** ANTARCTICA [and non]. ``Hi Glenn, Just a quick word about the compilation of logs for LRA36 on my DX Guides site. DX Guides is a personal site that I maintain as a hobby, it has nothing to do with the British DX Club. http://www.dxguides.info/
As to the content, it’s all my own work from start to finish, mistakes and all (which can be corrected once I am aware of them). However, some folks take an interest and are a great help with news and updates direct. Yes, the LRA36 reports will continue into 2023 and beyond, as will those for Radio Vanuatu, which are a little way behind at the moment. I will add others next year. Your logs and weekly reports are very useful indeed, as are the posts of many others to the WOR iog. Thanks. Best regards, Tony Rogers`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** CANADA. 362 MCW kHz, Dec 2 at 0736, dash and SB, 500-watt ND beacon at Greater Sudbury, Ontario, JBA vs HNL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Dec 2 at 0723, S9+10/20 of dead air, SSOB by far on 25m, everything else JBA carriers with degraded propagation. Far overtime pulse jamming JBA on 11860. Only Cuban SWBC still on, none on 4, 5, 6, 9 or 10 MHz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 2 at 0727, S9+10 open carrier from VON. As others note it can be quite sporadic starting at 0600, or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 88.7, more about the KJIL translator in Enid which came on air a few days ago. It is mentioned in the WTFDA FM db, not under 88.7 but 88.3! ``K202BY relay of: KJIL 99.1 88.3 ENID OK CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN / RELIGIOUS TEACHING YOU'RE WITH FAMILY 0.0 0.25 0.0 80.0 36-23-57 97-52-48 CP for K204GU 88.7 expires 6/1/21`` It may have ``expired`` a sesquiyear ago, but without embargo it just came on the air -- and, 88.3 is now off, so in effect it`s a QSY. Not clear why they would want to move as it seems there is more QRM on 88.7. But that frees 88.3 for some DX, and rids 88.1 KWOU Woodward of ACI somewhat improving KGOU relay accessibility into Enid; but there is still CCI from Oasis in Moore. Note that 88.3 was 250 watts vertical only. FCC Query for 88.3 as a CP for 88.7 shows 140 watts horizontal only, and different GC: 36-24-29 97-59-56, i.e. further north and west. I get/got them both no matter what the antenna polarity. Dec 2 at 2259 UT, I`m trying the DX398 with telescopic only, to find dead air on 88.7 from ``KJIL``; and without really trying at a certain angle, there is classical music! I bet it`s KWTU Tulsa - yes, soon ID as KJIL resumes mod. Of all the 88.7s around here, KWTU would be most desirable, but it`s only 5/5 kW ERP, designed for Tulsa area only as an offshoot of KWGS 89.5, both Public Radio Tulsa. Checking APRS map an hour later, there has been some tropo boost in the Enid/Tulsa/OKC triangle. Looking at all the Enid listings in WTFDA FM db: still has K226BR on 93.1 as relay of KIMY 93.9 tho marked as ``silent`` -- has been gone for years but may still be licensed? KQOB 96.9 still shown as relay of KZLS 1640, tho that ceased months ago as I reported at the time. KQOB went from rock music to far-right talk // 1640, but then 1640 flipped to sports talk // 1390 KCRC, leaving only Eagle 96.9 with the far-right talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 756 kHz, Dec 2 at 2135, since I have Noale, Italy SDR up to check WORLD OF RADIO on 1323, 918, 207 kHz, I then tune it here for the new HQ transmitter from SE Algeria, unknown power. Instead, strong signal of a boogie-woogie song in English! R. România Actualitatsi is listed, so I pick a // at random to check, and there she is too, much weaker on 945. WRTH shows 756 as 400 kW from Lugoj (Boldur) = but not at night; 945 as 15 kW from Miercurea Ciuc (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Dec 2 at 2300, since it`s Friday, time for another token English from REE. First on the DX398 with a little help from reelout, it`s hardly solid here with fading; a bit better off the back to ME on 12030, and 11940 to SAm also audible. Missed the preview, but after news at 2308 first feature is about a stupid ballgame player. 2321 recheck on the main rx, quite different reception, nothing on 12030 or 11940. 9690 has Justin interviewing an author, outro as Alan (sp?) W. Moore, of ``Art Worker`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 2 at 2321, VOT is S9+10/20 of undermodulated music; with deep fading at 2350 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2352 sign/off with jumbled full English sked; 2354 IS; 2356.6 starts IDing in German but chopped off as the second one starts at 2357* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6993 AM, Dec 2 at 2323, JBA carrier, time for another occasional presumed log as explained in DXLD 16-16, of WH2XWF, an experimental 164-watt transmitter with several locations in Florida, to study ionospheric disturbances (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2166 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2166, WRMI: 5850, 0830, 0840, 0855 (55433-4), 0859, November 25 [Fri] 5950, 0130, 0144, 0158 (55434), 0159, November 28 [Mon] 9395, 0132 rough going, November 29 [Tue] 9955, check, noise, 2330, 2344, 2353 (45433), 2359, November 29 [Tue] 5850, frequency empty, 1030, November 30 [Wed] 9395, confirmed barely heard jingle, 0130, December 1 UTC 2022 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` WORLD OF RADIO 2167 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, the 0330 UT Friday December 2 on WRMI 7780, tuned in just in time at 0358, S9 direct vs S7 HNL here. Also confirmed Friday December 2 at 0830 on WRMIs: 5010, S9+10 direct; 5850 S9+10/20. 7780 is JBA but I think I hear a bit of music after the first minute so can`t be WOR, unlike last week when on all three. No, I did not want to be awake at this hour but found myself such, so might as well check me. Later learnt that WRMI has just started relay of Voice of Indonesia! at 08-09 on 7780. Unfortunately this remains WRMI`s worst frequency here, off the side of southwestward beam. Nor hardly helpful in the middle of our night for North Americans. From WRMI on FB Dec 1: ``WRMI Begins Relays of the Voice of Indonesia --- WRMI has begun testing relays of the daily English-language program of the Voice of Indonesia. The one-hour program can currently be heard at 0800-0900 UTC on 7780 kHz. While beamed to Central America, this frequency can often be heard well in North America, Hawaii and Oceania at that hour. Reception reports from listeners would be most welcome. It is possible that these relays could be expanded in the future to additional times and frequencies, as well as additional languages including Spanish.`` WOR 2167 not confirmed Friday December 2 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, not checked until 1555 direct to find it`s OFF the air, while the other 31s, 9395 & 9455 remain loud and clear. And it`s too late to get the computer running for check of WRMI`s only frequency meriting webcast, but probably. Confirmed Friday December 2 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, into nearby Noale SDR, S9+5/10 but with ripple SAH from another transmitter altho not much modulated QRM. On 918 kHz there are 2 or 3 weak signals but cannot recognize me as one of them; also 1 kHz het from 917 Nigeria. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? missing previous week] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 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. Thanks this week to Chuck Ermatinger 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. 9330-, Dec 2 at 0725, JBA carrier, presumed WBCQ, either QRP or propped out; while southerly signals WRMI on 9395, 9455 and 9955 are good; and if Cuban Spy, would also have been much stronger, cf 11670 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Ex-5085 et al., another WTWW update from George McClintock, my scribbled notes paraphrased from phone conversation early UT December 2: #2 transmitter is now ready to run at 100 kW; #1 maybe 85 kW. You can`t really tell the difference by listening until maybe 50 kW or less. The power modules on #2 were burnt to hell. There was a massive cooling water leak, spilt all over the floor. They had many gallon jugs of distilled water on hand to compensate. #3 antenna is severely damaged, for the Harris 100 transmitter, could run low power only. The antenna matching device for #1 had been disconnected, and the cover missing, but it seems to work. Everything is wrong. Various other missing parts had been hidden, now found. US SW stations are supposed to pay a frequency coordination fee each season, but this was not done by WTWW, maybe about $ 200K behind, with 25% penalties building up! This does not go directly to FCC but to USG general fund. Any purchaser would have to clear that debt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 0105 UT December 3
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