** CUBA. 550, Feb 22 at 0648, wobbler QRM to US pileup, sort of like
wind whining rapidly. Now similar sound against WWL on 880, where the
wobbling had been much slower. Nothing on 1040 now. WRTH shows one
Cuban on 550, R. Rebelde, Pinar del Río (GLenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY [non]. 15125, Feb 22 at 0100, CRI in English weak signal
into Georgia SDR, 0104 a bit better into Maryland, but no show of
Radio Öömrang, via FRANCE as predicted by one unreliable and
unspecified source (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 660, Feb 22 at 0700, full ID for XHGBO 92.1 and this time I
do also hear MW ID as XEFZ 660, ABC Deportes, Monterrey (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Feb 21 at 2315 check, token English from SNR, VG
into Georgia SDR, almost as good on 17715, JBA on 17755, and still
absent from 12030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 21 at 2257, no signal from VOT into UTwente, and
9610.000+ has China, anthem at 2300. But by 2316 check into Georgia
SDR, 5960 is now on, VOT English, but no time to listen. A reply to my
previous report:
``Hi Glenn, new segment on Thursday was called "Dream Destinations".
Also today (Friday) saw another two new segments - called "Travelogue"
and "The Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy". Seems like the staff of the
English desk were busy during their hiatus developing new segments.
Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``
5960 and possible erroneous alternative 9610 are both missing, no VOT
into UTwente at 2300 and later Feb 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Feb 22 at 0648-0708 UT, LW bandscan uncovers these with JBA
MCW IDs, plus many more unID carriers, see UNIDENTIFIED.
245, FS, Sioux FallS SD, at 0655
293, mixture of UI, qUIncy IL and FBY, FairBurY NE
305, RO, Roswell NM
326, MA, MidlAnd TX
329, PMV, PlattsMouth NE, at 0657, unusually mixing with another CD#?
or CH? Yes! CH, 400 watts in CHarleston SC, 1689 km = 1049 stmi; NEW
332, IC, wIChita KS - now my closest regular ``local``, at 0657
335, BV, BatesVille AR
346, dash and YXL, SiouX Lookout ON, but can also copy it on 344 USB
353, LI, LIttle Rock AR
359, GGF, Grant NE, at 0705
392, mixture of FMZ and CA. FMZ first copied tuned to 391 USB. FMZ is
in FairMont/Beklof NE. CA is really on 395, Newton/Harvs KS
420, PK, Olathe/Herbb KS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2283 monitoring: confirmed Friday
February 21 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+45 into Georgia SDR.
Also confirmed Friday February 21 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003+, S9 into UTwente.
Also at 2330 George McClintock informs me that WTWW-2 is off the air
again, so this week no WOR UT Sat at 0400 on 5085.
Saturday Feb 22 at 0930 on WRMI 9455? I still manage not to awaken
during this to check, but 9455 is certainly off the air before 0800
and also off when I check around 1030; while 7730 is on with TOMBS. At
some point after hurricane damage, 9455 programming at that hour was
supposedly put on 7730 instead. Current transmitter grid shows WRMI-11
9455 OFF the air 0400-2300. But blue System D program grid still shows
9455 at 0900-1000 only, including WOR Sat at 0930, while 7730 is TOMBS
thruout. Contradixions!
Confirmed Saturday February 22 at 1530 on SW Radio, Germany,
6160.002+, S9/+10 into UTwente.
Confirmed Saturday February 22 at 1700 and again at 2030 on WRN North
America stream.
Confirmed Saturday February 22 at 2029 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18
by groundwave to nearby SDR, less than 2 minutes into so started circa
2027. Next:
0000 UT Sunday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [? not last week];
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600];
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
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.
Thanks to Ron Howard, Monterey CA who sent a check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, and ``Happy Chinese
New Year``
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` check of WBCQs, UT Sat Feb 22 at 0045 into
Georgia SDR, nothing audible on 3265, 5130, 6160; only 7490 -76 Hz =
7489.924 with FKB, S9+10/20; 9330.00, S9+20/30 with WLCR Brazuguese.
At 0100 into Georgia, 7490 -77 Hz = 7489.923 with `WTO` theme, opening
voiceover about ``humming along``; also on 9330 // 5130; 3265 still
off and 6160 on with else. By 0104 discussing air conditioning;
complains about the bug he caught 2 weeks ago on flight from Bangor,
to Sanford, leading to mucus; worse than COVID he had twice [really?
not often do SW hosts tell us about their mucus]. Talking about vacuum
tubes, octals, radio stuff. 0136 about ``Radio Central``, early radio
comms site at Riverhead, Long Island, from longwave to shortwave, and
how trans-Atlantic phone calls were accomplished by SW linx, with some
kind of scrambling. 0140 datestamp as 21 of February, YOOLF 2025, from
Studio 9 in Deland of Fla. on 7490, 9330, 5130. 0141 a ``radio song``,
outro as by REM. 0145 invites email, hunting for another song; 0147
Free Radio Weekly #1509 just in, reads several items with incomplete
info; then misc. emails to 0159 prayer, 0201 JIP Hal Turner on 7490;
5130 -36 Hz = 5129.964 at S9/+20 stays on with music a bit longer
until 0203* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Feb 22 at 0648-0708 UT, another longwave bandscan
detecting many JBA carriers, and a few with audible IDs filed
separately under USA:
209, 212, 227, 233, 251, 280, 284, 316, 323, 341, 365, 375, 379, 382,
385, 388, 395, something other than CA on its proper frequency; 400,
404, 407, 412 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)