** CUBA. 15140, Jan 16 at 2052, no signal from RHC English; not at all
from 2000? Something`s always wrong at RHC. Next day Jan 17 at 2000 it
is on, S7/S8 into Maryland SDR, but somewhat distorted, undermod and
noisy. SAWA. But at 2032 recheck direct: it`s gone again. SAWA.

BTW, Sunday Esperanto this week Jan 15 reported by Ivo Ivanov at 2132
on 15140; previous weeks was on 13680. Certainly not at claimed time
of 2330 on 15730. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 17 at 0720, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati;
no others. If I were bandscanning later, I might detect more TP from
PacificAsia; earlier, more TA from EurAfrica (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Jan 17 circa 1630 UT, Enid`s only local TV signal
is on the air again, K17JN-D, after latest AWOL starting Jan 5; but
never any local origination! Main channel is 3ABN TV, plus 3 AV
subchannels and 3 audio-only, including Radio 74 which is also on the
KIEL, Loyal 89.3 FM transmitter. Such audio-only on a multi-TV
channel, translator or otherwise, I have never encountered elsewhere.
Is it widely done, or only by Three Angels? TitanTV listing for 3ABN-E
as a cable channel still shows episodes about Adventist World Radio,
UT Thu Jan 19 at 0430 and Sat Jan 21 at 2030, and more Jan 26 & 28
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Jan 16 at 2300, no signal direct from VOT
English to N America. 2330 check at UTwente: nothing but Chinese from
XJPBS, East Turkistan, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against
Uyghurs and other Moslems. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler.

5960.001+, Jan 17 at 2343, undermodulated Turkish music into Maryland
& UTwente, so VOT not off the air today unlike yesterday. 2352 s/off
in English and this time S9+30, well atop the CCCCCCI even into
UTwente. 2353 IS starts repeating; and 2355 German IDs intersperse as
they are no longer allowed to pronounce it ``Türkei``. Here we go
again? 2359* chopped off, uncovering XJPBS much louder modulated.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 337 MCW kHz, Jan 17 at 0727 UT, FF, 25-watt ND beacon at
Fergus Falls, Minnesota. I was tuned to 335 USB: not unusual to hear
NDB 2 kHz below real frequency. A new one for me, at last! F.F. is a
town of 13K between Moorhead and Alexandria in west-central MN on
I-94; 1109 km or 689 statute miles from Enid = 27.5 miles per watt. I
once had a presumed log of KJJK 1020 in F.F. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday January
17 at 0158 just in time the 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20 into Louisiana
SDR. Next:

0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled!]
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

WORLD OF RADIO on WRN via satellite and webcast: rechecking skeds Jan
17 I find it no longer on a daily basis at 1330 to Europe, but Sundays
only:
N America/Africa/Asia/Pacific: 1700 & 2030 Sat; 0230 Sun & Mon; 1130
Sunday
Europe: 1700 Sat; 2100 Sat & Sun; 1330 Sunday.

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated. Thanks this week to Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution
via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not
necessarily.

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)

** VANUATU. 7890, Jan 17 at 0745, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, 2 x
3945; and 11835 a JJBBA carrier on 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7780, Jan 17 at 0030:00, since Jeff assures us the noise
bursts on this frequency are not produced by WRMI, I am investigating
further, on a night when programming other than WOR is scheduled: the
bursts start at precisely the bottom and top of hours and last 14
seconds, quick pause and one more split second burst. The S/N ratio
varies depending on which remote location is monitoring. At Maryland,
noise does not totally override WRMI; at Louisiana yet where WRMI is
stronger, it does. At 0100:00 and 0200:00 during TOMBS the same thing
happens at Maurice. Next check at 0330:00, another burst at Maryland.
At 0400 I am monitoring Maryland one more time and looking at the
waterfall. This time I can see identical size and length bursts not
only on 7780 but also on 7760 and 7792. At least they are not
broadband. So WRMI might escape them by moving to 7730. My other
suggestion is that WRMI shift all 7780 programming 15 seconds later.
That might make it harder to coördinate with WRMI System and frequency
switches, but that might be a lesser evil. Do these also fire when
WRMI is not on 7780, such as in daytime? FWIW, Jan 17 at 1930 & 2000,
nothing into Maryland SDR. But whence, and why? Altho the noise might
convey some data in some mode, these act like they are just
channel-stakers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0006 UT January 18

** CANADA. 284 MCW kHz, Jan 16 at 0703 UT, dash and QD, 500-watt NDB
at The Pas, Manitoba. Surprised to hear it as just before, could not
detect WG Winnipeg, 1000 watts on 248 which is normally the most
reliable, but during `auroral` conditions; however, Blitzortung shows
no lightning anywhere in N America, just some out around Bermuda.
DXinfocentre.com says of WG, ``TO BE DECOMMISSIONED 2023-04-20``; and
right next to it, QL, 248, 1000 watts in Lethbridge, Alberta, already
decommissioned -- I never heard it even mixing with WG. QL does appear
in countless MARE Log Summaries, until Feb 11, 2022 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CANADA. 7850 CUSB, Jan 16 at 1855, no direct signal from CHU but OK
on 14670. Too much absorption below 8 MHz, but at 1945 check, 7850 is
OK into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 28170 CW, Jan 16 at 1903, VVV DE VA3XCD/B, a beacon not on
WI5V roster on this or any frequency. QRZ.com unmentions anybeacon
either:
VA3XCD Canada flag Canada
William G Pooley, 400 DEWEY ROAD RR3, YARKER, ON K0K 3N0, Canada
Yarker is a small town just NW of Kingston. LOTS of other beacons and
phoners on 10m wide open (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5990, Jan 15 at 2305, CRI relay is S9+25/35, but English
modulation buried under huge hum. Second harmonic 11980 achieves S8/S9
with more audible modulation, less hum - so harmonix can come in
handy! Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 15125, Jan 16 at 1606, music with very heavy bass beat, then
Arabic announcement, S7/S9. It`s CRI via Bamako toward E Africa (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORFOLK ISLAND. From Nick Hacko, Jan 16 at 1004 UT:

``[WOR] A quick report on RadioDX Norfolk Isl 3rd test + upcoming
transmission announcement (to follow) ---

Let me get straight into it: thank you for tuning in. Your dedication
to SWLing is simply astonishing. Again, thank you for tuning in and
for your polite, detailed and very enthusiastic reports.

The reason why Radio DX exists is simple: it's here so you can chase
it. Clearly, we are not quite there yet, but the recent test runs over
the past few days gave us assurance that we are heading in right
direction. AM broadcasting is not my forte. Actually, I know very
little about putting a station on air. However, knowing that the
effort is appreciated encourages me to learn and invest in this
project.

Of course, very special 'thank you' goes to Glenn Hauser and WOR. If
it wasn't for Glenn's dedication for SWLing, his persistence, pedantic
devotion to build and support a community of like-minded people, this
project would never take off. To have Glenn's voice as station ID is a
privilege - and I'm so proud that this was the case from the very
first test transmission.

Equally, I am grateful to hard-core North American listeners who
started communication even before the signal went on air. Plenty of
encouragement and true gentlemen-ship. And same goes to crazy Finns! I
mean, seriously, you have to be absolutely crazy to go out, in the
middle of winter, to stretch 1,000m beverage in direction of Norfolk
island, just to hear that feeble signal, 18,000 km away. Hats down,
humbling indeed.

A word or two about Norfolk Island. Situated 1700 km east of mainland
Australia and 1,000 northwest of New Zealand, NF is a rock 8 x 5 km in
size with population of around 2000 people. Really, nothing more than
is a tiny dot in the South Pacific ocean. While every island community
is a unique one in its own way, people of Norfolk Island are dealing
with a number of challenges: recent loss of independence and
self-government, aged infrastructure, lack of essential services.

The population is a mix of Pitcairn Island descendants who are seeking
return to independence and self government, Australians and New
Zealanders. Australian Government is keen to fully integrate Norfolk
into its domain; however, integration process will take time, as well
as plenty of good will from all the participants. The reality is that
a population of 2000 people cannot physically and financially sustain
itself without Australian support, and if it wasn't for Australia,
even the basic services like transport, Medicare and education would
be impossible to maintain.

You can imagine that in such political and social climate, for a
newcomer, it takes years to build true relationships, to become
accepted and to integrate in meaningful way. The key word is
self-sufficiency. On the other hand, the island climate is very
pleasant with temperature all year around between 18-24 C. Plenty of
rain too, so Norfolk is green and lavish. No snakes (of any kind!) and
no poisonous spiders, no traffic lights or fast food restaurants.
Pristine air and water, and the island is extremely clean.

My wife and I spend half of the time on Norfolk, and half in
Australia. I am 59, not yet of retirement age :-( I wish I could
spend more time playing radios, but great deal of time is spent
obtaining food, preparing meals, gardening, slashing and clearing
overgrown vegetation. We have planted papayas, bananas, passion fruit
and avocados - and they grow fantastic on Norfolk. Over 500 kg of
radio equipment was carried so far as hand luggage, as well as cabling
and aluminium, so I am already active on 160m to 6m.

Back to 60 m --- Getting on air requires re-tuning of the 160m
antenna, tuning it to 5 MHz, tapping the PI coil in the amplifier and
then sitting next to radio ensuring that all goes well. Not really
plug-and-play setup. And definitely not something that could be done
in the middle of the night, or on a short notice. My biggest problem
is finding a dedicated and reliable 1 kW, 60 m, AM transmitter. There
are not many makers out there who make transmitters at reasonable
price.

I really want 'to get it right' - great audio quality with reliable
service. The idea is to leave TX on air for hours at a time so I can
'do something else'. The good news is that the location is superb;
antenna is on the hilltop (5 acres of land) 140 m above the sea level
with uninterrupted views over Pacific in all directions. It really
doesn't get any better than that. As you have noticed, even with 200
W, signal in Hawaii is very decent (distance 6,600 km). As well, all
over Australia, as far to Perth (5,000 km). This is very encouraging.

Transmitting at sunrise yielded dozen reports from Finland, Sweden,
Holland, Austria, Germany and Thailand. Unfortunately Europeans were
deprived of sunrise signal enhancement. It should have happened, but
it didn't. For that reason, I am planning one more session from 17:00
to 18:30 UTC sometime this week. Please stay on WOR mailing list and
watch for announcement. The programming format remains the same:
couple of songs and very frequent station ID. I really want you to
capture that Glenn's announcement so you can claim QSL.

I do apologize for not being able to reply to every email directly.
However, once in Sydney, I will have more time to acknowledge your
reception report. As promised before: QSL card is 100% sure, but it
will take a bit of time to get the cards printed.

Couple of photos attached: the antenna wire, suspended from a 50 m
pine tree. There are 18x 40 m radials in the base. Second photo was
taken 30 minutes before sunrise, during the last test towards Europe.

If you wish to email me directly, please do so on
vk9dx@clockmaker.com.au --- 73 Nick RadioDX NF`` (via Glenn Hauser,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 15 at 2304, no carrier direct from VOT.
Considering K=5, could be on but zero propagation; did not get around
to checking European remotes. But VOT occasionally fails to emit from
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 326 MCW kHz, Jan 16 at 0705 UT, MA, 400 watt NDB at Midland
TX; perhaps my most regular Texan, not always logged but for the
record. Sounds like single letter Q if you don`t consider the pause
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
January 15 at 2100 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa
Estense, VG S9+10/20 with lite musical CCI from understation, probably
Smooth Radio, Brighton, England. Still nothing on previous alternate
or test frequencies 918, 207 kHz.

Also confirmed UT Monday January 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Maurice LA SDR, after which I wrote Jeff White:

``Noise blasts over WOR --- Jeff, This has been going on for months.
Would appreciate it if you could fix it. The WOR playbacks on System D
7780 always start with a burst of noise completely overriding my
opening for 10+ seconds. This always starts at exactly the same time I
start talking, so obviously some defect coming out of your
transmitter. Not external QRM or jamming. After a brief pause there is
another short burst. Lately I have also been noting three short bursts
of the same noise about 3 minutes into. I am sure you would hear all
this by remote monitoring if not line monitoring in-house. Once I
thought I heard same at start of some other program, not sure, but
seems likely. Thanks, Glenn``

``Glenn: The "noise blasts" do not originate with WRMI. We have an
idea where they might be coming from, but it's hard to know for sure.
I'm sure you realize that 7780 is OOB, and that utility stations have
priority over us, so a lot of times we have to live with these things.
It does not only happen when your program is on the air. Jeff White,
General Manager, WRMI Radio Miami International``

``Jeff, Well, it`s uncanny the precision timing to the split second to
start at the same time as WOR. Why don`t you reprogram so WOR starts
:15 seconds after the half hour? That would avoid the noise or prove
it`s not deliberate against any certain program. Or if inevitable,
maybe a permanent WRMI frequency change is in order. Like 7730 where
you are already authorized but not really using? Or was that the one
with the multi-harmonic problem?
73, Glenn``

Also confirmed UT Monday January 16 at 0400 on Area 51 webcast --- but
NOT on WBCQ 6160-. Propagation is degraded so New Hampshire and
Maryland SDRs are getting zero signals, too close. Missouri SDR has an
invisible and inaudible carrier but SAM shows signature offset of
-62/67 Hz = 6159.933 to 6159.938 variable. A better signal direct at
S9 but NO modulation! I measure it varying around 6159.934. It`s
always something?! [meanwhile, R. Angela in Marriage of Figaro is
S9+10/20 direct on 5130.00 with good modulation.]

{about the first 5045 Norfolk test, I hear myself giving the date as
November 11 instead of January 11, geez! 15+ minutes into program}

{too late to fix on WOR, Ken Zichi corrects his frequency range for
CODAR including Morse code IDs: 4450-4475 like the other reporter, not
7450-7475} Next:

0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled!]
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 Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution
via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily.

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)

** VANUATU. 7260, Jan 16 at 0656, JBA carrier from R. Vanuatu, as I
finally start monitoring before 0700. Expecting it to QSY shortly I
then tune to 7890 and wait for a 2 X 3945 carrier to pop on: which it
does at *0659:06 - or 0659.1 decimally. Some sound is JBA. At 0732 I
check X3 = 11835 and find it S6/S8 with some music and talk audible.

Gary Pence, KM5X, TX also simulmonitoring and says, ``Vanuatu on at
0700z, 3945, 7890, 11835 via Maui 1/16/23 S5-S8`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 6780, Jan 15 at 2253, JBA carrier with Doppler
flutter. Nothing listed but could be Sound of Hope jammer. Same very
wobbly frequency effect on some other no doubt E Asian, hi latitude
signals:

13705, Jan 15 at 2255, NHK IS, only S3 with Doppler flutter.

9100, Jan 15 at 2257, Doppler flutter on carrier which is mostly
noise, this week`s frequency of Echo of Hope, from Korea South, and
jamming? Alternates with 9095 and 9105. EiBi has extremely detailed
schedules of these, occupying 48 lines = 16 each including English
segments, while Aoki has only one line on wrong current frequency
9105.

``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2023 Jan 16 0000 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 January follow.
Solar flux 234 and estimated planetary A-index 30.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0000 UTC on 16 January was 5.00.

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred.

Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 27555 USB, Jan 16 at 1858, CQ DX, ###136, QSY 27515,
freebander slurring his unlegal callsign. In English, but when he goes
off, some weaker Brazuguese. Also lots of Spanish on 11m, while
official CB is bursting with hets, AM transmitters unable to
zero-beat. SF is way above 200; DXMAPS often show Es MUFs
tantalizingly just below 88 MHz FMBC band.

Es and/or F2 could audiblize some SWBC harmonix, so in USB I tune
continuously down from 26100 to 21450 without hitting a single
suspicious carrier. Of course there are a lot fewer fundamentals on
air now than previous solar maxes. Here`s a quick reference table:
4750-5130 X 6 = 28500 - 30780
4750-5130 X 5 = 23750 - 25650
5800-6200 X 5 = 29000 - 31000
5800-6200 X 4 = 23200 - 24800
7200-7500 X 4 = 28800 - 30000
9250-9990 X 3 = 27750 - 29970
11500-12160 X 2 = 23000 - 24320
13570-13870 X 2 = 27140 - 27740
Of course there are other possibilities, higher multiples of lower
bands, going well above 30 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2033 UT January 16

** CUBA. 11760 // 15140, Sunday January 15 at 1603, RHC opening weekly
Esperanto, still giving wrong schedule, probably taped years ago: Sun
0800 on 6100 - while all frequencies were off by 0710; 1600 on 11760 -
only, despite addition of 15140 years ago; and 2330 on 15730 despite
axually heard at 2130 on 13680. They also continue to mis-pronounce
some words, unable to divorce themselves from Spanish habits of
stress: Ameriko, politiko. 15140 modulation somewhat distorted
compared to 11760. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Some Comsymps take
me to task for being so hard on RHC: since Cuba jams my program and
countless others, and always airs an anti-American slant, it deserves
no respect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15665, Jan 15 at 1555, S Asian songs are SSOB, S9/+10
but chopped off the air at 1558*, how rude! It`s AWR in MAL, which
here means Malayalam, not Malgache or Malay, scheduled at 1530 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13563.5, Jan 15 at 1559, PCO, HIFER beacon from Pine,
ColOrado is JBA and unusually, so is 13565, K6FRC, Patterson,
California. Still no trace of all the others listed in the 13550-13570
ISM band at
https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed starting
at 2108 Saturday January 14 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, steady S9+20 into
nearby MO SDR, the nominal 2030; shortly after last report dispatched.
Delayed by `QSO Today` podcast of American-accented Israeli ham
interviewing South Australian-accented ham and winegrower until 2108.

Also confirmed Saturday January 14 at 2230 new time on WRMIs: 5850,
S9+20/25; 15770 S9+15/25 both direct. At this early hour despite 5850
thisaway and 15770 thataway off the side, better less noisy reception
on 15770. As usual no signal on imaginary 7730 which WRMI keeps
showing on schedules anyway.

Also confirmed UT Sunday January 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10,
still starting with a ~10 second noise blast overriding my opening;
also 3 more brief blasts at 0033. At 0054 much better signal, VG
S7/9+10 into Maurice LA SDR.

Also confirmed starting at 0458 UT Sunday January 15 on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, VG groundwave S9+20 into nearby SDR. Great variability in start
time depends on greatly variable lengths of preceding ham shows. This
week I noted the Houston AMSAT net going to ARRL news at 0449. 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
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [canceled! see below]
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 Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution
via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily.

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. 9455, Jan 14 at 2315, this WRMI-5, WNW at 285 degrees, is
still splattering during Legends, and somewhat distorted on 9455
itself; at 2358 Ted is talking about deciding to put multi-lingual
Bibling on WTWW-3 15810 - which did not last long; cut off at 2359 for
ID and 0000 UT Sunday Jan 15 new airing of The Mighty KBC, which
happens to be at exactly same time as when it was on Nauen 5960 or
9925. By 0709 check, 9455 is S9/+10 but no spurs audible. Also, right
after `Encore` finishes 5850 at 0200, another repeat of KBC `Giant
Jukebox` on that frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Sun Jan 15 at 1935 checking WRMI during `Music and
Medicine`, introducing a Nocturne by Chaikofsky. Would like to listen
more to this show but at same hour as `Pipedreams` I always get on
$ tereo webcast of WYSU HD2, at this time playing `Nimrod` from Elgar`s
`Enigma Variations`. Is M&M at any other time? OMG, now at 10-11 UT
Wednesday on 5850, displacing a longtime WOR airing at 1030! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Jan 15 at 0701, JBA music from R. Vanuatu on 3 x
3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1950 UT January 15

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 14 at 0723, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH. 9875, Jan 14 at 0722, S7/S9 of distorted music, very
brief announcements, cannot recognize language, past 0732, something
from ME? No, Aoki & EiBi agree it has to be VOK in Russian at
0700-0900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Now that it`s too late for this week`s FRW, any
pirates to be heard direct, January 14 at 0306-0308 UT Saturday?

6935 AM, Jan 14 at 0306, pirate music S6/S7. These say B Side Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108112.0.html

6960 AM, Jan 14 at 0307, JBA carrier. These say Ball Smacker Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108116.0.html
``We are simulcasting 300W 4030AM and 200W 6960AM.``

4030 AM, Jan 14 at 0308, YL talk and music, S8/S9 with het on plus
side. Last log here had Ball Smacker Radio on this late, and more:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,108114.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: by surprise a
bonus? webairing on Area 51, UT Sat Jan 14 at 0108-0137 but not on SW,
as below.

Confirmed UT Saturday January 14 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/35 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday January 14 at 0500-0529 on WBCQ Radio
Angela, S8/S9 into Maryland SDR with some storm crashes; quite a
lightning line out in the Atlantic from Bahamas NNE toward Maine.

Radio DX, NORFOLK ISLAND has been testing with 200 watts on 5045. At
0818 Sat Jan 14: ``Good signal in NZ with Glenn Hauser's World of
Radio, recorded January 12th I think, so right up to date! Bryan
Clark, Mangawhai - NZ``. Was also going to test at 1700-1830 for
Europe.

Also confirmed Saturday January 14 at 1700 on WRN North America
webcast.

Not confirmed the 2030 UT Sat Jan 14 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20,
and Israeli interviewing a South Australian winegrower and ham still
past 2100; into nearby remote.

{too late to fix on WOR, Ken Zichi corrects his frequency range for
CODAR including Morse code IDs: 4450-4475 like the other reporter, not
7450-7475}

Next:
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 15770 to NE [NEW]; 7730?
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
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
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
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 Benn Kobb, DC for a contribution
via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com - in US funds but not necessarily.

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. Monitoring `AAAWWW` on WBCQs, UT Sat Jan 14 from 0100, very
confusing situation. Started tuning at 0058 hearing the tail end of
the `FKB` gospel huxter with 3265.167 already on, S6/S8 into Maryland
SDR, and // 7489.928 which is his normal only frequency at 0000 UT
Sats. 3265+ is always way off/frequency+ whenever turned on, one hour
a week?

Then at 0100 I`m trying to listen via the (7490) webcast, which fires
an ID but then some other music, not `William Tell Overture` theme.
Back to SW: at 0101, WTO is playing on 6159.936v. Then I check the
(6160 Area 51) webcast, and it is still playing music other than
WTO.

Then I`m forced to listen on SW only, 5129.996 slightly better than
6160v better than 7490v; Allan opens as on ``5130, 6160, 3265`` as
well as 7490; fiddling with levels. Angela is ``there`` on a remote
lo-fi phoneline. During the hour we hear very little from her as more
inconvenient for her to interrupt his monologs.

For Allan is in Master Control, Monticello, first time in a long time.
Starts to give top frequency as 7415 which was changed years ago to
7490. 0105 takes a call from Larry Will, who informs him that the
webcasts are not working and 6160 reception for him in MD is poor. As
far as Allan can tell, everything is OK, the show audio going into the
webcasting inputs -- but Larry and I know better by axually monitoring
them.

To my great surprise, the new WORLD OF RADIO 2173 starts playing at
0108 on the Area 51 webcast only, straight thru to 0137, no ID and
then starts some music. This could hardly have been accidental: a
bonus from Larry?

AAAWWW continues to be audible only on SW transmitters. Allan has been
explaining SW propagation, how fluorescent lights work, blue light
being bad for you; until 0136 announcing as quadricasting from MC#1 in
M`cello, on Friday The 13th, 2023, but I think he omitted the month.
0137 I recheck the (7490) webcast: now silent, no music but the timer
is running.

Says it`s snowing in Maine, while Angela has been blanketting horses
today, i.e. still stuck in chilly Fla. Then Allan talx about how for
fun, he has been working on an Atwater-Kent radio a hundred years old,
which worx after a few repairs. He was surprised to find that
resistors were in the form of mere wires back then. 0147 prompts her
for ``Angela`s Angle``, but she was not ready with anything. Nor have
we heard any such regular prepared commentaries from her elsewhen.

Allan asserts that inflation is much worse than the government
figures. 0152 admits that `Financial Survival` has left WBCQ but
continues elsewhere - WWCR, WRMI? So its M-F 21-22 UT hour on 7490 is
now an Available Time Slot for something else or for F.S. to return.
Meanwhile it`s being filled M-F, not just Wed before WOR, by JP`s old
record show.

0153 spends more time than usual reading items from Free Radio Weekly
just out, as when Harold edits on rotation, it`s prompt. Always has to
mention Ball Smacker Radio as Angela`s ``favorite`` --- is she a
bowler? Bowless? This goes on until 0159 high time for a prayer. Note
that this week there was hardly anything political! No dissing of
Democrats. No reference to ``our president``. Could they be realizing
they have been delusional about T****? Too soon to tell.

They run past 0200 Hal Turner time, but there is dead air past 0201 on
7490, 0202 finally music makes 7490 webcast come to life and match
7490 SW but still no Hal. 0204 switch to apparent Hal`s music as
someone mutters, ``do it this way`` twice. 0205 Hal finally heard
saying he is ``restarting`` so evidently some mixup on his end too -
or he was depending on hearing himself on SW and/or web. Tuneout!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, Jan 14 at 0715, this WRMI at S9+20 is splattering
badly to the lower side, audible as far down as 9220, peaking about
9422, and even QRMing 9330 WBCQ which I first suspected as source, but
matched modulation peaks to 9455 on another radio. Notified Jeff 10
hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU [and non]. 7890, Jan 14 at 0709, JBA carrier from 3945 X 2
Radio Vanuatu, while 11835 = 3 X 3945 achieves some sound at S4/S5.
MUF is up with 13755 NZ booming S9+10/20! in Saturday night request
show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2105 UT January 14

** CUBA. For those who may not have seen it, I have been intending to
link to RHC`s obituary for Arnie Coro:
https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/nacionales/309905-prominent-cuban-journalist-and-professor-arnaldo-coro-antich-passes-away
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6165, 10080, 11670, 12000, Jan 13 at
0720, RHC is OFF early from possible frequencies. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Jan 13 at 2133, still no signal of R. Cairo into
UTwente, nor reported for almost a month; something`s egregious in
Egypt. I may stop non-logging it now until and unless it upshow (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORFOLK ISLAND. 5045, Jan 13, Nick Hacko notified the WOR iog of
another test of Radio DX bracketing local sundown, 0730-0830 UT.
Direct, nothing yet at 0720, but JBA carrier detectable at 0724! No
more than that here direct, 0735 recheck, so this time I`m listening
via the Maui SDR, which others were using well two nights ago. At
0729, I can hear my voice with the ID recorded for original use last
April. It`s S5/S7 into Maui with some storm crashes but Blitzortung
does not show any major lightning areas closer than NSW and SE USA.
IDs repeat a few in a row with pauses; 0731, woman singing hymn,
``Just a Closer Walk with Thee``. Parts of this also repeat several
times. 0736, seems like lite CW QRM with VVVs. I see Gary Pence and
someone in Sydney are also listening via Maui. Some breaks in
transmission like 0740.7* to *0741.5; running-water QRM at 0742.7. At
0748, during an ID suddenly switches to SSB, so I switch to USB, but
it`s soon back in AM. Nick said this was a defect of his transmitter.
0752, the hymn again, 0755 IDs, which I re-record before I go to bed.
0758, YL starts another song. 0818, my final check direct on R75 with
E/W longwire, still JBA carrier vs S9 high local noise level.
Presumably runs until about 0830. Many other reports of this in the
WOR iog. Power 200 watts into vertical antenna (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** PERU. 4810, Jan 13 at 0723, JBA carrier, presumed R. Logos. Only
chance to copy anything is by LSB tuning avoiding STANAG on plus side,
but there is still weak CODAR QRM on minus side vs this signal too
weak (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850, UT Fri Jan 13 at 0230-0245, WRMI playing
pop/rock/rap music, fill? instead of classical `Encore` still
scheduled at 0200-0300. Notified Jeff White and Brice Avery: there was
an error in the file name, repaired so further repeats will be OK
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Jan 13 at 0722, JBA carrier, no doubt SIBC
in 5025 Cuba sideband, boding well for the imminent 5045 test from
Norfolk Island, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Friday January 13 at 2300, REE in tokEnglish, VG
S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR, before news, previews that feature will be
about the play `La Vida es Sueño` by Calderón de la Barca. A few
minutes later it`s recording of press conference by the
English-speaking director and stage designer, since they don`t do
interviews` with consecutive English/Spanish interpretation back and
forth: very competently done and could serve as a language lesson in
itself. But I`m not very interested in the subject. It seems REE
English leans heavily on the arts to talk about, such as theatre,
music, painting, all of which lack something when they are only being
discussed orally. Safer subjects, I guess, than politix or hard news
about what`s going on in Spain. At outset I quickly checked the other
frequencies into same SDR: 12030 for ME much weaker but second-best;
11940 for S America third and with an echo; 11670 for Africa still no
signal. Just before 2300, 12030 was not // in some other language
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.001, Jan 13 at 2257, TRT is already on with
IS, tough luck for BBC listeners, S9+35/35 into UTwente, but a bit
undermodulated. At first I`m mainly listening to simulSPAIN, q.v. By
2313 during music, CCCCCCI from XJPBS, EAST TURKISTAN has hit it from
the land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other
Moslems. 2320 filler plug ``The Voice of Tuerkiye, always by your
side``, and then, not to be confused with `Weekly Commentary`, now
`Weekly Analysis`, written by some professor, about conflicts in 2023
concerning Turkey, mainly war in Ukraine, implying that it`s being
prolonged due to US aid --- well? Also focus on the Black Sea. 2324
suddenly dumps off the air uncovering XJPBS at S8+5/15. I attend to
REE so not sure exactly when it come back; but at 2329 the CCCCCCI is
worse making a pumping SAH of 3 Hz while UTwente now shows TRT +002 Hz
high. 2333 the multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2335 `Feeling Supreme` -
or is it `Healing Spring`? anyhow a repeat of how wonderful the kiwi
fruit is. At 2343 I switch to the same Maryland remote used for
Spainglés earlier, where TRT is not so solid, S8/9+12 but better ratio
against the CCCCCCI, still some detectable SAH fading. 2350 `Did You
Know That?` about significance historically of the number 7, and how
two of the Seven Wonders of the World were in Anatolia. 2353 s/off
with schedule, one run of IS to turnoff at 2354.7* (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2173 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, UT Friday January 13 at 0330 on WRMI 7780: as usual, JBA direct,
S5/S8 vs noise level; sufficient S9/+10 into Maurice LA SDR.

NOT confirmed Friday January 13 at 0830 on WRMIs: briefly scheduled
here, but now `OTH Radio` hour heard on all three, 5010, 5850 and 7780
at 0812.

Also confirmed Friday January 13 at 1533 the 1530 on WRMI 9955, S9
direct: pleased it`s on this week; 1545 displeased that 9955 has been
turned off by now. We never know whether this airing will be on SW at
all, usually not.

Also confirmed Friday January 13 at 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1323 kHz but still no signals on 918 or 207 kHz; S9+15/20 into nearby
Noale SDR, lite CCI causing a rippling SAH. Preceding
American-accented discussion show chopped off by 2130 for ID and WOR.

{too late to fix on WOR, Ken Zichi corrects his frequency range for
CODAR including Morse code IDs: 4450-4475 like the other reporter, not
7450-7475}

Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
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
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
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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** VANUATU [and non]. 11835, Jan 13 at 0721, JBA carrier from R.
Vanuatu X3, adjacent something stronger on 11830 in English: Aoki says
BBC Ascension at 06-08 and it`s *jammed, i.e. not just Africa but for
putting too much signal into China, where too many denizens now
understand English. I don`t usually notice that when checking for RV.
13755 NZ is also JBA carrier now; T-P MUF depressed despite solar flux
exceeding 200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0050 UT January 14