Hard-Core-DX.com: Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2022

Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2022

Tuesday, October 04 2022


** CUBA. 15230, Oct 3 at 1442, S7/S9 JBM in Spanish, only RHC
frequency found, no 15140, 13700, 11760, nor anywhere else on 9, 11,
13, 15 MHz bands. About a week after Ian, still little power, or more
serious SW site damage? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 3 at 2151, R. Cairo, S9+45 into UTwente,
English talk somewhat readable if you put up with extreme distortion
and suppressed modulation, hum. 2153 into horrible sounding music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 17790 & 17530, Oct 3 at 0619, JBA carriers still
detectable direct on 16m in nightmiddle, Only Signals On Band, Talata
relays of AWR and BBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620 at 1500-1530, VOM,K via secret site, I not
check today, but another TDOA Oct 3 animated from Roger Thauer
;-)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xp01jghj4xx5bj8/2022-10-03_11620_kHz_TDoA.gif?dl=0
seems to surround Kununurra, Australia but hardly precise. Gary Pence
has been comparing signals via various SDRs and antenna headings
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 3 at 0620, VON with S9+10 of dead air
direct. 7255-, Oct 3 at 1728 into Canary SDR, never any VON, but weak
Tibet, nothing but Chinese music including past 1800. A few syllables
at 1804, music continues to 1805* as sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 15520, Oct 3 at 1638, REE manages to modulate the ME
transmitter for the third day in a row, in Arabic, JBA into Maryland
SDR with degraded propagation but S6/S8 into Kuwait. WWV at 1500:

``Geophysical Alert Message
Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 October follow.
Solar flux 154 and estimated planetary A-index 12.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 03 October was 4.

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been strong.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R3 level occurred.

Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are likely.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are expected``

Token English at 2200 Monday Oct 13: into Maryland SDR, 11940 for SAm
is best, S9+10; somewhat less and about the same, 17855 for NAm, 15520
for ME. 11670 for Af also sufficient if none of the others were
available. 2217 about bluesman Watermelon Slim and how he got his
nickname; with blues aficionado Justin Coe, natch (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 3 at 2225, ``The Healing Screen[?]`` is
subtitle of `Feeling Supreme` per outro at 2228. It was about what to
eat to deal with stress. With horrible squeal, some hum, S9+45 into
UTwente. It was *not* on when first checked at 2200, just weak China
with timesignal at 9830.003. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler.
Meanwhile I had been listening to SPAIN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 341 MCW kHz, Oct 3 at 0649 UT, EI, NDB at Woodring AP, EnId
OK, still on; JBA under is DNI, Denison TX - not now nor lately do I
detect the other nearby 341, OIN, Oberlin KS. Wonder if it be off? RNA
Signals List at rxx.classaxe.com says: ``Last Logged 2022-08-14; Don
T. noted off air September 10, 2022``. Before that, the 25-watter was
heard as far away as BC, QC, NS, FINland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 2 from 2000.5 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa
Estense, Italy, S9+5/15 into nearby Noale SDR, but with heavy fast SAH
from some understation, can`t discern the language. Not on 918 but
something else weak; 207 nothing but noise.

Confirmed UT Monday October 3 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, new time
fortunately on the only transmitter as yet reactivated, S9+10/20 to
Georgia SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 3 starting late at 0322 on WBCQ Area
51, 6159.937, S9 into Maryland SDR. Johnny Lightning seemed to finish
by 0301, but RNI ID and more. ``Seems a lot like Xmas`` tune, and talk
segment, anti-Trump? But attributed to iHeart Radio, until 0322 WOR
playing until 0351, followed by unrecognizable stuff, maybe fragment
of HRI which was supposed to be at 0330, but not a new one produced
every week, so expendable?

Looking up something else on Aoki currently dated Sept 29, I am
astounded to see an entry for WOR, et al.:
7265 0900-1100 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 7
7265 1200-1300 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 1
7265 1130-1200 D World of Radio Eng Goehren 1

That`s news to me! Consulting the archive of WOR schedule changes at
http://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio ---
2019: As of October 26, Hamburger Lokalradio SW suspended due to
serious illness and then death, of Chief Editor Michael Kittner.
2016: From December, Hamburger Lokalradio added Sunday 1130 on
9485-CUSB.

Then I search Aoki on World of Radio and find 16 other entries, some
of them correct for WRMI when active, some showing winter instead of
summer timings, and one more for defunct HLR:

9485 0900-1000 D Hamburger Lokalradio Eng Goehren 1
9485 1000-1100 D Hamburger Lokalradio Ger Goehren 1
9485 1431-1500 D Hamburger Lokalradio Spa Goehren 1
9485 1030-1100 D World of Radio Eng Goehren 1
Don`t you believe it!

WRMI reports that 9395 is back on air as of 1945 UT October 3. 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

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. Tnx this week to Dan in Cincinnati.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Oct 3 at 1448, JBA carrier from presumed WRMI,
inadequate in the daytime but glad to have something back on. On FB
circa 14 UT Oct 3:

``Restoration efforts continue today at WRMI. Engineers were trying to
fix the transmission lines for transmitter 5 (9455 kHz) this morning,
but the ground is very wet, muddy and swampy, and two trucks have
become stuck in the swamp. So they are going to try to get the
transmission lines fixed for transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) next. So far we
still have only 5950 kHz on the air, and it's on 24 hours per day. Our
Internet stream with the 9955 kHz programming is also operational
(www.wrmi.net).

These photos will give you an idea what we are dealing with as many of
these poles that carry the transmission lines out to the antennas are
seriously leaning or down altogether. They have to be put back up and
reinforced so that the transmission lines are off the ground
again.``

Direct from Jeff White at 2046 UT Oct 3: ``9395 kHz Back on the Air

Dear Friends and Clients: We got another frequency back on the air
today. At 1945 UT we were able to put Transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) back on
the air. The process of repairing the transmission lines in the
antenna field is going rather slowly due to the extreme muddy and
swampy environment. But our crew continues to work in these conditions
to get everything back on the air. We hope to get 9455 kHz back on
tomorrow if all goes well, and then we'll work on others. We'll keep
you advised. Jeff

Jeff White, General Manager
WRMI Radio Miami International
10400 NW 240th Street
Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA

Tel +1-305-559-9764
Fax +1-863-467-0185
www.wrmi.net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See unID 9395 DRM below!

** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Oct 3 at 0621, JBA R. Vanuatu, ACI from
7265 VOA São Tomé, i.e. French 0530-0630 M-F only; none from 7255-
Nigeria dead air. Ron Howard was getting quite a good signal after
0600 on 11835 = 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9390-9395-9400, Oct 3 at 1446, DRM noise, S3/S4.
Certainly not WRMI, the only thing listed on 9395 24 hours, in Aoki,
EiBi, HFCC; and no N nearby either in HFCC. Guess maybe it`s China or
DV Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0003 UT October 4

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