** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6072-6108, Feb 4 at 0440, splash from still distorted
University Network 6090 audible out this far, i.e., plus/minus 18 kHz, and
really bothering 6080 V of Turkey attempting English to North America (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB, Feb 4 at 0454, YL
robotic English marine weather, VP S7 at same level as noise.
2598-USB,
Feb 4 at 0455, sounds like same YL with robotic marine weather, gale warning,
mentions times in EST, and then AST; slow fades past 0458. Surprised to find
this stronger than 2749, not usually the case with NS vs NL distances. Don`t
have two receivers at hand to match them, but at this hour may well be // and
both from Québec as per Canadian CG listings, from most recent start times, and
nothing further after these for a few hours:
0437, 2598, VCF Les Escoumins,
site: Natashquan QC 50 08 40 -61 48 00
0437, 2749, VCF Les Escoumins, site:
La Vernière QC 47 21 26 -61 55 36
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 6754-USB, Feb 4 at 0435, CHR with Thule
aviation weather, VG at S9+30, surprising since I just noticed 7850 CHU
inaudible. What a difference a MHz of MUF makes. Or rather, CHU seems to be OFF,
as at 0452, nothing audible on 3330 either! Yet 3485-USB New York Radio is in
well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5025, Feb 4 at
0445, R. Rebelde is still off, while 5040 RHC is on and so is 4765 R. Progreso.
5025 is back on at 1349 check, per typical behavior lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, Feb 4 at 0440, RHC Spanish is AWOL; and
so is RHC English at 0644 check.
[and non] 6165, Feb 4 at 0443, RHC is
very strong at S9+50, better than usual, so the undermodulation is not so much
of a drawback. Also splashing plus/minus 14 kHz to 6151-6179, so forget about
pulling 6160 CKZN past this as used to be possible. (BTW, CKZU is still off and
inquiry by Colin Newell to someone at CBC Vancouver gets no definite word about
its status) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 4 at 0103, JBA carrier from R. Chaski detectable despite
pointless Cuban pulse jamming, on R. Mart? frequency which doesn`t come on for
another six hours! Until Chaski autocutoff at 0107:18.5*, which is 40.0 seconds
later than last catch 6 nights ago, Jan 29 until 0106:38.5*, or averaging 6-2/3
seconds later per, right on slippage schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [and non]. 7315, Feb 4 at 0640, S9+30 halting
robotic voice about Israel, attributed to Breaking Israel News. Not hoarse, and
not emotional, which is a pleasant respite from Brother HyStairical himself, as
this is merely the TOM disservice via WHRI, and // not synchro with 7570 WRMI,
etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15240-, Sat
Feb 4 at 1752, JBA carrier, presumed R. Munansi via WWRB. Slightly on low side
as measured previously but not now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 212 kHz, Feb 4 at 0521, NDB Morse ID repeating as CFV,
which per
is
Coffeyville KS. (Seems to me to be on 213, but listed at 212).
521 kHz,
Feb 4 at 0525, beacon INE. (Seems to be on 520 but listed as 521). Location:
Kona AP near Missoula, Montana. Well, that`s not bad.
But I have had zero
luck hearing any European LWBC, not even carriers, when others are reporting
them from various parts of North America. I guess the NRD-545 plus Wellbrook
ALA-330S antenna are inadequate for them. But at least I log a few beacons
during such descents (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A
[non]. 17895, Sat Feb 4 at 1745, VOA is good with discussion of early Mercury
astronaut program; some deep fades, on BST-1 caradio. TG for SMG relaying VOA,
violating Separation of Church & State. Sked 16-18 UT, 250 kW, 144 degrees
toward ME/EAf, but plenty signal back to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1863 monitoring: confirmed
Friday February 3 at 2230, on 3 x WRMI: 11580 VG, 6855 good, 5950 JBA. Not
confirmed the Sat 0030 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB, but a JBA carrier at 0055 (while 9265
WINB and 7490 WBCQ are audible). Not confirmed Sat Feb 4 at 1531 on HLR
7265-CUSB: via UTwente SDR, I strain to hear even a snatch of the WOR theme, but
two other weak stations only, CRI Hindi via East Turkistan, and Azad Kashmir
Radio? BUT, let it play and at 1556 recheck, now WOR is in well atop the QRM!
Did HLR come on late, or was there a drastic change in propagation the last few
minutes? However, my audio is looping and skipping. I HOPE that`s the UTwente or
internet connexion fault to here, rather than transmitted that way. Only a few
seconds overlap with crash start of CRI Russian at *1600.
Next:
Sat 2030v
WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR
1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue
1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue
2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI
5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed
2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15770, Fri Feb 3 at 2132, WRMI is
re-re-re-re-re-playing the CDXA special yet again, 6 months after original
airing! In Spanish but English ID at the moment; marked different anniversaries
of club, of Ecos del Torbes, Venezuela, ex-4980, and of `América en Antena`
show. Guest English announcer manages to mispronounce Cristóbal and Táchira.
This bumps `Studio DX` in Italian, scheduled for Fri 2130 on 15770.
6855,
Feb 4 at 0432, WRMI in Spanish with a fin-de-año special, announcing it will
also be repeated Jan 1 at 0500 on 9955, for ``Noche de San Silvestre``, música,
S9+10, and // 5985 as usual at this hour, which is S9+35. Two guys in Colombia
are hosting; 0439 the only ID they give is for Radio Miami Internacional. I had
no advance notice of this whatsoever before NY Eve, but mitigates not hearing
much of special interest at that time. Perhaps this too will keep repeating for
six months? On the 5985 sked for Sat 0430 is Frecuencia al Día.
[and non]
Speaking of COLOMBIA, I haven`t heard 5910 in several weeks of bandscanning past
it at various evening hours, altho I`ve seen a few reports of Alcaraván Radio.
The only B16 blockage times are 01-03 Romania, 0430-0500 Lithuania (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9395, Feb 4 at 0501, WRMI with
`TruNews` discussing a CFR article by Rose Brooks in Foreign Policy about ``3
ways to get rid of Trump before 2020``, culminating in a military coup as last
resort (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.1-AM, Feb 4
at 0428, WBCQ is VP at S6, and off-frequency to the high side recently rather
than low. Should be `Financial Survival` [sic] at this time, but then more BS
until 0800*. The WBCQ Program Guide *still* hasn`t been updated to show all the
additional Overcomer hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S
A. 7504.9, Feb 4 at 0428, WRNO is on at S7-S9, but just barely modulated. It`s
often something (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED.
4070.36, Feb 4 at 0448, slow JBA CW beacon repeating ID in Morse as ZN. I was
checking for GT which I heard two nights ago on 4070.5, and surprised to hear
this different one instead on slightly different frequency. Both remain unlisted
here or anywhere at:
So
something new? Whence? Second one I`ve heard in ages on this band (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4739.0, Feb 4 at 0445, the strong
open AM carrier heard several days and times is gone again. What was it? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4900, Feb 4 at 1350, very
poor signal with music vs CODAR swishes. 4900 strikes me as a non-reported
broadcast frequency from Asia or anywhere. Also a carrier on 4895, so figure
it`s not AIR off-frequency. 1358 intermittent interruptions by noise bursts
sounding like DRM; definite 5- or 6-pip time signal to 1400.
Uplooked
later, indeed, no 4900 listings at all in Aoki or HFCC, but EiBi shows the V24
Korean Numbers Station, 1500-1510 UT only, from S Korean site g-Goyang,
Gyeonggi-do / Kyonggi-do, 37N36-126E51, to Oceania (??). So could the S Korea
numbers station be on at this hour playing music and timesignal, or what? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1942 UT
February 4
