** CUBA. 5025, Oct 17 at 0402, R. Rebelde is off. 5040 is in
undermodulated Spanish with big hum, // better 11760 so presumably RHC
programming. However, at 0639, 5040 music is the only Cuban signal on
5 or 6 MHz, but 11760 is still on //. 11760 normally is off by 03* per
Aoki, 02* per EiBi. Due to recent mixups, without an ID, one cannot
assume programming now is not Rebelde instead. Ron Howard reports
later: ``Oct 16 - I found 5025 was silent from 0823+ UT (past 1035+),
but Radio Rebelde was in fact still being heard on 5040,
past 1035+``. Still no 5025 signal here at 2311 check Oct 17 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Oct 17 at 0635, no JBA carrier direct from R.
Kiribati, this Monday. But without remote chex, cannot be positive
whether it`s on the air or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 17 at 0637, no signal direct from VON.
Also no signal into Spain or Canary SDRs at 1855; hit at 1857 by
ChiCom big open carrier, 1900 CRI Tuerkiyeish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6955 USB, Oct 17 at 2310, pirate music VP S6/7. Many
reports here as RFW > Radio Free Whatever:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103399.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday
October 16 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only, S9/+20
with a SAH and lite musical underference into nearby Noale SDR. If not
a 500 or 20-watt UK station, per WRTH 22, Tanzania would not be on at
this hour and when on would only be CRI relay! but 50 kW Iran in Azeri
runs to 2030*; if not a spoiler from China. WRTH 22 on page 544, MW
frequency lists, shows 200, 600 and 500 kW stations on 1323 and a
bunch of 10 kW. Sorting everything out is quite a task, likewise at
PAL, but the Big Three CRI relays on 1323 are on page 56 (of 408),
including one for Russian from East Turkistan most likely to be a
problem in Europe, but not on the air 1500*-*1100. Once again, we
would be much better off on 918 instead of 1323 as 918 is a virtually
clear frequency.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 17 at 0030 on WRMI 5950, S9+28 into
Athens GA SDR; original 7780 still not restored.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 17 at 0300 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160
minus 64 Hz = 6159.936, S9 into Missouri remote. JL axually finished
in time! Gotta go. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
*frequencies not yet restored as of Oct 16

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Port
Colborne, Ontario

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5010, Oct 17 at 0402 this WRMI is S7/S9 of dead air direct.
At 0638, 5010, 5800, 5950 all TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 17 at 0646, R. Vanuatu JBA on first harmonic =
fundamental; intermittent QRM from AM carrier, presumably spoiler ham
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1140, Oct 17 at 0658 UT, steady big S9+10 open carrier
dominates, vs something weaker making fast SAH, continues past hourtop
0700+. More of a signal than we get from our nearest in daytime, 1 kW
daytimer KRMP OKC. Too late for me to switch from the E/W longwire on
R75 to the DX-398 where I might have DFed it. No modulator really owns
1140 here at night: is 50 kW XEMR Monterrey NL, still active, 24h?
Supposedly direxional SW at night per 2013y NRC Pattern Book, but not
mentioned as direxional in current IRCA Mexican Log -- the word
appears only about 15 times in entire list, some noted as not
directional despite official info. WRVA VA pattern unfavorable tho has
been heard. KXRB Sioux Falls SD U2 10/5 kW but only if on ND day
pattern rather than NNW direxional at night. Second-closest, KLTK in
NW Arkansas might do it, 5 kW ND daytimer. Checking circa 1925 UT,
KRMP is weak but with a fast SAH, likely KLTK if not TX or MO. Must
check again late night and DF if possible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0006 UT October 18

** CUBA. 6060, Oct 16 at 0650, RHC English with jazz, S9+10/20 but
undermodulated with hum, only frequency left unless a JBA carrier on
6165 under local birdie be it; nothing else is scheduled. 6060 gone
already at 0653. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Oct 16 at 0653, music in Spanish so is this RHC
Spanish? unseems // 6060 English but which has just vanished. By 0720,
5040 with classic rock songs in English, so is this now RHC English?
NO, at 0725 ID in passing, ``Rebelde en la mañana``! Meanwhile, the
proper Reb frequency 5025 has been off. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Sunday Oct 16 at 1430, RHC still on but unusually weak
compared to // 15140, but which at 1458 at S9 the latter is JBM. By
1503, 15140 is S9+10 and suptorted with weekly Esperanto, louder than
// 11760, S9+10, also suptorted with hum, plus another audio
undermixing, probably mainstream Spanish. 13700 stays on at 1504 with
unscheduled Esperanto, and still not off at 1518, now S9 into Maryland
SDR. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 15205.011, Oct 16 at 1432, gospel huxter in English with
flutter, slightly off-frequency, gone at 1457 recheck, what? Panam`s
Frank & Ernest, what luck, on air only a quarter-hour per week, Sun
1430-1445 per EiBi & Aoki, via Nauen toward S Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** JAPAN. 11825, Oct 16 at 0656, Japanese about Tokyo, S4/S6, instead
of 11815 with a presumed weak Brasil. Yes, NHK A22 scheduled 11825 at
0655-0800; 11815 at 0955-1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Oct 16 at 0648, no signal direct from VON. At 1721
& 1847, no signal into Canary SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: new skedgrid of
WRMI dated Oct 15 shows no changes in WOR times, including imaginary
Saturday 1930 on 15770. Aside from post-Ian temp changes, there could
also be unknown other times which are not imaginary. If you happen to
run across such a WOR airing, do let me know! Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
*frequencies not yet restored as of Oct 16

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Port
Colborne, Ontario

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, Oct 16 at 0646, WRMI-1, best yet of this since
reactivation, S6/S8 direct but dead air or maybe just barely
modulated. I wonder what its true power and azimuth, antenna type be
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5010, Oct 16 at 0652, surprised this WRMI-14 is still on,
S9+10 now with TOM, BS with a caller mentioning listening on 5085 -
which would have been WTWW many years ago. But WRMI skedgrid has now
been updated October 15 showing 5010 at 22-14 daily + TOMBS to 16
Saturdays. 5800 is now off, as sked 22-04 only. 5850 still not
restored at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 15770, Oct 16 at 0655, JBA carrier, so along with
15230 JBA carrier, the OSOBs and SSOBs. Jeff said 15770 would be
running 24 hours; but can hardly expect it to propagate in the
nightmiddle. Yes, new sked shows WRMI-10 on 15770 for 24 hours, partly
// 7730, both allegedly on 44 degrees toward Europe. So have one or
two such antennas been restored despite initial conclusion it was
irreparable? 15230 at this hour presumably CRI Xianyang site, not RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 16 at 0648, S6/S8 of ``island music`` from RV.
Tuning to 11835 at 0659.4 it`s just come on, S6/S8 of music; and 7890
JBA carrier, the harmonix of 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1949 UT October 16

** CUBA. 13740, Oct 15 at 2118, dead air from this RHC at S9+15/25 or
maybe a trace of modulation. Weaker 13680 has S9/+15 of OK mod in
Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. PAUL HARVEY - The Rest of His Story
Becoming ``The Voice of Middle America`` by Terry Phelps :
pp 9-12 of this excellent magazine, illustrated:

https://www.okhumanities.org/doccenter/670f498647e24676a9a5ccab320defa5
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SRI LANKA. Here`s why I was not hearing 11905 at 0030:

``Found this info on facebook: one transmitter of SLBC is noted off
air since 11 Oct 22. So SLBC 11905, BBC Bangla 9410 and many AWR
channels are not heard. Many AWR programs via 2nd transmitter are
heard as usual. Maurits Van Driessche ON3MK 73, Hard-Core-DX mailing
list`` where attachments are disallowed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. F2 propagation on the lower bands is pitiful but some more
10m ham beacons, plenty of sporadic E, Oct 15 at 2118-2135; there are
more that I don`t have time to log and research at WI5V, qrz.com:

28202.5 at 2128, KA3BWP/B and lots of VVVs
``28.2025 KA3BWP C STAFFORD, VIRGINIA # 5W, VERTICAL new 13 Sept
09``
``KA3BWP USA flag USA
Joseph P. McGinley, JOSEPH P "J.P." MC GINLEY, 46 SCOTLAND CIR,
STAFFORD, VA 22554, USA --- Licensed since 1978, 10 meter beacon
28.2025, Keying with an Arduino, Me and my BEAUTIFUL Bride``

28222, at 2130, N6DXX/B
``28.222 N6DXX C SACRAMENTO, CA # 5W OCF DIPOLE Changes eff. 7 May
2022.``
``N6DXX USA flag USA
Anton F "Tony" Leneis, 751 Clipper Wy, Sacramento, CA 95831, USA -- I
operate a 5 Watt 10 meter beacon on 28.222 MHz with the REALISTIC
HTX-100.``

28249.5, at 2132, E E E E E DE KA3JOE/B CN [or was it FN = PA gridsq]
``28.249 KA3JOE I BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA # 10W, DIPOLE relocated
formally W3ATV 28 Aug 10.``
``KA3JOE USA flag USA
Joseph W Ciesielski, 1176 Poquessing Avenue, Bensalem, PA 19020, USA
WELCOME TO THE KA3JOE BEACON !! Thanks for tuning in! The KA3JOE
beacon operates continuously on a frequency of 28.248.7 Mhz, at a
power level of 5 watts. The transmitter is an HTX-10 fed into a half
wave vertical at a height of 10 meters. I would perfer a good, old
fashioned, tree killing, non-electronic QSL, SASE to my QRZ address,
but I will also respond with an email promptly. It's more fun to
receive QSL Cards in the regular mail.

I have been interested in radio since I was 12 years old. Like many, I
started out on CB radio but got bored of that scene quickly. I then
discovered cars, girls, work, etc. and got side-tracked. Finally,
getting licensed at the age of 36 I rekindled my interest in radio and
have been playing with it ever since. Thanks again for tuning in to
the KA3JOE 10 METER BEACON @ 28.248.7 MHZ Please QSL, SASE to my QRZ
address Thank You & 73 Joe``

28300, at 2134, K6FRC/B - stronger than the others
``28.300 K6FRC C TRACY, CALIFORNIA # 100W, "POGO stick" VERTICAL Freq
change 8 July 09.``
``K6FRC USA flag USA
Paul Shinn, P.O. box 175, Valley Springs, CA 95252, USA Operator
of-
K6FRC/B 50.080 MHz.
K6FRC/B 28.300 MHz.
K6FRC 13.565 MHz. (Part 15 'HiFer')
Go to www.K6FRC.com for K6FRC beacon locations. Please mail your
reception report or QSL to:
Paul Shinn
P.O. Box 175
Valley Springs, CA 95252
No S.A.S.E. required! It is a pleasure to respond to all mailed QSL
cards and reception reports. Respect for tradition demands it`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
October 15 at 1615 the 1600 on WRN N America webcast. Missed checking
the 1930 airing, likewise circa on WA0RCR, 1860 AM. Did anyone hear
it? Also missed reconfirming WOR is still no airing at that time on
WRMI 15770, which is now back on the air. Fortunately? I got a QSL
request out of the blue from a Netherlander with a clip at that time
of a gospel huxter, who he thought was WOR, as on the sked!
Another WRN NAm webcast confirmed at 0130 UT Sunday October 16.

At 0030 UT Sun Oct 16, 7780 is still silent when WOR is scheduled.
Just in case, I check all active WRMI frequencies, but noWOR. Of
course that`s amid the trihour of TRSW on 5950 UT Sundays, but when
WOR has been newly scheduled UT Mondays.

Also confirmed UT Sunday October 16 from 0324 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO,
S9+20 into nearby SDR, but with huge storm noise; lightning is not
right over St Louis area, but nearest in SE Kansas, N Arkansas, across
central OK to NM and AZ. This caused our NBC station, KFOR, to blow
away almost all of SNL except for the opening skit and goodbye!

Re Purple Power on World of Radio #2160: ``Thanks for the tip for
cleaning the stickiness from the surface of Eton radios. I have a few
of them and, with the exception of the Satellit 750, the rest of them
all have that problem. One year I left my G8 in Florida over the
summer. When I got back here it felt like it had been dipped in maple
syrup. I'll be going out tomorrow to look for Purple Power. Best
Regards & 73s, Doug Brown, Ont.``

I have no personal familiarity with, just quoting someone. Before
purchase, I recommend googling and noting the caveats about it. Seems
you`ve got to purchase at least a gallon of it, $ 7 at Walmart. That
would clean off an awful lot of Etóns. Maybe you can find some other
stuff needing degreasing. Glenn --- Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
*frequencies not yet restored as of Oct 15

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Port
Colborne, Ontario

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI update from their FB circa 0000 UT October 16:
``We have extended the schedule on 15770 kHz to 24 hours per day until
further notice. Today our Facility Manager Pat Travers repaired more
transmission lines, and we might have 21525 kHz back on the air on
Monday if all goes well. We will then continue to work on 7570, 5850
and 7780 kHz, as well as improving 7730 kHz. Thanks for all of your
encouraging messages and support`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. Intrigued by the motto? still atop the KBDT 1160 website,
``Snot Rocket Cock Socket Hot Pocket`` -- is it slightly naughty? I
try a broad Google search on that, but except for a few spurious, get
nothing but scads of hits back to saigondallasradio.com -- nothing DX
related, not even my own logs which have been on the web for several
days now.

Among all those useless hits, I do see that R. Saigon Dallas used to
pertain to 1600 kHz, i.e., KRVA, which would overcome OK reception of
KUSHing around sunset. But the current KBDT website shows nothing
about 1600 or KRVA. It does say in English that new home is on 1160. I
try a couple of Dallas-area SDRs at 2346 UT October 15: one of them
gets nothing but noise on both frequencies, the other weak SE Asian
songs on 1600, not 1160.

At 0000 UT August 16 I listen direct and do not hear anything Asian on
either frequency. What does the very slow-loading FCC AM Query say?
KRVA 1600 owned by LRAD Media LLC, but it errors out beyond that.
Radio-locator agrees about KRVA, while KBDT is licensed to Dallas
Broadcasting, LLC. But FCC finally attributes KBDT to Pacific Star
Media LLC. I was wanting to check the official FCC SS/SR times for
both, which supposedly cut to much lower and direxional power at
night. At least for KBDT: October, 0000/1230 UT; November, 2330/1300
UT. Could be 15 minutes difference at KRVA site.

As for the motto, maybe a joke of their website designer? No credit
for any on homepage. Perhaps someone in The Metroplex DFW market can
explain more, such as what has become of 1600? Here`s a thread about
it; finally someone thought 1600 may have become S Asian:
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/kbdt-1160-sold.747365/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 26200-26380 approx., Oct 15 at 2125, CODAR swirshing,
unusual? to hear on 11m, but sporadic E provides it. Other than
visiting one on a coast, is there any way to locate these by frequency
range, pulse rates, waterfall patterns, hours, or whatever? Presumably
they are licensed by government, maybe even with callsigns (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0536 UT October 16

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Oct 15 at 1439 tune-in via best
Argentine SDR, nothing yet from LRA36; finally cuts on during music at
*1508.7, S4/S9 peaks but never overcoming background noise level for
which a full carrier would be helpful. 1513 standard canned s/on ``a
partir de este momento...``; multilingual about Spanish only; ``Ciclo
Radial 2022, Esperanza Audaz``, staff names, ``Nacional, La Radio
Pública``; 1514.6 themesong; 1518.3 recitation, another song; 1523.6
ID with frequencies, ``N,LRP``; 1524 YLs ``live`` with programa #25,
same as heard on Wed Oct 12; 1530 phones and other contact info. Says
there is a repeat on Fridays, 16 horas -- not sure if that`s start or
end time but = 13 UT, earlier than I would ever tune for it. BTW, I
did monitor after 15 UT this Thursday when there was allegedly a
special station anniversary broadcast - but, nothing heard. 1532 song
but dumps off air already at 1535* for a total of only 23+ minutes
achieved today. Remote times out at 1539, and still nothing at another
check before 1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, Oct 15 at 0633, RHC English again on wrong band, S9+10
but overmodulated/distorted, YL boringly reading propaganda. This did
not happen the nights before, as it had on Oct 11. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 7225 LSB, Oct 15 at 0706, surprised to hear ZL1XR
repeatedly calling CQ 40, finally contacts unheard VK3SMW, on a legal
frequency? ZL did not specify a QSX. Except in W Hemisphere, below
7200 is ham, above 7200 is for broadcasting, like RNZI on 7245 but not
on yet. Or, like on 30m where Oz hams have special permission to
operate phone, do NZ hams have special permission to operate in this
broadcast band??? Bare-bones in QRZ.com: ``ZL1XR New Zealand flag New
Zealand, Roger Smith, Auckland, New Zealand`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255 minus 67 Hz = 7254.933, Oct 15 at 1730, VON is on in
English, S9/+15 into Canary SDR but virtually unreadable, marred by
heavy lightning crashes; Blitzortung shows only small storm areas in
Western Sahara and Western Sahara [non] = northern Morocco. The really
heavy storms are further in SE Spain, and moreso eastern Mediterranean
between Crete and Cyprus. By 1735, VON is gone leaving only the
lightning and presumed trace of Tibet close to on-frequency. At 1739,
VON and its squeal are back on. 1746 gone again. 1800 back on with
squeal, minus 67-69 Hz = 7254.932v. And so it goes: Something`s always
abysmal at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: did not show at
former time of 0130 UT Sat on WRMI 9395 nor any other active
frequency.

Confirmed UT Saturday at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130 minus 24/27
Hz = 5129.974v, S9. Next:

1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 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

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Port
Colborne, Ontario

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Previous WRMI update direct from Jeff said 7730 would be
among the frequencies still to be reactivated. That should have read
7780. However whenever we check, 7730 is JBA on low power so really of
no use. The FB version, as of about 22 UT Oct 14:

``WRMI Radio Miami International 18h · HELLO EUROPE! - 15770 kHz is
back on the air, finally, after Hurricane Ian damaged the transmission
lines. The regular schedule is 1100-0000 UTC daily, but we might
extend the schedule somewhat in the coming days. Our next targets are
21525, 5850, 7570 and 7780 kHz. We hope that some of these will be
back on the air next week. So stay tuned!``

15770, Oct 15 at 1623 tune-in via Maryland remote, dead air, then a
bit of BSing, dead air, partial WRMI IS and BBB ID, back to BSing,
i.e. other voices, presumably live Sabbath service at TOM; 1625 cut to
ME music fill! Quite a mess. But it`s a good S9/+10 signal. How about
into target Europe? Only noisy S7/S9 at UTwente, 1629 cut to ``That`ll
be the day that I die`` tune. And more fill music 1630+. Yet the
skedgrid shows SMTV on 15770 at 14-19. By 1727 recheck, 15770 is on
SMTV. At 1740, music and SFX, like soundtrack to a WB cartoon of
yesterday but with some Chinese dialog, and English, 1744 outro as a
skit with actors protected during COVID, about the S.M.

Skedgrid still shows System B on 15770 instead of 9955 at 19-20 only,
including WOR Saturday at 1930, despite having deleted us from there
months ago. So we continue without any WRMI broadcast toward Europe
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7890, Oct 15 at 0705, presumed Bislama talk is JBA on 2 x
3945 R. Vanuatu; at 0730 check, also on 3 x 3945 = 11835, S6/S8 in BB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1812 UT October 15

** CANADA. 28197 CW, Oct 14 at 2141, four dashes at step-down powers,
DE VE7MTY/B --- relog of Oct 7 & 8, q.v.
``28.197 VE7MTY C PITT MEADOWS, BC # 25W, VERTICAL``
See also MEXICO, USA, more this session (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Re my VE9XX log, ``Not clear why he keeps a 9 call in a #1
call area. More unique?``

``Originally, all three Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) used the VE1 prefix. VE9 used to be
for experimental stations. In 1990, the PEI prefix for new licences
became VY2 and in 1994, the NB prefix for new licences became VE9.
Holders of a VE1 prefix in NB had the choice to keep it or switch to
VE9. For example, VE1UNB became VE9UNB. Only NS retained the VE1
prefix. And so there are hams in all three provinces using VE1 just
not all of them. -- Richard Langley``

``VE9 has been the NB call sign for quite a while now. See “Call signs
in Canada” on Wikipedia,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick
which says: ``<< with latecomer "VE9" for New Brunswick. ("VE1" used
to be for all three Maritime provinces.)>>> 73, Saul Broudy (W3WHK),
Philadelphia, PA, USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, Oct 14 at 1456, RHC on here instead of 13700, but off
by 1505 recheck. EiBi shows 13740 at 11-14, 13700 at 13-15.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side:

``Protests in Cuba: 'The rift between the regime and the people is
widening, the circumstances for a total breakdown are in place'

Three analysts offer DIARIO DE CUBA their viewpoints on the most
recent demonstrations: 'People have learned to stop being mere
populations, and are starting to be citizens'.
Ángeles Rosas, Madrid, 12 Oct 2022 - 16:53 CEST`` ...
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1665586439_42805.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9439.995, Oct 14 at 2123, no signal today from R. Cairo into
UTwente. Consequently, no egregious distortion! Making progress (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, Oct 14 at 0632, JBA carrier,
reconfirming R. Kiribati is on this Friday night; only other 9/kHz JBA
carriers: 855-2, 882 and 711 = likely Spain, Canary, Morocco resp.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 28171 CW, Oct 14 at 2136, three dashes, XE1FAS/B EK##,
Puebla beacon with same remarx as on my Sept. 24 log, q.v.

28183 CW, Oct 14 at 2139, Cerro Gordo beacon: VVV XE1RCS/B EK09, and
long dash, also as on Sept 24 log, q.v. and Oct 8. Other beacons this
session: see CANADA, USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7255-, Oct 14 at 0624, absence again of VON.
7255-, Oct 14 at 1727, no signature signal into Spain SDR, just JBA
carrier almost on-frequency from Tibet. 1837, not even that; while
Canary SDR is too busy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 USB, Oct 13 at 2325, S6/S7 of pirate music,
``Lay, Lady, Lay``. Many logs here of WTF Radio Worldwide:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,103208.0.html
Nothing else heard on pirate band now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 10m ham beacons hopping again, Oct 14 at 2143-2146 UT,
including a few I have time to log, besides CANADA, MEXICO:

28210.8 CW, FL FL FL VVV DE NX3GT/B --- WI5V list, and QRZ.com:
``28.2108 NX4GT C CLERMONT, FLORIDA 5 WATTS, # VERTICAL DIPOLE. New 19
Jan 2019. Call chgd 4/2022``
``NX4GT USA flag USA
Gary V Thornton, 3231 Sanders Rd, Davenport, FL 33837 USA
new for me; nothing about a beacon, but:
``I am into nudism, wilderness camping and canoeing, hiking, sailing
and small power boating, skydiving, and homebrew QRP, and I try to
combine my interests whenever possible. (For example, Flea powered CW
rig while naked in my campsite miles away from the nearest road, or
from the sailboat in the middle of nowhere, or operating parachute
mobile while skydiving (my first parachute mobile was in the 1970s,
and included a phone patch to my mother!), bicycle mobile, etc)``

28214.3 CW, W6REK/B - only over & over; previously logged Jan 14.
``28.2143 W6REK C San Jose, CA # 25W, VERTICAL DIPOLE``
``W6REK USA flag USA
HENRY A STRICKLAND, III, 1215 Monte Sano Ave Apt 1, AUGUSTA, GA 30904
NOTE ABOUT 10m Beacon W6REK/B on 28.214.3 (coordinated): the beacon is
in San José, California, USA; grid square CM97ah.
See http://wiki.yak.net/1107?size1=XL&size=M [huge file]
(I'll try to let RBN know where it is.)``

28216 CW, 4 dashes at step-down powers, DE K3FX/B ...
``28.216 K3FX C NEPTUNE CITY, NEW JERSEY # 5W, 1/2 VERTICAL.
``K3FX USA flag USA
CHARLES P BAKER, PO BOX 134, BRADLEY BEACH, NJ 07720-0134 USA``
``10 METER CW PROPAGATION BEACON: ♦ 7 ERPw on 28.2160 MHz ♦ Icom
IC-706MKIIG ♦ Super CMOS 3 Controller ♦ Cushcraft AR-10 half-wave
vertical @ 50' AGL / 65' ASL ♦ Farthest Confirmed Reception - 14,135
km (8,783 statute miles) by ZL2IFB in Hastings, New Zealand (RF80hl)
at 0138 UTC 15-APR-2010.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2160 monitoring: confirmed UT
Friday Oct 14 at 0330 on WRMI 9455, S9+20 into west TX SDR,
substituting, temporarily? for still silent 7780. Also from TX:

``Hello my friend! I have been listening to your program via WRMI on
9.455 MHz. On Thursday nights at 2230 my time (Central Time), 0330
GMT. It`s great and I wanted to tell you how much I enjoy it and how
helpful and informative it is. I remember your name from a couple of
club bulletins out of my past, (ASWLC, NASWA). It does my heart good
to see you are still at work in the SWL hobby. Terry Kelly K5NGD``

``Heard the second half of the program via WRMI on 9455 kHz, 0345-0400
UT on Oct. 14. Signal was generally fair, although some fades were
more difficult to counteract. Average SINPO 43333. 73, Ricky Leong,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada``

Also confirmed Friday October 14 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S8/S9 direct,
undermodulated, no jamming audible; by 1455 down to S4/S5.

Also confirmed Friday October 14 from 1815.3 on IRRS SW via BULGARIA
7290.001, S7/S9 into UTwente, and also JBA S5 on X2 = 14580 at 1833
check, tuning LSB to avoid warble on USB; and on AM Italia, 1323 kHz,
Villa Estense, where there is continuing heavy CCI from Romania in
German, WOR at best vying for equal level, intolerable; while 918
transmitter is not on air despite clear frequency, as if they are not
taking my advice. To completion 1844.

My monitoring before and after: 1756 I tune in 1323 to hear classical
piano music from Romania, IRRS English talk underneath. 1759 Hungarian
announcement atop IRRS; 1800 `Feature Story News` is JBA under German
now from Rom.

Always late at *1800.8, 7290 pops on the air, JIP `FSN`; 1803 `Spotlite`
segment about threats to wildlife; 1805 IRRS ID and music fill, until
1812 opens an astronomy show, missed title, but hosted by someone from
magazine Universe Today, guest about Jupiter being close to
Opposition; and the DART mission. Chopped of at 1815 for IRRS ID and
WOR.

Afterwards, 1844 music, ID, more music fill until 7290 chops off at
1857 just in time to avoid the ChiCom ACI which is just starting;
while 1323 continues with birdcalls, fragment of TUC Radio opening,
still heavy CCI from Romania in German until few seconds of tone from
it at 1900 and off, just in time to hear on 1323 ``IRRS Shortwave
signing off`` and Verdi theme --- even tho SW 7290 already cuts off at
1857 without any formal s/off!! At 1903 `Feature Story News`.

Also confirmed next play on AM Italia 1323 only, at 2030 after Irish
music show, IRRS/NEXUS ID, S9+5/15, now with much less QRM but still
some understation. Next:

0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 5950 [NEW]
0030 UT Monday WRMI *7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI *5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 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

A noncommercial service for which financial support is appreciated to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, preferably by money order
or check on a US bank. Thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, VE1EJ, Port
Colborne, Ontario

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. [WOR] WRMI 15770 kHz Back On the Air
From: Radio Miami International <radiomiami9@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022, 11:30:52 PM GMT+1 [2230:52 UT]

``Dear Clients, Listeners and Friends: At 1900 UT today (October 13),
WRMI's frequency of 15770 kHz was back on the air, finally, after
Hurricane Ian had severely damaged the transmission lines between this
transmitter and antenna. We have been broadcasting much of the normal
15770 kHz programming on other WRMI frequencies since the hurricane,
but everything is now back on 15770 kHz again.

Next week, we will be working on getting 21525, 5850, 7570 and 7730
kHz back on the air. We are already broadcasting on our other
frequencies of 5010, 5800, 5950, 7730, 9395, 9455, 9955 and now 15770
kHz.

We want to thank dozens of WRMI listeners, clients and supporters
around the world who have donated to our hurricane restoration fund to
get all of our frequencies back on the air as soon as possible after
the strong winds of Hurricane Ian did extensive damage to our antennas
and transmission lines. We greatly appreciate their contributions and
the dedication of our staff who have been working continuously to
restore everything back to normality.

Jeff White
Jeff White, General Manager
WRMI Radio Miami International
10400 NW 240th Street
Okeechobee, Florida 34972 USA

Tel +1-305-559-9764
Fax +1-863-467-0185
www.wrmi.net``

Nominal 15770 WRMI-9 hours are/were: 1100-2400 UT - but I had just
checked circa 2345 and no signal into UTwente or Maryland SDRs. Is it
again on a 44 degree azimuth, antenna which was reportedly
irreparable? Glenn

Walt Salmaniw replies: ``I've got a somewhat strong wobbly carrier on
15770 at 0004 UT tune in, Glenn. OC only. Walt in Masset, BC`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3265+, Oct 14 at 2358, no WBCQ signal into Maryland SDR when
it might have been gearing up for 1 hour a week activity during
`AAAWWW`; while IS & ID loop is running on 5130-, two hours earlier
than on other nights. At 0000 UT Sat Oct 25, that joins 6160- and
7490- for `AAAWWW`, which seems to be new despite initial A&A banter
about whether her mike is on, etc., discussion of big egos among
broadcasters, especially TV --- until at 0008 he admits that this is
live if you are hearing it on 2 September 2022. We`re not, but
checking my log, I missed it that week. At 0034 he readmits that it`s
2 Sept YOOLF 2022, from Studio 9 in FLA. Then checking today`s twit:

``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · 11h [c. 13 UT Oct. 14] 7490/6160/5130 kHz
tonight at 8pm eastern. Angela & Allan Worldwide. Tune up that great
shortwave radio and let’s have some fun. Listen in. Call in. Email in.
207-286-5483, wbcq@wbcq.com. All for you on WBCQ. Unstable times need
real non-fake media. Real radio. Real life❤️`` -- so he correctly does
not claim to be on 3265 this week, but since it`s a sesquimonth-
old-rerun, why does he ask for calls-in?? 0035 olds about FCC
notifying property owners about fines for accommodating pirates. New
clients on any WBCQ frequency are charged a flat rate of $ 50/hour,
less than a meal at a restaurant, he thinx. Larger blox negotiable.
0056 squeezes in some FRW logs of frequency and name only, just in
from Harold; back then (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130 minus 26 Hz = 5129.974, UT Sat Oct 15 at 0230-0259,
good `Greek Music Refuge` on WBCQ Radio Angela, programmed by
Zacharias Liangas and presented by Bill Tilford, S8/S9 into Maryland
remote, then 0300 faux-timesignal and `FTIOM` ``For you to Enjoy``.
Opening edited in ``5130`` instead of 4790 which remains in email
address (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Oct 14 at 0624, usual poor signal of R Vanuatu X1
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 9645, Friday October 14 at 0618, RCC-style chanting in
unknown language, S7/S9, presumed Vatican Radio, but normally here
only on UT Sundays for Ukrainian & Romanian liturgies at 0605/0820;
per EiBi, CNR1 Beijing site these hours on 9645 except Siesta
Tuesdays, but no sign of that. So Oct 14 is some holy-day for the
RCatholix? Nothing about it in the Oct 13 Vatican News Newsletter, to
which I subscribed in a mostly-vain attempt to keep informed about its
SW broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0327 UT October 15