** CANADA. 3330 RC USB, Aug 14 at 0608, no signal from CHU direct, but
still on 7850, inaudible on 14670. At 1608 into nearby VE3HOA remote,
still nothing on 3330 but 7850 and 14670 at local range. 3330 I also
noted absent the day before. Is this covered at System Status?
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/chu-short-wave-station/
Of course not! As previously discovered, is useless about new outages,
nothing shown recently. Still off at 2115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** COLOMBIZUELA. 4940, Aug 14 at 0600, no signal from Station 4940,
but JBA carriers direct from other S Americans on 4810, 4885, 4985.
Seems hours have been reduced or just irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, Aug 14 at 0625, RHC overtime in Spanish, S9+20 with VG
modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995, Aug 14 at 2140, NO signal from R. Cairo in
English, into UTwente. No loss: of course if it were on, would be
horribly modulated. Still gone at 2155 when I switch to 11785 Turkey
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GUAM. 15530, Aug 14 at 1801, JBA carrier near 15520 Spain. EiBi
shows KTWR in Korean at 1730-1830. Presumably by now all emissions
have been restored to Guam. It`s notable now that there is a lot more
activity above than below 15.5 MHz on the 19m band; why? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470, Aug 14 at 1804, JBA carrier, only spot
below 17500 - got to be Dengê Welat or Recep`s Turkjam (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1140 kHz, Aug 14 at 2021 UT, KRMP OKC seems off, during
caradio bandscan. Equivalent 1 kW ND on 1340 KGHM has usual sufficient
signal. Later at 2040 I try on the DX-398 in the front yard: 1140 does
bear a JBA carrier looping OKC. Since there is no KS on 1140, two TX
are too far, and AR is 90 degrees away, also too far; therefore KRMP
is on but at greatly reduced power. Radio-locator coverage map for
KRMP shows Enid between local and distant contours (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1490 kHz, Aug 14 at 2021 UT on caradio, NO signal from
KMFS Guthrie. Likewise at 2040 on the DX-398, not even a JBA carrier.
Sob! sob! It`s Jimmy Swaggart`s station. NRC AM Log shows address in
Bâton Rouge; radio-locator in Las Vegas NV. Graveyarder of course 1/1
kW ND and the only 1490 here in daytime. Maybe high winds in storm to
blame (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1570 kHz, Aug 14 at 1823 UT, JBA Spanish in HNL, i.e.
KTUZ Catoosa near Tulsa. Its FM is back in OKC on 106.7 with a much
better signal here. Same call applies to RF 29 TV ``Shawnee`` with
Spanish nets and shoppers (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 101.5 MHz, Aug 14 at 1942 & 2029 UT chex on caradio,
still dead air from KOCD Okeene, as already noted Aug 9 & 11. Standard
derisive remark. Hmm, what could OCD stand for? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Aug 14 at 2200, VG S7/S9 into VA SDR, SNR has a
new opener for token English, a montage of multi-lingual IDs. Begins
with program preview, and acknowledging a listener, William, in N
America, another new angle. Again it`s Amy Egan and ??? Quintana. 2202
news. Deadline for forming new government is this Thursday following
uncertain elexion in July; if not, another elexion in December.
Heatwave in Canarias; water shortages everywhere. Stories punxuated by
musical stingers. 2209 invites contacts. 2210 some TV show, Game of
Thrones, filmed in Cáceres, and its impact; constant musical
undercurrent. At 2225, one of them says ``this concludes my time at
SFR; farewell!`` Now was that Hélena Rigobert or Amy Egan. I wasn`t
paying enough attention for this surprise despedida. 2226 story about
a singer who was fined for going topless, and her defiant remarx.
Marilín [sp?] Quintana and Amy Egan wrap up the show, so the departer
must have been Rigobert. That also explains why Quintana is newly
added (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 11785, Sunday August 13 after 2200, VOT is not
off the air today, until 2255.5*, including `Weekly Analysis` ending
at 2221 but I`m mainly attentive to `Ginga Brasil` this hour on WBCQ
7490- webcast. I do explore exact frequency readouts, this time on the
NA5B remote which I often use. It shows -43 Hz while UTwente shows
+8/9 Hz as usual. Then I try WWV into NA5B, 15000 -64/67 Hz and 10000
-44/46 Hz. Obviously it`s miscalibrated, the error proportional to the
frequency. One should not report exact frequencies from this or any
remote without first checking calibration with WWV every time. Or at
least favor SDRs with a good track record for accuracy (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.009, Aug 14 at 2155, VOT IS already running, VG into
UTwente, so not off the air today, but until 2230 I`m attentive to
SPAIN instead, which is a lot easier to understand in English. VOT is
somewhat overmodulated/distorted. 2233 `New Day, New Choices`, the
first stop in interstellar travel, the Moon, more manned missions in
next few years by different nations. Segment theme music: is that the
lead-in to ``La Bamba``? Song break; 2243 `Did You Know That` yogurt
was first made by Turx? misspoken by the badax. 2247 ``every hour of
the day, TRT VOT is with you`` promo; song. Now I`m listening via
Virginia SDR which shows frequency jumping around plus 14/47 Hz! Must
be the rx as UTwente shows it steadier around +9 Hz. 2252 usual
defective s/off by badax. 2254 first notes of IS allowed to play once
before chopoff*. Finesse has slightly improved (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. 17530, Aug 14 at 1805, VOA, `Africa News Tonight`, S9/S6.
This transmission is the *only* VOA English left from inside US, via
Grimesland NC, daily 1700-1830. In the B seasons, also 21-22 on 11720
ex-15580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2203 monitoring: not confirmed
Sunday August 14 at 2000 on WRMI webcast. This entry appeared recently
on the skedgrid: more evidence that anything has to be confirmed by
axual monitoring. At same time, confirmed on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz, S9+12 into nearby SDR, and also on WRN Europe webcast.
Confirmed UT Monday August 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+15 into
Louisiana SDR.
Also confirmed UT Monday August 15 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-67/68 Hz = 6159.9325, S9+5/20 into NH SDR which is accurately
calibrated compared to WWVs. Next:
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB ex-LSB [previous #2202]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Thanks this week to Kenneth Brookner for a generous contribution via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com, ``Thanks for all of the WOR since
1975. It`s really nice to see you still at it and I`m enjoying working
my way back through the podcasts.``
One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank in US funds to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7490-, Sunday August 13 at 2300, especially since CBS-TV `60
Minutes` is going to run more than an hour late due to stupid
golfgame, I stay on WBCQ webcast after `Ginga Brasil` for Harry
Shearer`s `Le Show`, but stream stops at 2302*. I bring up 7490 itself
into Maryland SDR, and it`s also off. Then find 6160, 5130 and 9330
are also off. Must be total power failure at Monticello; of course I
don`t know for sure whether the other frequencies were axually on
until then. By 2312, webcast resumed but not 7490 until *2314 carrier,
*2316 add modulation, and staying on rest of hour. NA5B remote shows
7490 -106 Hz, but we know it`s miscalibrated, see TURKEY. Alexandria
VA is closer at -71 Hz as it puts WWV at 10000 +3/4 Hz, 15000 +5/6 Hz.
9330 still off at 2324, and at much later check 0324 Aug 14. At 0215
August 14 I try the W1NT in NH, which has WWV on 5 and 10 MHz within 1
Hz or less. And 6160 as -67/68 Hz = 6159.9325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9980, Aug 14 at 1816, WWCR-4 is OFF, no BS! Other three
nominal, 12160, 13845, 15825. Something`s not airing in Nashville. But
2132 check is back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1130 kHz, Aug 14 at 1821 UT, dead air from KLEY Wellington
KS; still dead at 2020 on a different radio. From previous
performance, this could last for days - and nights of open 250 W
daytime power carrier rather than ONE WATT night license. Why would
FCC ever license any non-part-15 station at such low power? (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** VATICAN. 15595, Aug 14 at 0613, SSOB at S8/S9 in Arabic. VR
scheduled daily except Sunday at 0610-0630, preceded by Italian,
followed by French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0020 UT August 15
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