** CANADA [and non]. 346-MCW kHz, March 27 at 0619 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watt ND beacon from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, not unusual but now about the only Canadian making it vs the high storm noise level. Also audible, 332-MCW kHz, IC, 400 watts from wIChita KS, tuned to 330-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** COLOMBIA. 2940.036 kHz, March 27 at 0608 UT, JBA carrier. The 2-3 MHz band is a vast wasteland with hardly any signals except WWV and the intermittent Canadian CG weather stations on 2598 & 2749. It would be a great place to alleviate the packed MWBC range 530-1710 kHz! It`s remarkable how seldom one hears any US harmonix from there.
But I keep bandscanning almost every night, and still detect an AM carrier always offset plus from 2940 --- previously identified, and no doubt still, the second harmonic of 5 kW 1470, Radio Huellas, Cali; or rather the fundamental must be 1470.018. The harmonic is a bit stronger than usual tonight but no match for the heavy storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13575, 13637, 13764, 13828, 13892 approx., March 27 at 1406, FM/AM spurblobs with F# tones out of RHC 13700, this time multiples of about 63-64 kHz. First noted on 13637 at S9+10. Other fundamental, unrelated 13780, is still on at S9+30 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, March 27 at 0547, JBA carrier, almost gone by 0605. Presumed RNGE Bata reactivated after more than three months, last heard by Manuel Méhdez, Spain on December 21. Tnx to tip from Ron Howard via the WOR iogroup:
``Hi Manuel, March 26 - Checking 5005, from 0548+; heard a definite signal; assume RNGE/R. Bata on the air again; sounded to be in Spanish and some music; very poor reception. Wish I had caught this earlier, when they might have had better reception. Perhaps you can check on this and give us a definite confirmation? Thank you for all the reports you have provided in the past regarding this station! Most helpful. Ron California``, WORLD OF RADIO 2027
Its old schedule was roughly *0515/1700*. Manuel replies:
``GUINEA ECUATORIAL, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0530-0555, 27-03. Thank you very much to Ron Howard for the yesterday news about the reactivation of this station. Today here in Lugo only carrier detected. Unfortunately I can't check it from Friol where conditions are better than in Lugo. Via SDR remote receivers in Pardinho, Brazil and in Central Europe, only carrier detected as in Lugo. We will continue checking next days. Best 73,s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** PUERTO RICO [non]. 18160-USB, March 27 at 2120, one signal is propagating on this band, Spanish with deep fades, IDs as KP4AKB without fonetix and eventually with, so certain. At 2124 he`s working unheard WB7JB in Washington state; gives name as Edwin, in Columbus OH. Huh? Prop from PR would be unexpected, way above F2 MUF, and too far for sporadic E unless double-hop, also a rarity. Explained at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kp4akb ---
``KP4AKB USA flag EDWIN RIOS, COLUMBUS, OH 43220-4120 USA
My call is KP4AKB/W8 --- I was first licensed as a novice and my call was WP4AKB in Ponce, Puerto Rico. That license expired after 1 year. After obtaining my General Class in 1957 my call changed from "W" to "K". In 1962 I came to Dayton, Ohio to study. Since then I have operated as Portable W8. The FCC no longer requires US stations sign as "portable". That is why my call appears as "KP4". Nowadays the number and prefix may not relate to where the station is located. I hope this clears up any confusion as to where I am located. Ed Rios Columbus, OH USA
[caption] Antenna at KP4AKB. US Tower 55 ft with a 17 ft mast. Top antenna is a 40m EAntenna 3 ele with a modified 4 ele SteppIR on a 24 ft boom just below. Transceiver is a Icom 7800 driving a Tokyo Hi-Power 2.5Kfx``
And CLUBLOG displayed on his page axually shows the station I heard him working, WB7JB. So this must be a short single-hop sporadic E opening from OH to OK, correlating with the WJHR log a few minutes earlier; tho I did not get around to checking the DX MAP Es MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 11720, Friday March 27 at 2100 after YDD runup, VOA News, the anchor ``reporting by remote``, with AP and Reuters voicers; 2102 already optional cutaway for all those affiliates believing that two minutes of news is plenty! 3 minutes more for the rest of us until 2105 `Music Time in Africa` starts. Heather is as Hyper as ever, but admits she is producing from ``portable home studio``, causing format changes, but one could not tell the difference. She mentions Corona Virus and later reports on how it has messed up music tours, such as someone who had to try three different air carriers to get back from Europe to Bamako, buying a ticket on one after another (no refunds?). So at least we know this is new, not another repeat from November.
I make a point of listening to most of it, since it`s our last chance until B-20 --- maybe --- as for A-20 this Grimesland reverse supersignal is abandoned, back to Botswana on 15580 during this hour. And this airing is still unknown to Heather herself, or some other announcer promoting MTIA times, even webcasts! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring: confirmed first USSWBC, Friday March 27 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; at first battling the jamming but soon overcoming, fading up while jam fades down or away, so almost 100% readable on fair signal. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to SSE, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [new, unconfirmed] to SSE
{I hope to be sound asleep at 1130, so could anyone awake please
confirm this on 9955 direct, via remote, or at least webcast? Tnx}
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE {I may also still doze}
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, new 5800 March 23 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (5130), UT Sat March 28 at 0000-0100, I partially listen to WBCQ webcast during AAAWWW --- it`s little but a monolog by Allan talking about CV and trying to sound optimistic, no news about WBCQ technical or programmation. 0100 into ``Tie me kangaroo down, sport``, which is quite an improvement over Hal Turner had I been on the 7490 stream. 0104 into some Latin music, Pérez Prado? but what program is this? 0107: `Zombo`s Record Party`, into an interview. But sked shows `Matt Boland Presents` ?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15555-USB, March 27 at 2104, good signal from WJHR gospel huxter, peaking S7; HF sporadic E enhancement? No such improvement from extremely more powerful neighbor 15610 WEWN, JBA S3-S5. Have not logged WJHR since January 9! Has it been off and/or just not propagating with its peanut-power? This is the perfect excuse for me to quote, just in from Terry Krueger, now living near to WJHR:
``All times/dates GMT, Niceville, FL (except mobile logs)
IC-R75, NRD-535, ICF-7600GR, active loop, random wire
15555 usb. FLORIDA. WJHR, Milton. 1515 3/13/20. Ventured to Milton, specifically to 5920 Oak Manor Drive this day. A drive into a very rural, "private property" series of narrow roads with heavily-forested, large property homes. Got to the driveway of the large house where WJHR is. The antenna wasn't even visible due to the massive long-leaf pines and live oak trees. From the distance, the garage doors were open, so someone (George S. Mock?) was presumably home. Yet, we did not proceed. This looked like a place where you'd be met by shotgun blasts and a series of attack dogs unleashed.
Earlier in the week, I called the phone number listed in the WRTH 2020 to inquire about visiting. It dropped to a fax. Then I emailed the address listed. No reply. Shocker! So, that's about as far as we got in an attempt to visit WJHR. And absolutely not on the air at just after 1400 GMT check when back in downtown Milton. But a recheck at 1515, there it was! However, a very, very poor signal. You'd think at this proximity, the signal would not be skipping over this much despite their actual low power (and something remotely groundwave). Yet, not. See: https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/WJHR.txt Suspect the FCC to date never visited this one. And never will`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Another tropo TVDX opening on March 27. I start checking at 1508 UT and find some signals from both Tulsa and Wichita markets are decoding. There is a Level 5-strong blob over the SE corner of KS, but Enid is again on the edge of Level 1.
RF 31, 31-1 KDCU-DT, Derby (Wichita) KS, Univision is solid along with the subs 31-2 thru 31-5 as described yesterday. Tropo usually fades away by noon, but this megawatt must be in a pipeline/duct to here. Checking around 2200 UT, it`s even making it on rabbit ears via my alternative TV and STB! And still past 2400. Altho PSIP still reads Escape on 31-3, bug in LR the past hours has been MYSTERY, and full-screen net ID shows MYSTERY as a subset of COURT! Yet by 2100 UT, Hepburn map predixions showed NO tropo between here and Kansas.
Back at 1510, via the main rooftop antenna, BAD signals on: 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, some of which are just OKC ruined by DX QRM.
RF 45, 6-1, KOTV Tulsa is in solid again
RF 12, 33-1, KSCW-DT again from Wichita
At 1654, RF 20, 19-1, KQCW-HD. Muskogee (Tulsa market), 550 kW with CP
to almost double power and tower HAAT, from site unknown, different?
And RF 28, 44-1 ION the only ID but we know it`s KTPX-TV Okmulgee (Tulsa), megawatt
At 1656, BAD signal on RF 6 --- that takes some doing via my highband/UHF only antenna for channels 7 and up! Per W9WI.com, the ONLY ch 6 of any type or power in OK or KS is: KBSD-DT, Ensign KS (Dodge City), the 31 kW ERP satellite of KWCH Wichita CBS, having managed to retain its old analog channel. Note, this is in SW KS, not the tropo epicenter of SE KS; and off the back of my antennas.
RF 9, another BAD. W9WI.com shows absolutely NO 9s of any power or
type in OK or KS (what became of the ``Enid`` LP CP axually in OKC?).
One in AR: 3 kW in Fort Smith.
My other antenna which is all-channel, is generally out of use with broken VHF and reflector elements; is also half as high as the other one, barely clearing roof level. But I energize it and its amp again to compare: it is not getting anything on RF 6, but:
At 1702, RF 22, 23-1 KOKI-TV Tulsa, Fox with noon news unlike OKC`s;
23-2 MeTV; 23-3 EscapeT --- yes, looking very closely, the PSIP ends with a capital T, not a !
RF 34, 41-1 KMYT-TV Tulsa with My, 41-2 GetTV, 41-3 GritTV, 41-4 HNI.
The STB confusingly mixes in my local virtual 41, K17JN-D, the 3ABN satellator for which 41 never had anything to do with Enid, but rather its flagship? station in far Ardmore! Those 41s go all the way to -9, some of which are Audio-only.
RF 36, 17-1 TBN-HD, 17-2 Hillsong, 17-3 SMILE [kids], 17-4 Enlace [Spanish], 17-5 POSITIV.
This has to be megawatt KDOR-TV Bartlesville OK, originally on NTSC and DTV 17, now repacked so at least no longer can QRM Enid`s only station. W9WI.com has a different lineup for this TBN and presumably the others: 17.3 JUCE, 17.5 Salsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0113 UT March 28
** COLOMBIA. 2940.036 kHz, March 27 at 0608 UT, JBA carrier. The 2-3 MHz band is a vast wasteland with hardly any signals except WWV and the intermittent Canadian CG weather stations on 2598 & 2749. It would be a great place to alleviate the packed MWBC range 530-1710 kHz! It`s remarkable how seldom one hears any US harmonix from there.
But I keep bandscanning almost every night, and still detect an AM carrier always offset plus from 2940 --- previously identified, and no doubt still, the second harmonic of 5 kW 1470, Radio Huellas, Cali; or rather the fundamental must be 1470.018. The harmonic is a bit stronger than usual tonight but no match for the heavy storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13575, 13637, 13764, 13828, 13892 approx., March 27 at 1406, FM/AM spurblobs with F# tones out of RHC 13700, this time multiples of about 63-64 kHz. First noted on 13637 at S9+10. Other fundamental, unrelated 13780, is still on at S9+30 but undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, March 27 at 0547, JBA carrier, almost gone by 0605. Presumed RNGE Bata reactivated after more than three months, last heard by Manuel Méhdez, Spain on December 21. Tnx to tip from Ron Howard via the WOR iogroup:
``Hi Manuel, March 26 - Checking 5005, from 0548+; heard a definite signal; assume RNGE/R. Bata on the air again; sounded to be in Spanish and some music; very poor reception. Wish I had caught this earlier, when they might have had better reception. Perhaps you can check on this and give us a definite confirmation? Thank you for all the reports you have provided in the past regarding this station! Most helpful. Ron California``, WORLD OF RADIO 2027
Its old schedule was roughly *0515/1700*. Manuel replies:
``GUINEA ECUATORIAL, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0530-0555, 27-03. Thank you very much to Ron Howard for the yesterday news about the reactivation of this station. Today here in Lugo only carrier detected. Unfortunately I can't check it from Friol where conditions are better than in Lugo. Via SDR remote receivers in Pardinho, Brazil and in Central Europe, only carrier detected as in Lugo. We will continue checking next days. Best 73,s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** PUERTO RICO [non]. 18160-USB, March 27 at 2120, one signal is propagating on this band, Spanish with deep fades, IDs as KP4AKB without fonetix and eventually with, so certain. At 2124 he`s working unheard WB7JB in Washington state; gives name as Edwin, in Columbus OH. Huh? Prop from PR would be unexpected, way above F2 MUF, and too far for sporadic E unless double-hop, also a rarity. Explained at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kp4akb ---
``KP4AKB USA flag EDWIN RIOS, COLUMBUS, OH 43220-4120 USA
My call is KP4AKB/W8 --- I was first licensed as a novice and my call was WP4AKB in Ponce, Puerto Rico. That license expired after 1 year. After obtaining my General Class in 1957 my call changed from "W" to "K". In 1962 I came to Dayton, Ohio to study. Since then I have operated as Portable W8. The FCC no longer requires US stations sign as "portable". That is why my call appears as "KP4". Nowadays the number and prefix may not relate to where the station is located. I hope this clears up any confusion as to where I am located. Ed Rios Columbus, OH USA
[caption] Antenna at KP4AKB. US Tower 55 ft with a 17 ft mast. Top antenna is a 40m EAntenna 3 ele with a modified 4 ele SteppIR on a 24 ft boom just below. Transceiver is a Icom 7800 driving a Tokyo Hi-Power 2.5Kfx``
And CLUBLOG displayed on his page axually shows the station I heard him working, WB7JB. So this must be a short single-hop sporadic E opening from OH to OK, correlating with the WJHR log a few minutes earlier; tho I did not get around to checking the DX MAP Es MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 11720, Friday March 27 at 2100 after YDD runup, VOA News, the anchor ``reporting by remote``, with AP and Reuters voicers; 2102 already optional cutaway for all those affiliates believing that two minutes of news is plenty! 3 minutes more for the rest of us until 2105 `Music Time in Africa` starts. Heather is as Hyper as ever, but admits she is producing from ``portable home studio``, causing format changes, but one could not tell the difference. She mentions Corona Virus and later reports on how it has messed up music tours, such as someone who had to try three different air carriers to get back from Europe to Bamako, buying a ticket on one after another (no refunds?). So at least we know this is new, not another repeat from November.
I make a point of listening to most of it, since it`s our last chance until B-20 --- maybe --- as for A-20 this Grimesland reverse supersignal is abandoned, back to Botswana on 15580 during this hour. And this airing is still unknown to Heather herself, or some other announcer promoting MTIA times, even webcasts! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring: confirmed first USSWBC, Friday March 27 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; at first battling the jamming but soon overcoming, fading up while jam fades down or away, so almost 100% readable on fair signal. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to SSE, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [new, unconfirmed] to SSE
{I hope to be sound asleep at 1130, so could anyone awake please
confirm this on 9955 direct, via remote, or at least webcast? Tnx}
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE {I may also still doze}
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, new 5800 March 23 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (5130), UT Sat March 28 at 0000-0100, I partially listen to WBCQ webcast during AAAWWW --- it`s little but a monolog by Allan talking about CV and trying to sound optimistic, no news about WBCQ technical or programmation. 0100 into ``Tie me kangaroo down, sport``, which is quite an improvement over Hal Turner had I been on the 7490 stream. 0104 into some Latin music, Pérez Prado? but what program is this? 0107: `Zombo`s Record Party`, into an interview. But sked shows `Matt Boland Presents` ?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15555-USB, March 27 at 2104, good signal from WJHR gospel huxter, peaking S7; HF sporadic E enhancement? No such improvement from extremely more powerful neighbor 15610 WEWN, JBA S3-S5. Have not logged WJHR since January 9! Has it been off and/or just not propagating with its peanut-power? This is the perfect excuse for me to quote, just in from Terry Krueger, now living near to WJHR:
``All times/dates GMT, Niceville, FL (except mobile logs)
IC-R75, NRD-535, ICF-7600GR, active loop, random wire
15555 usb. FLORIDA. WJHR, Milton. 1515 3/13/20. Ventured to Milton, specifically to 5920 Oak Manor Drive this day. A drive into a very rural, "private property" series of narrow roads with heavily-forested, large property homes. Got to the driveway of the large house where WJHR is. The antenna wasn't even visible due to the massive long-leaf pines and live oak trees. From the distance, the garage doors were open, so someone (George S. Mock?) was presumably home. Yet, we did not proceed. This looked like a place where you'd be met by shotgun blasts and a series of attack dogs unleashed.
Earlier in the week, I called the phone number listed in the WRTH 2020 to inquire about visiting. It dropped to a fax. Then I emailed the address listed. No reply. Shocker! So, that's about as far as we got in an attempt to visit WJHR. And absolutely not on the air at just after 1400 GMT check when back in downtown Milton. But a recheck at 1515, there it was! However, a very, very poor signal. You'd think at this proximity, the signal would not be skipping over this much despite their actual low power (and something remotely groundwave). Yet, not. See: https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/WJHR.txt Suspect the FCC to date never visited this one. And never will`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Another tropo TVDX opening on March 27. I start checking at 1508 UT and find some signals from both Tulsa and Wichita markets are decoding. There is a Level 5-strong blob over the SE corner of KS, but Enid is again on the edge of Level 1.
RF 31, 31-1 KDCU-DT, Derby (Wichita) KS, Univision is solid along with the subs 31-2 thru 31-5 as described yesterday. Tropo usually fades away by noon, but this megawatt must be in a pipeline/duct to here. Checking around 2200 UT, it`s even making it on rabbit ears via my alternative TV and STB! And still past 2400. Altho PSIP still reads Escape on 31-3, bug in LR the past hours has been MYSTERY, and full-screen net ID shows MYSTERY as a subset of COURT! Yet by 2100 UT, Hepburn map predixions showed NO tropo between here and Kansas.
Back at 1510, via the main rooftop antenna, BAD signals on: 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, some of which are just OKC ruined by DX QRM.
RF 45, 6-1, KOTV Tulsa is in solid again
RF 12, 33-1, KSCW-DT again from Wichita
At 1654, RF 20, 19-1, KQCW-HD. Muskogee (Tulsa market), 550 kW with CP
to almost double power and tower HAAT, from site unknown, different?
And RF 28, 44-1 ION the only ID but we know it`s KTPX-TV Okmulgee (Tulsa), megawatt
At 1656, BAD signal on RF 6 --- that takes some doing via my highband/UHF only antenna for channels 7 and up! Per W9WI.com, the ONLY ch 6 of any type or power in OK or KS is: KBSD-DT, Ensign KS (Dodge City), the 31 kW ERP satellite of KWCH Wichita CBS, having managed to retain its old analog channel. Note, this is in SW KS, not the tropo epicenter of SE KS; and off the back of my antennas.
RF 9, another BAD. W9WI.com shows absolutely NO 9s of any power or
type in OK or KS (what became of the ``Enid`` LP CP axually in OKC?).
One in AR: 3 kW in Fort Smith.
My other antenna which is all-channel, is generally out of use with broken VHF and reflector elements; is also half as high as the other one, barely clearing roof level. But I energize it and its amp again to compare: it is not getting anything on RF 6, but:
At 1702, RF 22, 23-1 KOKI-TV Tulsa, Fox with noon news unlike OKC`s;
23-2 MeTV; 23-3 EscapeT --- yes, looking very closely, the PSIP ends with a capital T, not a !
RF 34, 41-1 KMYT-TV Tulsa with My, 41-2 GetTV, 41-3 GritTV, 41-4 HNI.
The STB confusingly mixes in my local virtual 41, K17JN-D, the 3ABN satellator for which 41 never had anything to do with Enid, but rather its flagship? station in far Ardmore! Those 41s go all the way to -9, some of which are Audio-only.
RF 36, 17-1 TBN-HD, 17-2 Hillsong, 17-3 SMILE [kids], 17-4 Enlace [Spanish], 17-5 POSITIV.
This has to be megawatt KDOR-TV Bartlesville OK, originally on NTSC and DTV 17, now repacked so at least no longer can QRM Enid`s only station. W9WI.com has a different lineup for this TBN and presumably the others: 17.3 JUCE, 17.5 Salsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0113 UT March 28
