** CUBA. 15230, July 11 at 2219, RHC is JBA, can`t tell language;
while 15140 is S5/9 in Spanish, well after it`s supposed to close.
Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9899.961, July 11 at 2248, extremely distorted talk at
S9+25/40 into UTwente; intonation and occasional words sound
Portuguese as scheduled from R. Cairo at 2215-2330. Something`s always
egregious in Egypt. EiBi shows both CNR1 and RTI also on 9900 at
2200-2400 but not a trace of either vs this monstrosity. Cairo
scheduled to follow with Arabic on 9885 at 2330-0045, Spanish on 9860
at 0045-0200, all for S America. Why do they bother? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.91 AM, July 11 at 0640, for a change this late,
not even a JBA carrier from unID pirate. But it had been on 6869.937
earlier until 0614* per
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115849.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, July 11 at 2159 into UTwente, I may have seen a
carrier blip before it went off again, VOT never to return English
past 2230. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday July 11 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Missouri SDR.
Next:

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
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, July 11 at 0638, WRMI-2 is reactivated, back to usual
poor signal, S8/9 in HSNL with children singing, // slightly weaker
WRMI-9, 15770 S6/S9. I last logged 7730 on June 3 and first noted it
missing June 12. Since then, no trace of it in nightly bandscans.
Much, but not all of the time, 7730 is // 15770, as at 0630 daily,
Slovakia in Spanish.

Next check July 11 at 1610: 7730 S6/S8 into Boca Ratón FL SDR in
German and classical music, sked as SMTV. 15770 in Spanish music, then
also German talk, RAE relay scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Larry Will explains the dead air from 6160-, WBCQ Area 51
during WOR time July 10 at 0300: ``Hi Glenn, A thunderstorm on Sunday
afternoon snapped a large pine tree about two blocks north of our
house and crushed the power and cable lines during a thunderstorm on
Sunday afternoon. Power and internet resumed at 7:30 pm local time and
I was able to get Area 51 back online a few minutes later. All seemed
fine until about 10:00 pm [02 UT], when the cable cut suddenly,
dropping us off the internet. I discovered technicians repairing a
cable connection on the same pole at that time. Our broadband wasn't
restored until sometime after midnight and we've been online since
then. Sorry about the Area 51 dead air; if I would have known about
the latter outage I would have made plans to source the programming
from a backup site. Cheers, Lw`` Tnx, Larry, sorry you had to go thru
that and tnx for trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Replies to some of my FM DX logs July 9:

[Re 91.5 WXXO Rochester NY:] ``Hi Glenn, WXXI on ch 21 preceded other
FM and AM outlets. So yes it refers the original analogue channel.
WXXI-FM calls recently moved to the new operation on 105.9, and 91.5
is now WXXO, which Scott Fybush tells me is of little consequence
because it generally IDs as "Classic FM." 105.9 used to be WJZR with
R&B and light jazz, but the owner retired and WXXI was able to buy it.
WXXI has double the power on 105.9 now. WXXI-AM on 1370 had been the
news operation, but it's coverage sucked at night, probably because
its pattern is N/S and in the years that followed the original license
and antenna pattern Rochester expanded east and west, but the original
pattern protects WFEA and WSPD, so where I live 25 miles west of
Rochester it was poor at night. The new FM solves that coverage issue
now for news junkies like me who gag on anything further to the right
(like WHAM). When I heard that WJZR was closing I fully expected
another K-LOVE or EWTN to grab it, but very thankfully I was wrong. I
suspect that WXXI-1370 will be shed in the not too distant future. It
would be cool if that channel could be turned into a programming
source for minority-oriented NPR programs, but will probably go
religious. I hope not.

I often catch CBL-FM 94.1 with classical, though it also has public
affairs, sometimes eclectic music at night. So the Variety format
actually fits.

[Re 93.3 WWSE Jamestown NY:] Yes on 93.3 Jamestown carrying Erie
ads.

[Re 96.5 WCMF Rochester NY `at 1817, ad for Gallisaunam?? something
like, Institute`:] That mystery word is (Tom) Golisano, founder of
Paychex, a payroll company, whose philanthropy seems mostly designed
to put his name on things, like hospitals, stadiums and colleges. He
tried to be Governor and has owned sports teams. Though he made his
fortune in New York, of course "no thanks to NY", and I think he's
moved to Florida to avoid taxes. Reminds me of someone else, though
Golisano is less odious. So there you go! Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY``
Tnx for the interesting background, Jim! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. RF 14, 17, 22, 31, 36, July 11 at 1540 UT, BAD DTV
signals during lots of tropo around Enid, mapping especially into
Kansas, but no decodes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2315 UT July 11

** CANADA. Two Ontario logs along with US FM DX July 9 under USA [and
non], duplicated here:

94.1 at 1816, classical music. Nothing fits but surely this which does
classical without being so mentioned on WTFDA DB:
CBL-FM 94.1 TORONTO ON CAN VARIETY CBC MUSIC 38.0 420.0 43-38-33
79-23-14 B203 CBC CBC MUSIC No Program Type or Undefined 1764/1096

95.1 at 1831, ``Cool FM``:
CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON CAN SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0
42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 21800, July 10 at 0627-0629 UT, searching 13m band
for any signals in our summermiddle nightmiddle, this JBA carrier is
the highest, CNR1 jammer listed in EiBi; vs Sound of Hope which would
be on 21799.7. Also: JBA carrier on 21560, BBC MADAGASCAR; q.v. for
16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, Monday July 10 at 0633, tonight`s extra prolongation
but Spanish not English, opening repeat of `En Contacto` DX program,
first topic: yagi antennas; later, propagation; S9/+10 direct with
squeal. Something`s always wrong at RHC. WWDXC DX program list shows
0635 on 3 other irr. frequencies including 5040 which seems totally
gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, July 10 at 2158, S9/+10 of dead air direct from RHC
but did not get back after 2200 to check whether Portuguizing for a
change today. By 2310 into Missouri SDR it is modulating Spanish but
sup/torted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460.016, July 10 at 1613, music, presumably
Turkish jammer at typical Emirler offset, S9+10/15 with squeal into
UTwente; while 17480.001, S8/9+15 in talk about Kurdistan, presumably
Dengê Welat, via Uzbekistan? broadly missed by the jammer. By 1658 two
signals making SAH on 17460, no signal on 17480. Earlier in
nightmiddle had JBA signals at 0623 on 17460, 17485 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MADAGASCAR [and non]. Nightmiddle, summermiddle scan of 16m band,
17460-17890, July 10 at 0623-0627 finds 23 carriers from JBA to VG
17640 BBC, 17790 AWR both via Talata. See also KURDISTAN [non] and for
13m, CHINA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SINGAPORE. 12025, July 10 at 1511, BBCWS news in English, S9/S8,
EiBi-listed as Kranji site at 15-19 aiming for Mideast. Site allegedly
to be closed as of July 16 or 23, but already phasing out (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday July 10 at 2200, VG direct, token English from
SNR, previews after news: more on the Pamplona festival; about Royal
Shakespeare Co. produxion of `As You Like It`; report from Lebanon
about Cervantes Institute activities in Beirut. I heard the first part
2206-2218: getting gored by bulls is only part of the San Fermín
Festival with many other activities. Animal-rights groups have been
unable to stop the bull-run, a major touri$ t attraxion (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, July 10 at 2200, 2219, 2231 chex, zero signal from
VOT English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28300 CW, July 10 at 2152, K6FRC/B over and over, beacon.
WI5V roster dispenses with the /B, to be assumed, u.o.s.:
28.300 K6FRC C TRACY, CALIFORNIA # 100W, "POGO stick" VERTICAL Freq
change 8 July 09.
28.300 K6FRC/B2 TRACY, CALIFORNIA 10W, VERTICAL Backup transmitter for
K6FRC/B
Now it`s the OSOB, no other beacons to be heard, nor any phone up to
28500. And it`s been quite a while since I`ve detected K6FRC on 13565
which is at a different location, Patterson, allegedly 1.8
milliwatts.

26110 FM, KMK282 at KOVR `13` Stockton/Sacramento, I check for
whenever also on 10m band and have heard no sign of it since March 28.
Frodge-MI had it April 6. Is it ever on any more? --- also no local CB
pirate on 27185 relaying Enid FM stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
July 9 at 2018 the 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323 only, S9+10/20
with only lite understation CCI.

Also confirmed UT Monday July 10 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 into
Louisiana SDR - and for first time in long time, NO external noise
blast for first 14 seconds: we can only hope it`s over.

NOT confirmed UT Monday July 10 circa 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
minus 67 Hz = 6159.933, S7/S9+5 into Maryland SDR, but DEAD AIR.
Webcast? 404 but 7490 air and web are running OK. Does not matter that
there is some ACI from 6165 VOT. Tuned in at 0258 when already dead.
Hope Larry Will is OK. I let both run thru entire unoccupied WOR block
to 0330 and whatever would follow until 0400, when 6160 comes to life
with ID and right into TOMBS. Next:

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
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15150, July 10 at 0619, WMLK booming at S9+30, presumed
DEJOM, denouncing other Yahweh sects who`ve got it all wrong. Ho, hum.
Was originally blasting in like this when I first discovered, but
lately had been quite weak, all depending on propagation, or
operation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WTWW: George McClintock updates us on July 9: hopes to be
back on air this week or next, first 5085, later 9475, as he has been
sales-approaching various ministries. Also is selling some expensive
extra parts to help finance the station for rest of year, such as
twelve only partially ~half-depleted final tubes since Ted mishandled
them. You`re supposed to gradually increase the voltage as time goes
on. KVOH may be buying two of them for Zambia. Could only get $ 200/ton
for scrap metal. BTW, the WTWW building has a fabulous floor (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Es FM DX: gotta take it whenever it decide to
happen! In the not too hot garage, on the Nissan Sentra 2004 stock
caradio with fender vertical antenna only, so no antenna manipulation
but disfavoring horizontal-only stations, if any; all logs in real
time with my own ears, one frequency at a time, no RDS capability, no
recording, no internet for stream comparisons; but research later from
my scribbled notes, mainly the excellent WTFDA FM Database, also in
general searching if needed.

All times strictly UT! Numbers just before geo coordinates are kW ERP
and antenna height above average terrain in meters. Identical horiz
and vert figures, u.o.s. Last figures are distances in km/stmi
city-to-city so approx., not site-to-city, from distancefromto.net.
Showing distance does not necessarily make a log more definite, but
FYI.

I do not count stations, states or anything, what`s `new` or not, and
am not in a competition. Each DX log I view as a potential learning
experience. Clarifications, correxions welcome. Sunday July 9, all
times strictly UT!

91.5 at 1742, KSNS *still* dead air but some classical music is
off-and-on trying to overcome it. From subsequent probable target area
obs, likely:
WXXO 91.5 ROCHESTER NY HD CLASSICAL CLASSICAL 91.5 45.0 134.0 43-08-07
77-35-03 93C8 WXXI -FM Classical 91.5 WXXI-FM Rochester NY Classical
// WXXY 90.3 & W298CE 107.5 -- and again at 1805. Recently changed
call from WXXI to WXXO. The XXI derived from the now surely irrelevant
old analog channel of its TV station which must have preceded the FM;
altho one might guess it denote our century 1882/1169

94.5 at 1748, 1755, 1804, classical music in mix of others, surely:
WNED-FM 94.5 BUFFALO NY HD CLASSICAL WNED CLASSICAL 94.0 220.5
42-38-15 78-46-07 7767 WNED-FM YOUR CLASSICAL ESCAPE Classical
1775/1103

94.5 at 1750, ad for seabreeze.com on the shore of Lake Ontario,
mentions Rochester. No stations there, but apparently:
WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY HD ADULT CONTEMPORARY Y-94 100.0 198.0 42-56-46
76-07-07 1690 Y94 The 80s To Now Y94 The 80's to now Adult Hits
Then at 1751 ad for Kia in East Syracuse 1993/1239

94.5 at 1750, mention news network and KNN. Can`t be sure whether this
be one of the more definitely IDed on 94.5. KNN could mean Kentucky
News Network, rather than Kurdistan or Korea. If so there is one
possibility in KY:
WMXL 94.5 LEXINGTON KY HD HOT AC MIX 94.5 85.0 194.0 38-07-24 84-26-37
16B9 Artist/Song - Mix 94.5 Artist/Song - Mix 94.5 Adult Hits
but I have not been able to make any such correlation. There is such a
thing in KY, but no radio affiliate list found. A music station might
incidentally get newscasts from KNN, not worth website mention
1198/744

94.5 at 1753, ``classic rock, 94-5 XKR``:
WXKR 94.5 PORT CLINTON OH HD CLASSIC ROCK 94.5 XKR TOLEDO'S CLASSIC
ROCK 30.0 188.2 41-30-03 83-16-16 HD is off. 1409/876

94.1 at 1754, ``Mix 94-1``; of 4 stations so named, only this in PTA:
WHBC-FM 94.1 CANTON OH HOT AC MIX 94.1 45.0 157.0 40-53-53 81-19-07
6740 MIX 94-1 Artist/Title MIX 94-1 Canton Adult Hits 1513/940

97.3 at 1756, hymn VG and very briefly. No format fit in OH; in NY
only two very low power religious teachers. In PA there is one, east
of Pittsburgh; possibly but lowpowered:
WPCL 97.3 SPANGLER PA RELIGIOUS TEACHING WAY TRUTH LIFE RADIO 1.75 kWH
1.7 kWV 186.0 40-30-27 78-48-14 7C83 WPCL

93.3 at 1758, CCI to OKC, Yankee Honda ad, Hometown Rent-to-Own,
mentions Erie PA and 93 -- but no fits for Erie. I seem to get hits
for Yankee Honda in Erie, but real name of dealer there is Bianchi
which I may have misunderstood. Hometown Rent-to-Own rather generic a
name, but top hits are for Jamestown NY and Salamanca NY. I bet it`s
this: Jamestown NY is near Erie PA:
WWSE 93.3 JAMESTOWN NY HOT AC SE 93 26.5 196.0 42-05-06 79-17-22 A998
SE93 SE93 is Nielsen Rated #1 No Program Type or Undefined 1721/1070

93.9 at 1800, definite ID for Pocatello-Idaho Falls-Blackfoot, 1801
Town Hall News -- wow, NE and NW openings at once; this is only log
from NW:
KZBQ 93.9 POCATELLO ID COUNTRY EAST IDAHO COUNTRY 100.0 308.4 42-51-57
112-30-44 1437/893

92.3 at 1808, ``check out 97-9 WJLB``. So which 92.3 could be a
sibling station to WJLB 97.9, which I did NOT hear, but FYI:
WJLB 97.9 DETROIT MI HD URBAN CONTEMPORARY DETROIT'S HIP-HOP & R&B
50.0 149.0 42-24-22 83-06-44 1D8B 97.9 WJLB Artist/Title 97.9 WJLB
Artist/Title Rhythm and Blues --- both are iHeart stations, so it is:
WMXD 92.3 DETROIT MI HD URBAN AC MIX 92.3 45.0 146.0 42-19-55 83-02-42
16B1 MIX 92.3 Artist/Title MIX92.3 R&B and the Best Old School Jams
Rhythm and Blues 1433/890

94.1 at 1816, classical music. Nothing fits but surely this which does
classical without being so mentioned on WTFDA DB:
CBL-FM 94.1 TORONTO ON CAN VARIETY CBC MUSIC 38.0 420.0 43-38-33
79-23-14 B203 CBC CBC MUSIC No Program Type or Undefined 1764/1096

96.5 at 1817, ad for Gallisaunam?? something like, Institute; a BBQ
joint; an AFIB victim guess who; ``classic rock`` also carries Buffalo
Bills, Sabres; 1820, ``96-5, WCMF``; another ID at 1827:
WCMF-FM 96.5 ROCHESTER NY HD CLASSIC ROCK ROCHESTER'S CLASSIC ROCK
96-5 WCMF 48.0 142.0 43-08-05 77-35-07 5B2D 96.5WCMF Artist/Title
96.5WCMF Artist/Title 1882/1169

92.9 at 1829, ``Buffalo`s Real Rock``:
WBUF 92.9 BUFFALO NY HD ROCK 76.0 195.0 42-57-13 78-52-35 5959
92.9WBUF Artist/Title Rock ACTIVE ROCK 1775/1103

95.1 at 1831, ``Cool FM``:
CKUE-FM 95.1 CHATHAM ON CAN SOFT AC 95.1 & 100.7 COOL FM 42.0 133.0
42-26-14 82-06-22 CE27 1501/933

95.5 at 1834, Channel955.com; 1835 Freedom Boat Club at Lake Sinclair:
WKQI 95.5 DETROIT MI HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO CHANNEL 95.5 100.0
130.0 42-28-23 83-11-59 17B8 Channel 955 Home of Mojo In The Morning
Channel 955 Title & Artist Top 40 1433/890

Still DX at 1839 but I have to suspend for lunch; resuming at 1901,
only sign of DX is some country atop 95.3 KOKC OKC translator; quit at
1914. Another false alarm checking at 2122-2129, just noting that 91.5
KSNS is *still* dead air.

2221 another session: 99.3 with NASCAR talk over KLOR Ponca; despite
next log, no sports format listed anywhere in VA or FL on 99.3.

94.5 at 2223, rap; 2236 ad for dancing at Main Street Station; in &
out. Top hits on Main Street Station lead to Daytona Beach FL; name
may be too generic, also one in Richmond VA. Both have local 94.5s. VA
closer to earlier PTA; note high power too:
WCFB 94.5 DAYTONA BEACH FL HD URBAN AC STAR 94.5 97.5 kWH 100.0 kWV
451.0 28-58-47 81-27-20 5A73 Song/Artist Now Playing Title & Artist on
Today's R&B and Throwbacks Rhythm and Blues 1763/1096 OR:
WRVQ 94.5 RICHMOND VA HD CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO Q-94 200.0 107.0
37-24-13 77-18-59 13BE Q94 Title & Artist on Q94 1817/1129

Nothing more, quit at 2245. Keeping an eye on DXMAPs for Es MUFs and
favorable paths, there appear to be some further chances, such as UT
Monday July 10 when I`m back in the DX car at 0309-0315 but nothing
unusual - 91.5 KSNS still deadairing. Likewise July 10 at 2010 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2352 UT July 10

** CUBA. 9700, July 9 at 0651, S8/9+10 of dead air no doubt RHC; at
least it`s a clean signal this time rather than garbage or basura.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

11670, July 9 at 0654, unusually there is a second overrun, Spanish
talk and Cuban music, S7/S9 still going past 0700. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, July 9 at 0649, VON is on for a change, some
undermodulation next to 7260 Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.1 AM, July 9 at 0648, pirate here amid HSNL for
fourth late-night in a row. More unID reports on HFU:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115785.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115729.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 104.9, July 8 at 0126 UT as I tune across here on
caradio, fruitless search for Es FM DX, DJ exclaims ``104-9, Yikes``.
Aha, an unusual branding? Very, unfound in search of WTFDA DB, on this
or any frequency, anywhere. Yet a broad search on 104.9 yikes leads to
too many stations, none? nearby. #1 station usually heard here is:
KKWD 104.9 BETHANY OK VARIETY HITS ALICE 104.9 6.0 6.0 100.0 100.0
35-29-53 97-37-10 2CA7 Artist/Title HD is Off

But hardly a solid signal at that power and distance. Altho only 100
watts, this one is only about 20 miles west of us in Enid, but I have
*never* heard it, even from west side of Enid, and suspect it be
non-existent:
KEUC 104.9 RINGWOOD OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING EWTN 0.1 0.1 21.0 21.0
36-23-12 98-14-47
Such an outlet is on the Oklahoma Catholic Radio list, minus call
letters.

What does FCC say? Correspondence file includes:

``Consummation Notice
Section I - General Information
1. Legal Name of the Applicant
SCREEN DOOR BROADCASTING, LLC
Mailing Address
7107 SOUTH YALE #444
TULSA OK 74136 -

Telephone Number (include area code) 9187493639
E-Mail Address (if available) JASON@FMEXPANSION.COM
FCC Registration Number: 0022053334
Call Sign KEUC
Facility ID Number 191538

2. Contact Representative (if other than licensee/permittee)
JASON BENNETT
Firm or Company Name
FM EXPANSION GROUP, LLC
Mailing Address
7107 SOUTH YALE #444
TULSA OK 74136 -
Telephone Number (include area code) 9187493639
Date 10/15/2015``

Note that this goes back almost 8 years! Blowing up a coverage map,
site is just north of deadend intersexion of 6th Street and Short
Street inside Ringwood.

0134 UT recheck, Yikes has faded and now there is a mix of music and
gospel huxter? With Tulsa area signals enhanced, could be one of
these, the only other Okies with more than peanut-power:

KREK 104.9 BRISTOW OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING THE SONLIFE RADIO NETWORK 5.0
5.0 107.0 107.0 35-47-11 96-27-35
KRIG-FM 104.9 NOWATA OK HD COUNTRY K-RIG 104.9 8.3 8.3 172.0 172.0
36-43-37 95-46-18

About time for a jaunt into the country anyway, we decide to visit the
KEUC site and see/hear what may be there, on Saturday afternoon, July
8. Ringwood is quite a small town, but with a neat very well-stocked
grocery store, Richard`s, carrying items unfound in big Enid, another
reason for an excuse to visit.

From 1850 UT, driving west on US 412/60 tuned to 104.9 starting with
KKWD fringe if anything. By the time we get to Meno at 1911, an open
carrier in mono is starting to capture 104.9, and sure enough it`s
`local` in Ringwood. We easily find the site where Short Street [N/S]
deadends at 6th Street [E/W]: it`s the Ringwood municipal water tower,
one of those slim cylinders -- and it has antennas on it, violating
Separation Of Church And State. Still nothing but dead air, but I
never detected even that from Enid. Of course the coverage area with
100 watts is rather limited, and maybe if there be tropo, bigger
stations are still going to block it.

Bewaring a big white poodle which takes it upon itself to protect KEUC
with menacing charges and barx, but apparently blongs to an adjacent
trailer-house, we inspect the facility. There is a vertically
polarized 4- or 5-element yagi about halfway up the tower on the
`wrong` side of it, southwest, and pointed away from Enid. Two cables
run up the tower, past this antenna to the very top where there may be
some other very small antenna.
https://www.w4uvh.net/KEUC_104.9_Ringwood2.jpg

Maybe that`s for STL reception from somewhere. None of the other OCR
stations are close or powerful enough to provide a direct off-air
pickup for relay and there is no satellite dish. Or they could be
depending on internet feed with no way or desire to reboot it
remotely.

Adjacent is the transmitter shack, with a faded almost illegible
warning on the door that it`s a FEDERAL OFFENSE to disturb it, but no
identity as KEUC, OCR or anything. An OG&E electric meter on the side
is running. There is also a propane tank right next to it - would that
convert to emergency electric power, or just keep the transmitter from
freezing?
https://www.w4uvh.net/KEUC_104.9_Ringwood1.jpg
In any event, it`s all for naught as long as the air be dead. And back
in Enid I won`t be able to tell if and when it come to life. I can`t
help but wonder if the neighbor or any other Ringwoodians be aware
what this thing is for.

Altho the WTFDA FM DB as above has correct info for KEUC, as far as it
goes, you would never know it`s part of the Oklahoma Catholic Radio
network, nor some of the others on their station list, just
``religious teaching`` - not always with real city of license.
https://www.okcr.org/stations
One can go thru it and figure out which stations serve which city,
e.g. Walters south of ``Lawton``. We also see that there are *three*
LP stations on 99.3 in the OKC area, one of which must be one of OCR`s
two Spanish outlets. And there are *five* around OKC on 97.7. It`s
really getting crowded (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11620 // 9550, UT Sun July 9 at 0042, VG direct, after
some music RRI starts `DX Mailbag` - acknowledging reception reports,
not of much use or interest, but no doubt fulfilling for the listeners
cited, such as from India. Exactly as shown for 10 minutes on
DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS, alternating with Listeners Letterbox (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28234 CW, July 9 at 0007, among a few JBA beacons making it
for very difficult copy, two letters in the call I perceive are #4D#.
Fortunately there is one VG match on the WI5V roster:
28.234 K4DP C COVINGTON, VIRGINIA # 2W, GP VERTICAL.

28279 CW, July 9 at 0018, almost complete JBA beacon call of WA4OT#,
ergo:
28.2788 WA4OTD C CARMEL, INDIANA # 5W, attic dipole New 19 Oct 2010.

I had a few other unIDs circa 28209, 28261.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: NOT confirmed
Saturday July 8 at 2230:30 on WRMI 5850 OR 15770. Instead talk in a
very heavy African? accent, mostly a monolog by one guy, maybe
religious? That leaves us without any airing on the only WRMI
frequency toward Europe, and was also good for much of N America. WOR
still shown on the skedgrid. What in the world is this? See separate
log.

Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct vs HSNL,
and noise QRM blast for first 14 seconds, but then can make out the
WOR theme.

NOT confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0130 on WRMI 9395. This `new` airing
has already been replaced by something else as on the sked.

Confirmed UT Sunday July 9 at 0326 about 9 minutes into so started
circa 0317 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+10/20 including HSNL into nearby
SDR.

Also confirmed Sunday July 9 at 1353 the 1330 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10
direct and somewhat undermodulated but sufficient unlike 48 hours ago.
Next:

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
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: WOR 2198 NOT confirmed Saturday July 8 at 2230:30 on
WRMI 5850 OR 15770. Instead talk in a VERY heavy African? accent,
mostly a monolog by one guy, maybe religious? I do hear some English
words, also French; maybe Kriyol, or pidgin Nigerian??? This was
already running before 2230 with no break so started probably at 2200.
That leaves us without any airing on the only WRMI frequency toward
Europe, and was also good for much of N America. WOR still shown on
the skedgrid. What in the world is this?

I struggle to understand anything as must all other possible
listeners. At 2258 just before closing gives contact info including
phone 226-219-6891. 226 is country code for Burkina Faso! But preceded
with a mere 1- so must be North American, i.e. Ontario. And that full
phone number leads directly to:::

Soteriah International, Brampton, ON
CYLEX Canada
https://www.cylex-canada.ca › company › soteriah-int...
Apr 29, 2023 — Address: 9 River Heights Drive, Brampton, ON L6P 2M9..
Phone: (226) 219-6901

https://soteriah.org/about-us/

``What we do --- We provide free Food, Groceries, Toiletries and
Sleeping gears to homeless and vulnerable people in Greater Toronto
Area. Our vision is to reduce vulnerability and hardship faced by the
homeless and poor.``

It does not appear to be overtly religious, rather a local charity, so
why would they be on WRMI SW to Europe? There is no mention of it on
this extensive page:
http://wrmi.net/index.php/programming/

Searching on that name is rather fruitless, but not for Soteria
without the -h:

``SOTERIA - Greek Goddess of Safety & Deliverance ...
Theoi Greek Mythology
https://www.theoi.com › Daimon › Soteria
Soteria was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of safety, and
deliverance and preservation from harm.``

Therefore any religious aspect of this program must be
Greek-Mythological! This has been elsewhen on WRMI sked for quite some
time. The skedgrid still shows only three other times for Soteriah:
0000-0030 Tue-Sat on 5950; 12-13 Mon-Sat on 5850; and 0330-0400
Mon-Sat on 7730, i.e. frequency currently imaginary, so 22-23 on 15770
may compensate for that and likely to be multi-days rather than Sat
only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Sunday July 9 at 1423, WRMI in unrecognizable
language. This hour only is Supreme Master TV. Maybe with video there
are translation captions? A sure way to drive away listeners if not
viewers, multi-lingual mixtures, without discrete portions in reliable
languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Big sporadic E FM DX opening July 9 at 1742-1839
UT; full report next time, but quick summary:
NY: WYYY 94.5 Syracuse; WNED 94.5 Buffalo; WCMF 96.5 Rochester; WBUF
92.9 Buffalo
OH: WXKR 94.5 Port Clinton; WHBC 94.9 Canton
ID: KZBQ 93.9 Pocatello
ON: CKUE 95.1 Chatham; CBL 94.1 Toronto
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1959 UT July 9

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat July 8 from 1806 tune-in, S9 peaks
audible via Brasília and one of the Arg SDRs: LRA36 with CW ID, 1807
spoken s/on, multilingual IDs, 1808 opening recitation ``Pasaporte``,
1810 ``Uniendo Voces`` live? program with guests. 1814 about this
being relayed by an FM station in Catamarca, and which apparently
produced a segment to be run later. As usual, absolutely no signal
audible direct, not even a JBA RC. Despite good remote reception, not
monitored further as we`re off on a DXpedition to investigate KEUC.
Returned by 2106, no signal on any of those remotes, off already
despite nominal Saturday sked of 18-23 UT. Manuel Méndez, Spain caught
them direct, coming on air much earlier at *1714, presumably a musical
prélude. The other broadcasts scheduled are now Mon & Fri at
1300-1500, a bit too early for our convenience (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, July 8 at 0619, JBM vs transmitted S8/S9 noise, can`t
tell language, no doubt RHC again where something`s always wrong, and
blocking Romania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 13740, July 8 at 0623, S8/9+10 African language must be
Hausa, talking about Ukraine as sked from RFI Issoudun until 0630, and
0625 RFI ID quickly in French; much stronger than usual, but similar
sig on 13695 in French, the SSOBs; At 0637 still an unexplained JBA
carrier on 13740 unless it be the RFI exciter, to resume at 0700
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.1, July 8 at 0627, unID pirate for third late
night in a row, but uncopiable vs high storm noise level = HSNL (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday July 8 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, sufficient direct into DX-398
and modulation seems OK.

Confirmed Sat July 8 at 1600 on WRN N America webcast.

Away, I miss checking the nominal 1930 UT airing on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO; did anyone hear it? Next:

2230.5 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230.5 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[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
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 91.5, July 8 at 0121 & 0140 UT, my next rechex on caradio
*still* find open carrier/dead air, i.e. from KSNS, Medicine Lodge,
KS, see my previous report: I bet it`s been dead thruout the 5 hours
since 2044! Instead of ignorance and inattention by station staff, it
could also be that a person on duty at station collapsed or worse. IF
they have any local listeners, might call 911 and/or get the police to
make a welfare check. BTW, this OC/DA is in mono; I had not noticed
whether it were in $ tereo when modulative.

With the proliferation of Part 15 very low-power RF feeders in cars,
sometimes left on with no input, one must be careful not to take one
of these nearby for a genuine FM station. So I have made certain 91.5
OC/DA remains audible as I drive around Enid, and even on my jaunt out
to Ringwood, July 8 between 1850 and 2100 UT to investigate KEUC;
details in next report --- yes, KSNS *still2* silent some 24 hours
after first noted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2227 UT July 8

** CANADA. 7555-7585 approx., wideband DRM-like noise field, July 7 at
0622, presumed CGA984, HF trading station licenced to 7570 from Essex
County, Ontario. Lucky for them, WRMI is no longer on 7570 overnight.
See my previous reports of April 19 & 29 for much more about this
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.9 AM, S9/+10, July 7 at 0624, pirate from last
night is on again late, bells and chirps right now, quite diverse
music/SFX noises. Never heard any announcements past 0701 but I may
have dozed. A few more reports as unID on July 6; and 7 when it was on
6869.93 until 0726*:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115692.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115709.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Noticed this mixup in the WTFDA FM DB. The listing for
90.1 KUCO says it is a relay OF: KCSC-FM 95.9!
KUCO relay of:KCSC-FM 95.9 90.1 EDMOND OK USA HD CLASSICAL CLASSICAL
RADIO 90.1/91.9 100.0 100.0 256.0 256.0 35-34-24 97-29-08 4512
LISTENER SUPPORTED CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM UNIV OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA //
KBCW-FM 91.9 & KCSC 95.9

On the contrary, all programming originates at KUCO, fed to its two
satellites KCSC 95.9 in Woodward and KBCW 91.9 in McAlester. Perhaps
confused because the original call of 90.1 was KCSC - for Central
State College, not to be confused with something in Chico, California.
Some years after the school was renamed University of Central
Oklahoma, the 90.1 calls were changed in accordance. By then had also
acquired the relay facility on 95.9 in Woodward from KCCU Lawton, so
as a legacy, KUCO applied the KCSC calls to that. Standard legal IDs
used to add HD1 to 90.1 and 91.9 but not to 95.9; now dispensed with
that. IIRC, HDs of 90.1 include some totally unrelated gospel huxter
renter and/or a student station? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. July 7 at 1733 UT, tropo up away from Enid toward Tulsa,
OKC, providing BAD RF DTV signals on: 11, 14, 17, 28, 31, 34, 35, 36.
17 is notable since a DX signal must be baddenizing Enid`s only local
TV signal, K17JN-D, no loss since it spews 7 subchannels of
gospelhuxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday July 7 at 2200, token English from SNR: news
about the bull-run at Pamplona festival until July 15: so far only
three Americans have been trampled, not by bulls but humans. 2207
feature which is a repeat about exhibition of art by Lucian Freud; so,
never mind. VG direct and the other three frequencies audible to
detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.008 into Maryland SDR S9+5/20, July 7 at 2157, VOT
already on with IS: seemed some QRM but nothing else scheduled just
before 2200 here unlike on ex-5960 in B22 an hour later. Recheck at
2251, multi-lingual ID filler reel, 2252 canned jumbled s/off and
briefly IS to 2255.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: confirmed Friday
July 7 at 1430 the first SWBC on WRMI 9955 --- but it`s just barely
modulated! both direct and via Maryland remote. This transmitter has
had reduced modulation before but now it`s almost gone. Webcast level
seems OK. Emailed WRMI ASAP at 1445 but nothing was or could be done
about this before 1459. Following music fill also JBM. Webcast
continued with DW via WRN. Something`s odd at Okeechobee. See if it be
fixed when System B WRMI-3, 9955 resume at 2100? Not checked until
2330 when it also seems u/mod but also facing jamming and some other
noise, local? into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Friday July 7 at 2053 the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM
Italia, 1323 kHz only, no 918 or 207 into nearby Noale SDR, S9+10/15
above the understation presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[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
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490-), UT Sat July 8 at 0000, WBCQ stream of `AAAWWW`:
first half hour musing about cosmology; finally 0028 datestamp at 7
July YOOLF 2023, so it is live. Angela on remote phoneline so lofi
it`s hard to understand her. 0035 he starts referring to some stuff in
trade press, like ranking of markets with greatest proportion of
listeners to AM radio. #1 is Buffalo NY; but Florida nowhere on the
list. About 0030 I check the quadricast frequencies into Maryland SDR:
7490 - 70 Hz = 7489.930; 6160 -67 = 6159.933; 5130 -25 = 5129.975;
3265 + 106 = 3265.106. 0057 reading email. Wraps up about a minute
over, why always? So JIP Hal Turner late, not that I care. Starts by
siding with Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Possibility of Es so caradio bandscan July 7 at 2024 UT:
finds none, but notice that semi-local 91.5 is in deadair, still so
past 2044. Standard remark: if a station be so out of it that it does
not even have one staff member or another constantly monitoring for
dead air or any other problem, even if automated, and/or a
silence-sensor alarm, how can they expect any listeners to stick with
them, and more importantly, why should they deserve continued
licensing, especially if there be any other/better demand for the
frequency? WTFDA FMDB shows:

KSNS 91.5 MEDICINE LODGE KS CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN KEEP SINGING NEW
SONGS" 0.0 96.0 0.0 141.0 37-14-02 98-39-55 A4EC KSNS --- or ``Keep
Sending No Sound``! Anyhow there is a lot of spoken gospel-huxtering,
not just music when they manage to modulate. It`s just over the OK/KS
frontier. This one is also unusual in that it`s full power and
vertically polarized only, as the 0.0 means kW ERP-H and the 96.0
means kW ERP-V. Maybe that`s why I hear it better on the caradio.
However there is another 91.5 in KS likewise, KARF Independence (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0111 UT July 8