** ALASKA [and non]. 7355, May 1 at 1232, gospel music from KNLS English hour, QRM from pulse-jamming. When will stations ever learn never to go on a frequency which has ever been jammed by Cuba, at the same or any time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALASKA. 9695, May 2 at 1406, something new with gospel rock, S6-S2 but well modulated, best signal on band except for WRMIs and WBCQ. Likely either RBA or WCB, but quickly ID in passing as ``Your New Life Station``, so KNLS, which besides, is gone from 9580 where we had been hearing this English hour. Why change? No CCI or ACI to 9580 during this hour nor shown in Aoki/NDXC. At 1450, still going on 9695 with gospel music, and then capsule about archaeology, no doubt biblical and anti-science. A bit more music with no sign-off but dead air at 1459, keeps running and 1500 opens Russian, which I guess is also a replacement for 9730 where I just heard it a few days ago, but unrechecked now. Is 9695 now on the ``latest broadcasting schedule``? Of course not! https://www.worldchristian.org/welcome/who-we-are/how-to-listen/ Guess what: Sa`udi in Pashto is already scheduled on 9695 at 14-16, but no sign of it here, maybe imaginary. Guess what (2)? KNLS is scheduled on 9695 at 08-10 in English & Russian, so now I suspect 9695 be a one(?)-off mistake, failing to change to 9580/9730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALASKA. 9580, May 3 at 1413, gospel music, poor, still at 1455, and nothing on 9695; so KNLS is back on proper frequency after jump to 9695 yesterday. 1459 to dead air and off. 9730, May 3 at *1459.7, KNLS-2 cuts on after retune from 9580, 1500 IS and opening Russian, also back on proper frequency instead of 9695 yesterday. 9695 was legitimately on at 0800-1000, so I bet TX-2 was stuck there also for the intervening transmissions, from own sked: 1000 9580 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1100 9580 300 RUS E. Rus 1200 7355 270 ENG Pac. Rim 1300 7395 300 CHN N. China (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALASKA. 9580, May 6 at 1452, KNLS is again on correct frequency instead of 9695, S5-S7 ID as ``Your New Life Station``, P O Box address in Anchor Point (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, May 2 at 0521, RTA Qur`an via FRANCE again has rapid-beep jamming, tone or carriers less than 1 kHz from each side; approx. 10 X per second. A few recent chex lacked them, so not always applied. Who would want to jam this? Could it be something else, like spurs out of Cuban jamming nearby against no Martí? 7365 over 7335 does not compute, as that would land on 7305, 30 kHz away. However, 7435 over 7365 would fit, 70 kHz away. But these beeps do not match the mix of sounds heard on the Cuban jammers, nor their rate, and besides, would not explain why other RTA frequencies are also reported jammed. Maybe coincidental (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA [non]. 6050, May 3 at 0439, beep jamming against Qur`an service from RTA/TDA as always transmitted via Issoudun, FRANCE. Same QRM as heard against 7295 in the following hour. Altho rather ineffective here, certainly no accident and may be more annoying in African outback target areas. 7295, May 3 at 0545, RTA again with beep jamming here during Arabic talk rather than Qur`an at the moment, maybe sermon. Here`s the full A20 sked, to be checked for more beepery. It implies all Arabic broadcasts are nothing but HQ, really? Saturday, March 28, 2020 TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/tda-telediffusion-dalgerie-via-issoudun.html FRANCE Summer A20 of TDA Telediffusion d'Algerie via Issoudun 0400-0459 on 6050 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 0500-0559 on 6125 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px* 0500-0559 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px* 0600-0659 on 9620 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1800-1859 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 1900-1959 on 11985 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px* 1900-1959 on 12060 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px* 2000-2059 on 9510 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2000-2059 on 9655 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2100-2159 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2100-2159 on 5940 ISS 500 kW / 160 deg to CEAf Arabic Holy Quran px 2200-2259 on 5930 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf Arabic Holy Quran px* *xx03-xx10 news in French Much more user-friendly than HFCC: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A20&broadc=TDA where real ISS broadcasts are mixed in with countless IMAGINARY ones from two Algerian SWBC sites which have been under construxion(?) for many years, yet keeps registering skeds, to stake out territory and discourage other broadcasters who may be fooled. Now, to speculate on who could be jamming this? Maybe a Ramadan thing, due to warring Islamic sects. First Google search turns up this: ``Religion in Algeria is dominated by Muslims with over ninety-nine percent of the population adhering to Sunni Islam of the Maliki school of jurisprudence. The remainder include Christians, Jews, Ahmadi, Shia Muslims, and Ibadi Muslims.`` So obvious prime suspects are Shia who consider Sunni infidels. Since this mainly affects Qur`an recitations, is there a marked sectional difference in the method or content of these; or at that level should they be considered identically pan-Islamic? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9655, May 3 at 2036, RTA with Qur`an is beep-jammed here, but not on // 9510, as heard via UTwente. 5940, May 3 at 2101, RTA is beep-jammed here but not on // 5930, via UTwente. BTW, the ToH ID is not only in Arabic but also French, and English, ``Qur`an Radio, Algeria``. It appears the jamentity has only one transmitter so RTA is clear when running two frequencies, not always, but especially prime-time. Wolfgang Bueschel says this has been going on for the past five years in the Sahel zone. In that case, someone might have DFed the source by now, but it`s never too late. However it may be difficult to separate perpetrator from victim. Could be the jamming start/end a few seconds apart from the Issoudun QSY times. But later comes this reply from Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``This is not jamming; this is the typical one of two different types of tweet of two transmitters via Issoudun. Only one type is used here for TDA. Two different types was heard for Radio France International in French 0700-0800 UT on 13695 & 15300. -- 73! Ivo Ivanov`` Well! I simply could not imagine TDF/MBR could be so defective, doing this to itself, especially for 5 years?! Ivo does not say how this was determined, but I suggest: monitor whether the beepery start/stop at exactly the same time the ISS transmitter go on and off. Something`s always incredible at Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA [non]. 13820, May 6 at 1753, via UTwente I am standing by for RTA/TDA relay via FRANCE to start, meanwhile nothing but band noise on frequency. Issoudun does cut on a few seconds before *1800 and at exactly the same time the beepery, so it does surely seem to be defect of own transmitter, not jamming from somewhere else. The relative level of beepery continues same thruout hour as I keep listening. Altho the Qur`an Service, it`s far from total recitations; first news in French, then a lot of talk in Arabic, various music mixed with recitations. That`s the only frequency for the first hour, but at 1900 I find the beepery has switched to 11985; while the second frequency 12060 is free of it. Both go off at 1957. *2000 next pair come on, 9655 beeped, 9510 clear, immediately into nothing but Qur`an. If this self-QRM has been going on for years, it`s strange that so few random logs by others mention it. Maybe worse now? Or people just have ignored it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA. 15440, May 1 at 1420, JBA signal in uncertain language: listed as AWR in Urdu via Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 332-MCW kHz, May 1 at 0601 UT, ND beacon QT, which is 1000 watts from Thunder Bay, Ont., tho I wasn`t quite sure whether it was QE; atop my nearby IC, 400 watts at Wichita - PicnIC, Kansas, usually audible by itself. Different pitches help to differentiate them. Tonight lightning storms are faraway around the Bahamas and scattered spots in western USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9360, S6-S8 and 9970, S6-S7, April 30 at 1753 past 1800 without ID or any break, past 1818, both Firedragon jamming against nothing else audible but listed RFA in Mandarin via Kuwait and Saipan respectively. Rather surprised to be getting this around noon here. No sign of any others above or below this band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2032) ** CHINA. 11620, May 1 at 1241, song and Japanese talk, S7-S4. It`s CRI via Xianyang site. I would have expected India on this frequency, scheduled Tibetan service jammed, but currently most AIR external services locked down (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 11825, May 1 at 1237, Firedrake jamming atop something in English, just clips amid Chinese translation on VOA via THAILAND this hour; adding up to S9+10/20. Seems there is more FD and less CNR1 jamming these days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 9660, May 1 at 1244, echoing Chinese plus Firedrake, vs Radio Taiwan International. The echo presumably two CNR1 signals. Aoki now shows sites for some of these: Fuzhou. 9680, May 1 at 1245, echoing Chinese only here, CNR1 jamming via Kunming vs another RTI Chinese frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non]. 11880, May 4 at 1438, no signal from CRI relay via CUBA, supposed to be English at 1400-1600. Nor on ex-15700 nor anywhere else in the 7-17 MHz bands during routine bandscans. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Wolfgang Bueschel also reported this missing yesterday: ``RHC in A-20 - after 32 days monitoring, and a lot of frequency change IRRITATIONS by Radio CUBA 1400-1500 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English 1500-1600 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English n o t on air today May 3. 73 wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 711.00, May 6 at 0205, off-frequency het upon legit 710 stations such as KCMO; even stronger at 0222. Also a beat of about 3 Hz between two off-frequency 1 kHz het signals when tuned to 710-USB; At 0225, I isolate 711 as much as possible and attempt to hear any modulation to match Radio Rebelde on 5025; JBA but not 100% positive. 711 still there at 0601, vs Mexican NA in the 710 mix. At this time there are no TA 9-kHz signals on the lower half of band; one JBA carrier on 846, presumed from night-path Kiritimati. Steven Wiseblood, Harlingen TX in the RGV, replied April 21-22: ``2-3 weeks ago Rebelde was measured at 710.5 kHz. As of April 15th they have returned to nominal 710.00 kHz. When they were off frequency they were producing a MASSIVE HET agaisnt semi-local 710 KURV Edinburg. I seem to remember a few years ago Rebelde was on 711 for a few days, and were easily strong enough to be separable from 710. This time I measured the audio beat to 710 kHz. At least on one early morning I measured the audio beat from Rebelde at 510 Hz.`` However, I, gh, never caught anything around 710.51. Remember, there are SEVEN Rebelde transmitters on 710 per WRTH 2020 page 172, ranging from 200 to 1 kW, plus a Radio Guamá 10 kW in Pinar del Río. We really can`t tell which two are on 711, and it`s definitely not right to say ``Radio Rebelde on 711 instead of 710`` as if there were only one of them. DXers in FL might be able to sort this out; except for QRM from ``wacky`` WAQI 50 kW Miami, which is why all these CMBAs converged on 710 in the first place. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Ask Arnie? Ha3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Tue May 5 at 1934-1941, RHC English with `DXers Unlimited` over this variable span. Hard to follow; I think he was mainly talking about ham QRP operation; distorted, but less so this time than French on 15370. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, May 6 at 1350, no spurblobs from RHC today but 13700 itself is splattery. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 6 at 1448 check, CRI Plus English relay is gone again after resuming yesterday after two days gone. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 7350, April 30 at 1309, RHC Spanish is S4-S6 and undermodulated, ex-7340. Evidently moved because of someAsian on 7340; seems like Chinese, but Aoki shows the only at this hour is National Unity Radio, clandestine toward North Korea from Tajikistan site; as long as AIR Mumbai be inactive. 9535 RHC is also on at 1314 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2032) ** CUBA. 13740 // 13700, April 30 at 1315, RHC on these two today but no spurblobs; rather very weak leapfrogs on 13660 & 13780. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11790 & 11810, May 1 at 0019, RHC JBA parasitic carriers to new 11800, so that proves they are the ex-11850 transmitter, ex-11840 always with the plus/minus 10 kHz sputnix. Something continues wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9340, May 1 at 0020, RHC is gone again after appearing on this new frequency yesterday. Now 9535 and 9640 are still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11700 and 13740, onetime/sometime RHC frequencies are also off, May 1 at 0021. Wolfgang Bueschel notes new 15230 carries some Portuguese, so that makes it ex-11700. So a full survey of active Cuban SW frequencies, including CRI relays, circa 0025 May 1, finds: 15730, 15230, 15120, 11760, 11670, 9640, 9535, 6145, 6060, 6000, 5990, 5040, 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, May 1 at *0030 sharp, carrier on from Radio Progreso, but like last night, another fiasco, no modulation and keeps cutting off and on after nominal sign-on time: 0033* off, *0036:35 back on and off, *0040:35 on and off again; 0050 still off, so enough of that, but by 0155 recheck it`s staying on with musical modulation. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7350, May 1 at 1251, RHC again here instead of 7340, not only MayDay but RHC anniversary: heartfelt renditions of ``The Internationale`` first in Spanish, then in Brasilian. There are many different lyrix but in English I prefer Billy Bragg`s. Such idealism, yet ruined in application by Commies including Cubans: https://folkworks.org/archives/2191-everything-but/46676-pete-seeger-the-internationale Listen to and read three of them there. Then testimonials to RHC, 1256 someone lauds from Sancti Spíritus, // 15230 et al. However, Wolfgang Büschel reported a few minutes later: ``Every day, a different schedule of the Radio Habana shortwave organization, these days: At 1318 UT on May 1st, RHC Bejucal in Spanish on 7340 kHz (not 7350 as on April 29 and 30). 73 wb df5sx`` --- so they switched around 1300? Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11800, May 1 at 2255, NF of RHC is S9, but just barely modulated in Spanish: far better however than the parasites on 11790 & 11810. I am checking whether there will be a collision with Romania in Spanish already on 11800 at 2300? I do not hear any IS from it before 2300, but by 2301 there it is: weaker signal underneath leading to about the same low modulation level as RHC. 11700 was the other RRI Spanish frequency, but RHC forced it to QSY, to 11990, where I also JB hear RRI now that 11700 is vacant of both! Can it be coincidental that these two keep colliding. The Cuban Commies surely have no respect for countries which have overthrown the yoke of Communist oppression -- and even assassinated the dictators. Or is it merely Cuban incompetence, picking a frequency already occupied by another station in Spanish to Latin America? Anyhow, RRI might as well move back onto 11700, if Cuba does not: better wait a while to see how this shaxe out. Something`s always wrong at RHC. BTW, Aoki/NDXC still shows RRI 23-24 Spanish on 11700 & 11800, while EiBi has it right, 11800 & 11990 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7380, May 1 at 2256, RHC music at S9+20/25, instead of 11880, where it had kept the 2300 English so far since the DST shift. Wolfie had been expecting this alternate frequency but reports today: ``A-3 antenna HRS4/4/0.8 RJ 130degr -30degr slewed SoAF azimuth 2230-2300 11880 BAU 100 100 SoAf Portuguese Africa today again Portuguese, not Spanish like on May 1st instead. Every day new RHC irritations. 73 wolfie`` But at 2256 when I had 7380, 11880 was NOT on; had it just switched? He means today = UT May 1; May 1 = UT April 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7335, 7365, 7405, 7435, May 2 at 0521, Cuban jamming of various levels still running here against Radio Martí frequencies, the active ones of which, 7335 and 7435, have just been turned off for good at 0400* per budget cuts, as monitored by Stephen Luce, Houston TX. We expect the DentroCuban jamming command will not swiftly turn off too, as they have kept jamming many other previous RM channels. However, Stephen Luce follows up: ``At a later 0530 check May 2 the Cuban jamming was still going on 6030; however nothing on 7335 and 7435.`` Steve McGreevy suggests: ``A few things come to mind why Cuba keeps-on their jamming (possibly): 1) Unaware of the Marti outage thus keeping them going; 2) They know BUT afraid to switch off the jammers and have Marti take advantage and switch back on in the clear... 3) The Cubans have more jamming budget under their system to blare away 24/7 (?) rather than "budget" to better-match the schedule of Marti... a little cold-war remnant just like our monitoring of the KOR/KRE fascination, eh?! 73 - Steve :-) -- N6NKS - www.auroralchorus.com `` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13436, 13501, 13568, 13634; 13766, 13833, 13900, May 2 at 1411-1415, extremely distorted FM/AM spurblobs at approx. 66-kHz intervals out of 13700-AM, the outer ones JBA except for S7-S9 13900 which I hit first downtuning; in some cases a trace of the F# tone the only clue. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13545, 13610, 13675; 13805, 13870, 13935, 13999 approx., May 2 at 2116, now it`s the 13740-AM frequency carrying the spur-blob-producing transmitter we have previously caught on 15370, and many mornings including today on 13700. Now these are about 65-kHz intervals, declining from strong S4-S6 at the first order out to JBA on the outskirts, at least with the signature F# tone. 13870 also conflicts with the RTTY normally on there. This of course can only happen when fundamental 13740 be on the air in the tardes, extremely irregular. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7335, 7355, 7365, 7435, 9565, May 3 at 0547, residual pulse jamming on abandoned Radio Martí frequencies --- or never on the air at this hour, anyway. But still wall-of-noise heavy jamming on 5980 and 6030, also vacant of RM. Think how many undernourished Cubans could be well-fed for the expense of this more-than-useless jamming. Viva Fidel! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13567, 13633, 13766 approx., May 3 at 1315, spurblobs out of 13700-AM, hardly any program audio audible, at 66-67 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, May 3 at 1601, RHC opening Esperanto, // 15140 distorted, back at proper Sunday time after missing at least the past two weeks when continued in Spanish. Preceded by Spanish frequency announcement at 1600 for 11760 (? I thought he said 11860), 15140 until 1800, and FMs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, May 3 at 2127, this RHC is on today but no spurs; however a bit distorted. One wonders if they swap around different transmitter units. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7380, May 3 at 2314, RHC English in `DXers Unlimited` instead of 11880. Maybe Arnie saw wolfie`s comment that 11880 was too high to propagate that late into alleged target Africa. So is this not wrong? 9340, BTW, has not been heard again one single time since I caught RHC Spanish there, May 1 at 0020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13430, 13496, 13562, 13632; 13770, 13840, 13910, 13981, 14040-14068 approx., May 4 at 1350, FM/AM spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM at 66-71 kHz intervals, in FM mode all with F# tone, the fringe ones only that as a giveaway. 13562 at S6-S9, and well-modulated if tuned in FM. The uppermost is very weak and diffuse INTRUDING inside the 20m hamband, clued only by the tone. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7350, May 5 at 1347, RHC still here but poor, ex-7340 where there is algo, presumably NK clandestine from Tajikistan; but QSY may be more to avoid own jamming and Radio Martí, very strong on 7335. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, May 5 at 1354, RHC is S9+10 but suptorted, unusual for this legacy frequency; wiggle that patchcord! 13740, May 5 at 1358, S9 and suptorted even worse. Somethings always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13490, 13559, 13630; 13771, 13841, 13910, 13981 approx., May 5 at 1355, spurblob panoply at 70-71 kHz intervals out of RHC 13700-AM. Best audible in FM mode, always with F# tone above Cmiddle. 13559 and 13770 are VG S9, the outermost ones JBA. But at 1400 all go silent as modulation stops; after breakfast of pineapple, next check at 1432 they are all back. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 5 at 1518, CRI English relay is back on, after at least two days` missing. Something`s not wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 7380, May 6 at 2300, RHC English still here, not 11880. 11800, May 6 at 2312 RHC Spanish still colliding with and atop RRI Spanish from Romania; its // 11990 in clear while 11700 remains vacant. 13740, May 6 at 2315, this RHC is off, so no spurs either; 13650 CRI distorted music relay instead of Portuguese is on. 15730, May 6 at 2316, RHC Kriyol is VP S9 and suppressed/distorted modulation; 15230 also on with Spanish, amounting to the SSOB and OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** HONG KONG [non]. 9400, April 30 at 1313, heavy collision, at least one in Chinese, fast SAH, another in classical music, and maybe a third station. I figured it must be SOH or Taiwan or RFA piled upon by ChiCom jammers, but Aoki and EiBi show the only station is Radio Liangyou 1, via FEBC Iba site, PHILIPPINES at 1030-1400. It doesn`t rate an entry in WRTH, just another Chinese broadcast of FEBC. But originating in Hong Kong, does it have a political agenda beyond mere evangelism, to merit jamming? The only other 9400 partially listed at this hour is Brother Hystairical via Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** HONG KONG [non]. 9400, May 1 at 1248, one Chinese signal of S3-S5, Liangyou 1 Radio via FEBC PHILIPPINES; unlike yesterday at 1313 when there was a pileup of more Chinese, presumably jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA [and non]. Dawn Chorus birdsongs started at 0015 May 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgwftFhUQCk Tnx to Jose Jacob for the link (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {I started to listen to it but soon found there was too much yak, discussing species, etc., and too little real birdsong --- gh} ** KOREA SOUTH. 9095, April 18 at 1818, Korean at S7-S9, i.e. this week`s jumparound frequency of Echo of Hope, clandestine for the north. I often detect a carrier at many times on 9095, 9100 or 9105, but rarely this good. 9 MHz must be in a sweet spot for reception from E Asia, cf. Firedragon jammers from China. EiBi shows VOH not on the air at this hour, but Aoki does (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, May 6 at 0617, XEPPM fair modulation, enough to tell that it`s the finale of Beethoven`s Ninth, but played on keyboard, with a bit of choral; 0620 segué to Pomp & Circumstance. They used to have a detailed playlist but now can`t even find a program grid schedule at https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/ QRM from irregular tones of same pitch; not clear whether own transmitter defect or QRM. RHC on 6145 is intoning about plus/minus 4 kHz at music peaks, and so are 6100 & 6060, so a defect in their program feed, maybe multiplied (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, May 6 at 0617, XEPPM fair modulation, enough to tell that it`s the finale of Beethoven`s Ninth, but played on keyboard, with a bit of choral; 0620 segué to Pomp & Circumstance. They used to have a detailed playlist but now can`t even find a program grid schedule at https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/ QRM from irregular tones of same pitch; not clear whether own transmitter defect or QRM. RHC on 6145 is intoning about plus/minus 4 kHz at music peaks, and so are 6100 & 6060, so a defect in their program feed, maybe multiplied (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 3 at 0027, The Mighty Farty KBC on reactivated May-Aug frequency via Nauen, GERMANY, rock music, what else? Fair signal to UTwente SDR, maybe a bit too close. But JBA here in OK! at 0034 check; at a Maine SDR, good signal that far anyway. At UTwente, ex-5960 is now open for Chinese. Perhaps 7 MHz band would have been a good compromise for broader North American coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NICARAGUA [non?]. 8989-USB, May 6 2309, JBA talk, seems like speech rather than 2-way, can`t even be sure it`s Spanish, but it looks like the fisher-preacher may have resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7254.9, April 30 at 0614, S9-S6 of dead air from VON. Well, that`s something --- but not really better than nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6933-USB, May 3 at 0033, JBA rock music here, but good at Maine SDR, seems originally live concert with crowd applause. Some unreadable announcements. Many logs here say it`s KINK Radio, apparently playing only music by a such-named band. https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,66482.0.html 0042 stops, but soon resumes on 6935-AM, apparently same station/ Off at 0046* (Glenn Hauser, OK WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950.13-AM, May 1 at 2310, JBA rock music, het from local 6950.0 JBA KCRC 5 X 1390 sportstalk. These say it`s Captain Morgan Shortwave: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,66398.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-USB, May 1 at 2308, pulsing rock music like record stuck in groove --- remember that? S5-S6. More reports as unID, but last one before 2327* says sounds like Radio Olah??: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,66399.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11895.022, May 3 at 0550, off-frequency Chinese talking about Mei-guo and Chung-guo, immediately bringing to mind NMI site with such characteristix --- yes, RFA Chinese via SAIPAN now scheduled. But no sign of jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1-WBFM, May 2 at 2015 UT, KUCO-FM Edmond/OKC with this Saturday`s opera already over, the anonymous fill-music show is playing something very interesting; I really perk up when I hear a well-known humaly in the voice of Carl Sagan. It ends at 2035 when Lane Whitesell IDs this as Carolyn Shaw`s ``The Listeners``. We never know exactly when the good stuff will start once the Met be over. Unfortunately, KUCO provides no playlist on weekends even for its original programming, so I search about it later. ``The Listeners`` premiered last fall in California: https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/philharmonia-baroque-orchestra-chorale/philharmonia-baroque-orchestra-chorale-unveils https://www.kdfc.com/culture/the-state-of-the-arts/caroline-shaw-the-listeners-world-premiere/ https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/review-caroline-shaws-gleaming-new-oratorio-looks-toward-the-cosmos https://philharmonia.org/2019-2020-season/a-cosmic-notion/ So far I don`t find any linx to recordings of it which one of these says is about 30 minutes long. But KUCO got it. Some more vocal music on KUCO, and listening on $tereo headphones, I can tell that Lane is voice-tracked, as there are breaks in the background noise level during his announcements. With another hour to fill, after ToH IDs at 2100 it drops to dead air for a minute, then defaults to non-vocal music, really strange stuff, harpsichord and violin hitting some really sour notes; like a parody? When I recheck at 2110, Kimberly Powell is apparently live, apologizing for disruption in regular programming, and playing a properly tuned piano quintet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1-WBFM, Sunday May 3 as usual starting a bit late after 2000 UT, KUCO-FM with `Wind & Rhythm`, an excellent program of band music, but not exclusively. A few weeks ago the entire hour was devoted to Carl Orff`s ``Carmina Burana``, one of my great favorites, to which I sing along if no one can hear me. Lyrix can be found here: http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/orff-cb/carmlyr.php I can handle the Latin a lot better than the Low-German. This made it quite obvious that a number of sexions were skipped to fit it into one hour, so I requested that on a future show they play the rest. The first half this week, #570, did exactly that for ``Glenn in Enid``. W&R has a huge archive of shows on demand, and this one should be added soon. The first show from 14 months ago, which I heard on a more recent repeat, was this: http://www.windandrhythm.com/episodes/episode-516-carmina-burana The player shows less than 30 minutes, but you get to the second half by clicking on the forward arrows (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. After several weeks off, VOP is reported resumed by Jose Jacob to the WOR iogroup May 5: ``Message is received from Radyo Pilipinas that they are back on air from 1 May 2020. - Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS`` Alan Holder, Isle of Wight: ``Great to hear this good news. I tuned in yesterday (May 5) at 1730 and heard them as follows: 9960 – poor signal strength, noisy, but in the clear; 12120 – fair signal – clear – but with atmospheric noise; 15190 – no propagation to the U.K. currently. The broadcast opened with many public information ads on Covid-19. A shame they do not have a mixture of Filipino and English on both the 0200 and 1730 releases. Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, U.K.`` However, no signals detected on any of the three frequencies scheduled at 0200-0330, when I tried at 0305-0310 UT May 6 remotes in Vietnam, India, Philippines, China, New Zealand. All are generally beamed westward. 12010, 15640, 17820 http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A20&broadc=PBS But Ron Howard replies, ``Hi Glenn, Listening May 6, at 0238 UT, on 15640; was clearly in English, but not very readable; on 12010 and 17820, only had a carrier, with no audio. At least they are back on the air again! Ron California``. Keep in mind VOP is Duterte`s government station. Meanwhile he has closed the largest commercial radio/TV network, ABS-CBN: Among several press reports about it, via Matt Francis to WOR iog: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52548703 Via Vince Ferme, Ottawa, IRCA iog: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/philippines-largest-tv-network-abs-cbn-ordered-shut-200505084440098.html Via Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/05/20/abs-cbn-shutdown-comes-at-worst-possible-time-amid-pandemic-says-rights-watchdog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. See CUBA [and non]: RHC collides with RRI on 11800 ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615.065, May 4 at 1347, JBA carrier is the OSOB and therefore also the SSOB, signature always off-frequency plus. Tnx to Allah for SRI/SBC, without which we would have no evidence of any propagation on this band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 1 at 2230, VOT is on today and better signal than usual even into the PL-880 portable; mixture of music and station promos in English; by 2252 it`s S9+15 on the JRC; 2254 YL sign-off claiming as usual we have been listening to the 1230-1330 broadcast on 15450! What does she know? Something`s always awry at Ankara. Keeps going into IS; 2256 pause and restart IS, inserting German IDs twice a minute, so we`re in for a bonus. Timesignal ends 5.5 seconds late after 2300, elaborate sign-on in German but chopped off the air by 2300:45*. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 2 at 2210, VOT English is on the air today, but mostly Turkish fill music, VG via UTwente but with some hum --- not positive whether it be transmitted thus. But from 2219.5 to 2228, it`s an evergreen `Turkey`s Tourist Attraxions`, all about the crossroads of Istanbul. Rest is mostly music, occasional TRT/VOT promos ``with you 24 hours`` --- really? and 2238 COVID-19 PSA about how to fight it; 2253 sign-off claiming it`s the 1230 broadcast on 15450, IS, 2256 restart IS with German IDs inserted but this time cut off at 2258.5* before can start that phantom service. Something`s always awry at Ankara, erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 5 at 2200, another day off for VOT English to N America; possibly came on late, unrechecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 251-MCW kHz, May 1 at 0607, ND beacon, AM, which is 100 watts at Amarillo TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 257-MCW kHz, May 1 at 0605 UT, NDB: FWC which is 25 watts from Fairfield, Wayne County; that`s between Mt Vernon and Mt Carmel in SE Illinois. I was tuned to 255-USB in another check for my nearby AWOL SW in Stillwater OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, May 1 at 0602 UT, NDB MA which is 400 watts at MidlAnd, Texas. I was tuned to 324-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 366-MCW kHz, May 6 at 0609 UT, ND beacon EGK(?) I`m certain of the last letter but not the middle one. Best fit at dxinfocentre.com is EOK, 25 watts in Keokuk, Iowa. Only thing unusual vs spring noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7212-LSB, May 1 at 0550, YL voice calling CQ CQ CQ over and over in presumed recording, each item thrice: K7VAP. QRZ.com shows: https://www.qrz.com/db/k7vap with cats and plane photos Piggott, Valerie A, K7VAP, Tacoma, WA 98409 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7457-USB, May 5 at 1345, MARS net 4TX2, presumably referring to Texas, NCS AFA4VO calling for contacts and one comes from AFA4WP with relays, both fonetik. Much more detailed logs of this frequency including AFA4VO: https://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8031.txt from 12+ years ago, and briefly 3- years ago: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1735.txt Google searching on AFA4VO it`s amazing how many non-MARS false hits, like license plates, stuff in Chinese, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non?]. 9885, May 6 at 0616, VP signal in French? VOA Grimesland has been scheduled here M-F at 0600-0630, but wondering if they would keep it with no OCB or anything else to diffuse overnight. HFCC as of May 5 shows it still GB for the rest of A20. The previous semihour is via Woofferton and could probably be extended from that or some other site. This time of night, prop even from NC on this band could be this poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 contents: Alaska, Algeria non, Austria, Benin, China, Cuba and non, France, Germany, India and non, Japan non, Korea South & North, Mali, México, Netherlands non, Nicaragua, Philippines, Romania, Sa`udi Arabia, South Carolina non, Sudan, Tajikistan/Tibet non, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam; and the propagation outlook WOR 2032 is available as of 0112 UT Friday May 1 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2032.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2032.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NE, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 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 Thanks this week for financial support from Anne Fanelli, Elma NY, who sent a US$ cheque to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 next SW broadcasts should be: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NE, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: napped thru first WRMI airing, Friday May 1 at 2200 on 9955: did anyone hear it and how much jamming? Confirmed UT Saturday May 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780 VG via UTwente, in fact better than the others via a Rochester: 5850 G with local buzz; 5010 F with storm crashes. Dr Hansjoerg Biener, also confirms: ``200502 Glenn Hauser World of Radio to 0200 5010 (weak) 5850 (weak) 7780 (strong)``. Next: 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: did anyone hear the Sat May 2 at 1130 on WRMI 9955 while I snoozed, and how was the jamming? Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, catches the next one: ``Reception of World of Radio#2032 via WRMI-9 Okeechobee on May 2: https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/reception-of-world-of-radio2032-via.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZCO7PFbIL8&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISfv92EhB0&feature=youtu.be 1300-1330 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Sat, weak/fair`` Sat May 2 at 1942, the 1930v on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, JBA as monitored on the Peoria IL KiwiSDR. Next: 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: tuned in just in time to hear me ending at 0351 UT Sun May 3 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good signal into Indiana SDR but lots of storm crashes as matching the Blitzortung map over IL & IN. So started circa 0322. Next: 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v to WSW Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday May 4 at 0130 & 0230 on WRMI 7780, good via Rochester. Also confirmed UT Mon May 4 from 0300.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, good via Rochester SDR. Also confirmed UT Mon May 4 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair with jamming at Rochester, but good with no jamming at Bogotá. Next: 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed Monday May 4 from 1800:40 on IRRS 7290-Romania? via UTwente. Strong carrier came on at *1756 diminishing but not eliminating splash from 7280 & 7300; 1759 cut on modulation talking about crisis, RNA; soon cut that off for canned IRRS sign-on again advising, wrongly, that this is on compatible reduced-carrier USB, best tuned in that mode! NOT, never by this site, just full carrier AM/DSB, but probably was long ago when really out of Milano. 1800 three FSN headlines, then into WOR. Despite no ACI from 7295 & 7285, even with narrow bandwidth, 7290 still suffers some kind of QRM, apparently splash from SSS - stilted Spanish from 7280 Vietnam. And 7300 German is also strong from Iran until 1820. 1830 longer FSN stories from Washngton, into Dan Roberts` `Shortwave Report`; again his final brief item is from Sputnik about dying Capitalism, but not brief enough, not to be chopped off in time for 1859 IRRS sign-off. WOR 2032 also confirmed UT Tue May 5 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 but noisy here from heavy storms in SE OK. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Just noticed May 5 on the WRMI skedgrid an additional time for WOR on WRMI, finally back on the air Saturday night: UT Sunday 0300 on 5800 (and follows revived Radio Tirana at 0230 UT Sun & Mon); to be confirmed. 5800 is WRMI-10 at 160 degrees, same as WRMI-3 on 9955, but 5800 is always good here, never MUFed out nor jammed like 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: next and last: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE WOR 2033 should be ready early UT Friday May 8, first US SWBC Friday at 2200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed Wed May 6 at 2122 check, the 2100:20v on WBCQ 7490+, VP S4-S5 as always in the summer thru the dayside. Also confirmed UT Thu May 7 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via remote in Maine. WOR 2033 should be ready early UT Friday May 8, first US SWBC Friday at 2200 on WRMI 9955. Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from Anne Fanelli, Elma NY, who sent a US$ cheque to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.917V, May 1 at 0158, this WBCQ is on with Hal Turner spelling out his NJ address, and asking for foreign currency contributions; frequency wavering slightly as I try to measure it; also on // 5130 and 7490.04v; presumably also on WRMI 9455, but over by the time I check at 0159 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.045v, to 7490.050v, from 0030 to 0057 UT Saturday May 2, `AAAWWW` on WBCQ, also on much weaker 5130.04; and medium 6159.96V which has a het from a station closer to 6160.00. I knew this was going to happen as soon as we had the new Ramadan-extra schedule until May 25 from IRAN: 0023-0120 for all those Turx who want to listen to those Shiites, up in the middle of the night for early-breakfast, 500 kW at 298 degrees per Ivo; around 0030 AW starts to read a long article from Radio World about Lee DeForest, radio pioneer. 0057 just a bit of e-mail before 0100 cut to Hal Turner. I was also listening to the first few minutes on 7490 webcast; it started out JBM but blasted on as I was about to try 5130 webcast. A&A acknowledges it`s May Day; and soon Angela is too hot in Florida and takes off her shirt in a coy radio strip-tease. But John Carver took it as Allan taking off his shirt: ``Tonight's show started on time on 5130 and 6160 and a few seconds later on 7490. Allan and Angela in the studio in Fla. Opens with Allan taking his shirt off as it's hot in the studio. No mention of what Angela is wearing. Allan states that at least in this country radio listening is still more popular than streaming and that radio will continue to be more popular for years to come. First phone call at 0012 from Freddie with reception reports on the three frequencies. Then Allan stated that he had filed a complaint about Iran interfering and colliding with 6160 from about 0020 to 0120. Phone call from Freddie again at 0019 saying he would check on the interference with 6160. Freddie yet again at 0023 reporting that there is indeed a collision on 6160. Back to talking about radio in general and how it will always be superior to the internet. Allan then reads an article from Radio World about Lee DeForest. Reading of emails at 0051 and closing prayer at 0059 cut off at 0100. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.12v, May 5 at 2053, checking WBCQ direct just before the heavily publicized `Big Broadcast of 2020`. Yep, VP S4-S5 in daytime noise level, so useless. Instead I listen to the entire hour via webcast 2100-2200, and enjoy presentations of several different music shows; some of it even sounds $tereophonic. 7490 reception is just as bad toward the end recheck at 2157. Now if they can put it on after dark, everyone will have a better chance to hear it on SW. Meanwhile the 500 kW remains dedicated to flatearthism on 9330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, May 4 circa 1400, WRMI much stronger than usual and so is 15825 WWCR --- both getting sporadic E boost. Checking DXMAP later, there are lots of Es patches over eastern USA, at 1622 MUF hitting 91 MHz over western TN/KY, so FM DX is in prospect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. What`s on WRMI, UT Tue May 5 at 0112+: 5010 // 5850, Alameda Bible Fellowship Robotnik 5800, RTI in Spanish 7780, WORLD OF RADIO 9395, RAE in English, S9+10/20 9455, Hal Turner insanity, S9+10/30 This is another anomaly example: 9395 & 9455 are supposed to be on exactly the same antenna azimuth 355 degrees, and 100 kW power, only 60 kHz apart so propagation identical. Yet, 9455 is noticeably stronger. As for Turner, Dr Hansjoerg Biener comments on my previous log: ``I was there too, but earlier. You should have heard what Hal Turner had to say in defence of President Trump's disinfectant injection ideas or rather his insulting politicians and anyone else who was not really understanding what the President said. When I first saw the press conference excerpt I was shocked that nobody of the medical experts stood up against it immediately. In Germany, remarks like these add to the view of a dysfunctional presidency and to fears that this will carry on for another term. I was rebuked on this group for getting off topic, but in my humble opinion the short wave listening hobby is not only about logging and verifying rare stations, measuring off frequencies or noting irregularities, but mainly and mostly about learning about cultural differences and reflecting about what you hear (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 1 May 2020)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15555-USB, Sunday May 3 at 2126, I can tell that WJHR gospel huxter is on, JBA; usually no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9605, May 3 at 1305, ``Precious Memories`` hymn by soprano with piano, sounds almost like Martha Garvin, but soon outro as Jan, for Mothers` Day, OM gospel huxter. VG S9+10, something new? Must be domestic. Not in Aoki/NDXC but in EiBi as WHRI-1, Sundays only at 13-14, English to Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540-, May 1 at 1208 UT, LAH against KXEL? from SSE/NNW off-frequency station I am sure is KGBC Galveston TX, as IDed several times before; but het is not always there, sometimes on-frequency; or off the air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1680, May 3 at 1247 UT, KRJO Monroe LA plugging offer of 100 commercials for $500 on any of six stations, contact 318 AC phone number; back to C&W music. What a deal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [non]. 9610, May 1 at 1242, other-worldly song and religious Russian talk. This semihour only, it`s VR via USAGM, Tinang, PHILIPPINES, violating Separation of Church and State (In case you think I exaggerate, the USG should not be favoring any religion over another. If it`s OK to make a relay deal with the Catholix, any other ilk could expect/demand the same privilege! Why not Brother Scare via Greenville?!) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1350+, May 1 at 1206 UT, somestation far enough off+frequency to make a LAH - low audible het, with dominant from NE, presumably KRNT Des Moines; but this one loops roughly SE/NW: two most likely culprits are KCOX Jasper TX and WWWL New Orleans LA, both with 5 kW day power. But 5+ years ago in mwoffsetts, WWWL was very slightly on the minus side, KCOX unknown (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Tim Hall, California, replies: ``In my recordings from the Nevada-Utah border last October. KDZA seemed to be off-frequency high, as suggested by https://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=1350 73 Tim`` Yes, I don`t know how I missed that one, fits for DF and plusness: ``1350.034 USA KDZA (Pueblo, CO) 2010-11-12`` --- altho this measurement was 9.5 years ago. BTW, I still associate 1350 with KGHF and 1230 with KDZA. But since April 26, 1993, 1230 has been KKPC. In their infinite wisdom, the Pueblo market masters evolved an evern more complex callsign history for 1350: [evern = ever and even] Call Sign Begin Date KDZA 01/23/2018 KBPL 01/16/2018 KCCY 04/01/2012 KDZA 04/25/2008 KGHF 12/04/1989 KRYT 12/01/1988 KIDN 1350 was previously KGHF as one of my very first DX catches in 1953 or 1954 from Santa Rosa NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1420+, May 1 at 1207 UT, someotherstation far enough off+frequency to make a LAH with other 1420s, also looping roughly SE/NW like 1350. Too many possibilities: closest KFYN Bonham TX; KBHS Hot Springs AR; KPEL Lafayette LA; WQBC Vicksburg MS. Maybe we can rule out KBHS which 1+ year ago was 3.5 Hz low (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6161.5-USB, May 1 at 2312, JBA 2-way in Spanish or maybe Portuguese INTRUDERS, noted while checking for 6160v WBCQ: not yet on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13435.8-USB, May 2 at 1415, JBA 2-way in Spanish vs an RHC spur and CODAR: great frequency choice! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS Updated May 3: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html