** CUBA. 9700, July 5 at 0627, RHC English VG S9+20 on extra frequency tonight, nowhere else; talking about baseball players, not currently but historically in the 30s, 40s, etc., as DDC would remind us, all the talented ones have fled Cuban Communism. Cannot detect any QRM, but Romania may have just closed if not totally covered; and NZ stays away this time. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 28, July 5 at 1735 UT, Enid on edge of some OK tropo eastward so a bandscan: surprised on RF 28 remapping to be getting ``2-11``, KJRH `2 News at Noon`, decoding for a few minutes. Its prime RF has long been on channel 8, not to be confused with original analog competitor on 8, KTUL. RF 28 is really KTPX Okmulgee, primarily ION as 44-1, not unusual to be getting that. Now rabbitears.info does show 02-11 on 28.4 as KJRH-TV, the rest of the 28s being ION and the usual assortment of shopping and rerun channels. Searching on callsign KJRH still leads only to RF 8 Tulsa; we have to go directly to KTPX to explore its other hidden channels topped by 02-11 KJRH. And why such a high number -11? on Physical 28 there are .10 lower subchannels, but no reason for KJRH on 28.4 to be called 2-11. Its own extensive website has nothing labeled as basic tech info such as which channel[s] it`s really on and from where! not even under About Us, https://www.kjrh.com/antenna which is pushing antenna equipment in general. Seems that more and more, a single ``station`` appear on more than one ``channel`` in same market. CBS for Tulsa, KOTV ``6`` is on three different UHF channels (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 11800, July 5 at 2255, RRI concluding VG English hour into UTwente, cut short during contact info at 2255.6*; something`s gone wrong at Galbeni, in too big a hurry to change beams for Spanish at 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed July 5 at 2200, token English from SNR, skips any news; is this a holiday? and right into feature, interviewing four Spaniards who are expats in other countries, starting with Poland. S9+5/15 into Maryland SDR, also detecting that the other three frequencies are not off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.023, July 4, continued from previous report that bonus German from VOT was still running post-English, at 2316: completed at 2352, into IS, still not turned off; 2356 restart IS, now with Portuguese IDs. Still listening via UTwente. ```Stão ouvindo Rádio TRT, Voz de Türkiye`` in Luso accent, not Brasilian. I have no idea how we are supposed to spell ``Türkiye`` in PP. Are we allowed to render it closer fonetikaly, like ``Túrquilhe``?? In Portuguese there is no confusion with that low-IQ bird, which they call ``Peru``! That opens a whole nother can of worms if that country were as touchy as Recep. Spanish has a whole bunch of other names for the bird per Google translate: pav@ [that means either -a or -o depending on gender], el guajolote, el chompipe, el pato mareado, el patoso. July 5 UT: 0000 timesignal only 6 sex late as received, s/on in PP, and still on past 0030, still squealing and +23 Hz offset transmitter. We get the *whole* extra hour of PP as well as GG. That sort of compensates for RHC failure to Portuguize at 2200 on 15230, tho I doubt there were any collusion. 0056 resumes IS, now with IDs in Spanish, but chopped off air finally TWO hours late at 0058*, as if intentional, uncovering a much weaker S7 signal, still sync-locking now on 11785.000 - likely listed CNR Xian, or CNR-2 Xianyang, which was already on air but totally covered by TRT. Somethings` always erroneous at Emirler if not awry at Ankara. Latest A23 WRTH Update #13 July 1 still shows NO Portuguese at all on SW from VOT, but Spanish at 0100 on 7260 & 9870: unknown when I was monitoring, to check whether either be active. German: only 1130 on 15350; 1730 on 9840. Perhaps somewhere on website be total 24h sked of langs on program feed line, beyond the scope of WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.019, July 5 after 2200, VOT English is not off the air, S9+40/45 into UTwente, somewhat undermodulated and distorted, does not compare well to neighbor RRI English on 11800.000 which is louder and clearer. 2212 `Review of the Tuerkiyeish Press`, something about an AI radio demonstration in Geneva? 2214, `Whipping Piles/Gripping Files`, could not understand the topic; 2218 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2220 `Weekly Commentary` about Turkey, Sweden, PKK and NATO; 2243, `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on treating gas problems in babies; 2250 music. 2253 usual canned sign-off; 2255 IS about once and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday July 4 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+15 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday July 5 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490-, noisy S6/S9 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California for a check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``In memory of Noel Green. I remember all the times he helped me with Radio Pakistan info [he was an official monitor in the UK]. Thanks for all your help over the Decades!`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, July 5 at 0629, NO signal from RV, nor on 7890, 11835 which would be harmonix of 3945. Here we go again; where is it, when will it resume somewhere? Manuel Méndez, Spain and Ron Howard, California agree no signal this date but on July 4 it was on with carrier only, no modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7834 USB, July 5 at 0630, very weak 2-way seems Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 2351 UT July 5
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