** BRAZIL. 5940.030, Feb 23 at 0444, JBA carrier, presumed current
variation of R. Voz Missionária (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 5910, UT Thu Feb 23 at 0445, Western familiar
classical piano and orchestral music, break for announcement in
Cantonese; until 0455 sign-off announcement. CGTN Radio via CUBA,
S9+40/50. Hardly expected but another candidate for Alan Roe`s Music
on Shortwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, Feb 23 at 0434, no signal from R. Progreso. Is it ever
on any more? I don`t often check during its limited nominal span,
0130-0500.

5040, RHC evenings also absent most or all of the time including now.

6165, Feb 23 at 0638, weak S8/S9 algo talk, NOT RHC as not // 6000
English. Lots of other 6165 usage but in EiBi & Aoki nothing now, the
closest being NHK Arabic via France until 0620. What could this be?
RHC Spanish on exciter power? The Other Side:

``READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW
February 22, 2023 BASEBALL
The best thing a baseball player can do to help the sport in Cuba is
emigrate
In Cuba, athletes cannot prosper or progress in their athletic
disciplines.
YUSIMÍ RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | Madrid
Luis Robert, one of the Major League Baseball players on the Cuban
team. (MLB)

A player who wishes to bolster the results of Cuban baseball at
international tournaments should emigrate. Leaving, and as young as
possible, should be considered by the regime as the most patriotic
thing an athlete can do for what is still Cuba's national sport.

Cuba cannot meet its athletes' economic aspirations, let alone their
aspirations for freedom, or those or of any of its citizens, nor can
it provide them with the chance to improve in their respective
disciplines.

The level of baseball in Cuba has hit rock bottom. What happened at
the Gran Caracas Caribbean Series 2023 is just the latest evidence of
this. It was not enough to create a selective tournament to bring
together the best players from the National Series....``
https://diariodecuba.com/deportes/1676917648_45347.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 5800, Feb 23 at 0455, weak pulse jamming against
nothing: because WRMI briefly? admittedly put R. República here before
0400, thus ruining another frequency forever. Current websked is
contradictory: System B mostly feeding 9955 is shown on 5800 this
0400-0500 hour only with `Freedom Synergy Radio` daily; while System H
also shows 5800 at 04-05 with Prague in English, Spanish - all of this
missing!

Now on the WRMI program info page you will find *no* mention of
F.S.R.; nor R. República even on the System sked pages. 17 months ago
I said, ``Freedom Synergy Radio, the dispensable Falungong anti-PRC show``.

9490.07, Feb 23 at 0456, weak carrier here as if the Issoudun, FRANCE
transmitter of RMI`s Radio República still be on, typically
off-frequency. Persistent jamming is also often audible here some
hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 23 at 0747, S9+20 of dead air, no doubt RHC not
turned off long after-hours. Ivo Ivanov says it was in English until
0700. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Think of how many
undernourished Cubans could have had hearty meals for the cost of all
that wasted electrical fluid; not to mention all the jammers against
nothing or something (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Feb 23 at 0503, JBA carrier already
from R. Kiribati. Not usually do I check this early but it is well
after Xmas I sunset. Gary Pence, KM5X had it on the Oahu SDR by 0423.
Only other 9/kHz split for me at 0503 is the slow beat between two
Spaniards on 855. Recheck at 0731, still 846, only (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 344 MCW kHz, Feb 23 at 0736 UT, JBA mixture of ND beacons JA
and JL, at slightly different pitches; no problem separating by USB
tuning 342 from 341 local EI, and its mixer, OIN, OberlIN KS. JA is
400 watts from JAxonvil FL, over a kilomile away, a rare distance
among US beacon DX here; while JL is 25 watts from nearerby JopLin MO
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 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,
Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2178, WRMI:
9395, 0130, 0150 (55433), S9 signal, 0159, February 23 UTC, 2023 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Also confirmed UT Thursday February 23 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S9+10
into Maryland SDR; 9395, S9+30 into Missouri SDR but with SSB QRM,
probably local ham overload.

WORLD OF RADIO 2179 contents: Afghanistan non, Antarctica, Argentina,
(Australia), Brasil, (Bulgaria), Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Egypt,
Europe, (France), Germany and non, Guantánamo Bay, Iran non, Italy
non, Japan, Kuwait, Maldives non, Netherlands, Nigeria, North America,
(Oman), Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, (Singapore), Spain, (Taiwan), Turkey,
(UK), USA, (Vatican); new WOR Hitlist; propagation outlook
(countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2179 available from 0143 UT February 24:

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2179.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2179.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW
1530 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [webcast only?][jammed by Cuba?]
2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
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

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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. 720, Feb 23 at 0058-0116 UT, I`m on the DX398 positioned to
null WGN as much as possible, for any sign of KDWN Las Vegas, the one
in NV, during the final week of its life: no show, just some other
weak signals, mostly musical; most likely KSAH in TX if not México or
Nicaragua. Official Feb sunset for KDWN is 0115 UT when it should
switch from 25 kW ND day, to 7.5 kW direxional night protecting WGN.
The current terminator/grayline at 0100 is circa the AZ/NM border, so
skywave propagation eastward ought to be starting soon if not already.
Reverse at 1430 UT sunrise not explored yet, unless I happen to awaken
by then.

This is in preparation for the DX special, UT Wed March 1 at 0759-0809
UT when KDWN CE has agreed to run 25 kW test at night one last time,
but unknown whether will be ND. In order to help other easterners DX
that, I suggested to the CPC that WGN could be asked to turn itself
off for that brief period --- that was met with derision and insults
on the IRCA iog, tho a few brave DXers backed my out-of-the-box
idea.

I myself do not `need` to DX KDWN, as I have logged it before such as
in *2015y*, when it was suspected of not following the rules:

``720, Sept 20 at 1213 UT, ``Live in Las Vegas`` talk show from
``K-Dawn``, 257-5396 = KDWN, also asking for tweets, on subject Syria
could become a proxy war between USA and Russia. Really, live call-in
at 5 am Sunday --- I guess so in a city that never sleeps. Per
gaisma.com, today`s real dawn in LV doesn`t start until 1301 UT, and
sunrise at 1327. Enid`s sunrise is 1218 UT.

Better signal here than on 840 KXNT which I got first prompting me to
try 720. Once again, not in keeping with KDWN night pattern of a
cardioid null toward WGN, rather than ND day pattern; or do I enjoy a
propagational pipeline from LV NV? See also 1140 UNID (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Aside from the `pure DX` loss of a chance to hear NV in the East, I
say good riddance, as their program sked shows far-right-liar Sean
Hannity in prime time and another Faux host, Brian Kilmeade. The other
names I do not recognize, maybe locals and I bet not one of them the
least bit `liberal`.

However, Stephen Luce comments as of Feb 23: ``Although KDWN and KXST
are going silent, the licenses have not yet been surrendered. Still a
small possibility one or both could be resurrected under new
ownership. Whether it makes any business sense to do so is up for
debate. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2179)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, Feb 23 at 0732 UT, open carrier atop KWKH, no
doubt KLEY Wellington KS by groundwave, same as pre-sunset. Also some
music, from a 3rd station? Or maybe KLEY JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 23 at 0800, R. Vanuatu, S8/S9 talk but
unreadable; and no VON neighboring on 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9510, Feb 23 at 0757, again that open carrier except for
some hum, S5/S6 fading and some split-second breaks (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0216 UT February 24

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Feb 22 at 0743, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati.
Checking Oahu SDR this date, Gary Pence, KM5X, reported: trace seen at
0741 but not at 0918. Wednesday has sometimes been an off-night for
them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Feb 22 at 2305, token English from SNR on subject
which does not grab me, so I`m mainly hearing simulTURKEY, q.v. But
all four frequencies are on in usual descending quality > 12030 >
11940 > 11685 into Maryland SDR. BTW, JRX in Paraíba says 9690 for NAm
is better there than 11940 for SAm. At 2315 interview about a Badajoz
carnaval and museum, and then about the same in Santa Cruz de
Tenerife, which she says is second only to the carnaval in Rio (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Feb 22 at 2301, VOT English makes in on air
today unlike last two nights, VG S9+30/40 into UTwente; news mainly EQ
stats such as official death toll now at 42,310. 2311 `Review of
Turkish Press` ending, also about that. 2312 promo acknowledging S&R
teams from abroad. 2313 `Whipping Piles` (?) about AI, such as a
painting program, Canvas. 2318 `Weekly Commentary` about PKK
terrorists [or sometimes sounds more like tourists] by
heavily-accented YL, and now she also has the CCCCCCI from XJPBS, std
denunciation, to cope with; criticising PKK for continuing to carry
out attax despite the EQ damage. 2324 outro inviting anyone to submit
their opinions by email for possible broadcast, and credit for this
one by name and institution totally unreadable. Music break until 2333
`Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, something about an anti-oxidant
supplement involving the liver; 2340 bit of theme music but continues
with more of same till 2342, then music break. After 2330 I`m mainly
attending NBC Afternoonly News. 2352 squeezes in the multi-lingual ID
filler reel, but chopped off the air at 2353.7* amid Swahili before
completed; so we don`t even get any standard s/off or IS. Opening
frequency for XJPBS now in the clear. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, Feb 22 at 0747 UT, AA, 100-watt ND beacon at
Fargo / Harwood ND: only somewhat unusual one now (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 28243 CW, Feb 22 at 2134, EEEEEEEE DE WA6APQ/B, only one of
many in the 10m hambeacon subband; per WI5V.net ---
28.244 WA6APQ C LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA # 30W, VERTICAL. --- QRZ.com:

``WA6APQ flag USA, DEWEY MYERS, 2903 Monogram Ave, LONG BEACH, CA
90815 - The WA6APQ BEACON on 28.2440 MHz is located on a 330 foot
hill (Signal Hill) in Long Beach, California. Radio is a Motorola
Mitrek consolette base station, 30 watts, antenna is Antron 99
vertical. Code speed is approx. 10 wpm and operates 24/7. Since 1993.
If you would like a beacon QSL card, send SASE or SAE with $ 1.00 (no
IRC's) or email for a printable QSL card. Include the standard (RST)
signal report, UTC time and date. Audio/Video and Youtube recordings
are welcome. Thank you for looking.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 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, Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2178, WRMI: 9395, 0030,
0044, 0059 (55433), 0059, February 22 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard
-AB)

Also confirmed UT Wednesday February 22 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20
direct.

Missed checking Wed Feb 22 at 2200:21 on WBCQ 7490v; anyone hear it?
Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Ontario for
some US$ and a book 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. 1130, Feb 22 at 2139 UT, dead air at S7 from KLEY Wellington
KS, still so at 2208; and at 2255 when an understation has become
audible, no doubt KWKH. This shows you how seriously Rocking M Media
takes its broadcasting business. Long spans of dead air or off-air
have happened several times before. I wonder if their 100.3 translator
still modulate; doesn`t reach here. BTW, radio-locator.com shows there
is another KLEY on FM 95.7 in Jourdanton TX, presumably unrelated; as
FCC abandoned the idea of unique callsigns years ago if both parties
agreed to share. KLEY in KS has a sibling station on 1550 in nearby
Winfield, KKLE where I am not hearing it; had been reactivated at
least briefly some months ago // 1130 instead of two different
formats. 1130 carrier normally runs all night, modulated or not,
obviously 250 watt day power instead of one watt at night, to
detriment of KWKH which obviously does not care (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 22 around 0730, RV JBA here as usual, and no
7255- Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9700, Feb 22 at 0726, S9+10 dead air and quite steady.
Currently a RNZP frequency not scheduled in Aoki & EiBi until *1651
much later; while 13755 is in well. Neither caught it that 9700 has
axually been heard as early as 1400 Feb 10, // 7390. Possibly a #2 NZ
transmitter test, but suspect RHCuba instead, while no other usual
frequencies are still on. Aoki reminds us Turkey here until 0656, EiBi
until 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 25975 LSB, Feb 22 at 2127, Brazilian 2-way;
26305.3 AM, Feb 22 at 2131, 2-way in English. I`m scanning the 11mb
portion 25800-26500 for any NBFM broadcast auxiliaries like KOVR`s on
26110, hitting nothing but these two (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0122 UT February 23

** GERMANY [non]. 15215, Feb 21, 2023, *1559.5 cut on with Radio
Öömrang opening annual broadcast via FRANCE. S7/9+5 into Maryland SDR.
First in German, then English as 500 kW at 5-6 pm local time, for
expats in NYC, where more Frisians now live than on the original
island. 1602 German; as to be expected mostly in German supposedly
with some Frisian mixed in, and occasional English announcements such
as 1619, with contact info, produxion and funding credits. I reminded
the WOR group about this at 1558, and reports from all over N America
ensued. At 1638 I check it direct to OK: S9/+10 with some deep
fades.

Of course, the non-fluent in German or Frisian can`t get much out of
it, and to make matters worse, totally oblivious to this annual event,
Pres. Biden made his big speech in Warsaw around 1640, drawing us
away.

At 1656 repeat English about credits and contacts, into German but
chopped off air at 1658* before can finish. Hansjoerg Biener in
Germany provided the WOR iog with this background:

``Öömrang Special Broadcast: What did you listen to?

Since 2006, Amrum native Arjan Koelzow has sponsored an annual
shortwave broadcast aimed at the global community of Amrum exiles,
particularly those in New York. (The most recent wave of emigration
was after World War II.) The broadcasts started via Juelich but were
transferred to Wertachtal in 2009 and later to Issoudun (France) as in
this year:
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 1600-1700 h UTC: 15215 kHz (Issoudun 500
kW, 300°)

The broadcast coincides with a local festival, the Biikebrennen. At
https://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/reise/nordseekueste_sh/Biikebrennen-2023-Wo-die-Feuer-an-der-Nordsee-lodern,biikebrennen4.html
you will find the following information about the custom:

"The Biikebrennen is seen as the oldest remaining North Frisian
custom. It was originally a pagan ritual, and Christian missionaries
tried to end the custom around the 10th century. However, the
Biikebrennen continued as a cheerful carnival celebration. Therefore,
it had to take place before the start of Lent. [So, it is celebrated
on St. Peter’s Day now.] At first there were no large piles of wood
burning [as in other German midwinter or midsummer customs], but
individual fires on long poles. A straw doll, the pider, often went up
in flames too. This particular custom has survived in some places to
this day. Later the Biiken burned to drive away the winter. [...]

Since the 19th century, the Biike fires have also been a symbol of the
North Frisians' sense of togetherness and sense of tradition. Children
use the festivals to play pranks on adults. In some places, they even
have no school the next day, St. Peter's Day in honor of the
fishermen's patron saint. In 2014, UNESCO registered Biikebrennen in
the national register of cultural heritage.”

At the beginning of the 2023 programme, it was announced that it would
run parallel to Biikebrennen; but the NDR information gave the Amrum
time for Biikebrennen as 1800 h local time (1700 h UTC). This year the
programme was mostly in German with some Frisian interspersed. The
content of the word oriented programme included old stories from Amrum
(e.g. the finding and hiding of a 200-liter barrel of rum in early
World War II. Later in the war, the authorities hit back at the local
population: If you can recover and hide items washed ashore, you can
also recover dead bodies of seamen and airmen.), but also interviews
with pupils and teachers of the Öömrang-Skuul. Particularly
interesting was the tale of a cultural clash of its own kind when a
Amrum school class visited another school class on the mainland. In
all seriousness, someone asked whether electricity and television were
already available on Amrum.
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5910, continued from last report, of TRT EQ
coverage in Turkish on the IRDR frequency placeheld by SMG Vatican
site, in clear before 0100 but what about the CCI as registered
afterwards, UT Feb 21:

*0058 via Maryland SDR, classical musiQRM cuts on from RRI, S9+10 atop
TRT, shows 0 Hz offset; but via UTwente it`s +004 Hz making heavy SAH,
RRI also atop. 0100 RRI opening Romanian for NAm. But how will they
compare in the EQ area? Closest KiwiSDR is Cyprus, so I get on that by
0120: S9+25 TRT atop with yelling and other noises outside any studio.
By 0200 the CCI is very heavy. 0215 at Maryland SDR, RRI is atop the
CCI as to be expected. At 0301 now Romania is off but CRI English via
Cuba is on: At Cyprus weak S6/S7 algo, TRT off earlier than 0400? No,
at UTwente, TRT still heard at .004, S9+25 with sirens; at Maryland,
only CRI is heard at 0301. By 0400 no 5910 signal into Cyprus (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Tuesday Feb 21 at 2258, BBC WS English via OMAN
until 2259* leaving nothing well past 2300. Neither VOT nor XJPBS
comes on. Recheck 2312, now Chinese from EAST TURKISTAN, std
denunciation, has appeared: rarely does it start right at 2300.
Monitored UTwente in background rest of hour and never any show by TRT
again tonight. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, Feb 21 at 0226, AFK, 25-watt ND beacon at
Nebraska City NE. 349 RG OKC is still OFF, so at 0753 I detect algo on
349, just too weak to copy. But DXinfocentre has only one US station
listed, 25 watt GW in GreenWood MS - and only one other anywhere, 1E
in Black Tickle! NL, 25 watts. I`d love to hear that one (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 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, Dear
Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2178, WRMI:

9395, 0131, S9 signal, 0159, February 18 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, 0130, 0159 (45433), (55433) 0159, February 21 UTC 2023 [Tue]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Missed checking here, UT Tue Feb 18 at 0130 on 9395, so glad Richard
got it. 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. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Ontario for
some US$ and a book 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 21 at 0755, RV audible with music while no
Nigeria on 7255- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic 9/kHz split JBA MW carrier search, Feb 21
at 0221 when EurAfrica are still dark: only 621, 684, 837, 855-2, 1089
kHz, correlating Spain except for 621 Canary; 1089 UK TalkSport
synchros, which BTW has applied to turn off some of its lower-powered
relays. At 0736, still detect the slow beat on 855, and no 846 TP
Kiritimati: evidently off as Gary Pence, KM5X, was not getting it into
Oahu SDR at 0611, 0850 on this Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0003 UT February 22

** CUBA. 6165, Feb 20 at 0726, S9+20 of dead air in English -- or is
it Spanish, and nowhere else on 5, 6, 10 or 11 MHz, except:
11760, Feb 20 at 0737, S9+20 of dead air here too. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Mon Feb 20 at 0739, cannot detect a JBA
carrier from R. Kiribati nor any other 9/kHz split. But Gary Pence,
KM5X did see it on the Oahu SDR waterfall at 0537 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KOREA NORTH. 9875, Feb 20 at 0732, S7/S9 with distorted song and
Russian talk, i.e. VOK as sked 0700-0857. At this hour probably aimed
up the Pacific coast in local Siberian evening. Much stronger than VOK
Japanese on 9650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 28171 CW, Feb 20 at 2250, too-quick check of the 10m
hambeacon band on the first one I encounter, with strange keying, odd
spacing: three dashes at diminishing powers, then XE1FAS/ B after a
space, and then E-something gridmark. NOT listed in WI5V roster on 10
m, only on 12: ``24.9295 XE1FAS PUEBLA MEXICO New 16 Sept 2010``

but the older WJ5O roster not updated since 2016y has it:
``28.171 XE1FAS C PUEBLA, MEXICO # 5W, VERTICAL NEW 30 Sept 10``

Much more info and illos at his QRZ.com page; which is his surname?
``XE1FAS Mexico flag Mexico, SEGURA WALLS ALEJANDRO, 31 PONIENTE 2926,
COL. EL VERGEL, PUEBLA, PU 72410, Mexico``

including, sic: ``BEACONS : 28.171 , 24.929.5 , 50.030 ALL CW ,
(XE1FAS/B EK09VB ) 15 WATTS , LOOP ANTENA TRIBANDER ,OPERATED INTERVAL
20 SECONDS , 2260 MTS HIGH, I APRECIATED A REPORT, FIRST MEXICAN
BEACON IN 12 MTS AND 160 MTS , BEACON IN 2.000KHZ 160 MTS BAND 3 WATTS
ANT QUARTER VERTICAL ANTENA, IN OCTOBER APROX PUT IN THE AIR 472-479
HZ NEW BEACON .`` Among many other things he also runs an SSTV
repeater (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255-, Feb 20 at 0725, VON with S9/+10 of dead
air, way to go! Something`s always abysmal at Abuja. At least it
doesn`t QRM neighbor 7260 VANUATU, much weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 350 MCW kHz, Feb 20 at 0745 UT and still 1639, RG, ND
beacon at Will RoGers World Airport, OKC, is AWOL. No particular
weather excuse. How are all those World planes going to land safely
without it? The other local-Okies are still extant, night & day: 255
SW StillWater, 332 IC wIChita KS, 341 EnId, 515 PoNca City. RG listed
400 watts, but days before vanishing, seemed to be weakening (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 5990 AM, UT Mon Feb 20 at 0140, absolutely local-quality
excellent signal into UTwente, discussing World Radio Day a week ago
and how R. Prague International was marking it; i.e. this is RRI
Galbeni during the N American service hour, intercepted in Holland,
but probably also VG on to the east coast at least; DX/SWL/Media
Programs alleges show at this time is `Listeners Letterbox` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690 > 12030 > 11940 > 11685, Mon Feb 20 at 2300, all four
SNR frequencies funxional once again into Maryland SDR for token M/W/F
English; after news from 2307 interview with an Irish guy living in
Spain for a dekayear and a Spaniardess, María, who are authors and
publishers about Irish/Spanish cultural connexions (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5910.005, Feb 20 at 2309 & 2339, all-Turkish
broadcast, S9+25/30 into UTwente, presumably special service on
frequency reserved for IRDR = International Radio for Disaster Relief.
Probably a domestic TRT network if not a special one. HFCC has SMG
VATICAN site registered 24 hours, but I think a placeholder so this
one not necessarily transmitted from there: altho on this band due to
skip distance, would work better than from Emirler inside Turkey, too
close.

Not in EiBi but Aoki assumes it is:
5910 1700-0400 CVA Voice of Turkiye Tur Santa Maria 1-7
However that span conflicts with Romania to NAm in Romanian at 01-03,
and CRI via Cuba at 03-05!

BTW, some editor keeps ``correcting`` NAm in my reports to Nam --- it
has to be a capital A for America abbreviated, nothing to do with Viet
Nam!

5960, meanwhile, the VOT N American service frequency, is AWOL yet
again, which happens far too often, earthquaxe or not, during the
entire hour, as nothing but Chinese heard from 2302, i.e. XJPBS
Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against
Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2178 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday February 19 from 2101 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz
only, Villa Estense, S9+15/18 into nearby Noale SDR. Preceding IRRS
unnamed music show ran a bit over; had been playing Horn-of-Africa
music. During ID and WOR start, heavy QRM from something in Italian:
new station, or double feed at AMI? Had cleared by 2118 recheck.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 20 at 0054 the 0030 on WRMI 7780,
JBA direct despite S9/+10 including HNL but at 0058 into Louisiana
SDR, good S9/+10 without the HNL.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 20 at 0401.5 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160
minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S9+5/10 into Maryland SDR. JL gotta go by 0400
but inserted by surprise an old clip of me about something offtopic,
then WOR. Larry Will says, ``Glenn, we've been using that particular
"area 51 [Ode to] slinky" liner for years now. It dates to 2009; I
don't know which WOR it originated from. The voice saying "do what you
gotta do" at the end is James Brownyard of WHYP, a notable free radio
operator. Lw`` - 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

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** U S A. 9475, Feb 20 at 2020, George McClintock calls asking me to
check out this WTWW day frequency which he has fired up just about for
the first time, running 50+ kW; it`s the same #2 transmitter as on
5085 at night, since #1 & #3 are still unusable. I have to tell him
it`s JBA; I can perceive it`s on with talking, presumably PPPP; yet
neighbor WWCR 9980 with TOMBS is blasting in as usual. Unless
something else is wrong, maybe because on antenna aimed south as I am
due west, way off to the side of it; altho in heyday was strong enough
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Feb 20 at 1643, WWCR-1 is S9+30 direct tnx to not
unusual sporadic E boost, but with humbuzz, unseems local as no other
signals suffer such; finally at 1727, check Maine SDR, sounds same
there, S9+25/40. Something`s nogood at Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK,
W)R

** U S A. 720, Mon Feb 20 at 0701 UT, WGN with news on the hour, then
a bit of weather and sports before 0706 joining some talkshow,
probably a replay from daytime. I never heard any ads. I`ve been
suggesting to the Courtesy Programs Committee that they should
approach WGN about turning off the air for the special event UT Wed
March 1 at 0759-0809 UT when co-channel 720 KDWN in rare Nevada has
agreed to test with 25 kW day power one last time before going off the
air forever; but CPC are defeatist, offering all kinds of excuses that
this would never be agreed to by WGN. Anyhow, if they went off for
only 5 minutes it looks like they might not lose any advertising, and
anyway would still be streaming altho appparently a holdout without
even an FM translator. Doesn`t WGN owe KDWN a little something for
*protecting* WGN all these years?

``Totally agree with you, Glenn. Defeatist in the extreme. Why not
simply ask. The presumptions of our infantile Walker is down right
irritating. I simply can't see a downside to asking! Nothing ventured,
nothing gained! Hang in there, my friend! Walt Salmaniw`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9510v, Feb 20 at 0734, big hum with pulsing, S8/S9,
peaks hard to pinpoint, approx. 9510.1 and 9510.17. I also heard this
previous night but not logged suspecting something local. Only thing
in Aoki & EiBi at this hour is XJPBS Urumqi Mongolian service which I
would not expect to hear so bigly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0037 UT February 21