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DX Listening Digest 19-34; Worlds of Radios 1996, 1997

Sunday, September 01 2019

DX Listening Digest 19-34 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1934.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
Alternatively, latest DXLD 19-34 is also here until next issue:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt

CONTENTS:
WOR 1996 / ABKHAZIA / ALASKA +non / ALGERIA non / ANDORRA non / ANGOLA / ANGUILLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA non / ASCENSION +non / AUSTRALIA 4KZ / AUSTRIA / BANGLADESH +non / BOTSWANA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA / CHINA +non / CONGO / CONGO DR / CUBA / CZECHOSLOVAKIA / DENMARK / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / EUROPE Pirates / FAROE ISLANDS / FRANCE / GERMANY / GREECE / GREENLAND/ICELAND / HUNGARY / INDIA / INDONESIA / IRELAND / JAPAN non / KASHMIR +non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / KYRGYZSTAN / MEXICO / MYANMAR +non / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA YHWH / OKLAHOMA +non KUCO/WCPE / OKLAHOMA KTPX/KQCW / PHILIPPINES +non / POLAND / ROMANIA / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SCOTLAND non / SIKKIM / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SPAIN / SUDAN / SUDAN SOUTH non / SWEDEN / TAIWAN +non / TURKEY / UGANDA / UKRAINE / UK non BBCWS / USA IC / USA A/Windy / USA WWV / USA NY Radio / USA VOA / USA +non WOR/WRMI/WBCQ/WA0RCR/HLR/Unique/IRRS / USA +non WBCQ+ / USA +non WRMI/WQNA/WTND / USA WTWW / USA WJHR / USA WWCR / USA WPFK505 / USA KUOM / USA KHJ / USA WWJ / USA KSL / USA WGUE / USA WJNL / USA KBSZ/KIKO / USA KQSC/KRCN / USA KGOW / USA KHGG / USA WTNI/KRJO / USA KCUR/KWJC / USA WAFS/WWDJ/KTNO/KDMT/KTEK/KRDY/WSDZ/KXFN/WHKZ+ / VATICAN / VIETNAM non / VIRGIN ISLANDS US +non / ZAMBIA / UNIDENTIFIED 1161/774 / UNIDENTIFIED TA carriers / UNIDENTIFIED 1560 / UNIDENTIFIED 1740 / UNIDENTIFIED 6316 / UNIDENTIFIED 10002 / UNIDENTIFIED 11802 / UNIDENTIFIED 11820 / UNIDENTIFIED 13615 / UNIDENTIFIED 15016 / UNIDENTIFIED 17535 / UNIDENTIFIED 8/14/20/22/28/31 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA / DX-PEDITIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

[Sorry for the necessary delay as DXLD 19-35 is still under preparation; ASAP!]

For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WORLD OF RADIO 1996 contents: Armenia, Ascension, Australia,
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland,
India, Kashmir non, Korea North, Korea South, México, Myanmar and non,
North America, Oman, Solomon Islands, Taiwan and non, Ukraine, UAE,
USA, Uzbekistan, Zambia; and the propagation outlook

WORLD OF RADIO 1997 Contents: Antarctica, Australia and non,
Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, China, Cuba, France/Germany, Indonesia,
International Waters, Ireland, Japan/Korea North non, México,
Mongolia, Netherlands non, Nigeria, North America, Norway, Oklahoma,
Papua New Guinea, Romania, Sudan, Turkey, USA, Vietnam non; and the
propagation outlook. Ready by 0305 UT Aug 30 for first airings:

WOR 1997 started Friday August 30:

[Unique Radio, NSW resumes September 2]

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [confirmed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE [confirmed]
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to SSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND [2 episodes]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.mp3

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS:

Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor

Tnx to Keith Weston:
https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/

http://feeds.feedburner.com/GlennHausersWorldOfRadio
tunein:
http://bit.ly/tuneinwor
itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861
Google Play Music:
http://bit.ly/worldofradio2

For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html

DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
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DX Listening Digest 19-34; Worlds of Radios 1996, 1997

Sunday, September 01 2019

[Sorry for the necessary delay as DXLD 19-35 is still under preparation; ASAP!]

For restrixions and searchable 2019 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]

NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn

WOR 1997 started Friday August 30:

[Unique Radio, NSW resumes September 2]

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

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1997.mp3

(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1996.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS:

Tnx to Dr Harald Gabler and the Rhein-Main Radio Club.
http://www.rmrc.de/index.php/rmrc-audio-plattform/podcast/glenn-hauser-wor

Tnx to Keith Weston:
https://blog.keithweston.com/2018/11/22/world-of-radio-podcast/

For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html

Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser

Glenn Hauser logs August 30-31, 2019

Sunday, September 01 2019

** CUBA. 9778-9779, Aug 31 at 0348, CRI Plus English relay on 9790-AM
at S9+40/50! Also has FMish spur around this area, and somewhat
readable if tuned in FM mode. Much weaker one on hi side around 9801;
another blob circa 9668 may have been something else. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640.04, Aug 31 at 1345, RHC 9640.0 with hum & crackle, and
additional carrier +40 Hz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7470, Aug 31 at 0354, Station YHWH presumed is JBA
in HNL with Noise Reduxion switched on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, Aug 30 at 2132 UT; Aug 31 at 1835 UT, KMFS Guthrie,
Jimmy Swaggart`s sobbery radio station, continues open carrier/dead
air, reconfirmed by DF from Guthrie direxion. I wonder if they know,
even care about this, back in Bâton Rouge (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17 DTV, Aug 31 at 2305 UT, K17JN-D Enid, 3ABN
satellator, no change, still multiple channels all broken up as it
tries to cram entire satellite transponder feed thru broadcast TV
transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Friday August 30 at 2203, REE Justin Coe playing some
Joan Baez and talking about her; why? her last concert in July before
retiring was in Madrid. Usual VG signal at this hour but affected by
local hi line noise level which now is extending up to 12 MHz, altho
diminished (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday August 30 at 2200, on WRMI 9955, S9-S4 and not upcut
unlike the airings at 2100.

Also confirmed UT Saturday August 31 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10/20
including high line noise level which built up again quickly after our
heavy rainfall temporarily quelled it Friday morning.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 31 at 1448 the 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio,
9485-CUSB, not on the UTwente SDR, but barely audible on the OH5AE SDR
vs huge splash from 9490 Romania.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 31 at 2100 on WRMI 9955 after IS & ID loop.
That stopped by 2100:00, but WOR JIP a sesquisecond later at 2100:01.5
when I am already at ``--- 1997``, as the first eight words already
started playing out several seconds earlier before the unsynchronized
transmitter picked up the feed. I wonder if this happpen to other 2100
programs? Next:

0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Earlier WRMI was bracing to close down all transmitters if winds were
high enough to cause antenna arcing; this now seems less likely, but
Okee might still be on the edge of the projected path of Hurricane
Dorian. They hoped to keep the `test` frequency of 5800 on the air
without explaining how.

No further FB notices by end of August, but here is one reply earlier:
``Jorge Garzón Gutiérrez --- ¿Precisan monitorizar la fx de 5800 para
comunicar si hay algún fallo o comprobar la calidad? Lo podemos
comunicar desde el norte de España. Mucha precaución y coraje!!!``

Also for the record, a phone number change: ``August 29 at 2:51 PM ·
WRMI Audio by Phone --- The telephone number to hear our live stream
on 9955 kHz has recently changed. The new number is +1-641-741-1762.
We will try to update on online and on-air announcements as soon as
possible`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Aug 31 from 0000, AAAWWW on WBCQ, this time
more talk about radio and tech than politix, so listen some more. At
0023 he says that the Super-Station will be testing ``this`` week on
three new frequencies, 12120, 15705 and 17735 at various times,
probably staring at 50 kW level, then 100, 150, 200, 250, 500, 600.

(This corresponds to the latest HFCC registration as 500 kW, Arabic
only, 60 degrees only --- so who needs a rotatable antenna? from 0900
on 15705, 1200 on 17735, and 2000-0857 on 12120 --- oblivious of the
continuous RTTY on 12120 who won`t be too happy about being blasted by
500 kW of broadcast RF. Per UDXF Logs it`s the US Navy`s ubiquitous
NAU in Isabela, Puerto Rico).

So WBCQ must have got the needed documentation on how to tune up on
other frequencies than 9330. But are there any ex-Ampegon engineers
back at WBCQ by now?

9330, BTW is on the air now and close to 9330.0, but NOT the SS. At
0055 I check all five frequencies despite the HLNL: 9330.0 S9 and
almost as good as 7490.1 at S9+10; 6160.1 at S9+10; 5130.37 at S9+20,
but 7, 6 and 5 readings include the HLNL. 3264.9 is as always JBA.

As usual he gets to E-mail near the end of the hour, says there isn`t
much this week; but somehow keeps going way over until 0118, cut to
``He Is Coming Again`` hymn, except on 5 MHz which has changed to
unreadable talk something. Here`s John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started a few seconds early on 7490. Allan and Angela
in the studio this evening. Opening comments about Florida and the
hurricane. First phone call at 0012 from Freddie. Superstation is down
for now because of antenna work so the 9330 broadcast this evening is
from a classic transmitter. It was also announced that the 6160
transmitter had been retubed at a cost of thousands of dollars.
Special fall rates for 6160 of thirty-five dollars per hour. Allan
said time on the transmitter is open except for AAWWW slot. He also
announced that the 6160 transmitter was running compatible side
band.

It was also mentioned that soon there would be open time on 3265 for
sale. In response to Freddie he said that the plenum had not been
replaced as of yet so 3265 was still running on backup transmitter.
Then Allan said to watch his twitter feed next week as testing would
resume on the superstation. They would be trying 12120, 15705 and
17735.

Next phone call at 0027 with caller singing the praises of a
discontinued Grundig receiver. Angela then had a question about an
article she'd read about 5G dumbphones and increased radiation and
health risks. Allan went into a long discussion about the different
types of radiation, effects of microwaves, amount of radiation from
dumbphones from 1G to 5G. Phone call from Ramsey at 0041 continues
discussion of harm of RFI, EMI etc. Phone call at 0049 on the other
phone while Ramsey was still on the air. Finished the call with Ramsey
and then Pirate Joe gave a signal report and then continued the
discussion of radiation from devices.

Reading of emails at 0059 and closing prayer at 0109. Program was off
the air at 0118 and 7490 went into what was assumed to be Brother
Stair. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, Aug 31 at 0403 UT, dead air loops E/W, no doubt KAAY
Little Rock tho some understation talk is JBA. By 0405 KAAY revives
with country hymn (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9369.0-USB, Aug 31 at 1343, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0022 UT September 1

Glenn Hauser logs August 28-29-30, 2019

Friday, August 30 2019

** BRAZIL. 4885+, Aug 28 at 0617, JBA carrier just enough to tell it`s
slightly offset+plus, but is it R. Clube do Pará or the usual
understation, Rdif. Acreana, Rio Branco. Can anyone confirm which or
both still active? Someone was wondering if these stations had burned
up, but I would not expect that in the cities rather than the jungle.
I was lucky to detect this much before 2.6 inches of rain abated my
line noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 29 at 1356:
10160, Chinese, VP
11100, Chinese, VP
11460, Chinese, then music, S4-S7
Three more WOOB JBA carriers on 12350, 13150 an 13320 compute to be
1390 KCRC mixtures with RHC or RM on 13740, 11760, 11930 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 7600, Aug 30 at 1321, CNR1 jammer, S5-S7 vs intermittent
RTTY 7597, // 9680 but no highers found.

At least I can DX the 7 MHz band, as we got 2.6 inches of rain! since
0730 UT which washed out the high line noise, probably temporarily;
and now I can hear the weaker lightning crashes. Aoki/NDXC shows 7600
is a Sound of Hope frequency available 23 hours a day, so so is the
jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Aug 28 at 0607 check, NO signal from VON. How can a
major (well at least high-power) world broadcaster be so unreliable?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, Aug 30 at 1652 UT and still past 1730, DEAD AIR
form KMFS Guthrie, a tremendous improvement over the usual gospel
huxtering: no one at station may care, or cannot even stand it either
enough to monitor when it break down (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Correxion: The TBN ``14`` call on RF 15 is KTBO, not
KOPX, which is the Ion station. Fixed:

I had not checked OKC DTV stations during the storm, but bandscan Aug
27 at 1817 and 1930 UT finds RF 15 and 16 missing! I.e. TBN 14 and
Daystar 46, nothing but gospel huxters. Both KTBO and KOCM-DT are back
at next check 0450 UT Aug 28, but KOCM signal is Bad, mostly not
decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Tonight [UT Thursday Aug 29] I am getting extremely
strange stuff in Enid on RF ch 17, which I assume is just the local
3ABN transmitter K17JN-D (altho there are signs of tropo on some
other, open channels).

First tuned around 0400 UT Aug 29, re-surveyed after 0500. Around 0430
I snapped a number of photos. EVERYTHING is totally broken up. There
is too much of it to capture for my DTV Pixillated Video Art Gallery!

But here are what I snapped, mostly on different subchannels one after
another, but not keeping track of exactly which be which. Some are
partially recognizable, others pure ART, as also linked from
http://www.worldofradio.com/tvdxfoto.html ---

On the STB PSIP display, DTV 59-1 thru 59-7, similar lineup to what
w9wi.com has for the Amarillo ch 17,
{e.g, K17HI Amarillo
17.1:E:_3Abn
17.2:E:_3Abn Proclaim
17.3:E:Dare to Dream
17.4:S:_3Abn Latino
17.5:E:_3Abn Radio
17.6:S:_3Abn Latino Rad
17.7:E:R. 74}
including some audio only channels such as 59.7 Radio 74 which we also
get on 89.3 KIEL Loyal.

59!!! we have never had an original 59 around here and W9WI.com has
only two stations on it elsewhere.

On my SANYO DTV these display as 17- whatever and keep going to 8, 10,
11, 13, 61, 71, 75, 111, 122, 133, 201 and finally 202, as I keep
changing channel upward, none of these having been programmed in. Some
are labeled AUDIO ONLY, which I think I have never seen before on OTA
DTV. Some are UNSUPPORTED AUDIO CODEC. 17-8 has glimpses of Russian
text, NADEZHDA bug. All are breaking up video and/or audio, even tho
the STB signal meter is strong, not steady but fluxuating, still well
into the Good range.

Here is the lineup as best I can determine:

59-1 thru 59-7 display as such only on the STB, none higher like on
the Sanyo as 17-1 thru 202

UAC = unsupported audio codec error message mid-screen

STB
59-1 3ABN-EN
59-2 3ABN-PR
59-3 black and silent
59-4 black and silent ---
59-5 3ABN-RD
59-6 3ABN-RL audio only
59-7 Radio 74 audio only

SANYO DTV
17-1 3ABN bug LR [main channel]
17-2 will not tune, skips to 4
17-3 will not tune, skips to 4
17-4 audio only
17-5 THE WORD UAC
17-6 will not tune, skips to 8
17-7 will not tune, skips to 8
17-8 Russian UAC Nadezhda bug
17-10 SMART LIFE STYLE TELEVISION
17-11 HIS WORD - LLBN TV
17-13 HIS LIGHT - LLBN; was organ music earlier
17-61 UAC AID (?) bug
17-71 UAC ?? no bug visible
17-75 illegible bug, English?
17-111 audio only, language? The break-ins are so brief it`s hard to
recognize the language
17-122 audio only language?
17-133 audio only Spanish? No, I don`t think so
17-201 Hope Channel bug UR, program earlier Real Family Talk
17-202 UAC Spanish, Lugar de Paz visible; bug UR Esperanza TV [Hope]

Recheck around 1500 UT, same things. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Thanks,
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WTFDA gg via WORLD OF RADIO 1997, DXLD)

Same thing happening following days, still morning of Aug 30 (gh)

Glenn, The info you refer to (channel lineup) is from the Galaxy 19 Ku
satellite (transponder 11842 H). See attached jpeg. The 3ABN feeds are
on the same satellite.
https://www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-19.html
(Scroll down to 11842 H and you will see the list)

So this has to be coming from one of your local LD's or DTV repeater
stations that are sending out that satellite MUX. IF they are not
supposed to be doing that, then someone obviously changed something in
their satellite receiver from what you have been familiar seeing.

You can always send an email to the owner...?

Clarion Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Rodney Phillips
cabideas@hotmail.com

Or the engineer...
Kevin Fisher
Smith and Fisher LLC
kevin@smithandfisher.com
(Jim Thomas, Springfield, Missouri, ibid.)

I believe Jim's analysis is spot on. Someone made a mistake and is
trying to stuff the 35 or 40 Mbps DVB-S satellite transponder through
the 19 Mbps OTA transmitter, which is causing your awful breakup and
the long and somewhat incoherent-seeming list of channels. I don't
know quite why it's mapping to 59-x, that's weird, but the rest of it
makes perfect sense.(- Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info Aug
29, ibid.)

I am not going to try to contact them, rather monitor how long this
monstrosity continue, as there is no programming I wish to receive in
the clear, nor likely any Enidian, as there has been zero local
publicity that this thing even exist (gh, DXLD)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.108, Aug 29 at 1742, Qur`an at S7-S8. Riyadh
scheduled 16-18, 500 kW at 320 degrees supposedly not beyond W Europe
CIRAF 27-28 but also USward.

11820.045, Aug 29 at 1801, Arabic talk but will soon be Qur`aning
reliably here afternoons; same parameters as 15205+, 500 k@ at 320
degrees toward Europe and beyond. Could even be same transmitter if
they do not overlap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9515.643, Aug 29 at 0302 VOT English to NAm VG S9+10 but
knocked way off-frequency; slight distortion, hum. As Ivo says,
``Something`s always wrong at the TRT Voice of Turkey Emirler [note
spelling] transmitting station`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
1997, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1996 monitoring: confirmed Wed Aug 28 at
2100:01 on WRMI 9955, JIP as ``---with World of Radio 1996``, after IS
& ID loop from at least 2058. Simultaneous WBCQ 7490+ is a JBA carrier
in HLNL, but at 2124 check of webcast, NOT WOR, but a religious
program `Lifeline`. However, at 2131 WOR starts instead of Goddess
Irina. Meanwhile I have inquired of the boardops if this be a
permanent change? No, Robert says it`s a timing issue, back to normal
next week. [WORLD OF RADIO 1997]

Also confirmed UT Thu Aug 29 at 0100 on WRMI 7780 --- as usual VP
here, but this time I check UTwente SDR and find a VG signal! As it is
supposed to be, aimed at Europe rather than off the side thisaway, for
all our listeners in the middle of their night, as well as five more
airings in the 0100-0300 span.

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0630 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to SSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] ND
1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to SSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Aug 28 at 0610, trace of music, could be // 9395, not
5950; the strange WRMI ``test frequency`` they hope to keep on the air
even if all the other transmitters have to close down during high
winds from Dorian, even power outage.

This further raises the question, is 5800 really somewhere else than
Okeechobee? Like maybe the abandoned 9955 site Hialeah? WRMI has been
very mum about this; altho in Jeff`s HFCC 100 kW at Okeechobee is also
claimed for 5800 since ``RMI`` means Okeechobee, only; but would not
be the only imaginary info in HFCC. Ivo still employs the obsolete
site abbr. YFR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475, Aug 30 at 0407, WTWW-1 on the air with day frequency
at night, no 5830; here it`s holding up at S9/+20 with hateful SFAW,
referring to ``Governor Chickenlooper down in Colorado``. Wonder if
this be more recent than by defunct PPPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, Aug 28 at 0618 UT, stupid sports talk vs KOKC,
especially when nulled, but making fast SAH. In past this has proven
to be KOLM Rochester MN, must be on 10 kW day power rather than 800
watts night U8. KOKC has hobbled itself by refusing to fix its
tornado-damaged antenna, staying with STA of 10 or 12 kW ND, rather
than 50/50 kW U2 as it is still licensed, per new NRC AM Log, which
does not get into STAs no matter how non-temporary (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10125-LSB, Aug 30 at 1334, INTRUDER, 2-way lots of
laughter, sorta Spanish, maybe Tagalog; within what is supposed to be
a strictly non-phone ``30m`` hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13572.75, Aug 30 at 1340, Spanish 2-way INTRUDERS, about
putas and whistling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15283.0, Aug 29 at 1440, S6-S4 carrier with flutter,
maybe trace of music? Same time as much stronger 15300 carrier,
probably unrelated, and no match on 15317 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, Aug 29 at 1438, S9-S7 open carrier with Doppler
flutter; intriguing. HFCC has nothing ever scheduled on 15300 except
RFI elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2115 UT August 30

Glenn Hauser logs August 26-27-28, 2019

Wednesday, August 28 2019

** CUBA. 13700, Aug 27 at 1346, RHC is S9+10 but just barely
modulated, while 13740 is nominal, S9 to S9+10. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Fulfilling dire warnings all day, a major storm
hit the OKC area (but not Enid!), the evening of Aug 26, early UT
August 27, resulting in the major TV stations blowing away their
entire primetime schedules for wall-to-wall coverage. Mike Morgan on
KFOR even called it an ``inland hurricane`` since winds were up to 80
mph. Caused a lot of damage, with hail, flooding, many power lines
down; up to 85 kilocustomers blacked out at peak per OG&E
Systemwatch.

Not until 0542 UT do I start checking whether any radio stations are
affected, and some are, even in the Enid area:

1520, Aug 27 at 0542 UT, KOKC is dead air, still so at 0554; I can`t
hear its FM translator on 95.3 either, whether off or dead air as it`s
marginal anyway.

1640, Aug 27 at 0545 UT, KZLS ``Enid`` (Hennessey) is dead air, maybe
because it`s programmed out of OKC. Still at 0554;

however at 0552 I nulled its carrier as much as possible to hear
another station with music. Normally it`s WTNI Biloxi MS, reported in
MW Circle as ex-sports:

``** U S A. 1640 WTNI [Biloxi MS] --- Yesterday I moved my antenna
from its summer position (about 270 degrees) to the winter one (about
300). LA has been a dead loss from here this year although to be fair
I have been away a great deal.

I was rewarded with good reception today after months of very little
(conditions I think rather than the antenna move working a miracle).
It's probably been reported elsewhere but I noted that 1640 WTNI seems
to have abandoned sport. ID noted as "This is Classic Country 103.5
The Possum". Also 1680 KRJO noted with "99.7 My FM" [Monroe LA]
(Paul Crankshaw, Aug 21, MWCircle yg via DXLD)

Thanks, Paul. WTNI used to simulcast 1490 WANG sport "The Champ". The
change of 1490 WANG to "103.5 The Possum" and country format was
reported in March in MWN. However at that time 1640 WTNI retained the
sport format. Neither NRC nor IRCA have subsequently reported that
1640 WTNI has now rejoined 1490, ditching the sport format for
country. Wikipedia says that this change occurred in June 2019, but I
can't find independent confirmation.

KRJO's slogan "99.7 My FM" appears also not to have been reported by
NRC or IRCA. The format change to Adult Contemporary was noted in
March 2019, although the format, slogan and repeater 99.7FM addition
all date from 2016 according to RadioInsight
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/107211/99-7-myfm-debuts-in-monroe/
73 (/Andrew Brade, ibid.)

Hello Andrew and Paul, 1680 KRJO noted by my addition to last year`s
NRC log and in 2019/20 log. 1640 WTNI still shown as ESPN in 2019/20
NRC Log and now amended. Best wishes & 73s (Barry :-) Carlisle UK.
Lat. 55.0119N, Lon. 2.9668W, Davies, ibid.)``

1000, Aug 27 at 0550, KTOK OKC is still on but audio breaks up; by
0616 dead air.

Other OKC AM signals seem nominal at 0550+, 930, 800 and 640.

Then I check FM from 0554 Aug 27:
88.3, K202BY Enid is dead air instead of Family Radio. It doesn`t take
a storm for this one to fail, again & again. Still dead all day
105.5, K288FX North Enid is dead air at 0602 instead of relay KYLV
88.9; resumed by 0500 UT Aug 28, gospel rock and K-Love 88.9 OKC ID

In OKC area, major FMs are still on, EXCEPT
93.3, KJKE Newcastle, not heard at first, but then at 0554 weakly;
QRP? from 100 kW? Or possibly storm interfered with propagation
98.1, WWLS-FM The Village is definitely off at 0555, still off at
1313, and 1600 UT; still off or QRP? at 0500 Aug 28
98.9, KYIS OKC, definitely off at 0555, still off at 1313 but on by
1600
100.5, KATT-FM, definitely off at 0555, still off at 1600; but 1619 on
caradio, OKC area ads, so suspect it`s also QRP
100.5, KTFR, Chelsea OK, 25/25 kW, 92m, is presumably the Spanish I
hear briefly overcoming weakened KATT, Aug 27 at 1615 UT on caradio;
Chelsea is in NE corner of OK on Hwy 66 between Claremore and Vinita
103.5, KVSP Anadarko, 100/100 kW, 600m rimshotter into OKC market, is
dead air at 1613 UT, but rock at 1622.

I had not checked OKC DTV stations during the storm, but bandscan Aug
27 at 1817 and 1930 UT finds RF 15 and 16 missing! I.e. TBN 14 and
Daystar 46, nothing but gospel huxters. Both KOPX and KOCM-DT are back
at next check 0450 UT Aug 28, but KOCM signal is Bad, mostly not
decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 100.9, Aug 27 at 0558 UT I notice that the new K265FL
Enid translator of KGWA 960 is displaying on RDS as KGWA-FM! Is there
no rule against imaginary callsigns on RDS? And still no stereo
pilot, altho I have not checked during the detestable Sean Hannity,
whenever he`s on (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Aug 27 at 0546 UT, emergency sounder and warning from
NWS Tulsa about storms in NW Arkansas, also loops E/W and not // 1020
KOKP; so this must be KHGG Vam Burem AR again, rather than KOKB
Blackwell OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1996 monitoring: turned on UTWente
SDR and tuned in 7290, Monday August 26 at 1814 to hear me already
halfway thru WOR at the YHWH item! But 1815 cut to Aïda theme, 1816.5
re-start WOR 1996. Usual very strong and loud signal, modulation just
below the distortion threshold, from IRRS via ROMANIA, but with some
deep selective fading distortion. This can be considerably reduced by
LSB or USB tuning, or even better, synch.

Also confirmed UT Tue Aug 27 at 0127 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, poor in
HLNL. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full WOR schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15550-USB, Aug 26 at 2112, WJHR gospel-huxter still
reactive; tho very poor level, would you believe he`s stronger with 1
kW PEP than biggies 15825 WWCR; and 15610 WEWN inaudible (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Aug 26 at 1915 UT on caradio I notice that KLEY, 250
watts in Wellington KS, is back on the air, the first time noticed
since at least May 3. I haven`t checked for it every day but I`m sure
it hasn`t been for more than a week. 1929 ID as ``The Wave 100.3`` as
they have kept the ``translator`` of a silent AM station on the air as
I confirmed that at local range July 10. I`ll bet 1130 is gone again
before long, but it`s still JBA Aug 27 at 1943 UT vs HLNL (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 92.9 WBFM, Aug 26 at 1959 UT, Spanish music, unusual to hear
on this channel; 2002 ID as ``La Mexicana`` on 92.9 and 101.5, with
calls which are: 92.9 KMML Cimarrón KS, 32/32 kW, 186.0 m. 101.5 KSMM
its Liberal KS relay, 100 kW. Cimarrón is between Dodge and Garden
Cities on US 50/400, 274 km = 170 miles from here. I have heard KSMM
before when it was substituting for another Spanish absent, KOCD
Okeene OK nearby --- not still silent as still shown in WTFDA DB.
There is still a bit of tropo boost in the afternoon (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Aug 26 at 1500 UT, Hepburn map predicted level 4 high tropo
enhancement around here, more than maps have shown in a long time, but
very little DTV DX to be seen; just Bad signals on RF 20 and 34,
probably Tulsans. 24 hours later as much or more allegedly into Kansas
but I don`t have a chance to bandscan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9538.3-USB, Aug 27 at 1940, 2-way INTRUDER in Spanish
JBA very intermittent, ``cambio`` = over, literally ``change``, copied
at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0518 UT Aug 28

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