** ARMENIA. Re my report of KBC: ``6080 kHz, direct from Yerevan`` --- not Gavar?? VG reception via UTwente, not here`` Christian Milling replies on the soon to be deleted DXLD yg: ``Neither Yerevan nor Gavar. The village where the transmitters are located and the postal address of the station is Noratus, Gegharkunik Province, Radio Quarter 5`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 4 at 0133, no signal from Ö-1 into UTwente, so the hours of classical music we enjoyed last night must have been a fluke or a test (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. 6185, UT Sun Dec 6 at *0500, Moosbrunn on just in time for NHK English relay at weekend timing, ex-6155; makes fast SAH overriding XEPPM, which I was hearing weakly in Spanish before 0500; via Rochester NY SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915 DRM, Dec 4 at 0145, RNA DRM is VG into TWR Bonaire SDR, 16.9-17.0 SNR, 14.06 kbps, with only occasional quick dropouts, altho only S8 on the meter. Now has a larger variety of one-line headline texts. All-music except for `Nacional` ID at 0147, and it`s the same as on 11780-AM. Really, when 11780 is loud & clear, the DRM version is only a minor improvement. The DRM sked with the SDR has now been amended to show 11910 instead of 11880 for 24 hours. At 0155 I check 6180 into Bonaire for the other RNA AM frequency, but all I hear is China via Cuba, so RNA must be off. Is it the same transmitter for DRM? How many usable transmitters have they, anyway? Can`t tell from WRTH 2020 since EBC is treated as just another station among many in the Domestic sexion, and there is no Brazil in the International sexion where normally the number of and powers of transmitters are shown. Still going with music at 0241, ``Rádio Nacional, 980 kHz``. 0302 and 0401 fuller ID for 980, 11780, 96.1 and Rio frequencies, 1130 and two more, but no mention of 11910 or 6180. Still VG past 0415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 4 at 2137, DRM noise audible here, S5-S6 with a JBA AM carrier in the middle; while RNA 11780-AM is S7-S9 with music. At 2321 I check the DRM via Bonaire SDR. Definitely on the waterfall, sharp-edged 10-kHz wide, but no decode. Neighborhood Brasília SDR? S9+15/20 but still no decode; then briefly displays silently: SNR 4.2 dB, 14.06 kbps. With offset USB tuning, I can tell there is a considerable AM carrier amid at 11910, no doubt Japan as previously noted, scheduled 21-24 UT, blocking RNA at prime-time in the Amazon. Furthermore, at all times checked, there is also no signal on 6180, apparently the transmitter repurposed for DRM test on 11910. At 2352 some RNA music cuts on and off, mostly off. Some headline texts start to display, SNR up to 13.2. Wonder if the NHK AM carrier has closed? No, not yet, as I from 2357 listen in offset USB, to hear that not quitting until 2400*. Now, RNA DRM should work better? NO. Further chex: 0048 at Brasilia SDR: S9+25 but SNR 0.6 and no decode; 0107 check, at same SDR, 6180 is still off leaving a bit of China via Cuba. At 0200 Bonaire SDR; SNL 6.5, S8 signal, zero decode (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. Continued from last report on the RNA 11905-11910-11915 DRM: Dec 5 at 0402, Brasília SDR has MPB music at 16 dB SNR, always 14.06 kbps, S9+30, just a few dropouts but lost at 0404. At 0428 I go to TWR Bonaire SDR instead, where it`s 18.7 dB, few dropouts, music but frequent ID breaks, ``Nacional FM``; 0438 more completely ``Nacional FM 96.1 Brasília`` --- it seems WRTH 2020 includes NO FM info about Brazil, tho it does at least partially for other countries. Of course, AM and a bit of SW already occupy 21+ crammed pages. At 0452 this SDR times out for me so I switch to TWR Dominican Republic, which is generally inferior, but it`s still getting the DRM well at S9, 17.2 dB. Still at 0554 S8-S9, and past 0640. At 0658 I can hear the DRM noise myself at S3-S5. Replies to my previous report: On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 07:30 PM, Glenn Hauser wrote: ``Furthermore, at all times checked, there is also no signal on 6180, apparently the transmitter repurposed for DRM test on 11910.`` ``No, they are using a special transmitter for the DRM tests. It is an SW2K5, which is a low power SW transmitter made in Brazil https://btonline.com.br/site/pt/ondas-curtas.asp?codConteudo=125 They are running just 1.12 kW. -- Richard Langley`` On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 08:01 AM, Glenn Hauser wrote: ``I find that power level hard to believe,`` --- ``There is a photo on the DRMNA io group showing power on the transmitter front panel.`` ``Altho the antenna gain may also be huge.`` --- ``It is! I saw a value posted somewhere and I'll try to find it and post it. -- Richard Langley`` ``I agree the antenna gain for the DRM transmission must be quite good. At a check just after 2300 UT December 4, the DRM signal level on 11910 into Houston was fairly decent, though I currently lack DRM decoding capability. Sounds much more powerful than the rated 2.5 kW. Meanwhile good RNA analog reception on 11780, but audio level rather low. Did not check 6180. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` I still need to hear 6180 and 11910 and 11780 all on air at same time. Maybe it`s the same antenna of 6180 which is now needed for DRM if not the transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 5 at 2301, how is the RNA DRM test doing today? To Bonaire SDR, S8, 17.2 dB SNR during a ballad, a few snags in the audio. At 0022 Dec 6 check, I now hear three transmitters at once direct with 6180 back on // 11780 music, DRM noise also audible around 11910, may or may not be // (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915 DRM, Dec 9 at 0215, RNA FM 96.1 music still testing, at first not decoding into Brasília or Bonaire SDRs, S/N ratio too low; better around 0400 into Bonaire but with dropouts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 6075, Dec 6 at 1553, S9 strongest signal on band by far, the only listenable one some 2.4 hours after sunrise here, Chinese talk and plucked music to timesignal and off 1600*; meanwhile same music on 7300 if not synchronized. Aoki/NDXC for 6075 shows CNR1 jamming vs Taiwan but until 1730*; also PBS Qinghai with CNR1 too until 1600*. Furthermore, CRI in Urdu via Kashgar until 1557. None of these seem apt for pushing such a bigsig thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 6075, Dec 8 at 1554, CNR1 in Mandarin talk S9/+10, again today the unexpected SSOB, and // weaker 6180 and 7665 --- the lower pair jamming R Taiwan International, the upper vs Sound of Hope relaying R Free Asia, *per Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Dec 5 at 2302, quick check on Bonaire of anonymous mystery missionary station finds it playing the song `Corazón de Melón`, not exactly a gospel tune. Or `Watermelon Heart`, by Trini López version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfGoA_fcgr4 YouTube also has a Pérez Prado version but with a songstress. It seems the name also applies to a dating game, a.k.a. Sweet Crush. Ah, what a learning experience SWLing can be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Dec 9 at 0212, anonymous mystery missionary station, usual gospel huxter in Spanish, VG S9/+10 into TWR Bonaire SDR. The very active CadenaDX FB, organized primarily by Santiago San Gil G. in Venezuela, has been reporting on this, trying to locate it by reception quality and triangulation during a coördinated overnight monitoring project, Dec 5 from 2230 until 1030. Here`s a thread, pointed out by Claudio Galaz in Chile: https://www.facebook.com/groups/531629043622500/permalink/3496506927134682/?app=fbl It was also roughly translated into the WRTH FB, via Ron Howard, WOR iog. They think it may be in Arauca on the Venezuelan border, if not across the border. This is in the NE corner of Colombia, while my own attempts at TDOA DFing via Kiwi SDRs had among some obvious far-off suggestions, landed circa Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, further down the Colombian border. Someone also heard the catch-phrase ``Fuerza de Paz``, which is one of the names associated with Martin Stendal`s ministry with ex-stations on 5910 & 6010, as well as ``Colombia para Cristo``. However, I assume this was mentioned in the old recordings rather than an explicit ID for the 4940 station. They found the station apparently broadcasting the continuous stream of Fuerza de Paz Radio. Meanwhile, I have undertaken a different approach. Lack of IDs or locations announced implies it is not licensed, so is there anything about it in official Colombian government radio licensing info? I asked Jim Thomas, who is familiar with researching FM info in Latin American official websites for WTFDA`s FM database, for the current SW info, which he forwarded to me. Each tropical band, 120, 90 and 60 m has a long list of possible frequencies, each with a channel number. They all end in -5, not -0, IIRC a long-ago arrangement with Venezuela which used -0 frequencies. 4935 is Canal 175 and 4945 is Canal 176. As I also reported previously, there used to be a YV station on 4940. Now there are NO Colombian or Venezuelan tropical band SW stations on the air, except for this one, whichever it may be. Should it be licensed in Colombia nevertheless, this listing is from April 2019, long before it appeared on the air, so would not necessarily be included. [As an aside, the official webpage goes on to assign channel numbers to the International SW bands from 188 on 5905, up to Canal 898 on 26095! and to which a few lower stations were still on the books altho we know all of them have been gone for years, except the latest ones being 6010 & 5910 which tested briefly this year; including callsigns and STL frequencies in the 300-MHz band, by departments, each 5 kW except Bogotá 20 kW, which were of course Rdif. Nacional; FYI: Arauca: Turbo, 6085, HJTF Cundinamarca: Bogotá, 9635 HJGG; 9700 HJGR; 11795 HJGT; 15335 HJGV; 17865 HJGY Chocó: Bahía Solano: 6105, proyectado, HJAO Guaviare: San J[osé del] Guaviare, 6035 HJOY Meta: Villavicencio, 5975 HJHZ; 5955 HJKV Meta: Puerto Lleras, 6010 & 5910 HJDH Nariño: Tumaco, 6015, HJOW] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13765, Dec 7 at 1455, RHC spurblob with F# tone signature vs something in AM, listed as R. Farda via Lampertheim, Germany. Out of 13700-AM transmitter, and a match about 13635 at only S2. The blobs are far weaker than their usual level; something`s always wrong at RHC. Also second-order trace at 13570, minus 2 x 65. All still there at 1550 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Dec 7 at 1545, RHC is S9+20 and JBM, while // 15140 is S9+10 but louder, merely undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Dec 9 at 0656, RHC is S9+30 of dead air in English but with some hum; 6000 is S9+20 and suptorted; but 9700, only S8-S9 has good modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. BTW, my DX PROGRAMS sexion of Dec CIDX Messenger altho dated Dec 5 somehow did not show the latest updates such as 9700 ex-6145 for DXers Unlimited. Always check our website for the latest changes which may be entered at any time: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545, Dec 4 at 1545, no signal from Bayto Yiakl, so that accounts for Friday off; yet to be checked after 1530: Sun, Mon, Tue, Thu, lacking any explicit schedule; and on Saturday whether it be off-frequency+plus or not, Issoudun or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545.055V, Saturday December 5 at 1530, Bayto Yaikl clandestine talk at S7/S9+10 direct, as I am trying to measure the frequency, it`s constantly wobbling, roughly 17545.05 to 17545.06, i.e. offset-plus just like when monitored on the additional Wednesday broadcast. The Saturday one is registered as from Issoudun, FRANCE. I thought this behaviour unusual even for ISS, so could be from somewhere else, like UAE? But now it`s clear the two are at least from some same site. At 1546 I try it via UTwente SDR: poor S6-S7 signal as would be apt, too close for skip distance, but in AM Synch mode it keeps trying to lock onto the wobbling frequency, briefly displaying offsets + such as: .033, .051, .030, .048, .027, .045 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see also GERMANY [non] ** ERITREA [non]. 17545+, Dec 6 at 1542, confirmed no Bayto Yaikl on Sunday, just Wed & Sat so far. Traces of 17615+ Sa`udi, 21690 France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545.055V, Dec 7 at 1544 check, NO signal from Bayto Yaikl, via France? So mark off another DOW it is not airing, Mondays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. See ERITREA [non], GERMANY [non] ** GERMANY [non]. 15350, Sat Dec 5 at 1540, S6-S8 open carrier except for telltale Issoudun, FRANCE clattering, i.e. the Saturday-only [except for Dec 26] scheduled silly ballgame in Hausa from Deutsche Welle relay. 15195, Sat Dec 5 at 1541, African talk in presumed Hausa, S7-S9, the Sat-only silly football game from Deutsche Welle relay, managing to modulate here unlike supposedly // 15350! The two are 7 degrees apart in azimuth, 165 here, 172 on 15350. 15195 also has a short/long path echo, and likely so would 15350 if there were anything on it to echo! Not even the DW IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also ERITREA [non] ** IRELAND. 13264-USB, Dec 4 at 1456, VOLMET roboyl, i.e. Shannon, considerably weaker than 13270-USB, roboom from Gander. 13264 per Eibi could also be used by Albrook, Panamá ex-CZ, for HFDL (ID-11) in -HF, whatever that mean (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH. 7580, Dec 7 at 0710, algo JBA here as I have just found WRMI absent from 7570. Nothing in HFCC --- but EiBi shows VOK in Japanese; for his list you don`t have to pay dues to appear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 17880.0, Dec 9 at 1618, S7-S9 instrumental music sounds vaguely Christian and slightly off-frequency+plus, yet adjusted measurement close to .000 --- I may have to recalibrate. Also not adding up is this listed as CRI in Arabic via Bamako; another service defaulting to surely secular fill music? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 6080, Sat Dec 5 at 2139, tune in on UTwente SDR to a special broadcast of the Mighty KBC, tnx to a reminder from Alan Roe. Excellent near-local quality reception in SyncAM mode. ``Waiting for Santa Claus to enter the studio`` now, and next hour. Rock music, Dutch and English ads and IDs; 2145 as ``60-80 kHz, 100 kW direct from Yerevan``. At 2205 I posted to the WOR, NASWA and BDXC iogroups: ``O o, 2159.5 switch 6080 to AWR IS & ID, Voice of Hope, introducing 2200 Bangla! 2201, switch back to Dutch - KBC. Was this a joke, or mistake? English, ``the adventure starts here`` --- not Adventist... Resuming frenetic rock and DJ chatter. commercials in bilanguages. Frequent IDs ``6080 kHz, direct from Yerevan`` --- not Gavar?? VG reception via UTwente, not here`` AWR`s Bangla service is listed at 1300 UT only. 2200 would be a bit early, 4 am local. This was in reply to Alan`s original notes: ``A reminder that The Mighty KBC have a special broadcast tonight on 6080 kHz via Armenia from 2100 to 2300 UT. From the KBC webpage and Facebook page: "The Mighty KBC and an uncensored Dave Donkervoort! Saturday 5 December 22:00-24:00! DAB+ 12 B and 6080 kHz. from Yerevan Armenia: December 5th and Saint Nicholas evening will never be the same! All times in CET." Netherlands [non]. Fair signal of the special broadcast for Saint Nicholas Eve on 6080 kHz via Armenia signing on at 2100 UT. Mostly in Dutch with some announcements in English. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK`` Donkervoort could be translated Darkaway? His? expressiveness in Dutch is really excessive. I keep listening to this extravaganza instead of my usual KUCO post-opera birthday music [the Met Opera season has just begun all-repeats for obvious reasons, with Prokofiev`s Voyna i Mir for 4 hours, a bit much; I pass]; at 2254 KBC already says closing down on SW but music keeps playing until circa 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Dec 9 at 0653, no signal from VON. I think it was on the night before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1140, Dec 5 at 2013 UT, KRMP OKC is off the air, a hole in my caradio MW daytime bandscan. The 1 kW daytimer is always audible otherwise. December official FCC LSS is 2315 UT, so at home on DX-398 I check it from 2306: weak soul music loops SSE, both fittingly; 2313 some ads mentioning OKC, so that`s it. A Progressive commercial is chopped off the air right at 2315* with no ID, goodbye, national anthem, sign-off, or retune to FM. How rude! This Tyler translator is on 92.1, so who cares about the AM. Too much QRM on FM to hear it here, not including the long-gone KAMG-LP Enid. As far as FCC knows, that`s still on the air. Nobody paying attention. If they monitored my log reports, they would have known when it came and went years ago; ha. [non]. BTW, 1130 KLEY Wellington KS remains off, forever? Correspondence that if not back on, license will expire Aug 21, 2021: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=96705 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 13785.27 & 13724.21 & 13663.14, Dec 3 at 1604, among the many birdies I have to deal with are these which measure 61.06 or 61.07 kHz apart, surely from some local device, but I am reluctant to start unplugging everything one by one or throwing breaker switches. Of course one wonders if they have something to do with AC which is supposedly at 60.0 Hz. These do not divide out to integral harmonix of 61+ kHz either. The same spans are found on many other parts of the SW dial. Any ideas? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Trip Ericson of rabbitears.info asked if I could get KTOU, OKC, RF 21 again and clear up the uncertainties about subchannels. I reply on December 4: ``Trip, I figured it would be a while before I had another chance at KUOT RF 21, but in fact it decoded for a few minutes this morning at 1625 UT. 21-1, 3ABN, bug LR 21-2, triangle and No Signal! - not diamond 21-3, 3ABN = same as 21-1! slightly different audio levels 21-4, preacher with Bible verse grafix, another grafic the Secrets of Pentecost - no bugs, back in with credits just before 1700 but gone again before any ID. 1740, drops in with Amazing Facts on the set of the preacher 21-5 Hope, with bug UR, uplifted arms I see that w9wi.com shows no subchannel info for 21 KUOT, and also still shows KTOU still on 21 as well as 22. Say, is there any way to sort/display r-e info by channel - showing all stations everywhere on any physical channel? Then in order by state? I don`t see that among your multiple options. This would be very handy for DXing when you are not sure which state or market a signal is coming from -- here, KS or OK most likely nearby but something could also easily be in TX or AR. W9WI.com does this but still nothing but Canada! Doug, hope you can get that fixed. I was also getting a Bad signal on 32, I suppose the nearest full power KRSU Claremore OK which I find in w9wi.com by state Oklahoma, altho ambiguous whether on 32 or 36, LIC on both. Glenn, Enid`` --- Trip replies: ``Ah, great! So my listing is now correct. Excellent. No, I don't have a list like that. For DXing, I recommend using the Allocation Map: https://www.rabbitears.info/allocationmap.php It'll let you plot the stations on a given channel, and then you can eyeball and see what you might be receiving. - Trip`` You can also set it to ignore adjacent channels and/or LP stations, but to check power and all other info have to go back to lists (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. RF 22, Dec 9 at 1637 UT, Level-3 tropo enhancement for 1500 predicted over the 4-corners OK/AR/MO/KS area, with lesser rings outward, Enid on the edge between 1 and 2, and almost every `open` UHF channel plus some VHF have a Bad signal bar. RF 22 first decodes as KSNT, which is supposed to be RF and virtual 27 in Topeka KS, which KFOR OKC would be blocking on 27 itself. Before it soon fades out, or rather cuts off below DTV threshold, I hasten to explore the subchannels which are: 27-2 SBN; 22-3 HSN-2; 22-4 KTOU with full screen color bars!; 22-5 Shop. So this is really the OKC station on 22, almost matching Rabbitears listings, 22-1 22.1 HSN HSN 22-2 22.2 SAP Audio Icon SBN SonLife 22-3 22.3 HSN 2 HSN2 22-4 22.4 KTOU The Country Network 22-5 22.5 CTV Infomercials The tiny PSIP ID maybe was not really KSNT, but KSNC which would make more sense, 22 in Great Bend KS but virtual 2. Both Kansas places are outside any tropo predixion area (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. 9275, Dec 6 at 1550, Chinese music S7-S9 with flutter, FEBC Bocaue at 10-16. WMLK has also reserved 9275 at 17-22, 53 degrees toward Europe, if those Yahwists ever get their new 300 kW transmitter and antenna in Bethel PA on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. 6150, December 7 at 2234, something in English, fair signal, from Europe? No, HFCC shows this hour only is BBCWS via USAGM Tinang; so it`s circa grayline (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAO TOME. 7325.034, Dec 7 at 0708, BBCWS in English but off-frequency. Of course, HFCC shows relay this hour via USAGM Pinheira, which is riddled with offfrequenciness --- e.g. 6080v for VOA. Previous BBC hour 06-07 is via Woofferton, likely much closer to .000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0 kHz, Dec 8 at 2224, JBA carrier making het against domestic 1520.0 stations, KOKC talk and something with music. Gone before 2230 but could not catch a hard turnoff; presumed Duba 2 megawatt which does close at 2230* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15225, Dec 4 at 1458, S5-S8 African? drumming and chanting, 1500 YL in Arabic mentions ``Arabiya``, apparent news with drum sounders; still at 1545 but JBA. It`s the General Program starting, of SRI/SBA per WRTH; we do miss the more distinctive name BSKSA, maybe suspended because SA is now more of a murderous Crown-Princedom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Dec 5 at 0301, classical music on WRMI via Bonaire SDR, Karelia Suite by Sibelius, so it`s `Encore` from Radio Tumbril. This first transmission of the week is still missing from Brice Avery`s publicity; times UT, frequencies kHz: ``Regular Broadcast times of Encore are: 1100-1200 Saturday 6070 Channel 292 to Europe-Simulcast on 9670 Repeated: 0100-0200 Sunday 5850, Simulcast 5010 WRMI to US, Canada, C America 1700–1800 Sunday 9670 Channel 292 to Europe 2200-2300 Sunday 3955 Channel 292 to Europe 0300–0400 Monday 9455 WRMI to the US and Canada 1300-1400 Tuesday 15770 WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland 0300-0400 Thursday 5800 WRMI to South America and Caribbean & US 1300-1400 Thursday 15770 WRMI to Europe, east coast US and Iceland 2000–2100 Friday 6070 Channel 292 to Europe Our email is encoretumbril@gmail.com. Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL welcome. The website is http://www.tumbril.co.uk where we show transmission times and frequencies, the playlist for the most recent programme, more information about Radio Tumbril, and the email link. This week's programme starts with some Sibelius, then a piece by Rameau, followed by something contemporary-part of UFO by Michael Daugherty. Haydn next - Allegro con Brio from his Symphony 44, after which we will hear some monastic music from 12th century France. Part of a modern Quartet piece after that, then some Ravel, a Schubert duet, and finally Celestial Fantasy by Alan Hovhaness. Channel 292 can be pulled live off the internet if the reception is poor in your location. Easy to find their site with a google search. A very good site for online SDR receivers all over the world is http://kiwisdr.com/public/ Click the 'Map' button in the top left of the screen. Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave on Radio Tumbril. Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril - Scotland`` I fervently recommend you catch a repeat of this and every week. He has reorganized the playlists to make them better informative, but first item on this one for 5/12 just names it Intermezzo (Moderato), not Karelia, but which he does back-announce. https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Dec 9 at 1625, WRMI is still on with what sounds like a much younger Brother HyStairical orating, or someone else? The Overkiller, // 13845, 11600, 9980, 9455, 9395, 7780. I have not checked whether 9955 is now staying on all day with this, but websked still shows System B WRMI-3 off the air 15-21 or 22 except weekends, when it is still out of air most of the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** THAILAND. 13750, Dec 6 at 0058 I remember to check Radio Thailand`s NAm service in English, as Steven Wiseblood has reported it well into the RGV: ``13750 THAILAND R. Thailand 0030z decent signal with W in EG reading news, 0035z into M in EG culture in Thailand (Wiseblood-TX 12/06)`` --- So I bring up the TWR Brownsville SDR in time to hear some music; break off at 0059, back on at 0100 with the Thai national anthem, which I was hearing a lot 50 years ago, and into Thai hour. Both only fair by that Kiwi. HFCC shows a slight beam change from 30 to 38 degrees, why? The 6-degree azimuth from Udorn for NAm East is at 0000-0030 & 0200-0230 English, 0230-0330 Thai; 30 degrees for NAm West English at 0030-0100 only; shouldn`t the later 0200-0330 segment be for the West? Anyhow, standard remark that since HSK9 are using USAGM facility, to reach us much better, they should be on Grimesland! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TIBET [non]. 12125, Dec 7 at 1547, algo poor S3-S7, scheduled as RFA in Tibetan this hour only via TINIAN, NMI, so could also be CNR1 jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5980, Dec 4 at 2143, Turkish music at S7-S9 from VOT in Turkish as scheduled 17-22 to Europe and USward. Then on 5940 more music, sounds like same, switching back and forth, so think it`s also VOT, but did no match on a second receiver to be positive. Instead, Aoki & EiBi agree that 5940 at 20-22 is Algeria via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K [non]. BBCWS: See PHILIPPINES; SAO TOME ** U S A. 353-MCW kHz, Dec 5 at 0703 UT, ND beacon LIN --- ??? O, I have been faked out again by the mixture of LI in LIttle Rock and IN in INternational Falls. They are same pitch and perfectly in sync so sound like a 3-letter call but then they gradually separate into LI and IN with different periods, still overlapping. If pauses are long enough, each should become audible independently at some point. Classaxe.com shows LI at 6.2 seconds, IN at 6.03 --- close, but no cigar. Also that they are 8 Hz apart in pitch (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Dec 8 at 0739 UT, ND beacon UV, which is 25 watts from Oxford - Tunng, Mississippi. Whence that name? ``Tunng are an English folk music band. They are often associated with the folktronica genre, due to the electronic influences evident in some of their work. Tunng are often noted for their use of strange instruments, including sea shells. Wikipedia`` --- what a weird correlation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 515-MCW kHz, Dec 3 at 0705, the only NDB I log before shut-eye is here, OS, which is 25 watts from Columbus - Fuler, Ohio, whatever that mean. First time I`ve ever heard this in nightly bandscans, in case our own 515, PN in Ponca City OK, ever revive. I see there are two other 515s listed, in MT and WA. Nor have I heard in an even longer time, 512, HMY in Lexington OK. The 510-529 band is normally vacant except for some utenoise 518 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Dec 6 at 1453, 1.8 milliwatt HIFER beacon K6FRC is JBA with ID only repeating, from Patterson CA - tuned across almost every morning, last logged October 11. Standard inquiry: is it always on the air or not? Fortunately, no spurblobblox from RHC today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Dec 8 at 1500, HIFER beacon K6FRC is JJBBA, 1.8 milliwatts from Patterson CA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18140-USB, Dec 8 at 1510, W7RAT is concluding a QSO with another --RAT; this one is in Palm Desert CA, but explains he is transmitting 1.5 kW remotely from his other home in chilly Portland OR by computer control. Many of his family members are also hams. Guess what`s on his QSL card? ``W7RAT MICHAEL I BLOOM, PORTLAND, OR 97225 USA``. Then worx a W0 in Missouri, too close to hear here. 18120-USB, Dec 8 at 1513, NY3B calling CQ over and over, first heard on 18112-USB announcing QSY to here. ``NY3B, STEVEN E STRAUSS, OREFIELD, PA 18069-9043 USA`` --- qrz.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18122-USB, Dec 9 at 1613, AA6AA calling CQ DX, working unheard M5LMG. Admits from Nevada, yet another station with misleading call area, but wow, what a vanity callsign, first among equals? QRZ.com: ``AA6AA USA flag USA, STEVEN M ORLAND, Los Angeles, CA 90013 USA Operating remotely from W7RN located in VC Highlands near Reno, Nevada (DM09ei)`` 18148.8-USB, Dec 9 at 1616, W7RAT again today but split frequency, SSOB S9+20 from Southern California via Portland, Oregon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 21420.3-AM, Dec 3 at 1932, hamgab about equipment, apparently WA6JKN altho often hard to tell if a call mentioned is own or contact`s. Then reply from a K1, and when he hands it back, nothing further heard. The K1 also on a different split frequency, 21420.17-AM, all too obvious when tuning in SSB. These are the OSOB, otherwise you might think 14m be closed, with 21525 WRMI the default JBA carrier. A coast-to-coast contact on 21 MHz would mean climbing F2 MUF, or much less likely double-hop sporadic E. However here I am halfway between them where Es would fit. The DXMAP mainly shows Es MUFs, but also F2 paths if you seek them. WA6JKN is: WA6JKN USA flag USA, KEVIN P LEVONIUS, GILROY, CA 95020 USA LOTS more illustrated info about his setup and background: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/wa6jkn (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 11720, Fri Dec 4 at 2158 I catch just the outro on VOA-GB VG signal backwards of `Music Time in Africa`. Hyper Heather has a different way of expressing the show schedule, but still misses this very broadcast, the only one we may easily hear. She also keeps saying ``hundred`` after times not ending in :00. (Of course it`s not really hundred-anything in a 60-minute per hour clock system.) Re my previous comment about this one hour on VOA -- despite my critiques, I do not begrudge MTIA, just the other six hours of the week which ought to cast broadly a wide variety of American music genres. This is after all, the Voice of America, not Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Latest news about Trump vs VOA: See 1550 KUAZ MW log below ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 contents: Alaska, Australia, Austria, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Eritrea non, France, Germany, Greece, Iran non, Japan non, Jammu & Kashmir, Korea South & North, Netherlands, North America, Oklahoma, Scotland non, South Carolina non, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, USA, Vanuatu, Zambia, Desert Whooper, Radio Shack; propagation outlook WOR 2063 is available as of 0041 UT Friday December 4 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2063.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2063.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 0130 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [see below] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to Jack Amelar, NY8D, Lowell MI, who says, ``Glenn, Thank you for many years of WOR and loggings which I have enjoyed and used. Enclosed find my contribution to help keep your service to the monitoring hobby going``; with a check in US funds on a US bank 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 But checking the first airing, UT Friday December 4 at 0130, gone already from WRMI 9955, as we have been replaced by the same gospel huxter which knocked us off UT Tue 0200 this week. Now we are back to only two airings on 9955, Mon 0430 & Wed 2300; but at 0130 Friday we remain on 5010, VG S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR, and on 5850 VG direct aimed NW, but under a noise blob into Bonaire where unneeded (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday December 5 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 to UTwente SDR. Next: 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed Saturday December 5 at 1322 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S8-S9 but noisy. Next: 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [try the Warrenton MO KiwiSDR] 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon!] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed Saturday December 5 at 2048 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG S9+10 into nearby Warrenton SDR. After first having detected a JBA carrier direct in the almost-winter daytime. Also confirmed Sat Dec 5 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S7-S8 into Bonaire sidewise, S9+15 into UTwente directly. Next: 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon!] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: not confirmed UT Sun Dec 6 between 0447 and 0600 several chex of WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, but ARNL and other ham shows, such as at 0505 `ARNL` about the Arecibo collapse. Hope WOR had aired earlier before I tuned in. Heavy CW QRM thruout, must be a 160mb contest. Next: We hope WBCQ will be back on by 2300 Sunday, apparently missing Saturday due to nor`easter. 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon!] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed Sunday December 6 at new time of 2300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160v: at first no signal at a Rochester SDR --- off or too close, skipping over? A51 webcast: rock music at 2300 so started late, noticed me in progress at 2314, ended at 2333:32 so must have begun about 2304:32 or a bit earlier considering internet delay. Meanwhile direct I am able to hear an S5-S7 signal and measure it on 6159.931V slightly wobbling. Meanwhile, 7490v is good at S9+10 with `UBMP` --- I would rather not be on at same time as Uncle Bill, but his first semihour normally repeats as filler 25 hours later, UT Tue 0000-0030. WOR 2063 also confirmed UT Mon Dec 7 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 7 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+5/15 to UTwente with occasional storm crashes but per Blitzortung none closer than NW Italy, W Mediterranean, and a big storm front along the W coast of Greece. Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 7 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, again VG to UTwente SDR; 5800 S9+20/30 into TWR Bonaire SDR; also almost synch on WRN webcast. Missed checking UT Mon Dec 7 at 0430 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it, and how was the jamming? Also confirmed Monday Dec 7 from 1900:50 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, initially weak via UTwente, loudens by 1905 to S9+15/25, usual raspy audio with splat from 7280 Vietnam, but 7295 East Turkistan is still off for maintenance. Intact until 1929:45 as my last three words ``a standard disclaimer`` chopped off after ``with``, to be replaced by dead air before the IRRS ID. As usual, after open carrier, sign-on came at 1859:50, FSN headlines at 1900:25 approx., then WOR. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Dec 8 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG to UTwente. Also confirmed UT Tue Dec 8 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG to TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR. Next: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: next: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW {confirmed} 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE {confirmed} 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE New WOR 2064 should be ready by early UT Friday December 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Dec 5 at 0100 on WBCQ webcast only, `AAAWWW` topix: sunspots up affecting propagation; on 7490 & 6160 tonight; AHW is an old romantic who loves to touch the model body of his beloved wife Angela; touching in general is a human need but due to CV is becoming taboo; that includes hand-shaking, never a good idea in flu season anyway. Staff in Maine always come down with a bug in the winters. Are we at war with nature, or with ourselves? 0129 phone call from Bill in AZ with reception problems; has lived in a van for 30 years, frugally instead of trying to maximize income. Fossil fuels are still needed, no shortage now with less driving and flying. 0151 discusses the Arecibo radio-telescope collapse; was on his bucket list to visit sometime. Hopes it can be replaced; 0158 closing prayer. I was not listening closely every minute, but I don`t think I heard any mention of Trump, Biden or the elexion. Is that possible? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. A nor`easter hit the WBCQ area on Saturday December 5, and it seems it has been knocked off the air, altho not certain, perhaps deficient propagation. 6160v, Dec 6 at 0503 check, no signal into Rochester nor here, but may have just normally signed off. Sked: http://zappahead.net/#2020-1205-area51 7490, I was also checking whether a conflict with WHRI, but only the latter heard on 7490.0, Dec 6 at 0455 with gospel huxter into Warrenton MO SDR I`m mainly monitoring for WA0RCR; 0503 S7-S9 gospel song. 9330, Dec 6 at 1624, no signal from WBCQ with WLC. Ivo Ivanov earlier noted it absent at 1000 when scheduled in French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17790, Dec 6 at 1808, very strong S9+10/20 unfamiliar electronic interval signal, recorded. Rick Barton, AZ first reported this at 1720, then WRMI ID at 1800. Also heard by Harold Frodge, MI; Wolfgang Bueschel using Bonaire SDR, at 1751: ``twin tone 17790 and 17795 kHz signal strings``. At 1812, Peter W Hansen: ``17790 comes best at Bay Area California and 17795 in New York and Iceland.`` I ask Jeff White about it! ``Hi Jeff, Questions I hope you can answer: 17790 -- what is the origin and significance of that unfamiliar [17-note] interval signal? Is this really from Okeechobee? Which transmitter and antenna? Excellent signal here. Is this leading to a new relay client? Any other new frequencies planned? And you were running 17795 at same time? Others heard that. From another site? At 1900 ID sounded like a mixture of Spanish, and Russian?`` ``Glenn: It's a test for a one-time special transmission tomorrow [Mon Dec 7] from 1300 to 1700. I can't really say who it's for until tomorrow. Two frequencies: 17790 and 7570. The language was Bosnian. Yeah, it's OK to share it. Jeff`` Further monitoring via Bonaire and direct: I`m hearing 17790 only, past 1952 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7570, Dec 7 at 0710, this WRMI is off, unusually instead of all-night Brother Scare, still to be heard on 7730 et al. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17790 & 7570, Dec 7 at 1501, special WRMI broadcast as first heard testing yesterday. Instead of 17-note IS, now 3 notes repeating every 48 seconds for 7 seconds, G-Bb-A above Middle C as confirmed on my keyboard, and in between 5-digit number groups in YL synthetic English, with Bosnian? accent. The letter G, and only G, is sometimes interspersed with 4 numbers, especially the first group after the notes. Ivo Ivanov earlier copied a few numbers, but not same ones I am hearing now. Jeff told us this would start at 1300 today, but Ivo says it did not until 1350; and Steve Howe in VT from 1351. 17790 here is again very strong S9+10/20, so I do suspect it is one of the transmitters hookable to a 315-degree antenna aimed right at us. Like WRMI-11 on 7570 which is only S9/+10 in daytime after all; i.e. 17790 being WRMI-12 which is on 5850 at night but mostly off the air daytimes 11-23 UT. If not 315, then 285, used by WRMI-13 on 7730 at night. I keep listening, but do not bother to copy the numbers which are not going to be useful except for insiders. At 1600 a Bosnian? ID; supposed to quit at 1700, but still going and a late canned ID again at 1705, 3-tones resume, and NOW switch to numbers in Russian! Bosnian is very similar, but this sounds like pure Russian, e.g. ``odin`` for ``one``, not ``jedan`` as in Bosnian. Until 1720 another Bosnian? ID and then the 17-note IS resumes as heard yesterday but not until now today. I am monitoring 17790 only which is stronger here, even on the portable ATS-909. That continues past 1750+ until final ID at 1800* and off. Here`s a clip I recorded during the test Dec 6 at 1859 on 17790; 17-note IS before and after ID in Bosnian, which cut off a few words of Spanish first; does anyone recognize the tune? https://www.w4uvh.net/WRMIgameIS.mp3 Meanwhile, this came to the WOR iog at 0423 UT Dec 7: ``For anyone interested in further information regarding this transmission, this broadcast seems to be set up to promote a new video game - I found a number of videos on YouTube today from Video Game related channels that were sent a promotional package by a video game company. It included a Tecsun PL-880 receiver and instructions to tune to the frequency 17790 kHz. It seems like they were going with a "Cold War" or "Numbers Station" theme. Examples if one wishes to skim through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZW85n8L1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TidiLRwQqjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyM68qzUrk4 All the best, John (VORW Radio International)`` IIRC, there was another video-game special broadcast a few years ago, on WRMI? Can anyone find details about that? We still don`t know exactly who is behind this new one. Waiting for Jeff to explain. Then he replies at 2003 UT December 7: ``Glenn: Yes, the last set of numbers was in Russian. I can’t think what other similar broadcast you’re referring to. You’ll have to jog my memory. Anyway this one is not related. These broadcasts were made by the company that sells the Call of Duty video games. I don’t have all of the details, but it has something to do with the promotion of a new Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War game. Specifically spy numbers stations. Certain gamers throughout North America were provided with shortwave receivers and they had to monitor the numbers and get clues for the game. I guess the same principle as the old Cold War spies. There may be some YouTube videos online about this; I’m not sure. Jeff`` We are forced to go to disgraced FB to find any new programming publicity from WRMI --- nothing about this yet, but FYI only, some others, the religious ones removing most of the platitudes: ``WRMI Radio Miami International December 5 at 12:31 PM · Another new program on WRMI: Far Right Radio Show --- We are an anti-Communist and pro American conservative talk show, covering the topics the mainstream media will not cover. Heard on WRMI at 0800-0830 UTC Wednesday on 7730 kHz.`` ``WRMI Radio Miami International December 5 at 12:18 PM · Another new program on WRMI - All Tribes Radio --- Calling all tribes to unite in peace, All Tribes Radio presents an eclectic, sometimes quirky blend of world beat, trip hop, jazz, funk, and rock music along with spoken word offerings gleaned from both the Public Domain and the Creative Commons. In addition, our Spanish language program, Radio Todas Las Tribus from Nosara, Costa Rica features insights and information about this unique international community, and Costa Rica in general, along with music from Latin America. All Tribes Radio can be heard on WRMI at 6:00 pm Eastern Time Sunday (that's 2300 UTC in winter, 2200 UTC in summer) on 9395 kHz, as well as at 0500 UTC Sunday on 5985 kHz.`` {so what about Spanish version?} ``WRMI Radio Miami International November 25 at 3:02 PM · New Program on WRMI --- THE GOVERNMENT IS ON HIS SHOULDERS My name is Bruce Killingbeck from the Church of Antioch in Reed City, Michigan. Come join us Saturday at 9 PM EST on 9395 kHz to hear from the Bible the turning point for all mankind, Jesus, Yehoshua the Messiah.`` ``WRMI Radio Miami International November 19 at 11:01 AM · New Program on WRMI: 'BRING TRUTH TO LIFE' IS A CHRISTIAN BASED, TOPICAL, FUN PROGRAM, WHICH STRIVES TO MAKE EACH BROADCAST INFORMATIVE, EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING. "Bring Truth to Life" can be heard on WRMI on Sundays at 2300-2330 UTC on 7780 kHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, S9+10, Tue Dec 8 at 1550, WRMI extended past 1500* with TOMBS, not only for Sabbathdays, // 9395 & 9455, just as Brother Scare is bragging about his WW SW coverage with unfamiliar frequencies, 17765 at 13-14, 9460 after 14; 13810 to ME, another one, and 15495, to continue until ``end of this year``, then some changes. None of these are on the ``current`` sked dated August 2020. Either something very new, Bulgaria? Or more likely something very old/imaginary --- but then so is everything he pontificates (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17790, Dec 8 circa 1510, no signal from WRMI, nor expected, as the gamer-special Dec 7 was a one-time event, after the Dec 6 tests. Here`s the answer to my recollexion of something like this before: ``Checking my log book, I had a logging on 20 April 2014 from 0400 to 0500 UT on 7570 kHz of STF Radio International. Apparently, 10 // frequencies at 100 kW were to be used and was IDed as a "1-hour million-watt special." I have a note that the program did not go out on three of the planned frequencies. The program (which I recorded) was a combination of seemingly synthetic voice, music, and digital signals, which I decoded using Fldigi. -- Richard Langley`` -- Kenneth Vito Zichi also recalled it with more details on 6 and 21 April 2014y (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Dec 4 at 1546, no signal from KVOH; not propagating, or powerless again like a week ago due to more fire hazards? I mentioned that PG&E had turned off the juice, but it`s really Southern California Edison, tho close to the monopoly boundary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Sat Dec 5 at 1623, KVOH is back on during `Wavescan` in English, having been missing Friday morning in Spanish, possibly due to deliberate fire-hazard power cut by SCE to the transmitter site; now only poor S7-S9 with hum --- I need to be careful reporting hum, as some local device could be imposing it; however there is no hum at same time on 17830 BBC ASCENSION. By 1817, KVOH has built up to S9+20/30/40 with praise music and devotional. DXMAP check at 1906 shows a 36 MHz Es MUF blob in the Four-Corners, roughly halfway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, re KVOH missing December 4, Ray Robinson of KVOH replies December 5: ``Hi, Glenn. 17775 was indeed off on Thursday and part of Friday [Dec 3-4] due to a preventative Edison power cut to the area that includes the KVOH transmitter site. It will likely be off on Monday [Dec 7] too, not due to Edison, but because of some maintenance work we need to do (that can only be done when we have lights and power!). Ray.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Dec 7 at 1543, no signal from KVOH, fulfilling Ray`s prophecy that would be off for maintenance today even if power were back on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Dec 8 at 1508 & 1546 chex, no signal from KVOH. Ray Robinson followed up his explanation at 2151 Dec 7: ``Power has once again been shut off to the KVOH transmitter site up on Chatsworth Peak, and it is extremely windy up there. Edison says the outage is likely to continue until Wednesday morning [Dec 9]. Latest news report below. Ray.`` Viz.: More than 10,000 SoCal Edison customers without power amid heightened fire danger --- By Mary Stringini http://foxla.com/news/more-than-10000-socal-edison-customers-without-power-amid-heightened-fire-danger (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Wed Dec 9 at 1620, no signal from KVOH, still no power as expected by Ray Robinson (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Dec 5 at 1818, WTWW-1 night frequency is on in the daytime with SFAW/PPP, S9/+10 but noisy; while 5085, WTWW-2 night frequency is also on and of course even weaker, rock music S9 vs noise level of S8. Whenever this happen, and it has before, one fears the transmitter operator, even by remote control, may be indisposed, or worse. We know Ted has some health problems. Ivo Ivanov first noted them both after 1300, 1500, 1630 via remotes. What are the allowable hours for WTWW? One sesquimonth after B-20 official start, FCC still has not got around to adding it to A-20: https://www.fcc.gov/general/high-frequency-stations-seasonal-operating-frequency-schedules But B-20 HFCC registrations: 5085 24h; 5830 00-14 only; 9475 14-22; 9930 14-24; 12105 14-06; 15810 24h. Of course, only the lowest three are ever in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 5 at 2045, WTWW-2 is still on with rock music as it has been all day, built up to VG signal; but by now, 5830, WTWW-2 is off, and so is its alter-ego 9475. (5085), UT Sun Dec 6 at 0121-0153, $tereo webcast of WTWW-2 with `Theatre Organ Under The Arch` lasting 32 minutes. Who`s going to notice the excess at such odd times? Me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830 & 5085, Sunday Dec 6 at 1548, WTWW-1 & 2 are OFF, unlike in daytime yesterday; 9475 WTWW-1 is also OFF, when normally it would be on a Sunday morning. Ivo Ivanov however had heard 5085 & 5830 still on at 1000, beyond schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1370, re my unID log possibly KGNO Dodge City KS: Wayne Heinen, Aurora CO, Editor, NRC AM Radio Log, replies that he heard: ``1370 KGNO KS Dodge City 11/29 0001 UT, "Classic Country KGNO" and also at 11/29 at 1301 UT, "Classic Country KGNO" and into Fox News. Haven’t heard these guys in quite a while``, as reported to next DDXD-W (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also UNIDENTIFIED. 1370 ** U S A. 1370, December 8 circa 1730 UT as I approach about halfway to west end of Enid on US 412, a caradio signal starts to appear here, sounds like Rush, probably KGNO Dodge City KS reactivated, which is a Rush dittohead, but no ID. As I go back east, lost again to 1390 KCRC desensitizing. For many months there had been *no* daytime signal from KGNO even away from Enid/KCRC, tho AFAIK it did not enjoy a `silent STA`. 1370, Dec 8 at 2227 UT on PL-880 rotatable, and NRD-545 with N-S shortwire, at least two talk stations mixing but dominant one is from south, ``Talk 13-70, The Right Source``; back to Sean Hannity; 2231 CBS news outro; 2233 I-35 traffic in central Texas, so it`s certainly KJCE, Rollingwood, Austin market. ``The Right Source`` part of slogan is not in the NRC AM Log. Another report of KGNO has now appeared in CDXR of IRCA DX Monitor: ``KGNO KS, Dodge City. 12/4 briefly fair to poor with interference. 0302 UT with “Sports on your station? KGNO Dodge City. We are KGNO Dodge City” ID, and legal IDs at 0304 and 0310 UT. [Ward Elliott, Dallas TX dwrd759@yahoo.com PL 600, PL 380, PR-D5, PR-D4, ATS-803A, TCF-Antenna, MFJ-16010, 75’ random wire]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1550, Dec 9 at 1529 UT on caradio, skywave is still in a bihour after sunrise, so I hopefully look for KMAD Madill on the other side of OK, U1 250/90 watts, much-wanted and which allegedly has returned to the air. Instead the dominant station is NPR, which has to be 50 kW ND daytimer KUAZ, Tucson AZ, those lucky Zonies; official FCC SR/SS UTs for it are: 1415-2415 Dec; 1430-2445 Jan --- concluding a story about TrumPack`s latest shenanigans and plugging All Things Considered. But by 1532 it`s overtaken by a gospel huxter in English, one of scores of other 1550s, presumably not KS still gone. NPR has moved this story about VOA/USAGM: via Mike Cooper, WOR iog, and David Cole: VOA Director Forced Aside In Drive To Embed Trump Loyalists Before Biden Era --- Heard on Morning Edition https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944291097/voa-director-forced-aside-in-drive-to-embed-trump-loyalists-before-biden-era Also via Richard Langley, WOR iog: NYT: Trump Administration Is Planting Loyalists in Biden Transition Meetings [And Pack is Stonewalling] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/climate/biden-transition-trump.html To which John Figliozzi replies: ``These people are acting like the government belongs to them. It doesn’t; it belongs to us, the American people, and they are given a finite period to run it for our benefit. The owe it to us that the transition between administrations mandated by the vote of the American people be conducted cooperatively and professionally. They are failing in this responsibility, much as they have failed in so many others over the last four years. January 20th cannot come soon enough. John Figliozzi`` Via David Cole: Trump appointee sidelines V.O.A. director before Biden takes office. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/us/politics/trump-appointee-sidelines-voa-director-before-biden-takes-office.html?referringSource=articleShare Via Steve Kamp, nrc-am gg: Trump appointee who oversees Voice of America refuses to cooperate with Biden transition team --- by Paul Farhi https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/michael-pack-voice-america-biden-transition/2020/12/08/8212f630-38e7-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html via Steve Kamp, nrc-am gg: Voice of America interim director pushed out by Trump-appointed overseer in final flurry of actions to assert control - By Paul Farhi https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/voice-of-america-director-fired-trump-michael-pack/2020/12/08/3d9539f4-3997-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN. 11935, Dec 4 at 1554, HOA music S4-S8; 1557 contact info in unknown language but mentions ``at`` and ``dot``, cuts off air at 1558* after one note of music, not enough to recognize as VR IS, but that`s what`s listed, 1530 in Amharic via SMG. Did not stay tuned but VR also sked on 11935 from 1600 in Swahili via Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906v, Dec 9 at 0214, still NO signal again from ROCV, at TWR Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1370, Dec 5 at 2015 UT, bandscan on caradio finds some talk station, mentions ``elexion fraud in Michigan``, so far-right extremist, of course, what else? I`m always looking for KGNO Dodge City KS, which I never can hear at any daypart, yet purports to be on the air, so is this it? 1370 tends to be desensitized on radios in most of Enid by the 1390 KCRC transmitter which is in the north-central along a major artery, Willow, but I am on the western outskirts where it is a little weaker and KGNO could be a little stronger. I try to find a spot away from power line noise by 2030 break, but it`s faded out. On home rig at 2045, two JBA carriers beat on 1370. Looking at listings, might also have been early skywave this time of year from e.g. KJCE, Austin market TX, another talker with a signal thisaway (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7000-LSB, Dec 4 at 1451, 2-way in Spanish. Since they are on the wrong side of 7000, I assume these are not licensed hams (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11709.1, Dec 6 at 1546, weak signal making a het with another on 11710.0, and flutter. Only two listed at this time are CNR1 from Beijing 572 site, and Voice of Korea [North], the latter more likely askew; Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13593, Dec 6 at 1455, very intermittent distorted spur of talk modulation; 13700 & 13740 RHC are both on but cannot make a match to them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST update December 3 Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Albania - R Tirana: Updated links to new website (thanks to Dr Hansjoerg Biener in WOR iog) 2) China - CRI: Removed links to obsolete english.cri.cn domain 3) Cuba - R Habana Cuba: Updated links to new freq pages (thanks to Jean-Michel Aubier in WOR iog) and updated link to live stream 4) Denmark - R 208: Added entry for this station 5) Denmark - WMR: Added alternative link for live stream 6) Germany - R Joystick: Added entry for this station 7) Germany - R Marabu: Deleted entry (no longer broadcasts via SW) 8) Netherlands - Mike Radio: Added entry for this station 9) Netherlands - R Piepzender: Added entry for this station 10) UK - BBC WS: Updated (and re-labelled) links to BBC Progs A-Z and BBC WS Prog Info 11) USA - WBCQ: Updated link to WBCQ schedules 12) USA - WEWN: Removed link to Shortwave program grid (page/pdf no longer reachable) 13) USA - WTWW: Added links to the WTWW Official Facebook page and to the WTWW Fan Listeners Club Facebook page Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be end of December. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe)