Domestic, Dec 4-10
All times and dates strictly UT!
** U S A. 379 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0418, local line noise has abated but
now there is heavy noise from a straight line of storming from the RGV
of TX to the PA/NY border, heaviest in LA/MS/AL/TN, so I can detect a
few JBA DX beacons, but copy is difficult. But ongoing, should be
low-noise nights of both kinds.
On 379 first seems like SU? Nothing listed. At 0454 I am more sure
that it is RS. Only this is close enough to that, also geographically,
as in the RNA reference classaxe, previously logged: ``379 RUE
Russellville AR 25w 08Oct23 Tony reports it is mis-keying as 'RU' . .
. no E``
408 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0419, OJ? or maybe OLA? nothing even fuzzily
similar at RNA or DXinfocentre.
326 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0416, MA, no doubt about this ND beacon, 400
watts at Midland TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1540, Dec 4 at 0803 UT, (479) area code ad for something in
Scranton, -- what?? ``True Country``, weather info, then ``Real
Country``. Not Pennsylvania, but Arkansas. As in NRC AM Log, it`s
KLYR, Ozark AR, as ``True Country``. Ozark is east of Ft Smith on I40,
Scranton further and off I40 to the south. 479 is NW Arkansas. Not bad
for one watt! Could it possibly be on 500 watt day power? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1590, Dec 6 at 0751 UT, ballad in Spanish, break for ID as
``Ambiente Clásico Radio``, another tune. What?? NRC AM Log has
several USSS on 1590, but no such slogan. Nor anything fits in
exhaustive IRCA Mexican Log. Google search finds immediately, a story
from late Aug after the NRC AM Log deadline and printing:
https://rbr.com/ambiente-clasico-sec...-am-ownership/
‘Ambiente Clásico’ Secures Chicago AM Ownership By Adam Jacobson -
August 29, 2023
It`s the new format and ownership of WCGO, Evanston IL, which had been
Korean, 10/2.5 kW. Radio-locator still shows yet another outdated
format, ``Chicago`s News Talk``. Ambiente was already reported by
IRCAns in September. Nitetime coverage map has a notch thisaway to its
SW, major lobe northwards:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pa...service=AM&h=N
but daytime is non-direxional:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pa...service=AM&h=D
Some IRCA reports also suspected ND day pattern at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 0805? UT, Virginia references, ``the
Commonwealth``, into `Red Eye Radio`, i.e. WPTX Lexington Park,
Maryland, address in Mechanicsville, both of which are in SW MD, quite
close to VA partially in coverage area; 10/1 kW, but NRC AM Log does
not show it with RER, rather AC/EZL format. Per that the only RER on
1690 is WMLB in GA. IL or CO are the regular 1690s heard here. Nicely
displaying RER affiliate list at
https://www.redeyeradioshow.com/red-...io-affiliates/
agrees that its only 1690 is ``WMLB-AM`` Atlanta -- and every single
MW station is shown with an ``-AM`` suffix, which is nonsense! There
was no sign of two stations mixing, and I can`t imagine a Georgian
with Virginia references as ``the Commonwealth``. Website
https://1690wptx.com/ asserts ``more music, less talk`` and is quite
Marylandish. The VA refs I thought were local, just before rejoining
RER. Schedule at https://1690wptx.com/schedule is not very helpful,
nothing but ``regular programming`` 24/7!! Now I`m wondering if
without embargo it had to be WMLB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Greg Hardison has the answer to my quandary over VA vs GA on
1690:
"... 1690 is 'WMLB-AM` Atlanta ..." - WMLB is owned these days by some
{censored} in Virginia, same owner of WJFN/820 in Chester and
of late, WJFP/740 also in Chester, the one just outside of Philly,
along with possibly one or two others in the mid-Atlantic area. I've
seen indications in the past that all of the above are programmed out
of the Hub at WJFN, including local mid-Virginia sponsors and
references. Cheaper that way; saved overhead=more money left to give
to t{censored}. My own funds say that you indeed did receive WMLB, on 1690,
with Red Neck Radio.`` Tnx, Greg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 2320 UT, several Relevant Radio, Catholic
promos during break in a talkshow, of course KDMT Arvada CO, dominant
now but some deep fades. Official Dec sunset is 2330 UT, so still on
10 kW daypower (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
WORLD OF RADIO 2220 contents: Australia, Canada, China, Cuba,
(Cyprus), Egypt, France and non, Germany and non, Hawai`i, Indonesia,
Iran, Korea South and non, (Lithuania), (Madagascar), Maldives non,
Myanmar, Netherlands, North America, Romania, Spain, Sudan South non,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine non, USA, Zambia;
propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in
order)
WOR 2220 available from 0204 UT Friday December 8:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Complete WORLD OF RADIO schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2220 monitoring:
Also confirmed Saturday December 9 starting at 2043 the 2030v on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby SDR; including the 1:43 clip of
Myanmar 5985 with some music, at 2054.
Also confirmed UT Sunday December 10 at 0551-0557 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO, S9+18, so the nominal 0415v started way late circa 0528. Overtime
HamSat ending at 0512 and into ARRL news which must have lasted ~16
minutes.
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
All times and dates strictly UT!
** U S A. 379 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0418, local line noise has abated but
now there is heavy noise from a straight line of storming from the RGV
of TX to the PA/NY border, heaviest in LA/MS/AL/TN, so I can detect a
few JBA DX beacons, but copy is difficult. But ongoing, should be
low-noise nights of both kinds.
On 379 first seems like SU? Nothing listed. At 0454 I am more sure
that it is RS. Only this is close enough to that, also geographically,
as in the RNA reference classaxe, previously logged: ``379 RUE
Russellville AR 25w 08Oct23 Tony reports it is mis-keying as 'RU' . .
. no E``
408 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0419, OJ? or maybe OLA? nothing even fuzzily
similar at RNA or DXinfocentre.
326 MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0416, MA, no doubt about this ND beacon, 400
watts at Midland TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1540, Dec 4 at 0803 UT, (479) area code ad for something in
Scranton, -- what?? ``True Country``, weather info, then ``Real
Country``. Not Pennsylvania, but Arkansas. As in NRC AM Log, it`s
KLYR, Ozark AR, as ``True Country``. Ozark is east of Ft Smith on I40,
Scranton further and off I40 to the south. 479 is NW Arkansas. Not bad
for one watt! Could it possibly be on 500 watt day power? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1590, Dec 6 at 0751 UT, ballad in Spanish, break for ID as
``Ambiente Clásico Radio``, another tune. What?? NRC AM Log has
several USSS on 1590, but no such slogan. Nor anything fits in
exhaustive IRCA Mexican Log. Google search finds immediately, a story
from late Aug after the NRC AM Log deadline and printing:
https://rbr.com/ambiente-clasico-sec...-am-ownership/
‘Ambiente Clásico’ Secures Chicago AM Ownership By Adam Jacobson -
August 29, 2023
It`s the new format and ownership of WCGO, Evanston IL, which had been
Korean, 10/2.5 kW. Radio-locator still shows yet another outdated
format, ``Chicago`s News Talk``. Ambiente was already reported by
IRCAns in September. Nitetime coverage map has a notch thisaway to its
SW, major lobe northwards:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pa...service=AM&h=N
but daytime is non-direxional:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pa...service=AM&h=D
Some IRCA reports also suspected ND day pattern at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 0805? UT, Virginia references, ``the
Commonwealth``, into `Red Eye Radio`, i.e. WPTX Lexington Park,
Maryland, address in Mechanicsville, both of which are in SW MD, quite
close to VA partially in coverage area; 10/1 kW, but NRC AM Log does
not show it with RER, rather AC/EZL format. Per that the only RER on
1690 is WMLB in GA. IL or CO are the regular 1690s heard here. Nicely
displaying RER affiliate list at
https://www.redeyeradioshow.com/red-...io-affiliates/
agrees that its only 1690 is ``WMLB-AM`` Atlanta -- and every single
MW station is shown with an ``-AM`` suffix, which is nonsense! There
was no sign of two stations mixing, and I can`t imagine a Georgian
with Virginia references as ``the Commonwealth``. Website
https://1690wptx.com/ asserts ``more music, less talk`` and is quite
Marylandish. The VA refs I thought were local, just before rejoining
RER. Schedule at https://1690wptx.com/schedule is not very helpful,
nothing but ``regular programming`` 24/7!! Now I`m wondering if
without embargo it had to be WMLB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Greg Hardison has the answer to my quandary over VA vs GA on
1690:
"... 1690 is 'WMLB-AM` Atlanta ..." - WMLB is owned these days by some
{censored} in Virginia, same owner of WJFN/820 in Chester and
of late, WJFP/740 also in Chester, the one just outside of Philly,
along with possibly one or two others in the mid-Atlantic area. I've
seen indications in the past that all of the above are programmed out
of the Hub at WJFN, including local mid-Virginia sponsors and
references. Cheaper that way; saved overhead=more money left to give
to t{censored}. My own funds say that you indeed did receive WMLB, on 1690,
with Red Neck Radio.`` Tnx, Greg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1690, Dec 4 at 2320 UT, several Relevant Radio, Catholic
promos during break in a talkshow, of course KDMT Arvada CO, dominant
now but some deep fades. Official Dec sunset is 2330 UT, so still on
10 kW daypower (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
WORLD OF RADIO 2220 contents: Australia, Canada, China, Cuba,
(Cyprus), Egypt, France and non, Germany and non, Hawai`i, Indonesia,
Iran, Korea South and non, (Lithuania), (Madagascar), Maldives non,
Myanmar, Netherlands, North America, Romania, Spain, Sudan South non,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine non, USA, Zambia;
propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in
order)
WOR 2220 available from 0204 UT Friday December 8:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2220.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Complete WORLD OF RADIO schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2220 monitoring:
Also confirmed Saturday December 9 starting at 2043 the 2030v on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby SDR; including the 1:43 clip of
Myanmar 5985 with some music, at 2054.
Also confirmed UT Sunday December 10 at 0551-0557 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO, S9+18, so the nominal 0415v started way late circa 0528. Overtime
HamSat ending at 0512 and into ARRL news which must have lasted ~16
minutes.
Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn Hauser
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