** ALASKA. 9760 & 9800, Oct 9 at 1500, KNLS IS on both with equivalent fair sigs, but two different languages scheduled, Chinese and Russian, respectively. SOP to run IS first minute of each hour before programming from :01 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Sat Oct 9 at 1510+, no signal from LRA36 checked on three different Brazilian SDRs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 13 at 1511, another Wednesday emission tuned in progress from LRA36, fair S4-S6 via Brasil SDR, music; 1518 ``sign-off`` and Antártida song; but 1523 more music follows immediately; 1535 ``sign-on`` with multi-lingual ID including English that this is in Spanish, historical talk; 1537 Antártida song which starts with guitar, then vocal; 1540 bit of hielo song; 1550 a martial song; 1610 Esperanza ID; 1615 hielo song and more music; 1627 `La Radio Pública - Nacional`` ID, more music until chopped off at 1644*. Tuning down in USB, I can tell this time the reduced carrier is also gone. So back on today after missing last Saturday Oct 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.108V, Oct 13 at 600, RVM music at S3-S5; has been steadily drifting upward, now exceeding 1 kHz above nominal, measured here and wobbling slightly. Is the only ZY audible overnight on 31m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11815, Oct 10 at 0059, S1-S3 with flutter maybe English? Then song plays right thru hourtop 0101+. Must be R. Brasil Central, only station known active at this hour; nor was there an off-frequency tipoff (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 WOOB jammer survey, Oct 10 at 0104-0111: 12880, Chinese S1-S2 with flutter; 12820, 13020, 13130, JBA carriers on traditional channels; 13530 & 13920 & 14920, JBA S1 with flutter; 16100 JBA with CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Oct 8 at 0233, RHC English S9+20 but suptorted: wiggle that patchcord! Alleged Cuban scientist denies there is any evidence for ``Havana Syndrome`` sonic attacks there or elsewhere. // 6165 is VG but somewhat overmodulated/distorted. Now if only they could balance them out. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9710, Oct 9 at 1459 big open carrier and off*, must be RHC as scheduled 1100-1500 & 2100-0500 in Aoki which this time has correct RHC info while EiBi misses 9710 completely, which has been running most or all of A-season (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6145, Oct 10 at 0042, RHC English jumps again to here from 6165, still // 6000; clearing 6160- for Area 51. Something`s fortunately wrong at RHC. 0625 recheck, still 6145; also in English: 6100, 6060 with humbuzz, and 5040 on late (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13637 & 13763 approx., Oct 11 at 1414, FMish weak S3 spurblobs from S9+10 RHC 13700-AM, plus/minus ~63 kHz. With signature F# above Cmiddle tones. Welcome back! Despite almost daily morningly bandscans, nonesuch noted for months. Last time a search hits on ``spurblob 13700`` was my report of July 19 & 16. I knew they could do it! Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, Oct 11 at 2218, S8-S9 of dead air from RHC, where something`s always wrong; while 15370 in Spanish is S9+10/20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, Oct 12 at 2302, NO signal from RHC English; also off in Spanish: 11850 and its 11840/11860 parasites: something`s always wrong at RHC. But on are: 11760 with humbuzz, 11670; and 11980 JBA probably 2 x 5990 CRI English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5990, Oct 13 at 0142, RHC English with thin-voiced YL, wrong frequency instead of 6000; and also JBA on 2X = 11980; // 6165 on right frequency instead of 6145. Thus of the two NAm English channels at 00-05, you never know which two of four frequencies will be in use. Something`s something`s always always wrong wrong at at RHC RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Oct 13 at 0143, RHC Spanish is S9/+10 but suptorted, rather than completely off 2 hours and 41 minutes earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Oct 13 at 1821, S9 but JBM sounds like choking Arabic as scheduled. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 11860, Wed Oct 12 on caradio, nothing but choral music on R. Martí, various chex during the 17-18 UT hour, no jamming heard. unseems sacred, but program sked shows for this date and time: https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/radio/schedule/4 easily reached via Alan Roe`s WORLD OF RADIO Hitlist: ``13:00 - 14:00 [EDT] La Santa Misa PROGRAMACIÓN EN-VIVO DESDE LA ERMITA DE LA CARIDAD``, i.e. the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity, in, where else, Miami, thus violating Separation of Church and State. Tripadvisor explains: ``es un templo católico de la Arquidiócesis de Miami dedicado a Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Patrona de Cuba, ubicado en Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EUROPE. 6330-CW, Oct 8 at 2013, CW beacon from R. Piraña Internacional; repeating message starts with RPI but I don`t copy the rest. I wonder if he spells out Piraña with the special character --.-- for ñ? Well audible via UTwente with some deep fading. Jorge R. García tells the WOR iog that it`s 8 watts from northern Europe, active today 1900-0700 UT and also same hours this Saturday into UT Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 13735V, Oct 7 at 1526, marine weather by French YL, somewhat distorted S8-S9, Maryland SDR in SAM mode shows carrier varying up and down +48 to 72 Hz: typical of defective Issoudun transmitter. This is for the Mini-TransAt yacht race, the first leg of which from France to Canary Island, is just about over. After a long rest, the second leg from Canary to Guadeloupe, really TA, launches Oct 29 and should start ending November 9, per map here: https://www.minitransat.fr/en/presentation/#presentation The weather broadcasts may take a break too until then (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2107) ** KASHMIR [non]. 15170, Oct 12 at 1505, JBA carrier direct, 1508 late tune-in via UTwente SDR to another weekly Kashmir Civitas, from IRRS, worse than usual, not solid, only S9-S6 --- and it`s completely in English! about legacy of British colonialism, atop usual strumming. I notify the WOR iog but it`s too late, 1511 switch back to Urdu talk. No Western music fill this week, chopped off at 1529* but not before we hear the last two notes of the RRI IS, pause, and then the first note, before gone; tantalizing those who guessed this via Bulgaria? Instead of ROMANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 11880, Oct 10 at 0101, S9/+20 of dead air with some hum; finally cut on modulation 0102.6 of KBSWR in Spanish about NK rapprochement. Was this Grimesland`s failure or somewhere upstream? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MARTINIQUE. 18133.4-USB, Oct 11 at 2214, FM4LV keeps repeating ID only with different fonetix, as if in some contest; see UNIDENTIFIED. So no doubt about it except whether it`s really the caller or the callee. No replies heard. His qrz.com reveals no details beyond name and QSL only via a W3 manager, not even Where in MQ: ``FM4LV Martinique flag Martinique, Gérard LUCE``; but does illustrate his nice QSL of six ladies in elaborate costumes: https://cdn-bio.qrz.com/v/fm4lv/FM4LV.jpg Now no need to jump thru hoops to get one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 13840, Sat Oct 9 at 0559, RNZ/I/P still on here and keeps going past 0600 timesignal and at final check 0617 music at S9-S5. So much for my plug of `Saturday Night` request show from 0608, which has been on VG 11725, supposed to start at 0459 or is it 0559, as current sked still shows two *other* frequencies after 0559! ``02:59-04:58 13840 Pacific Daily 04:59 - 06:58 11725 Pacific Daily 05:59 - 12:58 7245 Pacific Sat Sun`` Unknown when if ever it switched to 11725; or skipped it completely for 7245 sometime? Asleep at the switch? Or another too-frequent skedchange, as summer oncomes, trying to cope with OWF to primary Pacific targets, not us? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 13840, Oct 10 at 0620, RNZP again tonight on frequency extended instead of 11725, discussion about divorce and marriage, good S9. Nothing on 11725 or 7245. That would be the `TED Radio Hour`, from NPR, Sunday 7:04 pm local: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/schedules/20211010 Leave it to NZ to have the good sense to broadcast some US NPR programs on SW, unlike any of our own stations. Altho always misleadingly headed as effective from start of season March 28, instead of latest revision date, the How To Listen sked has belatedly now been updated to eliminate 11725 in our late-nights: ``28 Mar 2021 - 30 Oct 2021 UTC kHz Target Days 00:00 - 02:58 15720 Pacific Daily 02:59 - 06:58 13840 Pacific Daily 06:59 - 08:58 7245 Pacific Mon - Fri 06:59 - 12:58 7245 Pacific Sat Sun 08:59 - 12:58 7245 NW Pacific Solomon Isl PNG Mon - Fri 12:59 - 16:50 5980 Pacific Sun - Fri 12:59 - 18:58 5980 Pacific Sat 16:51 - 17:35 6115 DRM Tonga Niue Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri 17:36 - 19:50 9760 DRM Tonga Niue Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri 18:59 - 19:58 11725 Pacific Sat 19:51 - 20:58 11690 DRM Tonga Niue Samoa Cook Islands Sun - Fri 19:59 - 21:58 13840 Pacific Sat 20:59 - 21:58 13840 Pacific Sun - Fri 21:59 - 00:00 15720 Pacific Daily from 25 Sep`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, Oct 8 at 2259, scales up and down at first on keyboard, jazzed-up classical tunes, 2302 another, direct. Next check at 2327 via remote in MO, no signal, but Maryland has some non-classical music, poor signal. Another report at first as unID: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87438.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6931-USB, Oct 8 at 2329, S7-S9 pirate music, into Maryland SDR; 2338 brief ID? missed and ballad. Several logs here say it`s Tall Radio Jethro (Tull): https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87441.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. `Weekend Radio` comedy show from WCLV Cleveland has a competition to present funny faux-pas from the press, so we submitted this from our local paper: https://www.w4uvh.net/EnidEagle_cannibals_notated.jpg It won the prize of CD already received, Bridge 9470, ``Berl Senofsky in Concert at EXPO `58 Brussels``, violin and piano music by Ravel, Bartók, Rachmaninoff, Ysaÿe, Creston, Wieniawski, Bach, Brahms2. Here`s a lo-fi capture of that segment on the UT Oct 10 show at 0326: https://www.w4uvh.net/WeekendRadio_prize.mp3 Furthermore, as we later notified Sagebrush Bob, the Eagle ed/pub later wrote a whole column about this: https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/column-we-hate-bloopers-but-sometimes-they-can-be-pretty-funny/article_d20e87c0-220d-11ec-ab09-3fd231bad106.html (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PANAMA. 18133.2-USB, Oct 11 at 2204, HP3SS discussing remote control setups so others from abroad can operate from his QTH in Panamá; sounds like an American. QRZ.com info: ``HP3SS Panama flag Panama, Robby Robertson, Volcán, Panamá. I have been living in Panama since October 2015. I operated as HP3/VY2SS for almost year while I waited for my Panama call. It doesn't normally take that long. I live in Volcan, Chiriquí Province. I am at 4550 ft ASL. Temp is always 23C and I like it here. I enjoy contesting and DX`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 12030.055V, Oct 11 at 0627 French talk, JBA yet the SSOB. Is low latitude propagation from VOA Pinheira relay, French 0600-0629 daily. This site often significantly off-frequency, does not speak well for USAGM engineering. V indicates it`s also audibly wavering, while a small v would merely indicate varies but steady at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5950, Sat Oct 9 at 2200-2300, `Encore` classical music via WRMI, VG via remote in southeastern US -- a regular listen I don`t always log, this first airing to N America, and there will be two more tonight and Sunday night. Two playlists are available; look for the current date: https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 11670, Fri Oct 8 at 2229, REE wrapping up token English with Justin Coe voice recognizable but VP unreadable --- and this is the best, being lowest, as the MUF to deep N America has plunged, despite being on the worst azimuth south toward Africa; while 11940, 15520 and supposedly for us 17855 are even worse, JBA to JBA carriers. We anticipate a B-21 switch to much more propagable 9690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Oct 11 at 2200, token English from REE says main topic will be part 2 about US/Spain relations in Cold War, including the SAC bombing incident. Geomag disturbance predicted not hit yet as this holds up well S8-S9, also audible backwards on 15520 but 11940 blocked by wideband FMish splash maybe local (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Oct 12 at 2301 and 11940 at 2312, zero signals from the two REE frequencies scheduled to run past 2305 weekdays: maybe the geomag storm have delayedly hit, outwiping such prop. At 2100, K-index was 3 with moderate space weather = G2-level storms preceding and predicting. By 2400, same except no more predicted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Oct 13 at 2200, REE English to N America on Wed: no signal but only have portable with clipon handy; nor the other three frequencies. UTwente check at 2245 when French is on, 11670 VG by far, 15520 and even 17855 also barely audible over full-night path, but no signal on 11940, which must be OFF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Oct 13 at 2228, no signal direct from VOT English to N America; recheck via UTwente at 2244 before usual closing, no signal either. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 365-MCW kHz, Oct 9 at 0615 UT, ND beacon AA, which is 100 watts from Fargo / Harwood, North Dakota; only unusual but not new one here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2106 monitoring UT Thursday October 7 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9455 S9+15, 9395 S9+25 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Thu Oct 7 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+10 to Bonaire. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 contents: Afghanistan non, Antarctica, (Armenia), Australia, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Europe, France, (Germany), Korea South, Kuwait, Liberia, Macedonia North, unID IS, Mongolia, Myanmar non, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, (Taiwan), Thailand, (UAE), UK, USA, (Uzbekistan), unIDs; ham population; propagation outlook ()means countries referred to along with others in their order WOR 2107 is available as of 0122 UT Friday October 8, 2021 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2107.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2107.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, 7780 to NE [both confirmed] 0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S 1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 2030 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW [new] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2330 UT Saturday WRMI 5950 to NNW [new] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1230 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [new] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW; 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? not Oct 6] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 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 Kelly Bogues, Colorado for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com a.k.a.. Rabishu, he says, ``Thanks Glenn for all the many many years of WOR. I have been hearing you for decades. You're a shortwave inspiration and I will always remain inspired by you.`` One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 monitoring: confirmed first airings UT Friday October 8 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG, 7780 fair. Also confirmed Fri Oct 8 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, S7/9+10 into Bonaire. Also confirmed Fri Oct 8 at 1815 on IRRS via AM Italia, Villa Estense, 918 kHz, S9, as always interrupting some talk show, about NZ? Pause. Quick IRRS ID, long pause and WOR starts and plays to 1844. As monitored via Noale SDR Also confirmed Fri Oct 8 at 1816 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria. As usual, S9+5/10 open carrier runs past 1815, modulation does not cut on WOR until opening is almost over. Is no one paying attention? Also to 1844. Via UTwente it`s about 3 seconds apart from 918. Also confirmed Fri Oct 8 at 2030 on 918 after music and extended IRRS ID, S9, as above. Also confirmed Fri Oct 8 at 2230 on new WRMI 5950 airing, S8-S9 directly after world music, no ID break. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2330 UT Saturday WRMI 5950 to NNW [new] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1230 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [new] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW; 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? not Oct 6] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday October 9 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S5-S7 direct. Not confirmed Sat Oct 9 circa 1930 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, as it is very unusually *off* the air, into nearby local remote in MO, nor into next-nearests in IL, KS. Still off 2+ hours later. Next: 2330 UT Saturday WRMI 5950 to NNW [new] 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1230 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 [new] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW; 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? not Oct 6] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 monitoring: confirmed Saturday October 9 at new 2330 on WRMI 5950, VG S9+30 into TN SDR. Also confirmed on NEXUS-IBA webcast-only at 2334 about 3 or 4 minutes behind WRMI, so they must still be sticking in some FS News first, probably causing a few minutes of WOR to be chopped at the end. Also confirmed UT Sunday October 10 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+30 direct but not enough to eliminate S7/S9 storm noise level from South Dakota/Minnesota and Bahamas/Cuba. Not confirmed UT Sunday Oct 10 circa 0315 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM: still completely off the air as it was at 1930. Zzz past 1300 Sun Oct 10; did anyone hear the new 1230 on WMRI Europe via Channel 292, Germany, 9670? And how was the QRM from Vietnamese clandestine via Taiwan, and jamming? [BTW, even I slipped and called it ``WRMI`` on WOR 2107]. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW; 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? not Oct 6] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 monitoring: confirmed Sunday October 10 at 2000 on IRRS via AM Italia, 918 kHz, S9+8 into nearby Noale SDR. Also confirmed Sun Oct 10 at 2230 on WRMIs: 5950, VG S9+20/30 and 9955 S9+20, both into Tennessee SDR. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 11 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 11 after 0130 on WRN N America webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 11 from 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-, minus 53 Hz = 6159.947, S9+10/15 into Maryland SDR; with ACI from Cuba back on 6165 ex-6145 last night. Next, not until Wednesday: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [? not Oct 6] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2107 monitoring: ``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: I was up didn’t see heard much of program on 5850 kHz, at 1030 just saw the s-meter moving around at a lower level, World of Radio #2107, they will be posted below the Details: 0130-0159, static, (55434), (55444), 0159, 5850 kHz, Oct 8 UTC 2021 [Fri] 7730 kHz, 0044, S 9 signal, 0058, 7730 kHz, Oct 10 UTC [Sun] 2230 - 2259, 9955 kHz, S8 signal, QRN, fading, 2259, 9955 kHz, Oct 10 UTC 2021 [Sun] 0030-0059, using 7730 kHz, 9395 kHz, 0030, 0043 (45343), 0059, 9395 kHz, Oct 11 UTC 2021 [Mon] 1030-1100 UTC, 5850 kHz, storm on the sun, 1056, 5850 kHz, October 13 UTC 2021 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Wed Oct 13 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct. And 21 seconds later on WBCQ 7489.9v, also JBA direct. WOR/theme recognizable but cannot be positive correct edition was played. Next, and last: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW 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 Kelly Bogues, Colorado for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com a.k.a.. Rabishu, he says, ``Thanks Glenn for all the many many years of WOR. I have been hearing you for decades. You're a shortwave inspiration and I will always remain inspired by you.`` One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A.. 9950 & 9960, Oct 7 at 0610, plus & minus parasitic spurs out of 9955 WRMI are JBA carriers again, tho fundamental is only S9/S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {more on this below} ** U S A. 5850, Fri Oct 8 at 1045 I happen to awaken so confirm that WRMI is on this air, `Frecuencia al Día` segment in strangely-accented Spanish. So maybe WOR will be back on Wednesday at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Oct 12 at 2256, WRMI with rock is S9+20/30, despite alleged SSE angle, strong enough to audiblize plus/minus 5 kHz parasitic spurs --- but none detected now: problem fixed, or intermittent; or differing transmitter units and/or antennas subject to those? The messy modulation from TOMBS elsewhen could also be responsible, not from that now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Oct 7 at 0028, WBCQ-6 SuperStition is back on air after AWOL a few days, S9 signal of World`s Last Chance in Portuguese, which is pretty good off the side of the beam if really aimed at Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2107) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Oct 9 at 0000, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW`, again very overmodulated/distorted. ``Hide the silverware``, hmmm, is this a rerun? A & A are yelling over each other with usual anti-American rants. I switch the Maryland SDR to this from the real pirate band, where sound is a bit less distorted but also with RHC-like humbuzz. They start talking about spotted dicks, drinking teguila, on 7490, 6160 and 4790 preferably in meaningless ``kilocycles`` instead of kHz; what`s wrong with Canada? I can`t take another hour of this broadcasting, distorted in more ways than one. So here`s John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 4790, 6160 and 7490. Allan half undressed in a hot studio in a warm Fla. Allan and Angela bantering back and forth about several subjects which sort of morphed into some blather about "community" and how the definition has changed over the years and how Covid accelerated the change. A mention of the stolen election by Angela. Even some talk of worldwide shortages of things and some China bashing. Allan announced that the superstation was up and running well but before he could finish that there was a phone call at 0031 from Mr. Mike to talk about the upcoming Nearfest next weekend. Allan then reads an article from Radio World about shortwave tech that I think he's read before. Reading of emails at 0055. Closing prayer at 0058. It was mentioned that they'd had many small problems with the new transmitter since replacing the big tube and was implied that one of the repairmen was still at the station tinkering with things. Off the air at 0100. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7489.9v, UT Sun Oct 10 at 0616, WBCQ on very late again with some classic rock, S8-S9, a regular weekly thing? Last time caught at same hour was Oct 4, UT Mon not Sun. Either appears on WBCQ program sked? Of course not! Supposedly off at 0330* Sun & Mon and every night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Oct 11 at 0622, WBCQ WLCR is gone again, no signal while these remain VG: 9265 WINB, 9395 & 9455 & 9955 WRMI. 9330 still gone at 2223 Oct 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), Oct 11 at 2330 after semi-UBMP repeat, WBCQ webcast plays national spot commercial for McDonalds` Breakfasts, then immediately `Camp Constitution Radio` on an anti-vax rant which he expects will get him banned from You Tube. Does McD corporate know what it is really sponsoring here? Assuming CCR set this up, the price for a single spot in terms of domestic radio could well pay for the entire semihour program`s SW airtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Oct 12 at 0252, WBCQ World`s Last Chance is on again, VG S9+20/30, Canadian-accented interviewer with someone about Antarctica; anti-Rothschild, anti-elite. Wondering if some other far-right political show? Not your usual pontificating. Oh2: Then country song so wacko it could be taken as a parody on any other station, like: there was never a man on the moon, it was made-for-tv; stars and moon are not that far away, all we have is under a dome; there are no satellites, no matter how upwards dishes are aimed, they are really picking up terrestrial signals, from this Flat Earth; partly paraphrased. 9330 is now much stronger than its nearest neighbor SW station, 9265 WINB; but way above other WBCQs: 7490v JBA, 6160v TOMBS. 0259 a few notes of the menacing WLCR theme before cutoff the air. If I happened to tune in now, I would have concluded it`s still AWOL. Cut back on the air at *0300.7 with legal ID by AW, and then YL WLC ID also as on WBCQ, more English. Presumably had to break for antenna rotation, but no difference here before/after signal levels. HFCC shows at 0300 it goes from 245 to 270 degrees, but also changes antenna designator from 805 to 216, huh? Both as only 250 kW. Surely it`s the exact same Ampegon rotatable, but HFCC references: 805 LPH18/36.5/32.2/16.7/1.4/13.2/200 216 AHR(S)4/4/0.5 Maybe someone can explain that? From log periodic to rhombic? HFCC provides no key or explanation to its lengthy antenna reference table included in the zips with schedules (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, re the registered antennas for the WBCQ SuperStition: Wolfgang Bueschel explains that #805 is the same type listed for all the other WBCQ ``classic`` frequencies, horizontal log periodic. I say certainly this does not really apply to the 250 kW transmitter on 9330. Possibly a backup lower-power transmitter on 9330 would be such, but not registered. #216, listed for most but not all 9330 transmissions is: Curtain antenna, half-wave dipole array --- and in this case also rotatable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 9975, Oct 8 at 0226, JBA carrier from presumed KVOH which normally blasts into here. Then I check other 31m band signals and find other USAs are also VP; or JBACs even from WRMI 9955, 9455, 9395; maybe 9330 WBCQ. But Eurosigs much further away are VG: 9420 Greece S9/+10; 9490 República/France S9/+10 and no jamming audible. Close-in MUF must be sharp between 8 and 9 MHz; because N Americans below 8 remain VG: 7850 CHU; WRMIs 7780 S9+20; 7730 & 7570 S9+30/40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Oct 10 at 0015, WTWW-2 with `TOUTA` already; direct as I`m not near a $tereo webcast. 0031 after playing one of his own compositions, Bob Heil mentions that from now on it`s an hour long, and next week`s will be the ``best ever`` special with his mentor George Wright. It ends at 0055, into Tedad. Bob never dares specify an exact time for the show, but if it were an hour this week, must have started about 2354 Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 11 at 0105, again no signal from WRNO (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Oct 12 at 0324, VP signal in presumed Hindi from presumed WRNO as nothing else is scheduled in A-21; usually much stronger when on, but at that awkward 1-megameter distance; and was missing last night just after 0100. It`s hard to believe this transpolar signal accomplish any significant service to India at 8:45-9:30 am IST (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies to my 1310 KZIP log: ``Glenn, about KZIP: Yes the transmitter tower is right next to I-40 just east of Hope Road, and easy to see when driving by. Built in 1978, the tower is also used by what is now KPRF 98.7 which originally signed on that year. Both the AM and FM were co-owned in the late 70's when 1310 was a Country Music station, and 98.7 was Album Rock KYTX (I lived in Amarillo at the time and recall hearing the original transmitter tests for 98.7 during the early morning hours while driving to work.) KZIP was sold around 1981 flipping to a Spanish language format, while 98.7 has had several owners, call signs, and formats over the years. Only things even vaguely resembling a valley in the Amarillo area would be either Palo Duro Canyon or Lake Meredith, unlikely origins of the ownership name. The Texas Panhandle is not completely flat, if you take the time to explore it. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` Yes, Palo Duro is quite scenic, a miniature Grand (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic, JBA MW carrier search, Oct 8 at 0606-0612 UT: First noticed het on KMBZ 980: 558, 612, 621, 684, *693, 711, 774(2), 837, 846-TP?, 855, 882(2), 908.32=local IF birdie?, not 909; 936(2), 981, 999, 1044, *1053, 1089, 1098(2), 1107(2), 1116, 1125(2), *1215, 1305(2), 1503 kHz. *strongest, correlating with UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 9 at 0602-0609; tipped by 1 kHz het upon 1000 KTOK OKC: 603, 612, 684, 693, 729, 774(2), 837(20, 846-TP?, 855(2), 882, 909, 936(2), 999, 1017, *1044, 1053, 1107(2), 1116(2), 1125, 1134, 1152, 1197, 1215(2). *strongest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4875-USB, Oct 10 at 0046, MARS net designator 4IX7, and some Airforce-type calls like AFZ4W#. No sign of R. Roraima, Boa Vista, 4875 supposedly on till 0300, nor anytime lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-LSB, Oct 10 at 0039, 2-way in Brazilian, while I am not hearing any N American pirates on the Saturday night band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6932?-USB?, Oct 12 at 2259, pirate music I can`t get to resolve in LSB or USB, stepping up and down 1 kHz; and then gone. Maybe the problem be the unrecognizable music. Not very, but the closest log to this in HFU is unID on 6933 earlier: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87648.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7620, Oct 10 at 0618, surprise mixture of talk show about Medicare, and weaker audio sounds like Brother Scare; shortly cuts off by itself. Smax of mixing product between SW and local MW, but can`t figure out how nor ever heard before here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9501.15-USB approx., Oct 7 at 1435, 2-way in Spanish INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15833-USB, Oct 12 at 2303, 2-way in Spanish discussing putas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 18157-USB, Oct 10 at 2213, pileup after a DX station. US hams keep blasting their own calls and nothing else time and again over each other. I withhold IDing them. Once in the mess, I tentatively hear a weak HC2+ call from Ecuador, maybe the target. This is fun? Another pileup on 18160-USB. The F2 MUF was way up with lots of 28 MHz TA contacts NAm/Europe blacklined on DX Map but nothing much here, not even 10m beacons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. See MARTINIQUE, PANAMA. Higher in the 18 MHz band, pileups as there must be some kind of contest, maybe not DX, mostly US & Canadians repeating their calls over and over, apparently hoping someone will reply without even saying CQ or QRZ --- that would gobble up valuable milliseconds. From about 18154 to 18165, October 11 at 2210-2215, stations spaced at fraxion of kHz intervals, making for not only CCI but lots of adjacent SSB QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 18241.4-USB approx., Oct 10 at 1416, JBA 2-way not English, maybe Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Intense tropo blob up to Level 7 per Hepburn`s maps, across central OK into KS, but Enid as usual on the edge, as of 15 UT Oct 13, so I bandscan at 1513: almost all the `open` UHF DX channels have a Bad signal, but none of them enough to decode into my OKC-directed channel 7+ antenna: RF 12, 14, 20, 21, 22, 26, 31, 34, 35, 36 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)