** CUBA. 15140, Sept 4 at 1923, RHC S7/S9 but dead air in English or
JBM? vs S5 line? noise level here, better than up to S9+10/20 on lower
bands. At 1933, Maryland SDR is getting dead air only at S4/S7.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 570, Sept 4 at 0550, listening to a household
Panasonic radio oriented to favor N/S paths, hearing music mixed with
talk stations. 0554 ID as XEBJB Monterrey and Mexican national anthem
long version to about 0558, choral, maybe children`s high voices. IRCA
Mexican Log shows:

``570 XEBJB NL SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA CST Full (4:40) children's
choral just before or after 6 am. Full (4:40) children's choral just
before or after Midnight. Phone: 81-8125-3500 Website:(None)`` And::

``XEBJB NL Monterrey 5000 500 La Voz 24h REL/CCR This channel is being
leased, and currently has no web presence. ABC Noticias format moved
to XEVB 1310AM in 2023. No longer //XHGBO 92.1FM General Bravo. Still
active on AM 7/23 (logged by DXer), but noted falling off the air
repeatedly 6/23 per SDR monitoring``

``San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a
city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León
that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. Wikipedia
Mayor: Daniel Carrillo, Weather: 101°F (38°C)`` = same as Enid.

I`ve always wondered where the BJB calls came from: a slogan in
Spanish, or someone`s initials? Probably not from B. J. Bingham,
erstwhile TVDXer in Festus MO.

At 0600 UT, more signal from two US stations, one with Fox news, the
other CBS news. One with ID as WNAX Yankton SD. The other must be KLIF
Dallas. After news at 0606 one goes into C2CAM. NRC AM Log unravels
which be which: WNAX with CBS and Red Eye Radio; KLIF with Fox and
C2CAM. BTW, when noise level permit, both US stations make it here on
daytime groundwave, WNAX twice as far way under KLIF, née WBAP=WFAA in
sharetime deal with 10X igger 820 transmitter, both? situated N of
midway between D/FW, Grapevine (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 1730 kHz, Sept 4 at 0133 UT, DJ refers to his
pennywhistle signal being heard in Maryland, rock music but off at
0138*. Monitoring via SE Michigan SDR better than a SW Ontario one,
tnx to this tip on the WOR iog:
``[WOR] Fred Flintstone Pirate 1730 khz @ 2120 ET 9/3/23 --- The KRAP
AM Stereo "Fred Flintstone" pirate is active on 1730 khz at 2121 ET
with an ID and out of a Chicago song and other 1970s pop music.
Beautiful audio and S9+ signal here in SW Ontario Canada. Sean Welsh,
Dufferin County, ON CA, Icom IC-8600, W6LVP Loop.``
Several other reports here, agreeing it went off at 0138*
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,117784.0.html
Never came back by 0148 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SINT MAARTEN. 1300 kHz, Sept 4 at 1935 UT, I bring up the TWR
Bonaire SDR to check out RHC 15140, q.v., and find it`s tied up but I
may camp upon someone listening to 1300; and hear music. What could
that be? WRTH 2023 shows one Venezuelan, a deportes station in
Caracas, surely not that, likely kaput at 245 km = 136 st miles.

Soon quits so I get 1300 myself at 1936 to hear an ad in English in
US$ , and www.pjd2radio.com so that`s it. WRTH has it in the fq list
for West Indies, page 717:
1300 SXM 1 [kW] PJD2 V. of St Maarten, Phillipsburg
but NOT under SAINT [sic] MAARTEN, the very name of which would be a
mixture of English and Dutch; where that call is shown only for FM
102.7 on page 441. 1300 is weak S5 but fairly steady overwater from
one part of Caribbean Netherlands to another, not bad, 862 km = 535 st
miles = 465 nmi. 1945 playing ``Love, Sweet Love``, 1950 hardsell ad
in English. 1955 mentions 102.7. Guess what, that website does not
lead to a radio station but to a blog in --- Thai!! Except for a Roman
name UFASLOT, about gambling. Stranger and stranger. Here`s the
correct radio link:
https://pjd2radiosxm.com/
Slow loading. ``Welcome to the Voice of St Maarten --- We are proud to
be providing the caribbean with the best in broadcast radio for over
35 years. We have two channels 102.7FM and 1300AM. Our Listeners are
guaranteed to get the latest in news in and around our community. We
have the most talented collection of DJ’s on the island to keep our
listener entertained and update with the latest music``

And with separate AM and FM player linx. If you play one, the other
stops. Maybe not/always // but are the same at 2018 in a YL talk show
about self-images, social media influencers. Ends at 2043, adstring
-2050 for flights to Bonaire, St. Maarten Concrete, Caribbean Lottery,
etc. Seems that ``SXM`` is common lingo for the place, not just ITU.
``Power 102.7 is here to cool it down``, 2051 back to music.

Brings back memories of my visit to SXM tho I don`t recall going to
the station itself, implied above to exist only since 1987. Is there
any Dutch on it, or even French? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Sept 4 at 2200, token English from SNR, pips
within 4 sex of those from Turkey via different remotes, this one
being Maryland SDR, S9+15, and also 15520, 17715, 11670. Again the two
YLs hostessing, Amy and Marilýn. After news features are: lament for
bookstore closing in Basque region due to economix having survived the
Franco era; and circa 2218 about the benefits of video games in Spain
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sept 4 at 2200, VOT English timesignal within 4
sex of Spain via different remotes; this is S9+50/55 into UTwente,
also good mod not distorted this time. Listening to REEnglish first;
2230 just ending `The Healing Spring`, music. 2236 ``Always by your
side`` [sic] promo; 2237 ``La Bamba`` theme and `New Day, New Choices`
about the benefits of Turkish coffee. What`s New about that? 2243
``All around the world`` promo; 2244 `Did You Know That` cheese from a
Turkish city dates back 5000 years, most consumed food; by the badax.
2250 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2252 s/off. 2253.6 IS not chopped
off. 2256 interspersing German IDs, ``Hier ist die Stimme Türkije``
until 2258.4* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2206 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday
September 3 after 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20
into nearby SDR with lite CCI.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 4 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct with
noise blast QRM first 14 seconds; later into GA SDR, S8/9+10 noisy.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 4 at 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-68 Hz into NH SDR, S9/+10. JL gotta go at 0300. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [planned later in Sept]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2205]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for financial support from Donald Pearce, N0WMD,
Potomac MD, for a contribution via PayPal in US funds but not
necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``Hi Glenn, After a
long hiatus, I’m back to SWLing; Thanks for all you do for the SWL
hobby!``

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re 9330, WBCQ/W.L.C.R. in last report under CUBA [and non]:
``Uncle Bill comments: Considering that the WLC broadcasts wouldn't
work at all if the earth truly were flat, there is an element of
poetry in all this. But as I never tire of preaching, this is why my
fellow Americans should learn to collectively care more than many of
them seem to about the programs being broadcast from the US that
AREN'T disseminating weirdness to those parts of the world that crank
up their radios. Are there no secular humanists left on the continent
able and willing to erect and operate a cultural counterweight?`` --
OMG, UB Tilford is a secular humanist?! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Sept 4 at 0335, no signal from WTWW, but this just in:
``WTWW coming back on --- I have some paid programming and WTWW will
be back on shortly. George McClintock 9-3-2023``. NASWA Flashsheet
headed my previous log ``WWCR`` despite my explaining exactly why it
was WTWW, not WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9980, Sept 4 at 1844, NO signal from this WWCR, normally a
blaster, while the other three remain, 12160, 13845, 15825. 2015
check, 9980 is back on. WWCR-4 on Aug 1 sked is 24/7 TOMBS on Sat &
Sun, but M-F 9980 is OFF at 7-9 am & 11 am-3 pm C[D]T, misconverted as
if UT 13-15 & 17-21! Also the transmitter skeds supposedly expired Aug
31. Traditionally there could have been some minor seasonal changes
come September (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

THE TINY TRAP

Heard on CBS` 60 MINUTES at 2306 UT Sept 3, strangely enough, not
delayed by stupid ballgames for up to an hour, but made up for that by
middle story being about Australian rules football; but the first
story called CYPRUS, ``A TINY MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND`` -- and even says
that on website:

``60 Minutes - Newsmakers
Cyprus: Searching for the money of Russian oligarchs
By Sharyn Alfonsi September 3, 2023 / 7:00 PM / CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyprus-russia-money-60-minutes-2023-09-03/

How do you hide that much money from an international community that
says it's determined to find it? The question led us to Cyprus - a
tiny Mediterranean island at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the
Middle East. As we first reported in January, the once bustling
vacation spot is in the middle of an international game of hide and
seek.``

Per Almanaque Mundial, Area is 9251 sq km. In story also mentions
population of 1 million --- TINY??? Area of e.g. MONACO is 1.9 sq km
-- now that`s tiny, but Cyprus is 4869 X the size of Monaco. Come on!

ANOTHER TINY TRAP

``Tiny Portugal`` says Rick Steves on OETA/PBS, Sept 4 at 0236 UT on
his (C) 2023 hourlong `Art of the Renaissance` which I watched with
great attention; excellent except for this major gaffe. And most shots
of him as at present grey-haired, but some blondies without otherwise
revealing this was a mixture of old and new stuff. 92,082 sq km =
almost 10 X the size of Cyprus.

This report dispatched at 0010 UT September 5
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