** CUBA. 5025, Sept 14 at 0302, R. Rebelde is ON and S9+35/45 into
Georgia SDR, good modulation; 0303 starting `Todo Música` request show
with phone numbers -- I wonder if they accept them from abroad, even
EUA? but recheck at 0319, it`s off! Nor anything later circa 0530.
Scheduled all the way from 0230 to 0700 UT Sundays per:
https://www.radiorebelde.cu/english/programming/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140, Sunday Sept 14 at 1427, RHC S5 with dead air, 15230 S4
dead; not on 13780, but 11760 is S7/8 with music at 1428, somewhat
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 13605 & 11930 & 11860, Sept 14 at 1426, R. Martí is ON,
despite it being Sunday, in expanded usage from Greenville/Grimesland
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MADAGASCAR. 15440, Sun Sept 14 at 1429, S7/S9, ``Hello everyone``
in English, then sounds like Hindi. Fits Aoki listing of a transition
I just missed:
``15440 1400-1430 GUM KSDA-Adventist World R.G Chi Agat 1-7
15440 1430-1500 MDG TWR Asia Urd Talata-Volo 1-7``
rather than EiBi which shows KSDA Guam until 1430 Chinese daily
direct, but then KTWR via MDG at 1415-1445 Sat only in English (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 540 kHz, Sept 14 at 0539, ID for ``90.9 y 540 AM`` - among
the four XEs in IRCA Mexican Log, only fit is: ``XEHS Sin Los Mochis
5000 2500 La Mejor, Aquí Nomás, Grupo RSN 24h REG MVS // XHHS 90.9FM.
Staying on AM per IFT. Still active on AM 4/25 per local monitoring, and
included in 7/25 IFT list. Los Mochis Cañeros béisbol 2024.`` XEWA SLP
is no longer a factor, must be much less than 150 kW as Tim Hall also
points out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO [and non]. 1239.5 kHz, Sept 14 at 0533, het to 1240 pileup,
first time noted here tho many previous reports by others; in addition
to a lower het on the plus side of 1240 which I commonly hear, from
KCRT Trinidad CO. IRCA Mexican Log:
``1240 XEWG Chih Ciudad Juárez 1000 1000 Radio Crystal, Crystal 12-40
AM, Los Grandes Grupos 24h VAR/REL GR7 No FM. Still active on AM 7/25
per DXer loggings, and has been off-frequency at about 1239.486 kHz since
at least 7/23. Grupo Siete announcements sometimes include Morse Code
"BN".`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.019+, Sept 13 at 2218, quick check of UTwente
confirms VOT English not off the air, S9+30/35. 2253 s/off as if 17620
at 1230, awry at Ankara; mod seems a bit muffled, now S7/9+5 into
UTwente, IS to 2254.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11660.019, Sun Sept 14 at 1644, VOT English, S9+15/25 into
UTwente, in `The Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy`, yawn. 1652 music.
1657 `Letterbox` - Cemre says a new academic year started Sept 8, so
children are no longer around in the station. 1) Chris --, Port
Alberni BC, Vancouver Island, monthly report, listens via W3HFU remote
in Maryland. 2) Douglas Copeland, Winnipeg, Canada, reports on the
0400 Turkish broadcast on 9770, I think, and wishes they would change
it to English. 3) Jayanta Chakroborty, New Delhi, could not hear the
03 broadcast Sept 7, both 6165 & 7275 heavy QRM, noise, tech staff
will check {were these on the air at all?}. 4) Anatoly Klepov, RUS-DX
editor, wants Sept QSL; his report a ``technical masterpiece`` but
sounds to me like generic request. 5) Andrew? Kuznetsov?, Riga, Latvia
{sounds like a Russian}. 6) Siddartha ---, weekly question: is World
Suicide Prevention Day, Sept 10 observed in Turkey? How many suicides
are there per year? Ans: yes, there is mental health support; no ans
about the number. {``observed in Turkey`` -- does that mean by
government fiat? Any individual may ``observe`` anything in a free or
even not free country}. 7) Konstantin Barsenkov, St. Pete, refers to
his QSL gallery, many on the VOT page starting in 1993y: {I say:
search https://qsl-review.blogspot.com/ for turkey}. 1712 ``that`s
all``; 1714 theme (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2312 monitoring: Confirmed Saturday
September 13 at 2100 on WRMI 9395, S7/S9 into N9AZZ IL remote;
following KBSWR via WRN until 2059. Last week this 2100 on 9395 did
not appear.
Also confirmed Saturday September 13 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S8/9+10
into Maryland SDR. This one also did not appear last week.
Altho WOR is on WRN at 0130 UT Sunday, and WRMI supposedly relays WRN
at that time on 7780, 9455, in fact we heard R. Prague International
in English on both Sept 14.
Also confirmed UT Sunday September 14 at 0259 about 11 minutes into so
started early about 0248 UT the 0315v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10/20
into Georgia SDR.
Also confirmed Sunday September 14 at 1055 on WRN via WRMI the 1030 on
7780, 9495, 9955, as I happened to awaken. 5800 & 5950 NOT on the air;
something else on 5850 & 7570, but 7730 too weak to tell. I had asked:
``1030 UT Sunday on WRN so could also be on any WRMI? 5800 5950 7730
9395 9455 9955? Could those already awake then please check?`` Those
are the frequencies on WRMI`s System E sked. To which only Joe Hanlon,
NJ replied, ``On the online Drake R8 receiver in Virginia, only 7730
has World of Radio airing at 1030 UT, Sept 14. Other WRMI channels not
heard at this time.``
Also confirmed Sunday September 14 at 1831 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
6160.001 S9+10 with RTTYditty on plus side, and 3975.002-, S9+10 both
into UTwente. New time ex-2131 for two months.
Also confirmed Sunday September 14 at 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323, S9/+5 and noisy into DL7APJ remote, JBA into UTwente. Next:
2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 to NE;
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 [suspended];
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
{the 1300 & 1400 not last week; error?}
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323 and/or 918;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
2330 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.
Thanks this week to Peter Robinson, Preston UK, for financial support,
not originally in US funds, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com
One may also contribute via money order or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 14 at
0518-0526 via E/W loop, quite a good haul, despite storm crashes from
western KS and TX: first, USB tuning upward in 9-kHz steps, 1 kHz
below 9/kHz channels: 603, 684, 711, 774, 801, 837, 855, 891, 909,
999, 1053, 1107-2 beating, 1125, 1305, 1413. 684 much stronger than
the rest, surely Spain, almost enough for some audio; and in second
place, 855.
Then from 0526, LSB tuning upward in 9-kHz steps, 1 kHz above 9/kHz
channels: 531, 549, 576, 585, 603, 684, 774, 801, 837, 855, 891, 981,
999, 1053, 1179?, 1305, 1503. Likely mostly Algeria, Spain, UKOGBANI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1330 kHz, Sept 14 at 0535-0537 UT, C&W music and many
other times checked dominating channel, never heard any announcements,
let alone ID. Certainly not KNSS Wichita KS, my closest, unless a
drastic format change from News/talk. Most likely KCKM Monahans TX
which is U2 12/1 kW, on ND day power. Also C&W is KPTY Waterloo IA, U4
5/5 kW but with a null thisaway and a deep notch at night presumably
to protect KNSS. KCKM night pattern is pulled in thisaway, presumably
also to protect KNSS, but not a deep notch (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4915, Sept 14 at 0541, JBA carrier direct, intriguing,
ute? None listed, nor broadcaster now, and unlikely MW harmonic but
IIRC, GHANA used to be here, off SW for years. Mike Cooper just sent
on a story from News Ghana that 763 FM stations are licenced, only 539
broadcasting. Either way, that`s a *lot* for a country so small,
geographically. And *no* MW either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)