** CANADA. 1610, Feb 12 at 0729 UT, dead air from dominant S7/S9 signal here, must be CHHA Toronto; unless there be a new nearby TIS. Also some understation, maybe Montréal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, Sun Feb 12 at 1607, RHC Esperanto is just reaching the canned schedule info in their sign-on, so must have started several minutes late; yes, *still* with wrong outdated time and frequency info I have detailed numerous times before, as the Esperantists remain clueless about their own true broadcasts. // much weaker 15140 and nothing on 13 MHz band. Something`s always wrong at RHC. No doubt with Yanqui DST imposed in a month it shall be even wronger (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 13685, Feb 12 at 1554, song at S9/S5. Aoki shows ending a bihour of English from CGTNR/CRI via Bamako II relay. Bamako I applies only to ORTM itself on 5995, 9635 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re my CODAR CW ID copied on 4752+ kHz exactly every icosaminute, twice at :03, :23, :43 past the hours, WRPW597: ``I found the attached file listing CODAR stations in Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, the Lower 48, and Puerto Rico. It seems CODAR stations have 4-letter IDs besides any FCC-assigned call sign. I've yet to find a chart matching the FCC ID with the 4-letter ID. The station you heard on 4.750 MHz, Glenn, appears to be SGRV at Singing River, MS. [Viz.: 162 SGRV Singing Ri USM 4.75 -25.7339 CODAR Ocean Sensors. SeaSonde] This site provides some more information on CODAR stations: https://cordc.ucsd.edu/projects/hfrnet/ If you zoom in on the map and select Station Placemarks in the Overlay menu and click on a station marker, you can get some information on the station and clicking on Station Diagnostics gets you recent data plots and some further station information like power (83 W for SGRV). As you can see from the station file listing, CODAR (Coastal Ocean Dynamics Applications Radar) stations operate on a variety of HF frequencies. Details of some of the different transmitters and antennas used are in the attached PDF file. -- Richard Langley`` [Geodetic Research Laboratory | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering | University of New Brunswick] Unclear what the -25. figure is about; not geo coordinates which are in separate columns, not copied here. So why does the FCC version show two different but nearby locations? Singing River is a river, not a town; or rather nickname for the Pascagoula River. Fascinating story of people hearing it ``sing`` with lots of theories except for CODAR, predating that: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/singing-river-in-ms/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2177 monitoring: confirmed Saturday February 11 at 2030 about 2 minutes into, so started about 2028 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20 into nearby SDR. Also confirmed Saturday February 11 at 2230 on both WRMIs, direct: 5850 S8/9+10, and 15770 S9 yet steadier and much better vs noise level, but with quite a hum, which may have been of local origin tho not like on other frequencies checked. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 12 at 0034 the 0030 on WRMI 7780: Maurice LA, the best SDR for this is uptied; so how about the two TWRs at Brownsville TX, RGV? Worthless! The only Mexican at Durango2 is rarely activated again, so S8/9+5, about the same as Maryland SDR way offbeam. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 12 at 0557! UT, about 5 minutes into so started *very2* late circa 0552 instead of nominal 0415, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, VG into nearby Warrenton MO SDR. I had been checking every dekaminute since 0420 as the preceding AMSAT net playback went on and on and on; its announced nominal starttime was 9 pm CT = 03z. Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week for ``My yearly anonymous contribution to WoR. Thanks again, Glenn, for allowing me to participate in your historic radio show``, generously via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490-, Sat Feb 11 at 2233, quick check direct finds this WBCQ on, playing music, sounds Greekish, wonder if a bonus of Greek Music Refuge? For some weeks, and whenever checked, the program sked shows NOTHING around this time, so off the air 2130-2400? Like: 7490 Sa 1700 2130 UT Sa 12:00PM 04:30PM EST The Overcomer Ministry 7490 Sa 1930 2000 UT Sa 02:30PM 03:00PM EST Harmony Barn Sessions 7490 Su 0000 0100 UT Sa 07:00PM 08:00PM EST Fluxedo Junction {sic} The operators at Monticello have got to have a *real* schedule of what programs to put on, when. Why is it so hard to migrate such basic reality info into the websked??? Another little problem: cannot possibly be running two shows at same time on same frequency at 1930-2000! Unless it`s ISB?? Or non-weekly in which case that should be spelt out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN. 13830, Feb 11 at 1555, HOA music S9/+10 and equally on // 15565; 1557 announcement mentions ``Amharico``, i.e. the 1530-1600 Vatican News broadcast toward Ethiopia. 13830 is the extracontinental SSOB by far, eclipsed only by domestic 13845 & 13820 flanking it. Yet another example of VN`s ability to blast into areas opposite direxion of target - either their aiming is backwards, or it`s really bidirexional, certainly good news for all those SWLing Ethiopian Catholix in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1952 UT February 12 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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