting, rather than separate R. Filia service on 7475, which comes and goes from one day to the next. Will things now get back to ``normal``, or not until January 7? Doubt so, even then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6970-AM, Jan 1 at 0639, YL with soft song, one of three pirates in a NYE fest, this one by far the best signal. 0646 track outro as ``Headlock``, live 14:7 UT check, ``Power of X-FM``, reception reports to FRN, FRC, HF Underground; more unfamiliar but interesting music. 0659, ``30 seconds before the New Year in the (Mountain) timezone``, 0706 ``XFM Shortwave in C-Quam stereo, to the world to the power of X``.

6950-AM, another pirate, unID at 0639 Jan 1, some music, much weaker than 6970.

6925-AM, traces of a third pirate here at 0639 Jan 1, but unfortunately a variable bubble jamming blob from one of my cable DTV boxes has also landed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Jan 1 at 1356 UT, WKY with two ads in English, so does the New Year bring abandonment of Spanish? No! English ads are welcome, if anyone wants to buy them and not bother to reproduce them in Spanish. Followed by ad for the new MundoFox TV network (in Spanish), now available in OKC, if you ask your cable or satellite provider. Big deal, that could be said of anywhere, but does this mean MundoFox is not on-the-air in OKC? It is in Enid! As second subchannel of KXOK 31 & 32. Axually, MundoFox started in August on KOHC-CD 45.1 in OKC and presumably still is, not worth mentioning in its promotion. Angle is that this Spanish network is ``American, like you!``

At 1358, WKY brings up vamping music, and funny voice again saying ``Atención, cadena, el show [¿nombre?] de la música regresa en 2 minutos`` = the show will return in 2 minutos; 1 minuto; 45 segundos; 30; 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, ``La Indomable`` slogan and full ID in Spanish for WKY, but the letters pronounced in accented English. WKY keeps putting on the air this internal network countdown, not intended for broadcast. Must have run out of commercials to cover it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Jan 1 at 1404 UT, KFAQ Tulsa is quite weaker than normal. Must be on aux transmitter, as they have had problems with 50 kW main (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA [non]. 7290, Jan 1 at 0159, V of Russia with frequency announcement in English, including MW, and also web info. Poor signal here and nothing heard on 7250 any more. According to the updated English schedule
http://english.ruvr.ru/engradio/
broadcasts to North America have been terminated! The end of an era. And remaining English reduced. This is a result of the closure of some transmitter sites in a large budget cut.

However, 7290 was already designated for Latin America rather than North America, and we can continue to hear that, altho it would seem English is more of a North American language, but hey, Guyana, Trinidad and the other islands are more of a priority than we are!

7290 has been on a 296 degree beam with 500 kW from PRIDNESTROVYE, while 9395, not previously in English, is registered as 500 kW, 305 degrees from ARMENIA, neither for any CIRAF less than 10 = Mexico.

LATIN AMERICA
Time (UTC) Meter bands Frequencies (kHz)
22.00-00.00 31 9395
00.00-04.00 41 7290

Another remaining VOR English broadcast we can overhear is 9560 at 11-15 to Asia, which previously in HFCC was Novosibirsk, 250 kW, 145 degrees at 11-14.

7290 was off the air at 2306 Dec 31, but it had been on at 2115 with usual predecessor Radio PMR in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 9740 & 6195, Jan 1 at 1346, BBCWS is still here, altho poor on 9740, less than Taiwan 9735, and very poor on 6195. 1350 into a ``special edition`` of `From Our Own Correspondent`. Despite DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria info that these would be canceled as of Jan 1. Alan Davies explains to the DXLD yg,

``I'd assume the reported closure of the Singapore frequencies was based on HFCC registrations updated on the HFCC website on 27 Dec. There were temporary registrations with HFCC for 6195 and 9740 extended until 1630 for the period 24-31 Dec rather than the usual 1600 closedown, most likely to accommodate special Christmas/New Year programming. So perhaps not a closure from 1 Jan, but rather a return to the normal schedule closing at 1600 daily. Probably something similar would apply to at least some of the other frequencies mentioned in the report. Anyway the next update on the HFCC website should help to clarify`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Jan 1 at 1522, WTWW is on this Tuesday with Arabic. Modulation good here and improved on other WTWW frequencies too, less boomy than before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1670, Jan 1 at 1409 UT, non-Xmas music from the direxion of Madison WI. WTDY is history; now it`s WOZN, which everyone expects to join a CBS sports network, but not quite yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9450-9460, Jan 1 at 1342, the banshee blob is not moving much for a change, also with some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Voce della Russia da oggi solo in DRM in onde corte

Tagliate le onde corte analogiche in italiano....

http://italian.ruvr.ru/2011/01/20/40500609.html

1700 UT : 6145 (DRM) 1548
2130 UT : 1548

0800 UT : 1512 (exc. monday)
1200 UT : 1512 (exc monday)

Log Arnaldo Slaen

4876,46 Radio Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, Roraima,  Brasil, 23:50, Diciembre 29, Idioma Portugues, selección de música romántica en portugues, boletin de noticias nacionales a 23:58, 2.4.3.3.2

 

4984,14 Radio Voz Cristiana (t), Chilca, Huancayo, Perú, 0037, Diciembre 30, Transmision en español. Predica o charla religiosa conducida por OM. Mejor recepción en modo LSB. Captada gracias a un log mandado a las listas por el colega Ralph Perry, de los Estados Unidos, 2.4.3.3.2

 

5085 WTWW, Lebanon, Estados Unidos, 0310, Diciembre 30, Inglés. Larga charla por OM, 2.5.4.3.2

 

5910 Alcaravan Radio Puerto Lleras, Colombia, 0315, Diciembre 30, Español, programa conducido por OM e YL de contenido religioso: ".....la palabra del Señor....", 2.4.4.3.2

 

6015 Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar (tentativa), 0320, Diciembre 30, idioma africano, tal vez swahilli. Comentario y "pops africanos", 2.4.4.3.2

 

6173,69 Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco, Peru, 0050, Diciembre 30, Español, huaynos con anuncios de la hora por locutor e identificación, 2.4.3.3.2

 

7120 Radio Hargeisa. transitiendo desde la región autónoma de Somalilandia, 03:30 UTC, Diciembre 30, vernacular. Himno o marcha militar con la apertura de la transmision, identificacion por OM, anuncio y Rezo del Santo Corán. A continuación se escucha un boletin de noticias. 2.3.3.3.2
Debo señalar que jamás pensé en poder escuchar esta emisora desde la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires pero realmente me ha sorprendido no sólo haber podido captarla sino fundamentalmente la muy buena y clara recepción.

 

7505 WRNO, Nueva Orleans??, 0342, Diciembre 30, Inglés. Charla religiosa por OM, QRK 1. Audible sólo por segundos.

 

9940 Miraya FM, transmisiones para Sudán. 0357, Diciembre 30, Vernacular, reportada con Afropops, 2.4.3.3.2

13720 EDC Sudán Radio Service, 0415, Diciembre 30, Vernacular (Arabe sudanes???), notificas o comentario por OM; 3.4.4.4.3

13800 Radio Tamazuj, 0400, Diciembre 30, Vernacular. Muchas y muy claras identificaciones. Anuncios identificatorios, 4.5.4.4.4
Muy pobre recepción en las frecuencias de 7315 y 11940 khz en las cuales transmite en paralelo. Titulares de noticias y desarrollo de noticias.

 

15700 Radio Damal, con transmisión para Somalía, 0410, Diciembre 30, Vernacular,  muy clara identificación por locutora, bonita música africana, 2.4.4.4.2

Log Roberto Pavanello

  657 26/12 11.15 RAI R.1 - Toscana - Pisa IT NX reg. Toscana buono
 1008 23/12 22.57 R. Alicante - SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
 1035 23/12 22.50 Star FM - Lisboa PP ID e oldies buono
 1062 23/12 23.05 Country R. - Praha Ceco MX suff.
 4010 24/12 16.15 Kyrgyz R. - Bishkek Kirghizo talk OM buono
 4775 25/12 23.20 R. Tarma - SS MX suff.
 4860 24/12 16.05 A.I.R. - Shimla Hindy talk YL suff.
 4895 24/12 16.10 A.I.R. - Kurseong Hindy talk YL buono
 5000 25/12 00.20 WWV - Fort Collins EE ID e pip pip buono
 5995 28/12 22.50 R. Mali - Bamako FF MX afro buono
 6040 27/12 18.07 R. Tirana - IT Notizie Italradio by Paolo Morandotti buono
 6180 25/12 00.30 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP MX buono
 6210 25/12 09.30 R. Marabù - EE ID e MX buono
 6240 25/12 10.05 R. Mistletoe - EE ID e MX buono
 6285 25/12 10.00 R. Focus Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 6294 30/12 09.50 R. Zwarte Panter - EE ID e MX buono
 6397 25/12 09.45 Speedwing R. - Tedesco ID e MX buono
 6885 24/12 16.25 R. Galei Tzahal - Lod Ebraico MX buono
 7120 24/12 16.20 R. Hargeisa - Somalo talk OM buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Summary of SW, MW cuts from 1 January

A summary of various SW and MW transmitter closures which are are mostly due to take effect from 1 January. This is summarised from reports which will be in January Communication (DX News and Medium Wave Report):

Croatia
Voice of Croatia is dropping SW, but continuing on MW 1134 kHz

Germany
Voice of Russia is dropping MW relays on 630 (Königslutter/Schepau), 1323 (Wachenbrunn), and 1431 (Dresden Wilsdruff). Only remaining German relay freq is 693 kHz (Berlin Zehlendorf)

Hungary
MR6 Régió Rádió closed on 22 December. A new station Radio Danko is using former MR6 frequencies of 1116, 1251, 1350 kHz with Hungarian and gipsy folk music and rural news (similar to Antena Satelor in Romania).

Norway
NRK Rost 675 kHz is closing - a planned closure announced some time ago.

Russia
-St Petersburg SW/MW site is closing (including MW 1494 kHz)
-Samara SW site is also reported to be closing.
-Mayak is closing on MW/LW throughout Russia
-Voice of Russia is reducing some of its SW/MW output across its language services following budget cuts.

St Helena
Radio St Helena (MW 1548 kHz) closed on Christmas Day.
It will be replaced by St Helena Broadcasting Corp on FM only.

Zambia
CVC 1Africa is dropping SW. (Had been scheduled on 13590 at 0600-2200 but 13590 has not been heard for several days, I suspect it has already
been switched off)

The above is fairly grim news for short wave, though on the positive side there have been a couple of stations reactivating on SW recently - Radio Uganda on 4976 kHz and Bangladesh reactivated with a new SW transmitter earlier this year.

(Dave Kenny BDXC, 29 December 2012, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)

Glenn Hauser logs December 30-31, 2012

** AUSTRIA. 9830, Dec 31 at 2118, African English accent about Jesus of Nazareth, with usual RTTY QRM, so another station ignoring that, or maybe it`s no problem in CIRAF 46, the W African target from Niger & Nigeria westward, of AWR, 2100-2130, 300 kW, 210 degrees from Moosbrunn.

BTW, the latest `Wavescan` schedule from Adrian Peterson shows it`s not carried on a single Moosbrunn relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 15205, Dec 31 at 1419, English sermon about New Year, then offering 16-page The Gospel Standard, January issue, from addresses in Halifax NS and Boston MA, on The People`s Gospel Hour, http://www.tpgh.org where the radio page link imagines that WTJC and even WBOH still exist! But whence here? HFCC shows MBR Nauen replaced MBR Wertachtal on Nov 24, both 100 kW, 90 degrees, Mon-Sat at 1415-1430. But that`s merely the transmitter site. What broker is this, really? Pan American Broadcasting, says Aoki, which hasn`t caught up with the site change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 31:
7390, fair at 1431, mixing VOA Cantonese as usual; no others sought
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Dec 31 at 0557, sounds like Croatian comic opera with bass singing; presumably the last of VOC on this German relay, since it`ll be UT 2013 by tomorrow night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Nope, still on at 0200 UT Jan 1, but that`s for next year`s report

** GERMANY. 9800, Dec 31 at 1458, mix of DW IS, and VOA Korean. Such overlap should have been avoided: VOA 12-15 via PHLIPPPINES, DW 1500 [sic]-1557 Swahili via RWANDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST

** INDIA. 7550, Dec 31 at 2133 tune-in, AIR GOS better here than // 9445, and not audible on 11 MHz, as mailbag `Faithfully Yours` is about to wrap up its 2120-2135 Monday broadcast, shux --- no, it isn`t, keeps on going until 2144, so is it expanded, off-schedule, or retimed? M&W take their time reading each reception report and replying, usually adding more scheduled times & frequencies for AIR that might be heard in writer`s area; also pointed out frequencies which changed on Oct 28 vis-à-vis some mentioned in old A-12 reports. At 2134-2139, they read a complete report, including all his program details, from Bruce Portzer, Seattle, for 7550, sometime in November, which he said was weak but in the clear until 2230*. They concluded by asserting his report was ``of immense value`` to AIR and its listeners. Followed by two more, from Netherlands, and Japan, until sign-off with unison ``Faithfully Yours,`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. Not expecting to find much from NHK at midnight in Japan, since the demise of Sackville, and having been disappointed with their NYE coverage previous years, I try R. Nikkei instead, 9595, with a poor signal today, but at this late hour better than // 6055. Dec 31 at 1459 Japanese talk, countdown from 5 to 0 at 1500 UT, ``Sakura`` played on shakuhachi, and then some other songs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 11880, Dec 30 at 2131 check, something is barely detectable under RHC Portuguese. NHK Portuguese relay via GUIANA FRENCH must still be here. While RHC frequency mismanager Arnie Coro  is totally to blame for this usurpation, now NHK is also to blame for doing nothing about it for a sesquimonth. Well, there`s always A-13, when some random change may be in store to incidentally solve this in another trimonth.

Confirmed definitely NHK IS starting at 2129 Dec 31, way under RHC Cuban music and IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Dec 31 at 1314 UT only signal is weak Spanish, 6:15 TC, i.e. UT -7. Sounds like this strangely-named one I have heard before, per Cantú, alluding to another town, Etchojoa:
700 XEETCH La Voz de los Tres Rios, Navojoa, Son. 5,000 D
which is an indigenous station with native languages, IRCA reminds us. The rustic fiddle and guitar tune I also heard fits too.

In summer the UT -7 would clinch it, but in winter, also on UT -7 instead of UT -6 is a bigger-city possibility I doubt:
700 XEGD La Poderosa + FM 90.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 5,000 1,000
which I may never have heard.

Consult this handy map of Mexican timezones and oddities:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php

Then at 1320, WLW is fading in again with ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 750, Dec 31 at 1310 UT, noticias del estado de Sinaloa, mentioned more than once, political discussion, CCI; federal PSA vs drunk driving at fin del año; then announcement in English about New Year`s, Digital FM; then 89.5 pronounced in Spanish. What does Cantú say? It all fits for this one:
750 XECSI Éxtasis Digital + FM 89.5 Culiacán, Sin. 5,000 250
So is it really on day power long before sunrise even here in Enid?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Best sporadic E opening so far this winter, UT Dec 31 in progress at tune-in, all times UT, channels A-system NTSC analog:

0054 on 3, upper-right bug with Televisa horizontal oval logo, the word TELEVISA below it, and another word below that in tiny type, from the WSW, so suspect it is MEXICALI, i.e. XHBC. Some guy is speaking English with captions, apparently a soul singer as in the next few minutes. Also algo much weaker on 2.

0059 on 5, algo: Mexicali also has XHAQ which accompanies XHBC-3 if MUF coöperate. More on it to follow

0152 on 3, now in strong, still Televisa bug, chat show with six women on a couch, apparently about beauty and fashion in 2012y. Some almost zero-beat CCI, heavy bars typical of XHTJB Tijuana which is far too close to be on the same offset as Mexicali, and seldom surpasses XHBC here, which is at a closer almost-ideal skip distance. Show keeps going past 0200, now seeing five women. 0217 is snow free and I can barely make out MEXICALI as the tiny word at the bottom of the bug. Sometimes it`s invisible depending on the contrast behind it. Heavy ghosting now

0217 on 5, algo, presumed XHAQ Mexicali now that XHBC is in stronger; also on 2, algo CCI but weaker. There is a 2 in BCN also seen last summer

0223 on 3, ad for a cohetería --- I`m not sure what this is; a rocket shop or a place for farting? Or old farts?; political ad for Nueva Alianza; ad for cellphone company YOO. There`s also a free ice rink

0226 on 3, now a sextet of women chatting as another one enters

0230 on 6, weak video briefly and I recognize the net-5 logo in an italic oval, this time larger and screen-center. So it`s XETV Tijuana, which since it added DTV on UHF, has kept analog 6 on air with Mexican instead of American programming. Was XHGC not on in Tijuana before?

0238 on 5, apparently novela, Azteca-13 bug partially visible in UR, so XHAQ Mexicali

0243 on 3, still in, but weaker; 0300 equestrian or rodeo, guy on a horse in an arena; probably XHBC switching to men`s show. Or corrida?

0312 on 2, weak CCI, still westerly rather than southerly

0344 on 2, still algo as opening is about to close

Another opening later the same UT day:

1658 on 2, algo with some Spanish music fades in

1701 on 2, ad for XL3VR, a cold-remedy tablet, not an exotic callsign

1703 on 5, algo as MUF rises

1704 on 2, news with large f bug in LR, i.e. net-4 Foro TV; smaller bug in UR appears to be same. Re low temps in Chihuahua, Coahuila, but I think this is a national cast. W9WI.com shows the only XHTV-4 relay on 2, of any power, is XEFE in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and the direxion fits, altho this may be misleading, as I also remember seeing it via XHY-TV in Mérida, Yucatán, which is listed merely as INDependent. And BTW he shows that XEFE also relays XHGC-5.

At 1711, this 2 is getting some 10-kHz offset CCI, but I have to go out at 1715 with the opening continuing. Anyhow, never heard anything on low end FM caradio, where most of the channels are blocked.

1948 next check, no DX on ch 2, but at 2148 there is some weak Es briefly (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Dec 31 at 1939 UT, KEOR Mexican music is breaking up; hard to tell on caradio whether it`s the carrier or just the modulation. Seems like they turned this on weeks ago and then forgot it, never got around to programming in any IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 5930, Dec 31 at 1349 UT, R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, is on late for NYE, usually off at 1300 sharp. Fair with Russian talk about China and its music. Maybe also on Magadan 5940, but hard to be sure under R. Australia which starts at 1300 expecting Magadan to go off then. 5930 at 1400, R. Rossii ID and continues, and still audible at 1457 with Russian chat, almost two hours late.

http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy.html
shows Pet/Kam is on UT +11 but claims DST is in effect even now. Presumably local clock midnight was at 1300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 11680, Dec 31 at 2120, festive classical music, Portuguese announcement, more music, 2124 & 2126 Castilian REE IDs, amid more music.

9535 stronger than // 9620, Dec 31 at 2258 REE IS as it`s almost 2013y there, so no coverage of the preliminaries, but accurate timesignal at 2300 and 12 chimes of some clock marking the New Year, ``Feliz Año``, M&W screaming over crowd noises, 2303 ``Very Merry Christmas`` spoken in English just a week late; from 2305 a rock concert, including rap in English with refrain ``W- T- F-`` over and over too many times to count, except each word was spoken fully; 2312 something about a ``fine guy from Seattle``, but enough of that. I enjoyed last year`s NY music a lot more. Anyhow they`re having a good time in Madrid tonight, despite the dire situation.

Meanwhile, I also checked 6055 for the French service: 2258 it is also in REE IS but not synch with Spanish frequencies; 2300 opening in French as if it`s an ordinary night. There is CCI under 6055 from algo, maybe R. Nikkei, JAPAN, on grayline but I can`t be sure it`s in Japanese; could also be in French, i.e. RWANDA on very late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 9740, Dec 31 at 1458, BBCWS has good signal concluding a 2012 year-in-review, 1501 news. This is supposed to be the last day for this SINGAPORE relay which has been inadvertently serving North America well; per DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, gone from January 1:

0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 000 deg to SEAs English
0900-1630 on  6195 SNG 125 kW / 090 deg to AUS  English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 013 deg to EaAs English
0900-1630 on  9740 SNG 125 kW / 135 deg to AUS  English

The 13-degree beam we had been getting, even fed by a semi-transmitter, crosses the USA from Duluth to Birmingham, to Habana, close enough at this distance to spread well into Oklahoma.

So BBC`s gradual self-destruxion as a SW broadcaster proceeds. This year for the first time in recent memory, I did not even try to find an offbeam frequency for the arrival of 2013 at Big Ben (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7350-SSB, Dec 31 at 1425, a Navy MARS net is in informal roundtable, headed by NNN0RBD, with stations such as NNN0TWA; someone mentioning what channel 8 in Jonesboro AR said about the weather; NNN0UTE, weak in Memphis. NCS announced ``4H1B`` (all these in fonetix), presumably the net designator rather than a callsign, that there is no traffic today, so continue with comments. All these were atop a weak Chinese broadcaster, not enough to be a full BFO. HFCC shows CNR Tibetan service from Beijing site.

Googling on the calls, I find:
``Erskine D. "ED" Wyatt, KC4QYM/ NNN0RBD`` --- and ``EFFECTIVE 10 AUGUST 2012 MR. ERSKINE WYATT, NNN0RBD, WILL ASSUME THE DUTIES OF STATE DIRECTOR FOR TENNESSEE AND IS AUTHORIZED TO USE THE CALL SIGN NNN0GBU IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES``.

By his ham call, he is in Munford, TN
NNN0TWA is Jim, somewhere in Tennessee
NNN0UTE is Raymond, somewhere in Tennessee.
Maybe George McClintock knows them
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1649 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, UT Monday Dec 31 at 0531. Initially signal is sufficient, about equal to the jamming if you try to ignore it; by 0553, however, we are under the jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Next tries: Tuesday 1200, Thursday 0430. For Europe, special airings from Hamburger Lokalradio 7265, Wednesday 0630 & 1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Dec 31 at 0627, WTWW-1 is in open carrier/dead air. This was noticed earlier by Jeramy Ross, W5XTL in Lawton OK: ``WTWW is broadcasting dead air/open carrier as of 0409 UT on 5830.`` Still so at 1346, I notice, so has it been mum all-night? Frequency change circa 1400 was accomplished without adding modulation then either; 1407 still OC on 9479. Now I leave a receiver on it, and still no mod at 1501, 1524; then at 1524:45 a canned ID, but back to dead air again. 1535, finally joining SFAW programming.

At 1416 I also check 12105 for WTWW-3 which is usually off the air, but it`s on this Monday in Russian, and by 1527 in Arabic instead. So the Zimbabwe clandestine, R. Dialogue at 16-17, will have CCI today. Seems not only Saturdays but Mondays are more likely for WTWW to be on 12105 in our mornings, as previously logged by Dan Sheedy on December 17. BTW I recently misreferred to 5085 WTWW-2 as -3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 930, Dec 31 at 1300 UT, San Antonio mentioned, Fox `News`, so KLUP again; WKY easily nulled, still on STA of diminished 1.25 kW non-direxional night power instead of 5 kW N/S (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Correcting typo in previous log: it`s KRTX, not KRTZ:

980, Dec 30 at 0603 UT, Spanish gospel music and phone 832-830-6563, looping N/S, which pins it on Houston TX, i.e. KRTX, COL Rosenberg-Richmond, address in Pasadena. Do they pronounce that as in Spanish, or English? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1010, Dec 31 around 0617 UT, live? religious call-in has two hosts moaning about problems with the delay circuit. At 0636, now a gospel huxter is praying, interrupting himself every few sex to exclaim ``Father God``. May have been Speaking In Tongues too as for a while I could not recognize a language, or maybe just bad elocution.

It`s amusing how different preachers have different tics, which I truly believe are mental illness --- some keep interrupting for ``Amen``, others for ``Praise God``, and now this. Oh yeah, I also have no doubt it`s KXXT Tolleson AZ once again with its cheating daytime signal at night, westward from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, Dec 31 at 1328 UT, `Midnight Cry` broadcast concluding with how to order audio in four formats --- so am I hearing Australia, where it`s just past midnight in 2013y? No, probably KAAY Little Rock AR, neatly confirmed at
http://www.midnightcry.org/broadcasts/radio.htm
showing only 5 widely-dispersed AM stations with KAAY at 7:15-7:30 am
altho not updated since 2010y copyright also showing times on WHR SW including defunct KWHR and never-funct ``KHRA``. I new I had run across this somewhere on SW before. Speaking of defunct, website admits that applies to this preacher; another one of those ghouls.

However, before the 1328 minute was over, obliterated by another station popping on 1090 with Catholic programming in progress about the Komen Foundation and Planned Parenthood: Komen woman saying she was misrepresented by bad press in the recent clash over Choice. She too is interrupted clumsily at 1329 for a sign-on announcement from KEXS Excelsior Springs MO, the Catholic station I was expecting, YL saying 3400 watts, and back to Komen/PP stuff in progress (from EWTN, no doubt, obsessed with abortion, as an affiliate of it), seems part of a year-in-review. NRC AM Log however shows 8 kW daytimer, with 4 kW critical hours, and FCC AM Query agrees, so where does she get 3.4 kW? Maybe admitting true reduced power from decrepit transmitter? But plenty to overcome mighty KAAY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1120, Dec 31 at 0604 UT, unusual dead air from KMOX, don`t know for how long, but started own newscast at 0604:20. Meanwhile, KEOR Oklahoma was QRM-free (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN. 9645, 7250, 6075, 3975, Dec 31 at 0630, VR opening Latin mass show with intros in English, Polish, Italian and something else Slavic. None of them noted on the air before 0630 today as sometimes happens (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Dec 31 at 2120, music with fair signal, suspect ZBC on late for NYE, after local midnight across the year-line, and 2131 NY party noises, yells, seems Swahili, and some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 870, Dec 31 at 1302 UT, forecast in the 20s with possible snow; 2012y ag weather discussed ``for the state``, but which?? Surely not WWL and not from the SE; and not KFJZ TX either since it`s too urban too and Vietnamese.

Two possibilities in NRC AM Log, neither with an ag format, but might still do that in the mornings: WINU Shelbyville IL, religious, but that`s also too urban, really in St. Louis market.

How about this? KAAN Bethany MO, oldies, ``Radio Can``, 930-watt ND daytimer airable once WWL`s sun rises. Is there a program schedule on their ad-cluttered website? Of course not, but there is a link to ag news from elsewhere, so it`s on their radar:
http://www.northwestmoinfo.com/
I don`t see a ``Radio Can`` on the website, but ``AMERIKAAN``, hee2.

Meanwhile, it`s losing out to Mexican NA at 1303, and XETAR Chihuahua in the opposite direxion dominant by 1305 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Dec 31 at 1249 UT, very weak to JBA music, until fadeout around 1255. Likely another broadcast harmonic, 2 x 1330. For further checking earlier; hope it comes in stronger than 2910 has (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2910, Dec 31 at 1150 UT I awaken early again, so make the best of it in another attempt to ID this presumed third harmonic of some Mexican on 970. Still it`s a threshold signal as I keep the BFO on it zero-beat, to help a little, but unproductive as I only catch a few words here and there. Spanish talk at tune-in says ``buenos días``, and has SSB ACI again. 1152 a song, 1155 talk, timecheck, mentions Zaragoza, a common name which could be applied to anything, anywhere; ``amigos radioescuchas``, one or two OMs chattering, no YL. 1202 bit of music;

1205 now the YL joins in with her own ``buenos días``; OM handles the TCs, ``6 de la mañana, 5 minutos`` = UT -6, and a song. 1209 ``fin de año`` which it certainly is. 1215 OM & YL alternate talk; 1218 ad, 1219 mentions Juárez, same name remark. Ad for ``artículos navideños``, now no doubt discounted for clearance. Weather includes lluvias (rain). 1221, TC for 6:20; 1223 more OM & YL chat vs SSB ACI. 1227, TC for 6:26. 1229 weakening and ACI still a problem. 1235 YL in long monolog, reading a news item? Brief OM, and back to YL monolog. 1242 TC 18 minutos para las 7. 1245 fading down and I give up for today, but then tune around and find another harmonic on 2660, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)