** GERMANY. 3955, March 15 at 1805, `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`,
monthly via Channel 292, playing what else, Irish music, S9+10/15 into
UTwente; co-timed with Met Opera`s Fidelio. 3955 seems to have slight
CCI, unknown what. Much better on // 9670 S9+20. 1810 tribute to
Roberta Flack, with ``Killing Me Softly``, a beautiful song, but I`ve
always found that title/_expression_ repulsive! 1815 to main music:
Corsica, very nice. 1900 into Radio Six International, Scotland (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, March 15 at 0614, JBA carrier direct, presumed
Station YHWH running late again, and nothing else scheduled.
Also, fixing a typo in my previous report:
** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, March 14 at 0331, Station YHWH, anti-Christ
pirate, VG S9+10 into northern Utah SDR, tnx tip from Ron Howard who
found him on air early by 0250. I had not heard him direct for a
while, mostly listening later than that. Now with good modulation too.
0342 theme? song. 0347 must worship Yahweh alone. 0349 some RTTY QRM
on upper side, also some SSB nearby but could not pin it down;
quit/off by 0352*. I happened to run across this on YT:...
Re Station YHWH report with the YT of ``Days of Hard Life``, Rick
Barton, AZ, replies: ``I had corresponded with the op sometime back
and he wrote that the song was actually recorded under the pseudonym
"Lace" by himself and his (then) wife. He sent me a CD that had it and
a few other songs they did at the time. best``
And Yahoo mail has this great new AI thing, summarizing what`s in
emails, and gets this TOTALLY WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG:
``- Rick in Arizona -- Rick acknowledges your correspondence regarding
the song 'Lace' by Glenn Hauser and confirms that it was indeed
recorded under the pseudonym 'Lace' by Glenn Hauser and his wife.
Created by Yahoo Mail. Was this helpful?`` DAMN NOT, GO AWAY!!!!
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Are others getting these intrusions??
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, March 14 at 2211 UT, KSPI Stillwater is
still off the air. Now I`m bandscanning on caradio with less noise
than in the house, yet more than usual in the garage. Shortly after my
previous report, circa 2200 UT I saw a notice on TV coverage of the
wildfires, that part of Stillwater was being evacuated! 93.9, KSPI-FM
however is still on air at 2218, separately programmed anyway and I
can`t tell whether the mere translator of 780 on 94.3 be on the air.
What else? By next check 1540 UT March 15, 780 is back on the air.
Only other semi-local AM signal missing is 1120, KETU Catoosa [Tulsa].
By next check 1540 UT March 15, 1120 is back on the air. There were
lots of power outages even unto areas not directly fire-threatened.
690, KGGF Coffeyville KS, almost in OK, is VG as usual, reporting
about power outages.
860, KKOW Pittsburg KS, almost in OK too, is JBA, despite 10 kW like
KGGF. It`s always somewhat weaker due to higher frequency, but maybe
underpowered now. At 2212 heard them mention 97.5, their mere
translator, and thought I heard previous callsign KOAM, but maybe I
was dreamagining that.
101.9, KTST OKC allowed itself to be interrupted at 2219 by a fire
warning concerning north Lincoln County. Did not hear that on any
other station, but couldn`t check all of them in time.
91.7, KOSU Stillwater still very much on the air with fire coverage
from some TV station pre-empting NPR ATC at 2217.
91.5, gospel huxter in Kansas with big hum and seems mono, at 2217.
That`s KSNS Medicine Lodge, almost in OK. Same defect a few days ago
as I tuned across. Some months ago we had reports about it being for
sale, by locals, tho owned by `Florida Public Radio`. Haven`t kept up
with any further news about that. This nothing to do with the
wildfires (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 162.475 MHz, WXL48, Enid Weather Radio we can now monitor
conveniently as channel 4 on the weather band of our new C Crane
Skywave SSB2. KFOR/NBC, KWTV/CBS and KOCO/ABC all blew away their
network news at 2230 UT March 14; KWTV did have some time for
commercials during the emergency. It and KOCO went back to networx for
prime time from 0000 UT March 15, but KFOR kept on wildfire coverage
until 0100. KOKH/Fox wasn`t doing much at all, as who needs it? Our
sky all afternoon was orange/yellow from all the blowing dust and
smoke. A far cry from the absolutely clear view of the Total Lunar
Eclipse last night. High winds also caused lots of power outages, but
so far not for us (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 12030, Fri Mar 14 at 2306, token English from SNR, VG S9/+15
into Maryland SDR, backward from ME beam, almost as good as NAm
channel 9690 S9+15/30; also SAm`s 17715 JBA S4/S6 and trace of 17755
for Africa. Topic anniversary of something that happened on March 14,
2020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Mar 14 at 2306, no signal direct of VOT
English; and shortly no signal either into UTwente except a noisy
frequency, nor on possible altmistake 9610, rather Mongolian from
China. Furthermore, Mar 15 at 0411 check into UTwente, no VOT on 6125
or 7285. Somethings always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A [non]. DOGE criminals have reportedly hit USAGM, starting to
close various subsidiary services, before VOA: March 15 at 1836, VOA
French still going VG on 15730 BOTSWANA S9+25/30, and at 1841, 12075
via VATICAN, violating Separation Of Church And State. VOA English
still going at 1837 on 15580 BOTSWANA; VOA Amharic at 1839 still going
via KUWAIT on 13765; all checked via UTwente. Some other VOA languages
have been replaced by music, if still on the air, as well as R. Ashna,
and Deewa per Jose Jacob. See this:
VOA STAFF PUT ON LEAVE AFTER TRUMP ORDERS CUTS, by Nathan Layne:
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Friday
March 14 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+30 into Georgia SDR.
Also confirmed Friday March 14 starting a bit late at 2332 on SW
Radio, Germany, 3975.004-, S8/9+5 into UTwente. But played to 2401
completion.
Also confirmed UT Saturday March 15 at 0300 on WTWW 5085, active
again, S9+45/55 direct, but still not on WTWW-2 webcast; and still
flanked by JBA spur carriers measured approx. 5072.18 and 5097.82.
Over at 0329, then music until 0330.7*
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1550 the 1530 on SW Radio,
Germany, 6160.001+, S9+10 into UTwente; no problem from weaker S8/S9
on 6165, CRI Pashto via Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist
ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems; also with a
warble.
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1700 UT on WRN N America stream:
WRN will not early it to 1600 UT for two sesquiweeks until April 5
once UKOGBANI go on summer time.
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1830 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S9+5 into UTwente. Next:
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400];
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [needs reconfirmation];
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;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
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** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` chex of WBCQs, March 14 at 2353, into Maryland
SDR, as NH is busy: 9330 WLCR Portuguese S9+10/20. 7490 -75 Hz =
7489.925, FKB? S9+10/20. 6160 OFF. 5130 OFF. 3265 OFF. But at *2355,
5130 on with IS & ID, S9/+10. March 15 at 0000, 5 & 7 join for WTO
theme and AAAWWW, with different talkovers, so new. 0007 `Pirates of
the Airwaves` song. First topic is whether Cream Soda is
amber-colored. Allan adamantly says yes, Angela goes for pink. Someone
sends a shot of `red` cream soda. They spend quite a bit of time
debating this earth-shaking topic. How many transmitters do they have?
15, 16 or 17, including backups; but 6 or 10 main ones. Exactly?! At
0021 says also on 9330 and so they are by now. Offers transmitters to
Donald and Elon, whom they love; ``we are the real Voice of America``
- is their cream soda spiked? 0024 playing some more music and I doze
off. By 0045 reading some Free Radio Weekly items from last week`s
issue. 0058 NH SDR opens up so I try 7490, and find the ACI from VOA R
Ashna via KUWAIT which remains 0030-0100, and now a problem when it
was not last week with AAAWWW a real UT hour later. 0059 prayer and
over to Hal Turner (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 780, March 15 at 0640 UT, WBBM with `StarDate` about Spica
at its reliable time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 550, March 15 at 0634 UT and still at 0653, 1
kHz tone alternating with loop announcement, approx.: ``This is
Westwood One, SES-11, transponder 17, for receiver authorization,
please call Denver operations center, 720-873-5177 between 8 am and 10
pm eastern time``. Since when is Denver on EDT? Another instance of
Eastern zone hegemony. Same thing I was hearing one week ago during
the DST Hour Of Confusion, on WWL and at least tones on several other
MW frequencies, but bandscan tonight does not find any others --
however, at 0644 there is dead air on 850 KOA and 870 WWL. 550
dominant signal is most likely KTRS St Louis MO; two Texans, KCRS and
KTSA are unfavorable, and KFRM KS is low-powered at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030 kHz, March 15 at 0645 UT, romantic song in Spanish
-- oops, the romance is with Jesus. Only two candidates in the NRC AM
Log: KCWJ, Blue Springs MO, 500 watts at night and direxional
thisaway; or 50 kW daytimer +limited hours KCTA Corpus Christi TX
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9936.0 AM, March 15 at 0618 UT, S8/S9 open carrier
except for clix, at the rate of 20/minute = every 3 seconds, JBA out
to 9923/9950, +/- 13 or 14 kHz. What is this? Yet another one ending
in -6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1908 UT March 15