** CANADA. 258 MCW kHz, Sept 30 at 0719 UT, dash and ZSJ, 1000 watt ND
beacon at Sandy Lake, Ontario. The only one on this frequency.
335 MCW kHz, Sept 30 at 0723 UT, dash and YLD, 1000 watt ND beacon at
Chapleau, Ontario. DXinfocentre.com says YLD is to be decommissioned
2023-04-20. Not much storming now in the great center of the
continent, so the lower-noise `season` is getting underway (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA [and non]. 6030, Sept 30 at 0626, Cuban pulse jamming
against no Martí, but a weak carrier and talk under, soon some
laughter, so CFVP, ``Funny 1060``, Calgary. My yesterday`s log of CFVP
in clear at 0644 drew this reply from Bryan Clark, NZ:
``I was listening in New Zealand on 6029.988 the same date from 0558
UT. While the signal was weak, the unique comedy format of the station
was heard in the clear UNTIL the Cuban buzz-saw jamming resumed on the
channel at 0652. The attached audio file gives you a feel for the CFVP
signal strength and quality in the South Pacific. The Cuban jammer
starts at 13 seconds into the recording. Bryan -- Mangawhai -
Northland - New Zealand`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** COLOMBIA. 6017.019, Sept 30 at 0146, VP S5/S6 with talk, no doubt
Organización Radial El Prado, Palermo, Magdalena, on signature split
frequency, presumably unlicensed; gone by 0620 recheck (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11850, Sept 30 at 0141, a few RHC frequencies are back on
after widespread Ian-caused power outages. Back to ``normal``, this
one is S9+10/20 of just-barely-modulated Spanish; also 9650, S9+10
merely undermodulated. And 6000 at 0145, S9+20/30 in English with
sufficient modulation. Not found on any other frequency normally on
air at this time. Per EiBi, 6000 & 11850 are Quivicán site, 9650
Bejucal; so major Bauta plant still dark (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, Sept 30 at 0627, all
these transmitters are off, but:
9805 & 9565, Sept 30 at 0631, pulse jammings against nothings are
drawing powers from somewheres (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. Survey of RHC frequencies, Sept 30 at 2340, finds only: 6000
S7/S9 JBM Spanish? 9650 S9/+10 better in Spanish; there are no others
on those bands, nor on the 5s, 11s, 13s or 15s. But 13650 CRI music
relay is on, S9+20 JBM and at 2344 the NHK IS audible under in this
protracted collision. 9535 with something in Chinese, not Cuba.
Another check at 0023: 12000 S9 JBM English = 2 x 6000. At 0026, 11850
is now on at S9+10/20 but as always JBM Spanish. Somethings` always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. This CNN special originally on UT Sept 26, per
Titan TV listings has changed final repeat time to 03 UT Oct 1 instead
of 01:
``"Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome"
New, 9/25/2022, News, Topical, Current Events
Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates the so-called 'Havana Syndrome', a
confounding medical mystery beginning with embassy staff in Cuba
before spiraling into one of the most hotly debated and poorly
understood brain conditions of the age.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 30 at 2157, NO signal from R. Cairo in
English, into UTwente; nor Turkey. Guess I`ll have to listen to SPAIN,
q.v.
I quoted these WOR iog comments Sept 29 from Alan Holder on WOR 2158:
It is just over a year now since Radio Cairo fired up two of its
transmitters. The other seven units are obviously defunct; probably
the tubes are worn out and they cannot get replacements. Or maybe they
have used them as a source of spare parts to keep the remaining two on
air.
I monitor them most days to look for any improvement, but sadly the
situation has not changed. A huge amount of electrical energy is going
to waste. This audio quality would not be tolerated by the domestic AM
audience in Egypt, so why must overseas listeners have to put up with
this miserable service?
They cannot be relied upon to broadcast regularly - on some days all
language services are on air, on other days only part of the schedule
is broadcast or sometimes everything is off the air. Start up times
also vary from day to day. It seems to me that the transmitter station
is not continuously staffed. The AM tx lies some 700 metres to the
north - perhaps the tx operators have to cover both sites on their
shifts.
There was a 7 week period when the transmitter which operates on the
9810-9900 range was completely off air. I sent an e-mail to ERU and
this transmitter was back on air the next day. Also, a recent reply
from their engineering department reads:
`We would like to thank you for your email. But we also like to tell
you that we are still having a lot of problem in our Broadcasting
System in Egypt as the System has become too much old and There are a
lot of Defections in our Stations & Devices. Also we are looking
forward to having a new DRM System in the future.`
It will be a miracle if this ever comes about. I suspect that it is
difficult to get any funding for technical improvements.
Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** FRANCE [and non]. 9735-9740-9745, Sept 30 at 0628, DRM noise atop
AM carrier with some talk and DRM goes off at 0630:15*, not 0700 as
for MiniTransAt marine weather supposedly on its final registered
date. Uncovered understation, too weak to discern language, but RRI
Arabic scheduled, and would have expected the recognizable Romania IS
to play before 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA. 7254.933, Sept 30 at 0636, VON is off. Something`s always
abnormal at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. The following tiny-print legal notice in the local paper
must concern KVBN-LP, 99.9, Enid`s only currently active LPFM station.
Warning: your eyes may glaze over reading this:
``PUBLIC NOTICES Published in the Enid News & Eagle
September 29, 2022 LPXLP (310)
NOTICE OF HEARING APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
Notice is given that Victory Bible Church has appealed to the Board of
Adjustment concerning the request for a special exception for a 90
foot radio tower to be located at 2700 North Van Buren, which is also
known as north 242.67 feet of the west 130 feet of the east 716.76
feet of the tract beginning 1330.2 feet north and 187 west of the
southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thirty-Six
(36), Township Twenty-Three (23) North, Range Seven (7) West of the
Indian Meridian, Thence north 75 feet; thence west 65 feet; thence
south 25 feet; thence west 245 feet; thence north 242.67 feet; thence
west 1,445.90 feet; thence north 851.86 feet; thence east 8.5 feet;
thence north 189.5 feet to the north line of said Southeast Quarter
(SE/4); thence west 711 feet to the northwest corner of said Southeast
Quarter (SE/4); thence south 1992.4 feet; thence east 330 feet; thence
south 260 feet; thence east 312 feet; thence north 260 feet; thence
east 353.75 feet; thence north 331.16 feet; thence east 1261.76 feet;
thence north 214.04 feet; thence east 75 feet; thence
north 125 feet; thence east 125 feet to the point of beginning.
The property is zoned “C-3” General Commercial District. The Board of
Adjustment of the City of Enid, will hear said appeal at the hour of
4:00 P.M. on the 11th day of October 2022 in the Lower Level
Conference Room of the City Administration Building, located at 401
West Owen K Garriott Road, at which time any interested person(s) may
appear.``
It has been transmitting from a different location on N Van Buren,
piggy-backing on the KLGB-LP 94.3 tower which went off the air early
this year and surrendered its license. I have to go take a look on the
ground, the afternoon of Sept 30.
The backstory to this notice is lacking, but perhaps they have to find
a new transmitter site? Yes, visiting the church building former home
of KLGB, in the 1500 block of N Van Buren on the east side, it`s now
for sale along with the decaying KLGB sign; and we see that the
self-supporting lattice tower has been dismantled, lying on the ground
next to the building. So KVBN, on the air right now, is already
transmitting from somewhere else.
We then proceed 12 blox north to 2700 NVB, where, well displaced to
the west side, there are two adjacent RV/mobile home parx, heavily
populated and treed, so that only from one spot can we get a glimpse
of a short pole with one vertically polarized FM transmitting element
on it. Must be KVBN.
It`s still not clear why there be any zoning problem about this. It
could easily pass for a home receiving antenna, many of which in this
fringe area are higher and more elaborate. Wonder why they didn`t just
put it on HQ church property at 402 N 20th St, a few miles to the
east?
FCC FM Query has nothing but a CP for KVBN-LP at the new location, 73
watts ERP, H&V, 24 m AGL. Interspersed with gospel huxtering and
music, KVBN at least includes local weather info. If it were off for a
few days to relocate, I would not have noticed (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)
** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 30 at 2200, for at least the sixth day in a row,
nothing but open carrier dead air on REE`s frequency for the Mideast;
S7/S9 at first, but 2230 S9+10 into Maryland SDR.
17855 to N America has served well in the summer, but in fall is
beginning to falter well into the Euronight by 2200 English on M/W/F,
fadey S9/S7. Maryland SDR is axually getting a solider signal on the S
American frequency 11940, where I stay, S9+10; off-azimuth trumps
falling MUF. Hélena Rigobert does the preview: an interview by Justin
Coe with a German bass-baritone, but she pronounces bass as if he were
a fish!
After news, that starts at 2206. JC says it`s from his personal
archive of June 2018, never broadcast. Guest is Thomas --- Bastop it
sounded like at first, later Kwastov??? Discussing his performances
including once in Spain he stopped his Schubert recital when someone
coughed loudly; and how audiences should understand the need for
respectful silence. We hardly hear any of his singing until filling a
fraxion of the final minute at 2229 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 30 at 2157 and later chex to 2230, NO signal
from VOT English for N America into UTwente. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2158 contents: Algeria and non,
Andorra non, Antarctica, (Austria), Bahamas, (Bulgaria), Canada,
Colombia, Cuba and non, Egypt, (France), Indonesia, Ireland, (Italy),
Kaliningrad, Kazakhstan, Kiritimati, Korea, México, Morocco?, Nigeria,
(Oman), Puerto Rico, Russia, (Singapore), Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and
non, UK and non, USA; 6.6 MHz pirates; KiwiSDRs running out;
propagation outlook - (Countries mentioned out of order along with
others)
As of early UT September 30, WRMI is totally off the air pending
inspexion of the antennas and feedlines for hurricane damage.
Power is back on and WOR 2158 has been uploaded to System
servers, but frequencies may be coming back gradually.
I anyway post the nominal sked including WRMI in case some of
them can resume in the following week. Even if SW off, with studio
power the 9955 webcasts may appear. Otherwise, our listeners via
WRMI are well-advised to seek another station or listen on the web.
WORLD OF RADIO 2158 available from 0215 UT September 30:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2158.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2158.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:
0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7730 to NE [canceled last week]
0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed? by Cuba]
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323 & 918?
& 207?-Italy [resuming Sept 30]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Tnx this week to Dan in Cincinnati.
Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
WRMI confirmed NOT on any air at 0130 & 0330 UT Friday September 30.
WOR 2158 confirmed on WRMI 9955 webcast only, Friday September 30 at
1430, while 9955 itself is still off the air, as well as 9395, 9455,
15770.
Also confirmed Friday September 30 at 1815.3 on IRRS SW via Bulgaria
7290, and via AM Italia, 1323 kHz. 7290 into UTwente at S7/S8. 1323
into nearby Noale SDR is S9+10/20 but including heavy QRM in German
from Romania`s minority service, and a fast SAH making rough copy. I
don`t monitor the whole thing but trust WOR played to completion 1844
on both. This airing has been restored after missing the past two
weeks due to a programming mixup.
Earlier monitoring of these: 1323 tuned in at 1758 where some talk is
underneath classical music from Romania; 1800 German sign on with
frequencies including this one. IRRS ought to be on alternate 918
which is clear of QRM. Moving to 1323 was supposed to improve coverage
into Ukraine, but I doubt it, with Romania in the way. Still nothing
on the experimental LW 207 kHz. By 1801, 7290 has come on late during
`Feature Story News``, 1803 `Spotlite` about Iran demos. 1805 NEXUS
plug, music fill. 1812 promo for TUC Radio, but no idea when, if there
be any specific time; more music until 1815 IRRS SW ID and WOR.
Also confirmed Friday September 30 at 2030 on AM Italia 1323 only,
S9+10/20, still some QRM but atop it after Romania presumably off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 3265+, Sept 30 at 2358, this WBCQ is on but JBA with IS & ID
loop, probably // 5130- where that is much better. Both coming on
early to make this week`s `AAAAAA` a quadricast, while 6160- and 7490-
are wrapping up some other programming. I start listening direct on
best 7490- instead of webcast. It`s a new one, Allan in Monticello,
Angela on phone from home in Deland of Fla. Discussion of Hurricane
Ian, of course, with some political digs, like all 538 congresspersons
are worthless. Allan has been stuck in Maine for two weeks on a
maintenance mission, while Angela holds down the fort and battens down
the hatches in Fla. 0020 muses which is worse, Hurricane Ian or
Hurricane Brandon, which he thinx is destroying this country.
At 0032 I measure each frequency on the Maryland SDR: 3265.123 S8/S9;
5129.984 S9; 6159.937 S9; 7489.930 S9+20. 0034 datestamp as 30 Sept
YOOLF 2022. Thinx COVID was really man-made in China and the truth of
who did it will eventually come out. 0041 quadricasting. 0042 don`t
vote for those evil Democrats.
Tuned away for a while; when I come back at 0049, he`s talking to
*me*, but I missed the first part. He loves me, but apparently peeved
that I may guess what`s happening, instead of phoning him to find out.
About the 9330 outages: the Ampegon antenna was only 95% complete when
that company went bankrupt, and due to COVID they have not been able
to get anyone over who knows how to fix it, so WBCQ crew continues to
work on it in the daytime, which is why 9330 is often off the air
Mon-Sat from around 8/9 am to 4/6 pm EDT. As for transmitter,
Continental makes great ones, but this 500 kW one is a nightmare
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WRMI survey Sept 30 at 2339: All frequencies still OFF:
5010, 5800, 5850, 5950, 7570, 7730, 7780, 9395, 9455; and 9955 but
with wall-of-noise jamming against nothing. Latest from Jeff White:
``Hurricane Damage at WRMI [as of 1756 UT Sept 30]:
The weather is fine here in Okeechobee now, but the hurricane damage
is becoming more clear. I went out into the antenna field yesterday
evening with our facility manager Pat Travers, and our
four-wheel-drive truck got stuck in the muck in the swamp about a
half-mile from our building. We were rescued by another truck. Anyway,
the point is that it's very difficult to work in many parts of the
antenna field now because of the wetness.
A crew also went out into the field this morning to check out antennas
and transmission lines. So we know what we have to do to replace
broken poles and get transmission lines off the ground so we can get
back on the air. We are sourcing transmission line poles (like
telephone poles) right now, and we hope work will begin later today or
tomorrow morning on the replacements.
Most of our antennas themselves seem to be in good shape. A few have
serious problems and will require repairs or replacement. (We have 23
antennas beamed to 11 azimuths, and only 14 transmitters, so some
transmitters can be connected to different antennas if necessary.)
The bottom line at the moment is, we don't expect to have anything
back on the air tonight (Friday). But if all goes well, we may have
some transmitters back on the air by tomorrow (Saturday). We'll
continue working and will keep bringing transmitters back up as the
repair work is done on their transmission lines and antennas. This
process could take several days. And hopefully it won't rain and make
the field more difficult to work in.
Thanks for your patience and understanding, and we hope to have things
back to normal as quickly as possible. I'll keep you informed on our
progress.
Jeff
Jeff White, General Manager
WRMI Radio Miami International
10400 NW 240th Street
Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA
Tel +1-305-559-9764
Fax +1-863-467-0185
www.wrmi.net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9940, Sept 30 at 0135, VP talk and music, presumably WTWW,
and not // usual bigsig with rock on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5970, Sept 30 at 0144, WEWN Spanish is off. Some reports had
this starting at 0000 for 2 or 3 hours, but less than that tonight if
at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7680, Sept 30 at 0655, JBA talk - as I was falling
asleep so not sure accurately logged, but maybe worth another cursory
check. Nothing listed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0231 UT October 1
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20221001031505656