** ANTARCTICA [non]. Annual BBCWS Midwinter special for British
Antarctic Survey: no signals on all three frequencies direct at 2125
June 21: they should have run tuning signals for 5 minutes so
recipients could settle on best frequency. So I go to an Argentine SDR
which unwittingly provides sufficient reception. By 2129 there are
tones on Woofferton 11685 at S9/+15 and 9585 at S9/+10, but no 9870
Ascension. WOF is slightly late JIP the programmme upcut at 2130! But
now 9870 is on with a slightly better signal at S9+10/20 so I stick
with it. Chinese ACI from 9875 must be avoided. Begins talking about
observing penguins. 2135 about South Georgia. 2140 greeting from
Director of BAS, Prof. Jean Francis (sp?). 2142 calling Rothera base.
2151 menu of a previous celebration. At 2153 I make a quick recheck
direct: nothing better than JBA carrier on all three. Outro, hostess
Cerys Matthews is pronounced Care-iss, with a hard C. Bits of music
thruout, never a full piece, and closing with a snippet of `White
Xmas`. Of course most of the programmme was greetings and love-yous
from family members, including at least one from Australia (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, I`ve realized that in DX bandscans the last
several weeks, I have not run across any signal at all in Spanish from
KOCD Okeene, R. Salvación which is/was a 14 kW relay of KWDW-LP, 100
watts horizontal only in OKC, shown with a different name, R. Bautista
Calvario. However KOCD is also horizontal only and my caradio has
vertical antenna only. But I used to hear it fringily, so suspect it`s
really silent. Only 50 km/31 miles (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri June 21 at 2202, token English from SNR, S9+10/30
into Maryland SDR, news; 2205 the Iberian lynx is no longer
endangered, just vulnerable. 2207 interview about the Teatro Real
developing ``American Fellows`` in the US. Has website with lots of
operas, ballets, flamenco, etc., also from other opera houses. Maybe
mentioned URL once in passing, uncopied. 2214 interview about how
computer animation works, an exhibition ``The Science of Pixar`` in
connexion with a new movie release; and I retune to TURKEY, q.v.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Fri June 21 at 2200, VOT English not off the
air, s/on of the 1230 on 17620, S9+30/45 into UTwente; after listening
to part of SPAIN, I pick it up at 2221: `Weekly Analysis` about
relations with China, Turkey`s influence in central Asia but trade
balance still favors China. Somebody visited Xinjiang. 2229 outro and
into `Turkish Folk Tales`. 2237 music. 2242 `That`s Why` about
electromagnetism in the human body. 2248 music. 2253 Ms Badax s/off as
if 1230 on 17620, 2254 IS for a sesquitime, quickly chopped off, no
finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 28204.8 CW, June 21 at 1500, OBOB is EEEEEEEEEE DE KE4TWI/B
and grid square not copied. Very localized sporadic E, as in WGB list:
``28204.8 KE4TWI/B - Adolphus area KY USA EM66°° - #0 (25 Apr 2024)
Note: ID + grid - Ant vertical dipole 12w`` and QRZ.com: ``KE4TWI USA
flag USA, James W Tewmey, 402 Karlee Court, Lebanon, TN 37087, USA.
KE4TWI/B 28.2048 MHz is on the air again. For now, it's at my home QTH
until I move it back to Adolphus, KY. Unless I am in the shack or
there is lightning, it's usually on`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5920/5950, June 21 at 0645, horrible spur field out of PMS
on WWCR 5935 which is S9+50 direct; various tones ever-changing; also
noise field detectable out further to roughly 5910/5960. Something`s
noxious at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2248 monitoring: confirmed Friday June 21 at
2054 the 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.994 kHz, S7 peak with
complete fadeouts into UTwente across Europe, and storm noise.

Also confirmed the 2030 on WRMI webcast only, which I had removed from
sked when it failed to appear a few weeks ago.

But I missed checking the Fri June 21 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; anyone
hear it? Likewise at 2230 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975. Next:

0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085;
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475;
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
0930 UT Sunday IRRS 9510
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks for a
generous check on a US bank for Summer Solstice from Gerald T.
Pollard,
Raleigh NC, to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
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** U S A. 7489.930, June 21 at 2201 quick check into Maryland SDR,
this WBCQ provides S9+5 of dead air.

At 2348 pre-`AAAWWW` check into NH SDR: 5130 is ON, -21 Hz and must be
a different transmitter than before: 5129.979 at S9+15 and playing FKB
preacher, instead of A*ATT! // 3265.128 at S7/9+5; 7489.931 at
S9+10/20. 2359 Allan comes on with ID and WTO theme 0000 June 22.
Complains he has blisters on blisters. 0003 brings in Angela on phone.
3 weeks ago his shoulder started hurting, arthritis. Has been working
on power transformers this week; even in record heat of 96 F three
days ago. Also working on 5130 Number 2 transmitter a lot. A 50 kW
Collins made in 1953. Boosting power and modulation. Everything there
is single-phase except the SuperStation. Denounces electric companies
as Ponzi schemes. 0033 pause to say trimulcasting again but no
datestamp; obviously this one is current and live. Wants to bring R.
Angela service back on 5130 with good programming, but electric is
outrageously expensive now; generally charges $ 50/hour, trying to hold
to that. Household AC of 120V is most dangerous because it locks you
up, paralyzing, unlike DC. 0056 apologizes for dominating the
conversation about transmitter crap. 0058 a bit of email, Jerry from
Nyack. Amazingly, hardly anything political, no mention of *rump or
whether he will be back on 5130. 0059 prayer. As usual runs past 0100,
JIP Hal Turner almost a minute late, and 3265, 5130 are still on.
Under him I can JB still hear Allan talking to Angela on phone before
they hang up by 0103, then some musical crosstalk on 5130 at least.
Not rechecked until 0209 when 3265+ & 5130- are both off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. DXMAP shows FM DX sporadic-E nexus over eastern Arkansas, a
bit too close to be effective here, but check it out in the car
anyway, June 21 at 1716 UT. Isolated signal on 94.5 fading way in and
completely out several times, ad for romanocars.com in Syracuse, and
also Fayetteville, various brands: unseems two different stations, so
is there a Syracuse in NC, likely direxion beyond AR? NO, but
Fayetteville is a suburb of Syracuse NY! 1724 another ad mentioning
Syracuse. So it is per WTFDA FMDB:
WYYY 94.5 SYRACUSE NY 100.0 kW 198.0m 42-56-46 76-07-07 Y94 The 80s To
Now Adult Hits ADULT CONTEMPORARY

I see that I have also logged WYYY the past two summers. Total
bandscanning bottom to top does not find any other likely Esignals. I
take a break and resume at 1800, after DXMAP as of the hour until 1748
had the major nexus over central Illinois, which is just about right
for midway to Syracuse. 1993 km/1239 miles

93.9 at 1800, Meximx briefly CCI to Watonga which is still modulating.
Surely not KWDW-LP, cf OKLAHOMA.

95.3 at 1801, CCI to KOKC translator says ``Saratoga County, New
York`` - unless it was mentioned on KOKC net news itself. Not enough
to go on, but I investigate: there is only one station more than 1 kW
in this part of NY besides LI, on opposite side of Adirondax from
Saratoga County, and not too far from Syracuse in another direxion:
WLFK 95.3 GOUVERNEUR NY 6.0 kW 100.0m 44-20-22 75-24-00 COUNTRY THE
WOLF 95.3
2085 km/1296 miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0229 UT June 22

** CUBA. 15140, June 20 at 1906, RHC is on, had been missing from here
for several days, S7/S8 and hard to understand. At first sounds like
Spanish intonation instead of English but maybe just heavy accent as
next speaker recognizably English. Modulation is also breaking up.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2247 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday June 20 at 0137 the 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+15 into Bonaire
SDR; and still canceled on 9395, JBA there.

Missed checking Thu Jun 20 at 1630 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160;
anyone hear it?

WORLD OF RADIO 2248 contents: Afghanistan and non, Antarctica and non,
Asia non, (Bolivia), Canada and non, Chile, China, Cuba and non, DRM,
(Ethiopia), (France), (Germany), (Greenland), Indonesia, (Japan),
Kaliningrad, Korea North & South and non, Kurdistan and non, Mongolia,
New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, (Oman), Sweden, (Taiwan),
Turkey, (UK non), USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vietnam A24; DX
Nostalgia; Lego Retro radio; propagation outlook - (Countries
mentioned along with others not in order)

WOR 2248 available from 0045 UT Friday June 21:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2248.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2248.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085;
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475;
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
0930 UT Sunday IRRS 9510
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks for a
generous check on a US band for Summer Solstice from Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, to: Glenn Hauser, P O 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. 9395 // 9455, June 20 at 0632, WRMIs parallel this hour
during Supreme Master TV environmental cult, introducing ``worldwide
weather`` --- and then nothing but music! Obviously video grafix only.
Not such a bright idea to put TV soundtrack on radio without adapting!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2248)

** U S A. 15770, Thu June 20 at 2149, WRMI presumably `On the Media`
as now sked, quick check during WOR produxion pause to run the studio
AC, discussing Les Moonves, ex-CEO of CBS, who has been in trouble
again. Would OTM end at 2154 as its podcasts are typically 54 minutes
long, allowing for news on the hour? No, still going at 2155 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130+, June 20 at 0628, A*ATT of WBCQ is still off again,
tsk4, not even a JBA carrier direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2248)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, June 20 at 1859 UT, ``Your home for Wichita`s
classic hits, 104.1 and 1130 AM, KLEY``, and music. So the silly
sportstalk I heard about golf was aberrant, whew. It now has a street
address in Wichita, but site at Wellington barely exceeds Wichita at
`local` level, and you should see the tiny nighttime coverage if were
really one watt; at radio-locator.com which also slogans it ``Music
You Love`` as also on own website, ``From the 70`s 80`s & 90`s``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, June 20 at 0626, RV remains on air with music S8/S9
direct. I can always tell whether it`s off, but never good enough for
comprehensible listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2248)

This report dispatched at 0104 UT June 21

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73, Glenn Hauser

** CUBA. 5025, June 19 at 0637, S9+35/45 of dead air from R. Rebelde.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. The other side:

``The Other Face of Hunger in Cuba --- 'Hunger has two faces, but it
shows one and hides the other. Cubans today are racked by both at the
same time, subjugated by a government that deliberately starves its
own people.'
Roberto Álvarez Quiñones, Miami 18 Jun 2024 - 16:50 CEST

Yes, Castroism causes hunger with premeditation and perfidy, because
this scourge is not due to a war, or a natural catastrophe, but rather
to fact that a well-fed Raúl Castro and his rotund accomplices refuse
to liberate agriculture and restore the elemental freedoms to which
all the peoples of the world are entitled, for fear of losing the
power and dolce vita that they and their families enjoy...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1718722206_55492.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Re 92.7, OKC traffic report not // 92.5 KOMA: KOMA does
have a translator on 92.9 to analogize its HD2 called The Edge, per
WTFDA: ``K225BN relays:KOMA-HD2 92.9 OKLAHOMA CITY OK USA 0.2 0.2
267.7 267.7 35-32-51 97-29-30 188C ROCK 92.9 THE EDGE 139270`` --
could the 92.9 have been off-frequency? Not necessarily right on 92.7.
Or is there any way an HD2 of 92.5 might be audible somehow on an old
non-HD analog caradio tuned to the side? And whatever became of
subcarriers? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.7 & 107.1, June 19 at 0139, 0346, 0430, 0519, 0627 UT
chex, Enid stations still dead air but showing static RDS of __KXLS__
and __KNID__; finally resumed modulating by 1452 check. I suspect long
delays in fixing such easy? problems are caused by no CE of their own,
rather having to call upon contract engineer from some other city;
evenmoreso the 93.9 KIMY case, with no local origination, merely a
satellite which cannot even be monitored OTA at HQ (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed June 19 at 2201, token English from SNR, now
again with cohostesses Amy Egan and Marilyn Quintana, S9+20/30 direct
and the other three detectable. It`s the tenth anniversary of
coronation of King Felipe after his disgraced father abdicated;
something about calls for dissolving the Balearic government; air
pollution is the second largest cause of death worldwide. 2209 feature
interview about babies stolen during the Franco regime (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 19 at 2200, VOT English not off the air,
s/on pretending to be 1230 on 17620, S8/S9 direct but insufficient vs
S5/S7 noise level. 2232 tune-in via UTwente when measured, S9+40/50 VG
during song; 2234 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2236 song; 2240
`The Middle East and Turkey`, written by some non-Turkish-named expert
on how ME is the world`s center of energy produxion; really?! 2246
song. 2249 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, song which is chopped off
the air at 2252.8* before any s/off announcement or IS. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2247 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday June 19 at 1954 the 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, into
UTwente: S9+15 on 6160.001, S9+10/15 on 3975.004.

Also confirmed Wednesday June 19 on WBCQ 7490 -76 Hz = 7489.924, S7/S9
into Maryland SDR, but NO signal when checked first direct, far too
low frequency in summer daytime over further path. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. By MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.

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** U S A. 5130+, June 19 at 0638, A*ATT from WBCQ is OFF again, tsk2.
Also absent into PEI SDR, June 19 at 1608, tsk3. Also no signal at
1623 into NH SDR, tsk4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15150, June 19 at 0645, WMLK is back on and even modulating,
but JBA S7/S8 direct. Huge variations in strength depending on
nighttime MUF fluxuations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, June 19 at 2041 UT, KLEY Wellington KS instead of
rock music, silly ballgame sportstalk, about golf, and it`s not net
but local, mentioning KLEY in passing. Format change or aberration?
Has managed to remain on air whenever checked since last outage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0050 UT June 20

** KOREA NORTH. 15180, June 18 at 0651, classical piano music with
orchestra, S9, brief announcement in unknown language, 0655 to open
carrier. Aoki shows VOK in French until 0657 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770, June 18 at 0654, Spanish about Eslovaquia on
WRMI, S7/S9, RSI sked daily at 0630; the 0030 on 5010 would be more
convenient (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, June 18 at *2200 + a few sex, JBA carrier direct
from VOT comes on. But tuning UTwente at 2223, NO signal. Recheck 2256
when measured, now it`s on with IS, IDs in German, S9+35/45, 2300
timesignal 2 sex late, and opening extraneous German. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler. 2305.5* chopoff, no finesse (June 17 amid
FM DX opening, I missed checking this, nor Spain) (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2247 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday June 18 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+15 into Louisiana SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday June 18 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, S9 direct, no
jamming audible. Next:

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

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. By MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.

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woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5850, June 18 at 0702, WRMI-12 is unusually absent instead
of TOMBS, no loss. But would be a loss if still off instead of System
D at 08-09 & 12-13 UT, System F at 10-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15150, June 18 at 0650, NO signal from WMLK; but plenty of
others on band. Must have decided to turn it off instead of dead air
as noted 26 hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re no 15610 or 12050: ``Glenn, Apologies for not providing a
timely reply. WEWN has maintenance concerns and we hope to perform the
necessary corrections and be back on as soon as possible. Thanks for
the inquiry. Hope you are doing well. Glen`` Tapley -- a single N in
his name, June 18 (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. With 100 MHz MUF spike NW of here, another try for Es FM DX,
June 18 from 2235 UT on caradio: no Es but some area obs as far as
Nebraska:

93.5 at 2235, ``weather for Red Dirt (nation?), on My Country 93.5:
KKDT Burdett KS 95/95 kW, normal fringer; 2239 tone and NWS warning,
f/out. I thought Red Dirt was more of an Okie thing.

93.9 at 2237, KIMY Watonga OK has *finally* resumed modulating after
5+ days of dead air. Plugs Xmas music all during July on one of The
Gospel Station streams.

95.7 at 2238 and still past 2322, dead air in $ tereo from KXLS Lahoma
OK, and of course also on co-located sibstation 107.1 KNID North Enid.
We have only two commercial radio clusters here and this one keeps
failing.

93.1 at 2242, ``93.1 The River, Nebraska`s country station`` surpasses
usual Kansan in the way. Probably to do with storm front across
central KS and NE. This is: KRVN-FM Lexington, 100/100 kW, related to
the 880 AM station. 514 km/319 stmi

101.3 at 2245, ``Oklahoma`s best country, K-Law 101`` vs heavy CCI
from Wichita. 100/100 kW, KLAW Lawton.

92.7 at 2248, OKC traffic report in sideband of but not // 92.5 KOMA.
Oops, no such translator listed. Is it really bleeding out of the 92.5
signal? Very distorted (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2326 UT June 18