** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, July 5 18/21 UT, I neglected to check this Wednesday for LRA36, and have seen no other reports of it; here is why, via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain: ``15476usb, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel new schedule. According with a whatsapp from the station here is the LRA 36 new schedule: Mondays and Fridays from 1300 to 1500 UTC, Saturdays from 1800 to 2300 UTC. Mondays and Fridays they probably will issue the new program "Ecos de la Antártida" and Saturdays the current program "Uniendo Voces"`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat July 8 from 1806 tune-in, S9 peaks audible via Brasília and one of the Arg SDRs: LRA36 with CW ID, 1807 spoken s/on, multilingual IDs, 1808 opening recitation ``Pasaporte``, 1810 ``Uniendo Voces`` live? program with guests. 1814 about this being relayed by an FM station in Catamarca, and which apparently produced a segment to be run later. As usual, absolutely no signal audible direct, not even a JBA RC. Despite good remote reception, not monitored further as we`re off on a DXpedition to investigate KEUC. Returned by 2106, no signal on any of those remotes, off already despite nominal Saturday sked of 18-23 UT. Manuel Méndez, Spain caught them direct, coming on air much earlier at *1714, presumably a musical prélude. The other broadcasts scheduled are now Mon & Fri at 1300-1500, a bit too early for our convenience (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 7555-7585 approx., wideband DRM-like noise field, July 7 at 0622, presumed CGA984, HF trading station licenced to 7570 from Essex County, Ontario. Lucky for them, WRMI is no longer on 7570 overnight. See my previous reports of April 19 & 29 for much more about this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Two Ontario logs along with US FM DX July 9 under USA [and non], duplicated here: 94.1 at 1816, classical music. Nothing fits but surely this which does classical without being so mentioned on WTFDA DB: CBL-FM 94.1 TORONTO ON CAN VARIETY CBC MUSIC 38.0 420.0 43-38-33 79-23-14 B203 CBC CBC MUSIC No Program Type or Undefined 1764/1096 95.1 at 1831, ``Cool FM``: CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON CAN SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0 42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 21800, July 10 at 0627-0629 UT, searching 13m band for any signals in our summermiddle nightmiddle, this JBA carrier is the highest, CNR1 jammer listed in EiBi; vs Sound of Hope which would be on 21799.7. Also: JBA carrier on 21560, BBC MADAGASCAR; q.v. for 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, July 6 at 0621, RHC with huge humwhine atop talk mod in Spanish rather than English, only frequency still on air. Something`s always wrong at RHC. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198) The Other Side: ``Cuba is a failed state, and there are at least 14 signs demonstrating it --- Before 1959 the economy was among Latin America′s best, with per capita income higher than that of several European countries. Under Communism, it became parasitic, and cannot even survive without foreign subsidies. Roberto Álvarez Quiñones Los Ángeles 05 Jul 2023 - 21:32 CEST A few days ago I saw a photo of a group of people in front of the High Court in London. They had turned out to support the lawsuit against the Castro regime for its debt of 72 million euros. They carried a large sign that read: "Cuba is a failed state." True! This is one of the most powerful and patriotic flags that Cubans can fly today because, without a doubt, Cuba today is a failed state...`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1688585564_48319.html (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, July 8 at 0619, JBM vs transmitted S8/S9 noise, can`t tell language, no doubt RHC again where something`s always wrong, and blocking Romania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, July 9 at 0651, S8/9+10 of dead air no doubt RHC; at least it`s a clean signal this time rather than garbage or basura. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11670, July 9 at 0654, unusually there is a second overrun, Spanish talk and Cuban music, S7/S9 still going past 0700. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Monday July 10 at 0633, tonight`s extra prolongation but Spanish not English, opening repeat of `En Contacto` DX program, first topic: yagi antennas; later, propagation; S9/+10 direct with squeal. Something`s always wrong at RHC. WWDXC DX program list shows 0635 on 3 other irr. frequencies including 5040 which seems totally gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, July 10 at 2158, S9/+10 of dead air direct from RHC but did not get back after 2200 to check whether Portuguizing for a change today. By 2310 into Missouri SDR it is modulating Spanish but sup/torted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, July 11 at 2219, RHC is JBA, can`t tell language; while 15140 is S5/9 in Spanish, well after it`s supposed to close. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, July 12 at 0332, RHC is S7/9+20 but suptorted Spanish; 15230 is S7/S9 but undermodulated; 9535 audible, weaker; but one frequency, 11670 has VG modulation and strength. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6000 is the only English frequency, July 12 at 0351, S9+30/45 but undermodulated with hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 5024.9, July 12 at 0353, JBA carrier with R. Rebelde missing. Something`s wrong at RadioCuba. R. Quillabamba, Perú, has been reported elsewhere and elsewhen on such an offset, but this may be a local birdie since it varies down to 5024.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.961, July 11 at 2248, extremely distorted talk at S9+25/40 into UTwente; intonation and occasional words sound Portuguese as scheduled from R. Cairo at 2215-2330. Something`s always egregious in Egypt. EiBi shows both CNR1 and RTI also on 9900 at 2200-2400 but not a trace of either vs this monstrosity. Cairo scheduled to follow with Arabic on 9885 at 2330-0045, Spanish on 9860 at 0045-0200, all for S America. Why do they bother? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9884.961, July 11 at 2332, as scheduled, R. Cairo has moved from 9899.961 by 2330 for Arabic to follow Portuguese toward South America --- and at exactly the same -19 Hz offset, as UTWente displays both, but modulation now is even worse, only bits at peak spikes. There is also heavy lightning over Netherlands and this S9+30/40 bigsig is not enough to suppress it completely. Also an RTTY-like warble. Something continues egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 13740, July 8 at 0623, S8/9+10 African language must be Hausa, talking about Ukraine as sked from RFI Issoudun until 0630, and 0625 RFI ID quickly in French; much stronger than usual, but similar sig on 13695 in French, the SSOBs; At 0637 still an unexplained JBA carrier on 13740 unless it be the RFI exciter, to resume at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460.016, July 10 at 1613, music, presumably Turkish jammer at typical Emirler offset, S9+10/15 with squeal into UTwente; while 17480.001, S8/9+15 in talk about Kurdistan, presumably Dengê Welat, via Uzbekistan? broadly missed by the jammer. By 1658 two signals making SAH on 17460, no signal on 17480. Earlier in nightmiddle had JBA signals at 0623 on 17460, 17485 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. Nightmiddle, summermiddle scan of 16m band, 17460-17890, July 10 at 0623-0627 finds 23 carriers from JBA to VG 17640 BBC, 17790 AWR both via Talata. See also KURDISTAN [non] and for 13m, CHINA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO [and non]. 1670, July 12 at 0401, ``Focus está contigo``, into EZL or love song; Sportstalk in English soon takes over, no doubt WOZN Wisconsin. First time I`ve managed to catch XEFCR, Focus Radio, 10 kW in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, a relatively new station. With a name like that and on the border, I was wondering if it`s ever in English. Steve Ponder had reported it June 23 so I asked him. ``Glenn, The ID’s and announcements that I have heard over several nights of monitoring XEFCR Focus Radio (1670 kHz) have been in Spanish. I haven’t heard any English, which is unusual to me, since Reynosa is not that far from McAllen and Pharr. I will continue monitoring the frequency … Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, July 9 at 0649, VON is on for a change, some undermodulation next to 7260 Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.911 AM, July 6 at 0622, surprised to find some pirate music this late here, S9+10/20, at first something like rap. Only two other logs of this as unID: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115692.0.html Quite a while since I have logged and reported any pirates except YHWH and Eastern Star on 7.4 MHz; noisy summer condx, and usually otherwise occupied during evening pirate primetime weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.9 AM, S9/+10, July 7 at 0624, pirate from last night is on again late, bells and chirps right now, quite diverse music/SFX noises. Never heard any announcements past 0701 but I may have dozed. A few more reports as unID on July 6; and 7 when it was on 6869.93 until 0726*: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115692.0.html https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115709.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.1, July 8 at 0627, unID pirate for third late night in a row, but uncopiable vs high storm noise level = HSNL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.1 AM, July 9 at 0648, pirate here amid HSNL for fourth late-night in a row. More unID reports on HFU: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115785.0.html https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115729.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.91 AM, July 11 at 0640, for a change this late, not even a JBA carrier from unID pirate. But it had been on 6869.937 earlier until 0614* per https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115849.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Noticed this mixup in the WTFDA FM DB. The listing for 90.1 KUCO says it is a relay OF: KCSC-FM 95.9! KUCO relay of:KCSC-FM 95.9 90.1 EDMOND OK USA HD CLASSICAL CLASSICAL RADIO 90.1/91.9 100.0 100.0 256.0 256.0 35-34-24 97-29-08 4512 LISTENER SUPPORTED CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM UNIV OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA // KBCW-FM 91.9 & KCSC 95.9 On the contrary, all programming originates at KUCO, fed to its two satellites KCSC 95.9 in Woodward and KBCW 91.9 in McAlester. Perhaps confused because the original call of 90.1 was KCSC - for Central State College, not to be confused with something in Chico, California. Some years after the school was renamed University of Central Oklahoma, the 90.1 calls were changed in accordance. By then had also acquired the relay facility on 95.9 in Woodward from KCCU Lawton, so as a legacy, KUCO applied the KCSC calls to that. Standard legal IDs used to add HD1 to 90.1 and 91.9 but not to 95.9; now dispensed with that. IIRC, HDs of 90.1 include some totally unrelated gospel huxter renter and/or a student station? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 104.9, July 8 at 0126 UT as I tune across here on caradio, fruitless search for Es FM DX, DJ exclaims ``104-9, Yikes``. Aha, an unusual branding? Very, unfound in search of WTFDA DB, on this or any frequency, anywhere. Yet a broad search on 104.9 yikes leads to too many stations, none? nearby. #1 station usually heard here is: KKWD 104.9 BETHANY OK VARIETY HITS ALICE 104.9 6.0 6.0 100.0 100.0 35-29-53 97-37-10 2CA7 Artist/Title HD is Off But hardly a solid signal at that power and distance. Altho only 100 watts, this one is only about 20 miles west of us in Enid, but I have *never* heard it, even from west side of Enid, and suspect it be non-existent: KEUC 104.9 RINGWOOD OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING EWTN 0.1 0.1 21.0 21.0 36-23-12 98-14-47 Such an outlet is on the Oklahoma Catholic Radio list, minus call letters. What does FCC say? Correspondence file includes: ``Consummation Notice Section I - General Information 1. Legal Name of the Applicant SCREEN DOOR BROADCASTING, LLC Mailing Address 7107 SOUTH YALE #444 TULSA OK 74136 - Telephone Number (include area code) 9187493639 E-Mail Address (if available) JASON@FMEXPANSION.COM FCC Registration Number: 0022053334 Call Sign KEUC Facility ID Number 191538 2. Contact Representative (if other than licensee/permittee) JASON BENNETT Firm or Company Name FM EXPANSION GROUP, LLC Mailing Address 7107 SOUTH YALE #444 TULSA OK 74136 - Telephone Number (include area code) 9187493639 Date 10/15/2015`` Note that this goes back almost 8 years! Blowing up a coverage map, site is just north of deadend intersexion of 6th Street and Short Street inside Ringwood. 0134 UT recheck, Yikes has faded and now there is a mix of music and gospel huxter? With Tulsa area signals enhanced, could be one of these, the only other Okies with more than peanut-power: KREK 104.9 BRISTOW OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING THE SONLIFE RADIO NETWORK 5.0 5.0 107.0 107.0 35-47-11 96-27-35 KRIG-FM 104.9 NOWATA OK HD COUNTRY K-RIG 104.9 8.3 8.3 172.0 172.0 36-43-37 95-46-18 About time for a jaunt into the country anyway, we decide to visit the KEUC site and see/hear what may be there, on Saturday afternoon, July 8. Ringwood is quite a small town, but with a neat very well-stocked grocery store, Richard`s, carrying items unfound in big Enid, another reason for an excuse to visit. From 1850 UT, driving west on US 412/60 tuned to 104.9 starting with KKWD fringe if anything. By the time we get to Meno at 1911, an open carrier in mono is starting to capture 104.9, and sure enough it`s `local` in Ringwood. We easily find the site where Short Street [N/S] deadends at 6th Street [E/W]: it`s the Ringwood municipal water tower, one of those slim cylinders -- and it has antennas on it, violating Separation Of Church And State. Still nothing but dead air, but I never detected even that from Enid. Of course the coverage area with 100 watts is rather limited, and maybe if there be tropo, bigger stations are still going to block it. Bewaring a big white poodle which takes it upon itself to protect KEUC with menacing charges and barx, but apparently blongs to an adjacent trailer-house, we inspect the facility. There is a vertically polarized 4- or 5-element yagi about halfway up the tower on the `wrong` side of it, southwest, and pointed away from Enid. Two cables run up the tower, past this antenna to the very top where there may be some other very small antenna. https://www.w4uvh.net/KEUC_104.9_Ringwood2.jpg Maybe that`s for STL reception from somewhere. None of the other OCR stations are close or powerful enough to provide a direct off-air pickup for relay and there is no satellite dish. Or they could be depending on internet feed with no way or desire to reboot it remotely. Adjacent is the transmitter shack, with a faded almost illegible warning on the door that it`s a FEDERAL OFFENSE to disturb it, but no identity as KEUC, OCR or anything. An OG&E electric meter on the side is running. There is also a propane tank right next to it - would that convert to emergency electric power, or just keep the transmitter from freezing? https://www.w4uvh.net/KEUC_104.9_Ringwood1.jpg In any event, it`s all for naught as long as the air be dead. And back in Enid I won`t be able to tell if and when it come to life. I can`t help but wonder if the neighbor or any other Ringwoodians be aware what this thing is for. Altho the WTFDA FM DB as above has correct info for KEUC, as far as it goes, you would never know it`s part of the Oklahoma Catholic Radio network, nor some of the others on their station list, just ``religious teaching`` - not always with real city of license. https://www.okcr.org/stations One can go thru it and figure out which stations serve which city, e.g. Walters south of ``Lawton``. We also see that there are *three* LP stations on 99.3 in the OKC area, one of which must be one of OCR`s two Spanish outlets. And there are *five* around OKC on 97.7. It`s really getting crowded (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. July 7 at 1733 UT, tropo up away from Enid toward Tulsa, OKC, providing BAD RF DTV signals on: 11, 14, 17, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36. 17 is notable since a DX signal must be baddenizing Enid`s only local TV signal, K17JN-D, no loss since it spews 7 subchannels of gospelhuxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Heavy tropo on maps around Enid, so a DTV bandscan July 12 at 1544 UT: BAD signals on RF: 10, 11, 14, 17, 22, 31, 34, 36. Still at 1620, 17 is mostly bad, occasionally 3ABN, K17JN-D, so Enid`s only local TV signal is again being overcome by DX. Decoding well are 20 KQCW-HD, 19-1 CW for Tulsa from Muskogee - and this one has NO extra channels, what a waste. Rabbitears shows suffix as KQCW-DT; and RF 34, 28-1 ION, KTPX-TV Okmulgee and its panoply of seven extras. At 1650 occasional decodes on RF 34 of 41-1 KMYT-TV Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 11620 // 9550, UT Sun July 9 at 0042, VG direct, after some music RRI starts `DX Mailbag` - acknowledging reception reports, not of much use or interest, but no doubt fulfilling for the listeners cited, such as from India. Exactly as shown for 10 minutes on DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, alternating with Listeners Letterbox (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SINGAPORE. 12025, July 10 at 1511, BBCWS news in English, S9/S8, EiBi-listed as Kranji site at 15-19 aiming for Mideast. Site allegedly to be closed as of July 16 or 23, but already phasing out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SINGAPORE. 12025, July 12 at 1627, BBC English relay for ME, S5/S8 direct and insufficient to copy -- on ITS FINAL DAY. Walt Salmaniw, BC reported at 1503: ``[WOR] BBC Singapore off from tomorrow 13 July 2023 --- Listening to 12025 just before 15:00 with the BBC bells, and then an announcement that the BBC site at Singapore is going off the air tomorrow and will no longer be available. They gave an internet option only. Very good into Masset, although there is a weak sounding grinding sound -- either from the transmitter (I think), or another transmitter. Walt`` Kai Ludwig, Germany replies: ``The exact wording: "We start to tell you that from tomorrow we're closing our Singapore transmitter." So much for the replacements effective 16 July, as still shown in the public HFCC data. So it could be that the very last Kranji transmission has already started, even that the St Mary-le-Bow bells have already for the very last time introduced a BBC transmission, or are they still inserted anywhere else? Anyway: The very first piece of hard evidence at all. And perhaps the only statement from the BBC on this matter at all. Kai Ludwig`` And Kai provides this historic recording July 12, 2023, at 1459 UT: https://www.w4uvh.net/BBC_Singapore_closure_announcement.mp3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Friday July 7 at 2200, token English from SNR: news about the bull-run at Pamplona festival until July 15: so far only three Americans have been trampled, not by bulls but humans. 2207 feature which is a repeat about exhibition of art by Lucian Freud; so, never mind. VG direct and the other three frequencies audible to detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Monday July 10 at 2200, VG direct, token English from SNR, previews after news: more on the Pamplona festival; about Royal Shakespeare Co. produxion of `As You Like It`; report from Lebanon about Cervantes Institute activities in Beirut. I heard the first part 2206-2218: getting gored by bulls is only part of the San Fermín Festival with many other activities. Animal-rights groups have been unable to stop the bull-run, a major touri$t attraxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed July 12 at 2200, token English from SNR, news and 2206 feature is ``a guided tour of the Royal Opera House in Madrid``, a.k.a. in Spanish just `Teatro Real`. Interview with some official about history of the building, etc., during a celebratory week. VG S9/+15 into Maryland SDR and the other three frequencies also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11650, July 12 at 0330, Arabish language, S7/S9+5 and HornofAfricish music -- yes, it`s R. Tamazuj via MADAGASCAR just starting, to be followed by another hour of R. Dabanga until 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, July 10 at 2200, 2219, 2231 chex, zero signal from VOT English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.008 into Maryland SDR S9+5/20, July 7 at 2157, VOT already on with IS: seemed some QRM but nothing else scheduled just before 2200 here unlike on ex-5960 in B22 an hour later. Recheck at 2251, multi-lingual ID filler reel, 2252 canned jumbled s/off and briefly IS to 2255.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, July 11 at 2159 into UTwente, I may have seen a carrier blip before it went off again, VOT never to return English past 2230. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, July 12 at 2200, VOT English is not off the air, S9+35/45 into UTwente, but first I`m listening to simulSpain. 2225-2231 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` tips for breast-feeding mothers how to avoid gassy babies. Mostly music then, except 2237 `Always By Your Side` plug; 2250 usual canned s/off; 2251.4 IS, 2253.5* off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K [non]. BBCWS closing Kranji relay: see SINGAPORE ** U S A. 28234 CW, July 9 at 0007, among a few JBA beacons making it for very difficult copy, two letters in the call I perceive are #4D#. Fortunately there is one VG match on the WI5V roster: 28.234 K4DP C COVINGTON, VIRGINIA # 2W, GP VERTICAL. 28279 CW, July 9 at 0018, almost complete JBA beacon call of WA4OT#, ergo: 28.2788 WA4OTD C CARMEL, INDIANA # 5W, attic dipole New 19 Oct 2010. I had a few other unIDs circa 28209, 28261.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28300 CW, July 10 at 2152, K6FRC/B over and over, beacon. WI5V roster dispenses with the /B, to be assumed, u.o.s.: 28.300 K6FRC C TRACY, CALIFORNIA # 100W, "POGO stick" VERTICAL Freq change 8 July 09. 28.300 K6FRC/B2 TRACY, CALIFORNIA 10W, VERTICAL Backup transmitter for K6FRC/B Now it`s the OSOB, no other beacons to be heard, nor any phone up to 28500. And it`s been quite a while since I`ve detected K6FRC on 13565 which is at a different location, Patterson, allegedly 1.8 milliwatts. 26110 FM, KMK282 at KOVR `13` Stockton/Sacramento, I check for whenever also on 10m band and have heard no sign of it since March 28. Frodge-MI had it April 6. Is it ever on any more? --- also no local CB pirate on 27185 relaying Enid FM stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 7260, July 12 at 0348, VG S9+20/30, VOA Somali via VATICAN, violating Separation Of Church And State, sked 0330-0400 only; before, during, and after that, Mongolia and East Turkistan could also be on 7260, but by 0600 it`s only Vanuatu to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: ``15770 USA WRMI 2230. Open of World of Radio with F/G, choppy, signal. Heard here Saturday afternoons local at 3:30P, monitored on Drake SW1 and longwire -- Fair/Good Jul. 1 Rick Barton-AZ`` ``9395 WRMI FL Okeechobee w/ID and into GH World of Radio #2197 w/items about Andorra, Antarctica’s absence, the reactivation of Mali, the end of wefax from NZ, and others, including a discussion of the type of communication available to the “Titan” sub-submersible before it imploded. 45*444 (RTTY intruding into USB so no QRM on LSB sync, but pretty significant in DSB or USB. 0130-0200 2/Jul [Sunday] RSPdx +SDRuno +randomwire --Kenneth Vito Zichi, Thumb MI2`` Confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+10 direct including high storm noise level [HSNL] Also confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20 direct. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 contents: (Alaska), Antarctica, Canada, Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia non, France, India, Iran and non, Japan, Korea South and non, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Pakistan, (Romania), Russia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Syria, (Taiwan), Thailand, Turkey, (UK), USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook --- (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2198 available from 0107 UT July 7: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2198.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2198.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 [also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [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 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning for over the following several days. Please accept this small contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL, Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed Friday July 7 at 1430 the first SWBC on WRMI 9955 --- but it`s just barely modulated! both direct and via Maryland remote. This transmitter has had reduced modulation before but now it`s almost gone. Webcast level seems OK. Emailed WRMI ASAP at 1445 but nothing was or could be done about this before 1459. Following music fill also JBM. Webcast continued with DW via WRN. Something`s odd at Okeechobee. See if it be fixed when System B WRMI-3, 9955 resume at 2100? Not checked until 2330 when it also seems u/mod but also facing jamming and some other noise, local? into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Friday July 7 at 2053 the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, no 918 or 207 into nearby Noale SDR, S9+10/15 above the understation presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [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 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday July 8 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, sufficient direct into DX-398 and modulation seems OK. Confirmed Sat July 8 at 1600 on WRN N America webcast. Away, I miss checking the nominal 1930 UT airing on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO; did anyone hear it? NOT confirmed Saturday July 8 at 2230:30 on WRMI 5850 OR 15770. Instead talk in a very heavy African? accent, mostly a monolog by one guy, maybe religious? I do hear some English words, also French; maybe Kriyol, or pidgin Nigerian??? This was already running before 2230 with no break so started probably at 2200. That leaves us without any airing on the only WRMI frequency toward Europe, and was also good for much of N America. WOR still shown on the skedgrid. What in the world is this? See separate log. Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct vs HSNL, and noise QRM blast for first 14 seconds, but then can make out the WOR theme. NOT confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0130 on WRMI 9395. This `new` airing has already been replaced by something else as on the sked. Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0326 about 9 minutes into so started circa 0317 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10/20 including HSNL. Also confirmed Sunday July 9 at 1353 the 1330 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct and somewhat undermodulated but sufficient unlike 48 hours ago. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: NOT confirmed Saturday July 8 at 2230:30 on WRMI 5850 OR 15770. Instead talk in a very heavy African? accent, mostly a monolog by one guy, maybe religious? That leaves us without any airing on the only WRMI frequency toward Europe, and was also good for much of N America. WOR still shown on the skedgrid. What in the world is this? See separate log. Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct vs HSNL, and noise QRM blast for first 14 seconds, but then can make out the WOR theme. NOT confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0130 on WRMI 9395. This `new` airing has already been replaced by something else as on the sked. Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0326 about 9 minutes into so started circa 0317 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10/20 including HSNL into nearby SDR. Also confirmed Sunday July 9 at 1353 the 1330 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct and somewhat undermodulated but sufficient unlike 48 hours ago. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed Sunday July 9 at 2018 the 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323 only, S9+10/20 with only lite understation CCI. Also confirmed UT Monday July 10 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 into Louisiana SDR - and for first time in long time, NO external noise blast for first 14 seconds: we can only hope it`s over. NOT confirmed UT Monday July 10 circa 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 minus 67 Hz = 6159.933, S7/S9+5 into Maryland SDR, but DEAD AIR. Webcast? 404 but 7490 air and web are running OK. Does not matter that there is some ACI from 6165 VOT. Tuned in at 0258 when already dead. Hope Larry Will is OK. I let both run thru entire unoccupied WOR block to 0330 and whatever would follow until 0400, when 6160 comes to life with ID and right into TOMBS. 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday July 11 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Missouri SDR. 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 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 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 #2198, not great reception this week, WRMI: 15770, very weak, 2230, 2244. 2259, confirmed, 2258, July 8 UTC 2023 [Sat: ?? NOT confirmed here, rather replaced by Soteriah -- gh} 9395, nothing heard very weak, 0159, July 9 UTC 2023 [Sun; also canceled] 9395, 0030, very weak heard, 0031, July 10 UTC 2023 [Mon: ?? you mean Tue 11? Or Mon 10 at 0030 on 7780?? -- gh] 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed Tuesday July 11 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday July 12 from 2059:45 = 15 seconds early on WBCQ 7490 -70 Hz = 7489.930, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} Next WOR 2199 should be ready for download early UT Friday July 14. Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning for over the following several days. Please accept this small contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL, Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re: WOR 2198 NOT confirmed Saturday July 8 at 2230:30 on WRMI 5850 OR 15770. Instead talk in a VERY heavy African? accent, mostly a monolog by one guy, maybe religious? I do hear some English words, also French; maybe Kriyol, or pidgin Nigerian??? This was already running before 2230 with no break so started probably at 2200. That leaves us without any airing on the only WRMI frequency toward Europe, and was also good for much of N America. WOR still shown on the skedgrid. What in the world is this? I struggle to understand anything as must all other possible listeners. At 2258 just before closing gives contact info including phone 226-219-6891. 226 is country code for Burkina Faso! But preceded with a mere 1- so must be North American, i.e. Ontario. And that full phone number leads directly to::: Soteriah International, Brampton, ON CYLEX Canada https://www.cylex-canada.ca › company › soteriah-int... Apr 29, 2023 — Address: 9 River Heights Drive, Brampton, ON L6P 2M9. Phone: (226) 219-6901 https://soteriah.org/about-us/ ``What we do --- We provide free Food, Groceries, Toiletries and Sleeping gears to homeless and vulnerable people in Greater Toronto Area. Our vision is to reduce vulnerability and hardship faced by the homeless and poor.`` It does not appear to be overtly religious, rather a local charity, so why would they be on WRMI SW to Europe? There is no mention of it on this extensive page: http://wrmi.net/index.php/programming/ Searching on that name is rather fruitless, but not for Soteria without the -h: ``SOTERIA - Greek Goddess of Safety & Deliverance ... Theoi Greek Mythology https://www.theoi.com › Daimon › Soteria Soteria was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of safety, and deliverance and preservation from harm.`` Therefore any religious aspect of this program must be Greek-Mythological! This has been elsewhen on WRMI sked for quite some time. The skedgrid still shows only three other times for Soteriah: 0000-0030 Tue-Sat on 5950; 12-13 Mon-Sat on 5850; and 0330-0400 Mon-Sat on 7730, i.e. frequency currently imaginary, so 22-23 on 15770 may compensate for that and likely to be multi-days rather than Sat only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Sunday July 9 at 1423, WRMI in unrecognizable language. This hour only is Supreme Master TV. Maybe with video there are translation captions? A sure way to drive away listeners if not viewers, multi-lingual mixtures, without discrete portions in reliable languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, July 11 at 0638, WRMI-2 is reactivated, back to usual poor signal, S8/9 in HSNL with children singing, // slightly weaker WRMI-9, 15770 S6/S9. I last logged 7730 on June 3 and first noted it missing June 12. Since then, no trace of it in nightly bandscans. Much, but not all of the time, 7730 is // 15770, as at 0630 daily, Slovakia in Spanish. Next check July 11 at 1610: 7730 S6/S8 into Boca Ratón FL SDR in German and classical music, sked as SMTV. 15770 in Spanish music, then also German talk, RAE relay scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490-), UT Sat July 8 at 0000, WBCQ stream of `AAAWWW`: first half hour musing about cosmology; finally 0028 datestamp as 7 July YOOLF 2023, so it is live. Angela on remote phoneline so lofi it`s hard to understand her. 0035 he starts referring to some stuff in trade press, like ranking of markets with greatest proportion of listeners to AM radio. #1 is Buffalo NY; but Florida nowhere on the list. About 0030 I check the quadricast frequencies into Maryland SDR: 7490 - 70 Hz = 7489.930; 6160 -67 = 6159.933; 5130 -25 = 5129.975; 3265 + 106 = 3265.106. 0057 reading email. Wraps up about a minute over, why always? So JIP Hal Turner late, not that I care. Starts by siding with Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Larry Will explains the dead air from 6160-, WBCQ Area 51 during WOR time July 10 at 0300: ``Hi Glenn, A thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon snapped a large pine tree about two blocks north of our house and crushed the power and cable lines during a thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon. Power and internet resumed at 7:30 pm local time and I was able to get Area 51 back online a few minutes later. All seemed fine until about 10:00 pm [02 UT], when the cable cut suddenly, dropping us off the internet. I discovered technicians repairing a cable connection on the same pole at that time. Our broadband wasn't restored until sometime after midnight and we've been online since then. Sorry about the Area 51 dead air; if I would have known about the latter outage I would have made plans to source the programming from a backup site. Cheers, Lw`` Tnx, Larry, sorry you had to go thru that and tnx for trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7489.930, Wed July 12 at 2130, WBCQ S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, new program following WORLD OF RADIO -- who could ask for a better lead-in? `Plain Old Doug Show`, brief intro, then straight novelty Dixieland tunes, 2153 brief outro with email, 2154 into `Line Break` - these are two survivors of `Radio Angela`, which previewed them this way before it was decided to stop: 10:30pm-10:55pm EDT (Fridays 0230-0255 UTC): Plain Old Doug Show Host: Doug Feldmann (US) Format: Doug is a long-time loyal WBCQ listener who began to try his hand at making shows for us. Often featuring early string band music but sometimes heads off into completely different directions. Email: custodiandoug@aol.com 10:55pm-11:00 pm EDT (Fridays 0255-0300 UTC) Line Break Host: T.D. Walker (US) Format: Poetry. T.D. Walker is the author of poetry collections and science fiction stories as well as a shortwave radio enthusiast. Includes selections from several other poets. Email: qsl@linebreakshortwave.com Website: https://www.linebreakshortwave.com/ 2130 Wed is still shown as an *available timeslot on the never up-to-date BCQ websked. BTW, on Sunday July 9 at 2200 another ATS was occupied by another repeat of `AAAWWW`, but Bill Tilford says he plans to resume that hour with his two main shows, FTIOM and UBMP each once a month: ``Beginning August 6, Julio Cesar Pereira and I will be purchasing a shared weekly hour Sundays 6-7 pm [EDT = 22-23 UT] on 7490 (right after Marion's Attic) - I will be taking week 1 with From the Isle of Music and week 3 with Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Julio weeks 2 and 4 with Ginga Brasil! Unlike 5130, 7490 does livestream (but does not archive) on the wbcq.com website. Marion's Attic and Behavior Night have already been on the frequency for many years as was FTIOM and UBMP for a few. At this writing, while the shortwave press has lamented Radio Angela's passing, there has not been a sufficient listener groundswell to be able to have any significant leverage with possible sponsors. Personally, I am moving on, but with good feelings about what we did while we did it.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15150, July 10 at 0619, WMLK booming at S9+30, presumed DEJOM, denouncing other Yahweh sects who`ve got it all wrong. Ho, hum. Was originally blasting in like this when I first discovered, but lately had been quite weak, all depending on propagation, or operation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WTWW: George McClintock updates us on July 9: hopes to be back on air this week or next, first 5085, later 9475, as he has been sales-approaching various ministries. Also is selling some expensive extra parts to help finance the station for rest of year, such as twelve only partially ~half-depleted final tubes since Ted mishandled them. You`re supposed to gradually increase the voltage as time goes on. KVOH may be buying two of them for Zambia. Could only get $200/ton for scrap metal. BTW, the WTWW building has a fabulous floor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, July 12 at 0347, WRNO in presumed Hindi but having to resort to English to slowly convey their Fort Worth postal address, S9/+30. Still not running overnight, off circa 0645 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Possibility of Es so caradio bandscan July 7 at 2024 UT: finds none, but notice that semi-local 91.5 is in deadair, still so past 2044. Standard remark: if a station be so out of it that it does not even have one staff member or another constantly monitoring for dead air or any other problem, even if automated, and/or a silence-sensor alarm, how can they expect any listeners to stick with them, and more importantly, why should they deserve continued licensing, especially if there be any other/better demand for the frequency? WTFDA FMDB shows: KSNS 91.5 MEDICINE LODGE KS CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN KEEP SINGING NEW SONGS" 0.0 96.0 0.0 141.0 37-14-02 98-39-55 A4EC KSNS --- or ``Keep Sending No Sound``! Anyhow there is a lot of spoken gospel-huxtering, not just music when they manage to modulate. It`s just over the OK/KS frontier. This one is also unusual in that it`s full power and vertically polarized only, as the 0.0 means kW ERP-H and the 96.0 means kW ERP-V. Maybe that`s why I hear it better on the caradio. However there is another 91.5 in KS likewise, KARF Independence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 91.5, July 8 at 0121 & 0140 UT, my next rechex on caradio *still* find open carrier/dead air, i.e. from KSNS, Medicine Lodge, KS, see my previous report: I bet it`s been dead thruout the 5 hours since 2044! Instead of ignorance and inattention by station staff, it could also be that a person on duty at station collapsed or worse. IF they have any local listeners, might call 911 and/or get the police to make a welfare check. BTW, this OC/DA is in mono; I had not noticed whether it were in $tereo when modulative. With the proliferation of Part 15 very low-power RF feeders in cars, sometimes left on with no input, one must be careful not to take one of these nearby for a genuine FM station. So I have made certain 91.5 OC/DA remains audible as I drive around Enid, and even on my jaunt out to Ringwood, July 8 between 1850 and 2100 UT to investigate KEUC; details in next report --- yes, KSNS *still2* silent some 24 hours after first noted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {more about KSNS below, thru July 12} ** U S A [and non]. Big sporadic E FM DX opening July 9 at 1742-1839 UT; full report next time, but quick summary: NY: WYYY 94.5 Syracuse; WNED 94.5 Buffalo; WCMF 96.5 Rochester; WBUF 92.9 Buffalo OH: WXKR 94.5 Port Clinton; WHBC 94.9 Canton ID: KZBQ 93.9 Pocatello ON: CKUE 95.1 Chatham; CBL 94.1 Toronto (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Es FM DX: gotta take it whenever it decide to happen! In the not too hot garage, on the Nissan Sentra 2004 stock caradio with fender vertical antenna only, so no antenna manipulation but disfavoring horizontal-only stations, if any; all logs in real time with my own ears, one frequency at a time, no RDS capability, no recording, no internet for stream comparisons; but research later from my scribbled notes, mainly the excellent WTFDA FM Database, also in general searching if needed. All times strictly UT! Numbers just before geo coordinates are kW ERP and antenna height above average terrain in meters. Identical horiz and vert figures, u.o.s. Last figures are distances in km/stmi city-to-city so approx., not site-to-city, from distancefromto.net. Showing distance does not necessarily make a log more definite, but FYI. I do not count stations, states or anything, what`s `new` or not, and am not in a competition. Each DX log I view as a potential learning experience. Clarifications, correxions welcome. Sunday July 9, all times strictly UT! 91.5 at 1742, KSNS *still* dead air but some classical music is off-and-on trying to overcome it. From subsequent probable target area obs, likely: WXXO 91.5 ROCHESTER NY HD CLASSICAL CLASSICAL 91.5 45.0 134.0 43-08-07 77-35-03 93C8 WXXI -FM Classical 91.5 WXXI-FM Rochester NY Classical // WXXY 90.3 & W298CE 107.5 -- and again at 1805. Recently changed call from WXXI to WXXO. The XXI derived from the now surely irrelevant old analog channel of its TV station which must have preceded the FM; altho one might guess it denote our century 1882/1169 {reply below} 94.5 at 1748, 1755, 1804, classical music in mix of others, surely: WNED-FM 94.5 BUFFALO NY HD CLASSICAL WNED CLASSICAL 94.0 220.5 42-38-15 78-46-07 7767 WNED-FM YOUR CLASSICAL ESCAPE Classical 1775/1103 94.5 at 1750, ad for seabreeze.com on the shore of Lake Ontario, mentions Rochester. No stations there, but apparently: WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY HD ADULT CONTEMPORARY Y-94 100.0 198.0 42-56-46 76-07-07 1690 Y94 The 80s To Now Y94 The 80's to now Adult Hits Then at 1751 ad for Kia in East Syracuse 1993/1239 94.5 at 1750, mention news network and KNN. Can`t be sure whether this be one of the more definitely IDed on 94.5. KNN could mean Kentucky News Network, rather than Kurdistan or Korea. If so there is one possibility in KY: WMXL 94.5 LEXINGTON KY HD HOT AC MIX 94.5 85.0 194.0 38-07-24 84-26-37 16B9 Artist/Song - Mix 94.5 Artist/Song - Mix 94.5 Adult Hits but I have not been able to make any such correlation. There is such a thing in KY, but no radio affiliate list found. A music station might incidentally get newscasts from KNN, not worth website mention 1198/744 94.5 at 1753, ``classic rock, 94-5 XKR``: WXKR 94.5 PORT CLINTON OH HD CLASSIC ROCK 94.5 XKR TOLEDO'S CLASSIC ROCK 30.0 188.2 41-30-03 83-16-16 HD is off. 1409/876 94.1 at 1754, ``Mix 94-1``; of 4 stations so named, only this in PTA: WHBC-FM 94.1 CANTON OH HOT AC MIX 94.1 45.0 157.0 40-53-53 81-19-07 6740 MIX 94-1 Artist/Title MIX 94-1 Canton Adult Hits 1513/940 97.3 at 1756, hymn VG and very briefly. No format fit in OH; in NY only two very low power religious teachers. In PA there is one, east of Pittsburgh; possibly but lowpowered: WPCL 97.3 SPANGLER PA RELIGIOUS TEACHING WAY TRUTH LIFE RADIO 1.75 kWH 1.7 kWV 186.0 40-30-27 78-48-14 7C83 WPCL 93.3 at 1758, CCI to OKC, Yankee Honda ad, Hometown Rent-to-Own, mentions Erie PA and 93 -- but no fits for Erie. I seem to get hits for Yankee Honda in Erie, but real name of dealer there is Bianchi which I may have misunderstood. Hometown Rent-to-Own rather generic a name, but top hits are for Jamestown NY and Salamanca NY. I bet it`s this: Jamestown NY is near Erie PA: WWSE 93.3 JAMESTOWN NY HOT AC SE 93 26.5 196.0 42-05-06 79-17-22 A998 SE93 SE93 is Nielsen Rated #1 No Program Type or Undefined 1721/1070 {reply below} 93.9 at 1800, definite ID for Pocatello-Idaho Falls-Blackfoot, 1801 Town Hall News -- wow, NE and NW openings at once; this is only log from NW: KZBQ 93.9 POCATELLO ID COUNTRY EAST IDAHO COUNTRY 100.0 308.4 42-51-57 112-30-44 1437/893 92.3 at 1808, ``check out 97-9 WJLB``. So which 92.3 could be a sibling station to WJLB 97.9, which I did NOT hear, but FYI: WJLB 97.9 DETROIT MI HD URBAN CONTEMPORARY DETROIT'S HIP-HOP & R&B 50.0 149.0 42-24-22 83-06-44 1D8B 97.9 WJLB Artist/Title 97.9 WJLB Artist/Title Rhythm and Blues --- both are iHeart stations, so it is: WMXD 92.3 DETROIT MI HD URBAN AC MIX 92.3 45.0 146.0 42-19-55 83-02-42 16B1 MIX 92.3 Artist/Title MIX92.3 R&B and the Best Old School Jams Rhythm and Blues 1433/890 94.1 at 1816, classical music. Nothing fits but surely this which does classical without being so mentioned on WTFDA DB: CBL-FM 94.1 TORONTO ON CAN VARIETY CBC MUSIC 38.0 420.0 43-38-33 79-23-14 B203 CBC CBC MUSIC No Program Type or Undefined 1764/1096 {reply below} 96.5 at 1817, ad for Gallisaunam?? something like, Institute; a BBQ joint; an AFIB victim guess who; ``classic rock`` also carries Buffalo Bills, Sabres; 1820, ``96-5, WCMF``; another ID at 1827: WCMF-FM 96.5 ROCHESTER NY HD CLASSIC ROCK ROCHESTER'S CLASSIC ROCK 96-5 WCMF 48.0 142.0 43-08-05 77-35-07 5B2D 96.5WCMF Artist/Title 96.5WCMF Artist/Title 1882/1169 {reply below} 92.9 at 1829, ``Buffalo`s Real Rock``: WBUF 92.9 BUFFALO NY HD ROCK 76.0 195.0 42-57-13 78-52-35 5959 92.9WBUF Artist/Title Rock ACTIVE ROCK 1775/1103 95.1 at 1831, ``Cool FM``: CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON CAN SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0 42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933 95.5 at 1834, Channel955.com; 1835 Freedom Boat Club at Lake Sinclair: WKQI 95.5 DETROIT MI HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO CHANNEL 95.5 100.0 130.0 42-28-23 83-11-59 17B8 Channel 955 Home of Mojo In The Morning Channel 955 Title & Artist Top 40 1433/890 Still DX at 1839 but I have to suspend for lunch; resuming at 1901, only sign of DX is some country atop 95.3 KOKC OKC translator; quit at 1914. Another false alarm checking at 2122-2129, just noting that 91.5 KSNS is *still* dead air. 2221 another session: 99.3 with NASCAR talk over KLOR Ponca; despite next log, no sports format listed anywhere in VA or FL on 99.3. 94.5 at 2223, rap; 2236 ad for dancing at Main Street Station; in & out. Top hits on Main Street Station lead to Daytona Beach FL; name may be too generic, also one in Richmond VA. Both have local 94.5s. VA closer to earlier PTA; note high power too: WCFB 94.5 DAYTONA BEACH FL HD URBAN AC STAR 94.5 97.5 kWH 100.0 kWV 451.0 28-58-47 81-27-20 5A73 Song/Artist Now Playing Title & Artist on Today's R&B and Throwbacks Rhythm and Blues 1763/1096 OR: WRVQ 94.5 RICHMOND VA HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO Q-94 200.0 107.0 37-24-13 77-18-59 13BE Q94 Title & Artist on Q94 1817/1129 Nothing more, quit at 2245. Keeping an eye on DXMAPs for Es MUFs and favorable paths, there appear to be some further chances, such as UT Monday July 10 when I`m back in the DX car at 0309-0315 but nothing unusual - 91.5 KSNS still deadairing. Likewise July 10 at 2010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Replies to some of my FM DX logs July 9: [Re 91.5 WXXO Rochester NY:] ``Hi Glenn, WXXI on ch 21 preceded other FM and AM outlets. So yes it refers the original analogue channel. WXXI-FM calls recently moved to the new operation on 105.9, and 91.5 is now WXXO, which Scott Fybush tells me is of little consequence because it generally IDs as "Classic FM." 105.9 used to be WJZR with R&B and light jazz, but the owner retired and WXXI was able to buy it. WXXI has double the power on 105.9 now. WXXI-AM on 1370 had been the news operation, but it's coverage sucked at night, probably because its pattern is N/S and in the years that followed the original license and antenna pattern Rochester expanded east and west, but the original pattern protects WFEA and WSPD, so where I live 25 miles west of Rochester it was poor at night. The new FM solves that coverage issue now for news junkies like me who gag on anything further to the right (like WHAM). When I heard that WJZR was closing I fully expected another K-LOVE or EWTN to grab it, but very thankfully I was wrong. I suspect that WXXI-1370 will be shed in the not too distant future. It would be cool if that channel could be turned into a programming source for minority-oriented NPR programs, but will probably go religious. I hope not. I often catch CBL-FM 94.1 with classical, though it also has public affairs, sometimes eclectic music at night. So the Variety format actually fits. [Re 93.3 WWSE Jamestown NY:] Yes on 93.3 Jamestown carrying Erie ads. [Re 96.5 WCMF Rochester NY `at 1817, ad for Gallisaunam?? something like, Institute`:] That mystery word is (Tom) Golisano, founder of Paychex, a payroll company, whose philanthropy seems mostly designed to put his name on things, like hospitals, stadiums and colleges. He tried to be Governor and has owned sports teams. Though he made his fortune in New York, of course "no thanks to NY", and I think he's moved to Florida to avoid taxes. Reminds me of someone else, though Golisano is less odious. So there you go! Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY`` Tnx for the interesting background, Jim! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 91.5, July 12 at 2213 UT, another futile check for Es FM DX at least accomplishes this: KSNS, Medicine Lodge KS, is now into its sixth day of dead air as first noted July 7 but probably started earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, July 6 at 0627, RV is back after missing a couple nights, island music, 0631 drumming intro to public notices segment, S9/+10 but storm noisy. Ron Howard has received a prompt eQSL specifying power at 10 kW -- as we have suspected, quadrupled from last known listings of 2.5: ``Thanks very much to Pradip Chandar Kundu (Agartala, Tripura, India), via ADXR (July 2023), for the contact info! Sent off a reception report, with audio file, to Robert Warren < robertw @ vbtc.vu > and received the attached e-QSL in about two hours. Please notice the power "10 Kw." He is the senior technical officer at VBTC. Very happy to have their current QSL! Ron California``. They are staying on 7260 after 0700, contrary to sked from Spain claiming 3945 and harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198) UNIDENTIFIED. RF 14, 17, 22, 31, 36, July 11 at 1540 UT, BAD DTV signals during lots of tropo around Enid, mapping especially into Kansas, but no decodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)