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  • LW/MW DX to Glenn Hauser, Enid OK

    Domestic, Aug 21-Sept 17, 2023

    All times and dates strictly UT!

    Rx: IC-R75 with 100` E-W longwire;
    DX-398 with internal antenna only;
    NRD-545 with ALA-330S
    inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S;
    Nissan stock caradio as specified.
    Or remote receivers when specified.

    These logs are excerpts from my daily
    all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also
    VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham,
    which may be found in several archives
    without much delay, such as
    http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

    GLENN HAUSER`S WEEKLY LOG ROUNDUPS

    Published by early UT Thursday each week, the original complete
    all-band logs in one merged alfabetical file:
    http://worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html

    Yes, I know MW starts at 300 kHz, but may include LW
    beacons below that for sake of completeness. It also
    extends above to 3000 kHz. I also include reports of
    harmonix originating with MW stations.

    OKLAHOMA [and non]. LW/MW beacon reception has been pitiful. Still
    plenty of summer storm noise and also my OG&E line noise. The only
    reliable regulars are 515 kHz, PN, Ponca City; and always JBA despite
    proximity, 341 kHz, EI, Enid. Former regulars 350 kHz, RG, WRWA OKC,
    and 255 kHz, SW, Stillwater remain absent, maybe forever. I have been
    hesitant to conclude the 332 kHz, IC, Wichita KS, is off, but
    unconfirmed for weeks. At 0102 Sept 17 I get a trace, maybe of a 332
    carrier. I`ll be delighted to hear any further beacons, let alone
    several Canadians regular in the winter, if they still exist. There
    was one on 332 mixing with and atop wIChita.

    OKLAHOMA. About the blasting line noise level in Enid. OG&E
    troubleshooter visited about 1330 Sept 6 and agreed he`s also
    hearing it and is getting to work on locating source, but could take a
    few days. Then of course repair work can start. Meanwhile I`m hearing
    it on MW wherever I drive in Enid; even QRNs the stoplight noise. And
    on home rigs it`s all over the SW bands.

    OKLAHOMA. Sept 12 I waste a sesquihour on the phone waiting for
    OG&E agent to pick up in ``less than an hour``, before giving up.
    Trying to get some axion on my week-ago complaint of intolerable line
    noise level here and thru much of Enid. They need more agents!

    U S A. As PS to my log of 570, XEBJB, Monterrey, 0550 Sept 4:
    At 0600, more signal from two US stations, one with Fox news, the
    other CBS news. One with ID as WNAX Yankton SD. The other must be KLIF
    Dallas. After news at 0606 one goes into C2CAM. NRC AM Log unravels
    which be which: WNAX with CBS and Red Eye Radio; KLIF with Fox and
    C2CAM. BTW, when noise level permit, both US stations make it here on
    daytime groundwave, WNAX twice as far way under KLIF, née WBAP=WFAA in
    sharetime deal with 10X bigger 820 transmitter, both? situated N of
    midway between D/FW, Grapevine.

    OKLAHOMA. Cf. July reports about KVIS 910 Miamuh, which was playing
    music with no announcements: ``Re: KVIS 910 monitoring --- Hi Glenn,
    Just to follow up on this, I`ve been through Grove several times in
    the past few weeks. It appears KVIS is off the air. This may be old
    news but I wanted to follow up. Hope you’re doing great! Chris
    KC5IIE`` Krug, Tulsa, Sept 6.

    UNIDENTIFIED. 1240.23 approx., Sept 6 at 0345, JBA carrier het on
    plus side of 1240 graveyard pileup. Nothing that far off, domestic or
    otherwise, in mwoffsets. Also a weaker het on the minus side. With
    hundreds of US stations on channel, what`s amazing is that more of
    them not be askew, likewise for 1230, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490.

    Believed to be KCRT Trinidad CO, as last reported June 26, *2021*:
    U S A. 1240+, June 26 at 0604 het on the plus side of this
    graveyard on the DX-398 looping WNW/ESE? Roughly 1240.2. Likely KCRT
    Trinidad CO, long askew. But *still* not on MWOffsets list. Here`s a
    review of my logs over the years and the original report, reverse
    order: {back to 2013y including 1240.20 exactly}
    https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2021_0624_0630.txt

    U S A. 1290 kHz, Sept 5 at 0020, I`m trying to monitor KMMM
    Pratt KS, my closest on frequency, to determine its current slogan and
    format which allegedly have changed. But dominant signal is pukeworthy
    Mark Levin far-right talkshow, must be KWFS Wichita Falls TX, roughly
    colinear from south, not north.

    Looking at direxional patterns via radio-locator, KMMM favors west,
    not south with some nulls/notches more or less in our direxion. By
    0037, KWFS gets a medium SAH from something else. KWFS vanishes at
    0045 which is its official sunset, cutting from 5000 to 73 watts
    night. 0045 is also SS for KMMM, cutting from 5000 to 500 watts and
    even more notched toward me.

    However, in first few minutes of monitoring before 0030 I heard
    slogans both ``Mighty 12-90`` and ``News-Talk 1290`` which I thought
    were both KWFS. But NRC AM Log of last year shows KWFS is the
    `News-Talk` and KMMM `The Mighty 1290` with country format. But no
    such music being heard.

    Now at 0048 I am hearing a music station, KMMM? No, it`s KIVY
    ``Austin`` TX really Crockett. Can`t get FCC AMQuery to reach it, but
    Sept SS for another Austinite, KLBJ 590, was 0030. KIVY IDs heard a
    few times plugging its two puny translator frequencies, 102.9 and
    105.5, not 1290. Format is supposed to be NOStalgic music per
    radio-locator, yet its slogan ``Your News Talk Central`` -- slightly
    self-contradictory! Per NRC AM Log of last year, KIVY goes from 2500
    watts day to 175 night, and NOS slogan is ``America`s Best Music`` --
    indeed that`s what I hear at a much later 0648 check when it`s
    still dominant on 1290 into DX-398 oriented N/S. On my E/W longwire
    there is some talk station at 0650, // 1110 KFAB so that would be
    C2CAM. Anyhow we still don`t know about KMMM for sure. Official Sept
    sunrise for all three 1290s is 1215, if someone can check around
    then.

    At 1832, precisely local mean noon at this longitude I check 1290
    again when the only possible signals would be groundwave, not KIVY.
    Two weak signals, the stronger talk, the weaker music, presumably KWFS
    and KMMM.

    Difficultized by huge line noise level, but at least with DX-398 it`s
    somewhat nullable E/W vs the stations N/S. Later I have to spend an
    hour on the phone until OG&E agent pixup, and I can file a complaint
    about the line noise, which is not only around my place, but all the
    way many blox to downtown Enid as I just drove my caradio.

    U S A. An expedition some 10/15 miles north of Enid allows me to
    check 1550 KKLE Winfield KS better than I can hear it at home. In a
    previous report I heard sibling station 1130 KLEY in nearby Wellington
    utter a joint ID for them as well as several FM outlets. But Sept 10
    at 1943 they are certainly not //: one caradio but tuning back and
    forth, 1550 with music, 1130 with ad. After 2000, KKLE goes from a
    banjo bluegrass tune, to country, which is exactly the format listed
    in the new NRC AM Log. KLEY however sounds more rockish to me than
    country whenever I check it, and it has been modulating lately. Never
    heard the slogan ``Red Dirt Country``. BTW an FCC report says the FM
    translator of 1130, which is all that matters, has changed from 100.3
    to 104.1 MHz, unknown why. 100.3 was relatively clear but never heard
    this far away, and 104.1 is impossible with OKC fullpower on it.

    Another check on the caradio inside Enid, Sept 11 circa 2005: 1130
    KLEY ID jointly for KKLE and two FMs, probably their translators. But
    once again, 1550 with weaker but sufficient signal is NOT // 1130!!
    Playing bluegrass while 1130 goes on with classic rock. True, I have
    not heard how 1550 IDs, but it can`t be the Okie, KYAL Sapulpa/Tulsa
    which is a Sports Animal. At 2143 on home rig, 1550 promos as
    bluegrass 24/7; and I think My Town Media, as below. Does have a fast
    SAH, probably de KYAL.

    These stations used to belong to Rocking M Media LLC, as if on a
    branding iron, M atop an arc, as still shown at radio-locator; but FCC
    LMS, which is allegedly kept more up to date than ``unexpected
    error``, AM Query, says licensee is My Town Media Inc., but expired
    01/04/2023! which would seem to imply it should be off the air. Ditto
    for KLEY. But ``Facility Status Date` is 08/12/2021! That`s MM/DD/YYYY
    format per other entries. And I believe the two are conjoined twins,
    axually operated from the same studio, or rather computer bank.

    U S A. 1550 kHz, Sept 10 at 2359 on E/W LW, I`m checking still
    tuned here for a legal ID from KKLE, q.v. No call letters, but
    ``greatest hits of all time, Motown(?) 107.5``. Looking thru all 56
    entries on 1550 in the new NRC AM Log, it`s not the first one, WLOR
    Huntsville AL, 50000/44 watts which does have a puny FM translator on
    ``107.5, The Beat``. But gotta be this, also likelier by proximity:
    KESJ St. Joseph MO, 2500/500, ``Joe Town 107.5``! Another translator
    tail wagging the AM dog.

    NORTH AMERICA. 1730 kHz, Sept 4 at 0133, DJ refers to his
    pennywhistle signal being heard in Maryland, rock music but off at
    0138*. Monitoring via SE Michigan SDR better than a SW Ontario one,
    tnx to this tip on the WOR iog:
    ``[WOR] Fred Flintstone Pirate 1730 khz @ 2120 ET 9/3/23 --- The KRAP
    AM Stereo "Fred Flintstone" pirate is active on 1730 khz at 2121 ET
    with an ID and out of a Chicago song and other 1970s pop music.
    Beautiful audio and S9+ signal here in SW Ontario Canada. Sean Welsh,
    Dufferin County, ON CA, Icom IC-8600, W6LVP Loop.``
    Several other reports here, agreeing it went off at 0138* UT:
    https://www.hfunderground.com/board/...,117784.0.html
    Never came back by 0148.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2205 contents: (Anguilla), Antarctica, Brasil, Canada,
    Colombia, Cuba, Hawai`i, Korea North, Kurdistan non, México, Myanmar,
    North America, Oklahoma, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Scotland and non,
    Turkey, UK, USA, (Uzbekistan), (Vatican), Venezombia; propagation
    outlook -- (countries mentioned along with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2205 available from 0143 August 25:
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2205.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2205.mp3
    Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
    Also linx to podcast services.

    Also confirmed Saturday August 26 at 1949, the 1930 about 18 minutes
    into on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+15 into its nearby SDR.

    Also confirmed Sunday August 27 at 0330 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
    S9+15 into nearby SDR, about 3 minutes into so started circa 0327.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2206 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Canada
    non, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Denmark and non, (France). Gabon,
    (Germany), Indonesia and non, Italy, Mali, México, Norfolk Island,
    Perú, Scotland non, Turkey, UK, USA; unIDs 7300v, 7305; propagation
    outlook -- (countries mentioned along with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2206 available from 0104 September 1
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2206.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2206.mp3

    Also confirmed Saturday September 2 from 1938 the 1930v on WA0RCR,
    1860 AM, MO, S9+14 into nearby SDR.

    Also confirmed Sunday September 3 at 0328 about 11 minutes into so
    started about 0317 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG into nearby SDR.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2207 contents: Angola, Antarctica, (Argentina), Brasil,
    Canada, China non, Congo DR, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia non,
    (Falkland Islands], Indonesia, Kurdistan non, Malaysia, México,
    Mongolia, [New Zealand], North America, Norway, Oklahoma and non,
    Pakistan, Russia, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Turkey,
    Ukraine, UKQOGBANI, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican; unID 6300;
    Adrian Peterson`s 50K QSLs; propagation outlook -- (countries
    mentioned with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2207 available from 0112 September 8
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.mp3
    Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
    Also linx to podcast services.

    Also confirmed Saturday September 9 at 1936 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
    S7/9+10 into nearby SDR, about 2 minutes into so started circa 1934.

    Also confirmed Sunday September 10 at 0319 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
    S9+15/20 vs HSNL into nearby SDR: nearest Blitz in east TN, NW KS,
    about 4 minutes into so started on time circa 0315.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2208 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Colombia, Cuba,
    (Ethiopia non), France, Germany, Korea South, Madagascar, (Maldives
    non), Monaco, Netherlands non, (Oklahoma), Perú, Russia, (Slovakia
    non), Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, UKQOGBANI and non, USA,
    (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican; propagation outlook -- (countries
    mentioned with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2208 available from 0240 September 15
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2208.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2208.mp3

    Note that some items quoted on WOR 2208 are no longer correct already:
    Ben Dawson says WFME 1560 does not use a ``slant-wire antenna``, but
    rather a slant-wire *feed* to a vertical tower, which is entirely
    different.

    Also confirmed Saturday September 16 at 1930 on WRN N America webcast;
    and also on WRMI webcast only. AND a minute or so later via WA0RCR,
    1860 AM, MO, S9 into nearby SDR.

    Also confirmed not starting until 0358 Sunday September 17 the
    0315v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG into nearby SDR, after ARRL News
    which started at 0345.

    ``World of Radio is the premiere news and information radio service
    produced by respected shortwave journalist Glenn Hauser.``
    http://wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=p&id=18
    Tnx, but don`t you believe the imaginary first time shown,
    ``5130 Su 0400-0430 UTC Su 12:00AM 12:30AM EST`` [sic]
    which was never correct.

    Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser


  • #2
    International, August 21-September 17, 2023

    GLENN HAUSER`S WEEKLY LOG ROUNDUPS

    Published by early UT Thursday each week, the original complete
    all-band logs in one merged alfabetical file:
    http://worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html

    MEXICO [and non]. 570, Sept 4 at 0550, listening to a household
    Panasonic radio oriented to favor N/S paths, hearing music mixed with
    talk stations. 0554 ID as XEBJB Monterrey and Mexican national anthem
    long version to about 0558, choral, maybe children`s high voices. IRCA
    Mexican Log shows:

    ``570 XEBJB NL SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA CST Full (4:40) children's
    choral just before or after 6 am. Full (4:40) children's choral just
    before or after Midnight. Phone: 81-8125-3500 WebsiteNone)`` And::

    ``XEBJB NL Monterrey 5000 500 La Voz 24h REL/CCR This channel is being
    leased, and currently has no web presence. ABC Noticias format moved
    to XEVB 1310AM in 2023. No longer //XHGBO 92.1FM General Bravo. Still
    active on AM 7/23 (logged by DXer), but noted falling off the air
    repeatedly 6/23 per SDR monitoring``

    ``San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a
    city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León
    that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. Wikipedia
    Mayor: Daniel Carrillo, Weather: 101°F (38°C)`` = same as Enid.

    I`ve always wondered where the BJB calls came from: a slogan in
    Spanish, or someone`s initials? Probably not from B. J. Bingham,
    erstwhile TVDXer in Festus MO.

    At 0600, more signal from two US stations, one with Fox news, the
    other CBS news. One with ID as WNAX Yankton SD. The other must be KLIF
    Dallas. After news at 0606 one goes into C2CAM. NRC AM Log unravels
    which be which: WNAX with CBS and Red Eye Radio; KLIF with Fox and
    C2CAM. BTW, when noise level permit, both US stations make it here on
    daytime groundwave, WNAX twice as far way under KLIF, née WBAP=WFAA in
    sharetime deal with 10X bigger 820 transmitter, both? situated N of
    midway between D/FW, Grapevine.

    OKLAHOMA. About the blasting line noise level in Enid. OG&E
    troubleshooter visited about 1330 Sept 6 and agreed he`s also
    hearing it and is getting to work on locating source, but could take a
    few days. Then of course repair work can start. Meanwhile I`m hearing
    it on MW wherever I drive in Enid; even QRNs the stoplight noise. And
    on home rigs it`s all over the SW bands.

    OKLAHOMA. Sept 12 I waste a sesquihour on the phone waiting for
    OG&E agent to pick up in ``less than an hour``, before giving up.
    Trying to get some axion on my week-ago complaint of intolerable line
    noise level here and thru much of Enid. They need more agents!

    SINT MAARTEN. 1300 kHz, Sept 4 at 1935, I bring up the TWR
    Bonaire SDR to check out RHC 15140, q.v., and find it`s tied up but I
    may camp upon someone listening to 1300; and hear music. What could
    that be? WRTH 2023 shows one Venezuelan, a deportes station in
    Caracas, surely not that, likely kaput at 245 km = 136 st miles.

    Soon quits so I get 1300 myself at 1936 to hear an ad in English in
    US$, and www.pjd2radio.com so that`s it. WRTH has it in the fq list
    for West Indies, page 717:
    1300 SXM 1 [kW] PJD2 V. of St Maarten, Phillipsburg
    but NOT under SAINT [sic] MAARTEN, the very name of which would be a
    mixture of English and Dutch; where that call is shown only for FM
    102.7 on page 441. 1300 is weak S5 but fairly steady overwater from
    one part of Caribbean Netherlands to another, not bad, 862 km = 535 st
    miles = 465 nmi. 1945 playing ``Love, Sweet Love``, 1950 hardsell ad
    in English. 1955 mentions 102.7. Guess what, that website does not
    lead to a radio station but to a blog in --- Thai!! Except for a Roman
    name UFASLOT, about gambling. Stranger and stranger. Here`s the
    correct radio link:
    https://pjd2radiosxm.com/
    Slow loading. ``Welcome to the Voice of St Maarten --- We are proud to
    be providing the caribbean with the best in broadcast radio for over
    35 years. We have two channels 102.7FM and 1300AM. Our Listeners are
    guaranteed to get the latest in news in and around our community. We
    have the most talented collection of DJ’s on the island to keep our
    listener entertained and update with the latest music``

    And with separate AM and FM player linx. If you play one, the other
    stops. Maybe not/always // but are the same at 2018 in a YL talk show
    about self-images, social media influencers. Ends at 2043, adstring
    -2050 for flights to Bonaire, St. Maarten Concrete, Caribbean Lottery,
    etc. Seems that ``SXM`` is common lingo for the place, not just ITU.
    ``Power 102.7 is here to cool it down``, 2051 back to music.

    Brings back memories of my visit to SXM tho I don`t recall going to
    the station itself, implied above to exist only since 1987. Is there
    any Dutch on it, or even French?

    WORLD OF RADIO 2205 contents: (Anguilla), Antarctica, Brasil, Canada,
    Colombia, Cuba, Hawai`i, Korea North, Kurdistan non, México, Myanmar,
    North America, Oklahoma, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Scotland and non,
    Turkey, UK, USA, (Uzbekistan), (Vatican), Venezombia; propagation
    outlook -- (countries mentioned along with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2205 available from 0143 August 25:
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2205.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2205.mp3
    Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
    Also linx to podcast services.

    Confirmed Friday August 25 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323
    kHz, S9/+10 with some storm crashes: so resumed after disappearance
    last week.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2205 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
    August 27 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20 into
    nearby SDR but with CCI making fast SAH, presumably Brighton, England.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2206 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Canada
    non, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Denmark and non, (France). Gabon,
    (Germany), Indonesia and non, Italy, Mali, México, Norfolk Island,
    Perú, Scotland non, Turkey, UK, USA; unIDs 7300v, 7305; propagation
    outlook -- (countries mentioned along with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2206 available from 0104 September 1
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2206.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2206.mp3

    WORLD OF RADIO 2206 monitoring: confirmed Friday September 1 at 2049
    the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9/+15 into nearby Noale
    SDR, with low level music CCI presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton,
    England.

    Confirmed Sunday September 3 after 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
    1323 kHz, S9+10/20 into nearby SDR with lite CCI.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2207 contents: Angola, Antarctica, (Argentina), Brasil,
    Canada, China non, Congo DR, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia non,
    (Falkland Islands], Indonesia, Kurdistan non, Malaysia, México,
    Mongolia, [New Zealand], North America, Norway, Oklahoma and non,
    Pakistan, Russia, Sint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Sweden, Turkey,
    Ukraine, UKQOGBANI, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican; unID 6300;
    Adrian Peterson`s 50K QSLs; propagation outlook -- (countries
    mentioned with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2207 available from 0112 September 8
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2207.mp3
    Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
    Also linx to podcast services.

    U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: confirmed Friday
    September 8 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5/15 into
    nearby Noale SDR with some storm crashes and lite CCI. No Blitz on map
    closer than Malta, Galicia. Still not on 918 or 207 kHz.

    Mike Barraclough reports Sept 10 to the bdxc-news iog: ``Smooth Radio
    AM closures --- Thomas TV on Digital Spy reports this afternoon
    hearing a message on Smooth Sussex 945 saying that they will be coming
    off AM at the end of this month. Checking their webpage showing AM
    frequencies which was updated September 4 it's now not listed there
    nor is 1323 Brighton so that must be closing soon as well.
    https://www.smoothradio.com/radio/ho...tting-started/
    Mike``
    --- That should lessen the QRM to WOR broadcasts on 1323 from Italy,
    Fri 2030 & Sun 2000.

    U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2207 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
    September 10 at 2020 the 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323, S9+15/20
    with lite CCI as usual, Brighton not closed forever yet; and noise
    from storm crashes.

    WORLD OF RADIO 2208 contents: Antarctica, Australia, Colombia, Cuba,
    (Ethiopia non), France, Germany, Korea South, Madagascar, (Maldives
    non), Monaco, Netherlands non, (Oklahoma), Perú, Russia, (Slovakia
    non), Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, UKQOGBANI and non, USA,
    (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Vatican; propagation outlook -- (countries
    mentioned with others not in order)

    WORLD OF RADIO 2208 available from 0240 September 15
    (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2208.m3u
    (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2208.mp3

    WORLD OF RADIO 2208 monitoring: confirmed Friday September 15 at 2045
    the 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, Villa Estense;
    nearest SDR Noale is busy but Parma gets it poorly, S6/S7 very noisy
    with music QRM understation. I guess that`s still Brighton

    Note that some items quoted on WOR 2208 are no longer correct already:
    Ben Dawson says WFME 1560 does not use a ``slant-wire antenna``, but
    rather a slant-wire *feed* to a vertical tower, which is entirely
    different.

    ``World of Radio is the premiere news and information radio service
    produced by respected shortwave journalist Glenn Hauser.``
    http://wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=p&id=18
    Tnx, but don`t you believe the imaginary first time shown,
    ``5130 Su 0400-0430 UTC Su 12:00AM 12:30AM EST`` [sic]
    which was never correct.

    Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn​

    Comment


    • #3
      ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. ``Hi Glenn, About your NDBs mentioned. 350 RG
      is decommissioned; this happened several times but it kept coming
      back, it appears to finally have taken effect, last reported 1/23. 255
      SW still on, reported 8/29/23; 332 IC still on, reported 8/27/23.
      https://rxx.classaxe.com/en/rna/signals
      73, Steve AA7U in Arizona`` Ratzlaff (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

      ** OKLAHOMA. Sept 21 around 18 UT, OG&E crew spotted at work nearby:
      they are replacing an electric pole for some reason, but they say the
      transformer atop is not a new one. I thought maybe this was finally in
      response to my line noise complaint, and it does seem to have
      diminished somewhat, but still very buzzy as I approach the pole later
      with my DX-398 on MW and SW. It had also been a noise peak area
      driving by on caradio. They blamed a new cable TV provider installing
      on their poles (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

      ** U S A. 860, Sept 20 at 1854 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS, is off! During
      routine bandscan from ~25 km north of Enid. Did not know it had any
      problems; neighbor 690 KGGF Coffeyville KS is VG as usual, both 10 kW.
      On 860 seems a JBA fast SAH but would not expect any daysigs from
      others nearest in TX, AR, IA. On 860 and above there is lite line
      noise audible even tho no powerlines in sight where parked along US
      81/60/64 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

      ** U S A. 860, Sept 21 circa 18 UT, KKOW Pittsburg KS is back on air,
      after missing yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

      ** U S A. 1130 kHz, Sept 19 at 1635 UT, no signal on caradio from KLEY
      Wellington KS; despite high storm and line noise level, should be
      audible as usual daytimes. At 1655 I get a JBA carrier on the R75; on
      the DX 398 I can`t get a DF fix. Could be image, or: how about running
      ``one watt`` night power in day rather than 250 watt day power at
      night? So KLEY seems totally off the air, and not merely dead air as
      often. Meanwhile sibling KKLE Winfield KS 1550 is quite audible with
      bluegrass, altho always weaker than KLEY when it`s normal, and DF for
      NNE/SSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR){Or: daytime GW remnant of KWKH LA?}

      ** U S A. 1130, Sept 20 at 1656 & 1855 UT chex, KLEY Wellington KS is
      still silent. Still off c. 1800 Sept 24 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

      ** U S A. 1290, Sept 20 at 1857 UT, ``Texhoma`s NewsTalk 1290``
      slogan, i.e. KWFS Wichita Falls TX, with barely an undertrace of KMMM
      Pratt KS, on caradio north of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

      WORLD OF RADIO 2209 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil,
      Canada, Colombizuela, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran
      non, Japan, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Maldives non, Netherlands, New
      Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Russia, Turkey, USA, (Uzbekistan),
      Vanuatu; Pacific-Asian Log; propagation outlook --- (country mentioned
      along with others not in order)

      WORLD OF RADIO 2209 available from 0044 UT September 22
      (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2209.m3u
      (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2209.mp3

      Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
      Also linx to podcast services.

      Also confirmed Saturday September 23 starting at 1955 the 1930v on
      WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into nearby SDR with some storm crashes.

      Confirmed UT Sunday September 24 starting at 0408, the 0315v on
      WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby remote, with heavy storm
      noise. Followed ARRL Audio News.

      Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser

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