** CUBA. 6100, Feb 1 at 0658, no signal from RHC English, while 6000,
6060 and 6165 are still on --- but by 0659 all of them have cut
modulation, open carriers only. Unknown if 6100 merely closed a minute
earlier or not at all since 0500. Fifth of The Cuban Five, 5040 at
0701 goes from dead air to opening Spanish! As I recheck the three 6
MHz channels, still dead air. Presumably 5040 will also cut off
shortly. Meanwhile, 5025 Rebelde is distorted. Something`s always
wrong at RHC and RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9710, Feb 1 at 0251, pop/romantic music, language
uncertain, S9-S5 and fluttery, no announcements until abruptly off at
0300* amid music. Only scheduled per HFCC is CRI Spanish via Kashgar,
0100-0300, 500 kW at 294 degrees. But defaulted into fill music?
Signal stands out since hardly anything else is propagating on band
from overseas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII [and non]. 5000, Feb 1 at 0703, WWVH poorly audible under
WWV with hear-us-by-telephone announcement; at 0704 WWV runs its 1-kHz
tone. Not heard by me, but WOR iog contributors report:
``As monitored here in NB on 15 MHz today (31 January), WWV ended the
National Weather Service Atlantic and Pacific marine high-seas and
storm warnings after 1900 UTC. Before that time, announcements about
the ending of the warnings were transmitted during minutes 4 and 7
after the hour with the Atlantic information in minutes 8 and 9 and
the Pacific information in minute 10. So, the last storm warnings were
during the 1800 UTC hour. After 1900, the announcements in minutes 4
and 7 were discontinued and the storm warnings in minutes 8, 9, and 10
were replaced with an announcement about the ending of the warnings.
Presumably, there was a similar transition on WWVH -- Richard
Langley``
And from Bob Biermann of Your Weekend Show: ``Like it or not, as time
moves forward, (Western) government agencies will pull further away
from any type of HF communications service, with the exception of HF
for military backup. Personally, in the grand scheme of things, it may
prove to be a bit short sighted. I understand the benefits of today's
IP and satellite based systems, but I also see the robustness of an HF
backup`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Feb 1 at 0653, VON is off again and not heard
on 9690- either --- but that could be on and not propagating.
Reception on 31m is strange right now, with 9395 WRMI a JBA carrier,
while 9330.165 WBCQ TOMBS is S9-S8 and managing to modulate without
breakup. Usually at this time of night, it`s the reverse with WRMI`s
southern advantage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1157 & 1183 peaks, Feb 1 at 0347 UT, IBOC noise from 1170
KFAQ Tulsa is certainly on now, tho not heard earlier in the daytime.
Forget about clearhearing KSL 1160 unless USB-tuned and KFAQ be nulled
as much as possible.
I seldom listen deliberately to KFAQ but per NRC AM Log it has no FM!
How can a mere 50/50 kW MW station get by without at least a 250-watt
translator now? like rival talker KRMG is now a bigger FM station with
an AM 740 legacy appendage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1650, Feb 1 at 0311 UT, making a concerted effort to hear
KFSW Sallisaw: now there is some gospel music and ID mentioning ``98-
7``, which fits for ``Life 98.7``, K254AM, which I suspect is really
across the frontier in Fort Smith AR. 1650 sig is poor, not comparable
to other X-banders, and heavy SAH of 152/minute = 2.53 Hz, probably
with KCNZ IA, but plenty of CCI also from CO & TX. This is on the E-W
longwire which favors KFSW, and no problem at night from local
adjacent 1640. Since I don`t hear KFSW at all in daytime or twilight,
strongly suspect they are running only 1 kW day and night rather than
10 kW day --- and this AM station still exists only to feed the much
more important mere FM translator in the city of license (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5950 // much stronger 9395, Feb 1 at 0303, Radio Prague in
English via WRMI. Current skedgrid shows these two matching at 01-04,
including 0200 Argentina, 0230 Tirana, 0300 Prague, 0330 Slovakia, all
in English, but not all daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880-USB + carrier, Feb 1 at 0333 UT I am trying to hear KHAC
Tse Bonito NM; having realized I have not been running across it
lately as it was easy during a long span of 10 kW ND day power at
night rather than 430 watts ND.
On the R75 with E-W longwire, 880 is still dominated by DSB KRVN from
the north, altho it has an ad mentioning MST --- but about a third of
Nebraska is on MST, one boundary on I-80 being about halfway between
North Platte and Ogallala, certainly in KRVN`s coverage area from
Lexington further east.
I try again at 0635 UT Feb 1, this time on the DX-398 which is what it
takes to null KRVN as much possible and hear another station on USB
but no LSB, which must be KHAC, praise music in English, not Navajo.
It`s VP with a 7 Hz SAH. KLRG AR I think has been reactivated and
could also be in mix with religion, but it`s DSB.
At 0650 amid praise music, ID sounds like ``right here on KJCC and
KWIN 104.9``. But I know they must really be saying KHAC and KWIM!
Because there is a KWIM 104.9 in adjacent Window Rock AZ --- not KWIN,
but meaning Western Indian Ministries, i.e. attempting to deprive
Dineh of original religion and turn them into Protestants, a kind of
cultural genocide; as per WTFDA FM Database:
KWIM 104.9 WINDOW ROCK AZ USA 30.0 kW ERP H&V, 91.0 m HAAT H&V, at 35
-39-19 N, 109-01-59 W, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN, MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE.
But the DB makes no connexion with KHAC 880, despite a blank field for
// source of programming! Likewise, the NRC AM Log entry for 880 KHAC
makes no mention of any FM (nor the very significant fact that 880
suppresses LSB).
Is the FM really in AZ or NM? Strange as it may seem, the AZ/NM
straight N-S borderline is not exactly at the 109-00-00 W meridian,
but a mile or two west of there per Rand McNally atlas. Was this the
result of a surveying error back in the day when the territory was
being divided in twain? Likewise Utah/Colorado above the Four Corners.
To hear KHAC while legally on 10 kW ND daypower, note that February
official SR/SS times are 1400/0100 UT; best chances for getting out
just after 1400 or before 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1941 UT February 1
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