** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Oct 29 from 1440 tune-in via
Argentine remote, NO signal from LRA36. SDR connexion keeps stalling,
have to reload. Listening to noise for over an hour pays off,
however:
15475.83 LSB!, Oct 29 at 1548 I notice some offside SSB talk QRM while
still tuned to 15475.98 USB, eventually resolved by LSB tuning to this
frequency, Spanish talk about Marambio base, so this is certainly
LRA36 on a new frequency and maybe new/different transmitter! YL host
is chatting with OM guest. I can never get the audio to sound just
right, stepping up and down at 10 Hz intervals; even more so during
music breaks. Initially there was a reduced carrier which should have
made it easier to pinpoint, but then no carrier, pure LSB, S6/S7. 1557
``aquí en Base Esperanza``; 1600 music; 1604.5 standard canned ID for
LRA36 with staff names, ``Nacional, nos une``, a defacto sign-off, and
music for some time but did not notice exactly when it went off, well
before 1624 check; I let it run until 1637, but nothing further (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, Oct 29 at 0547, only RHC on air now, English S9+20/30
with good mod except for some hum, no others of The Cuban Five on 5/6
MHz bands. Usually 6000 is off before the others. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ITALY [non]. 7290, Sat Oct 29 at 1801, IRRS SW via BULGARIA, no
signal on X2 = 14580; good into UTwente with Feature Story News, 1805
India music bit, then song in English; 1810 start `Country Jamboree`
filler until 1830 cut to gospel music and 1833 gospel huxter. Instead
of the first half of WOR which ran last Saturday at 1814-1830.
Also, Ron Norton of IRRS notifies us: ``the second program in memory
of Dario Monferini, with excepts of the Play DX news program in
English and Italian, as well as fragments of our earlier tests
broadcast from 1988-89, including short segments from Radio Stella
International (Scotland), World Music Radio, Jonathan Marks from Media
Network (Radio Nederland), and more, will be repeated at the following
times [one hour each]:
- On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 (A22 season):
22:00 UTC (19:00) CET on 1323 kHz MW to Europe (+ streaming)
- On Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 (B22 season):
12:00 UTC (13:00 CET) on 9510 kHz SW to Europe (+ streaming)
17:00 UTC (18:00 CET) on 7290 kHz SW to Europe (+ streaming)
20:00 UTC (21:00 CET) on 1323 kHz MW to Europe (+ streaming)
with repeats and also in the coming week at various times via
streaming at https://nexus.org/mp3 .`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 29 at 0551, no signal from VON; but I am
checking too early: ``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Lugo, NW of
Spain, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters, NIGERIA, 7254.9, Voice
of Nigeria, Abuja Lugbe, *0555-0610, 29-10, open with songs, at 0557
interval signal, at 0601 Vernacular, comments. Very strong carrier,
very weak audio. It seems to have transmitter problems. 15321``
7255-, Oct 29 at 1756, no VON signal into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5000, Oct 29 at 0548, sweep tones apparently from WWV itself
during this minute rather than QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2162 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday October 29 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20 into Virginia SDR,
S9+20/30 into Missouri SDR, S8/9+10 into KFS CA on SE antenna, VG
S9+20/30 direct. What about // 15770 instead of 7730? Nothing but
traces at VA, MO, direct; S9+10/25 into KFS.
Also confirmed UT Saturday October 29 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130 minus 16 Hz = 5129.984, S9/+5 into Maryland SDR.
Also confirmed Saturday October 29 at 1600 on WRN NAm webcast. Next:
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
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.
Via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
Or by money order or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684,
Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7780, Oct 29 at 0552, WRMI-13 is finally back on air, as
forecast by end of this week, the last one (almost) to be restored
following Hurricane Ian; rock music at S9/+10 with slight distortion.
I had not yet seen this, which went on FB circa 23 UT Oct 28:
``WRMI Radio Miami International 17h · Dear WRMI Listeners: We just
repaired 7780 kHz today, and it will come on the air at 0000 UTC
tonight (UTC Oct 29). We now have all of our regular frequencies back
on the air except for 7730 kHz. We did put 7730 back on the air on
October 10 at low power, but we have been unable to bring it up on
high power using the current antenna. However, we have transferred all
of the programming which was previously on 7730 kHz to 15770 kHz on
our European beam. We will keep working on 7730, and we may be able to
return that frequency to the air within the next couple of weeks.
We lost three antennas during Hurricane Ian on September 28 – one to
Europe and the Middle East, one to Africa and one to Central America
and Oceania. We have placed one of those frequencies (7780 kHz) on a
different antenna to the same target areas. We replaced 21525 kHz with
17790 kHz to a different target area. And, as mentioned above, we are
still working on 7730 kHz. We are consulting with engineers to see how
the three damaged antennas might be repaired or replaced in the
future.
We want to thank everyone who has contributed to our hurricane repair
funds on PayPal and GoFundMe. Your contributions have made it possible
for us to do all of this work in just 30 days, and they will make it
possible for us to continue with permanent repairs. Thank you all very
much!``
The gridspan for 7780 at 222 degrees for WNAm - otherwise same azimuth
designated for CAm on silent 5985 - is 0000-1100 only with quite a
mixture, besides disposable TOMBS and SMTV, variety at: 00-01, 03-04,
05-06, 08-09; presumably including WOR UT Fri 0330, Sun & Mon 0030
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5129.984, UT Sat Oct 29 at 0230-0259, WBCQ Radio Angela with
weekly `Greek Music Refuge`. UB has Zach Liangas on at first to
briefly introduce the music from a name I don`t catch, as he has
chosen it. Then solid segués for rest of show, enjoyed but noisier
here than would have been on VOG 9420. At end UB offered to ID pieces
to email requestors (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 29 at 0551, JBA signal from R. Vanuatu (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic split JBA MW carrier search, Oct 29 at
0621: 711-Morocco, 774-Spain, 846-TP Kiritimati, 855-2-Spain,
882-Canary or Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 1913 UT October 29
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=2022102919150432