** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, July 26 at 1545, LRA36 has supposedly
stayed on all night until 1500 but it`s still on, as activity
publicity never seems accurately fulfilled; sufficient via Brasil SDR,
almost nothing but music; `Ave Maria` nice harmony hymn playing at
tune-in, then lots more secular? songs. 1606 mentions Santiago del
Estero; 1633 song about Provincia de Santa Fe; 1802 brief talk about
the music; 1816 at last canned LRA36 ID and plug `Corazón Antártico`
program. Finally cut off about 1833*. I had been listening with half
an ear all this time, mainly to WYSU`s pipe organ music. Let`s face
it, hardly any of the program content on LRA36 is about *ANTARCTICA*,
rather Argentina and lots of music which is hardly Antarctican either
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, July 26 at 1355-1400: NONE found WOOB in
the 13s, 12s, 11s, or 10s, but in the 9s: 9215, 9230 VP in Chinese; I
suppose due to depressed propagation rather than operation (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, July 26 at 0558, RHC English is S9+10/20 but suptorted,
and no signal on 2 x = 12200. 6000 is only S9 and also suptorted; 6145
S9 not distorted but undermodulated. 5040 off already. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.

Feliz 26; Patria o Suerte, ¡Pensaremos! I am still awaiting
photographic evidence that anyone has scrawled this, my contrarian
motto on a surface anywhere inside Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760 >> // 15140, Sunday July 26 at 1501, weekly RHC Spanish
opening; YL mispronounces Ameriko as Amériko; despite seeming fluency
cannot escape her native Spanish accentuation for Espo`s invariable
penultimate accent, so I don`t even stay tuned to hear her give the
wrong schedule. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 15825 & 13845, WWCRs are boosted by sporadic E, so I check
10m hambeacons, exact frequencies accepted, not measured, lookups in
the WJ5O roster and QRZ.com, July 26:

28225.5-CW, July 26 at 1418, VVV DE W2DLL/B ... ending with K as if
anyone should answer. Also listed on 28150 but this is:
``28.2255 W2DLL C BUFFALO, NEW YORK # 20W, DIPOLE QTH & Power change
25 Sept 11/28 Feb 16``
``W2DLL USA flag USA, Dana L Laurie, Buffalo, NY 14210 USA``

28298-CW, July 26 at 1422, K5TLL/B, slow WPM and strong
``28.298 K5TLL C HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI # 25W, VERTICAL New Freq 14
Dec 08``
``K5TLL USA flag, TERENCE L LOWERY, HATTIESBURG, MS 39402
Beacon station is a Uniden HR-2510, 25 watts ID-O-Matic keyer by
http://www.HamGadgets.com ``

28276-CW, July 26 at 1423, VVV DE K - M/B, full call not copiable, but
this is the only one that fits frequency, letters, area:
``28.276 K4FUM * LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA # 10W, VERTICAL (*synchronized)
on the min)``
``K4FUM USA flag, JERE T SANDIDGE, LOGANVILLE, GA 30052``

28264.3-CW, July 26 at 1446, VVV KD4AOZ/B, fast WPM and QRM from a
slightly different pitch/frequency. Copied as AOG but one of us must
have missed a dit:
``28.2643 KD4AOZ C WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA # 10W, OMNI new 19 Jan 14``
``KD4AOZ USA flag, JEFFREY E CROWELL, WATKINSVILLE, GA 30677``

28290-CW, July 26 at 1459, AL DE WJ5O/B:
``28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, Sunday July 26 at 1351, WLCR via WBCQ-6 is in Spanish
as scheduled before switch to English, S9+10/20. Maybe not off for
maintenance today? 1917 JBA carrier vs local noise blob (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9605, July 26 at 1353, gospel huxter in English, S9+10/20.
Aside from KBS relays at 01-02, WHRI on 9605 only this one hour per
week, per EiBi, to Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1957 UT July 26

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB. After the July 25 LRA36 special
supposedly ended, we got word via Horacio Nigro G. that it was being
extended all-night until 13 UT July 26! My Brazilian remote is still
tuned there as I am about to check it for WOR on WRMI 5800, but July
26 at 0259 nothing from RNASG except a possible trace, as you would
expect on 19m in the middle of a winter night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. FM DX: see USA [and non]

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, July 26 at 0044, S5-S7 pirate music in
noise level. Many logs here say it`s Mix Radio International:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,69849.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. FM logs: see U S A, mixed in

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2044 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday July 26
at 0300 on WRMI 5800, fair at Brasilia SDR.

Also confirmed at 0327 midpoint until ending at 0342 UT Sun July 26 on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, via Edinburgh IN KiwiSDR, good but
with some storm noise. Next:
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
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 to SSE [jammed?]
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 Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun July 26 at 0045, WTWW-2 (not 3 as I typoed last
time) with Theatre Organ [not] in the Ozarx is underway so I switch to
$ tereo webcast where it runs until 0100 sharp, so must be on-time for
a change at 0030. BTW did you know that WTWW has FOUR transmitters?
Not really but the Listen Live dropdown shows TXs 1, 2, 3, and 4, each
with different music except PPPP on #1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Shortly after I`ve finished hearing ANTARCTICA on
HF, tho it`s still musicking, I recheck the DX Map and see the
sporadic E MUF has attained some 100+ MHz spots to the SE of here, so
now it`s worth an FM DX session; in the car in the hot but at least
not directly insolated garage; with secondary DX-398 out the window
but seldom helpful. None of the following are strong or steady enough
to energize RDS. Vertical caradio antenna only so no DFing or
manipulation. Distances are approx., city-to-Enid. July 25, by UT
time order:

1954, 93.5, unID Spanish phone-quality talk briefly over KS, fades

1955, 91.9, politico-religious talk in English holding own against
91.7 KOSU at peaks, but fading as if Es, not Kansas. Back up, virus
conspiracy nonsense, 1959 AFA promo, ad for `Mid-East Report`. AFA
means the far-Christian American Family Association, which runs the
AFR network out of Tupelo MS.

One must first suspect the closest, KBDD Winfield KS, but which is
normally inaudible here. Wikipedia shows 14 AFR stations on 91.9 but
three of them including KBDD are *former*. Besides a few translators
including one in Elk City OK, there are also 91.9s in GA, LA(2), MS,
NC, TN, TX, WV. Most likely WASW, Waycross GA, 18 kW, judging from a
following GA log. And this one does not reappear during following
hour. I went to Wiki since WTFDA Database had no hits on AFA; but yes,
if you put full name American Family Radio in Slogan field you get
more or less the same 91.9s, 12 of them. Waycross 1543 km = 959 stmi

2001, 95.3 over KOKC translator, surprised to hear something in French
as not expecting Canada; even more surprised that it`s a PSA about
*Yucatán*, and then into Spanish. Lots of Québec visitors there? The
only Yucatecan on 95.3 is:
``XHMH-FM relaying AM 970 95.3 MÉRIDA YUC MEX 25.0 kW H&V 107.0m HAAT
20-57-58 89-37-27 Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN CANDELA FM`` 1893 km = 1176
st mi

This rings some bells; my previous log in 2013y, June 24: ```0113 on
95.3, ``Candela, La Más Grande``, elexions PSA in Spanish and also in
Maya! Then ode to Yucatán sung in Spanish, axually a PSA from El
Gobierno del Estado. This is XHMH, 10 kW in Mérida, // 970, says
Cantú, and you may recall was briefly relayed several years ago on SW
6105 before that transmitter crashed, for good?```

2002, 97.5, ``ESPN Radio``, CCI, fades. WTFDA shows three translators
in CO, NC and PA, and more likely but tentatively:
``KFNC 97.5 MONT BELVIEU TX 3.0 kW H&V 172.0 m HAAT 29-46-07 95-01-05
HD IE88 ESPN - SPORTS ESPN HOUSTON 97.5`` and its booster:
``KFNC-FM1 KFNC 97.5 97.5 HOUSTON TX 2.0 kW H&V 0.0 m HAAT!29-49-06
95-01-04 SPORTS ESPN HOUSTON 97.5`` 779 km = 484 stmi to Belvieu

2004, 99.3, ads for Shaw`s in Tampa(?), and definitely for Town Fair
Tires, i.e. Toyo brand, then sports talk, or is it an axual baseball
game, before fadeout? But there are no 99.3s in Tampa proper; Shaw`s
Grocery and Town Fair Tires both operate *only* in New England. No
99.3s in CT and the other 5 states have at least one but none of much
power. N.E. is not only far out of the PTA now, but beyond normal skip
range, e.g. Boston at 1484 miles. No sports formats listed anyway,
altho Fort Myers Beach FL has WWCN, 45 kW with ESPN. Could they have
been carrying a game vs a N.E. team with local ads from there? I would
certainly rather log Block Island... 1868 km = 1161 stmi from FMB

2005, 99.3, very brief Spanish CCI to above before both be gone

2010, 93.3, Jake FM in OKC getting CCI, ads on one, music on other

2012, 96.7, nothing nearby, but CCI, one of which is C&W

2015, 93.1, Spanish music. No SS listed in FL, GA or Yucatan

2016, 95.1, dead air vs CCI; eventually hear some gospel huxter which
would be OK, so that leaves Wichita KICT; or a local neighborhood
feeder? Continues entire hour and even later. See next below for DX

2023, 95.1, plug for Panama City Beach, ``Mix 95.1``. Of the six FL on
95.1, the one just north of PCB is this:
``WBPC 95.1 EBRO FL 21.0 kW H&V 91.0 m HAAT 30-26-39 85-52-38 58D4 THE
BEACH - CLASSIC HITS BEACH 95.1, THE GULF COAST'S GREATEST HITS``
1294 km = 804 stmi

2024, 93.7. unusual CCI to KSPI Stillwater OK, must be DX: ``Y-93.7``
--- but I`m faked out by a fringe groundwaver, the only such non-ID:
``KYEZ 93.7 SALINA KS 100.0 kW H&V 155.0 m HAAT 38-57-14 97-36-29 4FE1
Y93.7 - COUNTRY Y93.7`` 273 km = 170 stmi

2028, 101.5, Spanish ID as ``Radio Salvación, 93.9``. For the record,
I know this is merely Okie, the real station repeating an -LP:
``KOCD relaying KWDW-LP 101.5 OKEENE OK 14.0 kWH only 88.0 m HAAT
36-07-11 98-15-45 Spanish 352F kocd SPANISH RELIGIOUS RADIO SALVACIÓN
LIBERTAD EN CRISTO MINISTRIES,`` 75 km = 48 stmi

2031, 94.9, unID rock in Spanish, tight squeeze vs 94.7/95.1 Okies

2032, 92.9, Valdosta GA ad, ergo:
``WAAC 92.9 VALDOSTA GA 100.0 kW H&V 153.0 m HAAT 30-48-13 83-21-20
9430 WAACFM 92.9 Country COUNTRY 92.9 ALL AMERICAN COUNTRY`` 1485 km =
922 stmi

2042, 93.5, Spanish 3:43 TC, 21 grados en ``93.5, Estéreo Sentillo``?

I am not at all sure of that word, Sentido would make some sense. I
hunt thru the 300+ WTFDA entries on 93.5, and find no slogan similar
beyond Cuba, which would be a VG catch almost 1500 miles:
``CMHC-FM 93.5 SANTA CLARA VC CUB 1.0 kWH only 35.0 m HAAT 22-24-26
79-57-50 Spanish VARIETY ESTÉREO CENTRO`` if so, 2323 km = 1444 stmi

A Google search is also unproductive, except that smarty suggests it
could be Saltillo, which had not yet occurred to me, and by golly,
there is such a station in Coahuila with that slogan:
https://www.multimedios.com/radio/programas/stereo-saltillo-935-fm
altho it does not appear in WTFDA entry; another area not expecting
skip from, and rock music fits:
``XHQC-FM 93.5 SALTILLO COAH MEX 15.0 kW H&V -36.0 m HAAT! 25-24-47
101-00-19 Spanish 1314 XHQC-FM SPANISH TEEN HITS - JUVENIL HITS FM``
1256 km = 780 stmi

2044, 94.9 squeezed, ``M-C-K 94.9`` jingle after ad, and fade out.
This must be it, another fringe-area fakeout:
``KNCK 94.9 CONCORDIA KS 100.0 kW H&V 161.0 m HAAT 39-26-19 97-42-16
HOT AC NCK 94.9`` 338 km = 210 stmi

2045, 97.3, QSI ad, Community Structures, which I take to be a
business name, but search indicates these could be scientific terms;
QSI has too many meanings:
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/QSI
including Quality Solutions Inc., Wichita KS
But then at 2046 a non ID as ``Q-97``, which fits for another non-Es:
``KKJQ 97.3 GARDEN CITY KS 100.0 kW H&V 244.0 m HAAT 37-46-48
100-27-36 2B62 KKJQ THE DAWG - COUNTRY Q 97 FM`` (again at 0030 below)
317 km = 197 stmi

2046, 97.3, vs above station, Spanish DJ fades in, ``Número Uno``,
rock, and out again. No hits as a slogan, maybe just generic claim.

2051, 96.5, Spanish ``105 FM`` JBA. Only hit of a Spanish on 96.5
relaying something 105+ is:
``K243BI KBIC 105.7 96.5 WESLACO TX 0.25 kw H&V 50.0 m HAAT 26-09-52
98-00-59 Spanish SPANISH RELIGIOUS RADIO VIDA`` If so, 1138 km = 707
stmi

2051, 95.1, soft Spanish conversation overcomes open carrier, unID

2055, 97.5, Eagle Radio, ad for Candlewood Frame Shop, weather from
KSNG Storm Track. Search on the Shop leads right to Manhattan KS. KSNG
would be the far Garden City TV satellite of KSNW Wichita, so more
likely KSNT in closer Topeka. It must be this near Manhattan:
``KJCK 97.5 JUNCTION CITY KS 100.0 kW H&V 192.0 m HAAT 39-00-53
96-52-12 2802 Top 40 CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO POWER HITS 97.5``
but the only Eagle slogan on 97.5 WTFDA hits is in Bristol VT. However
searching shows there is an Eagle connexion unknown to WTFDA:
https://eagleradio.net/services/radio/kjck
307 km = 191 stmi

So, I am inadvertently exploring fringe Kansas radio along with the
real sporadic E DX, which seems diminishing, and I`m ready to cool
off.

DX Map shows some more 100+ MHz MUF, so back to the car UT July 26:

0010, 93.3, Jake in OKC getting some CCI but never breaks thru

0012, 95.1, the dead air carrier is still on

0014, 98.3, dead air now, but back later from semi-local KQZQ Kiowa KS
just over the border - 88 km = 55 stmi

0015, 101.5, dead air here too from KOCD Okeene as heard earlier

0016, 102.3, ``Classic Communications, thanks for listening`` AF
Reserve PSA, fadeout, back wth C.C. weather, low 72, Q-102. The C-C-
name is missing from WTFDA but obviously this:
``KWDQ 102.3 WOODWARD OK 100.0 kW H&C 264.5 m HAAT 36-22-31 99-28-31
4A76 Title & Artist KWDQ PURE ROCK Q102.3 WOODWARD PURE ROCK Q102``
136 km = 85 stmi

0023, 96.5, Mix 96.5 Tulsa with CCI in Spanish; 0025 partial ID for
``---- y 96.5 FM`` maybe after an AM frequency

0030, 97.3, promo app to get KKJQ Q-97, again, see above at 2045
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0441 UT July 26

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Sat July 25 at 1636 tune-in via Brasil
SDR, another LRA36 special is already early on the air again,
asserting ``este es el ritmo de mi tierra``, but I seriously doubt it
be genuine traditional Antarctican music. Manuel Méndez, Spain was
hearing it already at 1624. Music with occasional IDs, such as 1650
plugging the regular Wednesday broadcast.

1700 officially starting the special, ID in Spanish, says English will
be included. 1703 mentions using rhombic antenna but nothing about its
heading, surely not due south. 1708 music; 1710 chat with Adrián
Korol, head of RAE in Bs. As. BUT 1715 dumps off the air. I keep
listening hopefully to the noise. 1738 back on discussing pandemia
problems; 1743 ID as special RAE produxion for LRA36, and playing old
``cortina`` = theme for DX program. 1749 I think they say this is
running only 1 kW, and e-mail address. 1750 ``llegando al final`` of
the RAE/RNASG special between Korol and Fernando Farías, host of both
the Spanish and English RAE Argentina To The World programs, and
English to follow; music. 1756 plug again `Corazón Antártico`
Wednesday show; more music past 1804 and no English yet. 1806 another
C.A. plug, more songs.

1822, English segment finally starts, by Fernando Farías intro as on
15476-USB, excited to be doing this 30-minute special on RAE sister
station LRA36; 1826 e-mail address; plus Arnaldo Slaen`s classic DX
segment, formerly done by Gabriel Iván Barrera; song about Juana Jujuy
who in the war for independence was promoted to general, which serves
as background music to the DX segment, 1834 outro as sung by the late
Mercedes Sosa. 1835 that RAE broadcasts in 8 languages, on website,
YouTube (but no mention now of WRMI); QSLRAE@gmailcom but not for
this. Rating S4-S5 on the KiwiSDR but quite readable. All the language
announcers are not in the studio, an historic building locked down,
but working from home. Email for this: tranalra36@radionacional.com.ar
--- glad he spelt trana to be sure.

Since Antarctica is free of coronavirus, School #38 for Esperanza kids
is still open, the only Argentine one. 1845 plays Waldo de los Rios
song for DXers; it was RAE ATTW opening theme for many years. 1849
program is available on Radio Nacional website. 8-language service is
only weekly due to CV and aired M-F. 1850 coming to the end of this
special. Now mentions RAE being on Miami Radio International, 5800
(but will this Antarctic show air there too?). 1852, thanks to
everybody at Esperanza Base; 1854, ``all the best, ciao``. And more
and more songs past 1942, few announcements but something unreadable
at 1908 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey July 25 from 1322; many JBA but a few
sufficiently audible: none higher than: 13530; 13020; 12870 S5-S8
choppy; 12820; 12795 best S7-S9 also choppy; 12550 S3-S5; 12500 JBAC
but with 2-way SSB QRM offset; 12190; 11460; 11440; 11150; 11120;
11100; 11070; 10960; 10920; 10870; none in the lower 9s (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, this week`s jumparound frequency, July 25 at
1342, Echo of Hope, S5-S7 in OM Amerenglish news about conflict along
the Turko-Syria border involving the PKK; alternating with YL in
Korean; presumably olds as language lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, July 24 at 2157, VOT already in programming, not just
IS & ID prélude, English about Turkey, maybe opening schedule. VP
signal seems slightly offset+plus; as always I have to cope with a
local birdie, but at least no NSS RTTY QRM today. By 2200 is off? Or
break or weakening. No, by 2207 I`m on UTwente instead with a good
signal, AM synch readout as 9830.021v, and annoying squeal in the
modulation which seems always to infect it now. This early it`s not
the news but some historical feature, 2208 outro as `This Day in
History`, and on to next unID feature. So it seems they are running
several minutes fast/early; clock-on-the-wall needs resetting? 2230
and 2251 chex, still squealing with music; I thought they might be
signing off early too, but now back in synch, 2255 YL sign off falsely
claiming this has been the 1230 broadcast on 15450, 2256 IS and one
German ID, but cut off at 2257:20* before spurious German hour can
commence today. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, awry at
Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28289.3-CW, July 25 at 1504, only beacon making it, barely,
is WJ5O/B, i.e. proprietor of the beacon reference himself:
``28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14``
DXMaps.com, run by a ham in Spain, shows some North American sporadic
E MUFs occasionally spiking above 88 MHz, typically not worth
attempting FMDXing here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2044 monitoring: confirmed first
WRMI broadcast, Friday July 24 at 2200 on WRMI, 9955, poor S6-S8 here
but no jamming; only fair at TWR Bonaire SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sat July 25 at 0130 on WRMIs trimulcast: after 0129
double ID on 7780, VP and equally VP on 5010, but VG S9+20/30 on 5850
aimed thisaway; Remotes checked circa 0135: 5010 VG at Bonaire; 7780
unusually VP at UTwente but VG at Maine.

Also confirmed Sat July 25 at 1305 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA here to
the NW like 7780 at night, but presumably much better to the NE.

Has anyone found any of our 2044 podcasts cutting off after 20
minutes? We`ve had a complaint that this one does, also confirmed by
my non-Canadian check:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861

Our podcast manager, Keith Weston has just replied:

``Glenn, Thanks for being in touch. I’ve fixed the file so that it
should play back appropriate. It may take iTunes/Apple a day or so to
become aware of the change. And, yes, it’s listed at Apple Podcast,
and it`s replicated at dozens if not thousands of services that use
Apple or Google as templates for their own feeds. It’s in the wild, as
they say. Best, - Keith Weston https://keithweston.com`` Next:

1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
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 to SSE [jammed?]
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 Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Area 51 and WBCQ 7490 webcasts, UT Sat July 25 at 0001 both
playing William Tell Overture theme to AAAWWW. Angela is tropically
dressed tonight, but they are back in Maine where air conditioning is
not really necessary, since the AC in the studio broke years ago; they
do have a fan? to cool the equipment. Angela does not like AC anyway
as unhealthy.

Allan soon answers my question about why WBCQ-6 is missing from 9330
so much: has been off 6-7 hours in the daytime while riggers and crew
have been working to replace supports for transmission lines; in
winter winds they had been too loose allowing the lines to short out.
Checking Rochester remote, 6160 & 5130 also on now but not
synchronized. 0058 recheck, in benedixion, and 7490 on to Hal Turner
precisely joined at 0100.

It seemed other frequencies were not on earlier during 23 UT hour, but
checked direct at 0101, 6160- and 7490+ about equally good levels with
HT while 5130 is in sign-off classical music I am trying to remember
what it be. However, at 0104, 5130 joins HT, also // 9455 WRMI. But
0134 recheck, 5130 is off.

9330, July 25 at 1341 is off again, but had been on at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, Sat July 25 after 1500, JBA carrier? from KVOH here;
1541 checking TWR remotes in Bonaire and noisy DR, definitely JBA
carriers, so seems that `Wavescan` at 1500 was going nowhere, even if
were modulating unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, July 26 at 0600 UT, KAAY Little Rock ID as a Cumulus
station but again no dead air, just filling with a PSA string; nulling
it hears somethings but can`t tell if XEAU, and nothing in Chinese,
but heads up on the WOR iog:

``Glenn, for your monitoring of activity on 1090: If you hear Chinese
programming, it would be coming from KULF in Bellville, Texas,
targeting the Houston market. Although a daytimer, it has been
recently noted operating at night, though I haven't checked the past
few days. Directional pattern towards the Gulf, but some RF may escape
elsewhere. The Chinese programming has been said to originate with
some CRI related entity, but I have been unable to verify this.
Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Correct date for the JBA TP MW carrier search at
1122-1130 was July 24, not 23 (gh)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12543-USB, July 25 at 1328, 2-way in Spanish, OM
mentions puta and much weaker answeress sounds feminine (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1942 UT July 25

** CANADA. 332-MCW kHz, July 24 at 0609, NDB dash and QT, 1000 watts
from Thunder Bay, Ont., overcoming nearby 400-watt IC in WIChita KS

335-MCW kHz, July 24 at 0610, ND beacon dash and YLD barely copiable
vs HSNL, i.e. 1000 watts from Chapleau, Ont., which is between Timmins
and Sault Ste Marie (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, July 24 at 1328-1339, mostly presumed
JBA carriers: 13530, 13130, 13020 best S6-S9; 14920, 14900, 14850;
11460, 11440, 11150, 11120, 11100, 11070, 10920, 10845?; 9180, 9215
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [non]. 1090, July 24 at 0601 UT, KAAY Little Rock no longer
dead air but filling the news hole with a string of PSAs for suicide,
MS, veterans, etc., etc. So our fun is over for now, but worth
periodic rechecking, also at other hourtops. Even nulled not getting
much of anything from XEAU tonight. IRCA Mexican Log editor Tim Hall
replies to my previous report:

``Reports coming out of Monterrey in recent months (on some Mexican
radio groups I belong to on Facebook) have said that XEAU has been
jumping back and forth between "FM Tu" //XHFMTU-103.7 and "Milenio
Radio"/"Milenio Noticias." There is speculation that they are just
about ready to turn off the AM. In my annual Border Inn sessions (last
October, a couple months after the deadline for the Mex Log) they were
indeed using Milenio Radio slogan. 73 Tim``

Could it be gone for good? I thought AMs were more likely to survive
in major cities where FM bands are full (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, July 24 at 0550, VON is already on S9+10/20,
prélude of drumming and singing, nice (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 379-MCW kHz, July 24 at 0612 UT, ND beacon RUE, 25 watts
from Russellville AR; not many in the adjacent-state region arriving
tonight except this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CANADA

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2044 contents: Antarctica, China,
Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Germany, Guyana, India, Korea South, México,
North America and non, Philippines, Scotland non, Turkey, USA; and the
propagation outlook

WOR 2044 is available as of 0020 UT Friday July 24
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2044.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2044.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NE, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0700 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
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
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 to SSE [jammed?]
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 Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, July 24 at 1339 & 1509, no signal from WLCR via
WBCQ-6; is the schedule deliberately less than 24/7 now, or random
breakdowns/maintenance periods? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, July 24 at 1410, KVOH is on and propagating at S9+10
but dead air except for some hum; or is there a trace of JBM? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 670, July 24 at 0619 UT check, NO IBOC noise from WSCR
Chicago infesting 657 & 683 kHz, and may this ever be so (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1680+, July 24 at 0558 UT, fast SAH as before between KRJO
Monroe LA to the SE and presumed WPRR Ada MI to the NE, no longer open
carrier but playing different musix, new format ``The Ride`` as
reported by Jack Amelar quoted in last report. Surely a call change
will be forthcoming as no longer Public Reality Radio (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, July 23 at
1122-1130: I haven`t done this since March 13 once DST was in effect,
as I dearly want to sleep past sunrise, staying awake usually until
0630 or so UT. But I happen to awaken today at 1120 so I risk making a
check. There might well have been many more instances even in deep
spring/summer had I searched. Sometimes I use the DX-398 with internal
ferrite, which allows DFing whether signals be from Asia to the NW or
Pacific WSW, but this time it`s the R75 for greater gain but E-W
longwire, so no DFing. Usually both preamps are off to minimize
overloading, but this time I need at least #1 to get enough signals to
detect, by 9-kHz step tuning USB at 1 kHz below the channels to hear
tell-tale 1 kHz hets. LSR today is 1132 UT, and if any on the low end,
have already outfaded. The rest are just this side of
imagination-level, and are typical from Pacific rather than Asia,
altho some could be either:

738, 774, 828, 837, 855, 882, 936(2 beating), 1017, 1098, 1152, 1161,
1314, 1566? 936 pair are intriguing: no higher powers than two 10 kW
eastern Aussies, and a 1 kW NZer. East Asia has 200 kW from China, 50
from Thailand.

I don`t get back to sleep by 1200, but keep trying and maybe get a few
winx past 1300. It shall be another 5 weeks before our SR laten to
1200 when some NHK timepips might audiblize like in March, but that
will still be 7 am CDT while I want to keep sleeping (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1635 UT July 24

** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, July 23 at 0633 UT, ND beacon dash and WG,
which is 1000 watts from Winnipeg. Good to hear a Canadian again on
LW; some storm noise but lower than usual as nothing lightning much in
the Great Center of America, just scattered spots further to the west
and east. Also logged several from USA; Q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, July 23 at 1354-1400, some audibly
Chinese, some JBA carriers: 13530, 13160, 13150, 12880, 12500, 12190,
11170, 11150, 11120, 11100, 10960, 10920, 10820 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 6082-6118, July 23 at 0619, range of splatter out of S9+40
suptorted 6100 RHC English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9580, July 24 at 0146, CRI English relay is S9+20 but
suptorted. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1090, July 23 at 0600 UT, once again KAAY Little
Rock AR drops to dead air, so I amplify the opportunity and also null
it for what else may right-angly audiblize: Spanish, timecheck for 1
AM, brief announcement mentions milenio.com but I don`t hear a
specific ID. The IRCA Mexican Log has lots of details about each
station but does not mention milenio in connexion with this or any
1090 station. In fact ``milenio`` does not appear once in the huge
file, so such info is beyond its scope.

Wikipedia however soon confirms this: ``XEAU-AM is a radio station on
1090 AM in Monterrey, Nuevo León. It is owned by Multimedios Radio and
carries Milenio Radio along with sister station XHFMTU-FM 103.7
HD3.``

ToH is not for news on either station; XEAU plays music, first a
familiar instrumental non-Mexican song, and then 0603 one in English
before KAAY remodulate at 0605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2044)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, July 24 at 0126, rock music S5-S7 vs HSNL;
0129 ``You are listening to Black Star Radio`` by synth? bass voice.
0153 interrupted by buzz for a few sex, probably my streetlight
igniting circa sunset, but not in a position to view it. Keeps going
with dense rock and occasional unreadable announcements, nor are the
song lyrix, past 0219+ but off at next check 0237. Several logs here
agree it was Blackstar Radio,
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,69772.0.html
between 0042 and 0138 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 13795.049, July 23 at 1438, VP talk, on
such an offset must be USAGM here: yes, RFA Cantonese via TINIAN, this
hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW, July 23 at 0632 & 1349 UT, NO signal from local
Woodring Airport, Enid NDB, EI. Easy go, easy come?

515-MCW, July 23 at 0640 UT, however, PN in Ponca City is back after
missing a few days (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. ND beacons audible now that storm noise level has
diminished, July 23 at 0633-0640 UT:

251-MCW, AM, 100 watts from Amarillo TX
326-MCW, MA, 400 watts from Midland TX
332-MCW, IC, 400 watts from Wichita KS --- QRM from a weaker, CZX?
Nothing similar listed fits at dxinfocentre.com --- but there it is at
classaxe.com which digs deeper:
CZX Crosbyton TX, power unknown. Where`s that? Just east of Lubbock
and south of Floydada
341-MCW, OIN, 25 watts from Oberlin KS, in absence of Enid`s EI; but
even when EI is on, OIN can be audible too
353-MCW, LI, 400 watts from Little Rock AR; vs 350 RG in OKC, when
tuned first to 351-USB.

Another check 1349-1353 after sunrise but maybe some skywave remain:
293-MCW, FBY, 25 watts from Fairbury NE
404-MCW, HU, 25 watts from Hutchinson KS; tuned to 402-USB
See also CANADA; OKLAHOMA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2043 monitoring --- this from Harold Frodge:
``7490.02 WBCQ Monticello ME; 2112-2131+, 7/22; Glenn Hauser’s World
of Radio #2043; item from me at 2123:50 but couldn’t copy; mentioned
1680 WPRR Ada MI off the air; WOR to 2129:25 WBCQ ID into Goddess
Irina promo. SIO=453+ at tune-in with muted audio till about 2118 when
got downright distorted; 2126:13 suddenly much better but still with
muted audio (patch cord got wiggled?) Harold Frodge, Midland MI, USA,
Drake R8B + 185' RW, ---- All logged by my ears, on my receiver, in
real time. ----``

Also confirmed UT Thu July 23 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG at UTwente.

WORLD OF RADIO 2044 contents: Antarctica, China, Colombia, Cuba,
Ethiopia, Germany, Guyana, India, Korea South, México, North America
and non, Philippines, Scotland non, Turkey, USA; and the propagation
outlook

WOR 2044 is available as of 0020 UT Friday July 24
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2044.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2044.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NE, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0700 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
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
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 to SSE [jammed?]
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 Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9315-9345, July 24 at 0145, WLCR in English via WBCQ-6 is
certainly on 9330 at S9+40/50 such that it`s splattering out over 30
kHz range. Maybe a touch too much modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, July 24 at 0142, WRNO is still AWOL; does anyone care?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1680, another late night I was not hearing the open carrier
from presumed WPRR, but meanwhile this reply about it from Jack
Amelar, July 24:

``WPRR 1680 Ada, MI --- Glenn, I am copying you what I am sending to
the MARE (Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts) tip sheet about WPRR 1680
Ada/Grand Rapids MI. I hope you find it at least somewhat informative,
and as always, you may reprint any or all if you wish.
73 Jack NY8D

So here’s what I have observed in the past week with 1680 WPRR Ada /
Grand Rapids.

1680 WPRR Ada, MI, 0015 July 18, 555 AM EE --- Back on with dead
carrier to 0026 when R&B music pops in, ID “The Ride” then dead
carrier again at 0037 to 0145 when I quit for the night. Next morning
check at 1340 still dead carrier and again 0505 July 19, 1700 July 20
+ subsequent checks.

0333 July 22, back on with R&B music, 0336 YL voice “WPRR Grand
Rapids”. 0347 ID YL voice “102.5 The Ride”. 102.5 is LPFM W273DD
located in Alpine Twp just NW of Grand Rapids. 1348 YL ID “WPRR 102.5
FM The Ride Ada-Grand Rapids”

July 23 1308, on air, 2239 off air, 2347 WTTM Philadlphia fading in.
Found the a website about the new WPRR-AM [1]
“Welcome to 102.5 The Ride, Find all the information of this radio
station here very soon!”

And their Facebook page, [2] "102.5 The Ride R&B Station. Grand Rapids
M.I. We are back! Steve Harvey, DJ Z Tyrone and Portia Bynum and The
Legendary Commissioner Robert S, Womack! Black Radio at it's finest.
Black Media Matters.”

Radioinsight [3] reports, “95.3 LPFM W237CZ Grand Rapids sold to Grand
Valley State University now relays 88.5 WGVU-FM Allendale. 90.1
WPRR-FM Clyde Twp (NW of Allegan and FWIW very close to the now remote
controlled FCC Allegan monitoring station-JA) continues Public Reality
Radio.”

For WPRR-FM it appears the website [4] remains but needs updating.

As far as the Movie Theater side of Goodrich Theaters and
Broadcasting, according to Wikipedia [5], “In July 2020, Mason Asset
Management, Namdar Realty, and VIP Cinemas purchased Goodrich Quality
Theaters under the name Goodrich Theater Newco”

[1] https://www.radioking.com/radio/102-5-the-ride
[2] https://www.facebook.com/1025-The-Ride-RB-Station-109255857531096
[3]
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/192611/102-5-the-ride-returns-adult-rb-to-grand-rapids/
[4] http://www.publicrealityradio.org/
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodrich_Quality_Theaters

As to who owns or will own WPRR is unclear to me.`` (Jack Amelar,
Lowell MI via Glenn Hauser, WOR [but too late to include on WOR
2044])

UNIDENTIFIED. 15867-USB, July 23 at 1434, 2-way in Amerenglish, maybe
military; nothing further but merits further surveillance. Search of
UDXF iog hits USCG/DHS net recently logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0432 UT July 24