** AUSTRALIA. 5055, March 22 at 0950 weak music at S2-S4 from 4KZ;
unfortunately awake now, I also check 5045 for Unique Radio during a
scheduled airing of WORLD OF RADIO. All I can get there is a JJBBA
carrier, but at least that implies mode is reduced carrier LSB rather
than straight suppressed carrier LSB, a distinxion Tim has never
explained. Now on Sat & Sun there will be plenty of chances to hear
WOR on stronger stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12000, March 22 at 0129, RHC English at S7-S8 on this second
harmonic of 6000. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9950, March 22 at 0130, VP S2-S4 with ME or S Asian music.
Listed as AIR in Nepali at 0130-0230, 500 kW, 35 degrees from
Bengaluru. Weak 9955 WRMI is not a problem now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 95.3-WBFM, March 22 at 2035 UT, in a quick bandscan while
parked on the south side of a store in downtown Enid, something new,
talk station, soon IDed as KOKC, and then dual ID with 95.3 FM getting
top billing over 1520. Now that KOKC can pretend to be an FM station,
even less chance they will ever get 1520 restored to 50 kW. Seems to
be too strong for a translator, as the other ones in OKC just don`t
make it here over 100 km away. No, it *is* a translator per WTFDA FM
Database:
K237GE, relaying KOKC-1520 on 95.3 OKLAHOMA CITY OK 0.25 0.25 0.0 0.0
35-32-51 97-29-30 TALK KOKC NEWSTALK 1520``
The zeroes mean HAAT at ground level; rather, not calculated; FCC
shows:
``K237GE OK OKLAHOMA CITY FX LIC
Licensee: SCREEN DOOR BROADCASTING, LLC
Service Designation: FX Translator Station (retransmits signal,
different channel than main station)
Channel/Class: 237D
Frequency: 95.3 MHz Licensed
File No.: BLFT-20180913ABF
Facility ID number: 143059
CDBS Application ID No.: 1792128
This station relays KOKC (AM).
Technical Data Links & Maps
35Â 32' 51.00" N Latitude
97Â 29' 30.00" W Longitude (NAD 27)
35.547500 -97.491667
Polarization: Horizontal Vertical
Effective Radiated Power ERP): -0.25 0.25kW ERP
Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 0. 0.meters - Calculate HAAT
Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 658. 658.meters AMSL
Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 314. 314.meters AGL``
Screen Door Broadcasting? Surely not the same company owning KOKC
1520. OKC is pretty flat so AGL will be close to AAT, 1030 feet. So it
must be on some big TV/FM tower, accounting for its coverage with only
250 watts. But its 60 dbu service contour shows from the NE OKC
antenna farm it does reach Edmond, but not Moore or Norman.
As I drive away from what must have been a hotspot in Enid, signal
gets very unreliable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 101.5-WBFM, circa 2040 UT March 22, KOCD Okeene is still
totally of the air, not even 7 seconds now and then (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 9700, 2357 UT March 21, S9 open carrier.
Promptly as soon as it is March 21 at 0000, RVA IS once, rustic
percussion SE Asian music and Radio Veritas Asia sign-on in language
like Thai/Lao, but what is it? Everyone agrees it`s a relay via SMG
VATICAN, but lang. is abbr`d as KC in Eibi, kac in Aoki/NDXC --- and
LAT in HFCC! Well, this is certainly not Latin tho bits may creep in
since it`s RCC programming. WRTH 2019 will spell out the full language
name if I can find a match to time and frequency: Kachin, of course,
and it`s the *only* RVA broadcast left on SW via anywhere according to
this on page 486. And HFCC prolongs same for A-19. Question is, how
much longer current pope will allow SMG to continue to exist at all,
contrary to his ``let`s get modern`` anti-SW stance. As for Kachin,
EiBi says it`s spoken by 900 kilomyanmarianese, a.k.a. Jingpho.
Apparently it is the only remote ministry of RVA which wanted to
continue on SW. Those Kachins must really be into SWLing! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SURINAME. 4990-, March 22 at 0127, presumed R. Apintie about S5
with undermodulated music. Various chex 24 hours later detect a JBA
carrier, far too weak to evaluate modulation, and lighting storms are
closing in on us from the TX Panhandle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15740, March 23 at 1832, S9+10 open carrier, no doubt VOA
Greenville-B warming up for 1930 site switch in French as heard March
20 --- but almost an hour ahead of time; are they burning 250 kWh for
this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.17, UT Sat March 23 at 0006, tune in to WBCQ as `Allan
Weiner Worldwide` says he doesn`t have the heart to keep doing the
show, but does so anyway, attacking all Democrats in congress as
socialists & communists. And complains that some programmers are
failing to pay their bills or get their programs in, even tho he is
practically ``giving away the station`` with income barely covering
electricity costs. He`s in a terrible mood, and I can`t take it any
more, so perhaps John Carver will file a fuller report. Yes:
``Tonight's show started a bit late on 7490 after a period of dead
air. Theme song ran most of the way through without any voice overs.
Theme stopped then started over again with Allan commenting that he
shouldn't do it but was going to do a show. Said he was too upset to
do a show. Angela and Tom in the studio with him in Maine. Allan says
he's in a terrible mood. Phone call at 0007 from Freddie trying to
cheer Allan up. Allan goes on at length about the state of the
country, being overwhelmed with bills, programmers not paying their
bills, programmers paying with bad checks. States again that he
shouldn't have gone on the air this evening. Says he's fed up with
everything. No money, no appreciation for what he does, increased
taxes and fees.
Says that cellphones have turned the younger generation into the BORG
and are dragging the rest of us in that direction. Is upset that the
country voted in a jerk ass congress. Says that he's had it. Power
company has informed him of another coming rate hike. Says he is in a
battle with entropy. Regrets that he insisted that wherever possible
jobs in the superstation construction be given to locals as he was
trying to improve the local economy. Says there has been shoddy work,
over charging etc.
Stated that the new transmitter is installed and the transmission
lines are installed and everything is just waiting for the antenna to
be finished. Says that testing should begin in mid April.
Another phone call at 0034 from Pirate Joe asking what's wrong with
Allan this evening. Lots of statements from Allan about Republicans,
Democrats, congress, the state of this country. He posited that people
running for election should be required to take intelligence tests.
More cellphone jabs and jabs at their users. The decline in radio
listening, decline in station revenues. He started yelling, pounded on
the desk saying that he was mad as hell and he wasn't going to take it
anymore. He repeated this several times and then I lost the signal at
0043.
Found a signal on 9330 which surprised me. Allan was still talking
with Pirate Joe. Tom noticed that 7490 was off the air and left to
check it. He returned and said that the 7490 transmitter had blown a
breaker. Allan said that his bitching and moaning must have blown the
breaker. Told Angela that was the first time that had ever happened.
He seemed to mellow some then and started reading emails at 0051. Most
emails were sympathetic to Allan's situation. Phone call at 0053
trying to assure Allan that he was not alone in his sentiments.
Another phone call at 0058 supporting Allan then reading of emails
continued. Closing prayer at 0102 and show was off the air at 0106.
Brief period of music and then into the dulcet tones of Brother Scare.
John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6175, March 22 at 0527, hilife music, good S9+10/20,
0528 African language announcement past 0530+, seems with French
influence. Cannot find anything listed now except HFCC has a wooden
entry for NHK direct from Japan in multiple languages between 04 & 07.
Not in Aoki or EiBi, nothing scheduled 0400-0900. Possibly VOA
Botswana failed to turn off at scheduled 0400*? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
this report dispatched at 0436 UT March 23
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