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** CANADA. 284-MCW kHz, March 9 at 0626 UT, dash and ND beacon Ya-S,
i.e. dit-dah-dit-dah, dit-dit-dit. As discussed in detail with my last
November 15 log this is really QD in The Pas, Manitoba, miskeying the
Q which should be dah-dah-dit-dah.
Despite storm crashes from southern Nebraska and local line noise
level, I proceed: 326-MCW kHz, March 9 at 0628 UT, dash and NDB VV, which is 133 watts
from Wiarton, Ontario (once a channel 2 TV DX city), per
dxinfocentre.com ``To be decommissioned 2020-03-26`` but William
Hepburn also says, ``Beacons are being decommissioned at such a rapid rate that many
listed here may already be off the air. By 2026, most of these beacons
will be gone with only a few left, __mainly in remote areas. Also, it
has been noticed recently that many decommissioned beacons have been
unexpectantly returning to the air (I call them "zombie beacons").``
I, gh, was tuned to 325-USB. 340-MCW kHz, March 9 at 0630 UT, dash and YY, 500 watt NDB at Mont
Joli, Québec. I was tuned to 339-USB; yet QRM from local 341, EI
Enid. 351-MCW kHz, March 9 at 0631 UT, dash and YKQ, 500-watt NDB at Fort
Rupert - Waskaganish, Québec. I was tuned to 350-USB, yet no sign of
RG at Will Rogers World Airport, OKC; off? 355-MCW kHz, March 9 at 0634 UT, dash and YWP, 200-watt NDB at
Webequie, Ontario. I was tuned to 354-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034-USB, March 9 at 1526, Trenton Military is JBA instead
of usual good signal; yet 14670 CHU is at normal good level, so I
suspect CHR is now underpowered. Also yesterday noticed it very weak
but still on air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, March 8 at 2128-2130+, first day of DST to keep in
step with the Gusanos en Miami, this RHC only S5-S6 is not in Arabic
as before but Spanish during piano music and // 5040, 11760. Also //
15370 at 2132 S9+30 distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Also
// weak 9535 & 9640 at 2136. Unfortunately did not get around to
confirming yet whether English have shifted from 22-23 to 23-24 on
11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. Further chex of RHC now that DST is in effect: UT Monday
March 9 at 0036, 6000 is in Spanish, 6145 not on; 5040 is squealing
and in Kriyol. At 0038, 11850 in Spanish and suptorted, 11760 OK,
11700 Spanish, 11670 distorted; 9640 and 9535 weaker all with
discussion of béisbol. 6000 & 6145, March 9 at 0130, now these are on in English but both
JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6060, March 9 at 0030, MUCH better signal and modulation in Spanish,
S9+30. `En Contacto` ending an hour earlier at 0150 UT Monday after
monthly AER DX report so starts at 0135; and also should be Sunday
1335 on all the morning frequencies, and Sunday 2245 on tarde channels
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 9 at 0610, checking all the RHC English
frequencies, this one is S9+20 of dead air; 5040, 6000, 6100 are OFF;
6145 is the only one still on, S9 but undermodulated; with `DXers
Unlimited` at 0613-0622, so I listen to it all and try to understand
Arnie: topic 1) 35 days with no sunspots; 2) lamenting lack of ham
activity except weekend contests; 3) something about broadcast
training?; 4) dipole antennas. DXUL is the most popular program on
RHC, as he frequently asserts. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, March 9 at 1429, RHC carrier still on with crackling,
rapid cutting off and on, 1430 goes off for good. 13700 is still
running OK with no spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 11560, March 8 at 1941, Station YHWH is S7-S9 but
suptorted modulation; by 1959 a JBA carrier. Tnx to tip from Rick
Barton, AZ to the WOR io group (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 7490.05v, UT Monday March 9 after 0000, WBCQ with
`Encore` classical music, also webcast, shifted without notice one UT
hour earlier as The Planet operates on local time, not UT. Good signal
direct anyway at 0040 check. 9455, UT Monday March 9 at 0215, the new `Encore` broadcast via WRMI
has also shifted a UT hour earlier to 0200 after debut last week at
0300, again without notice (and yesterday`s WRMI on 5850 was a
no-show). We hope everything will be back in sync next weekend. At
least the current playlist was already available on website (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 774, March 9 at 0456, of all the TA carriers (see unID),
this one manages some audio, Castilian talk from RNE synchros, 0500,
six-pip timesignal, talk and music. Still very heavy splash from 780
WBBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: confirmed Sunday March 8 at
2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA here; at 2153, poor-fair via UTwente SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday March 9 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, which has just
shifted one UT hour earlier from 0230; and still preceded at 0129.5
with far-outdated ``Son-power Radio`` ID with long-gone 7455
frequency, followed by some 10 seconds of dead air, and a note of
music fill before WOR start, but anyhow VG S9+10/20. And also at 0130
still on much weaker, JBA/VP 7780. But VG at UTwente and Rockport ME. Also confirmed UT Monday March 9 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, VG at Rockport;
and also still at this unchanged time on WRN webcast (so Sat 1700 will
also stay then until BST in April). Also confirmed UT Monday March 9 at 0300 (ex-0400) on Area 51 webcast;
5130 WBCQ poor-fair on SDR in Virginia but not ones closer to Maine;
at 0327 here, fair S9/+10. Also confirmed UT Monday March 9 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good via SDR in
Pardinho, Brasil, no jamming; not audible in much closer Colombia; and
here JBA carrier vs wall-of-noise jamming. Next: 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.2v, Sunday March 8 at 2127, WBCQ with `Marion`s Attic`
amid its summer-shifted hour, fair S8-S9, but reception will steadily
worsen until Solstice with more and more insolation over daytime
path. Same hour, 21-22 UT on Sundays I am more disposed to listen to 90.1
KUCO-FM, or via webcast, to `Feminine Fusion` presenting classical
music composed and/or performed by women, which originates at WCNY in
Syracuse:
https://exchange.prx.org/series/38388-feminine-fusion
I wonder if hostess (sorry), Diane Jones, knows Marie Lamb, ex-`DXing
with Cumbre`, if she still be there. Marie was more into jazz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, March 8 at 2135, WLCR on WBCQ still in Arabic,
S9+25/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9474.97 approx., March 8 at 2129, WTWW-1 is on at S9+40 but
with big hum; as always off-frequency-minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search March 9 at 0448:
531, 549, 558, 567, 585(2), 603, 612, 621, 639, 666(2), 693*, 711,
774*(2), 783, 801, 837, 846 (TP Kiritimati?), 855, 882, 891, 909,
936(2), 999, 1026, 1044, 1053*, 1089, 1125(2), 1134(2), 1152, 1215,
1314, 1341, 1575. There could be more above 1200 but the splash/QRM
levels are worse there. (2) = at least two carriers beating; * =
strongest; see also SPAIN 774. At 0652 QRT a quick incomplete rescan finds 576, 639, 693, 711, 774 at
least (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 18135-USB, March 8 at 2141, VG ham discussing
microphones with inaudible contact, no IDs with several exchanges,
grrr! Soon fades down and out, like a sporadic E HF opening few have
noticed. Was the OSOB and nothing on 16m SWBC either (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1840 UT March 9
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