** ALBANIA [non]. 15770, Dec 2 at 2045 tune-in, Radio Tirana via WRMI
again comes in better on BST-1 caradio than my home rigs. Klara is
amid a history of Radio Tirana itself, various language services
coming and going, alliances with Russia, Yugoslavia, China coming and
going, notably lots of aid from China in the form of new studio and
transmission equipment. Interrupted by unID song at 2049.5-2052, and
another at 2055.5.

She also says there are 66 competitive stations in Albania but not
suitable for external service. Radio Tirana has the largest archive of
Albanian music; and she claims RTI now has more listeners than it did
on SW; but not going into how SW transmitter slowly failed and was
abandoned, nor how RT regained SW coverage tnx to relays in Germany
and Florida arranged by others. Nor how there`s any way of accurately
measuring SW audiences, then or now.

One might hear the start of this story by tuning in earlier to the
expected repeat UT Tuesday Dec 3 on 9395 after the 0230 news (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Monday Dec 2 at 2226, RAE in Italian via
WRMI in DX program, so this must be the show originally from Friday
--- are all these a day or three late as aired here? Playing some
Arabic music and talk clips, not sure about what; next topix: Russian
Duma banning Deutsche Welle; Sri Lanka gets $ 300 million of aid from
China; TRT Turkey gets (or gives?) some journalism award; Holland
private stations authorized to start DAB in January; 2234 ID as
``Attualità DX di Arnaldo Slaen`` apparently ending program. I did not
hearing anything about DX on it. Into music; 2237 RAE multi-lingual ID
reel and introducing some North African Berber music.

There was an annoying music bed thruout the DX show, but kudos to the
YL announcer who enunciates quite clearly and slower than other
Italian shows we hear, allowing me to comprehend her better. Perhaps
the English version of the same DX Actuality show will appear UT
Tuesday Dec 3 at 0200-0230 on 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, Mon Dec 2 at 1539, JBA carrier, not plus or
minus 5, so Echo of Hope must be back on original frequency this week.
And the several others will have made their own 5-kHz jumps (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NICARAGUA. 8989-USB, Dec 2 at 2210, I finally have a chance to
monitor the ``fisher-preacher``, variously known as El
Predicador/Pescador, believed to be somewhere within or next to
Nicaragua. He`s in EiBi as irregular, 2130-2400. Reception is
generally weak and marginal, but at tune-in I hear music, which
certainly does not belong in the aero band (nor do ships); I don`t
recall others reporting music from this. The hymn is mixed with
exhortations; 2220 mentions ``sangre de dios``; and several long
pauses, and several ``buenas tardes`` as apparently switched to 2-way
contacts with listeners; ``dios bendiga``; 2223 finally audible a
different voice answering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Dec 2 at 2354, Radio Chaski carrier VP but quite
audible amid Cuban wall-of-noise jamming against nothing else; until
autocutoff at 2355:15.0*. I missed checking on Dec 1, but this is 2.5
seconds earlier than two nights ago, Nov 30 until 2355:17.5. So there
is slight variation in slippage but always a few seconds earlier.
Since my initial precise timing in the latest cycle, Nov 26 until
2355:27.5*, six nights ago, that makes an average of 2.08 seconds
earlier per noctem.

BTW, altho the NASWA Flashsheet publishes most of my reports, as long
as I am not quoting someone else, you`ll have to follow this thread
somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11820+v, Dec 2 at 2205, no signal from Riyadh, nor in
past several days` random afternoon chex. This HQ service used to be a
reliable source for naptime lullabyes upon signature
off-frequency+plus. Still scheduled in HFCC B-19 at 1800-2300, 500 kW,
320 degrees to WEu and USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, 12030, 11940, Dec 2 at 2204 and still 2240 on 9690 at
least, open carrier/dead air on all REE frequencies except 11685 no
signal. The first pair are burning the kW to the tune of S9+10; the
third at S9. Is no one awake at Noblejas? Was English at 2300 also
dead? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2010 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 1 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair S8-S9.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 2 at 0153, the 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair
S8-S9.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 2 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, S9+10, and
synchronized // 9395 at S6-S8. In this case, lower MUF tr*mps closer
azimuth.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 2 starting at 0405 on Area 51 webcast after
JL and after an extra song inserted about ``Mari-ju-wanna``. At 0417
check, WBCQ 5130v is poor and noisy S9. My last few words at 0434 are
overridden by HRI a little too eager to get started late too.

Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 2 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, good S9+10 but with
some occasional lite pulse jamming audible.

Also confirmed Monday Dec 2 starting da capo at 1900:35.5 as monitored
on IRRS 7290-Romania? via UTwente SDR. This week the big carrier cuts
on at *1857.5, a semiminute after CRI 7285 cut off, but soon back on
at 7295. IRRS audio does not cut on until 1900:25.5, for just a few
words of news headlines, and again missing the IRRS Aida IS and
sign-on, but WOR play starts at the beginning; progress. Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9330.00, Mon Dec 2 at 0717, WBCQ-6 World`s Last
Chance gospel huxter in English colliding with Cuban HM01 spy numbers
station, digital bursts alternating with YL numbers. They add up to
S9+30 but most of that is WLC Radio which is atop. We knew this was
going to happen sooner or later with WBCQ`s 23-hour schedule. As in
EiBi, Cuban spies are active on 9330 this hour only on M/W/F/Sundays.
My, oh, my, how are their agents in the US going to know what to do on
those days? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. In this item, and I think only this item, not under
SAUDI ARABIA itself, I misnamed the city for 1521 as Doha, instead of
Duba; fixed:

1520+, Nov 27 at 2226 UT, I`m straining to hear a tell-tale het from
1521 upon 1520 KOKC, since Duba, Sa`udi Arabia 2000 kW is about to
sign off at 2231* as noted by Bruce Conti, NH. It used to be obvious
when it ran all-night. I do detect a JBA carrier, but sounds less than
1 kHz, so maybe KRHW Sikeston MO which has varied before; and still
there at 2233 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0058 UT December 3
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JRX Logs_ December 2, 2019
Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000
Antenna (s)_ Longwire

ASCENSION ISLAND
** 15400. Dec 2, 2019. 1824-1835, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Man announcer interview a man and talks about the Zimbabwe, after dead Robert Mugabe and next people generation; 1829 Woman says BBCWS and website bbcworldservice.com;  Very good reception, 55544.
** 15490. Dec 2, 2019. 1836-1850, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Amharic language. Man and woman talk news, including about football; 1845 A english lesson; ID. Good reception, 45544. 
** 17745. Dec 2, 2019. 1731-1745, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Amharic. Man and woman announcers present BBC News, with a external reporter participation, too; 1744 Woman talks, ID. Good reception, 45544.
** 17745. Dec 2, 2019. 1800-1810, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Oromo. News by woman and man voices; 1805 A english lesson by man and woman announcers; 1809 Ends. Good reception, 45544.
** 17780. Dec 2, 2019. 1746-1759, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Man and woman present news; Interview with a woman; 1759 A short song and ID by woman voice: BBCWS Very good reception, 55544.

PHILIPPINES
** 15190. Dec 2, 2019. 1811-1823, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Tagalog. Men announcers and woman announcer talk; ID sometimes; 1817 Woman talks news about economy, presumably, says dolar many times. Fair reception today (yesterday was off air!), 35433.

JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier
SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3)

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JRX Logs_ November 30-December 1st, 2019
Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000 & XHDATA D-808
Antenna (s)_ Longwire & Mini Loop to SW

ASCENSION ISLAND
** 12005. Dec 1st, 2019. 1901-1910, Follow the Bible Ministry, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Pastor makes a religious sermon. Very good reception to this sunday transmission, 55544.Parallel log on 11660kHz, Ascension, 45444.

BRAZIL
** 9665. Dec 1st, 2019. 0932-0950, Radio Voz Missionária, Camboriú-SC, in Portuguese. Man announcer presents a musical program "Voz Missionária Louvores": Good religious songs in many languages. At 0941, a interesting fact: Man announcer says ID, website and broadcast location all in english language! Very good!Fair reception this morning, 35533.

CHINA
** 9695. Dec 1st, 2019. 1832-1842, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Bulgarian language. Woman announcer presents news, presumably. Good reception, 45544.

eSWATINI
** 6130. Dec 1st, 2019. 2000-2010, TWR Africa, Manzini-SWZ, in Portuguese. Man voice; 2003 A music. Barely audible reception with poor signal, noises and fades, 25311.

MADAGASCAR
** 9845. Dec 1st, 2019. 1912-1920, MWV-New Life Station, Mahajanga-MDG, in Russian language. Man and woman present this program. Fair reception, 35433..
** 11985. Dec 1st, 2019. 1921-1930, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Arabic. Open carrier (S=4) and dead air till 1934.Parallel log on 6120kHz, relay Nauen-D, 35433.
** 13670. Dec 1st, 2019. 1935-1956, MWV-Radio Feda, Mahajanga-MDG, in Arabic. A song; Woman talks, ID by man and woman; 1937 Women announcers in nice conversation; 1940 A short song; Man talks, ID and website; Woman talks and music; 1956 Woman talks: ID and bye-bye. Very good reception, 55544.

PHILIPPINES
** 9335. Nov 30, 2019. 2340-2400, Voice of America, Tinang-PHL, in Burmese. Man and woman announcers talk, in conversation with a man; 2357 Woman and man voices, ID. Good reception with slight interference by WBCQ-6 on 9330kHz, in portuguese, 44544.
** 9925. Dec 1st, 2019. 1843-1853, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Tagalog. Man talks; ID; 1844 Woman talks and a conversation with your friend announcer. Fair reception with moderate fades, 35433.Parallel logs on 12120kHz, 34433 with interference by RTTY transmission; 15190kHz, out.

USA
** 6195. Dec 1st, 2019. 0903-0929, NHK World Japan, Furman-SC, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers present a NHK Newsletter; 0910 Program "Ponto de Encontro": dedicated to the listeners - history and culture; 0922 A japanese melody; Listener´s correspondence; ID. Good reception, 45544.
** 8764-USB. Nov 30, 2019. 2326-2337, NMN USCG Chesapeake, Chesapeake-CA, in English. Man announcer says, in english, meteorological time conditions, presumably, and says a lot of numbers; 2337 Abrupt ends. Fair reception here, 35553.
** 9330. Nov 30, 2019. 2307-2320, WBCQ-6 World´s Last Chance Radio, Monticello-ME, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers in conversation about christian themes: questions and answers and a pause dedicated to ID and website of WLCR. Good reception this night here, 45544.
** 12808-USB. Nov 30, 2019. 2253-2300, KPH Point Reyes, Point Reyes-CA. CW-RTTY transmission arrives very poor here in my area, 25522.

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SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3)

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CUBA   RHC Esperanto Sunday special
via Bejucal 135degr azimuth,
noted in Brasilia Kiwi SDR rx on 15730 kHz
http://brasilia.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
at 23.30-24.00 UT on Dec 1.
Could compare easily RHC Spanish, Portuguese,
and Esperanto services, latter sound much Spanish accented,
but was not  11760 nor 11850 kHz at 23.30 30min slot.
50 kW from Bejucal site, only S=5-6 or -93dBm,
not as strong as QUI powerhouse 11700, and Bauta 11760 kHz.
13740 from Bauta not on air today,
checked Dec 1st at Edmonton-AB-CAN, MI state, and remote Kiwis at
TWR Bonaire, Tobago, Brasilia and Sao Paulo SDR sites.
As like in B-18:
2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm French     Mon-Sat
to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires target.
2330-2400 15730 BEJ 050  135 SoAm Esperanto  Sun only
to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires target.
At same time 23.30 UT RHC Portuguese 11700 kHz via Quivican,
and Spanish via 11760 and 11850 kHz.
73 wolfie  df5sx
wwdxc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>

To: "WOR DXLD" <wor@groups.io>
Cc: "Short-Wave Radio Listening" <swl@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2019 8:33 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 30-December 1, 2019

CUBA. 11760 & 15140, Sunday Dec 1 at 1602, RHC starting weekly
Esperanto late after protracted full ID in Spanish for these two SW
frequencies and the FMs. Esp`o eventually gives sked as Sunday 0800 on
6100; 1600 on 11760 (only!), 2230 on 15730 (I think). But Wolfgang
Bueschel keeps reporting including today that the 0800 broadcast is
not heard on 6100 or any other 49mb frequency. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. Something else wrong: the announcer can`t help but
pronounce politiko as polítiko as if it were Spanish, while Esperanto
is invariable on penultimate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1933 UT December 1
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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Aggregator - radioben3: Updated links (Thanks to Ben at Radio Ben
Productions)
2) Albania - R Tirana Int: Updated links (Thanks to tip by Glenn
Hauser
in WOR iog)
3) Italy - IRRS Nexus: Updated Live streaming link
4) Italy - IRRS Nexus: Added additional alternative live stream link
(thanks to Ray Robinson in WOR iog)
5) Spain - REE: Updated links to the REE Live Stream (also thanks to
Glenn Hauser in WOR iog)
6) Spain - R Mi Amigo Int: Updated link to facebook page
7) Taiwan - PCJ Radio: Updated link to PCJ Radio programmes (Thanks to
Richard Langley in WOR iog)
8) Thailand - R Thailand WS: Updated links to replace obsolete website
https://www.hsk9.org (Thanks to Dr Hansjoerg Biener)
9) USA - KVOH: Added alternative live stream link (thanks to Ray
Robinson in WOR iog)
10) USA - VOA: Added link to Music Time in Africa historical archive
(thanks to Glenn Hauser in WOR iog)
11) USA - World's Last Chance: Added links for this broadcaster
12) USA - WRMI: Updated live stream link and added alternative live
stream link
13) USA - WRMI: Added additional alternative live stream link (thanks
to
Ray Robinson in WOR iog)
14) Zambia - V of Hope Africa: Added additional alternative live
stream
link (thanks to Ray Robinson in WOR iog)

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be early
January 2020. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe, DX LISTENING DIGEST via
WOR iog)

** CUBA [and non]. 13767, 13633 and 13564 approx., Dec 1 at 1451-1453,
spurblobs out of 13700 RHC, not much program audio but more of it on
AM than FM. The lower one is QRMing 13565 K6FRC beacon: I knew this
would happen sooner of later. The upper one is also QRMing something
on 13765: Radio Farda via Lampertheim, Germany. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760 & 15140, Sunday Dec 1 at 1602, RHC starting weekly
Esperanto late after protracted full ID in Spanish for these two SW
frequencies and the FMs. Esp`o eventually gives sked as Sunday 0800 on
6100; 1600 on 11760 (only!), 2230 on 15730 (I think). But Wolfgang
Bueschel keeps reporting including today that the 0800 broadcast is
not heard on 6100 or any other 49mb frequency. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. Something else wrong: the announcer can`t help but
pronounce politiko as polítiko as if it were Spanish, while Esperanto
is invariable on penultimate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Nov 30 at 2353, VP carrier under Cuban jamming; Radio
Chaski cutting off this time at 2355:17.5*. That`s 3.5 seconds earlier
than 24 hours ago Nov 29 until 2355:21*, almost twice the expected
slippage. What`s next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. Re my Nov 30 log: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 30 circa
1840 UT = local mean noon, ~1 kHz het upon 1520 KOKC, on caradio, but
it`s fleeting. IIRC last winter there were signs of this in broad
daylight, and it seemed not inconceivable that with low winter suns,
the two megawatts from Sa`udi Arabia could be skywaving such a trace
this far, this early. But then there`s that other off-frequency
American, much closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

This report at almost exactly the same time is a nice correlation:

``Saudi on 1521 at 13:44 local time (EST) Nov 30 --- Fair Arabic talk
on 1521 at 13:44 local. Hoping for a promising afternoon! (Sylvain
Naud, Portneuf, QC, Perseus + 290m / 950ft @ 55 degrees, IRCA iog via
DXLD)``

Distancefromto Enid measures: 12,278 km = 7,629 stmi --- But looking
at the map, that`s to somewhere in central SA! NOT Duba near the NW
corner just down the coast from Aqaba. Maybe there is another Duba,
perhaps with a different Arabic spelling?

We have always thought the 1521 transmitter is at the NW corner Duba,
and indeed that`s the one linked from mwlist:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Duba+Saudi+Arabia/@27.3251367,35.6459635,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x15ac30ffe49c9adf:0xb3627ff4b721a662!8m2!3d27.346154!4d35.7247925

Or via Wikipedia: Coordinates of the town:
27°20′57.3″N 35°41′46.2″E / 
27.349250°N 35.696167°E /

The great circle path to Enid crosses UK and just south of Greenland,
across Labrador, distance 11,422 km = 7,097 st mi --- 175 watts per
km, or 281 watts per mile. Assuming 1521 really be running full
2,000,000 watts, which I could easily believe, but WRTH 2019 says not
all of them may be. In that case it would be even greater DX!

For comparison, with 10,000 watts ND, KOKC 1520, Moore OK to Enid, 122
km or 76 miles: 82 watts per km, or 132 watts per mile.

Anyhow, now`s the time for those in deep North America, perhaps even
beyond me, to check for that carrier on 1521.0 at midday (but beware
of something else not exactly 1 kHz above 1520 stations).

Quick chex for 1521 Dec 1 at 1849 & 1911 UT on homerig R75 with
longwire: not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2010 monitoring: missed checking WA0RCR,
1860-AM, nominal 0415 UT Sunday December 1; but ham news at 0503 so
presumably WOR aired earlier; did anyone hear it? Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Nov 30 at 2206, WBCQ-6 is still on with WLC IS loop
during maintenance hour, but off at 2212 recheck. Otherwise, random
chex seem to match published language/azimuth schedule. AW said WLC
sked would be on the WBCQ website, but I can`t find it there. Even the
9330 program schedule shows outdated 2030-0300 span only (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: "UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Nov 30 at 0659 UT just before full
ID for KBBW Waco TX, q.v., I hear another ID sounding like KGJO -- but
no such listing nor anything fuzzily similar to be found in NRC AM
Log, or FCC AM Query. Nor is there any such call on FM in case that
were a reference. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)"

Glenn, I would bet the ID you heard was for KDJW-1360, which often
simulcasts KTNZ-1010. Both stations seem to stay on day rig overnight
from time to time. Sample attached from last month's Border Inn
recordings. HTH, 73 (Tim Hall, CA, ibid.)

Tnx, Tim. Yes, I bet that`s it. Amarillos, KTNZ nothing unusual here
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search December 1 at
0648-0656 UT: 621, 684, 693, 711, 747(2), 774(2), 837(2), 846[probably
TP Kiritimati], 936(2), 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1215, 1413, 1539. Some
of these were picked up on a second scan, not the first one as of
course fading and QRM are always variable. (2) means at least two
carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1933 UT December 1
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