** ARGENTINA. Reception from Lithuania, q.v., was so poor that I kept bandscanning during the 2230 sesquihour Oct 9, periodically checking 6130. On 15345.0, R. Nacional seemed right on frequency for a change, Oct 9 at 2248 with silly ballgame, as obvious from keywords ``pelota`` and ``partido`` but they never really said ``partido tonto de pelota`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 12174, SRDA is still putting out horrible loud extremely distorted spur, Oct 9 at 2246, also much weaker 11356. Checking the fundamental 11765, seemed to be a YL gospel huxter alternating with David Miranda, and much lower modulation level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165, RNT, Oct 9 at 2254, hilife music with French comments interspersed, considerably better signal than Lithuania; 2301, ``Ici Ndjamena, La Station(?) Nationale``, brief NA by military band until 2302:30, carrier stayed on a while. I assume this is back to normal schedule following Ramadan, -2300 Sats, unlike -2230 otherdays. RN Venezuela did not reappear as it had once recently on this unscheduled frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 6035, Oct 9 at 2319, could make out some Spanish commercial-hype-sounding talk vs the 6030 ACI from the DentroCuban Jamming Command, and R. Martí, so presumably LV del Guaviare, not doing as well as DR on the other side. No major broadcasters are scheduled here in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025, as soon as I tuned in Oct 9 at 2255, they said ``Amigos oyentes de Radio Amanecer Internacional``, so I could immediately tune on, escaping the religionist exhortations to follow; fair over CCI (Bolivia? Or Iran`s 13-hour overnight Arabic service), and considerable ACI from the Dentro-FueraCuban radio war on 6030. Another check at 6025: CCI worse, making low rumble tnx to RAI being off-channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LITHUANIA [and non]. 6130, Rhein-Main Radio Club special consolation broadcast for Radio Saint Helena Day, which was canceled: Did not anticipate very good reception from that far into eastern Europe, and such was the case. No CCI or ACI, but signal generally too weak and fading vs noise level.
Tune-in Oct 9 at 2235 , poor with music only; 2241 some talk but unreadable, 2242 music, and so forth. 2252 mentioning QSL cards; 6130 now a little better, maximum 7 bars on the DX-398 with reel-out antenna, 8 with a longer random wire clipped on, but that`s still far from enough for clear copy considering the noise and modulation levels.
2304 announced ``Life on the Ocean Waves``, RSH theme tune and played a bit of it; then schedule to different regions, presumably studio recording of last year`s RSHD. 2307 seems two guys conversing, mentioning R-M-R-C-. SINPO at best 35333. 2317 mentioned 11092.5 U-S-B, time quarter to one GMT.
By 2327 signal had worsened, now unreadable. Tnx to RMRC for undertaking this, and hope we may get to hear this hour later online. Probably would have been better to NAm on 7 MHz band; e.g. RUI on 7440 was much stronger in English before 2300, but they do have a few hundred more kW and I assume lots more antenna gain. I gather reception was quite a bit better north and east of here, as would be expected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7350, I`m wondering if this new frequency for R. Nigeria, Abuja, weakly audible here from 0600, is also on the air in the evenings? No sign of it on a few chex after 2235 UT Oct 9, and by 2358 the frequency had Chinese on it, which is CRI English via EAST TURKISTAN from 2300. Unfortunately, unlike the mornings, there are several other major broadcasters scheduled on 7350 in the evenings; but it might be free after 2030 if Moldova`s registration at 2000-2200 is wooden; and surely between 2200 and 2300. A Nigerian would not likely be on later than 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5900, checked Oct 9 at 2256 and later, no sign of V. of Russia, English to North America, apparently gone since the end of September, but is there a replacement as yet unfound? Predictably, their sked at http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/schedule/ still shows 5900 at 22-02. But it also fails to show 9665 at 23-02 which has really been on for several weeks. What do they know back in Moscow? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Oct 9 at 2325 plugging http://www.radio211.com where you may request a QSL for SW or webcast, or P O Box 456, Orangeville Ont., missed postal code. ``Radio 211, on WBCQ, 50,000 watts of Amplitude Modulation`` (well, not exactly: ``compatible`` USB, i.e. reduced carrier and reduced LSB but could also hear some modulation on lower side.) On to Bible quotation about olive oil.
This is Rod Hembree`s latest enterprise, part of the Good Friends Radio Network, which has bought out 9330 for 15 hours daily, 13-04 UT per WBCQ current online schedule, which linx to this: http://www.thestreamtv.com/
which linx further to this for Radio 2:11 --
http://www.thestreamtv.com/welcome_003.htm
which is where the URL heard announced forwards to.
I find nothing on home or any of the pages about reporting or QSLing.
Aha, 2:11 with a colon, must be obscure reference to some Bible verse, but which? There are countless eleventh verses of second chapters. I`m not going to keep listening hoping to find out.
There`s also a message board, i.a. trashing fellow gospel-huxter ``Harold Campee``:
http://www.thestreamtv.citymax.com/board/board_topic/4160401/712665.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.1, SASASAM is on its usual frequency this evening, Oct 9 at 2245, poor in Arabish talk; night before, Brian Alexander caught them on alternate(?) 6248.33. Unusually, Carlos Gonçalves in Portugal was not hearing them on 6297 during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Since I was bandscanning Oct 9 before 24 UT, I checked once again for the anomalies heard only once before in this hour. At 2350, 6165 had no RN Venezuela; 5935 had no BBCWS; 5800 heard more than once, had no WEWN, but some ute QRM on lo side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9587.7, weak modulation but stronger carrier here first noticed as het to CRI Spanish on 9590 via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, Oct 9 at 2335, seems in Portuguese, likely the Brazilian perpetually off-frequency, what used to be R. Globo, São Paulo, nominal 9585 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15705-USB, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, Oct 9 at 2249, one of them whistling into mic, proving his lack of class. Next check at 2356 they were still at it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** BRAZIL. 12174, SRDA is still putting out horrible loud extremely distorted spur, Oct 9 at 2246, also much weaker 11356. Checking the fundamental 11765, seemed to be a YL gospel huxter alternating with David Miranda, and much lower modulation level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165, RNT, Oct 9 at 2254, hilife music with French comments interspersed, considerably better signal than Lithuania; 2301, ``Ici Ndjamena, La Station(?) Nationale``, brief NA by military band until 2302:30, carrier stayed on a while. I assume this is back to normal schedule following Ramadan, -2300 Sats, unlike -2230 otherdays. RN Venezuela did not reappear as it had once recently on this unscheduled frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 6035, Oct 9 at 2319, could make out some Spanish commercial-hype-sounding talk vs the 6030 ACI from the DentroCuban Jamming Command, and R. Martí, so presumably LV del Guaviare, not doing as well as DR on the other side. No major broadcasters are scheduled here in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025, as soon as I tuned in Oct 9 at 2255, they said ``Amigos oyentes de Radio Amanecer Internacional``, so I could immediately tune on, escaping the religionist exhortations to follow; fair over CCI (Bolivia? Or Iran`s 13-hour overnight Arabic service), and considerable ACI from the Dentro-FueraCuban radio war on 6030. Another check at 6025: CCI worse, making low rumble tnx to RAI being off-channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LITHUANIA [and non]. 6130, Rhein-Main Radio Club special consolation broadcast for Radio Saint Helena Day, which was canceled: Did not anticipate very good reception from that far into eastern Europe, and such was the case. No CCI or ACI, but signal generally too weak and fading vs noise level.
Tune-in Oct 9 at 2235 , poor with music only; 2241 some talk but unreadable, 2242 music, and so forth. 2252 mentioning QSL cards; 6130 now a little better, maximum 7 bars on the DX-398 with reel-out antenna, 8 with a longer random wire clipped on, but that`s still far from enough for clear copy considering the noise and modulation levels.
2304 announced ``Life on the Ocean Waves``, RSH theme tune and played a bit of it; then schedule to different regions, presumably studio recording of last year`s RSHD. 2307 seems two guys conversing, mentioning R-M-R-C-. SINPO at best 35333. 2317 mentioned 11092.5 U-S-B, time quarter to one GMT.
By 2327 signal had worsened, now unreadable. Tnx to RMRC for undertaking this, and hope we may get to hear this hour later online. Probably would have been better to NAm on 7 MHz band; e.g. RUI on 7440 was much stronger in English before 2300, but they do have a few hundred more kW and I assume lots more antenna gain. I gather reception was quite a bit better north and east of here, as would be expected (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7350, I`m wondering if this new frequency for R. Nigeria, Abuja, weakly audible here from 0600, is also on the air in the evenings? No sign of it on a few chex after 2235 UT Oct 9, and by 2358 the frequency had Chinese on it, which is CRI English via EAST TURKISTAN from 2300. Unfortunately, unlike the mornings, there are several other major broadcasters scheduled on 7350 in the evenings; but it might be free after 2030 if Moldova`s registration at 2000-2200 is wooden; and surely between 2200 and 2300. A Nigerian would not likely be on later than 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5900, checked Oct 9 at 2256 and later, no sign of V. of Russia, English to North America, apparently gone since the end of September, but is there a replacement as yet unfound? Predictably, their sked at http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/schedule/ still shows 5900 at 22-02. But it also fails to show 9665 at 23-02 which has really been on for several weeks. What do they know back in Moscow? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Oct 9 at 2325 plugging http://www.radio211.com where you may request a QSL for SW or webcast, or P O Box 456, Orangeville Ont., missed postal code. ``Radio 211, on WBCQ, 50,000 watts of Amplitude Modulation`` (well, not exactly: ``compatible`` USB, i.e. reduced carrier and reduced LSB but could also hear some modulation on lower side.) On to Bible quotation about olive oil.
This is Rod Hembree`s latest enterprise, part of the Good Friends Radio Network, which has bought out 9330 for 15 hours daily, 13-04 UT per WBCQ current online schedule, which linx to this: http://www.thestreamtv.com/
which linx further to this for Radio 2:11 --
http://www.thestreamtv.com/welcome_003.htm
which is where the URL heard announced forwards to.
I find nothing on home or any of the pages about reporting or QSLing.
Aha, 2:11 with a colon, must be obscure reference to some Bible verse, but which? There are countless eleventh verses of second chapters. I`m not going to keep listening hoping to find out.
There`s also a message board, i.a. trashing fellow gospel-huxter ``Harold Campee``:
http://www.thestreamtv.citymax.com/board/board_topic/4160401/712665.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.1, SASASAM is on its usual frequency this evening, Oct 9 at 2245, poor in Arabish talk; night before, Brian Alexander caught them on alternate(?) 6248.33. Unusually, Carlos Gonçalves in Portugal was not hearing them on 6297 during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Since I was bandscanning Oct 9 before 24 UT, I checked once again for the anomalies heard only once before in this hour. At 2350, 6165 had no RN Venezuela; 5935 had no BBCWS; 5800 heard more than once, had no WEWN, but some ute QRM on lo side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9587.7, weak modulation but stronger carrier here first noticed as het to CRI Spanish on 9590 via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, Oct 9 at 2335, seems in Portuguese, likely the Brazilian perpetually off-frequency, what used to be R. Globo, São Paulo, nominal 9585 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15705-USB, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, Oct 9 at 2249, one of them whistling into mic, proving his lack of class. Next check at 2356 they were still at it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
