 ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Tropo map https://vhf.dxview.org/ shows big blob over Enid extending to W Kansas, E Oklahoma, so UHF bandscan at 1505-1515 UT May 14:
DX Decoding; not taking time to explore subchannels: RF 31 3-1 OETA [KOET Eufaula] RF 20 19-1 KQCW-HD [KQCW-DT Muskogee] RF 14 8-1 ABC [KTUL Tulsa] RF 11 11-1 OETA HD [KOED-TV Tulsa] RF 22 23-1 KOKI-TV [Tulsa] RF 28 44-1 ION [KTPX-TV Okmulgee] RF 26 6-1 KOTV at 1545 [Tulsa] BAD signals: RF 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 36. There are still *no* RF 6 in OK, so must be KBSD Ensign KS = Dodge City, only one in KS. Takes some doing to show an RF 6 sig into my antenna for hiband 7+ and UHF only and aimed SE. There are however several low-power RF6 in TX, not LA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 21265 USB, May 14 at 2207, OA4CHA calling CQ in English, then QSO in Spanish. We had trouble understanding his fonetik for H but I guess it was hotel. QRZ.com: ``OA4CHA Peru flag Peru, Luis Enrique "Luis" Meza Alvarado, Calle Andalucía 207, La Molina, Lima 15024, Peru`` - but his ``latest QSO`` shown there was on 4-28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 17715 & 15390, May 14 at 2159, NO Signals from REE, must be off, while 15500 is S9+20/30 and 15520 S9+10. 17 MHz prop is OK since 17880 from Beijing site is audible - I had assumed it were Kashgar. The two REEs are SSOB along with 15770 WRMI. 2200, SNR token English previews something about Segovia; and San Ysidro en Madrid. 2201 news leads with scandal about leaked messages, the PM`s wife, and payoffs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 14 at 2203, VOT not off the air, but JBA direct, insuff. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28209.5 CW, May 14 at 2218, VVV VVV VVV DE K7EMX/B. WGB list: ``28209.5 K7EMX/B - Kearns UT USA DN39xp - #0 (02 Mar 2025) Note: VVV de + ID + grid``. QRZ.com page is huge, full of anti-Trump amusement: ``K7EMX USA flag USA, PAUL R LARSON, 5057 LOOMIS LN, KEARNS, UT 84118, USA`` https://www.qrz.com/db/K7EMX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 25000, May 14 at 2205, WWV S9/+10 getting a sporadic E boost under 500 miles, also 20000 S9+20/30. Checked 30000 in case of a WWV harmonic at 2216, and there is an open carrier at S8, possibly local but slightly fading, no modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: ``Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF (30 years of service), Antenna: random long wires in the trees. WRMI, USA, World of Radio #2294: 9455 kHz, voice was there 2344-2346 (45433), if you tune in late the ID gets missed, at end of broadcast, WRMI computer, 2358, May 11 UTC 2025 [Sun] 9395 kHz, static QRN, 2330, 2342, 2343 S5, S6 signal, 2359, May 13 UTC 2025 [Tue](Lemke, Richard -AB) Confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+30 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.001+, S9+15 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 14 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000, S9+20 into UTwente, and also 3975.002, S9+10 also into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 14 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -68 Hz = 7489.932, S6/S9 with storm crashes into Maryland SDR. Next: 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. Looking for sporadic E on caradio, but instead, extended GW or tropo boost in the afternoon, May 14: 94.5, at 1945 UT, music, strong, surely Es instead of nothing? Fades completely out, but back up at 1950: adstring for Endurance Insurance, Campingworld, Almond Joy, PlutoTV, ABCmouse.com/radio, mattress firm; 1954 finally ``Big 94.5 Country``, so it`s WIBW Topeka, 100/100 kW, 370/370 m HAAT. Not shown with an -FM suffix, despite 580 being WIBW always audible here day and night. 354 km/220 stmi 96.5, at 1946 UT ``your home for Royals baseball, 96-5 The Fan``. WTFDA FMDB shows KFNZ-FM Kansas City MO, 98.5/98.5 kW, 335/335 m HAAT. 418 km/260 stmi 97.1 at 1948 UT, ad for Diamond Springs Ranch, and plug for supporting KPTS.org, public TV for Hutchinson/Wichita. Is KBOB in Haven KS, between those two cities, 18.5/18.5 kW, 251/251 m HAAT, ``Bob-FM``. Sheesh! Never heard before? 168 km/104 stmi (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 9960, May 14 at 0622, R. Vanuatu still here, JBA. Heard every night recently but not always logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2355 UT May 14 _ 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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