** AUSTRALIA. 11899.955 approx., June 7 at 1350, slow/special English about fire safety. Fair signal, slightly off-frequency. 1357 refers to www.radioenglish.net for this Spotlight program. 1359 piano hymn IS, s/off till 1230 UT tomorrow, bit of kookaburra cackle and off. It`s Reach Beyond Australia, the HCJB of today. EiBi shows it continues another semihour until 1430 in Myanmarianese. And at 1230 not English, but 1245-1300 on days 1345 = Mon/Wed/Thu/Fri (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13650, June 6 at 2335, Chinese music JBA S3/S4, the pointless relay of CRI music fill instead of Portuguese, had not been heard for some time; must have a little more electricity to waste now. 11760, June 6 at 2338, S9+10/20 of deadair with some hum from RHC, where something`s always wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 9700, Sun June 7 at 1343, English discussion with NZ accents. Yes, RNZP is now scheduled daily until 1358*, then to 7440 from *1359. Fair, direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11660.003+, Sunday June 7 at 1645, VOT English S9+35/40 into UTwente, TRTVOTVorld.com promo, song. 1649 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, `Letterbox` theme. Cemre says the 9-day Eid holiday is over and things are getting back to their usual pace. Mostly from Asia this week, one from Sweden. 1) Siddartha Papajarjee, West Bengal: listens every day. Is World No Tobacco Day 31 May observed? Yes, after it last year there was a quit-smoking campaign in July. Smoking was banned in public places etc., in 2009; but Turkey still has the highest smoking rate in the OECD. 2) Annan? Bain?, SWL club. TRT World website is run out of Istanbul, not by them in Ankara, she says. He notes that new listeners to VOT are rarely heard from on this program. Club had a 3rd VOT quiz competition, name the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. If she mentioned what it was, I couldn`t catch it. Temps of 44-45 C would be too hot. 3) Christer Brunström, Sweden, has written a column about SW in an amateur magazine for 10 years; multi-lingual IDs are a waste of time. Turkey gets rather low ratings on a scale of democracies. 4) Mr Najamadeen?, W Bengal. 5) Jayanta Chakraborty, New Delhi, listens to 7275 (which is the N American INTRUDER frequency at 03) 6) Mohammed Breyel, Malaysia, listened to Persian at 1530-1553* on 9765. At 1707: that`s all, 1708 theme, 1709 ``always-by-your-side`` promo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2350 monitoring: confirmed Saturday June 6 at 2100 on WRMI 9395, S9+15/22 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed Saturday June 6 at 2230 on WRMI 17790, S9+5 into Maryland SDR off the back, but NO signal on 15770 off the front; nor into Georgia SDR, nor UTwente where it`s aimed. Explained via Roger Thauer, Germany: ``via Discord/Wavecrest Guy — 11:00 PM -- I just received an email from WRMI and they are having technical issues with their 15770 kHz transmitter. So 15770 kHz is off the air and it sounds like it will be off until Monday at least. So there will be no Broadcast of VOSR International on 15770 kHz at 2300 UTC on 06-06-26. "Dear Colleagues: I'm sorry to inform you that today at around 1200 UTC our transmitter on 15770 kHz had a major problem. We're still investigating to find out exactly what happened, but among other things it damaged the water pump that moves the distilled water around cooling the large tubes. The transmitter is currently off the air, and our best estimate at this point is that it will not be back on until sometime on Monday."`` WOR 2350 also confirmed UT Sunday June 7 from 0311 the 0315v on WA0RCR, 1860AM, MO, S9+10/20 into Georgia SDR. And even better into the occasionally available Glen Carbon IL SDR. Also confirmed Sunday June 7 at 0640 the 0630 on WRN via WRMIs: 5850 S9+40/45 direct; 7780 JBA S6/S7; 7730 too weak to tell vs HSNL. Confirmed Sunday June 7 at 1045 the 1030 on WRN via WRMIs: 7780 S7/S9, 9395 S9/+5 direct. Also confirmed Sunday June 7 at 1923 the 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.994 kHz, S9+20 into nearby Noale SDR. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323; 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5850 to NW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323; 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975, 6160 [not last week]; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 2330 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Thursday WRMI 5950 to NNW. Thanks this week to Dean Bianco, Childwold NY, for a check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or one may support this non-commercial public service program via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, UT Sun June 7 at 0000, WRMI with début of `America@250: Due Diligence`. Good reception as usual on this frequency. I had reminded the WOR iog that it was imminent. ``Wonderful show - I feel like I'm listening to the old VOA again. Doug White KA5ETS, Carrboro NC`` But not after 0030! Cut to Wavescan on 9395; 5050 with SW Radiogram; checked all other WRMI frequencies, nowhere else. Come on! Was discussion of Social Security, etc. Fortunately Steve explained how else to hear it. Richard Langley had posted this on June 4: ``From WRMI's Facebook page: New U.S. Radio Show Seeks to Foster Civil Discourse on Constitutional Issues "America@250: Due Diligence" to debut this weekend on about 50 radio stations IRONDALE, ALABAMA — No hot takes. No name calling. That is the self-imposed guidance for a new, limited-run weekend one-hour radio show/podcast, America @ 250: Due Diligence. The public service program will put into historical context key Constitutional issues being debated in American society with experts from across the political spectrum as featured guests. The program will be co-hosted by two broadcast veterans, Steven L Herman, who is executive director of the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation at the University of Mississippi, and Illinois-based radio talk show producer Bill Bernardoni. Herman is a former White House bureau chief of the Voice of America. Bernardoni’s background includes work as a campaign manager and political consultant for candidates from the state to national level. “At a time when discourse on our airwaves is often dominated by the desire to divide, America @ 250: Due Diligence offers a refreshing remedy rooted in deep research, historical context and civil conversation,” said Dr. Andrea Hickerson, dean of the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. “The program fosters discussion to expand civic literacy to create a more informed electorate.” America @ 250: Due Diligence will begin airing on about 50 AM and FM radio stations from the first weekend in June with distribution via Talk Media Network, the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), the Radio Free America project and commercial shortwave broadcaster WRMI-Radio Miami. “There are few issues-oriented or public affairs radio programs independently produced that are free of intended political bias,” said Herman, who formally announced the launch of the program in a presentation on May 28th at the annual meeting of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters in Alabama. “We hope more radio stations with a sincere interest in objectively informing the electorate will carry the program.” America @ 250: Due Diligence will continue through the end of this Semiquincentennial year and a weekly online extended version will be on podcast distribution platforms. WRMI will air "America@250: Due Diligence" on shortwave each week, beginning Saturday June 6th at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (that's 0000 UTC Sunday June 7th) on 9395 kHz going north and 5050 kHz beaming south. Your reception reports are welcome and will be answered with a special America@250 QSL card. Reports can be sent to [email protected]`` Steve Herman himself replied June 5 on the WOR iog: ``Thanks, Richard, for posting this. Besides reception reports, the producers of this unique program welcome your feedback on the content. There's a feedback form at: https://radiofreeamerica.media/ For the special QSL card: https://www.wrmi.net/index.php/reception-report-qsl/ We now have 70 AM and FM stations in the U.S. as affiliates, but I wanted to ensure we had shortwave airings, as well, and we are grateful that Jeff at WRMI has given us attractive time slots and frequencies for our weekend program. If you are not able to listen to the WRMI broadcast the weekly episodes will also be available from Saturday afternoons on the top podcast platforms, including Spotify and Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/america-at-250-due-diligence/id1896859376 73, Steve W7DQ, Widewater, VA / Oxford, MS, http://steveherman.press/ `` And Kim Elliott of SW Radiogram replied: ``There will be a make-good of Steve Herman's America @250 UTC Monday 0000-0100 on 5050 and probably also 9395. Its full hour will be broadcast at the scheduled Sunday 0000 UTC starting next week. There may have been the impression that America @250 was a half-hour show, thus the schedule conflict. My Shortwave Radiogram, which abruptly displaced Steve's excellent America @250 UTC Sunday 0030, did demonstrate how shortwave can communicate information even in terrible reception conditions. The actual make-good schedule for America @250 is ... 0400 UTC (was) & 2300 UTC Sunday on 9395 kHz 0000 UTC Monday on 5050 kHz`` (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 15150, June 7 at 1346 and still 1411, S9/S6 of dead air from WMLK; something`s bonkers at Bethel. Not to be outdone by Cuba`s DA on 15140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1957 UT June 7 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
