** ALGERIA. 9500, Jan 23 at 0144, Qur`an at S7/S9. EiBi shows Béchar at 00-06. 15410 log, see CUBA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA. 17600, Jan 23 circa 1605, Qur`an from TDA. It seems the new SWBCs are mostly if not totally Qur`aning, violating Separation of Mosque and State; huh? Algeria is 98% Sunni and it`s the state religion altho there is supposedly religious freedom otherwise. But not officially named an ``Islamic Republic`` like several others; why not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Jan 21 at 1459 tune-in via Argentine remote, LRA36 already on with music; Dan Robinson says it was already running at 1428. Today is widely-publicized special for 1500; and the SDRs are maxed out, so I have to camp, first on someone in Yokohama tuned to exact frequency, S5/S7 rather than some others believing that 15476 be correct, making the pitch slightly ``off``. Songs keep playing, 1505 some yelling, more songs. 1511 finally attempts canned sign-on, but breaks cutting out. 1512 a few words. 1513, ``hola, hola, hola`` as if attempting to make contact; another rough opening! 1515 succeeds sign-on with multi-lingual disclaimer that only in Spanish. 1526 apparent live talk by male voices only, how odd; one of them calls the other one Marcelo. 1525 something about year 1904; 1527 music; 1540 Panorama Nacional, RASG ID, ``su cía``. Weakening now to S5 and even further into the SDR local noise level. More IDs, contact info including long whatsapp number, FB. 1545 about the Antarctic Comando. 1552 mentions soberanía, as the Args don`t try to hide their territorial claim contrary to the Anta. Treaty as an ``international`` continent. Temp as 6 C, winds west? at 65? kph. 1600 song. 1604 about `Panorama Nacional` newscast originating at LRA36 M-F at 6-7 o`clock - am or pm? on the entire LRA network during January. I would happily listen this time on the webcast at: https://vmf.edge-apps.net/embed/live.php?streamname=sc_rad32-100131&autoplay=true as linked from: https://www.radionacional.com.ar/welcome/ but it gets this error message via two different browsers: ``The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported``. Does anyone get it to play now, or ever? At 1610 I try a different Arg. SDR but only S3. 1616 finally a female voice, from a caller. 1622 song. 1628 again plug Panorama Nacional. 1630 contact info. 1631 acknowledges a listener in São Paulo and that SDRs in S America are maxed out. 1633 temp now 5.8 C, winds 33 kph gusting to 55. 1635 YL voice and/or child briefly. 1638 the word ``base`` goes into looping, and then some other looping. 1641 Adrián Korol, head of RAE is finally heard. Mostly it`s just chat between the two? hosts, colloquially harder to understand than if they were projecting radiophonically to the audience rather than each other. We never hear any of the publicized historical content, like old IDs, La Rosa de Tokio about it. I`ve had more than enough by now, but let it run without taking detailed notes. 1651 ID. 1655 song. 1658 dead air, is it over? No, 1701 bit of music, more DA. 1706 bits of talk and songs. After that nothing but music past 1712, 1800, 1830. They must be letting it run till the scheduled replay at 1900. At 1858 I find one Arg SDR is still maxed out with nothing but LRA36 on its four RX, so I have to camp again, but I can`t spend another 3+ hours trying to monitor this, deep in the buzzy noise level. Back to The Elixir of Love from The Met... Oh oh, at 1915 I try the webcast link as above one more time, and now it is playing, with LRA36 ID, and just starting a special edition of RAE`s `Actualidad DX`, about early history of station. I don`t think this be what were on SW 4 hours earlier. Omar Somma interviews Juan Carlos Saldia? --- about its beginning in 1978/79. First transmitter was 1200 watts. 20 Oct 1979 was ready to go on air: off-air recording. ``49 metros``, 6030 IIRC. At end offers eQSL for correct reports to lra36@hotmail.com - then plays the multilingual disclaimer; and live announcement that LRA36 is about to close down as their ham station LU1ZV is coming on. (The -Z- indicates Antda. geographically rather than a numerical call area; WTFK???) This show ought to be available for retrieval later in case you missed it. By 2000 the stream is all-music. Further reading: Wikipedia is not pleased with this entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Antarctica The word ``radio`` appears only thrice on the entire page, once as a footnote, RNASG once in connexion with a school. TK Wood posted this at swling.com on Jan 19: ``If you speak Spanish, there is a lengthy interview with two outgoing LRA36 staff members on REE’s Amigos de la Onda Corta program. Aired 12 January 2023.`` https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/amigos-de-la-onda-corta/amigos-onda-corta-emisora-radio-antartida-12-01-23/6774417/ Not so lengthy: it`s about 6-17 minutes into half-hour show but no timer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Jan 25 after 1600, no LRA36 signal into Argentine SDR; nor any expected on Wed so not up to check at 1500. However, it seems they are going to continue on Saturdays only: ``[WOR] Antarctica. Special broadcast of 15476 LRA 36 announced for next Jan 28 --- Adrián Korol, RAE, as I read it in Facebook, says that LRA 36 next broadcast will take place on coming Saturday 28, at 12 LU, 1500 UT and then, rebroadcast at 16 LU, 1900 UT on 15476 khz USB. Okay, I learned that it's happening to be difficult to put the signal into Europe and North America, as they are only 500 W power, despite the higher level of solar activity; but then, they there are. 73 de Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, CX3BZ, Jan 24`` Manuel Méndez, Spain: ``Another WhatsApp received right now, clarification of the previous one from the station: "Este programa es solamente especial de verano, se emite los sábados a las 12 horas de Argentina, con repetición a las 16 horas. En marzo comenzaremos a emitir los primeros programas de la temporada anterior [sic] y ahí sí que ya habrá programa los miércoles". "This program is only a summer special, it is broadcast on Saturdays at 1200 Argentinian time, with repetition at 1600. In March we will begin to transmit the first programs of the previous [sic] season and there will be program on Wednesdays."`` Sic: Previous/anterior? Old repeats? And are the interim Sat broadcasts each new or repeats of Jan 21?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 860, Jan 23 at 0735 UT, French Canadian atop KKOW and anything else, presumably CJBC Toronto, of CBC/SRC`s ``Ici Première`` network; 1610 clear channel is always dominated by CHHA Toronto; but 740 now is still dom. by KRMG, not CFZM which can sometimes overcome. However, on 860 there is one other CBC French on same network, CBKF-2 Saskatoon. It`s 10/10 kW U4, while CJBC is 50/50 kW U1; but SK supposedly is direxional north both day and night. Saskatoon is only 73 miles further from Enid than Toronto (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 28197 CW, Jan 23 at 2314, VE7MTY/B, with 4 step/down/bips. This one in BC is getting to be very common, and don`t always log it. Many other 10m beacons on band, I really don`t have time to chase down and log in detail. Hearing some outside N America would be neater. 28300 CW, Jan 23 at 2315, K6FRC/B is another regular, from California, related to the same call in 13 MHz HIFER ISM band without the /B (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15775, Jan 25 at 0218, JBA carrier but slightly stronger than 15770 WRMI: listed in Aoki & EiBi is CNR1 jamming and Sound of Hope long hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA [non?]. 4940, Jan 21 at 0702, no signal, not even a JBA carrier from the gospel huxter which is probably in Venezuela. I have not bothered to log it in ages, but it`s always been there in mid-nightly bandscans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA [non?]. 4940, Jan 22 after 0700, Spanish gospel huxter for and probably from VENEZUELA is back with JBA signal, after missing last night. Others were also hearing it earlier this evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 19 at 0727, S9+10 of dead air from R. Rebelde; all RHC frequencies are off. It seems lately they have not been kept going after 0700. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. The Other Side: READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW January 18, 2023 EMIGRATION Those who left... are no longer building Cuba --- More than a quarter of a million Cubans abandoned the island last year, and the vast majority were young people, many of them highly educated. RAFAELA CRUZ |La Habana --- Ruins in Havana. (Diario de Cuba) [caption] A simple walk through Havana — at the risk of twisting an ankle in a hole in the sidewalk, or a skull fracture from a falling shard from a balcony — is enough to appreciate the state of the country's physical capital: its streets, factories and machines are crumbling, from poverty. Cuba is falling apart. But Cuba is also moving apart too, as if pieces of the island were breaking off to float to more fertile shores, with more than a quarter of a million Cubans leaving the island last year, the vast majority young people from an aging country, and many highly educated, seeking to blossom far from the people whose efforts paid for their studies... https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1673973149_44663.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Jan 20 at 0703, S9+10/30 of dead air from R. Rebelde; and again no RHC signals still on this late. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. This vs my typical local HNL of S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6165, Jan 21 at 0056, RHC already on in Spanish, // 6000, as QRM to WBCQ 6160. 6165 is supposed to be in English from 0100 while 6000 until 0100 is the alternate Mesa Redonda TV soundtrack. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, Jan 21 at 0702, RHC dead air in English, S9/+10 and // 6165, S9. Probably about to be turned off as no other RHCs are still on, 5, 6, 10 or 11 MHz bands. 5025 Rebelde, however, is still on, and guess what, modulating! I check for harmonix: JBA carrier on 12120, maybe 2 x 6060, but nothing on 12330 = 2 x 6165. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. All RHC frequencies are OFF by 0709 Jan 22, and so is Rebelde: 5025, 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, 10050, 10080, 11670 vacant. Something`s always wrong at RHC, RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13668 & 13812 approx, Jan 22 at 1553, huge dirty FMish RHC music spurblobs at S6/S8, with F# tone. As soon as I hit the lower one bandscanning upward, I know that the fundamental must be wrong 13740 instead of 13700 whence morning spurblobs usually emanate. 13668 is approx. peak of the mess but in FM mode it covers 20 kHz, 13660-13680. However, no second-orders detected at plus/minus 144 kHz from 13740. They all remain on air past 1606, including 1602 late opening of weekly Esperanto // 11760 and 15140. Preceding Spanish is running late: 1600 headlines, 1601 canned IS & ID claiming to continue until 1900 only on 11760 & 15140 & FM; 1602 start Esp`o, including canned sign-on with all-wrong schedule at 1606: Sundays 0800 on 6100 despite all 6 MHz frequencies gone much earlier; 1600 on 11760 - only despite addition of 15140 years ago; 2330 on 15730, but really heard at 2130 on 13680, 15140 or somewhere. Somethings` always multiply wrong at RHC. Esperanto service remains clueless about its own true schedule, and keeps misstressing words like Ameriko (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13680, Sunday January 22 at 2132, no signal from RHC in Esperanto or any other languages altho had been caught here weeks ago by Ivo Ivanov. Since then he found it on 15140, and that`s also where I myself also now confirm it rather than the claimed 2330 on 15730 - altho I have not tried to unconfirm it then and there. Sunday afternoon is supposed to be the second repeat = third airing, and I`ve already gone over the errors about the first two. Now it`s S5/S7, after RHC ID and IS from 2130 or 2131. 15140 supposedly quits other days at 2130 after French. Makes better sense to extend it for a weekly broadcast rather than pre-empt some other language as would have been done at 2330. Something`s always wrong at RHC - not this, but continuing not to announce the real time and frequency. 15140 is among very few signals on 19m now at 2142 Jan 22: just USAs on 15555-USB, 15770 and 15825, nothing extracontinental except JBA carrier on 15410, which would be Ouargla, ALGERIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Jan 23 at 0747, S9+30 of dead air, obviously RHC forgot to turn off much earlier, while all 6 MHz channels are gone. Ivo Ivanov says on this date, 11760 went from Spanish to English at 0558, still English at 0659. Yes, 11760, not 11670 which has also been caught on late in English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Jan 23 at 1603, RHC is OFF one frequency which is supposed to stay on all day; while 15230 is still on at S5/S7: confused which transmitter to turn off? But by 1611, 15230 is also off; leaving only 11760. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, Jan 25 at 0220, RHC English is here, S9/+10! Instead of 6165, and // 6000 which is S9+10/20. Also 2 x 6000 on 12000, JBA S9 at 0225. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Jan 25 at 0224, RHC Spanish, S9+20 and as usual suptorted, unlistenable, and as usual with JBA spur carriers on 11840 & 11860. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EUROPE. 21460 AM, Jan 22 at 1729, JBA carrier, tnx to many reports on the WOR iog of Cupid Radio, Dutch pirate being heard in NAm, starting with Andy Robins in SW Michigan at 1605. Lucas Bandura says it went off at 1754* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non]. Pleased to find another chance to hear `StarDate`, daily at 1831 UT on ``QXFM`` = KZQX-LP, Kilgore TX, via: https://chalkhillcommunications.com/ Confirmed Jan 23, but not checked yet other listed times, daily 1340 & 2340 UT. Some states have zero or only one affiliate, but lots of TX: https://stardate.org/radio/affiliates/TX All times CST = UT -6 since none in El Paso. I still have not run across it in random listening to KUCO since their programming got jumbled. Brief ``module`` programs are most likely to be plugged in at ToH news holes lacking any BBC news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see also OKLAHOMA [and non]. KUCO ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 19 at 0729, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, again the only 9/kHz split detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 20 at 0710, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati and none other 9/kHz splits (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 21 at 0716, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati. Sorry if these almost-nightly logs seem boring, but in absence of any other TPs audible, 10? kW over a clear 4500-mile path is significant. Distance approx. on my NGS globe with geometer. Distancefromto.net has a terrible time with this one, trying to link Enid with S Africa, Australia, or at best, Kiribati West (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Jan 25 at 0727, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati; also one other detected on 855, most likely RNE Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 15355, Jan 22 at 1935, S7/S9 of dead air from AWR in Ibo/Igbo, again. Is anyone paying attention at least for a refund or make-good? How about all the Nigerians pining to become 7DAs? Something`s terribly wrong at Talata (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 13755, Jan 24 at 0740, RNZP is S6/9+10 with ``Melanesian Update`` in Pidgin, mentions Vanuatu. Would be the OSOB if not for JBA on 13860, so it`s the SSOB. 13860 is NHK Japanese direct to S America from 0700. That`s 4 am local at the latest, as the JJ migrants must be real early-risers? Sked for Tue in NZ DST UT+13: ``8:28 PM. Melanesian Update includes Pidgin News from Koroi Hawkins followed by BuzzFM News from our partners in Port Vila, Vanuatu. 9:00 PM. ABC Wantok Program -- 30 minutes of news and current affairs from ABC Australia from Monday to Friday in Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin, Solomon Islands Pijin and Vanuatu Bislama pidgin languages`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 USB, Jan 21 at 2323, pirate music at S7. A few minutes later, some IDs as WAVE Radio, per: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108497.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6880 USB, Jan 21 at 2324, sounds like a 2-way QSO, at equal levels, talking about the Springfield, Mass. Armory station, the TIS on 1710 kHz. Federal government stations are not licensed by FCC, but NTIA. He had to file a FOIA request, and got a CDROM of such stations. What`s this? These say Mix Radio International but at this time carrying Andrew Yoder`s Hobby Radio show #3, interviewing Chris Smolinski: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108492.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, Jan 25 at 0738 UT, SW, NDB at StillWater is off; otherwise until yesterday audible day and night. And it is audible at 1910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Thu Jan 19 after 1600 UT, KUCO-FM with weekly `Spotlite on the Arts` at its traditional time, interviews about upcoming OKC performances, Kimberly Powell and guest about Mozart`s Requiem this weekend. SOTA continues to be unshown on KUCO program schedule, rather `Performance Today` M-F during this hour. I was wondering what happened to it. Website also has nothing new about its content. Jeff Hagy, new GM had been hosting it. For years before, it was a remote from the OKC Museum of Art but apparently not any more. Not necessarily for full hour, depending on number of guests, then back to music (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Sat Jan 21 at 1730 UT, KUCO-FM amid `The Score`, topic music from James Bond movies. This is NOT the episode which aired Thu at 2000, supposed to repeat Sat at 1700. I can`t find a JB episode searching show archive https://www.thescore.org/playlists/ which has #764 as of Jan 14. Maybe it`s the Jan 21 ep already (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 90.1, sometime during the first hour of APM`s `Performance Today` in the 21-22 UT hour Jan 22 via KUCO, host Fred Child, who always conveys a sense of wonder and awe with every announcement, mispronounces Galánta, as in Dances of Galánta by Zoltán Kodály. He sees the acute accent on the middle A and figures that means stress-it. But NO, not in Hungarian! Sesquidecades ago I took R. Budapest`s language course, and somewhere still have the literature; did not learn much vocabulary, but sure did learn the fonetix, which comes in handy if you be a classical music announcer. The accents on Hungarian words indicate the sound of the vowel, not the stress. Let me quote something just found on the web: ``If you started to learn Hungarian, you already know that Hungarian words are stressed in the first syllable. This is true until we pronounce single words no matter how long they are: ég, kalap, kerítés, olvasandó, kiszámíthatatlan. together. The words in a sentence are not sliced up when we talk.`` Galánta is a small city now in Slovakia, formerly in Hungary. That`s the way the Hungarians spell it. A, with no accent, means it`s pronounced more like ``aw``. With accent, like ``ah``. Therefore: GAW-lahn-taw, NOT gah-LAHN-tah! Note that composer Kodály is also stressed initially, not penultimately as too often heard from otherwise erudite? announcers, who have not bothered to learn the fonetik schemes of languages they need to pronounce. It seems the Slovax dispense with the accent but still have to stress initial: ``In Slovak language the primary word stress is fixed on the first syllable. The secondary word stress occurs in words with more than 4 syllables and is fixed on the penultimate syllable. Czech and Slovak both have a fixed stress placement on the first syllable of the word.`` While I`m at it, some more L.L.: In proper Hungarian, surnames come first, e.g. Bartók Béla; but even they seem not to insist upon it to the rest of the world and those who do it `backwards` may be taken as pedantic. BTW, those accents mean proper pronunciation is BORE-toke BAY-law, not ``BAY-lah BAHR-tahk``. At least in this case, no one seems inclined to stress -tók. Don`t we owe it as a courtesy to make some effort to pronounce people`s names correctly, especially in broadcasts? In Hungarian the letter S, alone, is pronounced SH; while to pronounce plain S, it`s spelt SZ. Contrary to Polish, where SZ is pronounced SH. Further: ``Polish is a language with a fixed stress system with primary stress on the penultimate syllable as a default (Wierzchowska, 1971; Comrie, 1976; Hayes, 1995), irrespective of the morphological composition of a word.`` There`s a lot more complicated phonology and orthography in Polish. Another oddity at KUCO: `Wind & Rhythm`, ``for those who love band music``, UT Mon Jan 23 at 0200 on 90.1 is playing Xmasmx! Obviously intended for broadcast in 2022y as mentions someone who died ``earlier this year`. Surely at least four more episodes have been produced and availablized since December. Not so petty peeve: Xmasmx VERY overdone in December if not November, but ignored the rest of the year. Why not play some Xmasmx in March, or August for a change?? and something else part of the time during The Season. WWJD? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 90.1, KUCO-FM Edmond/OKC, has revamped its schedule once again. Now on manager`s corner of website as of Jan 24: ``Presenting Evening Classics with Curt Timmons Classical KUCO is excited to announce Evening Classics with Curt Timmons, a two-hour, locally produced program presenting extended selections from 10 p.m. to midnight each weeknight beginning Monday, Jan. 23. In addition to his noon to 3 p.m. weekday hosting, our very own Curt Timmons is graciously paving the way to offer beautiful, complete pieces of music in a thematic and thoughtful presentation blended with insightful commentary. “I am excited to produce Evening Classics for our late-evening listeners. This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy favorite masterworks and play some more unusual offerings from our KUCO library and my personal collection,” Timmons said. KUCO’s presentation of well-known orchestras will begin at 7 p.m., New York Symphony Mondays; Chicago Symphony Tuesdays; The WFMT Orchestra Series Wednesdays; Performance Oklahoma with Kimberly Powell Thursdays; and, American Public Media’s SymphonyCast Fridays. Performance Oklahoma, with Kimberly Powell, has moved Wednesday evenings to Thursdays providing listeners, and even performers, who attend church and choir the ability to enjoy the beautiful, local performances numerous individuals work so hard to make happen. Performance Oklahoma continues to encore at 8 a.m., Saturdays. Following the orchestral programs at 9 p.m., will be The Sound of 13 Mondays; Gameplay Tuesdays; With Heart and Voice Wednesdays; Feminine Fusion Thursdays; and, Hearts of Space Fridays. According to Timmons, “Evening Classics will feature historic and rarely heard recorded performances, which is a passion of mine as a recording collector and musician. I hope our listeners will find some old, as well as new favorites.” Evening Classics with Curt Timmons aligns with the Classical KUCO mission to present locally produced, long-format music to our listening members as we strive to advance the appreciation of classical music as Oklahoma’s Voice for the Performing Arts. Classical KUCO is community-supported outreach of the University of Central Oklahoma and can be heard on 90.1FM/HD1 throughout central Oklahoma, 91.9FM/HD1 in McAlester, 95.9FM in Woodward and streamed on kucofm.com, iHeart, Amazon Alexa devices, Bose’s SoundTouch network, and mobile devices with the free Classical KUCO app at GooglePlay and the Apple App Store.`` Skedgrid has been updated as above, all times CST = UT -6: https://www.kucofm.com/programs/program-schedule-grid/ Still unaccounted for are `module` programs, notably StarDate, so I ask GM Jeff Hagy: he says it`s straight-up noon M-F; and a brand-new website is about ready to launch next week: http://www.kucofm.com Meanwhile I have been seeking StarDate elsewhere: Features On Texarkana Public Radio: own website claims: Stardate - Daily 11:04 A.M. & 7:00 P.M. http://ktxkweb.texarkanacollege.edu:8000/listen.pls but FAILS to appear at or around 7 pm = 0100 UT Jan 24. Then, Manager thanked me for noticing and restored it UT Jan 25 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) StarDate: see also INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [non] ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Thanks to Enid`s only local TV signal, K17JN-D on RF and virtual 17 being on the air this week, I am able to view another episode of 3ABN-TV`s `AWR 360: Broadcast to Baptism`, 0430-0500 UT Thursday January 19. It`s so saccharine that I can`t bear to listen to it, but keep an eye on the video. This time there is no disclaimer at the start admitting that it`s all dramatization rather than documentary. Four similar stories of non-Caucasian people happening to pick up an AWR broadcast and winding up almost drowned by a 7DA official. (I`d take the Methodist method any day.) Madagascar, Namibia, Mexico and Tanzania, NO info on station names, frequencies or exact locations somewhere in the center of each country, with stylized towers radiating animated signals: doubtful any would have been SW, likely local FM if they really exist. Subjects were holding unrecognizable boxes up to their ears with rod ``antennas``. Then of course pitches to fund such ``conversions`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 15385, Jan 24 at 1623, S5/S7 of talk with heavy Doppler flutter unlike other weak signals on band. Only thing anywhen on 15385 in Aoki & EiBi is IRRS with Oromia National Media, clandestine for Ethiopia, on M/T/W/F/S at 1600-1630 via Galbeni. Maybe longpath? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 7410 // 5990, UT Wed Jan 25 at 0237-0248, both S9+20 with Romanian folk music, French announcements, matching Alan Roe`s Music on SW schedule, ``Musique traditionnelle roumaine`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 13710.056, Jan 24 at 1628, Qur`an, SBA always sorethumbly off-frequency on my morning bandscans but not measured for longtime until now; 1657 checked at UTwente, AMsync shows 13710.051+, S9+40/50! Some long pregnant pause at 1658 but still going at 1753; scheduled 1457-1757 via Riyadh, but really chopped off abruptly at 1758* during Qur`an with no announcement; Allah`ll get `em for that? There had been a het before, and now am hearing a tone at same pitch locked onto 13710.314+, what? No other broadcaster sked now on 13710. 2205 & 2305 rechex, *still* S9 carrier on that exact frequency with tone. Maybe something local at the SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850, UT Sunday January 22 at 0100, `Encore` classical music on WRMI is good into Missouri SDR, starting with a harpsichord Gavotte by Rameau -- which does not match the start of either Playlist on website dated Jan 14 & 21. So it`s ``wrong`` episode or PLs are wrong. Enjoyable hour, anyway. Brice is looking into sorting this out. What will we hear and see at next emission, UT Monday at 0300 on 5950? BTW, // 7730 at 0100 remains imaginary, but will be all set if and when it`s ever restored (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5950, UT Mon Jan 23 at 0300, `Encore` via WRMI, S9/+15 into Athens GA SDR: the same episode heard 26 hours earlier on 5850, but now the Playlist dated 21/1 has been corrected to match the music we are hearing. BTW I am also hearing bit of pulse jamming bleeding over from 5955 against nothing; and meant to mention last night that there were also traces of Cuban jamming on 5850, where there is absolutely no excuse for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Jan 20 at 2306-2330, VG S9+15/20 into Maryland SDR, token English feature from REE is about Chinese/American painter Martin Wong, *1946-1999*, exhibit in Spain until Jan 29, Justin Coe interviewing curators. Easy to find images of his work online, making this much more interesting, including this in particular: https://www.comunidad.madrid/en/noticias/2022/11/08/comunidad-madrid-presenta-primera-exposicion-monografica-europa-artista-martin-wong and one of many self-portraits: https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2019.175/ not to be confused with another Martin Wong, photographer of seminude young women. // 11940 = 12030 both S6/S9, but no signal at all on 11670 or 11685 as Africa continues out of luck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Jan 23 at 2307, token English from REE, after news, marimba music and something about Guatemala. Altho S9+10/25 on the meter, too much fading and noise for it to be worth listening as I am not near the computer for changing to an east-coast remote. 11940 & 12030 also audible but no better, and still no signal on 11670. Something`s incomplete at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Jan 25 at 2306, token English from REE after COVID stats on news, into part 2 of last week`s feature on `El camino del Anillo``, Tolkien stuff not interesting me; over to simulTurkey. But first quick check of //s: 9690 S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR > 12030 > 11940 all usable, and still NO 11670 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Jan 20 at 2303, NO signal from VOT English for N America nor XJPBS into UTwente. Still no VOT at 2330, but XJPBS in Chinese has come on in the meantime. Std denunciation. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 21 at 2327, VOT with quite a good signal direct, S9/+20, but JBM music below big hum! Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.016, Sun Jan 22 at 2346, checking UTwente whether VOT is not AWOL today? Yes, it`s not, S9+25/35 into UTwente with somewhat undermod music; 2351 multi-lingual ID reel filler vs CCCCCCI; 2352 s/off by OM instead of usual YL, not with full English sked but as if this were the 1330 on 12035; a bit of IS until 2353* uncovering EAST TURKISTAN. Note exact frequency offsets. VOT often +16 Hz but sometimes +2 Hz, different units? Once off, EAST TURKISTAN Chinese but seems also with a third carrier displaying as 5960.012, but that soon goes off leaving Xinjiang PBS as exactly .000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.003+, Jan 23 at 2301, VOT is S5/S9 direct but undermodulated with hum, unusable; at 2330 I try UTwente where it`s exactifrequed, S9+35/40, and OK with volumes turned up almost to max. 2335-2338, `Did You Know That`, about old olive trees at Mynos(?); also with the CCCCCCI. Something`s erroneous at Emirler. It`s off before 2400 showing XJPBS also on +003 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.003+, 2305 Jan 24, VOT S9+25/35 into UTwente, good modulation with a bit of hum during news; 2306 something about the Qur`an threatened by fascism? 2309 sports about a Russian/American tennis match, and others in Australia. 2310 CCCCCCI starts from XJPBS, but way under. 2313 Review of the Tuerkiyish Press. Qur`an incident in Sweden, Erdogan uses it to diminish NATO chances; and a few other brief items, over at 2315 already, to song break. 2318 Weekly Commentary: on Turkey`s rôle in western security considerations, by Duke Coffee?, of a DC think-tank, axually about Black Sea region and the Russia/Ukraine war; cooperation in drone produxion between Tuerkiye and Ukraine. Bottom line: Turkey is important! 2325 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2328 song. 2332 VOT: ``always by your side``, a rather meaningless claim, and more music. 2336 a recipe. 2339 violin music. And more music until 2352 sign-off announcement starts --- but chopped off the air after only a few words, uncovering XJPBS on 5960.000+. Beware: UTwente kept displaying 5960.003 from VOT until refreshed. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.001+, Jan 25 at 2308, VOT English S9+25/35 into UTwente, final news item about excavations at Luxor, Egypt; 2309 `Review of the Turkish Press`` a few brief headlines starting with: Erdogan blasts Netherlands for disrespecting a Qur`an book. [Why does he blame entire NATO allies or applicants for axions of some isolated radicals in free societies? I hereby permit Turx to burn as many Bibles as they may wish: there are plenty more -gh]. 2310 the CCCCCCI starts underneath from XJPBS, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems: does Erdogan care about that? 2311 multi-lingual ID filler reel including some langs not for VOT on SW in WRTH 2022: Albanian, Japanese, Portuguese; no doubt there are more. 2313 `Gripping[?] Files` something about digital security involving Meta/FB/Habitat NGO; CCCCCCI is at worse N/S ratio now. 2317 songs. 2324 `Weekly Commentary`, same one heard before about ``Turkey`s role in Western security considerations - why Turkey is indispensable``. 2331 music. 2337 `Feeling Supreme` a.k.a. `Healing Spring` on herbal remedies for constipation in children. 2346 recheck already in music again. 2353 s/off with English skeds in jumbled order. 2355 IS; 2356 cut off uncovering XJPBS, S8/9+5 on 5960.000+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U A E. 9840.106, Jan 19 at 0324, way off-frequency carrier with flutter, S4/S6, maybe trace of music. Vietnam comes to mind as a traditional skewed frequency, but EiBi & Aoki show that not on ``9840`` until 1000-2400. At this hour 0300-0500, it has to be BBC in Arabic to ME via Al-Dhabbiya (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 335 MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0714, BV, 25-watt ND beacon at BatesVille, Arkansas; mixing with slightly stronger dash and YLD, 1000 watts at Chapleau, Ontario. Could no longer be confused with 336, another BV in Québec, decommissioned; nor with our very own BV in BartlesVille OK, since it`s allegedly on 201 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 395 MCW kHz, Jan 25 at 0735 UT, CA, 25-watt ND beacon at Newton / Harvs KS; and: 407 MCW kHz, Jan 25 at 0735 UT, HRU, 25-watt NDB at Herington KS: both JBA but first time in months I have been able to relog these semi-locals, as the local noise peak around 395 has diminished altho slightly more than otherwise. Maybe due to snowcover? And maybe only temporary; or neighbors going and coming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday January 19 at 0130 on WRMIs, into Maryland SDR: 9395 S9+22; 5010 S5/S8. WORLD OF RADIO 2174 contents: Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Canada and non, Chile, China, Cuba, (France), Israel and non, Korea South, Madagascar, México, Mongolia, Norfolk Island, Perú, Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu, unID 5051; wireless charging of EVs; propagation outlook (country mentioned along with another not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2174 available from 0125 UT January 20 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2174.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2174.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 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 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 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 [canceled?] 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 to Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa OK, who says, ``Thanks for your dedication to the SWL community, Glenn! Happy New Year!`` with 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 2174 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, UT Friday January 20 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S7 into Maryland SDR with the noise blast for 14 seconds at the start; much better S9/+10 into Louisiana SDR. Also confirmed Friday January 20 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, S8 with deep fades to S3 direct but no jamming audible. Due to cutoffs early or no signal previous weeks, I monitor the entire program which is intact this week, and still on past 1600-1612+ with TOMBS; preceded by Blalock the Blaster at 1500. Also confirmed Friday January 20 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, Villa Estense, for first time in a longtime active on 918 kHz at S9+27, slightly stronger signal than usual 1323 at S9+15, both VG with only JBA traces of QRM. Nothing still on LW 207, into nearby Noale SDR. Tuned in at 2127 to some unknown Anglo/American discussion about economix, which inevitably is faded out incomplete at 2130 for ID as ``You are listening to medium wave`` and QSL address before WOR start. Once running I hear a few hiccups but can`t tell where in the process they interrupt; certainly beyond my esophagus. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 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 [canceled?] 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 2174 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday January 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG S9+10/20 direct. Also confirmed UT Saturday January 21 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130 minus 16 Hz = 5129.984, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Saturday January 21 at 1722 the 1700 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday January 21 starting way late at 2120 the 2030 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, VG S9+20 by groundwave into nearby Warrenton SDR; following an admittedly overlong `QSO Today` including Hebrew/Yiddish lesson. Next: 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 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 [canceled?] 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 2174 monitoring: confirmed Saturday January 21 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S9/S7 and better than noisy 5850 also reading S7/S9 -- BUT WOR is NOT on 5850, rather unID music show or fill. This time only started recently. WRMI skedgrid for System H still claims WOR on both plus imaginary 7730! However, frequency/transmission sked atop shows Radio Tirana on all three, but that has not been so for some? time, and those labels do not necessarily apply to 7 days per week. It seems almost every week there is some change without notice to WOR via WRMI. Also confirmed 0030 UT Sunday January 22 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, S9/+10 VG into Louisiana. Also confirmed from 0411 UT Sunday January 22 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+20 into nearby SDR on groundwave but some lightning crashes audible, nearest/only storms around New Orleans into Mississippi. Starting slightly early, despite previous airing 50 minutes late in afternoon. 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?] 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 2174 monitoring: Also confirmed Sunday January 22 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia on 1323 kHz only, S9+3/12 into Parma SDR, as the closest at Noale is too busy. Back on Friday at 2130, besides Noale, 918 & 1323 were also somewhat audible at UTwente in Holland. Also confirmed UT Monday January 23 at 0058 just in time the 0030 on WRMI 7730, S7/9+5 into Louisiana SDR. So also missed checking whether the noise blast still covered the first 14 seconds, but bet it did. Also confirmed from 0401 UT Monday January 23 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 63 Hz = 6159.937 into Maryland SDR, S6/S8 with inescapable ACI de 6165 Cuba. Next: 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled?] 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 2174 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday January 24 at 0158, just in time, the 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 direct; music fill impatiently steps on my last two words. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique Radio, Australia 5035 USB low power 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled?] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Jan 24 reconfirmed times on Unique Radio, other one is Sunday at 0800; I also see that Sun at 0830 is TBA instead of International Radio Report; but still companion to WOR, Wed at 1030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2174 monitoring. Did anyone hear it Wed Jan 25 at 1030 on WRMI 5850? Deleted from sked but another report of it still on a week ago: ``5850 UNITED STATES WRMI at 1030. World of Radio broadcast, armchair on Sangean and indoor wire -- Excellent Jan. 18 Rick Barton-AZ`` Confirmed Wednesday January 25 at 2200+ on WBCQ 7490 minus 63 Hz into Missouri SDR = 7489.937, S9/+15. 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 Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa OK, who says, ``Thanks for your dedication to the SWL community, Glenn! Happy New Year!`` with 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. 9395 // 9455 // 4980, Jan 19 at 0328, Ted is preaching during `WRMI Legends` on three frequencies at once; skedgrid shows 9395 added 03-04 UT M-F only. This thing is creeping later, also reported 05-06 on 15770 instead of scheduled Israel Radio, which presumably came via WRN as scheduled daily that hour. So much for a rare temporary chance to hear KAN on SW; however, midnite propagation on 15 MHz is problematic, and the other frequency 7730 remains imaginary (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Sun Jan 22 at 1933, dead air at S7/S9 from WRMI -- no, there is some JBM I can recognize as Wagner, so probably the `Music & Medicine` show. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Sun Jan 22 at 2248, just as there was an anomaly on WRMI Saturday during this semihour, so today `Wavescan` is on System H 15770 only, with not // music on 5850, and nothing on imaginary 7730. WS is part of a talk about WEWN by Jerry Plummer at the 2022 NASB meeting, shortly before he died unexpectedly: always amazed me how a PhD would still sound like a hick. And still certainly no R. Tirana as elsewhere on sked. However these three(?) are now shown as `World Radio Network` at 2230-2300 on Mon-Thu; so what, pray tell, would that be? NAm program schedule for B22 shows, confusingly, not meshing with WRMI: 22:00 One Decision (Sun) 22:00 Deutsche Welle (Mon-Fri) 22:00 Deutsche Welle (Sat) 22:30:00 Banns Radio International: Copenhagen Calling (Sat) i.e. without explicitly specifying durations, the 2200 programs would be one hour long except on Sat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Jan 22 at 2252, no signal from this WRMI, just pulse jamming against nothing. Skedgrid shows 9955 supposed to resume from System B Internet only at 2200 with on Sunday a gospel huxter. Not propagation, as 9395 & 9455 are inbooming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6160 minus 66 Hz into Maryland remote = 6159.934, UT Sat Jan 21 at 0057, music playing on this WBCQ, 0100 JIP `AAAWWW` as theme `WTO` is ending! So must have started playback 2 minutes early, probably because they know it`s 62 minutes long and to avoid running over into Hal Turner at 0200. Yes, it`s obviously a repeat of last week`s show when Allan mistakenly referred to his top frequency as 7415 instead of 7490. So, dispensable, after I check and measure the other frequencies. 5130 is only -2 Hz now, = 5129.998; 7490 at -69 Hz = 7489.931 with FKB gospel huxter before 0100. 3265+ is NOT on, tho Allan claims it is, which it was, as of last week`s show. It seems replays are never edited to be less confusing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Jan 22 at 1937, no signal from WLCR/WBCQ-6. Wonder what`s the matter now; it was on last night, and off-frequency-minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Jan 22 at 2135, WLCR/WBCQ-6 is back on in English but quite weak S7/S9. Allan has admitted they sometimes power down from 500 to 100 kW, but sounds even less and/or way offbeam to us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Jan 24 at 1927, WLCR/WBCQ-6 is off again. Wonder what`s wrong now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9338, Jan 25 at 0749, very rapid RTTY not noticed before, too close to hugesig from 9330v WBCQ, not enough to bother WBCQ but vice versa? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5890, Fri Jan 20 at 0705, S9+30 of unknown gospel huxter not // TOMBS on 5850 WRMI. WWCR continues to claim on Jan 1 program sked that #4 transmitter 5890 is NOT on the air M-F 0600-1300; with TOMBS overnight only on Sat & Sun. This also repossiblizes the leapfrog mixing product over 5935 on 5980 vs totally pointless Cuban jamming, as Martí currently scheduled on 5980 at 11-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7495-7545 approx., Jan 25 at 0234, noise field extending out +/- 25 kHz from 7520, so I am tempted to blame it on the WWCR-4 transmitter with overpowering signal, S9+40/50 of TOMBS, which is perhaps partly to blame for dirty satellite audio feed out of Walterboro during Scourby Bibling. There are also various audio artefacts within 10 kHz of 7520 which is typical of TOMBS, despite the rather lo-fi audio if tuned to center frequency and avoiding the extended sidebands. WWCR et al. ought to filter out that feed! #4 is on 90-degree rhombic, but I bet it put as much signal off the back thisaway. Need to have a look at a waterfall in the blast zone between 00 and 03 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9265VVV, Jan 22 at 2134, WINB is JBM, S9 with terrible rapid wobble in frequency, much worse than usual. Most obvious with BFO of course, but also in AM reception. By 2256, modulation level of gospel huxter is OK but still superwobble. Still so at 0143 recheck Jan 23. Is that old transmitter about to explode? Something`s wreally wrong at Red Lion! If same unit, wonder how that would affect DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 9265VVV, WINB wobbling: ``Glenn, regarding WINB: The wobbly transmitter is almost certainly the (very) old Continental 417B, as an ASI CE-50000WS is used for the DRM/datacasting service, as described on the FCC station authorization. What is ASI? Info here: ASI - Amplifier Systems, Inc. ampsystems.com ASI makes RF generating equipment for industrial, scientific, and research purposes, as well as communication/broadcasting. I had never heard of them before WINB purchased one of their transmitters a few years ago. Some of the FCC applications for other potential datacasters mention transmitters from companies I am otherwise unfamiliar with. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` OK, but it seems WINB never broadcasts in AM and DRM at same time on two frequencies, implying a single transmitter. Rather maybe it`s a single antenna or feedline. Another check at 1920 January 23 into Missouri SDR: SAM keeps jumping around between minus 5 and 22 Hz, audibly there is popping; and behold the irregular waterfall, zoom in upon it. Recheck circa 2300, wobbling not so bad but still worse than ``normal`` (Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. At first: UNIDENTIFIED. 12050, Jan 25 at 0226, S9/+10 with flutter, JBA can`t make out language. Nothing supposed to be on now; could it be WEWN extending its daytime-only Spanish service past 2400 here, since 5970 night frequency has been off for months, inoperable? CNR1 jammer shown at very different times in EiBi. Indeed, next evening UT Jan 26 at 0015, strong gospel huxter in Spanish still going on 12050. Own website is no help: still showing outdated A22 skeds with CDT/UTC, as if 24 hpd in Spanish, 18 hpd in English, long gone: https://www.ewtn.com/radio/frequency-guide Not even the Spanish sexion has any details about SW: https://www.ewtn.com/es/radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1700 kHz, Jan 25 at 0346 UT, dead air atop 2 or 3 other signals. Bet I know which it is, but DF it on the DX-398: yes, slightly CCW from N/S, i.e. toward The Metroplex, KKLF Richardson TX. #2 on 1700 is KBGG Des Moines IA, with the others in AL, FL, NY and RGV TX maybe audible but blocked. The Jalapeño is silent. 0726 recheck: TexMexmx resumed, Jalapeño ID in passing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 19 at 0724, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, and a slightly stronger one on 11835. Manuel Méndez and Ron Howard report it was on 3945 plus harmonics before 0700 instead of 7260; probably due to tropical cyclone Irene warnings, and Ron says open carriers from all three were still on at 1526 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2174) ** VANUATU [and non]. 11835 >> 7890, Jan 20 at 0658, again today R. Vanuatu already on 3945 harmonix, JBA carriers, not 7260. And good signal from 13755 NZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Jan 21 at 0705, JBA carrier, so is RV back here even after 0700? 7890, Jan 21 at 0706 also has a JBA carrier, i.e., 7260 must be something else, Mongolia? However, no signal on 11835 harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7890, Jan 22 at 0659, JBA carrier presumed R. Vanuatu, 2 x 3945. Did not tune early enough to tell whether just changed from 7260, or already here earlier. However, 11835 = 3 x 3945 hits S7/S9 with music past 0701, just about best ever here; 0703.8 ID and more talk, news? Unfortunately it`s still unreadable. NZ 13755 is VG S9+10/30. MUF/propagation at this hour remains severely variable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 23 at 0746, R. Vanuatu in JBA music and talk; 11835 at 0748 achieves S5/S7 during talk probably Bislama. Both harmonix of 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 24 at 0734, JBA carrier; 11835 JBA modulation; 3945 nothing as I finally check all three R. Vanuatu frequencies for the price of one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7890 & 11835, Jan 25 at 0743, R. Vanuatu harmonix of 3945 are both JBA carriers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1470.028 approx., Jan 19 at 0734 UT, het upon 1470 stations. Nothing nearby in MWOffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1521 kHz, Jan 23 at 0147, JBA het against 1520 KOKC: the only 9/kHz split audible in a full MW bandscan. Once upon a time would have been easy to assume the 2000 kW from NW Sa`udi Arabia, but sked long since curtailed to 1500-2230. There`s another hugie, 500 kW of Russian from CRI Urumqi, East Turkistan, which is scheduled until 0200, and should still be darkness path. So then I check what UTwente is getting: Spanish! That would be one 5 kW SER. Would think it should hear some CRI unless maybe unfavorably direxional, but all unlikely to deep North America. One other possibility: a domestic spoiler 1 kHz off-frequency; which IIRC was suspected or IDed some years ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7550 AM, Jan 24 at 0733, JBA heavy beat as if music, but nothing in EiBi or Aoki now; elsewhen 7550 is only a Uzbekistan relay channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)