** CUBA. 11760, June 27 at 0646, RHC S9+10/20 in wrong? language,
Spanish instead of usual extra English, only frequency still on air
alternating with 9700 and 11670. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 11760, June 27 at 2203, S3/S7 of almost dead air
except for squeal, presumably RHC Spanish; but the JBM music is not //
11850 which really is RHC Spanish doing much better than usual, S5/S8
undermod but sufficient. Therefore I think the music under 11760 be
the simulscheduled CRI Portuguese from Xi`an to Europe, which of
course is nothing but fill music even at hourtop like at 2300 on 13650
via Cuba. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470, June 27 at 2150, JBA carrier direct,
presumably Dengê Welat via Uzbekistan and/or more likely Recep`s
Turkish jammer. Nothing else on 16m except Spain 17855, weaker 17715
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Area tropo is up per APRS map, reaching Enid from west,
south, east. RF 14, June 27 at 1520 UT, brief decode with PSIP ID for
KOCY as 48-3. That`s Telemundo, unnecessary since is also on a much
stronger subchannel of RF 29 KTUZ. Does not last long enough to
explore what may be on 48-1, 48-2, 48-4 or beyond, but rabbitears.info
shows it`s alone despite the -3 virtual enumeration. I`ve had traces
of this before when OKC tropo enhances but not definite until now.
It`s 15 kW, somewhat direxional northward since site is on south side
of OKC, near SE 49th and Oklahoma Avenue.

BAD signals are on RF 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 26, 31, 35. But there is no
signal at all on RF 29, normally huge local-level from ``Shawnee``
with the three Spanish nets and some shoppers. Suspect KTUZ may really
be off the air. It`s back by 1605 check. Some Tulsans are in, on RF
28, ION 44-1; and an RF 29 spoiler from there could be 15 kW KTZT-CD,
Daystar for Tulsa, but unlikely.

Other Bad signals decoding briefly long enough to ID are RF 34, 33-1
KWRW-LD OKC, Heartland et al., and RF 36, 36-1 KUOKCD1 [sic] OKC,
Univision also duplicated on RF 29 KTUZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 99 MHz Es MUF in spots leads me to the caradio for a
check, but nonesuch here, rather tropo is up. On 93.5 I normally get
fringer from Kansas to the north, but June 27 at 1732 UT I happen to
catch an ad for ``right here in Altus`` and then ``K-pro 93.5 Altus``.
WTFDA FMDB shows it relays KWHW 1450, but no mention of it now!
KPRO KWHW 1450 93.5 ALTUS OK ROCK KPRO ROCKS 45.0 88.0 34-37-35
99-20-10 4AE4
235 km = 146 miles. I had several days` logs of KWHW x 2 on 2899.75 in
May 2015. Altus also has the distinxion often of hitting maximum heat
in OK since it`s in the SW corner, well over 100 lately. One other log
this opening from TX: see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11800, June 27 at 2202, no signal direct from RRI, English
alternative I had recommended. Very bad propagation, or off? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, June 27 at 2200:17, timesignal ending 17 seconds
late compared to WWV, poor S4/S6 from VOT English direct with ACI from
11780 Brasil; anyhow, not off the air today. Something`s always awry
at Ankara and/or erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2196 monitoring: ``15770, UNITED
STATES, WRMI, 2230, World of Radio (no. 2196) heard here on Zenith
T.O. Royal 7000 and whip, but due to choppy rx, we switched to Drake
tabletop and long wire outside for the remainder of the program. --
Fair; Good on peaks, Jun. 24 [Sat]. Rick Barton, Sun City AZ``

``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: Confirming World of Radio #2196, WRMI:
15770, very weak, 2231. 2244. 2258, 2259, June 24 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, 0130 (45343), QSB fading, 0159, June 25 UTC 2023 [Sun]
9395, 0030, tv QRN, static QRN, 0045, 0059 (45443), June 27 UTC 2023
[Tue]
(Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Richard``

Confirmed UT Tuesday June 27 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into
UTwente despite NNW beam from FL rather than NE; strangely, Missouri
is getting no signal; a few minutes later direct, it`s S9/+20. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]

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** U S A. 9265, June 27 at 0643, NO signal from WINB which per own
schedule is supposed to run TOMBS daily until 0658: but has wrong time
conversion between ``EST`` instead of EDT vs UT, i.e. 5 hour
difference instead of 4. Come to think of it, I don`t encounter WINB
in routine bandscans after 0600. So suspect it really stops at 0558 UT
= 1:58 am EDT. That means ALL OTHER program times at
http://winb.com/schedule.htm are WRONG: The EST is really EDT and the
UTs are one hour later than reality. One could confirm this by
checking any random shorter program on air vs on sked. It`s incredible
that America`s ``oldest`` private SW station would make such juvenile
mistakes.

I try 9265 Tue June 26 at 2206 UT and hear a gospel huxter in Spanish:
none sked!:
04:00P / Tue-2100...Bishop S. C. Johnson
05:00P / Tue-2200...The Overcomer
06:30P / Tue-2330...The Essentials of Life and Wellness
But there is supposedly on Wednesdays: even further SNAFU:
04:00P / Wed-2100...A Look At The Book - Spanish -
04:30P / Wed-2130...Wells of Salvation
05:00P / Wed-2200...Templo Trinidad Presenta Jesucristo
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, it seems my previous log of KVOH, UT Monday June 26
before 0600, was in its very last minutes forever. Shortly afterwards,
Jose Jacob notified that had been its final broadcast, more info in
the next `AWR Wavescan`. Dino Bloise of `Frecuencia al Día` which had
also been carried on KVOH, also reported this. I had been hearing
rumors of impending doom for some time. It would seem that if its own
transmitter is no longer any good, and if the Tayloes wish to continue
their ministry and could afford it, buying a few hours on existing US
SW stations would serve the purpose, such as WRMI or even WTWW. George
McClintock had been trying to make a deal for KVOH to buy WTWW, but it
did not work out. It seems that KVOH also has a problem with the lease
running out for the property it has been using. Jose Jacob also refers
us to his convoluted history of KVOH et al., as of two years ago:
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/VOH.pdf
The last I checked there was nothing about this on VOH website (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15150, June 27 at 0649, presumed DEJOM on WMLK, but only
S6/S8 direct unlike usual 300 kW whopper; 15770 WRMI is stronger,
reverse of normal. Maybe northerly propagation be degraded, or QRP
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5980, Tue June 27 at 0651, weak carrier interfering with
Cuba`s jamming against nothing; as I bandscan downward I know I will
find 5890 TOMBS on WWCR on the air even tho has been running overnight
only on weekends; leaping over 5935 DGS/PMS another 45 kHz beyond.
Yup, there it is on 5890, S9+20/30. And current sked dated June 1
still shows WWCR-4 OFF the air M-F at 05-12 UT. Change, or mistake?
Something`s not right at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, June 27 at 2208, ``Bishop`` Bob Biermann is really
angry on `Truth [sic] 2 Ponder` via WRMI. He must have recovered from
his surgery. Denounces homosexuality as sinful and laments that
``Pride`` gets a whole month with 3 more days to go, while worthy
unsinful holidays are for only one day a year! Doesn`t care what
others think of him. Names several major denominations which have
embraced Gay Pride: they are all wrong, he thinx (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 96.7, June 27 at 1724 UT into caradio, a strong and steady
*mono* signal with two guys talking about engorgement, phone sex ---
oooh, hot stuff; axually rather vapid, but what is this on normally
nothing channel adjacent local 96.9? I was looking for Es but this
isn`t. Finally at 1730, ``The Ticket`` for the ``tri-state area``
[besides TX and OK, what??], later mentions DFW and ``Sports Radio
96-7 and 1310 The Ticket``, so it`s:
KTCK-FM 96.7 FLOWER MOUND TX SPORTS SPORTS RADIO 1310 & 96.7, THE
TICKET 90.0 621.0 33-26-13 97-29-05 426A All sports all the time KTCK
The Ticket // KTCK 1310 381 km = 236 miles.
Flower Mound is on the north side of The Metroplex which may help a
little, but as before I have no sign of any other DFW signals. Finally
fades at 1736 but back up at 1741, now really talking about sports
instead of sex; as I leave for lunch. One other log this opening, see
OKLAHOMA.

That is, until another check on the caradio at 2047: 94.5, ads and PSA
for contact Dallas City Hall for West Nile Virus info, AC 214. This is
the station closest to Dallas, well north of The Metroplex and good
for reception into OK:
KZMJ 94.5 GAINESVILLE TX HD URBAN AC MAJIC 94.5 100.0 591.0 33-32-14
96-49-54 5345 THE NEW MAJIC 94-5 www.majic945.com Rhythm and Blues 315
km = 196 mi (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

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** CANADA. 346 MCW kHz, June 26 at 0626 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watt ND
beacon at Sioux Lookout, Ontario is JBA vs horrible summer storm and
line noise levels; and so is 332 MCW kHz, QT, 1000 watts at Thunder
Bay (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA [and non]. 6070, June 26 at 0535, S9+10 of dead air from
CFRX; and so is 6185 XEPPM at S9+19/20 -- the only SW stations left in
Mexico & Canada self-silenced; unusual for CFRX (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CHILE. 28428 USB, June 26 at 2141, CA2YWW calling CQDX repeatedly
with clear fonetix. He`s JBA and the OSOB, not even beacons, except
for some digistsuff near the low edge.
CA2YWW Chile flag Chile, WhatsApp +56 9 9920 4564, Jose Rafael "Rafa"
Reyes Arancibia, Calle Onel 620, comuna de CALLE LARGA REGION DE
VALPARAISO, Chile, per QRZ.com where he also illustrates some of his
colorful QSLs.

Then I check longer bands: no activity on 12 or 14 mb, a few on 16 mb;
20 mb unchecked but FYI anything below 14286 kHz = 21 meters (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 17560, June 26 at 0013, two CNR1 jammers with echo, per EiBi
vs VOA Mandarin via Philippines this hour only. S4/S6 the SSOB by far,
virtually the OSOB with little else on 16m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, June 26 at 0026, HK3QQ with usual slow letters
in keyboard order except for errors, as I usually log much later
including tonight again at 0511 when stronger. Does this run 24 hours;
and why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, June 26 at 0008, RHC Spanish news at S9,
morning/afternoon frequency still running, not turned off at 2030
after French? or maybe Sunday Esperanto to 2100? // also now: weaker
15230, stronger 11760; 11850 suptorted as usual, and 9535. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12000, June 26 at 0502, RHC English JBM at S5/S9 on 2 x 6000
where it`s much stronger and undermodulated. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, June 26 at 0505, RHC Spanish still on at S9+20. Aoki
says -0400; EiBi says -0500 and irr. English for two more hours, as I
have often reported; but no extras heard after 0600 tonight.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, June 26 at 1436, RHC is S9 but JBM, while 15140 is
S8/9+10 with sufficient modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, June 25 at 2150, R. Cairo, S9+45 into UTwente,
modulating English but with big hum, not off the air; something`s
egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, June 26 at 0536, S9+10/20 of dead air from
XEPPM; and so is 6070 CFRX at S9+10, the only SW stations left in
Canada & Mexico self-silenced, but not unusual for XEPPM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 9550 // 11620, UT Mon June 26 at 0021, RRI
English starting Romanian LL, good on both. Was checking 9550 for R.
Boa Vontade, Brasil, which others report but I never hear; despite
``24h`` per Aoki & EiBi, not even a het as EiBi says 9550.1; and not
``Ventade`` as in Aoki. I think RBV must be on limited daytime-only
sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11735-11740-11745, June 26 at 0504 harsher-sounding DRM
noise, S7/S9. Scheduled 0500-0530 only is RRI Galbeni in French to
France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9670, June 26 at 0022, music S3/S5, sounds
same as TOMBS on 7570 WRMI; as Channel 292, GERMANY, fills much time
with that tho not specified as such on sked which shows only a few
weekly blox of other purchased program time:
https://www.channel292.de/schedule-9670-khz/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday June 26 after 2200, token English from SNR, VG
direct and almost as good off the back of 15520 ME beam; 17715 for SAm
a poor third, and can`t tell if 11670 be on or not. Today`s feature
after the news discusses ``LGBT`` rights in Spain, just those four? Of
course the rightwing is against them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 25 at 2200, NO signal from VOT English into
UTwente, nor for several more minutes: but on at 2228 recheck,
S9+45/35. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Confirmed not off
the air June 26 at 2200, fair direct but SPAIN is much stronger and
easier to understand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UQKOGBANI [non]. 12095, June 26 at 0455, BBCWS sufficiently good
with news; 0459 SAH flutter for a few sex by overlapping site change,
then somewhat weaker. Aoki shows Oman to Vatican at 0500 but I don`t
think so, rather as in EiBi and HFCC, MADAGASCAR, to Vatican. Talata
at 315 degrees across Africa carries on nicely USward, despite BBC`s
best efforts to deprive us of SW service. After 0500 also // 11810
which is MAD too but 265 degrees so weaker. Would you believe that
JORDAN is still pretending in HFCC to be on SW 11810 with 500 kW from
0500? Other imaginary `AKA` entries there on 6105, 7155, 9830, 11995,
15435. Why does HFCC put up with stuff like this? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2196 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
June 24 from 2230:30, on WRMI 15770, S7/S9 into UTwente; at 2241 check
S5/S7 into Maryland SDR, best S9+5/10 into Missouri SDR, but sounds
undermodulated everywhere. 7730 still off the air and missed checking
// 5850: did anyone hear that? [15770 WTFK originally omitted]

Also confirmed Sunday June 25 after 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz, S9+10/15 into nearby SDR.

NOT confirmed Sunday June 25 at 2130 on WRMI 15770: this new airing
has already been replaced by something else at 21-22.

Confirmed UT Monday June 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct with
noise QRM burst override for first 14 seconds.

Also confirmed UT Monday June 26 from 0301.8 on Area 51 WBCQ, 6160 -67
Hz = 6159.933, S9+20 into NH SDR; S9 direct vs S9+10 crashes by high
storm noise level; after JL gotta go almost on time. Next:

0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]

Thanks this week for generous financial support from Gerald T.
Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a quarterly seasonal check to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. (7490-), Sun June 25 at 2200, WBCQ webcast not with `Uncle
Bill`s Melting Pot` which has been suspended but still on the sked,
rather rerun of Feb rerun of `AAAWWW` of UT Sat June 24 at 0000.
Fillers of earlier UBMPs would be preferable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, June 26 at 0024, KVOH not off the air yet, during its
one airing of `AWR Wavescan` at 0000 UT Mondays, only S5/S8 now. Still
on with gospel music at 0509, now S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9265, June 26 at 0507, WINB with S9/+10 of JBM music, sounds
same as WRMIs 9395 & 9955, i.e. TOMBS as sked on all, 0502-0658 on
WINB: but sked dated June 4 is labeled EST with 5-hour difference to
UT; so is one of them wrong, really EDT? But at least WINB carrier is
hardly wobbling at all now! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2196 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
June 24 from 2230:30, S7/S9 into UTwente; at 2241 check S5/S7 into
Maryland SDR, best S9+5/10 into Missouri SDR, but sounds
undermodulated everywhere. 7730 still off the air and missed checking
// 5850: did anyone hear that?

Also confirmed UT Sunday June 25 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 into
Louisiana SDR with perpetual noise blast QRM for first 14 seconds and
bits later.

Also confirmed UT Sunday June 25 new 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20
direct.

Also confirmed UT Sunday June 25 from 0329 the 0315v on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, S9+10/15 including very heavy local storm noise into nearby
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Sunday June 25 at 1330 on WRMI 9955, S5/S9 direct, no
jamming audible. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]

Thanks this week for generous financial support from Gerald T.
Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a quarterly seasonal check to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 15150, Sunday June 25 at 0632, gospel huxter at S9+20/30 as
WMLK continues active overnight; presumably was silent for UT
Sabbathday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 11815, Sunday June 25 at 0636, S4/S6, unOrthodox RCC-style
Slavic chanting. It`s VR`s Sunday-only liturgy in Ukrainian at
0605-0700 per EiBi. Otherwise on 11815 we would expect Brasil or
Japan, but not Turkey this season. Also, RTI & CNR1 jamming. Brasil
might be 24h but the others avoid the Vatican hour (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 1917 UT June 25
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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE June 24

Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Greece - V of Greece/ERT: Updated links. (Thanks to Zacharias
Liangas)
2) Israel - KAN: Updated all links (as previous ones now obsolete).
(Thanks to Daniel Rosenzweig)
3) USA - WMLK: Updated links to WMLK home page (Thanks to Glenn Hauser
in WOR iog mail list)
4) USA - WRMI: deleted a Facebook link to the WRMI Legends Fan Club
(which has now become a general Shortwave facebook page)
5) USA - WRMI Legends: Added link to Ria's Ham Shack archive (on
Youtube)

The next update is scheduled for early August. Best wishes and 73,
Alan Roe

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATE June 24
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** CHINA [non]. 9580, June 24 at 0247 CRI relay S9+20/30 but
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Unseems Std
Chinese to me, Cantonese? No, Mandarin sked this hour, Cantonese at
04-05 on 9790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, June 24 at 0642, steady S9 of dead air in English:
obviously the extra RHC frequency tonight instead of 11760 or 9700.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CHINA
[non], ROMANIA [and non]

** GERMANY. 9670, June 24 at 0248, pop music S7/S9, presumably Channel
292 as nothing else is listed and it plays a lot of fill music between
specific paid programming; better than usual for only 10 kW. Website
has a day-by-day program grid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, June 24 at 0648, S7 signal but JBM on
signature offset of Voice of Nigeria. Often totally absent so a
marginal improvement; while neighbor 7260 Vanuatu continues to be
outstanding and reliable, for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. DTV bandscan of 6 thru 36, June 24 at 1535 UT finds BAD
signals on RF: 11, 14, 17!, 20, 22, 26, 28, 34. All are normally
``open`` except 17, where Enid`s only local signal resides, such as it
is, K17JN-D with 3ABN channels: either it`s off again or more likely
degraded by DX QRM from 1000 kW KTEN ``10`` Ada, not far off the aim
of antenna toward OKC. By 1645, K17JN-D is restored.

11 is also unusual. FCC TV Query shows there are no lo-power 11s in OK
or KS, just KTWU Topeka, KSNG Garden City, KOED Tulsa and KSWO Lawton.
All except KSWO ``7`` have retained their original analog channels.
Most of the other bad signals correlate with Tulsa market, per
rabbitears.info; and APRS tropo map shows a connexion between Enid and
Tulsa, also closest, so assume 11 be KOED, the OETA station. 14 is
probably the new home of KTUL ``8``, which IIRC recently moved from RF
10. The only other VHF left in Tulsa is RF 12 of KGEB ``53`` which I
have seldom if ever? logged; 21.5 kW ERP while KOED has ERP of 47 kW.
My erstwhile Zenith set-top-box -- axually set-beside-box, DTV
converter/tuner, is showing signs of ageing, and maybe imminent
demise, as it`s no longer instant-on from redeye to blueeye, rather
takes several seconds to boot up. I much rather use it for DXing than
HD tuners built in to screens, so it`s obvious which real channels I
am tuning. The HDTV sets are too `smart` for their own good (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 11780, June 24 at 0249, RRI already wrapping up
Spanish hour before some outro music, VG with no QRM from RNA Brasil
which is obviously off, deliberately? tho supposedly sked until 0300;
and RRI // 9700 slightly lowerly modulated -- and no QubaRM there
either; RHC sometimes on 9700 ex-6165 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.008, Sat June 24 after 2200, VOT English not off the
air today, VG S9+40/50 into UTwente; 2212 some nice harmonious music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2196 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday June 24 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+10/30 direct but noisy.

Also confirmed Saturday June 24 at 1600 on WRN North America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday June 24 promptly at 1930 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO, VG steady S9+25 into nearby SDR and no storm crashes. Next:

2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]

Thanks this week for generous financial support from Gerald T.
Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a quarterly seasonal check to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

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** CUBA. 11760, June 23 at 0658, S9+20 with squeal, extraneous RHC
English frequency instead of 11670 or 9700; 0700 re-opening ``second
hour``, as I QRT, so unknown for how much longer. Unlike in Spanish,
RHC never announces any frequencies in English: maybe they know
whatever they say would not mesh with reality. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, June 23 at 2152, R. Cairo, English, is not off the
air today, huge S9+30/40 signal into UTwente with signature -5 Hz
offset, modulation sufficient level, but very distorted, worse during
music. Speech more or less readable, but repulsive also with hum.
Something`s always egregious in Egypt; ``no god but Allah`` at 2155 on
this Fribbath, violating Separation of Mosque and State -- and Egypt
is not even proclaimed an ``Islamic Republic``. Officially it`s the
Arab Republic of Egypt, which is bad enough, sticking it to non-Arab
minorities (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Possibility of some sporadic E DX, June 23 at
1900 UT, so a quick check in the car. Instead some area tropo
inbringing stations not normally heard:

97.3 at 1903 UT, ``Q97, 97.3`` and country. Punxuation is everything
at WTFDA FM DB. No likely hits on branding as Q97 or Q-97, but instead
Q 97; announcer should be required to utter it, ``Q space 97``:

KKJQ 97.3 GARDEN CITY KS COUNTRY Q 97 FM 100.0 244.0 37-46-48
100-27-36 2B62 KKJQ THE DAWG - 317 km/197 stmi

By 1904, 97.3 is captured by an equally strong signal with RCC call-in
about Fatima, whether other Christian subsets have different Bibles -
yes. I bet it`s an EWTN station; yes, and only 1/100 the power of Q
97:

KKNG-FM 97.3 BLANCHARD OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING 1.0 244.0 35-10-38
97-36-10 2BC0 Visit us at WWW.OKCR.ORG --- that`s Oklahoma Catholic
Radio, this frequency listed as for OKC. Blanchard is SW of OKC
between Norman and Chickasha, and doubt it serves the NE side very
well. They have several other stations, including the imaginary? one
on 104.9 at Ringwood west of Enid. Never mind what the call letters
be. Program sked shows this hour is indeed `EWTN Open Line`, but maybe
not a 100% EWTN outlet. 141 km/88 stmi

Note that some of my recent FMDX reports under USA have included some
Oklahoma items without being cross-referenced (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday June 23 at 2208, token English from SNR, VG
S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR, also much weaker 17715, 15520, 11670:
interview with a woman bass player from Tenerife Symphony about the
malady dystonia: ``Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder
characterized by involuntary (unintended) muscle contractions that
cause slow repetitive movements or abnormal postures that can
sometimes be painful.`` A malady which can be quite a problem for
professional musicians, and needs to be recognized as a condition
worthy of treatment, disability compensation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 23 from 2158, VOT English VG S9+50/55, and
even VG modulation today into UTwente. After listening to SPAIN,
tune-in at 2229, about how to avoid weight-gain. It`s `Feeling
Supreme/The Healing Spring``, diet and lifestyle recommendations.
2235, two-minute multilingual ID filler reel. 2237, jazz song in
Turkish - now modulation not so clear. More like a torch song; I`d
love to know the lyrix. 2241 ``Always by your side`` promo, `Did You
Know That?`, most valuable collexion of 16,000 Chinese pieces, Topkapi
palace, I don`t understand at first as the badaccentedess pronounces
it ``pah-LAHSS``: ``The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large
museum and library in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in
Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856,
it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was
the main residence of its sultans. Wikipedia, Address: Cankurtaran,
34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye``. 2246 distorted song. 2250 `Every hour
of the day TRT is with you`` promo; really? Not by me. 2253 canned
s/off by the twisted-tonguess; a bit of IS to plugpull at 2255.6*, so
no extra German today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2196 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday June 23 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, poor and noisy S5/S9
direct; at 1457 very poor S5/S7 into Bonaire SDR where it`s supposedly
aimed; better into Maryland SDR, S5/S7 but less noisy. No jamming
audible at any.

Also confirmed Friday June 23 at 2052, the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM
Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5/20 into nearby SDR with storm crackles. 2059
extraneous filler, 2059.5 IRRS ``sign-off until 9 pm CET tomorrow``,
2100 keeps right on going with `Feature Story News` for several more
minutes. Maybe at Villa Estense they do not understand English about
what a sign-off is? Over usual lite musical CCI from presumed Smooth
Radio, Brighton, UQKOGBANI. Smooth is closing several MW outlets but
apparently not yet this one. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]

Thanks this week for generous financial support from Gerald T.
Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a quarterly seasonal check to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 6160 -67 Hz = 6159.933 // 7490 -67 Hz = 7489.933, what an
offset coincidence? 0000 UT Sat June 24, both sufficient into Maryland
SDR but noisier on 6; no signals on 5130v or 3265v, WBCQ with
`AAAWWW`. Is it new? Not a twit from Allan today. It`s sounding
familiar beyond Angela`s mike check; he prompts her and then keeps
talking, himself. Starts with a call for two engineers with
high-power experience like with analog UHF TV. Using a 1948 Gates
yard-wide console. Super-stition is a ``digital controlled
nightmare``. Northern Maine: you either love it or hate it``. This is
sounding very familiar, a rerun? There was no announcement as such at
the start. I stop listening closely. 0025 says on 7490, 6160 and 5130
--- NOT on 5. And does not give YOOLF date. Later discusses strange
clutches on Model Ts. 60 Hz vs 50 Hz turntables in America vs Britain
impact music pitches -- another item I`ve heard before. Etc., etc.
0035, World Radio Day was this past Monday, February 13 : that does
it. So it`s four months later and still trying to hire engineers?
Maybe the smart ones don`t want to aid and abet World`s Last Chance
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9275, Friday June 23 at 1706 tune-in via Maryland remote,
WMLK amateur hymn singing with piano, cuts off air in a few seconds;
*1707 back on at S5/S7. 1714* cuts off again, *1715 still singing,
while a gospel huxter is speaking on the ``Live Radio`` player on
website. Recheck at 2055, trace of 9275 to UTwente, and definitely
into Missouri SDR. The 17-22 UT transmission is often absent in part
or in whole? I did not check 15150 last night, but others were hearing
it well beyond North America. Nothing found about 15150 at
wmlkradio.com; the `Schedule` link goes nowhere, but there is this
about `Engineer`:

``Deacon Gary McAvin --- With academic training (and degrees) in
electrical, electronics, engineering, legal assistance, OSB (Obadiah
School of the Bible), and criminal justice, Deacon Gary McAvin
embraced a wide range of disciplines while undertaking his scholarly
pursuits. Garnering accolades (three honors societies) and recognition
for his academic achievements in the classroom and for exhibiting
leadership qualities, personal integrity, and moral character. Deacon
McAvin has extensive training in the electrical, electronics &
engineering disciplines. These academic fields are necessary for the
work which he is now involved in.

Currently, Deacon Gary McAvin works for the Assemblies of Yahweh, home
of the international broadcasting station WMLK Radio. Deacon McAvin is
the Shortwave Radio Station Manager and Broadcast Engineer. This
station is located in Bethel, Pennsylvania. In this position, he has
played a major role in installing and rebuilding the original
50-kilowatt (kW) shortwave transmitter. Deacon McAvin later replaced
it with a 250 kW BBC unit imported from Europe, which he reconstructed
and is now in the process of restoring this unit to its original
configuration.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0115 UT June 24
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