** ANDORRA [non]. 7400, Feb 5 at 2157, another Radio Andorra Revival special for a bihour, this time via ARMENIA. S9+5/15 into UTwente, signal good but modulation level fading down and up, and it`s quite lo-fi, deficient feed to site? Zach Liangas had same reaxion: ``Andorra 7400 final report! 7400 heard at 2133 via local SDR with S9 signal but rather poor reception with lots of local noise and with very trebly sound. Rather under modulated as like someone turned off Dolby while playing a cassette and with full treble! Spectrum analyzer shows that very clearly. In my radio it's much more noise. Check in central Italy with S10 and splitter in the lab with very trebly sound lacking bass and up to 35 db of fades. Also test in Brasília with signal to S10 but strong fading -- Zacharias Liangas, Temp Litohoron, Greece`` in the WOR iogroup. Anyhow. at my check there was conversation in French rather than music. First of four airings earlier at 12-14 UT across N America on WRMI 5850 should have been well received here if anyone were awake. It seems this is a really big deal in Europe among fans of R. Andorra way back when. I did QSL it 62 years ago direct on 5972 kHz: http://www.w4uvh.net/andorra1.jpg http://www.w4uvh.net/andorra2.jpg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, February 5 at 1544 tune-in, LRA36 is on! this Saturday to belie my WOR 2124 remark that it had not been appearing Saturdays, correct as of then. Via Brazil SDRs: Pardinho is still not getting it: antenna broken? Only S2-S3 into Campo and about the same to Brasília #2. Music at first, 1545.5 ``Nacional, la Radio Pública`` ID. 1552, LRA36 ID; still 1619 another ID but fading to JBA music, 1628 ``NLRP``, 1650 trace; 1715 now better into Campo with Antártida themesong past 1709; recheck at 1748 now gone. I later see that Sam Sánchez, Orygun in the WOR iog heard it first at 1352 today via same remotes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA [and non?]. 15475.98 RCUSB, Wed Feb 9 not tuned in until 1558, feared too late, but LRA36 still on air with music, VP S3 into Campo, Brasil SDR, no better at Brasília #2. Still going at 1601, but 1602 QRMed by unID 2-way on 15475.00 USB exactly. Maybe Spanish but so colloquial I can`t be sure. Then nothing more from LRA36. I wonder if the 2-wayers and LRA36 are aware of each other. Occasional 2-way contacts next few minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see UNIDENTIFIED ** AUSTRALIA. 2368.43, Feb 8 at 2102, S4-S5 with fades of Greek songs past 2125 via VK2GGC SDR, R. Symban. There has been lots of good discussion about this by nearby Aussies in the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 15190.10, Feb 8 at 2323, JBA S1-S5 of talk, music? Even so it seems undermodulated. I`m confident it`s R. Inconfidência, Belo Horizonte on its signature off-frequency. That`s a strange name for a radio station if you go by its translations in my Langenscheidt dixionary: ``disloyalty, infidelity, unfaithfulness`` --- perhaps a quite different contextual meaning or historical connotation in General Mines? 11780, Feb 8 at 2322, no signal from RNA, but VG on 6180. Wonder if on the way to installing pure DRM, after successful? low-power but high-gain tests a year ago on 11905 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 7500, Feb 6 at 2238, Chinese JBA S7-S8, presumably CNR1 jammer as always more likely to be heard than target, in this case VOA via Thailand this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Feb 3 at very late hour of 0749, RHC English still on here, S9; also 6060 with humbuzz S9+10; no others but 5040 still on in Spanish at 0754. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Feb 4 at 0710, RHC with dead air in English; also 6060 still on with humbuzz; 9700 is on but JBA, probably also DA; while 5040 is VG in Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Feb 5 at 0720, RHC Spanish is still on here, S9+40. This happens so often that we wonder if it`s intentional rather than accidental. One STL is still carrying English past 0700, today at 0722 check, into 6060 which is S9+20/30 and no humbuzz! and only 9700, S9+10 with usual anti-American propaganda unworthy of detailing. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Cuban pastors and 11J: A turning point in the repression of evangelicals --- Yoe Suárez La Habana 29 Ene 2022 - 04:16 CET Although clashes with the State and acts of punishment or intimidation of these churches had multiplied since then, they had not escalated to the point where a large number of pastors were imprisoned for days, weeks or months. Until ‘11J’ came along...`` https://diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1643426194_37148.html ``Crime in socialist Cuba: the economic crisis fuels crime, but it is not the only cause - DIARIO DE CUBA spoke with Cuban lawyers Julio Fernández Estrada and Laritza Diversent, and Mexican professor Vidal Romero --- Yusimí Rodríguez López, Madrid 02 Feb 2022 - 19:14 CET Why has crime increased in Cuba in recent months? Is it an effect of the increase in poverty? Are the regime's grip on power and the delay in the democratic transition threatening citizen security? DIARIO DE CUBA talked to two Cuban lawyers and a Mexican professor about these questions...`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1643825652_37234.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, UT Sun Feb 6 at 0727, this RHC English remains on at S9+30, maybe to prolong until 0830 with weekly Esperanto? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, Feb 6 at 2236, NO signal from RHC in English. 11850 is on but dead air or trace of modulation, wiggle that patchcord, flanked by parasitic JBA spur on 11840. 9710 modulates Spanish, nothing on 13 MHz band now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, Feb 8 at 2258, RHC English is back today after AWOL yesterday, S9+20 but deep fades to S6, just concluding item about ballet and De Falla music I wish I had heard; ``Ed Newman`` outro as first of two hours, but second hour will not follow immediately in current scheduling (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, Feb 9 at 2310, S9+25/40 of dead air in Spanish from RHC. 13680 is off; something`s always wrong at RHC. 13650 is on with usual Chinese music replacing CRI in Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.60, Feb 6 at 2234 check direct, R. Cairo with S7-S8 of dead air in English. As usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.606, Feb 7 at 2131 check via UTwente, R. Cairo in S9+40+ of dead air except for some hum; and occasional bursts of extremely distorted Englishy talk. Something`s always egregious in Egypt. 9899.606, Feb 8 at 2119, S9+30/40 of big hum but constant suptorted modulation of music and talk, also UTwente. Ditto (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9899.605, Feb 9 at 2155, R. Cairo S9+5/15 and suptorted in English, via Maryland remote tuned to 9900 showing SAM offset -395 Hz, same as stable direct readout daily from UTwente. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920-, February 9 at 0346 from music into ID as ``--- radio station``, then sounds like Russian rock; 0357 hard rock song sounds with Russian lyrix past hourtop 0403+. Probably R. Pushka [gun/rifle], I`ve heard previously on this offset frequency slightly low, maybe from western USA, but no HFU reports of it at this time. Pushka posts directly on HFU such as within: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,92719.0.html ``Offline RadioPushka Jr. Member ** Posts: 34 I am an idiot, I acknowledge that. View Profile Radio Pushka Email Re: Radio Pushka (tent) 6920 AM 1221 UTC 8 FEB 2022 « Reply #2 on: Today at 07:05 » Yessir! Thanks for trying! I like you for helping me! Maybe one day I can get an RF amplifier. But still not bad for 15 watt carrier and 1/4 vertical.`` Other recent reports not evening or at my time, rather 10/15 UT span: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,92746.0.html https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,92688.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 275 MCW kHz, Feb 3 at 0745 UT, GUY, 25-watt ND beacon at Guymon; seldom heard (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0220 UT, PN, 25 watt ND beacon at PoNca City is OFF again. Guess we are in for a spell of intermittency. Still off at 0702, 1524. See USA for a 517 log (Glenn Hauser, Enid,, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Re 1650, ``KYHN`` report: {Feb 2 in last Roundup, starting with 1640} --- Oops! Current call is KFSW; one shouldn`t believe anything from Red Eye Radio. ``The Cross`` 98.7 which is duplicated on 1650, does not admit to carrying RER on its woefully incomplete ``program schedule``. Does brand itself as serving ``Arklahoma`` rather than ``Oklansas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 4810, Feb 3 at 0752, JBA carrier vs CODAR, STANAG, presumably R. Logos again running all night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAIPAN. 11550, Feb 6 at 1550 tune-in, surprised to hear English ID, ``You are listening to Radio Free Asia --`` and back into Korean, scheduled 1500-1900 via Agignan Point (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Feb 4 at 2321, VOT English is on the air, S9+20 into UTwente, VG modulation level -- except also with that horrible squeal, during music break, then intro some Analysis, 2325 multi-lingual ID loop filler which takes a couple minutes. Squeal is constant pitch during pauses, but varies when `modulated`. Enough of that. Try 9690 Spain at 2320 which is S9+25 into Virginia SDR, but it`s a repeat of JC`s interview with musician J L Montón (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 6 at 2311, NO signal from VOT English even unto UTwente, nor the ChiCom. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 8 at 2321, VOT English is on today, S9/+20 direct but undermodulated on the squealing transmitter. Recheck at 2345 on my other radio, better mod level in music but still squealy. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, February 9 at 2303 direct, no signal from VOT English to N America; still nil at 2312, 2319 chex. At 2337 via UTwente, S9 on 5960.001 --- but it`s Chinese! i.e. PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other Moslems. Don`t buy anything made by their slave labor. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 257 MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0717 UT, JYR, 25 watt ND beacon at York, Nebraska. Whenever I log this, brings back memories of my total solar eclipse expedition to that area, even tho I was not tuning it at that time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 305 MCW kHz, February 3 at 0735 UT, OI, 25-watt ND beacon at Sioux City, Iowa. JBA CCI maybe from RO, Roswell NM more often heard. They were both entangled January 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 341 MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0715 UT, in the continued absence of EI Enid, 25-watt OIN Oberlin KS is the usual sole NDB occupant, but now it`s mixing with seldom-heard DNI, 25 watts at Sherman-Denison TX. Even when EI was operative it was so weak that OIN could also be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0732 UT, OS, 25 watt ND beacon at Ohio State, Columbus; JBA in additional high noise level here; in continued absence of PN Ponca City OK from 515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 517 MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0702 UT, FN, 25 watt NDB at Clinton / Hills, Iowa, now definitely copied while 515 PN PC OK is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 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. WORLD OF RADIO 2123 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday February 3 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S7-S9 into Maryland SDR; 9395 S9+10/15 into Missouri SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2124 contents: Antarctica, Azores, Bulgaria, Egypt, Ethiopia non, Germany, Iran, Israel, (Italy), Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, México, Netherlands, New Zealand, (Romania), Russia and non, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sweden non, Tonga, Turkey, (Ukraine), USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook. ()countries mentioned with others not in order WOR 2124 is available as of 0202 UT Friday February 4, 2022 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2124.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2124.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 1530 UT Friday WRWI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323-Italy 2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy 0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 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 Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com First airings confirmed, UT Friday February 4 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct and S9+5/10 to Missouri SDR; 7780 poor S7-S9 to UTwente SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2124 monitoring: confirmed second airing, UT Friday February 4 at 0337 the 0330 on WRMI 5985, aimed south so as usual here JBA vs hi storm and line noise; but at 0343 also JBA to Argentina SDR, S5-S7 to Knoxville but line noise; S4-S6 but less noisy to Maryland; JBA S7-S9 to Missouri SDR; Colombia SDR still receiving nothing; TWR Bonaire still missing; best I can find at 0348 turns out to be the J68HZ SDR in St. Lucia, S7-S9 and less noise than elsewhere. Put on some sandals? Also confirmed Friday February 4 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, good S8-S9 but seems undermodulated, no jamming audible direct. Maybe my file is undermodulated, but stations ought to boost it to their own level. BTW, the first airing at 0130 on 5850 was a few seconds short as final edit had not been completed, but my closing was still overridden by WRMI ID break. BTW2, upload to WRMI System F server was completed with only 30 seconds to spare before 0130 with unexpectedly slow ftp transfer, whew. Hot off the `press`! Next: 1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323-Italy 2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy 0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 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 2124 monitoring: confirmed Friday February 4 from 1915.4 on IRRS via AM Italia 1323 kHz, and via Bulgaria 7290. Tuned via nearby Noale SDR, 1323 has QRM from Romania HS in German; 7290 via UTwente has considerable ACI from 7295 CGTN Radio in English via East Turkistan; standard denunciation. At 1917 I try Carlow, Ireland SDR, which gets 7290 better at S6-S7, best tuning SAL or AMN modes. 14580 harmonic not audible. Both 1323 and 7290 to WOR completion at 1944. Tuning in earlier: At 1854, 1323 is crescendo Ravel`s Bolero, not sure which station, but I fear it will be interruptus before climax, and indeed I never hear that by 1900. At 1859 there is CCI from other music, IRRS ID mix with Hungarian concluding hour from Romania. At *1858 on 7290, S-meter jumps a unit when Bulgacarrier oncomes. As usual, no IRRS ID or sign-on but cut on modulation a bit before 1901 with `Feature Story News` already started, leading with Russia expelling Deutsche Welle. And now heard on both asynchronously. 7290 already with QRM as above; 14580 not audible. 1323 with CCI in German from Romania. Not on 918 or 207 kHz. 1908 music fill on both before 1915 IRRS ID and WOR. Also confirmed WOR 2124 repeat Feb 4 at 2130 on 1323, now VG S9+12 with no QRM at Noale SDR. I guess Romania signs off at 2000 or 2100. Also confirmed UT Saturday February 5 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S7-S6 into VE4KRK Winnipeg SDR, fading down to S5-S4 by 0245; so switch to KB0FX SDR in Warrenton MO, good at S8-S9. I picke these because of NNW azimuth. Next: 1700 UT Saturday WRN North America webcast 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 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 2124 monitoring: Confirmed Sat Feb 5 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday February 5 at 2032 UT already underway on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, VG into nearby KB0FX SDR; and ending at 2056, so started circa 2027. Altho most of my opening billboard country roster has to be cut because of the music, that time is made up for by interruptions every dekaminute for WA0RCR IDs, FCC requirements. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 6 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20 into Missouri remote. Distracted, I missed checking the WA0RCR 1860 AM airing nominal 0415 UT Sun Feb 6; did anyone hear it? As usual, slept thru the 1330 Sunday Feb 6 on WMRI Europe via Channel 292, Germany, 9670; did anyone hear it? Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 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 2124 monitoring: confirmed Sunday February 6 at 2100 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, S9+10 steady into nearby Noale SDR, no CCI except for lite medium SAH from something; unless a bit narrowed, some ACI from RNE-5 Castilian on 1314, Romanian Actuality on 1332. Confirmed Sunday February 6 at 2330 on WRMI 5950, S9+30 into Knoxville. Also confirmed UT Monday February 7 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Almost missed check 0400v UT Mon Feb 7 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-, but tuned in at 0432 via Maryland remote, JBA sounds like my intonation, if starting a bit late; then bringing up webcast, ``General Underseas Service of Partial India Radio``; pirate I guess provided by HRI as scheduled. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2124 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday February 8 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 direct, no jamming audible. Next: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2124 monitoring: ``Dear Glenn: World of Radio #2124, confirmed, below with details, location, St. Albert, Alberta, Details: 5850, 0132, 0144, 0158 (55434), 0159, just made it hearing #2124, February 4 UT [Fri] 9395, muddy, noisy, 0241, 0244, 0258, S7 signal, 0259, February 5 UT [Sat] 7730, jamming [?!?], 0030 (55433), 0044, 0057 (45433), 0059, February 6 UT [Sun] 7730, 0030, can’t hear him, 0040, voice, below S7 signal, 0059, concludes, 0058, Feb 7 UT [Mon] 9395, 0130, 0150 (35442), 0159 Feb 8 UT [Tue! new time I was unaware of but now on program schedule --- gh] 9955, 2330, #2124, confirmed hearing jingle, QRN, 2344, listened to streaming FM Creek, 2359, February 8 UT [Tue] 5850, 1030, 1031, 1040, signal S9, 1043, 1058 confirmed #2124, 1059, Feb 9 UT [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` I happen to awaken at 1030 UT Wednesday February 9 so check WRMI 5850: confirmed, VG direct. Also confirmed Wed Feb 9 from 2200:23 on WBCQ 7490v, VG S9+5/15 into Maryland SDR. Not measured until direct at 2348, 7490.063. Next: 0130 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 Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 7772-7784 approx., Feb 8 at 2315, WRMI 7780 is battered by clicking OTH radar; WRMI already weak here off the side. Seemingly aimed right against it, or just doesn`t care. 7570, Feb 8 at 2316, this WRMI has very different QRM problem, roaring noise but unlike DRM; nominally aimed NW right at us, WRMI is also much weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4790-, Feb 5 at 0015, WBCQ with old tunes, soon announcing as Behaviour Night, and at 0058 closing Sir Scratchy mentions 4790 so a special edition. That`s normally on 7490 at 2200-2300 Fridays: this is part of a 2300-0100 test this week for the music and other entertainment shows planned as a regular 2-hour block from March, ``curated`` by Uncle Bill; but haven`t decided exactly which hours will propagate best. It`s S9+10 but noisy here. From tomorrow for a week the test hours will be 0000-0200 UT. The trouble is, spring storm noise level will be constantly increasing, and darkness will be latening, so an ideal? time in Feb will not necessarily apply in March or April or beyond. Furthermore, what`s ideal will depend very much on listeners` distance and direxion from Monticello. Walt Salmaniw just posted to the WOR iog: ``4790 is a really poor frequency choice on the west coast due to the very loud CODAR interference across that part of the spectrum including 4790. They should move 100 to 200 kHz higher. Heard this afternoon via Masset SDR. Would have been fair/good except for CODAR. 73, Walt`` Here`s an idea: WBCQ should puts its best programming on 250/500 kW 9330, not its worst (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Feb 5 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`, new this week after one show thrice in January: coyly they don`t explain why they missed two weeks, just ``busy``. Says it was unusually hot in FL today, 86F. As always they interrupt and yell over each other which is not pleasant for the bylistener. Usual far-right digs such as referring to President Biden as ``the puppet``. ``Rachel Maddow scares me`` --- good, that says a lot more about you than her. ``Whoopie Goldberg is ugly``. ``Don`t care if you`re purple``. WBCQ should double its rates, losing money. Good news: some new programs coming, a new music show Sat at 7-8 PET on 7490. Already carrying `The Power Hour`, M-F at 11 am to 1 pm ET on 6160. Or did he mean 11 pm to 1 am?? If it were in 24-hour UT there would be no confusion! I suspect that`s the original Power Hour with Joyce Riley scheduled around noon by iHeart, not the podcast of the same name with Adrienne somebody? More and more sunspots are being seen with their scope. Last night at 7:30 PET, 7490 & 9330 vanished from their FL monitors: it was a CME. Trimulcasting now on 7490, 6160, 4790. I do a quick check of 4790 on remote and confirm it`s still on, offset slightly minus. Then talks about the 4790 tests and at 0123 Uncle Bill calls in about them. Will feature pre-Nazi jazz, music from Finland, Brazil. 0130 reading an article about radio ad sales going up in the industry. 0137 about old music being popular among younger people today. Fantasizes that AM on SW will become *the* medium for new music. 0145 James Careless` Radio World article reviewing a couple of portable SW radios. 0147 something about Canada. World Radio Day Feb 13 should be marked by some special programs, but no details. (BTW I`ve been simulviewing the ChiCom Olympic opening ceremonies.) 0155 reads pirate radio logs from new Free Radio Weekly just in, edited by Larry Will. When edited by an alternate, it`s never out till later on Saturday. One item is axually credited to Mr Hauser. Some e-mailed reception reports. 0159 prayer, 0201 JIP Hal Turner late as usual. My best wishes to fellow AAAWWW monitor John Carver, who has been sidelined/delayed by some health issues (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Feb 6 at 0052.6, WTWW ends hamstuff for canned ID treating snippet of Star Spangled Banner as if it were a jingle, but not into `Theatre Organ Under The Arch`, as often happens at odd hour, and for which I was checking. Instead filled with rock music and a couple more of same ID, until axually starting at 0100! As if trying to begin it at hourtop for a change. Unfortunately it`s also time for `Encore` classical music on WRMI 5850, so over to that for me; as TOUTA also clashes with The Giant Jukebox on 5960 and Texas Radio Shortwave on 5950 in the Saturday evening musicglut. I do listen to second hour of TRSW blues at 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A.. 9940, Feb 6 at 2235, surprise, WTWW active on this rarely used frequency, not 9930. S9+25 with gospel huxter, presumably SFAW but no way I`m going to listen long enough to verify that. 5085 is also on early this Sunday, Ted expressing piety to a caller, in a ham radio show? No other possible frequencies active: 5830, 9475, 9930, 15810. Why not the usual 9475 for SFAW WTWW-1 programming? Something`s looney at Lebanon. HFCC never breaks down by individual transmitters but for WTWW has three different antenna azimuths each with a possible pair: 40 degrees: 9940, 15810 [#3 by default] 50 degrees: 5830, 9475 [#1] 180 degrees: 5085, 9930 [#2] But we won`t believe the #3 transmitter be operable unless WTWW ever heard on three frequencies at once (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505.052, Feb 6 at 0720, WRNO unusually off-frequency and undermodulated in English, music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 620, Feb 6 at 0708 UT, KTNO ID as ``Radio Luz, Dalas``, then rabid Spanish gospel huxter. KTNO is dominant here on the frequency hijacked from KWFT Wichita Falls TX, which was a good talk station; I was even on its program schedule P-mailing list for years. In Spanish you would pronounce it ``Dah-yahss`` with two Ls. CoL is axually Plano, and physical address in Irving (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1460, Feb 6 at 2242 UT, surprised to hear English RCC discussion instead of Spanish KZUE El Reno OK; on E-W antenna, but some signs of KZUE QRM on the N/S. Must be KHOJ ``Heart of Jesus`` with EWTN, skywaving 12 kW day power and pattern broadly thisaway SW from St. Charles MO (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540.2 kHz, Feb 3 circa 0730 UT, no signal from perpetual off-frequency 10 kW daytimer, WKVQ Eatonton GA, as first heard almost a year ago; nor for the past couple weeks? David Crawford, FL, also notes it missing, and Powell E Way, SC says it`s not even heard on-frequency in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [and non]. 13830, Feb 4 at 1535, VR Amharic from own SMG site in extraterritorial ITALY, as I pointed out before can be amazingly strong here in the wrong direxion, as typical for this station and can`t help but wonder if their antenna aiming is 180 degrees off! Or at least not restricting radiation off the back. However, yesterday with poor propagation it was not equivalent to 13820 Cuban radio war; today it`s only S5-S8 and with heavy flutter. And also a short/long path echo. Last time, Jan 10, I computed that the long path at surface level measures 31289 km, resulting in an echo delay of about 1/13 second. This time I inspect my NGS Globe to track the long path: along the west coast of the Red Sea, out of Africa from northern Somalia, across the vast Indian Ocean, way south of Australia, south even of NZ across Auckland Island, across the vast Pacific near Tubuas Islands (as labeled, ever hear of those before? Wikipedia spells Tubuai or Tupua`i), Tuamotu Archipelago, i.e. near Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, Revilla Gigedo, the Mexican Islands which seem to have no other funxion, La Paz, western Texas, to Enid. The VR // 11935 is stronger S9/+10 without flutter. Further bandscan on 9, 7 and 6 MHz finds all the Chinese and other east Asian signals with Doppler flutter, i.e. unstable frequencies as processed by the disturbed ionosphere. Even NZ 7390 not near any polar path has some flutter at 1545. WWV reports at 1500 Feb 4, K-index of 4 but no storms past or future (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [non]. 9580, Feb 8 at 2313, 1 kHz tone. Must be VR prior to 2315-2400 Vietnamese via USAGM PHILIPPINES, violating Separation of Church & State. For those who don`t care, let me explain that the USG is showing extreme favoritism to one particular religion, thus opening itself up to demands from far less savoury gospel huxters for time on our secular transmitters. That it`s an ``exchange`` for SMG airtime is beside the point, an equal violation. BTW, Aoki shows that Taiwan in Korean is also on 9580 at 2300-2330 but not heard even tho its beaming would be more favorable for us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4095.7, Feb 8 at 0730, upward sweeps are JBA, i.e. the Desert Whooper beacon which intersperses CW IDs as DW. I often hear it like this without relogging. For some reason DW on Feb 6 reposted to HCDX a last August reply to me with background info about it: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20220206181502578&mode=print (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6018 approx., Feb 5 at 0724, very rapid FSK/RTTY, a new intruder while the slower 6114 one is absent. At least not QRMing any broadcaster except the jamming spillover from 6030! Probably unrelated, but look at this in the WOR iog from ``Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, Log in Friol: UNKNOWN, Mexican? station, 6017, heard for about ten minutes, 0605-0615*, 06-02, Mexican songs, at 0614 anthem, I think was the Mexican National Anthem and close. Weak but clear signal here in Friol, also checked via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in Iceland and exactly the same frequency, 6017 kHz with a bit better signal, via Pardinho, Brazil, no signal`` Well, Radio Mil, XEOI, used to be on 6010, gone for many years. Its AM base on 1000, XEOY is now ``Stereo Cien`` as an FM simulcast. BTW, in Spanish the calls are clever: OY can be pronounced ``oye`` = listen, and OI = ``oí``, I listened. Of course, Aoki has never removed ``6010 XEOI Núcleo Radio Mil``, daily 22-05 UT! The last definite log of it I can find is Sept 23, *2013* by Ron Howard with a recording on 6009.97. At that time, had been reactivated on evening-only schedule after a previous absence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {later: thought to be a Colombian pirate despite the Mexican? anthem} UNIDENTIFIED. 11689.924, Feb 7 at 1531, S2-S3 open carrier. Nothing listed now in EiBi, Aoki or HFCC. At other hours on ``11690``, East Turkistan, Guam, Madagascar; and Finland at this hour if it were first Saturday for SWR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11689.90 approx., Feb 7 at 2311, S7-S3 open carrier like at 1531, now measured on my other receiver. On the KiwiSDR network, Feb 8 at 0021 I try to locate it by TDOA; measured now by Missouri remote at -74.8 to -74.9 Hz below, i.e. 11689.925. And by Maryland at -74.7 to -75.0, S5. I pick four locations, Brazil, Rio Grande Valley, NE USA and northern Utah: TDOA leads to ``probably`` in the North Atlantic``; delete the Utah one and try again: ``north Pacific``! Obviously useless, no point in quoting the exact imaginary coördinates; then I realize that TDOA may depend on modulation timing, so no good anyway on open carriers. Next day Feb 8 circa 1530 check, no signal circa 11690. Of the known occupants of 11690, the one most likely off-frequency is Madagascar. Now at 2034 February 8, UTwente is getting it on 11689.914 at S7 --- with RTTY. So it`s not a broadcaster but a usually idle RTTY outlet leaving the carrier on. Intruder! Anyway. Still clattering away at 2307. Next step is to search the UDXF iog, on 11689. -- immediately comes up a thread from August *2006* started by me, but mainly about two other frequencies, 7455 and 9960: https://groups.io/g/UDXF/topic/3508999#3014 Search on 11690 gets most of the same, nothing new, disregarding 11690 as a 5-digit cypher group rather than frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {11688 RTTY per EiBi is NAU, USN, Puerto Rico; could this be it?} UNIDENTIFIED. 15475.00 USB, Feb 4 at 0343, checking the LU1HLW SDR in Argentina for WOR on 5985, I find it first tuned to 15475.98 USB for LRA36 which I or someone must have last employed it for --- and I am hearing some off-frequency talk! Turns out to be INTRUDING Spanish 2-way in the middle of their summer night, probably nothing to do with Antarctica; also have heard 2-way here before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also ANTARCTICA [and non?] UNIDENTIFIED. RF 10, 12, 31, 35, Feb 5 at 1550 UT, BAD DTV signals into the STB, none decoding. Both tropo maps call for a lot of level 1-2 enhancement around here today and next week: it`s been frigid, but a little warmup over snowpack sets it off. As of 15 UT, area affected is most of OK and eastern KS. However tropo maps the next morning Feb 6 show much less of it expected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)