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and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License
published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
Today's Topics:
1. DX Listening Digest 14-22; World of Radio 1723 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs June 3, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 12:08:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: DX Listening Digest 14-22; World of Radio 1723
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DX Listening Digest 14-22 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1422.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1723 / ABKHAZIA / ALASKA / ALBANIA / ALGERIA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA /
AUSTRALIA Vintage FM / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA RA/ABC / AZERBAIJAN /
BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL +non / BULGARIA / BURMA non / CANADA
CBKF-1 / CANADA CBCR2 / CANADA CHHA / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CHBX/CICI / CANADA
CKSB-10/CKYB/CKCK-2/CKND/CKDR/CBWS/CBWY/CBON-2/CJRL/CFOB/CFRY/CBQT / CANADA
CHBX/CFQC-1 / CANADA CINA / CHILE / CHINA / COLOMBIA / CONGO DR / CUBA +non /
CYPRUS / CZECHIA / EAST TURKISTAN / EGYPT / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Echo /
GERMANY / GREECE / GUAM / INDIA / INDONESIA +non / IRAN +non / IRAQ / JAPAN /
KOREA NORTH non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA
/ MEXICO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NEW ZEALAND / NICARAGUA /
NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA Pirates / OKLAHOMA KKRP / OKLAHOMA KZTH+ / OKLAHOMA
KIEL / OKLAHOMA KZCD / OKLAHOMA KNID / OKLAHOMA KSBI / OKLAHOMA KXOK / OMAN /
PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU /
PHILIPPINES / PUERTO RICO / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA non / SARAWAK non / SOLOMON
ISLANDS / SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH CAROLINA +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN +non /
SURINAME / TAIWAN +non / THAILAND +non / TIBET non / UGANDA / UAE / UK MSF/GBZ+
/ UK RAF / UK BaBcoCk / UK non BBCWS / USA WE7GV ham / USA +non AF MARS / USA
Navy MARS / USA BBG / USA +non IBB/VOA / USA +non WOR/WRMI/WTWW/WBCQ/WWRB/HLR /
USA WTWW / USA WBCQ / USA WRMI / USA KVOH / USA WHRI / USA WRNO / USA KJES /
USA KGGF / USA KVTT / USA KFAB / USA KOIL / USA KBRL / USA KNNS / USA KLBW /
USA KCMN / USA Cloud 1610 / USA WFTW/WTIS/WKIZ/TIS / USA KKLF / USA 87.5
Springfield MO / USA KEAF/KZLE / USA KLWV/KXDP/KVAM / USA
WTND/KZNS/KCLU/K200AA/KUBL/KVSC/KOTA/KTFY/KTPZ/KIVV/WECL/WGZS/WHAA/KDLO/KABU/KCMP/WIRC/KJKT/KLCH/WSCD/KRSW/KOPJ
/ USA WJIS / USA WBAI / USA WCTP / URUGUAY / VANUATU +non / VATICAN non /
VIETNAM / YEMEN / UNIDENTIFIED 960 / UNIDENTIFIED 4451 / UNIDENTIFIED 15070 /
UNIDENTIFIED 15820 /
UNIDENTIFIED 87.9 / UNIDENTIFIED 96.3 / UNIDENTIFIED non 102.3 / TESTIMONIALS
/ PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT
FORUM / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2014 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1723 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about:
Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Canada, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia non, Japan, Korea North non, Malaysia,
Myanmar, North America, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Per?, Russia, Sarawak non,
Sudan and non, Thailand, UK non, USA
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1723, May 29-June 4, 2014
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [replayed 1722]
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Thu 2100 WBCQ 7490 [replayed 1722]
Thu 2100 WTWW 9475 [confirmed]
Fri 0326v WWRB 5050 [confirmed]
Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 2330v WTWW 9930 [confirmed]
Sun 0030 WRMI 9495 [replayed 1722]
Sun 0401 WTWW 5830 [confirmed]
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [no show; partially on webcast]
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955
Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955
Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v new
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or 1724 if ready in time]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS HAVE RESUMED starting with #1701:
Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php?option=com_podcast&view=feed&format=raw&Itemid=156&lang=de
http://tunein.com/radio/World-of-Radio-p198/
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 16:05:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2, 2014
Message-ID:
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** CHINA. 15540, June 2 at 1336, CNR1 jammer, fair with VOT het on hi side;
none in the 16s or 17s. See also TIBET [non] 18930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15400, June 2 at 1257, nice music from HCJB in Indonesian, I
thought, wrapping up with addresses in Bali and Singapore, but Aoki shows
Rawang at 1230-1300 after Indonesian until 1230. Then hit at *1258 by carrier,
SAH and modulation from the RHC leapfrog of 15340 over 15370 until HCJB off at
1300*. Meanwhile, I found that RHC was modulating on 15340 but not 15370, just
a carrier, until both were modulating after 1300.
11760, June 2 at 1348 tuneby, RHC is off tho it was on a few minutes earlier;
cuts back on circa 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9880, June 2 at 1211, piano concerto vs pointless Cuban pulse jamming
at roughly equal level, then more classical piano, 1219 vocal music, 1220
announcement in Korean, so it`s KSDA which conveniently inserts a Korean hour
between two CRI Burmese broadcasts on 9880 from Kunming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9690, June 2 at 1349, S Asian vocal music, poor signal, but AIR GOS
at 1330-1500 is finally unblocked by WRMI moving BS away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. Sporadic E opening underway at tune-in to channel 2, June
1 at 2139 UT; peaks more to the SSE than SSW, so maybe XHY-TV M?rida, Yucat?n
is in the CCI mix. Main show is a movie with sombreros and violins.
XHY has an easily accessible webcast via SIPSE, but I find no match. I do find,
however, that since last summer, XHY has changed from Televisa: local as in
W9WI.com, to ``Gala TV M?rida``, i.e. the Televisa-9 network, but presumably
with some local programming too. They have another webcast linked for XHCCU in
Chetumal QR (which is channel 13, so never mind).
By 2150, the dominant show I am seeing on 2 is about OVNIs = UFOs, ``Tercer
Milenio``. 2155 an unknown bug in UR; 2157 fade-out, 2202 algo fades back in.
2148 on 2, another fade-in; now it`s a drama on Televisa-7, net bug UR
2252 on 2, now a talk show with Televisa-2 star net bug in LR
2259 on 4, something with loud Spanish audio, video without CCI; discussing
theatre, film; show logo is CONTRA CAMPO. Googling that finds it belongs to the
Foro network (Televisa-4) and last week was about Cannes
2323 on 2, large font on screen very briefly in two lines: NICA RAGUA, in and
out. Of course, I would love this to be Managua on double-hop, but not much to
go on, as a Mexican could have done that in connexion with the Mundial or
something. Couldn`t get a webcast to work.
UT June 2, resuming monitoring:
0106 on 2, f bug in LR = Foro TV, Televisa-4 net; also at 0129
0129 on 4, loud audio again, maybe same station as before, ads; 0131 for BUD
LIGHT HOY
0132 on 4, Televisa-5 net bug LR; things are so volatile, can`t be sure the
0129 and 0132 notes are from same station
0152 on 3 and 5, algo on these two channels, mostly vacant earlier
0203 on 2, heavy CCI here
0225 on 2, good video, but audio JBA, defect? Interview; bug in lower left in a
circle, probably for program rather than station/network
0227 on 3, action drama, Televisa-5 bug in LR
0318 on 2, f bug in LR = Televisa-4
0400 on 2, still CCI from Es, but lightning storm is approaching here
June 2 at 2035 UT tune-in, another Es opening, with CCI on 2 in Spanish
southward; 2042 make out Azteca-13 bug in UR, and some video on 3, but nothing
further develops (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, June 2 at 0604 UT, KZLS is in open carrier, dead air except
for constant hum; still so at 0631 UT. Maybe STL knocked out by storm. Too much
noise to pull anything else thru it, but would likely be WTNI/KBJA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. After a T-storm wave passed thru Enid, we find three
adjacent FM frequencies with open carrier/dead air on the PL-880: lost power
and/or STL somewhere along the line, or is it just a Monday morning pause, as
the transmitters are kilowatting:
88.9, K205FW, Enid, the Oasis Network 250-watt translator, its new callsign per
WTFDA database while FCC FM Query still shows it as K206CA which could only
apply to is former frequency 89.1.
89.1, presumably KMUW Wichita KS, the usual signal audible here with the
translator moved, or possibly KYCU Clinton OK
89.3, presumably KIEL Loyal OK.
These three still exhibit dead carriers at final check 0625 UT. Meanwhile more
much-needed rain to come overnight totalling 3.5 inches here (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, June 2 at 1158, JBA carrier can still be pulled
thru, despite WRMI on new 5015 which is plenty weak, and so is 5025 Cuba at
this late hour; SIBC cutoff at exactly 1159:00*. A few minutes earlier also had
carrier on 4755 from presumed Micronesia, but it must have gone off first
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 18930, June 2 at 1341, JBA signal likely CNR1 jamming against
RFA Tibetan via KUWAIT; except I can`t make a match to CNR1 on 15540 or 11785;
maybe is that but way out of synch, otherwise Kuwait itself on its Monday-only
frequency during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1723 monitoring: brought up the Area 51 webcast at
0300 UT Monday June 2: it`s running, but silently; abruptly at 0308, WOR is
joined in progress. Then I check 5110v-CUSB, and can barely hear music, not WOR
in the noise level. Wonder what happened.
Next: Tuesday 1100 & Wednesday 1315 on WRMI, 9955, q.v.
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 2100 & probably Thursday 2100 on WBCQ, 7490
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Analyzing the updated June 1 WRMI graphic frequency schedule, we find
significant changes affecting WORLD OF RADIO. WOR airtimes have not changed,
but there is no longer a NW beam part of the time on 9955 --- the entire 24
hours are on the 160 degree beam, away from the rest of North America.
Previously, one WOR airing was during the 315-degree beam, Wednesdays at 1315.
That and other times remain: Thu 0330, 1230, Tue 1100.
9495, that curious extra frequency carrying WRMI programming, mostly DX shows,
at 00-01 UT, has been dropped. Officially labeled as a FSI (Family Radio)
channel, it`s replaced by 5015, presumably still with WORLD OF RADIO UT Sundays
at 0030, but usually the previous edition.
The major change is more and more WRMI airtime for Brother Scare --- get him
while the getting i$ good! I`ve added up all the `C` blox (ugly olive-green
color-coded), and guess what, they total exactly 700 hours per week, surely no
coincidence = 100 transmitter-hours per day, or on the average 4+ transmitters
at once. But this does not include another 112 hours per week of BS on the
beautiful blue 9955 RMI frequency itself (84 hours a week = 12 hours per day),
and via Radio Africa Network, 28 hpw = 4 hpd for a grand total of 812 hours per
week via Okeechobee, or averaging almost 5 transmitters at once.
The major additions are 5950 and 11825 which are with BS for 24 hours a day
each! Here`s the condensed schedule:
kHz UT xmtr-azimuth
5015 05-22 3-160
5950 00-24 14-181
7570 01-11 11-315
7730 22-02 1- 44
9955 05-10 10-160
9955 14-21 10-160
11565 22-06 9-151
11730 00-05 4-160
11825 00-24 12-315
15190 04-08 7- 87
15770 12-21 9- 44
The 5 MHz frequencies are for the Caribbean, where presumably they hold up
during the daytime at a certain close range. They are inaudible here, not even
a carrier, e.g. at 1946 UT June 2. (Nor is Cuba audible on 5025 or any 6 MHz
frequency in the daytime.) BTW, all 14 transmitters are in use at one time or
another now except: 5 and 6. IIRC, #6 was the one out of service, permanently?
The big sig toward us on 11825 means a major clash with ChiCom CNR1 jamming and
VOA Chinese via Philippines at 09-13: we could still hear that underneath WRMI
at 1205 June 2. Also bothered is NHK Japanese only 10 kHz away on 11815. We`ll
no longer be able to hear the Holy Qur`an music service from Riyadh on 11820 at
18-23 UT, nor probably without QRM the Kazakh service of Iran on 11820 at
0120-0220.
Some good news is that WRMI has dropped 9690 for the BS service, reaudiblizing
All India Radio GOS in English at 1330-1500. I`m urging Jeff not to resume 9690
in another season (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, June 2 at 1945, WTWW-3 is in Spanish. Website schedule has
finally been updated to show: ``Transmitter 3, 7 days, The Bible World Wide, 12
PM CDT till 9 PM CDT, Frequency 12.105``, i.e. 17-02 UT, no more in the
mornings, but no details of languages replacing long-outdated info. We`ve
reported various languages hit-and-miss, but not tried it monitor the entire 9
hours which may not be reliable anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, June 2 at 1340, KVOH with strong signal but rather distorted
musical modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2305 UT June 2
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 19:55:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Hauser logs June 3, 2014
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** BOLIVIA. 4716.64 approx., June 3 at 0121, R. Yura in better than usual, fair
signal with music and YL speaking Spanish, but rough modulation, audio cutting
out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, June 3 at 0104, R. Pio XII sounds non-Spanish in W&M
conversation, ACI from 5950 WRMI, a new mutual problem. CP signals are above
average tonight, and this puts a het upon WRMI in return. Chuck Bolland was
also listening a few minutes earlier and complains of splatter; of course, he`s
right across Lake Okeechobee from WRMI which is suddenly on 5950, 24 hours a
day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6771.6 approx., June 3 at 0056 checking for nameless pirate
(?) playing old time radio shows, per numerous reports from further east. At
first nothing, but fade in briefly with some jazz, out again. Chris Smolinski
of hfunderground and Ed Insinger in NJ say it seems to be running 24/7 with
music in the daytime and ``Feature Story News`` on the hour. Such scheduling is
atypical of pirates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-AM, June 3 at 0055, music with big wow on it
artificially imposed; 0116 talking about desigining QSLs with pictures, SINPO
25232; 0118 sweep tone and swing(?) music; 0129 mentions `Grass Cutter Sunshine
Show` (?), how he is not into techo-music; 0130 suggests making one or two
generic e-QSL cards. ``Let us know if that`s OK`` - [email protected]
``Nothing personal`` if QSL response is slow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PERU [and non]. 5980, June 3 at 0058, JBA carrier again vs Cuban pulse
jamming surely not intended for R. Chaski but such are the risks of ever using
a R. Mart? frequency. Cuts off at 0113:04*, which is 18 seconds later than last
check two sesquidays ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, June 3 from *0114:15 carrier, 0114:49 music, 0115:18.5
mistimesignal reapplied by SLBC, poor signal opening morning service; if it`s
Tuesday, this must be Bangla (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9770 // 9870, June 3 at 0108, Voz de Turqu?a manages to transmit
stilted Spanish on both scheduled frequencies tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5015, UT Tue June 3 at 0050, WRMI`s new frequency ex-9495, with DX
program in Spanish; outro already at 0054, as `La Rosa de Tokio`, which means
it started at 0000. Sufficiently fair signal here, AND it`s // much stronger
11730, contrary to frequency schedule which shows TOM there from 0000, but the
BS did not really start until 0100 on 11730 as 5015 went off for a few hours.
Hope this continue to be the case, including UT Sundays for WORLD OF RADIO at
0030.
9955, UT Tue June 3 at 0109, checking WRMI`s main channel, surprised to hear
Radio Free Grenada, in English, when it was on 15105 --- axually a clip during
`Historias de Radio` program, more English clips and rapid narration in Spanish
also mentions later move to 15045. After 0115 mostly music fill, maybe some of
it Grenadan at first. 0130 on to `Frecuencia al D?a`. Not much jamming at this
time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110v-CUSB and 9330-CUSB, June 3 at 0124, WBCQ missing from both, but
7489.95 is still on with BS, only fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0255 UT June 3
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 138, Issue 3
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