** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, our morning Oct 23 at 1357: 11460
Chinese with flutter; 11100 S3; 11070 & 10870 JBA until 1400* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey around our sunset here, Oct 23 at 2338:
6865, Chinese S6-S8 with flutter. After pirate check, so then I seek
others graylinish, JBA carriers or JBA u.o.s., from 2346: 9155, 9180,
9215, 9280; 2348: 9300 S6-S9; 2351: 13530 S7-S9; 13130, 13070; 12870
S3-S4; 12835, 12820; 12500 S5-S6; 12365, 12210. 2356: 11500, 11440,
11170, 11120; 11100 S7-S8; 11070 S9+10; 10870, 10820. Almost/all of
these are Aoki-listed SOH *jammed frequencies. I did not have time to
search above 14 MHz where more do reside (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11845, Oct 23 at 1439, residual noise jamming on an ex-Radio
Martí daytime frequency, long-gone for how many years now? Other
broadcasters should beware if they think it`s available. Maybe they
are, for Aoki shows nothing but CNR2 at 00-11, the ChiCom being cool
anyway with jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, Oct 24 at 0033, as soon as I tune in Radio Progreso
music it dumps off the air, back on at *0034.6, and now I also find
the extremely distorted but not very strong spurblob circa 4782, but
not much to match at minus 17 = 4748. Nor do I hear any Huanta on 4764
even while RP was off. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. See also
INDIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDIA. 4910, Oct 23 at 1745, no AIR Jaipur, nothing but noise to
New Delhi SDR. Closed down earlier? The only other Kiwi in India,
Bengaluru, keeps blocking me for having used it more than 180 minutes
per day while I have really used it zero.

I was checking for the last minutes ever of AIR Jaipur, as Jose Jacob,
dx_india, had warned Oct 22:

``Subject: AIR Jaipur - Last day on SW tomorrow 23 Oct 2020
All India Radio, Jaipur in Rajasthan is ending their SW transmissions
tomorrow ie 23 Oct 2020 at 1751 UTC (11.21 pm IST). Their schedule of
the 50 kW tx which was installed in 1992 is: 4910: 0025-0430,
1130-1751 UTC; 7325: 0630-0930 UTC`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDIA. 5040, Oct 24 at 0023, open carrier of S7-S9, certainly not
CUBA which is OFF, compared to 5025 Rebelde at S9+20. Fits for AIR
Jeypore, 50 kW, starting at 0026 per VU2JOS schedule; however no
modulation detected past 0030. I was hoping for at least a trace of
the lovely AIR IS. Now and then hit by ``running water`` ute QRM.

BTW, WRMI will no longer have to worry about Trivandrum 5010 QRM as
Jose Jacob says it`s one of several AIR stations just decommissioned.
That leaves Madagascar, and maybe a Cuban leapfrog with 5040 back on,
across 5025 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDIA. 11560, Oct 23 at 1441, SW/S Asian music, S8-S9+10 with heavy
flutter. This is one of our best chances to hear what`s left of the
drastically curtailed AIR external service. Constantly updated
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
shows it`s 500 kW from Bengaluru, 1315-1415 in Dari, 1415-1530 Pushtu;
also 0215-0430. Unfortunately no longer carries relay of domestic news
in English at 1500; and what`s the azimuth? No AIR in HFCC any more,
no angles in WRTH or Aoki or EiBi or VU2JOS. Must be roughly to the
NW; in 2017 had a 320 degree on another frequency while 11560 was via
Goa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, Oct 23 at 2337, pirate music, S9 but
distorted with parlato, ``Dread Zeppelin``? As others report it at
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73231.0.html
2341 SSTV beepery; 2343 more music with exclamations, 2350 tones and
off. It was Damn Skippy per HFU reports, displaying fuzzy SSTV (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SRI LANKA. 11870, Oct 23 at 1438, S6-S9 with heavy trans-polar
flutter, song maybe in English. Aoki/NDXC shows it`s AWR in Chinese
this hour only via Trincomalee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Oct 23 at 2200, VOT English is on, but only VP into
UTwente vs QRM from NSS RTTY even over there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday October 24 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S8/S9+15 into UTwente SDR.
Preceded by double ID at 0129, from Bob Zanotti and Ian McFarland,
with bits of music intruding between them and before me. 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
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 9395, Oct 23 at 1433 and later chex, WRMI-6 remains off the
air; on exactly same nominal parameters, 100 kW at 355 degrees is
9455, still on, so easy to compare them. Discussed in WOR iogroup:

``USA. Message just posted on the WRMI Facebook page: "1915 UTC
Tuesday October 20 - WRMI's Transmitter 6 (9395 kHz) is temporarily
off the air due to a blown capacitor and some other minor damage. Our
engineers are working to get it back on the air, but we may need some
parts, so it could be tomorrow before it gets back on the air. We
apologize for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience."
Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``

[non] ``WRMI's current absence on 9395 kHz is allowing good reception
of Radio Thailand on 9390 kHz. Currently audible October 21, 2020 from
1312 UTC tune in finishing up English broadcast. ID "Radio Thailand
broadcasting from Bangkok" in English at 1315 UTC then into Chinese
language program with male announcer. Currently S-3 peaking to S-5,
SINPO = 34333. Mike Newland, Morgantown, KY``

[non non] Last I heard from the site was that part of the problem is
fixed, but there are still issues. Maybe tomorrow. There is only ONE
engineer on site for 14 transmitters and 23 antenna systems, and he is
only part-time and semi-retired. The engineering situation is getting
grim in this business, as we are all aging out. If I was in Florida I
could help, but we are at out Mountain Home until after Christmas.``
-- Bob Biermann, YWS, northern Georgia, Oct 21.

You would think one of the otherwise idle transmitters could
substitute, but maybe not serviceable, feasible, or worth the trouble.
Certain transmitters only connect to certain antennas, so even if
retuned to 9395, it might have to emit in a `wrong` direxion (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2057)

** U S A. 6159.912 & 7490.061, UT Sat Oct 24 at 0003, both WBCQs are
about equally sufficient for `AAAWWW`, ``WTO`` theme ending and AW
opening show teasing? listeners about how gorgeous his half-naked wife
is in the 84-degree studio; I cannot think of any other radio host who
always begins thus. She is to him a welcome distraxion, but more
seriously they complain about distracted drivers; and hear from
someone who sadly sold his Harley rather than risk them. Then
discussing the centennial of regular broadcasting by KDKA, but also
WWJ Detroit, apparently reading an entire article from a September
Radio World past 0030. By 0039 more technical about `BCQ: He loves
meters and insisted Continental install them, maybe for the last time,
on the 500 kW. All the old transmitters are tube-type and one has 18
meters on it, so he can view directly what any stage is doing. At 0050
finally reveals it`s 23rd of October, YOOL 2020, into e-mail briefly;
0055 starts to read some Free Radio Weekly items, but none ensue since
immediately allowed to be interrupted by a caller telling a story of
how he had a vision in September that Trump would win by an approx.
2:1 margin --- they can only hope!! Anyhow may have been last week`s
FRW as I for one had not received my new issue yet. Now only a minute
for benedixion and getting off in time for Hal Turner (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 23 at
0550-0606: 531, 585, 639(2), 693, 729, 738*, 774(2), 837, 855(2), 882,
891, 909, 936(2), 981, 909(2), 1053*(2), 1089, 1098, 1107, 1125(2),
1152, 1215 --- all those detected by USB tuning 1 kHz below on 9-kHz
steps. Before completing to top of band,

I then switch to LSB tuning from 1 kHz above the 9-kHz steps, not in
the order heard: 549, 558, 612, 639, 684, 693, 729, 738, 747, 882,
891, 936, 981, 999, 1026, 1044, 1053*, 1089, 1152(2), 1215, 1458, 1503
kHz. *strongest; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9218, Oct 23 at 1432, S5-S8 open carrier. The persistent
OC on 9200 is not on right now, possibly same transmitter. 9200 is
back on later in day and no 9218, such as at 2347, S8-S9. Note that
sometimes there is also a CNR1 jammer on 9200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11137-USB, Oct 23 at 2357, 2-way in Spanish, maybe legit
aerocomms but I doubt it. I run across these during CNR1 jammer
bandscans, in fact another one I missed logging in haste to beat the
jammer closings (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0334 UT October 24

** COLOMBIA. 4940, Oct 22 at 0222, anonymous mystery missionary
station with gospel huxter in Spanish, S8/9+10 into Bonaire SDR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4747 approx., Oct 22 at 0222, spurblob of distorted talk out
of 4765 R. Progreso, not to be confused with a genuine Peruvian, Radio
Huanta 2000 which has been on 4764 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2057)

** CUBA [non]. 7340-7345-7350, Oct 22 at 0146, no DRM signal into TWR
Key West SDR, from Radio Marti, canceled? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2057)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2056 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October
21 from 2100:23 on WBCQ 7490v, fair S4-S8.

Also confirmed Wed Oct 21 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9/+15 over pulse
jamming; same at 2227.

Also confirmed UT Thu Oct 22 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 at Maine SDR,
but no signal into UTwente.

WOR 2057 is available as of 0210 UT Friday October 23
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2057.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2057.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO 2057 contents: Antarctica, Armenia, Australia,
Bolivia, Bougainville, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba and non,
Ethiopia non, Europe, France, India, Iran, Korea South and North,
Madagascar, Netherlands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Perú, Romania,
Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Sudan non, Sudan South non, Thailand, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam;
no tabletop receivers; and the propagation outlook

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW & 5010 to S
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
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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First broadcasts confirmed UT Friday October 23 at 0130
on WRMI 5850 VG to the NW, and 5010 VG to the south
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455 & 9395, Oct 22 at 0240, NO WRMI signals into TWR
Bonaire altho aimed oppositewards, while 9955 is but a JBA carrier;
low MUF? 9395 has been reported off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 22 at 0223, WRNO is on, fair (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6906v, Oct 22 at 0222, no signal from ROCV into Bonaire
SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 22 at
1155-1203 UT, as I am rarely awake before sunrise here, while
westcoasters have been reporting superb East Asian DX. 558, 567(2),
693, 702(2), 738(2), 747(2), 774, 819(2), 828, 846(2); 972(*strongest
with some music at 1159, no timesignal at 1200 = South Korea); 1044,
1098, 1107, 1206-(off-frequency: mwoffsets shows 1205.96 Yanbian RGD
Korean News General (Yanji/Longjing), China), 1611 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0246 UT October 23

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 21 at 1540 check, no signal of
LRA36 into Brasil SDR, so apparently no Wednesday show this week,
having specialized on Tuesday. Now for Saturday? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Oct 21 at 1655, Radio Martí is still on the
air, altho hardly audible last night on, 7, 6 or 5 MHz channels. VG,
and way above jamming now, if any; cannot really hear any nor on //
11860, 11930.

11930, Oct 21 at 1657, Radio Martí has more QRM from a second weaker
broadcaster making a SAH of about 8 Hz, than from any jamming. This
would be its only other competitor for 11930, Voice of TURKEY also in
Spanish! at 1630-1728, 500 kW due west from Emirler, intended for
España only. Furthermore, from it I hear a 5+1 timesignal at 1700, the
last pip prolonged at same pitch, but not prepared to rate it vs WWV.

Has Cuban jamming been eliminated or reduced? At 2015 check, RM is
still very strong on 11930, 11860, 9535; but a bit of jamming under is
JBA during pauses. No RM DRM noise to be heard on 7340-7345-7450. Is
that experiment over? As in a previous report, 7345 is still
registered in B-20 but as analog, like many other HFCC errors(?)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 17880, Oct 21 at 1651, very slow Chinese at S7-S9; must be
language lesson in CRI Arabic service concluding this hour via Bamako,
100 kW at 20 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2056 monitoring, next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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New WOR 2057 should be ready by early UT Fri Oct 23 for first
broadcast at 0130 on WRMI 5850, 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Re: ``17775-, Oct 20 at 1410, zero signal from
KVOH if on. If KVOH do make it to Caribbean, South America, these
should squeeze:...`` --- Ray Robinson of KVOH replies:

``Hi, Glenn. KVOH was streaming only on Oct 20, and was off air on
17775 due to a staffing issue. Should be back tomorrow. Ray.``

Wolfgang Buschel replies: ``Checked on Oct 21 in 14-15 UT time range.
Nothing observed in Perseus SDR rx Net here in Europe, in D__, SUI,
AUT, HNG, U.K. countries - etc. Only:

17770.012 kHz nearby adjacent channel TURKEY TRT Emirler in Arabic,
S=9+25dB in sidelobe into Germany, But in Cape Canaveral Florida SDR
rx installation: USA {Alta California, former MEX}

17774.993 kHz KVOH Spanish program, some smooth canciones at 1446 UT
on Oct 21. Each sideband strong 60 Hertz main power buzz string
visible. But audio nicely listenable of approx. 9 kHz wide audio
block.

At 15 UT, VoA Hausa via Santa Maria di Galeria - Vatican State,
started at poor S=5 -97dBm level. 73 wolfie df5sx wwdxc germany``

I am not sure what he means by the last item, which frequency? no such
scheduling, only BBC Hausa via Ascension 17780 at 1400-1430 only.

17775-, Oct 21 at 1650, I do have KVOH in Spanish, only S6-S7 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

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This report dispatched at 2031 UT October 21

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Tuesday Oct 20 at 1417, LRA36 ID with
96.7 FM in passing amid history of station, starting on 6030, 41 years
ago, remember? S5-S8 into Brazil SDR. 1418 a guitar song. I can`t keep
listening now, so at 1426 I hit Record on a Kiwi for the first time,
but checked later it had timed out after 30 minutes, and where did the
recording go? How do you find it once initiated, to play back? Manuel
Mendez heard the whole special anniversary program from *1305 to 1613*
direct to Spain. Is this in addition to, or instead of, ir/regular
Wednesday broadcast? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, Oct 21 at 0058, no signal from R. Progreso. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba, but clearing the way for PERU, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7365 & 7335 & 6030 & 5980, Oct 21 at 0143, JBA
signals from presumed Radio Martí, nor is there any jamming audible.
Yet RHC manages S9 on 6000 & 6145 English. Nor can I detect any OCB
DRM on 7340-7345-7350. It`s almost if the multi-decade Cuban Radio War
be over. Or, propagation? K-index climbing from 1 to 3 between 00 and
03 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, Oct 20 at 0618, VON is on again! S9/+10 and
overmodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4764, Oct 21 at 0058, JBA carrier from presumed Radio Huanta
2000, with 4765 cleared by absent CUBA. Also JBA signal on 4775v, no
doubt the other OA, Radio Tarma. Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec also reports
RH2K on the WOR iogroup, tonight at 2337 Oct 20: ``Hello, R. Huanta
Dos Mil is on 4764 kHz now, poor and fady. Lúcio, Brasil`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 17775-, Oct 20 at 1410, zero signal from KVOH if on.
If KVOH do make it to Caribbean, South America, these should squeeze:

17770, instead, its adjacent bears an S3-S6 signal in weak talk;
listed as Arabic hour of Voice of TURKEY; and:

17780, its other adjacent is a JBA carrier, listed as BBC Hausa hour
weekdays via ASCENSION (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 21 at 0115, WRNO is on at S9/+10 with screaming
gospel songstress and distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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This report dispatched at 0454 UT October 21

** BRAZIL. 6165-6195, Oct 20 at 0235, RNA is overmodulated, distorted
and splattering over 30 kHz range surrounding 6180, especially QRMing
6185- MEXICO which is relatively weak and undermodulated for starters.
On a good day, however, 6180 does not QRM it. // 11780 if on is but a
JBA carrier now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Oct 20 at 0230, R. Rebelde is S9+20 but music suptorted
= suppressed modulation and also distorted. Something`s always wrong
at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. 6105, Oct 20 at 0252, NHK Warudo Radio Japan with
`Clair de Lune` [Koreru de Runo?] on piano, very nice classical music
among their diversity in Japanese to America, where I understand
English is the primary language which they canceled years ago; VG
signal but slightly distorted, via FRANCE, and destined to prolong
into B-20 at 0200-0400. 0300 chime timesignal and news (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2056 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday October
20 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 into UTwente but JBA carrier here at
0118 check: so back to normal. Broke down on Oct 17, but Richard
Langley found WRMI-1 back on air Oct 19 at 1955.

Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 20 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, S9+15 to Bonaire
SDR and also good to here. Next:

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

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

Thanks for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com -
not necessarily in US funds, from Samuel Sánchez, who says,
"So enjoy your podcasts. Again, many thanks for your exceptional
journalism. It is can't-miss-listening for me each week``

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. 9385, Oct 20 at 0237, again no signal from WEWN English,
while 5970 Spanish is OK. The WRMIs 9395, 9455 and 9955 are very weak
now, so maybe propagation, but 9330 WBCQ is blasting in WLCR and
splashing considerably around (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 20 at 0239, WRNO is JBA rather than VG as it can
be and has been: so propagation or operation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. I`m trying out the temporary until Oct 25 KiwiSDR
that Bill Whitacre has set up in Lubec, which is on the coast in the
SE corner of Maine, a hot spot for trans-Atlantic MW DX. There is *too
much*, audio almost every 9 kHz; where are the JBA carriers I can
sweep across in only 5 minutes? Contrary to KiwiSDR boilerplate, this
one does not work on Firefox, but does work on IE. I find it already
set up at 9 kHz intervals, which can be toggled to 10; but above 1600
it switches to 5-kHz steps, strange. I`m not counting countries from
here or anywhere, so some assumptions without consequences follow, but
open to revision. LSS at Lubec today: 2135 UT, so the DX should have
been in a lot earlier. This is off-and-on for less than a sesquihour,
Oct 19 from 2103, in chrono order, reference WRTH listings, u.o.s.:

1521, at 2103 the first thing I check for is the 2-megawatt Riyadh
program via Duba, NW corner of SAUDI ARABIA, and there it is in
Arabic, S5-S7. Now closes circa 2230, so tough to get into deep North
America; when it ran all-night, at least a het against 1520 KOKC was
common. But at midwinter I even had it, I think, around local noon, as
reported at that time.

1512, at 2118, Arabic from the other SAUDI ARABIA, only one megawatt
from Jeddah, Qur`an program via Khumra site, somewhat east of Mecca.

1503, at 2119, Castilian; 2130 characteristic half-hour time signal
from SPAIN and RNE ID: Radio 5 has only two outlets, 5 and 2 kW.

1467, at 2131, ME music and Arabic, S9+5, presumably TWR Monaco via
megawatt Roumoules, FRANCE, but no language details in WRTH. A 50 kW
Sa`udi is also on 1467.

1450, at 2131, as I am tuning past 1449, can`t miss an ID for ``CFAB
1450 AM`` which is U1 1/1 kW Windsor, Nova Scotia, in the centre
between Dartmouth and Wolfville, CANADA.

1413, at 2132, Castilian: RNE Radio 5, SPAIN, has 3 outlets, 5, 10, 20
kW.

1377, at 2133, intriguing low-audible-het between weak carriers. Major
signal should be the megawatt TWR in ARMENIA at .0002. Only likely
offals are two 50 kW from IRAN on .914 and .97, mwoffsets

1314, at 2135, Castilian among the CCI: again from SPAIN, three of RNE
Radio 5 at 20, 10 and 10 kW.

1305, at 2136, good signal in Castilian: SPAIN, four x RNE Radio 5 of
20, 20, 10 and 25 kW. I often have JBA carrier(s) here direct.

531 // 549, at 2139, pop music, no doubt JIL FM, ALGERIA. 600 kW each,
common carriers over here.

1530, at 2157, I`m standing by to hear even a trace of Yankee Doodle,
from the VOA Pinheira, SAO TOME 2200 sign-off, as often recommended by
Mark Connelly, but no luck. However, a jumble of weak signals is
suddenly eclipsed by one station from *2159, ID as WVBF and on FM
99.7, AC (780) phone fits for Boston-suburban area ring as this is
from Middleborough Center, Massachusetts; and into reading anti-Trump
editorial from Bloomberg News. The trouble is, 2200 UT is FCC October
local sunset for WVBF [November: 2130] when it is supposed to drop
from 940 watts ND critical hours to FOUR WATTS NIGHT power. Day power
is 5 kW, both direxional broadly toward the northeast, i.e. Lubec.
Instead they have powered *up*! Anyhow, seems like an interesting
station, per NRC AM Log, ``Hometown Talk Radio``, address in Taunton
MA.

1530, at 2200, also has a 6-pip timesignal, very unlikely from any
North American station; probably one of two 15-kW from ROMANIA,
otherwise 3 kW from MADEIRA. In fact at 2219 recheck, Romanian
conversation, not Portuguese.

1188, at 2220, strumming at S7, ``Payam`` ID in passing, i.e. 300 kW
from Tehran, IRAN; and not the only other possibility, 400 kW Hungary

1179, at 2224, Castilian announcement, thought they mentioned ``Cadena
EFE``, but listed as Cadena SER, two in Iberia, one in Canarias. SER
could have been referring to the related? news agency EFE. Also
another language mixing, probably ROMANIA, 400 kW.

1458, at 2223, song, maybe ROMANIA, 100 kW strongest on frequency.
Both Actualitatsi program but unseem //,

If one had the time, one could employ this device for more challenging
DX, even in Lubec terms, let alone deep North America, from further
into AfroAsia. OTOH, one could do the same via numerous less temporary
SDRs in Eurafrica. OTOOH, Bill will probably activate it again
sometimes. Anyhow it`s notable how much MWDX can easily make it into
our Atlantic Northeast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.80?-RCUSB, Oct 20 at 0328, LV del Tigre relay by
ROCV has considerable reduced carrier by offtuning, but hardly any
modulation; frequency seems to have varied slightly as I try to
pinpoint it. Enough carrier to register at TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR in SAM
mode with carrier offset displaying -44v Hz from 6906.00, = 6905.956
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0432 UT October 20