sabato 31 maggio 2014

Glenn Hauser logs May 31, 2014

** BRAZIL. 5999.6, May 31 at 0118, RNB/RNA is gone again since there is no het upon 6000.0 RHC.

11780, May 31 at 0135, RNB/RNA other frequency is out of whack tonight, splattering out to plus/minus 20 kHz, quite different from the spurblobs centered plus and minus 30 kHz earlier this week. The mess gets stronger and worse the closer to the fundamental. Only the bigsig from Cuba on 11760 can combat it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 6135.26 approx., May 31 at 0122, R. Aparecida has varied up to here in order to put a very audible heterodyne upon R. Santa Cruz, BOLIVIA, which has a stronger signal, at 6134.82 approx., which means the het would = 440 Hz but not measured independently. Most of the non-het audio heard is musical, and not // Aparecida talk on 9630v and 11855v. The het and Aparecida disappear about 0158* as my streetlite is *igniting: looks like that will surpass 0200 UT before receding. There is still too much storm noise to get anything out of RSC even tho dehetted, and by next check at 0209 it too is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9663.74 approx., May 31 at 0216, music from the variable ZY, Voz Missionária, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, May 31 at 0141, very poor signal vs noise level with English broadcast, no doubt VAR-3 again as scheduled from ``Fundy``, Nova Scotia, wherever that really is. I keep tuning in at the time this one is on rather than one of the three other Canadian CG marine weather stations sharing the frequency. Nothing Canadian on the 54-94 MHz band today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11760, May 31 at 0206, I notice that RHC Spanish tho VG signal capable of muscling aside the Brazilian splatter from 11780, the modulating now is just barely, softer even than // 11840 which is usually undermodulated. RHC`s own schedule does not show 11760 at all in the evenings now, but Aoki does as 21-05 UT. At 0207 Cuba goes off 11760, uncovering another station in Spanish: see IRAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL

** IRAN [and non]. 11760, May 31 at 0207, RHC has cut off way early, audiblizing another station in Spanish, good but fluttery signal, music theme and opening ``Entrevistas sobre la actualidad política``. One Sra. Rivera, I think from Spain, with opinions about the Siria conflict, refugees. Recheck at 0224, this one is off too.

It`s IRIB, 500 kW, 274 degrees from Kamalabad at 0020-0220, for CIRAF Zones 11-15, which of course is a total collision with RHC on its #1 frequency, which however, is not on its own current schedule at all in the evenings:
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/estaticas/frecuencias
Perhaps RHC is undecided whether to confront Iran or not, which often here is severely QRMing RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, May 31 at 0128, fair signal, hard rock from the only pirate on the band; 0130 ID as ``X L R 8 --- Accelerate!``. But it stays on the same frequency in kilocycles per second. If it were drifting upward it would be accelerating in units of kilocycles per second per second (or kHz/sec). Off at 0151 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 31 at 0112, R. Chaski carrier barely audible thru totally uncalled-for pulse jamming by Cuba, until cutoff at 0112:46* which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 11945, May 31 at 0205, RRI in Spanish, an echo apart from much stronger // 11955, so must be from the two different sites and azimuths: HFCC shows 11945 is 245 degrees from Galbeni, and 11955 is 307 from Tiganeshti. Also on 9645 at 0218 with RRI ID and lite het from R. Bandeirantes; 9645 is not synchro with 11945, so must also be Tiganeshti: yes, and also 307 degrees. RRI music is great, whatever the language service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9770, May 31 at 0117, this is supposed to be the Spanish service of La Voz de Turquía // 9870 --- but stilted Spanish is only on 9870, while 9770 is stronger with mostly music. 0118 brief announcement sounds Turkish or Tukishish, such as a Central Asian Turkic language, so Emirler must have put the wrong program feed into 9770! The only other broadcast scheduled this hour is Turkish at 0000-0200, eastward on 7260, unchecked since not looked up until later. Retune toward hourend at 0152 finds 9770 still in good music, not // 9870 still in Spanish. 0154, 9870 is playing the TRT IS and off by 0155, by when 9770 is also off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, May 31 at 0125, Brother Scare with canned generic contact announcement via WTWW-2, already on nite frequency, while WTWW-1 is still on day frequency 9475 with SFAW, and WTWW-3, 12105 as usual now during this hour presents Pastor Pete Peters separately in English. By 0201, 9475 is off but 12105 open carrier is still on past 0203 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, May 31 at 0126, WWRB is in open carrier/dead air. Finally at 0130 Dave comes on with an apparently live announcement, saying that ``one of the transmitters is down, so will have to use this one on 3185; please retune your shortwave radio to 3185; thank you``. However 5050 stayed on with Pastor Paul J. something from Texas but now in Philadelphia instructing us about Yahweh, and at 0140 how the name really is pronounceable since Y is a vowel. I keep checking for 3185, but 5050 stays on for the entire semihour, until at 0159 Dave makes another announcement, part of which I miss, something about expecting a call any time now; apparently a live program feed via phoneline. 0200 organ music starts but that may be fill. At 0203 I find that 5050 is finally off, but 3185 does not come on until *0212 joining Brother Scare in progress (how else?). Meanwhile 9370 was not on either, so apparently WWRB is making do with only one operational transmitter
 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.12 approx., May 31 at 0220, WBCQ with BS has varied to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505.20 approx., May 31 at 0221, WRNO stays fairly stable on this offset, a little higher up than much weaker WBCQ is above 7490; humbuzz and Pastor Ray Bentley of Maranatha Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, May 31 at 0145 UT, with a Heat/Pacers game nulled, presumably WCKY still on day pattern since it`s only sunset here, far from Sacramento, gospel music from NW/SE making fast SAH, and presumably from KLBW New Boston TX, the cheater I have been hearing later in the night. 0150 UT ad for solidgospel.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4755-USB, May 31 at 0213, 2-way in Spanish as I tune across; an hour earlier, the usual US Navy MARS net was here (in English) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

DX RE MIX NEWS # 854

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DX RE MIX NEWS # 854 from Georgi Bancov and Ivo Ivanov. Date: May 30, 2014
Visit to: <swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com> and <youtube.com/user/SWLDXBulgaria>
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BULGARIA(non)   Chaos with the broadcasts of Brother Stair via Kostinbrod:
0700-1300 on 11600 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Su-Fr, no signal on May 25
0700-1300 on 11600 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Su-Fr, till 1000 on May 26
0700-1300 on 11600 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Su-Fr, from 0900 on May 28
0700-1300 on 11600 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Su-Fr, 0715-1000 on May 29
1300-1700 on  9400 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Daily, no signal on May 25
1300-1700 on  9400 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Daily, from 1340 on May 27
1600-1700 on 11590 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Daily no signal from May 23


BULGARIA(non)   Frequency change of Dimtse Radio Erena in Oromo from May 23
1700-1730 NF 11855 SOF 050 kW / 195 deg to EaAf, ex 11560. Video on May 23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLGH-iGuJOM&feature=youtu.be


BULGARIA(non)    Frequency changes KBS World Radio from May 23 plus video:
1900-2000 NF  5925 SOF 100 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German AM,  ex 5885
1900-2000 NF  5940 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu German DRM, ex 5870
NOTE: In HFCC database frequencies are recorded back 5925 DRM, 5940 AM mode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmSjtZlzm0o&feature=youtu.be


GERMANY(non)   Updated summer A-14 schedule of Transport Radio in Dutch
0800-1000 on  6095 NAU 100 kW / 230 deg to WeEu Mon/Wed/Fri, ex Mon-Fri
0800-1100 on  6095 NAU 100 kW / 230 deg to WeEu Tue/Thu is not active!!


GERMANY(non)  Frequency change of Sedaye Radio-ye Mehr Iran from May 23
1630-1700 NF 15670 ISS 500 kW / 091 deg to WeAs Farsi Mon/Fri, ex 15680
to avoid China Radio International in French. Video from May 23:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6FPMdelLVE&feature=youtu.be


GERMANY(non)   New transmission via MBR - Echo of Europe in English/French
1830-1845 on  7315 NAU 125 kW / 230 deg to WeEu Tue/Fri. Video from May 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiREzZ3IbIE&feature=youtu.be


GERMANY(non)   Frequency change of Athmeeya Yatra He Radio Gospel For Asia
1530-1630 NF 15395 NAU 250 kW / 099 deg to SoAs vary Asian langs, ex 15215
to avoid Radio France Internationale in Russian till 1600. Video on May 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1A4Op4N-k&feature=youtu.be


JAPAN   From May 23 Radio Japan NHK World started urgently special 24 h.
transmissions in Japanese for a Japanese resident in Thailand as follows
0800-0900 on 13650 YAM 300 kW / 240 deg to SEAs as scheduled in NHK A-14
0900-1500 on 11815 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs as scheduled in NHK A-14
1500-1700 on 11815 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons
1700-1900 on  7225 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons
1900-2100 on  9560 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons
2100-2300 on 13680 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs as scheduled in NHK A-14
2300-0100 on 13680 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons
0100-0200 on 17810 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons
0200-0500 on 17810 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs as scheduled in NHK A-14
0500-0800 on 17585 YAM 300 kW / 235 deg to SEAs, additional transmissons


NIGERIA   Observations of Voice of Nigeria on Sat May 24 with 13 videos.
Low modulation, different languages, instead of scheduled and much more:
0500-0700 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf English
0700-0800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf French
1600-1630 on 11770 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to CeAf Swahili
1630-1700 on  9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to CeAf Yoruba
1700-1730 on  9690 IKO 250 kW / 248 deg to CeAf Igbo
1730-1800 on 15120 IKO 250 kW / 007 deg to NoAf Arabic
Videos from 0700, 1620 and 1645 UTC and other 10 videos may found here
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/observations-of-voice-of-nigeria-on-sat.html


TAIWAN(non)   Observations of Radio Free Sarawak by Sei-ichi Hasegawa, JPN:
1100-1130 on 15410*TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 27-30
1130-1200 on 15430 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 27-30
1200-1230 on 15420 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 27-30
1100-1145 on 15420 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 22-24/26
1145-1230 on 15430 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 22-24/26
1100-1145 on 15430 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 20
1145-1230 on 15420 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat May 20
1100-1230 on 15460 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat Apr.28-May 19
1100-1200 on 15430 UNIDentified tx site to SEAs Iban May 17 not // on 15460
1100-1230 on 15420 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat Apr.24
1100-1230 on 15430 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat Apr.19
1100-1230 on 15420 TNN 100 kW / 208 deg to SEAs Iban Mon-Sat Apr.18
* co-ch All India Radio in Thai from 1115


TIBET(non)   Frequency changes of Voice of Tibet:
1200-1215 NF 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15543
1215-1230 NF 15548 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15537

1230-1245 NF 15563 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15557
1245-1300 NF 15557 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562

1300-1315 NF 15548 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15538
1300-1315 NF 15563 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568

1315-1330 NF 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 15543
1315-1330 NF 15563 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568

1330-1345 on 15542 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change
1330-1345 on 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change

1345-1400 on 15537 DB  100 kW / 095 deg to EaAs Chinese no change
1345-1400 NF 15568 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15562

1400-1415 on 15525 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change
1400-1415 NF 15562 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568

1415-1430 on 15530 MDC 250 kW / 045 deg to CeAs Tibetan no change
1415-1430 NF 15562 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15568

1430-1445 NF 15617 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 17612
1445-1500 NF 15617 DB  100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15622


U.K.(non)    More and more frequency changes of BBC:
1300-1330 NF 15175 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Mon Uzbek, ex 15330
1300-1330 NF 15495 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Tue Uzbek, ex 51330
1300-1330 NF 15175 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Wed Uzbek, ex 15330
1300-1330 NF 15495 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Thu Uzbek, ex 15330
1300-1330 on 15330 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Fri Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 15175 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Sat Uzbek, ex 15330
1300-1330 on 15330 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Sun Uzbek, ex Daily

1300-1330 on 17510 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Mon Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 on 17510 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Tue Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 17575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Wed Uzbek, ex 17510
1300-1330 NF 17575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Thu Uzbek, ex 17510
1300-1330 NF 17575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Fri Uzbek, ex 17510
1300-1330 on 17510 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Sat Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 17575 SLA 250 kW / 010 deg to CeAs Sun Uzbek, ex 17510

1300-1330 NF 17480 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Mon Uzbek, ex 17735
1300-1330 on 17735 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Tue Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 17480 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Wed Uzbek, ex 17735
1300-1330 on 17735 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Thu Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 17480 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Fri Uzbek, ex 17735
1300-1330 on 17735 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Sat Uzbek, ex Daily
1300-1330 NF 17480 NAK 250 kW / 325 deg to CeAs Sun Uzbek, ex 17735

1400-1500 NF 15420 MDC 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Sat Somali, ex 17830
1400-1500 on 15420 MDC 250 kW / 032 deg to EaAf Daily Somali, ex Sun-Fri
1400-1500 NF 15720 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs Tue/Sun Bengali, ex 9610


U.K.(non)    From Monday, May 26 BBC World Service expanded its shortwave
schedule targeted to Thailand by adding 10 hours of broadcasts as follows
0100-0300 on 11600 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English
0300-0500 on  7370 NAK 250 kW / non-dir to SEAs English
0500-1100 on 11700 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English, co-ch RFI till 0800


USA   Additional registered frequencies of World Harvest Radio from May 26:
WHRI Angel 1
2200-2230 on 15670 HRI 250 kW / 260 deg to MEXI Mon-Fri, external customer?
WHRI Angel 2
2100-2200 on 15530 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Mon-Sat, now 21-22 Sun
2200-2230 on 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Sat/Sun, now 22-23 Sat/Sun
2230-2400 on 11775 HRI 250 kW / 047 deg to WeEu Daily,   now 23-24 Sat
T8WH Angel 4
1000-1100 on 15660 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Daily, external customer?
WHRI Angel 6
0500-0530 on  7385 HRI 100 kW / 315 deg to WNAm Daily, external customer?
Please colleagues from America and Asia to confirm these transmissions.


USA(non)   Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia in Tibetan:
0100-0200 NF 17700 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Mon, ex 17685
0100-0200 NF 17710 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Tue, ex 17635
0100-0200 NF 17700 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Wed, ex 17685
0100-0200 NF 17710 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Thu, ex 17635
0100-0200 NF 17700 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Fri, ex 17685
0100-0200 NF 17685 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Sat, ex 17665
0100-0200 NF 17665 TIN 250 kW / 295 deg to CeAs Sun, ex 17700


UZBEKISTAN(non)   Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs from May 22:
1600-1730 NF  7525 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 7510. Video from May 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcVUAcJghJ4&feature=youtu.be


UZBEKISTAN(non)   Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs from May 29:
1600-1730 NF  7505 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE  Korean, ex 7525. Videos on May 29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UImX0iJVag&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-Zc8RWbOQ&feature=youtu.be


YEMEN   Unscheduled broadcast of Radio Sanaa in Arabic was noted on May 24:
1900-1915 on  6135 ALH 050 kW / non-dir to N/ME. Video on May 24 at 1904 UT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-HYi6THmE&feature=youtu.be

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/dx-re-mix-news-854.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

venerdì 30 maggio 2014

Glenn Hauser logs May 29-30, 2014

** ANGUILLA. 11775, May 30 at 1330, The Valley station is missing, no PMS or DGS to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, May 30 at 0105, Radio Pio XII animated YL talk unseems Spanish, poor but a bit better than usual; always on split frequency, approx. measurement compared to WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 5999.6, May 30 at 0519, RNB is still on here as evidenced by the het upon RHC 6000.0. Not only does it clash with Cuba, but Brazilian DXers have pointed out that there is another ZY already assigned the frequency 6000, 10 kW R. Guaíba, Porto Alegre; but is it active? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9663.9, May 30 at 0525, Voz Missionária sermonizer giving telefones numbers, stronger than 9819v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 9819v, May 30 at 0522, Brazuguese on weak signal. Don`t usually hear R. Nove de Julho this time of onight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. Regarding my channel A2 log of CTV from Ontario, whether there are still two stations or one, Bill Hepburn in Grimsby replies to Saul Chernos` comment that CKCO-2 was apparently off:

``Hi Glenn, CKCO-2 is still on the air. In here 24/7. [later:] Whoa --- I take that back. Watching the end of the CTV National News and waiting for the local news on 2-. I got the Northern Ontario news, not Kitchener's! CHBX is in here at 332 miles. I'm sure I saw a strong CKCO-2 here within the last month. Saul, Did you hear something official about CKCO-2? I haven't heard of any other CTV analogues going off recently. Could they just be temporarily off with transmitter problems? Bill Hepburn`` - I have no way of separating them by offset frequencies now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jammers morning of May 30:

15525, May 30 at 1427, CNR1 jammer, heavy QRM vs Voice of Tibet but VOT Madagascar goes off by 1428; must not have jumped to 15530 today

15545, May 30 at 1332, CNR1 jammer, fair-good; het on lo side, VOT. At 1428, this has been replaced by 15570

16360, May 30 at 1333, CNR1 jammer, fair-good

16920, May 30 at 1333, CNR1 jammer, good with flutter

17300, May 30 at 1341, CNR1 jammer, fair-good

17575, Friday May 30 at 1305, CNR1 jamming and second Chinese audio, maybe CNR1 offset, hard to tell. Target is BBC Uzbek via OMAN, which Aoki shows from May 14 during this semihour only, and only on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 17510 the other days.

Same 1300-1330 service via Thailand is listed on 17480 for Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 17735 other days. However, not noticed anything on 17480 today, but single CNR1 jamming is on 17735 at 1305 even tho it`s Friday.

18980, May 30 at 1341, CNR1 jammer, fair vs. RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, its frequency during this hour on Tuesdays and Fridays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9550, May 30 at 1335, RHC Spanish making SAH with CRI Vietnamese and atop it but not a bigsig, // 9820. RHC`s own schedule
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/estaticas/frecuencias
claims 9550 is on only from 1100 to 1300, and it hasn`t corrected 9830 to 9820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E MUF is barely poking above 55 MHz, May 30 from 1430 monitoring: weak video on channel 2 fades up at 1549, enough to see the Televisa net-4 `f` bug in the LR; at 1625 once again, and now there may be a Grupo Pacífico oval circle-italic 2 bug in the UR, but just a glimpse before gone again. If so, that would be Sinaloa or Sonora (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1640, May 30 from 0538 past 0541 UT, open carrier/hummy dead air from KZLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980.02 approx., May 30 at 0108, R. Chaski slightly on the hi side (like half a click on the DX-398 40-Hz steps), vs Cuban pulse jamming, until chopoff at 0112:40.5* which is 11 seconds later than 48 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 30 after 0114, SLBC open carrier has come on, poor signal; music starts at 0114:47, but no mistimesignal audible before opening announcement at 0115:43 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1723 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9475, Thursday May 29 from 2100:30. New simulairing on WBCQ inaudible on 7490, but webcast reveals they are again playing last week`s show, 1722.

WOR 1723 also confirmed on WWRB, 5050, UT Friday May 30 from 0327:25, after several seconds pause following preacher. WOR audio sounded rather overmodulated and distorted. Next:

Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2330 on WTWW-2, 9930
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI-14, 9495 (may be previous episode)
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Monday 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, May 30 at 0113, passé Pastor Pete Peters preaching here on WTWW-3, while someone else is speaking on 9475, WTWW-1, the main SFAW channel. This seems to be a regular thing now, but apparently 12105 is still considered part of the ``Bible Worldwide`` ministry, somehow related to SFAW. At 1427 May 30, 12105 is still not on, tho 9475 and 9930 are (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12050, May 30 at 1328, WEWN Spanish is gone, and along with that its squealyspurs; still VG on 11550 and English on 15610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, May 30 at 0505 UT, KLBW New Boston TX is back as the dominant daytimer cheating, clear YL ID as ``KLBW The Light and KLBW.com``. KCMN Colorado Springs unheard now, but fast SAH with something. Also recheck at tune-in 0536 UT, another canned ID from KLBW, but this time by an OM as ``KLBW 1530 The Light``. Note: it`s no doubt like this all night, earlier and later; my previous logs at 0605 UT were just typical of my bedtime chex.

Todd Skaine, Woodbury MN, replied to my previous log: ``Glenn, KCMN also cheats a lot. I've also noticed that our semi-local from Shakopee [MN, KQSP 1530] stays on all night, usually with lower power. However this morning, 0510 CLT [1010 UT] they were at full power. Also another local 690 KFXN have been 24/7 at full power [500 watts, all-Hmong?] for a month!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 88.3, clips of my KAXL Greenacres CA log as in previous report:
http://www.w4uvh.net/kaxl1.mp3
http://www.w4uvh.net/kaxl2.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 960, May 30 at 0501 UT during KGWA Fox-hole, once again, audible amid the QRM is somestation playing instrumental ``Let It Be`` Beatlesong. What is it?!? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9669-SSB, May 30 at 0524, slurred colloquial Spanish 2-way INTRUDERs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 14000-SSB, May 30 at 1319, colloquial Spanish 2-way, some whistling, vs carrier bursts with descending pitch; presumed poachers rather than legit hams who would not be on phone at the lower edge of the 20m band. Mentioned Isla Santa Isabel, times of moonrise and moonset. There are islands by that name in Galápagos and Guinea Ecuatorial, but presumably this is the Mexican one off Nayarit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1723 UT May 30

MBR A-14 schedule May 14, 2014

AUSTRIA/BULGARIA/FRANCE/GERMANY/MADAGASCAR

MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH (formerly T-SYSTEMS - DTK)
A-14 period (30/03/2014 - 25/10/2014)
A-14 operational MBR schedule of May 14th, 2014. Times are in UTC.

<http://www.media-broadcast.com/fileadmin/Downloads/Radio/MBR_A14_operational_schedule_14052014.pdf>

# changes, marked by wb.

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5975 0400-0430 28SE ISS 100 95 1234567 200414-200414 AWR #
5975 0400-0430 28SE NAU 100 130 1234567 210414-251014 AWR #
9530 0300-0330 48 NAU 250 142 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
9610 1930-2000 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
9610 2000-2030 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
9790 0900-1000 28W NAU 100 180 1 300314-251014 AWR
9830 1600-1630 28SE NAU 100 133 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
11605 1900-2000 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
11755 2030-2100 46SE,47W ISS 250 165 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
11830 2000-2030 46E,47W ISS 250 180 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
11840 1900-2000 37,38W NAU 100 215 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
11945 1900-1930 46W NAU 250 212 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15140 0800-0830 37,38W ISS 100 170 1234567 200414-200414 AWR #
15140 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 100 205 1234567 210414-251014 AWR #
15155 1730-1800 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15170 1730-1800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15205 1930-2000 46SE,47W NAU 250 180 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15225 0500-0600 38E,39 NAU 250 130 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15225 0700-0800 37,38W NAU 100 210 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15225 0800-0830 37,38W NAU 250 210 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15225 0830-0900 37,38W NAU 100 205 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15265 1500-1530 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15265 1530-1600 41N NAU 250 90 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
15670 1530-1600 41N ISS 250 75 12347 300314-251014 AWR
15670 1530-1600 41N ISS 250 75 56 300314-251014 AWR
17575 1630-1700 48 NAU 250 145 1234567 300314-251014 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 23456 300314-251014 AWR
17810 1300-1330 42,43W NAU 250 70 17 300314-251014 AWR
17810 1330-1500 42,43W NAU 250 70 1234567 300314-251014 AWR

5930 2000-2015 39N NAU 250 120 1234567 300314-251014 BVB
5945 0700-0730 27,28N NAU 100 270 1 300314-251014 BVB
5945 0700-0745 27,28N NAU 100 270 7 300314-251014 BVB
5945 0730-0800 27,28N NAU 100 270 1 060414-060414 BVB #
6130 1800-1815 28,29 NAU 100 90 56 300314-251014 BVB
6130 1800-1830 28,29 NAU 100 90 3 300314-251014 BVB
6130 1800-1900 28,29 NAU 100 90 1 300314-251014 BVB
6130 1830-1845 28,29 NAU 100 90 7 300314-251014 BVB
7310 0300-0315 39S ISS 250 100 1234567 300314-251014 BVB
9430 1815-1830 39,40 MOS 300 ND 1 300314-251014 BVB
9515 2030-2045 46N,47NW,38W,37NAU 250 180 1234567 300314-251014 BVB
9550 0400-0430 39NE,40 ISS 100 92 127 200414-200414 BVB #
9550 0400-0430 39NE,40 NAU 100 110 127 210414-251014 BVB #
9550 0430-0445 39N ISS 125 98 17 200414-200414 BVB #
9550 0430-0445 39N NAU 125 120 17 210414-251014 BVB #
9550 0430-0450 39N NAU 125 120 23456 300314-251014 BVB
9635 1830-1915 39 SOF 100 126 1 300314-251014 BVB
9735 0500-0515 39,40 NAU 250 120 6 300314-251014 BVB
11655 0600-0615 46N,47NW,38W,37NAU 125 180 1234567 300314-251014 BVB
11855 1800-1830 39,40 NAU 100 105 6 300314-251014 BVB
11855 1800-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 5 300314-251014 BVB
11855 1815-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 1 300314-251014 BVB
11855 1830-1900 39,40 NAU 100 105 3 300314-251014 BVB
13580 1700-1715 39,40 NAU 250 130 2356 300314-251014 BVB
13580 1700-1730 39,40 NAU 250 130 4 300314-251014 BVB
13580 1715-1730 39,40 NAU 250 130 7 300314-251014 BVB
13810 1700-1715 38E,39,40W ISS 100 120 5 300314-251014 BVB
13810 1700-1715 38E,39,40W NAU 100 125 17 300314-251014 BVB
13810 1700-1745 38E,39,40W ISS 100 120 3 300314-251014 BVB
13810 1700-1800 38E,39,40W ISS 100 120 246 300314-251014 BVB
15160 1630-1730 47,48 NAU 100 150 1234567 300314-251014 BVB
15215 1700-1715 39 MOS 100 115 6 300314-251014 BVB
15215 1700-1730 39 MOS 100 115 5 300314-251014 BVB
15215 1700-1900 39 MOS 100 115 17 300314-251014 BVB
15640 1500-1515 40,41 SOF 100 90 7 300314-251014 BVB
15640 1515-1545 40,41 SOF 100 90 7 300314-251014 BVB
15640 1515-1600 40,41 SOF 100 90 6 300314-251014 BVB
17495 1400-1430 41 ISS 250 83 7 300314-251014 BVB
17495 1430-1500 41 ISS 250 83 7 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1530-1800 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 6 020514-251014 BVB #
17515 1600-1630 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 1 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1600-1730 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 2 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1630-1700 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 250 135 1 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1630-1730 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 4 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 3 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1630-1830 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 5 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1700-1730 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 7 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1700-1800 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 100 135 1 300314-251014 BVB
17515 1730-1830 38S,39S,47,48 ISS 250 135 7 300314-251014 BVB
17535 0830-1000 38,39 NAU 125 145 6 300314-251014 BVB
17535 0900-0915 38,39 NAU 125 145 7 300314-251014 BVB
21480 1100-1115 43S,44S MDC 125 45 345 300314-251014 BVB
21480 1100-1130 43S,44S MDC 125 45 67 300314-251014 BVB
21480 1115-1145 43S,44S MDC 125 45 1 300314-251014 BVB

9585 1800-1900 28E,29 NAU 100 90 7 300314-251014 CHW
6055 1030-1100 27,28 NAU 125 222 17 300314-251014 EMG
7315 1830-1845 27,28W,37N NAU 125 230 36 200514-251014 EOE % #

9520 0030-0130 40E,41NW NAU 250 100 1234567 300314-251014 GFA
9520 2330-0030 41NE,43S,49N NAU 250 85 1234567 300314-251014 GFA

15215 1530-1630 40E,41NW NAU 250 99 1234567 300314-251014 GFA #
now on 15395 kHz since May 28

15350 1230-1500 41 NAU 250 89 1234567 300314-251014 GFA
15390 1330-1530 41NE,43S,49N NAU 250 85 1234567 300314-251014 GFA

13800 1530-1630 29S MOS 100 95 7 300314-251014 HCJ

6105 1600-1800 28E,29W NAU 250 75 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
7280 0030-0400 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
9645 1800-1830 47,48 ISS 250 160 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
9780 1700-1800 40E,41NW NAU 250 95 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
11875 0500-0530 46,47 NAU 250 195 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
11925 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
11925 1900-1930 48 ISS 250 130 23456 300314-251014 IBB

11995 1630-1700 47,48 NAU 250 150 23456 240414-251014 IBB #
ex 11620 kHz since April 24

12005 1730-1800 48 ISS 250 130 23456 300314-251014 IBB
12005 1800-1900 48 ISS 250 130 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
12040 2030-2100 46,47 NAU 250 190 23456 300314-251014 IBB
13870 1630-1700 47,48 ISS 250 140 23456 300314-251014 IBB
13870 1800-1900 48 NAU 250 140 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
13870 1900-1930 48 NAU 250 140 23456 300314-251014 IBB
15255 1400-1500 30S ISS 250 90 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
15360 0400-0900 40E,41NW NAU 250 90 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
15460 1500-1600 30S NAU 250 85 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
15620 1500-1600 29SE NAU 250 90 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
15690 1600-1700 40 NAU 250 105 1234567 300314-251014 IBB
15720 1630-1700 46,47,52,53,57NISS 250 180 6 300314-251014 IBB
15720 1800-1830 52,53,57 ISS 250 180 23456 300314-251014 IBB

7330 1000-1100 27,28 MOS 100 283 1 300314-251014 JOY *
7330 1000-1100 27,28 MOS 100 283 1 200414-200414 JOY 3rd #

6025 0400-0500 27E,28 NAU 125 270 1 200414-200414 KBC & #
6045 0800-0900 27E,28 NAU 125 275 1 200414-200414 KBC &
6095 0800-1500 18SW,27,28W,37NNAU 100 240 17 300314-251014 KBC &
7375 0000-0200 2,3,4,6-10 NAU 125 300 1 010914-251014 KBC & #
9925 0000-0200 2,3,4,6-10 NAU 125 300 1 010514-300814 KBC &
9925 0400-0500 4,8,9 NAU 125 300 1 200414-200414 KBC & #
15315 1830-1900 46S,47SE ISS 500 180 1234567 300314-251014 LWF

6045 0900-1000 27E,28 NAU 100 270 1 300314-251014 MSM
5945 1100-1115 27,28 NAU 250 222 1 300314-251014 MWA
11695 1500-1530 29,30 ISS 250 60 7 300314-251014 MWF
13710 1100-1130 19-26 NAU 250 45 7 300314-251014 MWF

5985 0400-0430 11,12 YFR 100 222 1234567 300314-251014 NHK
11680 0300-0500 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 300314-251014 NHK
15445 1700-1900 38,39,40 NAU 250 140 1234567 300314-251014 NHK

17630 1600-1630 47E,48 ISS 500 130 37 300314-251014 OGM

9515 1930-2000 37,38 NAU 250 155 1 300314-251014 PAB
15205 1400-1430 41 ISS 100 90 1 300314-251014 PAB
15205 1415-1430 41 ISS 100 90 234567 300314-251014 PAB
15205 1430-1445 41 ISS 250 90 1 300314-251014 PAB

9610 0530-0600 46SE NAU 100 180 23456 300314-251014 RMI
13830 1700-1800 38E,39S,48 ISS 100 125 14 300314-251014 SBO
13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38E,39 NAU 100 130 23456 300314-251014 TOM
13810 1400-1600 28,29W,38E,39 ISS 100 120 17 300314-251014 TOM
6095 0800-1000 18SW,27,28W,37NNAU 100 230 246 300314-251014 TRS &
6105 0700-0720 27 NAU 100 285 1234567 300314-251014 TWR
7215 0830-0900 28 NAU 100 135 1234567 300314-251014 TWR
7320 1400-1428 28,29,30 NAU 100 65 1234567 300314-251014 TWR
9835 2300-2330 12,13,14,15,16 NAU 100 240 1234567 300314-251014 VZM
11920 2300-0045 12,13,14,15,16 NAU 100 240 1234567 300314-251014 VZM
15670 1630-1700 40 ISS 500 91 26 090514-251014 WRN

* = 1st Sunday of the month
Day 1 = Sunday ... Day 7 = Saturday

List of Broadcasters which are using MEDIA BROADCAST technical equipment:

AWR Adventist World Radio
BVB High Adventure Gospel - Bible Voice Broadcasting
CHW Christliche Wissenschaft
EMG Evangelische Missionsgemeinden in Deutschland
EOE Echo of Europe %)
GFA Gospel for Asia
HCJ Voice of the Andes, Sats only, 1530 UT Russian, 1600 UT Chechen
IBB International Broadcasting Bureau, USA
JOY Joystick, * 1st Sun
KBC Mighty KBC Radio &)
LWF Lutheran World Federation
MSM ShortWave Rock 1st Sun, EMR 3rd and 4th Sun (wb.)
MWA Missionswerk Arche
MWF Missionswerk Friedensstimme, Gummersbach - Germany
NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
OGM NGO [RHU Radio Huriyo Xoriyo Ogaden]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization>
<http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_non_gouvernementale>
PAB Pan Am Broadcasting
RMI Radio Miami International
9610 Hamada Radio International in Hausa to WeAF.
SBO Sagalee Bilisummaa Oromoo, Voice of Oromo Liberation.
TOM The Overcomer Ministry
TRS Transport Radio Mon/Wed/Fri; KBC Mighty KBC Radio, Sat/Sun.
TWR Trans World Radio
VZM [HCJB transmissions, Spanish, German, Kulina, Portuguese]
WRN World Radio Network, Radio Mehr Iranian, Mon/Fri only.

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09 rue de Sebastopol
B.P. 21531
31015 Toulouse Cedex 6
France

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giovedì 29 maggio 2014

Glenn Hauser logs May 29, 2014

** CUBA [and non]. 5999.6, May 29 at 0638 check, RNBrasília`s extra transmitter is still on here causing lite het to 6000.0, RHC English during ``Wednesday`` mailbag (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 17585, May 29 at 0643, lively W&M talk in Japanese, poor signal. This is one of the special NHK frequencies put on the air for 24-hour service to Japanese residents in military Thailand, per schedule from S. Hasegawa, this one at 05-08 UT. For those who haven`t seen them in the DXLD yg, full sked is:
0900-1700 11815
1700-1900  7225
1900-2100  9560
2100-0100 13680
0100-0500 17810
0500-0800 17585
0800-0900 13650
Many of these were already in use, but extended to fill in gaps; presumably all direct from Yamata. I suspect these and other expanded broadcasts for Thailand from BBC and VOA will fade away as the Outside gets used to yet another period of military rule. BBC and VOA also have a lot to lose by pushing the issue, both with SW relay bases in Thailand (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. After an hour of fitful hints of video on channel 2, Es opens up at 1548 UT May 29:

1548 on 2, multiple CCI from different offsets to the southwest, but best signal from WSW: studio talk show, with 14 day countdown to Mundial at the bottom. Azteca-7 bug barely visible in upper right. From direxion and network, expected to be XHENT Ensenada BCN; 1555 ad for Vertigo with circle-V commercial logo briefly in upper right instead. Then I make out the slogan along with the Mundial countdown: AZTECARIOCA ---- get it? Tiny white lettering appears quickly in the upper left along the letterbox black strip, missed ID? Maybe not. 1556 Mexico`s equivalent of Amber Alert, missing child notice, but around the DF, I think, not BC. Back to program, title behind the anchor something like ALGUIEN RESPONDE. 1558 finally I can make out the XHENT CANAL 2 / ENSENADA BC two-line ID bug in the UR. This signal is never as strong, snow-free as XHBC:

1557 on 3, XHBC Mexicali has faded in, W&W conversation mentions Mexicali right away; heavy ghosting, but peaks snow-free. This is always stronger than XHENT-2. 1600 in studio dancer-sizing segment, guys leading gals. 1602 full-screen grafik: HOLA MEXICALI.

1559 on 5, Azteca-13 bug in UR, so evidence that XHAQ Mexicali is still on analog 5, the MUF reaching it today; peaks snow-free too. 1603 program bug in LL is VENGA ALEGRIA in circle, non-local out of the DF no doubt, but below that is a PDT clock as 09:03. Take some pix at 1605, linx to be added later if worthy.

With the TV MUF up to 82 MHz, FM should be possible. Finding that the W9WI.com page for BC FM is empty, I look up in Cantú the FM frequencies for Ensenada:
89.1, 92.1, 92.9, 95.5, 97.9, 100.3, 101.1, 103.3, 106.9
and Mexicali:
(88.7 = USA), 89.9, 90.7, 91.5, 92.3, 95.5, 96.9, 98.3, 101.9, 103.3, 104.1, 104.9, 105.5, 105.9, 106.7
Didn`t get Tijuana copied down but notice that some of them duplicate Mexicali! So beware. Anyhow, seems I won`t need them now as the FM DX turns out to be Alta Californian: see U S A. Meanwhile the MUF from XH-land is declining down to channel 2 CCI by 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 51, May 29 at 1433 UT check, NO signal any more from KSBI-TV OKC, so the transition to RF 23 is complete for ``Channel 52``. I believe it was still on both RF channels yesterday when I checked, or certainly ante-yesterday. One is hard-pressed to find *anything* on their website
http://www.ksbitv.com about their true RF channel, now 23; who cares? It does still say at the top, ``Digital Antenna Scan for CH 52``! Internal site search simply on the number 23 gets 3058 hits, presumably totally spurious, but including a lot of videos, perhaps with those numbers embedded anywhere in the URLs (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1723 monitoring: confirmed first broadcast Thursday May 29 from 1230 on WRMI, 9955. Good signal, no jamming audible for a change; did not catch today when the switch from WRMI-10 to WRMI-11 was made, but it was not at 1258. Next: Thu 2100 on WTWW 9475, WBCQ 7490; UT Fri 0326v on WWRB 5050 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Following WOR 1723 on WRMI 9955, no `Scoreboard` at all followed at 1259 May 29, just fill music and Zanotti ID. I suspect Bruce Baskin may have given up trying to get any sponsorship for that 1-minute show. Looking thru the program info on the WRMI website,
http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
We find he`s now doing something else:

``Rock Radio Revival, CONTACT: Bruce Baskin,
wrmi9955@hotmail.com
Sunday nights are now a lot louder on shortwave radio. On May 4, 2014, Radio Miami International debuted a new half-hour classic Christian rock program featuring music ranging from Eighties heavy metal bands to Nineties alternative rockers. "Rock Radio Revival" airs every Sunday at 9:30 PM EDT on WRMI, following the popular "Blues Radio International" show. The host of the new program, Bruce Baskin, has been WRMI's sports director for the past 16 months, producing the WRMI Scoreboard weekdays since January 2013. . .`` Promises not to proselytize.

Indeed the program grid now displayed, dated May 3, 2014, but also mislabeled B-13,
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AivhtkIEGb3_dENObnZrMkt1YmtUWGxkbkd3TGNzOXc&hl=en#gid=0
has removed all the `Scoreboard` times, but instead of R.R.R. at 9:30 pm Sundays shows `Word for the World`, and no R.R.R. anywhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, May 29 at 0604 UT, another try for KLBW New Boston TX, cheating daytimer already heard thrice at this hour: instead, like last night, there is oldie music, no ID but 0606 UT segué; 0608 UT DJ mentions The Guess Who, caller on air with him. 0613 UT two Ad Council PSAs, so paid advertising to overlay them is sparse; 0615 UT back to music; 0617 UT, 866- toll free number ``is smokin```, takin` requests, but is it really live in the nightmiddle? Maybe so, altho typically immediate fulfillment of a request means it`s been taped a bit earlier. She gets what she wants, ``We Are the Champions``. 0624 UT next break brings ad for the I-25 Speedway, weather; 0626 UT joint ID first for KWRP 690 Pueblo, and then KCMN 1530 Colorado Springs, which are the two components of the ``I-25 Radio Network`` as heard last night at this time.

Thruout this period, and also last night, nothing more heard from KLBW, so it appears they have handed over cheatin` responsibility on 1530 to KCMN, which is supposed to be 15 watts night instead of 15 kW day. Note: no station would really want to run only 15 watts at night: no doubt this was the figure FCC came up with so KCMN would not have have to install an expensive direxional antenna system in order to run higher power at night. It might also have required a different transmitter site in order to put a usable signal into CS (or along I-25), or that might have been impossible considering the other stations which supposedly have to be protected.

Meanwhile, we are deprived of Brother Scare on WCKY Cincinnati, SOB! Looking at the NRC Pattern Book, however, WCKY`s pattern puts very little signal to the west, just as KFBK Sacramento puts very little signal to the east, and KGBT Harlingen puts very little signal to the north --- the big three 50 kW stations on 1530 (KGBT cut to 10 at night). From the map, there is such a gap in mid-America that it looks as if KCMN should be allowed to run full power at night, perhaps with a few nulls toward the other three. Checking FCC AM Query in case there has been some change? No, but they do have 1 kW for critical hours, and this signal could well be 1 instead of 15 kW; or somewhere in between (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 88.1, May 29 at 1623 UT, after TVDX from Mexicali and Ensenada BC, MUF up into FM, yet not much on TV now; overriding the 88.1 Okies, promos for ``K-jazz``; 1624, ``K-jazz 88.1, member-supported jazz radio``. At first I assume it`s Phœnix, but wait a minute, the real KJZZ is not on 88.1! Do they have a satellite or translator on 88.1? Not per WTFDA FM database and anyhow this one IDs as on 88.1 originally. Further checking finds it must really be KKJZ, 30 kW in Long Beach CA, a.k.a. ``K-jazz``. HAAT is only 137 meters, so must not be on Mt Wilson. City-to-city distance to Long Beach: 1870/1162/1010 km/sm/nm.

90.7, May 29 at 1635 UT, find one other FM Es signal on a relatively clear frequency here: interview with the late Maya Angelou (who came up with a much classier name than her née), but not // with Tavis Smiley doing the same on OETA OKLA. Then to others reminiscing about her. Not recognizing Amy Goodman voice, but very likely `Democracy Now` as now scheduled to repeat on KPFK, Los Ángeles, which is on Mount Wilson, grandfathered 110 kW ERP up 863 meters AAT (this did not keep not one but two BCN stations from usurping the same frequency, unheard now.) Distance: 1846/1147/997. Fade after 2 or 3 minutes.

88.3, May 29 at 1643 UT, woman with community event about a wilderness adventure, see hillcrest.adventistspace.org (? no good link). ``To submit your event visit kaxl.com``. Fade out and back in, at first thought another station: 1647 ``Life FM`` after music, two M DJ chat about how no great explorers were women since they always stop and ask for direxions, yuk2. Finally another ``Life FM`` non-ID and PDT timecheck for 10 till 10 at 1650 UT. Meanwhile I had searched on that slogan for 88.3 in the WTFDA db and got only one hit anywhere: KAXL in Greenacres (Bakersfield) CA, 21 kW. Distance km/sm/nm: 1915/1190/1034. Recording clips to be added (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despached at 1844 UT May 29

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) to participate with a special broadcast in the International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) Trial on June 5th and 6th


Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) to participate with a special broadcast in the International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) Trial on June 5th and 6th

The Emergency Warning Features (EWF) of the DRM system will be featured in a special broadcast included in the IRDR Trial to coincide with the Media Summit on Climate Change to be held June 4th - 6th 2014 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The aim of the trial - special programmes carried by twelve important broadcasters- is to demonstrate that shortwave broadcasting has a unique value for affected populations and that the existing framework of global shortwave coordination can be employed for disaster risk purposes.  Special clear channels have been selected for the IRDR Trial and there will be transmissions from a number of different broadcasters and sites between 0200 and 1130 UTC each day of the Media Summit. 

The DRM Consortium have produced a 30 minute long programme explaining the benefits of the DRM EWF which can be heard on the BBC/Babcock transmissions on 15650 kHz at 03:00 – 03:30, 04:00 – 04:30 and 05:00 – 05:30 UTC on both the 5th and 6th of June.

The special DRM radio programme explains what the inbuilt emergency functionality of DRM is and how alarm signals generated by the authorities can override running programmes and carry the emergency message instantly to large numbers of people. The DRM special broadcast will be an inviting introduction to the DRM presentation and demonstration to be given by Alexander Zink, Vice-Chair of the DRM Consortium (and Senior Business Development Manager, Fraunhofer IIS, Germany) on June 6th in the morning, at the Media Summit on Climate.

"During emergencies and times of crisis, most of the services fail", says Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chairman, "radio is the last line of communication and the obvious solution for bringing information to the people. We are very excited to have our first radio broadcast on the in-built emergency disaster functionality of DRM during such an important event like the one in Jakarta."

For those interested in the DRM special broadcast this will be made available very soon on: www.drm.org

(DRM Consortium Press Release)

---
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi

Glenn Hauser logs May 28-29, 2014

** BRAZIL [and non]. 5999.6, May 28 at 0113 check, the RNB carrier is still on causing het with 6000.0, RHC English which is just barely modulated (JBM) and confirmed as // 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. A bit of analog Es UT May 28:

0010 on 2, weak signal in and out, maybe Seinfeld? Antenna north, but not confirmed with audio in English

0128 on 2, drama in English, antenna NNE; can make out unobtrusive Global bug in lower right. No doubt it`s CKND-2, Minnedosa MB, the only analog Global left on 2 this side of eastern Ontario

0131 on 2, OFF ad vs different Canadian bugs

0159 on 2, `Law & Order` recognizable right up to 0200

0200 on 2, Global Preview of some other show, really a trailer, but it`s sponsored by something unrelated on part of the screen.

0335 on 2, some video fades back in; 0338 it`s CTV News mentioning Timmins, Sudbury. This chex with CHBX Sault Sainte Marie ON schedule for 11:30 pm EDT CTV [local] news following 11:00 pm national news. The only other CTV possibility, two timezones further west, CKBQ in Melfort, Sask., won`t be in local news until 0630 UT according to schedules, i.e. after midnight local CST. 0338 tail end of local weather segment and fadeout.

Another brief Es opening May 29:

1324 on 3, with antenna NNE, CCI including interview in English, 1325 mentioning Saskatoon, so its really from the NNW, CFQC-TV-1, Stranraer, the only analog 3 left in SK, 100 kW. City to city distance 1899 km/1180 smi/1026 nmi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 28 at 0111, R. Chaski carrier detectable despite pulse jamming from Cuba, which occasionally appears here way off-time from the R. Martí broadcast starting at 0700; until cut off at 0112:29.5*, which is six seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 15255, May 28 at 0558, ME? music, very poor with flutter. Not expecting it to turn out to be trans-equatorial Channel Africa, but 0600 6-pip timesignal about 1 second late, opening ChAf English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 28 at *0114:12, SLBC carrier on, 0114:47.5 music starts, 0114:19 mistimesignal ends, very poor in noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 13580, May 28 at 0600, BBC teasing `Outlook` to come, 0601 news; good signal I had not noticed before; Aoki shows 315 degrees via MADAGASCAR at 0600-0800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1722 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI-11, 9955, Wednesday May 28 at 1315, good signal on NW beam. Also confirmed at new time on WBCQ, Wednesday 2100 on webcast, while 7490 is inaudible here. How is it closer to Monticello? Also replayed one more time on WRMI-10, 9955, UT Thursday May 29 at 0330, confirmed on webcast.

WORLD OF RADIO 1723:
Thursday 1230 on WRMI, 9955
Thursday 2100 on WTWW, 9475
Thursday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490 (we hope; last week replayed old show)
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB, 5050 (resumed last week after missings)
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Saturday 2330 on WTWW, 9930 (resumed last week after missings)
UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI, 9495 (may be previous show)
UT Sunday 0400 on WTWW, 5830
UT Monday 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955
Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, May 28 at 0604, one more check for KLBW cheatin` daytimer heard three previous nites around now: instead frequency dominated by music, ``Baby-Love``, about same NW/SE bearing as for New Boston TX, but is opposite, ``Good Time Oldies on the I-25 Radio Network``, which means Colorado: KCMN Colorado Springs, but it`s got to be cheatin` too, as NRC AM Log shows it with 15000 watts day/00015 watts night! U1 i.e. non-direxional day and night. Will be interesting to follow which one is heard subsequently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0550 UT May 29

mercoledì 28 maggio 2014

Glenn Hauser logs May 25-27, 2014

** BRAZIL [and non]. 5999.6, May 27 at 0116, Rádio Nacional Brasília/Amazônia is reactivated here after several weeks, made obvious by the absence of RHC English! M&W laughing, music // much stronger 6180 and 11780. If RHC were on, there would be a 400 Hz het, which in fact I do hear at 0623 check when ``Ed Newman`` misasserts that it`s ``24 minutes past the hour``.

Last time 5999.6 was reported: April 11 as in DXLD 14-16. 6060, another RHC English frequency, as usual also has a het from Brasil, lower pitched than the one below 6000, May 27 at 0624 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. After Es opening on FM from CO, UT, ID, and MN, and DTV from SD [see USA], May 25 at 2026 UT I start to see algo in analog on channel 2, so the opening is probably getting into Canada now. All times UT!

2030 on 88.1, French Canadian talk, with CCI from DX and/or KWOU OK; 2032 ID in passing as ``Ici Radio-Canada, Première``, which is the current official slogan of CBC French network 1. Also at 2035, 2039; 2047 interview mentioning Rio de Janeiro, about guess what? A bit of music; more FFC talk. 2100 UT Société Radio-Canada informations en français, CCI.

Searching WTFDA on language: French, only one hit on 88.1, CFRH-FM in PENETANGUISHENE ON [whew], but it`s a community station, not CBC, and pretty far to the east. W9WI.com thinks it`s CBC English! Back to WTFDA to search all 88.1s in different provinces finds the obvious one in Manitoba, CKSB-10-FM, 100 kW H & V in Winnipeg, which is the defacto CBC French for that city, having quit AM 1050 originally in St-Boniface, which is the primary French ward of Winnipeg. No CBC French in SK on 88.1; the next closest in ON is CBON-1 in Sault Ste-Marie. Final FM Atlas had call for that as CBON-18.
Recording of wrapup from 2057, 2058 local Winnipeg ID at 2:59 in clip, 2100 news:
http://www.w4uvh.net/CKSB.mp3

2039 on 4 analog, CTV promo; 2042 mattress ad; 2043 promo CTV Morning News as also on FM 102.1 [meaning CFNY Brampton ON near Toronto? None in Manitoba]. 2053 ad for CLR bath and kitchen cleaners, (US) EPA approved! 2056 long movie credit roll allowed to be seen full-screen; unknown if theme music was interrupted as on US stations for promotion. Meanwhile much more FM DX, but at 2131 CTV Community Calendar for Winnipeg, including crf.mb.ca; 2144 CTV Morning Live promo. So it`s CKYB-TV, 100 kW in Brandon MB, really satellite of CKY-DT channel 7 in Wpg. I wonder how much longer before CKYB is DTV?
Brandon city to city approx. distance in km/statute miles/nautical miles: 1507/936/814

2044 on 6 analog, algo, not // 4. CBWT Winnipeg has long left 6 for DTV on UHF. At 2050 on 6, Dairy Queen ad in English; my Zenith analog B&W TV is unable to keep sound from 88.1 CKSB from also coming thru the TV speaker when on channel 6. 2054 ad for Camp Circle of Friends, illegible text abottom in letterbox. There`s a good clue! Googling on that camp leads to Saskatoon/Regina (and northern Indiana). This summer camp [really ``o`Friends``] is to support children with cancer, at Arlington Beach, which is on the eastern shore of Last Mountain Lake, northwest of Regina. So back to Saskatchewan, where there are two analog full-powers on 6 left per W9WI.com, but closer to southern MB is CKCK-TV-2, Willow Bunch, 52.7 kW, south central SK only 27 miles from Montana. (Other one is CFQC-TV-2, 30.3 kW in North Battleford, way up in west central SK.)

2055 on 2 analog, golf coverage in English, in and out for some time.
A convenient site to find current and future broadcast TV listings is
http://local.ca Not checked until Monday for this, but next Sunday, CKND on the Global network will be running PGA Golf at that time. It`s the only Global on 2 anywhere around central Canada, really CKND-TV-2 in Minnedosa MB, 100 kW, satellite of CKND in Winnipeg, which is now DTV on channel 40. How much longer will -2 be analog?

2102 on 92.7, Shaw Direct Satellite ad, shawdirect.ca/cottage; 2014 general elexions in Ontario made easy, cross fade to CBC News; back to here for ad on Sandy Beach Road in Dryden, low 15 tonight, recorded:
http://www.w4uvh.net/CKDRCBW.mp3
CKDR-FM 92.7 DRYDEN ON, 39/17 kW H/V, adult contemporary format
Dryden is in remote southwestern Ontario east of Kenora on the northern leg of the Trans-Canada hiway. Distance 1544/960/834

More from CKDR recorded at 2123, ``Today`s hits and yesterday`s favourites are on CKDR``, then song ``Walkin` in Rhythm``
http://www.w4uvh.net/CKDR.mp3

2103 on 92.7, cross fade from CKDR above to CBC News: http://www.w4uvh.net/CKDRCBW.mp3
news about Wojciech Jaruzelski dying; also Knowlton Nash has died, last night at 86, was longtime TV news anchor; prime minister Harper saddened; promo for Canadian South Asian Music Mix on CBCmusic.ca with over 50 web radio stations free; promo Radio 2 top 20, http://cbcmusic.ca/radio2top20
2106 opening `À Propos` show which is on CBC Radio Two (English)

No CBCs on 92.7 in Ontario, so must be one or the other of:
CBWS-FM 92.7 BRANDON MB, 90/90 kW, distance 1507/936/814 --- or:
CBWY-FM 92.7 JACKHEAD MB, 33/33 kW. Jackhead is way up on the southern shore of Lake Winnipeg, distance 1729/1074/933.

2117 on 89.3, French Canadian CCI to KCMP in MN (see USA); in Winnipeg there is a low-power English CBW fill-in while AM continues on 990; the only French anywhere near is:
CBON-FM-2 89.3 THUNDER BAY ON, 16.5 kW H, distance 1509/938/815

2119 on 89.5, ``CJRL 20/20 weather`` for the Kenora region, lo 13, hi 23, see website ``89.5 The Lake.ca``  Top 5 hits from this day in 1976: ``Welcome back``. Tuned to 89.4 avoiding local 89.7. Recorded:
http://www.w4uvh.net/CJRL.mp3
CJRL-FM 89.5 KENORA ON, 50/21.5 kW, THE LAKE, ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Distance: 1513/940/817

2124 on 93.1, RDS reads ``HITS YOU WANT 93.1 THE HITS YOU NEED`` not necessarily in that order as the scrolling stalled. Nothing fits in WI, MN or ND, but not far from Kenora is:
CFOB-FM 93.1 FORT FRANCES ON, 21/21 kW H/V, 'WPM', THE BORDER, HOT AC
Checked their website and don`t find that phrase, but Googling on 93.1 "hits you need" nails it! CFOB:
http://www.b93.ca/djs.html

``Peace signs, bell bottoms, tie die…and some great music!  Don't miss "The 70's" with Charlie Tuna, a presentation of Kupila Sound Centre in Devlin, Saturday nights from 7 till midnight and Sunday's from 1 to 6 on 931 the border. The classic hits you want the new hits you need.``
Distance: 1408/875/760

2144 on 93.1, CFRY contest promo, recorded, very poor; ID barely audible at :17 into the clip. Popping seems to be produced by the digital recorder it`s patched into, drat:
http://www.w4uvh.net/CFRY1.mp3
2145, CFRY weather, lo 13, hi 24, and singing ID: http://www.w4uvh.net/CFRY2.mp3
CFRY-FM 93.1 PORTAGE LA PRARIE MB, 27/27 kW H/V, CLASSIC ROCK. Distance: 1530/951/826

2202, only weak CCI on analog 3 and 4, and FM about gone except for:

2205 on 88.5, mixing with OK station, mentioning weather on 94.1, so another translator/satellite? No fits in Minnesota

2245 on 88.3, interview in English with Québec accent, probably Thunder Bay rather than Wawa, only CBC Ontarians:
CBQT-FM 88.3 THUNDER BAY ON, 23.7 kW H, CBC RADIO ONE
CBLJ-FM 88.3 WAWA ON, 4.807 kW H, M CBC RADIO ONE
all per the WTFDA FM database (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 1620, May 27 at 0614, ``a esta hora, al ritmo de la vida en Rebelde``, and // 5025 so the AM, not the FM service now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL [and non]

** MEXICO. Sporadic E TV DX continues on Sunday, May 25, all times UT, all channels A-system NTSC analog!

1712 on 4, Azteca 13 bug upper-right, variety show

1718 on 4, still A-13, but plug for their other network with ``Info 7``; 13 show keeps flashing ``hot 13``, apparently about attractive women, again at 1749. Suspect XHHSS-TV, 100 kW, Hermosillo.
Distance 1469/913/793 in km/statute miles/nautical miles.

1752 on 2, TVKIDZ, show or segment? About soccer too

1753 on 2, TELEACTIVA bug in UR = XEFB-TV, Monterrey NL, in CCI
Distance 1214/755/656

1815 on 3, Televisa 5 bug in LR

1816 on 2, Televisa 5 bug in LR; US sitcom/movie with John Laroquette

1858 on 4, Azteca 13 bug in UR; good video, no sound, MUF between

1858 on 5, Azteca 13, same video only as on 4, weaker, fadeout

1915 on 2, CCI, but most signals are out

1930 on 4, algo

Then I take a break from TV and find that FM is open even tho nothing on ch 5 or 6 TV, but from somewhere else with no analog TV: see U S A, starting with 93.5 Aspen CO; also got DTV from SD, and FM from as far as Manitoba and Ontario.

Another Es opening from Mexico, May 26, UT, so rotate antenna still on north for Canada back to south:

1615 on 2, fade-in with f bug in LR - Televisa net-4; talking about béisbol, reviewing games? Et al.

1615 on 3, audio mentions ``ciudad de Puebla`` so probably really XHP, 100 kW. Distance: 1932/1201/1033

1616 on 4, studio variety show

1619 on 5, Spanish, CCI to cable leakage of analog KOCO-5

1624 on 4, variety show with girls being interviewed; red bug in UR may contain a 4, mostly off-screen; can`t find a match at
http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch4.html

1633 on 4, animation, Televisa-5 bug LR; TUFF title

1656 on 4, weak with net-5 bug LR

1700 on 2, audio mentions Grupo Pacífico but they have three stations on channel 2, two XHI`s in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, and Los Mochis, Sinaloa; and XHQ in Guamuchil, Sinaloa. For discussion of this very confusing setup, see
http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html

[lunch break, etc.]

1814 on 3, animation, Televisa-5 bug LR

1816 on 5, novela in ranchera setting; Televisa-2 star bug LR

1839 on 5, still MUF up to here with algo; best signal on 2

1844 on 2, promo Laura show on Televisa 2, star bug

2022 on 4, talk show, Azteca-13 bug UR; not much CCI for a change

2022 on 2, Televisa 9 Gala swirl bug in LR, novela; both 2 and 4 snow-free. This pair is typical of Hermosillo, Sonora. 2 being XHHMA-TV, 30 kW. Distance 1469/913/793.

2027 on 4, additional bug in upper left for a few seconds, NUEVA something; part of ID? Probably still Hermosillo

2046 on 2, Grupo Pacífico bug in UR. It`s an italic 2 in an oval, also with seagull wings you can`t really make out on the screen. Still about béisbol.

2055 on 2, heavy CCI on this channel only

2102 on 4, `Laura` show as she rants about ``delitos de los niños``, Televisa 2 star bug LR

2127 on 2, drama, with XHENT ENSENADA BC bug in UR; has some same-offset CCI. 50 kW, distance 1794/1114/968

2140 on 3, XHBC Mexicali with local news, snow-free. Bugs: bold N in a square at lower left; time and temp in lower right: 14:40 38oC and below the temp very small: Mxli (as if the city were 1041 in Roman numerals). The blue square XHBC bug I described before is not on screen now. Fadeout before 2200, but back at 2209 now with the blue square XHBC bug in LR. 100 kw, distance 1663/1033/898

Again no sign of XHAQ 5 from Mexicali, maybe only on DTV 28 now.

2220 on 3, Televisa Música promo; now with Televisa-4 `f` bug in LR; could still be XHBC after program source change. Opening peters out.

Small Es opening May 27 from 1608 UT: channel 2, ``Hola Juárez`` graphic and the ``j`` logo of XEPM; phone number for live call-in at bottom: ``comunícate a 888-10 00 y ----`` another not copied. Studio talk show. Also at best fade-ins, bug in UR from tu canal with clock below it, 10:12:06 onward; fade out around 1620. 100 kw; Distance: in km/statute miles/nautical miles: 947/588/511
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.5, 2158 UT May 25, ``The Weekend 22`` program outro, and multi-station ID almost too fast to copy:
``KJTH Ponca City 89-7,
KXTH Seminole-Shawnee 89-1,
KTHF Hammon-Elk City-Clinton 89-9,
KZTH Piedmont-Oklahoma City 88-5,
KTHL Altus 89-3,
Wichita 100.1 [no call; must be K261DR]
and around the world on housefm.com``

W9WI listings at least show a lot of confusion about which station is relaying which. 89.7 Ponca is the originator of this `House` Christian rock music format to rope in gullible teens, but is sibling station to 88.7 KLVV with its separate more adult Christian network. Recorder was running for DX which could have overridden KZTH on 88.5, so FWIW:
http://www.w4uvh.net/KZTH.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, May 26 at 1923 UT, KIEL Loyal OK, hymn music fades up and down rather like an incompletely bulk-erased tape! See also USA FMDX log of Minnesota on 89.3, also capturing an ID from KIEL (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 27 at 0111, at first nothing heard from R. Chaski, reset? Then I do make out a JBA carrier until cutoff at 0112:23.5* which is 12 seconds later than on May 25, and only 3 seconds later than May 26, so the May 26 reading must have been an anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, May 27, SIBC JBA carrier cut timed at 1159:01.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 27 at 0115, SLBC very poor with opening music, 2+1 mistimesignal ending at 0115:18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, May 26 at 1804, WTWW-3 with Ted Randall announcing it as another ``Bible Worldwide Special``, not // 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1530, May 27 at 0605 UT, KLBW still cheating, YL canned ID to ``Like us on Facebook, or KLBW1530.com`` and usual fast SAH; 0612 UT another ID as ``1530 The Light, KLBW1530.com``, separable from and certainly more pleasant than Brother Scare on WCKY. This is the 2.5 kW DAYTIMER in New Boston, northeast corner of Texas. I`d ``like`` it if they would obey the rules; but also would ``like`` it if other DXers have caught it as a result of my tips.

That URL forwards to:
http://klbw1530.weebly.com/ which is titled ``Solid Gospel KLBW 1530 New Boston The Light of Bowie County`` but presenting a ``feed failed`` error message. It`s bare bones, and the LISTEN button leads instead to the other button, STAFF! http://klbw1530.weebly.com/on-air-staff.html
by time block, and guess what, they do have staff for night: Jeremy Sweat at 7 pm-midnight, and Ed Evans at midnight - 5 am. So their cheating is institutionalized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Finally getting some sporadic E FM DX after several good TV openings. Lacking analog TV in the US on lower channels (except low power), it`s not always obvious when the FM band is open. Sunday May 25, using only the DX-398 or PL-880 at ground level with whips only: sometimes I am getting two different DX stations on the same frequency due to antenna orientations; rather hectic. Strong signals occupying normally weak or open frequencies are a good tipoff that it`s DX. Most of the recordings are off the DX-398. This entire session was at my computer desk but with computer off due to the hash it puts out, not only on MF, HF but VHF.

(However, with groundwave and probably skip, I have noticed that my TV antenna mast about 12 feet away, and about 21 feet above ground, influences what I get on FM, sort of focusing or reflecting signals? without any electrical connexion.)

Details researched primarily from
http://db.wtfda.org --- also W9WI.com and sometimes FCC FM Query. Approximate city-to-city distances from http://distancefromto.net are in format: km/statute miles/nautical miles. All times UT, May 25!

1949 on 93.5, ``Let It Be`` ending, and ``always back in less than a minute, Thunder 93.5, Aspen`s classic hits``. That`s a good start! KTND, 21 kW, 109m AAT, and the average terrain there is high! (Mostly I`ll skip the antenna heights, not relevant for skip.) Distance: 845 km =  525 smi = 456 nmi.

1952 on 97.5, ID in passing as KGAC (?), CCI from Alva. No match for KGAC or KGAZ or translator of one of those. Possibly it was Alva, really KPAK, and the CCI the DX:

1959 on 97.5, NBC Sports Radio mixed with KPAK ID (KPAK is classic rock). No NBC Sports on 97.5 listed in WTFDA. Station finder on
http://nbcsportsradio.com is too specific, defaulting to your own state and the show currently on schedule. However, broad Google search on ``NBC Sports Radio`` 97.5 leads to KZNS-FM, Coalville UT, ``The Zone``. Merely ``sports`` in WTFDA, main transmitter is 89 kW at 647m HAAT but they also have five co-channel 97.5 translators elsewhere in UT from 49 watts to 2.2 kW, with calls ending in FM3, FM4, FM5, FM6 and FM7 in Ogden, Provo, Bountiful, Salt Lake City, North Salt Lake City. Coalvillle is halfway to Wyoming on I-80 east of SLC. Distance 1277/794/689.

All this justifies rotating my TV antenna CCW from south to northwest! And looking for lowband DTV signals. And there they are after 2000 UT, ``bad`` ones registering on both RF channels 2 and 3. I take turns sitting on each hoping for a breakthru to ``good``.

``Full``-power RF 2s in the CO/UT region are: KREX ``5`` 800 watts in Grand Junxion CO; KSNV ``3``, 27.7 kW in Las Vegas NV; and KOTA ``3``, 18.2 kW in Rapid City SD (no KJWY in Jackson WY tho still on Hepburn`s map; it was low power and moved to Delaware!) (KNOP ``2`` North Platte NE, often seen by others, is too close to here, 584 km = 363 smi = 315 nmi). I got KOTA! See below.

``Full``-power 3s anywhere in the region are only: KYUS ``3`` just 1.3 kW in Miles City MT; and KDLO ``3`` 14.4 kW, Florence SD (often seen in the analog era).

2006 on 88.3, NPR news intro audible, presumably Weekend ATC. Could just be KOSR Stillwater OK, the local fill-in for KOSU moved to OKC; Searching on 88.3 and NPR, WTFDA gets only one hit, for KCLU-FM in Thousand Oaks CA, certainly possible, but there are bound to be many others. A drawback of that DB: it doesn`t include network affiliations per se, but KCLU happens to mention NPR among its slogans and PS info.

W9WI.com also has an FM database, and here
http://www.w9wi.com/web/fm-channels/202.html
there are many, many NPRs listed, but NOT including KOSR or KCLU!

2009 on 87.9, rock music, ``K-Love`` ID. This is on the DX-398, not on the PL-880. Weak but steady, suspect local image/mix but can`t make a match on the other receiver; but did I check 105.5? Databases show a possibility, K200AA on 87.9, 28-watt translator in Sun Valley NV, a CSN International station, which is one of those massive gospel huxter satellator networks, but the same as K-Love? Maybe not; K-Love mailing address is Omaha NE, while CSN I think is out of Twin Falls ID. I don`t find any connexion with CSN on the K-Love website.

2013 on 93.3, mentioning Rocky Mountain Power, ad for bulbs and air conditioners from Sutherlands. RMP service area is a lot of Utah, some of Wyoming and a bit of Idaho, but not Colorado:
https://www.rockymountainpower.net/about/cf/sam.html

Sutherlands operates in UT and WY, so maybe KUBL 93.3 Salt Lake City. (But also in OK, so that might also have been CCI from OKC`s KJKE.) But surely nothing about Rocky Mountain Power on an OK station.

2016 on 88.1, RDS shows KVSC, and fades in Spanish music. KVSC 88.1 is definitely in St Cloud MN, but listed as adult alternative; presumably two different stations. After getting at least two other stations on 88.1, at 2039 I see the KVSC is still showing on the RDS, not having been overwritten, so photo it while hearing CKSB French [see CANADA].
http://www.w4uvh.net/KVSCrds.jpg

2020 on RF 2, DTV decodes, looks like a surf scene, only for a few seconds. Bring up the PSIP and get a definite ID for KOTA-TV 3-1. That`s Rapid City SD, which I had seen many times on RF3 in the analog era. I hasten to get a photo, but too late, it`s gone. Distance 968/602/523.

DTV DX by Es has been VERY elusive for me; in fact, I think this is my *first* such Es DX ID after all these years; had near miss with WBRA RF3 in Virginia in 2009y.

2003 on 88.1, ``88.1 The Bridge`` promo for a 3-8 pm program in ``The Valley``. WTFDA db has no Bridge on 88.1! But Googling leads right to KTFY Twin Falls ID, which is really Buhl ID in WTFDA, 60 kW vertical only, contemporary Christian. The Bridge again at 2034 with God promo, CCI from CBC French; see below. I have just started recording now.
http://www.w4uvh.net/KTFY.mp3
Distance 1602/996/865.

2026 on 2, algo in analog; opening probably getting into CANADA now: see concurrent loggings under that heading!

2027 on 92.7, ads for Sam`s Club, and REI Outdoors, singing ID for KTPZ and I see it on the RDS. KTPZ is 4.9 kW H&V in Hazelton ID. At 2028, I see a different RDS: MONSTER. But per WTFDA that must also be KPTZ, ``Music Monster`` slogan, tho not listed in the RDS field. Distance 1554/966/839.

2045 on RF 5, a `bad` DTV signal by Es. Hepburn maps shows only three likely in the area: KXGN, 1 kW in Glendive MT; KIVV, 9.2 kW in Lead [``Leed``] SD; and WBKP, 6.4 kW in Calumet UPMI. Hastings NE is really too close; WOI Ames IA is 452 miles, also unlikely by Es but possible.

2055 on 92.9, rock music, presumably not Tulsa. At 2138, hard rock with RDS showing X93   1 (with spaces in there). WTFDA db gets no 92.9 hits on X-93 or X93, but searching all stations in MN and WI gets this which is likely it:
WECL 92.9 ELK MOUND WI, 3.3/3.3 kW H&V, ``92.9 THE X`` format: ACTIVE ROCK. Distance: 1078/680/582

2058 on 89.1, native chanting with thunder(?) SFX, CCI; 2059 ``Ojibwe 89.1`` ID mixing with WPR. It`s near Duluth:
WGZS 89.1 CLOQUET MN, 50/50 kW, 89.1 THE MOON, ETHNIC NATIVE AMERICAN.
Distance: 1234/767/666

2058 on 89.1, Wisconsin Public Radio ID mixing with Ojibway above:
WHAA 89.1 ADAMS WI, 28.5/28.5 kW, HD, IDEAS NETWORK, NEWS/TALK.
Distance: 1084/674/586

2108 on RF3, bar from a bad DTV signal, most likely KDLO in SD again.

2114 on 90.7, ``Res Radio --- 90.7 FM`` As in Indian Reservation. Must be an informal name, but I found one hit from a powwows.com forum guy who says ``IM A DJ AT OUR REZ RADIO. 90.7FM K.A.B.U``, i.e.:
KABU 90.7 FORT TOTTEN ND, 28/28 kW, ETHNIC/VARIETY NATIVE AMERICAN.
That is in northeastern ND, distance 1293/803/698.

2116 on 89.3, ``The Current from Minnesota Public Radio``, recorded.
http://www.w4uvh.net/KCMP1.mp3
2151 in again and recorded again, ``The Current on Minnesota Public Radio``; 2152 Twin Cities weather. Beastie Boys, ``Make Some Noise on 89-3 The Current``http://www.w4uvh.net/KCMP2.mp3

This is what has become of the lamented defunct WCAL:
KCMP 89.3 NORTHFIELD MN, 97.6/97.6 kW H/V, HD 168F 89.3 The Current - Title/Artist Great music lives here 89.3 the current 89.3 THE CURRENT ADULT ALTERNATIVE. Distance: 982/610/530.

2118 on 90.7, low-key talk about Benny Goodman, Gunther Schuller, swing band movement. Can`t find any programs to match on MPR, WPR schedules, each of which has two stations on 90.7, nor in ND or IA. No Canadians likely. Ideas?
http://www.w4uvh.net/90.7unID.mp3

2122 on 89.3, NPR ATC. Not necessarily same station, ATC again at 2151 as CCI to KCMP and I notice that it`s several seconds behind KOSU 91.7 which I know is already delayed to match its IBOC. Probably MPR`s other station on its news/talk network, WIRC in Ely:
WIRC 89.3 ELY MN, 18.5/18.5 kW, HD, MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO NEWS/TALK.
Ely is way up next to the Ontario border, distance 1373/853/741.

2129 on 90.7, ``107 KSLT`` is mentioned, CCI to the unID nostalgia station above. KSLT is 107.1 100/100 kW in Spearfish SD, ``POWER 107.1``, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN, but why is it mentioned on 90.7? Well, there is a 90.7 also in Spearfish, so are they related?
KJKT 90.7 SPEARFISH SD, 0.7/0.7 kW, THE BUZZ ADULT ALTERNATIVE.
In fact, they are on the same tower near Lead SD, per rabbitears.info but FCC FM Query shows quite different licensees. Could be that KSLT is related to a religious 90.7 elsewhere in SD, but both of them appear to be satellators from beyond:
K216EY [relaying:] WJFM, 90.7 YANKTON SD, 0.092/0.092 kW, THE SONLIFE RADIO NETWORK RELIGION --- and:
KGHW 90.7 ONIDA SD, 0.125/0.125 kW, RADIO 74 INTERNATIONAL RELIGION

2129 on 94.9, ``Great Hits 95`` slogan, poor. No ``hits`` on that, but maybe I misheard it, such as:
KLCH 94.9 LAKE CITY MN, 5.0/5.0 kW, LAKE HITS 95 OLDIES. Distance: 1014/630/548
Or could it be 100 kW KCMO-FM Kansas City? Too close for Es, under 300 miles, but maybe a bit of extended groundwave. They go by ``Kansas City's Greatest Hits!!!`` but apparently 94.9, not rounding to 95. BTW, I`m still getting ch 4 from Brandon MB.

2139 on 92.9, a bit of classical music CCI to the hard rock X93 above traced to WECL in Elk Mound WI, so surely:
WSCD-FM 92.9 DULUTH MN 70/70 kW, HD 8467 WSCD - MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO CLASSICAL. Distance: 1252/778/676

2139 on 89.3, classical with RDS    MPR   with spaces before and after; photographed.
http://www.w4uvh.net/MPRrds.jpg
MPR has three stations on 89.3, but only one is classical:
KRSW 89.3 WORTHINGTON MN, 100/100 kW, HD 3ECE Music - MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO CLASSICAL. The others being KCMP, The Current, Northfield already heard above; and WIRC in Ely but it`s on the news/talk network. Distance from Worthington: 827/514/447.

2159 on 89.3, multi-station ID as ``a listener supported station; to donate visit lifetalkradio.org``. Poor signal on recording, hard to copy details, and at end fades over to semi-local KIEL Loyal OK ID:
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOPJKIEL.mp3

With WTFDA db info, and what I could make out of the announcement:
WYNJ 89.5 BLACKDUCK MN, 0.8/0.8 kW, RELIGION – by elimination
WHPJ 88.7 HIBBING MN, 6.0/6.0 kW, RELIGION
KOPJ 89.3 SEBEKA MN, 99.23/99.23 kW, LIFE TALK RADIO RELIGION
KOLJ-FM 91.7 WARROAD MN, 0.25/0.25 kW, LIFETALK RADIO RELIGION
K228EW KOPJ 93.5 BEMIDJI MN, 0.25/0.25 kW, LIFE TALK RADIO RELIGION

Searching on Lifetalk or life talk slogans in WTFDA leads only to KOPJ = the one I am hearing, KOLJ, and to K228EW. But the other two fit the frequencies and locations mentioned so also part of this group. I had copied the 91.7 as ``Melrose`` instead of Warroad (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 88.1, May 27 at 1522 UT, Es signal fades in after sitting on this frequency for about an hour, knowing there is a 6m Es opening over much of the USA. Hard rock music, and back out.

1534 UT on 88.1, another fade in, slogan ``real music for real life, Joy FM``. Searching WTFDA db on Joy FM and 88.1 gets three hits, any of which are possible, but note the power disparity between the two related Florida stations:

WJIS 88.1 BRADENTON FL, 100.0/100.0 kW, 6D4E TheJoyFM - THE JOY FM NETWORK, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
WHIJ 88.1 OCALA FL, 1.25/1.25 kW, THE JOY FM NETWORK, CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
WPIR 88.1 HICKORY NC, 26.5/21.0 kW H/V, JOY FM, SOUTHERN GOSPEL.
From the brief bit of music heard, I would lean toward contemporary Christian rather than southern gospel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0105 UT May 28

martedì 27 maggio 2014

Brother Stair via Kostinbrod

BULGARIA(non)   Chaos with the broadcasts of Brother Stair via Kostinbrod:
0700-1300 on 11600 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Su-Fr, till 1000 on May 26
1300-1700 on  9400 SOF 050 kW / 306 deg to WeEu Daily, from 1340 on May 27
1600-1700 on 11590 SOF 100 kW / 030 deg to EaEu Daily, nothing from May 23

http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/brother-stair-via-kostinbrod.html
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/additional-registered-frequencies-of.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

Videos from May 25/26

May 25
Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorasi in Greek to WeEu 2229 on 7450, 9420 Avlis, co ch VIRI IRIB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juo6dVKkrmQ&feature=youtu.be

Radio Cairo in English to WeEu 2212 on 9895 Abis, distortion modulation, unmodulated audio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPE2a7F0sM&feature=youtu.be

Radio Exterior de Espana via Noblejas at 2300 UT, see below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B24Cr26ldQ&feature=youtu.be

Radio Mali in French to Af, low modulation at 2235 on 5995 Bamako
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcPlEgAn90M&feature=youtu.be

Radio Nigeria Kaduna in Hausa 2205 on 6089,8 Kaduna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euQf9OHylWQ&feature=youtu.be

Time signal stations ItalCable in Italian and Observatorio Nacional Brasil in Portuguese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-UUjSqFXcA&feature=youtu.be

WHRI Angel 2 in English to WeEu at 2156 on 15530, at 2200 on 11775 Cypress Creek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcFssk5enIw&feature=youtu.be

WTWW 3 in Arabic to NoAm at new time 2239 on 12105 Lebanon, TN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1iAGvTv7zU&feature=youtu.be

WTWW 3 in Yoruba to NoAm at new time 2305 on 12105 Lebanon, TN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpRK_8qu_b4&feature=youtu.be


May 26
North Korean Jamming from Kujang vs Voice of Freedom 1826 on 6135
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agn9zP91iU0&feature=youtu.be

Radio Belarus to WeEu in Belorussian at 1359 and in Russian at 1400 on 11730 Kalodzicy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMIpI8-xDJw&feature=youtu.be

Radio Belarus to WeEu in German 1822 on 7255, 11730 Kalodzicy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ2Y6rYq0bk&feature=youtu.be

Radio Exterior de Espana in Sefardi to ME 1450 on 15385 Noblejas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjMaDct_eo&feature=youtu.be

Radio Exterior de Espana in Spanish to ME, WCAf 1058 on 21610, 21515 Noblejas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd-syZ9vx3E&feature=youtu.be

Radio Hargeysa in Somali to EaAf 1832 on 7120 Hargeysa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTzxQIK9kbk&feature=youtu.be

Radio Kuwait in Arabic to WeEu 1201 on 21540 Sulaibiyah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgxxdFKeejE&feature=youtu.be

Radio Kuwait in Tagalog and Radio France Inter in French both on 21580 at 1159 UT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqT5cforSXs&feature=youtu.be

Radio Mali in French, low modulation 1652 on 9635 Bamako
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcRixqPYtDw&feature=youtu.be

Radio Rwanda in Kinyarwanda to Af 1702 on 6055 Kigali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dDSSULPRo&feature=youtu.be

Radio Sultanate of Oman in English to WeEu 1429 on 15140 Thumrait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crCf2CQiCzQ&feature=youtu.be

Radio Taiwan International in English to WeEu 1800 on new 5985 Issoudun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czV-QKbaYK0&feature=youtu.be

Radio Thailand HSK9 in English to WeEu 1900 on 9390 Udorn Thani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKyumVM1OoU&feature=youtu.be

Radio Thailand HSK9 in Thai to WeEu 1801 on 9390 Udorn Thani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvW3Py-juc0&feature=youtu.be

Three Ethiopian stations 1828 on 5950, 6030, 6110 Addis Ababa, Gedja, see below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kKWe5wvXjU&feature=youtu.be

Vatican Radio in Italian to ME, CeAF 1215 on 17590, 21560 Santa Maria di Galeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuH_JH_uFA&feature=youtu.be

Voice of Peece and Democracy, Radio Ethiopia in Amharic 1806 on 7236,3 Addis Ababa, Gedja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTxy4WTXuWA&feature=youtu.be


http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/bbc-world-service-expanded-its.html
--

73!
Ivo Ivanov


QTH: Sofia, Bulgaria
Equipment: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
Web: http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/

lunedì 26 maggio 2014

Glenn Hauser logs May 25-26, 2014

** CANADA [and non]. Big FM & TV Sporadic E DX opening from 1949 UT May 25 until 0430 UT May 26, from CO, SD, MN, WI, MB, ON (at least) is still being compiled and researched (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammers May 26:

15115, May 26 at 1325, CNR1 jammer, good but heavy CCI from victim, VOA Chinese via THAILAND (yet CRI English to us is unimpeded via ALBANIA, CUBA, SPAIN: the ChiCom have no shame)

15195, May 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer, poor

15250, May 26 at 1250, CNR1 jammer, fair

15555, May 26 at 1249, CNR1 jammer, poor, echo apart from // 16250

16250, May 26 at 1247, CNR1 jammer, fair-good; none in the 17s altho the CRI East Turkistanis are in well on 17560, 17630, 17650

18930, May 26 at 1324 & 1356, CNR1 jammer, fair, on the Monday-only 13-14 frequency of RFA Tibetan via Kuwait, per Aoki. No others now in the 12s, 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s, 19s

18980, May 26 at 1245, JBA signal with SAH, no doubt CNR1 jammer vs RFA Tibetan via KUWAIT on its Monday (and Thursday) 12-13 frequency
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420 // 7455 // 15630, May 26 at 0123, all three Avlis are on with Greek music, in that descending order of strength. Is NERIT in charge of these yet? Or still the ERT ``rebels`` as wb calls them. Seems to have been no change in, programming, irregular operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. More about JFP, Gyogyo fishery station I heard on 8785-USB:

``Hello, Glenn. Last week, I sent you some information regarding the Japanese fisheries network on 8785 kHz, including a link to a PDF where one can find a complete directory to these stations, with callsigns, locations, wattage, and agencies responsible. Unfortunately, you may not have received it, so I'm sending it again.
The entire Gyogyo Musen network is listed in several pages at:
http://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/resource/j/material/dwn/06.pdf

In that document, there are five listings for 8785 kHz, all USB (J3E):
JFR and JFR2, Institute of Fisheries, Nagasaki, each with 250 W
JFP, Fisheries Cooperative Federation, Miyazaki, 500 W
JFX, Radio Fisheries Cooperative, Kagoshima, 500 W
JFE, Fisheries Institute, Okinawa, 400 W
These listings are valid through December 31, 2014.

One can translate the entire PDF automatically using Google, but the resulting HTML output renders columns and headings out of line, and basically illegible. Therefore, it would be better to submit to Google directly from the PDF, place by place or station by station.

I've also logged 8761, which is also listed for these four locations, though much weaker than 8785, transmitting different material, not in parallel. I'll try to dedicate some time to DXing the entire network using that PDF, and I'll let you know what I hear. My QTH is Seoul.

As an aside to you, Glenn, I remember waiting eagerly each to hear your reports on RCI when I was in my teens, and I remember World of Radio in its early years, so it is very interesting to finally have something to contribute to your years of effort! Best regards and 73,
John Grimmett``

Thanks, John! Lots and lots of frequencies from <2 to 27 MHz bands. In order to sort out which is which on 8785, there needs to be a time rotation schedule somewhere in the 59-page pdf and maybe there is. JFP is only on page 3 per search (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E TV DX opening from 1615 UT May 26, channels 2-5 at least; details to come. BTW in previous report for May 25, it was still going at 1615 UT, not typoed 1715 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, May 26 until 0112:20.5*, R. Chaski, Urubamba, cutting off, which is 9 seconds later than yesterday. Did I miscalculate or did they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 15430, May 26 at 1226, VP signal with YL in presumed Iban from R. Free Sarawak via RVA Palauig, 1229-1230* music.

15470, May 26 at *1228 open carrier, musical prélude to Vatican relay in Chinese via RVA Palauig. I suspected this would be the same transmitter as for RFS 15430 until 1230, but not, as they overlapped.

WRTH shows Radio Veritas Asia has 2 x 250 kW and 1 x 50 kW. At 1230 there is only one broadcast of their own, Kachin on 15225. Aoki does not show any 50 kW broadcasts from Palauig, all 250 except for 100 kW on 15620 for R. Free Chosun at 1300-1500. However this has no signal here, and our info is that for the A-14 season, that broadcast has moved to Uzbekistan. When it was via Palauig, aimed at North Korea, it carried on well toward North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 11905, May 26 at 0114, SLBC carrier is on, 0114:46.5 music starts, but no timesignal heard during pause before sign-on announcement from 0115:23.5; very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1722 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday May 26 after 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 5110v-CUSB and webcast. Next: Tue 1100 & Wed 1315 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475, May 25 at 1741, open carrier/dead air from WTWW-1; comes to life at 1800. 12105, WTWW-3, has preacher in English; 9930, WTWW-2, BS.

9475 & 12105, May 26 at 0122, two sermons not //, both SFAW?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Ray Robinson, KVOH - Los Ángeles, explains why I was hearing 9975 on way late past 0600 UT May 25: ``Hi, Glenn. We were working at the transmitter site on Saturday evening, and left the tx on for an extra few hours. The automation did not "get stuck"! We were simply transmitting the playout that feeds the web stream in English daily from 2300 to 0700 UT. The programs you heard were, at 0549, a repeat (in progress) of the previous Saturday Night's Jazz Session, and at 0600 a repeat of last night's show, which had been broadcast earlier in the evening during our regular timeslot at 0300. The tone interruptions were due to work on the audio chain. We are aware of the hum, and will be tracking it down this week`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17610, May 25 at 1741, this turns out to be the Indianapolis 500 frequency from WHRI. Taken away from Brother Scare who is normally on here from 1600; it`s a toss-up which is more pointless, a greater waste of wattage. 17610 is available until 2400 but normally off by 1900; the ``Angel 6`` transmitter which is on 7385 at night. A quick scan of other bands finds no // varooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1733 UT May 26