 ** CHAD [non]. 15505, May 13 at 0629, JBA signal, OOFSOB, trying to decide whether English or French; but must have been Kanuri, as EiBi shows it`s R. Ndarason International via Woofferton UK this hour, and following hour on same via Ascension. Outdated? Aoki listing shows 9535 at 06-07 via WOF, 07-08 12050 ASC, both of which we used to hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15230, May 13 at 2222, open carrier S9, trace of suptorted mod, probably Portuguese from RHC where something`s always wrong. Hear this more often in mornings than afternoons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. Re my latest 7475 YHWH log: ``Hi Glenn - May 12, was a good day for YHWH (7475) reception, via Kiwi SDR remote at Palomar Mt. #2, So. Calif.; from 0405+ UT and still good at 0520, even with QRN (static). Attached remote audio. Ron (San Francisco)`` Howard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. Re Romania changes frequencies: RRI English at 0000 May 13 is already back? on 11620, not 9550. So temp sked over? See previous discussion: [WOR] Romania changes frequencies: Eike Bierwirth Sun, May 11 at 1:13 AM: Radio Romania has changed many of its frequencies again. According to their website, this is because of a malfunction at the Tsiganeshti site: "A malfunction has been recorded at one of the transmitters in Tiganesti, and we will temporarily be broadcasting on different frequencies." (dated 4 May 2025). The German section adds that the replacement transmitter is not capable of transmitting in DRM mode, while the Spanish section identifies the malfunctioning transmitter as BD 300-2 and the replacement transmitter as BD 300-1. The new frequencies had been registered with HFCC from the beginning of the A-25 season but had been unused so far. The same had happened for parts of the previous season. English broadcasts: Western Europe 0530-0600 9750 1100-1200 17630 1700-1800 15180 2030-2100 17580 2200-2300 9740 Africa 1100-1200 17860 North America, East coast 2030-2100 17580 0000-0100 9550 North America, West coast 0300-0400 11620 Japan 2200-2300 15170 Note: No DRM, none of the registered frequencies for Australia are currently in use GERMAN 0600-0630 11620 1400-1500 13740 1800-1900 11750 SPANISH to South America (no mention of other targets, not affected?) 2200-2300 15200 (new time!) The websites of other language services did not show this notice, but may just as well be affected. 73! Eike`` May 11: ``RRI in English to North America was very well heard in Masset, but tonight at 0335 tune-in, just a barely there signal on 11620, the listed alternate, but 9740 is booming in as per normal with Jazz music. 73, Walt`` Salmaniw. John A. Figliozzi: ``Could be wrong and hope I am, but sounds like this station is on life support, technologically speaking, as a shortwave station.`` ``Why would RRI need to change frequencies due to a transmitter failure when an alternate unit should simply run the same schedule? This makes no sense. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` ``Simply different feeder line and wave matching circuit, from TX #1 or #2 -- towards curtain arrays / azimuth directions – vy73 de wolfie df5sx`` ``I was assuming the antenna switching matrix could feed any transmitter to any antenna. Guess that is not the case for the RRI facilities. Stephen Luce`` ``Apparently not, and such limited commutation possibilities are common for old facilities. In addition they also appear to have numerous antennas that can be used only on two adjacent bands, hence the frequency changes. The modernization in the penultimate decade was obviously limited to replacing the transmitters. And now they run out of spare parts also for what has been installed back then. Kai Ludwig`` But May 13: ``RRI came on 9740 with English today at 2200 UTC with a very nice signal into the Washington, DC SDR. So, still on this replacement frequency, and not back to 11620 yet. Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15500, 17715, 15520, 15390, May 13 at 2221, all four REEs on air and G-VG, unEnglish Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785 & 9875, May 13 at 2221 direct and 2238 into UTwente, NO signals from VOT English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 28201 CW, May 13 at 2216, E times 20, and NST DE N4WLO/B very fast and a warbling tone. WGB list: ``28200.5 N4WLO - Theodore AL USA EM50uo - #0/3 (29 Apr 2025) Note: Sending ID only, every 10 min. at: 1/11/21/31 and so on + dashes from 22nd to 42nd second.`` QRZ.com: ``N4WLO USA flag USA, TIMOTHY W URBAN, 4801 WINKLER CT, THEODORE, AL 36582, USA`` - not much activity, only other 10m beacon, 28258 V31HQ Belize at 2215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday May 13 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+20/40 into S Texas SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, JBA S9 direct. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 1415 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, JJBBA S5 direct. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.995+, S7/S8 into UTwente. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. Financial support appreciated for our non-commercial public service program, by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``[WOR] Ted Randall --- Saw a post on FB stating Ted Randall had passed away. I really liked his music shows on WTWW when he was there. RIP. 73 Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK`` That might explain why Legends and WRMI 5050 were off air when I checked as in previous report: ``5050, May 11 at 0122, this WRMI is off; pretty sure I tuned across it earlier. Supposed to be on `Legends` at 0100-0400. Something`s odd at Okeechobee`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Re my 1549.82 carrier, reported from Europe as "1550 26.4 0230 OAM5M R Visión, Pisco" ``Glenn: — For what it's worth: MW LIST has an mp3 link next to OAM5M's listing. I hit it just now, 0822 UT on 5/13, and got audio, in the form of music. Many of the times posted in MW LIST are wrong; perhaps this indicates round-the-clock operation? Just a thought. Decades ago, we on the Left Coast could sometimes hear Peru under TGV (I think it was) on 880 [TGJ -- gh]. Any Peru nowadays would be a helluva catch! — the other G H`` {Greg Hardison} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9123-9170 approx., May 13 at 0622, multi-carrier multi-tones beating over wide range peaking about S9+5 amid. What`s this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2324 UT May 13 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
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