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** 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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** 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
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JRX Logs: February 22, 2023Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s): Longwire 7,5mAll times Universal TimeCHINA** 7290. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 2233-2243, China Radio International, Xian-CHN, in Korean. Woman and man announcers talk. Fair reception: 35533.KOREA NORTH** 12015. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 2245-2255, Voice of Korea, Kujang-KRE, in Spanish. 2248 Man announcer presents a space dedicated to "patriotic songs"; 2254 Man says VOK sked in spanish and ends with "Aquí Pyongyang" at 2255. Fair reception: 35533.NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS** 11895. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 2214-2224, Radio Vaticana, Saipan-MRA, in Chinese. Man announcer talks; 2217 Brief music; Woman talks news too, presumed. Fair reception with slight interference by "Jamming", similar to RTTY transmission: 34433.PHILIPPINES** 9335. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 2224-2230, Voice of America, Tinang-PHL, in Khmer. Man and woman announcers talk; 2229 Man talks, with music background; Man says: ID/sign-off. Fair reception: 35533.SPAIN** 9690. Wed, Feb 22, 2023. 2303-2325, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, English Sce. Woman announcer interviews a man; 2317 Ends interview; 2318 Woman makes an interview with other man; Now, they say about the brazilian Carnival and more. Good reception: 45544.Parallel logs on 11685nob and 12030nob, very poor to barely audible reception this night, here. On 11940nob, good reception: 45544.Note: Today, 9690nob, the best of all frequencies, this time.JRX (José Ronaldo Xavier)SWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo-PB, Brazil (UT-3)DX Map Location HI 22 NX
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** 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

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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
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MW.

Argentina. 790. R. N Malargüe. Feb 20. 2319 - UTC. International news.
45343 (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA D-808; Antenna: Long Wire, QTH:
Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

Argentina. 1470. LT8. R, Rafaela. Feb 20, 2307 - 2317 UTC. Ads, ID and
football. 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA D-808; Antenna: Long Wire,
QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

SW.

NEW ZEALAND. 13755. RNZI. Feb, 20. 1121 - 1135 UTC. News. 45433. (Claudio
Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA D-808; Antenna: Long Wire, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV
Región, Chile)

North Korea. 6170. Vok. Feb, 20. 1146 - UTC. Music. 43443 // 6185 42442 //
9435 55444 // 9850 55544 (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA D-808; Antenna:
Long Wire, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

South Korea. 11795. Kbs. Feb 20. 1135 - 1145 UTC. Spanish service. Lesson.
55555 (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA D-808; Antenna: Long Wire, QTH:
Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

Taiwán. 5900. National unity radio. Feb. 20. 1100 - 1111 UTC. Woman talks
in korean. 42442 with North Korean Jammer. (Claudio Galaz, Receiver: XHDATA
D-808; Antenna: Long Wire, QTH: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)
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