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Today's Topics:
1. MV Baltic Radio is on 6140 khz this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
2. EMR Tom Taylor is moving home (Tom Taylor)
3. SAT MORN DX (Charles Bolland)
4. Glenn Hauser logs April 30-May 1, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Florida (Robert Wilkner)
6. May 1 Logs ([email protected])
7. Radio Guaiba retorn? a la onda corta en 49 metros (Arnaldo)
8. Glenn Hauser logs May 1-2, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 09:21:19 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] MV Baltic Radio is on 6140 khz this Sunday
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MV Baltic Radio is on 6140 khz this Sunday
Dear Listeners,
MV Baltic Radio is on the air this Sunday the 2nd of May 2010.
The frequency will be 6140 khz, and the time slot will be 0900 to 1000 utc.
Good listening and good reception!
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 10:30:41 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR Tom Taylor is moving home
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Dear Listeners,
I would like to inform you that I will be moving home in late May 2010.
As from the 26th of May 2010 at 2200 utc this email address will stop.
I will contract you with my new email address before the end of June 2010.
Until that date my email address is: [email protected]
After the 26th of May you can contact Mike Taylor at EMR via
[email protected]
73s Tom Taylor
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 11:19:03 -0000
From: "Charles Bolland" <[email protected]>
To: "ALF" <[email protected]>, "Arnaldo slaen"
<[email protected]>, "Bob Wilkner" <[email protected]>,
"brainman214" <[email protected]>,Carlos
GonA?alves<[email protected]>, "Cumbre" <[email protected]>,
"DSWCI" <[email protected]>, "Gayle Van Horn"
<[email protected]>, "Glenn Hauser"
<[email protected]>, "Hard-core-dx" <[email protected]>,
"Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] SAT MORN DX
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Russia, 5940, Radio Rossii, 0950-1005, A few comments
in Russian from a male, then into
music which seemed to be semi-classical. Lots of
splatter from WWCR pm 5935 KHz. The
music lasts until 0957 when a male returns with more
comments then a female talks.
Rossii is at a poor level this morning. (Chuck
Bolland, May 1, 2010)
Philippines, 9615, Radio Veritas, 1000-1010, Caught
the tail end of the ID in English on the
hour as, "... Veritas in Mandarin". This was followed
by a program of news and comments
in Mandarin language by female and male. Signal was
very Good. (Chuck Bolland, May 1,
2010)
Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1002-1015, At tune in,
noted local type music. It sounded
like a novelty tune in Indonesian, with laughing and
humor. After the one tune, a male
talks with another on the telephone. Signal was very
good this morning. (Chuck Bolland,
May 1, 2010)
Indonesia, 9526.87, Voice of Indonesia, 1007-1010,
Stopped on this freq to check on VoI,
and found just a carrier. No audio was heard. This
time slot is suppose to be the English
program. At 1009, the program pops up with a lady in
English news about Indonesian
politics. The signal was very good this morning.
(Chuck Bolland, May 1, 2010)
Unident, 6174.39, 1105-1115, this is a carrier just
south of CNR1's frequency on 6175 KHz.
I am thinking it might be Voice of Malaysa, but I can't
pull out any audio. Any help would
be appreciated. (Chuck Bolland, May 1, 2010)
WinRadio G305e/pd
26.27N 081.05W
Bolivia, 5952.41, Emisoras Pio XII, (pres), 1020-1035,
It took me awhile to tune this in due to
the heavy QRM around this freq, but noted male talking
in Spanish language while others
comments along with him. This signal was poor but
surprisingly audible since I couldn't
hear any other Bolivians during this time frame.
(Chuck Bolland, May 1, 2010)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 10:14:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 30-May 1, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 13640, R. Tirana, April 30 at 2012 in English, S9+15 during music,
then ``Albanian Outstanding Personalities Profile``, trouble is I couldn`t
catch his name, a ``humanist`` and Catholic priest in 1474. Maybe they mean
humanitarian? After a few minutes, rest of transmission was music until 2027
goodbye, theme and cut off air before it could finish.
Later, from DW news May 1 at 0615 on 7325 via Portugal, I learned that this was
a big day in Tirana, a demonstration by 200,000 supporters of the Socialist
opposition against the validity of last June`s elexion. I sure wish I had heard
how R. Tirana itself covered that in the first 12 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Since I had heard LRA36 virtually every weekday for two weeks,
checked Saturday May 1 just in case, but not even a carrier on 15476 or a 4-kHz
het with 15480, around 1330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 1:
10240, good at 1320, unusual frequency
10440, equally good at 1320
12600, fair at 1326
12960, good at 1326, not on 12970 or 12950 today
13970, good at 1326
None others found 8-19 MHz.
However, checking 15540 at 1332 I hear weak CNR1 jamming // much stronger 15285
and 15265; nothing else audible on 15540, so I wonder if V. of Tibet`s expanded
broadcast is really contracted now out of this timeslot. But unlike the
DentroCubans, the ChiCom are pretty astute at avoiding jamming against nothing,
even if we can`t hear the victim.
And at 1434 I find a poor and fluttery CNR1 on 17560 // 15285. This is to jam
V. of Tibet due northeast from MADAGASCAR at 1400-1430, unheard. As of today
this VOT broadcast is at 1400-1430 only, ex 1330-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. Over-the-horizon radar pulses covering 25 kHz, presumed from here,
May 1 at 1329, poor on 14555-14580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, M singer ululating May 1 at 0450, surely must be V.
of Mesopotamia via Mykolayiv, UKRAINE; and no WYFR QRM. Then checking its
latest sked, I see I lucked into a gap between the 0400-0445 Portuguese
broadcast and French from 0500 on 11530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, R. Kuwait in English, Friday April 30: at 1933 UT ``This Day
in History``, detailed features on Casey Jones, end of Vietnam War, then a
bunch of short items: 1770, David Thompson born, something to do with Canada.
1803, Louisiana Purchase. 1870 Leh?r born. 1948 first Land Rover exhibited.
1957 Egypt reopens Suez Canal. 1993 Balanchine becomes director of NYC Ballet.
This lasted until 1942 UT, co-narrated by Paul Kennedy and a YL, probably Arab
whose name I couldn`t catch. Was there anything about Kuwait? If so, I missed
it.
RK puts more effort into its TDIH than VOA or VOI, 2 or 3 minutes each. Is this
on daily at 1930? Skipping any day is surely out of the question. However, this
also means less attention necessary to current events. Doing a decent job of
covering breaking news is best left to SW broadcasters on the level of VOA, DW
and BBC.
Reception usually holds up till sign-off 2100v* but at next check today at 2052
had become JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. 11785 via WHRI, Hmong World Christian Radio, May 1 at 1324 with
traditional music but messed up by talkover, plus heavy CCI from Chinese radio
war. HWCR is Saturdays only at 1300-1330.
BTW, I still check occasionally for V. of Biafra International via WHRI during
its last-known transmission which vanished in December, Friday 19-20 on 15665,
including April 30, and so far have not found any surprise comeback. Have VOBI
abandoned their dream of independence from those SOBs in the rest of Nigeria?
We need more radio countries! Beyond the NASWA convention of once-a-country,
always-a-country (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 19m was hopping and even 16m, around 0430
May 1: best from 17880 and 17615 with Radio Free Asia in Chinese, via Saipan
and Tinian respectively, or so I think rather than the ChiCom CNR1 jamming
which surely accompanies it in Asia. However, at next check 0610, everything
was dead above 13 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA HQS, still running two nearby frequencies at once,
contrary to known schedule, May 1 at 1336 on 17615 // 17625, only fair-poor
with RFI in French amid on 17620. 17615 is supposed to change to 17625 at 1200.
But at 1423 check, now it`s only 17615, not 17625 which apparently axually
closed at 1400 as it is scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare is back on WWCR: May 1 at 0454 on 5890,
no longer // 5935 DGS, which was rather pointless. WWCR has put up new pdf
program grid as of May 1, showing BS:
M-F 15-20 13845
Daily 04-11 5890
The SFAW/PPP sked on WWCR now also matches what we had in last report. No
changes to WORLD OF RADIO`s six times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
see also USA, WBCQ for more BS
** TURKEY. 11980, at 0449 May 1, good with nice but very repetitive ME music; I
was beginning to think it was an IS, but varied somewhat over time. 0500
one-pip timesignal about one second late, W&M with Turkish announcements, news?
0504 back to music but weakening. It`s TRT ?akirlar, 04-06 at 310 degrees to
Europe and consequently NAm beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO on WWCR: #1510 confirmed on 15825, Friday April 30
starting at 2030:10, poor here with no Es to help; also ending by 1657 so it
must have started a bit early, Saturday May 1 on 12160, good now with some
sporadic E in play, and no looping. Next airings are: UT Sun 0230 on 4840, 0630
on 3215, 2330 on 9980, Mon 0330 on 5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17920.4v, KVOH whining spur audible April 30 at 2006, from strong
17775. As usual the match on 17629.6v was much weaker, but same pitch of whine
detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330, May 1 at 1433 fair with a preacher in Amerenglish citing
Hebrews, something new here, with splash from VOK 9335. O yeah, it`s the Good
Friends Radio Network which has just bought 12 hours a day on WBCQ, 13-01 UT,
and thus knox out all the other bits of programming, which had appeared on 9330
between those hours: that infomercial at 18-19, World of Radio rarely at
1900-1930, Amos `n` Andy at 1930-1940; and Area 51 (93?) later in evening. Did
not notice whether this 9330 transmission is still CUSB, but at this hour CLSB
would be better vs P`yongyang.
It`s also bad news for R. Damascus, Syria, which will now have WBCQ co-channel
at all its times using 9330, so we can only hope 12085 will be funxional in
more ways than one.
WBCQ schedule update http://www.wbcq.com/?tag=schedule confirms this, as well
as another timechange for the DX programs via Area 51 Sunday evenings on
5110-CUSB: Pirates Week at 0200-0230 UT Mondays, International Radio Report at
0230-0300 UT Mondays.
Brother Scare is also ``back`` on WBCQ 7415 now:
Saturday-Thursday 8 pm-11 pm (0000-0300 UT Sun-Fri) and
Friday 9 pm-11 pm (0100-0300 UT Sat)
I wasn`t aware he had gone away, having given up bothering with 7415 during
those times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 17:40:08 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Florida
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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May 1 Florida
2310 Australia VL8A Alice Springs NT 1040 to 1050 weak audio 26
April [Wilkner]
2325 Australia VL8T Tennant Creek NT 1040 to 1050 moderate audio 26
April [Wilkner]
2485 Australia, VL8K Katherine NT 1040 to 1050 good audio 26 April
[Wilkner]
3290 Guyana GBC, 2315 yl in English, pop vocals, 0010 brief
commercial with cost "..and 75 cents.." 25/26 April. Same time 27 & 28
April [Wilkner & XM Cedar Key] 0820 om Minister in English "...in the
Book of Revelation".... followed by sub continental music to 0845, 30
April [Wilkner]
3329.53 Peru Ondas del Huallaga, Hu?nuco 1030 usual yl with espanol,
off seemingly for the two previous days [Wilkner]
4875.52 Brasil Rdif Roraima, Boa Vista , 0945 Portuguese om 26 April
[Muito obrigado a Rogildo F. Arag?o para a sua audi??o original correto
da r?dio],
2330 on 28 April, 1030 on 29 April. [Wilkner & XM Cedar Key]
4910 Australia, Tennant Creek 0820 noted on 30 April, 4835 covered by
W*RP [Wilkner]
4950 Peru Radio Madre de Dios 1030 to 1050 opening to Florida almost
daily [Wilkner & XM Cedar Key]
5020 Solomon Islands, SIBC 1030 Island Music, good 26 April [Wilkner]
5039.21 Peru, Radio Libertad Junin 1046 "...en el tiempo de Peru..."
brief break in RHC transmission 26 April. [Wilkner]
5120.372 Peru, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba 1033 musica latina,
quick drift to .512 , 29 April [Wilkner]
73s
Bob
Robert Wilkner --
Drake R8, Icom 746Pro DL
Noise Reducing antenna
60 meter band dipole
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 20:01:46 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] May 1 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BOLIVIA. 6134.81, Radio Santa Cruz, 0100-0112*, May 1, Spanish
pops/ballads. Ads. ID announcements at 0108. Abrupt sign off during
Bolivian music. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 11735.92, Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, 2000-2010*,
May 1, presumed with Portuguese talk by man and woman. Abrupt
sign off. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Guine?, 2200-2302*, May 1, vernacular and
French talk. Local Afro-pop music. Local folk music. Abrupt sign off.
Irregular. Fair but occasional HAM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2150-2301*, May 1, French
and vernacular talk. Variety of local flute music, Afro-pops, rustic local
tribal music and lite instrumental music. Qur`an at 2254. Sign off with
short flute IS and National Anthem at 2259. Poor to fair signal. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** SLOVAKIA. 15710, IRRS, 1410-1610+, May 1, No Miraya FM
programming today. English, US produced, programming with US pop
music. English announcements at 1431. Promo at 1432 and 1445 for
?music in our schools? program. Some lite instrumental music and
inspirational music. IRRS ID announcement and Milano, Italy address
given at 1508 and 1608. Promo at 1610 for fire prevention. Poor in noisy
conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** UGANDA [non]. via France, 15410, Radio Y?Abaganda, *1700-1725+,
May 1, sign on with non-stop tape loop consisting of tones and tape loop
saying ?We?re sorry you've reached a station that is unavailable at this
time. Please try again later". Into vernacular talk at approximately 1715.
Poor to fair in noisy conditions. Sat only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 21:54:10 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
playdx2003 <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Guaiba retorn? a la onda corta en 49 metros
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BRASIL
6000 Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre, RS, retorn? a su frecuencia habitual de 49
metros. Reportada alrededor de las 11 UTC del 01 de Mayo de 2010 con un espacio
dedicado a resaltar novedades del Mercosur. Buena calidad de se?al en lz zona
del Rio de la Plata (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
BRAZIL
6000 Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre, RS back to 49 meterband frequency. Report at
11 UTC on May 01st with a report about MERCOSUR actuality. Good signal (Arnaldo
Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 21:58:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 1-2, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 7425, R. Tirana English at 0154 UT Sunday May 2, S9+25 but somewhat
undermodulated, and some splash from WBCQ 7415, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 15345.2, fair signal and nothing to het against from typically
off-frequency General Pacheco, UT Sunday May 2 at 0102 with promo for something
on ``Nacional, la Radio``, time check for just after 22 hours local, more
promos, and 0105 ``Radio Nacional Argentina presenta: Noche tras noche``. If
this were a weeknight, same transmitter would be on 11710.7v instead with the
RAE Japanese hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. I have been complaining for months about the dirty mushy spurs the
CVC transmitter on 11920 put out varying plus/minus 20 kHz during the HCJB
Kulina and Portuguese relay at 2245-2445. A few weeks ago, asked CVC HQ in
England how much longer would it take them to fix it? No reply, but they
finally have! May 1 at 2316 I find the usual good signal on 11920 in
Portuguese, but no sign of any spur around 11900, which had been heard again on
11897.6 only a few days ago, April 24 as in DXLD 10-17. Nor around 11940, tho
at this hour, it could have been masked by the DentroCuban Jamming Command
against Mart? still running centered on 11930 but with jampulses as far as
11940; more about that under CUBA. That`s the good news.
Now the bad news: a different spur problem from CVC Chile: UT May 2 at 0142
between 11795 and 11825 I am hearing extremely distorted and loud music spur
spixe centered maybe on 11810, hard to tell; could be 11815. A transmitter on
one of those frequencies drastically malfunxioning? As always with such spurs,
tune around the band on another receiver looking for a match in the modulation.
And I find it: 11665, with the heavily modulated gospel rock CVC plays
incessantly.
Yes, that`s where it is coming from, so is there another spur equidistant below
11665? Yes! Can make out same circa 11510, but this is competing with another
spur, WEWN`s 10-kHz one from English on 11520. Catholix vs Christian
Visionaries! These CVC spurs may be nothing new as I seldom bandscan during
this timeperiod. But if old, why have I not seen any reports of them; does no
one else care? But then hardly anyone else reported the 11920 spurs. All three
were gone at 0227 check as 11665 closes at 0200. Probably always happening at
23-02 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC anomalies May 1-2: at 2305, I notice that 5040 is
missing, altho 5025 Rebelde is audible. 5040 is supposedly the only frequency
for the 23-24 UT English broadcast, o no! I continued bandscanning from top
down, noting the other usual RHC frequencies, none of them with English.
Finally at 2332 I come across 6060, and there it is, RHC English while 5040 is
still absent. Not very strong on 6060 and has some ACI splash from REE in
French on 6055. At 2337 start DXers Unlimited, with Item #1, DTV makes Es TVDX
less productive. At 0003 check, 6060 is now in RHC French, which would also
have been on 5040 which is still silent.
But now on 6060 there is something underneath. Could be Argentina or Brasil,
but at 0013 I hear the RHC news sounder, // 6110. So not one, but two RHC
transmissions are on 6060 by mistake, or not? Audio mix on one transmitter?
6060 supposedly does not start until 0500 in English per current schedule.
Meanwhile, at 2331 I noticed that 5970 was also missing. This one is not
supposed to start until 0100, but has really been running as early as 2300,
colliding with RNW Bonaire 2300-2330 in Dutch, and which just caused them to
move to 6140 (which is an ex-RHC frequency).
Unfortunately I tuned in a bit too late to confirm whether RNW had yet made the
switch, which tonight would have been unnecessary anyway! 5970 was however on
by my next check at 0003, in Spanish, // 6000, 6110, 6120.
5040 had finally come on sometime before 0228 when I find it in Spanish.
Suspect it was another case of slopperation at site, no one noticing they had
the wrong frequency running, eventually rectified. OR, one transmitter down, so
another substituted on another frequency?
Now observations of the DentroCuban Jamming Command, May 1-UT May 2: at 2317
after looking for CVC spur around 11920, I notice that the two jammed
frequencies 11930 Mart? and 11970 VOA make for a mesh of jamspurs all the way
between them. The only signal which can compete, but not completely override
the pulsing is 11955 in Spanish, but it dumps off the air at 2318-2319; carrier
returns first and modulation resumes a few sex later, about art in Romanian
monasteries; hmmm, I`ll bet it`s RRI as scheduled this hour via Tiganeshti.
At 0049 there is still heavy jamming on VOA frequencies 5890, 9885 and 11970,
the DCJC too stupid to pick up on the fact that the VOA Spanish service stops
at 0000 UT on weekends. Countless kW are wasted instead of feeding starving
Cubans.
9780 also with heavy jamming at 0215 May 2, perhaps a trace of R. Rep?blica
audio underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9920-9945, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, May 1 at 2327; main
victim is 9935 in Spanish which is YFR via GUF, so who cares? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 11590, R. Cairo, at 2313 May 1 at S9+20 signal but just barely
modulated with ME music. I daringly turn the volume all the way up, and that
makes it sound about normal level, but risky vs fades, noise, interference, and
occasional spixe in the modulation itself to higher level, but nowhere near
normal. This is the so-called Western North American service in English at
2300-2430, followed by four hours of Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6940-USB, May 2 at 0040 just as I tuned in a bit of music,
heard ID from WEAK, and weak @ gmail.com Nothing further, so apparently signed
off. Was not too weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell once again transmitting for hours and hours
with no modulation, Saturday May 1 checked at 2000, 2147, 2226 UT. Also May 2
at 0020 as skywave was starting to income, something underneath the carrier
producing SAH. I have an idea: why not turn off the transmitter too, so maybe I
can hear in daytime the next closest 1580 stations, Van Buren AR, El Dorado
Springs MO or Gainesville TX? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 11955 in Spanish vs jamspurs: see CUBA [and non]
** RUSSIA [non]. 9810 VOR Spanish via GUIANA FRENCH, May 2 at 0107 with La Voz
de Rusia ID, no Cuban jamming for a change. No VOR Spanish at this time on
9735. GUF earlier in A-season was running both during this hour, but apparently
9735 now does not start until 0200, a May 1 mod? At 0215 check it`s the other
way round, on 9735, off 9810 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ anomalies May 1-UT May 2: As in previous report, 9330 has
started carrying the Good Friends Radio Network, supposedly at 13-01 UT daily.
At 2323, confirmed it`s on CUSB as usual (``compatible`` i.e. reduced-carrier
upper sideband), speaker about to expose something about the Catholic Church,
but suddenly cut to another topic, net ID and mentioning time of 6 am Central =
12 GMT. Not now; is this an old recording from standard time? Maybe it was a
poorly-produced program promo. Next tuneby at 2349 finds dead air, then
modulation cutting in and out. At one point, GFRN mentions WBCQ, leading me to
believe WBCQ is its only outlet. Supposed to end at 0100, but still on with
preacher, VG signal at 0203, ditto 0229.
That`s not all. 7415 had been off the air Saturday evenings, but now it`s back,
at 0155 UT Sunday May 2 with rock music. But as quoted in my last report from
the schedule update page of the WBCQ website, Brother Scare is supposed to be
on 7415 until 0300 every night including UT Sunday, and this is not TOM! Just
in case checked WWRB 3145 where BS is really talking not //.
At 0159 ``Chain Gang``, 0201 no ID and segu? to a country rock song. Is it //
5110 Area 51 by any chance? No. 0204 ``Jailhouse Rock`` by Elvis. 0206 guess
who, it`s a show hosted by Ted Randall; missed the title, but asks for e-mail
and soon starts interviewing Rev. Dennis, aimed at prisoners? Website
prayforme.us and inviting prayer partners. 0215 back to music. There is nothing
about this on the WBCQ website, nor at http://www.tedrandall.com
Possibly the extension of 9330 and the unscheduled programming on 7415 are just
ad-hoc, the operator on duty deciding to keep the transmitters running a bit
later with whatever he can lay his hands on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, WWCR-3 amid DX Block at 0229 UT Sunday May 2, canned
announcement claimed it was on 4775 at 0300 Saturday, i.e. old winter schedule,
except it was also UT Sunday then. Then WORLD OF RADIO 1510 started only a few
sex late and hope it didn`t go into looping this time, as I missed rechecking a
few mins before end (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1660, checking for KXTR Kansas City which supposedly has a classical
format, as heard last night at unlogged time, but now UT Sunday May 2 at 0027 I
am hearing an interview from Richmond VA with the Lt. Governor, in connexion
with NASCAR, the Heath-Calhoun 400, which may be of great interest to most
classical fans, but not this one. Axually, ENTERCOM just dumps on this
frequency whatever it can`t place on any of its other stations in the market,
classical being the lowest priority and the first to be pre-empted.
Recheck a few mins later at 0034, it`s much weaker. Was it just a fade, or did
KXTR switch from 10 kW day power to 1 kW night power at 0030 UT? When is LSS
officially in KC KS? FCC entry for this station at
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/srsstime?dlat=39&mlat=2&slat=17.00&dlon=94&mlon=36&slon=56.00&tzone=B
says 7:30 pm CST, so it`s still an hour away, unless on the first day of the
new month at a new time, KXTR mistakenly cut at 7:30 pm CDT. FCC SR/SS info
stays on standard time, clearly specified as such, but I am sure it still
confuses lots of stations about when they should really make antenna/power
changes, and such errors are most likely to happen on the first day of any
month (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5954.2, noticed a non-standard het against Harold Camping WYFR on
5950.0, i.e. less than 5 kHz, so sought out and measured as best I could this
weak carrier, May 2 at 0046, which of course brings to mind the ELCOR
transmitter-test frequency from Costa Rica which may or may not have been
involved at some time with Radio Rep?blica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2
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