** FRANCE. 7410-7415-7420, Sept 22 at 0155, DRM decoding OK into
Maryland SDR, talk in French till chop at 0157*. Displays as from TDF,
SNR of 18.8. Jean-Michel Aubier, France says these unlisted broadcasts
of RFI programming are for St. Pierre & Miquelon. I wonder what the
DRM receiver penetration be there in that bit of overseas France.
6010-6015-6020, Sept 22 at *0200, DRM cuts on as I have already
retuned from 7415 on the Maryland SDR. Not as good as 7415 was, with
dropouts, SNR 14.4, more RFI French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11520, Sept 22 at 1455, VP music past 1501.
Suspected Dengê Gel and/or Turkish jammer. No other signals
11500/11550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Sept 22 at 2200, token English from SNR,
``Optimum`` internet out so forced to listen direct: no problem in
this case, VG S9+20, also sufficient on 15520 for ME, just a bit of
fading; insufficient on 17715 for S America, and JBA on 11670 for
Africa. 2206 after the news, another interview about Spanish film fest
in London (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR0
** SWAZILAND. 11880, Sept 22 at 1459 open carrier, 1500 TWR IS once
and s/on mentioning Somali. Yes, that`s Manzini, scheduled at
1500-1530, extended weekends to 1545. Good signal, presumably
long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11765, Sept 22 at 1456, VOT IS and ID in some language,
S5/S8 with flutter. Aoki shows Dari at 1500-1530, Pashto at 1530-1625
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, Sept 22 at 2200 and further chex direct, no signal
from VOT English, not even a JBA carrier. Something`s always erroneous
at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2209 monitoring: confirmed Friday
September 22 at 2055 UT the 2030 on IRRS SW via 5 kW AM Italia, 1323
kHz, S9/+10 with some storm crashes into nearby Noale SDR, finally:
``Optimum`` internet connectivity has been out and in, mostly out,
since yesterday. Lite CCI presumed Smooth Radio, Brighton, England,
500 watts, but not for much longer. Via Mike Barraclough: ``The former
Southern Sound (now Smooth Radio) transmitter on 1323 kHz is to close
at the end of September 2023:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US5eRYJmbgs
MWCircle iog``. Per WRTH that leaves on 1323 a 30-watter in UK, some
Romanians and Iran, which I have suspected not be on air as late in
night as WOR. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed by Cuba?]
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
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned late in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2208]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1400 UT Thursday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also webcast, phonecast]
Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous
quarterly check for autumn to Glenn Hauser, PO 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. 860, Sept 21 circa 18 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is back on air,
after missing yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VATICAN. 17605, Sept 22 at 1505, YL in Arabish, SSOB at S9/+10.
Aoki shows it`s R. Tamazuj in Juba dialect at 1500-1600, but R.
Dabanga which follows at 1559-1657 in Darfur dialect switches to
France site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5100 CW, Sept 22 at 0656, beeps at the rate of 25 per
minute, and soon found the same thing on 4800 CW. What? In bandscan I
found no broadcasters above 5000: no WRMI, Rebelde, WTWW or WBCQ.
Vanuatu not 5040 but still on 7260 a few more minutes (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2326 UT September 22
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20230923001503460