WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST updated Oct 1: Hi Glenn. My latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Korea, South - KBS: Added link to the Listen Again web page. 2) New Zealand - RNZ: Updated UTC offset notations for start of DST The next update is scheduled for late October. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated Oct 4 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Oct 1 at 1435, no signal yet from LRA36 for Saturday repeat of Wednesday; favorite Argentine SDR is offline so I have to try others in Argentina, Uruguay, later Brasil. *1449.8 cuts on with songs, S6 into Uruguay, S3 into Argentina. By 1504 the Esperanza themesong is playing. 1507.5 intro talk; 1508 intermittent music QRM off-frequency, never on for long enough to nail it on 15470, 15475 or 15480, probably local SDR mixture or overload with ham emissions. 1509.5 song; 1514 chat; 1522 song; 1530 YLs chatting with OM guest, keeps on going. Really too weak to follow. After 1605 I`m mainly listening to `The Score` on KUCO, but weak S3/S4 JBA LRA36 still detectable, 1611, 1619, 1631, 1638; surprise fades up about 1645 to S6/S7 into Montevideo; still on past 1700, unusual: 1704 song now peaking at S9+5, last detected at 1711. Just as well, as various SDRs have been timing out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Oct 5 from 1445 to 1540, NO signals from LRA36 this Wednesday into Argentine, Brazilian, Uruguayan remotes, tho the best Argie is still offline. Perhaps will make good on Friday Oct 7 as RNASG has done before when missing Wed, and/or the usual Saturday repeat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BOLIVIA. 5952.469+, Oct 2 at 0100, has to be Radio Pio Doce on its signature split, S9/S8 carrier but can`t make out any modulation. First noted as big het upon 5950 WRMI, both via UTwente. Meshes with this on the WOR iog a few hours before: ``Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec - Hi all, On 5952 since 2158, that het which must be R. Pio XII but nothing audible until 2248, 01/10. Was some weeks silent. 73 Lucio Brazil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 258 MCW kHz, Sept 30 at 0719 UT, dash and ZSJ, 1000 watt ND beacon at Sandy Lake, Ontario. The only one on this frequency. 335 MCW kHz, Sept 30 at 0723 UT, dash and YLD, 1000 watt ND beacon at Chapleau, Ontario. DXinfocentre.com says YLD is to be decommissioned 2023-04-20. Not much storming now in the great center of the continent, so the lower-noise `season` is getting underway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 382 MCW kHz, Oct 1 at 0352 UT, dash and YPL, 1000 watt NDB at Pickle Lake ON. Nice to hear again as I still have a neighborhood noise peak roughly 360-420 kHz. Last logged Sept 5, 2021. 351 MCW kHz, Oct 1 at 0353 UT, dash and YKQ, 500 watt NDB at Waskaganish/Fort Rupert QC. I was tuned to 352 USB, somewhat avoiding 350 RG OKC. Last logged January 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6030, Sept 29 at 0644, comedy in English at S6/S8 tnx to NO Cuban jamming, CFVP Calgary. Tnx also to Ian, as Cubans would leave jamming on all night even when Martí is off after 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 6030, Sept 30 at 0626, Cuban pulse jamming against no Martí, but a weak carrier and talk under, soon some laughter, so CFVP, ``Funny 1060``, Calgary. My yesterday`s log of CFVP in clear at 0644 drew this reply from Bryan Clark, NZ: ``I was listening in New Zealand on 6029.988 the same date from 0558 UT. While the signal was weak, the unique comedy format of the station was heard in the clear UNTIL the Cuban buzz-saw jamming resumed on the channel at 0652. The attached audio file gives you a feel for the CFVP signal strength and quality in the South Pacific. The Cuban jammer starts at 13 seconds into the recording. Bryan -- Mangawhai - Northland - New Zealand`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15600, Oct 1, 2219, weak music, talk eventually recognized as Spanish: CRI to S America direct from Beijing site, 500 kW at 318 degrees, i.e. heading NW across Siberia, Europe, Atlantic, a long way, but both short and long paths are extensive. SE over the Pacific would avoid auroral zone absorption. Antipodes of Beijing is near Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Rapid RTTY on the plus side, evitable by LSB tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. [WOR] Cross-cultural opera from China --- Now underway in the traditional Saturday afternoon opera time, in Met off-season. As heard here via KUCO FM, WFMT network is presenting a Beijing produxion of Lehár`s The Merry Widow -- beautiful tunes even if you think you don`t like opera. The arias, or some of them, are in German, not Hungarian or English; while spoken passages are in Mandarin, like at 1805 UT in the 2nd act. It would be too difficult to translate to Chinese and still fit the metre. All but one cast members have Chinese names. This just switched to German. It seems the NCPA - National Center for Performing Arts, is dedicated to introducing Western culture to China. Good for them! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {but this was recorded in the good old days of 2017y} ** COLOMBIA. 6017.019, Sept 30 at 0146, VP S5/S6 with talk, no doubt Organización Radial El Prado, Palermo, Magdalena, on signature split frequency, presumably unlicensed; gone by 0620 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9565, Sept 29 at 0114, pulse jamming continues against nothing after OCB is over, despite ``total blackout`` of power in Cuba. Don`t you believe it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. From 60 to 22m band, Sept 29 at 0122, all known SW frequencies of RHC, Progreso and Rebelde are OFF due to blackout, but which however has not silenced all the jammers, nor all the MW stations per DXer reports. All SW RHC and RR still silent at 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Sept 30 at 0141, a few RHC frequencies are back on after widespread Ian-caused power outages. Back to ``normal``, this one is S9+10/20 of just-barely-modulated Spanish; also 9650, S9+10 merely undermodulated. And 6000 at 0145, S9+20/30 in English with sufficient modulation. Not found on any other frequency normally on air at this time. Per EiBi, 6000 & 11850 are Quivicán site, 9650 Bejucal; so major Bauta plant still dark (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, Sept 30 at 0627, all these transmitters are off, but: 9805 & 9565, Sept 30 at 0631, pulse jammings against nothings are drawing powers from somewheres (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. Survey of RHC frequencies, Sept 30 at 2340, finds only: 6000 S7/S9 JBM Spanish? 9650 S9/+10 better in Spanish; there are no others on those bands, nor on the 5s, 11s, 13s or 15s. But 13650 CRI music relay is on, S9+20 JBM and at 2344 the NHK IS audible under in this protracted collision. 9535 with something in Chinese, not Cuba. Another check at 0023: 12000 S9 JBM English = 2 x 6000. At 0026, 11850 is now on at S9+10/20 but as always JBM Spanish. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Oct 3 at 1442, S7/S9 JBM in Spanish, only RHC frequency found, no 15140, 13700, 11760, nor anywhere else on 9, 11, 13, 15 MHz bands. About a week after Ian, still little power, or more serious SW site damage? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9955, 9560-9570, Oct 4 at 0626, jamming against nothings; also 7435, 7335 and more so 6030, Oct 4 at 0630. Electrical fluid is scarce, but first things first! At 0632, NO broadcasts on 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165 nor of course any leapfrog mixing products. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Oct 4 at 1447, RHC is back, S9+10 and no spurs; also 11760 S8/S9; 15140 S9 but undermodulated, suptorted; 15230 S9 just barely modulated; at 1453, 9710, S4/S7 undermodulated. If sites remain same as in EiBi & Aoki, these account for all three: 9710 Bejucal, 15230 Quivicán, in between, all Bauta (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Oct 5 at 0624, RHC English, S9/+10 but JBM; 6060 also S9/+10, sufficient modulation but some hum and distortion. No other frequencies on now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5800, Oct 5 at 0630, pulse jamming against nothing, obviously provoked by additional R. República scheduled 3 nights a week via WRMI itself at 03-04, even tho impossible now until that transmitter`s antenna be repaired! I warned that this would lead to more collateral damage against other programming too on 5800. Until now Cuban jamming has attacked only 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. This CNN special originally on UT Sept 26, per Titan TV listings has changed final repeat time to 03 UT Oct 1 instead of 01: ``"Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome" New, 9/25/2022, News, Topical, Current Events Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates the so-called 'Havana Syndrome', a confounding medical mystery beginning with embassy staff in Cuba before spiraling into one of the most hotly debated and poorly understood brain conditions of the age.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. Re ``"Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome", repeat time on CNN changed from 0100 UT Oct 1 to 0300, per TitanTV listings: O yeah? Don`t blame TTV. CNN Breaking News, guess what, bumped it. Another lesson that if you want to see something on CNN, better catch its original airing, as no telling what will happen to the scheduled repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 9490.058V, Sept 29 at 0115, R. República with VG unjammed signal via RMI via defective ISS FRANCE transmitter never on-frequency, and wavering slightly, difficultizing measurement; with seemingly current Hurricane Ian news. 0117 ID and announcing schedule in Yanqui-imposed EDT: 9-10 pm Mon-Wed; 9-11 pm Thu-Sat; 9-12 mn Sun. And ALSO on 5800 which is/was really WRMI, I was unaware of: M/W/F 11 pm-mn. Current WRMI skedgrid shows System B in bluegreen, otherwise mostly into 9955, as Radio República on 5800 at 11 pm-mn but on Wed/Thu/Fri. Beware! That could draw jamming to a previously free frequency not only during those three hours but anywhen affecting other programs! As yet unconfirmed, as WRMI itself is totally off the air. DOW variations too confusing for the jammers, often left running after RR is off. Now the same sked info converted to real UT days and times: 9490: 01-02 UT Tue-Thu; 01-03 UT Fri-Sun; 01-04 UT Mon. 5800: 03-04 UT Thu-Sat, or Tue/Thu/Sat? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 30 at 2157, NO signal from R. Cairo in English, into UTwente; nor Turkey. Guess I`ll have to listen to SPAIN, q.v. I quoted these WOR iog comments Sept 29 from Alan Holder on WOR 2158: It is just over a year now since Radio Cairo fired up two of its transmitters. The other seven units are obviously defunct; probably the tubes are worn out and they cannot get replacements. Or maybe they have used them as a source of spare parts to keep the remaining two on air. I monitor them most days to look for any improvement, but sadly the situation has not changed. A huge amount of electrical energy is going to waste. This audio quality would not be tolerated by the domestic AM audience in Egypt, so why must overseas listeners have to put up with this miserable service? They cannot be relied upon to broadcast regularly - on some days all language services are on air, on other days only part of the schedule is broadcast or sometimes everything is off the air. Start up times also vary from day to day. It seems to me that the transmitter station is not continuously staffed. The AM tx lies some 700 metres to the north - perhaps the tx operators have to cover both sites on their shifts. There was a 7 week period when the transmitter which operates on the 9810-9900 range was completely off air. I sent an e-mail to ERU and this transmitter was back on air the next day. Also, a recent reply from their engineering department reads: `We would like to thank you for your email. But we also like to tell you that we are still having a lot of problem in our Broadcasting System in Egypt as the System has become too much old and There are a lot of Defections in our Stations & Devices. Also we are looking forward to having a new DRM System in the future.` It will be a miracle if this ever comes about. I suspect that it is difficult to get any funding for technical improvements. Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 3 at 2151, R. Cairo, S9+45 into UTwente, English talk somewhat readable if you put up with extreme distortion and suppressed modulation, hum. 2153 into horrible sounding music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 4 at 2147, R. Cairo, English extremely distorted at S9+35 into UTwente. Doubly incredible: that they can`t or won`t fix it; and yet don`t just leave the transmitter off, which is doing far more harm than good this way (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 5 at 2206. R. Cairo, S9+25 into UTwente with extremely distorted English. Something`s always abysmal at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 9735-9740-9745, Sept 29 at 0625, DRM noise at S9+10 not noticed before. EiBi shows MiniTransAt Sailing at 06-07 from Issoudun for N Atlantic, but not marked as DRM. It is N = DRM in HFCC for dates 19 July to 30 Sept only, so about to expire, 100 kW at 320 degrees thisaway for all these CIRAF zones: 04,05,09,17,18,27,36,80. This would be bad news for Tsiganeshti, RRI in Arabic if it really run past 0630, unrechecked, which I at first thought might be the DRM, on early. Some of these TransAt DRMs were really only half an hour. By now I`m listening direct, off computer so can`t try to decode the DRM marine weather info remotely (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE [and non]. 9735-9740-9745, Sept 30 at 0628, DRM noise atop AM carrier with some talk and DRM goes off at 0630:15*, not 0700 as for MiniTransAt marine weather supposedly on its final registered date. Uncovered understation, too weak to discern language, but RRI Arabic scheduled, and would have expected the recognizable Romania IS to play before 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Thu Sept 29 at 0656, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, back on after another silent Wed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 1 at 0642 UT, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, stronger than usual so can almost imagine some modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 4 at 0634, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati. Nothing else on 9/kHz splits, any lingering TAs propped out. Gary Pence, KM5X, reports: ``Hi Glenn, I checked 846 at 0445z, not on yet; checked again 0525z, it`s on now. At NH6XO`` [Hawai`i remote] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 5 at 0621 UT, no signal here from R. Kiribati, but Gary Pence, KM5X, reports Oct 5, presumably via Hawai`i remote or maybe KFS: ``I didn`t check 846 until 0428z and they were on already. 73, Gary``. And Ron Howard: ``Recently observed while listening at Asilomar State Beach, Calif.: R. Kiribati (846), anomaly this week? Not on the air Oct 3 (Monday), when they normally would be broadcasting; heard Oct 4 as usual; on Wednesday (Oct 5) they were heard on the air from 0600+ UT, a day that would normally be off the air.`` So perhaps it go and come on an irregular basis, even within a single night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 17790 & 17530, Oct 3 at 0619, JBA carriers still detectable direct on 16m in nightmiddle, Only Signals On Band, Talata relays of AWR and BBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, re my speculation that Kununurra be more likely site than Tashkent or Taiwan for VOMK at 1500-1530: Roger Thayer in Germany says about TDOA triangulation experiments: ``Some very bizarre hits, as expected. From the averaged pattern, however, more so from the area around Indonesia, towards the end of the show the hits were moving towards northern Australia [animated] https://www.dropbox.com/s/qd3bdlwfb17da5u/2022-10-02_11620_kHz_TDoA.gif?dl=0 Anyway, it doesn't seem to be Tashkent or Taiwan. roger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620 at 1500-1530, VOM,K via secret site, I not check Oct 3, but another TDOA Oct 3 animated from Roger Thauer {tower} ;-) https://www.dropbox.com/s/xp01jghj4xx5bj8/2022-10-03_11620_kHz_TDoA.gif?dl=0 seems to surround Kununurra, Australia but hardly precise. Gary Pence has been comparing signals via various SDRs and antenna headings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sept 29 at 0633, S7/S9 of dead air direct from VON. 7254.933, Sept 29 at 1730, S7/9+10 of dead air into Canary SDR. Something always absolutely abject at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.933, Sept 30 at 0636, VON is off. Something`s always abnormal at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 1 at 0630, VON is off, but I discover VANUATU is back on 7260, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 2 at 0620, no signal from VON direct. Nor at 1704, 1743 into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 3 at 0620, VON with S9+10 of dead air direct. 7255-, Oct 3 at 1728 into Canary SDR, never any VON, but weak Tibet, nothing but Chinese music including past 1800. A few syllables at 1804, music continues to 1805* as sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 4 at 0629, no signal direct from VON. At 1735, no signal into Spain SDR, just JBA on-frequency carrier from Tibet. 1819 not even that, nothing at all except storm noise over northern Algeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 5 at 0631, no signal from VON direct. At 1712 and later, no signal into Canary SDR, except JBA presumed Tibet not off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. Too much! Oct 2 at 0131+ I find four pirates at once on The band: 6923 USB, 6930 USB, 6955 USB and 6960 USB. I stay on the first one for a while: 6923 USB, Oct 2 at 0131, pirate song S4/5/7 on peaks, also 0136. 0150 ``Addams Family``, seems to be Hallowe`en theme. Gives us a break, until the end of Oct? 0156 ``They`re Coming to Take Me Away``. These suggest it`s Sycko Radio without any explicit ID copied: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102600.0.html 6930 USB, Oct 2 at 0132, pirate music at S4/S6. Per these, WWWW: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102599.0.html 6955 USB, Oct 2 at 0133, rock music, -something- Radio ID, S3/S6. Too many of these are too `produced` rather than pronounced clearly with no background/mixing, etc. Three pages say Radio Free Whatever: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102588.0.html 6960 USB, Oct 2 at 0135, rock, S4/S6. These say Lucky 13 Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102597.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, Oct 1 at 2035 UT, SW, ND beacon at StillWater. Last time heard was June 8 in daily chex, day and/or night. Has had protracted absences before. No telling whether back to stay now for a while. Classaxe says 50 watts, dxinfocentre says 25. It`s JBA, much weaker than used to be, so maybe even less now (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, Oct 2 at 0622 UT, SW, NDB at StillWater is still on air; may assume same until I report otherwise (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Oct 4 at 1445, PN, 25-watt ND beacon at PoNca City, reactivated, as my loudest near-local signal, moreso even than 341 EI, EnId. PN was first noted OFF as of August 23. It`s had similar outages before, always coming back, so far (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.5 AM, Oct 1 at 2038, Enid CB pirate again relaying 95.7 KXLS, very strong but now with big het from a spoiler carrier equally strong on 27185.8. Pick one or the other by LSB/USB tuning. Note: a number of other random times checked, this has not been on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. The following tiny-print legal notice in the local paper must concern KVBN-LP, 99.9, Enid`s only currently active LPFM station. Warning: your eyes may glaze over reading this: ``PUBLIC NOTICES Published in the Enid News & Eagle September 29, 2022 LPXLP (310) NOTICE OF HEARING APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Notice is given that Victory Bible Church has appealed to the Board of Adjustment concerning the request for a special exception for a 90 foot radio tower to be located at 2700 North Van Buren, which is also known as north 242.67 feet of the west 130 feet of the east 716.76 feet of the tract beginning 1330.2 feet north and 187 west of the southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thirty-Six (36), Township Twenty-Three (23) North, Range Seven (7) West of the Indian Meridian, Thence north 75 feet; thence west 65 feet; thence south 25 feet; thence west 245 feet; thence north 242.67 feet; thence west 1,445.90 feet; thence north 851.86 feet; thence east 8.5 feet; thence north 189.5 feet to the north line of said Southeast Quarter (SE/4); thence west 711 feet to the northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter (SE/4); thence south 1992.4 feet; thence east 330 feet; thence south 260 feet; thence east 312 feet; thence north 260 feet; thence east 353.75 feet; thence north 331.16 feet; thence east 1261.76 feet; thence north 214.04 feet; thence east 75 feet; thence north 125 feet; thence east 125 feet to the point of beginning. The property is zoned “C-3” General Commercial District. The Board of Adjustment of the City of Enid, will hear said appeal at the hour of 4:00 P.M. on the 11th day of October 2022 in the Lower Level Conference Room of the City Administration Building, located at 401 West Owen K Garriott Road, at which time any interested person(s) may appear.`` It has been transmitting from a different location on N Van Buren, piggy-backing on the KLGB-LP 94.3 tower which went off the air early this year and surrendered its license. I have to go take a look on the ground, the afternoon of Sept 30. The backstory to this notice is lacking, but perhaps they have to find a new transmitter site? Yes, visiting the church building former home of KLGB, in the 1500 block of N Van Buren on the east side, it`s now for sale along with the decaying KLGB sign; and we see that the self-supporting lattice tower has been dismantled, lying on the ground next to the building. So KVBN, on the air right now, is already transmitting from somewhere else. We then proceed 12 blox north to 2700 NVB, where, well displaced to the west side, there are two adjacent RV/mobile home parx, heavily populated and treed, so that only from one spot can we get a glimpse of a short pole with one vertically polarized FM transmitting element on it. Must be KVBN. It`s still not clear why there be any zoning problem about this. It could easily pass for a home receiving antenna, many of which in this fringe area are higher and more elaborate. Wonder why they didn`t just put it on HQ church property at 402 N 20th St, a few miles to the east? NIMBY FCC FM Query has nothing but a CP for KVBN-LP at the new location, 73 watts ERP, H&V, 24 m AGL. Interspersed with gospel huxtering and music, KVBN at least includes local weather info. If it were off for a few days to relocate, I would not have noticed (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 5025, Sept 29 at 0058, JBA signal, S5 = noise level, presumably R. Quillabamba, tnx to absence of Rebelde, which even before Ian was sporadic. From 0100 marred by uteblaaps at the regular rate of 24 times per minute (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RUSSIA. 9996, Sept 29 at 0627, binary clicking JBA, just far enough from WWV to avoid QRM. No doubt RWM timesignals from Taldom/Moskva which at certain other times does ID in CW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 29 at 1500, for at least the fifth day in a row, nothing but dead air from REE to the Mideast! S6/S9 direct. Isn`t there a meter on the transmitter showing modulation, or not?? Even if not listening to it. Could the ops at Noblejas be both aurally and visually impaired; or just mentally (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 30 at 2200, for at least the sixth day in a row, nothing but open carrier dead air on REE`s frequency for the Mideast; S7/S9 at first, but 2230 S9+10 into Maryland SDR. 17855 to N America has served well in the summer, but in fall is beginning to falter well into the Euronight by 2200 English on M/W/F, fadey S9/S7. Maryland SDR is axually getting a solider signal on the S American frequency 11940, where I stay, S9+10; off-azimuth trumps falling MUF. Hélena Rigobert does the preview: an interview by Justin Coe with a German bass-baritone, but she pronounces bass as if he were a fish! After news, that starts at 2206. JC says it`s from his personal archive of June 2018, never broadcast. Guest is Thomas --- Bastop it sounded like at first, later Kwastov??? Discussing his performances including once in Spain he stopped his Schubert recital when someone coughed loudly; and how audiences should understand the need for respectful silence. We hardly hear any of his singing until filling a fraxion of the final minute at 2229 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. Tnx to Randy Stewart, re my latest REE log for Sept 30: ``Justin Coe REE interview with bass-baritone --- It's Thomas QUASTHOFF. Born 1959 in Germany; a thalidomide baby, he had severe birth defects with malformed arms and legs. Stands 4 ft 5 in tall. Mostly known for lieder and oratorio work but has sung major roles in a few staged opera productions, e.g. Amfortas in "Parsifal" at Vienna State Opera. Before singing career took off mid-1980s he was an announcer at NDR Hamburg. In recent years he's gotten into jazz singing. Speaking of announcing, I'm finally going back to KSMU part-time starting next Wednesday. 73, Randy`` Stewart, Springfield MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 1 at 2048, after 6 days of dead air, REE finally manages to modulate, just in time for a stupid ballgame; // stronger 17855 direct, Something`s no longer nonsensical at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 2 at 1516, REE manages to modulate the ME transmitter for the second day in a row (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 3 at 1638, REE manages to modulate the ME transmitter for the third day in a row, in Arabic, JBA into Maryland SDR with degraded propagation but S6/S8 into Kuwait. WWV at 1500: ``Geophysical Alert Message Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 October follow. Solar flux 154 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 03 October was 4. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are likely. Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected`` Token English at 2200 Monday Oct 13: into Maryland SDR, 11940 for SAm is best, S9+10; somewhat less and about the same, 17855 for NAm, 15520 for ME. 11670 for Af also sufficient if none of the others were available. 2217 about bluesman Watermelon Slim and how he got his nickname; with blues aficionado Justin Coe, natch (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 4 at 2030, REE manages to modulate the ME transmitter for the fourth day in a row, stupid ballgame provoking irrational enthusiasm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 11940, Wed Oct 5 at 2209, token English from REE features interview about Tim Burton`s ``Labyrinth`` opening in Madrid. More about it here, for one sesquiminute: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/entertainment/2022/09/29/dare-you-enter-tim-burtons-labyrinth/10459037002/ 11940 at S9/+18 is far better than 15520 or 17855 into Maryland SDR, even tho it`s for S America, as autumnal conditions prevail. Expect in B-22 will resume 9690 for N America, better than 17855 in our evenings, worse in mornings and daytime. For such a multi-hour span they should use at least two bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWITZERLAND. 18142 USB, Oct 1 at 2045, HB9TWY contact with a VA3. At first I thought he said HP9TWY as in Panamá, accent not Spanish, but we know a lot of expats are radicated there; then mentions local time at UT+2. QRZ.com with a few landscape, antenna photos: ``HB9TWY Switzerland flag Switzerland Yannick (YAN) Matthey levant 9 LA SARRAZ 1315 Switzerland QSL: No qsl`` -- imagine that! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 30 at 2157 and later chex to 2230, NO signal from VOT English for N America into UTwente. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.003, Oct 1 at 2216, VOT English, S9+15 direct but very undermodulated. 2235 S9+5/15 also into UTwente, undermodulated. Stays on with 2300 timesignal and opening German, and still on at end of German 2351 with song, now S9+55, when max volume on SDR plus locally are not too much to overload. Chopped off air at 2352.8* depriving us of another extra hour in Brazilian, shux. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 3 at 2225, ``The Healing Screen[?]`` is subtitle of `Feeling Supreme` per outro at 2228. It was about what to eat to deal with stress. With horrible squeal, some hum, S9+45 into UTwente. It was *not* on when first checked at 2200, just weak China with timesignal at 9830.003. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Meanwhile I had been listening to SPAIN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 4 at 2201, still no signal into UTwente other than JBA China. Cuts on at *2208, JIP news, with horrible squeal, autonotch not helping much, but bandwidth too narrow at 2.61 kHz escapes it, but not also some hum. I shall not listen any further. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.002, Oct 5 at 2207, VOT English suceeds today, S9+50 into UTwente, undermodulated but sufficient if you turn it up. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Cuts off at 2256.5* after first extra ID in German during IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE. `Ukraine: Security Issue`. As of Oct 2, none more recent than Sept 28 and 29 on website: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/ua_security_issue For Sept 28: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_28_09_22.mp3 including: R about to consider annexation Oct 4 after sham referendum. US and most other countries will not recognize. Foreign Ministry says this demonstrates that R not ready for negotiations. Each citizen in farce will be punished as criminals. Emergency guide for what to do if nuclear weapons used. Dirty bombs will grow exponentially around world. R still controls Zap. NPP. World must sanxion R`s nuclear company RusAtom, hostage to Kreml. Only 6000 of 11000 Zap. NPP personnel still there. Gas leak on pipeline a premeditated act by R against EU. U charges 5 R soldiers who shot at civilians in 10 cars. Pres Z posted video of liberated village. Invaders met with singing of national anthem thru windows thrown open. For Sept 29: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_29_09_22.mp3 including: R missile strike killed more children and family, civilians. Hospital, apartment buildings, private houses damaged. R captured U soldiers, held in abominable, unbearable, conditions. Greeted by soldiers clubbing them. Had to sleep on cold concrete floors. Document to recognize R as terrorism state. Pres Z speaks to Harvard students. Why is R firing tanx at NPP. Nuclear blackmail, civilized world will not give in. P might as well do same to Poland, Europe. Satellite in operation for defense, paid for by U. Owns one and uses services of almost two dozen more. Two U ministers make TIME 100 list of most influential (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE. `Ukraine: Security Issue` notes from web if not via WRMI: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_30_09_22.mp3 For 30 Sept, including: shelling casualties in Zap region convoy at checkpoint. 52 buses burned down. R hit city with tornado? systems. Intel director estimates very hi possibility of R using tactical nuxe along frontline. U needs more defensive weapons. Hi levels of intimidation from R next few weeks should speed up delivery of weapons to U. And blowing up pipeline, blackmailing Eu to raise stakes. Min of Defense on U giving nuxe to R years ago. Brit official visited U secretly. U encircling R troops near Lyman. R spent $100K on anti-U propaganda, more than 50 fake websites. Mark Hamill of Star Wars became ambassador to raise funds. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_01_10_22.mp3 For 1 October, including: civilian convoy of cars in Kharkiv region, 20 people killed. Humanitarian convoy in Zap. region also hit, 30 killed. U submitted application for accelerated accession to NATO, signed by Pres Z. Peace restored only by expelling occupiers. U leads in negotiation efforts. Impossible with this R pres, need another one. Joining NATO might not take place till after war. Hope application help speed up arms delivery. As soon as R loses, all hesitant countries will be first to vote for U to join NATO. Approx. 5500 R servicemen surrounded somewhere. Pres P will not gain anything, according to American experts, by nuclear attack. Would be his last argument, fatal for aggressor. U would have right to attack across all of Russia if nuxe used. P wants to freeze U in winter by cutting off gas. Occupiers detained head of Zap NPP, took him somewhere, fate unknown. RusAtom should release the director-general immediately. Pres Z included among favorites for Nobel Peace Prize, among bookies. Another is David Attenborough, TBA Oct 7 in Oslo. Art collexions to foreign museums. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_02_10_22.mp3 For 2 October, including: City of Lyman liberated. P`s troops retreating. 9 C&E European countries back U sovereignty, U and Georgia should become members of NATO eventually. Appeal to join already processed. Call on NATO for active deterrence of R. U conducting negotiations on join NATO since May after Sweden and Finland, to forestall a future R retry. Safety zone around Zap NPP discussed. R told IAEA that Dir-Gen of Zap NPP temporarily detained. Was kidnapped for refusing to follow orders. In Kherson region, R abducted married couple Sept 25, whereabouts unknown, for refusing to vote in pseudo referendum. 412 U kids died from invasion, more than 784 injured, figures are not final and keep growing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Oct 4 at 0648 UT, FBY, my most reliable 2nd-adjacent-state LW beacon, FairBurY, Nebraska, mixing with another starting with T-, but too much overlap QRM, i.e. TOR, TORrington, Wyoming, which I have also heard before. Another 293, UI, qUIncy, Illinois, not reheard lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 341 MCW kHz, Oct 3 at 0649 UT, EI, NDB at Woodring AP, EnId OK, still on; JBA under is DNI, Denison TX - not now nor lately do I detect the other nearby 341, OIN, Oberlin KS. Wonder if it be off? RNA Signals List at rxx.classaxe.com says: ``Last Logged 2022-08-14; Don T. noted off air September 10, 2022``. Before that, the 25-watter was heard as far away as BC, QC, NS, FINland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6993, Sept 29 at 0637, still JBA carrier, presumed WH2XWF propagation research, not all or any? of their low-power Florida sites blown off air yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15730, Sat Oct 1 at 2049, VOA Grimesland in Hausa, S9+20; also on 15185 with English lesson, S9+35. I wondered whether remnants of Ian would blow any VOA or OCB off, but did not get them checked during max winds there. Obviously OK now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Thursday Sept 29 at 0030 on WRMI 5010 which is off the air. Earlier in the day, Jeff had hoped to keep that one going. NOT confirmed either, UT Thu at 0130 on WRMI 9395, which has been off the air for some time. Shortly WRMI would be totally silent, so WOR may be hard to hear for an unknown period. The UT Friday 0130 first airings on 5850 & 7730 had already been canceled last week, and no response to our request to restore them; UT Fri at 0330 on 7780 would be next, but unlikely to be funxional again already. No longer facing at 0130 Friday deadline, WOR 2158 may not be ready until somewhat later. I anyway post the nominal sked including WRMI in case some of them can resume in the following week. Even if SW off, with studio power the 9955 webcasts may appear, assuming there is studio power to accept our uploads. Confirmed connexion tested at 1903 UT Sept 29. Otherwise, our listeners via WRMI are well-advised to seek another station or listen off the web (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 contents: Algeria and non, Andorra non, Antarctica, (Austria), Bahamas, (Bulgaria), Canada, Colombia, Cuba and non, Egypt, (France), Indonesia, Ireland, (Italy), Kaliningrad, Kazakhstan, Kiritimati, Korea, México, Morocco?, Nigeria, (Oman), Puerto Rico, Russia, (Singapore), Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, UK and non, USA; 6.6 MHz pirates; KiwiSDRs running out; propagation outlook - (Countries mentioned out of order along with others) As of early UT September 30, WRMI is totally off the air pending inspexion of the antennas and feedlines for hurricane damage. Power is back on and WOR 2158 has been uploaded to System servers, but frequencies may be coming back gradually. I anyway post the nominal sked including WRMI in case some of them can resume in the following week. Even if SW off, with studio power the 9955 webcasts may appear. Otherwise, our listeners via WRMI are well-advised to seek another station or listen on the web. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 available from 0215 UT September 30: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2158.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2158.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 [canceled last week] 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 [resuming Sept 30] 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order or check on a US bank. Tnx this week to Dan in Cincinnati. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com WRMI confirmed NOT on any air at 0130 & 0330 UT Friday September 30. WOR 2158 confirmed on WRMI 9955 webcast only, Friday September 30 at 1430, while 9955 itself is still off the air, as well as 9395, 9455, 15770. Also confirmed Friday September 30 at 1815.3 on IRRS SW via Bulgaria 7290, and via AM Italia, 1323 kHz. 7290 into UTwente at S7/S8. 1323 into nearby Noale SDR is S9+10/20 but including heavy QRM in German from Romania`s minority service, and a fast SAH making rough copy. I don`t monitor the whole thing but trust WOR played to completion 1844 on both. This airing has been restored after missing the past two weeks due to a programming mixup. Earlier monitoring of these: 1323 tuned in at 1758 where some talk is underneath classical music from Romania; 1800 German sign on with frequencies including this one. IRRS ought to be on alternate 918 which is clear of QRM. Moving to 1323 was supposed to improve coverage into Ukraine, but I doubt it, with Romania in the way. Still nothing on the experimental LW 207 kHz. By 1801, 7290 has come on late during `Feature Story News``, 1803 `Spotlite` about Iran demos. 1805 NEXUS plug, music fill. 1812 promo for TUC Radio, but no idea when, if there be any specific time; more music until 1815 IRRS SW ID and WOR. Also confirmed Friday September 30 at 2030 on AM Italia 1323 only, S9+10/20, still some QRM but atop it after Romania presumably off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed now the first SW airing anywhere, UT Saturday October 1 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130-, S9+10/20 direct. Also confirmed first WRN airing, Saturday October 1 at 1600 on North America webcast. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed Saturday October 1 at 1929, right on time, at WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, S9+15 into nearby Warrenton KiwiSDR. Also confirmed UT Sunday October 2 at 0322 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM again, S9+18 same but noisy, about 11 minutes into so started circa 0311. Note that the next chance when WRMI hopes to be back on air would not be until UT Tuesday 0030 on 9395. Otherwise, scheduled, next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: WRMI has slightly updated sked grid marked Oct 1. Shows a new airing for WOR, UT Monday at 0030 from System L on 5950 - which happens to be only frequency back on air so far, to run 24 hours. Same time WOR has been sked on 7780 not yet re-available. Still shows imaginary time canceled months ago, Sat 1930 on 15770. 5950 chex: Oct 2 at 1413, no signal direct: ought to be at least a JBA carrier over day path. At 1506, Georgia SDR is getting S8/S9 of dead air carrier, music added by 1517. 1530 a `Mighty Fortress` church broadcast starts as connexion breaks. Big change: R Africa Network at 15-21 on silent 21525 is now also on 5950 - not that that has any chance of reaching Africa over daypath. 1559 YL ID claims to be on 21525 - what does she know? 1600 `The Bible Answers`. So remaining nominal WOR SW+ sked: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; NEW 5950 to NNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v 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 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed Sunday October 2 from 2000.5 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, Italy, S9+5/15 into nearby Noale SDR, but with heavy fast SAH from some understation, can`t discern the language. Not on 918 but something else weak; 207 nothing but noise. Confirmed UT Monday October 3 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, new time fortunately on the only transmitter as yet reactivated, S9+10/20 to Georgia SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday October 3 starting late at 0322 on WBCQ Area 51, 6159.937, S9 into Maryland SDR. Johnny Lightning seemed to finish by 0301, but RNI ID and more. ``Seems a lot like Xmas`` tune, and talk segment, anti-Trump? But attributed to iHeart Radio, until 0322 WOR playing until 0351, followed by unrecognizable stuff, maybe fragment of HRI which was supposed to be at 0330, but not a new one produced every week, so expendable? Looking up something else on Aoki currently dated Sept 29, I am astounded to see an entry for WOR, et al.: 7265 0900-1100 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 7 7265 1200-1300 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 1 7265 1130-1200 D World of Radio Eng Goehren 1 That`s news to me! Consulting the archive of WOR schedule changes at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio --- 2019: As of October 26, Hamburger Lokalradio SW suspended due to serious illness and then death, of Chief Editor Michael Kittner. 2016: From December, Hamburger Lokalradio added Sunday 1130 on 9485-CUSB. Then I search Aoki on World of Radio and find 16 other entries, some of them correct for WRMI when active, some showing winter instead of summer timings, and one more for defunct HLR: 9485 0900-1000 D Hamburger Lokalradio Eng Goehren 1 9485 1000-1100 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 1 9485 1431-1500 D Hamburger Lokalradio Spa Goehren 1 9485 1030-1100 D World of Radio Eng Goehren 1 Don`t you believe it! WRMI reports that 9395 is back on air as of 1945 UT October 3. 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 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday October 4 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, reactivated a few hours ago, S9+10 into Maryland SDR, some rapid clicking QRM. At 0046 check direct, also S9+10 somewhat undermodulated. Confirmed Tuesday October 4 at 2230 on webcast of WRMI but 9955 still not back on air. At least 9395 is again in use, next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: ``a short list due to Hurricane Ian. 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 #2158, 9395 and 5950 kHz only heard until the antenna farm can be fixed up. Hope to hear soon 5850 kHz, 1030 UT. Canadian Thanksgiving Day this weekend, Oct 10, 2022, happy turkey day to the Canadians. WRMI: 5950, static QRN, 0030, 0042, 0055 (55433), (55434), 0059, Oct 3 UT 2022 [Mon] 9395, lots of fading noticed, 0030, 0044, 0059 (45433), 0059, Oct 4 UT 2022 [Tue] 9395, QRN, 2330, jingle, 2345, 2358 S7 signal, 2358, Oct 4 UTC 2022 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed Tuesday October 4 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+22 into Maryland SDR; the preceding `Midnight Cry` not quite finished with contact info when cut off at 2329.5 for ID. Also confirmed Wednesday October 5 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7489.9v, just barely on S4 signal direct = noise level. Straining, I could not copy program number or date, but ``Korea, Mexico`` in the billboard, which match this edition. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {still off} Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order or check on a US bank. Tnx this week to Dan in Cincinnati. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Sept 29 at 0030, the only WRMI frequencies still on air are 9955 with gospel huxter, 7730 with Slovakia in English, 5950 with UFO show, which appears to be a live feed per his comments. By 0120, 9955 is off. Shortly WRMI would go off completely, power outage besides as yet unknown antenna damage. All are off at 0630. We must check wrmiradio on FB for the latest, or this direct from Jeff: ``Dear Colleagues and Clients: Last night Hurricane Ian passed through central Florida. Winds were extremely high, and they caused extensive damage in our antenna field. The winds are still very strong as I write this (1330 UTC Thursday), and we have not been able to assess the extent of the damage yet. Electrical power went out at 0200 UTC Thursday and is still out. The power company, Florida Power and Light, cannot begin to work on power restoration until the winds go down to about 35 miles per hour, and that may not be until later today or tomorrow. So we are off the air, except for our Internet stream, until further notice. Thanks for all of your messages and phone calls. We'll keep you updated. Jeff`` - I wonder if flooding also be a threat around WRMI as elsewhere like inland Orlando; how far above Lake level is it, and how close to the shore? Sept 29 at 1440 check, all OFF: 9395, 9455, 9955, 15770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI survey Sept 30 at 2339: All frequencies still OFF: 5010, 5800, 5850, 5950, 7570, 7730, 7780, 9395, 9455; and 9955 but with wall-of-noise jamming against nothing. Latest from Jeff White: ``Hurricane Damage at WRMI [as of 1756 UT Sept 30]: The weather is fine here in Okeechobee now, but the hurricane damage is becoming more clear. I went out into the antenna field yesterday evening with our facility manager Pat Travers, and our four-wheel-drive truck got stuck in the muck in the swamp about a half-mile from our building. We were rescued by another truck. Anyway, the point is that it's very difficult to work in many parts of the antenna field now because of the wetness. A crew also went out into the field this morning to check out antennas and transmission lines. So we know what we have to do to replace broken poles and get transmission lines off the ground so we can get back on the air. We are sourcing transmission line poles (like telephone poles) right now, and we hope work will begin later today or tomorrow morning on the replacements. Most of our antennas themselves seem to be in good shape. A few have serious problems and will require repairs or replacement. (We have 23 antennas beamed to 11 azimuths, and only 14 transmitters, so some transmitters can be connected to different antennas if necessary.) The bottom line at the moment is, we don't expect to have anything back on the air tonight (Friday). But if all goes well, we may have some transmitters back on the air by tomorrow (Saturday). We'll continue working and will keep bringing transmitters back up as the repair work is done on their transmission lines and antennas. This process could take several days. And hopefully it won't rain and make the field more difficult to work in. Thanks for your patience and understanding, and we hope to have things back to normal as quickly as possible. I'll keep you informed on our progress. Jeff Jeff White, General Manager WRMI Radio Miami International 10400 NW 240th Street Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA Tel +1-305-559-9764 Fax +1-863-467-0185 www.wrmi.net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. The latest from Jeff White, WRMI on FB as of 1740 UT Oct 1: ``Hurricane damage repair is going full speed here in Okeechobee today. Engineers Pat Travers and Don Frish are in the field repairing the transmission lines, and we hope to have the first transmitter back on the air by the end of today if all goes well. The first frequencies to come back will probably be 5950, 9395 and 9455 kHz. In the photo here you can see the extensive damage to one of the antenna towers that snapped in the middle and buried itself into the ground.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. The latest from Jeff White: Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2022, 10:25:14 PM GMT+1 Friends, Colleagues and Clients: Our frequency of 5950 kHz has just come back on the air at 2100 UT Saturday. We will keep this frequency on the air 24 hours per day until we get more transmitters on the air. It has been a slow process of repairing the transmission lines in the muddy swampland. We do not expect to have any other frequencies on the air until Monday. Probably the first ones to go back on the air Monday will be 9395 and 9455 kHz if all goes well. Then we will gradually bring all of the others back as the transmission lines are repaired. Our Internet stream has continued to operate during and after the storm, mostly with 9955 kHz programming. Thanks for your patience and understanding, and we will keep you updated. Jeff`` (via gh, WOR iog) ** U S A. 5950, Oct 2 at 0100, Texas R Shortwave on the only WRMI frequency restarted yet. I`m trying it on the UTwente SDR where it`s amazingly strong, S9/+10, for an azimuth of 355, about 50 degrees away from head-on to Europe. Wonder if askew or really on same antenna as before the storm. Also with het from 5952+ which has to be BOLIVIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, Oct 3 at 1448, JBA carrier from presumed WRMI, inadequate in the daytime but glad to have something back on. On FB circa 14 UT Oct 3: ``Restoration efforts continue today at WRMI. Engineers were trying to fix the transmission lines for transmitter 5 (9455 kHz) this morning, but the ground is very wet, muddy and swampy, and two trucks have become stuck in the swamp. So they are going to try to get the transmission lines fixed for transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) next. So far we still have only 5950 kHz on the air, and it's on 24 hours per day. Our Internet stream with the 9955 kHz programming is also operational (www.wrmi.net). These photos will give you an idea what we are dealing with as many of these poles that carry the transmission lines out to the antennas are seriously leaning or down altogether. They have to be put back up and reinforced so that the transmission lines are off the ground again.`` Direct from Jeff White at 2046 UT Oct 3: ``9395 kHz Back on the Air Dear Friends and Clients: We got another frequency back on the air today. At 1945 UT we were able to put Transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) back on the air. The process of repairing the transmission lines in the antenna field is going rather slowly due to the extreme muddy and swampy environment. But our crew continues to work in these conditions to get everything back on the air. We hope to get 9455 kHz back on tomorrow if all goes well, and then we'll work on others. We'll keep you advised. Jeff`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See unID 9395 DRM below! ** U S A. 5950, Oct 4 at 1455, no signal direct from WRMI-8, but shortly confirmed on, via Georgia SDR. 9395, WRMI-6, at 1455, S3/S5 direct with BS, the only two back on so far. 9395 is dispensable 03-22 UT when nothing but BS or SMTV, variety programming 22-03. From FB circa 19 UT Oct 4: ``It's been very slow-going in the antenna field today. Trucks are getting stuck in the mud, and we have to buy special tires to get them back into the field. We will probably not have any more frequencies back on the air today (Tuesday), but hopefully by tomorrow. 5950 and 9395 are still on 24 hours, and our Internet stream as well. Several of the programs on WRMI have done interviews with us about the situation, and we appreciate them helping to let the audience know what's going on. Today we did interviews in English and Spanish for RAE Argentina to the world, and in English for Radio Slovakia International. Thanks to our hard-working staff, including Pat Travers, Don Frish and Scott Marcy who have been working in the field today`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. At 1957 UT Oct 5, Jeff White of WRMI notified me: ``Hi everyone. I am very happy to say that we got 9955 kHz back on the air at 1900 UT today. I had expected it to happen tomorrow, but we were fortunate to have some fast progress today. It will remain on the air 24 hours per day until further notice. We continue to work on the other frequencies. We have four on the air now: 5950, 9395, 9455 and 9955 kHz -- all of them on 24 hours per day. Jeff``. 9955 confirmed at 2238 Oct 5 amid `Wavescan` about R. Dunedin, NZ, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR, well atop jamming. See also CUBA above, jamming added to 5800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3265+, Sept 30 at 2358, this WBCQ is on but JBA with IS & ID loop, probably // 5130- where that is much better. Both coming on early to make this week`s `AAAAAA` a quadricast, while 6160- and 7490- are wrapping up some other programming. I start listening direct on best 7490- instead of webcast. It`s a new one, Allan in Monticello, Angela on phone from home in Deland of Fla. Discussion of Hurricane Ian, of course, with some political digs, like all 538 congresspersons are worthless. Allan has been stuck in Maine for two weeks on a maintenance mission, while Angela holds down the fort and battens down the hatches in Fla. 0020 muses which is worse, Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Brandon, which he thinx is destroying this country. At 0032 I measure each frequency on the Maryland SDR: 3265.123 S8/S9; 5129.984 S9; 6159.937 S9; 7489.930 S9+20. 0034 datestamp as 30 Sept YOOLF 2022. Thinx COVID was really man-made in China and the truth of who did it will eventually come out. 0041 quadricasting. 0042 don`t vote for those evil Democrats. Tuned away for a while; when I come back at 0049, he`s talking to *me*, but I missed the first part. He loves me, but apparently peeved that I may guess what`s happening, instead of phoning him to find out. About the 9330 outages: the Ampegon antenna was only 95% complete when that company went bankrupt, and due to COVID they have not been able to get anyone over who knows how to fix it, so WBCQ crew continues to work on it in the daytime, which is why 9330 is often off the air Mon-Sat from around 8/9 am to 4/6 pm EDT. As for transmitter, Continental makes great ones, but this 500 kW one is a nightmare (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7489.93, Oct 2 at 0033, WBCQ with rock music show, `Cruisin` the Decades`, S9/+10 into Georgia SDR. NOT on the website program schedule, rather `AAAWWW`, which I was going to check shortly for the part I missed last night as Allan was calling out to me. Par for the course with never-up-to-date sked. If it can be believed, next chance for `AAAWWW` should be Monday after 2200. This `Cruisin`` is nowhere on the quadrifrequency sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15555 USB, Sept 29 at 1501, WJHR unusually audible S6, piano music joined by hymnsinger. Must be some HF Es boost. Not even a reduced carrier, so hard to pinpoint reference frequency, but Rodney Johnson, MN, put it at 15554.88, Sept 18 at 1405, power as only 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9940, Sept 30 at 0135, VP talk and music, presumably WTWW, and not // usual bigsig with rock on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5970, Sept 30 at 0144, WEWN Spanish is off. Some reports had this starting at 0000 for 2 or 3 hours, but less than that tonight if at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5980, Oct 5 at 0626 as I tune downband, leapfrog mixing product at S8/S9 of TOMBS and University Network, so I know WWCR must be running both 5890 and 5935, and so they are, both blasting in. The transmitter sked on website expired Sept 30 but obviously still on the air; there may have been some seasonal QSY time adjustments. Program skeds not updated either, still for Sept 1 claiming that WWCR-4, 5890 operates overnight UT Sat & Sun only, ``OFF AIR`` 05-12 UT M-F, but this is Wednesday! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1550, Oct 5 at 2058 UT and several previous chex, I have been unable to detect KKLE, Winfield KS, which NRC DX News reported: ``550 KKLE KS Winfield – Silent Aug, 2; back on the air Sept. 20 at 2:30 p.m. Central time.`` It`s U1 250/52 watts, sibling station to KLEY 1130 Wellington KS, in fact with the same Wellington address, but news/talk. KLEY has continued active 24h with AC rock format, licensed as U1 250/1 watt but obviously day power at night. Higher in band means KKLE weaker here than KLEY but not that much difference on groundwave at similar distance. If really active, KKLE should also be 250 watts at night? KKLE may be playing games with FCC, like many stations, firing up briefly to avoid losing license, then off again. But I don`t recall hearing it before August 2 either (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, 7932, 8620, Sept 29 at 0630, still no signals from RV. We should have let their off-frequencies and harmonics be instead of bringing them to attention of station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 1 at 0630, VON check finding it missing from 7255, but now a signal here where there has not been any at this hour. I bet it`s R Vanuatu finally reactivated. Talk does have that Bislama cadence, S3/S4 past 0637 and no signal on 14520 = x2. At 0648 ``island music``. I really don`t want to stay awake any longer but manage to do so until this cuts off at 0700, and by 0705 I find signals back on 3945 harmonix: 7890 = x2, JBA carrier, and 11835 = x3 with music at S7. So it`s back to ``normal`` since it disappeared on Sept 16 - except the QSY time is one hour later instead of 0600. I figured Ron Howard would also catch this: ``Oct 1 observations: Radio Vanuatu (news & sports 0658-0714 UT) returned to their normal frequencies: 0620-0659* UT on 7260 and *0659 on harmonics 11835 // 7890, with 3945 being unusable.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 2 at 0620, RV is JBA S8/S9, second day reactivated. Unawake for 0659/0700 QSY to 3945 and harmonix 7890, 11835, but Ron Howard, Gary Pence and Manuel Méndez reconfirm those. Marshall Reel heard 11835 until s/off after 1100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Oct 3 at 0621, JBA R. Vanuatu, ACI from 7265 VOA São Tomé, i.e. French 0530-0630 M-F only; none from 7255- Nigeria dead air. Ron Howard was getting quite a good signal after 0600 on 11835 = 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 4 at 0628, RV is S5/S7, strange-sounding voices like in a cartoon, distorted. Ivo Ivanov and Gary Pence confirm usual switch at 0659 to 3945/7890/11835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 5 at 0631, weak signal no doubt RV, now without ACI from either side. Wish they were still switching to 11835 at 0600, as 0700+ is too late for me to hear their best signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 28430 USB, Oct 4 at 2034, YY8HBO calling CQ10 in English, then contacts mostly in Spanish. YY prefix a new one on me, but definitely ``Yanqui-yanqui``. QRZ.com: YY8HBO Venezuela flag Venezuela LUIS CARLOS GUANIPA ALLEN Calle # 9. casa # 36. barrio la florida. Maturin.cp 6201 Maturin, MONAGAS Venezuela Solicits QSLs to qualify for some promotion. 28437 USB, Oct 4 at 2037, YV5NVV contacting PY1RE, unheard. QRZ.com: YV5NVV Venezuela flag Venezuela FRANCISCO (FRANK) TREVISI P. O. BOX 28128 CARACAS 1000, DF 1000 Venezuela with no further info. Only phone activity on band, from a restricted area, nor any CW beacons lower in the band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 1 from 0339 UT, when the continent is still in darkness: 531, 549, 585, 612, 639-2, 657, 684, 693, 747, 774-2, 855-2, 882, 891, 909, 999, 1044, 1098, 1107-3, 1125, 1296, 1305. Usual technique, USB upstepping by 9 kHz tuned to frequencies 1 kHz below, to detect any 1 kHz hets. This time I reverse the process on LSB 1 kHz above, in case some be obscured by NAm even channels, but only get one more which is usually easier: 621. -2 means at least 2 carriers beating; -3 at least three. Many of these can be correlated with likely Algeria, Spain, UK, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-oceanic JBA MW carrier search Oct 2 at 0626; only 774 and 909, likely Spain and UK; and NO 846, Kiritimati silent Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5910 USB, Oct 1 at 0626, JBA one side of 2-way contacts, not Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7680, Sept 30 at 0655, JBA talk - as I was falling asleep so not sure accurately logged, but maybe worth another cursory check. Nothing listed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7680, Oct 1 at 0632, JBA carrier like last night, but can`t make out any modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9390-9395-9400, Oct 3 at 1446, DRM noise, S3/S4. Certainly not WRMI, the only thing listed on 9395 24 hours, in Aoki, EiBi, HFCC; and no N nearby either in HFCC. Guess maybe it`s China or DV Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9992 USB, Sept 29 at 0628, 2-way in language unseems Spanish; stronger station has ``engine noise``, first noticed aside 9996 RWM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)