WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULES on all affiliates fully updated March 29: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS UPDATED FOR A-21 http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST A-21 UPDATE Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) UTC offset notations updated for DST changes in Croatia, Germany, Greece, Romania, and Spain 2) Chad - R Ndarason Int: Added links to this station 3) Germany - Media Broadcast: Updated link to redirect to A-21 schedule 4) Norway - RNEI: Added links to this station 5) Spain - REE: Deleted link to old B-20 frequency schedule Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be in one week to take account of DST change in NZ. Best wishes and 73 (Alan Roe) ** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98-CUSB, March 27 at 1535, LRA36 is on for its Saturday repeat of Wednesday, as first heard via Brasília SDR where I can ``camp`` tnx to another user in Salvador already tuned to it; later when they quit I take it over myself. Most or all of the other RXs are tuned to ham frequencies, primarily ``WSPR-autorun`` -- what`s that about, tying up so much bandwidth? Weak Signal Propagation Reporter, ``whisper``: https://hackaday.com/2021/03/25/the-50-ham-wspr-ing-around-the-world/ Tnx to Clara Listensprechen for that link. LRA36 is only S2-S3 with music, then concluding program saying it will repeat Saturday at 15 horas --- voilà, ou voici. By 1539 the Esperanza song. 1542 ``sign-on`` again with LRA36 and Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel IDs, in Spanish, German, English, and Russian? Music, and 1549 the quadrilingual IDs again; mentions Día Mundial del Agua = World Water Day; when is/was that? March 22: I am totally in favor of H2O! I find it very useful, even essential, every day: https://www.worldwaterday.org/ Then Esperanza/Antártida song, greeting from the 17th program = décimosétimo. As was mentioned on miércoles. By 1555, some ACI has arisen from Chinese music on 15480. Now I can get on Pardinho SDR and listen to it directly. Traditional but unsounds like Firedragon, rather typical end-of-hour filler. No announcements until cut modulation and 1600* a few seconds later cut carrier. Nothing to account for this, not even as jammer, in B-20 or A-21 schedules. It`s already A-21 in China, after midnight? Not really, 01 UT March 28 is the official start everywhere. 15475.98 at 1601, LRA36 is S5-S7 into Pardinho but by 1609 I notice it`s gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, March 31 at 1534 tune-in via Brasília SDR, another Wednesday, another LRA36, only S1-S3 with music, 1537 announcement, stops at 1538, off? No, just a pause, more rap music which we hardly need from Base Esperanza, stops at 1551* and still off by 1555 without despedida or any talk. It seems they always chop themselves off at widely variable times: an hour later last week. Or do they just run until transmitter craps out by itself? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. 12365-USB, March 26 at 1444, down-under accent with marine weather, S1-S3; lots of geo coords cited such as 50S/134E, which is about halfway between South Australia and Antarctica; high seas forecast. EiBi shows it`s VMC Charleville, Queensland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BOLIVIA. 3310, March 31 at 0155, Andean music, only broadcast signal on 90m besides WWCR and CHU. It`s Radio Mosoj Chaski. First I make sure the audio match neither KGWA nor KCRC, my two locals which for many years ganged up to block 3310 (2 x 960 + 1390), both of which are talkers, but with occasional musical bridges. That mixing product fortuitously cleared up several years ago AFAIK, but I`m always apprehensive about it. This rates S7-S9, my best chance at Mosoj in a long time. No doubt I could hear it better via a remote, but I`ve long wanted to log this direct. Maybe I`ll check that another night to compare behaviour. The music at tune-in is vocal; at 0158 there is an announcement I cannot recognize as Spanish, so likely Quechua; 0159 another song; 0200 announcement with music mix. At 0201 all that stops, replaced by a big hum/whine. Compared on my keyboard, pitch is about G# or Ab below Cmiddle, i.e. 208 Hz or so. I figure it`s signed off and quit feeding the STL, while the SW transmitter remains on relaying the noise filling the STL transmission. This continues without a break until transmitter off finally at 0210.5* Among others, Manuel Méndez in Spain often reports RMCh, as does Robert Wilkner in Florida, predominantly in the hour or two before 0200. One recent log by Bob ended at 0211 but not as a sign-off, nor any mention of the tone. MM just heard it last night: ``BOLIVIA, 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 0118-0131, 30-03, Bolivian songs, Quechua, comments. 25322.`` Our obs contradict WRTH 2021 with sked as 09-13 & 21-01; 10 kW from Cochabamba, not Cotapachi/Cotapaxi, with website mosochaski.org which is wrong, the j is required: https://www.mosojchaski.org/en/ According to that, live broadcasts are at 5:00-8:30 am and 5:30-9:30 pm, which at UT -4 yearound means 0900-1230 & 2130-0130. Must vary. ``Mosoj Chaski was founded in 1999 as a short-wave Christian radio station to reach the Quechua people who are scattered across Bolivia. Mosoj Chaski, which in Quechua means ¨The New Messenger¨, was started by missionaries from SIM, New Tribes Mission and Pioneers International, along with like-minded Bolivian nationals.`` SIM originally meant Sudan Interior Mission, the founders of ELWA Liberia. ``Sudan`` once had a connotation well into west Africa beyond present-day Sudan. Mali was previously colonized as French Sudan, then part of French West Africa, AOF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BONAIRE. ``Hi Glenn… in your post “International MWDX to Enid OK, March 22-28, 2021” to the NRC-AM group, you suggested that they “must be deliberately attenuating it, understandably” on the Kiwi SDR. Indeed -- hovering your mouse on the blue “TWR Bonaire” tab at the top of the waterfall display, a message on a longer yellow tab comes up: “TWR Bonaire PJB3 - 30dB notch filter on 800kHz to prevent receiver overload.” 73, Randy Stewart, Battlefield MO`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 2598-USB, March 30 at 0224 UT, marine weather in English by roboyl, S6 = band noise level and unreadable beyond language ID, from NL area. 0230 recheck after the other goes off, now this one in French. 2749-USB, March 30 at 0224 UT, stronger CCG marine weather channel from NS area, S8 vs S5 noise level. In French but reading a ``déclaration`` rather than wx info; what`s that about? Stops at 0229*. Do these stations shift sked according to local DST or not? If so, does https://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm take that into account? Going by skeds there, at these UT hours, I have been listening to: 2598: VOJ-6, Port-aux-Basques NL, 400 watts starting at 0207, EE/FF 2749: VAR-9, Yarmouth (Halifax) NS, 1200 watts from 0140, EE/FF One might compare info at Canadian Coast Guard and EiBi sites but have not yet done so. In the spring I am glad to be getting them this well without much Blitz, confined to the Gulf coast between LA and FL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15480 unscheduled: see ANTARCTICA [and non] ** CHINA [non]. 11880, March 28 at 1459, S9+20 open carrier, as CRI CUBA relay is back here for A-21, usual switch from 15700 during B-20. Wow, successfully starts modulating at 1500, ID as ``CRI Plus Radio``, into Commie Party ``news``. Somewhat undermodulated but with this bigsig one can safely upturn the volume. Why 11 MHz in summer and 15 MHz in winter is not clear; some propagation model calls for that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non]. 9580, March 29 at 0115, CRI English at S9+10 via CUBA, CCCCCCI at first turned out to be self-imposed QRM by voiceover translation, not fading down completely the original language. Ex-6180 now clear for Brasil if they care to use it. Well, not completely, CRI English southward from Kashgar is still on 6180 at 0000-0200, via EAST TURKISTAN, land of ChiCom imperialist genocide and persecution of the Uyghurs. Altho not stated, my previous report of CRI at 1500 on 11880 was also via CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 11745, March 31 at 1830, Firedragon jammer S7-S9 with deep fading, against nothing, but RFA in Chinese via Kuwait is scheduled this hour only. No sign of Sa`udi AFRS `Al-Azm` either, but even without the jammer this would be a mess in target. Still past 1846. Meanwhile I check the 11.0 and 13.0 MHz areas but still no sign of any ChiCom jammers, CNR1 or FD (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COSTA RICA [non]. Berny Solano sent beautiful large-format 2021 calendar portraying the trees of CR, ÁRBOLES MÁGICOS, put out by the foundation of the same name, http://www.arbolesmagicos.org It`s almost a foot square, 14.34 x 14.34 cm. Berny had offered this for all reports on his `Mundo Sorprendente` holiday special, along with QSL card also enclosed, for 24 Dec 2020 at 01-02 on WRMI 7780. https://www.w4uvh.net/MundoSorprendente_front.jpg https://www.w4uvh.net/MundoSorprendente_back.jpg As scanned here, or Nos. 119 & 120 via: http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html Tnx, Berny! His show is originally on TIRCR, 930, 5 kW in San José. WRTH 2021 shows a dagger next to it, without explanation, unlike double-dagger which means inactive. Only on faraway page 659 do we find that single-dagger means: irregular. Is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COSTA RICA [non]. Berny Solano2 of `Mundo Sorprendente` asks me to spread the word that because of pandemic restrixions, he has not yet been able to send out all the calendars and QSLs; BTW, my packet arrived by registered mail, so I had to stand in line behind a maskless Enidiot coughing --- she says, ``just allergy``. Berny: ``Estimado don Glenn, ¡Qué alegría que haya recibido el paquete postal!, que lo hemos enviado con muchísimo gusto y agradecimiento. Que disfrute el calendario. A la vez, le cuento que hay paquetes postales que por las restricciones de la pandemia, no las he podido enviar. Estoy atento en el momento en que puedan ser enviados. Quería comentárselo por si pudiera ayudarme a hacer eco de la situación. Con todo respeto y estima, Berny`` (G. Glenn Hauser, OC, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, March 25 at 1431, RHC is S9+30, plenty strong yet no spur galaxy around it today. // 15140 during `Sonido Cubano` music is S9+10 but overmodulated/distorted. Something`s still always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12360, March 26 at 0112, CRI English relay at S9+10/20 somewhat undermodulated yet louder than S9+20 6180 of which this is X2. 6180 has QRM from Brasil or even CRI East Turkistan; 12360 in the clear but some deep fading. I should WOOBandscan around here more often. CRI relays on 5990 and 5910 have also harmonicized on 11980 and 11820. Shortly in A21, 12360 and 6180 will be gone, and so will 5910 and 11820 as CRI/HABana as usual ascends to 9580 at 01-03, and 9790 at 03-05 whose 19-20 MHz harmonix are unlikely to propagate except maybe for a lucky summer sporadic E opening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11840, March 26 at 0116, RHC is S9 with suptorted Spanish modulation, and also S9 on 11860, but QRMing the noise jamming against nothing --- or rather Cuba is jamming itself, yay! These two are the parasitic spurs 10 kHz from fundamental 11850 which is S9+30 and suptorted. For quite some time 11850 was parasite-free, but now has resumed better than ever; as they used to be JBA carriers with modulation hard to detect. Have they reswapped different transmitters? Meanwhile, // fundamental 11760 is S9+10 and undermodulated; 11670 is S9+10/20 undermodulated and distorted. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, March 26 at 0124, something very strange which has got to be RHC transmitter, but not in English as scheduled, left to 6000 only. S9+10 with drama dialog in Spanish but long pauses of background noises, music. Smax of TV soundtrack on a novela! Also overmodulated, distorted. Not // RHC Spanish either, 11760 etc., nor the domestic SW frequencies 5025, 4765. A totally wrong program feed is going into and out of this unit. Still thus past 0217. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 26 at 0614, RHC in English with humbuzz, // clear 6100 and overmodulated 5040. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, March 27 at 0140, RHC manages correct language English, tonight, instead of TV novela audio last night, S9+20 here // 6000 S9+40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 12360, March 27 at 0141, CRI English relay is S9, harmonic of S9+20 6180 X 2. Also checked X 3 = 18540 but not heard; possibly with a little sporadic E. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA [non] 6080 ** CUBA. 15230, March 27 at 1505, S9/+10 of dead air, still on after presumed nominal 1500*. 15140 is S9+10/20 somewhat undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 28 at 0603, once again this RHC English suffers from big humbuzz. 6000 has just cut off; // 6100 is undermodulated with somehum but tolerable. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, March 29 at 2203, RHC not in French as expected at shifted time to ``Africa`` but Spanish, music show // other mainstream Spanish: 11850 JBM, 11760, 9650, 9535 and reactivated 15370, S9+25/30 and distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. However, by 2316, 11880 is properly in English, going from `This Week in Cuba` to `Mailbag` with no sign of `DXers Unlimited` which used to occupy this timearea. 15230, at 2205 check March 28 is in Brazuguese, but distorted and wobbly. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9700, March 29 at 0117, RHC English is gone again: I bet it`s back to 49 meters --- Yes, there it is on reactivated 6165, S9+10/20, which will be a QRM problem for 6159.93 WBCQ; -70 Hz offset won`t help much; and still on // 6000. RHC should really stay on 31m thru the summer for some frequency- and noise-level diversity, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 30 at 0240, RHC Spanish still with humbuzz on this transmitter. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6165, March 30 at 0242, RHC English undermodulated, SAWA, yet splashing over 6160 where WBCQ is absent, but would be QRMed. Wonder if they will ever go back to 5130, where meanwhile real pirates sometimes show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, March 30 at 0644, RHC English not only with humbuzz but is also pulsing, worsening it more. // 6100 is OK, 6165 is undermodulated, 6000 is off; and at 0649, 5040 is still on but in Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 11880, March 30 at 2309, RHC is NOT in English but Kriyol! English hour at 23-24 had been on 11880 & 5040 since Yanqui DST start March 14. And now 5040 is in Spanish, not English either. 15730, March 30 at 2309, I first found Kriyol on this reactivated, S9 but distorted and modulation crackling, then found // on L&C 11880. Talking about Haïti, Duvalier. RHC scheduling is SNAFU! What else? 13650, March 30 at 2306, the only Cuban active on this band now, no 13680 or 13740; still pointless CRI Portuguese relay filled with Chinese music, and considerable CCI from R. Japan direct backward in Thai. On 19m, RHC trace on 15230, no 15370, but 15730 as above. 9650, 11670, 11760, March 30 at 2314, RHC Spanish mainstream, but 11850 and parasites 11840 & 11860 are off. Separate Spanish, `Mesa Redonda` TV soundtrack this hour, on VG 11950 but with crosstalk, // JBM 6000 at 2313. 6000 is off by 0007 March 31, rather than English which has already started on 6165. Multiple somethings wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6000, March 31 at 0058, RHC English has just popped on, now // 6165 which has already been running an hour. A minute or two earlier checking 6000, only had some very weak Qur`aning, as Iran in Tajik is scheduled 0050-0220. Via TWR Bonaire SDR, which is not responsible for Islamic or Commic content it forward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 13605, March 28 at 1452, R. Martí has made its totally predictable and registered A-season switch from 13820, VG here and if there is any jamming, inaudible; while 13820 still has wall-of-noise jamming against nothing. Something`s always wrong at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 6125, March 30 at 0156, wall-of-noise jamming against nothing, since R. Marti has moved back to 5980 for the A-21 season. But the DentroCuban Jamming Command is too dumb just to look at the publicly posted HFCC schedules, which RM follows strictly. So RM is L&C on 5980 at 0156, no jamming audible, altho later in night we do hear some jamming against nothing [jaman?] on 5980, and right now there is light pulse jamming on 6080 against nothing, from a single transmitter apparently leaping from 5980 over 6030 where there is heavy multiple jamming as usual vs RM. The 5980, 6030 and 6125 situations remain the same at 0238 recheck. On 41 mb, more jaman at 0254 on 7355, 7345, while RM is really unjammed L&C on 7365 & 7335, BTW with a report about Myanmar. Not to set the jammers straight, but here is the A-21 scheduling of RM on the bottom bands; note OFF the air 04-10, no jamming needed! 5980 M-F 22-03 Tu-Sa -- forget about R. Chaski except weekends 6030 00-04 & 10-12 daily as are all the rest 7335 22-04 & 10-14 7345 17-02 NOT specified as DRM tho it always has been 7365 00-03 & 12-14 7435 03-04 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 9590, March 26 at 0122, weak S7-S9 YL in Spanish with flutter; still past 0132+. It`s CRI scheduled at 01-03 from Kashgar. Here`s something else about SW City, also land of ChiCom imperialist genocide against the Uyghurs, I happened to see on CNN: China's crackdown in Xinjiang has separated Uyghur children from their parents. CNN found two of them - CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/18/china/xinjiang-uyghur-families-china-amnesty-report-exclusive-dst-intl-hnk/index.html 15+ minute audiovideo as seen on AC360 UT March 25 circa 0530. Also transcript with photos, maps, graphs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. As I have reported in detail to MWDX groups, KSDA SW site is hosting a temporary antenna setup for KUAM 630, which has been off the air since May 1, 2020; it will be at reduced power and under new ownership and religious format. Matt Francis replies on the WOR iog: ``Hi Glenn, The assignee - Good News Broadcasting Corporation - is the not-for-profit operator of JOY FM in Guam KSDA 91.9 FM and KORU 89.9 FM in Northern Marianas Islands. According to their website, they assumed responsibility for the FM station sometime after 1992. It had originally started operating from the AWR-Asia studios in Guam in 1991, but Good News took over following a decision by AWR to shift away from local AM & FM broadcasting. https://joyfmradio.net/about-us/ Matt Francis, Bilgola Plateau, NSW, Australia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUATEMALA. 4055, March 27 at 0139, no signal from R. Verdad: gone again. A report to the WOR iog at 0609 UT March 26: ``Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, out of air again --- Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain: Asking via email, Édgar Madrid says transmitter burned out again. Here the mail from the station: "Se nos volvió a quemar. En eso estoy. Édgar Madrid"`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN. 7325 & 9620, March 29 from 2350 past 2400+, zero signals from VIRI in Spanish, checked via Virginia and Bonaire SDRs, despite A-21 registrations there for Latin America thru end of October. Meanwhile AER posted on ForoDX another notification from station that SW would be ceasing as of March 29: ``Nos dirigimos a usted para informarle, hoy, 29 de marzo de 2021, la Redacción Española de la Voz Exterior de la RII, como emisora de la onda corta, se despide de los queridos oyentes que durante más de 40 [años] nos han acompañado, siguiendo la programación y alentándonos con sus amistosos mensajes y cartas. Por medio de la presente anunciamos que la radio, en onda corta de Irán a partir de la misma fecha se integra al canal de televisión iraní en lengua española HispanTV, desde la cual continuará su trabajo como una radio por Internet...`` Not crying wolf, this time they really mean it. However Wolfgang Bueschel confirmed some other languages, at least Albanian and Hausa, were still SW airing today. For the record, in case any further checking be done, A-21 Spanish: 0720-0820 15440 17815 2020-2120 7375 9665 2350-0120 7325 2350-0250 9620 And English evidently continues: 1520-1620 7410 1920-2020 9835 9855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN. 9835 & 9855, March 30 at 1930, VIRI with news in American English, COVID stats, etc. New A-21 frequencies for 1920-2020 English, both good into UTwente, but 9855 has an additional rustling sound. So English remains on SW. Meanwhile, still uncertainty about some other languages on SW: French missing, but Spanish resumed? Not the *2350 broadcast, nothing into Bonaire on 9620 or 7325 at 0002 check March 31 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN. 9835, March 31 at *1920:45, VIRI English chops on with program in progress, discussion of Jeffery Epstein and sex trafficking. Then I check // 9855 and find it much stronger S8 into UTwente SDR. 1923 ID as ``Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting``, schedule as ``1920-2020 UT on 6040, 11880`` --- which are the defunct B-20 channels: what do they know? Music fill depriving us of standard opening in other languages, anthem and Qur`an! 1929 a different ID, ``IRIB English Radio, coming up, the news``. 1930 three upward chimes, theme, and news headlines starting with Hezbollah in Lebanon calling on Sa`udi Arabia to stop the war against Yemen. 1934 changes to commentary about the Iran Nuclear Deal and how Biden is not getting anywhere --- complete with music stinger SFX. May I point out that the very name of the country and thus the station is a Big Lie? Islamic and Republic are mutually exclusive, i.e. of god, and of the people --- can`t be both, and we know who`s really in charge, minority people who say they represent a god (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 11880, March 29 at 0112, KBS World Radio hour in Spanish now here via Grimesland NC, replacing longtime relay via WHRI 9605, which is now vacant. S9+10 but not exactly solid here off the side of the southward beam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530 & 11540, March 31 at 1456, poor signals on both, which implies as nothing else listed, one is Dengê Welat via France, and the other is the Turkish jammer, named in Aoki as ``TRT Radio Recep Erdoğan``, but certainly not what it call itself; i.e. missing its target, which shifts back and forth between 11530 & 11540, also when via Pridnestrovye. BTW the curve over the g means it`s pronounced as h: ``The correct pronunciation of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkish can be phonetically transcribed as Reh-jep Tah-yeep Err-doh-han, as heard in the audio file. The most important element in pronouncing Erdoğan correctly is to remember that letter "ğ" must be pronounced as "h"``: https://www.pronounceitright.com/pronunciation/recep-tayyip-erdogan-4782 No, it`s like w, per this; o my, which are we to believe?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEJItHXmJU Reason enough for his term to be -inated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 770, March 30 at 0242 UT, ``Fórmula Financiera`` mentioned and 0243 ``Grupo Fórmula, Monterrey, 7-70 AM``, QRM from another SS, hard to separate from SSW, probably Fresnillo. The mountain king station is XEACH. I thought condx were somewhat auroral, but K-index at 03 is zero, no storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6186, March 30 at 0152, XEPPM has slight QRM from a double-blip every four seconds exactly, about 1 kHz above 6185. Lasts a while, but not there at 0243 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, UT Sat March 27 at 0129, S6-S8 pirate music, bet it`s Ball Smacker Radio, which with eQSL last week said they`d be back Fridays at 9 on EDT on this frequency. Pirates not usually so open about scheduling plans, but getting bolder in view of lack of FCC SW enforcement. Some rapid-clicking QRM for a minute or two until 0134. 0137 yes, B-S-R- ID by YL and QSL offer prompting guesses about the musical topic, like last week it was ``green``, but I don`t recognize any of the tunes this week until 0152, ``Who Ya Gonna Call?``, a song with spoken parts, faux phone number sounded like 1-500-989-3500. 0200 again asking for reports, signing off? Not quite, more music, then 0205 SSTV now hitting S9+10. Pause and 0207 another SSTV image ending at 0209 and carrier off at 0209.5*. Now let`s see what others reported at: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79542.0.html Keyword has been ``call`` and SSTV shows `Get Smart` with shoephone (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, ``Get Smart`` shoephone eQSL for my 0129-0137 UT March 27 reception: https://www.w4uvh.net/BallSmacker_eQSL_20210326_Call.jpg or #118 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6933-USB, March 27 at 2157, dense pirate music, hard to pinpoint frequency with no carrier clue; soon ID as ``You are listening to one of the world`s weakest radios --- W-E-A-K``. Too modest, not so weak at S8-S9. More reports here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79605.0.html 6950-USB, March 28 at 0030, ``Weak Radio`` IDs, the ``Radio`` repeatedly echoing, and some unreadable talk, and off. More here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79613.0.html concluding with ``thanks for tuning in to the relay of WEAK RADIO --- Outhouse Radio`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, March 28 at 0015, dense rock music at S6-S9, 0019 overridden by surprise CW ID (or QRM?) as W#OG --- pretty sure of three letters but not the second one. And CW again a few minutes later, 0026 as music is ending, stops and apparently off. More logs here for WDOG: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79612.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, March 26 at 0205 UT, EI, Woodring Airport, EnId ND beacon is back on! Latest outage started March 15. I check at random times day or night, and assume once it`s off it stays off until heard again. But I wonder if this or some other LW/MW beacons at minor airports operate only irregularly depending on when there are really incoming flights needing them, on request? Power saving of 25 watts would hardly justify the trouble of turning them off and on. BTW, Deirdre Gurry, the new AP director I met on a visit about EI in October 2019, has already moved on after receiving an award; she was replaced the following September by Keston Cook (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [non]. 341-MCW kHz, March 27 at 0545 UT, Enid`s EI NDB is silent again after brief reactivation yesterday. Now hearing only OIN, Oberlin KS (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1140, March 26 at 1755 UT on caradio, NO signal from KRMP OKC; sure it`s off as when on, 1 kW groundwave is equal to or greater than 1150 KSAL KS, and much more than 1120 Tulsa. Recheck on DX-398 at home, 2223, now it`s on with ``Heart & Soul 92.1 and 1140,`` OKC traffic. 92.1 is, natch, a mere translator wagging this dog. While it was off, wished I were in a low-noise area in case GW or SW remnant of KXRB Sioux Falls could make it here, as it has been at night when not supposed to: unlikely, but half its frequency 570 WNAX Yankton SD is always audible under KLIF. Nothing directly between OK and SD on 1140 but MO and AR might be problem; and closer 50 kW 1110 KFAB Omaha barely daytimes here (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, March 28 at 1455, new A-21 REE frequency is S9 with silly ballgame to ME, ex-12030; but new N American frequency 17855 is missing, supposed to begin at *1400 weekends; nor on ex-9690 either. Off to a great start. 11940 to SAm is VP. As usual the ME frequency is best for us off the back if there is none thisaway! Propagation MUF insufficient for 17855? No, should work over totally-insolated daypath, if not later into the night. But only signal on 16m is JBA 17630 CRI Mali. I check various remotes: at 1533, Maine is getting zero on 17855 & 9690; at 1535, RSA is getting zero on 17855 & 15520; Kuwait is getting 15520 OK, nothing on 17855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, new A-21 North American frequency of REE was AWOL on first day of season March 28, so I am QRX for it March 29, supposed to start at 1800 M-F. Monitoring via Virginia SDR at first: *1755 with IS at S5, at 1756 powered up to S9. At 1803 to my own R75 deeper in NAm, it`s S8/9+10. I plan to check it at least hourly this afternoon to find how long it last or when it fade out; by 1843 has weakened to S9-S7, fading. It`s roughly equal to 15520 to ME, off the back to us but which is not fading down; better than 11940 to S America. Oh2, at 1857 check, 17855 keeps cutting off and on the air, and stays off after 1900 --- never to be heard again; nor on ex-9690. So that transmitter is upacting again wherever it may be. Still off at 1930 even into Virginia. At 2200 when it`s the new earlied time for token English, we have no choice but backward 15520, which is still S9+10 into VA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, March 30 at 2147, I remember to check REE`s alleged N American frequency, which yesterday lasted only one hour+, *1755-1900*. Not a trace of it now direct, nor via VA SDR after 2200. 15520 to ME is JBA, which means the MUF is lowered, so 17855 could be on but not propagating at all. That leaves 11940 to S America which would have been second-best here, but now is first-best, fair and sufficient. At 2204 via VA SDR, if it`s Tuesday, Ladino music, long `Emisión Sefarad` announcement and more nice music after 2216. Earlier, Richard Langley, agrees on the WOR iog: ``Today (30 March) here in NB noted REE only on 15520 kHz and 11940 kHz (weak) at around 2040 UT -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, March 31 at 1825 & 1913 chex, still zero signal from REE to N America, direct or via Virginia, UTwente SDRs. Here, 15520 and 11940 are JBA; further east 11940 is in silly ballgame anyway. Only signal here on 16m is 17530 VOA Grimesland, JBA in very poor propagation. Also checked ex-9690, not there either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SRI LANKA. 11755, March 30 at 1610, S Asian song, S7-S9 and fluttery on a frequency mostly vacant. It`s AWR Trinco in Urdu, the only thing ever scheduled, at 1600-1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Fri Mar 26 at 2331, VOT is on today, VG S9+35 into UTwente, yet Chinese undercurrent is audible from East Turkistan, standard remark, i.e. CCCCCCI, or C6I which means ChiCom Chinese language Co-Channel Interference. VOT plugs itself as ``with you every hour of the clock`` [NO, it is not], then 2-minute segment, ``Did You Know That?``, but no idea about what, as I was not severely concentrating vs the heavy accent. A bit of music, 2339 ``VOT, always by your side`` [No, it is not]. Checked again at 2355 as IS is still playing, 2356 starts interspersing IDs in German, ``Die Stimme der Türkei`` twice or thrice before 0000 March 27 opening the spurious German hour with Nachrichten rather than satellite info. Still on past 0015, but finally went off sometime before next check 0026 when a good signal is still on the meter, but now in Chinese. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, March 28 at 2158, VOT IS prior to English for N America, on reactivated A-21 frequency, ex-5960 in B-20 an hour later --- and sure enough, with heavy RTTY QRM, which is NAU Puerto Rico. This happens season after A-season and VOT is oblivious to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, March 30 at 2203, VOT English to N America, first checked via UTwente, only a trace under RTTY even over there until RTTY stops at 2204; into Virginia SDR, it`s S9-S7 without the RTTY. Recheck direct to here at 2303, 9830 is still on in spurious German, VP. Still going at 2327 but gone at next check 2333. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see also KURDISITAN [non] {9830 missing again March 31 at 2200} ** U K [non]. 9615, March 30 at 1612, S7-S8 in Korean; at first seemed tonal, but ``imnida`` giveaways. 입니다 is a very common word in KK, yet google translate does not recognize it, tries to make it Indonesian. A basic search on the Romanized word leads to explanation that it merely means ``is``. Anyhow, this is BBC via USAGM Tinang, PHILIPPINES at 1530-1830. 21-degree azimuth carries right on into North America as a bonus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 227-MCW kHz, March 30 at 0643 UT, ND beacon TNZ, which is 25 watts from Walnut Ridge / Lawrence County, Arkansas, just south of Pocahontas, in the NE corner. This is a *new* one for me, increasingly hard to find vs all the oldies I usually skip relogging. This also reminds me that altho my first log of POH on 428 kHz, the highest-frequency MW beacon in the Conterminous, was correctly attributed to IOWA, a later one in December was mistakenly put in Arkansas! Pocahontas, IA is NW of Fort Dodge (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 6080, March 26 at 0612, VOA SAO TOME in English, marred by pulse jamming. I think I have figured it out: leapfrog mixing product of the strong jammers against nothing on 5980 and 6030 another 50 kHz away. Broadcast signals leapfrog; why not jammers? Something`s always wrong at the DCJC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 9410, March 31 at 1500, last few notes of Yankee Doodle Dandy, i.e. VOA signing off but S8-S9 carrier stays on a while. It`s Korean via Tinang, PHILIPPINES scheduled 1400-1500 only, further aimed USward. Remember when 9410 was an exclusive BBCWS/GOS English OOB frequency, only from domestic site? Still also used by BBC but only relays, in various languages, and not continuously, e.g. before this VOA hour in Bengali via Sri Lanka; after it, English via Oman. Other sites per Aoki employed sometime during the 24 are UAE, Vatican, São Tomé, Singapore, Ascension; in: Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Hausa. Taiwan and China also squeeze in, seemingly well-coördinated time segments (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday March 25 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, VG S9/+15 into Bonaire SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 contents: *Algeria non, Antarctica, Ascension, Armenia, Bonaire, Chile, *China, Congo, Cuba, France, India, Iran, *Japan and non, Korea North and non, Korea South and non, *New Zealand, North America, Philippines, *Romania, Singapore, Sudan South non, Taiwan, *Thailand, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela; propagation outlook; *A21 schedules WOR 2079 is available as of 0023 UT Friday March 26, 2021 (mp3 stream)    http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2079.m3u (mp3 download)  http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2079.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 1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM 2130 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2200vUT Sunday    WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday    WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday    WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1801 UT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday  WRMI 5010 to S 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 Kelley Sprout, Hughesville PA, for a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com First broadcasts confirmed UT Friday March 26 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780 S7-S9 poor here off the side and seems undermodulated, but VG on 5850, S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring: confirmed Saturday March 27 at 1322, the 1300 on WRMI 15770, good S9+10 today instead of JBA. Also confirmed Sat Mar 27 at 1700 UT on WRN webcast, for one more week; to become 1600 UT from next week with BST in effect. Next: 1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM 2130 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 15770? [Wolfgang Bueschel alleges WOR is on at this time; please check] 2200vUT Sunday    WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday    WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday    WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1801vUT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 2079 monitoring: confirmed Saturday March 27 at 1933 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, near-local KB0FX SDR but some storm crashes, already at New Zealand, about 17 minutes into, so started way early circa 1916. Also confirmed Sat Mar 27 at 2130 on WRMI 9955, S9+20 here with no jamming audible this early. Also confirmed Sat Mar 27 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, fair with storm crashes at Knoxville SDR, VG S9+30 at Alexandria. Also confirmed UT Sunday March 28 at 0310 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, already 2 minutes into so also started early about 0308; S9+30 but heavy storm noise from SE Arkansas across Tennessee. Next: [Wolfgang Bueschel alleges WOR is on at this time; please check:] 1130 UT Sunday WRMI 15770? 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1801vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 2079 monitoring: tnx to Richard Langley, NB and Wolfie Büschel, Germany for confirming WOR is NOT on WRMI 15770 Sunday March 28 at 1130, but as per skedgrid, Wavescan. Next: 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1801vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring: confirmed Sunday March 28 from 2200:25 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.93, S6-S7 at best, VP. We are still hoping they will move us back to nighttime, UT Mon 0300. Also confirmed Sunday March 28 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VG S9/+15 into Maine SDR where it`s aimed toward Europe. Also confirmed UT Monday March 29 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 29 at 0130 WRN webcast, now shifted due to BST in London, altho we have been on DST for a biweek already. Next: 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1801vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 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 2079 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday March 29 at 0230 on WRMIs: 7780, S9, after ID and music bit; 5800 S9+10/20. Checking what`s going on at our former A-season time, 0300 UT Mondays on WBCQs: 6159.93 still with white-racist `Herald of Truth` which was moved here because 7490 had to go off at 0430 for WHRI at least on weekdays, not any more; but now WBCQ 7490+ is still going with TOMBS. So maybe we are stuck at 2200 Sundays in the summer daytime. Also, via UTwente SDR, confirmed on IRRS 7290 presumed Bulgaria, Monday March 29 from 1800:47, modulation cutting on after the WOR theme has started, very loud and overmodulated. Atop CCI from CNR Chinese which causes a slow SAH, scheduled to quit at 1805* but I`m late for lunch and don`t keep listening. Presumably intact, WOR concluding at 1829:36 without chop, IRRS ID and FSN. This is all one UT hour earlier due to imposition of DST in Europe. I was monitoring from the start: At 1747, 7290 had CCI between China and VIRI in Russian, but Iran quit as scheduled by 1749.5* leaving S5-S6 of CNR. During a Chinese song, at *1756 IRRS carrier comes on, shortly powers up to S9+20, open except for some hum. Instead of sign-on, continues silent, no mod until WOR JIP as above. Meanwhile I could hear the CNR top-of-hour timesignal. Meanwhile I have also been checking out the adjacent+ channel QRM as heard by UTwente. This splash has been a serious drawback all B-season, but now it`s better. First at 1747, 7300 has German from Iran, but nothing on 7295, 7285 or 7280. At 1824 the closest is 7275, CRI Chinese from Urumqi until 1827*; leaving at 1830 nothing closer than 7265, CRI Bulgarian via Urumqi, not problems. Thruout there has been dittering on 7305, not a problem either like it was when on 7290. Standard remark about East Turkistan. Next: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring, next: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring, next: 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE {confirmed} 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW {confirmed} 2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE {confirmed} 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 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 Kelley Sprout, Hughesville PA, for a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490), UT Sat March 27 from 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW` casually monitored as I am paying more attention to MSNBC. Starts with temp 80 in FLA after hi of 90? First topic is cassette tapes, sparked by news of death of inventor. This goes on surprisingly long, still 0024, caller 0025, into EL versions, 8-trax, etc. 0047 Angela complaining about masked people in fast cars. Too much of the time Angela is yelling and overmodulating into the red, even worse when both of them are talking at same time with no stereo separation. 0056 Allan briefly mentions death of George Zeller, a supporter of free radio, 0059 benedixion and immediately into Hal Turner blasting pencil-necked geeks. Here`s John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 6160 and 7490 with 6160 having the better signal. Allan and Angela in the studio and apparently back in FLA again. Allan is shirtless in the studio. Opening talk is reading an article about the man that invented the cassette tape and later CDs. Long talk about cassette tapes follows and they mention several variations. Phone call at 0026 which continues the cassette talk followed immediately by another call at 0037 which continues on with the cassette talk until the caller mentions politics which gets Angela started. She continues till 0052 when Allan starts reading emails. First email is political which causes Angela to comment again. A few emails later Allan mentions the loss of George Zeller and talks of him briefly. Closing prayer at 0059 and closing comments cut off at 0100 and move to dead air as happened last week also. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7489.985, March 28 at 0004, WBCQ now within SAH range of BFO on 7490.000, with gospel huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.045, March 29 at 2215, WBCQ with `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`; back on the plus side after attaining -15 Hz offset yesterday. Wavering slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.93, March 30 at 2313, Area 61 on WBCQ with Jean Shepherd on German cockroaches` rapid breeding. Yes, the `Old Time Radio` block is now for two hours starting at 2300 UT Mon-Thu, one hour on Fridays; and always Jean Shepherd first, as in this week`s lineup, which still says 0000 UT as if before DST shift: http://zappahead.net/#2021-0329-area61 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, March 27 at 0157, two WRNO Worldwide IDs overlapping as I tune in, asking for reports, but cut off 0159 to start ``Welcome to Maranatha Radio with pastor Ray Bentley`` citing Philippians. Had been VP to JBA signal lately but now it`s S9+20; jacked up closer to full power or just improved propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, 13845, 12160, 9980, March 27 at 1827, all four WWCR frequencies are vacant. The top two may be JBA carriers in the daytime, but the lower two should be audible if on. 12050 WEWN at similar megameter distance is VG, having escaped tornado outbreak. What`s wrong? Blitzortung shows lightning storm right over mid-Tennessee, and a worse one along the TN/NC border. WWCR closed down as precaution, or has it been stricken? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, 13845, 9980, 9350, March 27 at 2131, all four WWCRs are back on air after missing 3 hours earlier; storm must have caused closedown or power failure, now past; at usual levels: 15825 & 13845 JBA, 9980 & 9350 S9+40 both with BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15745-15750-15755, Monday March 29 at 1423, no DRM from WINB where it`s M-F scheduled to be in A-21 ex-13650-13655-13660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15745-15750-15755, March 30 at 1607, WINB hybrid DRM noise succeeds reactivated A-season frequency today unlike yesterday; tonal in the lower half with still unknown content or purpose (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 880, March 30 at 0335 UT, Mexmx is dominant over KRVN, soon ID as ``La Tremenda 8-80 --- La Raza``; loops NE/SW. That makes it WIJR, Highland IL (St Louis MO mkt), nominally U4 1700/160 watts. Both day and night patterns aim thisaway: https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WIJR&service=AM&h=N (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1319.720, March 30 at 0322 UT, MW bandscan encounters another intriguing way-off-frequency het like 1540+. Wavers slightly and can`t make out any mod; loops E-W-ish vs some sports station, and vs Black Information Network, new identity of KXYZ Houston. OK`s KCLI Clinton has been slightly off-frequency for ages but not this much. Aha, mwoffsets has a recent answer: `` 1319.717 WCOG r:WTOB (Greensboro, NC) 2021-03-16`` Does r:WTOB mean it relays that 980 station in Winston Salem, also the address of WCOG? It`s U4 5/5 kW; night pattern supposed to go SE, day pattern SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1370, March 26 at 0232 UT, a bandscan hits some C&W music, and a produced ID barely readable in the QRM, sounds like KVRD or KBRV or something similar rhyming. The only fuzzy fit in NRC AM Log is: KCRV, Caruthersville MO, which is on the River in the Bootheel, east of Kennett where it`s addressed; U1 1000/63 watts, really? E-W longwire does favor it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540.197 approx., March 27 at 0217 UT, way-off-frequency het against 1540.00 stations is back, as previously traced, WKVQ, Eatonton, Georgia. Not present every night, and should never be as a 10 kW daytimer direxional west (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540.200v, March 28 at 0304 UT, off-frequency het again, no doubt 10 kW DAYTIMER WKVQ, Eatonton GA. Quick alternative way to get frequency rather than direct measurement: with BFO/USB tune to exact Hz where the beat matches the pitch heard in AM mode. BTW not noting lately the 1540-minus het from KGBC Galveston (Glenn Hauser, OK,, WOR) ** U S A. 1540.200v, March 30 at 0302 UT, tell-tale het still here against 1540.00 stations, WKVQ Eatonton GA. Whatever became of a major FCC monitoring post in GA, Powder Springs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re my remark about prolonged offfrequenciness of WKVQ 1540.200, "...Whatever became of a major FCC monitoring post in GA, Powder Springs? ..." --- Greg Hardison, now in CA, replies: ``Glenn, you may have been with us, were you not?, when we toured the Powder Springs facility during the 1978 National Radio Club Convention in Atlanta. I seem to recall R390s, at least one R388, and other venerable boat-anchors of that ilk, whilst drooling uncontrollably! Not long ago I scoured the area via Google SatView, which as I recall was a mile or so south of Powder Springs Rd., not far from the present WDWD/590 and WAZX/1550 xmtr sites. I saw plenty of newish development on what used to be pig farms during my childhood, but no signs of the FCComplex, which covered several acres back in the day. I applied unsuccessfully to the FCC at age 18; at that time the Allegan [MI] facility was used for training purposes, among other usage. I did find Google-directed e-thread concerning the overall subject here - but beware, some of the posters seem to have issues with apparent drug use: https://groups.google.com/g/rec.radio.cb/c/Yd1L5ZxVjqs That '78 meetup was perhaps the most tour-centric in NRC history. Besides the FCC, we also saw both studios and transmitter for WSB/750, and the Shepherds Lane FM/TV "candleabra", shepherded by then-WBIE owner Jim Wilder, thanks to Karl Jeter. My own contribution was arranging a quick look at the Turner-satellite uplink for WTCG (later WTBS), off in what used to be the woods behind Cumberland Mall -- nowadays gone and replaced by rampant development. Ahhh, my twisted days of Youth!...`` I don`t remember seeing that FCC station; only the one by Grand Island, Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, March 25 at 0606, JBA carrier presumed R. Vanuatu, 3945 x 3; but nothing heard on 7890 = 3945 x 2. Will 11835 have a CCI problem in A-21? Yes, tentative HFCC shows nothing on 11835 but CNR China, 150 kW, 257 degrees from Xi`an site at 0000-1300! There was nothing at all in B-20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VATICAN [non]. 11900, March 30 at 2314, 1 kHz tone causes me pause; 2315 hymnic ditty and opening Vietnamese: it`s Vatican Radio via USAGM Tinang, PHILIPPINES, a semisesquihour violating Separation of Church and State, S7-S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VENEZUELA. 6205, March 31 at 0005, NO signal from ROCV into Bonaire SDR; now what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 383-MCW kHz, March 30 at 0634 UT, JBA ND beacon, two-letter ID, first letter definitely H, second not positive but maybe W. None such listed on 383-385 in dxinfocentre.com, so I check more comprehensive classaxe.com --- on 385 there is 100 watt HV at Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, but I can`t imagine getting that, so far only reported from AZ, CA and OR. V of course is ...- while W is .-- What else? Nothing closer than that; something miskeying? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, March 30 at 0257: 585, 612, 621, 639(2), 684, 693, 747, 774(2), 855(2), 891, 999, 1098, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1215 kHz. 747 is interesting, no superpowers in Europe beyond 25 kW Canary Islands, if not 100 kW Iran. Lately am not hearing much from 531 Algeria even when 891 is in; something changed? I thought condx were somewhat auroral, but K-index at 03 is zero, no storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier survey, March 31 from 0141: not every single 9-kHz carrier this time, but of note: no 531 Algeria or 621 Canary which used to be staples, yet 612 Morocco? and 891-Algeria. We expect them all to be 24 hours, but maybe not. Also noted are 1215, two on 1305. And one on 1431 which is surely the 600 kW VOA Djibouti on the east coast of Africa, as otherwise there are only a few very low power in Europe, max 5 kW in Italy. Around 0530, 531 and 621 can now be detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 800, March 30 at 0337 UT, open carrier over CKLW, but not KQCV OKC heard from that direxion while this is SW/NE-ish, suspect XEROK CiJz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 7395-USB, March 30 at 0252, two-way in unID language, JBA, not Spanish, maybe Slavic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 12152-USB, March 27 at 1443, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, QRMing CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL +++++++++++++++++++++++ Glenn, I appreciate your dedication to the broadcast medium and information that you provide to DXers world wide. I have been a listener and shortwave DXer since 1967. Thanks again. Pat Zapalac, Texas