** CANADA. 15034 USB, Feb 17 at 2241, Trenton Military with aviation
weather, nothing but ``No Report Received`` from four, Shearwater,
Greenwood, Gander, Halifax, same repeated several times for good
measure, I lost count. Then four more NRRs from Bagotville, Trenton,
Ottawa, Toronto! 2243, Terminal forecasts: ditto! 2145 ID, aviation
weather, back to group as first listed above. Total loss, can`t even
get info from own base! Back to abnormal. Is no one paying attention?
One can only hope Canadian Forces be a bit more competent in matters
of life & death (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6000, Feb 17 at 0315, RHC English S9+40/50 but
extremely suptorted; something`s always wrong at RHC. Occasional beepy
QRM. Others had been complaining earlier about that.

6001, Feb 18 at 0213, there it is again, intermittent OOK on this
frequency into Maryland SDR, whilst Cuba is off, but Turkey is weakly
on. Stronger into UTwente on 6000.998. We hear beeping only if allowed
to beat against 6000. Maybe from 4XZ, which has shown up before inside
the 49m SWBC band. EiBi has it only on four other frequencies in ute
bands. See ISRAEL! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ISRAEL. In reply to my CUBA [and non] log about QRM from 6001:

``Good instincts, Glenn.

These new pulse transmissions have been showing up all over, and the
random OOK (on-off-keying, a correct synonym of the traditional ham
abuse of the term "CW") seem to be an idle data circuit state. I
haven't been logging the freqs but there has been one in the 8200-8300
range the past week, local evenings.

When not idling, there are data burst transmissions in an
identical-sounding format, probably PSK, to those previously heard on
many freqs. The old method followed a consistent schedule.  One such
freq is 6617U at the top and bottom of the hour, right after Rostov
VOLMET is done. These have been identified by others as the IDF with a
unique data mode. I don't have an original, specific reference for
that ID and how it was determined, and can't claim the credit for it.

Historically, the old schedule didn't include these OOK pulses, just
data. The new data transmissions seem to be on demand rather than on a
schedule and can pop up anytime, with the OOK pulses between.

I've never heard, or seen reported, any 4XZ OOK morse IDs directly
associated with either the old or new schedule transmissions.

One guess is that the morse and data all come from the same 4XZ site,
and that there could have been an expansion of that site recently.
Alternatively, it would also behoove the IDF to create some strategic
redundancy with multiple HF tx sites, however, so something like a new
Negev site to supplement the "Haifa" site isn't out of the question
either.

I'd expect the OOK pulses to disappear at some point once the IDF has
its new wire circuits presumably feeding the tx site(s) properly
configured. The OOK would help their own personnel but also their
opponents find the new IDF data frequencies.

One "old schedule" IDF data frequency, 8781, was subjected to Iranian
jamming on 9 NOV 2024, noted here from 0015 Z after being reported
online by others who wondered what it was. The jammer was a
resurrected "Seda ye Mojahed" countermeasure that hadn't been heard in
a number of years. I haven't heard the jammer again since then. The
known source and the target support the notion that the IDF is the
source of the data transmissions, given their mutual state of war.

Another 4XZ observation of late: they have altered the dit, dah, and
space timing on their OOK morse transmissions recently, as noted on
their CQ loops on 6607, 6990, 8001, etc kHz. At first listen, it
sounds like they are hand-keying, but it is too consistent and makes
no sense to have an unfortunate IDF conscript hand-keying a CQ loop
for hours on end. My guess would be that they are trying to prevent
any software / automatic copy of their traffic, forcing their
opponents to copy all 4XZ traffic by hand. This doesn't rise to the
level of a preventative countermeasure, only an irritation... -- David
E. Crawford, Indian River City, Florida Libre``

Another observation about this, not mentioning Israel, but NORWAY, Feb
17 at 2208: ``Re: [WOR] Jamming on RHC frequency ?? Hello, I am
hearing a beeping sound at 6000 kHz. As far as I can tell, it's not a
CW signal but a USB modulated beeping sound. And it's not morse code
either, just beeps. I am a newbie regarding signal identification, but
could this be "One Beep, two beeps" from Norway? Sigid Wiki lists
frequency range 4.5 MHz - 6.429 MHz.
Here is a bad recording from my high RFI indoor location with horrible
shortwave reception:
https://youtu.be/jBQ_H-iqxLY
Best regards, Sebastian Schlüter``, NW Germany (via Glenn Hauser,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Feb 17 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG direct
here, almost VG on 17715, audible on 17755 and still no signal on
12030. No news, but interview about Spain locations substituting for
USA in filming Westerns, etc. Guest had a heavy accent (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.003+, Feb 17 at 2335, Voice of Turkey is
back! Long talk about something by familiar OM voice, but no
segment/theme ID when finished, rather 2345 ``with-you-every-hour``
promo, music; lite 6CI JBA underneath. 2350 ``always-by-your-side``
promo, music. 2353 s/off just like in the old days, as if it`s only
the 1330 broadcast on 13635. 2354 IS. 2356 pause and restart IS with
German IDs. Chopoff at 2359:50 just in time to avoid an extraneous
German broadcast, and uncover the Chinese CCI. Something`s always awry
at Ankara, erroneous at Emirler! Many tnx to WOR reporters for
heads-up:

At 2312 from John VORW Jurasek: ``[WOR] Voice of Turkey English
Service appears to have resumed! This requires further monitoring but
as of 2300 UTC, I was surprised to hear the traditional English
Service of the Voice of Turkey on 5960 kHz instead of the TRT World
Television Audio, with the male announcer explicitly introducing the
broadcast with a "We're back".

Program contents are once again the mixture of news reports as well as
cultural features and Turkish musical selections. I haven't seen any
formal announcements of the reversal so it's probably worth checking
5960 kHz for the rest of the hour and 6125 kHz at 0400 UTC. Just a
heads-up! All the best, John, Central Florida``

And Craig Tyson, Perth, Western Australia at 2339: ``[WOR] VOT English
programming heard today and not TRT World feed on 9610 2130-2224 when
transmission cut. Maybe they are back to their old English programming
format? Also repeated at 2300 on 5960``

I have mixed feelings about this; as for the past sesquimonth I felt
no urge or ``obligation`` to monitor Turkey vs Spain, TV news, et al.
at 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2282 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
February 16 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.98+, S9/+10 into
nearby Parma SDR, no signal into UTwente. Previous religious
discussion was faded out just before 2000 for 7275 s/off announcement,
continuing on 1323 kilohortz, right into WOR.

Also confirmed Sunday February 16 at 2100 on WRN Europe stream.

Also confirmed Sunday February 16 at 2242 the 2230 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.003+, S8/9+5 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Sunday February 16 at 2330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+20 into S
Texas SDR; and on WRMI 7570, S9+10/30 into same.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 17 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+10/20
into S Texas SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 17 from 0405 on Area 51 webcast
only; on WBCQ 5130+, JL gotta go at 0400, but music continued on both
until 5130 chopoff at 0403*.

Also confirmed Monday February 17 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S7/S9 into UTwente. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.

Thanks this week to Michael Rosenbaum who sent a contribution via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com in ``Support of WOR editions!``

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

https://www.quora.com/Do-people-actually-believe-that-Ukraine-is-winning
[despite initial title, this is mainly about Drumpf & his MAGAtts]
This report dispatched at 0242 UT February 18
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