domenica 22 marzo 2015

Glenn Hauser logs March 22, 2015


** CHINA. 13920, March 22 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, fair with flutter
14920, March 22 at 1351, CNR1 jammer, fair with heavy flutter
15265, March 22 at 1352, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter, not synch, but same Sunday-evening cultural show featuring traditional a cappella singing and Chinese announcements. None in the 17s, 16s, 12s, but also on usual 11655 & 11640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1170, March 22 at 1255 UT, YL gospel huxter speaks good Spanish, but still with an American accent, goes thru hourtop, seems wrapping up at 1302 UT with hymn ``Nada es imposible``, address as PO Box 2693 in McAllen TX. Until this thought it might be KJJD in Colorado, but RGV station XERT Reynosa is still propagating (and others on 840, 890). With KFAQ Tulsa almost nulled, SAH of 116/minute = almost 2 Hz. Today`s Enid sunrise: 1232; Reynosa: 1235 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, March 22 at 1200, JBA carrier in Cuba splash, no doubt SIBC since it autocuts off at 1200:23.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Global 24 has now posted their schedule via WRMI for March 22 into UT Monday March 23 (no 9525 Bulgaria broadcast today):

March 22, 2015
Sunday 2200 UTC on 11825 kHz – Jazz from the Left
Sunday 2300 UTC on 11825 kHz – Jazz from the Left
Sunday 2300 UTC on  5850 kHz – World News & Explorations
March 23, 2015
Monday 0000 UTC on 11825 kHz – Jazz from the Left
Monday 0100 UTC on 11825 kHz – Classics and Beyond  – Classical Music
See more at: 
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505.3, March 22 at 1206, VG signal with gospel music, so WRNO is on at this odd hour; maybe was all-night? I may not have checked this range around 0600. Still on at 1347 with gospel huxter past 1400 and weakening, no ID. 7505 has always been registered with HFCC and FCC for much longer hours than they ever used it, currently 22-16 UT, but until now self-restricted to prime time only, 01v-04 UT. Remains to be heard whether an anomaly, a Sunday-only thing or ??? Still going at 1552 check. Also has an imaginary daytime frequency 15590 at 16-22, both inherited from KTBN. Wonder if that will ever appear? Not today: at 1619, 7505.3 is still on but unmodulated carrier. At this hour it must still be full power, not just exciter, as often detectable overnight. 
Incomplete program schedule still limited to evenings only:
fails to mention newscasts at odd times cribbed from Deutsche Welle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 980, March 22 at 1308 UT, YL sports talk from ENE/WSW, and a word or two behind stronger // 1010. Per KAZ tip, it`s KICA Clovis NM, reactivated and now a satellite of KTNZ Amarillo with ESPN. KICA is 1400/172 watts U1. Constant QRM from 2 or 3 other stations in other direxions, but several minutes later at 1330 UT kept getting the delayed // with 1010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, March 22 at 0557 UT, EWTN programming in English, loops NW/SE, no doubt KRCN Longmont CO, and also noticed a few hours earlier around 0140, so on 50 kW day power again instead of 111 watts night. Plenty of QRM, notably off-frequency KIJN and XERDO, but holds its own unless nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, March 22 at 0615 UT, Fox Sports Radio promoting some app for radio on phone, 0617 UT promo jobs at FSR by phoning 972-977-2239 (Dallas overlay), another app, promo Fox Sports One [TV]. Loops E/W, no doubt KVOP Plainview TX again, which http://plainviewradio.com/1090.php shows does carry FSR at 6 pm-midnight weekdays, but Texas Overnight after midnight. BUT no schedule at all on site for weekends! Who cares? Maybe they plug into FSR and forget it till Monday morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1110, March 22 at 1312 UT, song called ``Woman``, ID as ``Your classic rock station, Eagle 100.5`` during its ``multi-platinum weekend``; 1316 UT outro as ``Dirty White Boy``. Adstring including something on NBC(TV) Saturday night April 11; Ashley (?) Furniture Home Store offering ``free`` HDTVs with large furniture purchases; 1321 UT another slogan ID as above, never any mention of 1110. 1327 UT losing out to Spanish, probably XEWR Juárez. Both looping ENE/WSW. 

Prime suspect is the Humble City NM (Hobbs market) station in NRC AM Log, 5 kW daytimer KYKK, listed as Talk/Sport format with a translator tail on 100.5, K263AZ wagging the dog of 1110. Wikipedia informs that it has now morphed into KEJL, with same translator and branding as Eagle 100.5; same company has KYKK now on 95.7 with classic rock. FCC AM Query for Facility 48593 shows 1110 changed from KYKK to KPER on Aug 21, 2014, and again from KPER to KEJL on Sept 1. I had previously logged 1110 when it was still KYKK, March 5, 2014 at 1345 UT as in DXLD 14-10. Humble March sunrise is 1300 UT; April 1230 UT.

Alternative searching on ``Eagle 100.5`` goes right to Jonesboro AR, but the nearest AR station on 1110 is in Clinton, a bit too far away. BTW, NRC Log has yet another ``Eagle`` on 1110, WSLM Salem NH but it goes with a 102.9 translator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1180, March 22 at 1240 UT, one clue in the CCI, mention of ``105-5``, loops E/W, definitely not N/S as in Omaha. A very good clue leading to the very first entry in the NRC AM Log for 1180, WUMY, Turrell AR (Memphis TN market), 5000/26 watts U7 // W288BJ on 105.5, slogans as ``Y-105.5`` and ``Big Country``. No other 105.5 matches on 1180. You`d think with a COL in AR, it would get a K-call, and Radio-locator shows the site is barely in AR west of the River. Official sunrise in March is 1215 UT; April, 1130 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7850, March 22 at 1209, CHU has CCI underneath from 2-way, probably SSB and language unknown (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1648 UT March 22