** BRAZIL. 9665v, Dec 25 at 2314, lucky RVM English ID just as I tune in direct, with frequencies 9665, 5940 and another, AM or FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9664.90 approx., Dec 27 at 0153, RVM with gospel huxter yelling in Brasuguese, S6-S7, back on minus side of 9665 after a brief while on plus side. No USA or Cuban signals on 31m now, strange propagation. 9664.926, Dec 27 at 0625, RVM music at S2-S4, with JBA LAH, probably DPRK closer to 9665.000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9819.1 approx., Dec 25 at 2317, het about here to a 9820.0 signal. R. Nove de Julho nominal 9820 has been on the minus side of 9819 for quite a while, but maybe this be it up a bit; during this hour both V. of Beibu Bay Radio, China and CNR2 CBR are scheduled. At 0125, Vilhena, Brasil SDR in SAM mode shows carrier at plus 136v Hz from 9819, JBA to the ear. But is Beibu off-frequency too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9818.721, Dec 27 at 0630, JBA carrier while other ZYs are making it but little else on 31m, so presumed R. Nove de Julho on its usual way-off frequency. Maybe the one on 9819.1 I heard recently was really something else, such as China. Not that the ZYs can`t vary too, as with RVM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 10000, Dec 27 at 0626 UT, Observatório Nacional, IDs and Brazuguese time announcements with pips every dekasecond, only S2-S3 and equal to or above WWV or WWVH, with which it is well-synchronized. Not expecting to hear PPE Rio at this hour, but why not? ZY broadcasters just below are audible but little else on 31m (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Dec 30 at 2205, RNA DRM test has resumed after Xmas break, tnx to tip via Richard Langley. S6-S7, 11 to 15 dB SNR into SJ do Campo KiwiSDR, with screechy cutouts; Better at TWR DR SDR, 16 dB but still some breakups during `A Voz do Brasil`; both read 13.06 kbps; still carrying the FM 96.1 feed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 223-MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0743 UT, dash and YYW, 1000 watt ND beacon at Armstrong, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 257-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0726 UT, dash and XE, 100-watt ND beacon at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 290-MCW kHz, Dec 25 at 0721 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt NDB at Regina, Sask. High local noise level is a little less in this part of the band, but also storm noise from Louisiana area preclude much else. Is there something about Sask? Of 28 SK listings at dxinfocentre.com, only two of them are 3-letters starting with Y. Most are only two letters, some even a letter and a number --- never heard one of those --- and six are Z + two letters (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. Re my last report about Saskatchewan ND beacons, ``only two of them are 3-letters starting with Y. Most are only two letters, some even a letter and a number --- never heard one of those --- and six are Z + two letters`` ``Glenn, the number-letter ones are privately owned and not maintained by NavCan. The two-letter beacons are usually locator ‘outer-marker’ beacons associated with a particular runway. A few years ago many of the two-letter ones had a ‘Z’ added to them. Most if not all of these three-letter ones are ‘approach’ or ‘enroute’ beacons. Steve / VE7SL`` McDonald (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 244-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0722 UT, dash and TH, 1000-watt ND beacon at Thompson, Manitoba, remote north-central forming the eastern point of a triangle with Flin Flon to the west, and Lynn Lake to the north. The only NDB anywhere on 244 per dxinfocentre.com unlike 242 and 245; zero on 243 where I was hearing it USB at first. 274-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0725 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt NDB at Pikangikum, Ontario, ``back on``. 1741 km = 1082 st mi = 43+ miles per watt or 0.023+ watts per mile. 284-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0726 UT, dash and QD, 500-watt NDB at The Pas, Manitoba. 300-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0727 UT, dash and YIV, 500-watt NDB at Island Lake, Manitoba. 317-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0728 UT, dash and VC, 1000-watt NDB at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. I was tuned to 316-USB. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0729 UT, dash and YQK, 200-watt NDB at Kenora, Ontario. Mixing with PKZ? See U S A 332-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0731 UT, dash and YFM, 2500-watt NDB at La Grand 4, Quebec, atop my nearby 400-watt IC Wichita KS, and nothing from the usual dominator, 1000-watt QT in Thunder Bay, Ontario. LG-4 is a Hydro dam a kilomile north of Montréal, fishing/outfitter destination. 351-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0735 UT, dash and YKQ, 500-watt NDB at Fort Rupert - Waskaganish, Québec. At first tuned to 350-USB where it was overriding my nearby 400-watt RG at Will Rogers World Airport, OKC, Gally. Heard on 351 also with QRM from IN, really 353, see U S A. 355-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0738 UT, dash and YWP, 200-watt NDB at Webequie, Quebec; still waiting for a pronouncer on this one. Quite a few other Canadians in this session, skipped over as too familiar/regular (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 9860, Dec 27 at 2320, Firedragon jammer of traditional instrumental-only music with lots of percussion, is S9+20/30 with victim barely audible under, i.e. RFA Mandarin via TINIAN this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 4940, Dec 28 at 0145, usual gospel huxtering in Spanish from mystery missionary station, S7-S8 into Bonaire SDR. Here, it`s a JBA carrier vs S9+10 HLNL, while by 0505 at Bonaire during devotional of pious platitudes and then citing Lucas XVII, it`s S8/S9+ but quite sufficient. Aoki/NDXC now lists this as: ``4940 0000-2400 CLM La Montana Colombia Spa Maicao 1-7`` And this has now been copied by aggregators such as short-wave.info/ But how were this name and location determined? Perhaps Ron Howard can find out from his Japanese DX contacts. Maicao is in NE Colombia, right on the Venezuelan border and on the main highway across the northern tier, thus a prime destination for Venezuelan refugees or at least visitors. Further north than the previous DF/guesses (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COSTA RICA [non]. 7780, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100, WRMI pre-empts WOR 2065 for `Mundo Sorprendente` from Berny Solano, which originally airs on Radio Costa Rica, 930. Reports are invited to Apartado 582/2200, 11101 San Jose, or to mundosorprendentecr@gmail.com so I e-mail him: ``Hola Berny, Acabo de escuchar su programa navideño de Mundo Sorprendente a través de WRMI 7780, 01 a 02 TU del 24 de diciembre. Acá en Oclajoma, la señal es muy débil, así es que me puse en varios receptores remotos: Holanda primero, pero mejor en estado de Maine con tiempo limitado, después de Rochester NY, llegando bastante bien. Todo reemplazando a otra emisión de mi programa World of Radio. Un placer escucharle en OC. Al iniciarse, a mediados 0132, y hacia el final 0153, ofreció QSL y calendario 2021 con paisajes de CR, así es que quisiera pedirselo. Dentro del programa siempre música navideña y una variedad de saludos hasta charlas. Pude entender algunos de los nombres: Rubén Guillermo Margenet desde Rosario, Argentina; antes de él, una sueca hablando español perfecto, como no, semi-colombiana la hija del fallecido Henrik Klemetz, pero ¿cuál es su nombre? 0144, Jorge García, Barinas, Venezuela; 0145 un cuento de Oscar Wilde; 0153 finalizando; 0157 otra música del oriente medio RMI para llenar la hora. Anticipo el próximo programa, la semana que viene. 73, Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA`` No reply yet. Repeats scheduled next night, UT Dec 25 at 0200 on 5800, which quickly I heard starting; and one more time at 0400 on 9955. And another special show for New Year exactly one week later at all three times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {no e-reply by Dec 31} ** COSTA RICA. First item in last report was typoed --- ha: ``OOSTA RICA - A new country! :) 73, Jim K5JG`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 1000 kHz: See OKLAHOMA [and non] ** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6100, 9700, Dec 24 at 0706, no RHC English signals at all; usually 6100 or 9700 is still on altho not always for the full hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6145, Dec 25 at 0437, RHC English reactivated here! A-20 frequency is back instead of B-20 9700 --- deliberate, or a mistake? Maybe for holiday an inexperienced sloppyrator substitute remembers only where this transmitter used to be tuned. Or decided that 9 MHz band is too high to propagate reliably? Well, at 0454, I find that Spanish on 9650 is still S9+25 and always weaker 9535 still audible too. Back at 0437, 6145 is // 6000 but as usual it`s JBM. There is also something JBA talking not // on 9700, which would be Turkey at 0350-0656 per Aoki/NDXC, a good reason for RHC to avoid 9700 during those two sesquihours. By 0659, 6145 is wrapping up another English hour and 0700 to dead air. By now nothing is on 6000 or 9700. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Dec 26 at 0557, RHC English is back here, after switch back to 6145 last night, // much weaker 6000. Something`s not wrong at RHC. Also about 9700, Kenneth Vito Zichi, Williamston MI reports in the MARE Tipsheet: ``9700 RHC *SPANISH* (yes, something is always wrong, but really, not so horrible with this mistake) mostly EZL Cuban music w/brief SS announcements -- which was a good listen! 444+43+ decent modulation as this channel usually has, 0405-0420 19/Dec RSPdx +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire --Zichi MI`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, Dec 27 at 0630, RHC English at S9+30, overmodulating with splatter out to plus/minus 23 kHz = 9677-9723. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6100, meanwhile Dec 27 at 0646 is splashing only plus/minus 13 kHz = 6087-6113. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13567 approx. at S9, 13633 at S9+10, Dec 27 at 1410, RHC spurblobs with F# tone best readable in FM mode, out of 13700-AM which is S9+20/30; matching on plus side 13767 and 13836 approx., and a JBA trace circa 13905. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13571 approx., Dec 28 at 1535, spurblob of jazz from RHC 13700-AM, and then find more at 64-65 kHz intervals, better in FM than AM, and unreadable in SSB: 13636 S9 with F# tone; 13765 S9; 13830 vs victim in AM, i.e. VATICAN in Amharic; 13895; 13960 trace; 13505. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Dec 29 at 0733, RHC is S9+30 of dead air in English plus some hum, no other frequencies left. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13571 approx., Dec 29 at 1512, the ``Cuban sound`` spurblob during `Sonido Cubano` on RHC, with F# tone, best readable in FM mode where it`s 10 kHz wide and hard to pinpoint the exact center. This is second-order, 129 kHz below source 13700-AM which is S9+20; then first-order circa 13636, 13765, weaker 13830, and S1-S2 on third-order 13894. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [non]. 9490, Dec 25 at 0320, R. República via FRANCE loud & clear into Bonaire SDR with trop-pop music, holiday wishes and greetings, qualifying as an Xmas show? No jamming audible there or in NB per Richard Langley who tipped on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 9860, Dec 29 at 2226, S5-S7 fluttery Esperanto, as sked this hour from CRI via Kashgar, land of ChiCom cultural genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. And why is it that only Commies are interested in Esperanto broadcasting, also Cuba, not even gospel huxters who employ countless tiny tongues? Its creator, Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhof, was a Polish Jew, but pre-communism, 1859-1917y: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._L._Zamenhof (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 9670, Dec 26 at 0400 I`m trying to hear R Northern Europe International xmas special as sked via Channel 292. Not for N America since the beam is 60 degrees for SE Asia. A bit too north for that so I try the Novosibirsk SDR first --- it is getting something S4-S5, but very noisy and QRMed, Chinese on 9675. Nothing else is sked on 9670 at this hour. I do make out some rock music and Dutch announcements, later English, but too bad to listen to. How about New Delhi or Qatar? No signals at all there. Yet at 0430 I check Novosib again as they are saying something like ``OSR Offshore Radio`` and music continues, ``American Pie``. So it`s an hour, not half an hour. RNEI has another Xmas broadcast UT Thu Dec 31 at 0100 on WRMIs 5010 & 5850 which will surely be better for us. That is its regular spot. Their publicity at https://rnei.org/2020/12/21/radio-northern-europe-internationals-christmas-special-announcement/ says there are some ``data features`` such as comb stereo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. Re my report of 9670, 0400+ UT Dec 26, Channel 292 with RNEI, or ``OSR``? ``Hi Glenn, merry Xmas and happy New Year 2021! That's OHR, Offshore History Radio. Often used by Channel 292 as a 'filler' between hours booked by scheduled broadcasters. Heard here with a very weak signal on 9670 at 0410-0420 this morning, Dec 26. Looks like RNEI either was aired an hour earlier (current Channel 292 sked shows 0300 today) or was cancelled for some reason. 73, Dmitry Mezin, Kazan, RUS`` And from Roger Thauer, Germany: ``1.) https://rnei.org/2020/12/21/radio-northern-europe-internationals-christmas-special-announcement/ https://www.channel292.de/s/cc_images/teaserbox_2484508986.jpg I had seen the 0300z entry in the schedule for ch292 beforehand. So I had already checked the situation at 0300z / 04.00 CET on the 9670 kHz. But, since there was no signal on various KIWI SDRs between Moscow and Kamschatka, not a trace of a transmitter carrier. 2.) An hour later, the situation as described by Glenn. I was i.a. also back on the Novosibirsk SDR and saw another user from the USA, probably him. 3.) The midday broadcast from RNEI via ch292 also on 9670 kHz (on ordered 293° ===> UK/IRL/US) on yesterday, December 25th, at least worked. The DRM QAM16 SNR (at the end of the show) reached a peak value of 17 dB in Carlow [IRL]. roger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH. 9805, Dec 27 at 2321, Chinese at S9+20/30 with K-Pop, i.e. as you would expect, KBSWR as scheduled this hour 100 kW at 205 degrees, so why is it inbooming over here? I guess this does not provoke ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR [and non]. 2598-USB, Dec 29 at 0143 UT, roboyl with marine weather in English, VP vs high LLNL, but there is some `reverb` as from two not exactly synchronized transmitters. Only one scheduled at this time, from 0137, is VOK from somewhere in Labrador, per: https://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm 2598 is supposed to be time-shared with 5 or 6 other stations in NL and Québec, not simulcast. However, EiBi does show two simul sites for this 0137-0200 broadcast, cw and hd, which translate to cw - Cartwright NL 53N42'30" - 57W01'17" hd - Hopedale NL 55N27'24" - 60W12'30" Both of which are on Labrador mainland, not island rock. Same roboyl voice on 2749-USB but not checked whether // which is sometimes deliberate as I recently logged from Québec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Dec 29 at 0737 UT, roboyl marine weather in English, S8 vs S7 noise level here. DXinfocentre.com shows starting at 0737, the first early-morning broadcast = 4:07 am local, in the cycle of 6 or 7 mostly NL stations in the 2598 group, is VCP-4, Placentia, with 3000 watts, greatest of all. Nothing on 2749-USB yet, but VCO Sydney NS is to start at 0740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1000, Dec 27 at 0204, dead air on KTOK OKC, so I can hear some weak Spanish perhaps XEOY, and from the SE some whoop-whooping, like the defective Cuban transmitter, Artemisa, as Terry Krueger, Niceville FL, reported: ``1000 CUBA Radio Artemisa, Artemisa, 1115 7/15/20. The spastic wobbling noise source, still here after at least two-three years. You'd think by now they could have fixed this.`` 0206 UT after 2+ minutes of dead Foxhole, KTOK comes to life with theme music and opening Joe Pag talkshow interviewing media critic Sharyl Attkisson. BTW, have not heard IBOC noise from KTOK for ages, tho still flagged as -I in 2020-2021 NRC AM Log. IBOC ``reported off Dec 2009`` here: http://www.topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Thread resulting from my Dec 27 log of KTOK: ``Glenn et al., The listing of IBOC, as I have stated many times before, does NOT pretend to track who turned this feature on or off. It is a listing of those who are authorized to use the digital mode. 73, Wayne Heinen, Editor, NRC AM Radio Log, Aurora, CO`` ``Wayne, Sorry, I did not realize that. In that case it would be helpful to have a separate symbol denoting stations which are axually in `HD` now. And full- or part-time, day and/or night? I was under the impression that, unlike pure HD, anystation could run hybrid HD ad lib without specific permission. Has FCC ever denied it? They certainly don`t care about adjacent QRM! Is there any way to check this thru AM Query? I don`t see anything about HD for KTOK, one way or another; nor for KFAQ which we know is running it. Could be deeply buried. 73, Glenn`` ``Glenn, There is a link on the amq page that takes you to this list… I usually check it against the database each year prior to publication however this year, due to my shoulder replacement, I didn’t get all the usual proofs done. You’ll find both KTOK and KFAQ on the list https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl 73 Wayne Heinen`` ``Wayne, Tnx but that link gets: `Station Search Error --- You must specify search criteria values. Go back to the previous web page and try again.` But, but, I am not coming from a previous web page. O, here it is: https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/digital-radio which leads to: To obtain a list of stations authorized for "hybrid" operation (analog + digital signals), select one of the following links: [ AM | which leads to: https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Service=AM&digital_status=H which then leads to: https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl i.e. the exact same URL Wayne gave but it won`t work directly, of 241 stations, alfabetical order by callsign, who cares about frequency or location? which leads to KTOK info: `Digital status: hybrid` -- and that`s all --- Glenn`` ``Scott Fybush Dec 27 #15519 --- It's a notification, not a permission. FCCData.org shows whether a station (AM or FM) has notified digital operation; the flaw, as we see, is there's no process for indicating cessation of digital operation.`` ``As I'm sure you know, the FCC's Prime Directive is "please don't bother us with details" and, really, licensees aren't required to run HD in either MA3 or MA1 so why should they care? Same for C-QUAM (for the 8 stations that still use it! :-D) I think the listings in the NRC AMRL are fine. The editor (a recently elected ARRL Life Member!) might consider fleshing out the -I and -$ code definitions to prevent this sort of complaint in future (not that you can eliminate 100% of complaints ...) -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!`` ``[nrc-am] IBOC Listing in NRC AM Radio Log JZinOK 2:41am #15530 In the case of KTOK, digital notification was made in 2006, but we haven't used it in many years. It's rather worthless to us now, as KTOK is carried on KXXY-FM HD2. KWPN 640 Moore OK also has given notification, but dropped the HD a long time ago. Several FM's here have given digital notification, but do not use it. All of the iHeart FM's in OKC use HD. John Zondlo, Yukon, OK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9795, Dec 29 at 2304, Vietish? talk with QRM underneath sounds like Firedragon, but why bother? Aoki does not show *jamming or anything else here. This is FEBC in Mon via Iba site - not the same as Hmong, which is at other times in three different hues, Black, White, and Blue - based on traditional costumes? I wonder which one was SXMZ, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA [and non]. 7220, Dec 25 at 2307, Xmas discussion in English, clip in Romanian, so RRI hour, 300 kW at 300 degrees from Galbeni, but intended only for W Europe, not us beyond. Is it at a higher vertical angle than for multihops? Considerable CCI from Vietnamese, which is CRI via Xi`an not thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 6130, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0143, RRI is S9+20 with `DX Mailbag`, saying there has been a sharp rise in reception reports and letters about programming this year since more people are staying at home listening. 0144 acknowledging report from Japan hearing RRI on 6040 DRM via Sweden remote. Other frequency now is 7325 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5850, Dec 27 at 0650, caller accuses Brother Scare of ``vomiting lies out of his mouth``, played so BS may then denounce him; via WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 9690, Dec 29 at 2302, REE in Sefardí, since it`s martes, rather than English on L/M/V. As matches the sked in Aoki/NDXC for Day 3; a.k.a. Ladino, also Sundays 2230-2300. Not as strong as usual, with some ACI from 9695 in Japanese with echo, i.e. CRI via Jinhua, presumably rather thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Thu Dec 24 at 0300, `Freedom Synergy Radio` again for the third night in a row occupying this WRMI hour, replacing several programs still showing on the skedgrid; to be 5, or even 7 nights a week? But the TRSW Xmas special has already been publicized for UT Saturday Dec 26 at 0300-0400. You would never guess from the name what this program is really about: pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, with a Latin American accent. Evidently restored on WRMI after a break since August, but slow to show up on the skeds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2066) From disgraced FB we find explanation of FSR as temporary? But not about their doing it already the previous week: ``WRMI Radio Miami International December 24 at 5:12 PM · Freedom Synergy Radio will transmit special programs at 0300-0400 on UT Sunday-Thursday December 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 (that's Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night local time in the Americas) on 5800 kHz. Reception reports will be verified with a special Freedom Synergy Radio QSL card. Send reports via our website www.wrmi.net or by email to info@wrmi.net`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 9955, Tue Dec 29 at 1524, `Freedom Synergy Radio` is just ending another unscheduled airing on WRMI, 1525 into one of my favorite fill-music tunes, `Sandunga` on marimba; recheck at 1600, still on contrary to sked with TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 0007, S9+10 but undermodulated music, could be Turkish as another overrun of VOT English for a bonus hour in German as happens occasionally; too strong and too on-frequency for Xinjiang PBS from East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom persecution of Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 25 at 2302, no signal from VOT English to North America. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, Dec 29 at 2300, no signal from VOT English to us; should have been at least detectable despite S8-S9 HLLNL. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0729 UT, during mostly-Canadian beacon logging, YQK has CCI from FKZ? or JKZ? Per list must have been PKZ, 400-watt NDB at Pensacola - Pickens, Florida. F-, J- and P- all have four dits/dahs in similar configs: ..-. / .--- / .--. 329-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0730 UT, PMV, 25-watt NDB at Plattsmouth, Nebraska. 344-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0733 UT, TKH, 25-watt NDB at Tallulah, Louisiana. I was tuned to 342-USB. Tallulah is the next town west of Vicksburg, MS, trans-river. Atop mix of more signals. 353-MCW kHz, Dec 30 at 0736 UT, IN, 100-watt NDB at International Falls - Ray, Minnesota; heard tuned to 351-USB mixing with YKQ CANADA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2065 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday December 23 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.18v, S7-S9 but VP vs HNL here. Also confirmed Wed Dec 23 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+25 about equal to Cuban jamming and losing out to it. As expected, not confirmed UT Thu Dec 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, pre-empted by `Mundo Sorprendente` --- see COSTA RICA [non] WORLD OF RADIO 2066 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica non, Eritrea non, Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Iran non, Italy, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar,, Nigeria, Sa`udi Arabia, UK non, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican, unidentified 2580; SWL Fest; WRTH; propagation outlook WOR 2066 is available as of 0112 UT Friday December 25 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2066.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 [confirmed] 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 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] 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 Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com WOR 2066 first airings confirmed UT Friday December 25 at 0130 on WRMIs: at Bonaire SDR, 5010 S8/S9+15 and 5850 S5-S8; due to azimuths quite the opposite direct to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Saturday December 26 at 0130 on WRMI 7780 --- replaced by Wavescan. Checking the skedgrids, most of the Systems have been updated as of Dec 24 or 25, jumbling programming around, involving further reduxions to WOR; still including several imaginary airings in the 21-22 and 10-11 UT hours. From http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs here is what we now find on WRMI: Fri 0130 on 5010, 5850 Sat 0130 on 7780 - canceled Sat 1300 on 15770 Sat 2300 on 7780 -- never on sked but heard, maybe still? Mon 0030 on 7730 Mon 0130 on 7780 - canceled Mon 0230 on 5800, 7780 Mon 0430 on 9955 Tue 0100 on 7780 - canceled Tue 0330 on 5800 - ? Freedom Synergy Radio last week, but not on sked Wed 2300 on 9955 Thu 0130 on 5010, 7780 -- ex 0100 on 7780 --- but expected to be pre- empted Dec 31 for Mundo Sorprendente BTW the skedgrid is confused regarding 5010 in the 01-02 UT hour: on System D it`s // 7780; but it`s also on System F // 5850! So here is the revised `next` schedule including other stations: 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 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [but not last week] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: at first not confirmed Sat Dec 26 at 1300-1306 on WRMI 15770, JBA carrier only; but by recheck at 1326 has surged to S9+10/20! 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 [but not last week] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [but not last week] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Saturday December 26 from 2042.7 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG local-quality pickup via Warrenton KiwiSDR. Also confirmed Sat Dec 26 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 but poor with storm noise at UTwente; nearest lightning on Blitzortung is again along the west coast of Greece into central Mediterranean, about 1100 statute miles or 1800 km away. But VG S9+15 at Maine SDR. Also confirmed UT Sun Dec 27 starting at 0414:54 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO via Warrenton SDR. Next: 2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [but not last week] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [pre-empted] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Sunday December 27 at 2300.2 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.94v, S9/+20; IS & ID loop was playing already at tune-in 2257. Missed checking 0030 UT Mon Dec 28 on WRMI 7730; anyone hear it? Confirmed no longer at 0130 UT Mon on WRMI 7780, instead Wavescan. Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+15/20 to Bonaire SDR, and 7780, S9+5/10 to UTwente SDR; also on WRN webcast Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0450 the 0430 on WRMI 9955, VG S7-S9 into Bonaire KiwiSDR while it`s only a JBA carrier here. Next: 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [pre-empted for FSR] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Monday December 28 from 1900:49 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria as heard via UTwente including any internet delay. Open carrier is on by 1855; 1859:51 cut-on IRRS sign-on; 1900:20 Feature Story News headlines, then WOR. Only my final word cut off at 1929, ``disclaimer``. As always, extremely annoying splash from both sides cannot be escaped by LSB, USB, AM Synch or narrow bandwidth: Vietnam 7280 is worse than East Turkistan 7295 despite second- vs first-adjacency. Recheck at 1949, has faded? to JBA carrier on 7290. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [canceled; confirmed] 0230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 [canceled; reconfirmed] 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [pre-empted for FSR this week; confirmed] 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Wed Dec 30 from 2200:22 on WBCQ 7490.18v, S9/+10 via KB0FX SDR in MO, but faded to S5/S7 by 2227. Also confirmed Wed Dec 30 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S5 via heavy pulse jamming into TWR Bonaire SDR, faded to JBA vs PJ by 2329. Not next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100] Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative. Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com New WOR 2067 should be ready by early UT Friday January 1 for first broadcast on WRMI 5850, and maybe 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490v, Dec 25 at 0400, no show for scheduled Texas Radio SW Xmas special via WBCQ; 7490 inaudible, but webcast is carrying usual conspiracy-wacko talkshow. TRSW does not seem to be on 6160v either. For some weeks, WBCQ has been turning off 7490 NLT than 0430 when WHRI starts, so two reasons why an hour special at 0400 should never have been booked. Better luck, we hope, the next publicized time for TRSW Xmas, 0300-0400 UT Sat Dec 26 on WRMI 5800 --- tho that might be iffy too, as for at least three nights this week, WRMI has dedicated that hour to Freedom Synergy Radio replacing everything else on the schedule. Missed checking what happened UT Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (6160v), UT Sat Dec 26 at 0100-0200, `AAAWWW` on Area 51/61 webcast for convenience at the computer, not checking 6160 or 7490 direct: ``brown xmas`` at Maine, no snow now and it`s axually warmer than in central FL where the Weiners are. Astronomy lesson. 0116 calls J.P. to ask him about his 60-year-old Xmas lights; 0129 datestamp as 25th of December YOOL 2020. 0130+ discussing taking vaccine or not, science can be corrupt. Trump mentioned only briefly once or twice. 0145 IEEE article about Fessenden`s Xmas eve first broadcast ever; Allan acknowledges that it is disputed but gives him benefit of doubt. 0154 items from last week`s Free Radio Weekly, twice referring to SSTV as ``single sideband TV`` instead of slow-scan. 0158 prayer; 0200 webcast switches to Lumpy Gravy. At least on webcast and probably on air, both of them are somewhat ``in the red``, overmodulating/distorting even in ordinary speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.93, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0141, WBCQ Area 51 discussing movies, very poor direct. At 0150, 7490.1 is S9/+10 with music. Contrary to other listings, the Texas Radio Shortwave Xmas show is at 0300-0400 UT Sunday on WBCQ 6160v and A51/61 webcast, starting at 0303, instead of 0200-; as `Lumpy Gravy` is wrapping up its 0200-0300 hour. Nor is TRSW the same Xmas program at all as on WRMI last night, but: ``Camel Rock `n` Roll Dance Party``, recorded in NYC 1956 when smoking was supposedly kool, er --- (Glenn Hauser, WOR iog via WOR) ** U S A. 7490.18v, Tue Dec 29 at 2258, WBCQ ending one `AAAWWW` with anti-Chinese remarx, retune at 2300, *another* `AAAWWW` - or the same one? Is starting with ``William Tell Overture`` and more anti-China interjexions. It`s scheduled at 22-23, but a gap at 23-24, not even ``Available Time Slot``. Didn`t Brother Scare useta occupy that hour? I see the WBCQ Program Guide has also finally deleted 3265, which has not been on the air since early 2020? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WRMI: see also COSTA RICA [non], SOUTH CAROLINA [non], TAIWAN [non] ** U S A. 5800, UT Sat Dec 26 at 0300, WRMI succeeds in airing the Texas Radio Shortwave Xmas special of Texas artists; opens briefly with YROT alla marcia theme; Third Mate Susan opens with a set of 3 concluding with Roy Orbison until 0311; another 3-song set starting with Beyoncé; she sings Silent Night. At 0315 I am getting it direct at S9+20 but the damn xmas high local noise level is S9+10, too much to overcome, so I am mainly listening via Bonaire remote where it`s S9/+15 but without the noise. 0318 Xmas Time in TX. Susan announces each 3-song set, preceded by a Merry Xmas jingle with a medley. I listen to the whole hour but do not try to copy name of every Texan and song. 0322 e-QSL offer, cowboy poet; 0326 polka; 0333 Spur 327 Band, West TX Xmas; 0342 Willie Nelson, Blue Xmas; 0345 Jingle Bells new version; 0354 Xmas Nite in Haarlem; 0356 outro and e-QSL offer again; more to come in 2021; 0356.5 YROT theme plays out to 0359 WRMI ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re my report of TRSW Xmas special on WRMI, 5800, UT Sat Dec 26 at 0300-0400: ``Ahoy Glenn - Thank you for your reception report, which was correct. Attached is your limited edition eQSL. https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_2020_TexasChristmasMusicSpecial_eQSL_WRMI_Hauser.pdf [via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html now #105] Here's the program's playlist: TRSW - 2020 Texas Christmas Music Special - Playlist The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra (Part) Nosotros 3 Kings - Beto y Los Fairlanes (Live) Please Come Home for Christmas - Marcia Ball (Live) Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison (With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) Silent Night - Destiny’s Child (Feat. Beyonce) What’s This - Flyleaf When It’s Christmas Time in Texas - George Strait Cowboy Christmas Ball - Michael Martin Murphey (Live) What Child is This? - Eric Johnson and Van Wilks (Live) You, Me and a Christmas Tree - Asleep at the Wheel (Feat. Ray Benson) West Texas Christmas - Spur 327 Band Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Angela Strehli Santa Bring My Baby Back (to Me) - Charlie Sexton Blue Christmas - Willie Nelson I Hear Jingle Bells - Freedy King Santa! Don’t Pass Me By - Freddy Fender Gonna Wrap My Heart in Ribbons - Hank Thompson (Feat. The Brazos Valley Boys) Christmas in Harlem - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (Feat. Jack Teagarden) The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller & His Orchestra (Part). Aired December 25, 2020 (Channel 292) and December 26 (WRMI and WBCQ) Runtime = 59:40. Cap'n Ric and the Crew hope you had a Merry Christmas and that you'll have s safe New Year. 73 and Arrgghh. Always be yourself. Unless you can be a pirate. Then always be a pirate. Texas Radio Shortwave https://www.facebook.com/texasradiosw Sailing into your ears from the Lone Star State`` Same program is further scheduled on WBCQ 6159.93v, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0200-0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {not exactly; see above} ** U S A. 7780, 7730, 7570, Dec 27 at 0149, all three WRMIs are JBA carriers, not just 7780; while 7490.1 WBCQ is S9/+10. It`s rare indeed for `BCQ to be stronger than southerly-advantaged `RMIs on 7 MHz band, very strange propagation, or something is amiss at Okeechobee. Meanwhile Martí is blasting in from Grimesland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, UT Mon Dec 28 at 0300-0400, `Encore` of classical music via WRMI, ex-9455, VG via Missouri SDR but somewhat distorted; direct at 0354 seems less distorted at S9+20 but not enough to overcome high local xmas noise level of S9+10. Also the transitions between music and announcements are noisy as if surging automatic volume control were engaged in produxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4980, Dec 29 at 0234, WRMI-5 is poorly audible by Bonaire KiwiSDR, S6-S7 in English, bits of Xmasmx and SMTV talk including ID at 0244. Must use AM-Narrow to avoid 4985 RTTY. This is on skedgrid as SMTV for many hours including this one, on 285 antenna but no comparison to the bigsig we get on 7730 same azimuth. 4980 is the frequency supposed to be home for 5950 programming bumped off there by elimination of 9455, but supposedly long-delayed until it is up to full power, maybe exciter only so far. If that`s the azimuth, 4980 ought to be stronger closer to its aim, at the TWR RGV SDR of Brownsville TX --- but it is not, only JBA! Something is strange about all this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4980, Dec 29 at 0220, WRMI apparently on here, but VP S8-S9 and undermodulated, can`t even be sure of language, SMTV? Not // 5010 which is S9/+10 and fully modulated vs Madagascar het, nor // any other WRMI frequency. At 0228 I hasten to compare them via TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR: 5010 is closing R. Taiwán Internacional citing its Spanish sked as 01 on 5800, 02 on 5010, 22 on 7780; at S9+10, while whatever on 4980 is only S5-S7 into dead air at 0230 but still on, exciter only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Wed Dec 30 at 1628, WRMI is still on with TOMBS = The Overcomer Ministry Brother Scare, during a caller, // > 5950 << 9395 <<< 9980 et al. One more look at the WRMI skedgrid http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs --- yes, WRMI-3 is supposed to run this late on Sabbathdays only. Not on by 19 UT or so; yet to catch when it turn off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5830, Dec 25 at 0438, WTWW-1 is on with SFAW at S9+30/20 but with continuous ``popping`` sound caused by modulation peaks but not during pauses. With BFO I can also hear/see that the carrier is split-secondly dropping down in coordination. Clearly transmitter is ailing. And it`s *still* on at 1523 S9/+10 and 1612 chex attaining SSOB status as who else around here would be on 51m in daytime? Oh well, CFRX on 49mb and WRMI on 50 mb but much weaker. At 1845 I check via KB0FX SDR in MO, finding 5830 off, algo JBA on 9475, Iran in Hausa listed at 1820-1920; while 5085 WTWW-2 is running Xmasmx in daytime, but dumps off promptly at 1846*. 9475, however, by own recheck at 1940 now is WTWW-1 on with SFAW and the second SSOB at S9+20, below S9+30/40 9980 WWCR TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 25 at 2259, dead air from WTWW-2, about to open? Very strong S9+40/45 yet plus/minus ~13 kHz spur carriers not detected. QRN level alone is S9+20. But at 0302 Dec 26 I notice on the MO remote that 5085 is off. 9475-, Dec 25 at 2312, WTWW-1 SFAW day frequency still unusually on, S9+40/50 but undermodulated, hummy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Dec 27 at 0027, no signal from WTWW-2 into Maine SDR; usually it`s running even earlier on Saturdays. No TOUTA organ music to be heard, next check 0147 a JBA carrier much like 5935 WWCR neighbor, strange propagation or exciter only? Also vs HLNL here of S9+20, but 4840 WWCR is audible with S9+20 reading. By 0211 now 5085 is S9+45! But air is dead! At 0651, 5085 is still dead air at S9+20/40. I wonder if the AT&T Nashville bombing have impacted Lebanon as it seem to have disrupted communications in general over central TN and adjacent states. 9475-, Dec 27 at 0637, JBA carrier, likely WTWW-1 day frequency at night, with signature offset minus measured at 9474.977; and nothing else is scheduled at this hour; 5830 night frequency is off now as it was at 0147 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, Dec 28 at 0521, WTWW-2 is strongly on and modulating rock music. Wolfgang Bueschel also noted the dead air earlier: ``some logs of Dec 26 re US private broadcaster. 5085even WTWW only empty carrier signal at 0718 UT on Dec 26, and two accompanied spurious strings seen on 5072.020 and 5097.980 kHz exact. S=9+30dB powerful noted in Cape Canaveral FL, as well as on NJ and MI states. Also accompanied by 60, 120, 240, 360, and 480 Hertz spur buzz strings from the mains. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 7530, Dec 29 at 2227, no open carrier unlike 24+ hours ago, and presumably no SXMZ either at 2230 via Taiwan, the Colorado Christian-Hmong hmissionary show of B-19; at least that gave us a chance to find out it`s apparently gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 810 kHz, Dec 29 at 2325 UT, steady S9 of dead air in presumed English, WHB Kansas City? Yes, loops thataway and 2330 finally JIP stupid sports talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 830, Dec 24 at 0544 UT, WCCO Minneapolis is again echoing, like it was last night around 0730 during `Our American Stories`. It`s now clear this is not just affecting that show as in a coincidental second station on its network, since I could not find any. This time I DF it and find both null at the same angle, i.e. both coming from WCCO. Furthermore, there is no breakaway second audio during commercial space at 0552; 0556 ``Sports Net All-Night`` I think they call it; yes, sports talk. To clinch it, the ID just before 0600 is only for ``News-Talk, 8-3-0 WCCO``, into CBS News. The split-second delay does not vary, but its severity does, as if there are two signals independently propagating, rather than a double-audio feed into one transmitter. Sometimes the echo almost goes away, briefly. Besides, it affects programming from different network and local sources. If this were SW, it could seem like short/long path echo all around the world. So this all points to one of my theories, WCCO running a second transmitter, perhaps testing a backup. A similar thing happens with KKOB 770 Albuquerque which does have a low-power co-channel fill-in relay not exactly synchronized in Santa Fe at night, but none such is known for WCCO. The question is, whether this self-QRM is heard in the local area? Perhaps the main transmitter totally override it out to a certain distance. Surely others beyond MN can also hear the echo. I am copying this and my previous report to the Minnesota DX Club, where perhaps someone can confirm or explain what`s happening and why. I am aware of no replies on any list so far to my report last night filed under UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. Replies now: ``Clearly being heard with the echo in western NY 0636z. Must be moon bounce! Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY`` Ha2, no, the echo delay would be a lot longer than split second. ``Glenn, I’ve copied John Hansen, the program director at WCCO. Maybe he can help us figure it out. Alan Furst, Kansas City`` ``Glenn, Here’s John’s response to your report. `He nailed it. Except it wasn’t a test. It’s happening for reasons they haven’t figured out yet. I was waking up engineers just before 1 am last night. John` via af`` ``The FCC license database shows only the primary ND1 50 kW transmitter for WCCO, and no other transmitters on 830 kHz are shown within 100 miles. The KKOB license records show the gap-filler transmitter in Santa Fe, listed as 230 watts under the main KKOB license as an “Experimental Synchronous” transmitter. KKOB’s use of this system makes sense, since their nighttime pattern from the main site in Albuquerque puts Santa Fe in the null. Combined with the mountainous terrain, this could make reception of the primary site difficult at night, even though Santa Fe is only 60 miles north. {axually mountains are not in the way between North Valley ABQ KKOB site, and SF, but a stiff uphill grade --- gh} But WCCO is non-directional at night, and the surrounding terrain is flat, so I can’t imagine why they would need to use a second gap-filler transmitter. The SAH certainly points to this being an RF effect, rather than something in the audio feed, though perhaps an inadvertent dual audio feed to the transmitter site could cause it - especially if one feed was direct (via an STL), while the other was via a wired or fiber optic path. Or, some kind of weird propagation between WCCO and Enid? Simultaneous long and short path reception of an HF station can certainly produce a noticeable echo, but it would be almost impossible for this to happen on 830 kHz. Jim Barrett, Elmira, NY`` Glen[n], Listened last night for about an hour after getting your post. Slight delay or echo heard here in Alabama (near Birmingham) as well. KGLA Norco LA, is a frequent visitor, but not audible last night. Heavy storm static to my Southwest was making reception of Gulf Coast area difficult. A similar effect occurs here often on 960 AM with WERC mixing with another station --- both running “Coast to Coast AM” but there is a slight delay. In this case, I’d suspect a temporary hiccup in the audio chain more than a backup transmitter, but it would be nice to know for sure. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF, 121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114`` ``Glenn, I aircheck/record WCCO's 102.9 HD-2 signal 24/7 for any breaking news that I would want to post on RadioTapes.com and there was no echo noted. I realize you were listening to their AM signal, but wanted to rule out there was echo in the programming. Before COVID, WCCO was discussing moving their main transmitter location to their backup transmitter site in Ramsey, MN and sell the current property in Coon Rapids, MN where they have been broadcasting from since the 1920s. Last I heard, WCCO was waiting for FAA approval to install a taller tower in Ramsey. Tom Gavaras`` Aha, so there are two sites potentially. Coon Rapids is a NW suburb of MSP, while Ramsey is quite further out in the same direxion. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2066) ** U S A. 830, Dec 26 circa 0600 UT, no more echoing heard on WCCO. Replying to my previous reports, Scott Blixt, Minnesota DX Club: ``Re: [MDXC] Why is WCCO 830 echoing? I live here in MN near the Twin Cities. I did not listen when you did so I`m not sure of any echo that`s going on. But I will listen more carefully to see if I do hear it. WCCO does indeed have a back up transmitter site located just North of Anoka MN. They own the old KTWN/KANO tower that was 1470 back in the day. I know a fellow DXer who lives a few blocks away. He mentions to me that they overload the front end of his radio out when they are using this transmitter It is only miles from the Coon Rapids site they use on a day to day basis. Perhaps someone else in the MDXC will have more info to share`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 830, more about WCCO echoing for two nights, not since: ``Re: WCCO Problem --- Seems the backup was kicking on so two transmitters were on at the same time causing an echo. John hasn’t heard what caused it. WEEP in Pittsburgh used to have a similar problem when the 1 KW backup would come while the 50 KW main was on air. Weird stuff always happens when staffing is thin. One of the network shows we [KMBZ] air in KC, Ground Zero didn’t send their show to the satellite center last night. So dead air at 9 PM. I guess Radio Havana Cuba is doing their distribution. I’ll let you know when I hear more from WCCO - Alan Furst`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 830, more replies to thread I started, ``Why is WCCO 830 echoing?`` on the IRCA iog: Mike VE7SKA cn88/B.C. Dec 24 #15359 ``I too have been noticing the echoes on WCCO the last few evenings & think Glen[n] probably has the answer that the station is testing a second, auxilliary transmitter. Often echoes on the same frequency indicate the same syndicated program is being transmitted on two different DX stations with slight offsets or lags in audio. However, in this case as others have noted, there are some differences in the fades that can be heard indicating two transmissions in very close proximity. 73 Mike, Salt Spring Island BC`` Scott Fybush Dec 25 #15381 IRCA iog: ``WCCO is one of the rare AM stations (I know of fewer than a dozen around the country) with a full-power auxiliary transmission facility at a different location. If you look on FCCData.org (by far the best way to parse the FCC's databases), you'll see it listed under the BXL-19991004ACA application - the "X" is the giveaway that it's an aux license: https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=417231&facid=9642 As others have mentioned on this thread, this is a shorter tower than the main one - 127.6 degrees at 830, so it will have different skywave propagation characteristics from the big 194 degree main tower a few miles to the south in Coon Rapids. (I believe the aux site in Ramsey used to be a site for the 1470 station licensed to Brooklyn Park, which has since moved elsewhere.) Most of the former class A "clear channel" 50 kW AMs have shorter auxiliary towers at their licensed transmitter sites, sometimes fed by a completely separate transmitter, sometimes just with RF switching to allow them to be fed by the normal transmission chain. (Which is usually more than one transmitter - typically an older transmitter will be retired to backup duty when a new transmitter arrives; sometimes big AM stations run alternate mains, with transmitter A operating for a week, then transmitter B, then back to A, which is a good way to be pretty sure you have a working standby if the on-air transmitter fails.) In those cases, you'd almost never see the main and aux tower both on the air simultaneously; even if there's a second tower, the RF interaction between two towers both on the air at the same site would start tripping alarms immediately. Even in the rare cases with off-site auxes, there's usually some kind of fail-safe that keeps both from running at once. Not that it *never* happened at WBZ, but when the 10 kW aux site at our studio location was on, we all knew it, because the co-located TV station started complaining about interference to its video chain. (And now that site is gone, anyway.) Here in Rochester, WHAM 1180 can't use its backup site on one tower of sister WHTK 1280 unless the engineers manually switch WHTK to non-directional operation from another tower in the four-tower array. All of which is to say: as nearly impossible as it is for a big 50 kW AM to be operating simultaneously from two sites, WCCO appears to be one of the very few places where it actually could happen - two completely separate sites with separate transmission paths, neither shared with any other station that would be affected, both operating unstaffed most of the time, and no co-located studios where someone would immediately notice the problem. (And now I'm kicking myself for forgetting to check 830 at 5 AM ET as I was driving in to WXXI for my airshift this morning. If you're wondering, we have just one transmitter site, but multiple redundancies there - multiple audio paths to get to the site, an emergency studio/newsroom on site that we've yet to actually use, a generator for power backup, a recent Nautel transmitter that's actually two redundant transmitters in one, and a 1955-vintage RCA transmitter that still runs like a charm and gets exercised on the air now and then.)`` -- Scott Fybush, Rochester NY (via gh, WOR) ** U S A. 990, Dec 25 at 0448 UT, dominant signal in Spanish plugging churches in Irving TX, 214 AC phones, so it`s not XET Monterrey and certainly not CBW Winnipeg, ``clear`` channel 50 kWs which ought to have this channel to themselves at night, but there are loads of supposedly diminished-power US stations, including this one, KFCD, CoL Farmersville TX, U4, 7000/920 watts. Must be on day power and pattern of NW/SE lobes favoring us, rather than tiny night lobe to the SW. But the gospel huxters think they don`t have to follow secular rules (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Reply to my KFCD 990 TX log: ``KFCD was rather dominant on 990 here in IL last night. 73 KAZ`` from Neil Kazaross, near Chicago, who to the NE should be in null even of their day pattern NW/SE. So maybe they were totally out of whack, or non-direxional (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (101.1), KSFR Santa Fe NM, via webcast: one of my favorite shows in its final airing, UT Tue Dec 29 at 0400-0700, `Beyond Borders`, excellent ``world music`` hostessed by Susan Ohori. In her rather droll style of speech, she has been saying the last few weeks that she is moving to Thursday mornings at 16-19 UT, apparently already starting there tho sked even for next week/year still shows, what must be a similar show with another host, `Sound Travels`. I`ve not checked that yet. Each provides playlists, but apparently no podcasts or archiving since the demise of Radio Free America. See: https://www.ksfr.org/programs/beyond-borders https://www.ksfr.org/programs/sound-travels I have the impression the move was not Susan`s choice, as she alluded to her longtime Monday-night slot not being what the audience would prefer; some survey? The daytime show must be a different style with e.g.. breaks for news on hour, so she makes a point of playing an extra-long piece to conclude tonight. ``Susan Ohori https://www.ksfr.org/people/susan-ohori Susan Ohori pioneered the programming of world music on radio from 1972 - 1977 on Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley, with her program Last Chants. She served as Music Director there from 1976 - 1977, when she left the Bay Area to research and record Purepecha folk music in Michoacan, Mexico. She published "An Introduction to World Music: 100 Records to Start With" in the Next Whole Earth Catalogue. Moving to Santa Fe in 1980, she produced a weekly 6-hour program of classical music (including contemporary and world) on KUNM, Albuquerque, from 1980-1982. She was Program Director for the Explorations in Music concert series at the Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, from 1981-1985. In 1992 she began producing her weekly 3-hour program of world music, Beyond Borders, on KSFR. In 2002 (?), along with a group of dedicated station volunteers and supporters, she was instrumental in forming the non-profit Northern New Mexico Radio Foundation which won the contract to take over the management and fiscal responsibility of KSFR from Santa Fe Community College. She served on its Board of Directors from 2002-2009 (?). She founded Ohori's Coffee, Tea & Chocolate, a roasting and retail business in 1984 and sold in 2001. She also opened Casa, in 1996, a retail store specializing in folk art. She was a founding Board member of the Santa Fe Film Festival which she served on for 10 years. She has recently returned to her work on clay sculpture begun in the 1970's.`` The gallery of show hosts on KSFR lacks a portrait of her, unlike the others. Her name, at least, I think be Japanese/Nisei. A cursory websearch doesn`t find her visage either, but the woman who bought her coffee shop, I think. No info yet on KSFR site about what will replace her two sesquihours on Monday nights, and she is not saying. At least that alleviates the conflict/overlap with a similar show on New Mexico`s other prime public radio station, KUNM [89.9] Albuquerque, at 0500-0800 UT Tuesdays: https://www.kunm.org/programs/global-music which I suppose will now become my habitual listening. KUNM does have a limited on-demand archive. Years ago I did suggest to Susan that it was a shame both were on at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. RF 15, Dec 26 at 1643, marginal tropo blob from here into S and SE Kansas visiblizes KSNW-DT ``3`` Wichita. The only DX decoding via my broken antenna; and despite my ``local`` KTBO OKC on RF 15. Only Wichita station making it, not even Bad signals on open others. First time I think since repacked from RF 45 altho many times KOPX has been QRMed out by something, probably this. Subchannels: 3-1, KSNW-DT [NBC] 3-2, T`Mundo --- yes, apparently apostrophied in tiny font PSIP, not Telemun as in rabbitears.info 3-3, ION 3-4, TCN --- True Crime Network, a.k.a. Justice but no such ID seen. I also got some good freeze-frame breakup shots, all-red & white (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [non]. 9580, Dec 25 at 2313, 1 kHz tone at S8-S9. It`s VR via USAGM Tinang, Philippines, about to start beaming Vietnamese half-sesquihour at 2315 due west, violating Separation of Church & State. Shux, I don`t expect these relay exchanges to be abolished with a pious Catholic president, which is likely the most critical thing I will have to say about dear Joe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 28 at 0135-0142 UT, contrary to usual method, I`m tuning in 9-kHz steps downward from 1 kHz above the channels, so anycarrier making a 1 kHz het can be recognized: 1503, 1422, 1296, 1215, 1107, 1089, 1053, 936, 909, 891*, 882(2), 837(2), 774(2), 747, 711, 639, 621. *strongest. (2) = at least two carriers beating. There would have been more below 700 kHz, but currently the local line noise level is much higher in the 700-300 kHz range, as well as many SW ranges. Earlier in the afternoon, driving around the neighborhood tuned to open 1040 kHz where traces of WHO might have been otherwise, the LLNL did not correlate with any lingering Xmas lighting, but continued buzzing over a much wider area; and it`s just as bad daytime as nighttime. Tnx a lot, OG&E (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5095-USB, Dec 30 at 0215, very occasional 2-way, unseems Spanish, sandwiched between the huge 5085 WTWW signal, and its JBA spur about 5097 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Re "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)" ``Glenn, I've never reported this, but the pirate band is almost always unusable in our mornings due to OTH. My guess is that it's Chinese, but that's only a guess. 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria/Masset BC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7530, Dec 28 at 2207, S9/+10 open carrier where normally nothing; only Aoki shows nearby possibility maybe on early: ``7530 2230-2300 TWN Suab Xaa Moo Zoo(Vo.Hope) Hmo Tamsui Dist 1-7`` It`s also shown same in WRTH 2020 as religious based in Thornton, Colorado, under USA, not target/clandestine. Website leads to: http://www.hmongdistrict.org/HiddenPages/SuabXaMooZoo(RadioMinistry).aspx where there is no info about any current broadcasts, at least not in English, and the `listen` link leads to a page to *buy* songs. SXMZ no longer appears in the WRTH 2021, my copy just arrived, at least not under USA, in the religious broadcaster cross-ref, in the SW frequency list, nor under Target: Laos or Vietnam. On Nov 5, 2020, Ivo Ivanov included it in a multi-site roster of ``Winter B-20 frequencies, unregistered in HFCC Database (updated)`` but I find no recent logs of it. Back on April 25, 2020, Ivo had it in a list of ``missing clandestine {sic} transmissions``, some of which were subsequently reported. None of this researched until later, so I did not recheck after 2230 for any showup; QRX another day. Of course in a shared fixed band, carrier could be a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Next: see USA [non] UNIDENTIFIED. 7719.5-LSB, Dec 27 at 2308, ``over`` in English just as I get it tuned in, nothing further for a few minutes. Maybe military such as MARS, but LSB make me suspect it`s a second harmonic from ``80`` meter ham band, i.e. from 3859.75; nothing there either at a quick check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7739.9, Dec 27 at 2308, JBA carrier S6-S7, nothing listed on 7740; maybe Sound of Hope? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13555-CW, Dec 28 at 1520, JBA traces of CW, maybe finally something besides 13565 K6FRC on the HIFER band, not now. https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm shows ``13554.98~ WV Richwood WV EW98rf CW (h 2020/12)`` but there are 14 more between 13555 and 13556. This was really too weak to attempt an accurate measurement. I did get WV last Feb 27 at 1455 and March 4 at 1516. Richwood is in the Allegheny Mountains east of Charleston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13565-CW, Dec 30 at 1631, imagination-level CW in the noise, probably K6FRC 1.8-milliwatt HIFER beacon from Patterson CA, an hour or two later than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS ``DX Juke Box on Thursday night from Radio Nederland was a "must hear" on my schedule. I hand copied all of Glenn Hauser's tips, and marked them in WRTH and White's Radio Log for "my personal targets to chase" list. And now in 2020, I'm still chasing Glenn's tips, as well as all of the input from this great group of dedicated DXer's. Thanks to all of you, and I wish you all a Very Happy and Satisfying 2021! 73, Mike Gorniak`` (WOR iogroup)