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Glenn Hauser logs January 30-31, 2020  View Printable Version 
Friday, January 31 2020

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 3365, Jan 31 at 0029, no JBA carrier here from R. Cultura
de Araraquara, unlike 24 hours ago, so maybe gone for good; but did
not try remotes again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9630.345v, Jan 30 at 2251, R. Aparecida is on now with
split frequency which I have not been hearing late at night, like
9666v Voz Missionaria; now Aparecida is also // on 11856.303v amid the
Cuban mess. Might audiblize their Saturday DX program, but what`s the
time, 2100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 395-MCW kHz, Jan 30 at 0726 UT, dash and YL, 1600 watt NDB
at Lynn Lake, Manitoba, which is more than a megameter NNW of
Winnipeg, even beyond Flin Flon, not far from the SK border; or 2286
km from me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Jan 30 at 0654, this is the only VG signal and
modulation of The Cuban Five in English; 6145 is fair; 6100 JBM; 6000
suptorted; 5040 strong but squealy overmodulated. Something`s always
wrong at RHC ::: (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, Jan 30 at 1551, RHC still on a couple hours late with
dead air at S9+10/20; forgot to turn it off? While 13700 is normally
modulating with no spurs today; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15696 & 15704 approx., Jan 30 at 1553, squealyspurs in the
sidebands of CRI Plus relay, which sounds OK on 15700 itself.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11860, Jan 30 at 2238, RHC English is S9+40 with VG
modulation; but 11850, RHC Spanish is S9+20 and just barely modulated;
along with its -10 kHz spur on 11840 rating S9-S8 but with no
modulation audible; its mate on +10, 11860 is JBA QRMing the jamming
which is still running against OCB. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 9890, Jan 30 at 2249, NHK Japanese is VG S9+10/20, still
amazingly strong for a broadcast listed for the opposite direxion to
SE Asia; as I continue to suspect it`s erroneously azimuthed thisaway
from Yamata. This time a long-path echo is also barely audible during
brief fades (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4117-USB, Jan 30 at 0026, pirate music found here
after nothing on the 6.9 MHz band; S9+10 but generally too poor to
enjoy the music or copy exactly what the DJ says, but I can recognize
some of it; now it`s ``My Old Friend Martin`` (Luther King). 0029
``Linden Tree``; i.e. string of folk songs; 0034 DJ mentions folk
music, downtown Los Angeles, wish this could be in stereo; long pause
at 0035, Santana; 0049 says station is a work in progress; banjo song;
0058 blues, 0102 another. 0105 says listened to his own audio and it
sounds wonderful; hasn`t bought a CD in 20 years; brief noise bursts;
0111 talks over music, blues; 0117 still going with YL song, ``Let`s
Call the Whole Thing Off``; 0122 more folk music; 0125 song with
guitar and fiddle; 0128 YL group song or overdubbing; 0132 ``Universal
Soldier``; 0134 DJ says he hasn`t heard that in decades, and should
play another from same CD. Next recheck at 0153, it`s off. Never heard
any ID and wonder if he ever gave one. Now to check HFU:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,62764.0.html
Many logs there say it was Zeke`s Attic, with much more complete
playlists; and Harold Frodge say he pronounces it Zee-kee. Please QSL?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PHILIPPINES. 9450, Jan 30 at 2259, ``Jesus Saves`` IS from FEBC
Bocaue, 2300 sounds Thai-like, music with flute and drum. It`s Iu Mien
at 2300-2330, which is spoken by 400K each in S China and Vietnam, per
EiBi; for whom original religions are not good enough. Some splash
from 9455 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820.045, Jan 30 at 2240, SBC Qur`an is S9-S7,
always off+frequency; a sign of spring as this has not really been
propagating in the depth of winter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Thu Jan 30 at 2300, REE with `Amigos de la Onda
Corta`, first discussion of TVE in Catalunya, and a museum preserving
RNE artifacts; S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 30 at 2301, quick check confirms VOT English on
the air today, with disclaimer not to expect any Breaking News on this
or the 0400 broadcast, recorded earlier; relatively poor signal
compared to Spain on 9690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Jan 30 at 0720 UT, very strange beacon ID
because two are overlapping at same pitch: I do copy SU and then a Z.
But in between unclear what. Must be two I have logged before
individually, but even after a few minutes now they have not diverged,
like periods synchronized rather than taking turns. Apparently the two
25-watters, IZS in Montezuma, Georgia, and UV in Oxford, Mississippi
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2019 contents: Albania non,
Argentina non, Bolivia, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Cuba, Germany,
Indonesia, Korea South & North, Mali, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Papua
New Guinea, Russia and non, Spain, Turkey, UK, USA; dangers of 5G;
propagation outlook

WOR 2019 is available as of 2325 UT Thursday January 30
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2019.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2019.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates;
try a remote KiwiSDR in Colombia]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Jan 30 at 1550, WINB-DRM noise is S9+10;
that is noise on the top half, beepery on the bottom half, never
explained. Summary for `Wavescan` Dec 29 says they have 3 x 15 kW DRM
transmitters; strange, as never heard on more than one at a time, and
sounds more like the registered 50 kW than 15; likewise 7310-7315-7320
late in the night. Or maybe 15+15+15 kW at a time? (Glenn Hauser,
WORLD OF RADIO 2019)

** U S A. 690, Jan 31 at 0113-0130+ UT as I am bandscanning MW for any
sign of live coverage of acting president Drumpf Impeachment Trial ---
zilch --- I can`t help but notice KGGF Coffeyville KS in dead air.
Clearly this, the normally dominant signal here day and night, tho the
OC facilitates several other signals, notably Spanish presumably XEN
rather than Cuba. By 0151 check, KGGF has revived with condescending
financial advice to a very indebted ex-medical student in danger of
burning out: work very long hours for a few years (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Jan 30 at 0701 UT, yet another check of what`s
happening at Cumulus` KAAY Little Rock AR: PSA and illegal ID ``AM
1090 KAAY``, 0701.6 into mandatory dead air circa ToH; 0705 revives,
JIP tail end of SRN news, 0705.5 gospel music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 8992-USB, Jan 30 at 2256, US military alfanumeric crypto
message but with heavy RTTY QRM, one carrier zeroing at 8993.6. Both
stop about the same time, 2258, making me think that is not
coincidental; same transmitter? I was looking for 8989 el pescador
predicador nicaragüense, no show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12469.50-USB, Jan 30 at 2229, contact between two YLs,
unusual in Spanish, conveying traffic, reading out some document with
``dos puntos`` = colon, maybe URLs, but also mentions ``grados`` =
degrees so maybe about weather or navigation. Much spelling out
fonetikally, employing the English A-B-Cs --- ``November`` etc., but
otherwise in perfect non-colloquial Spanish. And not a word about
putas! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15111.11-USB, Jan 30 at 2157, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, INTRUDERS; 2158 one of them whistles, and with engine noise
in background (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15803-USB, Jan 30 at 2213-2223, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, discussing putas, etc.; not INTRUDERS into the 19m SWBC band
if you buy that it ends at 15800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0511 UT January 31

 

Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2020  View Printable Version 
Thursday, January 30 2020

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 3365, Jan 30 circa 0020, JBA carrier direct from R. Cultura
de Araraquara, but from 0030 VG local-like signal via Pardinho SDR
also in SP state, with hyper-enthusiastic coverage of silly ballgame,
or perhaps preliminaries; suspected to be its final day on air if not
tomorrow. Many others are monitoring this, but the occasion is not
enough to keep me listening to such nonsense. I have yet to hear any
ID even in passing, but no doubt this is it, based on info in my
previous report. How about something *cultural*? Website as in WRTH
http://www.radiocultura.net is only one static page, no info on
program schedule, but does refer (not link) to its disgraced FB, which
is very active and nothing about programming found there either, but
nothing to indicate anything cultural (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 530, Jan 29 at 0720, Spanish talk // 5025, so Radio
Rebelde which could be either far Guantánamo 1 kW, or closer Isla
Juventud of unknown power; mixing with EZL music from Radio
Enciclopedia, near Habana which is normally the only Cuban heard; and
at times with third station no doubt CHLO Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 1566, Jan 29 at 1335, TP carrier from NW, strongest vs
the low-banders which are just about gone by now; LSR 1335 UT. I keep
on it and at 1344:32 the carrier drops off, but then I hear it again
more weakly. That would be the FEBC Jeju Island antenna change from
Japanese to Chinese. Before the switch, 1566 had some long slow fades,
maybe SAH of less than 1 Hz from another station rather than
propagational? But there are nothing else but six China stations of 10
or 1 kW listed. I assume it`s not considered worth jamming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 29 at 2357, VOT IS has stayed on after English
and now the German IDs start, presumably prior to axual German bonus
broadcast but unrechecked until 0050 Jan 30 when it`s off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Jan 29 at 0725 UT, ND beacon IZS, which is 25
watts from Montezuma, Georgia; mixing with something else at first
hard to unravel. The only others are in AL and MS. Where`s that? Twin
city with Oglethorpe, SW of Macon -- I was not aware of them during my
brief stint at Warner Robins AFB.

428-MCW kHz, Jan 29 at 0724 UT, ND beacon POH, which is 25 watts from
Pocahontas, Iowa; the only 428 at dxinfocentre.com and the highest in
the 400s from conterminous US, exceeded only in CONUS by an Alaskan on
429. Where`s that? NW of Fort Dodge (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2018 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January
29 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, poor.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 29 at 2200:23 on WBCQ 7490.26, fair S9/+10.

Also confirmed UT Thu Jan 30 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA.

Next WOR #2019 should be ready by early UT January 31 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Jan 29 at 1900, this reactivated WRMI is only JBA via
UTwente SDR; direct here around 2020, much better with Radio Prague
relay in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Jan 29 at 0703:20, KAAY, Little Rock AR ID and then
dead air; 0705.0 JIP tail end of SRN news, and then 0705:30 into
gospel music. Something`s always wrong at ToH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0257 UT January 30

 

Glenn Hauser logs January 27-28-29, 2020  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, January 29 2020

Hauser
** ALBANIA [non]. 15770, Jan 28 at 2046, Radio Tirana relay by WRMI is
back here after change to 11580 yesterday only; S7-S8, ID and
`Cultural Activities`. Altho aimed at Europe, not me, 15770 was not
making it to UTwente a few minutes earlier, while 11580, 4+ MHz lower,
into the night, might have. The 0230 UT Jan 29 repeat JBA on 9395 here
but good via the KF2DA KiwiSDR in NY; see ARGENTINA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476-, Jan 28 at 2050, JBA carrier slightly below
15476, typical of LRA36, so is it on without notice? But when I bring
up Pardinho, Brasil, SDR a few minutes later, no show. Harold Frodge
replies, ``Weak carrier only on the North Coast at 2101.`` --- does
that mean his home location of Midland, Michigan? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Jan 29 at 0215, RAE ATTW relay in English
via WRMI is as most of the time JBA, unusable, the winter night MUF
just too low, while it would be fine if on 5800 right after Spanish.
So I try some SDRs which might be getting it. No good in Pardinho,
Brasil, nor Bogota, Colombia. I thought it might make the latter off
the back of the 355 degree azimuth; then I try some eastern North
America Kiwis; still no good until I get far enough away to upstate
New York, that of KF2DA, and not too far off the boresight. Program is
about Daniel Barenboim who is appearing in Bs. As. Wrapping up but not
quite finished at 0230 when chopped off for switch to Radio Tirana IS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 3365, Jan 28 at 2355, JBA carrier, R. Cultura de Araraquara
SP, which has been reported active lately. Then I see this on the WOR
iog from Dan Robinson:

``Being heard NOW 2330 via several Northeast U.S. SDRs, and
http://186.193.231.135:8073/
at S.B. Campo Brazil where the level is huge, as it is via Pardinho``

Too hard direct, too easy via Pardinho, hi. Listened for part of
semihour 0000+ without hearing an ID, news/talk, music, but off by
0032 UT.

Time is running out to DX this rarely active station: Karel Honzík,
Czechia had reported it as unID January 26/27, 2345-0005. I listened
to his clip and intonation certainly sounded Brazilian. Rudolf Grimm,
Brasil, replied on HCDX:

``Hi Karel, Radio Cultura 3365 kHz uses the 90 m signals on this time
each year, when the city's soccer team (FC Ferroviaria) plays the
annual state soccer championship. A strong signal was heard here in
São Bernardo (close to São Paulo) yesterday. The 90 m signal is kept
in the air only during the football match. The signal is then
deactivated. Also, the announcer informed on the air that Radio
Cultura de Araraquara at 790 kHz will be migrating to FM on January 30
(in a few days!). It is understood that the 90 meter signal will
probably also be able to close permanently on the same day. 73, Rudolf
Grimm, São Bernardo SP``

Then, Alan Pennington, UK, told the WOR iog: ``But AFE have another
match (at home) tomorrow, Wednesday 29th January (versus Sao Paulo),
kick-off at 2130 local time (2330 UTC)
http://ferroviariasa.com.br/
So will 3365 kHz be on air for that match also? But maybe on 90 metres
for the last time? 73, Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK``

That would be 0030 UT Thursday in the UT-3 local timezone in SP (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Jan 28 at 1554, RHC is undermodulated/distorted as it
has been lately here, whilst weaker // 15230 modulation is OK.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880 // 15370 // 15140, Jan 28 at 2113, in decreasing order
of signal quality, RHC in Brazuguese on all, rather than three
different languages, Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, Jan 28 at 2352, RHC is S9+30 but suptorted, just
barely modulated. Wiggle that patchcord; something`s always wrong at
RHC. 11950 has total dead air of S9+20, but it`s just warming up for
the 0000 `Mesa Redonda` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.9-AM, Jan 28 at 2117, S9+10 of open carrier as some
local yocal is blocking this prime CB frequency; I had noticed same
yesterday on caradio, so deliberately checked it today (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. From 1800 UT Tue Jan 28, the Impeachment Trial of acting
president Drumpf resumes in the US Senate; today three OKC network
affiliates plug into it, KFOR NBC, KOCO ABC and KOKH Fox --- but KWTV
resumes local noon news --- and winter weather, rather than CBS. Not
sure if this was CBS` decision or not, but the Republicans stopped
today after only a couple hours, so everything except cable TV back to
normal (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 28 at 2344, VOT absent again from English to us,
which should not have concluded quite yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7190-LSB, Jan 28 at 0708, W6WWV on the Triple-H Net, asking
for check-ins; not many despite nationwide propagation, and turns it
over to other NCSs. Many calls heard, but they never explain what it`s
all about, in the middle of the night, so why should anyone want to
check in, stateside or abroad? Mentions WAS, maybe a clue. I search
out its website, which tells all about it:
http://www.hhhnet.net/
Yes, it issues WAS certificates; but don`t other clubs too?

The member roster has 975 entries, including more and more Silent
Keys, whose numbers have not been reassigned, but whose names and
calls have been deleted, non memoriam! In chrono order, fewer and
fewer new ones are added in last few years, two in `19, one in `18,
three in `17, six in `16...

Guess what: the only call I noted, W6WWV, is not on the roster. ARRL
lookup: BATTERMAN, DENNIS E, W6WWV, Dundee, OR 97115. Is he honouring
timesignals? Maybe he`s still working on WAS. And where does the HHH
name come from? Not explained but looking thru the roster I find at
least one -HHH, so is that the cause or effect? ``741. KA9HHH E Bob
Schiff IL Chicago 08/18/00`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Tue Jan 28 at 2103, VG signal S8+20/30 from VOA
Grimesland NC, during news, but dumps off air briefly at 2104, and
again longer, not back on until 2106 when rock music already playing;
2110 only program name is ``VOA One, with DJ Larry London``, outro of
Beyoncé and free-plugging her clotheslines.

Yesterday Monday Jan 27 I also checked during the one hour that VOA
``Greenville`` puts such a super signal back into deep North America,
when the show was `Soul Lounge`. So now I want to look up the
subtitles at least of this VOA hour each day of week. Tnx to the WOR
Hitlist, we go right to:
https://www.voanews.com/listen/schedule/voa-africa
date by date, but fails to show anything at 2100+ UT after News on the
hour! Not `Soul Lounge` on Monday, not `Music Time in Africa` on
Friday, both of which we know exist by our own ears.

No Soul Lounge to be found here either:
https://www.voanews.com/listen/programs
but searching on name, get some archived, ``latest episodes`` of
2016-2015-2014 as part of `Music Alley with Shawna Renee`. Bottom line
is that VOA scheduling is a mess; they don`t even know what they are
airing. BTW, today was not the first time the 11720 transmitter
crapped out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Jan 28 at 1551, WRMI is back on here with SMTV, VP
signal, so 11580 yesterday was a one-day test, or error? No info on
website about that. At 2025 I check UTwente, finding that 15770 is not
making it there at all; 7780 is sufficient, and 11580 might be if it
were on. See also ALBANIA [non]; ARGENTINA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0606 UT January 29

 

Glenn Hauser logs January 27-28, 2020  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, January 28 2020

Hauser
** ALBANIA [non]. 11580, Jan 27 at 2049 check, Radio Tirana relay by
WRMI is indeed here from 2030 M-F, ex-15770, and should be generally
better received even if off the side from Okee (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CANADA. 6754-USB, Jan 27 at 2327 check, still no signal from CHR,
Trenton Military VOLMET (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13650, Jan 27 at 2330, Chinese music is distorted,
as relay of CRI keeps on going here, even tho for months the
Portuguese hour has been nothing but fill music; checked here after
first hearing same music on 6100 direct from Beijing; 13650 atop CCI
from NHK which would be in Vietnamese at this hourpart. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 19, Jan 27 at 2200 UT, I check all the channels from
KAUT on my alternate TV still receiving thru an STB: 43-1 KAUT-DT;
43-2 CourtTV; 43-3 Cozi; 43-4 MYSTERY. My main TV set with its
built-in tuner demands rescanning rather than individual channel
adding or deleting, which I am loath to do since with my antenna at
any given time I cannot be sure all the ``local`` signals will be
strong enough to register; so was not aware of 43-4. Then I check
rabbitears.info and find they`ve got it wrong! As 43-3 CourtTV
Mystery; 43-4 COZI TV. What`s that channel about? Mostly sitcom
reruns, certainly nothing new; and I see it`s part of NBC Universal.
KAUT in turn is a sub of KFOR-TV, the NBC affiliate; coincidence?
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PERU. 5980, Jan 27 at 2351, JBA carrier from R. Chaski under Cuban
jamming, until autocutoff at 2353:23.0*. Has it been a dekaday already
since my last timing? Jan 17 until 2353:42.5*, so that makes it easy
to compute the slippage, 1.95 seconds earlier per noctem, right on the
mark, their clock is so accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 27 at 2328, another night off for VOT, as the
Ankarans have labored for nothing to North America since something`s
almost always wrong at Emirler. There is a JBA carrier slightly
off-frequency, i.e. PBS Xinjiang, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2018 monitoring: confirmed Monday
January 27 from 1901.2 on IRRS via Saftica, Romania(?), VG via UTwente
SDR. Came on at *1856.5 carrier, 50-60 dBm; 1859.4 JIP Aida theme,
1900.5 IRRS sign-on and a few FSN headlines before WOR. Apparently
stayed on for the hour, as toward the end, Dan Roberts` SW Report
quoted and then played recording of anti-American commie propaganda
from RHC, but cut off incomplete for IRRS sign-off by 2000.

WOR 2018 also confirmed UT Tue Jan 28 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA here
but good via UTwente SDR in Holland. Next:

0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 4980, Jan 27 at 2329, JBA carrier, probably usual
Xinjiang PBS, East Turkistan and not WRMI which seemed to be back here
last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also ALBANIA [non]

** U S A. 7490.2, Jan 27 at 2334 JBA carrier. WBCQ should not be
*that* weak, but the offfrequenciness points their way and nothing
else at all is scheduled now on 7490.0.

Consulting HFCC B-19 about 7490: WWCR has registered it at 09-12 in
addition to the non-wooden time it`s really in use 13-16 (12-15 when
DST start); WHRI has also registered 7490 at 0430-0600, but AFAIK has
never used it. WBCQ has it available at 1900-0400 only despite coming
up with Brother Scare at 1700 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Unlike for the Democrats last week, the Big 4 broadcast TV
networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, checked at 1900 UT Jan 27, as seen via
their OKC affiliates, are all carrying live from the US Senate,
lawiars in Republican defense of acting president Drumpf. So now we
know where their biases lie, no such thing as Fairness. In addition to
same on PBS and usual cable networks MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN2 which have
carried everything from both sides; and this time Fox News too; but
not NewsMax which is about Impeachment, concern over Bolton, not live
coverage. I have never seen any of this on Spanish networks at random
chex, Univision, Unimas, Telemundo, Gala, for whom evidently this is
inconsequential, something for Anglos only?

Unknown when, but the OKC stations dump out of it in time for their
evening news blox, and do NOT resume as Prime Time begins at 0100 UT,
the commercial networks all staying in regular programming. So much
for P.T. advantage in persuading the Public.

At 0108 UT Jan 28, I do another MW bandscan to find any Dershowitz
like on cable TV, altho can`t be synchronized. Nothing except: as I
tune in to 820, WBAP is just turning him on within some talkshow, but
gone by 0117 recheck for a commercial. And one other: 1290 from
SSW/NNE, presumably my closest, KWFS Wichita Falls TX, but it`s not
heard either by 0117. Business as usual, almost (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 639, 891, 909 kHz, Jan 28 at 0107, not a full
Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, rather my 10-kHz domestic scan
looking for Impeachment coverage, finds obvious 1 kHz hets against
these channels, no doubt 891 Algeria, 909 UK, but what would 639 be?
Too many choices per WRTH: 500 kW from Cyprus, probably not on; 780
from Czechia, 430 from Spain; 400 from Iran, 100 from Oman, and some
medium-power Africans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0553 UT January 28

 

Glenn Hauser logs January 26-27, 2020  View Printable Version 
Monday, January 27 2020

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 6180, Jan 26 at 2242, S9+10/15 of open carrier, probably
RNA which is fully modulating on 11780. CRI/Cuba relay does not start
colliding until 0100; only other 6180 at this hour in Aoki is CRI
Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 218-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0728 UT, dash and RL, 975-watt ND
beacon at Red Lake, Ontario. Odd power, can`t make it to 1000?

245-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0730 UT, dash and YZE, 1000-watt NDB at Gore
Bay, Ontario.

274-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0740 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt NDB at
Pikangikum, Ontario, per dxinfocentre.com one of those to be
decommissioned 2020-03-26. New one here, with only a bimonth to spare!
Where and what is Pikangikum? Ojibwe; all about it here:

``Pikangikum First Nation is located on Pikangikum Lake, approximately
100 km northwest of Red Lake, Ontario. It is approximately 15 minutes
by plane from Red Lake to Pikangikum.

Pikangikum is one of the largest First Nation communities in Northern
Ontario with the highest on-reserve population in Northern Ontario,
approximately 2,300. An estimated 75% of the population is under
twenty-five years of age...``
http://www.ifna.ca/article/pikangikum-116.asp

And here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikangikum_First_Nation

It`s near the NW corner of Ontario, across from Berens River, Manitoba
whence I heard another NDB lately. BTW, in CST/CDT timezone, far
enough west for that even in ON, i.e. beyond Meridian 90.

The beacon band is really hot tonight, something virtually every kHz,
or even two at a time. See also USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 6977-USB, Sun Jan 26 at 2215, CFARS net (like MARS), NCS
``CW509`` in Winnipeg taking check-ins by segments in the 600s, then
700s, such as CW602, CW716. Gives them signal reports as received in
Wpg. Sure sounds like they are saying ``CW###`` but must really be
CIW### with the ``I`` swallowed, as in my Nov 27 log on 6961-USB at
2232. Where are these stations; a roster available? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Jan 27 at 1505, no signal from CHR, Trenton
Military, even tho 14670-CHU is in well. I`ve just realised that CHR
has not been encountered lately in random bandscanning. I leave a
radio on 15034 and still nothing heard by 1542. Nor at 1838 check.
I`ve not been clear about an hourly pattern for CHR, but it has not
been continuous. EiBi shows 1010-2400 with no breaks. No more ``no
report received`` to be heard? Nor have I heard it on 6754-USB upon
occasional nighttime tunebys. Further chex needed. So totally off,
temporarily, or forever? That would save a lot of commuting expense
for the announcer it shares with Gander! Hi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11860 & 11930, Jan 26 at 2220, pulse jamming against nothing
by this hour, but intermittently overlain atop the leisurely pulses
are some very fast pulses, approx. 10 per second, I had not noticed
before on these. Did not check whether they were synchronized (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Jan 27 at 1839, RHC Spanish is overmodulated /
distorted; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND. 13264-USB, Jan 27 at 1508, VOLMET YL voice JBA, S1-S2;
strange mixture of English and metric measures; 1810 ``Shannon
VOLMET`` ID and forecast for Dublin. EiBi shows this at 1200-1800 only
altho not shared with any other station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 7490.055v, UT Mon Jan 27 at 0110, `Encore`
classical music via WBCQ in well enough to hear on SW, but
unfortunately simulscheduled with new episodes of `Dr Who` on BBC
America; not to mention `The Simpsons` on Fox if they ever get back
with newies; and tonight the Grammy Awards which interest me zero even
tho they probably include token mentions of classical.

BTW, some weeks ago I was complaining that WBCQ webcasts were
overmodulated/distorted. I finally noticed that the preamp slider on
my Winamp equalizer was set full bore +12; I normally don`t fiddle
with EQ and unknown how it got that way, but that was the problem,
even tho WBCQ sounded worse than some others played (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9281.6v, Jan 26 at 2224 extremely distorted squealyspur of
broadcaster, so on second radio I look for // from the nearby/stronger
signals on band: Not // 9350, 9395, 9455, 9565 -- but finally at 2236
I get a match of modulation peaks and pauses with 9690 REE!, 408.4 kHz
away, after listening to the mess for some 4 minutes. Equally above
that would be around 10099, possibly a JBA signal there (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 269-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0732 UT, ND beacon BEX, which is 25
watts from Bloomfield, Iowa; I was tuned to 267-USB. Where is that?
Just south of Ottumwa, in the SE.

281-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0741 UT, ND beacon DMO, 25 watts at Sedalia,
Missouri.

420-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0742, ND beacon PK, 25 watts from Olathe -
Herbb, Kansas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CANADA

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2018 monitoring: confirmed Sunday January 26
at 2130 on WRMI 7780, very poor here on portable PL-880.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 27 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, VG via UTwente
SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 27 at 0230 here on WRMI 9395, JBA S2-S3,
much better on 7780 S9-S8. Also #2018 confirmed on WRN NAm webcast.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 27 at 0400 on Area 51 webcast, while via
WBCQ 5130 at 0425 check it`s poor S7-S9+10 peaks.

Also confirmed UT Mon Jan 27 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, JBA carrier under
pulse jamming; but good with no jamming audible at Bogotá KiwiSDR.
Next:

[7290 reception varies hugely at UTwente: sometimes VG, sometimes JBA
if at all, such as when checked Jan 26; fingers crossed for today:]

1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, Jan 27 at 0718, JBA music, maybe WRMI test? Normally
would be nothing here since WRMI dropped frequency several weeks ago
and then was only on until 0200. This is more like 5800 used to be
with far less than full power. Richard Langley, NB, had just reported
on 4980, Jan 27 at 0315: ``Checking a few frequencies when terminating
recording on 7780 kHz, I noticed religious music and English talk on
4980 kHz. WRMI back on this frequency?``

11580, Jan 27 at 1512, WRMI reactivated here with SMTV about vegan
diets, S9+10, and nothing on 15770, presumably replacing that --- a
very good idea propagation-wise as 15770 is usually JBA here altho off
the side of the 44 degree Euward beam, so is 11580 too? At 1840, still
no 15770, but 11580 is only S8 and just barely modulated.

Ivo Ivanov already assumes 11580 be a 100% replacement for 15770,
WRMI-9 at 1200-2300. (I noted 15770 was still on yesterday after
2200.) I.e. including the secret WORLD OF RADIO airing Saturday at
1300. Altho ``updated Jan 26``, the WRMI skedgrid as of 17 UT Jan 27
still shows nothing about 4980 or 11580! Nor is there anything recent
from WRMI on disgraced FB.

SMTV plugged their website for more info, so is 11580 given now at
https://suprememastertv.com/en1/worldwide/
Of course not, still 15770 and other WRMI frequencies with no specific
time schedules! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 1090, Jan 27 at 0700 UT, after legal ID, KAAY
Little Rock AR right into a string of PSAs all the way until 0703.5
another ID and only one sesquiminute of ToH dead air until gospel
music fires at 0705. Meanwhile could only make out XEAU TV infomercial
in Spanish, and the 1089 UK het (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13927-USB, Jan 26 at 2209, US military contacts on what
used to be an active trans-con MARS? frequency. Tactical or abbr`d
call 7KO? mentioned. A flight requests ``weather update for our
destination, KSWF - Stewart``. Had to spell KSWF several times
fonetikaly. Contact JBA. Another ID of one station or another sounds
like ``McCall 70`` -- or McCaw?

``Stewart International Airport, officially New York Stewart
International Airport, is a public/military airport in Orange County,
New York, United States. It is in the southern Hudson Valley, west of
Newburgh, and southwest of Poughkeepsie, approximately 60 miles north
of Manhattan, New York City. Wikipedia``

BTW, these airport designators starting with K are not the same as FCC
callsigns for broadcasters, nor coordinated with them. NRC AM Log
shows KSWF is not assigned to any station; but WTFDA FMdb shows KSWF
on 100.5 in Aurora, Missouri, unrelated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13970.9-USB, Jan 26 at 2208, 2-way in Spanish like the
in-band intruders (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1852 UT January 27

 

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