** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Feb 17 at 2300 and earlier, no advance publicity about an LRA36 broadcast this Saturday, but I check anyway. Argentine remotes are tied up but I get into a Brazilian, indeed no signal past 2300. But I must have squelched too much, since de-squelched at 2315, there it is in Spanish vs lots of lightning static - yet Blitzortung shows a blank continent except for one tiny spot in the western Amazon and another south of Panamá. 2318 into music, but soon more talk. Argentine remote then with less lightning but more line noise static. Still going past 2400. Walt Salmaniw was getting it direct in BC measured down to 15475.975 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. ``Daytime`` RHC frequency 15140 still on at 0437 Feb 17, S8/9+5 into KFS ND with jazz, // 11760, 0438 Spanish announcement. SAWA. 0447 music stops abruptly, and carrier off a few sex later. Tnx to this tip two sesquihours earlier from BC on the WOR iog: ``RHC is coming in here on the west coast of Canada on 15140 at 0130 UT in Spanish with a very good signal, almost too good to be them! They are airing a news show with stories about Chile and North Korea. Something must be wrong at Radio Cuba -- audio is too good to be them. Tony Pavick`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUYANA [and non]. 24945 USB, Feb 17 at 1937, XE1TD uttering his call from time to time, doesn`t say what for! Amid pileup. Must be something important just below, like a DXpedition. Yes, per dxheat.com that would be 8R7X in Guyana, and I do have a JBA signal on 24940. QRZ.com shows the DXp dates are Feb 14-24. As for XE1TD: ``XE1TD Mexico flag Mexico, CLUB DE RADIO EXPERIMENTADORES DE OCCIDENTE, Guadalajara, Jalisco`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, UT Sat Feb 17 at 0240, pirate music S9+10 vs HLNL S8/S9 but not by enough. I bet it`s Ball Smacker Radio, traditional Friday night airing. Yup: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,125713.0.html An hour earlier I was not hearing any pirate on the band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27185 AM, Feb 17 at 1930 UT, praise music, and 1932 ``another positive song will change your day``: again some local Enid CBer relaying an FM station, but I don`t have an FM radio handy to make a match. Steady S9+20 generally atop the pileup except for one strong interruptor. Still going at 2031 when I do make a match on the ATS909 tuned to 105.5 and the D-808 on 27185. I.e., relaying K288FX which relays KYLV 88.9 on the so-called `K-Love` network (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.005, Feb 17 at 2300, VOT English not off the air, S9+40/50 into UTwente, s/on as the 1330 broadcast for Feb 17, news. 2310 `The Energy Agenda` about The Sun and what Turkey is spending. [Then checking LRA36]. After 2330 mostly music including unusual hard rock until 2337 switch to a softer pop tune. 2353 s/off, 2354 IS. CCCCCCI audible during pause, 2356 restart IS but chopoff before German IDs can begin, totally uncovering XJRTV, std denunciations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 8992 et al., re Skyking messages among EAMs, not heard in years: ``USA/HFGCS I haven't heard a Sky King message since Kirby Grant passed away (Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash.)`` https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_Grant ``Kirby Grant Movie actor --- born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series Sky King. Between 1949 and 1954, Grant starred in 10 Mounted-Police adventures, usually in the role of Corporal Rod Webb. Wikipedia Born: November 24, 1911, Butte, MT Died: October 30, 1985 (age 73 years), Brevard County, FL`` ``Kirby Grant (1911-1985) IMDb -- Kirby Grant was killed in a road accident on Wednesday 30 October 1985 while on his way to watch the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger at Cape Canaveral... He was to have been honored by the astronauts for encouraging aviation and space flight`` -- were the messages named in his honor? (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 28202 CW, Feb 17 at 1935, EEEEEEEEEE DE WA7JYK/B repeated twice and then gridspot. WI5V roster shows: ``28.2020 WA7JYK C Joseph, Oregon 10w 43'vertical formerly WB7EUX. 23 JUL 2023`` S9 vs HLNL, plus many more above this spot. Is the number of dits significant? Some beacons do this, in this case, ten. QRZ.com: ``WA7JYK USA flag USA, TOM S BINGHAM, 406 E Third St, PO BOX 368, JOSEPH, OR 97846, USA -- Total spot count for Fri Feb 16, 2024: 48. Date with highest spot count: 2023-03-02 with 273 spots. Total spot count since activation: 21,630. All data supplied by the Reverse Beacon Network`` https://www.reversebeacon.net/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2230 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday February 17 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+25 exceeding HLNL but not enough to blot it. Also confirmed Saturday February 17 at 1539 the 1530 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9/+10 into UTwente but with considerable ACI splash from 6165 in Turkish, i.e. CRI via Urumqi, East Turkistan, azimuth 270 degrees due west. Also confirmed Saturday February 17 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast; following very brief headlines from ``Feature Story News, Austin, Texas`` yet a British accent. Also confirmed Saturday February 17 at 1833 the 1830 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+5 into UTwente. Also confirmed Saturday February 17 after 2030 on WRN N America webcast and on WRMI webcast-only. Also confirmed Saturday February 17 starting at 2038 the 2030v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+20 into nearby SDR. Next: 0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2229][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed every 2024 week] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW, 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Bob Zerilli, Hazlet NJ, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily, and says, ``Thanks for your SWL dedication. I`m a longtime SWL and appreciate you being out there`` One may also contribute via MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Pre- `AAAWWW` check of WBCQs, UT Sat Feb 17 from 0039 into Maryland SDR, accurately calibrated: 3265 OFF. 5130.264 ATATT S7/S5. 6159.932 TOMBS S6/S4. 7489.960 FKB S9+5/15. 9330.000 WLCR PP S9+15/20. After pause at 0100, 7490 announced, following AAAWWW was originally broadcast Friday January 12, 2024. Never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 12050, Feb 17 at 1946, JBA carrier, surely not WEWN Spanish which normally has a good signal especially when 12160 WWCR achieves S9+10/30. WEWN must be OFF! Rather, 12050 be R. Ndarason Intl, targeting CHAD, sked 18-19 via Woofferton and 19-20 via ASCENSION. Incredible how they are both cool with `sharing` 12050 when there are plenty of unoccupied channels. BTW I think 15610 WEWN English has been off again for some time after former start 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 17 from 0247, not a full bandscan but checking likely spots on the NRD 545 tuning USB 1 kHz down from: 1089, 1053, 1044, 855-2, 774, 693 - likely mostly SPAIN or UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0016 UT February 18 _ 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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