** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 25 at 1430-1546, NO show of LRA36
this Wednesday; first checking via Bs As remote, from 1448 a few tones
like a birdcall repeating; at 1510 some unID 2-way QRM off-frequency.
I then check all three Argentine and three Brazilian SDRs which get
nothing from it. Better luck on Saturday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 290 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0621 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt ND
beacon at Regina, Sask., is JBA vs storm noise level, now from TX and
SE sextant of USA, not closer.
248 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0617 UT, dash and WG, 1000-watt NDB at
Winnipeg, Manitoba, the #1 Canadian to be audible if any (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 3330, May 25 at 0230, JBA carrier, perhaps not CHU, as no
signals on 7850 or 14670. Still not recovered from May 21 storm power
outage. If there were no axual damage, needs to be reset?? Apparently
a low priority at NRC; meanwhile, timeseeking Canux may have
permission to hear WWV. This uninformative notice appears on one
webpage but not the one about System Status:
``Due to the recent severe weather event in the Ottawa-Gatineau area,
the CHU time signal for shortwave radio has been impacted and is
currently unavailable. We are working to restore the service as
quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, May 25 at 0223, R. Progreso is off. Nominal span is
0030-0400. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, May 25 at 0225, RHC English is off, but attains 6165.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.
[non]. 6060, at 0226 May 25, has two weak carriers with a beat. Altho
Aoki shows RHC from 0100, probably instead Zahedan, Iran in Arabic
until 0230; and if active, SRDA Curitiba, Brasil, seldom heard by
itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6060, May 25 at 0627, RHC is S9/+10 of huge humbuzz with
English JBA underneath; but 6100 is still on, S9+20/30 VG in English,
better than 6165, S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15730, May 25 at 2225, S7/S9 of dead air. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0616 UT, SW, ND beacon at
StillWater, is BACK!! Checked almost every night, or day, there has
been nothing until now. SW was first not heard here on June 16, 2021
--- many subsequent chex found it still missing. The MARE Log Summary
as of 29 April shows SW was last logged 15 Sept 2021, but I never
heard it even then.
Classaxe.com shows last logged 2021-04-04, 50 watts with this note:
``u/s to 19Apr22 // Extended to May 30, 2022`` --- what means u/s??
dxinfocenter.com shows 25 watts, certainly weak enough for that.
Storm noise is slightly less tonight, from TX and SE sextant of USA,
not closer to OK. I also detect at 0618 UT May 25, tuned to 265 USB:
267 MCW kHz, HET, 25 watt ND beacon at HenryEtTa; unknown if irregular
but seldom audible (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 25 at 0500-0507, YP1 via WRMI immediately
starting English segment `Ukraine: Security Issue` (Glenn Hauser, oK,
WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2139 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:
From WRMI Facebook page,
`Regular listeners may have noted that our frequency of 9455 kHz is
off the air. We have some transmission line problems, and our
engineers are working to get 9455 back on as soon as possible`
World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2139,
Go, Oilers Go, WRMI:
9395, static noise, 0132, 0146, 0158 (45433), 0159, May 21 UT [Sat]
9395, S7 signal heard, 0052 (45443), 0059, May 24 UT [Mon]
5850, slight other QRN heard, 1029, 1043 (55433), 1100, May 25 [Wed]
(Lemke, Richard -AB) Good listening, Richard, May 25, 2022``
Confirmed Tuesday May 24 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9+5/10 into Bonaire
SDR, with rapid clicking, not the usual Cuban jamming roarsound; but
S9+30/35 into Knoxville SDR with no QRM, even tho off the back but
closer than Bonaire.
Clickjam grows after 2300 vs R. Libertad, and by 0045 May 25 has
become huge, sprawling 9950-9978, also blocking weaker 9975 KVOH as
monitored at Bonaire.
WOR 2139 also confirmed Tuesday May 24 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/S4 but
noisy.
Also confirmed Wednesday May 25 from 2100:32.5 on WBCQ 7490v, S7/S9
into Maryland SDR, while at 2055 direct, only JBA carrier. (Before
2100 the speaker on `Financial Survival` was propagating Russian
propaganda that Ukrainians commit war crimes.) Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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appreciated, thanks this week to Radio Dan, Ohio; preferably by MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to:
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Or via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
New WOR 2140 should be ready early UT Fri May 27 for first broadcasts
at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4980, May 25 at 0222, this WRMI is back on air with what
else? TOMBS, missing last night. Also 4975 parasitic spur (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7505, May 25 at 0228, WRNO is back on with gospel music,
missing for several nights; however, gone again at 0636 check rather
than all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Re WEWN down to one frequency: ``[WOR] WEWN May 22 at 4:24
PM --- I dimly remember that Glenn or someone else here had contacts
to the Vandiver station or someone else responsible for the EWTN
shortwave operations?
It would not hurt to find out what's up there. Looks like English, the
hours for West Africa on 15610/9385 kHz left since 2018/2019, is
completely gone since mid-March, and I see the last mentions of 5970
kHz being heard in mid-April. I don't know if they did on 12050 kHz a
five minutes sign-on, like they do it now, already when it was just a
frequency change from 5970. But in the case of English I meanwhile
really suspect that it could this time be gone for good.
By the way, in last September the Pope made his opinion about EWTN
known...
Must read that NCR story! Quite a schism as the Mother Angelicans
consider themselves ``more Catholic than the Pope``.
So on May 22 I sent this to Glen Tapley, but there has been no reply:
``Hi Glen, We can`t help but notice that after English broadcasts
disappeared, Spanish is now left with only the daytime frequency
12050. Could you enlighten us on what the situation is? Is EWTN
deliberately withdrawing from radio/SW broadcasting, are more and more
transmitters non-funxional, or what? Thanks, Glenn Hauser``
```[WOR] WEWN. May 25 at 5:25 PM --- Don't remember if if this info
has been posted recently:
``Thank you for the email. Due to supply issues and lack of parts
available, we are presently unable to broadcast our English
programming. Once the parts arrive, we will perform the necessary
maintenance and resume our English transmissions. Say howdy to Glenn
for me (Glen Tapley, EWTN)`` Jean-Michel Aubier, France```
So how long ago was that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU [non]. 11835.178V, May 25 at 0638, checking for R. Vanuatu
I find a JBA wobbly carrier, behaving like a local birdie, but which I
have not had before vs RV when it was on. No 7890 either (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 16-24 MHz, May 25 around 0100, viewing the Bonaire SDR
waterfall, which is set at very wideband, I see some JBV diagonal
lines starting about 16 MHz on up to fade around 21, 22 or max 24 MHz.
I assume these are from ionosonde somewhere, tracking the MUFs; and if
listening to one frequency between, might hear them cross. Probably
starting much below 16 but lost in the clutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2345 UT May 25
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