** ALASKA [non]. 13760, August 10 at 0331, S7/9+10 the SSOB far beyond 13790 presumed Algeria, so not the OSOB; pop music, then English ``??? and Friends`` segment about avoiding cons and swindling. 0336 KNLS ID in passing and next feature is DX specialist Carl Mann, `DX History for Beginners` about first radio broadcast 1906y by Fessenden, etc. Has interview and clips of something. 0339 back to music. During this 8 minutes heard nothing gospelhuxtery other than ``New Life Station`` but I`m sure they will get to that after some secular enticement. I wonder how many beginner listeners know they are tuned to MADAGASCAR, MWV relay under same WCB ownership? I`m under the impression that Carl produced a limited number of evergreen `DX` features many years ago for KNLS, and they keep running thru them over and over. I met Carl at a DX convention, and later he told me all about these shows; see http://w4uvh.net/dxld1637.txt Per HFCC, this 03-04 broadcast like an identical one at 02-03, is 100 kW aimed 40 degrees toward S Asia, roughly 90 degrees away from USward, yet we get this outstanding signal off the side? Because the T/E path to us is so superior propagationally? It`s the closest we get to antipodal SWBC. Is the earlier hour also of identical content? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Thu Aug 10 at 1740, on a fluke I check Argentine remote for LRA36, and there it is! Pop music at S8/9+10; 1747 applause but cut to more music. So toward end of a midday weekday broadcast or start of an afternoon/evening? The latter: 1757 begins repeating canned IDs, ``la voz de Argentina para el mundo`` among slogans. Estudio 9, Uniendo Voces, credit Univ. de Quilmes and individuals. Continuous musical background during talk, self-QRM, why? 1807 into programming; 1815 IDs, music, etc. Checked direct now: absolutely no signal, as usual. 1823, ``Con el viento al sur`` song title. 1829, promotion of Univ. Quilmes activities. Suddenly chopped off air at 1838* as she is about to announce that song again. Never comes back in next semihour as I let SDR run while I attempt to nap. I was dodging storms last Saturday Aug 5 and never got to check for it then. Meanwhile a very interesting exposure of its true mission: promoting Argentine imperialism, remember Malvinas! BBC Monitoring later translated it and it`s via Mike Cooper in the WOR iog. But first via Chris Greenway, Aug 2, WOR iog: [WOR] ``Argentine news agency reports modernisation of LRA36 --- The Argentine state news agency Télam has carried this article on the renovation work that's being taking place at LRA36, making clear the very political goals of the station.`` [and with illustrations]: https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202307/635369-radio-antartida-soberania-identidad-inclusion.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Aug 12 at 1753, LRA36 is on with music prélude, S7/S9 into Argentine SDR; tnx to reminder from Manuel Méndez who was already getting it direct to NW Spain at 1747. I mostly miss the first bihour of KUCO`s opera this week, from WFMT, Bellini`s `La Sonnambula`. 1757 CW ID. 1758 vocal s/on with multilingual IDs. 1759 temps in July were -30, down to -41.4, winds 10? meters per second. Conversion factor to mph is X 2.237 = 22 mph. 1803 live intro of `Uniendo Voces`, staff, Juan Benavente speaking. 1811 will be carrying `Zona de Fuego` program sometime. Now? -19 degrees. Thursday was first `Estudio 9` show from Univ. de Quilmes. 1816 kid? or woman voice with history mentioning 1930y. 1826 new housing built at Petrel base. 1827 accuses British of destroying Uruguayan/Argentine scientific, not military base in South Sandwich during Malvinas war. 1832 song. 1838 contact info. 1842 about space exploration, launch from New Mexico. 1845 there have also been rocket launches from AntArg bases. 1853 story of an engaged, then married couple at an Anta base. Still going past 1900+ when it`s time to wrap up and dispatch this report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Aug 15 at 1910, no signal from LRA36 into Argentine remote, just S5 of noise. If it`s Tuesday, must have been Base Esperanza, reported earlier at 1640 by Manuel Méndez direct to Spain. Is it now every day, almost? Last week I caught it on Thursday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ASCENSION. 12025-12030-12035, Aug 11 at 2348, DRM noise S8/S9 direct, what`s this? O, EiBi has it, C M Obrecht`s music hour special from Switzerland, this date only at 23-24 for Brasil. Didn`t have it on my own calendar or I might have tried a remote to decode it. Others who did got a DRM display claiming it`s KTWR in Japanese! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {that was an internal Kiwi thing} ** BOTSWANA. 13830, Aug 15 before & after 0630, S7/S9 of dead air. That would be VOA French at 0530-0630 M-F but not turned off yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9665v, Aug 10 at 0636, NO signal from R. Voz Missionária, which had been a very reliable all-nighter. Wolfgang Bueschel also noted it missing earlier. At 0638 I still detect its other always off-frequency JBA carrier circa 5940.21 in the splash from 5935 WWCR. Not sure about its third outlet, 11750v; not noticed but not sought (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9665.289, Aug 12 at 0646, RVM is back on, familiar choral hymn in English, sung by kids, S5/S7. Its other frequencies are much weaker as always: 5940.21 at 0638 JBA carrier vs HSNL; 11750.009, at 0651, S3/S4, amazingly close to nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9665v, Aug 16 at 0647, RVM is missing again. Still something JBA on 11750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 15190.127, Aug 16 at 2318, JBA carrier I`m confident is R. Inconfidência; all ZYs must be off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 3330 RC USB, Aug 14 at 0608, no signal from CHU direct, but still on 7850, inaudible on 14670. At 1608 into nearby VE3HOA remote, still nothing on 3330 but 7850 and 14670 at local range. 3330 I also noted absent the day before. Is this covered at System Status? https://nrc.canada.ca/en/chu-short-wave-station/ Of course not! As previously discovered, is useless about new outages, nothing shown recently. Still off at 2115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 3330 RC USB, Aug 15 at 1459, Ottawa VE3HOA SDR is getting 3330 and the other CHUs, so back on air; after Richard Langley reported System Status finally acknowledged the offage once it were onagain: ``Should be back on now. Here's the latest status report: Off: 2023-08-09 @ 00:00 --- On: 2023-08-15 @ 11:00 3.330 MHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 15555, Aug 16 at 2322, S5/S7 with flutter, Chinese. Jamming this hour only vs RFA Chinese via Saipan. Fortunately not overlapping with WJHR span, which earlier this afternoon had VG USB signal, much better than US AM stations on 19m, 15610, 15770. Must have been a limited-area sporadic E boost (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15920, 14920, 13920, Aug 16 at 2329, JBA carriers from Sound of Hope jammers on their favorite triad (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, Aug 12 at 0649, HK3QQ is unusually missing, no keyboard letters in sequence with errors. Despite my frequent logs of this, it seems no one else is reporting it, except Paul Kemp, May 21 in an FB group; but same was heard on 7092 in 2021y, per HF Underground, not realizing the `random` letters were really keyborder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIZUELA. 4940, Aug 10 at 0645, NO signal from the 4940 gospel huxter. Had been very reliable all-nighter. At this time do have JBA carriers from 4985 Brasil, 4885 Brasil, 4810 Perú (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) -- Ron Howard replies: ``Hi Glenn - To tell you the truth, I thought they recently changed their schedule, as I have noted them off the air a number of times when I scan by 4940 during the night (0700+ UT). Ron (California)`` I seldom monitor after 0700; assumed anything on as late as 2 or 3 am local would stay all night, but seems not in this case. Also: Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Aug 10 at 2101: ``4940, no audio, no carrier yesterday and today in the early morning here in Reinante, NW of Spain. Confirmed out of the air via Bonaire SDR Kiwi remote receiver`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIZUELA. 4940, Aug 12 at 0630, Colombia para Cristo relay station is missing again tonight, and always? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIZUELA. 4940, Aug 13 at 0707, JBA carrier vs HSNL, so Station 4940 is back on air after missing since Aug 9; also heard earlier tonight by Manuel Méndez, Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIZUELA. 4940, Aug 14 at 0600, no signal from Station 4940, but JBA carriers direct from other S Americans on 4810, 4885, 4985. Seems hours have been reduced or just irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Aug 10 at 0644, R. Rebelde is ON, S9+20/30. Was reported absent last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11950, Aug 11 at 2348 S8/9+10 of dead air from RHC `Mesa Redonda` channel, and //6000 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Aug 11 at 2349, RHC Spanish, music, is suptorted/JBM, S9+10 with perpetual parasites on 11840 & 11860 at S3/S5. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Cuban socialists no longer believe in Marx... but they can't let him go. A deputy minister of Economy and Planning in the regime recently stated that companies lack a figure functioning as an owner... Rafaela Cruz, La Habana 08 Ago 2023 - 21:07 CEST`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1691521626_49044.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Aug 12 at 0631, R. Rebelde is not off the air, S9+20/30 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Sunday Aug 13 at 0714, S9+10 of off-mike sounds, like footsteps, someone left it on in a studio, also some JBA jazz music. No doubt the only overtime RHC frequency tonight during the weekly semihour when Esperanto is supposed to emit on 49mb like 6100. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Aug 14 at 0625, RHC overtime in Spanish, S9+20 with VG modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9565, Aug 16 at 0645, residual jamming against no Martí, also with as occasionally happens, BFO-audible, two tones alternating, axually CW at slightly offset frequencies. Counted 25 in a row once, then 38 in a row, with brief pauses between. Why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Aug 16 at 2320, RHC Spanish, S9+10/20 but very sup/torted. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Fidel Castro: 'History will absolve me.' What 'social triumphs' can Cubans claim 70 years on? To defend his actions, Castro pointed to the 'terrible tragedy' that Cuba was suffering in six areas: land, industrialization, housing, unemployment, education and public health`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1692111655_49175.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 28466 USB, Aug 16 at 2335, HI8RD making very quick contacts with US stations. Not positive about last letter in his rare own IDs, think it was Denmark. Only one other phone signal on band, and no CW beacons at all. HI8RD Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic Rig - Rigoberto Diaz G., P. O. Box 799, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic His qrz.com page is huge with certificates/awards, equipment and people (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 17765, Aug 15 at 1722, S7/S9 with flutter in song, sounds Chinesish, among few sigs on 16m. Aoki shows CRI French at 1600-1757 via Kashi-Saiba; land of ChiCom imperialist genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. And nothing else anywhen on 17765; it was once the 16m home of AFRTS, Delano, California (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT [and non]. 9440, Aug 11 at 2139, R. Cairo, S9+25/35 into UTwente, whine, crackle, distortion; despite earlier reports that it was sounding better, but not now. Synch first displays 9440.000, then 9439.994+. Sounds like there are two carriers, but maybe the defective Abis have two peaks. 21-22 is supposed to be a pause between CRI until 21 and BBC from 22 on 9440. Heard some Qur`aning for a while, it`s the Fribbath after all, violating Separation of Mosque and State. English sked until 2245, but by 2150 I notice it`s off, probably a few minutes earlier. At *2158 new carrier on with tone, weaker S8/S9 on 9440.003, presumably BBC via Philippines as now sked. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Aug 14 at 2140, NO signal from R. Cairo in English, into UTwente. No loss: of course if it were on, would be horribly modulated. Still gone at 2155 when I switch to 11785 Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. 15530, Aug 14 at 1801, JBA carrier near 15520 Spain. EiBi shows KTWR in Korean at 1730-1830. Presumably by now all emissions have been restored to Guam. It`s notable now that there is a lot more activity above than below 15.5 MHz on the 19m band; why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 15050, Aug 11 at 2352, S Asian song, S5/S9 with heavy flutter. Akashvani in Mandarin via Bengaluru is at 2345-0115, but no ChiCom jamming audible! To be followed by 0130-0230 Indonesian per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470, Aug 14 at 1804, JBA carrier, only spot below 17500 - got to be Dengê Welat or Recep`s Turkjam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6200 AM, Aug 13 around 0700, JBA carrier, presumed R. Eastern Star pirate. Seems we have been right in filing under NORTH AMERICA rather than USA, as RUS-DX quotes the operator as saying he is in Choya Bay, Mexico -- that`s an expat town just north of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, NW Mexico, rather than SW USA. Of course we only have his word for it, could be misdirexion. Or spelt Cholla (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 15720, Thu Aug 10 at 0339, RNZP closing French segment till next week, a bit of drumming, then English about air bubbles in Netherlands. I must pause more with RNZP as they have VG programming, and usually VG signal like this S7/S9; the SSOB except for 15230 Cuba, S9 but it`s JBM; only thing else is weak JBA 15195 surely NHK. However, RNZP website shows French news today at 10:30-10:45 am = 2230-2245 UT Wednesday, and available among other Paclangs; https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/pacificlangaugesnews Guess what, the schedule for local Thu 3:30 pm shows no French: ``3:30 PM. Champions of the Pacific --- A weekly sports show exploring the triumphs, struggles and passions of the Pasifika {sic} athlete`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non]. 17735.002+, Sunday August 13, no signal into UTwente until cut on at *1900 sharp during African song with drumming, VG S9+15/20 out of Woofferton UK. Frequency seems to cycle 1 Hz between .002 and .003, later .001 and .002. 1902 Yoruba by wild announcer. 1905.5 in English, ``Yoruba Nation Radio-Television ... YNRT``, 1906 songs. Back to YY assuming to be only, leave on in background. 1934 realize it`s English, guy alternating langs one sentence to another. Keeps talking about prayer and god -- must be a religionist, even Christian. ``Nigeria is a rotten place -- let us get out``. 1939 another segment all in English. Lots of spirited talk; maybe more English bits mixed in with heavy accents. UTwente keeps cutting off and on, annoying. Scheduled Sat & Sun only. 19-20. BTW, once again no signal out of Nigeria itself around 0700 Aug 13 on 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6200 AM, Aug 10 at 0642, JBA music presumably from R. Eastern Star pirate now that he has upped power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6200.00 AM, Aug 12 at 0640, JBA carrier, presumed, R. Eastern Star pirate. Only other 6200 in Aoki is Tibet for long hours including daytime like now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See MEXICO ** OKLAHOMA. 1140 kHz, Aug 14 at 2021 UT, KRMP OKC seems off, during caradio bandscan. Equivalent 1 kW ND on 1340 KGHM has usual sufficient signal. Later at 2040 I try on the DX-398 in the front yard: 1140 does bear a JBA carrier looping OKC. Since there is no KS on 1140, two TX are too far, and AR is 90 degrees away, also too far; therefore KRMP is on but at greatly reduced power. Radio-locator coverage map for KRMP shows Enid between local and distant contours (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1490 kHz, Aug 14 at 2021 UT on caradio, NO signal from KMFS Guthrie. Likewise at 2040 on the DX-398, not even a JBA carrier. Sob! sob! It`s Jimmy Swaggart`s station. NRC AM Log shows address in Bâton Rouge; radio-locator in Las Vegas NV. Graveyarder of course 1/1 kW ND and the only 1490 here in daytime. Maybe high winds in storm to blame (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1140 & 1490, Aug 15 at 1705 UT, KRMP OKC & KMFS Guthrie are back on air at normal levels after yesterday`s anomalies, QRP and QRT respectively (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1340, Aug 15 at 1718 UT, dominant KGHM has SAH ~counting 7 Hz from a second station, presumably next-closest KJMU Sand Springs, especially on my favorable E/W longwire. KJMU listed strangely as 500 watts day/1000 night in last year`s NRC AM Log, but it`s had lots of problems as recounted six times this year in NRC DX News with FCC info, most currently the Aug 14 issue: ``1340 KJMU OK Sand Springs – Granted STA, D1 125 from backup transmitter``. And previously: ``1340 KJMU OK Sand Springs – Silent since Jan. 8; on the air with U1 125/250 May 24.`` Supposedly Spanish; radio-locator calls it Radio La Raza, which of course is not to be taken as racist. About the SAH, mwoffsets has no entry for any OK but KGHM, which was 0.4 Hz high as of 2018-01-23 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1570 kHz, Aug 14 at 1823 UT, JBA Spanish in HNL, i.e. KTUZ Catoosa near Tulsa. Its FM is back in OKC on 106.7 with a much better signal here. Same call applies to RF 29 TV ``Shawnee`` with Spanish nets and shoppers (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, Aug 11 at 2025 & 2049 chex on caradio, weak deadair, no doubt still KOCD Okeene, Spanish religion, as first noted 2 days ago! I bet has been dead ever since, not checked yesterday - yet another station so out of it that does not care, or does not know that its modulation has failed -- also speaks volumes about their listener/fans? if no one alerted HQ immediately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 101.5 MHz, Aug 14 at 1942 & 2029 UT chex on caradio, still dead air from KOCD Okeene, as already noted Aug 9 & 11. Standard derisive remark. Hmm, what could OCD stand for? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, Aug 15 at 1708 UT, as far as I can tell, KOCD Okeene still dead air, weak signal with occasional airplane surges, or MS burst QRM. But also traces of another fringer. In OK there are three translators and another Spanish, 6.2 kW in Collnsville; while Kansas has three non-translators, most likely another Spanish, KSMM Liberal, which I caught July 12 q.v., despite WTFDA DB *still* listing it as silent since 4/28/22 due to xmtr failure which was/is? 100 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, Aug 16 circa 1920 UT, another day of dead air in $tereo from KOCD Okeene (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Another tropo enhancement eastward from Enid, August 11 at 0525 UT: besides numerous BAD signals on ``open`` channels, decoding: RF 21, KHBS Fort Smith AR, site in OK! with 40/29 bug in lower right corner along with sibling station KHOG-TV ``29`` Fayetteville AR on RF 15 invisible here; RF 28, ION ``44``, KTPX-TV Okmulgee RF 20, KQCW ``19`` Muskogee (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 34, August 12 at 0334 UT, area tropo is up with storms in central OK, not here, boosting this signal into decodability, KWRW-LD, which is 15 kW ERP from SE OKC, about a block east of I-35, and between SE 21 & 22 Sts., direxional NW which must help, vs several other BAD signals. Led by Heartland on 33-1 plus six others matching rabbitears.info info. Bug is a red heart in LR corner, enclosing an outline of a cowboy hat (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 13660, Aug 16 at 2342, RRI Spanish about football, S4/S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Aug 10 at 0627, TOMBS on WRMI vs quite audible Cuban pulse jamming, which is liable to hit 9955 anytime whether or not exilish or even Spanish. And who is the successor huxter to Scare? At least his stuff is not two decades old (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, VG into Maryland SDR, Fri Aug 11 at 2202, token English from SNR, with a mailbag bit from someone in Romania, inviting correspondence to english@rtve.es 2203, news! It`s back after almost 3 weeks admittedly and their first chance to report on the July 23 elexion - but the results are still unclear. There will be another one on Aug 17? or at least that is when parliament reconvenes. Several world news items too, but they can hardly catch up with two sesquiweeks missed. 2208 about a ``painter of light`` in Valencia, Joaquín Sorolla - search him out but beware that all the images that show up are not necessarily his. 2215 about various fiestas around Spain, not necessarily at this time of year, 2224 one in Canary Islands; 2225 ``burial of the sardine`` but I missed where. Most hosted by two YL voices, outro as the familiar Amy Egan and the other someone Quintana. Also heard an unfamiliar OM voice with a canned ID. Other frequencies unchecked except on the waterfall I could also see a trace on 17715 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Aug 14 at 2200, VG S7/S9 into VA SDR, SNR has a new opener for token English, a montage of multi-lingual IDs. Begins with program preview, and acknowledging a listener, William, in N America, another new angle. Again it`s Amy Egan and ??? Quintana. 2202 news. Deadline for forming new government is this Thursday following uncertain elexion in July; if not, another elexion in December. Heatwave in Canarias; water shortages everywhere. Stories punxuated by musical stingers. 2209 invites contacts. 2210 some TV show, Game of Thrones, filmed in Cáceres, and its impact; constant musical undercurrent. At 2225, one of them says ``this concludes my time at SFR; farewell!`` Now was that Hélena Rigobert or Amy Egan. I wasn`t paying enough attention for this surprise despedida. 2226 story about a singer who was fined for going topless, and her defiant remarx. Marilín [sp?] Quintana and Amy Egan wrap up the show, so the departer must have been Rigobert. That also explains why Quintana is newly added (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Aug 16 at 2200, token English from SNR is VG into Virginia SDR, and the other three also audible, good to fair. Brief news, then interview with a guy about roller coasters and themeparx - lo fi on phone and heavy accent. Entire show co-hostessed by the two remaining YLs Amy Egan and Marilín Quintana. Nothing heard of OM Justin Coe for some time -- still justin holiday? O, Aug 16 is World Rollercoaster Day as well as the unrelated Madonna`s 65th birthday, closing with bit of a song by her, ¿Where Is Isla Bonita? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 11 after 2200, VOT English is not off the air today but first semihour I`m celebrating SPAIN back in business after summer reruns. S9+40/45 into UTwente, heavy modulation. 2237 ``Always by your side promo``, and `Did You Know That?` about a natural wonder on the Black Sea coast, but I give up trying to understand the badax. Her canned sign-off and one note of IS before chopoffair at 2254* - no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 13635, Aug 12 at 0658, Turkish music, S9/+10. One of best 22m signals every night, VOT Turkish language service. At 0700 no timesignal, into presumed news with stingers. Sked all the way from 0600 to 1255 per Aoki. HFCC agrees it`s the only 13635 anywhen, 500 kW, 310 degrees for western Europe, and we lie directly beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 11785, Sunday August 13 after 2200, VOT is not off the air today, until 2255.5*, including `Weekly Analysis` ending at 2221 but I`m mainly attentive to `Ginga Brasil` this hour on WBCQ 7490- webcast. I do explore exact frequency readouts, this time on the NA5B remote which I often use. It shows -43 Hz while UTwente shows +8/9 Hz as usual. Then I try WWV into NA5B, 15000 -64/67 Hz and 10000 -44/46 Hz. Obviously it`s miscalibrated, the error proportional to the frequency. One should not report exact frequencies from this or any remote without first checking calibration with WWV every time. Or at least favor SDRs with a good track record for accuracy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 14 at 2155, VOT IS already running, VG into UTwente, so not off the air today, but until 2230 I`m attentive to SPAIN instead, which is a lot easier to understand in English. VOT is somewhat overmodulated/distorted. 2233 `New Day, New Choices`, the first stop in interstellar travel, the Moon, more manned missions in next few years by different nations. Segment theme music: is that the lead-in to ``La Bamba``? Song break; 2243 `Did You Know That` yogurt was first made by Turx? misspoken by the badax. 2247 ``every hour of the day, TRT VOT is with you`` promo; song. Now I`m listening via Virginia SDR which shows frequency jumping around plus 14/47 Hz! Must be the rx as UTwente shows it steadier around +9 Hz. 2252 usual defective s/off by badax. 2254 first notes of IS allowed to play once before chopoff*. Finesse has slightly improved (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 15 at 2200, VOT English is not off the air today, VG S9+45/50 into UTwente, also good modulation. Sign/on by badax as always canned, but then News read by guy with clear English. 2211 going from `Review of the Turkish Press` which is always very brief, into 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2213 song. 2216 `Weekly Commentry` read by badax, penned by British scholar Hakim? ----, specializing in African affairs: UN says Aug 23 is International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Evolution. A curriculum being established about this history in Britain. Need to change from Euro-centric. About University of Chichester; all this has no Tuerkiyeish angle. By concentrating I manage to understand most of it. Aug 23 is anniversary of Haitian? revolution in 1791. 2227 song, now overmodulated/distorted. 2231 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` about --something-- cheese candy. 2233 again! 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2236 ``Always by your side`` promo, songs. 2240 for third time! multi-lingual ID filler reel: enough is enough is enough! 2242 another song. And nothing but more songs until 2252 canned s/off by badax. 2254 IS plays for a fraxion more than once and off* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 16 from 2200 past 2235, no show, no signal from VOT English to us. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17530, Aug 14 at 1805, VOA, `Africa News Tonight`, S9/S6. This transmission is the *only* VOA English left from inside US, via Grimesland NC, daily 1700-1830. In the B seasons, also 21-22 on 11720 ex-15580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also BOTSWANA ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2202 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday August 10 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+10 direct. Also confirmed UT Thursday August 10 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+20/30 off the back to Georgia SDR; Bonaire was busy. Also confirmed UT Thursday August 10 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into Virginia SDR. And Wolfgang Bueschel reports, presumably via remote, Aug 10: ``9395even USA Glenn's WoR at 01.30 UT S=9+40dB powerful signal, R Saxonia DX item, 01.41 UT`` WORLD OF RADIO 2203 should be available circa 0100 UT August 11: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2203.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2203.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2202 monitoring: ``9395 kHz, lightning and thunder static in area, 0030 (45343), in area 2 hours; 9395 kHz, 0131, 0145 (45343), August 10 UTC 2023 [Thu] 73’s, Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada`` WORLD OF RADIO 2203 contents: (Afghanistan non), Alaska and non, Antarctica, Armenia, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Israel, Kenya, Korea North non, Kurdistan non, (Madagascar), México, New Zealand, Nigeria and non, North America, Okinawa, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, (Turkey), UK, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vatican non, Vietnam, Zanzibar; RF noisy lamp; Perseids meteor shower peak; propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2203 available from 0103 UT August 11: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2203.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2203.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Confirmed Friday August 11 at 2055 the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10 into nearby Noale SDR with lite CCI presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton UK. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 1930 UT Saturday WRMI webcast only: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [NEW][jammed by Cuba?][also see 2000 Sun] 2000 UT Sunday WRMI webcast only: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762 [NEW] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB [previous #2202] 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 Kenneth Brookner for a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com, ``Thanks for all of the WOR since 1975. It`s really nice to see you still at it and I`m enjoying working my way back through the podcasts.`` One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank in US funds to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2203 monitoring: note that we have a new time back on WRMI 9955, Sunday 1130 UT. If anyone be already awake then, please check to confirm and how much jamming. Also there are two web- and phone-casts-only on the sked to be checked: Saturday 1930 and Sunday 2000. Confirmed first SWBC, UT Saturday August 12 at 0137 the 0130 on WRMI 5850 - only, and not 7730 contrary to skedgrid, S9+10/20 direct vs storm noise. Also confirmed Saturday August 12 at 1600 on WRN N America webcast. Note the surfeit of WORs Saturdays at 1930 but no SW: WA0RCR on MW, webcasts from WRMI and WRN N American service, besides satellite. Next: 1930 UT Saturday WRMI webcast only: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [NEW][jammed by Cuba?][also see 2000 Sun] 2000 UT Sunday WRMI webcast only: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762 [NEW] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB [previous #2202] 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 2203 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday August 13 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+10/20 into Louisiana SDR, and for a change, NO noise burst QRM during first 14 seconds. Also confirmed UT Sunday August 13 at 0310 about 2 minutes into so started about 0308 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10/20 into nearby SDR with storm crashes. Slept thru new time, Sunday Aug 13 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it? Next: 2000 UT Sunday WRN webcast of European service 2000 UT Sunday WRMI webcast only: http://wrmi.listen.creek.fm/stream and phonecast: +1-641-741-1762 [NEW] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB [previous #2202] 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 2203 monitoring: not confirmed Sunday August 14 at 2000 on WRMI webcast. This entry appeared recently on the skedgrid: more evidence that anything has to be confirmed by axual monitoring. At same time, confirmed on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+12 into nearby SDR, and also on WRN Europe webcast. Confirmed UT Monday August 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+15 into Louisiana SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday August 15 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 -67/68 Hz = 6159.9325, S9+5/20 into NH SDR which is accurately calibrated compared to WWVs. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB [previous #2202] 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 2203 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday August 15 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10 into Virginia SDR. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB 1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB [previous #2202] 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 ON GDWR --- ``Hi Glenn, Hope you’re keeping well. I will be adding WOR to my new internet station from this Friday night and it will be updated every Friday. The time of broadcast will be anytime between 2200 – 0600 UTC every night here in the UK on GDWR International. GDWR stands for Gary Drew Worldwide Radio and there is also a second channel called GDWR-2. WOR will not be appearing on the 2nd channel. All the info is here with the URL you will need https://garydrewshows.bravesites.com/gdwr Kind Regards and 73, Gary, Gary Drew Worldwide,`` Aug 16 === Thanks, Gary! Stream linx appear to be: https://liveonlineradio.net/gdwr https://stream1.hippynet.co.uk:8131/stream Glenn WORLD OF RADIO 2203 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday August 15 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S8/9+5 but noisy into UTwente. NOT confirmed Wednesday August 16 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -72 Hz = 7489.928 and S9+20 into NH SDR and webcast. After WHVW show until 2100, both went to dead air, and still dead at 2402! Hello? Emailed boardops at 2103 but no reply, no fix. While letting them run in silence, I listened to other stuff with modulation, such as `Composer`s Datebook`, SNR. 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} Thanks this week to Kenneth Brookner for a generous contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com, ``Thanks for all of the WOR since 1975. It`s really nice to see you still at it and I`m enjoying working my way back through the podcasts.`` One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank in US funds to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130.179, Aug 12 at 0632, obviously the WBCQ experimental transmitter is back on air. Was last heard on July 26 despite nightly chex. Novelty music sounds familiar; 0635 it`s Sir Scratchy! So they are playing `Behavior Night`; good since I missed its normal airing Friday at 2100 on 7490v. Bad since too much OK storm noise, S9+10. Sounds like could be more than a few hundred watts now. Will this be running 24/7 again? Plans to morph Radio Angela into ``R. Trump International``, yechhh. BTW, `AAAWWW` this week was rerun of last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130.17 approx., August 13 at 0710, rock music, S9/+15 vs HSNL, WBCQ test direct again tonight. Earlier on Aug 13, Uncle Bill Tilford replied to my previous: ``Uncle Bill comments: Not impossible that a show like John's or Marion's, playing 78s in the wee hours, might work. Right now there is some spoken word at 0258 UTC and it's touch and go. Incidentally, the speakers are anything BUT pro-Trump.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490-, Sunday August 13 at 2300, especially since CBS-TV `60 Minutes` is going to run more than an hour late due to stupid golfgame, I stay on WBCQ webcast after `Ginga Brasil` for Harry Shearer`s `Le Show`, but stream stops at 2302*. I bring up 7490 itself into Maryland SDR, and it`s also off. Then find 6160, 5130 and 9330 are also off. Must be total power failure at Monticello; of course I don`t know for sure whether the other frequencies were axually on until then. By 2312, webcast resumed but not 7490 until *2314 carrier, *2316 add modulation, and staying on rest of hour. NA5B remote shows 7490 -106 Hz, but we know it`s miscalibrated, see TURKEY. Alexandria VA is closer at -71 Hz as it puts WWV at 10000 +3/4 Hz, 15000 +5/6 Hz. 9330 still off at 2324, and at much later check 0324 Aug 14. At 0215 August 14 I try the W1NT in NH, which has WWV on 5 and 10 MHz within 1 Hz or less. And 6160 as -67/68 Hz = 6159.9325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Aug 12 at 0648, TOMBS on WRMI but again with lite RTTY warble on plus side, whence? Couldn`t happen to a christer guy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WRMI: see also SOUTH CAROLINA [non] ** U S A. 9980, Aug 14 at 1816, WWCR-4 is OFF, no BS! Other three nominal, 12160, 13845, 15825. Something`s not airing in Nashville. But 2132 check is back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9980, Aug 15 at 1620 and still 1727, 1806, WWCR-4 is off again today. Wonder if TOMBS has deliberately cut back? They never understood the pointlessness, wastefulness of many duplicative frequencies on US SW stations, but they were rolling in dough from deceptees. Transmitter sked dated June 1-August 31 still shows 9980 at 1200-2400. But program sked dated August 1 admits it`s OFF AIR M-F 7-9 am & 11 am-3 pm Central, misconverted like everything as 13-15 & 17-21 UT. Which one are we to believe? On weekdays there are several other huxters, even Tony Alámo on WWCR-4, but Sat & Sun 5890/9980/7520 are 24h nothing but TOMBS. Aug 15 at 2018, 9980 is back on already with `Financial Survival`, which is at ``3:00P`` Central, so if you read that as CDT instead of CST, it`s correct while ALL the UTC in the right column are WRONG, and must be read as one real hour earlier than shown! After all these years, WWCR still hasn`t understood UT conversion. Reminds me of WINB 9265 several weeks ago, with similar confusion, making it hard to correlate what was being heard with schedule. Now they have an August 6 version showing correct 4-hour difference between EDT and UT. NO, it`s still a mess. At 2300 English intro to some Spanish huxter from Texas. Sked shows no Spanish now, but 2230-2400 `The Essentials of Life and Wellness`. Listening to webcast. O, o, at 2305 he switches to English. No more info at WINB about that show but search on title leads to a Dr William Wong, about health and medicine, not religion, and not Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265, Wed Aug 16 at 2345 check, WINB S9/+10 in Spanish, yet Frank & Ernest is on sked. SAWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 14 at 1821 UT, dead air from KLEY Wellington KS; still dead at 2020 on a different radio. From previous performance, this could last for days - and nights of open 250 W daytime power carrier rather than ONE WATT night license. Why would FCC ever license any non-part-15 station at such low power? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 15 at 1705 UT, KLEY Wellington KS still dead air another day (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Aug 12 at 0642, island music at S9/+10 as R. Vanuatu continues to amaze with only 10 kW; like this every night when not relogged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN. 15595, Aug 14 at 0613, SSOB at S8/S9 in Arabic. VR scheduled daily except Sunday at 0610-0630, preceded by Italian, followed by French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6023.32 approx., Aug 10 at 0640, JBA carrier. Might be some local birdie, but worth further checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7572 approx., Aug 10 at 0630, ``bonker`` in the absence of 7570 WRMI. Never noted it QRMing RMI when on, however. It`s like an anvil, sending V over and over, part of the time with an extended DAH. What is this, anyway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7640, Aug 15 at 0641, S9+10/20 of open carrier. Probably ute, like idle RTTY but not noticed before, rather than a new broadcast intruder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING https://www.salon.com/2023/08/10/donald-has-gone-off-the-deep-end-for-real-hes-a-danger-to-humanity/ https://www.yahoo.com/news/violence-leading-democracy-expert-says-094501120.html (via Greg Hardison)