WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by ALAN ROE updated October 1 http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated October 3 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO schedule updated October 2 http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ** BRAZIL. 4985, Oct 7 at 0104, JBA carrier presumed R. Brasil Central, as NSS RTTY is missing! See USA: 4895 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 278-MCW kHz, Oct 7 at 0620 UT, dash and NM, which is 500-watt NDB from Matagami, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15035.8-USB, Oct 6 at 1428, Trenton Military, off-frequency! from 15034-USB, never noted such before. At least current reports are not ``not received``. Someone bumped the CHR transmitter? Bump it back (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15035.8-USB, Oct 6 at 2125, Trenton Military is still off-frequency from 15034-USB, like 7 hours ago, Winnipeg conditions now. 10051-USB, Oct 6 at 2129, Gander Radio, same synthvoice is also about Winnipeg but on-frequency. 6754.8-USB, Oct 5 at 2325, the other CHR Trenton frequency for night is also askew from 6754.0, but only +0.8 kHz instead of +1.8 kHz; someop`s slippery fingers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15035.8-USB, Oct 7 at 1456, CHR Trenton Military is still off-frequency for a second day instead of 15034-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9215, Oct 2 at 1246, JBA carrier with flutter, a CNR1 jammer vs SOH frequency --- the only WOOB one I find below 14 MHz. Propagation is still degraded. K-index is 3. October is traditionally a month for a peak in SW reception conditions, but not yet! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 6 at 1345: JBA carriers mostly fluttery on 13835, 11460, 11170, 11150, 11120, 11000; 9155 S4-S6 with het, 9180, 9215. None WOOB elsewhere in the 13s, 12s or 10s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 7 at 1359, JBA carrier on 11440, the only way-out-of-band one detected between 13.5 and 9.1 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 600 kHz, Oct 6 at 2329, I start monitoring via Bonaire SDR, for HJHJ, Radio Libertad, Barranquilla. Three or four stations mixing, atop is R. Rebelde, CUBA, music // distorted 5025. But HJHJ is gaining, 2342 plug for its newspaper owner Diario La Libertad, and full ID accompanied by Gershwin`s `Rhapsody in Blue`. 2343 starts a pusher of alternative medicine with his local address. 2359 full ID again with Gershwin, disclaimer, and opening Voz de América relay for Venezuela at 0000 Oct 7. I had not rechecked this since it was inaugurated exactly 3 weeks ago and filed the first definitive monitoring report about it, which I see some editors have refused to publish; there were claims that the VOA relay was not being heard, but it surely is. If there be any deliberate jamming by sudden new YV station on 600, I can`t make it out. Has that continued every night? Is it on the air all the time, or only during 2 or 3 hours of VOA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, UT Oct 1 at 0059, anonymous mystery missionary station is on again tonight, S8-S9 at Bonaire SDR, -3.8v Hz carrier, YL in Spanish; 0500 still S9+5, animal SFX? 0610 direct now stronger than Brasil 4885, hitting S9+20 vs high local line noise level of S9+10: this has been growing lately all over the SW bands, while the blobs every 360 kHz have gone away (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2054) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, reply to my latest report: ``4.940 kHz 23.30 UTC 01-10-2020 SINPO 55545. Caribbean music in Spanish, including one song dedicated to Colombia (Cantando, cantando yo viviré/Colombia tierra querida) as well as Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra. Then, I also heard a program called Casados y felices, at 23.40, presented by Gladis and Enrique Saavedra, both speaking in Spanish with Colombian accent. As additional clue, they ended the program by inviting listeners to e-mail them to info@fuerzadepaz.com. So, this is the new station Glenn Hauser has been recently reporting on the group. As far as I can remember the same frequency was used by Continental or Amazonas Internacional, both Venezuelan stations owned by the same people living in Barinas, but years ago. Now they're off the air! Therefore, although there was no clear station ID, some facts indicate that it broadcasts from Colombia, such as the Colombian Spanish, strong reception in relation to my location, and the e-mail address the aired which seems belongs to the Colombia para Cristo organisation. In fact, I dare to say that this is another station operated by the Colombia para Cristo organisation, which also operated Marfil Stereo, La Voz de tu Conciencia and Alcaraván Radio. Maybe friend Rafael Rodríguez in Bogotá may give us some relevant and additional information about this new –tentative Colombian- radio station. (Leonardo Santiago, SW35, 5-meter longwire, Mérida, Venezuela)`` Tnx, Leonardo. 4940, Oct 2 at 0132 check via Bonaire SDR, on again in Spanish, S8-S9. At 0537 direct, tropical music S8-S9 above local noise level S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 3 at 0230, anonymous mystery missionary station is on again, good S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR during drama, carrier offset first reads -45.1, anomaly? Then settles to more usual -5.4 to -6.0. 0255 program outro sounds like `Historia Preferida`, or was it `Historia de la Biblia`? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 3 at 0616, anonymous mystery missionary station, S9/+10 direct with preacher in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 5 at 0332, anonymous mystery missionary station quick check is again on with gospel huxter in Spanish at S7-S8 via Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 6 at 2334, anonymous mystery missionary station is S9 again with gospel huxter in Spanish, quick check via Bonaire SDR mainly engaged for 600 and 6906.08 kHz; in SAM mode seems stuck on false carrier offset display of -26.4 Hz without even variation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 2 at 0537, R. Rebelde, S9+20 of dead air --- well, at least it`s not distorted since there is no modulation! Still propagating post-sunrise at 1240 to S9/+10 and still dead. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7345, Oct 3 at 0608, pulse jamming against nothing, but obviously because of the additional DRM experiment from Radio Marti, Grimesland NC, but scheduled only 17-02 UT. When that`s on, the DRM `jamming` totally obscures any Cuban response; but this shows that the Commies are worried that even a few dentro-Cubans could decode this non-standard DRM and be corrupted. All RM SW transmissions on AM remain silent after 0400 UT but more stronger jammers are also still running against nothing on 7335 & 7365. Something`s always wrong at the incompetent jamming command and with no thought of possible collateral damage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 3 at 0615, R. Rebelde is S9+30 with suptorted music, unlistenable. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Oct 3 at 1504, RHC, S9+10 but suptorted, just barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, Oct 4 at 0030, R. Progreso is on, *just now? at S9+20/40 but suptorted JBM, CODAR QRM sweeping also audible despite its strength. At 0032 tuning up to 4780-4787 there is an extremely distorted spurblob peaking about 4783, which when compared to 4765 on another receiver makes a match with difficulty, only by modulation peaks at first, then with traces of music mod. A new spur from RadioCuba, where something always be wrong. No match on the minus side (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 4 at 0038, the other Cuban domestic station, R. Rebelde, is also suptorted in music at S9+20/30. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Oct 4 at 0042, RHC may be putting its spur on 5081, but can`t unravel it from 5085 WTWW distortion, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Oct 4 at 1415, RHC is S9 but JBM, while 15140 is S9+20 with good modulation for a change except for some hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13768 approx., Oct 5 at 1423, JBA trace of ratchety spur out of 13700, no match audible on the -68 kHz minus side circa 13632. Surely they can do better than that; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5083 approx., Oct 5 at 2347, S9+10 distorted spurblob with F# tone out of 5040 RHC, so that`s 43 kHz separation; also weaker about 5126, 4997 and 4954. At least one is further off WWV 5000, but poor RWM 4996! Something`s always wrong at RHC. 5083 of course will increasingly threaten 5085 WTWW-2 once it`s on circa 0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Oct 6 at 0621, R. Rebelde S9+20 but suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Oct 6 at 1426, RHC is S9 of dead air or maybe JBM, while 15140 is S9/+10 with sufficient modulation, slightly distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, Oct 7 at 0105, R. Progreso is JBM; while 5025, R. Rebelde is suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Oct 7 at 0103, RHC is absent, and so are its spurs circa 5082 etc. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 5990 & 6000, Oct 6 at 2323, both CRI relay and RHC are JBM, a stark contrast to well-modulated 5995 MALI between them; something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Oct 7 at 1501, RHC is S9+20 but overmodulated and distorted, correctly mentioning this and 11760 as current frequencies, while at 1502, 15230 is also on at S6-S8 with dead air, presumably about to be turned off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {sic, nothing this week, D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L} ** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 1210, open carrier with slow SAH of 184/minute = 3.07 Hz. Comes to life with Mexican NA, choral until 1215 ``Vd. escucha: El Fonógrafo 7-20 -- mil vatios -- Ciudad Juárez``. That would be XEJCC; maybe also mentioned call but not positive. All this contradicts IRCA Mexican Log info which shows daytime only with 25000 watts, sign on at 1159 with Chihuahua state anthem around 1205 after NA. WRTH does show only 1 kW. Then follow a string of mandatory PSAs mostly governmental, except for one promoting a webstation-only, apparently, ``Radio Cid?, La Voz de los Juarenses``. 1219.6 Fonógrafo slogan ID again and fading down. Aha, searching finds it`s really Radio STIRTT, as here: https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/ or https://www.facebook.com/StirttSeccionJuarez/ http://www.radiostirtt.org.mx Ahh, the Mexicans love their cumbersome acronyms, initialisms! This means Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Radio, la Televisión y Telecomunicaciones, i.e. a labor union. We learn that 14 septiembre was Dia del Locutor, and today 2 de octubre is Día Internacional de la NO VIOLENCIA, e.g. against women in India. And 22 de noviembre will be their 72nd anniversary. Such celebrations are the major subject of these displays. This page is to listen-live: https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/app/190322544333196/ where I hear some upbeat stereo songs; ID at 1847 as I write this sounds like ``Radio Estir``. But we digress! 711.27v & 728.73v kHz, two matching wobbly spurs making exactly same-pitched hets against other Mexicans on 710 & 730, are what first drew me to 720, since that would be the transmitter producing them exactly halfway between. This was first at 1208. Once modulating, late sign-on? from 1210, 720 itself sounds OK. The spurs remain but by 1222 they are both gone, while 720 is back up with song in Spanish, talk, and not fading out until 1226. LSR Enid today is 1228 UT. There has been no other significant signal on 720 which could have been source of spurs, but the disparity in disappearances detracts from 100% certainty. Maybe XEJCC transmitter was tweaked in the meantime, or lost them once warmed up? BTW, at 1226 the other Chihuahuans, XEDP on 710 and XEHB 730 are still in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR. 2598-USB, Oct 7 at 0624 UT Canadian Coast Guard marine weather from two simulstations clashing, different content by same synthYL voice in English. Per http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm None of the six stations in this region is scheduled to start anytime between 0437 and 0737; what a surfeit. BTW, archive search shows this is the first time I have used the word ``surfeit`` in at least the past sesquidecade of my reports; and now I have done so twice; what a surfeit; er, thrice (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Oct 4 at 0027, S9+10 pirate with novelty/soul song ``Young Girl``. I bet it`s Wolverine Radio: yes, ID next at 0029.6; 0047 compared to WBCQ 6159.9 equal level but more modulation here. Recheck at 0117 it`s off. Many more logs here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,72460.0.html with extensive playlists, some showing the 0027 song instead as ``Young Blood``, the theme being titles with Young or Old in them, between 0005 and 0113 closing with SSTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 26, Oct 5 at 1512 UT, minor area tropo produces several Bad signals to my broken antenna, only one barely decoding, from Tulsa, i.e. 6-1 KOTV-HD with CBS Price Is Right; 6-2 KQCW-SD; 6-3 NewsOn6. Ex RF-45, repack to 26 caused KTEN Ada in SE OK to evacuate to RF17 where it`s more or less blocked by Enid K17JN-D. But it`s still KTEN, not KTWENTYSIX OR KSEVENTEEN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RWANDA [non]. 15420, Saturday October 3 at 1835, talk in African language, S9/+10, the SSOB except for 15140 Cuba stronger S9+10/20 but severely suptorted, so this is the BSOB - best signal on band. It`s Radio Itakuka, weekly 1800-1859 broadcast via MADAGASCAR, and fortunately we are just a bit further away near the same direxion from Talata beaming 250 kW at 315 degrees. HFCC shows another on Fridays only at 1800-1830, same parameters: is that anything real? Radio Itahuka info from WRTH 2020 page 514: based in Washington DC, produced by the opposition group Rwanda National Congress = RNC, on SW since Nov 2016; http://www.blogtalkradio.com/radioitahuka and http://tube.radioitahuka.org and with same frequency in B-season, clandestine, language Kinyarwanda (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Oct 5 at 2131, REE North American frequency is 1 kHz tone instead of programming at S9/+20, unlike the other three Noblejas transmitters: 11940 S4-S6 in Spanish > // 11670; 12030 not //, probably Arabic program. This is Tuesday so no English at 2200, but John A. Figliozzi, Halfmoon NY, says to the WOR iog, ``I’m hearing only a tuning signal on 9690 where REE should be broadcasting a relay of its RNE domestic programming. 2215 UT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Correxion: the cutoff time was 1757*, as scheduled, not 1759* Fixed: 15410, Sept 30 at 1720, Eye Radio via Issoudun, FRANCE, good S9 signal into UTwente SDR despite proximity; discussion with someone on phone in presumed Juba Arabic about COVID-19, but at 1730 I realize it`s heavily-accented English; better English by the studio host. Mention there being a toll-free phone number about this, 22-22 ---? is that all? 1738 back into language, 1740 bit of English, continues in and out of English, apparently common parlance in the country. 1756 with standard advice about the pandemic until chopped off air abruptly at 1757*, just as now scheduled. . . (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2054) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15400, Oct 7 at 1503, JBA carrier, presumed R. Tamazuj via FRANCE as scheduled this hour only; of more note is the absence of mystery noise which infested this frequency for several days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TIBET. 4920, 4905, 4820, Oct 5 at 2350, JBA/VP signals seem Chinese language, the middle one vs CODAR, and // on two radios. These of course all correlate with PBS Xizang, ChiCom-occupied TIBET, and for good measure I also get 7385. All are scheduled on air at this time and we are right at grayline: Lhasa LSR today 2352 UT, Enid LSS 0008. Also a similar signal on 4800 no doubt Golmud (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 338-MCW kHz, Oct 7 at 0613, ND beacon RYN, which is 400 watts from Tucson - Ryan, Arizona; mixing with OIN, Oberlin KS from 341. RYN a new one here. 356-MCW kHz, Oct 7 at 0612, ND beacon ODX, which is 25 watts from Ord, Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 344-MCW kHz, Oct 3 at 0638 UT, ND beacon JL, which is 25 watts from Joplin MO --- but I was tuned to 341-USB where it`s mixing with local EI Enid, and OIN Oberlin KS; never noted JL before on either frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 395-MCW kHz, Oct 6 at 0638 UT, ND beacon CA, which is 25 watts from Newton - Harvs, Kansas. Also tuned to 395-USB simulhearing JE, which is really on 397-MCW kHz, 25 watts from Jefferson City, Missouri (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 414-MCW kHz, Oct 6 at 0637 UT, ND beacon ATS, which is 25 watts from Artesia, New Mexico. I was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 475.2, when it`s really Oct 2, at 0552 UT, I can copy the full very slow Morse ID without much fading: ``WWW WA4SZE COM WA4SZE / BEACON`` Is that meant to refer to a website? No dots or slants, but yes! Enter that and it morphs to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VqtNY8vpw which is a 10+year-old 10-minute audiovideo headed thus: ``Navigation in the 1940s: The Four Course Radio Range 28,117 views •Apr 9, 2010 AirlineTransportComm 49 subscribers`` ATC is Dave WWRB Frantz`s major company. It`s not pure A1 CW but with other confusing carriers, I guess A2 MCW. There is also suspicious fast-clicking QRM only across the 630m band, roughly 465-483 kHz, not local? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 475.2-MCW kHz, Oct 6 at 0635 UT, WA4SZE BEACON is on and in; seems reliable now from Manchester TN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4895-RTTY, Oct 7 at 0104, heavy fast RTTY but none on 4985: I bet a lysdexic NSS operator mixed up the digits in punching up the frequency! Still 4895 at 0309; I don`t think there normally be any RTTY on 4895; clears 4985 for BRAZIL, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 91.7, Oct 5 at 1423 UT, NPR Morning Edition via KOSU I tune in toward the end of a story about VOA/USAGM. Before I can search it out, Mike Cooper has immediately posted the full text to WOR iog: ``VOA White House Reporter Investigated For Anti-Trump Bias By Political Appointees`` https://www.npr.org/2020/10/04/919266194/political-aides-investigate-voa-white-house-reporter-for-anti-trump-bias leading to a spirited discussion between Dan Robinson and Mike (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2053 monitoring: confirmed final SW repeat UT Thu Oct 1 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9/+10 at Maine SDR; a few minutes before, 7780 was VP S7-S9 in noise direct; JBA at UTwente; S7 at AB1KW SDR in NH. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia?, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea non, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South and non, Kurdistan non, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Pridnestrovye, Somalia non, Sudan South non, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican non; IPhones; and the propagation outlook WOR 2054 is available as of 0035 UT Friday October 2 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2054.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2054.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 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 Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Financial support may alternatively be sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily US funds as PP will convert (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 monitoring: Confirmed first SW airing UT Friday October 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 VG S9+15 via Bonaire SDR where it`s aimed; 5850 VG here where it`s aimed, and good S8 at Rochester SDR. Next: 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 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 2054 monitoring: not confirmed Friday October 2 at 2200 on WRMI 9955: canceled without notice. At 2204 check a Lt. Joe Allen spelling his email address, and pushing a religious book ``Behind Metal Bars`` with phone number. O, the System B sked has been changed but still shows a longago date May 4, now with `Mental Bars`, M/W/F at 2200, with Viva Miami filling at 2215. So now we have lost our 9955 audience at both Friday evening times. Confirmed UT Sat Oct 3 at 0130 on WRMI 7780: inaudible! here tho 7730 & 7570 are, weaker than usual; nor at UTwente, nor at Virginia, but attaining at least a fair S5-S7 signal at Maine SDR. K index is only 2 but propagation continues really sucky. Next: 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 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 2054 monitoring: zzzz, slept thru these; did anyone hear them? Sat Oct 3 at 1130 on WRMI 9955; 1300 on 15770. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 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 2054 monitoring: confirmed Saturday October 3 starting at 1933.7 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG S9+10 into nearby Warrenton MO KiwiSDR. Also confirmed Sat Oct 3 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, good into UTwente SDR. Also confirmed UT Sun Oct 4 at 0327 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, about 3 minutes in so started circa 0324; S9+10/20 direct. Next: 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 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 2054 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday October 5 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+30 direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 5 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9 but noisy at UTwente; also via WRN webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 5 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+15 at Bonaire SDR; and 7780, VG S9+15 at Maine SDR; but only VP at UTwente. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 5 from 0300:20 on Area 51/61 webcast; S8 at Edinburgh IN SDR; S8-S9 direct at 0326 on WBCQ 6159.93v, not 5130. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 5 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, JBA carrier here but VP S4-S6 at Bonaire, worse than usual in poor conditions. BTW, WRMI is out of WOR-design QSL cards, but will order some more. Also confirmed Mon Oct 5 from 1800:57 on IRRS via Romania 7290; timing checked vs RWM 4996, both tuned at UTwente. Earlier at 1757 carrier was on, S9+25; JIP at 1758:49 unID talk show about local action, bicycles, carbon footprint, decrepit OK Sen. Inhofe as global warming denier. Chop off at 1759:52 for IRRS ID with alleged P O Box in Milano and phone number 39+02-266-6971; 1800:31 Feature Story News headline up to WOR start. Monitored entire playback, intact but always with splash from minus/plus 10 kHz Vietnam and Iran; 1829:53 chopped off my closing after ``again ---``, ID and more FSN. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Oct 6 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+15 into Maine SDR; also confirmed UT Tue Oct 6 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG S8-S9 into Bonaire SDR; 0329 filled with Zorba The Greek, Spanish ID. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 7 from 2100:18 on WBCQ 7490v, S7-S9 via Rochester SDR. Next: 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Financial support may alternatively be sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily US funds as PP will convert. Next WOR 2055 should be ready by early UT Friday October 9 for first broadcast at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, UT Mon Oct 5 after 0200, trying to listen to `Encore` via WRMI, but neither here nor any US remotes I can find be there sufficient, or any signal, above the MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5800, Oct 6 at 2322, WRMI-10 is OFF; supposed to start at 2100 with SMTV until 0100, then other stuff. Not rechecked until 0154 Oct 7 when it is on, but with Greek music fill, instead of R. Prague as on System H schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490 webcast), UT Sat Oct 3 at 0001, WBCQ `AAAWWW` is starting with ``WTO``; 0004 usual opening fiddling on the air with studio settings, mikes. His mike is cutting out a bit. Says it`s hot in DeLand of Fla, 75% humidity, 71 degrees outside, 81 inside Studio 9. Muses whether to resume video UStreaming during show so all can see scantily clad beautiful Angela. Into Topic A, Virus and now inside beloved Trump too, microbiology lesson, later complaining about property and income taxation. I`m only semi-listening while following more objective TV coverage of the situation. At 0027 I tune around remotes to find out which frequencies are in play: at Rochester, no 3265, no 5130, no 6160, not even 7490, nor even 9330 with WLCR! How about Alexandria VA, a bit further away for better skip? Not much: no 3, 5 or 6, 7 is JBA while 9330 is a good S7 during Portuguese aimed at Brasil. In Maine, 9330 is VG S8-S9, but 7490 is only JBA. At Warrenton MO, nothing on 3, 5 or 6, but 7490 is good S5-S7, 9330 good S7. At 0042, he finally confirms date is 2nd of October, YOOL 2020 and simulcasting on 7490 & 6160 --- I don`t think so, 6159.9 not picked up anywhere including here. Now he says that 5130 has been ``mothballed, not retired`` due to shortage of technicians. Again appeals for job applicants, says pays better than most. Angela adds they also need more buyers of airtime. 0050 he explains how it is necessary to discharge capacitors and everything to avoid being killed even when transmitters are ``off``. 0056 closing prayer suggests OFIH should modify the virus just a little to make it less lethal. Yeah, that`s the ticket! At 0114 I check reception here to be sure while not listening to Hal Turner: zilch on 6159.9; 7490 is S9; 9330 is S9+40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.9v, UT Sun Oct 4 at 0047, WBCQ with rock music at S9/+20. Better reception from musical pirate Wolverine Radio on 6950-USB, q.v. Larry Will has revived his website to include advance schedules of Area 51/61 programming each weekend in EDT = UT -4: http://zappahead.net/ Saturday 3 October 2020 7:00pm : Radio Timtron Worldwide 8:00pm : Grits Radio 9:00pm : The Lumpy Gravy Radio Show 10:00pm : Church of the SubGenius Hour of Slack 11:00pm : Zombo In Your Brain Sunday 4 October 2020 7:00pm : Radio Timtron Worldwide 8:00pm : Radio Newyork International with John P. Lightning 11:00pm : Glenn Hauser's World of Radio 11:30pm : Hobart Radio International Also detailing `Old Tyme Radio` on weeknights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490, Oct 7 at 0102, this WBCQ is OFF, instead of Hal Turner until 0200, but he is running on 6159.93v and 9455 WRMI. Yet what about `Amateur Radio Roundtable`? That had been UT Weds from 0100, I think, on the now suspended 5130 for which nothing is now scheduled, but A.R.R. is now shown Wed 0030-0230 on 6160! Maybe the first and last semihours with HT overtaking between?? Anyhow it`s mainly a webcast at W5KUB.com. And Overcomer is no longer shown after 0200 on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A.. 5050, UT Sun Oct 4 at 0039, WWRB in its weekend-only activity, heavy background noise like aircraft engine makes gospel huxter mostly unreadable, but seems to be quoting Qur`an to paint it as unpeaceful, also Jeremiah among Abrahamists (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Oct 4 at 0042, WTWW-2 with `Theater Organ Under the Arch` underway, S9+40/50 but heavily distorted ruining it and am not near the computer for a quick switch to $tereo webcast. Is beyond me why such stations keep broadcasting that way driving away listeners, rather than just turning it off if they can`t fix it. Excess distortion on the lower sideband difficultizes distinguishing any RHC spur circa 5081 from 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 7 at *0058, weak carrier cuts on as I have been standing by for WRNO, which had been missing four months, but reported again last night: ``USA. 7505, WRNO, after being silent for some months now, heard again Oct 6, at 0245, with the “Maranatha Radio” program with Pastor Ray Bentley; fair reception. Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, Calif., CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire`` At *0059 signal bumps up much stronger, up from exciter? 0100 JIP screaming gospel huxter, with music background, presumably boss Mawire himself, some overmodulation-distortion, without any sign-on or even ID! By 0118 faded down considerably to S8-S9 of music. I had last heard WRNO June 10 but with dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1680, Oct 6 at 0625 UT, two music stations making fast SAH, C&W looping NW/SE, something else SW/NE. Someone had mentioned that KRJO Monroe LA seemed off the air following hurricane? damage. Maybe so, but it`s on now: ``Classic Country 99.7 The Legend``, while the other one IDs at 0630 with a different FM, 105.9? That would be WPRR Ada MI under new identity (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {The Ride, 102.5} ** VENEZUELA. 6906.1-CUSB, Oct 5 at 2145, tropical music, in well S7 to TWR Bonaire SDR: definitely no LSB and with a reduced carrier. 2157 announcer is wrapping up program, but music past 2200; 2202, 6:02 TC and ``Desde El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela 93.7 FM`` and again at 2205. There are, or were, several 93.7s in the country, but I search it out to this: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Radio-Station/Venezuela-937-FM-104634747994178/ This disgraced FB promotes various program segments emphasizing music, but find no listen link. Such as 6-7 pm, `Leyendas de Venezuela`. Another slogan is `Asi Suena` = this is how it sounds, attached to an ID at 2223. Recheck 2319, still songs, 7:20 time check, ``Asi Suena``. No call letters in ID. Apparently real station on FM, but this likely a pirate relay, amounting to Venezuela`s only SW station, aside from the murky 4940. At 2340 I try it direct but get only a JBA carrier. Back to Bonaire, still going at 0100 but not at 0328. El Tigre is in the center of Anzoátegui state, just east of Caracas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906.1-CUSB, more about the surprise new SW I heard: ``New news that José Hernández Madrid sends me about the Venezuelan station R. O. C. V. 6906 kHz. Actual power: 50 watts. R. O. C. V. 6906 kHz, El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, is testing now, relaying "93.7 FM Así Suena". Later, also plans to relay "La Voz del Tigre", 980 kHz. When the test period ends, R. O. C. V, 6906 will be on air with its own program. It is not a pirate station, they are requesting permission from CONATEL (Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones) to be on air legally. Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain`` He includes a logo with ROCV --- what could that stand for? Maybe ``Radio Onda Corta Venezolana``? I never heard those letters said. ``Glenn -- On Sunday [Oct 4], I wrote to El Tigre in English and Spanish (Microsoft translate) via their FB page about hearing the SW relay, and got the following reply in English: "Hello, thank you for listening, we are via short band for the whole world, our contacts by whatsapp is +58 424 852 8414" So whether or not it's licensed by the Venezuelan government, I think the relay is being done with the station's knowledge and cooperation. Reception is quite good here in Maryland in the evenings. Saturday night they were still going at 0407 (Sunday morning) when I went to bed. Yesterday I think I caught their s/on just after 1000 -- sounded like an anthem -- but so far, signal is much weaker in the morning. Always best with the SAL antenna pointed to the SE or S from here. (Art Delibert 10/6/20) N. Bethesda, MD, TenTec RX-340, SAL-12 antenna``(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906.08-CUSB, Oct 6 at 2333 UT, Venezuela 93.7 FM relay in well at S6-S7 via SDR Bonaire with timecheck as 7:32, consistently 1 minute slow; automated with hour by OM voice, minute by YL. Not hearing even a JBA carrier direct, but back via Bonaire at 0141 and 0154 still going with music at S5-S6; 0155 TC as 9:54. Tnx to Antonello Napolitano, Italy for sending on this further info: ``Hi Glenn, This post (from Santiago San Gil G.) about Venezuelan station on 6906 kHz appeared on the Facebook group EMISORAS DOMESTICAS Y TROPICALES (MW Y SW TROPICAL Y DOMESTICA) VENEZUELA: 6.906 KHZ RADIO ONDA CORTA VENEZUELA -R.O.C.V- EL TIGRE, ESTADO ANZOÁTEGUI. 50 VATIOS. En período de prueba y en trámites de permisos ante Conatel -organismo rector de las telecomunicaciones-. Actualmente estan retransmitiendo la programación de Venezuela 93,7 FM, pero también lo harán con Radio La Voz del Tigre 980 kHz. Al respecto Robert Lozada, jefe de programación nos comenta lo siguiente en el grupo "Radiofrecuencia" de whatsapp: "Buenas tardes grupo, espero disfruten de la música que suena en nuestra onda corta R.O.C.V. desde Venezuela y tranquilos que ya estamos es los permisos de Conatel. No es una emisora pirata o como usen sus términos que pasen, feliz tarde. Transmisión de prueba ya va a salir independiente pronto"`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 363-MCW kHz, Oct 4 at 0623 UT, ND beacon SA is JBA. But none such listed at dxinfocentre or classaxe on any frequency 362 thru 365 kHz. Possibly something miskeyed as certainly can happen? There are 2-letter calls ending in A on 365: AA in Fargo ND, and JA in Jaxon MS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 475.2 kHz, Oct 1 at 0624, looking for WA4SZE ham beacon, but am hearing seemingly random CW but in repeating loop including 6X which stands out; other letters, lots of A, E, T, N (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 1 at 0614: 612, 684, 774, 837, 846(TP), 882(2), 1044, 1107(2), 1152, 1305(2) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 0547-0551: 585, 621, 684(2), 711, 774, 837, *855(2), 891, 999, 1044, 1098, 1107 kHz. *strongest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1158 on the E-W longwire so no DFing: 585, 747(2 with a fast beat), 774(2 with a slow beat), 1035(2), 1098 kHz. Enid LSR today not until 1228 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Cursory Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Oct 4 at 0629 finds significant signals on 684 and 837 kHz, most likely Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 5 at 0602 UT: 531, 549, 603(2 fast beat), 612(2 slow beat), 621, 684, 693, 747, 774(2), 837, 855, 882, 891, 936(2), 1107, 1116, 1215(2); 1710(2 domestic) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 6 at 0634: 621, 684, 774, likely Canaries/Spain; but no signal on 846, nor has there been lately, from presumed Kiritimati south of Hawaii; off the air? A month ago it was reported thus in NZ DX Times: ``846 0540 KIRIBATI Radio Kiribati weak w/male & female in dialect alternating, on measured 845.9955 visible separately from Masterton on 846.000 on 7/9. Carrier appeared abruptly at 0500 on 8/9 confirming evening s/on. Audio evident by 0520. Closed 0943 on 10/9. Carrier also visible at 1710 until 1740 f/out 6/9. BCM Bryan Clark in Mangawhai with WinRadio G33DDC SDR & EWEs to NE, E & SE`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 7 at 0603: about to do TA search, but start on 846 where there is a carrier generally stronger than the others and thus well-presumed as Kiritimati back on the air from south of Hawaii. the only TP instead of TA at this time, a sesquihour after its sunset (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 7 from 0603: 585(2), 603, 612, 621, 684, 747, 774, 801, 837(2), 855(2), 882(2), 936, 1044, 1098, 1107, 1125(2), 1134, 1179, 1215; 1710(2-domestic). See also TP (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. For the last few days, Andy Reid in Ontario has been reporting noise at 15400, e.g. after 1200 Oct 4 QRMing BBC French. Wolfgang Bueschel doesn`t hear it via numerous remote chex and thinx it be something local to Andy. But: 15400 === well, now I am hearing it, at 1503 Oct 4 when little else is propagating on 19m except Cuba. It is fading slightly, so not local. It`s a rapid pulsing/buzzing, and there is a carrier at the center. Does not sound like any of the local birdies I get, altho I have not tried to turn everything off. Jammer? Not like the ones we know. I see that R Tamazuj via France is scheduled, this hour only. Maybe ISS site out of order? Not otherwise to be heard any programming. But that would be on air only this hour. I suggest everyone look for it before 1600. Monitoring 15400 via UTwente before and after 1600: there is a JBA fading carrier with no change at 1600; cannot detect any of the noise vs the ambient band noise above, on, and below the frequency. BBC Ascension is scheduled to resume at 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15399.75 approx., rapid pulse noise centered about here but covering at least 15395-15400, Oct 6 at 1430, Here`s more about it from Don Moman on October 4: ``At 2130 in Alberta, the noise consists of a wide carrier centered about 25 kHz [sic] below 15400, this is the rumbling part. There is an additional clicking, much like that of a geiger counter, centered around 15398. In USB on the Perseus, there isn't anything detectable. I think some transmitter somewhere is malfunctioning, not necessarily meant to be near 15400`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See SUDAN SOUTH [non] TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ PROMISES MADE, PROMISES BROKEN https://keepamericagreat.com/ (via Bruce, K3HY)