** BRAZIL [and non]. 11905-11910-11915, Fri Dec 11 at 2210, at the
Brasília KiwiSDR, main signal is in AM mode, Japanese, i.e. NHK from
the antipodes as already scheduled on 11910, tho a bit of DRM noise
underneath. When switched to DRM reception, no decode of course. RNA`s
second frequency choice is not so good either. The local SDR used to
get enough DRM signal to decode, but not as well as further.
I soon switch to Bonaire SDR: now that`s getting RNA-DRM, with SNR 14+
dB, S7-S8, and 13.06 kbps, instead of 14.06 as before. The particular
DRM mode has changed as someone noted. I`m checking now, whether `A
Voz do Brasil` is on this transmission since the format of Nacional FM
96.1 is mostly music? Yes, it is: 2224 a snippet of `White Xmas` ---
really, in the tropix? and EBC ID. 2225 a segment produced by
government Justice Dept., R. Justiça. Now the S/N has climbed to 17,
S7-S8; concludes with ``até segunda``, i.e. back on Monday; 2230
switch to `O Jornal do Senado`, also até segunda, so AVDB is made up
of segments by various government entities. I wonder if everything has
to be pro-Bolsonaro? I`m not going to listen enough to decide. Recheck
at 2316, now classical music which I have not encountered before on FM
96.1, instead of MPB; but at SNR around 15 is suffering dropouts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Dec 12 at 0300, once again this week,
WRMI is giving `Encore` a non-encore, but rather all the other airings
are, as this is the first one, and a time Brice Avery continues to
overlook? in his publicity; a secret bonus? I listen to most of it now
so I don`t have to catch it some other time. I happen to have the
Anna, Texas SDR running to check for KVOH 9975, so switch it to 5800
--- not so good, somewhat noisy, while Brasília would be better for
this if not RNA itself. At least `Encore` is never in DRM, so no
dropouts! However, via Anna there are several, like seven, brief
interruptions to the classical music by YL gospel huxter in Spanish,
and stronger on the meter, S9+25 vs S9+5, yet the tuner keeps
displaying 5800! I hasten to switch back to Brasil whether it`s really
happening to 5800 WRMI? Not quick enough, but I don`t think so. Occurs
again at 0354. Must be a defect at Anna, which is north of Dallas on
the way to Sherman. Or someone in Anna is messing with 5800 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday December 12 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 into UTwente. BTW
this edition unusually has a clip, not just me talking, of the 17790
gaming IS and WRMI ID --- wait for it. Next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
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** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Dec 12 at 0104, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`
starts with ``a dear friend passed away``, but apparently not a human,
rather the Arecibo radio-telescope, which AHW also dealt with last
week, but this week keeps on about it past 0120, how important it
is/was for scientific research, but somehow mixes in racism and
politix, blaming `Moonbats` and the government for not spending more
on it. 0126 anti-obesity; blaming China for inventing COVID-19 since
previous virus did not do enough damage, and this one is
``smarter``.
Even in wake of latest SCOTUS ruling, AHW is sure Trump will get the
next 4 years --- ``or we`ll never have an accurate presidential
elexion again`` [???]. Angela`s comments mix in, but she tends to yell
more than Allan, distorting her modulation, and generally sounds even
more radical than Allan.
0136 he timestamps this as 11 December, YOOL 2020; from Studio 9 in
central FL where I think he said they had some frost; judges temp by
how little clothing Angela is wearing. Still looking for 1 or 2 or
more good engineers to hire for work at Monticello on the
SuperStation. WHRI takeover? Still delayed approval from FCC due to
COVID, working at home. 0140 a caller upon whom I zone out more. 0148
reads an article from Radio World about CHU Canada; 0158 benedixion
and over (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17775-, re KVOH still missing in my last report, Ray
Robinson replies at 0137 UT Sat Dec 12 on the WOR iog:
``Hi, Glenn. It's not a power issue - that came back late Tuesday
night [UT Dec 9]. And BTW, it hasn't quite been a full week. We were
on last Saturday as normal. But, with regard to this week, I can't
answer, because I don't really know. Our engineer has been trying to
get to the root cause of a shorting problem in the transmitter, that
he thought was fixed yesterday, but obviously wasn't. We'll be back as
soon as we can, but look for us now on 9975 from 0000 UT. New schedule
is here: http://voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf
Ray.``
Shows Tue-Sun *0000-0300 UT Spanish, 0300-0700* UT English, yet
heading says until 3 AM Pacific = 1100 UT! I replied:
``Ray, Since 0150 UT Saturday to 0200, checking remotes in Texas and
Bonaire, no signal on 9975. Is it really on? Have not checked my own
radio yet. Which transmitter is that, the Shoffner-Harris? I suppose
the sked days of week refer to US not UT -- so Wavescan would be UT
Sun & Tue at 0300, right, not UT Sat & Mon? Glenn``
No 9975 signal either here when checked at 0218. Ray replied: ``Hi,
Glenn. No, KVOH is not on (although it should be!). And, yes, the
sched days are North American, not UT. Ray.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Re <<< 18124-USB, Dec 11 at 1545, K4NYM calling ``CQ Parks
on the Air``, from #4646 in central Florida, but did not catch name of
it. Hams are always coming up with excuses for contests, hi.>>>
``Yes, many hams love contests, cf <https://www.contestcalendar.com>,
but POTA is not really a contest. It’s an *ongoing* operating activity
for hams who like to operate away from home, visiting parks.
73, Saul W3WHK Broudy, Philadelphia, PA. USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0500 UT December 12
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