** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 1524, LRA36 is on the air for final day of the 2020y winter season as previously publicized; S4-S7 via Brasil KiwiSDR, mostly chat by W&W, bits of music and canned IDs such as at 1530 for ``Nacional -- la radio pública``. Some mentions of Antártida along with Argentina; past 1546. At 1557 I really concentrate, trying to understand what they are colloquially charlando. 1559 a song, 1602 ID and song, and they mention ``último programa -- miércoles``. Nominally ending at 1600 but always running overtime, still going at 1610 when I suddenly lose Suddenlink internet, as well as cable, and it`s still off 3 hours later, no doubt to be blamed on the OK icestorm. SL robot tells me they hope to have it repaired by =20 UT. Nope. Then =24 UT: nope. At 01 UT Oct 29 I call again: now it`s ASAP. Meanwhile my datamining in preparation for next WOR 2058 has ground to a halt. Manuel Méndez previously forwarded the latest notice he received from Base Esperanza which I transcribe from jpg. Note names of staff. Next winter`s crew could be partially or totally different, resuming in February or March? I would rather spend a summer in Antarctica than a winter, but that`s just me. ``El equipo de LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel se despide del ciclo 2020. Te esperamos a las 11 (14 Hs UTC) hasta las 13 Hs para que junto a Eliana Baraldo, Julia Morena, Tamara Milán, Yanina Galeano, Damián Tranamil y el director Norman Nahueltripay cerremos un gran año de la radio mas {sic} austral del mundo.`` Tranamil is the one to whom go reports (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, our morning Oct 23 at 1357: 11460 Chinese with flutter; 11100 S3; 11070 & 10870 JBA until 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey around our sunset here, Oct 23 at 2338: 6865, Chinese S6-S8 with flutter. After pirate check, so then I seek others graylinish, JBA carriers or JBA u.o.s., from 2346: 9155, 9180, 9215, 9280; 2348: 9300 S6-S9; 2351: 13530 S7-S9; 13130, 13070; 12870 S3-S4; 12835, 12820; 12500 S5-S6; 12365, 12210. 2356: 11500, 11440, 11170, 11120; 11100 S7-S8; 11070 S9+10; 10870, 10820. Almost/all of these are Aoki-listed SOH *jammed frequencies. I did not have time to search above 14 MHz where more do reside (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 27 at 1414: nothing found in the 13s, 12s or 11s WOOB until I get to a JBA carrier on 10870 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 4940, Oct 22 at 0222, anonymous mystery missionary station with gospel huxter in Spanish, S8/9+10 into Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 26 at 0338, anonymous mystery missionary station is still going, VG into Bonaire SDR, gospel huxter in Spanish. One does not want to waste time listening to him in hopes of a definite explicit full ID, but we shall be grateful if anyone determine whence this axually emanate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4747 approx., Oct 22 at 0222, spurblob of distorted talk out of 4765 R. Progreso, not to be confused with a genuine Peruvian, Radio Huanta 2000 which has been on 4764 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2057) ** CUBA. 11845, Oct 23 at 1439, residual noise jamming on an ex-Radio Martí daytime frequency, long-gone for how many years now? Other broadcasters should beware if they think it`s available. Maybe they are, for Aoki shows nothing but CNR2 at 00-11, the ChiCom being cool anyway with jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 4765, Oct 24 at 0033, as soon as I tune in Radio Progreso music it dumps off the air, back on at *0034.6, and now I also find the extremely distorted but not very strong spurblob circa 4782, but not much to match at minus 17 = 4748. Nor do I hear any Huanta on 4764 even while RP was off. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. See also INDIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Sunday October 25 at 0720, RHC in weekly Esperanto still here - tho missing last week per wb. S9+20 with hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC. B-20 changes not there for a couple weeks, post timezone shift in a week, as a Running Dog of Yanqui Imperialism, coördinated with USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Oct 27 at 1411, RHC is S9 of dead air, while 13740 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9885 and 9805, Oct 26 at 0543, lite pulse jamming against nothing; 9805 is an ex-Martí frequency but never at this hour, and 9885 is currently VOA French to Africa via Vatican, unheard. Something`s always wrong at the Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700 & 13740, Oct 28 at 1506, RHC is running late with a speech, live event? No doubt by some Commie; then also audible still going past 1508 on 9535, 11760, 15140, JBA carrier 15230; past 1522, 7350 and 6000 also (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 7340-7345-7350, Oct 22 at 0146, no DRM signal into TWR Key West SDR, from Radio Marti, canceled? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2057) ** CUBA [and non]. 840, WHAS Louisville KY to be off the air again for tower maintenance from 0400 UT Oct 27: tnx to tip from Chris Gay, KU4A to the WOR iog, which quickly spread to MW-only DX groups: ``I just learned that 840 WHAS will go off the air again tonight for tower maintenance starting at midnight EDT (0400Z). The length of the outage was not announced.`` At 0402 I tune in to find WHAS still on during Kentucky news, but after asserting ``broadcasting live 24/7``, ha2, cuts off at 0405.7* --- but back on in a few seconds, that was quick! During weather from WLKY-TV; why not WHAS-TV??, 0406 into weird talkshow, `Ground Zero` about ``shadow archetypes, lurkers showing up at 3 am``. Recheck at 0425 now WHAS is off, and the only signals I am getting loop SE/NW, but with splash from 850 KOA: music, 0428 Spanish? No sign from the south of KVJY Pharr in the RGV of TX, U4 5/1 kW, also Spanish which is normally the #1 competitor to WHAS. Main signal is surely 10 kW CMHW in Santa Clara, Cuba, but has a 1.1 Hz SAH, which could be the other further 1 kW Cuban, CMKC, R. Revolución, Palma Soriano, Santiago province; or some other LA. Not rechecked until 0535, WHAS still off, some fading faster SAH carriers on E-W longwire, but on DX-398, music with slow SAH dominant from SE. 0600 still that with no ID break, but *0601 WHAS cuts back on JIP news; 0615 check it`s off again. One more check before I quit, WHAS off and on at 0632*-*0633 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 5959.923v: See NETHERLANDS [non] and TURKEY ** FRANCE. 7245, Oct 25 at 0620, Qur`an at S7-S8, something new next to 7255 Nigeria. HFCC B-20 shows it`s RFI this hour, 500 kW at 170 degrees, multilingual across Africa. But I cannot believe RFI would be Qur`aning. ALGERIA would be, but B-20 scheduled this hour only on 6105 for Issoudun relay, plus own imaginaries (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 4910, Oct 23 at 1745, no AIR Jaipur, nothing but noise to New Delhi SDR. Closed down earlier? The only other Kiwi in India, Bengaluru, keeps blocking me for having used it more than 180 minutes per day while I have really used it zero. I was checking for the last minutes ever of AIR Jaipur, as Jose Jacob, dx_india, had warned Oct 22: ``Subject: AIR Jaipur - Last day on SW tomorrow 23 Oct 2020 All India Radio, Jaipur in Rajasthan is ending their SW transmissions tomorrow ie 23 Oct 2020 at 1751 UTC (11.21 pm IST). Their schedule of the 50 kW tx which was installed in 1992 is: 4910: 0025-0430, 1130-1751 UTC; 7325: 0630-0930 UTC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. Re my not hearing final minutes of AIR Jaipur: ``Hello Glenn, AIR Jaipur went off SW as scheduled at 1751 UTC. Delhi & Jaipur may be in skip at that time for 4910. Even Hyderabad was in skip with them then but I could hear only a very faint carrier which went off at 1751 UTC. Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, India`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 5040, Oct 24 at 0023, open carrier of S7-S9, certainly not CUBA which is OFF, compared to 5025 Rebelde at S9+20. Fits for AIR Jeypore, 50 kW, starting at 0026 per VU2JOS schedule; however no modulation detected past 0030. I was hoping for at least a trace of the lovely AIR IS. Now and then hit by ``running water`` ute QRM. BTW, WRMI will no longer have to worry about Trivandrum 5010 QRM as Jose Jacob says it`s one of several AIR stations just decommissioned. That leaves Madagascar, and maybe a Cuban leapfrog with 5040 back on, across 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 11560, Oct 23 at 1441, SW/S Asian music, S8-S9+10 with heavy flutter. This is one of our best chances to hear what`s left of the drastically curtailed AIR external service. Constantly updated https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm shows it`s 500 kW from Bengaluru, 1315-1415 in Dari, 1415-1530 Pushtu; also 0215-0430. Unfortunately no longer carries relay of domestic news in English at 1500; and what`s the azimuth? No AIR in HFCC any more, no angles in WRTH or Aoki or EiBi or VU2JOS. Must be roughly to the NW; in 2017 had a 320 degree on another frequency while 11560 was via Goa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN [non]. 6165, Oct 25 at 0625, M&W in Arabic, S9/+10. It`s NHK via FRANCE this semihour, 500 kW at 140 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH. Re: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 6170.090, Oct 25 at 1355 and still 1448, JBA off-frequency carrier as I hunt for RNZI, which I later find from 1259 has moved from 6170 to 6115 as of October 26. Tentative B-20 HFCC even shows Bangladesh at 13-14 on 6170! Most likely this be KOREA NORTH, VOK with PBS relay to Europe as per Arnulf`s B-20 schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)`` Oct 25 - Heard VOK at 1225, on 6170.08 (Glenn's measurement is probably more accurate) // 6185.0 (which now blocks CHBC/China reception); both with fair reception here on the West Coast. Ron Howard`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9605, Oct 27 at 0122, S9+10/20 of rock music, presumably K-pop [what`s the big deal about that?], 0128 announcement in Spanish, KBSWR relay still going via WHRI. It`s Oct 27 but HFCC still has not published a non-tentative B-20 schedule, the latest still dated Oct 23 despite season starting Oct 25! With double registration for 9605 by FCC and by ENCompass, but also 5990 for same broadcast via Grimesland NC, i.e. USAGM. Axual date of switchover unknown, apparently depending on when the sale of WHRI to WBCQ close. Nothing yet on 5990. 9605 0100 0200 12,14 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D 8922 Spa USA KBS ENC 580 9605 0100 0200 12,14,16 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D 8500 Spa USA KBS FCC 909 5990 0100 0200 12,14 GB 250 172 12 216 1234567 251020 280321 D 9000 Spa USA KBS ENC 15212 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, Oct 24 at *2359 shortly after TURKEY has closed, fortunately, rather than another spurious hour in German, which they have not done lately; Nauen carrier for The Mighty farty KBC weekly UT Sunday 00-02 to NAm has come on, making LAH with Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, now scheduled to start at 2330, and always off-frequency minus. In AMSynch mode, UTwente SDR locates that on 5959.923v, and stays locked to it rather than Nauen closer to 5960.00; levels are roughly equal. I was hearing XPBS as early as 2356 when Turkey went off and unseemed Mandarin until 2358; at 0000, 5+1 timesignal as KBC is also signing on. At 0006 October 25 I check direct reception here and hear only KBC, so that`s what matters to them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non]. 7255, Oct 29 at 0616, VON absent, while Qur`an makes it on 7245, presumably Algeria via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, Oct 23 at 2337, pirate music, S9 but distorted with parlato, ``Dread Zeppelin``? As others report it at https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73231.0.html 2341 SSTV beepery; 2343 more music with exclamations, 2350 tones and off. It was Damn Skippy per HFU reports, displaying fuzzy SSTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED: 6925-USB, Oct 25 at 0007, weak S3-S5 pirate music. More logs of this as unID, no guesses: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73315.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 12055, Oct 25 at 1352, S7-S9 tonal language. B-20 USAGM via TINian now scheduled 1330-1430 in Myanmarianese. WEWN Spanish not on 12050 yet till 5970 change at 1400. 9390, Oct 25 at 1402, weak Chinese? No longer Thailand in English here which has moved to 9940; HFCC shows 9390 this hour be USAGM in zho = Chinese via TINIAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 28 at 2356 UT, silly sports talk from WKY OKC keeps hiccuping, modulation dropping out about once a second; with BFO I can tell the carrier is also dropping off, timed at the rate of about 48/minute until it stop doing that (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1 KUCO-FM and 91.7 KOSU, Oct 27 from 1430 UT, both our public radio stations from OKC are suffering brief drops off air, presumably due to icing on their antennas, as we are being hit by a terrible ice storm. Cable and internet also lost in Enid circa 1600 UT, so we must rely only on OTA TV via roof antenna. Until we lose power too? 282,000 Oklahoma customers of OG&E, PSO and others are reported to be powerless as of 1700 on KWTV news; and the OG&E systemwatch website was down even before we lost internet. Back online by 1750 as I hasten to post this (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Oct 28 into Oct 29 past 1500 UT, KUCO-FM OKC appears to be on the air but with weakened carrier only vs other classical station KHCC Radio Kansas. KUCO studio if not transmitter probably part of widespread power outage in OKC due to icestorm (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Except for a split-second glitch, we haven`t yet lost power in this part of Enid, unlike 4 to 6 thousand other OG&E customers; but circa 2300 UT Oct 27, my main 100-foot longwire antenna for the R75 is broken and on the ground under tree debris felled by severe ice storm. With a lot of icing on it, had been supported by three trees in a row; and before that the last segment was already down; once warmed up and cleared, fixing it or replacing it is not a very big job, but I am so sad for our poor trees! Meanwhile I can still try to use it, or switch to ``indoor longwire`` strung around the ceilings of two rooms. A third wave of freezing rain is on the way from El Paso (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU [and non]. 4764, Oct 28 at 0002, VP signal from presumed Radio Huanta 2000, before Cuba sometimes start Progreso at 0030 on 4765, tnx to tip from LOB in Brasil who was getting it a few minutes earlier, and has not been active every night. I`m listening via a remote not far from him which is getting it better than another remote which is closer to Perú. To boot, it also gets a weaker het/carrier from 4765 and it`s still not Cuba. Must be TAJIKISTAN which per EiBi, not Aoki, comes on at 2259. Here direct at 0017 via broken wire, I only have JBA carrier on 4764 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. RRI B-20 scheduling checked ASAP UT Oct 25, tuning UTwente for English to North America one hour later: 0105, VG S9+30 on 7325 & 6130; 0452 at Maine SDR: 6020 VG and 7410 good but latter with noise out to 7405 and 7415, residual Cuban jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK WOR) ** SRI LANKA. 11870, Oct 23 at 1438, S6-S9 with heavy trans-polar flutter, song maybe in English. Aoki/NDXC shows it`s AWR in Chinese this hour only via Trincomalee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWEDEN. (17.2 kHz VLF), it`s United Nations Day, Oct 24, 2020, and time for another broadcast of SAQ in Grimeton, Sweden, 200 kW via the historic Alexanderson Alternator. https://alexander.n.se/saq-grimeton-transmission-on-october-24th-2020/?lang=en I know I can`t get it direct, so monitor the event via their live YouTube stream which was to start at 1430 UT. After breakfast, I bring it up at 1449. A woman MC is speaking but we can`t hear a word she says, drowned out by the huge noises of the machinery. And there is no captioning. Perhaps in Swedish so I could not understand her anyway. But as a camera wanders around, we have great views in the hall, not only of the AA but associated stuff, huge control panels with lots of switches and meters. At 1451, we can barely hearsee a test transmission as the relays are clicking and flashing, VVV DE SAQ. 1453, a man is talking but again unhearable; at 1454 a full test ID, VVV VVV VVV DE SAQ SAQ SAQ. 1456, camera goes outside for a quieter view of the antenna towers, 1457 back inside, still noisy. The few people in the hall are not masked, but some are wearing ear mufflers. 1500, the official transmission starts as we see the operator keying with his right hand. Cannot hear it! But sporadic views of the readout on a nearby laptop. Website says ``We are proud to announce that this year’s message has been composed by Anders Tegnell – Chief Epidemiologist Public Health Agency of Sweden.`` I notice one error in the display, missing a dit, ``ewidemiologist``. This runs until 1509. Of course he is warning about COVID-19. Disappointingly, at no time during the broadcast could we see any motion by the AA, just its huge black casing. Noise starts to diminish; 1511 finally we have a view of AA shafts still spinning, running down? Some of these look cupric, while exteriors are all painted black. 1511.5 a bell rings. 1512 can overhear a bit of conversation in Swedish, again at 1516. 1518 noise finally stops completely, turned off. A concert of song by soprano and keyboard accompaniment has been scheduled for 1520. At 1527 several audience members start to take their seats --- do not see any masks. MC speaks off-mike. Mike for singer appears to be for PA in the very echoey hall, not direct connect to camera, so we are picking them up out of the loudspeakers, never a good idea. Most of the songs seem to be in Swedish, but at 1545, one in English which I still cannot understand. YT shows only 400 viewing, but declining toward 300 as time goes on. Music ends at 1558; back outside at 1559 for another view of the towers and a fountain; finishes at 1601*. I assume this sesquihour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErGFaT1esI will remain available indefinitely for later audioviewing, just like the previous half-sesquihour from July 5, 2020 which then started autoplaying unbidden. Meanwhile I was observing the live ``top chat`` sidebar, indicating lots of people were trying to hear 17.2 kHz, some successfully, or at least via UTwente. A few selected items: ``Pop Tibi​: yes the frequency drifts a bit, depending on the load on the alternator's driving motor David J.C. CORTVRIENT​: NO MASKS 😬 be carrefull PLEASE David Newkirk: ​Long live the UN! Long live SAQ! David Newkirk​: Karl-Arne: How much mains power v VLF output? David Newkirk​: Radio as Art, and now Art after Radio. Glenn Hauser: ​Tnx for streaming this as far as Oklahoma. Hello, David Newkirk Phil Erickson​: @Glenn Hauser --- Thanks for decades of DX and SW listening reports - still receiving through WOR. W1PJE David Newkirk: ​Hi, Glenn! World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station: ​Stay tuned for a concert with live music, when Anna-Louise Ekman perform beautiful tones in the transmitter hall. Later on, we will also start the laser art work "Transmission". [I missed that!] World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station: ​Due to the non working microphone, Managing Director Camilla Lugnet´s speech will be posted in the comments after the transmission.`` This ended just in time for me to catch Independent Lens, which I also recommend if you can find it via PBS: ``Independent Lens - Feels Good Man #2202 - OETA WORLD - DESCRIPTION: Follow artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, as he begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who use it for their own purposes [such as Alex Jones]. Duration: 1:26:46`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) ** TURKEY. 9830, Oct 23 at 2200, VOT English is on, but only VP into UTwente vs QRM from NSS RTTY even over there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 24 at 2344, VOT English to NAm has already made B-20 seasonal change to 2300 on 5960 instead of 2200 on 9830. HFCC seasons nominally start at 0100 UT Sundays, but it`s already Oct 25 in Turkey --- first log of the Season! Via UTwente SDR, Turkish music at S9+10/20; 2349 ID, more music; 2354 YL canned sign-off as if it were still A-20 at 1230 on 15450!! A bit more IS and now I can hear CCI making a LAH from off-frequency-minus Xinjiang PBS Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of cultural genocide by the ChiCom imperialists against the Uyghurs. Continued at NETHERLANDS [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 6125, Oct 25 at 0403, VOT English to W North America confirmed at new B-20 time and frequency, news to 0405, then that COVID-19 PSA and music. Checked via Maine SDR, where there is noise in the 6120-6130 range, presumed still Cuban jamming against Martí which finishes 6125 in B-20 at 0400, too close for comfort! 0400 is the final repeat of the original now 1330 UT VOT English; make that ``olds``. Speaking of which, Oct 24 circa 1323, had a JBA carrier on the last day of the real 15450 broadcast from 1230. Oct 25 at 1352, B-20 reactivation of 12035 from 1330 bears JBA music, not enough yet; aimed for Europe but we be directly beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 12035, Oct 26 at 1448, weak music and goes off by 1449. Nothing scheduled but my informed theory is: VOT English at 1330-1425 failed to turn off reactivated 12035, and change frequency for Kazakh at 1430-1500 as now B-20 scheduled on 9505. Same thing has happened previously. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Oct 27 at 0625 UT, JBA NDB ID as IZS, which is 25 watts from Montezuma, Georgia, SW of Warner Robins and Perry, right next to Oglethorpe. Nothing else unusual LW logged vs the noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18130-USB, Oct 28 at 1510, W5KI concluding a contact; and just before at 1509 on 18115-USB, another JBA ham, a WA3, discussing a silly baseball game. I often scan the so-called 17m hamband for any signs of activity, usually without. 16m too: now 17775- KVOH only JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {W5KI = Robert Steve Norris, Eureka Springs AR, only 370 km = 230 mi} ** U S A. 11720, Oct 27 at 2124, VOA rock music S9+30, as B-season-only hour in English via Grimesland has resumed, 250 kW due east and thus also with a bigsig opposite off the back at ideal skip distance. This also means that on Fridays at 2105-2200 we may again easily hear `Music Time in Africa` unlike in the A-seasons when the only SW frequency is JBA 15580 Botswana --- and I bet hostess hyper Heather is still unaware of this outsending. Now if I can only remember, at an inconvenient time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) ** U S A [non]. 12075, Oct 27 at 2112, S9+10 English lesson for French about buying shoes: it`s VOA, 100 kW, 350 degrees via BOTSWANA M-F at 2100-2130, and followed by Bambara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2056 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 21 from 2100:23 on WBCQ 7490v, fair S4-S8. Also confirmed Wed Oct 21 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9/+15 over pulse jamming; same at 2227. Also confirmed UT Thu Oct 22 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 at Maine SDR, but no signal into UTwente. WOR 2057 is available as of 0210 UT Friday October 23 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2057.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2057.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba and non, Ethiopia non, Europe, France, India, Iran, Korea South and North, Madagascar, Netherlands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Perú, Romania, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Sudan non, Sudan South non, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam; no tabletop receivers; and the propagation outlook The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S 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 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Contributions to support these non-commercial services may be sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily in US funds One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 First broadcasts confirmed UT Friday October 23 at 0130 on WRMI 5850 VG to the NW, and 5010 VG to the south (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday October 24 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S8/S9+15 into UTwente SDR. Preceded by double ID at 0129, from Bob Zanotti and Ian McFarland, with bits of music intruding between them and before me. 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 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: slept thru Sat Oct 24 at 1130 on WRMI 9955 - did anyone hear it? Confirmed, Sat Oct 24 at 1318 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S9+10 but with hum, and modulation rather than signal seems to be fading down at times. 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 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: not checked Sat Oct 24 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, since sked shows without notice it has been replaced. Confirmed UT Sunday October 25 at 0324 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, S9+20 direct, about 8 minutes into so started circa 0316. 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 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday October 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG here on WNW beam. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 26 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good at UTwente to the NE. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 26 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, S8/S9+5 at UTwente where // 5800 is JBA, but S9+10 VG into Bonaire TWR KiwiSDR to the SSE. Also confirmed on WRN webcast, already shifted one UT hour later Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 26 starting at 0308.4 on Area 51 webcast, preceding show running late. Also on WBCQ 6159.94v, S9/+10 at 0329 check direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 26 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, JBA carrier less than the pulse jamming here, but S9/+5 at Bonaire with jamming detectable only during fades. Next: NOTE that previous previews missed the 1-hour-later timeshift already in effect for IRRS. Tentative HFCC confirms and also shows new ACI from 7295 CRI English westward from Urumqi. Vietnam still on 7280. 1901vUT 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 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring, next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 28 until 2129:19, so started circa 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490v, S7-S9. Also confirmed Wed Oct 28 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S2-S5 via broken-LW-on-the-ground-under-icy-tree-debris. Not confirmed UT Thu Oct 29 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA carrier, but probably. Next WOR 2058 may be delayed depending on when internet outage be fixed and on whether power be lost at HQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455 & 9395, Oct 22 at 0240, NO WRMI signals into TWR Bonaire altho aimed oppositewards, while 9955 is but a JBA carrier; low MUF? 9395 has been reported off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Oct 23 at 1433 and later chex, WRMI-6 remains off the air; on exactly same nominal parameters, 100 kW at 355 degrees is 9455, still on, so easy to compare them. Discussed in WOR iogroup: ``USA. Message just posted on the WRMI Facebook page: "1915 UTC Tuesday October 20 - WRMI's Transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) is temporarily off the air due to a blown capacitor and some other minor damage. Our engineers are working to get it back on the air, but we may need some parts, so it could be tomorrow before it gets back on the air. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience." Alan Roe, Teddington, UK`` [non] ``WRMI's current absence on 9395 kHz is allowing good reception of Radio Thailand on 9390 kHz. Currently audible October 21, 2020 from 1312 UTC tune in finishing up English broadcast. ID "Radio Thailand broadcasting from Bangkok" in English at 1315 UTC then into Chinese language program with male announcer. Currently S-3 peaking to S-5, SINPO = 34333. Mike Newland, Morgantown, KY`` [non non] Last I heard from the site was that part of the problem is fixed, but there are still issues. Maybe tomorrow. There is only ONE engineer on site for 14 transmitters and 23 antenna systems, and he is only part-time and semi-retired. The engineering situation is getting grim in this business, as we are all aging out. If I was in Florida I could help, but we are at out Mountain Home until after Christmas.`` -- Bob Biermann, YWS, northern Georgia, Oct 21. You would think one of the otherwise idle transmitters could substitute, but maybe not serviceable, feasible, or worth the trouble. Certain transmitters only connect to certain antennas, so even if retuned to 9395, it might have to emit in a `wrong` direxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2057) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Monday October 26 from 1900.5 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, time-shifted one UT hour later for 5 months; monitored via UTwente, carrier on from *1857; 1859.8 quick ID and FSN headlines before WOR. Heavy unevitable ACI splash from 7295 CRI English westward from Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of cultural genocide by the ChiCom against Uyghurs; and also from 7280 Voice of Vietnam: despite being -10 kHz away, it remains just as bad as the +5, meaning switching LSB/USB tuning does not help. WOR completely readable if you put up with the noise. Spotchex indicate WOR airs intact, and ending at 1929.5 with no chopoff! Brief horn, IRRS address with Milano P O Box they supposedly have quit using; and into FSN more than headlines. Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA S5-S7 here, good S8-S9 into UTwente. Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+10 at Bonaire SDR. Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW] 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Contributions to support these non-commercial services may be sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily in US funds One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, I have not yet rechecked this WRMI myself, fortunately not affecting WOR, but on the WOR iog October 24: ``Subject: [WOR] WRMI 9395 kHz Update ---- As posted to the WRMI FB page: "0530 UTC Friday October 23 - Update on WRMI Transmitter 6 (9395 kHz). Our engineers repaired the capacitor problem and we were able to get the transmitter back on the air. Unfortunately it appears that the power surge which caused the initial problem also damaged something in the modulator section, which means the audio is extremely distorted. They are continuing to track down that problem. In the meantime, we are moving the programs that are normally on 9395 kHz from 2200-0100 UTC over to the nearby frequency of 9455 kHz, and we are extending our schedule on 9955 kHz to 1200-0400 UTC." -- Richard Langley`` Bob Biermann, GA, replies: ``I have been on the phone, and this one is not going to be easy to fix. Many of the parts are no longer available, and it may take a reworking of the audio section. For those that think that these units are easy to fix, or can be affordably replaced, they can’t. This type of problem may take a few days to a few weeks to resolve`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) ** U S A. 4980, Oct 24 at 0535, no trace of WRMI, and not for some time, I realize as I ponder the JBA carrier on 5040. Altho not on its skedgrid, WRMI had been running 4980 QRP, maybe exciter only, sometimes with music modulation detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Oct 26 at 0400, WRMI is still off, closing now after WOR, but supposedly stays on all day instead of missing 9395. 9955, Monday Oct 26 at 1455, is still on S9+10 with TOMBS // 9455. Ditto at 1715 check. 9395 had been nothing but TOMBS or SMTV all day long, so no loss or gain here. 9395, Oct 26 at 1450, this WRMI is making a comeback after several days down: S7-S9 open carrier with weak tone. Off at 1715 check. At 1450 I also have extremely distorted spurblobs circa 9441 and 9486, but can`t relate them to 9395, 9455 or any Cuban. Not there at 1715 check, Possibly a local device (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Oct 28 at 1502, this WRMI is still off, nor is that BS replaced by extending 9955 into midday as was planned; yet 9455 remains in well with own BS. It`s overkill anyway, when 9395 & 9455 carry same programming 60 kHz apart on same parameters. But TOMBS fell for that, too much sucker money to spend (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.912 & 7490.061, UT Sat Oct 24 at 0003, both WBCQs are about equally sufficient for `AAAWWW`, ``WTO`` theme ending and AW opening show teasing? listeners about how gorgeous his half-naked wife is in the 84-degree studio; I cannot think of any other radio host who always begins thus. She is to him a welcome distraxion, but more seriously they complain about distracted drivers; and hear from someone who sadly sold his Harley rather than risk them. Then discussing the centennial of regular broadcasting by KDKA, but also WWJ Detroit, apparently reading an entire article from a September Radio World past 0030. By 0039 more technical about `BCQ: He loves meters and insisted Continental install them, maybe for the last time, on the 500 kW. All the old transmitters are tube-type and one has 18 meters on it, so he can view directly what any stage is doing. At 0050 finally reveals it`s 23rd of October, YOOL 2020, into e-mail briefly; 0055 starts to read some Free Radio Weekly items, but none ensue since immediately allowed to be interrupted by a caller telling a story of how he had a vision in September that Trump would win by an approx. 2:1 margin --- they can only hope!! Anyhow may have been last week`s FRW as I for one had not received my new issue yet. Now only a minute for benedixion and getting off in time for Hal Turner (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 22 at 0223, WRNO is on, fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 27 at 0120, WRNO is on with gospel huxter in English at S9+10 but quite undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Oct 24 at 0533, WTWW-2 with S9+40 of dead air, along with JBA parasitic spurs about 5072 & 5098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Oct 25 at 0017, WTWW-2 starting `TOUTA`, distorted as usual here but this week I bring up the $tereo webcast. Bob Heil is playing recordings of deceased colleagues` performances, including some pre-echo audible during a pause, which means it`s print-thru on a reel-to-reel tape. 0048 as soon as some applause start, WTWW hastily cuts to ID and back to rock music, whew! Enough of that theatre organ stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.003, Oct 26 at 0548, surprised to find gospel huxter in English, way later than WBCQ is scheduled, not BS // TOMBS on 7570 WRMI; and too close to on-frequency for Monticello. O, in B-20 HFCC, WHRI has 7490, 250 kW, 47 degrees at 0430-0600, so now it`s a 3-way timeshare with WBCQ and WWCR --- soon to be WBCQ`s, but what callsign will apply to Furman?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13650-13655-13660, Oct 26 at 1415, DRM noise on WINB`s new hybrid frequency for B-20, 1200-1700 M-F, ex 15745-15750-15755. The lower half is not traditional DRM noise but secret data stream probably involving high-speed stock trading (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 840, WHAS Louisville KY off for maintenance: See CUBA [and non] ** U S A. 870, Oct 28 at 2353 UT, WWL New Orleans still has plenty of time for commercials as the eye of Hurricane Zeta is right over the city. Eventually gets back to coverage, callers, and reports from parish sheriff(s). 0000 Oct 29 into CBS News leading with a report from the same WWL guy; some fades vs something hetting in its null. Then locally explains the modified jock schedule overnight, including this one coming back at 6 am [CDT] -- that is apparently his normal shift as he keeps saying ``good morning`` now and swears at himself for sodoing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906v, Oct 22 at 0222, no signal from ROCV into Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906.1-RCUSB, Oct 26 at 0339, straining to hear ROCV via Bonaire SDR, can only detect a JBA carrier by USB tuning offset slightly below (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6905.930v-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 0057 via TWR Bonaire SDR, peppy tropical tunes mostly vocal at S6-S7. At 0100 a 5+1 timesignal which must be crosstalk from something, mixing with continuing music. 0105 automated timecheck for 9:04, and others are consistently one minute slow. Canned IDs of 3 or 4 varieties play between every 2 or 3 songs, None mentioning Venezuela 93.7 nor the next station to be relayed, LV del Tigre 980 --- just ``ROCV, 6906``. At 0111, grandiose ``transmitiendo a nivel mundial`` and contact info for reports too rapid for me to copy and I`m as usual not recording, seeming e-mail, phone, postal? ``Sus reportes son importante para nosotros`` but not explicitly promising any QSL. 0119 another ID, etc., etc., and 0204 again the one with contact info (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2058) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 22 at 1155-1203 UT, as I am rarely awake before sunrise here, while westcoasters have been reporting superb East Asian DX. 558, 567(2), 693, 702(2), 738(2), 747(2), 774, 819(2), 828, 846(2); 972(*strongest with some music at 1159, no timesignal at 1200 = South Korea); 1044, 1098, 1107, 1206-(off-frequency: mwoffsets shows 1205.96 Yanbian RGD Korean News General (Yanji/Longjing), China), 1611 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 23 at 0550-0606: 531, 585, 639(2), 693, 729, 738*, 774(2), 837, 855(2), 882, 891, 909, 936(2), 981, 909(2), 1053*(2), 1089, 1098, 1107, 1125(2), 1152, 1215 --- all those detected by USB tuning 1 kHz below on 9-kHz steps. Before completing to top of band, I then switch to LSB tuning from 1 kHz above the 9-kHz steps, not in the order heard: 549, 558, 612, 639, 684, 693, 729, 738, 747, 882, 891, 936, 981, 999, 1026, 1044, 1053*, 1089, 1152(2), 1215, 1458, 1503 kHz. *strongest; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5040, Oct 24 at 0534, JBA carrier in absence of RHC which has been off all evening. May be same one heard at 0030 which could have been India, but certainly not now. Not Vanuatu either. Possibly RHC with exciter only of a few watts; some utility; or who knows? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5945, Oct 25 at 1356 and 1448, JBA carrier as I am hunting for RNZI in B-20. HFCC shows something from UZBEKISTAN for Pan American [sic] Broadcasting, like Tony Alamo? at 13-14 but on day 7 = Saturday only and this is Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6170.090, Oct 25 at 1355 and still 1448, JBA off-frequency carrier as I hunt for RNZI, which I later find from 1259 has moved from 6170 to 6115 as of October 26. Tentative B-20 HFCC even shows Bangladesh at 13-14 on 6170! Most likely this be KOREA NORTH, VOK with PBS relay to Europe as per Arnulf`s B-20 schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9218, Oct 23 at 1432, S5-S8 open carrier. The persistent OC on 9200 is not on right now, possibly same transmitter. 9200 is back on later in day and no 9218, such as at 2347, S8-S9. Note that sometimes there is also a CNR1 jammer on 9200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11137-USB, Oct 23 at 2357, 2-way in Spanish, maybe legit aerocomms but I doubt it. I run across these during CNR1 jammer bandscans, in fact another one I missed logging in haste to beat the jammer closings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE Oct 25 Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Change of DST - Amended Time-Zone offset notations for Croatia, Germany (HCJB, HLR), New Zealand, Romania, Spain (REE) 2) Japan - NHK R Japan: Amended link to programme page on website 3) Palau - Hope Radio: Added links for this new station 4) USA - WBCQ: Added link to Area 51/61 skeds courtesy of Larry Will's webpage (via Glenn Hauser in WOR iog mail list) and updated webstream links for 7490 and Area 51 webcasts 5) USA - WMLK: Updated links to WMLK home page and streaming site The next update will be early November to update Time-Zone offset notations for the Americas. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe) DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATE Oct 26 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULES UPDATE Oct 25 http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Right-wing U.S. Christians have engineered an almost parallel version of the faith, writes Michael Coren · for CBC News Opinion · Posted: Oct 27, 2020 4:00 AM ET | ...One of the ironies of the United States is that a country that so roars about the concept of the separation of church and state has a political system so drenched in religiosity. The divinity's followers vote in enormous numbers and many U.S. politicians are genuine believers, whatever their party allegiance. And then there is Donald Trump. Even though he won the support of more than 80 per cent of white evangelicals in 2016 and is still highly popular with Christians of many denominations, there's little sign that he's an authentic person of faith. His personal behaviour is unusual for someone who says he is a Christian, and his policies routinely appear to be the antithesis of the Gospel values of peace, love, and justice... https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-christian-conservative-support-donald-trump-1.5776988 (via Richard Langley, NB) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conservative Analyst Bill Kristol: A Trump Second Term Would Be Dangerous President Trump’s America has been characterized by political polarization. Also notable has been the exodus of prominent Republicans from the GOP. One high-profile example is Bill Kristol, who served in the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He now leads Defending Democracy Together, a coalition of anti-Trump Republicans. He spoke with Walter Isaacson about the possible cost to his former party, should its members continue to back this administration unconditionally. WATCH VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EHvcKfcpg&feature=youtu.be (Amanpour & Co., PBS)