** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed Oct 12, best Argentine remote is
back, no signal yet from 1435 tune-in. LRA36 cuts on S7/S9 during song
at *1443.8, better than via Montevideo. Music thru hourtop 1500; 1502
finally canned sign-on, multi-lingual including English that this will
be in Spanish, concluding with what sounds like a mashup of Russian
and Korean; staff names, ``Nacional, la Radio Pública``; 1503.5
themesong; 1507 recitation, song; 1513 ``live`` YL chat on the 25th
program of the season; about kids in school; 1517 weather but hard to
copy: temp 7 degrees, menos? 9 degrees also mentioned, winds from
south, 97? kph, with harp music background; 1519 phones and other
contact info; 1520 says Wed broadcast repeats on Fri & Sat --- always
or this week? Also a special broadcast on Thursday as it`s the
anniversary of LRA36 --- this week only? 1522 song; 1526.6, ``Radio
Arcángel San Gabriel`` ID, ``su compañía``; YLs talking more about the
kids in school #38; on Friday got a greeting from astronaut on ISS;
1535 This Week in History starting with something in 1820y; 1540 song;
1542 about Race Day Oct 12 = Día de la Raza, cultural diversity; 1550
male voice guest; constant musical background, which I consider a
crutch by speakers who think their own voices alone would be too
boring, but also amounts to self-QRM as at 1603 the music is singing;
1613 to song only; 1616 repeat the ID with staff, which is the defacto
sign-off as well as -on, and off? No, pause, a couple more notes of
music and then gone at 1617*. LRA36ers have never learned how to do
proper smooth signs-on-and-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 28270.5 CW, Oct 11 at 2306, VVV PY4MAB ... dash, only
beacon on band, and maybe my first from Brasil: 28.2705 PY4MAB C POÇOS
DE CALDAS BRAZIL 10W VERTICAL coordinated 2 Dec 2021 --- It`s JBA and
fading, not sure of all the letters after the number, but only this
one fits on the WI5V roster. PdC, a spa city in Minas Gerais, is 8418
km = 5231 miles from Enid by great circle, not bad for 1 dekawatt =
523.1 mi/W; considerably closer thru the earth. A bit further really
via ionosphere above the surface; QRZ.com:

PY4MAB Brazil flag Brazil
MAURICIO BERALDO
LUIZ ZANGIACOMI 145
POCOS DE CALDAS MG ZIP CODE 37704-274, MG
Brazil

``- I have a Radio Beacon on the frequency of 28.270.5 CW, 24 hours a
day, vertical antenna, 10 watts of power. In 2020 it will be 10 years
since Beacon is on the air. Whoever receives the signals and sends me
a confirmation by letter I will respond to everyone and send a special
QSL card from my city.``

Huge gallery of equipment, the city, wildlife, but hardly any humans:
https://www.qrz.com/db/PY4MAB

I soon also have a PY on 10m phone:
28425 USB, Oct 11 at 2310, PY5HO contacting unheard VE3JAR; QRZ.com:
PY5HO Brazil flag Brazil
ADILSON JANKE
RUA VENEZUELA 286
CURITIBA - PARANÁ CEP 82510-100
Brazil
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA [and non]. 28483 USB, Oct 11 at 2312, VE9XX with ZL1WN, both
with good signals here. ZL says VE is 100 watts from dipole in his
attic.
VE9XX Canada flag Canada
Donald Gerard Whitty
936 Route 315
Dunlop, NB E8K 2M7
Canada
Not clear why he keeps a 9 call in a #1 call area. More unique? And:

ZL1WN New Zealand flag New Zealand
ROSS BIGGAR
210 Oroua Rd, R D 5
Palmerston North 4475
New Zealand
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 13130 and weaker 13020, Oct 12 at 1358, CNR1 jammers against
SOH until TS 1400*. Also suspicious open carrier on 13190 which stays
on. 13190 had seemed to replace another jammer on 13170 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 12 at 2203, R. Cairo is on at S9+40 into
UTwente, but usual horrible distortion in presumed English. Let`s try
Turkey. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Oct 12 at 0635, can`t detect a JBA carrier here
from R. Kiribati; but despite being Wednesday, Gary Pence reports:
``Hi Glenn, 846 kHz heard at 0602z peaking S8 with audio heard in AM
narrow and shown in the waterfall with periods of deep fade also on
NM7A SDR Deer Harbor, WA. And Smeter.net SDR in Newport, Oregon. 73,
Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 12 at 0623 direct, VON at S9+10/15 of dead air,
or maybe a trace of modulation.

7255-, Oct 12 at 1728, JBA signal into Canary SDR at S9/+10 including
storm crashes from Morocco, western Algeria, but mainly squeal vs
undermodulation, and offset -67 Hz signature so really VON 7254.933,
but totally unusable. Ditto still at 1850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Oct 11 at 2316 UT, PN, ND beacon is back on
again from PoNca City. Had been off whenever checked since Oct 7 and
still off earlier today; so sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Governor vetoed funding for emergency rural warnings
via OETA:

``PBS WARN
https://www.oeta.tv/about/warn/

OETA and our infrastructure across the state plays a crucial role in
protecting Oklahoma communities by ensuring uninterrupted distribution
of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), including severe weather warnings
and AMBER alerts to every corner of the state. This service is part of
public television’s commitment to strengthening the safety of all our
communities.

PBS WARN (Warning, Alert, Response Network) uses OETA’s unique reach,
reliability, and local connections across the state of Oklahoma to
provide a vital backup path for the WEA system, which allows local,
state and national government agencies (like FEMA) to instantly send
short message warnings from geo-targeted cell phone towers directly to
a nearby user's mobile device.

If a cybersecurity incident or internet disruption to a carrier
facility breaks its primary connection to FEMA, PBS WARN provides an
immediate alternate source of inbound WEA messages.

See PBS WARN in action! The map below shows all active WEAs in the US,
which WARN is broadcasting in real time.``

{also: OETA coverage map from 18 antennas}

``Special Notice {with embedded linx}
https://www.oeta.tv/

On October 5th, we were disappointed to learn that House Bill 1009
was vetoed. This bill was authored to appropriate a reasonable portion
of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to allow Oklahoma
Educational Television Authority (OETA) to make essential
infrastructure upgrades to maintain and enhance datacasting, emergency
alerting communications and broadcasting capabilities to all
seventy-seven counties in Oklahoma. HB1009 represents many months of
planning and bi-partisan cooperation to ensure the longevity of vital
statewide infrastructure and the safety and security of Oklahomans
across our great state, especially in rural communities. Our hope is
that legislative leadership will soon come together once more to
address this action. We are grateful for our many supporters who have
reached out to us and we will continue to pursue our mission of
providing essential educational content and services that inform,
inspire, and connect Oklahomans to ideas and information that enrich
their quality of life.``

Enid News & Eagle:

https://www.enidnews.com/news/governors-veto-of-funding-for-rural-oklahoma-upsets-lawmakers/article_f9379ed0-45c6-11ed-893d-6f5a2f39718d.html

``Governor's veto of funding for rural Oklahoma upsets lawmakers
Janelle Stecklein | CNHI Oklahoma Oct 6, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed two bills designed to increase
emergency response infrastructure.

Stitt said “the long-term, strategic value” of the appropriations had
not been clearly established, but one lawmaker said Thursday it
amounts to a declaration that he does care about emergencies in rural
Oklahoma.

Stitt vetoed three legislative American Rescue Plan Act funding
priorities, catching some legislators and Oklahomans off guard. Those
vetoes included:

• $ 6 million to build nine regionally located emergency operations
centers across the state.

• $ 8.19 million so the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
(OETA) could make necessary upgrades to its emergency alerting
communications.

• $ 10 million to Oklahoma Arts Council to distribute to struggling
nonprofits negatively impacted by the pandemic.

Legislative leaders hadn’t decided by late Thursday afternoon if they
would return to special session next week to try to override the
vetoes. They have until Oct. 14 to return.

In the case of OETA’s veto, Stitt wrote that it is “preferable that
these funds be used for infrastructure and water projects and
long-term strategic investments that will change the trajectory of our
state.”

He did sign over a dozen other bills approving the expenditures of
over a $ 1 billion in both federal ARPA money and state Progressing
Rural Economic Prosperity funding. Measures approved include broadband
expansion funding, economic and workforce development, investments in
mental health and improving healthcare access.

“It is my hope that these one-time funds will help us move the needle
in integral areas like improving crumbling infrastructure, addressing
the opioid epidemic, and expanding broadband services across Oklahoma
to get us closer to becoming a Top 10 state,” Stitt said in a
statement.

But state Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, said Stitt’s decision to veto
infrastructure upgrades to two of the biggest systems that help rural
Oklahomans during times of emergency came as an “absolute surprise.”
He said it followed a year of public meetings in which Stitt’s office
gave “zero input.”

Phillips said he’s concerned about Stitt’s decision to veto OETA’s
funding. In addition to providing public television statewide,
lawmakers have tasked the public station with operating the state’s
emergency warning systems. With no statewide cell phone network, it’s
OETA that coordinates with cell phone providers to warn rural
Oklahomans of pending tornadoes and flash flooding threats, wildfire
evacuations and issue missing children and elderly alerts.

The specialized system, which has been in place for 40 years, hasn’t
seen many upgrades, yet OETA towers are about the only system that
reaches the entire state.

A rural lawmaker, Phillips said Oklahoma has seen 400,000 acres of
land burn in the last eight years from wildfires.

“We’ve had a global pandemic. We’ve had massive tornados. We’ve had
earthquakes, freezes, fires and floods that have taken the land and
life of Oklahomans,” he said. “This is the system that rural
Oklahomans depend on to get warnings those events are happening.”

He said the nine emergency management centers would have served as
coordinating points when rural communities need people or supplies on
the ground during times of emergency.

“And the governor wholeheartedly said he does not care about
emergencies in rural Oklahoma,” Phillips said of Stitt’s vetoes.

Phillips is urging his colleagues to return to special next week to
override Stitt’s vetoes. He said he’s made his opinion known that the
vetoes are not OK and endanger Oklahomans. But he said it’s possible
that legislative leadership might not return and instead try to find
another workaround outside of the executive branch to get Oklahomans
what they need.

State Rep. Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow, who oversaw the ARPA expenditure
efforts for the state House, said the three measures were good bills.
If lawmakers don’t come back, they could reconsider them in February.
But he said a new Legislature will be seated by February, so the
future of the proposals is unclear.

Still, Hilbert said there’s a need to replace OETA transmitters and
take care of the state assets, but said there may need to be a larger
conversation about infrastructure around towers with the departments
of public safety and transportation, too.

He said Thursday morning, just before Stitt publicly announced the
vetoes, two rural community theaters reached out interested in
receiving grants for their facilities.

He told them that bill just got vetoed and it’s no longer an option..

“I know there’s a desire for that as well because those facilities
certainly took a hit from the pandemic,” Hilbert said.``
(via Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Oct 12 at 2208, token English from REE/SNR
appropriately marks ``Día de la Hispanidad`` for which there have been
various celebrations the past week = Columbus Day, or in some
countries contrarily, ``El Día de la Raza``, leading into interview
with a novelist, Ricardo Fernández González.

This time NAm`s 17855 is still best at S9/+15 but with slight
modulation distortion; SAm 11940 at S9/+8; ME 15520 at S7/S9 noisy; Af
11670 S6/S8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SRI LANKA [and non]. 11905, Oct 12 at 0030-0036, no signal direct
from SLBC. I used to listen to this a lot a few years ago on a
somewhat different schedule, never knowing exactly when it would flip
on after 0100. Back then probably not the Trincomalee site. It is
being reported in North America lately at 0030-0100 when it`s Bengali
or Hindi. Trans-polar from here, so a difficult path, K index now 2,
after R1 blackouts the past 24 hours, so just not propagating? By 0040
I`m trying the three KiwiSDRs in India, and none of them are getting
even a carrier either, but plenty of noise. So SLBC must not be on air
this morning. There`s another Hindi broadcast scheduled at 0200-0230:
at 0208, two/thirds of them get a JBA carrier, surely still
insufficient for SLBC, rather CNR6 from Beijing site scheduled after
0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 12 at 2203, VOT English manages to be on but
with that awful squeal. Pass, over to Spain. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees,
Dear Glenn: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for
#2159, 9395 kHz and 5950 kHz only heard until the antenna farm can be
fixed up, Hurricane Ian, Hope to hear soon 5850 kHz, 1030 UT Wed. Oct
10, 2022 happy turkey day to the Canadians, WRMI:

5950, fading, solar wind noticed, 0030, 0044, 0058 (45433), (45333),
0059, Oct 10 UTC 2022 [Mon]
9395, QRN, 2330, jingle, 2345, 2356 S8 signal, 2358, Oct 11 UTC 2022
[Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard``

Confirmed Tuesday October 11 at 2240 the 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9+10
direct, over a trace of jamming. After 2300 during R. Libertad,
certainly more jamming.

Also confirmed Tuesday October 11 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 but
undermodulated compared to 9455, 9350, 9330.

Also confirmed Wednesday October 12 at 2120 the 2100 on WBCQ 7489.9v,
JBA S3/S5 direct; only after straining about 6 minutes can I recognize
a mention of BBC World Service as on my recording this week. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI update from FB, Oct 11: ``After 15770, we will still
have to work on 5850, 7570, 7780 and 21525 kHz.``

From FB, Oct 10: ``On Wavescan, beginning October 16: Hurricane Fiona
and the early shortwave scene on Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Update
on Hurricane Ian repairs at WRMI. How shortwave stations survived the
pandemic. Bangladesh DX Report.``

I`ve just found out about this, which started a week ago:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-shortwave-wrmi-hurricane-ian-damage/donations

``Hello, WRMI has a rich history of supplying news, information and
entertainment to the world from our Okeechobee, Florida Transmitters.

Hurricane Ian damage to our antenna farm is so extensive, it has
knocked us off the air to Europe and Africa.

We need your help to get us back on the air again to transmit to
Europe and Africa news, information, religious programming and
entertainment.

We have no insurance for the antenna farm due to the huge cost of
insurance premiums.

We are desperately asking for help around the world to get us back on
the air again to Europe and Africa. Your help is paramount to WRMI
returning to the air in the many countries in Europe and Africa.

Your help will allow WRMI to rebuild the transmission towers destroyed
by Hurricane Ian that are pointed towards Europe and Africa.

We thank you for your support of WRMI. Hurricane Ian knocked us down
pretty hard. But we know with your help, we can rise back up and
provide programming in many languages again to Europe and Africa.

Sincerely,
Jeff White
General Manager WRMI
Okeechobee, Florida

$ 530 raised of $ 60,000 goal`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 12 at 0624, RV reconfirmed but JBA, soon asleep
but Gary Pence, KM5X tells me: ``Also on at 0705z after song, OM and
YL reporting news in Bislama on 3945, 7890 and 11835, from S7 moderate
QRN to S9 and S9+5db on the X2 and X3 frequencies, on KFS SW antenna
at Halfmoon Bay, CA. Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2332 UT October 12

** CUBA. 11670, Oct 11 at 0640, RHC English at S9+10, a frequency
supposed to be only in Spanish and off by 0500. Sometimes happens,
failing to change same transmitter to one of 49mb frequencies, as now
all but 6165 are off, and that is also much weaker. However, 5040 is
also still on and in English, contrary to sked. And 5025 Rebelde is
off again. Somethings` always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KIRITIMATI [non]. 846 kHz, Tue Oct 11 at 0622, no signal here from
R. Kiribati. Still JBA carriers on 684 & 621, likely Peninsular and
Islander Spain, still pre-sunrise.

For those who may be confused. Kiritimati is the correct spelling in
Gilbertese of Christmas. It sounds more similar than it looks, as the
``ti` is their way of rendering ``s``. It`s a subset of the entire
widely-spanned country of Kiribati, pronounced Kiribas, itself a
corruption of Gilbert. As such, Kiritimati should be considered a
separate ``radio country``, with 2 kilomiles of ocean between its
eastern and western islands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11775, Oct 11 at 0641, talk and presumably Kurdish
music, Dengê Welat via BULGARIA; with fast SAH and weaker CCI,
presumably Tuerkiyeish jammer. Or vice versa. Ivo says D.W. switches
from 7285 to 11775 at 0530, but unclear total span of each (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 11 at 0625, no signal from VON direct. At 1809,
no signal either into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday October 11 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9/+20. Next:

2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

*WRMI frequencies not yet reactivated, and may be considerable delay.
At those scheduled times, check all other active WRMI frequencies in
case there have been a schedule switch, at least temporarily.

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, Oct 11 at 0629, this WRMI is back on, S9+10 with SMTV,
the Supreme Masteress herself cut off at 0630 for Andean fill tune on
quena and guitar. VG modulation; and splatter seems to be fixed, for
now?

9395, Oct 11 at 0629, this S9+10 WRMI, briefly R. Tirana opening
German, the long-standing automation mixup at end of 0600 English
half-hour, originally only on 7730 which is supposed to be back on,
but low-power and hardly audible. Then at 0631 it too plays the quena
tune like 9455, but without two receivers going, I can`t be sure
whether synchronized or separate playouts. I think there was a WRMI ID
first at 0630 from one or both. By 0634 both have gone to a male
soloist, sounds like hymn, in unknown language. However, now 9395 has
become way undermodulated while 9455 remains VG. Strangeness.

Latest from WRMI on FB circa 1930 Oct 11: ``Here is today's update on
hurricane restoration work here at WRMI. We don't have any more
frequencies back on the air today, but we did finish most of the
repair work on our line truck so that we can hopefully continue
repairing the transmission lines in the antenna field tomorrow. Our
next target is 15770 kHz to Europe (also heard in the Middle East and
North Africa). If all goes well, we could have this back on the air by
the end of this week or early next week. Meanwhile, our partners at
Pan American Broadcasting in California, which places programming on
all of our WRMI frequencies, told us they are doing "somersaults of
joy" as we get more and more frequencies back on the air! (See photos
below of our Pan American colleagues Robin Boggs and Elizabeth
Dubach.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 11 at 0625 weakly audible still on this
fundamental. Did not manage to be awake after 0700 for 11835 check
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15232.3 USB, Oct 11 at 1453, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, lots of numbers, maybe kilos of drugs, one of them chirping
at cambios; at S9, INTRUDERS are not bothered by RHC on 15230, only
S7/S9 and just barely modulated. Nor am I. One of them may be closer
to 15232.4, as I try to tune for `normal` voices (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 2133 UT October 11

** CUBA. 13700, Oct 10 at 1533, JBA carrier, maybe Bauta left exciter
on? Usually off by 1500. Nothing else listed on 13700 except CNR13 in
Uyghur from Lingshi 725 site until 1400 - but I never notice any QRM
to RHC. Meanwhile 11760 is S9/+10 with sufficient modulation, 15140
S7/S8 JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 10 at 2147, no signal, no loss, of R. Cairo
into UTwente in English. Something`s egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 10 at 0630, no signal from VON direct; Oct 10
at 1718 & 1744, no signal into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, Mon Oct 10 at 2200, token English from REE,
S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, but better S7/9+10 on 11940 for S America;
15520 ME S5/S7; 11670 Af also S5/S7. After news, Justin will interview
someone about a music foundation; and intro a new series until Nov,
foreign movie reviews - but heard neither as I`m back to BBC Proms on
Sounds before they are all supposed to expire at 2259 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.021, Oct 10 at 2158, VOT English is on today with IS,
2200 usual opening, somewhat undermodulated, S9+55 into UTwente; but
it`s the final hour for BBC Proms on Sounds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE. I am now about a week behind in copying info from
`Ukraine: Security Issue`, and have decided not to resume. It is
rather depressing, and of course we are constantly bombarded by news
about the war otherwise. There was a rather lukewarm response to my
inquiry whether my reports were useful: from only three people. Best
approach if you are interested, is to devote no more than 9 minutes a
day to these yourself, via:
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/ua_security_issue
Maybe WRMI will eventually resume SWing them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 9 from 2000:35 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9/+15
into nearby Noale SDR, atop medium SAH and musiCCI; following DJ show
for IRRS ``south of the Alps``, 2000 IRRS promo.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 10 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, S8/9+10 into
Maryland SDR; 7780 still not restored.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 10 at 0300 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160
minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S7/S8 into Maryland SDR. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

*WRMI frequencies not yet reactivated, and may be considerable delay.
At those scheduled times, check all other active WRMI frequencies in
case there have been a schedule switch, at least temporarily.

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI: Hurricane Restoration Update: [FB, c. 16 UT Oct 10]
``We have hit a snag in our transmission line repair effort. The
hydraulic system on our truck that lifts the telephone poles up has
stopped working, so our facility manager Pat (who is also a good
mechanic) is repairing that now. When that is finished, we will
continue with the repair of the antenna transmission lines. Rain is
also forecast, so we're running against time.``

``Llily Zichi : If it CAN be fixed, I’m confident Pat can do it.
Unfortunately, that truck is getting old. Maybe that’s a good thing
though. Old stuff CAN be fixed. Look at all the 1950s Detroit iron
running around the streets of Havana! The combo of old tech and
diligent mechanics can’t be beat! 😁``

Sent: Monday, October 10, 2022, 06:54:08 PM GMT+1
Subject: WRMI 7730 kHz on air

Ladies and Gentlemen: Today at 1700 UTC we were able to get 7730 kHz
back on the air. It will be on 24 hours per day until further notice.
It is on low power at this point; we can't operate it at high power
yet. But at least it's back on the air.

Meantime, the hydraulic lift on our line truck has malfunctioned and
we have to get that repaired before we can continue the repair of the
transmission lines. We are working on that as I write this. Jeff
White, General Manager`` (direct, via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

7730, Oct 10 at 1926, JBA carrier into Athens GA SDR. Had been on a 44
degree antenna, unreparable, so what azimuth now? (gh)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 10 at 0630, RV with music, S6/S8. Notably the
OSOB = only broadcast signal on band - if one define 41 m as 7200-7300
only.

11835, Oct 10 at 0701, talk in presumed Bislama, S8/9+10, having just
switched to 3945 in order to occupy this clear 3rd harmonic spot; zzz,
7890 = X2 not checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 15565, Oct 10 at 1538, Afro/Asian? talk, S7/S9 so one of
better signals on band. Keyword ``Francesco`` so it`s an
Italian-influenced language, i.e. Ethiopian. Yes: 1530-1600 is VR in
Amharic, direct from SMG site putting more signal than it should, off
the back; rather than long-path, I think; no echo (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0021 UT October 11

** AUSTRALIA. 28370 USB, Oct 8 at 2216, VK3CWB, Moz, ``Mose``, says he
is in NW Victoria, contacting a WA- station. QRZ.com:
VK3CWB Australia flag Australia
Maurie "MOZ" MILANI
PO BOX 2742
MILDURA, VIC. 3502
Australia
Lots of info here including laments for increasing lack of properating
etiquette on CW:
https://www.qrz.com/db/VK3CWB

28397 USB, Oct 8 at 2218, VK4VO - I thought he said VK2VO, but that`s
another guy really in NSW with nothing about Qsld, while the one I
hear says he`s N of Brisbane on the Gold Coast, i.e.:

VK4VO Australia flag Australia
SHAUN STODDART
18 Cannon Place
Kooralbyn QLD 4285
Australia
``Ham radio is my main passion and also surfing and as I live not too
far from the Gold Coast in SE Queensland`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BELIZE. 28405 USB, Oct 8 at 2219, British accent running 400 watts
from San Ignacio, near the Mexican border, but fails to ID at two
cambios before I move on. Says a community of Canadian snowbirds there
he often contacts when they are back home. Can`t be too many hams in
this place? QRZ.com shows eleven V31s there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies at 0129 UT October 9:
``Glenn, notes on two of your items: I have recently noticed Voz
Missionária drifting upwards again, between 9667 and 9668, but moments
ago it was around 9664.8``

It was missing at my last check; now Oct 9 at 0650, Brazuguese talk
rather than usual music, on 9664.859 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 530 kHz, Oct 9 at 0706 UT, South Asian talk and song, no
sign of CUBA, off? Surely CHLO Brampton [Toronto], 250 watt
``Multi-Cultural`` ethnic format. Look at all the blank blox on their
sked:
https://am530.ca/schedule/
including now at 3 am Sunday. Otherwise mostly Hindi or Punjabi except
for bits in Filipino, Spanish, Italian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Oct 9 at 0655, the only RHC during jazz show on English
service, S9+20. At 0700, Esperanto is starting as clueless hostess
claims it`s at 0800 Sundays on 6100; and 1600 on 11760; also heard at
1508 on 15140 S9 and 11760 S9+10 undermodulated. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. The other side:

Emigration --- The exodus from Cuba will aggravate hunger and hamper
reconstruction --- 'This many Cubans have never emigrated in such a
short time span, and this should be considered a record on the
continent.'
Roberto Álvarez Quiñones, Miami 03 Oct 2022 - 16:11 CEST

Cubans awaiting a transit visa in front of the Panamanian Embassy in
Havana, March 2022. EFE [caption]

"El último, que apague la farola del Morro" ("Whoever’s the last one
to leave, please turn off the lamp in the Morro lighthouse.") This was
a popular phrase in Cuba that I heard many times in Havana in the
early 90s, after Castroism's weaning from its Soviet nurse, which had
just died of natural causes.

The phrase, typical of Cuban wit, arose in the face of the flood of
Cubans abandoning the country due to the privations of the "Special
Period." Today, more than 30 years later, the expression is timelier
than ever in the 63 years of Castroist dictatorship.

In August of 2022 alone, 20,000 Cuban immigrants arrived in the United
States illegally, an average of 645 daily. In just 31 days the number
of Cubans arrived that can emigrate to the neighboring country
annually with passport visas under the agreement between Washington
and Havana...
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1664806260_42610.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 8 at 2237, R. Cairo extremely distorted
presumed English, total failure but at S9+35 signal into UTwente, not
what counts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 9 at 0635, no JBA carrier from R.
Kiribati, as typically silent Sunday nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Oct 9 at *1500, V of Martyrs/Korea, secret
site, sign-on in English for Maldives, by 1501 immediately into
Dhivehi, S9/+20 compared to simulmyanmarianese on 11825 only S7/S9
which is admittedly KNX Kununurra, Australia, HCJB/RBA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 9 at 0637, no signal from VON direct.

7255-, Oct 9 at 1742, JBA signal into Alicante, Spain SDR as Canary is
in use by its ham, -67v Hz offset which points to VON as on 7254.933v,
its typical offset. Not even that at 1854 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Saturday evening primetime, and no pirates 6.9+ MHz
except a 6920 JBA carrier -- but there`s a good S9 signal on 6880 USB
at 0053 UT Sunday October 9, pirate music but breaks at 0055, back at
0056; 0100 ID and song `*ock*ucking Ball`; 0102 Radio 48 ID and
reports to radio48@protonmail.com - I guess, with numbers in it. 0103
NORML PSA by Willie Nelson, then anti-drug PSA. 0105 Radio 48. 0113 &
again 0116, double ID for Radio 48, then Mix Radio International. 0121
sirens SFX and M-R-I-. 0123 song `Dirty Old Boogie`. 0126 Radio Free
-something- and M-R-I- IDs. Then I find another pirate, stay on it for
a while. Lots more 6880 logs as early as 2212 Oct 8, no SSTV:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102923.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 LSB, Oct 9 at 0130, pirate music I can`t get to
resolve circa 6928 USB until I try LSB! Then fake gospel huxter
entreaty; 0134 DJ in Spanish and English, song in Spanish about
Maracaibo. 0137 fake ad by FB player who reduced to 300 lb tnx to some
video program available on Beta and VHS formats; another frenetic song
in Spanish. 0142 says myteaquinn knows what station this is; 0144
hi-pitched repeating tune like on a fife but eventually morphs into a
song. 0151 some more of that and weakening to S5. Outhouse Radio,
thread started by myteaquinn:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102941.0.html
but no SSTV imagery (Glenn Hausere, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6920 AM, Oct 9 at 0107 JBA carrier; 0634, JBA,
suspect R. Pushka [Rifle], weak but long-hours Russian? ethnic pirate,
like here, before and after:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102946.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 9830.001, Oct 8 at 2220 JBA carrier direct, suspect
no VOT; and at 2238 into UTwente, where measured, only weak Chinese at
S7. Another no-show by TRT; something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 341 MCW kHz, Oct 9 at 0642 UT, OIN, 25 watt ND beacon at
OberlIN KS, under and alternating with local EI, EnId; and this time
no sign of the other nearby 341, DNI Denison TX. Suspected OIN had
been off the air, last logged Aug 11. Oberlin in NW corner of Kansas;
once shared a TV channel with McCook, Nebraska, just up US 83 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565, Oct 9 at 1511, JBA CW vs CODAR, too weak to copy a
single letter, but likely HIFER beacon in CA, K6FRC, allegedly only
1.8 milliwatts - despite this, the most likely one to be heard on this
ISM band despite many others listed. Last definite log was Sept 2 and
before that, June 27. And despite random bandscans at many other
hours, never traced much earlier nor later than 1500 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Another check for 10m beacons Oct 8 at 2205-2217
finds several of exactly same ones logged 24 hours ago q.v. from New
England: WA1LAD/B, W1DLO/B, N1ME/B, W1VCM/B; and outliers from BC,
VE7MTY/B; and a Mexican relog from Sept 24, XE1RCS/B. And a new one:

28245, Oct 8 at 2211, just K1RGO/B repeating slowly:
28.245 K1RGO I EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT # 2W, NE/SW DIPOLE New 22
January 16
K1RGO USA flag USA
Salvatore J DeFrancesco, K1RGO
17 JEFFREY RD
EAST HAVEN, CT 06513
USA
``I also run a 2 watt 10 meter Beacon, K1RGO/B on 28.245 MHz``

Just before the beacon check I found the extended 27 MHz CBand hopping
with Spanish, one mentioning México (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2159 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
October 8 at 1928 already underway on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+19 into
nearby SDR, about 11 minutes into so started early circa 1917.

Also confirmed UT Sunday October 10 underway at 0319, on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, S9+15 into nearby already in progress until 0339 so started early
circa 0310. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

*WRMI frequencies not yet reactivated, and may be considerable delay.
At those scheduled times, check all other active WRMI frequencies in
case there have been a schedule switch, at least temporarily.

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. ``For WRMI on 9455: Around 1100 UT October 7 I found it with
very strong splatter up to 50 kHz below the fundamental, with
additional traces down as low as 9360. Have not checked since then.
Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``

9455 is OFF again at 0652 Oct 9 while 9395 & 9955 are S9+20, hope
because of the splatter problem, still off at 1437. Nothing about this
yet on WRMI`s FB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5010, Oct 9 at 0655, another WRMI reactivated, and initially
at least on expanded schedule, now TOMBS // 5800 & 9955.
5010 supposed to last until 1600 today but not reconfirmed.

5800, S9+10/20 also vs Cuban pulse jamming due to counterproductive
decision to put R. República on it for one hour, earlier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UZBEKISTAN. 15509.780, Oct 9 at 1504, S8/S9 of talk with flutter
stix out: I bet it`s Tashkent site in systemic offfrequenciness. Yes:
EiBi and Aoki show IBRA Media/Radio Ibrahim in Bengali daily 1500-1530
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 9 at 0638, R. Vanuatu, music at S8/S9.

11835, Oct 9 at 0702, now RV has switched to the harmonicizer 3945
where nothing is audible, but S5/S8 of talk here on X3, and unlike
last night, only one carrier. Also JBA carrier on X2 = 7890; nothing
on X4 = 15780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic carriers: Oct 9 at 0635 without
Kiritimati on 846, I do have traces on 774, 747, 711: likely Spain,
Canary, Morocco (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3240, Oct 9 at 0659 UT, JBA carrier. Aoki has no SWBC;
EiBi only TWR Swaziland twice a week at 1630-1645. Suspect harmonic
from MW 1620, 1080, 810, 648 or 540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17810, Oct 9 at 1502-1503* open carrier at S8/S9, 2nd
SSOB below only 17855 Spain; with heavy flutter both vertically in
strength, horizontally Doppler in frequency. Not a 1500* overrun as
EiBi & Aoki show nothing on 17810 between 1200 and 0155; elsewhen used
by BBC Oman, RFA Tinian and ChiCom jamming, and Japan, maybe one of
them testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1953 UT October 9