** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 is back. June 16 I started monitoring at 1232 with my usual BFO technique tuned to 15475, and on came a very weak carrier at *1235:50, S2 on the meter; 1242 imagination-level trace of music maybe, now S3 peaking to S7. 1259 still JBA carrier, but now the FRG-7 meter is `resting` at S6 on open channels with no perceptible increased background noise level; maybe thrown off by a stronger signal up the band desensitizing it? Attenuation makes no difference in that reading. 15476 about the same JBA at 1342, 1350 at S2 again. Ron Howard in California first heard LRA36 back on June 14, but I was not rechecking for it until now. Roberto Scaglione says they are running only 800 to 1000 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
** CANADA. Sporadic-E analog TV DX without specific IDs: June 12 at 2256 UT on channel 2, ads in English from the northeast; 2259 credit roll including Canada logo, 2300 into another show with PG rating in upper left. UT June 13, 0100 CBC on ch 4 from the NE; 0105, CBC exploding-pizza bug in lower-right from the NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 13:
13920, very poor at 1147
14700, JBA at 1149
Firedrake June 16:
10300, fair at 1212; no lower frequencies audible
11500, fair at 1211; nothing else audible underneath
12270, good at 1215
12980, good at 1215
13130, good at 1215
13500, good at 1216
15540, poor at 1219; fair at 1306, and no others at this time
16100, poor at 1221
16980, good at 1220
17170, JBA at 1222
Next group before 1400 June 16:
16100, poor at 1353
15900, fair at 1353
13920, good at 1353
13500, good at 1354
12980, fair at 1354
11500, good at 1355
10300, poor at 1354
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 9630, June 13 at 0507, open carrier instead of REE relay, occasional pops; up against weaker 9625 with CBC NQ leftover tone test just after its sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Analog Es TV DX in Spanish from the south, June 16 at 1418 UT tune-in on channels 2, 3, 4 and 5, mostly mixing, but did make out a net-5 bug UR on 5 during toons; and at 1420 MUF reached ch 6 video (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, June 16 at 0523, dead air, must be RNZI as usual, while 11675 DRM was blasting noise away as always: if DRM is not modulating, it makes no difference. 11725 carrier broke off the air for a minute at 0525.5, off again at 0527.8; 0529 back on and finally joining modulation in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9720, June 13 at 1137 Indonesian talk breaking up; 1140 bit of Dutch voiced-over into Indonesian. Must be that defective IBB Saipan transmitter again: yes, chex out in HFCC at 1100-1157, 100 kW, 225 degrees, RNW Indonesian via Saipan. Do they know about this recurring problem back in Hilversum? (Glenn Hauser, OK, D XLISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT listened to between chex for LRA36, June 16, Thursday: 1251-1257, `The Middle East Through Turkey`s Window` about strained relations with Syria. Then podcast promo via http://www.trtenglish.com and Question of the Month I was finally able to copy, but quoting it here would only enable those who never listen to answer it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WYFR missing from all checked frequencies, June 13 at 0508: 9985, 9715, 9680, 9505, 9385, 9355; and at 0510 also gone from 7730, 7520, 6875, 5985, 5950, 5850. Power failure, major maintenance or the end of an era? That`s a total of 12 frequencies, but I read somewhere they have 14 transmitters now. Certainly not due to propagation as neighbor 9955 WRMI was audible under jamming with Jeff in Spanish. And no, the era resumes, as had WYFR at next check 1130 with 5985 in hymn; 1135 with 9755 in Matthew 28; 1141 with 9625 in English over CBC, etc., etc. BTW, Harold Camping had a stroke on June 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17535, June 16 at 1223 poor signal with fadeouts, OM English with accent I can`t place about Ephesians; 1227 YL joins in alternating, 1228 ending program as Adventist World Radio, addresses in India, ``we wish you good health and a happy home``; music fill until 1230, AWR, Voice of Hope IDs and IS, in English, French, another fading language, Italian? But 1231 in English introduces program in another language, listed Bengali; all due east from Wertachtal, GERMANY with 250 kW, per HFCC which also shows this colliding with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at 1200-1400, 500 kW at 100 degrees, but no sign of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15635-15690, approx. extent of WWCR distorted spur field from // 15825, very strong with Es, June 16 at 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1569 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, Thursday June 16 at 2101. Then checked 9955 at 2118, and to my surprise also audible there poorly without jamming; or maybe masked by band noise.
Other times on WRMI: Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530, Thu 0330, 1500 for a total of fifteen chances. Thanks, Jeff!
The most reliable time in most of North America will probably now be on WWRB, UT Friday 0330v on 5050. Thanks, Dave! WBCQ 7415 airing not until next Wednesday at 2130 (or 2115 or 2100).
WWCR and IPAR have both canceled WORLD OF RADIO, which we explain at the beginning of 1569, plus some new DX info before repeating most of the content of 1568 which many listeners missed because of the abrupt removals from WWCR and IPAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
** CANADA. Sporadic-E analog TV DX without specific IDs: June 12 at 2256 UT on channel 2, ads in English from the northeast; 2259 credit roll including Canada logo, 2300 into another show with PG rating in upper left. UT June 13, 0100 CBC on ch 4 from the NE; 0105, CBC exploding-pizza bug in lower-right from the NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 13:
13920, very poor at 1147
14700, JBA at 1149
Firedrake June 16:
10300, fair at 1212; no lower frequencies audible
11500, fair at 1211; nothing else audible underneath
12270, good at 1215
12980, good at 1215
13130, good at 1215
13500, good at 1216
15540, poor at 1219; fair at 1306, and no others at this time
16100, poor at 1221
16980, good at 1220
17170, JBA at 1222
Next group before 1400 June 16:
16100, poor at 1353
15900, fair at 1353
13920, good at 1353
13500, good at 1354
12980, fair at 1354
11500, good at 1355
10300, poor at 1354
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 9630, June 13 at 0507, open carrier instead of REE relay, occasional pops; up against weaker 9625 with CBC NQ leftover tone test just after its sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Analog Es TV DX in Spanish from the south, June 16 at 1418 UT tune-in on channels 2, 3, 4 and 5, mostly mixing, but did make out a net-5 bug UR on 5 during toons; and at 1420 MUF reached ch 6 video (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, June 16 at 0523, dead air, must be RNZI as usual, while 11675 DRM was blasting noise away as always: if DRM is not modulating, it makes no difference. 11725 carrier broke off the air for a minute at 0525.5, off again at 0527.8; 0529 back on and finally joining modulation in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 9720, June 13 at 1137 Indonesian talk breaking up; 1140 bit of Dutch voiced-over into Indonesian. Must be that defective IBB Saipan transmitter again: yes, chex out in HFCC at 1100-1157, 100 kW, 225 degrees, RNW Indonesian via Saipan. Do they know about this recurring problem back in Hilversum? (Glenn Hauser, OK, D XLISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT listened to between chex for LRA36, June 16, Thursday: 1251-1257, `The Middle East Through Turkey`s Window` about strained relations with Syria. Then podcast promo via http://www.trtenglish.com and Question of the Month I was finally able to copy, but quoting it here would only enable those who never listen to answer it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WYFR missing from all checked frequencies, June 13 at 0508: 9985, 9715, 9680, 9505, 9385, 9355; and at 0510 also gone from 7730, 7520, 6875, 5985, 5950, 5850. Power failure, major maintenance or the end of an era? That`s a total of 12 frequencies, but I read somewhere they have 14 transmitters now. Certainly not due to propagation as neighbor 9955 WRMI was audible under jamming with Jeff in Spanish. And no, the era resumes, as had WYFR at next check 1130 with 5985 in hymn; 1135 with 9755 in Matthew 28; 1141 with 9625 in English over CBC, etc., etc. BTW, Harold Camping had a stroke on June 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17535, June 16 at 1223 poor signal with fadeouts, OM English with accent I can`t place about Ephesians; 1227 YL joins in alternating, 1228 ending program as Adventist World Radio, addresses in India, ``we wish you good health and a happy home``; music fill until 1230, AWR, Voice of Hope IDs and IS, in English, French, another fading language, Italian? But 1231 in English introduces program in another language, listed Bengali; all due east from Wertachtal, GERMANY with 250 kW, per HFCC which also shows this colliding with Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at 1200-1400, 500 kW at 100 degrees, but no sign of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15635-15690, approx. extent of WWCR distorted spur field from // 15825, very strong with Es, June 16 at 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1569 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, Thursday June 16 at 2101. Then checked 9955 at 2118, and to my surprise also audible there poorly without jamming; or maybe masked by band noise.
Other times on WRMI: Fri 1430, Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530, Thu 0330, 1500 for a total of fifteen chances. Thanks, Jeff!
The most reliable time in most of North America will probably now be on WWRB, UT Friday 0330v on 5050. Thanks, Dave! WBCQ 7415 airing not until next Wednesday at 2130 (or 2115 or 2100).
WWCR and IPAR have both canceled WORLD OF RADIO, which we explain at the beginning of 1569, plus some new DX info before repeating most of the content of 1568 which many listeners missed because of the abrupt removals from WWCR and IPAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1569, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
