** CHINA. 13020, May 17 at 1332, huge S9+20 CNR1 with Chinese talk,
not music as previously during this Sunday hour. Really a standout
with nothing else around this WOOB area; but encourages me to do full
bandscan for other jammers to Sound of Hope, 10-16 MHz:

13835, May 17 at 1338, CNR1 jammer at S5-S7 with echo; off by 1412

11440, May 17 at 1340, CNR1 jammer at S3-S5; no others above 10 MHz
this hour and this one also off by next check 1412. But see 11460:

After 1400 I resurvey 10-18 MHz way-out-of-band areas:

13020, May 17 at 1412, instead of bigsig last hour, now a JBA carrier,
tremendous change in jamming or maybe really SOH trace now

11460, May 17 at 1413, CNR1 jammer at S9-S6

11150, May 17 at 1414, CNR1 jammer at S9-S7

11070, May 17 at 1414, CNR1 jammer at S4-S7

10920, May 17 at 1415, CNR1 jammer at S3-S5

10820, May 17 at 1415, JBA presumed CNR1 jammer

13130+, May 17 at 1418, JBA slightly off frequency, so could really be
SOH without jamming

13150, May 17 at 1419, JBA carrier, CNR1 jammer? See below

14400, May 17 at 1420, JBA carrier, presumed CNR1 jammer

EiBi shows all above as CNR1 or Firedrake jammers of SOH, except:
13150 not listed: rather a local mix RHC 11760 + KCRC 1390 = 13150
13835 against RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan

15110, May 17 at 1421, regular CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese via
Philippines this hour only; there may be others in-band not sought
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Sunday May 17 at 1504, RHC Esperanto is starting on
heavily distorted transmitter // clear but weaker 11760. Note the OM
announcer insists on mispronouncing ``politiko`` with stress like in
Spanish on second rather than penultimate syllable as absolutely
required in Esperanto unless a marked diphthong counts as one
syllable.

Earlier today Sun May 17, Wolfgang Bueschel monitored remotedly:

``6100 kHz sign-off at 0700 UT. Both 6060 and 6145 kHz channels
carried Esperanto program only short time. Surprisingly
0702:45 UT 6060 kHz outlet switched OFF.
0703:28 UT 6145 kHz outlet switched OFF.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)``

Something`s always wrong at Radío Havano Kubo. Listeners would have
even less chance of hearing the first Espo broadcast if they tune in
at announced time of 0800 Sunday on 6100! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 12935-CW, May 17 at 1334, ``CQ CQ CQ DE HLG3 HLG3 HLG3
QSX --- K``; and same style CQ marker at 1335 on 12923-CW from HLW2;
weak compared to 13020 CNR1 jammer, but sufficient, encountered as I
bandscan for more jammers. EiBi shows both these as Seoul Radio, but
calls without numbers. Some of few marine CW markers left on SW ---
but do they really make any QSX contacts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. Mike Agner, KA3JJZ, says, ``The reported callsign for
9830 RTTY is listed as NSS in the UDXF logs, not NAU. The transmitter
site was TDoA'ed to be Davidsonville Maryland, not Puerto Rico per
past UDXF logs. Mike`` ---

Indeed EiBi also shows this. Just to keep them straight, from EiBi
here are all the frequencies shown for NSS ``Annapolis``:
4005, *4985, 6487, *9830, *12015, 15959 ---
And for NAU, Isabela, Puerto Rico:
5340, 5716, 6831, *7455, 7830, 10153, *11688, *12120, 13229, 16123,
16213
*some of them near-constant RTTY/STANAG QRM to broadcasts, all
frequencies available 24 hours. Thanks, Mike (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: reconfirmed new
time of 0300 UT Sunday May 17 on WRMI 5800, good S9+10/20 altho aimed
SSE like 9955, and no jamming (but I have blob from local device).

Also confirmed UT Sun May 17 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 6
minutes into so started circa 0322. Next:

0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert. One may also
contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P
O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, May 17 at 0607 as I am falling asleep, realize that
WTWW-2 is playing the Star Spangled Banner in a piano version, but
keeps cutting out toward the end before transmitter off 0609*; of
course also with the spurs 5072.1 & 5097.9. Strange that hardly anyone
else take note of such a long-standing defect. You can`t miss them on
1-kHz BFO step tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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re RHC monitored at 14.00-15.30 UT on May 17, in remote SDR rx at
Cape Canaveral FL state and Edmonton Alberta, KiwiNet Bonaire Antilles.
13740even CUB  RHC OFF at 14.00 UT today.
13575.046 MRA  US AGM Saipan in Mandarin Chinese, Agingan Point, S=7 at
14.24 UT in Alberta CAN.
13649.963 KRE  Voice of Korea KCBS Kujang Korean, S=7-8 at 14.28 UT.
13700even CUB  RHC Spanish nice audio these days, S=9+10dB at 14.31 UT
on May 17.
15230even CUB  RHC from Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center 250kW unit,
backlobe of Brazil azimuth SoAmerica service into Alberta CAN
remote access unit. S=9+5dB  at 14.35 UT on May 17.
15140even CUB  RHC Spanish, S=9+15dB. 14.40 UT.
At 15.02:30 UT start of RHC Esperanto Sunday only special.
(  same program as 07.00 UT on 6060 / 6145 kHz this morning).
Esperanto transmission start on 3 channels, like
11760 kHz S=9+10dB, 15140 kHz S=9+20dB, and also Quivican 250 kW 15230 kHz
latter S=9 backlobe into Alberta Canada.
When checked again at 15.20 UT the Quivican 15230 kHz channel was off,
but
11760 still on Esperanto program, some single second behind still 15140 kHz.
At 15.30:35 UTC end of Esperanto program on both frequencies,
and followed then by RHC Spanish program til ? 18 UT ?
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"

Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2020 9:54 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 17, 2020

CUBA. 15140, Sunday May 17 at 1504, RHC Esperanto is starting on
heavily distorted transmitter // clear but weaker 11760. Note the OM
announcer insists on mispronouncing "politiko" with stress like in
Spanish on second rather than penultimate syllable as absolutely
required in Esperanto unless a marked diphthong counts as one
syllable.
Earlier today Sun May 17, Wolfgang Bueschel monitored remotedly:
"6100 kHz sign-off at 0700 UT. Both 6060 and 6145 kHz channels
carried Esperanto program only short time. Surprisingly
0702:45 UT 6060 kHz outlet switched OFF.
0703:28 UT 6145 kHz outlet switched OFF.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)"
Something's always wrong at Radío Havano Kubo. Listeners would have
even less chance of hearing the first Espo broadcast if they tune in
at announced time of 0800 Sunday on 6100! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1953 UT May 17
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** CHINA. 13020, May 17 at 1332, huge S9+20 CNR1 with Chinese talk,
not music as previously during this Sunday hour. Really a standout
with nothing else around this WOOB area; but encourages me to do full
bandscan for other jammers to Sound of Hope, 10-16 MHz:

13835, May 17 at 1338, CNR1 jammer at S5-S7 with echo; off by 1412

11440, May 17 at 1340, CNR1 jammer at S3-S5; no others above 10 MHz
this hour and this one also off by next check 1412. But see 11460:

After 1400 I resurvey 10-18 MHz way-out-of-band areas:

13020, May 17 at 1412, instead of bigsig last hour, now a JBA carrier,
tremendous change in jamming or maybe really SOH trace now

11460, May 17 at 1413, CNR1 jammer at S9-S6

11150, May 17 at 1414, CNR1 jammer at S9-S7

11070, May 17 at 1414, CNR1 jammer at S4-S7

10920, May 17 at 1415, CNR1 jammer at S3-S5

10820, May 17 at 1415, JBA presumed CNR1 jammer

13130+, May 17 at 1418, JBA slightly off frequency, so could really be
SOH without jamming

13150, May 17 at 1419, JBA carrier, CNR1 jammer? See below

14400, May 17 at 1420, JBA carrier, presumed CNR1 jammer

EiBi shows all above as CNR1 or Firedrake jammers of SOH, except:
13150 not listed: rather a local mix RHC 11760 + KCRC 1390 = 13150
13835 against RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan

15110, May 17 at 1421, regular CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese via
Philippines this hour only; there may be others in-band not sought
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Sunday May 17 at 1504, RHC Esperanto is starting on
heavily distorted transmitter // clear but weaker 11760. Note the OM
announcer insists on mispronouncing ``politiko`` with stress like in
Spanish on second rather than penultimate syllable as absolutely
required in Esperanto unless a marked diphthong counts as one
syllable.

Earlier today Sun May 17, Wolfgang Bueschel monitored remotedly:

``6100 kHz sign-off at 0700 UT. Both 6060 and 6145 kHz channels
carried Esperanto program only short time. Surprisingly
0702:45 UT 6060 kHz outlet switched OFF.
0703:28 UT 6145 kHz outlet switched OFF.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)``

Something`s always wrong at Radío Havano Kubo. Listeners would have
even less chance of hearing the first Espo broadcast if they tune in
at announced time of 0800 Sunday on 6100! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 12935-CW, May 17 at 1334, ``CQ CQ CQ DE HLG3 HLG3 HLG3
QSX --- K``; and same style CQ marker at 1335 on 12923-CW from HLW2;
weak compared to 13020 CNR1 jammer, but sufficient, encountered as I
bandscan for more jammers. EiBi shows both these as Seoul Radio, but
calls without numbers. Some of few marine CW markers left on SW ---
but do they really make any QSX contacts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. Mike Agner, KA3JJZ, says, ``The reported callsign for
9830 RTTY is listed as NSS in the UDXF logs, not NAU. The transmitter
site was TDoA'ed to be Davidsonville Maryland, not Puerto Rico per
past UDXF logs. Mike`` ---

Indeed EiBi also shows this. Just to keep them straight, from EiBi
here are all the frequencies shown for NSS ``Annapolis``:
4005, *4985, 6487, *9830, *12015, 15959 ---
And for NAU, Isabela, Puerto Rico:
5340, 5716, 6831, *7455, 7830, 10153, *11688, *12120, 13229, 16123,
16213
*some of them near-constant RTTY/STANAG QRM to broadcasts, all
frequencies available 24 hours. Thanks, Mike (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: reconfirmed new
time of 0300 UT Sunday May 17 on WRMI 5800, good S9+10/20 altho aimed
SSE like 9955, and no jamming (but I have blob from local device).

Also confirmed UT Sun May 17 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 6
minutes into so started circa 0322. Next:

0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert. One may also
contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P
O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, May 17 at 0607 as I am falling asleep, realize that
WTWW-2 is playing the Star Spangled Banner in a piano version, but
keeps cutting out toward the end before transmitter off 0609*; of
course also with the spurs 5072.1 & 5097.9. Strange that hardly anyone
else take note of such a long-standing defect. You can`t miss them on
1-kHz BFO step tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1953 UT May 17
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re RHC monitored at 06.45 - 07.10 UT on May 17, in remote SDR rx at Cape
Canaveral

and Alberta Canada.
Three 49 mb channels on RHC English service at 06-07 UT on May 17.
Most proper signal on 6060 kHz, maybe refurbished TX unit?,
14 kHz wideband nice audio.
6060even CUB  RHC Bauta site, English nx on Colombian kidnapping item,
towards USA ... 06.55 UT on May 17, S=9+25dB  strength.
6100even CUB  RHC Bauta site, English nx on Colombian kidnapping item, 
towards USA ... 06.57 UT on May 17, S=9+20dB  strength.

10.5 kHz wideband nice audio.
6145even CUB  RHC Bauta site, RHC English 06-07 UT too. ID at 07.00 UT 
and followed by Esperanto language section, on May 17, S=8-9 in

Cape Canaveral lower signal there in FL state. S=9+5dB strength
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada remotedly. 10 kHz wideband nice audio.
6100 kHz sign-off at 07.00 UT.
Both 6060 and 6145 kHz channels carried Esperanto program only short time.
Surprisingly
07.02:45 UT 6060 kHz outlet switched OFF.
07.03:28 UT 6145 kHz outlet switched OFF.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

MEXICO  6184.983  Surprisingly nice S=9+10dB signal strength noted
at 07.08 UT on May 17, XEPPM Radio Educacion Mexico D.F.,
free jazz piano mx played.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 17)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 9:57 AM

Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 15-16, 2020

re Radio Cuba center transmissions May 15 / 16, at 23.40 to 00.30 UT.
Checked the A-20 monitored schedule with irritations every day/night.
At Cape Canaveral, Maine, Detroit Michigan, Alberta Canada remotedly.
CUBA/CHINA
5025even R Rebelde Bauta at 23.40 UT May 15, discussion female/male in
Spanish, S=9+40dB.
5040even RHC Bauta, ONLY EMPTY CARRIER, no program audio heard, 23.45 UT
S=9+30dB.
5010even WRMI Okeechobee, what else ? GREEK FOLK MX program (!), 23.48 UT
S=9+20dB, 10.4 kHz wideband audio block visible.
5990even CRI Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center relay of CRI Beijing
excellent (like former Australian ABC accent sounded) English discussion
S=9+20dB at 23.50 UT. ... and 11980 kHz S=8 signal 23 to 01 UT harmonic.
5999.994 RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center, S=9+30dB, 23.57 UT
8 kHz wideband block visible, Spanish I guess "Mesa Redonda" special,
like  11950even kHz S=9+10dB.
At 00.00 UT English 6000 and 6145 kHz too S=9+30dB.
7380even RHC English service for South Africa, S=9+35dB in Cape Canaveral
and KiwiNet TWR Bonaire location too. "ROUNDUP" program of major
headlines.
Excellent audio noted in Cape Canaveral Florida state Perseus SDR.
9535.003 RHC Bejucal, Spanish sce at S=9+15dB, love song in Sp, 23.55 UT
9640.003 RHC Bejucal Sp, on May 15 at 23.56 UT S=9 signal strength,
towards CeAM / GTM / Panama / NoWeColombia.
11760even RHC via Bauta site, very reliable signal channel as usual.
11800even RHC via Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center, and two
BUZZ tone strings accompanied of 60 Hertz apart distance, and two spurs
seen/heard on 11790 and 11810 kHz S=7-8 strength.
11880 nothing in use at 23-00 UT.
11950even RHC from Bauta site Spanish "Mesa Retonda" special  6000 kHz
23-00 UT, 23.58 UT.
6060even RHC Bauta Spanish towards New York degr azimuth ?
start from 0000 UT (!), S=9+10dB noted in Detroit Michigan.
11670.002 RHC (likely?) via Bauta bcast center at Rio de Janeiro
azimuth scheduled? from 23 UT, when REE Noblejas Spain left. At 00.20 UT
on May 16, 2 x 60, 180, 240 Hertz apart BUZZ tones distorted audio,
strings seen either sideband. May 16.
11780.009 BRAZIL  R Nac da Amazonia Brasilia, S=9+25dB, Guitar mx,
canciones in BrasPort language, at 00.18 UT on May 16.
13740 kHz nothing heard here.
13840.011 NEW ZEALAND  R NZi Rangitaiki, soul-pop mx, S=9+10dB strength
in Edmonton Alberta Canada Perseus SDR rx unit. 00.15 UT on May 16.
15230even RHC via RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN bcast center, excellent
audio, (after refurbished work according Arnaldo Coro mentioned recently)
S=9+15dB at 00.04 UT on May 16. Noted on backlobe signal into Edmonton
Alberta Canada.
15730.004 RHC Bejucal, one of the audio distorted 50 kW units of air
cooled type Made in USSR-Ukraine. S=9+5dB noted in Alberta Canada SDR.
French service at 00.00-00.30 UT May 16.
73 wb df5sx
monitored Cuba A-20 schedule see under Cuba on
https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml
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** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 17 at 0014, The Mighty farty
KBC via GERMANY [ex-EAST], is S9+10/20, inbooming this week for the
first time on its summer frequency after nogood past two weeks. But
will it hold up into deep North America until 0200*? At 0157 still
there but weaker at S9-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, May 17 at 0039 tune-in to only pirate
around this Saturday night, S5-S6 of hard rock, DJ announcements. No
problem overcoming local KCRC fifth harmonic, but I have Alexandria
SDR up so tune to that, where it`s VG, incessant hard rock and
frequent DJ talkovers with WDOG IDs and/or SFX of barx, whines. Even
some songs about dogs. 0050 ID; 0100 ToH ID saying this WDOG is east
of the Mississippi, so KDOG should stay on the other side. 0113 barx
and yelps; 0114 comment and song re dogs; 0124 for first time hear a
WDOG ID in CW mix with music, again at 0128, 0129. 0131 voice ID,
thanks for tuning in on ladies` night; 0144 ID and woofs; 0150 ID,
etc, etc. Many more logs here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,67172.0.html
and it seems the counterpart KDOG was on 6925-USB,
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,67176.0.html
Not checked here until 0158 when there`s an AM carrier on 6924.73, but
KDOG went off at 0145 after some SSTV of its fiery four letters one by
one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 9830, May 16 at 2200, no signal from VOT English
to North America, tuned via Alexandria SDR, but plenty of RTTY from
NAU Isabela, Puerto Rico. Usually I dismiss VOT as another day off but
this time I leave 9829-USB on in the background, and at *2236 VOT
suddenly cuts on amid music adding to the RTTY. 2249 the virus hints.
2252 multi-lingual ID reel mixed with music --- Ivo says there are 36
of them. No sign-off heard but at 2254.5 already playing IS; 2256
restart IS in time for one ID in German before chopped off at 2257*
--- and today RTTY is still running past 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
May 16 at 1303 on WRMI 15770, JBA here; Ivo Ivanov reports:
``Fair signal of World of Radio#2034 via WRMI-9, May 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwvEhtbM3M8&feature=youtu.be

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/fair-signal-of-world-of-radio2034-via.html
1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat`` Next:
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert. One may also
contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P
O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490+, Sat May 16 at 2308, moanin-n-groanin on WBCQ, got to
be vespers from TOM, yes indeed // 9455 WRMI. No wonder I haven`t
heard `Great Sounding Oldies` as still on WBCQ sked at 2200-2340 ---
unless that refer to dulcet tones of BS and his psychophants instead
of classic tunes as I had assumed. TOM supposedly runs Saturdays at
1600 only until 2200.

[and non] 7490+, UT Sun May 17 at 0038, WBCQ with an AAAWWW filling an
Available Time Slot, probably replay from 24 hours ago. So, what else?
VP 5130 not // music, presumably Area 51. VP 6160 not // either YL
talking --- but wait, checking that at 0042 via Alexandria, it`s in
Turkish, so Iran for Ramadan one more week, no WBCQ to het (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775, Sat May 16 at 1508, NO signal, not even a JBA carrier
from KVOH, which is supposed to start its weekly English broadcast at
1500 with Wavescan. Not unusual to have no signal here less than 2
megameters from Rancho Simi, too close for F2 skip? There is lots of
HF sporadic E today but mostly east of here rather than west. When
there is some westward Es, can give KVOH a good boost into OK. Now the
only 16 mb signals are bits from far Sa`udi Arabia on 17895 and
17615+; JBA carriers where nothing is listed now on 17690, 17880.

KVOH target is Cuba and beyond at appropriate F2 skip distance. No
KiwiSDRs in Cuba of course, but also absolutely zero signal into Miami
and into TWR Dominican Republic. I keep checking these periodically at
1530, 1605, 1657, 1920. Supposed to run until 2000. At 1612 I also
check the closest SDR I can find to KVOH, at Laguna, but opposite side
across the vast LA metro area, so maybe groundwave would not reach
there anyway.

So all the evidence is that KVOH is not on the air, and this is not
unusual per my occasional chex of 17775 on various days. So Ray, is it
just off today, or more often, or continuously, and for what reason?
Is Covid-19 indirectly responsible as several SW stations say, or
pervasive transmitter problems? The website describes it as
``(Shoffner-Harris)`` --- that variety is a new one on me, more about
it? Searching on that combo of names leads to some individuals but
nothing about transmitters. Maybe SCG named it for some benefactor?
Claims 100,000 watts at 100 degrees central beam with potential
audience of 900,000,000 --- minus one.
{2010 combined population N & S America was just over 1 gigaperson.}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continents_by_population

I should add another possibility --- the F2 MUF eastward from L.A. is
so low below 17 MHz even by local noontime today that all 100,000
watts are heading out into space with no ionospheric refraxion. Maybe
makes it to Moon when properly aligned?

Ray Robinson of KVOH soon replies on the WOR iogroup: ``Hi, Glenn.
KVOH has been off the air for a few days due to a component failure in
the transmitter, for which repairs are ongoing. We hope to be back on
again by Monday or Tuesday. Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1190, May 16 at 0611 UT, dominant signal is `Clair de Lune`
on piano, very nice to hear some classical on MW; but whence? 0613
ends with EWTN ID and into `Stories from the Heart`. The lovely piece
is only 5+ minutes long, so I hope they played the whole thing. My
opinion of EWTN has just ascended a notch. This is of course KDMR
Kansas City MO, U2 5/0.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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