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Glenn Hauser logs September 10, 2024  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, September 11 2024

Hauser
** AUSTRALIA. 10125 USB, Sept 10 at 0628, ham QSO discussing
equipment, back & forth without IDs each cambio. Finally 0634, VK7VM?
with a weaker VK5. VK7 is Tasmania, but I`m not at all sure of VM,
could be any rhyming letters like DN, etc., etc. Fonetix not employed.
I check this frequency almost every night and nothing heard for
months. Apparently Australia, alone? allows phone on the otherwise
CW/digital-only ``30m`` hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA [non]. 11990, Sept 10 at 0300, c/on a few sex before, and
JIP rock music of the 4th anniversary show of Pop Shop Radio, 250 kW
via Woofferton UK aimed at N America. For convenience I`m listening
via Maryland remote where it`s S9+10/20. 0301 DJ Tony acknowledges a
fellow DJ at CFZM 740 Toronto. Music never stops as Tony talx over
non-vocal intros or outros of tunes, 0311 it was Record #1. 0313
offers QSL. 0325 ``Wild Thing`` one of few I can recognize. 0337 I
check direct: S9+20/30 almost as good but more selective fading. 0353
reports to radiopopshop@gmail.com. 0354 into ``radiogram`` beepery I`m
not prepared to decode, others report as a playlist. 0359 closing
announcement, off about 0359.6*. In addition to his `regular` sked,
Tony Pavick says this one will repeat UT Thursday Sept 12 at 0300 on
Channel 292, Germany, 9670, also aimed toward North America (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, Sept 10 at 2217, RHC JBM and suptorted so language
undetermined, S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.16, Sept 10 at 2210, Enid CB pirate, S9+20 but not
relaying 105.5 for a change, nor any match found on DX-398 entire FM
band. Chanting off-mike, maybe rap music and undermodulated. Not
another around 27225 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935.874-887-898v, Sept 10 at 1942, trying Yemen
service on newly discovered Riyadh SDR - sounds much like those
further away, extremely rapid chirping with program audio JBA under,
S7/S8, same at 2002 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 10 at 2159, ME frequency from SNR is back on
air, still not 15390 for Africa; along with 17715 & 17855 for America.
But if it`s Tuesday there must not be any token English, just Ladino
at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.005+, Sept 10 at 2158, VOT not off the air, IS at
S9+20/30 VG direct. 2200 timesignal 2.5 sex behind WWV! and s/on as if
it`s 1230 on 17720. Something`s always awry at Ankara. Program
preview: That`s Why, Weekly  Commentary, Turkey`s Geomarked Products.
2201 olds leads with tourism booming, 56.7 million visited Turkey last
year, hope for 60M this year; Israel uses US MK-84 bombs on Gaza
civilians in tent camp; Ukrainian drones hit Russia including Moscow;
floods from typhoon in Vietnam. 2215 `That`s Why` repeat on lithium
energy source. 2232, S9+45/50 into UTwente when measured, amid
commentary until 2241, music. 2251 `TGP` on copper handicrafts from
city Marash? 2253 s/off as if 17620. 2254 IS to 2255.8* off just in
time to avoid Germanizing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: Sept 9, unID on 28201 at 2204 sending nothing but 20
dits or E`s between long pauses:

``Glenn, The unidentified CW beacon that you heard on 28201 kHz is
N4WLO, in Theodore, Alabama. He started transmitting about three weeks
ago and was assigned the frequency of 28200.5 kHz by the IARU Region 2
Beacon Coordinator. I’ve heard him several times since then, always
very close to 28200.5, but perhaps he drifted up a bit yesterday. He
does send out his call letters in between the 20 dits and long pauses
that you noted, but usually only every 8-10 minutes. In a brief post
on
https://www.freelists.org/archive/hfbeacons/08-2024
he described his activity this way:

“I just moved to 28200500 HZ. The DASHES are synchronized with GPS
timing and start at the top of the second  and last for 500
millisecond. This allows me to measure the path delay/time of flight
for a back scatter signal from approx 2400 miles south of mobile.
N4WLO” Steve Howe, Saint Albans, VT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2259 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday September 10 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S7/9+15 into Maryland SDR,
following `Everglades` ID.

Also confirmed Tuesday September 10 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9
direct, no jamming audible. Immediately following fill music, no ID at
hourtop.

Also confirmed Tuesday September 10 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.994+, S9/+5 with heavy ACI from both 1314 & 1332 into UTwente.
Next: [this week, 9395 is not off the air at 2318 check]

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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By MO or check on a US bank in US funds to:
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Or via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to:
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** U S A. 9955, Sept 10 at 0625, WRMI in Spanish, back to usual
unscheduled RFI relay on a UT Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

THE TINY TRAP

North Korea is ``tiny`` according to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, Sept 10
at 0105 UT; otherwise we are in agreement with her almost 100% - GH

This report dispatched at 2319 UT September 10

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 8-9, 2024 correxion!  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, September 10 2024

Hauser
Oops, I really blew that one! Of course it would be 6010v=15190v or 4985=11815. The music must have been too similar but no match if I used two receivers. 4985 has rarely enough signal here to compare with anything. Tnx, Stephen for catching this. Just delete this one. Glenn

Glenn, regarding your Radio Inconfidência log: 11815 would be Radio Brasil Central, not Inconfidência. At a 0330 UT September 10 check on the Sao Paulo Kiwi SDR I am hearing Radio Inconfidência on 6010 but nothing on // 15190. Meanwhile Radio Brasil Central is present on both 4985 and 11815. Solid signals on all that were heard.
 
The Brasilia Kiwi SDR was offline at the time.
 
Stephen Luce
Houston, Texas

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 12:59:44 AM UTC, Glenn Hauser <wghauser@yahoo.com> wrote:

** BRAZIL. 6009.96 approx., Sept 9 at 0605, JBA music, better than
usual, and seems to match that on slightly stronger 11815.0, switching
back and forth on one receiver, so R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 8-9, 2024  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, September 10 2024

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 6009.96 approx., Sept 9 at 0605, JBA music, better than
usual, and seems to match that on slightly stronger 11815.0, switching
back and forth on one receiver, so R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21490-, Sept 9 at 0237, Chinese with flutter at S8/9+10, no
doubt CNR1 jammer. Also a much weaker JBA carrier wtih flutter on
21495. And 21800, Chinese S6/S9 with flutter. None in HFCC. EiBi &
Aoki have 21490 & 21800 jammers of SOH, no 21495: maybe that`s really
Sound of Hope sidestep escaping jammer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)  

** FRANCE. 5980-5985-5990, Sept 9 at 0218, DRM noise peaking S9+10.
HFCC shows irregular TDF tests in French with four different antenna
types and four different azimuths, to four different target areas, not
including CIRAF 7 here; all available daily for entire A24 season!:

5985 0200 0300 17,18N,18SE ISS 100 356 0 216 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 27W         ISS 100 280 0 146 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 17,18SW,27N ISS 100 341 0 206 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 36,37W,46W  ISS 100 232 0 211 1234567 310324 251024 N
N stands for numérique = digital (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 9705-9710-9715 DRM, Sept 9 at 0550, DRM noise not on skeds,
but into an HFU SDR in Maryland displays text ID including
``AAC(1000)TDF...`` but silent, no sound until cutoff at 0556*. The
`TDF` in program info text confirms it`s ISSoudun as suspected. SNR
was 8.8, BW 10 kHz. Checking out following this inquiry Sept 8:

``Hello Glenn, I was having a listen this evening at 0545 UTC when I
heard a DRM station on 9710. It was in French and they were talking
about environmental matters. There was no ID and it suddenly
disappeared at 0557. Nothing is listed on EiBi, AOKI or HFCC for this
frequency that would fit. I also had a look at Global DRM Transmission
Schedule, but there was nothing doing there either. Do you have any
idea what it might be? I suspect it is RFI, but I can find nothing on
their web page. Interestingly I have two EWE antennae - one pointing
east and one pointing north. It was best on the north EWE. Best
wishes, Stu -- Stu Forsyth, Life Member, Chief Editor NZ DX Times and
National Treasurer, NZ Radio DX League, 79 Genesis Drive, RD5,
Christchurch 7675, NEW ZEALAND``

I replied that it was probably France which carries out unscheduled
DRM tests, and Chris Mackerell, NZ, agreed:

``This will almost certainly be another random test from TDF in
France. They have a whole raft of frequencies registered in HFCC for
"irregular DRM", but manage to ignore them and pop up randomly on
other frequencies. I have pretty much given up trying to track these
for the DRM schedules at drmrx.org since they appear to change from
day-to-day. China/"Ampegon Test" is another doing seemingly random DRM
"tests", though they are on some rather odd frequencies and I suspect
they are "testing" DRM as jamming. Cheers, Chris -- Chris Mackerell,
Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau, RD2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand,
chris@owdjim.gen.nz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE [non]. 7340, Sept 9 at 1545, checking for more N Atlantic
weather info like heard briefly in July in case there be another boat
race, 15-16 UT on 7340 & 13745 - 7340 best into UTwente, 13745 further
SDRs like E North America or Canarias -- but none yet, rather only
listee at this hour PBS Xinjiang, Kazakh service at 08-18 via Urumqi,
EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs
and other Moslems. Rather nice music mixed with talk, 5-pip
timesignals at hourtops 1600 & 1700, steady S7/S8. Nothing on 13745
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15440, Sept 9 at 1430, familiar hymn tune, not music
box, but good signal. Sked as TWR Urdu at 1430-1500; immediately
following AWR Chinese sked via GUAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 28228 CW, Sept 9 at 2206, JBA beacon
starting with ZL-, no doubt the usual ZL3TEN. Also unID on 28201 at
2204 sending nothing but 20 dits or E`s between long pauses; and unID
on 28262 at 2208 with dash and VVV, too weak: may well be the only
listed on exact frequency by WGB, VK2RSY, Sydney NSW (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 AM, Sept 9 at 0221, pirate music S9/+10. Per
these, it`s Liquid Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,133647.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, Sept 9 at 0222, pirate music S9/+20. Per
these, it`s Damn Skippy, with waterfall IDs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,133648.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, S9+30/40 direct, weaker 17715 but NO 15520 & 15390,
Monday Sept 9 at 2159, token English at 2200 from SNR, missed prolog,
2203 news leading with Venez. oppo leader González arrives in Madrid
for political asylum. 2214 feature is about search for signs of Viking
contact in Galicia, and the lives of Viking women (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TAJIKISTAN. 15515.00, Sept 9 at 0233, YL speaking slowly, seems
English cadence but hard to understand, S9/+10 with flutter. EiBi
shows AWR via TJK at 0200-0300 English for BGD = Bangladesh (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.005-, Sunday Sept 8 at 2159, VOT not off the air with
IS. 2200 s/on as if the 1230 on 17620, S9+40/50 into UTwente, olds; by
2214 music and 2215 `The Letterbox Program` with Halil. Reveals it was
Friday when he recorded. ``I`m OK, lovely, everything fine``. #1 from
Thomas Podberg?, Connecticut, a listener for 40 years, visited
Istanbul in July. Halil has too but it`s too big and crowded, best
thing about it is going back to Ankara. #2 from Dublin, Mr Francis
Lovlor? - does he know that it`s a female if spelt Frances? H. says
some other time would tell the story of the Ottoman Empire sending
food to Ireland. #3 Siddartha ---, India. #4 Jayanta Chakroborthy
regular from New Delhi, report on 7275 at 0300, the N American
frequency off the back. #5 Christer Brunström, Sweden, long letter
about a couple of cases years ago where Turkish girls migrated to
Sweden went back and were killed by father and her meat fed to
siblings; or force-married off - suggested program topic. H. implies
this is rare in a multi-million country. H. has a daughter and her
life will be her own to live. #6 Jayanta again, something about
Mongolia - did he mix up his reception reports? I ask. #7 Mohamed
Shamin?, Kerala. #8 Massimo Marmonti again, Italy. 2239 time`s up, ``I
love all of you, happy weekend``. 2240 music. 2243 L`box outro. 2244 &
2248 more musix. 2253 headlines mostly about Israel/Gaza/Turkish woman
killed, s/off for the 1230 on 17620. Something`s always awry at
Ankara. 2254 IS until 2254.6 cutoff* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.005+, Sept 9 at 2158, VOT not off the air, IS and
English ID, S9+10/20 direct. 2200 s/on as if it`s 1230 on 17620.
Something`s always awry at Ankara. Preview Energy Agenda, That`s Why,
music; and olds. 2215 ending 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel,
and `The Energy Agenda` strangely enough starting with Egyptian Pres.
Sisi`s first visit to Turkey in 12 years, and then about Israeli
genocide - what about energy?! ACI from 11780 Brasil unless USB
tuning. 2222 into UTwente when measured, S9+50 in music. 2224 `That`s
Why` about lithium as energy source. Then music after music, no
announcement between, at 2229, 2239, 2242, 2246, 2249. 2252 headlines.
2253 s/off of the 1230, only 6 notes of IS before chopoff at 2253.7*,
no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 13563+, Sept 9 at 0229, HIFER beacon AN is JBA --- first one
I have detected in many weeks on the ISM band due to prop, noise
level, or few operating? Despite bandscans at least once daily. LWCA
list shows it on 13562.9~ in Somerton AZ, which is a 10K town SW of
Yuma, even closer to SLRC. I have heard it before, July 2 at 0348
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Re: ``Also monitored with interest the brand new
VOA Fulani service on 17630 kHz AM at 1630-1700 UT today Friday-only
apparently, August 30. Which transmitter site is that from?``

``{I guess WOF or MDG, Botswana distance of 17 MHz too short ? wb.}``
-- Wolfgang Bueschel, BC-DX. WRTH app had declared it Botswana as if
they knew for sure. Remember the unreliable TDOA result I got, Kuwait
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2259 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
September 8 at 2011 the 2000 on WRN Europe webcast.

Also confirmed Sunday September 8 at 2158 the 2130 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.000+, S9+15/20 and 3975.003-, S9+15/20 but noisier into
UTwente.

Also confirmed Sunday September 8 at 2330 on WRMI 7570, S9+18/22 into
Georgia SDR. BUT, chopped about 2357 for music fill! Two minutes
before finished!

Also confirmed UT Monday September 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Georgia SDR off the side.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 9 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-71 Hz = 6159.929, S9/+10 into NH SDR.

Also confirmed Monday September 9 at 1954 the 1930 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.003+ at S8/9+10 and 3975.002+, S8/9+10 also but noisier.
Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As a non-commercial service, voluntary financial support appreciated.
By MO or check on a US bank in US funds to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
Or via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5051, Sept 9 at 0215, weak open carrier, NOT on 5050. What
has become of Ted`s `Legends` 5050 transmitter of WRMI-4, after
expulsion from WTWW? Supposedly scheduled 01-04 on System C (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Sept 9 at 0543, this WRMI is off, as customary late on
UT Mondays only, but it was also off UT Sunday, so what about the rest
of the week, now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490-, Sept 9 at 0223, S9/+10 of dead air from WBCQ.
Something`s messedup at Monticello. Allegedly scheduled at 0130-0230
UT Mon is `The Warning with Tony Lamb` --- oooh (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1330, Sept 9 at 0204 UT, ``Never Walk Alone`` song, 0205
segué to another of similar ilk, unseems KNSS Wichita KS which is
news/talk, our closest by far and on fringe of coverage area. Somewhat
better on E/W loop than N/S shortwire. Meant to get back to this for
further chex. Lots more 1330s in eastern US than in western. Suspect
someone on ND day power, maybe KCKM Monahans TX, C&W at least. Songs
could be on religious station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17615, Sept 9 at 0235, S9+20 of dead air with flutter.
Nothing in EiBi or Aoki, but HFCC has RRS GFC at 0100-0500, 100 kW,
218 degrees from Khabarovsk, Russia - normally assumed to be among
countless wooden/imaginary entries (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0059 UT September 10

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 8-9, 2024  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, September 10 2024

Hauser
** BRAZIL. 6009.96 approx., Sept 9 at 0605, JBA music, better than
usual, and seems to match that on slightly stronger 11815.0, switching
back and forth on one receiver, so R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21490-, Sept 9 at 0237, Chinese with flutter at S8/9+10, no
doubt CNR1 jammer. Also a much weaker JBA carrier wtih flutter on
21495. And 21800, Chinese S6/S9 with flutter. None in HFCC. EiBi &
Aoki have 21490 & 21800 jammers of SOH, no 21495: maybe that`s really
Sound of Hope sidestep escaping jammer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)  

** FRANCE. 5980-5985-5990, Sept 9 at 0218, DRM noise peaking S9+10.
HFCC shows irregular TDF tests in French with four different antenna
types and four different azimuths, to four different target areas, not
including CIRAF 7 here; all available daily for entire A24 season!:

5985 0200 0300 17,18N,18SE ISS 100 356 0 216 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 27W         ISS 100 280 0 146 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 17,18SW,27N ISS 100 341 0 206 1234567 310324 251024 N
5985 0200 0300 36,37W,46W  ISS 100 232 0 211 1234567 310324 251024 N
N stands for numérique = digital (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 9705-9710-9715 DRM, Sept 9 at 0550, DRM noise not on skeds,
but into an HFU SDR in Maryland displays text ID including
``AAC(1000)TDF...`` but silent, no sound until cutoff at 0556*. The
`TDF` in program info text confirms it`s ISSoudun as suspected. SNR
was 8.8, BW 10 kHz. Checking out following this inquiry Sept 8:

``Hello Glenn, I was having a listen this evening at 0545 UTC when I
heard a DRM station on 9710. It was in French and they were talking
about environmental matters. There was no ID and it suddenly
disappeared at 0557. Nothing is listed on EiBi, AOKI or HFCC for this
frequency that would fit. I also had a look at Global DRM Transmission
Schedule, but there was nothing doing there either. Do you have any
idea what it might be? I suspect it is RFI, but I can find nothing on
their web page. Interestingly I have two EWE antennae - one pointing
east and one pointing north. It was best on the north EWE. Best
wishes, Stu -- Stu Forsyth, Life Member, Chief Editor NZ DX Times and
National Treasurer, NZ Radio DX League, 79 Genesis Drive, RD5,
Christchurch 7675, NEW ZEALAND``

I replied that it was probably France which carries out unscheduled
DRM tests, and Chris Mackerell, NZ, agreed:

``This will almost certainly be another random test from TDF in
France. They have a whole raft of frequencies registered in HFCC for
"irregular DRM", but manage to ignore them and pop up randomly on
other frequencies. I have pretty much given up trying to track these
for the DRM schedules at drmrx.org since they appear to change from
day-to-day. China/"Ampegon Test" is another doing seemingly random DRM
"tests", though they are on some rather odd frequencies and I suspect
they are "testing" DRM as jamming. Cheers, Chris -- Chris Mackerell,
Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau, RD2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand,
chris@owdjim.gen.nz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE [non]. 7340, Sept 9 at 1545, checking for more N Atlantic
weather info like heard briefly in July in case there be another boat
race, 15-16 UT on 7340 & 13745 - 7340 best into UTwente, 13745 further
SDRs like E North America or Canarias -- but none yet, rather only
listee at this hour PBS Xinjiang, Kazakh service at 08-18 via Urumqi,
EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs
and other Moslems. Rather nice music mixed with talk, 5-pip
timesignals at hourtops 1600 & 1700, steady S7/S8. Nothing on 13745
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15440, Sept 9 at 1430, familiar hymn tune, not music
box, but good signal. Sked as TWR Urdu at 1430-1500; immediately
following AWR Chinese sked via GUAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 28228 CW, Sept 9 at 2206, JBA beacon
starting with ZL-, no doubt the usual ZL3TEN. Also unID on 28201 at
2204 sending nothing but 20 dits or E`s between long pauses; and unID
on 28262 at 2208 with dash and VVV, too weak: may well be the only
listed on exact frequency by WGB, VK2RSY, Sydney NSW (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 AM, Sept 9 at 0221, pirate music S9/+10. Per
these, it`s Liquid Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,133647.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, Sept 9 at 0222, pirate music S9/+20. Per
these, it`s Damn Skippy, with waterfall IDs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,133648.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, S9+30/40 direct, weaker 17715 but NO 15520 & 15390,
Monday Sept 9 at 2159, token English at 2200 from SNR, missed prolog,
2203 news leading with Venez. oppo leader González arrives in Madrid
for political asylum. 2214 feature is about search for signs of Viking
contact in Galicia, and the lives of Viking women (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TAJIKISTAN. 15515.00, Sept 9 at 0233, YL speaking slowly, seems
English cadence but hard to understand, S9/+10 with flutter. EiBi
shows AWR via TJK at 0200-0300 English for BGD = Bangladesh (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.005-, Sunday Sept 8 at 2159, VOT not off the air with
IS. 2200 s/on as if the 1230 on 17620, S9+40/50 into UTwente, olds; by
2214 music and 2215 `The Letterbox Program` with Halil. Reveals it was
Friday when he recorded. ``I`m OK, lovely, everything fine``. #1 from
Thomas Podberg?, Connecticut, a listener for 40 years, visited
Istanbul in July. Halil has too but it`s too big and crowded, best
thing about it is going back to Ankara. #2 from Dublin, Mr Francis
Lovlor? - does he know that it`s a female if spelt Frances? H. says
some other time would tell the story of the Ottoman Empire sending
food to Ireland. #3 Siddartha ---, India. #4 Jayanta Chakroborthy
regular from New Delhi, report on 7275 at 0300, the N American
frequency off the back. #5 Christer Brunström, Sweden, long letter
about a couple of cases years ago where Turkish girls migrated to
Sweden went back and were killed by father and her meat fed to
siblings; or force-married off - suggested program topic. H. implies
this is rare in a multi-million country. H. has a daughter and her
life will be her own to live. #6 Jayanta again, something about
Mongolia - did he mix up his reception reports? I ask. #7 Mohamed
Shamin?, Kerala. #8 Massimo Marmonti again, Italy. 2239 time`s up, ``I
love all of you, happy weekend``. 2240 music. 2243 L`box outro. 2244 &
2248 more musix. 2253 headlines mostly about Israel/Gaza/Turkish woman
killed, s/off for the 1230 on 17620. Something`s always awry at
Ankara. 2254 IS until 2254.6 cutoff* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.005+, Sept 9 at 2158, VOT not off the air, IS and
English ID, S9+10/20 direct. 2200 s/on as if it`s 1230 on 17620.
Something`s always awry at Ankara. Preview Energy Agenda, That`s Why,
music; and olds. 2215 ending 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel,
and `The Energy Agenda` strangely enough starting with Egyptian Pres.
Sisi`s first visit to Turkey in 12 years, and then about Israeli
genocide - what about energy?! ACI from 11780 Brasil unless USB
tuning. 2222 into UTwente when measured, S9+50 in music. 2224 `That`s
Why` about lithium as energy source. Then music after music, no
announcement between, at 2229, 2239, 2242, 2246, 2249. 2252 headlines.
2253 s/off of the 1230, only 6 notes of IS before chopoff at 2253.7*,
no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 13563+, Sept 9 at 0229, HIFER beacon AN is JBA --- first one
I have detected in many weeks on the ISM band due to prop, noise
level, or few operating? Despite bandscans at least once daily. LWCA
list shows it on 13562.9~ in Somerton AZ, which is a 10K town SW of
Yuma, even closer to SLRC. I have heard it before, July 2 at 0348
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Re: ``Also monitored with interest the brand new
VOA Fulani service on 17630 kHz AM at 1630-1700 UT today Friday-only
apparently, August 30. Which transmitter site is that from?``

``{I guess WOF or MDG, Botswana distance of 17 MHz too short ? wb.}``
-- Wolfgang Bueschel, BC-DX. WRTH app had declared it Botswana as if
they knew for sure. Remember the unreliable TDOA result I got, Kuwait
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2259 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
September 8 at 2011 the 2000 on WRN Europe webcast.

Also confirmed Sunday September 8 at 2158 the 2130 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.000+, S9+15/20 and 3975.003-, S9+15/20 but noisier into
UTwente.

Also confirmed Sunday September 8 at 2330 on WRMI 7570, S9+18/22 into
Georgia SDR. BUT, chopped about 2357 for music fill! Two minutes
before finished!

Also confirmed UT Monday September 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Georgia SDR off the side.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 9 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-71 Hz = 6159.929, S9/+10 into NH SDR.

Also confirmed Monday September 9 at 1954 the 1930 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.003+ at S8/9+10 and 3975.002+, S8/9+10 also but noisier.
Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 5051, Sept 9 at 0215, weak open carrier, NOT on 5050. What
has become of Ted`s `Legends` 5050 transmitter of WRMI-4, after
expulsion from WTWW? Supposedly scheduled 01-04 on System C (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Sept 9 at 0543, this WRMI is off, as customary late on
UT Mondays only, but it was also off UT Sunday, so what about the rest
of the week, now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490-, Sept 9 at 0223, S9/+10 of dead air from WBCQ.
Something`s messedup at Monticello. Allegedly scheduled at 0130-0230
UT Mon is `The Warning with Tony Lamb` --- oooh (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1330, Sept 9 at 0204 UT, ``Never Walk Alone`` song, 0205
segué to another of similar ilk, unseems KNSS Wichita KS which is
news/talk, our closest by far and on fringe of coverage area. Somewhat
better on E/W loop than N/S shortwire. Meant to get back to this for
further chex. Lots more 1330s in eastern US than in western. Suspect
someone on ND day power, maybe KCKM Monahans TX, C&W at least. Songs
could be on religious station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17615, Sept 9 at 0235, S9+20 of dead air with flutter.
Nothing in EiBi or Aoki, but HFCC has RRS GFC at 0100-0500, 100 kW,
218 degrees from Khabarovsk, Russia - normally assumed to be among
countless wooden/imaginary entries (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0059 UT September 10

 

Glenn Hauser logs September 7-8, 2024  View Printable Version 
Sunday, September 08 2024

Hauser
** CANADA. 28174+ CW, Sept 7 at 2040, VVV DE VE1VDM/B and ends with E
x 10. It sounds slightly above 28174.0 but WBG list: ``28174 VE1VDM/B
- Colchester County NS CAN FN85ij - #0 (06 Sept 2024) Note: VVV de ID
+ grid + E × 10. Pwr 10w - dipole at about 30 - 35 feet AGL. Hrd also
with emergency tx 1.5w - 12 Dec 2022 new tx`` - QRZ.com:

``VE1VDM Canada flag Canada, Vernon Matheson, 189 Kaulback St. Apt
401, Truro, NS B2N0B6, Canada. Current operating status: VE1VDM/B 10m
beacon at 10 watts on 28.174 mhz. TX is a AA7DJ 10 meter beacon and
the antenna is a 10m dipole approximately 35' AGL - Location is remote
at FN85ij just outside of Truro NS`` - no other beacons heard on 10m
but phone from yankee-yankee land, VENEZUELA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, Sept 8 at 0100, Channel 292 rock music, no break at
hourtop. S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. 0102 British-accented fast-talking
DJ over music, almost incomprehensible, so this is not Texas Radio
Shortwave which had been widely publicized, 10 kW on direxional beam
to E North America. Just as well since this is also the hour I want to
hear `Encore` classical music on WRMI 5850.

The TRSW repeat for W North America at 0300 succeeds, with TRSW ID by
YL at 0329, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. Weaker and fadey in direct
reception. Afterwards, Terry Colgan explains, ``Channel 292 failed to
transmit the program at 0100 UTC and, unbeknownst to me, had removed
the show from the online schedule. The 0300 UTC show aired as
scheduled. -- Terry N5RTC, Austin, Texas USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 13690, Sept 8 at 0635, ex-9700, RNZP S9+20, the SSOB
by far, hardly anything else on band except 13635 JBA Turkey. Tnx
Ricky Leong tip from online UT sked change: from 1859 11725, 1959
15720, 2259 17675, 0459 13690, 0859 9700, 1259 7440, 1651 9700. Those
are all AM.

And in DRM: Sun-Fri not Sat: 1651 7425, 1759 9655, 1859-2058 13840
You better have this page bookmarked:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen
because via homepage, there is still NO LINK TO THIS SW SCHEDULE: If
you enter this: www.rnzi.com
it ends up here:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international

I sent that already to Adrian, and he already replies: ``We regret
that due to a recent upgrade to the web site the "how to listen"
option was removed. We are working on getting it restored. Meanwhile
you can access the frequency schedule at this address: Frequency
Information:  www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen
Best regards. Adrian Sainsbury | Frequency Manager, RNZ Pacific, RNZ |
Level 2, 155 The Terrace | PO Box 123 | Wellington | New Zealand``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935.000-, Sept 8 at 1854, ME music in Yemen
service, just a smidgin below nominal, no chirping or any QRM and not
on 11935.4, S9+20/25 into UTwente. 1858 sounder and Yemeni ID (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Sept 7 at 2200 and later chex of UTwente, NO signal
from VOT English, OFF the air. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2259 monitoring: Not confirmed
Saturday September 7 at 2300 on WTWW 9475, since it`s off the air [but
9930 TOMBS is still on]. 9475 off before 2300 and for quite a while
after, but at 2315 I notice it is back on with WOR at the midpoint.
More transmitter problems? 2329 followed immediately by voice of
George McClintock himself that Pastor Pete Peters is heard daily at
3-5 pm Central on 9475. Another report:

``9475. Sat, Sep 7, 2024. 2300-2325, WTWW, Lebanon-TN, in English.
Total silence (off) till 2207; 2207 Starting with Glenn Hauser reading
many logs into program "World of Radio". Fast intermittent modulation
interruptions during the program; variations in signal quality with
almost inaudible moments, fadings. I rate this transmission as bad to
a probable problem with the transmitter, of course. 2325 Impossible to
continue listening! In time:
At 2229 returns WTWW programming with fair to good reception;
Woman/man announcers say ID and more; 2333 Man preaching. JRX (José
Ronaldo Xavier, 75) Cabedelo-Paraíba, Brasil (UTC-3)``

Confirmed UT Sunday September 8 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 into
Missouri SDR.

Confirmed UT Sunday September 8 at 0307 about 2 minutes into so the
0315v started early at 0305 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+17 into nearby
SDR.

Not confirmed Sunday September 8 at 1030 on WRMI 9955, since off the
air at 1058 check, just as it was already at 0651, unusual for UT
Sunday.

Also confirmed Sunday September 8 at 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz, S9+20 into UTwente. Next:

2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 9330, Sept 8 at 0056, WLCR via WBCQ getting heavy QRM, seems
like spurious modulation from some other talking source, extremely
distorted, but nothing nearby to match it. Checked after this report
an hour earlier at 2356 Sept 7: ``Oh my, 9330 sounding like Saudi
11935 --- ``Horrible distortion on top of weak talk. I'm assuming this
is coming from the transmitter and not someone on top of WBCQ.
Another, "there's always something wrong at,...."? 73, Walt``
Salmaniw, BC. -- meanwhile, replies:

Don Moman, Alberta: ``9330 is "fine" here IF you are in USB. There is
a strong wandering blob on the LSB currently (0036 utc) and very
strong. It's not obvious if another tx or ??``

``I looked at Don's KiwiSDR and definitely you guys are hearing
something else badly distorted that is not received here in Montreal
and WBCQ sounds very clean. Interesting, sounds like something out
west is very distorted. I've checked again at 0055 UT using my Yeasu
FTdx10 and expanded the waterfall and it looks very clean here USB and
LSB. Gilles Letourneau, OfficialSWLchannel, Montreal, Quebec``

Don Moman, VE6JY: ``just looked over at 9330 at 0109 and the blob is
gone`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Sept 8 at 0651, this WRMI is off, while 9395 & 9455
are S9+20. 9955 has usually been running all night except UT Mondays
but this is Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 28487 USB, Sept 7 at 2045, YY5ALI calling CQ 10.
QRZ.com:
``YY5ALI Venezuela flag Venezuela, JIMMY ALI ASCANIO BATISTA,
PARROQUIA MAIQUETIA EDO. LA GUAIRA, PO BOX 20285, CARACAS, DC 1020-A,
Venezuela`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15230, Sept 8 at 0636, JBA carrier. First guess is RHC
forgot to turn off and barely propagating now; but could also be CRI
Mandarin alternating Cantonese at 0300-0900, 73 degrees from Xianyang
59 site for CIRAFs 44NE and 45N = North Korea and Hokkaido, rather
specifically, but also more or less USward. Only HFCC shows something
more: IRAN in Dari, 0550-0820, presumably wooden (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 1945 UT September 8

 

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