** ANTARCTICA. 15476 USB, Sat Feb 25, LRA36 continued from last
report. Stayed on past 2100 and widely reported via remotes and direct
to various parts of N America. Seems mostly music, and talk segments
repetitious of what we`ve heard before. At 2255 with some hum on the
audio.

Then at 0017 UT Sun Feb 26 I can report: ``Recheck at 0000, I`m
finally getting LRA36 direct, S3/S5 barely above the noise level,
mostly music on 15476-USB. From their rough scheduling probably not on
much longer tonight. Still at 0016. It would take too much research to
find when I last logged them direct, but it`s been years. Glenn, OK``

Continued monitoring direct and at least a JBA signal remained at
0030, 0100, 0131, 0146; ID at 0156 saying they are playing Argentine
music; still at 0230, but finally off at 0300*. Walt Salmaniw recorded
the closing when they said next broadcast would be Wednesday at 21 UT.
Walt is thrilled with how well it gets into his remote at Masset BC. I
point out, that far west, it`s almost all Pacific Oceanic path,
missing Chile and Mexico, just ultimately crossing California and
Oregon. Hope they stay with evening rather than morning emissions, for
better propagation and convenience (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 351 MCW kHz, Feb 26 at 0804 UT, dash and YKQ, 500 watt NDB
at Fort Rupert / Waskaganish, Quebec, in continued absence of RG 350
OKC. There is only one other on 351, 25 watt AE, Albuquerque, I`d like
to hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, UT Sun Feb 26 at 0818, RHC music S9+20, and 0821 in
Esperanto! Also 11670 in Spanish, S9+10. NO RHCs on 5, 6 or 10 MHz
bands. Weekly Esperanto supposed to be on 6100. These late-night 11s
are getting to be regular so wonder if intentional rather than
accidental. Propagation is certainly cooperating. First time I`ve
heard both 11670 & 11760 on late at same time. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 26 at 0745, no signal from R. Kiribati or
any other 9/kHz split; presumably regular Sunday night off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Feb 26 at 0805, RG, NDB at Will RoGers World
Airport, OKC, is still off. See CANADA. I see there is another RG
nearby, 5000 watts on 352, RarotonGa, Cook Islands: must not confuse
those two should we ever be so lucky! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, KUCO FM, Edmond/OKC, the classical station:
shakeup. About a week ago the distinctive voice of Kimberly Powell
began to disappear, from IDs, underwriting plugs, continuity
announcements, player greetings. Then at 0100 UT Friday Feb 24, when
`Performance Oklahoma` should air, another announcer said it would be
returning with a ``new host``, then some concert recording from
elsewhere. It seems her departure was rather abrupt. From the staff
page on revamped website, her position has been replaced by
``Forthcoming -- Programming & Production, Morning Host, Producer``. I
do not mean to pry, but I emailed her at the only address I have, via
KUCO, hoping her departure was not under unpleasant circumstances,
hoping she`s OK, wishing her well, she will be missed, and hoping to
hear if she wind up at another classical station.

Here`s a 10-year-old portrait of her and CV, still on the web, but
hurry:
https://www3.uco.edu/press/prdetail.asp?NewsID=16050
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, Feb 26, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, 3ABN satellator, Enid`s only local TV
signal, is ON again, Feb 26 at 0040 UT; had been invisible since Feb
13. Such protracted absences are not unusual. I wonder if instead of a
major problem, something trips it off, and it takes a couple weeks for
somengineer to get here and reset it. Again with the usual 4 video
subchannels and top 3, 17-5, 17-6 and 17-7 labeled AUDIO ONLY, but
17-7 is silent (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2179 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
February 25 from 2039.5 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, usual VG into nearby
SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday February 25 at 2230 on WRMIs: 5850, S9/+10
into Missouri SDR; 15770, S9+35/40 into Maine SDR, S9+10 into
Maryland, S9+15/20 into Missouri; but VP only S7/S8 into UTwente
despite targeting Europe on NE beam.

Also confirmed UT Sunday February 26 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/9+5 into
Louisiana SDR.

Not confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO: nominal 0415 UT Sunday, but
never heard via nearby remote, checking every 15 minutes or so
starting at 0420 to 0555; and to my surprise, WA0RCR off the air early
by 0600, 1860 immediately occupied by swift LSB ham contacts, sounds
like a contest. I asked Vern what happened and he explains:

``Hi Glen, First of all, regarding WOR: Due to the limited schedule
time today, I was not able to get WOR on at the normal time approx.
22:15 CST. It did air from 21:44 to 22:13. I am sorry that I wasn't
able to get it on closer to schedule.

"This Week In Amateur Radio was 146 minutes long this week; and I did
not have enough schedule time to fit WOR in closer to correct time.
With 18 to 19 hours to work with; I can usually shift everything
around enough to get all of the scheduled start times fairly close.
TWIAR can run 89 to 209 minutes; which makes schedule rotation fun
(not). Regarding why we went QRT at midnight; the CQ Worldwide 160
Meter Contest on SSB is this weekend. To free up a couple of channels
for SSB contesters to try to work DX stations; the past two years, I
have closed down the News bulletin service at midnight. This is the
only weekend in which that is done.

I look forward to getting things back on schedule this next week. 73,
Vern``

OK, we expect WOR timings to be flexible; just need to know the
possible range, now as early as 0345-. Next:

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]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 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

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated, this week from Greg Putz, KI7UED, Bountiful UT,
``Thank you for your work!`` with a generous check to Glenn Hauser, PO
Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute by MO or cheque on a US bank to above address;
or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, UT Sun Feb 26 at 0411 and several later chex, KVOH is
gone again from weekend-only schedule. What now? Maybe the SoCal
snowstorm? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Feb 26 at 0820, RV is JBA; no 7255-
Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2580, Feb 26 at 0806, JBA carrier: checking following
this thread via the WOR iog starting Feb 25:

``MYSTERY STATION ON 2580 --- Greetings, Can find nothing online
anywhere. Suspect that it's something new or a harmonic. 2580 kHz -
sign on 5 minutes before 0800 UTC with no talking just music (sort of
like Radio Tarma at sign on) and then at 0800 official sign on and
announcements. Spanish. Mostly quite weak but some occasional good
audio. Mix of talk and music. Sometimes very long blocks of talk. I
have heard them every night / morning for over a week now. Fades out
before / around my sunrise. Recording everything. I tried finding an
SDR that had copy but only found one SDR that gets it - even weaker
than me (SDR in S. Florida). Does not sound like a domestic US Spanish
station. Fairly good copy here - actually best ever at 08:40 UTC
(03:40 AM EST where I am located). RX QTH - N. Florida, Kenwood
TS-590. Ant 1) 160M full size NVIS dipole; Ant 2) Vertical/L array
over buried radial field. I did find an SDR (Brownsville, TX I think)
where there was a signal and audio on 2580 kHz but it was not an audio
match and after further investigation I discovered that SDR was
getting a harmonic of a local station to them. Don't know if it's a
true harmonic or just a faulty SDR though. Best regards, Randy Holt /
WB9LUR``

My first reply:
``Randy, This is very intriguing, surely a MW harmonic, which have
become quite rare on the 2 MHz band, from domestic or international.
Could be 1290 x 2 or 860 x 3.

First, what Spanish possibilities are there in USA per NRC AM Log? On
1290, only three SS: KUOA Siloam Springs AR and KRGE Weslaco TX, but
both 24h; and WCHK Canton GA, sked not given but not a daytimer: close
to you should be ruled out before proceeding.

On 860: KNAI Phoenix AZ, 24h; WDMG Douglas GA 24h; and that`s it.

Mexico? IRCA Log has 5 on 860, 24h, or 24h? or not *0800; only 2 on
1290 and no sked matches; need further clues to be worth pursuing XE
further.

https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2022-23_IRCA_Mexican_Log.pdf

The `early` 0800 UT s/on may imply an easterly timezone like UT-4 as
in PR, Venezuela; or even UT-3 as in Argentina and Uruguay, but truly
a *long* shot. Could be anywhere in Latin America. But lasting until
your sunrise indicates not much further east. WRTH 2022 shows no PR or
Ven on 1290; no PR on 860 but two YVs which may or may not still
exist.

I did an exhaustive search of my archives on 2580 and found a few:
Dec 21, 2020, I had a JBA carrier at 2319, harmonic suspected.
From 2004y! In a long list of Brazilian harmonix:

`2580 22/06 0050 B, R. Novo tempo, São José do Rio Preto - SP,
programa evangélico (QRG de origem, 1290) 33333
Local das escutas: Zona Rural de Itatiaiuçu - MG
Receptor: Yaesu FRG - 100; Antenas: Beverage 100 metros e super KAZ
(Wilson Rodrigues, Itaúna MG, @tividade DX via DXLD)`

But you are probably sure it`s Spanish, not Portuguese. If you have
some brief clips which may contain any ID or local clues, we`d be glad
to listen to them. I try to be asleep by 0800 but not always, so maybe
can check for it. 73, Glenn``

His next reply:
``Glenn, Thank you for the detailed info. Every night I have checked
the two fundamental frequencies and have heard nothing that sounds
like the 2580 station, So if it is a harmonic, the fundamental
frequency is coming from outside my "hearing" range - which is quite
possible.

The last time (not counting Vanuatu) that I made and recorded solid ID
on a harmonic was for a domestic US station on 800 kHz (2400 kHz 3rd
harmonic) and that station was not identifiable here on the
fundamental.

Here is that recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6mnZT-jTwE

I have logged and recorded positive ID on numerous MW stations in the
Caribbean and Central America. The furthest South with solid ID made /
recorded from my QTH was from South America: Bogotá, Colombia.

Spanish or Portuguese? I find it quite easy to confuse the two on weak
signals but I believe I've heard enough distinctly Spanish words
spoken and have fair confidence it is Spanish. The programming content
does not sound like a US Spanish station at all. Nor any Mexican
station that I have heard previously.

The programming "sounds" almost Andean - heavy on "native" sounding
flute music. Large spoken segments of programming include a featured
speaker/hosts talking over flute music. This is a big part of the
broadcasts that I've heard so far. Much of the music played - without
talking over - is also flute based "Andean" sounding music.

My recordings are not clear enough yet to bother you with but I have
many hours to sift through yet. When I find something I will
definitely pass it along.

Fade out well before local my (observable) sunrise - a big clue - if
this station was West or even due North/South I would expect fade at
or after my local SR. Radio Tarma from Peru (4775 kHz) does a similar
type fade out here in the morning.

Tonight at my sunset not even detecting a carrier. When I think I have
some audio clean enough to share I will forward that to you. Best
regards, Randy``

My next reply:
``Well, there are several 1290s in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru:
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=4&kHz=1290
WRTH 2022 also had 3 in Bolivia. Earlier this evening I tried 2580 on
Chile, Argentina KiwiSDRs. Nothing. Unfortunately there are none
further north in the Andean countries. Glenn``

Then Gary Pence, KM5X, reports on Feb 26: ``Hi Glenn, I could hear
2580 in Dallas SDR and the omni in VT, good one for down south. Could
not on Utah East ant Or KFS southeast or Brazil or Argentina, which
kinda rules out South America. Best copy is found so far from SDR
Maurice, Louisiana. I Recorded a little starting at 1059Z and on 2580
it also shows about 14 or 15 Hz low. If it`s not primary freq, it
might the 3rd harmonic of 860 or 2nd Harm. On 1290 khz I checked
Louisiana SDR since it was the strongest so far, but there was an
excess of three stations heard on those two frequencies when comparing
with the cadence of 2580 I couldn't verify. I think this station is in
Southeast USA or Mexico. 73s, Gary``

I could not make much out of it but I forwarded his clip to the RealDX
iogroup. So far, no replies there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9510v, Feb 26 at 1549, that hummy open carrier, S2/S3
with split-second breaks. First time heard in daytime instead of
nightmiddle, but is it something local to me? NO! I also get the same
sound at 1559 on the Maryland SDR, but not Missouri or California
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1951 UT February 26
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