** CUBA. 5040.051, Oct 13 at 0028, RHC IS and Portuguese!
undermodulated, with squeal, and splatter from super signal of 5050
WWRB which is fortunately on only two nights a week. Unusual for this
or any RHC channel to be off-frequency; and supposed to be going from
Creole to French at 0030. WRTH of a year ago showed Portuguese on
15730 at 0030-0100, but currently not later than 2330-2400 per EiBi
and Aoki. Something`s always wrong at RHC. [Date correct: overlooked
for previous report, reminded by this:]

5040.051, Oct 15 at 0123, RHC off-frequency again, remeasured exactly
the same; correct language after 0100 Spanish, S9-S7, undermodulated
with squeal. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 4765, Oct 15 at 0128, Radio Progreso is S9+10 but JBM vs
CODAR swishes. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 94.1, Oct 14 at 1957 UT on caradio in western Enid,
gospel rock, something new? Not usually a semi-local here adjacent to
KLGB-LP 94.3. 2000 UT, multi-station ID for The House FM, starting
with KJTH 89.7 Ponca City but a local signal into Enid. Full stations
include call, location and frequency; translators only location and
frequency --- and 94.1 is *never* mentioned for any of them.

WTFDA Database soon finds the nearest 94.1, not far WNW of Enid:
KTHM 94.1 WAYNOKA OK 9.8 9.8 122.0 122.0 36-34-55 98-52-12 VARIETY

This makes no connexion whatsoever to The House network or KJTH, but
note the `TH` they try to include in all their callsigns.
Radio-locator.com info:

``KTHM-FM 94.1 MHz
Waynoka, Oklahoma
Station Format: Variety
Website: none
Station Owner:
The Love Station, Inc.
find stations owned by The Love Station, Inc.
this feature is only available to Gold Customers
Phone: 530-524-5251
Fax: 530-347-0138
KTHM-FM Technical Details:
Station Status Licensed Class C3 FM Station
Digital Status Analog only
Area of Coverage View Coverage Map
Effective Radiated Power 9800 Watts
Height above Avg. Terrain 122 meters (400 feet)
Height above Ground Level 116 meters (381 feet)
Height above Sea Level 584 meters (1916 feet)
Antenna Pattern Non-Directional
Transmitter Location 36° 34' 55" N, 98° 52' 13" W
License Granted November 13 2018
License Expires June 01 2021
Last FCC Update November 13 2018
Previous Call Signs: KBUG first used 12/27/2016
KTHM first used 4/30/2018``

Phones in 530 area code? I don`t think so: that`s the NE corner of
CALIFORNIA, while Oklahoma around Enid is 580!

As above and here note the license expires in only 2.55 years; why?
http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1795010.pdf

I really don`t think 94.1 has been on air since last November, rather
quite recently, so much so that HQ has not got around to adding it to
their ID spiel! I soon confirm on two radios that 94.1 is // 89.7 and
synchronized. ``Variety`` format seems like a cop-out, hardly does it
justice; like KJTH 89.7 it`s ``Christian CHR/Rock``

(and they were even playing imposing that today in Enid`s last
remaining Chinese buffet (also pizza, tamales, sushi), Chen Garden in
the almost-vacant Oakwood Mall --- but even so far inside the struxure
alee from it, KOSU penetrated quite well into our G8 and headset,
overriding the PA).

Of course they have a website:
https://www.thehousefm.com/

``Listen to The House FM on 89.7 OKC to Wichita • 88.5 OKC Metro •
100.1 Wichita • 89.1 Seminole• 105.9 Stillwater • 100.1 Edmond • 105.7
Bartlesville • 89.3 Altus • 89.9 Elk City / Clinton • 94.5 Pawhuska •
94.3 Shawnee • 93.9 Ada • 101.7 Lawton • 106.1 Sulphur • 94.1 Alva •
89.7 HD1 Northern Oklahoma``

There is 94.1, attributed to Alva, a slightly larger town not too far
from Waynoka. RL coverage map shows the cross right in Waynoka; Alva
barely within the ``local`` contour while Enid is slightly beyond the
``fringe`` contour (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 9830, Oct 14 at 2233, Voice of Turkey the best heard in a
long time, VG S9-S7 but some fades to S4, at ``Did You Know That``
either opening or closing of program as they play the same musical
intros and outros for everyshow. Some hum, no RTTY QRM now. Perhaps
Turkey decided they`d better get their propaganda machine in order to
support Ottoman imperialism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2003 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Oct 15 at
0127 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, P-F, S7-S9. Next:
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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. Last two twits by AW as of 23 UT Oct 14, tipped by Artie
Bigley:

``Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ Oct 13
Superstation hits the air tomorrow at 3:30pm eastern on 9330khz.
Beaming worldwide with genuine 500kw of radio power. WLC programming 7
hours daily. Have a listen. ``

Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ 11h11 hours ago
Worlds Superstation hits the air at 3:30 pm eastern time, 19:30 UTC.
Worlds Last Chance Ministry programming. Have a listen and report in.
wbcq@wbcq.com. Beaming 60 degrees for 4 hours then 274 degrees. Should
be fun at 500 kw. 22db antenna gain. Quite an ERP. Free speech radio
WBCQ 0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes

WTFK? O, he mentioned it yesterday, but not today. Nothing on 9330
when bandscanning circa 2230 UT Oct 14, nor 12120 which had since been
registered.

Nor on 11730, as headstart on B-19, yet another new frequency never in
use, per Ivo via Richard Lemke:

``USA Winter B-19 frequencies of WBCQ-6 Super Power Station:
1300-1857 on 15330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
1900-0057 on 11730 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
0100-0457 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
0500-0657 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to CAN English
0700-0857 on 9330*BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English
0900-1257 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEX English
*0700-0750 on 9330 Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri Cuban Spy HM01``

But 9330.00 is certainly on at next check 0120 Oct 15, S9+30 gospel
huxter in English, quoting Daniel. At 0158 WLC vamp music but now
declined to only S9-S7 with deep fades; unless antenna swivel away
from us, even 500 kW cannot overcome dropping MUF. 0200 quick AW legal
ID, and re-opening Worlds Last Chance Radio, apocalyptic advisory and
into same two flat-earth guys pretending to speak reasonably that we
first heard in the initial tests many months ago. So what are the real
hours and azimuths of these transmissions? Maybe AW took my advice to
go ahead with 9330 even if they can`t yet comeup on higher
frequencies; oops (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 15 at 0132, WRNO is S9+20/30 but just barely
modulated lady gospel huxter. It`s really incredible how many SW
stations think JBM is sufficient! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. Typo correxion: WWBA of course, not WBAA; fixed:

820, Oct 10 at 0052 UT, WBAP still has QRM with slow SAH, somewhat
audible when nulled, WWBA singing ID just before 0100, as Largo FL
station is *still* obviously on 50 kW day power instead of 1 kW night.
If they have a legit problem switching to night power and
pattern, they should just turn it off! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2003, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9220-USB, Oct 14 at 0118, weak 2-way in Spanish, keyword
``cambio`` literally ``change``, meaning ``over`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0417 UT October 15

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 14 at 1438, Trenton Military, CHR, **still**
``no report received`` from Zagreb, Split. Are those airports of
particular significance for Canadian Forces? Tough luck (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [non]. 1580, Oct 14 at 1438 UT, KOKB Blackwell still off
the air like yesterday afternoon, uncovering two weak signals making a
fast SAH -- most likely next-closest KHGG AR with KGAF Gainesville TX,
or maybe KFCS Colorado Springs, 10 kW ND daytimer two hours after SR
here, and well after its 1315 UT sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.2V, Oct 14 circa 0530 UT, big hum and intermittent
signal jumping around. At first I fear my tiny FM feeder transmitter
is acting up, normally tuned to 88.1 output; no, not that. Now I think
it must be K202BY, the 88.3 Family Radio translator for Enid, which
has had all kinds of problems, off the air recently. The hum sometimes
can be heard as low as 87.7 up to 88.4 at least. This disrupts
reception of 88.1 KWOU. Tnx a lot, Harold! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895.021, Oct 14 at 1432, Qur`an at S9, typical
inexact frequency, but MUF is looking up. How about the other two 16m
Sa`udis, 17615v and 17705? NO signals from either, but all three are
supposed to be on. 17895.021 is in fact the SSOB, beyond JBA carriers
on 17770 Turkey and 17605 Austria --- and no signal from 17775 KVOH
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2003 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 13 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, VP S8-S5.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 14 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, JBA and
undermodulated? while // 9395 has NO signal; MUF drop!

Also confirmed UT Monday October 14 at 0243 the 0230 on WRMI 7780, VP
but a bit better than an hour before.

Also confirmed UT Monday from 0302.5 on Area 51 webcast and S8-S9 at
0305 on WBCQ 5129.98. Also a carrier about 6161, doubt WBCQ.

Also confirmed UT Monday 0330 on WRMI webcast, while 9955 remains
inaudible, as well as 9455, 9395 in MUF drop -- more of which is
likely this B-season; needs more lower night frequencies. Next:

1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1130, Oct 14 at 0555 UT, ``tropical`` music from SW/NE,
as KWKH Shreveport is unusually weak and easily nulled. Spanish on
this frequency unusual; 0557 UT timecheck for 12:57, so in UT-5 CDT
zone same as here, but no ID copied as KWKH resurges by 0600 UT.

NRC AM Log has a few US SS on 1130: KSDO San Diego but wrong timezone
and SS:REL; WYXE Gallatin TN right zone but wrong direxion and SS:REL
daytimer; KTMR Converse (Houston) TX, SS:REL, wrong direxion, and 25
kW daytimer; WLBA Gainesville GA, not REL but 10 kW daytimer wrong
direxion; closest Mexidirexion would be XEHN Nogales, Sonora but UT
-7. IRCA Mexican Log has two other iffies in Guanajuato, Michoacán,
leaving the most likely, altho really more SSW than SW from here, but
in correct timezone:

``1130 XECHAP Mex Chapingo 10000 5000 Radio Chapingo EDU/CAR CP (2017)
for XEUACH-1610 to move here replacing XETOL which moved to FM.
Station web site 8/19 said transmissions will start on 1130 kHz
(daytime only [sic] 1300-0100) on 10/4/2019`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1503.2 & 1476.8 kHz, Oct 14 at 0615 UT, slightly
wandering spurblobs, 13.2v kHz above and below out of some 1490
station, now here. I can tell it`s talk modulation but far too
distorted to read. Now not so sure about previous DF of WSW/ENE (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1706 UT October 14

** CUBA. 13700, Oct 13 at 1433, this RHC is JBM and no spurs today.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Oct 13 at 1436, China Plus, English relay, is very
strong but undermodulated; wiggle that patchcord? Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. KUBO, 15140 S9+20 // 11760 S9+10, Sunday October 13 at 1510
check, RHK weekly Esperanto still on two frequencies, unbeknownst to
that language website
http://www.radiohc.cu/eo/interesantes/frecuencias
which still linx to the B-18 schedule claiming 11760 only! Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. [adding frequencies omitted originally:} 7335 & 7365,
Oct 12 at 1257, Radio Martí plugging program `La Habana
- Miami`, lunes a viernes 9 AM = 1300, soon 1400 UT, evidently rubbing
in how great the gusanos have made Miami in contrast to decaying
Havana; and in next hour add 13605 (which in B-19 will revert to
13820; why?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1580, Oct 13 at 1842 UT, KOKB Blackwell is off
the air again. Sibling `Triple Play` 1020 KOKB Perry remains nominal.
Nearby 1130 KLEY Wellington KS also remains off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Oct 13 at 1433, K6FRC beacon in CA is again JB
detectable, and nothing else on the ISM band, except for the constant
blob around 13560, presumably RF ID or hospital equipment nearby
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2003 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday October 13 at 0324 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 7 minutes into
so started circa 0317.
http://www.wa0rcr.com/
The Gateway 160 Meter Radio Newsletter has VG coverage over C & E
North America with 375 watts ND on a `clear` channel; plus lots of ham
news before and after WOR.

Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``GERMANY, World of Radio
#2003 via Hamburger Lokalradio, October 13

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2003-via-hamburger_13.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTY9_EPZXGY&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEm3_4K_8O0&feature=youtu.be
1031-1100 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sun CUSB, weak``

Next:
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
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 13 at
0606-0613 UT, still before sunrise in W Europe, less than 5 hours
after the previous one on the DX-398, now on the R-75 with E/W
longwire: 1215, 1152, 1134, 1125, 1098, 1089, 1044, 1026, 936, 909,
882, 855, 846(TP Kiritimati?), 774(2), 756, 747, 729, 711, 693, 621,
612(2), 585, 567, 558(2), 531; 1314, 1413 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1476.85 & 1503.15 kHz approx., Oct 13 at 0614 UT,
matching unreadable spurblotches which must be coming out of a 1490
transmitter exactly halfway between, noted during a TA carrier
bandscan. Previously heard these around 1476 & 1504, Oct 11 at 1221 UT
during a TP MW carrier bandscan and DFed to WSW/ENE, but overlooked
reporting then. Most likely out of an adjacent- or possibly
second-adjacent state, such as KBST Big Spring TX. KZZN Littlefield
TX, KDMO Carthage MO or one of the other two MOs in Sedalia, Rolla.
DXers in those local areas, if any, please check them out, especially
daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1610 kHz, Oct 13 at 0619 UT, big S9 hum, perhaps related
to my daytime unID noise; no sign of CHHA Toronto which normally
dominates here at night, so maybe out of that but seems too strong
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9103.5-USB, Oct 13 at 1438, 2-way in Spanish, laughing;
het from 9105, where S Korean clandestine remains (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

this report dispatched at 1856 UT October 13

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 12 at 2118, CHR **still** ``no report
received`` from anywhere, and still somewhat distorted modulation; add
another anomaly: ``Trenton Military``, now giving the ``time: 2115``,
``repeating aviation weather`` consisting of more no-reports-received,
even from Trenton --- hey, they could have a courier hand-deliver it!
Let`s hope Canadian Forces be epter in axual aviation, or godforbid,
combat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, Oct 12 at 0610, RHC English, normally best frequency,
now is S9+30 of dead air! 6165 is only S9 but also DA. 6000 and 6040
are off. Strikeout! Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13570, Oct 12 at 1411, RHC-FM spur with F# tone is just far
enough from 13565 not to impact q.v. USA K6FRC beacon; where else out
of 13700-AM? 13635, 13765, 13832, 13897, 13961, 13503; closer ones
broad, outer ones JBA at approx 66 kHz interval multiples. They were
all late coming on, still nothing several minutes after 1300.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760 & 11850, Oct 12 at 2113, RHC Spanish is JBM on both,
making it even harder to hear anything but a JBA carrier on spur
11840, and no threat at all to the jamming or RM on 11860. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. At the sites, don`t they ever check the incoming
programming feedline STL for anyaudio? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. Oct 12 at 1257, Radio Martí plugging program `La Habana
- Miami`, lunes a viernes 9 AM = 1300, soon 1400 UT, evidently rubbing
in how great the gusanos have made Miami in contrast to decaying
Havana; and in next hour add 13605 (which in B-19 will revert to
13820; why?) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 13730, Oct 12 at *1459 carrier, 1500 music with drumming,
1501 French announcement, as the marine weather special continues for
the Mini-Transat yacht racers; best I`ve heard this yet, but still
unreadable. Supposed to be mixed with English. Richard Langley heard
it better today via UTwente SDR despite proximity to Issoudun: ``First
yachts expected to complete the first leg of the race tomorrow
morning``; i.e. Tenerife, Gran Canaria. Second leg on to Caribbean is
not until November? So they have to kill time in the Islas? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 4890, Oct 12 at 1252, Korean VP vs building
local noise level of S9+10, not on 4885; at 1308 a quick check of
other EOH=VOH/VOP frequencies finds carriers or modulation, some
noise-jammed, some not, on: 9105, 6600, 6350, 6250, 5995, 4450, i.e.
some back on original frequencies, some not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 13 at 0026, S9 of classic rock --- I
bet it`s Wolverine Radio. After ``True to Myself`` song, 0040 yes, ID
Wolverine Radio with echoechoecho--- and SSTV during which I hear some
JBA talk under, another pirate? Or more likely fifth harmonic of my
strongest local 1390 KCRC, which can sometimes be detected in absence
of pirates. 0042 ID once, more music; 0047 ``White Sports Coat``, 0049
ID, 0054 `White Shade of Pale`, so the keyword must be white; 0058 ID,
0103 QRM de VFO sweeping, 0107 ID, 0112 clicking QRM, 0113 ID. Recheck
at 0133 is already off. Many other logs here including good captures
of the SSTV:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,59072.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SURINAME. 4990, Oct 12 at 0613, not even a JBA carrier from Radio
Apintie, nor have I noticed one in quite some time in nightmiddle nor
earlier. Suspect they are OFF, another SWBC country gone. The latest
logs I can find were 2.5 months ago:
4990 2147-2157, 25/7. Música pop'; 24331 (Carlos Gonçalves, Portugal)
4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0530-0540, 26-07, pop songs. 15321
(Manuel Méndez, Spain, WOR iog via DXLD) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Oct 12 at 1410, HIFER beacon K6FRC is on a roll,
audible again today. Whew, Cuban FM spur is just far enough away
around 13570. This happens to be right at its local sunrise time, but
of course refraxion patch halfway to here has been insolated for an
hour or so. Patterson, 2010y population 20K, is still too
insignificant to make it on gaisma.com`s long list of CA localities;
closest bigger city is Modesto; now how about all those other HIFERs
east or north of here which I never detect anymore? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17016.8-CW, Oct 12 at 2122, marker repeating loud & clear,
or RST 599, starting: ``VVV VVV VVV DE KPH KPH KPH QSX ---``, but I`m
in no position to QSX. Presumed regular weekend-only activity from the
Marine Radio Historical Society in Point Reyes CA. Other listed
frequencies which I did not remember: 12808.5 and 8642, Such markers
really stand out these days with so few maritime CW stations still in
service rather than historical legacies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2003 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria, reports our first two airings via HLR; he seldom monitors
the 1430:

``GERMANY, World of Radio#2003 via Hamburger Lokalradio, October 12

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2003-via-hamburger.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSUCL3oDN8M&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W1NSVQaQjg&feature=youtu.be
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat CUSB, good

World of Radio#2003 via Hamburger Lokalradio, October 12

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-of-radio2003-via-hamburger_12.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz3jMoqczx8&feature=youtu.be
1431-1500 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CEu English Sat CUSB, fair,
QRM same time 9490 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg WEu Romanian R.Romania Int.``

I don`t get the computer on in time to check UTwente, but own SW gets
a JBA carrier on 9490, so presumed RRI blasting into Europe unlike
missing last week. Shortly Alan Gale reports from England:

``Hi Glenn, Very strange conditions on 9485 kHz today. HLR was a very
good signal and no sign of splatter from 1300 to around 1432 UT, but
then the signal went right down just after your segment started. I
could tell you were there right up to the sign off at 1500, but the
signal wasn't strong enough to read anything other than the opening
part with the details of it being programme 2003. So it's back to the
usually very strong IRRS broadcast on 7290 kHz [1816.5 UT] on Monday
for me again then. Alan``

WOR remains WRMI-less and WBCQ-less on Saturdays but not WA0RCR-less:

0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
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
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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. 1680, Oct 12 at 1235 and still at 1249 UT, dead air looping
SE/NW, surely KRJO Monroe LA, the usual dominator. Initially atop some
other weak modulator(s), likely remnant of WPRR MI, maybe KGED CA. The
only other three 1680 Unitedstatesians never heard here, from WA, FL,
NJ.

BTW a DXer in Bâton Rouge told me Oct 7 that his local pirate, Radio
Retén Lo Que Tienes has reactivated but on 1690 instead of 1710; which
will make it much tougher to DX. Maybe nulling WVON early evening
before KDMT fade-in. See:
https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com/radio-tv-live/
Pretty snazzy website. One of the slides in their show mentions 1690
AM, but I don`t see an FM frequency anywhere, ``Radio`` is 24/7 but
not clear if that means 1690 and/or websteam audio/video (gh)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17850, Oct 12 at 2127, JBA carrier which I again suspect be
the third harmonic of 5950 WRMI. For the next 5+ minutes I struggle to
match traces of audio with 5950 on another receiver, and am almost
certain that`s it: music going to Brother Scare talk. 17850 registers
just S1 on the NRD-545 meter, better than the ambient noise level of
S-0.5. If #5 transmitter were better modulated, that could make the
difference on X3. 5950 is now TOMBS at 11-24 UT, 285 degrees, second
most favorable azimuth for here at 315. Sporadic E responsible, as
15770 WRMI-9 is much stronger than usual, offside of its alleged 44
degree beam; meant to check 6m DXMap ASAP, but still at 2318 there`s
one 31 MHz MUF blob over Biloxi, just about right for a skip from
Okeechobee. Normally JBA 13845 & 15825 WWCR also getting a big boost
from Es at 2120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, a good idea as Jim
Renfrew, NY has been reporting lots of stuff now and recently: this on
the handheld DX-398 to be sure they DF approx. NE if not SW, but
facing lots of splatter from those pesky North Americans on even
frequencies:

612, 621, 693, 774, 783, 837, 855, 882, 936(2), 999, 1017, 1053, 1062,
1089, 1125, 1179, 1215, 1296(2), 1305, 1413, 1422, 1502, 1512.

(I also have off-frequency-minus hets below 774 and 1548, but as
previously divined, those two are harmonically related to each other
and to 387-, so something local; never mind) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9557.0-USB, Oct 12 at 2109, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS,
far enough from the Cuban radiowar on 9565. I think at yearend I may
compile all these I have monitored, a lot, vs deafening lack of
interest elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17388.1-USB, Oct 12 at 2125, 2-way in Spanish, somewhat
noisy background. Possibly legit ship contacts in marine band altho
off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0225 UT October 13

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 11 at 2052, CHR Trenton Military, *still*
``No report received`` from anywhere. This applies both to latest
conditions and terminal forecasts. Signal not always there when I
randomcheck so unseems continuous. Like this, it might as well be
completely discontinuous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15370, Oct 11 at 2051, RHC S4-S5 in Portuguese but just
barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 15580, Friday October 11 at 2049, VOA `The Africa
Beat` music and DJ, poor-fair S5-S7, but better than usual. BOTSWANA
relay is on here until 2200, presumably still with `Music Time in
Africa` weekly Fridays during next hour from 2100. In B-seasons only,
MTIA has been on Greenville 15580, and in B-19 we regain Grimesland B
during the final hour only, but on new 11720. That should be good for
us off the back from almost due east azimuth with a smaller skip zone
and less challenge to the MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2003 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, Friday
October 11 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9 with flutter fading to S6 --
propagation disturbance? But the other WRMIs on 9455 and 9395 are
strong and steady, no such fluxuation. Maybe something amiss with the
9955 transmitter. By 2321 recheck its carrier beneath the jamming now
sounds nominal.

Also confirmed UT Saturday October 12 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 to the
NW, VG S9+20; checked at 0156, 7780 to the NE is JBA S5-S6 noisy, 5010
to the S is better, S9/S9+10, somewhat undermodulated and also noisy.
Next:

0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [alt weeks, Oct 12, 26]
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
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
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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. (7490), UT Sat Oct 12 at 0000, I`m tuned in to the WBCQ
webcast for AAAWWW; bits of other music until 0002 when `William Tell
Overture` theme finally plays; sounds lo-fi as if from a remote
location. Opening remarx about ``all the crap going on`` so I know we
are in for a political rant. Mentions that A&A are now in DeLand of
FLA, so our suspicion about their absence last week was correct,
getting out of ME before it freezes. Quickly interrupted by a call
from Hal Turner who already has his own show expanded to 6 hours a
week, so more politix are coming.

I don`t pay attention until 0028 when he changes to station info: The
SuperStation is fine, operational, except for transmitter tuning
problem. Factory tuned it to two frequencies, getting it to run on
higher bands is not easy, and the transmitter manufacturer
[CONTINENTAL] has not been coöperative; all they care about is money;
after spending millions of dollars already, nothing but bills and
trouble from them. ``So tired of it!`` Needs higher frequencies on 12,
13, 15, 17 MHz to reach North Africa and area. The antenna is perfect
but the transmitter --- ``I don`t want to say it`s a lemon.`` The
company has [had?] a great reputation, but now they send outrageous
invoices and the wrong people.

AW then calls for any good engineers out there to apply to WBCQ. They
are getting harder and harder to find, those who can deal with
high-voltage equipment. Engineering is tiring, hard work, with poor
pay, but satisfying. All SW stations are having such problems. [Maybe
Bob Biermann could help?]. Suggests that TimTron and Tom Barna are of
an age to be thinking about retirement.

Then he goes over the 7490 program schedule, day by day, hour by hour
(with quite a few omissions). When he gets to Wednesday at 5 pm
EASTERN, he takes note of Glenn`s 2,000 World of Radio programs ---
``that`s something --- that`s pretty good. Glenn, although crotchety,
we love you``.

Thursday evening, VORW has canceled, so there`s an opening. At 0047
the webcast starts dropping out (silent but still playing); maybe he
covers the 5130 schedule next? Running again by 0050 as he goes thru
the just published latest issue of Free Radio Weekly, about SW and FM
pirates (Bay City MI is in Michigan, BTW, not Minnesota = MN).

Wrapping up at 0057, mentions this show is only on 7490, something
else on 5130 (and meshes with my obs earlier of no signals on 9330,
6160 or 3265; why not?). Soon into benedixion, mentioning Brother
Stair whom they visited on the way to FLA; and seems he is really
trying to wind up by 0100 since Hal Turner now follows.

I say, it may not be convenient, but as long as the 500 kW won`t
coöperate and the rotatable antenna is fine, why not connect one of
the old transmitters to it; huge gain would make a big difference even
with only ``50`` kW. Anyhow it seems the S-S will funxion at least on
9330, so why not make the most of that?

Now over to John Carver for his version of: ``Tonight's AAWWW --- Show
started about a minute late on 7490 this evening. Allan and Angela in
the studio in FLA. Opens with a phone call from Hal Turner at 0005
talking about Syria and then lots of political talk. Hal Turner also
said something about California trying to do away with ham radio.
Another phone call at 0019 which was also political.

Allan said the superstation was fine and the antenna was perfect but
there is a problem tuning the transmitter to the higher frequencies
that they need to use. Says it's a design flaw. They're working with
the factory trying to resolve things but he says the factory keeps
sending the wrong people to do the work and is charging them
outrageous fees to do so. He came very close to calling the
transmitter a lemon. Says the world needs more transmitter engineers
and asked the listening audience if there were any transmitter
engineers listening to the program that would like to come and work in
Maine.

Then he went through the program schedule for the station which I
couldn't keep up with and was also marred by a series of internet feed
dropouts. One lasting for two minutes. When audio came back Allan was
starting to read the Free Radio Weekly and then went into other
emails. Closing prayer at 0058 and program was cut off at 0059. John,
Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0452 UT October 12