** CUBA. 15369.22, Feb 16 at 2248, RHC Spanish distorted at S9+20.
Altho not checked yesterday, this should make the sixth day in a row
of such offfrequenciness. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9329.237, Feb 17 at 0715, Spy number station bigsig is way
off-frequency (and WBCQ apparently finished testing at 0500). Note how
closely its offset matches that of 15370-minus RHC as heard now for
seven days in the afternoons; same transmitter? Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba.
Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, also caught the offset: ``NUMBERS STATION Cuban
Spy HM01 on very odd freqs 9329.2 & 9064.2 kHz, February 17:
0700-0720 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330
0730-0750 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330
0800-0850 9064.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9065
NO SIGNAL 9330.0 BCQ 250 kW / 270 deg WBCQ-6,test was till 05 UT
from 0900 on nominal 9240, but from 1000 on very odd 9154.2`` Does
this also infect many other HM01 broadcasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 17 at 2134, RHC distorted Brazuguese still way
off-frequency for seventh day in a row; usual // 11880 is missing, and
15140 is already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7340-7345-7350, Feb 16 at 2224, DRM noise continues from
Grimesland, presumably still Radio Martí only, at S9+20, while RM is
nearby in AM stronger, 7355 S9+40 and 7375 S9+30, both well over
jamming. No jamming detected vs DRM, but it might be hard to tell them
apart by sound rather than disrupting decoding. The DRM-capable
listenership in Cuba must be minuscule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
February 16 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair on the portable PL-880.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good S9, as always
cutting off Bob Zanotti who tries to squeeze in another ID just
prior.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0230 via UTwente SDR, VG on WRMI 7780,
fair on 9395; and also coincidentally on WRN webcast.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0400 on WBCQ-6 9330.0, while testing
with // 5130 Area 51 programming, VG here direct, and also checked
some KiwiSDRs: VG to Marahau, New Zealand, but inaudible to one in
Australia; nor heard in Japan; not good in Colombia, but good at
Pardinho, Brasil. VG at Rockport, Maine, surprisingly, supposedly too
close for skywave, but too far for groundwave? Maybe not with that
much power, or backscatter: 256 km = 159 stmi from Monticello, on the
south-central coast beyond Bangor.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0430 on WRMI 9955: JBA in Colombia
where 9955 is usually VG, but much further away, VG in São Paulo with
no jamming audible. Rockport ME starts mixed with jamming but by 0443
under pulse jamming.
Not checked Mon 1901 on IRRS 7290; did anyone hear it? Next:
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 16 at 2227, WBCQ-6, first noted with carrier at
1917, now testing // 7490+ WBCQ programming, this hour being `Marion`s
Attic`, much better than we ever get it on 7490. Seemed to stay with
this audio source, including `Encore` classical music amid hour at
0129 UT Mon Feb 17 check, only S8-S9; and TOMBS at various times after
0200. That block ends at 0400, and just as I dared to hope, then
switched to // 5130 Area 51, just in time for WORLD OF RADIO! q.v.
Wish they had to ``test`` more often. By Monday afternoon, Feb 17,
Arabic from World`s Last Chance Radio is back (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9395, Feb 16 at 2230, WRMI not in RAE Italian, scheduled
this hour M-F on System G, but an oldie, ``The Men in My Little Girl`s
Life``; 2233 IDs by BB and JW, ``remembering generations of great
music`` says Bob and more of it. Does not axually call this on air
``Oldies``. Skedgrid shows on Sat & Sun, and // 7780, Oldies at
2200-2230 but `Walking in Power` at 2230 = no-show. I wondered if like
RAE Spanish, Italian would also repeat on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. re: ``414 kHz, Feb 15 at 0732, ND beacon SD, which is 40
watts from Sioux City, Iowa; was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)``
HI Glenn - I'm thinking, unless something has changed up there, that
beacon ID should be "SU". Near Salix IA, there has been an NDB there
for a long time called "Salix", IDing as SU (the Airport and Vortac
are SUX). It is/was the LOM for Rwy 31 at Sioux City Gateway, the
scene of the famous United Flight 232 landing years ago. 73, - rb``
Yes, thanks to Rick Barton, AZ; I did log it as SU, made typo in
reporting it (Glenn Hauser, WOR)
** U S A [non]. Correxion: Radio Coro is in Venezuela, not Cuba!
780, Feb 16 at 0814 UT, I happen to awaken, too late or in time for
the KKOH Reno 50 kW ND DX test starting at 0800? I get a good null on
WBBM, but nothing heard except Spanish music. Others say this was
Radio Coro, Venezuela, and KKOH did test, but when did it stop? Shux
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 840, Feb 17 at 0331 UT, WHAS KY is off, so now the station
which must be nulled is KVJY in the RGV, Spanish gospel music from the
south. KVJY can normally be heard in WHAS null and/or QRMing it. I
listen carefully for the next quarter-hour but hear only traces of
somethings else; expect CMHW Cuba to be the main one, indeed some
other talk in Spanish at 0344; and at 0340 could almost imagine it was
Kriyol language, i.e. 4VEH Haiti.
Many tnx to Chris Gay, for more than an hour`s advance notice to the
WOR iog, which I soon forwarded to the major MW groups:
``840 WHAS Louisville says they will go off the air "for a short time"
for tower maintenance at 10:30 PM ET Sunday (Feb. 16). Chris KU4A``.
Some others monitored the free-of-WHAS hole until it resumed at 0435
UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0022 UT February 18
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