** ANGOLA. 4949.720, July 15 at 2152, presumed RNA is JBA S7 mostly noise into Namibia SDR with signature offset, no signal into RSA SDR and there are no other Kiwis in southern Africa. Tnx to tip from Manuel Méndez, Spain, who reported this yesterday to the WOR iog: ``Rádio Nacional de Angola, 4949,7 on air after months without detecting it --- Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Reinante, NW of Spain, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters: ANGOLA, 4949.7, Rádio Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 1956-2016, 14-07, comments, songs. Strong carrier, extremely weak audio, barely audible, best on LSB.`` Tropical Bands Monitor as of 1 July shows this on 4949.7 had been reported this year only in January and March. Once upon a time RNA ran all-night and its off-frequency carrier at least could be detected in deep North America. As of last year, WRTH showed 4950 as 24 h with A program in Portuguese, nominal 25 kW; while MW 945 had some foreign languages local evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, July 15 at 1852, LRA36 is on with a surprise late Friday broadcast; tnx to tips from Hugo López, Chile and Manuel Méndez, Spain. Sufficient S5/S9 into Argentine SDR. Amid interview of a guy by the gals who are laughing a lot. He`s talking about high winds and other weather info, mentions Centro Meteorológico Marambio, so maybe he`s visiting from that other base. Only QRM occasional clix. Unfortunately at 1900-2000 UT Fridays I always listen to KUCO for `The Score` cinemusic in $tereo. LRA36 is off by my next chance to check at 2022. Maybe this compensate for totally missing their scheduled Wednesday 1500 transmission? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Saturday July 16 at 1447 tune-in via Argentine remote, LRA36 already on with song, sufficiently good; 1449 ID, more song; 1500 ID with staff names, ``Nacional, la Radio Pública`` but not the canned official sign-on with quadrilingual Spanish-only advisory; maybe it ran earlier. 1501 Antártida themesong, but chopped off air at 1504* before finished. What a disappointment! Habitually when this happen it never come back, nor do it today monitored until a full hour be up on the remote, 1548. Nor anything at 1853 check either. Gary Pence was hearing it as usual via KFS and also same Argentine remote starting at 1445 and: ``when they were on about 10 till the hour listening on Lu4aa sdr I heard those high fast buzzing blurb things one after another and now they are gone too! Sure sounds like intentional jamming to me??? 73 Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, it`s a Wednesday, July 20, so time to check for LRA36 which was absent a week ago. Tuned in at 1444 via Argentine SDR, already on with song, S7/S9; shortly YL greeting for the 12th program of the 2022 series `Esperanza Audaz`, a ``día muy especial``; staff names; blows a kiss to all listeners, including via the 50-station RNA network. 1450 temp is 7, winds 51 kph; sunrise at 09:57 local, sunset missed. Multiple-platform contact info. 1500 ``su compañía`` ID, song. After 1500 I`m mainly attentive to Afghanistan documentary on PBS World, about the anti-Soviet Jihad years; but let it run without trying to understand much of the content. 1504, This Week in History starting with 18 July 1918 birth of Nelson Mandela. 1516 song about Esperanza; 1519 chat; 1522 contact info again; 1527 long lofi telco interview. At 1533 I see that all four RXs at this remote are on it, besides me, Gary Pence, `San Antonio` but really Dallas; and someones in Florence, Italy and Dayton, Oregon. 1550 song. 1554 greeting with reverb, seems sent by a listener. 1601 song, talk, 1613 ID, song; 1629 still chat, 1641 song, 1643 ID with staff names and off at 1644*. So I had it for exactly two hours. Gary Pence reports at 1510: ``LRA 36: Hi Glenn, I got on just before you to already hear LRA36 song in progress at 1440z, I just don't know when they started. I wasn't able to use KFS SE [antenna] this morning so I switched over to KPH Point Reyes omni antenna just to hear a trace.`` And at 1615: ``LRA 36 stuff --- Glenn, I finally got a seat at KFS SE SDR and was very underwhelmed at the lack of signal; it was just traces, nothing sustainable. Sounds like they have pretty serious power regulation issues going on there. Remember in the movie Apollo 13 where the portable cassette deck with very low batteries was tumbling in that cold capsule? That's just how their audio sounds...`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 4985+, July 19 at 0634, JBA carrier a smidge on high side vs heavy RTTY circa 4987. Presumed R Brasil Central reactivated but never any good here unlike 11815v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 4985+, July 20 at 0640, R. Brasil Central is JBA not just JBA carrier, slightly plus and without 2-receiver matching, seems // same music and talk on 11815++ which is a bit further off-frequency, but tolerable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. Correxion to a typo not noticed by me until July 14. Is anyone paying attention? I wish I were before I publish an error! Second frequency was given as 9873.86 instead of 9673.86; FIXED: 9673.80 / 9673.86, July 9 at 0621, RVM praise music jumping around these two spots as I try to measure it. Anyeditor who published this error must now also publish this correxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9664.888, July 19 at 0643, RVM S4/S7 with hymn, almost back to nominal 9665 after many months drifting upward to 9667 and jumping lately almost to 9675; so they are finally trying to normalize. What next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 7850, July 19 at 0628, CHU is JBA on its lower sideband, mainly on the USB with carrier reduced. Someone found this unusual, but I had not paid attention to the LSB otherwise. Too much noise to discern if 3330 be likewise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Congrats to Canadian International DX Club on 60th anniversary, supposed to be marked by two special event ham stations July 17, 1800-2200 UT, VE2AQP circa 14240 USB and VE6SWL circa 14265 USB -- but not heard direct tuning around these circa 1920 UT; just some US stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. Immediately after compiling my July 18 FMDX report on July 19, DXMAPS show the MUF finally into FM band to here as it`s transitioning into UT July 20, so out to the garaged car thru the heat dropping slightly around 100. Standard provisos as introducing previous reports. {See USA [and non]} 96.7 at 2359, hard rock, a couple dropouts to dead air for a few seconds; ``The Rock Station, KLT`` VG but fades out by 2400. Searching 96.7 Slogan field on KLT gets no hits since DB has it as KL:T with a :colon: spurious punxuation? It is: WRGZ 96.7 ROGERS CITY MI CLASSIC ROCK KL:T THE ROCK STATION 42.0 kW 162.0 m WKLT 97.5 & WBCM 93.5 & WGRZ 96.7 Rock //WKLT 97.5 & WBCM 93.5 --- I had heard 97.5 & 93.5 ones July 2. WRGZ: 1537 km = 935 mi Now it`s UT July 20: 95.3 at 0003, hard rock overrides KOKC translator, gone before any ID 94.3 at 0005, outro NPR News, CCI KS, ``Inspired`` program. Strong fade-ins. A bit of ``Kix on Route 66`` song and talking about the PBS show `Great Muslim-American Road Trip`, another episode of which is coming up tonight and I am watching it as I write after 0200. WTFDA FM DB Search funxion does not apply to all fields, just 10 major ones, not including Mode or Remarks. Otherwise one must display an entire frequency file on one page - pick 500 to be sufficient. Searching entire 94.3 USA file on NPR gets WCMV and 2 other hits: WZAI Brewster MA; and K232AM, China Lake CA translator of Nevada PR and presumably National PR. We can rule those out! Also the MODE column where HD sometimes appears even more rarely is labeled mono (but $tereo must be understood, u.o.s.). Such is the case with WZAI. A drawback of this DB is that there is no column/field for NETWORK! I still would like to know for sure all the NPR affils on 94.3. Of course, these days, many stations, commercial or not, are affiliated with more than one, even multiple nets. E.g. an NPR is probably, but not necessarily, also getting shows from APR and PRX. At the main website https://www.npr.org/ there is no obvious link to a simple list of stations and frequencies! But the first thing they want to set up is *your* NPR station after which nothing else matters, driving financial support thataway. However a broader search leads to this roster by state and city, https://legacy.npr.org/stations/pdf/nprstations.pdf but why ``legacy``? Implying it is historical rather than up to date?? Aha, abottom it`s dated JUNE 2013! BTW I do not see a single translator-style call! Tho surely there be many. The 94.9 KOSU relay in Ponca City doesn`t make this list! There I can anyway search on 94.3 and get only 2 hits: of course, non-comms 92+ are a rarity and thus should be outstanding. Per this we have: WBTN-FM Bennington VT, and WZAI-FM Brewster MA - but no station in Leland MI! Another oddity is that every single callsign is suffixed -FM, which is not always the case. Except for the few AMs, where there should NOT ever be any -AM suffix. How about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NPR_stations Hopefully uptodate, but admittedly incomplete: ``List of NPR stations From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia --- The following is a list of full-power non-commercial educational radio stations in the United States broadcasting programming from National Public Radio (NPR), which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, band, city of license and state. HD Radio subchannels and low-power translators are not included. `` BTW, Wikipedia also linx to the 2013 NPR page, so I guess there is nothing more recent from NPR itself. I do not see any way to sort by frequency, but can search the whole page on 94.3, which gets us 4: KBYI Rexburg ID -- o yeah, I DXed that one recently WZAI Brewster MA WCMV-FM Leland MI! WBTN-FM Bennington VT Anyhow, only MI is in today`s PTA: WCMV-FM 94.3 LELAND MI NEWS/CLASSICAL CMU PUBLIC RADIO 20.5 kW 233.0 m NPR --- 1399 km = 869 mi WCMV would be relaying WCMU. Own website can`t locate own program sked! But it does find this show at the time I heard it, 8 pm [EDT] Tuesday, claiming to be only PR show exclusively about religion: https://radio.wcmu.org/show/inspired I had never run across it on any other station. 93.5 at 0012, CCI with Kansas, ad for an adventure park, urbanairsudbury.com Website really leads to: https://www.urbanair.com/ontario-sudbury/ so it`s certainly: CIGM-FM 93.5 SUDBURY ON CAN CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO HOT 93.5 100.0 kWH 43.0 kWV 150.0 m horiz only THE NEW HOT 93.5 FM Top 40 --- 1794 km = 1115 mi 95.1 at 0014, French Canadian conversation overrides KS/OK stations, 0018-0020 VG peak, then fadeout; certainly this near Sudbury PTA: CBON-FM-17 relays:CBON-FM 98.1 95.1 NORTH BAY ON CAN French NEWS/TALK ICI RADIO-CANADA PREMIERE 100.0 kW 145.0 m horiz only --- There are four others, all in far Québec and N-B, low power except for CBF-FM itself in Montréal. 1884 km = 1171 mi 93.9 at 0023, some rock music DX tries to overcome dead air from presumed KIMY but can`t make it. Of course I cannot manipulate antenna 93.1 at 0025, ``93 K-Rock``. No hits unless you ditch the hyphen for a space; there it is again as in two previous openings this summer. This and other stations are rather lax about whether to include the number after the decimal in slogan IDs: WIMK 93.1 IRON MOUNTAIN MI ROCK 93.1 K ROCK 100.0 kW 180.0 m --- 1331 km = 827 mi 96.7 at 0030, praise rock, soon CCI from another rock, both fade 0031; hard rock in & out again at 0033, as I quit. 94.5 at 0058, another quick check in toohotcar, some rock here may be skip. After that MUF falls (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, July 16 at 0400 as I am confirming WOR on 5130 into Maryland SDR, I see on the H2Ofall without needing to hear it, that this RHC frequency is AWOL. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, July 17 at 0615, RHC is S9+10 with nothing but hum in English; 6100 & 6165 are both sufficient S9+20/30. 5040 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, July 19 at 0631, RHC is S9+20/30 in wrong language Spanish while 5040 is off; while English remains on 6060 undermodulated with hum, S9/+20; at 0632, English also 6165, S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 96.7 FM, July 17 at 1646 UT, lexure in Spanish during big mixed sporadic E and tropo openings; 1658 song with refrain ``Guajira``. 1659, ``Rebelde, La Habana, Emisora de la Revolución, 1700 ``Noticiero Nacional de Radio``. 1711 still in with Cuban mentions, national weather summary, 1713 ``NN de R`` program ID again, ``en AM, FM y Onda Corta``. Cuban FM DX is rare here, mostly too far for single-hop sporadic E, but Habana is possible at 2095 km = 1302 miles, and westward. WTFDA FM Database has three Rebeldes on 96.7, Bayamo and Moa too far, but this must be: CMBA-FM 96.7 CD. HABANA CH NEWS/TALK/VARIETY RADIO REBELDE 1.0 kWH 0.0 kWV 100.0 m HAAT 23-07-16 82-18-54 REBELDE Tx site Loma de la Cruz/Regla There are three other non-Rebelde 96.7s, one further west, R Mantua, but presumably would not be RR relayers at midday. Only 1 kW horizontal only, not very impressive for a flagship!? Meanwhile I am hunting for other Cubans! Only one possibility: 99.1, July 17 at 1703, some CCI in Spanish. Besides two low-power translators, this is the only full-power, and same site as 96.7: CMBF-FM 99.1 CD. HABANA CH CLASSICAL/OPERA/ARTS RADIO MUSICAL NACIONAL 8.0 kWH only 100.0 m 23-07-16 82-18-54 RADIO TAINO Tx site Loma de la Cruz/Regla --- R. Taíno is in the ``PS Info`` column, not sure what that mean in practice. I am still researching *many* other FM DX logs between 1533 and 1942, Es from Florida, eastern, central and western MEXICO from Cancún to Mazatlán; at same time mid-day tropo from Kansas, Nebraska, as far as Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and hope to have it done in less than three days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440, July 15 at 2133 and 2201, NO signal in English from R. Cairo into UTwente; it`s better than something since something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, July 19 at 2202, R. Cairo English very distorted with hum but somewhat readable, S9+35/45 into UTwente. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. 11590, July 14 at 1435, S4/S5 in S Asian language? It`s KTWR in Kazakh at 1430-1445 only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 17530 & 17790, July 19 at 0629, JBA relay signals still making it here in the summer nightmiddle, but nothing higher-latitude on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, July 17 at 1501, Voice of Martyrs Korea, Maldives service I hadn`t checked in some weeks after exhausting speculation about its secret site. Sermon in English, 1503 refers to ``next slide`` but nothing to see! And not yet switched to Dhivehi if ever. S5/S7 signal which is still a lot better than it should be if focused on Maldives, from best guess Taiwan; or from anywhere to the other side of the world (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, July 19 at 1524, Voice of Martyrs Korea, S6/S9 with Christian stuff in English; is there ever any Dhivehi any more? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. When looking up DX stuff on the WTFDA FM Database, I curiously search on language:English for all of MEXICO, and get only four hits, all border stations in TJ obviously for the foreign market. What about other border cities? And remember when deep inside XEland, at least the DF had an English station, at least on AM, XEVIP 1560? Is there some law against it? There are certainly pockets of EE expats in DF, Cholula and elsewhere who could/should be served. Contrast with all the SS stations happily funxioning in the EUA. XHITZ-FM 90.3 TIJUANA BC MEX HD English RHYTHMIC CHR Z 90.3 93.12 kW 184.6 m 32-30-13 117-02-42 TODAY'S MUSIC IS ON Z90 Top 40 XETRA-FM 91.1 TIJUANA BC MEX HD English ROCK 91X 100.0 kW 145.8 m 32-30-22 117-02-20 Rock XHRM-FM 92.5 TIJUANA BC MEX HD English HOT AC MAGIC 92.5 100.0 kW 200.0 m 32-30-13 117-02-42 You're listening to 92.5 San Diego Rhythm and Blues XHRST-FM 107.7 TIJUANA BC MEX English/Spanish RHYTHMIC CHR MAS FLO 10.0 kW 197.56 m 32-29-02 117-03-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. Many FM DX logs July 18 are integrated into the chronological-order report under USA [and non] ** NORTH AMERICA. Attn those expecting to find all my pirate logs under this heading: see also OKLAHOMA in each report as the KOFM CB pirate relay continues on 27185v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1120 kHz, July 17 at 0632 UT, KMOX oldtimeradio drama has heavy QRM from music in Spanish. Normally KMOX is one of the clearest of clear channels here. I count a SAH of about 8 Hz. Unreadable announcement/ID? at 0702, otherwise upbeat romantic song segués till I quit at 0723. Best audible on DX-398 with KMOX nulled, i.e. NW/SE but hard to get a fix on the QRM. Mexican? At the time I do not think of the Tulsa market KETU Catoosa, 10 kW DAYTIMER, also 7 kW critical hours with two different direxional patterns. It`s certainly a problem for KMOX during CH near sunset; will have to check whether 8 Hz apart then. MWoffset shows 7 Hz apart!: http://mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1120 1120 1119.9932 KETU (Catoosa, OK) as of 2019-01-03 1120 1120.0002 KMOX (Saint Louis, MO) [-1120.0027 range] as of 2021-11-14 IBOC within 0.1 Hz [no more IBOC] NRC AM Log says ``Diferente`` is part of slogan, and post facto think I may have heard it say that. It was pretty steady, like area groundwave as heard by itself daytimes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1120 kHz, July 18 at 0140 UT, I`m rechecking tonight for the unID SS QRM to KMOX. This is just before nominal sunset 0145 at KETU Catoosa/Tulsa, after which this daytimer must close, ha2: there is some CCI, but seems more than 8 Hz SAH as counted last night. At 0412 UT, on caradio while checking for FMDX, now it`s more like 7 Hz. Inside on the altazimuth wrist-mounted DX-398, I`m on it for good, determined to definitely ID it, nulling KMOX to the max, or min. Between tunes, a YL talx at some length, seems to be relationship advice. Keeps giving phone number but I can`t copy; does not start with AC 918. Romantic music plays right thru 0500 UT with no sign of any ID. At 0523 I bring up the KETU stream http://streamcontrol.net:16330/; and it does match with a delay. At 0524 finally I hear a full ID on the radio including ``KETU -- 97.9 La Diferente, la estación --- de Tulsa, Oclajoma``. Call letters pronounced in English, Toolsa en eSpanish. And promptly also on the stream. No mention of an AM frequency; who cares, now that they have an FM translator to wag it, K250BN?! So they may forget it exist, let alone illegally all-night. Thus my previous log under UNID will be promoted to OKLAHOMA in the Roundup. Remember, this is SUPPOSED to be off the air at night, ceding 1120 to clear-channel KMOX St Louis. BTW, KETU is owned by a grocery store in Arkansas called Las Américas; don`t be surprised to hear that name in commercials. And how lame is the slogan ``different`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520 kHz, July 20 at 1704 UT, KOKC is OFF! In FMDX bandscan across 95.3 I check for // to the translator, but nothing on 1520. This may mean that refurbishing their 50 kW direxional license is finally underway. If off tonight maybe a DX opportunity; but back on at 1858 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.47 AM, July 16 at 2321, KOFM presumed the usual source of country music relayed by local CB pirate (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Some nearby FM info is included in July 18 FMDX report under USA [and non] ** OKLAHOMA. 92.3, July 20 at 1706 UT, Dan Bongino show is restarting on usual fringe signal, so now sure it`s KMZE Woodward, altho neither station nor show will confirm such a hookup. Bandscanning for Es DX but none showing in next 18 minutes (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) v. USA ** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, July 20 at 1705 UT, KIMY Watonga is back in business with gospel music instead of dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 11800, July 16 at 2326, interview in Spanish continues past 2330. No match with RHC or Martí; what could it be? At 2335 // 9760, so the ubiquitous RRI as scheduled this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Mon July 17 at 2200, REE VG into Maryland with token English, news including heat wave, followed by an admitted repeat of Justin`s interview with a female clown. Haven`t run across a mailbag or `DX program` in many months; has anyone? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SRI LANKA [non]. 11750, July 15 at 1650, no signal of SLBC into Kuwait SDR; supposedly 1630-1830 with domestic service relay. Had not paid attention before but checking now whether it be off due to strife. At 1620-1650, VIRI blox 11750 in Bengali: how could they possibly know about SLBC since it`s not in HFCC? After Qur`an, 1630 chimes and ``Radio Tehran`` ID. After 1700 into Bengaluru SDR, nothing either on 11750. I have the vague impression that SLBC 11750 may have been sporadic already. The other times to seek SLBC are 0030-0100 and 0200-0230 on 11905, often reported from N America. Of course there are lots of relays via Trincomalee site: Aoki has 36 entries including SLBC. Other have reported some of those still on. BTW, the protesters` takeover of SLBC TV I quoted on WOR 2147 turned out to be a bit exaggerated: they were allowed on for 15 minutes. I thought it somewhat suspicious that the language signer in the corner continued during clip unabated. See this via Ron Howard, WOR iog: BBC news story - "Sri Lanka: The fake ‘invasions’ of a broadcaster and Central Bank" https://news.yahoo.com/sri-lanka-fake-invasions-broadcaster-080717044.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, July 15 at 2201 and 2212, NO signal from VOT English into UTwente, but something weak, presumably CNR1 Beijing 572 site also scheduled. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, July 17 at 2200, no signal into UTwente from VOT English to us, just a weakie presumed China. But on by next check 2216, S9+30/45 with repeat of the `Feeling Supreme` about what to eat vs osteoporosis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, July 19 at 2203, VOT English is not only on the air but VG S9+40 with some hum into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, July 14 at 0501-0508, another new `Ukraine: Security Issue` for July 13, Day 140 of Russia`s war, on UR1 via WRMI. Richard Langley says these resumed on July 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, July 17 at 0500-0506, UR1 via WRMI, immediately into English `Ukraine: Security Issue` for July 16 = Day 143 of Putin`s horrible war (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, July 19 at 0500-0508, `Ukraine: Security Issue` another war report from UR1 reconfirmed via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, July 20 at 0502-0508, UR1 via WRMI, VG into Maryland, 2 minutes of UU before English `Ukraine: Security Issue` including at least 353 Ukrainian children killed by the Russians; strixe against Vinnitsa civilians, far from any military target; losses in Russian war equipment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 12695.5, KFS: ``Hi Glenn. Thanks for including stations KPH and KFS in your posting. The currently active transmit site for KFS is Bolinas, CA - co-located with KPH. The KFS transmitter is a 1942 Press Wireless PW15 running about 5 kW. This transmitter was in service for KFS at the historic (1921) Palo Alto, CA site and was one of the transmitters used for the "last day of Morse" ceremony on 12 July 1999, the date we commemorate with Night of Nights. We brought it and a sister PW15 to Bolinas. KFS worked SS AMERICAN VICTORY/KKUI with multiple QTC in both directions and perhaps other customers. VY 73, RD --- Richard Dillman https://www.radiomarine.org Maritime Radio Historical Society`` Richard, Good to hear from you and tnx for the clarification. I guess I was confused by the KFS KiwiSDRs being at Half Moon Bay despite the same callsign. If a receiver site only, that`s certainly a good idea to be away from all the outgoing RF. 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. After the Es FM DX opening July 18, I try the 10m beacon band and quite a lot of activity including overlaps, only a few of which I log: 28204 at 1859, W0WF/B, as often heard, 20 watts from St Charles MO 28218 at 1953, VVV VVV DE K4PAR/B --- also heard July 11; not in WJ5O roster now! But back then I copied from it: 28.2175 K4PAR ? EATONTON, GEORGIA # ?,? un-coordinated 28 May 19 reported by Richard SWL The WJ5O roster I have bookmarked is now dated 8 September 2016! So may have defaulted to a non-updated version. https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm 28284.8 at 1954, V V V N9TNY/B EN51PS - very slow with long pause. Also removed from WJ5O roster but when I heard him June 7 was 5 watts from Geneva IL 28290.8 at 1956, K5TLJ/B, 5 watts from Trumann, Arkansas 28297 at 1958, E E E E E NS9RS ... CHICAGO --- 5 watts from Northfield IL. This time I mis?copied it as NS9RF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2146 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday July 14 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+12 into Maryland SDR. Missed checking at 0130 on WRMI 9395, 5010; anyone hear them? WORLD OF RADIO 2147 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, International Vacuum, Italy, Japan, Korea North & South, Kuwait, Malaysia, México, Nigeria, Palau, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine non, UKOGBANI, USA, Vanuatu; sporadic E distances; propagation outlook WOR 2147 is available as of 0009 UT Friday July 15, 2022 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2147.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2147.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 [but pre-empted 3rd Fri = July 15] 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 July 3] 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 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated; thanks this week to Kari Kallio, Lahti, Finland, for some tuki via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by postal money order or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2146 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From 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 #2146, continued troubled time hearing at 0130 UTC on 5850 kHz too much daylight hours reduced reception, WRMI: 9395, 0130, 0141, static QRN, 0159, July 9 UTC 2022 [Sat] 9395, static, QSB fading, 0043, 0059 (S7 signal level), 0159, 9395, July 12 UTC 2022 [Tue]. {??? 0159 UT Tue, starting at 0130 is not a scheduled time for WOR, just 0030; your typo or their error/change?} 9395, static QRN, 2331, 2342 (S5,6 signal levels), 2359 July 12 [Tue] 5850, missed broadcast sleeping, 1100, July 13 [Wed 1030] 9395, 0029, 0059 (45343), usual static QRN; 9395, 0130, 0139, 0144, 0155 (45443), 0159, July 14 [both Thu] Good listening, Richard, July 14, 2022`` WORLD OF RADIO 2147 monitoring: confirmed first broadcasts UT Friday July 15 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 S9+10/20 direct, preceded by two overlapping IDs and WOR not starting until 0130.2; presumably same on 7730, S9/+10 and noisy, both direct. Not confirmed UT Friday July 15 at 0330 on WRMI 7780: rather, previous WOR 2146 aired again; not sure why, some file mixup? But I have rechecked that 2147 is ready for all subsequent airings on WRMI thru July 21. Also confirmed Friday July 15 at 1430 on WRMI 9955; inaudible at Bonaire where it`s aimed but S7/9+10 direct, no jamming audible. A 2-minute music buffer at 1428 following the Tourette`s gospel huxter blaster preceding. Confirmed NOT airing Friday July 15 at 1815 on IRRS 7290, AM Italia 1323, 918, usual third-Friday pre-emption for some classic rock; checked via UTwente and Noale SDRs. Confirmed the MW-only AM Italia airing Friday July 15 at 2030 on 918 & 1323 kHz; 918 at S9/+5 is better than 1323 only S7/S8, and no LW 207; but by 2031, 918 cuts off and on the air, and/or when on without modulation. While 1323 seems to stay as I switch back & forth. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130v 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 July 3] 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 2147 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday July 16 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Saturday July 16 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130-, S9/+15 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Saturday July 16 after 1600 on WRN North America webcast. Next: 1930 Saturday on WRMI 15770? I have hinted to Jeff that if fill music be playing instead of `Power of the Word`, might put WOR back on. 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 July 3] 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 2147 monitoring: confirmed Saturday July 16 at 1941 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG about 1 minute into so started circa 1940. Not confirmed Sat July 16 at 1930 on WRMI 15770, as the gospel huxter airs successfully after a semihour? of fill music. WOR confirmed from 1930 on WRN webcast of N American service. Confirmed UT Sunday July 17 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S3/S4 into Georgia SDR; following 0029 Etón commercial and Allen Graham ID - is he really still in Quito? Also confirmed UT Sunday July 17 at 0333 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM near St Louis MO, S9+10/15 into nearby SDR but with heavy storm crashes from SE MO into east central IL. Also confirmed Sunday July 17 until 1359.8 on WMRI Europe via Channel 292, Germany, 9670, S6/S9 into NW Ireland SDR, so started almost 1331; followed by WMRI ID and clock ticking/chimes SFX. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still July 3] 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 2147 monitoring: confirmed Sunday July 17 at 2000.5 in IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, S9+10 into nearby Noale SDR but with heavy ACI from stronger signals on 1314 & 1332; following rock music and 2000 IRRS SW ID. 918 not on nor 207 kHz. Also confirmed Sunday July 17 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S9/+5 into Knoxville SDR. Still airing now altho not on the skedgrid. Also confirmed UT Monday July 18 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 but noisy into Knoxville SDR; at 0050 better into Maryland S7/9+10. Also confirmed UT Monday July 18 from 0259.3 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 6160 minus 61 Hz, into PEI SDR = 6159.939, S9+5/10 Also confirmed UT Tuesday July 19 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S8/9+15 into Maryland SDR. 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 [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2147 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday July 19 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, VG S7/S9 into Maryland SDR and no jamming audible, yet. Next: 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 2147 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 #2147, shorter week family concerns and Summer laziness, WRMI: 9395, 0144, 0159 static QRN, 0159, July 16 UTC 2022 [Sat] 9395, static, 0042, 0045, 0059, 0159 [sic], July 19 UTC 2022 [Tue] 9955, static QRN, heard on FM Creek website, 2259, 9955 kHz, July 19 UTC 2022 [Tue] 9395, 2330, lost time forget, 2359, July 19 UTC 2022 [Tue] 5850, just heard start of program, 1030, July 20 UTC 2022 [Wed] Good listening, Richard, July 20, 2022`` Also confirmed into Maryland SDR, Tuesday July 19 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S8/S9+10. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW {confirmed} 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated; thanks this week to Kari Kallio, Lahti, Finland, for some tuki via PayPal not necessarily originally in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by postal money order or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, July 15 at 0128, no signal from WLCR/WBCQ. Ailing? Yes, a twit as of 13 hours before 0000 UT July 16: ``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 13h --- Working at the stations. The great 500 KW transmitter is down. Very complex. All of us troubleshooting now. Free speech radio continues. Angela & Allan on tonight at 8pm eastern on 7490/6160/5130/3265khz. Support radio-please listen. Your prayers appreciated. The big one⚡️.`` Well, UT Sat July 16 after 0000, 3265 is JBA S5 at Maryland SDR, mostly local and storm noise but SAM as carrier +151 Hz = 3265.152v. 3265.153v much better S8/S9 into nearest PEI SDR. Apparently during AAAWWW original broadcast is only time it`s occasionally onturned. 3265 is not even included in the program guide. A new AAAWWW, since discussing the Webb Space Telescope images. Angela is not within grasp of Allan but on a lo-fi remote phone line. I guess he is in ME, she in FL. Or, ``she is on an errand``. Almost whole program is Allan lexuring us on the Universe and Everything, Relativity, with the inevitable Christian undertones. I`m listening via the 7490v webcast. Datestamp at 0038 as he is from Studio 1 in Monticello, for 15 July YOOLF 2022. Never heard anything about what`s wrong with the SuperStition. 0053 into email (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {see also UNIDENTIFIED 9330} ** U S A. 9330, July 16 circa 0630, WLCR/WBCQ is still off, reason unknown. Pray harder! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330-, July 16 at 2332 WLCR on WBCQ back on air after a few days` breakdown, S9+20/30 in English. Later I refine the measurement: 9329.928! and somewhat wavering, July 17 at 0618. This is NOT the behaviour of the 500 kW SuperStition transmitter, rather one of the old ``classic`` WBCQ transmitters, habitually off-frequency minus, occasionally plus, but never exactly on-frequency. Another measurement July 17 at 1437: 9329.856V, always in English when I check, now only S9 direct. At 1447 via Maryland remote, S9+10 and minus 143 Hz = 9329.857, calibration OK at WWV 10000. Latest twit: ``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 37m [= 1449 UT minus 37 = 1412 UT July 17] Working on the transmitters. 9330 kHz back on the air. The worlds free speech station is WBCQ. Always. Tune in tonight on 6160khz for Area61 programming. Then Radio Angela on 5130khz at 10pm eastern. Shortwaves Rules✌️. We do it with real transmitters, real RF, in real time. Really`` AW never volunteers pertinent info such as substituting one transmitter for another. Since the WLCR antenna and the classic 245-degree antennas and transmitters are at separate locations, it might have been difficult or impossible to intermix them. WLCR language and azimuth usage has been quite flexible but per FCC A22, 9330 would be 250 kW, 180 degrees at 06-08; 250 kW, 290 degrees at 13-15 UT. If both transmitter and SS antenna are out of service, everything is probably no more than 50 kW on WSW beam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.066, July 18 at 0233, WLCR/WBCQ now off-frequency-plus, in Portuguese into PEI SDR, almost agreed by Georgia SDR, 9330.065. 9330.147, July 19 at 0028, S9+20/25 in Portuguese into Maryland SDR. Altho strength can be VG, such offfrequenciness is not characteristic of the 500 kW SuperStition transmitter which is presumably still down (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.160, July 19 at 0638, WLCR/WBCQ still off-frequency, S7/S9 in English with presumed non-super transmitter. 9330.118, July 19 at 1515, now it`s here in English, S6/S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215 & 5890, July 15 at 0630, both these WWCR TOMBS frequencies are off. Now we see in the program schedules dated July 1 that they are intentionally OFF AIR: WWCR-1 M-F at 0500-1100 3215 and 1100-1130 15825; and WWCR-4 M-F 0500-1200 5890. BUT same remain on air Saturdays and Sundays with TOMBS. No other Off Air times are shown. Absent 5890 also deprives us of the leapfrog mixing product over 5935 landing on 5980. It seems that dead Brother Stair`s income is dropping (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265, July 14 at 0630, WINB is OFF instead of TOMBS which had been scheduled until 0657. It seems that TOMBS hours have been reduced here as well as on WRMI, Channel 292 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 1090, July 17 at 0705 UT, HUD and another USG PSA, then into praise music. Bigsig loops E/W or slightly clockwise, i.e. KAAY Little Rock. This is NOT its new night power of 80 watts! Sounds like 50 kW, and can`t be former tight night pattern either, unfavorable thisaway, but non-direxional 50 kW day pattern. FCC AMQ still shows 80 watts as a CP to go with ND 50 kW day. KAAY was no longer able to operate direxionally day or night, thus the drastic power reduxion at night; but not yet? It was granted May 6. Should not be that hard to set up an 80-watt transmitter. Nulling it, I hear Spanish, presumably still XEAU Monterrey (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1090, July 18 at 0528 UT, praise music direct, again far too big a sig to be legal 80 watts from KAAY, but I // it to stream: https://www.iheart.com/live/1090am-kaay-5383/?autoplay=true This is bad news for licensed CC 50 kW 1090s, WBAL Baltimore and KFNQ Seattle, if that`s still its call, but what do you bet they do not know nor care? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Another big sporadic E opening, MONDAY JULY 18, from rare Cuba, across Mexico, later bits of FL and NC --- mixed with simultaneous tropo or extended groundwave at midday from KS, NE, into SD! Heaviest tropo blob around the NE/IA/MN/SD 4-state area, but we are supposedly on the edge or beyond area of minimal enhancement. All u.o.s. on Nissan 2004 stock caradio parked in hottening garage, vertical fender antenna only, no RDS, no even-frequency side-tuning, no internet access until later research. No recordings. All logged in real time by my own ears on own receiver, no remotes to compare with streams. All times UT in chronological order. PTA = probable target area. I am not counting stations, states or anything and not in competition. Rather, each DX log is a potential learning experience. Some are presumed or circumstantial, and any correxions or help with IDing are very welcome. Distances approx., city-of-license to Enid, not site to site, from distancefromto.net 94.9 at 1533, first sign of Es is Spanish here, 1545 super-hype voice actor (SHVA) probably with ID/slogan but in a fade. Based on 1557 subsequent 99.3 log definitely Cancún, I suspect this from same PTA: XHPBCQ-FM relay of:91.3 XHFAJ 94.9 CANCUN QROO HD ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALFA RADIO 25.0 kW 34.8 m La Z 94.9 MHZ --- 2002 km = 1244 stmi 97.1 at 1535, algo English talk; must be DX as normally nothing audible adjacent strong local 96.9. I do note that Tulsans on 95.5, 96.5, 97.5 are enhanced. 93.9 at 1556, and for many hours later chex, dead air in $tereo from strong semi-local signal, never overcome by DX tho occasionally traces of it. Obviously KIMY Watonga, `The Gospel Station`. It`s dropped to dead air several times before. I checked but no RDS which would have been helpful when DXing DA. Finally found on website that `network` HQ is in Fitzhugh OK, another place never heard of before, just SW of Ada. Several of their stations are in more southern OK, with KIMY an outlier, perhaps least noticed and hardest to maintain fed. Obviously, would-be listener(s) not bombarding HQ with pleas to get their station back! By next day July 19 at 1803 check, KIMY is OFF. I also tried to notify radio-locator via webform that the KIMY Enid 93.1 translator has been gone for years, but it failed as format is not set up to recognize such correxions. KIMY 93.9 WATONGA OK SOUTHERN GOSPEL THE GOSPEL STATION 6.0 kW 99.0 m 35-54-19 98-23-12 All your gospel favorites Religious Music --- 86 km = 54 mi 99.3 at 1557, Spanish CCI with Ponca, Locura? FM ID, ads, for Cancún at a certain km on a road, 1559 definite Locura FM ID; except they misspell it deliberately; going to K`s a bigthing among the Mexies: XHCQR-FM 99.3 CANCÚN QROO ADULT HITS LOKURA FM 3.0 kW 85.67 m --- 2002 km = 1244 mi 95.5 at 1603, ``Super Hits K###, Dodge City``; anything on 95.5 tough against local 95.7 so we also have tropo enhancement from north/west: KAHE 95.5 DODGE CITY KS CLASSIC HITS SUPER HITS 95.5 - 1470 100.0 kW 176.0 m // KSMM-1470 --- 243 km = 151 mi 94.5 at 1604, Mexmx; 1608 SS ads by SHVA; no guesses; another at 1725 92.3 at 1605, Spanish YL CCI to KMZE? 92.3 at 1605, Dan Bongino far-right talkshow opening, says he`s in Florida, but it`s national, live from noon ET. Can`t find any affiliate list on website. Suspect KMZE Woodward OK but no sked there either. Broad search on show and frequency leads only to WIZM in Wisconsin, doubtful with no other DX from around there, no PTA. 99.3 at 1610, praise music in English mixing with Spanish-language 94.5 at 1614, ``morning, noon and night, your station, Mix 94``. No such station in Es PTAs, rather: KSKL 94.5 SCOTT CITY KS ADULT CONTEMPORARY MIX 94 100.0 kW 93.0 m Southwest Kansas Best Variety Mix 94 Soft Rock Also at 1624, Garden City ad, bigger city about 40 miles south --- 335 km = 208 mi 94.9 at 1615, testimonial from positive listener to KJLT: KJLT-FM 94.9 NORTH PLATTE NE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN KING JESUS LIVES TODAY 100.0 kW 230.0 m Title & Artist ON LIFE 94.9 KJLT | THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON KJLT/KJTF | LISTEN KJLT.ORG 308-532-5515 Religious Music --- 583 km = 362 mi 93.7 at 1616, Abilene ad, anti-mosquito, Saline County Health Dept.. Totally over KSPI Stillwater OK: KYEZ 93.7 SALINA KS COUNTRY Y93.7 100.0 kW 155.0 m -- 273 km = 170 mi 100.3 at 1618, ag interview about leaf infexions, fungicide, mention Henderson, Central Valley Ag = cvagcoop.com, Prairie Village residential center?, 563-4213, pvrc.net, Antelope County Fair, antelopecofair.com, NEBRASKA, Points West Community Bank, Fullerton branch. This one holds up more than the rest: at 1630, weather from KZ-100, Columbus ads. 1717, (402) AC, Columbus Culligan, Wayne County Fair. 1825, Antelope County Fair. Never hrd CoL mentioned, but obviously this between Grand Island and Columbus; Antelope County is north of there and NW of Norfolk: KZEN 100.3 CENTRAL CITY NE COUNTRY KZ-100 100.0 kW 562.0 m NEBRASKA'S BIGGEST FM KZ-100 --- 525 km = 326 mi 97.5 at 1623, northeast Nebraska news, weather. ``97-5 KEXL`` dominant rather than Alva OK Werewolf. 1647 ments. Norfolk NE, KEXL.com?: KEXL 97.5 PIERCE NE ADULT CONTEMPORARY LITE ROCK 97.5 50.0 kW 142.0 m 97-5 KEXL More Music, More Variety Adult Hits --- 628 km = 390 mi 107.7 at 1625, KRXO OKC has CCI, unusual, one of two 100 kW, either: KGCR 107.7 GOODLAND KS CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN/RELIGIOUS TEACHING TRI-STATE PRAISE 107.7 100.0 kW 136.0 m --- 470 km = 292 mi OR more likely: KSYZ-FM 107.7 GRAND ISLAND NE ADULT HITS 107.7 THE ISLAND 100.0 kW 280.0 m --- 505 km = 314 mi 107.9 at 1625, talk about COVID rates not so bad, hospitals lie! No talkers in NE, likely this but mixed up info, surely not classic hits now with a mis-name like this: KZRS 107.9 GREAT BEND KS USA CLASSIC HITS THE PATRIOT 107.9 99.0 kW 277.0 m The Patriot The Patriot Talk --- 239 km = 148 mi 103.9 at 1629 in MONO, KHYM plugging self for Focus on the Family; Garden City. KHYM has translators into OK, but this is flagship: KHYM 103.9 COPELAND KS SOUTHERN GOSPEL PRAISE & ENCOURAGEMENT 100.0 kW 229.0 m --- Copeland is SE of G.C. --- 276 km = 171 mi 92.1 at 1635, Spanish rock, CCI, tel. number given only once; Mexican ads may repeat phones but so rapidly that my digit span cannot retain them! Probably CDMX like next log; later 92.1 will be Mazatlán. Besides 16 others, this in PTA: XHFO-FM 92.1 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO RADIO DISNEY 100.0 kW 134.0 m 'KHFO Radio Disney XFM - ELEVA TUS XPECTATIVAS --- 1890 km = 1174 mi 92.9 at 1636, Spanish ballad, romantic music, ``La Kebuena 92.9``, song about ``el último viernes``. Only Mex spelt any way is: XEQ-FM 92.9 CD. DE MÉXICO CDMX REGIONAL MEXICAN KE BUENA 79.07 kW 214.0 m 92.9 FM LA KEBUENA Country --- 1890 km = 1174 mi altho there is one Unitedstatesian, possible Es but unlikely: KROM 92.9 SAN ANTONIO TX REGIONAL MEXICAN QUE BUENA 92.9 45.0 kW 412.0 m --- 777 km = 483 mi 93.1 at 1640, Stockville, Frontier County Fair, Minden ads. ``93.1 The River``. These are on the outskirts of: KRVN-FM 93.1 LEXINGTON NE HD COUNTRY 93.1 THE RIVER 100.0 kW 271.2 m --- 514 km = 319 mi 105.5 at 1644, Enid translator is OFF! Would be helpful for DX but only traces of fringe signals remain, nor anything but OKies on 105.3, 105.7. This is at an antenna-farm residence across from NWOSU campus on the east end of real Enid, not North Enid: K288FX relays:KYLV 88.9 105.5 NORTH ENID OK CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN K-LOVE 0.25 kW 0.0 [sic] m 36-23-57 97-52-48 Next day July 19 at 1803 is back on but with some clix 1650-1658 UT July 18 I take an R&R break, back just in time for::: 96.7 FM, July 17 at 1646 UT, lexure in Spanish; 1658 song with refrain ``Guajira``. 1659, ``Rebelde, La Habana, Emisora de la Revolución; 1700 ``Noticiero Nacional de Radio``. 1711 still in with Cuban mentions, national weather summary, 1713 ``NN de R`` program ID again, ``en AM, FM y Onda Corta``. Cuban FM DX is rare here, mostly too far for single-hop sporadic E, but Habana is possible at 2095 km = 1302 miles, and westward. WTFDA FM Database has three Rebeldes on 96.7, Bayamo and Moa too far, but this must be: CMBA-FM 96.7 CD. HABANA CH NEWS/TALK/VARIETY RADIO REBELDE 1.0 kWH 0.0 kWV 100.0 m HAAT 23-07-16 82-18-54 REBELDE Tx site Loma de la Cruz/Regla There are three other non-Rebelde 96.7s, one further west, R Mantua, but presumably would not be RR relayers at midday. Only 1 kW horizontal only, not very impressive for a flagship!? Meanwhile I am hunting for other Cubans! Only one possibility: 99.1, July 17 at 1703, some CCI in Spanish. Besides two low-power translators, this is the only full-power, and same site as 96.7: CMBF-FM 99.1 CD. HABANA CH CLASSICAL/OPERA/ARTS RADIO MUSICAL NACIONAL 8.0 kWH only 100.0 m 23-07-16 82-18-54 RADIO TAINO Tx site Loma de la Cruz/Regla --- R. Taíno is in the ``PS Info`` column, not sure what that mean in practice. 101.9 at 1705, CCI to KTST OKC, unusual: mentions First National Bank; Long Island; agbank.bank; baseball sports update by rapid announcer with poor enunciation; ments Goddard; 1709 ``101-9 The Bull``. There are two other The Bulls on 101.9 in Amarillo TX and Emmett ID, but obviously this: KKQY 101.9 HILL CITY KS COUNTRY 101.9 THE BULL 97.0 kW 303.0 m Why name your station for an ill-tempered beast? Masculinity!! BTW, 101.9 KTST The Twister, OKC, was originally KFNB, as in First National Bank. --- 329 km = 204 mi 102.1 at 1710, Conklin? Care, Capital Federal; something on North Federal, i.e. Wichita, and what a coincidence, adjacent geographically and frequencially, another The Bull!: KZSN 102.1 HUTCHINSON KS HD COUNTRY 102.1 THE BULL 100.0 kW 313.0 m --- 187 km = 116 mi {The Bull ought to apply to far-right talk formats, instead of music!} 93.5 at 1715, Lane County Fairgrounds event, Emporia State news. Lane County is SW of Hayes, so only my regular fringer: KKDT 93.5 BURDETT KS COUNTRY MY COUNTRY 93.5 95.0 kW 304.8 m --- 248 km = 154 mi 94.5 at 1725, Spanish YLs, JBA; other unIDs at 1604, 1902 95.3 at 1735, KOKC translator has CCI, east Highway 2 in Broken Bow, Nebraska [OK also has a smaller Broken Bow, in the SE corner]: KBBN-FM 95.3 BROKEN BOW NE CLASSIC ROCK THE THUNDERBIRD 30.0 kW 174.9 m REAL ROCK THE THUNDERBIRD KBBN BROKEN BOW --- 561 km = 349 mi 97.3 at 1738, Sioux Falls ad; could a Nebraskan do that? There are stations in Aurora, KRGY east of Grand Island; and in Blair, KOBM north of Omaha; but there is really a SxFs station! At 1740 vs Ags CCI, Casino ad for Sioux Falls, 98-degree weather, 1741 singing ID I copy as KKIZ, but really: KKRC-FM 97.3 SIOUX FALLS SD CLASSIC HITS 100.0 kW 259.7 m Song/Artist on MIX 97-3 Adult Hits --- 801 km = 498 mi: max tropo this opening 97.3 at 1738, Spanish rap by Es overtakes South Dakota by tropo! ``97.3, La Estación de 6 Canciones Continuas`` -- no WTFDA DB hits on that slogan, but broad search leads to this blaring FB page: https://es-la.facebook.com/ExaAguascalientes/photos/a.361517680661282/2601853103294384/?type=3 XHAGC-FM 97.3 AGUASCALIENTES AGS TEEN HITS - JUVENIL EXA FM 14.0 kW -6.17 m [BELOW average terrain; but guess unimpeded to the north] --- 1669 km = 1037 mi 99.5 at 1743, SS CCI mentions pestos, Guadalajara, 99, corazón. Could corazón be station name? No such hits at WTFDA DB, but heart fits with format, but beware, there are 15 other X`s and we also hear an ad later elsewhere for Farmacias Guadalajara: Likely tho in PTA: XHLS-FM 99.5 GUADALAJARA JAL ROMANTICA ROMANCE 28.39 kW 149.0 m --- 1827 km = 1135 mi 95.3 at 1752, Hayes ads; 1755, ``95-3 The Cowboy``, home of Sean Hannity, BOO! Overcomes KOKC translator, the best one out of OKC, must be on high tower. Wakeeney about 30 miles WNW of Hayes on I-70: KWKN 95.3 WAKEENEY KS TALK/SPORTS 95.3 THE COWBOY 100.0 kW 158.0 m --- 341 km = 212 mi 94.5 at 1757, strong rock in English, 1800 ``WARO, Naples-Fort Myers, classic rock, The Arrow``. Florida! Opening from there if any obscured by all the Mexicans and Nebraskans, etc. Tho had CUBA an hour before: WARO 94.5 NAPLES FL CLASSIC ROCK 94.5 THE ARROW 99.0 kW 311.0 m --- 1902 km = 1182 mi 93.7 at 1801, English rock overcome by Spanish CCI, ad in pesos, ``Aarón García en Punto`` reports from a noisy venue. Broad search leads to lots of hits about a newscaster at Radiorama Nayarit, and this chex as a Radiorama station: XHTEY-FM 93.7 TEPIC NAY REGIONAL MEXICAN FIESTA MEXICANA 10.0 kW 222.4 m --- 1788 km = 1111 mi 93.3 at 1803, SS CCI to OKC, ``La nueva nueva 99.3``, noticiero, TC as 1:04 plus others. I am certain he said 99.3, not 93.3! Must have slipped digits. 1805, CCI with FL below, ads mention Durango; 1808 correctly ``La Nueva 93.3, noticiero de la gente``: XHPNVO-FM 93.3 EL SALTO DGO HD GRUPERA LA NUEVA 93.3 6.0 kW 101.2 m --- 1575 km = 979 mi 93.3 at 1805, ``93-3 FLT`` as I copy YL IID, rock/country mixing with Durango, but really: WFLZ-FM 93.3 TAMPA FL HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO 93.3 FLZ 97.0 kW 472.0 m 93-3FLZ Addjar Levine 1-800-747-FREE Accident Attorneys Top 40 [listing refers to ads on the RDS?] --- 1725 km = 1072 mi 92.9 at 1809, two Spanish songs mixing, one maybe still XEQ as above 92.1 at 1810, romantic music in Spanish; 1812, ``Éxitos todo el día, sólo en Lupe``, ads, addresses, Teatro Ángel Peralta, mention Sinaloa and then Mazatlán. So now the X opening has traversed from SE Mexico to the NW coast. XHPMAZ-FM 92.1 MAZATLÁN SIN MEX HD Spanish ADULT HITS LA LUPE 25.0 25.0 99.1 99.1 23-12-04 106-25-37 9210 --- 1681 km = 1044 mi 93.1 at 1810, Spanish ads 94.1 at 1816, Spanish conversation about deportes. At 1828 when it`s 98 in the shade, I QRX for R&R, lunch of jambalaya with extra okra and mushrooms, yum! On the DX-398 by lunchtable, only DX signal it still gets is 94.1: 1836 ads with 4-tone sounders, ``Farmacia Guadalajara`` ad at its 80th anniversary, pronounces ``HD Radio`` in English, more Spanish music; 1846 YL DJ with 1:46 time, dance music, 1849 SS ID sounds like ``Cool 94.1``. Trying spellings Cul, Kul, Cool, Kool, no hits in Mex, and that Farmacia operates all over beyond the city of Guadalajara; anyhow there are no 94.1s in that Jalisco city. A mystery! Only Cool 94.1 in USA English is WXBJ-LP in Massachusetts, no way. At 1853, promo for show ``Buenos Días, 8 a 9 de la mañana`` -- a bit too generic to try any searching. ?? km = mi 91.3 at 1822, CCI, one about T-storm weather, one suptorted. Got to be DX, as normally nothing audible against local 91.1. You may notice that I report hardly anything below 92 MHz, which you would expect to be more subject to Es than 92+. I do scan 87.7-91.9 periodically but have found hardly anything on the NCE band clogged with gospel huxters and only two genuine secular public radio stations. A few `open` channels suffer heavy ACI from both sides: 89.5, 89.9, 90.7. 94.1 at 1836, CCI to mystery Spanish above, from a K-LOVE station. DB shows none nearby, in FL, or any other PTA, just one at full-power: WWLV 94.1 LEXINGTON NC HD CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN K-LOVE 100.0 kW 355.0 m K-LOVE Song/Artist Adult Hits --- 1582 km = 983 mi 92.7 at 1900, back on the caradio, .mx PSA probably from Mexican government; music 94.5 at 1902, Spanish JBA, Mex news mentions AMLO. By 1910 opening has died out, no more DX. 96.3 at 1942, rock music on the DX-398, unlikely anything nearby. I then log some beacons on the 10m hamband, widely dispersed. Fortunately? No FM DX reaching here July 19 so I can complete researching and writing this report only one day later. At 2208 it`s 109.8 in the shade here, officially near-record 112 F so just as well to stay where there be AC! out of the DX car (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. Some Michigan FM DX logs included under CANADA [and non] ** VANUATU. 7260, July 14 at 0621, JBA carrier, presumed R. Vanuatu which Manuel Méndez found yesterday active both before and after 0600, rather than 3945 and harmonix, so still no 11835. NO 2 x 7260 audible on 14520 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, 7890, 11835, July 16 at 0635, no signals, not even JBA carriers from RV. Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, agrees at 0615 on the WOR iog: ``Vanuatu out of air today, due to COVID-19? Erratic Radio Vanuatu, out of the air today July 16, checked from 0520, no signal, no carrier directly here in Reinante and no signal via SDR Kiwi remote receivers in New Zealand on 7260 and on its other usual frequencies. Perhaps the absence is due to the announcers being infected with COVID-19, because yesterday and in the past days I have heard them coughing insistently while speaking, both the female and the male announcers.`` Ahh, diagnosis by DX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, 7890, 7260, July 19 at 0627 still no signals from RV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {ditto July 20} ** WALES [and non]. 14263-USB, July 17 at 0624, already tuned near here for CIDX, I eavesdrop on a near-antipodal contact between MW0YVK and VK3OZY, both equally weak but almost sufficient, discussing how hot it is in UK, 40 degrees in London; and they often repeat calls at cambios unlike so many hams: MW0YVK Wales flag Wales Eddy Howells 72 hollywell cresent, ABERGAVENNY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, NP7 5LG Wales --- and Victorian holder of that perfect Aussie callsign: VK3OZY Australia flag Australia GRANT "Grunt" MAHONEY SKYE 3977 Australia with lots of illos at his page: https://www.qrz.com/db/VK3OZY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7405 approx., July 20 at 0643, rapid series of 13 beeps back and forth from slightly differing offsets. Suspect Cuban jammer transmitters playing around. I count 13, no more, no less, about 5 or 6 different times; then they stop (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9275, July 16 at 0627, S9+10/20 of open carrier. Strongly suspect it`s the new WMLK high-power transmitter testing? Nominally only at 1700-2200 UT --- except Saturday, and this is now UT Sabbath! If in this cult, Yahweh`ll get`em for any work on the Sabbath, they are in for trouble. Or maybe forgot to turn it off before Friday sundown, and now can`t touch it? Plans were to also run overnight except Sabbathday, registered 04-09 UT on a much different frequency, 15150, ignorant of Propagation 101 -- nothing heard on it now. Much like the WBCQ SuperStition, had not figured out how to make their new gizmo change frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9330, July 14 at 1440, JBA carrier. Hard to believe it`s the 500 kW WBCQ SuperStition; if so, must be on exciter only during English. Nothing else shares 9330 except Cuban Spy Numbers at 0700 four days a week, which was there long before WLCR/WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15520, July 14 at 0623, S7/S9 open carrier, one of strongest signals on band, equivalent to 15490 BBC Vatican but with less fading. Nothing on skeds to account for it, but maybe a test from Spain which is on 15520 only between 14 and 23. The only other 15520 scheduled is AWR 0400-0430 Amharic via Sri Lanka: possibly that disrupted by strife, but would not expect such a transpolar signal to be so steady (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)