** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Feb 24 at 0338 and earlier chex this
hour, RNA DRM noise JBA via Bonaire SDR, but waterfall shows it`s
there as the SSOB and virtually the OSOB on 25m. Only S5 and will not
even start to decode partially. Is it propagation, or a reduxion in
parameters? Was not getting it last night either (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** BRAZIL. Immediately after posting last log, Chris Mackerell, NZ
explains why RNA DRM is no longer making it to Bonaire: ``Change of
antenna beam. Good decoding here in New Zealand from 0400 UTC onwards.
Not 100% but some nice audio at times, and the Journaline news service
decodes. 73 Chris, Marahau, New Zealand`` --- Viz.:

``22 Feb --- In Brazil DRM on SW Being Redirected to the Populous
South-Central Part --- The Brazilian DRM shortwave transmission at
11910 kHz is now using an antenna that provides coverage for the
south-central part of the country.`` Plus the usual DRM hype:
https://www.drm.org/in-brazil-drm-on-sw-being-redirected-to-the-populous-south-central-part/
So now maybe some of the Brazilian SDRs are getting it sufficiently.
But, but, what about the dear Amazon, where DRM is so very much
needed? O wait, where were the receivers among the tribes? Is it still
carrying the Brasília 96.1 music FM channel? 

Ivo Ivanov replies: ``Very good signal with decoding February 24 at
0550 UT on 11910 kHz via SDR São Bernardo do Campo, Brasil``.

So Feb 24 at 2356 I also check the SBC SDR and find an S8 signal but
solid decode of MPB and ID, 18+ dB SNR and 12.52 kbps, also headlines.
Distance 892 km = 554 stmi to SSE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 266-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0722 UT, dash and XD, 32-watt NDB at
Edmonton, Alberta. 2257 km = 1403 miles, or 43.8 miles per watt. 

I used to get occasionally high-power Edmonton CFRN-TV, NTSC analog
channel 3, always a treat so close to the sporadic-E single-hop max.
Sesquidecades ago I could not have imagined that years later, CFRN
would abandon analog and channel 3 for DTV on unskippable ch 12.
However, per http://www.w9wi.com/web/tv-states/AB.html
it does now have 12 relays/translators around the province from very
low to medium power, including one each on ch 2, 3, 4.

335-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0730 UT, dash and YLD, 1000-watt NDB at
Chapleau, Ontario. Fell asleep before reaching top of band. Lotsa sigs
but lightning crashes from storm front across central Gulf of Mexico
difficultized copy. A few more: USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, Feb 20 at 0215 UT marine weather in French by
roboyl is VP S8-S9 about the same as noise level; haven`t had decent
copy of these in weeks due to NL and/or propagation. DXinfocentre.com
shows the broadcast as this hour would have started at 0140 from VAR-9
Yarmouth NS with 1200 watts but apparently originating in (Halifax).

2598-USB at 0215 is even weaker JBA. That would be from 0207 UT,
VOJ-6, 400 watts from Port-aux-Basques, Newfoundland, SW corner of the
Rock, where I once entered NL off the ferry from Sydney (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 6660-RCUSB, Feb 20 at 0255, CHU second harmonic presumed.
Harold Frodge in MARE has reported this a number of times and I`ve
been intending to dig deeper for it. At first only voice/SSB QRM and
strong uteblaaps, and no reduced carrier even detected, but briefly
hear some CHUish chirpips; still uncopied at top of minute beep nor
preceding voice announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 18134-USB, Feb 21 at 1842, VA7VOC ID as ``Voice of
Canada``, i.e. not RCI. Lots of bio and photos at:

VA7VOC Canada flag Canada
Rob Hatch, West Kelowna, British Columbia Canada
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/va7voc'
I get a few daytime intracontinental sigs on 18 MHz, but seldom any
extras- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CRIMEA. 5916.0-CW, Feb 24 at 0313, bandscanning 49/50 mb via TWR
Bonaire SDR, I hit upon some automated CW here QRMing weak broadcast
music station on 5915.0, presumably Zambia. Never caught an ID but may
have been one a few minutes later when switched to hand-keyed? EiBi
has the answer: Russian navy, RCV, 24 hours from se site for SE
Europe, i.e. ``Sevastopol 44N56-34E28``, which is really in Crimea,
its major port, not Russia; and in both Ukrainian and Russian the name
ends with a soft-sign, so append that apostrophe! Sevastopol`. It`s
the largest city in Krim, and not to be confused with the
second-largest but capital, Simferopol`, which used to host
(disinformation?) a R. Moscow transmitter site. And what does the
-opol` suffix mean?

BTW, I can`t help but notice that this Bonaire KiwiSDR altho above
average in most respects, suffers from some local noise blobs
especially on this band, which I find peaking roughly 15 kHz wide,
like 5812-5827, 5876-5885, 5942-5958, 6010-6025, 6076-6091, 6140-6155,
i.e.. about 65 kHz intervals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Correxion: first frequency in this report 13464 was typo;
should have read 13564, fixed:
13564, 13632, 13768, 13836 approx., Feb 12 at 1509, extremely
distorted spurblobs out of 13700-AM at ~68 kHz intervals, as always at
this time, destroying `Sonido Cubano` music show. 15140 fundamental is
much less distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Feb 18 at 0642, RHC English is OFF this frequency but
remains on 6060, 6000, 5040 VG and maybe JBA 9700. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13276-trace, 13345-trace, 13425, 13489, 13561, 13629; 13771,
13842, 13911, 13983, 14057-trace, 14125-trace, Feb 18 from 1456,
extremely distorted spurblobs out of 13700-AM transmitter. Not in the
order tuned and peaks may have shifted slightly over the few minutes.
They are very amorphous, the extreme ones only traceable by their F#
tones; even the strongest, closest ones cannot be pinned down to the
kHz, but intervals for starters are roughly 71 kHz. The two outer
fringers do work out nicely to about 6 x 70.66 to 70.83 kHz.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6180, Feb 19 at 0241, S9/+10 open carrier/dead air on CRI
relay and no ZY audible under, nor any mod at all from relay unlike
last time. 

5910, Feb 19 at 0303, exactly same S9+10 dead air from successor CRI
relay frequency. No sig detectable on x2 = 11820, but not surprising
considering RHC fundamentals 11670 & 11850 achieve no more than JBA
carriers. However at 0433, 5910 now good but somewhat undermodulated
during Yue song. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4747.5 & 4782.5 kHz approx., Feb 19 at 0248, matching JBA
extremely distorted music spurblobs, minus/plus ~17.5 kHz out of //
4765 Radio Progreso. Both QRMing CODAR, more of that on the lower
side. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13630 & 13769, Feb 19 at 1457, today`s spurblobs from
13700-AM are quite weak but marked by their F# tones, appox. 69-70 kHz
above and below. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 5910, Feb 20 at 0315, CRI relay is S9+55! of dead air ---
almost, a bit of mod peak trying to break thru. Wiggle that patchcord!
Despite the silence, stepping across the bandwidth with BFO encounters
lots of ``sub-carriers`` especially in the 5900-5905 and 5915-5920
ranges. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Feb 20 at 0651, S9/+10 of deadair instead of RHC
English; meanwhile 6000 is VG S9+30, 6060 is off, 6100 is S9+20/30 but
somewhat noisy modulation; 5040 also dead air of S9+10/20.

Earlier at 0612, Ivo Ivanov reported: 
``Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 over RHC's 9700 kHz at 0600UT, February 20:
0600-0700  9700 BAU 100 kW / 340 deg to WNAm instead of RHC English
// frequency 14375 BEJ 050 kW / unknown to Eu/Am Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat
HM01. Good via SDR Half Moon Bay CA USA. Something`s always wrong at
Radio Cuba -- 73! Ivo Ivanov`` 

Oops! - how do you say that in Spanish? My Random House dixionary does
not even try; Google translate suggests ``Ups`` or ``Huy! Algo salió
mal`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 21 at 0147, RHC with S9+10/20 of dead air yet
again. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Feb 21 at 0155, S9+10/20 of suptorted music on RHC
English service. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 6180, Feb 21 at 0156, S9+10 of dead air except for occasional
modulation peaks trying to break thru, during CRI relay. Wiggle that
patchcord! Cannot hear any RNA Brasil if it be underneath. 6180
recheck at 0244 via Bonaire SDR, now there is soft undermodulated
Chinese at S9/+10, still no RNA. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba. After 0300, MWV Madagascar takes over 6180 and CRI/Cuba
moves to 5910 where the same defect usually continue, but not checked
tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, UT Mon Feb 22 at 0240, RHC tropical, not in dead air,
managing to modulate for a change! So I can listen to `En Contacto`
which has just started, via Bonaire SDR. Main topic is generic info
about amateur satellites starting with OSCAR; a few QSLs on the air
and mention that ``Arnaldo Coro está nuevamente colaborando en el
programa``. I was listening to hear exactly what they said since
Claudio Galaz, Chile reported Coro was greeted on the previous airing
at 2344-2359 on 13740. So apparently Arnie is better; however he was
still missing from the closing credits. At 0252 onward to the medical
show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 

** CUBA. 13568-trace, 13633, 13766 S7-S9, 13833, Feb 22 at 1524. FMish
spurblobs at 66-67 kHz intervals, with F# tone out of 13700-AM music;
something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13680, Feb 22 at 2110, S9+10/20 of dead air instead of
European service. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 23 at 0309, is S7-S9 of dead air in Spanish;
something`s always wrong at RHC. But 6060 is Spanishing with rather
poor signal, while 9535 & 9650 are inaudible with K-index of 4 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5910, Feb 23 at 0316, CRI Plus in suptorted English relay at
S9/+30, but almost sufficient with volume up and close attention.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 23 at 1539, RHC is S9 fading to S1 but just barely
modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13836 S2 F# tone, 13768 best, 13633 S3, Feb 23 at 1540,
spurblobs out of 13700-AM which is S8-S9 but JBM like 15140, ending
`Sonido Cubano` music show. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13680, Feb 24 at 0006 and still 0020, Spanish is still on
despite European service supposed to run 2100-2400* only per EiBi, and
so it`s // 13740, nominally 2200-0500 for S America; but both VG
signals here. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I was checking 13750
for R. Thailand English to North America, but ha2, JBA as always
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
*** CUBA. 13765 approx., S9 FMish RHC spurblob with F# tone, Feb 24 at
1517, also circa 13836, 13634, 13566, first- and second-orders out of
13700-AM at about 65 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I
continue to be amazed that everyone else seems to ignore these. RHC
does not deserve a pass for constantly messing up our spectrum (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 24 at 1852, RHC mentioning that today is 60th
anniversary of first ``Onda Corta Experimental Cubana``, leading up to
RHC inauguration officially on Mayday. I`ve read some dispute that it
axually started a few weeks earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Must be the most self-congratulatory of SW stations. It`s always
something (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ECUADOR. 6050, UT Sun Feb 21 at 0247, surprisingly strong S9+10
from HCJB`s residual 1 kW into Bonaire SDR, as here is normally JBA.
Also surprising is a praise song in English; but 0255 Spanish
announcement and praise song in Spanish, no break at ToH nor
timesignal. 0313 M&H chatting in Spanish. 0403 YL lexuring on the
Quichua saying their culture is machista - to mix genders - i.e.
hombres dominating mujeres. This is the extended weekend broadcast
past weekday close circa 0230*v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. 15215, Feb 21 from *1600:05, Issoudun site, FRANCE,
cuts on slightly late, JIP the much-anticipated annual broadcast of
Radio Amrum/Öömrang from the Frisian Islands along the NW German
coast. 1601 switches to English sign-on, saying it`s the tenth such
broadcast, announcer named Gerhardt. 1603 back to German mixed with
shorebird sounds. WRTH 2021 page 476 says this all began in 2006y, so
this must be another old playback? NO, soon proceeds to review of
2020, or rather last 5 years beginning in 2016, alternating languages,
so maybe mixing old with new stuff. 

I am listening first via a Rochester NY remote, where there`s a VG
signal as this is 500 kW aimed at NYC. At 1614 I check my own rx where
it`s S9+10/20. Unfortunately I cannot give this my undivided attention
since only bits are in English mixed with Frisian and High German; and
the same hour is occupied by my usual monitoring of `Reliable Sources`
on CNN and the `Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival` on KUCO-FM, notably
with Brahms` Clarinet Quintet in d, Op. 115. 

At 1623 they are conversing about Radio Caroline; 1635 contact info in
German, interview mixing Englisch; 1655 plug a continuous webstream
available, I guess from Frisia, and sign-off already in English with
credits, then German, to dead air at 1658.4, finished before ISS can
chop them off incomplete.

A semihour before, I reminded the WOR iogroup that this were nigh, and
many others noted their observations. I assume Richard Langley or
someone will archive the entire hour for more convenient hoering.
Jorge Freitas, Brasil, recorded the last triminute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpI9YEH_A0Y
Background via roger:
https://www.amrum-news.de/2009/02/18/radio-oomrang-geht-wieder-auf-sendungto/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrum

roger also says another Amrum webcast is nigh as scheduled here:
https://www.foerde-radio.de/sendeplan/index.php?page=start&datum=2021-02-21

20:00-21:30 Uhr (= 1900-2030z) today --- Radio Öömrang (Amrum) die
Sendung zum Biikebrennen mit Frank --- Echte Amrumer erzählen zum
Biikebrennen Geschichten aus ihrem Leben!

1900-2030z:
https://live.foerde-radio.de:8015/stream
``most probably - roger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. Trying the weblink roger had provided for more Radio Amrum
programming at 1900-2030 Feb 21: stereo rock music at first, nothing
about Amrum and of course DJ in German only. 1911 finally something
about Amrum, 1915 mention nostalgie; 2025 again about Amrum (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. Re 15215, Feb 21 at 1600-1658: ``On Sun, Feb 21,
2021 at 10:58 AM, Glenn Hauser wrote: `I assume Richard Langley or
someone will archive the entire hour for more convenient hoering.`

Finally archived here:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-mrang-february-21-2021
and here:
https://archive.org/details/radio-oomrang-15.215-mhz-21-february-2021-1600-utc
-- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, Feb 24, WOR) 

** IRAN [and non]. 5980, Feb 21 at 0249, Spanish from LVRII is about
to close but QRM from something else about equal adding up to S9+10
into Bonaire SDR; also some residual pointless pulse jamming from
Cuba. 0251 into Iran IS. Else is other PJ = Punjabi from AWR via
AUSTRIA until 0300. If the collision be this bad in Bonaire, how much
worse in the Punjab? Evidently frequency management at TWR and IRIB,
at their own peril, are not paying attention to my monitoring, as I
reported the same several weeks ago. Of course, no R. Chaski, Perú at
this hour but Claudio Galaz, Chile, did report it in the morning
recently before and after 1200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, Feb 18 at 1530, weak signal presumed Dengê
Welat via FRANCE, and even weaker on 11540 presumed the Turkish jammer
which DW has for the moment escaped. Last time I checked, they were
both on 11540, nothing on 11530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 6179.944, Feb 23 at 0311, S8-S9 of Aleluya hymn,
``Radiodifusora Cristiana Mundial presenta ---``, i.e. World Christian
Broadcasting, not the other TN station, and quite off-frequency. How
do you say ``worldwide`` in Spanish as opposed to merely ``world``?
Mundial already implies the greater -wide, and can`t be diminished as
an adjective (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4030-AM, Feb 20 at 0257 pirate music VP S8-S9,
occasional running-H2O QRM; no TOH break but song lyrix are ``Smoky
Mountain Rain``; later peaking to S9+20; 0320 still going at that
level, and past 0332. Last check 0335 just in time to hear YL with
e-mail address including Ballsmacker. Many more logs here
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,78258.0.html
between 0158 and 0335. KMD3HR in central Florida explains:
``03:00 Smokey Mountain Rain Amateur Radio Operator Ronnie Milsap
WB4KCG Blind Country Music prodigy! Mandrells as Backup singers``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4045-USB, Feb 21 at 0145, pirate rockmusic, S8-S9;
0149 ``Wolverine Radio ---`` with the ``radio`` repeating multiply,
into SSTV, 0151 back to music. Many more logs here including several
captures of the SSTV, one pretty sharp; theme: ``lonely``
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,78326.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6933-USB, Feb 20 at 0228, pirate music, poor S5-S6;
0230 YL? DJ mentions ``another 45 minutes``, ``This is the --??--
family coming at you on the 4th of July`` and song ``Rollin` on the
River``; 0230 stops and stays off for next few minutes. Many more unID
logs here altho a couple heard ``Outhouse Radio``:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,78255.0.html
But then Outhouse Radio itself replies, ``NOPE, wasn`t me``. From as
early as 0121 there were lots of long pauses, but no one else reports
it after 0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1 WBFM, Sat Feb 20 at 1330 UT, KUCO-FM is back with
own programming during `Performance Oklahoma`, classical concerts
recorded years ago as no new ones lately. On Fri Feb 19 it was still
plugged in all day to relay of WCPE The Classical Station in NC.
Signal also much better, maybe back up to 100 kW ERP instead of 5 kW
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SAO TOME. 9550, Feb 18 at 0636, VOA news magazine in English is VG
S8-S9, // weaker 6080+ and both listed same site at 06-07. Strange I
had not noticed 9550 before, sked for entire B20 season, 100 kW at 124
degrees, while 6080 is 100 kW at azimuth 0. Apparently in HFCC that
means due north rather than non-direxional, altho the ND term is not
used there, while it is in full Aoki/NDXC for some other entries.
Anyhow 9550 is closer to off-the-back to here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SWAZILAND [and non]. 11780, Feb 24 at 1523, S7-S9 in HOA language,
certainly not Brasil which maybe is breaking at midday; TWR music-box
IS once and off by 1530*. It`s their Somali service at 1500-1530,
extended to 1545 weekends. Not much else TA of note on band, but
11705, Tamazuj via Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) a.k.a. ESWATINI

** U S A. 257-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0717 UT, FWC, 25-watt NDB at
Fairfield - Wayne County, Illinois, mixing with something even weaker;
tuned to 255-USB still in absence of SW, Stillwater OK.

263-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0720 UT, CVM, 25-watt NDB at Alton - CiVic
Memorial, Illinois.

305-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0727 UT, RO, 150-watt NDB at Roswell, New
Mexico. I was tuned to 303-USB. Lotsa sigs but lightning crashes from
storm front across central Gulf of Mexico difficultized copy. A few
more: CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Bedtime LW beacon bandscan caught three new ones for me, Feb
20 at 0656-0700 UT:

253-MCW kHz, Feb 20 at 0656, GB, 25-watt NDB at Marshall / Garno,
Minnesota, which is near the SW corner

260-MCW kHz, Feb 20 at 0658, ST, 30-watt NDB at St Joseph / Spartan,
Missouri, near the NW corner

266-MCW kHz, Feb 20 at 0700, SAA, 50-watt NDB at Saratoga, Wyoming; I
was tuned to 264-USB; in S central WY sorta between Rawlins & Laramie
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 375-MCW kHz, Feb 21 at 0715 UT, only one unusual log before
zonk, DS, which is 25-watt ND beacon at Searcy, Arkansas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3455-USB, Feb 20 at 0309, ATC with JBA United flight citing
VHF frequencies, also at least twice, ``primary 5598, 3016 secondary``
-- so does that make this 3455 tertiary? New York Radio, testing a
selcall. EiBi confirms NYR is here, but also San Francisco operating
remote transmitters in Hawaii and Guam for Central and Western Pacific
routes, all available 24 hours; and something from Shannon too on
3455. NYR site is bg-Barnegat, NJ 39N45-74W23'30". Barnegat is quite a
ways from NYC in southern NJ, between the Garden State Parkway and
Long Beach barrier island, site of MW-DX peditions; and about 20 miles
from Tuckerton, another erstwhile utesite (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7290.15-AM, Feb 20 at 0321, W4SVA courteously asks at least
twice, ``is the frequency in use?`` Evidently not, except for him now:
``W4SVA USA flag USA, William C Props, Mount Solon, VA 22843. I enjoy
repairing and operating vintage tube type boatanchor equipment. You'll
find me mostly on CW and AM,`` says his qrz.com page illustrating some
of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) 

** U S A [non]. 9550, Feb 19 at 0637, VOA news is VP S3-S5; via SÃO
TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE this hour; now I know why I had not noticed it before
the VG signal last night at this time: must have been an anomaly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17700, Feb 24 at 1848, S7-S9 of open carrier, VOA Grimesland
already, prior to 1900-2000 French; do they really need to waste so
many kWh warming up? Taxpayers want to know. Hey, why not warm up with
a least a fragment of VOA English modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2073 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday February 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10 to Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2074 contents: Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada,
China and non, Cuba, Egypt?, India, Japan, Korea North and non/Korea
South, Malawi, Myanmar, New Zealand, Perú, Russia and non,
Tajikistan/Tibet and non, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela;
propagation outlook

WOR 2074 is available as of 0103 UT Friday February 19, 2021
(mp3 stream)    http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2074.m3u
(mp3 download)  http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2074.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, 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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
1901 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S

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WOR 2074 confirmed, UT Fri Feb 18 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+30;
7780 VG S6-S9 to Maine SDR, S7-S9 but noisy to UTwente SDR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: Next:
1300 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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
1901 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: zzz past the Sat
Feb 20 1300-1329 on WRMI 15770; did anyone hear it?

Confirmed Saturday February 20 at 1721, the 1700 on WRN to North
America web/satcast. Next:

2030vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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
1901 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
February 20 from 2044:40 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via
nearby KB0FX remote.

Also confirmed Sat Feb 20 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+10/15 via
Bonaire remote but some pulse jamming underaudible.

Also confirmed Sat Feb 20 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, noisy S7/S9 to UTwente
SDR; better to Maine SDR, S6/S9+10.

Also confirmed UT Sunday February 21 at 0427 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO,
about 13 minutes into so started circa ontime 0414, despite first
airing 15 minutes late; you never know. Usually well audible here at
night but rechecked via KB0FX remote Warrenton neighbor. Next:

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
1901 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Sunday February 21
from 2300:22 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160v; first at 2257, IS & ID loop at
S7-S9 via KB0FX SDR; in SAM mode carrier offset at first varying
around minus 62 Hz, i.e. 6159.938, but at 2319 recheck it`s minus
70-76 Hz, i.e. 6159.927v. Maybe a warmup factor, drifting down slowly
and slightly? I guess the WBCQ skews are due to crystal control, hard
to grind precisely, rather than frequency synthesis.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20 direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 22 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, S9+20/30 to KB0FX;
and 7780, S9+20 to Virginia SDR, but unusually not making it at all to
UTwente with a K-index of 4 - which nonetheless is not producing
auroral cx on MW, e.g. WCCO 830 still in well. Also confirmed on WRN
web/satcast. Next:

1901 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Monday
February 22 until 1929:40 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria, tuned in just in time
via UTwente SDR having missed the start which should have been close
to 1900:40; poor S6-S8 vs usual splash. Then I check the NW Ireland
SDR during `Feature Story News` which follows, better at that skip
distance S8-S9. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring; next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday February 24 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Virginia SDR
but local noise bothers.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 24 from 2200:30 on WBCQ 7490.194v, S8 via
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 24 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S8-S9 into Bonaire SDR
but rather heavy pulse jamming; at 2328 check, S6-S8 but better S/N
ratio into SJ Campo, Brasil SDR. Next, and last:

0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S

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Next WOR 2075 should be ready early UT Friday Feb 26 for first
broadcasts on WRMI 5850, 7780 at 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, Feb 22 at 0709, S9+20 of dead air. Got to be the
WRMI-10 transmitter still/again on for some reason, amid supposed
0430-2200 (Sat -1400) break. Meanwhile, the next WRMI transmitter,
#12, 5850, which is supposed to be on until 1400, is stronger S9+40
with TOMBS, as apropos for 315 vs 160 degraz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (6159.9v), UT Sat Feb 20 at 0100, webcast of WBCQ with
`AAAWWW` --- as expected starts right off lamenting demise of beloved
Rush --- I can`t continue listening but make spotchex every 10 or 15
minutes, noting some of what John Carver mentions more completely:

``Tonight's AAWWW --- Program started on time on 7490 and 6160. Allan
and Angela drinking in a chilly Fla. Opening talk about the death of
Roach Limbaugh and how he saved talk radio. Then he gave Angela a
rundown on the history of talk radio. Allan champions free speech
radio and was opposed to the fairness doctrine and credits Limbaugh
with the demise of the fairness doctrine and responsible for free
speech radio. He also stated that at some point WBCQ would air the
interview that Limbaugh conducted with Donald Trump. Angela states
that she wishes WBCQ could have broadcasted the Limbaugh program. She
also manages a few jabs at Biden and champions Trump.

Allan announces that they are adding a new segment to the show every
week called Angela's Angle. Her first talk is about free speech and
the lack of it in this country. She also states that this country was
born on the bible and the gun. Then she moves to the sense of
entitlement that the youth of this country seem to be infected with.
She also touches on racism and implies that it is the battle cry of
the left. Her segment was announced as a five or ten minute commentary
but it takes up a good portion of the program.

Reading of emails at 0153 which turns out to mostly be a Roach fest.
Program ended at 0200 without a closing prayer. John, Mid-North
Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (5085), UT Sun Feb 21 at 0115 & 0145 chex, wild rock music
instead of `Theatre Organ Under The Arch`, on WTWW-2 webcast, not
before or after nominal 0130V; or was its timing even further off?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9385, Feb 22 at 0020, WEWN English is unusually strong S9+20
with splash and artifacts down to 9375 especially around 9382.
Anything similar on the plus side obscured by 9395 WRMI (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Feb 23 at 0317, WWCR-4 with non-TOMBS gospel huxter
this hour but with buzz/frying sound, producing peaks around 3-4 kHz
plus and minus. May originate from programmer, E. C. Fulcher rather
than station but which does not filter it out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1509.835V, Feb 22 at 2335 UT, following these reports in
this week`s mv-eko of the Arctic Radio Club:

``1510 16.2 2300 KCTE Independence MO. Seriously offset this evening
at 1509.8395. OJS/L = Odd-Jørgen Sagdahl, Trondheim, remote Loran C
(close to Berlevåg [NE tip of Norway] – 1000 meter 305 grader)

Oid/Tent Nordamerika --- 1510 17.2 0415 Tent KCTE Independence MO
stark med diverse ESPN-promos. 0346 några Missouri-reklamer så
tämligen IDad. Speciellt som den ligger väldigt snett precis som
tidigare gånger jag hört dem. Drygt 160 Hz lågt! Brummar fint mot
jämnstarka CO-stationen som ligger rätt. BOS``

Despite being much closer to KCTE, I check for such a
far-off-frequency; on the DX-398 in offset SSB compared to 1500 &
1520, there is a 1510-minus looping about NNE/SSW. On the R75 I refine
it to 1509.835 and slightly wavering het against the 1510.00 stations.
Rather than measuring it directly which is difficult with all the QRM,
I match the het pitch I am hearing in AM mode, with same pitch on
1-Hz-step tuning in LSB mode. Also rocking back and forth, 1509.835 is
very close to the center of the signal, give or take a few Hz. 

Altho OJS heard it at 23 UT, I`m expecting to get it only until 2400*
which is the official FCC sunset time in February (March: 0030*), for
this 10 kW direxional *daytimer* with major lobes to NNE & SSW. Signal
gradually improves and by 2355 I make out an OSHA PSA and ESPN
mention, and if tuned up to 1510.000-LSB, the audio sounds skewed in
pitch as it should from a lower frequency centre. No ID at top of
hour, however, nor does it go off! 

Soon obvious it`s amid play-by-play of silly basketball game. Still
there obvious with its het at 0005, 0021. At 0032 I switch to the
Kansas City SDR of KD4HSO and hear exactly the same het on a stronger
semi-local signal. SAM mode readouts a carrier offset of minus 162v
Hz, plus or minus 1 Hz, which is another very neat fit equivalent to
1509.838v. More BKB, still past 0100 with no ID, starting coverage of
``second half``. Of course, KCTE has FM translators, so why don`t they
turn off the AM as legally required to do? Obviously local sunset is
no barrier, as the other log above was at 0415 UT. 

Axually, such extrahourity and offfrequenciness are nothing new for
KCTE; I probably had it Dec 8, 2018. This was also reported in *2014y*
along with corroboration from others:

``1509.8 approx., Feb 26 at 0649 UT, KCTE Independence MO for at least
the fourth night is on the air illegally after daytime with
sportstalk, and far out of frequency tolerance, big het upon poor
WLAC.`` 

The first report in my archive was on the +plus side from *2011y*, ten
years ago: ``1510+, KCTE Independence MO is still off-frequency
producing audible het against weaker stations, Feb 9 at 1416; ID at
1417. Taped the day before and then checked against a keyboard, close
to F# below middle C, i.e. circa 185 Hz above 1510 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Now I wonder if I put it on the wrong side?

Strangely enough, current mwoffsets misses KCTE now and ago with only
an interim entry when it must have managed some accuracy as possible:
``1510,0002 KCTE (Independence MO)[-1510.0008] 1400-0200 2018-01-22``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1509.837 approx., Feb 24 at 0159 UT, big het tuned to
1510-AM, no doubt caused by KCTE Independence MO, as discussed at
length last time, which thinx it`s OK to be a daytimer at night and
off-frequency to boot? Well, yes, if it weren`t OK, the FCC would have
caught and fined them multiple times in the past decade, right? This
time I get the frequency by zero-beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1539.96 approx., Feb 24 at 0250 UT, usual low audible het to
1540.0 stations such as KXEL. Not as bad/off as KCTE three channels
lower, but just as obvious and persistent, altho not always, KGBC
Galveston TX per numerous previous logs; no idea about current format
as this be its DX claim to fame (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Marginal tropo enhancement around here to Wichita KS, tnx to
big warmup, Enid hi predicted 71F today Feb 23 after deepfreeze last
week. Less than 200 km, to broken antenna starting at 1626 UT, I get
lots of BAD signals mostly correlating with Wichita area: RF 10, 12,
20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34; and two decoding, lineups all matching
rabbitears.info:

RF 15 [tnx to prolonged absence of KTBO OKC]:
3-1, KSNW-DT with NBC Today
3-2, T`Mundo [=Telemundo with an apostrophe]
3-3, ION [for now]
3-4, TCN [True Crime Network]

RF 31, CoL Derby KS
31-1, KDCU-DT [Spanish, = Derby, Cansas, Univision]
31-2, Grit
31-3, Escape [lower right bug: Mystery]
31-4, Laff
31-5, Court
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A. The #1 TV program I must never miss is `Sunday Morning`, on
CBS. When I first moved back to OK in the `90s, I discovered that the
CBS affiliate in OKC was not even airing it! Instead, gospel huxters:
after all, it`s --- Sunday morning. So I prevailed on a friend of mine
in Albuquerque to record and mail the tapes to me. Fortunately, KWTV
eventually started carrying it. Trouble is, the live airtime of 8-9:30
CT is unfortunately early for a night owl who would like to doze at
least until 9:00. Timer record? Yes, if you want to leave the cable
box and its spurs on all night; and KWTV cannot be depended on not to
shunt it to its substation KSBI if there be BREAKING NEWS or WEATHER.
Which meant I had to wake up by 8:00 to be sure to start the recording
on correct channel. 

One week recently I did run the timer and got burned, so I had to go
after CBS SM on the website. As I reported at the time, it was
off-putting with rough interruptions for the same group of commercials
at every break. Even when started on time last week, my tape ran out
early so I had to get the last third from the website. Then I was
pleasantly surprised to find an adless stream which lasted only 62
minutes for the whole show and I could skip ahead to the last part I
had missed. So assuming that setup continue, I decide now to rely on
watching full episodes ASAP during following week at
https://www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/

OR NOT: now I find that altho there are clearly labeled linx to ``Full
Episode Feb 21``, you only get the first segment before it defaults to
``live`` CBSN. You have to keep going back to the SM page and clicking
anew on each segment, hoping not to miss anything altho they add up to
less than 62. OTOH one can easily skip occasional items about stupid
ballgames, which infested Superbowl Sunday. BTW, altho Suddenlink
cable provides many shows on demand from CBS and other networks, SM
has never been included (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 19 at
0250-0255: 531(2), 684(2), 693, 747, 774, 819*, 846*, 855, 882(2),
891, 909, 999(2), 1089, 1125, 1152, 1215 kHz. Not in the order tuned.
Notably missing, 621 usual presumed Canary Islands. 

*819 unusual to hear anything; in Europe only 100 watts in Holland and
1 kW in Trieste, but there`s 300 kW in Egypt, 10/30/60 kW in
Mauritius/Sudan/Iran, all per WRTH 2021 page 528.

*846 notably present now, despite as I frequently outpoint, in Europe
only low-powers, and it`s too early for Kiritimati. 846 possibly 20 kW
from Sa`udi or UAE or 50 kW from Iran. Not a single African listed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2959.839, Feb 22 at 0349, JBA carrier unseems birdie,
again suspecting a second harmonic from a Latin American MW 1479.9195
but nothing that far off in mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4230.0-CW, Feb 20 at 0304, random pips, not Morse code,
some long irregular strings and pauses. FAIK could be somethin`
blowin` in the wind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9608.52-LSB approx., Feb 18 at 0638, JBA 2-way in
Spanish INTRUDERs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)