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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs December 26-27, 2019 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Logs for 18th (Zacharias Liangas)
3. Various Logs on 20th (Zacharias Liangas)
4. Dec 27, log 08.30 - 09.00 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Logs for 18th (Zacharias Liangas)
6. DX Tip: KIQS 1560 Willows, CA (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
7. JRX Logs_ December 23-24 & 26-27, 2019 (Jota Xavier)
8. Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2019 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 05:44:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 26-27, 2019
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** ALGERIA [and non]. 891, Dec 26 at 0353, Arabic talk barely audible
against 890 WLS, but this is the strongest of the usual TA carriers.
Also some audio on 909 against 910 stations, BBC Radio 5 Live synchros
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 351 kHz, Dec 26 at 0743 UT, NDB dash and YKQ, 500 watts at
Fort Rupert - Waskaganish, Quebec. I am tuned to 350 where it is yet
overcoming RG at Will RoGers WA, OKC.
366 kHz, Dec 26 at 0744 UT, NDB dash and YMW, 500 watts at Maniwaki,
Qu?bec.
392 kHz, Dec 26 at 0746 UT, NDB dash and ML, 500 watts at La Malbaie -
Charlevoix, Quebec. Where`s that? Neither name in my Rand McNally
atlas index. Search finds them just NE of QC City on the north shore
of the St. Lawrence. NOT to be confused with another ML on 392!
Without the dash, 25 watts in Monroe, Louisiana. More NDBs, see U S A
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, Dec 26 at 1546, Trenton Military with four ``no
report received`` in a row, then some flight weathers are received,
but still haven`t set their own clock running 61 minutes slow: ``time
1445``. Something`s always wrong at CHR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13840, 13769, 13631, 13561 approx., Dec 26 at 1542, FM/AM
first- and second-order spurblobs out of 13700 RHC. These are hard to
miss, but no one else reports them. Until now: Wolfgang Bueschel an
hour earlier pinpoints them which I do not since they are so broad:
``on east coast units heard two S=6-7 SPURIOUS - like FM - signals
either sideband of 13700 kHz Bauta site transmission, at 1428 UT on:
13561.94
13631.25
13768.75
13837.97 kHz. Signals unstable, wobbles some 10 to 50 Hertz up and
down. wb`` Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11880, Dec 26 at 2107, RHC Portuguese back on right frequency
today instead of 11660 yesterday before 2300 in English. Also much
weaker now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Dec 26 at 0728, TGAV on late again for Xmas,
preaching about Jeov?, buenas nuevas, plucked music, S9+10, 0730 Radio
Verdad ID, banjo & piano tune introducing ``su programa``, YL advisor,
tema ``c?mo conocer(?) a la pareja ideal``. BTW, news in the sense of
journalism is never ``nuevas`` but ``noticias`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dec 26 at 1550, Kurdish (?) talk unseems
Turkish, from Deng? Welat via FRANCE. Slight long/short path echo.
Only one station, no Turkish jamming nor on 11540. Are they still
trying sometime? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 4996, Dec 26 at 0716, weak timesignals synchronized with
WWV 5000, obviously RWM Moskva/Taldom. Seldom heard. So then I check:
4625, Dec 26 at 0720, trace of buzzer vs CODAR, the mysterious Russian
``doomsday`` transmitter. I`ve never heard it better (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9395, Dec 26 at 1554, as I tune by Brother
HyStairical on WRMI, he is bragging about being on seven international
satellites reaching everywhere, and on eleven SW transmitters. What a
waste! Pretend you are the profit-of-God and the moolah pours in from
psychophants (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 329 kHz, Dec 26 at 0738 UT, ND beacon PMV, which is 25 watts
at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. QRM from IC, which is 400 watts from Wichita
KS on 332.
[and non] 335 kHz, Dec 26 at 0740 UT, NDB BV, which is 25 watts from
Batesville - Almond, Arkansas; mixing with YLD and dash, 1000 watts
from Chapleau, Ontario.
382 kHz, Dec 26 at 0745 UT, NDB SP, 25 watts at Springfield, Illinois;
I was tuned to 380-USB.
Not to be confused with another SP, on 386, which is 50 watts on St.
Pierre, the French one with Miquelon. I also see another target on
386, HAU, 25 watts at Helena - Hauser, Montana. Hauser is the name of
a dam/lake/reservoir north of Helena. There is also a pop. 700 town
Hauser on the Oregon coast north of Coos Bay.
I am hearing very little below 300 kHz, maybe something to do with my
R75 sensitivity and/or LW antenna; but plenty tonight above 300; see
also CANADA. Of course at dozetime I am only hitting here and there,
instead of trying to log and re-log everything possible like some guys
do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7290-LSB, Dec 26 at 1951, the 7290 traffic net is
wrapping up by NCS WA5VAS; says it`s at 10-12 Mon-Sat and 1-2 M-F.
Must be referring to CST. Mentions QRM from foreign broadcaster, and
that it has gone off by 2001 when the net is closing anyway. Also gave
website http://www.7290trafficnet.org
I was really checking for that foreign broadcaster, IRRS 7290 via
Romania(?) and indeed could hear it on DSB AM while the hams were only
on LSB, despite 7290 being a preferred hangout for hAMs.
I suspect I myself could be QRMing them on Mondays until 1930 now in
midwinter, but I`ve yet to hear me direct on IRRS, which inboooms to
Utwente.
I daresay that ham traffic nets are a bit anachronistic with so many
more efficient ways for third parties to communicate, even from
isolated locales. More of a social gathering. At closing a couple of
messages were still outstanding with no one to take them on.
I gather this is centred in Texas; the only YL I heard, who relayed
some contacts the other NCS could not hear, is Jo Ann Keith, KA5AZK in
rural Gilmer TX, while WA5VAS is Gary Caywood in Hondo TX, per
ARRL/FCC lookups.
Gleaned from website: ``The 7290 Traffic Net is an independent, public
service traffic net operating on or about 7290 kHz, and has been in
continuous operation since 1953, handling formal written traffic,
informal messages and operating extended sessions during emergencies
or special needs. All Amateur Radio Stations licensed to operate on
this frequency are welcome to check in with or without traffic and are
not required to take traffic in order to participate.
But we are really more than just a traffic net. Our members become
friends and family...``
And a link to a 2016y `Texas Country Reporter` <6 minute segment on YT
about Jo Ann Keith and her pareja:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJHjc_c29Y
T.C.R., a good show, used to be seen in OK too; wonder if it still
exist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WOR 2014 is available as of 0140 UT Friday December 27
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2014.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2014.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
WORLD OF RADIO 2014 contents: Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba and non, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany,
Iran, Japan non, Kashmir/Ladakh, Malaysia/Sarawak, Netherlands non,
New Zealand, North America, Norway, Poland non, Sa`udi Arabia,
Singapore, Turkey, UAE, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu; ETOW; and the
propagation outlook
The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually starts with heavy jamming but steadily abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [canceled?]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5800, Dec 26 at 2108, WRMI is off again today nor on 9425
nor 6060; but unlike yesterday, 5800 has resumed with SMTV at next
check 2226, good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Dec 26 at 1548 hybrid DRM noise from WINB
reactivated today; but absent yesterday at 1540: further suggesting
the non-programming half be involved with HF trading, unneeded on a
stock market day off (and never on weekends either) (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VANUATU. 5040, Dec 26 at 0715, S3 trace of music from presumed R.
Vanuatu now that Cuba is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6355, Dec 27 at 0304, no signal from Radio Pira?a beacon
somewhere in Europe, latest frequency publicized by Jorge Garc?a,
altho clear here unlike his alternate 6330 with some blob maybe local;
and big ute still around 6342. He has not said exactly what CW ID the
beacon send between 23 and 08 UT until January 2 of a future year
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2014, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0544 UT December 27
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 09:23:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 18th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Logs for 18th
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/12/logs-1812.html
There are more new postings in my page
#DX #shortwave? #MW #broadcasting #SW
PLEASE VISIT THE PAGE AND SHARE THE LINK TO YOUR CONTACTS
https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/sdr
Zacharias LiangasRSP1a? with Console & Uno &2x16 m antena
Icom? R75 /PL380 /? De1103? radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:03:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Various Logs on 20th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/sdr
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/12/funny-mysterious-signals-in-hfbands-20.html
there are more new postings in my page
#DX #shortwave? #MW #broadcasting #SW
PLEASE VISIT THE PAGE AND SHARE THE LINK TO YOUR CONTACTS
WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020
Zacharias LiangasRSP1a? with Console & Uno &2x16 m antena
Icom? R75 /PL380 /? De1103? radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 11:41:08 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "wor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Dec 27, log 08.30 - 09.00 UT
Message-ID: <90B6C05CD1734B02B0B74AFA416D06E3@HNPC1>
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INDIA 9949.810 much odd fq AIR, probably Delhi Kingsway bcast center:
Urdu program, at 08.35 UT on Dec 27. S=9+10dB.
Much BUZZY bad audio quality,
12 x strings visible on screen,
i.e. some 455, 555, 655, 755 ... 955, 1055, 1155 Hertz
apart distance audio strings, on lower sideband.
MALAYSIA 9835 kHz RTM K-L Kajang site, noted on air at 08.35 UT,
heard on remote SDR rx in Brisbane Queensland NoEaAustralia.
S=9 fluttery signal across the Pacific, but hit heavily from neighbour
CNR1st sce powerhouse - scheduled 100 kW?, from Beijing on 9830 kHz.
11665 kHz RTM K-L Kajang site, noted S=8 signal at 08.42 UT in
Queensland remote SDR rx.
CHINA Nearby in lower part of 25 mb a lot of CNR1 jammer powerhouses
against SOH Taiwan outlets noticed
10820, 10870, 10920, 10960, 11150, 11170, 11440, 11460,
11600CNR2, 11610 kHz and some more CNR5 CNR6 music program channels too.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 27)
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 09:13:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 18th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Logs for 18th
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2019/12/logs-1812.html
#DX #shortwave? #MW #broadcasting #SW
PLEASE VISIT THE PAGE AND SHARE THE LINK TO YOUR CONTACTS
Zacharias Liangas
https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/sdr
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 07:20:49 -0700
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: ABDX <[email protected]>, [email protected], NRC-AM
<[email protected]>, Hard-Core-DX
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Tip: KIQS 1560 Willows, CA
Message-ID:
<cadc3yg18xmmhj7ovttfqxohro3rbw8b_tnpnbczog5bk8ur...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Thanks to Tim Hall for the tip, I logged this station well before Willows
sunrise this morning (Fri, Dec 27th). He heard KIQS at 9pm pacific time
with a full ID and programming the night before. The station is a 250 watt
non directional daytimer that isn't signing off. They play a variety of
mexican music and you can find their stream here:
https://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/v5/KTOR
Paul Walker
Laramie, WY
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:53:43 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: Grupo Radioescutas <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, WOR
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs_ December 23-24 & 26-27, 2019
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
?JRX Logs_ December 23-24 & 26-27, 2019Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000 & XHDATA
D-808Antenna (s)_ Longwire & Mini Loop to SW
ALBANIA** 7360. Dec 26, 2019. 1947-1957, China Radio International, Cerrik-ALB,
in French. Woman and man? announcers talk; 1954 A song by female singer; 1957
Ends program. Poor reception, good signal, noises and fades, 45322.
ARMENIA** 6270. Iran International TV Audio, via Gavar-Arm?nia, em Fars?
(Persa). 2019-12-22_00'40'04'UTC. A escuta ? melhor avaliada usando-se fones de
ouvido! Estou no XHDATA.
ASCENSION** 15490. Dec 26, 2019. 1920-1930, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in
Tigrinya. Woman and man announcers talk news; ID. Good reception, 45544.
** 15490. Dec 26, 2019. 1930-1945, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Hausa. ID;
Woman and man announcers present BBCNews; ID. Good reception, 45544.
MADAGASCAR** 9765. Dec 26, 2019. 2110-2126, MWV-Palavra Alegre, Mahajanga-MDG,
in Portuguese. Musics;? 2118 Woman announcer talks and ID and next, a man talks
a religious message about The Gospel of Saint Mark; Music. Very good reception,
55544.
** 11610. Dec 27, 2019. 2106-2120, MWV-The Light of Life, Mahajanga-MDG, in
Chinese. Woman talks, makes a preaching, presumed; 2111 A brief song and man
talks, now, alternating chinese and english ! 2116 A song. Good reception,
45544.
MALI** 13630. Dec 27, 2019. 2132-2142, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI,
in French. Woman announcer talks news; 2138 ID and returns woman voice. Fair
reception, 35433.
USA** 5800. Dec 24, 2019. 0102-0141, WRMI-RAE, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. ID;
Woman and man announcers present news; 0109 A short song and returns news; 0111
Sport news and a commentary about the game Flamengo versus Liverpool last
saturday; 0114 A song; 0119 ID and Gustavo Rios comments about history theme;
0132 A song; 0137 A space dedicated to science and technology. Fair reception,
35433.
** 11720. Dec 27, 2019. 2121-2131, Voice of America, Greenville-NC, in English.
A song; Man talks; 2123 Woman talks and a african song; 2127 VOA jingle and
next, woman announcer talks and other song - a musical program of course. Fair
reception, 35433.
JRX_Jose Ronaldo XavierSWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3)
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 03:24:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2019
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** ALGERIA [non]. 6105, Dec 27 at 0656, ME music with reverb, heavy
splash from 6100 CUBA, but off at 0659, and 6100 off by 0700. It`s RTA
via FRANCE, the 0600 hour supposed to be Qur`an, but evidently not
entirely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA. 6090, Fri Dec 27 at 0658, S9+20 of dead air, 0700 comes
to life with music, Dead Gene Scott with hum. Convoluted ``schedule``,
we found on TUN/PMS website months ago and quoted, not the merely full
registered span of 2200-1000 as in Aoki or HFCC;
EiBi now has it showing I tuned in before official sign on Fridays
only: 0700-1000; also UT Tue/Wed/Fri 0100-0400, Wed 0400-0505, and Fri
0000-0100.
Also shows fraxured sked for day frequency 11775 within 1000-2200
possible block: 1000-1300 Wed, 1200-1600 Thu, 1600-2200 Sun, 1700-2000
Sat.
Note: WRTH 2020, ANGUILLA refers us to USA: University Network for
sked, mixed in with WWCR --- but the times are wrong, for 11775 five
hours later than above! Must have been confused, misconverting EST.
But the WWCR times could be correct, not breaking the day 13845/night
5935 barrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 6075, Dec 27 at 1612, 2.5 hours after sunrise
here, two stations mixing, music and Chinese. Aoki shows one of
countless spots for RTI vs CNR1 jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7665, Dec 27 at 1540, Chinese, S7-S9 with flutter. Strikes
me as something new, and indeed no listings in latest Aoki, EiBi or of
course HFCC. Most likely a CNR1 jammer against a new Sound of Hope
frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13560, 13630, 13770, and weaker 13840 approx., Dec 27 at
1510, today`s spurblobs from 13700 RHC at 70 kHz intervals, the lower
one clashing with constant local part 15 RF ID or ISM noises; wonder
if Cuba could cause them malfunxion? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.0v, Dec 27 at 1440 and later, big carrier cuts on and
off irregularly, blotting out bits of 88.1 KWOU we are trying to
listen to. Surely it`s that damn Family Radio translator in Enid,
K202BY supposed to be on 88.3 but no real transmissions for months, a
legacy of Harold Camping (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Dec 27 at 2226, tell-tale 1-kHz het upon 1520
KOKC, from the 2 megawatts in Duba. I keep listening carefully for its
expected cutoff around 2230-2231. Not heard after 2230:54, altho at
first seemed off some 20 seconds earlier, but hard to tell with
musiQRM from KOKC commercial, and/or some fading. Het was the same
pitch as from 891 upon 890 KTLR/WLS. So this time it is certainly not
the nearby 1520.7 station (Glenn Hauser, OK,, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5980, Dec 27 at 2221, VOT in Turkish is still on beyond
scheduled 2200*, S8 to S9+10; off at 2243 check. Something`s always
wrong at Emirler. This is the one aimed USward and heard as early as
1900. 5960 English is successful from 2300 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7615-USB, Fri Dec 27 at 1541, Civil Air Patrol net, fonetik
maybe encrypted message slowly read out by Red Bear 4, S9+20; much
weaker contact reads it back, and Red Bear 4 makes a correxion.
Autobeep at end of each transmission saving them from having to utter
over, or talkover if overlooked. Other one ID as Triblade 327, out. I
think Triblade is the net callsign. A CAP tactical call roster shows
several Reds, but no Bears, so maybe I misheard: Dragon NJ, Fire IN,
Fox IL, Robin MI, Rock AZ, Cloud NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2014 monitoring: confirmed first USSW
broadcast, Friday December 27 from about 2300:10 vs Cuban jamming
against us on WRMI 9955. This week the jamming does not gradually
diminish to nothing but continues the entire semihour; during much of
it, WOR is atop and readable, but WRMI fades at 2318, and out at 2323,
back up at 2326.
Distracted by WBCQ and other programming, I miss checking my own
trimulcast, 0130 UT Sat on WRMIs 5050, 5810 and 7780. Did anyone hear
them? Also need to confirm whether Sat 1300 on 15770 be canceled, as
Ivo has reported, even if it takes waking up and bringing up UTwente.
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [canceled?]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.08v, Fri Dec 27 at 2245 caught WBCQ, last quarter of
`Behaviour Night` with ``Glowworm`` playing first; poor S9-S6.
UT Sat Dec 28 from 0100, I`m on 7490 webcast instead despite
distortion/overmodulation problem on Winamp which has been going on
since last weekend; at least it is here? Is it that way for others?
`Allan and Angela Worldwide,` mostly ranting about Free Speech. No
significant news concerning S-S or programming. At 0151 says
simulcasting on 7490 and 5130, so I check SW for those at 0157: 7490
is JBA; 5130 S9 but already cut to the IS & ID loop before AAAWWW is
finished, as John Carver has been noting for weeks. Why do they do
that? Over to John for a lot more detail:
``Tonight's show started on time on a very poor 7490. No signal on
5130 as of yet. Opening talk about the upcoming new year and how lucky
Allan is to have Angela. Allan stated that the superstation was
working just fine and he was proud of the work his crew was doing up
there to keep things running smoothly. Allan also says he doesn't want
to get political this evening, but he questions whether or not the
economy is doing as well as Washington says it is, and he also wonders
if the unemployment rate is as low as they say it is, as it doesn't
seem like that to him. Angela forcefully argues that the economy is
doing really well and the unemployment rate is down. She posits that
the new people working are working for lower wages so seem to be
struggling.
While maintaining that he still backs Trump Allan questions our
relationships with North Korea and Russia implying that they are not
to be trusted. He also takes a shot at Trump's proposed space force as
he believes it will just lead to more unwinnable wars. He also takes
exception to the size of the country's defense budget.
The discussion quickly changes to an overview of the regulations
governing OTA radio and TV programs as opposed to the regulations of
cable, satellite and private radio and TV. Allan maintains that there
should just be one set of regulations for all and that there should be
no censorship. Phone call at 0139 concerning censorship. The
regulations concerning social media were also mentioned.
Phone call at 0149 from Canada concerning the superstaion and also
questioning the alleged ten second delay the caller was hearing during
his phone call. Allan explained that it was the lag that sending the
signal to the station over the internet caused {and emphasizes that
his stations never insert delays for censorship -- gh}.
He then announced that they were broadcasting on 7490 and 5130 this
evening and a quick check confirmed that 5130 was finally working. I
stayed on 5130 as the signal was better. The talk then immediately
turned to a discussion of snakes, of all things. Reading of the Free
Radio Weekly began at 0154 and immediately the nonstop station IDs for
the last six minutes of the hour started on 5130 so I moved back to
7490. Phone call at 0157 from Pirate Joe stating that 5130 was running
nonstop station IDs. Closing prayer at 0159 interrupted by the start
of the next program. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 620, Dec 27 at 1415 UT, 8:15 timecheck and Fond du Lac ad,
other Wisconsin references. No doubt WTMJ Milwaukee, U4 50/10 kW one
semihour after sunrise here. Nice to hear without really trying,
something besides KTAR AZ sports or the predominant KTNO TX gospel
huxtering in Spanish. E-W longwire helps, minimising KTNO.
O, both day and night patterns are supposed to shoot tight slightly
east of north, virtually nothing to south or side direxions. Something
must be wrong there, which explains why I seldom hear it. In fact, a
quick search of my logs does not find WTMJ in the past sesquidecade!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 820, Dec 27 at 1423 UT right into ID for ``WCPT, 820,
Chicago`s Progressive Talk``, atop WBAP TX. Lucky city to have one
progressive station among all the regressive outlets! Like WBAP,
flagship of `Red Eye Radio`. E-W longwire helps to minimise WBAP to
the south. Is U2, 5.8/1.5 kW, so day pattern N-D; CoL Willow Springs
which is just south of the I-55/294 junxion, SW of The Loop, but that
does not mean its transmitter site has to be there. WAIT, is that its
correct callsign? I guess so, matching the slogan. Here still exist on
the radio, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Amy Goodman, et al. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 870, Dec 27 at 1425 UT, report on Indian affairs from KUER
in Utah -- it`s NPR Morning Edition, soon matched to KWOU and to KOSU
delayed by IBOC. Hearing any public radio on AM is extremely rare here
altho I did have WSUI 910 IA the other morning, but what`s on 870?
1430 UT ID for ``105.1 and 870 AM, WKAR News Talk``. Of course, East
Lansing MI, but have I ever heard it before? Steady past 1440 with no
sign of XETAR, WWL, KFJZ or any other 870. WKAR is 10 kW direxional
daytimer, but not very, emphasizing northwest but no sharp nulls.
Official Dec and Jan sunrise is 1300 UT. I had this before on the
morning of Oct 29, 2015, at first as unID.
And you guessed it, 105.1 FM is a puny translator! Yet top billing.
Kenneth Vito Zichi in Williamston has complained in MARE that he can
only get them on AM which they are now downplaying. (Of course there
is also a full-power 85/85 kW on 90.5, WKAR-FM with different format,
classical/jazz/news) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7475, Dec 27 at 1544, S9+10 open carrier, vs splatter
from 7490 WWCR; also with JBA clix once a second. This has been around
for some time, day or night. Rather like 10550 where the clix are
louder. What? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15151.5-USB, Dec 27 at 1514, 2-way in Spanish, with
engine noise, INTRUDERS. This is a longtime channel for such, I first
reported on Oct 23, 2006; also in 2010, 2011, 2012; and in November
2019. Do DEA and USFWS know of it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0324 UT December 28
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 204, Issue 28
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