** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 6230-USB, Nov 28 at 1352, coastal marine
weather info, obsessed with wind direxions and gusting speeds in
knots, S6; 1354, ``end of transmission from VMW``, i.e. Wiluna,
Western Australia, which is far inland in central WA, hardly a marine
town, rather a gold-mining town: ``Wiluna is a small town in the Mid
West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the
Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel
Highway. Wikipedia``. But the VMW site was obviously chosen as at a
suitable skip distance from the coasts. EiBi shows hours as 10-23; but
also on 6230, Sound of Hope and CNR1/Firedrake jamming up to 24 hours.
When VMW goes off I do detect a JBA carrier, fortunately nothing more,
but that CCI should be a much greater hazard around Oz (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. More replies on the WOR iog about the DRM tests from RNA:

Re: [WOR] Brazil DRM tests Nov 28 at 6:04 PM

``Earlier in the week I noted the signal cutting in and out but — par
for the course — with a strong carrier on 11800 {sic - means 11880?}
from (p) Cuba, so nothing decoded and the analog signal from Cuba was
also subsumed in the DRM hash — meaning that at least in Michigan both
signals were worthless.

All this just proves DRM is a poor ‘solution’ to the noise of long
distance SWBC and as a ‘double whammy’ is rather ‘fragile’ too,
collapsing into unusable/undecodable noise in the presence of any
QRM.

One wonders if anyone involved in the design of the system actually
ever listened to SWBC or tried to receive DRM under ‘normal’
double-hop SW conditions? For some reason they seem to think QAM-64
(in whatever mode) is appropriate for SW despite the fact it isn’t.

In the great green room there was a telephone. And a radio. There
should always be a radio. ;) Ken Zichi``

``Yes, boring 'playground' since 2002 year of Fraunhofer software
appeared here in Europe, the BrasTelecom technicians play in front of
the christmas tree like out of b o r e d o m. Another event, once
more, in the never-ending story of this deadborn decode / encode radio
option product. Others attend very expensive conventions in luxury
hotels around the world every year.

It's a test only; nothing on air at 0830 UT Nov 28, grayline Ireland,
Azores, Brasília central Brazil. Technically it was an exciting
innovation in 2002 to 2008 year era, once. For digital DRM tests one
should occupy a frequency in the border range for example 11.5 to 11.6
MHz.

Around the Cuban RHC La Habana external service on 11880 kHz for
Central and mainly South Africa badly extensive to interfere
with a 17 kHz wide broadband digital signal. Thanks Rudolf from São
Paulo for his informative mail recently. 73 wolfie df5sx
https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** CANADA. 413-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0719 UT, dash and YHD, 250-watt ND
beacon at Dryden, Ontario.

401-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0721 UT, dash and YPO, 500-watt NDB at
Peawanuck, Ontario; also audible tuned to 400-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 13635 & 13766 approx., Nov 28 at 1438, S9/+10 FM spurblobs
with F# tone from 13700-AM RHC, much stronger than 2nd-orders circa
13570 & 13831, approx. 65.5 kHz intervals. 13700 itself S9+10 has SAH
at fades, i.e. new CCI from Brother HyStairical via BULGARIA: see
SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545, Sat Nov 28 at *1530:39, cuts on with talk
already underway from Biato Yiakl scheduled Sat only via FRANCE, VP
S8-S9. Note my previous unID report of Wed Nov 25, something here at
same time but +.06 kHz off-frequency; I did not notice this one being
askew but not directly measured; I was waiting for it to turn on
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Nov 28 at 1545 UT I bandscan DTV as there is slight tropo
enhancement around here, showing BAD signals on 31, 22 and 21, but
more noticeable, my only local on RF17 has been reconfigured, no
longer showing virtual 41, KCYH-LD which is really in Ardmore, 256 km
= 159 stmi away. No longer alternating vacant channels, and no longer
three audio-only - the only DTV station I have seen ever doing that.
So no more ``Radio 74`` as on 89.3 Loyal. Here`s the new lineup with
PSIP IDs, note upper/lower cases:

17-1 K17JN-D - 3ABN bug in LR
17-2 QuoVida - QVtv bug in UR [never heard of this one before]
17-3 SmrtLfS - Smart Life Style / Television bug LR - no sound
on
Sanyo TV [``unsupported audio codec], OK via STB
17-4 HopeCh1 - Hope Channel bug UR - uplifted arms
17-5 AmFacts - Amazing Facts but no bug now; audio same as 17-3

BTW, closed-captioning only on 17-1; is that legal? Did I mention that
this Enid station was off for a while after last month`s ice storm?
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5850, Nov 28 at 1359, TOMBS non-pausing, yet
I can barely recognize underneath the intonations of a canned Bob
Biermann WRMI ID. At 1400 is // 5800 and no doubt many others for the
expanded Sabbathcasts. And that is not all!

13700, Nov 28 at 1402, TOM is here as BS is blathering on about the
Sevens, as one of his wacko obsessions is numerology, interrupting
himself for phone contact info; RHC has not come on yet. A frequency
with TOMBS ending in -00 has got to be new from Secretbrod, BULGARIA,
but not yet listed in EiBi or Aoki/NDXC. HFCC as of my 15 Nov download
had 13700 from SOF only at 16-18 in Arabic! Ivo Ivanov had reported:

``SECRETLAND Brother HySTAIRical via SPL Secretbrod on November 18
1400-1430 13700*SCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME awful strong dead air
1430-1510 13686vSCB 050 kW / 126 deg to N/ME with awful modulation``

11600 also bears Bulgarian BS, Nov 28 at 1449, yelling // 5850 WRMI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, Nov 28 at 0716 UT, ND beacon TU, 25 watts from
TUpelo - Verona, Mississippi. I was tuned to 419-USB. At first I
thought it might be TUlsa, OK, but its TU is on 338 with 30 watts;
have I ever heard it? Not lately if ever. On 338 if anything, I hear
RYN which is in yet another TU-town, Tucson. But in classaxe.com,
someone last logged Tulsa on 2020-11-05. Getting back to 420, I am
simul-hearing much more common FQ, 25 watts in Fairmont, Minnesota,
and also when tuned to 418-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
November 28 at 1322, the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S9. Next:

[WA0RCR picked up at local range by the Warrenton MO KiwiSDR]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to James F. Leppard, Anderson SC, for a check in US
funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 17775-, Sat Nov 28 at *1600, KVOH power is back on, cuts on
air just in time for English, 1601 Wavescan, via TWR Key West SDR but
too poor in noise to keep listening. PG&E cut power to KVOH area
yesterday as fire precaution forcing it off the air (Glenn Hauser, oK,
WOR)

** U S A. 5970, Nov 28 at 1358 open carrier, no doubt WEWN Spanish not
turned off yet, despite day frequency 12050 already on with IS,
proving that there are two different transmitters. The chanting IS I
was thinking is `Salve Regina`, but does not seem to match online
versions of it. A pity that years ago WRTH stopped including IS info,
even musical notations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Nov 28 at 1344 UT, dead air but finally some dinging,
so it`s RCC mass, and mention of ``sacrament`` in English, ergo KEXS
Excelsior Springs MO - Kansas City market, with EWTN radio, same mass
we would be hearing if WEWN were on the SW air any more in the
mornings. It`s being overtaken by a gospel huxter citing Leviticus,
likely remnant of KAAY Little Rock, and making a slow SAH of 28/minute
= 0.47 Hz. Catholix vs Protestants! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, November 28 at 1332
UT: 1566, surely 250-kW HLAZ South Korea. None others found, not even
NHK biggies on 774, etc. I`m seldom awake pre-sunrise, always running
a sleep-deficit. Today`s LSR was 1322 UT, but the latest will be about
1344 circa Epiphany, or OrthoXmas. OTOH, our earliest sunset will be
in about a week, 2316 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1830 UT November 28

** BRAZIL. 11880, replies to no DRM heard from RNA as last reported:
``11875-11880-11885, Nov 27 at 2252, cannot hear any DRM under RHC-AM
in English``

``Well, they are tests, and by nature tests may be irregular. I don't
know for sure, but I'd guess they are trying to fix whatever was
causing transmitter dropouts all the time. 73 -- Chris Mackerell,
Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau RD 2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand`` and

``Rafael Diniz via groups.io <rafael=riseup.net@groups.io>
Fri 2020-11-27 9:20 PM: "Tx was shut down today, to be resumed next
week with a more appropriate setup." -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn
Hauser, WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 5800, UT Sat Nov 28 at 0300, once again this week,
WRMI is playing `Encore` classical music. I notified the WOR iog ASAP
and wondered if this replace UT Thu on same, as Richard Lemke says
that was missing this week. And also Brice Avery who is unaware of
this emission in his publicity. But this is a prepeat, probably first
airing anywhere as on the 28/11 playlist.
https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlist-2
which I think will become playlist-1 when there is a new one next
week. I enjoy the hour very much via a remote in Missouri in the Synch
AM mode --- S9+30 almost ``local`` reception but totally mono. WRMI
skedgrid still has a blank in this space, with Encore on Thu.

About the playlist, the layout is rather confusing. Ma Vlast, for
instance, does not attribute it to Smetana but seemingly to Dvorak:
evidently the third column is the name of the record which presumably
included this piece. In classical music, the composer always comes
first --- then the title of the piece, movement; then the performers.
After that the less important record title and label. The way this
displays, the composer may or may not show up in any of the columns,
or may be incorrect. Brice`s announcements, of course, are more
explicit and with some further info.

Another thing I wish he would fix: ``playing out`` on the final piece,
which means it is going to get chopped off abruptly at 59:30 for the
WRMI ID before it`s finished. This is extremely jarring and unfair to
the music. Make the program a little shorter, 59:00? and/or start the
last piece in time for it to complete, preferably also then with a
back announcement and good-bye (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday November 28 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair S6-S7 at UTwente,
Netherlands, with some storm crashes; these can be no closer than the
western Mediterranean, per Blitzortung. Next:

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to James F. Leppard, Anderson SC, for a check in US
funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Nov 28 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW`
notes: says is on 7490 & 6160 only. WBCQ is fine, crew is well.
Looking for one or two full-time engineers to hire, good pay; very
little COVID-19 in northern Maine --- but see this gh found:
``Aroostook County reports record high COVID-19 cases for a single day
--- Alexander MacDougall • November 24, 2020``

https://fiddleheadfocus.com/2020/11/24/news/aroostook-county-reports-record-high-covid-19-cases-for-a-single-day/
--- County population is about 70K, he says. Aroostook is huge, the
cap all over northern Maine, and down the NB border. Last week a pump
blew a seal, so off the air for a day, and there was no spare, AHW`s
fault, but the crew soon got it back on air. Not clear which
transmitter(s) he is talking about.

Still waiting to acquire WHRI, delays in getting FCC approval, maybe
because they are working from home. Otherwise would be on air right
now with World`s Last Chance program --- and he mentions NO other
program in connexion with WHRI, so it`s pretty clear WLC is
bankrolling this too. Believes China should compensate handsomely
every single American for the virus which was no accident. Discussing
safety measures around electricity, and that common household 120V AC
is among the most dangerous, because it locks your muscles up so you
can`t let go before it kills you. So avoid getting shocked.

At 0124 finally datestamps this as 27 of November YOOL 2020. Then
reads a Nov 18 Radio World article about stations other than KDKA
being ``first``, such as MXZ Marconi in England, 9XM Madison WI now
WHA, 8MK to WBL to WWJ Detroit. Discussion of VLF stations such as NAA
Cutler, Maine. 0149 Angela reads some e-mail. AHW has A-Fib (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490, Nov 28 at 0528, outro of `Heart to Heart with Kimberly
Ann`, World Harvest Radio promo, 0530 Pete Sumerall introduces late
father Lester. So it`s WHRI as registered in HFCC B-20 for 0430-0600.
Yet, the WBCQ program schedule claims it is on 7490 at 0400-0600 with
a wacko conspiracy show I am not going to name. Since I first pointed
out this anomaly of WHRI signing off 7490 at 0600, there has been a
resounding lack of interest: it seemed as if WBCQ might already be
doing some programming on a Furman transmitter.

6160, Nov 28 at 0545, I monitor 6160v which is certainly WBCQ while a
talk show is in progress --- is that the one their schedule mistakenly
shows as on 7490? At 0554 host says not going to do a third hour
tonight --- that`s certainly flexible! Refers to ``want to show you
this ---`` so apparently originally a web/podcast with video. As
commercial plug. Jeffrey Daugherty is host, so that clinches my
conclusion about WBCQ showing wrong frequency on sked (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re last report, 17775-, KVOH being off: converting PST to
UT, I was thinking 21, but somehow wrote 18, sigh; fixed:

...We expect the power to be returned by about 1 pm Pacific, [21 UT]
but KVOH will be off by then anyway. Ray``

We shall hear if it`s really repowered by 1600 Saturday for Wavescan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0616 UT November 28

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11875-11880-11885, Nov 27 at 2252, cannot hear
any DRM under RHC-AM in English at S7-S9; meanwhile RNA-AM on 11780 is
S9/+20 with flutter, unusual for trans-equatorial on HF. Brasília
KiwiSDR at 2312, hears only JBA AM carrier on 11880. Nothing listed
after 2300; occurred to me later, possibly 2nd harmonic from the
Brazilian but that would land on 11879. So what became of the 24-hour
DRM tests? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13564 & 13837 approx., Nov 27 at 1440, S3 FM spurblobs with
F# tone out of S9+10 but undermodulated RHC 13700-AM; the lower one
blots any chance of hearing K6FRC, 1.8 milliwatt HIFER beacon in
California on 13565, but have not heard it for quite a while even when
in the clear. These are second-orders, while the first-orders, plus
and minus 68 kHz, circa 13632 & 13768 are S6. All still there at 1527
recheck. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 18146-USB, Nov 27 at 1532, ham contact in French, then
pileup and quick contacts in heavily accented English with US
stations; with each one he gives temp 10 C, geographical location and
spells name. QRZ.com shows: ``F5CAC France flag France, Christian
Rebout, 45 Grande Rue, 25310 Abbevillers, France. Is there a contest?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, Nov 27 at 2253, soft YL vocal music but
mostly instrumental, S8-S9, past 2300 no ID, direct; sounds better via
remote iin Missouri, still music at 2322 but reads only S6-S7. 2325
chirping sounds but not like usual SSTV, but no more music. Still thus
at 2342, like multiple crickets, so something else? This had been Mix
Radio International, widely reported since 1900:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74882.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Nov 27 at 2259 direct, no signal from VOT
English to us; something`s always erroneous at Emirleer. Same at 2311
via UTwente but getting weak Chinese, i.e. PBS Xinjiang, 5960-,
Urumqi, East Turkistan, land of cultural genocide and brainwashing of
Uyghurs, which per EiBi starts at 2310. Would you believe that some
editor won`t let me make that remark? It`s the least I can do, surely
not much, to oppose and expose the ChiCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 404-MCW kHz, 1339 UT Nov 27, ND beacon HU, which is 25 watts
from Hutchinson, Kansas. Mixing with at very different pitch:

407-MCW kHz, 1339 UT Nov 27, ND beacon HRU, 25 watts from Hoisington,
Kansas; tuned to 404-USB, mixing with HU --- Hoisington is NE of
Hutchinson, ESE of Salina, S of Junxion City (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2062 monitoring --- next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to James F. Leppard, Anderson SC, for a check in US
funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 17775-, Nov 27 at 1535, no signal from KVOH, even tho I just
heard a ham in southern California on 18 MHz band. Before I could
report this, explanation was already in from Ray Robinson of KVOH to
the WOR iogroup at 1752; would that more station personnel were so
forthcoming explaining anomalies without even being asked:

``[WOR] Power Cuts --- Due to high winds, Southern California Edison
has today been cutting power pre-emptively to subscribers in Los
Angeles County and Ventura County. They are concerned that downed
power lines may cause fires and result in law suits against them.
Unfortunately, the areas they have targeted this morning include both
the transmitter sites for KVOH-SW and for our sister FM station KWSV
99.1 The Ranch. As a result, KVOH is currently off the air, and the FM
station is operating from a back-up transmitter at another location.
We expect the power to be returned by about 1 pm Pacific, [18 UT] but
KVOH will be off by then anyway. Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN [and non]. 15550, Nov 27 at 1528, OC, 1529 echoey talk with
flutter, S7-S9, 1530 Radio Dabanga song, i.e. for Sudan via SMG site.
Fortunately, WJHR with better signal is still on 15555-USB, not 15550
where Aoki/NDXC shows it, after brief jumpto months ago.

15400, Nov 27 at 1528, R. Tamazuj ID in passing, i.e. for Sudan South
also via SMG, this one amid hour broadcast. 1531 sounds like Arabic,
but presumably Juba dialect (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

COLUMN: TO SAVE OUR REPUBLIC, WE MUST BE GRATEFUL

...decadence yields ingratitude, ingratitude yields laziness in the
populace, and a lazy populace is easily oppressed. And, my fellow
Americans, we find ourselves today a decadent, lazy and corrupted
nation, waiting for our version of the Goths — which could be another
pandemic and its attendant economic collapse — to knock over our dry
bones...

https://www.enidnews.com/opinion/column-to-save-our-republic-we-must-be-grateful/article_768c5178-2fa8-11eb-8467-b3cc75b4fbb5.html

REFLECTIONS WITH PURPOSE James Neal, Enid News, Nov 25, 2020 (via gh)

This report dispatched at 2356 UT November 27

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, Nov 25 at 2302, RNA-AM is S9+5/15 at
Bonaire SDR, compared to RNA-DRM on new 11875-11880-11885 as first
covered in my last report; which is now S8-S9 when the noise is tuned
in SAM mode, as still no audio decoding in DRM mode, at first
displaying 0.00 kpbs, then jumps to 19.80. I may not know how to get
the best results out of DRM SDRs? At 2308 I compare it to OCB-DRM on
7340-7345-7350 which displays S9+15/20, 9.76 kbps with audio cutting
on at times.

At 0055, I try Pardinho, Brasil SDR which does hear the noise on
11880, but with ACI splash from 11885 CRI in English. RNA-DRM is
supposedly running 24 hours, and being experimental may explain the
problems in receiving it. They were supposedly going to switch to more
user-friendly parameters the next day. The Brasília SDR would be
interesting to try if available, at local? range (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 13630 & 13771 approx., Nov 26 at 1507, RHC FM spurblobs with
F# tone, S6-S7 out of 13700-AM, but JBA on second-orders circa 13561 &
13842. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, Nov 26 at 1555, CRI Plus relay is S9+40 but suptorted!
= suppressed and distorted modulation. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2061 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday November 25 at 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490v, via Virginia SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Nov 25 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 at Bonaire SDR,
over pulse jamming.

Also confirmed UT Thu Nov 26 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good to UTwente.

WORLD OF RADIO 2062 contents: Alaska non, Armenia, Brasil, China, Cuba
and non, Czechia, Greece, Hawai`i, India, Iran non, Japan non,
Kashmir, Korea North and non & South, Madagascar, Mèxico, Myanmar,
North America, Scotland non, Swaziland, Taiwan, UAE, UK, USA, Vatican,
Vietnam; Universal Radio; propagation outlook

WOR 2062 is available as of 0309 UT Friday November 27
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2062.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2062.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S
0130 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] NEW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to James F. Leppard, Anderson SC, for a check in US
funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com

First SWBCs confirmed UT Friday November 27 at 0130 on WRMIs, checked
direct only: 5850 VG S9+20/30; 5010 S9/+10 but sounds much weaker in
noise; and 9955 VG S9+20. Note: technical problems delayed full
editing completion in time for this, so played without the usual
opening, which is there on all repeats (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490), Nov 27 at 0300-0400, enjoyed hearing Uncle Bill`s TG
special with participation of other WBCQ entertainment shows, while
writing this report, via webcast. Would like to have plugged it on WOR
2062, but it would have been a past-thing on all my repeats except for
the very first airing, and AFAIK they are not retrievable later, altho
YouTube or something could spare the bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 660, November 26 at 0704 UT, mix of stations but silly
sports news is dominant, and 0706 WFAN ID from New York; not often
heard here, nor would I ever want to, vs Mexico, Cuba, Balch Springs
but no sign of KTNN AZ/NM, which recently had been reported back east,
even in NY state, despite supposed to notch a null toward NYC; so I
guess it`s back in whack. 50 kW KTNN is not hard to hear here when ND
around SR or SS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2062)

This report despatched at 0505 UT November 27

** BRAZIL [and non]. 11875-11880-11885, Nov 25 at 1949, TWR Bonaire
SDR is getting an S6 steady DRM noise signal here, ~9 dB SNR, but
nothing decoding to the ear. Via Richard Langley, this has just been
reported in the DRMNA iogroup as the new frequency for RNA DRM tests;
and it`s already shown on the SDR menu as available 24 hours. This
should make for an interesting collision with RHC-AM at 2100-2300 in
French, English for Africa. Further monitoring:

2055 & 2058.5, break of a few seconds in DRM noise and back on, more
to come: 2100 no sign of RHC yet, nor by 2108, just DRM. I have other
stuff to do and not rechecked until 2134 --- now RHC is on, in
Brazuguese, no less, along with the RNA DRM, roughly equal levels here
and Bonaire, then RHC mostly atop but with fades; 2139.5 & 2142, more
momentary breaks in DRM, but RHC is also off at 2141-2144. Meanwhile
someone else is trying to hear 11880-DRM via Bonaire from Patos e
Minas, Brazil. And so it goes --- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 6020, Nov 25 at 1900, S8 via UTwente SDR, CRI theme, ID in
Chinese and then ``Ju Flet ---`` which nails it as Albanian. Then YL
narration with sound-effects, not just music.

This caused confusion when first reported from Europe, but now we know
from Albanian expert Ullmar Qvick in Sweden, BC-DX:

``CHINA/ALBANIA, RADIO EJANI on 6020 kHz heard at 1900-1957 UT has
caused confusion. This is the CRI service in Albanian using the
superpower tx in Shijiazhuang and carrying the program of the
China-owned FM station Radio Ejani (Radio Come! in Albanian)
broadcasting fram Tirana and Durres on 106.0 MHz since 2013.

Pop music programs with frequent IDs "Radio Ejani" and final CRI
announcement in Albanian from Beijing during the 1-hour transmission.
The tx then carries CRI in Polish at 2000 z (Ullmar Qvick,
Norrköping-SWEDEN, Nov 22)``

Like several other languages, CRI is unable to produce own programs in
Albanian, so this is the roundabout substitute. Kai Ludwig replies:

``In case I keep forgetting to check it: Should be // 7385 kHz. The
inserted CRI ID suggests that this simply replaces their own
Albanian-language radio productions.

Remember that in last year CRI made drastic cuts to its linear radio
programming, reducing many language services to hardly more than music
and already telling listeners in Brazil that the radio service in
Portuguese has ceased.

Radio Ejani just *is* CRI:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/RadioEjani/about/

No contacts in Albania whatsoever, so apparently the two FM
transmitters just take a feed from Beijing, and this program output is
now also routed to the transmitters in China previously used for
separate Albanian shortwave broadcasts, if they still did them for
some time after 2013 at all. Kai`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Nov 25 at 0636, VON is back on tonight, S9+10/20
but undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Re: 6924.884-AM, Nov 25 at 0223, VP S7-S8 music,
only pirate activity now; 0232 brief announcement, more music, LA?
0253 still going, at 0254 into MCW, but fading and only partially
copiable and perhaps with errors; ``CA - OA - OIAEN - ZAN - ORA -
ABEC``, until 0258*. Thought it might be Nova, which does CW IDs, but
no fit. I was hoping someone on HFU would have IDed this and/or copied
the code (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Ron Howard replied: ``Glenn, Was also listening to this station.
Please listen to my recording and let me know what you can make out.
Thanks.

Nov 25, on 6924.88 AM, tuned in at 0149 UT to non-stop LA music; 0206,
CW (assume ID?) followed by spoken ID (loop); 0209, test tone,
followed by more of the same type of music. Afraid I have no ability
to deal with CW and very little to deal with Spanish. My audio of one
minute of music, then CW ID, followed by spoken IDs (loop), posted at
https://bit.ly/3l1Dg03
Thanks very much for any help! Ron California``

I replied: ``Ron, Great, clear recording. CW is
ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
Then M&W repeat multiple times ``ésta es la zanahoria en escabeche``

Put that phrase in search and it means ``spicy pickled carrots`` --- a
Mexican dish; ah yes, I`ve had those without knowing their name -- but
-- now what? Well, Mexico is really in North America... Glenn``

Ron Howard refers to a belated log of this from Chris Smolinski at
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74793.0.html

``I received this station last night, after a somewhat laborious
session of listening to the SDR recordings I came up with this
logging:

ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE 6924.9 AM 0111 UTC 25 Nov 2020
« on: Today at 15:01 » SDR recording catch

0111 Carrier came on
0117 Music, Jorge Negrete "Ay Jaliso No Te Rajes", SIO 333
0121 Jorge Negrete "Yo Soy Mexicano"
0126 Jorge Negrete "Cocula"
0128 Jorge Negrete "Juan Charrasqueado"
0131 ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE repeated several times in CW
0134 SS OM "Esta es la ... " repeated, signal has faded by now, down
to SIO 222 and then most 111 with some occasional peaks.
0136 CW again: ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
0138 Music, too weak for Shazam.
0155 Mariachi Pablo Olmedo "Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes"
0206 CW again, weak.
0210 Back to music
0215 "Asunto Pendiente"
0254 CW, weak, sounds like ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
0258 Carrier off

I would greatly appreciate an eQSL if the station operator happens to
see this logging, thank you! « Last Edit: Today at 15:05 by
ChrisSmolinski » Logged Chris Smolinski Westminster, MD``

As for the carrot pirate, no telling which side of border it`s on but
would be neat if it`s really in Mexico (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, Nov 25 at 0650, ND beacon FQ, which is 25 watts
from Fairmont, Minnesota, also with a much weaker understation I can`t
fully copy with storm crashes, but rather sure there is an X in the
call. The only one listed around here is on 419, TX, 50 watts in
Lawrenceville - Gwinnett, Georgia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2061 monitoring; next:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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UNIDENTIFIED. 17545.06V, Nov 25 at 1539, JBA talk, off-frequency and
wobbling so it`s hard to measure to 3 decimal places. Only thing known
here is that Eritrean clandestine Bayto Yiakl, but it`s supposedly
Saturdays only at 1530-1600 via France, and this is Wednesday. Maybe
expanded as the conflict along the border with Ethiopia is heating up.
Would not expect ISSoudun to be that far off-frequency, so maybe some
other site like UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 18127-USB, Nov 25 at 1530 and earlier, ragchew sounds
like Plattdeutsch; mentions a VA9- call, not sure if his in Canada or
a contact (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2156 UT November 25