** BRAZIL. 9629.932, March 2 at 0629, Portuguese ads at S5-S7, mentions Aparecida. Now a comparable if not better signal to the other ZYs on 31m. Believe this one had been absent a while (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, March 2 at 1453, RNA is on with poor signal in Brazuguese, unknown the morning span but certainly not for long. It`s off rest of the day almost until 2100, but by 2058 it`s on again with music, off again after 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 15440, 15301, 15232, March 2 at 1457, RHC-FM spurs out of 15370-AM are still here but weaker and less profuse. 15301 is not solid copy in FM mode, and 15232 is enough to QRM 15230-AM RHC. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9640, March 2 at 2301 I happen to pass RHC as frequencies are being Spanished, and I double-take when announcer says ``130,740 kHz`` instead of 13740 --- a typo he apparently did not recognize or was forced to read verbatim. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5025, March 3 at 0424, R. Rebelde is S9+20 of dead air with considerable hum. Likewise 5040, March 3 at 0425, RHC is S9 of dead air with hum, plus crackle characteristic of this transmitter. So I check the uppers: 6000 is OK modulation with hum; 6165 is S9+10 of dead air; 9640 is OK with S9+10 of music, // weaker 9535; 6060 was off when first checked but at 0427 it`s on, S9+20 of dead air, het music from Brasil. Something`s always wrong at RHC/RadioCuba. But 4765 Progreso was OK. 9790, March 3 at 0428, CRI Cantonese via Cuba is S9+40 peaking to +50, a supersignal seldom achieved by a non-local station here; and with squeal on the undermodulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11575 & 11595, March 2 at 1602 & 1656 chex via UTwente, still no signal from Radio OMN which was via Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MADAGASCAR. 6135, March 2 at 1502 again a poor carrier suspected RNM, long path but this time stays on past 1510+ when I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA [non]. 7415, March 2 at 0636, HoAish music, S6-S8, with Ascension-like hum, but NDXC/Aoki shows: 7415 Dandal Kura International 0600-0700 1234567 Kanuri 500 167 Issoudun F 4657N 00159E AID b17 MBR Feb.28 And Ivo had reported that 7415 ISS replaced 5960 ASC during the 06-07 hour for DK, while the 05-06 hour stayed on 5960 but moved from ASC to ISS. I heard no ID, so can`t be sure it`s not Radio Ndarason International, as explained by David Smith, but if both stations are continuing more or less at same hours, they need to be on different frequencies. 5960, March 3 at 0515, I have a weak signal in African language, unknown for sure which station or site. Here`s how the latest HFCC as of March 2 displays these two, i.e. showing 5960 from ISS at 05-06 lasted only 4 days until 1 March: 5960 0500 0600 46SE ASC 250 65 0 547 1234567 281117 250318 6660 Kau G BAB BAB 16688 5960 0500 0600 46,47 ISS 500 167 0 216 1234567 260218 010318 8500 Mul F MBR MBR 17407 Z.Niger 5960 0600 0700 46SE ASC 250 65 0 547 1234567 281117 250318 6660 Kau G BAB BAB 16689 7415 0600 0700 46,47 ISS 250 167 0 216 1234567 260218 240318 Mul F MBR MBR 17351 A.Niger (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 15390, March 2 at 2055, REE`s distorted transmitter is still off, while 15500 remains fairly audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1919 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday March 3 after 0030 on WBCQ, 9330.25v-CUSB, JBA. Next: Sat 0729 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 1531 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Sat 2300 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0200 WRMI 7780 to NE Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to WSW Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 9455 to WNW Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 to NE, 9455 to WNW [or #1920?] Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW [or #1920?] Full WOR schedule via all media, podcast access: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7780, Friday March 2 at 1448, WRMI here is open carrier/dead air past 1501+; per skedgrid, except on Sundays, WRMI-1 on 7780 is not supposed to start until 1700 with TOM. 9395 with Oldies; 9455 with Thaïs in Spanish // 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. (7490), UT Sat March 3 at 0100 on WBCQ webcast, will `Allan Weiner Worldwide` originate from the SWL Fest? NO, but first two minutes of The Planet IS & IDs, before 0102 William Tell Overture starts, and from 0106 belcher Timtron is substituting, rambling on nothing about Fest, but recheck at 0148, says he has heard from cosmikdebris (Larry Will) at fest, that the power has failed at the con hotel! But there was some generator or battery power. Maybe not for long? There`s a huge winter storm in the Northeast. Co-organizer Richard Cuff later mailed that no broadcasts from the Fest are planned this year (except on the official sked, of course, Pancho Villa circa 0500 UT Sunday, WTFK?). Earlier March 2, Larry Will had sent this press release, which I headlined to the WOR iog, WBCQ UP TO 500 KW BY FALL 2018 ``WBCQ The Planet Announces New Showcase Radio Facility Plymouth Meeting, PA: WBCQ The Planet announced today that it is building one of the most powerful and versatile radio stations in the world. WBCQ’s new shortwave radio station, now under construction in Monticello, Maine, features a new 500-kilowatt transmitter from Continental Electronics and a state-of-the-art antenna system from Ampegon Antenna of Switzerland. The new station, funded by private investors, will be able to direct a powerful shortwave signal to any country on Earth. Our new facility is planned to be a showcase for the radio world and is dedicated to our free speech mission. The new station is planned to commence operations in fall 2018. About WBCQ The Planet: WBCQ is an international shortwave broadcast station located in Monticello, Maine, USA. We broadcast on 7.490 MHz, 9.330 MHz, 5.130 MHz, and 3.265 MHz. We’ve been bringing access to the airwaves for people like you since 1998. WBCQ The Planet 274 Britton Road Monticello, Maine 04760 USA 1 207-538-9180 www.wbcq.com w...@wbcq.com`` Ampegon PR had let the cat out of the bag several weeks earlier about the antenna sale, showing something big was in the offing. And Allan had been teasing us about it. This raises some interesting questions: Who will be able to afford time on a 500 kW transmitter? Maybe major players, such as Brother Stair if he still exist, but hardly independent producers, exercising their free speech. Allan has frequently complained about the electricity rates already going up. With private investors funding this, raising small bits of money from listeners to repair/replace other transmitters may be discouraged. This is a major departure from WBCQ`s previous do-it-yourself-with-used-transmitters ethic. It did not take very long for the Christian Scientists to discover that Maine is not the best place to place a 500 kW SW transmitter. How about South Carolina, or Florida, out of the subauroral zone, for offsetting geographical/propagational advantage at, say, half the power? But brute force should generally mean quite an improvement in reception once in service. John H Carver, Jr., mid-north Indiana, reports on the rest of AWWW tonight: ``Listening on 5130 as it has the better copy this evening. Program didn't start until a little over two minutes past the top of the hour with TimTron as host this evening. Tim announced that Allan was away this evening and that's all that was said on that subject. Allan announced a few weeks ago that he and Angela would not be going to the SWL Fest this year because of a conflicting engagement. Already 5130 is getting hard to copy. Tuned back to 7490 and couldn't hear a thing. Monologue about tubes, tubed radios and the use of old, used, tubed broadcast transmitters used by hams, such as an old Gates BC something. Couldn't copy the number. Continued talk about rebuilding one of these transmitters for ham use. Signal is so poor by 0120 that I'm lucky to hear every fourth or fifth word. A comment was made that it took four years to rebuild the original 7415 transmitter after the first fire and that it ran for six weeks before it caught on fire again. Some music at 0132. About 0142 the signal came up to 10 over and the noise dropped away but all Tim was doing by then was playing music. Some talk about the SWL Winterfest and a report from Larry Will that the power was out at the Fest because of the East coast storms and they were running out of batteries. Tim played some recordings of hams from around 1970 which seemed to have some significance for him and stated that at some future time he would gather all those recordings together and explore them on his show. Then he played some very easy listening music under the sounds of spring while he chatted about the station and how there was room for new programmers. He talked about the station's free speech policy and stated that many times he heard things on the station that pissed him off but he kept his head down and just did his programs because it was a free speech station. Show ended with another piece of music, Pink Floyd, I believe, and was off the air at 0200. Brother Stair came up immediately after. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report dispatched at 0610 UT March 3 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
