Updated:
DX/SWL/Media Programs
WORLD
OF RADIO schedule
ALAN
ROE`s HITLIST
**
ALBANIA. 5960, Jan 6 at 2117, W&M conversation in English, therefore must be
CRI --- yes, // 7285 as scheduled this hour via Cërrik to western Europe but
America beyond. 5960 is in fact the SSOB! at S8-S9. One could not imagine R.
Tirana itself like that; in fact its 7475 North American frequency at 0230 has
been reported missing lately, even among Europeans and also among me Jan 7; and
the webcast has been going and coming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ALBANIA [and non?]. 6020, Jan 7 at 0334, CRI talking in
Chinese via Cërrik, with QRM from singing underneath. R. Gaúcha reactivated?
Doubt it, rather self-imposed QRM as modulated talkover, not a good idea for SW
programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARUBA. 18160-USB, Jan
6 at 2131, P49MR, QSO with unheard K8WIL by Martin who has to spell his name at
least thrice in a barely contact. Spends winters on island, otherwise is
Ontarian VE3MR. Almost the OSOB in phone, except a JBA on 18140. Fontetix used,
just to confuse the uninformed: Portugal-4-9-Mexico-Radio. The P4- should be
enough to get us to Aruba, so does the small island have at least 9 call areas
within? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5964.967, Jan
7 at 0238, JBA carrier, presumed usual R. Transmundial around this offset (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 1610, Jan 7 at 0349 UT, South
Asian songs dominating at S9+20, no doubt CHHA Toronto during its Punjabi hour
UT Tue-Sat, but hardly Latina! Skedgrid in ET, unchanged in 16 months?:
(Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 15034-USB, Jan 6 at 2126.5,
Trenton Military ID and ``time, 2025z``, so looks as if they forgot to reset
their local clock two months ago when DST ended! The automaton cannot perceive
the discrepancy when continuing to quote weather conditions in Comox and
Vancouver timestamped 2100z. At least the modulation remains unscathed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0230,
R. Prague opening daily English relay on new frequency via WRMI, added to or
replacing inaudible 11580 which is still the only one shown on schedule;
ex-Brother Scare all the time on 6855, following drastic reduxion in his WRMI
hours. More under USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA
[and non]. 6090, Jan 7 at 0332, PMS ANGUILLA S9+40, still distorted as always,
but they don`t care in The Valley. With CCI talk underneath, at this hour,
probably R. Amhara, and no het. It must be stronger than 6110 R. Fana to start
with, since that is quite weak, very poor; but WRMI-less 5950 with HOA music is
fair to poor hitting S9.
Wolfgang Büschel was monitoring via Qatar
remote a few minutes earlier, putting Tigray Revolution on 5949.999, Amhara on
6089.997, while Fana was on exactly 6110.000; nothing on 7236v, as I also noted,
nor any Eritreans, while Somaliland carrier was there on 7120 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0402, Radio Japón
as clear from second news item, following top news about Ft Lauderdale airport
shootings, extremely indirectly via Toquio. WRMI relay at 0400-0430 on new
frequency, still // 5985; replacing Hermano Asusto who has withdrawn to only
four WRMI transmitters at a time. More at USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 5008v-5000, Jan 7 at 0316, haven`t heard
RNM varying around here lately, but thought I had it now. Instead of back &
forth, weak carrier kept running downward, hitting WWV by 0318. Maybe instead,
one of those birdies the NRD-545 likes to produce, especially on lower bands.
WWV 5000 weak, so quick switch to 2500 for :18 prop info: SF=72, Ap=16,
Kp at 03=4, no storms past or future. The other southern Africans on 90m, 3240,
3320 were in very well, but no Angola 4949.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 5791.99, Jan 7 at 0314, Martin K. Elliott (as
FCC identified him), with [Station YHWH] monolog at S9+5, soon fading to S8-S7,
and by 0339 to JBA at S6. Resurged at 0403 to readable S9, enough to tell that
the modulation is scratchy, about how Yahweh does not countenance sacrificing
animals, not in the Ten-Coms, after all, therefore: ``Christianity, the greatest
hoax ever``.
Getting to be a reliable time and frequency for him,
facilitating his next bust. Ron Howard was also listening to 5792, Jan 6 from
the earliest yet, 0232, past 0402. See also USA WMLK 9275 log (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 7158-LSB, Jan 7 at 0407, ZS6CCY
working lots of US stations, RI, LA, IN, contest? Bit of a co-channel pileup but
not severe. QTH.com shows: ZS6CCY WILLIAM (BILL) HUNTER, HOSIE SIBAYA RANCH,
VAALWATER 0530, South Africa, while his QRZ.com lookup has lots of photos of his
setup (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 7315,
Jan 7 at 0340, WHRI colliding with R. Tamazuj via VATICAN as has been going on
all season. Roughly equal levels here. WHRI registered for 250 kW at 152
degrees, likely bleeding into Sudan too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0311, RTI in Spanish via WRMI
with ID and address info, S9+25 here added to // 5985 at S9+20; 0313 starting
`Plaza Pública` programa in one-hour transmission. 6855 has been repurposed to
// various other WRMI services rather than nada más que Hermano Histérico. More
at USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 6080, UT Sat
Jan 7 at 0405, VOT ID amid English news, S9 over VOA São Tomé collision, making
a fast SAH with it. Need to check whether Letterbox appear UT Sunday, as Alan
Roe heard it back on a Wednesday broadcast Jan 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** UKRAINE [non]. 6855, Jan 7 at 0214 mid-ID in RUI relay via
WRMI on new frequency, S9+10, in addition to or replacing inaudible 11580 which
is still the only one shown on WRMI schedule; ex nothing but Brother HyStairical
on 6855 following his cutbacks. More under USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 6855, further WRMI monitoring obs, lacking any
published schedule:
6855, Fri Jan 6 at 2114, World Music // 9955,
presumably for the full hour. (I previously found Radio Libertad on both after
2200.)
6855, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0214, ID amid R. Ukraine International in
English, S9+10 here, and maybe still // inaudible 11580 where originally
scheduled. 0229 fragment of Bob Zanotti ID cut off for 0230 R. Prague English
relay, ditto. (7730 BS, allegedly on same 285-degree azimuth as 6855, is much
stronger at S9+30)
6855, UT Sat Jan 7 at 0311, R. Taiwán Internacional ID
in Spanish, address info, S9+25 now here, while // 5985 is only S9+20
(meanwhile, 9955 is S6 of jamming atop what`s left of WRMI).
6855, UT Sat
Jan 7 at 0402, Spanish news all about the Ft Lauderdale airport shootings,
finally some current Florida news from WRMI --- but via NHK Radio Japón, // 5985
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
** U S A. 11825, Jan 7 at 2124,
this WRMIBS frequency is still/again off the air as already noted 6+ hours
earlier. It`s not one of the daytime frequencies deleted from the skedgrid,
still shown as XMTR 8, from 1315 until 2400 at 355 degrees; while nighttime
counterpart 5765 is delisted and unheard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Jan 7 after 0100, WBCQ webcast since
7490 is hardly audible, for `Allan [spelt] Weiner Worldwide`. Mentions the full
name of the former WBCQ guy that died before yearend, Michael Shiteman, which I
can only guess to spell fonetikaly. Soon a call from some guy in NC who says
summers are cooler than before and it`s very cold now, so climate change is
nonsense --- hey, you`re missing the big picture about rising ocean temps
overall, seriously disrupting the food chain, killing coral reefs, etc., etc.,
etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Jan 6 at
2121, no signal from WMLK, unknown if on earlier today Friday, but nominally
stops at 2100? Meanwhile, neighbor in more ways than one, 9265 WINB is well
audible.
Keep checking in case the other YHWH show up on 9275 after
hours. Bob Lazar reported Dec 28: ``I heard the Yahweh pirate on 9275 at
2050-2200 UTC. Decent S9 signal with severe fading and down to BA at the end``.
I replied that it must have been WMLK, but not so sure now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Jan 7 at 0327, at S9+50, Devil/Georgia
by Charlie Daniels Band, 0328 on to Alabama, as announced by Ted, disrespecting
the music by talking over it (I know, all the ``pro`` DJs do it to show off,
except never vs classical). I knew WTWW-2 would be on, as tuning up from 5025,
5040 Cuba, I first encountered the telltale spur parasites around 5059, 5072
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7385, Jan 7
at 0341, WHRI gospel huxter with squealing modulator cards, in dire need of
replacement. S9+25 here, also QRMing MWV La Voz Alegre on 7390 which otherwise
would have a clear S9 signal in Spanish. See also SUDAN SOUTH [non] (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1220, Jan 7 at 0400 UT, local
weather by YL but too much QRM to copy detail, ID almost certainly WSLM, i.e.
Salem IN, the cheater dominating 1220 west of Cleveland despite licensed 5000/82
watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1360, Jan 7 at
0358 UT, immediately at tune in, ``You are listening to WMOB Mobile, and WTOF
Bay Minette``, into another gospel huxter before hourtop. Yes, the two are //,
WTOF supposedly a 10 kW daytimer on 1110, and WMOB running only 200 watts at
night, 9000 watts day. Contraindications explicable only as the Word of God
thumping the Rules of Man (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1560.93, Jan 7 at 0351 UT, stepping down the MW band, I
hear a weak het of almost 1 kHz above 1560, KKAA SD, Family Radio hymn // 920
KYFR IA. The het seems to peak roughly N/S too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2960, Jan 7 at 0320, stable JBA carrier with trace
of modulation, but with QRN adding up to S9+10. Checking here since Tim Tromp
had reported the night before to the harmonics yg,
``WERM Mobile AL, 2 x
1480 on 2960 with a decent signal and modulation during peaks with black gospel
music. WERM calls clearly heard between songs making for an easy ID on 2960 but
no luck logging them on their intended frequency of 1480 here. 73, Tim Tromp,
West Michigan``.
It`s licensed for 4400 watts at night on 1480, so how
much on 2960? A bit later I definitely did hear a Mobilian fundamental on 1360
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0720
UT January 7
