** BIAFRA [non]. 15560.02, Sept 3 at 1856 checking again for clandestine R. Biafra, only a very poor S2-S3 signal with music, now about equal to 15570 Vatican and 15580 Botswana. But by 1900, 15560 has declined to an S1 JBA carrier. This one is not off-frequency to 15560.45 as reported (only?) by Rodney Johnson using the UTwente SDR on Aug 28. An hour later today, José Miguel Romero wasn`t sure it was still R. Biafra, as he was hearing an unID with religious? music along with talk in English and an African language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749.08-USB, Sept 4 at 0057, marine weather in French but English accent, S6. Scheduled now is VCO in Sydney NS from 0040 per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm which does not remark which languages it emits. BTW, also listed on 2749 at 2317 and other times is VCN QC Riviere au Renard 47 21 26, -61 55 36 EE/FF. Compare this to my recent log on 2598 of CJH-22 QC Natashquan (Riviere au Renard) 50 08 40, -61 48 00 EE/FF. That apparently means N is relaying R-au-R, as their coordinates are quite divergent and exactly the same broadcast times are shown for both of them. However, the first set of coordinates are approx. the Magdalen Islands, while R-au-R is really at the eastern end of the Gaspé Peninsula (just north of Percé), roughly 49 N, 64 W. The two places are on opposite sides of Anticosti Island at a distance of 228 km = 141 statute miles = 123 nautical miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Haven`t heard much WOOB CNR1 jamming lately, so I go searching early UT Sept 4: 16250, Sept 4 at 0044, CNR1 jammer, S1 with heavy flutter 17200, Sept 4 at 0046, CNR1 jammer, S1 with heavy flutter 17560, Sept 4 at 0046, Chinese much stronger at S2 also fluttery; VOA via Philippines during this hour only OR a jammer: I didn`t check // or stay with it long enough to decide 14870, Sept 4 at 0048, CNR1 jammer is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GREECE. 9420, Sept 4 at 0025, VOG is on tonight, S7 in undermodulated Greek. (Earlier on Sept 3, Europeans noted it had jumped to 9415; presumably to avoid Iran in Arabic, but only sometimes?) 9934.92, Sept 4 at 0029, VOG with whine centered about here, just barely modulated otherwise (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Sept 4 at 0013, pirate music at S7; nothing heard a semihour later. These logs say it was Amphetamine Radio at 0008-0031: http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,23269.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU [non]. 5980, Sept 4 at 0035 and 0100, no signals from R. Chaski which is presumably off. Meanwhile, 5990 CRI relay via Cuba kept running a bit past 0100* as they were misopening English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7290.88, Sept 4 at 0018, ham QSO by W9BZ on USB, while his contact, another W9, is weaker but in DSB/AM on 7290.63. Per ARRL, W9BZ is LOWARY, LOWELL R, GREENWOOD, IN 46142 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7588.50-USB, UT Fri Sept 4 at 0022, MARS net with abbr`d calls fonetikaly, 6QE, 6CX, 6AU, and a YL, 6BB, formal protocols, discussing Winmor and Pactor. My previous logs of this frequency are in DXLDs 13-50 and 14-46, as Texas US Army MARS; full calls probably starting with AAA6- or AAR6- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1789 monitoring: confirmed on caradio Thursday Sept 3 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, sufficient. Next: Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE Fri 2130.5 WRMI 7570 to NW Fri 2330 WRMI 5850 to NW Sat 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0315v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 2300 WRMI 11580 to NE Mon 0300v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 to WSW Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 0630 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1430 HLR 7265-CUSB to SW Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW Full WOR schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 6220-AM, Sept 4 at 0035, music at S3 level, while 8820 is a JBA carrier, i.e. WWCR 7520 plus/minus WNQM 1300 carrying WMDB 880. Chris Crosby in Buggs Island VA has also been hearing 6220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 10100.0, Sept 4 at 0032, JBA S1 AM carrier with broadcast-type talk; how about a harmonic? Yes! Matched on the PL-880 to 5050, WWRB BSing (I had just noticed that 9370 was already off). On the NRD-545, 5050 meters at S9 +35, and despite the disparity I doubt this harmonic is receiver-produced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Glenn: -- Your ESPN/1560 appears to be WMBH [Joplin MO] https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ESPN+FM+101.5+%26+am+1560 73z – (GREG HARDISON, CA, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Tnx, Greg. Good: the new NRC AM Log had WMBH`s FM // as KSHQ 100.7, and in fact 100.7 is still shown at the WMBH website: http://espnjoplin.com/wmbh/ But on Facebook Aug 25 they do refer to 101.5: ``Tune in daily to ESPN Radio Joplin from 5-6p and Fridays 12p-2p on 1560 AM /101.5 FM and the WMBH App.`` Here`s the significant FB item: ``ESPN Joplin - The Sports Edge June 22 [2015] · ESPN Radio now has a new FM station here in Joplin, along with 1560 AM we are now a simulcast with 101.5 FM! Great signal with larger reach. The Sports Edge, Joplin Blasters, and all other ESPN Programming can now be heard on both stations.`` FCC FM Query shows 101.5 in Joplin is a mere translator, K268CP, first an APP, then a CP for 15 WATTS. Another unrelated translator is listed on 100.5, but no 100.7 for Joplin itself. KSHQ 100.7 is 17.7 kW licensed to Deerfield MO, which is too insignificant to appear in the Rand McNally Atlas index. Radio-locator shows its site is on the KS side of the border, SSE of Fort Scott KS, = NNW of Joplin which is between its Distant and Fringe contours. Then I find Deerfield on the map, east of Fort Scott KS, west of Nevada MO. So the 15-watt translator can`t possibly have a ``larger reach`` than a 17.7 kW station, but it is certainly closer to Joplin. Radio-Locator acknowledges the WMBH/K268CP connexion, but shows: ``Parent Station Address: 611 Main St Joplin, MO 64801 Please Note: This address comes from the FCC's database and may not be up to date. For verified radio station mailing addresses, please look at our mailing list options. K268CP-FM [sic] Technical Info: This station is operating under a Construction Permit: Parent Station WMBH-AM [sic] Status Currently Off the Air FM Translator [Help] Frequency 101.5 MHz City Joplin, Missouri Effective Radiated Power 15 Watts`` But no coverage map to facilitate coverage evaluation circaJoplin. BTW, address for WMBH is listed in NRC AM Log as across the border in Wyandotte OK, which is way up in Ottawa County, NE corner of OK, the town SE of Miamuh OK. I wasn`t aware Metro Joplin extended that far (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Interesting, must have a STA for the translator it's shown as a CP with an AP[plication] in the FM Query (Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 2182.0, Sept 4 at 0103 UT, S3 AM carrier. This is the old marine distress and calling frequency which I thought had been deactivated years ago. What would be on it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11635.0-USB, Sept 4 at 0037, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, one of them weaker and distorted; discussing huecos and the saying ``entre la patita y la flecha`` which Google translates as ``between the leg and the arrow``. But patita alone can mean duckling (feminine). And I may not have understood that word correctly. 11635 bears of course a Cuban spy numbers station earlier in the day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 14888.70-USB, Sept 4 at 0047, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, long pauses, so maybe only one side audible, and he could be borracho (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 14475.0, Sept 4 at 0049, very poor S1 AM signal, maybe another CNR1 jammer, but not in Aoki. Could also be 3 x 4825 where one finds: two inactive(?) Brazilians, and two Peruvians, one hi, one lo, but this one is right on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report despatched at 0345 UT September 4 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
