** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 6230-USB, Nov 28 at 1352, coastal marine weather info, obsessed with wind direxions and gusting speeds in knots, S6; 1354, ``end of transmission from VMW``, i.e. Wiluna, Western Australia, which is far inland in central WA, hardly a marine town, rather a gold-mining town: ``Wiluna is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. Wikipedia``. But the VMW site was obviously chosen as at a suitable skip distance from the coasts. EiBi shows hours as 10-23; but also on 6230, Sound of Hope and CNR1/Firedrake jamming up to 24 hours. When VMW goes off I do detect a JBA carrier, fortunately nothing more, but that CCI should be a much greater hazard around Oz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA [non]. `Calling All Radio Nutz`, I monitor on and off for the first time via the Unique Radio stream, as it has just been rescheduled for 20-22 biweekly UT Saturdays. http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/listen.pls From 2035 UT Nov 28, tune-in to VP off-the-air DX recording of something in Indonesian, then hi-fi music. 2041 back-announcement, has been a band from Benin called Orchestra; the preceding DX tapes were R. CANDIP, Zaire, 5066 from 1983y; UAE Radio, Abu Dhabi when it was on 11m, 25900; RRI Jakarta, 9680 from 1982? Is it still active? One co-host asks, No, replies the other who used to get it regularly in Denver. The latter is ``Jen, Radio Nutress`` --- does that mean they identify as female? Voice is ambiguous, soft-spoken and sometimes overridden by noise, such as someone unexpectedly on the roof installing an AC. CARN is an extremely informal live show. 2053 an off-air recording of something in German. Recheck at 2124, the conversant in UK, called G.B.? or Mike? is giving some DX news, Inconfidência on 15190, Brasil DRM on 11880, Tumbril on 6070. 2126 into live bandscanning, comparing what they are hearing on same frequencies in widely divergent locations, such as 6000, 5995 Mali; 6050 - HCJB? mixing with something, Chinese, also ELWA? I think it`s a bit early for Ecuador. 2149 more vintage clips, Reloj de Costa Rica, I guess on 6006, something from Iceland. Meanwhile I also find: Unique Radio has resumed streaming and changed times for WOR, also showing expected SW frequencies when they resume from new location: details at http://www.uniqueradio.biz and webcast at http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/listen.pls Friday at 1200 on 5045-USB, Saturday at 0600 on 5045-USB, Sunday at 0600 on 3210-USB, Tuesday at 1300 on 3210-USB. So these have been reinserted into the WOR sked http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 4925, Follow-ups to my log of presumed Tefé, from Lúcio Otávio Bobrówiec to the WOR iogroup: 4925, Unid. (much probably R. Educação Rural, Brasil Tefé, AM) 26/11, 0000–0052 relaying R. Bandeirantes de São Paulo, which was covering a footbal soccer match (Corinthians X Curitiba). Poor, best signal at 0045; around 0052 abrupt sign off (LOB). 4925, Unid. (much probably R. Educação Rural, Brasil Tefé, AM) 28/11, 2340–2350 music, male talks. Very poor, slight improvement over time https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/bUCJ 4925, Unid. (much probably R. Educação Rural, Brasil Tefé, AM) 29/11, 0034–0042 female talks, short music, male talks, slow pop music. Very poor, some improvement over listening (LOB). https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/zmoa 4925, Unid. (much probably R. Educação Rural, Brasil Tefé, AM) 29/11, 0059–0104 female talks, music. Trying to catch a ToH ID but deteriorated significantly (LOB). It is worth mentioning that some het was heard at a certain time that I did not register on 4925 listenings (LOB). Tecsun PL310et, Wire 14m, dipole 18m, Embu SP Brasil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, Nov 25 at 2302, RNA-AM is S9+5/15 at Bonaire SDR, compared to RNA-DRM on new 11875-11880-11885 as first covered in my last report; which is now S8-S9 when the noise is tuned in SAM mode, as still no audio decoding in DRM mode, at first displaying 0.00 kpbs, then jumps to 19.80. I may not know how to get the best results out of DRM SDRs? At 2308 I compare it to OCB-DRM on 7340-7345-7350 which displays S9+15/20, 9.76 kbps with audio cutting on at times. At 0055, I try Pardinho, Brasil SDR which does hear the noise on 11880, but with ACI splash from 11885 CRI in English. RNA-DRM is supposedly running 24 hours, and being experimental may explain the problems in receiving it. They were supposedly going to switch to more user-friendly parameters the next day. The Brasília SDR would be interesting to try if available, at local? range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11875-11880-11885, Nov 27 at 2252, cannot hear any DRM under RHC-AM in English at S7-S9; meanwhile RNA-AM on 11780 is S9/+20 with flutter, unusual for trans-equatorial on HF. Brasília KiwiSDR at 2312, hears only JBA AM carrier on 11880. Nothing listed after 2300; occurred to me later, possibly 2nd harmonic from the Brazilian but that would land on 11879. So what became of the 24-hour DRM tests? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11880, replies to no DRM heard from RNA as last reported: ``11875-11880-11885, Nov 27 at 2252, cannot hear any DRM under RHC-AM in English`` ``Well, they are tests, and by nature tests may be irregular. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess they are trying to fix whatever was causing transmitter dropouts all the time. 73 -- Chris Mackerell, Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau RD 2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand`` and ``Rafael Diniz via groups.io Fri 2020-11-27 9:20 PM: "Tx was shut down today, to be resumed next week with a more appropriate setup." -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** BRAZIL. More replies on the WOR iog about the DRM tests from RNA: Re: [WOR] Brazil DRM tests Nov 28 at 6:04 PM ``Earlier in the week I noted the signal cutting in and out but — par for the course — with a strong carrier on 11800 {sic - means 11880?} from (p) Cuba, so nothing decoded and the analog signal from Cuba was also subsumed in the DRM hash — meaning that at least in Michigan both signals were worthless. All this just proves DRM is a poor ‘solution’ to the noise of long distance SWBC and as a ‘double whammy’ is rather ‘fragile’ too, collapsing into unusable/undecodable noise in the presence of any QRM. One wonders if anyone involved in the design of the system actually ever listened to SWBC or tried to receive DRM under ‘normal’ double-hop SW conditions? For some reason they seem to think QAM-64 (in whatever mode) is appropriate for SW despite the fact it isn’t. In the great green room there was a telephone. And a radio. There should always be a radio. ;) Ken Zichi`` ``Yes, boring 'playground' since 2002 year of Fraunhofer software appeared here in Europe, the BrasTelecom technicians play in front of the christmas tree like out of  b o r e d o m. Another event, once more, in the never-ending story of this deadborn decode / encode radio option product. Others attend very expensive conventions in luxury hotels around the world every year. It's a test only; nothing on air at 0830 UT Nov 28, grayline Ireland, Azores, Brasília central Brazil. Technically it was an exciting innovation in 2002 to 2008 year era, once. For digital DRM tests one should occupy a frequency in the border range for example 11.5 to 11.6 MHz. Around the Cuban RHC La Habana external service on 11880 kHz for Central and mainly South Africa badly extensive to interfere with a 17 kHz wide broadband digital signal. Thanks Rudolf from São Paulo for his informative mail recently. 73 wolfie df5sx https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, RNA DRM tests are back, on a non-Cuban frequency, as Richard Langley reported to the WOR iog at 1804 UT Dec 2: ``As just posted in the DRMNA io group: ``"Per Brother Francisco via Twitter: 'EBC & Brasília University tests 11910 kHz DRM on air now! 16-QAM MSC, Mode A, AAC + SBR. #drmlog'"`` --- My replies: From 1830, No signal here, but weak at Brasília SDR, better at Bonaire SDR, S5-S6, solid H2Ofall block 11905-11915 but not audible except occasional bursts of noise. Nothing else heard, but Aoki/NDXC shows what else is on 11910, hardly clear: 11910 1200-1300 CHN CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONA Amo Beijing 572 1-7 11910 1300-1357 CHN CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONA Eng Beijing 572 1-7 11910 2055-2400 J NHK WORLD RADIO JAPAN Jap Ibaragi-Kog 1-7 11910 1400-1500 THA *jammed VOICE OF AMERICA Tib Udon Thani 1-7 11910 1800-1857 KRE Voice of Korea Fre Kujang 1-7 11910 1900-1957 KRE Voice of Korea Eng Kujang 1-7 11910 2000-2050 KRE Voice of Korea (KCBS) Kor Kujang 1-7 I go back to Brasília SDR --- how far is it really from the Rodeador site? At 1924, some music is being heard at S9+15 and not // talk on 11780-AM, S9+20/30. DRM reads 14.06 kbps, 11.5 db SNR, mode B. Nothing but music about 50% of the time but keeps going into oscillation, dropping to silence and coming back as if nothing happened. The signal is not fading much, if any, at local range. At the bottom of the box there is a rotation of 3 or 4 one-line texts, about samba, drogas, weather in São Paulo. At 1945 the SNR is 18.5 dB, but still same in & out music. DRM sked menu still shows 11880. 1956, SNR is 22.4 dB, S9+35, same in & out music only. By 2110 the DRM noise is audible direct on my R75, S7-S8 vs noise level of S5; while 11780-AM is S7-S8 also. And RHC has not yet come on 11880 for the 2100 French, but it is on by 2138 check in Brazuguese. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11910-DRM checked again via Brasília SDR at 2301, music remains cutting on and off --- but mostly off. In fact from at least 2310 constantly listening, only a few notes of music cut on at 2318. Then constantly tries to decode and fails. At 2333 I check for any QRM --- yes, there is a weak AM carrier under the noise on 11910, presumably Radio Japan until 2400, which is 300 kW at 290 degrees; but we know how well NHK propagates backwards, and it`s almost antipodal to Brasil. That may be enough to ruin this hardly robust DRM. But after Yamata is off, at 0023 Dec 3, hardly any DRM decode. Still needs some tweaking. A major defect of the DRM concept is that it has to run inside the otherwise AM SWBC bands, a big PR problem QRMing normal broadcasts, making enemies instead of friends; and which altho thinning out are still a hard place to find a clear frequency, especially for 24 hours -- while there is plenty of space in the adjacent fixed utility bands already occupied by various forms of digital transmission --- where DRM belongs, if anywhere. Ordinary SW AM reception should not be blasted inside the bands by this noise even if technically it is not QRDRMing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 218-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0640 UT, dash and RL, 980-watt ND beacon from Red Lake, Ontario. Tuning upward, the first one heard. BTW, I *never* hear even a JBA carrier on Euro LWBC frequencies. Of course, would have a better chance earlier from before sunset. 223-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0641 UT, dash and YYW, 1000 watts from Armstrong, Ontario. BTW, dxinfocentre.com notes that the other Canadian on 223, YKA, 500 watts in Kamloops BC is ``to be decommissioned 2021-02-25`` among 18 others on the list --- so hurry up and DX them. 335-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0652, dash and YLD, 500-watt NDB from Chapleau, Ontario, not on the de-com list. BTW, the dashes only from Canadians make the correct frequency clear, while the Americans may be best audible 1, 2 or even 3 kHz displaced (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 413-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0719 UT, dash and YHD, 250-watt ND beacon at Dryden, Ontario. 401-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0721 UT, dash and YPO, 500-watt NDB at Peawanuck, Ontario; also audible tuned to 400-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 340-MCW kHz, Dec 1 at 0137 UT, dash and YY, 500-watt ND beacon at Mont-Joli, Québec; louder than my 25?-watt local EI on 341. Mont Joli is not even in closest QC but way up on the Gaspé Peninsula, right bank of the St-Laurent, 2761 km = 1715 statute miles. Not much else from Canada audible now (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 5050, Nov 28 at 2321, JBA carrier, presumed V of Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, morning 2300-0102 broadcast no longer blocked by WWRB on weekends, moved to 3215, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Nov 28 from 2327, WOOB 9-16+ MHz; cannot be positive none be Sound of Hope or other targets as too weak to parallel, but no reason to believe they be anything but on-frequency jammers; when there is any audio it`s Chinese or seems Chinese: JBA or JBA carriers u.o.s.: 9215 stands out as S9+20, far stronger than any of the others, topping an open carrier on 9218; 9200 S7-S9; 9280; At 2336: 10160; 10820; 10870 S4-S5; 10920 S5-S7; 11070 S3; 11100; 11170. At 2340: 11430 S3-S4; 11440; 11460; 11500 S2-S3; At 2346: 12190; 12210; 12500 S4-S5; 13070 S6-S7; 13130 S5-S6; 13160; At 2354: 13530 S6-S7 vs CODAR; 14940; no 15s or 16s tho some RTTY is propagating above 16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 11670, Nov 28 at 2342, during CNR1 jammer survey, Chinese not // here, as it`s CNR2 non-jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Nov 29 from 2316, mostly weak Chinese language: 6865 S6-S7; 6850 S7-S9; 7810 S7-S8; 9180; 9200; 9215 to 2325. I also tuned the entire 8 MHz band, but not the 7 MHz band where there might be non-jammer Chinese. All these check out in Aoki/NDXC as CNR1 jammer channels against Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Nov 30 at 0344 check, anonymous mystery missionary station just now at this odd time commencing another regular feature, `Lecciones de la Historia`, good S9 into Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13630 & 13771 approx., Nov 26 at 1507, RHC FM spurblobs with F# tone, S6-S7 out of 13700-AM, but JBA on second-orders circa 13561 & 13842. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15700, Nov 26 at 1555, CRI Plus relay is S9+40 but suptorted! = suppressed and distorted modulation. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13564 & 13837 approx., Nov 27 at 1440, S3 FM spurblobs with F# tone out of S9+10 but undermodulated RHC 13700-AM; the lower one blots any chance of hearing K6FRC, 1.8 milliwatt HIFER beacon in California on 13565, but have not heard it for quite a while even when in the clear. These are second-orders, while the first-orders, plus and minus 68 kHz, circa 13632 & 13768 are S6. All still there at 1527 recheck. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13635 & 13766 approx., Nov 28 at 1438, S9/+10 FM spurblobs with F# tone from 13700-AM RHC, much stronger than 2nd-orders circa 13570 & 13831, approx. 65.5 kHz intervals. 13700 itself S9+10 has SAH at fades, i.e. new CCI from Brother HyStairical via BULGARIA: see SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6950, Nov 30 at 1500, RHC again on wrong-punch frequency, nothing on 9650; S7-S9, also with het from an open carrier on 6948.0, pirate jamming? 6950 still at 1538 but no 6948. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6950 had also happened again the morning of Nov 29 at 1330, reported by Chris Smolinski; and by Ivo Ivanov at 1350 with a Boca Ratón SDR. Ivo also Nov 30 after 1200; and by Wolfgang Büschel at 1243 via a Rochester NY SDR where it was 4 Hz high. Would it rerepeat the evening of Nov 30? No, not heard around 0115 UT December 1. If neither frequency be heard, could be another lysdexic sloppyrator mixup, possibilities: 6590, 5690, 5960, 6059, 6095, 9560, 9605, 9506, 9065, 9056, 0569, 0659, 0695, 0956, 0965 --- did I miss any? Etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 1 at 0112, RHC English is S7/S9+10 but suptorted and JBM; only possible // 9700 is JBA, maybe RHC too. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, Dec 2 at 2110, no signal from RHC which is supposed to start French at 2100; eventually on by 2138 check in Brazuguese. At least Brazil has moved its DRM testing to 11910, q.v. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, Dec 3 at 0050, RHC in wrong language, not Spanish but English, which is supposed to be on 5040 only at this hour. Via Brownsville TX TWR SDR, `Chariots of Fire` theme` JBA on 13740 // VG 5040. Tnx to tip from Steven Wiseblood in the RGV who was getting 13740 well earlier in the hour. Improved here by 0055. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 4980, Dec 1 at 0156, JBA carrier; could WRMI-4 be back ex-silent 11710? Quick way to find out is checking the other three 60m frequencies of PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi`s four language services which always arrive as a group, and there they are, also JBACs: 5060, 4850, 4500. I was thinking it a bit late to propagate, but not, especially in winter, with LSR at 0124. That`s 9:24! local time, as the Beijing Han imperialists force all of China to go by UT+8, even the west which ought to be UT+6 by longitude; amounts to double-DST yearound. But that`s the least of Uyghur problems, facing cultural genocide and brainwashing to wipe out Islam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545, Sat Nov 28 at *1530:39, cuts on with talk already underway from Biato Yiakl scheduled Sat only via FRANCE, VP S8-S9. Note my previous unID report of Wed Nov 25, something here at same time but +.06 kHz off-frequency; I did not notice this one being askew but not directly measured; I was waiting for it to turn on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545.06, Wed Dec 2 at 1540, VP talk and music; 1550 it`s Horn-of-Africa music, 1553 announcement, 1556 more music until 1558*. Recorded but too poor to pick out any ID. Like last Wednesday, suspected to be Bayto Yaikl clandestine, which is supposedly scheduled on Saturdays only, when it was first heard. Now broker Jeff White of RMI confirms that it`s also on Wednesdays at 1530; but I wonder if it`s also via Issoudun. A week ago it was off-frequency+plus like this, but need to check whether it`s the same offfrequenciness on Saturdays. Despite problems like clickbeeping, none here, I don`t recall any ISS transmitter being so far displaced on other known broadcasts. See previous discussions at: http://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2020_1105_1111.txt http://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2020_1119_1125.txt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 18146-USB, Nov 27 at 1532, ham contact in French, then pileup and quick contacts in heavily accented English with US stations; with each one he gives temp 10 C, geographical location and spells name. QRZ.com shows: ``F5CAC France flag France, Christian Rebout, 45 Grande Rue, 25310 Abbevillers, France``. Is there a contest? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. 12085.013, Dec 1 at 1509, unknown language, S Asian? but often pronouncing the word ``Bible`` as in English with long I, so suspect a gospel huxter, S6-S9 and slightly off frequency. Aoki & EiBi agree it`s KSDA AWR, but can`t agree on language: Lus in Aoki, MZ in EiBi. His readme.txt leads to ``Mizo / Lushai: India-Mizoram (0.7m) [lus]``, so that covers it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WO) ** JAPAN [non]. 6185, Nov 30 at 0439, NHK Warudo Radio Japan news in English atop fast SAH from poor XEPPM which is always offset-minus, but hardly any of its modulation penetrating. NHK relay via AUSTRIA as tipped by Ivo Ivanov, has just moved here from 6155 for the M-F 0430 and S/S 0500 English semihour, ND 300 kW for W Europe but which would reach us sufficiently if on a clear frequency, but NHK does not want us North Americans as an audience. XEPPM is only 1 kW? Also blocked at earlier 0420 check with AWR in Turkish altho supposedly toward Turkey. Meanwhile I hear nothing on 6155; surely they did not move to avoid 6159.9v WBCQ over there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Dec 1 at 1504, S7-S9 in presumed Kurdish, apparent news with clips from Dengé Welat via PRIDNESTROVYE, also with fast SAH from another carrier, but no other audio, probably Turkish jammer; also some lite long-path echo as previously measured and explained (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6770, Nov 29 at 2318, JBA talk, S6-S7, presumed the Old Time Radio pirate -- not heard in ages despite occasional chex this far below the main pirate band. Tnx to new tip today: ``[WOR] Old Time Radio (pirate) 6770 AM 1348 UTC 29 Nov 2020 --- Not a bad signal this morning, SIO 333 to peaks of 444. https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74989.0.html Chris Smolinski, Black Cat Systems, Westminster, MD USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Nov 27 at 2253, soft YL vocal music but mostly instrumental, S8-S9, past 2300 no ID, direct; sounds better via remote iin Missouri, still music at 2322 but reads only S6-S7. 2325 chirping sounds but not like usual SSTV, but no more music. Still thus at 2342, like multiple crickets, so something else? This had been Mix Radio International, widely reported since 1900: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74882.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11550, Nov 29 at 1554, Korean, the first voice sounding synthetic; RFA via SAIPAN at 1500-1900. Unseems off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 388-MCW kHz, Dec 2 at 0707 UT, ND beacon OK, which is doubly okay, from OKmulgee - Preston, 25 watts. Not often heard. What is Preston? ``Preston is an unincorporated community located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The post office was established December 13, 1909. It was named for an Okmulgee oilman, Harry Preston. Wikipedia``. BTW, it`s a hard G in -gee, same as in Muskogee, long O, accent on middle syllable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1600 kHz, Dec 2 at 2140 UT, KUSH Cushing with Americana music is already getting QRM in Vietnamese from KRVA The Metroplex TX, still on 25 kW day power, skywave a sesquihour before sunset (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Circa 9 MHz as I am bandscanning, Nov 29 at 2324 wideband RF noise burst for a few seconds as my nearest streetlight is igniting, confirmed by peeking out the window. Fortunately the noise abates once it`s fully bright, not adding to the high line noise level continuing. LSS today 2317 UT with clear sky at western horizon, so it sets off +7 minutes later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Nov 28 at 1545 UT I bandscan DTV as there is slight tropo enhancement around here, showing BAD signals on 31, 22 and 21, but more noticeable, my only local on RF17 has been reconfigured, no longer showing virtual 41, KCYH-LD which is really in Ardmore, 256 km = 159 stmi away. No longer alternating vacant channels, and no longer three audio-only - the only DTV station I have seen ever doing that. So no more ``Radio 74`` as on 89.3 Loyal. Here`s the new lineup with PSIP IDs, note upper/lower cases: 17-1 K17JN-D - 3ABN bug in LR 17-2 QuoVida - QVtv bug in UR [never heard of this one before] 17-3 SmrtLfS - Smart Life Style / Television bug LR - no sound on Sanyo TV [``unsupported audio codec], OK via STB 17-4 HopeCh1 - Hope Channel bug UR - uplifted arms 17-5 AmFacts - Amazing Facts but no bug now; audio same as 17-3 BTW, closed-captioning only on 17-1; is that legal? Did I mention that this Enid station was off for a while after last month`s ice storm? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Re my obs of K17JN-D Enid changes, Trip Ericson replies: ``Good morning, Thanks. I've updated K17JN-D accordingly on RabbitEars. I'd never heard of QVTV either, but I think I tracked it down. The way it's supposed to work is that any program that has captions are supposed to be passed through. Local programming for small enough stations, or networks under a certain size who produce their own programming and would have to pay to have that specific programming captioned, are exempt. There's more to it than that, but I'm not familiar with the ins and outs. Have a great one, and stay safe. - Trip`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 21, Nov 28 at 1936 UT, I`m surprised to see some DTV area tropo enhancement still in vigour in the afternoon, as four hours earlier it wasn`t quite enough to decode KUOT-CD, OKC, but now it is: same PSIP as KUOT on all subchannels: 21-1, 3ABN {Cornerstone} 21-2, no signal! and diamond, an incoming error message at station {IBN Television} 21-3, 211? - not sure of my scribble, Hope201? {3ABN} 21-4, algo with LIVE bug UR {Amazing Facts} 21-5, Hope bug UR {Hope Channel} These do not all match the lineup at {rabbitears.info} as above (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Nov 28 at 0300, once again this week, WRMI is playing `Encore` classical music. I notified the WOR iog ASAP and wondered if this replace UT Thu on same, as Richard Lemke says that was missing this week. And also Brice Avery who is unaware of this emission in his publicity. But this is a prepeat, probably first airing anywhere as on the 28/11 playlist. https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlist-2 which I think will become playlist-1 when there is a new one next week. I enjoy the hour very much via a remote in Missouri in the Synch AM mode --- S9+30 almost ``local`` reception but totally mono. WRMI skedgrid still has a blank in this space, with Encore on Thu. About the playlist, the layout is rather confusing. Ma Vlast, for instance, does not attribute it to Smetana but seemingly to Dvorak: evidently the third column is the name of the record which presumably included this piece. In classical music, the composer always comes first --- then the title of the piece, movement; then the performers. After that the less important record title and label. The way this displays, the composer may or may not show up in any of the columns, or may be incorrect. Brice`s announcements, of course, are more explicit and with some further info. Another thing I wish he would fix: ``playing out`` on the final piece, which means it is going to get chopped off abruptly at 59:30 for the WRMI ID before it`s finished. This is extremely jarring and unfair to the music. Make the program a little shorter, 59:00? and/or start the last piece in time for it to complete, preferably also then with a back announcement and good-bye (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5850, Nov 28 at 1359, TOMBS non-pausing, yet I can barely recognize underneath the intonations of a canned Bob Biermann WRMI ID. At 1400 is // 5800 and no doubt many others for the expanded Sabbathcasts. And that is not all! 13700, Nov 28 at 1402, TOM is here as BS is blathering on about the Sevens, as one of his wacko obsessions is numerology, interrupting himself for phone contact info; RHC has not come on yet. A frequency with TOMBS ending in -00 has got to be new from Secretbrod, BULGARIA, but not yet listed in EiBi or Aoki/NDXC. HFCC as of my 15 Nov download had 13700 from SOF only at 16-18 in Arabic! Ivo Ivanov had reported: ``SECRETLAND Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod on November 18 1400-1430 13700*SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME awful strong dead air 1430-1510 13686vSCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME with awful modulation`` 11600 also bears Bulgarian BS, Nov 28 at 1449, yelling // 5850 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 684, Dec 1 at 0140, strongest of JBA carriers, enough for some audio in Castilian, then jazz, and // 774, i.e. RNE1 network, Sevilla, and on the upper, Valencia strongest among synchros (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11705, Dec 1 at 1507, S8-S9 Arabish talk, i.e. Juba dialect from R. Tamazuj this hour via MADAGASCAR. Altho the furthest landmass near our antipodes, we get lots of good reception from this island, especially when beaming across Africa USward beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Nov 27 at 2259 direct, no signal from VOT English to us; something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Same at 2311 via UTwente but getting weak Chinese, i.e. PBS Xinjiang, 5960-, Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of cultural genocide and brainwashing of Uyghurs, which per EiBi starts at 2310. Would you believe that some editor won`t let me make that remark? It`s the least I can do, surely not much, to oppose and expose the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 245-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0643, NDB HS, but no such call listed --- presumably really FS, Sioux Falls - Rock SD, commonly heard 400 watts, and either miskeyed with a dot instead of a dash, or misheard. 257-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0650 UT, NDB JYR, which is 25 watts at York, Nebraska, Eclipse Central. 338-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0653 UT, NDB UMP, which is 25 watts at Indianapolis - Metropolitan, Indiana; also some unreadable CCI as I was tuned to 337-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 404-MCW kHz, 1339 UT Nov 27, ND beacon HU, which is 25 watts from Hutchinson, Kansas. Mixing with at very different pitch: 407-MCW kHz, 1339 UT Nov 27, ND beacon HRU, 25 watts from Hoisington, Kansas; tuned to 404-USB, mixing with HU --- Hoisington is NE of Hutchinson, ESE of Salina, S of Junxion City (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0716 UT, ND beacon TU, 25 watts from TUpelo - Verona, Mississippi. I was tuned to 419-USB. At first I thought it might be TUlsa, OK, but its TU is on 338 with 30 watts; have I ever heard it? Not lately if ever. On 338 if anything, I hear RYN which is in yet another TU-town, Tucson. But in classaxe.com, someone last logged Tulsa on 2020-11-05. Getting back to 420, I am simul-hearing much more common FQ, 25 watts in Fairmont, Minnesota, and also when tuned to 418-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 475-MCW kHz, Nov 29 at 0715, WWW marker from WA4SZE, the very slow Morse code beacon in Manchester TN operated by Dave Frantz at the WWRB SW site & airstrip. I tune past here every night and first time logged since October 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 475v-MCW kHz, Dec 1 at 0120 UT, WA4SZE/BEACON in very slow CW, as we are amid another sporadic spurt of activity. Easy copy as seems quite stronger than your MW/LW aerobeacons. It`s at WWRB / ATC airstrip in Manchester, TN, a plaything of Dave Frantz on the so-called 630-meter hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 8501-USB, Nov 29 at 2323, marine weather e.g. for 45N/78W location, robom overmodulated distorted on S9+25 peak signal. EiBi shows NMG USCG New Orleans at 2315-2350 on 8502. Pretty sure I read frequency correctly, so? If they would just back off the modulation level. Very poor image for the USCG as anyham would do better with her SSB rig (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 8502-USB, Dec 1 at *2315, NMG USCG New Orleans cuts on just as scheduled in EiBi with marine weather, and better modulation than last time when I thought it was 8501-USB. Apparently between several voice broadcasts there are longer spans of fax from same? transmitter listed as 8503.9. Is there still heavy usage of fax mode in this context? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 12808.5-CW, Nov 28 at 2350, VVV marker from KPH, the weekend-only legacy run of KPH by MRHS in California. A few other markers on 12 MHz probably South Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 11720, Dec 2 at 2112, VOA Grimesland with hyper African rock music, S9/+10 off the back and overmodulated/distorted. What a pity VOA prioritizes African music to Africa where there must be plenty of African music on the radios already, rather than any kind of American music of which there is a tremendous variety from classical to country. VOA should fill this hour with a different American genre each day of the week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2061 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday November 25 at 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490v, via Virginia SDR. Also confirmed Wed Nov 25 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 at Bonaire SDR, over pulse jamming. Also confirmed UT Thu Nov 26 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good to UTwente. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 contents: Alaska non, Armenia, Brasil, China, Cuba and non, Czechia, Greece, Hawai`i, India, Iran non, Japan non, Kashmir, Korea North and non & South, Madagascar, Mèxico, Myanmar, North America, Scotland non, Swaziland, Taiwan, UAE, UK, USA, Vatican, Vietnam; Universal Radio; propagation outlook WOR 2062 is available as of 0309 UT Friday November 27 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2062.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2062.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S 0130 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to James F. Leppard, Anderson SC, for a check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com First SWBCs confirmed UT Friday November 27 at 0130 on WRMIs, checked direct only: 5850 VG S9+20/30; 5010 S9/+10 but sounds much weaker in noise; and 9955 VG S9+20. Note: technical problems delayed full editing completion in time for this, so played without the usual opening, which is there on all repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring --- next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday November 28 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair S6-S7 at UTwente, Netherlands, with some storm crashes; these can be no closer than the western Mediterranean, per Blitzortung. Next: 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed Saturday November 28 at 1322, the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S9. Next: [WA0RCR picked up at local range by the Warrenton MO KiwiSDR] 2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 0030 UT Monday    WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday    WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday    WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday  WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday  WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday  WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed Saturday November 28 from 2033:47 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via nearby Warrenton KiwiSDR. Also reconfirmed Saturday Nov 28 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, a time not showing on their skedgrid, S7-S9 here. Next: 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday November 29 starting at 0432:15 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG as picked up locally by Warrenton MO KiwiSDR. Next: 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday November 30 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, good to the ATS-909 portable but some deep fades. Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 30 at 0130 & 0230 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+15 to UTwente. Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 30 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, S9+15/20 to Bonaire SDR. Also almost synchro on WRN webcast. Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 30 from 0401:06 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.9, G S9+15 to Warrenton MO SDR after finding zero signals to Rochester & Alexandria, too close for skip. At 0355, before he gotta go, JL was doing a parody commercial about semen as a treatment for COVID, rather poor taste. At 0418 I found 6159.9 direct VP S7-S8. Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 30 after 0430 on WRMI 9955, under Cuban pulse jamming at 0444, while earlier during Prague at 0419 it was S9+10 over PJ. Next: 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed Monday November 30 from 1900:43 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria, S9+5/15 via UTwente. Prélude: *1856:10 open carrier on; 1859:53 IRRS ID with Milano Box, 1900:15 FSN headlines, then WOR. Usual rough modulation but intact past 1915, less splash than usual as no signal on 7295 from CRI, but still plenty from 7280 Vietnam despite 10 kHz away, especially when musicking. Best in SynchAM at 5.59 kHz bandwidth but VOV ACI inevitable, even tuning USB. It`s S9+20 as I continue impressed by their signal into W Europe direct from Hanoi, 100 kW over a 9.5- megameter, all-overland Eurasian path. As for no 7295, HFCC shows that as 500 kW due west from Urumqi, CRI English at 1900-2000. Maybe it`s one of the transmitters off for maintenance until December 10, as they had notified German service listeners about other frequencies. Urumqi = East Turkistan, land of Chicom imperialist cultural genocide and brainwashing of imprisoned Uyghurs. WOR 2062 also confirmed UT Tuesday December 1 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 into UTwente, but VP S7-S8 here. NOT confirmed UT Tue Dec 1 at 0200 on WRMI 9955, too poor to be sure here, but via Pardinho Brasil SDR, it`s a gospel huxter in English. WOR was unexpectedly added to sked grid at this time only a few weeks ago and still shows there; easy go, easy come. Also confirmed UT Tue Dec 1 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG S9/+15 to Bonaire SDR. Next: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: not airing Wed Dec 2 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA something else, despite insistent listing on their System F skedgrid -- and also on the no-frequency System D. Not confirmed Wed Dec 2 at 2200:20.5 on WBCQ 7490.109V, but instead 2061 replays! This happens occasionally with WBCQ despite having 6 days to get the new edition programmed in; well, better than nothing. Confirmed Wed Dec 2 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, which I check at Brasília SDR since I have it running for 11910-DRM: S9+15/25, but fluttery and hollow with disturbed propagation, at least well above the Cuban jamming level. Also confirmed UT Thu Dec 3 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair S5-S7 at UTwente; 0057 ID after Slovakia claimed to be on 9395. New WOR 2063 should be ready by early UT Friday December 4 for first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5010, 5850, 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. After an hour of napping along with KUCO`s anonymous post-opera birthday vocal music show, I tune on the same portable DX-398 with telescopic only to what I know will be a bigsig aimed right at us from Okeechobee: 7570, Sat Nov 28 from 2300, WRMI with the publicized anniversary replay of the inaugural broadcast of Texas Radio Shortwave. I hope for the special eQSL repeatedly offered for detailed reports. Opens with a song by Floyd Domino, `You Can`t Get The Hell Out of Texas`. Frequent Turkey-gobble-gobble SFX, for this was originally a TG show, now a biday late. 2304 plug gmail address and frequently, mostly by Third Mate Susan roboyl; and ``all the music was carefully selected and mixed by DJ Mr. Turkey``. Most of the songs to follow are unfamiliar to me, titles and performers not announced, so I may only give vague descriptions of some, I would say lots of novelty tunes, and I do not shazaam. 2305 hard rock about America; 2312 it`s S9+20/35, as I start DXing with my right ear on the big rig, continuing this into my left ear. 2315 gobbler and segué; 2320 song includes some talking; 2323 ID by M&W voices, Mr Turkey DJ credit again. 2325 song about Mexican farmers, mentions several XE cities or states. 2328 QSL offer again; 2331 another ID and Happy TG. 2343 ID & Mr. Turkey, blues tune. 2352 gobble only. 2356 a song I do recognize, `Great Pretender`. 2358 closing with address, ``Happy Thanxgiving`` five times. Just a bit of `TROT` alla-marcia theme, was a ``look-back at our inaugural broadcast``. Susan concludes, ``Until next time, keep the wind at your back.`` Two or three times during this hour I also scanned the 6.9 MHz pirate band, but no sign of Radio Ga-Ga which was also going to air this special, which it was first to broadcast a year ago. Maybe it was during previous hour. No other pirates heard either. Altho TRSW is still a pirate of non-public provenance, now that it`s appearing on non-pirate stations, pirate specialists seem to have lost interest in it. 0000 WRMI switches 7570 to ``He Leadeth Me`` morphing into the moanin` & groanin` hour of TOMBS: add to that: howlin` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Reply from Texas Radio Shortwave to my latest log: ``Ahoy Glenn - Alas TRSW may have to drop its pirate theme now that we've gone (sorta) mainstream. We guess that Cap'n Ric and the rest of Crew will just drift off (pirate humor!) and not be heard from again. With the very limited number of listeners to US pirate stations compared to those of international broadcasters like Channel 292, WRMI, and WBCQ, we've learned where our carefully collated music is most appreciated. Like international broadcasters, we want listeners not just QSL collectors. Cap'n Ric can't recall the number of times he heard Ian McFarland, Jonathan Marks, Jeff White, and others say this at ANARC conferences and on the air. Now he knows what they meant. Thanks for your report of our anniversary broadcast via WRMI. It's correct so here's your eQSL. You didn't report on our broadcast a year ago so you may be interested to know that the small image is the original eQSL we sent out. We look forward to hearing from you when we broadcast our pre-Christmas and Christmas music programs via Channel 292, WRMI, and WBCQ. We appreciate any publicity you can give to those shows as we get closer to the dates. 73 and Arrgghh. Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate. https://www.facebook.com/texasradiosw Texas Radio Shortwave Sailing into your ears from the Lone Star State`` And here`s the Longhorn eQSL [2423 kb]: https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW-AnniversaryeQSL_WRMI-Hauser.pdf or #102 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, Nov 29 at 2312, something barely audible tho reading S7-S9 vs HNL, can it really be WRMI? On 5800 with SMTV it`s S9+25 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Dec 1 at 1516, WRMI-3 is still on after nominal 1500* weekdays, in English interview talking glowingly about exports of Taiwan, hostess YL with Spanish accent. This has got to be `Freedom Synergy Radio`, not heard or reported in a few months, come to think of it, since stopped new programming in August. I search for it on the WRMI programming and skedgrid pages, and is now nowhere to be found. Here`s my last log of it under the same circumstances, one UT hour earlier during DST: ``9955, Aug 27 at 1418, WRMI prolonged today beyond nominal 1400* with Freedom Synergy Radio talking about Taiwan in English. You never know whether this webcast-only time will also get shortwaved`` So I suspect the automation has pulled out an old file to replay, unless it has just been renewed. I also noticed 9955 on air early today, I think during the 20 UT hour with TOMBS, contrary to sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Dec 2 at 2120, no signal from this WRMI-9, which must be off, while 15610 WEWN and even 15555-USB WJHR remain audible if poorly. 15770 is supposed to run 1200-2400, but the only non-TOMBS and non-SMTV variety programming hours worth hearing are 13-14 & 20-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490), Nov 27 at 0300-0400, enjoyed hearing Uncle Bill`s TG special with participation of other WBCQ entertainment shows, while writing this report, via webcast. Would like to have plugged it on WOR 2062, but it would have been a past-thing on all my repeats except for the very first airing, and AFAIK they are not retrievable later, altho YouTube or something could spare the bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Nov 28 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW` notes: says is on 7490 & 6160 only. WBCQ is fine, crew is well. Looking for one or two full-time engineers to hire, good pay; very little COVID-19 in northern Maine --- but see this gh found: ``Aroostook County reports record high COVID-19 cases for a single day --- Alexander MacDougall • November 24, 2020`` https://fiddleheadfocus.com/2020/11/24/news/aroostook-county-reports-record-high-covid-19-cases-for-a-single-day/ --- County population is about 70K, he says. Aroostook is huge, the cap all over northern Maine, and down the NB border. Last week a pump blew a seal, so off the air for a day, and there was no spare, AHW`s fault, but the crew soon got it back on air. Not clear which transmitter(s) he is talking about. Still waiting to acquire WHRI, delays in getting FCC approval, maybe because they are working from home. Otherwise would be on air right now with World`s Last Chance program --- and he mentions NO other program in connexion with WHRI, so it`s pretty clear WLC is bankrolling this too. Believes China should compensate handsomely every single American for the virus which was no accident. Discussing safety measures around electricity, and that common household 120V AC is among the most dangerous, because it locks your muscles up so you can`t let go before it kills you. So avoid getting shocked. At 0124 finally datestamps this as 27 of November YOOL 2020. Then reads a Nov 18 Radio World article about stations other than KDKA being ``first``, such as MXZ Marconi in England, 9XM Madison WI now WHA, 8MK to WBL to WWJ Detroit. Discussion of VLF stations such as NAA Cutler, Maine. 0149 Angela reads some e-mail. AHW has A-Fib (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490, Nov 28 at 0528, outro of `Heart to Heart with Kimberly Ann`, World Harvest Radio promo, 0530 Pete Sumerall introduces late father Lester. So it`s WHRI as registered in HFCC B-20 for 0430-0600. Yet, the WBCQ program schedule claims it is on 7490 at 0400-0600 with a wacko conspiracy show I am not going to name. Since I first pointed out this anomaly of WHRI signing off 7490 at 0600, there has been a resounding lack of interest: it seemed as if WBCQ might already be doing some programming on a Furman transmitter. 6160, Nov 28 at 0545, I monitor 6160v which is certainly WBCQ while a talk show is in progress --- is that the one their schedule mistakenly shows as on 7490? At 0554 host says not going to do a third hour tonight --- that`s certainly flexible! Refers to ``want to show you this ---`` so apparently originally a web/podcast with video. As commercial plug. Jeffrey Daugherty is host, so that clinches my conclusion about WBCQ showing wrong frequency on sked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. We have discussed how WHRI is occupying 7490 at 0430-0600 so WBCQ cannot --- yet its skedgrid claims to be on 7490 at 0400-0600 Tue-Sat at least, but I already confirmed by monitoring that the show in question was axually airing on 6160v. However, I also confirmed that WORLD OF RADIO was still on 6159.9v as of 0400 UT Monday November 30. But not any more. Larry Will of Area 51 tells us: ``Hi all, WBCQ has to change the long running show "Herald of Truth" from our 7.490 MHz service to 6.160 MHz effective this Sunday. This will displace the last hour of Area 51 on Sundays, so I've arranged to move World of Radio and Hobart Radio International as follows: World of Radio, was 0400 Monday, now 2300 Sunday Hobart Radio International, was 0430 Monday, now 2330 Sunday This change will be effective this Sunday, December 6. Regards, Lw`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Nov 27 at 1535, no signal from KVOH, even tho I just heard a ham in southern California on 18 MHz band. Before I could report this, explanation was already in from Ray Robinson of KVOH to the WOR iogroup at 1752; would that more station personnel were so forthcoming explaining anomalies without even being asked: ``[WOR] Power Cuts --- Due to high winds, Southern California Edison has today been cutting power pre-emptively to subscribers in Los Angeles County and Ventura County. They are concerned that downed power lines may cause fires and result in law suits against them. Unfortunately, the areas they have targeted this morning include both the transmitter sites for KVOH-SW and for our sister FM station KWSV 99.1 The Ranch. As a result, KVOH is currently off the air, and the FM station is operating from a back-up transmitter at another location. We expect the power to be returned by about 1 pm Pacific, [18 UT] but KVOH will be off by then anyway. Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re last report, 17775-, KVOH being off: converting PST to UT, I was thinking 21, but somehow wrote 18, sigh; fixed: ...We expect the power to be returned by about 1 pm Pacific, [21 UT] but KVOH will be off by then anyway. Ray`` We shall hear if it`s really repowered by 1600 Saturday for Wavescan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Sat Nov 28 at *1600, KVOH power is back on, cuts on air just in time for English, 1601 Wavescan, via TWR Key West SDR but too poor in noise to keep listening. PG&E cut power to KVOH area yesterday as fire precaution forcing it off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5970, Nov 28 at 1358 open carrier, no doubt WEWN Spanish not turned off yet, despite day frequency 12050 already on with IS, proving that there are two different transmitters. The chanting IS I was thinking is `Salve Regina`, but does not seem to match online versions of it. A pity that years ago WRTH stopped including IS info, even musical notations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5970, Dec 2 at 0652, S9+20 of dead air except for some squeal, from WEWN Spanish, RCM; competing with 5085 WTWW-2 for deadairness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, Sat Nov 28 at 2324, WWRB is on with S9+20/30 of dead air; recheck at 2332 now a gospel huxter about going to hell (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (5085), UT Sun Nov 29 about 0130 WTWW-2 with `Theater Organ Under the Arch` in progress, so I listen on the $tereo webcast altho some of the recordings are rather lo-fi; ends at 0154 so WTWW can get back to inorganic ``Surfin` USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 2 at 0656, S9+40 of dead air except for some hum, from WTWW-2, along with JBA spurs +/- ~13 kHz, competing with 5970 WEWN for deadairness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 660, November 26 at 0704 UT, mix of stations but silly sports news is dominant, and 0706 WFAN ID from New York; not often heard here, nor would I ever want to, vs Mexico, Cuba, Balch Springs but no sign of KTNN AZ/NM, which recently had been reported back east, even in NY state, despite supposed to notch a null toward NYC; so I guess it`s back in whack. 50 kW KTNN is not hard to hear here when ND around SR or SS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2062) ** U S A. 1090, Nov 28 at 1344 UT, dead air but finally some dinging, so it`s RCC mass, and mention of ``sacrament`` in English, ergo KEXS Excelsior Springs MO - Kansas City market, with EWTN radio, same mass we would be hearing if WEWN were on the SW air any more in the mornings. It`s being overtaken by a gospel huxter citing Leviticus, likely remnant of KAAY Little Rock, and making a slow SAH of 28/minute = 0.47 Hz. Catholix vs Protestants! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1250, Dec 2 at 2143 UT, heavy SAH of about 4 Hz between country music and other music. Spanish KYYS Kansas City normally dominates; C&W around here are KRRD Fayetvil AR and KZHN Paris TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [and non]. 15550, Nov 27 at 1528, OC, 1529 echoey talk with flutter, S7-S9, 1530 Radio Dabanga song, i.e. for Sudan via SMG site. Fortunately, WJHR with better signal is still on 15555-USB, not 15550 where Aoki/NDXC shows it, after brief jumpto months ago. 15400, Nov 27 at 1528, R. Tamazuj ID in passing, i.e. for Sudan South also via SMG, this one amid hour broadcast. 1531 sounds like Arabic, but presumably Juba dialect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906v, Nov 30 at 0345, ROCV is still gone, no trace even on H2Ofall of a signal into Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6906.06, Dec 1 at 0200, JBA carrier direct, looks like ROCV could be back; but nothing there when I get around to checking Bonaire SDR at 0320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, November 28 at 1332 UT: 1566, surely 250-kW HLAZ South Korea. None others found, not even NHK biggies on 774, etc. I`m seldom awake pre-sunrise, always running a sleep-deficit. Today`s LSR was 1322 UT, but the latest will be about 1344 circa Epiphany, or OrthoXmas. OTOH, our earliest sunset will be in about a week, 2316 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Dec 1 at 0122-0133: 531, 558, 576(2), 612, 621, 639, 684*, 693, 774(2), 801, 855(2), 882(2), 891, 909, 936(2), 954 & 963 despite 960 local, 999, 1017, 1044, 1053(2), 1107(2), 1125(2), 1152, 1179, 1215(2), 1224, 1251, 1296(2), 1305(2), 1431, 1575(2). (2) = at least two signals beating. *strongest, see SPAIN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4095+ CW, Dec 2 at 0110, upward sweep tones once a second, and IDs as DW every 23 seconds. Monitored via WO7I SDR in Winnemucca, Nevada, as tipped by Joe Caberlin, Ontario at 0054, he having first heard it at 0032 via KFS SDR in CA on 4095.5. I wonder if this is related to or same as the ``W`` beacon on 4102+ heard earlier this year as a ``weather`` beacon somewhere in the SW desert, which also transmitted encoded beeps about temperature, wind, battery charge, etc. I quickly find a current log of this on HF Underground with more detail: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74397.msg249403.html#msg249403 ``Teotwaki Moderator DX Legend ***** Posts: 2190 Karma: +12/-1 California View Profile My adventures are at Sun To The North Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6 « Reply #33 on: December 01, 2020, 1710 UTC » DW still sweeps low to high with the very first whoop going from 4095.65 to 4096.20 and the next 21 whoops from 4095.65 to 4096.1 KHz. The CW ID of "DW" is still at the low end at 4095.65 but no longer has that chirp on the first dash. Coming in S1 on the KFS Kiwi SE radio. Logged Jim``. I recheck at 0212 via NV remote and it`s better at S6-S7. Worse at 0236, S5-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6 as in last report: I have not been able to pull it in directly by 0700 December 2, but: There is a thread about this starting Nov 16 at: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74397.0.html including this one: ``Teotwaki Moderator DX Legend ***** Posts: 2190 Karma: +12/-1 California « Reply #28 on: November 28, 2020, 2314 UTC » Token has posted a YouTube video of receiving the DW Whooper at his home along with a detailed description of beacon's characteristics. https://youtu.be/LEKZDaD7J8g "This is a pirate beacon, probably located in the US desert south west. Some of these beacons have names, either given by the person who built / place the beacon or given by listeners who monitor the beacons, this one, at this time, is being called the "Desert Whooper", for obvious reasons. The chirps have a distinctive, and one assume intentional, non-linear chirp, or "whoop", and the CW ID is "DW". This beacon was first reported on the associated forums on HFUnderground in November, 2020. It is assumed that it started operations about the same time. The frequency of this beacon is 4095.6 kHz, and it consists of a series of chirpy CW dashes, or short, frequency chirping, duration carriers. Each dash shifts downwards in frequency by about 600 Hz from start to stop. A "cycle" for this beacon has a CW ID consisting of the letters "DW", followed by 22 chirping dashes, the first dash after the CW ID is slightly longer than the other dashes. As far as I know, whoever placed this beacon has not yet released any details of its hardware. {was sweeping *upward* when I heard via Nevada --- gh} Two other pirate beacons are seen in this video, a new and as yet unnamed beacon on 4097.2 kHz consisting of 2 second long flat chirps, and the long active Windy beacon in a failed mode. Recorded at my location in the Mojave Desert of California, USA, on 26 November, 2020, 2353 UTC." He has lots of neat beacons and other signals on videos which are available at his channel`` https://www.youtube.com/user/FirstToken/videos and ``Offline Teotwaki --- « Reply #11 on: November 21, 2020, 0036 UTC » Glad you could hear DW on the KFS SDR. BTW I saw your Twitter posts and this new beacon is unrelated to Stephen McGreevy’s “inyo whooper”. He has written some long posts here and said he is quitting beacons altogether. His beacons never had CW id’s and his whooper has been off the air for quite a while. Logged Jim`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6840-AM, Dec 2 at 0002, open carrier ex-6860, and in the meantime I also had it on 6880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6935-LSB, Dec 2 at 0004, 2-way in Brazuguese; one was humsinging a bit making me wonder at first if it were a broadcast pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING ++++++++++++++++++++++++ COLUMN: TO SAVE OUR REPUBLIC, WE MUST BE GRATEFUL ...decadence yields ingratitude, ingratitude yields laziness in the populace, and a lazy populace is easily oppressed. And, my fellow Americans, we find ourselves today a decadent, lazy and corrupted nation, waiting for our version of the Goths — which could be another pandemic and its attendant economic collapse — to knock over our dry bones... https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/column-to-save-our-republic-we-must-be-grateful/article_768c5178-2fa8-11eb-8467-b3cc75b4fbb5.html REFLECTIONS WITH PURPOSE James Neal, Enid News, Nov 25, 2020 (via gh)