** CHINA [and non]. Trans-Pacific conditions were poor on 120, 90, 75 and 60 m
the morning of Oct 2, but Firedrake was still making it on 49m, e.g. at 1340 on
6095 // 6085 // 6030.
I see people still running across this ``traditional Chinese music`` on many
frequencies and wondering what it is in various DX publications, despite
discussions of this for years in DX LISTENING DIGEST, which I cannot force
people to read in order to be well-informed. Perhaps part of the problem is
that Firedrake is not listed as a `station` in WRTH or PWBR, even tho it has
become one of the world`s major `broadcasters`.
Interesting to compare CRI transmitter sites at 1346 Oct 2: 9570 via Habana had
very low modulation, making squishing sound at peaks. 9650 via Sackville, //
but offset, had much better modulation but was splattering/spurring out to
plus/minus 10 kHz, and more weakly to plus/minus 20 kHz. No CRI audible on 9560
vs R. Australia, unlike a previous day, so maybe that was a fluke or depends on
unusual propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. On 9900, Oct 2 at 1357 found VG signal in what sounded like an Indian
love song; 1358 ID in S Asian language with postal address, ``namaskar`` and
off immediately at 1359* Is my PWBR next to the radio any help? Of course not!
I risked spraining my wrist for nothing. It shows something starting at 1400
but nothing ending at 1400. So as usual one must consult the much more accurate
and up-to-date online resources, once the computer is turned on.
Aoki shows KTWR Guam, daily 1345-1400 in Santali, 100 kW, 285 degrees. Eibi
spells it Santhali and in the readme explains that it`s spoken in India by 5.5
megapersons, and in Bangladesh by 150 kilopersons. WRTH says target is E Asia
rather than S Asia. All agree it is the only KTWR broadcast on this frequency
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR GOS, 9690, again making it Oct 2 at 1348, good modulation, but
over some co-channel QRM also producing a ripple-fast SAH. Woman was speaking
clearly in English in a tribute to Gandhi, pro-non-violence, ``dialogue is the
only way to prevent terrorism``. Outroduced at 1353 by less intelligible YL
announcer, so could not copy the attribution, into rap music and immediate
tune-out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. Previously around 1300 on R. Nikkei, we have heard English lessons
and German lessons, and on Thu Oct 2 at 1302 there were French lessons for
Japanese listeners, on 6055, about goings-on in Paris (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. KBSWR, 9650 via Canada, Thu Oct 2 at 1240 in English with
Korean language lessons on the theme of bank transaxions. One really needed
printed material to follow it. And even better, some printed won (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Have barely been able to detect a carrier from XEXQ lately, but
heard much better Oct 2 on 6045: 1222 tune-in, good modulation with classical
cinema music from an epic western, familiar but I could not place it. No
announcements. Much better copy than under-modulated CFRX 6070 with 4x the
power; and also better than XEOI 6010 which is also 4x the power, nominally,
further than SLP and normally has the upper hand in this time period. At 1230 a
SAH of 72 per minute started from another 6045 station, = 1.2 Hz, but no
detectable modulation and not too obtrusive. However, online schedules do not
show anything starting at 1230 on 6045.
Rechecking at 1249: Spanish announcement in progress mentioning Universidad
Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, which is all one needs for a definite ID, besides
the paucity of classical music on SW, any other 6045 station in particular. Now
the QRM had changed a lot with a fast SAH, flutter, and het or tone: the latter
no doubt from Vladivostok warming up for the VOR Chinese broadcast at 1300. At
1257, XEXQ was playing Albinoni`s Adagio, an extremely beautiful piece for
which all other stations should QRX or QRT in deference. But no! At 1300
Chinese talk started from VOR. Recheck at 1332, VOR had faded down and XEXQ
again dominant with some more classical music, and was still stronger than 6010
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. See USA for Brother Scare et al., on WINB
** U S A. Brother Scare via WINB, 9265, Oct 2 at 1341, mixing with ``running
water`` ute QRM for part of the 1343 minute; and not // Brother Scare via WWRB,
9385 --- at least no // detected during a minute of listening to each
frequency. If you don`t like what he`s saying on one station, just tune to the
other! Then what?
Just when is B.S. on WINB? Their online sked displays it this way, rather
inconveniently, in EDT:
The Overcomer
Mon-02:00P, Tue-02:00P, Wed-02:00P, Thu-02:00P, Fri-02:00P
[= M-F 1800 UT, for how long? One hour]
The Overcomer - Bro. Stair
Sun-05:00P [2100 UT, for how long? 1 hour per sked by time, so why isn`t this
included in the following entry?]
The Overcomer (1 Hr.)
Sun-02:00P, Mon-05:00P, Tue-05:00P, Wed-05:00P, Thu-05:00P
Fri-05:00P, Sat-05:00P [Sun 18-19 so why isn`t this included in the first
entry? And Mon-Sat 21-22 UT]
The Overcomer (3 Hr.)
Sat-02:00P [1800-2100 UT]
The Overcomer (4 Hr.)
Sat-10:00A [1400-1800 UT]
Note that on Saturdays only, or rather The Sabbath, this adds up to a
continuous 8-hour broadcast 1400-2200.
Frequencies? At the top of the page it now shows:
Frequency Schedule (EDT)
0630 - 0800 9265 kHz [1030-1200 UT]
0800 - 1700 13570 kHz [1200-2100 UT]
1700 - 1800 11520 kHz [2100-2200 UT]
1800 - 2300 9265 kHz [2200-0300 UT]
11520??? I was almost convinced the 21-22 UT hour, which only carries Brother
Scare, came via DTK in Germany. WRTH, HFCC and EiBi do not have this hour at
all on 11520 from anywhere, and Aoki lists it as USA but no further details.
The latest FCC update as of August 14 does not have 11520 as WINB or any US
station.
We hear the broadcast just about any day, and it seems to us the audio is
appropriate for DTK and not WINB. However, the WINB schedule shows it filling a
one-hour gap between 13570 until 21 and 9265 from 22, so it would seem to be
their own transmitter.
Even so, another possible scenario is that it is WINB only in the sense that
WINB is being relayed via Germany. But the latest M&B/DTK schedule dated Sept 5
does not show 11520, only 13810, 17485 and 6110 for TOM = The Overcomer
Ministry, at other times. Yet another scenario is that 11520 may have been
relayed from Germany for a while this summer, then transferred to Red Lion.
We must listen closer to any IDs at beginning or end, and also whether there is
any overlap with 13570 and 9265. Furthermore, whenever we tune 13570 with BFO
on, we find that the frequency is unstable with a pronounced warble, and if it
is the same transmitter, that should also happen on 11520 (and 9265). That may
be the clincher once checked. But why doesn`t FCC have 11520 on record??
While we are looking at the WINB program schedule, we find this for Tony Alamo:
Mon-11:00A, Mon-03:00P, Mon-06:00P,
Tue-11:00A, Tue-03:00P, Tue-06:00P,
Wed-11:00A, Wed-03:00P, Wed-06:00P,
Thu-11:00A, Thu-03:00P, Thu-06:00P,
Fri-11:00A, Fri-03:00P, Fri-06:00P
Or put much more conveniently, converted to UT: M-F 1500-1600 & 1900-2000
13570, 2200-2300 on 9265. So we may hear how he responds to the charges against
him, and whether these broadcasts get canceled.
Let`s also check the Family Radio relay times on WINB, which can cause
confusion with Harold Camping & Co. showing up here despite his dozen
transmitters in Okeechobee and ever-expanding overseas relays. There can never
be enough droning from this unordained authority with seemingly limitless
broadcasting resources:
Family Radio - English
Sun-08:00A, Sun-09:00A, Sun-08:00P,
Mon-08:00A, Mon-09:00A, Mon-08:00P,
Tue-08:00A, Tue-09:00A, Tue-08:00P,
Wed-08:00A, Wed-09:00A, Wed-08:00P,
Thu-08:00A, Thu-09:00A, Thu-08:00P,
Fri-08:00A, Fri-09:00A, Fri-08:00P,
Sat-08:00A, Sat-09:00A, Sat-08:00P
[I.e., much more succinctly, converted to UT, one hour each and with
frequencies: Daily 12-13 9265, 13-14 13570, 00-01 9265.]
Family Radio - Spanish
Sun-07:00A, Sun-07:00P,
Mon-07:00A, Mon-07:00P,
Tue-07:00A, Tue-07:00P,
Wed-07:00A, Wed-07:00P,
Thu-07:00A, Thu-07:00P
Fri-07:00A, Fri-07:00P,
Sat-07:00A, Sat-07:00P
[I.e., much more succinctly, converted to UT, one hour each and with
frequencies: Daily 11-12 & 23-24 9265.]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA, 9510 via Thailand, Oct 2 at 1345 promo for vice
presidential debate ``Friday morning`` at 0100 UT. WTFK? Of course not! But VOA
is normally on the SW air anyway to Asia at this hour. See our previous reports
about special frequencies added for Africa, America.
VOA, 9760 via Philippines, Oct 2 at 1354 with USG editorial delivered by YL,
criticizing Malaysia`s Internal Security Act allowing jailing of any
opposition; mixing with CRI on 9760 but clear on // 9510 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Since the relay was so fouled up the day before, [see CUBA
in previous report] I checked 11705 again Oct 2 at 1243. This time RNV was
axually being broadcast and in Spanish, but somewhat distorted and with
occasional audio dropouts for a fraxion of a second.
At the moment, a sports segment, with listeners addressed as ``usuarios y
usuarias``, i.e. male and female users! I have never heard any other
Spanish-speaking station do this, so I wonder why RNV uses this terminology. Is
it a Venezuelan thing, or a Bolivarian thing with ideological implications like
``comrades``? Or are they implying listeners should be addicted to RNV
broadcasts?! Also for our amusement, occasional Windows cues mixed with the
talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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