Glenn Hauser Log Roundup May 20-26 Please note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily all-band but mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this a more convenient archive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their original form are posted early every UT Thursday via: http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html The previous one direct: https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2021_0513_0519.txt ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Sat May 22 at 1452 tune-in via Pardinho remote in Brasil, LRA36 in progress, S5-S6 but noisy, with heavy rock music, just what we need from that continent. 1453 ``Nacional, la radio pública`` canned ID; 1457 LRA36 canned ID; 1515 efemérides - this date in history, such as something in 1995y. Sounds like dates are in marzo, i.e. an old show playback? Or is it ``mayo``, with the cono-sur accent like ``mazho``, very hard to tell them apart. At 1519 I switch to the PT2FHC Brasília #1 Kiwi where the signal is very weak S1-S2 but better SNR. Mostly non-rock more pleasant music with IDs frequently interspersed such as 1527, 1531; 1537 the Antártida song signifying end of show; 1540 fading almost out, another song. 1544 reopening with 4-language intro; 1547 Antda. song and welcoming us to program, a different one?? 1555 operatic song; 1600 ID, march tune, then long lexure but too weak to get much out of it; still going past 1621. 1646 ID, music; 1651 another ID and efemérides again with the marzo/mayo confusion. 1705 more IDs and music past 1713. 1719 the Antda. song. 1725 just about faded out but still on with music, S1 vs noise level. Recovers some, still at 1741 Antda. song again; 1750 more songs at S2 past 1804 when I break for a lentil lunch; 1818 ID with contact info for QSL; past 1832. I`ve used up my allowed 3 hours on that remote so back to Pardinho: 1832 now up to S6-S7, mostly music; 1846 Antda. song, finally stopping? NO, pause and more music past 1913 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA. 11930, May 23 at 0601, VP signal talking: surprised anything here except Cuban jamming anytime and RM in daytime. HFCC shows this semihour only is BBC French via Moosbrunn, 300 kW at 235 degrees toward W Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 332-MCW kHz, May 26 at 0618 UT, dash and YFM, 2500-watt NDB at La Grand 4, Québec, atop my nearby 400-watt IC Wichita KS, and nothing from the usual dominator, 1000-watt QT in Thunder Bay, Ontario. LG-4 is a Hydro dam a kilomile north of Montréal, fishing/outfitter destination. Does that look familiar? I`ve copied my last log of it from Dec 30 at 0731 UT, just changing the date and time, as I would say exactly the same things about it now. WG, 248 kHz, WinnipeG is also audible now, the only other Canadian. Coördinates for LG4 aerodrome with a gravel runway: 53°45′17″N / 073°40′31″W = N53°45.28' / W73°40.52' (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6754-USB, May 21 at 0257, Trenton Military time check as 0255z! Only two minutes off rather than 61, but still not good enough. Let`s hope the meteo info be more accurate. At first: ``no report received`` from Winnipeg, Cold Lake, but then some others succeed. Why don`t all stations reliably send reports?? Or why can`t CHR reliably receive them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 28193-CW, May 25 at 2226, along with all the US beacons in sporadic E opening, VE4ARM/B. Loop starts with 17 E`s, then VVV DE VE4ARM/B and a lot more probably location and/or grid square. WJ5O: 28.193 VE4ARM C AUSTIN, MB # 5W, GP The # mark in this listing means ``confirmed as active or heard``, but what means GP?. QRZ.com has nothing about a beacon, but it`s: VE4ARM Canada flag Canada, MANITOBA AMATEUR RADIO MUSEUM INC. C/O DAVE SNYDAL, 25 QUEENS CRESCENT, BRANDON, MB R7B 1G1 Canada. Austin MB is not near Brandon but allegedly halfway between there and Winnipeg on the Trans-Canada Hwy; not in my Rand McNally atlas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 28193.1-CW, May 26 at 1840, 17 dits and: VVV DE VE4ARM/B AMATEUR -- and the rest of the loop uncopied, again today the beacon at Austin, Manitoba, not only the OBOB but OSOB, by sporadic E. Also on my other radio at 2043, JBA on the inside ceiling N/S random wire, not on the inside E/W amplified loop. 1510 km = 938 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15760, May 23 at 0055 and earlier, JBA carrier on almost vacant 19 mb except for 15230 Cuba. Aoki shows nothing but CNR1 *jammer & Sound of Hope over long span, surely the former. This week on WOR 2087, I quote Ron Howard on how to tell them apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 12820, May 26 at 1439, S4-S5 Chinese, CNR1 jammer against Sound of Hope. Again the only one audible within +/- 250 kHz of 13000 and 11000. If I ever get around to surveying before 1400 there may be more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, May 20 at 0612, RHC English with Chief Meteorologist providing hardly-needed weather info for the NW Hemisphere, but big humbuzz again on this frequency; while 6100 & 6165 are equally good; 6000 is off; and 5040 in Spanish. Ivo keeps reporting 5040 in ``wrong`` language before and after 06; but maybe now it could be the ``right`` language if intentionally changed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13630, May 21 at 1403, JBA spurblob from RHC 13700 which is only S8-S9; can`t detect a match on 13770. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 21 at 2210, dead air from RHC when French is scheduled. At 2301 when English should start, dead signal. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13628 approx., May 22 at 1442, FMish spurblob from RHC 13700 is S3-S4 here, and only a trace on opposite 13772. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Unrelated 13740 is also on at S7-S8 but JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 22 at 2256, Cuban music in Spanish, S9/+5, not // 11760. 2258 IS & Spanish ID, 2259 intro English hour with program previews including Chief Meteorologist José Rubiera. Still going at 2323 and // much inferior 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13603, May 22 at 2151, distorted FM spurblob of RHC with F# tone, at this hour 137 kHz below S9+5 source 13740-AM, so it`s second-order; also stronger S3-S8 on 13671, first-order, 69 kHz below. Much less on upper matches 13809, 13878, all approx. Obviously the same transmitter which behaves this way in the mornings from 13700, and the 13740 then is different. Aoki says the spurry one is Bauta, the other, Bejucal. ``Something`s always wrong at RHC.`` BTW a Google search on my remark gets 2590 hits if spelt with a grave accent for the apostrophe, and only 238 if spelt with a single quote mark, which I avoid because it can often display as a garbled character unlike ` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, May 23 at 0606, RHC is S9 but undermodulated; 6165 is S9/+10 of dead air; 5040 S9+20 of dead air; 6000 is off. Only 6100 is VG S9+20 with normal modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, May 23 at 1501, this RHC has humbuzz, ID giving it and only 15140, FM from this hour; 1503 late start Esperanto on both. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ETHIOPIA [non]. WRMI new skedgrid dated May 10 via wrmi.net at very bottom shows A-21 relays via TDF FRANCE, ending with: ``M07 Projet: Raadiyyoni Dirree Shaggar 17:00 17:30 0:30 Ethiopie 48W Mul ISS 15445 19 500 4/4/.8 128 7123456`` So unlike the others, it`s projected. Google translate identifies the name as Somali, which is a minolity language in Ethiopia. Removing the first word, however, it guesses Hindi, in neither case translating the second and third words, must be proper names. Broadly searching on the full name gets nothing but the Bulgarian DX blog where this is also mentioned today. I check 15445 May 20 at 1700, but indeed no signals yet into Kuwait SDR or UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2087) ** EUROPE. 4909.986v, May 23 at 1845, Free Radio Service Holland in publicized Whitsunday broadcast to last until 2005*, on four frequencies at once. All are well audible via UTwente but 4910 is best at S9+20; 7700.058v tuned first at 1841, S8; 5790.038v S7-S8; 3919.923v only S9. Latest publicity via Manuel Mendez said, ``Dear FRS Friend, Next Sunday FRSH will be airing a 70s evening full of nostalgia. The broadcast will be aired on no less than 4 frequencies being: 3920, 4905, 5790 (or a nearby channel) & 7700 kHz`` Acknowledging presumably real-time listener mail, Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki at 1852. Earlier at 1845 said printed QSL required P-mail reports only with E/$3 rp; 1847 ``more music``. Lots of produxion liners, jingles. 1900 TCs and ID, then ``Made in Holland`` focusing on 1970s music --- rock! What else? There is no other kind of music, is there? I guess this nostalgic stuff be significant to elder Europeans, but if it were American would not be significant to this elder American lover of classical music. Altho quite strong signals, not in skip zones, each exhibits some fading into UTwente, which might not happen if any be at ``local`` range in Holland. I keep filing FRSH under Europe since it`s a pirate, not necessarily transmitting from inside Holland, despite the name. Why don`t they get legal? Private SW stations are being licensed. WRTH 2021 page 486 International sexion shows three ex-pirate SW stations under Netherlands (plus Mighty KBC which openly transmits via Germany). At 1913 the DJ lists the four frequencies including ``4900`` -- what does he know? Then acknowledging reception reports from March 14. By 1917 I`ve had enough of this hyper-frenetic hype, and bail out, back to WYSU webcast for `With Heart & Voice`, sacred choral and organ music I enjoy every Sunday afternoon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN [non]. 7355, May 22 at 0506, news in English, mostly about USA; what`s this? NHK Warudo Radio Japan via FRANCE, as scheduled only on UT Sat & Sun; other DOW, at 0430-0500; S9+10/20 so has to suffice for North Americans abandoned directly by NHK years ago. Beam is 155 degrees toward CIRAFs 53 & 57 = from Tanzania to Madagascar to RSA to Namibia, where people are still allowed to listen on SW; therefore directly off the back would be 335. Uplooked later, the // is 7245 via Vatican to W Africa. 0545 recheck, only residual pulse jamming on 7355 against no Martí but which I was not noticing while NHK was emitting (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH. 15244.958, May 25 at 1454, JBA carrier off-frequency, i.e. VOK French as scheduled only. After 1500, however, both it and CRI via Kashgar, East Turkistan, land of ChiCom imperialist genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems, would clash in English on 15245, per Aoki. OTOH, VOK continues to be plus 13760 circa 13760.2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, May 20 at 0611, for second night, Bamako is missing. How about the day frequency after 0800, 9635? Seldom heard here and I think was already sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2087) ** MALI. 5995, May 21 at 0613, after two nights` absence, ORTM must be back on with S9+15 signal but just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND [non]. 11725, May 20 at 0603, no signal from RNZI, tho Vanuatu manages a JBA carrier on 11835. Since it`s Thursday, maybe RNZI sked askew for maintenance chex. Also have signals on 11895, 11995, 12030, 12050. 11895 is usual NMI; the others? Per Aoki, 11995 = RFI Hausa; 12030 BBC French via Sao Tome; 12050 Ndadrason via Woofferton (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, May 22 at 0511, RNZI is S9+20, and the OSOB; had been starting at 0600 except when absent. Current sked at https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/listen shows 11725 at 0459-0658 daily; preceded by 13840 which changed as of May 17 to 2058-0458. Currently never in use: 15720, 9700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, May 22 at 0107, pirate music S7-S9, not enough vs storm noise level; 0108 unreadable announcement. These say it`s WDOG: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81879.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, May 22 at 0107 UT, pirate music S9/+10; must be Ball Smacker Radio on regular Friday-at-8-Central sked. Yes: ID with tenpins at 0132. Better than 6925 but still too much noise. Many more logs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81880.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6933-USB, May 23 at 2157, pirate music, S5 vs storm noise peaks of S7 on my rx; 2212 gone? 2226 still/again music. 2231 via MO remote, S7-S9 Johnny Cash, 2235 ID as Goat Herder Radio, says will play Ian & Sylvia next; 2243 recheck off. A few more logs and a striking illustration: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81946.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, May 23 at 0003 rock music at S7; 0011 & 0018 announcements but unreadable due to high storm noise level; 0044 a canned ID but still unreadable. These say it`s Radio Free Whatever; after 2 or 3 QSYs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81942.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, May 24 at 0151, dramatic narration with sombre music, S9+10 heavy storm noise level obscures where the SSB peaks are, maybe S9; hard to follow, but mentions New World Order and that space travel is a ``big charade``, so safe to conclude he`s a wacko. ``Remember when ---`` over and over; 0157 just music; 0157.5 SSTV beepery, 0201 more music. These start as unID, eventually ID as Wasteland Radio per SSTV image among several fuzzies: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,82008.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 92.5 WBFM, May 25 at 2200 UT, KOMA-FM OKC is playing a jazzed-up band version of the state anthem, ``Oklahoma``. The lead-in to it is unrecognizable, and the lead-out coda includes a few notes of ``Boomer, Sooner``. I suspect this be a daily ritual at 5 pm local, anywhen else? Listen for it on webcast if necessary. This was amid an FM DX opening which failed to produce anything here, despite a few 88+ MUFs on the DXMAP, even 103 MHz to the NW which is what got me to start tuning: mainly somewhat open frequencies 92.1 & 92.9 shifting back & forth across KOMA. Some music surged up at 2155 UT on 92.1, but proved to be only KFXI, Foxy 92 from SW OK. The Es opening continues poking barely above 88 MHz somewhere, past 0125 UT May 26 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 7, May 23 at 2119 UT, my TV set with rabbit ears only which due to its elevation gets some OKC signals better than the roof hi VHF/UHF yagi, lands on virtual 5-3 as I bandscan. I`ve long wondered why KOCO bothered with only one subchannel, METV on 5-2. Now there`s a 5-3, occupied by Shop LC. More totally worthless waste of digital spectrum. Must be recent addition, but rabbitears.info already has it. LC now stands for Low-Cost; ex-Liquidation Channel. Looks like they specialize in jewelry. I also scan thru a couple of the other multichannels: KOPX ``62`` on RF 18 has six channels as shown in rabbitears so I won`t go thru them. Pax/Ion used to have a second entertainment/rerun channel but that is long gone. ``43``, KAUT is convoluted since its real transmitter is one of the still few converted to ATSC-3 and therefore invisible on ordinary tuners. Besides duplicating KAUT itself, Rabbitears shows that RF 19 KAUT really contains ATSC-3 versions of KFOR as well as extreme competitor KOCO; and KOCB `34`` CW, and a subchannel of the station it is owned by, KOKH, Cha/Rge! Main-channel 43-1 KAUT independent programming ``Freedom 43`` is axually on RF 27 as part of the package on its overlord, KFOR. 43-2 Court TV is axually on another station, RF 24 KOKH ``25``. So is 43-3 Escape (Mystery). (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, May 21 at 1552 and still at 2330 UT, Enid`s only TV signal, K17JN-D is on the air at usual local-strong level, but totally black and silent on all 5 subchannels of 3ABN network; including 17-5 which still triggers ``unsupported audio codec`` on my Sanyo screen but not with antenna feed split onto my CRT set via STB (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) K17JN-D, Enid, May 23 at 2130 UT, is *still* black and silent on all five 3ABN channels, on the air with strong signal metering but conveying nothing, as it has been since at least May 12. Probably has no local engineer-in-charge, and nearly no local would-be viewers to complain, nor know where to do so (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, May 26 at 1500 UT, After two weeks of black and silence, K17JN-D Enid is now totally off the air - no signal bar on the STB. Recheck at 2150, now it`s back to nominal with all five 3ABN channels (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850, UT Sun May 23 at 0100-0159, WRMI with `Encore` classical music from R. Tumbril; I enjoy it every week, preferably at this time with best reception, now for convenience via MO remote but also VG direct. Composers this week: Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Schubert (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Friday May 21 at 2200, token English from REE starts with timesignal 1 second late compared to WWV; can`t they do any better? Justin Coe says later will feature a new album by José Luís Montón, of flamenco mixing classical, but first Amy Egan on what`s happening in Spain. This is VG S8-S9, better than the other three all audible, 15520, 11940 and 11685. Some of her topix: Those with first AstraZeneca shot may get their second from Pfizer with no problems. Fútbol game to resume in stadium at 30% capacity. DNA study by University of Granada to determine Colón`s ethnicity; Catalan from Aragón, maybe. 2208 into the music starting with ``Voy a quedarme`` which is Spain`s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, finale this Sunday in Holanda. 2210 versions of Schubert`s ``Ave Maria``. ``Song of Freedom`` inspired by Beethoven`s Pathétique Sonata, and more to 2330 mistimesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 22 at 2142, zero signal from REE to N America and may not even be on air, or unpropagable. 15520 for ME is only S2-S4 off the back (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 24 at 2200, no signal from REE to North America; off? Nothing else on band either, but no one else is even trying. Token English is sufficiently audible on ME channel 15520 off the back, S7-S3, better than 11940 for S America at S6 fading to S3. Alison Hughes hosts today: first about how ex-Spanish colony Western Sahara figures historically into the migrant problem at Ceuta & Melilla on the other side of Morocco; 2216 next topic Eurovision Song Contest of no interest to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 25 at 2217, NO signal from REE to US again today, off or not propagating? Tuesday is an off-day for English, anyway: never on T-days; nor S-days. 15520 is poor S3-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 26 at 2038, no signal here, nor at 2112 via UTwente from REE NAm frequency; probably off tho K-index is 5. Either way, it`s a loss. 15520 off the back to ME is JBA here at first while UTw gets S9 with hyper announcer, got to be a stupid ballgame. Tough luck, fans of regular shows like `Españoles en la Mar` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** THAILAND. 12044.977, May 26 at 1431, VOA Korean has an LAH = low audible heterodyne, but main signal zero-beats about here, while match-het measuring shows 12045.005 or so. I suppose being jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 21 at 2158, heavy S9 NSS RTTY only, no sign of VOT English to NAm; but at 2210 RTTY is off and VP music audible, S6-S8 but undermodulated. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOE) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 24 at 2159, VOT IS in clear with no RTTY, S9/S6, but soon peaking S9+5/15 with news in English led by latest Turk COVID stats. 7275, May 25 at 0300, no signal direct from VOT English to us; while // 6165 for ME if on is totally blocked by RHC as long as it stay here instead of 6145. BUT: 7275, May 25 at 0305 via UTwente, VOT is certainly on and S9/+15; // 6165 also audible somewhat stronger than mixer RHC adding up to S7-S8; both 6165s of course far outside target areas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 25 at 2216, VOT English is on today, lacking RTTY QRM, but poor S9-S6. By 2248 music is good at S9+10, and keeps going 2254 with IS, 2300 TS and opening bonus German, but off by 2340 recheck, so no Brazuguese at 0000 this time. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. [non] Besides Spain on M/W/F, there are NO overseas SW broadcasts in English for us at 22-23. Romania is on but unsuitable: 5945 & 7310 Galbeni to western Europe, too low for us in summer; 7325 & 9790 Tsiganeshti to Japan; and one or two of them out of order (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18116-USB, May 22 at 1445, K5EC calling ``CQ Parx on the Air`` over and over with no response for a minute or two; eventually says he is in Bryce Canyon NP. Rather rough modulation and the OSOB, tnx to HF sporadic E barely exceeding 18 MHz MUF. QRZ.com home info: ``K5EC USA flag USA, JOHN R BONICA, HOUSTON, TX 77096-2305 USA I was born in Jersey City, NJ. I obtained a novice license (WN2CZN) at the age of 14 in December 1967. I obtained my General class license in 1968 and my Extra Class License in 1969. I earned the FCC First Class Commercial License when I was a senior in high school and worked as a broadcast technician for WBZ AM in Boston, MA during the summer of 1970 before attending my freshman year at Amherst College, Amherst, MA. I worked for WBZ TV in the summer of 1971. I worked for WINS Radio during the following summers until I graduated from Rutgers University School of Law * Newark, NJ. I have practiced law in Houston, Texas, since 1977. The law practice of John R Bonica, PC is focused exclusively on representation of pipelines, producers, resellers and lenders in mergers, acquisitions, financings and other energy related transactions. Member: ARRL and Texas DX Society`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18160-USB, May 23 at 2142, ``17 meter DX net``, but I hear only a presumed US ham asking for non-US contacts; he makes a couple but I never hear them, nor is he in any hurry to utter his own call. BTW, 18.16 MHz = 16.52 metres using the 300/ conversion factor. You don`t get to the real start of the *17* mb, until below 17647 kHz. Meanwhile we have the nonsensical situation of the ``17`` m hamband being by frequency, above instead of below the *16* m broadcast band. But in numbering their bands, hams have ignored such details; ``15`` metres has to be below 20000 kHz, let alone below 21000. 21450 is almost at the start of the *14* m band below there. At least ``12m`` is correct just below 25 MHz where AAMOF I haven`t heard any activity in ages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28268.5-CW, May 23 at 2145, only one 10m beacon is JBA, WB0BIN, alternating fast and slow WPM markers. Sounds familiar: yes, I logged this a few times last July and once in August: 28.2865 WBØBIN C SABIN, MINNESOTA # 7W, GP VERTICAL New 22 April 18. Reports for QSL were invited on website, but I never got a reply. When that happens I am likely to conclude it`s another ham who discriminates against ``inward-only monitors``, even tho beacons are outward-only, impossible for two-way contacts. Sabin is in WC MN, just SE of Moorhead/Fargo ND, 1159 km = 720 miles. Nor have I received even an e-reply from WA6APQ beacon. Why bother; why bother. Just before that I had only one phone signal on 18 MHz, but some pileups on 27-MHz CB channels like 27025. No phone signals higher in the 10m band, either. DXMAP keeps showing sporadic E MUFs just below 88 MHz FM band in spots, mostly much lower (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28204-CW, May 25 at 1832, DE W0WF/B VVV -- call repeated numerously before a blip and VVV seems to be at end of loop rather than start. HF sporadic E opening. WJ5O`s 10m beacon list shows: 28.204 WØWF * SAINT CHARLES, MISSOURI # 20W, VERTICAL (*) Daylight New 16 June 14 --- that`s rather close under 500 miles. Note that the number in call is zero, but this list uses the Scandinavian *letter* crossed-O instead! QRZ.com does not: ``W0WF USA flag USA, JERRY D WATTS, SAINT CHARLES, MO 63303 USA IF YOU COPY MY BEACON ON 28.204 PLEASE E-MAIL ME A SIGNAL REPORT AND YOUR LOCATION TO W0WF.B@AOL.COM`` 28285+CW, May 25 at 1834, JBA beacon split below 28286. Five in USA are listed, NY, TX, AZ, FL, none of which correlate with the ones IDed. Could narrow down with preciser frequency. 28281-CW, May 25 at 1841, DE W8EH EM79 --- heavy fading so many iterations necessary to copy. It`s: 28.281 W8EH C MIDDLETOWN OHIO # 8W, GP VERTICAL --- QRZ.com: ``W8EH USA flag USA, ERNEST W HOWARD, JR, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45044 USA W8EH/BEACON: 10 meters on 28.281 MHz in Middletown, OH. It is running 7 to 8 watts to a Cushcraft Ringo 20' above ground at 860' elevation. If you want a beacon reception report confirmed by card, please send a SASE, or addressed envelope and IRC. If you just want to tell me you heard the beacons, just drop me an email.`` 28199.5-CW, May 25 at 1850 UT, DE WA4OTD/B CARMEL, IN --- NOT listed by WJ5O on this frequency but instead only at: 28.2788 WA4OTD C CARMEL, INDIANA # 5W, attic dipole New 19 Oct 2010 The seldom used comma character between CARMEL and IN is --..-- Even his QRZ.com page has the wrong frequency! ``WA4OTD USA flag USA, Leroy S Wignot, Carmel, IN 46032 USA The 10M beacon on 28.278.8 MHz, is running again! Listen if you get a chance and send signal report if you hear it! Wignot@yahoo.com. The beacon is HTX-100 running 5 or 25 watts into dipole at 40 feet in my attic.`` Around same time, 1838 UT, WWV audible on 25000; CB pileup on 27025-AM but little else; no phone activity on 18 or 28 MHz; no hams at all on 24 MHz; no beacons or anything on low end of 50 MHz. As usual, 6M DXMAP shows lots of sporadic E activity but mostly well below the 88+ MHz FMBC band threshold. Another session starting at 2221: 28199.5, WA4OTD/B IN still in. 28286.5, May 25 at 2222 & 2304, WB6BIN from Long Beach CA again today 28193, VE4ARM: see CANADA. I`m mainly interested in beacons, but quick tunearound for other Es: 27555-USB at 2307 freebanders, also 27440. CB AM pileups 27285 & 27025 full of hets at 2308. A few phone contacts on 10m: Traverse City mentioned on 28350-USB, from or to? Are there any ham beacons on 18, 21, 24 MHz? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Answering my question, are there any beacons on the 18, 21, 24 MHz ham bands? Yes, a few, but mostly historical: HF Beacons IARU Region 2 (qsl.net) https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/HF%20Bcns.htm And I suppose GP stand for ground plane. The 10m list contains a great deal of old info too just in case they come back? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2086 monitoring: confirmed UT Thu May 20 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+15 but noisy into Bonaire SDR. WOR 2087 is available as of 0059 UT Friday May 21, 2021 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2087.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2087.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 contents: Antarctica, (Bulgaria), Cambodia non, Canada, China and non, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea non, Ethiopia non, (France), Germany, Iran non, Ireland, Israel, Italy noon, (Japan), Korea North and non, Korea South, Madagascar, Mali, Netherlands, North America, (Philippines), Russia and non, Somalia and non, (Taiwan), Turkey, Uganda, USA, (Uzbekistan); IRCA convention; propagation outlook The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE 2030 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW [suspended until June 12?] 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in observance of my second Moderna COVID-19 shot on Mon 3 May 2021`` --- that`s a good idea! One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [not necessarily in US funds]. First WOR 2087 broadcasts confirmed on WRMIs, UT Fri May 21 at 0130, on 7780, S9 and noisy into UTwente; and 5850, VG S9+35/40 into KB0FX remote in MO, also VG direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 monitoring: NOT confirmed Friday May 21 at 2030 on IRRS via Italia-AM, 918 kHz, via IZ3EAW nearby remote, steady S7.7. Some talk show cut off at 2030 for ID, but then FSN and FSN Spotlite, and then VOA News! WOR is still on the Friday 22:30 CEST program schedule of IRRS. We can only hope the SW broadcast on 7290 across Europe from Bulgaria will really resume as planned this Saturday at 1801 when also scheduled on 918. Next: 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 2087 monitoring: confirmed Saturday May 22 at 1307 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S8-S9. Next: Confirmed Sat May 22 from 1800:34 on IRRS via Bulgaria 7290, resumed after a two-week pre-emption break. Via Padova SDR, checking 918 Villa Estense, Italy which is supposed to duplicate, but since 1756 it keeps playing music past 1804 as I break for lentil lunch, but then at 1819 I find WOR has been JIP in the meantime, and both play to conclusion 1829:34 but not exactly synchronized at least via two different remotes. Earlier tune-in of 7290 via UTwente: 1756 the ute warble is back on USB but inaudible on LSB. Open carrier at S9+25. 1759:48 abrupt JIP `Aida`` theme and quick sign-on, pause and WOR plays. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 monitoring: confirmed Saturday May 22 starting at 1937 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO; VG local level via nearby SDR at Warrenton MO. Also confirmed UT Sun May 23 from about 0318 on same but now some storm noise too. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 2087 monitoring; next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 monitoring: not confirmed Sunday May 23 at 2200 on Area 51 via WBCQ! 6159.899 is on the air, S7 into Virginia SDR, but NO modulation, soon up to S9+5/10 but dead air until at least 2225. Recheck at 2228, now I hear the tail end with propagation outlook, just in time for HRI to air next. Meanwhile, WOR 2087 was running OK on the A51 webcast as well as the other WBCQ from 7488.839 with UBMP to which I mainly listened online tho also audible poorly on SW. WOR 2087 confirmed Sun May 23 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+20/30 into VA. Also confirmed UT Mon May 24 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Also confirmed UT Mon May 24 at 0130 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon May 24 at 0230 on WRMIs direct: 7780 S9/+10 and 5800 S9+20 but both with severe storm noise level -- none really close but a large line from the Dakotas to western Kansas. Next: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 monitoring: confirmed Wed May 26 at 1035 when I happen to awaken, the 1030 on WRMI 5850, not only on the air but modulating me. NOT confirmed Wed May 26 at 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490v: NOT on the air, nor is wacko Flat Earth Radio on 9330; local storm? Yes! Much like previously, a little storm on Blitzortung right over Monticello into NB; no recent strixe but must be off air as precaution. OR: does the SuperStation attract storms?!?! Confirmed simultaneous 2100 Wed May 26 on WRMI 7780, JBA carrier direct, but S9+5 into Washington DC>MD SDR, and also some storm crashes there. JBA S6-S7 into UTwente. Propagation is also degraded. WWV reported at 2100: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 May follow. Solar flux 88 and estimated planetary A-index 19. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 26 May was 5. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are likely.`` Also confirmed Wed May 26 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR, no jamming audible. Next, and last airing of 2087: 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 William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in observance of my second Moderna COVID-19 shot on Mon 3 May 2021`` --- that`s a good idea! One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [not necessarily in US funds]. WOR 2088 should be ready for first airings by 0130 UT Friday May 28 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, May 21 at 1400, opening gospel huxter from Pánama City, FL, especially on WRMI as he keeps mentioning. Subject is delusions suffered by Christians! But not the main one, surely. Wrapping up at 1413, says he`s on M-F; and 1415 into world music fill, heavy SE Asian? percussion piece; 1429 ``calling Ivory Coast`` etc., ID cribbed from WNYW, 1430 JIP BS. Skedgrid updated May 10 now shows this at 1400 as if a semi-hour long, with TOMBS not starting until 1430 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9), May 22 from 0000, webcast of WBCQ `AAAWWW`. Not listening intently, but some notes: long discussion of UFOs --- maybe they are forms of pure intelligent energy, the ultimate evolution of us humans too? How long has it been since Angela sat down and wrote a letter with a pen or pencil? She can`t remember. 0036 first caller on the air does not identify himself yet he goes on for some 5? minutes uninterrupted until Allan finally asks who he is, so he can blow him off? Tim. 0044 finally datestamp as 21 May YOOL 2021 from studio 9 in Deland of Fla. He then emphasizes that WBCQ does QSL ``99.9%`` and reads a number of reception reports in some detail. 0054 `Angela`s Angle` does not amount to much, as then Allan mainly worries about the #2 pandemic: obesity; need to weigh airline passengers each to avoid overloading. John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 6160 and 7490. Angela looks beautiful this evening and if the show was on TV it would be X rated according to Allan. Opening talk about writing letters which morphs into talk of QSL cards and requesting same. A brief comment about 6160 being a busy transmitter and now carrying the old Area 51 which he named Area 61 moved the conversation to UFOs and Aliens. Phone call at 0036 talking about aliens amongst us. Reading of some QSL requests at 0046. Angela's Angle at 0054 talking about weight limits on airplanes and a new practice of some airlines weighing passengers before they board implying that they would refuse access to terribly obese people as they break seats, have more health problems and could cause a crash because of the plane being overloaded. No reading of [any other] emails this evening. Closing prayer at 0059. Off at 0101. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 5890, May 20 at 0609, WWCR Dead Brother Scare, but with Dead Gene Scott audio from 5935 clearly audible mixing at somewhat lower level. 5935? Also such a modulation mix at about equal levels, and S9+30! Among several dead gospel huxters WWCR propagates but now WWCR outdoes itself, two at a time, twice! In all these years of SWBC, WWCR still doesn`t have its basic act together; human error, or what? When both signals be strong as this we`ve easily heard inter-modulation = leapfrog mixing product on 5980, another 45 kHz upward --- but not now, not even a carrier under the Cuban jamming against nothing. Well, WWCR manages to mix itself up one way or another! How about the other two WWCRs? At 0613, also dead the air on 4840 at S9+20/30; 3215 is TOMBS alone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2087) ** U S A. 15555-USB, May 26 at 2036, gospel huxter detectable at S2. WJHR Milton FL last heard here Feb 16 during a rare winter HF sporadic E opening, despite at least daily daytime bandscans across the frequency. Now there is plenty of Esporadic, and I still doubt that it`s really low power on the air every day (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 660, May 24 at 0601 UT, song in unknown language at ToH, no news, suspect KTNN: Loops E/W with Dallas - Belch Springs` 700 watts nulled, sounds like more than that; yes: into Dineh YL talk mixing in some English words including ``truck driver``, and ``The Voice of the Navaho Nation``, 0604 UT into chanting and drumming. Always a treat to hear this first-nations station which altho 50/50 kW is supposed to protect NYC at night, likely ND now or at least out of whack. Too much signal to be leaking around the cardioid edges? NRC Pattern Book shows not a cardioid but circle tangent west. But FCC AM Query: https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/7ec7d326bd5e49bba284c1b6063ebeb7-2089.pdf does show a cardioid with deepest nulls at 60 and 110 degrees, but also an itty-bitty lobe in the middle of the `null` at 85 degrees (5 degree increments only calculated). The question is whether there be any signal circa Hays KS on the direct path to WFAN; or 110 degrees for Dallas? Another version of night pattern: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KTNN&service=AM&h=N Daytime pattern is ND, so not so unusual to hear it after official SR/before official SS, which are in May: 1215/0215 UT; June: 1200/0230 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 660 kHz, May 25 at 0615 UT, some 24 hours after 50/50 kW U2 KTNN Window Rock AZ was in well, no sign of it with KSKY Dallas nulled, lending credence to my conclusion that it were ND then instead of properly restricting signal to the east (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 690, May 24 at 0557 UT, S9/+10 of dead air from KGGF Coffeyville KS, for at least two minutes; 0559 detailed local weather but probably recorded hours ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1030, May 24 at 0556 UT, `Red Eye Radio` mentioned on a frequency where I haven`t noticed it before, but NRC AM Log shows the only 1030 RER affiliate is KFAY, Farmington AR, so likely as one of my closests. A strange one: altho CoL is Farmington, why? FAY obviously stands for nearby Fayetteville, where its address is (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, May 25 after 0600, routine bandscan detects no signal at all from RV`s 3rd harmonic; off the air? Same 24 hours earlier. However, NZ 11725 much weaker than usual so maybe just propagation. Is really off, as Ron Howard reports May 25: ``[WOR] Radio Vanuatu currently off the air! Radio Vanuatu - Recently noted off the air; no trace of a signal on their usual frequencies with random checking. May 25, from 0530 to 0930 UT. Also per Bryan Clark (May 24) - "No trace on 3945, 5040 or 7260 at present, at 1930 UTC." Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, May 26 at 0615, again no signal for 3 x 3945 Radio Vanuatu, tho 11725 NZ is back to good level. Ron Howard confirms RV is still off: ``Hi Glenn, May 26 - Again no trace of a Radio Vanuatu signal on any of their usual frequencies, when checking from 0555 to 0830 UT. Interesting to note that on Wednesday, CNR2 (11835), does in fact cut off after the 0600 time pips and was heard again after 0900. Per my observations, it seems that Wednesday is the only day they have this abbreviated schedule. When Radio Vanuatu is broadcasting again, clearly Wednesday would be the best day to check for their third harmonic. Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15329.21-USB, May 23 at 0051, JBA 2-way in Spanish; cambio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)