** CHINA. 15785, Apr 23 at 0317, JBA algo; anything now above 15770
WRMI attracts attn - EiBi shows CRI English to Siberia [!] at
0300-0500 from Xi`an site. Only a few other JBA signals on the entire
19m band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** JAPAN. 28430 USB, Apr 23 at 2207, JG1IGX uttering nothing but call
fonetikaly a dozen times. QRZ.com: ``JG1IGX Japan flag Japan, MINORU
SAKURAI (JARL member), JARL QSL BUREAU, 1324-3 KANBA, HIKAWA, IZUMO
699-0588, Japan`` - but where is he really? Also had a JH1 calling on
same frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 15500 S9+20/30, 15520 S9+10, 15390 S9 = noise level, 17715
no signal, nor at 2245 into UTwente, Wed Apr 23 at 2200, token English
from SNR, preview topic about a bookstore; news about pope funeral,
king & queen of Spain to attend but not the PM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, Apr 23 at 2158, 2201, 2219, NO signal from VOT
direct. Nor at 2241 into UTwente when there`s else weak on 9874.911
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2291 monitoring: `` Richard Lemke,
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF (30 years of service), Antenna: random
long wires in the trees. WRMI, USA, World of Radio #2291:
9455 kHz, 2330, S7 signal voice, (45433), 2341, 2345 S5, S 6.5, ID QSB
fading, 2358, April 20 UTC 2025 [Sunday]
9395 kHz, QRN, no voice heard, S5 signal, empty signal, 2359, April 22
UTC 2025 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)``
Confirmed Tuesday April 22 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 into Georgia
SDR.
Also confirmed Tuesday April 22 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002+, S9/+10 into UTwente. Yes, 2291. SWR explans that playout
for the other transmitter, 6160 had not been updated from 2290.
Also confirmed Wednesday April 23 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002+, S9/+5 into UTwente, but 6160+ unchecked.
Also confirmed Wednesday April 23 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -77 Hz, S7/9+5
into Maryland SDR; via NH SDR, -115 Hz, S9+10, but without checking I
think its calibration be askew. Yes, at 2322, W1NT shows 7850 -40 Hz,
10000 -50 Hz, 15000 -76 Hz. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.
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** U S A. 9930, Apr 23 at 2216 and earlier chex, this WTWW is off,
instead of TOMBSing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9955, Apr 23 at 0600, no signal from this WRMI, must be
unusually off, since 9395 is S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1539.96 approx., Apr 23 at 0330 UT, pronounced het to 1540.0
KXEL or whatever; surely KGBC Galveston which is often, but not
always, so off-frequency. At 0332 I get a partial ID in Spanish
mentioning 105.3. Then I do the usual searches in the NRC AM Log, the
WTFDA FM Database, radio-locator, and even a broad websearch without
finding *any* correlation of those two frequencies in the USA or
Mexico in Spanish or even English. Finally I search the IRCA DX
Monitor archive, and there it is in the loggings of the Jan 18, 2025
issue:
``1540 KGBC TX, Galveston – 1/9 0701 [EST = 1201 UT] noted w/legal ID
with KTWI 105.3 Hempstead, TX and “Real Power 105.3” slogan IDs. No
other mentions of 1540 or KGBC; slogan IDs heard again at 2002, heard
in fades of KXEL. (RWK-IL) Rick Wiegmann Koshko (KO5HKO), Ottawa IL
dxi@koshko.com C Crane CCRadio 2, General Electric 7-4100JA``
``+ 1/9 0724 [1224 UT] noted w/Adult Contemporary format, mention of
105.3 FM in Spanish. A fair signal was heard over KEDA, KXEL; ACI from
WCKY 1530. (EB-MO) Eric Bueneman, (NØUIH), Hazelwood MO, General
Electric Superadio III, Terk Advantage loop``
Isn`t it about time the major references caught up with this? Hold it:
Per the WTFDA FM Database, KTWI-LP is on 94.3 in Liberal KS! The 105.3
in TX is really KTWL: hard to mistake L for I in a spoken ID. Could
station axually be announcing wrong call? It can happen, like with
K17JN in Enid visually calling itself K17JI. To add to confusion, two
pertinent entries, neither shown with any connexion to 1540- KGBC!:
KTWL 105.3 TODD MISSION TX 8.0 8.0 148.0 148.0 30-20-20 95-55-45 4473
KTWL-FM 105.3 Hempstead / Todd Mission / Houston Country COUNTRY
TEXAS MIX 105.3 RDS off 5/25/24 21204
K287BQ 105.3 HOUSTON TX 0.099 0.0 0.0 0.0 29-45-31 95-22-04 Spanish
0000 Power FM Public SPANISH HITS POWER 105.3 Overpowered and
originating programming. IDs as KKBQ HD3 & KTWL 148244
Todd Mission not in my atlases, but Hempstead is a considerable
distance NW of Houston, on the `wrong` opposite side from Galveston to
the SE. These two 105.3s are about half a degree apart by latitude and
longitude (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 9960, Apr 23 at 0600, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, while
9955 WRMI is AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9176-9224 approx., April 23 at 0602, wideband
multi-carrier, multi-tones beating, S9+15 amid at 9200. Also heard
often before around here and elsewhere such as circa 17450. What is
this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0028 UT April 24
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