 ** CHINA. 13690, Sept 3 at 2211, music at S9+20 but very heavy flutter and Doppler flutter, as appropriate for CRI Spanish via Shijiazhuan site, 500 kW at 315 degrees, i.e. NW thru the Siberian auroral zone on the way to target Spain, but much closer to transpolar toward here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9710, Sept 3 at 0104, 0230, 0402 chex, no signal from RHC, nor on 6000; previous night had reports from Ron Trotto and Tony Pavick of RHC English on 9710 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Sept 2 at 2213, RHC Spanish, S9+10 and not suptorted, much stronger on // 13780 S9+10/20; and some other music on 11760, China? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. Chris Campbell says he got this from his RHC contact today Sept 3: ``This is the latest information about RHC`s shortwave service. As of yesterday, broadcasts resumed from the Nauta {sic: Bauta} Center on transmitters 4 and 5 on frequencies 11760, 15140 and 11950 kHz. We now have programs on shortwave. The 2:00 a.m. English program, which was scheduled to air on 6100 kHz, is now being broadcast on 11760 because there is no antenna for that frequency`` Then I check 15140 at 1846 and get a JBA carrier direct. After 1900 into Georgia? remote it is RHC in English but VP signal. The 1900 English broadcast had not been heard for many months. Further chex at 2159 direct: 15230 is on with algo, no 15140 or 13780. At 2350, none of all these frequencies audible into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 91.3, Sept 4 at 2118 UT, local on 91.1 is off, clearing the way for an AFR station on 91.3, which per WTFDA FMDB must be: ``KAXR 91.3 ARKANSAS CITY KS 13.5 kW 98.0 m 36-55-32 97-01-34 RELIGIOUS TEACHING AMERICAN FAMILY RADIO 85167`` 91.1 is Air One in Enid: ``KKRD relay of:KAIV 92.7 91.1 ENID OK 0.45 kW 63.0 m 36-23-57 97-52-48 2C25 1073KKRD - CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN AIR1 19603`` - meanwhile the adjacent Air1 on 90.9 in OKC is still there. KKRD coordinates are I believe on the Broadway Tower in downtown Enid, so I check whether another station there at exactly same coordinates is also off? Yes! ``K288FX relay of:KYLV 88.9 105.5 NORTH ENID OK 0.25 kW 0.0 m 36-23-57 97-52-48 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN K-LOVE 140182`` On 105.5 at 2119 I hear instead ``Cowboy Country 105.5`` which is normally blocked: ``KGFY 105.5 STILLWATER OK 4.2 kW 119.8 m 36-10-47 97-00-38 COUNTRY COWBOY COUNTRY 105.5 22267`` By next check 2203 UT however, 91.1 is back on and 91.3 cannot be heard; 105.5 not rechecked (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17715 S9+20 and 15390 JBA, Sept 2 at 2211, REE here but still absent from 15500 & 15520 during non-English. Something`s notright at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17715 and much weaker 15390, still no 15500 or 15520, Wed Sept 3 at 2158 we are all set for resumption of SNR English with a publicized 1-hour weekly broadcast - but NO SHOW! 2200 instead RNE ID (not REE) and `Futuro Abierto` program about sleeplessness - insomnia in Spanish. Jean-Michel Aubier reports on the earlier Wed scheduled English: ``But no English broadcast at 1004 (12.04 local time) on the livestream although the website indicates a transmission at this time (Spanish instead)`` - will they ever get their act together? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWAZILAND. 11880, Sept 3 at 1459, tinkling TWR IS, JBA. Manzini about to start Somali; may be long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, Sept 2 at 2156 & 2210, no signal direct from VOT English, nor at 2230 into UTwente, nor on accidentalternate 9875, only JBA 9874.919+ which would be Korea North. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009+, Sept 3 at at 2158, VOT not off the air with IS, 2201 olds in English, S9+10/20 direct. Into UTwente at 2247 when measured with music, S9+45/50; 2253 s/off as if 17620 at 1200, awry at Ankara, and IS to 2254.6* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2310 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday September 2 at 2000 in IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.994 kHz, S9+10/15 but noisy into nearby Noale SDR; after IRRS outdated canned ID claiming 7125 and 9510 kHz. Also confirmed Tuesday September 2 at 2330 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975.003+, JBA to both UTwente and DL7APJ SDRs, just WOR theme recognizable. Also confirmed UT Wednesday September 3 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 into Knoxville SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday September 3 at 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160 & 3975 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday September 3 at 2127 the 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -72 Hz = 7489.928, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday September 3 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. No new financial support this week, not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute via 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. 17790, Sept 2 at 2212, no signal from this WRMI with CRR; unclear whether off or due to degraded propagation; 15770 still audible with Taiwan relay. Same situation Sept 3 at 2210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 9395, Sept 3 at 0620, WRMI a JBA carrier in degraded propagation, no signals on 9455 or 9955; but 7570, 7730, 7780 all audible. 9330 no WBCQ either; and 11725 RNZI is S9+20 the OSOB with trans-equatorial advantage during ``auroral`` conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 570, Sept 3 at 0630 UT, several WNAX IDs in passing as promoting a ``Hawaiian Beach Getaway`` next Feb. Yankton SD, and no sign of KLIF, KWML or anything else, strange. Is U2 5/5 kW. Night pattern has a notch southward thisaway so maybe ND day pattern. In good old lower-noise days, I could hear it on daytime groundwave under DFW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1200 kHz, Sept 3 at 0637 UT, partial ID mentioning 103.? FM, mixing WOAI. No correlations found in NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5024.4, Sept 3 at 0625, JBA carrier, when on 5025.0 I have been assuming R. Rebelde, so now off-frequency too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9460, Sept 2 at 2218, ME song JBA direct when nothing is normally heard; nothing listed now; suspect VOT Turkish overrun past 2055*; while 9455 WRMI is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Sept 2 at 2215, no beacons or phone direct on 10m 28 MHz, but 11m CB 27 MHz replete with AM/hets showing that `skip is in` there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 2358 UT September 3 _ 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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