** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Jan 20 from 1721 checking the best Argentine remote, NO signal from LRA36. Still zilch circa 1800, 1830, 1840, 1948, 2004, 2126, 2158, 2337. Like last week, it`s gone, temporarily or permanently? Wacky new Arg. Pres. ``Motosierra`` Milei is dedicated to ``privatizing`` Radio Nacional, with many personnel already fired. See: https://www.radionacional.com.ar/hay-41-empresas-publicas-sujetas-a-privatizacion/
As Bill Tilford pointed out to me, Esperanza has been removed from the drop-down list of streaming Radio Nacional Emisoras, not boding well, at https://www.radionacional.com.ar/ The external service RAE would seem to be equally threatened, as it is part of Radio Nacional, but its webpage is still up, https://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae/ including an undated 27-minute interview with a RAE Italian guy who visited Esperanza: https://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-en-la-antartida/ On Jan 19, I asked Manuel Méndez, Spain: ``We are concerned that LRA36 may have been deleted. Can you find out anything from your contacts? Glenn`` - His reply with my translation interspersed: ``Hola, Glenn, LRA 36 en la pasada campaña, la de 2023, tuvo un gran impulso gracias a Juan Benavente, un gran conocer de la radio, radioaficionado y al que le gusta mucho el trabajo que hizo. Hello, Glenn, LRA 36 in the latest campaign, of 2023, got a great boost thanks to Juan Benavente, who really knows radio, is a ham, and really enjoyed the work he did. Yo escribí a Radio Nacional para decirles lo conveniente que sería que Juan continuase a cargo de la emisora durante este nuevo año, o por lo menos que asesorase al nuevo personal que cada año se renueva, con el fin de seguir unas pautas similares a las del año 2023, además sé que Juan Benavente continuaría muy satisfecho haciendo ese trabajo. I wrote to Radio Nacional to tell them how convenient it would be for Juan to continue in charge of the station during this new year, or at least advise the new personnel who turn over every year, with the objective of following guidelines similar to those of 2023; in addition, I know that Juan Benavente would continue to be very satisfied doing that job. Personal de la Base y de Radio Nacional agradecieron mi email y por lo que sé, hicieron todo lo posible para que Juan continuase, pero al final nada de esto fue tenido en cuenta y Juan Benavente ya regresó a la Argentina, así que al final, por lo que yo sé, LRA 36 volverá a los años anteriores, es decir, seguramente tendremos que esperar semanas para que el nuevo personal se forme, tenga los conocimientos necesarios para operar la radio y puedan salir al aire. Personnel at the base and of Radio Nacional thanked me for my email and as far as I know did everything possible for Juan to continue, but ultimately, nothing of this was taken into account, and Juan Benavente has already returned to Argentina; so that means that as far as I know, LRA 36 will return to previous years, that is, we shall surely have to wait weeks for the new personnel to get organized, trained how to operate the station, and then be able to go on the air. Pero no sé nada de que LRA 36 haya cesado en sus transmisiones, no sé de donde pudo saber esa información. Lo que a mi me han comunicado es que volvereán con la campaña de verano cuando sea posible, pero no, desde luego, tal como ha sido en el año 2023. Recibe un cordial saludo. Habrá que estar atentos sobre todo los sábados. Manuel But I don`t know at all whether LRA 36 has ceased transmissions, nor do I know where to find out that information. From what they told me, they will return with the summer session when possible, but not at all, of course, like it was in 2023. Cordial greetings. We must be alert especially on Saturdays. Manuel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non]. 5910, Jan 20 at 0437 CRI via CUBA, S9+40 but undermodulated song; cannot hear any COLOMBIA underneath, off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, Jan 20 at 0433, R. Progreso, YL speaking softly over somewhat distorted music, S9+30/40. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Jan 20 at 0438 RHC English, S9+30/40 undermodulated flanked by awful wide noisy spurblobs approx. 5992-5996 & 6004-6008. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 3975, Jan 20 at 1601, SW Radio, VG into UTwente with Weekend Music Radio, WMR, starting with bagpipes, Scotland the Brave, morphing into othermusic. Following hour is that show with pop music from DJ in Scotland. We had just QSYed from 6160 after WORLD OF RADIO, see USA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6919 USB, Jan 20 at 0416, pirate with hard rock, S9/+10, ``Don`t Call Me White`` [?]; 0444 rap with lots of swearing. unID logs here https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,124343.0.html but finally as Unknown Name Radio Network at s/off 0512* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 9510, Jan 20 at 0449, RRI English outstanding S9+30/40 with excerpt of rock opera `Lucifer`, in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9700, Jan 20 at 0415, TRT Turkish music, VG S9+30/40. Better than: 6125, Jan 20 at 0441, VOT English service only S9+20/30, Turkish music distorted, ``always-by-your-side`` promo and `That`s Why` segment again. 5960.002, Jan 20 at 2306, VOT English not off the air, VG S9+40/45 into UTwente. After news, at 2310, `The Energy Agenda` about efficiency. More music than usual followed. 2337 recheck, `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` repeat about the 5-year-bread. 2351, multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2354 s/off as if this were the 1330 on 13635 only. Seems to be the only version used lately, correct if woefully incomplete, and into IS in less than a minute before 2355 be reached. 2356 pause and restart IS with German IDs interspersed. Off about 15 seconds before 2400 avoiding any further German, uncovering you-know-what: In fairness, if I am going to denounce imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems, concerning the East Turkistanish QRM on 5960, I should also denounce the Turkish genocide of Armenians a century ago, still denied by Turkey; as in: https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/aurorasunrise/ which I just watched today via OETA; not that this genocide were news to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 257 MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0757 UT, JYR, 25-watt ND beacon at York, Nebraska, manages to barely overcome the local line noise level. Last logged almost a biyear ago, Feb 4, 2022 at 0717. This and the next are not too far beyond Kansas: 293 MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0758 UT, FBY, 25-watt NDB at Fairbury NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 6080 & 9775, Sat Jan 20 at 0451 jazz from VOA but no Willis Conover, // but not synchronized as 6080 is SAO TOME and 9775 is BOTSWANA; both S9+20 but 6080 sounds louder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2226 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday January 20 at 0139 the 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+15/25 into Missouri SDR. Confirmed Saturday January 20 at 1551 the new 1530 on Shortwave Radio, Germany, just as I am talking about SWR adding WOR, S9+10/15 into UTwente and only 1 or 2 Hz from 6160.000, also VG modulation, sounds like more than 1 kW. Page 549 of WRTH 2024 shows address as c/o WWDX Club, PO Box 1214, D-61282 Bad Homburg, but site is Winsen an der Aller, 2 x 1 kW. E-mail: stu...@shortwaveradio.de That`s in Lower Saxony, just NE of Hanover; in north-central Germany between Amsterdam and Berlin. Who are the L.P.? WOR was on time, ending at 1559, jingle ID as ``Shortwave Radio`` not appending ``Gold`` as sometimes reported, ``due to Chinese invasion, retune now to 3975; 6160 resumes tomorrow at 0900``. 6160 already had splash from 6165 CRI, also S9+10/15. Per EiBi, CRI on 6165 at 1500-1700 is from Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, at 1600 going from Pashto to Turkish; CNR6 from Beijing to Taiwan also on 6165 at 2155-1605. See GERMANY for more on 3975. WOR 2226 also confirmed Sat Jan 20 from 1832 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975, S9+5/10 into UTwente; after ADDX contact info in German. Also confirmed Saturday January 20 at 2046 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+23 groundwave into nearby SDR, about 4 minutes into, so started about 2042, the 2030v; also on WRMI webcast only, and WRN N American webcast, both no doubt from 2030. Next: 0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2225][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10, 17] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW, 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [not all SW Radio Gold times confirmed; may be testing] As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Hank Blackwood, Dalton GA, for a contribution via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to: woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by money order or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Jan 20 at 0754, S6/S8 pop song, must be R. Vanuatu. What is the full frequency sked of this now? It keeps changing. Current EiBi shows only 1845-1959 on 3945, 1959-2259 & 2300-1105 on 7260. The break at 2259-2300 evidently formerly involved a QSY. On the contrary, current Aoki shows: 1900-2000 3945, 2000-2400 5040, 2100-0100 5055, 0000-0559 7260, 0600-1000 3945 -- obviously self-contradictory and outdated, like still showing defunct stations such as WWRB on 5050. In HFCC dated 17 Jan, very first entry is PVL 10 kW, VUT via RNZ FMO: 2485 10-19; 3945 07-10 & 19-24; 5040 20-23; 7260 01-07; 9960 01-07 -- some overlap to cover contingency adjustments but still not accounting for 7260 after 07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 20 at 0418: 684, 711, 774, 1044-strongest, 1053, 1089, 1125; then tune down on other antenna catching a few more: 1107-2, 909, 891, 837 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report despatched at 0029 UT January 21 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
