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Today's Topics:
1. Test transmissions of Capri Radio & Radio MiAmigo Int via
Kall (Ivo Observer)
2. Logs (L?cio Bobrowiec)
3. Re: [WOR] Fw: [condiglist] Another Antartica special imminent
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Re: Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2020 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. Glenn Hauser logs July 25-26,, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 08:02:03 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <ivo.obser...@gmail.com>
To: frequenc...@bnr.bg
Subject: [HCDX] Test transmissions of Capri Radio & Radio MiAmigo Int
via Kall
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GERMANY Test transmissions of Capri Radio & Radio MiAmigo Int via Kall:
0800-1200 on 3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu Sat July 25 Capri Radio &
0800-1200 on 3985 KLL 001 kW / non-dir to CeEu Sun July 26 R.MiAmigo Int
--
73! Ivo Ivanov
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:17:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: L?cio Bobrowiec <eefi...@yahoo.com.br>
To: "Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com" <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
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24/07
4700 kHz, 22:00 ? 23:00 pop music selections, short male announcements presumed
Spanish, station id but i don?t copied. Poor, unreadable (LOB).
4747 kHz R. Huanta silent around 23:00 (LOB)
4775 kHz R. Tarma good signal around 23:00 (LOB).
25/07
R. Solomon Islands BC, 5020kHz, Solomon Islands, Honiara; 09:58 ? 10:16 pop
english music, minimalist folk music, male announcements english, pacific
(voice & string) music. From 10:11 deterioring, poor to fair, (LOB).??
Tecsun PL310et?
Antenna wire 6m?
Embu SP Brasil
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 19:10:51 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <dg1...@t-online.de>
To: "wor" <w...@groups.io>, <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Fw: [condiglist] Another Antartica special
imminent
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Again poor signal noted at 16.46 UT on July 25.
ANTARCTICA Only at Sao Paulo remote Rudolf Grimm installation noted
poor S=2 or -114dBm string signal.
Others in all-Brazil, Paraguay, TWR Johannesbourg, various in Massachusetts
state, Iceland and Liverpool England:
NOTHING observed so far. 73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel M?ndez" <manuelmend...@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Fw: [condiglist] Another Antartica special imminent
Manuel M?ndez, Lugo, Spain
LRA 36, 15476 USB, on air now, 1624 UTC, songs in Spanish
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 19:42:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2020
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** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Sat July 25 at 1636 tune-in via Brasil
SDR, another LRA36 special is already early on the air again,
asserting ``este es el ritmo de mi tierra``, but I seriously doubt it
be genuine traditional Antarctican music. Manuel M?ndez, Spain was
hearing it already at 1624. Music with occasional IDs, such as 1650
plugging the regular Wednesday broadcast.
1700 officially starting the special, ID in Spanish, says English will
be included. 1703 mentions using rhombic antenna but nothing about its
heading, surely not due south. 1708 music; 1710 chat with Adri?n
Korol, head of RAE in Bs. As. BUT 1715 dumps off the air. I keep
listening hopefully to the noise. 1738 back on discussing pandemia
problems; 1743 ID as special RAE produxion for LRA36, and playing old
``cortina`` = theme for DX program. 1749 I think they say this is
running only 1 kW, and e-mail address. 1750 ``llegando al final`` of
the RAE/RNASG special between Korol and Fernando Far?as, host of both
the Spanish and English RAE Argentina To The World programs, and
English to follow; music. 1756 plug again `Coraz?n Ant?rtico`
Wednesday show; more music past 1804 and no English yet. 1806 another
C.A. plug, more songs.
1822, English segment finally starts, by Fernando Far?as intro as on
15476-USB, excited to be doing this 30-minute special on RAE sister
station LRA36; 1826 e-mail address; plus Arnaldo Slaen`s classic DX
segment, formerly done by Gabriel Iv?n Barrera; song about Juana Jujuy
who in the war for independence was promoted to general, which serves
as background music to the DX segment, 1834 outro as sung by the late
Mercedes Sosa. 1835 that RAE broadcasts in 8 languages, on website,
YouTube (but no mention now of WRMI); QSLRAE@gmailcom but not for
this. Rating S4-S5 on the KiwiSDR but quite readable. All the language
announcers are not in the studio, an historic building locked down,
but working from home. Email for this: tranalr...@radionacional.com.ar
--- glad he spelt trana to be sure.
Since Antarctica is free of coronavirus, School #38 for Esperanza kids
is still open, the only Argentine one. 1845 plays Waldo de los Rios
song for DXers; it was RAE ATTW opening theme for many years. 1849
program is available on Radio Nacional website. 8-language service is
only weekly due to CV and aired M-F. 1850 coming to the end of this
special. Now mentions RAE being on Miami Radio International, 5800
(but will this Antarctic show air there too?). 1852, thanks to
everybody at Esperanza Base; 1854, ``all the best, ciao``. And more
and more songs past 1942, few announcements but something unreadable
at 1908 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey July 25 from 1322; many JBA but a few
sufficiently audible: none higher than: 13530; 13020; 12870 S5-S8
choppy; 12820; 12795 best S7-S9 also choppy; 12550 S3-S5; 12500 JBAC
but with 2-way SSB QRM offset; 12190; 11460; 11440; 11150; 11120;
11100; 11070; 10960; 10920; 10870; none in the lower 9s (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, this week`s jumparound frequency, July 25 at
1342, Echo of Hope, S5-S7 in OM Amerenglish news about conflict along
the Turko-Syria border involving the PKK; alternating with YL in
Korean; presumably olds as language lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, July 24 at 2157, VOT already in programming, not just
IS & ID pr?lude, English about Turkey, maybe opening schedule. VP
signal seems slightly offset+plus; as always I have to cope with a
local birdie, but at least no NSS RTTY QRM today. By 2200 is off? Or
break or weakening. No, by 2207 I`m on UTwente instead with a good
signal, AM synch readout as 9830.021v, and annoying squeal in the
modulation which seems always to infect it now. This early it`s not
the news but some historical feature, 2208 outro as `This Day in
History`, and on to next unID feature. So it seems they are running
several minutes fast/early; clock-on-the-wall needs resetting? 2230
and 2251 chex, still squealing with music; I thought they might be
signing off early too, but now back in synch, 2255 YL sign off falsely
claiming this has been the 1230 broadcast on 15450, 2256 IS and one
German ID, but cut off at 2257:20* before spurious German hour can
commence today. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, awry at
Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 28289.3-CW, July 25 at 1504, only beacon making it, barely,
is WJ5O/B, i.e. proprietor of the beacon reference himself:
``28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14``
DXMaps.com, run by a ham in Spain, shows some North American sporadic
E MUFs occasionally spiking above 88 MHz, typically not worth
attempting FMDXing here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2044 monitoring: confirmed first
WRMI broadcast, Friday July 24 at 2200 on WRMI, 9955, poor S6-S8 here
but no jamming; only fair at TWR Bonaire SDR.
Also confirmed UT Sat July 25 at 0130 on WRMIs trimulcast: after 0129
double ID on 7780, VP and equally VP on 5010, but VG S9+20/30 on 5850
aimed thisaway; Remotes checked circa 0135: 5010 VG at Bonaire; 7780
unusually VP at UTwente but VG at Maine.
Also confirmed Sat July 25 at 1305 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA here to
the NW like 7780 at night, but presumably much better to the NE.
Has anyone found any of our 2044 podcasts cutting off after 20
minutes? We`ve had a complaint that this one does, also confirmed by
my non-Canadian check:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/glenn-hausers-world-of-radio/id1123369861
Our podcast manager, Keith Weston has just replied:
``Glenn, Thanks for being in touch. I?ve fixed the file so that it
should play back appropriate. It may take iTunes/Apple a day or so to
become aware of the change. And, yes, it?s listed at Apple Podcast,
and it`s replicated at dozens if not thousands of services that use
Apple or Google as templates for their own feeds. It?s in the wild, as
they say. Best, - Keith Weston https://keithweston.com`` Next:
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert
One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Area 51 and WBCQ 7490 webcasts, UT Sat July 25 at 0001 both
playing William Tell Overture theme to AAAWWW. Angela is tropically
dressed tonight, but they are back in Maine where air conditioning is
not really necessary, since the AC in the studio broke years ago; they
do have a fan? to cool the equipment. Angela does not like AC anyway
as unhealthy.
Allan soon answers my question about why WBCQ-6 is missing from 9330
so much: has been off 6-7 hours in the daytime while riggers and crew
have been working to replace supports for transmission lines; in
winter winds they had been too loose allowing the lines to short out.
Checking Rochester remote, 6160 & 5130 also on now but not
synchronized. 0058 recheck, in benedixion, and 7490 on to Hal Turner
precisely joined at 0100.
It seemed other frequencies were not on earlier during 23 UT hour, but
checked direct at 0101, 6160- and 7490+ about equally good levels with
HT while 5130 is in sign-off classical music I am trying to remember
what it be. However, at 0104, 5130 joins HT, also // 9455 WRMI. But
0134 recheck, 5130 is off.
9330, July 25 at 1341 is off again, but had been on at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17775-, Sat July 25 after 1500, JBA carrier? from KVOH here;
1541 checking TWR remotes in Bonaire and noisy DR, definitely JBA
carriers, so seems that `Wavescan` at 1500 was going nowhere, even if
were modulating unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1090, July 26 at 0600 UT, KAAY Little Rock ID as a Cumulus
station but again no dead air, just filling with a PSA string; nulling
it hears somethings but can`t tell if XEAU, and nothing in Chinese,
but heads up on the WOR iog:
``Glenn, for your monitoring of activity on 1090: If you hear Chinese
programming, it would be coming from KULF in Bellville, Texas,
targeting the Houston market. Although a daytimer, it has been
recently noted operating at night, though I haven't checked the past
few days. Directional pattern towards the Gulf, but some RF may escape
elsewhere. The Chinese programming has been said to originate with
some CRI related entity, but I have been unable to verify this.
Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Correct date for the JBA TP MW carrier search at
1122-1130 was July 24, not 23 (gh)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12543-USB, July 25 at 1328, 2-way in Spanish, OM
mentions puta and much weaker answeress sounds feminine (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1942 UT July 25
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 02:47:44 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <dg1...@t-online.de>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "wor" <w...@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2020
Message-ID: <651C43DED0F64ABFB760852018A901B5@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=original
USA 6159.9v kHz UT Wed July 22 at 0054 UT open carrier; 0055 UT start
"WBCQ The Planet" ID & IS loop, 0100 UT music and faux time signal, Hal
Turner theme. Now it's \\ 7490+ and 9455 kHz WRMI.
5130.0 kHz is not \\ the other WBCQs, 0057 UT music, 0100 UT 'Whiter Shade
of Pale', 0106 UT brief talk unreadable, maybe attempt to start 'Amateur
Radio Roundtable' as sked, right back to music 0111+ UT; too noisy.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor July 21-22)
USA 7490.015 WBCQ on July 26 at 00.23 UT, phone-in talk of S=8-9
strength, 8.2 kHz wide in peaks. Nothing on 6160v at 00.30 UT July 26.
5129.973 kHz "King of Ribbon ..." called at 00.33 UT, a lot of advts,
S=9+20dB or -58dBm proper signal into Massachusetts remote Perseus unit.
13 kHz wideband audio block visible.
9330even WBCQ - the big new Ampegon Thomcast powerhouse seemingly here
at 00.42 UT on July 26. Portuguese WLC program, sounded of religious
principe, S=9+20dB or -51dBm strength, 12.6 kHz wideband audio, in peaks up
to 2 x 11.5 kHz width.
Nothing heard on WRNO 7505 kHz channel now tonight.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 26)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 9:42 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2020
> U S A. Area 51 and WBCQ 7490 webcasts, UT Sat July 25 at 0001 both
> playing William Tell Overture theme to AAAWWW. Angela is tropically
> dressed tonight, but they are back in Maine where air conditioning is
> not really necessary, since the AC in the studio broke years ago; they
> do have a fan? to cool the equipment. Angela does not like AC anyway
> as unhealthy.
>
> Allan soon answers my question about why WBCQ-6 is missing from 9330
> so much: has been off 6-7 hours in the daytime while riggers and crew
> have been working to replace supports for transmission lines; in
> winter winds they had been too loose allowing the lines to short out.
> Checking Rochester remote, 6160 & 5130 also on now but not
> synchronized. 0058 recheck, in benedixion, and 7490 on to Hal Turner
> precisely joined at 0100.
>
> It seemed other frequencies were not on earlier during 23 UT hour, but
> checked direct at 0101, 6160- and 7490+ about equally good levels with
> HT while 5130 is in sign-off classical music I am trying to remember
> what it be. However, at 0104, 5130 joins HT, also // 9455 WRMI. But
> 0134 recheck, 5130 is off.
>
> 9330, July 25 at 1341 is off again, but had been on at night (Glenn
> Hauser, OK, WOR)
> This report dispatched at 1942 UT July 25
> _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 04:41:30 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 25-26,, 2020
Message-ID: <993928154.5085210.1595738490...@mail.yahoo.com>
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** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB. After the July 25 LRA36 special
supposedly ended, we got word via Horacio Nigro G. that it was being
extended all-night until 13 UT July 26! My Brazilian remote is still
tuned there as I am about to check it for WOR on WRMI 5800, but July
26 at 0259 nothing from RNASG except a possible trace, as you would
expect on 19m in the middle of a winter night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. FM DX: see USA [and non]
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, July 26 at 0044, S5-S7 pirate music in
noise level. Many logs here say it`s Mix Radio International:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,69849.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. FM logs: see U S A, mixed in
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2044 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday July 26
at 0300 on WRMI 5800, fair at Brasilia SDR.
Also confirmed at 0327 midpoint until ending at 0342 UT Sun July 26 on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, via Edinburgh IN KiwiSDR, good but
with some storm noise. Next:
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Richard Langley,
Fredericton NB, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com -- not necessarily in US funds as they will convert
One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, UT Sun July 26 at 0045, WTWW-2 (not 3 as I typoed last
time) with Theatre Organ [not] in the Ozarx is underway so I switch to
$tereo webcast where it runs until 0100 sharp, so must be on-time for
a change at 0030. BTW did you know that WTWW has FOUR transmitters?
Not really but the Listen Live dropdown shows TXs 1, 2, 3, and 4, each
with different music except PPPP on #1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. Shortly after I`ve finished hearing ANTARCTICA on
HF, tho it`s still musicking, I recheck the DX Map and see the
sporadic E MUF has attained some 100+ MHz spots to the SE of here, so
now it`s worth an FM DX session; in the car in the hot but at least
not directly insolated garage; with secondary DX-398 out the window
but seldom helpful. None of the following are strong or steady enough
to energize RDS. Vertical caradio antenna only so no DFing or
manipulation. Distances are approx., city-to-Enid. July 25, by UT
time order:
1954, 93.5, unID Spanish phone-quality talk briefly over KS, fades
1955, 91.9, politico-religious talk in English holding own against
91.7 KOSU at peaks, but fading as if Es, not Kansas. Back up, virus
conspiracy nonsense, 1959 AFA promo, ad for `Mid-East Report`. AFA
means the far-Christian American Family Association, which runs the
AFR network out of Tupelo MS.
One must first suspect the closest, KBDD Winfield KS, but which is
normally inaudible here. Wikipedia shows 14 AFR stations on 91.9 but
three of them including KBDD are *former*. Besides a few translators
including one in Elk City OK, there are also 91.9s in GA, LA(2), MS,
NC, TN, TX, WV. Most likely WASW, Waycross GA, 18 kW, judging from a
following GA log. And this one does not reappear during following
hour. I went to Wiki since WTFDA Database had no hits on AFA; but yes,
if you put full name American Family Radio in Slogan field you get
more or less the same 91.9s, 12 of them. Waycross 1543 km = 959 stmi
2001, 95.3 over KOKC translator, surprised to hear something in French
as not expecting Canada; even more surprised that it`s a PSA about
*Yucat?n*, and then into Spanish. Lots of Qu?bec visitors there? The
only Yucatecan on 95.3 is:
``XHMH-FM relaying AM 970 95.3 M?RIDA YUC MEX 25.0 kW H&V 107.0m HAAT
20-57-58 89-37-27 Spanish REGIONAL MEXICAN CANDELA FM`` 1893 km = 1176
st mi
This rings some bells; my previous log in 2013y, June 24: ```0113 on
95.3, ``Candela, La M?s Grande``, elexions PSA in Spanish and also in
Maya! Then ode to Yucat?n sung in Spanish, axually a PSA from El
Gobierno del Estado. This is XHMH, 10 kW in M?rida, // 970, says
Cant?, and you may recall was briefly relayed several years ago on SW
6105 before that transmitter crashed, for good?```
2002, 97.5, ``ESPN Radio``, CCI, fades. WTFDA shows three translators
in CO, NC and PA, and more likely but tentatively:
``KFNC 97.5 MONT BELVIEU TX 3.0 kW H&V 172.0 m HAAT 29-46-07 95-01-05
HD IE88 ESPN - SPORTS ESPN HOUSTON 97.5`` and its booster:
``KFNC-FM1 KFNC 97.5 97.5 HOUSTON TX 2.0 kW H&V 0.0 m HAAT!29-49-06
95-01-04 SPORTS ESPN HOUSTON 97.5`` 779 km = 484 stmi to Belvieu
2004, 99.3, ads for Shaw`s in Tampa(?), and definitely for Town Fair
Tires, i.e. Toyo brand, then sports talk, or is it an axual baseball
game, before fadeout? But there are no 99.3s in Tampa proper; Shaw`s
Grocery and Town Fair Tires both operate *only* in New England. No
99.3s in CT and the other 5 states have at least one but none of much
power. N.E. is not only far out of the PTA now, but beyond normal skip
range, e.g. Boston at 1484 miles. No sports formats listed anyway,
altho Fort Myers Beach FL has WWCN, 45 kW with ESPN. Could they have
been carrying a game vs a N.E. team with local ads from there? I would
certainly rather log Block Island... 1868 km = 1161 stmi from FMB
2005, 99.3, very brief Spanish CCI to above before both be gone
2010, 93.3, Jake FM in OKC getting CCI, ads on one, music on other
2012, 96.7, nothing nearby, but CCI, one of which is C&W
2015, 93.1, Spanish music. No SS listed in FL, GA or Yucatan
2016, 95.1, dead air vs CCI; eventually hear some gospel huxter which
would be OK, so that leaves Wichita KICT; or a local neighborhood
feeder? Continues entire hour and even later. See next below for DX
2023, 95.1, plug for Panama City Beach, ``Mix 95.1``. Of the six FL on
95.1, the one just north of PCB is this:
``WBPC 95.1 EBRO FL 21.0 kW H&V 91.0 m HAAT 30-26-39 85-52-38 58D4 THE
BEACH - CLASSIC HITS BEACH 95.1, THE GULF COAST'S GREATEST HITS``
1294 km = 804 stmi
2024, 93.7. unusual CCI to KSPI Stillwater OK, must be DX: ``Y-93.7``
--- but I`m faked out by a fringe groundwaver, the only such non-ID:
``KYEZ 93.7 SALINA KS 100.0 kW H&V 155.0 m HAAT 38-57-14 97-36-29 4FE1
Y93.7 - COUNTRY Y93.7`` 273 km = 170 stmi
2028, 101.5, Spanish ID as ``Radio Salvaci?n, 93.9``. For the record,
I know this is merely Okie, the real station repeating an -LP:
``KOCD relaying KWDW-LP 101.5 OKEENE OK 14.0 kWH only 88.0 m HAAT
36-07-11 98-15-45 Spanish 352F kocd SPANISH RELIGIOUS RADIO SALVACI?N
LIBERTAD EN CRISTO MINISTRIES,`` 75 km = 48 stmi
2031, 94.9, unID rock in Spanish, tight squeeze vs 94.7/95.1 Okies
2032, 92.9, Valdosta GA ad, ergo:
``WAAC 92.9 VALDOSTA GA 100.0 kW H&V 153.0 m HAAT 30-48-13 83-21-20
9430 WAACFM 92.9 Country COUNTRY 92.9 ALL AMERICAN COUNTRY`` 1485 km =
922 stmi
2042, 93.5, Spanish 3:43 TC, 21 grados en ``93.5, Est?reo Sentillo``?
I am not at all sure of that word, Sentido would make some sense. I
hunt thru the 300+ WTFDA entries on 93.5, and find no slogan similar
beyond Cuba, which would be a VG catch almost 1500 miles:
``CMHC-FM 93.5 SANTA CLARA VC CUB 1.0 kWH only 35.0 m HAAT 22-24-26
79-57-50 Spanish VARIETY EST?REO CENTRO`` if so, 2323 km = 1444 stmi
A Google search is also unproductive, except that smarty suggests it
could be Saltillo, which had not yet occurred to me, and by golly,
there is such a station in Coahuila with that slogan:
https://www.multimedios.com/radio/programas/stereo-saltillo-935-fm
altho it does not appear in WTFDA entry; another area not expecting
skip from, and rock music fits:
``XHQC-FM 93.5 SALTILLO COAH MEX 15.0 kW H&V -36.0 m HAAT! 25-24-47
101-00-19 Spanish 1314 XHQC-FM SPANISH TEEN HITS - JUVENIL HITS FM``
1256 km = 780 stmi
2044, 94.9 squeezed, ``M-C-K 94.9`` jingle after ad, and fade out.
This must be it, another fringe-area fakeout:
``KNCK 94.9 CONCORDIA KS 100.0 kW H&V 161.0 m HAAT 39-26-19 97-42-16
HOT AC NCK 94.9`` 338 km = 210 stmi
2045, 97.3, QSI ad, Community Structures, which I take to be a
business name, but search indicates these could be scientific terms;
QSI has too many meanings:
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/QSI
including Quality Solutions Inc., Wichita KS
But then at 2046 a non ID as ``Q-97``, which fits for another non-Es:
``KKJQ 97.3 GARDEN CITY KS 100.0 kW H&V 244.0 m HAAT 37-46-48
100-27-36 2B62 KKJQ THE DAWG - COUNTRY Q 97 FM`` (again at 0030 below)
317 km = 197 stmi
2046, 97.3, vs above station, Spanish DJ fades in, ``N?mero Uno``,
rock, and out again. No hits as a slogan, maybe just generic claim.
2051, 96.5, Spanish ``105 FM`` JBA. Only hit of a Spanish on 96.5
relaying something 105+ is:
``K243BI KBIC 105.7 96.5 WESLACO TX 0.25 kw H&V 50.0 m HAAT 26-09-52
98-00-59 Spanish SPANISH RELIGIOUS RADIO VIDA`` If so, 1138 km = 707
stmi
2051, 95.1, soft Spanish conversation overcomes open carrier, unID
2055, 97.5, Eagle Radio, ad for Candlewood Frame Shop, weather from
KSNG Storm Track. Search on the Shop leads right to Manhattan KS. KSNG
would be the far Garden City TV satellite of KSNW Wichita, so more
likely KSNT in closer Topeka. It must be this near Manhattan:
``KJCK 97.5 JUNCTION CITY KS 100.0 kW H&V 192.0 m HAAT 39-00-53
96-52-12 2802 Top 40 CONTEMPORARY HIT RADIO POWER HITS 97.5``
but the only Eagle slogan on 97.5 WTFDA hits is in Bristol VT. However
searching shows there is an Eagle connexion unknown to WTFDA:
https://eagleradio.net/services/radio/kjck
307 km = 191 stmi
So, I am inadvertently exploring fringe Kansas radio along with the
real sporadic E DX, which seems diminishing, and I`m ready to cool
off.
DX Map shows some more 100+ MHz MUF, so back to the car UT July 26:
0010, 93.3, Jake in OKC getting some CCI but never breaks thru
0012, 95.1, the dead air carrier is still on
0014, 98.3, dead air now, but back later from semi-local KQZQ Kiowa KS
just over the border - 88 km = 55 stmi
0015, 101.5, dead air here too from KOCD Okeene as heard earlier
0016, 102.3, ``Classic Communications, thanks for listening`` AF
Reserve PSA, fadeout, back wth C.C. weather, low 72, Q-102. The C-C-
name is missing from WTFDA but obviously this:
``KWDQ 102.3 WOODWARD OK 100.0 kW H&C 264.5 m HAAT 36-22-31 99-28-31
4A76 Title & Artist KWDQ PURE ROCK Q102.3 WOODWARD PURE ROCK Q102``
136 km = 85 stmi
0023, 96.5, Mix 96.5 Tulsa with CCI in Spanish; 0025 partial ID for
``---- y 96.5 FM`` maybe after an AM frequency
0030, 97.3, promo app to get KKJQ Q-97, again, see above at 2045
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0441 UT July 26
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 211, Issue 26
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