** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Saturday June 25 from 1415, I`m
listening via LU4AA remote near Buenos Aires, but no signal yet from
LRA36. Finally comes on with ID at *1445, as I hear it in background
while mainly listening to a Beethoven string quartet on 90.1 KUCO
webcast. Runs S5/S7, sufficient but not totally overcoming noise
level. I don`t check any other remotes, let alone even try direct. 

After some music, at 1459 ID and official sign-on multilingual that
this will be in Spanish; in Spanish, German, English, Korean. We are
in Cyclo 2022; ID, staff list with military ranx, only the boss Édgar
has a masculine name. 1500.5 the Antártida themesong. 1504 poem about
the landscapes around the bases. 1505 ID as La Radio Pública, song.
1507 live greetings among the YLs; this is the eighth program of the
2022 cycle/season; ``audaz, bajo el cielo más austral``, conversation
including geo coördinates, weather; atardecer = sunset or twilight? at
15:05 local = 1805 UT already. 1512 contact info including two phone
numbers, whatsapp, gmail, FB; stream via nacional.com.ar, 96.7 FM,
postal address but not in detail. 1513 harp music and ``es su
compañía``. 

1515 I have to refresh LU4AA SDR and notice that Gary Pence is also on
it. 1519 chat about 20 June being flag day, as it was the date that
Belgrano died - in 1820y at age 50. Other This Day in History items
for June 21; 22 which is día del futbolista argentino, and June 24
algo. 1525 canned ID, song. 1530 ID with chimes, ``su compañía``; chat
acknowledging listeners in Argentina, Colombia, unknown. 1536 contact
info again. 1537 again about flag day June 20 = Belgrano`s deathday.
1548 rock song; June 22 is birthday of a colega. 1551 about the
shortest day of year just past. 

Chat past 1600, admits they are there to maintain Argentine
sovereignty. 1605 songs, hard rock music past 1615, but stops at 1620*
and nothing more for a few minutes, so they turned it off without any
formal sign-off or despedida, typical. Whatever became of the promised
repeat on Saturdays at 1800? Still nothing there at 1817 into same
remote.

Gary Pence, Dallas, also tells me: ``Hi Glenn, at least they are
consistent on KFS SE array in Half Moon Bay CA. It just has a trace
on the waterfall with that opening song around 1445z. It still seems
it`s the only USA SDR with a dedicated directional antenna in that
direction I can copy. Thanks, Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Wednesday June 29 from 1430 on Buenos
Aires remote, no signal until *1447 LRA36 cuts on amid song and
nothing but musical préludes until 1500 sign-on, multi-lingual, in
Ciclo Radial 2022, staff list. 1502 Antártida theme song. 1505 YL
about Base Esperanza, population, school for some kids, again claims
falsely to be first SW station in Antarctica. 1507 `Sounds of Silence`
song with Spanish lyrix mentioning Antártida. 

1509 starts being hit by noise bursts several times per minute at S7 =
covering LRA36 as that is max peak of their SSB modulation. OTH radar,
or jamming? Amid it at 1511 an ID, ``su compañía``. This is program #9
of the 2022 cycle. 1514 SR/SS times as 10:30/15:10. Contact info with
phone numbers, etc. Abruptly chopped off air at 1518* and not heard
further. The QRM could not be discerned on the wideband waterfall, but
I checked just above and below: audible on 15480, audible but weaker
tuned to 15470. Then it`s no longer heard either by 1537 when I give
up. Maybe the Saturday repeat will not be curtailed and/or jammed?

People are reporting getting eQSLs signed by the four woman staff.
Kari Kallio`s, Finland, says power is 300 watts to a rhombic. However,
Manuel Méndez, Spain, who usually can detect it direct at S1 level,
got one too, as a reply not to a reception report but to an inquiry he
sent before they ever resumed broadcasting, citing the date and time
of his mail, when they certainly were not on air: 

``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain --- I had one too, a very special one,
from a nonexistent transmission. On May 2, at 1023 hours, I sent them
an email asking when the transmissions would start this season. We all
know that they started a few days later, on Saturday, May 7. Well, a
few days ago I received a QSL from LRA 36, confirming that I had
listened to them on May 2 at 1023 hours. I reply that this QSL is
incorrect, because that day they had no broadcast, and I simply sent
them an email asking when they would start transmission this season.
They answer me 

"Good evening... we are sending the QSL according to the emails
listeners send... and you sent us an email at that time that we send
you a QSL with the date and time you sent us the email."

I send them another mail telling them that to send a QSL it had to be
from a certain program and they have to have a reception report,
explain to them what a reception report is, and also that they cannot
send confirmation by a simple mail in which they are asked a question,
and my QSL was false and did not correspond to reality. I no longer
get an answer. Here is a compressed file of my very special eQSL about
an nonexistent transmission...``

It seems their QSLs are worthless, just acknowledgments without any
checking or vetting. (I wonder if same applies to the no-data
automatic? eQSLs BBCWS has started for filling out a webform? Try it
with a non-frequency and see what happen) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA [non]. Re 12065, BBCWS special June 21, Richard Langley
says June 23: ``BBC Mid Winter broadcast --- The BBC has archived the
broadcast here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct42r7
I will be archiving my recording of the broadcast as received here in
NB on 12065 kHz shortly. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. Correxion: somehow a way-off typo not noticed by anyone
before me June 23. RVM NOT on ``9635.318V`` but fixed to:

Direct at 0635 June 22: 9673.318V, S6/S9 hetting something weaker on
9675.0, presumably a non-jammer CNR1 Beijing. And now: 

9673.26V, June 23 at 0633, RVM, S7/S9 with music wobbling around this
way-off frequency from licensed 9665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2144)

** BRAZIL. Re: [WOR] Rádio Voz Missionária ever upward -- Rodney
Johnson replies at 0622 June 25, ``Greetings From Minnesota! I
stumbled upon them this evening. They Sync-locked pretty well on 9675
on my Etón e1 and was scratching my head wondering who they were until
I remembered Glenn mentioning them on recent WoR show. Utwente SDR
could hear them as well!

9674.95 kHz(v) 0557 25 JUN 2022 - RÁDIO VOZ MISSIONÁRIA (BRAZIL)
SINPO = 25332. Portuguese, male announcer talking followed by music
DJ'd by male announcer. (// music to stream on
https://www.radiovozmissionaria.com.br/ ). I estimated frequency by
USB zero-beat method. Utwente SDR AM-sync locked on 9674973.08 Hz
(variable, and drifting slowly downward). 250 ft unterminated BoG
antenna pointed E/W w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a
preamplifier/preselector), Etón e1XM. 10 kW, beam Az 30°, bearing
140°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 9229 KM from transmitter at
Florianópolis, SC. Local time: 0057. 73s --Rodney
http://swldx.tumblr.com ``

Maybe short-term jumping? My tunearound circa 0630 June 25 seemed still
about 9673.2 but did not log or measure exactly (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9673.352V, June 26 at 0637, RVM playing ``Onward, Christian
Soldiers``, militaristic theme pretending to be World Harvest Radio,
varying slightly upward as I measure it, but relatively stable around
here lately whenever I check; tho some have found it as high as 9675
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9673.310V, June 27 circa 0130, RVM in Brazuguese preaching,
S7/S9 and varying slightly downward as I try to measure it  (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Still working on researching and compiling my sporadic E FM
DX of June 28 which includes stations in Manitoba, Saskatchewan (Glenn
Hauser, OK, June 29, WOR)

** CHINA. 13920, June 23 at 1424, CNR1 jammer at S5/S7; also at 1429,
13530 S7 vs CODAR; 13130 & 13020 S5/S7 vs unheard Sound of Hope (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21530, June 25 at 0632, JBA carrier, the OSOB and therefore
the SSOB; what else? Aoki shows CNR1 jammer vs Sound of Hope. Neat to
be getting anything on 13m in the summer nightmiddle (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 13810, June 27 at 1511, Chinese and music, S7/S9 with LAH =
low audible heterodyne. Hard to tell which one, or both, slightly
off-frequency. Mainly CNR1 jammer, and maybe the music under talk be
also from it; per Aoki at 15-17 vs RFA Chinese via Tajikistan (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, June 23 at 1425, RHC S9/+10 here but with FMish
spurblobs with F# tone at roughly 13790, 13769, 13629, 13562.
Unrelated 13740 fundamental also on S9 but JBM. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2144)

** CUBA. 15230, June 24 at 1427, RHC is S9 here but just barely
modulated, unlike 15140 at S9+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11775, June 26 at 0629, pulse jamming against nothing but
maybe affecting Dengê Welat over there. Was 11775 ever used by R.
Martí? Over here it used to belong to Anguilla in the daytime. Other
jamming against nothing in absence of RM now: 11930, not 11860; 9805,
9565, 7365, 7355, 7335; other bands not checked. Something`s always
decidedly crazy, just commenting, at the DentroCuban Jamming Command
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 4765, June 27 at 0112, no signal from R. Progreso
into Maryland SDR, supposedly *0030-0400*. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba. Interesting to look at the CODAR pattern on the waterfall
around 4765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13772 & 13628 approx., June 28 at 1429, RHC spurblob with F#
tone from 13700 transmitter, not the // 13740 which is also on. Main
ones at plus/minus ~72 kHz. Also a bit weaker at 2 x 72 = 144 kHz up
on 13844 QRMing WWCR 13845, tsk3. And more, detectable about 13921.
Also on the minus side, 13555 QRMing CODAR, and 13408, but nothing
found about halfway between the last two. Spurs so distorted as to be
completely unreadable. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

Another oddity, probably unrelated, but not observed before: June 28
at 1430, pure carriers cutting on and off regularly every few seconds,
on 13753 and 13550. By 1508 recheck everything is off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, June 25 at 2159, R. Cairo is on, horrible crackle and
hum, S9+35/40 into UTwente, so bad one cannot be positive the language
is English, but the timesignal at 2200 is close to correct. As bad as
it has ever been. For some days this was off air and had not been
checking for it daily, but certainly on now and totally useless, worse
than ever. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EGYPT. 9900, June 28 at 2308, S7/S9 of JBM, presumed Cairo to S
America; something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185-, June 24 at 0638, XEPPM S8/S9+10, piano and vocal
song, undermodulated, still going altho on previous reactivated nights
signed off circa 0500, then 0600; back to all-night? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR) {See also 96.5 FM below}

** MEXICO. 6185, re my log of XEPPM at 0638 June 24, whether again
running all night? Ron Howard replies: ``On June 24, I tuned in to
6185 (Mexico) from 0552+ UT, to hear low modulation the entire time;
jazz music and jazz vocals; still with jazz at 0840 & 0912; EZL songs
from 0927; clearly still on the air at 0958 UT and possibly/
tentatively on past 1030+, when mixing with China (CHBC); certainly
two stations heard. Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. Finally my first FM DX of the season from the south, June
27 1830-2000 UT, including Puebla. To be fully researched and IDed by
next report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. After a semihour of S Florida sporadic E FM DX, see USA,
I`m getting even more Spanish, soon located to Mexico, June 27 from
1842 UT on the caradio in relatively cool garage, vertical fender
antenna only; all logged in real time, on my own ears, no recordings,
no internet access for stream //s, until researched later on the WTFDA
FM Database. All times strictly UT.

93.1 at 1842, JBA Spanish CCI to Kansas. I later find there are no SS
on 93.1 in Florida nor anywhere else in US at likely Es distance, but
lots of Mexicans, 17 of them, all but one with some kind of music
format. 1906 and 1921 more bits of SS talk; at 1942 another Spanish
mixing, this one with music. The only talker is:
XHPBJR-FM 93.1 SAN JUAN DEL RÍO QRO NEWS/TALK SUPER STEREO MILED
ENG[ineering] DATA MISSING -- -- 1792 km = 967 statute miles

92.3 at 1843, YL in Spanish, CCI to KS/OK. 1920 & 1940, Mexican music;
not enough to guess!

92.1 at 1851, YL timecheck in Spanish as 1:51, so it`s México, not
Florida for sure. 1909 bits of talk; 1914 ad for movic.mx = a record
label and ``MOVIC RECORDS is an apparel & fashion company based out of
San Pedro Garza García, México`` per linkedin. Limpiadora ad; 1915
``La Radio que te escucha``, Soriana ad; 25% discount on TV screen;
Ejército Nas? as in Nacional? PSA del gobierno de México; plug being
in Facebook, ``ranking``; 1918 song. 1919 CCI from another Spanish
talking. 1931 ads and PSAs, plátanos, ``92.1, Radio Disney, la radio
que te escucha`` twice more:
XHFO-FM 92.1 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO RADIO DISNEY
100.0 kW 134.0 m 'KHFO Radio Disney XFM - ELEVA TUS XPECTATIVAS ---
R. Disney kaput in USA but not at all in Mexico. 1890 km = 1174 mi

94.1 at 1853, Spanish ads JBA; 1855 centro de captación MBS; 1856
derechos humanos PSA; 1857 ad in pesos; 1859 CCI from The House FM,
multi-station ID in OK. 1905 bits of talk. 1935, M&W with short
anuncios, a `ding` between them: placas con descuento [license plates
discounted??], Puebla capital and more Puebla mentions. 1955 talk
about PAN. Widely time-separated not necessarily all same station but
only one in Puebla state:
XHJE-FM 94.1 HEROICA PUEBLA DE ZARAGOZA PUE CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO EXA
FM 20.0 kW 82.0 m --- 1929 km = 1199 mi

93.5 at 1902, Spanish JBA in KS CCI, brief peaks, 1903 mention Puebla:
XHLU-FM 93.5 CD. SERDÁN PUE REGIONAL MEXICAN KE BUENA 6.0 kW -59.84 m
= BELOW average terrain --- 1827 km = 1135 mi

92.9 at 1912, Spanish song, ``La Ke Buena``, kids yell phone number,
song; 1920 Mex mx; 1927 ads, Cuban in Mexico speaks in his accent;
plataforma PSA, COFESE, ejército PSA, ``La Ke Buena 92.9``. 1930 live?
traffic report with chopper SFX, mentions Cuauhtémoc, carretera
México/Toluca, ``La Ke Buena, en Cadena``, jingle. 1931 kids yell 2:31
timecheck twice; again at 1938 for 2:38 and laughing - or are those
adult voices pitched up? 2001 one more ``Ke Buena`` as the opening
finally fizzles, and/or I quit by 2006! After two+ hours straight.
This was:
XEQ-FM 92.9 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX REGIONAL MEXICAN KE BUENA 79.07 kW
214.0 m --- 1890 km = 1174 mi

95.3 at 1921, overcoming KOKC translator, R/TV Mex PSA, ads in pesos;
1924 iHeart Radio Spanish promo for Lucío Córdoba podcast, ``Amor
95.3, música romántica``, song. 1934 & 1945 romx; 1951, whatsapp
number 523-953?, and ``95.30``. 1956, ``Amor 95-3, sólo música
romántica``:
XHSH-FM 95.3 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX ROMANTICA AMOR 90.0 kW -20.0 m [BELOW
average terrain] presentadora - EN AMOR 95.3 cancion con cantante en
Amor 95.3 y en iHeartRadio. --- 1890 km = 1174 mi

in all probability PTA but there is one other Amor on 95.3:
XHNB-FM 95.3 SAN LUIS POTOSÍ SLP ROMANTICA AMOR 31.58 kW 7.0 m ---
1612 km = 1001 mi

96.5 at 1925, Spanish JBA; 1957 news about China - first world news I
have heard on any of these! Radio Educación ID, `Nuestro Mundo`
program; 2000 lists of its network relay stations; briefly over Tulsa;
note low power. Nice to hear the FM side of XEPPM 6185 SW!
XHEP-FM 96.5 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX ULTURE RADIO EDUCACIÓN 3.0 kW -34.4 m
BAT --- 1890 km = 1174 mi

93.3 at 1934, romantic music over OKC, 1937 :37 timecheck. No specific
romantic format listed, but maybe closest and to PTA, maybe:
XHEXZ-FM relays:AM 560 93.3 ZACATECAS ZAC SPANISH HITS BALADAS LUPE
50.0 kW 402.98 m Tx site Cerro de la Virgen [de GuadaLUPE no doubt]
--- 1583 km = 984 mi to the cerro

93.7 at 1953, ``Joviendo 93-7``, adstring, over KSPI Stillwater.
Strange word, maybe slang, meaning ``being young``? Maybe play on
words with this station name meaning jewel? Or joyviendo?
XEJP-FM 93.7 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX CLASSIC HITS STEREO JOYA 60.48 kW
632.0 --- 1890 km = 1174 mi

Add-on to other logs above take us to 2001; seems over by 2006 and
when back online I check DXMAP at 2015 to see a 103 MHz Es blob close
to the Laredos accounting for all this! BTW in this sesquihour of DX,
I never heard any X+ callsign mentioned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.5 AM, June 26 at 2206, S9 of country music,
presumed the local Enid CBer again piratically relaying 103.1 KOFM.
Skip DXers afar ought to hear this if there be sporadic E (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.4, June 28 at 2329 UT, country music, relay by Enid
CB pirate, presumably of 103.1 KOFM again, but off at 2336 when I was
checking for // (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.7, June 23 at 0058 UT, lo-fi NWS severe thunderstorm
advisory for Dodge City. 0101 KJIL ads including for Lamar, Colorado.
This is one non-commercial?? band channel normally open here, but KJIL
is now audible despite heavy ACI from both sides. All this on caradio
in hot garage. I am looking for Es but storms in NW OK and SW KS are
tropoing a bit. But which KJIL relay on 90.7? WTFDA db shows only KS
is 180-watt-V only K214AU Sharon Springs in the NW. 

Rather, by Jove, this must be OK: KJOV Woodward, 26 kW, 97 m. Then I
find other Woodward signals enhanced: 88.1 KWOU, 23.5 kW, 224.1 m,
which I would dearly love to hear like this always; 100.1 edging local
LP on 99.9, KWFX, 100 kW, 264.5 m. And talk on 92.3 I first guessed KS
but likely also Wdwd KMZE. Woodward is only 136 km = 85 statute miles
city-to-city from Enid. I continue to resent this small town having
local full-power relays of public radio KGOU and classical KUCO,
unlike much larger Enid; it helps to be relatively isolated but still
culturally attached (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Note in previous report under USA there was included a
log of OK, Stillwater, 94.3 translator of KSPI 780 nevertheless
branded as ``Pete 94.3``. I meant to add that the *real* KSPI-FM with
separate programming on 93.7 has been abnormally weak lately, at least
into the garaged caradio, which is just fine for DX openings. Nominal
16 kW ERP at 270 m HAAT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed June 29 at 2200, token English from REE, VG into
Maryland remote; expecting a full report on the NATO Summit in Madrid,
but only in the 6-minute opening newscast, on to a feature about some
hotel. Maybe by Friday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.021, June 25 at 2203, V. of Türkiye, S9+45 into
UTwente, VG except for light hum, during news. Paying more attention
at 2223 for `Feeling Supreme` : `Healthy Life` -- by YL announcer
clearly enough to be sure that`s the subtitle. This time about natural
suggestions for healthy eyes, a long list of foods starting with dark
leafy greens; look away from computer every 20 minutes for 20 seconds;
wear sunglasses yearound vs UV; carefully apply and remove makeup.
2231 something about cheese-making from various milx. 2234 Turkish
Cuisine, etc. 

After sign-off, IS keeps playing and at 2257 interrupted by German IDs
twice a minute. Germans already umlaut the U, but still pronounce the
rest of it -kei, as in ``kigh``, not kiye, so they are not forced to
Tuerkify the name like English speakers? Not fair! 2300 timesignal and
opening German -- now it`s lo-fi like over a phone line, giving time
for the intentional German hour on SW, 1130 and/or 1730 UT, NOT now -
and chopped off air late by 2301*. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler and/or awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 26 at 2207, no signal from VOT direct for
English to N America. Off or not propagating? 

9830, June 27 at 2200 via UTwente, only a weak signal presumably
China, until VOT pops on a bit late, S9+40 with some hum. 2224
repeating same ``weekly`` show about eye care, `Feeling Supreme:
Healthy Life` as heard June 25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 5010, June 23 at 1210 check when I happen to awaken,
JBA carrier only from WRMI aimed south as still on skedgrid with
Ukrainian Radio relay at 12-13 except Fridays, despite dropping it at
0500 on 7730. Is it really still on, and if so, with any new
programming, including English at first? You can tell if it`s new by
the Day # of the war, which on June 24 e.g. would be #121 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2144)

** U S A. 13565 CW, June 27 at 1509, beacon K6FRC is JBA vs CODAR;
sends callsign only over & over. Tuned across almost every morning and
first time heard again since April 12; always near this hour. Is it
just propagation, or not really running 24/7 as should any beacon?

This says it`s 13565.04, and look at all the others on this ISM band,
only a few of which I have ever heard:
https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm
K6FRC claims to run only 1.8 milliwatts from Patterson CA. QRZ.com:

``Operator of-
K6FRC/B 50.080 MHz.
K6FRC/B 28.300 MHz. [which I have also heard]
K6FRC 13.565 MHz. (Part 15 'HiFer')
Go to www.K6FRC.com for K6FRC beacon locations.
Please mail your reception report or QSL to:

Paul Shinn
P.O. Box 175
Valley Springs, CA 95252

No S.A.S.E. required! It is a pleasure to respond to all mailed QSL
cards and reception reports. Respect for tradition demands it.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. June 28 at 2310-2330, no Es DX now to FM band MUFs but a few
28 MHz ham beacons, mostly heard before and JBA CW, too weak to
measure to fraxion of kHz. Slightly better S/N on N/S shortwire than
on loop. Some conclude with grid square but not copied; as listed in
WJ5O roster:

28254.8 at 2315, VVV DE K4JEE/B:
28.2545 K4JEE C LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY # 5W, VERTICAL New 6 Nov 11 

28272.3 at 2320, N1KON/B:
28.2723 N1KON C CENTERVILLE, INDIANA # 5W, VERTICAL testing 1 Jan
2010

28289.3 at 2322, AL AL AL DE WJ5O/B:
28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W, VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14

28297 at 2325, EEEEE DE NS9## - CHICAGO:
28.297 NS9RC C HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS # 5W, VERTICAL QTH Change 30
May 17

28281 at 2328, DE W8EH:
28.281 W8EH C MIDDLETOWN OHIO # 8W, GP VERTICAL
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2143 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: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for
#2143, continued troubled time hearing at 0130 UT on 5850 kHz, too
much daylight  hours reduced reception, WRMI:

5850, 0132, 0143 noisy, static, 0159, June 17 UT 2022 [Fri]
9395, 0130, 0143, 0157 (45333), 0159, June 18 UT 2022 [Sat]
9455, canceled; 9395, 0030, 0041, static, noisy, 0059, June 21 [Tue] 
5850, hearing confirmed, went to sleep, 1028 (55433), S9 signal, 1059,
June 22 UT 2022 [Wed]
9455, canceled; 9395, 0030, 0044 (45433), 0058, June 23 UT [Thu]
Good listening, Richard, June 23, 2022``

WOR 2143 confirmed UT Thu June 23 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 into
Maryland SDR. I now recognize the replacement on ex-9455 at same time:
VORW, and it now shows on System C sked at 00-01 UT Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun,
the other days blank. But System G sked still shows WOR on both as
well as other imaginary programming.

Confirmed UT Thu June 23 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S9/+10 into Bonaire
SDR; 9395, S9/+15 into Maryland.

WORLD OF RADIO 2144 contents: Andorra non, Antarctica and non,
(Austria), Bolivia, Brasil, Canada and non, Cuba. Egypt, Greece, Italy
non, (Japan), Korea North and non, Malaysia, México, Nigeria, North
America, Russia and non, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Ukraine non, USA,
Vanuatu; propagation outlook ()countries mentioned with others

WOR 2144 is available as of 0017 UT Friday June 24, 2022 

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2144.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2144.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7730 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580; 1323 & 918?
               & 207?-Italy
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still June 19]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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appreciated; thanks this week for a generous quarterly check at
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** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 monitoring: confirmed first
broadcasts UT Friday June 24 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7730, S9+22 into
Maryland SDR; 5850, S9+15/25 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Friday June 24 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Maryland SDR altho way offbeam to the SW from FL.

Also confirmed Friday June 24 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S9/S5 direct and
no jamming audible but seems undermodulated. BTW now and various other
chex lately, no spurs audible from this on 9950/9960 nor 9945/9965. 

Also confirmed Friday June 24 from 1815.5 on IRRS SW via Bulgaria
7290, S8/S9 into UTwente with storm crashes; and via AM Italia, Villa
Estense, via nearby IZ3EAW SDR at Padova, at 1820 where 1323 is S9 and
918 also on at S5, but no 207 kHz. What went before WOR:

1323, AM Italia, Villa Estense, tuned in at 1758, IW3HBX FlyDog SDR at
Noale, some unID talk program chopped off at 1800 for IRRS ID and
Feature Story News. As usual, IRRS SW via Bulgaria not cut on until
later, 1800:50, JIP FSN, only S2/S3 into Galway, Ireland SDR, but
S8/S9 into UTwente, Netherlands. 1806 songs of unknown source. 1813
about hunger in NE Nigeria, program fragment source unknown. 1815 IRRS
SW ID with contact info, 1815:30 WOR.

WOR 2144 also confirmed Friday June 24 at 2030 on AM Italia 1323 & 918
but not 207. Checked earlier at 2011 with Beatles music, via Noale,
1323 at S9+18, 918 slightly stronger S9+20. 

Also confirmed UT Saturday June 25 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 direct
but noisy

Also confirmed UT Saturday June 25 from 0400:15 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130, S9/+10 with storm noise into Maryland SDR. Next:

0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still June 19]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
June 25 at 1930 on WRN North America webcast. Also running slightly
ahead at 1931 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, but only S4 with high noise
level rather than usual solid groundwave. Next:

0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still June 19]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday June 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. Just
before at 0029.5, canned ID by Andy S., and before that at 0029.0,
heard for the first time an axual spot commercial for Etón SW radios
voiced by Jeff White himself. Such advertisers would do well to
adjacent WOR airings, without any specific endorsement by me.

Also confirmed UT Sunday June 26 at 0355 about 4 minutes into on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, so started 0351. High storm noise level over
MO/IL means I axually get a better S/N signal via Maryland remote, tho
also stormnoisy like groundwave remote in Missouri.

Also confirmed Sunday June 26 ending at 1403.5 on WMRI Europe, via
Channel 292, Germany, 9670, good S7/S8 into NW Ireland SDR, so started
at 1334.5. No QRM from variable Brazilian, nor any expected at this
hour. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still June 19]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
June 26 from 2000.6 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9+20
into nearby Noale SDR. And not on 918 nor 207 kHz this time.

Also confirmed Sunday June 26 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S9+10/15 into one
Athens GA SDR, S9/+5 into the other.

Also confirmed UT Monday June 27 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 and noisy
into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday June 27 not starting until 0315.4 on Area 51
via WBCQ 6160 -57 Hz = 6159.943, as Johnny Lightning runs way over,
until ``gotta go`` at 0314, plus dead air and WBCQ ID, then WOR, which
played to 0344 conclusion, Hobart Radio International overlapping my
closing; but at 0400 recheck, 6160- back to TOMBS // 5890 WWCR; so HRI
was chopped short as a result of JL`s overage. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday June 28 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 direct; and still gone
from 9455, now sending R. Eslovaquia Internacional in Spanish. Next:

2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2144 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:
World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2144, 9455
kHz is not on my schedule anymore, continued troubled time hearing at
0130 UTC on 5850 kHz, too much daylight hours reduced reception, Happy
Canada Day to all Canadians, And Happy 4 of July to our fellow
Americans. WRMI:

5850, 0132, 0143, static moderate, 0159, June 24 [Fri]
9395, static, 0131, 0142, 0158 (45333), 0159, June 25 [Sat]
9395, 0040, 0058, S7 signal, 0059, June 28 [Tue]
5850, hearing confirmed, went to sleep, 1030 (55433), S9 signal, 1059,
June 29 UTC 2022 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) Good listening,
Richard, June 29, 2022``

Also confirmed Tuesday June 28 at 2247 the 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9+20/30
atop Cuban pulse jamming. Heavier by 2307 vs R Libertad.

Also confirmed Tuesday June 28 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 and sounds
a bit muffled?

Also confirmed Wednesday June 29 at 1050 the 1030 on WRMI 5850, good
as I awaken briefly.

Also confirmed Wednesday June 29 at 2122 the 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490,
minus 70/71 Hz into Maryland SDR = 7489.93v, S7/S9. Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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New WOR 2145 should be ready by early UT Friday July 1 for first
broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, June 27 at 2208, this WRMI is just barely modulated
unlike 9395 & 9455; glad I`m on 5950 instead at 2230 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, UT Monday June 27 at 0007, via Georgia remote, WRMI
with S Asian music fill, shortly into that beautiful `cello solo
piece, i.e. Bach`s Suite #1 in G. Here`s a YoYoMa performance of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGgG-0lOJjk
which also leads to much more `cello including performances by one
HAUSER, i.e. Stjepan Hauser from Croatia, no relation? In an alternate
lifespan, I would love to have been a `cellist!

At 0028 recheck, back to S Asian music. But the point is, scheduled at
this time is `Ham Radio Concepts`; what became of it? Nothing about it
on the WRMI program page; was there ever? HRC may be the same thing as
a podcast; a limited tutorial? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, June 27 at 0209, I sent this to Jeff White, WRMI:
``9455 splattering all over --- Jeff, You really have a problem with
the 9455 transmitter. This evening in direct reception at 0125 it`s
overmodulated/distorted on 9455 itself but also splattering, rather
wiping out anything down to 9400 and still quite audible between the
other big signals, 9395, 9330 and 9265, and still audible as low as
9200. However, not much like that fortunately on the plus side of
9455. Others have also reported this. 73, Glenn``

9455, June 27 at 1514, WRMI open carrier S5/S9 and off at 1516
uncovering JBA carrier from CRI Kunming as USAGM is no longer trying
to share 9455. Guess WRMI is working on #5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. On June 28, I replied to Jeff White about the WRMI splatter
problem: At 0640, 9455 seems to be clear. At 1521, also, altho maybe
not strong enough to be sure, only S7/S9 on generous meter. Also
sounds undermodulated as do others of your frequencies. Old
transmitters can`t handle 100%? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, June 29 at 0617, S9+20 of dead air from WRMI with hum,
atop pulse jamming. Silence from TOMBS which remains audible on 4840,
9395, etc. And 9265 WINB I should have added to all the overnight
frequencies remaining (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130-, UT Monday June 27 at 0200, WBCQ Radio Angela,
`Concert Hall` with part 1 of 2 of Lehár`s operetta, `The Merry
Widow`, English version. I don`t see any previews online of CH
content, but next week know will start with the rest of it. A fun
listen, lovely melodies, and some lyrix can be understood vs the noise
level, S7/S9 into Maryland remote, where I`m running it in SAS = fake
stereo. There are storms from AZ-NM-TX-LA then upward to PA. Offset
fluxuates -23/-27 Hz = 5129.973 - 5129.977 kHz.

0339 brief poetry segment and UB says the same Lainie Petersen will be
reading out Orwell`s `1984` from July serially for however long it
takes, UT Saturdays at 0200-0230, followed at 0230-0300 by Greek
Refuge, music in the wake of ERT`s termination of SW. Tonight before
ending at 0400, a snippet of TMW in original German (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 7505, June 27 at 0115, WRNO concluding TV soundtrack of
Billy Graham, BGEA until 0116; surprisingly ``mainstream``, not to
mention, not surprisingly, deceased (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, June 27 at 2219 UT, KLEY Wellington KS is still on
with 250 watts of dead air; and also at night vs KWKH (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. June 24 at 0100 UT, DXMAP shows a Es MUF spike of 112 MHz at
a good distance to the east of here, so I hasten to the caradio in the
hot garage. I now have a lot of experience tuning the 92-98 MHz range
for what`s DX and what`s not, fortunately with quite a few frequencies
free of locals and semis, but all with some fringers at least. At
0102, something on 93.1 barely overcomes the Kansan, with an
artificially sped-up legal ID of maybe three stations so fast that who
could copy it in detail? They must be ashamed of those weird call
letters they have to say instead of whatever their cute branding may
be --- but I do copy one call in the spurt, altho not 100% sure of it:
WCFC? But then the slogan ``broadcasting from Wildwood, the doo-wop
capital of the world``. That`s pretty definitive, immediately leading
to New Jersey in a search:
https://wildwoodsnj.com/the-wildwoods-nj-the-doo-wop-capital-of-the-world/

And looking at the 93.1s in NJ, WTFDA db leads us to:
WEZW relays: WMID 1340 93.1 WILDWOOD CREST NJ CLASSIC OLDIES WMID 4.1
kW 68.0 m 38-59-34 74-48-48 61D8 //WCMC 1230
Therefore the ID I copied was really WCMC, but I was really hearing on
93.1 WEZW, which is somehow also in a threesome with WMID.

Search radio-locator.com on WCMC and you get:
https://www.classicoldieswmid.com/
which is for ``Classic Oldies WMID, 1340 AM Atlantic City, 1230 AM
Cape May, and NOW ON 93.1 FM!`` --- The distance fromto Wildwood is
2044 km = 1270 mi. Or Wildwood Crest just a smidgin closer if that`s
the real site. Not too far but pushing it, near the southern tip of
NJ, rare state here on FM. NYC FMs are virtually unheard at 2124 km =
1320 mi from Manhattan. And this was the only Es DX heard or IDed in
this session. Otherwise:

94.3, June 24 at 0109 with weather, but temps et al. are very like
Enid, since it`s ``Pete 94.3``, i.e. K232FI, the Stillwater OK
250-watt translator tail wagging the dog of KSPI 780, then rock. But
not usually heard with 94.3 dominated by the Bott station in Kansas
with which this is CCI (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) see also OKLAHOMA

** U S A. June 24 at 2100 UT I see on DXMAP Es MUF above 90 MHz to the
NE, so head for the hot car in the hot garage where the outside temp
is 104F. All logs on my own ears in real time, on my own radio, no
internet access, no recordings; but notes researched later mainly on
the WTFDA FM Database. Stock 2004 Nissan radio with no RDS, and
fender-mounted vertical antenna only. Note the rather low powers
listed for some of them, all same H&V unless H only. m figures next
are antenna height above average terrain. All times strictly UT.
Distances approx., city-to-city, not site-to-site.

94.1 at 2115, ``24/7 --- Hits 94-1 The Breeze``. At 2135, ad for
Thomas Theater Group in Marquette; 2136, forecast hi 74? degrees,
``from WJMN Local-3 meteorologist for 94-1 The Breeze``:
WUPK 94.1 MARQUETTE MI SOFT AC 94-1 THE BREEZE 4.4 kW 116.0 m Soft
Rock --- 1424 km = 885 mi

94.5 at 2118, Y-94, ad for St. Joseph`s Health; something between
Utica/Rome and Syracuse; free jazz festival in Syracuse. This is one
NY catch way out of the WI/UPMI area for all the rest:
WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY ADULT CONTEMPORARY Y-94 100.0 kW 198.0 m Y94 The
80's to now Adult Hits --- 1993 km = 1239 mi

90.7 at 2122, NPRish talk squeezing between my adjacents, unseems //
ATC on 91.7 KOSU

92.3 at 2124, about Wisconsin football; UW Badgers. 92.3 has three
``full`` powers in WI, each only 6 kW ERP! Clintonville more likely in
PTA west of Green Bay; but Spencer in central WI has a sports format:
WOSQ 92.3 SPENCER WI SPORTS RADIO 92.3 6.0 kW 91.0 m
WJMQ 92.3 CLINTONVILLE WI FROG COUNTRY 92.3 6.0 kW 91.0 m Today's New
Hit Country --- 1195 km = 742 mi

93.1 at 2125, Hardees ad; TDS in Norway and Crystal Falls; 2129 Island
Resort and Casino; adstring also mention Green Bay and downtown
Escanaba [MI]; 2129 & 2133, ``93 K-Rock``.  Island Resort & Casino is
in Harris, UPMI. Norway and Crystal Falls are near Iron Mountain MI
inland next to WI. Would WIMK be covering both Escanaba and Green
Bay? 
WIMK 93.1 IRON MOUNTAIN MI 93.1 K ROCK 100.0 kW 180.0 m --- 1331 km =
827 mi

But there is also a 93.1 translator in GB itself; no specific ID: 
W226BD relays: WGEE 93.5 93.1 GREEN BAY WI COUNTRY 93.5 & 99.7 DUKE FM
0.25 kW 39.7 mH only. Unheard WGEE 93.5 itself is in New London WI,
somewhat west of GB. GB: 1228 km = 763 mi

97.5 at 2130, talk CCI to KMOD Tulsa; 2137, ``Ishpeming, Good Time
Oldies, 97-5 GTO``, so must be this 250-watt translator!
W248BU relays:WQKS-HD3 97.5 ISHPEMING MI OLDIES 97.5 GTO 0.25 kW 320.0
mH only --- but WQKS even if it have separate programing on its HD3 is
way off in Alabama; does not make sense; typo in listing here?
WQKS-FM 96.1 MONTGOMERY AL HD ADULT CONTEMPORARY KISS 96.1 0.9 kW
250.0 m. Ishpeming: 1405 km = 873 mi

Then I search out all the GTOs in MI. There are four of them all
250-watt translators of different AM stations. Two of them are in the
UP on different frequencies, maybe WQXO with a somewhat similar call? 
W249DR relays:WQXO-1400 97.7 MUNISING MI
W297CD relays:WMPL-920 107.3 HANCOCK MI

99.5 at 2139, ``Museum and lighthouse open ---``. Well, it sure isn`t
Oklahoma. So I look for Great Lake coastals in PTA of NE WI and UPMI:
Not WI, as there is only Omro west of Oshkosh and a Madison
translator. In MI most likely this coastal near Marquette and
Ishpeming:
WNGE 99.5 NEGAUNEE MI 99.5 K ROCK 3.6 kW 131.0 m --- 1405 km = 873 mi

Also this further east on the UP probably beyond the PTA:
WYSS 99.5 SAULT STE. MARIE MI CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO YES 99.5 100.0 kW
86.0 m Today's Hit Music Top 40 8/2021: remains on 1.3 kw STA since
5/2018. All other 99.5 in MI in non coastal cities or translators
further south in the LP. SSM: 1590 km = 988 mi

100.3 at 2140, weather for eastern UP, call like WEGN? on the Radio
Results Network, and ``100.3 The Point``. RRN is made up of 15
stations in the UP, including 93.1 K-Rock above and this tho it`s in
the western UP:
WUPT 100.3 GWINN MI CLASSIC HITS THE POINT 100.0 kW 156.0 m
MARQUETTE'S CLASSIC HITS --- 1405 km = 873 mi

101.3 at 2143, CCI with Wichita, ad for Midwest Kia, but that turns
out to be Wichita, KFDI

104.7 at 2146, The Fool? The Pool? No, it`s just The Bull, Ponca City
OK

107.5 at 2148, Harrelson`s ad? zone.com? no hits but mentions Green
Bay, so this is just south of there:
WDUZ-FM 107.5 BRILLION WI SPORTS THE FAN 3.6 kW 268.0 m THE FAN 107.5
& 1400 THE FAN Talk -- MUF almost to 108! --- 1199 km = 745 mi

95.1 at 2151, ad mention Marinette, briefly over OK & KS fringers, so
WLST 95.1 MARINETTE WI CAT COUNTRY 100.0 kW 133.0 m --- 1295 km = 805
mi

96.7 at 2152, country songs segué. None in WI but this in UP PTA near
Ishpeming: 
WUPG 96.7 REPUBLIC MI COUNTRY MAVERICK 96.7 50.0 kW 107.0 m 96.7
YOOPER COUNTRY THE U.P.'S HOME FOR CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC; + booster:
WUPG-FM1 relays:WUPG 96.7 96.7 MARQUETTE MI COUNTRY MAVERICK 96.7 0.25
kW. Republic: 1384 km = 860 mi

104.3 at 2200, mentions Stanton. In case that`s a town, the only ones
with FM, all on other frequencies, are in TX, KY and IA {more below}

Now the opening seems to be dying and I sure hope so as I`m in need of
R&R inside to the cool and computer, where I see the DXMAP shows the
nexus of lots of DX including mine has been an MUF peak over southern
Iowa. After that it is indeed falling below the FM band, whew (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. 104.3, further research of my WI/MI FMDX opening June 24
when I copied one name, ``Stanton`` on this frequency, not occupied
around here. I now see that there is a Stanton in MI, 2010 population
1417, altho no station licensed right there, but it is between Grand
Rapids and Mount Pleasant, where there *is* a nearby FM station:
WCZY-FM 104.3 MOUNT PLEASANT MI ADULT CONTEMPORARY MY 104.3 3.0 kW
100.0 m Adult Hits --- so maybe that`s it. However, this is in central
LP unlike all the rest UP. 1372 km = 852 miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. On 6/24/22 11:59 PM, 'Glenn Hauser' via WTFDA wrote:
``93.1 at 2125, Hardees ad; TDS in Norway and Crystal Falls; 2129
Island Resort and Casino; adstring also mention Green Bay and downtown
Escanaba [MI]; 2129 & 2133, ``93 K-Rock``. Island Resort & Casino is
in Harris, UPMI {pop. 30 in 2010y, just west of Escanaba}. Norway and
Crystal Falls are near Iron Mountain MI inland next to WI. Would WIMK
be covering both Escanaba and Green Bay?
WIMK 93.1 IRON MOUNTAIN MI 93.1 K ROCK 100.0 kW 180.0 m --- 1331 km =
827 mi``

Doug Smith replies: ``I would not expect WIMK to cover both Escanaba
and Green Bay. Its official contour map on its FCC Public File doesn't
reach *either* city. (It doesn't say but I'm assuming that's the 60dBu
interference-protected service area)``

Well, I heard what I heard. Maybe Iron Mountaineers look to those
metropoli and/or WIMK get into theres via translators or HD relays?
Now another reply; many thanks to Chris Kadlec of
http://www.chriskadlec.com/ for this:

``Glenn, Some info on your UP catches and your questions:

*90.7 is likely Milwaukee, which gets out well in the region, though
hard to confirm that without any program info.

*93.1 K-Rock can be heard across most of the UP and well into
Wisconsin down toward Green Bay, to an extent. Green Bay is the main
population center in this area, so naturally you will hear many Green
Bay ads for shopping, attractions, and obviously this is Packers
country too (much of the UP is). So yes, this is very normal to hear
Green Bay and Escanaba ads on any of the Iron Mountain stations as
well as anything “Northwoods” for northern Wisconsin. 93.1 regularly
smothers my local WMPA here in Fremont at 192 miles and has a massive
coverage area. Interestingly, also a regular in Sudbury, Ontario. I
can hear it every time I’m in town along with other Iron Mountain
stations at almost 350 miles.

* GTO originates from the HD of WKQS, not WQKS. I see this in the
database as you noted and went ahead and fixed it for anyone else
running into it. This also covers a good swath of the UP. Most of the
250w translators are just as good as full-powers in their coverage as
there is little to interfere with the signals.

* I agree, 99.5 is likely Marquette over anything else. Most of what
99.5 in Omro runs is Oshkosh area ads, all inland stuff. 99.5 Yes in
Sault Ste. Marie, that is indeed my own note in that entry about the
STA. They are still running (along with 105.5) on 1% power after 5
years, operating from a different tower site right on the Canadian
border. They barely get out at all (about 40 miles usually) and I
wouldn’t even entertain them as an Es target, let alone tropo. I’ve
DXed on more than two dozen Lake Huron radio sites and that station is
just totally absent nowadays where it used to be a regular at long
distances.

* 100.3 with Eastern UP weather would be Marquette (not really any
other choices anyway). Marquette is central UP really. Western UP
would be all the areas in the Duluth market (west of Houghton is all
Duluth FM/TV stations). Marquette stations cover everything from Sault
Ste. Marie to Houghton and the Superior North Shore areas too as they
are from a very central location in the region. Northern Michigan
stations DO give weather for the Eastern UP quite regularly as most of
those stations can be heard in the eastern UP too, but I don’t think
Q100 does that, so likely Marquette instead. -Chris Kadlec`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. A sporadic E FM DX opening brought stations from south
Florida, June 27 from 1759 to about 1830 UT, some in Spanish, then
lots of Mexicans until 2000. It will take a while to research and
identify as many of these as possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX opening, June 27, I start monitoring at
1759 UT; all on caradio in the garage, relatively comfortable after a
cool spell and this early in the day; vertical fender antenna only;
times strictly UT; same provisos as in previous recent reports:

95.3 at 1759, ``Beat It`` tune overrides KOKC OKC translator.

94.3 at 1804, frenetic Spanish music, PTA is Florida from DXMAP MUFs.
1806, YL DJ. Likely this as also heard earlier in June:
WRLX 94.3 RIVIERA BEACH FL Spanish SPANISH HITS MIA 94.3 50.0 kW 139.0
m --- 1993 km = 1238 mi

94.1 at 1809, English rap, then moralizing. No FL fits; maybe just OK
The House gospel huxter

96.5 at 1813, ``Wake Up, Miami``, DJ promo of morning show on ``---
96``; something attributed to KCBS, Sausage King; Robert Rubenstein,
lawyer, 1-800-FL-LEGAL, in Miami, Broward, thruout FL; 1815
Duck-duck-go ad, Mitsubishi:
WPOW 96.5 MIAMI FL RHYTHMIC CHR POWER 96 98.0 kW 307.0 m --- 2051 km =
1274 mi

97.3 at 1816, LA? dance music, but English lyrix. Based on PTA:
WFLC 97.3 MIAMI FL CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO HITS 97.3 98.0 kW 307.0 m
--- 2051 km = 1274 mi

101.5 at 1817, over OK`s SS, YL with ``south Florida`s best variety,
101.5 --- FM``:
WLYF 101.5 MIAMI FL ADULT CONTEMPORARY 101.5 LITE FM REFRESHING 100.0
kW 248.0 m --- 2051 km = 1274 mi

102.5 at 1818, sports talk, 1-800-771-1025: that phone chex for this:
WHPT 102.5 SARASOTA FL TALK 102-5 THE BONE 100.0 kW 503.0 m 
102.5 THE BONE Tampa Bay's {sic} Classic Rock Station {sic} -
theoneonline.com Talk --- 1761 km = 1094 mi

105.7 at 1820, K-LOVE ID and nothing more. OMG, there are none in FL
or any other likely area, PA, NH, CA, PA, NC, some of them translators
--- except Puerto Rico; could this be double hop? 
WJKL 105.7 SAN JUAN PR USA CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN K-LOVE 50.0 kW
323.0 m
OMG2, could just be bleed from my local 105.5 translator K288FX, shux.
San Juan: 3689 km = 2292 mi, about right for double-hop, but midpoint
would be about 50 miles into Atlantic off Daytona Beach

99.3 at 1823, rapid ads in Spanish mentioning Florida, ``La Nueva
Playa 99.3``, plug as on ten? apps:
WWCN 99.3 FORT MYERS BEACH FL Spanish CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO PLAYA
99.3 45.0 kW 142.0 m // WWCN 770 --- 1868 km = 1161 mi

100.3 at 1824, country; 1828 ``from Biscayne Bay to Boca Chica,
Thunder Country 100.3``:
WCTH 100.3 PLANTATION KEY FL COUNTRY THUNDER COUNTRY 100.3 100.0 kW
141.0 m --- Boca Chica? almost to Key West. Distancefromto thinx this
is near Tampa rather than in the Keys!

Not much more the next quarter-hour, but by 1842, I`m getting MEXICO,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. As I am completing the June 27 Es FM DX reports,
by 1610 UT June 28 MORE big openings are in progress, so back to the
car for 2+ hours. ND, SD, MB, MT; and separately from LA & TX at
least, including, 96.7 KOYE Frankston TX, only 530 km = 329 miles!
Extremely strong sporadic E for a path so close! These openings will
take a lot more time to research and report fully; and there may be
even more to come. Got to take advantage of this summer Es, as there
will soon be ~10 months of nothing. 

I had to miss much of the latest January 6 hearing starting at 1700,
but will catch replay later. Notable that not a single FM station,
nearby or DX, was broadcasting it, as great threats to our Democracy
don`t matter to them! --- except on KOSU and probably KWOU from NPR.
No doubt more NPR stations were on it but not skipping out. Quit for
R&R and lunch after 1816, I find it not only on TV from PBS, MSNBC and
CNN, surely CSPAN but not checked; but also on mainstream ABC, CBS,
NBC, and even Fox News Channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Still working on researching and compiling my sporadic E FM
DX of June 28, of stations in SD, MN, ND, MT; and an overlapping
opening from SW Louisiana and SE Texas under 500 mi/800 km (Glenn
Hauser, OK, June 29, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, June 23 at 0626, RV is S7/S9 with music on 3 x 3945
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, June 24 at 0642, RV with Bislama talk, into music,
S5/S8 on 3 x 3945. Also some OTH radar clicking 11810-11830 but not
QRMing RV. Walt Salmaniw, BC also noted that at 11810-11825. I
continue to urge checking for fifth harmonic on 19725, at least via
remotes westward from there tho I am usually offline before 0600
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)