** ALGERIA [non]. 7295 & 9535, Sept 23 at 0512, no signals into Maryland from TDA via ISSoudun, France, as had been scheduled this hour. At 0633 only a JBA carrier on 9620, suspect gone from here too, so something else? Aoki shows no other, but EiBi has CNR2, Beijing site. So it seems the multi-year relays are finished now that TDA finally has some SW transmitters of its own on air, however unreliably and unscheduledly. New SW transmitters at the Béchar and Ouargla LW sites already discussed in DXLD 11-08 of 24 Feb *2011*: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1108.txt following DXLD 11-06 of 10 Feb 2011: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1106.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, via Argentine SDR, Sat Sept 24 from *1459 cut on in music, VG S7/S9 signal, 1501 standard s/ons with staff names, 1503 theme song, 1505.5 poetic recitation, ``primavera`` song; 1513.5 ID with `su companyia` and into live talk by the YLs starting the 22nd program of the season with guests, chicos from the secundaria. Certainly a repeat of what I heard Wednesday, so I don`t pay much further attention; but at 1525, just in case I try for even a carrier trace direct: no. 1534 greetings from phone callers, but chop off during chat at 1542*. In case, I let it run until 1600, but nothing more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed Sept 28 at 1434 tune-in via Argentine remote, LRA36 has already started, amid themesong. Wonder if nominal *1430 now instead of *1500? Good signal, but neglected to note S meter as I am breakfasting. 1436 historical talk; 1438 different song; 1442, ``nos une`` = unites us ID, YLs start live talk on 23rd programa of the season, ``muy especial``, not sure why. Cites geo coordinates, base foundation date 17 Dec 1952. This is 28 Sept, springtime! Temp a balmy -9 C, wind chill -13 since winds are only 8 kph from south. 1447 phone numbers and other contact info; 1450 song; then internet out from remote; 1502 resuming in chat with male voice but chopped off amid at 1514* and never back on by 1533 when I quit. Maybe they kept recording and will get more of it out on the Saturday replay? Meanwhile, Clara Listensprechen encountered this huge reference of Antarctica themed recordings, music and otherwise: http://www.antarctic-circle.org/valmar.htm Searching on word Esperanza gets half a dozen hits in two or three entries, but none about the LRA36 themesong near start of each broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ASCENSION. 7410, Sept 25 at 0651, S9+10 in unknown language mentioning COVID-19, Nigeria. It`s BBC in Hausa, which I always have trouble recognizing, not knowing any keywords (Glenn Hausar, er, Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9664.943, Sept 27 at 0658, RVM, S6/S9 of music with always good modulation but frequency slipping a bit again from 9665.000 nominalness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. Between two Mexican beacons by Es, one phone station audible on 10m, Sept 24 at 2222, by TE/F2: 28391.5 USB, ``PY2ZEA, Willie in São Paulo state``, barely contacting Fred, NB4M, unheard here: ``PY2ZEA Brazil flag Brazil VILLE HIILESMAA Rua Campos Salles, 622, Apto 61 Ribeirão Preto, SP 14015110, Brazil`` Originally from Finland, lots of info, photos of hams and equipment: https://www.qrz.com/db/PY2ZEA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 284 MCW kHz, Sept 25 at 0705 UT, dash and QD, 500-watt ND beacon at The Pas, Manitoba, which is next to SK and barely in the southern half of MB, 1956 km = 1215 statute miles from here; hardly anything else audible on LW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 750, Sept 24 at 0627 UT, WSB is off for tower-light maintenance the third and last? night in a row. On DX398 with internal antenna only and altazimuth wrist mount, not much from Cuba this time, but Spanish looping NE/SW, i.e. KAMA El Paso, see USA. From NW/SE in English, ``Now, let`s put on some tunes``, and 0635 ``80s, 90s, Beach Radio, more? fun``. At 0627 I had thought it was ``News Radio``. This is the 25 kW Canadian far from any ocean beach in Melfort SK, CKJH. Atlas shows Sask. River in the area and some little lakes, maybe providing some kind of beach, or wishful branding? Website pixures a very rocky beach and zero sunbathers: https://beachradiosk.ca/ I have heard this before with or without WSB. Supposedly direxional almost all northward at night with a notch toward WSB, ND daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. CNN from 0000 UT Monday Sept 26, a 1-hour special on Havana Syndrome - to repeat at 0300; and UT Oct 1 at 0100: ``"Immaculate Concussion: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome" New, 9/25/2022, News, Topical, Current Events Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates the so-called 'Havana Syndrome', a confounding medical mystery beginning with embassy staff in Cuba before spiraling into one of the most hotly debated and poorly understood brain conditions of the age.`` Cuban officials strongly deny they have or allow on their territory any such microwave RF weapon. Other explanations are explored, but still nothing conclusive (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. WSB Atlanta 750 was reported off the air for maintenance, and someone in Tennessee thought he was hearing Venezuela. After 0455 UT Sept 22 via Athens GA SDR, I`m getting a station talking about Cuba. I bet it is Cuba, R. Progreso, Palmira, CI, the only one listed in WRTH. IIRC 750 used to be a Venez fq, but not any more, none listed. 0500 ``R Progreso, Cadena Nacional, la Onda de la Alegria``, etc. And WSB may be off again UT Sept 23, per Les Rayburn of CPC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, Sept 22 at 0652 all RHC English frequencies are off already; only 5025 Rebelde is still on. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12060, Sept 23 at 0635, pulse jamming is audible on 2 x 6030, where it`s an S9 wall-of-noise against nothing, except poor inaudible CFVP which doesn`t have the sense to GET OFF such a Cuban radio war frequency. Something`s always crazy at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6140, Sept 23 at 0642, RHC JBA carrier, leapfrog mixing product of the only two English frequencies on air now, 6060 & 6100, both undermodulated with hum and slightly more distortion on the upper. 6165, 6000 and 5040 are all off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Sept 23 at 1449, RHC is S7/S9 of dead air in Spanish; very weak S4/S6, 15140 also seems unmodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11880, Sept 23 at 2312, RHC second English broadcast of day is another total loss, S7/S9+5 of dead air except for some crackling. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11760, Sept 23 at 2312, S9+20 of dead air except maybe a trace of modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11850, Sept 23 at 2312, this RHC is off, also depriving us of the 11840 & 11860 spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 5040, Sept 23 at 2313, RHC good with music, could be English hour inaudible on 11880, more likely Spanish as recently. 11950, Sept 23 at 2313, RHC with loud Spanish, presumably the alternate TV audio hour of `Mesa Redonda`, but nominal // 6000 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9535, Sept 23 at 2314, Chinese has CCI with a SAH presumably caused by RHC always weakish here. CC is CNR1 jamming and/or RFA Kuwait. 11670, Sept 23 at 2315, RHC Spanish, S7/S9 distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Sept 25 at 0628, RHC English on wrong frequency and on late, during UT Sun jazz show, S9/+10 and distorted. Only //s found are 6165 --- and 5025!! The Rebelde frequency carrying RHC, while 5040 and all other 6 MHz channels are off. By 0641, 5025 has dropped to dead air; by 0648 so have 6165; and 11670 except for trace of music. Final check 0712 when weekly Esperanto should be on 6100, or somewhere: 11670 with suppressed/distorted = suptorted modulation in: Esperanto!!, 6165 and 5025 still open carrier. Ron Howard and Ivo Ivanov observed more total mixups like this later in the morning, Rebelde on several RHC frequencies. Something`s always wrong at RHC! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Sun Sept 25 at 1500, RHC still on, S9/+10 in Spanish but no spurs, std announcement that is now on 15140 & 11760 + FM; 1501 IS and staring Esperanto! and 13700 soon turned off ASAP, but not soon enough; Esp`o continues on 11760 and much weaker 15140, sign on claims to be at 0800 on 6100, altho I had just heard it at 07 on 11670! and at 16 on 11760 - only, they never realise the addition of 15140; and 2330 or 2230? on 15730, where we haven`t heard RHC at all, lately, but maybe, need to check. The Esperantists are clueless about times and frequencies they are really on! Turn on a radio? I also catch them mispronouncing words, like ``polítiko`` instead of ``politíko`` - accents added by me for clarity, unable to break from Spanish habit to Esperanto, where penultimate stress is absolutely invariable. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Sept 27 at 0654, RHC in English! Rather than Radio Rebelde. All real RHC frequencies are off: 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9965 & 9955, Sept 27 at 0701, pulse jamming against nothing despite imminent hurricane hitting western Cuba. Quite different pulse rates: faster on 9965, slower on 9955. WRMI is currently silent overnight, but when on it would be deceased Brother HyStairical, never exile programming nor anything in Spanish. 9965? That was a Radio República via Costa Rica, gone for a decade or more. 9965 used by Palau now but not before 0807/1250 and mostly weekends only, altho `HBN` registered HFCC available 24/7/365! Something`s always incredible at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11760 & 15140, Sept 27 at 1526, NO signals direct from the usual RHCs for midday, no doubt blown off by Hurricane Ian; and still nil into Maryland SDR at 1840. How about jammers around 1530? Cannot detect any on current Martí frequencies, 11860, 11930, 13605. The 11s are not very strong anyway and 11860 has fast SAH, presumably QRyeMen; 13605 so strong cannot be certain no J now. One would expect some SW jamming to continue from sites further east in The Greatest Antille, but winds aside, they already have electricity supply problems. RM helpfully covers weather warnings for Cuba. But at 1845, definite jamming on all three, 13605 worst, as heard by Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11950, Sept 27 at 2305, the *only* RHC or Rebelde SW frequency on air, quick check of all possible fundamentals 5.025 to 15.73 MHz into Maryland SDR. EiBi shows 11950 site Bauta, but so are most of those missing. With hurricane info (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11930, Sept 28 at 0627, pulse jamming is still going! Don`t you believe press that Cuba is totally blacked out. Obviously jamming is still of highest priority, surpassed only by jamming against nothing! However, can not find any others on now in the 13, 11 or 9 MHz bands, but yes at 0637 on 7435 & 7335 too. Ron Howard in CA was soon hearing CFVP in the clear on 6030. Sept 28 at 0649, no RHC or Rebelde on any 6 or 5 MHz channel, something wrong but maybe not their fault for a change, unless demerits for no backup power --- yeah, if the jammers against nothing can --- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 23 at 2157, no signal in extremely distorted English from R. Cairo into UTwente; somethings always amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440, Sept 24 at 2212, R. Cairo is on and poor S5/S6 direct, and seems like may have decent English modulation, but I don`t get to a remote in time to check it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 26 at 2151 and later, NO English signal from R. Cairo into UTwente, just that heavy clicking. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.994, Sept 27 at 2141, R. Cairo manages to be on air today, S7/9+10 into Maryland SDR, but humwhine only, no programod. By 2159 some supressed music, 2200 timesignal 4+1 really cuts thru, news theme, a grand march, but unreadable. Something`s always egregious at Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Sept 28 at 2157, NO signal from R. Cairo, English into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY [and non]. My usual Friday check Sept 23 for WOR on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria and 1323 via Italy, confirms that like last week, WOR has been canceled from its former 1815 UT airing: see USA. So here is what I did hear: 1323 kHz, AM Italia, Villa Estense, and not on 918 or 207 kHz, into nearby Noale SDR at 1750 tune-in with classical music, piano concerto, but soon Hungarian announcement, so that`s the minority service from Romania. CC QRM from this will only get worse into fall and winter nights; othermusic under must be AM Italia. 1755 an American PSA about autism. 1800 no Feature Story News either, but into a woman gospel huxter like last week, and now the CCI from Romania has changed to minority German with a strange accent. 1815 I check 7290 via UTwente, which is S7/S9 in // but clear of QRM as the g.h. continues her mostly monolog; besides Christian themes she and an occasional male voice sidekick, ``Dr Luther``, are concerned against ``One-World Government``. He calls her ``Rexella`` --- now we know who and what this is, as there can`t be more than one g.h. by that name, Rexella Van Impe, who would now be almost 90, widow of Jack van Impe [pronouned Im-pee, it seems] who died on Jan. 18, 2020. Another topic: gender is not ``fluid``, despite her name! Gives a box number in Troy MI, for Jack Van Impe Ministries, hymn. I look her up on a YT video allegedly from May 2021, when she still had a full head of blonde hair! At 1832 into `Feature Story News` from Washington. 1835 a promo for some other g.h. on European Gospel Radio = IRRS. 1836 JIP the conclusion of `Counterspin`, ID for WUSB 90.1 & 107.3, Stony Brook NY, 6 pm Tuesday timecheck and `Off the Wall` hacker show starting with some music... If WOR is gone for good from here, won`t need to monitor this any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, following Gary Pence`s suggestion, as of 0450 UT Sept 22, I have been on the NH6XO KiwiSDR, Kanoehe, Hawaii since 0430 but no sign of a R. Kiribati carrier yet on 846. Wonder if they are off again tonight. Was away for a while but at 0540 it`s surely on with songs, S8. So I missed when it came on or faded in. First time I have tried for it remotedly. NH6XO has a 200-foot N/S beverage. It`s on the ``windward`` NE coast of Oahu, so has to shoot thru Honolulu slightly offbeam. Fortunately this is far enough from 830 KHVH, and 850 KHLO not a problem yet, either. By 0622 still in with more ACI. LSS at both ends circa 0430. At 0633 I hear the 846 JBA carrier direct as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2157) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Sept 24 at 0715, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, nothing else on 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Sept 25 circa 0655, no signal from R. Kiribati, where it`s already Sunday night, also missing last two or three weeks, at least. Tonight, Gary Pence found it also absent earlier after ~0430 sunset into Hawaii SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Sept 26 at 0637, JBA carrier surely from R. Kiribati; and a stronger one on 855, probably Spain oppositely. Discussion about this from Chris Rogers, Australia: ``Hi Glenn, I have recently seen mention of attempts to hear Radio Kiribati on 846 kHz. I have just returned from a Cook Islands DXpedition where I had reception of Radio Kiribati on 1440 kHz at excellent levels. There was no sign of anything from them on 846. An email to station was simply answered with, “We are no longer on 846 Khz, we are only on 1440 Khz” with no other explanation given. Best regards, Chris Rogers, Melbourne, Australia`` ``Chris, That`s interesting. But the 1440 station at HQ is thousands of miles away in W Kiribati from 846 in E Kiribati, also two timezones apart. Finally found names that distancefromto can work with: 3290 km = 2044 statute miles = 1776 nautical miles. All circumstantial evidence points to the London station still on air. Maybe at Tarawa they don`t know what`s really going on at Kiritimati? Or same transmitter acquired by another station? Glenn`` ``Hi Glenn, I have found that information is always hard to get from these Pacific stations. However, that is what I heard back from them, and no sign of 846 from my monitoring. I suspect that if 846 kHz London is off, they are using the Ronton 93.5 txer instead? Incidentally, Radio Cook Islands dismantled their mast on the Matavera site a few years ago due to corrosion, then went to the AM standby transmitter site at Black Rock after that. Despite what the WRTVH site says, they are no longer on MW, only on FM now. Best regards, Chris`` If the 846 signal as early as 0430 audible to the north and east be not Xmas Island, whence could it be? Not many SDRs in the Pacific but maybe someone could get a TDOA fix on it? Believe I have DFed it from one angle appropriately but may try again. Beyond in the Pacific are only 4 others much farther: 2 kW in NZ; 10 kW in Canberra, 5 kW in Cairns; 2.5 kW in Carnarvon WA, per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Sept 27 at 0702, cannot detect a JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, local noise level is higher than usual. But Ron Howard heard and recorded it at 0658 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846, Sept 28 at 0650, no JBA signal from R. Kiribati. Gary Pence reports from trying the Hawai`i remote: ``846 khz no show as of 0521z. Not yet. Maybe later?`` And Ron Howard reports: ``Hi Glenn and Gary, On Sept 21 (Wednesday), I also found 846 was noticeably silent. Yes, again off the air again today (Sept 28 - Wed.). Their regular schedule must be off the air on Wednesday and Sunday, as we have been observing. Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADEIRA. 28435 USB, Sept 28 at 2030, CT9ABY making quick contacts, QRZ as if a contest, among a few phone signals on 10 m, no beacons: ``CT9ABY Madeira Island flag Madeira Island Branislav Panak Porto Moniz Madeira Island QSL: via OM2FY or OM QSL buro, please don't use CT QSL bureau`` per qrz.com so I guess he be from Czechia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Sept 26 at 1509, V of Martyrs Korea, Maldives service, English not Dhivehi about Adam, Eve, and Jesus, usual amazing signal here on the other worldside, S9/+20. Possible Uzbekistan site was once proposed and still referred to, but does not fit: other Tashkent relays are nowhere near as strong here, and this one is not off-frequency either. Other guess is TAIWAN, but no fit either unless erroneously aimed thisaway. Kununurra, Australia makes more sense to me propagationally, as path is trans-equatorial, and is also used by VOM,K for other emissions, but would also be way offbeam to here. VOM,K refuses to divulge site. Still missing from HFCC unlike their simulBurmese on 11825 from KNX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, Sat Sept 24 at 1850, since I`ve just checked for NIGERIA on the Canary SDR, time for weekly English from ORTM, better luck from this, S8/9+10 with warning in French that English is to follow. YL accent so heavy she`s almost impossible to comprehend; alternating OM is better but subjects do not grab my attention. 1904 brief noise burst and running-H2O QRM. 1905 mentions ``92.0`` and abrupt cut to music. That`s their FM frequency in Bamako (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. Sporadic E MUF not caught exceeding 88 MHz since July, and not much activity even above 28 MHz, but a couple Mexican beacons make it on September 24, looked up at this reference: https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm which is still dated 2016 and don`t see any later years on entries, but apparently the only `current` page. 28183.2 CW, Sept 24 at 2217, dash and VVV XE1RCS/B EK09: ``28.183 XE1RCS C CERRO GORDO, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL New 8/08/08, Club call 27/06/10 Back on 16 Sept 11`` --- QRZ.com info: XE1RCS Mexico flag Mexico Radio Club Satélite A.C. Apartado Postal 341-A Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan, Edo Mex 53100, Mexico ``The Radio Club Satelite is one of the most active and well known radio clubs in Mexico since 1979. It got its name from Ciudad Satelite, a suburb north of Mexico City where it all started. XE1RCS beacons on 28.182 and 50.019 MHz now transmiting from new site, Cerro Gordo about 70 km northeast from Mexico City. This new site, Cerro Gordo is about 3100 m above sea level, near Teotihuacan pyramids. The site is owned by Radio Club Satelite. XE1RCS/B on 28.182 Mhz. has an AR-10 antenna with 8 watts, and on 50.019 has an AR-6 with 50 watts. All the antennas are mounted in a 40 m tower with surge protection and battery backup. Also we added a new experimental beacon that is on 144.295 MHz with 5 watts into a F-23 antenna, transmiting CW and FM with ID alternately. Please make your reports. http://www.xe1rcs.org.mx/beacons 73 de XE1RCS`` 28171, Sept 24 at 2225, XE1RCS/B is no longer the only beacon on band: 3 short dashes, XE1FAS/ B EK09VB with a stronger signal, but strange keying, irregular spaces between the characters, especially long space before B. Not hand-keyed but recorded with same errors repeating. Here it is: ``28.171 XE1FAS C PUEBLA, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL NEW 30 Sept 10`` ``XE1FAS Mexico flag Mexico SEGURA WALLS ALEJANDRO 31 PONIENTE 2926 COL. EL VERGEL PUEBLA, PU 72410 Mexico`` In this context, Poniente means West, as in where the sun sets. Lots of photos, SSTV: https://www.qrz.com/db/XE1FAS ``BEACONS: 28.171, 24.929.5, 50.030 ALL CW, (XE1FAS/B EK09VB) 15 WATTS, LOOP ANTENA TRIBANDER, OPERATED INTERVAL 20 SECONDS, 2260 M HIGH`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also BRAZIL ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sept 22 at 0646, no signal from VON. But Gary Pence reports later: ``Hi Glenn, about 0730z Nigeria (presumably) was on, S7 with considerable static crashes from North Utah SDR east antenna but the audio was so lowly modulated I couldn't tell what language, signal was running about the same in the Canary Islands but with less atmospheric noise. Freq was 7254 between .93 and .94 - 73, Gary`` 7255-, Sept 22 at 1725, no off-frequency VON signal into Canary SDR, but lots of storm crashes as usual. Closest storms now over Western Sahara and northern Mauritania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2157) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Sept 23 at 0639, VON is on at S9/+10 but just barely modulated, JBM. At 1639-1700+, no signal yet into stormnoisy Canary SDR for scheduled 1630- English. But there it is by *1705, -66v Hz offset = 7254.933, really unreadable presumed English with squeal, S7 vs S8 storm crashes. It seems there is lightning every night in NW Africa, now concentrated in western Algeria. Dumps off air at 1711 for almost a minute. Off again by 1724, leaving a JBA, almost-on-frequency signal, presumably imperialist-ChiCom-occupied TIBET, as listed. *1731 VON back on, signal improving somewhat as evening progresses. Canary sunset not until 19 UT, Abuja was 1726. Off again at 1741*, back on at *1750, when I`m called to lunch. And so it goes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sept 24 at 0641, no signal direct from VON. Something`s always absent from Abuja. 7255-, Sept 24 at 1849, no VON signal into Canary Islands SDR, not checked earlier; was it offandonandoffandon, or just off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sept 25 at 0650, VON is on at S7/S9 but JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Sept 26 at 0613, VON is on, S9+10/20 but just barely modulated. Something`s always abnormal at Abuja. 7255, Sept 26 at 1753-1816+, NO VON signal into Canary SDR, just JBA TIBET almost on-frequency thru 1800 timesignal. Alternatives? 11770 with Chinese only, 9690 nothing except ACI splash (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Sept 27 at 0652, VON is off. No signal either at 1642 into Canary/Fuerteventura SDR. But at 1727 recheck VON is on, concluding some listener contact show in English, minus 67 Hz = 7254.933, and dumps off air at 1729*, no longer impeding Tibet close to 7255.000 nor huge splash from S9+10/20 7265 CRI Russian via Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, std denunciation, 1730 clip-clops and historical dramatization again; and during brief pause, English audible under, which is BBC via MADAGASCAR, I daresay a horrible collision around Africa. VON still off at 1827 check. The studio staff at VON must be very demoralized, what sounds like very well-produced programming being mistreated this way; OR, like so many SW services, clueless about what happen to their product on the way out to the world (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Sept 28 at 0638, no signal from VON direct. No show either into Canary remote Sept 28 at 1752, 1831 chex, just very weak not-off-frequency Tibet at the first time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6974.9 approx. AM, Sept 24 at 0126, JBA pirate music. Many other reports as unID on 6974.89: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102244.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, Sept 24 at 0127, pirate music at S9+20; 0133 soft tunes, YL ID? 0137 ``Teenagers in Love``; 0139 ID, ``Ball Smacker Radio`` with tenpins SFX. This is her regular Friday-night frequency; 0143 ``Down in the Boondox``; ID again at 0145, ``Ball Smacker Radio, [tenpins], 6960 AM, somewhere in the Northeast``. Meanwhile, I have been getting another B.S.R.[?] on 6950 USB, q.v. - sure hope I`ve not mixed up my log notes about them. Much more here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102253.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 USB, Sept 24 at 0126, S9 pirate music; 0129 YL refers to ballsmackerradio.org -- what? Goes nowhere. BSR is already on 6960 AM, q.v. 0147 something about ``gold-plated`` and website again. 0151 listeners static?, 0152 transmitter off and on a few times, barking sound. 0157 different ID by OM over music and surprise CW once, only copied last letter, D or G. These explain it was really WDOG doing parody of BSR, maybe Bone Snacker? No such website either. https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,102258.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120 kHz, Sept 23 at 0118 UT, heavy Spanish QRM to KMOX, presumed KETU Catoosa/Tulsa again overtime past offical Sept sunset of 0030 UT; Oct: 2345. I think: FCC AM Query can`t find this or any OK station on 1120! So I look up KRMG SS times. It would be a rare day indeed if a clear channel station ever sic`ed the FCC upon such repeat encroachers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 97.5, Sept 26 at 2124 UT on caradio, check which Okie is in at the moment, often a toss-up. Not KMOD Tulsa but ``Werewolf 97-5``, pronounced Warewolf or Wearwolf. I first reported this fuzzy name almost two sesquimonths ago on July 2, as in https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_0630_0705.txt Now I`m wondering if it`s an unique slogan, so search the WTFDA FM Database on Werewolf -- to find: Nothing, not even this Alva station. Turns out its listing which I quoted in my old report as off the air with ex-format, is *still* there in this otherwise excellent reference. They must not be reading my reports, posted to the WTFDA gg, which include significant updating info! Here`s a clue from FCC FM Query: ``KZLF (KPAK) OK ALVA USA FM LIC Licensee: RUNNING WOLF RADIO LLC`` Not sure why the ex-call is atop parenthetically. Radio-locator is current: ``KZLF-FM 97.5 MHz Alva, Oklahoma "Werewolf 97.5 FM" Station Format: Adult Contemporary Website: https://werewolf975.com/ Homepage shows: five personnel as werewolves, including weatherhybrid of KFOR. I also heard him with a weatherbit at 2132. Rare is the radio station in a small, or even large town with at least one staff meteorologist, so TV stations can make a lot of money on the side feeding radio stations (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.5 AM, Sept 23 at 2311, local Enid CB pirate still undermodulated, relaying and // music on 95.7 FM KXLS, S9 enough to block the channel. At end of AAAWWW on WBCQ before 0100 UT Sept 24, reading some items from FRW specially compiled by lw, since new issue of FRW edited by Dave is never done before Saturday morning; including ``Good Buddy Radio`` in OK on CB ch 19, 27185 --- I never heard it called that. Did some otherokie report it? AW never mentions who logged the items he refers to, all too briefly, an opportunity ``not to encourage`` piracy, instead buy legal time on WBCQ, the only licensed [ex]pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 17530.083, Sun Sept 25 at 1453, unknown language, music, S2/S3. EiBi shows it`s VOA Pinheira, 1400-1500 Sat & Sun only, in KNK = Kinyarwanda/Kirundi. At first thought it would be Madagascar, which is also off-frequency with BBC after 0600, like 17530.024 on Sept 15, so STP is the winner for offfrequenciness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11745, Sept 23 at 1450, Arabic S7/S9, one of better signals on band, except 11760 Cuban failure. Must be Al-Azm Radio, the `AFRTS` for invaders in Yemen. EiBi and Aoki show extensive hours via Jeddah site. WRTH 2022 has it only on page 522 among COTB = Clandestine and Other Target Broadcasts, not sure about site. Wonder if now via longpath, aimed at what azimuth? Jeddah toward Yemen would be roughly SE, favorable for long-path, vs NW direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Sept 23 after 0500 past 0600, no signal yet from SIBC into several Australia/NZ/Hawaii SDRs, nor on MW 1035, on this their anniversary. Also checked direct at 0645 and two random times before 1100, but as usual here only a JBA carrier, with heavy splash from 5025 Cuba still on. Just in case, also checked remotes for 9545 before 0500, but evidently still inactive there. A special eQSL was offered for this date only. I hope someone will post it so we can see it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Friday Sept 23 at 2200, tokEnglish from REE, VG into Maryland SDR, previews an interview with some scientist about the Juno mission exploring Jupiter and satellites. In a few minutes I am listening mostly to that rather than the simulcompetition from Turkey, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 25 at 1506, S4/S8 of dead air, got to be REE as scheduled to ME, off the back here, while 17855 off the front to NAm, is modulating at S7/S9. 11940 to SAm, JBA carrier. Something`s always nonsensical at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Sept 26 at 1505, open carrier/dead air again, S9+10/20 direct, got to be REE ME beam off the back, like Sept 25, and on weekdays supposed to program from 1500. WHem frequencies 17855 & 11940 don`t start until 1755 M-F, so nothing to compare; while the other EHem from 1500-, 11670 for Africa is JBA carrier. 15520 rechecked Sept 26 at 2227 at end of English, *still* dead air but only S2 into Maryland. Something`s always nonsensical at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Tuesday Sept 27 at 1457, still 1520, S5/S7 of dead air direct from REE for the third? day in a row, no one noticing at Noblejas? Geez. Still DA at 1832 check into Maryland SDR. 15520, Sept 27 at 1643, absolutely dead air at S9/+12 into Canary SDR. 11670 is only other frequency on this early, 1644 in Arabic this semihour M-F, with squeal, S8/9+12. To be followed by Russian 1700-1730 M-F despite azimuth 161 across Africa! No antenna toward Russia. Each 200 kW frequency is stuck on a single angle, no matter what the language or presumed `target`. Something`s always nonsensical at Noblejas, messed up in Madrid. Wait a minute! 1700 into Brazilian Portuguese, about Venezuelan migration, not in Russian. Would RR have been on 15520 if modulated? The language lineups in Aoki are not identical: 15520 with Spanish M-F 1500-1730; 11670 breaking away to Arabic & Russian M-F 1630-1730; and never Portuguese on either. How about EiBi? 11670 at 1630-1730 M-F in Arabic, Portuguese, no Russian. 15520 differs: 1630-1700 M-F Arabic, but 1700-1730 depends on DOW: M/W/F Russian, Tue Sephardic, Thu/Sat/Sun Spanish; no Portuguese ever. This resembles WRTH 2022 sked for B-21 with 12030 & 11685 instead, and everything one real UT hour later since REE caves in to stupid DST during A-season, inapplicable in many targets, but more convenient in studio keeping times the ``same``. But by 1715, 15520 still dead air, of course! and 11670 with that annoying squeal. It`s equally bad on LSB and USB tuning, so part of the DSB modulation. AMNarrow is not enough to escape it either. 15520 still DA, S3/S8 direct at 2021 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Wed Sept 28 at 2015, yet another day of dead air on the REE ME frequency, S5/S7 direct; and still so into Maryland SDR at 2202 during tokEnglish. 2215 about a Cantata on VG 17855, almost as good on SAm 11940, and even 11670 usable for Africa if you ignore the squeal. Something`s always nutty at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 23 at *2158, VOT carrier on at S9+45/50 into UTwente, 2200 opening English but very undermodulated so again I have to run both remote and local volumes at max for `normal` listening level. But the competition from SPAIN has a more interesting topic today, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 24 at 2213, VOT English at S6/S8 direct but just barely modulated again. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 9830, Sept 26 at 2200-2230+, NO signal from VOT English, just a JBA from China into UTwente. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.0027, Sept 27 at 2200, VOT opening English, VG today S9/+30 into Maryland SDR, top news story: Tuerkiyeish Language Day lauded by pres, Sweden should be rid of PKK, all the way until 2216 Review of Tuerkiyeish Press; 2219 Weekly Commentary to 2229 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, Sept 28 at 2159, VOT IS & ID in English, 2200 sign-on with sked, S9+40/50 into UTwente, good mod but with some hum. Occasionally see this +21 Hz offset, otherwise only about +3, so suspect they switch to different transmitters. Something`s erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [and non]. I`m behind on monitoring Ukraine: Security Issue, and feel it responsible to report on it, but I wonder if anyone else thinx it`s worth my trouble? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [and non]. Two replies [only] to whether I should continue copying items from `Ukraine: Security Issue` as broadcast on UR1 via WRMI 7730 circa 0500 UT, but heard later from website: ``I, for one, Glenn, greatly value your Ukrainian radio daily summaries, especially as many of us don’t always have the opportunity to listen daily. Please continue! Walt Salmaniw`` ``Glenn, Please also count me as a reader/listener of your Ukraine monitoring activity. While I value all of your monitoring work, the 'Ukraine project' is especially important. Many thanks! Best wishes, Martin Potter, VE3OAT`` ``Especially in view of Putler’s threat to use nuclear weapons! Walt`` OK, so here spent more than a sesquihour catching up on past week. They still are not uttering date or war day any more. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_19_09_22.mp3 For Sept 19, including; R continues with terror attax in U. Missile strike near Zap. NPP, targeted. Z says R jeopardizes entire world by this. False flag fire. 20,000 crimes by R invaders in U recorded. R trying to exterminate Ukrainians and U state. People disappeared. Genocidal design. R invaders tortured Sri Lankan students, now safe in Kyiv embassy. Travel to EU restricted, affecting R tourists, borders closed. QE2 funeral, 500+ foreign leaders attended. Belarus et al. not invited. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_20_09_22.mp3 For Sept 20, including: 146 bodies exhumed from mass burial site including 2 children; hands bound, stab wounds, etc. Fragment of a hand with bracelet, identified. All torturers will be prosecuted. 292 war crimes recorded in Kharkiv region alone. Mass burial site, over 440 graves in Izium, 99% with signs of violent death. Torture chambers discovered. Electric cable torture instruments. U cooperating with Int`l Criminal Court about genocide but complicated to prove command responsibility. We know who is responsible for crime of aggression, from which all others derive. Almost 34,000 war crimes by R in U documented. R invaders holding pseudo referendum, may lead to declaraton of war and full mobilisation by Russia. Would show that ``special operation`` not successful. Fake news in R about NATO involvement, trying to conceal its defeat. U situation to become main topic of UN General Assembly. R must cease occupation of Zap. NPP immediately. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_21_09_22.mp3 For Sept 21, including: R shelled Zap. NPP again, cutting off power units. Another attack on Mykolaiv NPP. R sham referendum announced for Sept 23-27. U needs more support. U calls on int`l community to impose sanxions on R due to sham refs. Estonian and German leaders comment. Why refs so soon? Because they are losing. R wants to increase combat power, Putin taking risk claiming that R not at war nor in crisis, but partial mobilisation. Up to 300K reservists called up. Tickets to foreign cities sold out in hours. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_22_09_22.mp3 For Sept 22, including: 215 U defenders released by R, prisoner exchanges, not all military. Z says no qualms giving up traitor. 108 Azov warriors included. We value every life, a matter of honor. Liberated 10 foreign citizens from R captivity, including 2 Americans sentenced to long terms or death. Some released now in Turkey under protexion until war ends. One looks very different now to family. 800 R servicemen released to Kreml. UN General Assembly about U; Biden speech supporting U. UK PM pledges continued military assistance. Putin trying to blackmail int`l community with nuclear threats. Any use by R of tactical nukes would be the end for Russian Fed, civilized world answer would be instantaneous. KGB guy has been destroying R for 22 years since they chose him. U calls for R forces to surrender and save their lives. Safety and decent conditions guaranteed. Rs trying to flee, mile long queue of vehicles on border with Georgia, also Finland, but some EU countries will not provide asylum to draft dodgers [not a term they used]. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_23_09_22.mp3 For Sept 23, including: Z says R not really wants to negotiate peace with U, rather sham referenda and mobilisation. Sham refs until Sept 27. Searching apts for men to draft. All involved in illegal polls in occupied terrs will be held accountable. Refs denounced by many countries and int`l orgs, more sanxions, travel bans, asset freezes. Vienna has QR code on trams to aid U, planned in other capitals. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_24_09_22.mp3 For Sept 24, including: Izium, 447 body exhumations completed, mostly women and children. Missing limbs, tied hands, other traces of torture. More in Kharkiv region. Aircraft inspected for war crimes. More than 1000 soliders committed war crimes in occupied territories. Number of executed civilians astounding. Strasbourg court, many EU wish to join lawsuit. Donetsk, R locked detainees in small room 23 hpd. Turkey keeping secret info about Us in T, so R can`t hunt them. Iran`s ambassador to U stripped of accreditation for supplying drones to R. Six drones shot down in Mykolaiv region. Chemical weapon described, stockpiles destroyed, replaced by other irritants. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_25_09_22.mp3 For Sept 25, including: released POWs with anorexia, not recognizable by family. One lost 40 kg, missing since April. None saw Red Cross reps while captive. In R, protest against mobilization in many cities. Police severely detaining. Queues of cars at entrances to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Georgia, Finland. Finland may have to ban R entries. Latvia, Estonia, Czechia not issuing visas to Rs evading. R to close state borders Sept 28 after referenda. R punishments for desertion increased, 10-15 years. Native U Tatars in Crimea being destroyed by R. Call for Russia to be expelled from membership in UN Security Council (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Sept 28 at 0500, UR1 via WRMI, NO `Ukraine: Security Issue` in English thru 0518, and does not sound like Ukrainian, rather another Slavic language, presumably Slovak as Ivo noted recently; so no English at all during this hour any more? U:SI is produced multilingually including Slovak. Anyhow we can still monitor it from website in English. Maybe WRMI could drelay another hour where English be? Note: in my summaries I seldom mention places or names I am not familiar with nor how to spell them. One more reply came in favor of my providing these, for a total of three. Yet I continue, for now. Catching up on the last two, I click on the latest, Sept 27: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_24_09_22.mp3 Still no verbal dating. Exhumations completed, 447 bodies in Kharkiv region. Tied hands, wounds, torture. More mass burial sites found in Izium. More than 1000 R soldiers IDed who committed crimes. Witnesses interviewed here and elsewhere. Astounding number of executed citizens. Five EU countries do not want to join lawsuit at EU court of human rights. Torture victim at Donetsk describes jail conditions. Sept 21 exchange of prisoners. Some secure in Turkey, secret whereabouts... This all sounds very familiar --- tho labeled Sept 27, the linked URL indicates it`s for Sept 24! Manually changing 4 to 7, really Sept 27: http://ukr.radio/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_27_09_22.mp3 Settlement in Kharkiv region liberated, Kopyansk. As of morn of Sept 27, 1,171 children injured in U by R, 395 killed, 776 injured. Total number still being established. Modern weapons need to be provided, especially by Germany rather than NATO. General interviewed by TIME magazine Oct 10 issue. U brilliant success in Kharkiv region. Kamikaze drones deployed by R to save expensive missiles. 349 emergency infrastruxure facilities damaged in war, 11 critical heating completely destroyed. U demand at least $300 billion in reparations from R, from accts sanxioned in G7 countries. Show mechanism of how it could be done? UN General Assembly working on int`l compensation mechanism. U has unique potential for attracting investment, says Pres Z. Additional sanxions against R proposed, such as on diamonds, says jeweler leader. Blood diamonds in Yakutia. Europe unfair to Ukrainians, should be glad food to N Africa got out, preventing more immigration to Europe in November. http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/images/ckeditor/files/files/ENG_NEWS_26_09_22.mp3 For Sept 26, correctly linked, including: 15 year old girl died, result of R missile strike. Another torture chamber uncovered in village, Kharkiv region. Then deported them to Russia. As of Sept 16, R no longer signatory to EU human rights convention. Z says Putin wants to scare whole world with nuclear blackmail. Shelling of NPPs could spread radiation thruout Europe, radioactive dust. R using mobilisation as means of killing people in occupied Crimea, genocidal policy, mostly against Tatars; also Dagestan, Siberia. Street protests in Russian cities. Preparing for increased cyber attax. U to receive defense systems from USA, but not enough. 73% of U believe west continues to support U (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K [non]. 11825, Sept 23 at 2318, surprised to find an S1/S5 yet sufficient signal from BBCWS in English discussing expansion of Commonwealth to unlikely members like Mozambique. This hour only it`s direct from VOA Tinang, Philippines relay for Indonesia, so not even on a 21-degree antenna thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, Sept 28 at 0701 UT, AFK, 25 watt ND beacon at Nebraska City NE, and not much else; vs bleedover from 350 RG OKC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6993, Sept 28 at 0638, JBA carrier: what better time to relog presumed WH2XWF, as last reported: ```6993, Feb 9, 2022 at 0724 UT, JBA carrier, presumed same as last logged Oct 4, 2021, when I also referenced this from 2017: ``6993, Sept 10 [2017] at 0002, JBA carrier as almost always audible from presumed WH2XWF, experimental 164-watt transmitters with several locations in Florida, to study ionospheric disturbances, never IDing, nothing but dead air``. So new log for the record``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2156 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday September 22 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S7/S9 into Bonaire SDR. Immediately preceding gospel huxter was cut off, no ID break. ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2156, WRMI: 9395, QSB fading, audio technical issues, 0030, 0053, 0058 (45433), 0059, Sep 22 UTC 2022 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, have a great start to the Fall season, Richard`` WORLD OF RADIO 2157 contents: Algeria and non, Antarctica, (Bangladesh), Canada and non, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, (Ecuador), Egypt, (France), India, Indonesia and non, International Atmosphere non, Kiritimati Island, Korea North, Korea South, Liberia and non, Mongolia and non, Myanmar, Oklahoma, Perú, Turkey, Ukraine and non, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela; DK8OK SW website closed; propagation outlook (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2157 available from 0058 UT Friday September 23: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2157.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2157.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, 7730 to NE 0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW 1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed? by Cuba] 1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on a US bank. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: Well, not at 0130 UT Friday September 23 on WRMI 5850 & 7730, replaced on the air and on the skedgrid by `Viva Miami`, which is still repeating a 2-month-old edition in Spanish publicizing the Mexican DX meeting coming up at the end of July in Guadalajara; presumably necessary fill in order to accommodate `RFPI` which is again on the sked at 0145. The same thing happened without notice on March 18, but then Jeff agreed to put us back on what had been our first airing minutes after completion, as of March 25. I`m asking for that again. Hard to believe that `RFPI` would want to buy that quarter-hour in some Slavic? language, about the worst time of day for European listening. WOR 2157 confirmed still at 0330 UT Friday September 23 on WRMI 7780 toward the SW. Hard to find much of a signal on a remote like Durango or Brownsville, but S8/9+5 into Maryland. By 0336 fading down to S7, and 0337 also with some noise burst QRM. Also confirmed Friday September 23 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9 direct but undermodulated, no jamming audible. Last week Sept 16 at 1815, WOR was expected to be pre-empted for `Station of the Cars` on third Friday, and indeed did not appear but something else instead. The same thing this week, Friday Sept 23, so I must conclude WOR is gone from IRRS 7290, even tho it`s still on their Friday online program schedule. Hope the other two times on MW 1323 only will at least continue. See ITALY [and non] for what I did hear this week. {restored: see below} Next: 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: Still confirmed Friday September 23 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz. Noale SDR has timed out so I try the two in Parma, Italy: 2059 cuts off some other program for ID and WOR, S9+10/20 but noisy, no QRM, and still not on 918 or 207 either; adjacents 1314 in Spanish, i.e. RNE R5 with three synchros totalling 40 kW; and 1332 in Romanian, i.e. 50 kW RRA in Galati. Other Parma gets better S/N, but also audiblizes some musiQRM under. Also confirmed UT Saturday September 24 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5129.973, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR; by wrapup 0428 peaking a little higher, S9+13. Also confirmed Saturday September 24 from 1942 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Gateway 160 Newsletter, Wentzville MO, VG steady groundwave S9+17 into nearby Warrenton SDR, and no storm noise. Also from 1930 on WRN N America webcast; missed checking first reliable airing at 1600. Next: 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday September 25 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 and noisy into Maryland SDR; preceded at 0029 by Jeff`s commercial for Etón SW radios, starting with ``Right now the world is in turmoil...`` so that`s what I have been hearing cut off at other times. This time followed by Allen Graham from Ecuador ID, and intrusion of a few marimba notes followed by noise over the first 10 seconds or so of my opening. Also confirmed UT Sunday September 25 at 0318 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, about 5 minutes into so started circa 0313, close to nominal 0315, S9+15/20 into nearby SDR, with storm crashes. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: Reply from Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS: ``Glenn, I confirm that there was indeed a glitch in the schedule and your program on Friday at 20:15 CET [1815 UT] was skipped for the last two Fridays (on 7290 & 1323 kHz + streaming). We have now corrected the schedule, and WOR should air regularly as of next week. Bests. Alfredo`` Confirmed Sunday September 25 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9+10/20 with storm crashes into Parma, Italy, SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday September 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday September 26 starting at 0259 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday September 27 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 direct, undermodulated. Also confirmed Tuesday September 27 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9/+12 into Maryland SDR, no jamming audible, wonder why? And still not at 2258 closing, but when Radio Libertad starts at 2300 with hurrican news, there`s the jamming starting to build, but way under for Marylanders. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2157 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday September 27 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S7/9+10 into Maryland SDR. ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2157, first airing was missed, heard Blues Radio Int instead, these program are aired almost at the same time at 0130 UT Friday. WRMI: 9955, 2230, heard World of Radio aired, 2259. Sep 27 [Tue] 9395, lots of fading, 2330, 2344, 2359 (45433), 2359, Sep 27 [Tue] 5850, Hurricane, no Signal heard, power outage, 1030, Sep 28 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, have a great start to the Fall season, Richard`` ``Just a note, WRMI was absent this morning (1030 UT) on 5850 (no WOR on my morning walk…) Hope everyone is OK there… Chris KC5IIE Tulsa, OK``. Confirmed Wednesday September 28 the 2100:21 on WBCQ 7489.94v, away from computer straining to hear direct from 2120, S4/S7, can tell it`s my voice but not enough to recognize the correct edition -- until finally at 2127.5, I hear ``2,4,8,5``, the Vanuatu frequency and at very end, ``I say again, standard disclaimer``. I don`t say it again every week, but did this week vs WRMI cutting off my last few words on some playbacks. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {off: not confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {off: not coonfirmed} Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, by money order or check on a US bank. Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com Next new WOR 2158 should be ready by 0130 UT Friday September 30 but first broadcast on WRMI 5850 & 7730 was deleted last week, so try 0330 on 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5800, Sept 23 at 0640, this WRMI is off again. One never knows whether it will be dead BrotherScaring, dead air, or dead signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Sept 27 at 1830, all scheduled frequencies of WRMI are still on the air into Maryland SDR: 21525, 15770, 9955, 9455, 9395, 7730; mostly with Brother Scare, who assures us there were no dinosaurs, let alone anything 10 megayears ago. 21525, Sept 27 at 2016, this WRMI, `Radio Africa` hits S9+10 during `Healing Word` program; normal JBA carrier getting sporadic E boost. Hurricane Ian plans to landfall Florida at Venice, then up the length of the state, so WRMI won`t get a direct hit but high circumwinds may well cause voluntary or involuntary absences, as may power outages. Keep an ear on WRMI frequencies. In a lengthy thread on the WOR iogroup about SW station expenses, Ken Zichi suggests that WRMI might install lots of solar panels, and/or wind power on all that farm/ranch property it occupies. However, I think it`s not owned outright; hydro power not an option in flat Fla, unlike it was for HCJB, and tsunamis, storm surges cannot be depended upon, nor hurricane force winds. Now Jeff White just replied: ``Well, it’s a nice idea. Certainly electricity is our largest expense. It would be nice if we could use solar power. But we have had a number of companies visiting us over the years proposing such a thing, and when they find out how much electricity we use, they realize it’s useless. You would have to cover the whole square mile with solar panels, and I don’t know if that would even be enough. And we don’t own the property. We lease it, and our lease only permits us to use a certain amount of area for the antennas. The rest of it is for the owner’s cows to graze. Like I said, it’s a great idea in theory. But there’s just no substitute for electricity at this point. We could do like many if not most other stations are already doing or planning — reduce power. Most listeners wouldn’t even notice it. At the HFCC in Bulgaria in August, everybody was talking about it. It would be a better alternative than reducing the number of hours of transmissions. One station in the US has just had to do this, and it’s a real shame. Jeff`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI chex as hurricane approaches: Sept 28 at 0632, 9455 & 9395 are off, but at 0636, 7730 is still on later than usual, with Brazilian song. At 0640, 5800, 5850 and 5950 all off, but probably 5850 is only one supposed to be on by now. 5850 also off during WOR at 1030, q.v. Further reports in WOR iog of WRMIs off, and Jeff White has been posting updates on the situation, where else? on disgraced FB: https://www.facebook.com/wrmiradio including: ``Hurricane update: So far, at 1354 UTC Wednesday, we're on the air with our normal schedule. But it's likely that we'll have to shut transmitters down later today or tomorrow as the hurricane goes through this area. Then if we don't have antenna damage and if we have power, we'll go back on the air. We'll keep you posted.`` WRMI situation Sept 28 at 2016 direct: 15770 on with gospel huxter. At 2022, 9395 & 9455 off; 9955 on with TOMBS at S9 undermodulated; 7730 JBA carrier. At 2032, 21525 is on and JBA. More from FB: ``Hurricane update as of 2134 UTC Wednesday: Winds are picking up here in Okeechobee, affecting some of our transmission lines. Our frequencies of 7780, 9955, 5950 and 15770 kHz are on the air with our regular schedule. 9455, 9395, 5800, 7570, 5850 and 7780 kHz are off the air and will probably remain off for the rest of the night and into tomorrow. We expect to air 5010 kHz on its regular schedule tonight. Our Internet stream at www.wrmi.net is on as usual. This is all subject to change depending on conditions. Our lights have been flickering on and off, so a power outage could occur at any time.`` ``Hurricane update as of 2203 UTC Wednesday: Winds are getting much higher here, and 15770 kHz has gone down unfortunately. We still have 7780, 9955 and 5950 kHz on the air.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3265.171, Sept 24 at 0003, this WBCQ confirmed active but way off-frequency, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, as `AAAWWW` has started on UT Saturday. Rest of it I monitor on 7490 webcast; strangely, never heard a single dig at Democrats being Commies, nor anything political, maybe because TimTron is guest in studio. Allan is in Monticello master control, Angela remote on the phone, so no fiddling with her microphone as normally starting. Temp is 46 in Maine, expecting high winds from edge of H. Fiona. Lots of talk about electric vehicles: TT got a ride in one on the way in, and is impressed. 0020 thanking staff and listeners. 0046 current date Sept 23, YOOLF 2022 and quadri-casting. 0055 a few advance Free Radio Weekly items from lw - see OKLAHOMA. Prayer and closing as usual run slightly over into Hal Turner time, 0101 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330+, Sept 22 at 1442, WBCQ/WLCR in English is on for a change at this hour, having been mostly missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2157) ** U S A. 9330v, Sept 25 at 1509, WLCR/WBCQ is gone again, even at prime Sunday-morn churchgoin time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Sept 27 at 1454, 1501 and still 1639, 1834, NO signal from WLCR/WBCQ SuperStition. Back on by 2140 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Sept 28 at 0634, WBCQ/WLCR is on in English. So unreliable that whether it`s off or on is notable. Also on at 2021 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9980, Sept 22 at 1441, no signal from WWCR-4 TOMBS blaster scheduled 12-24 UT, tsk2; unchecked night frequencies 7520, 5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 12160, Sat Sept 24 at 1700-1730, `Talking [sic] Machine Show` from WWCR pounding in as usual here tho not targeted thisaway; unusually plays some instrumental classical music from cylinders circa 1910y (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9940, 9475, 5830, 5085, Sept 25 at 1508, WTWW is nowhere with PPPP/SFAW or anything, at prime Sunday-morn churchgoing time. Also have not noticed 5085 running late into night past 0600 lately with rock. Maybe the electric bills are starting to hurt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {as a commercial station, WTWW has the gall to solicit donations from listeners} ** U S A. 5085, Sept 26 at 0609, WTWW-2 still on, Ted plugging automated music request setup, S9+30/40. Soon as I mention not heard much lately past 0600, there it be. Also with traditional JBA carrier parasitic spurs 5072.1 and 5087.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9940, Sept 27 at 0700, Scriptures for America ID on WTWW, -1 or -2? This late at night, MUF has diminished normally blasting signal to weakish only S5/S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9275, Sept 28 at 2020, WMLK is OFF in the middle of its 6-day-a-week sked. No hurricane excuse there. Neighbor in more ways than one, 9265 WINB, is nominal (Glenn Hauser, OK. WOR) ** U S A. 750, Sept 24 at 0639 UT, WSB is off for tower-light maintenance the third and last? night in a row. On DX398 with internal antenna only and altazimuth wrist mount, not much from Cuba this time, but NW/SE in English, see CANADA: and NE/SW Mexmx and Spanish, certainly not Cuba, and unlikely any of the minor Mexicans. Fortunately US counts upon a border station trying to sound Mexican, which now YL IDs as ``en Kama750.com``, that is KAMA EL Paso TX, U4 10/1 kW. Website is really kama750am.com. Seems to take turns fading up and down with Melfort, but anyway mutually nullable. Appropriately I am DXing this while lying in my cama. Believe have heard before with or without WSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 920, no signal from KLMR Lamar CO: ``KLMR 920 and KLMR 93.5 Lamar, CO have voluntarily surrendered both licenses for cancellation due to extensive storm damage from a recent storm. The cancellation request was filed September 21st - Regards, Paul Walker, AK, IRCA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7932, 7890, 8620, Sept 22 at 0650, no signals on previous RV harmonic frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, 7932 & 8620, still no signals from RV, Sept 24 at 0643 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, 7932, 8620, Sept 26 at 0624, still no signal from RV on previous second harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, 7932, 8620, Sept 27 at 0651, RV still absent from previous harmonic spots. Also no 11835 or 11898 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890 & 7932 & 8620, Sept 28 at 0635, still no RV harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 22 at 0633: besides 846 TP, only 9/kHz detected are 621, 711, surely remnants from Canary Islands, Morocco. In previous unID report, typo 847 instead of 846 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1449.94 approx., Sept 24 at 0120 UT, het to the 1450 graveyard pileup. What`s this? MWoffsets has lots of precision measurements but none lower than minus 15 Hz in the US (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, Sept 24 at 0705, S9+10 signal sounds somewhat musical in a loop, maybe ute? Possibly R Relógio, Brasil, never heard elsewhen and it`s too early for Tibet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, Sept 25 at 0642, again tonight, that strange ``musical`` loop, continuous beat at the rate of 104 times per minute, S9/+10, best audible in SSB mode, not FM, and no specific carrier. Some ute, not broadcaster. This late, too inconvenient to record a sample but hope to subsequently, or by someone, maybe also thus earlier. Used to hear RTTY around 4905, maybe USN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, Sept 26 at 0601, that somewhat musical loop I have been hearing, now recorded; it was not there earlier in evening: https://www.w4uvh.net/4905loop.mp3 Not to be confused with much weaker CODAR, JBA in background. Any ideas? Waiting for a reply from UDXF iog, I check previous 4905 reports: FUJ STANAG New Caledonia, NPG Dixon CA, something Russian... (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. RF 8, 10, 12, 28, 35, Sept 24 at 1540 UT, BAD DTV signals into my SSE antenna, probably Wichita area as APRS map shows tropo enhancement north of here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)