** AUSTRALIA. 4835, Nov 14 at 1335, S9-S6 of dead air, which I am supremely
confident is VL8A rather than Sikkim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Nov 14 at 0708, RHC is still on here and switched
to Spanish after English.
9820, Nov 14 at 1332, RHC has reactivated this
as in past seasons but not A-16, // much stronger 9850; not sure ex-what. By
1409, 9850 is off but 9820 is still on. 17750 is on too and as usual way
undermodulated. By 1534: 17750 is still undermodulating, 17730 is open
carrier/dead air, and 17580 is off. As of Nov 15, the RHC website transmission
schedule still hasn`t been updated for B-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5988.0, Nov 14 at 0709, R. Martí is here! instead of 5980
where wall-of-noise jamming remains, none on 5988, and // 6030 which is under
the WON jamming there. Suspect this was a mispunch of a Greenville keypad,
rather than a deliberate anti-jamming move, but it worked (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5890,
Nov 14 at 0711, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR instead of TOM. 5765 WRMI is
modulating with someone other than BS at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15600, Nov 14 at 1413, VG S9+20 signal
in a Turkic? language with ümlauts, brief English clip about Obamacare, ID as
``Washington, Radio Denge Amerika``, so it`s VOA Kurdish as scheduled, via
Woofferton, UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and
non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1851 monitoring: checking UTwente SDR, Sat Nov 12 several
times after 1530, no trace of WOR on HLR, 7265-CUSB, rather CRI Hindi via East
Turkistan vs presumed Azad Kashmir Radio from Pakistan. HLR needs to change time
and/or frequency to be clear! (Subsequent chex already reported).
UT
Tuesday Nov 15 at 0030, not checked 9330 WBCQ nor 7730 WRMI, but at 0633, 7730
is still off. Next:
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB
to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE [apparently canceled, all BS after
1400]
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to
WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 14 at
1325, fill music by R. Prague English, 1330 into Slovakia in Spanish as per
winter shifted scheduling, ex 1200-1300. Yet after 1400, 9955 is consistently
Brother Scare, including today at 1401 check, so the switch time is now 1400
ex-1500 and the worthwhile programming which had been during that hour (or 13-14
in summer), is gone, including expected WORLD OF RADIO which would have been at
1415.5 Wednesday, following FG Radio from Cyprus. As of Nov 15, the 9955
schedule ``effective Nov 6`` still hasn`t been updated to show this (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Nov 14 at 1330 UT I am
only getting KXEL IA, but at 1346 UT, now it`s the ESPN Deportes station again
with a long string of promos, each specifying times only in Eastern and Pacific.
WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT CENTER OF AMERICA, whence this signal surely emanate? 1347
UT mixing KXEL with usual SAH; conversation about fútbol via an 800 number; 1355
UT outro as `Recorrido deportivo`, apparent program title. Then ads/promos
including one for ``Estrella TV en canal 29``. Now we have something local to go
on!
W9WI.com shows three Estrellas on RF 29: Our own KTUZ (as virtual
48); K29AZ in Newport OR as virtual 8.3 along with KGW; and KNKC-LD, 4 kW in
Lubbock TX, the only one as matching with virtual 29.1. But there is no 1540 in
Lubbock. All along I have strongly suspected this is really KZMP in The
Metroplex, so is there a virtual 29 there? W9WI is filed by RF channels, not
virtuals, so on RF 29 we find megawatt KTXA Fort Worth as virtual 21,
INDependent in English, and 21.2 MeTV. So to
where
we hover over the various markets in the Estrella TV column. DFW shows it IS on
KMPX 29-1, so I now consider that a definite ID for KZMP. I check all the other
markets, and the only other ``29`` is Lubbock. Back to W9WI.com to track down
KMPX: its RF channel is 30, with a megawatt, including on virtual 29.1:
Estrella, bingo. At 1400 UT, the 1540 station does seem to run a very quick
legal ID, but I cannot copy it!
1540, Nov 15 at 1345 UT I`m checking
again. KXEL with far-right local commentator, but no Spanish QRM today; still a
SAH of 44/minute = 0.73 Hz, and today it`s in English with rock music, no ID at
ToH when KXEL is still audible with Fox ``news``. 1345 UT is not the official
KZMP sunrise: in November it`s 1300 UT; December and January, 1330 UT (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, Nov 15 at 1434, S8
open carrier/dead air, still past 1430 and 1453 now S9 fading to S6; 1518
recheck still on but now some weak CCI undertalk, 1559 both off. VOA São Tomé is
scheduled at 14-15 in Kinyarwanda, but Sat & Sun only and this is Tue. 15300
is a major RFI frequency, but it`s not scheduled either after 1000 or before
1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at
2055 UT November 15
