** CUBA. 6100, Nov 12 at 0707, RHC still on here, S9+15/20 but in
Spanish instead of English. 6060 English under humbuzz. 6165 English
S9+20/30 but undermodulated. 6000 & 5040 off. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Nov 12 at 1553, extremely distorted and hum, music at
S7-S8 on UTwente SDR, tnx to tip from Alexander Busneag in Germany at
1545 that it`s R. Cairo in scheduled Albanian hour. This frequency was
discovered yesterday during the 2115 English broadcast, but totally
useless and with big noise spurs on the upper side then and now;
following someone at R. Cairo telling Peter Jones the day before that
they would be back on 9900.

Alex first posted at 1438 to the WOR iog: ``Radio Cairo went on air
today 12.Nov.2021 on 9440 kHz at 1418 UTC. Blank carrier with slight
hum. No modulation. By-products: terrible buzz on 9490 kHz, as well as
a less stronger buzz on 9530 kHz; both buzz signals jumping around +/-
10 kHz. (9440 kHz is scheduled in the HFCC database for the Radio
Cairo transmission in Albanian 1500-1600 UT)``.

FWIW, here`s the full registered sked for B-21:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=ERU
which in fact does show 9440 but for the Albanian hour only; some
others all on 31m including 9900 for 2115-2245 English. All from Abis
site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 17800.08V, Nov 12 at 1537, Minitransat yacht race special
from defective Issoudun transmitter, oscillating up and down roughly
17800.07 to 17800.09 kHz, music at S9 as must have finished marine
weather by now. S9 direct but SSOB, only a few other JBA carriers on
16mb. This is the last day registered for these broadcasts, but I
suppose could be extended if there be some laggards not yet reaching
finish line at Guadeloupe.

17795-17800-17805-DRM, Nov 12 at 1655 I`m tuned to Maryland remote for
the 1700 digital version of same. Dead until *1700 with a bit of
music, lo-fi French talk. It seems to cut off at 1701, but I soon
realize the Kiwi SDR has tuned away from 17800 as I think I am mousing
some other website, often an annoying problem with these. 1702 French
talk overmodulated OM voice with hectopascals and other weather info,
keeps mentioning Cuba. Parameters: SNR 22 dB; Chan 10 kHz; SDC 16 QAM;
MSC 64 QAM. Labeled IAAC (1000) Minitransat TDF EEP Data 8.08 kbps;
S7-S9, some buffering echoes, repeatedly saying English fonetix
``echo-november-echo``, I guess wind direxion inexplicable in French.
Fully English presumably later.

But not rechecked until 1738 when I find the player frozen at SNR 8.1;
refreshing, SNR 11+ but silent, and when it hits 12 starts to decode
intermittently, but 1746 music, 1748 medley including ``Always Love
You``, from ``Titanic`` Hope none of these hit icebergs. Off the air
around 1757* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 7445, Nov 12 at 0712, YL pop song, S9+10/20,
language uncertain but 0714 talk in Korean. KBSWR to Europe now
scheduled this hour via Woofferton, UKOGBANI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2112 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBCs, UT Friday November 12 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+30/40
direct, 7780 S9+20. Previous gospel huxter was still going when
chopped off for canned ID at 0129.5.

Also confirmed UT Fri Nov 12 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, but with
difficulty. Cuts on at *0329 with IS & ID, ``top of hour` loop, S8-S9
direct but VP to JBA. This is #14 at 181 degrees, but JBA to JBA
carriers to LAm SDRs in Querétaro, Trinidad, Brasil, Key West --- TWR
Bonaire has been missing for a week or more; hope they bring it back.
Despite azimuth, S8 sufficient into Kansas City SDR, and even better
S9+10 into St Louis area SDR. AM Narrow needed to avoid Cuban jamming
ACI from 5980. Next, fingers crossed that IRRS will air the full WOR
this week instead of half of it last week:

1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy
2130 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW, 5950 to NNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?][unconfirmed]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 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 Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee WI for a
generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK
73702

One may also contribute PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 5040, Nov 12 at 0709, JBA carrier as CUBA is off unlike
last night, i.e. R. Vanuatu. Fellow Pacifican 5020 Solomon Islands:
not even a carrier, matching Ron Howard`s obs last night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1839 UT November 12
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