 ** CUBA. 13650, June 15 at 2325, S9 but suptorted, the absolutely pointless CRI relay in ``Portuguese``, rather fill music or something. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Suptorted = suppressed and distorted. Merging them the other way, ``distressed`` would be misleading (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 760.13, June 16 at 0625, JBA het upon 760.00 WJR which just IDed; not noted before, but a good match at mwoffsets: ``760.125 MEX XEDGO La Mejor (Durango) 2023-10-08`` IRCA Mexican Log shows sked 1300-0500 with 500 watts night, and: ``//XHDGO 103.7FM. Still active on AM 9/24 (logged on local SDR), but operating sporadically, sometimes with distorted audio. Reported off frequency ~760.13 kHz 7/22. ID 8/23 mentions FM call followed by FM and AM frequencies`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 99.7, June 16 at 0410 UT, dead air from KWFF Mustang, recheck 0413 back on with gunshop ad in OKC. 90.3, June 16 at 0414, KHEV Fairview back on air in mono, after missing June 15 0024+. 89.3, June 16 at 0415, dead air in mono from KIEL Loyal, R. 74 Internationale. 0417 music & talk modulation keeps cutting on and off (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 15170, June 15 at 2324, S9/+10, in Romanian? Sorta Slavic, sorta Romance - but EiBi sked as RRI in plain old Spanish via Tsiganeshti. Related?: ``hi Glen[n], this is Mike Shockley. I used to report years ago in the 70s and 80s. I was tuning in on my Drake R8 at 2:50 UTC and heard some programming I believe is in Russian; there were time tips at the top of the hour followed by what sounded like either the Russian national anthem or Russian orchestral music. This was on 15170 kilohertz with a fair to good but fluttery signal and lots of noise on the band this evening. Just hoping you can clear this up or make a positive ID. I've really enjoyed your program over the years.`` I replied: ``Mike, Where are you located? It so happens I heard something odd on 15170 a bit earlier tonight: [as above] Russia has been carrying out some tests. HFCC as of 5/21 has this registration, but apparently had not been active, from Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky: ``15170 0200 0600 1,2,6 P.K 250 67 0 288 1234567 300325 251025 D Rus RUS RRS GFC 3894`` -- Maybe can check further`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9875.018, Sunday June 15 at 2048, VOT English, not off the air but S9+20/25 off the back into UTwente, ending `The Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy`, yawn, and begin `Letterbox`. Cemre says in summer there is dilemma whether to stay inside or outside; enjoyed working from home during COVID and for a while afterwards, apologizes for ``blabbing`` a bit. To the email: 1) Mr Chris ---, Canada, wonders what snax are popular in Turkey? Baklava, Turkish Delight, etc. 2) Jayanta Chakraborty, New Delhi, gets 7275 better than 6165 during the 0300 broadcast. They never point out that 7275 is aimed to NAm, 6165 supposedly for S Asia - needs to be on a higher band at this hour in summer. And a second report from him in June already, same obs, and wants some stamps along with QSL. Maybe. Also asks about a statue being dismantled in Kurdistan? No reply, it seems. 3) Gabriel Gómez, Uruguay, Montevideo, 64-year-old and SWL since 1984, heard Uighur broadcast, way offbeam. 4) Allen? Kumar?, Chennai, India, heard Persian on 9765. 5) --, Munich, Germany. 6) final: Anatoly Klepov, ed. of RUS-DX, applies for June QSL, so a different one every month? Contact info, 2105 outro/intro theme and tune-out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28274 CW, June 15 at 2316, slow beacon, only caught tail and then long pause, no immediate repeat, or fadeout? At 2320 there it is again, DALTON GA WI4L/B EM74. WGB list: ``28274.0 WI4L/B - Dalton GA USA EM74nq - #0 (17 Dec 2024) Note: Ex 28277.8`` QRZ.com: ``WI4L USA flag USA, DAVID H "Dave on CW" STANLEY, 3411 S RIVERBEND RD, DALTON, GA 30721`` -- Lots of certifs on website, nothing about beacon. Seemed the OSOB; tunearound, no phone and no other beacon until: 28291 CW, June 15 at 2319, AR AR AR DE K5TLJ/B -- WGB list: ``28291.0 K5TLJ/B - Trumann AR EM45rq - #0 (08 Apr 2025) Note: Slow keying start with AR × 3 + de ID - Pwr 5w``. QRZ.com: ``K5TLJ/B USA flag USA, Terry L Jones, 700 Smith St, Trumann, AR, 72472`` -- Nothing on website except an ugly razorback? Heard before. 666 km = 414 miles, almost to Memphis. That`s quite short skip, both these obviously sporadic E, while MUF is below 88 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2299 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 15 at 2130 on SW Radio, Germany, into UTwente: 3975.002+ S9+5, and 6160.001- S9/+10. Into DL7APJ remote: 3975.002 S9/+20, 6159.996 S9/+20. Also confirmed Sunday June 15 at 2330, on WRMI 9455, S9+30 direct. Also confirmed UT Monday June 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+15/35 into S Texas remote. Next: 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323v; 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. Thanks for financial support this week from Richard Colgan, Austin TX, via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``Keep on truckin'`` Or by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, June 16 at 1422, 1427, 1449, S8 dead air from WRMI direct; also into Georgia SDR at 1459 until 1459.5 canned ID fires, and 1500 `T2P`. Something odd at Okeechobee. WRMI-9, sked at 14-15 was Supreme Mistress -- er, Master, TV. Back at 1450, 9955 & 9395 were JBA but modulating, also at 1456 via Georgia SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 97.3, June 16 at 0408, bandscanning for possible Es DX as on DX map opening from the west, amid CCI, ID sounds like ``N-97, 97.3`` - but searching on N-97, N97 and N 97; M-97, M97 and M 97 in WTFDA FM Database gets no hits. Then I display all 200+ USA listings and see if anything similar in the slogans column - no! Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1922 UT June 16 _ 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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