** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Wed Jan 18 at 1608, not up to check earlier, but as expected no signal from LRA36 into Argentine SDR. Also checked after 1600 Sat Jan 14, nothing to log, presumably still in mid-summer hiatus. HOWEVER, it`s coming back Sat Jan 21 as Horacio Nigro informs the WOR iog: [WOR] Special broadcast of 15476 LRA 36 announced for next Jan 21. LRA 36 RADIO NACIONAL ARCANGEL SAN GABRIEL presents "UNIENDO Voces" ("Joining voices", would be a possible translation from the original name in Spanish). This is a special program produced together with RAE (Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior) and dedicated to shortwave listeners, DXers and radio amateurs from all over the world. The broadcast will take place on SATURDAY JANUARY 21 at 15 UTC with a repeat at 19 UTC on the frequency of 15476 KHz (USB) in the 19 meter band and will count on the participation of Adrián Korol, Director of RAE and Juan Benavente, member of the Antarctic Joint Command, together with Marcelo Ayala, journalist of Radio Nacional who conducts during January from LRA36 the morning "Panorama Informativo" for all the stations of the network of the Argentine Public Radio. The contents include live interviews, interesting material from the sound archive of LRA36 such as audios of its first transmission, different IDs, audios of listenings of DXers in different times, and material from LA ROSA DE TOKIO, the program of Omar Somma and Arnaldo Slaen, who is the DX Editor of RAE. This year is very important for LRA36. During the month of February, the shortwave transmission and radiating system will be evaluated and measured in order to provide a NEW SHORTWAVE TRANSMITTER to the beloved Antarctic transmitter, and the 10 KW CCA transmitter will also be returned to the mainland for repair. A new antenna will also be installed for the FM signal on 96.7 MHz, which will broadcast with a power of 250 watts (currently it runs with 25). As always we look forward to your comments and reception reports at lra36nacional@gmail.com IG: lra36radionacional FB: Arcangel San Gabriel - Antarctica We appreciate the further diffusion of this information". Signed by Adrián Korol, RAE, Argentina, via Facebook and Whatsapp group messages, translated and slightly edited from original writing in Spanish, by Horacio Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay, CX3BZ, Jan. 18, 2023).`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {For such a special they ought to do significant segments in English et al., of which RAE is certainly capable --- gh} ** CANADA. 284 MCW kHz, Jan 16 at 0703 UT, dash and QD, 500-watt NDB at The Pas, Manitoba. Surprised to hear it as just before, could not detect WG Winnipeg, 1000 watts on 248 which is normally the most reliable, but during `auroral` conditions; however, Blitzortung shows no lightning anywhere in N America, just some out around Bermuda. DXinfocentre.com says of WG, ``TO BE DECOMMISSIONED 2023-04-20``; and right next to it, QL, 248, 1000 watts in Lethbridge, Alberta, already decommissioned -- I never heard it even mixing with WG. QL does appear in countless MARE Log Summaries, until Feb 11, 2022 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 7850 RC USB, Jan 16 at 1855, no direct signal from CHU but OK on 14670. Too much absorption below 8 MHz, but at 1945 check, 7850 is OK into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 28170 CW, Jan 16 at 1903, VVV DE VA3XCD/B, a beacon not on WI5V roster on this or any frequency. QRZ.com unmentions anybeacon either: VA3XCD Canada flag Canada William G Pooley, 400 DEWEY ROAD RR3, YARKER, ON K0K 3N0, Canada Yarker is a small town just NW of Kingston. LOTS of other beacons and phoners on 10m wide open (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. For those who may not have seen it, I have been intending to link to RHC`s obituary for Arnie Coro: https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/nacionales/309905-prominent-cuban-journalist-and-professor-arnaldo-coro-antich-passes-away (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Jan 12 at 0133, RHC is S7/S9 but JBA on fundamental, much stronger on mistuned harmonic 10080, S9/+10 in Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC. While 5025 Rebelde at 0134 is VG S9+20/30 failing to produce any 10050 harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9965, Jan 12 at 0718, pulse jamming against nothing, since R. República, Costa Rica quit many years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, Jan 12 at 0733, all RHC frequencies off already, nor any on 9, 10 or 11 MHz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, 10080, 11670, 12000, Jan 13 at 0720, RHC is OFF early from possible frequencies. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760 // 15140, Sunday January 15 at 1603, RHC opening weekly Esperanto, still giving wrong schedule, probably taped years ago: Sun 0800 on 6100 - while all frequencies were off by 0710; 1600 on 11760 - only, despite addition of 15140 years ago; and 2330 on 15730 despite axually heard at 2130 on 13680. They also continue to mis-pronounce some words, unable to divorce themselves from Spanish habits of stress: Ameriko, politiko. 15140 modulation somewhat distorted compared to 11760. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Some Comsymps take me to task for being so hard on RHC: since Cuba jams my program and countless others, and always airs an anti-American slant, it deserves no respect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5990, Jan 15 at 2305, CRI relay is S9+25/35, but English modulation buried under huge hum. Second harmonic 11980 achieves S8/S9 with more audible modulation, less hum - so harmonix can come in handy! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Jan 16 at 2052, no signal from RHC English; not at all from 2000? Something`s always wrong at RHC. Next day Jan 17 at 2000 it is on, S7/S8 into Maryland SDR, but somewhat distorted, undermod and noisy. SAWA. But at 2032 recheck direct it`s gone again. SAWA. BTW, Sunday Esperanto this week Jan 15 reported by Ivo Ivanov at 2132 on 15140; previous weeks was on 13680. Certainly not at claimed time of 2330 on 15730. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, Jan 13 at 2133, still no signal of R. Cairo into UTwente, nor reported for almost a month; something`s egregious in Egypt. I may stop non-logging it now until and unless it upshow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 14 at 0723, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 17 at 0720, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati; no others. If I were bandscanning later, I might detect more TP from PacificAsia; earlier, more TA from EurAfrica (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 18 at 0725, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati and no other 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH. 9875, Jan 14 at 0722, S7/S9 of distorted music, very brief announcements, cannot recognize language, past 0732, something from ME? No, Aoki & EiBi agree it has to be VOK in Russian at 0700-0900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 15665, Jan 15 at 1555, S Asian songs are SSOB, S9/+10 but chopped off the air at 1558*, how rude! It`s AWR in MAL, which here means Malayalam, not Malgache or Malay, scheduled at 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 15125, Jan 16 at 1606, music with very heavy bass beat, then Arabic announcement, S7/S9. It`s CRI via Bamako toward E Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORFOLK ISLAND. 5045, Jan 13, Nick Hacko notified the WOR iog of another test of Radio DX bracketing local sundown, 0730-0830 UT. Direct, nothing yet at 0720, but JBA carrier detectable at 0724! No more than that here direct, 0735 recheck, so this time I`m listening via the Maui SDR, which others were using well two nights ago. At 0729, I can hear my voice with the ID recorded for original use last April. It`s S5/S7 into Maui with some storm crashes but Blitzortung does not show any major lightning areas closer than NSW and SE USA. IDs repeat a few in a row with pauses; 0731, woman singing hymn, ``Just a Closer Walk with Thee``. Parts of this also repeat several times. 0736, seems like lite CW QRM with VVVs. I see Gary Pence and someone in Sydney are also listening via Maui. Some breaks in transmission like 0740.7* to *0741.5; running-water QRM at 0742.7. At 0748, during an ID suddenly switches to SSB, so I switch to USB, but it`s soon back in AM. Nick said this was a defect of his transmitter. 0752, the hymn again, 0755 IDs, which I re-record before I go to bed. 0758, YL starts another song. 0818, my final check direct on R75 with E/W longwire, still JBA carrier vs S9 high local noise level. Presumably runs until about 0830. Many other reports of this in the WOR iog. Power 200 watts into vertical antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORFOLK ISLAND. From Nick Hacko, Jan 16 at 1004 UT: ``[WOR] A quick report on RadioDX Norfolk Isl 3rd test + upcoming transmission announcement (to follow) --- Let me get straight into it: thank you for tuning in. Your dedication to SWLing is simply astonishing. Again, thank you for tuning in and for your polite, detailed and very enthusiastic reports. The reason why Radio DX exists is simple: it's here so you can chase it. Clearly, we are not quite there yet, but the recent test runs over the past few days gave us assurance that we are heading in right direction. AM broadcasting is not my forte. Actually, I know very little about putting a station on air. However, knowing that the effort is appreciated encourages me to learn and invest in this project. Of course, very special 'thank you' goes to Glenn Hauser and WOR. If it wasn't for Glenn's dedication for SWLing, his persistence, pedantic devotion to build and support a community of like-minded people, this project would never take off. To have Glenn's voice as station ID is a privilege - and I'm so proud that this was the case from the very first test transmission. Equally, I am grateful to hard-core North American listeners who started communication even before the signal went on air. Plenty of encouragement and true gentlemen-ship. And same goes to crazy Finns! I mean, seriously, you have to be absolutely crazy to go out, in the middle of winter, to stretch 1,000m beverage in direction of Norfolk island, just to hear that feeble signal, 18,000 km away. Hats down, humbling indeed. A word or two about Norfolk Island. Situated 1700 km east of mainland Australia and 1,000 northwest of New Zealand, NF is a rock 8 x 5 km in size with population of around 2000 people. Really, nothing more than is a tiny dot in the South Pacific ocean. While every island community is a unique one in its own way, people of Norfolk Island are dealing with a number of challenges: recent loss of independence and self-government, aged infrastructure, lack of essential services. The population is a mix of Pitcairn Island descendants who are seeking return to independence and self government, Australians and New Zealanders. Australian Government is keen to fully integrate Norfolk into its domain; however, integration process will take time, as well as plenty of good will from all the participants. The reality is that a population of 2000 people cannot physically and financially sustain itself without Australian support, and if it wasn't for Australia, even the basic services like transport, Medicare and education would be impossible to maintain. You can imagine that in such political and social climate, for a newcomer, it takes years to build true relationships, to become accepted and to integrate in meaningful way. The key word is self-sufficiency. On the other hand, the island climate is very pleasant with temperature all year around between 18-24 C. Plenty of rain too, so Norfolk is green and lavish. No snakes (of any kind!) and no poisonous spiders, no traffic lights or fast food restaurants. Pristine air and water, and the island is extremely clean. My wife and I spend half of the time on Norfolk, and half in Australia. I am 59, not yet of retirement age :-( I wish I could spend more time playing radios, but great deal of time is spent obtaining food, preparing meals, gardening, slashing and clearing overgrown vegetation. We have planted papayas, bananas, passion fruit and avocados - and they grow fantastic on Norfolk. Over 500 kg of radio equipment was carried so far as hand luggage, as well as cabling and aluminium, so I am already active on 160m to 6m. Back to 60 m --- Getting on air requires re-tuning of the 160m antenna, tuning it to 5 MHz, tapping the PI coil in the amplifier and then sitting next to radio ensuring that all goes well. Not really plug-and-play setup. And definitely not something that could be done in the middle of the night, or on a short notice. My biggest problem is finding a dedicated and reliable 1 kW, 60 m, AM transmitter. There are not many makers out there who make transmitters at reasonable price. I really want 'to get it right' - great audio quality with reliable service. The idea is to leave TX on air for hours at a time so I can 'do something else'. The good news is that the location is superb; antenna is on the hilltop (5 acres of land) 140 m above the sea level with uninterrupted views over Pacific in all directions. It really doesn't get any better than that. As you have noticed, even with 200 W, signal in Hawaii is very decent (distance 6,600 km). As well, all over Australia, as far to Perth (5,000 km). This is very encouraging. Transmitting at sunrise yielded dozen reports from Finland, Sweden, Holland, Austria, Germany and Thailand. Unfortunately Europeans were deprived of sunrise signal enhancement. It should have happened, but it didn't. For that reason, I am planning one more session from 17:00 to 18:30 UTC sometime this week. Please stay on WOR mailing list and watch for announcement. The programming format remains the same: couple of songs and very frequent station ID. I really want you to capture that Glenn's announcement so you can claim QSL. I do apologize for not being able to reply to every email directly. However, once in Sydney, I will have more time to acknowledge your reception report. As promised before: QSL card is 100% sure, but it will take a bit of time to get the cards printed. Couple of photos attached: the antenna wire, suspended from a 50 m pine tree. There are 18x 40 m radials in the base. Second photo was taken 30 minutes before sunrise, during the last test towards Europe. If you wish to email me directly, please do so on vk9dx@clockmaker.com.au --- 73 Nick RadioDX NF`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. Now that it`s too late for this week`s FRW, any pirates to be heard direct, January 14 at 0306-0308 UT Saturday? 6935 AM, Jan 14 at 0306, pirate music S6/S7. These say B Side Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108112.0.html 6960 AM, Jan 14 at 0307, JBA carrier. These say Ball Smacker Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108116.0.html ``We are simulcasting 300W 4030AM and 200W 6960AM.`` 4030 AM, Jan 14 at 0308, YL talk and music, S8/S9 with het on plus side. Last log here had Ball Smacker Radio on this late, and more: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108114.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Jan 17 circa 1630 UT, Enid`s only local TV signal is on the air again, K17JN-D, after latest AWOL starting Jan 5; but never any local origination! Main channel is 3ABN TV, plus 3 AV subchannels and 3 audio-only, including Radio 74 which is also on the KIEL, Loyal 89.3 FM transmitter. Such audio-only on a multi-TV channel, translator or otherwise, I have never encountered elsewhere. Is it widely done, or only by Three Angels? TitanTV listing for 3ABN-E as a cable channel still shows episodes about Adventist World Radio, UT Thu Jan 19 at 0430 and Sat Jan 21 at 2030, and more Jan 26 & 28 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 18, 62-6, Jan 18 at 1933 UT check, SCRIPPS is the PSIP, ex-NEWSY: the non-cable news network has changed name, available here via subchannel of KOPX. Explained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps_News Tnx to Ken Zichi for outpointing this: proves I had not looked at it lately, which I really should have (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 4810, Jan 12 at 0143, checking again for R. Logos, there`s the carrier but tuned in just in time to hear it go off at 0143.7*! Ron Howard replies to my previous report of Jan 11: ``Hi Glenn - Was listening at the same time as you on 4810 kHz; fairly prominent signal; running late(?); 0709-0736 UT; mostly with assumed religious songs/music(?) and heard the announcer a few times, but only briefly; poor reception with CODAR QRM. Brief audio with some singing. Ron, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey), Etón E1; external antenna of 100 ft. long wire`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2173) ** PERU. 4810, Jan 13 at 0723, JBA carrier, presumed R. Logos. Only chance to copy anything is by LSB tuning avoiding STANAG on plus side, but there is still weak CODAR QRM on minus side vs this signal too weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 4810, Jan 18 at 0721, considerable JBA carrier, presumed R. Logos, but can`t pull any audio even by LSB tuning to avoid STANAG; then there is CODAR. Ron Howard has observed sometimes overnight it`s unmodulated anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 11615-11625, Jan 18 at 0712, DRM noise S5/S7. Aoki shows it`s RRI Ziganeschti in German at 0700-0727 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850, UT Fri Jan 13 at 0230-0245, WRMI playing pop/rock/rap music, fill? instead of classical `Encore` still scheduled at 0200-0300. Notified Jeff White and Brice Avery: there was an error in the file name, repaired so further repeats will be OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Jan 13 at 0722, JBA carrier, no doubt SIBC in 5025 Cuba sideband, boding well for the imminent 5045 test from Norfolk Island, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 13800, Jan 18 at 0713, SSOB at S6/S8 is TOMBS, per Aoki at 0500-0800 via BULGARIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Friday January 13 at 2300, REE in tokEnglish, VG S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR, before news, previews that feature will be about the play `La Vida es Sueño` by Calderón de la Barca. A few minutes later it`s recording of press conference by the English-speaking director and stage designer, since they don`t do interviews` with consecutive English/Spanish interpretation back and forth: very competently done and could serve as a language lesson in itself. But I`m not very interested in the subject. It seems REE English leans heavily on the arts to talk about, such as theatre, music, painting, all of which lack something when they are only being discussed orally. Safer subjects, I guess, than politix or hard news about what`s going on in Spain. At outset I quickly checked the other frequencies into same SDR: 12030 for ME much weaker but second-best; 11940 for S America third and with an echo; 11670 for Africa still no signal. Just before 2300, 12030 was not // in some other language (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Jan 18 at 2305, token English from REE, after news, Hélena Rigobert interviewing somebody about `El camino del anillo``, some trek in Spain inspired by Tolkien. 2329 conclusion said would continue next week. Sufficient, while other frequencies unusable or inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.001, Jan 13 at 2257, TRT is already on with IS, tough luck for BBC listeners, S9+35/45 into UTwente, but a bit undermodulated. At first I`m mainly listening to simulSPAIN, q.v. By 2313 during music, CCCCCCI from XJPBS, EAST TURKISTAN has hit it from the land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other Moslems. 2320 filler plug ``The Voice of Tuerkiye, always by your side``, and then, not to be confused with `Weekly Commentary`, now `Weekly Analysis`, written by some professor, about conflicts in 2023 concerning Turkey, mainly war in Ukraine, implying that it`s being prolonged due to US aid --- well? Also focus on the Black Sea. 2324 suddenly dumps off the air uncovering XJPBS at S8+5/15. I attend to REE so not sure exactly when it come back; but at 2329 the CCCCCCI is worse making a pumping SAH of 3 Hz while UTwente now shows TRT +002 Hz high. 2333 the multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2335 `Feeling Supreme` - or is it `Healing Spring`? anyhow a repeat of how wonderful the kiwi fruit is. At 2343 I switch to the same Maryland remote used for Spainglés earlier, where TRT is not so solid, S8/9+12 but better ratio against the CCCCCCI, still some detectable SAH fading. 2350 `Did You Know That?` about significance historically of the number 7, and how two of the Seven Wonders of the World were in Anatolia. 2353 s/off with schedule, one run of IS to turnoff at 2354.7* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 15 at 2304, no carrier direct from VOT. Considering K=5, could be on but zero propagation; did not get around to checking European remotes. But VOT occasionally fails to emit from Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Jan 16 at 2300, no signal direct from VOT English to N America. 2330 check at UTwente: nothing but Chinese from XJPBS, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. 5960.001+, Jan 17 at 2343, undermodulated Turkish music into Maryland & UTwente, so VOT not off the air today unlike yesterday. 2352 s/off in English and this time S9+30, well atop the CCCCCCI even into UTwente. 2353 IS starts repeating; and 2355 German IDs intersperse as they are no longer allowed to pronounce it ``Türkei``. Here we go again? 2359* chopped off, uncovering XJPBS much louder modulated. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.016, Jan 18 at 2305, VOT English is not off the air today, S9+40 into UTwente; during news 2308 however, audio is cutting out or hitting mod peaks only: wiggle that patchcord! I guess they did for soon corrected. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. *2310 the CCCCCCI from East Turkistan, std denunciation, hits; carrier probably on earlier. 2311-2313.5 `Review of the Turkish Press`. 2317 `Gripping Files` [?], avoid sedentary life leading to obesity, diabetes. Ideally 150-300 minutes of exercise per week. 2321 song break. 2325-2332 `Weekly Commentary`, always written by an outsider, it seems; can never understand the names and spelling them out is unthinkable: EU leaders are losing confidence in Russian sanxions. 2337 `Feeling Supreme` :: that is what the segment title sounds like on the recorded intro = outro over theme music. However, `new` segment starting really does sound like `The Healing Spring`. Of course ``the`` would never make sense preceding `Feeling Supreme`. It`s about increasing children`s immunity. 2344 music. 2352 s/off. 2354 IS played one sesquitime, before cutoff, uncovering the CCCCCCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 326 MCW kHz, Jan 16 at 0705 UT, MA, 400 watt NDB at Midland TX; perhaps my most regular Texan, not always logged but for the record. Sounds like single letter Q if you don`t consider the pause (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 337 MCW kHz, Jan 17 at 0727 UT, FF, 25-watt ND beacon at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. I was tuned to 335 USB: not unusual to hear NDB 2 kHz below real frequency. A new one for me, at last! F.F. is a town of 13K between Moorhead and Alexandria in west-central MN on I-94; 1109 km or 689 statute miles from Enid = 27.5 miles per watt. I once had a presumed log of KJJK 1020 in F.F. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13563.5 CW, beacon PCO in Pine, Colorado: always nice to receive a real QSL in the Pmail; even more so when I had not yet explicitly requested one. He heard me on WOR mention hearing PCO. Tnx, Bill! See: front: https://www.w4uvh.net/PCO_HIFER_13563.5_front.jpg back: https://www.w4uvh.net/PCO_HIFER_13563.5_back.jpg Or Nos. 137 & 138 via: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html https://www.qrz.com/db/AA0RQ AA0RQ USA flag USA WILLIAM A HENSEL, 28307 Grove St., Pine, CO 80470, USA Much more about his equipment and interests, mainly QRP and fly fishing, and toward the bottom: ``HIFER = HIGH FREQUENCY EXPERIMENTAL RADIO --- I have a Hifer Beacon running on 13563.45 Khz. The ID is PCO. Preceeding the IDs of PCO there is a 5 second carrier. It is a Part 15 unlicensed transmitter. The measured output is around 3.6 MW into a half wave dipole. The beacon is solar powered. I do QSL SWL reports on my Hifer Beacon. Stalking the Hifers on the 22 meter band while out Hiking and taking with you a small short wave receiver can be very rewarding.`` MW = milliwatts So far have logged PCO five more times before/since (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13563.5, Jan 15 at 1559, PCO, HIFER beacon from Pine, ColOrado is JBA and unusually, so is 13565, K6FRC, Patterson, California. Still no trace of all the others listed in the 13550-13570 ISM band at https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 12070, Jan 18 at 0710, African language talk about T****, S9+20/30! the SSOB by far, only 11735 Korea North approaching it. Aoki shows VOA Hausa 0700-0730 via SMG CVA, i.e. VATICAN: violating Separation of Church and State. Another example of that site`s [dis]ability to provide bigsigs way off the alleged target (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2172 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday January 12 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9+10/20 and 5010, S9/+10 both direct but 5010 much inferior with fading. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 contents: Alaska non, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Belgium/Netherlands, Brasil, China and non, Congo, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Italy, Japan, (Korea North), Korea South, Kurdistan non, (Madagascar), Maldives non, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Perú, Russia?, Spain, (Taiwan), Turkey, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu; propagation outlook. (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2173 available from 0209 UT January 13 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2173.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2173.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: 0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW 0830 UT Friday WRMI 5010 to S [canceled? please check] 0830 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled? please check] 1530 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [webcast only?][jammed by Cuba?] 2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily. One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, UT Friday January 13 at 0330 on WRMI 7780: as usual, JBA direct, S5/S8 vs noise level; sufficient S9/+10 into Maurice LA SDR. NOT confirmed Friday January 13 at 0830 on WRMIs: briefly scheduled here, but now `OTH Radio` hour heard on all three, 5010, 5850 and 7780 at 0812. Also confirmed Friday January 13 at 1533 the 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9 direct: pleased it`s on this week; 1545 displeased that 9955 has been turned off by now. We never know whether this airing will be on SW at all, usually not. Also confirmed Friday January 13 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz but still no signals on 918 or 207 kHz; S9+15/20 into nearby Noale SDR, lite CCI causing a rippling SAH. Preceding American-accented discussion show chopped off by 2130 for ID and WOR. {too late to fix on WOR, Ken Zichi corrects his frequency range for CODAR including Morse code IDs: 4450-4475 like the other reporter, not 7450-7475} Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2173 monitoring: by surprise a bonus? webairing on Area 51, UT Sat Jan 14 at 0108-0137 but not on SW, as below. Confirmed UT Saturday January 14 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/35 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Saturday January 14 at 0500-0529 on WBCQ Radio Angela, S8/S9 into Maryland SDR with some storm crashes; quite a lightning line out in the Atlantic from Bahamas NNE toward Maine. Radio DX, NORFOLK ISLAND has been testing with 200 watts on 5045. At 0818 Sat Jan 14: ``Good signal in NZ with Glenn Hauser's World of Radio, recorded January 12th I think, so right up to date! Bryan Clark, Mangawhai - NZ``. Was also going to test at 1700-1830 for Europe. Also confirmed Saturday January 14 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. Not confirmed the 2030 UT Sat Jan 14 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20, and Israeli interviewing a South Australian winegrower and ham still past 2100; into nearby remote. Next: 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 15770 to NE [NEW]; 7730? 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 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 2173 monitoring: confirmed starting at 2108 Saturday January 14 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, steady S9+20 into nearby MO SDR, the nominal 2030; shortly after last report dispatched. Delayed by `QSO Today` podcast of American-accented Israeli ham interviewing South Australian-accented ham and winegrower until 2108. Also confirmed Saturday January 14 at 2230 new time on WRMIs: 5850, S9+20/25; 15770 S9+15/25 both direct. At this early hour despite 5850 thisaway and 15770 thataway off the side, better less noisy reception on 15770. As usual no signal on imaginary 7730 which WRMI keeps showing on schedules anyway. Also confirmed UT Sunday January 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10, still starting with a ~10 second noise blast overriding my opening; also 3 more brief blasts at 0033. At 0054 much better signal, VG S7/9+10 into Maurice LA SDR. Also confirmed starting at 0458 UT Sunday January 15 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, VG groundwave S9+20 into nearby SDR. Great variability in start time depends on greatly variable lengths of preceding ham shows. This week I noted the Houston AMSAT net going to ARRL news at 0449. Next: 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled!? see below] 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 2173 monitoring: confirmed Sunday January 15 at 2100 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, VG S9+10/20 with lite musical CCI from understation, probably Smooth Radio, Brighton, England. Still nothing on previous alternate or test frequencies 918, 207 kHz. Also confirmed UT Monday January 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Maurice LA SDR, after which I wrote Jeff White: ``Noise blasts over WOR --- Jeff, This has been going on for months. Would appreciate it if you could fix it. The WOR playbacks on System D 7780 always start with a burst of noise completely overriding my opening for 10+ seconds. This always starts at exactly the same time I start talking, so obviously some defect coming out of your transmitter. Not external QRM or jamming. After a brief pause there is another short burst. Lately I have also been noting three short bursts of the same noise about 3 minutes into. I am sure you would hear all this by remote monitoring if not line monitoring in-house. Once I thought I heard same at start of some other program, not sure, but seems likely. Thanks, Glenn`` ``Glenn: The "noise blasts" do not originate with WRMI. We have an idea where they might be coming from, but it's hard to know for sure. I'm sure you realize that 7780 is OOB, and that utility stations have priority over us, so a lot of times we have to live with these things. It does not only happen when your program is on the air. Jeff White, General Manager, WRMI Radio Miami International`` ``Jeff, Well, it`s uncanny the precision timing to the split second to start at the same time as WOR. Why don`t you reprogram so WOR starts :15 seconds after the half hour? That would avoid the noise or prove it`s not deliberate against any certain program. Or if inevitable, maybe a permanent WRMI frequency change is in order. Like 7730 where you are already authorized but not really using? Or was that the one with the multi-harmonic problem? 73, Glenn`` {MORE: see UNIDENTIFIED 7780 below} Also confirmed UT Monday January 16 at 0400 on Area 51 webcast --- but NOT on WBCQ 6160-. Propagation is degraded so New Hampshire and Maryland SDRs are getting zero signals, too close. Missouri SDR has an invisible and inaudible carrier but SAM shows signature offset of -62/67 Hz = 6159.933 to 6159.938 variable. A better signal direct at S9 but NO modulation! I measure it varying around 6159.934. It`s always something?! [meanwhile, R. Angela in Marriage of Figaro is S9+10/20 direct on 5130.00 with good modulation.] {about the first 5045 Norfolk test, I hear myself giving the date as November 11 instead of January 11, geez! 15+ minutes into program} Next: 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled!] {or not??} 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 2173 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday January 17 at 0158 just in time the 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20 into Louisiana SDR. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled!]{not yet? see below} 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 2173 monitoring: confirmed UT Wednesday January 18 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+10/20 direct but unusually fluttery for such a bigsig. This time a few notes of music intrude between ID and WOR, which I think I recognize as the RAE theme from Argentina. Not checked Wed Jan 18 at 1030 on 5850, and had already eliminated it from my skeds, since WRMI sked showed it replaced by `Music & Medicine` hour at 1000. But Richard Lemke still heard WOR! ``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: Confirming World of Radio #2173, Happy New Year 2023. WRMI Facebook page is not being kept updated and current, WRMI: 9395, 0130, 0144, 0159 (45543), (45433), 0158, January 17 [Tue] 9395, 0030, 0049, 0058 (55433), 0058, January 18 UTC 2023 [Wed] 5850, 1030 (55433), confirmed, 1029, January 18 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Also confirmed Wednesday January 18 at 2202 the 2200 on WBCQ 7489.9v, S9+10 direct vs HNL. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S {confirmed} Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Thanks this week to Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily. One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9348.90V, Jan 12 at 0722, S7 wobbling spur out of WBCQ-6 WLCR on 9329.95 which is S9+40, easily matchable audio of Brit-accented gospelhuxterism. Never heard such a problem before; and nothing to match on the minus side. In case it be significant, the separation is 18.95 kHz Meanwhile, a twit from the day before: ``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · Jan 11 - Working on the big boxes. Superstation down, again, due to a faulty, digital time-delay-relay. So sick of this digital crap. Give me the good old mechanical stuff. We have old style TDR’s sill working after 60 years. 7490/6160/5130 kHz still chugging. All relay logicWORKS.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2173) ** U S A. Monitoring `AAAWWW` on WBCQs, UT Sat Jan 14 from 0100, very confusing situation. Started tuning at 0058 hearing the tail end of the `FKB` gospel huxter with 3265.167 already on, S6/S8 into Maryland SDR, and // 7489.928 which is his normal only frequency at 0000 UT Sats. 3265+ is always way off/frequency+ whenever turned on, one hour a week? Then at 0100 I`m trying to listen via the (7490) webcast, which fires an ID but then some other music, not `William Tell Overture` theme. Back to SW: at 0101, WTO is playing on 6159.936v. Then I check the (6160 Area 51) webcast, and it is still playing music other than WTO. Then I`m forced to listen on SW only, 5129.996 slightly better than 6160v better than 7490v; Allan opens as on ``5130, 6160, 3265`` as well as 7490; fiddling with levels. Angela is ``there`` on a remote lo-fi phoneline. During the hour we hear very little from her as more inconvenient for her to interrupt his monologs. For Allan is in Master Control, Monticello, first time in a long time. Starts to give top frequency as 7415 which was changed years ago to 7490. 0105 takes a call from Larry Will, who informs him that the webcasts are not working and 6160 reception for him in MD is poor. As far as Allan can tell, everything is OK, the show audio going into the webcasting inputs -- but Larry and I know better by axually monitoring them. To my great surprise, the new WORLD OF RADIO 2173 starts playing at 0108 on the Area 51 webcast only, straight thru to 0137, no ID and then starts some music. This could hardly have been accidental: a bonus from Larry? AAAWWW continues to be audible only on SW transmitters. Allan has been explaining SW propagation, how fluorescent lights work, blue light being bad for you; until 0136 announcing as quadricasting from MC#1 in M`cello, on Friday The 13th, 2023, but I think he omitted the month. 0137 I recheck the (7490) webcast: now silent, no music but the timer is running. Says it`s snowing in Maine, while Angela has been blanketting horses today, i.e. still stuck in chilly Fla. Then Allan talx about how for fun, he has been working on an Atwater-Kent radio a hundred years old, which worx after a few repairs. He was surprised to find that resistors were in the form of mere wires back then. 0147 prompts her for ``Angela`s Angle``, but she was not ready with anything. Nor have we heard any such regular prepared commentaries from her elsewhen. Allan asserts that inflation is much worse than the government figures. 0152 admits that `Financial Survival` has left WBCQ but continues elsewhere - WWCR, WRMI? So its M-F 21-22 UT hour on 7490 is now an Available Time Slot for something else or for F.S. to return. Meanwhile it`s being filled M-F, not just Wed before WOR, by JP`s old record show. 0153 spends more time than usual reading items from Free Radio Weekly just out, as when Harold edits on rotation, it`s prompt. Always has to mention Ball Smacker Radio as Angela`s ``favorite`` --- is she a bowler? Bowless? This goes on until 0159 high time for a prayer. Note that this week there was hardly anything political! No dissing of Democrats. No reference to ``our president``. Could they be realizing they have been delusional about T****? Too soon to tell. They run past 0200 Hal Turner time, but there is dead air past 0201 on 7490, 0202 finally music makes 7490 webcast come to life and match 7490 SW but still no Hal. 0204 switch to apparent Hal`s music as someone mutters, ``do it this way`` twice. 0205 Hal finally heard saying he is ``restarting`` so evidently some mixup on his end too - or he was depending on hearing himself on SW and/or web. Tuneout! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.00, Jan 18 at 1649, WLCR/WBCQ-6 is within a few Hz of on-frequency! in English. Compared to 9395.00 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Jan 14 at 0715, this WRMI at S9+20 is splattering badly to the lower side, audible as far down as 9220, peaking about 9422, and even QRMing 9330 WBCQ which I first suspected as source, but matched modulation peaks to 9455 on another radio. Notified Jeff 10 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Jan 14 at 2315, this WRMI-5, WNW at 285 degrees, is still splattering during Legends, and somewhat distorted on 9455 itself; at 2358 Ted is talking about deciding to put multi-lingual Bibling on WTWW-3 15810 - which did not last long; cut off at 2359 for ID and 0000 UT Sunday Jan 15 new airing of The Mighty KBC, which happens to be at exactly same time as when it was on Nauen 5960 or 9925. By 0709 check, 9455 is S9/+10 but no spurs audible. Also, right after `Encore` finishes 5850 at 0200, another repeat of KBC `Giant Jukebox` on that frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Sun Jan 15 at 1935 checking WRMI during `Music and Medicine`, introducing a Nocturne by Chaikofsky. Would like to listen more to this show but at same hour as `Pipedreams` I always get on $tereo webcast of WYSU HD2, at this time playing `Nimrod` from Elgar`s `Enigma Variations`. Is M&M at any other time? OMG, now at 10-11 UT Wednesday on 5850, displacing a longtime WOR airing at 1030! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {or not? yet? See above} ** U S A. We`ve been wondering if the real WTWW, 5085, has a specific schedule. George McClintock tells me Jan 12: ``Glenn, 5085 every evening from 6 pm central to NOW 11 pm.`` = 00-05 UT, with Scriptures for America. 5085, Jan 12 at 0135, WTWW is S9+30/40 with SFA. Early UT Jan 13, George tells me that Xmtr #1 is now ready for service on 9475/5830 but unknown when may be activated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2173)  ** U S A. Sometime Jan 17, I think it was on MSNBC, the Albuquerque shoot-em-up Republican loser felon story, graphic failed to spell its county, Bernalillo correctly, rather ``Illiberallo`` o algo tal. A misspellchecker? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 12 at 0727, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, and even weaker JBA carrier on 11835, harmonix of 3945 which I never even try to hear this early; maybe I should (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 11835, Jan 13 at 0721, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu X3, adjacent something stronger on 11830 in English: Aoki says BBC Ascension at 06-08 and it`s *jammed, i.e. not just Africa but for putting too much signal into China, where too many denizens now understand English. I don`t usually notice that when checking for RV. 13755 NZ is also JBA carrier now; T-P MUF depressed despite solar flux exceeding 200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7890, Jan 14 at 0709, JBA carrier from 3945 X 2 Radio Vanuatu, while 11835 = 3 X 3945 achieves some sound at S4/S5. MUF is up with 13755 NZ booming S9+10/20! in Saturday night request show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, Jan 15 at 0701, JBA music from R. Vanuatu on 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Jan 16 at 0656, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, as I finally start monitoring before 0700. Expecting it to QSY shortly I then tune to 7890 and wait for a 2 X 3945 carrier to pop on: which it does at *0659:06 - or 0659.1 decimally. Some sound is JBA. At 0732 I check X3 = 11835 and find it S6/S8 with some music and talk audible. Gary Pence, KM5X, TX also simulmonitoring and says, ``Vanuatu on at 0700z, 3945, 7890, 11835 via Maui 1/16/23 S5-S8`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 17 at 0745, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, 2 x 3945; and 11835 a JJBBA carrier on 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 18 at 0715, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu X2; not audible on X3, 11835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VIETNAM. 11885, Jan 18 at 1643 music, then talk in Russian. Yes, VOV this semihour is scheduled. It`s extremely wobbly, at first suspecting two signals beating, but this would not be jammed. Rather it`s Doppler flutter as evident on many other weaker Asian signals on 25m. WWV: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 January follow. Solar flux 222 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 18 January was 2.67. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 6780, Jan 15 at 2253, JBA carrier with Doppler flutter. Nothing listed but could be Sound of Hope jammer. Same very wobbly frequency effect on some other no doubt E Asian, hi latitude signals: 13705, Jan 15 at 2255, NHK IS, only S3 with Doppler flutter. 9100, Jan 15 at 2257, Doppler flutter on carrier which is mostly noise, this week`s frequency of Echo of Hope, from Korea South, and jamming? Alternates with 9095 and 9105. EiBi has extremely detailed schedules of these, occupying 48 lines = 16 each including English segments, while Aoki has only one line on wrong current frequency 9105. ``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2023 Jan 16 0000 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 January follow. Solar flux 234 and estimated planetary A-index 30. The estimated planetary K-index at 0000 UTC on 16 January was 5.00. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7780, Jan 17 at 0030:00, since Jeff assures us the noise bursts on this frequency are not produced by WRMI, I am investigating further, on a night when programming other than WOR is scheduled: the bursts start at precisely the bottom and top of hours and last 14 seconds, quick pause and one more split second burst. The S/N ratio varies depending on which remote location is monitoring. At Maryland, noise does not totally override WRMI; at Louisiana yet where WRMI is stronger, it does. At 0100:00 and 0200:00 during TOMBS the same thing happens at Maurice. Next check at 0330:00, another burst at Maryland. At 0400 I am monitoring Maryland one more time and looking at the waterfall. This time I can see identical size and length bursts not only on 7780 but also on 7760 and 7792. At least they are not broadband. So WRMI might escape them by moving to 7730. My other suggestion is that WRMI shift all 7780 programming 15 seconds later. That might make it harder to coördinate with WRMI System and frequency switches, but that might be a lesser evil. Do these also fire when WRMI is not on 7780, such as in daytime? FWIW, Jan 17 at 1930 & 2000, nothing into Maryland SDR. But whence, and why? Altho the noise might convey some data in some mode, these act like they are just channel-stakers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11770.92, Jan 18 at 1646, considerable carrier, seems to fade a bit so maybe not local birdie? Brings to mind V of Nigeria trying to come back, but used to be on minus side of 11770. At 1803 check into a Canary SDR, nothing around 11770, but something on 7255, in Russian & Chinese, CRI. Is VON ever attempting 7255- anymore in local evenings, like 1630-1900 English? Pointless due to CRI & Tibet co-channel. VON really ought to be on 11770 for that, original frequency with no QRM, but may be impossible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 27555 USB, Jan 16 at 1858, CQ DX, ###136, QSY 27515, freebander slurring his unlegal callsign. In English, but when he goes off, some weaker Brazuguese. Also lots of Spanish on 11m, while official CB is bursting with hets, AM transmitters unable to zero-beat. SF is way above 200; DXMAPS often show Es MUFs tantalizingly just below 88 MHz FMBC band. Es and/or F2 could audiblize some SWBC harmonix, so in USB I tune continuously down from 26100 to 21450 without hitting a single suspicious carrier. Of course there are a lot fewer fundamentals on air now than previous solar maxes. Here`s a quick reference table: 4750-5130 X 6 = 28500 - 30780 4750-5130 X 5 = 23750 - 25650 5800-6200 X 5 = 29000 - 31000 5800-6200 X 4 = 23200 - 24800 7200-7500 X 4 = 28800 - 30000 9250-9990 X 3 = 27750 - 29970 11500-12160 X 2 = 23000 - 24320 13570-13870 X 2 = 27140 - 27740 Of course there are other possibilities, higher multiples of lower bands, going well above 30 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)