** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Oct 7 at 1440 past 1600, monitoring for LRA36 via Argentine remote, in case of a Friday make-good after AWOL Wednesday, but nothing; nor did Gary Pence hear it. Better luck on Saturday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Oct 8 start listening via Argentine remote circa 1440 but nothing until cuts on during song at *1449; 1456 canned standard sign-on, multilingual including English that this is in Spanish, 1457 staff names, 1458 themesong, 1502 recitation, but gone by 1505 already. It was very weak from the start and during my breakfast did not have a chance to fish for better signal via other SDRs, so at first thought it might have been fade-out or hit by SID; but nothing further following hour. Another bust. WWV reported: ``Geophysical Alert Message Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 October follow. Solar flux 160 and estimated planetary A-index 15. The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 08 October was 3. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed Oct 12, best Argentine remote is back, no signal yet from 1435 tune-in. LRA36 cuts on S7/S9 during song at *1443.8, better than via Montevideo. Music thru hourtop 1500; 1502 finally canned sign-on, multi-lingual including English that this will be in Spanish, concluding with what sounds like a mashup of Russian and Korean; staff names, ``Nacional, la Radio Pública``; 1503.5 themesong; 1507 recitation, song; 1513 ``live`` YL chat on the 25th program of the season; about kids in school; 1517 weather but hard to copy: temp 7 degrees, menos? 9 degrees also mentioned, winds from south, 97? kph, with harp music background; 1519 phones and other contact info; 1520 says Wed broadcast repeats on Fri & Sat --- always or this week? Also a special broadcast on Thursday as it`s the anniversary of LRA36 --- this week only? 1522 song; 1526.6, ``Radio Arcángel San Gabriel`` ID, ``su compañía``; YLs talking more about the kids in school #38; on Friday got a greeting from astronaut on ISS; 1535 This Week in History starting with something in 1820y; 1540 song; 1542 about Race Day Oct 12 = Día de la Raza, cultural diversity; 1550 male voice guest; constant musical background, which I consider a crutch by speakers who think their own voices alone would be too boring, but also amounts to self-QRM as at 1603 the music is singing; 1613 to song only; 1616 repeat the ID with staff, which is the defacto sign-off as well as -on, and off? No, pause, a couple more notes of music and then gone at 1617*. LRA36ers have never learned how to do proper smooth signs-on-and-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. Monthly `Calling All Radio Nutzzz` on Unique Radio webcast, from 1800 Sat Oct 8: 1811, Jen in Denver starts a segment on language recognition. It`s the late Dr Richard E Wood, but he is never credited! About distinguishing among the Romance languages, as he perfectly pronounces words likely to be heard in IDs. 1818 change to another voice introducing longer examples of French, Italian, Rumanian, Portuguese, until 1822, on to GB with recordings of radio from Ivory Coast. From 1835 or so they are paging thru NASWA FRENDX of exactly 50 years ago, reminiscing about all the SW stations which no longer exist. CARN is monthly, until 2100 via http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html?sid=1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. 28370 USB, Oct 8 at 2216, VK3CWB, Moz, ``Mose``, says he is in NW Victoria, contacting a WA- station. QRZ.com: VK3CWB Australia flag Australia Maurie "MOZ" MILANI PO BOX 2742 MILDURA, VIC. 3502 Australia Lots of info here including laments for increasing lack of properating etiquette on CW: https://www.qrz.com/db/VK3CWB 28397 USB, Oct 8 at 2218, VK4VO - I thought he said VK2VO, but that`s another guy really in NSW with nothing about Qsld, while the one I hear says he`s N of Brisbane on the Gold Coast, i.e.: VK4VO Australia flag Australia SHAUN STODDART 18 Cannon Place Kooralbyn QLD 4285 Australia ``Ham radio is my main passion and also surfing and as I live not too far from the Gold Coast in SE Queensland`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BELIZE. 28405 USB, Oct 8 at 2219, British accent running 400 watts from San Ignacio, near the Mexican border, but fails to ID at two cambios before I move on. Says a community of Canadian snowbirds there he often contacts when they are back home. Can`t be too many hams in this place? QRZ.com shows eleven V31s there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9665v, Oct 8 at 0630, unusually NO signal from RVM; but some weak music on 9670, probably Channel 292, Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies at 0129 UT October 9: ``Glenn, notes on two of your items: I have recently noticed Voz Missionária drifting upwards again, between 9667 and 9668, but moments ago it was around 9664.8`` It was missing at my last check; now Oct 9 at 0650, Brazuguese talk rather than usual music, on 9664.859 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 28270.5 CW, Oct 11 at 2306, VVV PY4MAB ... dash, only beacon on band, and maybe my first from Brasil: 28.2705 PY4MAB C POÇOS DE CALDAS BRAZIL 10W VERTICAL coordinated 2 Dec 2021 --- It`s JBA and fading, not sure of all the letters after the number, but only this one fits on the WI5V roster. PdC, a spa city in Minas Gerais, is 8418 km = 5231 miles from Enid by great circle, not bad for 1 dekawatt = 523.1 mi/W; considerably closer thru the earth. A bit further really via ionosphere above the surface; QRZ.com: PY4MAB Brazil flag Brazil MAURICIO BERALDO LUIZ ZANGIACOMI 145 POCOS DE CALDAS MG ZIP CODE 37704-274, MG Brazil ``- I have a Radio Beacon on the frequency of 28.270.5 CW, 24 hours a day, vertical antenna, 10 watts of power. In 2020 it will be 10 years since Beacon is on the air. Whoever receives the signals and sends me a confirmation by letter I will respond to everyone and send a special QSL card from my city.`` Huge gallery of equipment, the city, wildlife, but hardly any humans: https://www.qrz.com/db/PY4MAB I soon also have a PY on 10m phone: 28425 USB, Oct 11 at 2310, PY5HO contacting unheard VE3JAR; QRZ.com: PY5HO Brazil flag Brazil ADILSON JANKE RUA VENEZUELA 286 CURITIBA - PARANÁ CEP 82510-100 Brazil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 530 kHz, Oct 9 at 0706 UT, South Asian talk and song, no sign of CUBA, off? Surely CHLO Brampton [Toronto], 250 watt ``Multi-Cultural`` ethnic format. Look at all the blank blox on their sked: https://am530.ca/schedule/ including now at 3 am Sunday. Otherwise mostly Hindi or Punjabi except for bits in Filipino, Spanish, Italian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. Just before bedtime Oct 7, neighborhood power failure at 0610 UT! Soon notified OG&E, which restored it at 0733, cause unknown, fried squirrel? So meanwhile, I take the opportunity to DX during a sesquihour of no local powerline noise, quite a treat, tho my main rx are not set up for battery power, seldom needed. So I`m on the DX-398, altazimuth wrist mount. I don`t expect anything superlative, but what else is there to do? See also NICARAGUA. At 0641 on 650, I again have talk in English with WSM nulled. Previously suspected KGAB Wyoming. All I can catch is phone-in number 877-332-8255. Reversely uplooking phone numbers is often unproductive, but this goes right to: CKOM! in Saskatoon. Guess what: all its night power is supposed to go north, only a minor lobe south on day pattern, per NRC Book: Yet another Canadian invading American airspace on AM. It`s U4 10/10 kW. Radio-locator claims CKOM is direxional only at night. Last logged here Oct 28, 2018 and Sept 7, 2017. Now making a `fast SAH` with WSM. IIRC, WSM was once known as the one station always sticking to precise frequency, but MWOffsets shows it on 650.0115 as of a year ago, ranging 649.9999 to 650.013. And CKOM: 649.9992, down to 649.9988-, as of 2020y. That means a nominal separation of 12.3 Hz or maximum 14.2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 28483 USB, Oct 11 at 2312, VE9XX with ZL1WN, both with good signals here. ZL says VE is 100 watts from dipole in his attic. VE9XX Canada flag Canada Donald Gerard Whitty 936 Route 315 Dunlop, NB E8K 2M7 Canada Not clear why he keeps a 9 call in a #1 call area. More unique? And: ZL1WN New Zealand flag New Zealand ROSS BIGGAR 210 Oroua Rd, R D 5 Palmerston North 4475 New Zealand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 10m beacon VE7MTY: see USA [and non] ** CHINA. 13130 and weaker 13020, Oct 12 at 1358, CNR1 jammers against SOH until TS 1400*. Also suspicious open carrier on 13190 which stays on. 13190 had seemed to replace another jammer on 13170 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 870, Oct 7 at 0649, ``wobbler`` carrier QRMing WWL, roughly also NW/SE, a typical Cuban defect. WRTH shows three R. Reloj outlets of, 10, 10 and 1 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6140, Oct 6 at 0642, JBA carrier, presumed leapfrog mixing product of RHC 6060 over 6100 another 40 kHz beyond, as possible when both those be on, even tho 6100 be S9/+10 of dead air, and 6060 S9+10/20 of undermodulated English, none others. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Opinion - Editorial: As Cubans take to the streets to protest, where are Díaz-Canel and Raúl Castro? To crack down on the population now, when international aid is being sought to solve their problems, would be an inexcusable contradiction in the public's eyes. DDC Madrid 03 Oct 2022 - 15:04 CEST Cubans are once again taking to the streets to protest and make demands of the Government, as their living conditions have deteriorated significantly in recent days, and this is not because of the hurricane that recently affected the western provinces. All of Cuba is languishing without electricity and, therefore, in a dire state in terms of access to food and hospital care, to cite just two of the main deficiencies being suffered. Meanwhile, where is Miguel Díaz-Canel? Where is Raúl Castro?`` ... https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1664802281_41465.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 6 at 0648, S9+10/20, Spanish about weather and power outages, presumed R. Rebelde reactivated rather than RHC, which briefly occupied 5025 in a mixup with 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** CUBA [and non]. 5800, Oct 8 at 0336, WRMI reactivated with Spanish, presumed R. República as scheduled, with heavy jamming at about equal level here. Now all other hours on 5800 are subject to jamming. At least that`s not a WOR frequency; jamming on 9955 is bad enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, Oct 9 at 0655, the only RHC during jazz show on English service, S9+20. At 0700, Esperanto is starting as clueless hostess claims it`s at 0800 Sundays on 6100; and 1600 on 11760; also heard at 1508 on 15140 S9 and 11760 S9+10 undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The other side: Emigration --- The exodus from Cuba will aggravate hunger and hamper reconstruction --- 'This many Cubans have never emigrated in such a short time span, and this should be considered a record on the continent.' Roberto Álvarez Quiñones, Miami 03 Oct 2022 - 16:11 CEST Cubans awaiting a transit visa in front of the Panamanian Embassy in Havana, March 2022. EFE [caption] "El último, que apague la farola del Morro" ("Whoever’s the last one to leave, please turn off the lamp in the Morro lighthouse.") This was a popular phrase in Cuba that I heard many times in Havana in the early 90s, after Castroism's weaning from its Soviet nurse, which had just died of natural causes. The phrase, typical of Cuban wit, arose in the face of the flood of Cubans abandoning the country due to the privations of the "Special Period." Today, more than 30 years later, the expression is timelier than ever in the 63 years of Castroist dictatorship. In August of 2022 alone, 20,000 Cuban immigrants arrived in the United States illegally, an average of 645 daily. In just 31 days the number of Cubans arrived that can emigrate to the neighboring country annually with passport visas under the agreement between Washington and Havana... https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1664806260_42610.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Oct 10 at 1533, JBA carrier, maybe Bauta left exciter on? Usually off by 1500. Nothing else listed on 13700 except CNR13 in Uyghur from Lingshi 725 site until 1400 - but I never notice any QRM to RHC. Meanwhile 11760 is S9/+10 with sufficient modulation, 15140 S7/S8 JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Oct 11 at 0640, RHC English at S9+10, a frequency supposed to be only in Spanish and off by 0500. Sometimes happens, failing to change same transmitter to one of 49mb frequencies, as now all but 6165 are off, and that is also much weaker. However, 5040 is also still on and in English, contrary to sked. And 5025 Rebelde is off again. Somethings` always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.994, Oct 7 at 2123 check, no signal today from R. Cairo into UTwente. Something`s amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 8 at 2237, R. Cairo extremely distorted presumed English, total failure but at S9+35 signal into UTwente, not what counts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 10 at 2147, no signal, no loss, of R. Cairo into UTwente in English. Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 12 at 2203, R. Cairo is on at S9+40 into UTwente, but usual horrible distortion in presumed English. Let`s try Turkey. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FINLAND [and non]. Sat Oct 8 is a date for almost-monthly Scandinavian Weekend Radio; no chance of hearing its 100 watts direct, but I have another go at it via UTwente, at 1608, without checking first which of its two alternate frequencies on each band now be scheduled: 5980 weak in English about Mongolia, must be New Zealand. 6170 weak music, heavy ACI de 6165 Chinese music. 11690 VG French from CGTN Kashgar. 11720 weak music, Vietnam sked, with heavy ACI from 11725 Chinese music, i.e. CGTN German service from Site-x. At 1614, UTwente measures 6169.992 at S7. Sked at http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm shows the pair at 15-17 are 6170, 11720, so maybe I`ve really heard SWR on one or both. Earlier in the British DX Club: ``Fair signal of SWR, Finland at 0635 UT tune in on 11690, actually 11689.91 kHz with their monthly broadcast. Some deep fades SIO 343. Russ Cummings, SDRplay RSPdx,18m long wire, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, UK`` Paul Watson at 1648: ``Scandinavian Weekend Radio being heard on 5800 via unknown relay, probably a Dutch pirate. Strong signal``. 24-hour transmissions to end at 21 UT. From first? Saturday in November, should be 22 UT Fri to 22 UT Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Oct 6 at 0632, JBA carrier presumed R. Kiribati; only other 9/kHz carriers in bottom half are 774 and 684, likely Spain remnants. Distance between Sevilla and Xmas I is 14736 km = 9157 stmi = 7957 nmi, tho we are hardly at the midpoint which would be circa Churchill, Manitoba. Simultaneous TA/TP demonstrates what great DX range MW can have; if only obstructive AM would be abolished in N America. Gary Pence was getting 846 weakly into Hawaii SDR at 0503 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 8 at 0703, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati; no other 9/kHz splits in quick scan of longer MW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 9 at 0635, no JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, as typically silent Sunday nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI [non]. 846 kHz, Tue Oct 11 at 0622, no signal here from R. Kiribati. Still JBA carriers on 684 & 621, likely Peninsular and Islander Spain, still pre-sunrise. For those who may be confused. Kiritimati is the correct spelling in Gilbertese of Christmas. It sounds more similar than it looks, as the ``ti` is their way of rendering ``s``. It`s a subset of the entire widely-spanned country of Kiribati, pronounced Kiribas, itself a corruption of Gilbert. As such, Kiritimati should be considered a separate ``radio country``, with 2 kilomiles of ocean between its eastern and western islands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Oct 12 at 0635, can`t detect a JBA carrier here from R. Kiribati; but despite being Wednesday, Gary Pence reports: ``Hi Glenn, 846 kHz heard at 0602z peaking S8 with audio heard in AM narrow and shown in the waterfall with periods of deep fade also on NM7A SDR Deer Harbor, WA. And Smeter.net SDR in Newport, Oregon. 73, Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11775, Oct 11 at 0641, talk and presumably Kurdish music, Dengê Welat via BULGARIA; with fast SAH and weaker CCI, presumably Tuerkiyeish jammer. Or vice versa. Ivo says D.W. switches from 7285 to 11775 at 0530, but unclear total span of each (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Oct 6 at 1501, V of Martyrs/Korea, already YL in presumed Dhivehi instead of English, S9+10/20, the SSOB except for Cuba and non on 11760, 11860, 11930, and of course blasting 12160 WWCR which just came up from 7490. However, 11825 is only S6/S8, the admittedly Kununurra site for VOMK`s simulBurmese, belying my theory that so is 11620. More about Maldives: Engines of Our Ingenuity 2845: Floating Islands and The Maldives Grand Experiment. Today, we float. Dr. Andy Boyd | Posted on October 6, 2022, 12:01 AM https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/engines-of-our-ingenuity/engines-podcast/2022/10/06/433821/engines-of-our-ingenuity-2845-floating-islands-2/ {So Maldives have slightly more pressing problems than whether to switch deity projexion, from Allah to God} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Oct 9 at *1500, V of Martyrs/Korea, secret site, sign-on in English for Maldives, by 1501 immediately into Dhivehi, S9/+20 compared to simulmyanmarianese on 11825 only S7/S9 which is admittedly KNX Kununurra, Australia, HCJB/RBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 10m beacon XE1JAL: See USA [and non] ** NEW ZEALAND. ZL1WN: see CANADA [and non]. VE9XX ** NICARAGUA. 720, Oct 7 at 0635, nulling WGN, I hear recitation of Lord`s Prayer in Spanish. Surely it`s the closest overtly RCC Latin, R. Católica in Managua, so SS on 720 isn`t necessarily KSAH, Cuba, or Mexico, all secular. WRTH shows YNA3RC with 25 kW but at 1000-0430. During local power blackout, see CANADA, on DX-398, but should be audible anyway. Probably easiest Nickie, not unusually reported from USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 6 at 0644, no signal from VON. Has anyone heard them in past week? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 8 at *0637, VON S9/+10 but JBM. I had just checked Vanuatu 7260 at 0636, when VON was NOT on adjacently (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 9 at 0637, no signal from VON direct. 7255-, Oct 9 at 1742, JBA signal into Alicante, Spain SDR as Canary is in use by its ham, -67v Hz offset which points to VON as on 7254.933v, its typical offset. Not even that at 1854 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 10 at 0630, no signal from VON direct; Oct 10 at 1718 & 1744, no signal into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 11 at 0625, no signal from VON direct. At 1809, no signal either into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 12 at 0623 direct, VON at S9+10/15 of dead air, or maybe a trace of modulation. 7255-, Oct 12 at 1728, JBA signal into Canary SDR at S9/+10 including storm crashes from Morocco, western Algeria, but mainly squeal vs undermodulation, and offset -67 Hz signature so really VON 7254.933, but totally unusable. Ditto still at 1850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. Saturday evening primetime, and no pirates 6.9+ MHz except a 6920 JBA carrier -- but there`s a good S9 signal on 6880 USB at 0053 UT Sunday October 9, pirate music but breaks at 0055, back at 0056; 0100 ID and song `*ock*ucking Ball`; 0102 Radio 48 ID and reports to radio48@protonmail.com - I guess, with numbers in it. 0103 NORML PSA by Willie Nelson, then anti-drug PSA. 0105 Radio 48. 0113 & again 0116, double ID for Radio 48, then Mix Radio International. 0121 sirens SFX and M-R-I-. 0123 song `Dirty Old Boogie`. 0126 Radio Free -something- and M-R-I- IDs. Then I find another pirate, stay on it for a while. Lots more 6880 logs as early as 2212 Oct 8, no SSTV: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102923.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 LSB, Oct 9 at 0130, pirate music I can`t get to resolve circa 6928 USB until I try LSB! Then fake gospel huxter entreaty; 0134 DJ in Spanish and English, song in Spanish about Maracaibo. 0137 fake ad by FB player who reduced to 300 lb tnx to some video program available on Beta and VHS formats; another frenetic song in Spanish. 0142 says myteaquinn knows what station this is; 0144 hi-pitched repeating tune like on a fife but eventually morphs into a song. 0151 some more of that and weakening to S5. Outhouse Radio, thread started by myteaquinn: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102941.0.html but no SSTV imagery (Glenn Hausere, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920 AM, Oct 9 at 0107 JBA carrier; 0634, JBA, suspect R. Pushka [Rifle], weak but long-hours Russian? ethnic pirate, like here, before and after: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102946.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Oct 7 at 2034 UT, PN, ND beacon at PoNca City is OFF again; still off circa 0700 Oct 8. Had only come back Oct 4 after previous absence from at least Aug 23. And so it goes, and comes. Another check Oct 8 at 1753: 515 PN still off; still ON: 350 RG, 341 EI, 255 SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Oct 11 at 2316 UT, PN, ND beacon is back on again from PoNca City. Had been off whenever checked since Oct 7 and still off earlier today; so sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Governor vetoed funding for emergency rural warnings via OETA: ``PBS WARN https://www.oeta.tv/about/warn/ OETA and our infrastructure across the state plays a crucial role in protecting Oklahoma communities by ensuring uninterrupted distribution of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), including severe weather warnings and AMBER alerts to every corner of the state. This service is part of public television’s commitment to strengthening the safety of all our communities. PBS WARN (Warning, Alert, Response Network) uses OETA’s unique reach, reliability, and local connections across the state of Oklahoma to provide a vital backup path for the WEA system, which allows local, state and national government agencies (like FEMA) to instantly send short message warnings from geo-targeted cell phone towers directly to a nearby user's mobile device. If a cybersecurity incident or internet disruption to a carrier facility breaks its primary connection to FEMA, PBS WARN provides an immediate alternate source of inbound WEA messages. See PBS WARN in action! The map below shows all active WEAs in the US, which WARN is broadcasting in real time.`` {also: OETA coverage map from 18 antennas} ``Special Notice {with embedded linx} https://www.oeta.tv/ On October 5th, we were disappointed to learn that House Bill 1009 was vetoed. This bill was authored to appropriate a reasonable portion of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to allow Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) to make essential infrastructure upgrades to maintain and enhance datacasting, emergency alerting communications and broadcasting capabilities to all seventy-seven counties in Oklahoma. HB1009 represents many months of planning and bi-partisan cooperation to ensure the longevity of vital statewide infrastructure and the safety and security of Oklahomans across our great state, especially in rural communities. Our hope is that legislative leadership will soon come together once more to address this action. We are grateful for our many supporters who have reached out to us and we will continue to pursue our mission of providing essential educational content and services that inform, inspire, and connect Oklahomans to ideas and information that enrich their quality of life.`` Enid News & Eagle: https://www.enidnews.com/news/governors-veto-of-funding-for-rural-oklahoma-upsets-lawmakers/article_f9379ed0-45c6-11ed-893d-6f5a2f39718d.html ``Governor's veto of funding for rural Oklahoma upsets lawmakers Janelle Stecklein | CNHI Oklahoma Oct 6, 2022 OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed two bills designed to increase emergency response infrastructure. Stitt said “the long-term, strategic value” of the appropriations had not been clearly established, but one lawmaker said Thursday it amounts to a declaration that he does care about emergencies in rural Oklahoma. Stitt vetoed three legislative American Rescue Plan Act funding priorities, catching some legislators and Oklahomans off guard. Those vetoes included: • $6 million to build nine regionally located emergency operations centers across the state. • $8.19 million so the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) could make necessary upgrades to its emergency alerting communications. • $10 million to Oklahoma Arts Council to distribute to struggling nonprofits negatively impacted by the pandemic. Legislative leaders hadn’t decided by late Thursday afternoon if they would return to special session next week to try to override the vetoes. They have until Oct. 14 to return. In the case of OETA’s veto, Stitt wrote that it is “preferable that these funds be used for infrastructure and water projects and long-term strategic investments that will change the trajectory of our state.” He did sign over a dozen other bills approving the expenditures of over a $1 billion in both federal ARPA money and state Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity funding. Measures approved include broadband expansion funding, economic and workforce development, investments in mental health and improving healthcare access. “It is my hope that these one-time funds will help us move the needle in integral areas like improving crumbling infrastructure, addressing the opioid epidemic, and expanding broadband services across Oklahoma to get us closer to becoming a Top 10 state,” Stitt said in a statement. But state Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, said Stitt’s decision to veto infrastructure upgrades to two of the biggest systems that help rural Oklahomans during times of emergency came as an “absolute surprise.” He said it followed a year of public meetings in which Stitt’s office gave “zero input.” Phillips said he’s concerned about Stitt’s decision to veto OETA’s funding. In addition to providing public television statewide, lawmakers have tasked the public station with operating the state’s emergency warning systems. With no statewide cell phone network, it’s OETA that coordinates with cell phone providers to warn rural Oklahomans of pending tornadoes and flash flooding threats, wildfire evacuations and issue missing children and elderly alerts. The specialized system, which has been in place for 40 years, hasn’t seen many upgrades, yet OETA towers are about the only system that reaches the entire state. A rural lawmaker, Phillips said Oklahoma has seen 400,000 acres of land burn in the last eight years from wildfires. “We’ve had a global pandemic. We’ve had massive tornados. We’ve had earthquakes, freezes, fires and floods that have taken the land and life of Oklahomans,” he said. “This is the system that rural Oklahomans depend on to get warnings those events are happening.” He said the nine emergency management centers would have served as coordinating points when rural communities need people or supplies on the ground during times of emergency. “And the governor wholeheartedly said he does not care about emergencies in rural Oklahoma,” Phillips said of Stitt’s vetoes. Phillips is urging his colleagues to return to special next week to override Stitt’s vetoes. He said he’s made his opinion known that the vetoes are not OK and endanger Oklahomans. But he said it’s possible that legislative leadership might not return and instead try to find another workaround outside of the executive branch to get Oklahomans what they need. State Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, who oversaw the ARPA expenditure efforts for the state House, said the three measures were good bills. If lawmakers don’t come back, they could reconsider them in February. But he said a new Legislature will be seated by February, so the future of the proposals is unclear. Still, Hilbert said there’s a need to replace OETA transmitters and take care of the state assets, but said there may need to be a larger conversation about infrastructure around towers with the departments of public safety and transportation, too. He said Thursday morning, just before Stitt publicly announced the vetoes, two rural community theaters reached out interested in receiving grants for their facilities. He told them that bill just got vetoed and it’s no longer an option. “I know there’s a desire for that as well because those facilities certainly took a hit from the pandemic,” Hilbert said.`` (via Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, Mon Oct 10 at 2200, token English from REE, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, but better S7/9+10 on 11940 for S America; 15520 ME S5/S7; 11670 Af also S5/S7. After news, Justin will interview someone about a music foundation; and intro a new series until Nov, foreign movie reviews - but heard neither as I`m back to BBC Proms on Sounds before they are all supposed to expire at 2259 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Oct 12 at 2208, token English from REE/SNR appropriately marks ``Día de la Hispanidad`` for which there have been various celebrations the past week = Columbus Day, or in some countries contrarily, ``El Día de la Raza``, leading into interview with a novelist, Ricardo Fernández González. This time NAm`s 17855 is still best at S9/+15 but with slight modulation distortion; SAm 11940 at S9/+8; ME 15520 at S7/S9 noisy; Af 11670 at S6/S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SRI LANKA [and non]. 11905, Oct 12 at 0030-0036, no signal direct from SLBC. I used to listen to this a lot a few years ago on a somewhat different schedule, never knowing exactly when it would flip on after 0100. Back then probably not the Trincomalee site. It is being reported in North America lately at 0030-0100 when it`s Bengali or Hindi. Trans-polar from here, so a difficult path, K index now 2, after R1 blackouts the past 24 hours, so just not propagating? By 0040 I`m trying the three KiwiSDRs in India, and none of them are getting even a carrier either, but plenty of noise. So SLBC must not be on air this morning. There`s another Hindi broadcast scheduled at 0200-0230: at 0208, two/thirds of them get a JBA carrier, surely still insufficient for SLBC, rather CNR6 from Beijing site scheduled after 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 7 at 2243, S9+45/50 into UTwente, VOT English with some hum, much preferable to sometimes squeal, with music, and 2250 the 2-minute multilingual ID filler spiel reel much later in hour than usual, 2252 sign-off to 2253 fragment of IS and off* Something`s erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 9830.001, Oct 8 at 2220 JBA carrier direct, suspect no VOT; and at 2238 into UTwente, where measured, only weak Chinese at S7. Another no-show by TRT; something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 10 at 2158, VOT English is on today with IS, 2200 usual opening, somewhat undermodulated, S9+55 into UTwente; but it`s the final hour for BBC Proms on Sounds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 12 at 2203, VOT English manages to be on but with that awful squeal. Pass, over to Spain. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE. I am now about a week behind in copying info from `Ukraine: Security Issue`, and have decided not to resume. It is rather depressing, and of course we are constantly bombarded by news about the war otherwise. There was a rather lukewarm response to my inquiry whether my reports were useful: from only three people. Best approach if you are interested, is to devote no more than 9 minutes a day to these yourself, via: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/ua_security_issue Maybe WRMI will eventually resume SWing them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 341 MCW kHz, Oct 9 at 0642 UT, OIN, 25 watt ND beacon at OberlIN KS, under and alternating with local EI, EnId; and this time no sign of the other nearby 341, DNI Denison TX. Suspected OIN had been off the air, last logged Aug 11. Oberlin in NW corner of Kansas; once shared a TV channel with McCook, Nebraska, just up US 83 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420 MCW kHz, Oct 6 at 0631 UT, PK, 25 watt ND beacon at Olathe / Herbb KS. JBA vs local HNL, sloping off this hi beyond 400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 2097.3 CW, Oct 8 at 0716 UT, single-letter beacon A, JBA every few seconds. First time heard this `season`, as occasional chex during summer confronted too hi noise level, so I wondered if it were still on air. From anywhere in SW desert, except Quartzsite AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4095 CW, Oct 8 at 0717, immediately upon tune-in, DW and sweeps upward, the Desert Whooper beacon, JBA. Last heard Aug 21 when could not hear A on 2097.3, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565, Oct 9 at 1511, JBA CW vs CODAR, too weak to copy a single letter, but likely HIFER beacon in CA, K6FRC, allegedly only 1.8 milliwatts - despite this, the most likely one to be heard on this ISM band despite many others listed. Last definite log was Sept 2 and before that, June 27. And despite random bandscans at many other hours, never traced much earlier nor later than 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Sporadic E MUF commonly in the 70s MHz, but not above 88; plenty to bounce beacons on 28, checking October 7 at 2015-2033 UT. Except for BC and Veracruz outliers, all from New England in the 1400-1600 mile range, so are they long Es, double-hop, or short F2 propagation? One of these logs leads me to a better updated beacon listing than WJ5O which stopped in 2016y but is still up, so I quote WI5V from now on. Precise frequencies as listed rather than measured, but close enough; next line after my logs is the WI5V info; and after that, stuff from individual QRZ.com pages. 28197 at 2015: DE VE7MTY/B CN99 --- --- --- --- [4 dashes, as below] 28.197 VE7MTY C PITT MEADOWS, BC # 25W, VERTICAL VE7MTY Canada flag Canada Martin W Hill 19696 115A AVENUE PITT MEADOWS, BC V3Y 1P1 Canada ``I have been operating a ten meter beacon since 1995 on 28.197 MHz running 25 watts. It operates 24/7. The callsign is VE7MTY/B. The beacon uses a HTX-100 transceiver, an Antron 99 vertical antenna and a Freakin Beacon keyer. At the end of the CW message, it steps through four, 1 second power levels. 25 - 10 - 2 - 0.5 watts.`` Pitt Meadows is an 18K suburb east of Vancouver 28217.5 at 2017: E E E E E DE WA1LAD/B K 28.2175 WA1LAD C SCITUATE, RHODE ISLAND # 4.7W, DIPOLE NEW 23 April 08 QTH change 13 June 17. [RI also with a Scituate, besides MA, historic site of WRUL/WNYW near Boston] WA1LAD USA flag USA GILBERT D "Gil" WOODSIDE, III 285 3rd Ave Warwick, RI 02888 USA 28221.8 at 2020, slow, only: dash and W1DLO/B - alternates with: fast: VVV DE WA1DLO/B + more uncopied probably gridsquare, etc. 28.2218 W1DLO C CALAIS, MAINE # 10W, VERTICAL New 29 September 2011. W1DLO USA flag USA Daniel L Owen 616 BILLINGS RD HERMON, ME 04401-0808 USA * 10m CW propagation beacon: http://qsl.net/w1dlo/beacon lots of good info there including: * WJ5O's Coordinated 10m Beacon List (retired) * * WI5V's Global 10 Meter Beacon List (current/active) * https://wi5v.net/beacon-list-table-version/ 28247.5 at 2022: DE N1ME/B MAINE dash - weak and fading took several passes to copy that much 28.2475 N1ME C BANGOR, MAINE # W, VERTICAL QRT 23 Aug 2018 [O yeah?] N1ME USA flag USA KENNETH C LEWIS PINE STATE AMATEUR RADIO CLUB 104 Otis St Bangor, ME 04401 USA [Nothing about a beacon at qrz.com] 28260 at 2027: W1VCM/B - and more not copied 28.260 W1VCM I WINDSOR, CT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB presumed QRT [O yeah?] W1VCM USA flag USA WILLIAM W THOMPSON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB OF THE VINTAGE COMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM OF CT PO BOX 894 WINDSOR, CT 06095 USA ``We are the Amateur Radio Club of the Vintage Radio & Communications Museum. Our mission is primarly education and letting people try different modes and equipment they may not have had a chance to try in the past. The club is broadcasting a CW beacon on 28259.8. It is on an omni vertical antenna running 5W output. We meet every Last Saturday of the month, except July and August.`` 28269 at 2028: DE AA1TT/B NH [not AA2+, my typo originally] 28.269 AA1TT C CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE # 5W, DIPOLE. AA1TT USA flag USA BILLY R MICHAUD 196 CAT HOLE ROAD CLAREMONT, NH 03743-4322 USA ``If you would like beacon information, or would like to give a reception report, (Reports are greatly appreciated, both skywave and groundwave) Please check:`` http://www.wx1nh.us https://www.qsl.net/aa1tt/ 28276 at 2030: dash and XE1JAL/B EK19MM 28.276 XE1JAL I XALAPA, MEXICO 5W, 5/8 VERTICAL New 11 Sept 2021 XE1JAL Mexico flag Mexico MARIO RIZO CAMPOMANES CALLE FRANCISCO NAVARRETE NO. 8 - B , COLONIA TAMBORREL XALAPA - ENRIQUEZ, VERACRUZ. CODIGO POSTAL 91050 Mexico [nothing about a beacon] Quick check of phone band found only one outstanding signal: 28400 USB at 2033, KC2WLR, Pat in Schenectady NY, almost New England. 27 MHz CB also hopping with signals, even 27185 instead of local pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Another check for 10m beacons Oct 8 at 2205-2217 finds several of exactly same ones logged 24 hours ago q.v. from New England: WA1LAD/B, W1DLO/B, N1ME/B, W1VCM/B; and outliers from BC, VE7MTY/B; and a Mexican relog from Sept 24, XE1RCS/B. And a new one: 28245, Oct 8 at 2211, just K1RGO/B repeating slowly: 28.245 K1RGO I EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT # 2W, NE/SW DIPOLE New 22 January 16 K1RGO USA flag USA Salvatore J DeFrancesco, K1RGO 17 JEFFREY RD EAST HAVEN, CT 06513 USA ``I also run a 2 watt 10 meter Beacon, K1RGO/B on 28.245 MHz`` Just before the beacon check I found the extended 27 MHz CBand hopping with Spanish, one mentioning México (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday October 8 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 into Maryland SDR. Not confirmed at 0130 on 5010, that transmitter/antenna still down. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, (Australia), Bolivia, (Bulgaria), Cambodia, Cuba and non, Finland, Indonesia, ITU, Iran, (Japan), Kazakhstan, Kiritimati Island, Korea North and non, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Malaysia, Maldives non, México, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oklahoma, Perú, Solomon Islands, Spain, Turkey, UK and non, USA, Vanuatu, Zanzibar; MFJ anniversary; Space Weather Snapshot; propagation outlook. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 available from 0042 UT October 7: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2159.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2159.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: *WRMI frequencies not yet restored as of October 7! 0330 UT Friday WRMI *7780 to SW 1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed? by Cuba] 1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 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 5950 [NEW] 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. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: due to damage disruption at WRMI, just in case, I check active frequencies at previously scheduled times, such as 0130 UT Friday October 7, despite 5850 & 7730 transmitters still silent - even tho in this case, WOR was cancelled two weeks ago: nope. However at 0343 UT Friday October 7, I find WOR in progress on 9455, i.e. as had been scheduled at 0330 on another silent frequency, 7780. Skedgrid still shows Supreme Master TV during this hour on 9455. No telling what will happen by next week. However, a Radio World article about WRMI includes this bit of significant new info: “So far we have three antennas that are probably destroyed beyond repair: one to Europe, one to Africa and one to Central America and the South Pacific.” --- so that implies these frequencies are not coming back soon unless on some other antennas: 15770 and/or 7730 to Europe; 21525 to Africa; 7780 to Central America. 7780 affects several WOR broadcasts. Also confirmed Friday October 7 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S6/S8 direct, no jamming heard, but undermodulated. Also confirmed Friday October 7 from 1815.25 on IRRS SW via BULGARIA, 7290, S7/S9 into UTwente but not audible on x2 = 14580; and also via AM Italia, as if taking my advice, this week active on 918 kHz, VG, no QRM, S9+25 into nearby Noale SDR, while // 1323 is buried by Romania in German; and nothing on LW 207. WOR heard to completion 1844+. Tuning in earlier at 1758, 918 with inconsequential chat on `Off the Hook` show from WUSB on LINY, but chopped off just before 1800: ``IRRS SW Signing-on``, and `Feature Story News`, from Washington - not ``Free Speech News`` as someone guessed; as always, 7290 cuts on late, JIP just before 1801; 1803 `Spotlite` segment; 1805 IRRS ID, rock music fill to 1815 IRRS ID again, and then WOR. After WOR at 1844 a few words promoting? Sea Shepherd, cut to IRRS ID, 1845 music; 1853 check it`s Irish tunes, 1854 DJ and more such music. 7290 cuts off air at 1857* just as heavy ACI from 7295 CGTN English starts. Music continues on 918 until 1900 IRRS SW signing ``off``, QSL reports to otherwise denied P O Box in Milano, Verdi theme, to 1903.5 ID. Feed from Noale keeps cutting out. Enough of that - until 2030. Also confirmed Friday October 7 at 2044 the 2030 on AM Italia, both 918 kHz, S9+22 into Noale SDR; and 1323, S9/+12 with fast SAH and some CCI nowhere near as bad as at 1815 from Romania. Next: 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 5950 [NEW] 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 *WRMI frequencies not yet reactivated, and may be considerable delay. At those scheduled times, check all other active WRMI frequencies in case there has been a schedule switch, at least temporarily. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday October 8 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130 minus 24 Hz = 5129.976 into Maryland SDR, S9/+10. Also confirmed Saturday October 8 at 1600, the first WRN airing, webcast of N American service. 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 5950 [NEW] 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 2159 monitoring: confirmed Saturday October 8 at 1928 already underway on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+19 into nearby SDR, about 11 minutes into so started early circa 1917. Also confirmed UT Sunday October 10 underway at 0319, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, S9+15 into nearby already in progress until 0339 so started early circa 0310. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW] 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 2159 monitoring: confirmed Sunday October 9 from 2000:35 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9/+15 into nearby Noale SDR, atop medium SAH and musiCCI; following DJ show for IRRS ``south of the Alps``, 2000 IRRS promo. Also confirmed UT Monday October 10 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, S8/9+10 into Maryland SDR; 7780 still not restored. Also confirmed UT Monday October 10 at 0300 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S7/S8 into Maryland SDR. 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 2159 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday October 11 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9/+20. Next: 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 2159 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 #2159, 9395 kHz and 5950 kHz only heard until the antenna farm can be fixed up, Hurricane Ian, Hope to hear soon 5850 kHz, 1030 UT Wed. Oct 10, 2022 happy turkey day to the Canadians, WRMI: 5950, fading, solar wind noticed, 0030, 0044, 0058 (45433), (45333), 0059, Oct 10 UTC 2022 [Mon] 9395, QRN, 2330, jingle, 2345, 2356 S8 signal, 2358, Oct 11 UTC 2022 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard`` Confirmed Tuesday October 11 at 2240 the 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 direct, over a trace of jamming. After 2300 during R. Libertad, certainly more jamming. Also confirmed Tuesday October 11 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 but undermodulated compared to 9455, 9350, 9330. Also confirmed Wednesday October 12 at 2120 the 2100 on WBCQ 7489.9v, JBA S3/S5 direct; only after straining about 6 minutes can I recognize a mention of BBC World Service as on my recording this week. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} 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. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, 9455, 9395, 5950, Oct 6 at 0650, WRMI active on these four only; and once again 9455 is splattering downward at least to 9415. At 1456, 9955 is S7/S8 quite undermodulated, and 9395, 9455 are not sufficiently mod either. Next up: 5800, from Jeff White at 1442: ``Dear Friends, Colleagues and Clients of WRMI: I am happy to report that our frequency of 5800 kHz is operational once again. It will come back on the air at its regular airtime today [22-04 UT], and possibly earlier. So now we have five frequencies operating again: 5800, 5950, 9395, 9455 and 9955 kHz. We continue to work on getting the other frequencies back up. Thank you for all of your messages of support as we make repairs from the damage caused by Hurricane Ian. Jeff White, General Manager`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** U S A. 5800, Fri Oct 7 at 0347, the fifth WRMI transmitter back on air, in Spanish, presumed the new R. República hour three nights a week on WRMI itself in addition to from 0100 on 9490 via France. And 5800 is being jammed, as expected as I already heard jamming against nothing there at a later hour; here anyway, RR/WRMI is well atop. Once anything is jammed on a frequency, the Cubans will let it run much longer, causing collateral damage, until now restricted to only one WRMI frequency with exile broadcasts, 9955. 5800 was already on at 0130 when I heard the V of Mongolia relay starting. And for now extended beyond nominal 0400* again, still on at 0726 with Brother HyStairical about the imminent doom of Y2K! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Oct 8 at 0631, this reactivated WRMI also resumes its previous problem before it was Ianned: splatter, now audible down to 9405 at least, and even traces beyond the other WRMI 9395, to 9350 or so. Less of that upward to about 9470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI updates: On FB circa 22 UT Oct 7: ``No new frequencies are on the air today, but we were able to make progress on some of the transmission line restoration. We hope to be able to announce another frequency back on tomorrow. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, 5800, 5950, 9395, 9455 and 9955 kHz are running 24 hours per day.`` Direct from Jeff at 1537 UT Oct 8: ``Subject: 5010 kHz is back --- Friends, we have finished work on the 5010 kHz antenna, so it will come on at its usual time of 0000 UT this evening with its regular programming. We are continuing to work on other transmission lines today, but we don't expect to have any other frequencies back in operation today. We now have six of our previous 12 frequencies on the air with their normal schedules or with 24-hour operation. Jeff White, General Manager, WRMI Radio Miami International`` On FB circa 16 UT Oct 8: ``OK, folks, our engineers have finished the work on 5010 kHz and have tested it. It will come back on the air at its normal time of 0000 UT this evening (or possibly sooner) and will run through the night to 1600 UT tomorrow (October 9). We have already started work on two more frequencies which will take some time to reestablish, so they will not be on the air today. But 5010 is back, alongside 5800, 5950, 9395, 9455 and 9955 kHz. Thanks for all of your good wishes and support.`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. ``For WRMI on 9455: Around 1100 UT October 7 I found it with very strong splatter up to 50 kHz below the fundamental, with additional traces down as low as 9360. Have not checked since then. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` 9455 is OFF again at 0652 Oct 9 while 9395 & 9955 are S9+20, hope because of the splatter problem, still off at 1437. Nothing about this yet on WRMI`s FB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5010, Oct 9 at 0655, another WRMI reactivated, and initially at least on expanded schedule, now TOMBS // 5800 & 9955. 5010 supposed to last until 1600 today but not reconfirmed. 5800, S9+10/20 also vs Cuban pulse jamming due to counterproductive decision to put R. República on it for one hour, earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI: Hurricane Restoration Update: [FB, c. 16 UT Oct 10] ``We have hit a snag in our transmission line repair effort. The hydraulic system on our truck that lifts the telephone poles up has stopped working, so our facility manager Pat (who is also a good mechanic) is repairing that now. When that is finished, we will continue with the repair of the antenna transmission lines. Rain is also forecast, so we're running against time.`` ``Llily Zichi {sic}: If it CAN be fixed, I’m confident Pat can do it. Unfortunately, that truck is getting old. Maybe that’s a good thing though. Old stuff CAN be fixed. Look at all the 1950s Detroit iron running around the streets of Havana! The combo of old tech and diligent mechanics can’t be beat! 😁`` Sent: Monday, October 10, 2022, 06:54:08 PM GMT+1 Subject: WRMI 7730 kHz on air Ladies and Gentlemen: Today at 1700 UTC we were able to get 7730 kHz back on the air. It will be on 24 hours per day until further notice. It is on low power at this point; we can't operate it at high power yet. But at least it's back on the air. Meantime, the hydraulic lift on our line truck has malfunctioned and we have to get that repaired before we can continue the repair of the transmission lines. We are working on that as I write this. Jeff White, General Manager`` (direct, via Glenn Hauser, WOR) 7730, Oct 10 at 1926, JBA carrier into Athens GA SDR. Had been on a 44 degree antenna, unrepairable, so what azimuth now? (gh) ** U S A. 9455, Oct 11 at 0629, this WRMI is back on, S9+10 with SMTV, the Supreme Masteress herself cut off at 0630 for Andean fill tune on quena and guitar. VG modulation; and splatter seems to be fixed, for now? 9395, Oct 11 at 0629, this S9+10 WRMI, briefly R. Tirana opening German, the long-standing automation mixup at end of 0600 English half-hour, originally only on 7730 which is supposed to be back on, but low-power and hardly audible. Then at 0631 it too plays the quena tune like 9455, but without two receivers going, I can`t be sure whether synchronized or separate playouts. I think there was a WRMI ID first at 0630 from one or both. By 0634 both have gone to a male soloist, sounds like hymn, in unknown language. However, now 9395 has become way undermodulated while 9455 remains VG. Strangeness. Latest from WRMI on FB circa 1930 Oct 11: ``Here is today's update on hurricane restoration work here at WRMI. We don't have any more frequencies back on the air today, but we did finish most of the repair work on our line truck so that we can hopefully continue repairing the transmission lines in the antenna field tomorrow. Our next target is 15770 kHz to Europe (also heard in the Middle East and North Africa). If all goes well, we could have this back on the air by the end of this week or early next week. Meanwhile, our partners at Pan American Broadcasting in California, which places programming on all of our WRMI frequencies, told us they are doing "somersaults of joy" as we get more and more frequencies back on the air! (See photos below of our Pan American colleagues Robin Boggs and Elizabeth Dubach.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI update from FB, Oct 11: ``After 15770, we will still have to work on 5850, 7570, 7780 and 21525 kHz.`` From FB, Oct 10: ``On Wavescan, beginning October 16: Hurricane Fiona and the early shortwave scene on Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Update on Hurricane Ian repairs at WRMI. How shortwave stations survived the pandemic. Bangladesh DX Report.`` I`ve just found out about this, which started a week ago: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-shortwave-wrmi-hurricane-ian-damage/donations ``Hello, WRMI has a rich history of supplying news, information and entertainment to the world from our Okeechobee, Florida Transmitters. Hurricane Ian damage to our antenna farm is so extensive, it has knocked us off the air to Europe and Africa. We need your help to get us back on the air again to transmit to Europe and Africa news, information, religious programming and entertainment. We have no insurance for the antenna farm due to the huge cost of insurance premiums. We are desperately asking for help around the world to get us back on the air again to Europe and Africa. Your help is paramount to WRMI returning to the air in the many countries in Europe and Africa. Your help will allow WRMI to rebuild the transmission towers destroyed by Hurricane Ian that are pointed towards Europe and Africa. We thank you for your support of WRMI. Hurricane Ian knocked us down pretty hard. But we know with your help, we can rise back up and provide programming in many languages again to Europe and Africa. Sincerely, Jeff White General Manager WRMI Okeechobee, Florida $530 raised of $60,000 goal`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Oct 6 at 0651, WBCQ with country song, strange for WLCR until listening to the repeating lyrix: ``There`s a dome over us; There was no Big Bang; Space is a farce; No astronauts in space``, i.e. the wacko dogma of World`s Last Chance Radio. 0655 cut to menacing theme and British accent, that The End Is Near (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), Oct 7 at 2255 tuning the end of WBCQ webcast with special airing of `Extension 7490` as publicized. Sean was going to talk about radio, which I wanted to hear, and play music requests. I was out and set up to record from 2200 but it failed. I do hear him about to play three more tunes, but only has time for one, or part of one, as 2258 time is running out, and he must get off shortly since, admiringly and deferentially, he says what Hal Turner has to say will be much more important. HT won`t be for two more hours tonight but the original airing on Oct 4 was just before HT. Anyhow this episode will repeat next Tuesday and apparently same for the rest of October, so will have more chances to hear it. Uncle Bill Tilford took me to task for my remark about him and Hal Turner, so I asked, ``Bill, why be so quarrelsome?`` - and his reply: ``That's a fair and reasonable question, especially since this isn't one of my productions, nor is it a show "under my wing". But it IS a relatively new show, and like all new shows in shortwave, be they music, cooking or whatever, it deserves a more serious treatment that what was given here, especially since like some other shows, it appears to be going through the weird fraternity hazing ritual that the engineering and support staff in Monticello sometimes put new programs through on the schedule on 7490 and 6160. Intentionally or unintentionally, you may give readers the impression that this show is another helping of political or social polemic and can be dismissed as such, and while you are welcome to dislike his song choices or stories or all of the above, he (like any other new host) deserves a less dismissive introduction than what he received. Back when WBCQ was doing multiprogram specials on all channels, I thanked Overcomer on air a couple of times for giving up their regular hour to help make the simulcast possible (no, I did NOT hail Brother Stair as the prophet in so doing). Would you have taken me to task about having said something nice to TOM for letting us have their time?`` And then I got this from Sean Welsh himself: ``Hi Glenn, As a long time listener to WOR, I am quite concerned that you may need some clarification of a comment I made on my show "Extension 7490", according to a post that was relayed to me by a few listeners of my show. If you had listened to the entire show, you might have discovered that my show is mainly humour, music and radio and weird true life stories and sarcasm. My tail end "endorsement" of Mr. Turner was simply that - sarcasm. I think it was quite clear when I said at the end of my show "....I'll be on next month unless everything that Hal Turner says comes true, then I won't be here". My show contains doesn't contain [sic] any policial matter - as a matter of fact, if I you had listened to the first 15 minutes of the show, I relayed a story concerning my encounter with a negative ham radio operator from Germany and his political views and how I played the "What The World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love / Abraham Martin and John" by Tom Clay to contra that. I trust that you'll tune into a full hour next time so you may understand fully the concept of the show. 73 Sean Welsh`` So there you have it: I completely missed the sarcasm, and despite my best efforts could not hear the entire show this time. Now Sean has just joined the WOR iogroup so our contact should improve. `AAAWWW` starting on same at 0000 UT October 8 is recognized as rerun of last week, slipping up theme at the start, etc., so never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5890, Thu Oct 6 at 0640, WWCR-4 is off again unlike last night, a mistake then? Also deprives us of leapfrog over 5935 to 5980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 650, WSM: see CANADA [and non] CKOM ** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED, Posted to MW groups at 1541 UT Oct 7: 1160 kHz, Oct 7 at 0708 UT, surprised to hear a tonal SE Asian language here with KSL nulled, seems roughly east/west. Woman taking a phone call from a man, soon faded away. NRC AM Log has no ETHnix on 1160; there are of course Spanish. This could be part of a REL format, but so far by schedules have ruled out WYLL Chicago, KRDY San Antonio, which are in English at this time, if not all the time. Ideas? Tnx for replies on the IRCA iog: ``Mike Tammy 4:12pm #29504 It's the Dallas station that was bought out. I used to listen to it till it's sold.`` And: ``Paul B. Walker, Jr. 4:02pm #29503 ``KBDT Dallas, I think it was sold recently`` NRC AM Log had it as U4 35000/1000 Highland Park, address in Dallas, ``Big D Talk``. radiolocator.com shows night pattern with a very minor lobe to a notch thisaway from site between Flower Mound and Plano, north of The Metroplex, now Radio Saigon Dallas as in http://www.saigondallasradio.com/ and subtitled ``Snot Rocket Cock Socket Hot Pocket`` --- hmmm, perhaps more significant in Vietnamese? Google translate struggles and gets no further than: ``Snot Rocket Cock Socket Nóng bỏng`` Nóng bỏng back translated to English? Merely ``hot``. What about the microwave snack? Individually: hot, and burn. Pocket alone leads to túi or bao. Our VV lesson for the day. Now we`re ready for more KBDT! Calls have not changed so they need to come up with a new Vietnamese slogan to match (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UZBEKISTAN. 15509.780, Oct 9 at 1504, S8/S9 of talk with flutter stix out: I bet it`s Tashkent site in systemic offfrequenciness. Yes: EiBi and Aoki show IBRA Media/Radio Ibrahim in Bengali daily 1500-1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 6 at 0645, no RV, nor any carrier on former harmonix 7890, 7932, 8620, 11835. Barely awake at 0701, still no 11835. There they go again. Gary Pence agrees nothing from them this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2159) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 8 at 0636, R. Vanuatu, S7/S8 with flutter, better than usual direct, some music. At 0707 after their switch to 3945, X2 = 7890 is JBA, and X3 = 11835 is only S4/S6 with music, but seems to be QRM from a second carrier, 11835.5v but could be a local birdie. Have not noticed any such when RV was absent. EiBi and Aoki both fail to show RV on 11835, nor anything else, ever. HFCC likewise. Contrast Ron Howard`s report a bit later: ``New happenings for Radio Vanuatu? Oct 8, Marshall Reel, at 0747 UT, was having decent reception on RV's 3rd harmonic of 11835 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TATj_Y_zf6s ). But when I randomly listened to RV from 0910 till off after the National Anthem at 1106* UT, I had no trace at all of RV on 11835 (nothing there the whole time!). Fundamental frequency of 3945 was unusable (only a carrier) and nothing on 4th harmonic of 15780. So only the 2nd harmonic on 7890 was heard with poor to fair reception. I find it hard to believe I was unable to get any 11835 signal, as normally that is fairly good. Needs more monitoring! Ron, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey), Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 9 at 0638, R. Vanuatu, music at S8/S9. 11835, Oct 9 at 0702, now RV has switched to the harmonicizer 3945 where nothing is audible, but S5/S8 of talk here on X3, and unlike last night, only one carrier. Also JBA carrier on X2 = 7890; nothing on X4 = 15780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 10 at 0630, RV with music, S6/S8. Notably the OSOB = only broadcast signal on band - if one define 41 m as 7200-7300 only. 11835, Oct 10 at 0701, talk in presumed Bislama, S8/9+10, having just switched to 3945 in order to occupy this clear 3rd harmonic spot; zzz, 7890 = X2 not checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 11 at 0625 weakly audible still on this fundamental. Did not manage to be awake after 0700 for 11835 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 12 at 0624, RV reconfirmed but JBA, soon asleep but Gary Pence, KM5X tells me: ``Also on at 0705z after song, OM and YL reporting news in Bislama on 3945, 7890 and 11835, from S7 moderate QRN to S9 and S9+5db on the X2 and X3 frequencies, on KFS SW antenna at Halfmoon Bay, CA. Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN. 15565, Oct 10 at 1538, Afro/Asian? talk, S7/S9 so one of better signals on band. Keyword ``Francesco`` so it`s an Italian-influenced language, i.e. Ethiopian. Yes: 1530-1600 is VR in Amharic, direct from SMG site putting more signal than it should, off the back; rather than long-path, I think; no echo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers: Oct 9 at 0635 without Kiritimati on 846, I do have traces on 774, 747, 711: likely Spain, Canary, Morocco (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 3240, Oct 9 at 0659 UT, JBA carrier. Aoki has no SWBC; EiBi only TWR Swaziland twice a week at 1630-1645. Suspect harmonic from MW 1620, 1080, 810, 648 or 540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15232.3 USB, Oct 11 at 1453, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, lots of numbers, maybe kilos of drugs, one of them chirping at cambios; at S9, INTRUDERS are not bothered by RHC on 15230, only S7/S9 and just barely modulated. Nor am I. One of them may be closer to 15232.4, as I try to tune for `normal` voices (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 17810, Oct 9 at 1502-1503* open carrier at S8/S9, 2nd SSOB below only 17855 Spain; with heavy flutter both vertically in strength, horizontally Doppler in frequency. Not a 1500* overrun as EiBi & Aoki show nothing on 17810 between 1200 and 0155; elsewhen used by BBC Oman, RFA Tinian and ChiCom jamming, and Japan, maybe one of them testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)