** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 4 at 2137, DRM noise audible here,
S5-S6 with a JBA AM carrier in the middle; while RNA 11780-AM is S7-S9
with music.
At 2321 I check the DRM via Bonaire SDR. Definitely on the waterfall,
sharp-edged 10-kHz wide, but no decode. Neighborhood Brasília SDR?
S9+15/20 but still no decode; then briefly displays silently: SNR 4.2
dB, 14.06 kbps. With offset USB tuning, I can tell there is a
considerable AM carrier amid at 11910, no doubt Japan as previously
noted, scheduled 21-24 UT, blocking RNA at prime-time in the Amazon.
Furthermore, at all times checked, there is also no signal on 6180,
apparently the transmitter repurposed for DRM test on 11910.
At 2352 some RNA music cuts on and off, mostly off. Some headline
texts start to display, SNR up to 13.2. Wonder if the NHK AM carrier
has closed? No, not yet, as I from 2357 listen in offset USB, to hear
that not quitting until 2400*. Now, RNA DRM should work better? NO.
Further chex: 0048 at Brasilia SDR: S9+25 but SNR 0.6 and no decode;
0107 check, at same SDR, 6180 is still off leaving a bit of China via
Cuba. At 0200 Bonaire SDR; SNL 6.5, S8 signal, zero decode (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ERITREA [non]. 17545, Dec 4 at 1545, no signal from Bayto Yiakl, so
that accounts for Friday off; yet to be checked after 1530: Sun, Mon,
Tue, Thu, lacking any explicit schedule; and on Saturday whether it be
off-frequency+plus or not, Issoudun or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** IRELAND. 13264-USB, Dec 4 at 1456, VOLMET roboyl, i.e. Shannon,
considerably weaker than 13270-USB, roboom from Gander. 13264 per Eibi
could also be used by Albrook, Panamá ex-CZ, for HFDL (ID-11) in -HF,
whatever that mean (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. Trip Ericson of rabbitears.info asked if I could get
KTOU, OKC, RF 21 again and clear up the uncertainties about
subchannels. I reply on December 4:
``Trip, I figured it would be a while before I had another chance at
KUOT RF 21, but in fact it decoded for a few minutes this morning at
1625 UT.
21-1, 3ABN, bug LR
21-2, triangle and No Signal! - not diamond
21-3, 3ABN = same as 21-1! slightly different audio levels
21-4, preacher with Bible verse grafix, another grafic the Secrets of
Pentecost - no bugs, back in with credits just before 1700 but gone
again before any ID. 1740, drops in with Amazing Facts on the set of
the preacher
21-5 Hope, with bug UR, uplifted arms
I see that w9wi.com shows no subchannel info for 21 KUOT, and also
still shows KTOU still on 21 as well as 22.
Say, is there any way to sort/display r-e info by channel - showing
all stations everywhere on any physical channel? Then in order by
state? I don`t see that among your multiple options. This would be
very handy for DXing when you are not sure which state or market a
signal is coming from -- here, KS or OK most likely nearby but
something could also easily be in TX or AR.
W9WI.com does this but still nothing but Canada! Doug, hope you can
get that fixed. I was also getting a Bad signal on 32, I suppose the
nearest full power KRSU Claremore OK which I find in w9wi.com by state
Oklahoma, altho ambiguous whether on 32 or 36, LIC on both.
Glenn, Enid`` --- Trip replies:
``Ah, great! So my listing is now correct. Excellent. No, I don't have
a list like that. For DXing, I recommend using the Allocation Map:
https://www.rabbitears.info/allocationmap.php
It'll let you plot the stations on a given channel, and then you can
eyeball and see what you might be receiving. - Trip``
You can also set it to ignore adjacent channels and/or LP stations,
but to check power and all other info have to go back to lists (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15225, Dec 4 at 1458, S5-S8 African? drumming and
chanting, 1500 YL in Arabic mentions ``Arabiya``, apparent news with
drum sounders; still at 1545 but JBA. It`s the General Program
starting, of SRI/SBA per WRTH; we do miss the more distinctive name
BSKSA, maybe suspended because SA is now more of a murderous
Crown-Princedom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Dec 5 at 0301, classical music on WRMI
via Bonaire SDR, Karelia Suite by Sibelius, so it`s `Encore` from
Radio Tumbril. This first transmission of the week is still missing
from Brice Avery`s publicity; times UT, frequencies kHz:
Regular Broadcast times of Encore are:
1100-1200 Saturday 6070 Channel 292 to Europe-Simulcast on 9670
Repeated:
0100-0200 Sunday 5850, Simulcast 5010 WRMI to US, Canada, C America
1700–1800 Sunday 9670 Channel 292 to Europe
2200-2300 Sunday 3955 Channel 292 to Europe
0300–0400 Monday 9455 WRMI to the US and Canada
1300-1400 Tuesday 15770 WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland
0300-0400 Thursday 5800 WRMI to South America and Caribbean & US
1300-1400 Thursday 15770 WRMI to Europe, east coast US and Iceland
2000–2100 Friday 6070 Channel 292 to Europe
Our email is encoretumbril@gmail.com. Informal reception reports as
well as those requesting eQSL welcome.
The website is http://www.tumbril.co.uk where we show transmission
times and frequencies, the playlist for the most recent programme,
more information about Radio Tumbril, and the email link.
This week's programme starts with some Sibelius, then a piece by
Rameau, followed by something contemporary-part of UFO by Michael
Daugherty. Haydn next - Allegro con Brio from his Symphony 44, after
which we will hear some monastic music from 12th century France. Part
of a modern Quartet piece after that, then some Ravel, a Schubert
duet, and finally Celestial Fantasy by Alan Hovhaness.
Channel 292 can be pulled live off the internet if the reception is
poor in your location. Easy to find their site with a google search.
A very good site for online SDR receivers all over the world is
http://kiwisdr.com/public/
Click the 'Map' button in the top left of the screen.
Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on
Shortwave on Radio Tumbril. Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril -
Scotland``
I fervently recommend you catch a repeat of this and every week. He
has reorganized the playlists to make them better informative, but
first item on this one for 5/12 just names it Intermezzo (Moderato),
not Karelia, but which he does back-announce.
https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 5980, Dec 4 at 2143, Turkish music at S7-S9 from
VOT in Turkish as scheduled 17-22 to Europe and USward. Then on 5940
more music, sounds like same, switching back and forth, so think it`s
also VOT, but did no match on a second receiver to be positive.
Instead, Aoki & EiBi agree that 5940 at 20-22 is Algeria via France
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 11720, Fri Dec 4 at 2158 I catch just the outro on VOA-GB VG
signal backwards of `Music Time in Africa`. Hyper Heather has a
different way of expressing the show schedule, but still misses this
very broadcast, the only one we may easily hear. She also keeps saying
``hundred`` after times not ending in :00. (Of course it`s not really
hundred-anything in a 60-minute per hour clock system.) Re my previous
comment about this one hour on VOA -- despite my critiques, I do not
begrudge MTIA, just the other six hours of the week which ought to
cast broadly a wide variety of American music genres. This is after
all, the Voice of America, not Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday December 5 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 to UTwente SDR. Next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Jack Amelar, NY8D, Lowell MI, who says, ``Glenn,
Thank you for many years of WOR and loggings which I have enjoyed and
used. Enclosed find my contribution to help keep your service to the
monitoring hobby going``; with a check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Dec 5 at 0100 on WBCQ webcast only, `AAAWWW`
topix: sunspots up affecting propagation; on 7490 & 6160 tonight; AHW
is an old romantic who loves to touch the model body of his beloved
wife Angela; touching in general is a human need but due to CV is
becoming taboo; that includes hand-shaking, never a good idea in flu
season anyway. Staff in Maine always come down with a bug in the
winters. Are we at war with nature, or with ourselves? 0129 phone call
from Bill in AZ with receptions problems; has lived in a van for 30
years, frugally instead of trying to maximize income. Fossil fuels are
still needed, no shortage now with less driving and flying. 0151
discusses the Arecibo radio-telescope collapse; was on his bucket list
to visit sometime. Hopes it can be replaced; 0158 closing prayer. I
was not listening closely every minute, but I don`t think I heard any
mention of Trump, Biden or the elexion. Is that possible? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17775-, Dec 4 at 1546, no signal from KVOH; not propagating,
or powerless again like a week ago due to more fire hazards? I
mentioned that PG&E had turned off the juice, but it`s really Southern
California Edison, tho close to the monopoly boundary (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** VATICAN. 11935, Dec 4 at 1554, HOA music S4-S8; 1557 contact info
in unknown language but mentions ``at`` and ``dot``, cuts off air at
1558* after one note of music, not enough to recognize as VR IS, but
that`s what`s listed, 1530 in Amharic via SMG. Did not stay tuned but
VR also sked on 11935 from 1600 in Swahili via Madagascar (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7000-LSB, Dec 4 at 1451, 2-way in Spanish. Since they
are on the wrong side of 7000, I assume these are not licensed hams
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0330 UT December 5
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