** ALBANIA [and non]. 7470, Jan 15 at 0223, R. Tirana IS is playing, poor signal, but at least nothing much from IBB Kuwait underneath, which had been a JBA carrier earlier. I understand the co-channel is much worse in eastern North America, so another frequency change for Tirana is contemplated. I suggest a minor shift back to 7465, but that may still have too much adjacent QRM from 7460 and 7470.
You may recall that 7425 was the original plan but avoided that due to the Greenville mixing product of 7305 Vatican over 7365 Martí another 60 kHz higher. That is still happening, S4 at 0207, but the Vatican half-sesquihour unexpectedly shifted a quarterhour earlier, starting at 0145 instead of 0200, so 7425 should be clear again by 0230. Well, almost: the 7305 carrier and hence 7425 mix did not go off tonight until about 0232. In the 7400s, we find several open frequencies at 0230: 7425, 7435, 7440, 7450, 7475, 7480. These have something on them: 7430, 7445, 7455, 7460, 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 870, Jan 15 at 0221, as I tune across WWL, I hear ``RR`` in Morse, so Radio Reloj is underneath. WRTH 2016 shows three CMBDs on 870: 10 kW each in Bueycito, Granma and Baracoa, Guantánamo; 1 kW in Sancti Spíritus, SS. SS is the closest from mid-isle, altho weakest. Here`s a handy map and list by frequency provided by Bruce Conti: http://www.bamlog.com/cubalist.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 3308-USB, UT Fri Jan 11 at 0211, tune-in to talk about a door prize at a joint meeting of a ``Digital Road Show`` sponsored by Army and Air Force on Jan 23, and all stations are invited (did not catch where this is); mentions forums on the North Central Division website, some of them barely active. It`s an Air Force MARS net, AFA5NC and AFD5QI among the calls. Have to avoid the carrier on 3310, whether local KCRC/KGWA mix or Mosoj Chaski (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15730, Jan 14 at 1939, VOA French has a considerable echo on the S9+10 signal, listed as Greenville only at 1930-2030 (altho the previous hour is via Vatican, violating Separation of Church & State), so apparently long path is coming around a split second after short path. When GB fades a little, the effect increases. I`m about to have another try at the 2000-2030 music block, on Thursdays supposed to be ``Afro music``. Starts with two minutes of music at 2006, then gabbing from 2008 past 2015 so I quit, altho a sidecheck later found some music again. BTW, Tim Hendel raises an interesting point about terminology; perhaps we are too vague calling it ``high life``: ``Glenn, just a random thought, and you are free to quote me if you wish. I have noticed that many DX-ers use the term "high life" to describe African popular music, such as on Rádio Nacional de Angola, WOR 1807. I remember when I first began hearing stations from newly independent sub-Saharan African stations, around 1960, the music they played at that time was called "high life." The popular music played today seems, to me, to be very different, and I wonder if people outside of the DX-ing community still use this term. Might the term "Afro-pop" be more appropriate? Just a thought`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1808 monitoring: confirmed Thursday Jan 14 at 2100 on WRMI 7570, good. Also confirmed UT Friday Jan 15 at 0200 on WBCQ 9330.03-CUSB, now at S9+25 --- this frequency is picking up at night, better than 7489.9-AM and much better than 5109.7-CUSB (but a lower MUF might knock it out next week). 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? Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND? Sun 0900 WRMI 5850 to NW Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 to WSW Mon 0430.6 WRMI 9955 to SSE Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 1415.6 WRMI 9955 to SSE Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 5109.7-CUSB, UT Friday Jan 15 at 0130, `Broad Spectrum Radio` is starting. As already posted to the DXLD yg and to appear in full in the next DXLD 16-02, James Branum has planned out his subjects for the next three months. On the second program of the month, like tonight, it`s a GI Rights Show, advice from him, a civilian attorney who has practiced military law (next: Feb 12, Mar 11); third week, Movement Music Show --- protest songs (Jan 22, Feb 19, Mar 18); fourth week, Neurodiversity Show ``celebrating positive aspects of having a different kind of mind`` (Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 25); first week (like heard Jan 8), The BSR Radio Report (Feb 5, Mar 4). Reception is not so good, S6 and not full copy. It may be better closer to WBCQ, but out here I`m afraid it will worsen as we get into spring, especially from the second Sunday in March when it will have to shift one UT hour earlier due to the totally unnecessary and counterproductive imposition of daylight shifting time, coördinated with Communist Cuba. And too many SW stations go along with it, instead of sticking to the international standard of UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 6115, Jan 15 at 2243, gospel huxter in Spanish from WWCR-1, but something else is barely audible underneath. Sounds like Dead Gene Scott ranting at a more youthful level. Yes, WWCR-2 transmitter audio from 13845 is bleeding into #1! 13845 is too weak here to make a match on another receiver, but I can do so with convenient neighbor Anguilla on 6090 which is // and synchronized with 13845 off same satellite feed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Not that I am eager to hear another debate among a bunch of anti-American pols vying to out-right each other, but being on the Fox Business Channel, we won`t be seeing it on a high Suddenlink cable tier we don`t buy. So in my radio monitoring session UT Jan 15 between 0218 and 0226, I do a quick bandscan of MW to find any stations carrying it. Not nearly as many as the last Democratic debate, but just these without digging into graveyard and regional QRM: 1510 WLAC Nashville, 1110 KFAB Omaha, 1000 KTOK OKC, 850 KOA Denver. Otherwise the usual stuff of silly puck games or sports talk, regular anti-American talk shows, and bits of music here and there. As a deep red state, I wondered if any Oklahoma FM stations would go out of their way to radio this Republican TV debate: NO, none found. Back at the TV dial after 0300 UT, just in case, I check the FBC cable channel which is normally Not Authorized, and guess what – Suddenlink has unblocked it for this very special occasion, natch, without any notice! Tsk2, more Enidians could have witnessed it, had they only known (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) This report despatched at 0442 UT January 15 _ 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
