** ALGERIA [non]. 7375, Jan 12 at 1920, RRI in Romanian is very strong via UTwente, but challenged by CCI from RTA via FRANCE, the defective transmitter with continuous rapid clickbeeping - or beepclicking? Collision is obvious in HFCC B-20 registrations, quite a failure of ``coördination``. Meanwhile, RTA`s other frequency, 7315 is loud & clear. Romania is also on 5990, unchecked; EiBi lax 7375, but HFCC, Aoki & WRTH 2021 all show both Galbenis during these two sesquihours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 12 at 2355 while exploring DRM from FRANCE, q.v. on 5875, a quick check for RNA via Bonaire SDR: occasionally blasts in with clanging sounds, horrible. Label for Service 1 shows: ``XHC_AAC (A2B000) Brazil DRM Exper EEP 13.06 kbps``, whatever all that mean; SNR around 10 dB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 13 at 2310, RNA with soft jazz, good but occasional breakup; S9/+5, S/N 13 dB to Virginia SDR, 13.06 kbps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BULGARIA. 11600, Jan 9 at 1505, S3-S7 of dead air, presumably TOMBS as scheduled 15-17 UT; altho SOH and CNR1 jamming also could be here, but not much coming from thataway. Not unusual for Brother Scare`s satellite feed linx to fail, leaving SW transmitters, including US ones, with dead air, no one paying attention or ready to switch to webfeed backup; who cares? And this is during Sabbathday disservices, no less, oh my! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 258-MCW kHz, Jan 10 at 0700, ND beacon dash and ZSJ, which is 1000 watts from Sandy Lake, Ontario. Per https://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm it`s the only beacon anywhere on 258. See my Oct 14 log for more about this place. 269-MCW kHz, Jan 10 circa 0710 UT, ND beacon dash and UDE, which is 50 watts from Delta, Manitoba; I was tuned to 268-USB. Yes, a Canadian not starting with Y- or Z-. There is a Delta Beach on my atlas at the southern end of Lake Manitoba near the coordinates for this. BTW, did you know there is a town called Reykjavik further up the western shore of L. Manitoba? BTW2, Lake Winnipeg is much larger than lake Manitoba, even tho Manitoba province is much larger than Winnipeg city. UDE last logged here Oct 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 266-MCW kHz, Jan 11 at 0651 UT, dash and XD, 32-watt ND beacon at Edmonton, Alberta. City distance to Enid is 1403 miles, so 43.8 miles per watt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, dash and ML, 500-watt ND beacon at La Malbaie / Charlevoix, Quebec; mixing with FMZ, Nebraska, see USA, on same frequency but very different pitch and no dash. Not to be confused with also on 392: ML and no dash, Monroe, Louisiana; nor Monroe, Georgia with ID as JNM, both 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Re my log of 750 CKJH, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Murray Lycan, VA1CQ, Halifax, replies: ``As a former Saskatchewan resident long ago, I'll have you know CKJH studios (Beach Radio) are located only 1 km from Windsor Slough at the Melfort Golf & Country Club. I suppose this could qualify as a beach area if you squint your eyes`` (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 2068) ** CUBA. 9700, Jan 9 at 0715, RHC English still on and VG S9+10 with an American? commenting on Capitol terrorism; also 0722 on 6100 at S9+20; and at 0726, 5040 open carrier still on at S9+20/30. You never know whether any of them will be on after 0700 and if so whether for the full final hour. May depend on whether sloppyrators have dozed off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13575, 13638 approx., Jan 9 at 1457, extremely distorted spurblobs with F# tone from RHC 13700-AM, not very strong, while on the plus side, 13763 is S7; at 62-63 kHz intervals, next one up should be around 13825, but not detectable vs huge 13820 Radio Martí. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13764 & 13636 approx., Jan 10 at 1451, RHC spurblobs very weak to JBA out of 13700-AM; but second order 13573 is quite stronger at S3 with F# tone: ~63-64 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880, Jan 11 at 2348, surprised to hear DRM noise here S9, stronger than Romania on 6035-6040-6045, but nothing scheduled anywhere on 5875. I hasten to a DRM-capable SDR, one in Rochester NY, and there it is, loud & clear, 100% copy with SNR circa 19 dB, discussion in English about Hungarian composer Kodály Zoltán [BTW, accents in Hungarian do not denote stress] with voice-overs in French. By 0000 Jan 12 sounded like they mentioned ``astronomie afrique`` or haha, more likely gastronomie -, ID in French as R-F-I, and off*. The visual DRM display did *not* include any ID. RFI is not scheduled on 5875 this season at any time in any mode. Site not positive either, but no reason to believe it`s not ISSoudun. No mention of this in drmna.info or the iogroup. Wonder if it will be back tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Jan 12 at 2337, like last night, unsked DRM here again. Noise can be heard at OKC KiwiSDR but no DRM capability; some closer ones lack enough S/N to decode: Rochester 7.3 and S5; Virginia 4.6 tho S9; Maine just noise. But Bonaire gets it, 13-14 dB, S8 and just a few dropouts from 2342 during choral/martial music, then French artistic discussion. Now Virginia occasionally drops in. Service #1 label, only, is same on both: ``AAC(1000) TDF EEP Data 8.08 kbps``, whatever all that mean, but that`s where the TDF ID is imbedded and probably I overlooked yesterday. Mostly talk till RFI ID and off 2400* like last night. DRM enthusiasts have not noticed this: at least not in the DRMNA iogroup with open archives, nothing at all posted since Jan 2, and before that mostly discussing equipment, not axual monitoring. It seems they are not in the habit of bandscanning to discover new things, rather waiting to be told where to tune by direct entry. I expect there are more of these from TDF/RFI yet to be found. Still nothing from France is on the Kiwi SDR DRM tuner drop-downs with alleged skeds of various stations. Is no one paying attention? Meanwhile, Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, had run across another one: ``FRANCE Unscheduled broadcast of RFI in DRM mode January 12 1500-1530 on 9905 ISS ??? kW / ??? deg to ???? French. Good signal + decoding, but low audio via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia`` Originally he had reported this as 1500-1600, apparently assuming it would last a semihour more. I would not call the audio I hear on 5875 ``low``. There is also still nothing about these in Aoki or EiBI, nor HFCC: http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B20&broadc=TDF shows 3 DRM transmissions, but neither of these. However, at this hour, 3965 should be in DRM, shown as experimental, 24 hours except for 0057-0100. UTwente lax DRM but in AM I can hear some DRM noise on both 3965 and 5875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. More about RFI in DRM on unlisted frequencies besides 5875 where I have heard it twice until 2400* --- from Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``Unscheduled broadcasts of Radio France International in DRM mode: 1300-1700 on 7405; 1200-1500 on 9900; 1430-1530 on 15285; 1500-1530 on 9905; 2300-2400 on 5875 via Issoudun, all unregistered in Winter B20 HFCC Database 0000-2400 on 3965 ISS 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered 0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 153 deg to SEEu French is registered 0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 267 deg to SWEu French is registered 1200-1500 on 6175 ISS 150 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered January 13 NO SIGNAL on 7405, 9900, 15285 kHz. But 9905 kHz is on air again. Good signal plus decoding, but not strong audio via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia -- 73! Ivo Ivanov`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Jan 13 at 2332, TDF DRM noise at Pardinho, Brasil SDR but not enough to decode: but good to Bonaire, 18 dB, S8/9, 8.08 kbps with usual label as TDF; French talk from RFI. This and other frequencies now entered on the drop-down DRM sked in the player as TDF not RFI, but in pink as not verified rather than green as verified. Did they get it from Ivo and where did he get it? Not HFCC. Shows 2300-2400 on 5875 like Ivo but it was *not* on when checked at 2311, probably not starting until 2330; and off again after 2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA [and non]. 7380, Jan 12 at 0158, S9+10/20 of S Asian music and YL sign-off giving e-mail in S Asian language, 0200 dead air until 0202.4*. It`s AIR at 0100-0200 via Bengaluru in Sindhi, for Pakistan. Via Bonaire SDR I was checking 7375 whether Radio Onda Corta Venezuela had come back, but only big adjacent splash from this. By 0230, Iran is opening Arabic on 7380, weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, Jan 8 at 0709, S9+10/20 from ORTM in French with African flutish music, very nice, good modulation too; and by now no ACI from Cuba or Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 9 at 0718, no signal from VON; unknown if on 11770- instead, 25m dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, Jan 7 at 0716 UT check, KGWA Enid again in dead air with algo underneath. Also Jan 8 at 0654 DA; with nulling, dominant signal is a non-sports talker; KGWA blasts back on at 0659 for Rush ad and ID, 0700 Faux ``news`` starts. Wish I had time and ear protexion to monitor for DX during nightly protracted open carriers KGWA so kindly provides. Note: on WOR 2068 I mis-call the understation heard before from San Angelo TX as KSKL instead of correct KGKL (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, Jan 10 before and after 07 UT, KGWA Enid is not in dead air unlike every weeknight before. Maybe a Sunday-only thing as per schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. 9794.97 approx., Jan 9 at 2304, really nice gospel harmonies by a small choir, led by one singer in unknown language so I cannot be converted, strong S9-S6 but considerable fading; 2307-2309+ change of key and another hymn. O yeah, it`s FEBC in Mon as logged recently, way offbeam from westward target (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 684 kHz, Jan 12 at 0712 some audio seems Castilian, YL talking, no doubt RNE1, Sevilla, one of our best split TA frequencies. WRTH 2021 shows 600 kW on page 367, 200 kW on page 527; which? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Wed Jan 13 at 0335, WRMI with discussion in English about Cuba, no doubt `Freedom Synergy Radio` yet again occupying this hour instead of scheduled programming as filed previously under USA; FSR is pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, but from the POV of anti-Commie Cubans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Sat Jan 9 around 2315 I noticed VOT English to us, successfully sending. But at 0028 UT Jan 10, jon collins, birmingham, uk, notified me: ``the mighty kbc and the voice of turkey in german mixing on the same freq 5960 kHz from 00:00 utc, kbc under trt`` I reply and post: ``Indeed, at 0036 at UTwente Turkish music is atop; 0038-0039 at Maine and Missouri SDRs, KBC atop but with heavy SAH and CCI under. Worse further inland where KBC is not as strong. I told them so! That this would happen if KBC insisted on using 5960. Glenn`` John Figliozzi on the WOR iog: ``There are hectares of empty space on the shortwave bands — even 49 meters. It’s a testament to idiocy that stations can’t seem to find it and end up on top of each other. Of course, this has been a week with a fetid oversupply of idiocy, starting with the excrement in the White House.`` roger in germany replies: ``I think that was not something planned. Somebody ? fell asleep and forgot to pull the plug. ;-)`` ``Yes, but it happens again and again. Tonight still on well past 0100 after TRT switch to Portu/Brazuguese, as on TRT World web and satcast. Glenn`` More about that: at 0054, TRT is signing off in German with a bunch of satellite frequencies. Per WRTH 2021, the only SWBCs in GG are hours at 1230 & 1830 on other frequencies. IS plays but still does not go off air; 0056 and 0059 VOT IDs in Portuguese! 0100 timesignal and opening PP. I think they gave the date a 10 de junho, not janeiro, at 2230 or 0330? local time. Then long list of satellite frequencies and parameters, mostly for Europe but ending with a Galaxy to North America. This has taken 2.5 minutes before they can get around to the news(?) which lasts only 4 minutes 0103-0107. OM continuity announcer speaks with Luso accent, YL with news Brazilian, Then she starts voicing a feature. By now I have found the proper webcast with same programming, via WOR Hitlist, ``TRT VOT World``: https://www.trtdinle.com/radyolar which is accompanied by some kind of schedule but nothing about foreign languages. Also searching on Deutsch, https://www.trtdeutsch.com/ nothing about SW there, but were beta-testing German, on TV. In fact, there is no SW info at all to be found on the TRT websites. At 0124 I finally try 5960 direct, and find a heavy SAH and CCI between KBC and TRT, adding up to S9+10/20. By 0141, KBC is finally in the clear with TRT closed down when the sleepyrator woke up. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 338-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0415 UT, ND beacon UMP, which is 25 watts from Indianapolis / MetroPolitan. I was tuned to 336-USB. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, ND beacon FMZ, which is 25 watts from Fairmont / Beklof, Nebraska; mixed with ML and dash, see CANADA, at a very different pitch. What is Beklof? Folkeb spelt backwards. In numerous airnav references, none explaining the name. Fairmont is directly linked to Enid on US 81, 20 km south of York and I-80, total-solar-eclipse territory. 412-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0420 UT, ND beacon CMY, which is 30 watts from Sparta / Fort McCoY, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 410-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Jan 9 at 1456, K6FRC HIFER beacon is JBA, but always noteworthy as a 1.8-milliwatt transmitter from Patterson, California. None others audible in the ISM band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 15740, Jan 12 at 1926, S6-S9 of open carrier. Obviously VOA Grimesland warming up here to take over 15730 from 1930 amid French hour, which at first is JBA via BOTSWANA. About 1929.4 jumps from 15740 to 15730 still dead air, 1930 starts modulating and with some echo, long/short path, or still Botswana too? Can`t tell when Botswana goes off. Meanwhile // 17700 Grimesland has been very poor today, tho somedays very good (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 13590.061, Jan 13 at 1953, VP S5-S7 historical narration mentioning Lusitania and President Wilson, slowish specialish Americanish English. Bet it`s VOA via its least accurate frequencish site, SAO TOME --- yes, scheduled this hour at 19-20. 2000, abrupt VOA ID and s/off, no YDD but dead air until 2002* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday January 7 at new time of 0130 ex-0100, on WRMI 5010 only, fair via DomRep KiwiSDR. Expected 7780 instead with music before and after 0130; at 0155 beepery and no voice announcement before 0159 WRMI ID; typical behavior of `TIAMS`, now running from 0100. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 contents: aUstralia, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea and non, France, Germany, India, International Vacuum and non, Jammu & Kasmhir, Korea South and non, Kurdistan non, Madagascar, North America, Oklahoma and non [960 TX station is KGKL not KSKL], Perú, Philippines, Pridnestrovye, Puerto Rico, Tajikistan, Turkey, USA and non; explaining DXing; propagation outlook WOR 2068 is available as of 0107 UT Friday January 8, 2021 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2068.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2068.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 [and 5010 to S?] 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 51 to WSW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [resumed] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 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 Robert Zerilli, Hazlet NJ, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL and appreciate you being out there`` One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA BUT, first airing UT Friday January 8 at 0130 confirmed on 5850, VG direct and S9+30/35 via MO SDR, and 7780, S9/+10 via UTwente, not 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: not confirmed Saturday Jan 9 at 1300 on WRMI 15770, zzz. Did anyone hear it? Probably Ken Zichi will report it eventually from habitual monitoring along with SW Radiogram {no, he did not}. Next: 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 51 to WSW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [resumed?] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: missed checking Sat Jan 9 at 2030v on WA0RCR, 1860-AM; did anyone hear it? Confirmed Sat Jan 9 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, WOR theme JBA here; by 2328 at UTwente, S9+10. Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 10 starting at 0425 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG local quality S9+10 into KB0FX Warrenton KiwiSDR. Next: 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [resumed?] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed Sunday January 10 at 2306 the 2300 on Area 51 via WBCQ, 6159.25V, S9/+10 into Virginia SDR; first tried Rochester NY but skipping over, JBA carrier and a *second* one -- Brasil past 2300* or Germany past 2200* per Aoki? Again HRI steps on my last word at 2329, ``disclaimer``. Also confirmed UT Monday Jan 11 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct; I also try an Oahu SDR roughly on 285 beam into its afternoon: S4 poor Also confirmed UT Monday Jan 11 at 0230 on WRMIs: 7780, S9/+10 direct but poor, undermodulated; and 5800 VG S9+20 with full modulation, sounds *much stronger* than 7780. Jean-Michel Aubier and Richard Langley point out that WRMI has a new transmission grid. New handy link I have created is http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIgrid The one which had been updating is stuck on outdated tiny: /WRMIfqs The imaginary 21-22 block of System D blue at 21-22 with no frequencies has finally been deleted. Still there is 10-11 UT on System F red 5850 including a WOR airing, needs to be confirmed. The longtime UT Monday 0430 on 9955 is eliminated due to the Prague expansion. There is a new 9955 time Saturday at 2230. So all shown: Fri 0130 on 7780 [also 5850? heard this week. 5850 is not accounted for on any other System during the 01-02 hour] Sat 1300 on 15770 Sat 2230 on 9955 new Sat 2300 on 7780 [confirmed] Mon 0030 on 7730 Mon 0230 on 5800, 7780 Tue 0330 on 5800 Wed 1030 on 5850 [unconfirmed] Wed 2100 on 7780 Wed 2300 on 9955 Thu 0130 on 5010 Next WOR airings with WRMI integrated into the rest: 1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [resumed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [to be confirmed] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed Monday January 11 from about 1901 UT on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria. No precise timings since I am recording off UTwente for later listening. Sign-on just before 1900 again falsely claims this is in reduced-carrier SSB, a few FSN headlines, then WOR. Splash from 7295 & 7280 are worse than usual and IRRS is weaker than usual, making it a chore to listen. Recheck circa 1925 finds 7290 has faded even more to JBA, so I switch to SDR in Ireland, where at greater skip distance it`s S9+20 which would be sufficient but still awful inevitable splash from both sides. At least I can tell my finale by 1930 is not chopped off; in fact a brief pause before some music and then IRRS ID. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [resumed? last few weeks was pre-empted by Freedom Synergy Radio] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [to be confirmed] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Tue Jan 12 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, despite Jeff White`s reassurance last week; rather after a break between two Freedom Synergy Radio episodes with Jeff inviting reception reports for that. I was expecting this since FSR was starting at 0300 presumably on System H which still claims WS & WOR this hour; 5800 just having switched from System D, RAE in Spanish with DX news until 0300. Next: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [to be confirmed; will appreciate anyone already awake checking this] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January 13 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S7-S9 and noisy via UTwente; a reactivated time first reported last week. Now WOR repeats 3 hours in a row toward the end of its weekly span: Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 from 2200:20 on WBCQ, 7490.159, S9+5/15 as measured in SAM mode by Virginia SDR. Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: S9/+15 at Virginia SDR, over jamming; at 2312 via Bonaire SDR, *under* noise jamming totalling S7-S9; at 2314 via Brasil SDR, over jamming, S9+10/30. Next; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 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 Robert Zerilli, Hazlet NJ, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL and appreciate you being out there`` One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA. WORLD OF RADIO 2069 should be ready by early UT Friday January 15 for first airing at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5800, UT Sat Jan 9 at 0324 check, WRMI with `Freedom Synergy Radio` concluding and probably going on to another episode at 0330; an `open` hour where it seems FSR may appear on no/short notice instead of whatever else be scheduled; so beware UT Tuesdays vs Wavescan and WORLD OF RADIO. This one had a New Year message so seems fairly recent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also TAIWAN [non] ** U S A. 4980, Jan 9 at 0728, WRMI reads S9/+10 but muffled audio undermodulated, and I`m not even sure of language before goes into music; then unseems // any other WRMI frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5850, UT Sun Jan 10 at 0155, WRMI wrapping up `Encore` classical music hour, VG as always thisaway and now // JBA 7780 thataway; and not 5010. Too much excitement from Turkey+ et al. this hour on 5960, so need to catch the Tumbril repeat UT Monday 0300-0400 on 5950 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5010, Jan 11 at 0230, WRMI is still on, opening R. Praga in Spanish, now extended until 0300*, S9/+10 vs het from Madagascar-minus. 4980, Jan 11 at 0231, WRMI with something in English, VP, not // others, probably SMTV as sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490.18v), UT Sat Jan 9 at 0100, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW` --- starts right off with paranoid assertions that ``conservative`` media are being ``purged`` from the web; can WBCQ be next in a ``to-do list`` by evil forces of Biden supporters, behind which is China to turn the US into communist servitude? Hal Turner fears he won`t be able to feed his show to BCQ, needs backup method. Topic A, I really don`t want to hear any more as they are buying into blaming the Left for storming the Capitol, etc., etc. 0137 recheck, a break to ``lighten up``?? Gives tonight`s frequencies as 7490 & 6160; but more of the same in the name of Free Speech. 0153 implies that those who disagree are stupid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6160-, UT Sun Jan 10 at 0200, WBCQ #?, with out-of-context bits voiced by Allan & Angela, parody starting with ``Biden will never be president``, mixed with duck-faced trombone rude SFX; to open `Lumpy Gravy` with cosmikdebris and jane. Says this is live on Jan 9. 0206 skip is getting long beyond Maryland, so shoutout to John Carver in Indiana, from whom we have not heard in quite a while; 0207 ``anxiety montage``. Good signal here while 7490.18v is JBA. Another show worth more hearance on busy Saturday nights (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Jan 9 at 2259, WTWW-2 already on with hamstuff, as usual on Saturdays; Jan 10 at 0123 not yet but by 0135, TOUTA is playing at S9+40/30 but with horrible distortion level, more so or more noticeable than during rock music; and it`s not convenient to switch to $tereo webcast which lax the distortion; also some hum which may have been on the original recording (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Jan 12 at 1523, WTWW-2, S9+30 with rock in daytime on night frequency, still at 1611 and 1922 chex. Ditto 5830, WTWW-1, S9+20/10, with SFAW. I think both were also on earlier past 0700, but not logged as not that unusual. So all night and all day. Automation operation out of control? What does FCC allow? I see it has belatedly put up B-20 skeds as of Nov 23: https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B20FCC01.TXT 5085 00-24 but 5830 only 00-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Jan 13 at 0336, WTWW-1 with dead air, or maybe JBM as it`s very weak S4-S6. Other TN signals degraded, WWCR 5890 & 5935, but a few hours later resurged. Circa 1500, neither 5830 nor WTWW-2 5085 is on the air, unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505.00, Sat Jan 9 at 0327, weak gospel huxter in English, poor S5-S6 barely above S5 noise level. Got to be reactivated WRNO after long absence: I last logged it Oct 22 & 27, and found it missing when checked Nov 10 & 18. MARE SWBC summary shows Harold Frodge last had it on some unknown October date (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Jan 13 at 0347, VP music at S6-S7, has to be reactivated WRNO; no break at ToH, music with praise tinge continues past 0400. WRNO is just too close, 1010 km = 628 st mi; while e.g. WRMI at better further skip distance is still blasting in on 7570, 7730. And/or WRNO at QRP = reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 7375, Jan 11 at 0115, no signal yet from ROCV, checked at Bonaire SDR, but heavy ACI from algo on 7380. There is algo JBA on 6200 unlikely to be ROCV either; maybe Tibet at sunrise 0052 UT. Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, had reported on Jan 8: ``VENEZUELA, Radio Onda Corta Venezuela, El Tigre, 6200 and 7375. According with information in the Whatsapp Group "Banda Corta Venezuela" from the owner and technical director of R. O. C. V., Gregorio Kina, this station will be back to the air very soon, probably next Sunday, alternating 6200 and 7375 kHz. Gregorio is currently adjusting the antennas of the station.`` ROCV will have to avoid 7375 at 22-24 when Radio Marti is on it; but Cuban jamming will extend beyond: another poor frequency choice (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {not heard by Jan 13} UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search: quite a while since I have done this as a night-owl sleeping past sunrise here; but Jan 9 I happen to be awake by 1350 UT so I check anyway altho the sun has just arisen at 1343, which is just past the latest of the year at 1344. On the hand-held DX-398 with internal antenna only and battery power, I do hear plenty of carriers as 9-kHz tuning is slightly offset minus, audiblizing each where they exist: not exactly in the order tuned: 594, 693, 729, 747, 774, 828, 873, 972, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1134, 1242, 1287, 1566. All checked loop NW from E Asia rather than WSW from D Under, as apropos for mid-winter/summer. Likely sources are: 594, 693, 747, 774, 828, 873, NHK Japan superpowers; 972, 1134, 1566, Korea South; 729 Japan 50 kW, or China & Vietnam each 200 kW; 1044, China 600 kW; 1053, Japan or China 50 kW; 1089, China 600 kW; 1242, Japan 100 kW; 1287, Japan 50 kW. All glancing thru the WRTH 2021 frequency listings where the powers are outstanding. As 1400 approaches I am still getting 747 & 774 carriers, so I hope to detect NHK time pips for a tad more certainty, but this is not to be as nearby 780 KSPI Stillwater starts clanging! music at 1359; for Pete`s sake! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, January 8 at 0703-0707 UT: 603, 621, 639, 684*, 729, 747(2), 774(2), 837, 882(2), 891*, 909, 999, 1044, 1107, 1125, 1215 kHz. *=strongest; (2) at least two carriers beating. Notable for its absence is 846, which used to appear even earlier after TP sunset at Kiritimati; is it off the air? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6948-AM, Jan 10 at 0212, S8-S9 carrier with some lite beepery but not SSTV; pirate? Nothing in HFU (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7850-USB, Jan 9 at 2259, 2-way USB weak QRM to CHU CANADA; maybe in Spanish, and not the first time. No ``standard frequency`` reservation for this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11566.64-USB, approx., Jan 12 at 1610, weak 2-way in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13800, Jan 9 at 2311, JBA carrier, suspected RHC leapfrog mixing product of 13680 over 13740 another 60 kHz beyond, which are S9+20 and +30 respectively; but this too weak to match altho maybe a trace of music when Cubans were talking. But nothing fundamental is scheduled here now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS From Murray Lycan, VA1CQ: ``Hi Glenn, you're as constant as time itself. It's been years (decades?) since I've looked you up online and I'm glad to see you're not only still alive but you're amazingly still reporting on radio. How comforting! Enjoying your most recent report now. Since I'm a new retiree, I now have endless time to spend at my radios`` (WORLD OF RADIO 2068) ``From a long time fan --- Mr. Hauser: I’ve been a SWL fan since that 1970s Popular Mechanics article that laid out the radio spectrum in primary color graphics and showed in a high level way what kinds of stations a listener could hear from all over the world. I was happy to hear that you are still in the game, particularly as your name used to pop up in all manner of places when I would research shortwave radio listening. This is just a quick note to say thanks for your inspiration, from a now long ago kid from a small town who used to cover his wall with maps and who dreamed of a world connected by positive flows of information and learning whereby we could all help each other no matter where we came from to be the most informed and be our best selves. Be safe, and wishing you and yours all the best for a better 2021. Thanks, Lance Pierce`` ``Dear Glenn, Happy New Year! May you be blessed for your service to the DX Radio community. Thank you for all your work on our behalf as broadcasters and radio enthusiasts of all types. Sincerely, Tom Roberts, PhD, western Idaho``