Glenn Hauser logs September 2-3, 2016

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. Since the quake woke me up [see OKLAHOMA], I check for SIKKIM on 4835, Sept 3 at 1210 UT: It`s only a few minutes after my sunrise, but this is a JBA carrier, less than to be expected from VL8A, so is it still off? I await Ron Howard`s logs today. However, there is also a JBA carrier on 2485, but not 2325, the other VL8s. Also lots of carriers on 60m frequencies of Tibet/China, not so much India. 4940 China is still audible a sesquihour later at 1343! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 12065, Sept 3 at 1346, JJBBA carrier, much less than 12085 S9 from Radio Australia, so is 12065 something else with Shep off? 9580 fine as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX ISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, Sept 3 at 0240, HJDH is off; 6010 has two carriers a bit apart beating, the one below 6010 and probably HJDH, the weaker one above 6010, ZYE521.

BTW, regarding R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte, MG, I see in the WRTH 2016 contradictory callsigns for 6010 and 15190: ZYE521 and ZYE622 --- since they are SW frequencies of the same station, should they not be one digit apart instead of 101?? I`ve brought this up before. Website for it in WRTH is http://inconfidencia.com.br – but that forwards to http://inconfidencia.mg.gov.br/ which means it must be owned by the General Mines state government (and BTW station is celebrating its eightieth anniversary). What`s the MW frequency? Too big a list to hunt thru the paper WRTH without a search funxion, but station site says it`s 880 on this page, also about its external SW service:

http://inconfidencia.mg.gov.br/modules/wfchannel/index.php?pagenum=19

WRTH shows the 880 call as ZYL275, so no relation to the SW ones. Searching within station site on both SW calls gets no hits! But then searching on 15190 gets no hits either, even tho we already found it mentioned on the above page (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. Re: ``BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, Sept 2 at 1137, presumed NBC with poor signal, but enough to convey some music, still there at 1231. Going by Ron Howard`s obs; but beware: RRI Palangkaraya is also active from before 1000 until 1700v*, per Atsunori Ishida``. In fact, Bougainville was off that date, so must have been RRI, per Ron Howard:

``3325, NBC Bougainville 1109-1116, Sept 3. No trace of them; clearly off the air; hearing better than normal signal from Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya; in fact last few days have not heard Bougainville at all. Hiroyuki Komatsubara (Japan) reports Sept 1, at 0904, no NBC signal and Sept 2, again no signal at 0925. What happened? Bougainville had been doing very well last month. 3325, Pro 1 RRI Palangkaraya, 1111, Sept 3, with the nice patriotic song "Garuda Pancasila"; NBC Bougainville not heard this month, so no QRM`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Sept 3 at 1344, JBA carrier here instead of 5965, corresponding to the Shiokaze QSY from JAPAN that Ron Howard reported as of September 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 6150, Sept 3 sometime during the 03-04 hour, no signal from La Voz Alegre, as MWV continues to be AWOL. Likewise:

17840, Sept 3 at 1800, no signal from African Pathways Radio, MWV. If Spain can make it on 17855, this should too, if it`s on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 940, Sept 3 at 0306, good signal in Spanish on N/S antenna, promo for Centro Educativo, ``el espiritualista mejor`` with call-in number repeated several times, so I can be sure of 70 rather than 60: 55-70-10-07-47, ``descubriendo lo paranormal``, and plugging a 9 am sábado event on some Calzada costing 99 pesos. 0309, starts taking call-ins. Has to be XEQ México DF, 50/50 kW. This nonsense is not very good for a station now branding itself a ``Ke Buena``. It seems that XEQ-940 and XEX-730 are the only major DF stations with reliable reception up here any more: certainly not XEW-900 nor XEB-1220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. Pirate YHWH to return via WBCQ: See U S A

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Sept 3 at 0302 UT, KFAQ Tulsa promo for ``big changes on Talk Radio 1170, beginning Tuesday at 5 am`` so tune in then after Labor Day --- format change from far-right talk? Dream on, but what? KFAQ had just been getting creamed by WWVA on day pattern: see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: I am trying to sleep in later, Sept 3 at 1203 UT when I am awakened by a repeated metallic knocking sound --- turns out to be a skillet on the wall hitting the shaking stove next to it. And BTW, the bed is also shaking --- quake! Seems to last for better part of a minute, tho I am not fully alert yet. 

USGS reports:

M 5.6 -   14km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

Time      2016-09-03 12:02:44 (UTC)

Location  36.429°N 96.923°W

Depth     6.6 km

This made major news as it was felt from Houston to Sioux City at least, and caused some damage around Pawnee. The epicenter is about 53 miles due east of Enid. Fortunately, no significant damage visible around my place. It`s the largest or almost largest quake in recent Oklahoma, depending on refinements. Thank you, oil & gas industry!!!

After 1400 UT, I check out the OKC TV stations: KOCO ``5`` is running a crawler about it, only saying no damage reported. KFOR ``4`` also a crawler. But KWTV ``9`` already has reporters on the ground and in the air around Pawnee with full coverage, along with sibling station KOTV ``6`` Tulsa. Yes, buildings in Pawnee were falling apart, notably Pawnee Bill`s Museum, and the usual store shelves spilt on the floors.

KOCO finally starts some live reporting after 1500 UT, but that has to cut away from stupid ballgame coverage, which is preëmpting the last two hours of ``Litton`s Weekend Adventure`` six nature documentaries which I like to watch on Saturday mornings (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 3 at 0051, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, and this time I stay with it from 0058 to catch exactly when it cut off: 0058:38* following the latest reset. It will keep regressing to 0105 or so by ~6.5 seconds per night until another reset. At that rate, it will take 12 or 13 days just to reach 0100:00* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 6173.855 approx., Sept 3 at 0217, very weak music here under noise level, i.e. R. Tawantinsuyo, with no VOV/WHRI/WOF to be heard on 6175.0. At 0232 I measure it again and get 6173.84 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SIKKIM. Re ``AUSTRALIA [and non]. Since the quake woke me up [see OKLAHOMA], I check for SIKKIM on 4835, Sept 3 at 1210 UT: It`s only a few minutes after my sunrise, but this is a JBA carrier, less than to be expected from VL8A, so is it still off? I await Ron Howard`s logs today. However, there is also a JBA carrier on 2485, but not 2325, the other VL8s. Also lots of carriers on 60m frequencies of Tibet/China, not so much India. 4940 China is still audible a sesquihour later at 1343!`` Ron Howard confirms VL8A, at least, was off 4835 today:

``4835, AIR Gangtok (presumed), Sept 1, 2 & 3 only hearing an open carrier during my normal monitoring times; audio below threshold level; so my Aug 30 & 31 receptions were the best so far; ABC remains silent through Sept 3`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Sept 3 at 1343, SIBC must still be on to produce the JBA carrier this late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Re: ``5020, Sept 3 at 1343, SIBC must still be on to produce the JBA carrier this late.`` Ron Howard, California, confirms it was on for a few more minutes:

``5020, Wantok FM relay via SIBC, on Sept 3 back with nice long extended schedule; 1217-1349*. Pop songs; frequent IDs ("This is Wantok FM 96.3. Good times, great music," etc.), which is just the opposite of the SIBC format with no IDs; mostly fair, assisted by the fact my local sunrise was at 1341 UT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Sept 3 at 1759, JBA carrier only, presumably R. Munansi via WWRB, with very poor propagation; WWV:

``Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 September follow.

Solar flux 95 and estimated planetary A-index 39.

The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 03 September was 4.

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.

Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred``

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1841 monitoring: confirmed Friday September 2 at 2330 on WBCQ, 9330.042v-CUSB, S9+20, G-VG. Another attempt to hear me on 7265-CUSB, Hamburger Lokalradio, Göhren, Germany, via the UTwente SDR, Sat Sept 3 at 1447+: nothing but noise. Is this on the air or not? The other HLR broadcast, Sat at 0630 on 6190-CUSB was confirmed from Europe last week Aug 27. Next:

Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 

Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 

Sun 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND

Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW

Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  

Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE [we hope resumed after 3 weeks]

Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW

Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.02-AM, UT Saturday September 3, I listen to almost all of this week`s `Allan Weiner Worldwide` on WBCQ. Says he is also on 5130 and 3250. I find 5129.85-AM audible on delay but too much in the noise level. JBA carrier under the noise on approx. 3250.3 at 0021. Quick call from TimTron asserts that he has improved the 3250 transmitter, so it is now the ``crown jewel here tonight``. Not here.

But first, Allan mentions that there are spiders all over the studio. Most of his show relates to the $500,000 fund-raiser, which he promises to keep promoting the rest of the year. Has premonition that Free Speech will be further curtailed in the next four years, making WBCQ even more vital. Details of the 8 major goals and how to contribute, at http://wbcq.com A kilobuck has come in during the first week for starters. 

Says that gh would agree with this: ``SW is a precious worldwide resource which is being abandoned by governments`` --- well, let them, he says, nothing but propaganda. But WBCQ gets new listeners every time a transmitter is turned on.

0025 plugs Andrew Yoders`s new edition of Pirate Radio Annual, nicely laid out and including a DVD. 

0037, Allan reads a handwritten not entirely legible letter in pencil, from Joshua, the former pirate YHWH. Altho busted by FCC, has two lectures he still wants to get on shortwave, but no station will take him; one of them about ``Christianity, the Greatest Hoax, Ever``. He`s broke, lives off the grid in his bus, squatting somewhere remote in California, with solar power, batteries, generator, no internet access, and has to ride his bike 18 miles to get postal mail. Says his transmitting equipment with 9 antennas on the bus is operational, on standby until the FCC no longer exists. He was on the air twice a day for a sesquiyear before the FCC finally found him, right under government noses, near Ridgecrest, China Lake weapons test center. 

Would like to be on 7490 around 7 pm PT. But ``you`re gonna take heat if you choose to run this stuff. BTW, Brother Stair is an idiot, cult``. Allan says he has already mailed a reply inviting him on for $25 and his CD, when there is a slot available some Wednesday at 9-11 pm ET on 7490 [What? Is Hal Turner gone again? Yes: sked now shows two AWWW hours to fill in].

WBCQ`s 18th anniversary is almost here, next Friday (Sept 9). Then takes a long call from Scott Becker until 0126. Allan says his hobby of buying and selling antique cars generates a little income for WBCQ. A newly acquired 50 kW MW transmitter is on site, which he got from California for only $2K rather than a semimillion such a SW would cost new. It will take a lot of work to modify it for SW, not easy to do, but something he and TimTron enjoy tackling. 

Program preview: A new episode of Tom Cole Theatre is coming up for Labor Day weekend, called Cat Watch (? Or is it Cat Wipe?), times:

Wed  9 pm ET on 7490 for two weeks [0100 UT Thus]

Sat  7 pm ET on 9330, and simulcast Wed at 9 pm [Sat 23 & Thu 01 UT]

Thu 10 pm ET on 5130 [Fri 0200 UT]

Fri 11 pm ET on 5130 [Sat 0300 UT]

Since he mentioned Wed first, I`m not sure whether the Sat airings really refer to LD weekend, or the next week?

Agrees the UStream video is poor quality, and someone detects that he is grayer. Says it`s because of losing the love of his life, Jennifer, (2 or 3? years ago), and is still not over it. 

Checking all the frequencies at 0131, I find that 5129.86 has improved a bit, running about 50 seconds behind 7490. Listeners in the northeast are not getting 7490 well at all, but 3250 is good, quite the opposite of here. Someone reports that a CME is going on now, and later at 0218 I hear WWV report the K-index at 00 was 5, with moderate storm, G2 level. At 0145, 5130- is still noisy, and 3250+ has improved but still below noise level. 

I wasn`t expecting him to be on 9330, and neither was he, at least not mentioned, but there he is too at 0147 check, not synchronized either. 

AWWW really ran long this week, but promises always to acknowledge all e-mail (some of which included $$) before finishing. Finally at 0149 benedixion, thanking God for electromagnetic radiation, cockroaches, etc. After The Planet ID, 7490 reverts to Brother Scare. At 0156, not sure if BS, or what, when 90m is still on with enough signal in noise to measure it better: 3250.295.

But I don`t recheck the others till 0220: 3250 is off; 5130- is on with `Open Your Eyes [,] People` YL preacher; 9330.04 surprisingly is replaying the end of last week`s AWWW, prayer, when Pam was accompanying him; 0224 on to some other song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 7504.915, Sept 3 at 0231, WRNO is back on tonight S9+25 with gospel huxter. I keep missing checking whether they are still in Chinese after 0300 certain nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5059.05, Sept 3 at 0244, suspicious JBA carrier --- could it be a second-order spur from 5085 WTWW-2? Yes! 5085 is now on with S9+50 music, putting out the usual first-order spurs about 5072.05 and 5097.95 --- and 5059.05 is exactly 13 kHz further down. To be clinched if there is a match further up, on 5110.95 --- and there is! 13 kHz above 5097.95. That would be another good reason for WBCQ to have moved from 5110v to 5130v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1170, Sept 3 at 0255 UT, I find that IBOC-less KFAQ Tulsa unusually has heavy QRM from a gospel huxter in English, and making SAH of 80/minute = one and one third Hz. On the NRD-545, I`m getting it much better on the N/S wire, i.e. minimizing signal from KFAQ, rather than the E/W ALA-330S. On the DX-398 I try to DF it, and it seems to be only slightly different than KFAQ from the ESE: about ENE/WSW. Program seems to be wrapping up, referring to a ``Restoration message`` from the ``Bible School of Prophecy, Jacksonville``, running past hourtop and of course fading before any ID can get past KFAQ; or is it a sign-off/power-down? 

Now to try to locate it. There are no 1170s in Jacksonville, FL, IL, or anywhere, so that`s merely the program source. Here it is, from Florida in fact:

http://www.wordofprophecy.org/

but no station affiliate list, and link to ``Radi-O-Grams`` is something else. Dead-end there. Now to look for likely 1170s by format and DF within reasonable distance:

In NRC AM Log 2016-2017, the only REL stations on 1170 are in AL, AK, CT, KY, MS (GOS), WV. We can rule out AK and CT. Could it be WWVA, really from OH site? Normally has a big null toward KFAQ, protecting each other. Format is primarily TLK, but also REL. From

http://newsradio1170.iheart.com/

you have to go thru the Bloomdaddy (??) drop-down to get to a Religious Programming page:

http://newsradio1170.iheart.com/articles/wwvareligion-programming-page-402500/religion-7483830/

showing WWVA is in fact gospel-huxtering at night, lots of different ones, but here`s an almost-match!

``Word of Prophecy (M-F 10:30p-10:45p) [ET]

Bro. Ray Pringle, Jr.

Jacksonville, FL  32247

www.wordofprophecy.org``

Nothing specified in the 10:45-11:30 pm period, but Pringle must be running longer. This means that WWVA had to be on ND 50 kW daytime pattern until at least 11 pm local. My DF on it also fits. Quite a rarity here; in fact I don`t think I`ve ever heard WWVA in OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. Re WORLD OF RADIO 1841 monitoring, did anyone hear it on HLR 7265, Sat Sept 3 at 1430? Received a report with .wav files from Franco Baroni, San Pellegrino Terme, province Bergamo, Italy, indicating sufficient reception with some deep fades, and turned off immediately at 1500 without any ID, then some time pips audible, China? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM. 7315, Sept 2 at 2359, no signal from WHRI before Vietnam relay, checking again on the third night of new schedule of English/Spanish/English Spanish semihours at 0000-0158. Carrier on at *2359.5, but keeps going off and on and off and on, no modulation applied. Still off at 0011. I`m mainly listening to Allan Weiner on WBCQ [q.v.] but keep checking 7315. Finally at 0023 I find it on, toward the end of VOV English, to stay? NO, next check not until 0125 when it`s off (clearing 7315 for some ``running water`` at 0127). 0131 still off when Spanish should be repeating, still off at 0145. So much for that. Never any VOV on 6175 or 12005 either. At 0314, however, I find 7315 is back on at S9+10 with WHRI praise music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1499.17, Sept 3 at 0216 UT, JBA carrier making het against 1500 KSTP, again. I`ve been reporting this a few nights now and no replies if anyone else has heard or IDed it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Glenn: -- "1499.17, Sept 3 at 0216 UT...no replies if anyone else has heard or IDed it" – Greg Hardison, California replies:   ``I didn't have frequency measuring capabilities, but definitely heard a just-under 1 kHz het, weak on the low side of 1500, via an Athens, GA remote rig (go Dawgs!!); I believe this was on Thurs Sept 01 around 0800 UT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1923 UT September 3

SWLDXBulgaria News Sept.3

AUSTRIA   Reception of Radio Oesterriech International, Sept.3
0500-0620 on  6155 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to WeEu German Mon-Fri
0500-0610 on  6155 MOS 300 kW / non-dir to WeEu German Sat/Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-oesterriech.html

FRANCE(non)   Weak signal of Radio Adal via TDF Issoudun, Sept.3
1500-1530 on 15205 ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Wed/Sat
1530-1600 on 15205*ISS 100 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Wed/Sat
*co-ch BSKSA 15205 RIY 500 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Holy Quran at 1552UT
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/weak-signal-of-radio-adal-via-tdf.html

GERMANY   Open carrier of DVD Deutscher Wetterdienst, Sept.3:
0604-0630 on  6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu CUSB dead air
1204-1230 on  6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu CUSB dead air
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/open-carrier-of-dvd-deutscher.html

GERMANY(non)   Missionswerk Friedensstimme via MBR Nauen, Sept.3
1200-1230 on 15320 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to FERu Russian Sat, fair signal
1600-1630 on 13750 NAU 250 kW / 060 deg to EaEu Russian Sat, NO SIGNAL!!
Sept.3 no signal of HCJB Voice of The Andes via MBR Nauen:
1530-1600 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Russian Sat
1600-1630 on 13800 NAU 100 kW / 100 deg to CeAs Chechen Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/missionswerk-friedensstimme-via-mbr.html

GERMANY(non)   Poor signal of Radio Xoriyo via MBR Issoudun on Sept.3:
1600-1630 on 17630 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Tue/Sat+jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/poor-signal-of-radio-xoriyo-via-mbr.html

GREECE   Voice of Greece on a single 9420 kHz on Sept.2-3:
Sept.2
from 1730 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
Sept.3
0600-0800 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/voice-of-greece-on-single-9420-khz-on.html

SECRETLAND(non)   IRRS Radio City via SPL Secretbrod, Sept.3
0800-0900 on  9510 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German Sat
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/irrs-radio-city-via-spl-secretbrod-sept3.html

SECRETLAND(non)   IRRS Radio Warra Wangeelaati via SPL Secretbrod, Sept.3:
1500-1530 on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Sat + other mx px!
No signal on 15515 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf after 1520UTC, TX IS OFF
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/irrs-radio-warra-wangeelaati-via-spl.html

SRI LANKA   Reception of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation on Sept.3:
1630-1830 on 11750 TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to N/ME Sinhala, relay City FM
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-sri-lanka-broadcasting_3.html

SUDAN(non)   Reception of Radio Dabanga, Sept.3:
from 0555 on 11645 SMG 250 kW / 146 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
from 0555 on 13800 NAU 125 kW / 152 deg to EaAf Juba Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-dabanga-sept3.html

TAIWAN   Test broadcasts of Radio Taiwan International in AM mode, Sept.2-4
1600-1700 on 11665*TSH 300 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, fair to good signal
*first 15 minutes co-ch Radio Television Malaysia Wai/Limbang FM via Kajang
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/test-broadcasts-of-radio-taiwan.html

TANZANIA   Reception of Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation, Sept.3:
1500-1800 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
1800-1809 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf English
1809-2100 on 11735 DOL 050 kW / non-dir to CeAf Swahili
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-zanzibar-broadcasting.html

TURKEY   Unscheduled broadcast of TRT Voice of Turkey in Romanian on Sept.3
from 1130 on  7210 EMR 500 kW / 280 deg to SEEu Romanian, instead of German
from 1136 on 13760 EMR 500 kW / 318 deg to WeEu German, as scheduled in A16
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/unscheduled-broadcast-of-trt-voice-of.html

USA   Transmissions of Brother HySTAIRical via WINB are cancelled
1700-1900 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri.
Updated summer A-16 shortwave schedule of WINB Red Lion, Sept.4:
1100-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Sat/Sun
1900-1945 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Mon-Fri
1945-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Eng/Spa Mon-Thu
1945-2000 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Fri
2000-2230 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
2230-2300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm Spanish Mon
2230-2300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Tue-Sun
2300-2400 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0000-0300 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Daily
0300-0400 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm English Wed-Mon
And 2 additional time slot of WINB Red Lion, but inactive at present:
0400-0600 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 242 deg to CeAm, registered on Aug.18
0600-1100 on  9265 INB 050 kW / 062 deg to NEAf, registered on Sept.2
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/transmissions-of-brother-hystairical.html

USA   Frequency changes of World Harvest Radio International from Sept.4:
WHRI Angel 1
1300-1400 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat/Sun Brother Stair, ex 17815
1400-1500 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat Brother Stair, ex 17815
1400-1500 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sun, ex 17815
1500-1600 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat/Sun, ex 17815
1600-1800 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Daily, ex 17815
1800-1900 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Mon-Fri Brother Stair, ex 17815
1800-1900 NF 21610 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English Sat/Sun, ex 17815
2200-2300 NF  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Brother Stair, ex 11750
2200-2300 NF  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat/Sun, ex 11750
2300-2400 NF  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sat, ex 11750
WHRI Angel 2
2000-2200 NF 11750 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun, ex 15530
2300-2400 NF  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Mon-Fri Brother Stair, ex 11750
2300-2400 NF  9505 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu English Sun, ex 11750
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/usa-frequency-changes-of-world-harvest.html


--

73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Agenda DX 04/09/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
County Sound Radio, Gran Bretagna 1476 Khz (1995)
BBC Radio Bristol 1548 Khz (1970)
CFAX, British Columbia, Canada 1070 Khz (1959)
WLAM, Maine 1470 Khz (1947)

SWLDXBulgaria News Sept.2

COLOMBIA   Weak signal of Alcaravan Radio on Sept.2
0556&0601 on 5910.1 PLS 001 kW / non-dir to CLM Spanish:
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/weak-signal-of-alcaravan-radio-on-sept2.html

FRANCE   Frequency changes of Radio France International as Sept.4
0500-0600 on  9790 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CeAf French from Sept.4
0500-0600 on 15300 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CeAf French till Sept.3
1200-1300 on 15300 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to NWAf French till Sept.3
1200-1300 on 17620 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to NWAf French from Sept.4
1200-1300 on 17620 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg to WCAf French till Sept.3
1200-1300 on 21690 ISS 500 kW / 185 deg to WCAf French from Sept.4
1600-1700 on 15670 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa  till Sept.3
1600-1700 on 17615 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa  from Sept.4
2000-2030 on 13695 ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa  till Sept.3
2000-2030 on 11700*ISS 500 kW / 170 deg to WCAf Hausa  from Sept.4
*til 2100 on 11700 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English Radio Biafra
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/frequency-changes-of-radio-france.html

FRANCE(non)   Reception of Radio Publique Africaine via TDF Issoudun, Sept.2
1800-1832 on 15480 ISS 250 kW / 145 deg to SoAf Kirundi
1832-1858 on 15480 ISS 250 kW / 145 deg to SoAf French
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-publique-africaine_3.html

GREMANY(non)   Poor signal of Voice of Oromo Liberation via MBR Nauen on Sept.2:
1700-1730 on 15420 NAU 100 kW / 139 deg to EaAf Afar Oromo Wed/Fri/Sun + jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/poor-signal-of-voice-of-oromo.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 & 11645 kHz, Sept.2:
0600-0715 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off
0600-0715 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off
*3-5 minutes news in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, Albanian
and Arabic. Today missing Polish & Italian. Off air around 0715UT!
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420.html

JAPAN(non)   Frequency changes of Shiokaze Sea Breeze from Sept.2
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Chinese Mon
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Japanese Tue
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Wed
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 English Thu
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Fri
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Japanese Sat
1300-1330 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Sun
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Mon
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Japanese Tue
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Wed
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 English Thu
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Fri
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Korean Sat
1330-1400 NF  5985 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5965 Japanese Sun
1405-1435 on  7325 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, no change Japanese Daily
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Chinese Mon
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Japanese Tue
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Wed
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 English Thu
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Fri
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Japanese Sat
1600-1630 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Sun
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Mon
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Japanese Tue
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Wed
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 English Thu
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Fri
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Korean Sat
1630-1700 NF  6090 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs, ex 5915 Japanese Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/frequency-changes-of-shiokaze-sea.html

MADAGASCAR   From Aug.29 no signal from WCB Madagascar World Voice
between 1800 UTC and 2200 UTC. Full A-16 schedule it is as follows
0000-0100 on  9600 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to CeAf English
0100-0200 on  9665 MWV 100 kW / 040 deg to SoAs English
0200-0300 on  6190 MWV 100 kW / 250 deg to SoAm Spanish
0300-0400 on  6150 MWV 100 kW / 265 deg to SoAm Spanish
0400-0500 on  9480 MWV 100 kW / 295 deg to CeAf English
1800-1900 on  9570 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to EaEu Russian
1800-1900 on 17640 MWV 100 kW / 310 deg to WeAf English
1900-2000 on 11945 MWV 100 kW / 355 deg to N/ME Arabic
2000-2100 on 13710 MWV 100 kW / 340 deg to EaAf Arabic
2100-2200 on 11615 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Chinese
2200-2300 on  9455 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese
2200-2300 on 11770 MWV 100 kW / 325 deg to NoAf Arabic
2300-2400 on  9535 MWV 100 kW / 055 deg to EaAs Chinese
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/from-aug29-no-signal-of-wcb-madagascar.html

OMAN   Good signal of Radio Sultanate of Oman on Sept.2
1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English
1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabic
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/good-signal-of-radio-sultanate-of-oman.html

SECRETLAND vs RUSSIA   SPL Brother HySTAIRical vs Adygeyan Radio on Sept.2:
1800-1900 on  6000*ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Ad/Ar/Tu Mon Adygeyan Radio
1800-1900 on  6000*ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Fri Adygeyan Radio
1900-2000 on  6000*ARM 100 kW / 188 deg to CeAs Adygeyan Sun Adygeyan Radio
*strong co-ch 6000 SCB 050 kW / 015 deg to EaEu English Brother HySTAIRical
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/spl-brother-hystairical-vs-adygeyan.html

SOMALIA   Fair to good signal of Radio Hargeysa on September 2:
1500-1900 on  7120 HAR 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Somali, QRM HAM
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/fair-to-good-signal-of-radio-hargeysa.html

U.K.(non)    Very good signal of Radio Rainbow via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Sept.2:
1600-1630 on  7575 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri Radio Ranginkaman
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/very-good-signal-of-radio-rainbow-via.html

U.K.(non)   Good signal of Voice of Spring via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Sept.2
1730-1800 on  7495 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi Thu/Fri Sedoye Bahar
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/good-signal-of-voice-of-spring-via.html

U.K.(non)    Very good signal of R.Payem e-Doost via BaBcoCk Grigoriopol, Sept.2
1800-1845 on  7480 KCH 500 kW / 116 deg to WeAs Farsi
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/very-good-signal-of-rpayem-e-doost-via.html

U.K.(non)   All European relays of Voice of Vietnam via BaBcoCk are cancelled:
1700-1730 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1730-1830 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese
1830-1900 on  9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French
1900-1930 on  9890 WOF 300 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2028 on  9430 DHA 250 kW / 315 deg to WeEu German
And probably NoAmerican relays of VOV via BaBcoCk Woofferton also are cancelled
0100-0130 on 12005*WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to ENAm English
0130-0230 on 12005*WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to ENAm Vietnamese
0230-0300 on 12005*WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to ENAm English
* not winter  6175 WOF 250 kW / 282 deg to ENAm in B-15
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/all-european-relays-of-voice-of-vietnam.html

USA(non)   Some changes of Voice of Vietnam & KBS World Radio via WHRI Angel 1/2:
WHRI Angel 1
0000-0030 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Voice of Vietnam new time
0030-0100 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam new time
0100-0130 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Voice of Vietnam new time
0130-0200 on  7315 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam new time
0300-0330 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam, deleted
0330-0400 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm English Voice of Vietnam, deleted
0400-0430 on  6175 HRI 250 kW / 173 deg to CeAm Spanish Voice of Vietnam, deleted
WHRI Angel 2
0100-0200 on  9605 HRI 250 kW / 167 deg to SoAm Spanish KBS World R., ex Angel 1
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/some-changes-of-voice-of-vietnam-kbs.html


-- 

73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

The K7RA Solar Update

Over the past week (August 25-31) average daily sunspot numbers rose from 33.9 to 60.1, and average daily solar flux increased from 79.6 to 87.9, compared to the previous seven days.

In fact, the average daily sunspot number for August was 50.4, the highest since February, when it was 56.1.

The three month moving averages of sunspot numbers for this year were 49, 45.3, 43.1, 35.4, 33 and 33.5.

Over the same period average planetary A index declined from 9.7 to 8, and mid-latitude A index went from 8.7 to 6.9. That’s a nice combination, lower geomagnetic activity and higher solar activity. As solar activity declines overall, there will be brief respites when sunspots increase, but only temporarily,

Predicted solar flux is 100 on September 2-4, 95 on September 5-8, 85, 78 and 80 on September 9-11, 82 on September 12-16, 80 on September 17-21, 82 on September 22, 85 on September 23-25, 82 on September 26-27, 85 on September 28-29, 80 on September 30 and October 1, 78 on October 2-7, 80 on October 8, and 82 on October 9-13.

Predicted planetary A index is 15 on September 2, 12 on September 3-4, 15 on September 5-6, 10 on September 7-8, 5 on September 9-12, then 10 and 8 on September 13-14, 5 on September 15-16, then 8, 5, 15, 12 and 8 on September 17-21, 5 on September 22-24, then 20, 18, 10, 15, 12, 10 and 8 on September 25 through October 1, 15 on October 2-3, 8 and 10 on October 4-5, and 5 on October 6-9.

More here:

http://www.arrl.org/news/the-k7ra-solar-update-441

Glenn Hauser logs September 1-2, 2016

** ALBANIA. 9855-, Sept 2 at 0127, R. Tirana is JBA with IS? and hum? at S1-S2, too weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 11710.7, Sept 2 at 0125, RAE with tango song, S1-S3 but modulation no longer distorted like last time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOUGAINVILLE. 3325, Sept 2 at 1137, presumed NBC with poor signal, but enough to convey some  music, still there at 1231. Going by Ron Howard`s obs; but beware: RRI Palangkaraya is also active from before 1000 until 1700v*, per Atsunori Ishida (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 2325 & 2485 & 4835, Sept 2 at 1130 check, all three VL8s are still OFF (one should try for Sikkim 4835, but would be tough beyond the west coast; and WWCR still big on 4840 until 1159 as the sun is rising here --- I think, as website sked not updated since Aug 31).

9580, RA is on and VG as usual, while 12065 & 12085 are JBA with low MUF. After 1500, 9580 is still in well with music on the BST-1 caradio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 6010+, Sept 2 at 0016, two signals, very poor both on hi side of frequency, slightly apart, making a beat, surely LV de tu Conciencia, and R. Inconfidência, Brasil. Same at 0138 check.

5909.975, Sept 2 at 0017, S6 music much stronger than 6010, from Alcaraván Radio, and the frequency is wavering slightly. (Wolfgang Büschel was also monitoring this in Germany a semihour earlier at 5909.973). Another remeasure check at 0523 after NHK/France is off: 5909.984 up to S9; and 6009.949, as the upper HJDH twin does vary more, both sides of nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 7735, Sept 2 at 0103, some pulse jamming can be heard on the hi side of 7730 WRMIBS, but not on the lo side circa 7725. Another stray, or a feeble attempt to QRM deliberately? 7405 has similar stronger pulse jamming against no Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11830 & 11850, Sept 2 at 0123, S1 signals in JBA Spanish, enough to // on another receiver to 11840 RHC, the parasites always attached to it. Fundamentals 11670 and 11760 also // but not as strong as usual.

6000, Sept 2 at 0527, RHC English with distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN [non]. 9350, Sept 2 at 0111, two weak signals slightly offset, i.e. ChiCom jamming and RFA Uyghur via TAJIKISTAN during this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 12005, Sept 1 at 2348, VP weak blob from R. Cairo, which runs for another hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDIA. 6145, Sept 2 at 0136, JBA carrier, below the noise level, presumably AIR as scheduled, on the frequency The Farty KBC will be overtaking from Sept 11, UT Sundays at 00-02 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 3344.865, Sept 2 at 1234, JBA carrier carefully measured again, the signature of RRI Ternate; I`d say accurate to within 2 Hz. Atsunori Ishida does not deal in precise frequencies, but careful observations of activity times: it`s being heard from around 1000 until 1500v*, ``often low modulation`` per http://rri.jpn.org (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11600, Sept 1 at 2058, nice chanty music, good signal until cutoff without announcement at 2100*. It`s Denge Kurdistanye, via PRIDNESTROVYE, per Aoki during its final segment. Haven`t heard it this well in months, no good in our summer mornings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 820, Sept 2 at 1155, Spanish romantic music pauses for a YL non-ID, ``Canal 800-20`` (meaning ``ochocientos veinte`` not just ocho-veinte). Good with WBAP nulled making slow SAH of 32/minute = 0.533 Hz; 1159 segué instead of any ID or anthem; strong enough to get a good DF on it as slightly CCW of west-east, which fits for Mexicali BCN; and finally at 1202 a more complete non-ID, ``Canal 800-20, ABC Radio``, more songs. Gone by 1220. So it really is XEABCA as suspected, obscuring its grandiose 6-letter legal call. Getting a SRS boost, LSR here being 1204, but still hard to believe it`s only 500 watts night as in IRCA, Cantú and WRTH, or even 3500 watts day from a kilomile away, overcoming 50,000 watt WBAP lately; seemingly a boost from previous nonentity (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Sept 2 at 0015, JBA carrier, so R. Chaski is back on, and enough S6 signal at 0057 to hear some music modulation, but after a quick check of VOV/WHRI, 5980 is already off circa 0059! So their slippery autotimer has indeed been reset way earlier; and now will resume sliding about 6.5 seconds later per 24 hours until another reset (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 6173.9, Sept 2 at 0100, JBA carrier is surely R. Tawantinsuyo on its signature off-frequency, in the absence of anything on 6175 such as Woofferton, WHRI or VOV as it claims (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, Sept 2 at 0114, open carrier then JBA music prélude, 2+1 mis-timesignal ending at 0115:10, SLBC opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 9480.09, Sept 2 at 0112, JBA carrier, off-frequency; nothing listed. Wolfgang Büschel also heard this at 0100 with BBCWS (English?), same S9+20 strength as 9410 Oman and 15310 Thailand, maybe Singapore testing? Unusually, he doesn`t specify exact frequency or whether it was ``even``. Since I found it askew, I`d vote for UAE or South Africa site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1841 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Sept 1 at 2100 on WRMI 13695, VG. Also confirmed after 2330 Thu Sept 1 on WBCQ, 9330.033-CUSB, good S9+20. Also confirmed Friday Sept 2 at 2130.5 on WRMI, 13695, very good. Next:

Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Sat 0630   HLR  6190-CUSB to SW 

Sat 0700   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND 

Sat 1400   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND

Sat 1430   HLR  7265-CUSB to SW 

Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 

Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 

Sun 0830   Unique Radio NSW 3210 ND

Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW

Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW

Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  

Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE

Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE [we hope resumed after 3 weeks]

Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE

Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW

Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, UT Fri Sept 2 at 0109, WBCQ is playing back last Friday night`s `Allan Weiner Worldwide` when he was talking about the 500 K$ fund-raising project, WBCQ ``at a crossroads``. Normally would go off at 0100 after Blalock the blaster, but why not do this? Open ended, after all, so can play the full AWWW which keeps going past 0200 as Pam is in concert from at least 0156; with ``99 Years``, 0201 ``Turn Your Radio On`` as AW joins in.

My photocell-controlled streetlite had just fired up with an RF noise burst at *0108, finally able to time it with a clear sky at sunset, which was 0059 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Friday Sept 2 at 2108, glad to hear WRMI with ME World Music instead of Brother HyStairical who is supposedly scheduled until 2200 M-F, -2100 Sat/Sun; and is still blathering away on 11565, 11580, 11825, 15440 and no doubt some others less audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sept 2 at 0020, WTWW-3 is VP S6, music underlying talk, probably Russian Bibling but too poor to be certain. Sometimes 12105 is blasting in evenings, other times like this --- on the edge of propagation/skip zone if not wide variations in transmitter power. At 0120 check, it`s down to S1 and seemingly dead air as usual during the final hour. By then, 9475, WTWW-1 can only achieve a poor S6 signal, yet SFAW modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, Sept 1 at 2359, I`m ready for another monitorage of the new VOV relays setup to see if it`s any different from inaugural night. WHRI ID; 0000 UT Sept 2 joining VOV theme after a pause, sign-on in English. It`s S9 but fadey like last night, on an unfavorable beam for us from SC, presumably 173 degrees. After news, 0014 Economy Report; 0023 song about Vietnam. 0028 dead air, 0028.5 WHR invites us to write to program and tell them ``it`s a blessing`` (not exactly what they were gunning for from Hanoi, but in bed with the super-Christians, what else?). 0029.5 WorldVision anti-hunger PSA. 0030 open VOV in Spanish. 0058 retune to hear WHR announcing that it is changing from 7315 to 9605, and OCS war-mongering crusader theme, but at 0059, 9605 is already on from other transmitter playing OCS too but separately, not synch! WHRI self-coördination is totally upscrewed. Before 0100 on 7315, he says ``now on 9605``! As before, 7315 really remains on the air at 0100 with VOV in English again, while 9605 starts up long-running KBS WR relay in Spanish. A third WHRI transmitter is doing its own thing on much stronger S9+40 7385 with USA radio network ``news`` toward us at 315 degrees. 

WHR continues to insert its own propaganda during VOV breaks on 7315. At 0129 Sept 2: Voice of the Martyrs, 800-75-VOICE about blasphemy in Tanzania, and WorldVision anti-AIDS. (How amusing it would be if one of these happened to deal with human rights violations, Christian missionary persecution in Vietnam!)

There is a pause of about 9 seconds before VOV comes up at 0130+, like other breaks. Spanish again. At 0159, WHR ID and OCS, no frequency announcement, 0200.5 into USA `news` now // 9605 which is still running another hour.

Meanwhile neither 12005 nor 6175 is on at 0100 check from Woofferton, WHRI, or anywhere. Nor at 0121 nor at 0201. However, see PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 594 kHz. Since it`s not INDIA, trying to locate the source of the carrier heard here even in the daytime: September 1 between 19 and 20 UT, I park a block away from 960 KGWA 4-tower transmitter site in NW Enid, but too much noise, probably overload, to hear it at all. Due east of KGWA, I can hear 594 and the DF is still about the same from NNW, so that rules out a KGWA spur. Also about the same DF from downtown Enid. This indicates it is some distance away, and could also be SSE rather than NNW, with this bi-direxional ferrite DFing on the portable DX-398. Will check further from other areas (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1309.70, Sept 2 at 0148 UT, JBA carrier hetting 1310 stations; another possible off-frequency to be pursued (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, Sept 2 at 0142 UT, KOKC`s stupid Savage talk show is getting heavy QRM from honky-tonk piano music, then C&W song. KOKC`s biggest rival at night is normally out-of-whack KOLM, Rochester, Minnesota, sportstalk, still such per its website. Could this be KYND, Cypress TX, which we normally hear around sunrise? Sked page is now here:

https://kyndradio.com/show-schedule/

showing `Urban Music on Air` from 6 pm to 6 am [23-05 UT] weekdays (lots but different hours on weekends) so that doesn`t fit either, unless they are talking about Urban Cowboys --- Houston market, after all. They have quite a mix of various talk shows and different kynds of music. BTW, it`s licensed as a 25 kW  direxional daytimer only (18 kW Critical Hours), but no doubt the webcast runs all-night. There is no longer a misleading coverage map linked from the homepage. KYND, last logged here June 16 at 1150 UT, had a slow SAH against KOKC, but this one makes a fast SAH. Hard to DF accurately vs KOKC, but seems about ESE/WNW. By 0209 UT, KOKC, which is 10 kW ND on STA (forever?) is in another offensive talkshow, Herman Cain, and dominating, but C&W music still audible under. NRC AM Log 2016-2017 shows several little mostly daytimers with C&W formats, in AL, IL, IN, MI, MI, MO, TX, WA. By DF the only one fitting would be WTLM Opelika AL, D1 1000/CH 650 watts. If the DF was way off, it could be KQQB Stockdale TX (just SE of San Antonio), D3 2500, but application for D3 25000/CH 23000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9515-USB, Sept 2 at 0114, weak 2-way intruder seems in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 2316 UT September 2

Digital Radio Mondiale: Visit us at IBC 2016 and win a DRM Smart Radio

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) has an exciting line-up of events under the banner “DRM: Smart Radio for All” at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 9th – 13th September. IBC is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasters and media professionals and attracts over 150,000 visitors every year from over 160 countries worldwide.

All those interested are invited to come along and meet DRM international experts, broadcasters and manufacturers and receive all the latest news on exciting market developments. Also on show will be innovative solutions for multi-standard receivers from Europe and Asia.

With four key events planned throughout the five-day exhibition, anyone attending any of these events will have an opportunity to enter the DRM Prize draw and win an Avion DRM digital radio!

The events hosted by key Consortium members will tackle various DRM aspects:

-      GatesAir (Hall 8 B80): “DRM+ Smart Solution for VHF” Friday 9th September 1400 to 1500

-      Thomson Broadcast (Hall 8 C35): “The Best Radio Technology ROI” Saturday 10th September, 1230 to 1330

-      Nautel (Hall 8 C49): “DRM30 Expanding the limits – A look at Super MW in 2016” Saturday 10thSeptember 1530 to 1700

-      Ampegon and Transradio (Hall 8 D35): “Digital Shortwave Transmission” Sunday 11th September 1400 to 1500.

Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairman, says that this year’s IBC will demonstrate “the versatility of the only global, open, all frequency bands digital sound broadcasting standard and the ingenious receiver solutions being developed at the moment. Radio is not in decline: on the contrary, it is entering its maturity phase with confidence. DRM is smart, flexible, and cost-effective and fits in the new digital multi-platform environment perfectly.”

Other DRM members present at IBC are: Babcock International, Fraunhofer IIS, Panasonic, RIZ Transmitters and RFmondial.

If you want to attend the DRM events please contact: projectoffice@drm.org

About DRM

Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies.

The DRM standard comprises two major configurations one intended for broadcasts on short, medium and long wave up to 30 MHz providing medium to large coverage areas and low power consumption (called ‘DRM30’). The configuration for the VHF bands above 30 MHz is called ‘DRM+’, tailored for local and regional coverage with broadcaster-controlled transmissions.

All DRM configurations share the same audio coding, data and multimedia services, service linking, multiplexing and signalling schemes.  DRM provides high quality sound combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services.

The DRM Consortium was awarded by ITU for it outstanding contribution to the Telecommunications over the past years

and has signed the EBU Smart Radio Memorandum that promotes access to free to air radio on all devices.

For more information and DRM updates please visit www.drm.org or subscribe to DRM news by writing topressoffice@drm.org.  Click here for the Newsletter with all the latest DRM news from around the world.

Agenda DX 03/09/2016

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Victoria, Perù 6018 Khz (1942)
Radio Canal Manabita, Ecuador 4815 Khz (1967)
Radio Naft-e-Melli, Iran (1953)
CBW, Manitoba, Canada 990 Khz (1948)
Radio Inconfidencia, Brasile 15195 Khz (1936)

SWLDXBulgaria News, Sept.1

BAHRAIN   Reception of Radio Bahrain, including English, Sept.1 :
1255&1505 on  9745*ABH 010 kW / non-dir to N/ME CUSB Music and English at 1500
* strong QRM  9750 YAM 300 kW / 290 deg to EaAs Japanese Radio Japan NHK World
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-bahrain-including.html

EGYPT   Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Cairo, Holy Quran on Sept.1:
from 0959 on 9965.0 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to ENAm very strong signal
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/unscheduled-broadcast-of-radio-cairo.html

SECRETLAND(non)   Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod on 2nd hx, Sept.1
1300-1655 on 11810 SCB 100 kW / 126 deg to N/ME English + 2nd hx 23620 kHz
parallel freq 9400 SCB 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu English
// frequency 11700 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf English
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/brother-hystairical-via-spl-secretbrod.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)    Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet, Sept.1-2:
1200-1215 on 15543 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15542
1215-1230 on 15537 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15548
1230-1245 on 15528 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15573
1245-1300 on 15523 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15567
1300-1315 on 15517 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15518
1330-1345 on 15523 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15528
1345-1400 on 15517 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15522
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/frequency-changes-of-voice-of-tibet.html

TAJIKISTAN(non)   Reception of National Unity Radio via RED Telecom, Sept.1
1300-1600 on 11550 DB  100 kW / 071 deg to NEAs Korean
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-national-unity-radio-via.html

U.K.(non)   Reception of Radio ERGO & TWR Africa via BaBcoCk Dhabayya, Sept.1:
1200-1300 on 17845 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali Daily Radio ERGO
1300-1315 on 17680 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun TWR Africa
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-ergo-twr-africa-via.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Reception of Radio Free North Korea via RED Telecom, Sept.1
1200-1300 on 15630 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-radio-free-north-korea-via.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Reception of Voice of Wilderness via RED Telecom, Sept.1
1330-1530 on  7620 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-voice-of-wilderness-via.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Reception of North Korea Reform Radio via RED Telecom, Sept.1
1430-1530 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-north-korea-reform-radio.html

UZBEKISTAN(non)   Reception of Voice of Martyrs via RED Telecom, Sept.1
1530-1700 on  7525 TAC 100 kW / 076 deg to NEAs Korean
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-voice-of-martyrs-via-red.html


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73!

Ivo Ivanov

QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria

Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire

Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/