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JRX Logs November 29, 2019  View Printable Version 
Saturday, November 30 2019

Logs
JRX Logs_ November 29, 2019
Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000
Antenna (s)_ Longwire

ASCENSION ISLAND
** 11660. Nov 29, 2019. 2012-2022, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Hausa language. Man announcer presents a long interview with a nigerian woman, presumably; 2020 News. Good reception, 45544.
** 11810. Nov 29, 2019. 2130-2140, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Man talks and GMT hour; 2132 BBC News by man announcer; 2134 Woman talks news too, including about "Copa Libertadores" and Brazil winner by Flamengo team. Excellent reception, 55555.

CHINA
** 6115. Nov 29, 2019. 2042-2052, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in French. Woman and man talk about chinese themes; 2046 ID, a brief song, woman and man talk. Poor reception, 35422.
** 7265. Nov 29, 2019. 2031-2041, China Radio International, Urumqi-CHN, in Italian. Man announcer presents news; 2141 ID and woman talks. Fair reception this afternoon, 35433.

CUBA
** 15140. Nov 29, 2019. 2117-2127, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in French. Man talks; 2125 ID by woman voice; News. Good reception, 45444.

GUINEA
** 9650. Nov 29, 2019. 2000-2010, Radio Guinea, Conakry-GUI, in French. ID; Men announcers present national news; 2009 ID and news continues. Good reception, 45544.

MADAGASCAR
** 9765. Nov 29, 2019. 2141-2157, MWV-Palavra Alegre, Mahajanga-MDG, in Portuguese. A song; 2143 ID and jingle; Website palavraalegre.com and repeats; POBox to Minas Gerias, Brazil; 2146 Message in russsian language by man voice and a hymn at 2149 ( I d´ont understand this fact !). 2154 Returns brazilian announcer to ends programming of the day: Music, ID, website, ... till 2157. Excellent reception, 55555.

USA
** 15730. Nov 29, 2019. 2023-2030, Voice of America, Greenville-NC, in French. Man and woman announcers in a nice conversation with a woman, laughs; 2028 A rap song; 2030 Man talks, VOA Africa, ends program. Fair reception with fades, 45433.


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Glenn Hauser logs November 28-29, 2019  View Printable Version 
Friday, November 29 2019

Logs
** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 15640, Nov 29 at 1427, good signal sounds like
Farsi, cut off at 1430*. Aoki shows it`s Dari from Radio Axadi via
VATICAN at 1400-1430. Same service a.k.a. Radio Free Afghanistan at
0630-1400 alternating Dari and Pashto is via Kuwait, unlikely to serve
us so well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALGERIA. 576, Nov 29 at 0445, JBA carrier with 1 kHz tone, also
detected as separate carriers on 575 and 577, presumed Béchar testing.
Have any Europeans triangulated this yet to be sure? Not specifically,
but just posted to bdxc-news iogroup at 1750 Nov 29:

``New Algerian MW Station on 576 kHz --- Hi, The tone tester heard
these latest days on 576 has become a new broadcasting service from
RTA (Algeria). Broadcasting started today 29th in the afternoon from
Kenadsa (Béchar) according to MW List details. The power listed is 400
kW. They were airing Radio Bechar program (not // with Chaîne 1), but
probably they will connect to RTA-Ch1, as other stations do with R.
Coran, R. Culture and so on.

According to some listeners in Murcia (Spanish southeastern coast), is
causing interferences to RNE-R5 Murcia on 567, from this evening.
Perhaps it will affect this station during the night and maybe also
576 kHz RNE-R5 Canaries (CNR). The station reaches now, here in
Northern Spain a 54444/5 SINPO. 73! -- Jorge Garzón. EB7EFA -
EA-0080URE SWL QTH 43º15' N · 03º56' W / IN83ag · Cantabria (España -
Spain)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 29 at 0745 UT, roboYL with weather in
English, ``storm warning`` time and again for different areas, S5-S6.
EiBi shows at 0740-0800 it`s VCO Sydney NS via pc site = Port
Caledonia NS.

2598-USB, Nov 29 at 0749 UT, YL with forecasts in English for various
coasts as far ahead as Tuesday, mentions Newfoundland Standard Time.
S7 and unusually stronger than 2749 despite further. EiBi shows at
0737-0805 it`s VCP Placentia NL via site sl = St Lawrence NL (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 401 kHz, Nov 29 at 0758 UT, dash and YHD, 500-watt NDB in
Peawanuck, Ontario. See also CAYMAN.

396 kHz, Nov 29 at 0759 UT, dash and YPH, 500 watt NDB at Inukjuak,
Quebec; a new one for me, so look up that place: it`s on the east
shore of Hudson Bay, 2845 km = 1768 statute miles from me. ``Inukjuak
is a northern village located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the
Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern
Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,757 as of the 2016 Canadian
Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port
Harrison. Wikipedia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, Nov 29 at 1330, CHU is re-re-reactivated, but
for how long? Not very. Gone again at 1829 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CAYMAN ISLANDS [and non]. 415 kHz, Nov 29 at 0758 UT, ND beacon CBC
from Cayman Brac, best way to hear this country rather than random
hams. 600 watts and I was tuned to 414-USB. Right next door to 413
dash and YHD, 250 watts in Dryden, Ontario, which are 3537 km apart
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 5040, Nov 29 at 0035, no signal from RHC but a JBA
carrier, presumably the only other known 5040, All India Radio,
Jeypore from 0025. Even weaker than the JBA carrier on 5060 from
presumed Xinjiang. 5040 RHC still off at 0521. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Nov 29 at 0743, S9+10 open carrier with hum,
surely TGAV Radio Verdad has failed to turn off its transmitter after
0610v closing, wasting watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Nov 28 at 2355:23* UT, carrier cut by Radio Chaski
under wall-of-noise Cuban jamming despite no OCB. Previous two nights
this happened 2 or 2.5 seconds later each, so a trend is developing of
slightly earlier cutoffs per 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2010, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9335, Nov 29 at 1513, clip of Drumpf pardoning turkey,
back to Myanmarianese once this vital news has been imparted, i.e. VOA
via Tinang at 1430-1630; no QRM from 9330 WBCQ Superstation which is
off again; in fact VOA is splattering down to 9330 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST

** PHILIPPINES. 9345, Nov 29 at 1515, S8-S9 some Bach causes me pause,
1517 Chinese from FEBC Iba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 684, Nov 29 at 0447, among all the JBA 9-kHz TA carriers,
some Castilian-sounding audio here from RNE Sevilla; and at 0448 also
on weaker 774 RNE synchros music, then talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 6125, Nov 29 circa 0454 tuneby, no TRT after English but
lite Cuban pulse jamming now audible almost an hour after OCB
finished, so must have QRMed VOT. But tuning back across at 0456, VOT
is back on! with IS, 0458:15 & 0459:15 interspersed IDs as ``Suara
Radio Turki``. 0500 timesignal 3 seconds late! and opening Malay
service mentioning ``gelombang`` = wavelength.

Trouble is, the 0500 Malay service is supposed to be on 17530! which
might propagate over a day path unlike 6125 to W North America. How
lucky we are to hear this, if not the Malays. Recheck at 0512, 0525
still on 6125; frequent IDs as above, and at 0514 during the mandatory
multi-lingual ID reel. Something`s always wrong at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 395 kHz, Nov 29 at 0800 UT, ND beacon ULS --- I bet it`s
Ulysses, Kansas. Yes; 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
see also CANADA; CAYMAN

** U S A. 15740, Nov 28 at 1923, S9+20 open carrier; no doubt
Grimesland B warming up for *1930 start on 15730, in order not to
clash with Botswana site occupying 15730 until 1930* as VOA French
continues (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2010 contents: Albania non,
Algeria, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cambodia and non, Canada, Cuba,
East Turkistan, Eritrea, France, Iran and non, Japan, Korea South,
Mongolia, Perú, Sarawak non, Sweden, USA, Vietnam; WRC-19;
unidentified; and the propagation outlook

WOR 2010 is available as of 0626 UT Friday November 29
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2010.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2010.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
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 29 at 1512, WBCQ-6 is off again, despite
nominal 23 hpd sked except 22-23 UT. Earlier I had tuned across poor
signal southward in Spanish but unlogged, circa 1330? Anyhow it`s back
on at 1828 poor during WLC German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 3215, Nov 29 at 0753, S9+10/20 of dead air except for some
hum and squeal from WWCR-1, much more pleasant listening than Brother
HyStairical. Does he get a refund? Is it Stair`s fault or theirs?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, Nov 28 at 2230 UT as I am chasing the Sa`udi het from
1521 vs KOKC, other skywave QRM with partial ID mentioning two FM
frequencies, 92.3 and another in the 100s. Nonesuch listed at 1520 in
the NRC AM Log, but in the WTFDA FM Database, among all the USA 92.3
listings, searching on 1520 there is one hit which is quite
reasonable:

``W222BG, WHOW-1520, 92.3, CLINTON IL, 0.25, 62.0, 40-05-43 88-57-51,
NEWS/TALK/FARM NEWS RADIO 1520 //W293DJ 106.5``

Back to the NRC AM Log which does match WHOW with 106.5 but not 92.3,
and there is no Group cross-ref. WHOW is a D3 direxional daytimer of
5000 watts, rather only 1000 during Critical Hours: ``The Big 1520 AM
and 106.5 FM``.

But FCC AM Query shows it non-direxional both daytime and CH; and Nov
sunset is 2245 UT (Dec: 2230 UT). Thus the synergy of these three
major references (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3344.92, Nov 29 at 0750, no signal today unlike
ante-yesterday. Ron Howard replied: ``Hi Glenn, Your 3344.92 was a
utility, which just happened to be on the former Ternate and PNG
(NBC Northern, the Voice of Oro) frequency. On Nov 26, utility still
being heard with a good level carrier 1506+. Ron, California``. BTW,
Ternate is on the west coast of Sulawesi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4966.75-USB approx., Nov 29 at 0520, 2-way in tonal
language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9130, Nov 29 at 1310, low audible het between two
stations talking. Not an active frequency for SOH or anything in
latest Aoki, but could well be a new one already CNR1 jammed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15202.17-USB, Nov 29 at 1511, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1853 UT November 29
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Logs 23-24  View Printable Version 
Friday, November 29 2019

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JRX Logs November 25-26, 2019  View Printable Version 
Thursday, November 28 2019

Logs
JRX Logs_ November 25-26, 2019
Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808
Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW

CHINA
** 6165. Nov 25, 2019. 2348-0000, China National Radio 6, Beijing-Chaoyang-CHN, in Amoy language. Woman talks; 2351 A song; 2357 Woman voice and other song. Poor reception, 25422.
** 12055. Nov 26, 2019. 0005-0015, China National Radio 17, Lingshi-CHN, in Kazakh. A song;  Man talks during all log. Good reception, 45544.

CLANDESTINE
** 6600. Nov 26, 2019. 2251-2303, Voice of the People, Goyang-KOR, in Korean. A song by female singer; 2300 Man announcer talks. Poor reception and a slight interference by CW transmission during all log, 24422.
** 9525. Nov 26, 2019. 1701-1710, Dengê Welat, Issoudun-F, in Kurdish. Man talks; 1705 After a brief pause, man returns with news, presumably. Poor reception, 25422.
** 9800. Nov 26, 2019. 1842-1858, Sawtu Linjiila Radio, Issoudun-F, in Fulfulde. Woman voice; 1847 A brief song and woman returns voice; 1849 A short song and next man and woman voices; 1858 Sawtu Linjiila and the sound of the vuvuzela IS. Poor reception, 35422.
** 11745. Nov 26, 2019. 2304-2315, Al-Azm Radio, xx-ARS, in Arabic. A koranic chant; Man talks during this log. Poor reception with a moderate spur interference by CNR2 Business Radio, 23422.Glenn says: If we are to believe the Saudis, this is not exactly clandestine but rather for their own forces in the south vs Yemen; of course some of them are across the border; as distinct from Republic of Yemen Radio (gh, DXLD).
** 11860. Nov 26, 2019. 1643-1652, Republic of Yemen Radio, xx-ARS, in Arabic. Koranic chant by muslin cleric during all log. Poor reception, 25422.** 15285. Nov 25, 2019. 1603-1613, Manara Radio International, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Men announcers talk; Man talks, speechs, presumably. Fair reception and fades, 45433.
** 15410. Nov 25, 2019. 1614-1624, Eye Radio, Issoudun-F, in Sudanese languages. Man talks; Other man talks and says Sudan many times; 1624 ID and website. Fair reception, 35433.
** 15550. Nov 25, 2019. 1624-1627, Radio Dabanga, Issoudun-F, in Darfur Arabic. Man announcer talks; 1627 Radio Dabanga jingle two times and ends programming. Good reception to very short log, 45544.

GUAM
** 11955. Nov 26, 2019. 2231-2140, Adventist World Radio, Agat-GUM, in Indonesian language. A religious hymn by chorus; 2236 Man and woman talk. Fair reception to this KSDA transmission, 35533.
** 15320. Nov 26, 2019. 2241-2250, Adventist World Radio Guam-KSDA, Agat-GUM, in Javanese language. Woman talks; A short song and returns woman voice; 2244 Man talks. Poor reception, 25422.

ISRAEL
** 6607-USB. Nov 26, 2019. 2317-2327, 4XZ Israeli Navy, Haifa-ISR. CW transmission with a fair reception in my area, better on 6606kHz in USB mode, 35553.

KUWAIT
** 11765. Nov 25, 2019. 1545-1600, Radio Free Asia, Kuwait-KWT, in Chinese. Woman talks; 1551 Man talks after a brief musical space; Woman talks too; 1558 A song by man singer; 1600 Time pips, ends programming. Poor reception, 35422.

PHILIPPINES
** 7480. Nov 26, 2019. 0015-0030, Voice of America, Tinang-PHL, in Burmese. Woman talks; 0021 Man and woman voices present a english lesson, presumably (english x burmese words); 0026 Woman talks news; 0029 VOA jingle, ID and IS before ends programming. Poor reception, 25422.Parallel logs on 6150kHz, relay Udon-Thani-THA, 35433 and 9335kHz, relay Tinang-PHL, 45433.
** 9450. Nov 25, 2019. 2320-2330, FEBC Manila, Bocaue-PHL, in Mien language. Woman talks; 2325 A song; 2329 Woman voice, ID and IS. Poor reception, 25422.
** 12055. Nov 25, 2019. 2330-2340, FEBC Manila, Bocaue-PHL, in Palaung language.  IS and ID; A song by female singer: she plays and a string instrument accompanies your tone! 2335 Man talks. Fair reception, 35433.
** 12095. Nov 25, 2019. 2311-2320, FEBC Manila, Bocaue-PHL, in Hmong language.Woman voice during this log. Fair reception with fades, 45533.

SPAIN
** 11940. Nov 25, 2019. 2301-2311, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in English. Woman announcer talks news; Says Bolivia, Evo Morales, Colombia, etc.  Good reception, 45544.Parallel log on 11685kHz, 25411.

SRI LANKA
** 11750. Nov 26, 2019. 1711-1730, SLBC-City FM, Trincomalee-CLN, in Sinhalese. A local melody; 1713 More song; 1717 Man and woman talk, says ID and website; 1723 More songs. Good reception, 45544.
** 11835. Nov 26, 2019. 1730-1800, SLBC-Thendral FM, Trincomalee-CLN, in Tamil language. Man and woman announcers talks and a local song; 1734 Man talks and next a conversation with listener, by phone and songs; 1800 Abrupt ends. Good reception this afternoon here, 45544.

SUDAN
** 9505. Nov 26, 2019. 1802-1820, Voice of Africa-Sudan Radio, Al-Aitahab-SDN, in Hausa. Man talks; 1806 A brief song and woman talks; 1814 Man announcer talks. Fair reception, 35533.

UAE
** 9585. Nov 26, 2019. 1824-1842, BBC, Al-Dhabbiya-UAE, in Arabic language. Man and woman talk news with a external reporter participation; ID; Conversation with a man. Fair reception, 35433.

USA
** 7780. Nov 25, 2019. 2340-2347, RAE Argentina to the World, Okeechobee-FL, in French. Man announcer talks; 2343 Man voice, ID. Poor reception, disturbed by audio similar to the whistle, 24322.


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SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3)

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Glenn Hauser logs November 27-28, 2019  View Printable Version 
Thursday, November 28 2019

Logs
** ALGERIA. 576, Nov 28 at 0052 UT, JBA carrier among many in TA
search, but this is of special interest. 1 kHz tone test has been
widely reported last few nights in eastern half of North America as
very strong unID. Now I also detect a ``carrier`` on 575, i.e. the
lower half of a 1 kHz tone, but too much slop from WIBW on 577. My
previous comments about this:

Maybe Bechar, Algeria, 400/200 kW. Altho listed in WRTH, it hasn`t
been reported much (any?) despite the common 531 and 549 Algies, so
maybe this one is just being reactivated? Bechar is also where they
are supposedly building a new SW site.

mwlist says: ``576 ALG Chaîne 1 24h Kenadsa (Béchar) * 400 reported
irregularly active in Mar 2016 // 153 198 891 909 1071``

Europeans, if not North Americans, could easily get a DF bearing on
this, even triangulate it by simply using handheld portables --- too
easy? 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 326 kHz, Nov 28 at 0718 UT, dash and YQK ID from ND beacon,
which is 200 watts from Kenora, Ontario.

335 kHz, Nov 28 at 0721 UT, dash and YLD ID from ND beacon, which is
1000 watts from Chapleau, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING
DIGEST)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 27 at 0814 UT, marine weather by YL in
French, VP. Per EiBi at 0810-0830 it`s VCS Halifax but in English via
sm site = Sambro NS.

2598-USB, Nov 27 at 0816 UT, YL too weak to detect language. EiBi says
at 0807-0833 it`s VOJ, Port aux Basques NL, English & French via sv
site = Stephenville NL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 6030, follow-up Nov 27 from Harold Sellers about CFVP after
I asked him to check whether it`s off the air:

``[WOR] CFVP-6030 Calgary Canada off the air --- Recently listeners
had reported that CFVP seemed to be off the air. Normally I can hear
CFVP during daylight hours from my home in British Columbia, but I
wasn’t hearing it either. The mediumwave station, CKMX 1060, “Funny
1060”, has been audible here, so the problem was only with the
shortwave outlet.

Today I finally made contact with an engineer at BellMedia, who owns
the stations. This is what he said:

"I have just been informed the site was target of copper theft that
disabled CFVP. Transmitter underwent some repairs, and some work is in
progress on the site to restore the missing grounding. It should be
back in service within the next few days.”

Let’s keep listening for its return. Harold Sellers, Vernon, BC``

Tony VK2IC Magon replies, ``The best idea to replace the ground mat is
with barbed wire`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Nov 28 at 0714, RHC English is still on here, only //
6145 which normally lasts until 0800. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, Nov 27 at 2355, carrier clearly under Cuban wall of
noise jamming not against OCB, until cuts off at 2355:25.5* which is 2
seconds earlier than yesterday. Further obs will determine whether a
steady slippage or random variation in Radio Chaski timer`s
auto-termination. Nothing else is known to be on 5980 at this time
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 12030, Thu Nov 28 at 1557, REE earworm IS is VG, but VP on
// 11685; the eastern-hemisphere frequencies start at 1600 weekdays;
no signals yet on 9690 & 11940 western-hemisphere which don`t start
until 1900 weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 9940, Nov 28 at 1301, HSK9, temporary(?) English segment,
I think but too poor to copy at S3-S5. I wanted to compare signal to
before 1300 as signal thisaway should have improved (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 2887-USB, Nov 27 at 0812, New York ATC poor assigning flite
level, selcal tones. Per EiBi this is a Caribbean area frequency, from
site at Barnegat, New Jersey (which is way down the coast between Toms
River and Tuckerton) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2009 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday November
27 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.06, S9-S7, but 9330 is off.

Also confirmed UT Thursday Nov 28 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, better than
usual at S9+20 but fading down somewhat by 0120. Preceded by Zorba
tune at 0059, Biermann ID at 0059.5 and a fragment of some other
intrusive audio as WOR playback starts.

WOR 2010 should be ready by early UT Nov 29, and start SWairing late
UT Fri Nov 29 at 2300 on WRMI 9955; UT Sat Nov 30 at 0130 on WRMI
5010, 5850 and 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Nov 27 at 1853, World`s Last Chance via WBCQ-6
concluding German hour, only fair on caradio beamed away; piano IS
different than the usual, 1856 Arabic and off for swivel; *1859 back
on in Arabic seems slightly stronger, 1900 ``Huna WBCQ`` and
worldslastchance.com pronounced in English. Still in Arabic at next
check 2153, now S9+20/S6 the 500 kW much *weaker* now than 9350 WWCR
100 kW at S9+50. By 2157.5, 9330 reaches S9+25 in Arabic; 2200 WLC
theme music but cuts off the air by 2201* leaving splash from WWCR.
Rather than testing with WORLD OF RADIO as happened without notice
last week. 2356 recheck it`s back on in Brazilian, but VP S3-S6 here
to the WSW during this almost-south beaming. At 0120 Nov 28 back to
English, S9-S4 despite optimum azimuth of 245, with MUF declining.

It`s not TG target day yet, but the above matches already this info
Nov 26 from Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, UK:

``Hi Glenn, Re your post on Hard Core DX 25-11-19 about WBCQ and
World’s Last Chance. The “menacing” interval signal of World’s Last
Chance radio, as you call it, seemed familiar to me. Finally, I
remembered that it is based on the Christmas song called “Carol of the
Bells”. You can find many recordings of this on the Web. Apparently it
is of Ukrainian origin. I have also heard the WLC version of this
music during some episodes of a U.K. TV programme series called
“Impossible Engineering”. So it is not music which has been written
especially for WLC radio.

I note that WLC have amended the sked on their Web site. Presumably
this is the final version which will be used from November 28:

All on 9330 kHz:

0000-0100 Portuguese Brazil 175 deg.
0100-0300 English East USA 245 deg.
0300-0600 English Central USA 270 deg.
0600-0900 English West USA 280 deg.
0900-1000 Portuguese Europe 76 deg.
1000-1100 Spanish Europe 76 deg.
1100-1300 Spanish N.South America 180 deg.
1300-1400 Spanish C. America 220 deg.
1400-1600 English W. Canada 300 deg.
1600-1800 English U.K. 57 deg.
1800-1900 German Germany 54 deg.
1900-2200 Arabic Morocco 70 deg.
2200-2300 OFF AIR (Maintenance?)
2300-2400 Portuguese Brazil 175 deg.

Regards, Alan Holder``

9330, Nov 28 at 1507, S9/+10 of gospel huxter in English, so WLC must
be officially underway. Allan Weiner indicated to Artie Bigley that
the only non-WLC programming on 9330 would be `Worldwide`, UT Saturday
at 0100-0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 9955, Wed Nov 27 at 2202, wall-of-noise Cuban
jamming vs WRMI with Radio For Peace International in French; still
same at 2237. Obviously Cuba is opposed to international peace (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5890, Thu Nov 28 at 0710, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR
transmitter which is not supposed to be on at this hour; same level as
5935 with DGS modulation. Haven`t noted such for a while; holiday
special? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1203, Nov 27 at 2217 UT, IBOC noise bothering WRTO Chicago
1200 (not WOAI), and another peak about 1177. This time the 1190
source is WOWO: sports talk by W&M ``after 5 o`clock``, mention Fort
Wayne; dominant 1190 signal but plenty of QRM. WOWO is believed to be
the only 1190 running IBOC. Don`t usually hear that or 1190 itself and
wonder if their pattern be out of whack: U2 50/9.8 kW, i.e. ND day
which is OK since Nov sunset is 2230 UT (Dec: 2215 UT). NRC AM Log
shows format as NWS/TLK, not SPT per se (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1500, Nov 27 at 2215 UT, plenty skywave already, area code
317 mentioned, ``deliverance`` and gospel huxtering vs sports talk
presumably KSTP. 317 is Indianapolis, and the 1500 there is a fit, REL
format on the other WRN group, WBRI, a 5 kW direxional daytimer. Best
time to hear it as Nov official sunset is not until 2230* (Dec: 2215*)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 28 at
0045-0052: 531, 576[see ALGERIA], 585, 612, 684, 693, 711, 738,
774(2), 855, 882, 909, 936, 954, 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1107(2),
1125(2), 1179(2), 1215, 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520+, Nov 27 at 2226 UT, I`m straining to hear a
tell-tale het from 1521 upon 1520 KOKC, since Doha, 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)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3344.924, Nov 27 at 0807, carrier fading S7-S5. Such a
frequency immediately brings to mind the mostly inactive RRI Ternate,
Indonesia, altho a bit early for it to propagate? Maybe not: sunset
0920 UT. A few hours earlier Wolfgang Bueschel independently measured
exactly the same frequency! and had the same idea about Ternate ---
but certainly not at noontime there, and apparently he was using USA
remotes like adjoining logs in that session: ``3344.924 ??? Strange
signal string, much vague - ? could it be carrier of RRI Ternate-INS ?
- at 0320 UT Nov 27 wb``. Last reported frequency for it was 3344.86
as in DXLD 19-22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6016-USB, Nov 28 at 0707, 2-way INTRUDERS, not Spanish
but some tonal language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6810, Nov 27 at 0758, AM dead air at S9-S7; I also ran
across this sometime earlier but unlogged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7969.0-CW, Nov 27 at 0751, CW seems handkeyed, repeating
after long pauses but may not be an identical marker. I do manage to
copy DE MRNQ as ID, altho I am not positive about the last letter.
MRNQ gets no significant google hits, nor at UDXF iog, but frequency
at UDXF leads to old logs mentioning a Russian military outstation
Morse net paired with 6988; but also an Algerian petroleum net. MRNQ
could also be an antique(?) British ship callsign, altho this is not a
marine band. More likely a tactical call (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1743 UT Nov 28
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