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Today's Topics:
1. WRTH A16 update (Manuel M?ndez)
2. More about WRTH A16 update (Manuel M?ndez)
3. Glenn Hauser logs May 10-11-12, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Voice of Nigeria (Manuel M?ndez)
5. Re: Glenn Hauser logs May 10-11-12, 2016 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 15:20:46 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX Listenig Digest" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WRTH A16 update
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
WRTH A16 update, 78 pages in a PDF file can be download from this link:
http://www.wrth.com/_shop/wp-content/uploads/WRTH2016IntRadioSuppl2_A16Schedules.pdf
http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=2720
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 15:54:03 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX Listenig Digest" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] More about WRTH A16 update
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
More about the WRTH A16 from its website:?http://www.wrth.com/
http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=2720
"The full A16 schedules can be downloaded from this link:
WRTH2016IntRadioSuppl2_A16Schedules:
http://www.wrth.com/_shop/wp-content/uploads/WRTH2016IntRadioSuppl2_A16Schedules.pdf
Right click the link and choose ?Save link as?? to save the file to your hard
drive.
This is a free download but please consider making a donation via the Updates
tab so that we can continue to produce these downloads."
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 18:34:28 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 10-11-12, 2016
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** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Tue May 10 at 1231, RA goes from `The World`, ABC TV News
soundtrack, to `Australia Wide`, billed as a weekly program. Well, there is no
such title on the RA program roster, so is it a TV show too? `The World` is
scheduled to last a full hour from 1200, and appears to do so at next check May
12 as `The World` is outroduced at 1257 after a quick worldwide weather
summary. Maybe `Wide` is merely a sub-segment of `The World`?? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11910, May 11 at 1330, I`m checking again for the anomalous CRI
English programming, compared to 11900, but this time 11900 is not audible.
11910 is very poor and unseems // 9570 via Cuba.
11910, May 12 at 1335, now I can hear both this and 11900, altho 11910 is very
poor; 11900 is running 3 seconds ahead of Cuba 9570.
Peter W. Hanson in south Florida reminds us on the DXLD yg: ``Hi Glenn, that
11910 frequency has always been different from the rest of the CRI frequencies
at 1300 UT. If I remember correctly that used to be the REE relay on CRI. It
broadcasts the Beijing Hour now instead of what`s on 1008. Otherwise everything
I've been able to monitor so far on the rest of the CRI frequencies have played
what is on the 1008 schedule provided by Alan Roe``
Ah, yes, when the REE relays were canceled a sesquiyear ago, 11910 stayed on
the air and was immediately filled by CRI programming, which evidently still
hasn`t been integrated into their full regular schedule. So now the only SW
chance to hear the once-pervasive `Beijing Hour` show? (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 16300, May 12 at 1244, Chinese talk at S5-S8, // 11825 but not
synchro, i.e. CNR1 jammer. For the first time in a long time, from 1235 I`ve
done a complete bandscan from 10000 kHz up, looking for these way
out-of-banders, and this is the first and only one I encounter. Aoki has 16300
as one of countless jammed Sound of Hope frequencies from Taiwan, which could
be on anytime between 22 and 16 UT. Remember the good ole days of Firedragons
all over the place? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6100, May 10 at 0540, RHC English is missing from this frequency,
normally the strongest for us, while remaining on 6165, 6060, 6000, 5040;
sufficiently redundant.
6000, May 12 at 0630, RHC English is distorted during music on this frequency,
but OK on // 6060, 6100 reactivated and 6165.
19070, May 12 at 1248, JBA carrier, 2 x 9535 harmonic from RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1570, May 12 at 1208 UT, Mexican newscast, no doubt XERF with IMER`s
`Antena Radio`. I am logging this deliberately so I will have *something* to
report in the `Mostly Mexican` category this week, unlike last week. Trouble
is, I am rarely awake (if I can help it) as early as 1100 UT for SRS this time
of year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.934, May 12 at 0625 check, VON is on again at S8 but JBM in
presumed Hausa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, May 12 at 1210 UT, country music equaling level of
KOKC OKC, usual crummy STA rather than 50 kW, i.e. KYND Cypress TX still making
do with no ChiCom to relay, and producing SAH of 32/minute or 0.53 Hz, just
before KYND starts to fade down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 17720, May 12 at 1339, poor signal in SW Asian language. HFCC
shows it`s DW in Dari (Prs) via Trincomalee, 250 kW at 335 degrees at
1330-1400, plus 1400-1430 in Pashto. So 16m is showing a little more life than
usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11965, fair May 12 at 1230, last few notes of `Yankee Doodle
Dandy` as VOA is signing off from somewhere: it`s Tinang, PHILIPPINES, after a
semihour of Burmese due west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, May 10 at 2010, S9+20 dead air from WTWW-3, instead of Bibling
Worldwide.
5085, May 11 at 0611, dead air from WTWW-2, instead of `Midnight [sic] in the
Desert` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1824 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday May 10 at
2330 on WBCQ, 9329.965-CUSB, fair. Also confirmed Wednesday May 11 during the
1315.5 broadcast on WRMI 9955, fair. Also confirmed May 11 at 2100 on WBCQ
webcast (again preceded by a partial `WBC` ID courtesy of the automation), also
heard poorly on 7490- at 2125 check.
WORLD OF RADIO 1825 monitoring: ready for first airings Thu May 12:
Thu 1130 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Thu 2100 WRMI 13695 to NW
Thu 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSE
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630 HLR 6190-CUSB to SW
Sat 0700 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 0830 Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11580, May 12 at 1332, no World Music but a gospel huxter speaking
slowly, with a SAH, not BS, not // 11825 WRMI, so is 11580 WRMI or something
else? At 1344, WRMI ID, and `Viva Miami`, when I discover that unexpectedly
11580 is now // 9955. At 1420 recheck they are still // but with World Music.
`Bible Commentary` is the Thu 1330 program scheduled on 9955. (KTWR is also on
11580 until 1330 except Saturdays until 1345, but in Vietnamese, then switches
to 11585 daily per HFCC)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, May 12 at 1421, KVOH with emphatic preacher in Spanish, good
modulation this time and already S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825 & 13845, May 10 at 1248, VG signals from the two highest WWCR
frequencies at one megameter, so I know from these useful only as pilots that
there is sporadic E DX in play, still so after 1400. DXmap shows MUF across
North America of 93 MHz.
But first, there is also tropo enhancement across OK and neighboring states.
The Tulsa and Wichita markets are certainly up, among others, checking from
1435 UT, providing at least `bad` DTV signals on all these channels, besides
the usual `local` OKC ones: 51, 49, 48, 46, 45, 42, 36, 35, 31, 30, 28, 26, 22,
21, 20, 18, 14, 12, 11, 10, 8. Definitely 42, 35, 28 and 20 are
Tulsa/Okmulgee/Muskogee stations, decoding, so better than bad. Furthermore
these OKC channels are also `bad`, i.e. disrupted by DX QRM: 50, 33, 27, and
maybe 7.
51 is particularly interesting, where I haven`t seen anything since KSBI OKC
moved to RF 23. And anything on a channel so high as 51 is not long for this
world of FCC auxions. Could be LP in Tulsa, KXAP-LD, 15 kW with Estrella. Or it
could be from The Metroplex, KHFD-LD Dallas, judging from what I`m soon getting
on FM.
At 1452 UT May 10, I move from the TV sets to the south-facing porch with the
DX-398 and PL-880, to see if I can pull any Es FM DX. But almost all the
channels are blocked by the enhanced OK/KS signals --- except the one I start
on, 87.75 MHz! Weak but steady so tropo, not Es, I am hearing a `radio` station
in Spanish, including ads, AC 214 phone number for a Chinese buffet, i.e.
Dallas, another AC 817 phone, i.e. Fort Worth. Also a Bible verse, some gospel
music, and at 1458 UT, ID as ``Aliento 87.7``, mentions ``la oveja perdida``
(lost sheep) and refers to May 10 being Dia de la Madre in some countries (not
a Sunday! Is it always May 10 there or always on a Tuesday??) 1459 UT ID with
call letters but missed them, just ``transmitiendo desde Dallas``, ad for
Muebler?a Canales, gospel rock. 1508 UT canci?n ``Traigo mi Perfume``, another
Aliento 87.7 ID in passing.
This is obviously one of those ``Franken-FMs``, a low-power TV station
pretending to be a radio station at the bottom of the FM dial, necessitating
lying about the real frequency, which is analog TV channel 6 audio. I don`t
notice any ch 6 video to go with it, tho my TV and my FM DXing are in separate
locations.
Consulting W9WI.com later, the one in Dallas is KZFW-LP, 3000 watts,
programming E:Fn which means English: something, financial? So that`s wrong.
Offset is minus, meaning frequency is really 87.74 MHz. Both my receivers,
which are merely using their rod antennas at near ground level, agree it`s not
really on 87.70, but hard to differentiate 87.74 from 87.75. The DX-398 is
definitely more sensitive for this than the PL-880, despite a bad antenna
connexion degrading the DX-398 on HF.
Searching on the slogan I easily find their website, http://www.alientofm.com
The name translates as breath, spirit, or encouragement, obviously an
evangelical buzzword.
There is also another station vying to capture the frequency, in English, at
1511 UT starting to gain as Aliento is gradually fading. Must be another tropo
Franken-FM. By 1536 UT, Aliento is gone and I am still getting a bit of the
other one, but too weak to copy. Seems to be talk by a man, occasional woman. A
cursory check of lower FM frequencies does not find a match, in case it`s local
overload.
W9WI.com shows another ch 6 LP in nearby Arlington TX, KBFW-LP, licensed for 3
kW and CP for 300 watts. Arlington is awfully close to Dallas, between it and
Fort Worth, so could both really be on the air? But as above, Aliento has
advertiser in FTW too.
I ask Doug Smith of W9WI.com about this and he replies, ``The 300-watt CP is
for conversion to digital. The KBFW coordinates are a fair distance from KZFW
so yes, I think they can coexist. The FCC is far less optimistic about the
coverage area of a TV station than most of us DXers are :)``
I also check the WTFDA FM Database, and it does list KZFW as a radio station,
but not KBFW:
KZFW-LP 87.7 DALLAS TX None 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 32-35-09 96-58-05 Spanish Aliento
87.7 Religion
3.0 means kW ERP horizontal [not 300 watts as I misspeak on WOR 1825] with no
vertical, really? and the other zeroes indicate unknown antenna heights.
There are some others elsewhere in TX, beyond the known DX opening area. WTFDA
DB has three other Texans on 87.7, not including Arlington, but San Antonio,
Lubbock and Amarillo. And none in OK, KS or AR, tho there are a total of 27
around the US. Amarillo is also Spanish, Lubbock is rock, so that leaves maybe
San Antonio, which is Christian, but only 500 watts (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 88.1, May 11 at 1731 UT for a few minutes, bits of classical
music, as I am checking for sporadic-E DX once the DXmap MUF across America
reaches 75 MHz. No classical on 88.1 around here from OK stations (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7345, May 12 at 1221, very poor carrier, so is it Myanmar or
Russia`s reactivated SW station? Evidently, R. Sakha stays on until 1400 on
weekdays, per Mauno Ritola, until 1200 weekends. Ron Howard, California,
reported May 11: ``At 1225 both R. Sakha and Thazin Radio about equal and
mixing together on 7345, with // 7295 JBA with no QRM``
Wondering about the current SR/SS times in Yakutsk, I finally find it in
gaisma.com spelt with a J, unlike other Russian transliterations:
http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/jakutskaj.html
*2133-1204* UT as of today at latitude 62 north, equivalent to Faroe Islands or
Gakona, Alaska (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1835 UT May 12
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 20:40:03 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: DX Listenig Digest <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Voice of Nigeria
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
NIGERIA, Voice of Nigeria now on air, 7255,? 1833-1838, 12-05, with program in
English.
Enviado desde TypeApp
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 22:41:39 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 10-11-12, 2016
Message-ID: <4A4A2C6AF57D4034ACFC5919F18ABE4B@HNPC2>
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reply-type=original
WRTH PDF Update IR6 shows also 9730 kHz in parallel ????
English CRI
1300-1400 daily SEA 9730bei, 11910bei
wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 8:34 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 10-11-12, 2016
> CHINA. 11910, May 11 at 1330, I`m checking again for the anomalous CRI
> English programming, compared to 11900, but this time 11900 is not
> audible. 11910 is very poor and unseems // 9570 via Cuba.
>
> 11910, May 12 at 1335, now I can hear both this and 11900, altho 11910 is
> very poor; 11900 is running 3 seconds ahead of Cuba 9570.
>
> Peter W. Hanson in south Florida reminds us on the DXLD yg: ``Hi Glenn,
> that 11910 frequency has always been different from the rest of the CRI
> frequencies at 1300 UT. If I remember correctly that used to be the REE
> relay on CRI. It broadcasts the Beijing Hour now instead of what`s on
> 1008. Otherwise everything I've been able to monitor so far on the rest of
> the CRI frequencies have played what is on the 1008 schedule provided by
> Alan Roe``
>
> Ah, yes, when the REE relays were canceled a sesquiyear ago, 11910 stayed
> on the air and was immediately filled by CRI programming, which evidently
> still hasn`t been integrated into their full regular schedule. So now the
> only SW chance to hear the once-pervasive `Beijing Hour` show?
> (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1825, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> Hard-Core-DX mailing list
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 04:55:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2016
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 9854.95, May 13 at 0127, R. Tirana IS, fair at S8, 0130 canned
sign-on in English, as usual disappointingly modulated compared to the IS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780.02, May 12 at 2226, RNA reporting on topic A, the impeachment
of Pres. Dilma. Presumably during the federal hour, A Voz do Brasil. As a
government station, when the government is in chaos, we wonder how
objective/impartial it can be about this matter? Perhaps Brasilian monitors
will opine. Most private ZY SW stations don`t even try to cover news,
controlled by gospel huxters now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165-, May 13 at 0140, tell-tale het with RHC, making fast SAH during
Cuba fades, just like we were hearing before from Ndjamena, best around 0530;
now their carrier if not programming must be on again in the nightmiddle. It`s
slightly on the lo side, but not as far down as 6164.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 19070, May 12 at 2217, JBA carrier, = 2 x 9535 RHC; unlike in the
morning, now an equally JBA carrier on 19420 = 2 x 9710 which on fundamental is
much stronger than 9535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9800.0, May 12 at 2219, S3 signal with motorboating noise, i.e. R.
Cairo`s English sesquihour for Europe from 2115; minus any comprehensible
modulation, almost the same azimuth as 9315 later.
9315.0, May 13 at 0120, open S9+15 carrier, dead air, and it`s clean! No
motorboating noise or anything; what a relief. Let alone any R. Cairo program
modulation in Spanish.
9744.975, May 13 at 0125, S4 carrier with motorboating noise otherwise dead
air, or maybe JBM in Arabic, from R. Cairo.
9965.24, May 13 at 0128, R. Cairo, Arabic ME song, undermodulated, but
listenable, with only a lite whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 11770, May 12 at 2212, S6 signal in Arabic with spirited
discussion, bits of music, YL exhortation, song, i.e. a magazine show like MWV
does in English. Never hear a Radio Feda ID, but surely MWV is back on the air.
Axually, the 2200 transmission may have stayed on the air, as this is the first
time I`ve checked it since all the others disappeared. Best to tune USB to
avoid splash from 11760 Cuba. 22-23 is one of the few hours when their schedule
has two different language broadcasts, the other one now Chinese on 9455, to
China, but no trace of that, which despite the different beam, ought at least
to be detectable here if 11770 is. So suspect they have reactivated only one
transmitter. The 23 hour in Chinese on 9535 unchecked, where it clashes with
Cuba.
9600, May 13 at 0057, rock music at S8, surely MWV as this frequency has been
empty for several days, off at 0058 just as WHRI is signing-on 9605 with WHR
IS, OCS, prior to KBS Spanish relay.
9665, May 13 at 0106, MWV is back here too, about equal level to Brasil, and
making fast SAH with it slightly on the lo side, YL ID as New Life Station, and
hook`em secular feature on robo-cars; then, flip`em.
0200 Spanish on 6190 not checked; 0300 Spanish on 6150: carrier at 0308 in
local noise level, probably this.
9480, May 13 at 0400, African Pathways Radio is back, VG at S9+15. Will its
repeat at 1800 on 17640 be back too? Not unless both transmitters be
operational besides Russian on 9570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. More and more local news on OKC TV stations: Like in most markets,
the Fox affiliate has long been doing local late news an hour earlier than the
Big 3 network affiliates since prime time ends an hour earlier on Fox (at 9 pm
CT, as Central Time thruout this item only). So KOKH-24 ``25`` does a full hour
of news at 9 and another semihour at 10 directly up against the others. Several
years ago when KFOR-27 ``4`` purchased formerly independent station KAUT-40
``43``, it too began an additional half-hour 9 pm newscast over there, still
branded as Newschannel 4.
Now I`ve noticed that KOCO-7 ``5`` has started its own half-hour 9 pm newscast,
which they put on 5.2, otherwise MeTV. Don`t know when this began as I don`t
frequently check that SD channel. I consult the entire 5.2 sked, to see if they
have snuk any more news in: no, but the 9 pm is also on weekends. Otherwise,
there is much less local news on weekends from all channels.
That leaves KWTV-39 ``9``, which still doesn`t do news at 9 (strangely enough),
but they repeat the last real newscasts all day over and over on their 9.2
channel, News9Now (make that: Olds9Then!). Can they be far behind with a new 9
pm newscast, or on their other sub-station KSBI-23 ``52``? Just checked: not
yet.
The weekdaytime skeds are also getting more news:
4: 4-7 am already, before the Today Show; then more Newschannel 4 at 7-9 am on
KAUT, head-on to Today on KFOR itself. 12-1 pm; 4-5:30 & 6-6:30 pm; 9-9:30 pm
on KAUT; 10-10:35 pm on KFOR
5: 4:30-7 am, before GMA, and now added: 9-10 am. (Dropped noon news a few
years ago, still none then); 5-5:30 & 6-6:30 pm; 9-9:30 pm on 5.2; 10-10:35 pm
9: 4-7 am, before CBS; 12-12:30 pm; 4-5:30 & 6-6:30 pm; 10-10:35 pm
25: 5-10 am including a soft show `Living Oklahoma` at 9; more recently added
another news hour at 11 am-noon; 5-6 pm; 9-10:30 pm
30: KTUZ-29, Spanish, Telemundo, also does local news at 5-5:30 & 10-10:30 pm
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 13 at 0102, R. Chaski, very poor carrier until autocutoff at
0103:52*, which means their slippery timer has been reset earlier since my last
catch May 2 until 0106:48.5*. Now for recession ~6 seconds per diem (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830, May 12 at 2214, VOT is VP at only S4, but no RTTY CCI at the
moment; can barely recognize the talk is in English.
9870 // weaker 9770, UT Friday May 13 at 0126, TRT with ``Las Herencias
Culturales de Turqu?a`` program theme opening or closing by YL announcer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7615.0-USB, UT Friday May 13 at 0116-0120+, Civil Air Patrol net with
YL-sounding NCS called Triblade 19, asking other stations to make calls or
relays, other colourful tactical calls including Charter Oak, High Plains
(Rocky Mountains region), Uncle Mike 45, Oilwell 45, Black Granite, Star
Driver? NCS and most of the others emit a beep at end of transmission so they
don`t have to say ``over``. Last logged here UT Sat Nov 28, 2015, during the 02
UT hour (on standard time) when Triblade 19 was also the NCS, and she`s also
featured in earlier logs; wonder where she is? Seems to be hush-hush.
Rather, Triblade is really the net`s collective call, not an individual. Here`s
a key to the wing callsigns, including Charter Oak = Connecticut; Black Granite
= Montana; Oil Well == Oklahoma, of course.
http://totse.mattfast1.com/en/media/radio_scanner_frequency_lists/167281.html
Here`s a 40 page manual issued just last month, with minute detail on
procedures, how to use fonetix, etc.
http://www.capmembers.com/media/cms/R100_003_4C83447E87350.pdf
much of it is also applicable to other military and para-military operations.
But it contains no details about real callsigns, frequencies or schedules
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Thu May 12 at 2220, Argentine accent in Spanish with early
history of BBC; yes, it`s `La Rosa de Tokio` on WRMI. Atop some pulse jamming,
which Argentines feeling a certain kinship to the Cuban regime might want to
keep in mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), really listening on webcast of WBCQ, Thu May 12 at 2330,
Broad Spectrum Radio, James Branum with a segment about New Orleans music until
2400, following one discussing the problems of cruising. I didn`t know what to
expect as the website doesn`t have any new program listings for May,
http://broadspectrumradio.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, May 12 at 2222, S9+40 open carrier, dead air from WWCR-4
instead of Brother HyStairical who is supposed to occupy this hour; a vast
improvement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9605, May 13 at *0058, WHRI on with IS, QSY announcement that 7315 is
closing, 9605 is starting (which should have been aired on 7315 before turning
it off, duh), ``Onward Christian Soldiers`` to introduce supposedly secular KBS
World Radio relay in Spanish. (Of course the Christian soldiers have just about
captured South Korea, which is another reason for the North to be paranoid.).
MWV got off adjacent 9600 just in time, see MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Missing US SW stations around 0130 May 13: WWRB, no 3185, 3195, 5050
or 9370; WRNO, no 7505 for many weeks now; KVOH, no 9975 for a few weeks (but
still active weekdays 17775) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6946.6, May 13 at 0109, the open carrier in the middle of The
Pirate Band has transformed itself now into fast RTTY sender. Another one of
those, which leaves its carrier on long hours when there is nothing to teletype
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13848-13861, May 12 at 2231, sounds like DRM noise, but doesn`t
match up to a center on 13855, and nothing of any sort is scheduled now on
13850, 13855 or 13860 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15648.80-USB, May 12 at 2233, colloquial Spanish 2-way intruders,
discussing putas; and whistling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0455 UT May 13
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 161, Issue 13
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