** CHINA. 17560, May 22 at 0007, CNR1 with fair signal. Must be here to jam VOA Chinese via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, May 22 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1258; all the rest are CNR1 jam instead of FD:
12670, very poor at 1257; none in the 13s, 14s, 15s, 17s
16360, fair at 1259-1300* after two pips of timesignal
After 1330:
15800, fair at 1333. Must be here because of 100-watt Sound of Hope nuisance transmitter in Taiwan, per Aoki at 2130-1430
16920, JBA at 1333
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, May 22 at 0534, VOG fair with music, which is better than usual and better than expected with K=4 at 03 UT. 16m was still dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 690, May 22 at 0505 UT dominant signal from the DF instead of KTSM or KGGF (but whose carrier is probably still on), is Spanish, finishing choral NA, full ID as XEN, 100,000 watts, Grupo Radio Centro, ``la 69 es noticias``, beginning playback of Jacobo Zabludovsky`s 1 pm talkshow, and announced as also on several other GRC stations including XERED 1110 (now or originally, or both?).
Conditions somewhat auroral; K index at 03 was 4, by 06 UT down to 2, and ``no spaceweather storms`` per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, May 22 am monitoring JBA carrier from PMA The Cross, to note its autotimer cutoff: 1159:03* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, May 22 at 0535* just as I tune in VON English, dumps off the air for about a semi-minute. When back, fair signal, modulation somewhat distorted. At this time after K=4 at 03 UT, 19m the best band, with everything from poorly audible Saudi 15170 Qur`an, to this to inbooming Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Further post-tornado monitoring of OKC stations:
Around 1820 UT May 21:
1140 KRMP and 1520 KOKC are back on the air; missing earlier in the morning. Paul Walker said, ``Reportedly, there's debris stuck IN the towers or on the towers of KOKC 1520``. 640 KWPN is still off.
1000, KTOK, mentioned that all the Clear Channel stations were simulcasting.
930, WKY Spanish seems to be talking more and playing music less. Around 1820 UT the poor DJ is trying to pronounce numerous OK counties with tornado watches(?), really mangling Pushmatáha (in the southeast)
Next check 2357 UT May 21:
640 KWPN is back on with Lucidol ad; so much for my WOI hopes, unless this too prove to be intermittent. But remains on whenever checked into May 22. Haven`t noticed any IBOC yet; probably too much to hope that recent troubles have eliminated it. 1140 & 1520 still on
1336 UT Wednesday May 22: 1520 KOKC is off again! Still cleaning out the towers? All the others seem nominal.
This was posted by OKCRadioGuy on the OK board at radiodiscussions.com May 21 at 1618 UT:
``1520, 640, 1000, and 1140 are all OK tower-wise. All are on the air except for KWPN who has generator issues. The Big 1520 is chugging along sipping on diesel. Thank you, FEMA for that big-assed 80's generator and the huge tank next to it. It's come in really handy to keep Moore informed. Most all stations in the market, including 1520, were simulcasting TV audio. 1520 continues to primarily be repeating channel 9 (KWTV), with some cut-ins from their radio news guy.
Yes, the towers are 1946 Blaw-Knox towers. They are huge, square, angle iron beasts from 1946, when people built stuff to last. It's softer steel, so that probably gives a little more, making them more likely to survive. Old man Griffin did things only one way: 100% right. Those towers are one of the last relics of that legacy at KOMA (KOKC). Ironically, David Griffin's multi-million dollar chopper flew over that area reporting also live via 1520. Some things still are the same. Griffin's still do things 100% right.``
Also from EJM May 21 on same board:http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=234926.10
``Both All Accesshttp://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118588/radio-withstands-reports-on-oklahoma-city-tornado
and Inside Radio http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2655033&spid=32060
have roundup stories of what various stations have been doing.
The Inside Radio one is newer, and notes that Tyler's cluster may be using generator power`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 22 at 0100, quick check for the Chaski turnoff: 0100:33* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 6055, May 22 at 0002, REE has just started its English hour to ``North America`` but useless here in summer noise level. Should be on a higher band, duh. OTOH, 9535 in Spanish is very good. But we`re lucky REE condescends to continue any English at all; NEVER on the Costa Rica relay.
Speaking of which, 9630, May 22 at 0004, REE Cariari supposed to be starting a bihour in DRM Spanish to N America, but instead just open carrier/dead air in AM mode. Lucky for the neighbors, but rather pointless waste. The simultaneous DRM to S America is funxional on 11810-11815-11820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 9795, May 22 at 1152, typical VietCom whoop-whoop jamming vs song in some SE Asian language. Aoki shows it`s Lahu from FEBC, Bocaue, Philippines, daily during this hour. (After 1200 WHRI blasts over 9795 and the Vietnam radio war moves up to 9920, but then the FEBC site is Iba) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, May 22 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1258; all the rest are CNR1 jam instead of FD:
12670, very poor at 1257; none in the 13s, 14s, 15s, 17s
16360, fair at 1259-1300* after two pips of timesignal
After 1330:
15800, fair at 1333. Must be here because of 100-watt Sound of Hope nuisance transmitter in Taiwan, per Aoki at 2130-1430
16920, JBA at 1333
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, May 22 at 0534, VOG fair with music, which is better than usual and better than expected with K=4 at 03 UT. 16m was still dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 690, May 22 at 0505 UT dominant signal from the DF instead of KTSM or KGGF (but whose carrier is probably still on), is Spanish, finishing choral NA, full ID as XEN, 100,000 watts, Grupo Radio Centro, ``la 69 es noticias``, beginning playback of Jacobo Zabludovsky`s 1 pm talkshow, and announced as also on several other GRC stations including XERED 1110 (now or originally, or both?).
Conditions somewhat auroral; K index at 03 was 4, by 06 UT down to 2, and ``no spaceweather storms`` per WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.5, May 22 am monitoring JBA carrier from PMA The Cross, to note its autotimer cutoff: 1159:03* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, May 22 at 0535* just as I tune in VON English, dumps off the air for about a semi-minute. When back, fair signal, modulation somewhat distorted. At this time after K=4 at 03 UT, 19m the best band, with everything from poorly audible Saudi 15170 Qur`an, to this to inbooming Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Further post-tornado monitoring of OKC stations:
Around 1820 UT May 21:
1140 KRMP and 1520 KOKC are back on the air; missing earlier in the morning. Paul Walker said, ``Reportedly, there's debris stuck IN the towers or on the towers of KOKC 1520``. 640 KWPN is still off.
1000, KTOK, mentioned that all the Clear Channel stations were simulcasting.
930, WKY Spanish seems to be talking more and playing music less. Around 1820 UT the poor DJ is trying to pronounce numerous OK counties with tornado watches(?), really mangling Pushmatáha (in the southeast)
Next check 2357 UT May 21:
640 KWPN is back on with Lucidol ad; so much for my WOI hopes, unless this too prove to be intermittent. But remains on whenever checked into May 22. Haven`t noticed any IBOC yet; probably too much to hope that recent troubles have eliminated it. 1140 & 1520 still on
1336 UT Wednesday May 22: 1520 KOKC is off again! Still cleaning out the towers? All the others seem nominal.
This was posted by OKCRadioGuy on the OK board at radiodiscussions.com May 21 at 1618 UT:
``1520, 640, 1000, and 1140 are all OK tower-wise. All are on the air except for KWPN who has generator issues. The Big 1520 is chugging along sipping on diesel. Thank you, FEMA for that big-assed 80's generator and the huge tank next to it. It's come in really handy to keep Moore informed. Most all stations in the market, including 1520, were simulcasting TV audio. 1520 continues to primarily be repeating channel 9 (KWTV), with some cut-ins from their radio news guy.
Yes, the towers are 1946 Blaw-Knox towers. They are huge, square, angle iron beasts from 1946, when people built stuff to last. It's softer steel, so that probably gives a little more, making them more likely to survive. Old man Griffin did things only one way: 100% right. Those towers are one of the last relics of that legacy at KOMA (KOKC). Ironically, David Griffin's multi-million dollar chopper flew over that area reporting also live via 1520. Some things still are the same. Griffin's still do things 100% right.``
Also from EJM May 21 on same board:http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=234926.10
``Both All Accesshttp://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/118588/radio-withstands-reports-on-oklahoma-city-tornado
and Inside Radio http://www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2655033&spid=32060
have roundup stories of what various stations have been doing.
The Inside Radio one is newer, and notes that Tyler's cluster may be using generator power`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 22 at 0100, quick check for the Chaski turnoff: 0100:33* which is 5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 6055, May 22 at 0002, REE has just started its English hour to ``North America`` but useless here in summer noise level. Should be on a higher band, duh. OTOH, 9535 in Spanish is very good. But we`re lucky REE condescends to continue any English at all; NEVER on the Costa Rica relay.
Speaking of which, 9630, May 22 at 0004, REE Cariari supposed to be starting a bihour in DRM Spanish to N America, but instead just open carrier/dead air in AM mode. Lucky for the neighbors, but rather pointless waste. The simultaneous DRM to S America is funxional on 11810-11815-11820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 9795, May 22 at 1152, typical VietCom whoop-whoop jamming vs song in some SE Asian language. Aoki shows it`s Lahu from FEBC, Bocaue, Philippines, daily during this hour. (After 1200 WHRI blasts over 9795 and the Vietnam radio war moves up to 9920, but then the FEBC site is Iba) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
