** CANADA. Each DX log a potential learning experience, I say. And making NDB beeps much more enlivening are replies like this:
``Re: [WOR] Webequie 355 MCW --- Webequie is an interesting place, Glenn. I spent a few weeks there in mid-winter in the late 70s as a senior medical student. Only way in and out was via plane. My clinic/residence then had no power, and only wood heat. Besides the Hudson's Bay store manager, I was the only non-Ojibway person there. Very cold, in the order of -20 to -40 deg C. The Northern Lights were spectacular. I admit to getting cabin fever there after a few weeks, and was eager to move on after that! 73, Walt Salmaniw`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13837, 13769; 13632, 13565 approx., Feb 14 at 1511, RHC FM/AM spurblobs with F# tone out of 13700-AM at 67-69 kHz intervals, during `Sonido Cubano` multi-tone music. 13740-AM is still on with dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140, Feb 14 at 1555, RHC is S9+20/30 and distorted as usual, while // 15230 is weaker S9/+10 but OK modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15369.236, Feb 14 at 2139, RHC Brazuguese off-frequency for the fourth day, always measured within a few Hz of here. // 11880 also Brazuguese and undermodulated; 15140 already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5025, Feb 14 at 2358, R. Rebelde is S9+20 and very distorted; 5040, RHC is merely distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 14 at 2352, VOT English with five headlines, 2353 sign-off as the 1330-1430 broadcast on 12035 --- like yesterday. Maybe it`s a ``weekend`` thing to close the newsroom early. At least the announcement gives a correct time and frequency if not for the current airing. Stronger than usual at S9+20 VG, into IS; and not on after 2400 in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 408 kHz, Feb 14 at 0628 UT, ND beacon JDM, which is 25 watts from Colby - Wheatfield, Kansas. Only one I log tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: confirmed first NAm SWBC, Friday February 14 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: mixed with heavy jamming direct; VG at Colombia KiwiSDR; good at Rockport ME with some jam audible under.
Also confirmed UT Sat Feb 15 at 0130 on WRMIs, checked via Rockport only: 7780 VG, 5850 G, 5010 fair with low audible het, and traces of music, but not // 5040 RHC which might have leapfrogged here over 5025. Madagascar? Not supposed to be on this early but is off-frequency when heard about 5009.9; or India: is it off-frequency? At 0200* when WRMI goes off 5010, Rockport is getting some very weak talk.
Then at 0203 I get this reception report from ``ORA ET LABORA``, a.k.a locojoe: ``Great to hear you again. It's been a few years since I have really been on shortwave. Excellent reception show # 2021 in Mooresville NC. Take care`` -- but WTFK? Next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7490), Feb 15 from 0100, WBCQ monitored on webcast only during `AAAWWW`, with Pirate Joe again substituting. Talks over the theme and keeps on ``rambling``, first with info for techies, so I keep listening: SuperStation will return to air on Monday, exact time unknown, because the tube socket has been replaced --- make that repaired --- with very fine careful machining to the millimeter. After it had failed for the third time. Now the 500,000 watts should run ``flawlessly``. It`s the output tube to the transmitter which with that much power is ceramic, not solid-state. It looks like an inverted wedding cake, with fins on the side which are for cooling and also connecting. The ring had been arcing. Is only 900 volts at 1.5 amp. Original design was ``right on the edge, not taking into account the what-ifs``. Also explained that AW is still taking time off because of all the stress with the SS problems.
Pirate Joe does not get around to introducing himself until 0114, then other topics: plugging for takers on 6160 while all time is available, before it fills up as it eventually will; especially pirates should get on it. He can`t take email but gives his own phone number, so someone calls in about reception problems nearby for his own station WHVW 950 Hyde Park NY and its translator.
That`s as far as I monitored. John Carver advised that he might not be able to file a report this week. Then I check AW`s twits and the latest one from Friday says,
``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 19h --- Working on the 9330khz 500kw transmitter. So far-so good. PA tube socket back in place. Testing this weekend. Sorry for the delay folks, as with anything “new” there are always problems. A&A Worldwide on tonight at 8pm on 7490 kHz. Always something going at WBCQ.`` Does he mean testing on the 9330 air before Monday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, Feb 14 at 1439, WTWW-2 is on at this odd hour with rock music, S9+20/30; and so is 5830 WTWW-1 with SFAW; night frequencies; did they stay on all night? Often but not always 5085 at least is running past 0700. By 1510, ham ad on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1502.8v, still no longer hearing the spurblob nor the match around 1477.2v, but this caught my eye, surely coincidental around one of the times I was hearing them, from BC-DX:
``BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. On Feb 4 at 0600 UT MW bcaster on odd 1502.9 kHz was heard with pips, gong & ID "Radio Bosnie i Herzegovinie, Viesti (=News)". (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 8)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0317 UT February 15
