** AUSTRALIA. 2368.43, Feb 8 at 2102, S4-S5 with fades of Greek songs
past 2125 via VK2GGC SDR, R. Symban. There has been lots of good
discussion about this by nearby Aussies in the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 15190.10, Feb 8 at 2323, JBA S1-S5 of talk, music? Even so
it seems undermodulated. I`m confident it`s R. Inconfidência, Belo
Horizonte on its signature off-frequency. That`s a strange name for a
radio station if you go by its translations in my Langenscheidt
dixionary: ``disloyalty, infidelity, unfaithfulness`` --- perhaps a
quite different contextual meaning or historical connotation in
General Mines?
11780, Feb 8 at 2322, no signal from RNA, but VG on 6180. Wonder if on
the way to installing pure DRM, after successful? low-power but
high-gain tests a year ago on 11905 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11880, Feb 8 at 2258, RHC English is back today after AWOL
yesterday, S9+20 but deep fades to S6, just concluding item about
ballet and De Falla music I wish I had heard; ``Ed Newman`` outro as
first of two hours, but second hour will not follow immediately in
current scheduling (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9899.606, Feb 7 at 2131 check via UTwente, R. Cairo in
S9+40+ of dead air except for some hum; and occasional bursts of
extremely distorted Englishy talk. Something`s always egregious in
Egypt.
9899.606, Feb 8 at 2119, S9+30/40 of big hum but constant suptorted
modulation of music and talk, also UTwente. Ditto (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 8 at 2321, VOT English is on today, S9/+20 direct
but undermodulated on the squealing transmitter. Recheck at 2345 on my
other radio, better mod level in music but still squealy. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0732 UT, OS, 25 watt ND beacon at Ohio
State, Columbus; JBA in additional high noise level here; in continued
absence of PN Ponca City OK from 515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2124 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday February 8
at 2330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 direct, no jamming audible. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A [and non]. 7772-7784 approx., Feb 8 at 2315, WRMI 7780 is
battered by clicking OTH radar; WRMI already weak here off the side.
Seemingly aimed right against it, or just doesn`t care.
7570, Feb 8 at 2316, this WRMI has very different QRM problem, roaring
noise but unlike DRM; nominally aimed NW right at us, WRMI is also
much weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VATICAN [non]. 9580, Feb 8 at 2313, 1 kHz tone. Must be VR prior to
2315-2400 Vietnamese via USAGM PHILIPPINES, violating Separation of
Church & State. For those who don`t care, let me explain that the USG
is showing extreme favoritism to one particular religion, thus opening
itself up to demands from far less savoury gospel huxters for time on
our secular transmitters. That it`s an ``exchange`` for SMG airtime is
beside the point, an equal violation. BTW, Aoki shows that Taiwan in
Korean is also on 9580 at 2300-2330 but not heard even tho its beaming
would be more favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4095.7, Feb 8 at 0730, upward sweeps are JBA, i.e. the
Desert Whooper beacon which intersperses CW IDs as DW. I often hear it
like this without relogging. For some reason DW on Feb 6 reposted to
HCDX a last August reply to me with background info about it:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20220206181502578&mode=print
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11689.90 approx., Feb 7 at 2311, S7-S3 open carrier like
at 1531, now measured on my other receiver. On the KiwiSDR network,
Feb 8 at 0021 I try to locate it by TDOA; measured now by Missouri
remote at -74.8 to -74.9 Hz below, i.e. 11689.925. And by Maryland at
-74.7 to -75.0, S5. I pick four locations, Brazil, Rio Grande Valley,
NE USA and northern Utah: TDOA leads to ``probably`` in the North
Atlantic``; delete the Utah one and try again: ``north Pacific``!
Obviously useless, no point in quoting the exact imaginary
coördinates; then I realize that TDOA may depend on modulation timing,
so no good anyway on open carriers. Next day Feb 8 circa 1530 check,
no signal circa 11690. Of the known occupants of 11690, the one most
likely off-frequency is Madagascar.
Now at 2034 February 8, UTwente is getting it on 11689.914 at S7 ---
with RTTY. So it`s not a broadcaster but a usually idle RTTY outlet
leaving the carrier on. Intruder! Anyway. Still clattering away at
2307.
Next step is to search the UDXF iog, on 11689. -- immediately comes up
a thread from August *2006* started by me, but mainly about two other
frequencies, 7455 and 9960:
https://groups.io/g/UDXF/topic/3508999#3014
Search on 11690 gets most of the same, nothing new, disregarding 11690
as a 5-digit cypher group rather than frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0059 UT February 9
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20220209011502274