** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Aug 20 from 1445 past 1530, no signal from LRA36 into Argentine remote this Saturday. At first I was camping on Gary Pence, and briefly sometime before 1500 heard some music, but he may have switched to a different frequency. Still nothing at 1809 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 11775, Aug 20 at 1810-1840+, very nice Chinese traditional instrumental music nonstop on CRI via Kashgar, standard accusation, scheduled as German 18-20 UT, but one of the languages they can`t be bothered to utter anymore; VG S9/+20 into Canary SDR I am rechecking for Nigeria 11770 but which gets nothing but splatter from this. Continues past 1900 without a break or any announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GREECE [non]. 5130-, UT Sat Aug 20 at 0238-0300, `Greek Music Refuge` as programmed by Zach Liangas and presented by U. Bill Tilford on WBCQ Radio Angela, S9/+10 but noisy into Maryland SDR; would have been better on a higher band such as 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.936, Aug 20 at 0626, Voice of Nigeria is back! I have been checking for it every night after 0600 so am sure this is the first date reactivated. S9+10/20 undermodulated in presumed Hausa on signature skewed frequency. My last previous observation: ``7254.9v, July 12 at 0635, NO signal from VON nor has there been for several weeks, checked almost every night after 0600; nor have I seen any other reports about this, nor other possible frequencies 9690-, 11770-, 15120 being heard at any hours.`` Before then it had been sporadic: you never knew whether it would be on after 0600 or not. I had not logged it assiduously so unsure when it last appeared. Originally had three transmitters, but two of them already collapsed. 7255- would sometimes be on before 0600 with musical prélude and neat drumming IS. Nominal sked was 0600-1100 including English 0800-1000; and 2000-2100 per Aoki. 15120 might also appear evenings in DRM. 11770- was also previously scheduled at 1500-2100 including English at 1630-1900, but Aug 20 at 1620, none of it into Canary Islands SDR, just JBA on-frequency from presumed PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6933 USB, Aug 20 at 0126, heavy jazz/guitar S9, 0128 ID overdone that I can`t understand, ``--- Radio``, more past 0136. These say it`s Thunder Chicken Radio, at 2341 moved up from 6930 USB as in previous report: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100843.0.html Never heard any SSTV beepery while I was retuned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, August 20 at 0127, soft rock S9/+10 but undermod compared to 6933 USB station; then, ``I wanna hold your hand``. 0129 SFX and Ballsmacker Radio ID: still on a reliable Friday night schedule? Many more logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,100854.0.html Seems the keyword for song titles was ``hold`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. (7730), catching up with `Ukraine: Security Issue` from archive rather than UR1 relay by WRMI at 0500: Aug 18, day 176: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_18_08_22.mp3 Including: Trainloads of heavy Russian weapons. Shrapnel dangerous for civilians, not just missiles themselves. Russians even deliberately injure themselves in order to avoid fighting, be evacuated. Russians confiscating cars. Zap. power plant situation increasingly tense. Claim Ukrainians are making provocations. Turkish pres. visiting Ukraine, inspecting grain exportation. Risk of radiation leak at plant. Aug 19, day 177: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_19_08_22.mp3 Including: Kharkiv suffers most losses since beginning. Russia used $ 3 million missile to destroy dormitory of hearing-impaired people, no military targets nearby. Is only 15 km from Russian frontline. Donbas settlements destroyed every day, but have not been able to capture entire Donbas. Russians aim exclusively at civilian targets as in several cities. R stepping up nuclear blackmail. Mig31s deployed in Kaliningrad with hypersonic missiles threatening Poland and Lithuania neighbors (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2051 monitoring: ``5850 UNITED STATES WRMI 1033, Just after BBC newscast (on 9410), a tardy tune-in to World of Radio, but confirming the px is running on schedule, with Glenn reporting halfway thru that Italy has chosen 9/11 as date to cut off MW broadcasts in the country. Heard very good to excellent with Grundig Satellit 205 and indoor short wire. NOTE: px followed up by good ID by M ann, then one of those Overcomer broadcasts with someone playing piano over a bunch of moaning and groaning -- Very Good Aug. 17 [Wed] Rick Barton-AZ`` WORLD OF RADIO 2052 monitoring: confirmed UT Sat August 20 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. This is now the only Friday-evening time on SW. Also confirmed Sat Aug 20 at 1600 and 1930 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday August 20 from 1932 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+15 above lite storm crashes into nearby Warrenton SDR. Next: 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on a US bank. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9), UT Sat Aug 20 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`, starts right off with ``look up`` to see how insignificant humans are in light of the Webbscope -- *another* repeat, 4th? time, of the mid-July show; never mind. Then why did AW plug this earlier today with a twit giving the phone number as if it would be new? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, Sat Aug 20 at 0646, John fulfilling music request on VORW, VG and not dead air! New time for his Main Show A, UT Sat 0600-0700, while B is at 0400 UT Monday on same (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Dear Glenn, Congratulations on your successful reception report of KQKD 1380 which was found to be correct. Please see the attached QSL in PDF format. There were 39 successful reports received. Thank you for your participation. Vy 73 de Joe Miller KJ8O, Courtesy Program Committee. *** Avoid internet congestion, real radio uses airwaves. *** Joe Miller, KJ8O, Hemet, CA,`` Aug 19 Here it is: https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKD1380QSL_220115.pdf Or #134 via: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html Somehow my original report of this is missing from the Roundup for that week, so here it is now: 1380, Jan 15 at 0601-0641 UT, monitoring the MW DX test from KQKD, 1380, Redfield SD. My report to CPC for eQSL: Thanks for the test! First time I`ve heard KQKD, which is about 580 miles north of me in Enid OK. I heard the VVV DE KQKD IDs immediately at 0601 UT January 15. I then recorded 0605-0636 UT and later went thru the file to pick out two areas with VVV VVV VVV DE KQKD KQKD KQKD - several times. Most of the rest of the time if anything could be heard, it was sweep tones upward, or solid tones. The recorder timing may not be too accurate, but should be correct within 1 or 2 minutes. Solid tones: 0611, 0612, 0616, 0627 Sweeps upward: 0613, 0625, 0629, 0631, 0635 Siren - varying tone: 0615 The first clip of Vs and IDs at about 0611; second clip about 0623. One must listen closely but I am sure I copied ``KQKD`` several times. https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKDDX1.mp3 https://www.w4uvh.net/KQKDDX2.mp3 This was on my Icom R75, which runs off an east-west 100-foot longwire, not well positioned for north/south reception. On MW I turn off the preamps to avoid overload. Dominant station among lots of QRM was Mexican music, probably KMUS Sperry/Tulsa OK, some 110 miles east of here, 250 watts at night. I also heard this on my DX-398 receiver with internal antenna only, sweeps at 0607 UT. This allowed local 1390 KCRC Enid to be somewhat nulled. In both cases tuned on LSB to minimize KCRC. FYI, I did not employ any remote SDR at any time for this test. Some background info about KQKD would also be of interest, such as what the call letters may signify, either by original choice or subsequent slogan formation. Looking forward to an eQSL. Thanks, and 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, Aug 20 at 0632, R. Vanuatu reconfirmed as still AWOL. BTW, Ron Howard`s sesquiminute clip of it appears at the end of WOR 2152 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1939 UT August 20 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
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