DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated for North American DST season http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by Alan Roe updated for Cuban & USA DST season: http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE updated for North American DST season http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ** BRAZIL. 9630v & 11856v, Sat March 7 at 2220, no signals at all from R. Aparecida just when we wanted to hear their DX program. Propagation OK with 11780 S9+10 RNA in SBG; some weak distorted talk on 11815, probably RBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9155, March 8 at 0041, JBA maybe Chinese on one of the CNR1 jammer frequencies against Sound of Hope; no others around in the lower 9`s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA [non]. 5910, March 7 around 2330 I check the two KiwiSDRs in Colombia for any signal here or on 6010, but none; 47 hours ago, Bob Wilkner in FL had a tentative something in Spanish where Alcaraván radio used to abide, and there have been implications visiting gospel huxters might refurbish it. At 0005 UT March 8 on one of my radios I do get a JBA carrier offset-minus from 5910, but no trace at 0014 on the other, so probably a local birdie. 6010, March 8 at at 0018, JBA carrier, probably Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, March 7 at 2219, RHC is S9 but very distorted --- just in an axuality clip, OK once the announcer resume. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 17480, March 7 at 2222, JBA carrier, the OSOB if you count this as part of the 16 mb --- only thing listed in Aoki is Cuban Spy Numbers at 2155-2350 on days 357 = including Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13635 & 13766 approx., Sunday March 8 at 1427, RHC spurblobs out of 13700-AM transmitter, ending music show presumably `Sonido Cubano` now one UT hour earlier, and plugging 22 de marzo as ``Dia mundial del agua -- fuente de vida``; 1430 Música del Cine. 13740 is off but 15230 and distorted 15140 are still on. At 1508, 13700 is still on with dead air, making the spurs less obvious; and weekly Esperanto confirmed on 11760 and distorted 15140 --- now one UT hour earlier for DST season in step with Yankee Imperialists. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Despite being an international SW station, RHC allows local DST to bump most but not all of its transmissions and programming around. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Based on what happened in the A-19 season, we expect first English to be at 19-20 instead of 20-21, still on 15140? Next at 23-24 instead of 22-23 on 11880 --- yes, one real hour *later* rather than earlier in this case. While the 5040 English at 00-01 should earlyize to 23-24, i.e. same time as the 11880 --- but will that frequency maintain now and/or into real A-20? Sometimes it`s been on 9720. Evening to NAm, will English start at 00 reliably instead of 01? Will end at 07 rather than 08 on constantly shifting batch of frequencies? TBD. 15140, March 8 at 1713, RHC still on here at S9+10 but suptorted while // 11760 modulation is OK during music. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15140, March 8 at 1830, RHC starting Kriyol, moved an hour earlier from the winter timing of 1930, so expect English too at 1900. But this frequency is very suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Yes, English now confirmed March 8 from 1900 on 15140, but who would want to put up with its crummy modulation? Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11880 has reliably provided the best signal and modulation back here even tho it`s supposedly for Africa, now at 23 instead of 22? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13605, March 8 at 1827, lite pulse jamming altho Radio Martí will not move here from 13820 until A-20 March 29. Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. Here`s my eQSL for Oromia Media Network via IRRS: http://www.w4uvh.net/20200306-11990-kHz--Hauser-Glen-IRRS-QSL-2020-CoronovirusPandemic.pdf BTW, while WRTH 2020 has only one cland to Ethiopia, not this one, the 2019 edition had four more. Have they all really disappeared, and why? Situation improving? And why has OMN just started up along with IRRS` expanded Corona virus broadcasts --- related? So far Ethiopia has had very little infexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUINEA. 9650, March 8 at 0044, no overtime signal from RTG tonight. Ron Howard replies to last night`s report: ``Hi Glenn, There have been several cases recently of Radio Guinea being on the air well beyond their normal schedule. Believe this has to do with ongoing local events happening there. Here is the "Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Conakry, Guinea": https://gn.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-conakry-guinea-6/ Ron, California`` That`s about avoiding areas of violent protests, but no info what they are about (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRELAND. Re my unID carrier on 5780, March 5 at 0715, here`s a possibility from the logs of Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal: 5780.0 2145-... 03/3 IRL Harmony R - pir. Oldies. 35343 CGS 5780.0 1439-... 04/3 IRL Harmony R - pir. Mx. 15341 CGS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY [non]. Re my obs of transmission overlap on 7290 IRRS just before 1900 UT March 2, Richard Langley, NB, replies: ``Listening / watching carefully today (7 March) at 19:00 UTC using the U. Twente SDR receiver, I heard/saw no suggestion of a transmitter change from before to after 19:00 UTC. Frequency stayed in the vicinity of 7289.998 kHz. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0135, The Mighty Farty KBC is VG as usual; Alan Roe reports already, ``NETHERLANDS/GERMANY. KBC posted this on their Facebook page on 5 March: "On March 29 The Mighty KBC is moving back to 9925 kHz for the summer period. Sunday 00:00 - 02:00 UTC." This is via Nauen. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK`` But normally 9925 is in use only May-August, following the Croatian Radio Zagreb model. We`ll see whether MUF support 9925 a month+ earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6923-LSB, March 8 at 0025, pirate with rock song, 0027 segué, 0030 ``Taste of Honey``, 0035 DJ says ``from the capital of Argyle`` and something about Ireland, ``across the Great Plains of the North Atlantic``; also pronounces ``oot`` Canadianish. 0043 ``Come Together``, and gone by 0045. These logs say it`s Zekey`s Attic, first heard at 1943 March 7 and another transmission in the evening: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63871.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 6130 //> 7325, March 8 at 0058 RRI IS prior to English and no signals on Romanian 5910 & 7410, as transmitters remain OOO. 5910, March 8 at 0129 recheck, however, now RRI is on with Romanian rock and rap all with heavy beat, S9+20, but 7410 is still off. (I should have checked 7340 next to 7345 OCB DRM.) Occasional quick two or three words by YL DJ at 0138, 0149; 0157 ID barely discernible under music. Alan Roe`s Music on Shortwave shows: 0100 - 0200 Su As We Like! (hour 2) (Club/party) 5910 7340 Wish I had kept listening after 0200 for: 0200 - 0256 Su Radio Concert Season (Classical) 5910 7340 6130, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0140-0145 meanwhile, RRI had its `DX Mailbag` reading and replying to reports from Zeeland, Michigan; Finland; Japan as poorly heard in DRM via SDR in Switzerland; and Dave Harries in Bristol, England (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420 kHz, March 8 at 0645 UT, ND beacon PK, Olathe KS, difficult to separate from another one IDing at same pitch, same time, presumably the usual FQ, Fairmont MN, both 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday March 8 at 0413 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 11 minutes in so started early around 0402, VG S9+30 --- this rivals another St Louis station with much more power, KMOX 1120! Note: from next week due to DST, nominal start will be 0315 UT. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395? to NNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395? to NNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 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, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, March 8 at 0016, WRMI with a rare spot commercial for Dish TV vs cable, then ``back to the music`` Oldies where such ads can be accommodated. The transmission sked shows 5950 during this hour is System G, but the System G grid shows that on 9395 only, among a number of contradixions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5010, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0059, Rudy Espinal, Dominican Republic, WRMI Spanish ID, while 5850 runs a Bob Biermann English ID. At 0100 they join when `Encore` classical music is supposed to play but instead Bob introduces music, not Oldies, rather tunes from the very familiar World Music reel, the first song sounding like gibberish but maybe a real language, which? Still no Encore at 0112, 0132 chex. Such a default is what happens when there is something wrong with the proper scheduled file. I notified Brice Avery about this and he says the problem should be fixed for the next airing, UT Monday March 9 at 0300 on 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, March 8 at 1825, WLCR on WBCQ amid German hour as previously scheduled, poor signal here. Ivo Ivanov and Alan Holder, however, have heard some mixups or changes in times, languages, azimuths now that Monticello is on EDT - which should be irrelevant to overseas broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, March 7 at 2209, WTWW-2 is already on at S9+40 with music this Saturday, unlike yesterday - early UT Sat when it was not on at all. But no 5830 WTWW-1. 5085, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0113 and 0134, still rock, no sign of nameless theatre organ show nor ham news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 990, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0106, plug for bass event in Birmingham, but no station there, then listing of fishing/hunting events in FL, MO, WY so a network program, also plugging NRA. This page https://kwamthevoice.com/page-schedule presents a ``weekly schedule`` without specifying *which* days! Apparently means M-F only ignoring very different lineup on weekends. Fortunately the host mentions his own website, bbkoradio.com which converts to: https://bigbillykinderoutdoors.com/ including KWAM-AM Saturdays 6-8 pm CT, from a well-designed affiliate map at https://bigbillykinderoutdoors.com/The-Show/Radio-Stations 0115 UT ID ``KWAM, The Voice, now on 107.9 and AM 990`` and kwamtheoice.com --- Evidently the slogan is now just ``The Voice`` rather than ``Voice of Memphis``. This is dominant on my E-W longwire, no CBW, which I do hear on the DX-398 aimed N/S; and on it E/W there is also Spanish CCI. 107.9 is --- you guessed it --- a paltry 250-watt translator, W300DE. Speaking of powers, when I heard 990 it was surely on 10 kW day power, not 450 watt night power, which is supposed to start in March at 0000 UT! Day pattern is tight east-west, night also tight slightly clockwise, both favoring us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5915, March 8 at 0005, very weak talk, African? At 0015 carrier is either wobbling or beating with another --- both Zambia and Myanmar? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6966v, March 8 at 0020 as I am checking the pirate band, a hamspur here, chirpy signal constantly drifting downward, seems like negative keying so I only copy a DE W0 - something before losing it. I would have tried to match it to a fundamental above 7.0 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9411.0-USB, March 8 at 0042, 2-way in Spanish, INTRUDERS. While 9410 is unoccupied by BBC Singapore until 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 1917 UT March 8 _ 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. 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