** BIAFRA [non]. 11600, Dec 17 at 2031 check, zero signal from R. Biafra via
BULGARIA: is it still on at 2000-2200 daily? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780.1, Dec 17 at 2045, RNA is already on in
Brazuguese, only about S6 this early. Yesterday did not cut on until *2100 for
`A Voz do Brasil` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7260,
Dec 18 at 1253, very poor signal with singing, presumably PBS Nei Menggu as
listed; Asian conditions are horrible this morning 2-10 MHz, and non-sequitur
temp here is 22F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 12040,
Dec 18 at 1320, only S3 but clear, lovely IS from VIRI, belying a country where
they throw Americans in jail without cause, 1324 sign-on in Japanese, 60 degrees
from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 900,
Dec 18 at 1305, ``Siempre 88.9`` newscast about the ``apagón analógico``, i.e.
DTV conversion, starting with a jingle about it, and mentioning the cutoff as of
Dec 31, which is really no longer to be enforced; trying to find a DTV set at
two publicized locations without success, out of stock.
Anyhow, this is
presumably XEOK in Monterrey NL, as in DXLD 13-38 we researched that the
national newscast originating at 88.9 in México DF, an Acir group station, would
lead only to XEOK as an affiliate on 900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 6224-USB, Dec 18 at 1247, VP signal, only S5 vs
S4 noise level with weather by OM voice, sounds DU accent but can`t tell whether
Ozy or Kiwi; mostly about wind direxions and knot speeds. EiBi shows it`s ZLM,
Taupo Maritime Radio, at 1233-1253. Many transmissions thruout the day, but not
every hour, start at 3 minutes past the hour and half-hour, and end 20 minutes
later. Taupo is in the middle of North Island, at the NE corner of lake of same
name, as far from a coast as you can get, but at a good skip distance, and not
far from RNZI`s Rangitaiki site, I think (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Quick check on caradio of the signals previously
impaired by the late-November ice-storm, Dec 17 at 2147 UT:
88.3, K202BY,
Family Radio, Enid is still off
94.3, KLGB-LP, Enid is finally back to full
power all over Enid, not just audible within one block of site; gospel music
seems harder-rock now than it used to be, still sponsored by Enid Coldwell
Banker Realty
98.1, WWLS-FM, The Village, finally back to full power, sports
talk
99.7, KNAH, Mustang, is back on and/or full power, fighting over
channel with country music vs Kansas Spanish
100.5, KATT OKC; 101.9, KTST
OKC; 102.7, KJYO OKC --- all sound like full power now (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 3948-3962, Dec 18 at 0620, DRM noise at S9
level spans this range on R75 1-kHz steps, and no ham dares to approach it, as
if this part of 75m in North America were off-limits. It`s BBC in English, 3955,
100 kW, 114 degrees from Woofferton during 0559-0700 UT only per HFCC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1804
monitoring: confirmed Thu Dec 17 at 2100, good on WRMI 7570; missed monitoring
the next, UT Fri 0200 on WBCQ 9330v-CUSB; did anyone hear it? Next:
Fri
2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.6 WRMI 7570 to NW
Sat 0730 HLR
7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
ND? [how far from St Louis is it audible in daytime? Harold Frodge was hearing
it in Michigan last week]
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? [may have started
earlier last week]
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW [NEW!]
Mon 0400v WBCQ
5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW [beware of JL Xmas special]
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to
SSE
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed
2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U
S A. 5109.7-CUSB, Dec 18 around 0145, `Mennonite Radio` on WBCQ is only a poor
signal, winter propagation just not helpful. This is at 01-02 UT Fridays,
following from same source `Broad Spectrum Radio` at 00-01 for at least the rest
of December, i.e. Xmas- and NY-eves. I had to miss BSR as out to a band concert
here. Content of that not clear, but supposedly secular; a media program? I hope
James availablizes it too as a podcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Dec 17 at 2040, surprised to find the day
frequency of WTWW-2 on the air; haven`t heard it for ages, and it`s 55 over S9!
Religious discussion mixed with financial advice, thus totally untrustworthy.
WTWW.us website remains extremely vague about their true programming schedule.
It`s a bit stronger than their other blowtorch, WTWW-1 on 9475, and WTWW-3 is in
third place at only S9+25. Also, looking at the NRD-545 S-meter on 9930 I can
see it dip 5 or 10 dB during pauses, which implies the carrier is slightly
reduced (or is it an artifact of overloading the receiver?) (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Message sent to WRMI Dec 18: ``Terry &
Jeff, 9955 had some problems this morning, modulation cutting out for split
seconds, 2 or 3 times per second, and carrier also dropping but not going off
completely. First noticed 1257 at end of Wavescan, and still so at 1318 in
Prague. By 1441 in F&E it was OK. Just letting you know in case this is
intermittent and you did not deliberately fix it in the meantime. May need to
check it out during daytime downtime. 73, Glenn``
Also noted on 9955: at
1329 Dec 18, outdated promo by Bruce Baskin for fragmentary sports coverage
``this fall`` including World Series, to be heard at ``9 am eastern``, really
1359 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 700, Dec 17 at
2031 UT, very poor signal from KHSE, music stops and I strain to detect the
language: at 2034 UT, YL mentioning phone numbers definitely in Spanish. KHSE
had been reported with a format change from Spanish:Religion to ETHnic --- that
can and does still include Spanish, but not all the time?? Licensed to Wylie TX,
and this daytime coverage map
shows
site ENE of Dallas, with one of three major lobes toward us, but fringe contour
not extending much beyond OKC. It`s 1500/920 watts. Apparently no website to
check for true program schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1380, Dec 18 at 0614 UT, national adstring, including
iHeartRadio.com promo, manages to squeeze by local 1390 KCRC, maybe peaking
ENE/WSW. By 0641 UT, sports talk mixed with Star-Wars talk, not // ESPN. Most
likely closest are KXFN St Louis, but AFAIK that is not an iHeart, while KHEY El
Paso TX is, and is also with Fox Sports Radio, 5000/500 watts U1, so tentatively
that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1600, Dec 18 at
1315 UT, instead of KUSH OK, I am hearing unfamiliar choral national anthem,
from north/south, no doubt the Republic of Vietnam`s in tribute from KRVA The
Metroplex TX, followed by Vietnamese announcement and program. Shouldn`t that be
KRVN? Tsk2, that call is already taken on 880 in NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1650, Dec 18 at 1313 UT,
ESPNDeportesradio.com promo, from WSW/ENE, mentions ``paso a paso``, but this
does not refer to El Paso TX, whence KSVE is certainly the source of this. Still
not hearing KFSW Sallisaw OK, which should be the dominant signal at least after
1315 UT sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** YEMEN [non].
11860, Dec 18 around 1330, R. Sana`a is fairly good, but not up to peak strength
until closer to 1400; at 1431 breaks from music for extended sermon, maybe for
the Fribbath, almost the Sabbath, must be back-timed to end at 1436:18 when cut
to Qur`anic Call to Prayer, at Yemen sundown, for three minutes, back to
counter-revolutionary music from 1439:15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1813 UT December 18
