** CHILE. 28412 USB, Dec 9 at 2304, CE7VP calling QRZ amid
multi-contacts. QRZ.com: ``CE7VP Chile flag Chile, Javier "Javi"
Capdebilla A., P.O. Box: 42, Quellon, Chiloe Island, 5790000, Chile``
- this time of day on 10m, most phone DX is from Deep South America,
not periphery of North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 18900 & 18970, Dec 9 at 2307 JBA signals with flutter,
presumed Chinese, the only two 18 MHz band ChiCom jammer channels vs
Sound of Hope, per EiBi. No sigs at all on 21 MHz band (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9790, Dec 9 at 0453, S9+20/30 dead air with traces of
modulation at talk peaks, CRI relay still instead of 5910. Somethings
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 1570, UT Mon Dec 9 at 0430, XERF amid `Coahuila en La Hora
Nacional``. Is this a regional version, or fed to the entire country?
About the Saltillo cathedral, also clips of an 1140 station,
``Coahuila, somos todos``. Not // 1050 XEG in NL. Not // 6185; 1140
sounds similar but not //. There is no 1140 in Coahuila, rather 20,
not 50 kW XEMR Monterrey NL. 0459 wrapup ``Coahuila en La Hora
Nacional``, so the entire program, not just a segment, and says will
be back next Sunday, reference to FB. 0501 ``La Poderosa, XERF, 100
mil watts, Piedras Negras, emisora IMER, la radio pública`` also for
their 4 kW FM XHRF 103.9. Hardly any other once ``clear`` XE channels
have any significant signals, e.g. 730, 900, 1220 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Dec 9 at 0513 UT, 3ABN main virtual channel 17-1
is audio silence! All the others, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 have A & V; as well
as the audio-only on 9, 10 and 11. However, 17-6 is axually same
program as 17-1, and fortunately with audio during a singer. However2,
17-1 is 16:9 HD, and 17-6 is SD 4:3. Besides the visual difference,
those figures show with the Display button on the Zenith STB remote.
Recheck at 2000 UT: Same situation! No one paying attention. And STILL
with wrong ID K17JI, which is really a satellator in California,
instead of K17JN. It changed with a reboot several months ago. No one
paying attention. This is Enid`s only local TV signal, of which I do
not doubt that 99% of inhabitants are unaware (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)
** RUSSIA. 9996, Dec 9 at 0454, binary pulses, pause at 0455
minutetop, and resuming, surely RWM Moskva/Taldom. Audible when tuned
to 9995 USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Dec 9, REE N American frequency not off the air
for a change; instead, goner is 12030 for ME, which served as our
backwards backup. 17715 & 17755 JBA carriers detected at 2258. At
2300, 9690 is S9+30 direct, opening token English about feature to
follow, China as a global superpower, someone from the I.E.? China
Center. News starts with Syria, of course (Glenn Hauser,
** TURKEY. 9610, Sunday Dec 8 at 2147, VOT English not off the air,
only fair into UTwente, as this is aimed oppositely for S Asia, where
it`s only 3:17 am in India! Considerable CCI from CNR8 in Mongolian
via Beijing - and even worse, splash from superstrong 9600 CRI English
via Kashgar, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide
against Uyghurs and other Moslems. I want to get a headstart on the
Letterbox Programmme instead of a sesquihour later to N America,
maybe. But no good now.
5960, Sunday Dec 8 at 2259, NO signal from VOT even into UTwente. When
this happen, it may still be on 9610 instead of turning it off by
2230, and that is the case today. Something`s extremely erroneous at
Emirler. There is still Mongolian CCI as CNR8 span is 2055-0100, and
VOT off the back is considerably weaker in comparison than 5960 would
have been vs its always CCCCCCI. So I keep listening to 9610.006, as
s/on and Efsun the axentuated presents the olds. By now it`s not too
early to lead with: Syria. But 100% attention to this imperfect
broadcast is beyond me.
2317 news ends, TRTVOTVorld news promo, music. 2321
``always-by-your-side`` promo, `Letterbox`, this time with a different
OM voice, does not name himself. Unlike Halil, he`s not flailing
around and seems to have planned or even scripted this, delivered with
friendly expressiveness. Due to fading etc., I still have trouble
copying names of listeners and locations.
1) Ralf, Germany, 73 years old, about a Turkish women heroes program
or segment. 2) Siddartha Chatterjee, about World Television Day, Nov
21. 3) Dr Erwin? Mess? about ?? 2320, break for a song. 2330 4) David,
Olathe? Kansas listened on a D808. 5) West Bengal, about World AIDS
Day observed in Bangladesh. 6) Christer Brunström, Sweden, who is in
almost every week, about the last letter(s) in the Swedish alfabet, ä
or ö, and host remarx it`s also the first letter of his name in
Turkish, but still can`t catch it. 2335 another song. 2338 L`Box
outro, 2339 music.
2346 ``a-b-y-s`` again, music. 2350 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2352
headlines by Efsun who seems the only announcer who does that: Erdowan
hopes all the ethnic faxions will coexist peacefully in Syria --- even
the terrorist Kurds?!?!? 2354 s/off as if it`s the 1330 on 13635:
something`s always awry at Ankara. 2355 IS.
2356 restart IS with German IDs. Dec 9 at 0000 s/on in German, Alten.
0008 TRTVOTWorld promo in German. Finally chopoff at 0012* as the
operator may have awakened almost two hours late, uncovering CNR8. So
we had the wrong language at the wrong time on the wrong wrong
frequency.
Dear reader, I hope you find my detailed monitoring of VOT of some
interest, unlike some DX editors who refuse to publish anything this
long. They are not doing their job unless they cut, cut, cut, saving
countless non-trees; well, electrons, anyway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9650, Dec 9 at 0451, Turkish music and talk, S9+30/40
direct, better than 6125 better than 7285 English TRT frequencies but
with some flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Dec 9 at 2259, VOT not off the air, S9+20 direct
in IS. At 2311 seems undermodulated. 2327 into UTwente when measured,
S9+25/45 music. 2334 `That`s Why`, was there an 8th continent,
Gondwanaland? by Efsun the axentuated. 2341 music. 2351 multi-lingual
ID filler reel. 2353 s/off as if 1330 on 13635: something`s always
awry at Ankara, IS until 2355.5* uncovering the CCCCCCI to become only
CCCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U K O G B A N I. 17570-17575-17580, Dec 9 at 1532, DRM noise barely
above the line noise level here. DRMRX list and EiBi show BBC
Woofferton at 1458-1600 to India in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4724 USB, Dec 10 at 0201, ``41 characters follows...`` but
cutsoff, nothing further in USAF crypto exercise. At 0207 I`m on 8992
USB and same msg is now underway // 4724, starts fonetikaly with
ABSE3DU... then checking usual //s, also on 11175 USB and much weaker
15016 USB. 4724 has a pronounced echo and audio dropouts (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2272 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 8 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.998+, S9+5 into
UTwente across Europe, following s/off announcement for 7275.
Also confirmed Sunday December 8 at 2100 on WRN Europe stream.
Also confirmed Sunday December 8 at 2257 the 2230 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002+, S8/9+10 with some storm crashes into UTwente.
Also confirmed Sunday December 8 at 2330 on WRMI still on 7780 instead
of silent 7570, S9/+10 into south TX SDR.
Also confirmed UT Monday December 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
south TX SDR.
Also confirmed UT Monday December 9 from 0401.4 on Area 51 via WBCQ
6160 -71v Hz = 6159.929, S6/S8 with some crashes into NH SDR; after JL
ran a bit late but gotta go.
Also confirmed Monday December 9 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002+, S9/+10 into UTwente. Next:
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.
As a noncommercial service, financial support welcome. Thanks to Jack
Amelar, Lowell MI, for a contribution via PayPal in US funds, but not
necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WTWW: just in from George McClintock, early UT Dec 10: ``I
have had 250 gallons of propane put into the tank for heating. New
filters have been purchased and put in the AC units. These are paid
for with the small profits of airtime. NOTE: with the heat from the
transmitters, so far, no propane has been used to heat the building.
The gate has been straightened upright and closes even. It has been
leaning for several years. I continue payments for land rental while
not the contracted amount, some part of the money per month. Hopefully
the full amount in the near future. My son will be purchasing a new
computer to air the programs, frequency changes and public service
announcements. We are currently using BOB to stream programs to WTWW
for airing. George McClintock 12-8-2024``
``WTWW: Gate - For the first time in over 10 years, gates closing
together. The right gate required being pulled by wire to a tree.
[Inline image] George McClintock 12-9-2024``
``Just put up a web site WTWW.ORG under construction. George
McClintock 12-9-2024``
Includes LISTEN LIVE for WTWW-2 already funxional, running 17 seconds
behind 5085 direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9330, Dec 9 at 0448, still no signal from WBCQ-6, nor at
1906, 2323. What`s wrong? Has AW said anything about this on disgraced
X? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17525, Mon Dec 9 at 2015, WMLK missing again from 1730-2230
daily except Sabbathday pentahour. What`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A [non]. 17810, Dec 9 at 1530, JBA carrier direct; at 1626
into Maryland SDR, rock music S7/S8; at 1629 John Jurasek gives sked
for this as Mondays only on 17810 repeated several times, but never
IDs himself or program, which was of course his VORW Radio
International, which is also several times on WRMI, WWCR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 560, Dec 9 at 0726 UT, ``Sports 56 and 98.5 FM``, Fox Sports
non-ID, but then Xmasmx. NRC AM Log has that slogan for WHBQ Memphis,
but no FM //. WTFDA FM DB does show a mere translator, W253DF 98.5
relaying WHBQ 560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1680, Dec 9 at 0426 UT, ``99.7 The Legend`` immediate non-ID
at tuneby, i.e. KRJO Monroe LA, 10/1 kW of which is inconsequential
compared to the mere translator K259CU, per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. IBOC noise is sparse but not yet gone, Dec 9 at 0428, +/- 13
kHz peaks from 1170 KOTV and 1080 KRLD. Maybe still 1160 KSL? which is
abnormally weak. I don`t notice it from any other major station at
night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Mon Dec 9 at
0421: NO Benin 1476; but 621, 711, 1044; and stronger 1053: Per
mwlist, 400 kW SRR R Iashi, Romania, starts at 0355. Other hi power is
TalkSport UK, Droitwich, 150 kW; Spain COPE 20 + 5 kW; further
Ethiopia 50 kW, Iran 25. 1053 still in at 0504, lessening likelihood
of eastward source (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0300 UT December 10
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