** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey Aug 22 at 1349-1359:
11120, Chinese S3-S5
9230, Chinese S5-S7
12190, Chinese, S5-S7
12820, Chinese, S4-S6
None higher up to 15 MHz, skipping the JBA carrier on 13150 which must
be local mix of RHC 11760 + KCRC 1390 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 9760, Thu Aug 22 at 0614-0615* huge S9-S6 dead air,
presumably RNZI which during its Thursday maintenance period is liable
to test frequencies beyond their scheduled hours. Signal level is much
like the SSOB we get from RNZI on 9700 before 0600. Richard Langley,
visiting California, also had unID on 9760 a bit earlier:

``As noted here in Indian Wells this evening (22 August UT), there was
a strong carrier on 9760 kHz with test tones before 0430 UT, then a
straight carrier continuously except for a couple of brief pauses and
then around 0500, a wideband signal appeared, presumably DRM. But from
whom? RNZI? Anyone else with DRM capability use this frequency?``
The question is whether 9700-AM was on as usual at 05-06; if so, both
transmitters would have been running. Hours for 9760 are DRM only,
1936-2058 on Sunday-Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 28, Aug 22 at 1437 UT, 44-1 Ion is decoding, along
with 44-2 Qubo, 44-3 IonPlus, 44-4 Shop, 44-5 QVS, 44-6 HSN, i.e. the
usual six channels on Ion stations like KOPX OKC. Lacking any real
callsign ID, we know this one is really megawatt KTPX-TV Okmulgee for
the Tulsa market; W9WI.com shows 44-3 as Ion Life instead. No, it`s
now IonPlus as on KOPX, RF 18, 62-3, OKC.

An hour earlier, KWOU 88.1 Woodward was way above normal level for
`Stardate` so I knew there was some tropo; and good thing I made the
DTV bandscan, since Hepburn`s tropo predixion maps showed no
enhancement at all reaching Enid from either direxion. And his link to
Mountainlake for current conditions still lands on blank maps.

Only other DTV DX decoding is RF 20, KQCW-HD 19-1; but plenty of Bad
signals from the OKC-aimed antenna thru the STB: 8, 10, 11, 12, 21,
22, 31, 34, 36, 45, mostly correlating with Tulsa market (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 10000, Aug 23 at 0010, WWV with its announcement every hour
during this minute referring to a survey to be found at
http://dodmars.org --- dodmars is spelt fonetikaly, no dot betwixt.
However, my browser blox it, changing to:
https://sites.google.com/site/dodmarsexercises/
Not to be confused with sexercises; there is more than one survey; we
non-Marsians are interested in the one linked about WWV:
https://sites.google.com/site/dodmarsexercises/home/wwv-survey
It would be a good idea for all SWLs to fill this in, reasserting that
WWV/H are still very much useful for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 1996, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED!

** U S A. 13306-USB, Aug 22 at 1359, JBA New York Radio assigning
backup frequency 17946 to some flight, then selcall tones. (Are these
constantly reassigned to current flights/planes, or always pertaining
to only one? It would seem there could not be enough tones for the
latter.) EiBi shows 13306 is shared with other ground stations on the
North Atlantic route: Gander, Keflavík, Shanwick, Santa Maria = Açores
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday August 21 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, but upcut JIP ``...with
World of Radio 1995``. Who says that?? It had been on since at least
2058 tune-in with IS & ID loop, good at S9 to S9+10.

Also confirmed at same time on WBCQ 7490+, JBA in hi line noise level
and not synchronized with WRMI.

Also confirmed UT Thursday August 22 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair vs
HLNL.

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

WOR 1996 ready for first broadcasts Friday August 23:

[Unique Radio, NSW on hiatus pending repairs]

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
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
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

WOR times have changed on our longstanding webcasting affiliate, The
Global Voice - Radio for All, to Sat 0600 & Mon 1700 UT, via
Radio for All
http://theglobalvoice.info
as Managing Director Chrissie Cochrane tells us. While there check out
their other programming (WORLD OF RADIO 1996)

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

** U S A [and non]. Re: ``WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: [...] Not
confirmed UT Mon Aug 19 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, which is down
(while 7490 is running); earlier at 0230 I found WBCQ 5130.34 was JBA;
and after 0300 even with NB & NR engaged could only detect a JBA
carrier and maybe a trace of audio, probably me.``

Larry Will, Maryland, of Area 51 explains on the WOR io group: ``At
0115 a strong thunderstorm with lots of lightning passed through our
place in Mount Airy, and at 0127 our power failed. The UPS protecting
the radios and computers actually lasted longer than the internet,
which gave up the ghost at about 0135. Power was not restored here
until the early morning. No damage here, but there were multiple
reports of power poles snapped by the storm in the immediate area. So
Area 51 was off after 0130 or so last night. Lw`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD
OF RADIO 1996, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.2, UT Thu Aug 22 at 0058, I`m hearing Morse code on
WBCQ: not QRM but tones modulated on usual AM carrier. I guess
contained in the Spanish program `Antena DX` at 0030-0100 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (15825), Sunday August 18 after 1600, quick check of WWCR-1
webcast confirms they are still playing Latin mass during this
semihour; a rather strange accent I hear, but then I am partial to
classical, not church Latin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Aug 22 at 0557 UT, with KGYN OK to the west nulled as
much as possible, different talkshow with YL, and ``resuming Beyond
Reality Radio``, which we have previously matched to cheating 50 kW
daytimer-only, WJNL Kingsley MI; however KGYN is gaining with the
usual SAH of almost 3 Hz, and I can`t read the rapid multi-station ID
from the WJML group just before hourtop 0600 UT bong and news, but not
sure if CBS. At least the high line noise level is not affecting this
MW area now, tho still roaring higher e.g. 7 MHz band.

WJNL has now been doing this for at least two months. BTW, they are
also the only 1210 listed affiliate of the self-confessed psychotic
Alex Jones whom someone heard replayed later in the madrugada as an
unID 1210. I was pleased to see he has only one affiliate in Oklahoma,
as far as possible from here, Idabel, KBEL 1240, which I have never
heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. More follow-ups on 1560 KGOW, Vietnamese from Bellaire TX:

Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, Aug 20 on the WOR io group:
``Glenn, it appears the KGOW night site might be out of whack.
See the Houston board on RadioDiscussions.com for more:``

https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?719314-KGOW-1560-Night-Signal&s=8e6813b3498c7e5842e92e49fc0fde95&p=6272662#post6272662
also referred to that by Artie Bigley, OH.

KGOW was originally running a 9!-tower direxional array. Here is the
most recent item in the correspondence folder, also revealing where
the call letters come from (gh)

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=87751

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 445 TWELFTH STREET SW WASHINGTON DC
20554
MEDIA BUREAU

ENGINEER: Joseph Szczesny
AUDIO DIVISION

TELEPHONE: (202) 418-2700
APPLICATION STATUS: (202) 418-2730

FACSIMILE: (202) 418-1410
HOME PAGE: www.fcc.gov/media/radio/audio-divsion

E-MAIL: Joseph.Szczesny@fcc.gov

September 12, 2018

David Gow, CEO GOW Media, LLC 5353 West Alabama, Suite 415 Houston, TX
77056
Re: GOW Media, LLC (GML) KGOW(AM), Bellaire, TX
Facility Identification Number: 17389
Special Temporary Authority (STA) BESTA-20 18081 3AAG

Dear Mr. Gow:
This is in reference to the request filed on August 18, 2018. GML
requests a further extension of the STA granted on June 28, 2016, to
continue operating daytime using the licensed 15 kW nighttime site
array pending the filing of the required FCC Form 302 application to
update all operating parameters due to repairs made over the past two
years.1

In support of the request, GML stated that all repairs were completed
with exception of the replacement 50 kW daytime site transmitter (new
parts on order).

Requests for extension of STA will be granted only where the licensee
can show that one or more of the following criteria have been met:

• Restoration of licensed facilities is complete and testing is
underway;
• Substantial progress has been made during the most recent STA period
toward restoration of licensed operation; or

• No progress has been made during the most recent STA period for
reasons clearly beyond the licensee's control, and the licensee has
taken all possible steps to expeditiously resolve the problem.
Accordingly, the request for extension of the STA IS HEREBY GRANTED,
and GML may continue to operate day and night from the nighttime
transmitter site using the currently licensed 15 kW nighttime site
array. GML must use whatever means are necessary to protect workers
and the public from exposure to radio frequency radiation in excess of
the Commission's exposure guidelines.

'KGOW(AM) is licensed for DA operation on 1560 kHz with 46 kW day and
15 kW night, using different patterns at different sites.

See 47 CFR § 1.1310. GML must file the application to update all
operating parameters, or submit an e-mail to my attention to confirm
the date the station was able to resume the separate licensed daytime
site and nighttime site operations (per BL-201 1 12O5ALL with
negligible changes).

This authority expires on March 12, 2019.

Sincerely,
vJseph S,Tineer Audio Diition Media Bureau [sic]
cc: Barry A. Friedman, Esq. (via email only)

[Joseph Szczesny --- his own signature messed up the text copying]

HOWEVER our easy reception to the N and NW implies it is the day
pattern being used at night, rather than night pattern day and night
--- or maybe they just gave up and are non-direxional.

Steven Luce replies again, Aug 22: ``KGOW is using its night site at
night; easy to DF here in Houston as the day site is to the south and
the night site to the west. The night site has the nine towers, but
apparently now out of whack`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10002.43, Aug 23 at 0010 as I am checking out WWV`s
temporary MARS announcement until tomorrow, there is RTTY QRM,
measured to a zero-beat here. Carlie Forsythe in Madison WI had also
noted this to the ODXA iog after 0305 UT Aug 21: ``And RTTY clearly
audible first beneath WWV on 10 MHz, then beneath both WWV and WWVH on
the same frequency. What the?! :( `` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0358 UT August 23

** CHINA [and non[. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 20 from 1355:
9215, JBA talk at 1355
9155, Chinese JBA at 1356
10920, Chinese at 1358
11170, Chinese, S5-S9 with flutter
11440, Chinese JBA
12880, open carrier with flutter, S9-S6 at 1400; jammer not turned off
yet
13270, CBS Sports Radio at 1402 --- oh2, this is local overload mix
between 11880 CRI bigsig via Cuba plus 1390 KCRC. It`s also a listed
possible SOH/jamming frequency as well as N American VOLMET on USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 21 from 1335:
9230, Chinese good S9-S6
9155, // 9230 but weaker
11100, Chinese S6-S7
11785, Chinese usual bigsig jammer
12800, Chinese S8-S9
14980, JBA carrier, nothing further in the 12s, 13s, 14s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 90.1, Aug 20 at 0625 UT, KUCO relaying
TheClassicalStation, WCPE in NC, but still out-of-phase during WCPE
announcement making it very low-level; I had already notified WCPE
about this as in previous report, so asked again, and got this reply:

``Good Day Glenn, Yesterday our Engineering Manager instructed KUCO’s
engineers to check the wiring from the satellite receiver (that
receives WCPE) to their board for a possible crossover affecting our
signal. We believe that this is the issue and are waiting for their
confirmation. We are sorry for the delay in resolving the issue. I
will write to you again after we have further discussion with KUCO.
Best Regards, Gregg Cockroft, Engineer, Wake Forest, NC 27588``

90.1, Aug 21 at 0559 UT, no more suppressed audio, so I then reply:

``Gregg, Thanks for following up on this. Last night it was back to
normal on the break after Beethoven`s 7th at 1:59 am ET. So the
problem was definitely at KUCO as you suggested? If so, apologies for
assuming it was at WCPE.

BTW, listening on headphones, I could even hear the ``subaudible`` cue
tone before the ID, but KUCO did not catch it; instead we heard the
WCPE etc. legal ID. I think this happens frequently anyway. What is
the pitch of that tone? Glenn``

It’s a 35 Hz tone on the left channel (Dick Storck, Network Operations
Manager, WCPE)

No further replies yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895 & 17615+ off-frequency, Aug 20 at 1432, JBA
carriers are the OSOB and SSOB, matching SRI/SBA (but not 17705); not
even 17775 KVOH detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 332 kHz, Aug 20 at 0611 UT, beacon IC. Looked up at
http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm ---
``332 IC USA KS WICHITA - PICNIC 400 37 34 42 -97 27 21``
! This is quite close, but think I have not heard it before;
reactivated? 400 watts; I was axually tuned to 331. No idea what the
Picnic nickname has to do with it; searching fruitless.

The other beacon resource:
https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/signal_list
has a different but similar nickname, Piche, also with IC contained;
6.2 is the repetition period in seconds; 25 is the contradicted power
in watts, and I would go with this, it`s so weak:

``332 IC 1044 1050 6.2 'Piche' Wichita KS EM17gn 25 NOTAMR J0463/17
NDB IC 245 KHZ WITHDRAWN 1807171411 PERM 20180830 Tony reports it is
on the air AB AZ BC CA CO IA IL KS MI MN MO MT NC NE NV OH OR TN TX UT
181 1990-01-02 2019-08-06``.

Still waiting for some Y-call beacons from Canada to start propagating
again, if any be left (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: confirmed Monday
August 19 at 1816.5 on IRRS Ireland/Italy via ROMANIA, 7290, VG via
UTwente SDR; started monitoring circa 1809 to nothing but noise, ACI,
but *1811 open carrier on quiets everything, almost, huge signal.
1814.5 JIP modulation, something incomplete about voting rights for
ex-felons? 1815 ``Triumphal March from Aïda`` theme by Verdi for a
sesquiminute, no IRRS ID or sign-on at all, then immediately into
WOR.

Missed checking next airing UT Tue Aug 20 at 0100 on WRMI 7780; did
anyone hear it?

How about Unique Radio, NSW? Website says as of 1550 UT August 21:
``NB *3210 KHz And 5045 KHz are off the air at present due to either a
feed or antenna problem. There is also a power supply issue which will
also need to be rectified. All faults will be rectified when time is
available for repairs & funds are available. Unique Radio may also
come online soon.``

Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 7490.182v, Aug 19 at 1845 during a pause in my
high line noise level, I check for anything on 40m --- and there is a
JBA signal from WBCQ; presumably extended TOMBS instead of 9330 which
is no longer available --- altho it really is, as long as WLC has not
really started 24/7. Overcomer website is far outdated, as of June,
claiming still to be on 9330 24h, and on 7490 only at 22-23 UT! Altho
has also been running most nights from 0100-- until?? Evidently also
BSing way before ``normal`` programming start most weekdays at 2000
with `Financial Survival`, but how early is it really starting?

Also, website claims this in red: ``The Overcomer Ministry is
expanding its Shortwave outreach with new 300,000 watt transmitters
that will cover the entire world from Bulgaria, along with
transmitters in Florida, Maine, and Tennessee…Not to mention, several
AM/FM stations that cover many regions of the United States. <<CLICK
HERE>> to see the current RADIO LOG`` --- Really? At least TWO NEW 300
KW in Bulgaria? No one else knows about this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7780, Aug 19 at 1847, JBA carrier signifying WRMI is really
on, #1 transmitter now scheduled 17-20 with TOMBS, // 9395 #6 at 10-20
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1210, Aug 21 at 0609 UT, YL talk, with KGYN OK nulled as
much as possible, and the local line noise level abated, making
176/minute SAH of almost 3 Hz; presumed Beyond Reality Radio as on 50
kW daytimer WJNL Kingsley MI still running at night, but I still need
to re-get definite ID/local ads (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. (1560), as per previous report, Viet Radio KGOW
Bellaire-Houston TX program schedule shows Chamber Music, Mondays at
2000-2030 UT, so August 19 I go out of my way to monitor the webcast.
NO, no chamber music to be heard, rather talk and then some soft songs
which might be ``love songs`` as claimed for the other Chamber Music
slot. Before 2030 I hear again the commercial for Amarillo Home
Roofing, which exists in Houston if not Amarillo. Searching leads to
their disgraced Facebook site as really Amarillo HomeS, Roofing (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Aug 21 at 0621 UT, with nearest KOKB Blackwell OK
nulled as much as possible, luck into an ID for ``KHGG-AM 1580 and
101.1 FM``. That`s 49 watts at night from Van Buren AR, alluding to
some Ark team named for hogs. Probably this is the one making a reverb
slight echo against KOKB, also 49 watts! when both are on Fox Sports
Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. The second hour of `On Point` from WBUR Boston via KOSU OK,
Aug 21 at 1506-1538 UT was about a subject dear to my heart, the
semi-colon; which far too many writers avoid employing:
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/08/21/semicolon-cecelia-watson --
audio available soon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, Aug 20 at 0155, not Voice of Vietnam in
English scheduled until 0200, but gospel song with guitar, and 0157
WHRI ID and promos; too early for VOV to be over, so another screwup
by WHR? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1161 kHz, Aug 20 at 0544 UT, quite a het upon 1160 KSL,
but heard on DX-398 only, not R-75, red flag that it`s not really
there. In a quick 9-kHz bandscan I also hear a signal on 774. Both of
them at about the same bearing, 10/190 degrees. Guess what, these are
harmonically related 2 x 387 and 3 x 387 kHz. I do have a JBA carrier
on the fundamental, but surely receiver birdies and not a beacon
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA carrier search, Aug 20 at 0550 hears
some on 621 and 909 kHz, maybe Canary and UK; must beware of local
receiver products on 9-kHz spacing, such as 1161 and 774; also
something NE/SW at 0544 on 1413 kHz, but rather too late for the
superpowers in Moldova, Oman (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1560, Aug 21 at 0623 UT, English talk roughly E/W with
KGOW Vietnamese from the SSE nulled as much as possible, making a SAH
of 140/minute = 2.33 Hz. The only major signals at night are far away,
WFME 50 kW in NYC, Family Radio; and KNZR 10 kW Bakersfield CA,
news/talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13615, Aug 20 at 1403, multitones remind me of the
hybrid DRM from WINB normally on 15115-15120 at this hour; not heard
now but audible on the latter at 1428. Even Hans Johnson of WINB (if
not at WINB) says he does not know what these are; but AFAIK it`s the
only DRM not occupying full 10-kHz bandwidth with noise; also applying
to other WINB frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1844 UT August 21

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. On Aug 19 I sent this to the engineer at
TheClassicalStation.org with a copy to Brad Ferguson at KUCO:

``I usually listen for a while after midnight CDT via KUCO.

For the last few nights there has been quite a problem. The
announcements from WCPE are very low audio level, while the music
levels are fine. This is on a mono-only radio.

I have run into this problem before, and this is what I think is
happening. Studio audio there must have been rewired, so that the mike
is picking up in stereo but is out of phase, which means the left and
right try to cancel each other out (but not quite). KUCO`s own
inserted announcements are OK, so the problem is not at KUCO.

Last night I confirmed this on another radio, a DX-398 which can be
force-switched between mono and stereo reception of KUCO 90.1 off the
air direct. Yes, listening in stereo, WCPE announcements sound OK, but
if I make it mono they are suppressed.

If you always listen in stereo you would not know there is a problem,
but I am sure if you listen to your own signal this way you will find
the same thing. And it is even being fed that way to the satellite
uplink.

Another problem. Long before this I was noticing a lot of background
noise whenever the mike was open, like noisy fans or something in the
studio -- hardly what we expect from a major world broadcaster.

Some but not all announcers also need to be trained in technique of
fading mike pot up and down, rather than switching it on at full
bore.

I hope anyway you will get the phasing fixed so we can hear what they
are saying without straining or turning the volume up and down every
time. Of course there is no point in having any stereo involved with
the announcements.

Since this has gone on for at least three nights, I am surprised if no
one else has noticed and told you about it.

I continue to be very appreciative of WCPE`s service, and have urged
other stations in need of classical to look into it.

Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK`` (via gh, DXLD)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: Don W8SWL Hosmer
reports Sunday Aug 18 to the WOR iog: ``I tried to ascertain if your
1030 UT program was a go this week. Using an XHData D-808 with an AOR
LA-400 loop antenna on my stateroom balcony, I was able to hear bits
and pieces of Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz from 1015 onwards.
Unfortunately a severe storm sprung up here in Stavanger, Norway at
1025 and my gear was soaked. I had to drag it inside where it was
useless inside the steel hull of a ship to hear any signals. I'll try
again next Sunday from St Petersburg, Russia, when the Viking Sea
docks there. 73, Don W8SWL``. Not reported by Ivo this week either.

Confirmed JBA in OK, Sunday August 18 at 2130 on WRMI 7780.

Also confirmed UT Monday Aug 19 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, after Rudy ID,
S9-S8 with HNL; not much stronger on the meter, S9-S7 but *much*
louder & clearer on 9395 which suppresses all but a bit of the HNL
which diminishes above 9 MHz anyway.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 19 at 0230 on WRMI 7780 with HNL

Not confirmed UT Mon Aug 19 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast, which is down
(while 7490 is running); earlier at 0230 I found WBCQ 5130.34 was JBA;
and after 0300 even with NB & NR engaged could only detect a JBA
carrier and maybe a trace of audio, probably me.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 19 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, but JBA at S3-S4,
unlike usually much better lately. Next:

1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions; hiatus?]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15550-USB, Aug 19 at 1431, gospel huxter, very poor, as WJHR
remains here ex-15555 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (1560), UT Mon Aug 19 at 0400 I am listening to the KGOW
webcast which autolaunches whether you want it or not, at
http://vietradio.com --- Since KGOW is no longer tightly direxional at
night into the Gulf, I could probably hear it direct, but this hour I
am at the desktop. It`s time to check out the reports of KGOW relaying
Voice of America in Vietnamese, and other languages?

Vietnamese talk continues past hourtop and I do not hear any VOA
opening, but admit to not listening closely and continuously. At 0411
I notice it`s suddenly in English, but alt with Vietnamese during a
language lesson, e.g. at 0416 UT about the expression ``battle of
wills``. At 0422:30 UT, ``This program has come to you from the Voice
of America, Washington``; continues Viet talk presumably local origin.
0428 UT, VOA jingle but does not introduce in English name of next
language; and resumes its Vietnamese (not Chinese, certainly not
Japanese as some have guessed). 0457 again VOA closing announcement in
English, and an adstring including ``Amarillo Home Roofing``, in
Houston, and some other occasional business names in English. Finally
at 0503 UT, legal ID in English, ``Vit Radio on KGOW
Bellaire-Houston``. Yes, they pronounce it Vit rather than Viet: have
we been mispronouncing Vietnam/ all these years??

Earlier I had visited the website, which is partly in English. Also
has incomplete program schedule, of course not including the 11 pm CDT
hour we are concerned with. It implies the same programming is also on
1480 in Dallas; one place showing wrong frequency 1560 for it too.
That would be KNGO.

I do see a couple of other programs of potential interest, since they
are illustrated by a piano quintet (piano plus string quartet), with
the same major title, but a different subtitle on the second:

Mon 3-3:30 pm [2000-2030 UT] (Nhac Thính Phòng [twice] --- which means
CHAMBER MUSIC! [there is also a dot under a of Nhac]; and
Thu 7-8 pm [00-01 UT Fri] Nhac Thính Phòng -- Tình Hát, which means
LOVE SONG. At Google translate, you`d better get the diacriticals
right.

1560, at 0604 UT Aug 19, I check KGOW direct, and can hear its VV
mixing with something in English making a SAH of 160/minute = 2.67 Hz.
Most 1560s are daytimers or well under 100 watts at night with
exception of a few such as KEBC OK with 250 watts; KKAA in SD 10 kW
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11802-USB, Aug 19 at 1240, JBA 2-way INTRUDERS in
colloquial Spanish, some whistling vs nothing on 11800 or 11805 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. RF 8, 14, 20, 22, 28, 31, Aug 19 after 1439 UT, BAD DTV
signals on the meter, could be Tulsa and/or Wichita markets, equally
likely per Hepburn map showing level-2 fair tropo enhancement between
here and theres (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1704 UT August 19

** CHINA. 12190, Aug 17 at 1323, CNR1 jammer, one of its favorite WOOB
frequencies against unheard Sound of Hope, S6-S8.

13550, Aug 17 at 1324, CNR1 jammer about the same, S6-S8.

13890, Aug 17 at 1328, CNR1 jammer JBA but enough to // 12190.

13920, Aug 17 at 1328, JBA probably also CNR1 jammer.

10920, Aug 17 at 1334, CNR1 jammer, S4-S7, only WOOB one found below
the 12s and 13s.

11785, Aug 17 at 1351, a rare Firedragon music jammer, not // CNR1
mostly talk jammers like 12190, S7-S9; off at 1415 check, but still a
JBA carrier. VOA Philippines in Chinese finishes at 1400, then CRI
Chinese via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN takes over and does not get jammed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9570, Aug 17 at 1313, CRI Plus English relay with drama is
S9+10/20 but suptorted modulation. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740, Aug 17 at 1327, this RHC is off, while 13700 remains.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

15140, Aug 17 at 1330, this RHC is off, while a JBA signal remains on
15230. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11850, Aug 18 at 0027, RHC is suptorted here, which makes the
11840 & 11860 spurs even harder to copy; much better modulation on //
11670, 11700, 11760, and 13740. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES [non]. 9700, Aug 18 at 0024, S9-S6 fadey talk with that
upward lilt so typical of Burmese --- or rather Kachin, which must be
closely related, as this is the legacy RVA service at 0000-0027
transmitted via VATICAN since RVA quit its own shortwave; and
displaying SMG`s remarkable [cap]ability to serve audiences in the
~opposite direxion, about the closest we can get --- not very! --- to
a VR broadcast to North America direct. Then a suspiciously
Christian-sounding hymn before off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Sofia,
Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, World of Radio #1995 via Hamburger
Lokalradio on August 17:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MExXz76Sak&feature=youtu.be

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/08/world-of-radio1995-via-hamburger.html
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, weak signal``

Alan Gale, Whitworth, ROCHDALE, England, writes at 1451 UT Sat Aug 17:
``Hi Glenn, At last I am hearing World of Radio on 9485 kHz via HLR
here at home again today, though it's very weak and getting splattered
by the Romanian station. I can confirm that it's definitely you
though``

Yes, I have also been hearing me since 1431 via SDR in Finland you
recommended:
http://oh5ae.dyndns.org:8073/
Audible, but still heavy splash from 9490 Romania, while only the
latter can be heard via UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 17 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S9-S7, upcut at ``---
1995`` after IS & ID loop which just came on a minute earlier, I
think.

Also confirmed UT Sun Aug 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG, after ID and a
bit of ``Sandunga`` music fill overlapping.

Also confirmed UT Sun Aug 18 at 0324 underway on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO:
I can tell it`s me but too much storm noise S9+20/30 just south of
here in OK to tell where I am in the episode. Next:

1030 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany [? missing last week] 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
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [still hiatus?]
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [still hiatus?]
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions; hiatus?]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. Kai Ludwig, Germany, has this Aug 17 response on
the WOR io group to my latest WBCQ AAAWWW report:

Ampegon --- Interesting developments --- First, it would be remarkable
if Weiner indeed lost the warranty also for the transmitter, because
it is a Continental. So has Ampegon delivered this product from a
competitor instead of own equipment?
https://twitter.com/AllanWBCQ/status/1146408801794514945

Then there is this:
https://ampegon.com/news/?id=106

Looks as if the scope of this deal can roughly be described as the
Turgi core business. This should include the product line of shortwave
transmitters, both the manufacturing of new ones (and now a picture
emerges what's really behind the babble about delayed transmitter
delivery from WMLK owners) and spare parts for all the equipment
installed under Ampegon, Thales, Thomcast, Thomson brands in the past.
And also for M2W mediumwave transmitters, for those who still have to
live with one. (Not to be confused with S7HP, which as a French
product is a completely different story.)

A bit mysterious is the mention also of Berlin in this PR, because it
is apparent that the Ampegon businesses in Germany are not included,
in particular the Ludwigshafen antenna division, formerly part of
Mannheim divisions of BBC, ABB, Thomcast. The same goes for what
remained of former Telefunken Sendertechnik, last known as Transradio,
which went bankrupt just two years ago. So much for the integration
that was planned by Ampegon, with the TRAM transmitters being the only
product they wanted to continue because they had, after withdrawing
the ill-fated M2W, no mediumwave transmitters to offer anymore.

I guess some scratching heads takes place now here and there. Kai
Ludwig`` (via Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Aug 17 at 1315, NO signal from this WRMI, which is
supposed to run on Saturdays not only until 1400 but beyond. 9395 is
still on with TOMBS, 7570 with music.

15770, Aug 17 at 1341, no WRMI signal here either, but possibly it`s
propagation as Cuba is barely audible on 15230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, UT Sun Aug 18 at 0100, WRMI with IDs for WTND-LP
Macomb, and ``You`ve got The Edge, WQNA, Springfield``, both in IL, as
Mason Vye in Ontario is opening his hour of nothing but rock music,
presumably obscure Canadian. 0111 testimonial from an Alabama listener
who sounds like he is saying ``Nathan Vay Show``. I see on the doomed
WQNA schedule that `The Mason Vye Show`` is correct when only
scheduled at 1 am [0600 UT] Monday. And on WTND at 7 pm Tuesday [0000
UT Wednesday]. Mason later adds WRMI IDs and is glad to be on SW.
Again this week, 0130-0131 his music rudely interrupted by Radio
Tirana IS and a fragment of their opening theme, before cutting back
to Vye rock. Apparently the automation keeps believing it should start
Albania now like most other nights, then thinx better of it.

As for WQNA being doomed:
https://wqnaradio.org/after-nearly-40-years-wqna-is-nearing-the-end/

And looking at the WTND schedule
http://wtnd.org/schedule/
I see something else familiar: remember Tom & Darryl?

``Friday 8 PM-12 AM [UT Sat 01-05] Tom and Darryl Talk Show -Also on
RFD - Radio Free Dishnuts (Call in at 309-588-4687)
http://dishnuts.net/ --- Tune in to hear Technology talk, music,
discussion and an occasional rant.`` WTND has a listen-live button
which may funxion. Repeats Wed at 16-20 UT on WTND. I am wondering if
WTND got the callsign originally to honor Tom `N` Darryl? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, Sat Aug 17 circa 2320, I am first hearing signs of a
WTWW-2 signal here; QRX for `Theater Organ in the Ozarx` at 2330 ----
NO, rock music, allegedly on request, keeps playing past 2400, also on
the webcast. Maybe Ted got tired of replaying old episodes? And we
know where his musical priorities really lie. That`s OK; tho I love
theatre organ music especially in stereo, this timing always competed
with two or three other things I want to get --- not including pirates
Saturday nights this week since my high line noise level of S9+10/20
is back below 9 MHz! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0413 UT August 18

** CUBA. 15140, Aug 16 at 1557 on caradio, RHC modulation is quite
suptorted! = suppressed and distorted. WTP = wiggle that patchcord.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1995 monitoring: missed confirmed on first SW
airing, Fri Aug 16 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Sat August 17 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, poor in noise and I
think a brief upcut, unusual on this frequency. Next:
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [Aug 17? alt. weeks]
[has been off for repairs since Aug 4 tfn]
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany ND
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 [? missing last week] 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
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [still hiatus?]
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [still hiatus?]
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [2 editions; hiatus?]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.000, Aug 16 at 2030, S9+10/20 bigsig with C&W music ---
the WBCQ Superstation is back! I was rather expecting this since Allan
Weiner twitted earlier today that his show tonight would be on 9330
plus the other four frequencies. Must be warming up for that. Two or
three tunes without a break, but with considerable selective fading
distortion, and some separate modulation/peak distortion. 2037
mentions ``Classic Country`` and adstring for businesses in Woodstock
(New Brunswick nearby, not NY!), about powerline construxion along
I-95, Fredericton, Houlton, Aroostook Milling Co; 2042 weather in F
and C, ``Kixx FM``, back to music. Kixx FM = WBCQ-FM 94.7, Monticello
ME, 6/6 kW with classic country.

7490.207v, Aug 16 at 2045 I check another BCQ and to my horror
discover my local high line noise is back, but fortunately cutting off
and on, not yet near-continuous, but probably will be again unless we
get some more rain since August 12. While noise is off I can tell 7490
is on and measure it, JBA with talk not //, presumably `Financial
Survival`. Nothing audible on 6160v or 5130v this early before dark.

9330, another country music block ends ends at 2050, more adstring
mentioning Houlton, Highway 2 exit 191, Woodstock. Makes us thankful
that except when test-simulcasting the local FM, WBCQ SW frequencies
are not full of commercials useless to us. Recheck at 2102, now it`s
joined 7490.2 for `Behaviour Night` music, audiblizing this program
for once, altho unfortunately I do not have time to keep listening to
it. 2332 recheck, again with ``Kixx FM`` country music.

9330, at 2359 Aug 16, program switching briefly with what sounds like
``radioserpentine.com`` but must have been the scheduled on 7490
``Radio FKB Sermon Time``! Then 0000 UT Sat Aug 17, cut to ``William
Tell Overture``. Yes, now I can tell it`s // JBA on 7490v, 6160v and
5130v. He soon confirms 9330 is on with the full 500 kW. This week I
won`t have to strain to hear it on 7490. ``Tom is kinda like the CE of
the Super-station``. Kinda?

Anyhow, they`ve got the SS back on air after a month, despite all the
problems with it he was complaining about last week, and more this
week: It runs on Winders 10. Needed to sit down when the first
electric bills arrived, in 5 or 6 figures (meaning: $ 100K, more or
less, a month?). Is replying to usual caller. Confirms 9330 is now on
the same 245 degree azimuth as all the others. During the earlier test
this afternoon, AW was checking various SDRs and found it was getting
in well to Iceland, Europe, South Africa, Vancouver BC, etc.

The rotatable antenna manufacturer, Ampegon, went bankrupt and was
bought by Cesstron (sounds like?). No, it`s Cestron. found it:

http://www.cestron.de/
Communication Engineering Services and Electronics
[now what would that be in German and acronymed?]

News Release, Berlin, 14 August 2019
CESTRON announces acquisition of strategic assets from Ampegon and AM
Broadcast. . .
http://www.cestron.de/News?PHPSESSID=d7f905e03b6f42ec0682119c7364e63b

AW says Cestron has $ 300K worth of spare parts for WBCQ which he hopes
to be able to get. Another problem is that WBCQ has NO documentation
about the antenna. Cestron is rehiring most of the old Ampegon
engineers, and hopes they will come to WBCQ by end of August and get
to work [earlier info was that WBCQ would have to pay for their
airfare and lodging.]

The antenna will cover all bands 5.9 to 28 [sic] MHz, but each
frequency must be pre-programmed into it with proper antenna tuning
unit settings, etc. Need documentation on exactly how to do that
correctly.

It`s all servo-controlled. More AC on the transmitter has been
installed. AW would still prefer plate modulation. Tom replaced power
supply modules. Something about ground-strapping required for
lightning protexion. All this brand-new equipment should have been
under warranty, but that went away with the bankruptcy, which he hears
was not a ``nice`` transition.

Question, what is the reflected power of the 500 kW? No more than 2
kW, and it has to be that low. Is it safe to be near the antenna? Yes,
no problem since you are under the beam which is going out at an
upward tilt of 10-15-20 degrees.

He starts to talk about Woodstock (NY, not NB), at 0021, but of course
interrupted by another caller, gets into political discussion which he
often says he is trying to avoid.

0024, I recheck the other frequencies while the HLNL abates, and find
that they are not synchronized, why not? approx.:
7490+ is 28 seconds ahead of 9330
6160v is 29 seconds ahead of 9330 --- well, maybe in margin of error
5130v is 2 seconds ahead of 9330
3265v is still a JBA carrier, can`t tell

0054, answering another question about music licensing and royalties
like on domestic stations? NO, does not apply to US SW stations which
technically are broadcasting to a foreign audience, like Mexico where
WBCQs are aimed. 0100 canned auto legal ID by self interrupts, but the
live AW is not finished, as just now he starts going thru e-mail.
Larry Will advises of the hum on phone line worst on 9330, and AW says
that is due to processing and superior low-frequency response.

0107 finally to benedixion, and concludes saying that World`s Last
Chance will be on air shortly, 100% programming 9330, while plenty of
time is for sale, cheap on the other ``classic`` frequencies. 0111
canned s/off announcement and 9330 turned off* immediately.

But 6160v and 7490v stay on with music, seemingly //, while 5130v
stays on with something else, talk. By 0130 recheck, 6160v & 7490v are
now BSing, and 5130v something-elseing.

If that was too much for you, here`s John Carver`s summary:

``Tonight's show started on time. This evening I'm listening on 6160
as 7490 had a very poor signal. Moved to 5130 when some hets started
on 6160 and eventually moved to 9330. Allan states that they're on all
five frequencies this evening including full power on the new
transmitter. First phone call at 0007 from Freddie. Next call at 0016
was a prank call. Another phone call at 0022 interrupted a discussion
about Woodstock. Phone call was about Trump.

Back to Woodstock talk after the call. Phone call at 0053 with a
question about whether or not SW stations had to pay royalties on the
music they played. Reading of emails at 0101. Closing prayer at 0107
and program was off the air at 0110. No new information on the
superstation this evening. Just a rehash of old information. John
Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. At first: UNIDENTIFIED. 1180, Aug 16 at 0602 UT, Spanish
looping roughly E/W, i.e. between WHAM baseball talk to the ENE and
Rebelde echojammers to the SE. Seems like norteña music at first, but
between tunes several times, about 0608, 0611, 0614, super-hype
voice-actor intones ``99.9``; sometimes there may have been a slogan
just before that, but I just cannot copy it. Only when aimed E/W on
the DX-398 do I get a LAH, and with BFO comparing to 1170 and 1190,
it`s clear that this station is the one slightly off-frequency plus+.
Rearoused at 0637 UT, this time it sounds more like ``99.3``, so can`t
rule that out. And zzz.

This angle pretty well rules out Mexico, but trouble is, no likely US
stations are SS on 1180 per last year`s NRC AM Log. Maybe this year`s,
when it comes, will have the answer. It`s yet another that considers
AM only an expendable appendage of FM, tail wagging dog. IRCA Mexican
Log does not have any 1180 matches to either FM frequency.

Reverse search, looking up in the WTFDA FM Database all the 99.9s in
the USA in Spanish, shows none of them correlated with an ``origin``
on an 1180 station. But along the DF axis, in case there has been a
format flip, we do find a station in Arkansas, KTUV 1440 Little Rock
with 99.9 translators in both Rogers and Little Rock. Yet shown with
non-matching formats and slogans: K260DT Little Rock, regional
Mexican; and K260CS Rogers, Spanish hits, Las Americas Radio 1440. But
the only AR station on 1180 is unrelated, non-SS and over by Memphis
TN, WGUE, CLassic Rock format.

Before checking same for 99.3, I try radio-locator.com, on WGUE, and
by golly, there it is:

``WGUE-AM 1180 kHz
Turrell, Arkansas
"La Jefa"
Station Format: Regional Mexican

Website:
http://www.lajefa993.com/

Station Owner:
Butron Media Corporation
3654 Park Ave.
Memphis, TN 38111
Phone: 901-437-5993
Fax: 901-454-1027

WGUE-AM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class D
Digital Status Analog only
Area of Coverage View Daytime Coverage Map, View Nighttime Coverage
Map, View Critical Hours Coverage Map
Hours of Operation Unlimited
Antenna Mode Directional - 3 Patterns
Daytime Power 5000 Watts
Nighttime Power 26 Watts
Critical Hours Power 3500 Watts
Number of Towers 2
Transmitter Location 35° 08' 31" N, 90° 08' 06" W
License Granted October 20 2017
License Expires June 01 2020
Last FCC Update December 01 2017
WGUE-AM also broadcasts its primary channel from these 2 transmitters
W257CY 99.3 FM Memphis, TN (99 watts)
K268DA 101.5 FM Memphis, TN (250 watts)``

The nighttime coverage map for 1180 shows it almost circular, the 26
watts barely reaching adjacent counties from a + site barely on the AR
side of the River near West Memphis (despite the W-call):
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WGUE&service=AM&h=N
Hey, how does that fare against the 500+kW from Cuba (adding up powers
in WRTH, plus more unknown). Well, at least they make it to Enid!

Then to WTFDA search for all the SS on 99.3 --- no, not there nor
anything else likely. But since we have the call W257CY, going
directly to that, voilà:

``W257CY WGUE-1180 99.3 MEMPHIS TN USA 0.099 0.099 290.0 0.0 35-09-16
89-49-20 REGIONAL MEXICAN LA JEFA 99.3``

It did not show up in the Spanish search since there is no entry in
the field for language. I`m sure this must be it; everything fits
except hearing it if really on legal night power. Note the FM power
is, what else, also ``99` watts.

So as much as we decry AM stations abandoning their identity to a
paltry FM translator, even to the extent of `branding`` only on the FM
frequency --- in this case it leads to an ID, while SHVA shouts of
``11-80`` would not have, since we already know it`s obviously on
1180.

If all this sound vaguely familiar, it`s related to WUMY 830 sale
etc., as explained in DXLD 18-44
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1844.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0434 UT August 17