** BRAZIL. WOR indian ocean group reply to my 4885 obs: ``Glenn, I
checked the Brasília Kiwi SDR around 0445 UT March 12 and no sign of
RCdPará on 4885. The reactivation just for soccer matches idea sounds
plausible. At the same time via Brasília I’m hearing Rádio
Inconfidência on both 6010 and 15190, as well as RVM on 9665 and
11750, but 5940 still missing. Extremely distorted Rádio Brasil
Central on 11815 but nothing on // 4985. Stephen Luce, Houston,
Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2286)
** CANADA. 1650 kHz, March 19 at 0647 UT, South Asian music. NRC AM
Log shows of the 8 North Americans on 1650, it has to be CINA,
Mississauga [Toronto], Ontario, U1 5000/680 watts, ``Seena Radio``.
Maybe new for me. Normally hear IA/CO/TX stations, not so much OK,
``AR`` Fort Smith.
It should be noted that another Toronto X-bander, CHHA, is very
common here thanks to its much higher power and almost-clear channel
1610. Not so the third, CHTO 1690 in Greek (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 9610.002, March 18 at 2241, S9/+15 into UTwente, unknown
language announcement but not Italian, then rock song in English; more
anmts and pop music in other languages. Checking for possible
extraneous Italian from Turkey, overrunning English -2225* so not that
today. Must be Mongolian from CNR8, 100 kW, 286 degrees from Beijing
site, so not too unfavorable toward Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 1040, March 14 at 0714, whooper under WHO - only
spot heard at the moment, not even under WWL 870 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. RHC A25 schedule from March 9 until November, is much
curtailed, other original blox blank, showing only:
Spanish
Americas 11-14 & 23-05 6000
Buenos Aires 12-15 & 23-05 15230
Mesa Redonda 22-23 6000 [TV audio, M-F only]
English to NAm 00-06 6000 [contradixion: also as Spanish above]
Portuguese SAm 22-23 15230 --- and that is all!
(RHC via Chris Campbell, OH)
Takes account of change to UT-4, as a Running Dog of Yankee
Imperialism, from March 9, same DST date as in Little Havana FL
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 2286)
** CUBA [and non]. 6030, 7355, 7435, March 17 at 0447, weak pulse
jamming against nothing, tsk2, as Martí & Greenville have been turned
off by *rump. I bet they`re celebrating in Habana. I bet they take
plenty of time to turn off the jammers. Now`s your chance, CFVP! But
who knows, USAGM might get resurrected if enough oppo to *rump (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 5960.000, March 18 at *2315, PBS Xinjiang RTV, cuts
on JIP amid programming, S9+5/15 into UTwente. Nominal start is *2310
and after that provides Chinese Communist Chinese language co-channel
interference = CCCCCCI or 6CI to Turkey, but which is AWOL today; from
Urumqi, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other
Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY. 3955, March 16 at 1805, `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`,
monthly via Channel 292, playing what else, Irish music, S9+10/15 into
UTwente; co-timed with Met Opera`s Fidelio. 3955 seems to have slight
CCI, unknown what. Much better on // 9670 S9+20. 1810 tribute to
Roberta Flack, with ``Killing Me Softly``, a beautiful song, but I`ve
always found that title/expression repulsive! 1815 to main music:
Corsica, very nice. 1900 into Radio Six International, Scotland (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 660 kHz, UT Monday March 17 at 0431 ``Nuevo León en La Hora
Nacional``, so it`s the regional/stateish cutaway from the
``national`` hour, ergo on this frequency it`s XEFZ Monterrey. Quick
check of some other NLs, sounds similar but can`t make //, XEG 1050,
XEMR 1140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO [and non]. 1549.82, March 13 at 0507 UT, into Querétaro SDR,
songs in English from some UStation, but also het on low side JBA ---
and JBV on the waterfall when enlarged. Much too weak to pull any mod
from it even by LSB tuning. By 0557 it`s a bit louder and sharper. At
0611 direct, same het/signal JBA on 1549.82.
Now I`m also intrigued by the 1550.0 UStation, as most of them except
very far ones, run under 100 watts at night, even in the single
digits, allegedly. 1550 ran thru 0600, no ID at 0602 but another
song.
Daytime at 1645 UT March 13 into Qro SDR there is a weak line on 1550
as about -16 Hz, but inaudible.
BTW, IRCA Mexican Log 2024 showed two more on 1550, both CPs and
presumably not yet on air, XECCAW in Jalisco, XECSGC in QRoo (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 1549.82, March 19 at 0200 UT, JBA carrier again aside the
1550.00 stations, presumed XEREL Morelia. I`ve asked Mike Jeziorski,
Qro., if he has anything further on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. (6185), see previous report, continued monitoring of R
Educación stream supposedly for 6185, really IDing as 107.9 FM, their
outlet in Mérida, Yucatán, at 0139 March 13, otherwise nothing but
jazz music after 0000, until 0200 long newscast until 0230, on sked as
`Pulso de la Noche` on some of their outlets but not on 6185 sked,
followed by another 107.9 ID and back to music. Replies to my earlier
report:
``Glenn, at a check around 0515 UT March 13 no sign of XEPPM Radio
Educación on 6185 here in Houston. I recall two previous outages
lasted a couple of weeks. At least Canada’s last SW broadcaster CFRX
still audible on 6070 at the same hour. Stephen Luce, Houston,
Texas``
``Hi Glenn, When clicking the on-line audio streaming for 6185 kHz.
Onda Corta, it played audio of a different station -
https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/emisorasre
6185 still off the air March 13, at 0635 UT, via Kiwi SDR remote at
Palomar Mt. (#2), Calif. Ron Howard, Monterey, Calif.`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2286)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6935.0 AM, March 19 at 0138, JBA pirate music.
These say it`s Sycko Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,142425.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, March 14 at 0331, Station YHWH, anti-Christ
pirate, VG S9+10 into northern Utah SDR, tnx tip from Ron Howard who
found him on air early by 0250. I had not heard him direct for a
while, mostly listening later than that. Now with good modulation too.
0342 theme? song. 0347 must worship Yahweh alone. 0349 some RTTY QRM
on upper side, also some SSB nearby but could not pin it down;
quit/off by 0352*. I happened to run across this on YT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru9hkV7MMWo
``Days of Hard Life by Lace from YHWH Pirate Station Opening
Nelson Ogden 648 subscribers 1,287 views Oct 14, *2016*
Here is the opening to one of YHWH's shortwave broadcasts. I recorded
this from WBCQ's board feed online (not off air) for best sound
quality. YHWH used to be a pirate broadcaster, but after being busted
by the FCC, no longer operates. He did, however, run two specials on
WBCQ 7490 kHz. This is the opening to one of them.
The host has previously quoted this song as "Days of Hard Life" by
Lace. The only Lace I can find is a country and western band. This is
certainly not their music. In fact, it sounds like it might not even
be professionally produced. If it is done by amateur musicians, it is
very good, but it just doesn't quite sound professional. Its {sic} not
perfectly in time, vocals are very bright and harsh. There is heavy
compression, but that's probably from WBCQ's audio processor.
I uploaded this for those that are interested in hearing a good
quality version of this song. I'm not too interested in YHWH's
message.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, March 15 at 0614, JBA carrier direct, presumed
Station YHWH running late again, and nothing else scheduled.
Re Station YHWH report with the YT of ``Days of Hard Life``, Rick
Barton, AZ, replies: ``I had corresponded with the op sometime back
and he wrote that the song was actually recorded under the pseudonym
"Lace" by himself and his (then) wife. He sent me a CD that had it and
few other songs they did at the time. best``
And Yahoo mail has this great new AI thing, summarizing what`s in
emails, and gets this TOTALLY WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG:
``- Rick in Arizona -- Rick acknowledges your correspondence regarding
the song 'Lace' by Glenn Hauser and confirms that it was indeed
recorded under the pseudonym 'Lace' by Glenn Hauser and his wife.
Created by Yahoo Mail. Was this helpful?`` DAMN NOT, GO AWAY!!!!
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Are others getting these intrusions??
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, re Station YHWH: ``I had corresponded with
the op sometime back and he wrote that the song was actually recorded
under the pseudonym "Lace" by himself and his (then) wife. He sent me
a CD that had it and a few other songs he did at the time. best - Rick
in Arizona Barton`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 11529.9, it seems we won`t be hearing ex-`Hikari FM`
on SW. FYI:
``[WOR] Pirate on 11529.9 kHz. (formerly Hikari FM) to leave SW, in
favor of MW (1710 kHz.) -- Hi Glenn - Here is my latest (March 14)
correspondence from Ivan, the operator of 1710 kHz. I will miss
chasing his SW signal to hear his unique musical selections. Ron
Howard (Monterey, Calif.)
"Yeah I do not think I should do 11530 anymore and should focus on
1710 kHz. It seems like it is possible to reach your area at night if
I dedicate the resources to it. On top of that I am getting attention
locally on 1710 kHz. It can be heard 24 kilometers away during the day
and that is just with 25 watts. However, as soon as I get a decent
signal out, I will move away from 1710 so that I do not have to deal
with XEPE {1700} which is strong in your area. I will let you know
once I do that.
The shortwave transmitter just kind of sucks as compared to the MW
transmitter, it is more powerful but the modulator is sensitive and
just kind of junk. But class G can be just as efficient as class D, it
is just bulkier. I think going forward the plan will be to disassemble
the shortwave antenna and use the wire from it to make the inverted L
longer and shrink the loading coil. Then I can build a 100 watt class
G MW transmitter and will be getting a decently strong signal into
your area at night. You can listen in your car, lol, you cannot do
that on shortwave {sic}. My hope with 11530 was to reach Asia, but I
do not think I can do that with what I have at the moment, I need a
directional antenna which is not feasible to put up here.
So you can forget about 11530 at this point in time. I am not going to
be on it for a while and by the time I will get the idea to try again
it will be with a different transmitter and probably in a different
location. Last time I tried MW, I failed (I was dumb and didn't use
single core wire for the antenna) but this time I am getting out at
night so I think It will be better to do it instead. Kind of like
killing two birds with one stone here, I get nighttime coverage and
local coverage which average people can listen to. Maybe getting into
British Columbia is not an option but I think I will reach more people
this way. Very Best Regards."`` (via Ron Howard, WOR iog)
``1710 is a non-starter in BC (coastal) as the channel is totally
dominated by Travis AFB. He needs to consider another channel. Perhaps
just outside of the MW band --- 1720? 73, Walt Salmaniw`` (via Glenn
Hauser, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 780, March 14 at 2035 UT, KSPI Stillwater is OFF the air.
There are high winds and wildfires all over OK but I have not seen one
close to Stillwater. OKC TV stations are in wall-to-wall coverage all
afternoon (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 780, March 14 at 2211 UT, KSPI Stillwater is
still off the air. Now I`m bandscanning on caradio with less noise
than in the house, yet more than usual in the garage. Shortly after my
previous report, circa 2200 UT I saw a notice on TV coverage of the
wildfires, that part of Stillwater was being evacuated! 93.9, KSPI-FM
however is still on air at 2218, separately programmed anyway and I
can`t tell whether the mere translator of 780 on 94.3 be on the air.
What else? By next check 1540 UT March 15, 780 is back on the air.
Only other semi-local AM signal missing is 1120, KETU Catoosa [Tulsa].
By next check 1540 UT March 15, 1120 is back on the air. There were
lots of power outages even unto areas not directly fire-threatened.
690, KGGF Coffeyville KS, almost in OK, is VG as usual, reporting
about power outages.
860, KKOW Pittsburg KS, almost in OK too, is JBA, despite 10 kW like
KGGF. It`s always somewhat weaker due to higher frequency, but maybe
underpowered now. At 2212 heard them mention 97.5, their mere
translator, and thought I heard previous callsign KOAM, but maybe I
was dreamagining that.
101.9, KTST OKC allowed itself to be interrupted at 2219 by a fire
warning concerning north Lincoln County. Did not hear that on any
other station, but couldn`t check all of them in time.
91.7, KOSU Stillwater still very much on the air with fire coverage
from some TV station pre-empting NPR ATC at 2217.
91.5, gospel huxter in Kansas with big hum and seems mono, at 2217.
That`s KSNS Medicine Lodge, almost in OK. Same defect a few days ago
as I tuned across. Some months ago we had reports about it being for
sale, by locals, tho owned by `Florida Public Radio`. Haven`t kept up
with any further news about that. This nothing to do with the
wildfires (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1210, March 17 before 0500 UT, strong talk station, 0503
``5 states, KGYN`` so Guymon is again failing to aim away from us,
take that!, WPHT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 162.475 MHz, WXL48, Enid Weather Radio we can now monitor
conveniently as channel 4 on the weather band of our new C Crane
Skywave SSB2. KFOR/NBC, KWTV/CBS and KOCO/ABC all blew away their
network news at 2230 UT March 14; KWTV did have some time for
commercials during the emergency. It and KOCO went back to networx for
prime time from 0000 UT March 15, but KFOR kept on wildfire coverage
until 0100. KOKH/Fox wasn`t doing much at all, as who needs it? Our
sky all afternoon was orange/yellow from all the blowing dust and
smoke. A far cry from the absolutely clear view of the Total Lunar
Eclipse last night. High winds also caused lots of power outages, but
so far not for us (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** ROMANIA. 9510, March 17 at 0453, S9+30/40 of folk music, from RRI
English for western N America.
Tentative A25 schedule from March 30; Wolfgang Bueschel excerpted from
HFCC and gh picked out English only; all shifting one UT hour earlier
due to irrelevant DST in Europe, so this will be at 0300 on 9740,
11620:
A-25 season shortwave requests of RRI Bucharest SW center
transmissions, in AM and DRM digital mode, 300 kW.
With CIRAF target zone, kW, azimuth, [no] slew, antenna type.
GAL = Galbeni site, TIG = Tsiganeshti site.
{note: often misspelt ``Tiganesti`` ignoring the diacriticals. If you
do that, the cedillas under the T and the s, you should respell it
fonetikaly!}
9550 0000 0100 8 TIG 300 307 0 288
9740 0300 0400 6 GAL 300 320 0 286
9740 2030 2100 27N GAL 300 300 0 206
9740 2200 2300 27N GAL 300 300 0 206
9750 0530 0600 27N TIG 300 307 0 288
11620 0000 0100 8 TIG 300 307 0 288
11620 0300 0400 6 TIG 300 337 0 288
11650 2200 2300 45N TIG 300 52 0 288
11800 2200 2300 27N GAL 300 300 0 206
11960 0530 0600 27N GAL 300 300 0 206
11975 2030 2100 27N GAL 300 300 0 206
13750 1700 1800 27N TIG 90 307 0 288 DRM
15130 1100 1200 27N GAL 300 290 0 286
15170 2200 2300 45N TIG 300 52 0 288
15180 1700 1800 27N TIG 300 307 0 288
15330 0300 0400 41 TIG 90 112 0 288 DRM
17580 2030 2100 8 TIG 300 307 0 288
17630 1100 1200 27N GAL 300 290 0 286
17760 0530 0600 55,58,59 GAL 300 100 0 286
17790 0300 0400 41 GAL 300 110 0 286
21470 1100 1200 48W TIG 300 172 0 288
21480 2030 2100 8 TIG 300 307 0 288
21510 1100 1200 48W TIG 300 172 0 288
21550 0530 0600 55,58,59 TIG 90 97 0 288 DRM
(A-25 hfcc.org database)(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 12030, Fri Mar 14 at 2306, token English from SNR, VG S9/+15
into Maryland SDR, backward from ME beam, almost as good as NAm
channel 9690 S9+15/30; also SAm`s 17715 JBA S4/S6 and trace of 17755
for Africa. Topic anniversary of something that happened on March 14,
2020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Monday March 17 at 2300, token English from SNR,
S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR; also 12030 S7/S9, 17715 S7/S9, 17755 JBA;
preview topic interview with author of a book about women (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, 12030, 17715, Wed Mar 19 at 2300, token English from
SNR, VG on all but JBA on 17755 into Maryland SDR, preview something
about Eurasia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Mar 14 at 2306, no signal direct of VOT
English; and shortly no signal either into UTwente except a noisy
frequency, nor on possible altmistake 9610, rather Mongolian from
China. Furthermore, Mar 15 at 0411 check into UTwente, no VOT on 6125
or 7285. Somethings always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960.003+, March 15 at 2259, VOT not off the air today,
unlike yesterday, ending IS, 2300 TS and s/on English -- announcer
sounds out of breath, like he just ran up the stairs, barely getting
into studio in time for live announcement, always awry in Ankara,
oblivious to the several repeats of the 1330 broadcast on 13635. VG
S9+40/50 but low hum and soon CCCCCCI. 2313 `The First Quarter of the
Millenium`` about Kyoto climate change protocol of 2005, but which
*rump withdrew the US from in his first term. 2320 multi-lingual ID
filler reel; 2322 music. 2331 unID feature about the Spanish
reconquista. 2339 TRTVOTVorld.com promo, music. 2340 the axentuated
about an Ottoman project, railway from Jordan, music. 2350
always-by-your-side promo, music. 2355 s/off as if it`s the 1330 on
13635, `thank you for lis---`` and chop off before 2356* even one note
of IS, no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
A-25 TRT EMR time slot sorted
[with CIRAF targets, kW, azimuth, slew, antenna type]
17620 1230 1330 18S,27,28 250 310 0 211
11660 1630 1730 30S,40E,41N 250 95 -10 215
9750 1830 1930 27,28 250 310 0 205
9875 2030 2130 41,49,51,54,55,58-60 300 105 7 219
11785 2200 2300 4,7,8,9,11N,27,28W 300 325 0 219
6165 0300 0400 38E,39,40W 250 150 0 205
7275 0300 0400 6E,7-11,27,28W 300 325 0 219
(A-25 hfcc.org database via Wolfgang Bueschel, gh excerpted English)
** TURKEY. 9610.006-, Sunday March 16 at 2149, VOT English is not off
the air, S9+20/30 into UTwente but with considerably more than usual
CNR Mongolian CCI, ending feature on Turkish foreign policy,
multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2152 music. 2156 ``with-you-every-hour``
promo, music. I`m listening now for `Letterbox` in case the 2300+
repeat be missing. Or rather I`m recording to listen a bit later, so
the times are approx. I never hear the `L`box` theme, but at 2200, YL
hostess gives her name but can`t understand it, talks about ``spring
has sprung``, something about Turkish folklore, natural enemas(?), but
it`s not the Folklore segment per se, as 2203 starts answering
correspondence, from 1) Mr. Max[?] in the UK, who is glad TRT is
keeping SW. 2) -- Danielson, Sweden, 67-year-old, wants QSL for 13635
& 6050. I think she says ``we also issue eQSLs`` which would be a new
policy, but will send hardcopy since he sent r.p. 2206 song break from
1974y. 3) 35-year-old from Canada; hostess is 43. 4) at 2212 André,
Romania. 5) at 2213 Siddartha --- wants to know if International
Women`s Day is celebrated in Turkey, and what is the gender ratio?
43.6 megamales, 43.8 megafemales, or 49.4 and 50% [sic] respectively.
2216 ``shoutout`` to Ricky Hein, South Dakota, who I think she said
was getting 11111 reception on 5960, 6125; maybe will improve at
Marchend with different frequencies. 2217 closing song. 2218 `L`Box`
theme outro, tune-out.
5959.992-, Sunday March 16 at 2303, VOT not off the air now either,
S9+40 into UTwente. Usually offset slightly plus (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.004-, March 17 at 2255, VOT IS, S9+30/40
into UTwente. No time to listen, but 2340 check, TRTVOTVorld.com
promo, music. Considerable hum. 2346 ``always-by-your-side`` promo.
2350 ``a-b-y-s`` again! 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2353 s/off.
2354 IS for a bit and off* uncovering Chinese music; 2359 their own
neat IS, TS, 2400 NA, etc. 5960 missing March 18; see EAST TURKISTAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960.004-, March 19 at 2257, VOT not off the air, IS & IDs,
S9+40/50 into UTwente, 2300 s/on English, but no time to listen yet;
2336 music, 2340 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, music. 2348
``with-you-every-hour`` promo, music. 2354 s/off as if it`s 1330 on
13635, awry, 2355 IS to 2356* uncovering the 6CI which was quite the
understation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U A E. 15420.1+ approx., March 13 at 1445, JBA carrier
off-frequency, as expected it`s this site, sked 1400-1500 M-F only in
BBC Somali. At other hours, BBC on 15420 via Ascension or Madagascar
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 8992 USB, March 13 at 0038, USAF crypto exercise message,
this time with an echo one-word-delayed, so two sites with a satellite
or internet connexion? S9+20 here and other //s not checked as I copy
the entire message fonetikaly as he say again:
HJEYPOGD7UJE2N7LG6A7PI2LU647GF - then ``this is Newband? Newman?
Out``. All it takes is one little fade to miss the tactical callsign
which is not spelt nor repeated immediately. However, retune at 0051,
a totally different crypto msg but not copied, no echo? sounds like
same ID, out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. 26110 NBFM, March 14 at 1520 UT, chat about the
MVP in the Central Valley, i.e. KMK282, aux of KOVR ``13``
Stockton/Sacramento CA, S6/S9 direct. Only approaches full quieting
above S9 on my meter. 1522 to dead air and turned off. I bandscan
25.9-26.5 MHz without finding any others. On 10m beacon band not even
K6FRC on 28300, just XE1JAL/B on 28276 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. DOGE criminals have reportedly hit USAGM, starting to
close various subsidiary services, before VOA: March 15 at 1836, VOA
French still going VG on 15730 BOTSWANA S9+25/30, and at 1841, 12075
via VATICAN, violating Separation Of Church And State. VOA English
still going at 1837 on 15580 BOTSWANA; VOA Amharic at 1839 still going
via KUWAIT on 13765; all checked via UTwente. Some other VOA languages
have been replaced by music, if still on the air, as well as R. Ashna,
and Deewa per Jose Jacob. See this:
VOA STAFF PUT ON LEAVE AFTER TRUMP ORDERS CUTS, by Nathan Layne:
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-signs-order-gut-voice-america-other-agencies-2025-03-15/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. VOA situation: Not all the staff at Greenville
[Grimesland] are full-time employees; seven technicians are personal
service contractors (PSC) and are to be put on administrative leave
until further notice, but not locked out, unlike some personnel in
Washington.
Five Government Service Employees remaining are: three supervisors,
the chief engineer and a secretary. One person already accepted a
buy-out. A former manager has returned. It`s unclear if there will be
enough staff to keep running the site 24/7.
Perhaps they will at least keep Radio Martí broadcasting as long as
the program feed remains. It seems there has been a lot of repetition
already in music and talk features to fill the 24-hour schedule.
Already planned: GB-8, a 500 kW AEG transmitter is to be retired, as
no high voltage transformer can be obtained for it. One of the Kuwait
senders, a Continental 417 will be moved in to replace it.
Now in doubt is a major expansion of the Kuwait site, three x 250 kW
Ampegons, to replace São Tomé, and others. Other relay sites? So far
it appears that Tinang, Philippines is still operating (Glenn Hauser,
0451 UT March 16, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. Monitoring by gh: 13820, March 16 at 1457, open
carrier S6/S7, 1500 JIP Radio Martí with ID. 11860 was not on at 1457
but is on after 1500. 11930 already running at 1457, S7/9+5, all
Grimesland NC site. Presumably about to be abolished.
Greenville manager Willford Cooper could not find anything out at 1604
UT March 16. The computer network was down and Greenville getting its
Martí programs from satellite. Staff could not put in their time
cards, get the daily activity report of operational memos from DC. So
if they had been told to shut down they would never know.
But by 1654 UT: The order has been passed to Macon Dail, the Chief
Engineer, to shut Greenville down. All employees have been told not to
show up for work.
Alan Furst, Kansas City, reports: ``Martí went off at 16:30 today
3/16. All transmitters appear to be off in 22 and 25 meters. It
happened abruptly, although I wasn't listening closely to know what
they said at the end. Was a surprise.``
Many USAGM services are missing frequencies, dead air, filling with
music or repeating old programming as the axe is falling; much
monitoring of details in the WOR indian ocean group. The White House
has quoted Dan Robinson`s critique of VOA as one justification. And
Kim Elliott says, ``The zombification of VOA has begun. Listening at
0400 UTC 15 March on 4930 kHz, Botswana relay via an SDR in South
Africa: It was the VOA "Worldwide in Five" newscast from March 9 at
0200 UTC.`` - he probably meant 0400 UT 16 March as this was posted a
few minutes after that.
VOA`s broadcasting of week-olds eclipses Voice of Turkey, where their
olds would be no more than 14.5 hours stale.
At 1900 UT March 16, via UTwente checking all VOA scheduled
frequencies per EiBi:
Tigrigna: 9485 BOT & 12040 CVA dead air; 13765 KWT music
English: 13590 D-L = Germany music
French: 17700 GB OFF
Korean: 7465 & 9800 PHT, 9575 THA all with music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. 4930, March 17 at 0444, JBA carrier, no doubt VOA
BOTSWANA relay still on air, but others report no new programming, and
site expected to be closed down later this date.
9775, March 17 at 0455, S7/S9 of music with long pause between tunes,
presumably fill music, off by 0459: VOA English BOTSWANA scheduled
0300-0500, still running while HQ in Washington is locked up.
Various other relay sites are affected, MW and SW, disappearing from
air, replacing with other programming, etc., everyone trying to keep
up with this fast-breaking situation, reporting to the WOR iog. Of
course this also threatens innocent bystations using USAGM facilities
such as Radio Thailand, Pilipinas.
Greenville guys were told to shut the power off to the building. That
means no A/C and no heat. In NC the equipment will be ruined in a
month. It`s over for shortwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CUBA
[and non]
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2285 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday March 13 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+20 into Bonaire, but JBA
direct.
WORLD OF RADIO 2286 contents: Alaska, Bangladesh, Brasil, Cambodia
non, Canada, China, Congo DR, Cuba, Ethiopia, Europe, (France),
(Germany), India, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, México,
Myanmar and non, Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Perú,
(Philippines), Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain non, Sudan non, Sudan South
non, UK, USA, (Yemen non); propagation outlook - (countries mentioned
along with others not in order)
WOR 2286 available from 0044 UT Friday March 14
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2286.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2286.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
1300 UT Friday WRMI 15770 to NE;
2053 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [maybe last few minutes -2100?];
2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 [irregular];
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW [has been off air; or 7730];
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400];
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [needs reconfirmation];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
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Or by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid
OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Friday
March 14 at 1300 the first SWBC airing, on WRMI 15770, S9 direct.
Also confirmed Friday March 14 after 2030 on WRMI webcast only, but
tune-in at 2048 via Georgia SDR, WRMI 9955 is on the air contrary to
sked, but with gospel rock instead of WOR unlike last weeks when one
hour later.
Also confirmed Friday March 14 at 2140 the 2130 on IRRS SW via AM
Italia, 1322.997-, VG S9+5 into UTwente across Europe. Next:
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 [irregular];
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW [has been off air; or 7730];
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400];
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [needs reconfirmation];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Friday
March 14 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+30 into Georgia SDR.
Also confirmed Friday March 14 starting a bit late at 2332 on SW
Radio, Germany, 3975.004-, S8/9+5 into UTwente. But played to 2401
completion.
Also confirmed UT Saturday March 15 at 0300 on WTWW 5085, active
again, S9+45/55 direct, but still not on WTWW-2 webcast; and still
flanked by JBA spur carriers measured approx. 5072.18 and 5097.82.
Over at 0329, then music until 0330.7*
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1550 the 1530 on SW Radio,
Germany, 6160.001+, S9+10 into UTwente; no problem from weaker S8/S9
on 6165, CRI Pashto via Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist
ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems; also with a
warble.
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1700 UT on WRN N America stream:
WRN will not early it to 1600 UT for two sesquiweeks until April 5
once UKOGBANI go on summer time.
Also confirmed Saturday March 15 at 1830 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S9+5 into UTwente. Next:
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400];
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [needs reconfirmation];
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
March 15 at 1928 about 4 minutes into so start circa 1928 UT on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 groundwave into nearby SDR.
Saturday March 15 at 2300, still no signal on WTWW, 9475, when WOR
appeared a few times in A-24 season before 9475 became inoperable.
Maybe to return?
UT Sunday March 16 at 0000, new non-time for WOR reconfirmed on WRMI
9955, preacher, instead of UT Sunday 0100, despite still on the
don`t-you-believe-it System B sked for Saturday 8:00 PM EDT.
Confirmed UT Sunday March 16 at 0349 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20
groundwave into nearby SDR but with storm crashes from Alabama area, 5
minutes into so started circa 0344 the 0315v.
Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 1047 the 1030 on WRMI 9955, S9
direct. (Also, after 0930, WRMI was still *not* on 9455, contrary to
own sked, when WOR is supposedly aired on Saturdays.) Next:
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday March 16 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.997+, S9 into
UTwente across Europe.
Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 2236 the 2230 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S9/+10 into UTwente.
Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 2330 on WRMI 7780, S9+30 into S
Texas SDR; and same time on WRMI 7570, S9+35 into same.
Also confirmed UT Monday March 17 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+15/35 into
S Texas SDR.
Also confirmed UT Monday March 17 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; 5130-
WBCQ stayed on a bit longer but playing music instead. Next:
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Monday
March 17 at 2056 the 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003-, S9+10/15
into UTwente.
Also confirmed UT Tuesday March 18 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into
Maryland SDR.
Barely missed checking Tuesday March 18 at 1300 on WRMI 9955; anyone
hear it?
Confirmed Tuesday March 18 at 1415 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, JBA
direct.
Confirmed Tuesday March 18 at 2104 the 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
VP S6/S7 into UTwente across Europe. Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: ``From Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF (30 years of service), antenna: random
long wires in the trees, WRMI, USA, World of Radio #2286, 9395 kHz,
QRN, 2330, 2343, 2358 (45433), Signal S6.5 very unsettled, 2359, March
18 UTC 2025 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)``
Not confirmed Tuesday March 18 at 2330 on WRMI 9395; at 2329, S8/9+10
into Plymouth MN SDR - but totally blocked by huge noise covering
entire waterfall for two minutes starting precisely at 2330; some
local problem, then OK with WOR 2286 confirmed. Meanwhile I
immediately tried nearby Minneapolis SDR where it was clear S9+10.
Also confirmed UT Wednesday March 19 at 0045 the 0030 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.003-, S8/9+5 into UTwente.
Also confirmed Wednesday March 19 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.004- S9+10 into UTwente.
Also confirmed Wednesday March 19 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7490 -23 Hz =
7489.977, S9+10 into NH SDR. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed};
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
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Or by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid
OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, March 13 at 0245, WTWW-2 finally back on air, VG
direct, ending segment with Lodi NJ address, on to T2P (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` chex of WBCQs, March 14 at 2353, into Maryland
SDR, as NH is busy: 9330 WLCR Portuguese S9+10/20. 7490 -75 Hz =
7489.925, FKB? S9+10/20. 6160 OFF. 5130 OFF. 3265 OFF. But at *2355,
5130 on with IS & ID, S9/+10. March 15 at 0000, 5 & 7 join for WTO
theme and AAAWWW, with different talkovers, so new. 0007 `Pirates of
the Airwaves` song. First topic is whether Cream Soda is
amber-colored. Allan adamantly says yes, Angela goes for pink. Someone
sends a shot of `red` cream soda. They spend quite a bit of time
debating this earth-shaking topic. How many transmitters do they have?
15, 16 or 17, including backups; but 6 or 10 main ones. Exactly?! At
0021 says also on 9330 and so they are by now. Offers transmitters to
Donald and Elon, whom they love; ``we are the real Voice of America``
- is their cream soda spiked? 0024 playing some more music and I doze
off. By 0045 reading some Free Radio Weekly items from last week`s
issue. 0058 NH SDR opens up so I try 7490, and find the ACI from VOA R
Ashna via KUWAIT which remains 0030-0100, and now a problem when it
was not last week with AAAWWW a real UT hour later. 0059 prayer and
over to Hal Turner (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. 5950, Sat Mar 15 at 2251 into UTwente, ham radio
news in English, but with modulated pulse QRM once per second,
horrible. Same thing audible without QRM from WRMI into Georgia SDR.
Xmtr grid shows 5950 WRMI-10 does not start until 2300! Contradixion:
System L sked shows 5950 WRMI starts at 2100 including `Viva Miami` at
2245. Something`s always odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, Mon Mar 17 at 0618, WRMI still on with TOMBS, running
a few words behind 5850. 5950 had been normally off at this hour. Xmtr
grid shows until 0400 only, but System E shows weekends only also
0600-1500. Does Monday morning count as ``weekend``? And is there
really a break 0400-0600? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15138/15142/15146//15154/15158/15162/15166, March 16 at
1453, WMLK only S9/+10 on fundamental 15150 but manages to produce
unstable spurs at +/- ~4 kHz intervals. Something`s bonkers at Bethel
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 570, March 17 at 0631 UT, Sioux Falls ad, and plug for
Alaska cruise with WNAXtrips.com, which converts to
https://wnax.com/events/categories/trips/
Quite a sideline for a radio station, travel broker too, like WRMI.
Where`s KLIF, or XEBJB? WNAX Yankton SD barely reaches here on daytime
groundwave when KLIF is a problem (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 730, March 17 at 0634 UT, `The Other Side of Midnight`,
rather than XEX or anything else. I`m running across this show more
and more, but not among the `Shows and their Network Codes` on page
263 of the 2024 NRC AM Log; should be added. Originates at WABC, which
provides huge podcast archive,
https://wabcradio.com/podcast/the-other-side-of-midnight-with-frank-morano/
but I can`t find a mere affiliate list; is there one, anywhere? I
would guess KQPN West Memphis AR, which is talk format per NRC AM Log,
but website is about sports only. Also heard here is KKDA Grand
Prairie TX in The Metroplex, but it`s Korean. TOSOM not to be confused
with a book, movie of same name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 730, March 18 around 0630 UT, mixture none dominant, unlike
last night with `The Other Side of Midnight` - Greg Hardison replies:
``Glenn: — "The Other Side Of Midnight" matches up on the KQPN
webstream. I'd go with your own guess, as to the 730 unID. — the other
G H`` i.e. West Memphis AR, 1 kW minor lobe to west; day pattern is
NW/SE. An instance of `breaking main format`, sports, diversely to
fill overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 780, March 15 at 0640 UT, WBBM with `StarDate` about Spica
at its reliable time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 550, March 15 at 0634 UT and still at 0653, 1
kHz tone alternating with loop announcement, approx.: ``This is
Westwood One, SES-11, transponder 17, for receiver authorization,
please call Denver operations center, 720-873-5177 between 8 am and 10
pm eastern time``. Since when is Denver on EDT? Another instance of
Eastern zone hegemony. Same thing I was hearing one week ago during
the DST Hour Of Confusion, on WWL and at least tones on several other
MW frequencies, but bandscan tonight does not find any others --
however, at 0644 there is dead air on 850 KOA and 870 WWL. 550
dominant signal is most likely KTRS St Louis MO; two Texans, KCRS and
KTSA are unfavorable, and KFRM KS is low-powered at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 810.58 kHz, March 13 at 0612, JBA carrier still hetting
810.00 WHB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 810.57, March 14 at 0710 UT, still het against 810.0 WHB
stupid sports talk. Exact offset varies a little from one log to
another (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030 kHz, March 15 at 0645 UT, romantic song in Spanish
-- oops, the romance is with Jesus. Only two candidates in the NRC AM
Log: KCWJ, Blue Springs MO, 500 watts at night and direxional
thisaway; or 50 kW daytimer +limited hours KCTA Corpus Christi TX
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030 kHz, March 18 at 0645-0706+ UT, praise music in
Spanish again tonight. I stay with it hoping for any announcement,
even ToH ID, but none heard unless I dozed off. As on March 15, more
likely KCWJ MO than KCTA TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030 kHz, March 19 in the 06/07 UT hour, nothing but
continuous praise music in Spanish. Sounds like from a single
performing group, song after song. Suspect KCWJ MO, Radio Vida.
Radio-locator leads to the network website
https://radiovida.com/about/
which does not include any station on 1030! HQ is in Weslaco TX, so
flagship is KRGE 1290. Also detailed program sched by day and time,
https://radiovida.com/programacion/
no zone specified, but should we assume it be CDT = UT-5? Most outlets
are in CT, but not all, and there are also in Argentina, Honduras,
México. With some blanx and no consistency during the 1-2+ am hour,
which might correlate with all the `fill` music I am hearing. Late at
night I`m normally offline, but will have to try to match webstream.
At 1700 UT, stream runs long string of IDs in English starting with
KRGE but not the whole list as on website; did not catch KCWJ
included. Are all stations taking the simultaneous network feed,
possibly inserting local IDs?
How about KCTA 1030 Corpus Christi, 50 kW daytimer + limited hours
depending on WBZ SR/SS but should never be on in the nightmiddle.
Weekday program sked shows starting at 4 am CT = 09 UT, and final
program starting at 8:32 pm = 0132 UT, so until 0200?? Entire program
sked does not show a single title in Spanish, altho NRC AM Log
classifies it as EE/SS:REL. That ``SS`` is the only reason I
considered it a possibility, besides running overtime (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1330, UT Mon Mar 17 at 0438 UT, hymn in English with
chimes is dominating. Unseems my regular nearbie, KNSS Wichita, which
is news/talk with far right extremists such as Hannity scheduled this
hour. Too many other choices of REL/GOS formats with low power, bad
direxionality (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4790, March 17 at 0443, JBA carrier vs CODAR, intriguing
since no broadcasters listed except an hour of ChiCom jamming at 1230
per EiBi; could be ute, but nothing on this exact frequency per
Klingenfuß 2022. Not a third harmonic as 4+7+9 = 20, not a multiple of
3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4950, March 17 at 0445, JBA carrier, much weaker than
4940- Venezuela. Nothing listed in EiBi, Aoki, or Klingenfuß; but
could be 3 x 1650 or 5 x 990 or 9 x 550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6882, March 17 at 0449, open carrier, pirate? None
reported currently in HFU; years ago, MRI appeared here. Ute? Nothing
on this exact frequency in Klingenfuß 2022 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7505, March 17 at 0451, JBA carrier; nothing but WRNO
listed except 25 minutes of ChiCom jamming at 2335. WRNO sometimes
runs much later than this; maybe Metairie merely excited? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9936.0 AM, March 15 at 0618 UT, S8/S9 open carrier
except for clix, at the rate of 20/minute = every 3 seconds, JBA out
to 9923/9950, +/- 13 or 14 kHz. What is this? Yet another one ending
in -6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)