** ALGERIA. 17600, Jan 15 at 1957 tune-in for some rare nap music on SW, from Ifrikya FM --- just in time to hear it dump off air at 1957.6* amid music: no finesse. If has to get off without saying a word, should at least fade down the music before cutting carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Jan 15 at 1609 & still 2058, pulse jamming against nothing, as the incompetent Jamming Command keeps running where R. Martà appears only in A-seasons; now blasting on 13820, no jamming audible t/here. How many undernourished Cubans could be fed for the lost cost of this nonsense? Per Aoki & EiBi, no other station uses 13605 at any hour, prudent avoidance. But HFCC shows one: TDF France at 17-18 only at 120 degrees, but in DRM, so maybe occasionally testing? A suitable conflict, noise v noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1500 kHz, Jan 15 at 1607 UT, ad with 620 AC, must be usual KPGM Pawhuska in 918 AC but coverage bleeding into KS=620, as there is no KS on 1500. Also with SAH at first, likely KSTP MN via residual daytime skywave. See also USA: KXEL 1540 log at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1600 kHz, Jan 15 at 2002 UT, dead air at S9+20, obviously my nearby KUSH, Cushing. 2005 comes to life with ID and cheekily demanding ``keep listening``, into music. Obviously a news-hole, ABC? is not being filled. I`m back almost an hour later, at 2059, ID with announcer`s name, and ``You are listening to KUSH, 1600 and 101.5, Oklahoma`s Americana station, the Cush`` and: DEAD AIR again, but 2105 recheck, music has resumed. Did not listen for entire 5-minute break, but a trace of something else on E/W longwire: probably usual nemesis, KRVA, 25 kW day power Vietnamese for The Metroplex but not yet skywaving much. KUSH day power is 5 kW but gets a lot less coverage per watt than same power would achieve at bottom end of MF band. When will stations ever learn that automation requires constant human oversight? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Jan 15 at 2300, token English from SNR, intro feature to be about visiting a Madrid warehouse of costumes used in a thousand TV shows and movies: another item sorely lacking any visual element; but first the news: they do a good job of integrating axualities in Spanish and summarising them in English, screams of war, bits of music. If you require great detail, no doubt kvz will have that in weekly reports. 2310 to Paris Costumes in Madrid. This topic seems familiar but I did not listen much to it before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960.000, Jan 15 at *2312 signal cuts on, but it`s Chinese from XJRTV, EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems --- not English from VOT as scheduled. From before 2300 I had UTwente running and squelched on 5958-USB so I would know immediately when something oncame; while I was axually listening to simulSpain 9690. 2330: no Turkey! Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. It`s a shame so many DXers, editors, insist on endorsing E.T. as really CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0721, FBY, 25-watt NDB at Fairbury NE, JBA vs still excessive local line noise on LW. 326 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0722, MA, 400-watt NDB at MidlAnd TX, JBA vs still excessive local line noise. 515 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0729, OS, 25-watt NDB at Ohio State, Columbus, JBA under/mixing with near-local 25-watt PN Ponca City OK, which is normally sole. BTW, Ohio State U. got domain OSU tied up first, forcing Oklahoma State U. to the cumbersome okstate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: also confirmed Sunday January 14 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9/+5 into UTwente with ACI from 1314 heavy Castilian. Also confirmed UT Monday January 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Durango2 SDR, again overridden by ute noise blast spoiler first 14 seconds. Also confirmed UT Monday January 15 at 0400 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.9, S9+15 direct; outro music from preceding show overlapped WOR opening. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2224][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10] 2030vUT Wednesday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730vUT Thursday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?] As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or check on a US bank One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9275, Jan 15 at 1955, WMLK is back on MLK Day with Yahweh stuff, S9+10/20; still on at 2115, S9+20/30, sermon about glue and guitars, citing Deuteronomy - of course! Tony Pavick, BC, already heard it yesterday after some days/weeks? absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540, Jan 15 at 1605 UT, KXEL ID in passing as soon as I tune in, then interview Vivek, mentions of Waterloo, because of IA`s caucus day. Must be residual skywave possible at midwinter, i.e. 2h23m after Enid LSR at 1342, now only 2 minutes earlier than latest of the year. Also with 88/minute = 1.47 Hz SAH, perhaps one of two KS, as there is no OK on 1540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier chex, not full search, January 15 at 0402, finds 684, 693, 774, 855, 882, 891, 999, 1044, 1107. Note: local noise QRM on this rx makes 531 uncheckable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0310 UT January 16 _ 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
