** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 31 at 1457-1558, periodic chex via
Brasil SDR find no signal from LRA36, despite having told Manuel
Méndez that their ``final`` broadcast of 2020y on Oct 28 would be
played back today starting at 1500. So then I go looking for Marconi
Radio International: see EUROPE. However, rechecking for RNASG at 1614
finds it has now come on, an hour late, at S5-S7; 1735 talking about
the pandemia; 1907 still on at S8-S9, ``ésta es una experiencia
inolvidable``, presumably wintering in Antarctica; reading several
greetings from listeners, or family? Altho quite a readable signal
now, just barely visible on the waterfall, less even than 15190
Inconfidência, much less than 15580 & 15730 VOA; 1910 song; 1911 IDs
in Spanish, German, English (that it`s in Spanish), and another,
sounds Korean but not a RAE language, on `Corazón Antártico` show..
2010 recheck still going with greetings; 2038 music; still past 2100.
Concludes at 2133-2137* with ``Antártida`` theme song and off without
further sign-off. Hard to copy lyrix but includes ``hielo, hielo, y
más hielo``. I recorded it and maybe will play it on WOR sometime? I
also go searching for it. There are two or three Antártida songs in
Spanish, but none match this one. Now may we say hasta luego, hasta el
otoño sur? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. 7720-USB, Oct 31 at *1559, Marconi Radio National comes on
for publicized 16-17 broadcast, VP S5-S6 via UTwente, first with IS
and IDs; 1601 YL gives address in English; then in Italian, German,
French; 1602 some music, 1605 Italian talk and I suspect the rest of
show will be in that language, anyhow too weak. Back to Antarctica
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUINEA. 9650, Oct 31 at 0614, hilife music and French talk, S4-S5,
presumed Conakry as recently reactivated. Have not heard them at later
dayparts nor seen many other reports, so wonder if active mornings
only. Manuel Méndez, Spain, who discovered them back Oct 27 until at
least 0905, says they cut off at 0737 Oct 28. Dave Kenny replied on
the WOR iog, ``Great to have Guinea back on SW. I first noted it back
on 9650 kHz at 1710 tune-in on Friday 23rd October, during the recent
Sheigra [Scotland] DXpedition``. Beware of North Korea on 9650, but
per Arnulf does not start until 0730, all in Japanese until 1317v and
also 2130-2417v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Oct 31 at 2357, SFX, 2358 countdown, Nov 1
at 0007 frenetic; 0042 still going but weaker. These say it`s Radio
48:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73666.0.html
It has been the only station audible here on this pirate band, despite
lots of others reported at HFU, as expected for Hallowe`en. In fact
Chris Gay in KY told the WOR iog he was getting 5 pirates in the 6900s
before 2130. This further reinforces my conclusion that the great
majority of these pirates are well east of the Mississippi, and for
some reason few of them like to run late into the night when
propagation further west might be better (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Oct 31 by 1600 UT, KUCO has solved its fibre-optic
feed problem and is back on air modulating as well as webcasting, in
time for `The Score`, one of my favorites, cinemusic. Perhaps they
should consider a backup setup, like a plain old 900-MHz STL
transmitter. Webcasting should not have been interrupted either (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SLOVENIA. 18130-USB, Oct 31 at 1450, S51DX calling QRZ and CQ:
per https://www.qrz.com/lookup/s51dx
``S51DX Slovenia flag Slovenia, JANEZ CELARC, Susnikova cesta 9, 1360
VRHNIKA, Slovenia`` --- Also refers us to his own:
http://www.qsl.net/s51dx/index.html
Not much else on ``17`` m. Call seems familiar. Yes! I had logged him
in *2014y* on 10m: ``SLOVENIA. 28505.6-USB, March 28 at 1434, QRZ and
CQ from S51DX, almost-American accent...`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
October 31 at 1317 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, VP S7-S8.

Also confirmed Sat Oct 31 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, good S8/S9+10 via
UTwente.

0315 UT Sunday November 1 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, not
confirmed, just various ham news shows at chex: 0325, 0345, 0355,
0405, 0428 when it`s TWIAR. 0455 still no WOR when I QRT. Possibly it
played early and already finished by 0325. Next:

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 [timeshift]
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [timeshift]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [timeshift]
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Note: some other WRMI times may shift from Nov 2, not yet confirmed

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, to 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. 6160-, Nov 1 at 0004, WBCQ Area 51 with `Ghost Riders In The
Sky` song apropos for H`we`en but really the occasional GRITS show.

6159.92v, Nov 1 at 0200 via Virginia SDR, Area 51 starting Hallowe`en
special from Texas Radio Shortwave via WBCQ, S9+10/20 and -78v Hz
carrier offset from 6160.000. Mostly unfamiliar spooky music, with a
few synthetic YL announcements; 0202 song ``Queen of Hallowe`en``;
0207 a scream; 0216 QSL offer, or ``you may get nothing since it`s
Hallowe`en``; 0225 bell tolls, etc. 0259 ending with Bach. Tnx for the
show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0501 UT November 1

** CANADA. 335-MCW kHz, Oct 30 at 0620 UT, my shortened and lowered
unrepaired longwire still manages to inpull dash and YLD, which is
1000 watt ND beacon from Chapleau, Ontario.

Also 413-MCW kHz, Oct 30 at 0624, dash and YHD, 250 watts in Dryden,
Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA

** CUBA. 18135-USB, Oct 30 at 2014, CO8LY repeating his call
fonetikaly, lima-yanqui --- ooooh! over and over; at least I think it
was the caller rather than the callee; and the only phone station on
band, OPSOB.

``CO8LY Cuba flag Cuba, Eduardo Somoano Cremati, P.O. Box 104,
Santiago de Cuba 90100, Cuba`` per QRZ.com but his QSL manager is in
Spain, and he`s trying to raise real US$ money to pay for awards he
has earned (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 17570, Oct 30 at 2016, VP S9-S6 talk in unknown
language, 2028 open carrier, 2030* off. HFCC shows it`s AWR in Mos
language, 250 kW at 295 degrees favorably USward. WRTH shows it is
Mossi, where else, under UK page 496; EiBi readme.txt does not include
either spelling in exhaustive language list! Wikipedia says it`s the
same as Moore + various spellings, which is; almost 8 mega speak it in
Burkina Faso and five nearby countries. And they are on the road to SD
Adventism (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4970-USB, Oct 31 at 0153, JBA pirate S3 into
Rochester NY SDR, eerie music and narration, I guess a Hallowe`en
story as pre-publicized by MARE to start at 0030 for some two hours
from Radio Nova; did not get an ID for sure; fading down after 0203.
More reports and SSTV here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73574.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Oct 30 circa 1455 UT, still no signal except weak
unmodulated carrier from classical KUCO, Edmond/OKC. Shortly restored
my internet access, I can find why on http://www.kucofm.com

``KUCO EMERGENCY STATEMENT 10/30/20 UPDATE

Listener supporters and friends, KUCO 90.1 continues to be off in
central Oklahoma, the outage including our internet stream. It’s a
fiber optic cable problem and we await restoration from Cox. It’s how
we send our signal STL back to the tower from our new location in
downtown OKC. The fiber optic is our only option at this time.

Cox Business Ice Storm Outage Update

The Cox Business commercial technical support team is presently
working to restore operations to affected areas of the ice storm. They
are responding to critical medical and public safety restoration
priorities and then additional commercial service impacts. Service
outages are primarily due to power outages and ice damage. For power
related outages, Cox follows the local energy provider in its recovery
as it enters damaged areas once the energy company as declared it safe
of power hazards.

We are currently offering our overnight WCPE service via 91.9 KBCW in
McAlester and 95.9 KCSC in Woodward. We will keep you posted. Hosts
stand ready to go back on the air immediately and we will have our
weekend programming running for all three listening areas as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 332-MCW kHz, Oct 30 at 0621, ND beacon IC, 400
watts from Wichita - Picnic, Kansas [both with IC in them!], which I
had not heard in weeks and feared off the air. Even now it`s JBA under
dash and QT, 1000 watts from Thunder Bay, Ontario, which had been the
only 332 to be heard among many (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Fri Oct 30 at 2050, big carrier already from VOA
Grimesland, 2059 sign-on, 2100 news by caster working remotely but
including an AP axuality; 2105 `Music Time in Africa`, as I
commemorate our renewed B-season bigsig access to it weekly off the
back from `Greenville`. It`s my napping hour, so despite the lively
music I doze in and out. Hyper Heather Maxwell spends too much time
chatting with musicians rather than just playing their music; and also
disrespects music by talking over it; source countries include
Mozambique, Rhodesia, Angola. Also plays old stuff from previous
hostess Rita Rochelle. Mid break mentions MTIA airtimes lacking this
one; and HHM`s outro as usual ignores it too, just: ``Live`` Saturday
and Sunday 1505 and 2005; also on SW Friday 0905, S&S 0905, 1505, 2005
and ``2205-hundred``. 2200 cut to Yankee Doodle sign-off but carrier
stays on a while (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2058 monitoring: I was finally able
to upload it to website and stations after 17 UT Oct 30 when my
internet access was at last restored by Suddenlink after some 49
hours.

WOR 2058 is available as of 1727 UT Friday October 30
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2058.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2058.mp3

[there was a delay because of 49-hour internet outage
here; meanwhile was availablized by e-mail attachments]

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

WORLD OF RADIO 2058 contents: Antarctica, AUstralia, Bangladesh,
Bougainville, Brasil, China, Germany, Guinea, India, Iran and non,
Japan and non, Korea North & South and non, Madagascar, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Taiwan, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela; and the
propagation outlook

Confirmed UT Sat Oct 31 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+15 at UTwente.
Next:

1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
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 [timeshift]
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [timeshift]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [timeshift]
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Note: some other WRMI times may shift from Nov 2, not yet confirmed

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, to 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. (6160v), UT Sat Oct 31, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW`. Starts
taking about following the live Youtubecast last Saturday morning of
the SAQ Alexanderson Alternator from Sweden, which I also reported
about. 0012 says on 7490 and 6160 tonight. 0030 about how in early
broadcasting, carbon mikes were hooked directly into transmitters, or
something like that; rest of show mostly politix about YKW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.93-RCUSB, Oct 31 at 0342, ROCV only a trace to the
ear and thinnest of lines on the TWR Bonaire SDR waterfall. Leonardo
Santiago in Venezuela meanwhile sends me this info:

``Hi Glenn, On the 29th of October I was listening to this new
Venezuelan radio station here in Mérida on 6.906 kHz about 21.30 to
22.15 UTC. They were broadcasting tropical music at most and airing
some IDs and contact information from time to time.

You can e-mail them to: rocv6906(at)gmail(dot)com

They also announced a couple of phone numbers which I guess work to
contact them via WhatsApp. I have recorded one of the IDs, so when I
listen to that I will send you both numbers for you and those who want
to contact ROCV via WhatsApp/phone as well.

I have also contacted Mr. Gregorio “Kina” who is in charge of ROCV
facilities and asked him if they will verify reception reports with
QSL cards. He just replied by saying “send your report to our gmail
account for confirmation”, so I still don’t know what kind of
confirmation he has referred to if QSL card, eQSL or kind of simple
e-mail verification. 73s, Leonardo Santiago, Mérida, Venezuela.``

[later:] ``Hi Glenn. As promised, here you have full contact
information for Radio Onda Corta Venezuela, ROCV, as announced by
themselves on their broadcasts:

You can e-mail them to: rocv6906(at)gmail(dot)com
Phone numbers: +58-424-8528414 and +58-416-3215947

I have just e-mail them my reception report this morning, so I will
inform any news as they reply. Best regards, Leonardo Santiago,
Mérida, Venezuela`` --- Tnx, Leonardo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0503 UT October 31

NOTE! Apparently due to icestorm in Enid, internet and cable access
was lost Wed Oct 28 at 1610 UT, and still not restored almost 48
hours later. I am attempting to get online at library ASAP on Fri Oct
30. At least we did not lose power at home like so many others.

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 1524, LRA36 is on the air for
final day of the 2020y winter season as previously publicized; S4-S7
via Brasil KiwiSDR, mostly chat by W&W, bits of music and canned IDs
such as at 1530 for ``Nacional -- la radio pública``. Some mentions of
Antártida along with Argentina; past 1546. At 1557 I really
concentrate, trying to understand what they are colloquially charlando.
1559 a song, 1602 ID and song, and they mention ``último programa --
miércoles``.

Nominally ending at 1600 but always running overtime, still going at
1610 when I suddenly lose Suddenlink internet, as well as cable, and
it`s still off 3 hours later, no doubt to be blamed on the OK icestorm.
SL robot tells me they hope to have it repaired by =20 UT. Nope. Then
=24 UT: nope. At 01 UT Oct 29 I call again: now it`s ASAP. Meanwhile my
datamining in preparation for next WOR 2058 has ground to a halt.

Manuel Méndez previously forwarded the latest notice he received from
Base Esperanza which I transcribe from jpg. Note names of staff. Next
winter`s crew could be partially or totally different, resuming in
February or March? I would rather spend a summer in Antarctica than a
winter, but that`s just me.

``El equipo de LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel se despide
del ciclo 2020. Te esperamos a las 11 (14 Hs UTC) hasta las 13 Hs para
que junto a

Eliana Baraldo, Julia Morena, Tamara Milán, Yanina Galeano, Damián
Tranamil y el director Norman Nahueltripay cerremos un gran año de la
radio mas austral del mundo.`` Tranamil is the one to whom go
reports (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

{late news from Mendez: ``final`` broadcast will be repeated Sat Oct 31}

** CUBA. 13700 & 13740, Oct 28 at 1506, RHC is running late with a
speech, live event? No doubt by some Commie; then also audible still
going past 1508 on 9535, 11760, 15140, JBA carrier 15230; past 1522,
7350 and 6000 also (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7255, Oct 29 at 0616, VON absent, while Qur`an makes
it on 7245, presumably Algeria via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 28 at 2356 UT, silly sports talk from WKY OKC
keeps hiccuping, modulation dropping out about once a second; with BFO
I can tell the carrier is also dropping off, timed at the rate of about
48/minute until it stop doing that (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Oct 28 into Oct 29 past 1500 UT, KUCO-FM OKC appears
to be on the air but with weakened carrier only vs other classical
station KHCC Radio Kansas. KUCO studio if not transmitter probably part
of widespread power outage in OKC due to icestorm. Still the same Oct
30 past 1400 --- hearing KHCC Radio Kansas 90.1 but also seeming dead
carrier from KUCO (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 18130-USB, Oct 28 at 1510, W5KI concluding a contact; and just
before at 1509 on 18115-USB, another JBA ham, a WA3, discussing a silly
baseball game. I often scan the so-called 17m hamband for any signs of
activity, usually without. 16m too: now 17775- KVOH only JBA carrier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 28
until 2129:19, so started circa 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490v, S7-S9.

Also confirmed Wed Oct 28 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S2-S5 via broken-LW-on-
the-ground-under-icy-tree-debris.

Not confirmed UT Thu Oct 29 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA carrier, but
probably.

Next WOR 2058 may be delayed depending on when internet outage be fixed
and on whether power be lost at HQ.

WOR 2057 did have to replay UT Fri Oct 30 at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 VG and
5010 fair-good.

Later: WOR 2058 has been produced but unable to upload to website or ftp
to affiliates. Instead will attempt to send as email attachment via
library computer, ASAP October 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, Oct 28 at 1502, this WRMI is still off, nor is that BS
replaced by extending 9955 into midday as was planned; yet 9455 remains
in well with own BS. It`s overkill anyway, when 9395 & 9455 carry same
programming 60 kHz apart on same parameters. But TOMBS fell for that,
too much sucker money to spend (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 870, Oct 28 at 2353 UT, WWL New Orleans still has plenty of
time for commercials as the eye of Hurricane Zeta is right over the
city. Eventually gets back to coverage, callers, and reports from
parish sheriff(s). 0000 Oct 29 into CBS News leading with a report from
the same WWL guy; some fades vs something hetting in its null. Then
locally explains the modified jock schedule overnight, including this
one coming back at 6 am [CDT] -- that is apparently his normal shift
as he keeps saying ``good morning`` now and swears at himself for
sodoing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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

Conservative Analyst Bill Kristol:
A Trump Second Term Would Be Dangerous

President Trump’s America has been characterized by political
polarization. Also notable has been the exodus of prominent Republicans
from the GOP. One high-profile example is Bill Kristol, who served in
the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He now
leads Defending Democracy Together, a coalition of anti-Trump
Republicans. He spoke with Walter Isaacson about the possible cost to
his former party, should its members continue to back this
administration unconditionally.

WATCH VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EHvcKfcpg&feature=youtu.be
(Amanpour & Co., PBS)

** CUBA. 9885 and 9805, Oct 26 at 0543, lite pulse jamming against
nothing; 9805 is an ex-Martí frequency but never at this hour, and
9885 is currently VOA French to Africa via Vatican, unheard.
Something`s always wrong at the Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR) Date correct, omitted from previous report

** OKLAHOMA. Except for a split-second glitch, we haven`t yet lost
power in this part of Enid, unlike 4 to 6 thousand other OG&E
customers; but circa 2300 UT Oct 27, my main 100-foot longwire antenna
for the R75 is broken and on the ground under tree debris felled by
severe ice storm. With a lot of icing on it, had been supported by
three trees in a row; and before that the last segment was already
down; once warmed up and cleared, fixing it or replacing it is not a
very big job, but I am so sad for our poor trees! Meanwhile I can
still try to use it, or switch to ``indoor longwire`` strung around
the ceilings of two rooms. A third wave of freezing rain is on the way
from El Paso (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU [and non]. 4764, Oct 28 at 0002, VP signal from presumed Radio
Huanta 2000, before Cuba sometimes start Progreso at 0030 on 4765, tnx
to tip from LOB in Brasil who was getting it a few minutes earlier,
and has not been active every night. I`m listening via a remote not
far from him which is getting it better than another remote which is
closer to Perú. To boot, it also gets a weaker het/carrier from 4765
and it`s still not Cuba. Must be TAJIKISTAN which per EiBi, not Aoki,
comes on at 2259. Here direct at 0017 via broken wire, I only have JBA
carrier on 4764 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Oct 27 at 2124, VOA rock music S9+30, as
B-season-only hour in English via Grimesland has resumed, 250 kW due
east and thus also with a bigsig opposite off the back at ideal skip
distance. This also means that on Fridays at 2105-2200 we may again
easily hear `Music Time in Africa` unlike in the A-seasons when the
only SW frequency is JBA 15580 Botswana --- and I bet hostess hyper
Heather is still unaware of this outsending. Now if I can only
remember, at an inconvenient time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 12075, Oct 27 at 2112, S9+10 English lesson for French
about buying shoes: it`s VOA, 100 kW, 350 degrees via BOTSWANA M-F at
2100-2130, and followed by Bambara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring, next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Contributions to support these non-commercial services may be sent via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -
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)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.930v-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 0057 via TWR Bonaire SDR,
peppy tropical tunes mostly vocal at S6-S7. At 0100 a 5+1 timesignal
which must be crosstalk from something, mixing with continuing music.
0105 automated timecheck for 9:04, and others are consistently one
minute slow. Canned IDs of 3 or 4 varieties play between every 2 or 3
songs, None mentioning Venezuela 93.7 nor the next station to be
relayed, LV del Tigre 980 --- just ``ROCV, 6906``. At 0111, grandiose
``transmitiendo a nivel mundial`` and contact info for reports too
rapid for me to copy and I`m as usual not recording, seeming e-mail,
phone, postal? ``Sus reportes son importante para nosotros`` but not
explicitly promising any QSL. 0119 another ID, etc., etc., and 0204
again the one with contact info (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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

Right-wing U.S. Christians have engineered an almost parallel version
of the faith, writes Michael Coren · for CBC News Opinion · Posted:
Oct 27, 2020 4:00 AM ET |

...One of the ironies of the United States is that a country that so
roars about the concept of the separation of church and state has a
political system so drenched in religiosity. The divinity's followers
vote in enormous numbers and many U.S. politicians are genuine
believers, whatever their party allegiance.

And then there is Donald Trump. Even though he won the support of more
than 80 per cent of white evangelicals in 2016 and is still highly
popular with Christians of many denominations, there's little sign
that he's an authentic person of faith. His personal behaviour is
unusual for someone who says he is a Christian, and his policies
routinely appear to be the antithesis of the Gospel values of peace,
love, and justice...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-christian-conservative-support-donald-trump-1.5776988
(via Richard Langley, NB)

This report dispatched at 0420 UT October 29

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 27 at 1414: nothing found in the
13s, 12s or 11s WOOB until I get to a JBA carrier on 10870 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Oct 27 at 1411, RHC is S9 of dead air, while 13740 is
off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 840, WHAS Louisville KY to be off the air again for
tower maintenance from 0400 UT Oct 27: tnx to tip from Chris Gay, KU4A
to the WOR iog, which quickly spread to MW-only DX groups:

``I just learned that 840 WHAS will go off the air again tonight for
tower maintenance starting at midnight EDT (0400Z). The length of the
outage was not announced.``

At 0402 I tune in to find WHAS still on during Kentucky news, but
after asserting ``broadcasting live 24/7``, ha2, cuts off at 0405.7*
--- but back on in a few seconds, that was quick! During weather from
WLKY-TV; why not WHAS-TV??, 0406 into weird talkshow, `Ground Zero`
about ``shadow archetypes, lurkers showing up at 3 am``.

Recheck at 0425 now WHAS is off, and the only signals I am getting
loop SE/NW, but with splash from 850 KOA: music, 0428 Spanish? No sign
from the south of KVJY Pharr in the RGV of TX, U4 5/1 kW, also Spanish
which is normally the #1 competitor to WHAS. Main signal is surely 10
kW CMHW in Santa Clara, Cuba, but has a 1.1 Hz SAH, which could be the
other further 1 kW Cuban, CMKC, R. Revolución, Palma Soriano, Santiago
province; or some other LA. Not rechecked until 0535, WHAS still off,
some fading faster SAH carriers on E-W longwire, but on DX-398, music
with slow SAH dominant from SE. 0600 still that with no ID break, but
*0601 WHAS cuts back on JIP news; 0615 check it`s off again. One more
check before I quit, WHAS off and on at 0632*-*0633 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9605, Oct 27 at 0122, S9+10/20 of rock music,
presumably K-pop [what`s the big deal about that?], 0128 announcement
in Spanish, KBSWR relay still going via WHRI. It`s Oct 27 but HFCC
still has not published a non-tentative B-20 schedule, the latest
still dated Oct 23 despite season starting Oct 25! With double
registration for 9605 by FCC and by ENCompass, but also 5990 for same
broadcast via Grimesland NC, i.e. USAGM. Axual date of switchover
unknown, apparently depending on when the sale of WHRI to WBCQ close.
Nothing yet on 5990.

9605 0100 0200 12,14 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D
8922 Spa USA KBS ENC 580
9605 0100 0200 12,14,16 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D
8500 Spa USA KBS FCC 909
5990 0100 0200 12,14 GB 250 172 12 216 1234567 251020 280321 D
9000 Spa USA KBS ENC 15212
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1 KUCO-FM and 91.7 KOSU, Oct 27 from 1430 UT, both our
public radio stations from OKC are suffering brief drops off air,
presumably due to icing on their antennas, as we are being hit by a
terrible ice storm. Cable and internet also lost in Enid circa 1600
UT, so we must rely only on OTA TV via roof antenna. Until we lose
power too? 282,000 Oklahoma customers of OG&E, PSO and others are
reported to be powerless as of 1700 on KWTV news; and the OG&E
systemwatch website was down even before we lost internet. Back online
by 1750 as I hasten to post this (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Oct 27 at 0625 UT, JBA NDB ID as IZS, which is
25 watts from Montezuma, Georgia, SW of Warner Robins and Perry, right
next to Oglethorpe. Nothing else unusual LW logged vs the noise level
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Monday
October 26 from 1900.5 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, time-shifted one UT
hour later for 5 months; monitored via UTwente, carrier on from *1857;
1859.8 quick ID and FSN headlines before WOR. Heavy unevitable ACI
splash from 7295 CRI English westward from Urumqi, East Turkistan,
land of cultural genocide by the ChiCom against Uyghurs; and also from
7280 Voice of Vietnam: despite being -10 kHz away, it remains just as
bad as the +5, meaning switching LSB/USB tuning does not help. WOR
completely readable if you put up with the noise. Spotchex indicate
WOR airs intact, and ending at 1929.5 with no chopoff! Brief horn,
IRRS address with Milano P O Box they supposedly have quit using; and
into FSN more than headlines.

Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA S5-S7 here,
good S8-S9 into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+10 at Bonaire
SDR. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 7505, Oct 27 at 0120, WRNO is on with gospel huxter in
English at S9+10 but quite undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 840, WHAS Louisville KY off for maintenance: See CUBA [and
non]

This report dispatched at 1810 UT October 27