** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, July 11 at 1400, special USB test broadcast publicized from LRA36 for one hour, but no signal direct to here, so on to Brazilian KiwiSDRs: the best one at Pardinho is already maxed out; no signal at Campo or Rio, but good via Brasília so I stay on that for the duration. 1402, songs are playing; 1410 Spanish announcements, ID, and I think a quick on in English and maybe another language, all the rest in Spanish. Lots and lots of conversation; they certainly have no lack of stuff to talk about, but I have a hard time making it out without a loud and clear signal. Do the Esperanzans ever explain the scientific research they are carrying out; if any, or are they just there to maintain Argentina`s questionable claim to this sector of the supposedly ``international`` continent? 1417, contact info which they also repeat periodically. I tune the SDR to 15476.00 exactly in Synchronous AM mode and watch the readout of the ``carrier``, constantly jumping around in Hz: 152, 211, 201, 199, 173, 169, 190, 197 etc. I`m not sure if this be significant and exactly what it mean --- maybe attempting to lock onto it minus some 200 Hz without success since carrier is so far reduced. Yes, there is a carrier, obvious if you tune to 15475.0-USB and hear the het/tone. This broadcast had been publicized as something new in USB as if it had not been in USB all the time. Maybe the carrier has been reduced more than usual, but not eliminated. By 1450 it`s faded up better, with laughter, song, but by 1454 I`m distracted by TVDX from The Metroplex: see USA. 1458, ``Nacional, La República`` ID as this may be simulcast on the domestic LRA network, and multi-digit phone number, toll-free? 1507-1520, caller with a very hoarse voice, outro ID as Alejandro Ortiz; seems like he`s at one of the other bases? 1521 music and program ID as `Corazón Antártico`. 1542 mention Adrián Korol, head of RAE who apparently arranged this broadcast. 1558 another caller ends, ID, jingle; 1601 credit plugs for regular Wednesday show, music, yet another caller. 1621 music bit, 1640 song with bandoneón, music only still going past 1700. Really nice and I stick with this instead of Gounod`s Faust on KUCO. 1718 says its ``Miguel Figueroa y su Conjunto``. Still 1725+. 1730, another brief plug for `Corazón Antártico`, miércoles 11-13` local time, but that`s also name of program now at 1732. To be continued? [non] But from 1605 to 1700 it`s in the background as I was mainly listening to `The Score` on KUCO-FM webcast, this week tributing the late Ennio Morricone, with his great cinemusic, to be continued next week! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. Adding to previous report on the extended broadcast of LRA36, 15475.98-CUSB, July 11 as heard via Brasília KiwiSDR: Kept playing nothing but music from Miguel Figueroa y Su Conjunto, including shout-outs by the leader but no station announcements, past 1800, 1824, and still past 1900 and past when I finally quit at 1912+. Manuel Méndez in Spain reported, ``At about 1940 signal weakened and became inaudible. 15321`` I found this link to more about his group and many performances, and BTW, July 9 was independence day in Argentina, so maybe that explains this broadcast on I.D. weekend? https://www.facebook.com/miguelfigueroaysuconjuntoamancercampero/ Citing here does not imply endorsement by gh of disgraced FB. Now, Horacio Nigro posts to the WOR iog: ``Friends and colleagues such as Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky and Alejandro Álvarez have suggested on various occasions to evaluate the performance of the transmitter in use by LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel in USB mode. I transmitted this concern to the operator and technical manager of the station, Mr Damian Tranamil, who considered it possible to carry out some tests taking into account both the mode of emission and the propagation at the appropriate time. That is why the next Saturday, July 18 and 25, between 1700 pm [sic] and 2300 UT, there will be test broadcasts of LRA 36 on the frequency of 15476 khz USB mode. Reports of reception to tranalra36@radionacional.gov or to Facebook Esperanza San Gabriel. Confirm via eQSL. Diffusion appreciated (Adrian Korol, RAE, Buenos Aires Argentina via Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 12)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA. 11620, July 12 at 0614, YL in French; BBC via Moosbrunn listed this hour only; tuning across in USB, hear a LAH so seemed off-frequency, but measured within a couple Hz of .000. The LAH is axually some hum on the audio, another indicator of trouble at this transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11780, July 11 at 0020, RNA is S9+10/20 but suptorted = suppressed and distorted modulation again tonight. Is no one at Parque Rodeador site paying attention? // 6180 however is about as strong with good modulation, somewhat more fading (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11780, July 14 at 0016, RNA is S9+20/30 but suptorted, as I have previously noted July 11 at 0020. Strange that various other logs of this make no such observation. 11780, July 15 at 0007, RN S9+10/20 again distorted and somewhat undermodulated compared to // 6180 S9+10/20 louder and not distorted but with slight squeal and carrier wobbling vs BFO, during Mexican music, much stronger than 6185 XEPPM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11780, July 16 at 0021, RNA is S9+10/20 and again suptorted with enthusiastic futebol? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHAD [non]. 12050, July 10 at 0619, fluttery French at S4-S7. Aoki shows R. Ndarason International in Kanuri via Woofferton UK at 0600-0700; but EiBi is more detailed with a French segment at 0615-0625 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 12500 & 11100, July 9 at 1411, only CNR1 jammers, JBA and presumed, none others found in the WOOB 10s, 11s, 12s or 13s. Likely many more were around before 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 13530 & 13130, July 10 at 1358, the only CNR1 jammers heard in the 12-13s, altho I`m on inside longwire only due to storming. 10920, July 10 at 1446, JBA carrier probably CNR1 jammer against Sound of Hope as listed; the only WOOB such signal in the 10-14 MHz range now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jammer survey, July 11 from 1322, and there are lots of them, starting with the only one with equal level from victim: 15165, S8/S9+10 two Chinese talkers mixing, so in this case only, VOA is holding its own at least over here if not inside China. It`s 13-14 only via THAILAND, and from that angle the 14-degree azimuth is also aimed toward us far beyond (like HSK9`s NAm service at 6 or 38 degrees which never comes in this well after 0000). Now to quick scan of all the others, not all evaluated for strength or //, some presumed, and never any Firedragon music: 15130; 14500 JBAC; 13835 echo; 13530 S9/+10; 13160; 12880; 12870 S9+10/20; 12820 S3-5; 12800 S8-9; 12500 S5-9; 12190 S4-7 vs CODAR. By now it`s 1331, continuing: 11460; 11440; 11170 S4-7; 11150; 11100; 10960 JBAC; 10920; 10870; 10820; (10370 not // music --- oops, that`s 11760 RHC minus local 1390 KCRC mix); 10160 JBAC; 9300; 9255; 9230; 9215; 9200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15340, July 12 at 1258, Chinese at S6-S8; Aoki shows Sound of Hope relaying RFA via Pingtung, Taiwan site all the way from 00 to 17 with only 1 kW; so this is certainly CNR1 *jamming. 14870, July 12 at 1259, JBA algo, Chinese? An SOH frequency, so CNR1 jamming. More thorough CNR1 jammer survey, July 12 from 1305, a most active hour in local primetime of 9 pm: 1305, 13835 with two signals mixing, the victim being RFA Tibetan via TAJIKISTAN this hour only. Also single signals on 13160, 13150. 1310: 12880 S7-S9; 12870; 12800 echo; 11460; 11150; 11120; 11100 S4-S7; 10920; 10820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer quick check before 1400* July 13, from 1358: 13020, 12880, 12820, 12800, all poor. At 1423, only on 11460, 11100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jamming survey, July 14 at 1340-1348, only JBA or JBA carriers during depressed propagation conditions: 13160, 11460, 11440, 11120, 10960 best S1-S3, 10920, 10820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, July 15 at 1350: None heard in the WOOB 13s, 12s, 11s or 10s; depressed propagation today with K index of 2 at 1500, Solar Flux 69 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11631 & 11709, July 10 at 0218, a new set of S9 RHC spurblobs! plus and minus 39 kHz from 11670, which is S9+20 and distorted. F# tones also audible on fundamental and spurs, like in the mornings circa 13700; had also heard them circa 15370 afternoon, evidently all same transmitter, but the offset quite different here. Also a trace of second-order with F# circa 11748 and third, 11787, but could not be sure of a minus match on 11592. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, July 10 at 1449, S9/+10 of dead air or maybe JBM; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, July 11 at 0023, this RHC is suptorted but no +/- 39 kHz spurs like last night. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, July 11 at 0116, R. Progreso, music with OK modulation, S9+10/20; back on air after missing a few nights. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, July 11 at 0547, RHC not in wrong language Spanish, but instead English tonight, // 6000 distorted, 6100 & 6145 good, 12200 poor; so we again have a `Cuban 5` despite deletion of 6060. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7335, 7345, 7365, 7405, 7435, July 11 at 0556, residual jamming on all these Martí frequencies, even the DRM one, despite it being totally off SW between 04 & 10 UT for months now. They do not all sound exactly the same, different pulsing and pitching. The incompetent and hugely wasteful Jamming Command also has no consideration for innocent bystations. Think how many undernourished Cubans could be fed for the cost of all that electropower alone! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12200, July 13 at 0544, RHC English is S9+10 and the SSOB (if you attach this to 25m), but suptorted during a song. 2 x 6100, but nothing on 12290 which would be 2 x 6145. Unusually, however, 2 x 6000 is also audible on 12000, S9 and undermodulated but not distorted. At 0557 I check the fundamentals: 6100 S9+30 suptorted; 6000 S9+20/30 undermod. Something`s always wrong at RHC. In case you think I say that too much, axually I should say it four times about this item: bad mod on both of them, harmonix out of both of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11800, July 14 at 0015, RHC is S9+10 but JBM, even less so the JBA parasites on 11790 & 11810. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11630 approx., July 14 at 0018, S9+10 spurblob from 11670 RHC, no program modulation but in AM mode, not FM, same tone as in background on 11670 which is S9+10/20 and suptorted, this time closer to F natural than F#. But no match circa +40 at 11710, nor multiples of 40 either side. Recently had some of those about x39 kHz from 11670. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9783-9827, July 14 at 0615, heavy jamming centered on 9805 and spurs out to this 44-kHz range! Burying presumed RFI Hausa via Issoudun this semihour only. Can the Jamming Command have heard that and assumed it was Radio Martí? Which Greenville employs 9805 only at 10-13 UT. Such incompetence! Standard remarx (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13650, July 15 at 2321, suptorted Chinese music fill instead of scheduled CRI Portuguese relay. On July 13, Rick Barton in AZ caught this transmission carrying CRI English instead; July 14 back to the usual. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, July 16 at 0020, RHC Spanish at S9+10/20 but JBM, better than 11800 dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, UT Wed July 15 at 0626, RHC `DXers Unlimited` final repeat is just starting as I tune by, Arnie says for next 10 minutes but really lasts only until 0633; reminiscing about his first ham call once the Commies were in power, granted in October 1959, CM2DL, altho he had been allowed to operate a friend`s ham station before then, Elmer? I believe that CM- prefices were/are for novices; eventually became CO2KK, which should not be pronounced in Spanish unless with `kilo` fonetix. His slurred speech is not too disturbing today. Also on 6145 but not much on 12200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 3955, reply from The Mystery Pirate to my report of hearing music from something via remote from 0200 July 11: ``Hi Mr. Hauser - A problem at Channel 292 prevented our program from airing this morning. What you heard, I believe, was 292's "filler" music, transmitted when they have no paid programming. The program will air at 0200 UTC tomorrow, July 12, 2020. If you could let your readers know, I'd appreciate it. Yours truly, The Mystery Pirate. We're a mystery to ourselves`` Also asked someone else not to publicize e-mail address, so people have to search it out. Not the way to encourage reports. I already showed it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN [non]. 13840, July 13 at 0541, JBA YL in French. I`m checking in case NZ be on here in addition to its VG 9700 this hour. No, this is NHK via MADAGASCAR at 0530-0600. BTW, Radio Japan languages continue to default to English filler. Alan Roe reports: ``JAPAN [non]. The coronavirus pandemic continues to affect output from NHK World R Japan. English news audio originating from NHK Newsline [television! -- gh] heard during the opening 9 minutes in the French service of NHK R Japan on 11730 kHz via Issoudun at 0530 UT on Saturday 11 July. This was followed by audio from the English TV programme J-MELO with a voice-over in French. NHK Newsline audio continues also in the English service (as heard on 5975 at 0500, also Saturday 11 July). Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``, WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9940, July 12 at 1317, slow rather wistful song at S6-S9, 1320 Korean talk and more music. It`s Nippon no Kaze via Paochung, TAIWAN site during this semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185-, July 9 at 0628, XEPPM, off-frequency-minus at S9-S7, and more modulation than usual after JBA carrier yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.9, July 9 at 0627, VON is back on nominal channel today after excursion to 11769.9 yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non?]. 15120, July 12 at 0621, JBA carrier, possibly Voice of Nigeria; when I heard this broadcast on 11770- instead of 9690- instead of 7255-, I remarked, ``what`s next, 15120?``. Tonight all three lower frequencies are vacant, and 19m is barely propagating anything, the Midnight Sun helping. However, CRI Beijing site is on 15120 at 0300-0700; Nigeria supposedly in DRM only, when active at various times between 0900 and 1900. Other JBA AM carriers on 19m now: 15160 correlating with China, 15180 with North Korea, and 15400 with BBC Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, 9690-, 11770-, 15120, July 15 at 0620, VON cannot be found on any of its known frequencies, at least three of which have been employed recently for this Hausa hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6945-AM, July 10 at 0240 rock music, S9 including heavy storm noise level; YL ID sounds like ``You are tuned to ---- dot.com``; another at 0254 and music stops by 0300*. Many reports here https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,69271.0.html as Mix Radio International from 0035, but none later than 0202 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-SSTV, July 12 at 0131 tune-in to SSTV beepery in progress; hard to pin down in USB tuning, not having heard any voice, also audible on 6951, but I notice no sound listening on AM. S9+10 via indoor longwire due to local storms; pause and soon start another SSTV and then apparently off, nothing further. Many logs here as KDOG, with many previous SSTV images mostly of --- dogs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,69365.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA [non]. At 0226 UT Sat July 11 I wrote to mysterypirateradio@gmail.com -- NO 3955 signal here in OK, nor at the Rockport Maine SDR, so I listen via UTwente in Holland, from 0158 past 0225 UT there are songs with pauses, but no announcements heard so have no idea whether it is really your program. I did publicize this on World of Radio, and reminded the WOR iogroup less than half an hour before: ``Their attempt for North America is imminent, 0200 UT Sat on 3955 from Germany. Certainly no signal here at 0138 check if it`s on. Lots of storm noise and doubt hams will clear the channel. Maybe to east coast remotes? Glenn`` No replies to that and only an autoreply from MPR. However, by 0255, Maine SDR was getting a JBA carrier on 3955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 13790.049, July 10 at 0622, S7-S9 of Chinese, the SSOB at this later hour when there might be nothing this high except in midsummer. RFA via SAIPAN is scheduled, and altho there is of course ChiCom jamming as well, this off-frequency signal only points to really Saipan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. In Enid we are blessed with three signals carrying ``The House FM``, Jeezus rock aimed at younger demographic, which I avoid like the plague, but in a very idle moment compare them, July 12 around 2132-2145 UT. First how they appear in the WTFDA Database: KJTH 89.7 PONCA CITY OK 100.0 kW H&V 307.0 m HAAT 36-35-42 97-34-38 29B9 KJTH - Religious Music CHRISTIAN CHR/ROCK THE HOUSE HD is Off KGVV 90.5 GOLTRY OK 14.0 kW H&V 40.0 m HAAT 36-27-45 98-02-28 220F My Praise FM - Music with a message Adult Hits CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN THE HOUSE OF PRAISE K253BC relays KLVV 88.7 98.5 ENID OK 0.25 kW H&V 78.5 m HAAT H 0.0 m HAAT V [huh?] 36-23-54 97-50-14 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MY PRAISE FM At this time, 90.5 is running 20 seconds behind 98.5; 89.7 sounds similar but I can`t make a match plus or minus at all. Also on my headphones it is obvious that 90.5 in $tereo is modulating on right channel only! 88.7 and 89.7 in Ponca are the originating sibling stations. To confuse the situation further, July 13 at 1639 check, the three *are* in // but not synchronized during a joint ``The House, and Praise`` fundraiser: translator 98.5 is first, 89.7 follows 13 seconds later, and 90.5, another 5 seconds later! I suppose internet connexions are being used for some or all of this. And 90.5 is still right channel only (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.5, July 13 at 1930 UT on caradio, a signal on normally vacant 89.5; promo for CSN and 1-800-327-4226? Into Allen Jackson Ministries. MUF was not quite into FM when I left, but maybe it is now? Soon fades out completely, as if it had been Es. CSN has stations, mostly translators, all over out of HQ in of all places, Twin Falls, Idaho. WTFDA Database shows ten on 89.5, all translators or rather satellators, except for this full power one, which strangely enough is not shown relaying KAWZ like all the others: ``KJCC 89.5 CARNEGIE OK 23.5 kW H&V, 118.8 m HAAT, 35-21-17 98-13-58 RELIGIOUS TEACHING CSN INTERNATIONAL`` That reminds me I have heard it before 3+ years ago, reported in detail then with much of what I would remark about it and CSN again: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1724.txt Carnegie is WSW of OKC, where there is also a CSN 89.5 translator, or 157 km = 98 statute miles SSW of here, between Anadarko and Gotebo (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. July 13 at 1455 UT, level-5 tropo blob centred around OKC per Hepburn predixion, lesser rings out to the fringe here. Bandscan with broken antenna gets many Bad signals on the few open channels, including 6, presumably KBSD Ensign = Dodge City KS. And some of the OKC channels are not decoding, RF 27 & 29, obviously due to DX QRM, and even our local Enid K17JN-D translator invisible. RF 20, 19-1 KQCW `News on 6` Tulsa market`s CW is the only clear decoder, as it often is, but no subchannels on it. RF 23, KSBI OKC is normally marginal or not decoding with its inferior tower/power situation, but now it`s boosted so I explore its lineup: 52-1 KSBI; 52-2 Bounce: 52-3 Laff; 52-4 Grit; 52-5 Mystery. These match rabbitears.info listings, but W9WI.com does not show any beyond 52-1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 9700, July 9 at 0226, jazz on VG S9+10/20 signal from what? Not NZ this early, still on much weaker 13840 with someething else. Answer at 0229 ID: RRI in Spanish, and then found //7375 almost as good (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850, UT Sun July 12 at 0137, `Encore` classical music via WRMI, VG here and VP on // 5010. Hope to catch the rest of it from 0200 UT Mon on 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SINGAPORE. 15145, July 12 at 1258, S7-S9 of BBCWS English promotion to 1259*, this hour only via Kranji, 250 kW at 13 degrees across China and USward, and per Aoki also *jammed but none heard here. Far too many Chinese understand English, so even BBC Must Be Jammed to keep them ignorant (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, July 10 at 2218, quick check of VOT English on TWR Bonaire SDR as I tune away from WORLD OF RADIO: No signal today. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 9830, Mon July 13 at 2215, no signal from VOT English to us, but plenty RTTY from NSS Annapolis. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. But 9690 Spain has some nice classical music presented by Justin Coe, finishing with a song for a Don Quixote play (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, July 15 at 2158, VOT already on with IS and English ID, S7-S9 but undermodulated, 2200 timesignal two seconds late, so what good is it? Don`t you believe; sign on delayed or lacking modulation at first. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28284.8-CW, July 9 at 1449, VVV N9TNY/B EN51, relog of Geneva IL beacon, slow WPM and long pause between iterations. So Geneva already has a SW station before any WPBC. 28286.5-CW, July 9 at 1455, WB0BIN, beacon alternating fast and slower WPMs. WJ5O roster shows: ``28.2865 WBØBIN C SABIN, MINNESOTA # 7W, GP VERTICAL New 22 April 18`` --- Sabin is just SE of Moorhead-Fargo. QRZ.com: ``WB0BIN USA flag USA, ROBERT T DABLOW, 251 MAIN ST, SABIN, MN 56580 10-20-2019 - THE WB0BIN BEACON IS BACK ON THE AIR AFTER BEING OFF SINCE JUNE WHEN A BAD STORM WENT THROUGH SABIN WITH STREIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80MPH AND DAMAGED THE ANTENNA. IT CAME BACK TO LIFE YESTERDAY AS LLOYD OUR TOWER CLIMBER ASSENDED 140' UP THE WATER TOWER AND MADE REPAIRS TO THE ANTENNA MOUNT AND ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL COAX TO TAKE THE TENSION OFF THE CONNECTOR WHERE IT TIES INTO THE ANTENNA. IT WAS A JOINT EFFORT FROM THE BEACON COMMITTEE AND THE LOCAL HAMS WHO GAVE A THUMBS UP AND STATED THE BEACON NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD. LETS HOPE 10 METERS WILL BE IN FOR THE WINTER 73 EVERYONE, IF YOU HEAR US PLEASE LET US KNOW AT kbdablow@msn.com. tiny...WB0BIN P.S. WE HAVE SOME PICS FROM ON TOP OF THE TOWER. WB0BIN BEACON CAN BE FOUND ON 10 METERS, 28.286.50 MHZ. IF YOU HEAR US GIVE US A CONFIRMATION EMAIL AT kbdablow@msn.com. WE QSL ALL REPORTS. THE WB0BIN BEACON IS LOCATED IN SABIN, MN ATOP A 140 FOOT WATER TOWER. WE ARE RUNNING ABOUT 7-10 WATTS OUTPUT. AGAIN, IF YOU HEAR US CONFIRM AT kbdablow@msn.com 73 tiny...WB0BIN`` OK, I`ve done that. That`s the extent of my sporadic E DX today, no FM band MUFs spotted on DXMAPs while I am busy anyway producing WORLD OF RADIO 2042 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Once again while waiting/hoping for the Es MUF to penetrate the FMBC band, I check out the 10m hambeaconband, mostly relogs: 28281-CW, July 12 at 1810, DE W8EH FM79, i.e.: ``28.281 W8EH C MIDDLETOWN OHIO # 8W, GP VERTICAL`` 28254.5-CW, July 12 at 1812, VVV VVV DE K4JEE/B, i.e.: ``28.2545 K4JEE C LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY # 5W, VERTICAL New 6 Nov 11`` 28325-CW, July 12 at 1814, partial ID as W0R--, big fade up and out, but not listed by WJ5O, as slightly above its beacon sub-band limit. Seemed like a beacon, as CW QSOs would be down toward 28000. 28217.7-CW, July 12 at 1849 after lunch, VVV VVV DE K4PAR/B and more in long message of 26 seconds, and long pause of 28 seconds before repeating, i.e.: ``28.2177 K4PAR C EATONTON, GEORGIA NEW 1 JUNE 2019`` https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k4par includes photos, cartoons, part of text: ``K4PAR, PIEDMONT ARES LLC, 816 Oak St, EATONTON, GA 31024, USA K4PAR Kilo 4 Putnam Amateur Rabbit Piedmont Amateur Radio Club, Eatonton Georgia Greetings from K4PAR We are located in in Brer Rabbits Briar Patch which is in Central Georgia near Eatonton GA and in Putnam County. Our core group consist of about 20 licensed Ham Radio Operators who are located in Putnam and adjoining counties. [group photo of 13 OMs, no YLs] We have a 2 acre tower site in Putnam County with numerous HF antennas where our group gets together and works Field Day, Winter Field Day and Georgia QSO Party. Hams and Non-Hams are welcome to join us for these events. You can talk on the radio or just sit around the campfire and cook your own hot dog. If You are interested in becoming a licensed Amateur Radio Operator (AKA Ham) or if you are already a Ham and would like to upgrade your license, our VE team will be happy to work with you. We give exams by appointment. For more information and to setup an appointment, contact Mickey Patterson AF4MM 770 377 9014 junebugpatt@bellsouth.net or Douglas Barker K4EGA 706 816 2117 db1960@gmail.com Email k4par.club@gmail.com Area attractions --- Uncle Remus Museum`` Nothing about the beacon on this page but mentioned briefly on own website. 28286.5-CW, July 12 at 1852, WB0BIN without any /B, alternating fast and slow WPM, i.e.: ``28.2865 WBØBIN C SABIN, MINNESOTA # 7W, GP VERTICAL New 22 Apr 18`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 contents: Algeria non,, Antarctica, Australia, Belarus non, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, Djibouti non, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Korea South, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mongolia, Nigeria, North America non, Sa`udi Arabia, Sikkim, South Carolina non, Turkey, UK, USA, Vietnam, Yemen non; propagation outlook. WOR 2042 is available as of 0105 UT Friday July 10 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2042.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2042.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE 0700 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW [NEW] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 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 Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a generous check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; in memoriam Brian Alexander, Pennsylvania DXer who died in December 2012 One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI broadcast, Friday July 10 at 2200 on 9955 --- JBA here, so check KiwiSDRs where it`s aimed; good at both TWR Bonaire and Pardinho SP Brasil; occasional trace of jamming underneath at fades. Also confirmed here at 0139 the 0130 trimulcast on WRMIs: 5010 S9+10/20 vs high storm noise level; 7780 S9/+10 but slightly less noise; 5850 VG S9+30/40 aimed thisaway. Comparing to Pardinho SP Brasil at 0150: 5010 best, 5850 sufficient surprisingly since it`s headed NW from FL; and worse 7780 to the NE. Next: 0700 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW [NEW] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: confirmed Saturday July 11 at 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA as usual here, peaks to very poor. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE 0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW [NEW] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday July 12 at 0300 on WRMI 5800; vs high storm noise level nearby. Not confirmed between 0300 & 0400 UT Sun July 12 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, as just too much storm noise even via inside longwire to copy anything; abates slightly at 0404 when I can recognize Vern`s voice. Next: 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW [NEW] 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: missed check of the newish 0030 UT Monday July 13 on WRMI 7730; did anyone hear it? Confirmed UT Monday July 13 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good via UTwente; also WRN webcast a few seconds apart. Also confirmed UT Mon July 13 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, good at Utwente. NOT confirmed UT Mon July 13 after 0300 on WBCQ 5130, nor 6160v, both of which are not audible at Rochester or Alexandria SDRs, and presumed off air. But on Area 51 webcast start at 0302. Recheck the remote at 0400, 5130 is now on but signing off; unknown at what point during the hour 5130 came on, during or after WOR? Also confirmed UT Mon 0330 on WRMI 9955, VG at Bonaire SDR and no jamming heard, while at Rochester there is only jamming. Also confirmed Monday July 13 from 1800:23 as received via UTwente SDR, on 7290, IRRS via Bulgaria, off to a good start and still going well at 1825, over at 1829.4 into music, IRRS ID and Milano contact info, 1830.5 longer FSN. Carrier was already on at 1755 tune-in, vs 7291 warble and 7280/7300 splash; just before 1759 cut on music --- never the same prélude from one week to next; just before 1800 quick sign-on and Feature Story News from Washington, headlines only, and then WOR. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: I missed checking the Tue July 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780; did anyone hear it? Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2042 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday July 15 at 2102 underway on WBCQ webcast, after finding 7490+ a JBA carrier at 2100:21. Next, final SW airing: 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [JBA here a few minutes prior as usual but should be good toward Europe] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA, for a generous check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702; in memoriam Brian Alexander, Pennsylvania DXer who died in December 2012 One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. Next WOR 2043 should be ready by early UT Friday July 17 for first WRMI airing at 2200 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, July 9 at 1417, WRMI is on with algo in Spanish, off by 1443 recheck; contrary to own schedule showing WRMI-3 goes beyond 1400 only on weekends, and the webcast carries Freedom Synergy Radio M-F at 1400-1500. I suppose that could have been partially in Spanish, altho when we first monitored it evenings, it kept stuck to English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, July 14 at 1411, WRMI is still on in English with Spanish accent, ``Free Cuba`` spoxesperson talking about Taiwan, so it`s certainly Freedom Synergy Radio, which is supposedly only on webcast M-F at 1400 after 9955 closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490), UT Sat July 11 at 0002, tune in WBCQ webcast as `William Tell Overture` is finishing, `AAAWWW` starting. They always begin with a similar lovefest of compliments, so is this new? No, soon they talk about Allan being topless in the FL heat, nicknames, which I know I have heard before in the last few weeks, so it`s a rerun. Direct on SW checked at 0018, 7490 is close to .0 and best but only fairly heard; 6159.9 also active, probably not synchronized, but poor in noise; and 5130 a JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.04 approx, UT Sun July 12 at 0134, dead air from WBCQ, typical offset frequency. `Shortwave Saturday Night` with Pirate Joe, J.P. Ferraro is supposed to run 0100-0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, July 14 at 0023, no signal from WLCR via WBCQ-6. 500 kW if really at full power, is often weak here way offbeam, depending on rotatable azimuth, presumably huge in the boresight, but there should be at least a carrier if it`s on. So we always wonder if there has been another breakdown of some kind. AW has not been twitting daily, latest ones of July 12, 8 and 5 and nothing about any such problems, just promotion and photos (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, July 14 at 0613, WBCQ-6 is still AWOL, 6 hours after previous check. What`s wrong? It`s on, in flat-earth English at 0246 July 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15610, July 9 at 2125 check, WEWN English is still AWOL for at least the sixth day in a row; ditto the night frequency 9385 at 0225 July 10 check. A few summers ago absence was explained due to mowing the antenna farm, but that should hardly take a week, and Spanish remains active on 12050/5970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2042) ** U S A. 9385, July 13 at 0549, WEWN English is still AWOL. Found nothing about this on website; still shows A-20 frequency schedule, but the program schedule https://www.ewtn.com/radio/download/Shortwave_Grid.pdf will not open. Lots of activity on their disgraced FB linked from WOR Hitlist, but all about program promotion, and listener response, obviously not any by SWLs. Who needs SW? I`ve now asked Glen Tapley, frequency manager: ``Glen, WEWN English frequencies 15610 and 9385 have been off since July 3, at least never heard here in numerous checks. What`s the problem? Have you decided to stop broadcasting in English? Both transmitters out of order? Spanish continues on 12050 and 5970. Regards, Glenn Hauser`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15610 & 9385, WEWN English frequencies: Glen Tapley, frequency manager, replies July 13 to my inquiry about their sesquiweek absence: ``Filament and cable repair. Should be back in a day or two. Sent from my iPhone`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5970, July 15 at 0010 and still 0101, dead air in Spanish from WEWN; 12050 is off already; English still AWOL from 9385 and 15610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1280, July 14 at 2132 UT, KSOK Arkansas City KS amid music with slogan ``From Motown to the British Invasion, the place to be is 103-3``. Huh? Am I tuned to wrong frequency? No, 1280 has just become an unannounced appendage of paltry translator K277CK, which is *supposed* to be secondary to the primary AM license. WTFDA Database shows a different slogan, ``The Mixx AM 1280 and K277CK 103.3``. NRC AM Log of last year showed ``The Mixx 103.3`` with CLR = classic rock format: does that correlate completely with slogan I heard? Years ago it was in AM stereo but I can`t tell now; NRC does not show it as $. {And how do they pronounce a double-x as opposed to only one?} While we`re at it, look at the few more AM stations around here with at least mostly music format and a decent daytime groundwave signal: 780, KSPI Stillwater OK, rock, ``Pete 94.3``, named for OSU mascot Pistol Pete, not exactly politically correct altho he`s a Cowboy. Branded for a translator of course as the real KSPI-FM is separate on 93.7 {not 93.9 as in original report; it was 93.9 but a few years ago moved to 93.7 to accommodate the gospel huxter drop-in to Watonga}. 860, KKOW Pittsburg KS, C&W/polka, also IDs, secondarily! as 97.5 in Joplin (MO) --- per WTFDA FM Database, that`s really K248DR, CoL Warsaw MO, not Joplin. NRC AM Log did not show any FM. The real KKOW-FM is separate, 96.9 in Pittsburg. Not with an -h. Wait a minute: Warsaw is nowhere near Joplin, with 250 watts could not possibly serve that city; Warsaw is 101 miles to the NE, closer to Sedalia than Springfield, let alone Joplin. FCC FM Query has no such station in Warsaw, nor that callsign anywhere. It does have a different 97.5 translator in Joplin, K258BF without saying what it translates! But wait another minute: 97.5 is channel 248, not 258, so call as displayed by FCC, K258BF is wrong. Possibly it was a move-in from Warsaw? 258 would have been 99.5. Proper new callsigns for translators changing frequency/city often lag behind the moves. A lot of tail-wag-the-dog, AM-gotta-be-on-FM translator acquisitions are accomplished by moving an existing license in from somewhere else rather than starting from scratch. 900, KSGL Wichita KS, part NOStalgia, part gospel huxterism; it`s IBOC, but too weak to hear much buzz aside 900 here. 1070, KFTI Wichita KS, C&W, listed by NRC as $tereo and I know it used to be; not listed for being significantly off-frequency-minus; as of last October, mwoffsets had it on 1069.9773 --- no problem in the daytime here, but at night its LAH is an annoyance to KNX et al. 1600, KUSH Cushing OK, Americana and talk. My favorite among the bunch. With 5 kW ND daytime, radio-locator shows Enid, OKC and Tulsa are all just beyond the distant contour but well within the fringe. Everything else on daytime MW here is talk of some sort in English or Spanish. I am not aware of any ``liberal`` or ``progressive`` stations. Gospel huxters of course may include some religious music (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. 93.1, re my KRVN Lexington NE log by uncertain propagation, Chris Lucas replies: ``On June 29 around that time, there was really great tropo conditions out that way. Oklahoma City and Denver being received on FM near Omaha; South Dakota and Western Nebraska reported being received in Oklahoma City. In fact there were enhanced tropo conditions in that region for a few days. Chris Lucas dtvdxer Poughkeepsie, NY`` Well, there was no sign of anything else unusual here on the FM band, just KRVN briefly overriding closer marginal 100/100 kW 93.1 in Pratt KS, KHMY i.e. as a MY for Hutchinson KS (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** U S A. Bill Hepburn`s tropo forecast map for 15 UT July 11 shows a convoluted mess around here, levels 1, 2 and 3 between here and The Metroplex, whence I soon find some signals into my broken antenna at roof level on a bent mast, not even pointing horizontally: Bandscan starting at 1524 UT finds a few signals barely decoding: RF 30, 29-1, KMPX-HD [1000 kW, Decatur TX, Estrella TV] RF 31, 55-1, Azteca [KAZD, 1000 kW, Lake Dallas TX] RF 21, 58-1, TBN-HD [KDTX-TV, 736 kW, Dallas; all as W9WI.com listed] RF 14, 13-1, KERA-HD PSIP showing at 1608 captured when not looking Also many BAD signals probably mostly from same area: 32, 35, 36, 11, 20, 26. BTW, W9WI.com shows *2* Dallas stations on RF 36: KDFI-27 and Spanish KXTX-TV 39; that can`t be right, simultaneously (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, July 13 at 0546, RV talks in Bislama, S5-S7, after several nights of JBA signals; 3 x 3945, but pales in comparison to RHC 2 x 6100 on 12200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, July 16 at 0006, VOV English via WHRI is S9/+10 but very under- to JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, July 16 at 0022 W&M Arabic dialog, S7-S9 and no Cuban jamming audible, presumed Republic of Yemen Radio again on air all-night via SA`UDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 8990-USB, July 14 at 0022, weak 2-way sounds Spanish, noticed as checking for 8989-USB blackwater fisherpreacher altho never reported after 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 14400-AM, July 12 at 1304, rather steady S6 open carrier. Not an Aoki-listed CNR1 jamming channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 14486-USB, July 12 at 1300, 2-way in Spanish, weak but stronger one mentions some numbers, and different tones in background maybe music or just hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 27385-LSB, July 10 at 2053, freebanders hopping all over 11 meters, here one calling CQDX from Mississippi, soon CCI mentioning South Florida, West Virginia; seems they also have some kind of numerical IDs. No higher MUF sporadic E DX heard today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)