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We have 9395 kHz on the air at very low power on generator, 100 watt. Will be 24 hours a day. Would appreciate reports (Jeff White, WRMI, 2327 UT September 12, DX LISTENING DIGEST)   ———-   Florida Power & Light Company has announced that most customers in our part of Florida should have electricity restored by the end of …

Sent a report via email to ozyradio@gmail.com , telling Craig about my listening to Ozy Radio today while parked at the beach. I string out my long wire antenna along the wooden fence that I park next to.   Craig’s nice reply came back in just five hours. Ron Howard (via dxld)   “G’day, Ron Thanks for the reception report. …

** CUBA. 6165, Sept 11 at 0501, erroneous RHC English frequency is off, having been on at last check 0215. Now, NO other Cuban transmitters are to be heard: 6145, 6100, 6060, 6000, 5040, 5025. At 1247, no 5025, nor 6000, 6060, 6100, nor any on 9, 11, 13 and 15 MHz bands. CRI relay 9570 off, uncovering a JBA …

** CUBA. Hurricane Irma traveled along the northern coast of Cuba, but veered away before it got to Habana area where the SW transmitters reside. Nevertheless, they have been affected, as surveyed Sept 11 at 0137-0147, more is wrong than usual: RHC Spanish: not on 11840, 11760, 9535, 6060, but still on 5040. RHC English: not on 6000 or 6145, …

** CUBA. 6060, Sept 10 at 1233, RHC with report from Cárdenas about Irma damage, on the Cadena Nacional de Radio y Radio Habana Cuba. (CNR may mean some or all of the major domestic networks have been merged.) 6000 is off; // 6100 but with usual CCCCCCI (Chinese communist Chinese language co-channel interference); 1238 on to the situation in …

Dear WRMI Friends, Colleagues and Clients: I am writing this at 0400 UTC Sunday, September 10. Here in Okeechobee the winds are starting to pick up as Hurricane Irma heads to Florida. The exact path of the hurricane continues to change somewhat, but it appears that the eye of Hurricane Irma will be passing a bit to the west of …

** CUBA. 5025, Sept 10 at 0022, R. Rebelde manages to modulate again, Huracán Irma report about impact on Cuba and SW Florida (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad is still off. Dr. Madrid wants to use a ham transmitter in the meantime, but can`t get it to work; may need some rewiring. Asks for …

There will be a bunch of tests from Armenia, Yerevan tomorrow tuesday, september 12 between 0500 and 1600 UT on 7530 kHz. Power 100 kW, directed to 192° Iran / Iran / Turkey. RRs appreciated via DXLD)

** CAMBODIA [non]. 9700, Sept 8 at 1303, JBA carrier unlike yesterday, when Ron Howard and Wolfgang Büschel quickly identified this as indeed a new frequency for Radio Free Asia in Cambodian, here via Tinian, while now inaudible original // 12140 is Saipan. Nor heard at 1308 on another recent addition, 9615 Tinang, Philippines. Severe geomag storm but only temporary. …

Very little information available regarding station outages etc across the Caribbean. One possible casualty might be ZBVI [780]. On line streams were dead and Facebook contributions had stalled. Yesterday 6/9. On Barbuda the storm has reportedly wiped out 90% of buildings and all telecommunications is down. Keep your radios on for stations along the Florida Coast. All stations are authorized …

** CANADA. 650, Sept 7 at 0549 UT, adstring mentioning Saskatoon repeatedly, something called CPMA and promos for 650CKOM. Makes 52/minute = 0.867 Hz SAH with easily nulled weak WSM. I was looking for auroral conditions, hardly; and not KGAB WY either. 10 kW CKOM night pattern is north only, while day pattern has a minor lobe to south (Glenn …

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Sept 6 at 0552, Caribbean Beacon is off, as you would expect with huge Hurricane Irma hitting the island. Has Dead Doctor Gene finally met his match in an even bigger blowhard?? Richard Langley noted that the night frequency never came up after day frequency 11775 closed a few minutes after 2200 Sept 5. 11775, also CB …