** CHINA [and non]. 10960, scanning for CNR1 jammers, Sept 23 at 1323,
not much except a weak signal here, but wait --- it`s in English.
Altho a regular SOH/jamchan, sure enough what I hear now is matching
audio from local 1390 KCRC, quickly computed as
overload/external/receiver mix with the S9+30 signal of CRI via CUBA
on 9570, which is 1390 kHz below.

I do find some real CNR1s at 1331: 9180 VP Chinese; 9215 & 9230 JBA
carriers, and no WOOBs higher up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGES)

** CUBA. 9630 & 9650, Sept 23 at 1328, buzzspurs again out of 9640 RHC
transmitter. But no FMs out of 13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6100, Sept 23 at 0607, RHC in SPANISH news, not English, VG
S9+30, when there is not supposed to be Spanish on any frequency.
Can`t tell if other frequencies are still English: 6000 just went off;
6165 is JBA carrier in HNL; and so is 5040 which normally should
penetrate if still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1170, Sept 23 at 1234 UT tune-across KFAQ Tulsa as EAS
tones are concluding. No known emergency requiring them; what`s up?
Right into ordinary weather info from NewsOn6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain,
Logs in Reinante, Tecsun S-8800, cable antenna, 8 meters: GERMANY,
6190, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, *0600-0700, 21-09, English,
programs “Media Network Plus” and Glenn Hauser’s “World of Radio”.
25432. (Méndez) 7265, Hamburger LokalRadio, Goehren, 1030-1100, 22-09,
English, Glenn Hauser’s program “World of Radio”. 15321. (Méndez)

Also confirmed Sunday Sept 22 after 2130 on WRMI 7780, VP vs HNL.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs HNL; but
VG S9+20 on // 9395.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0248, JBA on WRMI 7780 via
UTwente; direct at 0240 only a JBA carrier vs HNL.

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; JBA vs
HNL even with NB at 0327 on WBCQ 5130+, (and not at UTwente SDR)

Also confirmed UT Monday Sept 23 after 0330 on WRMI webcast, while no
signal on 9955 (and other WRMI 9395 a JBA carrier). Next:

1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

WOR 2000 available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3

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

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

Thanks to everyone who sent congratulations on reaching WOR 2000!
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. [WOR] 9330 WBCQ SS back on --- At 1751 Sept 22 check with
music; had not been on at 1700. Does not seem like full power. Maybe
will stay on again this evening with Area 51?? (Glenn Hauser, 1755 UT
Sept 22, WOR iog via DXLD) But next check 1838 it`s gone again and
nothing further into UT Sept 23 (gh)

** U S A. 1280, Sept 23 at 1230 UT from NW/SE mentions Utah in ad;
1231 plug ``97-5 The Dog`` sports radio in Utah; nearest KSOK 1280 KS
is no problem, QRP if on at all. Some IBOC noise presumably from KRXO
OK dominating 1270. So it`s KZNS SLC, U4 50000/670 watts. Well,
official FCC sunrise in Sept is not until 1300 UT (October 1345 UT),
and this is far too much signal for 670 watts. Day pattern is almost
ND, slight advantage to the east and south; night pattern major lobes
N/S, not good for us. WTFDA DB shows the main 97.5 KZNS at CoL
Coalville, 89 kW ERP horizontal only; plus five low-power co-channel
relays but not translators in SLC and various suburbs, with calls such
as KZNS-FM4 in SLC. But this and NRC AM Log say the slogan is ``1280
The Zone`` as the calls imply, not ``The Dawg``. There are several
Dawgs (or Dogs) searched on 97.5 but not here, unless a very recent
change. It sure sounded like Dawg to me. Shortly after at 1235 UT I
compare this to 50 kW ND KSL on 1160 and find it JBA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 88.1, Sept 23 at 1340 UT, KWOU Woodward OK is in solid for
`StarDate` so I know tropo is up. For 1500, Hepburn maps predict a big
level-7 blob centered over SE KS, with level 2 extending out past
Enid. Starting UHF/VHF DTV scan at 1402:

OKC stations on RF 23, 13, 7 are not decoding, so blocked by DX QRM.
Bad signals on 8, 10, 12, 26, 30, 31, 32, 35, 45.

RF 14 briefly decodes enough to display PSIP IDs as DTV 17-1 FOX and
without trying to tune up, DTV 17-3 Comet. This matches
rabbitears.info only for KOCW Hoisington (central KS, Hays market), 40
kW relaying KSAS via KAAS. W9WI.com confirms that there are no other
possibilities in the 4-state area.

Blockage of KOCO RF7 probably also from Hays, KBSH-DT; altho the map
would imply KOAM-TV Pittsburg KS 98 kW in the max-tropo target zone
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search on the DX-398, Sept
23 at 1213-1223 UT spanning LSR of 1220 UT:
From NW: 774, 747, 693, 657, 594, 828, 837, 972, 1566
From WSW: 702, 567, 882, 1035
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1647 UT September 23

** BRAZIL. 4885.023, Sept 22 at 0551, Rádio Clube do Pará music
measured here on VP signal, but at least I can hear it, even tho or
because of using my indoor longwire, after a storm which deposited
more than one inch of rain, also attenuating if not eliminating the
high line noise level. Recheck at 0619 during multi-station ID
including some MW outlets, which is what Pará does, not the other ZY
on 4885, Rdif. Acreana. However, when measuring this, I heard a beat
with another carrier; too early for Korea. Either it`s Acreana
underneath, or the Pará carrier is slightly unstable. Richard Langley
had recently recorded 4885 overnight and reported nothing from Brasil
but Pará (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9630.408, Sept 22 at 0610, R. Aparecida music on
perpetual offset.

9664.847, Sept 22 at 0615, Voz Missionária preaching in Portuguese,
another perpetual offset, both with fair signals more than usual and
not much else on 31mb now.

9645.00, Sept 22 at 0609, JBA carrier between the two Brazilians which
once would surely have been R. Bandeirantes, but doubt it has resumed
SW. Per EiBi, it`s Vatican Radio, Sunday-only Ukrainian at 0605-0700,
altho CNR1 Beijing is also on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 10870, Sept 22 at 1255, CNR1 jammer, Chinese talk; but no
more in the 9s, 10s, 11s, nor 12s, 13s, by 1305, except JBA 11640, VP
11785 and better 11825 before 1300 which are also probably CNR1
jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Sept 22 at 0557, RHC English is S9+10 but suptorted;
6165 a JBA carrier S7-S9, but JBM? 6100 however is S9+20/30 with good
mod. 6060, originally A-19 scheduled for English at 0500-0700, has
been gone for months, but still in Aoki/NDXC (along with Spanish
0000-0500), not EiBi. 5040 is OFF already altho it was VG a few
minutes earlier. Typically they turn it off before the English hour
concludes! (BTW, last Sunday, Wolfgang Bueschel says Esperanto at 0700
on 6100 was absent; I`m not awake that late). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13700, Sept 22 at 1305, RHC fails to provide any FM spurblobs
today; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sun Sept 22 at 0603,, no signal from VON. Oops, I
meant to check whether audible on 11770- or 9690-, but dozed before
getting around to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed Sat Sept
21 at 2100 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 after 2058 IS & ID loop. My duplicated
intro almost succeeds. Upcut misses ``This is Glenn Hauser with World
of Radi`` picking up at ``o two thousand`` and then I say it again
completely. No more chances to hear WOR Saturday evenings until:

Confirmed UT Sunday Sept 22 0330 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO,
good S9+30 overcoming nearby storm crashes, about 3 minutes in, so
started circa 0327. 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; 9330 test?
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

WOR 2000 available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3

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

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

Thanks to everyone who sent congratulations on reaching WOR 2000!
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Sept 21 at 2057, rock music at S9+30 and still past
2105. The WBCQ 500 kW SuperStation is obviously back on air testing
after several weeks off; supposedly all afternoon and evening it will
be on 12120 as registered, but now at 2107 check RTTY from presumed
NAU Isabela, Puerto Rico is still unencumbered, whew. At 2110, 9330 is
concluding a non-Peggy Lee version of ``Fever``, and has surged to
S9+40. More and more rock, but break in transmission at 2146*-*2148.

I`ve kept an eye on AW`s twits, but so far no advance or current
notice of this activity. Only next day do I find these, with
timestamps in unknown zone, EDT? Or UT+1 from my computer?

``Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ
Worlds Superstation back on air. Testing now on 9330khz. 500kw. Watch
them electric meters spin!! 5:48 PM - 21 Sep 2019 from Maine, USA

Allan Weiner‏ @AllanWBCQ
Superstation back testing last night on 9330 kHz. Sounding good
everywhere. Tonight on Area51 Radio NewYork International with John P
Lightening. For 21 Years -radio madness. Tune 5130khz. Why do we do
this? For radio freedom of expression. Transmitter building for 500kw.
5:09 AM - 22 Sep 2019``

Meanwhile I posted this to the WOR iog at 2132 UT Sept 21:
``Superstation finally back on, 9330.00 blasting up to 40 over 9
before and after 2100 with rock. 12120 still occupied by RTTY from
presumed NAU Puerto Rico. Glenn``

At 2252 some narration over music. Quick AW legal IDs fire sharp at
ToH 2200 & 2300 over music. But 2301 full WBCQ canned ID and switch to
``Sound the general alarm!`` introducing `Radio TimTron Worldwide`
which must be // 5130+v where originally scheduled this hour,
inaudible here; mostly playing novelty tunes. Break off air at
2346*-*2347 and music after that may be test fill rather than RTTWW? I
don`t hear him any more. But at 0000 Sept 22, Falling Star Network
logo, WBCQ jingle ID as on Area 51, and `GRITS` show; now only
S9+10/20. Seems to be live/current as mentions date September 21.

9330.00 checked again at 0127 Sept 22, now amid `Lumpy Gravy Show`
with Larry Will & Jane, but mentioning 5110 more than once including
at 0130, so must be a very old replay.

The 500? kW audiblizes this on my noised ATS-909 next to the TVs and
computer. Seems to go off at 0150, and I don`t check on better
receivers until 0329 when there is still a VP carrier on 9330.00, so
maybe it stayed on but propagation outfaded it (and/or power greatly
reduced). BTW, at this time it`s stronger than JBA carrier remnants of
9395 & 9955 WRMI, despite its southern-advantage. Nothing further
heard on 9330 morning of Sept 22, but maybe will resume Sunday
afternoon/evening? Not by 1700 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 9395, Sept 21 at 2108 tune-in, Rudy Espinal WRMI ID in
Spanish only, odd time! Because it`s within a ``Back to the Music``
oldies block per Bob Biermann after him, S9+10/20. Which reminds me,
are they relaying VOA News anymore? Haven`t run across it lately which
used to be at unpredictable times within such hours; but maybe quit
after VOA stopped updating newscasts wherever they were accessing them
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Sunday September 22 at 1253, `I Love Italy`
acknowledging reception reports. In Italian, quite different accent
than we hear from Roberto Scaglione in Sicilia; I wonder if this guy
be an expatriate. Nothing about the show on the WRMI Programming page;
scheduled Sundays 1245-1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9475 & 5830, Sept 21 at 2112, WTWW-1 AWOL from both possible
frequencies, as is almost always the case now. No loss! with PPPP
finally laid to rest? But why would ministry HQ in Laporte CO be cool
with WTWW mainly airing Ted`s rock/ham stuff on #2 transmitter? If
they cared, could insist on PPPP appearing on #2 if #1 be down.

5085, Sat Sept 21 at 2330, WTWW-2 is not on, when `Theatre Organ in
the Ozarx` used to air. Still off at 2358, but on by 0032 Sept 22 with
rock; next check 0127, Ted ham stuff, not TOITO either (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, Sept 22 at 1350 UT, KNGO Dallas in Vietnamese with no
QRM from closer KQAM Wichita which ought to be dominant by now; except
a slow SAH: maybe KQAM carrier on, but unmodulated. 1410 KGSO Wichita
is normally loud. See also 1520 log for more Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, Sunday Sept 22 at 1311 UT, W&M Vietnamese chat mixing
with KOKC OKC, almost same level thanx to KOKC`s self-attenuation; and
with slow SAH of almost 1 Hz, 56/minute = 0.93. From here, can`t null
one to hear the other. Obviously it`s KYND Cypress (Houston) TX active
again with such programming, and I wonder if it`s same as on 1560
KGOW? Yes! On second receiver they match with a slight echo. What
about 1480 KNGO Dallas? That one was supposedly duplicating KGOW. But
they are not, now and later chex; similar chat, but at times one is in
music, the others talking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Sept 22 at 1246, S5-S7 carrier, but can`t make out
any modulation. NBC Bougainville or VOI Palangkaraya (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 8000, Sept 22 at 1307, JBA carrier, intriguing; not a
listed SOH/CNR1 jammer frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1717 UT September 22

** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15476-, Sept 21 at 1357, JBA carrier direct
from LRA36; during their publicized special for arrival of spring
(really not until 0750 UT Monday Sept 23 --- about as late as it can
get on our calendar). Meanwhile, I know to have any chance of hearing
more than that, I need a remote receiver. I suspect many of them are
maxed out because of this. I finally find one in Brasil (not the main
Pardinho one) which connects at 1326, with W&W in Spanish talking
about Antártida, but not strong & clear enough to follow much. At 1335
I notice some ACI from 15470 in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jamming against RFA
Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14.

I`m back on the SDR at 1408 when reception has improved, just in time
to hear a quick greeting by the well-known voice of Jeff White, and
some other voices. 1410 music starts and 1415 with lyrix maybe in
English. No more talk after that, and this SDR cuts me off at 1428.
The special is supposed to be repeated sometime later today.

At 1458 I try on UTwente, finding 15475 occupied by martial Chinese
vocal music, 1500 timesignal and CNR ID; and now noise jamming is
piled on. Aoki, EiBi, and HFCC do not show anything on 15475 at this
time, but the ChiCom must know better; a pox upon them.

Or this jamming is very outdated. Back on June 27-28, Observer,
Bulgaria reported about Radio Free Asia:
``1500-1600 NF 11675 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg EaAs Chinese,x 15475 BIB``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13500, 13565, 13635, 13765, 13830, 13900, 13965, 14030, Sept
21 at 1358, RHC-FM at 65-kHz intervals out of 13700-AM, but only the
inner ones have program modulation, extremely distorted, and with a
tone sounding lower than the usual F# above C-middle. The outer ones
get progressively weaker to only a trace at the margins. Hey, RHC, if
you`re going to broadcast in FM, at least make it clean and readable.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 15120, Fri Sept 20 at 2154, VOA in Bambara, via Grimesland
NC is very poor with carrier breakup/crackle, unlike // VG S9+25
13670. This is M-F only at 2130-2200. Why is Bambara so important to
VOA unlike countless other Afrolangs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2000 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Fri Sept 20 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S7 vs local noise level. After
``WNYW`` style ID, not upcut; unusually this time I utter my
introductory dekaword twice to compensate, but that usually happens to
the 2100 broadcasts; hear what happen Saturday. WRMI does not show it
on websked, but RFPI knows it is newly scheduled every Wed at 2100 to
South America; instead of WOR:
http://www.rfpi.eu/fr/nous-ecouter

Also confirmed UT Saturday Sept 22 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 but
some fading; 5010 fair; 7780 JBA carrier in HNL.

Also confirmed by Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria:
``GERMANY World of Radio#2000 via Hamburger Lokalradio, September 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuS6RXhCfLE&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lqgM0jT-70&feature=youtu.be
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/09/world-of-radio2000-via-hamburger.html
0630-0700 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CeEu English Sat, fair signal``

Not confirmed Sat 1430 on HLR 9485-CUSB, as usual inaudible on UTwente
SDR, and I can`t get a connexion to the OH5 SDR. Next:

1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

WOR 2000 available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3

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

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

Thanks to everyone who sent congratulations on reaching WOR 2000!
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Sept 21 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`.
This week I do not check any of the SW frequencies, but AW says they
are all on except #4 on 6160v which ``flared out due to condensation``
when he tried to start it.

Says 5130v will start next week a ``good oldies program`` three nights
a week, Wed-Thu-Fri 7-9 pm [=23-01 into next UT days]; part of the
``loss leader`` $ 10/hour rate for two-hour minimum on that
transmitter. No politix this week, and Freddie is soon on the phone
with a lot of questions.

Frustratingly, SuperStation is still not operable, he thinx due to a
``design issue``. Two Continental engineers are up here today working
on it; this 500 kW #6 unit has been under construxion for three years.
He then goes into a very technical explanation, part of which I try to
follow: a driver issue. Output tube for 500 kW is a tetrode costing
$ 80K, and filament is water-cooled; 1000 amps at 19 volts. It takes 8
minutes to bring it up safely; runs on DC 3 phase. At 14 kv, 41 amps
to make 500 kW output. The antenna anyway now works nicely. Then he
gets into how bias is part of the electronic problem.

Here`s John Carver`s report on same: ``Tonight's show started on time
this evening on 7490. 5130 has the better signal but is cut off
promptly at 0100 so the next program can start. Voice over the theme
song says that 6160 is down this evening. Allan and Angela in the
studio. Opening remarks about families and compromise. Allan says 6160
transmitter is down because of condensation as the building it's in is
neither heated or air conditioned. Says it blew a lot of fuses and
such trying to start.

Next Allan states that they're having problems with the transmitter
for the superstation and there's been a couple engineers from the
company there for a week or two trying to work it all out. Problem is
with the huge water cooled tube and something about a bias. I'm a
spring maker by trade and not an electrician so am not up on all the
terminology. Allan believes it is a poor design and states that he and
Tim could probably do better but it's still under warranty so he's
letting the transmitter company handle it. He does say that the
antenna is working fine now.

First phone call at 0037 from Freddie. Talk about Allan's big
generators for the superstation, the generators used on the radio ship
and then locomotives. Reading of emails at 0055 and I can barely copy
the signal now. Lost the signal about 0102 and have no idea when the
program actually ended. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1130, Sept 20 at 1853 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS is OFF
again. Still off at 1705 UT check Sept 21. It had been on since August
26 after a long hiatus since at least May 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1280, Sept 20 at 1853 UT check and Sept 21 at 1705, KSOK
Arkansas City KS still sounds much weaker than its usual 1 kW on
groundwave (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. A reply to my query, why isn`t 1590 KMIC flooded?

``Glenn, regarding KMIC: Although the transmitter site is near White
Oak Bayou in northwest Houston, that part of the metro area did not
get the same heavy rains as the eastern and southern parts. So the
water levels were up, but not enough to cause problems for KMIC.
Imelda was pretty much a non-event at my northwest Harris County QTH.

KMIC is listed as a U2 in WRTH and Radio-Locator also shows
non-directional daytime, so increased night coverage would indicate
they are not switching to the directional array.

KMIC is one of several sibling brokered time AM and FM stations in
greater Houston metro that runs Spanish language religion, sometimes
// depending on program bookings. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``

Stephen, glad you too are not flooded! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 21 at 0538 UT check, KRJO Monroe LA is back on
with rock music; had been AWOL the night before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1723 UT Sept 21

** ANTARCTICA. Re 15476-CUSB, LRA36 special, Manuel Méndez, Lugo,
Spain, reports: ``Mail received from LRA 36. They say the special
program that will be on air tomorrow Saturday 1300-1415 UT, will be
repeated later in the evening: [sic] "hola Manuel como estas buenas
tarde este sabado 21 de septiembre vamos a trasmitir un programa
especial de onda corta con muchos saludos de radio aficionados del
mundo la hora es 13 a 1415 UT por onda corta, y lo vamos a retrasmir
por la tarde tambien."`` --- but no time specified for the replay
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 800, Sept 20 at 1111 UT, CKLW playing a clip from `The
Daily Show` about Trudeau`s brown-facing, W&M chat enjoying all the
attention Canada is getting as a result. KQCV OKC easily nulled (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13631, 13564, 13493, 13423, 13372 approx., Sept 20 at 1351,
RHC-FM service with F# tone out of 13700-AM. 13631 is S9+20, 13564 is
S9+10, 13493 is S5 vs CODAR; 13423 weak, and 13372 trace. As I then
move to the plus side at 1401 find 13700 has cut to dead air, and soon
off before I can find any more. Normally 13700 & FM galaxy stay on
another hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 760, Sept 20 at 1108 UT, `Hablando Claro` program or
segment with item about something that happened in Mexico 2+ years ago
on Sept 19, 2017; with WJR nulled. Of the four 760 Mexicans, most
likely XEABC, EdoMex, 70/10 kW with variety format, rather than
Chiapas or Jalisco, and surely not Sonora

Searching on that title and XEABC leads to a media directory at Radio
- Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México making such a connexion.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 3215, Sept 20 at 1125, surprised to hear TOMBS morning
moanin` & groanin` hour, since WWCR-1 was supposed to stop The
Overcomer at 1100 and switch to 15825 with other programming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re: why isn`t KMIC, 1590, address in Pasadena TX. flooded?
KMIC transmitter site is not around Pasadena = SE of Houston closer to
the coast, but NW of downtown Houston between Aldine and Spring Valley
and not far from White Oak Bayou, which is flood prone:

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/uv?site_no=08074020

https://www.weatherforyou.com/reports/index.php?config=&place=houston&state=tx&forecast=riversobs&gauge=HGTT2
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1630 kHz, Sept 20 at 0256 UT, pop/disco music with very
heavy beat timed at 124/minute, surely not what KKGM Ft Worth would be
playing. 0257.5, KCJJ Iowa City ID and into ``CBS News on the Hour``
--- but 2.5 minutes BEFORE the hour!!

I thought KCJJ was a talk station, but NRC AM Log shows split format,
also AC. Per
https://www.1630kcjj.com/show/hit-music/
`Hit Music` plays from 9 pm to 5 am CDT [02-10 UT], even more on
Sundays. Some personalities elsewhen may be DJs rather than talkers,
unclear.

Was the early news an aberration? Check again ~3 hours later, this
time not until 0558.0 UT does it ID and run `CBS News on the Hour`
only 2 minutes early. Dirty little secret which apparently still
applies: some major network news ``on`` the hour is pre-recorded a few
minutes before for flexibility and to allow quick fixes if anything go
wrong. If a total disaster, they can always try again really live on
the hour. But you would think affiliates would not give this away by
airing it early, especially when it`s titled ``On The Hour``! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, Sept 20 at 0548 UT, NO signaL from KRJO Monroe LA,
music station which normally dominates; instead music and WPRR ID from
Ada MI northeast; nulling that should reveal KRJO from the southeast,
but nothing except some other very weak signal from one of the four
other more distant US 1680s. Still no KRJO at 1136 UT, just a fast SAH
from somethings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Re my log of KDMT 1690 Denver market which still exists,
Paul Walker, Laramie, explains: ``Glenn, KDMT 1690 was one of the
Salem Media stations sold to Relevant radio. Closing in 60-90 days
after filing. So they could take over as early as mid October I think.
Paul`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 20 at
1058-1105 UT, as I happen to be awake more than an hour before local
sunrise when this usually be done: on the DX-398 looping NW: 774, 747,
693, 594, 675, 828, 972, 1134(2), 1566. From WSW: 702, 612, 882, 1548
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1702 UT September 20

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.971, Sept 18 at 1811, JBA carrier measured from
LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza. I
frequently seek this but first detexion in a long time.

Adrian Korol of RAE has notified me in Spanish that LRA36 will make a
special broadcast, Sat Sept 21 at 1300-1415 UT for the first day of
spring, and ahead of station`s 40th anniversary on Oct 20. Special
e-QSLs are offered for correct reports to lra36@hotmail.com Also
invites greetings, comments and suggestions to same address ahead of
the program to be read during it. He does not mention remote
receivers, so I guess those are acceptable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13566, 13632, 13768, weaker 13837 approx., Sept 18 at 1407,
RHC-FM blobs with F# tone, multiples of about 66-69 kHz out of RHC-AM
13700, but weaker than usual; and next order beyond circa 13500 &
13900 not detected. Recheck at 1447, the tone is still audible about
13769. So far that makes Sept 15, 16, and 18 in play; none on Sept 14,
17; and 19 when 13700 itself was AWOL at 1358. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2000, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, Sept 18 at 1413, RHC is S9 but JBM, while 15230 with
more modulation is only S3. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15120, Sept 20 at 0004, S5-S7 of dead air, no doubt the CRI
Spanish relay as also on 5990 and even modulating. // 15120 was
scheduled in B-18, and has kept showing up in A-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 353 kHz, Sept 18 at 0648 UT, ND beacon LI, which is 400
watts from Little Rock, Arkansas; I was tuned to 351 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1999 monitoring: NOT confirmed, Wed
Sept 18 at 2100 on WRMI 9955; for the second week in a row, RFPI in
French instead, alto websked still shows WOR as of Sept 20.

Confirmed Wed Sept 18 at 2100 on WBCQ webcast, so also on JBA carrier
7490+v.

Also confirmed UT Thu Sept 19 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 including
high local line noise level.

WORLD OF RADIO 2000 contents: Antarctica, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba,
Denmark, France, Isle of Man and non, Myanmar, Norway, USA, Vietnam;
an interview with me by Charles Van Sant, WRRS Cincinnati; and the
propagation outlook

SW airings start Friday Sept 20:

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, NEW 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
0629vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1000 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [alt weeks, Sept 28] ND
1430 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
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-USB NSW ND
1130 UT Monday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW ND
1816 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [2 episodes] ND
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

WOR 2000 is available online as of 0020 UT Friday September 20
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2000.mp3

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

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

** U S A. 1590, Sept 19 at 0549 UT, Spanish music looping SSE, 0551
hymn ``El Señor es mi Pastor``. 0558 station address of ``15-90 AM``
in Pasadena, phone 713-586-13##, and tent. Radio Aleluya name, the
details correlating with KMIC, 5/5 kW U4. Supposedly beams into the
Gulf at night, but here we are oppositeward; swiveling the DX-398 on
my wrist-mount at 0559 also catch an ad from WCGO Evanston/Chicago,
which at night supposedly beams only to its northeast.

Why isn`t KMIC flooded? AM transmitter sites like swamps. Let`s see,
is the KMIC call a legacy of Radio Disney? Can we come up with a good
gospel slogan? Something better than ``Manantial Iesus Cristus``. This
DF is close but not the same as the due-south Spanish I previously had
from suspected KDAE Sinton/Corpus Christi. And certainly not KDAV
Lubbock to the SW, which Tim Hall thinx has also flipped to Spanish
based on an 806-AC phone number recorded by Paul Walker, WY (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1690, Sept 18 at 0553, ``KDMT, Denver`s Money Talk, 16-90
AM``. I was thinking one of these Denver x-banders, or 1650? was
changing ownership and format, but can`t find it now (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. DTV RF 45, Sept 19 at 1445 UT, morning tropo check finds a
Bad signal still way upband, and Hepburn map forecast a level-2
connexion between Wichita and here, not from Tulsa whence KOTV had
seemed to be repacked; but KSNW Wichita ``3`` apparently has not gone
to 15 yet where it will collide with KTBO OKC. Few other Bad DX
signals but one on RF 31 which also implies Wichita, KDCU Univisión.
FCC TV Query now shows KSNW a CP for 15, still LIC for 45. How much
longer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0218 UT Sept 20