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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs February 18-19, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: Glenn Hauser logs February 18-19, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
3. SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.18-19 (Ivo Observer)
4. Glenn Hauser logs February 19, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
5. SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.19 (Ivo Observer)
6. JRX Logs Friday, February 19, 2016. (Jota Xavier)
7. Glenn Hauser logs February 19-20, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:35:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 18-19, 2016
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** BRAZIL. Never mind the report I mentioned that RNA had reactivated 6180, but
which I haven`t heard. That was a mistake for 11780+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1620, Feb 19 at 0137, Spanish pop music. Must be Rebelde FM, since not
// 1180 or 6025 which are in b?isbol. Well, their top players defecting to MLB
still have their choice of Rebeldes in Am?rica! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9580, Feb 19 at 0123, CRI English relay is OFF, no signal,
but formerly redundant neighbor 9570 via ALBANIA remains at S7. Other Cuban
transmitters are propagating on 31m: 9490 and 9565 jamming, 9535 RHC Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9590, Feb 19 at 0124, pop music at S7, from CRI Spanish via
Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9930, Feb 19 at 0121, ERT whine centered here, NOT on 9935; have
they decided directly to take on T8WH and WTWW? 9420 with Greek music is S4 at
0127 Feb 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 9445.6, Feb 19 at 0125, very poor signal in Spanish, weird: must be
VIRI, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Kamalabad, supposed to be on 9445.0 at
0020-0220. Listed // is 7225 in the Western Hemisphere hamband, also Kamalabad.
I wonder if it`s off-frequency too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Feb 19 at 0141 UT, praise music in Spanish owns
frequency, i.e. 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM still not nulling toward KDKA; but there
is also a heavy SAH of 2.5 Hz, with DF fitting for my semi-local KOKP Perry OK.
I conclude that KOKP is in dead air instead of Triple-Play Sports.
Listening further, I hear a weak country(?) music station which seems to be
close to the KOKP direxion. Not that many 1020s in the USA, and format
unmatches any of them, near or far, in NRC AM Log. DF is no good for Mexico
either. Maybe it was really one of the three Cubans in WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 19 at 0105, two very poor carriers from R. Chaski and
BBC/UAE, amid the splash from 5985 WRMIBS. I detect the stronger carrier going
off at 0106:58*, which is 45 seconds later than 0106:13* on Feb 12, last catch
seven nights ago, averaging 6.4 seconds later per, still on track (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. Re Ugandan Diaspora P10 Radio: Harald Kuhl reports that they
plan to continue at least until Feb 20, on the 18 and 31 m bands. ? Unclear
whether they mean 16 or 19m instead of 18, and people aren`t hearing the
morning broadcast supposedly on 9685. So try 17820 before 1600, 15680 until
1900; or original 15405 at 1630-1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1813 monitoring: confirmed Thu Feb 18 at 2100 on new
13695 from WRMI. Very good! I`ve added 13695 to BST-1 caradio memory. On
315-degree beam right at us (and I hope good elsewhere in N America). The 0030
UT Friday Feb 19 airing on 9330v-CUSB WBCQ can`t be confirmed; not sure there
is even a JBA carrier tonight. At 0102 try again, now maybe a JBAC around
9329.9, and a stronger but still very weak signal on 9331.15-USB, 2-way perhaps
in Spanish. Meanwhile, 9265 WINB is S9+35. Next:
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 [NEW] to NW
Fri 2330 WRMI 5950 to S [heard last week; unreconfirmed]
Sat 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, Feb 19 at 0109, Dave is live(?) on WWRB, advocating the
advantages of ham radio especially for doom-and-gloomers, one of which Dave
says he is not; can`t call this a rant. WWRBS is also on 3185 now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9975, Feb 19 at 0119, no signal from KVOH, but there is some
video(?) buzz probably from a nearby device; yet, Cairo attains S5 on 9965.21
at 0120 Feb 19 with open carrier/dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re: ``4888.0, Feb 18 at 1324, JBA carrier, between 4885 South
Korea and 4895 India, so I wonder what? Maybe Ron Howard will find it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
Ron Howard does reply: ``Hi Glenn - Yes, heard a strong signal; seemed to be OM
saying something, but unable to turn it into a readable signal; tried USB, then
LSB, then carrier, but nothing worked to make it readable. Military or some
type of utility?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0536 UT February 19
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:42:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 18-19, 2016
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Sigh --- two frequency errors to correct right away: 5025, not 6025, of course
** CUBA. 1620, Feb 19 at 0137, Spanish pop music. Must be Rebelde FM, since not
// 1180 or 5025 which are in b?isbol. Well, their top players defecting to MLB
still have their choice of Rebeldes in Am?rica! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
and 17840, not 17820
** UGANDA [non]. Re Ugandan Diaspora P10 Radio: Harald Kuhl reports that they
plan to continue at least until Feb 20, on the 18 and 31 m bands. ? Unclear
whether they mean 16 or 19m instead of 18, and people aren`t hearing the
morning broadcast supposedly on 9685. So try 17840 before 1600, 15680 until
1900; or original 15405 at 1630-1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:51:56 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.18-19
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GERMANY Monthly transmissions of European Music Radio on February 21:
0800-0900 on 6070 ROB 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu English AM mode 3rd Sun
0800-0900 on 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English in CUSB 3rd Sun
0900-1000 on 6045 NAU 125 kW / 275 deg to CeEu English AM mode 3rd Sun
0900-1000 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English in CUSB 3rd Sun
1730-1830 on 9405*hidden / secret site to WeEu English AM mode 3rd Sun
* bad frequency choice, powerful signal of Denge Kurdistan on 9400
ISS!http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/monthly-transmissions-of-european-music.html
GREECE Shortwave transmission of Voice of Greece, Feb.19
0530-0708 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3
0530-0708 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek tx#1
0708-0800 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Vary^ tx#3
0708-0800 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Vary^ tx#1
^ Serbian,Romanian,Spanish,Russian,Polish,Albanian,Italian
and Arabic. And no signal from Voice of Greece at
0915UTC.http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/shortwave-transmission-of-voice-of.html
PALAU Good signal of Radio Que Me via T8WH Angel 3 on Feb.19
1200-1230 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Vietnamese
Frihttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-radio-que-me-via-t8wh.html
SECRETLAND(non) Good signal of UNIDentified station via Secretbrod, Feb.18
1802-1901 on 9480 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed-Sun, plus
jamming?http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-unidentified-station-via.html
USA Good signal of Brother Stair via WRMI tx#08 on February 18:
from 0605 on 5765 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English, ex
11825http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-brother-stair-via-wrmi.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:48:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 19, 2016
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** COLOMBIA. 21280-USB, Feb 19 at 1507, HK3C, John, working US stations. Not
much else audible on 14m phone. Apparently he`s a Canadian living north of
Bogot? per QRZ.com, home call VE1OZ. See http://www.hk3c.ca/ (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, Feb 19 at 0702, RHC English has switched to unscheduled Spanish
and stayed on the air past 0703; other frequencies: 6000 is off; 6060 &
stronger 6100 are dead air; 5040 strong with dead air plus a trace of
modulation, Spanish too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9975, Feb 19 at 1527, Korean at dictation speed,
repeating, including numbers? Is tail of 1500-1530 Il Bon Ue Baram, = Wind from
Japan, per Aoki, via PALAU. S9+10, facilitated now by AWOL of 9980 WWCRBS; and
to be followed at 1600-1630 by Japanese version of same, Furusato no Kaze
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 19 at 0655, NO signal from RNZI which is normally
very good, but there is S9+10 worth of DRM noise from 11685 to 11690 to 11695.
Now we know where their priorities lie. The DRM transmitter could also be
operated in AM if necessary. As a Friday, this cannot be excused as a
maintenance day. Are further AM frequencies missing?
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.93, Feb 19 at 0658, I`ve barely finished measuring the offset
during drumming and a VON announcement in French, I think giving time
0700-0730, when at 0659* it cuts off the air! Maybe they were saying French
would then be on some other frequency? Nothing on 9690- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15405, Feb 19 at 1630, JBA carrier, presumably Ugandan
Diaspora Radio, confirmed heard in English by Ste Cooper in England. Nothing
heard on earlier frequency 17840 before 1600 by me or anyone, so that was
apparently for elexion day Feb 18 only: an exercise in futility as the main
opposition candidate, supported by this station, has been arrested. But next
frequency, 15680 is reported by several after 1700 today Feb 19, only a JBA
carrier here at 1743 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5890, Feb 19 at 0704, NO signal from WWCR-4, while 5935, WWCR-2 is
propagating sufficiently, S9+10. Day frequency 9980 of WWCR-4 is also AWOL at
1526, 1551 and 1630 chex. That`s the one primarily dedicated to Brother Scare.
Transmitter problem, or did he pull out from WWCR? Who needs it, having bought
up most of WRMI? O yeah, he still has a few more transmitters to go before he`s
on 100. Here are the posted skeds effective until the imposition of DST on
March 13:
Transmitter #4 - 100 KW - 90 Degrees
12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0600-1300 5.890 MHz
07:00 AM-06:00 PM 1300-0000 9.980 MHz
06:00 PM-09:00 PM 0000-0300 7.520 MHz
09:00 PM-12:00 AM 0300-0600 5.890 MHz
Note that another transmitter is on 5890 during one bihour:
Transmitter #2 - 100 KW - 85 Degrees
12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0600-1300 5.935 MHz
07:00 AM-10:00 AM 1300-1600 7.490 MHz
10:00 AM-03:00 PM 1600-2100 12.160 MHz
03:00 PM-05:00 PM 2100-2300 9.350 MHz
05:00 PM-07:00 PM 2300-0100 5.890 MHz ****
07:00 PM-12:00 AM 0100-0600 5.935 MHz
However, if you consult the program schedules, you will find gaps in #4 usage
depending on days of week. If 7520 is also absent, that means no 6220 parasite
is possible with WNQM 1300 relaying WMDB 880 La Ranchera (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Feb 19 at 0706, WTWW-3 is S9+30 with dead air except for some
hum, instead of the Art Bell [non] show. Does anyhuman at station axually
monitor it in the nightmiddle? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1748 UT February 19
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:30:11 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News Feb.19
Message-ID:
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FRANCE(non) Radio Xoriyo Ogaden via TDF on Feb.19, open carrier / dead air
1600-1630 on 17870 ISS 500 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Somali Mon/Fri, only
jamming
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/radio-xoriyo-ogaden-via-tdf-on-feb19.html
FRANCE(non) Powerful signal of Eritrean Forum Medrek via TDF, Feb.19
1700-1800 on 11720 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Tigrinya
Tue/Fri/Sunhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/powerful-signal-of-eritrean-forum.html
FRANCE(non) Powerful signal of Voice of Gospel/Sawtu Linjilia via
TDP on Feb.19:
1830-1900 on 9800 ISS 500 kW / 180 deg to WCAf Fulfulde Lutheran
World
Federationhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/powerful-signal-of-voice-of-gospelsawtu.html
GERMANY Weak signal of Deutscher Wetterdienst,February 19
1204-1230 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB
2004-2030 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu zero
signalhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/weak-signal-of-deutscher.html
NIGERIA Voice of Nigeria on February 19,open carrier/dead air
from 1622 on 9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to WCAf B-15 in Swahili
from 1751 on 11770*IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic in B-15:
* very strong QRM from FEBA Radio/Radio Sama in Arabic on
11765http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/voice-of-nigeria-on-february-19open.html
RUSSIA Very weak signal of Local Radio Voronezh via Comintern Radio:
from 1215 on 6989.9 VOR 001 kW / non-dir to EaEu Russian, February
19http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/02/very-weak-signal-of-local-radio.html
SECRETLAND(non) UNIDentified station via Secretbrod is Radio Oemeni-ti
1802-1902 on 9480 SCB 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf Oromo Wed-Sun, 5
videos:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/unidentified-station-via-secretbrod-is.html
SECRETLAND(non) SPL Secretbrod relay BS TOM & Radio Biafra on Feb.19:
1900-2000 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf Brother Stair-no signal
2000-2030 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live broadcast
2030-2035 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf open carrier / dead air
2035-2040 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf English, live broadcast
2040-2050 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf open carrier / dead air
from 2050 on 11600 SCB 100 kW / 195 deg to WeAf BUT NOT LIVE
broadcast!http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/spl-secretbrod-relay-bs-tom-radio.html
UGANDA(non) Strong signal of Uganda Diaspora P10 Radio, February 19
1630-1700 on 15405 ISS 250 kW / 150 deg to CEAf English/Swahili/Music
1700-1900 on 15680 unknown(ISS/NAU/TRM) to CEAf Eng/Swa, zero
signal!http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/strong-signal-of-uganda-diaspora-p10.html
USA Good signal of World Harvest Radio International WHRI Angel 1:
from 1600 on 21600 HRI 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, February
19http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/02/good-signal-of-world-harvest-radio-int.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 00:58:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
Yahoo! Brazil <[email protected]>, yahoogroups
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs Friday, February 19, 2016.
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JRX Logs Friday, February 19, 2016.
BRAZIL
++11780, Feb 19, 2352-2400, R.Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, in Portuguese. OM
talks; Local time. Impossible make a full log. Note: China Nat. Radio, in
mandarin, on 11775kHz, strong jammer, blocking all R.Nacional transmission at
this time. About 6180kHz: very very time off air !
Relevant 0000-0150utc, Feb 20: Now,on 11780kHz (11775kHz, no signal, no
jammer,none), a example of authentic collision behind R.Nacional and China R.
Intl., Jinhua,in Mandarin ! It?s CRI invading the Dial !
++15190, Feb 19, 2040-2058, R. Inconfid?ncia, Contagem, in Portruguese. YL
presents Inconfid?ncia News; Following, pgm "A Hora do Fazendeiro" by
T.Gon?alves: regional songs; Anns; ID; Addr,phone; 2050 ID,Inconfid?ncia News
by Nina Rocha. Good signal and fair modulation, 45433.
CHINA
++6020, Feb 19, 2100-2106, CRI, Shijiazhuang, in Spanish. IS,ID; A
Newsletter.Good signal and modulation, 45444.
++6185, fEB 19, 2338-2343, CRI, Xi?an, in Mongolian. YL talks; A short
mongolian song. Good signal, fair modulation, 45433.
CUBA
++17730, Feb 19, 2345-2351, R. Habana Cuba, Bejucal, in Portuguese. YL presents
sport news; ID; OM: Invitation to RHC pgms; Postal addr,website,e-mail. Good
signal, slight traanmitter buzz and poor modulation, 44332.
NIGERIA
++6090, Feb 19, 2112-2120, R. Nigeria Kaduna, Kaduna, in Hausa. OMs talks,
conversation; says Nigeria, many times. Fair signal and distorted modulation,
35332 (First Log).
++7255, Feb 19, 2033-2039, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-Lugbe, in Hausa. OM talks
and talks. Good signal, distorted modulation and probably interference by CRI,
43442.
TANZANIA
++11735, Feb 19, 2018-2031, Zanzibar BC, Dole, in Swahili. YL talks;Tanzanian
song. Fair signal, poor modulation, 35332.
UNITED STATES
++9955, Feb 19, 0207-0227, R.Miami Intl.,Okeechobee, in Spanish. A DX pgm
"Antena DX" by Victor Gutierrez: Nesw DX, listener correspondences; Antena DX
Contest (Valid till mars 2016). Good signal, fair modulation, 45433.
VIETNAM
++6175, Feb 19, 2122-2128, Voice of Vietnam, Dhabbaya, in German. YL talks; ID;
2128 s/off. Fair signal and modulation, 35433.
dxer Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX)
Cabedelo - Brazil? location (UTC-3)
receiver? Sony ICF-SW100S
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 04:40:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 19-20, 2016
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** GREECE. 9935, Feb 20 at 0107, the S6 ERA whiner with a trace of program
modulation is back on nominal after switch to 9930 last night. But the OK
transmitter is NOT on 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, Feb 20 at 0114, music at S4, insufficient, but evidence
that the AM transmitter of RNZI is working again after missing from 11725 last
night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, Feb 20 at *0114:14.5, SLBC carrier cuts on, 0114:45.5
standard music pr?lude, mis-timesignal (only 2 pips heard) ending at 0115:16.5,
sign-on in Hindi. Very poor S4 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21430.375-AM, Feb 10 at 1820, ham talking about his equipment, soon
drifting to 21430.390-AM, ID as K1KW. I`ve noticed before that 21430 is a spot
for hAMs on 14m --- but why not 21430.00? Most SSBers manage to transmit at
1.00 kHz steps, making it easy to tune them in. How`s that for a vanity call?
ARRL lookup shows:
O NEAL III, CHARLES D, K1KW
PO Box: 369
BOLTON, MA 01740
Previous call sign: WA1EKV
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1813 monitoring: confirmed Friday Feb 19 at 2130 on
WRMI 15770, and at 2130.5 on now much stronger WRMI 13695. The latter is
followed at 2200 by fill music concert instead of BS.
5950, Friday Feb 19 at 2330, no WOR on WRMI but continuing Spanish Christianism
as scheduled from remnant F?mily Radio, weak signal toward Cuba, despite JRX in
Brasil having heard WOR here one week ago, which as I suspected must have been
an anomaly.
Another try for the 0030 UT 6-nightly airing of WOR on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB: UT Sat
Feb 20 at 0031 via the R75, weak S4 signal on 9329.94 is just barely modulated,
and can`t be sure it`s WOR. By 0055 I`m on the NRD-545 and now it`s S7, on
9330.94, undermodulated but can tell it is WOR. Note tomorrow`s Saturday airing
is an hour earlier at 2330, not UT Sunday. Next:
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Some people have reported incomplete or skipping WOR 1813 on podcast, but I
can`t find anything wrong with my original mp3 file. Suggest you try an
alternate podcast source or even go directly to my site and stream or download
it: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
The correct length should always be between 28:55 and 29:00
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11920, Feb 20 at 0110, WRMI is S9+20 but open carrier/dead air during
the hour supposed to be occupied by F?mily Radio in Spanish. It`s #4
transmitter, 22 hours a day with BS, on 17790 in daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490-, UT Sat Feb 20 at 0100, WBCQ with William Tell Overture theme
starting `Allan Weiner Worldwide`. In DeLand of Fla he can tell that 7490 is
on, but not sure about the other frequencies. Mentions that preceding Fred
Flintstone show was dead air, something went wrong. With 7489.9 or so on the
PL-880 and sufficient reelout antenna, I tune the NRD-545 for the other WBCQs.
5109.7 at 0100 is a JBA carrier about S7, and not until 0105 does modulation
cut on, now // synchronized with 7490 rather than several seconds off in some
kind of looping re-feed. First part of AWWW is talking about Trump, then Ramsey
joins in on phone.
9330 as usual has Blalock the blaster at 0100, but very weak now like WOR
before him. For comparison, at 0107, WINB 9265 is running S9+25.
3250 I also hasten to check, since we had news this week of such a new
frequency registered for WBCQ --- yes! There it is at 0100 Feb 20, a JBA
carrier at first, which could also be a MW harmonic, 5 x 650. Keep checking and
at 0117, 3250.09 is S6 so I can barely hear AWWW and make it // 7490 also in
synch. Seems to be equal on LSB and USB, so maybe AM, but carrier could still
be reduced. Too weak to be sure.
At 0131, Allan is asking for reports on new 3250, and Timmy is on the phone
from site, says testing antenna, and everything is being tuned up for the 3 MHz
band. Allan reminds us that he mentioned some weeks ago that something new is
coming on the 90 mb; thinx it`s not up to full power yet. I can believe that!
Like 9330. At 0139, I find a slightly stronger carrier on 3251.1; by 0144 this
has drifted to 3250.8, apparently something else as WBCQ appears still to be
closer to 3250, JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9474.979, Feb 20 at 0043, WTWW-1 is S9+40, a gospel huxter pretending
to pray to God when, like all who do so aloud, he is really still preaching at
his non-deity mortal audience. As always, this transmitter with a big hum, and
always off-frequency to lo side, about time I measured it on the R-75. By an
hour later it`s faded way down (In previous report I called 5085 WTWW-3 while
it`s really WTWW-2) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7520, Feb 20 at 0058, WWCR-4 is still off, and with it the 6220
parasite. 5890, Feb 20 at 0058 quick tune to here finds WWCR-2 on, but QSY
announcement to 5935 and off. Presumably 5890 will not come back later tonight
as that would be WWCR-4 again. Wonder what happened to that transmitter? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9975, Feb 20 at 0057, no signal yet from KVOH, but a blob of
video-like buzz circa 9976 --- maybe ex a local device, but if so a new
frequency. At 0106 recheck, KVOH is on vs the buzz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1580, Feb 20 at 0126 UT, dominant signal playing Christian hymn by
full orchestra, loops NW/SE, soon announcement for 58 degrees in Colorado
Springs, time 6:27; Vonage ad read by local announcer, then ones for
healthmerchant.net and grasshopper.com phone systems; YL ID: ``Thank you for
listening to the all-new AM 1580, KFCS, Colorado Springs-Pueblo; now on with
the music`` and 0130 UT into a hymn on piano.
The all-old KFCS had an oldies/shopping format per NRC AM Log. No echo as Larry
Godwin, MT, was reporting Jan 18 at 0130 UT making him wonder if there were
transmitters in both cities? If so, unknown to FCC AM Query showing licensed to
same single site, day and night, 10/0.14 kW, both non-direxional. It`s
obviously on 10 kW day power now, despite official Feb sunset an hour earlier
at 0030 UT! (March: 0100 UT). I can remember when the 1580 in C.S. was KPIK
(until 1987y). After several more changes, it only became KFCS last May. Koming
From Colorado Springs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 20 at 0134 UT, the warbling is still weakly audible,
and KSTP is not too strong, so another attempt to DF it. It now seems a couple
degrees above due east. In case there is something in the shack skewing the
ferrite in the DX-398, I then go outside to the yard and the street, but get
the same results. This has been narrowed down to three possibilities, the
little stations in NW KY, SE MO, and NW TN. Closest to due east is WPOT Trenton
TN, 250/6 watts; slightly CCW is the nearest, KDFN Doniphan MO, 1000/0 watts;
slightly more CCW is the farthest, WMJL Marion KY, 175/0 watts. Still need
someone to visit one or three of these towns at night, as we are too close to
the margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Nothing from the blues music 1500 station at first, but at 0148 UT Feb 20,
there it is, NW/SE, continuing to be assumed as KCLF New Roads LA, 1000/0, or
if CP is on, 850/18 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5112-USB, Feb 20 at 0037, weak 2-way seems English; is this a
MARS frequency? Was checking for WBCQ 5110v, which was not yet on. At 0100, a
JBA carrier from WBCQ on 5109.7 not overcoming the S7 noise level, while
5112-USB is a trace (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0440 UT February 20
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 158, Issue 20
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