Dx Re Mix News # 745

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 745,also visit: 27 August 2012
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AUSTRALIA    Updated A-12 of Radio Australia by languages as of August 19:
Burmese
0100-0130 on 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg
2300-2330 NF  9525 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg, ex  9490
Chinese
1300-1430 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1300-1430 on  9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg
1300-1430 on 11660 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
English
0000-0900 on 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg (0300-0315 Mon-Fri in French)
0030-0400 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
0100-0300 on 19000 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg
0100-0500 on 15160 SHP 100 kW / 065 deg
0300-0500 on 21725 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg
0300-0600 on 15515 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg (0300-0315 Mon-Fri in French)
0500-0700 on 21725 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
0500-0800 on 13630 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg
0530-0700 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
0600-1000 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 100 deg
0700-0900 on  7410 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
0700-0900 on  9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg
0700-0900 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg
0800-0900 on  5995 BRN 010 kW / 010 deg
0800-1000 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 080 deg
0900-1100 on  6080 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg
1000-1500 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg
1000-1530 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg
1100-1300 on 11945 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1100-1200 on  5995 BRN 010 kW / 010 deg
1100-1200 on 12080 BRN 005 kW / 080 deg DRM
1100-1300 on  6080 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg
1100-1300 on  6140 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg
1100-1300 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1100-1400 on  6020 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
1200-1400 on  5995 BRN 005 kW / 010 deg DRM
1300-1700 on  5940 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg
1400-1800 on  5995 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
1430-1730 on 11660 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1430-1900 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1500-1700 on  7240 SHP 100 kW / 040 deg
1530-2000 on 11880 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg
1600-1630 on  9540 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg
1700-2000 on  9710 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
1700-2030 on  9500 SHP 100 kW / 353 deg
1700-2100 on  9580 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg
1730-2030 on  6080 SHP 100 kW / 005 deg
1800-2000 on  7240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
1900-2030 on  9500 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
1900-2100 on 11660 SHP 100 kW / 065 deg
2000-2200 on 11650 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
2000-2300 on 15515 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg
2000-0900 on 12080 BRN 010 kW / 080 deg (0300-0315 Mon-Fri in French)
2030-2200 on  9500 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg
2030-2200 on 11695 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
2100-2300 on 13630 SHP 100 kW / 065 deg
2100-0100 on 21740 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg
2100-0800 on  9660 BRN 010 kW / 010 deg
2200-2400 on  9855 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg
2200-2400 on 15230 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
2200-0700 on 15415 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg
2300-0100 on 19000 SHP 100 kW / 065 deg
2300-0300 on 17795 SHP 100 kW / 050 deg
2330-2400 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
French
0300-0315 on 12080 BRN 010 kW / 080 deg Mon-Fri
0300-0315 on 15240 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg Mon-Fri
0300-0315 on 15515 SHP 100 kW / 070 deg Mon-Fri
Indonesian
0000-0030 NF  9490 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg co-ch R.Republica Spanish, ex 12005
0000-0030 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
0400-0430 NF 17840 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg, ex 17800
0400-0530 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
0500-0530 on 11700 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg
0500-0530 on 17750 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
2200-2330 NF  5955 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg, ex  9695
2200-2330 on 11695 SHP 100 kW / 329 deg
Tok Pisin
0900-1000 on  5995 BRN 010 kW / 010 deg
0900-1000 on  6020 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
0900-1000 on  6080 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg
0900-1000 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg
0900-1000 on  9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg
0900-1000 on 12080 BRN 010 kW / 080 deg
1000-1100 on  5995 BRN 010 kW / 010 deg Mon-Fri
1000-1100 on  6020 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg Mon-Fri
1000-1100 on  6080 SHP 100 kW / 334 deg Mon-Fri
1000-1100 on  9475 SHP 100 kW / 030 deg Mon-Fri
1000-1100 on  9710 SHP 100 kW / 355 deg Mon-Fri
1000-1100 on 12080 BRN 010 kW / 080 deg Mon-Fri
BRN=Brandon, Australia
DHA=Al-Dhabbaya, United Arab Emirates
HBN=Palau
SHP=Shepparton, Australia
SNG=Kranji, Singapore. All transmissions via Taiwan relays are terminated.

BANGLADESH    Updated summer A-12 schedule of Radio Bangladesh Betar:
1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English
1315-1345 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali
1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu
1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi, August 23 on 15105!
1600-1630 on 15505*DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic
1630-1730 on 15505*DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla
1745-1900 on  7105#DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English, also not on 7250!
1915-2000 on  7105#DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla,  also not on 7250!
*from August 22 no transmissions on 15505 1600-1730, maybe change frequency
#from August 25 no transmissions on  7105 1745-2000, maybe change frequency

FRANCE    Frequency change of Radio France International in French:
1700-1900 NF 13825 ISS 500 kW / 200 deg to NWAf,x 13740 to avoid WYFR Farsi

GERMANY(non)    Some Media&Broadcast changes:
Bible Voice Broadcasting in English, additional transmission from August 19
1830-1915 on  9635 WER 100 kW / 120 deg to N/ME Sunday only

New schedule of HCJB Global Voice in German from August 25:
2300-2330 NF  9835 WER 100 kW / 240 deg to BRA, ex 2215-2245 on 11920

NEW ZEALAND    Updated A-12 of Radio New Zealand International from Aug.22:
0459-0758 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
0459-0650 on 11675 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific
0651-0758 on  9890 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Tonga
0759-1058 on  6170 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
0759-1158 on  7440 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific
1059-1259 on  9655 RAN 100 kW / 325 deg AM  Timor, NW Pacific
1300-1550 on  6170 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
1551-1745 on  7440 RAN 100 kW / 035 deg AM  Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji
1551-1745 on  6170 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji
1746-1850 on  9615 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
1746-1836 NF  7440 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Cook Isl, Samoa, Fiji, ex 6170
1837-1850 NF 11675 RAN 035 kW / 035 deg DRM Samoa, ex 9890
1851-2150 on 11725 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
1851-2150 NF 15720 RAN 025 kW / 035 deg DRM Niue, Fiji, Samoa, ex 13730
2151-0458 on 15720 RAN 050 kW / 000 deg AM  All Pacific
2151-0458 on 17675 RAN 025 kW / 000 deg DRM All Pacific

NIGERIA    Today Monday August 27 Voice of Nigeria was noted:
0800-0900 on 15120 in English, instead of 9690 in Hausa

SUDAN(non)    Today Monday August 27 Voice of South Sudan Revolutionary
Radio in Sudanese Arabic and English was observed:
0502-0822 on 15725 and carrier till 0842

VATICAN/MADAGASCAR    Frequency changes of Vatican Radio from August 27:
1415-1430 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 035 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* Urdu Wed/Sun
1430-1450 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* Hindi Daily
1450-1510 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* Tamil Daily
1510-1530 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* Malayalam Daily
1530-1550 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* English Sun-Fri
1550-1600 NF 17510 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to SoAs, ex 17520* English Sat
* to avoid Radio Pakistan in Urdu WS

Log Roberto Pavanello

 3320 25/8 22.05 R. Sonder Grense - Meyerton Afrikaans MX suff.
 4319USB 25/8 23.25 AFRTS - Diego Garcia EE MX buono
 4835 24/8 21.50 VL8A - Alice Springs EE MX suff.
 5952.5 25/8 22.35 R. Pio XII - Siglo XX Aymara talk YL suff.
 6045 26/8 09.00 R. Iceman - EE ID e MX ottimo
 6180 25/8 23.20 R. Nac. Amazonas - Brasilia PP calcio buono
 6205 26/8 08.45 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX buono
 6245 25/8 22.10 R. Focus Int. - EE ID e MX buono
 6255 25/8 22.15 R. Telstar South - ??? EE ID e MX buono
 6300 25/8 23.00 R. Fox 48 - EE ID e MX buono
 6973 25/8 22.10 R. Galei Tzahal - Jerusalem Ebraico talk buono
 9805 25/8 18.15 R. Cairo - IT NX buono new frequency
10000 24/8 21.40 Obs. Nac. - Rio de Janeiro PP ID e ora buono
11735 25/8 16.30 Voice of Tanzania - Zanzibar Swahili talk su Siria buono
11750 25/8 16.45 Sri Lanka BC - Colombo Sinhala MX buono
11765 24/8 21.45 R. Deus è Amor - Curitiba PP predica buono
15345 25/8 22.25 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS intervista buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli / Italia

Sondaggio CRI online sul 18° Congresso Nazionale del PCC

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Glenn Hauser logs August 26, 2012

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 26 at 1255 I can hear some signal for a change, presumably BB in English. At 1400, 15505 is very poor, fluttery with S Asian music in Urdu service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 26, before 1300, all with flutter:
12230, poor at 1252
12670, fair at 1252
13920, good at 1252
14700, good at 1254
14800, good at 1254
14870, good at 1254
15555, good at 1255
16100, poor at 1257; none in the 17s, 18s

16600, good at 1257; new frequency. The only previous 16600 mentioned in DXLD was issue 8-026, quoting an ITU monitoring entry from 17 October 2007, probably either Firedrake or Sound of Hope:
``K 16600.00 17 10 1827 1827 4.3 UNKNOWN BC 0.299 A3E 11 ????``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 14950+, Aug 26 at 1254 while hunting Firedrakes, instead hear Spanish gospel music mentioning ``corazón``, so Salem Stereo again lux out against likely CCI from FD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Aug 26 at 0549, R. Africa is on with hymn; nothing there a few minutes earlier. 0550 over to YL gospel huxter. Recheck 0604, it`s dead air past 0607 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 13765, Aug 26 at 0458, VR IS without any squeals or meaows/miaux, 0500 opening African service in English also sounds OK. Recheck at 0527 during brief pause after program and start of Vatican IS again, I can barely hear a ``mosquito whine`` on the modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ZIMBABWE [non]

** MAURITANIA. 7245, Aug 26 at 0509, IGIM is on and chanting, good signal; still doing it at 0543, and even final check 0608, at least an hour of this! Are we awake yet? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, Aug 26 at 0528, VON is audible now, tho it was not closer to or before 0500: hum, crowd shouting, YL narration about poetry(?); it was a festival by some ethnic group; 0529 outro program `Celebrations`, ID, 0530 intro `Reflexions`. Reads S7 to S9+5, undermodulated. 0600 as I am awaiting SW Radio Africa on 15115, VON on 15120 airs a timecheck for 0600, `world news` introduced by drumming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-SSB, Aug 26 at 0514 I find one pirate active, very poor signal with song. Matched frequency to WWCR 5935 exactly 1000 kHz below. 0520 fiddlin` at first seemed country hoedown, then Celtic. 0524 ID as ``Blue Ocean Radio,`` maybe three times (that`s the way to do it when you are low-power with lots of storm noise to combat), more music, soul; 0544 still going (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1631 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1 5755, UT Sunday August 26 at 0400. Unfortunately, the program feed line is still distorted as it had been all afternoon (except for the locally inserted ID at 0400 interrupting the start of WOR).

Remaining SW airings: on WRMI 9955, Sun 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130.
On HLR 5980: Tue 0930. Also:
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sunday 1730
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Sunday August 26 at 0503, Roberto Scaglione, Sicily is introducing his `Studio DX` Italian DX program, mentioning being on WRMI 9955. Fair signal, no jamming. Fingers crossed for WOR 24 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7811-USB, Aug 26 at 0513, AFN is audible with poor signal, but not at 1248; 5446.5-USB audible at 0610 concluding a CBS feature, and also very poor at 1242; 12133.5-USB audible at 1253. TS/Hurricane Isaac is about to cross the Florida Keys, so we`ll see if it knox this SW station off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490, UT Sunday August 26 at 0510, it`s another Saturday night and another ad-hoc late-nite extension of WBCQ playing music. It`s great to hear WBCQ`s only full-AM, full-power transmitter with very nice modulation fidelity, and *not* devoted to Brother Scare at the moment. However, first song heard is a hymn ``O Lord, You`re Beautiful``. Checked WWCR 5890 just in case but not // to the strident non-BS TOM gospel huxter there. Periodic chex later: 0531, country song with steel guitar, harmonica, segués. 0538, YL announces ``We`re Antenna Album Rock``. 0554 another break, she says ``You`re listening to antenna4.com``. 0609 final check still on with music.

That website shows this was a special broadcast on WBCQ starting at 0400, ``Portable Concert``, Grateful Dead, originally live at Missoula MT in 1974. To be repeated UT Monday Aug 27 at 0000 on 7490. (Durations not given). Antenna4 apparently streams via Live365.com and other means, and has commercial sponsorship but I never heard anything but music and IDs on WBCQ. Too bad there was no advance notice of the first airing, but now there is of the second. Maybe by 0510 it was back to `normal` Antenna4.com programming rather than G. Dead special, as never heard that mentioned, tho I was hardly listening continuously  (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12050, Aug 26 at 1401 check, WEWN Spanish is back on the frequency it is supposed to use at this hour, instead of 13830 where it had appeared 25 hours earlier. Very poor but // 11550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZIMBABWE [non]. 15115, Sunday August 26 at 0600 I am awaiting SW Radio Africa to start up via MADAGASCAR as scheduled on Sat & Sun only; tune halfway between this and 15120 Nigeria, I hear a het/carrier come on at *0600:48. Poor signal as expected since R. Dabanga on 15400 before that hour from same site, likely same transmitter, was also poor tonight. After some mbira, I can make out that once again SWRA is just replaying an evening show in English, mentioning 4880 and http://www.swradioafrica.com  0603, ``Good evening`` and part 2 of something, talk about a constitution. Deep fading was louder than the modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11776, Aug 26 at 1402, mystery carrier het is louder than usual and Anguilla 11775 is weaker than usual. I expect the others at 8 kHz intervals above and below 11760 were also there at various levels, but too busy to hunt them today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia  Shepparton   21740  2159 GMT  English  444  Aug 23  OM ancr into a news program.

BONAIRE   Radio Japan Relay - NHK   15265  2242 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 23   OM with comments.  YL with comments at 2244 GMT.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana  REE  Relay   17850  2205  Spanish  444  Aug 23  Two OMs at a Soccer game.  Can herre people at the game shouting often

 

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba  RHC   17750  2208 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 23  OM with comments.  YL with RHC ID 2209 GMT.  Then a YL with on going comments. //17705[444].

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba   RHC   15370  2235 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 23  YL and OM with comments.  OM with RHC ID  2237  GMT.

NEW ZEALAND   RNZI   Radio New Zealand Int;  RNZI   15720  2217 GMT  English  444  Aug 23  Two OMs with politics concerning  Syria.  Also an OM about bringing cigarets in via  Australia.

SPAIN   Radio Exterior Espana   REE   15110  2246 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 23   Two OMs with comments.

SRI LANKA   DW Relay   15610  2233 GMT  English  433  Aug 23  YL and OM with comments about Catholics.
                                                          
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Glenn Hauser logs August 25-26, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 19000, Aug 25 at 2338, no signal from RA here, tho 21740 is VG at 2340; Aug 26 at 0001, still nothing on 19000, must be off the air tho scheduled 23-01; however at 0133 recheck, now 19000 is on contrary to latest schedule; making up for lost time? Or better yet, finally escaping the collision with Spain on 15160 between 01 and 02? No! At 0148 recheck, under Spain I can still hear RA // 19000.

The latest operational schedule shows 19000 at 23-01 is the same transmitter F, as on 15160 after 0100 (and during the rest of the UT day the one switching consecutively to 13630, 9580, 7240, 9580, 13630). So there`s been some shuffling around. Probably one of them is now the spare 100 kW Shepparton transmitter which is available at all times, but why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9820-, Aug 25 at 2350, het of C#5 = 554 Hz, no doubt from off-frequency R. Nove de Julho which would be on 9819.446 if the other station is on 9820.000. R9J is not usually reported that far off; EiBi lists 9819.7, so need more direct rather than inferential measurement. Aoki shows the only alternatives are:
9820 CNR 2              2330-0100 1234567 Chinese    150 290 Xianyang 594 CHN 10854E 3412N CNR2=11845 a12
9820 RADIO 9 DE JULHO   0000-2400 1234567 Portuguese  10  ND São Paulo SP  B   04639W 2333S ZYR96
9820 VO Beibu Bay Radio 2300-2400 .....67 Chinese     15 225 Nanning 954 CHN 10811E 2247N BBR
9820 VO Beibu Bay Radio 2300-2400 12345.. Vietnamese  15 225 Nanning 954 CHN 10811E 2247N BBR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 25, before 2400:
15900, poor at 2335 with flutter
15970, very poor at 2335 with flutter
16100, very poor with flutter at 2336
17170, JBA at 2337; none in the 18s, 14s, 13s, 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 14950+, Aug 26 at 0133 check, Salem Stereo is quite readable, but it`s the usual preaching during this semihour instead of any music. When I first heard it with very weak signal, I thought it was USB plus carrier, and someone else recently reported it thus, but once again it`s clearly AM/DSB and really sounds better in AM mode than LSB or USB receiver positions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11680, Aug 25 at 2344, RHC with `Sonido Cubano` program ID, music; much louder than // 11840 which axually had almost the same S9+22 signal level, but undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, Aug 25 at 1942, I switch from Morocco to good signal from Kuwait and from one culture to another as ``Hotel California`` is playing, must be long version, by The Eagles. The real meaning of the lyrix has been the subject of much speculation, summed up here:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/hotel.asp

At 1953, ``She`s a Lady`` by Tom Jones. Would that meet Islamic moral standards? Well, when you read the lyrix this song seems rather male chauvinist:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tomjones/shesalady.html

At 2006, ``The Midnight Rider``, one of numerous covers, not the original by Allman Brothers Band. Might as well link those lyrix too:
http://www.elyrics.net/read/a/allman-brothers-band-lyrics/midnight-rider-lyrics.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MOROCCO. 15349.1, Aug 25 from 1900 to 1942 I was napping to the sound of IMM, including quite a bit of music. (Can`t call it ME, in NWAf.) Fidelity is not that great, but this is a good hour without any 15350 het and sufficient signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, another check Aug 25 to see what happens with this VOA frequency, which had been saddled with double-audio this week from the MADAGASCAR relay. I tune in early at 1954 and find an open carrier is already on the air, blotting out anything else. Botswana is supposed to be running right up until 2000, as heard previously, when there was a well-coördinated DCI/CS handover, but not today.

At 1959:45 tail of some music begins the modulation; brief pause and 2000 opening `Music Time in Africa` with its new ethnomusicologist hostess who previews music from central Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Benin, Ethiopia, etc. (later heard Afro-influenced music from Colombia too).

By 2003 already the song is ``The Apostles Will Bow at Jesus` Feet``. Oh-oh, hope she dosn`t have hidden agenda, and this will at least be balanced by some animist hymns; otherwise, standard remark about USG`s IBB again violating Separation of Church & State.

Recheck at 2127, 15580 is still on with same signal characteristix as earlier, but after 2100 it`s supposed to switch back to Botswana; really? Now there is some music, but soon bringing in an interview about film (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479, Aug 25 at 1830, WTWW-1 in `QSO with Ted Randall`, but it`s quite overmodulated and distorted. Carrier also wobbling with BFO on (tho George McClintock insists when this happens it`s my receiver, not the transmitter); still overmod/distorted near end of QSO at 1957 recheck. A little better but still distorting on peaks at 2349 during SFAW, carrier OK.

As for 12105, WTWW-3, lots of down time recently, a set of photos just in from George McClintock (posted to the dxldyg) shows why: the transmitter tube has been replaced. Looks like the old one was quite carbonized (black). Now #3 is up and running fine, he says (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9385, Aug 25 at 2136, WWRB is already off, having (recently?) moved the switch to Brother Scare`s night frequency three hours earlier from 2400 to 2100, per DX Re Mix News. Of course, 3185 is totally inaudible here this early; even at 2353 it`s a JBA carrier vs summer storm and local noise level. Sunset at WWRB is approximately 0020 UT now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 21420, Aug 25 at 2339 a rare AM signal on 15m, and nicely modulated too, but deep fades: CQ 15 from WS4B, even announced the frequency, but missed location if any. Two separate CQs but no answers so far. ARRL/FCC lookup shows:
MESSICK, BRADLEY J, WS4B
7114 91ST STREET EAST
PALMETTO, FL 34221

7245, Aug 25 at 2355, Kansas Q-SO Party with CQs from KS0KS; one contact is AA0DF; they exchange counties including Johnson. At first sounded like AM, but then SSB; they were riding zero-beat to some broadcast carrier, Mauritania? Which was barely modulated. Locations per ARRL/FCC lookup:

SANTA FE TRAIL ARC, KS0KS (Club)
PO Box: 3144
Olathe, KS 66063
ATTN: MICHAEL P ASSELTA
Trustee: ASSELTA, MICHAEL P, KD0CDQ
Previous call sign: KC0AAR
Licensee ID: L00173982
FRN: 0006732333
Radio Service: HV
Issue Date: 02/22/2007
Expire Date: 04/08/2017
Date of Last Change: 05/19/2011 (License Modified)

Johnson, Donald L, AA0DF
2903 Road F
Americus, KS 668359587
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs August 24-25, 2012

** BANGLADESH. 15505, Aug 25 at *1347:45 comes on with Bangladesh Betar IS in progress, poor with flutter. 1400 timesignal is early for a change, by 7 seconds. By 1421 has improved to fair with music, 1429 presumed Urdu announcement, 1430 bring up the hum. I certainly prefer and enjoy the music, but wonder why they spend so much to reactivate SW external service, with only half an hour a day scheduled for Pakistan, and fill so much of it, maybe 2/3 with music rather than significant talk content? Between 1230 and 1345, only traces of signal on 15105 for English and Nepali. The Pak azimuth consistently works better for us, still way offbeam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD [non]. 6165, Aug 25 at 0430 checking for Chad, but only a JBA carrier unlikely this, maybe remnant of Zambia. RNT appears to be sporadic; it was also unheard by Wolfgang Büschel Aug 24 at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Aug 25, before 1300:
14980, very poor at 1258; none in the 17s, 13s; 12s unknown, too late
15555, fair with flutter at 1257; also noise?
16980, poor with flutter at 1257

After 1300:
15560, fair at 1313 with het on lo side, ex-15555 before 1300 above
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Aug 24 at 2010, R. Africa, good signal with YL remarking how her ``angel hair is difficult to work with``; modulation somewhat muffled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055v, Aug 25 at 1126, TGAV good S9+13 signal with hymn, but rather distorted, and with BFO can tell carrier is slightly unstable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 6195, Aug 25 at 0427, NHK World Radio Japón, very good concluding ``vamos a cantar en japonés`` segment of `Actualidades del Sábado`` show. Still via BONAIRE; in B-12 this changes to GUIANA FRENCH, and the repeat at 0500 changes from 6080 CANADA to 6195 WHRI. Unless CBC finds a way to get rid of inconvenient relays earlier and start demolishing Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6070.352v, Aug 25 at 1124, het upon CFRX 6070 is audibly wavering, but approx. G4 pitch = above middle C on keyboard, which is 392 Hz. Wolfgang Büschel`s latest measurement of CFRX is 6069.960 so that makes Pyongyang on 6070.352v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, Aug 25 at 0432, weak modulation in Arabish beside much stronger 7240 DW Rwanda English; so IGIM continues to be unpredictably on air overnight or not. Unless: The only known competition on 7245 is Voice of Tajik, not in HFCC either, but Aoki shows Ovozi Tojik, all 100 kW, non-direxional from Dushanbe-Orzu continuously from 0200 to 1840 with language segments in this period as 0200-0400 Tajik, 0400-0600 Persian, 0600-0800 Dari . . . (English only at 1300-1400). EiBi and WRTH May update agree, except ending at 1800. I have not knowingly heard it even when Mauritania is not on; is this really on the air? Should be audible in Europe. Of course Tajikistan is easy on many higher frequencies with relays of other stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 560, Aug 25 at 1119 UT, canned promo for FM 93.3, then live YL DJ with phone numbers, mentions Zacatecas, music. Weak but clear signal; where are all the other Mexican and US stations? Held up past 1130. Cantú nails it:
560 XEXZ Lupe + FM 93.3 Zacatecas, Zac. 5,000 1,000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 700, Aug 25 at 1115 UT, weak but steady and unQRMed signal mentioning ``1110 AM, Radio Red``, so it`s the Guadalajara 10 kW relay, XEDKR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 710, Aug 25 at 1109 UT, XEDP Ciudad Cuauhtémoc is still playing the Chihuahua anthem with male singer; then female sings a prayer of some sort; 1111 sign-on or full ID; 1112 right into ranchera music, so no Mennonite preacher today Saturday in Low German or Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 980, Aug 24 at 1203 UT, news and weather originating from the DF, loops more west than south, and suspect it`s the IMER station I have heard before, per Cantú:
980 XEFQ La Voz de la Ciudad del Cobre, Cananea, Sonora 2,500 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) date correct, omitted from previous report

** RUSSIA. 12065, Aug 25 at 1133, military band music, could well be an unfamiliar national anthem; fair with flutter. I keep listening and at 1135 hear a bit of echoey Chinese(?) but soon switched to English narration and then more martial music. Must be VOR as scheduled 11-14, 500 kW, 205 degrees from Chita. EiBi shows all to SE Asia, the first hour in English, but the HFCC CIRAF zones are all the way from Pakistan to Maluku. VOR program grid at http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/schedule/
shows the entire 11-12 UT hour Tue-Sat is `Music & Musicians`. Beware: that page also autolaunches VOR audio, how rude, which will QRM whatever else you are already listening to (like a Prom Concert!) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWAZILAND. 15360, Aug 25 at 1406, like Bangladesh here`s an Urdu service that is mostly music, but must be Christian hymns, since it`s TWR Swaziland, as finally IDed in English during music box IS at 1415-1416:18* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, another check for the VOA double-program feed at 2000 UT as logged the past few days: Aug 24 not tuned in until 2006 and find a JBA signal rather than the usual good signal from MADAGASCAR aimed USward. Can barely detect music, but can`t tell if the Korean audio is mixed in. Not a propagation problem, as at 2010 check, African signals are still sufficient on 15190 from Equatorial Guinea, 15349.1 Morocco, plus nearby 15195 and 15400 from Ascension; as well as higher-latitude ones from 15540 Kuwait, 15630 Greece.

So my theory now is that IBB finally caught on to the problem at Talata and pulled the transmission, substituting some other site which was barely propagating to here. However, next check of 15580 near the end of the collision hour, at 2057 found much better signal with `The African Beat` music, only, until cut off modulation at 2100 and a few seconds later carrier off too (scheduled next on 15580 is VOA Botswana, but if so did not come up immediately.) We`ll see what happen Aug 25.

17530, Sat Aug 25 at 1403, VOA news in English delivered by Marty (sp? female) Johnson (sp?), 1405 into `On the Line`, topix to be human rights and traffic jams. This hour is 124 degrees from São Tomé, close to off-the-back here.

It should be easy to find VOA presenters on the voanews.com website, right? So I search on ``marty johnson``, ``marti johnson``, ``marti jonson``, ``marty jonson`` with zero hits; then ``martha johnson`` and get this one:http://www.voanews.com/content/did_toxic_culture_lead_to_gsa_spending_scandal/296700.html
Martha Johnson was the GSA Administrator in that scandal, who then resigned. New job at VOA, or another person? Searching on ``newscasters`` leads only to 8 stories mentioning that word, all but one from 2009y. Singular ``newscaster`` leads to 26, but still nothing about the worldwide voices we hear on the VOAir.

I should have used major Google search in the first place. If I put in ``Marty Johnson`` ``Voice of America`` I get three top hits from unknown sites quoting her newscasts as far back as 2009y: ``It's 15:00 Universal Time, and here is the news from the Voice of America. I'm Marty Johnson from the VOA News Center in Washington`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9860, Aug 25 at 0135 check, after three nights of horrible parasitic spurring on both sides of this frequency, WHRI has fixed it; now there is only direct splatter from 9860 out to at least 10 kHz on both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) My previous log had wrong date on it, Aug 23 instead of 24, so here it is again corrected:

** U S A. 9837-9850 & 9872-9882 approx., Aug 24 at 0142 check, extent of big dirty distorted FMy parasitic spurs from 9860 WHRI, with same modulation definitely audible. For at least the third night in a row, and no telling how long before that, as not a time I had been monitoring much. Why doesn`t anyone else report these gross violations of broadcast standards? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, Sat Aug 25 at 1308, WTWW-3 is on with Russian; has been quite sporadic, often missing at various daypart chex, especially this early in the morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13830, Aug 25 at 1311 surprised to hear Spanish here, apparent kidshow for Saturday morning, and yes, it`s // stronger 11550, so WEWN R. Católica Mundial, and not on 12050 where it is supposed to be until 1700 switch to 13830! As still per own website schedule, and latest HFCC. Error or change? Also not audible yet on English frequency 15615, maybe not propagating, but often late coming on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIND DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1631 monitoring: confirmed on 5110v-CUSB from Area 51 via WBCQ, UT Saturday Aug 25 at 0136.5 as my clip of Bangladesh started; indicating playback commenced only a few minutes late. Remaining airings:

WRMI 9955: Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130
WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
WTWW 5755: UT Sun 0400
HLR 5980: Tue 0930
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. On Aug 24 the 11.7+ MHz mystery carriers spaced exactly 8 kHz apart were not audible, as major signals from E Asia were also not propagating, but Aug 25 at 1301 they`re back, and I also hunt with BFO for further ones lower and higher than previously logged; easy to miss since there happen to be no legit broadcast signals to het, and I detect all these: 11728 (new), 11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776 11784, 11792 (new). Note this amounts to four on each side of presumed source, some transmitter on 11760.0. There could be even more on 11720 and 11800 but landing on `even` channels hard to distinguish from intentional weak signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs August 23-24, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 15340, Aug 24 at 1307, HCJB in the clear as RHC is missing, so we can hear S Asian languages; still at 1343 and 1434 chex. Languages vary from day to day but Aoki shows these on Fridays:
1300-1315 Dzongkha, 1315-1330 Hmar, 1330-1400 Hindi daily, 1400-1430 Urdu daily, 1430-1445 Gujarati, and would have heard English at 1445-1530 exc Sat Nepali (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 24 before 1300, no signal detectable from BB`s English broadcast; nor at 1343 toward end of scheduled Nepali semihour. Just not propagating, or no longer there?

15505, by 1357 Aug 24, the next BB frequency is propagating, tone test, fair signal with flutter, 1358:50 starts IS but out of synch and faded out as another iteration has already started, timesignal ending late at 1400:12. After 1409 or so the rest of the Urdu transmission is mostly S Asian vocal music, presumably Bengali, rarely heard in Pakistan? 1429 brief announcement, hum, then hum stops, but carrier remains past 1432.

I previously pointed out that signals from Dhaka to here are almost transpolar within 7 degrees of North Pole, but what great circle across N America is within 0-1 degrees of exactly transpolar? Thunder Bay-Madison-Cairo-New Orleans-Mérida-San Salvador. The antipodes is in the Pacific west of Antofagasta, Chile, just beyond the Tropic of Capricorn, the nearest islands to the east being Chile`s San Félix & San Ambrosio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Aug 24, before 1400:
15485, very poor at 1350, het on hi side; none others 12-18 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Ho hum, another night and more SNAFUs to report from RHC: 6010, Aug 24 *0514 carrier comes on for the 0500 English service, 0515 adding modulation. Then I check 6125; it`s only open carrier until 0519 modulation brought up. Meanwhile 6050 and 6060 were already running.

RadioCuba also suffered HCJB to be heard on 15340, RHC never showing up at 1307-1434+; see AUSTRALIA. Meanwhile RHC had bigsigs on 13780, 17580, 17730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15115, Aug 23 at 2009, I am looking for R. Kuwait`s new General Service Arabic frequency, allegedly on air for very long hours, 12-24 UT, 500 kW, 59 degrees from Kabd to E Asia since Aug 20, per DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria --- but nothing audible here despite 15540 English well audible, presumably toward Europe and us. The Arabic frequencies for NAm are still on, 13650 until 2000, then much better 17550 after 2000.

By 2059 as 15540 is signing off, I can now get a JBA signal on 15515, and seems but not confirmed // 17550. Direxionality of their respective antennas must be highly efficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 15580, Aug 23 I am tuned in early at 1956 to track what is happening with the collision after 2000. Nothing but VOA English to Africa at first, poor with flutter, Spe-cial Eng-lish feature on the 2000 Bush vs Gore stolen elexion (no, they did not put it that way); outro as `The Making of a Nation` (rather, unmaking). Botswana dropped carrier immediately at 2000, and a few sex later crash-starts with much stronger signal:

15580, two stations mixing immediately, and it`s now certain this is a double audio feed into and out of a single transmitter, i.e. Talata. It`s at least the third night in a row this has happened; doesn`t anyone there even listen for two seconds to their own transmission, either line or off-the-air monitoring? Of course not! Just let the automation do it. VOA`s `African Beat` is into music immediately, who cares about news on the hour? So again difficultizes making any sense of the other audio, at equal level, but music tends to sound louder; almost all talk, but what station and language??

It`s either Japanese or Korean. I listen for key words. Once I think I hear a ``desu ka`` which means Japanese (but it could be just a clip). Then I hear ``VOA`` mentioned, and an ``imnida``, and then ``Hangkuk``, which mean it`s Korean. Unlike in our mornings/their evenings when VOA Korean service has jingles in English and plays a lot of American music in English. Japanese was dropped long ago by VOA, as who needs to say anything to a firm ally?? It so happens that VOA does have a Korean broadcast at this time, but of course not intended to be broadcast from Madagascar to Africa! I`ll bet it`s on an adjacent satellite channel, which somehow Talata is feeding into the transmitter along with the correct one. And never noticing!

Found schedule at VOA site:http://www.voakorea.com/info/frequencies/2921.html
including:
4AM - 6AM (1900-2100 UTC)
5835, 6060, 7420 kHz 648 kHz

But those frequencies are outdated! as current EiBi and WRTH May update agree on some others (and HFCC too):
1900 2100 USA Voice of America K FE 5870/PHL-t 6060/THA-u 7365/THA-u
1900-2100 daily EAs         648vld, 5870pht,   6060udo,   7365udo
(RFA`s Korean is conveniently before and after 19-21 UT). No way we can check those low frequencies here for // but they could in Europe. How much longer will this go on, making the VOA African service on 15580 at 2000-2100 unlistenable? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 15400, Aug 24 at 0502, R. Dabanga is back with VG signal, singing IDs immediately, after totally missing 24 hours earlier. (15725 VOSSR at same time, JBA, indicating quite a different signal source for it.)

13765, Aug 24 at 0506, Vatican Radio in English, VG S9+20 signal via Talata, but with ``buzzing-fly`` modulation problem. It`s always something on this. I prefer the cat`s meow.

13840, Aug 24 at 0528, open carrier so I keep listening to find whether unlike 24 hours earlier, Talata manages to modulate the NHK French relay. Yes, they do from 0530 `Sakura` and opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Late-season sporadic E erupted August 23, with analog signals from Mexico, UT:

2309 on 2, tune-in to find two or more stations in CCI, in Spanish, peaking SSW; soon on top is a novela from net-5

2311 on 3, same net-5 novela // 2, but a word or two apart in audio

2326 on 4, yet another // net-5 novela; less CCI here, none at first

2343 on 3, XHQ bug in UR, i.e. the italic 3 in an oval, dubbed film drama, no CCI now. Culiacán, Sinaloa

2357 on 5, novela promo, with net-2 star logo (at first I thought it was the Multimedios star, but none known on ch 5)

UT August 24, continuing:

0024 on 2, still heavy CCI

0039 on 5, and 6, some signals showing

0040 on 3, almost zero-beat CCI, dead giveaway for XHBC vs XHTJB in BCN, direxion west chex

0048 on 5, novela from west, no doubt XHAQ Mexicali, then fades in to confirm net-13 Azteca bug in UR

0049 on 3, YL talk show, fade in to confirm XHBC with national Televisa logo in UR with MEXICALI in tiny letters below it. Looks like the girls are sitting on a big bed

0115 signals mostly gone

0147 on 3, DTV converter how-to PSA/promo with XHQ bug in UR again, audio slogan ``Canal 3, creciendo contigo``. Then another PSA outroed as ``servicio social de Televisoras Grupo del Pacífico``; back to news

0201 on 2, 3, 4, 5, MUF is up again; 5 has a game show; not from west

0244, still weak signals up to channel 6
0300, something remains on 3
0322, opening finished
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sunrise DX session August 24, UT; LSR Enid at 1157 UT:

990, Aug 24 at 1202 tune-in, dominant signal from XECL Mexicali giving full ID, Rocola. Cantú shows higher nite power!
990 XECL La Rocola Mexicali, B.C. 1,400 3,000
I was also getting Mexicali on TV last night, coincidentally?

1130 at 1201 UT, I can hear a weak Mexican NA under LA or KS station. Presumably at 6 am local, so in the MDT/CST zone, not CDT. That means BCS, Sinaloa, Nayarit or Chihuahua. That means one or the other of:
1130 XELUP Radio Lupita      Tepic, Nay.      1,000 D
1130 XEMOS W Radio + FM 94.1 Los Mochis, Sin. 1,000 250
per http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/frec_am_1100-1390.htm
Nayarit is rare here, and Sinaloa common, FWIW
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, Aug 24 at 0504, VON is on and audible at S9+12, but undermodulated and hum/whine during news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Aug 24 at 1204 UT, WKY either just came on or was already running open carrier. This plus sharp groundwave null allowed an SRS signal to come thru, thought to be KCCC Carlsbad NM, but see UNIDENTIFIED. By 1228 recheck, La Indomable had begun modulating music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1230, Aug 24 at 1212 UT, WBBZ Ponca City with local announcer giving weather, and 1214 into sports. He has a way of ``swallowing`` every other syllable, but I can still understand him. Nice to hear a real voice on a hometown station rather than a pro announcer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.1, circa 1830 UT Aug 23, Enid translator K226BR of KIMY 93.9 Watonga is instead radiating a horrible noise like continuous sucking on a straw from an almost empty cup. Just the latest problem with this piece of crap. Also bothers adjacent channels (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 31-2, MundoFox via KXOK-LD Enid subchannel, further comments: the MF website knows by IP than I am in Enid and displays local weather across the top of the schedule grid. But it`s not smart enough to display the schedule in Central instead of Eastern time. Also, there is no closed captioning on this channel; nor on 31-1 with RTV for that matter; another LP loophole? That`s OK, don`t have to keep turning it off to avoid covering up the timer display (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1631 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 9479, Thursday August 23 at 2100. As usual, starts a few sex before 2100, then interrupted for canned ID by Ted Randall, cuts back to rest of my opening theme and billboard. Nevertheless, in case there are unforeseen problems with subsequent airings, I recommend everyone try to catch this transmission if at all possible. Other WTWW airing is UT Sunday 0400 on 5755.

Next airing also confirmed, on WWRB 5050, altho initially I was monitoring the webcast: SC preacher finishes ``amen & amen`` at 0330:48 UT; respectful pause of open carrier until hum starts at 0332:25; WOR playback finally starts at 0333:16, somewhat suppressing the hum but not totally. At 0353 I check 5050 direct and note that most of the hum goes away by monitoring on USB with the DX-398.

Next: 0130v UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, as on this week`s worldmicroscope schedule, but it was last week too when really delayed until 0200, so hang loose; it depends on what filler is inserted after `Allan Weiner Worldwide`.

On WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. On Hamburger Lokalradio: Sat 0630 on 7265, Tue 0930 on 5980.

On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9837-9850 & 9872-9882 approx., Aug 23 at 0142 check, extent of big dirty distorted FMy parasitic spurs from 9860 WHRI, with same modulation definitely audible. For at least the third night in a row, and no telling how long before that, as not a time I had been monitoring much. Why doesn`t anyone else report these gross violations of broadcast standards? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1260, Aug 24 at 1215 UT, ``104.1 Newstalk, Springfield``, i.e. KSGF in Missouri (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1460, Aug 24 at 1232 UT, Gregorian-chantish music briefly; is there a Catholic station here now? Can`t find any leads in last year`s NRC AM Log. Might have gone with KBRZ Missouri City/Houston TX, ``ethnic`` but their website http://kbrzradio.com/5.html
shows: ``MONDAY-SUNDAY 24 HOUR A DAY!!!!!! SANGEET RADIO Variety program for the South Asian community http://www.sangeetradio.com `` 

When I tuned back a minute later, music was gone, but copied tentative ID in passing, maybe different outlet, as ``1460 KFNO``. Make that KXNO Des Moines IA, sports format, rather than KENO Las Vegas NV, also sports (not including keno?). Volatile propagation post-sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Aug 24 at 1233 UT, still no sign of reactivated Metroplex TX station to be known as KBXD; more construxion delays? Only KQAM Wichita advertising Kansas State Fair; 1440 Metroplex Spanish was still skywaving in so should have heard KBXD if on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1650, Aug 24 at 1217, looking for KYHN Fort Smith AR, which DX MidAmerica reported to be back on the air as of Aug 17 (NRC AM Log says it was silent since April 2008; IIRC their transmitter site was flooded or somehow damaged) --- but, no sign of it in KFXY 1640 null, just KCNZ Cedar Falls IA with local sports talk, mentions Waterloo, etc. Cross-promotion for a game on `Cruisin` 1250` i.e. KDNZ, which must no longer be Spanish as in last year`s NRC AM Log? Yes, see http://www.cruisin1250.com/ --- now ``real oldies``. Or has the call changed too? Yes, per FCC, now it`s KCFI which makes a lot more sense (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 9900, Aug 24 at 1313, tonetest and open carrier, 1314, JBA Vatican Radio IS, 1315 ``Laudetur Jesus Christus`` and opening Vietnamese, music. Very undermodulated and tones continued on and off, so suppressed by a stronger carrier? Scheduled in Aoki are: 1230-1312 VR Chinese, 100 kW, 125 degrees from Irkutsk, RUSSIA, which may not have been turned off promptly; and 1315-1400 VR Vietnamese, 250 kW, 270 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Aug 24 at 1204 UT, joint ID ``93.5 and AM 930``, thought for sure I had KCCC Carlsbad NM, nicely in null of WKY open carrier! But can`t match that FM frequency to it. Wish I could decipher a slogan I scrawled a few minutes after upwaking! Maybe it was KDET Center TX (near Shreveport), which has an FM on 92.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14949-LSB, approx., Aug 24 at 0354, checking 14950 for Salem Stereo, but not even a carrier audible from it; instead 2-way in Spanish on this lower frequency; unrelated? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs August 23, 2012

** ALASKA. 7355, Aug 23 at 1214, Christian praise music, sounds like English; yes, 1217 talk about need for strong families. Fair signal declining to poor. It`s KNLS at 12-13, 285 degrees from Anchor Point (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 23, little to no signals from Bangladesh Betar during the 1230 English and 1315 Nepali semihours; and from 1358 past 1400, no signal at all on 15505 where Urdu was expected, as IS was recorded yesterday for WORLD OF RADIO 1631. Really poor propagation today and/or have they changed frequencies again?

The great-circle path from Dacca (as on my old globe) to Enid passes within 7 degrees of the North Pole at 83 N, and enters North America at Mould Bay on Prince Patrick Island (if it`s still called that) in the Canadian Arctic. Long path traverses the base of Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 23, before 1300:
14700, JBA at 1227, none in the 11s, 12s, 13s
15555, very poor at 1254, het on lo side; none in the 16s, 17s
15710, poor at 1253; unusual spot, not in Aoki, nor any likely target, but probably a jumparound from Sound of Hope or Voice of Tibet via Tajikistan. Would you believe WHRI5 is on 15710 at 12-13? No, it`s not
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Aug 23 at 0553, gospel huxters discussing how wives must obey husbands, and gay marriage just won`t do, leading to adoption rather than procreation of children. 0558 wrapping up with no names of speakers or the program just heard, until next week; brief pause, no ID and 0559 starting another, Program #124, which is how Tony Alamo started his shows, and sure `nuff, it`s really him mumbling despite being incarcerated for 175 years following convixion for child sexual abuse. He notes that it`s Mothers` Day (no doubt from a year long ago), and prays that God will somehow ``take taxation off the people that I married``, i.e. minors. Chorus of assent from girls with him. Then YL starts reading letters allegedly from listeners, first from someone in Kinshasa, DR Congo (another tuner to 15190?) addressed to ``My dear Pastor Alamo``, then someone in Illinois. Thank you, Pan American Broadcasting, for keeping this monster on the air
 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. Looks like the Talata relay is falling apart with all kinds of anomalies:

13840, Aug 23 at 0532 and still at 0540, open carrier/dead air instead of NHK relay in French.

13765, Aug 23 at 0532, Vatican Radio, Portuguese with continuous whistles/squeals worse than ever.

15400, Aug 23 at 0534 and several later chex before 0600, no signal from R. Dabanga, which is usually quite good. (Something very poor on 11650, presumably still Dabanga via Vatican; other Africans are in well on 19m: 15120 Nigeria, 15190 Equatorial Guinea, 15580 VOA BOTS.)

Then there`s the 15580 collision at 2000 with VOA, still being investigated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, Aug 23 at 0547, IGIM is on by now with usual soporific wake-up chanting session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, Aug 23 at 0535, VON at S9+13 level with hum, distorted rock music. Many nights it is inaudible or off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615, Aug 23 at 1330-1348+, Qur`an from BSKSA; lovely performance by tenor and perfect for dozing as I didn`t get enough sleep last night. There`s no rhyme and no reason, especially if one doesn`t understand Arabic; if you have a bass voice, don`t even dream of becoming an Islamic cantor, why? We now have amplification and radio. Clearer and stronger here than // 17625 with its perpetual hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, Aug 23 at 0537, good signal at S9+12 from VOA BOTSWANA with news in English. I believe this is `International Edition` which according to AFGE Local 1812 is now originally aired live only at 0530 and repeated later in the day without updating.

7575, Aug 23 at 1208, detailed report on row between Japan and China over disputed islands, eventually IDed as `Crossroads Asia` program. This is about to be canceled, per AFGE Local 1812, as in DXLD 12-33, but not yet. The 12-13 hour on 7575 radiates 18 degrees from Udorn, THAILAND, also USward. (A few minutes earlier, R. Japan was reporting on dispute between Japan and South Korea over some other islands.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Further chex for weak mystery carriers in the 11.7s (is anyone else hearing them, if not tracing them?):

11734, Aug 23 before 1300, this is the only one and not in sequence with the others.

11776, Aug 23 cuts on at *1259:43 hetting Anguilla, and then all the others at +/- 8 kHz intervals from 11760 are also audible: 11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11784. Are these emanating from something on 11760? There is CCI under RHC there, but not sure what (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs August 22-23, 2012

** COLOMBIA. 14950.75, Aug 23 at 0248, Salem Stereo has quite a fair signal during a ballad about El Señor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 17833-17867, Aug 22 at 1853 check, REE Cariari relay on 17850 is only splattering out to +/- 17 kHz, no further spikes detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Aug 23 at 0305, R. Djibouti is on with Qur`an, fair signal making 7 bars on the DX-398, altho doesn`t sound that strong. Several earlier chex still did not find it at 0300, so must have come on a bit late. Only African audible on 60m but I`ll take it. No sign of VOA Botswana scheduled to start 4930 at 0300; nor CVC Zambia on 4965 which has now been abolished, per Wolfgang Büschel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ETHIOPIA. 6110, Wed Aug 23 at 0257, poor signal with repetitive music, seems an IS. The last two descending notes repeat the previous two. 0259 some other music and announcement but too weak. If I were list-logging strictly by Aoki, the conclusion would be V. of Azerbaijan which starts at 0300, but the trouble is, it`s been off SW for years, altho not so indicated by Aoki and wasn`t it really on 6111? Aoki shows R. Fana, Ethiopia not starting until 0330 M-F, but 0300 on weekends.

However, EiBi has R. Fana starting at 0300 daily, and the WRTH agrees altho without any language details. Fana is certainly the most likely, sunrise just right at 0317 UT in Addis Ababa, but Tibet is also on here (too late in the daytime, sunrise 2328 UT), and so is AIR Srinagar, Kashmir (sunrise at 0030 UT).

I was about to report this as UNIDENTIFIED, until I checked the clip at http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/eth-fana_national_240112.m3u
and there`s a match! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 2, Aug 23 at 0018 UT, I have the analog TV on producing snow, when fades in a weak sporadic-E signal from the SSE; about all I can see is IFE in big letters briefly, i.e. a PSA for the Mexican Federal Elexion Institute, so it`s probably XHY-TV in Mérida. Same station was reported a few hours earlier in South Carolina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 31-2, MundoFox via KXOK-LD Enid subchannel, Aug 22: I keep an eye on it most of the afternoon as I am using its video to go with WORLD OF RADIO audio being recorded on VCR master. The video is really low quality, as input to KXOK, rather like a low-bit web feed, not typical DTV breakup in transmission. Continues to be in squeeze-o-vision. Contrary to my previous remark, MundoFox does have news I must have overlooked, as promoed several times, for 6/5c time, meaning 2200-2230 UT. So I have another look at the network`s program schedule, and there it is, Noticias, M-F at ``6-6:30 pm``. But I don`t have time to listen to it and evaluate it today: besides, BBC World News America is on at the same time on OETA. Strangely, altho Enid is still not on the drop-down list to ``selecciona tu ciudad``, the MF website knows by IP than I am in Enid and displays local weather across the top of the schedule grid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9844 & 9876, approx. centers, Aug 23 at 0120 check, the nasty WHRI 9860 spurblobs are back 24 hours after first heard. All gone at 0226 recheck, so apparently on the air at 01-02 only rather than registered 01-03. Later looked up what these might be interfering with, and what luck, nothing at all scheduled anywhere on 9840, 9845, 9875 or 9880 during this hour. So the horrible engineering of WHR is unimpeded for all to hear. How long before the fix it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1631: ready in time for first airing on WRMI UT Thursday 0330 on 9955; then Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130. Elsewhere:

Thu 2100 on WTWW 9479
UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050
UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (delayed until 0200 last week, but apparently an anomaly; keep listening after 0130)
UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755 (had transmitter failure at first last week)
WOR 1631 includes a clip of Bangladesh Betar IS and sign-on at 1400 on 15105. A longer version is at:
http://www.w4uvh.net/bbetar.rm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3200, Aug 23 at 0251, very poor signal, maybe a trace of music. Not a spur from 3215 WWCR as this is only a shade below 3200.0 and the WWCR-1 spurs seem to have been suppressed, nothing around 3230 either. It`s been a long time since I`ve heard a MW harmonic, new or old, so hoping for a 2 x 1600, but it`s probably just TWR Swaziland, which is scheduled to open at 0255 in Ndebele (except Sundays English) with 50 kW at 3 degrees from Manzini. BTW, the religious station that WDX6AA keeps reporting on 3215 is only WWCR, not AWR Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15580, Aug 22 at 2000, Besides VOA African Beat, the second station is colliding again today. Sounds Japanese, but not sure. Did not tune in early enough to get an opening ID if any. Can anyone tell what this is? (Glenn Hauser, OK, 2004 UT Aug 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

No replies, and I didn`t have time to keep listening amid World of Radio produxion; but checking latest HFCC and Aoki I see that the 20-21 UT hour of VOA English on 15580 is now scheduled from Madagascar, not Botswana [which is on before 2000].

What else is Talata doing then? Nothing at all at 2000-2030 but:
``11850 2030 2100 46,47,52 MDC  250 305 -15 159 1234567 250312 281012 D Fra MDG NHK NHK 13036`` says HFCC. Now to see if we can get a 15580/11850 match after 2030 (Glenn Hauser, 2300 UT Aug 22, ibid.)

So this could still be two programs coming out of one transmitter, just Talata instead of Botswana. We know the Madagascar relay does have a feed available from R. Japan used at this and other times, and has also been caught relaying the wrong station before, i.e. R. Dabanga on 13765 before Vatican at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Radio Zeta ed Ecoradio

Già l'avevo notato a Cairo Montenotte, da questa mattina ne sono certo anche a Rapallo: Radio Zeta fa degli splittaggi per comunicati - serate danzanti, sagre ecc. - relativi alla regione di irradiazione del segnale. In Liguria è così.
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Per quanto riguarda Ecoradio, da qualche settimana l'impianto di Rapallo-Madonna Nera su 94.3 è spento, però è già capitato altre volte e quindi è meglio verificare più a lungo se si tratta di una disattivazione definitiva. Eventualmente vedremo se poi ritornerà R. Padania Libera, oppure RIN o se, ad esempio, lo utilizzerà R. Mater che già ha illuminato le vallate retrostanti il Tigullio.

Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Mercoledì 15 agosto 2012
14.45 - 15215 kHz
THE OVERCOMER - IRRS
Tiganesti (Romania)
EE, riflessioni bibliche OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Alle 14:59:54, mentre era in onda il "Va pensiero" di IRRS si è sovrapposto il segnale orario di RFI in russo da Issoudun e questo mixage ha dato l'impressione come se le due emissioni provenissero dallo stesso impianto, nel senso di Issoudun. Ovviamente non è così perché solo RFI in russo dalle 15.00 è dall'impianto francese.
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*15.00 - 11505 kHz
WYFR - Kamo (Armenia)
Punjabi, annunci OM.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
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21.15 - 3995 kHz
GEMEINDE GOTTES HEREFORD-HCJB
Weenermoor (Germania)
Tedesco, cori YL e tk OMs.
Segnale sufficiente


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Legenda segnale
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto buono

Alcune prove di ascolto della PL-660 accoppiata induttivamente con la loop LW-MW in ferrite di 75 cm. Le due foto, appena possibile, saranno caricate negli album del gruppo Yahoo! tigullioamfm_dx.
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Domenica 19 agosto 2012
20.45 - 1550 RASD - Rabouni (Algeria) - BN-SF
In SYNC-USB il battimento con i segnali su 1548 (a soli 2 kHz!!!) è stato completamente *eliminato*. Ciò, però, ovviamente avveniva *soltanto quando il segnale della RASD era adeguato*, altrimenti la SYNC non entra in funzione. Per fortuna che, cosa rarissima, nel PL-660 la soglia di attivazione di tale funzione è particolarmente bassa.
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NB Qualcuno all'estero ha trovato la modifica per eliminare quell'effetto di audio ovattato che si determina con il PL-660 in presenza di un segnale molto basso. Secondo il mio punto di vista (tecnico), è una tentazione da *non* farsi venire, perché *l'automute* - chiamiamolo empiricamente in questo modo giusto per intenderci - quando entra in azione fa in modo che *la modulazione* (parlato e musica) del segnale basso sia ancora comprensibile, in rapporto al rumore naturale dell'AM e dato che in genere ciò corrisponde ad una tacca dello S-meter, ovvero il minimo indispensabile per rendere efficace proprio la funzione SYNC, attivando quest'ultima si ha un ulteriore miglioramento della situazione. Tenendo presente, ma va a gusti, che io il commutatore del livello di segnale del PL-660 lo tengo quasi sempre sulla posizione *Normal* e, se necessario, amplifico con i dispositivi esterni che hanno guadagno regolabile.

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Lunedì 20 agosto 2012
05.34 - 567 RAI TGR SICILIA - Caltanissetta-I - SF
05.38 - 936 RAI TGR SICILIA - Trapani-I - SF
05.48 - 1404 RF CORSE FREQUENZA MORA - Ajaccio-F - BN-SF
05.50 - 1494 RF CORSE FREQUENZA MORA - Bastia-F - BN-SF
Alcune settimane fa credevo che la Corsica su 1404 fosse spenta, invece era un problema legato al punto d'ascolto della casa, che ritenevo migliore perché *più aperto* e invece, confrontato con il QTH fisso in un altro locale, non si è rivelato tale. Pensavo che differenze così minime, tra un locale e l'altro di un singolo alloggio, riguardassero soltanto l'FM.

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Luca Botto Fiora

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

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RACK 1 (LW-MW-SW)
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
PL-660 Tecsun
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Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop magnetico 150x100 cm su finestra (@2-5,5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m (@5.5-30 MHz)

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Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Baluns 1:1 a choke di RG174 (6 spire - diametro 15 cm) per dipolo aperto
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie

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RACK 2 (LW-MW)
E5 Etón
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Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)

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

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SOFTWARE (Mac OSX)
Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.2.4 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CANADA    Radio Japan Relay  NHK    5960  0332 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 20  YL with comments.//11935[333] via Bonaire.

CUBA   Radio Havan Cuba   RHC   5040  0310 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 20  OM singing with Bongo music.

MADAGASCAR    AWR Relay   3215   0258 GMT  English  333  Aug 20  Two OMs with comments about GOD.  Choir music 0300 GMT.

UNITED STATES , Tennessee    WWRB   3185  0256 GMT  English  333  Aug 20  OMs shouting about Religions not supporting  God and Jesus.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WTWW   5755   0315 GMT  English  333  Aug 20  OM with comments about Gods words in the Bible.

UNITED STATES, Alabama   WEWN  5810   0317 GMT  Spanish  Aug 20  YL and OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WWCR #4   5820  0323 GMT  English  444  Aug 20  OM with commentsabout God and his words in the Bible.

UNITED STATES,  Tennessee    WWCR #2   5935  0327 GMT  English  444  Aug 20  YL with comments from the Bible about God's Future future changes Worldwide.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 22 at 1250, Bangladesh Betar, very poor with S Asian music during presumed English semihour. Breakfast of generic shredded wheat and then other DX intervened, so did not check for the usual 1315 Nepali service on 15105 until 1344, when there was a JBA carrier from something (else?). But at 1349 BB was on with carrier and tone slightly above C#6 = 1110+ Hz until 1352*.

15505, August 22 at 1353, I find the same tone here as had been on 15105 a few minutes earlier, 1110+ Hz. 1359 switches to IS better than usually heard so I record to illustrate it on WORLD OF RADIO. 1400 timesignal is 14 seconds slow, ID and sign on in Urdu mentioning Bangladesh Betar, and Pakistan. Finished circa 1430 and at 1431, 15505 has weakened, still on with open carrier and het/hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 4915, Aug 22 at 0518, variety of romantic music, Brazilian announcements, better than 24 hours earlier but still poor vs 1/minute CODAR wipers. I would have settled for one mention of ``Macapá`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 22, before 1300, all with flutter:
16100, poor at 1253; none in the 17s, 14s, 13s, 12s
15555, fair at 1253, het on lo side

Before 1400:
15605, poor at 1339 with WEWN 15615 squishy spur QRM from 15606
15485, good at 1343 with flutter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9305, Aug 22 at 0524, R. Cairo with almost readable distorted Arabic instead of customary totally useless buzz. Officially scheduled 19-07 UT, but around 0150 I had noticed it was not on the air, as has happened before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9595, Wednesday Aug 22 at 1308, R. Nikkei fair with mix of Japanese and English by same speaker, presumably language lesson, mentioned ``the pearly gates`` a few times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES [non]. Aug 22 checking out the frequency changes that R. Veritas Asia has just made via the two VATICAN relays, belatedly escaping QRM problems which had been there since the beginning of A-12 if not before:

15330, Aug 22 at 1430, RVA IS in the clear but with some splash from 15340 Cuba, opening Urdu, S9+15; ex 15435 which was OK except for early starts by Saudi Arabia before 1500.

15320, Aug 22 at 1458 open carrier, no IS but 1500 RVA ID, poor signal with Filipino, ex 15350 which had that horrible het from Morocco 15349.1.

(At 1430, AWR Chinese had been on 15320, but off in time for RVA. HFCC shows starting July 2 and for the remainder of A-12, site for that is Trincomalee, Sri Lanka instead of Nauen, Germany thru July 1. On 15350 at 1430 there is still a big het clash with Morocco 15349.1, i.e. Gospel for Asia via Wertachtal until 1500). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Altho I put them under CUBA in yesterday`s report as coming from RHC 11760 transmitter, the 8-kHz-spaced very weak carriers in the 11.7 MHz range may still be coming from something else.

Aug 22 I am searching for them starting at 1242, and none of them heard altho RHC 11760 is strong enough; but there is another one on 11734 vs North Korea 11735, instead of 11736; I had heard that one before too, presumably unrelated. As 1300 approaches I am standing by on 11775 Anguilla, and yes, the 11776 het starts at 1300 sharp. Meanwhile on another receiver, 11760 RHC continues without any break in transmission, so they have made no change at 1300 which could account for this. Since the 8-kHz spaced carriers are centered on 11760, plus and minus up to 3 x 8 kHz, to 11736 and 11784, but none further detected, something on 11760 is still the most likely source of them. What else is on 11760 at this time? CRI English via Kunming, but also with same parameters for two hours at 1200-1400. What else comes on 11760 at 1300, covered up here by RHC? Nothing in Aoki or HFCC, but EiBi shows: 11760 1300-1430 AUS Radio Australia M EAs /TWN.
That almost fits, except yesterday we confirmed the carriers stayed on until 1500 when RHC went off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, Aug 22 at 0504, the ``signal to nowhere`` open carrier with some hum as always on the air, it seems, before and after 0500; TDF transmitter-control automation misprogramming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15515, Aug 22 at 1340, good signal with announcement asking for e-mail reports to transmissiontest@gmail.com then some BaBcoCk musical IS, and ``you are listening to a test transmission``, bits of other music, Gypsy? cut off at 1341*.

(That uncovered some other much weaker signal, presumably Kuwait which has just started a lengthy Arabic service at 59 degrees on 15515 at 10-05 since August 17, per Aoki. DX Mix News, Bulgaria also reported this ``additional unregistered frequency`` as 12-15 from Aug 17, revised to 12-24 on August 20.)

Then I look for BaBcoCk testing on 15180 which had previously been reported during this semihour, and at 1344 there it is, fair signal peaking at S9+5, first with steel drum/orchestral music, and ``You are listening to a test transmission``. Bits of other music followed, only a few seconds of each before changing to something else. 1345 ``please e-mail your reception reports to testtransmission@gmail.com`` and more music alternating with ``test transmission`` announcement. This cuts off at 1347, and then not found on 15515 or anywhere else on the 19m band. I have sent them a report inquiring about the transmitter site and purpose of these tests. Could be only for staff training purposes as they have done previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Escuchas interesantes

Durante este fin de semana pude hacer algunas captaciones interesantes desde mi propio QTH usando el Icom R75. Entre ellas quiero destacar y compartir con ustedes las siguientes:

BANGLADESH
15505 Radio Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, 15:30-15:45, Agosto 20, Hindi, Anuncios y comentarios breves por locutora y mucha música local. Llega con 34433. La transmisión fue realizada con el nuevo transmisor de 250 kws Conforme esquema en DX RE MIX NEWS # 743

COLOMBIA
14950,80 Salem Estéreo, Río Blanco, 11:25-11:30, Agosto 19, Español, escuchada con música cristiana  y anuncios ininteligibles en español por locutor. Por momentos la señal era muy buena y por otros apenas audible. Despues de las 1130 UTC la emisora prosiguió la emisión con una charla religiosa en español. La recepción se hizo siempre en modo USB. SINPO 24422 El municipio de Rioblanco cuenta con un área de 1.443 kilómetros cuadrados, esta localizado al suroccidente del departamento del Tolima, su cabecera se localiza sobre los 3º33' de latitud norte y los 75º 40' de longitud al oeste de Greenwich. Su temperatura promedio es de 18,6 grados centígrados Limita al norte con el municipio de Chaparral; por el sur con el municipio de Planadas; por el oriente con el municipio de Ataco y por el occidente con el departamento del Valle del Cauca. En su mayor parte es un territorio montañoso y sus principales fuentes hídricas las componen: el río Saldaña, el Río Rioblanco, el río Hereje, el río Cambrin y las quebrada el Arrastradero y la Italia. Los límites municipales fueron establecidos por la Ordenanza # 011 de 1984. El municipio presenta como divisiones administrativas tradicionales el sector urbano, determinado por el perímetro urbano, y el sector rural el cual está conformado por noventa y cinco (95) veredas y dos Inspecciones de Policía (Herrera y Puerto Saldaña). El sector urbano del municipio de Rioblanco fue determinado por el perímetro urbano establecido por el Acuerdo municipal No.011 de 1990. (Más info en http://www.rioblanco-tolima.gov.co/index.shtml)
 (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)

CLANDESTINA
12130 Voice of the Tigers (p), 12:45-13:00, Agosto 20, Vernacular, Musica y anuncios por locutor, 24432. La emisora transmitiría desde Tashkent para Sri Lanka y según mis averiguaciones transmite solamente dos dias a la semana pero no se si salió al aire el lunes.

Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina

Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2012

** ALBANIA. 7425, Aug 22 at 0145, R. Tirana`s only English broadcast left to N America, fair signal with noise and fading, somewhat muffled modulation and her accent make it hard to follow what Klara is saying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. 11711v, Aug 22 at 0200, RAE is on with multi-lingual IDs in leisurely opening for the English hour, fair signal; earlier at 0137 it was missing, no carrier at all (nor on 15345v), as Gilles Letourneau in Québec had noted at 0120. On Aug 14 at the same time, I had noticed RAE on the 11710.9 air, but no modulation; either way, no Japanese to be heard during that hour. I wonder if that language service is intentionally suspended/canceled? How about at 10-11 M-F on 11711? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 14950.7, Aug 21 at 1952, JBA carrier no doubt from Salem Stereo; and also at 0137 Aug 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 17850, Aug 21 at 1951, REE relay shortly before 2000* is not putting spiky spurs all over the place today. Thomas Witherspoon has notified them in Madrid of the problem, but since it was irregular anyway, we can`t assume yet that it has been permanently fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17750, Aug 21 at 2003 tune-in, RHC Brazilian Portuguese service supposedly aimed at Europe, is instead dead air for a sesquiminute until modulation kix on at 2004:28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 9438-9463, Aug 22 at 0138, strong OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here; after 0200 it would QRM WYFR on new 9455 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Aug 21 at 1953, fair signal from R. Africa with mumbling gospel huxter who could be the convicted and imprisoned for 175 years ``Tony Alamo``, and whose agents have been trying to get him back on a US SW station; but would not stay tuned long enough to be more sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 22 at 0159 check, TGAV is on, good signal with music, whew; as had been missing late last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15580, August 21 at 2006, two programs are clashing at about equal levels. Either it`s two program feeds into and out of one transmitter, or two transmitters virtually zero-beat; I can`t detect a regular SAH vis-à-vis propagational fading. One of them is obviously VOA African service scheduled via BOTSWANA, mostly music but finally at 2012 English announcement during `The African Beat`.

The other is harder to figure out due to all the QRM. At first I think it`s in French, for a while it even sounds like Japanese, then it`s tonal and probably Hausa, assuming this is another VOA service. I was hoping something would ID at 2030 but both just kept going as I listened past 2035. Neither was // 15730 or 17530 which are in VOA French until 2030 weekdays, via Greenville and Bonaire respectively, also mostly African music.

If it was Hausa, VOA doesn`t start that language on other frequencies until 2030, and BBC ends at 2030. Since IBB keeps switching transmitter sites even in the middle of a single language broadcast, it`s entirely possible two different VOA sites are mistakenly on same frequency with different programming. But there was no variation in signal/modulation levels between the two thruout on 15580, so my best guess here is that both were coming out of a single transmitter, most likely Botswana. Don`t they monitor their own air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 6145, August 22 at 0139 check, WYFR is extremely strong with only English broadcast aimed across N America, at 355 degrees, 2215-0300, a change made Aug 13 from 6115.

9455, another new WYFR frequency at 02-04 in Spanish, ex-9385, much weaker here at 0240 check August 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 6875, Aug 22 at 0139, WWCR-1 very strong here with typical programming. I log this now for the record as I think I never got around to it since they started using this way out of band channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.4, Aug 22 at 0140, WRNO with usual sermonizing; rather undermodulated but not requiring full volume to hear it, and not very distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9838-9847 and 9872-9882, approximate expanse of huge dirty distorted FMy spurblobs matching very strong clear signal on 9860, Aug 22 at 0143 with wacky far-right conspiracy discussion, with a gold/money angle, blame Soros. The spurs peaked approximately 9843-44 and 9877-78, i.e. 16-17 kHz either side of WHRI, listed as 100 kW at 315 degrees. Then found same program // and spurless on weaker 5920, despite being 250 kW tho at 47 degrees, all per HFCC, and 5920 was running four seconds behind 9860, why? WHR schedule shows ``TruNews`` with Rick Wiles on both during this hour, what crap to match the spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4875-USB, Aug 22 at 0153 looking for some LA AM DX, I encounter some scratchy sideband vs the hi local noise level, so pursue it instead: another Air Force MARS net, not as struxured as it should be as there are some talkovers with people not observing the `over` rule, not giving their callsign with every change, and not always fonetically. They were discussing measuring each other`s frequency offsets, to the Hz, or cycle as one of them prefers (he means cycle per second).

Either the net itself or the NCS was going to be away for two weeks. They all seemed to be in the -4- area, and the NCS closing it at 0156 sounded like AFA4GA tho not sure of the third letter. Hunting thru the list I googled for the earlier AF MARS log, I don`t find that call but an AFD4GA:
``AFD4GA GA Ball Ground 30107 Deputy GA State Dir``. Ball Ground is a small town at the end of I-575 north of Atlanta, which means there must be something important there to justify such a highway. Or is it to ``nowhere``? http://cityofballground.com/ Like I say, every DX log is a potential learning experience, even if it`s tentative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Tuesday Aug 21 at 1322, R. Australia, interviewing head of US National Archives, David Ferriero, about how they decide what to preserve from presidential administrations, more and more stuff thanks to the digital age. RA programs frequently interview Americans, and we are indebted to the Aussies for doing so, a surrogate American station, lacking much any more from VOA and little of a serious objective nature from private US SW stations. Schedule shows this was `Talking Point`, but the RA website won`t link to individual programs properly, and it`s not on the list of ABC Radio National programs as I assumed it would be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 21 at 1249, Bangladesh Betar very poor with S Asian song, 1250 announcement sounds like English with lilt I can`t really understand; 1251 more songs, 1259 sign-off, 1300 brief tone test and carrier stays on a while longer. Recheck at 1313 as VP carrier with flutter starts playing the BB IS prior to Nepali service. 1330 check, S Asian song.

15505, Aug 21 at 1358 fair signal now with IS, timesignal only 8 sex slow! Opening Urdu. Note that Wolfgang Büschel reports BB has been persuaded to get out of the hamband later, from yesterday 7250 ex-7105 for the 1745-2000 broadcasts in English and Bengali, when of course, we have no chance of hearing it in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 4915.0, Aug 21 at 0525, I can hear weak music vs local noise level and CODAR, and frequency matches BBC Arabic 9915.0. This CODAR is at the rate of once per second rather than twice; ``tie me CODARoo down, sport``. 0529 announcement perceptibly in Brazilian accent but too weak to copy; 0533 back to music. There are two active ZYs on 4915, so which is it? Recent reports say R. Daqui is off the air between 03 and 09, while Rdif. Macapá is 24 hours. There was a similarly weak signal from the Brazilian(s) on 4885 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHAD. 6165, Aug 21 at 0502, RNT with heavy-beat music, French announcement, 0506 conversation; no news on the hour at this time. Quite good, better than heard recently around 0530 after fading down. Should be even better around presumed sign-on 0430v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 21, after 1330:
16100, very good at 1332
15495, fair at 1333
14980, very good at 1333
14700, poor at 1333; none in the 13s, 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 13740, Aug 21 at 1447, CRI English via CUBA with usual VG signal for the 14-16 UT relay. Jim, K5JG in the ptsw yg said it was missing Sunday mornings Aug 12 and 19. Could be another anomaly caused by the defunct Aló, Presidente relays formerly at that time, when Cuban SW transmitters had to be reconfigured (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. I have finally figured out the source of all those very weak carriers in the 11.7 MHz range I have been hearing almost every morning for a couple weeks in the 13-15 UT period; and in retrospect it seems obvious: the RHC transmitter on 11760.

11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776 and 11784, Aug 21 at 1314 are all audible either with BFO or as beats with broadcasters on 11735, 11750, 11775, 11785. I had previously measured 11752 as 11751.5, an odd one out, but think I must have miscalculated. This now puts them all at exactly 8 kHz intervals above and below 11760 (where there is no het). That RHC transmitter sounds OK on-frequency.

Just about every imaginable defect has happened at one time or another from RHC, but this is a new one on me, spur carriers at multiples of 8.0 kHz above and below. To make sure, I am monitoring before 1500 when I know 11760 will be going off the air. By this time they are all weakened, but I can still barely hear the very weak 11776 het on Anguilla 11775. Yup, it goes off just after 1500 at the same time carrier cut on 11760. Only one thing doesn`t fit: 11760 is on the air from 1100, but I`ve not heard these before 1300. Maybe the signals haven`t built up to sufficient strength until then? Or there is a transmission change at that time.

RHC uses 11760 at many other dayparts, but have not noticed a constellation of 8 kHz spurs then; may not be there if it`s a different transmitter, but the offending transmitter might also do the same when applied to any other fundamental, so be on the lookout for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS [and non]. 9345-9370, Aug 21 at 0513, poor signals from lo-pitched OTH radar pulses, presumed from here; they no longer have to worry about QRM from WTJC 9367v, whose license has been surrendered, FCC confirms to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 21 at 0521, no signal from TGAV, Radio Truth/Verdad. This has been highly reliable for many months. Normally on air until about 0610* Hope they have not had a major breakdown again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, Aug 21 at 0508, no signal from IGIM; as we expected, now that Ramadan is over, no longer running all-night. I suppose they may still turn it on at widely variable times closer to 0600. Other African signals were in as usual: South Africa 7230, 7285; Tunisia 7275 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 15180, Aug 21 before 1330 there was something weak here, presumed V. of the Wilderness, the Cornerstone Ministry show from California in Korean, via Sri Lanka as scheduled. After 1330, nothing. On Sundays only this is supposed to last a full hour, but on Aug 19, Mark F. Tattenbaum had an unID with a test transmission in English at 1330 on 15180, asking for reports to testtransmission@gmail.com This address was previously used by BaBcoCk, Woofferton; so check next Sunday. However, the current 15180 transmission via SL is brokered by MBR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MONGOLIA [non]. 12015, Aug 21 at 1407, 1443, nothing but the usual RTTY audible here. Was checking for V. of Mongolia, Chinese at 1430, since Dave Valko`s log on 12085, English at 1030 had CNR1 jamming right after VOM`s only other Chinese broadcast at 1000. So is anyone hearing 12015 with VOM Chinese and/or jamming? It seems the ChiCom are not too happy with their neighbor for allowing R. Free Asia to broadcast from there in Tibetan on 7470, 17730, which of course are also jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, KOSU`s drastic format change went into effect UT Aug 21 at 0000, with The Spy, Oklahoma indie music. No more `Performance Today` classical music (and KCSC-FM OKC tells me they can`t afford to pick it up, at higher rates than KOSU was charged as a mere Stillwater-market station), and no more classical music overnight. The Spy does not appeal to me at all, but spot checks the first evening found talk, talk, talk, about the music scene, I suppose, rather than axual music.

And as I feared, NPR news on the hour has also been dropped. I used to hear it habitually at midnight local, 0500 UT before retiring, but The Spy just kept on going. However, on weekends KOSU had already dropped the midnight news, unwilling to interrupt jazz for it.

I was wondering what kind of financial arrangement KOSU has with The Spy. KOSU Director Kelly Burley even sent me a copy of the contraxual agreement showing there is no exchange of money. KOSU hopes to use these 10 hours per day to build up its listener base and hence ultimately income, and will no longer have to purchase PT and many other expensive public radio programs. Burley`s complete rationale will be in the next DX Listening Digest 12-34.

Here`s the new schedule grid:http://kosu.org/wp-content/themes/KOSU3/images/KOSUProgramGuide2012.pdf

And here`s the old one which I saved, still in effect until Aug 20:http://www.w4uvh.net/KOSUProgramGuide2011.pdf

It seems KOSU has outsourced control of its own website and so far has not been able to remove the old deleted programming shown in the day-by-day listings (Glenn Hauser, Enid, August 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 31-2, KXOK-LD with Mundo Fox on subchannel: watched a while on Aug 20; apparently a movie and it`s all in squeeze-o-vision as the Aspect Ratio Cannot Be Changed On This Channel. And the Mundo Fox circular logo becomes an oval. BTW, no local ID in any form seen at 1700 UT hourtop break between programs, nor elsewhen. Looked for program schedule: not anywhere on the zap2it Suddenlink Enid cable lineup of hundreds of channels including exotic ones.

TitanTV does not have it in the on-air-lineup for Enid (which axually defaults to Oklahoma City, including lots of outlying stations never to be seen inside OKC, but not this. And still has several outdated/inaccurate ones on its roster.)

So I have to go to http://www.mundofox.com There is a drop-down list of cities to ``find you station`` --- no Enid there tho has OKC with KOHC. Found 24h program grid for the network, where I see nothing of interest tho a lot of the titles are unfamiliar, lots of novelas, apparently. Nothing resembling a newscast, fortunately, as Murdoch would turn that into another farce like the Fox `News` Channel. A few titles are in English, perhaps kidvid, but maybe dubbed or subtitled.

What about TV-OK`s website? I don`t seem to have it bookmarked, so googled it: would you believe the top hits don`t go to anything except other sites, mostly directories, mentioning it? Found one item of interest, a 4-year-old animated ID I remember seeing on air, but not lately, posted by its producer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lJxSWxgvk

``Uploaded by sgfx on Dec 2, 2008 --- KXOK is a small broadcast TV station in Enid OK. How Small? The entire station is in one rack mount case in a small 2 room office on the top of Enid's tallest building and was controlled remotely, sometimes via a cell phone. Anyhow this is an Animation I did as their station ID in trade for some unused video equipment. Why the T-38? Vance AFB is just outside of town and they have a ton of these Sexy little T-38 jet trainers flying all over the place.`` [and exhaust falling all over town accounting for sticky dust buildups even inside homes: there`s farmland all around Enid: why do they have to fly over the city, also increasing risk of crashes upon the population?? Some high-risk areas have zoning restrictions to keep down the number of people in the way. I also have to pause WORLD OF RADIO recordings while they roar over. -- gh]

Maybe the outdated wikipedia entry will have a link to its own website? No. It does remind us of the shady history of this station, including a lawsuit by Dr Gene Scott who didn`t appreciate being broadcast over it, ``copyright infringement``. I wonder if Mundo Fox even knows they`re on KXOK? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 10000, Aug 21 before 0518 I am monitoring WWV again 24 hours after I heard them announce time a minute off as 0519: no, not tonight, both WWV and WWVH correct. And propagation report followed on WWV: ``SF 96, Ap 12, K 2 at 03, no, no``. The automation system could surely be blamed for playing the wrong timecheck, while the axual pips remained highly accurate. BTW, there`s been a wildfire in NW Kauai near the WWVH site; note if it become absent. KHON-TV and the Star-Bulletin have had several stories about the fire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7302-USB, Aug 21 from 1340, Air Force MARS net. NCS is Paul, AFA6BP. He is calling every station on his roster, one by one, and addresses each one of them as ``sir`` (bet he was an NCO). They each report on how well they copied earlier digital transmissions, mostly very well, and often a brief local weather comment. Contacts at the moment are AFA6ZU, and AFA6KJ. Calls are invariably given in proper fonetix, and all in the 6-call area, which does not correspond to ham call areas, i.e. California. Locations seldom referred to, but AFA6DH at 1343 says he is in north Texas; some of them have a different letter than A in the third position. Still going past 1357. Googling finds NCS AFA6BP: TX Hughes Springs 75656. Hughes Springs is a little town near Daingerfield, between Mt Pleasant and Atlanta in the NE corner of Texas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15550-USB, Aug 21 at 1401, music and ``WJHR Radio International`` sign-on after some music, reports to WJHR@usa.com and then `Rock of Ages`, sounds like on banjo et al. 1404 JIP the usual gospel-huxter. No point in listening or logging this except to confirm periodically this useless glorified ham station still exists. I keep expecting some Firedrake jumparound to collide with it, but so far not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9675v, Aug 21 at 0511, tonight`s pitch check between the hetting Brasilian and presumed Peruvian: Bb below middle C = 233 Hz. All I can hear is the het which is much louder than any possible modulation from either station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)