** ALGERIA [and non]. 15110, May 26 at 0652, SSOB S6/S9 with ME/Arabic
music, i.e. Ifrikya FM, // weaker 13790 under ChiCom jamming vs RFA
Saipan. 15110 is Béchar site aimed SE so in general we may expect
better reception from there off the back, than Ouargla 13790 aimed SW,
so off the side (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM. 15680, May 26 at 1540, via S Korea SDR, KSDA Kannada service
is only frequency on air, like yesterday, no 15670 or 15615 as on
their sked. Perhaps they have enough generator power to run only one
even if antennas and the others undamaged. No-call AWR sign-off at
1559 in English to 1600* and no show on next sked frequency 12080.

Again today, KTWR totally absent from its sked frequencies at 1540:
15390, 9900, 9870. Handy skeds by time at:
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/A23/KSDA.pdf
https://qsl.net/v/vu2jos//A23/KTWR.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470, May 26 at 1514, only signal direct just
below 17500, above 17445 is JBA carrier here, presumed Recep`s Turkish
jammer and/or Dengê Welat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Re: [WOR] Lawmakers Override Gov. Stitt's Veto, Extend
OETA Contract
--- another version:

https://www.enidnews.com/news/veto-overrides-save-oeta-tribal-regalia-rights/article_8e5739f0-fb64-11ed-87ab-63d0ee73852b.html#tncms-source=article-nav-prev

``Veto overrides save OETA, tribal regalia rights
Janelle Stecklein | CNHI Oklahoma 3 hrs ago

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers overrode 13 of the governor’s
vetoes on Thursday, including those dealing with tribal regalia and
the state’s lone public television station.

Lawmakers noted they had a smorgasbord of bills to choose from, as
Gov. Kevin Stitt had been unusually heavy-handed with his vetoes,
already rejecting 46 pieces of legislation as of Thursday morning.

Legislators were able to garner enough support in both chambers to
override 13 of those vetoes, turning the legislation into law. After
their vetoes, among other things, Oklahomans will have:

• Continued access to OETA, the state’s public broadcaster, which was
at risk of closure after Stitt questioned the long-term strategic
value of the station.

• A state name, image and likeness (NIL) law for collegiate athletes
and universities.

• New protections in law for Native students who want to wear tribal
regalia at public school graduation ceremonies.

• University of Kansas license plates.

• A new makeup of the state’s turnpike authority oversight board.

Many other pieces of legislation made it partway through the veto
process. Lawmakers theoretically could consider addition overrides on
the final day of session Friday as they pass legislation finalizing
the state’s budget.

State Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, said two of his bills were victims
of the political process. He was pushing to overturn Stitt’s vetoes
related to invasive species and protective orders for children.

“It’s not a fun task to override a governor’s veto,” Murdock said. “I
don’t take any pleasure in having to make this vote. I do it solemnly,
but it needed to happen.”

He said having to correct the mistakes made by another Republican is
not fun.

“Usually in the end, we make the right decisions here,” he said.

Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton celebrated the Legislature’s veto
override of Senate Bill 429, which enshrines into law Native students’
right to wear tribal regalia at graduation ceremonies.

“This measure should not have been controversial,” he said in a
statement. “It has no costs for schools and expands students’ rights
to honor their heritage. We look forward to seeing members of our
tribe and others honor their heritage at important moments in their
lives.”

State Rep. Trish Ranson, D-Stillwater, said 46 Stitt vetoes this year
seems like a lot, but some were related to budget fights and were
“another example of the dysfunctional supermajority that (we have)
going on.”

House legislators Thursday let stand most of the 20 vetoes Stitt made
on fellow Republicans’ bills after he became frustrated by their lack
of action on his tax and education priorities.

State Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Broken Arrow, said the governor understood
a lot of his vetoes related to the budget fight would be overridden,
but they left House members confused over whether Stitt thought the
legislation was sound policy.

“The difficult thing when that’s done in this process is, you really
don’t know what he really wanted to override and what he didn’t,”
McDugle said. “So it makes it a little bit difficult to try and
decipher that when there’s so many of them.”

Support local journalism.``

{related: note that appointed by Stitt, Supt. Ryan Walters, who has
been making a lot of enemies, even among Republicans, by his extremist
views and axions, ex-officio sits on the OETA board. Since Stitt`s
veto, we noticed that OETA stepped up its self-promotion without
directly confronting Stitt -- gh}

``Education video prompts outrage, tears among educators
Janelle Stecklein | CNHI Oklahoma 6 hrs ago

https://www.enidnews.com/news/education-video-prompts-outrage-tears-among-educators/article_991b816a-fb47-11ed-95d8-83f50fe030f6.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

OKLAHOMA CITY — Teachers fled a state meeting in tears and stood in a
hallway shaking and crying after the state superintendent Thursday,
May 25, 2023, unveiled a “propaganda” video that educators viewed as a
threat to their safety and livelihoods.

Superintendent Ryan Walters’ team later sent the media a link to the
full video and posted it to the state Department of Education website,
but then swiftly barred everyone from viewing it by setting it to
private. Walters’ team promised to send a “fresh version,” but over
two hours later, the video remained unavailable.

State education officials also aired an abridged version of the
several minutes-long video at the monthly state Board of Education
meeting, but inexplicably muted the audio for those trying to watch
the at-capacity meeting remotely.

The video features Fox News interviews of Walters discussing teachers
and teacher unions interspersed with a randomly selected mix of
National Education Association speaker clips. It included interviews
with people, whom educators didn’t think were from Oklahoma, and talk
of “The Young Adult Experience,” as well as blurred graphic and
pornographic images.

It ends with the message: “We can save education. Our kids are
counting on it.”

“There were tears,” said Allyson Helm, an Oklahoma City Public Schools
teacher who attended the meeting. “People were shaking and devastated
by these remarks. And it is nothing less than propaganda. It reminds
me of a wartime propaganda video.”

Helm, a registered Republican voter, said State Department of
Education officials tried to draw an insulting correlation between
pedophiles and pornography and educators, she said.

“I taught anatomy and physiology and high school biology for 10 years,
and I didn’t talk about sex as much as these people at the State
Department (of Education) do,” she said.

She also said Walters appeared to be attempting to indoctrinate the
public to his views.

Walters did not respond to a request for comment about whether it was
appropriate to use state resources to make the video or if it was
intended to make educators and parents feel unsafe.

Ashley Daly, a parent of a Tulsa Public Schools first-grader, said the
video was “very upsetting.”

“It made me worry that there are some people who are already feeling
upset, (and) it’ll radicalize them and maybe make them do something
really dangerous in our schools,” she said. “Our schools aren’t full
of the awful people that Ryan Walters makes them sound like they
are.”

She said it’s “terrifying as a parent” that Walters is using rhetoric
that could cause someone to shoot children or teachers, when he’s
supposed to be caring for and protecting them.

Daly, who attended the public meeting, said 90% of Oklahomans send
their children to public schools, and if parents really thought
teachers were “terrorists or pedophiles,” they wouldn’t send their
children there.

Jami Jackson-Cole, a Duncan Public Schools teacher, said she started
crying part way through the video because her first thought was “this
is fixin’ to get someone killed.” She said the video was beyond
outrageous and indicated that Walters is “coming after teachers.”

“There’s no doubt in my mind that if you’re not falling right along in
line with everything he says, he’s coming to get ya,” said
Jackson-Cole. “And we can’t have that. We are in a teacher shortage
right now.”

She was so upset she left the meeting room, then encountered more
teachers outside, also crying. They told her, “It is putting a target
on us.”

“There’s enough crazy people in this world,” Jackson-Cole said. “We
don’t need that. So it was beyond vile and reproach. Just horrible.”

State Rep. Mark McBride, R-Moore, said he watched a little bit of the
video after people contacted him outraged, but hadn’t been able to
finish it. Walters already had set it to private.

“You just can’t go around calling people terrorists and things like
that,” he said. “I think that (with) this conduct we’re losing that
professionalism in all of this. The hatred, the fear mongering that
goes along with all this is just not the way we should be doing
things.”

Support local journalism.``

Greg Hardison, CA, comments: ``Judging by this list of issues, I would
surmise this Gov. Stitt either has the brains of a tennis ball, or in
my untrained opinion, has some serious personal problems to work out,
preferably somewhere other than the state's constituency. How and why
do these lousy excuses for human beings continue to be elected to
power?`` (via gh, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri May 26 at 2200, token English from SNR is VG
direct and the other three frequencies detectable. Justin Coe foresees
his feature today interviewing some American pop singer, Ron Sexsmith
[? sounds like], as adapted from a bilingual discussion on Radio 3.
Sorry, not interested. Is there nothing more important to report from
Spain happening in the last biday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 6165.003, May 26 at *0259, VOT cuts on with IS, S9/+10 into
UTwente, off the back of ME beam, and also on by 0300 is much stronger
7275.006, S9+25/35 off the front on way to N America. So Emirler is
still funxional even with two transmitters, despite AWOL 11785 at
22-23 three days in a row so far. Usual s/on by heavy-accentedess with
jumbled, incomplete English schedule. 7275 is quite loud and enough
signal to justify opening up bandwidth to 9 kHz, but audio remains
lo-fi, down in a barrel? After skipping the news, further notes: 0312,
`with you every hour` promo. 0317, travelog about a city on the Black
Sea. Music breaks in between. 0326, multi-lingual ID filler reel.
0333, `Did You Know That` but I give up trying to understand her.
0348, another promo. 0352 usual s/off with incomplete, jumbled sked.
0353, IS. 0356, pause and restart IS until 0358*. I was expecting IDs
in Malay which follows at 0400 on another frequency but none heard
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

*** TURKEY. 11785, May 26 at 2159, VOT English is back on the air
after missing a triday; I seriously doubt there were any apology or
explanation, but of course I cannot possibly listen to and understand
every word they are saying. Monitoring direct today at S9/S5 with some
increasing ACI from 11780 Brasil; usual heavy modulation but lo-fi
audio. After news, 2212 `Weekly Analysis`, about the elexion and
impending second round = runoff coming May 28, alleges that only
Erdogan can solve Turkey`s economic and other problems [so why hasn`t
he, already?]. Besides music breaks: 2224-2226 multi-lingual ID filler
reel. 2235 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` about irritable bowel
syndrome, a repeat until 2241. 2251 `Did You Know That`, too accented
to understand. 2253 s/off with perpetual defects - no doubt the same
recording as ever; 2255 fragment of IS and off* Something`s always
awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2192 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday May 26 at 1430-1459 on WRMI 9955, S7/S8 direct; maybe a
trace of pulse jamming, briefly.

Also confirmed Friday May 26 at 2055 the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM
Italia, 1323 kHz but not 918 or 207, S9+10/20 with storm crashes into
nearby Noalel SDR also with some but tolerable music CCI and SAH from
understation, presumed Smooth Radio, Brighton, England, UQKOBANI.
Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW [but not 7730]
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [and 7730?]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490-), UT Saturday May 27 at 0000, WBCQ webcast with
`AAAWWW`, quickly recognized as a rerun, as Allan starts talking about
fixing things, entropy; Angela`s mike is on and she is in studio; hot
& humid in Florida, etc., etc. What did he say on disgraced Twitter
today? Nothing: since May 24. Just before at 2359 May 26, the FKB
gospel huxter claimed he is also on WWRB 3215! A station which has
failed to exist for 2 or 3 years now. I`ll check the WBCQ frequencies
into NH SDR, hoping it`s accurately calibrated: At 0012: 5130 -15 Hz =
5129.985; 6160 -66 Hz = 6159.934; 7490 -73 Hz = 7489.927; 3265+ OFF.
WLCR 9330.001. WWV on 10000 & 15000 within a fraxion of 1 Hz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17786, May 26 at 1515, S9 ute noises too close for
comfort to 17790, WRMI`s Radio Africa program aimed at S America
instead. Very repetitive beepery reminds me of fax? instead of OTH
radar-like clickery previously infesting here, intruding into the
middle of the exclusive? ISWBC band; until cuts off at 1518* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0042 UT May 27

** CUBA. 12200, May 25 at 0621, RHC English, S9/+10 undermodulated
with squeal, stronger than fundamental 6100, S5/S7. No other
frequencies on now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2192)

** GUAM. 15680, May 25 at 1540, KSDA only frequency audible into Japan
SDR, S9+30/40. Seems they have only one transmitter going; AWR ID,
Pune address and phone number in scheduled Kannada; 1559 S/off in
English, never mentions call letters KSDA, power as 100,000 watts.
WRTH 2023 shows KSDA has 5 x 100 kW. Scheduled next at 1600 on 12080
but not on air.

Also at 1536 May 25, no scheduled frequencies from KTWR to be heard.
WRTH says they have 1 x 100 and 2 x 250 kW. Jose Jacob, India heard
from KTWR that they were closing down before the typhoon, everyone OK
afterwards but as of May 25 not yet safe to work on antennas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2192)

** OKLAHOMA. Lawmakers Override Gov. Stitt's Veto, Extend OETA
Contract
Thursday, May 25th 2023, 4:05 pm By: Haley Weger {with audiovideo}

https://www.news9.com/story/646fcee6aac85008de01f309/lawmakers-override-gov-stitts-veto-extend-oeta-contract

Lawmakers are using the final days of the legislative session to
override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s vetoes. One of the vetoes: to extend the
contract for OETA to continue operating until 2026.

The override ensures that the continuation of the only public TV
station in Oklahoma, which was a big goal of the state legislature
this year.
Both the Oklahoma House and Senate decided to override the governor’s
veto for the OETA bill on Thursday. A bipartisan effort in both
chambers.

The governor vetoed the House bill that would continue funding OETA
earlier this month.

Stitt called OETA an outdated system saying, “I don’t think Oklahomans
want to use their tax dollars to indoctrinate kids."

The governor’s office sent News 9 a list of shows that Stitt deemed
“inappropriate content,” including an episode of “Clifford the Big Red
Dog” that featured the topic of gay marriage.

==============

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/05/25/oeta-funding-oklahoma-legislature-house-overrides-governor-kevin-stitt-veto/70256730007/

Lawmakers override Stitt's vetoes, including OETA legislation
Dale Denwalt
Oklahoman

The Oklahoma Legislature fired back at Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto
authority on Thursday, ensuring the continued survival of OETA and
criticizing the governor's "tantrum" earlier this session that led to
20 bills being vetoed.

Cheers broke out in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as lawmakers
approved the bill that reauthorizes OETA as a state entity for at
least another three years. The Senate added its override vote a few
hours later.

In his veto of House Bill 2820 last month, Stitt said he questioned
the public broadcaster's value to the state. He later claimed OETA
"overly sexualizes" children and indoctrinates them.

Asked for proof, he pointed to news programs that discussed
transgender issues and scripted programming that acknowledges the
existence of LGBTQ people.

Thirteen bills were pressed into law Thursday as lawmakers spent hours
undoing the governor's decisions. Some had pointed words for the
governor.

State Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, said Stitt "ignored the
authority of the Legislature" when he vetoed a bill to reauthorize the
board that oversees licensed architects and interior designers.

Stitt also showed "no logical reason or rational thinking" when
vetoing a bill that corrected an error in previously adopted
legislation, said state Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-Kellyville.

During the months-long legislative fight over how to give families a
tax credit for sending their child to private school, the governor
vetoed 20 unrelated Senate bills as retribution for not yet adopting
his tax cut and education plans.

"We're not even dealing with a policy bill, yet here we are today
taking up the time of the Senate to address a veto message that
appears to me to be nothing more than a tantrum," said state Sen.
Chuck Hall, R-Perry.

Senate Floor Leader Greg McCortney referred to the bills as the
"tantrum 20."

"During a recent tantrum, the chief executive of the state indicated
that he did not think it was important for hospice patients who reside
in nursing homes to have quick access to pain medication," said
McCortney, R-Ada, referring to the veto of Senate Bill 249.

Between the House and Senate, lawmakers considered veto overrides on
nearly three dozen bills Thursday, but only 13 were overridden by both
chambers. In total, 32 out of the 46 bills vetoed this year remain in
jeopardy, including legislation on victim protective orders,
McCortney's bill on hospice medicine and modifications to assistance
programs for state employees and disabled Oklahomans.

House lawmakers sustained the governor's veto on legislation that
could have made it more costly to defend against SLAPP lawsuits, or
strategic lawsuits against public participation.

Vetoes on the following bills were overridden by both chambers on
Thursday. Lawmakers will meet again Friday, leaving time for
additional overrides if leadership bring them to the floor.

SB 299: Re-creates the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian
Education
SB 429: Allows students to wear tribal regalia during graduation
SB 563: Relates to Medicaid reimbursement for anesthesia
SB 623: Various measures related to Service Oklahoma issuance of
driver's licenses
SB 712: Directs the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services to provide emergency opioid antagonists (naloxone) to
hospitals
SB 775: Relates to county employee education programs
SB 840: Allows collegiate athletes to negotiate name, image and
likeness contracts without securing a licensed agent
SB 951: Raises county commissioner and sheriff travel allowance
HB 1843: Transfers responsibility to enforce the Patients Right to
Pharmacy Choice Act from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to the
Oklahoma attorney general
HB 2255: Authorizes several new specialty license plates
HB 2263: Removes the governor's sole authority to appoint members to
the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
HB 2820: Reauthorizes OETA for another three years
HB 2863: Establishes the Oklahoma State University Veterinary Medicine
Authority to oversee veterinary medicine education programs
(via Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, May 25 at 0648, weak carrier, presumed R. Logos,
Chazuta leaving it on all night; had not heard it for some time. Still
no 4820 carrier, as Senda Cristiana turns completely off, after
initially leaving it on all night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Thu May 25 after 2200, quick check of REE on a
non-English day finds this and the other three, 17715, 15520 and 11670
all audible into Maryland SDR: and scheduled at this hour is `Amigos
de la Onda Corta`, a sort-of DX program, or media magazine: I haven`t
had time to listen to it for a long time, but when I did there was
hardly anything about shortwave on it, despite the title (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 25 at 2211, VOT English is missing for the third
day in a row, when checked into Maryland SDR. Maybe something more
serious is erroneous at Emirler. Need to check whether other English
and various other languages are still airing; such as the other
English for us at 0300 on 7275, and for Asia on 6165 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2191, Wednesday evening, WRMI:
9395, heavy static, QRN, S7 signal, 0030, 0043, 0051 (45433), (45343),
0059, 9395 kHz, May 23 UTC 2023 {that would be UT Thu May 25, altho at
same time on UT Tue May 23 - gh} (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` as of May 25

Confirmed UT Thu May 25 at 0049 the 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S8/S9
direct.

Also confirmed UT Thu May 25 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, noisy S8/9+10 into
Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2192 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil,
Bulgaria, Canada, China, Congo, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, (France),
Germany, Guam and non, Liberia, Netherlands, (Northern Mariana
Islands), Oklahoma, Pakistan, Poland non, Slovakia non, (Sweden non),
Thailand, Turkey, UQKOGBANI, USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook
(countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2192 available from 0043 UT May 26:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2192.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2192.mp3

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

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually, also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, May 25 at 0049 at first I think this WRMI is gone
again, but with BFO, JBA carrier detected in hi storm noise level;
also 7780 slightly stronger. But 7570 TOMBS is S9/+10. Aiming it
thisaway makes all the difference (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2192)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9547.54 USB approx., May 25 at 0640, JBA 2-way INTRUDERS
altho no broadcasters nearby now; seems like Spanish but not sure
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0105 UT May 26

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 24 at 2056 and 2242 chex, no signal
from LRA36 into Argentine remote altho it did appear last Wednesday
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 10125 USB, May 24 at 0643, again hearing phone
QSOs between Oz accents, anomaly on ``30m`` band supposedly non-phone
only; finally copy some calls but not positive of them: VK6AV,
portable 2, as in QRZ.com seems fitting:

VK6AV Australia flag Australia
ALAN GUMMERY, CARAVANING AUSTRALIA, Perth, WA 6000, Australia

``formerly vk4nai. I have been travelling for the past year or so in
my caravan and use a 857d with a screwdriver antenna on the back of my
4×4. recently updated to advanced call while in the west. hope to make
many contacts while mobile. l also use a W5GI dipole when able to get
it up in the trees. 7515938 Last modified: 2016-08-20 00:19:15``

/2 means in NSW now or ACT. Contact with a VK2? Then 0644 maybe
mentioned VK7DM, which would be Tasmania:
VK7DM Australia flag Australia
DAVID MARSLAND, 63 ALFORD STREET, HOWRAH, TAS 7018, Australia
with some equipment photos. HK3QQ keyboard letters also on 10125 CW
but only light clix audible, no obstacle when tuning USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM [and non]. Shortly after my previous report about imminent
typhoon strike affecting SW stations KSDA and KTWR, these further
posts to WOR iog, May 23/24:

``Nothing at 20:10 from KSDA Guam on 9890. Not surprising. 73, Walt
Salmaniw, BC``

``Well, my next check at 2340, 17700 was on with Chinese into S Korea
SDR as sked this hour. Of course, AWR might switch to some other
transmitter site if KSDA disabled. Now both KSDA and KTWR are
scheduled to be off the air until 1000 UT. Glenn``

From Jose Jacob, India, to the WOR iog; at 0250 UT May 24: ``[WOR]
KTWR will be silent today also. Message from KTWR. The station will be
silent tonight also. Typhoon Mawar should make maximum impact to Guam
today.

At 1150 UTC KSDA heard on 15210 kHz but not scheduled 11855, 15500 ?
1230 UTC: 15430 missing, 15710 heard. 1300 UTC: 12055 15505 missing.
15550 tx coming and going. KSDA 1330 UTC: all 15255 15430 15550
missing today. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS,
National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India, www.niar.org``

I`m not trying S Korea SDR until 1548 when it`s getting nothing from
KSDA on 15615, 15670 or 15680 as sked.

Nor anything from KTWR on 9900, nor after 1600 on 12080. Now that the
storm has passed, to discover whether they can resume normal ops, or
damaged and/or powerless.

Details in this story with a 2+ minute audiovideo:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/weather/typhoon-mawar-guam-storm-wednesday/index.html

It seems the eye passed just north of Guam, so it could have been
worse for the SW stations and everyone. Are the SW sites in the
southern half of Guam? Seemingly for KSDA which FCC puts at 13-20 N,
while Guam in general is at 13-26 N according to a web search showing
extreme decimal detail without specifying exactly what part of Guam
that be.

The Northern Mariana Islands were also in the typhoon area so USAGM
transmitters on SAIPAN and TINIAN need to be checked out. Their
extensive skeds mixed in with all the other USAGM sites:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A23&broadc=AGM

My first check of those is at 2030 May 24, when only two are
scheduled, in Chinese, 9535 & 6080. Into S Korea SDR both are
dominated by Firedragon music, CC talk is definitely under 9535 at
S9+60, and I think also 6080 at S7, which are Saipan and Tinian,
respectively. So those two sites remain operational - unless other
sites have been substituted immediately.

At 2320 into S Korea SDR, checking all the NMI frequencies sked until
2330 or 2400: 15555 Saipan Chinese on with CNR1 jamming; 11700 Tinian
Tibetan only; 13715 Saipan Khmer only; 12140 Tinian Khmer not heard
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Mild tropo enhancement around central OK at 0355 UT May
24 leads to BAD signals on `open` RF channels: 14, 20, 21, 22, 31 --
and decoding:

RF 34, as 33-1 PSIP ID only HRTLND ! No call letters. Also:
33-2, RTV
33-4, Action
33-5, Family
33-6, Revival

Heartland logo is a red heart with outline of a cowboy hat inside it.
Where could that be? Usually with a little tropo I get Tulsa on RF34,
KMYT-TV.

Not very DX, but it`s low power, never before seen from OKC, about 75
km away, KWRW-LD. This is confusing since OKC already has full-power
KOCB on RF33, virtual 34. Found this recent press about it:
https://cordcuttersnews.com/oklahoma-city-is-getting-a-new-free-over-the-air-tv-station/

``Oklahoma City is Getting a New Free Over The Air TV Station - By
Luke Bouma on April 27, 2023 in All News

Today Digital Networks, LLC announced that it is launching KWRW-LD
channel 33 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Now locals will be able to
watch The Heartland Network, Retro TV, The Family Channel, Rev’n, and
The Action Channel.

“Our goal was to always have an owned and operated station not just in
Tulsa, but Oklahoma City as well,” says Joel Wertman, President of
Digital Networks, LLC and parent company Get After It Media. “We have
no doubt our viewership in Oklahoma City will be strong, as we know
viewers will love our variety of networks and programming.”

Chief Engineer of Digital Networks, LLC Tim Hurley adds, “It’s
exciting to see all of the planning come to fruition, as well as to
know there is a lot more on the horizon this year for launches.”

Here is a quick breakdown of each channel:

The Heartland Network presents the broadest variety of true country
music and lifestyle entertainment. From classic country out of the
vaults of Music Row to the up-and-coming artists of today, The
Heartland Network truly is The Heart of Country®. Programming includes
Music City Tonight, CountryLine TV, Bluegrass Ridge, Country Fix,
classic movies, and original program The Unseen World. The network
also carries special event coverage through in-house produced series
More Than the Music and Heartland Backstage.

Retro TV is the first and one of the longest-running digital broadcast
networks in the country, highlighting classic series and movies from
way back when. Programming includes shows such as Doctor Who, Naked
City, The Saint, Danger Man, One Step Beyond, and The Ray Bradbury
Theater, as well as 1980’s pop culture hits 21 Jump Street, starring
Johnny Depp and the critically acclaimed crime drama Wiseguy with Ken
Wahl and Jonathan Banks. The network’s original program Dracula’s Kung
Fu Theatre is a favorite among viewers, with two seasons now under the
show’s belt. Retro TV is also the exclusive home to the iconic and
groundbreaking daytime soap opera The Doctors which originally ran on
NBC from 1963 – 1982.

Rev’n is a car and motor enthusiast’s dream, with shows designed
around all things that rev. Whether you have a passion for cars,
trucks, boats, airplanes, or motorcycles, viewers will find the speed
they need in series like My Classic Car, Sam’s Garage, The Curator’s
Vault, Motorhead Garage, Legendary Motorcar, and Flying Through Time,
this network keeps the motor running.

The Action Channel is for daredevils and adventure seekers alike with
extreme racing on Boundless, to strength you can’t even fathom on
Strongman Champions League, head-to-head battles on OVW Wrestling,
wild and heart-pounding situations on Operation Repo, the ever-popular
EFC Premium Fights, and more.

The Family Channel provides programming for everyone in the family.
Viewers can relax and meal plan with cooking shows like Positively
Paula with Paula Deen and Bama-Q or pick out their next family
vacation destination with travel shows like Chasing Down Madison Brown
and Road Trip Masters. Get DIY-friendly tips from Ready, Set,
Renovate, or settle down as a family for educational programming like
Underwater Safari and Pet Friends, and more! ``

Info from rabbitears.info:

33 34 KWRW-LD OKLAHOMA CITY OK On the air DN
Display
Channel Physical
Channel Video Audio Call Sign Network/Pgmming
33-1 34.2 720p DD2.0 HRTLND Heartland
33-2 34.4 480i DD2.0 RTV Retro TV
33-3 34.6 480i DD2.0 REVN Rev'n
33-4 34.8 480i DD2.0 Action Action Channel
33-5 34.10 480i DD2.0 Family Family Channel
33-6 34.12 1080i DD2.0 Revival Revival TV
33-7 34.14 480i DD2.0 JTV Jewelry TV

406' 15 kW DA (H) Directional Pattern
(1 kW + 11.76 dB gain = 15 kW ERP)
32.8 mile contour / 3380.4 sq. mi. area / Est. Pop. 1,200,887
367' AGL; 1621' AMSL; (1211048)
1° Elec Beam Tilt; Full Service Filter
[H-Pat] Propagation Systems PSILP16AW
NAD83: N 35° 26' 35.2", W 97° 28' 57.2"
(35.443111, -97.482556)

Pattern plot shows direxional NW, null SE, favorable for Enid to NNW.
Site: From SE OKC on SE 22nd St, just E of I35, between Jordan and
Missouri Aves.

I did not copy all the listed subchannels before fadeout by 0410 UT.

Heartland is in many but not all markets:
https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=Heartland
almost all -LD, -CD, or translator-D stations beyond the top 5
markets.
https://www.watchheartlandtv.com/

Not to be confused with heartlandtv.com -- a different thing with only
two stations in St Joseph MO and Utica NY? HQ in Georgia per a map.
With a different angular logo (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 24 at 2200, token English from SNR includes
after the news: shortage of Spanish teachers in Scotland where there
is more demand than for French; 2211, interview with J K Franco,
mystery author about crime and revenge: he writes in English or
Spanish and his wife translates into the other. 2224 Report from
Lebanon by correspondent in Beirut whose name I never catch: about
woman driven from public beach for wearing one-piece bathing suit [is
that worse than two-piece??]. VG direct but the other two or three
frequencies are unusable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 24 at 2200 and 2226 chex, NO signal from VOT
English direct. Still no signal at 2239 into UTwente. It was also
absent yesterday May 23, but poorly heard on May 22. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
May 23 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+15 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 24 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7490-, S8 into
Maryland after no signal into nearby Virginian. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, May 24 at 0630, this irregular WRMI-2 is on but
JBA/JBM, presumably Slovakia in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, May 24 at 0631, S9+30 of dead air, again! from WRNO,
where something`s always WRoNg-O (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2354 UT May 24

** BOTSWANA. 13830.32, Tue May 23 at 0638, open carriers beating,
seemingly another on 13830.0. Presumably VOA in French not turned off
after 0530-0630 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 15034 USB, May 23 at 1533, Trenton Military is JBA, at par
with ``no report received`` from Zagreb, Split. Had been inaudible
several days and presumed off altho propagation has been degraded and
still is. Right now, CHU 14670 is also JBA. CHR is again audible
direct at 2227 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9565, May 23 at 0622, two-tone blipping with BFO, surely a
jammer against nothing, operator messing around as happens
occasionally, instead of regular pulse noise. This is a longtime
Martí frequency, but only at 21-24 per Aoki & EiBi; and wisely, no
other broadcasters are ever on 9565 now. Some different toning on
11930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 9965, May 23 at 0621, pulse jamming against
nothing, a frequency evacuated by R. República at least a decade ago
when stopped via Costa Rica. Now using 9965 are only Palau on a very
limited non-daily 08/13 UT skedspan; and EiBi also shows something
unknown to me:
9965 0000-2400 irr B Rádio Pirâmide P B xx
must be a Brazilian pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM [and non]. 9890, May 23 at 1955, tune in one of two KiwiSDRs
in Korea South, for KSDA, AWR scheduled to start a new day at 20-21
UT in Korean. Cuts on air at *1957 with incredible S9+60 carrier, some
dips to only +45. 1959 my ``Optimum`` internet drops out, and not back
until 2001 when I`m on the other KS SDR where it`s much weaker and
noisier, but underway in Korean with AWR mentions, perhaps for the
last time?

Since a super-typhoon is heading toward Guam and expected to hit
Wednesday afternoon, circa 04 UT. As soon as we got this story via
Mike Terry,

A monster typhoon is barreling toward a US territory with deadly winds
and 25-foot storm surge
By Derek Van Dam, CNN Meteorologist
Published 10:47 AM EDT, Tue May 23, 2023

Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward Guam on Tuesday, threatening
to
slam into the US territory as the strongest storm there in more than
60
years.

The typhoon, which has strengthened rapidly in recent days, is posing
a
“triple threat” of devastation including deadly winds equivalent to a
category 5 hurricane, exceptional storm surge and torrential rainfall,
according to the National Weather Service office in Guam...

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/weather/typhoon-mawar-guam-forecast-track-tuesday/index.html

I started replying:

I was going to suggest monitoring KTWR & KSDA whether they be blown
off -- both totally worthless for any LOCAL news about Guam. WRTH
Update
https://wrth.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WRTH23_INT_Summer-8.pdf
has nothing under Guam. Instead they are mixed in with other TWR and
AWR sites under Singapore and USA respectively. If anyone can find or
compile KTWR-only or KSDA-only transmission skeds, please do so.
Glenn

Perhaps most convenient will be EiBi by time:
http://www.eibispace.de/dx/bc-a23.txt

For KTWR, search on KTWR, to find it is OFF the air between 1630 and
1000.
For KSDA, search on GUM-a, which is OFF the air at 1830-2000 and
0000-1000.
Not considering day of week variations.

So first up will be KSDA at 20-21 in Korean on 9890
Glenn, 1833 UT

There is one public radio station, KPRG
http://www.kprgfm.com/main/index.php
and its stream is working
http://peridot.streamguys.com:5090/live

I have not investigated for commercial stations

There are many more utility transmitters which you can find on EiBi by
searching merely GUM

There are no KiwiSDRs to be found on Guam by searching or on the world
map. Glenn

I do not see any explicitly local news on the schedule which is UT+10,
but I suppose there may be some such inserts during NPR programs such
as ATC. Here & Now is currently running at 6-8 am. Glenn
http://www.kprgfm.com/main/index.php?key=schedule

KPRG did not occupy the optional cutaway in NPR news at 1904 UT, but
stayed with NPR news until 1906. Also, I see that KPRG does not carry
NPR Morning Edition which would start around local midnight, but
rather BBCWS. Glenn

Arthur Pozner replies: Radio-locator.com has 21 local stations listed
for Guam. Most of them appear to have live links.

And Jose Jacob, India: Hello Glenn,
KSDA A23 Schedule is in my site:
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/A23/KSDA.pdf
KTWR A23 Schedule is in my site:
https://qsl.net/v/vu2jos//A23/KTWR.pdf

Gary Pence says at 2059: Glenn, The radar shows they`re getting into
it. I can only hope it moves quickly; the slower it moves or stalls
awhile, more damage and destruction occurs. Gary

So we`re all set to follow what happen to Guam and its stations.
SAIPAN & TINIAN with USAGM SW stations are not far away to the North,
and might also be affected. What hath god wrought? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** LIBERIA. 6050, May 23 at 0632, JBA something, presumed ELWA which
Bryan Clark, NZ, says has just been resuscitated. For longtime in
nightly bandscans during this hour, I have encountered nothing on
6050; and sharer HCJB is off by 0500 latest. Monrovia sunrise is now
0627 UT and varies only a few minutes during the year at +6 degrees
North (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, May 23 at 0633, S9/+10 of dead air from XEPPM as
happens too frequently late at night, when I guess no one is minding
the transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 23 at 2203 & 2227 direct, NO signal from VOT
English to NAm; nor via UTwente at 2253 check. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, May 23 at 1529, ND beacon FBY is JBA. This is
my farthest anyday on groundwave, not even from an adjacent state KS
like 332, 395 and 407 kHz, but second-adjacent Nebraska, 25 watts from
FairBurY, at 422 km = 262 stmi, or 10.48 miles per watt, or 0.0954
watt per mile; admittedly shortly beyond the KS border (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7178 LSB, May 23 at 0623, QSO between WE6CW and W6EUG in
non-English except for an occasional word: sounds like Tagalog. Yes!
on QRZ.com WE6CW explains he`s originally from Philippines: WE6CW USA
flag USA, GENER D "Gene" BARBON, 4189 THE HILL ROAD, BONITA, CA 91902
USA

No such disclosure from his contact, but surely too:
W6EUG flag USA, EUGENE P REQUILMAN, 206 THIERS ST, DALY CITY, CA 94014
USA. D.C. is a San Francisco suburb, and Bonita of San Diego. They
soon QRT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday May 23 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR,
calibration of which his still way off. WRMIs are always within a few
Hz of nominal. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, May 23 at 0630, still no signal from WRMI-2, and still
nothing about the problem on disgraced FB.

15770, May 23 at 1818, no signal from WRMI-9 either. Was reported gone
already to the WOR iog at 1200 per Arthur Pozner near NYC; and at 1300
Tue by Kari Kallio, Finland, when `Encore` should have aired to Europe
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13670, May 23 at 1532, S3/S8 of open carrier. Lots of
stuff sked but not during this hour; most likely CNR1 jammer still on
when it and Sound of Hope are supposed to break between 15 and 21
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2310 UT May 23