DX Listening Digest 19-06 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1906.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
Alternatively, latest DXLD 19-06 is also here until next issue:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt

CONTENTS:
WOR 1968 / AFGHANISTAN / ALASKA / ANGUILLA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA Unique / AUSTRIA / BELARUS / BHUTAN / BOLIVIA / BOUGAINVILLE / BRAZIL / BULGARIA +non / CANADA QD/YYW / CANADA CHLO / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHINA / COLOMBIA / CONGO / CUBA / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / DENMARK / EAST TURKISTAN +non / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA +non / FINLAND +non / GERMANY / GREECE / GUAM / GUATEMALA / HAWAII +non / INDIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET Odio / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM RT/i24 / ISRAEL non / ITALY / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / LUXEMBOURG / MALAYSIA / MEXICO +non / MOLDOVA / MONGOLIA / MYANMAR / NEPAL / NETHERLANDS non / NIGERIA +non / NORTH AMERICA Pirate / OKLAHOMA KGTO/KXCA/KGYN / OKLAHOMA KFAQ / OKLAHOMA KGFF / OKLAHOMA KFSW / OKLAHOMA K202BY/KAMG-LP/K226BR/K265FL/KOCD/KWDW-LP/KEUC / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PHILIPPINES / PUERTO RICO / RUSSIA +non / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA +non / SIKKIM / SPAIN / SUDAN / SUDAN SOUTH non / SWAZILAND / TAIWAN +non / TIBET non / TURKEY / UKRAINE / UK +non BBCWS B18 / UK BBC / USA VLY/FBY / USA AF MARS/AFD4TN+ / USA MRHS/KPH/KFS / USA WWV/NWS / USA +non WOR/WRMI/WBCQ/WA0RCR/HLR / USA WRMI / USA WBCQ / USA WWCR / USA WTWW / USA WHRI / USA WJHR / USA WRNO USA WMLK / USA WSCR/WGN/KKOW/KLEY/KOKC/KNGL/KXEL+ / USA KKOB/KTNN/KHAC/KKIM+ / USA KCXL / USA KNWC / USA KWSL / USA KAPE/KRZD / USA Tater Patch/WPEX / USA FCC / VATICAN non? / VENEZUELA / VIETNAM / UNIDENTIFIED TA carriers / UNIDENTIFIED 505 / UNIDENTIFIED 1521 / UNIDENTIFIED 5004 / UNIDENTIFIED 6880 / UNIDENTIFIED 7000 / UNIDENTIFIED 7705 / UNIDENTIFIED 9855 / UNIDENTIFIED 12000 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / MUSEA / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

DX LISTENING DIGEST IN PDF, HTML VERSIONS

Jacques Champagne in Ville-Marie, QuÃbec, has developed programs to
convert DXLD .txt into PDF and HTML versions for his own use, and now
has made them available to the rest of us. Starting with 18-24, they have
been posted as attachments to the WOR iog. He says it takes about an
hour to do this, once each issue is published. Merci, Jacques!

INTRODUXION to DXLD in HTML and PDF:
http://www.worldofradio.com/DXLDformats.htm

HTML and PDF versions converted by Jacques Champagne are now
also posted shortly for open access [temporarily? suspended]:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1906.html
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1906.pdf

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WORLD OF RADIO 1968 contents: Argentina, Bougainville, Brasil, China,
Cuba, Finland non, Germany, Hawaii, International Vacuum, Israel,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Sikkim, Spain,
Taiwan/Thailand, Turkey, USA; and the propagation outlook

SHORTWAVE AIRINGS of WORLD OF RADIO 1968, February 5-11, 2019

Mon 2330 WRMI 9955 [1967 replayed]
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 [1967 replayed]
Tue 2030 WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
Wed 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power
Wed 1030 WRMI 5950
Wed 2200 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v [confirmed]
Thu 0100 WRMI 7780 [confirmed]
Fri 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1200 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power [alt weeks, Feb 16]
Sat 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Sat 1531 HLR 9485-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed]
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sat 2200 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Sun 0400v WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
Sun 0830 WRMI 5850 5950 7730
Sun 1130 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sun 2130 WRMI 7780
Mon 0230 WRMI 5950 9395
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v-AM Area 51
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955
Mon 0930 Unique 5045-LSB NSW Australia low-power
Mon 2330 WRMI 9955 [or new 1969]

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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by Alan Roe, Updated:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

** ANGUILLA. 11775, Feb 7 at 1858, CB/TUN/DGS/PMS is off again, having
been on at previous check 1455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6060, Feb 8 at 0658* RHC English cuts off air just as I tune
in; 6100, 6165 and 5040 are already off. But outlier 6000 is still on,
starting to re-open English hour at 0659. By 0701 its air is dead.
Presumably it too will be offcut when the sloppyrators at the other
site get around to it. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12300, Feb 8 at 1352, RHC is S8-S3 but surging up a bit, 2 x
6150 which is S9 to S9+10, both slightly distorted. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9965, Feb 8 at 1357 pulse jamming against nothing but a JBA
carrier probably FE, rather than Radio RepÃblica which left this
frequency many years ago. Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban
Jamming Command. At least the J is here rather than upon 9955 WRMI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 8 at 1412, RHC is S9 of dead air with SAH of about
2 Hz, no doubt OMAN. With no modulation, no spurs audible, while 15230
is nominal at S9-S7. At 1457 still S9+10 of dead air on 15140.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 8 8at 0653, VON is still gone, no bigsig but a
JBA carrier maybe local device about 7255.75 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5130.461, UT Fri Feb 8 at 0240, this WBCQ is obviously on,
signature off-frequency, weak and just barely modulated, with what?
Never-up-to-date websked shows it totally off the air between 0330 UT
Wed and 0100 UT Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475- & 5830, Feb 7 at 1855, both WTWW-1 frequencies are off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5970, Feb 8 at 0657, WEWN is S9+10 of dead air; Spanish
night frequency has been re-active last night or two, even with
modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825 & 13845, Feb 8 at 1458 & 1535, WWCRs are S9+20, way
more than usual JBA signals, so rare February sporadic E opening in
play, as confirmed on 6m map with MUF up to 93 MHz over eastern USA.
I`ve had so little luck hearing any FM DX under such circumstances
that I don`t even try. By 1714 still Es, estimated MUF 81 MHz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, I`m seeking KGNO Dodge City KS,
which at 5 kW ND ought to be audible on daytime groundwave here, but
never is; surely with skywave starting up? It`s 243 km = 151 miles
away. No sign of it; instead:

1370, Feb 7 at 2259 UT, ``Talk 13-70, one minute from CBS News``, But
Austin ID, 2300 CBS News and signal drops, i.e. KJCE Rollingwood TX.
But LSS there is not until 0015.

I have been unable to hear any trace of KGNO for more than a
sesquiyear, but can find NO information at FCC AM Query about it being
anything other than active: nothing in correspondence file about STA
for silence or reduced power, etc. Continues to be listed in NRC AM
Log with no notation about it being silent. Likewise at radio-
locator.com with link to website:
http://www.swksradio.com/kgno-am-1370/
and Listen Live link, so I do so at 1659 UT Feb 8: Yes, IDs as KGNO
1370, DC`s first radio station, just like on website: ``1370 KGNO is
Dodge Cityâs FIRST radio station! It was signed on in June of 1930``.
And into Fox ``news``. What is going on here? See my previous report:

``1370, Sept 28 [2017] at 1859 UT, still no signal audible from KGNO
Dodge City KS. Can`t believe it`s funxioning at 5 kW ND which should
be making it on daytime groundwave across the Ogallala Aquifer, only
205 km = 127 miles. Is it gone, QRP, or really out of whack direxional
away? (Glenn Hauser, Helena OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

This was a few days after Wayne Heinen, Denver, did report hearing it:
``1370, KGNO, KS, Dodge City â 9/24 2300 [EDT = 0300 UT 9/25] â Faded
up, âAM 1370 KGNO Dodge City,â to Fox News. Havenât heard this in
quite a while (Wayne Heinen, CO, NRC DX News Nov 13 [2017], published
Nov 5, via DXLD) Nor here yet; must be out of spex or out of air (gh,
OK)``

Is anyone currently hearing KGNO by DX or close to DC? (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, Feb 8, 2019, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1430, Feb 7 at 1923, rock music is fading in and out,
overcoming KTBZ Tulsa; suspect 50 kW KZQZ St Louis MO/IL, already
skywaving. Day pattern is ENE/WSW, our way, while 5 kW night pattern
is NNW/SSE with a null toward us. We are in the null of our nearest,
KALV Alva, hard to hear here protecting KTBZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Feb 7 at 2230, KBXD Dallas is still in Vietnamese like
in the morning, apparent infomercial for ``Forever Beaumore
Cosmetix``. At least two other Metroplex Vietnamese are on 1460 and
1600; also Houston 1560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Feb 8 at 1328-1333:
774-NW, 828-NW, 837-WSW, 882-?, 1098-W, 1188-?, 1422-NW, 1566-NW. Just
after LSR at 1327 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9835.006, Feb 8 at 1401, S3-S6 JBA talk and music, first
suspected Malaysia which has been reported active on reduced schedule,
but more likely IRAN in Russian as also scheduled this hour only,
1320-1420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1805 UT February 8

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated Feb 7:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** ANGUILLA. 11775, Feb 7 at 1455, PMS is S9+20 but with squeal and
hum, not the clear signal someone else credited her with; at least on
the air at the moment, sporadically (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, Feb 7 at 0606, no signal from RHC English, so
apparently totally off from previous 05-07 UT sked. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12300, Feb 7 at 1239, RHC is suptorted at S7-S8, checking
second harmonic right after 6150 at 1238, equally suptorted at S9+10;
wiggle that patchcord! Still the same at 1304 but weakened to S4-S6 on
the double; 1355 S6-S7 before off circa 1400. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640 // 9535, Feb 7 at 1251, RHC in portunhol -- a Brazilian
trying to speak Spanish, among other interviewees about solidarity
issues such as the bloqueo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9570, Feb 7 at 1301, CRI Plus English news relay is suptorted
but readable, S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 7 at 1448, no 28.6 kHz spurgalaxy audible, but
close-in hash out to 3.5 kHz above and below; unlike // 15230.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Feb 7 at 0615, brief Spanish and English sign-off
announcements from Radio Verdad/Truth, into lengthy multiverse NA
until 0620 when open carrier remains on. S9+10/20 good signal now.
1232 recheck is S9+10, good with song, hymn vs lightning crashes from
central/eastern Oklahoma storms, which started yesterday after a quiet
winter, really impacting LW, MW and lower SW, but when close enough
within 2 miles, also audible against OKC FM stations (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 7 at 0602, VON is on for a change, Hausa.

9689.92 approx., Thu Feb 7 at 1727-1738+, VON in English with news
about Nigeria, fair via UTwente SDR, and since it`s a weekday, no QRM
yet from Spain. Apparently new transmission intends to be daily, altho
missing last Sunday. Via WOR Hitlist, website https://www.von.gov.ng/
has no obvious link to a plain old SW transmission or program schedule.

Dave Kenny, UK, bdxc-news iog has just reported: ``Voice of Nigeria
heard on 9690 kHz this afternoon via the Tenerife SDR as follows:

1600-1615 in Arabic
1615-1630 in a vernacular, possibly Igbo or Yoruba ?
1630 - Sign-on in English, announced as the start of "two and a half
hours of the English service" So English should continue until 1900.

It looks as though this is a revised schedule with the extra broadcast
between 1600-1800 UT. Further checking needed to establish the evening
schedule after 1900 - but reception is difficult with co-channel Spain
at that time.

At the moment (1645) the signal is weak here, much better on the Kiwi
SDR in Tenerife. Dave`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-AM, Feb 7 at 1309, S4-S6 rock
music with heavy beat, screaming, or is it soul? First thought is RCW,
Radio CompaÃÃa Worldwide, the Chilean pirate mostly reported by
Claudio Galaz in Chile. But no, it`s too late for that, way after
sunrise there.

Must be North American, unusual activity in the morning or possibly
trans-Pacific. Still there at 1330 talk or rap? 1340 thumping. Still
JBA carrier at 1456. Two more unID logs of it between 1437 and 1641:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,50802.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PALAU. 10035, Feb 7 at 1245, VP signal with music. Has to be
spurious from 31m SWBC band here in the aero band. First check for
Cuba, of course! but no match on 9640. Then start tuning down and soon
find // on 9965, good signal, 70 kHz away. Clinched with an equally
weak spur on 9895, 70 kHz below 9965, all with praise music in
English. 1259 `Onward Christian Soldiers` theme and 1300 chimes, into
Korean. Aoki shows T8WH with WHR music before 1300 M-F, then Nippon no
Kaze daily. HFCC shows HBN 9965 not the air before 1300, then
Encompass brokering something in Korean.

EiBi agrees about 9965 before and after 1300, but also shows PLW on
9960 at 12-13 daily with Khmer Post Radio --- really, 5 kHz adjacent
from same site? I noticed nothing between 9965 and 9955 WRMI with RAE
in Brazuguese before 1255 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 4840, Feb 7 at 1235, TOMBS, creeping takeover
of more and more time on WWCR-3, now scheduled M-F 07-13 and Sat 10-
13. Guess what, at tune-in he`s pushing for phonecalls as he spends an
incredible amount of time doing --- but if even 1% of those give him
money, it`s worth it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Feb 6 at 2318, REE English segment, blues music,
then interview with musician Steve Groves (?), who has stopped over in
Spain to talk with Justin Coe, more music, 2323 ``All Trumped Up``.
Excellent reception S9+20/30 with no QRM or transmission problems.
2330 timesignal and into French which is M-F unlike English M/W/F. But
0101 Feb 7 recheck in Spanish, has faded to S9-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1968 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February
6 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, but opening is upcut after my first words with
the program number, S9 to S9+10; and 10 seconds later on WBCQ
7490.13v, S9 to S7. Also confirmed UT Thursday Feb 7 at 0100 on WRMI
7780, poor S7-S5. Next:

0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16]
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9387-9388 & 9402-9403, Feb 7 at 1255, wobbly distorted
spurblobs from 9395 WRMI transmitter during TOMBS. Very unusual for
any WRMI to have such a problem. Still so at 1451 recheck, at least
the lower one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9470, Feb 7 at 1253, WEWN in English poor with flutter S6-
S4. This obscure transmission at 09-13 is at 335 degrees polar route
to Asia. Doubt it is heard any better overthere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 860, Feb 7 at 1412 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is unusually weak,
and nulling that I have anotherstation playing ``Hey Jude``; 1418
``Greatest Hits of the 60s & 70s on your smartphone --- Kono-land``,
so KONO San Antonio TX, 5000/900 watts U2, still rockin`. NRC AM Log
slogan reads ``70s & 80s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Feb 7 at 1405 UT, lively W&M conversation in
Vietnamese, lots of laughter. Got to be KBXD Dallas, 50 kW direxional
day power, which easily overcomes KQAM Wichita while skywave lingers.
Its major daytime lobe aims right at us. Listed in NRC AM Log as
religious/brokered, Spanish, so how much of it is in Vietnamese or
otherlangs? Radio-locator claims it has no website. It`s not the only
Vietnamese in The Metroplex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. RE: KRZD-1550 mentioned in gh log of KAPE-1550 also in MO:
Hi Glenn. This still isn't on -- I drive by their tower site at Kansas
Expressway and Grand St. every day on my way to work [at KSMU] and
there is definitely no local signal here. As you would expect this
time of year, 1550 is a mess of skywave around 7:45 am and 5 pm
Central. 73, (Randy Stewart, Springfield (Battlefield) MO, Feb 4, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) Station is or was nothing but a continuous TIS-like
barker for the nearby Branson tourist trap (Glenn Hauser, DXLD)

** U S A. 1580, Feb 7 at 1358 UT, with KOKB Blackwell OK to the NE
nulled as much as possible, I have something else: Colorado Springs is
the largest city of the state in area (well, OK, but nevermind greater
Denver with all its surrounding suburbs). Missed ID but 1400 UT into
USA Radio News, 1403 Chuck Swindle show. So it`s KFCS The Trumpet as
the latest CO 1580 incarnation, 10 kW ND day power (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. 9695, Feb 7 circa 1245, strong and steady open
carrier. O, of course, it`s Greenville-B, not turned off yet after
Vatican`s morning relay in Spanish curtailed to only 15 minutes from
1230; violating Separation of Church & State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 880, Feb 7 at 1408 UT, with KRVN nulled as much as
possible, Spanish M&W chat, bits of norteÃa music, mentions Nuevo
LeÃn, 1412 fading, 1417 back with ID mentioning 880. Loops approx.
SW/NE and my first thought is XEV Chihuahua2, but IRCA Mexican Log
says: XEV has finished moving to FM, but from 2017 there has been a CP
for another station there, XECHEP, 5000/250 watts, EscÃpate al
Paraiso. Unless that`s started up, the only other likely N/W Mexican
this late would be XEPNK, Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

Rather I suspect being faked out again by WIJR Highland IL, which per
NRC AM Log is 1700/160/500 U4 from an address in Overland MO (St Louis
market), as ``La Primera 880 AM, La Raza``. The only other USA SS
possibilities would be WMDB in Nashville TN, rather late for that
further east; and KJOZ Conroe TX but religious in the wrong direxion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6159-USB, Feb 7 at 0604, 2-way in colloquial Spanish,
INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9354-USB, Feb 7 at 1259, VP 2-way in Spanish? vs carrier
on 9355, i.e. VOA Thailand about to start Deewa Radio to Afghanistan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1802 UT February 7

** CUBA. 6000, UT Wed Feb 6 at 0238, RHC S9+10 but just barely
modulated, enough to recognize it`s Arnie, during DXers Unlimited; the
sole // 6165, S9 is only slightly louder. Arnie is unwilling or unable
(or unknowledgeable?) to get RHC modulation fixed even when he himself
is trying to communicate. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15111.4, Feb 6 at 1430, JBA carrier, -28.6 kHz spur from
15140, S9+30 RHC, only one obvious today. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 7295, Feb 6 at 1434, usual mix with SAH of
Furusato no Kaze QRMing itself via JAPAN and TAIWAN; 1435 Japan goes
off clearing Taiwan. FnK is also scheduled from 1430 on 9960 via
PALAU, where there is soft YL talk at S9+10; splash from some
downunderite on 9955 evitable by USB tuning. Sounds the same as on
7295, but far from synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1300, Feb 6 at 1402, Spanish in the QRM with 7:02 TC,
mention Ciudad JuÃrez, temp in C; surely XEP but losing out to Tulsa.
ID not heard but it`s now ``Fiesta Mexicana`` per Tim Hall and WRTH.
No lower XEs being heard this long after LSR, 1329. Its 38 kW day
power helps.

Even earlier and at night I have been hearing zilch from XEROK 800,
with KQCV OKC nulled. XEROK must be back on QRP if on the air at all
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 9689.918, Wednesday Feb 6 at 1732, VP carrier, no doubt
VON in English as Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK has just tipped hearing today. I
first heard it on Saturday, not on Sunday, not sure about Monday, but
not even on Tuesday later to het Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Feb 6 at 1400 UT I notice that KFAQ Tulsa goes to
CBS News --- not a network for them in NRC AM Log; I`m sure Wayne will
tell us if that change has already been noted (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690V, Feb 6 at 0025, REE with music, but carrier is
wobbling a bit --- or is it CCI? Only competitor at this hour is KBS
in Vietnamese, doubtful to be heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960.003, Feb 6 at 0030, music at S9+10/S8, soon
recognizably Turkish as expected. Will it also be the sporadic German
hour from VOT? Yes, 0034 announcement in German. Very slightly offset
plus; I don`t recall this one ever being found on 5960.7 like so many
other Emirlerians. The point is, the sloppyrators sometimes don`t get
5960 turned off by 2355 when English finishes, letting it run with the
next language on the feed which is not supposed to be on any SW
frequency. If such lapses be totally random, sooner or later it will
happen on Saturday into UT Sunday and clash with The Mighty KBC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035.7, Feb 6 at 1420, VOT English off-frequency today,
only VP S5-S6, while better Turkish is close to 11815.0 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 420 kHz, Feb 6 at 0705 I manage to pick out IDs of two NDBs,
each 25 watts: FQ, Fairmont MN; and PK, Olathe-Herbb KS (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7385, Feb 6 at 0333, this WHRI is off, while 7315 and 5920
are on; regarding the 7520 Russian during this hour UT Sundays only, I
had assumed missing 7385 would be on as scheduled the other days of
week, but it isn`t.

Peter Hansen had pointed out that in the B-18 season, WHRI has not
been running more than two transmitters at once, altho they allegedly
have 2 x 500 kW and 1 x 100 kW in SC per WRTH. What happened to the
other one? Note that ``Angels`` 1, 2, 5 and 6, are not individual
transmitters but rather programming streams (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Not that the ignorant, incompetent, corrupt, unqualified,
childish, vain, pink-eyed, minority-``elected`` anti-American, acting
president Drumpf deserve any more mouthpieces, but the State of the
Union address would normally lead to a number of pre-emptions on radio
stations.

So while he`s on TV, Feb 6 at 0244, I start hunting for him. How about
SW --- will any US SW station carry him, such as the vehemently pro-
Trump WBCQ? NO, 7490 is off as usual at this hour; 9330 a JBA carrier,
presumably still TOMBS. 5130.4+ is VP on with else, presumably the ham
show. 5085, WTWW-2 is also on with something else, presumably the
other ham show, but amazingly weak and even bothered by that ute on
5081 which normally it blasts away here. Nor found on any of the other
private US SW frequencies audible, WHRI, WWCR, WRMI, WINB.

Surely the USAGM outlets are Drumpfing, but of course VOA has no
English SW broadcasts at all between 22 and 03 UT! At 0304, however, I
find he is on 6030, Radio MartÃ, with translation. Supposed to be //
7435 but not heard there. BTW, RM is the very first station under USA
International, page 499 of WRTH 2019; why? In 2018 it was the sixth.
And why isn`t it in the clandestine pages, as Cuba would surely agree?

At 0252 I start scanning the MW band, compared to cable TV audio, and
most of the stations are running a good many seconds ahead; one must
pause to allow for the too-frequent applause breaks, which could be
confused with IBOC noise. I`m not digging deeply, as there would
surely be more in the QRM if I tried. Most of the stations are obvious
here without trying to DF or ID them: 570, 600, 700, 770, 780, 790,
820, 850, 870-D, 890-D, 1000, 1040, 1080, 1110, 1160, 1170, 1200,
1420, 1520, 1690. D means audio delayed behind cable TV on those
stations. But many major stations dumped Drumpf, kept with regular
format of talk, sports or music, such as WSM, WSCR, WGN, KRMG, WJR,
WHB, WCCO, WHAS, KOA, KKOW, KRVN, WTAM, KMOX, KWKH, KSTP,
WLAC, WCKY.

Finally before the blather is over, I survey FM: nowhere except on
public radio 88.1 KWOU Woodward, 91.7 KOSU OKC. Even the numerous
gospel huxters aren`t with him! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15196-USB, Feb 6 at 1507, VP 2-way in Spanish, INTRUDERS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1934 UT February 6

** CUBA. 12300, Feb 5 at 1349, JBA second harmonic of RHC 6150; I
don`t usually scan this area, but seek it since Wolfgang Bueschel
recently heard it remotely with a strong signal; not today, but nearby
fundamentals are very strong: 11950 S9+40 and 11760 S9+10/20.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13634, 13767, 13833, 13900 approx., Feb 5 at 1450, FMish
spurs out of 13700-AM RHC, but extremely distorted and unreadable in
any mode; standard intervals of about 67 kHz above and below.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13779.24, Feb 5 at 1453, this RHC fundamental at S9+20 has
again been knocked way off-frequency from 13780.00. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15370, Feb 5 at 2152, RHC is VP S5, JBM in Arabic? As
supposed to be per EiBi until 2200, then a bihour of Spanish; so no
constellation of FM spurs audible today; might have been if a regular
bigsig and modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 9515, Feb 5 at 2027, S4-S6 of lo-key music, seems like
a repeating loop, so IS? Listed as AWR French via Talata from 2000,
125 kW at 320 degrees also USward. Off at 2028* without announcement
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 5 at 0725, one more day with no VON, nor on
9690-; no LAH to 9690 Spain either around 2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9785, Feb 5 at 1429, JBA carrier, 1430 JBA timesignal,
presumed VOT starting Kazakh. Checking here after finding 12035.7
preceding English was already off by 1429 today; to fathom whether I
can hear the next frequency, the next time sloppyrators fail to turn
off 12035V in time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1968 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC this
week, Tuesday February 5 at 2030 on WRMI 7780, S9-S5, after 2029.5
Rudy Espinal ID and a second of music intruding. Next:

0930 UT Wednesday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ *7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16]
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.17v, Tue Feb 5 at 2032, WBCQ S9-S6 with mixture of
blues and country music, then ``Pirate Joe Extravaganzo`` as J. P.
Ferraro`s show earlifies WBCQ sign-on Tuesdays only to *2000 (from DST
season even earlier *1900 despite increasing daytime absorption); 2046
``WHVW`` singing ID for his own originating station in Hyde Park NY
(Poughkeepsie address), which on 950 is only 500/57 watts U1 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475-, Feb 5 at 2028, no signal from WTWW-1 --- oh oh, has
Ted done it again, left the night frequency on allday? Evidently, as
5830 is indeed on at S9+10/20 with PPPP. But 5085, WTWW-2 is not on
now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 750, Feb 5 at 1404 UT, `Newstalk 750 KBNN and 104.3``, i.e.
5 kW ND daytimer in Lebanon MO, overcoming KMMJ. Seldom heard other
than at sunrise; last logged April 25. NRC AM Log has no FM. WTFDA DB
shows no 104.3 corresponding either, but per both, KMMJ Nebraska
*does* have a 104.3 translator. Sure did not sound like it at the
time, but the ID I heard must have been a mixture of the two. KBNN
website is the least important part of http://www.myozarksonline.com/
cluster, showing little about it except a low-res logo and link to
public file. The logo does say Talk, if not News-Talk, while KMMJ is
religious (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 405 kHz, Feb 5 at 1340 UT just after sunrise, NDB HRU, which
is 25 watts from Herington, Kansas, south of Junxion City on US 77
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 420 kHz, Feb 5 at 0730 UT, two JBA NDBs clashing at same
pitch, very hard to unravel; no dash, not Canadian. DXinfocentre.com
shows only four Americans, all 25 watts: CFY, Lake City-Evans SC; FQ,
Fairmont MN; PK, Olathe-Herbb KS; TU, Tupelo-Verona MS.

I`ve heard FQ before, and PK would be the closest. Classaxe.com shows
additional details such as frequency offset (meaning A2 pitch?), and
length in seconds of each ID sending. From that, the closet pitch
matches would be CFY and PK, both 1018 USB, periods 5.7 and 5.5, which
means that very slowly their overlap will be shifting. FQ is not close
enough, at 1035 Hz; rules out TU at only 383 USB. All four have been
logged this year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5055-USB, Feb 5 at 1358, weak 2-way in Spanish rather
than 4KZ; various numbers but seems weather info, also verbalizing
mÃxima, nublado, fresco, evaporaciÃn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15345.069, Feb 5 at 1524, JBA carrier I have often
noticed before but not measured precisely. Look it up: Nothing on
15345 ever in HFCC, EiBi and Aoki! Could it be another Cuban spur I
have overlooked? It is 205.069 kHz above 15140, but not a multiple of
28.6. Maybe a spur of something else or a local device? Try for it
again three sesquihours later at 1954: yes, JBAC still there but
slightly shifted to 15345.053.

Unless anyone else hear it, I shall conclude it`s local, inaudible
beyond my radio room. (Computer produces many more stronger birdies on
SW which I always ignore.) Remember when 15345 had two variable off-
frequency stations het-clashing, Argentina and Morocco? Now both gone
from SW as if they knocked each other out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 2341 UT February 5