** CUBA. 5025, Oct 17 at 0402, R. Rebelde is off. 5040 is in
undermodulated Spanish with big hum, // better 11760 so presumably RHC
programming. However, at 0639, 5040 music is the only Cuban signal on
5 or 6 MHz, but 11760 is still on //. 11760 normally is off by 03* per
Aoki, 02* per EiBi. Due to recent mixups, without an ID, one cannot
assume programming now is not Rebelde instead. Ron Howard reports
later: ``Oct 16 - I found 5025 was silent from 0823+ UT (past 1035+),
but Radio Rebelde was in fact still being heard on 5040,
past 1035+``. Still no 5025 signal here at 2311 check Oct 17 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 17 at 0635, no JBA carrier direct from R.
Kiribati, this Monday. But without remote chex, cannot be positive
whether it`s on the air or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 17 at 0637, no signal direct from VON.
Also no signal into Spain or Canary SDRs at 1855; hit at 1857 by
ChiCom big open carrier, 1900 CRI Tuerkiyeish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955 USB, Oct 17 at 2310, pirate music VP S6/7. Many
reports here as RFW > Radio Free Whatever:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103399.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday
October 16 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9/+20
with a SAH and lite musical underference into nearby Noale SDR. If not
a 500 or 20-watt UK station, per WRTH 22, Tanzania would not be on at
this hour and when on would only be CRI relay! but 50 kW Iran in Azeri
runs to 2030*; if not a spoiler from China. WRTH 22 on page 544, MW
frequency lists, shows 200, 600 and 500 kW stations on 1323 and a
bunch of 10 kW. Sorting everything out is quite a task, likewise at
PAL, but the Big Three CRI relays on 1323 are on page 56 (of 408),
including one for Russian from East Turkistan most likely to be a
problem in Europe, but not on the air 1500*-*1100. Once again, we
would be much better off on 918 instead of 1323 as 918 is a virtually
clear frequency.
Also confirmed UT Monday October 17 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, S9+28 into
Athens GA SDR; original 7780 still not restored.
Also confirmed UT Monday October 17 at 0300 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160
minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S9 into Missouri remote. JL axually finished
in time! Gotta go. Next:
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
*frequencies not yet restored as of Oct 16
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** U S A. 5010, Oct 17 at 0402 this WRMI is S7/S9 of dead air direct.
At 0638, 5010, 5800, 5950 all TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 17 at 0646, R. Vanuatu JBA on first harmonic =
fundamental; intermittent QRM from AM carrier, presumably spoiler ham
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1140, Oct 17 at 0658 UT, steady big S9+10 open carrier
dominates, vs something weaker making fast SAH, continues past hourtop
0700+. More of a signal than we get from our nearest in daytime, 1 kW
daytimer KRMP OKC. Too late for me to switch from the E/W longwire on
R75 to the DX-398 where I might have DFed it. No modulator really owns
1140 here at night: is 50 kW XEMR Monterrey NL, still active, 24h?
Supposedly direxional SW at night per 2013y NRC Pattern Book, but not
mentioned as direxional in current IRCA Mexican Log -- the word
appears only about 15 times in entire list, some noted as not
directional despite official info. WRVA VA pattern unfavorable tho has
been heard. KXRB Sioux Falls SD U2 10/5 kW but only if on ND day
pattern rather than NNW direxional at night. Second-closest, KLTK in
NW Arkansas might do it, 5 kW ND daytimer. Checking circa 1925 UT,
KRMP is weak but with a fast SAH, likely KLTK if not TX or MO. Must
check again late night and DF if possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0006 UT October 18
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20221018001503895