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Glenn Hauser log Feb 15 - WBCQ on 3264.9 kHz. (presumed)  View Printable Version 
Saturday, February 16 2019

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NEW ZEALAND One notices, the winter also goes to the end of the shortwave
condition in the next 2 to 3 weeks, the spread on the long path
will be over Pacific and Latin America from NZL to Europe to be close early
in our European morning.

7330.006 kHz exact, just at 0945 UT I heard trumpet solo from Rangitaiki,
now is at us fade-out and under the sward/threshold of the string
only to suspect.

S=9+20dB in Cape Canaveral FL-US at 09.50 UT on febr 16.

In the afternoon, R NZi also transmits at 7330 KHz between 17 and 19 UT,
but is sandwiched by two 500 kW 'sweethearts from Beijing and Urumqi China
powerhouses'.


USA 7505.013 WRNO New Orleans CA, powerful S=9+25dB signal noted in NJ-US
state remote unit, at 10.55 UT, 10.6 kHz wideband audio block, even in peaks
at tremendous broad 2 x 20 kHz each sideband.


USA WBCQ Monticello Maine, near New Brunswick Canada border line.

3264.912 ... x.917 unstable wandered upwards signal around 10.58 ...
11.10 UT on Febr 16. Guitar pop mx traced at NJ-US remote installation.
S=9+20dB at peak reception much better closer to Maine/New Brunswick-CAN.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 16)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Howard" Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2019 2:45 AM


Subject: RE - Glenn Hauser log Feb 15 - WBCQ on 3264.9 kHz. (presumed)


USA. 3264.9 kHz, Feb 15 at 0200 UT, JBA carrier so presumably WBCQ still
testing here; has it been on every might since Monday, all night? Sked
still says "There are no scheduled transmissions on 3265 kHz at this time"
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


Hi Glenn,
Feb 15, noted for the first time a new signal on 3264.9 kHz, during my
local morning, at 1058 & 1120 UT, with faint music, but extremely weak;
by 1207 UT, too weak for any audio (only carrier).
Ron California

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log of yesterday Friday Febr 15 at 12.30 to 14.30 UT slot  View Printable Version 
Saturday, February 16 2019

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9975.004 GUM TWR Merizo Agana Guam, Vietnamese sce traced at remote
Seoul Korea SDR unit, S=8 or -76dBm at 12.40 UT in KOR.

9949.810 IND much odd fq AIR Delhi Kingsway sce in Burmese language,
12.50 UT Febr 15. S=8 strength.

9919.980 PHL FEBC Manila from Iba site, Bahnar language according Aoki
Nagoya database list, S=9+20dB at 12.53 UT.

9910.002 GUM TWR Merizo Agana Guam, Kok Borok language Fridays
at 12.55 UT acc Aoki Nagoya list. S=8.

13775.016 ARS SBA via MOCI Riyadh, Urdu language scheduled, on Febr 15
heard at S=9+20dB level at 13.33 UT in Seoul Korea.

11874.976 AUS Reach Beyond Australia (HCA) in Oriya language, 13.38 UT
on Febr 15, S=6 poor signal level in South Korea remote SDR.

12025even AUS Reach Beyond Australia (HCA) in Marathi language, 13.43 UT
S=9+15dB strength in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

9940.003 THA Radio Thailand, Bangkok, via US IBB relay site at 13.45 UT
in northeastern Thailand Udorn Thani. 13.00-14.00 UT.
S=9+25dB in remote unit at Seol-KOR.

9910even ARM CJSC Yerevan Gavar, TWR India relay, Hindi language, S=8
at 13.48 UT in Seoul-KOR.

9884even TJK Voice of Tibet Oslo via Dushanbe Yangi Yul-TJK relay,
S=8-9 in Seoul-KOR, 13.50 UT Tibetan, but heard no jamming
of CNR1/echo jammer from China mainland nearby adjacent
even channels today.

9839.776 VTN Much odd frequency signal measured at 13.54 UT, and
was S8 stronger at 57degr antenna from Hanoi Son Tay site,
compared to Indonesian azimuth at 177degr at 13.29 UT
towards Indonesia in S=6 strength sidelobe signal.

9694.993 ARS SBA via MOCI Riyadh, Pashto language scheduled,
b u t heard carrier and test tones only Febr 15.
S=9+25dB noted in Moscow Russia and 4S7VK's Colombo
Piliyandala Ceylon remote SDRs.
Test tones of 1000 and 3000 Hertz appeared always in
Aoki Nagoya database list show 14-16 UT schedule.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 15)


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Glenn Hauser logs February 14-15, 2019  View Printable Version 
Friday, February 15 2019

Logs
** CUBA. 5990 CRI relay, 6000 RHC, Feb 15 at 0051 both are suptorted,
so cannot make anything out of their leapfrog on 6010; likewise
suptorted is 5025 Rebelde, while 5040 & 6060 RHC are OK, presumably
reflecting contrary situations at two different sites. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15700, Feb 15 at 1523, CRI Plus English relay is S9+20 and
suptorted. This is hardly unusual, but qualifies for ``something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 13670, Feb 14 at 1812, MWV is back in English with
`African Pathways Radio`; and also the next English hour from 2000 on
11965, rather than Arabic which occupied both hours yesterday, another
of their too-frequent mixups. 2000 preview mentions opening music, and
closing music, then proceeds to play the closing music now, something
from their ``beloved Madagascar``. So they are mixed up even within
the programs. Good signals as usual from the near-antipodes (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 9690-, Feb 14 at 1814, VON JBA with off-frequency carrier
before Spain or Madagascar collide; and also DRM noise 15115-15120-
15125, presumably both in English now, and are they //? By next check
at 1950, no DRM audible. Wolfgang Bueschel reported on same date:

``Wonderful English language program audio from Abuja today Febr 14
at 1745 UT on 9689.920 kHz, S=8-9 or -77dBm signal here in southern
Germany. And also at 1804 UT still on 2nd Abuja unit in DRM mode on 19
meterband: S=9+10dB data block of 10 kHz broadband, 'notch snick'
central visible on 15119.861 kHz exact, and a separate 'string'
visible on 15120.610 kHz exact. 73 wolfie df5sx`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615.066, Feb 15 at 1410, JBA carrier from SRI, and
also JBACs on not-way-off-frequencies 17705, 17895. This is notable
only because these Saudisigs are almost the only signs of life on 16m
after sunrise here, but even they have been inaudible lately. Always-
skewed 17615.066 suffers a transmission break at 1414. By 1458 only
the lowest is audible, still at 1520 when I measure it. But at 1525,
much stronger SRIs on 15435, 13710. HFCC info for each:
17895 12-15 295 degrees
17705 12-15 310
17615 13-16 190
15435 15-18 320
13710 15-18 295
HFCC doesn`t care, but WRTH shows the two different programs: Qur`an
on 17895, 17615 [sic], 13710; General Arabic on 17705, 15435 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570 & 7730, Feb 15 at 0154, WRMI dead air
during TOMBS, but soon resumes. Both frequencies much weaker than
usual, only S9 max, propagation disturbance? 7730 is always somewhat
weaker than 7570 here which is beaming right at us while 7730 is 30
degrees CCW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 4840, Feb 15 at 0710, S9+30 of dead air from
WWCR when supposed to be TOMBS; may well last all-night but I`m going
to sleep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [non]. 7355, Feb 15 at 1529, B-B-C- chimes at S9, 1530 opening
Korean; 5845 shortly at 1533 find VP //. Both are 250 kW, 25 degrees
via SINGAPORE until 1830. 1530-1830 scheduling originated when KOREA
NORTH was temporarily on half-hour time-zone. But 7355 supposedly has
been extended to start at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15770, Feb 14 at 1952, dead air from WRMI, supposed to be
Supreme Master TV. I continue monitoring silence until 1959.5 WRMI ID
autofires and cut off the air. 5950 is supposed to take over SMTV at
2000, and do have a JBA carrier already but can`t tell what if
anything be modulating it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5130.5, VP UT Fri Feb 15 at 0059, this WBCQ is on, contrary
to never-up-to-date websked showing nothing between 0330 Wed and 0100
Sat --- now ending some talk show with phone 323-2943; ID and 0100
into another show, all about guns, mentioning Wednesday, so delayed a
day? 0200 abrupt cut to ID and some music; 0203 someone ``proclaiming
the gospel`` from P O Box 23110(?), definitely in Bethlehem PA. Still
VP signal.

7490.18, UT Fri Feb 15 at 0157, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide`
mentioning that `Dead Frog Radio` is coming back from next Friday for
two hours following AWWW at 9 pm ET, produced by an inmate at a
federal prison; how does he do it? Then e-mail from the guy who has
arranged to be QSL manager for XEG-1050 Monterrey NL. I already heard
this episode months ago, but random listeners to this filler might
assume it`s current about DFR. Such are the drawbax of playing
unedited old live episodes which do not refer to specific dates. 01-02
UT Fri on 7490 is indeed an ``available time slot``, to be followed at
02-03 by VORW --- NOT, as 7490 then goes off the air.

3264.9, Feb 15 at 0200, JBA carrier so presumably WBCQ still testing
here; has it been on every might since Monday, all night? Sked still
says ``There are no scheduled transmissions on 3265 KHz at this time``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5072.166, Feb 15 at 0702, WTWW-2 is running late again, all
-night? with rock music, so I pin down exact frequencies of the
parasitic spurs always accompanying 5085, the opposite one measured on
5097.838, i.e. 12.838 plus and 12.834 minus. So the fundamental should
be slightly askew too: but measured independently as 5085.000, so
within 2 Hz margins of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Friday Feb 15 at 1408, no signal from
WINB non-DRM carriers below 13690, nor DRM noise above 13690, supposed
to run M-F at 11-17. This hugely asymmetrical transmission, unique to
WINB on 13690 (& 7315 M-F at 07-09, neither registered as DRM),
remains to be explained why it occur. What does it look like on
dreamscreens? And was this on air in time for `SW Radiogram` at 1500
Fri? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775-, Feb 15 at 1522, still no signal from KVOH, off or
not propagating? Still zilch at 1942 check. After my last report, Ray
Robinson of KVOH replied, ``There are views of the KVOH antenna site,
transmitter building and Harris SW100 transmitter in this month's
Voice of Hope video update, here [9:36]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG4YXoopZOM
The Harris is finally fully refurbished and all hooked up, almost
ready to turn on. The RCA transmitter's days are numbered! Ray.``

Amid all the platitudes, bits of info are gleanable: Tayloe says power
will be ``doubled`` --- does that mean running both transmitters? The
``new`` Harris is axually an old one from KTWR Guam, which has been
``totally rebuilt`` with ``thousands of hours of work over three
years``, ``we are within weeks of signing on``; and it will be ``good
for 20 years unless the Lord comes first``. Programming will also be
increased on all three stations, Israel and Zambia too.

Ethan Best, KC9YDN, and I, wonder ``Will 9975 kHz be returning soon?``
No reply about that. During long inactivity, KVOH has kept imaginary
registrations of it in HFCC as 00-08 UT, 100 kW and 100 degrees, like
17775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Feb 15 at 1535 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still off the
air; random daytime chex have not found it since last logged Dec 2,
altho I wasn`t paying much attention until late January. Have they
notified FCC that they are off or applied for STA? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Feb 15 at 1537 UT, 50 kW KBXD Dallas is still in
Vietnamese and still propagating 2+ hours after sunrise as QRM to much
closer groundwave KQAM Wichita in English, and making a slow SAH of
45/minute = 0.75 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1540, Fri Feb 15 at 1540! UT, blues music with narration,
loops NE/SW with some fades past 1549, suspected KXEL Waterloo IA
still skywaving, best on the E-W longwire, while Spanish from Dallas
dominates on the DX-398. Confirmed at:

http://www.kxel.com/program-schedule/
Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb | 8-10am
which does not link to show site, but I find it:

http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/
``There's no politics at Our American Network, just stories. Daily
bringing the campfire scene to your ears with our first show Our
American Stories.``

And a large archive of listenable episodes, probably this one:
http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/story?title=The-Fred-Davis-Blues
``The Fred Davis Blues --- Howard Husock shares a story of music,
friendship, and tremendous talent lost to violence.``

Seems like a worthwhile show and a much-needed respite from AM radio
politix, like Redeye Radio and Rush also on the KXEL sked, which is
yet somewhat diverse. Or find another station:
http://www.ouramericannetwork.org/find_station
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1955 UT February 15
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JRX Logs: Quinta-feira, 14 de Fevereiro de 2019  View Printable Version 
Friday, February 15 2019

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JRX Logs: Quinta-feira, 14 de Fevereiro de 2019.ÂÂ

Receptor (es): ICOM IC-R6.

ARMÃNIA
** 5835. 14/2/2019, 0130-0137, BBC, Gavar-ARM, em InglÃs. LocuÃÃes masculina e feminina apresentam notÃcias, presumivelmente. RecepÃÃo pobre, 25422.

BRASIL
** 5940. 14/2/2019, 0155-0200, Radio Voz MissionÃria, CamboriÃ-SC. NotÃcias em locuÃÃo masculina; 0159 Locutor fala a ID, whatsapp, frequÃncias e bandas. RecepÃÃo pobre, com interferÃncia discreta da WWCR por 5935kHz, 24422.

CHINA
** 6015. 14/2/2019, 0201-0212, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, em Cazaque. LocuÃÃo feminina durante o perÃodo da escuta. RecepÃÃo satisfatÃria, 35433.
** 6065. 14/2/2019, 0212-0220, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, em Pachto. LocuÃÃo feminina no perÃodo desta escuta. CRI com boa recepÃÃo, 45544.

FRANÃA
** 6105. 14/2/2019, 0235-0245, NHK World Japan, Issoudun-F, em JaponÃs. Uma animada conversaÃÃo entre locutor e locutora e segue-se uma mÃsica ligeira; 0238 Retornam as falas do casal de locutores, risos... Boa recepÃÃo nesta frequÃncia, 45544.

IRÃ
** 6090. 14/2/2019, 0220-0235, La Voz de la RepÃblica IslÃmica de Iran, Sirjan-IRN, em Espanhol. Locutor apresenta um espaÃo dedicado Ãs notÃcias desde AmÃrica Latina e Espanha: periodistas informam sobre a crise na Venezuela, prisÃes de lÃderes da oposiÃÃo e o bloqueio de ajuda humanitÃria; 0230 La RevoluciÃn IslÃmica de Iran, programa em locuÃÃo feminina. VOIRI-Pars Today com recepÃÃo satisfatÃria nesta noite, 35433.

ROMÃNIA
** 5910. 14/2/2019, 0137-0145, Radio Romania International, Tsiganechti-ROU, em Romeno. Locutora falando sobre exportaÃÃes de medicamentos no paÃs; 0138 Uma canÃÃo; LocuÃÃo masculina em ID e uma reportagem sobre a RepÃblica da MoldÃvia e uma entrevista com um moldavo. RecepÃÃo boa nesta frequÃncia, 45544.

USA
** 5830. 14/2/2019, 0106-0129, WTWW, Lebanon-TN, em InglÃs. VÃrias canÃÃes gospel durante o perÃodo da escuta. RecepÃÃo com bom sinal e modulaÃÃo satisfatÃria, 45533.
** 5935. 14/2/2019, 0148-0155, WWCR-Dr. Gene Scott, Nashville-TN, em InglÃs. Ãudio gravado de uma pregaÃÃo religiosa do falecido pastor Eugene Scott. Boa recepÃÃo esta noite, 45544.


JRX_Josà Ronaldo XavierÂ
SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo-PB, Brasil (UTC-3)


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Glenn Hauser logs February 14, 2019  View Printable Version 
Thursday, February 14 2019

Logs
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9740, Feb 14 at 1458, RBA sign-off in English
until tomorrow at 14 UT = 19:30 IST. HFCC-registered as 100 kW, 335
degrees in Hindi only. In fact, per Aoki/NDXC there is an extremely
complex sked of 14 languages in 15-minute segments, with Hindi only
once a week on Sundays at 1400-1415 --- and English only thrice a
week, Mon/Tue/Wed at 1445 ---- but this is Thursday! The canned sign-
off includes just a hint of Kookaburra, but is it Jacko?

9740-, meanwhile by 1459 a low-audible-heterodyne (LAH) is also
audible, from the next station, AWR in Nepali via the always off-
frequency Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, in the clear after 1500 but only a
JBA carrier today, despite a 15-degree aim closer to USward and with
25 kW more power, but having to penetrate polar absorption. Also over
a much shorter path to target, could start off at a higher takeoff
angle, reducing further bounces; who knows? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Whoopee! After quite a dry spell, RHC has resumed its FM
service on 22m: Feb 14 at 1427-1431, up to 10-kHz-wide FM spurs circa:
13445, 13508, 13574, 13634, 13766, 13829, 13888, 13954, 14020,
intervals of very roughly 65 kHz. The outermost are mere traces,
progressively stronger up to the innermost S9+10 out of the
fundamental 13700-AM at S9+30. All include the F# tone. Even the
closest are not totally clear, but in SSB or AM mode are just blobs.
Meanwhile, no spurs audible on 19m where 15140 is relatively weak to
start with. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Feb 13 a 2045, S7-S9, MWV is in Arabic, not
English! Later I see a report from Mark Coady that today`s other
English hour at 18 UT on 13670 was also in Arabic instead.

WCBC stations KNLS and MWV had announced a curtailment of 4
transmitter-hours per day each, due to Diesel fuel costs, but
supposedly no other changes and not including these hours.

This would hardly be the first time that MWV has mixed up its own
transmissions, wrong language on wrong frequency and/or wrong time! So
what will happen with African Pathways Radio today Feb 14?

Here`s the current schedule on website, which also shows why Ivo
refers to xmtrs 2 and 3 at MWV, but never an (imaginary?) #1; with
blank entries for the transmissions dropped:

``KNLS & MWV BROADCAST SCHEDULE: October 28, 2018 - March 30, 2019
(revised January 30, 2019)

http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front.html

KNLS TX 1
UT Freq Azm Lang Target
0800 9710 270 ENG Pac. Rim
0900 7370 300 RUS E. Rus
1000 9710 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1100 7320 300 RUS E. Rus
1200 7320 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1300 11785 300 CHN N. China
1400 7320 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1500 7320 300 RUS E. Central Rus
1600
1700

KNLS TX 2
UT Freq Azm Lang Target
0800 9610 285 CHN E. China
0900 9610 285 CHN E. China
1000 9605 285 CHN E. China
1100 11610 285 CHN E. China
1200 7355 270 ENG Pac. Rim
1300 11890 300 CHN N. China
1400 11890 300 CHN N. China
1500 11890 300 CHN N. China
1600
1700

MWV TX2
UT Freq Azm Lang Target
0200
0300 6180 265 SPN S. America North
0400 11825 295 A.ENG Central Afr.
1800 11885 355 RUS Euro Rus
1900 9690 355 RUS Euro Rus
2000 13710 355 ARA Central Mid East.
2100 11610 325 CHN Europe
2200

MWV TX3
UT Freq Azm Lang Target
0200
0300 15510 40 ENG India
0400 17530 55 CHN S. China
1800 13670 310 A.ENG Central Africa (N)
1900 11965 340 ARA Central Mid East.
2000 11965 295 A.ENG Central Afr.
2100 11965 265 POR Brazil
2200``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. Summary notes by gh of a conversation broadcast on
Feb 10 edition of AWR Wavescan, heard Feb 13 after 2230 on WRMI 9955
webcast, recorded about 3 weeks ago at the A-19 HFCC meeting in Tunis,
between Jeff White and some guy representing the Caribbean Beacon (a
station which hardly needs to spend any $ $ $ on frequency management,
let alone sending somebody to HFCC junkets all over the world twice a
year, since CB is always registered for 10-22 on 11775, 22-10 on 6090.
What PMS really needs is some kind of *transmission* management, to
keep the Anguilla thing on the air according to a reliable schedule.)
I haven`t tried to keep track of who said what in the interchange:

BREAKING NEWS: SENTECH FMO SNT, HFCC member for long time, rumor that
there may be a possible cessation of SWBC from Radio South Africa
[sic]. HFCC was held there two years ago. Not to say this is
happening, but potential for cessation. SENTECH transmitter still
government-owned but separate from Radio RSA, now Channel Africa,
selling time to other overseas broadcasters. Encompass, ex-Babcock,
ex-BBC company biggest client. BBC reducing airtime, making it less
viable proposition to continue operating the Meyerton site. Also: AWR,
SARL, and other smaller ones.

Board of SENTECH decided to cancel SWBC from Meyerton at end of B-18 =
end of March; yet have registered next season frequencies. So not cast
in stone. Larger clients encourage Sentech to keep going. Not enough,
losing money, looking at bottom line. Looking at possibility of DRM,
to promote it; SENTECH could easily modify equipment for DRM, but not
too many DRM receivers in Africa! It sent three attendees to HFCC this
time rather than one, including an accountant-type, and from
management. Indicates decision has been made, but looking for new
clients, or maybe will be transition period.

If Meyerton goes off, some may move over to MGLOB in Madagascar, ex-RN
relay. MAD could pick up broadcast time of Radio South Africa [sic].
If you want a QSL card, get it quickly. Things could change; we are
only at mid-week, midpoint of HFCC conference. Another possibility,
Sentech was talking about, some other organization like ENC might
lease the whole facility, sell airtime. Like Okeechobee. Or Bulgaria-
like, privatising takeover by Spaceline.

My own further comments: Current HFCC B18 shows MEYerton used by all
these broadcasters: BBC, SABC, Channel Africa, SARL, FPU, AWR, IBB,
DWL --- and that`s not enough? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Feb 13 at 2325, REE English from 2300 has been
honoring World Radio Day with Justin Coe playing some songs about
radio, but I only catch the last few minutes as he remarx, ``Remains
to be seen how much longer [REE] foreign language services will be on
air`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1969 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday February 13 at 2200 on WBCQ 7490.17 starting only a couple
seconds late; then tune to 9955 WRMI to find --- no signal, except
jamming (while 9395 is nominal at S9). 9955 must be late coming up,
but WOR in progress at next check 2208, and overcoming jamming. At
2226 I compare the two and find 7490.17 running about 13 seconds
behind 9955, so WRMI playback at least on webcast must have started
about 10 seconds early. Nevertheless, circa 2229 WRMI automation cuts
off the last few words I utter after ``inviting you ----`` as too
often happens, even tho I always make sure the totalshow lasts less
than 29:00. At 2229 on 7490.17, a minute of music fill, then 2230
Goddess Irena 1 asking us to contact her, unaware at the time that she
would now be deceased. 2230 WRMI goes on replay Wavescan, where I copy
some Breaking News, see SOUTH AFRICA.

WOR 1969 also confirmed UT Thu Feb 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, better
than usual off the side to the NW of this NE beam, S9+10/20. Next:

0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: Feb 16]
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1736 UT February 14
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