B-20 SCHEDULES

The WORLD OF RADIO homepage linx to
many different versions of new B20 SW schedules; look for B20 at
http://www.worldofradio.com

** CUBA. 6100, Nov 6 at 0717, RHC English is here but suptorted, yet
the only frequency on this late tonight, unlike previous nights.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7435 & 7355, Nov 6 at 0722, RM is off, presumably
back to temporary extension until 0600* only; but pulse jamming is
still running on non-Martí frequencies 7435, 7405, 7365, 7355.
Something`s always wrong at the Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** IRELAND. 3413-USB, Nov 6 at 0732, VOLMET by YL voice JBA,
EiBi-listed Shannon; also San Francisco can use 3413, 24 hours,
presumably for intermittent ATC comms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Nov 6 at 0721, VON is S9 but JBM (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2059 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday November 7 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+15 into UTwente SDR.
Next:

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [new? unconfirmed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, OH
who along with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com says:
``I just want you to know how much I appreciate all of your efforts
and years of information. I also love tips for rational living!!!``

Contributions via PayPal not necessarily in US funds.

One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds
on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, Nov 7 at 0300, WRMI with special experimental
broadcast of Texas Radio Shortwave, VG S9+5/15 into Bonaire SDR. Opens
with ``Yellow Rose of Texas`` alla marcia. O, I`ve heard this hour
before somewhere else but enjoy it again with best reception ever. I`m
sure it would also be good if heard direct here but I`m at the
computer. 0303 Third Mate YL robovoice signs on introducing Robert
Kipp from Germany who made the playlist of big guns in country music;
he lists the names, and ``drei und siebzig``. I note many but not all
of the songs by title or lyrix.

0307 YL ID, address, eQSL offer. 0309 ``All My Exes Live in Texes``.
0313 ``San Antonio Rose`` [BTW, I lived for several years in Von
Ormy/San Antonio, later Austin]. 0315 ``Back in the Saddle Again``.
0322 ``Sweet Lips``. 0330 OM eQSL offer, intro Buddy Holly, ``That`ll
Be the Day``. 0336 ``Know When to Fold `Em``. 0340 ``Freedom Is Just
Another Name for Nothing Left to Lose``. 0344 Cap`n Ric himself about
this being on 5800, ID, eQSL, Hiwaymen. 0352 ``Pretty Woman``. 0354
`Y.R.O.T` not alla marcia. 0356 YL sign-off, tnx Kipp, eQSL, motto
``Land was created as a place for pirates to visit`` -- got it right
this time? Closing theme again ``Y.R.O.T.`` alla marcia. Carrier stays
on a bit past 0400*

Another TRSW test will be 24 hours later, UT Sun Nov 8 at 0300-0400 on
9670v from Channel 292, Germany with its new direxional hi-gain
antenna aimed toward North America; same program? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. (7490), UT Sat Nov 7 from new time of 0100, WBCQ webcast of
`AAAWWW`. First topix Free Speech, KDKA anniversary. AHW is avoiding
politix this week in the limbo postlude, surprisingly mostly
successfully. 0112 call interrupts from Annoying Freddie. 0123 reads
FCC chairman Ajit Pai`s salute to KDKA. COVID-19 progress (?). 0139
reading a Radio World article about Edwin Armstrong & Lear but feed
from crowded Studio 9 in Deland of Fla, is interrupted as webcast
keeps running silently; 0140 fill music inserted by Monticello; but
resumed shortly; 0142 lost again, 0143 back again in time to
datestamp as ``6th of November, YOOL 2020``. 0145 caller asks for his
opinion about the elexion so he explains the subject is being avoided
for now. 0151 reads some pirate logs from Free Radio Weekly, mentions
thanx to Glenn. 0154 e-mail, someone wonders whatever happened to
screaming preacher Terry Blalock? He ran out of funding. AHW assures
us ``he`s a sweetheart``, paid bills on time. Starts to scream in
tribute but stops before damaging lungs. Ramsey says he picked up KDKA
anniversary on antique radios. 0157 benedixion (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 17775-, Nov 6 at 1500, KVOH sign-on in English only for
``people-loving people``, already S9+30, HF sporadic-E assist? 1501
nortena music no doubt gospelic, instead of DX program `Frecuencia al
Dia` scheduled Monday & Friday --- but websked is still dated 8 March
2020 for DST season, while all programming has surely shifted one UT
hour later as if that mattered in most of Latin America. So FAD should
be at 1600 now, as well as in English `Wavescan` on Saturdays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Nov 6 at 0702-0707
UT: 558, 621, 639(2), 693, 729, 747(2), 774(2), 837, 846(TP), 855,
909*, 936, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1107, 1179, 1215*, 1449, 1710(domestic).
*strongest, surely UK. (2)= at least two carriers beating.

No DFing on the longwire. This season around this hour, 774 might bear
not only RNE Valencia, Spain, today`s LSR 0637; but also NHK Akita,
Japan, LSS 0731. What about ABC Melbourne? LSS today not until 0901
UT; latest, two months from now, will be 0946, while Valencia`s latest
SR in two months will be 0722, all per gaisma.com. RNE has several
synchros on 774, and I usually hear a beat, but 100 kW from Valencia
is the mayor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0534 UT November 7

Note: about a dekaday after the icestorm, my main antenna to the R75,
~100 foot E-W-ish longwire, has been restored circa 1930 UT Nov 4. But
line noise level is too high around here.

** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, Nov 5 at 0704 UT, dash and WG, the NDB from
Winnipeg with quite a strong 1 kW signal like PR on 391; but no
rarities from elsewhere in Canada; weak 250-watt, 413-MCW, YHD from
Dryden, Ont (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Nov 5 at 1441, none in the WOOB 13s, 12s
or 10s, but weak Chinese on 11120, JBA carriers on 11440, 11460 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Nov 4 at 2019, RHC first English of the day confirmed
usual non-DST shift to one UT hour later from 2000, VG S9+20 with OK
modulation altho often not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2059)

** CUBA. 6100, Nov 5 at 0644, RHC English again on this frequency
instead of erroneous 5910 23 hours ago, // 6145 and 5040 also on an
hour later than in summer, all with OK modulation but 6000 is
suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2059)

** CUBA. 13638 & 13763 approx., Nov 5 at 1433, RHC Spanish extremely
distorted FMish spurblobs with F# tones are back! after quite a spell
missing, about S9 out of even stronger fundamental 13700. But only
trace of further multiples circa 13566, 13826, 13886.

Nov 5 at 1520 I blobcheck again: approx. 13763 but much weaker on
13638, while 13700 is S9+10/20 with good modulation. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2059)

** CUBA. 15140, Nov 5 at 1518, RHC `Sonido Cubano` music is ruined by
suptorted modulation out of this S9+20; // 15230 is relatively OK,
just undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Nov 5 at 0703 UT, NDBeacon DDP with
strong 1-kW signal all the way from Dorado, like that from 248 WG
Winnipeg. I was tuned to 389 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday November 4 at 2200.4 on WBCQ 7490.1v, S9/+10 direct now one
UT hour later improved with less light path

Also confirmed Wed Nov 4 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+10 over jamming.

Also confirmed UT Thu Nov 5 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, F-G at UTwente

WORLD OF RADIO 2059 contents: Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Antarctica,
Armenia, Bougainville, Brasil, Canada, China non, Colombia?, Cuba and
non, Ecuador, Europe, Germany, Iran non, Korea South & North,
Kyrgyzstan, México, Mongolia, Netherlands and non, Norway, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Perú, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Sahara non; and the
propagation outlook

WOR 2059 is available as of 0019 UT Friday November 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2059.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2059.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 Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [new? unconfirmed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, OH
who along with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com says:
``I just want you to know how much I appreciate all of your efforts
and years of information. I also love tips for rational living!!!``

Contributions via PayPal not necessarily in US funds.

One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds
on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

Confirmed first airing UT Fri Nov 6 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, good direct
to merely a portable ATS-909 with telescopic; and 5010, VG S9+10 into
Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 5970, Nov 5 at 0646, WEWN Spanish is S9+10 of dead
air, audiblizing some pulsejamsplash from 5980 Cuba against nothing
there, and also adjacent Hausa on 5975 which is BBC ASCENSION this
semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0143 UT November 6

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Nov 4 at 1523, CRI English via CUBA is S9+30
but just barely modulated, with hum. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Nov 4 at 0708, RHC English back on here with hum, //
better 6145 only, and NOT 5910 which was active last night instead of
6100, mistake? Also OFF now are 6000, 5040. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Nov 4 at 1527, RHC Spanish again much weaker than
usual, poor S6-S8 during `Sonido Cubano` music. Also // 15140, and
stronger than usual 9535 at S9+10. At this level one could hardly
expect any spurs out of 13700 to audiblize. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 7435 // 7355, Nov 4 at 0705, Radio Martí is on later
than late, discussing the Yanqui elexion, both S9+10/20 with little
jamming, also 6030 with more jamming. These are the frequencies
registered with temporary extension 0400-0600, only until 5 December;
maybe back to 0600* henceforth whether or not the elexion be stolen by
Trump? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, Nov 4 at 0710, JBA carrier, presumed SIBC
starting to propagate around sunset there, and about equal to the JBA
carrier on 5055, presumed 4KZ Queensland, as heard last night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 12035.0, Nov 4 at 1328, VOT IS & English ID, JBA back on
proper frequency ex-12032.0 yesterday. Recheck at 1440, 12035 is off
instead of Kazakh on wrong frequency as suspected recently.
Something`s not erroneous at Emirler today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: note timeshifts for the
first two of the last three, due to standard time, which might
generally improve reception later in the days:

2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [timeshift]
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [timeshift]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from ionospheric researcher Dr
Phil Erickson, who, along with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com says:

``Dear Mr. Hauser - thanks for decades of faithful work on Review of
International Broadcasting, World of Radio, and more. I first received
RIB in upstate NY in 1977 and have admired your work ever since.
Keeping up now with WOR through groups.io. Good DX, always. -- Phil
Erickson, Clinton, MA, USA (de W1PJE)``

Contributions via PayPal not necessarily in US funds. One may also
contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

Next WOR 2059 should be ready by early UT Friday November 6 for first
broadcast at 0130 on WRMI 5850, 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.0, Nov 4 at 0559-0600*, I tune in just in time to hear
at S9, classic WHRI sign-off from Cypress Creek, South Carolina, LeSEA
Broadcasting --- huh? That name was abolished over a year ago. Now
it`s FBC. The strange thing is, the WBCQ program schedule now claims
that station is on 7490 at 0400-0600 Tue-Sat with some wacko
conspiracy talkshow. WBCQ is supposedly in the process of acquiring
WHRI, but are they already responsible for some of the programming on
WHRI transmitter?

This can be ambiguous, since of course 7490 is also WBCQ`s prime
frequency from Maine, despite currently HFCC-registered at these hours
as from WHRI! It`s pointless trying to see what program WHR claims to
have on 7490, for it is not among the drop-down choose-a-frequency
list on their website, where it seems we can no longer display a
complete program schedule for any frequency/Angel, but instead have to
enter search criteria for any individual item! and take our chances on
finding anything at all. What a mess (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7310-7315-7320, Nov 4 at 0707, hybrid DRM noise from WINB,
as now registered M-F at 0700-1000; is high-speed stock trading going
on in the middle of our night?

BTW, HFCC shows WHRI is also registered for 7315, daily at 0600-0900,
Sat/Sun at 0900-1000. Those two better coordinate with each other
axual usage.

13650-13655-13660, Nov 4 at 1528, WINB hybrid DRM is still here as I
first logged on Oct 26 as B-20 replacement for 15750-15755-15760.

But latest HFCC dated Nov 2 shows it on 13660-13665-13670 instead, M-F
at 1200-1700. Ivo Ivanov had also reported Nov 3:

``*USA Last minute frequency change of WINB Red Lion in Hybrid DRM*
1200-1700 NF 13665 INB 015 kW / 062 deg to WeEu Mon-Fri, ex 13655``

It is not clear whether he axually heard it circa 13665 yesterday or
was just going by unconfirmed and questionable HFCC info, which also
claims that WINB DRM power is 50 kW. No way to be certain here, but
sure sounds strong enough to be 50, not 15. WINB website still lacks
any program schedule for DRM transmissions, just AM 9265V, barely
mentioning DRM at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1823 UT November 4

** AUSTRALIA. 5055, Nov 3 at 0740, JBA carrier, presumed the 1 kW,
4KZ, Innisfail, Queensland, starting to show up before sunset approx.
0824 UT, now that I`m awake late enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRIA. 5930, Nov 4 at 0058, BBC in some language, not too much
problem from 5935 WWCR. Probably Dari as HFCC shows Prs at 0030-0100 &
0130-0200, 300 kW eastward from Moosbrunn, sandwiching Pus probably
Pashto betwixt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, Nov 3 at 0742 UT, weak marine weather in English
by roboyl. DXinfocentre.com/mb shows it`s VCO, Sydney, Nova Scotia,
550 watts with the first broadcast of the early morning starting at
0740 UT among the 3 other stations in the NS area 2749 is time-shared
with.

2598-USB, Nov 3 at 0743, weak marine weather in English by roboyl
sounds quite like 2749 but probably not //. Dxinfocentre.com/mb shows
this one is VCP-4, Placentia, Newfoundland, 3000 watts, with the first
broadcast of the early morning starting at 0737 UT among the 5 other
stations in the NL area 2598 is time-shared with. During DST I was
hearing some of these an hour earlier so suspect their schedules be
time-shifted altho not so specified. Now they appear to match (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. B-20 CRI relays: see CUBA

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Nov 3 at 0331, anonymous mystery missionary station
still going with gospel huxter in Spanish, S8/S9+10 into Bonaire SDR
with typical -5v Hz carrier offset in SynchAM mode.

Despite having found Timed-Delay-of-Arrival direxion finding useless
before, I decide to try it again. Three Kiwi sites I can employ are
Pardinho, Brasil; Trinidad; and TWR Dominican Republic. They conclude
4940 is ``most likely`` at 3.20 degrees north, minus 69.80 longitude,
which is in east-central Colombia, or Barrara Minas, Guainia. This is
not too far from Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, just across the border,
one of the previous outcomes, so together they become somewhat more
credible as a general area. But then at 0345 I run it again with
different Kiwis: Vilhena, Brasil; Bonaire; and Cariaru, Brasil. This
time they put it at 13.50 north, -157.50 west, which is in the N
Pacific Ocean, off the coast SW of Mexico. I think not (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145, Nov 3 at 0732, RHC English still on an extra hour,
S9+20 with sufficient modulation and // 6000. This may mean the NAm
English span has all shifted an hour later to 0100-0800 instead of
0000-0700. Due to end of DST in USA, as a Running Dog of Yanqui
Imperialism.

5910, Nov 3 at 0736, RHC English is here too! Starting `Focus on
Africa` which is musical, S9+20. This frequency has been used before
for CRI relays earlier, not RHC itself, so could be an error at this
hour. 6100 however is off so maybe ex-that.

Arnie continues to boycott HFCC since that might cause him to
negotiate with --- ugh --- Americans, but CRI at least registers its
relays via HABana, B-20 showing 5910 at 0300-0400 English, 0400-0455
Yue = Cantonese, with 250 kW at 305 degrees. Oh2, back to 6180 at
01-03, to collide with Brasil. No change from A-season for the others
on 5990, 9570, 13650, 15120; and as I already reported, 15700
ex-11880.

6000, Nov 4 at 0013, RHC in suptorted Spanish, presumably the `Mesa
Redonda`` TV show soundtrack shifted as usual an hour later after DST,
nominally 00-01 weekdays, and // 11950, but no signal there to the
Virginia SDR where I am checking all these. Also NOT on now is 6145
the other NAm English frequency which used to start at 0000, now 0100?
Also NOT to be heard are Spanish: 11760, 9640; 6060 has something with
Qu`ran, and 6100 China`s Portuguese service music fill direct.

5040, Nov 4 at 0015, however is on now in English, probably the only
one at this hour per winter scheduling.

At 0050 Nov 4, I check Cuban frequencies direct: JBA carriers on
11800, 11760, 11670 which match for Cuba; propagation extremely
degraded but you would not know it from WWV at 0000: K-index only 1,
no storms, and solar flux for Nov 3 was a `high` 83! No signal on 9640
but 9535 is S7-S8. WRMI not making it on 9 MHz either but OK on 7
MHz.

6180, Nov 4 at 0100, now very fast SAH between RNA Brasil and must be
the CRI CUBA relay back here despite collision last winter. Brasil was
solo before 0100 but disturbed and // much weaker 11780.

6145, Nov 4 at 0102, RHC has just come on here with dead air, then JIP
English modulation, and also now on weaker // 6000. 5040 now has
switched to Kriyol (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also PERU [and non]

** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Nov 3 at 0734, Cuban jamming against no
Martí, instead trying to save us from those nasty WWCR leapfrog mixing
products, JBA underneath jam the 5890/5935 huxters which are very
strong this night on fundamentals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 5990, Nov 3 at 0733, noise jamming of
slightly varying pitch in the Juche style, blotting something talking.
No doubt attacking Echo of Hope, one of their several jumparound
frequencies this week as confirmed by Ron Howard on Nov 3. Unless I
can modify my own sleephours depending on local time, during CST I may
be awake as late as 0730 UT instead of 0630, e.g. audiblizing stuff
like this as it`s nearing winter sunset on the peninsula, 0833 at
P`yongyang (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, KUCO, Edmond: on Nov 1 I sent this to GM Brad
Ferguson:

``Brad, Glad you`re back! Sure missed KUCO. Seemed most of the time
the silent carrier was on at least weakly, as KHCC would sometimes get
overcome depending on antenna orientation or in driving around.

Perhaps it would be a good idea not to put all your eggs in the
fibre-optic link, like at least for backup a plain old 900 MHz STL?

Still not clear to me why the webcast was also gone; yet you could
feed the relay stations? Or did they pick up WCPE directly? Are KCSC
and KBCW able to insert own IDs? As on 90.1 we always hear
triple-station IDs. Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Enid`` --- he replied:

``Of course we wanted to use an STL from the get-go but no path was
available from our downtown location, hence the fiber optic cable.
And the cable is double looped for robustness. Just a devastating ice
storm this time around.

McAlester and Woodward are complete repeaters but we were able to feed
WCPE to them in the meantime. (And listeners had to suffer a second
fund drive from NC!) BF`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU [and non]. 4764, Nov 4 at 0106, JBA carrier direct, presumed
R. Huanta Dos Mil, which LOB in Brasil is still reporting on this
frequency; we have another hour to hear it since R. Progreso, CUBA,
has timeshifted 4765 to start at *0131.8 as carrier-on tonight. But by
0114, no more signal on 4764, signed off already? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 12032.0, Nov 3 at 1413, JBA song on this odd even
frequency; not a stray CNR1 jammer as not // 6125. But there is no VOT
on 12035 for the 1330-1425v English, so is this that? Yes! At 1420,
Turkish muisc at S3-S5 and JBA English ID for Voice of Turkey.
Probably a keypad punch-up error; something`s always erroneous at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7340-7345-7350, Nov 4 at 0054, DRM noise, so Radio Martí
experiment is back from Grimesland NC. I found it missing for a couple
weeks at various chex. B-20 HFCC still has it falsely as NOT DRM, at
17-02. Now the NOT DRM RM frequencies I hear are 7355 & 7435, VG over
jamming, and also 6030 with more jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday
November 3 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, S9+10/20 into TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR.
Next:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [timeshift]
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [timeshift]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from ionospheric researcher Dr
Phil Erickson, who, along with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com says:

``Dear Mr. Hauser - thanks for decades of faithful work on Review of
International Broadcasting, World of Radio, and more. I first received
RIB in upstate NY in 1977 and have admired your work ever since.
Keeping up now with WOR through groups.io. Good DX, always. -- Phil
Erickson, Clinton, MA, USA (de W1PJE)``

Contributions via PayPal not necessarily in US funds. One may also
contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. E-QSL from Texas Radio SW for Hallowe`en special via WBCQ
6160v, Nov 1 at 0200-0300:
https://www.w4uvh.net/TRSW_2020_Halloween_eQSL_WBCQ_Hauser.jpg
It`s the 100th entry in my QSL gallery:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
I have *many* more especially from decades ago yet to be scanned
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.96-RCUSB, Nov 3 at 0333, JBA carrier from presumed
ROCV, El Tigre, into Bonaire SDR, again unreasonably weak compared to
previous captations. There is also a JBA het and on the waterfall from
a carrier on exactly 6905.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0241 UT November 4

ALAN ROE`S WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST updated:

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Change of DST - Amended Time-Zone offset notations for Cuba
(Progreso, Rebelde) and USA (Martí, VOA, WRMI)
2) Cuba - R Progreso: Updated link to live stream; removed link to
audio on demand (as page no longer found)
3) Germany - MBR: Updated link to new B-20 frequency schedule
4) India - All India R: Updated link to generic AIR Homepage, and
removed link to AIR's own frequency page as no longer exists
5) Romania - RRI: Updated link to new webpage for B-20 frequencies,
and deleted link to RRI's own on-demand/podcasts (as no longer
existing)
6) Spain - REE: Updated link to new webpage for B-20 frequencies
7) Turkey - TSR: Added link to frequency page for TSR
8) USA - WRMI: Moved "Encore Classical Music" link from association
with WWCR to WRMI

Unless there's a major change anywhere, the next update will be end of
November. Best wishes and 73 from England (where we are about to go
into another national lockdown). (Alan Roe, Nov 1)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Nov 1 at 2307: 7540 Chinese S9, //
weaker 7810, 7470; at 2321, 6125; 2322, JBA Chinese 11170, 10920,
10870; JBA carriers on 11120, 11070, many of same SOH jam frequencies
heard in our mornings. 7540 is jamming RFA Tibetan via Kuwait; 7470 is
RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan, both this hour only. 7810 is an SOH
frequency but Aoki does not have it on and jammed at this hour. 6125
is a legit CNR1 non-jammer channel.

Around grayline, I have some other non-CNR1 // Chineses: at 2310,
7325, which is CRI Cantonese via Kunming. And at 2322 on 6140, vocal
operatic which is same service and site.

6900, at 2315, something weak, Chinese? Yes, a SOH *jammer.

[and non] 6100, at 2320 Nov 1, Chinese music, i.e. CRI Portuguese via
Beijing short-path to here but aiming long-path 318 degrees, and //
13650 same via CUBA, but on the latter, modulation cutting on & off,
while NHK is continuously audible underneath. This service continues
to be *nothing* but music fill for years now! Something`s always wrong
at RadioCuba as well as CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Nov 2 at 1500, S9+20/30 of dead air except for
big hum, then trace of CRI English modulation, ex-11880 via CUBA. By
1505 modulation has crept up a bit but still awful. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5954, Nov 2 at 2312, Cuban pulse jamming centred here, a
legacy disservice originally drawn by the Costa Rican transmitter of
Radio República, remember that? Which has been gone for many years
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145, UT Mon Nov 2 at 0213-0218, RHC English with `DXers
Unlimited`, Derwin? Jones substituting for Arnie who has a ``sore
throat``, but the script is typical Arnie stuff about propagation and
ham radio, lasting only 5 minutes. Just confirming DXUL still exist
around these times for next DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS update pending
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Nov 2 at 1538, VP S5-S6 signal, must be RHC but
dreadfully weak, for music is // 11760 which is suptorted! As is
15140. // 15230 is a little better. At 1540 I find more RHC still on
air, nominally until 1600 now? or slipshod: 9535 not distorted but
fluttery; and 7350 very poor and undermodulated. Somethings always
wrongs at RHC. It may be another week before intentional B-20 changes
settle in as Arnie plays catch-up. Individual Spanish program times
should already have shifted one UT hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY. 18164-USB, Nov 2 at 1455, IU3BTY fonetikaly calling QRZ.
Seems Italy/Slovenia area is a hotspot for 17m activity and/or
propagation to here.
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/iu3bty
``IU3BTY, Valerio Spagnolo, Via Cristoforo Colombo n.20, Conegliano
(Tv) 31015, Italy`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also SLOVENIA

** KURDISTAN [non]. 15600, Nov 2 at 1459, ``Dengê Amerika`` ID and off
1500*. It`s VOA Kurdish via Woofferton UK at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 560, Nov 2 at 0629 UT, ID in passing as I tune across,
sounds like ``La Serena - 98.1``. But no such slogan is listed for any
Mexican or any Latin American, and there are no US SS on 560. Instead
I think it must have been:

XEGIK, Monclova, Coahuila, which is my nearest XE anyway, per IRCA
Mexican Log, 1400/250 watts with FM on 88.1, ``La Acerera`` --- acero
means steel but acera can also mean sidewalk. Steel mill? IIRC,
Monclova is a polluted industrial town, and there is a General Steel
Group there, at least with warehouse and sales if not manufaxuring.
The Steely Station? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVENIA. On 18113-USB, Nov 1 at 1458, I have been hearing a ham
making quick contacts as ``CNR57DX``. A three-letter prefix is unheard
of and surely wrong; nonesuch in qrz.com but I can`t figure out what
he is really saying? Never with fonetix to make it clear except for
the ``DX`` which is obvious. CN+ implies Morocco. Ideas?

Don Moman, AB replied on the WOR iog: ``I'm hearing the pileup all
calling Slavko S57DX on 18113.``

Tnx, Don. I guess he is saying fonetik ``sierra`` but it sure sounds
like C-N-R. I bet he`s related to S51DX I logged the other day.
Slovenia, land of future first-ladies. Yes, they are brothers. Lots of
info at:

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/s57dx
``S57DX, SLAVKO CELARC, OB IGRISCU 8, 1360 VRHNIKA, Slovenia``

Still allows a little time for chat about weather, etc., but clearly
trying to rack up contacts, contest? Lots of other activity on 17m,
such as a pileup on 18150-USB.

18122-USB, Nov 2 at 1450, there he is again, S57DX with quick North
American contacts, CQ 17, this time alternating ``sierra`` with
``sugar``, better clearer signal than yesterday. Still going at 1546
recheck. See also ITALY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday November 2 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 to UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0230 on WRMIs 7780, ditto; and 5800
good to Bonaire SDR. So those remain at same UTs, no shifts.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 from 0401 on Area 51, 6159.92 WBCQ, S7 but
sounds VG into a Rochester SDR, now one UT hour later.

Also confirmed UT Mon Nov 2 at 0430, one hour later, on WRMI webcast,
but cannot hear 9955 direct except some weak pulse jamming, nor can I
hear it via various KiwiSDRs in North & South America!

Also confirmed Monday November 2 from 1900.9 on IRRS 7290 via
BULGARIA, S9+30 into UTwente SDR from *1857 carrier, 1859.8 ID with P
O box, 1900.3 FSN headlines before WOR. With a few glitches OK past
1910 at least.

Also confirmed UT Tue Nov 3 at 0108 the 0100 on WRMI 7780, good at
UTwente. Next:
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW [timeshift]
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [timeshift]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from ionospheric researcher Dr
Phil Erickson, who, along with a contribution via PayPal to woradio at
yahoo.com says:

``Dear Mr. Hauser - thanks for decades of faithful work on Review of
International Broadcasting, World of Radio, and more. I first received
RIB in upstate NY in 1977 and have admired your work ever since.
Keeping up now with WOR through groups.io. Good DX, always. -- Phil
Erickson, Clinton, MA, USA (de W1PJE)``

Contributions via PayPal not necessarily in US funds. One may also
contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Nov 2 at 1539, WRMI is still on with The Overkiller,
substituting for 9395, altho surely in the opposite direxion, and //
9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. AHW has vaguely mentioned special programming tonight
commemorating the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in the form of
KDKA, on WBCQ 7490 & 6160 = UT Tuesday. But I don`t find anything
about it in his twits or on the website, nor of zappahead. Does anyone
know?

I do see on the *WBCQ* 7490 program sked a new wacko conspiracy show
Tue-Sat at 0400-0600. But these hours are in HFCC for WHRI not WBCQ,
and I already heard something last week assumed to be Cypress Creek
since it was not off-frequency. Is the takeover/merger underway
already? (Glenn at 2141 UT Nov 2, WOR iog)

No replies, but monitoring 7490.1 from 0000 UT Tue Nov 3, good signal
direct at first but fading down by 0008, the usual `Uncle Bill`s
Melting Pot` repeat filler, the first dekaminute also commemorating
the KDKA anniversary with some songs popular in 1920y, starting with
``Whispering``.

Then I switch to 6159.92, S9 for WBCQ Area 61 and hear a docu about
the early days of KDKA, in fact a produxion by KDKA when ``today`` was
the Reagan era, mentioning adding a ``Far North Service`` on SW in the
`30s. Then I find this week`s Area 61 has now been revealed at
http://zappahead.net/#2020-1102-area61

``Area 61 for 2-6 November 2020
Tune in weekdays at 7PM US eastern time (0000 UTC) on WBCQ 6.160 MHz.
You can listen to us on the internet at http://splatterbox.us/area51

Monday 2 November 2020
KDKA Pittsburgh began regular broadcasting 100 years ago today when
the station began an election night broadcast at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
Nov. 2, 1920, from a tiny shack atop one of the Westinghouse Electric
buildings in East Pittsburgh.

Four men manned that first broadcast: Engineer William Thomas;
telephone line operator John Frazier; R.S. McClelland, a standby; and
Leo Rosenberg, radio's first announcer.

The election returns of the Harding-Cox presidential race were relayed
to about one thousand listeners who learned through this incredible
new medium who the next president of the United States would be.

Celebrating 100 Years of KDKA Radio
KDKA Celebrates 65 (November 2, 1985)
Adventures In Research 30 December 1944 Eyes and Ears For the Millions
Jean Shepherd 1965 - Magic of Radio``
I then listen to more of it on the stream (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1020, Nov 3 at 0120 UT, it`s the 100th anniversary of
broadcasts from KDKA Pittsburgh PA, so it would be nice to log them
now. But as usual, nearby KOKP Perry OK stupid sportstalk dominates
even at night, and if I null it, instead of KDKA it`s gospel huxtering
in Spanish, no doubt 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM, which if it were operating
properly would be nulling toward KDKA and me. These two stations make
a hefty SAH of 4 Hz. In my dreams, I imagine a broadcasting industry
salute to KDKA by all the other 1020 stations turning off tonight for
an hour or three --- fat chance!!! NRC AM log shows there are only 8
more USA 1020s with at least low power at night (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VATICAN. 13830, Nov 2 at 1548, VP talk and music S5-S7, Aoki shows
it`s VR via own SMG site daily in Amharic 1530-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.93, Nov 2 at 0240, ROCV into Bonaire SDR is a JBA
carrier where it is usually well audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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

DON`T VOTE REPUBLICAN --- I appreciate readers tolerating my
occasional political comments here, as I do not participate in any
political online fora. My fellow Americans --- please --- let us elect
a decent, honest, competent president; and Congress to back him up, as
we desperately need to start reversing the terrible damage they have
been doing to *our* federal government from within. Thank you (Glenn)

This report despatched at 0248 UT November 3