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It may be copied, distributed 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. Wolfgang's 1000 DX bulletins (Karel Honz?k) 2. Monday Morn Dx (Charles Bolland) 3. Re: [dxld] RN EXTRA SW TXNS TO EGYPT (Wolfgang Bueschel) 4. Glenn Hauser logs January 30-31, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) 5. Monday after noon DX (Charles Bolland) 6. Re: [dxld] Ending an era: Radio Prague signs off on shortwave (Wolfgang Bueschel) 7. Glenn Hauser logs January 31, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:53:45 +0100 (CET) From: Karel Honz?k <karel-hon...@volny.cz> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Wolfgang's 1000 DX bulletins Message-ID: <31a61d3fd0d5a402f7cd97a8da4b9...@mail3.volny.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" I would like to congratulate Wolfgang B?schel of Germany on his excellent achievement: 1000 BC-DX bulletins. Every week when I search through my e-mails it is there and never I am disappointed. I know that a compilation of news from various sources is not easy and I admire Wolfgang's thoroughness. I would like Wolfgang to keep on his excellent work. Thanks a lot. Karel Honzik, CZE ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:48:04 -0000 From: "Charles Bolland" <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: "ALF" <alf.e.pers...@telia.com>, "Arnaldo slaen" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>, "Bob Wilkner" <r...@earthlink.net>, "brainman214" <brainman...@gmail.com>,Carlos GonA?alves<carlos-rel...@sapo.pt>, "Cumbre" <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, "'DSWCI'" <l...@dxer.de>, "Gayle Van Horn" <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Glenn Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Hard-core-dx" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org> Subject: [HCDX] Monday Morn Dx Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAMcpx2KDL2JFmEyXbvynxonCgAAAEAAAAHvcrTMAUGtGvqR9jrH1bzEBAAAAAA==@peoplepc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Vietnam, 9550, Voice of Vietnam, 1130-1200, Noted a faint signal here at 1130 which took a couple of minutes to fade in; however, by 1135, the signal was established enough where a female and male could be heard in possibly Vietnamese language comments. Language did not sound like Russian. Later a male comments at length in possibly Vietnamese. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, January 31, 2011) WR-G31DDC 26N 081w ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:34:48 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] RN EXTRA SW TXNS TO EGYPT Message-ID: <EB3213D52BC64CA5B9985167D914DD41@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original NETHERLANDS [non, GERMANY/MADAGASCAR/U.K.] RNW EXTRA SW TXNS TO EGYPT. RNW increasing its broadcasts to Egypt <http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rnw-increasing-its-broadcasts-to-egypt> (Alokesh Gupta-IND, dxld Jan 30) There are also extra shortwave transmissions in Dutch for the estimated 8000 Dutch citizens in Egypt: 0600-0700 UTC 9830 kHz WER 500kW 120degr 1600-1700 UTC 5955 kHz RMP 500 140 + 9750 kHz ISS 500 114 1730-1830 UTC 11615 kHz MDG 250 000 + 11655 kHz MDG 250 300 (via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 30) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alokesh Gupta" Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:45 PM > Subject: [dxld] RN EXTRA SW TXNS TO EGYPT ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:35:15 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 30-31, 2011 Message-ID: <772027.4679...@web114005.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 30, all //: 13960, poor-fair at 2342 14950, good at 2342 15900, fair at 2343 10300, good with flutter at 2347 8400, poor at 2348 During these few minutes I searched continuously between 8 and 19 MHz; quite a good haul, five of them, for this time of day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 15550, while searching for Firedrake, one Chinese talk broadcast of significance, at 2352 Jan 30 with usual over-assertive style in dialog, announcements, fair with flutter; timesignal to 2400* and off. Aoki shows this is jamming RFA via Tinian, also until 2400, while CNR1 supposedly continues until 0800, 100 kW, 175 degrees from Beijing 572 site, but none of that audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6010, RHC, Jan 31 at 0631, `Ed Newman` in mailbag says the USA is refusing mail from RHC; in fact there is no postal service between Cuba and USA now. Listeners have been wondering why they haven`t received their 2011 RHC calendar cards. E-mail inquiries are being replied with a Cuban government notice about this. Meanwhile, RHC is (finally) designing an E-QSL. Naturally, RHC blames the US, while this BBC story says it was Cuba`s decision to block all mail: ``CUBA STOPS POSTAL SERVICE TO US 'UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE' 21 January 2011 Last updated at 16:30 ET http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12257412 Large numbers of letters and parcels have been refused entry to the US Cuba has suspended all postal deliveries to the United States until further notice. The suspension follows the introduction of stricter security measures by the US last year after the attempted mailing of explosives from Yemen. The Cuban postal service says large amounts of mail were refused entry and returned in the following months. Correspondents say the cost of so many returns may have led to the decision to stop the service. Postal service between the US and Cuba had been suspended for 42 years after Cuba's communist revolution, and only resumed in 2009 via third countries. [is this true? Weren`t RHC QSLs etc., getting thru somehow by P-mail before 2009??? --- gh] President Barack Obama's decision to renew the service was widely seen as a move towards repairing relations between the two countries. Its suspension is likely to be interpreted as a setback to the president's efforts at easing tension and improving people-to-people ties between Cuba and the US. The US tightened its security on air cargo after bombs hidden in cartridges were intercepted on route from Yemen to the US in cargo planes.`` Finally have discovered additional times for RHC`s Spanish DX program `En Contacto`. UT Monday Jan 31 at 0733 I come across it on 6050, 6060, 6120, 6150, 5040 until 0746, so it must have started circa 0731. Manolo was playing an old clip of R. Progreso, the station whose building RHC shares at Infanta 105. Another anniversary/birthday, I suppose. Then he announced FOUR times for his show, with all the frequencies for each: I hope I got them all copied as given. 1, to America, Caribbean, Sunday 1435 on 11760, 13750, 13780, 13680, 11730, 12040, 15360, 15120, 15230, 6140 [wrong: not all of these are on, but instead on El Hugazo frequencies 15370, 17750, which start circa 1400 on Sundays] 2, ``sobre las 2005``, meaning approximately, on 11730, 12040, 15230, 6140 [this is the interim `new` day-time I had been searching for but never managed to find] 3, ``sobre las 2240``, on 11730, 12040, 9820, 15230 [not exactly: see our previous monitoring of all frequencies in use at this time] 4, `0235 [UT Monday], on 6140, 11760, 6060, 6120, 15360, 15120; and to Europe on 11770 [sic --- 15120 is certainly not on in the tarde, and 11770 Europe applies to 2240, not 0235!] HOWEVER, I was axually hearing EC at a fifth time he still doesn`t know about: UT Monday 0730v! Next item referred to audio archive of his and many other Spanish DX programs at http://www.geocities.com/programasdx/encontacto.htm He listed the others, even including Mundo Radial de Glenn Hauser! Unfortunately, this website ceased to be maintained a year or two ago, and now is Unfound by geocities, nor even in the Wayback Machine as GC suggests, which means it`s probably in the 6-month limbo period. Instead, the current site for Programas DX is: http://programasdx.com/ Including this very latest EC audio at http://programasdx.com/encontacto.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9305, R. Cairo general service in Arabic continues active, Jan 30 at 2336, VG but moderately distorted. Say, how are things going in Tunisia now with everybody focused on Egypt?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250.0, RNGE, poor Jan 31 at 0628 continuous Spanish talk, ute beeps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 12025, Jan 31 at 1520, English with S Asian accent about Noah, Exodus, poor signal. HFCC shows it`s KSDA, 100 kW, due west from Agat at 1500-1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI 11725-AM and 11670-11675-11680 DRM were the OSOB, Jan 31 at 0643, poor. BTW, on UT Saturdays around this time they have a variety show from National including comedy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, KGWA Enid, altho the original station of the AM-FM combo, is now the poor stepchild no one really cares about: Jan 31 at 0650 UT, open carrier; came to life for newcast at 0703 check, but back to dead air at 0707. So the automation can handle the news, but not whatever else was supposed to be on. I was checking because the usual mixing product with KCRC on 3310 was not being heard, and I suspected one of them was off the air --- but KCRC 1390 was nominal, and lack of modulation on 960 carrier should not have affected the spur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, making a rare audible appearance, but only poor, Jan 31 at 1459 with YL narrating something in English, 1500 interrupted for switch to Arabic service, with louder modulation, ID, fanfare, and presumed news. S9+10 peaks with deep fades (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAIPAN [and non]. 12090, Jan 30 at 2255 Asian song, good signal better than fluttery adjacent 12095 BBC. 2300 YL ``This is KFBS, Saipan, from the Mariana Islands in the Pacific`` and immediately off, as was BBC. Aoki shows 12090 at 2230-2300 in Vietnamese, 100 kW, 278 degrees from Marpi. BBC is 250 kW, 27 degrees from Ascension, taking a one-hour break until 0000 resuming via Singapore (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH AFRICA. 5910, fair Jan 30 at 2332, BBC News headlines, 2333 opening `Something Understood`, and then cutting off the air. Another overrun by SENTECH, as BBC is supposedly only at 2200-2300, 100 kW, 330 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 15385, REE Emisi?n Sefarad, fair Monday Jan 31 around 1445, interview in Ladino with an Auschwitz survivor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 9405, is WINB still on the air overnight? If not, there will probably be no press release to that effect. Jan 31 at 0641, I strain for a signal, and with BFO on occasionally there is a trace. However, the same situation applies to 9370v for WTJC, which often is audible when WINB is not, so maybe they are both ``propped-out`` tonight. WYFR was also VP-JBA on 31m, whilst BBC was S9+12 on 9410 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 3819-LSB, Jan 31 at 0655-0723+ very informal ham net, with tongue-in-cheek often funny comments mentioning http://www.popebusters.com --- Paul being an *sshol*, hoping to come back as a tube of Vagisil, hee hee. Talkovers (double transmissions) happened several times, as they don`t like to say ``over``, and nary an ID. I was around here checking for HD2IOA on 3810 which was not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15209.3v, still hearing het upon much stronger WYFR 15210.0, Jan 31 at 1458 while FR was in Portuguese, and a dekaminute later when in English. Still nothing in latest HFCC, Aoki or EiBi to account for anything else on 15210 before or after 1500. So could be a spur. Need monitoring of this in Eurafroasia where WYFR is not such a blockage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:04:03 -0000 From: "Charles Bolland" <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: "ALF" <alf.e.pers...@telia.com>, "Arnaldo slaen" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>, "Bob Wilkner" <r...@earthlink.net>, "brainman214" <brainman...@gmail.com>,Carlos GonA?alves<carlos-rel...@sapo.pt>, "Cumbre" <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, "'DSWCI'" <l...@dxer.de>, "Gayle Van Horn" <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Glenn Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Hard-core-dx" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org> Subject: [HCDX] Monday after noon DX Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAMcpx2KDL2JFmEyXbvynxonCgAAAEAAAAHMHmfAovM5Ni4BV+i0wzbYBAAAAAA==@peoplepc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Gabon, 9580, Africa Number One, 1950-2010, Noted a fair signal here with Highlife type music as an announcer comments in French during, before and after the music. It amazes me that this station has remained on the air and on this frequency for so many years. If they can do it from Gabon, why can't the more prosperous countries do it? As I listen, Radio Australia comes on the air with their theme "Waltzing Matelda". Still Radio One remains audible. On the hour, RNO gives ID followed by news. Radio Australia never starts broadcasting. because they were signing off. Without any interference, Africa Number One is "Fivers'. (Chuck Bolland, January 31, 2011) WR-G31DDC 26N 081W ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:09:55 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Ending an era: Radio Prague signs off on shortwave Message-ID: <22833CDF7FBB40A4B83DD3CC203EE637@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alokesh Gupta" Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 8:29 PM Subject: [dxld] Ending an era: Radio Prague signs off on shortwave Ending an era: Radio Prague signs off on shortwave http://www.radio.cz/en/section/special/ending-an-era-radio-prague-signs-off-on-shortwave Regards, Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE New Delhi CZECH REP Radio Prague ends 75 years of shortwave radio service. ENG With the following special presentation, Radio Prague ends 75 years of shortwave radio service. As many of you know by now, austerity measures across Czech governmental ministries have forced budget cuts in many sectors, and public broadcasting is one of them. For most of the last century our signal has gone out to six continents, carrying news and information about Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic to listeners all over the world. Radio Prague will continue to fulfil its mission through internet and satellite broadcasting - we hope for another 75 years - on whatever media the future allows us. But today we mark the end of a traditional means of modern communication that we have been a part of almost since its inception. <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/special/ending-an-era-radio-prague-signs-off-on-shortwave> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2011-01-30> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/letter/letter-from-prague-final-edition> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2011-01-23> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2011-01-16> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2011-01-09> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2010-12-19> <http://www.radio.cz/en/section/mailbox/mailbox-2010-12-12> <http://www.radio.cz/en/static/history-of-radio-prague> CZE <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/reditel-radia-praha-kratkovlnne-vysilani-konci-prechazime-plne-na-internet> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/vysilani-radia-praha-jsme-lovili-i-na-dovolene> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/zarchivu/radio-praha-neposlouchal-jen-jeden-recky-rolnik> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/ocem/frantisek-cerny-vzpomina-na-slavna-sedesata-v-radiu-praha> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/usporu-na-vysilaci-vetsina-posluchacu-nepozna> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/snizeni-rozpoctu-radia-praha-posluchaci-prilis-nezaznamenaji> <http://www.radio.cz/cz/rubrika/udalosti/nove-internetove-stranky-radia-praha> GER <http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/tagesecho/abschied-nach-fast-75-jahren-sendet-radio-prag-nicht-mehr-auf-kurzwelle> <http://www.radio.cz/de/static/geschichte-von-radio-prag> <http://www.radio.cz/de/static/geschichte-von-radio-prag/der-tschechische-rundfunk-in-daten> RUS <http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/radio-praga-zakancivajet-vescanije-na-korotkich-volnach/> <http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/o-radio-praga/vozmozhnosti-priema> <http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/istoriya-radio-praga> <http://www.radio.cz/ru/static/istoriya-radio-praga/istoriya-cheshskogo-radio> FRA <http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/faits/31-janvier-2011-radio-prague-devient-une-radio-sur-internet> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/courrier/radio-prague-se-retire-sur-internet> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/courrier/courrier-des-auditeurs-2011-01-22> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/courrier/raymonde-francois-radio-prague-ma-appris-la-republique-tcheque> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/rubrique/courrier/radio-prague-ne-diffusera-plus-en-ondes-courtes-a-partir-du-1022011> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/static/sur-radio-prague/comment-ecouter-radio-prague> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/static/histoire-de-radio-prague> <http://www.radio.cz/fr/static/histoire-de-radio-prague/histoire-de-la-radio-tcheque> SPA <http://www.radio.cz/es/static/radio-praga-cancela-sus-emisiones-en-onda-corta/> Concluyen las emisiones de Radio Praga en Onda Corta tras 75 a?os de servicio Radio Praga, el servicio internacional de la Radiodifusi?n Checa, emite este lunes por ?ltima vez en Onda Corta. Desde la medianoche del 1 de febrero, Radio Praga seguir? saliendo puntualmente a trav?s de Internet y sat?lite. Adem?s, m?ltiples radios extranjeras asociadas seguir?n incluyendo nuestros materiales en su programaci?n, como es el caso para la emisi?n en espa?ol de emisoras como Radio M?xico Internacional o Radio Miami Internacional, ambas en Onda Corta. El cese de las emisiones en Onda Corta se debe a recortes de presupuesto en el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. <http://www.radio.cz/es/static/acerca-de-radio-praga/opciones-de-escucha> <http://www.radio.cz/es/static/historia-de-radio-praga> <http://www.radio.cz/es/static/historia-de-radio-praga/historia-de-la-radiodifusion-checa> BROADCASTING WITHIN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Prague broadcasts in English, German and Russian in Prague and its surroundings from Monday to Friday from 19:05 to 19:25 CET on 92.6 FM. You can also listen to Radio Prague in French on Wednesdays from 16.10 to 16.30 CET and on Saturdays from 11.10 to 11.30 CET in Prague on 99.3 FM. Selected programmes of Radio Prague are also relayed by Radio Miami International from Miami, Florida USA on 9955 kHz. The complete programme schedule of RMI can be found at: <http://www.wrmi.net/schedule.php> (R Prague-CZE website, Jan 31) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:07:18 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 31, 2011 Message-ID: <270536.73414...@web114004.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 31: after finding 5 frequencies 24 hours earlier, I look again at 2327-2330: 8400, good, but very heavy flutter 10300, slightly stronger, also very heavy flutter No sign of it anywhere else up to 18 MHz, including the three frequencies heard yesterday, 13960, 14950, 15900. But the CNR1 jammer on 15550 was again audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA [non]. 13650, CRI in Portuguese via CUBA, Jan 31 at 2314, VG signal but very undermodulated, distorted; also with BFO one can tell the carrier is slightly unstable. Disco-beat song about ``Internationale``, then announcement in Brazilian, at 2316 into `Panorama Econ?mico``. During brief fades of 13650 at 2318, I can hear an echo, apparently 38 megameters by longpath, obscured without the fades by direct off-the-back path of the 135 degree beam toward Brasil. Just before this, during CRI talk segment, I could hear some very weak music underneath 13650, not even enough to make a SAH, no doubt R. Japan in Thai, 300 kW, 235 degrees from Yamata, also arriving here direct off its back. Much stronger and clearer signal from Cuba`s relay of Venezuela on 13680. If the ChiCom only knew what crappy equipment their Cuban clients are using for CRI relays: others on 5990, 13740, 15120 are also inferior to the excellent modulation RHC manages to achieve on some, but hardly all, of its own frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [and non]. Stations cutting their own throat by closing down SW rarely give us the specifix we need to monitor the very last broadcast, like what time by UT? If the QRT date is January 31, does that mean turned off at 2300 UT = midnight local? How about the repeats well into the next UT day which ordinarily air to the Americas? I know I can hear Radio Prague`s SW finale program on their preferred medium of the web, anyway, so I am not monitoring before 2300 UT Jan 31, but at 2310 there is no signal on 5930, when French used to air, nor at 2330 for English, so it`s already gone. Alokesh Gupta points us to 17-minute audio access and full transcript: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/special/ending-an-era-radio-prague-signs-off-on-shortwave Guess what? WRMI is never mentioned as continuing to broadcast R. Prague on SW; that would ruin the moment, detract from the not-really-finale! R. Prague has used other relays before, like Sackville and Ascension, which always got full respect, so why is WRMI any different? Even before now, it was almost as if they did not really want listeners to know about it! Anyhow, Jeff White has assured us that RP has agreed for WRMI to continue with R. Prague (from WRN), on 9955 in English daily at 0700-0730, M-F at 1000-1030, and Sat/Sun at 1930-2000. Also in Spanish at various other times, and apparently the French weekdays at 1430-1500 too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Jan 31 at 2226, novelty songs past 2230; 2235 YL ID over pumping music, something about ``still be a signal, Weak Radio``. 2243 same ID over music; until fully warmed up, the FRG-7 BFO drifts gradually, and when the unexpected IDs come on, I miss the first part trying to adjust BFO for proper pitch, not so obvious on the strange music. How about a bit of reduced carrier to help us zero? 2249 ID now spelled out, W-E-A-K; 2255 another same over music, and at 2259. A bit after 2300, hard rock segu?s to rap. Still there at 2310 when I use this to hit 1000 kHz below for R. Prague, which has already QRT its own SW forever; see CZECHIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1000, KTOK, OKC, Jan 31 at 2139-2149 UT, I have never enjoyed the Sean Hannity Show so much! Because KTOK was broadcasting dead air for at least ten minutes while I dozed. This was not in the middle of the night but the middle of the day. Rejoined abruptly at 2149 without so much as ``Due to technical difficulties, our regular programming has been interrupted, but we now rejoin it in progress``. No station makes such courtesy announcements any more, for it would admit that someone is finally paying attention to their own output! Way to go, Clear Channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1610, Enid NWS relay via WQCL720, Great Salt Plains State Park, once again audible on caradio in western Enid, but mixed with the roaring noise I had been hearing by itself, Jan 31 around 2030 UT. Plus a slow pulsing, apparently SAH between two different transmitters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Update on Enid`s unlicensed FM stations, checked Jan 31 at 2150 UT: 97.7, Part 15 ``WECS`` at Emmanuel Christian School, usual loop by kids with range of a few blox, for the week of Jan 31-Feb 4. This one runs a couple minutes, much longer than usual, which is a pity, since these particular kids are extremely inarticulate and have no business behind even a play microphone. Furthermore, audio recording has a problem with its own noise interference rising and falling, at times overriding the voices. 99.9, GCN pirate, dead air only, and has been so all afternoon (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 5960, VOT English to NAm still here, Monday Jan 31 at 2303, poor in English news, ACI from DentroCuban Jamming Command on 5955. Listed frequency 7335 has no WHRI or VOT today, but something very weak, presumably CNR2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [and non]. We always try to catch BBC World News, the 2100 GMT edition on weekdays, delayed one sesquihour on OETA OKLA DTV subchannel to 2230. Main anchor Mike Embley always introduces it as ``also for PBS viewers in America`` (which America??), but they keep fiddling with the format. In the first place, there are far too many teasers, repetitive headlines and condescending ``stay with us, if you can`` remarx, instead of one semihour of hard world news. Is that too much to ask? Some expert must have concluded most viewers won`t keep tuned otherwise. His bio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/bbc_world/mikeembley.shtml Don`t blame the anchor for all that`s wrong with it, but today Jan 31 it`s a new low, as the second half has no news, just a string of promos for other BBC World programmes we have no chance of seeing via OKLA, weather grafix, website promos, etc., etc. Were they having a problem in the studio, or is this a permanent change? This show always has gaffes, miscues, dead air, upcuts, etc., hardly what you would expect from a professional worldwide operation. And with so much breaking news these days, delaying it a sesquihour hardly does justice to the news, but that`s OKLA`s fault --- or maybe not if that`s the only edition they have an opportunity to air, and there is certainly more of an audience for news at 4:30 pm local than 3 o`clock (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 98, Issue 1 *******************************************