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Glenn Hauser logs September 1, 2019

Sunday, September 01 2019

** CHINA. 10960, 11440, 12350, Sept 1 at 1309, only JBA carriers I
find WOOB which could be CNR1 jammers; very poor propagation, not even
11785. 25m almost dead except for RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Since Hurricane Dorian appeared,
random chex of the two Hurricane Watch ham frequencies have produced
absolutely nothing, day or night. Awful propagation, or what? Now
unnecessary with huge professional meteorological and media coverage?

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Update: Saturday, August 31, 2019 @ 12:30 AM EDT - 1630 UTC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: NMG

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0112, weak rock music
presumably The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, already moved from summer-only
frequency via GERMANY, 9925 where there is nothing now altho it had
been propagating well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, Sept 1 at 0145, rock music at S9+10,
checked just after some DX program on 5850 suggested to do so, tnx!
First pirate I`ve heard in weeks, this one strong enough to battle my
high local line noise. Many logs here say it`s Clever Name Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,57599.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4316-USB, Sept 1 at 0516, robovoice giving latest and
predicted positions of some storm, surely unnamed Hurricane Dorian
judging from the high-knot wind speeds. Hard to follow, as it does not
pause before or after numbers like a normal human speaker. Surely
those could be built into the software. Scheduled at 0515-0550 is NMG,
USCG New Orleans; S9+20 to S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: Confirmed by Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, Saturday: ``GERMANY World of Radio#1997 via
Hamburger Lokalradio, August 31
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio1997-via-hamburger.html
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair/good``

Confirmed UT Sunday September 1 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+10/30.

Also confirmed UT Sun Sept 1 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville
MO, about 14 minutes into so started circa 0314; less line and storm
noise than I expected, S8-S9 and mostly readable. Next:

[Unique Radio, NSW is resuming already as of Monday Sept 2!]

2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB ND [2 episodes]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0119, no signal from WWRB, nor on any
possible 3-MHz frequency; perhaps the Saturday night broadcast is
already over, altho on Sunday night = UT Monday it was still running
two hours later along with 10100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0123, VOV relay via WHRI in
Vietnamese --- kept going, not just a segment to be translated.
Officially registered as VV after 0130 which has been in English as
well as 0100; language mixup? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11999 approx., Sept 1 at 0130, weak SSB 2-way I cannot
get to resolve, can`t even tell the language, tuning back and forth in
LSB or USB --- maybe 3 x a ham just below 4000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2005 UT September 1

DX Listening Digest 19-34; Worlds of Radios 1996, 1997

Sunday, September 01 2019

DX Listening Digest 19-34 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1934.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
Alternatively, latest DXLD 19-34 is also here until next issue:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt

CONTENTS:
WOR 1996 / ABKHAZIA / ALASKA +non / ALGERIA non / ANDORRA non / ANGOLA / ANGUILLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA non / ASCENSION +non / AUSTRALIA 4KZ / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH +non / BOTSWANA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA / CHINA +non / CONGO / CONGO DR / CUBA / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / DENMARK / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / EUROPE Pirates / FAROE ISLANDS / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / GREENLAND/ICELAND / HUNGARY / INDIA / INDONESIA / IRELAND / JAPAN non / KASHMIR +non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / KYRGYZSTAN / MEXICO / MYANMAR +non / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA YHWH / OKLAHOMA +non KUCO/WCPE / OKLAHOMA KTPX/KQCW / PHILIPPINES +non / POLAND / ROMANIA / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SCOTLAND non / SIKKIM / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SPAIN / SUDAN / SUDAN SOUTH non / SWEDEN / TAIWAN +non / TURKEY / UGANDA / UKRAINE / UK non BBCWS / USA IC / USA A/Windy / USA WWV / USA NY Radio / USA VOA / USA +non WOR/WRMI/WBCQ/WA0RCR/HLR/Unique/IRRS / USA +non WBCQ+ / USA +non WRMI/WQNA/WTND / USA WTWW / USA WJHR / USA WWCR / USA WPFK505 / USA KUOM / USA KHJ / USA WWJ / USA KSL / USA WGUE / USA WJNL / USA KBSZ/KIKO / USA KQSC/KRCN / USA KGOW / USA KHGG / USA WTNI/KRJO / USA KCUR/KWJC / USA WAFS/WWDJ/KTNO/KDMT/KTEK/KRDY/WSDZ/KXFN/WHKZ+ / VATICAN / VIETNAM non / VIRGIN ISLANDS US +non / ZAMBIA / UNIDENTIFIED 1161/774 / UNIDENTIFIED TA carriers / UNIDENTIFIED 1560 / UNIDENTIFIED 1740 / UNIDENTIFIED 6316 / UNIDENTIFIED 10002 / UNIDENTIFIED 11802 / UNIDENTIFIED 11820 / UNIDENTIFIED 13615 / UNIDENTIFIED 15016 / UNIDENTIFIED 17535 / UNIDENTIFIED 8/14/20/22/28/31 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA / DX-PEDITIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

[Sorry for the necessary delay as DXLD 19-35 is still under preparation; ASAP!]

For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WORLD OF RADIO 1996 contents: Armenia, Ascension, Australia,
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland,
India, Kashmir non, Korea North, Korea South, México, Myanmar and non,
North America, Oman, Solomon Islands, Taiwan and non, Ukraine, UAE,
USA, Uzbekistan, Zambia; and the propagation outlook

WORLD OF RADIO 1997 Contents: Antarctica, Australia and non,
Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, France/Germany, Indonesia,
International Waters, Ireland, Japan/Korea North non, México,
Mongolia, Netherlands non, Nigeria, North America, Norway, Oklahoma,
Papua New Guinea, Romania, Sudan, Turkey, USA, Vietnam non; and the
propagation outlook. Ready by 0305 UT Aug 30 for first airings:

WOR 1997 started Friday August 30:

[Unique Radio, NSW resumes September 2]

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed]
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to SSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND [2 episodes]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.mp3

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS:

Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor

Tnx to Keith Weston:
https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/

http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio
tunein:
http://bit.ly/tuneinwor
itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861
Google Play Music:
http://bit.ly/worldofradio2

For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html

DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
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DX Listening Digest 19-34; Worlds of Radios 1996, 1997

Sunday, September 01 2019

[Sorry for the necessary delay as DXLD 19-35 is still under preparation; ASAP!]

For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WOR 1997 started Friday August 30:

[Unique Radio, NSW resumes September 2]

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.mp3

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS:

Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor

Tnx to Keith Weston:
https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/

For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html

Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser

Glenn Hauser logs August 30-31, 2019

Sunday, September 01 2019

** CUBA. 9778-9779, Aug 31 at 0348, CRI Plus English relay on 9790-AM
at S9+40/50! Also has FMish spur around this area, and somewhat
readable if tuned in FM mode. Much weaker one on hi side around 9801;
another blob circa 9668 may have been something else. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640.04, Aug 31 at 1345, RHC 9640.0 with hum & crackle, and
additional carrier +40 Hz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, Aug 31 at 0354, Station YHWH presumed is JBA
in HNL with Noise Reduxion switched on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, Aug 30 at 2132 UT; Aug 31 at 1835 UT, KMFS Guthrie,
Jimmy Swaggart`s sobbery radio station, continues open carrier/dead
air, reconfirmed by DF from Guthrie direxion. I wonder if they know,
even care about this, back in Bâton Rouge (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17 DTV, Aug 31 at 2305 UT, K17JN-D Enid, 3ABN
satellator, no change, still multiple channels all broken up as it
tries to cram entire satellite transponder feed thru broadcast TV
transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Friday August 30 at 2203, REE Justin Coe playing some
Joan Baez and talking about her; why? her last concert in July before
retiring was in Madrid. Usual VG signal at this hour but affected by
local hi line noise level which now is extending up to 12 MHz, altho
diminished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday August 30 at 2200, on WRMI 9955, S9-S4 and not upcut
unlike the airings at 2100.

Also confirmed UT Saturday August 31 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10/20
including high line noise level which built up again quickly after our
heavy rainfall temporarily quelled it Friday morning.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 31 at 1448 the 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio,
9485-CUSB, not on the UTwente SDR, but barely audible on the OH5AE SDR
vs huge splash from 9490 Romania.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 31 at 2100 on WRMI 9955 after IS & ID loop.
That stopped by 2100:00, but WOR JIP a sesquisecond later at 2100:01.5
when I am already at ``--- 1997``, as the first eight words already
started playing out several seconds earlier before the unsynchronized
transmitter picked up the feed. I wonder if this happpen to other 2100
programs? Next:

0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Earlier WRMI was bracing to close down all transmitters if winds were
high enough to cause antenna arcing; this now seems less likely, but
Okee might still be on the edge of the projected path of Hurricane
Dorian. They hoped to keep the `test` frequency of 5800 on the air
without explaining how.

No further FB notices by end of August, but here is one reply earlier:
``Jorge Garzón Gutiérrez --- ¿Precisan monitorizar la fx de 5800 para
comunicar si hay algún fallo o comprobar la calidad? Lo podemos
comunicar desde el norte de España. Mucha precaución y coraje!!!``

Also for the record, a phone number change: ``August 29 at 2:51 PM ·
WRMI Audio by Phone --- The telephone number to hear our live stream
on 9955 kHz has recently changed. The new number is +1-641-741-1762.
We will try to update on online and on-air announcements as soon as
possible`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Aug 31 from 0000, AAAWWW on WBCQ, this time
more talk about radio and tech than politix, so listen some more. At
0023 he says that the Super-Station will be testing ``this`` week on
three new frequencies, 12120, 15705 and 17735 at various times,
probably staring at 50 kW level, then 100, 150, 200, 250, 500, 600.

(This corresponds to the latest HFCC registration as 500 kW, Arabic
only, 60 degrees only --- so who needs a rotatable antenna? from 0900
on 15705, 1200 on 17735, and 2000-0857 on 12120 --- oblivious of the
continuous RTTY on 12120 who won`t be too happy about being blasted by
500 kW of broadcast RF. Per UDXF Logs it`s the US Navy`s ubiquitous
NAU in Isabela, Puerto Rico).

So WBCQ must have got the needed documentation on how to tune up on
other frequencies than 9330. But are there any ex-Ampegon engineers
back at WBCQ by now?

9330, BTW is on the air now and close to 9330.0, but NOT the SS. At
0055 I check all five frequencies despite the HLNL: 9330.0 S9 and
almost as good as 7490.1 at S9+10; 6160.1 at S9+10; 5130.37 at S9+20,
but 7, 6 and 5 readings include the HLNL. 3264.9 is as always JBA.

As usual he gets to E-mail near the end of the hour, says there isn`t
much this week; but somehow keeps going way over until 0118, cut to
``He Is Coming Again`` hymn, except on 5 MHz which has changed to
unreadable talk something. Here`s John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started a few seconds early on 7490. Allan and Angela
in the studio this evening. Opening comments about Florida and the
hurricane. First phone call at 0012 from Freddie. Superstation is down
for now because of antenna work so the 9330 broadcast this evening is
from a classic transmitter. It was also announced that the 6160
transmitter had been retubed at a cost of thousands of dollars.
Special fall rates for 6160 of thirty-five dollars per hour. Allan
said time on the transmitter is open except for AAWWW slot. He also
announced that the 6160 transmitter was running compatible side
band.

It was also mentioned that soon there would be open time on 3265 for
sale. In response to Freddie he said that the plenum had not been
replaced as of yet so 3265 was still running on backup transmitter.
Then Allan said to watch his twitter feed next week as testing would
resume on the superstation. They would be trying 12120, 15705 and
17735.

Next phone call at 0027 with caller singing the praises of a
discontinued Grundig receiver. Angela then had a question about an
article she'd read about 5G dumbphones and increased radiation and
health risks. Allan went into a long discussion about the different
types of radiation, effects of microwaves, amount of radiation from
dumbphones from 1G to 5G. Phone call from Ramsey at 0041 continues
discussion of harm of RFI, EMI etc. Phone call at 0049 on the other
phone while Ramsey was still on the air. Finished the call with Ramsey
and then Pirate Joe gave a signal report and then continued the
discussion of radiation from devices.

Reading of emails at 0059 and closing prayer at 0109. Program was off
the air at 0118 and 7490 went into what was assumed to be Brother
Stair. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, Aug 31 at 0403 UT, dead air loops E/W, no doubt KAAY
Little Rock tho some understation talk is JBA. By 0405 KAAY revives
with country hymn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9369.0-USB, Aug 31 at 1343, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0022 UT September 1

Glenn Hauser logs August 28-29-30, 2019

Friday, August 30 2019

** BRAZIL. 4885+, Aug 28 at 0617, JBA carrier just enough to tell it`s
slightly offset+plus, but is it R. Clube do Pará or the usual
understation, Rdif. Acreana, Rio Branco. Can anyone confirm which or
both still active? Someone was wondering if these stations had burned
up, but I would not expect that in the cities rather than the jungle.
I was lucky to detect this much before 2.6 inches of rain abated my
line noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 29 at 1356:
10160, Chinese, VP
11100, Chinese, VP
11460, Chinese, then music, S4-S7
Three more WOOB JBA carriers on 12350, 13150 an 13320 compute to be
1390 KCRC mixtures with RHC or RM on 13740, 11760, 11930 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 7600, Aug 30 at 1321, CNR1 jammer, S5-S7 vs intermittent
RTTY 7597, // 9680 but no highers found.

At least I can DX the 7 MHz band, as we got 2.6 inches of rain! since
0730 UT which washed out the high line noise, probably temporarily;
and now I can hear the weaker lightning crashes. Aoki/NDXC shows 7600
is a Sound of Hope frequency available 23 hours a day, so so is the
jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Aug 28 at 0607 check, NO signal from VON. How can a
major (well at least high-power) world broadcaster be so unreliable?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, Aug 30 at 1652 UT and still past 1730, DEAD AIR
form KMFS Guthrie, a tremendous improvement over the usual gospel
huxtering: no one at station may care, or cannot even stand it either
enough to monitor when it break down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Correxion: The TBN ``14`` call on RF 15 is KTBO, not
KOPX, which is the Ion station. Fixed:

I had not checked OKC DTV stations during the storm, but bandscan Aug
27 at 1817 and 1930 UT finds RF 15 and 16 missing! I.e. TBN 14 and
Daystar 46, nothing but gospel huxters. Both KTBO and KOCM-DT are back
at next check 0450 UT Aug 28, but KOCM signal is Bad, mostly not
decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Tonight [UT Thursday Aug 29] I am getting extremely
strange stuff in Enid on RF ch 17, which I assume is just the local
3ABN transmitter K17JN-D (altho there are signs of tropo on some
other, open channels).

First tuned around 0400 UT Aug 29, re-surveyed after 0500. Around 0430
I snapped a number of photos. EVERYTHING is totally broken up. There
is too much of it to capture for my DTV Pixillated Video Art Gallery!

But here are what I snapped, mostly on different subchannels one after
another, but not keeping track of exactly which be which. Some are
partially recognizable, others pure ART, as also linked from
http://www.worldofradio.com/tvdxfoto.html ---

On the STB PSIP display, DTV 59-1 thru 59-7, similar lineup to what
w9wi.com has for the Amarillo ch 17,
{e.g, K17HI Amarillo
17.1:E:_3Abn
17.2:E:_3Abn Proclaim
17.3:E:Dare to Dream
17.4:S:_3Abn Latino
17.5:E:_3Abn Radio
17.6:S:_3Abn Latino Rad
17.7:E:R. 74}
including some audio only channels such as 59.7 Radio 74 which we also
get on 89.3 KIEL Loyal.

59!!! we have never had an original 59 around here and W9WI.com has
only two stations on it elsewhere.

On my SANYO DTV these display as 17- whatever and keep going to 8, 10,
11, 13, 61, 71, 75, 111, 122, 133, 201 and finally 202, as I keep
changing channel upward, none of these having been programmed in. Some
are labeled AUDIO ONLY, which I think I have never seen before on OTA
DTV. Some are UNSUPPORTED AUDIO CODEC. 17-8 has glimpses of Russian
text, NADEZHDA bug. All are breaking up video and/or audio, even tho
the STB signal meter is strong, not steady but fluxuating, still well
into the Good range.

Here is the lineup as best I can determine:

59-1 thru 59-7 display as such only on the STB, none higher like on
the Sanyo as 17-1 thru 202

UAC = unsupported audio codec error message mid-screen

STB
59-1 3ABN-EN
59-2 3ABN-PR
59-3 black and silent
59-4 black and silent ---
59-5 3ABN-RD
59-6 3ABN-RL audio only
59-7 Radio 74 audio only

SANYO DTV
17-1 3ABN bug LR [main channel]
17-2 will not tune, skips to 4
17-3 will not tune, skips to 4
17-4 audio only
17-5 THE WORD UAC
17-6 will not tune, skips to 8
17-7 will not tune, skips to 8
17-8 Russian UAC Nadezhda bug
17-10 SMART LIFE STYLE TELEVISION
17-11 HIS WORD - LLBN TV
17-13 HIS LIGHT - LLBN; was organ music earlier
17-61 UAC AID (?) bug
17-71 UAC ?? no bug visible
17-75 illegible bug, English?
17-111 audio only, language? The break-ins are so brief it`s hard to
recognize the language
17-122 audio only language?
17-133 audio only Spanish? No, I don`t think so
17-201 Hope Channel bug UR, program earlier Real Family Talk
17-202 UAC Spanish, Lugar de Paz visible; bug UR Esperanza TV [Hope]

Recheck around 1500 UT, same things. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Thanks,
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WTFDA gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1997, DXLD)

Same thing happening following days, still morning of Aug 30 (gh)

Glenn, The info you refer to (channel lineup) is from the Galaxy 19 Ku
satellite (transponder 11842 H). See attached jpeg. The 3ABN feeds are
on the same satellite.
https://www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-19.html
(Scroll down to 11842 H and you will see the list)

So this has to be coming from one of your local LD's or DTV repeater
stations that are sending out that satellite MUX. IF they are not
supposed to be doing that, then someone obviously changed something in
their satellite receiver from what you have been familiar seeing.

You can always send an email to the owner...?

Clarion Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Rodney Phillips
cabideas@hotmail.com

Or the engineer...
Kevin Fisher
Smith and Fisher LLC
kevin@smithandfisher.com
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.)

I believe Jim's analysis is spot on. Someone made a mistake and is
trying to stuff the 35 or 40 Mbps DVB-S satellite transponder through
the 19 Mbps OTA transmitter, which is causing your awful breakup and
the long and somewhat incoherent-seeming list of channels. I don't
know quite why it's mapping to 59-x, that's weird, but the rest of it
makes perfect sense.(- Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info Aug
29, ibid.)

I am not going to try to contact them, rather monitor how long this
monstrosity continue, as there is no programming I wish to receive in
the clear, nor likely any Enidian, as there has been zero local
publicity that this thing even exist (gh, DXLD)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.108, Aug 29 at 1742, Qur`an at S7-S8. Riyadh
scheduled 16-18, 500 kW at 320 degrees supposedly not beyond W Europe
CIRAF 27-28 but also USward.

11820.045, Aug 29 at 1801, Arabic talk but will soon be Qur`aning
reliably here afternoons; same parameters as 15205+, 500 k@ at 320
degrees toward Europe and beyond. Could even be same transmitter if
they do not overlap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9515.643, Aug 29 at 0302 VOT English to NAm VG S9+10 but
knocked way off-frequency; slight distortion, hum. As Ivo says,
``Something`s always wrong at the TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler [note
spelling] transmitting station`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1997, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1996 monitoring: confirmed Wed Aug 28 at
2100:01 on WRMI 9955, JIP as ``---with World of Radio 1996``, after IS
& ID loop from at least 2058. Simultaneous WBCQ 7490+ is a JBA carrier
in HLNL, but at 2124 check of webcast, NOT WOR, but a religious
program `Lifeline`. However, at 2131 WOR starts instead of Goddess
Irina. Meanwhile I have inquired of the boardops if this be a
permanent change? No, Robert says it`s a timing issue, back to normal
next week. [WORLD OF RADIO 1997]

Also confirmed UT Thu Aug 29 at 0100 on WRMI 7780 --- as usual VP
here, but this time I check UTwente SDR and find a VG signal! As it is
supposed to be, aimed at Europe rather than off the side thisaway, for
all our listeners in the middle of their night, as well as five more
airings in the 0100-0300 span.

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0630 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to SSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to SSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Aug 28 at 0610, trace of music, could be // 9395, not
5950; the strange WRMI ``test frequency`` they hope to keep on the air
even if all the other transmitters have to close down during high
winds from Dorian, even power outage.

This further raises the question, is 5800 really somewhere else than
Okeechobee? Like maybe the abandoned 9955 site Hialeah? WRMI has been
very mum about this; altho in Jeff`s HFCC 100 kW at Okeechobee is also
claimed for 5800 since ``RMI`` means Okeechobee, only; but would not
be the only imaginary info in HFCC. Ivo still employs the obsolete
site abbr. YFR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475, Aug 30 at 0407, WTWW-1 on the air with day frequency
at night, no 5830; here it`s holding up at S9/+20 with hateful SFAW,
referring to ``Governor Chickenlooper down in Colorado``. Wonder if
this be more recent than by defunct PPPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, Aug 28 at 0618 UT, stupid sports talk vs KOKC,
especially when nulled, but making fast SAH. In past this has proven
to be KOLM Rochester MN, must be on 10 kW day power rather than 800
watts night U8. KOKC has hobbled itself by refusing to fix its
tornado-damaged antenna, staying with STA of 10 or 12 kW ND, rather
than 50/50 kW U2 as it is still licensed, per new NRC AM Log, which
does not get into STAs no matter how non-temporary (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10125-LSB, Aug 30 at 1334, INTRUDER, 2-way lots of
laughter, sorta Spanish, maybe Tagalog; within what is supposed to be
a strictly non-phone ``30m`` hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13572.75, Aug 30 at 1340, Spanish 2-way INTRUDERS, about
putas and whistling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15283.0, Aug 29 at 1440, S6-S4 carrier with flutter,
maybe trace of music? Same time as much stronger 15300 carrier,
probably unrelated, and no match on 15317 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, Aug 29 at 1438, S9-S7 open carrier with Doppler
flutter; intriguing. HFCC has nothing ever scheduled on 15300 except
RFI elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2115 UT August 30

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