** ANTARCTICA. 15475.96, Feb 22 at 1803, via Pardinho SP KiwiSDR, LRA36 ID in passing and again at 1804 as ``la radio más austral del mundo``, seems discussion with station manager in Argentine accent, of the station and history of the base. It seems that 22 Feb is the anniversary of something. Tnx to tip from Dan Robinson who was hearing it the previous hour also via this remote and still probably the one at Gaithersburg MD, who`s been on RX #07 since 1716. This interrupts my listening to Mozart at the Met! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. LRA-36, 15475.98 via Brasil SDR, Feb 22, continued listening from last report: 1830 mentions a helicopter, and tries to play a song about Antarctica, 1831 succeeds, 1833 trying for a hookup with another Arg base, San Martín, but does not seem to make it; 1836 ID and `Antártida`` song, 1840 ID, mentions ``El día de la Antártida Argentina``, marking continuous presence for 116 years since 1904y. Here`s more about that: https://www.losandes.com.ar/article/view?slug=el-dia-de-la-antartida-argentina Still going at my next and last check of Brasil SDR at 1920. Dan Robinson said it went off at 2012 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 7255, Feb 21 at 1337, Russian discussion mentioning some Chinese names. Chances are high that any Russian heard on SW will be from CRI --- certainly not from Russia! --- and indeed this is, an hour via Shijiazhuang site, 500 kW at 37 degrees, thUSward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9315, Feb 26 at 1507, VP W&M in Chinese, i.e. CNR1 jammer against RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14 & 15-16, altho Aoki does not as*erisk the final hour as jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.23, Feb 20 at 2340, JBA carrier as RHC continues way off-frequency for the tenth day; VP propagation now, but earlier in afternoon normally inbooms. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.2+, Feb 21 at 2150, RHC still off-frequency at day #11. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.233, Feb 22 at 2253, RHC S9/+10 in distorted Spanish, off-frequency for the eleventh day. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, Feb 23 at 1555, this RHC still on with S9+20 of dead air like it was an hour earlier. Think of how many poor Cubans might have had a hearty breakfast for the wasted electricity expense of just one hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15700, Feb 23 at 1556, China Plus relay is S9+20 but JBM, suptorted: wiggle that patchcord! Just about to end but likely thus the past bihour. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9965, Feb 24 at 1513, pulse jamming vs nothing, old Radio República Costa Rica frequency, and also on 9955 now that WRMI has finished morning block; the latter also briefly jammed by continuous tones. Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9538-9590, Feb 24 at 2220, range of splatter from filthy wall-of-noise jamming centered on 9565 vs Radio Martí. 9535 RHC barely escapes it. 9925-9980, Feb 24 at 2221, range of splatter from WON jamming centered on 9955 vs WRMI, i.e. against the Argentine historical media program `La Rosa de Tokio`, Monday being the only DOW that 9955 is in Spanish during this hour! NOT amicable. Always excessive and wasteful the DentroCuban Jamming Command. Probably jams every day at this hour, and many other unnecessary times: take that, RMI, for daring to emit any exiles! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Feb 25 at 0723, RHC English is S9+20 and undermodulated. Instead of one frequency after 0700, two more remain on, 6100 S9+30/40 undermodulated but slightly better; 6145 S9+10 undermod and noisy. 5040 and 6060 are off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Feb 25 at 1910, RHC S9+10 of dead air; while 15140 is S9+20 of distorted, humming, choking Arabic. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 25 at 2303, RHC is S9+10 and distorted, now day 14 = two weeks of off-frequency, which is very stable, every time I measure it within 1 or 2 Hz, maybe within my own margin of error. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 18079-CW, Feb 26 at 1543, CO8LY is the OSOB, per QRZ.com: CO8LY, Cuba, Eduardo Somoano Cremati, P.O. Box 104, Santiago de Cuba 90100, Cuba, but QSL only via manager in Spain. I used to hear him on the 12 m band, but now he`s the OSOB on ``17`` m. And nothing on the 16 m ISWBC band either. He`s quite a contester with numerous awards, and portrait: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.qrz.com/y/co8ly/somoano_201.jpg (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA. 7140, Feb 21 at 0426, constant JBA carrier, presumed VOBME but nothing on their other frequency 7180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY [non]. 15215, Feb 21 at 1608 tune-in to yearly Radio Öömrang broadcast via FRANCE --- discussion mostly in Frisian, some high German, and brief intros in English at 1626 and 1628. Longer outro in English at 1658 with contact info and credits, and to be heard again on 21 Feb 2021; 1659:30 to open carrier and off 1700*. First checked on home receiver, then on remotes in eastern USA, with VG reception. I was distracted during closing but did not hear a mention of the DRM repeat supposedly 48 hours later same frequency and time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY [non]. 15210-15215-15220, Feb 23 at 1620, Radio Öömrang via FRANCE in DRM, first time this year that the Feb 21 original get such a repeat, altho one year they had to reschedule when the first AM one failed. VG with a few dropouts via the KC2QII KiwiSDR, as I still am not motivated to tune any DRM directly myself. Once again a couple of brief bits in English at 1626 & 1628 introducing interviews in Frisian, which I do not understand any better in DRM than in AM. Just caught tail of sign-off also in English until 1659* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Feb 23 at 2050, jazz music to 2057* with no announcement, must have been APR via MWV English hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 22 at 0647, no signal from VON. It`s usually there always with a bigsig (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6924.9-AM, Feb 23 at 2351 unID pirate music JBA at S5-S6. A few other reports as unID as if on 6925, 2330-0004: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63491.0.html In May 2017, Captain Morgan Shortwave was on this off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-AM, Feb 23 at 0214, JBA music not // 1390 so not fifth harmonic of local KCRC. 0348 still there but at 0412 I do find it // 1390. Maybe this what I was getting at first, with enough AM carrier from the KCRC X 5 local harmonic to make it seem AM: unID 6950-USB 0143-0155: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63445.0.html However, earlier, Loopy Radio was on 6950.3-AM until 2340*: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63439.0.html But this was later and not noted to be +0.3 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Feb 25 around 1530 UT, no signal from EI, Enid`s only NDB at Woodring Airport; nor at various other times, night and day, so gone again, for good or not? Was always very weak here a few km, and even fewer miles away. I`m thinking that many years ago there was one on 212 kHz with a different call, ODG? But have not been able to find any reference to it. That`s the current VOR call on VHF (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 640, Feb 21 at 1319 UT and still 1330, dead air from KWPN Moore, as happens frequently; vs fast SAH and CCI probably led by KFI, which without KWPN at night would have a clear shot into OK (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. As mentioned previously, Kyle Williams, president of Williams Broadcasting, LLC, licensee of 103.1 KOFM, 100.9 K265FL and its AM dog 960 KGWA, was among the speakers at The Entrepreneur 2020, a 2-day series of seminars at NWOSU sponsored in part by the Charles Koch Foundation, Feb 21 at 1930 UT -- previous one ran over and did not start until 1953. It was supposed to be audio/video-linked to three other NWOSU campi but no one showed up there. Despite his original billing as head of the radio stations, those are only a minor part, it seems, of his business empire, so we learned absolutely nothing about the local broadcasting scene; rather his life story of trying and failing and then succeeding. In the Q&A I wanted to ask him about naming his studio for a funeral home, but figured more important was, ``As a Christian who `loves people`, how can you justify broadcasting a hate-monger like Rush Limbaugh?`` Answer: ``because he loves the lord`` --- there you go! (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 5980, Feb 24 at 2328, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski vs Cuban pulse jamming against nothing else; until autocutoff at 2352:27.5*. Last check was Feb 18 until 2352:40*, 6 days ago and 12.5 seconds later, so averaging slightly over 2 seconds earlier per noctem. My first definite timing in latest cycle was until 2355:27.5* on November 26, 2019 --- That was 90 days ago, and exactly 3.0 minutes or 180.0 seconds later, making for a very neat exact 2.00 seconds long-term average and they have not reset the timer so far, as 2 seconds a day is hardly noticeable to them. Nor could there have been any power failure over three months, as that would surely have knocked askew this inexorable slippage; speaks well for Urubamba Electric (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAO TOME. 7255.0, Feb 21 at 0427, uncertain African language S9-S7, 0429 mbira song, 0430 hilife music. This hour is VOA Zimbabwe service a.k.a. Studio 7, mixture of Shona, Ndebele and a little English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 7138-LSB, Feb 22 at 0654, H44MS calling CQ DX over and over, calls fonetikally. Much better signal than we ever get from SIBC on 9545 or 5020; what does that tell us? So I then check 5020 and get a JBA carrier next to Cuba. Info from: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/h44ms He`s really a German who makes extended visits to SI, currently 5 Feb to 20 April. ``H44MS is call of DL2GAC during DX vacations in Solomon Islands since 1990 Main interests: DX, IOTA activations, award hunting: US-county hunter. H44MS Solomon Islands Bernhard M. Stefan Moeggenweiler Str. 18/Rueckseite 88677 Markdorf Germany QSL: via DL2GAC, BUREAU or DIRECT``, detailed instruxions for SWLs. NO info on exactly which Solomon Island he is upon, but apparently not Shortland, next to Bougainville, since that was a 1995 DX-pedition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 12030, Mon Feb 24 at 1511, S4-S6 open carrier, presumably REE which on weekdays is supposed to start at 1600, weekends 1500. Beam to ME but this early, often better here off the back than 9690 to us off the front (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [non]. 9490, Feb 21 at 0106, no signal from Issoudun, and maybe no jamming either yet; tho registered to start at 0100 with RMI programming, i.e. Radio República --- but I think that only apply once CubAmerican DST be in effect from March 9. Checking because RTI has publicized that it will experiment with revived Spanish broadcasts UT Feb 23-26 at 0100-0130 on 9490, site not specified but surely FRANCE. And again at 0300-0330 on 9500, because jamming and R.R. will still be on 9490 at that time. Voluntarily picking a frequency ever subject to Cuban jamming is foolish, as it may well extend beyond the ``necessary`` hours [see TURKEY]. Sure enough at 0157 recheck, jamming is already running on 9490, and the ISS carrier cuts on just in time at *0159:39, but any programming to follow is inaudible under jamming. Propagation from Europe is degraded anyway now, K-index 4 at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [non]. 9490, Feb 25 at 0108, no signal from RTI`s alleged 4-night test in Spanish to S America at 0100-0130 via mystery site. It was supposed to start UT Feb 23 but not checked until now. There was a JBA signal in Chinese(?) until 0100* as RTI was already scheduled direct from Taiwan so more likely audible is CNR1 jamming. It would hardly make sense to try a mostly day-path on 9 MHz band to the other worldside. It goes off at 0100 sharp and nothing further detectable here, so I spot-check 9490 on numerous remotes starting with UTwente after confirming WOR at 0108 on 7780: Nothing there. Nor any of these until 0119: Nanning, Rockport, KFS, NSW, Tokyo, Pardinho, Florida, VE6JY, Bogota, RSA. Rockport and KFS do get some residual jamming. I think it`s safe to say the test is not on air tonight. Wolfgang Bueschel reached the same conclusion. He was getting it last night UT Feb 24, best signal via Sevilla SDR. His best guesses for site: Issoudun, Nauen or Moosbrunn, discounting Kostinbrod and Maiac (Bulgaria, Pridnestrovye) because their audio quality is not so good. Then wb and I both asked Jeff White, now at HFCC Malaysia, to confirm whether it`s WRMI via Issoudun. I had figured this was the obvious source since RMI/TDF was already registered 9490, but unused at 0100, rather Radio Republica not until *0200 as I recently monitored. Jeff replies to me: ``No, we have nothing to do with these RTI tests, and TDF knows nothing about them either.`` BTW, Aljazeera computes that as of Feb 23, Malaysia had 22 confirmed Coronavirus cases but 15 had recovered and been released. HFCC had been planned for China but had to be removed. A repeat of the Spanish test was supposed to be at 0300-0330 on 9500, but not heard then either by Bogota, but a JBA carrier here UT Feb 25, probably CNR1 as scheduled. I don`t bother to check all the other remotes again. So the mystery remains: whence the tests, will they recur tomorrow, and/or become permanentized? If we do have another chance, TDOA should be invoked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {not checked here UT Feb 26, but wb says it was not on then either} ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 20 at 2346, VOT English made it on air today, but now wrapping up with canned totally wrong A-19 English schedule, as I have previously explained in detail; which usually plays at sign-on. Something`s always awkward at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 6125, Feb 21 at 0400, Cuban noise jamming against Radio Martí is still running altho RM has just closed this frequency as always (and no longer separate TV Martí soundtrack, right?). Cannot detect VOT English to western N America as scheduled, until 0405 starts to become audible under jamming but unusable. No better at 0435, still heavy jamming atop VOT music(?). This is absolutely self-defeating, of all possible frequencies picking one right next timewise to Cuban jamming; could be on 6120 or 6130 both of which are open tho also adjacent frequency-wise. Plenty of other open spaces on band. I also wonder if 6125 VOT transmission be as erratic as 5960 one five hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 21 at 2301, VOT English is on today but VP signal; on contrary, Wolfgang Bueschel found it much better: ``5960.004, noted tremendous powerhouse of TRT Emirler site, Turkish string instrument played and then final announcement at 2353 UT followed. S=9+45dB or -33dm full powerhouse noted here in Germany and Belgium-Netherland border remote SDR rx. At 23.55:07 UT sudden crash 'TX down OFF' midst on program in progress. CHINA, Now after that TRT procedure, heard co-channel PBS Xinjiang Chinese service from Urumqi bcast center, - 72 Hertz less fq on 5959.928 kHz measured. S=8-9 or -70dBm less strong. 73 wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 22 at 2300, VOT timesignal ends one sesquisecond later than WWV as usual; sign-on with totally wrong English schedule as usual, e.g. this transmission at 22-23 on 9830 which is when and where it is in summer A-seasons. Something`s always awkward at Ankara. Already off at 2349 recheck, if it lasted for entire transmission, but no collision this week of German from Turkey vs English from Germany, Mighty Farty KBC at 0000 Feb 23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 23 at 2340, VOT English to us is AWOL again. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 24 at 2305, 2327 and 2350 chex, NO signal from Voice of Turkey, English to North America. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. I also found no such signal Feb 23 at 2340, but Wolfgang Bueschel was hearing it at 2315-2323 in Europe and via remotes in eastern America. Maybe it went off early (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 25 at 2302, notably, VOT English is on today but undermodulated. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {missing again Feb 26} ** U S A [and non]. 366 kHz, Feb 23 at 0710 UT, ND beacon EOK, which is 25 watts from Keokuk, Iowa; new one here; mixing with YMW and dash, 500 watts from Maniwaki, Quebec, heard often without EOK (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 410 kHz, Feb 23 at 0721 UT, ND beacon BA, which is 25 watts from Columbus - Clifford, Indiana. Altho spring storms are not yet a problem on LW/MW, I now have local line noise bothering this band only, difficultizing DX --- hard to hear anything new, as this is not either, altho I still pulled but not relogged CBC Cayman Brac on 415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6477.5-CW, Feb 22 at 2358, V marker from KPH, the MRHS legacy station at Point Reyes, California; V/CQ marine markers are so rare these days that any really stand out. Longer message repeating, I suppose with QSX info, not copied; active weekends only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7178-LSB, Feb 21 at 1342, net in unknown language, mostly strong signals, repeatedly discussing marijuana; occasional bits of English; one guy with a rather melodic tone and prolonged vowels. One call until 1351 sounds like KH0I#, last letter not clear. KH0`s are in Saipan and Guam per ARRL lookup, but I think these are closer. Still going at 1459 in contact with N4KH, VA6RB, and K0ADI? N4KH is SPIKES JR, JAMES B, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35803-2095. VA6RB is Roldan Gloria Bartolome, CALGARY, AB T3M 0S3 Canada K0ADI is KITTLEMAN, ROD A, NIXA, MO 65714 At first I was guessing the language could be Indonesian? Or Tagalog? Now I wonder if Chamorro, or a language around here, Marshallese. Online searches for a net at this time on this frequency are unsuccessful. Anyone know what this is? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7185-LSB, Feb 25 at 1920, KX4BI calling `CQ Parx On the Air`` and making quick pro-forma contacts as if it were some contest. POTA is one of the logos on his QRZ.com, i.e. KX4BI, Vance E Henry, Killen, AL 35645 USA, which is in the NW corner of Alabama. What park? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7615-USB, Feb 24 at 1525, Civil Air Patrol net with YL-sounding NCS; quick check-ins by Mockingbirds 50, 8 and 34, who are in Mississippi (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 22 at 1452, K6FRC beacon is JBA, first time heard since Feb 5, always around this time of day if at all. Another Californian with a lot more power and a lot more kHz is still inaudible after 1600 when KVOH should be on 17775 with Wavescan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 23 at 1452, K6FRC beacon audible again vs CODAR. Daily I check the entire HIFER/ISM band 13550-13570 and this is the only one I ever hear, rarely. What about all the others on this roster, including latest dates reported somewhere, 2020, 2019 or 2018y? https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm In years past I had heard several of those, at least three still on the list, GNK, MTI, SZX. K6FRC shown as 13565.035, 10 wpm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 26 at 1457, K6FRC HIFER beacon is JBA again, never heard in the afternoons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13724, 13756, 13772, 13788, 13804; 13836, 13852, 13868, 13884, JBA carriers around these approx. frequencies, Feb 22 at 1455, i.e. spurs out of 13820 Radio Martí, Grimesland, NC. More like JJBBA; easily overlooked but since matching audio on one of them to 13820 a few days ago, I know what these are, at ~16 kHz intervals from fundamental. Today no spurs from 13700 RHC; and 13740 RHC blox one of the RM spurs. At 1525, 13740 RHC is still on with dead air. I start to try to measure 13724 exactly to get a precise picture of the spurfield, but just too weak and interrupted by some pulsing QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13852+, 13836+, 13804-, 13788-, 13772-, Feb 25 at 1535, JJBBA carriers at slightly more than 16 kHz multiples above and below 13820, Radio Martí which is S9+40 on fundamental; at 1615 I manage to measure one, 13852.202, which amounts to 16.101 kHz each. Some later chex inaudible, fundamental level not reaching threshold. They would probably say the spurs are a sufficient db down, so hearing them at all is a challenge (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2022 contents: Australia, Brasil, Canada, China and non, Cuba and non, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Korea North & South, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, North America, Oklahoma, Papua New Guinea, Sarawak non, Taiwan and non, Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu; and the propagation outlook WOR 2022 is available as of 0224 UT Friday February 21 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2022.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2022.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 2022 monitoring: confirmed Friday Feb 21 at 2300 on WRMI, initially not audible under jamming on 9955, then becomes JBA; not very good on remotes in E USA or Quebec, but fair with jamming at Bogotá, and good at Pardinho. By ending 2328, finally atop jamming direct to OK. Also confirmed UT Saturday Feb 22 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, fair S9 but noisy; 7780, poor S7-S9; 5850, good S9+10/20, as to be expected from the different azimuths, 5850 being right at us. Next: 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 2022 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports ``Fair signal of World of Radio #2022 on February 22: 1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat`` Also confirmed UT Sunday Feb 23 at 0432 from WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, via K9MQ KiwiSDR in IN/IL, about 5 minutes in, so started circa 0427; lots of LSB ACI, and then on 160m direct I find it full of phone signals, as happens only during a contest; amazing what a difference that make to normal ops. Earlier at 0349, 1860 here was VG S9+20. 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 2022 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday February 24 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9 via indoor random wire during storm, but fadeout by 0145. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 24 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, poor-fair via UTwente SDR, but no signal on // 9395; nor here nor on various SDRs to the SSE, NE or NW; yet 9455 is OK in New York, so I conclude 9395 is NOT on the air as it and 9455 are on exactly same azimuth 355. Yet by 0409, 9395 is S9+10 with TOMBS. WOR via WRN webcast also confirmed at 0230. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 24 from 0400 on Area 51 webcast; WBCQ 5130 JBA at 0409 & 0427, now back on external longwire. Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 24 at 0430 on WRMI 9955, VP under wall of noise jamming, but OK on webcast. F-G on the Bogotá KiwiSDR but not at all on the other one in Colombia. Next: 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 2022: Richard Langley, NB: ``Monitored WRMI Sunday Evening / Monday Morning (UT) 7780 kHz Schedule - From my recording last Sunday evening, 23-24 February UT: 2130 World of Radio (#2022) 0130 World of Radio (#2022) 0230 World of Radio (#2022)`` I tuned in 7290, IRRS via UTwente a bit late at 1902 Monday February 24 to find a VG signal from WOR which apparently started on time a minute or two earlier. Also confirmed UT Tue Feb 25 at 0100 on WRMI 7780: JBA here but good via UTwente at 0108 check. Next: 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 As acknowledged at mid-break: Our thanks this week for financial support from Karl Witsman, Danville IL, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com. Not necessarily US funds: PP will convert. One may also contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Final SWBCs of WORLD OF RADIO 2022: 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. 15770, Feb 25 at 1902, I resolve to listen to SMTV via WRMI since I happen to catch them *not* wasting time listing all their cable TV channels: about Aussie bush fire relief with vegan food, music background; 1907 the SM thanx everyone; 1908 about UNICEF vs flooding in Malawi; S9+10 with deep fades (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.2, UT Sat Feb 22 at 0101, WBCQ `AAAWWW` is yet again substituted with no AAA, rather Pirate Joe, starts talking over WTO theme, very rambling, messing with settings like AW often does; says nothing wrong with Allan, just continuing his sabbatical. Poor reception, fair S9 but noisy and fading down. I`ll leave it to John in case there is anything significant. Recheck at 0145, 7490 reception is better and much stronger than // 5130 which is now detectable. John Carver reports, first at 0104 UT Feb 22: ``Tonight's AAWWW --- Glenn, No decent signal on 7490. 5130 transmitter is on with dead air and no program. Will continue to listen. John`` --- and at 0209: ``Tonight's AAWWW --- No readable signal on 7490. Transmitter was up on 5130 but just dead air. Dead air continued until 0127 when Pirate Joe popped up out of nowhere in mid-sentence talking about community radio and pirate radio. Then was castigating the government for their stand on pirate radio which soon morphed into talk about homeless Vietnam Vets and then back to pirate radio and then back to community broadcasting. Pirate Joe mentioned that Allan and Angela would be back in the spring. Program was off the air at 0200 and 5130 went into the Hal Turner show. John, Mid-North Indiana`` ``Spring`` ? So that means no earlier than March 21, no later than June 20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330, Feb 22 at 2305 NO signal from WBCQ-6: oh2, another breakdown? Not for long; is there at 2350 check, only fair in Brazuguese. Apparently still on a scheduled break at 2200-2300. 9330, Feb 23 at 1919, NO signal from World`s Last Chance, supposed to be on now in Arabic, which ought to be audible tho aimed thataway. Oh3, another breakdown? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130.0, Feb 23 at 0001 tune-in, WBCQ dead air, shortly ``Loituma Girl`` IS and TimTron opening, S9+10. Meanwhile, other WBCQ on 7490.2v was also S9 of dead air at 0001. Later in evening without measuring, noticed closer to 7490.1v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 23 at 2045 & 2340, WBCQ-6 WLC Radio is off again; by Feb 24 at 0657 apparently on with music talk, JBA S1-S2 for 500 kW? MUF reigns every time. On at full strength S9/+10, Feb 24 at 1517, gospel huxter in English about Genesis. So it`s erratic, why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 24 at 2157, WBCQ-6 WLC is on, wrapping up Arabic; recheck at 2215, still on in Brazuguese but much weaker. 22-23 had been the only maintenance/silent hour, but now apparently making up for lost time. 9330 Feb 25 at 0312 is a JBA carrier, not sure if WBCQ or a birdie; but propagation is down with much lower powered 9265V WINB also a JBA carrier and no trace of 7850-CUSB CHU (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5890, Feb 21 at 0633, WWCR on again with S9+20 open carrier at a time this frequency is supposed to be off; other three are nominal: 5935 PMS S9+10-20. 4840 Infowars, 3215 TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9350, Sat Feb 22 after 2100, WWCR-2 with `Encore` classical music from Radio Tumbril in Scotland. Brice announces that this airing will end after next week, as will the WBCQ at 0100 UT Monday on 7490 --- but it`s moving to WRMI, starting Feb 29 [UT March 1], UT Sunday 0100 on 5850 to the NW, and UT Monday 0300 on 9455 to the NNW. Glad this excellent show will continue on SW! But these WRMI frequencies are not webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085 & much weaker parasitic spurs about 5072 & 5097, Feb 21 at 1327, WTWW-2 is running rock music, so again has it stayed on all night? You never know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Feb 23 at 0125, WTWW-2 not checked earlier, but no theatre organ music now; was it earlier or never? Now it`s rock; and at 0211 I notice 5085 is off the air, while $tereo webcast continues. At 0238 DJ recommends SWLs tune to the webcast --- but there are no SWLs at the moment; 0350 check it`s on again with rock DJ requests (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1090, Feb 22 at 0701-0705:30 UT, KAAY Little Rock still provides a ToH deadairhole, missing most of SRN news before gospel music pops back on; all I could hear without really trying was Spanish, XEAU (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 21 from 0340: 531, 549, 558(2), 585, 612, 639, 693(2), 711, 747, 774(3? with audio from Spain synchros), 837, 891, 936, 999, 1125, 1152, 1215(2), 1305. Rather surprised to find a ``normal`` situation as K-index at 0300 was 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3, Feb 21 at 0627 and 1320 chex, single-letter beacon A is on and audible every ten seconds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Feb 22 at 0655, weak carrier in 5040 RHC splash, and nothing on 5055 which might be 4KZ. Certainly not WWRB, and nothing else scheduled at this hour, not even China or India, which would not be propagating this early anyway. Europirate? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Feb 23 at 0645, mystery carrier here again, S8-S9 but no modulation audible vs 5040 RHC splash. Another possibility: like the 11850 transmitter, a +10 kHz JBA spur from it; but cannot hear a match at minus 10 on 5030, altho more splash there from 5025. Further, the crummy modulation of 5040 is not like that on 11850 if it were same transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, Feb 25 at 0725, open carrier again, S9-S7, maybe a trace of modulation? Not related to 5040 Cuba which is now off. Also Feb 26 at 0627, S7-S8, trace of mod? vs S6-S7 noise level. Now 5040 RHC is still on and splashing. Other ideas: could be an harmonic x 5 of a 1010 station; or in this shared fixed/broadcast band, utility such as an idle RTTY transmitter only occasionally vivified. Not local, as Ron Howard replies: ``Glenn - On Feb 26, random checking of 5050 kHz, between 0452-0620, and heard your UNID. Found there with a significant level carrier, but never any trace of audio; no modulation at all. Still UNID. Ron`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13671.7, Feb 23 at 1455, JBA carrier. Does not correlate with 13820 OCB, 13740 or 13700 RHC as spurs, and no siblings found in quick scan. Possibly a local device or birdie but not there at 1920 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)