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Today's Topics:
1. SWLDXBulgaria News, March 17-18 (Ivo Observer)
2. Re: [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Re: [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today (Richard B Langley)
4. Re: [WOR] Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16, 2022 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. World of Radio 2130 chances (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: [WOR] World of Radio 2130 chances (Glenn Hauser)
7. Glenn Hauser logs March 18-19, 2022 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:22:12 +0200
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News, March 17-18
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SWLDXBulgaria News, March 17-18 (publications ?30331-?30350)
ABKHAZIA Reception of Abkhaz Radio/Apsua Radio in Abkhazian on
9534.8v kHz via Sukhumi on March 18:
from 0459 on 9534.8vSUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs Abkhazian. Good
signal via SDR Szekesfehervar,
HNGhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/apsua-radio-in-abkhazian-on-95348v-khz_18.html
ABKHAZIA Reception of Abkhaz Radio/Apsua Radio in Russian on 9534.8v
kHz via Sukhumi on March 18
from 0529 on 9534.8vSUK 005 kW / non-dir to CeAs Russian. Good signal
via SDR Szekesfehervar,
HNGhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/apsua-radio-in-russian-on-95348v-khz_18.html
FRANCE(non) Summer A-22 frequency change of Manara Radio
Internationalhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-change-of-manara.html
FRANCE(non) Summer A-22 frequency change of Raadiyyoni Dirree
Shaggar via TDF
Issoudun:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-change-of.html
FRANCE(non) Summer A-22 schedule of new clandestine broadcast(RMI in
HFCC B-21 and
A-22)https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-schedule-of-new-clandestine.html
GERMANY(non) Summer A-22 frequency change of Dandal Kura Radio
Internationalhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-change-of-dandal.html
GERMANY(non) Summer A-22 frequency changes of Deutsche Welle in
Dari/Pashtohttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-changes-of-deutsche.html
GERMANY(non) Summer A-22 last minute change of NHK World Radio Japan
from March
27:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-last-minute-change-of-nhk.html
GREECE Very good signal of ERT Voice of Greece in Greek on 9420 kHz
via Avlis on March 18
till 0812 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek tx#3 & off air
via SDR Heimiswil,
SUIhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/voice-of-greece-in-greek-on-9420-khz.html
MADAGASCAR(non) New time of Radio Mazaris Sumay via MGB Talata
Volonondry from March
27https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/new-time-of-radio-mazaris-sumay-via-mgb.html
NEW ZEALAND A-22 schedule of Radio New Zealand RNZ
Pacific:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-22-schedule-of-radio-new-zealand.html
SECRETLAND(non) Summer A-22 frequency change of FPU Radio Dabanga
via SPL
Secretbrodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-change-of-radio.html
U.K. Summer A-22 of Mizzima Radio via ENC-DMS
Al-Dhabbayya:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-of-mizzima-radio-via-enc-dms.html
U.K. Summer A-22 frequency changes of Furusato no Kaze via ENC-DMS
Tamsui/Tashkent:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-changes-of-furusato.html
USA Summer A-22 schedule of WINB Red Lion in Hybrid DRM
mode:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-schedule-of-winb-red-lion-in.html
USA EWTN WEWN-3 Radio Catolica Mundial in Spanish on 5970 kHz via
Vandiver, March 17:
from 1258 on 5970 EWN 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Spanish. Good via SDR
Boca Raton FL,
USAhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/wewn-3-radio-catolica-mundial-on-5970_18.html
USA EWTN WEWN-2 Radio Catolica Mundial in Spanish on 12050 kHz via
Vandiver, March 17:
from 1358 on 12050 EWN 100 kW / 155 deg to CeAm Spanish. Good via SDR
Boca Raton FL,
USAhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/wewn-2-radio-catolica-mundial-on-12050_18.html
USA Reception of WRMI IS/ID in English & Music on 7780 kHz via
Okeechobee, March 17
from 1455 on 7780 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu. Very good via SDR
Boca Raton FL,
USAhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/wrmi-isid-in-english-on-7780-khz-via.html
VATICAN(non) Summer A-22 frequency change of FPU Radio Tamazuj via
SM di
Galeriahttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-frequency-change-of-radio_18.html
VATICAN(non) Summer A-22 new clandestine transmission of FPU
(Amsterdam) via SM di
Galeriahttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/03/summer-22-new-clandestine-transmission.html
--
73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com
QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.
QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:14:31 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today
Message-ID: <613106E95A7A48C7B268D59C63B42438@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=original
re 'disturbing crackling background noise'
re 9370 kHz R Svoboda 19-20 UT, but fq rather minus 2 Hertz on lower fq
flank.
9369.998 kHz tiny S=3 or -108dBm at Perseus SDR in Delhi India subcontinent,
(when checked Tashkent signal)
at 19.48 UT on March 18.
A string fence seen either sideband
some 12 x 100 Hertz buzzy audio strings distance apart seen and heard.
Weak signal also in Finland at Mauno's installation
- which favours only mediumwave reception? these days -,
but much stronger S=9+5dB signal noted
on central European Russia at Saratov instead.
Stn ID signal heard, then TX OFF exact at 20.00:50 UTC.
73 wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Langley" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:24 PM
Subject: [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today
Audio, which started a couple of minutes late at about 19:02 UTC, is not
clear. There is a disturbing crackling background noise. Transmitter problem
or deliberate interference? The centred 9370 kHz signal at the U. Twente SDR
receiver streches from about 9353 to 9388 kHz.
-- Richard Langley
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:35:03 +0000
From: Richard B Langley <[email protected]>
To: Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>, _ BCLNEWS
<[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>, _ WOR
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Thanks, Wolfie.
73
--Richard
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From: Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>
Sent: March 18, 2022 5:14 PM
To: _ BCLNEWS; HCDX; _ WOR
Subject: Re: [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today
?External message: Use caution.
re 'disturbing crackling background noise'
re 9370 kHz R Svoboda 19-20 UT, but fq rather minus 2 Hertz on lower fq
flank.
9369.998 kHz tiny S=3 or -108dBm at Perseus SDR in Delhi India subcontinent,
(when checked Tashkent signal)
at 19.48 UT on March 18.
A string fence seen either sideband
some 12 x 100 Hertz buzzy audio strings distance apart seen and heard.
Weak signal also in Finland at Mauno's installation
- which favours only mediumwave reception? these days -,
but much stronger S=9+5dB signal noted
on central European Russia at Saratov instead.
Stn ID signal heard, then TX OFF exact at 20.00:50 UTC.
73 wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Langley" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:24 PM
Subject: [WOR] Radio Svoboda, 9370 kHz, Today
Audio, which started a couple of minutes late at about 19:02 UTC, is not
clear. There is a disturbing crackling background noise. Transmitter problem
or deliberate interference? The centred 9370 kHz signal at the U. Twente SDR
receiver streches from about 9353 to 9388 kHz.
-- Richard Langley
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:14:08 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "_ BCLNEWS"
<[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16, 2022
Message-ID: <48149294833E434DAFD8C13BA3731B00@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=original
re 13740 / 13750 kHz at 00.45 UT on March 19
CUBA/THAILAND
13740even RHC Bauta outlet, Spanish '...Putin ... slawa ... bombarding
Belgrade ...'; broadband signal tonight up to 40 kHz wideband,
S=9+30dB signal into Edmonton Alb-CAN remotedly on Perseus server SDR.
13750.006 R Thailand via US AGM relay site Udorn Thani, tiny signal
tonight at 00.50 UT like S=3 or -99dBm poor via transpolar route.
INDIA 13795.002 AIR Delhi in Chinese via 500 kW Bangalore broadband
transmission center, por signal of S=4 or -92dBm. Subcontinental SoAsian
singer program. 10.5 kHz wideband audio.
73 wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16, 2022
Glenn,
re 13740 / 13750 kHz
Maybe my fault ?
13750 kHz was noted on the notepad.
It was already torn and put in the trash.
I have to check the matter in the next days.
Normally in the past, Udorn Thani Thailand is always heard on 13750 kHz
on transpolar path.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Hauser via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [WOR] [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16, 2022
Was this really 13750 instead of 13740? In that case it would be blocking
R. Thailand to N America.
Glenn
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 05:01:09 AM GMT+1, Wolfgang Bueschel <>
wrote:
Log of March 16 at 00.00 UT in Rochester NY state server remotedly:
13750even CUB RHC Bauta in Spanish language, small audio modulation range
like a poor radio amateur stn, only 1.6 kHz audio wideband modu-
lation, at 00.55 UT on March 16, 'Colombian President report ...
and Sandinistas on election ... ' \\ too on 19 meterband
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:22:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] World of Radio 2130 chances
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
A bad start for this week`s WORLD OF RADIO broadcast cycle:
0130 Friday on WRMI 5850 & 7780 has been canceled
0330 Friday on WRMI 5985 aired but generally poor reception
1430 Friday on WRMI 9955 -- transmitter off air but on webcast
1915 Friday on IRRS 7290 & 1323 - pre-empted as expected on 3rd Fridays
So here are the next chances, we hope, all shifted or new times:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4970 to WSW
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
Don`t expect this one either as 7730 is down at least until Tuesday
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
73, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:26:35 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] World of Radio 2130 chances
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Arghh, that typo keeps biting me: 4790, not 4970 - gh
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, 02:22:30 AM GMT+1, Glenn Hauser via groups.io
<[email protected]> wrote:
A bad start for this week`s WORLD OF RADIO broadcast cycle:
0130 Friday on WRMI 5850 & 7780 has been canceled
0330 Friday on WRMI 5985 aired but generally poor reception
1430 Friday on WRMI 9955 -- transmitter off air but on webcast
1915 Friday on IRRS 7290 & 1323 - pre-empted as expected on 3rd Fridays
So here are the next chances, we hope, all shifted or new times:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ *4790* to WSW
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
Don`t expect this one either as 7730 is down at least until Tuesday
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
73, Glenn Hauser
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 05:18:37 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 18-19, 2022
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** AUSTRALIA. 11945, March 18 at 1350, VG S9/+10 discussion about word
games improving cognition, seems reasonable but winds up invoking
Jesus. Of course it`s RBA with the Ozish accents, closing before 1400*
ID and to resume at 1330 tomorrow for India -- way offbeam over here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 6165, March 18 at 0611, RHC English is back here,
but about equal level to Arabic! which is NHK via FRANCE at 0600-0630,
adding up to S9+20. But RHC English in the clear on 6060, 6100.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** IRAN [non]. 5910, Friday March 18 at 1730 another check for the
weekly Channel 1 TV audio clandestine from Canoga Park, believed via
Uzbekistan: into UTwente, no signal promptly but carrier with hum on
at *1730:28, S9/+10 and cut on modulation bit of music at 1732:07,
soon YL talk in presumed Farsi; may have mentioned ``megahertz``? Like
last week, not only starts late but ends late, running past 1800 until
1802 cut mod, 1802:15* cut carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ITALY [and non]. 7290, Friday March 18 at 1900:49, IRRS modulation
starts on Bulgacarrier already on, rock music which must be Radio City
as expected pre-empting other programming on 3rd Friday of month
including WOR at 1915; occasional hyper DJ such as at 1910. Usual ACI
from 7295 ChiCom.
1323 kHz, AM Italia, Villa Estense with same instead of WOR but heavy
CCI from Romania`s ethnic German minority service also playing music
at 1906 March 18; as heard by Noale SDR near AM Italia (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, March 18 at 0623 UT, cannot copy any ID from
RG, 400 watt NDB at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC, just the carrier,
unusual. This one has persisted while PN, EI and SW are AWOL, tho PN
just came back, q.v. RG ID is there at 1817 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, March 18 at 0620 UT, 25-watt ND beacon PN at
PoNca City is finally resuscitated! Had been silent since February 23.
Also still on at 1811 check (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) See U S A
** RUSSIA [non]. 9370, March 18 at 1903, R. Svoboda probably via
Armenia, but with quite a racket QRM - jamming or feed or transmission
or local QRM to UTwente SDR or SDR own problem? I then check 9370 via
Izhevsk, Russia SDR and find it clear! 1905 R. Svoboda ID and English
blurt ``murderous dictator``. If it be deliberate jamming, by skip
zone it`s bad in Holland but not at all in that part of Russia! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Friday March 18 at 2300, REE English succeeds today,
VG, and almost as good on 11940, 12030 into Maryland SDR; even 11685
is sufficient with slight RTTY QRM. In A-22 from March 27, 17855
replaces 9690 with quite different propagation, 15520 ex-12030. 2309
today`s feature is about the ILO and COVID, seems a rerun (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, March 18 at 2300, VOT English to us is
absent today, no signal even unto UTwente, nor at 2324 check when
nothing but EAST TURKISTAN, XJPBS Xinjiang in Chinese, land of ChiCom
imperialist genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems.
6125, however, next broadcast is poorly audible at 0440 March 19, hum
and undermodulated thin-voiced YL, music, into Ohio SDR (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, March 19 at 0508 tune-in, Ukrainian Radio hour
via WRMI is in English with very rapid news summary until 0510 back to
UU. Is it safe to assume there will not be another English segment
later in hour? Need to catch it from 0500 opening whether English
start immediately, VG S9+15 into Ohio SDR I still have running
conveniently while at the computer completing this lengthy report
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 407 MCW kHz, March 18 at 0621, HRU, 25-watt ND beacon at
Herington KS is finally copiable vs slightly diminished local
neighborhood high noise level. For weeks could only detect the carrier
of one of my closer day & night signals, altho the storm noise level
is higher, maybe an inverse relationship? Also at 1813 JBA. Noise
peaking circa 395 kHz altho slightly diminished, not enough to
audiblize two other KS beacons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 18155.9 USB, March 18 at 1819, W1AW, the ARRL station in
Newington CT operated by Nick making contacts, slightly off-frequency
- or no such thing within hambands, but odd (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2130 monitoring: since the UT
Friday 0130 broadcast has been canceled by WRMI, first airing is now
0330 UT Friday on 5985, which just signs on at that bottom-of-the-hour
time; in the run-up announced repeatedly as ``top-of-the-hour`` by the
clueless BBB. Unfortunately aimed south, March 18 as usual VP here.
Best signal should be grabbed in Colombia but no active Kiwis there
now, let alone Bonaire. Boca Rat?n FL is too far for groundwave, too
close for skywave. Other Caribbean, S American sites are not getting
listenable signal if any, nor even Maryland. Best results are directly
off the back at a reasonable distance to Athens GA S8-S9 with fading
but less noise than stronger Knoxville TN S9+10. They all need USB or
AM-narrow to avoid Cuban jamming bleed from 5980.
9955, now with DST, WOR is to resume on WRMI at 1430 Friday --- but
it`s off the air! Confirmed anyway on webcast. Still off at 1809
check, unknown when resumed but going circa 2300.
Also confirmed UT Saturday March 19 at shifted time of 0130 on WRMI
9395, S9+20 into Maryland SDR, but fading way down by 0157 check.
Also confirmed UT Saturday March 19 from 0359.8 on R. Angela WBCQ
4790. This time I`ve settled on the WB8CXO remote in Ohio, S9/+10 and
not too much whine except in fades, no CODAR, but sporadic uteblaaps.
Next:
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW [but 7730 down until Tuesday]
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW [but 7730 down until Tuesday]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Mar 19 at 0000, new hour-earlier time for
`AAAWWW` on WBCQ webcast, SW not even checked. Not a repeat. Mostly
monolog by Allan: first arguing with Angela over whether her mike be
on. Temp today was 90F, now just heard some thunder with lightning
[yes, Blitzortung shows storm line right over FL]. ``Radio strikes
back`` against the ills of the age. Some dickhead has been jamming
7490 during Hal Turner, says has had jamming before, which is close to
being treason, punishable by death.
We are now in Cold War 2.0. SW stations are becoming more important.
Could Classic BCQ broadcast to Russia, Ukraine? Not really with
antennas for N America. SuperStition could do it but not sure whether
WLC is going to. Needs to upgrade other transmitters to 100 kW, and
has started a gofundme. Still charges same rates as when signed on in
1998 since most programmers could not afford the real cost. Will add
more programs before/after the Radio Angela 2-hour block on 4790. See
website for schedule of that [NO, it is still not on there, as I
check:
http://wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=sked&freq=4790
which still shows nothing but Dead Brother Scare!]
Bill Tilford also tells him that, so Allan calls for Larry Will,
webmaster, to get with it. Apparently Allan doesn`t inspect his own
website very often. Allan says he is ``always upfront, doesn`t hold
anything back``, e.g. from the winter cold in Maine he ``almost died``
which is why they operate remotely from Deland of Fla, depending on
their great staff back in Maine. A&A hold a daily lunch-hour Soviet on
the porch to discuss station and marital issues, recommended.
`BCQ should be around for years; it`s totally owned by A&A, debt- and
mortgage-free. Their cellphones are on 24/7 like the broadcast
business in case there is an emergency.
0043 finally datestamp as 18th of March YOOLF 2022, from Studio 9
where it`s 78 degrees, humidity 70% and rising, and 0044 introduces
`Angela`s Angle`, for her own commentary/rant -- but she is not
prepared to render it. They had a great St Patrick`s party last night
at a neighbor`s, best corned beef he had ever had, breaking his mostly
vegetarian diet.
Fishing around for reading glasses which both of them need; to refer
to a Radio World article by Rick Wagner about a Denon TU68? radio from
the 90s which had CQUAM AM stereo; and how great AM sound can be if
bandwidth allowed up to 9 kHz rather than 3. That might give AM radio
a new lease on life. At BCQ they push the AM bandwidth on SW as far as
they can with the 5 kHz limit.
0054 to email. Goal is to raise $10 million in order to buy and
preserve operational some other SW facilities [not including WHRI, I
assume]. Ultimately maybe an endowment, privately owned, NOT
governmental. Guess what: someone else tells him the donate button on
website does not work either, nor does it yet show gofundme. Larry?
0059 prayer; running late again, joining Hal Turner when he has
already started at 0101 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15770, March 18 at 1902, quick check of WRMI via UTwente:
poor but in English, presumably still back with R. Prague after
Wednesday-only test of RFPI in Russian. But that`s now on the RFPI
skedgrid as Wed only rather than daily at 1900-1930 on 15770 within
the otherwise mostly-9955, blue-green System B sked! RFPI already has
several 1-hour blox, presumably French, but the only 15 minute one, UT
Fri 0145-0200 blowing away the first airing of WOR, is now suffixed UA
- meaning UkrAine? Altho we thought it was in Rusky Yazik (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. On that `CBS4` Miami interview about WRMI, Jeff White said
they have fourteen 100-kW transmitters. However, WRTH 2022 shows 12 x
100 kW, and 1 x 50 kW. There are never 14 transmitters on the air at
once per the skedgrid; but all are running for at least a few hours.
In past one or two have been totally `standby`. The most active hours
are 00-02 with twelve frequencies running; all other hours have eleven
or less.
Another oddity at Okeechobee: 9395 & 9455 are allegedly both 100 kW
and same azimuth 355. But comparing them on remotes such as Maryland
at 0130 March 18, 9395 is *much* stronger, S9+20 while 9455 is JBA
S6-S7 and barely makes a trace on the waterfall (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. 5085, March 18 at 0614, WTWW-2 is S9+20/30 of dead air, or a
trace of modulation, and some hum; and the JBA parasitic spur carriers
circa 5072 & 5098. Ted offdozed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4840, March 18 at 0617, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR,
competing for the Tennessee DA Sweepstakes with 5085 WTWW. But the
other three WWCRs are nominally modulating, 3215, 5890, 5935. No one
paying attention at 1300 WWCR Ave, yay! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 333 MCW kHz, March 18 at 0624 UT, JBA beacon, second
letter V, and the first seems like 6. At DXinfocentre no fits and
nothing at all on 334, but could really be 335 as I am tuning USB: BV
in Batesville AR would be a close fit, 25 watts heard before; also CV,
Clovis NM, 25W (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0518 UT March 19
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 231, Issue 20
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