** ALASKA. 6075, Feb 11 at 0800 tune-in just as KNLS is signing on
English, plays IS for one minute, then program summary of ensuing
bits, ``from the top of the world`` --- well, not quite, and certainly
do not expect any Breaking News from AK! studios in Franklin,
Tennessee. S9/+10 but says also audible at www.knls.org (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Feb 11 around 1530-1540, zero signals
from LRA36, checked on various Argentine, Brazilian SDRs; at what used
to be a reliable Sat airing. Guess now it`s only ``specials`` if
pre-publicized. Not all these SDRs are hearing any SW signals at all,
blank waterfalls, but I pick a couple which appear to be funxional
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRALIA [non]. 10120-10130, Feb 11 at 0734, no sign of phonehams,
just heavy CW in this normally sparse part of the ``30m`` band. Must
be a contest, which usually rule out the so-called newer ``WARC
bands``. Some months ago I was hearing some USB hams ragchewing Strine
accents on a few frequencies in this range, long-winded and never
caught a callsign; later researched that indeed, Australia allows
phone unlike all? other countries. BUT, since then, not a trace of any
voice contacts, even when prop ought to be funxional. Wha` happened?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9665.083, Feb 11 at 0740, S5/S6 praise songs in Brazuguese?
as always VG modulation, from R. Voz Missionária. Had not measured it
lately; varies both sides of 9665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 11 at 0747, NO signal from RNZP, recently
added second AM frequency. Would certainly be heard if on, as 13755 is
inbooming SSOB at S9+10/20 with ``Deep River Blues``. How to Listen
sked has now been amended to show:
``0559-1258 13755 NW Pacific Vanuatu Solomon Isl PNG Mon-Sun
0859-1258 13755+11725 from 11 Feb NW Pacific Vanuatu Solomon PNG
Mon-Sun``
But Gary Pence, KM5X, says there was still no 11725 at 0942 this
Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 11 at 0814 UT, PN, 25-watt NDB at PoNca
City is back on the air, also circa 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4752+ CW, Feb 11 after 0300 UT, I`m following up on my
previous log of CW IDs in the middle of a CODAR swirsher span at :23
and :43 minutes past an hour. Not sure yet which coast it`s upon, I`m
running the Missouri SDR mid-America near WA0RCR. Sure enough, the IDs
fire at exactly 0323, 0343 and 0403 and I record them to be sure I
copy them accurately and to illustrate in next WOR. Each time they run
twice in a row while the swirshing does pause: WRPW597 --- that`s it.
Looks like a typical FCC utility call format, not a geolocator as
someone suggested. Now it`s just a matter of searching out those
alfanumerix, leading immediately to:

https://www.radioreference.com/db/browse/ctid/2/fcc

Baldwin County, Alabama:
University of Southern Mississippi
Callsign: WRPW597
Frequency: 4.46300000
Granted: 2022-03-25
Stat: A
Units: 1
Pag: 0
Code: LR
Service: RS
City: Gulf Shores

Exactly same info listed for:
Okaloosa County, Florida
City: Destin

I`m not finding a key to the abbrs., like exactly what mean Stat, Pag,
Code and Service. Perhaps someone can explain. 4463 kHz would be the
lower boundary of this CODAR range, but strange that bandwidth or
upper limit is not shown, nor power or other parameters.

Gulf Shores is in the SE corner of AL; Destin FL is 115 km = 73 stmi =
62 nm almost due east along the coast, the other side of Pensacola.

Hattiesburg is main campus of USM, considerably inland, but also, near
Gulfport: ``Gulf Park Campus -- Through its 52-acre beachfront campus
in Long Beach, Mississippi, the University serves as the only
four-year public institution located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and
offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. The Gulf Park campus
is also home to the state’s only bachelor’s degree in ocean
engineering...``

Now we also know whom to complain to about CODAR QRM to legitimate
tropical band broadcasters; or try to QSL them? One would expect other
CODARs to contain equivalent IDs if anyone care to go after them.

Per the same reference, WRPE540, a CODAR call copied by Ken Zichi in
MI, belongs to Rutgers Univ of NJ in Atlantic County, Brigantine,
which is just up the coast from Atlantic City, on two frequencies, 4463
and 5262. But nothing for WRPU84E - perhaps last character wrong
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2177 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday February 11 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 into Missouri
SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday February 11 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela on
5130 -18 Hz = 5129.982, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday February 11 at 1700 on WRN N America webcast.
Tuned in at 1658 as ``Facts Do Matter`` segment starts but chopped off
at 1659 with outro as DW, then Feature Story News, pregnant pause, and
WOR. 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 0530]
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. Thanks this week for ``My yearly anonymous
contribution to WoR. Thanks again, Glenn, for allowing me to
participate in your historic radio show``, generously via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com

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)

** U S A. 7490-, 6160 -66 Hz = 6159.34, 5130 -3 Hz = 5129.997, UT Sat
Feb 11 at 0100, WBCQs with a new `AAAWWW`. Starts with tribute to CE
Tom Barna, who died recently, ``after a short illness``. By 0106 back
to business, insulting Democrats as Moonbats (but not Communists,
progress?) and President Biden as a puppet - how could anyone who
watched his SOTU think that??? At least still another week without
referring to ``our president T****``. Webcast interrupted several
times for buffering, apparently on internet feed from FL to ME - picks
up without anything missed, but annoying. Soon reads long piece from
the Fairfield Journal in Maine warning of the dangers of AI, watch out
for robots taking over the world and squashing mere humans like we
squash mosquitos. Finally finished with that at 0140 as I notice ACI
upon weakening 7490 into Maryland SDR, which must be R. Ashna from
Kuwait after 0130. 0151 finally date stamp as 10th of Feb YOOLF 2023,
from Studio 9 in Deland of Fla. 0156 some email. At 0159 am listening
to 6160 webcast when canned Allan interrupts live Allan`s prayer for a
legal ID, and then back to prayer. I then switch to 7490 webcast and
notice it`s running a good many seconds behind, so JIP Hal Turner
already talking at 0201 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6159.937, Feb 11 at 0754, S9+10 of dead air from WBCQ
instead of TOMBS which has been running all-night, until when? Remains
totally missing from any time on
http://wbcq.com/schedule/index.php?fn=sked&freq=6160
Yet Allan is so concerned about electricosts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330v, Feb 11 at 1617, WBCQ WLCR SuperStition is OFF. Wonder
what`s the matter now. Last night unlogged time but noticed it was
almost exactly on-frequency for a change! Maybe off air till can be
off-frequency again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 11 at 0753, JBA M&W talk, S7/S9 with flutter
from R. Vanuatu still here rather than 3945 & harmonix (Glenn Hauser,
OK WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9580.2 USB, Feb 11 at 0744, JBA 2-way INTRUDERS in
language, unseems Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1757 UT February 11

** ITALY [non]. 14589.997, Fri Feb 10 at 1836, music at S7 into
UTwente. This is the second harmonic of IRRS SW via presumed BULGARIA,
which I have saved in a memory tho WOR is no longer available on IRRS
SW. Fundamental 7295 is *much* stronger S9+25/35 but there is
considerable overmodulation? distortion which I did not detect on X2.
1838 playing orchestral `Danny Boy`, so I guess it`s the unID Irish
music show I have run across elsewhen next to WOR. What does their
sked show at 1915 CET Friday on 7295 & 1323? ``News and features from
our studio``, the generic entry occupying most of the schedule. 1842,
DJs outro as by 101 Strings, a.k.a. ``Londonderry Air``, and more
songs; horrible distortion. Over at odd time 1853 or cut off for promo
of some show ``Wednesday at 8 pm``, IRRS SW ID, 1854 anti-COVID PSA
from UNESCO/WHO about masking and handwashing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
see also USA [and non]. WOR Monitoring of IRRS via 1323 kHz

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725 & 13755, Feb 10 at 0740, JBA audio and JBA
carrier respectively, very unlike last night when the RNZI duplicates
were inbooming.

Stephen Luce commented to the WOR iog: ``RNZ’s newly ordered Ampegon
transmitter isn`t supposed to be in operation until late this year or
early 2024, so it appears that the old Thomson unit from 1990 has been
sufficiently repaired to the point where it can be trusted with an
extended schedule alongside the younger 2006 transmitter. Stephen
Luce, Houston, Texas``

And now another new pairing: ``Strong reception of RNZ Pacific on
unscheduled 9700 kHz at 1400 UTC on February 10, 2023, with news and
weather as part of the "All-Night Programme". Weaker on 7390 kHz,
which is where they are expected to be heard at this hour. 73 Ricky
Leong, Calgary, Alberta, Canada`` --- but the How To Listen page still
shows 9700 AM, only after 1651. Another reply:

``I expect this is to provide a bit of extra coverage during tropical
cyclone season. Cyclone Gabrielle is wandering around the South
Pacific at the moment, due to reach New Zealand on Sunday via Norfolk
Island. It will be the existing second transmitter - the new unit
isn't due for months. Not sure of the beam though. Chris Mackerell,
Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau, RD2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand,
chris@owdjim.gen.nz`` (Glenn Hauser, oK, WOR)

** RUSSIA. 9310 USB, Feb 10 at 0551, Soviet Hymn, a.k.a. Russian
national anthem, starts with a male soloist really belting it out,
then joined by chorus. Tnx to tips from Walt Salmaniw, BC and Chris
Mackerell, NZ, so I bring up an NZ SDR to hear it. I started to time
the duration of each looped repetition but they stopped at 0603*
before I was finished -- somewhere between 3 and 4 minutes.

This has been reported on a number of frequencies, apparently doing
nothing else. On Feb 3, Lucas Bandura, BC, commented: ``This is a
Russian military beacon, operates on several frequencies including
7700, 8001, 9041, 9310, 9900, 10200, & 10420 USB`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, 12030, 11940, 11685, all four, Fri Feb 10 at 2308, REE
token English with news about Turquake by heavily accented YL, neither
Hélena nor Amy, and mispronouncing Erdoğan with a hard G instead of W;
outro as the correspondent in Beirut: that`s closer. 2310 Justin with
report about medical workers striking in Spain. Another demo called
for Sun Feb 12 ``tomorrow``. 2320 interview with Gorka and José Luís,
Basque flamenco artists at Galileo club. I`ve been listening to 12030
via Maryland remote, which is quite adequate today (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.003, Feb 10 at 2304, VOT English, VG S9+40
into UTwewnte, newscaster on lofi line, from home? Helps a bit to make
AMsync bandwidth max at 13.53 kHz. Does VOT ever have any reports from
the scene like numerous world news services? Seems not, everything
read from a studio, home or not. By 2307 XJPBS is on with undertalk
CCCCCCI. `Review of the Tuerkiyish Press` until 2313 about effect of
the TQ on sports clubs. 2314 `Weekly Analysis` about 3 major EQs on
Feb 6, some kind of record, and more statistix, 13.5 megapeople
affected by them. 2319 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on the
benefits of carrots, at least the fourth time! Back to Spain, q.v.
Back to here: songs until 2341 `DYKT` about a photographer. 2343
music. 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2353 s/off and off 2354*
after only first two notes of IS, how rude! Uncovering XJPBS, East
Turkistan, standard denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Fri Feb 10 after 2105, VOA Grimesland with secret but
longstanding airing of `Music Time in Africa`. Occasionally
announcements by hyper Heather Maxwell are reverbing as if long/short
path echo turning on and off, but rather an unwanted studio effect?
Far too little `traditional` music, if any, but frenetic contemporary
rap etc., and far too much talk, like interviewing Black Sheriff at
2145. Conclusion: not worth going out of my way to hear. Listening via
remotes in Tenerife where it`s aimed, and north Texas off the back
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2177 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, UT Friday February 10 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, VG S9/+10 into
Louisiana SDR -- and yes, still with noise burst superimposed over
first 14 seconds. But this time strangely, not visible on waterfall as
external QRM.

Also confirmed Friday February 10 at 1530 on WRMI 9955, preceded by
Blalock the Blaster from tune-in at 1527; S9/S5 direct but fading to
JBA by 1545. Into Maryland SDR, 9955 is S7/S8 for ID and continuing
past 1600 with TOMBS. We never know whether 9955 will be turned off
before WOR, but lucked out this week.

Also confirmed Friday February 10 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz only, S9+15/20 into nearby Noale SDR, following ID which cut
off some talk show, unseems `Wavescan` as scheduled 2100, unless it
started way late. My first 8 words were heard twice, playback
incompletely replacing last week`s? Or anomaly of SDR? There is a
light rippling SAH from a JBA understation with music, probably
Brighton. The CCI is considerably worse by my 2158 closing. 2159
``IRRS signing off 1323, to resume at 19 CET tomorrow`` and right into
Feature Story News. Still after 2205 recheck as I realize they have
switched to AP news via VOA News! 2210 songs. 2211* finally cut off
uncovering Smooth Radio songs? But still fast ripple SAH from algo
else. Next WOR airings:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 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 0530]
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. Thanks this week for ``My yearly anonymous
contribution to WoR. Thanks again, Glenn, for allowing me to
participate in your historic radio show``, generously via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com

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)

** U S A. 7490-, Fri Feb 10 at 2230 trying to listen to `Behaviour
Night` of oldtime recordings via the WBCQ webcast but it keeps
stopping. I`m better off tuned to 7490- itself via Maryland remote
after finding the N TX remote I still have accessed is getting
nothing. I gather that this is also on several other
stations/webcasts. And don`t spell it Britishly despite Sir Scratchy`s
patrician accent. Also the preferred spelling is ``beHAVior Night``. I
see his FB has not been updated since last May - but it does link to
https://myspace.com/sirscratchy where his real name appears, John
Landry, saving me the trouble of searching for it; and location as
Dobbs Ferry, NY, which in 2010y was an 11K town west of White Plains,
north of Yonkers on the Hudson. Did not get around to measuring it
until recheck during unlistenable FKB gospel huxter at 0023 Feb 11
when it`s about minus 68 Hz into Maryland = 7489.932.

Will there be a new `AAAWWW` this week at 0100 UT Saturday? Two last
twits illustrated with portraits of Tom Barna:

``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 11h [= ~1330 UT Friday] If the weather
holds. It’s Angela & Allan Worldwide on the air tonight. 8pm eastern.
Tune 7490/6160/5130 khz. Important stuff to discuss. Don’t miss the
show. Email your comments to wbcq@wbcq.com. With free speech radio-the
show must go on. Two left❤️ RIP`` [with more emojis]

``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · Feb 8
Lost our beloved Tom Barna, chief engineer of the world’s
Superstation. He will be missed. RIP radio brother. With our Lord and
Savior in that big station in the sky. Cary on. The free speech must
continue. Free speech radio WBCQ. 9330/7490/6160/5130/3265 khz More
radio to come🙏⚡️``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4840, Fri Feb 10 at 0722, S9+30/40 of dead air except for
big hum, as WWCR-3 fails once again to modulate TOMBS. Wiggle that
patchcord? Only other frequency on now, 5935 WWCR-2, remains nominal.
Something`s nullified in Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 10 at 0720, R. Vanuatu is JBA here and not on
7890 or 11835. Gary Pence agrees that this seems to be the new normal.
But we never know when they may revert to 3945 plus harmonix at least
after 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4753-, Feb 10 at 0723, I happen to be tuned to 4752 USB
during a bandscan where there are CODAR swirshes over a considerable
range, when suddenly I hear some CW at a pitch slightly less than 1
kHz --- could it be a CODAR transmitter ID, as Ken Zichi had reported
previously? Sent twice at moderate speed, but I do not manage to copy
it beyond the first two letters which I think are WR+ something and
ending in 7? Did the CODAR pause during this? Not sure: if so, that
would definitely tie them together. Nothing further for a few minutes,
but at 0743 I`m listening again when the CW refires --- so maybe this
happen at 20-minute intervals? Or 10? I keep listening past 0753 but
no more and I`m off before 0803. Further monitoring required! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5051.0, Feb 10 at 0721, JBA open carrier. Had not noted
it lately but weeks ago was a regular mystery with good signal (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9234 CW, Feb 10 at 0727, DE 3RA, tentatively as I tune
in, a partial ID? In long CW message, no more DE heard for a while,
but pauses and restarts at 0732. A few sequences copied seemed to be
random letters, not intelligible words, so maybe encrypted (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0042 UT February 11

** CANADA. 362 MCW kHz, Feb 9 at 0759, dash and SB, 500-watt ND beacon
of Greater Sudbury, Ont., seldom audible but now just enough vs local
HNL. How does this differ from plain old Sudbury? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 11845, Feb 9 at 0813, pulse jamming against nothing, a
long-abandoned, daytime-only, R. Martí frequency, but just in case!
You can`t be too careful. PJ also on current daytime-only RM channels,
11860 & 11930. The Other Side:

READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW February 3, 2023 SOCIETY DDC Today:
'The law is prostituted in Cuba,' complain students at the University
of Havana. They say that the Law School has become a 'den of police,
opportunists and mediocrity'. DDC | La Habana

Students at the Law School of the University of Havana expressed their
disagreement with the educations they are receiving at an academic
institution where the violations of rights committed by the Cuban
regime are not addressed, nor the challenges that this entails for the
justice system``...
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1675350881_44979.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Feb 9 at 0755, no JBA carrier detectable from R.
Kiribati. But Gary Pence, KM5X, had detected it at 0403 into Oahu SDR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Feb 9 at 0815, surprised to hear some Pidgin
here with keywords ``blong``, VG S9+10/20. Must be a change by RNZP
back to a previous frequency, ex-13755? NO, it`s on that too at equal
VG level. Imagine: two AM frequencies at once. How to Listen website:

0559-1258 13755 + 11725 from 8 Feb Pacific Mon-Sun
0859-1258 13755 + 11725 from 8 Feb NW Pacific Vanuatu Solomon Isl PNG
Mon-Fri

Such a display is extremely confusing. Does it mean that one of the
frequencies switches to NNW antenna at 0859 but not on weekends? If
so, which one? They are not specified as AM, like many others in the
sked. At various other times when there are two frequencies, one of
them is DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2177)

** OKLAHOMA. 515 MCW kHz, Feb 9 at 0756 UT, no signal from PN, ND
beacon at Ponca City; had been reliable for several weeks, day and
night by groundwave whenever checked, my strongest NDB, even more than
341 EnId. Still off at 1835 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TAIWAN. 11745, Feb 9 at 0814, S9/+10 in Japanese, what? RTI this
hour via Paochung site per Aoki. Azimuth should favor N America far
beyond. 11745 is occupied by Al-Azm, the Sa`udi AFRTS, 22 hours per
day not including this one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 395 MCW kHz, Feb 9 at 0758 UT, 25-watt ND beacon at
Newton/Harvs, Kansas, JBA vs local noise level peak.

407 MCW kHz, Feb 9 at 0758 UT, HRU, 25-watt ND beacon at Herington,
Kansas, blocked for some time by local noise peak circa 400 kHz,
enough S/N to ID it again, but tuned to 405 USB, heard much better
than on 407 itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2176 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday February 8 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9+10/15 into Lincoln NE
SDR; 5010, S6/S8 into Maryland SDR. First I tried for 5010 on Campo,
Brasil SDR, but it was JBA beneath CW QRM.

WORLD OF RADIO 2177 contents: Afghanistan and non, Andorra non,
Antarctica, Bouvet Island, Canada and non, China and non, Congo, Cuba,
France, Germany, Korea South, Madagascar, Netherlands, Newfoundland,
New Zealand, Norfolk Island, North America, Norway, Russia, Spain,
Sweden, (Taiwan), (Tajikistan), Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu; propagation
outlook (countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2177 available from 0145 UT February 10

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2177.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2177.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
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 0530]
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. Thanks this week for ``My yearly anonymous
contribution to WoR. Thanks again, Glenn, for allowing me to
participate in your historic radio show``, generously via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com

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)

** U S A. 4980, Feb 9 about 2315, and Feb 10 at 0204, WRMI still here.
Ivo Ivanov says a new #4 frequency for WRMI Legends has been
registered with HFCC, 5050 at 2300-0500 in B22, replacing 4980. Recall
that 5050 was frequency of defunct WWRB. Also, paving the way, Mark
Taylor, WI, NASWA Flashsheet, reported a pirate on 5050 USB, Feb 5 at
0403, Mix Radio International (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2177)

** VANUATU. 11835, Feb 9 at 0810, no signal from R. Vanuatu on 3 X
3945, altho NZ pounding in on new 11725; also Taiwan on 11745. Gary
Pence, KM5X, agrees at 0812: ``Vanuatu continues on 7260. No Signal on
3945. I just checked in at the ToH on 7260 and copied at KFS rSDR H
.M. Bay, CA a S9+5db signal to hear a YL give an ID and other info
with no signal copied on 3945 and its accompanying harmonics. 73s,
Gary`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2177)

This report dispatched at 0210 UT February 10

** BOUVET ISLAND. 21225 USB, Feb 8 at 1635, big ham DXpedition is on
air, 3Y0J. Working stations as fast as possible, which means uttering
call of contact and signal report. ONLY OCCASIONALLY utters own
callsign, heard at 1639, 1654. I think: could have been a contact
saying it. I again object to typical DXpedition protocols. Callers see
no need to call the station by name: they just keep saying their own
calls. IMO, no contact should be complete without BOTH stations saying
the call of the other, followed by ``this is`` or ``from`` their own
call, every time! So it takes a few more seconds: live with it.

Further problems: 3Y0J often QRMed by stations calling him on same
frequency. Others without IDing themselves often interject ``up
five!`` and then some other others swear at them for doing that. All
this I was hearing via the Campo SDR in Brasil. The TWR S Africa SDR
was tied up on 10115, evidently the CW frequency of 3Y0J, I did not
try to copy, but I bet they still sent ``DE`` to make it clear who is
who. At 1652 could not hear 3Y0J direct on 21225 but occasional
interlopers and most activity by callers on 21230 where they are
supposed to be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 410 kHz, Feb 8 at 1633, IG, ND beacon via Campo SP SDR as I
bring it up to reach Bouvet, already tuned here. Classaxe RNA shows IG
is at Guarulhos SP nearby, but not listed by dxinfocentre.com (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 11875.083V, Feb 8 at 0753, African language S9+10 but
varying audibly as I try to measure it. RFI Fulani this semihour from
Issoudun, altho CRI in Mandarin also listed. MUF from Europe has
ascended. Way off frequency but in unlikely event NASWA log editor
pick this item, he will lop off the numbers right of the decimal
making this nonsensical; anti-accuracy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Feb 8 at 0803, no JBA carrier detectable from R.
Kiribati; since it`s Wednesday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Feb 8 at 0745, S8/S9 of dead air from VON.
Something`s nullified in Nigeria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 12030, Wed Feb 8 at 2300, token English from REE direct, VG
here on ME frequency off the back, as good as 9690 toward NAm. Also on
weaker 11940 SAm, AND much weaker 11685 Af, all four transmitters on
air for a change. At 2258 tune-ins, 11685 // 12030 and separately
11940 // 9690. Subject after news is interview about a large
audio-visual trade show in Barcelona completed a few days ago (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 8 before and after 2300, no signal direct from
VOT English to N America; so I listen to simulSpain. It does not take
a disaster for TRT to go missing. But by 2336 recheck, Turkish music
inbooming to UTwente, +001 Hz, S9+40/45. 2339 ``VOT, always by your
side`` promo, and 2340 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` topic the
benefits of carrots - for at least the third time! Good for eye
health. 2353 s/off as if it were the 1330 broadcast, IS and stays on
with German IDs, 0000 Feb 9 opening German, news; soft/sad music by
0010. Still German past 0030. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
and/or awry at Ankara. BTW, maybe missed some, but have never heard
KURDISTAN or Kurds in any sense in connexion with the EQ, mentioned by
TRT nor any of the major news media. No doubt Erdogan would be pleased
if as many of the victims as possible were Kurds. It would be
interesting to understand how Dengê Welat is covering this (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2176 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 #2176, WRMI:
9395, 0130, 0159 (45343), 0159, February 7 UTC 2023 [Tue]
9395, 0031, 0035, 0044, 0059 (55343), (45343), 0058, February 8 [Wed]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Wed Feb 8 at 2200:22 on WBCQ 7490 minus 76 Hz = 7489.924,
S9+10/15 into Virginia SDR. Next:

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

New WOR 2177 should be ready early UT Friday Feb 10 for download and
first broadcast at 0330 on WRMI 7780.

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** U S A [and non]. 730v, Feb 8 before and after 0700 UT, mixture of
Korean talk and English rock music -- what else but KKDA Grand Prairie
TX = The Metroplex, and XEX México CDMX, which is mainly W Deportes,
sports but always heard with English rock music instead overnight. On
a household AM/FM radio not normally for DXing but positioned such
that it favors N/S paths, Panasonic RF569D made in Singapore,
inherited from my late aunt. Not sure of the 6 and 9, numbers hard to
read as imprinted. Yes, that`s it, as another illustrated on eBay for
$ 20.

KKDA is 500 watts, somewhat direxional northward at night to protect
XEX. Originally a superpower station, XEX now only 60 kW day and night
per WRTH 2022; and IRCA Mexican Log, with nothing about it being
anything but 24h sports. Much of the time the signals are equal here,
producing a SAH of about 7 Hz, by the
rapid-counting-as-seconds-tick-by-on-my-watch method. MWoffsets shows
them 9.43 Hz apart:
729.9889 MEX XEX W Deportes (México D.F/Col. El Vergel)
[729.9877-729.9907] 24h 2021-01-03
729.99833 USA KKDA (Grand Prairie, TX) 2017-08-03
However, at the max XEX variation, the apartness would be only 7.63
Hz; altho the measurements were 3.42 years apart.

Radio-locator says KKDA is Radio Korea, DKnet, address in Dallas:
https://dalkora.com/bbs/main.php?gid=radio
Format as ``Asian`` but really Korean only? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 8 at 0746, JBA presumed R. Vanuatu, still not
changing to 3945 and multiples at 0700. Nothing on 7890, but some weak
2-way on 7889 USB. No 11835 either. Gary Pence agrees: ``Hi Glenn, Was
listening to Vanuatu at ToH 0700z which they remained on 7260 with
[no] QSYing at ToH. Sent [me .wav of] the first 2 minutes at
07z-0702z from ZL1KFM where they were S9+15db and at KFS SW rSDR
H.M. Bay, CA, they were S9 signal on 7260. At 0711z still on 7260. No
signal on 3945 khz. 73s, Gary, KM5X`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0038 UT February 9