** BRAZIL. 9666.012v, Feb 19 at 2310, Voz Missionária S6-S8 with song
presumably praiseworthy and then at 2313, ID in English! Claiming
frequencies are 9665, 5940 and 11750 from RVM Radio. Tnx for the
English, but they are woefully misinformed: NEVER on 9665 exactly nor
5940 --- It`s always off-minus, but now a JBA carrier in huge BS
splash from 5935 WWCR. And hasn`t been on 11750 for YEARS. It was
already deleted from WRTH 2018, maybe earlier. 11750 now occupied only
by RHC 11760 splash (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 19 at 1921, RHC is S9 of dead air. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9535, Feb 19 at 2323, RHC is S9 of dead air; while 9640 is
OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.703V, Feb 19 at 0433, XEPPM is S9+10/20 and just
barely modulated; someone had reported no modulation at all, which it
might as well be, totally useless (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 960, Feb 9 at 1900 UT, quick ToH ID from KGWA Enid,
putting insignificant 100.9 translator first, and ``from the
Ladusau-Evans studios`` --- what?? KGWA has sold naming rights of
their studio to a local mortuary --- either that or they have axually
moved into the funeral home. How apropos, just in time for deadbeat
Fox ``News`` and Rush. BTW someone from Williams Broadcasting is
presenting a CCTV seminar February 21 at 1930-2030 UT in the campus
building of NWOSU Enid on entrepreneurship (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. ``Brad, Something very strange last night on 90.1, for at
least half an hour before and after 1 a.m. --- Brazilian popular
music, no announcements (tho I may have missed something at top of
hour), nice but certainly not classical WCPE --- was KUCO plugged into
a wrong satellite feed? Back to classical when I awoke briefly and
checked at 5:45. Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid``

That`s about KUCO, 0700 and 1145 UT Feb 19; asking manager Brad
Ferguson about it, he replies:

``Hi Glenn, WCPE went into their emergency log last night, so
something failed somewhere in their chain. We have an emergency log
too, but it's classical. Go figure! BF``

Strange. This shows nothing out of ordinary around 2 am ET:
https://theclassicalstation.org/playing_wed.shtml
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 19 at 2319 and 2348 chex, another night with NO
signal from VOT English to us. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 417 kHz, Feb 19 at 0728 UT, ND beacon copied several times
as ``dit-dit, dit-dit-dah-dah``. That second one is not a letter in
our alfabet, but in the Russian as that ``yu`` letter looking like a
conjoined IO. Looking at the dxinfocenter and classaxe references on
417 and vicinity, I think it must be 25-watt IY in Charles City, Iowa,
which I have copied several times before, but now miskeyed just one
dah off from Y, which is dah-dit-dah-dah (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 420 kHz, Feb 19 at 0730, ND beacons FQ and PK mixing; and
when tuned to 418-USB I hear only FQ. Both 25 watts, FQ is in
Fairmont, Minnesota, and PK is Olathe - Herbb, Kansas. BTW, I don`t
try to report signal strength of NDBs as they are almost always JBA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5332-CW, Feb 19 at 0436, CQ DE KI5AL K with several
repetitions, seems slowly hand-keyed, easy copy. I never can remember
the exact discrete frequencies forming the so-called ``60 meter``
hamband, but this must be one of them. ARRL.org shows

Jett, Herbert A, KI5AL, Seguin, TX 78155. And his profile at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ki5al
shows he is 74, a ham less than a year and only started CW a few
months ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13852.062, Feb 19 at 1502, JBA spur from something, can it
be RHC? NO, I barely make a match with Radio Martí audio on 13820,
which is VG and well above the jamming. However there is a bit of
jamming splat out to here. This is nothing like the RHC spurs which
are huge distorted blobs --- not today! --- but rather a very weak
signal with OK modulation. OCB Grimesland is showing Bauta how to make
spurs!

Then I go looking for more and sure do find them: this one is 32.062
kHz plus 13820, so how about minus? There it is: 13787.942 measured
independently which would be minus 32.058 kHz, close enough. These are
axually second order, since I then find plus and minus ~16 kHz, and
multiples of that, not measured precisely: 13836, 13868, 13884, 13900;
and 13804, 13772, 13756, 13740. At 1552 I do measure one of them:;
13836.026.

13852 etc., Feb 19 at 1920 recheck, JBA spur carriers still detectable
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: couldn`t check Wed
Feb 19 at 2100 on WRMI 7780 or 2200 on WBCQ 7490v; anybody hear
them?

Confirmed UT Thu Feb 20 at 0100 on WRMI 7780 -- only poor via UTwente
SDR.

WOR 2022 should be ready by early UT Feb 21:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Feb 19 at 1913, poor signal from SMTV via WRMI, only
once, no echo, during list of languages utilized. 5800 not echoing
either circa 2320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11644.2-USB, Feb 19 at 1620, weak 2-way in colloquial
Spanish, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0200 UT February 20, 2020

** ALGERIA [and non]. My cardio tunes only in 10-kHz steps, so no
serious TA/TP DXing, but certain frequencies suffer 1-kHz hets, from
obvious sources, Feb 18 at 0045 UT: 530, 550, 890: Algeria on 531,
549, 891; and 1000: from 999 likely Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 388-MCW kHz, Feb 18 at 0730 UT, dash and MM, 500-watt ND
Beacon at Fort McMurray, Alberta. It`s a surprisingly large town, so
far into the sub-Arctic northeast outback, over 66K population; due to
the oil boom, but on the decline since a fire. 2475 km from here =
1538 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.2, Feb 18 at 2307, JBA carrier, day 8 for RHC
off-frequency, but bad propagation; MUF must be about 13 MHz, as 13740
is also JBA carrier, yet undermodulated 11850 and distorted 11760 and
Portuguese 11700 are at normal biglevels. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, Feb 18 at 0711, Roboyl with marine weather
in English, too weak vs noise level, once again before any are
scheduled on the CCG site, VCP Placentia via St. Lawrence not until
*0737 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Monday afternoon Feb 17 at 1930-1940 UT, while
finding nothing interesting on parked caradio MW bandscan, I decide to
check how many stations are overtly anti-American, broadcasting that
despicable hate-monger and stupid cigar-smoker Rush Limbaugh; no IDs
but I will add obvious connexions: 710-KGNC, 740-KRMG, 820-WBAP,
960-KGWA, 1000-KTOK, 1030-KBUF or KFAY JBA, 1150-KSAL, 1230-WBBZ,
1290-KWFS, 1330-KNSS. Only ten! Could be worse if he were on at night;
when C2CAM can be found all over the dial, seldom synchronized, plus
SW 6070 CFRX (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PERU. 5980, Feb 18 at 2351, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski vs
wall-of-noise Cuban jamming not against any Marti at this hour, until
autocutoff at 2352:40*, which is 10.5 seconds earlier than last check
5 days ago, Feb 13 until 2350.5*, i.e. averaging 2.1 seconds earlier
each night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 18 at 2301 and still 2344, no signal from VOT
English to us; something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 7290-LSB, Feb 18 at 1940, the ``72-90 Traffic
Net`` based in TX but also check-ins from OK; vs a constant AM carrier
but too weak to copy even on USB-only, presumably IRRS via Saftica,
Romania; which via UTwente is inboooming with `Wavescan` Tuesday at
1930, like WOR Mondays at 1901 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, Feb 17 at 1933, SMTV via WRMI, and SMTV via WRMI
echoing one second later, double-audio feed, which has happened
before; makes it even more unlistenable than usual --- obviously
nohuman at Okeechobee nor SMTV HQ is monitoring the final output
product. So why should we?

*Still* echoing a dodekahour later, Feb 18 at 0723 but now about 8
seconds delayed --- hard to track with all the self-QRM, at close to
same modulation level.

*Still* echoing exactly 24 hours after first noted, Feb 18 at 1934 on
15770, even harder to outfigure until 1943 I upbring a bettersig via
UTwente, about 18 seconds apart! Just as they are reciting their
extensive schedule mentioning 15770 to Africa(? not Europe?).

How can a worldwide multi-platform broadcast make itself so boring?
The basic ethos of animal rights and vegan diets should go over well
with the enlightened, but multi-lingual bits on no reliable pattern,
often heavily accented when in English, and cultish devotion to their
Supreme Master are major turn-offs. I can`t remember anyone ever
submitting a monitoring report of SMTV dealing with its content over
any significant span.

Kai Ludwig has pointed out this in Wikipedia: ``Apparently "religious
broadcasting worldwide" would be a subject worth professional research
again, after three decades have passed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Hai_(spiritual_leader)
Already a number of interesting-looking references in hobby research
on this Taiwan-based cult``

Believe it or not, SMTV is mentioned only once in passing on that
page, as if it`s an insignificant part of her empire. And there are 63
footnote reference linx, many in Chinese, not Vietnamese.

By 2034 Feb 18, I am on the caradio like 25 hours earlier, where I get
much better reception of 15770 aimed NE so off the side here to the
NW, on the 2-foot antenna, than on home rig with 100-foot longwire.
Now Radio Tirana English relay is loud and clear, no echo.

5800, before 2300 Feb 18, during music not obviously doublefeed, but
2300 talk is again echoing about one second later. However, by 2345
during interminable recitation of cable TV or DTV suchannel outlets,
state by state, no echo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 5040, Feb 18 at 0728, VP S5-S7 trace of talk, presumed R.
Vanuatu now that Cuba is off. Before 0630 it`s on 7260, so far
untraced here but bears surveillance (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0032 UT February 19

** CUBA. 15369.22, Feb 16 at 2248, RHC Spanish distorted at S9+20.
Altho not checked yesterday, this should make the sixth day in a row
of such offfrequenciness. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9329.237, Feb 17 at 0715, Spy number station bigsig is way
off-frequency (and WBCQ apparently finished testing at 0500). Note how
closely its offset matches that of 15370-minus RHC as heard now for
seven days in the afternoons; same transmitter? Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba.

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, also caught the offset: ``NUMBERS STATION Cuban
Spy HM01 on very odd freqs 9329.2 & 9064.2 kHz, February 17:
0700-0720 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330
0730-0750 9329.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9330
0800-0850 9064.2 BEJ 050 kW / Eu/Am Spanish Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri, not 9065
NO SIGNAL 9330.0 BCQ 250 kW / 270 deg WBCQ-6,test was till 05 UT
from 0900 on nominal 9240, but from 1000 on very odd 9154.2`` Does
this also infect many other HM01 broadcasts? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 17 at 2134, RHC distorted Brazuguese still way
off-frequency for seventh day in a row; usual // 11880 is missing, and
15140 is already off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7340-7345-7350, Feb 16 at 2224, DRM noise continues from
Grimesland, presumably still Radio Martí only, at S9+20, while RM is
nearby in AM stronger, 7355 S9+40 and 7375 S9+30, both well over
jamming. No jamming detected vs DRM, but it might be hard to tell them
apart by sound rather than disrupting decoding. The DRM-capable
listenership in Cuba must be minuscule (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
February 16 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair on the portable PL-880.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good S9, as always
cutting off Bob Zanotti who tries to squeeze in another ID just
prior.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0230 via UTwente SDR, VG on WRMI 7780,
fair on 9395; and also coincidentally on WRN webcast.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0400 on WBCQ-6 9330.0, while testing
with // 5130 Area 51 programming, VG here direct, and also checked
some KiwiSDRs: VG to Marahau, New Zealand, but inaudible to one in
Australia; nor heard in Japan; not good in Colombia, but good at
Pardinho, Brasil. VG at Rockport, Maine, surprisingly, supposedly too
close for skywave, but too far for groundwave? Maybe not with that
much power, or backscatter: 256 km = 159 stmi from Monticello, on the
south-central coast beyond Bangor.

Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 17 at 0430 on WRMI 9955: JBA in Colombia
where 9955 is usually VG, but much further away, VG in São Paulo with
no jamming audible. Rockport ME starts mixed with jamming but by 0443
under pulse jamming.

Not checked Mon 1901 on IRRS 7290; did anyone hear it? Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 16 at 2227, WBCQ-6, first noted with carrier at
1917, now testing // 7490+ WBCQ programming, this hour being `Marion`s
Attic`, much better than we ever get it on 7490. Seemed to stay with
this audio source, including `Encore` classical music amid hour at
0129 UT Mon Feb 17 check, only S8-S9; and TOMBS at various times after
0200. That block ends at 0400, and just as I dared to hope, then
switched to // 5130 Area 51, just in time for WORLD OF RADIO! q.v.
Wish they had to ``test`` more often. By Monday afternoon, Feb 17,
Arabic from World`s Last Chance Radio is back (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, Feb 16 at 2230, WRMI not in RAE Italian, scheduled
this hour M-F on System G, but an oldie, ``The Men in My Little Girl`s
Life``; 2233 IDs by BB and JW, ``remembering generations of great
music`` says Bob and more of it. Does not axually call this on air
``Oldies``. Skedgrid shows on Sat & Sun, and // 7780, Oldies at
2200-2230 but `Walking in Power` at 2230 = no-show. I wondered if like
RAE Spanish, Italian would also repeat on weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. re: ``414 kHz, Feb 15 at 0732, ND beacon SD, which is 40
watts from Sioux City, Iowa; was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)``

HI Glenn - I'm thinking, unless something has changed up there, that
beacon ID should be "SU". Near Salix IA, there has been an NDB there
for a long time called "Salix", IDing as SU (the Airport and Vortac
are SUX). It is/was the LOM for Rwy 31 at Sioux City Gateway, the
scene of the famous United Flight 232 landing years ago. 73, - rb``

Yes, thanks to Rick Barton, AZ; I did log it as SU, made typo in
reporting it (Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A [non]. Correxion: Radio Coro is in Venezuela, not Cuba!

780, Feb 16 at 0814 UT, I happen to awaken, too late or in time for
the KKOH Reno 50 kW ND DX test starting at 0800? I get a good null on
WBBM, but nothing heard except Spanish music. Others say this was
Radio Coro, Venezuela, and KKOH did test, but when did it stop? Shux
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 840, Feb 17 at 0331 UT, WHAS KY is off, so now the station
which must be nulled is KVJY in the RGV, Spanish gospel music from the
south. KVJY can normally be heard in WHAS null and/or QRMing it. I
listen carefully for the next quarter-hour but hear only traces of
somethings else; expect CMHW Cuba to be the main one, indeed some
other talk in Spanish at 0344; and at 0340 could almost imagine it was
Kriyol language, i.e. 4VEH Haiti.

Many tnx to Chris Gay, for more than an hour`s advance notice to the
WOR iog, which I soon forwarded to the major MW groups:

``840 WHAS Louisville says they will go off the air "for a short time"
for tower maintenance at 10:30 PM ET Sunday (Feb. 16). Chris KU4A``.
Some others monitored the free-of-WHAS hole until it resumed at 0435
UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0022 UT February 18

** CANADA. 300 kHz, Feb 16 at 0720 UT, ND beacon dash and YIV, which
is 500 watts from Island Lake, Manitoba.

317 kHz, Feb 16 at 0722 UT, NDB dash and VC, which is 1000 watts from
La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

366 kHz, Feb 16 at 0729 UT, NDB dash and YMW, which is 500 watts from
Maniwaki, Quebec. Also two from USA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Feb 15 at 0717, RHC is S9+30 of dead air; 6145 S9+10/20
with sufficient English modulation; 6000 & 6100 are off; at 0721, 5040
is also S9+30 of dead air plus hum; 5025 Rebelde distorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC/RadioCuba.

Steve Henderson, N6RHH, earlier replied: ``Hi Glenn, I always get a
chuckle out of your There's Always Something Wrong At RHC comments.
And yes I've heard some really nasty sounding transmissions. It's
amazing they turn those loose on the airwaves. But anyway I haven't
seen you mention their broadcasts on 6145. Their 10 kHz wide audio
actually sounds good. Last night they were an S9+30 here in Las
Cruces, NM. It may be their only listenable frequency these days. 73,
Steve, R-8600, Wellbrook loop`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13771, 13842-trace, 13629, 13558, Feb 15 at 1531, RHC very
distorted spurblobs from RHC 13700-AM, 71-kHz intervals. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. 13740 is still on with S9+10 of dead air.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Sun Feb 16 at 1436, `En Contacto` in progress with a
new voice besides Marta Rios, outroed as Luis Alberto Santander, if I
read my scribble correctly. Lots of fluff with bits about Cuban radio
history, yawn, and no Arnie until 1445 via impressive fibre-optic
hookup to his home. Arnie is getting harder and harder to understand,
mumbling rapidly. Give the man an extra minute so he can slow down!
This time something about hams helping out forest fire-fighters (now?
in Cuba?), and no sunspots for 13 days.

Once this is over, at 1451 I check around 13700 for spurs --- and they
are everywhere! Instead of 66-70 kHz intervals, first one found is
circa 13732, only 32 kHz away, but it`s wobbly, soon up to 13744, or
is that another one? Also 13785, 13833, 13870, 13922, 13968, but there
is a lot of hash in between them. Another check at 1454, circa: 13744,
13655, 13615, 13566, 13523, i.e. mostly 44-45 kHz intervals. Very
ill-defined and none of them with readable audio in FM or AM.
Fundamental 13740 is already off so not in the way. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 17570, Feb 15 at 2000, poor signal with music
and language, scheduled AWR in ``Mos``, 250 kW at 295 degrees, so
favoring us beyond and at this hour is the Only Signal On Band.

Also circa 2000, I keep checking 17550-AM whether there be even a
trace of Kuwait staring a 4-hour Arabic service for central and
western North America, supposedly 365 days a year but only makes it
circasummer. Is it really on the air every day? Not a trace. Need to
check remote in Europe, but may not even reach there since it`s
starting out in the middle of their night: rather inept frequency
management (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895.0, Feb 15 at 1449, Qur`an at S7-S9. Spring/MUF
is looking up as hardly a JBA carrier from this all winter. No signal
on 17705 which is supposed to run at 12-15 like 17895, but General
program. Also 17615.065, always off+frequency, Qur`an same level as
17895, S7-S9. If anything make it on 16m, these do, would be the OSOBs
except for JBAC 17885 Mali, but still the SSOBs.

17895 is registered 12-15, 500 kW at 295 degrees; 17705 same at 310
degrees would be USward; 17615 at 13-16, 190 degrees.

15435, Feb 15 at 1458, Qur`an here is better than usual, S7-S9;
13710+, Feb 15 at 1534, more Qur`an, this one commonly heard and
always slightly off+frequency.

This MUF map showed only 13 MHz between there and here:
https://qrznow.com/real-time-band-conditions/

Before I checked 16m, I had one unID phoneham on 18142-USB at 1446, so
I knew there was some propagation, but probably not HZ1AB = Hot
Ziggity One American Boy, QSLed sesquidecades ago (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Sat Feb 15, carrier on only a few sex before *2300,
whew, so English to us succeeds. Still starts with canned sign-on
giving WRONG English sked info, for A-season! Only a sesquimonth to go
before it`s right again, barring any further changes. I.e. at 1830,
2030, 22-23 on 9830, 15520 at 1930-2030 instead of 1630 instead of
1730, 03-04 on 9515, 06-07 on 6165 --- the last one would have been
local time, axually was at 03-04 UT, same time as on 9515! Yet
advisory at end of announcement that news is pre-recorded during the
23-00 and 04-05 broadcasts, which *are* the correct winter times.

No one ever notices all these mistakes; evidently same announcer comes
on non-live with the olds. I resume at 2322-2333 for his `Letterbox`,
very ad-hoc as if he is opening mail for first time rather than
scripted; from Philippines, Xingyang for first time, Java, more than
one each from India and Russia, finally Lithuania. Only name I
recognize is Anatoly Klepov, Moskva. Some write to English service,
lacking another common language. Nothing from W Europe or N America!
He says ``thank you, thank you`` to everyone, more to answer but out
of time. Closes saying would be back in two weeks, altho this has been
showing up every Saturday - repeats? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 329 kHz, Feb 16 at 0723 UT, ND beacon PMV, which is 25 watts
from Plattsmouth, Nebraska.

342 kHz, Feb 16 at 0726 UT, NDB PFT, 25 watts from Pine Creek - Piney,
Minnesota. The F and T without a space so it seemed like a 5-character
letter! Later figured must be this. Also three from CANADA, q.v.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 414 kHz, Feb 15 at 0732, ND beacon SD, which is 40 watts
from Sioux City, Iowa; was tuned to 412-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2021 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria, reports: ``Fair signal of World of Radio#2021 and Shortwave
Radiogram#139 on February 15
1300-1330 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Sat World of Radio #2021
1330-1400 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu Sat Shortwave Radiogram``

WOR 2021 also confirmed UT Sunday Feb 16 at 0429 UT on WA0RCR,
1860-AM, MO, VG S9+20/30, about 7 minutes into so started circa 0422,
closer to nominal 0415-. Next:

2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330.0, Feb 16 at 1917, S9+10/20 open carrier, so WBCQ-6
superstation is reactivated after a month. Per previous info, was
going to test this weekend, and resume World`s Last Chance nonsense
sometime Monday Feb 17. Probably aimed away toward Arablands now, as
would be even biggersig if thisaway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. John Carver now reports on UT Saturday 0100 Feb 15 WBCQ:
``Glenn, Was too cold in the command center for the computer to boot
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and this morning. Don't know when I'll be
able to boot again.

As for the last AAWWW, no readable signal on 7490 although a couple of
hours earlier Brother Scare was S9. Tuned in 5130 two minutes before
the top of the hour and heard an irritating high pitched tone. At one
minute before the top of the hour a bell rang and Steve Cole gave a
station ID and the tone started again. Tone continued until 0133 when
it slowly stopped and Pirate Joe faded in. He was talking about the
politics of the previous week and then got sidetracked. Program was
off at 0159 and instead of going into the poetry show they ran an old
AAWWW. At a minute before the top of the hour the bell rang again and
the Steve Cole ID ran once so they at least fixed that problem on
5130. John, mid-north Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Feb 15 at 2214, WTWW-2 is already on since it`s
Saturday, ham stuff about AMSAT, S9+20/30 and overmodulated. Once upon
a time they ran day frequency 9930 for this but not heard there in
ages; maybe also pre-empting SFAW on 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Feb 16 at 0112-0144, anonymous theater organ
show occupies this span, always a bit more than 29 minutes and never
during a specific half hour; I soon switched to WTWW-2 stereo webcast.
Then right into disco music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9475, Sun Feb 16 at 1918, WTWW-1 day frequency is rarely on,
PPPP on SFAW this Sunday at S9+30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3215, UT Sun Feb 16 at 0159, Dave Frantz with live? WWRB QSY
announcement to 3185, finishes just in time for *WWCR steel drum and
its sign-on, while open carrier overlaps with a SAH for several more
seconds.

3185, Feb 16 from *0200, WWRB sign-on and into first gospel huxter who
does not explicitly identify but says will be off WWRB at end of
January [sic] since has been getting absolutely no listener response
there; instead funds will go to missionary work in northern Luzon.
Also with big hum. ``Challenge`` mentioned, maybe as name of show?
Recheck at 0429, I notice 3185 is still on, but only on weekends
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1020 kHz, Feb 15 at 0704 UT, Spanish promos mention
RadioVisión Cristiana a few times, overriding semi-local KOKP Perry
OK, making fast SAH with it. KOKP can only be somewhat heard by
nulling: KCKN Roswell NM, the RVC 1330 NYC relay station, recently
restored after damage causing low power operation for over a year. Now
sounds like original 50 kW, but certainly NOT with a null toward KDKA,
as we are very close to that line on the way, so non-direxional?

Licensed day pattern is also very direxional with tight lobes at 155
and 325 degrees (toward Albuquerque), essentially nothing thisaway.

https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1795705-136765.pdf
Licensed night pattern is quite similar, peaks at 175 and 320 degrees,
alleged null at 55 degrees:

https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1795705-136766.pdf
Before it crashed, it was often heard here as if not within spex then
either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 780, Feb 16 at 0814 UT, I happen to awaken, too late
or in time for the KKOH Reno 50 kW ND DX test starting at 0800? I get
a good null on WBBM, but nothing heard except Spanish music. Others
say this was Radio Coro, Cuba, and KKOH did test, but when did it
stop? Shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1140, Feb 15 at 1832 UT, exactly local mean noon here, on
caradio at certain spots I am getting fast SAH QRM to KRMP OKC,
apparently ``power-line beverage`` enhancement. Suspect KCXL Kansas
City, the Russian relayer; but also in area are KLTK in NW Arkansas,
and KHFX Cleburne, N Texas, but direxional away from here: both
Spanish, if only I could make out a language. Shortly on home rig I
can tell there are two beating signals on 1140 but mostly KRMP.

1140, Sunday Feb 16 at 1410 UT, American English W&M discussion of
brain cancer, loops NE/SW, over KRMP but soon losing out. This is when
KCXL is scheduled to carry Sputnik Radio, Russian propaganda, 6-9 am
CT 7 days a week = 12-15 UT now, 11-14 UT during imminent DST. KCXL
got lots of negative press about relaying Russia, supposedly another 3
hours in the evening but own sked shows only mornings:
http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html
Yet, KCXL brands its homepage with an *American* flag. Rest of sked is
a strange mixture of various religions and far-right extremist talkers
(Glenn Hauser, OK, SOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3-CW, Feb 16 at 0643 UT, one-letter beacon A is
audible again, with QRM from 2098.0, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2098.0, 2166.0, 2231.0, 2298.0, 2800.0, Feb 16 at
0643-0713 UT, things that go beep in the night, CW carrier pips
exactly 3 seconds apart = 20 per minute on these even frequencies,
first noticed when I was checking beacon A on 2097.3. Then found more
as I tuned up, always on exact kHz, but not equally spaced: intervals
of 68, 65, 67 kHz but none around 2365 nor below around 2032 by 0653.
Not until 0713 did I find another, way up on 2800.0 but no others
around it. What in the world? Can`t totally rule out a local device,
but random frequencies would not all be exact; seems intentional
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1956 UT February 16