** AFGHANISTAN [and non]. UT Sat Aug 14 at 2028, Jose Jacob of DX India asked me, ``Afghanistan not heard on 1107 kHz?`` I reply: ``Hi Jose, You are asking me? I have no reports yet one way or another. You should be in a better position to hear it, but we can start checking remotes for this and others? Majors on 1296, 621 kHz of course. In WRTH I see a few others altho mostly FM: 1305 Kandahar, 945 Sharana [much lower powered] are the only ones I see in a quick scan of page 66. However, if on the air, it may be hard for us to tell which side control them. WRTH shows sked of RTA on 400 kW 1107 near Kabul is 0030-1930 UT. The closest Kiwis are New Delhi and Kuwait. No signal when I check Delhi now at 2240 UT. Kabul sunrise/sunset times currently 0044/1411 UT. 73, Glenn`` --- Mauno Ritola, Finland reply at 2247: ``All 1296, 1107 and 621 kHz were heard tonight. Please check via Karelia MW DX after 0030, I'll leave the best antenna for that direction on: http://185.89.55.189:8073/ 73, Mauno`` -- I reply: ``Spanish dominates 1107 on Mauno`s, RNE5 synchos plus couple others. More different Spanish on 1296 and 621. New Delhi has horrible noise level but Qur`an audible under it at 0031-0034+. 1296 JBA talk; 621 greater noise only. Surely the Taliban will broadcast Qur`an, but presumably the doomed corrupt government has been doing so too, violating Separation of Mosque and State``. As Kabul is in process of falling, remotes checked again from 1455 UT Aug 15, which is prime evening time in Afgh. Via New Delhi, 1107 is on at S9+20, but with fadeouts, mostly talk. But a bit of music at 1458, so must not be Taliban-controlled just yet. 1530 UT = top of hour 20:00 local, finally hear a woman`s voice with music, so must not be Talibanic yet. Some slight QRM: beware, in the region are also a 50 kW in Iran, a 20 kW in India, and of course some Chinese. 1296 kHz, the 400 kW USAGM transmitter at same site as 1107 near Kabul, of Pol-e-Charkhi for R. Azadi and VOA Ashna Radio, is also on air at 1455 with brief English clips being translated. Mauno Ritola, Finland, reported at 0858 Aug 15: ``1106.98 kHz started at some time before 0030 and at 0029 I hear a tentative Anthem on my recording. 1296 kHz may have started a bit late and 621 kHz starts at 0100, already in daylight. They will be easier to check in the evening: 1296 -1730*, 1107 -1930* and 621 -1901*`` At 1538 I am not hearing anything on 1107 or 1296 via Mauno`s Karelia SDR: maybe still too early before full darkness. The only SW frequency of R. Afghanistan, 6100, has long been inactive, but worth eventual checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AFGHANISTAN. Checking the MW situation, Aug 16 at 1639 via New Delhi SDR --- the klosest Kiwi only one megameter from Kabul, so 400 kW transmitters at night if non-direxional ought to be pounding in --- compare to mere 50 kW clear channels e.g. from Chicago or Nashville out to similar distances in N America. 1107 is chanting, and ``salaam aleikum``, originally the main R. Afghanistan outlet, but JBA algo on 1296 much weaker, which might no longer be the co-located 400 kW USAGM transmitter, or underpowered, or Iran or India. NRC International DX Digest reports: ``As of this writing, reports indicated that 1107 kHz in Kabul had been taken. "They took control of the Kabul 1107 kHz main station around 1700 UTC, station ID'ed Emirat Islamiya Afganistan at 1800, now mostly Qur`an recitation," reported Jorma Mäntylä in the DXing.info Facebook group, August 15. 1107 transmits from the same site as what was 1296 VOA.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 7600, Aug 18 at 1526, new clandestine Afghanistan International TV puts VG signal into Kuwait SDR, S9+15/25 in SAM mode. Very slight hum. Bit of vamp music, seagull sounds, not sure if language be Dari = Farsi or Pashto. Should be both as time goes on. IDs in passing with English? name ``Afghan International`` and spelling out AFINTLTV. 1528 brief English clips from W and Obama about previous end of Taliban regime. 1530 at ToH in Afgh, theme and continuous talk, including female voice about Topic A, some crowd noise clips such as at 1603. Just what you would expect from a TV soundtrack. Still going with more of same past 1700. At 1725 a woman starts singing briefly. 1729 more clips of GW Bush about the Taliban takeover. 1730 maybe language switch? Still VG past 1737+. This was first reported on 7600, August 16 and misidentified as a BBC frequency change. Arthur Pozner explained at 1705 UT Aug 17: ``The 7600 kHz transmission is NOT BBC. Supposedly originating from R. Afghanistan Intl and based in the UK. Transmission site may be the same as R. Iran Int'l, near Tashkent. The parent company of both programs is Volant Media UK Ltd.`` Ron Howard then found this info about it but failing to mention SW: we wonder if it can have more viewers by satellite TV now in Afgh? https://iranintl.com/en/world/volant-media-uk-launches-afghanistan-international-tv ``World --- Monday, 16 Aug 2021 20:42 Volant Media UK Launches Afghanistan International TV On Sunday, the day the Taliban captured Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Volant Media UK Ltd., the parent company of Iran International TV, launched Afghanistan International TV (AITV). AITV aspires to serve as a 24/7 international news network to provide reliable information for audiences and protect media freedom in the country. With Afghanistan undergoing a chaotic transition after the US military withdrawal, AITV aspires to be a voice for the voiceless — to tell the story of the people of Afghanistan, as Harun Najafizada, AITV’s director tells Iran International TV. He revealed concerning reports of the Taliban’s tense relations with the media community and how independent journalistic activities have been severely disrupted. Afghanistan International TV crew at their broadcast station. FILE The situation in Afghanistan is so dire that AITV decided to launch the network prior to the planned start date — which was slated for the United Nations’ International Peace Day on September 21. The hope is that this will fill a media vacuum that has developed with so many people fleeing the country and will provide a critical source of reporting and information amid rapidly shifting events on the ground. AITV, which has started with daily nine hours of live television news and programs, plans to expand to a full 24/7 schedule as soon as possible. But AITV also has a radio stream which is already offering 24-hour news and programs. In terms of programming, Najafizada said AITV plans to rely heavily on reporting from across Afghanistan and to produce informative programs — talk shows, documentaries, and debates — to engage with people inside and outside Afghanistan. AITV will be an independent and impartial channel which will report facts, in keeping with standard journalistic norms. As to how AITV will fare with the Taliban in control of Afghanistan, Najafizadeh says it is not about AITV, but it is about the Taliban and how they receive the international media. AITV is prepared for any scenario.`` This mentions a ``radio stream`` but WTFK? No 7600 cited. Its span as yet unknown, nor whether there be any other frequency. As of Aug 18 there is still nothing in HFCC A-21 on 7600. Since Tashkent is only 756 km = 469 miles from Kabul, 7600 might work 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 7600, more to my previous report about Afghanistan International TV: Roger Thauer, Germany, says, ``If you are looking for the missing video to the sound: https://afintl.com/ In the ticker of the TV picture, the note in Dari: رادیو: موج کوتاه ۷۶۰۰ کیلوهرتز = Radio: 7600 kHz shortwave تلویزیون: ماهواره ترکمنعالم - فرکانس ۱۱۲۲۱ - عمودی (Vertical) - ۲۷۵۰۰ - ۲/۳ TV: Turkmen satellite - Frequency 11221 - Vertical - 27500 - 2/3 etc. {ID and contact info (1:05):} https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhq3h5ilz8z34j1/2021-08-18_1915z_ID_7600kHz_etc.mp4?dl=0 {Still, showing screen with 7600 in script:} https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7db7o56s1eei2x/vlcsnap-2021-08-18-21h22m02s348.png?dl=0 {these TDOA by roger imply Armenia:} https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdwuq5p5lb4dx33/2021-08-18_7600_kHz_TDOA_1709z.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/9uq3sunqf9d9gac/2021-08-18_7600_kHz_TDOA_1740z.png?dl=0 Signal was at the QTH of the 3rd TDoA KIWI at times 9+20, that was in the Philippines, so fully in the directional beam.`` Wolfgang Bueschel adds: ``Roger Thauer had on Kiwi_net TdOA Direction Finding 7600 kHz Yerevan Gavar Armenien center 'traced'.`` Rather than Uzbekistan. Also IBB monitoring still at Kabul was checking 7600 since August 15 but not with a transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALASKA. 9580, Aug 12 at 1406, S8-S9 vs S6 noise level, ``New Life Station`` mentioned, i.e. KNLS English hour as scheduled; off the back. Not to be confused with a ghost of R. Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Sat Aug 14 at 1422, 1453, no signal from LRA36 into Brasil or Uruguay SDRs. Then we see this at 1327 to the WOR iog: ``Manuel Méndez --- Hi Glenn, the LRA 36 staff has posted, an hour ago, a new jpg whatsapp note announcing there will not be program today Saturday due to the same reasons as last Wednesday. Best 73,s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Aug 18 at 1446, no signal this Wednesday from LRA36 into two Brazilian SDRs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 4975, Aug 14 at 0547, JBA carrier still detectable at night, previously traced to Brasil with obligatory government hour, A Voz do Brasil at 2200; but nothing further heard about it such as an ID for one of the three ex-4975s known (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) Continued at UNIDENTIFIED ** BRAZIL. 11510-11550 approx., Aug 15 at 0015, extremely distorted spurblob of music, as I`m all set to pin it on RHC. But then I can recognize talk in Brazuguese intonation, and in fact the modulation matches 11780 even with an ID for RNA at 0017 and for many other Rs. Nacionais, mostly on FM. Centered about 11530, i.e. 250 kHz below the fundamental. Not the first time 11780 has put out such spurs. Registers only S2-S4 but sounds much louder. How about plus 250? Yes, similar but weaker wideband noise centered about 12030. In fact for some weeks I have been bothered by the upper, but suspected it could be something local. Now it also matches 11780, which itself is S9/+20 with hum and suptorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, Aug 18 at 0621, WG, NDbeacon from Winnipeg is barely copiable due to current local blob over the frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 335-MCW kHz, Aug 17 at 0624 UT, ND beacon YLD is JBA, 1000 watts from Chapleau ON. Only other ones making it lately but not specifically logged at this time: 332 QT Thunder Bay, and 382 YPL Pickle Lake, both ONs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 382-MCW kHz, Aug 12 at 0549 UT, ND beacon dash and YPL, which is 1000 watts from Pickle Lake, Ontario; one of my winter regulars, now barely upshowing again, JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 13 at 1329-1332: 12820 best in Chinese, weaker 13020, JBA carriers on 13160, 12500; only one in the 10-11s is 10960, S6-S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 13130, Aug 14 at 1354 CNR1 jammer with Chinese; only othrs around, JBA carriers on 13160, 12500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 13020, Aug 16 at 1352, only CNR1 jammer detected in the 12-13s or 10-11s, JBA talk with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7157, 7215, 7335, 7435, Aug 13 at 0605, noise jamming all against nothing, no hams to be heard around the first two, no OCB on the other two. Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15370, Aug 13 at 2010, RHC with S8-S9 of dead air instead of scheduled Portuguese; but 15140 is funxional in French. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15730, Aug 15 at 0010, RHC S8/S9+25 but suptorted in French, not // 5040 in Kriyol. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13710-13760 very approx., Aug 15 at 0012, splash range of RHC 13740, which itself is S9+35 and overmodulated/distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, Aug 15 at 0014, RHC at S9+5 with humbuzz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 9670, Aug 15 at 0002, pop music at S2-S4, presumably Channel 292 again, testing thisaway? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. At 0135 UT Sunday Aug 15, NOW, I remind the WOR iog of a post 3 days ago from DX India: ``15th August 2021 (Sunday) 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) All India Radio will live broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister's address to the nation to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2021 on the following SW frequencies. English: 13710 Bengaluru 500 kW Hindi: 9950 New Delhi 100 kW 11560 New Delhi 100 kW`` I`m hearing it well at S9+20/40 on 13710 via a non-India remote, but with a bit of squeal. The W&M hosts in English also mention a live video streaming URL once, I could not copy but find this one: https://prasarbharati.gov.in/live-tv/ They were gushing about the magnificent ceremony, but even on the `English` SW channel, the PM`s speech in Hindi from 0200 is *not* being translated, nor on the TV feed. Audience members are starting to fidget, as the morning heats up, trying to shade their heads. SW coverage of the ceremony is supposed to finish at 0240 UT, but Modi keeps going on and on and on well past 0300. I bet he`s pushing Hindutva. Here`s just one article about that: ``How Modi Is Using Hinduism to Turn India Into an Autocracy Modi’s Slide Toward Autocracy --- Using Hindutva ideology, India’s leader is restyling the country as one with only the trappings of democracy. By Azeem Ibrahim July 13, 2020, 12:11 PM When Narendra Modi was elected prime minister in 2014, India reached a crucial milestone for a postcolonial democracy: Modi became the first leader since independence to command a lower house parliamentary majority that did not belong to the Congress party of India’s founders Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. After 65 years, a dynastic founding party was subsumed by new blood. But in the six years since Modi won his first election, it has become clear that his style of leadership poses an existential threat to the world’s largest democracy. Through his wildly successful promotion of Hindutva ideology, Modi is poised to remake India into a Russian-style “managed democracy” — one retaining all the trappings of democracy while operating as a de facto autocracy...`` https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/13/modi-india-hindutva-hindu-nationalism-autocracy/ 13710 cuts off the air at 0319.5* while Modi is still orating, but back on 3 minutes later. Modi finally finishes at 0331 after a solid sesquihour! Then he walks thru the rank and file of the outspread audience, all of whom stay seated and appear to be masked. Even after finishing speaking, Modi is *never* masked, what a fine example! What a strong, fearless man! BTW, India, tnx a lot for the Delta Variant! The TV coverage at least finally seems to finish about 0340 as the SW SDR has used up the 120 minutes it allowed me with reloads every 30 minutes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KASHMIR [non]. 15170, Aug 17 at 1515, another Tuesday-only broadcast of IRRS with Kashmir Civitas; via UTwente, S9+25, cuts off air for few seconds just as I tune in and back on. This week it keeps going in presumed Urdu talk with understrumming, no early cut to extraneous songs in English. Still talking when modulation cut at 1529, replaced by ROMANIA interval signal twice until carrier off at 1529.5*. It also sounded like a power reduxion and increase in noise level before RRI IS started, but was not watching strength meter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Aug 15 at 0616, JBA carrier. At this hour seems can only be R. Kiribati, after sunset there; a sign of fall conditions oncoming. Only others on 9-kHz-step bandscan are two JBA carriers SAHing on 837, however, likely remnants of Canary Islands/Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Aug 17 at 0625, JBA carrier the only one on 9-kHz intervals. A bit stronger than last time, but I never get any audio from presumed R. Kiribati; Xmas island so far eastward from the rest of the far-flung island nation that it`s already long post-sunset 0438 UT, at Kiritimati UT +14, https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/kiribati/kiritimati similar to Hawaii to the north at UT -10 = really the same zone except for 24 hours apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Aug 18 at 0618, JBA carrier again from presumed R. Kiribati (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 1300, Aug 13 at 0618 UT, ``Radio Mexicana, Nuestras Noticias``, but not news right now, back to Mexmx. Per IRCA Log, that is the official station slogan of XEP, Ciudad Juarez, Chinhuahua, claims 40 kW power. Dominating the frequency here, never mind Tulsa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. As I first post this more than a semihour before, a reminder that FRSH, Free Radio Service Holland is getting an hour on WRMI courtesy of TRSW, 0200 UT Saturday August 14 on 5800. Last week for Cupid Radio was also // on 7780 with better signal aimed thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7780 // 5800, UT Sat Aug 14 at 0200-0259, again this week via both WRMI frequencies, the Texas Radio SW relay of Europirate, Free Radio Service Holland. Frenetic DJ during the hour, recounting history of station with constant music mostly in background rather than complete tunes; heavily produced IDs, liners. Altho could hear direct, both frequencies noisy so listening via Maryland remote to 7780. This week it`s as weak as usual on the NE antenna rather than seeming NW last week for Cupid Radio. 0207 FRSH ID, MoodyBlues; started Aug 31, 1980 with 10 watts on 6250; 0209 fragments of Deep Purple, Smoke in the Water; 0215 about raids in 1983. 0218 specific ID for this on WRMI 5800 [only: they don`t know about 7780 either]. Covering 4 decades of history; QSL from FRS@FRSHolland.nl or a P O Box in Herten; or see website http://frsholland.nl where 9 different QSLs are available? Many many are illustrated over the years, apparently including incoming ones from listeners. 0221 announcement in German, one of FRSH` three languages. 0228 Chris Watson mentioned; tribute to someone who is late, Joop? something. 0238 WRMI 5800 ID, contact info again. 0243 says they produce 4 to 6 broadcasts per year. 0259 switch to YROT theme of TRSW, Zanotti ID. BTW, I reminded the WOR iog of this FRSH broadcast at 0129, and during this week`s WOR 2099 which also aired just before it at 0130 on 9395 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 11840, Thu Aug 12 at 1550, Station YHWH with ``tonight`s lexure``, anti-Christ. Tnx to tip from Rick Barton, AZ a few minutes ago on the WOR iog. As usual, AZ remote hardly hears it nor the other I check in MO; but sufficient S8-S9 at #3 of VE6JY Alberta. That should tell us something about skip distance from true whatever QTH. Left on in background noting cutoff about 1638*. He`s usually reported midday on Saturday, but also other days? 25m band seems his favorite then, a different frequency each time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 515-MCW kHz, Aug 12 at 0545 and still 1400 UT, NDB in Ponca City, PN, is back on the air after several days off. What next? 255 Stillwater and 341 EI Enid, still missing, but on 341-MCW, OIN Oberlin KS is JBA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1210, Aug 15 at 0609 UT, dead air from strongest signal, presumed KGYN; understation with C2CAM // but a few seconds behind 1170 KFAQ, presumed WPHT Philadelphia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, first report re, see below at UNIDENTIFIED ** SPAIN [and non]. 15520, August 16 at 2202, S6-S8 of dead air into Maryland SDR, while REE English on Monday is underway, mainly an interview with an accordionist, modulating, not dead air on 11940, 17855 and 11670, from most to least signals. Correlates with the unID DA I had on 15520, Aug 15 at 0008 long after scheduled sign-off. But Aug 17 at 0015 check, nothing on 15520 while 17855 & 11940 remain; 11670 by now switched to suptorted RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 15520, Aug 17 at 2257, S5-S6 of dead air no doubt from REE into Maryland SDR, yet another day of RNE failing to modulate, presumably for several hours, while the other three frequencies are to be heard, 17855, 11940 and 11670. 15520 continues dead past 2301 until cutoff at 2306* -- probably the normal weekday time following a few minutes of earworm IS as on 11670 but unchecked during this period after noting 2301 that frequency had RHC colliding, just now on air // 11760, with REE // 11940. By 2306 recheck, only RHC is left on 11670. Something`s nonsensical at Noblejas: they keep turning the 15520 transmitter on but do not notice it`s silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520, Aug 18 at 2158, another day of dead air on this REE frequency, just before Wednesday English at 2200 on the other three, 17855, 11940, 11670; mostly interview with a musician (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 16 at 2202, quick check confirms VOT English is not AWOL tonight into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K. 9575, Aug 15 at 0000, open carrier goes to timesignal, preview and 0001 BBC WS news with Sue Montgomery. Fair but could be so much better if beamed our way. A mid-season change, per HFCC started 9 July, 250 kW, 78 degrees from Woofferton for one hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4096, Aug 18 at 0603, sweeps upward from the beacon formerly known as DW for desert whooper. JBA in noise level. 4102.8, Aug 18 at 0604, the ``W`` weather beacon also JBA, also sends various other letters and numbers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18130-USB, Aug 13 at 2007, KM6TS with brief CQs over and over, call always fonetik but never with QTH; the OSOB. Sounds familiar? Yes, seems I log him once a year on 18 MHz: also 18150-USB, Sept 27, 2019 at 2158, ``This guy is: QUICK JR, ELLIOT P, KM6TS, PALMDALE, CA 93550``. And 18140-USB, April 17, 2020 at 1812; no, KM6++ not Midway Island any more (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [non]. 17560, Aug 15 at 0007, OSOB is a JBA carrier, could be East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide? Maybe a jammer, but HFCC shows USAGM in Chinese Mandarin, this hour only, 250 kW, 349 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2098 monitoring: From: ``Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: Here is my only frequency I monitored and confirmed the frequency 5850 kHz that I tuned in and heard World of Radio #2098, before 1030 UTC was off air no over comer was heard, then the computer started the signal at 1030 UTC, World of Radio #2098, was playing on August 11 UTC 2021 until 1059 UTC, 73’s, Richard, August 11, 2021`` ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday August 12 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S7 direct vs S9 storm noise level; but VG S9+10/20 to Bonaire SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Brasil, Canada, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea/Ethiopia and non, France, India, Iran, Korea North and non/Korea South, Netherlands, (Nigeria non), North America, Oklahoma, Perú, Pridnestrovye, Russia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Turkey, UK and non, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Venezuela; unID 1080; Cycle 25; propagation outlook WOR 2099 is available as of 0027 UT Friday August 13, 2021 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2099.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2099.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 2030 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2000 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 [NEW] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [ex 2200 Sun] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 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; via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed first SWBC, UT Fri Aug 13 at 0130 on WRMIs direct: 5850 VG S9+20/30 and 7780 S9+10. Also confirmed Fri Aug 13 at 2030-2059 on IRRS Shortwave via AM Italia 918 kHz, Granze, into nearby Noale SDR, VG S9+25 and intact at start and finish. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2000 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 [NEW] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [ex 2200 Sun] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed UT Sat Aug 14 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20 to Maryland SDR; S8-S9 direct. Also confirmed on IRRS Shortwave: Sat Aug 14 on 918 kHz, AM Italia, via Noale remote, tune-in 1754 is playing AWR Wavescan! But not on schedule, evidently random filler, Ray Robinson reading story about K/KOB Albuquerque, 1757 on to ``second story`` about WGN Chicago. WS should be wrapping up by now if started at 1730; yes, at 1758 chopped off incomplete for cut to Triumphal March from Aïda theme. I`m simulmonitoring 7290 via UTwente, first weak Chinese and warble on the USB, until strong signal cuts on a minute after 918, with the rest of Aïda; both with brief sign-on about 4 seconds apart like WOR which starts about 1800.7 --- monitored complete on both until 1829.7; unlike last week when 7290 did not come on until about halfway over. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 [NEW; to be confirmed] 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [ex 2200 Sun] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, at approx. 2013-2042 Sat Aug 14, as I recorded KB0FX SDR for later checking. Really late today after nominal 1930. Also confirmed UT Sunday 0030 on WRMI 5950, S9+32 into Knoxville SDR; yes, #2099 as I am uploading new WORs now to System L. Also confirmed UT Sunday from 0431 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, via nearby SDR but with some storm crashes. Much later than nominal 0315, 75 minutes late while only 43 minutes late in the afternoon. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [ex 2200 Sun] 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed Sunday August 15 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 918 kHz, VG S9+33 into nearby Noale SDR; also audible at UTwente S9 but with noise, QRM. Also confirmed Sun Aug 15 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, VG into Knoxville SDR despite off the back. (Area 51 webcast no longer WOR at 2200) Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20 direct. Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 16 after 0130 on WRN webcast to N America. Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 16 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, S9+25 and 7780 S9+15 both via Missouri remote. Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 16 from 0304.7 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.902, S7-S8 to Missouri remote but with 6165 Cuba ACI. Previous music show ran over 0300, no ID but ``and now the last word`` and into WOR playback. Looking at current skeds, 6150 or 6145 would be better for everything on WBCQ than 6160v, less ACI or CCI especially at night in NAm. Next, nothing more on Monday or Tuesday, but: 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: This time I made my loggings that I confirmed hearing World of Radio #2099, congratulations in your next show being #2100 a new mile stone and next chapters of World of Radio, I remember tuning in during the WRNO Worldwide days on 6185 kHz, Details: 0130-0159, static noise moderate, 5850 kHz, 0136, 0145 (55343), 0159, 5850 kHz, August 13 UTC 2021 [Fri] 0130-0159, static noise heard, 9395 kHz, 0131, 0152 (45342), (45433), 0159, 9395 kHz, August 14 UTC 2021 [Sat] 2230-2259, “this is Glenn”, fading, 9955 kHz, 2231, 2245, 2259, 2259, 9955 kHz, August 15 UTC 2021 [Sun] 0030-0059, S5, S6 signal, QSB fading, 7730 kHz, 0044 (45442), (35432), 0059, 7730 kHz, August 16 UTC 2021 [Mon] 0230-0259, static QRN, 5800 kHz, 0230 (55433), 0258, 5800 kHz, August 16 UTC 2021 [Mon] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: Richard Lemke, Alberta, reports: ``Dear Glenn: I tuned in late stepped out before and confirmed, 1056 the computer was down short while, 1057, talking about solar cycles, World of Radio #2099, was playing on August 18 UTC 2021, propagation outlook, 1058 UTC, 73’s, Richard`` Next: 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2099 monitoring: confirmed Wed Aug 18 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S7-S8 vs S5 high noise level into Maryland SDR; and ~21 seconds later on WBCQ 7490 minus 180 Hz = 7489.820, S8/S9+10 better. Both JBA in high noise level direct. Next, and last: 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; via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA. New WOR 2100 should be ready by early UT Friday August 20 for download and first SWBC at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9329.986, Aug 13 at 0610, WBCQ S7-S9 in Spanish, presumed WLCR. Pretty good signal now if only 5 kW as Ivo says, but not 500 kW again yet. And only 14 Hz off-frequency! WBCQ own schedule does not show which languages at which times, but Aoki says Spanish at 0600-0757. This could be a CCI problem for Cuban Spy Numbers after 0700. However, HFCC claims this bihour be in English, only 250 kW at 280 degrees not toward any SS-land; while Spanish at other hours should be on 76, 180 or 220 azimuths (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat Aug 14 at 0000, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`, the whole show a conversation between Allan and `Pirate Joe`, J.P. Ferraro on the phone --- -9180 line is hummy so change to -0982. We hardly hear a word from Angela altho she still gets top billing. The guys are reminiscing on the 50th anniversary of Aug 12, 1971, when their first pirate radio stations were busted by the FCC. Do you remember this? that? Back and forth. A lot of details I don`t try to copy. They had been on the air since 1969 in Yonkers NY, first on MW 1620 when the band ended at 1600; then to FM 108.1 but soon 87.9 to avoid causing any QRM. 50 watts power carried a lot further on FM than on AM with no ground plane. Mentioned calls briefly: WFSR-AM as in Falling Star Radio or Free Speech Radio; WSEX-FM; WKOV-AM and one more I missed. Finally down to business at 0055 about the axual FCC raid. The Feds visited Allan`s place at 5 am, and JP`s at 8 am on the same day. They let the air out of one tire of JP`s 1953 Plymouth so he couldn`t flee. The two were handcuffed together, spent a few hours in jail along with rapists, who avoided them once they said they were in for pirate radio. Pled guilty of federal misdemeanors, violating Communications Act of 1934; Allan`s dad, a lawyer, bailed them out. Got probation for one year, no fines: these are the roots of WBCQ. They do never get to later pirate activities long before WBCQ and WHVW would be licensed. Update on the SuperStition: still waiting for replacement PA tube, meanwhile on unspecified low-power backup. 0059 prayer, 0101 join Hal Turner late as seems to be the case every week now. John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 6160 and 7490. Allan later announced they were also broadcasting on 3265 and 4790. Allan and Angela in the studio. Opening talk about the heat in Northern Maine-ninety degrees today. Some more talk about Angela's affinity for the small wild animals around the station. Main topic of tonight's show is to be free radio and Allan starts with the history of his first pirate stations when he was a boy. Pirate Joe is to join him on the phone for the talk. Phone call at 0010 has problems with the audio so Allan has him call in on another line. The two of them start to talk of their early radio stations as yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the FCC raid that shut them down. Noise starts to come up around 0018 making it difficult to copy as the volume on the phone is so low it's difficult to hear Pirate Joe. They talk about their first meeting and the early days of their pirate stations. Signal covered over by some sort of noise around 0040 that just gets worse. Can't copy a thing. The same noise is on 6160 and 4790. I go back to 7490 and listen to the rest of the show but all I can hear is noise. Sorry. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6160- & 4790-, Aug 18 at 0610, both WBCQs are OFF, instead of BSing all night. Perhaps there be a storm around Monticello. 7490- is also off but that`s normal at this hour. 9330- is NOT off, continues with WLCR. It`s unclear whether the current 9330 transmissions with a lower-powered backup transmitter are coming thru the Ampegon high-gain antenna, or one of the regular antennas. The strength sometimes implies a lot of antenna gain is in play; and remaining on air while the others are off also implies the separate transmitter site for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Aug 12 at 1405, this WRMI is still silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Aug 13 at 2003 check, this WRMI is still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also NETHERLANDS [non] ** U S A. 9455, Aug 14 at 2359 check, and also at 1438 Aug 15, this WRMI-5 is still off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, Aug 18 at 0612, WRMI-5 is still off the air; while 9395 & 9955 are unusually VG at this hour. Nothing found at WRMI disgraced FB about what`s going on with 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7730, Aug 14 at 0542, another WRMI missing, #13 which is scheduled for 0000-1100, all Overkiller except two System D hours at 00 and 08. Also still gone, #5 from 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (5085), UT Sun Aug 15 at 0039, WTWW-2 $tereo webcast of `Theater Organ Under The Arch`, playing ``Georgy Girl`` as this week`s theme is ``things from girls``, including a thorganist who is blind but that doesn`t stop her from handling all the keyboards, stops and pedals. Ends at 0057; I missed the first part tracking Afghanistan and me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, Aug 15 at 1439, algo JBA, WTWW-1 not on this Sunday, compared to S9+10 from neighbor 9980 WWCR. Rather National Unity Radio via TAIWAN for Korea until 1458. But 1545 recheck now WTWW-1 is on with PPPP; registered so could have started as early as 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1090, Aug 14 at 0555 UT, big dead air which must be the dominant KAAY AR, so I turn up volume to DX any understations: mainly sports talk, Dan Patrick show; 0600 partial ID as 107.7, and HD2, sounds like WACE? 0606 still DA with medium SAH vs sports talk. Uplooked later in the 2020 NRC AM Log, the 1090 sportster with a 107.7 FM is 5000-watt ND *daytimer* WAQE, Rice Lake, Wisconsin. It`s on the Fox SR network and so is Dan Patrick (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130, Aug 14, 2021 at 0600 UT, KWKH sports talk has musiQRM atop, not Spanish as I was hoping to ID that previous mystery. Then ID for ``KLEY 1130 and 100.3 FM Wellington``. This KS station has been silent for months but now it`s back; also VG S9+20 alone at 1352 with ``I Love Rock `n` Roll`` and at 1750 talk. It`s 250 watt day, ONE WATT at night, yeah, sure, U4, which means different direxional patterns day and night. On daytime groundwave it was and is again a semi-local at 63 miles from the site S of Wellington we have often passed on US 81. I had last barely detected it, 1 watt? Aug 23, 2020 at 2132 UT. Obviously it`s on today to avoid losing license and likely to go silent again ASAP. From this far I can`t tell whether the 100.3 translator, K262CQ, has always stayed operational. Part of the corporate mess at Rocking M Media. Obviously there is no technical reason not to stay on AM air. On Dec 5, 2020 I had reported: 1130 KLEY Wellington KS remains off, forever? Correspondence that if not back on, license will expire Aug 21, 2021: http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=96705 BTW, the only KLEY in radio-locator.com is an unrelated? FM in Jourdanton TX, ``La Ley 95.7``. Unless you specify ``KLEY-AM`` even tho ``-AM`` is not part of the true call of any AM station! Marked as off the air and no link to coverage patterns. How about FCC AM Query? https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=31895 It is *not* flagged as off the air. Here is the 250-watt day pattern, broadly direxional peaking NNW, and not much here to the SSW: https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/8cf11831a21545c2aa10c1b6063ebeb7-860.pdf What a joke, 1 watt at night, also direxional? Looks same, smaller: https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/8cf11831a21545c2aa10c1b6063ebeb7-1798.pdf (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130, Aug 14 at 2351 check, KLEY Wellington KS is still reactivated, rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1540, Aug 17 at 0632 UT, ``America`s Best Music, AM 1540 and 98-7 FM``. NRC AM Log shows that matches KBOA Kennett MO in the SE corner bootheel, NOStalgia format, U1, 1000 watts day, ONE WATT night, yeah, sure. That would be 700 km per watt, or 435 miles per watt. Briefly atop jumble including talker presumed 50 kW KXEL IA and vs ever-present het from 1540.2, WKVQ, Eatonton GA daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1550 kHz, am trying August 17 to confirm KKLE Winfield KS, which apparently has been off air for almost a year, time to make a showing or lose license; in light of sibling Rocking M Media station 1130 KLEY Wellington KS, C&W music already back on for several days and audible even at night despite legal power of ONE WATT. In fact, per NRC AM Log, KKLE shares exactly the same Wellington street address as KLEY! Could both also be at same transmitter site? No, FCC info shows KKLE in fact at Winfield, east of Wellington and north of Ark. City. KKLE is 250 watts daytime and ND but if on, nowhere near the 250-watt day signal 1130 puts in here with direxional disadvantage if really in play, but with lower-frequency groundwave advantage. 1550 on or off has never been obvious here like 1130. 1550, Aug 17 at 1502 UT on R75 with E/W longwire, I have sports talk interview, not news, fading with fast SAH, so at least two stations. On DX-398, DF of most signal from NNE/SSW, i.e. KKLE. At 1700 on ND caradio, music which among the closest 1550s implies KRZD Springfield MO, 5 kW ND if it`s still rock as in last year`s NRC AM Log. KMAD Madill in S OK next to TX also listed as C&W, 250 watts ND, but I never hear it and not sure it be on air now. At 1704 UT on NRD-545 with E-W loop, I can hear an ``ESPN Radio`` mention, which points to KYAL Sapulpa OK, 2.5 kW direxional, and the `dominant` daytime 1550 if you can call it that. Also in the fringe area is KDCC Dodge City KS, but listed with Fox Sports Radio, 1 kW direxional. KKLE format was News/Talk, which I am not now hearing on 1550, but I did have a DF of at least a carrier from that angle. I also monitored 1550 around sunset, 0100+ UT, but too much further confusion with skywavers also incoming. August SS/SR times for KKLE to switch between ND 250 and 52 watt powers: 0115/1145; September: 0030/1215 UT. NRC says KKLE also has pre-sunrise authority for 63 watts, i.e. from 1100 UT until times above. But from KLEY 1130 behavior, it`s kleyr that Rocking M stations don`t strictly follow the rules of federal communications LAW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1329.1 kHz approx., JBA carrier/het against 1330s, Aug 15 at 0611. Nothing more than minus 17 Hz in mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4975, Aug 16 at 0615, this pervasive JBA carrier is now strong enough to detect some modulation --- music and talk same as on 4980 with TOMBS! Unseems overload/crossmod as still there with preamps turned off. Could it just be a spur out of WRMI 4980 transmitter? With TOMBS so pervasive not only on WRMIs, perhaps the only way to be sure is to detect whether it come and go at same time as 4980, *0000-1100*. But on Aug 17 not checked until 0033, when again TOMBS audio is JBA on 4975 like inbooming on 4980; now via Knoxville SDR. Of course this contradicts previous report of `A Voz do Brasil` programming after 22 UT; maybe two different 4975 signals? There is also a JBA carrier on 4985, a match? or RBC Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) see BRAZIL UNIDENTIFIED. 15520, Aug 15 at 0008, S1-S4 open carrier; hardly any 19m signals besides Cuba. Nothing listed here; maybe SPAIN forgot to turn this off at 2200* weekends, 2300* weekdays? No signals on other REE frequencies now, nor should there be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)