** CANADA. 6754-USB, Oct 9 at 0612, Trenton Military still off pending
frequency fix.
15034.0-USB, Oct 9 at 1421, CHR is back on air and back on frequency
after foray to 15035.8-USB and then silence. Replies to my previous:
Richard Lacroix at 0203 UT October 9: ``Glenn, In reference to your
Oct 8 post, I was in conversation and worked with the technical crew
at MACS Trenton Thursday morning in reference to your initial post and
the off frequency issue. Upon initial investigation, MACS confirmed
that there was no apparent fault being reported from the remote
transmitter site but this was apparent when we monitored it from a
remote receiver site and the spectrum / waterfall display.
A decision was then made to broadcast using a different transmitter,
but as noted, this seems to be silent. MACS Trenton is aware of the
issues and have dispatched a technical crew to the site. The services
are not closed or taking a break but merely experiencing some
technical difficulties and will resume once corrective maintenance has
been completed. Richard``
Don VE6JY Moman, Alberta, Oct 9: ``just checked this morning at 1556
Z, Trenton weather broadcasts are back on 15034. Guess they got the
problem resolved.``
Art Delibert, Maryland at 1839 Oct 9: ``Glenn -- FYI, I heard a
broadcast from Trenton on 15034 beginning at 1830 today. Extremely
weak -- I'm probably in the skip zone for such a high frequency, but
they were there and on frequency. I know Bill Hepburn lists them as
starting at 10 minutes after hour; I didn't hear anything then``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 9 at 1357: none WOOB in the 13s,
12s, or 11s, but 10920 JBA until 1400*. Retune at 1420, however, JBA
carrier back on 10920; maybe really Sound of Hope? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 9 at 2209, no signal yet via TWR Bonaire SDR,
from anonymous mystery missionary station; probably opens circa 2300,
and underway with gospel huxter in Spanish at 2342, S9+5 peaks, SAM
carrier offsets varying minus 5 to 6 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 19, Oct 9 circa 1500 UT, no DTV signal from KAUT
``43``, OKC. There is some tropo with fog around, but no DX decoding.
The other OKCs are nominal or even better such as iffy RF 16 KOCM.
KAUT is either off the air, QRP, or blocked by a DX signal: great ATSC
1.0 DTV system makes it impossible to be sure of which. I look for
possible QRM sources but W9WI.com is currently showing only Canadian
listings, computer problems accessing FCC data. No 19 on either of my
outside antennas; and at 2051 UT check, not on my third set with
rabbit ears which normally gets it when positioned just right. As I
recall, KAUT has been chosen as ``host transmitter`` for other
stations in the new ATSC 3.0 system, so maybe it`s down now for some
reconfiguration.
After 2 or 3 months down on the roof following a windstorm, my Ch 7-13
and 14+ Hi VHF/UHF antenna has been reërected, a 2-hour, 2-person job
accomplished Oct 7 at 15-17 UT. It`s as good as before, which is not
good enough to capture a solid signal from, KETA ``13``, PBS with
three subchannels, World, Create, and Kids. -3 and -4 are not
available on cable! And 1 and -2 are usually degraded to monophonic on
cable. I continue to blame this on the second harmonic of local KNID
107.1 messing up the RF 13 videoband at 214.2 MHz, roughly off the
back of the antenna aimed SSE toward OKC. A better front/back ratio
might help but should not be necessary (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** THAILAND. 9390, Oct 9 at 1304, R. Thailand in English news, VP S6
and LSB required to avoid 9395-TOMBS via WRMI. 1309 commercials and
IDs/promos for ``FM 88`` its main domestic ID, also FM 95.5 and AM 918
from Radio Thailand, Public Relations Department of the Royal Thai
Government. The latter is only 10 kW in Bangkok, vs 600 kW from
Cambodia`s #1 frequency, and which had some news in English when I was
in Korat 50 years ago. A bit more international news until 1314 gongs,
pause, 1315 resume, English announcement introducing Mandarin.
The point of this is: 1300-1315 is supposed to be in Japanese, but one
of the languages temporarily? suspended. Dr Hj Biener suggests it`s
because funding for free-lance language staff run out before a fiscal
year end, as the same has happened with German. There is a minor beam
change at 1314 from 54 to 30 degrees, both of which are much more
favorable for us than 132 degrees for the original English semihours
at 1230 & 1400: if only those could be aimed USward and axually reach
us in mornings while the so-called North American service evenings
after 0000 on 15590 does not. All of course via USAGM Udorn, while
HSK9 should insist on using Grimesland NC for us. As expected, at 1422
presumably in English, 9390 is now JBA. Substitute English at 1300
should be savoured while it last (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, Oct 9 at 0622 UT, ND beacon FQ, fading out;
it`s 25 watts from Fairmont, Minnesota, which is right next to Iowa at
the center of the southern border between Albert Lea and Worthington.
I was tuned to 418-USB.
379-MCW kHz, Oct 9 at 0625 UT, ND beacon DL, which is 50 watts from
Duluth -- Pike Lake, Minnesota. Tuned to 377-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2055 monitoring: confirmed first
broadcast UT Friday October 9 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+30; 5010
S9+10 but noisy. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
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** U S A [and non]. 9955, Oct 9 at 1302, WRMI with no QRM here but
there could be, especially further west, as Radio Free Asia has been
reported testing? 9955 in Vietnamese and other languages before and
after this hour. Some jumped to the conclusion that site must be T8WH
PALAU, which per our exclusive info last week, is planning a comeback
November 1 as Hope Radio out of West Virginia, but would be testing
before then; but 9955 was not mentioned or registered as one of their
frequencies, and furthermore someone found that it was inaudible at
Hanoi SDR, yet audible via Russia into Europe. Wolfgang Bueschel now
says those tests are really via Dushanbe, TAJKISTAN.
This also applies to 9930 which was the #1 frequency of
KWHR/T8BZ/T8WH, and which here at 1303 has nothing, but at 1305 seems
VP 2-way in unknown language on LSB. 9965 is another possible Palau
frequency and there is a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5970, Oct 9 at 0607, no signal from WEWN Spanish, normally
regular and other US stations are loud on 5850, 5890, 5935, 5950. Also
absent is 9385 WEWN English altho that could be above the MUF.
15610 English and 12050 Spanish are apparently back on, Oct 9 at 2056
and 2102 as JBA carrier and JBA respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7505, Oct 9 at 0609, the revived WRNO still gospel huxter in
English, S8-S9; had been reported overnight in Chinese or something,
but must start later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7490.10, Oct 9 at 2107, `Behaviour Night` on Fridays via
WBCQ off-frequency+plus again after a while slightly minus. Poor
reception still but should be improving with earlier sunsets into
winter, and airing one real UT hour later from November (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** VENEZUELA. 6906.08-CUSB, Oct 9 at 2208 via TWR Bonaire SDR,
numerous ``Venezuela 93.7`` or vice-versa IDs in program promotions,
good S6-S7. Still at 2342 with romantic music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 9 at
0613-0618: 576(2), 585, 612, 621, 657, 684(2), 747(2), 774(2), 837,
846(TP), 855, 882(2), 891, 1026(2), 1044, 1107, 1125(2), 1134(2),
1152, 1215, 1314(2), 1413, 1503; 1710-domestic (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4905-RTTY, Oct 9 at 0601, heavy fast RTTY here, but not
on 4985 or 4895. I wonder if all these be NSS in Maryland, jumping to
different frequencies intentionally or not? Vs some CODAR here too
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5040, Oct 9 at 0604, JBA carrier after RHC normally
closes, while 5025 Rebelde retains S9+20 tho undermodulated. Could be
RHC on exciter, not completely off? Or VANUATU? 5040 is one of their
registered frequencies but has not been in use. Aoki shows starting at
0700 but we know they are extremely flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9675, Oct 9 at 2104, 1 kHz tone at S3-S4, DSB, not a
het. Only schedulee is Iran in Spanish until 2120, but Saudi in
Turkish would have just ended at 2057 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0011 UT October 10
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