** AZORES [non]. 13306-USB, Dec 11 at 1553, GLO9680 ID repeatedly in
2-way comms, aircraft to ground I assume, also re-referring to
position 37N, 40W. Search on call leads right to a flight tracking
site for today, from MCO Orlando to SMA Santa Maria - Açores. Which
fits for approaching Azores from WSW. Company is GOL despite callsigns
as GLO----. All about this twice-weekly flight:
https://www.airportia.com/flights/g39680/orlando/vila_do_porto/
EiBi shows 13306 as a North-Atlantic ATC frequency shared by ground
stations New York, Gander, Keflavik, Shannon as well as Santa Maria.
Santa Maria is a minor island; why is it the major air terminal
instead of Ponta Delgada on the next major island, São Miguel? Lajes,
NATO base, is on a third island, Terceira (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0712 UT, ND beacon ML -- at times
seems like a third letter but there is definitely a dash so it`s not
plain old 25-watt ML in Monroe, Louisiana, but 500-watt ML in La
Malbaie - Charlevoix, Québec. La Malbaie is on the left bank of the
St-Laurent, not quite as far as Rivière-du-Loup on the right.
326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0723 UT, NDB YQK, which is 200 watts in Kenora,
Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 7435, Dec 11 at 1435, romantic Chinese songs, S9+10/20 and
one of best signals on band, announcement in Russian and more song, as
CRI sked this hour from SZG site at 37 degrees, i.e. for DVR/DBP and
carrying on far beyond to us. Simulsked is CRI Nepali hour westward
from Kunming, but no sign of it here. How considerate of the ChiCom to
double up, reducing overall frequency occupancy (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Dec 11 at 0249, vs Cuban pulse jamming
against no Martí, I heard two other weak stations mixing, and they are
not WWCR and WWCR as 5890 is not on yet so cannot leap over 5935. One
music and one talk; I soon recognize the music as IRAN`s IS, yes, as
the two-sesquihour Spanish service is just concluding; and Aoki/NDXC
shows the other must be AWR in another PJ, Punjabi via AUSTRIA. I
should think the Spanish from Sirjan would be a bit of a QRM problem
in the Punjab, as well as the 0200 Urdu in the Pakistan; counting on
skip-distance factor, azimuth? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, Dec 11 at 0251, RHC is S9+10/20 but as usual on this
transmitter, just barely modulated: I can make out the news sounder
and presumed English. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but not
complaining since that facilitates my adjacent 5995 & 6005 logs (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ERITREA [non]. 17545+v, Dec 11 at 1543, no signal from Bayto Yaikl,
so Friday is another DOW it is inoperative via France; next to
reconfirm whether it still be Saturdays from 1530 as well as
Wednesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, re TGAV missing, finally word about this received
from Dr Madrid on Dec 11:
Transmitter Radio Truth Dec 11 at 3:33 PM - Véalo en Español al final
Dear Friends of Radio Truth: Radio Truth's Omnitronix 1000 burned out
on the fifth of December 2020 by 10:00 o'clock in the morning. Both
power modules were burned out, so, Radio Truth is out of air ever
since.
We fixed Module 'A' today and I went to test it. It worked alright
during five minutes, and then, a fuse burned out. We plan to review
tomorrow. Module 'B' has a card with a burned area on the printed
circuit. It may need a new card, or rebuilding the old one. So, this
is the reason why we are off air on short wave.
However, we are on the air of Internet through our Web Site
Radio Verdad | Estación Educativa Evangélica de Chiquimula
Open the red link.
http://www.radioverdad.org/?q=escuchar-en-vivo
Beginning yesterday, we are also transmitting on Radio Truth
International via satellite on the same frequency of 4055 Khz, and we
need your reports if you get to tune it.
May God bless you and keep you on a good health.
Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid
Manager and Director
Radio Truth,
Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A.``
The ``satellite broadcast on 4055`` refers to an unexplained method
supposed to give worldwide coverage which he has been expecting for
years, and which we think is a scam (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 13785+, Dec 11 at 1356, JBA carrier slightly offset+,
so UAE? Kuwait? Close, but Aoki/NDXC shows the only 13785 is ``R.
Saudi``, in Arabic at 1200-1357, whew, almost missed it; and before
1200 is on ``13780``. No time to measure it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 6005, Dec 11 at 0329, Arabic about Akhbar, or is
it Akbar, and Radio Tamazuj ID, 0330 `Horn of Africa` music, S9+10/20.
Site? MADAGASCAR at 0330-0430. //? I can`t remember but EiBi shows
7315 France and 11650 also Madagascar. S.S. isn`t really in the HoA,
the Somalia elbow, but close enough. 0344 more IDs in passing. Despite
its JBM, 6000 RHC is so strong that it still helps to tune to
6005-USB. Could be worse if fully modulating and splattering like it
does later on 6100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TAIWAN. 6865.117, Dec 11 at 1410, VP S3-S4 in Chinese? talk, as
Sound of Hope is listed by EiBi on 6865.1; no jamming which would
likely be on 6865.0. Comparing to CNR1 jammers on 6125 & 6070, does
not match (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TAIWAN [and non]. 6075, Dec 11 at 1421, CNR1 jammer mixing with
something else in Chinese, i.e. target RTI. // 6125, CNR1 only
non-jammer and probably also an RTI/CNR1 mix on 6180. When previously
heard until 1600*, 6075 was CNR1 only with no sign of Taiwan, off
earlier? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** THAILAND. 6765-USB, Dec 11 at 1359, multi-tone IS, 1400
announcement, maybe English but only made out ``kilohertz`` and off.
Not in Aoki/NDXC, but in EiBi as Bangkok Meteorological Radio on
6765.1, never specifying SSB where applicable. Might have been .1 but
in very weak SSB with no carrier it`s hard to pinpoint; whew, almost
missed it. Sked is 1200-1400 and two-hour broadcasts alternating with
one hour off thruout the 24. // 8743 but nothing by the time I tune
by. Used to QSL nicely and maybe still does despite elimination from
WRTH years ago as too utility, I guess (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 326-MCW kHz, Dec 11 at 0719 UT, ND beacon ODX, 25 watts at
Ord, Nebraska. Ord is in central NE between Elyria and Scotia. A nice
``DX`` catch, but why not ``ORD``? There is no such NDB in Chicago
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7457-USB, Dec 11 at 1430, AFA4UY, AF MARS net inquiring
about relays; net designator is 4TX2 uttered by next station,
stronger, AFS43O, all fonetikaly; latter call is strange format, and
ending in letter O, not number zero.
Searching on latter call and MARS leads to one very significant hit,
which might be interesting for further reading of 151 pages, and
*unclassified*:
https://www.qsl.net/aga6la/AFMARS_MOI-2020%20_12-22-2019.pdf
AIR FORCE MARS OPERATING INSTRUCTION (MOI)
Effective 01 January 2020 Revised as of 01 December 2019
Issuing Authority; Headquarters USAF MARS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION BY AFMARS MEMBERS IS MANDATORY
THIS IS A USAF MARS POLICY DOCUMENT
Incredible amount of mily-burocratic info, but not the specifics we
need such as frequencies, skeds, and full roster of callsigns with
names and locations. However, searching within on AFS43O we find that
to be in Georgia, not TX, as part of the 44th AF MARS Communications
Group. No hits on AFA4UY, 7457 or 4TX2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 18124-USB, Dec 11 at 1545, K4NYM calling ``CQ Parks on the
Air``, from #4646 in central Florida, but did not catch name of it.
Hams are always coming up with excuses for contests, hi. QRZ.com:
K4NYM flag USA, William F Brown, PO BOX 1980, AUBURNDALE, FL 33823
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k4nym
has more info on his thing, POTA, lots of certificates and leading to
``I chronical my POTA activities on my website`` http://www.k4nym.com
and https://parksontheair.com/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. 9775, Dec 11 at 0304, VOA news in English concluding
with its jingle, poor S7-S9. BOTSWANA site is sked, 03-05 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2064 contents: Austria,
Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia?, Eritrea non,
France, Goa, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Korea North &
South, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Russia, USA,
Vanuatu, Vietnam; radio energy; Hitlist; propagation outlook
WOR 2064 is available as of 0056 UT Friday December 11
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2064.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
The shortwave broadcasts should be:
0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [new, ex 0400 Mon]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
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thanks this week to Chuck Ermatinger and Keith Wyatt who sent
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Confirmed UT Friday December 11 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, noisy S8-S9, and
5850, VG S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17775-, Dec 11 at 1506 & 1542 chex, NO signal from KVOH. It
has now been off for a full week; still due to SCE powercuts vs fire
hazard? What`s the latest, Ray? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ZANZIBAR. 6015, Dec 11 at *0329, as Ron Howard has tipped, ZBC cuts
on about now, nothing there a minute earlier, S8-S9 but VP with YL in
presumed Swahili talk. Allegedly still on 11735 in their evenings, but
not heard here in a long time, underpowered? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re 4095.37, my log of a carrier, from Desert Whooper?
Joe Caberlin, Ontario replies at 1324 UT Dec 11: ``4095.4, barely
readable on WO7I sdr rx 7:14 a.m. EST [1214 UT], 60 bpm. 73 joe``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5995, Dec 11 at 0345, algo JBA here, unseems
off-frequency so not BBC via UAE in Arabic as previously noted? Or
ZNBC Radio 1, ZAMBIA? EiBi shows it from *0412, irregularly
earlier/all-night. Tuning LSB to minimise 6000 RHC, just barely
modulated but very strong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6900-6950, Dec 11 at 1402, very wideband rapid pulsing
with multi-carriers and tone, S9+10 with some fading. Maybe another
kind of OTH radar, wiping out most of the pirate band (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7515.5-USB, Dec 11 at 1432, 2-way in Spanish discussing
putas, lots of cambios on split frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1937 UT December 11
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20201211201503927