** ANGUILLA. 6090, Tue March 3 at 0055, S9+10/20 of dead air from TCB/DGS/PMS/TUN, while 5935 WWCR is modulating music break. Totally overriding Iran, warming up for the *0100 broadcast UT Tue/Wed/Fri per EiBi. There is a schedule for this and 11775, however convoluted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ASCENSION [and non]. 15685, Feb 29 at 1900, hyper Hausa talk at S8-S7, where normally there is nothing. This is BBC on Saturdays only at 1700-1930, existing solely to broadcast silly ballgames; how considerate. There is also some scratchy splatter on the plus side, but no bigsig nearby to produce it. I think that as in times past it`s spurious from afar 15825 WWCR-1, which is getting a sporadic E boost to S9+10 also audiblizing the squeal. But I can`t hear anything like it equally plus circa 15963; it`s asymmetric (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRIA [and non]. 5980, Feb 27 at 0251, carrier vs pointless pulse jamming from Cuba. At 0200-0300, AWR in Urdu, Punjabi via Moosbrunn (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BULGARIA. 11660, March 2 at 1527, surprised to find a signal here when none is scheduled. JBA, sounds like a few raspy words of Brother Scare, then dead air past 1530; 1539 recheck someother voice or language; 1604 check, off. Meanwhile, 11600 has been off thruout, where TOMBS is scheduled via Secretbrod at 1400-1700 - Aoki, or 1400-1555 - EiBi, and usually poorly audible here. Therefore I conclude a punch up error putting 11660 on air instead of 11600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 218 kHz, March 4 at 0725 UT, ND beacon dash and RL, which is 975 watts from Red Lake, Ontario. Strangely enough I was tuned to 219-USB. Amid storm noise crashes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 245 kHz, Feb 29 at 0707 UT, dash and YZE, 1000 watt NDB from Gore Bay, Ontario; mixing with FS at different pitch, which is 400 watts from Sioux Falls - Rock, South Dakota (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 332 kHz, Feb 29 at 0710 UT, dash and YFM, 2500 watt NDB from La Grande 4, Quebec. New one here, from where, and why is there a figure 4 in the place? ``The La Grande-4 is a hydroelectric generating station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 2,779 MW and was commissioned in 1984–1986. It generates electricity through the reservoir and dam system. Wikipedia``. Atop a weaker co-channel I can`t copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6070-, always offset-minus, Feb 29 at 2304, `TED Radio Hour` from NPR is starting! Bet you did not know that CFRX is an NPR station. You would still not know that by consulting the sked which hides it among `Viewpoints` at 6-9 pm ET Sat = 23-02 UT now, but in a biweek 22-01 UT: https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/shows/viewpoints-1.1761551 Evidently on other Canadian iHeart stations, and don`t depend on TED being at the same, or any time, from week to week. Poor reception and busy so I don`t try to determine the topic. Too bad there are no US SW stations wanting to pick up NPR shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6070, re my hearing the TED Radio Hour on CFRX, Eric Bueneman, MO, ptsw iog replied: ``Eric Bueneman 4:54am #8688 TED is NOT an NPR show. It is a Canadian show aired on commercial stations throughout Canada`` I reply: NPR thinx it`s an NPR show! https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour?showDate=2020-02-28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_Radio_Hour It`s a joint TED/NPR produxion, carried on NPR in USA, but iHeart in Canada, CBC not being interested? I believe I have also heard it on RNZ(I). Or is this a totally different TED show in Canada? I think not. I did hear NPR mentioned on CFRX as it started (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 6754-USB, Feb 27 at 0237, CHR, Trenton Military, is back! Had been missing exactly a month, first noted absent January 27 also from 15034-USB daytime. Since then I have bandscanned past 15034 at least once daily, and 6754-USB less than nightly. 6754-USB is now S9+10 with usual ``no report received`` from many but not all, currently Lajes, Keflavik, Shannon, Prestwick. The same repeat a few times but not always with the same NRRs. 0241 ID ``This is Trenton Military, Time 0140 Z`` -- so they *still* haven`t set their clock from 61 minutes slow. Another sesquiweek and it should be almost right again, if DST/ST caused such confusion. Then into the usual rotation of Canadian bases, some of them NRR, until the next ID at 0246 as if ``0145 Z``. 15034-USB is also back, Feb 27 at 1546, VG peaking S9+30. The question is, how did all those Canadian military flights manage without CHR on SW for a month? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2023) ** CANADA. 6754-USB, Feb 28 at 0645 check, CHR is off again - maybe just a break, not continuous; propagation OK as CHU 7850-CUSB is VG. 15034-USB, Feb 28 at 1447, Trenton Military is still on here, VG. 6754-USB, Feb 29 at 0001, ``Comox, Comox, no report received. Trenton Military, Out`` -- so on but breaking again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 9535, Feb 29 at 2315, Chinese overcoming weak RHC Spanish with a medium SAH: CNR1 jamming against RFA Tibetan via Kuwait this hour only (also sked: CRI English via Kunming). Commies vs Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [and non]. 13650, Feb 29 at 2329, JBA signal must be NHK, as there is NO Chinese music fill from CRI via CUBA --- must be off the air, as 13740 RHC is inbooming S9+45. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. 6100, fortunately can still be heard Feb 29 at 2327 with Chinese music fill instead of CRI Portuguese direct to Brasil longpath from Beijing site, S9+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Feb 27 at 0250, RHC English is S9+10/20 but JB modulated; much better on only // 6145. Something`s always wrong at RHC. BTW, something you will not hear about on RHC! --- Personal Hygiene in Cuba: Positively Medieval --- 'Is it possible to imagine a Cuban minister in 1958 telling the people that they cannot use soap or brush their teeth for three months?' by Roberto Álvarez Quiñones, Los Ángeles 17 Feb 2020 - 17:54 CET https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1581958465_11316.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.2+, Feb 27 at 2319, quick check to reconfirm RHC is *Still* way off-frequency from 15370, day 16. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.23, Feb 28 at 2327, RHC S9+20, overmodulated/distorted and still way off-frequency, day 17. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Feb 29 at 1907, RHC with S9 of dead air; while 15140 modulation is distorted as always. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15369.2+, Feb 29 at 2325, RHC JBA S3-S4, remaining way off-frequency for day 18. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CHINA [and non] ** CUBA. 13740, March 1 at 1518, RHC still on with S9+40 of dead air, or rather with volume all the way up, trace of modulation, maybe same as modulated 13700 which is much weaker than usual, only S9+10 and spurless. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15700, March 1 at 1519, CRI Plus relay is much weaker than usual, only S9-S8 and undermodulated to boot. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, March 2 at 0702, RHC in Spanish with this-day-in-history, still on at an hour there is supposed to be no Spanish. Was it in English during the previous hour? Some 6 MHzs are still on in English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700 is off, 13740 is on VG, March 2 at 1525, instead of vice-versa as allegedly scheduled. Something`s always wrong at RHC. BTW, QRX for even more mixups and uncertainty during a month of confusion from March 8 as the running-dog of yanqui imperialism goes on DST along with us, but any A-20 changes not fully in effect until at least a week after the season begin everywhere else March 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15370.0, March 2 at 2248, RHC is finally back on frequency! S9 with OK modulation. Failing to transmit on 15369.23 where I think it was still March 1 tho did not make it into logbook. That would have been day 19. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13650, March 2 at 2304, CRI relay with Chinese music fill instead of Portuguese, S9+20 but suptorted; had been absent when last checked Feb 29. Today the // 6100 direct from Beijing is JBA carrier. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 3 at 0726 UT, this time RHC English is still on here, much stronger than // 6145, which is much weaker than // 5040; while 6000 & 6100 are off. You never know which combo of The Cuban Five will be on air this final hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. Glad to see that following my complaint, EiBi does now list China via Cuba on 11980 as harm[onic] at 23-01. But searching entire file, no others yet from this or any other country. See also VIETNAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5040, March 4 at 0536, RHC is off already rather than running until 07 or sometimes even later; but 5025 Rebelde is on. Others: 6060 now in Spanish instead of English; 6145, 6100 and 6000 in English for now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, March 4 at 1518, RHC is again S9+10 of dead air, or JBM, while 13700 is S9+20 of good modulation and fails to produce any spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15370, March 4 at 2210, RHC is AWOL but on 15370.0 at 2329 check, S9+20/30 but overmodulated, distorted while // 13740 is good. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11850, March 4 at 2215, RHC Spanish is S9+10 but suptorted; not English like on 11880. As always accompanied by much weaker parasitic carrier on 11840, and probably one to match on 11860 vs OCB/jamming. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185.0, Feb 29 at 2306, undermodulated music must be XEPPM since no signal any more on 6185.7, where it had been off-frequency since Feb 8, two sesquiweeks ago. Someone must have rebumped the transmitter. By 0052 March 1, better modulation and S9+30 with a song on 6185.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6184.974, March 2 at 0038, XEPPM is S9+10 but JBM --- close, but not exactly back on-frequency. Wolfgang Bueschel independently measured same offset via FL SDR at 2230 March 1, after Vatican closed 6185.000 at 2230:03, having mixed with it from 2224 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 6224-USB, Feb 27 at 0711, marine weather in Enzlish, numbers digit-by-digit, only concerning barometer, visibility, wind speed and direxion, probably for many locations I can`t copy on weak signal, around the coasts of NZ as this is exclusive channel for ZLM, Taupo Maritime Radio, as in EiBi, with numerous 32-minute broadcasts starting at :03 or :33 past the hours, but not every semihour. 0715 recites frequency list I can`t copy either but per EiBi they are: 2207, 4146, 6224, 8297, 12356, 16531 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7480, Feb 28 at 0331, anti-Christ pirate, Station YHWH is S9 but undermodulated, unreadable but recognisable; tnx to tip from Rick Barton in the Sonoran desert of AZ; his alternate night frequency, usually 7470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 267 kHz, March 1 at 0730, ND beacon HET, which is 25 watts from Henryetta OK, not heard before, I think. Copying the very weak signal, tuned to 265-USB, I was not sure whether there were a space between the E and the T, or single letter A, i.e. HA, but there is no HA anywhere around this frequency (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Feb 29 at 0711 UT, after inaudible a few days, Enid`s own NDB, EI, is again audible despite HNL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1210 kHz, UT March 1 at 0029 UT, KGYN Guymon is blasting in S9+25 on presumed 10 kW ND day pattern. No one replied, not even me until now, to my request to check whether it`s going direxional at official LSS in Feb, 0030. During stupid ballgame involving some ``Lady Rebels`` and stays same past 0030, but signal suddenly drops down at 0031:25 to only S9 and CCI is now audible. So yes, they are --- but still seems more than it should be with null toward Philly. Remains quite dominant. From tomorrow, the switch time will be 0045 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 2 at 0259 UT, bit of music from KOKC and a minute of dead air --- just what we need to check for sporadic daytimer KYND Cypress TX, which Paul Walker reported on air last night with business barker loop it used to run a lot last year --- but no sign of it now, just weak CCI from who knows what until KOKC resume at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 4 at 0341 UT, KOKC is off, tnx to tip from Paul Walker; thought this might clear for longtime cheater KOLM in MN, but no sign of it now, rather a heavy jumble of much weaker signals. Paul said it would be only briefly for some tower maintenance. By 0343 I am hearing a weak talkshow with YL host, roughly NW/SE and gradually fading in stronger. This is apparently KOKC on again already, in `The Dana Show` as scheduled. Maybe they were axually turning the power level up. Paul also said it came back but went off again, after I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 13560, March 2 circa 2200 UT, I am checking various spots in Enid with insensitive portable, whether the constant noise I get at home is any stronger elsewhere: Yes, outside Walmart; yes, around Aldi, but very different sound outside the store vs inside. Also audible downtown at the PO. I suspect this stuff is pervasive anywhere there are security systems and/or checkout scanning devices; really impossible to pinpoint without being right next to sources and turning them off and on. Hey, retailers, may I? I don`t see reports of such from elsewhere. Does everybody hear this stuff and just put up with it? Also suspect hospitals, doctors with ISM medical equipment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 27185, Feb 29 at 1942, the #1 CB channel is jammed locally by a big noise, which is on a lot of the time. Some signals override it, or is it the same transmitter alternating modulation? If you hear this during an opening, it could well be from Enid. 27025 is full of hetting AM signals from the skip pileup (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Weather warm-up leads to some minor tropo; Hepburn map shows level 1 enhancement roughly over southern half of OK, not including Enid, as of 1500 UT Feb 28. Channel 51 to 7 bandscan circa 1530 UT finds two, but only two, BAD DX signals where none appear normally, RF 36 and RF 35. 35 is slightly stronger so I stay on it and it starts to partially decode; animated kidvid in English, Indian theme. E/I bug in the upper right; tiny bug in LR looks like FNN? Certainly not KUOK Woodward with Univision. Of the six LP or translators in OK on RF 35, the obvious fit in W9WI.com is 15 kW, K47MU-D in Concho, still showing its former call when on RF 47, programming being FNX. What`s that? Rabbitears.info includes it in the OKC market with new call K35MV-D, licensed to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes, tower 2 miles west of US 81, about halfway between St Hwy 3 and El Reno, NW of OKC. And the net: https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=network_search&network=First+Nations+Experience Originates at San Bernardino Community College, shows 28 scattered affiliates around the country, and leads to own: https://fnx.org/ which explains, ``First Nations Experience --- FNX is The first and only nationally broadcast television network in the U.S. exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content.`` I wonder if it Must be carried on Cox Cable OKC? Is it easily visible elsewise? Its current program sked shows what I am seeing: ``Bizou and the Groundhog #127 Friday, February 28, 09:30 am on FNX NAT - Duration: 0:22:01 Description: Come sing and dance with Bizou as she takes you on a picturesque journey into the wonderful world of groundhogs, nature's cutest little digger. [CC] Broadcast In: English`` Most likely RF 36 is in OKC proper, KUOK-CD, sibling or tail wagging dog of KUOK RF 35 in Woodward, defacto Univision affiliate for OKC. That`s why the full power UNI signal from RF 29 KTUZ Shawnee, shared with Telemundo and Estrella, remaps to ``36``, so locals might get either, or both and not tell them apart. But there are a bunch of other LP 36s around the state (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 5980, March 3 at 2350, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski under Cuban jamming against nothing else, until autocutoff at 2352:11.5*, which is 16 seconds earlier than last check Feb 24 until 2352:27.5* which was 8 days ago, or averaging exactly 2.0 seconds per noctem, which as I previously calculated was the long-term average as well. If their timer is not reset (originally for 2400*?), by March 29, 26 days from now, will be 52 seconds earlier, or 2351:19.5*. But that will probably be the end of our current tracking, as in A-20, Radio Martí is expected to resume 5980 all the way from 22 to 03 UT, and with heavier jamming to be sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES. 9450, March 2 at 2256, ``Jesus [allegedly] Saves`` music box IS; by 2301 into language, listed as Iu via FEBC Bocaue site. Fair but with 9455 WRMI ACI. 9795, March 2 at 2258, same IS here but keeps going until 2302 finally opening a different language, listed as Mon via Iba site. I thought it sounded like Lao, probably related (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 5910 & 7340, March 3 at 0215, RRI in French instead of scheduled Romanian, and also on the proper French frequencies 6130 & 7410. Checked because JRX Brasil had reported the previous hour 0105-0125 had 5910 in English instead of Romanian. Maybe they have their feed routing mixed up. Romanian is supposed to be for two hours at 01-03 on 5910 & 7340 both Tsiganeshti, with English & French one hour each on the other two via Galbeni. Check again whether this recur? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. Anomalies continue with RRI, lacking the Romanian service at 01-03 UT on any frequency, instead, UT March 4: At 0150: 5910 and 7410 off; 6130 & 7325 in English At 0203: 5910 and 7325 off, 6130 & 7410 in French Strange they swapped 7325 & 7410 between English and French, almost making me doubt my logging as accurate; what next? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. After last night`s anomalies from RRI in the 01-03 period, I check again March 5 at 0058: 6130 & 7325 with RRI IS, 0100 opening English with detailed satellite info and other platforms but NO mention of SW frequencies! Meanwhile, 7410 and 5910 are off. At 0200 I check all four via UTwente SDR: French is starting on 7410 and 6130; 5910 and 7325 are off. So the same as before; Romanian missing, and swap 7 MHz frequencies by 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RWANDA [non]. 15420, Feb 29 at 1857 African song S9-S8, cut off at 1859* with no announcement; but scheduled as Radio Itahuka, weekly target/clandestine, Sat 18-19 via MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) [Date correct, overlooked for previous report] ** SPAIN. 9690, March 2 at 2303, REE English to North America this Monday is off the air; 11940 JBA maybe same station; 12030 JBA carrier. This and Turkey, q.v. are the only significant overseas stations still broadcasting English to us at this hour, but one or both may be missing on any occasion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Tue March 3 at 2308, REE is on, VG with music but Spanish announcements since it`s not M/W/F, the only days for English. OTOH, off the air today English from TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 4 at 2328, caught tail of REE English back on the air today as Alison is axually speaking news about Snowden, Boris (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 27 at 2319, VOT manages to be on air today during music break (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 28 at 2327, VOT English is AWOL again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 29 at 2302, VOT manages to transmit today, only fair; at 2328 I can tell a `Letterbox` is underway but modulation and signal too low to copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 17720.026, March 2 at 1518, JBA music/talk, significantly off-frequency, i.e. VOT Arabic this hour only; almost the OSOB except for 17615+ Sa`udi JBA carrier. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 2 at 2303, VOT is on today for English to us, but poor S6-S8 and undermodulated, unusable. See SPAIN, our only alternative, off the air today; they take turns? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 3 at 2307, another day OFF for VOT English which would have been to us. But SPAIN, q.v. is on today altho not in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 4 at 2329, VOT is on at S9+10 but JBM, no good English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4102+CW, March 4 at 0716 UT, ``W`` windy beacon JBA, first time in a long time after frequent chex at night. Also some dits and other letters/numbers, something to do with battery power or other characteristix of the installation. Definitely on plus side tho too weak to measure accurately, altho there was recently a report of it on the minus side of 4102. Somewhere in the USA SW desert. Steve McGreevy located and photographed this 19 years ago and says the FCC tolerates it, yet the precise location is not being revealed: http://www.auroralchorus.com/4095-5-kHz_DF_and_visit_to_the_WIND-BEACON_Spring-2001-SPMandEDH.jpg Enlarge them and see an itty bitty anemometer atop a rock outcrop, a small solar panel, and a dipole antenna. There is a huge amount of other great info on his website. 2097.3-CW, Mar 4 at 0720 UT, no signal from ``A` single-letter beacon while `W` etc. is audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6993.0-AM, Feb 27 at 0208, JBA carrier, S3-S4 also noted various night times recently. Presumed WH2XWF in Florida, as per previous reports, lastly in DXLD 18-22: ``6993, May 24 [2018] at 0000, JBA carriers, at least two beating from slightly different frequencies. Often audible but not logged since last September as in http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1737.txt from presumed WH2XWF, experimental 164-watt transmitters with several locations in Florida, to study ionospheric disturbances, never IDing, nothing but dead air. The original info about these was in: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1616.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` ** U S A. 6993.0, February 29 at 2309, at least two JBA carriers beating a few Hz apart, i.e. presumed propagation researchers in Florida, WH2XWF as explained in previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13554-CW, Feb 27 at 1455, HIFER beacon, JBA, heard WV sent twice, then fadeout or off before I could measure it. LWCA has it on 13554.98 from Richwood, West Virginia, i.e. almost 13555. Now regular K6FRC from California also audible better on 13565 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2023) ** U S A. 13555-CW, March 4 at 1516, HIFER beacon WV in West Virginia is JBA, while K6FRC on 13565-CW from California is noticeably stronger; but neither ever heard later in the day or at night. And what about all the other beacons LWCA lists on the 13550-13570 ISM band? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 21305-USB, Feb 29 at 1948, ``CQ South Carolina QSO Party`` over and over from N4XL, Greenwood SC. Once in a while gets an unheard reply surely from outside SC on this band. N4XL is Kevan K. Nason, recently retired and into contesting. About to declare him the OSOB until I hear an unID on 21285-USB. Also checked the 10, 12 and 17 m bands, but heard no activity at all, unlike 11m CB. MUF maps show sporadic E blobs in the 20/30 MHz range east of here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 13788, 13804, 13836, 13852, Feb 27 at 1459, spur carriers from Radio Martí 13820 Grimesland transmitter are again JBA, at slightly more than 16 kHz multiples; vs some splatter from jammer on 13820 out to the first order at least (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 11720, Fri Feb 28 around 2140 UT, caradio turned on to loud exotic ME/African music, soon proven to be `Music Time in Africa`, as Hyper Heather names herself at next and every break: what an ego trip! Despite this I listen for the music on this bigsig which will probably be deleted a month from now in the A-season, with this hour back to 15580 and back to Botswana. Toward hourend she plays only snippets and talx over them. I know I am not going to change the world about this, but as a classical music announcer I would *never* talk over the music (except during a well-established and repeated program theme), as that would be disrespectful to the music, composers and performers, and annoying to listeners. I would also apply this ethic to any genre an announcer is hosting. (Yet a lot of rock songs deliberately provide instrumental lead-ups for DJs to yammer. Great continuity?) As always, closing summary of several weekend MTIA times misses this very one; she has been adding ``hundred`` to times not ending in 00, but that happens only once this week, ``2205-hundred``. A cleaner transition than usual to Yankee-Doodle-Dandy VOA sign-off, but that is still being chopped off at 2200:39*, a few notes before it concludes: more disrespect or sloppyration (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2022 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday February 26 at 2120 the 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA on caradio once I get away from some powerlines Also confirmed Wed Feb 26 at 2215 the 2200 on WBCQ 7490.177v, fair S9-S7 Also confirmed UT Thu Feb 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via UTwente, JBA in Romania, not audible on SDRs in Finland, India WORLD OF RADIO 2023 contents: Antarctica, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada and non, China, Cuba, France, Germany and non, Israel, Jordan, Korea South, Kurdistan non, North America, Perú, Romania, Scotland non, Sudan, Taiwan non, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu; and the propagation outlook WOR 2023 is available as of 0314 UT Friday February 28 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2023.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2023.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 to SSE [usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 2023 monitoring: missed checking Fri Feb 28 at 2300 on WRMI 9955; did anyone hear it; jamming? Confirmed UT Sat Feb 29 at 0145 the 0130s on WRMIs: 5010 F-G S9/+10; 5850 VG S9+30/40; 7780, VP S7-S9. Next: 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 2023 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria reports that WRMI-9 did not come up on 15770 until 1400 Saturday February 29 with SMTV, thus missing WOR at 1300 and SWRG at 1330. Has happened before; what about next weeks? Confirmed UT Sunday March 1 at 0422 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good via Peoria KiwiSDR, about 8 minutes in so started circa 0414. Next: 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 2023 monitoring: confirmed Sunday March 1 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs high noise level (HNL) Also confirmed UT Monday March 2 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair-poor via UTwente SDR, deep fades. Also confirmed UT Monday March 2 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, VG via Rockport ME KiwiSDR; 7780 fair-poor via UTwente; also confirmed on WRN webcast. 0256 recheck direct on R75: 7780 good S9+10, 9395 JBA carrier. Note: from next week the 9395 airing *may* move back to 0130 UT Monday. Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 2 at 0400 on Area 51 webcast; 5130 WBCQ good via KiwiSDR in Maryland but not Massachusetts. Note: from next week this will be at 0300 UT Monday. Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 2 at 0430 on WRMI webcast, but 9955 direct is JBA carrier; nor can I find it on any of several SDRs in South and North America; maybe a trace of it at Ottawa. Note: from next week this will be at 0330 UT Monday. Next: 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 2023 monitoring: via UTwente SDR, tune in Monday March 2 at 1854, to find something already on 7290 with rock music, heavy ACI from 7285 CRI. Stronger carrier comes on 7290 at *1857 but music, main lyric ``everybody`` still audible. 1858.7 change to another song, ``You Do Something to Me``, stops just before 1900 for IRRS sign-on ID, 1900 FSN news headlines, vs ACI now from 7295 CRI, and 1900:47 starts WORLD OF RADIO. So it seems the music was coming all along from IRRS even tho not supposed to start before 1900, and two different carriers / sites / transmitters were involved today. Or one transmitter with power bumpup? Aoki says Tsiganeshti, ROMANIA, or would if respelt fonetikaly, during this hour without listing WOR. EiBi, OTOH says Saftica including WOR; anyhow heard well with no CCI, and ACI evitable by LSB tuning; some lightning crashes. Noel R. Green also reports on this: ``Re World of Radio - A good signal at 1905 UT tune in today March 2 on 7290 averaging S9, peaking to S+5 and down to S7 in NW England`` Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 7290 via UTwente, concluding the WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring report for Monday March 2: Almost made it to conclusion at 1929, cutting off only the last syllables of ``disclaimer``, ID this time giving an IRRS phone number, into Feature Story News in more detail than the headlines earlier. Also confirmed UT Tue March 3 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA S7-8 about equal to noise level here. Not much better at UTwente where it usually is; but much better at Rockport ME KiwiSDR. Next: 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed Wed Mar 4 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, only poor via UTwente, with some lite SSB? ACI. Following two Zanotti IDs at 2058 and 2059. Next: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed the Wed 2100 on WRMI 7780 at 2126 check March 4, JBA direct; fair via UTwente SDR. Also confirmed Wed Mar 4 starting as usual at 2200:20 on WBCQ, 7490.2v, fair. Also confirmed UT Thu March 5 at 0100, JBA on WRMI 7780, but VG via UTwente SDR. WOR 2024 should be ready by early UT March 6 for first NAm SWBC Friday at 2300 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490.2v), UT Sat Feb 29 at 0100, WBCQ webcast filling with Loutuma Girl, so we know who`s next, despite William Tell Overture to follow. TimTron blubbers and belches before it`s over. Opening says he was not feeling well last two weeks when asked to do it, wants to do a show of significance instead of pulling one out of his ass. Thinx Lyme disease is resurging in him. Soon announces current date correctly of Feb 28, YOOL 2020. Acknowledges SWL Winterfest now underway not in Kulpsville PA any more. Into discussion of Drumpf`s PIRATE Act, or rather reading an article about it. Soon into hard rock, which AW never plays when on his show himself, except maybe in an emergency. At 0119 I switch to SW 7490.17 direct where it`s S9+10, as TTT said, ``simulcasting on 5130, I believe``. Yes, and that sounds stronger here but also reads S9/+10. Back to discussing PIRATE act, advises not to broadcast ads or QRM aeronautical, which is main objexion leading to pirate act. Mentions ham traffic nets which are no longer needed, but just social nets like ``Lonely Guys`` tomorrow. Reads part of WAPO article about someone wanting permission from UK and USA to retrieve Marconi radio equipment from the RMS Titanic wreck --- and restore it? Probably nothing any good left of it. Going inside the wreck, grave of 1500 souls, has been disallowed so far. 0132 song. 0137 suddenly conversation with a caller about PIRATE act, not worth risking $100K fines; until 0152 more rock; never heard him identified. 0143 both fading down, and 0147 I go back to webcast. Belch at 0158:35 as TT is upwrapping, 0159 `Happy Trails to You` not by Roy Rogers, somewhat off-key; canned singing ID with the Q of WBCQ cut short before it resolve, into Hal Turner theme, tune-out! BTW, two or three times during the hour I quickly scanned the 4+ and 7- MHz pirate radio bands and heard not a one, despite SWL Fest underway. Have they really been scared off SW by the PIRATE act? But then I seldom hear any, while others further east do. Fest`ers might be later at night than usual. Does anyone know of any live non-pirate SWBCs planned from the Fest? Not I; most likely would appear on some WRMI or WBCQ/Area 51 shows. Here`s John Carver`s summary of AAAWWW: `` ``Tonight's show started a bit late this evening with TimTron as host. Decent signal on 7490 this evening. 5130 had the transmitter on but no program till about three minutes after TOH. Mentions of the SWL Fest in PA going on this weekend. Tim says his Lyme disease has flared up again and he is back on heavy antibiotics again. Jumps into reading an article on the new Pirate Radio law signed last month. Then into some music. Back into pirate radio after the music and then read an article about an effort to remove the radio equipment from the wreckage of the Titanic. Back to pirate radio and makes an effort to point out the difference between a low power SW pirate and pirates that operate in the AM and FM bands and at the top of the FM band then into some more music. After the music ended Mr. Mike popped up on the air and the discussion of pirate radio continued for awhile and then into some more music. Program was over at 0200. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.16v, March 1 at 0037, surprised to hear TOMBS --- a new time? There has long been a strange gap in the online sked, 0040-0100 UT Sun after 100 minutes of `Good Time Oldies` and before `Available Time Slot` usually occupied by an `AAAWWW` repeat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490.16v), March 1 after 2300, WBCQ webcast of `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot` continues filling second half of hour with repeats of vintage shows, rather than `Radio Free Chicago`, deal must have fallen through, and UB says from April new UBMPs will be a full hour long each week both on WBCQ and Channel 292. Note, DST in North America starts already next Sunday March 8, so UBMP will then be Sundays at 22-23 UT, as WBCQ operates by local time despite being an international SW station. `Encore` classical music from Radio Tumbril still on WBCQ 7490/webcast after 0100 UT Monday March 2; not clear whether this be the last time like it was on WWCR Feb 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non?]. 9330, March 4 at 1903, WBCQ WLCR in Arabic on 81 degree beam, only S5-S7 if really 500 kW, but also with a low audible heterodyne as if from a second station on a slightly different frequency. Nothing else is ever scheduled here except Cuban spynumbers 4 nights a week at 0700, certainly not now. Maybe a WBCQ defect, or old transmitter also on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Feb 29 at 2319, WRMI with gospel huxters in Portuguese2, not Brasilian, i.e. Frank & Ernest as sked Sat 2315 --- and NO jamming. Would that 24 hours earlier during WOR that were also true (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5850, UT Sun March 1 at 0100, `Encore` classical music from Scotland, first airing on WRMI, VG signal aimed thisaway but some fading. Now one cannot be tempted to listen via webcast since there isn`t any from WRMI except 9955 System B. Another play is coming UT Monday 0300 on 9455 to the NNW. Tnx to Jeff White for WRMI now `sponsoring` this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, March 2 at 0256, this WRMI is JBA S4-S6, like 9395, boding ill for `Encore` classical music on new relay at 0300. Recheck at 0325 via Rockport ME KiwiSDR, it`s L&C VG! during operatic arias. Almost as good via Bridgewater MA, but not so good further west (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re `Encore` new broadcast on WRMI, UT Sun March 1 0100-0200 on 5850, Dr Hansoerg Biener points out, ``The programme was also noted on 5010 kHz.`` Yes, the two are normally in tandem during that hour, e.g. WORLD OF RADIO 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun March 1 at 0127, anonymous theatre organ show is underway on WTWW-2, unlike a few minutes earlier; recheck at 0155 is already over playing request for ``Jump``. Unfortunately now during same hour as `Encore` on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, 13845, March 3 circa 2000, WWCR usual JBA carriers, and more on 12160; after 2100 usual bigsigs on 9980 and 9350; ops normal, not hit by tornado in downtown Nashville, as site is on the NW outskirts. In the ABDX.org group, David Slate in Hendersonville TN said, ``Hey Gang, Last night there was a tornado that went though Nashville. We in Hendersonville were lucky, just rain and wind at my QTH. The east Nashville and Germantown {Memphis suburb} areas got hit and so did Mt Juliet and Lebanon. It came close to WTVF TV ch 5 {Nashville}. In the Cookeville market they also got hit hard. Just wanted to let you all know I'm OK`` Good, and we surely hope all our other DX friends and broadcasters in TN are too. Lebanon? That`s the site of WTWW. You never know whether they will be on air with day or night frequencies, but the three active lately, 9475, 5830 and 5085 are all absent March 3 at 1858, 2056 and 2248 UT chex. If any remain, #1 priority will be 5085 evenings with Ted`s rock and ham stuff. I also checked the WTWW webcasts; while the website wtww.us still loads, nothing played, but I don`t know if this be unusual in the daytime anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WTWW still not on at 0205 UT Wed Mar 4, when the ham show would normally be on 5085. {and still off at 0317} (The competing ham show on WBCQ 5130 is running.) Power outage and/or tornado damage? Anyone know or can inquire? Wikipedia reports: ``In Lebanon, many homes and businesses suffered considerable damage, including Walmart and Lowe's. The Wilson County Fairgrounds was impacted as the tornado moved east out of town and continued along the interstate to Smith County, producing EF1-type damage in the Tuckers Crossroads, Grant, and New Middleton communities.`` Then I write to Doug Smith of W9WI.com: ``Hi Doug, Sure hope you and yours are OK! And eventually you can fill us in on the impact to broadcast stations? (SW: WTWW Lebanon has not been heard. It should be on 5085 at least, tonight). 73, Glenn`` Doug replies: ``Thanks! - Yep, I'm fine, except for sleep deprivation :) I'm located in the western part of the city -- the tornado formed roughly eight miles to the northeast. It ripped up an airport about two miles north of my workplace -- but didn't even break sticks off the trees at work. I believe WHTN TV 39 is off but best I can tell everything else is on. It did come awfully close to the AM 900/1490 tower in Lebanon but I'm told the stations are still on. Haven't had an opportunity to scan myself. I suspect there are still massive power outages in Lebanon/Wilson County. The folks behind WTWW are pretty active on social media -- and conspicuously absent today. I suspect it's just a lack of power`` Further chex of WTWW frequencies find no signals: 0514, 1904 UT March 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, March 5 at 0250, WTWW-1 is back on with SFAW from tornado-ravaged Lebanon TN, but 5085 WTWW-2 is still off. 5830 had been underpowered but now is quite strong. The WTWW-1 webcast is running too, `Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting` with a caller from Wisconsin at 0255; but not WTWW-2 stream (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, Feb 27 at 0223-0233+, S9+20 of dead air from WRNO. What`s the point of transmitting but not modulating? Is the site at Metairie LA unpersonned, mis-relying on remote control from Fort Worth? Anyway an improvement over usual gospel-huxtering (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. I don`t normally watch the Dr Oz show, but ran across it today March 3 when the topic is the Tony Alamo cult, and the horrible things that monster did to his followers. You may be able to find it today via a local syndicated affiliate; or see website: https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/true-crime-child-bride-christian-sex-cult-speaks-out?video_id=6137735476001 https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/true-crime-child-bride-christian-sex-cult-speaks-out ``Dr. Oz Logo Now Playing Sneak Peek: Behind Closed Doors of Tony Alamo’s Christian Sex Cult True Crime: Child Bride From Christian Sex Cult Speaks Out Autoplay: Originally aired on 3/03/2020 Dr. Oz investigates Christian cult leader and convicted child sex abuser Tony Alamo, who controlled his devoted followers by fear and punishment and took child brides as young as 8 years old. Investigative reporter Mara Schiavocampo shares the story.`` This is on the first half hour of the TV show only. At its end Oz sez they got no response from Alamo Ministries --- so we know that exist. Unfortunately this is still relevant because dead Alamo has shown up again on shortwave, thanks to MBR. Maybe someone should clue them in about him: EiBi: 1600 1700 Su USA Tony Alamo E ME 6120/D-n 1630 1730 Su USA Tony Alamo E SAs 5945/UZB 6060/UZB Aoki: 5945 1630-1730 UZB Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Tashkent 1 6040 1630-1730 UZB Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Tashkent 1 6120 1600-1700 D Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Nauen 1 HFCC: 5945 1630 1730 42,43,44 TAC 100 90 0 911 1 031119 280320 D 10650 Mul UZB MBR MBR 16202 A.Asia 6040 1630 1730 41 TAC 100 163 0 911 1 031119 280320 D 9050 Mul UZB MBR MBR 16204 A.ind 6060 1600 1630 29,3 NAU 250 80 0 146 7 271019 280320 D 9600 Mul D MBR MBR 16066 A.345 6120 1600 1700 39 NAU 125 128 0 216 1 031119 280320 D 9600 Mul D MBR MBR 16205 A.meara And Ron Howard replies to this on the WOR iog: ``Hi Glenn, Is hard to believe he can still be heard on SW today. Am amazed that there is still an active Website http://www.alamoministries.com/audiomessages/index.html with his recorded audio files available. Years ago you and I often heard his programs via Equatorial Guinea. The programs were provided back then by Pan American Broadcasting (PAB), via their Radio Africa Network, which was broadcasting via shortwave. PAB is still located in Pleasanton, CA. https://www.radiopanam.com/ {and broadcasts via WRMI on 21525 --- gh} Here is one of my logs from 2013: EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa at 1603, on Nov 14, 2013, with the start of Tony Alamo's program #493 (per his website - originally recorded back on Nov 28, 2007); almost fair with good audio; transmitter holding up well after having been recently fixed. http://alamoministries.com/Programs4/program493.mp3 Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1090, Feb 27 at 0702 UT, KAAY Little Rock AR keeps on going with commercials and SRN News, failing to provide any ToH deadairhole! So even less chance to ID anything else besides XEAU in its null, and het from 1089 UK. This had been going on since at least January 3 when I first reported it. We`ll hear if KAAY be permanently fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1120, Feb 27 at 0659 UT, KTXW, Manor-Austin ID with KMOX St Louis nulled. KMOX certainly dominates at night, but I have long been hearing something else by nulling it, wondering if it were new 50 kW daytimer KCRN in Colorado, which a while ago was being reported at night; KTXW is supposed to be only 155 watts night, or is it 5600 day power? Both of them gospel huxters (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1160, Feb 27 at 0706 UT, KSL Salt Lake UT ID, then a minute of dead air until Jim Bohannon start at 0707, but with a subhost. Dratted IBOC from 1170 KFAQ Tulsa QRMs from 1157 peak, nulling as much as possible; and I suppose KSL return the disfavor on 1173, but much less obvious here so much closer to Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1210, Feb 27 at 0708 UT, IDs in English for KUBR San Juan TX in the RGV and multi-station FM & AM network; otherwise, gospel-huxtering in Spanish, not to be mistaken for Mexican. I check this sometimes with KGYN nulled, for 50 kW daytimer in Michigan, WJNL which for months used to run reliably all night, but apparently not any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1460, March 3 at 1410 UT, YL anchor with world news in AmerEnglish --- more than some network news-on-the-hour, and no commercials, dominant at first. Like public radio, but certainly not NPR Morning Edition. The only fit around here is KHOJ, St Charles MO, which is Catholic, and there was one item about the Pope testing negative for CoronaVirus but cancelling his public events, and at 1417 mention website mycatholic-something.com Finally got KHOJ program schedule to load https://ourcatholicradio.org/sites/default/files/station-schedules/WRYT-KHOJ%28Group-1-WEB%29_38.pdf which shows Tuesdays at 8-9 am CT, `Catholic Connection` (Live), which seems like a call-in rather than a newscast. 1460, March 3 at 1415 UT, overcoming KHOJ briefly, ``Welcome to the Voice of America, in Vietnamese!`` And VOA jingle. The VV station around here is KCLE Burleson TX, address in Cleburne (The Metroplex), now on 11 kW day power. At first I thought it said Japanese, surely not, and Vietnamese talk soon followed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VIETNAM. After finding 11980 labeled harmonic in EiBi for China via CUBA, q.v. I also search on ``spur`` and get 9 entries, all from Vietnam, no Cubans or anywhere else: 6006.6, 6033.4, 7155, 7196.2, 7223.8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, March 3 at 0729, no mystery open carrier now, which had been running the past several nights with no clues but lots of guesses (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5915, March 5 at 0057-0101+, carrier with heavy splash from 5920 WHRI. By 0125 same talk is JBA. Checking because JRX in Brasil reported ZAMBIA here around 0100 last night in vernacular. ZNBC has run 24 hours before and might again, perhaps due to electric ``load shedding`` meaning no power during day or prime time but available when demand is much lower overnight. However, one other station is listed active before and after these hours, MYANMAR, where it`s just after sunrise. I try the two KiwiSDRs in RSA and one of them is getting it no better than I am, nor does UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6920-LSB, March 1 at 0033, 2-way with squeals, Spanish talking about animalitos, Chihuahuas. No sign of any North American pirates on this or 5 or 4 MHz bands despite Saturday night and SWL WinterFest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7525-USB, Feb 27 at 0220, 2-way unseems Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)