** 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

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participate in your historic radio show``, generously via PayPal to
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** 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

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Tue Feb 7 at 1945, LRA36 is on again
with songs, S4/S5 into Argentine remote. Tnx to Horacio Nigro for
advance notice a few hours earlier of another extra broadcast at 2000.
2002 standard s/on, multi-lingual disclaimer; 2003 scripted piece
about Malvinazando, joint produxion with RAE. 2005 contact info; 2007
mentions LU1ZV ham operation from Esperanza Base. Now I`m also getting
it slightly better via Brasil remote, S4/S7. But not really interested
in content somehow connecting the failed Falklands war 40+ years ago
with current Antarctic hegemony. At one point interviews a woman who
set foot on Malvinas while Argentina held it and talking about LRA60
which briefly replaced FIBS. 2039 song.

2045 seems to start the whole thing over with RAE multi-lang ID, 2046
``s/on``, 2046 scripted Malvinazando piece; 2048 `Uniendo Voces``
jointly with RAE and some Universidad Nacional whose name I still
don`t catch; contact info. 2102 about LRA60. Recording of it 2 April
1982, IDs in Spanish and English and a snippet of Arg. national
anthem. 2118 song at S5/S9; 2129 ID, more music past 2136 when I
de-remote, but by 2140 reconfirm on two direct receivers zero signals
at all. Would not be surprised if further emissions ensue on daily
notices; Wed 1500 used to be a prime time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 7 at 0722, S9+10 of dead RHC air or trace of
modulation? No, that would be understation RFI in Hausa via FRANCE at
0700-0730.

11670, Feb 7 at 0723, this RHC is also on way beyond schedule,
S9+20/30 in Spanish. None heard in 5, 6 or 10 MHz bands. Somethings`
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 12035, Feb 7 at 0719, songs S9/+20 direct, and soon
hearing same much weaker on // 12005. Per EiBi, both R. Farda via
GERMANY, 12035 Lampertheim at 0400-0730, 12005 Biblis at 0630-1800. No
sign of any jamming, as apparently Iran does not try to block it, why
not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, Feb 7 at 0733, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati and no
other 9/kHz splits. Gary Pence, KM5X, confirms hearing it as early as
0400 tonight via Oahu remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT. 12110, Feb 7 at 0717, SW Asian language at S7/9+10 direct,
usually no such propagation. It`s USAGM`s Mashaal Radio in Pashto for
Pakistan per EiBi at 0400-1300 (Glenn Hauer, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 7 at 2349, VOT English not tuned in direct until
now but confirming active today, and to here no CCCCCCI to bother it,
S9+10/20 with sad Turkish song. 2351 multi-lingual 2-minute ID filler
reel; 2353 s/off as if this were at 1330 only, brief IS to 2355*
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2176 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday February 7 at 0137 the 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9/+10 direct.

Also confirmed UT Wednesday February 8 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG
S9+20/35 into Missouri SDR. As always at this time, Midnight Cry
Ministries chopped off for WRMI ID at 0029.5 before they can finish
uttering their URL after www. Must not listen to own emissions or they
would know they need to tighten them up a bit. Next:

1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated. Thanks this week to Moises J. Corilloclla Escajadillo,
Rego Park NY, formerly of Perú, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702

One may also contribute via Pay Pal, not necessarily in US funds to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Feb 7 at 0725, no signal from R. Vanuatu X 3, but
at 0726, JBA talk on 7260, presumed R. Vanuatu staying there after
0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7655-7705 approx., Feb 7 at 0727, noise hump, suspected
HF trading US `experiment`, exactly same range as Feb 6 at 0650; but
this time not another one at 6860-6920 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0047 UT February 8

** NIGERIA. 7255-, February 6 at 0642, VON is on with sufficient
modulation in presumed Hausa, S9+10 direct; and still at 0710 final
check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.000, Feb 6 at *2258, VOT on with IS & ID in English
quite before BBC Oman be finished. S9+35/45 into UTwente. 2300, 5+1
timesignal and s/on as if this were the 1330 broadcast on 12035. This
means that instead of only the 2300 and 0400 Englishes being
pre-recorded as often conceded, all the English broadcasts are repeats
of one new produxion at the end of the workday. I give this priority
over simulSpain but the news which follow are really olds, and to
make it worse, casted by the heavily-accented YL. Mostly about the
earthquakes but full of statistics and info about other countries
sending aid; was at 4:17 am LT Sunday, mag 7.4, depth 7 km - not
matching figures we have been getting from major news media where
there has been plenty of coverage, not only audiol but visual. 2310
finally some other items. 2314 `Review of the Turkish Press` about
otherstuff; 2317 `Feeling/Supreme/The Healing Spring` repeat about the
benefits of carrots. By now the CCCCCCI from East Turkistan is audible
underneath. 2326 something about Augmented Reality (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2176 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday February 5 at 2100.5 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only,
S9+15 into nearby Noale SDR. Light SAH flutter but no significant
modulated QRM. Did I say Andorra special would be Sunday Feb 25? OMG,
was really Feb 5. But 1323 modulation stops at 2104, and off the air!
a few sex later tho S-meter still shows about the same of noise level.
So much for that; 2118 recheck: back on, unknown for how long.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 6 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 into
Louisiana SDR, tuned in a bit too late to hear whether first 14
seconds still hit by noise blast; but heard a couple of random ones at
0056.

Also confirmed UT Monday February 6 at 0402.8 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160
-62 Hz = 6159.938, S8/S9 into Maryland SDR, after: 0400 ``Goodbye``
song; 0402, JL finally ``gotta go``. Next:

0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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 Moises J. Corilloclla Escajadillo,
Rego Park NY, formerly of Perú, for a check on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702

One may also contribute via Pay Pal, not necessarily in US funds to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Feb 6 at 0632, JBA carrier aside Nigeria; still at
0710 and no signals on R. Vanuatu harmonix of 3945 on 7890, 11835
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6860-6920 & 7655-7705 approx., broad noise humps peaking
roughly in centers of 50-60 kHz-wide ranges, as received direct Feb 6
at 0650. Suspect they are US high-frequency trading HFT emissions, a
growing threat to SWBC. At least these are well out of BC bands (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0045 UT February 7