** CUBA. 11760, Jan 27 at 0737, S5/S9 of dead air: this time must be
RHC, as France finishes at 0730; only thing listed is CNR1.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 6155, Jan 27 at 0757, chiming IS interspersed with
Japanese announcements, S5/S6; 0800 KBSWR opening theme. Is direct
far2 beyond neighborly target (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Jan 27 at 2300, token English from REE, S9+10/20
into Maryland SDR with news; 2308 interview by Justin Coe about
Sécanos Vivos = Drylands Alive, managing olive lands, biodiversity;
2317 comments by Allan? Moore with whom he visited the Martin Wong
exhibition last week, about criminality and art, graffiti and
gayness. 2322 interview with an opera, zarzuela singer, Cristina --?,
and going out at 2325 with her singing Habañera from Carmen: seems
like amateur recording, marred by some snags/wows; and she is not
finished by the 2330 timesignal and switch to French. I`m
simulmonitoring TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.001+, Jan 27 at 2307, VOT S9+25/35 into UTwente, after
news, Review of the Turkish Press mainly about Erdogan pissed at
Sweden allowing a Dane to burn a Qur`an. By 2311 the usual CCCCCCI has
started from East Turkistan, standard denunciation, but quite
underweaker. 2313 Weekly Commentary on the same subject, by a
professor, who says this went beyond freedom of expression which is
not unlimited if it ``hurts`` someone. 2320 multilingual filler ID
reel; this time I note Persian, ``inja ---``, and see that is not a
VOT SW language per WRTH. 2326 Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring
repeat about herbal remedies for constipation in children. How many
Americans will have heard and followed such advice?? 2353 recheck
going from s/off schedule to IS.
2356 restarts IS now interspersed with German IDs; 2300 timesignals
mixing with CCCCCCI and s/on German with a timecheck for 1830. German
still going at 0023, but off by 0044 with Urumqi uncovered.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Until 2330 I was
simulmonitoring SPAIN, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K [non]. Jan 26 was reportedly the final day for BBC in Arabic
after 85 years! Since Ivo posted the schedule, I`m checking UTwente on
9585 from 1657 Jan 27.

``U.K.(non) BBC's Arabic service bids farewell to the world
after 85 years of broadcasting. The current winter schedule
0300-0400 on 7425 WOF 250 kW / 140 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
0300-0500 on 9840vDHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
0500-0600 on 15335vDHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
0600-0700 on 17760vDHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
1700-1900 on 9585vDHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
1900-2000 on 6150vDHA 250 kW / 255 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
2000-2100 on 6150 SLA 125 kW / 260 deg to CEAf Arabic B-22
Also on MW 639 CYP and 720 CYP 0300-0700 and 1700-2100 UT.``

No signal on 9585 until at 1700, ``WorldService.com``, S9+10/20 but
carrier cuts off and on again, no modulation in Arabic or English,
finally turned off at 1702.5*. I guess the UAE operators were not
quite sure whether there would still be any Arabic feed to emit; still
off past 1716. It might be interesting to check starts of the other
formerly scheduled broadcasts: 6150 at 1855-1902: nothing (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Some ND beacons JBA now with lower noise level, no lightning
anywhere in North America or vicinity per Blitzortung:

329 MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0725 UT, PMV, 25-watt ND beacon at Plattsmouth
NE.

347 MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0724 UT, AFK, 25-watt NDB at Nebraska City NE.

356 MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0723 UT, ODX, 25-watt NDB at Ord, Nebraska:
probably my most productive beacon state beyond OK even tho it`s
second-adjacent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2175 monitoring: Confirmed first
SWBC, UT Friday January 27 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, good S8/S9 into
Maurice LA SDR. Preceded by Firedragon-like music at 0329, no ID
break; and still starts with noise blast over first 14 seconds, not
moved to start 15 seconds later!

Time for the Romania item about folk music was upcut: should be 0230.

Not confirmed Friday January 27 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, since that
frequency is already off when first checked at 1520; unlike last
Friday when it permanested past 1600. However still on webcast at
1530, checked at 1556. Again followed at 1559 by Firedragon-like
music; 1600 into Deutsche Welle, Africa Link on WRN. Why is this in
Bonn rather than Köln or Berlin? System B sked still claims 9955 does
not change to Internet only until 1630! I recheck the stream at 1630
when `Let the Bible Speak` starts as sked on Fridays only.

Also confirmed Friday January 27 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz only, S7/S8 vs HNL into Parma SDR; when Noale accessed at
2144, VG S9+15/20. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled?]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 5890, Fri Jan 27 after 0700, WWCR is off again unlike 24
hours earlier with unID gospel huxter, maybe a special booking for
Thursdays only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Jan 27 at 0737, S5/S7 talk from R. Vanuatu X 3; and
7890 = X 2 JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 27 at 0716:
558-2, 855, 1044, 1107, 1125-2. All of these correlate with SPAIN, at
this late hour, and no NW Africans. Madrid sunrise: 0729. Also JJBBA
carrier on 846, TP Kiritimati. Blitzortung shows none anywhere in or
around North America now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0052 UT January 28