** ASCENSION. 11660, Feb 28 at 0727, song in English S9/S6, chopped
off air at 0729* without any announcement. Aoki shows BBC French at
0700. Romania in Arabic supposed to follow at 0730 but unheard before
0730 tune-out; should have been running IS. Well-coördinated
scheduling also shows Turkey on 11660 at 0450-0656; not so well-coörd,
also CNR2 at 01-09, no sign of that. It`s off for siesta after 0600 on
Day 4 only, but this is Day 3 = Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 28 at 0726, S9/S7 open carrier from RHC on way
late again. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. In case you find my denunciations of ``imperialist
ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems``, excessive
whenever XJPBS comes up such as QRM to Turkey 5960, consider this:

``How a search tool offers overseas Uyghurs harrowing insights
William Yang, Taipei, 02/23/2023 February 23, 2023
Leaked data and a search tool have allowed some overseas Uyghurs to
gain insights into their family members in China's Xinjiang region.
Some say they feel a deep sense of guilt while others are filled with
fear. [...]
https://www.dw.com/en/tech-gives-overseas-uyghurs-chilling-insights-into-plight-of-relatives/a-64796343
via Hansjörg Biener`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA [non]. 4055, R. Verdad, which has been off the air from
Chiquimula for more than a year: Dr Madrid is still believing that by
paying some organization, which has no web presence, the 4055 SW
signal will soon be available worldwide via satellite. And claims that
testing is now underway. A few days ago it was ``heard`` in China, and
the perfect-Spanish ``reception report`` he forwarded is pretty
obviously fabricated. This has been discussed in more detail in the
WOR iog.

For once, he publicized the latest test in advance: Feb 28 from 2200
UT past 0300, the first part to be heard in Europe only. Guess what,
UTwente is getting no sign of it at 2237, 2321, 2355 chex, but there
is a roaring noise centred 4050 with no specific carrier. Later he
says the worldwide test would be around 3 am - I guess local time? so
09 UT.

We are 99% sure that poor Dr Madrid is letting himself be conned out
of scare funds, and have warned him repeatedly in the past. If any
legit DXer ever hear this directly or via any remote, we may have to
reconsider; meanwhile beware of a pirate possibly pretending to be
this on 4055. He seems to be implying that the SW frequency 4055 is
being transmitted from multiple satellites, as if HF 4 MHz were not
totally inappropriate for direct satellite broadcasting; has promised
to explain how this worx once it`s successful (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 28 circa 0745, no sig detected from R.
Kiribati, maybe due prop storms even on a trans-eq path. Gary Pence
confirmed it earlier at 0425z with a screenshot from Oahu SDR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Feb 28 at 2256, VOT IS is already on blotting
out BBC OMAN, S9+30/40 into UTwente. 2300 TS and s/on again mentions
only the 1330, 1930 and 0400 broadcasts. First news item is like this,
412-2 vote in US House:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mtg-house-turkey-syria-earthquake-b2291044.html
Modulation level is loud enough, in fact too loud causing some
distortion, more so during music. Before sports, ends with report that
Antarctic sea ice area is the lowest in 45 years. 2314 `Review of
Turkish Press` quoting Recep et al. always brief, hardly more than a
few extra headlines. 2316 salute to S&R teams from all over the world.
2317.5 `Weekly Commentary` by Brad McDermott? an Australian
psychiatrist, a guide to healing from EQ depression, PTSD. 2327 ``TRT
VOT is with you`` promo, distorted music break. 2331 multi-lingual ID
filler reel. 2334 about aromatic apples produced somewhere in Turkey,
was `Turkey`s --algo-- Products`. 2336 salute to S&R teams again. Just
realized I`m not hearing the CCCCCCI from East Turkistan, q.v. Maybe
buried further than usual. 2337 music. 2343 third salute to S&R teams,
music. 2348 ``always by your side`` promo, more music. 2352 s/off
again citing 1330, 1930, 0400 bcs only, why? 2354 IS gets to repeat a
few times before chopoff* uncovering XJPBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2179 monitoring; next:
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)

** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Feb 28 at 0741, RV still here but VP
unreadable; and no Nigeria 7255-. However, at 0730 I was listening to
13755 RNZP, VG with `Melanesian Update` warning about Cyclone Judy
hitting Vanuatu: in some pidgin with plenty of English terms. Earlier
about that, at 0408, Ron Howard recommended to the WOR iog:

``Hi Glenn - Would be a good idea for folks to listen to Radio Vanuatu
(7260 kHz.) over the next 24 hours. Certainly there will be active
coverage about cyclone Judy. https://zoom.earth/storms/judy-2023/
Ron, California`` -- and before that:

``Thanks to alerts from Art Delibert and Ralph Perry today (Feb 27),
Radio Vanuatu (7260) with extended broadcasting, well past normal
closing down time of about 1100* UT!

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/27/tropical-cyclone-judy-forms-near-vanuatu/

https://www.vmgd.gov.vu/vmgd/index.php/forecast-division/tropical-cyclone/warning
Tropical Cyclone Warning Number 4 for TORBA, PENAMA, SANMA and
MALAMPA.``

And from Tony Rogers, BDXC-UK: ``I have been listening on the KiwiSDR
in Brisbane, Australia, but it’s interesting to follow the programme
content more clearly on their online stream at
https://www.vbtc.vu/en/listen-online-2/
73’s Tony`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0012 UT March 1

** CUBA. 15230, Feb 27 at 1602, S7/S9 of dead air or maybe JBM from
RHC where something`s always wrong. Ops normal Spanish on 15140 S9+10
& 11760 S9/+10, the only midday frequencies supposed to be on air
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 27 at 0747, VON S9 with some unreadable
modulation, weaker than neighbor VANUATU, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Here we go! Our `spring` tornado season is underway UT
Feb 27. Major OKC TV stations are in wall-to-wall warning coverage by
0030 UT as the storms in TX Panhandle are moving swiftly into their
territory of western OK. The first half of CBS` 60 Minutes made it to
air but KWTV 25 ``9``, chopped into the Afghan/girls story before it
was over, and then we found KFOR 27 ``4`` deleted NBC programing, KOCO
7 ``5`` deleted ABC, and KOKH 24 ``25`` deleted Fox including a new
episode of The Simpsons at 0100 UT. We`ll have a lot of upcatching to
do via On Demand or online.

I don`t blame the stations for this essential public service! But I do
blame KWTV for not shifting CBS programming to its substation KSBI 23
``52`` as it has done in past and is certainly possible; especially
since this severe weather they have been predicting for almost a week!
If anyone cared what`s on NBC, KFOR could shove it to substation KAUT
19 ``43``; KOCO and KOKH have subchannels or substations and could do
likewise but have never seen them do it. Networx` HQ of all four must
not be too pleased.

Lots of views in the dark from the stations` mobile units even in TX.
KFOR labels one shot as from ``Sweetwater TX``! It`s obviously? really
Sweetwater OK, which is just east of Wheeler TX on the OK side. The
much larger Sweetwater in TX is way down out of the storm line near
Abilene TX - not KS, just to be clearer. We are concerned about this
in Enid, but not quite yet: storm line with winds of 80-100 mph if not
tornados too forecast to cross us circa 0300 UT. I`m not delaying
posting this in case we lose power or worse (Glenn Hauser, Enid, 0130
UT, WOR)

We are OK. Storms skirted north and east of Enid and moved away from
us, some tornado warnings for NE Garfield County and neighboring
areas. Wind was not even very high here but just in case we were ready
to go into the storm cellar around 0330 UT February 27. On portable
radio, only local stations with continuous weather coverage were 1390
KCRC // 1640 KZLS, obviously plugged into some TV station I did not
recognize, never aurally IDed, so probably from #4 station KOKH Fox
``25``. Out of OKC of course fixated on what`s happening in The Metro,
occasional info about here; better when NWS interrupts with our area
warnings. BOOO to KGWA, our other local commercial station, 960 //
100.9 which stayed in regular programming as well as all the FMs I
checked, including 107.1 KNID, which is the FM side of KCRC. At 0400,
KCRC & KZLS had enough and resumed ``WWLS The Sports Animal``. There
was lots of damage in western and central OK. All the TV stations
started covering that about 0400 UT, normal late news time, and stayed
on it toward midnight - well after 0500 UT. No doubt much more to
reported after daybreak and following days (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.018, Feb 27 after 2300 I`m mainly attentive
to VOT, rather time collision with Spain since it`s a token English
Monday for them: all four frequencies are on in usual ranking; TRT
into UTwente S9+25/35, somewhat distorted, moreso during music. After
news, 2313-2315 `Review of the Turkish Press`; 2315 ``VOT, always with
you`` and `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on computer use and eye
health -- bottom line, bad for you as blink rate reduces and eyes dry
out, so I guess we should force ourselves to blink more often. 2323
multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2325 `Did You Know That?` about city of
Hatay, devastated by EQ, one of earliest settlements in Anatolia,
going back 100,000 years - did she mean 10,000? Heavily accented YL
hard to understand, and the CCCCCCI from XJPBS does not help, std
denunciation of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other
Moslems in East Turkistan; music break. 2340-2343 a feature not caught
before, different theme but did not get title; about Turkey`s first
astronaut to be spaced this year - by whom? 2344 ``VOT, always by your
side``, music; 2348 ``ABYS`` again, so it is getting closer to Always.
2349 music; 2352 s/off with partial English sked not including this
one, only the 1330, 1930 and 0400, why? 2353 fragment of IS before
chopped off uncovering Urumqi. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2179 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday
February 26 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9+15/20
into nearby Noale SDR with JBA CCI.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 27 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 27 at 0420 the 0400 on WBCQ Area 51,
6160 minus 60/63 Hz = 6159.937/940, S9 into Maryland SDR. Next:

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)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 27 at 0717, RV is S9/+10 direct with flutter,
stronger than neighbor NIGERIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2580, Feb 27 at 0755-0805 UT, tuned to 2579 USB for
harmonic carrier to pop on, but nothing from it as I am dozing off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9510, Feb 27 at 1557, S2 pulsing at rate of about 3X per
second, surely the same thing previously with steady carrier but
split-second breaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0035 UT February 28

** 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

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Feb 25 at 2016, tune-in via
Argentine remote, just in time to hear CW ID and voice SS late sign/on
of LRA36, another test broadcast until 18h Arg. i.e. only half a
sesquihour to 21z; 2017 live opening with contact info. Later Uniendo
Voces program, no mention yet of ham activity from base as LU1ZV.
Maybe will have more in my next report? This remote is already
occupied with all 4 RX on LRA36, S9, so I add to the campers (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 530, Feb 25 at 0742, EZL music so R. Enciclopedia
is back on tonight after absence last night; QRM presumably CHLO
Toronto in unknown language, but intonation sounds sorta Brazilian.
Overnight sked not published (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, Ron Howard replies to my log of JBA carrier presumed R.
Logos:

``Hi Glenn - Here is some additional info:
https://ethnoma.org/partners/ethnicradio

Radio Logos broadcasts programs in eleven of the 17 languages in the
listening area. Among them: Bora, Junicui, Ticuna, Pastaza, Quechua,
and Achuar.

Radio Logos’ shortwave transmission broadcasts the gospel into the
neighboring department of Loreto - Peru’s largest and most remote
region. It is comprised of thousands of miles of dense jungle, flood
plains, and numerous rivers, including the mighty Amazon itself. The
broadcast has even reached parts of Brazil and Ecuador!

https://radiologoschazuta.com/es

Radio Logos programming -
https://radiologoschazuta.com/es/prograncion
Ron, California``

The last link shows individual language blox, and matching the spans
as in EiBi, not including when I heard it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 344 MCW kHz, Feb 25 at 0746 UT, JA, ND beacon at JAxonvil FL
is JBA, and no sign of JL JopLin this time. Again I am hearing it on
342 USB, not when tuned directly to 344 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2179 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday February 25 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, only S7/S9 into Maryland
SDR, but VG S9+40 into Missouri where it`s aimed.

Also confirmed UT Saturday February 25 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130, S9 into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday February 25 at 1700 on WRN North America
webcast.

Not confirmed Sat Feb 25 circa 1815 on IRRS SW 7295 via UTwente,
rather rock music. WOR not sked now but showed two weeks ago anyway at
1800. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0557]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode]
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
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** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Feb 25 from 0100, WBCQ, a new `AAAWWW` and
right from the start Allan is in a big rant, sounds really mad about
everything, yet all framed as a prayer to his deity. I`ve never heard
him before so upset. Denounces Putin and other authoritarians, but
also denounces Pres. Biden as a ``puppet`` --- that implies there must
be a puppet master, but he never identifies that; not sure I want to
know. Anyhow thinx world would be in a much better situation if T****
were still in power. Angela occasionally chimes in support. I let
myself listen to this diatribe for a semihour before switching to
someone I agree with 100% at 0130 on WRMI 5850. Recheck 0150 now
skimming a new Free Radio Weekly, which arrived in time since this is
an off-week for alternating editor Turnick. Mostly he just names
pirate and frequency without much further detail such as time or
reporter, so not much use to casual listener, and besides, pirates are
notoriously frequency-flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1170, special MW DX test scheduled from WDFB, a 1 kW
direxional daytimer in Junxion City near Danville KY for Sat Feb 25 at
0501-0701 UT. This will be tough to OK with KTSB Tulsa 50 kW directly
in the way, unnullable. First I check near remotes to confirm whether
it`s really on the air. Closest at Lexington KY gets nothing on 1170!
Knoxville TN: W8BUG which I once found useful, gets it neither, but
another in K-town, KB5AG, succeeds, so I stay on it for a while. At
0510, continuous tone, then sweeps upward, a sure sign of a DX test
even without an ID.

Unfortunately we have to listen to an 1170 gospel huxter at same time,
suspected Brother Scare on WWVA OH. TOMBS sked shows at 11 pm-midnight
only, 04-05 UT. WWVA site, can`t find any full program sked: they must
be ashamed of anything but a few major talkshows hilited. At first
sounds much like BS but can`t make a match to 7570 even considering
way out of synch. At 0514 I first hear definite Morse code IDs as VVV
VVV VVV DE WDFB - repeated maybe 5 times. As a Christian station,
preaching was planned to be mixed with the test tones etc.; if so, I
never heard any nor vocal IDs, maybe indistinguishable from the QRM.

1170 has two major 50 kW occupants, WWVA Wheeling WV with site in OH;
and KTSB Tulsa OK. Each of them protects the other at night, leaving a
mid-continent gap occupied by many minor stations from MN to FL,
mostly daytimers, or if at night, low power and direxional. At 0518 I
try direct on my E/W longwire and R75. KTSB is not the powerhouse you
would expect for 50 kW direxional west; less than 200 km away, maybe
too close for much skywave, and there is QRM from others. At 0518 I
first try for WDFB direct: maybe, a 1 kHz tone, but nothing
recognizable as Morse code or sweeps which would have clinched it even
without a callsign ID. One more try direct at 0630-0635: at first I
think I hear a tone vs stupid sports talk on The Blitz. Not enough to
be definite and of course I will not seek a QSL nor would I want one.

Everything else in this report is via the Knoxville remote: 0528 code
and sweeps up; 0531 tone; 0532 VVV ID as above. 0533 sweeps up; 0534
step tones upward, then sweeps up; 0540 fast Morse code, again 0551.
0611 sweeps up; 0612 phone-off-hook noise; 0613 fast Morse, VVV IDs
again; 0620 fast Morse as I turn off the computer. Tnx for the test,
anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2030 UT February 25

** ANTARCTICA. Tnx to Horacio Nigro, CX3BZ, the WOR iog had advance
notices:

``"We launch from Esperanza the RANTAR Radio Argentinean Antarctic
bulletin produced by LRA36 and LU1ZV. 14336 KHZ USB 1 KW in Spanish
22UTC today. We repeat at 23 UTC in English same frequency" (Via José
Kucher, Argentina, DXnosaurios Whatsapp group, Feb 24, 2023). More on
this, as news are coming in: This 20m operation will be made with the
new 1 KW Collins transmitter that arrived in the Base, today. It seems
this bulletin will be a regular and continued activity (ibidem, vía
Horacio Nigro Geolkiewsky, Uruguay)`` And:

``Next LRA36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel broadcast from Base
Antártica Esperanza announced to take place on Saturday, February 25th
from 20:00 to 24:00 UTC, 15476 KHZ (USB) (Adrián Korol, RAE,
Argentina)`` (via Nigro)

14336 USB, Feb 24 at 2145 I`m camping on some others already tuned
here via Argentine SDR. Promptly at *2200 starts CW ID as LU1ZV, and
YL voice calling CQ, Radio -- Antártida Argentina in Spanish, dial
tuning noises but not music; S9. Then M reads a prepared script in
Spanish making some of these points: radio comms started in 1927y in
Orcadas del Sur. ``La radio vive en la Antártida``; first broadcast
``en Antártida Argentino`` as masculine. 2204 explains that original
10 kW LRA36 transmitter has been out of service for years. New
transmitter is a Collins solid state with 300 watt amp to be in use by
2024. 2206 ID and signal drops briefly into S5 noise level. 2207 says
old transmitter was running less than 70 watts. Hamwise, has made FT8
contacts on 6m, and also on 160m. 2210 YL with contact info, whatsapp
number and gmail only. Cites 3 or 4 LU8 hams; and Adrián Korol of RAE
as LU1CQM. CW ID again and 2211 pause. 2212 starts 2-way contacts with
Argentina, Brasil on same frequency. 2217 says will repeat show in
English in one hour. 2218 says this hamshow will be airing again at 20
local = 23z on Sat & Sun. Quick check direct here: nothing heard. SDR
thinx I am in Kingwood TX! After 2225 more 2-way contacts I don`t
attend.

14336 USB, Feb 24 promptly at 2300 again, CW sending ANTARTIDA ---
LU1ZV AR making S9+5 via same remote; in English: CQ, CQ, CQ,
Argentine Antarctic Radio Bulletin; and story about ``madmen of the
rooftops``, the first radio listeners initially the same as hams.
About South Orkney comms in 1927y. This is first broadcast of
Argentine Antarctic Radio Bulletin. About the 2023y
Culture-is-Sovereignty Plan. LRA36 broadcasting content from Radio
Nacional. Recent 15476 broadcasts have been heard in Iceland,
Indonesia, Ukraine, Europe, North America. Had 10 kW CCA transmitter
for years, open wire and rhombic antennas. Current transmitter will
be retained as backup for the new one next year. But with only 70
watts has reached beyond 10 megameters. 2310 address for this is
cqlu1zv@gmail.com - QAP. 2311 credits for the LU8 and LU1 hams; CW ID.
2312 immediately back to Spanish for 2-way contacts on same frequency
I do not attend. All this has kept me from monitoring the usual 2300
English from TURKEY, q.v. and SPAIN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 530, CHLO: see CUBA [non]

** CHINA. Re my report of Western classical music on CGTN via CUBA
5910: ``I was able to hear the same broadcast, starting around the
same time. The announcement in Cantonese was some narrative describing
the artistry of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose music was being played.
73, Ricky Leong, Calgary, Alberta, Canada`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 530, Feb 24 at 0739 UT, nothing but S Asian language,
so normally dominant R. Enciclopedia must be OFF: no music, and no
Spanish either from two listed Rebeldes. Rather, ``multicultural``
CHLO Brampton/Toronto ON, U1 1000/250 watts. Own schedule is mostly
blank including now, all overnight!
https://am530.ca/schedule/
but few blox filled in include: Hindi, Punjabi, Lehran, Despardes,
Pretlari, Urdu, Italian, Spanish, Filipino. What are these, obscure
languages or program names?
Lehran: a heron in Japanese mythology; or a Pakistani magazine
Despardes: restaurant in Springfield VA; or Punjabi newspaper
Preetlari: name of a Punjabi writer; and then a journal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 870, Wobbler: see USA [and non] WWL

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 24 at 0727, S9+20 of dead air in English or
Spanish from RHC, atop an understation until its 0730* with ``France,
Paris``, i.e. RFI in Hausa as OC continues. This is getting to be
regular. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Now no other frequencies
heard on 5, 6, 10, 11 MHz bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 24 at 0746, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati
and no other 9/kHz splits. Gary Pence, KM5X, had told me tonight: ``Hi
Glenn, 846 kHz Kiritimati barely detectable in Oahu, NH6XO at 0358z.
Sunset in Oahu 0434z, sunset in Kiritimati 0444z. Gary`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, Feb 23 at 0434, JBA carrier from presumed R. Logos,
Chazuta, vs STANAG noise on plus side. My habitual bandscans after
0700 do not hit it; maybe runs until 0500 UT = local midnight? EiBi
says 10-12 & 21-03; also irr. at 07-10, all in vernacular rather than
Spanish. But Aoki says 09-24 daily in Spanish. WRTH 2022 gives no
times but website without the www which is required, leads to:

https://www.ethnicradio.org/2020/06/radio-waves-in-chazuta-peru.html#more
Nothing there more recent than June 2020. Feb 23 date is correct,
overlooked in my previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 24 at 2308, VOT is very much on today, S9+40/35
into UTwente as I am mainly listening to ANTARCTICA, q.v. Once that`s
over: 2313 tnx S&R teams for EQ; 2319 `Weekly Analysis` says 11,302
S&R team workers from abroad have been in Turkey. Written by some
professor whose name I still can`t copy, and how EQ is affected by or
may affect diplomacy. By 2324 the CCCCCCI is underaudible, as plugs
VOT ``always by your side``. 2331 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`
about the supplement Glutathione I had never heard of, but Google
knows how to spell it, q.v. And all the fruits and veggies which
provide it. 2340 music. 2344 `Did You Know That`, best garlic in the
world grows in Turkey. 2349 ``always by your side`` again. 2350 ack.
S&R teams, again. 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2354 s/off with
partial sked for 1330, 0400 and maybe one other English broadcast.
2355 IS. 2356 restart IS now with GERMAN IDs alternating. 0000 Feb 25,
still on, opening bonus German past 0010 but off by 0012 next check,
uncovering XJPBS only, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom
genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2179 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, UT Friday February 24 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9 into Louisiana
SDR; with usual noise burst QRM for first 14 seconds; also hit next
program at 0400:00.

Also confirmed Friday February 24 at 1530-1559 on WRMI 9955, weak
S9/S5 direct but no jamming.

Also confirmed Friday February 24 at 2130 on IRRS SW viia AM Italia,
1323 kHz only, S9+10/20 into Noale SDR, JBA CCI from UK? and some ACI
unless Narrow. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1800 UT Saturday IRRS 7295 & 14590-Bulgaria [unsked but Feb 11
appeared]
1800 UT Saturday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy [ditto]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0557]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode]
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. 5935, Feb 24 at 0735, this WWCR is OFF: No loss, no DGS or
PMS. Leaves only 4840 on air as weekday overnights 5890 & 3215 are
deliberately silent. No gain either: nothing to uncover on 5930-5939.
Per EiBi, peanut-power WMR Denmark is 24h on 5930; Tibet should be on
5935 but it`s midday there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 870, Feb 24 at 0700 UT, WWL New Orleans with CBS
News for 3 minutes; 0703 commercials; 0704 one more minute of news
until modulation cut to dead air at 0705. This facilitates audibility
of The Cuban Wobbler which seems always QRMing WWL now. Did anyone
ever confirm which of the three listed Relojes it be? WRTH 2022 shows
10 kW each in Bueycito GR and Baracoa Van-Van GU; and 1 kW in Sancti
Spíritus-Reloj [sic] SS. DFing it should be easy from the angle of
Florida. But there was no trace of any Reloj. O, WWL? I let it run
until finally faded up modulation in some poor talk show at 0724!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU [and non]. 7260, Feb 24 at 0717, VBTC with music better
than usual S8/S9 but still insufficient; achieved better when on 11835
third harmonic currently inactive. No VON 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9510, Feb 24 at 0723, that hummy open carrier again,
S6/S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0128 UT February 25