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Glenn Hauser log roundup June 6-12, 2024  View Printable Version 
Thursday, June 13 2024

Hauser

Please note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily all-band but mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this a more convenient archive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their original form are posted early every UT Thursday via:

http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html

The latest one direct:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2024_0606_0612.txt


73, Glenn Hauser

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 11-12, 2024  View Printable Version 
Thursday, June 13 2024

Hauser
** AUSTRALIA. 28262 CW, June 12 at 2204, long dash and VK2RSY beacon,
relog. WGB list:  ``28262 VK2RSY - Sydney NSW AUS QF56mh - #0 (10 Jan
2024) Note: ID + grid + 30" carrier. Pwr 25w`` - really gets out.
Otherwise had beacons from UT and CA, see USA (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, June 12 at 2019 UT, dead air in $ tereo, no doubt
semi-local KIMY Watonga. RDS still displays statickly GOSPEL__ /
STATION. Still dead at further chex past 2200. Std remark about how
can a station expect to have any listeners if no one there even
notices when it`s silent? Used to have a translator in Enid on 93.1
which added another level of unreliability (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, June 12 at 1510 UT and at random chex last few
days, Enid`s only local TV signal, K17JN-D misidentifying as K17JI-D,
is apparently off again. Now there is a BAD signal on RF 17, probably
KTEN Ada, as area tropo is up. Or possibly K17JN-D is on but
underpowered, and even more subject to DX QRM. It`s the 3ABN network
satellator with multiple sub-channels, two or three of them AUDIO ONLY
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed June 12 at 2200, token English from SNR, S9+20/30
direct, M. Quintana only, preview about Spain backing South Africa in
ICOJ case against Israel. 2201.5 news starting with far-right gains in
EU elexions including in Spain. Other three frequencies much weaker
but audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 12 at 2159, VOT IS JBA direct vs S9 noise
level. From 2225 I`m on UTwente where measured, S9+20/45, in music.
2228.5 `Sports Panorama` MEGO. 2233 songs only to 2253 s/off by OM
unmentioning SW, into IS until 2254.5* chop (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Sporadic E MUF well into FM band today June 12 but none
caught here in several afternoon bandscans. One patch was too close
over NW OK/SW KS to be of any use here. At least managed some HF Es,
10m band beacons: 28300 at 2203, perennial high-power K6FRC in
California.

28209+ at 2207, VVV VVV VVV DE K7EMX/B. WGB list: ``28209.5  K7EMX/B -
Kearns UT DN39xp - #0 (06 Oct 2023) Note: ID + grid`` - Sounded closer
to 28209 than 28210.
QRZ.com: ``K7EMX USA flag USA, PAUL R LARSON, 5057 LOOMIS LN, KEARNS,
UT 84118, USA`` If you have hours -- days? to spare, check out his
HUGE illustrated page, stills and audiovideos with lots of humor,
partly political:
https://www.qrz.com/db/K7EMX
Note especially this 31-minute YT about WBCQ and World`s Last Chance:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9dUaMXxWYao?rel=0

WWV also S9+20 on 25000 with 2210 announcement about ``this station``,
WWVB being low-powered due to antenna damage; and pounding on 20000.
Also had one from AUSTRALIA, q.v., F2 of course, but last hop maybe
assisted by Es.

Whenever checking out 10m I also try 26110 for the FM auxiliary of
KOVR Stockton which used to be active around newstimes, but never a
bit any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2246 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
June 11 at 2332 the 2330 on Shortwave Gold Radio, Germany, 3975.004,
S9/+5 and noisy into UTwente.

Also confirmed Tuesday June 11 at 2333 the 2330 on WRMI 9395, S8/9+20
into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday June 12 at 1955 the 1930 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.001, S9+15 into UTwente with a whine unlike a het; and
3975.004, S9+10/15. 1959 outro jingle for `CQ Serenade` of which WOR
is a part, and 2000 `Letterbox Show` except announcements are in
German with Bad Homberg address and there are no letters, just music
for a few minutes.

Missed checking Wed June 12 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490-; anyone hear it?
Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. By MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7288.90V, June 12 at 0637, ham in AM, immediately
recognizable voice of ``Timtron`` - Tim Smith of WBCQ presumably from
faraway home QTH, Skowhegan, Maine. And he`s talking about WBCQ!
Unfortunately fading, R3/S5-S9 so I cannot copy all the details, but
fragments. Mentions air filters for transmitters, Allan this-and-that.
The MW-50 transmitter. Got a transmitter from WYFR/WRMI in FL, moved
by Ryder rent-a-truck. Now his signal has varied down to 7288.82. 3265
transmitter is just sitting there, nobody wants to buy time on it.
Refers to a fire happening, belch. Not clear whether something recent
or historical. Finally at 0648 gives his callsign WA1HLR,  and off.
Can`t hear his contact. 0649 back on and back up to 7288.90. Says WBCQ
has a CP to move FM station into non-commercial band! Finishes at 0653
addressing his contact as Blair (?). And I am QRT whether he is or
not. If he runs much later into night, will clash with RRIndonesia on
7289.93; watch out, Ron Howard. The 7290 area of course is hangout for
AM hams on 40m. Timtron is usually in the 3890 AM area on 80m band.

FCC FM Query and LMS do not show any CP for WBCQ-FM 94.7 and the only
other in Monticello is their translator of 780, W252DW on 98.3. 94.7
is licensed until 04/01/2030 to ``Allan H Weiner & Barbara A. Weiner``
-- I guess the A is for Angela? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, June 12 at 0635, NO signal from R. Vanuatu direct.
Ron Howard agrees: ``June 12, Radio Vanuatu off the air during random
checking 0605-0910 UT.  
Ron, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey), CommRadio CR-1,
external antenna: 100 ft. long wire`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 

This report despatched at 2349 UT June 12

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 11, 2024  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, June 12 2024

Hauser
** CHINA [and non]. 11900, June 11 at 1457 noise jamming over a JBA
carrier; at 1500 ``Yankee Doodle Dandy`` of VOA sign/off audible until
1501* by when jamming also stopped. This hour only, 14-15 UT is VOA
Chinese via PHILIPPINES. Not Firedrake or CNR1 jamming, but noise,
very unusual for China. At first I thought it might be the Sa`udi
noiseblob ex-11935 where there is nothing now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15180, June 11 at 1926, continuous traditional Chinese
instrumental music, no announcements and no vocals, S5/S7 with flutter
into Maryland SDR. Not as percussively raucous as Firedragon used to
be. Nothing in Aoki, EiBi or latest HFCC to account for any CRI
language being music-filled or anything else ``needing`` jamming
during this hour. Off abruptly at 2000*. Could it be a NF for e.g.
Portuguese which is sked this hour on some other frequencies but
always music-fill only? I check all those frequencies into UTwente, as
well as all other possible languages, mostly music but nothing is //
15180. Unless totally wrong, most likely vs Sound of Hope on an
unknown and perhaps unused frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, June 11 at 0635, R. Rebelde is absent again.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. The Other Side:

``DDC READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW
June 11, 2024 OPINION The Bells Are Ringing Again

The regime's days are numbered: blackouts and protests, increasingly
original and daring, have become everyday events in Cuba.

OMAR LÓPEZ MONTENEGRO | Miami
Protest in Santiago de Cuba, on May 30. (DIARIO DE CUBA)[caption]

On Thursday, May 30, young people from the José Martí district, in the
city of Santiago de Cuba, staged a unique protest taking the form of a
conga march touring different neighborhoods in the populous city, the
country's second most important, singing refrains that called for
"electricity" and "food."``...
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1718039926_55333.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140 & 11760, June 11 at 1921, NO signals into Maryland SDR,
during first English hour of RHC where something`s always wrong (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM. 15625.07 approx., June 11 at 2205, JBA direct, talk sounds
Chinese. KSDA scheduled this hour. A second hour at 2300 switching to
Sri Lanka would likely be on a different exact frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, June 11 at 2049 UT, still intolerable local
line noise level especially on LW & MW, but diminished just barely
enough to copy beacon SW, StillWater, so still/again on the air (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11745.012, June 11 at 2234, S9+20 in Arabic, presumed
Al Azm, for forces in Yemen; earlier someone reported it on 11935
instead, confusion at transmitter site or logger? with Rep. of Yemen
Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.019, June 11 at 2158 no signal direct from VOT
English. Finally cuts on at 2159.5 with dead air, no IS, until 2201
JIP Ms Badax with presumed olds, too much noise at S8/S9 vs VOT at
S9+10/20. Into UTwente at 2231 when measured further off-frequency
than usual, Ms Badax in commentary about Pak/India, music. 2246
`Turkey`s Geomarked Products` about carpets -- maybe they are not
trying to say ``geomarketed`` which would mean exported, sold abroad,
while geomarked seems to be something about marking sources of
products on a map. 2249 music. 2254 Badax s/off as if the 1230,
chopoff at 2254.7* before IS can start. Something`s always erroneous
at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15120, June 11 at 2203, S9/+10 of dead air, presumably
Grimesland failing to turn off VOA after Bambara until 2200 weekdays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2246 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday June 11 at 0337 the 0330 on WRMI 7780, S5/S8 into way offbeam
NH SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday June 11 at 1307 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, S8/S9
direct. 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;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. By MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UZBEKISTAN. 15474.73 approx., Tue June 11 at 1449, JBA carrier
direct, no doubt Tashkent as scheduled on ``15475`` with Furusato no
Kaze. Not a trace of LRA36 which should be on 15475.98 RC USB, Tue at
1300-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2319 UT June 11

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 9-10, 2024  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, June 11 2024

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 4885, June 9 at 2300 and June 10 at 0105, NO signal of R.
Clube do Pará into Brasília SDR, contrary to one recent report it were
active (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non?]. 18970, June 9 at 1502, JBA carrier, CNR1 jammer or
Sound of Hope to whom we are indebted for populating this obscure SWBC
band. BTW, The Epoch Times, related newspaper to SOH and Falun Gong,
has been hit by a scandal:

``Federal prosecutors in New York charged Weidong “Bill” Guan of
Secaucus, N.J., chief financial officer of The Epoch Times, of
steering at least $ 67 million in criminal proceeds, much from
fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits, to the company,
its affiliates and himself.``

Epoch Times CFO is arrested and accused of role in $ 67M multinational
money laundering scheme

https://apnews.com/article/epoch-times-cfo-indictment-money-laundering-caad358778bb6b73e32e9f989f3b9665

What will become of The Epoch Times with its chief financial officer
accused of money laundering?

https://apnews.com/article/epoch-times-conservative-trump-money-laundering-543d184d378e570683e7d10326973240
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non?]. 15775, June 10 at 1507, S4/S5 carrier, JBM? Unusual
anything next to 15770 WRMI. EiBi shows nothing but ChiCom jamming and
Sound of Hope. Propagation very degraded with the only bigsigs the
four WWCRs, 15825, 13845, 12160, 9980. K-index at 1500 only 1.00 but
WWV reports more often than not, to levels 1, 2, or 3, geomag storms,
solar radiation storms, and radio blackouts. The 27-day Outlook issued
today shows peak A&K indices today of 35 & 6; June 11: 20 & 5; June
12: 10 & 3. Then 5 & 2 or 8 & 3 thru July 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, June 10 at 0348, ``Josiah`` on Station YHWH is
reactivated after a few months` absence, tnx to tips from Eric
Fettters-Walp in WA and Walt Salmaniw in BC. I`m tuning a northern
Utah SDR, where his thin voice is marred by storm crashes. MEGO this
anti-Christ pirate obsessed with Yahweh stuff, just as I am with
pro-Christ gospel huxters but let him play in background; still at
0428, but by 0432 he`s gone. Did not notice any themetune. Earlier had
transmitter failures and resumed, they say. EFW`s first revival report
was June 8 before 0420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday June 9 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG
S9+30/40 direct and the other three confirmable. Feature to be about
the Sorolla Museum featuring 100 objects. 2201 Justin Coe with
detailed contact info. Skips news with no explanation or apology,
right into M. Quintana interview about ``Sorolla y Cien Objetos`` -
another totally visual medium on a totally aural medium, so I suggest:
https://www.centenariosorolla.es/actividades/sorolla-en-100-objetos/
https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2019/03/sorolla-spanish-master-paintings/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sunday June 9 at 2203, VOT not off the air, Ms
Badax speaking, sounds more like commentary than olds this early in
hour, but pauses for ``news`` sounder. S9+35/40 into UTwente. 2218
`Letterbox` starts, host obviously looking at mail for very first
time, no preparation. Says he will be off next week for 5-6 day
holiday, sounded like Eid?? So will spend with family. Weather is hot
now, explains seasons. First from Argentina, Nestor di F------, who
says he is not getting foreign postal mail, so please eQSL? And then
another one from him with photos. His report from February was for
7240 - but the B23 HFCC shows that used only for Uighur at 03, and not
at all in A24! VOT refuses by policy to eQSL but maybe host will photo
a QSL for him and send that to him! This first one took a full 10
minutes. 2228, Konstantin Barsenkov, a regular from St. Pete, Russia;
Greece - comments on how despite hostilities some Turx like to visit
Greece. Then from India in English about listening in Urdu. Another
from India explaining what SDRs are. Second one from the first Indian.
Another from India. Finally ``my man``, Alan Holder, Isle of Wight,
UK, who impresses host with how much he knows about Turkey, but has
not been listening much lately due to chores, rainy May. Discusses
host`s motorcycle accident, urges him to avoid sheep. Got new tyres,
as Honda dealer urges Turkish ones better for its terrain than
Japanese ones. By law in Turkey, cars have to swap winter and summer
tires twice a year, a nuisance. Alan wants more content about what`s
going on in Turkey, less music and less commentary about international
affairs. Explains that the only news they can broadcast is what has
been provided in original Turkish for translation. 2251 finally
``time`s up`` but no music filler this time as he has run almost up to
end of transmission! Holder reply was at least 10 minutes too, but did
not note exactly when it started. 2252 L`box outro theme. 2253 Ms
Badax s/off as if the 1230 on 17620, and IS played only one sesquitime
before chop by 2254*, no finesse (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 10 at 2159, no signal direct of VOT
English, nor by 2200 when I switch to SPAIN, q.v. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler. Recheck at 2205, now VOT is on at S9+10/20 but
insufficient vs noise level. At 2224 I tune it in via UTwente when
measured at usual offset, and S9+55/60! during `The Energy Agenda`.
2227 promo trtvotworld.com for 41 languages.

[Later I check that: at first there appear to be linx to 41 languages,
but several duplicated with different spellings or scripts, denoting
dialects? Two each of Azeri, Tatar, Turkmen, and three of Uyghur!
Furthermore, Dari & Pashto, so what is Afghan?? Bosnian, Croatian and
Serbian also get separate entries. Maybe there be only 33?]

Followed by pounding music to match the pounding signal. 2232, `That`s
Why`, Ms Badax about serpent representing medicine. 2237
``always-by-your-side`` promo, song. 2242 ``with-you-every-hour``
promo, music. 2248 ``a-b-y-s-`` again. 2252 TRTWorld promo again. 2253
s/off by Ms Badax as if the 1230 on 17620: something`s always awry at
Ankara. Then IS, 2256 pause and restart with German IDs. 2300
timesignal and s/on German with satellite info and frequencies for the
two correct German outsendings, into news, or I daresay Altrichten
until chopoff at 2303.3*. Immer etwas fehlerhaft zu Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2246 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
June 9 at 2141 the 2130 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.002 S9+15 into
UTwente, and 3975.004 S9+15/20.

Also confirmed Sunday June 9 at 2330 on WRMI 7570: cuts in and out on
one Athens GA KiwiSDR, the other OK, S7/9+10.

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/9+15 into
Qro. SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday June 10 from 0304 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-70 Hz = 6159.930, S9/+10 into NH SDR; after misc. stuff following
JL.

Also confirmed Monday June 10 at 1930 on SW Gold/Radio, Germany, into
UTwente: 6160.000, S9+15 and 3975.003, S8/9+5. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
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;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. By MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 15610, June 9 at 1502, JBA carrier, at this hour
presumably ChiCom jamming and/or SOH, but reminds me about WEWN, so I
ask Glen Tapley:

``WEWN never on SW now? Hello Glen, Have not heard 15610 in a long
time, and recently not 12050 either whenever checked at random various
hours. Could you enlighten us about the prospects for WEWN ever
returning to SW in English and/or Spanish? Regards,`` Another check of
12050 at 2353 June 10: nada (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 102.3 FM, June 10 at 2028 UT, another fruitless search for
Es DX on caradio gets something other than KRMG Tulsa here: Country,
``102-3 the Bull`` - that`s KWFS-FM 100/100 kW, Wichita Falls TX.
There are zero 102.3s in KS, and no country 102.3s elsewhere in OK
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0255 UT June 11

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 8-9, 2024  View Printable Version 
Sunday, June 09 2024

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 4885, June 9 circa 0645 routine bandscan, still zero from
R. Clube do Pará. It used to be 24h, always audible around my 06-07 UT
chex; not heard for months and had not noticed any reports of it
earlier until this one, in the NASWA iog: ``Robert Wilkner - Pómpano
Beach, Flórida, 4885, Brasil, Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, PA, 0100 to
0112 with fair signal music 4 June`` -- Of course, Echo of Hope and/or
N Korean jamming also on 4885 but would not be audible at either
daytime hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, June 9 at 0222, RHC not off the air, strong but JBM in
presumed English; 9700 not on; 9580 with CRI in Chinese also JBM.
Somethings` always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sunday June 9 at 1513, RHC in weekly Esperanto, S6/S7
into Maryland SDR but no signal on 15140. Note that nouns, even proper
names, must end in -o, thus ``Radio Havano Kubo`` and stress
invariably penultimate, so it`s ra-DEE-oh. ESL speakers however cannot
always break their Spanish pronunciations of some words, like
polítiko. 1519 a song in Esp`o with guitar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, June 9 at 0223, pirate rock at S9+5
including high storm noise level, HSNL, the only pirate on band, OPOB.
Never in a sesquimegayear would I have guessed it`s Barf Nugget Radio
as per several reports here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,130310.0.html
There was an SSTV ID at 0227, off at 0236 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 89.3, June 9 circa 1645 UT and anytime, KIEL, Loyal, the
3ABN station a.k.a. R. 74 Internationale, remains in MONO only whether
music or talk, and I should add is constantly undermodulated, which
seems odd for an FM station, altho a pervasive problem with AM signals
on SW or MW, presumably because of ageing equipment incapable of full
modulation. Despite my previous reports, WTFDA FMDB still does not
mark it MONO (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Sunday June 9 at 1659 UT as I am hunting for Es DX,
notice that KOSU is in $ tereo music, and indeed ToH ID also branding
as ``The Spy``. On weekdays the rule is mono until 0000 UT with
NPR/etc. news/talk, then $ $ py. This is amid a bihour 16-18 UT program
per sked, `Toaster Brunch` of Jamaican music [not to be confused with
low-power 6YC-395 in Kingston or 6YC-648 in Montego Bay]. But there is
more $ py on weekends; trouble is, KOSU sked does not make it clear
which are which nor which are mono! `The Spy` is title of specific
local-originated music blox, but also applies to music stuff from
elsewhere. O, this explains that Toaster Brunch is the only
Spy-program outside the overnight blox, along with convoluted history
of The Spy branding from one OK station to another, to another, etc.:
https://www.kosu.org/show/the-spy
I suppose there could be some non-Spy programming with a musical
element, whether or not KOSU master control bother to switch $ tereo on
and off. I suppose The Spy deal be financially advantageous for KOSU
as it has endured, despite discouraging public-radio contributors who
would not want any of their money going to support that for which KOSU
has semisold its soul (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 107.7, June 9 at 1633 past 1700 UT as I am fruitlessly
bandscanning for any Sporadic E, can`t help but notice dead air in
$ tereo here, where near-local quality 92/92 kW KRXO OKC should be,
silly sportstalk. Not only on caradio but on DX-398 showing static
RDS: _CHISE___ -- but that may be holdover from another frequency as I
can`t get it again by tuning away and back. A remote possibility poor
KRXO is being supplanted here by yet another idling Part 15 RF feeder,
but why would it not be on a `clear` frequency? 1830 recheck still DA,
and RDS icon does display tho nothing in the RDS window. Depending on
whip angle, seems to be a weak modulated undersignal, but probably
from overload (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. Continued from last report: VOT English, 11785.009, into
UTwente June 8 at 2253 reverted to Ms Badax` s/off claiming this was
the 1230 on 17620, and IS until chop at 2255.8* just in time to avoid
switching to German IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2246 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
June 8 at 2300 on WTWW 9475, VG S9+40 direct.

Also confirmed finally starting at 2330 instead of 2333 on
IRRS/NEXUS/IBA/IPAR webcast, and playing to completion 2359. However,
I noticed another show was faded out incomplete before 2330, `Off the
Wall`. A bit I heard seemed to be anti-*rump tho a clip of him played.
It originates with WUSB on LINY and its podcast at least times a full
60 minutes: https://www.2600.com/offthewall/ -- at 0000 June 9, IRRS
webcast started `Feature Story News`, which used to precede WOR at
2330, but dumped out of it after a few seconds, into piano music until
0005 and then dead air. Specific programming before and after is
unaccounted for on the IRRS sked as in so much of their 24/7, generic.
Altho I was notified explicitly of it last week that WOR would air
Sundays at 11:30 CEST [0930 UT] when SW 9510 is on, that does not show
on sked yet. Does anyone hear it? I really need to be sound asleep at
that time; and so I was June 9.

Unfortunately, I was so involved with IRRS that I forgot to check for
WOR on WRMI 9955 at 0000 UT Sunday. Did anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Sunday June 9 from 0420 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, another
very late start more than an hour past nominal 0315v. Followed
`TWIAR`. Heavy storming across the southern half of MO, so I played
better into Peoria than much closer Warrenton.

Also confirmed Sunday June 9 after 3-minute Verdi theme at 1900, WOR
starting at 1903 and still faded down and out at 1930 two minutes
before I am finished, for ID and VOA News on IRRS via AM Italia,
1322.995 kHz, S9+15 into nearby Noale SDR. Next:

2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [NEW];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
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;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 9955, UT Sunday June 9 at 0650, like last night, q.v., WRMI
in unscheduled Spanish, assumed then to be RAE relay. Now S7/S9
direct, interview in Spanish mainly about Chile. I`m listening
carefully and there is never a clue that it`s RAE other than
proximity. At 0659 no program outro or ID, pause, NO WRMI ID either,
0700 into ``Radio Poland`` in English. In fact ``Polish Radio External
Service`` is on the A24 WRN North America schedule at 0700-0800 daily;
but at 0630-0700 it`s NHK, in English of course (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 101.3, June 9 at 1648 UT, ad for Burlington, in Garden City.
Surely this be KFDI-FM in distant Wichita, our semi-local, but guess
what? WTFDA DB shows in KS one entry besides KFDI-FM with 100 kW, is a
100-WATT CP, 14m high antenna for a NEW station on 101.3 in GARDEN
CITY! Which I am surely not getting, but I wonder if planned to be a
mere booster for KFDI, jumping the gun with local ad for GC?? (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1953 UT June 9

 

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