** AZORES [non]. 13306-USB, Dec 11 at 1553, GLO9680 ID repeatedly in 2-way comms, aircraft to ground I assume, also re-referring to position 37N, 40W. Search on call leads right to a flight tracking site for today, from MCO Orlando to SMA Santa Maria - Açores. Which fits for approaching Azores from WSW. Company is GOL despite callsigns as GLO----. All about this twice-weekly flight: https://www.airportia.com/flights/g39680/orlando/vila_do_porto/ EiBi shows 13306 as a North-Atlantic ATC frequency shared by ground stations New York, Gander, Keflavik, Shannon as well as Santa Maria. Santa Maria is a minor island; why is it the major air terminal instead of Ponta Delgada on the next major island, São Miguel? Lajes, NATO base, is on a third island, Terceira (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Dec 10 at 0300, Nacional FM 96.1 music is still the modulation on the RNA test, VG into Bonaire SDR with an S/N fluxuating around 20 dB. Four hours earlier it was not decoding (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 11905-11910-11915, Fri Dec 11 at 2210, at the Brasília KiwiSDR, main signal is in AM mode, Japanese, i.e. NHK from the antipodes as already scheduled on 11910, tho a bit of DRM noise underneath. When switched to DRM reception, no decode of course. RNA`s second frequency choice is not so good either. The local SDR used to get enough DRM signal to decode, but not as well as further. I soon switch to Bonaire SDR: now that`s getting RNA-DRM, with SNR 14+ dB, S7-S8, and 13.06 kbps, instead of 14.06 as before. The particular DRM mode has changed as someone noted. I`m checking now, whether `A Voz do Brasil` is on this transmission since the format of Nacional FM 96.1 is mostly music? Yes, it is: 2224 a snippet of `White Xmas` --- really, in the tropix? and EBC ID. 2225 a segment produced by government Justice Dept., R. Justiça. Now the S/N has climbed to 17, S7-S8; concludes with ``até segunda``, i.e. back on Monday; 2230 switch to `O Jornal do Senado`, also até segunda, so AVDB is made up of segments by various government entities. I wonder if everything has to be pro-Bolsonaro? I`m not going to listen enough to decide. Recheck at 2316, now classical music which I have not encountered before on FM 96.1, instead of MPB; but at SNR around 15 is suffering dropouts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 218-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0746 UT, dash and RL, which is 980-watt NDB at Red Lake, Ontario. 223-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0747 UT, dash and YYW, 1000-watt NDB at Armstrong, Ontario. Also audible tuned to 222-USB. 233-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0748 UT, dash and QN, 500-watt NDB at Nakina, Ontario, new? here. Where`s Nakina? North of the Lake Superior hump, east of Lake Nipigon. 401-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0813 UT, I am awake later than I would like, but try to make some use of it: dash and YPO, which is 500-watt NDB at Peawanuck, Ontario. 413-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0816 UT, dash and YHD, 250-watt beacon at Dryden, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) More under USA ** CANADA. 396-MCW, Dec 10 at 0724 UT, dash and YPH, which is 500-watt NDB at Inukjuak, Quebec. I last logged it at 0759 UT Nov 29, 2019 when I researched it: ``on the east shore of Hudson Bay, 2845 km = 1768 statute miles from me. `Inukjuak is a northern village located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Innuksuak River in Nunavik, in the Nord-du-Québec region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,757 as of the 2016 Canadian Census. An older spelling is Inoucdjouac; its former name was Port Harrison. Wikipedia``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0712 UT, ND beacon ML -- at times seems like a third letter but there is definitely a dash so it`s not plain old 25-watt ML in Monroe, Louisiana, but 500-watt ML in La Malbaie - Charlevoix, Québec. La Malbaie is on the left bank of the St-Laurent, not quite as far as Rivière-du-Loup on the right. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0723 UT, NDB YQK, which is 200 watts in Kenora, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. UT December 14 after 0700 UT, a very quiet night at my too-late bedtime for more ND beacons, more under USA. 334-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0730 UT, dash and YER, 200 watts at Fort Severn, Ontario. Where`s that? ``Fort Severn First Nation is a Western Swampy Cree First Nation band government located on Hudson Bay and is the most northern community in Ontario, Canada. In 2001, the population was 401, consisting of 90 families in an area of 40 square kilometres. Wikipedia`` 332-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0732 UT, dash and YT, mixing with IC Wichita, which is quite weak, but the usual overrider is QT from Thunder Bay. Maybe I mis-copied. There is also YTE, 1000 watts from Cape Dorset, which I would much rather log as first from Nunavut, and the E-dot could have got lost in the mix. Also a third JBA signal, copied as YIS? Does not compute. Maybe really FIS in Key West - Fish Hook FL, 400 watts. Need to try these again! 284-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0739 UT, dash and YD. Probably was really QD, 500 watts at The Pas, Manitoba. Yawn, my code-copying may get confused half-asleep. 274-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0741 UT, dash and YPM, which is 25 watts at Pikangikum, Ontario. DXinfocenter.com shows it in red as ``back on`` 250-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0743 UT, dash and FO, 1600 watts from Flin Flon, Manitoba. 244-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0744 UT, dash and TH, 1000 watts from Thompson, Manitoba; the only 244 listed anywhere in North America. 236-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0746 UT, dash and CRJ. Must have been ZRJ, 50 watts from Round Lake, Ontario, ``to be decommissioned 2021-02-25``. 212-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0748 UT, dash and YGX, 50-watt NDB at Gillam, Manitoba. New, where`s that? ``Gillam is a town on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba, Canada. It is situated between Thompson and Churchill on the Hudson Bay Railway line. Many residents of Gillam are employed by Manitoba Hydro at one of their many facilities or support groups. Wikipedia``. In 2019y, William Hepburn listed this one as to remain on air beyond 2026y (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 328-MCW kHz, Dec 15 at 0726 UT, dash and YTL, 100-watt ND beacon at Big Trout Lake, Ontario. Last logged Nov 11 and Oct 10; must take about a month for them to seem newish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHILE? 7610.0-AM, Dec 12 at 2308, weak continuous music, JBA S8-S9 via Pardinho, Brasil SDR with lighting crashes from a few little storms over SP state. Weaker S7, less signal but also less noisy at Santiago SDR. I`m checking this right after I hear some guy on WRMI 7780 mention Claudio Galaz` logs of RCW again = Radio Compañía Worldwide, considered to be a Chilean pirate, mainly reported by him. Why not try to fix it with TDOA? 2312 first try puts it in the NE corner of Brasil on the coast. I doubt that. Next try using SDRs in DR, Paraguay, Chile lands at 41.20 south, 68.30 west, which is N central Argentina. I would still not rule out really Chile. 2340 finally hear an announcement, sounds like Dino Bloise, but back to music rather than `Frecuencia al Día` which CGT has also heard on this station. Reception now better tho crashier at Pardinho. 2352 briefly some ``running water`` ute QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 7435, Dec 11 at 1435, romantic Chinese songs, S9+10/20 and one of best signals on band, announcement in Russian and more song, as CRI sked this hour from SZG site at 37 degrees, i.e. for DVR/DBP and carrying on far beyond to us. Simulsked is CRI Nepali hour westward from Kunming, but no sign of it here. How considerate of the ChiCom to double up, reducing overall frequency occupancy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 6900, Dec 15 at 2328, JBA talk seems Chinese, yet S9+25 including noise level. Probably CNR1 jammer against one Sound of Hope frequency; another carrier on another such, 6865; and not // algo on 6970, maybe the pirate relaying a North Carolina FM station (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA? 4940, Dec 10 at 0346, VG via Bonaire SDR, anonymous mystery missionary station, reportedly carrying webcast of Fuerza de Paz Radio. Here it is for further comparison: http://www.invubu.com/radio/show/station/fuerzadepaz/Fuerza-de-Paz.html but it is *not* the same when I check now, one in music, the other in talk; or far out of snych (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Dec 11 at 0249, vs Cuban pulse jamming against no Martí, I heard two other weak stations mixing, and they are not WWCR and WWCR as 5890 is not on yet so cannot leap over 5935. One music and one talk; I soon recognize the music as IRAN`s IS, yes, as the two-sesquihour Spanish service is just concluding; and Aoki/NDXC shows the other must be AWR in another PJ, Punjabi via AUSTRIA. I should think the Spanish from Sirjan would be a bit of a QRM problem in the Punjab, as well as the 0200 Urdu in the Pakistan; counting on skip-distance factor, azimuth? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 11 at 0251, RHC is S9+10/20 but as usual on this transmitter, just barely modulated: I can make out the news sounder and presumed English. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but not complaining since that facilitates my adjacent 5995 & 6005 logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0736, no RHC English, and all other frequencies are off. Bodes ill for Esperanto at 0800. 6100 is normally at least the one staying on past 0700. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But at 0820 rousing I do find 6100 back on during Esperanto, S9+20 but undermodulated. Next Esperanto also confirmed at 1610 on 11760 & 15140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, Dec 15 at 2324, RHC is S9+35 but JBM; OTOH, 5990, CRI relay in English, is S9+40 and sufficiently modulated, even splattering. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15700, Dec 16 at 1603, S9+20 of dead air, as CRI English relay hour from 1500 has not yet turned off, wasting precious watts. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, Dec 16 at 1603, RHC Spanish still going here, but only at S7-S9, which is supposed to end at 1500, let alone 1600; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545+v, Dec 11 at 1543, no signal from Bayto Yaikl, so Friday is another DOW it is inoperative via France; next to reconfirm whether it still be Saturdays from 1530 as well as Wednesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. 17545+, Sat Dec 12 at *1529, I think a JJBBA carrier may cut on as I am QRX for Bayto Yaikl. After breakfast by 1541 it`s surged to JBA, enough to try to measure it, but as I toggle lower/upper BFO to compute the center, it keeps fluxuating roughly 17545.05 to 17545.07. Anyhow, it`s still active on Saturdays as well as Wednesdays. Then to remotes, as I also want to try TDOA DFing since there is still doubt whether site really be ISSoudun, FRANCE. There are far too many in Europe, too few in Africa & Mideast on the Kiwi roster. Little or nothing at Qatar, Canary, Ukraine, while TWR RSA is getting it well, S7-S9, but you need at least two, preferably three or more. RSA in SAM mode also shows carrier Hz offset constantly fluxuating plus: 62.1, *67.6, 64.7, 61.7, 57.0, 51.7, 45.0, *36.8, 42.6, 47.6, 51.5, 54.9, 58.3, 61.3, 63.7, 65.8, *67.4, 65.6, 62.2, 58.5, 53.2, 47.2, *37.7, 41.0, etc., etc. I`ve starred the maxima and minima, 67.6 & 36.8 in one cycle, 67.4 & 37.7 in the second. Already wrapping up around 1554 citing kHz, to cutoff at 1558* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ERITREA [non]. See FRANCE ** FRANCE. 17545V, Wed Dec 16 at 1541, JBA music, no doubt clandestine for Eritrea, Bayto Yaikl, on apparent twice-weekly emission Wed & Sat. As always, frequency offset+plus and wobbling, attributed to an Issoudun transmitter. I try to measure it, cycling somewhere between 17545.050 and 17545.065. Surely same ISS transmitter is used elsewhere than just this 30+30 minutes per week, but I have seen no other reports of such behaviour. Guess what: a few minutes later, bandscanning the 19mb, I encounter another fluttery JBA carrier behaving exactly the same way! Circa 15285V, or 15285.052 at one point. HFCC shows them both, and BTW, both brokered by RMI: ``17545 1500 1600 48 ISS 150 120 0 227 1234567 251020 270321 D 17400 Mul F RMI TDF 16017 15285 1600 1700 46S,47N,47SW,52NW ISS 150 170 0 227 1234567 251020 270321 D 17400 Mul F RMI TDF 377`` We already know that the first half of the 15-16 hour is no longer in use, nor any of it the other days of week, but what languages of the Multitude? 15285 is not in EiBi, but in Aoki: ``15285 1600-1700 F Radio Manara International Hausa Issoudun 1-7``/ As for 17545, this time EiBi and Aoki agree it`s ``TIG/Tig``, so is that Tigre or Tigrinya? ``17545 1530-1559 We,Sa CLA Bayto Yiakl TIG ERI /F 17545 1530-1600 F Voice of Yiakl/Bayto Tig Issoudun 7 [= Sat only]`` EiBi readme.txt clarifies?: ``TGR Tigre/Tigré/Tigrawit: Eritrea (1m) [tig] TIG Tigrinya/Tigray: Ethiopia (4m), Eritrea (3m) [tir]`` Apparently we have two distinct dialects if not languages, but note the confusion as to how they are spelt, abbr`d in Roman/English. I`ll bet the waterfalls of both are snaky. I expect there are further instances of this off-frequency/wobbling transmitter before and after 1530/1700. I wish others would pay more attention to such clues. KiwiSDRs with `SAM` capability display frequency offsets numerically and their variations. Even invisibly, they are easy to observe by ear and by precise frequency readouts to the Hz, with the right receiver such as my R75, which should be employed to its fullest capabilities. I further wish that our references would specify individual transmitters by number at each site; especially HFCC. Or even their *true* powers. Dream on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 13660-AM, Mon Dec 14 at 1700, Alameda Bible Fellowship, robotic readings in English, audible S7 as soon as WINB DRM closes, via SDR in Forney, Texas. WRMI skedgrid shows this as Mon & Fri only, 500 kW, 135 degrees from Issoudun for East Africa, multilingual. I knew it had to be ISS as soon as I heard the accompanying beepery from always-defective transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM [and non]. 15330 & 15365, Dec 15 at 2318, equal JBA carriers, the OSOB except for 15230 JBM Cuba and 15720 NZ --- correlate as both KSDA, in Vietnamese and Khmer respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, Thu Dec 10 at 0556, no signal from TGAV Radio Verdad, before nominal sign-off circa 0610 except earlier UT Mondays. Also as of Dec 10, Rick Barton in AZ says he has not heard it since 1100 Dec 2. We keep getting notices from Dr Madrid about his audiovideos on Youtube, which appear to be his priority, but nothing about the SW being down. There was however news about this Dec 5 on Cadena DX FB: ``Édgar Amílcar Madrid Morales December 4 at 11:53 AM --- ``DISCULPAS El transmisor de Radio Verdad se quemó. Estoy intentando repararlo con la ayuda de Dios. Ahora transmitimos por Internet`` as forwarded Dec 5 by: ``José Hernandez Madrid shared a post. December 5 at 2:43 PM --- Nos informa el amigo Édgar Amílcar Madrid Morales, que Radio Verdad, está fuera del aire en Banda Tropical, por los 4055 Khz, por avería grave en el transmisor.`` Spanish ``se quemó`` = it burned itself, but is that more like English burned up, or burned out --- not the same. He did say, trying to repair it, and with god`s help, which implies it could be the former (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, re TGAV missing, finally word about this received from Dr Madrid on Dec 11: Transmitter Radio Truth Dec 11 at 3:33 PM - Véalo en Español al final Dear Friends of Radio Truth: Radio Truth's Omnitronix 1000 burned out on the fifth of December 2020 by 10:00 o'clock in the morning. Both power modules were burned out, so, Radio Truth is out of air ever since. We fixed Module 'A' today and I went to test it. It worked alright during five minutes, and then, a fuse burned out. We plan to review tomorrow. Module 'B' has a card with a burned area on the printed circuit. It may need a new card, or rebuilding the old one. So, this is the reason why we are off air on short wave. However, we are on the air of Internet through our Web Site Radio Verdad | Estación Educativa Evangélica de Chiquimula Open the red link. http://www.radioverdad.org/?q=escuchar-en-vivo Beginning yesterday, we are also transmitting on Radio Truth International via satellite on the same frequency of 4055 Khz, and we need your reports if you get to tune it. May God bless you and keep you on a good health. Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid Manager and Director Radio Truth, Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A.`` The ``satellite broadcast on 4055`` refers to an unexplained method supposed to give worldwide coverage which he has been expecting for years, and which we think is a scam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ICELAND. 189 kHz, Dec 14 at 0750 UT, JBA carrier and near imaginary or trace of modulation, as I keep tuning below the ``beacon band``, where DXing 25-watters a kilomile away is not a problem, yet high-power Euro LW broadcasters elude me. Here`s one almost, maybe. RÚV, 100 kW, 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 11560, Dec 10 at 1524, S Asian music at S4-S6, so AIR is modulating today unlike 25+ hours ago when John Figliozzi, Halfmoon NY, was getting dead air at S9+20, 1415 when supposed to switch from Dari to Pashto (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NIGERIA [non]. See FRANCE ** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0725 UT, NDB DDP which is 1000 watts from San Juan - Dorado. Always neat to hear this far one, often absent from bandscans. Also audible when tuned to 389-USB. BTW, I habitually tune downward, and may well doze off before I get to 200 or even 300 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 6170-6175-6180, Dec 12 at 0704, DRM noise I had not noticed here before: it`s RRI in German at 0700-0730, 90 kW, 307 degrees from Tsiganeshti {German: Ziganeschti} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RUSSIA. 4625, Dec 12 at 2358, the ``Buzzer`` in well via UTwente, two-tone, lower-higher buzzy pulses continuously. Andy Reid had just reported it from Ontario to the WOR iog: ``[WOR] The Russian buzzer is propagating well as of this writing. 4625 2353 UT Dec 12``. First I try Maine SDR but no go there, so doubt it will reach OK either. Switching UTwente between USB and LSB by 0022 Dec 13, I notice that the second, higher tone is hardly audible when tuned in LSB, both of them equally, in USB. This thing has been subject of doomsday scenarios and quite a mystery as to its real purpose (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 13785+, Dec 11 at 1356, JBA carrier slightly offset+, so UAE? Kuwait? Close, but Aoki/NDXC shows the only 13785 is ``R. Saudi``, in Arabic at 1200-1357, whew, almost missed it; and before 1200 is on ``13780``. No time to measure it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Dec 12 at 0300, once again this week, WRMI is giving `Encore` a non-encore, but rather all the other airings are, as this is the first one, and a time Brice Avery continues to overlook? in his publicity; a secret bonus? I listen to most of it now so I don`t have to catch it some other time. I happen to have the Anna, Texas SDR running to check for KVOH 9975, so switch it to 5800 --- not so good, somewhat noisy, while Brasília would be better for this if not RNA itself. At least `Encore` is never in DRM, so no dropouts! However, via Anna there are several, like seven, brief interruptions to the classical music by YL gospel huxter in Spanish, and stronger on the meter, S9+25 vs S9+5, yet the tuner keeps displaying 5800! I hasten to switch back to Brasil whether it`s really happening to 5800 WRMI? Not quick enough, but I don`t think so. Occurs again at 0354. Must be a defect at Anna, which is north of Dallas on the way to Sherman. Or someone in Anna is messing with 5800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690 > 11940 > 12030 > 11685, Wed Dec 16 at 2313 quick check, all four frequencies of REE English in expected decreasing signal strength and quality via TWR Bonaire SDR, as Alison Hughes is narrating something (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 6005, Dec 11 at 0329, Arabic about Akhbar, or is it Akbar, and Radio Tamazuj ID, 0330 `Horn of Africa` music, S9+10/20. Site? MADAGASCAR at 0330-0430. //? I can`t remember but EiBi shows 7315 France and 11650 also Madagascar. S.S. isn`t really in the HoA, the Somalia elbow, but close enough. 0344 more IDs in passing. Despite its JBM, 6000 RHC is so strong that it still helps to tune to 6005-USB. Could be worse if fully modulating and splattering like it does later on 6100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN. 6865.117, Dec 11 at 1410, VP S3-S4 in Chinese? talk, as Sound of Hope is listed by EiBi on 6865.1; no jamming which would likely be on 6865.0. Comparing to CNR1 jammers on 6125 & 6070, does not match (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [and non]. 6075, Dec 11 at 1421, CNR1 jammer mixing with something else in Chinese, i.e. target RTI. // 6125, CNR1 only non-jammer and probably also an RTI/CNR1 mix on 6180. When previously heard until 1600*, 6075 was CNR1 only with no sign of Taiwan, off earlier? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** THAILAND. 6765-USB, Dec 11 at 1359, multi-tone IS, 1400 announcement, maybe English but only made out ``kilohertz`` and off. Not in Aoki/NDXC, but in EiBi as Bangkok Meteorological Radio on 6765.1, never specifying SSB where applicable. Might have been .1 but in very weak SSB with no carrier it`s hard to pinpoint; whew, almost missed it. Sked is 1200-1400 and two-hour broadcasts alternating with one hour off thruout the 24. // 8743 but nothing by the time I tune by. Used to QSL nicely and maybe still does despite elimination from WRTH years ago as too utility, I guess (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5980, Dec 14 at 2123, song at S9, must be V of Turkey, the SSOB from Eurasia, and virtually the OSOB from there. Nothing but music for my napping until 2155 IS and Turkish sign-off announcement to 2156.5* after attaining S9+20 but not enough to overcome my HLLNL = high local line noise level. It will have to do as Sa`udi Qur`an is not making it any more if still on 11820+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 16 at 2314, VOT English, good via Bonaire I have up, another Wednesday so another hopeful check for `Letterbox` to be revived: NO; `Review of Foreign Press` in progress, nothing but a few headlines but wide-ranging; the same old COVID-19 PSA of basic advice --- but hey, it may save a few lives. Can we think of any other SW station, even American, which does so on a continuing basis?? 2320, `Today in History` for December 16, then nothing but music and some IDs. Their letter box must be overflowing by now, or maybe the lack of response is killing listener contact (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 251-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0750 UT, AM, 100-watt NDB at Amarillo, Texas. 412-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0814 UT, CMY, 30-watt NDB at Sparta - Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 411-USB. 414-MCW kHz, Dec 13 at 0815 UT, SU, 40-watt NDB at Sioux City, Iowa. I was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0719 UT, ND beacon ODX, 25 watts at Ord, Nebraska. Ord is in central NE between Elyria and Scotia. A nice ``DX`` catch, but why not ``ORD``? There is no such NDB in Chicago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 410-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0716 UT, NDB BA which is 25 watts from Columbus - Clifford, Indiana. Also heard when tuned to 408-USB; and on 410 CCI from something weaker. There are lots listed on 410. 404-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0721 UT, NDB XCR which is 25 watts from Little Falls - Camp Ripley, Minnesota 400-MCW kHz, Dec 10 at 0723 UT, NDB AHQ which is 25 watts from Wahoo, Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Besides many from CANADA, q.v., more ND beacons on a very quiet night Dec 14: 387-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0724 UT, CAV, which is 25 watts from Clarion, Iowa. 263-MCW kHz, Dec 14 at 0741 UT, CVM, 25 watts from Alton - Civic Memorial, Illinois (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 347-MCW kHz, Dec 16 at 0249 UT, ND beacon AFK, which is 25 watts from Nebraska City, Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 475+ kHz, Dec 10 at 0714, WA4SZE BEACON is still active from Dave Frantz at WWRB Manchester TN; very slow CW and stronger than the NDBs lower. Except for some birdies, there is quite a blank area below down to 426-MCW, where the UV beacon is heard again. 428 is the highest listed conterminous US NDB channel, for POH in Arkansas. In between I think it used to be a marine ship/shore CW band, apparently abandoned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7457-USB, Dec 11 at 1430, AFA4UY, AF MARS net inquiring about relays; net designator is 4TX2 uttered by next station, stronger, AFS43O, all fonetikaly; latter call is strange format, and ending in letter O, not number zero. Searching on latter call and MARS leads to one very significant hit, which might be interesting for further reading of 151 pages, and *unclassified*: https://www.qsl.net/aga6la/AFMARS_MOI-2020%20_12-22-2019.pdf AIR FORCE MARS OPERATING INSTRUCTION (MOI) Effective 01 January 2020 Revised as of 01 December 2019 Issuing Authority; Headquarters USAF MARS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION BY AFMARS MEMBERS IS MANDATORY THIS IS A USAF MARS POLICY DOCUMENT Incredible amount of mily-burocratic info, but not the specifics we need such as frequencies, skeds, and full roster of callsigns with names and locations. However, searching within on AFS43O we find that to be in Georgia, not TX, as part of the 44th AF MARS Communications Group. No hits on AFA4UY, 7457 or 4TX2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18124-USB, Dec 11 at 1545, K4NYM calling ``CQ Parks on the Air``, from #4646 in central Florida, but did not catch name of it. Hams are always coming up with excuses for contests, hi. QRZ.com: K4NYM flag USA, William F Brown, PO BOX 1980, AUBURNDALE, FL 33823 https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k4nym has more info on his thing, POTA, lots of certificates and leading to ``I chronical my POTA activities on my website`` http://www.k4nym.com and https://parksontheair.com/ ``Yes, many hams love contests, cf , but POTA is not really a contest. It’s an *ongoing* operating activity for hams who like to operate away from home, visiting parks. 73, Saul W3WHK Broudy, Philadelphia, PA. USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 9775, Dec 11 at 0304, VOA news in English concluding with its jingle, poor S7-S9. BOTSWANA site is sked, 03-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 17895, Dec 12 at 1601, I still have the Qatar KiwiSDR running after trying to get Bayto Yaikl 17545 on it, so tune around the 16mb for anything else, finding nothing but VOA YL news here, S7/S9+10; 1605 outro as ``via remote, Laurel Berman`` (sp?), working from home, I guess, and into `Nightline Africa`, OM host I think says he is originating from Accra, Ghana. So they don`t have to avoid Pack or Reilly in the hallways, studios or offices! 17895 site is BOTSWANA at 16-18, preceded by SAO TOME at 15-16, which is preceded by Sa`udi Riyadh at 12-15. [BTW, I strongly suspect the NPR newscasters on the hour are also working-from-home, due to different audio quality and slight delays] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2063 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday December 9 from 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490.16v, S9+10/20, as always precisely timed like that, and not last week`s show this week. Also confirmed Wed Dec 9 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+20/30 into Bonaire SDR, with jamming under JBA. Also confirmed UT Thu Dec 10 on WRMI 7780, S9 into UTwente SDR. New WOR 2064 should be ready by early UT Fri Dec 11 for first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 contents: Austria, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia?, Eritrea non, France, Goa, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Korea North & South, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Russia, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam; radio energy; Hitlist; propagation outlook WOR 2064 is available as of 0056 UT Friday December 11 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.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 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] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 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 Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -- in US funds but not necessarily One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Confirmed UT Friday December 11 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, noisy S8-S9, and 5850, VG S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday December 12 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 into UTwente. BTW this edition unusually has a clip, not just me talking, of the 17790 gaming IS and WRMI ID --- wait for it. 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] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: slept thru the Dec 12, Sat 1300 on WRMI 15770; did anyone hear it? Next: 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500] 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed Saturday December 12 starting at 2035, ending at 2104, on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, including the clip of ``17790 IS`` not edited out; local quality pickup by nearby SDR at Warrenton. Also confirmed Sat Dec 12 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 via UTwente. This immediately followed the R. Tirana IS until 2300, no ID break. Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 13 at 0414 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM via remote, already at the RCI-cuts item, so started early circa 0412. Next: 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: NOT confirmed Sunday December 13 at 2300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160v, because it is OFF THE AIR. Someone at Monticello didn`t get the word to turn it on an hour earlier than before? WOR is running on the webcast. http://splatterbox.us/area51 2325 still no SW, and H.R.I. also missing from 2329. 2359 recheck via Warrenton MO SDR, now 6160 on in time for `Radio Timtron Worldwide`. Synch AM displays carrier offset as -70v Hz, as usual, like 6159.93v. {Peter Hansen also noted the same anomaly} WOR confirmed UT Monday December 14 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 14 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+5 into UTwente, after 0129 double-IDs by Zanotti and Espinal. Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 14 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, same; and WRMI 5800 good direct; and WRN webcast, all almost synchronized. Also confirmed UT Mon Dec 14 after 0430 on WRMI 9955, S6-S8 into Missouri SDR; S9+20/30 into Pardinho, Brasil SDR where it`s aimed and no jamming audible at either. Next: 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed Monday December 14 from 1900.9 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, monitored via UTwente with VG signal but as always heavily splashed frequency from both sides: 7295 CRI English Urumqi is back on air after maintenance break last week, and VOV English direct on 7280 is just as bad altho half as adjacent. I don`t get back from lunch before 1930 to hear how chopped off I may be this week, but at 1939 I find the signal is very poor, at first suspected off early? The two splashers remain much stronger. I try other SDRs: closest to Bulgaria are in Romania and Greece, but they are too far for groundwave, too close for much skywave. A JBA signal to Thessaloniki could be Dan Roberts on SW Report or one of his pickups. At 1950 I finally try an Eire SDR and hear IRRS definitely still on, but only S8-S9. As usual, his SW Report chopped short at 1959 for IRRS sign-off. I also monitored the lead-in: 1854 tune-in 7290 open carrier already on with some hum; 7295 China not on yet but in addition to 7280 Vietnam there is a weaker with music on 7285, what? Aoki/NDXC says CRI in Cha language from Xianyang 59 site until 1857; EiBi says CRI in AM language from x site until 1900. ?? EiBi readme.txt language roster shows CHA for Cha`palaa / Chacha in Ecuador; I think not; and AM for Amoy. WRTH 2020 resolves the dilemma, showing no Amoy really at 1800 in B-19, but Chaozhou to Europe on 7285 and 6010. That language in EiBi is abbr`d CC or [nan]! Anyhow, it`s off by 1857* but the much stronger 7295 CRI English is on before 1900. Could our major references ever get together on the lang. abbrs.?! Back to 7290: IRRS ID at sign on from 1859.8, Feature Story News headlines at 1900.4 before WOR. WOR 2064 also confirmed UT Tuesday December 15 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, noisy S7-S9 here but VG S9+10 into Maine SDR. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring; next: 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday December 16 from 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.190v, S7/S9. Also confirmed Wed Dec 16 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR, but Cuban pulse jamming gaining as WRMI fades gradually, S7-S9 total by 2312. Next: 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE {confirmed} NEW WORLD OF RADIO 2065 should be ready for download and first SW airings UT Friday December 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 5010. 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 Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -- in US funds but not necessarily. One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Dec 10 at 1528, this WRMI-3 is still on with Jesus song fill, but then Jeff White outros as having been Freedom Synergy Radio and offering QSL for this on 5800 [sic] reporting to radiomiami9@gmail.com. 1529 starts a couple words of Spanish, 1530 switches to Brother Scare with quite a buzz, now // 9455 with somewhat less buzz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. As below, at same time as Uncle Bill`s MP on WBCQ 7490v: 9395, Sun Dec 13 after 2300, another music show on this WRMI, the new `All Tribes Radio` --- unfortunate scheduling vs UBMP on WBCQ not to mention WOR. I`m checking ATR periodically during the hour and do not catch a single announcement, if this be really it, just music. I do seek out their website which also leads to disgraced FB with more info about its SW startup, https://www.facebook.com/notes/10154673406166739/ and illustrates their logo also on QSL captioned as ``This image "Child Bubble Exploration" Public Domain, courtesy of NASA`` ``Tribes`` implies native peoples, but this does not seem to be ``Indian`` at all, but in a much broader sense; About: ``Calling All Tribes To Unite in Peace All Tribes Radio ·Monday, August 26, 2019· Calling all tribes to unite in peace, All Tribes Radio (ATR) was founded by Canadian activist and musician Ken Dunn in 2008. For over two years, the station broadcast an continuous audio stream featuring Creative Commons content from studio locations near Toronto, Canada, and Nosara, Costa Rica via a server in Tampa, Florida to an average 6,000 listeners per month in over 120 countries on all continents. The station featured trip-hop and electronic music, digital DJs, and re-broadcast United Nations Radio feeds. In 2010-2011, ATR produced 68 1-hour podcasts. ATR was one of the first internet radio stations to exclusively feature Creative Commons licensed content. With the assistance of Gabriela Sequiera and La Voz de Nosara, ATR broadcast a Spanish-language program, Radio Todas Las Tribus from Nosara, Costa Rica featuring international latin music and local news broadcasts from La Voz de Nosara. ATR's Facebook page continues to attract new fans and promote peace, social justice, and environmental responsibility around the globe. Beginning in 2019, the original podcasts will be uploaded to SoundCloud.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, Dec 14 at 2122, this WRMI is much stronger than before with a beam change effective today from 285 to 355 degrees. That should not make so much difference here, between them at about 315 degrees from Okeechobee. Something else must have changed, modulation improved, power level raised, and/or antenna sidelobes are now broader too. It`s Bob Biermann, YWS? No, wrapping up at 2158 it`s his other, radical political talkshow, `Truth to Ponder`, wondering how much better the new frequency is for listeners, from a postal address in Georgia. [BTW, everything that I, gh, say is also *the truth* but I don`t have to keep asserting that it is.] Now in daytime, 5950 is S9+10, stronger than only S9 5800 WRMI-10 which despite its 160-azimuth is quite listenable back here, e.g. during two WOR airings. The WRMI skedgrid http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs has been updated as of Dec 14, with 9455 eliminated! 5950 is now on XMTR-8 at 355 degrees, all TOMBS except for 21-23 various and 02-04 Hal Turner. 4980 is supposedly reactivated as XMTR-5 at 285 degrees, the old az. for 5950, mostly SMTV or BS but some other blox at 01-02 & 07-10 UT. Now 11710 applies to XMTR-4 at 160 degrees but with NO transmissions, yet? Be alert for QRP exciter-level emanations like formerly 4980. Peter Hansen sums up the swaps as: ``What was on 9455 now is on 5950. The programs that were on 5950 are now scheduled to be on 4980. Don't hear 4980 yet, if anyone hears 4980 please let us know. Peter W Hansen`` Nor am I hearing 4980 by 0130 December 15. Bob Biermann himself replies on the WOR iog: ``It may be a while for 4980. It is going to be a difficult frequency change in many levels. Matching to the antenna will take weeks.`` That correlates with this via Chuck Gessner at 0050 UT Dec 15: ```Posted on FaceBook about two hours ago. ``Frequency changes on WRMI --- Effective December 14, 2020, our transmissions on 9455 kHz have been changed to 5950 kHz, and our transmissions that were previously on 5950 kHz will be changed to 4980 kHz in the near future. We are not ready to begin broadcasting on 4980 kHz yet, but we hope to be ready in the coming days. We'll keep you posted.````` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Tue Dec 15 at 2321. ``RME, Radio Morania External Service --- P O Box 333 ---``, S9+30 over/under pulse jamming, and sign-off with artificial fade during address. It`s really a classic pirate clip on the monthly but broadcast weekly Radio Emma Toc via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WRMI: see also UNIDENTIFIED 5985 ** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Dec 12 at 0104, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW` starts with ``a dear friend passed away``, but apparently not a human, rather the Arecibo radio-telescope, which AHW also dealt with last week, but this week keeps on about it past 0120, how important it is/was for scientific research, but somehow mixes in racism and politix, blaming `Moonbats` and the government for not spending more on it. 0126 anti-obesity; blaming China for inventing COVID-19 since previous virus did not do enough damage, and this one is ``smarter``. Even in wake of latest SCOTUS ruling, AHW is sure Trump will get the next 4 years --- ``or we`ll never have an accurate presidential elexion again`` [???]. Angela`s comments mix in, but she tends to yell more than Allan, distorting her modulation, and generally sounds even more radical than Allan. 0136 he timestamps this as 11 December, YOOL 2020; from Studio 9 in central FL where I think he said they had some frost; judges temp by how little clothing Angela is wearing. Still looking for 1 or 2 or more good engineers to hire for work at Monticello on the SuperStation. WHRI takeover? Still delayed approval from FCC due to COVID, working at home. 0140 a caller upon whom I zone out more. 0148 reads an article from Radio World about CHU Canada; 0158 benedixion and over (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.15v, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0407, WBCQ in `Shortwave Saturday Night`, Pirate Joe, J.P. Ferraro monolog about COVID-19, Trump vs SCOTUS. I am standing by to hear what happen at 0430 when WHRI is scheduled to start 7490. Just before then, PJJP is saying he would never expect to thank the Federalist Society, but gives that credit for SCOTUS justices, even Drumpf appointees, being strict-construxionists denying his attempts to steal the elexion --- when he is chopped off the air abruptly at 0430* --- does he know WBCQ is doing this to him? Maybe pre-recorded but obviously recent/current. His show is supposed to run until 0500. 7490.0, a few seconds later before *0431, a stronger signal cuts on without ID, but obviously WHRI, now with gospel music and huxters; 0447 ``Hello, Overcomer`` but this is not TOMBS. 0459 ending RW Ministry from McHenry MD, NO ID; 0500, `Christian Worship Hour`. 0558 fill music, 0558.5 ad to support Voice of Martyrs, the persecuted Yazidi Christians in Iraq --- WHRI used to insert these between Voice of Vietnam relays on 7315, incongruously. 0559 finally `Onward Christian Soldiers` militaristic crusader theme and ``WHRI, Cypress Creek SC`` ID, itself cut off by 0600* before music can finish, how rude! All this as heard for convenience via Warrenton MO SDR still running after WOR check earlier. 6160v, what`s on the other WBCQ? At 0422 UT Sunday December 13, A ``pagan`` show from Wisconsin, claiming to be on WBCQ Friday nights, see the sked --- ?? NOT there or now for either frequency. By 0431, 6160 in song, 0437 an off-key parody of ``Also Sprach Zarathustra``; 0438 musing that may start a new transmitter on ``5100`` weekends, and call it ``Area 51`` --- so decades-old recording referring to its original frequency, later 5110, 5130, and gone; 0441 as a `countdown` program dated Dec 10, 2001; ``Seldom Heard Radio`` with Frederick Moe, 36 West Main[e?] St., Warner NH, unclear website. One I find: http://seldomheardradio.blogspot.com/ Lotsa stuff but dating from 2005 to 2010y only, not before or since. The Area 51 sked merely names this hour ``Listener`s Choice``: http://zappahead.net/#2020-1212-area51 On all other days of week, 6160v has been carrying a far-right wacko live? conspiracy talkshow at 0400-0600 except for UT Mondays the weekly white racist `Herald of Truth` at 0400-0500, both of which were originally on WBCQ 7490v, but had to move and bump other programs off 6160v due to WHRI on 7490 from 0430. Once WBCQ buys WHRI, presumably this can be rearranged more equitably. Or everything but World`s Last Chance flat-earthiness gets blown off, like 9330. The talkshow is *still* shown on the WBCQ skedgrid as on 7490, not 6160! Don`t blame listeners if confused about which station they are really hearing on 7490, especially since WHRI suppresses any ID until sign-off! Meanwhile I have been looking at the WBCQ websked to try to figure out what is going on. At first it is very strange with spurious words replacing some entries in the days-of-week columns: On, You, Know. Header says something about New Year programs. Also popping up is an offer to translate this page from Italian! Now, or always? How about never possibly. Maybe it is being edited or hacked. It`s back to normal by 0519 altho still incorrect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.15v, Sun Dec 13 at 2300, WBCQ S9/+10 direct with `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`, this week with Klezmer and other Jewish music inspired by some holiday. Better on webcast, and the first half should repeat on both at 0000 UT Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) cf WRMI 9395 ** U S A. 6159.93, Dec 16 at 0022, no signal from this WBCQ, while 7490 is audible VP. Area 61 was supposed to start at 0000, and per http://zappahead.net/#2020-1214-area61 it would have been the Jean Shepherd show of exactly 55 years ago. Maybe running on webcast, inconvenient to check now; seems this transmitter is sporadic. Not rechecked until 0232 when it is on with VP music, `God Bless America`. By now it should be amid `Amateur Radio Roundtable` on sked UT Wed at 0130-0330. And no Hal Turner after 0200 like other weeknights. Still does not include the other talkshow after 0400, reconfirmed at 0530 check via KB0FX remote; nor WOR changed from 0400 Mon to 2300 Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 6159.93v, replies to my report about anomalies on this WBCQ: ``Hi Glenn, I monitored 6160 last night [UT Wed Dec 16] on and off. It was on with Area 61 by 0040 UT. At 0200 Hal Turner Show was on. Then at 0300 there was an hour of rock music (maybe the show called Rock Wave); Just music, no announcements. From 0400 to 0600 was Late Nite in the Heartland. Peter W Hansen`` ``Checked 6160 just before 0500 UT December 16, WBCQ with a very poor signal into Houston. Readable on peaks, but overall unlistenable. CFRX 6070 does better with its 1 kW here. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` Also note that Jean Shepherd shows on `Area 61` old-time-radio block starting nominally at 0000 UT have Xmas-themed episodes from exact same local dates in the `60s and `70s, at least on UT Dec 18 and 19. Keep an eye on the weekly Area 61 previews without exact timings in 2-hour blox, at http://zappahead.net/#area61 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490, WHRI: included in a 7490 WBCQ item above ** U S A. 17775-, Dec 10 at 1518, no signal from KVOH; power still shut off for fire danger? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Dec 11 at 1506 & 1542 chex, NO signal from KVOH. It has now been off for a full week; still due to SCE powercuts vs fire hazard? What`s the latest, Ray? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, re KVOH still missing in my last report, Ray Robinson replies at 0137 UT Sat Dec 12 on the WOR iog: ``Hi, Glenn. It's not a power issue - that came back late Tuesday night [UT Dec 9]. And BTW, it hasn't quite been a full week. We were on last Saturday as normal. But, with regard to this week, I can't answer, because I don't really know. Our engineer has been trying to get to the root cause of a shorting problem in the transmitter, that he thought was fixed yesterday, but obviously wasn't. We'll be back as soon as we can, but look for us now on 9975 from 0000 UT. New schedule is here: http://voiceofhope.com/schedule/kvoh_program_grid.pdf Ray.`` Shows Tue-Sun *0000-0200 UT Spanish, 0200-0700* UT English. I replied: ``Ray, Since 0150 UT Saturday to 0200, checking remotes in Texas and Bonaire, no signal on 9975. Is it really on? Have not checked my own radio yet. Which transmitter is that, the Shoffner-Harris? I suppose the sked days of week refer to US not UT -- so Wavescan would be UT Sun & Tue at 0300, right, not UT Sat & Mon? Glenn`` No 9975 signal either here when checked at 0218. Ray replied: ``Hi, Glenn. No, KVOH is not on (although it should be!). And, yes, the sched days are North American, not UT. Ray.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, re reactivated KVOH I have yet to hear, not on around 0200 Dec 12; but Ivo Ivanov was hearing it by 0630 on a California remote. Ray Robinson points out about the new program schedule; the header timing until 1100 refers to part of the webcast, not broadcast; and SW times are 00-02 Spanish, 02-07 English. Perhaps it will be on UT Sunday, but never on UT Monday, the delayed Sabbath. 17775- remains off after 1600 Saturday Dec 12 when `Wavescan` would have aired; unclear if & when it will be fixed, but maybe not soon as KVOH have turned on another transmitter for 9975, a long dormant but always registered transmission they could have been doing all along (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Via Lubbock SDR, still tuned to last night`s unsuccessful 9975 check for KVOH, Sat Dec 12 from 2020, I am hearing some S5-S7 music hard to place, but VOA Korean via Thailand is listed 1900-2100. Oh oh, 2033, Spanish ``Ésta es --`` algo and then recognizable praise music in Spanish, so looks like KVOH is on long before 0000, a time not authorized, testing instead of 17775? No sign of VOA which is 250 kW at 38 degrees thisaway. LSB needed to avoid VG 9980 WWCR, which is why KVOH is not supposed to start until WWCR off at 0000. Maybe it`s still there somewhere, but on website I haven`t found any KVOH program schedule for the 24h streaming, or the former 17775 which would not be in Spanish midday Saturday; just the new 00-07 SW segment. [BTW, believe it or not, during this I am multi-tasking to the fifth degree: KVOH panned to mostly one earphone from one SDR; WOR via WA0RCR via another SDR, panned to the other earphone, including the ``17790 IS`` at 2050 which is not clipped out for ham radio, so does not qualify as music? Plenty of ham modes employ tones in a similar way and that`s obviously kosher; also two PBS TV channels, one of them muted with captions; and continuing interjexions from my neighbor who knows more about medieval Spain than the TV scholars. I, anyway, once visited Córdoba well into the last century --- the one in Spain, not the lesser copies in Argentina or México, or almost Alaska. That is: ``The Ornament of the World tells the story of a remarkable time in history when the Muslims, Christians and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences.`` Make that six, also writing this.] 9975: At 2049 into Spanish sermon about ``delitos`` = sins, 2051 mentions Los Ángeles``, 2054 ID La Voz de la Esperanza, carol ``El Tamborilero``. Ray Robinson only replies that it`s a ``Low power test.`` How low? Still at 2214 with music. So is KVOH now all set for a real full-power broadcast after 0000 UT Sunday December 13 as scheduled? NO! Check at 0048, nothing there via Lubbock SDR, nor at 0103 direct. 0300 when `Wavescan` scheduled: still not via Lubbock; 0600 still nothing direct. So it seems KVOH has not one, but two broken transmitters. Maybe they should try broadcasting to Americas via Zambia. Hmmm, wasn`t that originally part of the plan, at least S America? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17775-, Mon Dec 14 at 1603, still no signal from KVOH, not really expected; wonder what`s wrong with their replacement frequency/transmitter, 9975, heard ``low-power`` testing Saturday afternoon but not on UT Sunday after 0000, and never on UT Mondays. 9975 maybe back Monday/UT Tuesday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, Monday Dec 14 at 2120 checking for KVOH to come back after failure Saturday and holyday Sunday, but nothing yet, direct. But at 2207 I find a big open carrier in 9980 TOMBS WWCR sideband splash; then with some minor carrier peaks, probably really modulated tones measured about: 9974.17, 9973.35, 9972.54. 2210 replaced by music modulation, song mentions Esperanza, S9+20/30 vs WWCR S9+30/40! 2212.5 cuts to tone, 2213 back to praise music; 2215.5 devotional in Spanish from Ejército de Salvación, etc., etc. This is no low power but it still has no business 5 kHz away from WWCR. In the next hour, Ken Zichi was also hearing this, ``9975 is booming into Michigan at 2315 with SS music. KVOH ID at 2321 and "Voz de Esperanza" at at the bottom of the hour. SINPO 44+54+4 with only my local QRM poking through. This is before the listed s/on in SS so ... a test? Good to hear it back; the Jazz show was one of my favorites when it was on many moons ago. 73 //Ken Zichi`` Prompting this reply on the WOR iog from Ray Robinson at 2337: ``Yes, Ken, that's us. Previously we had the transmitter running OK, but we were only getting a fraction of full power into the antenna. Now that has been resolved. This should be the last afternoon of testing. After today, it will be strictly 0000-0700 UT. Ray.`` Another look at the skedgrid, which now clarifies UT vs local days: Major music blox 6-daily, no doubt interrupted for evangelism, are: 0200-0255 `Swing Shift` with Pat Conrad; 0400-0500 `Song in the Night` with Scott Martin; 0600-0700 `Jazz Session` with Pat Conrad. BUT: by 0200 UT December 15, opening English, 9975 is VP, only S5-S6 to Missouri SDR, and even worse here, S5 about = the HLLNL, unusable. Is it propagation, or underpowered again? By 0225 to MO has built up to S6-S9, now listenable but noisy and fadey; S5-S7 into Bonaire. At 0231 UT Tuesday, preaching break, Pat thinks it`s ``Sunday night`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Dec 13 at 0124, WTWW-2 still ham news, but 0128 recheck, now `TOUTA` has started, so I switch to $tereo webcast. Xmasmx of course, and Bob Heil says it will be nothing-but, for rest of year, finishing at 0157 and back to inorganic rock (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Dec 16 at 0341, S9+20/30 of dead air in English except for some hum, frum WTWW-1. A chance to enjoy no Passed Pastor Pete Peters, as I leave the dead air turned up until finally SFAW pops back on at 0430 for tune-out. Is no one paying attention at Lebanon? Meanwhile, 5085 WTWW-2 had a modulating gospel huxter at 0342+ instead of rock show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9260-9265-9270, Sunday December 13 at 0738, DRM noise above 9265, but something else digital below 9265, surely WINB hybrid which supposedly does this M-F only, and on 7315 from 0700, not 9265 until 1000! What`s going on? I have yet to get around to listening to what programming they put on half a DRM signal, likely little but gospel huxters, when I am conveniently on computer to access a DRM-capable SDR, M-F 12-17 UT on 13655-13660. Here`s one DRM sked: http://www.owdjim.gen.nz/chris/radio/DRM/Schedules.php (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13655-13660, Mon Dec 14 at 1631, my previous report reminds me to attempt to decode WINB DRM as scheduled M-F 12-17 UT. KC9FFV KiwiSDR at Forney TX is getting it when tuned to 13655 - never mind its LSB, S7-S8, S/N circa 14.0 dB which is not enough for solid decode, lo-fi 8.28 kbps audio in and out with heavily African-accented English by gospel huxter. WINB website will *not* provide a 24-hour program sked for the webcast, but Listen Live now sounds like the same guy; analog SW does not start 9265V-wobble until 2000 UT Mondays. I look at the sked by program name, none obviously African, and none in the EST AMs on Mondays, just PMs. Maybe I can catch the name, listening again to the DRM from 1657? Now it`s stronger at S9/+10, but SNR of only 1-2 dB! so nothing audible. About 1700 the S-meter drops to S7 as WINB turns off, leaving the band noise level. Then I can hear an AM on 13660, see FRANCE. BTW, WINB-DRM was back on 7310-7315-7320 after 07 UT Monday rather than unscheduled 9260-9265-9270 as heard UT Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. Holiday Specials on WUOT Knoxville TN, my ex-station: https://www.wuot.org/holiday-specials-wuot Already underway. Times are EST = UT -5. A good selexion. Remember when I used to round up many more such pages? I`m sure lots of other webcasting public radio stations continue doing that. Check home pages for linx. Unfortunately, I was reminded to check this with news of the shooter killed outside the Cathedral of St John the [allegedly] Divine in NYC at an Xmas concert. I hope it was not the annual Paul Winter Solstice celebration, which on WUOT will be broad/webcast UT Tue Dec 22 at 0000 --- but however live they may sound, these are typically from the previous year with plenty of post-produxion. Maybe the real thing was tonight [UT Dec 14] in advance. Plenty of social-distancing available in there, I suppose, but how is the central air circulation? Later research: no, it was a `Christmas carol` concert and you-know-what prevents a new Solstice concert this year, from the COSJT[A]D calendar: ``Friday, December 18 --- Paul Winter’s 41st Annual Winter Solstice Celebration 7 PM --- While we're unable to host the Winter Solstice performance in the Cathedral this year, the celebration will continue online! Visit solsticecelebration.com for more information...`` Well, that website goes nowhere with or without www. NPR admits that this year`s broadcast is really from last year, which they would have been doing anyway; question is, what year will play in 2021? https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/936249895/the-paul-winter-consorts-annual-winter-solstice-celebration This explains how to purchase online access to this year`s concert: https://paulwinter.com/event/winter-solstice-2020/ I didn`t realize they also do Summer Solstice concerts, maybe not widely broadcast. NOTE: Alan Roe has compiled and is updating a calendar of Holiday broadcasts on SW starting Dec 19, notably BBC, but also US stations and various German relays. This is being posted to the WOR iog and other major SWL sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA: WBCQ ** ZANZIBAR. 6015, Dec 11 at *0329, as Ron Howard has tipped, ZBC cuts on about now, nothing there a minute earlier, S8-S9 but VP with YL in presumed Swahili talk. Allegedly still on 11735 in their evenings, but not heard here in a long time, underpowered? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 10 at 0600: 531, 558, 612, 621, 693, 711, 774, 855, 882, 891 ... where I stopped. Resuming at 0709-0713: 891, 909, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1098, 1107(2), 1116, 1215 and none higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 16 at 0238-0245: 531, 549(2), 576, 585, 594*, 612, 666, 684*, 693*, 702, 711(2), 738, 774(2), 783, 819, 837(2), 855, 873, 882, 891, 954, 963*, 981, 1017, 10404, 1053, 1089, 1098(2), 1107(-), 1125, 1152(2), 1206, 1215, 1305, 1413, 1431, 1458, 1548, 1575. *strongest; (2) = at least two carriers beating; (-) audibly off-frequency minus compared to neighbors. Performing this earlier than usual, some stations further east are showing up. 783 could be Syria, Iran or Sa`udi; Mauritania used to be easy regular but still inactive. MW Offsets shows Afghanistan is 20 Hz below 1107, only one beyond Spain synchros which are no more than minus 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4095.37, Dec 10 at 0557, constant JBA carrier; is that the DW ``Desert Whooper`` beacon last reported slightly higher, and not yet heard directly here? Or a local birdie. Joe Caberlin in Ontario has been keeping after it via remotes in the West: Dec 5, frequency not mentioned: ``Checked about 5 sdrs at 2055z and the best signal was on KFS SDR, 69.27.184.58:8076 barely s 3 to 4. 73 Joe`` Dec 8: ``4095.8 lsb, transiting 60 pips per minute approximately; transmitting about 60 dots per minute now. 1109 UT. websdr3.sdrutah.org.8093 Northern Utah WebSDR - Server #3`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Re 4095.37, my log of a carrier, from Desert Whooper? Joe Caberlin, Ontario replies at 1324 UT Dec 11: ``4095.4, barely readable on WO7I sdr rx 7:14 a.m. EST [1214 UT], 60 bpm. 73 joe`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5985, Dec 16 at 0717, open carrier at S9/+10. Nothing scheduled but unless something totally out of left-field, most likely WRMI which is really here until 0600; altho this signal is a lot stronger than normally into OK off the side of the 222-degree beam. WRMI skedgrid shows 5985 as XMTR #2 at 0330-0600 only, the only one on a 222-degree antenna, for Central America. EiBi and Aoki agree that is its total timespan, but not all of it is 7 dpw. HFCC too at 0300-0600, but also imaginary entries at 05-07 for CRI Arabic via defunct Albania; a hole at 07-08; and 08-13 1 kW in English from RRI BIA[k?], Indonesia. It seems the numerous wooden entries for RRI long-gone regionals default to language English, which is ludicrous! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5995, Dec 11 at 0345, algo JBA here, unseems off-frequency so not BBC via UAE in Arabic as previously noted? Or ZNBC Radio 1, ZAMBIA? EiBi shows it from *0412, irregularly earlier/all-night. Tuning LSB to minimise 6000 RHC, just barely modulated but very strong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-6950, Dec 11 at 1402, very wideband rapid pulsing with multi-carriers and tone, S9+10 with some fading. Maybe another kind of OTH radar, wiping out most of the pirate band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7515.5-USB, Dec 11 at 1432, 2-way in Spanish discussing putas, lots of cambios on split frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)