** CHINA [and non]. 13530 & 13020, Oct 21 at 2346, JBA Chinese with
heavy flutter, i.e. CNR1 jammers of SOH. 13129.9 also JBA and not
fluttery: maybe this one is really Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Oct 21 at 2344, R. Rebelde still off, but no trace of
Quillabamba. 5040 also off lacking RHC. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 21 at 2153, no horrible signal from R. Cairo
into UTwente. Something`s amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Oct 21 at 0634, no signal from R.
Kiribati; and only 9/kHz JBA carrier is 882, presumably 20 kW Canary
Islands. Note: in such cases of 9-kHz step-tuning on USB 1 kHz below,
I make sure the signal is from 882, not 880. However, Gary Pence sends
an Oahu SDR screenshot at 0636 showing a trace on 846, so does seem on
tonight. Yes, and Ron Howard replies to previous report:

```Re: ``I was surprised to discover that the other Kiribati station,
Kiritimati 846, was carrying separate programming and signed off at
0730z. Bruce in Seattle``

Hi Bruce - Thank you very much for the Radio Kiribati info. Most
helpful! Tuned into 846, from 0712 till cut off mid-song at 0726* UT,
on Oct 21. Non-stop pop songs; heard with no announcements at all; no
sign off info! Ron (California)``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, Oct 21 at 1502, V. of Martyrs, Korea, but
Maldives service continues unreasonably strong S9+10/20 here on
opposite worldside from secret site. English preaching but self-QRM
from off-mike undertalk in another language presumably Dhivehi:
simultaneous translation E-to-D? In which case the Dhivehi should be
atop. Or maybe it`s Korean.

BTW, with sea level rising to drown the islands unless they float,
Maldives have slightly more pressing problems than whether to
switch deity projexion, from Allah to God (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 21 at 0650, S9 of dead air direct, so VON is on
this morning, but fruitless. Also nothing into Canary SDR at 1758 nor
some later chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880 AM, Oct 21 at 2355, music S5/S7. These say it`s
WTF Radio Worldwide:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103536.0.html

6955 USB, Oct 21 at 2340, rock at S9+18; 2352 recheck SSTV ending and
back to music. These show from image it`s Damn Skippy:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103529.0.html

6969 USB, Oct 21 at 2340, rock music S8/S9 from live concert pausing
to talk to audience. These say it`s Mushroom Head Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103527.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.5 AM, Oct 21 at 2334, music and talk undermodulated
and distorted, relay by local CB pirate. On another rx I check all
local FMs for // and finally decide it`s 97.7 again, KHRK (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Oct 21 at 2156, NO signal of the REE frequency
for N America, into Maryland SDR, nor at 2228 check into Canary.
Suspect it`s off rather than propped out. Maryland gets 11940 for S
America best, S9/+10 so I stay with it for 2200 token English; also
15520 ME at S5/S7, 11670 Af S6/S8. 2200 Hélena Rigobert previews
subjects after the news: Justin Coe interviewing someone who used to
work for REE, and also BBC.

That starts at 2205.5, with Lilliburlero, then Frank Smith on phone
from London, spurred by this week`s 100th anniversary of BBC on Oct
18. RNE English broadcasts started in 1944. Frank worked for BBC
Monitoring of Spanish stations; in January 1975 he was on `death
watch` for Franco 30+ hours but could not stay awake any longer, and
Franco died in next three hours. Got tired of merely translating
Franco et al., would rather write the news himself, so got a job at
BBCWS. Canteens at Bush House and Caversham were great place to meet
people from all over the world, many of them exiles. One Englishman
spoke and broadcast in seven languages, including fluent Basque. I
think Frank said he now lives in Galicia. Lilliburlero again to close,
and 2227 another in the October series of recommended horror films:
``Secuestrado`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.003, Oct 21 at 2154, VOT already on with IS and
English IDs, VG S9+40/45 into UTwente, no squeal, but mod level surges
and drops, at first on that rx in AM Synch. A good day to pay
attention, but until 2230 I`m more interested in SPAIN, q.v. Back here
at 2230, amid `Feeling Supreme` about nutrition until 2237 music
break; 2246 outro of `DYKT?` in heavy accent; 2251 s/off with English
sked in usual jumbled form, 2252.5 IS and off before 2253*. Really
nice audio and signal today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2161 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Friday October 21 at 0330 on WRMI: 7780 still not restored, while 9455
which substituted last two weeks, has resumed with SMTV, ``yes,
Master!``

Confirmed what is now the first WOR SW broadcast anywhere, Friday
October 21 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct but undermodulated; no
jamming audible.

Pleased to note that WOR is no longer preëmpted by IRRS on third
Friday of month for Radio City rock music. In Sept, it was neither
them nor WOR. WOR 2161 confirmed from 1815.2 Friday October 21 on IRRS
SW via BULGARIA 7290, and via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only. Played to
completion 1844. 7290 at S7/S8 into UTwente but quite readable, and
nothing audible on X2 = 14580. 1323, however, still suffers heavy QRM
from Romania`s minority service in German, mostly under it but
occasionally equalling depending on fades of each. They total
S9+10/20. At 1820 WOR is about equal; 1825 way under. Meanwhile, 918
is free of any possible interference, but AMI is not using it.

As usual I monitored the entire hour: 1323, tune-in via nearby Noale
SDR at 1755 to classical music as always finalizing the Hungarian
hour, way over AMI. It`s unknown talk show about unionizing Starbux.
1800 cut it off for IRRS ``sign-on``, Feature Story News. As always,
7290 does not cut on until 1800.8, JIP FSN; 1803 Spotlite segment;
1805 IRRS ID, music, first YL bluegrass singer with banjo. 1812 a
smidgin of Amy Goodman, presumably a `Counterspin` promo, more music,
plug for something at a Long Island museum on Oct 23. 1813 timecheck
for 6:01, WUSB Stony Brook NY ID, `Off the Wall` but only music until
that`s chopped off at 1815 for IRRS ID and 1815.2 WOR. `Off the Wall`
is not to be confused, as I almost did, with `Off the Hook` on WBAI.
After WOR: 1844 music, IRRS ID, 1845 more music, 1850 M&W interview I
don`t try to follow, as 7290 chops off at 1857* when the ChiCom ACI
starts. Same continues on 1323 until 1900 IRRS SW ``signing off`` even
tho this is MW and it`s not signing off, Verdi theme. Meanwhile,
Romania has quit at 1900 with a brief tone, freeing up 1323 too late
for us.

WOR 2161 also confirmed Friday October 21 at 2030 on AM Italia, 1323
kHz only, S9/+15, well atop some musiQRM, and at 2031 I hear an
English ID like ``News Radio``? No, it must be Smooth Radio, the
500-watt station in Brighton, England, yet capable of QRMing us in
Italy and I suppose moreso further NW in Europe. WRTH shows Smooth
Radio also has 16 other relays under 1 kW on 15 other MW frequencies;
plus mostly lower-powered FMs. Next:

NEW WORLD OF RADIO TIME effective immediately, tnx to Jeff White: UT
Saturday 0130 on WRMI 5850 to the NW, just reactivated, and also on
15770 instead of 7730, probably to the NE but widely heard.

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 15770 to NE?

0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [missed last week by mistake]
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 1319.72, Oct 21 at 0622 UT, het against 1320 pileup. Tnx to
Terry Krueger, FL tip I also mention on WOR 2161: ``1319.719 NORTH
CAROLINA WCOG Greensboro 0224 GMT 10/13/22 ‘Key Largo’ by Bertie
Higgins into Glenn Frey, Elvis. Singing call letters jingle. Very
good. Still (or again) seriously off-channel``.

It`s tough for me to measure a frequency like that directly, so
indirectly, I match the het pitch heard in AM mode, with USB
downtuning on R75. Here`s a log history of WCOG from my archive:

0305 UT July 12, 2022 on ABDX: ``1320 WCOG Greensboro NC with oldies,
likely day power of 5000 watts, 10:50 PM EDT [0250 UT] Radio CC SW,
Powell E Way, near Silverstreet SC`` -- no mention of off-frequency

Terry Krueger, Niceville FL, last December: ``1320 NORTH CAROLINA WCOG
Greensboro 0918 12/1/21 Average White Band, Stray Cats, Elton John,
Kim Carnes. Parallel station stream. Seemingly back on frequency after
hovering around 1319.73 for awhile, though I never got any audio out
of it down here then.``

TLK from May 2021: ``1319.719 NORTH CAROLINA WCOG Greensboro. 1020
5/9/21 Per D. Crawford tip, he who gets audio from his NC on almost GA
border home, but just a big het against WENN here.``

Les Rayburn, Maylene AL, on NRC-AM, 0127 UT Friday, May 7, 2021:
``Hoping someone can get to the bottom of this mystery. First there
was the appearance of the cryptic “Tone From 1320 Kilohertz” with a
heterodyne appearing every night at SSS weeks ago.

After checking weeks of recordings, we were able to determine that the
station was most likely in the Southeastern United States and the
result of a domestic station that was slightly off-frequency, not a TA
signal.

WCOG has been identified as a possible suspect…but nothing definitive
yet. Any idea on who these stations might be? 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park, Maylene, AL 35114, EM63nf``

I replied with my then latest log he was unaware of:
``** 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)``

To Les: ``Were you aware of the MWOffsets listing or do you not
consider it certain? I also relogged the carrier several times very
close to .717 but never had any audio. The DF seemed to fit. Now it
has a later log: 1320 1319,7160 USA WCOG r:WTOB (Greensboro, NC)
[-1319.717] 2021-04-07. 73, Glenn Hauser, OK``

My later logs from 2021y: ``** U S A. 1319.715, April 5 at 0504 UT,
detectable het from WCOG still here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

``** U S A. 1319.718, April 2 at 0252 UT, tell-tale het as previously
IDed from way off-frequency WCOG, Greensboro NC. This has been going
on over two weeks; how much longer? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

``** U S A. 1319.717, April 3 at 0145 UT, KLWN ID on 1320.00 with het
from here by the AM/SSB pitch match method, so still WCOG Greensboro
NC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

Nothing about off-frequency in TLK`s log 5 years before:

``1320 NORTH CAROLINA WCOG, Greensboro. 0810 April 3, 2016. Trading
off with WENN often, ESPN Radio, local liners mentioning 102.9 (I
think) FM, and at 0917, "... 1320 WCOG and at 1320WCOG-dot-com" and
back to ESPN Radio audio. Website not showing an FM simulcast
listing.``

In 2007y, WCOG was a Radio Disney station, contracted until 2011y.

Current mwoffset entry as of Oct 21, 2022: ``1319,7160 WCOG r:WTOB
(Greensboro, NC) [-1319.717 range] 2021-04-07`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 21 at 0650, no signal from R. Vanuatu; nor on
11835 at 0703. Also checked previous spots with nothing: 7890, 7932,
8620, 11898. They`re gone again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15450, Oct 21 at 1420, S7/S9 of dead air or maybe just
barely modulation, past 1430 and 1453+. Per EiBi only thing scheduled
is R. Liberty, Tajik at 1400-1600 via Lampertheim, GERMANY. Is this
USAGM site known to lose modulation? Less likely, Turkey`s English not
turned off after 1328; but only one signal now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0111 UT October 22