** ALGERIA. 17600, June 25 at 0706, Ifrikya FM, S1/S3 in French but almost readable, SSOB surprisingly and especially since hardly anything is propagating on 15 MHz band. Much of the daytime, 17600 has been JBA here. Used to include some 5 minutes in English sometime during the 06-07 & 18-19 UT hours, not caught recently (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA [non]. Annual BBCWS Midwinter special for British Antarctic Survey: no signals on all three frequencies direct at 2125 June 21: they should have run tuning signals for 5 minutes so recipients could settle on best frequency. So I go to an Argentine SDR which unwittingly provides sufficient reception. By 2129 there are tones on Woofferton 11685 at S9/+15 and 9585 at S9/+10, but no 9870 Ascension. WOF is slightly late JIP the programmme upcut at 2130! But now 9870 is on with a slightly better signal at S9+10/20 so I stick with it. Chinese ACI from 9875 must be avoided. Begins talking about observing penguins. 2135 about South Georgia. 2140 greeting from Director of BAS, Prof. Jean Francis (sp?). 2142 calling Rothera base. 2151 menu of a previous celebration. At 2153 I make a quick recheck direct: nothing better than JBA carrier on all three. Outro, hostess Cerys Matthews is prounced Care-iss, with a hard C. Bits of music thruout, never a full piece, and closing with a snippet of `White Xmas`. Of course most of the programmme was greetings and love-yous from family members, including at least one from Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, June 20 at 1906, RHC is on, had been missing from here for several days, S7/S8 and hard to understand. At first sounds like Spanish intonation instead of English but maybe just heavy accent as next speaker recognizably English. Modulation is also breaking up. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, June 25 at 0154, RHC in English with good signal; not on 11950 now but Jon Collins, Birmingham UK reported at 0020: ``listening to radio habana cuba on 11950 khz in english from 00:00 utc, very strong reception with very good audio etc but yl reading the news speaks too quickly. Tecsun pl-660+15 mtr long wire`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, June 26 at 0148, no signal from R. Progreso, but 5025, R. Rebelde is on. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. The Other Side: ``Covert castigation: violations of the right to health in Cuban prisons --- While ordinary prisoners' health is compromised by 'indifference and indolence, political prisoners are victims' of 'systematic attacks' on their health through conditions of isolation, and illnesses, explains Juan Carlos González Leyva. Raúl Medina Orama, Lima, 25 Jun 2024 - 18:01 CEST Magalis González turns on the camera on her cell phone to post her umpteenth complaint on social media about the health of her son, Ismael Rodríguez González. The young man, sentenced to seven years in prison in Cuba for the massive protests in July 2021 (11-J) lies near her, dazed and with swollen feet, after arriving from the Guanajay Penitentiary, west of Havana, where he is serving his sentence...`` https://diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1719331284_55644.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 11610, June 25 at 1830, VOA Amharic this hour via Woofferton UK is being jammed by buzzing and beeping noises, but at UTwente, that`s underneath VOA. Tnx to tip from Paul Walker. At 1840, no jamming audible into TWR Kenya remote. By 1915 when language is Oromo, jamming level is heavier as heard by UTwente. Why would Ethiopia be so concerned about VOA? Of course the Amharix and Oromos don`t get along. Recorded sample of jamming right after VOA went off at 1929; maybe will put into WOR 2249 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. ``Hi Glenn, thanks for your regular audio reports. Just to let you know: We are going into summer mode for about 2 months of time. Our new schedule is as follows: https://shortwaveradio.de/en/summer-mode-2024 6160 kHz: 15:00 to 22:00 UTC - Monday until Friday 6160 kHz: 14:00 to 22:00 UTC - on Saturday 6160 kHz: 07:00 to 22:00 UTC - Sundays 3975 kHz: 17:00 to 00:00 UTC - daily So the Monday slot at 08:00 UT has been canceled. Thanks for cooperation and good DX, Andy (Engineer - Shortwave Radio, Winsen at the River Aller, Germany)`` (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [and non]. [WOR] Hedy Lamarr, spread spectrum innovatress -- I just happened to run across this on the Cheddar News cable channel; per TitanTV listings, repeats, here converted strictly to UT times, days and dates: [Cheddar News HD] The Lightbulb Moment The Hollywood Actress That Laid The Groundwork For WiFi (Repeat, 2/03/2021, S1/E1) Sun June 23 1730 UT Mon June 24 0530 UT Sun June 30 1430 UT Mon July 1 0230 UT There may be more in July, as yet unspecified. Another episode is `How Edison Reinvented Invention` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, I`ve realized that in DX bandscans the last several weeks, I have not run across any signal at all in Spanish from KOCD Okeene, R. Salvación which is/was a 14 kW relay of KWDW-LP, 100 watts horizontal only in OKC, shown with a different name, R. Bautista Calvario. However KOCD is also horizontal only and my caradio has vertical antenna only. But I used to hear it fringily, so suspect it`s really silent. Only 50 km/31 miles (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 105.1, June 25 at 2322, KOSB Perry is MONO, not shown as such in WTFDA FMDB. ``Triple Play Sports`` also on AM 1020 & 1580. And running a commercial for ``University of Maryland, Global Campus``, of all things, in OSU territory. However, at 2030 check June 26, 105.1 is OFF, likely another victim of last night`s windstorm / powerlines down. And at 2043, I notice that its AM companion, 1020 KOKP is also off! Maybe we can hear KDKA again tonight if not RVC Roswell. Third 3-play outlet, 1580 KOKB Blackwell is still ON. I thought they operated out of Stillwater but NRC AM Log shows Ponca City address for 1020 & 1580, the latter being close to PC. Trying to check whether 105.1 and 1020 are at same site, but FCC AM Query can`t find KOKP! As if it have been deleted. LMS can, but not the page with coordinates. All three are licensed until 2029y. Since the WTFDA FM DB editors apparently don`t pay attention to my reports, I have notified them directly about this mono and others confirmed this year by monitoring: in OK: KIEL 89.3, KFXI 92.1, KOSU 91.7 =50/50; KS: KCVW 94.3; TX: KTCK 96.7; Mexico: XHMYL 92.1. And just now at 2030 June 26, I notice two more monos: KHEV 90.3, Fairview OK; and 100.9, K265FL, Enid, talkradio translator tail wagging the dog of 960 KGWA. KQCV 95.1 Shawnee is another Bott station, likely to be mono too? Yes! at 2308 fadeups vs KICT Wichita which is $tereo, the 100/100 kW KQCV signal is definitely mono. 95.3, the KOKC translator in OKC, K237GE, is in $tereo, talk station might as well be mono for slightly more effective coverage. Would you believe that the WTFDA FMDB shows its antenna height as 0 meters HAAT?? It must really be way up on some TV tower to reach as far as Enid reliably with 250 watts. FCC FM Query also shows 0 m HAAT, but 658 m AMSL and 314 m AGL, with a link to Calculate HAAT: that ``results`` in 302 m -- that`s 990 feet. If our LP CP on 95.1 come on, will put an end to it around here (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 15, June 26 circa 1500 and still at 2359 UT, NO signal from KTBO ``14``, Trinity in OKC. Must have been blown off air by huge hurricane-force straight winds/not tornadic storm hitting OKC area late last night, many power lines down in addition to building damages. KTBO also missing from Optimum cable ch 3 in Enid: unlikely to have relied on off-air pickup, so TBN damage may be more than just transmitter/antenna. All other OKC TV signals back to `normal` levels except RF 29 KTUZ, weakened but still sufficient. Nothing recent on KTBO website, let alone any damage report! https://www.tbn.org/stations/ktbo-tv-oklahoma-city-ok God got`em, but not the secular competitors. KFOR, KOCO, KWTV and KOKH all went full-storm coverage pre-empting at least late-night network shows. CBS Colbert, a rerun anyway, could be found on shunt station KSBI ``52`` on RF 23. No doubt each station`s website has much about the storm; damage repair expected to take quite some time. Thousands of customers are without power as temps exceed 100. Enid was missed by this but eastern part of Garfield County also had outages, as well as many other counties eastward and southward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935-, June 23 at 1947, checking for the Riyadh roar, not done lately nor seen other reports: into UTwente, there it is, maybe a trace of program music? modulation underneath, S9+15/25. In synch mode stepping back and forth 5 kHz, can`t decide where to land exactly: 11934.842, 11934.722 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Fri June 21 at 2202, token English from SNR, S9+10/30 into Maryland SDR, news; 2205 the Iberian lynx is no longer endangered, just vulnerable. 2207 interview about the Teatro Real developing ``American Fellows`` in the US. Has website with lots of operas, ballets, flamenco, etc., also from other opera houses. Maybe mentioned URL once in passing, uncopied. 2214 interview about how computer animation works, an exhibition ``The Science of Pixar`` in connexion with a new movie release; and I retune to TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Monday June 24 at 2200, token English from SNR, S9+10/20 direct; also detectable on 17715, 15520 but not 15390 which for Africa is always weakest here. First news item about the tragedy of Melilla, when thousands of migrants mostly from Sudan were killed trying to get into that enclave next to Morocco. 2220 interview about researching the Spanish civil war. 2227 outro, has been with Nigel Thompson, author of new Penguin book, ``Modern History of Spain`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Fri June 21 at 2200, VOT English not off the air, s/on of the 1230 on 17620, S9+30/45 into UTwente; after listening to part of SPAIN, I pick it up at 2221: `Weekly Analysis` about relations with China, Turkey`s influence in central Asia but trade balance still favors China. Somebody visited Xinjiang. 2229 outro and into `Turkish Folk Tales`. 2237 music. 2242 `That`s Why` about electromagnetism in the human body. 2248 music. 2253 Ms Badax s/off as if 1230 on 17620, 2254 IS for a sesquitime, quickly chopped off, no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 22 not tuned in via UTwente until 2220, S9+50/55 of VOT English, when it`s in music. 2224 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2227 music. 2232 `Turkey`s Geomarked Products` about mulberry molasses. 2234 www.TRTEnglish.com promo, music. 2240 more music. 2244 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo. 2245 music. 2248 TRTVOTworld.com promo, music. 2253 ``always-by-your-side`` promo and s/off by Ms Badax as if this were the 1230 on 17620, and IS. 2256 restart IS with German IDs. 2300 s/on German and start Altrichten until 2302.5* chopoff. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.000, June 23 at *2200, VOT carrier cuts on a few sex late, no modulation, S9/+5 into UTwente and not the usual .009 offset, but cuts off at 2202* and never comes back for rest of hour. So much for English to us and the Letterbox show. Should have checked previous accidental alternates 11795 & 9875. Another anomaly followed UT June 24: JRX in Brasil heard them in unscheduled Portuguese after 0000 on 9870, test?; which is sked for Spanish at 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.010, June 24 at 2200, JBA carrier direct if it`s VOT; but a few minutes later it`s S9/+10 but still insuff. vs noise level. Into UTwente at 2218 when measured, S9+40/50 about Turkey`s solar energy capacity. 2226 music. 2230 multi-lingual ID filler reel, music. 2237 `That`s Why` with Ms Badax, something about paradoxes, contradixions, lying, logic. 2242 music. 2247 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2248 music. 2253 s/off by OM ignoring SW. 2253.4 IS to chopoff at 2255.2* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9870.005, June 24 at 2355, VOT IS, S9+25/35 into UTwente, with ACI until it`s off at 2356*, presumably CRI 9865 Urumqi. And at 2256 restart IS with Portuguese IDs; hard to understand, but seems like ``Ouvem a TRT, Voz de Túrkiye`` [not Turquia, stress on the i]. JRX in Brasil heard this test? broadcast last night and we are rechecking. Some modulation dropouts. 0000 UT June 25, S/on with lengthy satellite parameters, 5-digit MHz frequencies, symbol rates, etc., for a broadcast at 22h Turkish time, I think. At the very end also mentioned SW 9870, time not copied, but presumably now and an intentional broadcast before the 01-02 Spanish on same, rather than accidental. Does not start with news, rather music, and very little talk during hour. 0027 multi-lingual ID filler reel like during English. 0034 `That`s Why` theme, now titled ``Por que``? YL announcer with Luso not Braso accent, and JRX finds her Turkish accent makes it harder to understand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 25 at 2159, VOT IS, 2200 timesignal about 9 seconds late: if you can`t do better than that, don`t TS at all! S/on, English direct is not off the air, S9/+10 vs high noise level. 2208 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2225, VG S9+30/40 into UTwente when measured, `Weekly Commentary` about digitalization written by a TRT guy. 2229 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2230 music. 2234 `Turkey`s Geomarked Products`, on ship models made of different kinds of wood. 2236 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo. 2237 music. 2240 more music. 2244 another song. 2247 another song, NEVER identified or described. 2250 another song. 2254 s/off ignoring SW: satellite and internet only. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2255 IS once and off* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 26 at 2200, VOT English not off the air but JBA direct. At 2253 tuned UTwente, S9+35/45, just in time to measure it and hear OM s/off ignoring SW, 2254 IS, chopoff at 2255* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28204.8 CW, June 21 at 1500, OBOB is EEEEEEEEEE DE KE4TWI/B and grid square not copied. Very localized sporadic E, as in WGB list: ``28204.8 KE4TWI/B - Adolphus area KY USA EM66°° - #0 (25 Apr 2024) Note: ID + grid - Ant vertical dipole 12w`` and QRZ.com: ``KE4TWI USA flag USA, James W Tewmey, 402 Karlee Court, Lebanon, TN 37087, USA. KE4TWI/B 28.2048 MHz is on the air again. For now, it's at my home QTH until I move it back to Adolphus, KY. Unless I am in the shack or there is lightning, it's usually on`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. A few 10m beacons are making it via sporadic E, insufficient to reach the FM band, June 25 at 2202-2208 UT: WGB listing first, ``My very basic old style receiving station is located at #0 JN44jt Low Piedmont, Italy at 170m/558ft asl.`` And then from QRZ.com: 28215, long dash, VVV KA9SZX --- ``28215 KA9SZX - Macomb IL USA EN40pk - #0 (20 Feb 2024) Note: Ant Cushcraft CX-1000 pwr 3w`` ``KA9SZX USA flag USA, MARK A GARRETT, 9885 E 950 th ST, Macomb, IL 61455, USA`` 28245+, JBA, VVV DE K0WKT/B --- ``28245 K0WKT - May City IA USA EN23gh - #0 (12 Feb 2024) Note: VVV de ID + IA IA`` ``K0WKT USA flag USA, Jesse Castillo, 2238 Albert St., May City, IA 51354, USA K0WKT/B-10 METER BEACON, EN23, May City, IA "VVV DE K0WKT/B K0WKT/B K0WKT/B IA IA IA 0.5W" 28.245.3 Send reports via mail to address at top of bio or email to: jessec1@iastate.edu 73!`` 29251, EEEEEEEEEE DE KC5SQD/B --- ``28251 KC5SQD/B - Missouri TX USA EL29go - #0 (20 Mar 2024) Note: de + ID + grid  + E × 10`` ``KC5SQD USA flag USA, NATHAN O "Nate" SAMPSON, 7619 S GLEN WILLOW, MISSOURI, TX 77489, USA`` One more logged the next day, June 26 at 2235 on 28244 CW: EEEEEEEE DE WA6APQ/B CN LONG BEACH CA - also but not in every iteration: PSE QSL SASE. I`ve logged him before. ``28244 WA6APQ/BCN - Long Beach CA USA DM03vu - #0 (06 Feb 2024) Note: WA6APQ/BCN EEE - Pwr 30w`` ``WA6APQ USA flag USA, DEWEY MYERS, 2903 Monogram Ave, LONG BEACH, CA 90815, USA The WA6APQ BEACON on 28.2440 MHz is located on a 330 foot hill (Signal Hill) in Long Beach, California. Radio is a Motorola Mitrek consolette base station, 30 watts, antenna is Antron 99 vertical. Code speed is approx. 10 wpm and operates 24/7. Since 1993. If you would like a beacon QSL card, send SASE or SAE with $1.00 (no IRC's) or email for a printable QSL card. Include the standard (RST) signal report, UTC time and date. Audio/Video and Youtube recordings are welcome. Thank you for looking`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2247 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday June 20 at 0137 the 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+15 into Bonaire SDR; and still canceled on 9395, JBA there. Missed checking Thu Jun 20 at 1630 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160; anyone hear it? WORLD OF RADIO 2248 contents: Afghanistan and non, Antarctica and non, Asia non, (Bolivia), Canada and non, Chile, China, Cuba and non, DRM, (Ethiopia), (France), (Germany), (Greenland), Indonesia, (Japan), Kaliningrad, Korea North & South and non, Kurdistan and non, Mongolia, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, (Oman), Sweden, (Taiwan), Turkey, (UK non), USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vietnam A24; DX Nostalgia; Lego Retro radio; propagation outlook - (Countries mentioned along with others not in order) WOR 2248 available from 0045 UT Friday June 21: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2248.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2248.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085; 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100]; 2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475; 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]; 0930 UT Sunday IRRS 9510 1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW; 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks for a generous check on a US bank for Summer Solstice from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: confirmed Friday June 21 at 2054 the 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.994 kHz, S7 peak with complete fadeouts into UTwente across Europe, and storm noise. Also confirmed the 2030 on WRMI webcast only, which I had removed from sked when it failed to appear last week. But I missed checking the Fri June 21 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it? Likewise at 2230 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975. Next: 0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085; 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100]; 2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475; 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]; 0930 UT Sunday IRRS 9510 1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW; 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: one must keep checking the WRMI skedgrids in case a WOR time be deleted, or added: I do find a new one for Saturdays 0930 UT on 9455. This is at 285 degrees = WNW for western N America, not too far off our azimuth from Okee about 315. Since I strive to remain sound asleep at that hour, ASAP almost 6 hours ahead, I asked the WOR group for someone to confirm that, if they are already awake at 0930: not a single reply. 285 carries on across the Pacific, aimed right at Honolulu, by coincidence? and then Majuro, Port Moresby, Kununurra, so I wonder if there be sufficient reception in Australia or SE Asia. Local times: Honolulu 2330, Majuro 2130, Port Moresby 1930, Kununurra 1730. Confirmed UT Saturday June 22 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, VG direct; S9/+10 into NH SDR; S9+20/40 into Missouri SDR. Had been signing off at 0400* other nights but still extended for WOR. Previous program wasn`t finished but faded down by 0359 for ID and WOR. As usual, a bit of music followed at 0429 until chopoff circa 0430* with no formal ID or s/off. Confirmed Saturday June 22 at 1440 the 1430 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S7/S9 into UTwente in broad summersun. Missed checking Sat June 22 at 1600 on WRN NAm webcast, but very reliable. Confirmed Saturday June 22 at 1735 the 1730 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.001 at S9+10 and 3975.002 at S8/9+10 into UTwente. Also confirmed from 1941 Saturday June 22 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into nearby SDR. Also confirmed in progress the 1930s on WRN N America webcast and WRMI webcast only. Next: 2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475; 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]; 0930 UT Sunday IRRS 9510 1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring. Not confirmed Saturday June 22 at 2300 on WTWW 9475: except for my first 8 words or so until switched to Scriptures for America Worldwide! I`ve asked Bob & George if they intend to resume WOR on 9475 now or at any other time? Bob indicates that this was an error. Confirmed UT Sunday June 23 starting at 0411 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, the nominal 0315v airing, S9/+15 into Georgia SDR with storm crashes. Confirmed Sunday June 23 at 1900 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.995, S9+15 into nearby Noale SDR. Next: 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: UT Sat June 22: ``I was passing through the 5-MHz band [5085] when I noticed that WTWW had a very good signal (SINPO 45333) coming in tonight, and there was Glenn's voice with "World of Radio" in progress. I already listened to the latest episode via podcast, but by 0414 UTC, Glenn was talking about New Zealand and then Oklahoma as the program progressed through the episode. The episode was done at 0428 UTC, followed by a religious song, a couple of transmitter interruptions mid-song at 0430 UTC, then off for good a moment later. The signal was down to SINPO 35333 before sign-off. Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington`` Confirmed Sunday June 23 at 2027 the 2000 on WRN Europe webcast, but not on the 2000 WRMI webcast only: rather, music fill; did WOR start and cut off early or not at all? These timings have been problematic. Still on skedgrid, and Wavescan started OK at 2030. Confirmed Sunday June 23 at 2130 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S8/9+10, and 3975.002, S9/+10 into UTwente. Also confirmed Sunday June 23 at 2330 on WRMI 7570, S9+15/20 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday June 24 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+15 into Querétaro SDR. NOT confirmed UT Monday June 24 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.931, S9/+10 into NH SDR. Instead, 0301 ID and nothing but rock music, no announcements, until 0400 ID and turnover to TOMBS! Larry Will explains: ``I was away this weekend and the automation system failed to pick up JPL {Johnny Lightning?} for some reason. This cascaded into the later programming as well. I apologize for the non-airing. Lw`` Also confirmed Monday June 24 at 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, into UTwente: 6160.001 at S9+10 and 3975.004 at S7/9+5. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday June 25 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, S4/S5 direct and no jamming audible; followed immediately RSI Slovakia in Spanish with no ID break. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday June 25 at 2336 the 2330 on WRMI 9395, S7/9+5, -58 Hz into Peoria SDR, but calibration is way off showing WWV on 10000 -62 Hz, so WRMI really on 9395.004! Also confirmed Tuesday June 25 at 2337 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975.001, S9+5 into UTwente and almost synchro with WRMI. Also confirmed Wednesday June 25 at 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.000+, S9+5/10 into UTwente, and about 3 words behind on 3975.003, S9/+5. Also confirmed Wednesday June 26 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -69 Hz = 7489.931, S5/S8 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; {NOT confirmed: off the air again} 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks for a generous check on a US bank for Summer Solstice from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WTWW: SW100 transmitter update from George McClintock, June 23: ``Glenn, I have just removed the 4 loading inductors (coils) from the Harris SW100 number 3 transmitter and placed them in cleaning vinegar. After washing, they are ready to be put back into place. These coils were so dirty that the motors were having a difficult time moving them. I had to put a voltage regulator in that had been removed and the wires tied together by the previous engineer. The high voltage power supply is working well. We are getting ready to bring the Harris SW100 transmitter up in the very near future.`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 9395 // 9455, June 20 at 0632, WRMIs parallel this hour during Supreme Master TV environmental cult, introducing ``worldwide weather`` --- and then nothing but music! Obviously video grafix only. Not such a bright idea to put TV soundtrack on radio without adapting! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2248) ** U S A. 15770, Thu June 20 at 2149, WRMI presumably `On the Media` as now sked, quick check during WOR produxion pause to run the studio AC, discussing Les Moonves, ex-CEO of CBS, who has been in trouble again. Would OTM end at 2154 as its podcasts are typically 54 minutes long, allowing for news on the hour? No, still going at 2155. Monitored via UTwente where it`s aimed, bothered by intermittent buzzing not heard over here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130+, June 20 at 0628, A*ATT of WBCQ is still off again, tsk4, not even a JBA carrier direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2248) ** U S A. 7489.930, June 21 at 2201 quick check into Maryland SDR, this WBCQ provides S9+5 of dead air. At 2348 pre-`AAAWWW` check into NH SDR: 5130 is ON, -21 Hz and must be a different transmitter than before: 5129.979 at S9+15 and playing FKB preacher, instead of A*ATT! // 3265.128 at S7/9+5; 7489.931 at S9+10/20. 2359 Allan comes on with ID and WTO theme 0000 June 22. Complains he has blisters on blisters. 0003 brings in Angela on phone. 3 weeks ago his shoulder started hurting, arthritis. Has been working on power transformers this week; even in record heat of 96 F three days ago. Also working on 5130 Number 2 transmitter a lot. A 50 kW Collins made in 1953. Boosting power and modulation. Everything there is single-phase except the SuperStation. Denounces electric companies as Ponzi schemes. 0033 pause to say trimulcasting again but no datestamp; obviously this one is current and live. Wants to bring R. Angela service back on 5130 with good programming, but electric is outrageously expensive now; generally charges $50/hour, trying to hold to that. Household AC of 120V is most dangerous because it locks you up, paralyzing, unlike DC. 0056 apologizes for dominating the conversation about transmitter crap. 0058 a bit of email, Jerry from Nyack. Amazingly, hardly anything political, no mention of *rump or whether he will be back on 5130. 0059 prayer. As usual runs past 0100, JIP Hal Turner almost a minute late, and 3265, 5130 are still on. Under him I can JB still hear Allan talking to Angela on phone before they hang up by 0103, then some musical crosstalk on 5130 at least. Not rechecked until 0209 when 3265+ & 5130- are both off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130v, June 23 at 2358, NO signal from this WBCQ into Maryland SDR. Seems it has not come back since activated with a stronger transmitter for `AAAWWW` UT June 22 until 0100. ``No *rump none of the time`` --- I`m for that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5920/5950, June 21 at 0645, horrible spur field out of PMS on WWCR 5935 which is S9+50 direct; various tones ever-changing; also noise field detectable out further to roughly 5910/5960. Something`s noxious at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, June 20 at 1859 UT, ``Your home for Wichita`s classic hits, 104.1 and 1130 AM, KLEY``, and music. So the silly sportstalk I heard about golf was aberrant, whew. It now has a street address in Wichita, but site at Wellington barely exceeds Wichita at `local` level, and you should see the tiny nighttime coverage if were really one watt; at radio-locator.com which also slogans it ``Music You Love`` as also on own website, ``From the 70`s 80`s & 90`s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. DXMAP shows FM DX sporadic-E nexus over eastern Arkansas, a bit too close to be effective here, but check it out in the car anyway, June 21 at 1716 UT. Isolated signal on 94.5 fading way in and completely out several times, ad for romanocars.com in Syracuse, and also Fayetteville, various brands: unseems two different stations, so is there a Syracuse in NC, likely direxion beyond AR? NO, but Fayetteville is a suburb of Syracuse NY! 1724 another ad mentioning Syracuse. So it is per WTFDA FMDB: WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY 100.0 kW 198.0m 42-56-46 76-07-07 Y94 The 80s To Now Adult Hits ADULT CONTEMPORARY I see that I have also logged WYYY the past two summers. Total bandscanning bottom to top does not find any other likely Esignals. I take a break and resume at 1800, after DXMAP as of the hour until 1748 had the major nexus over central Illinois, which is just about right for midway to Syracuse. 1993 km/1239 miles 93.9 at 1800, Meximx briefly CCI to Watonga which is still modulating. Surely not KWDW-LP, cf OKLAHOMA. 95.3 at 1801, CCI to KOKC translator says ``Saratoga County, New York`` - unless it was mentioned on KOKC CBS news itself. Not enough to go on, but I investigate: there is only one station more than 1 kW in this part of NY besides LI, on opposite side of Adirondax from Saratoga County, and not too far from Syracuse in another direxion: WLFK 95.3 GOUVERNEUR NY 6.0 kW 100.0m 44-20-22 75-24-00 COUNTRY THE WOLF 95.3 2085 km/1296 miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Saturday June 22, I`m not up and checking DXMAP until 1530 UT when I see a huge mess of sporadic E FM DX lines across central/eastern USA with MUF above 100 MHz. So I hasten to check on the DX-398 inside: 94.5 at 1534, ad mentioning the beach, ``Q-94`` non ID; RDS shows SABRINA_, later FEATHER_, i.e. music refs, not ID. So it is: WRVQ 94.5 RICHMOND VA 200.0 kW 109.0 m 37-24-15 77-18-55 HD Title & Artist on Q94 CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO Q-94 -- 1817 km/1129 mi If it were merely Q94 the only hit on 94.5 would be Harlingen TX by searching the Slogan field. So is there a hyphen in the VA one or not? Stations should be required to utter ``dash`` or ``hyphen`` if that`s the case. And look at that power, twice the normal 100 kW limit. How did they pull that off? Richmond is inland, not on a beach. {More about WRVQ below} 94.9 at 1535, ad for Lowe? Fibre Internet, City of Roanoke VA PSA: WSLC-FM 94.9 ROANOKE VA 95.5 kW 598.0 m 37-11-50 80-09-11 949 STAR - Now Playing Title/Artist COUNTRY STAR COUNTRY 94.9 -- 1597 km/992 mi 95.3 at 1537, ads for Colonial Williamsburg, Kia; Virginia Repertory Theater, Amelia County Fair; ``New Country K-95``: WKHK 95.3 COLONIAL HEIGHTS VA 47.0 kW 156.0 m 37-26-22 77-26-01 K95! Title & Artist on New Country K95! COUNTRY K-95 If it were merely K95, the only hit on 95.3 would be Willmar MN by searching the Slogan field. So is there a hyphen in the VA one or not? Stations should be required to utter ``dash`` or ``hyphen`` if that`s the case. Amelia County is west of C.Hts., SW of Richmond. 1822 km / 1132 mi Then I move to the caradio, but the opening is almost finished: 88.3 at 1550, Liberty University mentioned, and several times, ``The Journey``, commercial mentioning central Virginia; isn`t this the NCE sub-band?: WRVL 88.3 LYNCHBURG VA 28.0 kW 346.0 m 37-11-50 79-21-06 RELIGIOUS TEACHING THE JOURNEY Liberty University -- 1667 km / 1036 mi 104.5 at 1605, WTER mentioned, and another station, probably referring to gospelhuxter net members rather than this frequency, which may only be normal fringer KZZW Mooreland OK. But WTER is not a valid FM or AM call anywhere. Nothing more to 1630 when I have just missed confirming WOR on WRN. At 1635 DXMAP shows the Es nexus has been over SE Missouri (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re FM DX log of WRVQ 94.5, Greg Hardison replies: ``I checked the WRVQ entry on Radio-Locator, and sho' 'nuff, it jives out there as 200 kW! I expected a bit of Corporate-Radio BS, perhaps counting 100 kW twice, as in H + V modulation. So then checked it on the FCC FM Query page: same deal, logging in at 200 kW. Apparently it must pay to have connections, hi hi! And it's no real surprise to hear a spot mentioning "the Beach". Much of my family's from that part of the planet, and there is a good amount of commercial-and-leisure trans-traffic up & down I-64 between Richmond and the Hampton Roads area; much more so than one sees between Rchmd and D.C., which is only about forty miles further away. As for the "ad" on the Liberty Univ. Outlet, remember, the RW extremists are above any mere laws, so if they are not divinely struck down while airing commercials below 92 MHz, then it must be all good! :^)> :^)>`` A few FM stations, notably in Michigan, were ``grandfathered`` in with excessive powers. I just went thru all 634 MI stations in WTFDA FMDB, and found only these super-powers: 93.7 320/320 kW ERP WBCT Grand Rapids 104.3 190/190 kW ERP WOMC Detroit 105.7 265/265 kW ERP WSBW Grand Rapids And of the 515 VA stations, only one other >100/100 kW ERP: 99.1 190.9/190.9 kW ERP WSLQ Roanoke I wonder if they acquired over-powered transmitter(s?) and/or greater antenna gain? But especially how they justified greater coverage than competitors (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, June 20 at 0626, RV remains on air with music S8/S9 direct. I can always tell whether it`s off, but never good enough for comprehensible listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2248) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, June 23 at 0625, RV is active JBA. The 40m band now is crammed with hams for Field Day & Night?! Right now they are far enough from 7260 not to be a problem: LSB on 7259, 7263. Normally 40m LSB hams avoid the higher reaches anyway, more and more below 7250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, June 24 at 0635, RV is gone again, no signal. I did not check for other frequencies but he did: ``[WOR] R. Vanuatu on 3945 kHz --- Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec --- Hi all, 3945 kHz, R. Vanuatu, VUT; 06/24, 0934. 7260, 7890 and 11835 off/inaudible. OM 25422 (LOB). Tecsun PL 310ET, Dipole 18m, Embu SP Brasil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 9960, June 25 at 0657, in bandscan direct, tune-in just in time to hear an S1/S3 signal here, YL talking, sounds like French, but cuts off at 0658*; back on briefly and off again to stay. This is a formerly used R. Vanuatu frequency, nothing else scheduled now, so surely this explains why 7260 is no longer heard before 0700, as I had just reconfirmed a few minutes earlier. But are they moving to 7260 after 0700? NO, still nothing. 3945 is again being reported as the next frequency, but still lacking the helpful harmonix 7890 & 11835 it used to provide. 0700 is too early for me to get 3945 if on, and the harmonix are still suppressed. Other reports: ``Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, 3945 kHz, R. Vanuatu, VUT; 06/25, 0928-0937 YL, OM. 35333, 7890, 11835 off/inaudible (LOB). Tecsun 310ET, Dipole 18m, Embu SP Brasil`` Wolfgang Bueschel: ``9959.998 kHz, two radio signals here on that channel at 0624 UT, probably R Vanuatu, Pacific radio program. S=9+5dB on Edmonton, AB-CAN`` EiBi still shows 9960 but at 2300-0458 only. Then 7260 at 0458-1105 & 1959-2259; but also 3945 at 0458-1105 & 1845-1959. Aoki shows 3945 at 0600-1000 & 1900-2000; 5040 at 2000-2400; 5055 at 2100-0100; 7260 at 0000-0559; and no others. Yet different info in HFCC: the very first entry is VUT on 2485 at 1000-1900; 3945 at 0600-1100 & 1900-2000; 5040 at 2100-0100; 7260 at 2000-0700; 9960 at 2300-0700; all daily for the entire A24 season. RNZ has filed those frequencies for them as they also do for Solomon Islands. Vanuatu have only one 10 kW transmitter, so much of these skeds must be taken as possible alternatives (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 9960, June 26 at 0629, R. Vanuatu is S5/S6 direct, 0630 ID in passing, 0631 drumming introducing the ``local announcements`` segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 4940, June 24 at 0639, JBA music, presumed Estación 4940. Usually nothing there around this hour, but surely this when there be; has been quite erratic. Much earlier into Bonaire SDR but unlogged, it had a VG signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 28290, June 24 at 2127, JBA carrier direct when there is nothing else on 10m. I could report countless unID carriers, but mostly internal birdies landing on odd split frequencies. This one could be third harmonic of 9430 - but nothing listed anywhen there by Aoki or EiBi. Let this anyway serve as a reminder to be alert for such harmonix especially on higher bands when propagation opens up (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. MUF spike to 107 MHz NW of here per DXMAP before 0200 UT June 23, after a day mostly below 88 since big morning Es opening I mostly missed; so out to the car for bandscan: nothing much, but 89.5, an ``open for DX`` frequency except for ACI, has something JBA on it: I rarely even trace KWGS Tulsa. Seems like ID at 0159, ``This is CF---`` something and shortly gospelhuxterism mentioning prophecy, body of Christ, etc. Any clues at WTFDA FM DB? After 0230 it`s inaccessible, `Bad Gateway`, server overload. So I pull out the final FM Atlas from 2010y: only 3 stations in western Canada, AB and BC, none of them with CF-calls. O, WRTH 2024 shows that has not changed much, nor in SK, MB. Meanwhile DXMAP shows paths between OK and WA, nexus over WY, grrr. Next day by 1538 UT June 23, FMDB is back in biz: of the 28 Canadians on 89.5, the only CF- prefix is in Goose Bay. Is there a marginal religious 89.5 around here? Yes, 23.5 kW KJCC Carnegie OK which I have rarely logged; and three further translators in OKC, Elk City, and Felt at far end of Panhandle. In KS, xltrs in Topeka, Parsons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)