** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC LSB, Wed Nov 2 at 1435 I start monitoring via Argentine SDR 15475.83 in USB, hearing nothing. That exact frequency where last heard on Sat in LSB; at 1502 I switch to USB and there it is, LRA36, when I retune to 15475.98 but in LSB, not USB! Also listenable in AM mode, tho the carrier is very much reduced, JBA if side-tuned. The themesong is playing; only S4/S5 at first, difficult copy. K index is 3. 1505 the opening recitation; 1507 song; ``RASG - su cía`` canned ID, then lively live YLs on this, the 29th programa of the Esperanza Audaz season; 1519 comes in stronger with S7 peaks, frequency as ``15476``, never mind the details of SSB and offfrequenciness; 1534 OM talking about some ham project in 2013y; 1540 YL mentions ``high frequency``, music; 1545 ``RNASG -- Nacional, nos une`` canned ID; interview with José Ortiz? técnico; 1556 YL mentions winds hit 200 kph there; 1603 music only; 1606 ID with staff list which funxions as a s/off as well as s/on; ``Nacional, nos une`` and off? Not quite, back with a few more words and music until chop at 1608* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 287 MCW kHz, Nov 2 at 0653 UT, dash and ZWG, 50 watt ND beacon at Winnipeg MB: seldom heard in contrast to 248 WG, a regular with 1000 watts also audible now. DXinfocentre.com shows considerably different coördinates, different airports. ZWG at Stoney, seldom heard, last logged Feb 17, 2021. Both to be decommissioned: ZWG on Dec 29, 2022; WG on April 20, 2023. There is only one other on 287, YSF, 500 watts at Stony Rapids SK. 269 MCW kHz, Nov 2 at 0654, dash and UDE, 50 watt NDB at Delta MB. Last logged Nov 26, 2021 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, Nov 2 at 0636, S9+20 open carrier, R Rebelde must be coming back after a week, so why not modulate it? Meanwhile at same time, none of The Cuban Five from RHC on 5 or 6 MHz bands are to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 5960, Nov 2 from 2241, strange behaviour of Xinjiang PBS, into UTwente as I am tuning in early for Turkey. Carrier is already on suppressing BBCWS OMAN in English. Brief bursts of Chinese martial music about once a minute, but continuous tone 2245-2250. Then some longer bits of martial music. *2255 VOT carrier on, in turn suppressing XJPBS, but still QRMing TRT considerably past 2300, q.v. From Urumqi, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Wed Nov 2 at 0637, JJBBA carrier from R. Kiribati, along with some TAs, see UNIDENTIFIED. In NZDX Times, Bryan Clark reports this survey: ``Bryan Clark, Mangawhai, WinRadio G33DDC Excalibur Pro & AOR7030+ receivers with EWE directional antennas to North, Central & South America. I monitored 846 for a period of 3 weeks in an attempt to establish a schedule pattern. 24 September transmitter closed at 0938:36 UTC; 25 September - no signal Sunday evening; 26 September - transmitter closed at 0733:40 UTC; 27 September - transmitter closed at 0737:06 UTC, 28 September – no signal on this Wednesday evening; 29 September – transmitter closed at 0948:23 UTC; 1 October - closed early - no signal at 0848 UTC check. 2 October - no signal Sunday evening; 3 October - no signal on this Monday evening; 4 October - transmitter closed at 1012:27 UTC; 5 October - transmitter closed at 0708:51 UTC; 6 October - transmitter closed at 0840:14 UTC; 7 October - no signal when checked at 0640 UTC; 8 October - transmitter closed at 0734:37 UTC; 9 October - no signal Sunday evening; 10 October - transmitter closed at 0809:36 UTC; 11 October - transmitter closed at 0738:34 UTC; 12 October - transmitter closed at 0734:49 UTC; 13 October - transmitter closed at 0724:11 UTC; 14 October - transmitter closed at 0747:19 UTC. As the above indicates, apart from a regular absence on Sunday nights, the closedown time remains variable. I have sent an enquiry to Radio Kiribati HQ, but no response as at end on October. (Bryan Clark)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, Nov 2 at 0631, ORTM absent for second night: we are worried (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Nov 2 at 2308, token English from REE VG into Maryland on NAm frequency, all others well audible too, 11685, 11940, 12030. Amy Egan starts a feature for the upcoming Apr 8, 2023 semi-centennial of Picasso`s death, about a Madrid exhibition on the theme of his friendship with Gabrielle Chanel since 1917 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Nov 1 at 2258, BBC OMAN in English until 2259.5*; 2300 timepips and open Xinjiang PBS in Chinese from Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. I let it run via UTwente in background for rest of the hour, and never a trace of VOT English, where something is always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2162 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, Confirming World of Radio #2161, WRMI: 9395, 0030 (45433), confirmed, 0030, October 27 UTC 2022 [Thu] WOR #2162: 5850, jamming, QRN, 0130, 0144, 0157 (55433); 15770, 0132, 0148 (35442), 0157 (gone), 0158, 5850 kHz, October 29 UTC 2022 [Sat] 5950, jamming noise, stormy, 0030, 0048, 0059 (45343), Oct 31 [Mon] 9395, horrible noise, jamming stuff, 0030, 0057 (45433), 0059, November 1 UTC 2022 [Tue] 9955, Signal S5, horrible, 2230, 2244, 2257 (35342), 2259, November 1 UTC [Tue] 9395, other TV noise, 2330, 2344, 2359 (45343), 2358, Nov 1 [Tue] 5850, 1030 (55433), (55434), 1031, November 2 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB) 73’s, Good listening, Richard`` Confirmed Tuesday November 1 at 2230 UT on WRMI 9955, good into Maryland SDR, hardly any jamming audible. System B on EDT/EST so from next week at 2330 UT. Also confirmed Tuesday November 1 at 2330 UT on WRMI 9395, S9+10 into Maryland. System G on EDT/EST so from next week UT Wed at 0030. Also confirmed Wednesday November 2 from 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490 minus 68 Hz = 7489.932 into Maryland SDR at S9+5/15. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated. Via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com Or by money order or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. IRRS/NEXUS/IBA notify me Oct 31 that because of increased SW transmission costs, WOR will no longer be aired on SW 7290, which has been Friday at 1815, but will continue on MW 1323 and webcasts: ``Please notice that we had to reschedule most programs in B22, including WOR, currently at: 22:30 CET on Friday (MW 1323 kHz + streaming) [Friday 2130 UT] 01:30 CET on Sunday (streaming) [UT Sunday 0030] 22:00 CET on Sunday (MW 1323 kHz + streaming) [Sunday 2100 UT] Our B22 program and frequency schedules are online now. https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/b22-schedule/ We anticipate a move to 7295 kHz from 18 to 19 UTC daily as of tonight. Further changes may be possible and announced on our mailing list and online``. Looking at HFCC, 7295 will be clear of CCI, and also of 7290/7300 ACI during this hour. If had stayed on 7290 at 18-19, would have had heavy ChiCom ACI de 7285; if on 7290 at 19-20, from ChiCom on 7295 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9330v, Nov 2 at 0625, WBCQ/WLCR is still/again off when it`s usually on. Is it totally off for now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, Nov 2 at 0627, S6/S7 of music from R. Vanuatu. At 0700, JBA carrier on 7890 so has switched to 3945; but no signal audible on 11835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic, JBA split MW carrier search, Nov 2 at 0637: 621, 711, 774, 882, 1305. The usual suspects at this late hour, Spain/Canary/Morocco (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0029 UT November 3
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