** BRAZIL. After hearing R. Africa reactivated(?) on 15190, seemingly with a
second carrier interfering, as early as 2131 March 12, still at 2236 with
EQUATORIAL GUINEA [q.v.] atop, by 2257 I am hearing only Portuguese, equatorial
flutter, 2300 ending program `Sertanejo Moderno`, Inconfidência IDs and
announcements with hyped enthusiasm. Brian Alexander, Pennsylvania, was
listening at exactly the same time and put ZYE522 at 40 Hz low, after also
hearing `Africa until 2255.
Then I looked for Brazilians besides 11780 RNA on 25m: 11815 had a
Portuguese-speaking preacher at 2311, modulation a bit distorted, fair signal.
I sure hope R. Brasil Central has not sold out completely to the gospel-huxters
like so many Brazilian SW stations! At least this one is low-key, no wailing
David Miranda. 2317 hymn, 2321 R. Brasil Central ID in passing. Hope this is
just a brief program breaking their usual music or `full-service` format (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. After hearing the VY0SNO beacon on 10m, I kept looking for some SSB
DX higher up, and soon logged two Paulistas from nowhere near Nunavut, March 12:
28406-USB, at 2151, PY2XC, making 5-9 contacts with US stations including a
WB9. Sounds like a North American, but his QRZ.com lookup page shows: CARLOS
SILVÉRIO, P. O. Box 210, ITUPEVA, SP 13295000, Brazil, with photos of himself
and his rig.
28507.5-USB, at 2152, PY2OE: Rogerio (Roger) Campos, P. O. BOX 47545,
03563-970 São Paulo/SP, Brazil. He has a more authentic Brazilian accent in
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISSTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. After hearing Cuba on 12m, I tried 10m, the lower part of which is
3+ MHz higher, and thus may still be above the MUF. At first, not much in the
DX/SSB range, but at 2143 March 12, a beacon on 28183.3 approx.: DE VY0SNO
VY0SNO VY0SNO FP53RS K sent over and over. QRZ.com shows a rather northerly
location, to my surprise:
``VY0SNO, Larry L Horlick, BOX 1082, IQALUIT, NU X0A 0H0, Canada,
Beacon: 10m: 28.182, 15 watts, 1/2 wave horizontal dipole, 30m ASL; A1`` And
FP53RS chex for the grid square around Iqaluit. Poor signal with some fadeouts,
but R5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. I recently caught CO8LY, Santiago, on 12 meter CW; he must be quite a
fan of this band, since now I have him on phone/SSB, March 12 at 2138, calling
CQ 12, QRZ on 24945-USB. Making quick contacts with 5-9 reports, so must be in
a contest (unlike some DX contests which exclude this so-called ``WARC band``
as if the original hambands were not also established by previous World
Administrative Radio Conferences). One was K4IA. At 2140, VA7CQ called him, but
CO8LY did not respond. 2141 worked N5RRL. Looked for other 12m signals, and
there was some CW at the low end, but CO8LY was the OSSBSOB --- only single
sideband station on band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 11590, since there has been a recent report of decent modulation,
with very low expectations I tried R. Cairo`s English to Western North America,
March 12 at 2311, and I was not disappointed --- as almost always the case,
there was NO modulation audible, on this S9+20 signal, with flutter. No
improvement at 2316 when news should have been underway. By 2355, to be
charitable, I would upgrade it to JBM --- just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. As I inquired a few days ago, is R. Africa active on
15190? It may not have been for more than a month, but it`s there March 12 at
2131 with a distorted gospel huxter, perhaps mixed with Brasil. Retuned at 2155
just in time to hear outro of that show giving a .org website, no ID, and 2156
right in to program #428 from Tony Alamo --- yes, the disgraced, arrested,
charged, prosecuted, convicted and serving 175 years for child sexual abuse
evangelist is still on the air influencing dozens of listeners worldwide from
his federal prison cell in Terre Haute, Indiana (or rather, from stockpile of
old program tapes), thanks to Pan American Broadcasting and the Equatorial
Guineans who couldn`t care less what scum they put on the air as long as the
time keeps being paid for.
At 2236 I can tell there are two carriers, as Alamo is mixed with noise, but I
suspect more of that is coming from the Bata transmitter itself than Belo
Horizonte. Apparently off by 2257, only hearing BRAZIL, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15280, yet another new frequency for Harold Camping, unlisted
in HFCC, Aoki or EiBi, March 12 at 2132, has constant hum and flutter, running
2 or 3 words behind // WYFR 17535, 17555. At 2157 the `Open Forum` discussion
was cut short for a canned closing announcement by a much-younger sounding
Camping, 2158 FR publication plug, 2159 ``Ehre`` theme to 2200*, and the hum
goes off too, uncovering a very poor signal from RN in Dutch via Saipan just
starting on 15280. Propagation is still degraded, as this RN relay is often
