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Glenn Hauser logs June 8, 2022 |
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Wednesday, June 08 2022
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Wednesday June 8 at 1454, LRA36 is already on with music prélude, S3/S7 into Argentine SDR. 1500 canned sign-on in languages, Antártida song. 1508 YL with live-sounding opening, mentioning staff names, for this program #6 of the season. Usual mix of historical info, conversation, contact info, etc. But I`m too busy to detail or follow past 1532 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11850, June 8 at 0614, RHC English! S9+10/20 and suptorted; also JBA & JBM parasite carrier spurs on 11840 & 11860, encountered whilst checking for missing 11835 Vanuatu. 11850 at this hour is totally bonkers. Aoki shows it at 22-06 in Spanish but not heard as late as 0600; EiBi shows 21-05. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Otherwise in English 0615+: 6000 S9+10/20 weather, suptorted but better than 11850; 6060 S9+10/20 with hum; while 6100, 6165 and 5040 are all off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9790, June 8 at 0623, huge open carrier S9+20/30. Got to be CRI relay aimed thisaway, which is finished at 0500. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAO TOME. 15400.072, June 8 at 0605, S2/S4 in French. It`s BBC at 0600-0630 & 0700-0800; off-frequency via USAGM Pinheira. Something`s always shifty in São Tomé (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, June 8 at 0500-0505, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine: Security Issue`, this time by the rapid man; items include Russian loss statistix; UN official in Kyiv and elsewhere investigating Russian war crimes, sexual violence. VG via Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2141 monitoring; next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, thanks this week to generous Dan Sheedy, CA, who sent to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``some $ to help out your always helpful WoR info group. Cheers from DX-less Encinitas`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, June 8 at 1859, WRMI explaining something about Islam, SMTV? cut off for ID, and 1900 VOA news; 1905 to music fill, 1916 the great solo `cello piece; no VOA editorial today but finally 1930 back to VOA news relay prior to `Flashpoint: Ukraine` at 1935. VG into Maryland SDR. Topix expand to China vs Uighurs at 1946; risk of cyberattax upon US (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265, June 8 at 0620, dead air instead of dead Stair on WINB; succeeds on other outlets: 5890 WWCR, 7570 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, June 8 at 0615, R. Vanuatu is gone again from 3 x 3945. Checking all known frequencies before and after 0600, Ron Howard heard it nowhere. When on, it`s amazingly good, as in Ron`s clip at 0630 June 5: https://bit.ly/3mhGakw (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2007 UT June 8
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Glenn Hauser logs June 6-7, 2022 |
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Wednesday, June 08 2022
GLENN HAUSER`S EQUIPMENT. Some editors keep reproducing out-of-date list. Notably, FRG-7, out of service for many years. I still have two of them, neither funxional, on the table next to my primary Icom R75. Other primary is JRC NRD-545. I have several portables but the only ones in regular use as backup or mobile are Tecsun PL-880 and Radio Shack DX-398. Antennas, besides telescopic are indoor random wire clipons, Wellbrook ALA 330S loop indoor permanently aimed E/W for the JRC; and 100 foot E/W longwire for the Icom. And BSR-1 caradio, with fender antenna of about one foot which still gets amazingly a lot.
** ITALY. 18135 USB, June 7 at 2105, IZ5UGP says it`s too hot for him, 33-35 C, contact with weaker K4LZZ in NC. Found this after no activity on 28, 27, 24 and 21 MHz bands. 17855 Spain inbooming as usual so there ought to be more Eurohams on 18 MHz. But no other phone QSOs heard at all on band. QRZ.com: IZ5UGP Italy flag Italy Fabrizio Battini Via Della Cartiera, 12 56025 Pontedera, PI Italy Pontedera is in Pisa province, Tuscany; original Latin name: Pons Herae, per Wikipedia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, June 7 at 2111, PN, ND beacon at Ponca City, a regular here 24h, is OFF. Still audible are 341 EI Enid, and 350 RG OKC; not sure about 255 SW Stillwater in the storm noise (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, June 6 at 2225, VOTuerkiye English, VG into UTwente but with some hum, feature whose name is illegible in my scribble, about eroticism leading to dementia --- what?? Listening more closely, it`s neuroticism, whew; or unwhew? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, June 7 at 0501.5, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine: Security Issue` by YL, including: there`s a 2-day queue among survivors in Mariupol to get drinking water. Russia has set up ``looting centers`` where stuff stolen in Ukraine is for sale. VG via Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. No sporadic E FM DX today, and an hour earlier nothing on 28 MHz beacon subband, but a bunch are audible after 2307 UT June 7: 28231 CW, June 7 at 2307, WA4FC/B, preceded by 25 T`s in a row -- at least, sound dahs long enough not to be E`s. Sometimes the T loop runs twice in a row. Lookups from WJ5O roster and then qrz.com: C=CONTINUOUS I=INTERMITTENT #=CONFIRMED AS ACTIVE OR HEARD 28.231 WA4FC I PRINCE GEORGE, VA # 5W, VERTICAL new` 29 July 08 WA4FC USA flag USA James H Lovelady Jr FIELDCOMM ASSOCIATION PO BOX 4006 Chester, VA 23831 Beacon info (we want your reports!!): visit www.fieldcomm.org/beacon to send your report to us and for station details. 28231.3 CW, June 7 at 2308, JBA and too close to above on, only partial call copied, VVV N3T##/B, but must be this: 28.2313 N3TVV I JIM THORPE, PA # 5W, VERTICAL Tentative coordination 20 Feb 2014 N3TVV USA flag USA Eric T Bott 824 Center St Jim Thorpe, PA 18229-2208 If you copied the N3TVV 10 meter beacon on 28.2313 and would to e-mail a signal report ,please send it to n3tvv at ptd.net or just spot it on your favorite dx cluster both are greatly appreciated ..You can find more information @ https://www.qrz.com/db/N3TVV/B 28297 CW, June 7 at 2322, EEEE DE NS9RC EN61BE CHICAGO: 28.297 NS9RC C HIGHLAND PARK, IL # 5W, VERTICAL QTH Change 30 May 17 fades up strong later, best of the lot NS9RC USA flag USA DONALD K WHITEMAN NORTH SHORE RADIO CLUB INC PO BOX 1066 Highland Park, IL 60035 Welcome, NS9RC is the club call of the North Shore Radio Club near Chicago. Our club's web site is: ns9rc.org To help discover 10M band openings, the NSRC has operated a propagation beacon on 28.297 MHz since 2001. It is located at the Heller Nature Center in Highland Park, IL about 27 miles north of downtown Chicago. The beacon was built from a Radio Shack HTX-100 running 5 watts to a Cushcraft AR-10 half wave vertical. CW message keying is performed by an Ultimate PicoKeyer. The 10M band is open a lot more than you may think, even during periods of low sunspot activity, so be sure to check the beacon portion of the band between 28.200 and 28.300 regularly, you may be pleasantly surprised with what you hear. Reception reports on our beacon are always welcome and over the years we have received them from over 30 countries and every continent except Antarctica. We will gladly send a QSL card if requested, please send your report to KK9H. 28284.8 CW, June 7 at 2330, VVV N9TNY/B EN51PS[?]: 28.2848 N9TNY C GENEVA, ILLINOIS # 5W VERTICAL New 21 May 2020 N9TNY USA flag USA MICHAEL J KUPP 1000 MANCHESTER COURSE GENEVA, IL 60134 Listen for my 24/7, 10 Meter, 4 Watt Beacon on 28.284.8 Mhz. Tx is every 15 Seconds. Pse QSL with RST. Direct, RBN, QRZ, Lotw, or Email: Mkham@aol.com 28290.8 CW, June 7 at 2334, partial copy K####/B, but I bet it`s this one on exact frequency and heard before last year: 28.2908 K5TLJ C TRUMANN, ARKANSAS # 5 W, VERTICAL testing 10 Jan 12 K5TLJ USA flag USA Terry L Jones 700 Smith St Trumann, AR 72472 his qrz.com page is animated 28289.7 CW, June 7 at 2335, WJ5O/B himself, maybe mismeasured?: 28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W, VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14 WJ5O USA flag USA WILLIAM H HAYS 100 Rick Street Troy, AL 36079 Regardless of where We are in the sunspot cycle....... I'm 99% a 10 Meter Operator. The WJ5O propagation beacon can be heard on 28.289.3 MHz and has been in operation since June 1992 running two Watts into a roof mounted Vertical. This and some of the others are also familiar from last year(s). At 2337 local noise level bumps up so a good time to quit. About midway thru the session there was a phone QSO already on 28310 USB. And nothing else higher. WJ5O list shows a few foreign beacons up to 28322.6 but the top USA one is 28304.6 in OR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2141 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday June 7 at 0030 on WRMIs 9395 & 9455, both VG into PL-880. Also confirmed Tuesday June 7 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9 direct with Cuban pulse jamming under, and about the same at 2259. Also confirmed Tuesday June 7 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S6/S9 direct. Next: 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, thanks this week to generous Dan Sheedy, CA, who sent to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``some $ to help out your always helpful WoR info group. Cheers from DX-less Encinitas`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, June 7 at 1905, checking now 1-hour WRMI relay of VOA, S9+5/10 into Maryland remote but sounds like a local: introducing `International Edition` after presumed news, but cuts to music fill at 1908; VOA resumes at 1927 just in time for Editorial; 1930 news, 1935 `Flashpoint Ukraine` uncut today to 1959 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, June 7 at 2100 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is OFF: station which alternated between weeks of 24h dead air and weeks of 24h rock. Finally given up? We`ll hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, June 7 at 0627, RV S8/S9 with YL in Bislama; 7890 has some JBA talk rather than JBA carrier; and even 15780 has a JBA carrier, hard to believe it`s anything but RV on 4X 3945 as well as 3X and 2X. 15780 has been reported by Pacificans. Now how about 5X = 19725? A remote westward into the dayside may be required. As for 11835, Ron Howard has posted some amazingly strong clips of it, you would never guess were harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 0234 UT June 8
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Glenn Hauser logs June 5-6, 2022 |
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Monday, June 06 2022
** CUBA. 13740, June 6 at 0358, RHC in Spanish S9+10 just before cutting off at 0359* like MWV on 13760. EiBi agrees -0400* while Aoki says -0500*. Sometimes it`s on much later accidentally in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, June 6 at 1502, RHC Spanish S7/S9 but suptorted = suppressed and distorted modulation; only // 15140 is S9/+5 and merely undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 13760, June 6 at 0358 song in English, VG until cut off at 0359*. Another station which does not feel obliged to ID at start and finish of each broadcast! Scheduled is MWV, but confusing contradixions about programming. EiBi says it`s African Pathways Radio, to S Asia. But why would they be doing that, rather than KNLS English hour which is Asian-orientated? HFCC agrees it`s on 40 degree beam for CIRAFs 41 & 42S = S Asia, altho bigsig here implies it`s really aimed thisaway across Africa. Aoki does not decide, just English from WCB; and BTW, V of Korea [North] is also listed on 13760 at 03-04 in Spanish. Bulgarian DX Blog for A22 shows 03-04 on 13760 as KNLS English at 40 degrees from MWV; while English from APR follows at 04-05 on 11825, also well heard here. It`s also quite possible that Mahajanga mix up its azimuths and programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.4, June 5 at 2214, S9+26 carrier with tone locally jamming the CB calling channel. 27185.6 & 27184.5, June 6 at 0354, S9+10 carrier with tone on local groundwave, not clear which is carrier and which is tone. Zero-beating one or the other, one hears silence on USB or LSB. 27185, June 6 at 1507, frequency finally clear except for JBA carriers. No sporadic E skip now on CB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, June 6 at 0500-0506, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine: Security Issue` for June 5 = day 102 of Russia`s war, by YL anchor; including: renewed missile strikes on Kyiv; French Pres. Macron criticized for saying that Putin should not be humiliated. Good via Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2141 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 5 at 2007 the 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9 but stormy into nearby Noale SDR. Also confirmed Sunday June 5 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S9+5 into Knoxville SDR. Still running tho replaced on schedule. Also confirmed, UT Monday June 6 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into Knoxville SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday June 6 from 0302.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 minus 61 Hz = 6159.939, S8/S9 into Maryland SDR; after W.D.C.D. cacophony running over, 0302 ID. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, thanks this week to generous Dan Sheedy, CA, who sent to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``some $ to help out your always helpful WoR info group. Cheers from DX-less Encinitas`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490v), Sunday June 5 at 2300, WBCQ webcast with music fill instead of Harry Shearer`s `Le Show`, as I continue listening after `UBMP` with Roma music. Eventually just dead air, presumably also on 7490 broadcast. 2323 fires WBCQ legal ID, more DA; 2327 finally start `Le Show` opening; so will it run past 2400? No, cut to ID and `Voice of Revival`. Something`s mixed up at Monticello (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Monday June 6 at 1954-2000, WRMI successfully completes relay of VOA`s `Flashpoint: Ukraine`, S6/S7 via Maryland SDR. Quick check of 15770 yesterday Sunday June 5 sometime during the 19-20 hour heard the ``British Israel`` gospel huxter show not scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, June 6 at 0606, JBA carrier; and 11825, JBA vs HSNL = high storm noise level, locally, enough to tell that 3945 harmonix are still emitted. Some also hear it on X4 = 15780. How about X5? That would be 19725 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2314 UT June 6
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Glenn Hauser logs June 2-5, 2022 |
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Sunday, June 05 2022
** CANADA. Re my log of VX1BB, Richard Langley refers us to:
https://www.rac.ca/special-call-signs-available-in-honour-of-the-queens-platinum-jubilee/ A table showing special prefices, so this is really VE1BB: VE1BB Canada flag Canada G. Murray Mac Donald 97 BANTRY AVENUE STILLWATER LAKE, NS B3Z 4P5 Canada and more about him at: https://www.qrz.com/db/VE1MMD (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, June 5 at 0500-0507, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine: Security Issue` now usually starts after very brief UU announcement. This time voiced by YL#2 with an accent, starting with mortality figures in the hundreds of Ukrainian children killed by the Russians. VG into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Correxion: the previous log of Army MARS on 6878.5 was on May 26, 2020, not 2000, as in this roundup: http://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2020_0521_0528.txt Fixed: ** U S A. 6878.5 USB, June 2 at 0000, MARS net introducing a digital message. 0015, ``6DB`` is asked to make a net call in which he gives his full call fonetikaly, AAR6DB. I run across this after finding no pirates on the 6.9 MHz band. I made a much more detailed log of Army MARS on 6878.5, at the same hour on May 26, 2020, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28224.5, June 5 at 1451, K5GJR/B with long slow CW loop, K5GJR/B EL17. WJ5O roster: 28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL No other beacons or anything on 10m, so the OSOB. Another one I have heard before. Limited-area Es propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2141 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday June 5 at 0323 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+8 but heavy storm noise into nearby SDR, about 20 minutes into so must have started way early circa 0303. Also confirmed Sunday June 5 at 1355 on WMRI Europe via Channel 292, Germany, 9670, S5/S7 and noisy into NW Ireland SDR, about 23 minutes into so started circa 1332. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 29] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, thanks this week to generous Dan Sheedy, CA, who sent to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``some $ to help out your always helpful WoR info group. Cheers from DX-less Encinitas`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Among my June 3 FMDX logs, two stations on 92.9, part of the details unraveled were misplaced. Fixed: 92.9, at 1543, gas promo code FULL; Girl Scout Twin Mints; Southwest Florida golf ---; RaysPlumbingInc.com - which is in Punta Gorda, Sarasota County, Englewood, Charlotte County; 1547 ``Kix Country``: WIKX, Charlotte Harbor, Kix Country, 100 kW/246 m. 1823 km = 1133 mi 92.9, at 1544, CCI to above mentions Ocala; weather: WMFQ, Hot AC, 92 Q, 50 kW/145 m. 1672 km = 1039 mi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, June 5 at 0633, R. Vanuatu still active on 3 x 3945, S5/S8 direct with ballad. Manuel Méndez, Spain via remote in NZ, found RV before 0559* today on 5040 instead of 7260 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING https://theweek.com/mass-shootings/1013917/americas-metastatic-cancer William Falk May 28, 2022 America's metastatic cancer --- How rampant distrust is killing us Schools. Churches. Synagogues. Supermarkets. The victims of the last massacre, in Buffalo, were still being buried this week when another disaffected young man armed with an assault weapon slaughtered 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas. So far this year, this broken nation is averaging 10 mass shootings of four or more people every week. The same country recently passed 1 million COVID deaths — far more than any other nation. Tens of millions of people believe the 2020 election was stolen, and democracy itself stands on crumbling ground. Sharply conflicting abortion laws will inflame the rancor between blue and red states. Even the supposedly nonpartisan Supreme Court has split along the seams, with justices openly expressing scorn and suspicion of the enemy faction. These are all symptoms of an underlying metastatic disease: a lack of trust. The reason Australia had a per capita COVID death rate one-tenth of ours, The New York Times recently reported, is that Australians trusted their scientists, their government, and each other, while Americans emphatically did not. In a very real sense, 900,000 Americans died of distrust. Americans cannot trust that our kids will go to school without being shot. We can't trust people to wear masks in a pandemic, because so many insist they have a right to infect others. We can't pass sensible gun-safety laws because some people passionately believe they need weapons of war to defend themselves against government tyranny. Many Americans no longer trust organized religion, corporations, capitalism, their employers, or the media. We do not share a common set of facts and values. We have self-sorted and retreated into our own worlds, our own websites, social media feeds, cable networks, and communities. Separated by impenetrable walls of tribal loyalty, we cannot come together to solve our problems, even when they are killing us. Thoughts and prayers. This is the editor's letter in the current issue of The Week magazine. This report dispatched at 1851 UT June 5
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Hauser Update |
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Sunday, June 05 2022
DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated June 4 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Saturday June 4 at 1420, no signal yet into Buenos Aires SDR, but by recheck 1454, LRA36 is on with song, S2-S5; occasional 2-way QRM from local receiver overload, so I check the other three Kiwis in Argentina, four in Brasil, one in Uruguay, but none have as good a signal, if any. 1459 Hola, formal canned sign-on with multilingual IDs including English that this is in Spanish; 1500 Antártida song; 1504 YL talk. It`s really too weak to understand much. 1505 a few seconds of cacophony. 1509 conversation seems live. 1512 OTH radar? burst QRM a few seconds. 1529 interview on phone. 1537 song. 1542 contact info. 1548 phone interview. 1600 more QRM. 1604 ID with music, song; 1610 weakening, 1616 JBA, 1622 either off or faded out. There was supposed to be a repeat starting this Saturday at 1800, but no sign of it in several chex that hour. Maybe on but still faded out? BTW, I missed checking for it at all on Wednesday June 1 around 1500. Gary Pence in Dallas was also monitoring remotely today and says by 1600 it was S9 into LU4AA remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9665.070V, June 4 at 0512, RVM, S4/S5 but always well-modulated, Portuguese and music, the closest it`s been to nominal 9665 in ages after varying even above 9667 lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 18127.5 USB, June 4 at 2155, VX1BB calling CQ, as a ``special prefix`` from Nova Scotia. So special or new he is not found in qrz.com. Immediately makes a contact (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27185, June 3 at 2221, while I`m logging 10m ham beacons, see USA, I also check CB, to find huge horrible pulsing noise centered on major CB calling frequency, hitting S9+52, surely something local jamming, also wideband, audible as far out as 27090-27270! Still/again on at 2154 June 4. [non] On the June 3 occasion, skip was also in with pileups around 27025, 27086; and somebody on 26975 at 2224 IDing as ``NC 113`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Sat June 4 at 0500-0508, UR1 via WRMI, English war report `Ukraine: Security Issue`, VG into Maryland remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2141 monitoring: confirmed UT Sat June 4 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+15/25 direct. Also confirmed UT Sat June 4 at 0400 on WBCQ R. Angela, 5130, S9/+25 with storm crashes into Missouri SDR. Fortunately, no echo like there was the previous hour during FTIOM as checked on two remotes, Missouri and Maryland. Also confirmed Sat June 4 at 1934 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO via nearby remote, S9+5 steady, ending at 1955.5, so started a bit early. NOT confirmed Sat June 4 at 1930 on WRMI 15770: instead, VOA Spe-cial Eng-lish news and features for the half hour! Now running VOA 1900-2000 except Sunday, Jeff White tells me. Confirmed UT Sunday June 5 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, fair but lots of storm noise into Maryland SDR. Next: 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 29] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, thanks this week to generous Dan Sheedy, CA, who sent to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``some $ to help out your always helpful WoR info group. Cheers from DX-less Encinitas`` One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Finally my first sporadic E FM DX of the season: DXMAPS indicates some high MUFs, so June 3 at 1517 UT, I start bandscanning: on the south-facing porch only a metre above ground level to minimize local and fringe signals which are always in the way and somewhat tropo-boosted in the morning; and on the battery-powered DX-398 with telescopic antenna only, which I can swiftly manipulate vs QRM or to take advantage of polarizations; PL-880 as backup but not needed: its tuning is haywire, requiring locking down any frequency tuned lest it wander around, and certainly no bandscanning with it. Meanwhile a cat quizically wonders what`s going on upon his favorite table perch. Primary reference in the aftermath is the excellent WTFDA FM Database. Distances are approx., city-to-city from distancefromto.net, not exactly transmitter to receiver coördinates. Note: I do not count stations, states or anything, and am not in competition. Many logs are circumstantial after considerable research. I am open to any correxions or assistance in IDs. Also, the fun for me in this is the detail and research, despite it taking a lot more of my time than the original DXing! My eyes glaze over to DX logs condensed to one line as some editors insist upon. 88.7, first channel checked, since already tuned as I also use it for internal RF feeding, at 1517, break in `1-A` show, 1518 mentions Troy Public Radio, so it is: WRWA, Dothan AL, Troy University Public Radio, 50 kW h&v u.o.s., 143 m HAAT. 1287 km = 800 mi 88.7, at 1523, brief CCI to above and/or Ponca City, ID as ``Z-88.3``. Yes, NOT 88.7. This fits exactly: WMYZ, relay of: WPOZ 88.3, The Villages FL, ``Z-88``, 35 kW/82 m. That previously unheard-of city of 51K as of 2010y is just south of Ocala. 1702 km = 1058 mi 91.9, at 1525 & 1528, Moody Radio promos vs KS? CCI. Only fit in PTA is: WMBV, Dixons Mills AL, 62 kW/187 m. DM is a tiny town of 290 as of 2010y in west central Alabama; that`s 4.68 people per kW ERP. 1045 km = 649 mi 96.5, at 1530, toe fungus and Tracfone ads, 1531 ``Z 96.5``. Only hit is beyond probable target area: WAZY-FM, Lafayette IN, CHR, 50 kW/152 m. UNLESS search on Z96 without a space or hyphen, ergo: WZNS, Fort Walton Beach FL, CHR, 100 kW/140 m. Again at 1607, see below. 1238 km = 769 mi 96.5, at 1531, CCI to above, Spanish music. Lots of LP and a few full power possible in US, but very likely WOEX Orlando FL, 99 kW/454 m. 1774 km = 1102 mi 99.5, at 1533, ``Big Country 99-5``: altho there is a little WV by this slogan, rather it`s: KXBL, Henryetta OK, 100 kW/299m, rimshotter to Tulsa market. I leave these non-DX in for informational purposes. 201 km = 125 mi 104.3, at 1534, promo for something - ``--- Country`` --- too many possibilities, but not OK or KS 90.1, at 1535, NPRish talkshow, not OK or KS 90.7, at 1536, ballad. This is one of few `open` channels here in non-comm band, but always with ACI from both sides 93.3, at 1538, ad for Bartow Ford, rock: Bartow is 17K town east of Tampa, but it caters to the Tampa market where there is: WFLZ-FM, 97 kW/472 m. 1725 km = 1072 mi 94.9, at 1539, classic rock, RDS tries to engage; 1541 ``Tampa Bay`s best music``: WWRM, Tampa, Magic 94.9, 97.3 kW/470 m. Also at 1628, below. 1725 km = 1072 mi 92.9, at 1543, gas promo code FULL; Girl Scout Twin Mints; Southwest Florida golf ---: WIKX, Charlotte Harbor, Kix Country, 100 kW/246 m. 1823 km = 1133 mi 92.9, at 1544, CCI to above mentions Ocala; 1547 ``Kix Country``, weather, RaysPlumbingInc.com: WMFQ, Hot AC, 92 Q, 50 kW/145 m. 1672 km = 1039 mi Also CCI? by YL from Weather Center; 929 Foxy? But no hits on that 94.1, at 1549, Tampa ad; 1550, ``Wild 94-1``: WLLD, Lakeland FL, rhythmic CHR, 100 kW/455 m [not WILD]. 1759 km = 1093 mi 99.3, at 1553, rap; 1554 ``993TheBeat.com``: WEBZ, Mexico Beach FL, classic hip-hop, 50 kW/150 m [not a 6 kw in Pine Bluff AR of same slogan]. M.B. is between Pánama City and Port St Joe. 1362 km = 847 mi 103.7, at 1556, K-LOVE, praise music, RDS with song titles: KYLK, Okemah OK, 72 kW/282 m. 178 km = 111 mi 93.3, at 1601, mention Orlando; 1603 ``Coast 93-3``; 1604 ``93-3 FLD``?, weather, Tampa Bay, iHeart station: this is mixture of 2 stations: WFLZ-FM, Tampa, CHR, 93.3 FLZ, 97 kW/472 m. 1725 km = 1072 mi; AND: WNCV, Shalimar FL, soft AC, Coast 93.3, 50 kW/140 m. Again at 1635, below. Shalimar is between Niceville and Ft Walton Beach on the Panhandle coast. 1238 km = 769 mi 96.5, at 1607, ``Z96``, RDS is Z96_____ = +5 blank spaces; about tattoos, ``#1 hit music station``: as above 1530 log: WZNS, Fort Walton Beach FL, CHR, 100 kW/140 m. 1238 km = 769 mi 96.5, at 1613, CCI to above, ``Alive FM``: WBBL, Richton MS, southern gospel, 5.7 kW/175 m. Richton is just E of Hattiesburg in SE MS; rare state by Es, mostly too close. 997 km = 620 mi 94.3, at 1620, Lake City ad, CCI: WNFB, Lake City FL, AC, Mix 94.3, 50 kW/150 m. 1573 km = 977 mi 94.3, at 1622, CCI to above mentions Alabama. Of the 3 AL stations beyond low-power, most likely this near Dothan in SE corner: WIZB, Abbeville, Joy FM Network, 19.5 kW/36 m. 1280 km = 796 mi 92.9, at 1624, ``SR 22 Insurance, 800-665-0129``. First thought maybe name of insurance co. on a state route - highway, but search finds that refers to an official document form effective in OK and perhaps elsewhere. But the 800 leads to MT Printing, Kitchener-Waterloo ON. Why would they be advertising? Maybe just Tulsa 92.1, at 1625 ``Gulf Coast Rock Alternative`` -- no WTFDA hits on any word in slogan field, but looking at all in Florida, one has that exact website among remarx!: WECQ, Destin, Rock 92.1, 19 kW/115 m. 1249 km = 776 mi 94.1, at 1627, ``The Bay, Party Station, Y94-1``. No, it`s Wild 94-1, as already logged above at 1549; WLLD, Lakeland FL, 100 kW/455 m, in PS Info field: ``WiLD 94.1 the Bay`s Party Station``. 1759 km = 1093 mi 94.9, at 1628, 813 AC - Tampa, Ray Reynolds loans` ``Magic 94-9``: same as at 1539: WWRM, Tampa, Magic 94.9, 97.3 kW/470 m. 1725 km = 1072 mi [note: when I put a dash between numbers as spoken, it means no ``point``] 93.3, at 1635, RDS: COAST933. Also mentions iHeart. Same as 1603 log above: WNCV, Shalimar FL, soft AC, Coast 93.3, 50 kW/140 m. 1238 km = 769 mi 103.5, at 1639, Macy`s ad, ``Power 103.5, Number 1 Hip-Hop Station``. Merely: KVSP, Anadarko OK, rimshot to OKC: bet you didn`t know native Americans were into Macy`s or hip-hop. 150 km = 93 mi By 1640 I`m no longer getting Es DX, from FL or anywhere, so quit, and shortly checking the DXMAP, see FL is completely out of skip zone now, moved further to N and W, i.e. MUF if any is skipping right over OK. At 1748 a quick check on caradio finds no Es either (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. In between sporadic E openings into the FM band, June 3 at 2205-2248 UT, I get some lower-MUF beacons on the 28 MHz ham band. As often the case, when CW beacons are audible I don`t hear any phone USB stations higher up in band, and vice versa. Listings looked up at WJ5O roster; https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm --- where crossed zeroes in calls are really crossed letters in Scandinavia. Many of the same ones were logged June 16, 2021, q.v., some with additional qrz.com info. Makes you wonder if only a few in the huge WJ5O roster be currently active. 28250, at 2205, K0HTF/B - sends nothing but call over and over. 28.250 KØHTF C URBANDALE, IOWA # 3W, INVERTED V New QTH 19 June 17 28251.6, at 2208, JBA with a long message. Also at 2227, K#6KE? Still JBA with fades, also long 35-second pauses: easily missed when scanning. No VVV or CQ but starts immediately with call. At 2248 seems more like KE4J#. Nothing closer than this to match: 28.2515 KE5JXC C PECAN ISLAND, LOUISIANA # 5W VERTICAL new 10 Sept 15 28298, at 2211, K5TLL/B EM51gg, strong with no pauses 28.298 K5TLL C HATTIESBURG, MISS. # 25W, VERTICAL New Freq 14 Dec 08 28300, at 2214, K6FRC/B, only the call. Haven`t heard him on 13564 in quite a while. Which one applies? No exact match /B: 28.300 K6FRC/B3 TRACY, CALIFORNIA 10W, VERTICAL QRT prior to 2016 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 28204, at 2216, W0WF/B 28.204 WØWF * SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI # 20W, VERTICAL (*) Daylight New 16 June 14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Another sporadic E FM DX session June 3, this time on stock 2004 Nissan caradio with fixed antenna, no RDS: 92.1, at 2326 UT, baseball game, but maybe not same station as central Minnesota ad at 2327 for concrete products, Brainerd. Closest one to there is: WYRQ-FM, Little Falls, country, 6 kW/91 m. 1117 km = 694 mi 93.1, at 2329, ``93-1, The Border`` atop Kansan: CFOB-FM, Fort Frances ON, 21 kW/81 m. 1407 km = 874 mi. Right across from International Falls MN 93.3, at 2334, ``Z 93.3, Today`s Best Country``, Brainerd mention or is that CCI? KBLB, Nisswa MN, country, B 93.3, 100 kW/170 m. Nisswa is just north of Brainerd. 1162 km = 722 mi 94.5, at 2337 hard rock f/in/out; 2344 more like praise rock, and 2345, ``taking the stress away from a long day, love songs and Delilah[?], Y94``. No hits without a space or hyphen. With a space, only words ending in Y space 94, like MightY. With a hyphen, only one hit but doesn`t fit format or PTA, FWIW: WYYY, Syracuse NY, AC, 100 kW/198 m. 1993 km = 1239 mi. Maybe not really a Y? After a break, one more caradio session, UT Sat June 4 at 0137-0207: 94.5, at 0137, C&W, YL DJ, mentions Georgia? Only full power in GA is : WBYZ, Baxley, Country, Z 94.5, 100 kW/309.1 m - but need more to ID. 1517 km = 943 mi 96.7, at 0139, C&W, got to be Es DX on locally vacant channel. At 0150, romantic rock music 94.5, at 0145, ``Richmond`s Q94`` with CCI: WRVQ Richmond VA, 200/200 kW, 107 m. Look at that power! Old grandfathered station? 1817 km = 1129 mi - not the Richmond in NSW! 97.5, at 0159, C&W music, mix baseball game. Likely Es, anyway. Nothing more to report until I quit at 0207 UT. Besides all the CCI and ACI, also frustrating are all the national ads which have no local references; even some weather reports manage to avoid anything local; and too much long music trax especially in the evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, June 4 at 0617, RV is on 3 x 3945 again for a second night of latest reactivation, S3/S8 with country song (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0122 UT June 5
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