** COLOMBIA. 6016.704, May 27 at 0631, carrier S8/S2, on such a split frequency surely the pirate Organización Radial El Prado. And Ron Howard confirms that: ``COLOMBIA. 6016.68, pirate station - Organización Radial El Prado (thanks again to Rafael Rodríguez R. [Colombia] for the ID), 0550+ UT, May 27 (Saturday). LA songs; frequent, brief announcer; 0632, ended audio (open carrier/dead air); transmitter off at 0634; no choral National Anthem before going off today; poor reception. This station seems to favor weekend broadcasting?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, May 27 at 0635, no signal from HK3QQ, which had been regular and not always relogged, purveying partly erroneous keyboard letters slowly in sequence. Nor any Oz hams on USB now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, May 27 at 0644, RHC English, S9/+10 with some squeal. All the 6`s are off so also their possible harmonix. This fundamental in Spanish is supposed to turn off much earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. Re 15680, the only KSDA frequency I have been hearing on air until 1600, Jose Jacob, India, has monitored the complete schedule and confirmed only one at all times, two others missing: ``LATEST monitored schedule of KSDA Adventist World Radio, Guam after Cyclone Mawar damaged the area is in https://qsl.net/vu2jos/KSDA_Mawar.pdf -- Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS`` on the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. Re KTWR missing all frequencies since Mawar, John the VORW reports to WOR iog: ``I found this on the TWR Facebook Page - in regards to the status of KTWR, it reads as follows: "Typhoon Mawar has left the Pacific island of Guam, and as we’ve shared previously, TWR staff and their families stayed safe. However, damage to the facilities of KTWR, our shortwave station on the island, was worse than originally believed, and members of our TWR family on Guam are in the midst of a difficult situation. Challenging days lie ahead, and your prayer support is greatly needed. Grant Hodgins, station director at KTWR, and two key members of the team were able to reach the station on Thursday morning. Although it was still too windy for a close inspection, it was apparent that all five of our antennas sustained damage, Hodgens reported. KTWR uses shortwave signals to reach a large swath of Asia with the gospel message, and because of the nature of shortwave, the programs are aired at night. But for the third night in a row, KTWR was unable to broadcast on Thursday night. The team planned to regather at 9 a.m. Friday – 7 p.m. Thursday in the Eastern U.S. – to determine next steps. A key issue will be Antenna 1, which is a total loss, Hodgins said. The families of TWR personnel are all accounted for and are doing okay. Still, most have no power or water. Staff on Thursday were focused primarily on caring for their families. To be sure, the impact could have been much worse. As the typhoon approached Guam, the southern section that includes KTWR was in line for a direct hit. We asked for prayer, you responded, and we watched in wonder as our Father pushed the storm northward at the last minute. We sustained a glancing blow instead of a direct hit. But a glancing blow from a Category 4 storm is a serious matter. Please continue to be in prayer for our TWR family on Guam and the 173,000 residents of the island, all of whom have been affected. Please also pray that we’ll soon be able to resume programming to the listeners across Asia for whom TWR is a spiritual lifeline." Included in the post is a photograph of a damaged antenna. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=957557932090148 All the best, John, Orlando, Florida`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7400, May 27 circa 0630, still no signal from pirate R. Vostochnaya Zvezda. Lucas Bandura updates the WOR iog about this May 27: ``Re: [WOR] Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM off air --- The operator has built another a transmitter for 7400 kHz. He is running it into a dummy load for now to test it. His latest message on the HF Underground discord was “anyone know if it is normal that the audio is quieter than normal when running into a dummy load? for AM mode. just doing some final tests now before going on air. need to make sure everything works properly.” He was originally going to use 4 MHz, which I said would be pointless due to the poor range (he was barely heard when he was using 4015 USB). He also considered 13.95 MHz for broadcasting to Japan, but he doesn’t have a transmitter for that frequency right now. He changed his station name to Kawaii FM (FMのかわいい) and the new format will be Japanese music.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2192 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday May 27 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+10 direct but with heavy storm noise level [HSNL]. And still not on 7730. I also check some remotes: New Hampshire has continuous ute roar atop 5850 and not on 5845 or 5855! None such audible direct or into Missouri SDR. I was about to remark that the R. Angela WBCQ airing UT Sats at 0400 was always right on time --- but not tonight. On 5130 -23 Hz - 5129.977 into Maryland SDR, `FTIOM` is running late until WOR can start at 0406 May 27. Glad we still made it on, but not glad transmitter cut off at 0432*, 3 minutes before I could finish. What was the problem. UB Tilford replies: ``Had to reload broadcast file into the system due to an upload glitch, whole broadcast started late. System unfortunately went off at normal cutoff time. Sorry about that.`` Also confirmed Saturday May 27 after 1600 on WRN streams. No connexion at first so I thought may have changed, but still: http://streaming.edmradio.online:8025/NAMAAP http://streaming.edmradio.online:8025/WRN-E Also confirmed Saturday May 27 from 1929 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 by groundwave into nearby SDR. Next: 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [and 7730?] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457] 1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] [also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 Updated May 27 Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated; thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis, WI, for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1946 UT May 27
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