** ALGERIA [and non]. My cardio tunes only in 10-kHz steps, so no serious TA/TP DXing, but certain frequencies suffer 1-kHz hets, from obvious sources, Feb 18 at 0045 UT: 530, 550, 890: Algeria on 531, 549, 891; and 1000: from 999 likely Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9666.012v, Feb 19 at 2310, Voz Missionária S6-S8 with song presumably praiseworthy and then at 2313, ID in English! Claiming frequencies are 9665, 5940 and 11750 from RVM Radio. Tnx for the English, but they are woefully misinformed: NEVER on 9665 exactly nor 5940 --- It`s always off-minus, but now a JBA carrier in huge BS splash from 5935 WWCR. And hasn`t been on 11750 for YEARS. It was already deleted from WRTH 2018, maybe earlier. 11750 now occupied only by RHC 11760 splash (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Bedtime beacon bandscan concentrating on less- or never-heard ones, Feb 13 at 0711-0719 UT finds these from four provinces: 392-MCW kHz, dash and ML, 500 watts from La Malbaie - Charlevoix QC 385-MCW kHz, dash and QV, 100 watts from Yorkton, Saskatchewan 355-MCW kHz, dash and YWP, 200 watts from Webequie, Ontario. Where`s that, and how is it pronounced? http://www.webequie.ca/ ``Webequie is a growing Ojibway community located on the northern peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km north of the city of Thunder Bay. The 850+ community members originate from all over Northwestern Ontario, and enjoy a life that embraces traditional cultural practices. Surrounded by Winisk River Provincial Park, Webequie provides tourists a pristine natural landscape with some of the best fishing and hunting in Northern Ontario`` 353-MCW kHz, dash and PG, 25 watts from Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba; mixing with IN and LI, the confusing MN/AR overlapping pair 340-MCW kHz, dash and YY, 500 watts from Mont-Joli, Quebec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Each DX log a potential learning experience, I say. And making NDB beeps much more enlivening are replies like this: ``Re: [WOR] Webequie 355 MCW --- Webequie is an interesting place, Glenn. I spent a few weeks there in mid-winter in the late 70s as a senior medical student. Only way in and out was via plane. My clinic/residence then had no power, and only wood heat. Besides the Hudson's Bay store manager, I was the only non-Ojibway person there. Very cold, in the order of -20 to -40 deg C. The Northern Lights were spectacular. I admit to getting cabin fever there after a few weeks, and was eager to move on after that! 73, Walt Salmaniw`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 300 kHz, Feb 16 at 0720 UT, ND beacon dash and YIV, which is 500 watts from Island Lake, Manitoba. 317 kHz, Feb 16 at 0722 UT, NDB dash and VC, which is 1000 watts from La Ronge, Saskatchewan. 366 kHz, Feb 16 at 0729 UT, NDB dash and YMW, which is 500 watts from Maniwaki, Quebec. Also two from USA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 388-MCW kHz, Feb 18 at 0730 UT, dash and MM, 500-watt ND Beacon at Fort McMurray, Alberta. It`s a surprisingly large town, so far into the sub-Arctic northeast outback, over 66K population; due to the oil boom, but on the decline since a fire. 2475 km from here = 1538 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, Feb 13 at 0646, RHC still in Spanish instead of English, and suptorted altho S9+30; also with a big hum. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 7405, Feb 13 at 0641, Cuban wall-of-noise and pulse jamming altho not very strong, IIRC a frequency abandoned years ago by OCB. Also jamming against nothing on 7335, where RM is never currently scheduled; and Radio Martí over jamming on 7435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Feb 13 at 1538, NO spurs today --- how is it that other days they are all over the band from same frequency? But 13740 is still on with dead air, so something`s still wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.23, Feb 13 at 2150, for third day, this RHC way off-frequency at the same offset, S9+10/20 but suptorted in Brazuguese. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, Feb 14 at 0114, RHC is S5-S7 and JBM, also with a JBA spur carrier on 11840; but carrier on 11860 bears non-// music, see UNIDENTIFIED. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13837, 13769; 13632, 13565 approx., Feb 14 at 1511, RHC FM/AM spurblobs with F# tone out of 13700-AM at 67-69 kHz intervals, during `Sonido Cubano` multi-tone music. 13740-AM is still on with dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Feb 14 at 1555, RHC is S9+20/30 and distorted as usual, while // 15230 is weaker S9/+10 but OK modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.236, Feb 14 at 2139, RHC Brazuguese off-frequency for the fourth day, always measured within a few Hz of here. // 11880 also Brazuguese and undermodulated; 15140 already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Feb 14 at 2358, R. Rebelde is S9+20 and very distorted; 5040, RHC is merely distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, Feb 15 at 0717, RHC is S9+30 of dead air; 6145 S9+10/20 with sufficient English modulation; 6000 & 6100 are off; at 0721, 5040 is also S9+30 of dead air plus hum; 5025 Rebelde distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC/RadioCuba. Steve Henderson, N6RHH, earlier replied: ``Hi Glenn, I always get a chuckle out of your There's Always Something Wrong At RHC comments. And yes I've heard some really nasty sounding transmissions. It's amazing they turn those loose on the airwaves. But anyway I haven't seen you mention their broadcasts on 6145. Their 10 kHz wide audio actually sounds good. Last night they were an S9+30 here in Las Cruces, NM. It may be their only listenable frequency these days. 73, Steve, R-8600, Wellbrook loop`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13771, 13842-trace, 13629, 13558, Feb 15 at 1531, RHC very distorted spurblobs from RHC 13700-AM, 71-kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 13740 is still on with S9+10 of dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, Sun Feb 16 at 1436, `En Contacto` in progress with a new voice besides Marta Rios, outroed as Luis Alberto Santander, if I read my scribble correctly. Lots of fluff with bits about Cuban radio history, yawn, and no Arnie until 1445 via impressive fibre-optic hookup to his home. Arnie is getting harder and harder to understand, mumbling rapidly. Give the man an extra minute so he can slow down! This time something about hams helping out forest fire-fighters (now? in Cuba?), and no sunspots for 13 days. Once this is over, at 1451 I check around 13700 for spurs --- and they are everywhere! Instead of 66-70 kHz intervals, first one found is circa 13732, only 32 kHz away, but it`s wobbly, soon up to 13744, or is that another one? Also 13785, 13833, 13870, 13922, 13968, but there is a lot of hash in between them. Another check at 1454, circa: 13744, 13655, 13615, 13566, 13523, i.e. mostly 44-45 kHz intervals. Very ill-defined and none of them with readable audio in FM or AM. Fundamental 13740 is already off so not in the way. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.22, Feb 16 at 2248, RHC Spanish distorted at S9+20. Altho not checked yesterday, this should make the sixth day in a row of such offfrequenciness. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9329.237, Feb 17 at 0715, Spy number station bigsig is way off-frequency (and WBCQ apparently finished testing at 0500). Note how closely its offset matches that of 15370-minus RHC as heard now for seven days in the afternoons; same transmitter? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, also caught the offset: ``NUMBERS STATION Cuban Spy HM01 on very odd freqs 9329.2 & 9064.2 kHz, February 17: 0700-0720 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330 0730-0750 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330 0800-0850 9064.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9065 NO SIGNAL 9330.0 BCQ 250 kW / 270 deg WBCQ-6,test was till 05 UT from 0900 on nominal 9240, but from 1000 on very odd 9154.2`` Does this also infect many other HM01 broadcasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 17 at 2134, RHC distorted Brazuguese still way off-frequency for seventh day in a row; usual // 11880 is missing, and 15140 is already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.2, Feb 18 at 2307, JBA carrier, day 8 for RHC off-frequency, but bad propagation; MUF must be about 13 MHz, as 13740 is also JBA carrier, yet undermodulated 11850 and distorted 11760 and Portuguese 11700 are at normal biglevels. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Feb 19 at 1921, RHC is S9 of dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9535, Feb 19 at 2323, RHC is S9 of dead air; while 9640 is OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 17570, Feb 15 at 2000, poor signal with music and language, scheduled AWR in ``Mos``, 250 kW at 295 degrees, so favoring us beyond and at this hour is the Only Signal On Band. Also circa 2000, I keep checking 17550-AM whether there be even a trace of Kuwait staring a 4-hour Arabic service for central and western North America, supposedly 365 days a year but only makes it circasummer. Is it really on the air every day? Not a trace. Need to check remote in Europe, but may not even reach there since it`s starting out in the middle of their night: rather inept frequency management (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185.716v, Feb 14 at 0105, XEPPM is still way off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185.703V, Feb 19 at 0433, XEPPM is S9+10/20 and just barely modulated; someone had reported no modulation at all, which it might as well be, totally useless (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Feb 18 at 0711, Roboyl with marine weather in English, too weak vs noise level, once again before any are scheduled on the CCG site, VCP Placentia via St. Lawrence not until *0737 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Monday afternoon Feb 17 at 1930-1940 UT, while finding nothing interesting on parked caradio MW bandscan, I decide to check how many stations are overtly anti-American, broadcasting that despicable hate-monger and stupid cigar-smoker Rush Limbaugh; no IDs but I will add obvious connexions: 710-KGNC, 740-KRMG, 820-WBAP, 960-KGWA, 1000-KTOK, 1030-KBUF or KFAY JBA, 1150-KSAL, 1230-WBBZ, 1290-KWFS, 1330-KNSS. Only ten! Could be worse if he were on at night; when C2CAM can be found all over the dial, seldom synchronized, plus SW 6070 CFRX (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, Feb 9 at 1900 UT, quick ToH ID from KGWA Enid, putting insignificant 100.9 translator first, and ``from the Ladusau-Evans studios`` --- what?? KGWA has sold naming rights of their studio to a local mortuary --- either that or they have axually moved into the funeral home. How apropos, just in time for deadbeat Fox ``News`` and Rush. BTW someone from Williams Broadcasting is presenting a CCTV seminar February 21 at 1930-2030 UT in the campus building of NWOSU Enid on entrepreneurship (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. ``Brad, Something very strange last night on 90.1, for at least half an hour before and after 1 a.m. --- Brazilian popular music, no announcements (tho I may have missed something at top of hour), nice but certainly not classical WCPE --- was KUCO plugged into a wrong satellite feed? Back to classical when I awoke briefly and checked at 5:45. Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid`` That`s about KUCO, 0700 and 1145 UT Feb 19; asking manager Brad Ferguson about it, he replies: ``Hi Glenn, WCPE went into their emergency log last night, so something failed somewhere in their chain. We have an emergency log too, but it's classical. Go figure! BF`` Strange. This shows nothing out of ordinary around 2 am ET: https://theclassicalstation.org/playing_wed.shtml (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU [and non]. 5980, Feb 13 at 2329, Cuban noise jamming is running, altho could not detect it for a day or two; JB allowing the Radio Chaski carrier to be heard, until autocutoff at 2352:50.5*. Last check was Feb 8 until 2352:59.5*, 9 seconds later, 5 days ago, averaging 1.8 earlier each night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 5980, Feb 18 at 2351, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski vs wall-of-noise Cuban jamming not against any Marti at this hour, until autocutoff at 2352:40*, which is 10.5 seconds earlier than last check 5 days ago, Feb 13 until 2350.5*, i.e. averaging 2.1 seconds earlier each night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895.0, Feb 15 at 1449, Qur`an at S7-S9. Spring/MUF is looking up as hardly a JBA carrier from this all winter. No signal on 17705 which is supposed to run at 12-15 like 17895, but General program. Also 17615.065, always off+frequency, Qur`an same level as 17895, S7-S9. If anything make it on 16m, these do, would be the OSOBs except for JBAC 17885 Mali, but still the SSOBs. 17895 is registered 12-15, 500 kW at 295 degrees; 17705 same at 310 degrees would be USward; 17615 at 13-16, 190 degrees. 15435, Feb 15 at 1458, Qur`an here is better than usual, S7-S9; 13710+, Feb 15 at 1534, more Qur`an, this one commonly heard and always slightly off+frequency. This MUF map showed only 13 MHz between there and here: https://qrznow.com/real-time-band-conditions/ Before I checked 16m, I had one unID phoneham on 18142-USB at 1446, so I knew there was some propagation, but probably not HZ1AB = Hot Ziggity One American Boy, QSLed sesquidecades ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 13 at 2353, VOT English is not only on today, but still on running much later into the hour than usual, with headlines, only at 2354 sign-off claiming this has been the 1330-1430 broadcast on 12035! Well, maybe it was as recorded without bothering to update any `news` as supposedly done thru the 2130 show. 2354.6 starts playing IS but I don`t stay with to tell if German succeed. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler and/or Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 14 at 2352, VOT English with five headlines, 2353 sign-off as the 1330-1430 broadcast on 12035 --- like yesterday. Maybe it`s a ``weekend`` thing to close the newsroom early. At least the announcement gives a correct time and frequency if not for the current airing. Stronger than usual at S9+20 VG, into IS; and not on after 2400 in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Sat Feb 15, carrier on only a few sex before *2300, whew, so English to us succeeds. Still starts with canned sign-on giving WRONG English sked info, for A-season! Only a sesquimonth to go before it`s right again, barring any further changes. I.e. at 1830, 2030, 22-23 on 9830, 15520 at 1930-2030 instead of 1630 instead of 1730, 03-04 on 9515, 06-07 on 6165 --- the last one would have been local time, axually was at 03-04 UT, same time as on 9515! Yet advisory at end of announcement that news is pre-recorded during the 23-00 and 04-05 broadcasts, which *are* the correct winter times. No one ever notices all these mistakes; evidently same announcer comes on non-live with the olds. I resume at 2322-2333 for his `Letterbox`, very ad-hoc as if he is opening mail for first time rather than scripted; from Philippines, Xingyang for first time, Java, more than one each from India and Russia, finally Lithuania. Only name I recognize is Anatoly Klepov, Moskva. Some write to English service, lacking another common language. Nothing from W Europe or N America! He says ``thank you, thank you`` to everyone, more to answer but out of time. Closes saying would be back in two weeks, altho this has been showing up every Saturday - repeats? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 18 at 2301 and still 2344, no signal from VOT English to us; something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 19 at 2319 and 2348 chex, another night with NO signal from VOT English to us. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 329 kHz, Feb 16 at 0723 UT, ND beacon PMV, which is 25 watts from Plattsmouth, Nebraska. 342 kHz, Feb 16 at 0726 UT, NDB PFT, 25 watts from Pine Creek - Piney, Minnesota. The F and T without a space so it seemed like a 5-character letter! Later figured must be this. Also three from CANADA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 408 kHz, Feb 14 at 0628 UT, ND beacon JDM, which is 25 watts from Colby - Wheatfield, Kansas. Only one I log tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 414 kHz, Feb 15 at 0732, ND beacon SD, which is 40 watts from Sioux City, Iowa; was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. re: ``414 kHz, Feb 15 at 0732, ND beacon SD, which is 40 watts from Sioux City, Iowa; was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)`` HI Glenn - I'm thinking, unless something has changed up there, that beacon ID should be "SU". Near Salix IA, there has been an NDB there for a long time called "Salix", IDing as SU (the Airport and Vortac are SUX). It is/was the LOM for Rwy 31 at Sioux City Gateway, the scene of the famous United Flight 232 landing years ago. 73, - rb`` Yes, thanks to Rick Barton, AZ; I did log it as SU, made typo in reporting it (Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 417 kHz, Feb 19 at 0728 UT, ND beacon copied several times as ``dit-dit, dit-dit-dah-dah``. That second one is not a letter in our alfabet, but in the Russian as that ``yu`` letter looking like a conjoined IO. Looking at the dxinfocenter and classaxe references on 417 and vicinity, I think it must be 25-watt IY in Charles City, Iowa, which I have copied several times before, but now miskeyed just one dah off from Y, which is dah-dit-dah-dah (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420 kHz, Feb 19 at 0730, ND beacons FQ and PK mixing; and when tuned to 418-USB I hear only FQ. Both 25 watts, FQ is in Fairmont, Minnesota, and PK is Olathe - Herbb, Kansas. BTW, I don`t try to report signal strength of NDBs as they are almost always JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5332-CW, Feb 19 at 0436, CQ DE KI5AL K with several repetitions, seems slowly hand-keyed, easy copy. I never can remember the exact discrete frequencies forming the so-called ``60 meter`` hamband, but this must be one of them. ARRL.org shows Jett, Herbert A, KI5AL, Seguin, TX 78155. And his profile at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ki5al shows he is 74, a ham less than a year and only started CW a few months ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 7290-LSB, Feb 18 at 1940, the ``72-90 Traffic Net`` based in TX but also check-ins from OK; vs a constant AM carrier but too weak to copy even on USB-only, presumably IRRS via Saftica, Romania; which via UTwente is inboooming with `Wavescan` Tuesday at 1930, like WOR Mondays at 1901 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7340-7345-7350, Feb 16 at 2224, DRM noise continues from Grimesland, presumably still Radio Martí only, at S9+20, while RM is nearby in AM stronger, 7355 S9+40 and 7375 S9+30, both well over jamming. No jamming detected vs DRM, but it might be hard to tell them apart by sound rather than disrupting decoding. The DRM-capable listenership in Cuba must be minuscule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13852.062, Feb 19 at 1502, JBA spur from something, can it be RHC? NO, I barely make a match with Radio Martí audio on 13820, which is VG and well above the jamming. However there is a bit of jamming splat out to here. This is nothing like the RHC spurs which are huge distorted blobs --- not today! --- but rather a very weak signal with OK modulation. OCB Grimesland is showing Bauta how to make spurs! Then I go looking for more and sure do find them: this one is 32.062 kHz plus 13820, so how about minus? There it is: 13787.942 measured independently which would be minus 32.058 kHz, close enough. These are axually second order, since I then find plus and minus ~16 kHz, and multiples of that, not measured precisely: 13836, 13868, 13884, 13900; and 13804, 13772, 13756, 13740. At 1552 I do measure one of them:; 13836.026. 13852 etc., Feb 19 at 1920 recheck, JBA spur carriers still detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday February 13 after 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA here, but F-G via UTwente SDR, and VG via Rockport ME KiwiSDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 contents: Alaska, Australia, Bhutan, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran non, Israel, Japan, Korea South, México, Myanmar, New Zealand, North America, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sweden non, Turkmenistan, USA, Vanuatu, unidentified; SWLfest.com; propagation outlook WOR 2021 is available as of 0007 UT Friday February 14 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2021.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2021.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: confirmed first NAm SWBC, Friday February 14 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: mixed with heavy jamming direct; VG at Colombia KiwiSDR; good at Rockport ME with some jam audible under. Also confirmed UT Sat Feb 15 at 0130 on WRMIs, checked via Rockport only: 7780 VG, 5850 G, 5010 fair with low audible het, and traces of music, but not // 5040 RHC which might have leapfrogged here over 5025. Madagascar? Not supposed to be on this early but is off-frequency when heard about 5009.9; or India: is it off-frequency? At 0200* when WRMI goes off 5010, Rockport is getting some very weak talk. Then at 0203 I get this reception report from ``ORA ET LABORA``, a.k.a locojoe: ``Great to hear you again. It's been a few years since I have really been on shortwave. Excellent reception show # 2021 in Mooresville NC. Take care`` -- but WTFK? Next: 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``Fair signal of World of Radio#2021 and Shortwave Radiogram#139 on February 15 1300-1330 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Sat World of Radio #2021 1330-1400 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Sat Shortwave Radiogram`` WOR 2021 also confirmed UT Sunday Feb 16 at 0429 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, VG S9+20/30, about 7 minutes into so started circa 0422, closer to nominal 0415-. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: confirmed Sunday February 16 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair on the portable PL-880. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good S9, as always cutting off Bob Zanotti who tries to squeeze in another ID just prior. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0230 via UTwente SDR, VG on WRMI 7780, fair on 9395; and also coincidentally on WRN webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0400 on WBCQ-6 9330.0, while testing with // 5130 Area 51 programming, VG here direct, and also checked some KiwiSDRs: VG to Marahau, New Zealand, but inaudible to one in Australia; nor heard in Japan; not good in Colombia, but good at Pardinho, Brasil. VG at Rockport, Maine, surprisingly, supposedly too close for skywave, but too far for groundwave? Maybe not with that much power, or backscatter: 256 km = 159 stmi from Monticello, on the south-central coast beyond Bangor. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0430 on WRMI 9955: JBA in Colombia where 9955 is usually VG, but much further away, VG in São Paulo with no jamming audible. Rockport ME starts mixed with jamming but by 0443 under pulse jamming. Not checked Mon 1901 on IRRS 7290; did anyone hear it? Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: couldn`t check Wed Feb 19 at 2100 on WRMI 7780 or 2200 on WBCQ 7490v; anybody hear them? Confirmed UT Thu Feb 20 at 0100 on WRMI 7780 -- only poor via UTwente SDR. WOR 2022 should be ready by early UT Feb 21: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, Feb 13 at 2329, this WRMI is finally back on with usual weakish signal, TOMBS // much stronger 7570 & 7730. It had been off due to damage since Feb 8 and still off early UT Feb 13, which is what I based my WOR 2021 comment upon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9395, Feb 16 at 2230, WRMI not in RAE Italian, scheduled this hour M-F on System G, but an oldie, ``The Men in My Little Girl`s Life``; 2233 IDs by BB and JW, ``remembering generations of great music`` says Bob and more of it. Does not axually call this on air ``Oldies``. Skedgrid shows on Sat & Sun, and // 7780, Oldies at 2200-2230 but `Walking in Power` at 2230 = no-show. I wondered if like RAE Spanish, Italian would also repeat on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Feb 17 at 1933, SMTV via WRMI, and SMTV via WRMI echoing one second later, double-audio feed, which has happened before; makes it even more unlistenable than usual --- obviously nohuman at Okeechobee nor SMTV HQ is monitoring the final output product. So why should we? *Still* echoing a dodekahour later, Feb 18 at 0723 but now about 8 seconds delayed --- hard to track with all the self-QRM, at close to same modulation level. *Still* echoing exactly 24 hours after first noted, Feb 18 at 1934 on 15770, even harder to outfigure until 1943 I upbring a bettersig via UTwente, about 18 seconds apart! Just as they are reciting their extensive schedule mentioning 15770 to Africa(? not Europe?). How can a worldwide multi-platform broadcast make itself so boring? The basic ethos of animal rights and vegan diets should go over well with the enlightened, but multi-lingual bits on no reliable pattern, often heavily accented when in English, and cultish devotion to their Supreme Master are major turn-offs. I can`t remember anyone ever submitting a monitoring report of SMTV dealing with its content over any significant span. Kai Ludwig has pointed out this in Wikipedia: ``Apparently "religious broadcasting worldwide" would be a subject worth professional research again, after three decades have passed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai_(spiritual_leader) Already a number of interesting-looking references in hobby research on this Taiwan-based cult`` Believe it or not, SMTV is mentioned only once in passing on that page, as if it`s an insignificant part of her empire. And there are 63 footnote reference linx, many in Chinese, not Vietnamese. By 2034 Feb 18, I am on the caradio like 25 hours earlier, where I get much better reception of 15770 aimed NE so off the side here to the NW, on the 2-foot antenna, than on home rig with 100-foot longwire. Now Radio Tirana English relay is loud and clear, no echo. 5800, before 2300 Feb 18, during music not obviously doublefeed, but 2300 talk is again echoing about one second later. However, by 2345 during interminable recitation of cable TV or DTV subchannel outlets, state by state, no echo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Feb 19 at 1913, poor signal from SMTV via WRMI, only once, no echo, during list of languages utilized. 5800 not echoing either circa 2320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490), Feb 15 from 0100, WBCQ monitored on webcast only during `AAAWWW`, with Pirate Joe again substituting. Talks over the theme and keeps on ``rambling``, first with info for techies, so I keep listening: SuperStation will return to air on Monday, exact time unknown, because the tube socket has been replaced --- make that repaired --- with very fine careful machining to the millimeter. After it had failed for the third time. Now the 500,000 watts should run ``flawlessly``. It`s the output tube to the transmitter which with that much power is ceramic, not solid-state. It looks like an inverted wedding cake, with fins on the side which are for cooling and also connecting. The ring had been arcing. Is only 900 volts at 1.5 amp. Original design was ``right on the edge, not taking into account the what-ifs``. Also explained that AW is still taking time off because of all the stress with the SS problems. Pirate Joe does not get around to introducing himself until 0114, then other topics: plugging for takers on 6160 while all time is available, before it fills up as it eventually will; especially pirates should get on it. He can`t take email but gives his own phone number, so someone calls in about reception problems nearby for his own station WHVW 950 Hyde Park NY and its translator. That`s as far as I monitored. John Carver advised that he might not be able to file a report this week. Then I check AW`s twits and the latest one from Friday says, ``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 19h --- Working on the 9330khz 500kw transmitter. So far-so good. PA tube socket back in place. Testing this weekend. Sorry for the delay folks, as with anything “new” there are always problems. A&A Worldwide on tonight at 8pm on 7490 kHz. Always something going at WBCQ.`` Does he mean testing on the 9330 air before Monday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 16 at 1917, S9+10/20 open carrier, so WBCQ-6 superstation is reactivated after a month. Per previous info, was going to test this weekend, and resume World`s Last Chance nonsense sometime Monday Feb 17. Probably aimed away toward Arablands now, as would be even biggersig if thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. John Carver now reports on UT Saturday 0100 Feb 15 WBCQ: ``Glenn, Was too cold in the command center for the computer to boot Thursday, Friday, Saturday and this morning. Don't know when I'll be able to boot again. As for the last AAWWW, no readable signal on 7490 although a couple of hours earlier Brother Scare was S9. Tuned in 5130 two minutes before the top of the hour and heard an irritating high pitched tone. At one minute before the top of the hour a bell rang and Steve Cole gave a station ID and the tone started again. Tone continued until 0133 when it slowly stopped and Pirate Joe faded in. He was talking about the politics of the previous week and then got sidetracked. Program was off at 0159 and instead of going into the poetry show they ran an old AAWWW. At a minute before the top of the hour the bell rang again and the Steve Cole ID ran once so they at least fixed that problem on 5130. John, mid-north Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 16 at 2227, WBCQ-6, first noted with carrier at 1917, now testing // 7490+ WBCQ programming, this hour being `Marion`s Attic`, much better than we ever get it on 7490. Seemed to stay with this audio source, including `Encore` classical music amid hour at 0129 UT Mon Feb 17 check, only S8-S9; and TOMBS at various times after 0200. That block ends at 0400, and just as I dared to hope, then switched to // 5130 Area 51, just in time for WORLD OF RADIO! q.v. Wish they had to ``test`` more often. By Monday afternoon, Feb 17, Arabic from World`s Last Chance Radio is back (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Feb 14 at 1439, WTWW-2 is on at this odd hour with rock music, S9+20/30; and so is 5830 WTWW-1 with SFAW; night frequencies; did they stay on all night? Often but not always 5085 at least is running past 0700. By 1510, ham ad on 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Feb 15 at 2214, WTWW-2 is already on since it`s Saturday, ham stuff about AMSAT, S9+20/30 and overmodulated. Once upon a time they ran day frequency 9930 for this but not heard there in ages; maybe also pre-empting SFAW on 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Feb 16 at 0112-0144, anonymous theater organ show occupies this span, always a bit more than 29 minutes and never during a specific half hour; I soon switched to WTWW-2 stereo webcast. Then right into disco music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, Sun Feb 16 at 1918, WTWW-1 day frequency is rarely on, PPPP on SFAW this Sunday at S9+30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, UT Sun Feb 16 at 0159, Dave Frantz with live? WWRB QSY announcement to 3185, finishes just in time for *WWCR steel drum and its sign-on, while open carrier overlaps with a SAH for several more seconds. 3185, Feb 16 from *0200, WWRB sign-on and into first gospel huxter who does not explicitly identify but says will be off WWRB at end of January [sic] since has been getting absolutely no listener response there; instead funds will go to missionary work in northern Luzon. Also with big hum. ``Challenge`` mentioned, maybe as name of show? Recheck at 0429, I notice 3185 is still on, but only on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 780, Feb 16 at 0814 UT, I happen to awaken, too late or in time for the KKOH Reno 50 kW ND DX test starting at 0800? I get a good null on WBBM, but nothing heard except Spanish music. Others say this was Radio Coro, Cuba, and KKOH did test, but when did it stop? Shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. Correxion: Radio Coro is in Venezuela, not Cuba! 780, Feb 16 at 0814 UT, I happen to awaken, too late or in time for the KKOH Reno 50 kW ND DX test starting at 0800? I get a good null on WBBM, but nothing heard except Spanish music. Others say this was Radio Coro, Venezuela, and KKOH did test, but when did it stop? Shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 840, Feb 17 at 0331 UT, WHAS KY is off, so now the station which must be nulled is KVJY in the RGV, Spanish gospel music from the south. KVJY can normally be heard in WHAS null and/or QRMing it. I listen carefully for the next quarter-hour but hear only traces of somethings else; expect CMHW Cuba to be the main one, indeed some other talk in Spanish at 0344; and at 0340 could almost imagine it was Kriyol language, i.e. 4VEH Haiti. Many tnx to Chris Gay, for more than an hour`s advance notice to the WOR iog, which I soon forwarded to the major MW groups: ``840 WHAS Louisville says they will go off the air "for a short time" for tower maintenance at 10:30 PM ET Sunday (Feb. 16). Chris KU4A``. Some others monitored the free-of-WHAS hole until it resumed at 0435 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1020 kHz, Feb 15 at 0704 UT, Spanish promos mention RadioVisión Cristiana a few times, overriding semi-local KOKP Perry OK, making fast SAH with it. KOKP can only be somewhat heard by nulling: KCKN Roswell NM, the RVC 1330 NYC relay station, recently restored after damage causing low power operation for over a year. Now sounds like original 50 kW, but certainly NOT with a null toward KDKA, as we are very close to that line on the way, so non-direxional? Licensed day pattern is also very direxional with tight lobes at 155 and 325 degrees (toward Albuquerque), essentially nothing thisaway. https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1795705-136765.pdf Licensed night pattern is quite similar, peaks at 175 and 320 degrees, alleged null at 55 degrees: https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1795705-136766.pdf Before it crashed, it was often heard here as if not within spex then either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1140, Feb 15 at 1832 UT, exactly local mean noon here, on caradio at certain spots I am getting fast SAH QRM to KRMP OKC, apparently ``power-line beverage`` enhancement. Suspect KCXL Kansas City, the Russian relayer; but also in area are KLTK in NW Arkansas, and KHFX Cleburne, N Texas, but direxional away from here: both Spanish, if only I could make out a language. Shortly on home rig I can tell there are two beating signals on 1140 but mostly KRMP. 1140, Sunday Feb 16 at 1410 UT, American English W&M discussion of brain cancer, loops NE/SW, over KRMP but soon losing out. This is when KCXL is scheduled to carry Sputnik Radio, Russian propaganda, 6-9 am CT 7 days a week = 12-15 UT now, 11-14 UT during imminent DST. KCXL got lots of negative press about relaying Russia, supposedly another 3 hours in the evening but own sked shows only mornings: http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html Yet, KCXL brands its homepage with an *American* flag. Rest of sked is a strange mixture of various religions and far-right extremist talkers (Glenn Hauser, OK, SOR) ** VANUATU. 5040, Feb 18 at 0728, VP S5-S7 trace of talk, presumed R. Vanuatu now that Cuba is off. Before 0630 it`s on 7260, so far untraced here but bears surveillance (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 14 at 0212-0216: 531, 549, 558, 567, 576, 621, 711(2), 774(2), 837, 855, 891=strongest, 909, 936(2), 1053, 1089, 1215, 1305 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1477+ & 1503-, Feb 14 at 0118, no sign of the FMish spurblobs presumed to emanate from some defective 1490 kHz graveyarder. Meanwhile, a resounding lack of interest, no replies found to my previous reports of these posted ASAP to MW groups, requesting other DXers try to get a DF fix on them. Should they recur I shall certainly report them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1502.8v, still no longer hearing the spurblob nor the match around 1477.2v, but this caught my eye, surely coincidental around one of the times I was hearing them, from BC-DX: ``BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. On Feb 4 at 0600 UT MW bcaster on odd 1502.9 kHz was heard with pips, gong & ID "Radio Bosnie i Herzegovinie, Viesti (=News)". (Rumen Pankov-BUL, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 8)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3-CW, Feb 13 at 0651 UT, single-letter beacon A is absent again. Last few nights had tuned across and heard it when I paused for at least 10 seconds, without bothering to relog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3-CW, Feb 16 at 0643 UT, one-letter beacon A is audible again, with QRM from 2098.0, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 2098.0, 2166.0, 2231.0, 2298.0, 2800.0, Feb 16 at 0643-0713 UT, things that go beep in the night, CW carrier pips exactly 3 seconds apart = 20 per minute on these even frequencies, first noticed when I was checking beacon A on 2097.3. Then found more as I tuned up, always on exact kHz, but not equally spaced: intervals of 68, 65, 67 kHz but none around 2365 nor below around 2032 by 0653. Not until 0713 did I find another, way up on 2800.0 but no others around it. What in the world? Can`t totally rule out a local device, but random frequencies would not all be exact; seems intentional (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11644.2-USB, Feb 19 at 1620, weak 2-way in colloquial Spanish, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 11860, Feb 14 at 0113, music JBM at S5-S7, and not // RHC 11850 which puts out spurs on 11840 & 11860. Could it be Saudi`s Republic of Yemen Radio which I have not heard clearly in over a year? Thanks to the Cuban radio war in the daytime. Aoki says Yemenish does not start until *0200; EiBi *0300. Anything else? CRI Nepali service not until *0130. Or could it really start at 0115, due to Nepal`s wacko +5:45 timezone? BTW I can`t help but wonder if timezone confusion has led to any Everest fatalities among all the visiting foreigners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)