WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by ALAN ROE updated October 1
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated October 2
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

WORLD OF RADIO schedule updated October 2
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 3 at 0230, anonymous mystery missionary station
is on again, good S9/+10 into Bonaire SDR during drama, carrier offset
first reads -45.1, anomaly? Then settles to more usual -5.4 to -6.0.
0255 program outro sounds like `Historia Preferida`, or was it
`Historia de la Biblia`? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 monitoring: not confirmed
Friday October 2 at 2200 on WRMI 9955: canceled without notice. At
2204 check a Lt. Joe Allen spelling his email address, and pushing a
religious book ``Behind Metal Bars`` with phone number. O, the System
B sked has been changed but still shows a longago date May 4, now with
`Mental Bars`, M/W/F at 2200, with Viva Miami filling at 2215. So now
we have lost our 9955 audience at both Friday evening times.

Confirmed UT Sat Oct 3 at 0130 on WRMI 7780: inaudible! here tho 7730
& 7570 are, weaker than usual; nor at UTwente, nor at Virginia, but
attaining at least a fair S5-S7 signal at Maine SDR. K index is only 2
but propagation continues really sucky. 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
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent
by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490 webcast), UT Sat Oct 3 at 0001, WBCQ `AAAWWW` is
starting with ``WTO``; 0104 usual opening fiddling on the air with
studio settings, mikes. His mike is cutting out a bit. Says it`s hot
in DeLand of Fla, 75% humidity, 71 degrees outside, 81 inside Studio
9. Muses whether to resume video UStreaming during show so all can see
scantily clad beautiful Angela. Into Topic A, Virus and now inside
beloved Trump too, microbiology lesson, later complaining about
property and income taxation. I`m only semi-listening while following
more objective TV coverage of the situation.

At 0027 I tune around remotes to find out which frequencies are in
play: at Rochester, no 3265, no 5130, no 6160, not even 7490, nor even
9330 with WLCR! How about Alexandria VA, a bit further away for better
skip? Not much: no 3, 5 or 6, 7 is JBA while 9330 is a good S7 during
Portuguese aimed at Brasil. In Maine, 9330 is VG S8-S9, but 7490 is
only JBA. At Warrenton MO, nothing on 3, 5 or 6, but 7490 is good
S5-S7, 9330 good S7.

At 0042, he finally confirms date is 2nd of October, YOOL 2020 and
simulcasting on 7490 & 6160 --- I don`t think so, 6159.9 not picked up
anywhere including here. Now he says that 5130 has been ``mothballed,
not retired`` due to shortage of technicians. Again appeals for job
applicants, says pays better than most. Angela adds they also need
more buyers of airtime. 0050 he explains how it is necessary to
discharge capacitors and everything to avoid being killed even when
transmitters are ``off``. 0056 closing prayer suggests OFIH should
modify the virus just a little to make it less lethal. Yeah, that`s
the ticket! At 0114 I check reception here to be sure while not
listening to Hal Turner: zilch on 6159.9; 7490 is S9; 9330 is S9+40
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0431 UT October 3

** CHINA. 9215, Oct 2 at 1246, JBA carrier with flutter, a CNR1 jammer
vs SOH frequency --- the only WOOB one I find below 14 MHz.
Propagation is still degraded. K-index is 3. October is traditionally
a month for a peak in SW reception conditions, but not yet! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, reply to my latest report:

``4.940 kHz 23.30 UTC 01-10-2020 SINPO 55545. Caribbean music in
Spanish, including one song dedicated to Colombia (Cantando, cantando
yo viviré/Colombia tierra querida) as well as Dominican singer Juan
Luis Guerra. Then, I also heard a program called Casados y felices, at
23.40, presented by Gladis and Enrique Saavedra, both speaking in
Spanish with Colombian accent. As additional clue, they ended the
program by inviting listeners to e-mail them to
info@fuerzadepaz.com.

So, this is the new station Glenn Hauser has been recently reporting
on the group. As far as I can remember the same frequency was used by
Continental or Amazonas Internacional, both Venezuelan stations owned
by the same people living in Barinas, but years ago. Now they're off
the air! Therefore, although there was no clear station ID, some facts
indicate that it broadcasts from Colombia, such as the Colombian
Spanish, strong reception in relation to my location, and the e-mail
address the aired which seems belongs to the Colombia para Cristo
organisation.

In fact, I dare to say that this is another station operated by the
Colombia para Cristo organisation, which also operated Marfil Stereo,
La Voz de tu Conciencia and Alcaraván Radio. Maybe friend Rafael
Rodríguez in Bogotá may give us some relevant and additional
information about this new –tentative Colombian- radio station.
(Leonardo Santiago, SW35, 5-meter longwire, Mérida, Venezuela)``

Tnx, Leonardo. 4940, Oct 2 at 0132 check via Bonaire SDR, on again in
Spanish, S8-S9. At 0537 direct, tropical music S8-S9 above local noise
level S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Oct 2 at 0537, R. Rebelde, S9+20 of dead air --- well,
at least it`s not distorted since there is no modulation! Still
propagating post-sunrise at 1240 to S9/+10 and still dead. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 1210, open carrier with slow SAH of
184/minute = 3.07 Hz. Comes to life with Mexican NA, choral until 1215
``Vd. escucha: El Fonógrafo 7-20 -- mil vatios -- Ciudad Juárez``..
That would be XEJCC; maybe also mentioned call but not positive.

All this contradicts IRCA Mexican Log info which shows daytime only
with 25000 watts, sign on at 1159 with Chihuahua state anthem around
1205 after NA. WRTH does show only 1 kW.

Then follow a string of mandatory PSAs mostly governmental, except for
one promoting a webstation-only, apparently, ``Radio Cid?, La Voz de
los Juarenses``. 1219.6 Fonógrafo slogan ID again and fading down.

Aha, searching finds it`s really Radio STIRTT, as here:
https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/
or
https://www.facebook.com/StirttSeccionJuarez/
http://www.radiostirtt.org.mx

Ahh, the Mexicans love their cumbersome acronyms, initialisms! This
means Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Radio, la
Televisión y Telecomunicaciones, i.e. a labor union. We learn that 14
septiembre was Dia del Locutor, and today 2 de octubre is Día
Internacional de la NO VIOLENCIA, e.g. against women in India. And 22
de noviembre will be their 72nd anniversary. Such celebrations are the
major subject of these displays. This page is to listen-live:
https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/app/190322544333196/
where I hear some upbeat stereo songs; ID at 1847 as I write this
sounds like ``Radio Estir``. But we digress!

711.27v & 728.73v kHz, two matching wobbly spurs making exactly
same-pitched hets against other Mexicans on 710 & 730, are what first
drew me to 720, since that would be the transmitter producing them
exactly halfway between. This was first at 1208. Once modulating, late
sign-on? from 1210, 720 itself sounds OK.

The spurs remain but by 1222 they are both gone, while 720 is back up
with song in Spanish, talk, and not fading out until 1226. LSR Enid
today is 1228 UT. There has been no other significant signal on 720
which could have been source of spurs, but the disparity in
disappearances detracts from 100% certainty. Maybe XEJCC transmitter
was tweaked in the meantime, or lost them once warmed up? BTW, at 1226
the other Chihuahuans, XEDP on 710 and XEHB 730 are still in (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 contents: Antarctica,
Argentina non, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada, China,
Colombia?, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea non, Finland, France,
Germany, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South and non, Kurdistan
non, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Pridnestrovye,
Somalia non, Sudan South non, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican
non; IPhones; and the propagation outlook.

Confirmed first SW airing UT Friday October 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010
VG S9+15 via Bonaire SDR where it`s aimed; 5850 VG here where it`s
aimed, and good S8 at Rochester SDR. Next:

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
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
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent
by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Financial support may alternatively be sent via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily US funds as PP will convert
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Correcting date on this instead of Oct 2; fixed:
475.2 kHz, Oct 1 at 0624, looking for WA4SZE ham beacon, but am
hearing seemingly random CW altho in repeating loop including 6X
which stands out; other letters, lots of A, E, T, N.

475.2, when it`s really Oct 2, at 0552 UT, I can copy the full very
slow Morse ID without much fading: ``WWW WA4SZE COM WA4SZE / BEACON``
Is that meant to refer to a website? No dots or slants, but yes! Enter
that and it morphs to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VqtNY8vpw
which is a 10+year-old 10-minute audiovideo headed thus:
``Navigation in the 1940s: The Four Course Radio Range
28,117 views •Apr 9, 2010 AirlineTransportComm 49 subscribers``
ATC is Dave WWRB Frantz`s major company. It`s not pure A1 CW but with
other confusing carriers, I guess A2 MCW. There is also suspicious
fast-clicking QRM only across the 630m band, roughly 465-483 kHz, not
local? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at
0547-0551: 585, 621, 684(2), 711, 774, 837, *855(2), 891, 999, 1044,
1098, 1107 kHz. *strongest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1158 on
the E-W longwire so no DFing: 585, 747(2 with a fast beat), 774(2 with
a slow beat), 1035(2), 1098 kHz. Enid LSR today not until 1228 UT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1906 UT October 2

** COLOMBIA? 4940, UT Oct 1 at 0059, anonymous mystery missionary
station is on again tonight, S8-S9 at Bonaire SDR, -3.8v Hz carrier,
YL in Spanish; 0500 still S9+5, animal SFX? 0610 direct now stronger
than Brasil 4885, hitting S9+20 vs high local line noise level of
S9+10: this has been growing lately all over the SW bands, while the
blobs every 360 kHz have gone away (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2054)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. Correxion: the cutoff time was 1757*, as
scheduled, not 1759* Fixed:

15410, Sept 30 at 1720, Eye Radio via Issoudun, FRANCE, good S9 signal
into UTwente SDR despite proximity; discussion with someone on phone
in presumed Juba Arabic about COVID-19, but at 1730 I realize it`s
heavily-accented English; better English by the studio host. Mention
there being a toll-free phone number about this, 22-22 ---? is that
all? 1738 back into language, 1740 bit of English, continues in and
out of English, apparently common parlance in the country. 1756 with
standard advice about the pandemic until chopped off air abruptly at
1757*, just as now scheduled. . . (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2054)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2053 monitoring: confirmed final SW
repeat UT Thu Oct 1 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9/+10 at Maine SDR; a
few minutes before, 7780 was VP S7-S9 in noise direct; JBA at UTwente;
S7 at AB1KW SDR in NH.

WORLD OF RADIO 2054 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia?, Cuba, Wast
Turkistan, Eritrea non, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea North
and non, Korea South and non, Kurdistan non, Netherlands non, New
Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Pridnestrovye, Somalia non, Sudan South
non, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican non; IPhones; and the
propagation outlook

WOR 2054 is available as of 0035 UT Friday October 2
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2054.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2054.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
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
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
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Contributions for our non-commercial services may be sent
by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Financial support may alternatively be sent via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com - not necessarily US funds as PP will convert
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 475.2 kHz, Oct 2 at 0624, looking for WA4SZE ham beacon,
but am hearing seemingly random CW but in repeating loop including 6X
which stands out; other letters, lots of A, E, T, N (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 1 at 0614:
612, 684, 774, 837, 846(TP), 882(2), 1044, 1107(2), 1152, 1305(2)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0128 UT October 2

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-CUSB, Sept 30 from 1520 past 1540, no signal
at Brasil SDR from LRA-36 despite word sent to Manuel Méndez a few
hours earlier that they would be on this Wed at 14-16. Really on but
not propagating, off early, or not at all?

Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain, then replies: ``I think despite they
announced it, there was no transmission today. Best 73,s``

And later, Horacio Nigro, Uruguay to the WOR iog: ``Bad weather at
location. The info was delivered from the own station on his Facebook
account, later today`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Sept 30 at 0605, continued from last report,
anonymous mystery missionary station now heard direct, S9 vs storm
noise, with tropical music, Spanish talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Sept 30 at 0606, R. Rebelde at S9+10/20 and very
suptorted as often the case now. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15410, Sept 30 at 1720, Eye Radio via Issoudun,
FRANCE, good S9 signal into UTwente SDR despite proximity; discussion
with someone on phone in presumed Juba Arabic about COVID-19, but at
1730 I realize it`s heavily-accented English; better English by the
studio host. Mention there being a toll-free phone number about this,
22-22 ---? is that all? 1738 back into language, 1740 bit of English,
continues in and out of English, apparently common parlance in the
country. 1756 with standard advice about the pandemic until chopped
off air abruptly at 1759*, just as now scheduled. Dr Hansjoerg Biener
had just reminded us that this extra COVID hour M-F after 16-17 UT
daily, as Ivo Ivanov had earlier reported, is now underway. Overall
are several other languages, maybe some of them now?
``Dinka/Nuer/Shilluk/Bari/Zande/Lutoho``.

HjB replied at 1729: ``Most of the programme up till now was in
English (recognizable/understandable to me). Maybe I should add that
whenever I check on Eye Radio I seem to come across English segments.
Maybe, at least for their short wave hours, the working language is
English. This morning, I came across the final quarter hour of their
regular programme. It was in English, and I think in some part, the
moderator just translated a part of this English segment into another
language. This afternoon, I started listening at 1620 and the
programme was in. English changing later to an African language.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Sept 30 at 2205-2222+, VOT English to us at first is
good via UTwente, but then fading down; with the usual mini-features,
not including any `Letterbox` on yet another Wednesday (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 475.4-MCW kHz, Sept 30 at 0614 UT, WA4SZE, ham beacon by
Dave Frantz at WWRB, Manchester TN, weak but at some peaks appears to
be with carrier A2 and not straight CW A1; measured with difficulty
due to other carriers in the area amid the 7-kHz-wide ``630m band``,
maybe other hams, including one momentary very strong spoiler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2053 monitoring: confirmed Wed Sept 30 from
2100:17.5 on WBCQ 7490, poor S8-S9 vs high noise level. Next:
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier survey, Sept 30 at 0609:
621, 684, 774, 846(TP), 936, 1017(2), 1125, 1503, 1710(2-domestic)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2346 UT September 30

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Sept 30 at 0312, anonymous mystery missionary
station is on again, S8-S9+ via Bonaire SDR, signature carrier offset
-5v Hz, with `Lecciones de la Historia`, one of their regular shows
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA, 5081, Sept 29 at 2344, spurblob with F# tone, out of RHC
English 5040, and WTWW-2 is not on 5085 yet. Original simulcast on
7380 for Africa is still absent as has been for many weeks.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185-, Sept 29 at 2337, no signal from XEPPM, which is
normally running by 2300 and earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7570, Sept 29 at 2336, WRMI with non-TOMBS gospel huxter. I
was wondering what the new program `Challenge`` is about this hour,
and now we know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. During Drumpf`s disastrous ``debate`` debacle with VP Biden,
Sept 30 at 0142 UT, I make a quick scan of major MW signals and find
quite a few of them carrying it, never synchronized with a TV channel
I am comparing it to, but with some notable exceptions besides music,
or sports-format outlets which could not be expected to cover this
game. IDs are assumed from usual dominators:

580 WIBW, 680 KFEQ, 690 KGGF, 700 WLW, 740 KRMG, 750 WSB, 760 WJR, 770
KKOB/WABC?, 780 WBBM, 820 WBAP, 840 WHAS, 850 KOA, 870 WWL, 890 WLS,
1000 KTOK, 1040 WHO, 1080 KRLD, 1110 KFAB, 1120 KMOX, 1160 KSL, 1170
KFAQ, 1200 WOAI, 1480 KQAM.

NOT carrying it: 650 WSM music, 670 WSCR sports, 810 WHB, 860 KKOW
music, 960 KGWA talk, 980 KMBZ talk, 1100 WTAM! even tho originating
in Cleveland, 1500 KSTP sports, 1520 KOKC talk, 1530 WCKY, 1640 KZLS
talk.

Oddities: 900 heard both in English and Spanish, apparently running
translation -- XEW?? Not enough signal to tell, auroral? 720 WGN, 830
WCCO, 1510 WLAC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0417 UT September 30