 ** CHILE. 28485 USB, March 3 at 2135, CA3PHX making quick contacts in English or Spanish, with North, Central American stations. Had a hard time understanding the last two fonetix of his call, finally decided they were ``hotel, x-ray``. QRZ.com with lots of photos of him and his equipment: ``CA3PHX Chile flag Chile, Mauricio "Mauro" Pacheco, La Florida, santiago chile. +56984082037 Chile`` I already logged him Dec 25, 2024 on 28505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. Re 11529.9, ex-Hikari FM missing lately, Ron Howard replies: ``Hi Glenn - Here is the quick reply from Ivan, who operates the station. Ron (Monterey, Calif.) "Sorry about the blackout, the shortwave transmitter is not doing great and I took it down for investigation. There are harmonics that might interfere a little with other stations if my signal is strong. They are not bad but at this point I have figured out how to design it differently and avoid class D modulators. I am also trying to get into California right now on 1710 khz and it is difficult to run two transmitters at a time. There is some success though so I think keep a lookout on 1710, hopefully I will be able to get a signal into your area. Right now it is there but it is weak and XEPE [Tecate, Baja California, Mexico] is a problem. I plan on rebuilding the shortwave transmitter entirely or at least looking at the schematic and seeing if there are any shortcomings that need to be fixed. I am switching over to class G modulators, they require no filters and have better audio. They are slightly less efficient and require multiple power supplies or DC converters. Hopefully I can get everything working properly soon. Very Best Regards, Ivan" (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Mar 3 at 2300, token English from SNR VG direct, good on 17715, fair on 17755, still missing from 12030; previews topic to be roots of Spanish astronomy - or rather gastronomy upon quickcheck at 2322, interviewee with a very heavy accent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 3 at 2259 direct, no signal but JBA on 9610, but by 2301, JBA carrier on 5960 from VOT to NAm. Into UTwente at 2325, 5960.003 is S9+40/50 with 6CI; during cute talk about famous cats inhabiting the White House, 10 Downing St., Hermitage in St. Pete, Hemingway house in Key West, Hugo Chávez in Cáracàs [sic], Kosovo. I guess it`s the item Alan Roe refers to simply as `The Feature`. 2330 music. 2341 multi-lingual ID filler reel, music. 2355 s/off and IS off before 2356* uncovering Chinese music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28470 USB, March 3 at 2145, quick contacts among domestic hams, refers to hfqso.com which shows contacts on many different bands and frequencies but this is the starter on 10m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2284 monitoring: confirmed Monday March 3 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003-, S9+10 into UTwente. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]; 2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy; 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160. Thanks this week to Terry L Krueger, Niceville FL for a contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``for all your years of dedication to accuracy`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9275, March 3 at 2302, WMLK is S9+30, surprisingly playing ``God Save The Queen`` -- I mean, ``King``. Couldn`t make out the lyrix, ``from every mountainside``? I heard them in morning on 15150 but not lately in afternoon on 17525 - is that one active? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 93.5, March 3 at 2050 UT on caradio, `Thunder Country`, as tropo is enhancing a fringer, KKDT, Burdett KS, close, in WTFDA FMDB as ``93.5 Thunder`` not to be confused with one other, KTND Aspen CO, ``Thunder 93.5`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0316 UT March 4 _ 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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