di Glenn Hauser lots August 11-12-13-14, 2019
** ALBANIA. 9570, Aug 13 at
0023, CRI English relay is reactivated at
S9+10, also // 6020, which we ``need`` before Cuban
relay start at
0100 on 9580.
Yay, my high local line noise level is off, after a
rainy day, washing
off the transformers and insulators? Now I can DX
below 9 MHz and hear
more clearly the storm noise levels! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855.734v, Aug 13
at 2217, R. Aparecida, S4-S5 in
Brazuguese talk, splitting right here at the moment,
edging a bit
further away from 11850.0 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 5900, Aug 14 at
0225, Arabish talk mixed with variety
bits of music including Debussy, S9+20, 0229 I have to
check something
else so missed an ID or sign-off. At 0200-0230 per
Aoki/NDXC,
Kostinbrod carries the Dardasha 7 program of Bible
Voice: not
0300-0330 as in EiBi.
At 0230 I`m back to hear dead air; 0231 fade-up
slowly: Brother
HyStairical, so obviously it`s Secretbrod. At this
hour he`s also on
(at least) 7490+ WBCQ; 7570 & 7730 WRMI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9155, Aug 13 at
1255, Chinese dialog at S5-S8, presumed CNR1
jammer; cursory check finds no more WOOB ones higher
(Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ALBANIA
** CUBA. 6100, Aug 13 at
0510, RHC English is S9+20/30 but
undermodulated & distorted; 6165 is S9+10 and very
undermodulated but
not distorted; 6000 is S9+10, very undermodulated and
suptorted; and
5040 is in Spanish instead of English. Strikeout!
S9+10/20 with hum.
5025, Radio Rebelde at 0521 is also somewhat
distorted. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Aug 13 at
0233, RHC English is S9+10 but just barely
modulated and suptorted; slightly better on the only
// 6165 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Aug 13 at 0551, ID right away
at tune-in, ``Radio
Mexicana, 1,300 AM`` and shortly an oraci?n. That`s
XEP in Ju?rez..
Sounding much more like 38 kW day power than 200 watts
night, per
WRTH, which also calls this ``Fiesta Mexicana`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820.05, Aug
13 at 2220, soporific Qur`aning
lullabyes my nap (a compliment, not a criticism), poor
signal
gradually improves by when I rouse at 2245. I also
wonder if each
cantor ad-libs the notes, or if certain words and
phrases are always
sung the same way? Translations of the Qur`an do
exist, so would it be
OK for someone to recite those musically in e.g.
English? Something
one never hears (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 13 at
2217, NO signal from Voice of Turkey,
English to North America. As Ivo says, Something`s
always wrong at
Emirler. Maybe they got it going in time to broadcast
the wrong
language, German, after 2300? Did not recheck today.
Propagation OK
with Saudi and Spain making it well (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A.. 8137-USB, Aug 13 at
1252, the yacht weather advice guy from
WCY Lakeland FL, weak and also audible on weaker //
12350-USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1994 monitoring: not
confirmed Sunday August
11 at 2130 on WRMI since 7780 is a JBA carrier vs high
noise level,
but confirmed in NB by Richard Langley: ``2130 World
of Radio #1994;
again, last sentences cut off by transition music``.
Confirmed UT Monday August 12 at 0130 on WRMI 9395,
good S9+10, as
always following outdated ``Son-Power Radio worldband
from studios of
WRMI on 5850, 7455! and 9395`` ID at 0129, and a
pause. Also on poor
7780.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 12 at 0230 on WRMI 7780,
audible in HNL.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 12 starting late after JL on
Area 51 webcast
at 0304:45; at 0328 check via WBCQ 5130.35, S9+10
including HNL. (also
detect a JBA carrier on 6160.75: is that WBCQ, and
me?)
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 12 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG
S9+20.
Also confirmed UT Tue Aug 13 at 0100 on WRMI 7780,
fair S7-S9. Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite,
podcasts:
BTW, since I last checked, WOR has been dropped
without the courtesy
of a notice from ACB Radio Mainstream as their
programming seems to
have been revamped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 7570, Aug 13 at 1243,
SMTV via WRMI, S9+10/20 Chinese drama,
or is it Cantonese; announcement at 1249 sounds more
like Vietnamese
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475 & 5830, Aug
13 at 2211 check, WTWW-1 is AWOL from both
possible frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1160, Aug 13 at 0540 UT, now that my
local line noise is
off, I can tell that KSL SLC is still running IBOC
noise, peaking
below KSAL around 1147 and above KFAQ about 1173.
Nothing further from
KSL about its weakened(?) signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1210, Aug 12 at
0625 UT, I`m still trying to reconfirm WJNL,
Kingsley MI, 50 kW daytimer cheater, but still suffering
from local
high line noise level, especially when aimed N/S with
KGYN to the west
nulled as much as possible -- but I do have a clew,
heavy SAH at the
rate of 164/minute or 2.73 Hz, close to the rate <
3 Hz previously
measured between KGYN and WJNL.
1210, Aug 13 at 0529 UT, in the meantime the noise
level has cleared
up after some rain --- washing off insulators/contacts
on the
powerline? Now with KGYN silly sports talk nulled, I
hear another
talkshow in English; presumably Beyond Reality Radio
on WJNL. Again
with a SAH of almost 3 Hz, but growing CCI from
something in Spanish,
talk and music. Strongly suspect the RGV station which
can`t be
avoided as long as I am nulling KGYN; now the SAH is 160/minute
= 2.67
Hz, but seems to be between the two stations other
than KGYN. At 0543
the SS breaks to plug some ``worship centers`` in
Brownsville and
McAllen, so that`s it: KUBR San Juan, U4 10/5 kW,
studio address in
McAllen (and sibling to the 890 station KVOZ) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1560, Aug 13 at
0545 UT, Vietnamese talk is VG dominating
the channel, as KGOW Bellaire/Houston TX must still be
on STA allowing
bigsig to the north rather than the Gulf of Mexico.
Checking this
because the night before, Paul Walker in WY tipped
that KGOW was
relaying VOA:
``At 11 pm each night, they carry 1 hour of
programming from the Voice
Of America. The first 26 minutes is in Vietnamese
followed by some
local spots/announcements then they run a VOA program
in Japanese. The
programs always begin and end with an announcement in
English saying
"this is the Voice of America" and mentions
the language. There are
some VOA references during the broadcast and I've
heard English
language VOA jingles in the broadcast. Paul``
Timezone??? Probably his local MDT = UT -6, but this
sure is not
Japanese, nor has VOA had a JJ service for decades. A
single half hour
at 2130 UT, as I recall, lingered a while before VOA
decided there was
no point in talking to a friendly country even if
SWLing was a fad. A
check of https://www.voanews.com
clicking on ENG to get a language
list, confirms Japanese is still not among them even
on the web (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1120, August 12 at
0630 UT, nulling KMOX, fast SAH and
another station in English, sounds like local
newscast, and fadeout.
Maybe KCRN Limon, Colorado? Which Paul Walker says is
running 50 kW at
night; KMOX is quite dominant here. Would not expect
the RCatholic
station to be doing regular current-event news of the
axual world
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4775.369, Aug 13 at
0515,, JBA carrier detectable now
that the line noise is off, but storming requires
indoor longwire;
switch to external LW, no better except adds CODAR
QRM. I would expect
it to be one of the unnecessarily cozy South
Americans, Radio Tarma,
Per?, or R?dio Congonhas, Brasil --- but I see both of
these reported
separately lately on the minus side circa 4774.9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0524 UT August 14
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