** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Feb 18 at 2039, LRA36 on air again, replaying that clip of LRA60 in Islas Malvinas, 2 April 1982. Seems like whole transmission will be a rerun. Tnx to Manuel Méndez, Spain, and Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, for forwarding advance notice from Adrián Korol of RAE about another test today at 2000-2300. The 1 kW temporary transmitter is not there until next week, recalibrated, so we`ll know it`s on when 15475 becomes the frequency. Yet now the old one is VG S9+5 via Argentine SDR. Says the inoperable 10 kW transmitter is being moved back to General Pacheco to be repaired, eventually so RAE can resume own SW BCs direct. Meanwhile tnx to Jeff White`s WRMI relays for proving to bosses that SW is still viable. Still anticipating a replacement 10 kW for LRA36 by next January (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, UT Sun Feb 19 at 0002, LRA36 test first heard after 2000 Feb 18, and publicized as 2000-2300, is still running, S7/S9 into Argentine SDR with music; 0012 it`s hard rock; 0015 plugs Panorama Nacional news originating at Esperanza during entire month of January: how helpful; keep in mind for 2024y? 0027 ``Comunicad`` promo. Unknown for how much longer, but Mick Delmage was still hearing it at 0035; he and the other Albertan, Don Moman, were getting it direct. But no way here with my HNL and inferior antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 7399.988, Feb 16 at 0424, music at S7 into UTwente SDR; by 0513 it`s 7399.992. This had been quite a mystery for a few hours in the WOR iog. 7400 is a frequency `reserved` in HFCC for IRDR = International Radio for Disaster Relief, with Vatican site as placeholder like one other frequency in each band, possibly explaining why V of Turkey has shown up on 5910 and 9430? Hardly any announcements on 7400 but music recognized as Brazilian, and finally IDs heard as R Antares, which is a pirate in Pará state (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2178) ** BRAZIL. 7399.918, Feb 17 at 0723, S7 direct with music, presumed R. Antares with a better signal than last night, but further below 7400, the pirate in Pará, as reported by many others. Ron Howard found this almost hourlong recording of it via Brasília SDR, Feb 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCiiMTX9VyI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 7399.924, Feb 19 at 0754, JBA carrier from presumed Pará pirate, R. Antares (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 5940.026, Feb 16 at 0756, JBA praise music //9665v. Incredibly, R Voz Missionária is almost on-frequency after years closer to 5938. WWCR 5935 somewhat weakened by K=5, G1 storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2178) ** CHINA. 9454.995, Feb 17 at 1905, Firedragon music jamming, VG S9+25/30 into UTwente with hardly anything from victim except a SAH, i.e. per HFCC something in Chinesemandarin from USAGM via Saipan at 16-17 & 19-21 plus via Kuwait at 21-22; likely totally jammed, and no sign of this ``24h`` WRMI frequency. Seems like the FD music may be slightly different than previous years but still heavy on the percussion and raucousness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Feb 19 at 0750, RHC Spanish still on here, S9+10/20 long-after-hours when nowhere on 5, 6, or 10 MHz bands - slanted news about Yemen, etc. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``Public Health --- Is Cuba planning on a Russian-style privatization of its health system? A sector of the Cuban population, especially those over 50, has for years accepted the lack of freedom entailed by Communism in exchange for 'guaranteed health and education.' But what about now? Juan Antonio Blanco Miami 13 Feb 2023 - 17:50 CET A pharmacy without medicines in Havana. Diario de Cuba [caption] Strange things are happening in Cuba. They have just granted authorization to a MIPYME (TaTamanía) for doctors, nurses and therapists to set up a private business taking care of the elderly. And Havana has not reacted hostilely to the announcement of a private business (Horus Intellicare Solutions) to provide telemedicine services in Cuban territory from the United States, where the community of exiles will pay for the medical attention for their family members and friends on the island. What is the reason for the regime's silence and tolerance of these developments while new and stricter measures are being devised against the exodus of doctors and nurses from the public health system?``... https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1676307006_45201.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6165, Feb 20 at 0726, S9+20 of dead air in English -- or is it Spanish, and nowhere else on 5, 6, 10 or 11 MHz, except: 11760, Feb 20 at 0737, S9+20 of dead air here too. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. Re my report of 9440, R. Cairo reactivated on Feb 14 only, Richard Langley, NB, replies on the WOR iog: ``I automatically record 9440 kHz every day using the U. Twente SDR receiver. I can confirm that 14 February was the first time in a long time that Cairo tried to transmit its English service at this time. The modulation was quite low initially and not as distorted as usual but with a noticeable 100 Hz hum. The accented English was actually (painfully) understandable for stretches at a time. Time pips and usual theme music and ID at about 22:00 UTC (brief recording attached). At about 22:15 UTC, they increased the modulation level a bit and the audio became more understandable but not for long. Most of the following recorded segments were heavily distorted right up until s/off at about 22:43 UTC with an approximately 1000 kHz test tone for a few seconds. The transmission has not been noted since, including yesterday 17 February, not even a carrier. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 15360, Feb 19 at 1607 Horn-of-Africa strumming and singing, S9/+10 direct. So far new unID clandestine brokered by BRB Belgium, not in latest HFCC Feb 15 but in Observer, Bulgaria, EiBi and Aoki: ``New unknown BRB clandestine broadcast on 15360 kHz via TDF Issoudun on February 16: 1600-1630 on 15360 ISS 250 kW / 130 deg to EaAf Amharic Tue/Thu/Sat. Very good via SDR Albertirsa https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2023/02/new-brb-clandestine-on-15360-khz-via.html 15360 1600-1630 246 XUU Unknown Station AH EAf /F-i 15360 1600-1630 F BRB Amh Issoudun 357`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY [non]. 15215, Feb 21, 2023, *1559.5 cut on with Radio Öömrang opening annual broadcast via FRANCE. S7/9+5 into Maryland SDR. First in German, then English as 500 kW at 5-6 pm local time, for expats in NYC, where more Frisians now live than on the original island. 1602 German; as to be expected mostly in German supposedly with some Frisian mixed in, and occasional English announcements such as 1619, with contact info, produxion and funding credits. I reminded the WOR group about this at 1558, and reports from all over N America ensued. At 1638 I check it direct to OK: S9/+10 with some deep fades. Of course, the non-fluent in German or Frisian can`t get much out of it, and to make matters worse, totally oblivious to this annual event, Pres. Biden made his big speech in Warsaw around 1640, drawing us away. At 1656 repeat English about credits and contacts, into German but chopped off air at 1658* before can finish. Hansjoerg Biener in Germany provided the WOR iog with this background: ``Öömrang Special Broadcast: What did you listen to? Since 2006, Amrum native Arjan Koelzow has sponsored an annual shortwave broadcast aimed at the global community of Amrum exiles, particularly those in New York. (The most recent wave of emigration was after World War II.) The broadcasts started via Juelich but were transferred to Wertachtal in 2009 and later to Issoudun (France) as in this year: Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 1600-1700 h UTC: 15215 kHz (Issoudun 500 kW, 300°) The broadcast coincides with a local festival, the Biikebrennen. At https://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/reise/nordseekueste_sh/Biikebrennen-2023-Wo-die-Feuer-an-der-Nordsee-lodern,biikebrennen4.html you will find the following information about the custom: "The Biikebrennen is seen as the oldest remaining North Frisian custom. It was originally a pagan ritual, and Christian missionaries tried to end the custom around the 10th century. However, the Biikebrennen continued as a cheerful carnival celebration. Therefore, it had to take place before the start of Lent. [So, it is celebrated on St. Peter’s Day now.] At first there were no large piles of wood burning [as in other German midwinter or midsummer customs], but individual fires on long poles. A straw doll, the pider, often went up in flames too. This particular custom has survived in some places to this day. Later the Biiken burned to drive away the winter. [...] Since the 19th century, the Biike fires have also been a symbol of the North Frisians' sense of togetherness and sense of tradition. Children use the festivals to play pranks on adults. In some places, they even have no school the next day, St. Peter's Day in honor of the fishermen's patron saint. In 2014, UNESCO registered Biikebrennen in the national register of cultural heritage.” At the beginning of the 2023 programme, it was announced that it would run parallel to Biikebrennen; but the NDR information gave the Amrum time for Biikebrennen as 1800 h local time (1700 h UTC). This year the programme was mostly in German with some Frisian interspersed. The content of the word oriented programme included old stories from Amrum (e.g. the finding and hiding of a 200-liter barrel of rum in early World War II. Later in the war, the authorities hit back at the local population: If you can recover and hide items washed ashore, you can also recover dead bodies of seamen and airmen.), but also interviews with pupils and teachers of the Öömrang-Skuul. Particularly interesting was the tale of a cultural clash of its own kind when a Amrum school class visited another school class on the mainland. In all seriousness, someone asked whether electricity and television were already available on Amrum. (Dr Hansjoerg Biener)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY [non]. 14589.996, Fri Feb 17 at 1813 IRRS SW via BULGARIA, rock music, S7/S8 into UTwente on 2 X 7294.998 where it`s S9+30. Recheck 1857 already very heavy 7295 CCI from CRI English, or rather ``CGTN Radio`` as ID in the clear at 1900: HFCC registered as 500 kW due west from Urumqi, i.e. EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 16 at 0745 UT, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati: lucky to detect this vs high storm noise level from eastern OK, so no further MW or LW DXing tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 17 at 0736, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, once again the only 9/kHz split audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 18 at 0743, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati, again the only 9/kHz split detectable circa this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Mon Feb 20 at 0739, cannot detect a JBA carrier from R. Kiribati nor any other 9/kHz split. But Gary Pence, KM5X did see it on the Oahu SDR waterfall at 0537 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 22 at 0743, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati. Checking Oahu SDR this date, Gary Pence, KM5X, reported: trace seen at 0741 but not at 0918. Wednesday has sometimes been an off-night for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH. 9875, Feb 20 at 0732, S7/S9 with distorted song and Russian talk, i.e. VOK as sked 0700-0857. At this hour probably aimed up the Pacific coast in local Siberian evening. Much stronger than VOK Japanese on 9650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. Quick check of the 10m ham beacon sub-band first hits two regular XEs; quite a few others uncopied but not chock-full as often happens now. These would be sporadic E rather than F2, with WI5V and qrz.com listings: 28183.3 CW, Feb 18 at 2135, dash and VVV XE1RCS/B EK#### -- ``28.183 XE1RCS C CERRO GORDO, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL New 8/08/08, Club call 27/06/10 Back on 16 Sept 1`` 28183.3 is my estimate, not measured but listed as 28183 exactly. - ``XE1RCS Mexico flag Mexico, Radio Club Satélite A.C., Apartado Postal 341-A, Ciudad Satélite, Naucalpan, Edo Méx 53100, México`` More info on club and ``28.182`` beacon: https://www.qrz.com/db/XE1RCS?aliasFrom=XE1RCS/B 28276 CW, Feb 18 at 2137, dash and XE1JAL/B EK19MM --- 28.276 XE1JAL I XALAPA, MEXICO 5W, 5/8 VERTICAL New 11 September 2021`` - ``XE1JAL Mexico flag Mexico, Mario Rizo Campomanes, Calle Francisco Navarrete No. 8 - B , Colonia Tamborrel, Xalapa - Enríquez, Veracruz, Código Postal 91050, México`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 28171 CW, Feb 20 at 2250, too-quick check of the 10m hambeacon band on the first one I encounter, with strange keying, odd spacing: three dashes at diminishing powers, then XE1FAS/ B after a space, and then E-something gridmark. NOT listed in WI5V roster on 10 m, only on 12: ``24.9295 XE1FAS PUEBLA MEXICO New 16 Sept 2010`` but the older WJ5O roster not updated since 2016y has it: ``28.171 XE1FAS C PUEBLA, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL NEW 30 Sept 10`` Much more info and illos at his QRZ.com page; which is his surname? ``XE1FAS Mexico flag Mexico, SEGURA WALLS ALEJANDRO, 31 PONIENTE 2926, COL. EL VERGEL, PUEBLA, PU 72410, Mexico`` including, sic: ``BEACONS : 28.171 , 24.929.5 , 50.030 ALL CW , (XE1FAS/B EK09VB ) 15 WATTS , LOOP ANTENA TRIBANDER ,OPERATED INTERVAL 20 SECONDS , 2260 MTS HIGH, I APRECIATED A REPORT, FIRST MEXICAN BEACON IN 12 MTS AND 160 MTS , BEACON IN 2.000KHZ 160 MTS BAND 3 WATTS ANT QUARTER VERTICAL ANTENA, IN OCTOBER APROX PUT IN THE AIR 472-479 HZ NEW BEACON .`` Among many other things he also runs an SSTV repeater (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 17 at 0725, S9/+10 of dead air from VON, where something`s always abysmal at Abuja; in contrast to neighbor VANUATU, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 18 at 0809, signature off-frequency carrier from VON, keeping VANUATU company (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 19 at 0752, VON signature off-frequency carrier still detectable anext Vanuatu. Gary Pence, KM5X, suggests: ``Nigeria carrier only 0759z, new call sign, Station 67 as in minus 67 Hz from 7255 kHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Feb 20 at 0725, VON with S9/+10 of dead air, way to go! Something`s always abysmal at Abuja. At least it doesn`t QRM neighbor 7260 VANUATU, much weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 11950 USB, Feb 19 at 0045, poor S3/S4 into Maryland SDR with music reported as classical. With ACI but clear here; CNR1 jamming and RFA Tibetan via Kuwait should start at 0100 when I do hear a timesignal. First reported to WOR iog: ``11950 Feb 18 0025 UNID in USB mode. Classical music in sequence without narration. Excellent signal on Atlanta SDR. Here in my QTH good signal. None of the other broadcasts from Cuba feature classical music at this time. Announcer with ID in English at 0030, but I couldn't identify. Can someone help me? Still streaming. 73 Jorge Freitas, Feira de Santana, Bahia 12°14´S 38°58´W - Brasil, Tecsun PL-660, XHDATA, Antenna Delta Loop and LW 20 meters`` - Cuba not on 11950 weekends. At 0158, a reply: ``Hi, Jorge - This is pirate station Mix Radio International on 11950, according to the HF Underground board. By the way, here near Seattle, it's a very good signal on 11950. It's even very audible here without USB on. Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington``. And later at 0310 from him: ``I'm not sure when the station switched frequencies, but after hours on 11950, pirate MRI is now on 11935 USB with classical. Sounds good here on the U.S. West Coast! Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington`` 11935 USB, so I try that and 0418, S8/S9 into northern Utah SDR, with more familiar classical music than before but no IDs of the music. 0433 YL IDs like ``Finest Sounds: You are listening to MRI, Mix Radio International, Worldwide`` and at 0444 inviting reports to mix.radio.international@protonmail.com Appears to be off at 0539 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Feb 20 at 0745 UT and still 1639, RG, ND beacon at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC, is AWOL. No particular weather excuse. How are all those World planes going to land safely without it? The other local-Okies are still extant, night & day: 255 SW StillWater, 332 IC wIChita KS, 341 EnId, 515 PoNca City. RG listed 400 watts, but days before vanishing, seemed to be weakening (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 5990 AM, UT Mon Feb 20 at 0140, absolutely local-quality excellent signal into UTwente, discussing World Radio Day a week ago and how R. Prague International was marking it; i.e. this is RRI Galbeni during the N American service hour, intercepted in Holland, but probably also VG on to the east coast at least; DX/SWL/Media Programs alleges show at this time is `Listeners Letterbox` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RUSSIA. 9310 USB, Feb 18 at 0534-0545, Soviet/Russia national anthem station, repeating every 3 minutes and 29 seconds including pause between them, S3/S5 into Maryland SDR. The pace is a bit faster than usual? as it would sound more majestic to me. Also somewhat rough and distorted modulation. Here`s a good source for more info about it, including lyrix transliterated and translated: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/national-anthems/russia-federation-state-lyrics-history-english-translation/ Putin not mentioned in lyrix, just: ``The melody and lyric combination heard today was established in 2000 by the Putin regime`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Feb 17 at 2306, token English from SNR, VG S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR, and better than still sufficient 12030 > 11940 > 11685, the last of which suffers from some squeal. After news, feature about an environmental NPO concerned with cleaning up litter in the landscape of natural areas. They coined a new Spanish word for this, ``basuraleza``, combining basura = trash and naturaleza. Called Líbera, another word sounds like ``ecoenvez`` = ecology instead? Finally refers to website https://proyectolibera.org 2325 fills with a ``chirigotas`` song from the Cádiz Carnaval (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690 > 12030 > 11940 > 11685, Mon Feb 20 at 2300, all four SNR frequencies funxional once again into Maryland SDR for token M/W/F English; after news from 2307 interview with an Irish guy living in Spain for a dekayear and a Spaniardess, María, who are authors and publishers about Irish/Spanish cultural connexions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Feb 22 at 2305, token English from SNR on subject which does not grab me, so I`m mainly hearing simulTURKEY, q.v. But all four frequencies are on in usual descending quality > 12030 > 11940 > 11685 into Maryland SDR. BTW, JRX in Paraíba says 9690 for NAm is better there than 11940 for SAm. At 2315 interview about a Badajoz carnaval and museum, and then about the same in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which she says is second only to the carnaval in Rio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.005+, Feb 17 at 2316, VOT VG into UTwente, S9+40 well atop the CCCCCCI. 2321 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2323 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` about choosing the right shoes for babies. 2338 acknowleding S&R help from abroad after the EQ. 2339 `Did You Know That?` something about ancient remains in Anatolia. 2343 music. 2351 s/off with sked; 2353 IS to 2355.6* uncovering XJPBS, std. denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Feb 18 at 2343, VOT is on today for the 2300 English for NAm, S9+25/35 into UTwente, music, 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel - you never know when or where this or other regular features will appear during the hour, but this just in time before 2354 s/off with schedule atop CCCCCCI; 2355 IS, 2356 German IDs inserted but cut off 2358* before bonus German hour, ceding to the XJPBS ChiCom, std denunciation. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5910.005, Feb 20 at 2309 & 2339, all-Turkish broadcast, S9+25/30 into UTwente, presumably special service on frequency reserved for IRDR = International Radio for Disaster Relief. Probably a domestic TRT network if not a special one. HFCC has SMG VATICAN site registered 24 hours, but I think a placeholder so this one not necessarily transmitted from there: altho on this band due to skip distance, would work better than from Emirler inside Turkey, too close. Not in EiBi but Aoki assumes it is: 5910 1700-0400 CVA Voice of Turkiye Tur Santa Maria 1-7 However that span conflicts with Romania to NAm in Romanian at 01-03, and CRI via Cuba at 03-05! BTW, some editor keeps ``correcting`` NAm in my reports to Nam --- it has to be a capital A for America abbreviated, nothing to do with Viet Nam! 5960, meanwhile, the VOT N American service frequency, is AWOL yet again, which happens far too often, earthquaxe or not, during the entire hour, as nothing but Chinese heard from 2302, i.e. XJPBS Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5910, continued from last report, of TRT EQ coverage in Turkish on the IRDR frequency placeheld by SMG Vatican site, in clear before 0100 but what about the CCI as registered afterwards, UT Feb 21: *0058 via Maryland SDR, classical musiQRM cuts on from RRI, S9+10 atop TRT, shows 0 Hz offset; but via UTwente it`s +004 Hz making heavy SAH, RRI also atop. 0100 RRI opening Romanian for NAm. But how will they compare in the EQ area? Closest KiwiSDR is Cyprus, so I get on that by 0120: S9+25 TRT atop with yelling and other noises outside any studio. By 0200 the CCI is very heavy. 0215 at Maryland SDR, RRI is atop the CCI as to be expected. At 0301 now Romania is off but CRI English via Cuba is on: At Cyprus weak S6/S7 algo, TRT off earlier than 0400? No, at UTwente, TRT still heard at .004, S9+25 with sirens; at Maryland, only CRI is heard at 0301. By 0400 no 5910 signal into Cyprus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Tuesday Feb 21 at 2258, BBC WS English via OMAN until 2259* leaving nothing well past 2300. Neither VOT nor XJPBS comes on. Recheck 2312, now Chinese from EAST TURKISTAN, std denunciation, has appeared: rarely does it start right at 2300. Monitored UTwente in background rest of hour and never any show by TRT again tonight. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Feb 22 at 2301, VOT English makes in on air today unlike last two nights, VG S9+30/40 into UTwente; news mainly EQ stats such as official death toll now at 42,310. 2311 `Review of Turkish Press` ending, also about that. 2312 promo acknowledging S&R teams from abroad. 2313 `Whipping Piles` (?) about AI, such as a painting program, Canvas. 2318 `Weekly Commentary` about PKK terrorists [or sometimes sounds more like tourists] by heavily-accented YL, and now she also has the CCCCCCI from XJPBS, std denunciation, to cope with; criticising PKK for continuing to carry out attax despite the EQ damage. 2324 outro inviting anyone to submit their opinions by email for possible broadcast, and credit for this one by name and institution totally unreadable. Music break until 2333 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, something about an anti-oxidant supplement involving the liver; 2340 bit of theme music but continues with more of same till 2342, then music break. After 2330 I`m mainly attending NBC Afternoonly News. 2352 squeezes in the multi-lingual ID filler reel, but chopped off the air at 2353.7* amid Swahili before completed; so we don`t even get any standard s/off or IS. Opening frequency for XJPBS now in the clear. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, Feb 21 at 0226, AFK, 25-watt ND beacon at Nebraska City NE. 349 RG OKC is still OFF, so at 0753 I detect algo on 349, just too weak to copy. But DXinfocentre has only one US station listed, 25 watt GW in GreenWood MS - and only one other anywhere, 1E in Black Tickle! NL, 25 watts. I`d love to hear that one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, Feb 22 at 0747 UT, AA, 100-watt ND beacon at Fargo / Harwood ND: only somewhat unusual one now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5000.000v, Feb 16 at 0749, WWV S9+20/30 but with heavy Doppler flutter = unstable wobbling frequency as received: very unusual from nearby best night channel of WWV. But 2500 & 10000 also audible without the Dfl. WWV via email as of 0900: ``Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 February follow. Solar flux 174 and estimated planetary A-index 29. The estimated planetary K-index at 0900 UTC on 16 February was 5.00. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 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) ** U S A. 13563.5 CW, Feb 19 at 1611 UT, PCO, <4 mW HIFER beacon in Pine, ColoradO is JBA, and just above it on 13565 CW, K6FRC, <2 mW HIFER beacon in Patterson, California even weaker JJBBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 26110 NBFM, Feb 18 at 0015, S8/S9, TV weathercast about freezing tonight in the San Joaquín Valley, etc., by Cristine(sp?) turning it back to anchor Curtis for some news from NY, balloonland. IDs at ``CBS13``, some breaks in transmission like 0028 probably during ads, 0030 back on, YL with ``top stories at 4:30``. Another break at 0038. Sometimes completely off, others dead air. 0040 Breaking News, live from a shooting near a school. 0046 sports segment, etc. Quite steady signal. It`s one of those ``talkback`` transmitters so correspondents in the field can be cued without internet or satellite delay, from KOVR-TV, Sacramento, apparently wide coverage as also refers to ``Bay Area``; first reported a few days ago by Colin Newell in BC, and then heard as far away as Chile as an unID by Claudio Galaz. I figured best chances for this to be on would be during local news segments, so I checked their websked: https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/program-guide/ ``Called CBS13 implies KOVR may axually be O&O by CBS? Local news times when 26110 NBFM is most likely to be active, strictly UT and probably one hour earlier from March 12: Fri Feb 17: 1400-1500, 2000-2030, and probably other weekdays too UT Sat Feb 18 & Sun Feb 19: 0000-0230, 0600-0730 UT Sun Feb 19 & Mon Feb 20: 0100-0130, 0600-0730 Much less news on weekends and more subject to variations due to Stupid Ball Games`` HFUnderground has a list of several other stations like this, most of which I recall hearing in years past, but none reported lately until now; and circa 0025 I don`t find any other activity 25.8-26.5 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 26110 NBFM, KOVR-TV talkback transmitter in last report before 0100 UT Sat Feb 18: Nothing further heard from it after 0100 until maybe 0110, tho newscast supposedly ran another sesquihour. Rabbitears.info shows it`s really on RF 25, virtual 13. And: ``Operator: CBS Corporation Licensee: SACRAMENTO TELEVISION STATIONS, INC`` IIRC, KOVR was originally a Stockton station, and yes, as Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOVR explains its convoluted history: ``KOVR (channel 13) is a television station licensed to Stockton, California, United States, broadcasting the CBS network to the Sacramento area. It is owned and operated by the network's CBS News and Stations division alongside CW affiliate KMAX-TV (channel 31). Both stations share studios on KOVR Drive in West Sacramento, while KOVR's transmitter is located in Walnut Grove, California. KOVR began broadcasting in September 1954 from studios in Stockton and a transmitter atop Mount Diablo. This facility provided wide coverage from San Francisco to Sacramento and beyond, but KOVR could not obtain a network affiliation in the San Francisco market, whereas its move completely into the Stockton/Sacramento area in 1957 resulted in an affiliation with ABC. After moving, the station was sold twice before being acquired by newspaper publisher McClatchy in 1963. McClatchy would sell the station in 1980 under intense pressure on owners of newspaper-broadcast combinations, and it changed hands another six times from 1983 to 1996. The station became a CBS affiliate in 1995 as the result of an affiliation switch and was purchased by CBS in 2005; uniquely, it broadcasts prime time programming one hour ahead of other West Coast stations. Traditionally a third-rated station in local news, ratings have gradually improved for its newscasts since the 1990s.`` There is much, much more about KOVR, including 117! footnote references; but nowhere any mention of 26.11 MHz or 26110 kHz, despite being a co-pending auxiliary! And far more likely to reach worldwide coverage than on DTV. RF 25 transmitter site is Walnut Grove, so is 26110 there or at studio? Nominal city-to-city distance between Stockton and Sac`to is 44 miles. W.G. roughly halfway between them. Nothing on 26110 at 2005 UT Feb 18, since it`s Saturday with no noon news. See sked in previous report. With increasing solar activity, F2 MUFs normally well above 26 MHz on day paths, but closer distances and at night may be sporadic E, which also typically attains 72 MHz MUFs, no good for FMBC DX, but maybe lowband VHF DTV. To check current 10m active paths, pick N. America and 28 MHz at: https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php Keep tuning across 25.8-26.5 MHz for others (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28243 CW, Feb 22 at 2134, EEEEEEEE DE WA6APQ/B, only one of many in the 10m hambeacon subband; per WI5V.net --- 28.244 WA6APQ C LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA # 30W, VERTICAL. --- QRZ.com: ``WA6APQ flag USA, DEWEY MYERS, 2903 Monogram Ave, LONG BEACH, CA 90815 - The WA6APQ BEACON on 28.2440 MHz is located on a 330 foot hill (Signal Hill) in Long Beach, California. Radio is a Motorola Mitrek consolette base station, 30 watts, antenna is Antron 99 vertical. Code speed is approx. 10 wpm and operates 24/7. Since 1993. If you would like a beacon QSL card, send SASE or SAE with $1.00 (no IRC's) or email for a printable QSL card. Include the standard (RST) signal report, UTC time and date. Audio/Video and Youtube recordings are welcome. Thank you for looking.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2177 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2177, Happy Valentines Day, WRMI: 15770, 2230, 2245 (3-45443), 2259, February 11 UTC 2023 [Sat] 9395, 0131, 0140, 0143, 0159 (55433), (55443), 0159, February 14 UTC 2023 [Tue] 9395, 0030, 0055, 0059 (45433), February 15 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed UT Thursday February 16 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9+15/20 into Missouri SDR; 5010, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Australia, Brasil, (Bulgaria), (Canada), Chile, China, (Colombia), Cuba, Egypt, (France), Germany, Guatemala non, India and non, Indonesia and non, Italy non, (Japan), Korea North and non, Korea South, Mongolia, Myanmar and non, Netherlands, New Zealand, (Oklahoma), Russia, Sau`di Arabia, Spain, Switzerland and non, (Turkey), UK, USA; unidentified 9025; Pico balloons; propagation outlook (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WORLD OF RADIO 2178 available from 0218 UT February 17 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2178.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2178.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 1800 UT Saturday IRRS 7295 & 14590-Bulgaria [unsked but last week] 1800 UT Saturday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy [ditto] 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 0557] 0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Ontario for some US$ and a book to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA One may also contribute by MO or cheque on a US bank to above address; or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 monitoring: not confirmed UT Friday February 17 at 0330 on WRMI 7780: instead last week`s 2177 replays: totally my error in not getting new 2178 uploaded in time! 2178, Confirmed Friday February 17 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9/S7 direct, no jamming audible. Never have I been so happy to hear Blalock the Blaster, at 1528 since that means 9955 has not been turned off yet this week! WOR complete to 1559, but off at next check 1615. Also confirmed following Wavescan, Friday February 17 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, Villa Etense, S9+15/20 into nearby Noale SDR and hardly any QRM. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW 1800 UT Saturday IRRS 7295 & 14590-Bulgaria [unsked but last week] 1800 UT Saturday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy [ditto] 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 0557] 0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 2178 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday February 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG S9+25/35 into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed UT Saturday February 18 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela, S9 into Maryland SDR on 5130 minus 15 Hz = 5129.985, closer to frequency accuracy than any other WBCQs. This airing always starts exactly on time. Also confirmed Saturday February 18 at 1700 on WRN N America webcast. NOT confirmed Sat Feb 18 at 1800 or 1826 on IRRS SW, 7295 via Bulgaria, into UTwente, rather music; when WOR appeared without notice by surprise last week. Also confirmed Sat Feb 18 from 2027 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20 into nearby SDR. This does not mean the repeat at nominal 0415 UT Sunday will be nearly on-time; like last week could be a sesquihour+ delayed. 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 0557] 0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode] 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 2178 monitoring: confirmed Saturday February 18 at 2230 on WRMIs: 5850, S9 direct vs high local noise level; 15770 better with less noise, S6/S8. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 19 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, sufficient into Maryland SDR way offbeam but where the 14-second noise burst at outset is considerably underneath. Also confirmed UT Sunday February 19 at 0451, about 4 minutes into so started circa 0447 instead of nominal 0415, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, S9+15/20 into nearby Warrenton SDR by groundwave. 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 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 2178 monitoring: Also confirmed Sunday February 19 from 2101 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, Villa Estense, S9+15/18 into nearby Noale SDR. Preceding IRRS unnamed music show ran a bit over; had been playing Horn-of-Africa music. During ID and WOR start, heavy QRM from something in Italian: new station, or double feed at AMI? Had cleared by 2118 recheck. Also confirmed UT Monday February 20 at 0054 the 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA direct despite S9/+10 including HNL but at 0058 into Louisiana SDR, good S9/+10 without the HNL. Also confirmed UT Monday February 20 at 0401.5 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S9+5/10 into Maryland SDR. JL gotta go by 0400 but inserted by surprise an old clip of me about something offtopic, then WOR. Larry Will says, ``Glenn, we've been using that particular "area 51 [Ode to] slinky" liner for years now. It dates to 2009; I don't know which WOR it originated from. The voice saying "do what you gotta do" at the end is James Brownyard of WHYP, a notable free radio operator. Lw`` - Next: 0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 2178 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2178, WRMI: 9395, 0131, S9 signal, 0159, February 18 UTC 2023 [Sat] 9395, 0130, 0159 (45433), (55433) 0159, February 21 UTC 2023 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Missed checking here, UT Tue Feb 18 at 0130 on 9395, so glad Richard got it. Next: 0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power] 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 2178 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees, Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2178, WRMI: 9395, 0030, 0044, 0059 (55433), 0059, February 22 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) Also confirmed UT Wednesday February 22 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 direct. Missed checking Wed Feb 22 at 2200:21 on WBCQ 7490v; anyone hear it? 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 Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Ontario for some US$ and a book to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA One may also contribute by MO or cheque on a US bank to above address; or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Feb 16 at 0754, JBA carrier, is this WRMI? Compared to other 31m channels: 9455 absent; 9955 S6/S9. There are severe propagation disturbances, but if 9955 be that good, the others should be even better: problems at Okee site? Nothing else ever scheduled on 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Feb 18 at 0100, `AAAWWW`, a new one on WBCQ, listening via webcast but SWs also checked at 0140 into Missouri SDR: 7490 -71 Hz = 7489.929, 6160 -67 Hz = 6159.933, 5130 -4 Hz = 5129.996; 3265 off; 9330v with WLCR +36 to 55 Hz = 9330.036/9330.055. Thus their SuperStition is also the most unstable. Starts off with ``time to get to work`` and spends several minutes trying to recruit two new engineers; implies an EEO, doesn`t care if they are aliens or females, but must have experience with high power transmitters, such as UHF TV employing Klystrons. Again compares the rotatable curtain antenna to the Grand Canyon. Living in northern Maine: you either love it or hate it: AW the latter spending winters in Florida. Then about Model T Fords --- some museums will teach you how to drive one. 0129 looking for new issue of Free Radio Weekly, but can`t find it because this week alternating editor Dave Turnick never finishes it before Saturday mornings. Asks Larry Will to forward it but all he can do is resend last week`s, from which AW finally pix some items at 0156. Meanwhile at 0130 reading an article about how US DJs used to play rock hits from Britain analog tape-recorded at 50 Hz, on 60 Hz equipment, speeding them up and raising the pitch, which was just fine so more commercials could be squeezed in. No more of that once CDs came in. 0135 stats of radio listenership concerning World Radio Day Feb 13 which he forgot to mention last week. 0144 lets himself be interrupted by a call from Mike. Hasn`t heard from Freddie in some months; etc., etc. Not much politix this week, whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, Feb 20 at 2020, George McClintock calls asking me to check out this WTWW day frequency which he has fired up just about for the first time, running 50+ kW; it`s the same #2 transmitter as on 5085 at night, since #1 & #3 are still unusable. I have to tell him it`s JBA; I can perceive it`s on with talking, presumably PPPP; yet neighbor WWCR 9980 with TOMBS is blasting in as usual. Unless something else is wrong, maybe because on antenna aimed south as I am due west, way off to the side of it; altho in heyday was strong enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, Feb 20 at 1643, WWCR-1 is S9+30 direct tnx to not unusual sporadic E boost, but with humbuzz, unseems local as no other signals suffer such; finally at 1727, check Maine SDR, sounds same there, S9+25/40. Something`s nogood at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 720, Mon Feb 20 at 0701 UT, WGN with news on the hour, then a bit of weather and sports before 0706 joining some talkshow, probably a replay from daytime. I never heard any ads. I`ve been suggesting to the Courtesy Programs Committee that they should approach WGN about turning off the air for the special event UT Wed March 1 at 0759-0809 UT when co-channel 720 KDWN in rare Nevada has agreed to test with 25 kW day power one last time before going off the air forever; but CPC are defeatist, offering all kinds of excuses that this would never be agreed to by WGN. Anyhow, if they went off for only 5 minutes it looks like they might not lose any advertising, and anyway would still be streaming altho appparently a holdout without even an FM translator. Doesn`t WGN owe KDWN a little something for *protecting* WGN all these years? ``Totally agree with you, Glenn. Defeatist in the extreme. Why not simply ask. The presumptions of our infantile Walker is down right irritating. I simply can't see a downside to asking! Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Hang in there, my friend! Walt Salmaniw`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130, Feb 22 at 2139 UT, dead air at S7 from KLEY Wellington KS, still so at 2208; and at 2255 when an understation has become audible, no doubt KWKH. This shows you how seriously Rocking M Media takes its broadcasting business. Long spans of dead air or off-air have happened several times before. I wonder if their 100.3 translator still modulate; doesn`t reach here. BTW, radio-locator.com shows there is another KLEY on FM 95.7 in Jourdanton TX, presumably unrelated; as FCC abandoned the idea of unique callsigns years ago if both parties agreed to share. KLEY in KS has a sibling station on 1550 in nearby Winfield, KKLE where I am not hearing it; had been reactivated at least briefly some months ago // 1130 instead of two different formats. 1130 carrier normally runs all night, modulated or not, obviously 250 watt day power instead of one watt at night, to detriment of KWKH which obviously does not care (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Feb 16 at 0800, S7/S9 talk from R. Vanuatu. Can`t understand anything, but intonation sounds Frenchy, probably not? But FF is V`s third official language per WRTH 2022. Also a bit of Nigeria remains on 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 17 at 0725, music S7/S9 from R. Vanuatu, but still not good enough to understand anything spoken. Watch out for Mongolia which might also show up on 7260, near the end of RV circa 1100, but not so today per Ron Howard, who of course hears it much better at Asilomar State Beach, California (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 18 at 0809, RV still here, JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 19 at 0752, R V is JBA as usual here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 21 at 0755, RV audible with music while no Nigeria on 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 22 around 0730, RV JBA here as usual, and no 7255- Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VIETNAM. 11885, Feb 19 at 1614, S7/S9 harmonious choral songs, English announcement. It`s VOV at 1600-1630, part of much longer multi-lingual span; and not noticeably significantly off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic 9/kHz split JBA MW carrier search, Feb 21 at 0221 when EurAfrica are still dark: only 621, 684, 837, 855-2, 1089 kHz, correlating Spain except for 621 Canary; 1089 UK TalkSport synchros, which BTW has applied to turn off some of its lower-powered relays. At 0736, still detect the slow beat on 855, and no 846 TP Kiritimati: evidently off as Gary Pence, KM5X, was not getting it into Oahu SDR at 0611, 0850 on this Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9510v, Feb 20 at 0734, big hum with pulsing, S8/S9, peaks hard to pinpoint, approx. 9510.1 and 9510.17. I also heard this previous night but not logged suspecting something local. Only thing in Aoki & EiBi at this hour is XJPBS Urumqi Mongolian service which I would not expect to hear so bigly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9700, Feb 22 at 0726, S9+10 dead air and quite steady. Currently a RNZP frequency not scheduled in Aoki & EiBi until *1651 much later; while 13755 is in well. Neither caught it that 9700 has axually been heard as early as 1400 Feb 10, // 7390. Possibly a #2 NZ transmitter test, but suspect RHCuba instead, while no other usual frequencies are still on. Aoki reminds us Turkey here until 0656, EiBi until 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 25975 LSB, Feb 22 at 2127, Brazilian 2-way; 26305.3 AM, Feb 22 at 2131, 2-way in English. I`m scanning the 11mb portion 25800-26500 for any NBFM broadcast auxiliaries like KOVR`s on 26110, hitting nothing but these two (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm Special thanks to Peter Jones who has run the whole web page through a URL checker and highlighted a few broken links, which have been updated/deleted as appropriate below. Much appreciated, Peter. 1) ~Aggregator - WRN: Updated links to new (B-22) schedules* 2) Austria - TWR: Updated links to the TWR Programme schedules 3) Bangladesh - B. Betar: Added link to livestream (thanks to Peter Jones) 4) Belarus - R Belarus: deleted all links to obsolete domain name and added links to new home page and livestream 5) Brazil - R Trans Mundial: deleted obsolete link to webcam 6) Croatia - HRT: deleted obsolete link to English schedule; updated livestream link 7) Germany - DW: deleted obsolete link to programme schedule; updated links to livestream and latest audio 8) Germany - Hamburger Lokalradio: updated link to HLR livestream 9) Germany - Shortwave Gold - deleted obsolete links to Scorribande and SouthgateARC The next update is scheduled for mid-March. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe