** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, LRA36 publicized a big broadcast for Sat
Aug 29, alternating Spanish and German at 1500-2030, then English at
2030-2200. But: Not a trace from 1500 past 1540 on any Brazilian or
Argentine SDR I can access. Is anyone hearing it anyhow? There has
been a propagation disturbance as long predicted. Note admission of
low power 800 watts. WRTH 2020 said ``1 x 10 kW (operated at 1.5 kW).
F.pl: increase output to 10 kW`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR iog)
Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, replies at 1612: ``Hi, transmission
suspended due to bad weather. Best 73,s`` (Glenn Hauser, WOR)
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Re August 29 missing LRA36 broadcast of
Buenos Aires productions, Wolfgang Bueschel sends an automatic
translation:
``-------- Original message --------
Fw: Shipments from the Antarctic (LRA 36), among others in German :-(
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 14:46:14 +0000 (UTC)
From: RAEDeutsch <raedeutsch@yahoo.com.ar>
Dear friend! We have just been informed that the program scheduled for
today unfortunately not broadcast due to a severe storm, so a new date
is planned for it. Pity! LG from rainy Buenos Aires and have a nice
weekend! Rayén Braun - German editorial team`` --- what`s LG?
At 2150 I recheck Brasil remote, just in case it came on in time for
English, but nothing. Some hours later I consult Accuweather for
conditions at Esperanza: ``Current Weather 9:05 PM: -31°C, RealFeel®
-60°, Air Quality Fair, Wind SW 87 km/h, Wind Gusts 120 km/h, Cloudy``
--- that is certainly extreme, but the people and the equipment are
stuck there anyway, so why not broadcast? Was there damage to rhombic
antenna? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Sept 2 at 1450, LRA36 is on this
Wednesday; neglected to check a week ago; via Brazil KiwiSDRs, S5-S7
talk at first, all Spanish about something in 1945y, arbor day and
forestation which is probably not concerning Antarctica; via another
remote only S1-S2 and starting to fade out by 1545; 1554 usual canned
`Corazón Antártico` program ID and song, 1606 still audible but not at
1610, presumed off. Nominal 1400-1600, but Manuel Méndez, Spain says
it opened around 1350; he too could only hear it via Brasil. At one
point I downtuned to 15475.00, reconfirming on USB that there is still
a reduced carrier. Presumably to be repeated circa same hours or later
on Saturday, weather permitting (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** AUSTRALIA. 11900, Aug 31 at 1354, south Asian music and then talk
by YL in unrecognizable language; S7-S9, outstanding SSOB except for
the Cubans and nons. 1359-1400*, Reach Beyond, Australia, sign-off in
English sounding more `merican than `strine, not Ecuadorian. Now to
figure out language: Day 2 = Monday at 1345-1400 Aoki/NDXC shows it is
Cha; EiBi shows CHG --- I guess they both refer to Chhattisgarhi as in
WRTH 2020 but now outdated B-19 sked had no such DOW, TOD, nor
frequency for it.
But the revised A-20 update as of May 26 confirms it. Now, where and
how many Chhattisgarhi speakers are there? EiBi`s readme.txt shows:
``CHG Chhattisgarhi: India-Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar (13m) [hne]``
So there we have three different abbrs. for this obscure language but
spoken by more than the population of e.g. Illinois, who must be
Christianized!
11825, but wait, there`s more: Mon Aug 31 at 1449, gospel huxter in
English also bigsig S7-S9. While E Asian signals like CNR1 jammers are
JBA carriers. This is RBA daily at 1430-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 6134.8, Aug 29 at 0554, weak signal sounds like Brasilian
talk, but cuts off air 0555* before I can measure it exactly; presumed
R. Aparecida. Nothing audible on 9630v by 0558 while RVM is audible,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 5939.5, Aug 29 at 0557, music and soon announcement in
Brazilian, sounds like official RVM canned ID, S4 vs S9 noise crashes,
and not too much 5935 WWCR now. Within a few Hz of 5939.500 producing
equal hets, SSB tuned to 5939 and 5940.
9664.808, Aug 29 at 0559, Brazilian talk at S4-S6 from
always-off-frequency RVM. Only ZY audible now on 31 or 49m (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 11780, Aug 29 at 2134, RNA is S4-S7 and suptorted. Don`t
they know at Rodeador Park site, or don`t they care? Hardly the only
SW station which keeps transmitting despite severe defects, reflecting
very poorly on the station and the nation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA [and non]. 7850-USB, Aug 31 at 0610, CHU is weak, but even
weaker is CCI from 2-way USB almost same frequency, maybe Brazilian or
Spanish. Not first time such intrusion has been detected (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) {Brasil is propagating well on 9665-; at least we can
still make out CHU`s minute markers}
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey Aug 27 at 1410: none in the 16s; only
15110 JBA; 11440 JBA carrier; 11150 JBA Chinese; 11120 S2-S3; none in
the lower 9s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey Aug 29 at 1352: none higher than 12880
JBA carrier; also 11460, 11170, 11150, 11120, 10960; 10160 trace of
Chinese; 9215 S3-S5 of Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 31 at 1355-1359: none audible in the
16s, 15s, 14s, 13s, 12s, until JBA carriers: 11500, 11460, 11440,
11170, 11150, 11120, 11100; none in the 10s; 9300; finally 9215 music
achieves S3-S5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Sept 2 at 1355-1400: nothing in the
WOOBs of 13, 12, 11, 10 or 9 MHz, tuning past all the usual spots.
K-index at 12 and 15 was 2, SF 70, no storms per WWV. This will
present a problem for frequency-order editors, who have got to have
some kHz to hang it on; even tho this obs of no signals heard is no
less significant than when some are. Well: there was a JBA carrier on
9680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, Aug 31 at 0238, no signal from R. Progreso, quick check
on TWR Boa Vista just as I am mentioning its absence on WOR.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, Sept 2 at 0321, R. Progreso is still OFF; what`s wrong?
Something, always at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11950, Aug 27 at 2215, RHC on here during the hour earlier
than scheduled, with non-// alternative Spanish programming to 11760
mainstream. Something`s always wrong? at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13820, Aug 29 at 1315, noise jamming where there has been no
RM since March. Something`s always wrong at DCJC. Also jams its real
frequency 13605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13740, Aug 29 at 1315, RHC on here but not 13700 and no
spurs, with report on COVID-19 statistics in Cuba by provincias,
municipios, barrage of figures I don`t try to copy but I think he said
the mortality rate was under 3%; from echoey venue.
Still no 13700 at 1352, but by 1454, 13700 is on and 13740 is off.
Nominal skeds for these two: 13700, 13-15 to San Francisco; 13740,
11-14 to Buenos Aires, but not noticeably weaker here. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11670, Aug 29 at 2342, RHC in Spanish // 11760. Checking
since Rick Barton, AZ, heard English on 11670, Aug 23 at 2320. That
hour is supposed to be on 7385 and 5040. I do hear it poorly vs HSNL
on 5040, but only a JBA carrier on 7385, surely something else,
probably TIBET tho WHRI is also registered. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6145 & 6100, UT Mon Aug 31 at 0616, RHC `DXers Unlimited`,
Arnie`s prop info seems a bit dated, then outro as the mit-week
edition, so despite `Ed Newman` then pointing out that there are two
per week, must have been playing the wrong/old one, and 0619 into his
`Mailbag`. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But the two last
frequencies on air this late both enjoy good modulation (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6100, Sept 1 at 0612, RHC English is S9+30 but JBM; 6145 is
S9+20 but sufficiently modulated. Last night`s parity is long-gone.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13740, Sept 1 at 1837, RHC Kriyol at S9+10/20, // 11760. And
not on 15140 where it is supposed to be with 13740 off air between 14
and 21, 11760 off between 18 and 21. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6145, Sept 2 at 0330, RHC English is only S5-S8 and JBM,
sounds like Arnie as to be expected for `DXers Unlimited`; while the
only //, 6000 is S8-S9 and also just barely modulated, so listeners
are out of luck until maybe some better frequency after 0500 such as
5040, 6100. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9790, Sept 2 at 0342, CRI Cantonese relay hour is only S7-S9
maybe due prop disturbance instead of blasting in, yet also open
carrier/dead air. What a waste. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 9490.028V, Aug 28 at 0242, R. República via RMI via
Issoudun, FRANCE, with song blending ME and Cuban elements? Soon 0244
into complaints of a political prisoner; S9+10/20 and no jamming
audible now. Frequency is varying slightly, difficultizing measuring.
After 0300, the UT Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon extension hour has resumed on 5800,
WRMI itself, confirmed at 0344 check Aug 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 5800, UT Wed Sept 2 at 0324, WRMI with R. República,
and no jamming audible yet, tho the signal is quite strong even here,
yet aimed SSE toward Cuba. Originally this extension after 9490 France
to add 0300-0400 was UT Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon only, so now 7 days? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) {if on UT Tue, would bump off WOR at 0330}
** EUROPE. Free Radio Service Holland, Aug 30: S8-S9 but noisy on both
5789.910v and 7700.136v via UTwente at 1755 rock music, 1757 as 200th
broadcast, acknowledging web receiver listener in Buenos Aires.
Supposed to be running until 2100. Is site really in Netherlands?
Plenty of private stations are now licensed, but this remains pirate?
Sorry, but I would rather listen to `Pipedreams` $tereo organ music as
usual Sundays 17-19 UT, and `With Heart and Voice` at 19-20 via WYSU
webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY. On Friday, August 28, 2020, 01:52:33 AM GMT+1, Bill
Tilford via groups.io <trombonchicago76@yahoo.com> wrote:
``There will be a test of FTIOM & UBMP on 9670 kHz (Channel 292 from
Germany) from 1600-1800 UTC. The rest of the week's schedule
follows:`` My sequence of WOR iog posts: ``What date for this? Like
before, Friday, 28th? Glenn``
``Yes, it`s today Fri Aug 28. Listening via UTwente, signed on late
at 1603, VP signal. By 1623 only a JBA carrier or bits of music and
hash on frequency; something on 9665 but not enough to QRM. Nothing at
Portugal KiwiSDR, which should be better skip distance. 1719 still
nothing at Lisboa; wild jazz S7 audible at UTwente but far too much
noise/hash to enjoy. But fading up by 1725 to S9+15 peak on 9670.00439
locked, almost tolerable, back down to S7. Is anyone else listening
anywhere with better reception? Glenn`` By 1730 tuneout, Bill is
plugging his Sept 7 specials on Channel 292 and WBCQ. Wolfgang
Bueschel replies:
``Such mini 10 kW non-directional antenna broadcast to either western
Europe, nighttime across ocean to Maine and Massachusetts, or UTC
nighttime to European Russia target IS INEFFECTIVE. It is necessary
to r e n t the real broadcaster 100 kilowatt or 300 kW powerful
units in ORS Moosbrunn Austria, MBR Nauen Germany or CJSC Yerevan
Gavar Armenia. 73 wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY. 9670.00439v, re my report of FTIOM & UBMP test via Channel
292, Friday Aug 28: ``...But fading up by 1725 to S9+15 peak on
9670.00439 locked, almost tolerable, back down to S7. Is anyone else
listening anywhere with better reception? Glenn`` --- Dave Kenny, UK,
replies Aug 29 to the WOR iog:
``Reception on 9670 was very good on SDRs in Ireland and in the west
of England yesterday. I also checked on a couple of Spanish receivers
where it was OK too – but not as good as Ireland/UK. Twente is far too
close for the skip at 9 MHz and the Lisbon receiver seems fairly deaf
and noisy. 73s Dave`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ISRAEL [non]. (9955), WRMI webcast UT Mon Aug 31 at 0400 I check
what`s on it after SW turns off: news all about Israel, Gaza, i.e.
Israel Radio or whatever they call it now as scheduled for a full hour
on WRN web/satcast. But by 0450 or so, wild world music with WRMI ID
by BB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun Aug 30 at 0000, The Mighty KBC via
Nauen, GERMANY, is opening at only S5-S7. Kraig Krist now confirms
that from next week, the Sunday-only 0000-0200 broadcast will revert
to 5960. I check that now and hear nothing, tho CNR 100 kW ND from
Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, land of ChiCom persecution of Uyghurs, is
still in HFCC from 2330 until 1800, and presumably still
off-frequency-minus, a CCI problem further east, especially circa
Europe, but KBC won`t move (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Aug 27 at 0558, no signal from VON which should be
running IS by now for 0600 broadcast, but not rechecked later here or
elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Aug 28 at 0623, VON is on for a change, S9+10/20,
and with good modulation for a change, talk in presumed Hausa about
COVID-19 -- number pronounced in English -- and demokrasi (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9v, Aug 29 at 0602, VON is AWOL again, and not on
9689.9v either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9v, Aug 30 at 0558, again no signal from VON.
Wolfgang Bueschel says at 0851 Aug 30, ``7254.9v 06-11 UT requested -
vague imprecise -, nothing heard here in past days, empty channel this
Aug 30 morning also`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Aug 31 at 0614, once again no signal from VON, not
on 9689.9 nor 11769.9; altho the latter is still being reported in
their evenings. But 11770 at 1714 Aug 31 via UTwente only Chinese
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.9v, Sept 1 at 0610, again zero signal from VON to
begin another month. It`s been so sporadic that we do not yet draw any
conclusions of a permanent QRT. Besides,
11769.894, Sept 1 at 1519, S6 VP signal in African? language, typical
VON offset, vs. RHC 11760 splash out to plus/minus 20 kHz. 1859
recheck, still a JBA carrier. Wolfgang Bueschel agrees:
``11769.894 kHz, Voice of Nigeria from Abuja, requested as Igbo
service. Talk by male presenter. At 1620 UT on Sept 1st. Proper S=9+30
or -46dBm powerful signal into Europe today. [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept
1)`` and four days earlier:
``11769.893 kHz, Voice of Nigeria from Abuja, probably in English. At
1804 UT on Aug 28. Sideband splash signal disturbtion of S=9+35 or
-39dBm powerhouse, from adjacent CRI Beijing in Germany, via big bcast
center in Kashgar, western China {East Turkistan}. Noted in Liverpool
England and Netherlands Perseus server-net. [selected SDR options,
span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug
28)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. I haven`t kept rereporting this daily, but as of 1409 UT
Aug 27 daytime, no change since last report Aug 21, concerning 515-MCW
kHz, ND Beacon PN, Ponca City, still OFF; and 341-MCW kHz, NDB EI,
Enid, still on (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, Aug 30 at 1451 daytime, NDB PN Ponca City is
still OFF; 341-MCW, EI locally Enid is still on but JBA. Yesterday
afternoon could hear EI on the N/S shortwire, but not on the magloop
which may be having problems (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 27 at 2212, no signal here from VOT, surely off;
remote not checked since 9420 neighbor Greece accomplishes S8-S9.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 31 at 2200 and still 2220, no signal from VOT
English to us. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler.
9830, Sept 1 at 2200, VG S9+40 VOT signal at UTwente as YL yet again
opens this broadcast claiming it is at 1230 on 15450. Now it may well
be necessary to do one English broadcast per day at mid-afternoon, and
play it back for all the subsequent English times. But they should say
so, so at least the sign-ons make sense. Of course, we`re lucky they
are even uttering the correct current season time and frequency for
the original. Something`s always awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 7275.057, Sept 2 at 0334, VOT English to us intruding into
our 40m exclusive hamband, only S5-S9, JBA with Turkish music fill,
and markedly off-frequency. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, Wed Sept 2 at 2200, VOT cuts on just in time,
allaying fears of yet another no-show, S9+40 as monitored via UTwente.
Usual features; news, press reviews, `This Day in History`, `Did You
Know That?` between music breaks, COVID-19 PSA, but by 2220, yet again
no `Letterbox`, just more great Turkish music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U K [non]. 12095, UT Sun Aug 30 at 0431, BBCWS via OMAN, VG to
UTwente at 320 degrees, with première of new show until November,
`Comedians vs The News`. Alan Roe found the only other SW frequencies
would be 13580 also Oman, which goes out at 10 degrees and much
weaker; and 9915 via Madagascar, which I was trying before 0430 but
not as good on remotes altho it should be the only possibility
directly into North America if checked. The co-hosts say they are a
Canadian Lesbian married couple, also bi-cultural obviously from their
names. Their two other foreign guests this week are from India and
Mexico, as they satirize current news; fun show, and can be found on
podcasts via https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct0x37 where Alan says
he also will have to get it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 contents: Algeria, Antarctica,
Belarus non, Bolivia, Bougainville, Canada, China, Cuba and non,
France, India, Indonesia, Korea South & North, Laos, Madagascar,
México, Mongolia, Netherlands and non, New Zealand, Perú, Poland,
Spain, Sudan, Tajikistan/Tibet non, Turkey, UK, USA; and the
propagation outlook
WOR 2049 is available as of 2318 UT Thursday August 27
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2049.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2049.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 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9955-[jammed?] to SSE
0700 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800-NEW to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 NEW to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks for financial support from Eric Lund, Karlsborg, Sweden
for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com
- not necessarily US funds as PP will convert
One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring: confirmed first
WRMI broadcast, Friday August 28 at 2200 on 9955, good via TWR Bonaire
SDR and no jamming audible.
Also confirmed UT Sat Aug 29 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9955 better S4-S6 via
Boa Vista than Bonaire; 7780 good S9+10 via UTwente.
From Unique Radio, Australia website, https://www.uniqueradio.biz/ ---
``Unique Radio SHORTWAVE FEED 5045 kHz & 3210 kHz has ended due to
relocation. Podcasts and online continue as usual. Unique 2SG &
Classic Hits from the 60's to the 80's and beyond · The Sound of
Gunnedah and the Northwest - New Local Radio Coming Soon``
Is 2SG a legal, licensed unique callsign, in NSW pattern as if were on
MW? Since this weekly WOR schedule deals with SW, not webcast-only,
Unique Radio will no longer appear here, but WOR times remain: 0900 UT
Fri & Mon; 0700 UT Sat & Sun. Will its SW ever resume? Next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800-NEW to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 NEW to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring: almost confirmed
Saturday August 29 at 1310, the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA traces of
talk.
Also confirmed at 1615 the 1600 Saturday on all WRN webcasts, presumed
International-Vacuum satellites too. Next:
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800-NEW to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 NEW to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring: confirmed Sat Aug 29 at 1949
UT at Algeria, so just started, on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, S7
via KiwiSDR in nearby Warrenton.
Missed Sat Aug 28 at 2300 on WRMI 7780; did anyone hear it?
Also confirmed UT Sun Aug 30 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, sufficient
but high storm noise level [HSNL], over Arkansas, not Missouri, about
2 minutes in so started circa 0326. Next:
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800-NEW to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 NEW to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday August 31 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct but some deep fades:
this week #13 transmitter does not dump off air before 0100.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 31 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+10 via
UTwente; also on WRN webcast.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 31 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+20 via
UTwente; and also for second week surprise 5800, S9+10/20 via TWR Boa
Vista KiwiSDR.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 31 from 0259.5 on Area 51 webcast; and WBCQ
5130, S3-S7 via Rochester SDR; closing 0328.5 on 5130 direct S9+10
including HSNL.
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 31 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20, no
jamming, better than where aimed at TWR Bonaire and Boa Vista. 0358
Maine SDR at S9/+10. As always cuts off the air by 0400* before ID can
finish. See also below for 9955 webcast 0400+. Next:
Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 31 from 1800.6 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria;
S9+20 via UTwente with Synch readout as 72900003.71 Hz. Autonotch
checked somewhat reduces the 7291 warble, but no way to get rid of the
heavy splash from 7280 Vietnam and 7290 Iran. Continues intact past
1810. However, tuned in earlier: *1755 carrier on; 1758.4 bumps up
power so quieter; 1758.8 JIP WOR already running for a few minutes in
Belarus [non] item; 1800 interrupted for quick IRRS ID only, FSN
headlines, 1800.6 restart WOR. Next:
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 NEW to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday
September 1 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9/+20 at UTwente.
Also confirmed UT Tue Sept 1 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG at TWR Bonaire
S9+5/15. I leave it on in the background but notice about 0350 that
music is playing! ME-ish world music fill, so for some reason dumped
out of this new WORtime well before it finished. Rarely does a week go
by without some problem with WOR playbax, so we are fortunate with
redundancies.
Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2049 monitoring, next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S NEWs
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
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- not necessarily US funds as PP will convert
One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 6159.9v, Aug 28 at 2347, S8-S9 but noisy, WBCQ `Old Tyme
Radio` is opening an episode of `Amos `n` Andy` as re-produced by Ed
Bolton; a little late if to finish by hourtop? But it does, now
listening to Area 51/61 webcast, 2357 organ theme and outro. 0000 Aug
29 into `Crusader Rabbit` instead of `AAAWWW`, which has already
started WTO theme and interjexions on 7490 webcast. Allan soon plugs
OTR show but says he is now on 6160; random conversation with Angela,
including benefits of vertical antenna to reduce
horizontally-polarized noise. 0023 false-start to politix he always
says he doesn`t want to get into on show, is quadri-casting on 3265,
5130, 6160, 7490. Angela is wearing soft, sexy, pants he hasn`t seen
her in before.
0026 I check Rochester SDRs and indeed AAAWWW is heard on 6160 and the
others; but still NOT on the A51/61 webcast; at 0027 it exclaims, ``Dr
Becker`s Magic Mushrooms on the Lumpy Gravy Show``. Back on AAAWWW,
0032 confirms date as 28 August YOOL 2020; then A&A really get into
politix: hypocrisy, ``deep state`` conspiracy nonsense; they can`t
comprehend how anyone could vote for Biden instead of Trump, thus
ending freedom and everything in America. (Me, if I had to choose
lesser of evils, it would be Socialism instead of Trump`s Fascism; in
fact Democratic Socialism is not evil at all but successful in much of
N/W Europe; but the populace needs to be unselfish, a tough call for
Americans, and a Canadian.) Reads long anti-Democratic screed e-mailed
by more than one listener; Angela is also anti-vac, but Allan claims
to be pro-science. 0059 prayer and 0100 over to Hal Turner. Here`s
John Carver`s version:
``Tonight's show started on time on 7490 and just a few seconds later
on 5130 and 6160. I don't check 3265 as it's such a pain to do so.
Allan and Angela in the studio. Opening positive talk about the Area
61 Old Time Radio program on 6160 and all the positive comments they
have received about it. Then a plug for shortwave listening in
general. Some antenna talk then into antennas on dumbphones. Angela
broke in and said they should have a picnic on top of the
superstations antenna and Allan quips that they are the only two
people at the station that could climb to the top and still function.
Then into TV antennas and finally back to radio antennas. Then talk of
antenna problems in FLA because of all the noise down there.
By 0023 they start to slowly drift into some political talk even
though Allan said he didn't like to do political talk during his show.
Allan distracted us by talking about how Angela was dressed and when
the discussion restarted we were back to talking of dumbphones again.
Angela brought up Pirate Joe and Allan stated that he was a communist,
left wing liberal and we're back into politics. Then Allan read an
older email from Ross on the Cape and it had to do with the election
and the general conditions in this country at this time. Angela got
animated after this and Allan started to read another email that had
to do with draining the swamp.
Reading of regular emails began at 0052 and Angela got a little wild.
Closing prayer at 0058 and program was off the air at 0100 again in
mid-sentence. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9315-9345, Sept 2 at 0340, WLCR in British via WBCQ is
splattering out to this range from S9+30/40 fundamental 9330. Seems to
me this is excessive despite the very strong signal. Wondering if it`s
500 or only 250 kW, as some of the closer targets were so registered,
I check HFCC, which displays imaginary info: Nothing on 9330 between
0100 and 0900, rather 6195 at 0300-0400 in German! Despite WBCQ-6
*never* able to reach any frequency but 9330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9955, Aug 27 at 1418, WRMI prolonged today beyond nominal
1400* with Freedom Synergy Radio talking about Taiwan in English. You
never know whether this webcast-only time will also get shortwaved
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5850 // much weaker 5010, UT Fri Aug 28 at 0129 WRMI
abruptly cuts off Robobibling in English from ABF for ID and 0130 Bob
Bierman ``Greatest Music of All Time``, first Middle Eastern, by 0144
Cuban, ``MiLonga``, etc. Filling a blank field on the System F
skedgrid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, Aug 30 at 0601, SMTV via WRMI with double audio feed
echoing; has happened before, wonder how? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, Aug 31 at 0620, SMTV repetitive music beat suspected
of double audio feed but not so obvious until 0623 talk which is
horribly duplicated, or is it triplicated. Evidently no one at Okee is
monitoring, like no one beyond cares to listen to this cult, as it was
thus 24 hours ago; and also in between on 15770 as Wolfgang Bueschel
noted:
``15770even WRMI, two time double echo program, SMTV - echo some 1 1/2
second audio later repeat, S=9+20dB at 1610 UT on Aug 30; in Detroit
MI, Rochester NY, and Aberdeen NJ US states Perseus server net (wb
df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 30)`` --- I could not find this by
searching on 15770 since he attached `even` to it! See also ISRAEL
[non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (5085) $tereo WTWW-2 webcast, UT Sun Aug 30 starting at 0026
after hamstuff, anonymous theatre organ music show from Bob Heil in
Belleville IL. Yes, he never mentions any program name, so I still
call it `Theatre Organ [NOT] in the Ozarx`. or TONITO. Most of this
show is ``virtual`` performance by Len Larsen(sp?) who sent some kind
of memory card which Bob inserts into his own organ to run it, pulling
stops, etc., but without keys going up and down. LL had previously
sampled the best thorgans around the country for each simulated
instrument! Runs until 0056.5, back to rock.
After this at 0100-0200 UT Sundays, I habitually listen to `Encore`
classical music, VG via WRMI 5850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9265V, Sat Aug 29 at 1356, WINB playing Dixieland, `Saints
Go Marchin` In`, 1359 ID distorted. As always the frequency is
constantly wobbling, as no one else ever mentions. Is on air mornings,
only weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4840, Sun Aug 30 at 0604, S9+10/20 of dead air again from
WWCR, while 3215 & 5890 are Brother HyStairical. Happens over and over
in nightmiddle, automation misprogramming? as if, zzz, no one at 1300
WWCR Ave know or care (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15825, Aug 31 at 1451, WWCR-1 S9+10, while an hour before
was a JBA carrier. Sporadic E has hit it; DXMAP shows some MUFs to 27
MHz, altho not directly between us. By now it will be a rare day for
any FM DX but at least had a few good openings this summer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7505, Sept 2 at 0321, WRNO is still OFF; what`s wrong?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1070, Aug 29 received this reply to my report of the WCSZ DX
test: ``Hi Glen[n], Thanks for your report - it confirms your
reception of WCSZ on August 22, 2020. This was non-DA, at 50 kW the
entire time. They were DA daytime until about ten years ago, when that
equipment was removed. Three towers at night, aimed at the ocean with
Greenville [SC] in it's main lobe. Indianapolis kills them in their
fringes at night. Al Hajny`` --- that`s it, no eQSL attached.
S.S. is an ~8K suburb on the NW side of Greenville. My Collins Gem
pocket dixionary, originally owned by G. B. Hancock for a 5th hour
French class, says souci means: care, worry, anxiety, solicitude,
marigold; Google says expression, `sans souci` without any of those =
carefree. The Arizonans skipped the French for their Carefree, as Paul
Harvey used to remind us, north of Phœnix, presumably a retirement
community (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 27 at 1410 UT, KLEY Wellington KS, is still on
steadily S9 but only a trace of music modulation; maybe the 250-watt
daytime rating, but useless except for the 100.3 FM translator to
pretend to relay it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 11835 & 7890, Sept 1 at 0614, R. Vanuatu X 4 and X 3 are
both but JBA carriers tonight. Propagation disturbed (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. Correxion to last log of JBA 3945 harmonic carriers only,
as Ron Howard points out, not X4 and X3 on 11835 & 7890, but X3 and
X2. There is a X4 on 15780 not detectable here. How about further up
in the closer daytime Pacific? Check 19725, 23670, 27615, 31560, etc.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. JBA MW carrier search, Aug 27 at 0605: 621, 711, 846,
855(2), 882, all probably Eurafrican except 846 Kiritimati (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Aug 28 at
0253-0300, not in the order tuned: 684, 711.0, 891, 936, 1098(2),
1107(2), 1125, 1152, 1215(2), 1305(2) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. JBA TA MW carrier search Aug 28 at 0622 UT: only 621,
stronger than 711, presumably Canary Islands and Morocco. (No 846 from
Kiritimati either) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Aug 29 at 0606:
nothing but 621, presumed CANARY ISLANDS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Aug 30 at 0607:
only 621, presumed Canaries; not even 846 Kiritimati TP (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9-kHz JBA MW carrier search, Aug 31 at 0637 UT; only 846
presumed TP KIRITIMATI, and 621 presumed TA CANARY ISLANDS. No 711,
while 710 is dominated by on-frequency Rebelde CUBA // 5025 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 711.0, Sept 1 at 0616, JBA carrier while no TA`s are
audible, not even 621 altho there is HSNL from OKC area which is being
flooded by up to 8 inches of rain in some suburbs. But it`s strong
enough to get a rough DF separable from 710s, as ENE/WSW, which rules
out Cuba, and probably too clockwise for Morocco either. What
Unitedstatesians are along that axis? Surely not the biggies WOR NY or
KSPN LA; how about KBMB Black Canyon City [Phœnix] AZ? There is no
longer a 710 in Sonora. XEDP in Chihuahua used to be off-minus by an
odd amount but not for a year or two (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 2 at
0310-0318 UT: 531, 549, 612(2), 621, 684(2), 711, 756(-)birdie?,
774(2, or beating against a birdie), 828, 837, 855, 891, 1044,
1098(2), *1107(2), 1125(2), 1134; none higher but the QRM splash is
worst above the `clear` channels.
*1107 strongest of the lot so 0319 try for some audio, and detect a
bit of music which is not coming from 1100 or 1110. Big gun on 1107 is
400 kW from Afghanistan, but far more likely are the five Radio 5
synchros from Spain ranging from 10 to 25 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, Sept 2 at 0324, JBA carrier, as often detectable
in our evenings. Suspected one of the Euro-pirates, such as Radio
Harmony if it run all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
Politics --- DONALD TRUMP’S CORRUPTION WAS ON FULL DISPLAY AT THE RNC
George Zornick, Jesselyn Cook, HuffPost August 25, 2020, 11:10 PM CDT
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/trump-corruption-rnc-041022029.html
THE DAILY [SOCIAL DISTANCING] SHOW, with TREVOR NOAH
On Comedy Central, UT Tue-Fri at 0300-0345, repeated 0515-0600 UT, but
you don`t even need basic cable. Terrific political satire so needed
now, segment by segment:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trevor+noah+daily+show
This week however, another episode UT Sat Aug 29 to wrap up RNC (gh)
Nina Jankowicz (Wilson Center): "Imagine leading a media organization
and insinuating your reporters are spies. I have colleagues who are
being forced to return to dangerous environments because USAGM won't
renew their visas. They will be at risk because they've done critical,
truthful reporting while at VOA. These people have USG security
clearances and have been heavily vetted, usually multiple times. They
join USAGM because they're committed to bringing reliable information
to environments where it's hard to get. Pack's statements are
endangering USAGM employees around the globe."
https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1299442605420412935
(and thread)(via Kim Elliott)
Nina J. has also just appeared on CSPAN2,
``How to lose the information war``, 17-18 UT Aug 30, and:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?474415-1/how-lose-information-war
(gh)