** ANGUILLA. 11775, Sept 5 at 1401, PMS on and strong enough to tell
her modulation is squealing, like WWCR-1, WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** BAHAMAS. While looking up CAYMAN info at dxinfocentre.com I search
for Bahamabeacons, and find only three listed. All appear to be away
from Hurricane Dorian path so may still be operating, FYI:
526, ZLS, Stella Maris, [Long Island], 500 watts
376, ZIN, Matthew Town, Great Inagua, 400 watts
281, ZSJ, Cockburn Town, San Salvador, 2000 watts
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 413 kHz, Sept 6 at 0547 UT, ND beacon YHD and dash, which
is 250 watts from Dryden, Ontario. I was tuned to 412-USB.

346 kHz, Sept 6 at 0615 UT, ND beacon YXL and dash, 500 watts from
Sioux Lookout, Ontario; I was tuned to 347-USB. Dozing off, there have
been more below. Glad to hear that not all the Y-stations have been
decommissioned yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CAYMAN ISLANDS. 415 kHz, Sept 6 at 0546, my NDB search downward is
off to a good start with CBC, which is 600 watts from Cayman BraC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 10960, 11070, 11150, Sept 6 at 1355, JBA carriers, all three
on *jammed SOH frequencies per Aoki/NDXC. VP propagation today but
these can hardly be coincidental (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** HAWAII. 10000, Sept 5 at 0550, WWVH YL announcement about MARS
exercises, but now it`s generic, no specifix; ``aloha`` concludes just
in time for next timecheck at 0550:45 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Sept 6 at 0538 during TA carrier search, q.v.,
also one here slightly stronger and steadier which I know is far more
likely to be TP, i.e. R. Kiribati already ~an hour after LSS in the
UT+14 = UT-10 zone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Unfortunately awake before 1200 UT Sept 6, I check lowband
for the usual SRS stations: 540, 550, 610, 650, 700, 710, 740. 550 and
700 are playing different NA versions at hourtop; 650 concluding
`Buenos Dias, Yarderos` just before 1200, i.e. XETNT Los Mochis,
Sinaloa, and then always weaker 610, XEGS Guasave joins // for news.

700, Sept 6 at 1205, ``La Poderosa de Parral, 90.3``, i.e. XEGD,
Chihuahua where 5/1 kW can be hyped as ``powerful``.

740, making horrible LAH on minus side of KRMG which soon takes over.
We know this one is XEQN Torreón, Coahuila.

Enid sunrise today: 1207 UT. Also around 1205 Sept 6, tried 870 for
XETAR, but dominated by Spanish gospel huxter from south, presumably
KFJZ Fort Worth, but in new NRC AM Log it is still shown as ETHnic:
Hindi, and other sources say BizTalk Radio (in English)! Could this
really be Mexican? No, new IRCA Log shows only two others in Oaxaca,
Guerrero, not religious and very unlikely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6170, September 5 at 0543, surprised to find RNZI good
on here at unsked time, so replacing 9700? NO, // very good 9700 is
still on too and stronger, so both transmitters are running in AM.
This may be another Thursday-maintenance test anomaly. BTW, 6170 is
much stronger than adjacent 6165 RHC. By 0558, 6170 is off; at 0602
both 5945 and 9700 are on, and 9700 does not go off until late at
0603*, unusual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1998, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Sept 5 at 0548, VON is on at S9+20 with African
music, drumming prélude to 0600 Hausa. One never know whether this
will be on or AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Sept 6 at 1659 UT check, KOKB Blackwell is still
OFF. You`d never know it from http://tripleplaysportsradio.com (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1998 contents: Antarctica,
Argentina, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Brasil, Chad non, Colombia,
Cuba and non, Hong Kong non, India, International Waters and non,
Iraq, Ireland non, Korea North, México, New Zealand, Oklahoma, Oman,
Romania, Russia, Sudan, Taiwan, UK, USA; and the propagation outlook

WOR 1998 is available as of 0350 UT Friday September 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1998.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor1998.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1030 UT Saturday Unique Radio 3210 or 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Aug
17?] 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 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 or 5045-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210 or 5045-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210 or 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND
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. 9330.16v, Sept 5 at 1421, WBCQ is JBA probably with a NOAA
Weather Radio relay; now moved up the coast from Daytona?

9330.190v, Sept 6 at 1400, WBCQ JBA talk in measured tones of NOAA
robot rather than Brother HyStairical; 1401 fades up a bit, definitely
NOAA Weather Radio, but can`t catch any local mentions, let alone ID
or WBCQ ID. Dorian is currently over the OBX of NC (and we hope DXer
Rick Shaftan is evacuated or doing OK). Far enough from Grimesland not
to cause VOA problems? Check for missing Martí or Bambara
frequencies.

Allan twitted Sept 5: ``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ Sep 5
Still storming. Still beaming on 9330khz with weather info. Blessings
for folks in the Carolinas. Tune in the shortwaves when you can. Bring
a portable with you. It’s fun and important``

And on Sept 4: ``Prayers to all in the hurricane path. May our Father
keep pushing it to the east. Far from land. Help our brethren in the
Bahama land. 9330khz on with NOAA weather reports.``

And on Sept 3: ``9330khz on with FL NOAA radio beaming south. Keep
tuned in to all the shortwaves. Much good information and
entertainment. A very good alternative to main stream everything``

Really ``beaming south``?? CCW from 245 degrees WSW, which has been
the nominal central beam for all WBCQ frequencies?? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1650 kHz, Sept 6 at 1212 UT, rustic Mexmx and ``1650-AM,
cerca de su rancho`` slogans; loops WSW which is just right to
minimize 1640-KZLS, and my line noise from N/S. Must be KSVE El Paso
TX, 8500/850 watts, new format after defunct ESPN-D (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search: I hear a 1 kHz het
on 1000 KTOK OKC, so it`s time to resume hunting. Some editors think
this is a waste, insignificant, but I know I am really getting all
these signals from multiple countries, even if any audio for a
``definite ID`` is unlikely here in deep North America. Usual method:
on R75, 9-kHz steps tuning USB 1 kHz below each channel to detect
tell-tale hets of 1000 Hz.

This is at 0255-0304 UT Sept 6: 531, 621, 684, 711, 774-, 837, 954,
999, 1098, 1107, 1503, 1566, 1575. 621 stands out strongest, probably
Canary Islands. 774 is on the minus side, maybe something local. Often
pilot 999 is most likely COPE, Madrid, Spain, by proximity and power
50 kW.

Another search at 0538-0544 Sept 6: 549, 567, 621, 711, 747, 774(2),
837, 954, 999, 1107 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
KIRITIMATI

UNIDENTIFIED. 930, Sept 4 at 0607 UT, WKY OKC nulled reveals a C2CAM
station, most likely WTAD Quincy IL, or maybe KWOC Poplar Bluff MO;
mixed with a sportstalk in English I will not attempt to guess (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1707 UT September 6

** BRAZIL. 11780, Sept 4 at 2057, Brazilian song at S5-S7, as RNA is
back here after a spell on 6180 as others have reported. There are
also reports that Bolsonaro wants to privatize EBC stations, which
would probably put an end to the SW service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, Sept 4 at 0623, RHC English, S9+20 but undermodulated,
better than JBA carrier on 6165; 6000 and 5040 off. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13700, Sept 4 at 1325, after resurgence yesterday, no FM spur
constellation from this RHC today. Something`s not wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 15130, Sept 4 at 2055, algo JBA, virtually the OSOB.
Aoki/NDXC shows NHK in Japanese via FRANCE at 1900-2100.

11985, Sept 4 at 2059, French broadcast just ending. This one is NHK
via MADAGASCAR at 2030-2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, after open carrier/dead air since at least August
30, KMFS Guthrie is finally revived Sept 4 at 1755 UT with some
musical modulation, 1800 UT ID *only* as ``Son-Life Radio, WJFM, 88.5,
Bâton Rouge``, i.e.. flagship station of Jimmy Swaggart network, who
then starts gospelhuxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Sept 3 at 1830 UT, KOKB Blackwell is OFF, while
sibling 1020 KOKP Perry remains nominal; KOKB still off Sept 4 at
1755, 2105 UT: opens frequency for traces of two other groundwave
stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday September 4 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, after IS & ID loop. This
stopped at the end of a cycle right at 2100:00, but WOR playout not
cut on until 2100:03 when I have already reached ``---1997``, my first
eight words upcut, as WRMI automation continues to be out of
synchronization. S5-S8 anyway, much better than simulcast on WBCQ
7490.2, JBA in HNL, but confirmed L&C on webcast. Next:

Thu 0100 WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radiosked.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330, Sept 4 at 1355, JBA signal presumed WBCQ relaying NOAA
Weather Radio from Daytona, but too weak to be sure. At 2103 it`s just
as bad but measured down to 9329.94. Will they pick up further NOAA`s
up the GA, SC, NC coasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. During a break in my high local line noise level affecting
MW as well as SW, at midday Sept 3, I decide to try something
different: MW bandscan at 1 kHz below each 10-kHz channel in USB, to
``hear the hets``. Even tho this is far from an ideal quiet location
and far from ideal equipment (R75 with 100` E-W longwire, meaning it`s
a bit deaf to the N/S, such as not hearing 820 WBAP), I listen for
frequencies with more than one carrier beating --- some of them very
slow, to slow, to medium, to fast --- and skipping those with no
signal or definitely only one signal. It would take a *lot* more time
to count the beats and calculate each SAH.

This indicates that there are remnants of groundwave from some
second-tier stations around here I seldom or never hear in the clear.
Of course, I am not interested in amassing station totals so am making
no such claims, just an exercise in monitoring and propagation. I will
include the most likely sources based on proximity, top station first.
Remember that we do have some of the highest inland ground
conductivity around here, in the 30s.

I do this between 1840 and 1903 UT Sept 3, i.e. just after local mean
noon always at 1832 UT, when there will be the *least* possibility of
MW skywave, especially now still in summer. Some frequencies with one
fairly strong semi-local seem to be wobbling; hard to be certain if
transmitter fault or receiver overload. As usual when tuning MW or LW
on this receiver, both Preamp 2 and Preamp 1 are OFF. But further ATT
is not engaged. And of course there is no DFing with the LW.

Quite possibly no other DX editor will wish to dedicate the space to
publish this, but here it is in my original log report, which took at
least twice as long afterwards to compile as to carry out.

Reference for current listings and callsigns: NRC AM Log 2019-2020.

1600, v? KUSH OK
1590, slow: KGVB KS, KWEY OK [closer but not aimed thisaway]
1580, fast, while KOKB OK is OFF!! That leaves KHGG AR, KGAF TX
1570, slow, KTUZ OK, KTAT OK, KBCV MO
1560, fast, KEBC OK, WMBH MO, KABI KS
1540, medium, KNGL KS, KZMP TX
1500, slow, KPGM OK, KJIM TX
1480, irr., KQAM KS, KNGO TX
1460, medium, KZUE OK, KKOY KS, KCLE TX
1450, medium, 3-way, KGFF OK, KSIW OK, KWHW OK, KQYX MO, KWBW KS
1430, medium-fast, KTBZ OK, KALV OK
1420, slow, KTJS OK, KJCK KS, KULY KS
1400, irregular, KWON OK, KREF OK
1350, fast, KMAN KS, KTLQ OK
1340, medium, KGHM OK, KJMU OK
1320, KCLI OK way off frequency
1310, medium, KYUL KS, KZRG MO
1280, slow 2.2 Hz, KSOK KS, KPRV OK
1270, show, KRXO OK, KSCB KS, KFLC TX
1260, fast, KWSH OK, KSGF MO
1250, fast, KYYS MO, KRRD AR
1240, medium, KFH KS, KADS OK
1220, very slow, KTLV OK, KCAX MO, KOFO KS
1190, medium, KFXR TX, KVSV KS
1150, fast, KSAL KS, KNED OK
1140, fast, KRMP OK, KLTK AR
1130, very fast, KLEY KS, KWKH LA
1090, medium, KEXS MO, KVOP TX
1070, KFTI KS way off frequency
1060, medium, KIJN TX, KBFL MO
1050, fast, KGTO OK, KXCA OK
1040, medium, KGGR TX, WHO IA, KGWA 960 OK spur
1030, medium-fast, 3-way, KFAY AR, KBUF KS, KCWJ MO
1010, medium, KTNZ TX, KIND KS
990, medium, KFCD TX, KRSL KS
940, medium, KIXZ TX, KSWM MO
860, irregular, KKOW KS
790, fast, KURM AR, KXXX KS, KFYO TX
760, slow, KCCV KS, KDFD CO
710, slow, KGNC TX, KCMO MO
670, slow, KLTT CO, KHGZ AR, WSCR IL
660, medium, KSKY TX, KCRO NE
640, irregular, KWPN OK
570, very slow, WNAX SD, KLIF TX
560, fast, KWTO MO, KLZ CO
540, medium, KDFT TX, KWMT IA
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1060, Sept 4 at 0630 UT, romantic song in Spanish loops
WSW/ENE, fitting KIJN Farwell TX, the perpetually cheating 10 kW
daytimer; repeated lyric, ``Quiero estar contigo``, i.e. Jesus rather
than romantic, and 0633 UT KIJN ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2325 UT Sept 4

** CUBA. After many months, I`m again hearing multiple FM spurs from
RHC; on almost daily morning bandscans, no sign of them until now,
Sept 3 at 1337 as I am tuning downward, first encountered circa 13830
but covering 10-11 kHz, 13825-13836. Also 13758-13772, 13626-13637,
13562-13572 weaker; trace circa 13500.

Very strong AM signals on both 13740 and 13700 before 1400, but these
FM spurs are obviously out of 13700 at approx. 65 kHz intervals; and
they are still there after 13740 is off at 1400 check.

Then I search further: FM on 13894-13903; trace circa 13963: these two
higher blobs I had not noticed initially. The closer ones are very
strong too. Come to think of it, I did not notice any F# tone along
with them which used to accompany, but rechecking at 1520 they are all
off as is 13700. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Hurricane Watch Net is posting
daily(?) updates about what`s been happening on the HWN; keep
checking:
https://www.hwn.org/policies/activationplans.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. We may relax? Christian Mocanu, Romania, reports Sept 2
via bclnews.it yg: ``My friends at RRI answered my email and I was
pleased to read the following:

"The Board of the Romanian Radio Society rejected the proposal of
closing down any shortwave or mediumwave broadcasts as well as to
disrupt in any way the production of radio programming, instructed the
Management Council and the President-General Manager to reduce costs
in other areas and the President-General Manager to take all the
required measures in order to ensure funding for the Society"`` (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: I missed checking UT Tuesday
Sept 3 at 0100 on WRMI 7780; did anyone hear it? 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. 9330.034V, Sept 3 at 1412, WBCQ relaying NOAA Weather Radio:
typical robotic cadence and intonation, hurricane info; S6-S8 and
difficult to copy from old wavering transmitter, not 500 kW Super! I
do hear a mention of ``eastern Okeechobee county``. Harold Frodge
first reported this:

``9330, WBCQ, Monticello ME; 2047-2203+, 9/2; Relaying NOAA 162.4 MHz,
KIH26, Daytona Beach FL, with Florida Atlantic coast wx & Dorian
update; long loop repeated, but apparently being updated each
round; 5:34 PM EDT TC. No relayer ID break, but e-mail response
from Allan Weiner in just a couple of minutes confirmed it’s
WBCQ. S9 peaks; very fady after 2100. (Frodge-MI)``

WRMI is still on nominally at 1415 Sept 3 check: 9395 good with BS,
15770 JBA with SMTV; 21525 JBA carrier Radio Africa. WRMI will have to
close down if the winds get too high.

At 1505 UT Sept 3 on MSNBC, Al Roker had a map showing ``scattered
power outages`` inland including Okeechobee county (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1544 UT September 3

** BAHAMAS [non]. 1540, Sept 2 at 0520 UT, try to hear ZNS which is
reported still on air from Nassau, outside the hurricane, and which
should be on emergency non-direxional antenna making it more audible
in USA --- but no trace of it vs two Spanish stations, likely Texans,
and English, KXEL IA, etc. The only other Bahamian MW is 810 ZNS-3 in
Freeport, now listed as gospel format so not normally relaying Nassau;
rather dedicated to praying away Dorian? cursory check there not
expecting to hear it even if not yet blown off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Sept 1 at 2134, RHC is dead air; 11850 just barely
modulated, 9640 undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640, Sunday September 1 at 2253, RHC `En Contacto`, Arnie
with ham news, citing a postal address in Matanzas -- pen pal? 2253
Marta introduces a fibre-optic connexion --- big deal! --- to Arnie
for propagation info, but he`s soon mumbling something about
Zacatecas, QSL on-the-air? 2257 outro (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, UT Monday September 2 at 0510, RHC English starting
`DXers Unlimited`, initially about Dorian which is totally missing
Cuba, but Arnie recalls previous storms and ham activity. This
frequency barely strong enough vs HLNL, not 6165 or 6000; normally
strongest would be 5040 but it seems still to be in wrong language,
Spanish. DXUL upwraps already at 0518. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Further chex for the Hurricane
Watch Net finally get something, Sept 2 at 2137: 14325-USB, reading a
notice in Spanish with rainfall predixions in pulgadas, VP fading out
and in.

7268-LSB, also VP, in English at 2138 Sept 2 reading a warning.
Constant monitoring might turn up real-time reports from places being
hit?

Dino Bloise, FL, reported early UT Sept 2: ``Confirmed. The Net is
Active on 7268 LSB, 0015 UT operated by AC0ML`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1490, Sept 1 at 1434 UT check, KMFS Guthrie is *still*
open carrier/dead air. Ditto at 2248 UT Sept 1 and 1753 UT Sept 2
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17 DTV, Sept 2 at 1400 UT, after a week of total
breakup, trying to cram multiple satellite channels, K17JN-D Enid has
been fixed but still anomalous. Now both the STBox and the Sanyo DTV
get the same subchannels, no longer the extra ones up to -202.

This is obviously still our local K17JN-D satellator from same site
just west of Enid, N of Chestnut Ave, W of Boomer and E of St Hwy
152.

But now it`s identifying as KCYH-LD!!! and remapping to ch 41!!!
That`s really the Clarion Broadcasting Group parent station in Ardmore
at the other side of Oklahoma. FCC TV Query shows it on RF 34, but a
CP for 41, and yes, that CP is still at G.C. for Ardmore, not Enid;
and FCC still lists K17JN-D with its near-Enid G.C.

When tuned directly to 41-2 and 41-4, the STB shows no signal on RF
34, but that may be saved from some DX long ago.

Here`s the lineup now, not breaking up at all:

41-1, KCYH-LD, 3ABN bug LR
41-2, [blank]
41-3, AmFacts, AFTV bug LR with Unsupported Audio Codec on the Sanyo
41-4, [blank]
41-5, Hope201, Hope Channel bug UR
41-6, LLBN-EN, HisWord bug LR
41-7, 3ABN-RD, Audio only
41-8, 3ABN-RL, Audio only, Spanish
41-9, Radio74, Audio only, English
And nothing further (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 6040, Sept 2 at 0043, JBA carrier presumed RRI English to
N America, but not detected on // 7375. My high local noise level
combines with degraded propagation, but Ivo has also been reporting
some of their transmitters off the air the past few days.

RRI also plans to close down shortwave!!! Here`s translation of the
union`s objexion, from the press agency, originally via Roberto
Scaglione, bclnews.it:

``Press release - MediaSind 2019-08-26 14:40:17

Play [button to javascript: is there really audio of this in Rom.?]

https://www.agerpres.ro/stiri/2019/08/26/comunicat-de-presa-mediasind--360115

DO NOT DESTROY RADIO ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL!

The Romanian Syndicate of Journalists MediaSind, through the Radio
Romania Branch, expresses its concern at the intention of the SRR
president-general director, Georgică Severin, to suspend the shortwave
broadcast of the Radio Romania International station.

Due to the superficiality with which the responsible factors of the
institution treated the problem of the allocated budget, the Romanian
Broadcasting Society lost, at the last rectification, 10 million lei,
an amount without which the good functioning of the company cannot be
ensured.

In order to cover this consistent deficit, according to some public
statements of the President - General Manager, the expenses with the
shortwave transmitters owned by Radiocom, which broadcasts Radio
Romania International (RRI) programs in 13 languages, would be cut.
dialects.

The 'solution' to closing the shortwave emission, even if it is the
most handy, having immediate effect, is a totally wrong one. Indeed,
as hypocritically motivated by the Georgica Severin decision, these
transmitters are not useful in the country, with the expansion of the
FM network.

The gravity of the decision of the Radio management is, however, a
huge one, undermining even the national interest, with which even
Georgică Severin has no right to play. Let us not forget that Romania
has the second diaspora in the world, as a percentage of the
population, after Syria. From the recent estimates of the Ministry for
Romanians Everywhere, around the country live about 9.7 million
countrymen whom we have to treat as Romanians with full rights, who
have the right to information, including by Radio Romania
International.

The head of the SRR, Georgică Severin, had to make energetic and
repeated requests from the Government in order to obtain sufficient
funds for the good functioning of the institution, including for the
antennas, taking into account the future presidential elections of
2019 and parliamentary from 2020. Why Is the main means of
transmitting messages to Romanians abroad exactly during this
pre-election period being abolished? Should we consider this gesture
merely as a sign of disrespecting the diaspora?

On the other hand, it should be noted that RRI issues programs for the
Aromanian communities in the world, as well as for foreigners, in
general, interested in Romania and the geographical area in which we
are, RRI being thus an efficient polyglot software soft diplomacy
tool. .

Let us not forget then that the shortwave broadcast has a strategic
character, because, in case of necessity, of disasters, of calamities,
but also of suspension, by hostile decisions of Romania, of the
Internet, the Romanian state can communicate with the Romanians from
abroad and with the world at large. As it is known, the Internet is
extremely vulnerable to political decisions. Also, in the case of
catastrophic floods, earthquakes, conflicts, short waves remain the
only reliable way to communicate with the world.

Therefore, the idea of ​​stopping the shortwave broadcast, coupled
with another simplistic idea that RRI will successfully broadcast on
the Internet, can produce serious effects, jeopardizing Romania's
national security.

Exiting the Internet only means, in fact, closing the RRI station,
which is in contravention of Law 41. According to art. 1 of the law,
SRR makes programs for abroad, not online content; broadcast means
radio broadcast, not online!

The exit of the RRI from the shortwave frequencies (this is a heritage
of about 7,000 frequencies that are traded biannually by international
broadcasters) will result in the loss of frequencies in favor of other
countries. At the same time, Radiocom stations in Ţigăneşti, Săftica
and Galbeni, where the 5 stations used for RRI are located, will be
closed and Radiocom employees will be relocated or even fired. And as
according to a harmful Romanian tradition, any provisional decision
becomes final, it is hard to believe that it will return to the
previous situation, to the issuance on short waves, even if the
Government would allocate the necessary funds.

Closing the shortwave transmitters, without offering other means of
transmission in exchange, would practically equate to the
disappearance of the station; radio means broadcast on radio waves,
analog or digital; a station on the Internet is no longer radio, it's
just a multimedia product.

The next logical step, after a possible shutdown of the shortwave
emission at RRI, will be the personnel restructuring. See the unhappy
experience with Radio3Net station, which is only online and
experimentally on DAB, in Bucharest, which has under-sized staff, even
under the conditions of online production.

We consider that giving up the short wave, in whole or in part, is not
a decision that falls within the competence of a president-general
director because it concerns Romania's strategic interests. In this
situation, the CSAT opinion should be requested and, in the
Parliament, the Law on the organization and functioning of the SRR
should be changed. Or, Georgică Severin is far from having the
agreement of these institutions.

The role of RRI has been and is very important: promoting the country
abroad and spreading Romania's opinions worldwide. By giving up any
transmitter, whether from long, short or medium waves, the main object
of activity of the SRR is affected, which is the realization and
dissemination of programs (according to art. 15 of law 41).

Taking into account the serious situation that could arise as a result
of the decision of the head of SRR, MediaSind Radio Romania requests
the Parliament of Romania to intervene in an emergency regime to stop
the destruction of the Radio Romania International station.

Communication Department MediaSind Bucharest, August 26, 2019``

RRI has NOT been totally closed down yet, as some posts imply!

``6040 in French on-air now; 7420 in Romanian on-air now. Logs at
0102-0128 UT Sep 2, 2019. Greetings, José Ronaldo Xavier, Cabedelo-PB,
Brazil``

Here`s the full A-19 schedule of RRI, to keep checking out:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A19&broadc=RRO

However, Ivo Ivanov: ``Frequency change of RRInter from August 20:
1100-1156 NF 11990 TIG 300 kW / 307 deg to WeEu English, ex 15130
11990 is unregistered in HFCC Database, but mentioned on RRI site
11990 is inactive at present, but here my two videos on August 27

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/frequency-change-of-radio-romania.html
1000-1056 on 9790 GAL 300 kW / 285 deg to WeEu French - inactive``

If Romanian SW sites be totally closed, IRRS will also be out of luck
for relays such as 7290 for WORLD OF RADIO Mondays at 1816.5; maybe
they will switch to Secretbrod, Bulgaria? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
Sept 1 at 2155 the 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair, only by checking UTwente
SDR toward which it`s aimed; at 2130 only a JBA carrier here, not
enough to audiblize even with noise reduxion.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 2 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S7-S9; and
JBA in HLNL on 7780. (Neither of these audible at UTWente SDR, 0150)

Also confirmed UT Monday September 2 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 vs
HNLN, after ``Everglades`` ID.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 2 from 0320 until 0329.5 concluding
Area 51 webcast which must have started almost on-time 0300; as for
WBCQ 5130.4, JBA carrier at earlier 0249 check in HLNL, nor could
detect any signal on 6160v. BTW, 5130.4 not making it to UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday September 2 at 0330 on WRMI webcast,
interrupting canned ID so WOR Opening is not upcut. Earlier at 0313
check, 9955 was VP S3-S4.

Tim Gaynor posted a late decision to keep Unique Radio on 5045-USB
instead of 3210 on his first day back on air, including WOR at 0930 &
1130 Monday September 2. Next:

Confirmed Monday September 2 at 1816.5 on IRRS 7290 via ROMANIA, VG
after 1813 open carrier, 1814 JIP fragment report about testing
patients for some illness, 1815 cut to Aïda, 1816.5, WOR 1997 starts
[doomed? See ROMANIA]

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio NSW 5045- or 3210-USB 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1090, Sept 2 at 0248 UT, dead-air, loops E-W, no doubt KAAY
Little Rock again; understation something in Spanish, most likely KMXA
Aurora CO, ESPN-D, 50000/500 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Sept 1 at 2248 UT, and Sept 2 at 1754 UT chex, music
from KLEY Wellington KS, still not off the air again (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1821 UT September 2

** CHINA. 10960, 11440, 12350, Sept 1 at 1309, only JBA carriers I
find WOOB which could be CNR1 jammers; very poor propagation, not even
11785. 25m almost dead except for RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Since Hurricane Dorian appeared,
random chex of the two Hurricane Watch ham frequencies have produced
absolutely nothing, day or night. Awful propagation, or what? Now
unnecessary with huge professional meteorological and media coverage?

https://www.hwn.org/
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Update: Saturday, August 31, 2019 @ 12:30 AM EDT - 1630 UTC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, Sept 1, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: NMG

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0112, weak rock music
presumably The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, already moved from summer-only
frequency via GERMANY, 9925 where there is nothing now altho it had
been propagating well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, Sept 1 at 0145, rock music at S9+10,
checked just after some DX program on 5850 suggested to do so, tnx!
First pirate I`ve heard in weeks, this one strong enough to battle my
high local line noise. Many logs here say it`s Clever Name Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,57599.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4316-USB, Sept 1 at 0516, robovoice giving latest and
predicted positions of some storm, surely unnamed Hurricane Dorian
judging from the high-knot wind speeds. Hard to follow, as it does not
pause before or after numbers like a normal human speaker. Surely
those could be built into the software. Scheduled at 0515-0550 is NMG,
USCG New Orleans; S9+20 to S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1997 monitoring: Confirmed by Ivo
Ivanov, Bulgaria, Saturday: ``GERMANY World of Radio#1997 via
Hamburger Lokalradio, August 31
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio1997-via-hamburger.html
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair/good``

Confirmed UT Sunday September 1 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+10/30.

Also confirmed UT Sun Sept 1 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville
MO, about 14 minutes into so started circa 0314; less line and storm
noise than I expected, S8-S9 and mostly readable. Next:

[Unique Radio, NSW is resuming already as of Monday Sept 2!]

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 NSW 3210-USB ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania ND
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5050, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0119, no signal from WWRB, nor on any
possible 3-MHz frequency; perhaps the Saturday night broadcast is
already over, altho on Sunday night = UT Monday it was still running
two hours later along with 10100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, UT Sun Sept 1 at 0123, VOV relay via WHRI in
Vietnamese --- kept going, not just a segment to be translated.
Officially registered as VV after 0130 which has been in English as
well as 0100; language mixup? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11999 approx., Sept 1 at 0130, weak SSB 2-way I cannot
get to resolve, can`t even tell the language, tuning back and forth in
LSB or USB --- maybe 3 x a ham just below 4000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 2005 UT September 1