** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Aug 4 at 1434, LRA36 on again for a
Wednesday if not Saturday broadcast; S4-S6 via Pardinho, Brasil SDR.
Usual mix of songs, frequent canned IDs, brief talx. 1434 music and
ID; [pausa para desayuno mío], 1514 weather; 1516 Antártida song; 1521
another song; 1538 multi-lingual greetings/IDs including English. 1540
as if ``sign-on``, today`s weather briefly, ``nublado, nevado`` =
cloudy and snowy, maximum -3 degrees, couldn`t copy the minimum;
contact info including phone, e-mail; songs; 1551, 1554 IDs; 1602 ID
and brief Olympic news [I doubt any Antarcticans compete; but how
about winter?]; 1614 ID, music; 1617 & 1622 ID; talk about something
in 1971y with G.C. 1639 ID; 1649 weather again; 1651 Anta. song; 1654
program ID as `El Lejano Sur` Wed at 11-13 local, no mention of Sat
repeat, SW and FM frequencies, G.C. of studios, staff credits, fade-up
Anta. song again, but not closing down yet, into another song past
1700; 1703 ID and multi-lang greet including English, German,
Russian/Korean and into vamp music loop. Today it keeps going on and
on: several minutes later, ``blanco, hielo y más hielo``, says it all
about the landscape; 1713 rock song and after that almost continuous
rock music, 1735, 1805, 1855, 1919 still going when I finally quit
checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CONGO. 6115, Aug 4 at 0613, JBA carrier presumed R. Congo (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 7215, 7165 and 7130, August 4 at 0308, pulse jamming peaking
on only these frequencies in 40m hamband, vs absolutely no one trying
to QSO on them. Bulletin! Hams have the flexibility to QSY anywhere
inband when necessary, so Cuban Commies need to jam ALL frequencies
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ERITREA. 7180 & 7140, Aug 4 at 0309, JBA AM carriers, the lower one
weaker, with some SSB QRhaM - obviously the two VOBME INTRUDERS at
best time of day to get them here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 93.5-FM, Aug 4 at 1956 UT, scanning caradio for sporadic E
DX as suggested by DXMAP, nothing showing even on lower `open`
frequencies, but here some Spanish occasionally overrides `My 93.5`
Pratt/Hutchinson KS, my fringe `local`. 2002, seems to be newscast or
at least talk format; 2007 another fadeup with timecheck as ``3 con
7`` so we know it`s CDT/EST, not Cuba which I hoped at first, rather
east/central México. 2009 ads or PSAs with .mx websites, one for
vacuna gratuita, and back to interview, YL in studio, OM on phone. Not
// 1460 KZUE OK which is also Mexican-originated talk. 2012 mentions
``acá en este estado de Guanajuato``. Fortunately small enough not
likely to have more than one 93.5, as listed:

XHNY-FM 93.5 IRAPUATO GTO MEX Spanish CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO EXA FM
30.03 30.03 217.0 217.0 20-42-11 101-23-26 --- 1780 km = 1106 stmi

I do believe I have heard it before. Yes: July 22, 2019; June 23,
2015. `CHR` format implies rock music, even in English, but own
website indicates more diversity; dated more than a sesquiyear ago, an
incomplete program list, hardly a schedule, shows one starting M-F at
17 UT, unknown whether more than 3 hours long:

Nota de EXA FM:
https://exafm.com/irapuato/programas/general/ness-al-aire/

``NESS AL AIRE 15-01-2020 - Escucha a NESS de lunes a viernes con la
mejor música y la información necesaria para continuar tu día a día.

El clima en el estado, lo último en tecnología y por su puesto las
notas que están dando de que hablar a nivel mundial en un solo
espacio, además de invitados con temas de actualidad que pondrán un
toque especial a cada día de la semana.

Lunes de deportes con Kike Cardoso.
Miércoles de cine con Alberto Segovia.
Jueves de sexo con Ana Elisa Rosas.
Viernes de recomendación literaria con el Padre Sergio Montoya.
Escucha de Lunes a Viernes en punto de las 12 del medio día.``

However from his portrait appears Ness is a guy, not a YL host; Exa is
also a national network/group so possibly the Guanajuato reference
came thru some other station. Only one in WTFDA DB with a news/talk
format is:

XHO-FM 93.5 MATAMOROS TAMPS MEX HD Spanish NEWS/TALK NOTIPAGE, LÍDERES
EN NOTICIAS 3.0 3.0 39.0 39.0 25-52-47 97-30-15

As researched later. Back online at 2036, I check the XHNH stream, and
it does sound like the same talk show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, Aug 4 at 0619 UT, NDB PN at Ponca City is
gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 96.9, Aug 4 at 1859 UT, KQOB is back on already. I never
paid any attention to metered strength, but sounds like licensed 100
kW, and usual adjacent-channel bleed, so suspect they have got their
original Crescent site fixed already and won`t need the STA at KWPN
aux site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4096, August 4 at 0631 UT, JBA CW, too weak to copy, but
alternating with sweeps upward for about a minute at 0632, 0637. Must
be the ``DW`` beacon somewhere in the SW desert. I had been seeking
this since Art Peterson notified me June 17, but not until now has my
storm/line noise level descended to barely low enough:

``Glenn, The “desert whooper” beacon on 4096 has changed its format.
Instead of alternating the CW with the whoops, it is now superimposed
on the whoops. CW format is now:
8 dits, BEACON LTMP 37 BAT 131, 8 DITS
Also, the temperature appears now to be in °C instead of °F, they
dropped the DW ID in favor of “beacon,” and they have dropped having
an explicit decimal point on the battery voltage. Just thought you
would like to know. Still no idea where it is, but I get solid
reception at night here in grid CM87tw, SF Bay Area. 73, Art
Peterson``

Speaking of expressing temperature degrees, everyone else is wrong,
when referring to a *change* in temp, e.g. global warming. Degrees-F
or degrees-C means an axual temp. But when talking about a temp
*difference or change*, the terminology should be reversed, as in
F-degrees, or C-degrees. I learnt this in Physix 101 at Washington
University in 1963. Now journalists, e.g. Time magazine, and even
scientists just don`t get it. Just one example from Science News:

``Unbearably hot --- On June 29, the Pacific Northwest heat wave hit
its peak, setting new temperature records in Portland, Seattle and
Vancouver, and a new country-wide temperature record for Canada in
Lytton, British Columbia. This map shows how the temperature of the
air about 2 meters above the ground compares with the 2014–2020
average temperature for that same day. In some spots, it was a
whopping 20 degrees Celsius higher.``

I have copied the above to Science News feedback, and they promise to
read it, but no reply yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 940, Aug 4 at 0615, S9+30 signal with C2CAM, like a 50 kW
clear briefly, but then fades vs CCI. Presumably 5/1 kW KIXZ Amarillo
TX, only one of two C2C stations on 940 per last year`s NRC AM Log.
The other is also adjacently-stated, KSWM Aurora in SW Missouri, but
allegedly only 25 watts night. However, KIXZ night pattern supposed to
go NW, not ENE! while KSWM is ND.

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/stations/
Can be set to show all stations on one page, rather than state by
state, and indeed the only 940s currently are these two (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 97.3, August 4 at 1903, hunting for possible Es DX, I hit
upon a fadey fringer, plug for some 8/28 event; 1905 horse feed ad
with 620 area code; 1906 ``Continuous Country Q-97`` YL ID, thus:
KKJQ 97.3 GARDEN CITY KS COUNTRY Q 97 FM 100.0 100.0 244.0 244.0
37-46-48 100-27-36 2B62 KKJQ THE DAWG - (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0037 UT August 5

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS
Updated as of Aug 3:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** ANTARCTICA. Re 15475.98-RCUSB, Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, replies:
``Hi Glenn, I have asked the station staff why LRA 36 has not been on
the air the last two Saturdays and they answered that it was due to
weather conditions and activities at Base Esperanza. Best 73,s``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, August 3 at 0632, RHC English is nothing but humbuzz;
6100 undermodulated; 6165 & 6060 & 5040 off. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 7157 & 7215, August 3 at 0635, pulse jamming continues in the
40m hamband against nothing, again peaking around these two
frequencies only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KASHMIR [non]. 15170, Aug 3 at 1503, Kashmir Civitas again booming
in to UTwente, VG S9+20 for another weekly Tuesday broadcast in
presumed Urdu with constant strumming underneath; one English word
heard: ``teamwork``. Via IRRS presumably Romania (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Daytime NDB check August 3 at 2215 UT: 515-MCW,
PN, Ponca City is back on; 350-MCW RG OKC and 351-MCW EI Enid also
audible, and even 395-MCW Ulysses KS - but not the other KS; and
332-MCW IC Wichita is unusually not audible. This on one receiver with
a lower noise level and loop antenna. A few minutes later on the other
receiver with higher noise and longwire, 515 PN is unheard, not even
the carrier, but 332 IC is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, Aug 3 at 1545 UT on caradio, KIMY Watonga has
finally resumed modulating after 4 days of dead air as carrier stayed
on; praise music. The Praisee must have felt abandoned (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 96.9, Aug 3 at 1546 UT on caradio, KQOB is
still off the air for a second day, audiblizing the next 96.9, KKOW-FM
Pittsburg KS in the fringe with a 417 AC Joplin ad.

Brock Whaley, Aiken SC, found the reason why KQOB disappeared:

``In other filings with the FCC, CHAMPLIN BROADCASTING, INC. applied
for an STA to operate KQOB/ENID, OK at another tower site on a
temporary basis due to damage to the existing antenna. via
allaccess.com Aug. 3``

So I dig into FCC documentation. Here it is:

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101826979&formid=911&fac_num=10857

``Exhibit 4
Description: JUSTIFICATION FOR THE STA REQUEST

CHAMPLIN BROADCASTING INC. REQUESTS A STA TO RELOCATE STATION KQOB TO
ANOTHER TOWER SITE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS DUE TO DAMAGE TO ITS EXISTING
ANTENNA. THE KQOB ANTENNA SUFFERED A BURN OUT AND WILL NEED
REPLACEMENT. IN THE MEANTIME, CBI HAS RECEIVED PERMISSION TO RELOCATE
TO THE AUXILIARY SITE LOCATION OF STATION KWPN. THE 60 DBU CONTOUR OF
THIS LOCATION WILL NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE CURRENT 60 DBU CONTOUR OF
KQOB.

Attachment 4
Antenna Location Coordinates: (NAD 27)
Latitude: Degrees 35 Minutes 34 Seconds 11 North
Longitude: Degrees 97 Minutes 30 Seconds 2

7.4. Overall Tower Height Above Ground Level: 92 meters
7.5. Height of Radiation Center Above Mean Sea Level:
445 meters(H) 445 meters(V)
7.6. Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level:
88.4 meters(H) 88.4 meters(V)
7.7. Height of Radiation Center Above Average Terrain:
96 meters(H) 96 meters(V)
7.8. Effective Radiated Power: 9 kW(H) 9 kW(V)``

KWPN is AM 640, CoL Moore, SE of OKC. Now KQOB can be a real OKC
station, never mind Enid. But coordinates above do not match FCC info
for KWPN, i.e.. its main site, not aux.

``CDBS NAD27 coordinates:
35° 17' 21.00" N
97° 30' 08.00" W
Use NAD27 in CDBS applications.``

The out of use KQOB site west of Crescent:
``Previous NAD27 coordinates:
35° 58' 50.00"
97° 41' 42.00"``

Map pin goes to SE corner of North 3rd and East Oak in center of Enid!
but it`s at edge of contour circle centered approx. W of Crescent
where the tower really is, but not marked as such.

At 0027 UT August 4, KQOB still appears to be off; altho when it
return on such a low-power, 9/9 kW, faraway STA, it may be
unnoticeable without strain here in its CoL (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring; next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 1200, August 3 at 0646 UT, gospel huxter in English
overcoming WOAI San Antonio, not only now but often when monitored on
my E/W longwire which admittedly is unideal for a station slightly
west of south. Makes a fast SAH with `C2CAM` on WOAI. On the DX-398 I
try to DF it, and find it`s slightly east of due north, i.e. the two
are almost exactly opposite, which is bad news for would-be WOAI
listeners: if you null the QRM here you also null WOAI.

It`s got to be KFNW, Fargo ND, which is a g.h. station but all its
night power of 13 kW is supposed to head north! Must be totally out of
whack; and if so, why not ascribe 50 kW day power to it too, when
pattern is also northward but a significant minor lobe southward. No
other possibilities than KFNW by format, language and direxion. It`s
ironic that the original ``Clear Channel`` station, WOAI, find itself
in such a situation; but who cares now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: ```American Experience` is a PBS series, so I looked for
it first there, but unfound; at YouTube there are lots of Farnsworth
audiovideos, but haven`t found the AmEx one there either. Exact direct
link? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

``Hi Glenn - Please see
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/bigdream/
(Ron Howard, CA)``

``Glenn,
Here are the "You Tube" links (yes it's broken into two parts here).
part 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMwEhrRmIVE
part 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtKjZRxAJBU
Dave Zantow N9EWO, Janesville, WI``
[also via Tom Roberts] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15120, August 3 at 2220, S5-S6 of open carrier, not much
else on band, but stronger than Cuba on 15230, 15370. VOA is finished
with 15120 at 2200, while CRI via Cuba starts at 0000 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0051 UT August 4

** CUBA. 5990, August 2 at 0600 tune-in RHC, just in time to hear
theme music before cutoff 0601*. I suppose on wrong frequency all
evening instead of 6000, not checked earlier. Hansjoerg Biener,
Germany had 5990 at 0305 and Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria also noted 5990
until 0601*. Then I found 6060 still on with humbuzz and 6165 OK.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

5990 is only for CRI relay until 0100; but 6000 is normally on before
0100 so not same transmitter. Wolfgang Bueschel suggests the Quivicán
operator may have been drunk on rum and failed to carry out the
necessary switching. August 2 at 2320, both 5990 and 6000 are on
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, August 2 at 1759 UT, KIMY Watonga is *still* open
carrier, dead air, as first noted July 30, so now into its fourth day.
Have not monitored 24/7 of course, but whenever I have it has been
dead. Amazing.

95.1, Aug 2 at 1800 UT, also still an open carrier here but much
weaker than 93.9, QRMing OK/KS stations fading in and out, thought to
be an abandoned lowpower transmitter circa Enid (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 96.9, August 2 at 1801 UT, KQOB is OFF!
Licensed to Enid but funxioning as an OKC station since it moved site
halfway there to a field west of Crescent to grow a tall tower. For a
while it was ``Bob`` but now it`s ``Alice`` --- could there have been
a change in its target demographic? But would females or males prefer
or not the opposite sex in a radio station?? Opposite? I mean,
``another``. I know a trans person named Alice.

FCC FM Query shows it was KNID until 2000, but IIRC before then it was
the original KCRC-FM on 96.9. KNID calls wound up on 107.1 in
``North`` Enid. Yes, FCC history cards at

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=73370
show KCRC-FM was first licensed in 1972y after 6 years of CPs.

``Bob`` branding is not exactly original; WTFDA hits 55 such stations
in the USA, predominantly ``adult hits`` format, but also ``variety
hits`` and a smattering of others, country, rock or even talk; as for
``Alice``, only 11, almost all of them ``Hot AC`` format: what a
coincidence.

KQOB still off all afternoon, such as 2240, 2344 UT chex Aug 2. First
time I can ever recall it absent. As soon as I found the hole, I
perched on it as I was bandscanning due to a 100 MHz Es patch to the
NW, but no DX.

Unless: fade-in like Es at 1828, ad for Shriver Auxion Services. Can`t
be certain of Shriver/Shreiber? spelling but respelling Auxion
conventionally I get two hits: Winchester OH and --- Pittsburg KS. Of
course it`s just my second-closest 96.9, KKOW which is normally
totally blocked by KQOB:
KKOW 96.9 PITTSBURG KS COUNTRY 96.9 THE KOW 100.0 100.0 278.0 278.0
37-18-44 94-48-58 2BEA THE KOW - per WTFDA DB; and there is no likely
Ohio station around Winchester (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. The 2021 Prom Concert season is underway; BBC America TV news
had a feature about how happy patrons are to have Royal Albert Hall
back in business; and the orchestra is socially distanced on an
expanded stage. First searching leads to Prom concerts on BBC TV in
the UK, with playlinx --- but they are geoblocked! outside the UK.
However, the audio is what counts, and the concerts as on BBC Radio
Three are not blocked. They are each available on demand for 30 days
only starting July 30: BBC Sounds - BBC Proms - Available Episodes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b007v097
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring: Dr Hansjoerg Biener,
Germany, tells me: ``WOR confirmed: 210801 5950 0055 0108 USA WRMI, E,
World of Radio 25443 HjBi``

``Hj, Tnx, that is certainly news to me. Was it before or after 0100?
I guess at 0030+ since System L has no entry for 8:30 pm Saturday
after Wavescan at 8:00 or before TRSW at 9:00 [EDT], Glenn``

``I do think I recognized your voice although it was in the middle of
our second night half. The items concerned US local broadcasting which
were of no concern to me.`` -- HjB

I had thought ``0108`` was a second log time rather than the date
repeated in reverse numerical form. So there is a `secret` WOR time on
WRMI, 0030 UT Sunday 5950. There may be others: if you run across one,
do let me know!

Also confirmed UT Monday August 2 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 2 at 0130 on WRN webcast to North America.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 2 at 0230 on WRMIs: 7780 S8-S4 vs high storm
noise level. 5800 almost blocked by local blob here; but VG S9+5/15
into Bonaire SDR, and no squeal.

Not confirmed UT Mon Aug 2 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 6159.900,
rather music fill; and off at 0339 check instead of back to BS. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 15555-USB, August 1 at 2127, rare appearance for me of WJHR,
emphatic to put it politely, gospel-huxter JBA at S1-S2 from glorified
low-power ham station in Milton FL, pretending to be 50 kW SWBC. It`s
Sunday but activity appears to be on random days.

Comparing to other 19m stations at same time: 15770 WRMI best, 15825
WWCR, 15370 Cuba and not much else; 15610 WEWN absent, surely off if
nearby WJHR be propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re the History Channel program about Philo T. Farnsworth,
inventor of television, Tom Roberts replies:

``Dear Glenn, Hope everything is going well in Oklahoma. In Idaho, we
have had at least 45 days of over 100 degree temperatures.

Some DX programs have been talking about the pioneers of television
found on the History Channel. The very best one I have seen on Philo
Farnsworth is on American Experience, parts one and two on Youtube. In
my heart of hearts I believe this wonderful visionary never got the
credit he deserved. With RCA's Sarnoff's deceitful history, he never
said that due to Farnsworth's CRT, they had television in Britain and
Germany, as you know, in 1936 from the experiments begun in the US by
Farnsworth.

If you feel this information presented by American Experience is
helpful, please pass it on. It is much more in depth story of
Farnsworth than the History Channel.

Thank you Glenn for all you do for shortwave listeners and Ham
operators. Love and Peace, Tom``

`American Experience` is a PBS series, so I looked for it first there,
but unfound; at YouTube there are lots of Farnsworth audiovideos, but
haven`t found the AmEx one there either. Exact direct link? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0013 UT August 3

** CHINA. 13130, August 1 at 1351, JBA carrier presumed CNR1 jammer,
the only one around in the 12-13s; and in the 10s-11s, only another
JBA carrier on 10825; but in the latter case not a known SOH/CNR1
frequency; EiBi only has this: 10825 0000-2400 F French Diplo ALE F
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, August 1 at 2137, RHC Spanish is JBM, S7-S4, flanked
by even weaker JBA spur parasites on 11840; and 11860 where it hets R.
Martí and jamming. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Nearby NDB daytime check August 1 at 2150 UT: 515-MCW, PN
Ponca City still off; 341-MCW, EI Enid JBA; 255-MCW, SW Stillwater
still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Sunday August 1 at 2130, REE opening `Emisión
Sefarad` but sounds like pure Castilian to me at first; then some
``odd`` words mixing in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
August 1 at 2000 on ``IRRS Shortwave``, 918 kHz, Granze, Italy, S9+32
but noisy into Noale KiwiSDR.

Not/confirmed Sunday August 1 at 2200 on Area 51 & WBCQ. On webcast it
starts promptly but no signal on 6159.9v into three New England SDRs
checked. However at 2208 recheck, on webcast WOR has been replaced by
Hobart Radio International interval-signal show, which is supposed to
follow at 2230. What in the world is going on? HRI ends at 2234, then
more music fill until TimTron at 2300. The 2200 WOR broadcast was also
missing from SW last week, but ran at 0300 UT Monday instead. This
week, 4790 & 7490 other WBCQs are confirmed on.

Confirmed Sunday August 1 at 2238 the 2230 on WRMI 9955; Bonaire busy,
but nearby Trinidad SDR, always inferior, barely hears it S7 with
noise. Much better into Tennessee, VG S9+20/30. Next:

0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank
to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9350, August 1 at 2142, WWCR-2 with anti-vax hysteria from
Alex Jones; skedgrid dated August 1 is already up; an odd time for
`InfoWars`, only on Sundays as whatever live time of this dangerous
nonsense is not enough; WWCR has blood on its antennas (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2340 UT August 1

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Sat July 31 at 1505, no LRA36 signals
into the three Brasilian KiwiSDRs active, Pardinho, Campo and São
Luiz. Nor was it on last Saturday, so only on Wednesdays now? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammers: 12880, July 31 at 1358 and only 12500, S7-S8
with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, August 1 at 0105, RHC Spanish happens to be on and
S9+30. That reminds me, someone recently reported RHC on 27480 but did
not realize it was second harmonic of 13740; but I haven`t been able
to find that report again. I`ve yet to hear 27480 myself, but worth
keeping checking when there is some sporadic E at least to 28 MHz;
also other Cubans on 27400 and 27300 when the resp. fundamentals
radiate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12000, August 1 at 0114, RHC with YL in thin English
[thinglish?], quite readable but less than the S9+30 signal on 6000
fundamental. Yet only a JBA carrier on 12330 = 2 x 6165. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, August 1 at 0110, rock at S8-S9. Must be one of
those Channel 292 tests, for N America? Schedule grid at
https://www.channel292.de/schedule-9670-khz/
shows nothing special, just ``worldwide`` at 00-02 UT Aug 1 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GREECE. 9420, Sat July 31 at 0542, VOG is on at S5-S8. Eric
Fetters-Walp in Washington had noted it missing at 0240. Ron Howard
says they were back on by 0436. We expect them to be silent early UT
Mondays, but not Saturdays. Alan Holder explains:

``They may have been off earlier due to a technical problem with the
transmitter or maybe even the power supply from the Grid was
interrupted.

Sign on time is supposed to be 1800, but times are very erratic. On
some days they are on just after 1730; the latest I have heard them
sign on is 1915.

After the close of the usual religious service (theia lietourgia)
early on Sunday mornings, there is no broadcast on Sunday evenings and
9420 is never back on until 1800 on Monday.

I have often wondered why this should be - is the transmitter engineer
deeply religious and attending church services on Sundays?
No - the answer is most likely the fact that under Greek labour laws,
anyone working on Sundays is entitled to their normal wage + 25%.
Overnight working on Sundays means they receive 75% on top of their
regular salary.

I imagine that ERT is operating the short wave service on a very tight
budget and that they are not prepared to pay any extra to
their employee at this station for Sunday working. Alan Holder, G4ZBH,
Isle of Wight, U.K.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, August 1 at 0104, rock music vs heavy
storm noise from next county, Grant. I leave it to lots of IDs here as
Radio Free What-ever:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84523.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, July 31 at 1741, still 1900 and later, dead air in
stereo from KIMY Watonga instead of gospel-huztering; like yesterday.
Hello, is anyone there? Please turn off not only the modulation but
the transmitter as I am hunting for sporadic E DX, unsuccessfully
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [non?}. 96.5, July 31 at 1744 UT there`s a chance of
sporadic E MUFing into FM, so bandscanning on caradio, but `open`
channels are choppy with fringe signals fading in and out thru the
100-degree groundwave atmosphere. On 96.5 at least besides the two
Okies, I barely hear bits of Spanish music, and at 1747 YL in Spanish.
However, another momentary peak at 1902 in Spanish seems to mention
Oclajoma. KECO Elk City is certainly not SS but possibly could run
some ads in Spanish, which is the Second Language in OK, by 7.3% of
the population. And I do find some search hits combining Spanish with
Elk City, but not directly with that station in CiudAnte (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, KFOR-TV OKC has a human-interest series completing
30 years on the air, ``Is This a Great State or What?``, by Galen
Culver. Here`s the anniversary show which leads to many more, each
only a few minutes long:
https://kfor.com/video/great-state-at-30-how-we-got-here-and-there/6853856/
Year 31 starts August 2 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. This should discourage me from trying to utter a
YouTube URL again: ``CHET-NUN. 2021 Summer
Subject: Edit needed for WOR 2097 at 14:00m
Dear GH, About 14:00m into wor2097.mp3
is a error in the youtube URL on the Canada catch of the Nicaragua TV
signal. 0gNiN should read 0gNiu
See you, Hawkshare. Sent from EarthLink Mobile mail``

It`s too inconvenient to edit at this point but will correct it on
next program. So the full correct link is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gNiuovOKI
At least I could differentiate oval zero from circular oh in this
font.

WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring: confirmed Sat July 31 at 1618 the 1600
on WRN webcast to N America; and also on satellite.

Also confirmed Sat July 31 at 1800+ on IRRS via AM Italia 918 kHz,
Granze, S9+32 into nearby Noale SDR; and 6 seconds later on IRRS 7290
kHz via Bulgaria, good into UTwente. As usual, 918 chopped off
previous talk program before 1759 for IRRS` Aïda theme; 7290 went from
open carrier except for warble on USB side, to join Aïda in progress
about a minute later; very brief ID, pause and then WOR on both.

Also confirmed Sat July 31 at 1956, about halfway into so started
circa 1942 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, S9+8 into nearby KB0FX SDR.

Also confirmed Sat July 31 at 2000 on WRMI 15770, S5-S6 into UTwente,
S9+15/20 into Maryland SDR; followed SMTV until 1959.5 cut to WRMI
ID.

Also confirmed UT Sun August 1 at 0325 on WA0RCR, MO, 1860-AM, direct
but buried in high storm noise level, about 8 minutes into so started
circa 0317. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [last week: 0300 Mon]
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

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support: thanks this week to Chuck Ermatinger: Eureka MO, for two
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One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank
to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Sat July 31 at 2300, after an hour of `Encore`, WRMI
starts `Blues Radio International`, more good but quite different
music --- but shortly cuts over to the `UFO Show`, almost like a
manual override of an automation error. Either that or the error
programmed in. July 1 skedgrid shows the latter now as its only time,
while BRI allegedly has three others (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (5085), UT Sun August 1 at 0025, WTWW-2 webcast has just
started $ tereo organ music on TOUTA. There is no such thing as
accurate scheduling, start time varying widely. Bob Heil is playing
other thorganists he admires and explains who taught whom. Abruptly
over at 0053, gotta get right back to *real* music: rock!! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0451 UT August 1