** ALGERIA. Correxion: original post typoed 12590 instead of 13590: I have extracted complete schedule from HFCC as of May 12: Béchar site, 300 kW at 131 degrees from the NW near Morocco: 03-06 9470 & 9500 [alternates; 9470 reported] 06-09 15110 09-11 17600 11-18 21550 18-21 17600 21-03 13590 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191) ** ALGERIA. 9470, May 19 at 0503, algo S7/S9 but just barely modulated, presumed Ifrikya FM, Béchar site as scheduled 03-06. Other frequency at this hour should be 13790 Ouargla, unchecked. As with many other items in this report, I`m making a point to monitor before & after 05 UT, an earlier hour than habitually after 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat May 20 at 2110, LRA36 is JBA S3/S5 into Argentine SDR, W&M conversation mentioning radioaficionados, then fades in a bit better vs noise level. Today it was reported first at *2003 direct to Spain by Manuel Méndez. It broke off but came back. Nominal schedule is until 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 24 at 2056 and 2242 chex, no signal from LRA36 into Argentine remote altho it did appear last Wednesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 10125 USB, May 24 at 0643, again hearing phone QSOs between Oz accents, anomaly on ``30m`` band supposedly non-phone only; finally copy some calls but not positive of them: VK6AV, portable 2, as in QRZ.com seems fitting: VK6AV Australia flag Australia ALAN GUMMERY, CARAVANING AUSTRALIA, Perth, WA 6000, Australia ``formerly vk4nai. I have been travelling for the past year or so in my caravan and use a 857d with a screwdriver antenna on the back of my 4×4. recently updated to advanced call while in the west. hope to make many contacts while mobile. l also use a W5GI dipole when able to get it up in the trees. 7515938 Last modified: 2016-08-20 00:19:15`` /2 means in NSW now or ACT. Contact with a VK2? Then 0644 maybe mentioned VK7DM, which would be Tasmania: VK7DM Australia flag Australia DAVID MARSLAND, 63 ALFORD STREET, HOWRAH, TAS 7018, Australia with some equipment photos. HK3QQ keyboard letters also on 10125 CW but only light clix audible, no obstacle when tuning USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BOTSWANA. 13830.32, Tue May 23 at 0638, open carriers beating, seemingly another on 13830.0. Presumably VOA in French not turned off after 0530-0630 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034 USB, Trenton Military unheard at random daytime chex lately, such as May 20 at 1747, May 21 at 1455. Wonder if CHR be gone, or I happen to try at times which are transmission breaks --- or degraded propagation. ``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2023 May 21 1500 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 May follow. Solar flux 170 and estimated planetary A-index 35. The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 21 May was 2.67. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate. Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are likely. `` At the 1455 log, I find neighbor 14670 CHU is JBA, and so is Gander on 10051 USB. I haven`t really checked CHR night channel 6754 USB. At 1550 May 21, Maryland SDR is hearing nothing from 15034 or 14670 but 10051 is JBA. Let 15034 play past 1600: not a trace. FWIW, EiBi shows 6754 at 2310-1100, 15034 at 1010-2400: i.e. 50-minute overlaps. Does that mean two separate transmitters, or allowing for variations in QSY times? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6754 USB, May 22 at 0648, NO signal from CHR, Trenton Military VOLMET night frequency, just like 15034 day frequency also AWOL lately. At least we still have Gander on 3485, 6604, 10051, 13270, all USB confirmed May 23 into Maryland SDR announcing correct! time 0020z. Broadcasts start at :20 and :50 past each hour, for how long? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 10 minutes, ``out`` at 0030, after 13270 had uteblaaps QRM ** CANADA. 15034 USB, May 23 at 1533, Trenton Military is JBA, at par with ``no report received`` from Zagreb, Split. Had been inaudible several days and presumed off altho propagation has been degraded and still is. Right now, CHU 14670 is also JBA. CHR is again audible direct at 2227 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 21505, May 19 at 0455, two weak signals S0/S2 beating with a fast SAH, i.e. CNR1 jammer vs RFA Chinese via TINIAN this hour. What else on 13m tnx to ``night`` propagation as we are only one month from midnight-sun Solstice? 21530, something is here: a Sound of Hope frequency, therefore CNR1 jamming. Also a JBA carrier on 21560.1 but nothing listed and probably one of those infernal internally generated Wellbrook birdies, rather than a typically off-frequency Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910-, May 19 at 0511, in the expanse of one minute, Alcaraván Radio is totally obliterated thrice by ``running water`` ute QRM on and off. Never noticed that here before. 6010 Conciencia remains absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, May 19 at 0505, HK3QQ, Bogotá, the slow but defective keyboard-letter sequences between VVVs and IDs, which I would hear any night around 0630 chex. Wonder what the extent of its schedule be? Strangely, I have not seen any other logs of this very distinctive and unique programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, May 19 at 0443, RHC is S4/S8 but just barely modulated, as is longstanding standard for this frequency. Beyond me why they don`t just turn it off if can`t fix it. Also with plus/minus 10 kHz spur parasites but I neglected to check for those this time. No comparison to loud and clear // 11760 in Spanish. // 11670 is also on at 0445 May 19, weaker S5/S6 but decent modulation. 15230, May 19 at 0450, RHC also on here in Spanish, S3/S9 but modulation suptorted = suppressed and distorted. Somethings` always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Fatalities and a dangerous lack of protection: what Cuban workers cannot blow the whistle on In recent years, several workers have died due to frequent violations of occupational safety protocols. Alfredo Herrera Sánchez, Madrid 17 Mayo 2023 - 21:16 CEST Illustration. Diario de Cuba Workers' Memorial day, sponsored by the United Nations (UN), was celebrated on April 28. This day "explored the theme of safe and healthy working environments as a fundamental principle and right at work." This opened a cycle that closed this May Day, also recognized by the UN as International Workers' Day. As throughout the last six decades, in every municipality of Cuba there was a parade organized by the regime, although this time it was held on May 5 due to the fuel shortage. In countries with totalitarian leftist systems, such as Cuba, May Day is used to celebrate the supposed achievements that make the "emancipated and empowered proletariat" proud. In democratic countries, such as Spain, the date is used to demand labor rights (the original purpose of the celebration). Castroism has hijacked the day to the point that workers on the island cannot demand changes in their work environment. May Day parades in Cuba are not conceived for that, but to show support for the regime...`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1684351002_47215.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12000, UT Thu May 19 at 0446, `Chariots of Fire` theme introducing `Arts Report` on RHC English, S4/S7 on this second harmonic, but // 6000 is much stronger, S9+30/40, and nothing on 9700 which is often // English earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 7355, May 19 at 0507, weak pulse jamming vs some talker. It`s NHK Warudo R. Japan in one of its last two English broadcasts, via FRANCE to Africa --- so foolish to pick a frequency which has *ever* been used by R. Martí! Not this season, but much heavier jamming on 7365 which is RM this season but not at this hour. Okiro! frequency managers! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12200, May 20 at 0619, RHC English, S9+10/20 with squeal on 2 x 6100, which is weaker, only S9/+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11670, UT Sunday May 21 at 0643, jazz and RHC ID in English, S9/+10 extraneous frequency this time instead of 12200. Weak music on 6000 is not //, so proper English channel is off already. What could that be? EiBi and Aoki both show nothing but Akashvani, Leh, India, from 0630, but can`t be that at local noon, even if really active. Jose Jacob shows it is, with 2.5 kW from 0630: https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw_top.htm HFCC shows Leh not until 0700, and nothing now. Could be a mixing product and soon vanished, or remnant of RHC anyway; I was switching back and forth to evaluate parallelism rather than doubly-receiving (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, May 22 at 0643, S9+20 of almost dead air except for trace of sup/torted modulation, English? And squeal, and noise field surrounding plus/minus 25 kHz. Something`s very wrong at RHC. No other frequencies found on any band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9565, May 23 at 0622, two-tone blipping with BFO, surely a jammer against nothing, operator messing around as happens occasionally, instead of regular pulse noise. This is a longtime Martí frequency, but only at 21-24 per Aoki & EiBi; and wisely, no other broadcasters are ever on 9565 now. Some different toning on 11930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 9965, May 23 at 0621, pulse jamming against nothing, a frequency evacuated by R. República at least a decade ago when stopped via Costa Rica. Now using 9965 are only Palau on a very limited non-daily 08/13 UT skedspan; and EiBi also shows something unknown to me: 9965 0000-2400 irr B Rádio Pirâmide P B xx must be a Brazilian pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT [non?]. 9440.005, May 20 circa 2140, nothing into UTwente; I`m out of habit checking for Cairo, English sked 2115-2245; last report I find was on April 12 from Andy Reid when there was some modulation. At 2228 today I do have an open carrier, maybe JBM as measured. But this hour only, BBC via VOA Tinang, PHILIPPINES is also scheduled and heard before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. Reply via the WOR iog to my May 20 log on 9440: ``Hi Glenn, Actually, Radio Cairo English service made one of its rare appearances on May 21, starting at 2115. The broadcast was clear and the modulation level was good. There was a news round-up followed by "Feature" which discussed the anniversary of the establishment of the Egyptian Geographic Society on May 19, 1875. This was followed by another short programme, but the announcer had a very strong local accent and spoke so quickly, that I could not grasp what she was saying. There was News headlines at 2130 followed by "History of Egypt" discussing Deir-al-Medina - "the Place of Truth", an ancient Egyptian workmen's village. Sadly, the broadcast cut off abruptly at 2138 and did not return, so I gave up listening at about 2145. Of the other languages, German on 9410 at 1900 is co-channel to BBC Dhabayya and Albanian has CRI co-channel on 9490 at 1500, but the Albanian release has been off air for many weeks now. The transmitter with the loud hum is now replaced by another unit from 5th - 11th May and from 17th May onwards. This third transmitter has a buzzing sound, but it is lower level and I find it quite tolerable, provided that they set the modulation level sufficiently high. I had e-mailed them requesting that this alternative transmitter be used from now on. There is still the problem of many transmissions being off air or cut off before time. I am beginning to wonder if there might be problems with the electrical grid in Egypt, causing unexpected power outages. Maybe our Egyptian contributor Tarek Zeidan can clarify the situation? [later:] Albanian service returned to the air May 22 at 1500 on 9490. Still with CRI co-channel but interference only slight. Radio Cairo modulation level and audio quality was good. Will this situation continue or will things deteriorate again in the coming days? Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.`` Tnx, Alan. Despite all the other problems, when on, 9440 would consistently read out as minus 5 Hz on 9439.995 into UTwente. It would be helpful to find what that be now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM [and non]. 9890, May 23 at 1955, tune in one of two KiwiSDRs in Korea South, for KSDA, AWR scheduled to start a new day at 20-21 UT in Korean. Cuts on air at *1957 with incredible S9+60 carrier, some dips to only +45. 1959 my ``Optimum`` internet drops out, and not back until 2001 when I`m on the other KS SDR where it`s much weaker and noisier, but underway in Korean with AWR mentions, perhaps for the last time? Since a super-typhoon is heading toward Guam and expected to hit Wednesday afternoon, circa 04 UT. As soon as we got this story via Mike Terry, A monster typhoon is barreling toward a US territory with deadly winds and 25-foot storm surge By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist Published 10:47 AM EDT, Tue May 23, 2023 Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward Guam on Tuesday, threatening to slam into the US territory as the strongest storm there in more than 60 years. The typhoon, which has strengthened rapidly in recent days, is posing a “triple threat” of devastation including deadly winds equivalent to a category 5 hurricane, exceptional storm surge and torrential rainfall, according to the National Weather Service office in Guam... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/weather/typhoon-mawar-guam-forecast-track-tuesday/index.html I started replying: I was going to suggest monitoring KTWR & KSDA whether they be blown off -- both totally worthless for any LOCAL news about Guam. WRTH Update https://wrth.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WRTH23_INT_Summer-8.pdf has nothing under Guam. Instead they are mixed in with other TWR and AWR sites under Singapore and USA respectively. If anyone can find or compile KTWR-only or KSDA-only transmission skeds, please do so. Glenn Perhaps most convenient will be EiBi by time: http://www.eibispace.de/dx/bc-a23.txt For KTWR, search on KTWR, to find it is OFF the air between 1630 and 1000. For KSDA, search on GUM-a, which is OFF the air at 1830-2000 and 0000-1000. Not considering day of week variations. So first up will be KSDA at 20-21 in Korean on 9890 Glenn, 1833 UT There is one public radio station, KPRG http://www.kprgfm.com/main/index.php and its stream is working http://peridot.streamguys.com:5090/live I have not investigated for commercial stations There are many more utility transmitters which you can find on EiBi by searching merely GUM There are no KiwiSDRs to be found on Guam by searching or on the world map. Glenn I do not see any explicitly local news on the schedule which is UT+10, but I suppose there may be some such inserts during NPR programs such as ATC. Here & Now is currently running at 6-8 am. Glenn http://www.kprgfm.com/main/index.php?key=schedule KPRG did not occupy the optional cutaway in NPR news at 1904 UT, but stayed with NPR news until 1906. Also, I see that KPRG does not carry NPR Morning Edition which would start around local midnight, but rather BBCWS. Glenn Arthur Pozner replies: Radio-locator.com has 21 local stations listed for Guam. Most of them appear to have live links. And Jose Jacob, India: Hello Glenn, KSDA A23 Schedule is in my site: https://qsl.net/vu2jos/A23/KSDA.pdf KTWR A23 Schedule is in my site: https://qsl.net/v/vu2jos//A23/KTWR.pdf Gary Pence says at 2059: Glenn, The radar shows they`re getting into it. I can only hope it moves quickly; the slower it moves or stalls awhile, more damage and destruction occurs. Gary So we`re all set to follow what happen to Guam and its stations. SAIPAN & TINIAN with USAGM SW stations are not far away to the North, and might also be affected. What hath god wrought? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM [and non]. Shortly after my previous report about imminent typhoon strike affecting SW stations KSDA and KTWR, these further posts to WOR iog, May 23/24: ``Nothing at 20:10 from KSDA Guam on 9890. Not surprising. 73, Walt Salmaniw, BC`` ``Well, my next check at 2340, 17700 was on with Chinese into S Korea SDR as sked this hour. Of course, AWR might switch to some other transmitter site if KSDA disabled. Now both KSDA and KTWR are scheduled to be off the air until 1000 UT. Glenn`` From Jose Jacob, India, to the WOR iog; at 0250 UT May 24: ``[WOR] KTWR will be silent today also. Message from KTWR. The station will be silent tonight also. Typhoon Mawar should make maximum impact to Guam today. At 1150 UTC KSDA heard on 15210 kHz but not scheduled 11855, 15500 ? 1230 UTC: 15430 missing, 15710 heard. 1300 UTC: 12055 15505 missing. 15550 tx coming and going. KSDA 1330 UTC: all 15255 15430 15550 missing today. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, www.niar.org`` I`m not trying S Korea SDR until 1548 when it`s getting nothing from KSDA on 15615, 15670 or 15680 as sked. Nor anything from KTWR on 9900, nor after 1600 on 12080. Now that the storm has passed, to discover whether they can resume normal ops, or damaged and/or powerless. Details in this story with a 2+ minute audiovideo: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/weather/typhoon-mawar-guam-storm-wednesday/index.html It seems the eye passed just north of Guam, so it could have been worse for the SW stations and everyone. Are the SW sites in the southern half of Guam? Seemingly for KSDA which FCC puts at 13-20 N, while Guam in general is at 13-26 N according to a web search showing extreme decimal detail without specifying exactly what part of Guam that be. The Northern Mariana Islands were also in the typhoon area so USAGM transmitters on SAIPAN and TINIAN need to be checked out. Their extensive skeds mixed in with all the other USAGM sites: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A23&broadc=AGM My first check of those is at 2030 May 24, when only two are scheduled, in Chinese, 9535 & 6080. Into S Korea SDR both are dominated by Firedragon music, CC talk is definitely under 9535 at S9+60, and I think also 6080 at S7, which are Saipan and Tinian, respectively. So those two sites remain operational - unless other sites have been substituted immediately. At 2320 into S Korea SDR, checking all the NMI frequencies sked until 2330 or 2400: 15555 Saipan Chinese on with CNR1 jamming; 11700 Tinian Tibetan only; 13715 Saipan Khmer only; 12140 Tinian Khmer not heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Here`s another neat little program not only on but produced at KUCO 90.1 and streaming. Many of the episodes are in ``the rest of the story`` style with a big reveal at the end, finding out who he has been talking about. I see that it is syndicated by PRX to some other stations but I have not found an affiliate list. They may be conveniently auditioned in groups of 5 at a time = less than 14 minutes per week. A Day to Remember with Kent Anderson Weekdays: 8am & 5pm {CDT = 13 & 22 UT} A Day To Remember is a daily journey into the treasures of history, great and small. Researched, written, and hosted by longtime KUCO broadcaster and award-winning novelist Kent Anderson, A Day to Remember covers a wide range of topics, ranging from ancient history to the 21st century: battles and elections, inventions and adventures, art and culture, science and spirit. “It isn’t just a typical ‘this day in history’ module, and it isn’t a lesson or a lecture,” says Anderson. “I’m telling stories. Some of them will be familiar, famous events, and others will feature stories from the past that we may not have heard so often.” https://exchange.prx.org/series/44007-a-day-to-remember Details Date-based history modules. Run time 02:45 for all episodes Related Site {with scripts and illustrations}: facebook.com/ADayToRememberRadio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191) ** ITALY [non]. 7290, Friday May 19 at 1828 I check IRRS SW, presumably via Bulgaria, S9/+20 into UTwente, during the time WOR used to air - and I briefly recognize the British voice of Ray Robinson, so it must be `AWR Wavescan` --- but he`s chopped off at 1830 for `Feature Story News`, 1833 rock music. TG when WOR was running at 1815 it would not be truncated -- tho another webcast-only, Sat at 2334, misses the last 5 minutes so FSN can run first and something else at 0000 - altho I have not rechecked this lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN. 11815, May 21 just before 1500, ``NHK World, Radio Japan, Tokyo`` ID in English but don`t get our hopes up as it`s all-Japanese to follow; English has been degraded to only two emissions, at 05 & 14, neither intended for N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN [non]. See CUBA [and non] 7355 ** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, May 19 at 0454, Turkish? music at S0/S3, presumably jammer against Dengê Welat but the only other signal nearby is JBA talk on 17450, i.e. D.W. itself via Uzbekistan?; in another failure to coöperate on same frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, May 19 at 2020, only signal around here weak speech in Turkish? S0/S1 direct so probably Recep`s jammer and/or Dengê Welat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** LIBERIA. 6050, May 23 at 0632, JBA something, presumed ELWA which Bryan Clark, NZ, says has just been resuscitated. For longtime in nightly bandscans during this hour, I have encountered nothing on 6050; and sharer HCJB is off by 0500 latest. Monrovia sunrise is now 0627 UT and varies only a few minutes during the year at +6 degrees North (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185, May 23 at 0633, S9/+10 of dead air from XEPPM as happens too frequently late at night, when I guess no one is minding the transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, May 20 at 0623, VON is S9/+10 but JBM. Standard remarx about futility, abysmalness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7400, May 19 at 0508, no signal from R. Vostochnaya Zvezda, pirate. Had been just about every night, until this from Lucas Bandura on the WOR iog May 15: ``Operator just posted this message in the HF Underground discord chat: “no radio pushka {previous name for same op, meaning rifle} for a while now. chinese radio/exciter failed. its garbage anyways, lousy amplifier circuit and very poor audio quality if using the built in modulator”`` and Arthur Pozner replied: ``It was obvious he was not using anything reliable from the very beginning. First started broadcasting in USB mode and later switched to very poor AM and invariably the result was always very atrocious audio; maybe he will find something that is made in the US or Japan!`` The other 40m pirate, Station YHWH, not on 7475 this late but was reported earlier, usually off by 0430v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6935 AM, UT Sunday May 21 at 0116, unID S7/S9 but JBM; 0156 still carrier. Many reports here https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,114107.0.html ``KMUD MOJAVE PHONE BOOTH RE-BROADCAST via NAPRS 6935 AM 0107 UTC 21 MAY 2023`` including SSTV ID images. During the Saturday evening SW music glut I`m mainly listening to `Encore` classical music from R. Tumbril this hour on 5850 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. See GUAM [and non] ** OKLAHOMA. KUCO-FM, A Day to Remember: see INTERNATIONAL INTERNET ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, May 18 at 1520 UT, BAD undecodable signal from Enid`s only local TV transmitter, K17JN-D with 3ABN network. Presumably caused by DX QRM as there is mild tropo around here per APRS map. Bandscan finds only two other BAD signals, on `open` channels, RF 31 & 34. Soon K17JN recovers (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Mild tropo enhancement around central OK at 0355 UT May 24 leads to BAD signals on `open` RF channels: 14, 20, 21, 22, 31 -- and decoding: RF 34, as 33-1 PSIP ID only HRTLND ! No call letters. Also: 33-2, RTV 33-4, Action 33-5, Family 33-6, Revival Heartland logo is a red heart with outline of a cowboy hat inside it. Where could that be? Usually with a little tropo I get Tulsa on RF34, KMYT-TV. Not very DX, but it`s low power, never before seen from OKC, about 75 km away, KWRW-LD. This is confusing since OKC already has full-power KOCB on RF33, virtual 34. Found this recent press about it: https://cordcuttersnews.com/oklahoma-city-is-getting-a-new-free-over-the-air-tv-station/ ``Oklahoma City is Getting a New Free Over The Air TV Station - By Luke Bouma on April 27, 2023 in All News Today Digital Networks, LLC announced that it is launching KWRW-LD channel 33 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Now locals will be able to watch The Heartland Network, Retro TV, The Family Channel, Rev’n, and The Action Channel. “Our goal was to always have an owned and operated station not just in Tulsa, but Oklahoma City as well,” says Joel Wertman, President of Digital Networks, LLC and parent company Get After It Media. “We have no doubt our viewership in Oklahoma City will be strong, as we know viewers will love our variety of networks and programming.” Chief Engineer of Digital Networks, LLC Tim Hurley adds, “It’s exciting to see all of the planning come to fruition, as well as to know there is a lot more on the horizon this year for launches.” Here is a quick breakdown of each channel: The Heartland Network presents the broadest variety of true country music and lifestyle entertainment. From classic country out of the vaults of Music Row to the up-and-coming artists of today, The Heartland Network truly is The Heart of Country®. Programming includes Music City Tonight, CountryLine TV, Bluegrass Ridge, Country Fix, classic movies, and original program The Unseen World. The network also carries special event coverage through in-house produced series More Than the Music and Heartland Backstage. Retro TV is the first and one of the longest-running digital broadcast networks in the country, highlighting classic series and movies from way back when. Programming includes shows such as Doctor Who, Naked City, The Saint, Danger Man, One Step Beyond, and The Ray Bradbury Theater, as well as 1980’s pop culture hits 21 Jump Street, starring Johnny Depp and the critically acclaimed crime drama Wiseguy with Ken Wahl and Jonathan Banks. The network’s original program Dracula’s Kung Fu Theatre is a favorite among viewers, with two seasons now under the show’s belt. Retro TV is also the exclusive home to the iconic and groundbreaking daytime soap opera The Doctors which originally ran on NBC from 1963 – 1982. Rev’n is a car and motor enthusiast’s dream, with shows designed around all things that rev. Whether you have a passion for cars, trucks, boats, airplanes, or motorcycles, viewers will find the speed they need in series like My Classic Car, Sam’s Garage, The Curator’s Vault, Motorhead Garage, Legendary Motorcar, and Flying Through Time, this network keeps the motor running. The Action Channel is for daredevils and adventure seekers alike with extreme racing on Boundless, to strength you can’t even fathom on Strongman Champions League, head-to-head battles on OVW Wrestling, wild and heart-pounding situations on Operation Repo, the ever-popular EFC Premium Fights, and more. The Family Channel provides programming for everyone in the family. Viewers can relax and meal plan with cooking shows like Positively Paula with Paula Deen and Bama-Q or pick out their next family vacation destination with travel shows like Chasing Down Madison Brown and Road Trip Masters. Get DIY-friendly tips from Ready, Set, Renovate, or settle down as a family for educational programming like Underwater Safari and Pet Friends, and more! `` Info from rabbitears.info: 33 34 KWRW-LD OKLAHOMA CITY OK On the air DN Display Channel Physical Channel Video Audio Call Sign Network/Pgmming 33-1 34.2 720p DD2.0 HRTLND Heartland 33-2 34.4 480i DD2.0 RTV Retro TV 33-3 34.6 480i DD2.0 REVN Rev'n 33-4 34.8 480i DD2.0 Action Action Channel 33-5 34.10 480i DD2.0 Family Family Channel 33-6 34.12 1080i DD2.0 Revival Revival TV 33-7 34.14 480i DD2.0 JTV Jewelry TV 406' 15 kW DA (H) Directional Pattern (1 kW + 11.76 dB gain = 15 kW ERP) 32.8 mile contour / 3380.4 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,200,887 367' AGL; 1621' AMSL; (1211048) 1° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter [H-Pat] Propagation Systems PSILP16AW NAD83: N 35° 26' 35.2", W 97° 28' 57.2" (35.443111, -97.482556) Pattern plot shows direxional NW, null SE, favorable for Enid to NNW. Site: From SE OKC on SE 22nd St, just E of I35, between Jordan and Missouri Aves. I did not copy all the listed subchannels before fadeout by 0410 UT. Heartland is in many but not all markets: https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Heartland almost all -LD, -CD, or translator-D stations beyond the top 5 markets. https://www.watchheartlandtv.com/ Not to be confused with heartlandtv.com -- a different thing with only two stations in St Joseph MO and Utica NY? HQ in Georgia per a map. With a different angular logo (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 11740, May 19 at 0444, S8/S9 of rock music. It`s RRI Romanian this hour, 300 kW at 285 degrees from Galbeni for CIRAF 27SE, i.e. France, but also toward N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAIPAN. See NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770 // 7730, May 20 at 0638, R. Eslovaquia Internacional via WRMIs in Spanish instead of English. This was the transmission repeating the Jan 30 English show forever and ever; perhaps Jeff noted my report about that. No ID heard, but kept talking about Slovakia. Nor do I know whether it were a new program, but probably. In Spanish do they announce current date at opening, like most of the time in English? The skedgrid dated May 12 has now been updated to show Eslovaquia at 0630 daily on System H, 15770 & 7730. When else? 5010 at 0030, and 9955 at 0330 on System H sked; but frequency grid atop shows 0230 instead on 9955 System B. Also M-F 1230 on B 9955. The sked remains self-contradictory (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770, much stronger than // 7730, Sun May 21 at 0630, REI via WRMIs, again in Spanish, did not catch any datestamp, but no news, as for weekends, plugs mailbag coming up but first, Rincón Musical (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Fri May 19 at 2200, SNR in English, VG into NA5B remote and I can`t help but notice that frequency displays as 17855, offset minus 108 Hz! I don`t think so. Compared to Virginia remote, shows only minus 3 Hz. UTwente, 17855.001. Then I check NA5B tuning WWV as if on: 20000 -121 Hz, 15000 -92 Hz, 10000 -61 Hz - So this SDR is now miscalibrated and the amount of error is proportional to frequency. One of the topix previewed at s/on was about a classical music festival in Andorra, but I missed it mainly monitoring Turkey this time. Nor did I check the other three REE frequencies remotedly or directedly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Monday May 22 at 2208, SNR token English VG direct, other frequencies not checked. Interviews with people involved in Madrid International Dance Festival - sorely lacking any visual element. O well (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 24 at 2200, token English from SNR includes after the news: shortage of Spanish teachers in Scotland where there is more demand than for French; 2211, interview with J K Franco, mystery author about crime and revenge: he writes in English or Spanish and his wife translates into the other. 2224 Report from Lebanon by correspondent in Beirut whose name I never catch: about woman driven from public beach for wearing one-piece bathing suit [is that worse than two-piece??]. VG direct but the other two or three frequencies are unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TINIAN. See NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ** TURKEY. Correxion to VOT English schedule previously posted with two typos: Elexion returns: It might be more interesting than usual to monitor VOT today and tonight. If they can make it onto air, don`t expect any Breaking News rather than olds, but FWIW, English hours: 1830 5945, 2030 9875, 22 11785, 03 6165 7275, 1230 15450, 1630 11660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191) ** TURKEY. 11785.007, May 19 cuts on a few sex before *2200, late timesignal and opening VOT English, S9+50 into UTwente. As usual now with some overmodulation/distortion, especially the music. 2213 about May 19 being the Atatürk Youth & Sports holiday. 2214 `Weekly Analysis` about the elexion, alleging there was 88.92% turnout, proving T is a funxioning democracy. Recep got slightly less than 50% requiring a runoff but confident he can make up the difference and win: then over to a prof for further analysis. 2235 recheck going from `The Healing Spring` to `Did You Know That` with their respective theme musix, which are each always the same including announcement at both opening and closing. DYKT, something about Atatürk having written the first astronomy book in Turkish -- really? And getting a crater on the Moon named for him. Then mostly music. By now has drifted down to 11785.003. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2253 standard s/off. 2354 IS. 2356 restart IS with German IDs -- and yes, extraneous German starts at 2300 including same themetunes as in English. 2320 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2324* chopped off air abruptly as the sleepyrator finally awakens, tough luck, extraneous German listeners. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 22 at 2229 check, VOT English is not off the air today, but poorly received direct with splash from 11780 Brasil; not to mention the heavy accents (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 23 at 2203 & 2227 direct, NO signal from VOT English to NAm; nor via UTwente at 2253 check. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 24 at 2200 and 2226 chex, NO signal from VOT English direct. Still no signal at 2239 into UTwente. It was also absent yesterday May 23, but poorly heard on May 22. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. Fareed Zakaria`s Take, on the elexions, is excellent, on CNN May 21 at 1400 & 1700 UT: Elexions in Turkey are Free but Unfair https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/21/fareeds-take-turkey-elections-erdogan-imamoglu-gps-vpx.cnn Also the subject of his Washington Post column: https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2023/5/19/turkey-points-to-a-global-trend-free-and-unfair-elections (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, May 23 at 1529, ND beacon FBY is JBA. This is my farthest anyday on groundwave, not even from an adjacent state KS like 332, 395 and 407 kHz, but second-adjacent Nebraska, 25 watts from FairBurY, at 422 km = 262 stmi, or 10.48 miles per watt, or 0.0954 watt per mile; admittedly shortly beyond the KS border (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7178 LSB, May 23 at 0623, QSO between WE6CW and W6EUG in non-English except for an occasional word: sounds like Tagalog. Yes! on QRZ.com WE6CW explains he`s originally from Philippines: WE6CW USA flag USA, GENER D "Gene" BARBON, 4189 THE HILL ROAD, BONITA, CA 91902 USA No such disclosure from his contact, but surely too: W6EUG flag USA, EUGENE P REQUILMAN, 206 THIERS ST, DALY CITY, CA 94014 USA. D.C. is a San Francisco suburb, and Bonita of San Diego. They soon QRT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28224.5 CW, May 20 at 1542, K5GJR/B is the JBA OSOB, no other beacons nor phones during quick 10m bandscan. Starts with call, K, and gridsquare. Faded up enough to copy during several iterations. WI5V roster: 28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL. Have heard before only during summer Es seasons: 2022: July 3, June 5; 2021: July 22, June 11, June 3 and referring to some more in 2020y: 28224.5-CW, June 3 [2021] at 1805, beacon K5GJR/B EL17, i.e.: ``28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL`` I also logged him several times last June, July & August 2020: Randy L Bates, Corpus Christi, TX 78415 USA ``I have a 10mtr beacon that runs 24/7 at 28.224.5, consisting of a Radio Shack HTX100, putting out 2.5 watts, using a Pico keyer kit I assembled, into a Antron A-99 vertical antenna at 40'... 73s Randy k5gjr`` CC is 957 km = 595 statute miles from Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Gary Pence also reported him among others on Oct 30, 2022: ``10 meter beacons copied at KB1VWC rSDR (Remotely) East Falmouth, MA. FN41rn --- 1627z, K5GJR, 28225.5 {sic} khz, Corpus Christi, Texas, Randy uses a Radio Shack HTX 100 running 2.5 watts into a Vert. at 40 ft. All of these have an expanded story to tell via QRZ.Com and most welcome signal reports whereas LW NDB have their stories and my best resource so far has been Wikipedia. 73,s and have fun. Gary, km5x`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K. 5870-5875-5880, May 19 at 0510, DRM noise. This hour only it`s BBCWS in English via Woofferton, 78 degrees for France & Germany, where there are bound to be a lot more non-DRM radios; like everywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 9725, May 19 at 0504, S5/S8 in African language. It`s VOA via VATICAN in Hausa this semihour only, violating Separation Of Church And State. 9725 is underutilized, only other being CRI Russian at 10-12. Long-gone is Brazil`s 9725v, R. Clube Paranaense, Curitiba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2190 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2190, WRMI: 15770, very noisy, S7, S9 signal, 2230, 2242, 2255 (45433), 2259, May 13 UTC 2023 [Sat] 9395, static, QRN, QSB fading, 0031, 0045, 0059 (45433), (45343), 0059, May 16 UTC 2023 [Tue] 9395, 2331, 2342, 2359 (45343), 2359, May 16 UTC 2023 [Tue] 9395, 0030, 0044, 0059 (45343), 0059, May 18 UTC 2023 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed UT Thursday May 18 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Thursday May 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S8/9+10 but noisy into Bonaire SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, Bangladesh, China and non, Congo, Cuba, Hawai`i, International Internet, Korea North, Myanmar, North America, Norway non, Oklahoma, Perú, Slovakia non, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UQKOGBANI non, USA, Vanuatu; DRM; FM & TV DX; propagation outlook. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 available from 0053 UT May 19: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2191.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2191.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: 1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [usually, also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7730 to NE [NEW to be confirmed] 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] [also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show May 15] 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont., for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours`` Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, Friday May 19 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, poor S7/S9 here direct as usual in this daypart but no jamming audible. Next: 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7730 to NE [NEW to be confirmed]{deconfirmed} 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] [also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show May 15] 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 19 at 2030 on IRRS SW ``from northern Italy`` via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9+15 into nearby Noale SDR with lite music CCI from understation presumably Brighton. See also ITALY [non] Confirmed UT Saturday May 20 at 0130, S9/+10 into Georgia SDR, but NOT on reactivated 7730, rather Hal Turner hour continues, as now shown on frequency skedgrid while System F still shows both 5850 & 7730 for WOR and everything else during this hour. Also confirmed UT Saturday May 20 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130 -25 Hz = 5129.75, S8/9+10 into NH SDR. Also confirmed Saturday May 20 at 1600 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday May 20 at 1949 about 19 minutes into so started on-time at 1930, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into nearby SDR. Next: 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] [also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show May 15] 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Saturday May 20 at 2230 on WRMIs: 15770.000, S9/+10 into UTwente; and 5850, S7/S8 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed UT Sunday May 21 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 direct but amounting to VP, better than usual vs noise level; and with the external noise blast as usual overriding the first 14 seconds. Furthermore, break in transmission at 0050*-*0052, power failure? Also off in quick check were 7730, 7570, 5950; while 5800, 5850 and the three 9s were still on. Also confirmed UT Sunday May 21 at 0330 about 19 minutes into so started about 0311 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+16/18 into nearby SDR. Also confirmed NEW time Sunday May 21 at 1330 on WRMI 9955 at 1339 & 1357 chex, about S9 direct and no jamming. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show May 15] 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 21 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only - no show on 918 or 207 for months: still possible? S9+10/15 into nearby Noale SDR, with lite CCI presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton, England, UQKOGBANI. BUT: suddenly stops at 2025, soon replaced by fill music. I am confident there is nothing wrong with my file to cause that. Also confirmed, UT Monday May 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S5/S7 into an Athens, GA SDR, as always blasted by external noise transmitter for first 14 seconds and some brief bits later. Better into boastful Louisiana SDR at S7/S9, closer to southwesterly azimuth from Okee. Also confirmed, UT Monday May 22 at 0259 from WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 68 Hz = 6159.932, S9+10/25 into NH SDR despite degraded propagation conditions. Unlike last week when this airing was pre-empted without notice or explanation later. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday May 23 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR, calibration of which his still way off. WRMIs are always within a few Hz of nominal. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday May 23 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+15 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday May 24 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7490-, S8 into Maryland after no signal into nearby Virginian. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont., for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours`` Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, May 19 at 0500, TOMBS via WRMI as someone is trying to sing ``time is windin` up`` --- sure, as perpetually it`s almost the Last Day! // 9265 WINB horribly shaky, q.v. But 9455 WRMI is OFF the air now. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, Sat May 20 at 2300-2400, Texas Radio SW via WRMI has started replaying during this weekly hour, some of their very first shows when on pirate radio, Mix Radio International. Nice to hear the synthetic voice of Cap`n Ric again. Some versions of YROT included but did not take detailed notes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, May 22 at 0651, NO signal from WRMI-2 recently reactivated as 24/7; and 7780 WRMI-13 but a JBA carrier during degraded propagation. Could QRP 7730 still have been radiating? Another check at 2308: no signal on 7730 nor 7780, while 7570 is only S7/S9 and noisy. Yet lower frequencies are detectable: 5800, 5850, 5950. The nines are good: 9395 S9+20 with that guy visiting from Akron interviewed on `Viva Miami` as per System G sked; 9455 with moanin` & groanin` hour on TOMBS // 15770; 9955 weaker in Portuguese mentioning Rádio Nacional de Brasília amid jamming. Of these, only 7780 is scheduled not to be on air, until *0000. 9955 does not match as the pro-Taiwan `Freedom Synergy Radio` is supposedly 23-24 UT M-F on System G. 0008 check May 23: 7780 on now into Louisiana SDR, not 7730 there nor into Maryland. Nothing on WRMI FB about this situation, but I see only by consulting disgraced FB would we have known what`s now history 3 days ago: ``WRMI is broadcasting live from the Dayton Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) from 1500-2200 UTC on 9395 kHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, May 23 at 0630, still no signal from WRMI-2, and still nothing about the problem on disgraced FB. 15770, May 23 at 1818, no signal from WRMI-9 either. Was reported gone already to the WOR iog at 1200 per Arthur Pozner near NYC; and at 1300 Tue by Kari Kallio, Finland, when `Encore` should have aired to Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, May 24 at 0630, this irregular WRMI-2 is on but JBA/JBM, presumably Slovakia in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,, WOR) ** U S A. 5130 -17 Hz = 5129.983, UT Thu May 18 from 0300 WBCQ R. Angela transmitter at typical offset, `María Bonita` show of Mexican music variety presented in Spanish, S9+10/20 including high storm noise level from TX panhandle direct, unlistenable, but not very noisy S9/+10 into NH SDR where measured; by 0354 drifted to 5129.981, closing with a march, Zacatecas? This is monthly on the UT Thursday following the third Wednesdays: May 17 (May 18 world date): Radio Maria Bonita (language: Spanish/Español) Host: Luis Alejandro Vallebueno (Mexico) Format: Luis, an historian associated with Mexico’s shortwave station, Radio Educación, presents a different aspect of music from Mexico each month. Email: radiomariabonita@gmail.com 24 hours after I was hearing Radio Caroline via 5130 WBCQ, between 06 and 07 UT May 18 it`s off the air again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191) ** U S A. (7490-), UT Sat May 20 from 0000, WBCQ webcast with a new `AAAWWW`. Angela again remote on the phone with occasional comments. He first rails against reparations, as those today cannot be accountable for what their ancestors did. Even as an admitted Jew he thinx reparations are ridiculous. Quadricasting on 7490, 6160, 5130, 3265 announced at least twice at 0022 & 0039 on 19th of May YOOFL 2023. Good news about AM radio in cars as some bipartisan legislation is pending. He and Timtron have been doing a lot of work on backup transmitters; usual anti-screen, pro-knobs rant. Needs more paid programming or may have to start turning off transmitters during unpaid. 0050 about to go into Free Radio Weekly when our power cuts off and on five times in a row; with no storms around here. Causing me to have to rewrite parts of this report. I never got around to checking any of the SW frequencies direct. Never heard any anti-Democratic comments this week tho could have been in final dekaminute missed when he usually quotes supportive emailers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490-, May 21 at 0109, this WBCQ is really ailing. Undermodulated music, no comparison to neighbors 7505, 7520 or other BCQs 6160, 5130. 0112 dead air with some frying sound; 0114 trace of JBM talk. 0148 still DA/JBM. What`s scheduled now? `Shortwave Saturday Night` - maybe problem in getting feed from WHVW, or in the 7490 transmitter itself. Recheck at 0310, now it`s OK into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130-, UT Sunday May 21 0110, surprised to find this WBCQ on early, American DJ playing country music from Britain, about an awards show that lasted 10 hours with 10 winners each playing one-hour sets. What is this? 0147 recheck with a faux ad for ``Granny-Be-Gone``. 0157 outro as ``-- -- Sessions``, address for donations, Jim Calhoun, Thunderbird something, P O Box 163, Pershing, Nebraska, 69143 -- oh noh, that would be Hershey, west of North Platte. 0200 Radio Angela ID and something else. I then see in the Angela sked that on UT Sundays only during May it is starting an hour earlier than 0200: ``Saturdays (Sundays world date): 9pm-10pm EDT (Sundays 0100-0200 UTC) Harmony Barn Sessions Host: Jim Calhoun Format: Original songs by the host and popular songs in the public domain. Email: harmonybarnsessions@protonmail.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Yesterday, I was able to adjust the frequency plungers so that I can now change frequency on #2 transmitter by remote control from my house or the car. day 9.475; night 5.085 -- George McClintock 5-18-2023`` But has either been on air lately? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) i.e. WTWW ** U S A. 9265VV, May 19 at 0459, WINB ID, muffled modulation and carrier horribly shaky, worse than usual, rapid clunking, and into TOMBS, which is incomparably better on 9395 WRMI. Sounds like WINB is about to collapse but has been on the precipice for years. Can`t help but wonder how this affect all their hybrid DRM broadcasts later, if it`s the same transmitter: but I guess it`s not, as WRTH 2023 says there are 1 x 50 kW and 1 x 15 kW -- yet DRM and AM are never on air at same time. Strength of DRMs seems like more than 15 kW. In fact, WINB DRMs in HFCC are registered as 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, May 24 at 0631, S9+30 of dead air, again! from WRNO, where something`s always WRoNg-O (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1170, eQSL for WDFB DX test received May 21 from Les Rayburn, CPC Chairman. It`s an EKKO stamp design, and generic, identical copies sent to everyone without their names on them or specific reception details such as time. Apparently the QSLing load is too heavy to manage, and he`s put out a call for volunteers; otherwise, no QSLs next year, even if tests can be arranged. Accompanying text: ``This confirms your reception of a coordinated DX Test on February 25, 2023. This test was produced by the NRC/IRCA Courtesy Program Committee(CPC) & WDFB. The submitted recording was verified by CPC members and is certified valid by: Les Rayburn /signed/, N1LF, NRC/IRCA CPC Chairman 1170 KHz in Junction City, Kentucky.`` https://www.w4uvh.net/NRC%20IRCA%20DX%20Test%20QSL%20EKKO%20WDFB%20Feb%2025%2023.pdf Or #144 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html I hate the way URLs look with spaces in them replaced by %20 and had been replacing_them with underscores to be sure they funxion, but that appears not to be necessary. My original full report: https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2023_0223_0301.txt 1100 kHz: DITTO for the other one: ``This confirms your reception of a coordinated DX Test on December 24, 2022. This test was produced by the NRC/IRCA Courtesy Program Committee(CPC) & WCGA. The submitted recording was verified by CPC members and is certified valid by: Les Rayburn /signed/, N1LF, NRC/IRCA CPC Chairman 1100 KHz in St Simons Island, GA.`` https://www.w4uvh.net/NRC IRCA DX Test QSL EKKO WCGA Dec 24 22.pdf {this did break apart as received; get it via next link:} Or #143 via: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html My full report of this is in: https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_1222_1228.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11670-11675-11680, May 18 at 0617, DRM noise S9, unlisted in HFCC, EiBi, Aoki, not even in https://www.drmrx.org/drm-broadcasts-shortwave-by-frequency/ Same sound of noise on 11615-11620-11625 which is known to be Romania in German during this semihour, slightly weaker S7. Per EiBi the only other DRM stations at this time, in case they have QSYed from other frequencies, are WINB, CRI and CNR1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13670, May 23 at 1532, S3/S8 of open carrier. Lots of stuff sked but not during this hour; most likely CNR1 jammer still on when it and Sound of Hope are supposed to break between 15 and 21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 17763-17786, May 19 at 2017, rapid clicking like OTH radar in the middle of the 16m BC band; fortunately no stations amid, but right next to 17790 WRMI; roughly 25 kHz bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE May 21 Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Algeria - Ifrikya FM: Added entry for this new station to list (with web home page, facebook page and YouTube Livestream link) 2) Germany - SM Radio Dessau: Added entry to list (Thanks in part to Rafael Martinez for the tip) The next update is scheduled for late June Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe