** ALASKA. 7355, July 16 at 1207, I try to hear KNLS` English hour, and do barely detect the KNLS theme music and something in English; at least no QRM on this, but incomparably weaker than e.g. CRI in Japanese on 7325 blocking Wantok Radio Light should it even be on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11815, July 16 at 0510, Rádio Brasil Central must be off, as usually audible at this hour, like last night. Just a trace of crackle spur from 11780 RNA/RNB, likewise on 11745, but fundamental 11780 is splattering some 20 kHz above and below, QRMing fellow Brazilian 11765 SRDA. Replying to my logs of these yesterday, Wolfgang Büschel has the details, monitoring during the same hour today July 16: ``Distorted RNA/RNB heard around 0530 UT July 16 on 11780.006 kHz, 20 kHz wideband signal visible on SDR screen, and very tiny scratch crackling spurs on 11733-11750 and 11807-11822 kHz can be neglected, so low is the spur sound. Nearby heard RNZi DRM mode block on 11690 and AM 11725 kHz, as well as RRI ROU in DRM mode on 11800 kHz. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 13850, July 16 at 0517, fair signal from R. Cairo, but open carrier/dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420, July 16 at 0507, ERA with horrible echo, a couple syllables apart at about equal levels, double audio feed as unseems double transmitters, no SAH. Can`t tell the language but probably not Greek during this multi-lingual news-capsule hour. Recheck at 0523 still echoing and unusable, also weakening well into the dayside. 9935, July 16 at 0509, ERA is also on this frequency, just barely modulated below the self-imposed whine made up of multiple closely spaced spur carriers. Usually by 0500 this transmitter has shifted to 11645 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 560, July 16 at 1100 UT, full ID for ``La Tremenda``, NA, i.e. XESRD, Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, 10/1 kW per Cantú and IRCA, which shows sign-on at 1200, which would be correct in winter. Have heard it a few times before but not a regular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 630, July 16 at 1103 UT, XEFB opening `Radar 63` morning news, from ``Grupo Radio México, Monterrey``. Fair but never a bigsig here; it`s one of few Mexicans with a direxional antenna. NRC Pattern Book shows at night, major lobe is due west; day pattern, probably on already, is broader to the southwest, and not a notch to the north, 10/10 kW. Its offspring, XEFB-TV has been a TV DX regular here for many years on channel 3 and then channel 2, ``TELEACTIVA`` tentatively seen as recently as June 17, 2015 before the digital transition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 690, July 16 at 1114 UT, ``107.1 FM y 690 AM``, roughly southwest, QRM from another Spanish. By now it may be too late for DF or NL at lowband, and that FM/AM combo leads only to: XEMA, La Mejor, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, 50/2 kW, and likely already on day power. Enid SR today is 1126 UT, definitely latening past Solstice, currently at the rate of 5 minutes per week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 1060v, July 16 at 1120 UT, off-frequency station from the south, 1127 detectable as Spanish, so presumably XERDO Reynosa etc., Tamaulipas. More notable is that I still am NOT hearing anything from 1060v KIJN, Farwell TX on the NM border: see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA [non]. 6075, July 16 at 1146, NBC relay via Shepparton, AUSTRALIA, with song we`ve heard before (played at least daily?), ``Spirit of the Games``, as if they are a transcendental experience for all; 1148 hilites of today`s games, anchor Kevin connecting to reporter Dora at the PNG PowerDome where there has been Taekwando, and also female lightweight boxing, then 1155 clips of that bout; I couldn`t listen to the carnage. Dora also gave schedules for upcoming games culminating with competitions for the Gold on Saturday`s finale (after which, any more SW relays?). Said today was a ``rest day`` in many cases (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, July 16 at 1137, SIBC with music, poor with 5025 Cuba splash; carrier still on at 1212 and still splashed by Cuba, which is lasting incrementally longer with latening sunrises (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 13800, July 16 at 0516, R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR is good with no jamming audible; in fact it`s the SSOB altho likely to lose that status after 0527. Much weaker on // 11645 via VATICAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11560, July 16 at 0513, fair signal in English with heavy African accent, seems to be discussion of food shortages, i.e. the Miraya FM relay from and back to South Sudan; per latest HFCC, it`s at 03-06 daily, 300 kW, 180 degrees from KCH = Kishinov, Moldova = Grigoriopol`, Pridneststrovye. One of the few target broadcasts at least partly in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1782 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast Thursday July 16 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, good but with lite pulse jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Jamming continued past 1200 with Prague, those dirty post-Commies! Also confirmed Thursday July 16 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, but just barely audible here in noise level. Next: 2130 UT Friday WRMI 15770 2130 UT Friday WRMI 7570 0630 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1430 UT Saturday HLR 7265-CUSB 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0315vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 11580 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5110v Area 51 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 1100 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 0630 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 1315 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 1430 UT Wednesday HLR 7265-CUSB 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Access to audio, podcasts of this and previous programs: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 690, July 16 at 1124 UT open carrier, obviously from KGGF Coffeyville KS. They sometimes leave carrier on long after sign-off shortly after local midnite 0500 UT, and might have been all night, but this time was not on a few minutes earlier when I was picking up Zacatecas. Still OC past 1130 UT and not checked again until 1201 UT, when now it`s modulating programming. Wonder if KGGF is now intentionally not signing on until 7 am CT? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 720, July 16 at 1106 UT, ``104.1, La Picuda(?) está en el aire``, into music, CCI from another Spanish, slow SAH. At first I was thinking Mexican but no such correspondence fits; instead per http://www.alphamediausa.com/markets/sanantonio/vsredir/index.php and http://www.nortenosa.com/ the 720/104.1 combo is San Antonio`s KSAH (COL: Universal City), ``Norteño`` brand which may or may not be current. 104.1 is KSAH-FM, 100 kW licensed to Pearsall TX, as discussed before, rimshooting San Antonio. WTFDA database agrees on the Norteño identity, but shows format as sports, and 720 has also been listed with ESPN Deportes. Masculine norteño may be significant as a manly sports image, rather than norteña implying música which is feminine. Not at all sure of the Picuda non-ID, but reminds me of what was heard for a while on the 1120 Tulsa station, syndicated format from Los Ángeles, http://www.picudaradio.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1020, July 16 at 0535 UT, Spanish religion is way over near-local KOKP Perry OK sportstalk, which I can only hear by nulling KCKN Roswell NM, obviously powered back up to 50 kW, but NOT protecting KDKA. Relaying Radiovisión Cristiana, 1330 NYC, KCKN has been back for some weeks but never heard this strong before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. I still am NOT hearing anything from 1060v KIJN, Farwell TX on the NM border, religion mostly in Spanish tho the calls obviously stand for In-Jesus`-Name, 10 kW daytimer which used to run all night, nor noticed around SR or SS either making we wonder if it`s on the air at all. It was also off-frequency enough to make a LAH. In case it got religion, official SR/SS times for July: 1145/0200 UT; August: 1215/0145 UT. Aha, a new letter in the KIJN Correspondence File dated July 1, 2015: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=59133 notifying licensee that they are 25 months delinquent in payments to FCC, and application for renewal will be dismissed after 30 more days unless payment resolved. I guess this means they could still be on air till end of July, but maybe gave up already. License expired August 1, 2013! Evidently the FCC is unaware of their cheating into the nights, unless the delinquency is at least partly for an unfound fine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report dispatched at 2108 UT July 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. 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