** ANTARCTICA [non]. 12070, June 21 at *2130, BBC Woofferton crash start for opening of annual mid-winter special to Antarctic bases. By 2128 I was not hearing anything here, nor on 9510 Ascension, 9460 Woof. So I hastened to bring up a remote: Brasília, getting 12070 quite well, S7/9+8, so did not even try the others via. Of course, all that really matters is that DU people get it well on at least one frequency. But the rest of us are eavesdroppers, encouraged by the wide publicity for this annual event. Cerys Mathews again hostesses the show, she said for the 20th year. First called, South Georgia, interview about the weather there. Brief music bits at transitions, as supposedly requested. Most of the greetings quite personal from family, and rather banal to the eavesdropper, so I don`t try to copy much of that. 2132 music ``Walking on a Dream``; 2133 greetings to King Edward Point. 2135 music, and calling an island with 4 humans, thousands of penguins, Bird Island, isolated. 2139 ``Sea Shepherd``. 2142 msg from director of British Antarctic Survey; calling Rothera which I think is the main base, on Adelaide Island, music. 2153 remaining messages for Rothera; 2156 I quickly check reception direct: 12070 best but too weak, 9510 JBA, 9460 no signal. 2158, Happy Midwinter, and a bit of Simon & Garfunkel. 12070 chopped off the air at 2200* sharp (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 6180, June 21 at 2200, since I have Brasila SDR up for BBC Antarctic special, I then check for local RNA: still no signal on 6180, but VG on 11780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2352 monitoring: confirmed Sunday June 21 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.994, S9+10 with storm crashes into nearby Noale SDR. Also confirmed Sunday June 21 at 2140 the 2130 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 6160.001-, S8/9+10 into UTwente; and at 2145 on 3975.001+, S9+5/20. Also confirmed Sunday June 21 at 2330 on WRMI 9455, s8/9+5 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday June 22 at 0052 the 0030 on WRMI 7780, on portable during FMDX session. NOT confirmed UT Monday June 22 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; after JL gotta go and 5130 WBCQ signing off before he finish, nothing but continuous music on webcast past 0338, including `Wild Thang` at 0310. What happened? Next: 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 6160; 2330 UT Monday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [NEW TIME] 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5850 to NW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323; 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975, 6160; 2330 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Thursday WRMI 5950 to NNW. Thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous seasonal check on a US bank for Summer Solstice, to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or one may support this non-commercial public service program via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. More sporadic E FMDX chasing UT Monday June 22 on caradio, since DXMAP now shows a major NEXUS around St Louis MO about 450 miles from here; we should get some DX from about twice that distance if the MUF permit. So I start tuning about 0040 UT: 92.9 at 0047, ID as Q-92-5, ads for PittsburghPeoplesGas.com. 0047, legal tax debt, 800-268-4420. Greater Pitt Tree Service. This is clearly IDed, but not so sure more 92.9s below are same station, lots of CCI. WLTJ 92.9 PITTSBURGH PA HOT AC Q 92.9 73889 43.0 kW 260.0 m 40-29-43 80-00-17 HD 73AB Q92.9 Artist/Title 1619 km/1006 stmi 92.9 at 0049 mentions Marina del Rey, [California], but probably not from out there. Would be next to Santa Mónica, no 92.9s around there. 92.9 at 0057, too many national ads: Autozone, JTV.com, Macy`s for Father`s Day > better hurry up! Sherwin-Williams paints, Progressive Insurance. JTV is a TV shopping network, HQ in Knoxville, FWIW. 92.9 at 0101 or 0107 mention West Virginia, CCI, ``in the mix``. The little translator in OKC, The Edge, is an obstacle. No mix stations in PTA. Pittsburgh might well mention nearby WV. 87.7 at 0113, trace of rock music. Closest FrankenFM to PTA? WQSE-LD Syracuse NY; more definitely heard recently. 97.5 at 0120, has been steady and figure it`s only Tulsa, KMOD, but 0120 ``97-5 KTMS[?]`` jingle. Presumably KZLF Alva OK, 50 kW instead. 93.5 at 0126, trace of French Canadian, CCI. There are only two full-powers, neither in PTA: CKSB-7-FM, Kenora ON, ICIRC1 20 kW; and CKXO-FM Chibougamau QC, 56.23 kW, a remote area far north of Montreal. [2411 km/1498 stmi] I suspend at 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0425 UT June 22 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] 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
