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Glenn Hauser logs June +22-23, 2020  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, June 23 2020

Hauser
** AUSTRIA [or non?]. Re my June 17 log on 5930, Wolfgang Bueschel
replied:

``AUSTRIA/OMAN, BBC London Dari language service towards AFG
noted on June 19th at 0030 UT program start. 5930even via ORS
Moosbrunn Austria relay site, SELDOM SEEN from Moosbrunn: accompanied
by two BUZZ strings either sideband, +/- 100, 200 Hertz BUZZ string
distance visible and heard too. Annoying sound character. Birds chirp
twitter like radioplay program for children heard in Dari language.

S=9+15dB strength at 0030 UT noted in Liverpool, England backlobe.
S=7-8 -80dBm fair backlobe signal in remote Perseus unit at AJ1L in
Massachusetts US state east coast.
S=9+20dB in remote Perseus at Athens Greece at 0038 UT.
S=9+15dB in remote Perseus at Doha Qatar ME.

also 6195even via ENC Encompass Digital Media Services, (ex
Babcock) relay site at Al Seela OMA, S=9+20dB, weak and tiny signals
at Greece, Germany, and Liverpool in England. 73 wb df5sx (June 19 at
00.40 UT)``

So what do you think about this? I cannot tell whether you doubt it`s
really Moosbrunn, rather Oman; or it is Moosbrunn, but defective?
(gh)

``In past decade ORF / ORS Vienna Moosbrunn never went odd fq, and
also not happened at ex Babcock Al Seela Oman. Signal from Oman and
UAE would be very low on Tulsa / Enid target in wild western
Drumpfland.

so I guess: there remains a question mark about the 5930 reception
center origin on that day (wolfie, June 23)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRIA. 9630+, June 23 at 0512, slightly off-frequency LAH from
something, Aparecida, Brasil reactivated? But choral singing sounds
too African. 0514 tonal African language talk interspersed, mentions
Rwanda? Not on at 0620 recheck. Aoki/NDXC shows at 0500-0530 it`s AWR
in Hausa via AUSTRIA. When I measured it, I got 9630.001 or .002, so I
may have made a mistake vs hearing a LAH with BFO on 1-kHz stepping
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 12030, June 23 at 0626, S7-S9 of dead air, the
SSOB as hardly any signals but JBA carriers are audible on the 25m
band. At first thought maybe REE SPAIN testing, as Ivo has reported
them sometimes doing that during off-hours; but no equivalent signals
from anything in Europe. Aoki/NDXC shows at 0600-0629 it`s supposed to
be BBC French via Pinheira. Was the entire semihour silent? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 9830, June 23 at 2200, no signal from VOT today;
altho I do not get around to rechecking later in the hour, since at
2200 my first priority is BBC World News America on PBS/OETA --- but
the feed *into* OETA keeps breaking up; so I switch to World channel,
OETA-2, which runs France 24 news at same time, certainly would be
worthwhile when not eclipsed by simulBBC, except F24 employs a lot of
original languages so you may have to keep an eye on screen all the
time for open captioning translation; even some French is so rapid and
idiomatic that I can hardly follow it. And at 2230 it`s over to CBS
and/or NBC TV News. If I can stay awake having missed an earlier
naptime. But I digressed. Back at 2200 Monday I also quickchecked 9690
to find SPAIN on the air and starting English, but signal less solid
than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: confirmed Monday
June 22 from 1800.5 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, via UTwente SDR; rough
modulation and splash from 7280/7300 inevitable, but no interruptions
noted in spotchex until finale at 1829.5, ``...standard dis---``
claimer cut off, into music fill. I tuned in about 1756 when Iran was
already off but IRRS not yet on. IRRS cut on at *1758 big open carrier
diminishing splash and 7291 RTTY but not eliminating them.
1759 JIP modulation of unknown report in progress about FB and AI
systems; 1800 cut that off for simple IRRS ID, not full sign-on, right
into quick FSN headlines from Washington, and WOR starting in about
one semiminute.

Also confirmed UT Tue June 23 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG at UTwente.
Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 9395, UT Tue June 23 at 0247, WRMI with unknown far-right,
far-Christian talk show interviewing an author. I put up with it
hoping for some program ID, but none heard as it stopped at 0257.5 for
Spanish hymn fill music, 0259.5 WRMI ID, 0300 another (same?) untitled
talk show now about the precarious (?) financial situation of Wells
Fargo.

There is nothing to account for this on the WRMI skedgrids.
Transmission sked shows 9395 with System F before 0300, then System C
= Overcomer. BTW, what I was hearing not // Overcomer or any other
WRMI. The individual System program grids do not show any such thing:
9395 not on System C until 0400; System F only on 5850 before 0300.
System G does show 9395 starting at 0300 with Oldies. Sigh; sadly,
just another example of totally contradictory, incomplete, outofdate
WRMI scheduling info.

That reminds me, I forgot again to check out the new show by that guy
in Perú wanting contact with N American SWLs, `Quorum Radio`, UT
Tuesday 0200-0300 on 5850, but it plays again (or a different
episode?) UT Wednesday 0200-0300 on 5850. I`ve already set an ATS-909
alarum for 0158 and hope I can then remember what`s it for (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1656 UT June 23

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 21-22, 2020  View Printable Version 
Monday, June 22 2020

Hauser
** ANTARCTICA [non]. 9580, June 21 at 2130, JBA carrier from BBCWS
winter solstice special to British Antarctic Survey --- one day late;
this via ASCENSION our best chance here yet totally inadequate; no
point in even checking the others, 5790 and 7360; nor am I by the
computer to tune on remotes, but I know there will be plenty of
reports on the WOR iogroup; and I know I can listen to it later
online, as Richard Langley informs us:

``The program is now available for streaming from the BBC WS site
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct0vz4

What'll you'll notice, apart from the fact that it's in stereo, is
there is a slightly different introduction by Cerys Matthews
mentioning that unlike in the past when the program was only
transmitted on shortwave, this year it is being shared with the BBC's
global audience. The program went out twice in regular BBC WS steams
and may have been aired in regular BBC WS shortwave transmissions on
at least one of these occasions. Also, the "global" version of the
program is only 26.5 minutes long so that it could fit in a normal
broadcast, starting 2 minutes after the bottom of the hour to make
room for the news summary and ending before the promo announcement and
ID at the top of the hour. Somehow trimmed here and there? -- Richard
Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey before 1400* June 22, starting at 1355,
so only concerning the fecund 13 MHz area: 13160 S4-S6; 13130 S5-S8;
13020 S3-S6; 12880 S5-S7; 12870 JBA carrier; 12800 S5-S7 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15730, June 21 at 2239, RHC weekly Sunday Esperanto confirmed
here, weak and distorted via Colombia SDR; so announced sked is
correct for this one only, not the other two. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, June 22 at 1505, CRI Plus, English relay is S9/+20.
bit very undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.940, June 22 at 0555, rather surprised to be hearing
``Hallelujah Chorus`` from Handel`s ``Messiah`` on VON! 0557.6 segué
to usual drums and flute IS before Hausa hour. Back on this frequency
after three nights on 9689.9v or neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 21 at 2240, VOT is on and so is NSS RTTY as
quickchecked via Colombia SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday June 22 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, JBA here always weak, vs storm
noise; VG at Maine SDR. Also on WRN satellite webcast.

Also confirmed UT Mon June 22 at 0230 on WRMI 7780. VG at UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Mon June 22 from 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, VG
at a Rochester NY SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon June 22 at 0339 the 0330 on WRMI 9955, VP direct
vs storm noise. Next:

1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. Lacking any FM DX, I at least explore by 10-meter-band
beacons where lower MUFs are operative:

28280-CW, June 21 at 1950, dash and DE K5AB EM01 BEACON CENTRAL TEXAS,
this one inbooming rather than the usual struggle to hear a few watts
or even less. 50 watts is a lot in this context, but sporadic E
propagation must also be ideal. WJ5O roster shows:

``28.280 K5AB C GOLDTHWAITE, TEXAS # 50W, GP VERTICAL Power increase 5
May 16``

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k5ab
``K5AB USA flag USA Primary only for: K5AB/B
ALAN E BROWN, PO BOX 2, GOLDTHWAITE, TX 76844 USA

Also, there are two CW propagation beacons that are projects of mine.
50.060 MHz and 28.280 MHz are their operating frequencies. The ten
meter beacon has been on-the-air for 25 years. It is a personal
accomplishment for me to build/construct something that serves
others``

Goldthwaite is between Brownwood and Lampasas on US 84, which earlier
traverses my old hometown of Santa Rosa NM. ``Like many other Texas
communities, Goldthwaite was named for a railroad official, Joe C.
Goldthwaite of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, who conducted
the auction of town lots.`` -- Wikipedia

Only 553 km = 344 statute miles, city to Enid city.

June 21 around 2000-2030 UT, I`m in the car hunting for sporadic E
after DXMAPs showing favorable 88+ MHz MUFs, but zilch, so back to
primary listening to two favorite programs on 90.1 KUCO-FM, `Wind &
Rhythm` http://www.windandrhythm.com/ and `Feminine Fusion`
https://exchange.prx.org/series/38388-feminine-fusion

At 2130 time for pro-forma check of BBC Antarctic q.v. special, JBA
carrier at best on 9580, so back to 10m dial:

28209-, June 21 at 2128, JBA beacon slightly on minus side. By 2138,
fades up a bit on 28208.8, VVV N8PVL/B, alternating slow and fast WPM
speeds -- I`ll take the slow! Viz.:

``28.2088 N8PVL I LIVONIA, MICHIGAN # 5W, VERTICAL new 12 Feb 2011``

``N8PVL USA flag USA Primary only for: N8PVL/B
Christopher E Francis, Livonia, MI 48154 USA``

Also trace of a beacon on 28271. And:

28290.8, June 21 at 2140, AR AR AR DE K5TLJ/B, Viz.:

``28.2908 K5TLJ C TRUMANN ARKANSAS # 5W, VERTICAL testing 10 Jan 12``
``K5TLJ USA flag USA Terry L Jones, Trumann, AR 72472 USA``
Take a look at all the illustrations and animations on his QRZ page.
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k5tlj
666 km = 414 stmi, between Jonesboro and West Memphis (Glenn Hauser,
Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. 90.1-WBFM, June 22 before 0500 UT, I am trying to listen to
WCPE classical music via KUCO-FM Edmond OK, on one of my household
radios with rod antenna, but increasingly overcome by `Music from the
Hearts of Space` on KHCC 90.1 Hutchinson KS --- another classical
station but unfortunately often a CCI problem here between them. Then
at 0500 KHCC is atop announcing ``ending our broadcast day`` along
with 89.5 and 90.9 satellite stations, and off! at 0501* leaving KUCO
in the clear. Imagine that --- in this day and age a radio station
signing off at local midnight when it does not have to.

https://www.radiokansas.com/schedule.cfm
says ``All programming available online 24-hours per day. Our FM
transmitters broadcast 5 to midnight`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1736 UT June 22

 

Hauser Update  View Printable Version 
Sunday, June 21 2020

Hauser
** CUBA. 6088-6112, June 21 at 0553, RHC English is undermodulated on
fundamental 6100, yet splashing out to this range, worst peaks around
6091 & 6109. Like sitting on an ice cream cone at Parque Coppelia.
6145 is also undermod. At 0554, 6000 is S9 of dead air, or trace of JB
modulation? At 0551, 5040 still on in wrong language, Spanish.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sunday June 21 at 1503, RHC weekly Esperanto is
starting, // distorted 15140, via SDR in Maine; also checking whether
15230 still on as it was just before 1500: no. Clueless announcer
still utters wrong sked for own service: Sunday 0800 on 6100, 1600 on
11760 (only), 2230 on 15730. The first one is at 0700 UT during the 8
months of Yanquigusano-imposed DST; you never know which of the 6 MHz
channels will stay on past 0700 for it, if any: last week June 14 it
was 6145 per Wolfgang Bueschel. Third one may be correct, not
confirmed lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 9689.9v, June 20 at 0603, VON again here instead
of 7254.9v, S9/+10; so the ham QSO on 7253-LSB has no worries, between
N0KBX in CO and K4NGW? in Oregon:
N0KBX USA flag USA, Thomas Bullock, Wellington, CO 80549
but the other call does not check out. June 21 at 0600, VON not to be
heard on either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28271-, CW, June 21 at 1748, only beacon JB audible is
slightly below 28271, I think N1KO/B --- not on WJ5O beacon roster.
But QRZ.com: ``N1KO USA flag USA Primary only for: N1KO/B, ADAM J M
KERN, Annapolis, MD 21401``

There is one similar beacon supposed to be slightly higher: ``28.2723
N1KON C CENTERVILLE, INDIANA # 5W, VERTICAL testing 1 January 2010``

At 1752, only phone on 10m is a QSO on 28389.80-USB, a W9 with K4LJD
(?) but does not sound like a YL listed.

Of course am looking for clues of sporadic E MUF into the FM band; way
above 100 MHz earlier on the east coast; now at 1924 it`s 120 MHz over
EM12 TX/OK border area but too close to be useful here; maybe later.
Meanwhile thanks to us, there is FM DX between Iowa and Tamaulipas
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring; next:

0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 1310, June 21 at 1116 UT, weather forecast in English from
KCIG(??). Closest fuzzy call, also geographically, is KZIP Amarillo
TX; trouble is, listed everywhere as Spanish - regional Mexican; have
they flipped or just do wx in English anyway?

This corporate site adds many other stations, both Spanish and
English, but no further linx, no website of its own:
https://www.hpr.network/texas

Various streaming services will not connect to KZIP, but one shows it
as a Farm station (in English), probably long outdated; or updated?
https://radiostationnet.com/am/texas/KZIP/
including an off-air clip of English ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1932 UT June 21

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 20-21, 2020  View Printable Version 
Sunday, June 21 2020

Hauser
** CHINA. 12880, June 20 at 1427, CNR1 jammer, S3-S6, and none higher
into the 13s; also 12550 S6-S9; 11460 JBA carrier and none lower into
the 10s. Probably would have been more before 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 740 & 1170, June 21 at 0033 UT check, no
surprise that Tulsa`s big two talk stations, KRMG and KFAQ are both
broadcasting Trump`s pathetic speech live; don`t know about Tulsa TV
stations, but major OKC ones are too: KFOR, KOCO, KWTV, and a little
late, the Fox affil, KOKH. Meanwhile, as Drumpf started a few minutes
earlier, both CNN and MSNBC were *not* --- rather an SPCA PSA and
general commentary, altho with a split screen on Tulsa. There was no
sign of our beloved Gov. Kevin Stitt, who had previously proudly
proclaimed that he would be unmasked introducing the acting president
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 20 at 2201, VOT in English except for NO signal,
while NSS RTTY prevails; recheck at 2248 via UTwente, nothing there
either. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 28236.5-CW, June 20 at 1858, JBA beacon, fading out and
barely in. Monitoring over several minutes I never agglomerate the
entire message, but enough portions: dits --- VVV --- W0KIZ/B ---
COLORADO. Fits with the WJ5O master list:

``28.2365 WØKIZ C DENVER, COLORADO # 5W, 1/2 VERTICAL``

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/w0kiz
``W0KIZ USA flag USA, ROBERT E GOLD, CASTLE ROCK, CO 80104 USA

The second picture is my 10 meter beacon on 28.2365 mhz running about
9 watts with 5 watts to the antenna on my barn. The 5763 final tube is
approaching 80,000 hours of continuous operation. Yes, properly
designed equipment with the correct voltages running ccs operation can
last as long as solid state. This beacon is never disconnected for
lightning.``

The only other one is on 28209 at 1853+, but just too weak to copy
anything. Only four listed on exact frequency, in Hawaii, Ireland,
Texas and New York the last two ``QRT``. Es MUF nowhere above 88 MHz
whenever I check earlier or later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28231-CW, WA4FC/B beacon, 1750 UT June 11, 2020, Prince
George VA, promised P-QSL received June 19, tnx:
https://www.w4uvh.net/WA4FCb-QSL-1.jpg
https://www.w4uvh.net/WA4FCb-QSL-2.jpg
with note on the back, #92 and #93 at
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: missed checking Saturday
June 20 at 1300 on WRMI 15770; did anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Sunday June 21 at 0300 on WRMI 5800 good at Colombia SDR

Also confirmed UT Sunday June 21 at 0332 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, via
SDR in Indiana, good but storm noise, about 5 minutes into so started
circa 0327. Next:

0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 17775-, Saturday June 19 at 1506, KVOH is S9/+10 but just
barely modulated; I cannot even recognize whether there be a familiar
voice to be sure it`s `Wavescan` as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 18120-USB, June 20 at 2203, only phone signals on band
are an N4 in Nashville and a WA5 in Texas, neither of whom enunciates
calls clearly vs fading out and in, let alone fonetikaly. No activity
on 11 or 10m with Es MUF barely making it here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0435 UT June 21

 

Glenn Hauser logs June 19-20, 2020  View Printable Version 
Saturday, June 20 2020

Hauser
** OKLAHOMA. 103.7, June 19 at 1920 UT, a ``K-Love`` station with
annoying pledge drive not noticed before as Wichita used to dominate:

``KYLK 103.7 OKEMAH OK 72.0 kW ERP, 282.0 m, 35-15-47 96-22-43 A588
K-Love Title & Artist Title & Artist Adult Hits CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN
K-LOVE``

The K-Love empire infests the entire FM band, both commercial and
``non``, about 623 entries in the WTFDA FM database, many of them
translators clogging up frequencies otherwise usable for more
diversity, to say the least, if not DX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 19 at 2202, VOT English is on but totally buried
by the NSS Annapolis RTTY, nor can it be notched out (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. The USAGM/VOA purge keeps making press as covered in the WOR
iog; and now The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, UT Sat June 20 in
segments between 0124 and 0152, the latter with guests two of the
fired board members, ex-ambassadors. Repeated 3 hours later. Must see
or hear. Video, audio and transcripts should appear shortly at
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

Some of the latest press about, via Mike Cooper:
How Trump's obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle
for Voice of America -- By Sarah Ellison June 19, 2020 at 4:52 PM EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/how-trumps-obsessions-with-media-and-loyalty-coalesced-in-a-battle-for-voice-of-america/2020/06/19/f57dcfe0-b1b1-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2039 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI
broadcast, Friday June 19 at 2200 on 9955, S9-S8 and no jamming
audible.

Also confirmed UT Saturday June 20 at 0130 on WRMI trimulcast: via
Maine SDR 7780 VG > 5850 G > 5010 F. Direct to OK at 0155 check:
5850 VG S9+20/30 > 5010 S9+10/20 > 7780 S9/+10 but the last two with
heavy storm noise and some still audible under 5850. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Howard, Monterey CA,
who sent a generous contribution in memory of Brian Alexander, by
check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. (7490v), June 20 at 0001-0100, `AAAWWW` on WBCQ webcast,
Allan is again shirtless it is so hot 84 degrees, Angela is so
beautiful and he loves her so much; mostly discussion of current
events as of Juneteenth. Angela raises her voice in opposition to some
of them to the point of distortion. A says he is training A about all
aspects of station operation, since she is co-owner and much younger
than he is, so she can take over upon his demise, altho says he is in
good health now. She would rather they both die simultaneously. Didn`t
get much of the second half, and John Carver`s computer is down again,
so if anyone heard anything significant technically or programmingly,
let us know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, June 19 at 1753, KVOH is S9/+10 but just a trace of
modulation. Are they aware of this? Why leave it on air at all? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 107.9-WBFM, June 19 at 1918 UT visiting Government Springs
Park in Enid, a quick tunearound finds a solid signal from ``US 107.9
--- Great American Country``. Stormy cool weather and high humidity
mean tropo enhancement even in the afternoon; Tulsa and Wichita-area
signals are stronger than usual, but what`s this?

``KWLS 107.9 WINFIELD KS 50.0 kW ERP, 150 m HAAT, 37-15-46 96-53-42
COUNTRY US 107.9 - REAL AMERICAN COUNTRY``

Normally I don`t hear anything on 107.9 above OKC KRXO 107.7, but this
is not far away just over the frontier. FCC FM Query shows: KWLS'
first license was granted 10-20-1980. But it was originally on 105.5
as KWKS. In the meantime it has had two other calls, but KWLS since
12/31/07, but on what frequency? 107.9 was licensed as of 4/28/09. But
has there been a power increase since then? Such info is not easily
found at FCC, if at all. Searching old DX reports on KWLS, we find
circa 2006 it was the call on the 1290 Pratt KS AM station, far on the
other side of Wichita; now it`s part of the Steckline empire,
including 1210 KGYN Guymon OK, and the imaginary(?) 1370 KGNO Dodge
City KS. While 107.9 is in I also find dead air on 107.5, maybe
somecar nearby`s RF feeder not offturned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. The shifty local-area scratchnoiseblobs are still
around, e.g. June 19 at 1448 some of the approx. ranges: 6890-6920,
7225-7290, 7583-7640, 9010-9050, 9390-9460, 9725-9750, i.e. roughly
360 kHz apart --- and this was on inside longwire due to nearby
storming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0453 UT June 20

 

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