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Glenn Hauser logs October 24, 2023  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, October 25 2023

Hauser
** KIRITIMATI [non]. 846 kHz, re my not hearing carrier from R.
Kiribati direct, and no more than an uncertain trace sometimes at Oahu
SDR: ``Glenn - Here at Asilomar State Beach, have also noted no signal
at all recently on 846 kHz. Conditions have been fairly good, as on
Oct 22 (Sunday), actually had some rare audio on 1017 kHz, perhaps
from Tonga, at 0701 UT, with religious singing; normally I only hear
with a carrier. Ron (California)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Oct 24 at 2201, VOT English not off the air,
S9+20/30 direct; 2220 `Weekly Commentary` read by badax, penned by
Miss something with degrees including Oxford about China`s economy
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. Whatever became of Ukraine in the Mainstream Media
which moved on primarily to the latest war elsewhere? Recommended, in
English no less:
https://www.rferl.org/russia-invades-ukraine
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2213 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday October 24 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20.

Also confirmed UT Tuesday October 24 at 0336 the 0330 on WRMI 7780,
JBA direct, but at 0349 S8/9+5, sufficient into Louisiana SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday October 24 at 1310 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, fair,
as I happened to awaken during a local power outage. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for financial support from Arnold Heiles,
Heinerscheid,
Luxembourg. See previous log reports for his unsolicited testimonial.

One may contribute in US funds but not necessarily, via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic just-barely-audible MW carrier search,
October 24 at 0330-0335 on the E/W loop: 576, 612, 621, 639, 774-2,
855*strongest, 891?, 999, 1044, 1098, 1125, 1296, 1305, 1413 kHz.
Notably missing: 711 from WESTERN SAHARA occupied by Morocco.
Correlating with this posted at 0711 UT Oct 24:

``[bdxc-news] 711 kHz Morocco --- 711 kHz SNRT Laayoune Morocco has
been putting a good signal into Playa Blanca Lanzarote but with very
poor modulation. It normally makes it very difficult for me to receive
WOR New York 710 kHz. This morning 711 kHz noted off, maybe for
maintenance and excellent reception of WOR from 06.30 as I type at
07.10 just starting to fade but still audible. 73 John Hoad, Elad
FDM-DUOr (Stand Alone) + Wellbrook ALA1530LNP, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote
{Canary Islands}`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. [WOR] ``7830 oddity -- Check 7830 and what do you make
of those musical? tonebursts echoing? As I have reported before, on
now at 0349 and probably much longer span - Glenn,`` Oct 24 on the WOR
iog; and I recorded a brief sample maybe to include in next WOR. Still
on at 0658 check. Replies:

``Re: [WOR] 7830 oddity --- I think it is 7828 USB, the audio is
properly centered then. There are odd short breaks in the strange echo
but seemingly random. Quite strong here, maybe a KIWI TDOA will shed
some info. MARS stations just came on 7831 USB at 0400 UT. Don Moman,
AB, VE6JY``

``Don, did a single quick TDoA at 0509 and I get western Alabama:
32.90, -87.90. Your Kiwis were all occupied, and the Prince George one
is always busy. 73, Walt Salmaniw, BC``

``I checked at 10 UTC (10/24), and found it was much stronger and
steadier here on 5714 kHz than 6830 kHz and 7830 kHz, so a location
fairly close in to North Carolina such as Alabama at around 500 miles
or so would makes sense since the skip distance on those upper
frequencies can get quite long in the fall heading towards winter.
However, I checked back 19 minutes later at 1030 UTC and it was much
stronger on 7830 kHz than before and stronger than it was earlier on
5714 kHz, so I'm not sure. The transmission source may be varying
power levels and antenna target locations. I was no longer hearing it
on 5714 kHz and 6830 kHz at 1030 UTC so I couldn't compare against
those frequencies at that time. It was still on 7830 kHz and and not
audible here on 6830 kHz and 5714 kHz at 1108 UTC.

Maybe it's WN2XKQ -

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/442_Print.cfm?mode=initial&application_seq=121165&license_seq=122901
The application does include a frequency range 7810 - 7850 kHz for
"Market trials to evaluate the commercial feasibility of the use of
this equipment and technology to facilitate financial trading services
and markets in the HF band" -
https://fccid.report/els/0127-ex-cn-2023/
The initial filing does mention directional antennas being used on
7810 kHz - 7850 kHz with power levels of 3 kw - 24 kw. Doug White
KA5ETS, Carrboro NC``

Re: [WOR] 7830 oddity [posted a few minutes later at 1127 UT Oct 24:]
```The current version of the filing shows a station location in
Illinois:

``Station Location City State Latitude Longitude Mobile Street (or
other indication of location) County Radius of Operation
Orland Park, Illinois, North 41 35 29, West 87 52 27, 10470 164th Pl,
COOK
Datum: NAD 83
Is a directional antenna (other than radar) used? Yes
Exhibit submitted: No
(a) Width of beam in degrees at the half-power point: 66.00
(b) Orientation in horizontal plane (degrees from True North): 50.00
(c) Orientation in vertical plane (degrees from horizontal):
Will the antenna extend more than 6 meters above the ground, or if
mounted on an existing building, will it extend more than 6 meters
above the building, or will the proposed antenna be mounted on an
existing structure other than a building? Yes
(a) Overall height above ground to tip of antenna in meters: 57.00
(b) Elevation of ground at antenna site above mean sea level in
meters: 218.50
(c) Distance to nearest aircraft landing area in kilometers: 18.60``
-- Doug White```

Note: I, gh, have not heard nor tried to hear this on any of the other
frequencies mentioned than 7830/7828. Earlier discussion from Oct *20*
on the WOR iog:

``I heard something similar around 7830 kHz at 0517 UTC. It stopped at
0534 UTC. Very strong signal here in southern Ontario. I did a quick
check of online SDRs and it was audible at a good level right from the
west coast to the east coast. I got the impression it sounded like a
very distorted radiofax signal with a lot of echo. John VE3CXB
Hudak``

``It is on 6830 KHz again today (10/20). I first checked for it around
0250 UTC and found it on 6830 KHz with an S9+10 signal, then it
stopped at 0301 UTC, but started again at 0304 UTC. I checked 7830 KHz
at 0335 UTC and 5714 at 0337 UTC and did find it there too. It isn't
on 6945 KHz unlike on 10/18 when it was. It is still on as of 0415 UTC
today. Maybe it's WM2XZV or another HF trader with a new modulation
scheme. Doug White KA5ETS, Carrboro, NC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 27185 AM approx., Oct 24 at 2204, checking CB for any
local FM relay: no, pileup but briefly YL says ``tune to 90.1 or 91.3
FM``, and off; those do not compute for Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2321 UT October 24

 

Glenn Hauser logs October 22-23, 2024  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, October 24 2023

Hauser
** CUBA. 12000, Oct 23 at 0630, lite pulse jamming mixed with carrier
at S4/S5, suspected RHC on 2 x 6000. Then checking 6000, yes, still on
in English, suptorted S9+40. Back to 12000, now I can detect same JBM
English. 6000 off by next check 0720. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 13735 & 15300, Oct 23 at 1500, no signals yet from TDF
Issoudun. Should resume bilingual weather and ranking info by Sat Oct
28 for the second stage of La Boulangère sailboat race; yet website
bills this as ``without means of communication`` -- isn`t that
dangerous in case of emergency? Does that mean sailors are forbidden
to have transmitters?! ``Une aventure hors norme, au large et sans
moyens de communication.``

https://minitransat.fr/
``Départ de la 2e étape le 28 octobre à 13h (Heure locale)`` So is
that UT, UT+1 or UT+2? Canary is UT+1 until October 29, then UT.
Departure from Santa Cruz de la Palma; Arrivée inconnue à St-François
Riviera du Levant, Guadeloupe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 23 at 0446, still trying to get R.
Kiribati via Oahu SDR: nothing visible on waterfall, but SynchAM tries
to lock onto signal plus/minus ~2 Hz. 24h earlier this was displaying
a line at 846 but appeared to be boundary of something rather than a
genuine signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.45 AM, Oct 22 at 2222, steady S9+20 of gospel rock,
still at 2234, // Air One on 91.1 FM, i.e. KKRD Enid. Local CBer
pirate relay tying up a busy channel at least locally, atop hets from
skippers on off-frequencies. Has relayed various other local FMs
before. Not there 24h later facilitating skippileup (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 11800, Oct 23 at 2207 direct, RRI English is a
JBA understation beneath NHK in Japanese. For B23 from Oct 29 if not
28, everything one UT hour later and on different frequencies:
including 2300 for WEu and us beyond 7220, to Japan 9620. Full English
sked: https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/frecvente-259
Explicitly for NAm: 2130-2200 9500, 0100-0200 7325, 0400-0500 9510
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday October 23 at 2200, token English from SNR
starts by giving B23 schedule in generalities of mostly Spanish,
including 9690, which no doubt will include at 2300 instead, English
to us, Amy and also the voice of Justin Coe which has not been heard
otherwise for several weeks; VG S9+15/20 direct. After news, 2210
feature is interview with a director of `Ñ`, the notable 15th
anniversary of a literary festival on Oct 14-15, weekend following
Spain`s national day (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TASMANIA [non]. 9955, Sunday Oct 22 at 2232, ``Waltzing Matilda``,
2234 Hobart Radio International, with ``news`` via WRMI as sked (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Oct 22 at 2224 check, VOT English not off the air,
S9+20 direct but plenty of ACI.

11785, Oct 23 at 2200 and later chex, direct nor via UTwente, VOT
English not on the air. Nor on 9875, the 2030-2130 English channel
sometimes staying past 2200 unmoved. UTwente sporadically lox onto an
inaudible at 9875.003, else? Something`s always erroneous at Emirler.

From B23, Oct 29, new sked will be 2300 on 5960; so if that be
missing, check 9610 for the 2030-2130 channel possibly extended by
dozers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 28300 CW, Oct 22 at 2236, beacon K6FRC, regular
strong signal, readable OK tuned to 28299-USB, but on 28300 itself is
a Brazuguese phone on USB; not respecting the ``beacon band``, which I
suppose has no official/legal status (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2213 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 22 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, still not
908 or 207; S9+17 into nearby Noale SDR, Qur`anRM barely audible under
from Iran, but unlike yesterday, no Hungarian heard from Romania. Also
confirmed at same time on WRN Europe webcast, and on WRMI
webcast-only.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 23 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, poor but
sufficient into Durango2 SDR Mexico. But first 14 seconds totally
blocked by utenoiseblast.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 23 at 0300 promptly on Area 51
webcast; WBCQ frequency not measured until 0344, 6160 -68v Hz =
6159.932 into NH SDR during HRI? Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [irregular?]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for financial support from Arnold Heiles,
Heinerscheid,
Luxembourg. See previous log reports for his unsolicited testimonial.

One may contribute in US funds but not necessarily, via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 23 at 0634, R. Vanuatu still here, S4/S5 with
drumming which often follows and precedes 0630 PSAs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7830, Oct 23 at 0646, S9 extremely distorted music bits
cutting on and off rapidly, as if spurious from a broadcast. Same as
48 hours ago. Wonder if it could be WRNO way out of whack, missing
from 7505 lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0007 UT October 24

 

Glenn Hauser logs October 22, 2023  View Printable Version 
Sunday, October 22 2023

Hauser
** CUBA. 13650, Oct 22 at 0022, S8/S9 open carrier direct, in fact the
SSOB; must be the ``Portuguese`` music-only CRI relay, not turned off
by 0000. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Monitoring the Saturday-evening surfeit on the
pirate-band, UT Sunday October 22: 6965-USB, Oct 22 at 0023, music at
S9+25, just in time for an ID, ``Wolverine Radio``. At 0101, SSTV
beepery. 0109 next check, it`s off. Many more reports here, including
``stained glass`` SSTV image; was jammed near the end:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,119777.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA [non]. 6934.9 AM, Oct 22 at 0024, JBA carrier, maybe
trace of music, S7 = noise level. unID pirate. These conclude it`s
AD149 from ARGENTINA:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,119773.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6870 USB, Oct 22 at 0026, distorted music at S9+10;
0027 YL ID, ``You are listening to Radio 48 via ---?``. 0032 another
ID, I think ending with ``via Mix Radio International``. Many reports
here as Radio 48 only:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,119780.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, Oct 22 at 0102, weak talk I first think
would be local KCRC Enid on 5 x 1390 as sometimes audible, but USB
talkover ``shut the -uc- up`` and some tones not SSTV. The victim is
also USB only and not // 1390 stupid sportstalk. It`s a political
speech with applause. At 0111, music. unID pirates, apparently same as
these, misdated Oct 21 instead of 22 amid others of 22.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,119786.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA [non]. 6935.0 AM, Oct 22 at 0107, music at S6/S7; so
not same as earlier on 6934.9. Yet HFU treats it as the same leading
to AD149 ARGENTINA:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,119773.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 AM, Oct 22 at 0108, music at S7, unID pirate,
no matches for this one at HF Underground (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2213 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday October 22 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, with
considerable Cuban noise jamming but totally readable if you put up
with it. Hardly audible at remotes in S America where this is aimed.
You`ll understand why I`m hostile to Cuba?

Also confirmed UT Sunday October 22 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into
nearby SDR, already at 0300, about 20 minutes into so started way
early circa 0240, the nominal 0315v, so would have been finished by
0310; Vern has to insert his own ID every dekaminute, often
interrupting a word or thought of mine. He also has to cut my opening
billboard to minimize the amount of music relayed; but is it OK if
there be music on a clip? I don`t let that influence what I may
insert.

Also confirmed Sunday October 22 circa 1042 UT the 1030 on WRMI 9955,
good signal direct during 1-minute sample recorded while I slept.
Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [irregular?]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for financial support from Arnold Heiles,
Heinerscheid,
Luxembourg. See previous log reports for his unsolicited testimonial.

One may contribute in US funds but not necessarily, via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3215, Sun Oct 22 at 0705 check, WWCR is off. Program sked
now shows this WWCR-1 is off every night, 05-11 UT, while 5890 WWCR-4
TOMBS is off only on M-F and indeed it is on now and producing the
usual leapfrog mixing product over 5935 WWCR-2 on 5980 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1951 UT October 22

 

Glenn Hauser logs October 21, 2023  View Printable Version 
Sunday, October 22 2023

Hauser
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Oct 21 at 1753 tune-in via
Argentine remote, LRA36 already on, S5 talk not just music; 1755
contact info; [lunchtime for me]; 1828 recreation of LRA36 when it was
on 6030, 1968-69? 1843 IDs; 1844 multi-lingual canned IDs including
English; 1856 quoting Horacio Nigro`s La Galena del Sur blog from
Uruguay, about LRA36. Too much else going on Saturday afternoons to
listen to this for five hours straight! But some further chex: At 1918
I change to Brasil SDR. But there it does not sound quite right at
.98; maybe best at 15476.15? But SDR must be miscalibrated as on WWV
15000.000, it says carrier -106 Hz! On some SDRs can`t find a carrier
to zero in on. Even with good modulation level, carrier at Brasília is
JBA and hard to pinpoint. About 2000 mentions expecting a special
program from Adrián Korol at 6 pm [=21z]. 2002, historic recording of
first? contact between Antártida and Malvinas. 2041, it`s up to S7/S9
at Bsla. 2126, ID with frequency, current temp +5, a heat wave. 2256
next check seems off. Is anyone hearing them any other days at 15-17?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, R. Kiribati: still not getting any trace of it
direct; so I am trying via Oahu SDR which last season got it as early
at 0430 UT, circa sunset there and on Xmas Island to the south: Oct 21
at 0435, nothing audible or visible on the H2Ofall, yet SAM synch lox
onto a carrier displaying +0.4 to +1.1 Hz averaging +0.8. Don`t see
how it could be anything else from Pacific or Asia, let alone Europe.
At next chex 0523 & 0555, there is a JBV fuzzy carrier, still nothing
audible, and variation slightly greater, plus/minus 2 Hz. Some or all
of that could be instability of receiver; or partly transmitter; or
unstable propagation. Will keep checking periodically. June 8 at 0658
was the last time I logged a JJBBA carrier direct (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Oct 21 at 0518 UT, K17JN-D, the multi-channel 3ABN
satellator in Enid is still black and silent two weeks after first
noted October 7. One suspects the 7DA aren`t very serious about their
broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009+, Oct 21 at 2200, VOT timesignal and opening
English, VG S9+15/30 signal and good modulation too into UTwente, news
dated Saturday, but probably originally broadcast at 1230. 2209,
multilingual ID filler reel. 2211, music. 2216 travelog to Izmit,
which is on an inlet just ESE of Istanbul, not to be confused with
Izmir; music. 2229 `Gripping Piles` about warm temps in Antarctica,
short pants wearable due to climate change, 18 March 2022, hot humid
air blew in from Australia. 2232 more nice music. 2237 recipe for
making jam from eggplants, on `Turkiye`s Geomarked [sic] Products`.
2240 music. 2246 always-by-your-side promo, music. 2249
with-you-every-hour promo, music. 2253 s/off with usual defects. 2254
about 6 notes of IS before chopoff* No finesse (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2213 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday October 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday October 21 at 1600 on WRN North America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday October 21 at 1630 on WRMI 15770, only S7 JBA
into UTwente SDR, European target area.

Also confirmed Saturday October 21 at 1948 about 17 minutes into so
started circa 1931 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+16 into nearby SDR. Also
the 1930s on WRMI webcast-only and WRN North America stream. Next:

0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [irregular?]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week for financial support from Arnold Heiles,
Heinerscheid,
Luxembourg. See previous log reports for his unsolicited testimonial.

One may contribute in US funds but not necessarily, via PayPal to:
woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 21 at
0418-0425 UT, on Wellbrook loop E/W into R75: 531, 558-2, 576, 585,
612-2, 621, 639, 657, 684, 711*, 774-2, 837, 855*, 882, 972-2, 999,
1098, 1107-2, 1332, 1422 kHz. *strongest; -2 = at least two carriers
beating. Impossible on any frequencies ending in -0, next toughest
those in -9 with USB step tuning 1 kHz below. See also KIRITIMATI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7674 approx., Oct 21 at 0700, beeps S9/+30 at rate of
exactly one per second as if a timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7830 LSB, Oct 21 at 0656, rapid sequences of notes, much
stronger on LSB than USB but no carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2350 UT October 21

 

Glenn Hauser logs October 20-21, 2023  View Printable Version 
Saturday, October 21 2023

Hauser
** BOTSWANA. 15610, Oct 20 at 1453, S8/9+5 unID language, not WEWN!
EiBi shows VOA KUrdish at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 28168 CW, Oct 20 at 2013, EEEEE VVV DE VA3KAH VA3KAH
VA3KAH. WI5V roster:
28.168 VA3KAH C KAH-SHE ISLAND, ONTARIO # 5W, DIPOLE new June 2011 QSY
from 28.172 4 May 15. Where is Kah-She Island?? Georgian Bay, not
Kingston. Read all about it:
https://www.qrz.com/db/VA3KAH
VA3KAH Canada flag Canada
Ian Douglas Baines, 33 Faircrest Blvd, Kingston, ON K7L 4V1, Canada
LOTs of other 10m beacons in now, no time to chase more but including
widely dispersed regulars XE1FAS, K6FRC, VE7MTY; and USB phone
activity (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6200 AM, Oct 20 at 0635, JBA carrier again presumed from
pirate Hikari FM testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 95.7, Oct 20 at 1850 UT, KXLS Lahoma/Enid is OFF! Instead
on caradio, weak gospel huxter; at 1853 overridden by KKAJ ID, like a
meteor burst; or airplane scatter, in & out. 2000 local still off and
Bott Radio Network singing ID; by 2007 I find it running about 1
second behind 800 KQCV. This all correlates with WTFDA DB:
K239BT KQCV-800 95.7 THE VILLAGE OK RELIGIOUS TEACHING BOTT RADIO
NETWORK 0.25 0.25 211.0 0.0 35-33-26 97-28-31 D2ED
KXLS 95.7 LAHOMA OK ADULT CONTEMPORARY MY 95.7 14.0 14.0 137.0 137.0
36-32-13 98-00-39 4DEC Adult Hits
KKAJ-FM 95.7 DAVIS OK COUNTRY TEXOMA COUNTRY 50.0 50.0 140.0 140.0
34-23-50 96-55-17 2A71 KKAJ Texoma Country 95.7 Country

The Village is a NW OKC suburb, where I dwelt 1954-1961y; unnecessary
translator. I`d think KXLS might QRM it. Davis is way south in OK, 221
km = 137 miles from Enid.

ALSO OFF, sibling station of KXLS, at exactly same transmitter site:
KNID 107.1 NORTH ENID OK COUNTRY 107.1 KNID 14.0 14.0 137.0 137.0
36-32-13 98-00-39 3327 KNID Country Title & Artist
But two other siblings on 97.7 & 106.3, at separate sites, are not
off. Nothing else heard on 107.1 but I see Bott has another overkill
OKC translator there, El Reno. Something unID on 107.3; several
possibilities around OK and KS. Both 95.7 and 107.1 are back on by
next check circa 2200 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Oct 20 after 2200, VOT English with VG S9+15/25
signal and even VG modulation today into Maryland SDR; includes
`Weekly Analysis` on Turkish relations with Israel until 2228, then
multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2230 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing
Spring` about diarrhea and nutrition, just right for supper time.
After s/off announcement IS & ID still going, switching to German at
2256; 2300 timesignal and s/on German; starts news, 2301.5* chopoff
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. eQSL received Oct 20 for Woofferton 80th anniversary special,
and reply:

``Dear Glenn, Greetings from Encompass in the UK and thank you for
your reception report of the '80 Years of Woofferton' special
broadcast. Apologies for the delay in our response - we have been
inundated with reports and are absolutely delighted the programme was
so well heard and received. I agree with your sentiments RE Rampisham
and Skelton!

You may be interested to know we will be repeating the programme on
WRN English (all networks) at 21:00 GMT on Sunday evening, 22nd
October.

By way of confirmation, I have great pleasure in attaching an e-QSL
card. Should you be the winner of our e-QSL competition with a special
Woofferton memento, we will be in touch. Again, thanks for listening
and getting in touch. Best Wishes, Steve

Steve Palmer | Encompass Digital Media
Senior Account & Service Manager, Radio
610 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 5RU | www.encompass.tv``

And here it is:
https://www.w4uvh.net/Woofferton80.jpg
Or #146 via
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html

Some additional info about this:
https://www.encompass.tv/historic-radio-site-celebrates-80-years/

``15245 kHz for North America (historic transmitter) --- The broadcast
to North America will be a rare outing for the oldest transmitter at
the site, a British-designed and built Marconi BD272 dating from 1963,
which is maintained in working condition.

UPDATE: Click to listen to the special anniversary transmission``
https://www.mixcloud.com/EDMRadioOnline/woofferton80/

This recording whilst studio-quality, runs only 42+ minutes, not
including the last 18 minutes on air consisting of all those interval
signals and IDs from WOF clients thru the years, repeating and
repeating. But there`s this on the BDXC iog:

``I recorded the transmission using my Icom IC-705 with 20m long wire
on 17785 kHz and have uploaded it to Google Drive and Dropbox
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u36eEodvUu5V6DfdrqByHAcPHLT4AfgY/view?usp=share_link

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u6qbgdi0u432uq4d2dpxu/20231017_132843.wav?rlkey=q1hbtp1s9tfboxyoye6kvnihq&dl=0

Hope these links work as I'm not very experienced with cloud storage.
73, David Mappin - Filey - UK``

From Kraig W Krist on the WOR iog: ``While the following are NOT
related to the 80th anniversary, they do contain Wooferton photos and
information.

Diamond Jubilee For Wooferton’s Wireless Wonder
https://bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/Woofferton/pw-woofferton.pdf

Fifty years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton
1943 - 1993 A social and technical history of a Short Wave Station
https://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/Woofferton/woof50y-v2.pdf
73, Kraig`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2213 monitoring:
WOR 2213 available from 0133 UT Friday October 20:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2213.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2213.mp3

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

Confirmed Friday October 20 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323
kHz, S9+10/20 into nearby Noale SDR, but with considerable pop music
CCI! Only other thing listed on at this hour by mwlist is 30 watts
from Leeds, UKQOGBANI; or has Smooth Radio resumed? It`s even worse by
2100 and definitely in Hungarian, so Romania`s 15 kW minority service
must have been expanded past 1900, or 2000?

Also confirmed first SWBC, Friday October 20 at 2200 on WRMI 9955,
S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, over Cuban pulse jamming, which I was not
hearing a few minutes before 2200. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1630 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [irregular?]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

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** U S A. 15770, Oct 20 at 2023, classical music on WRMI, S9+10/20;
yes, it`s `Encore` now sked this hour on Fridays (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 7490 -72 Hz = 7489.928, Oct 21 at 0000, WBCQ with `AAAWWW`,
also on 5130+ cutting away from Trumpcrap, no signal on 3265+; and
6160 - 68 Hz = 6159.932, after ID continues with some other far-right,
far-christian huxter, contrary to program sked which claims it`s also
`AAAWWW`. Hmmm, sounds sorta like Biermann, but on BCQ? No, shortly
mentions `Intelligence Report`, which is supposedly sked only at 0000
UT Tue on 7490. Right into how to stock up on guns and ammo. Claims
USA is Soviet-occupied? Back to AAAWWW: at 0037 dated as Oct 20, and
simulcasting only on 7490 & 5130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UZBEKISTAN. 15475, Oct 20 at 1452, JBA carrier, among many on the
band but this one could QRM LRA36 if overlaps with its alleged 15-17
UT sked; not quite per EiBi:
15475 1300-1330 CLA Nippon no Kaze K KRE /UZB
15475 1330-1400 CLA Furusato no Kaze J KRE /UZB
15475 1400-1430 UZB Filler music KRE /UZB
15475 1430-1500 CLA Furusato no Kaze J KRE /UZB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 20 at
0329-0334, on the R75 with N/S interior shortwire: 1566?, 1044, 999,
855-2=strongest, 774-2, 711, 585, 576, 531 kHz.

Then I switch to the Wellbrook loop aimed E/W and get slightly better
results tuning back upward at 0334-0342: 531, 576-2, 639-2, 684, 711,
729, 774, 855-2, 882-2, 909, 954, 999, 1017, 1026, 1044, 1107-2, 1125,
1296, 1305-2, 1422, 1503, 1521 kHz. -2 means at least 2 carriers
beating.

Might have pulled a few more, but all the splash from obstructive
North Americans on 10/kHz channels is fierce. Here in deep North
America, with my ordinary equipment, getting any axual TA audio is
rare. But hey, a signal is a signal, making the trip. Many of these
I`m sure are Spain but there are some intriguing other possibilities
listed I won`t go into now.

Trans-Pacific: 846, R. Kiribati, Kiritimati, so far have not detected
this, if on the air? Would be audible as early as 0430 at least into
Hawaii SDR, and of course direct long after TAs absorbed in daytime;
anyway, nothing over 3 kW in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5041.65 USB, Oct 20 at 0712, 2-way in Spanish, very
quick interchanges with cambios, JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0118 UT October 21

 

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