** MEXICO. The 6m DXMAP shows an MUF spike to 106 MHz somewhere south
of here, so altho most spots are much lower, I figure it`s worth
trying for a decent sporadic E FM DX session, and so it is, the first
here this ``summer`` since mid-April. Altho it`s pretty hot in the
car, at least it`s not in the sun, so the Nissan stock radio is
primary, with the DX-398 secondary, antenna out the window. The latter
has RDS but none of the DX signals are strong/stable enough to decode
if any, but at least I can keep track of two frequencies at a time.

This starts UT Sat June 13 at 0028. I try <92 MHz first, but nothing
makes it thru all the ACI or CCI. I might miss some US stations, but
q.v. a few, as I`m alert for frequencies speaking Spanish. All these
from my notes on my receivers in real time, no remotes, and no
recordings.

Prime reference source, the WTFDA FM Radio Station Database. Distances
city-to-city, not exact coords, distancefromto.net

0028, 93.3 Spanish, ``La Banda 93``, caller on phone then music, and
soon super-hype voice actor (SHVA) as ``La Nueva`` with no further
numbers. One or both non-IDs? The latter gets one hit:
``XHPNVO-FM 93.3 EL SALTO DGO MEX 6.0 kW 101.2 m 23-46-42 105-21-37
Spanish HD GRUPERA LA NUEVA 93.3``. 1575 km = 979 stmi

0030, 93.5, Spanish talk, VG but no RDS; advice show mentions ``las
bubis``

0033, 95.3, Spanish music mixing with KOKC translator - which really
gets out 100 km from a tall tower

0033, 97.3, PSA about Corona Virus in Spanish and a segment in an
Indigenous language; ``radio y televisión mexicana --- contigo``. Then
repeating phone number 4-12-13-14, in Udalá (?). Nothing fits in the
db, but there are about 4 stations in the northern tier of states. The
MUF in this opening.

0035, 93.1, Spanish ID as ``Hits FM 93.1`` and ad for algo on Canal 6;
0037 ID again, PSA about CV cuarentena from the Cámara de Diputados;
0039 ID as XHCTO, Torreón, Coahuila, and a third Hits non-ID. 0046,
``Habla Corazón``, from same station? program name? 0049 announcer
asks for reports (not DX, I assume), acknowledges listeners in Parral,
León, Torreón. Listed as:
``XHCTO-FM 93.1 TORREÓN COAH MEX 38.56 kW 208.0 m 25-31-29 103-27-19
Spanish SPANISH TEEN HITS - JUVENIL HITS FM``. 1304 km = 810 stmi

0040, 92.9, ad for Colegio España, ``92.9 España FM, definiendo la
nueva cultura``, about UNIS(?), ``estamos en tu cabeza``, Viz.:
``XHUNES-FM 92.9 DURANGO DGO MEX 10.0 kW 54.0 m 24-02-53 104-37-47
Spanish ESPAÑA FM College ESPAÑA FM Universidad España``. 1521 km =
945 stmi

0048, 92.1, Spanish rap mixing with norteña music

0051, 92.3, music and Spanish ID? missed; 0055 TC for 7,55 and temp 33
grados, music; time means it`s here in the CDT zone, not PDT, so
distinct from what I hear next; see Durango below later on 92.3.

0057 ``La Bestia 92.3``, Diputados PSA, CCI, then ToH ID as XHMMF,
Mexicali, Baja California. 0103 ``la mula blanca``, apparently not the
name of a different station. Viz.:
``XHMMF-FM 92.3 MEXICALI BC MEX 21.9 kW 48.08m 32-38-18 115-38-17
Spanish SPANISH HITS BALADAS LA BESTIA GRUPERA``. 1637 km = 1017 stmi

Had to run inside for another logbook, so resuming after a break:

0118, 92.3, ``Caliente`` slogan, Spanish music, CCI in Spanish and
English(Kansas?). Viz. one hit and in the PTA = probable target area:
``XHTRR-FM 92.3 TORREÓN COAH MEX 15.0 kW 208.0m 25-31-29 103-27-19
Spanish CALIENTE REGIONAL MEXICAN LA CALIENTE``. 1304 km = 810 stmi

0119, 92.7, romantic music in Spanish

0122, 96.5, romantic music in Spanish above the Okies, soon f/out

0125, 90.7, romantic music in Spanish, too much ACI both sides

0128, 93.1, Spanish music, 0129 DJ with advice like 93.5 earlier.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA for same opening

** SPAIN. 9690, June 12 at 2200, REE English this Friday has Alison
Hughes discussing the economic consequences of COVID-19 in Spain, and
still at 2226 check, so no music fill? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 12 at 2200 and still 2226, no signal in English
from VOT; something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 28224.4-CW, June 12 at 2151, K5GJR/B JBA over and over from
this beacon, only signal I`m getting on a quick 10mb scan during
sporadic E opening. A K5 must be fairly close. Here he is, from
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k5gjr/b

``K5GJR USA flag USA Primary only for: K5GJR/B
Randy L Bates, Corpus Christi, TX 78415 USA

Hello All, I'm active on most bands 160-70cm's. I have a 10mtr beacon
that runs 24/7 at 28.224.5, consisting of a Radio Shack HTX100,
putting out 2.5 watts, using a Pico keyer kit I assembled, into a
Antron A-99 vertical antenna at 40'... 73s Randy k5gjr`` CC is 957 km
= 595 statute miles from Enid. Far enough for many logs of TV KIII-3
and KRIS-6 back in the analog era (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI
broadcast, Friday June 12 at 2200 on 9955, S6-S8, no jamming or only a
trace? Same at 2226 recheck.

Also confirmed UT Saturday June 13 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+30/40;
5010 S9+10/20 and noisy but slightly better than 7780 S9/+10 when
checked at 0144. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Trotto,
who sent a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert.

One may also contribute by MO 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. 9330, June 12 at 1848, no signal here from WBCQ-6, off, or
500 kW WLCR just not propagating? 1859 check on UTwente, it`s on and
audible. But at 2156 back here definitely off -- maybe it was an
antenna rotation hiatus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490, UT Sat June 13 at 0000, after FKB gospel huxter
finishes, WBCQ with a spot commercial for SDRs; 0001.5 dead air; 0002
a few seconds of old favorite song ``Wheels``; 0003 another tune; 0004
ID for AM 780, Monticello-Presque Isle, and a bit of USA Radio News,
cut off; 0004.5 finally ``William Tell Overture`` theme of `AAAWWW`
starts, 0007.8 among his first words, ``confusion``.

5130 and 6159.9 were not on at 0000, but at 0003 at least a carrier
from 5130 but can`t make out any mod. 6159.9 on by 0019 check, running
17 seconds behind 7490; and 5130 VP, unknown delay.

However, I`ve just noticed sporadic E MUF up to 106 MHz, so away I go
hoping to catch an FM DX opening here: see MEXICO, and USA.

John Carver fills us in on the rest of `AAAWWW`:

``Tonight's show started on 7490 four minutes late this evening and no
signal on 5130, and 6160 was carrying something else. Six minutes in,
5130 and 6160 were both carrying AAWWW but then 6160 went into Mama
Mia or some such. Allan and Angela in the studio. Allan blamed the
late start on computer problems. 6160 back to AAWWW by the next check.
Opening talk about America and the world a "ball of confusion". The
foam in Allan's headphones began to break apart and he had black
flecks of it on his face and shirt. Then back to the ball of
confusion. A very animated Angela this evening went into a long rant
that I won't get into as it was a bit distasteful.

Phone call at 0019 from a caller who said that both Allan and Angela
were correct and then went on to say that most of the problems in this
country were due to vaccines and the way they were administered.
Another call immediately from a nurse that defended vaccines and
stated that vaccines and good hygiene are what has kept us alive and
healthy. Another immediate phone call from a gentleman who is learning
how to drive a truck and complaining about how difficult it was.

Allan then launches an appeal for racial diversity and acceptance.
Then a long discussion between Allan and the animated Angela about
recent events in this country. Closing prayer at 0056 and then reading
of two emails at 0058. Program was off the air at 0100 in the middle
of a sentence. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Sporadic E opening, UT Saturday June 13, mainly from N/W
MEXICO, q.v., but also AZ:

0101, 92.3, traffic report about I-17 freeway, and State Road 89, then
weather by YL sponsored by Howard Air, news about marches in ``The
Valley``, all of which mean it has to be Phœnix AZ, viz.:
``KTAR-FM 92.3 GLENDALE AZ USA 98.0 kW 545.0 m 33-19-58 112-03-48 HD
KTAR Arizona's News Station NEWS/TALK KTAR NEWS``. See 0135 below

0104, 95.1, lucky ID right at tune-in ``95.1 KTTI``, C&W beer song.
``KTTI 95.1 YUMA AZ USA 50.0 kW 75.0 m 32-38-31 114-33-34 COUNTRY
TODAY`S BEST COUNTRY KTTI``. 1584 km = 984 stmi

0113, 90.3, fringe local relay of KHYM with commercials for Dodge
City, Woodward, i.e. 490-watt KHEV Fairview OK, mixing with another
English station with GEICO ad, perhaps 100 kW KFLR, Family Life Radio,
Phœnix. (db does not show KHEV as KHYM relay)

0121, 97.3 sports talk in English, Es fades, soon gone, not // OK on
1390 or 640. No such station in AZ. Could be 50 kW KWFN San Diego CA,
also with several low-power co-channel relays in the area, including
one for Dan Sheedy

0135, 92.3, ``KTAR News`` and fade-out as opening is ending? 1340 km =
833 stmi. Same bearing as Mexicali heard earlier

0135, 91.9, music in English, seems like Es strength rather than KS
fringe but could be 48 kW KBDD, Winfield (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0449 UT June 13

** CANADA [and non]. 245-MCW kHz, June 12 at 0540 UT, dash and YZE, ND
Beacon at Gore Bay, Ontario, 1000 watts, to be decommissioned Sept 10,
2020.

Also 245-MCW, mixing with very different pitch, FS, which is 400 watts
at Sioux Falls - Rock, South Dakota. I was tuned to 246-USB. Storm
noise not too bad tonight, none very close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 12870, June 11 at 1359, just-in-time check for CNR1 jammers
below 13200 finds only this one at S2-S4 with music until 1400*. 24
hours later not even this, poor conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, June 12 at 0158, RHC English S9+20/30 but suptorted as
very often it be; // 6145 is sufficient at S9+20. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, June 12 at 0035, S4-S6 pirate with C&W
music, sounds like Willie Nelson; continuous hard rock tunes then;
0100 sharp very quick unreadable ID? by two voices, W&M; again at
0103.5 also uncopiable; not checked again until 0148 off. No doubt HFU
loggers will have the answer:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68232.0.html

``Radio 48 (via Mix Radio International?)`` until 0109* and yes, with
Willie Nelson at 0034 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28231-CW, June 11 at 1750-0180, sporadic E barely audiblizes
a beacon, viz.:

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/wa4fc/b

WA4FC USA flag USA
Primary only for: WA4FC/B
FIELDCOMM ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 4006
Chester, VA 23831
USA

``Beacon info (we want your reports!!):
Please visit www.fieldcomm.org/beacon to send your report to us and
for station details. QSL card reception reports are also appreciated.
WA4FC/B operates on 28.231, 50.078, 144.280, 222.060, 432.300, 903.280
and 1296.280 MHz from the central Virginia area. 10, 6 and 2m are in
Prince George, Virginia - grid FM17hd. 70 cm is in Richmond, Virginia
- grid FM17gm. 1.25, 23 and 33 cm is located in Goochland County -
grid FM07wu. The 10m and 6m transmitters operator with 5 watts into a
10m AR-10 vertical and 6m loop at 200 feet. . .``

http://www.fieldcomm.org/v3/?page_id=296
which linx to:
http://www.fieldcomm.org/v3/?page_id=2238
whereupon I entered a reception report on their form:

``Enid OK, reception only. June 11 at 1750-1800 UT, deep fades out and
back so it took that long to copy it all, I think: series of dits and
WA4FC/B, another series of dits and FM17 alternating. Only one heard
on 10m tho I did not search deeply; not much on phone either except
WZ4L Nashville TN on 28410-USB. A QSL would be nice, e or p, but
apparently not for reception reports here?``

I then got a reply from KD4BPZ asking for my address to QSL; tnx
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28410-USB, June 11 at 1802 after copying the VA beacon on
28231, sporadic E, not much phone activity on 10m except: WZ4L, Sam in
Nashville TN, running 110 watts, in contact with JBA WA3IJC, Bob with
100 watts. QRZ.com lookups:

WZ4L USA flag USA, SAMUEL W ADKISSON, LA VERGNE, TN 37086 USA
WA3IJC USA flag USA, Robert K Mc Cutcheon, HARRISBURG, PA 17109 USA

Another very quick check of 10m, June 12 at 0027 finds one signal on
28400-USB, just going off without a call, mentioned contest? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2038 contents: Antarctica non, Armenia,
Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada and non, China and non, Cuba, Germany, Iran
non, Japan and non, Korea North & South non, New Zealand non, Sarawak
non, Somalia, Spain, Sudan South non, Sweden, Taiwan and non, UK and
non, USA and non, Vanuatu, Zanzibar; AM stereo; ATSC 3.0 DTV
transition; new QSL site; who needs high-power shortwave? And the
propagation outlook

WOR 2038 is available as of 2346 UT Thursday June 11
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2038.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2038.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, reconfirm?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Ron Trotto,
who sent a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert.

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a
US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

UNIDENTIFIED. 9375-9410 approx., wandering local noiseblob at 360-kHz
intervals now here causing heavy QRM to 9395 WRMI. These continue
below 11 MHz, but overall seem not as strong as originally (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1922 UT June 12

** CHINA [non]. Re my unlisted 9300 log, from a huge exhaustive
all-band dekaday survey by Wolfgang Bueschel of ChiCom jamming:
``9299.959 0000-2359 TWN SOH Xi Wang Zhi Shen. Chinese Miaoli, S=9 at
00.40 UT on June 10.`` so it was SOH without jamming when he heard it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Re my previous report about RHC, James Branum, OK, replies:

``Glenn, I think you are speaking about Elena Valverde. With regards
to English fluency, I have met Irma (from the Mailbag show) on my two
visits to RHC and can say she is extremely fluent in English. I hope
to someday meet the other on-air staff, but so far have only met her.

As to the issue of censorship... That is not how it works in Cuban
state media today. It is much more understated with an emphasis on
staying on message, presenting Cuba in a positive light, etc. This
approach is not far removed from what most state and corporate
broadcasters do. James Branum, KG5JST and RHC fan`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, June 11 at 0052, RHC S9+5 in Spanish and extremely
distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

5040, June 11 at 0056, RHC in French is also extremely distorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND [non]. 9955, UT Thu June 11 at 0100, new WRMI relay of
RNZ as per updated sked at 0100-0130, with `Korero Pacifica`, as on
WRN to North America at this hour, about topic-V of course; but it`s
only 15 minutes followed by Vatican on WRN sked. So presumably not
live // 13840 RNZI direct, unchecked, with different Pacifican
programming scheduled for full hour. Heavy jamming before 0100 vs
Alameda Bible Fellowship in English now slowly abates. But what is the
point of onsending this to South America one day a week? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2037 monitoring: confirmed Wed June 10 from
2100:20 on WBCQ 7490v, JBA, unfortunately much worse than 24 hours
ago.

Also confirmed UT Thu June 11 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S3-S7 VP in noise
here, good at UTwente SDR.

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Tom Goodfellow,
Palm Desert CA, who sent a generous contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert.
One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a
US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Next WOR 2038 should be ready by early UT Friday June 12 for first
WRMI broadcast at 2200 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6100-6130, June 11 at 0044, WWCR-1 besides that awful squeal
is spewing hash out across his range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Local wandering scratch-noise blobs, June 11 0038-0048
include: approx. 6900-6935, 9020-9080, 9360-9430, 9720-9800; and
surely more splotches between 7 and 9 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0219 UT June 11

** ANTARCTICA. 15476-, June 10 at 1451, JBA carrier from LRA36,
another Wednesday-only broadcast over a mostly-water path from
Esperanza to Enid. Cleaning up brush after another windstorm, I don`t
get around to checking the Brazilian remotes this week (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 13020, 11440, 10920, June 10 at 1453, the only CNR1 jammers
found in scan from 13.3 to 10.8 MHz, JBA music or worse (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, June 9 at 2054, S6-S7 open carrier of RHC: this is not
something wrong, but warming up for nominal tarde start at 2100 on
this and several others (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12200, June 10 at 0552, RHC English S9-S6 on 2 x 6100 much
stronger, the voice of Lena (?) Valverde --- one cannot imagine her
speaking extemporaneously like ``Ed Newman``, instead of stiltedly
reading a script once run by the censors. Maybe she`s not that
confident of her English fluency.

Searching the RHC website I get no hits on Valverde except for someone
else surnamed. The About-us page is no help either to acquaint us with
individual announcers, rather political reasons for RHC as an entity.

Since we often get such harmonix, this prompts me to compute possible
harmonix of other higher RHC frequencies which might show up by
sporadic E, especially now at season-peak. Here are all of them below
31.5 MHz, seconds, thirds, fourths; fifths and sixths for the lowest:

15730 = 31460
15370 = 30740
15230 = 30460
15140 = 30280
15120 = 30240
13740 = 27480
13700 = 27400
13650 = 27300
11950 = 23900
11880 = 23760
11800 = 23600
11760 = 23520
11700 = 23400
11670 = 23340
9790 = 29370, 19580
9640 = 28920, 19280
9580 = 28740, 19160
9570 = 28710, 19140
9535 = 28605, 19070
7380 = 29520, 22140, 14760
7350 = 29400, 22050, 14700
6145 = 30725, 24580, 18435, 12290
6100 = 30500, 24400, 18300, 12200*
6060 = 30300, 24240, 18180, 12120
6000 = 30000, 24000, 18000, 12000*
5990 = 29950, 23960, 17970, 11980*
5040 = 30240, 25200, 20160, 15120, 10080
5025 = 30150, 25125, 20100, 15075, 10050
4765 = 28590, 23825, 19060, 14295*, 9530*
* indicates those which have axually been monitored as I recall.

Of course, these are possible only when the fundamental be on the air.
Included are all currently active RHC and CRI relay frequencies,
Rebelde, Progreso, but not jammers, intermodulation or other spurs,
nor spy numbers which come from the same sites.

I`ve used a calculator to be sure all these be correct; more useful
would be to arrange them into a single frequency order, but that`s
enough for now. Perhaps someone else will do that? Of course, even
higher harmonix are quite possible in a strong sporadic E opening from
Cuba; an harmonic no more than 3X from 15730 would land on 47190
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13766 & 13634 approx., June 10 at 1337, RHC spurblobs out of
13700-AM, no readable mod. At 1354 I try for more, which are JBA circa
13569, 13831, with F# tone in AM which is also audible on S9+20 13700
but not on // unrelated 13740. However, at 1449 recheck 13700 still on
but no spurs audible. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

BTW, if you find that remark tiresome, don`t blame the messenger. If
RHC ever get its acts together, I shall happily stop saying it; DHYB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11650, my previous log of R. Tamazuj --- sounds
like ``Tamazuk`` --- mentioning their alleged English news segment Wed
& Sat at 0415-0425, served as a note-to-self to check it out at next
opportunity: I had MADAGASCAR well direct but Wed June 10 at 0412 for
convenience at the computer bring up UTwente instead, with a VG
signal, much better than // 7315 via France. Interview by OM with YL
on phone about Corona virus; the only English being when he says
``OK`` to start each reply. NO other English, keeps going in presumed
Juba Arabic (which does sound rather different than standard Arabic),
until 0422 music, 0427 elaborate sign-off; ending with mention of
sibling FPU station Radio Dabanga, which axually starts to sign-on,
before cut off the air at 0429.8*. Comes back on at *0431. There was
no need for a break as per HFCC exactly the same parameters apply to
both: 250 kW at 335 degrees, 15 slew, 159 antenna type. But where`s
the English, Ivo? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9800, June 9 at 2100* poor signal with a smidgen of music and
off. HFCC has it as Encompass via Woofferton in Arabic at 1800-2100
but we know it`s really World`s Last Chance Radio, having found 500 kW
from Maine insufficient, at least while stuck to 9330. Also registered
at 19-21 on 9800 is something NEW from Bulgaria in English; maybe a
standby siteswitch for same? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2037 monitoring; next:
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Tom Goodfellow,
Palm Desert CA, who sent a generous contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert.
One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a
US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Next WOR 2038 should be ready by early UT Friday June 12 for first
WRMI broadcast at 2200 on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490v, June 9 at 2105, WBCQ in `AAAWWW` playback from June 6
as he`s talking about making their own ice cream; yes, listed as an
Available Time Slot. Better reception than I expect this early in the
summer; AW recently said he had beefed up power on the classic
transmitters; now fair S6-S9, let`s hope also for WOR 24 hours later
on Wednesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, June 10 at 0144, WRNO is S9+10/20 of dead air; except
for some JBA beeping, QRM or self-inflicted? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, June 9 at 2050, dead air except for squeal! from
WWCR-1; finally about 2050.5 starts `Unshackled` at very odd hour.
Maybe it`s the default filler for a failure? No, it`s scheduled for
2030 Tuesdays. Anyhow, noting an S9-S7 signal boost by sporadic E.
Despite these tipoffs, VHF Es openings MUF into the FM band continue
to elude me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, June 10 at 0547, S6-S8 seems like Bislama from R
Vanuatu; 7890 with JBA carrier, harmonix from 3945, but no signal on x
4 = 15780; 0555 music, 0559 announcements mixed with music, maybe one
English word caught, ``o`clock``. It seems they are running 3945 +
multiples earlier and earlier, or all the time? Ron Howard listened to
11835 from 0445 June 8, and they were already on at 0255 June 9 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Local scratch-noise blobs have drifted up/down but still
at about 360 kHz intervals. Any idea what device would behave like
that? June 9 at 2100 finds them around 9700-9750 peaking 9725-9730;
9335-9400, 9370; 8975-9050, 9010 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1905 UT June 10

** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, June 9 at 0602, RTA relay via FRANCE is
starting with tweeting on own audio, self-imposed beep QRM as the
defective ISS transmitter is now here; plus my own local bubbling from
some device, quite a combination vs Arabic song (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. CNR1 jammer survey, June 9, starting at 1351. Some
of these are JBA carriers, so presumed, the stronger ones with
metereadings, all in Chinese, no Firedragon heard; most against Sound
of Hope, some USAGM:

13920 S6-S9; 13835; 13530 JBAC; 13160 JBAC; 13150; 12880 S5-S7; 12870
S5-S7; (12350? = 13740 Cuba minus 1390 KCRC local mix); 12190.

By now it`s 1357 with time running out this hour; skipping past any
25m in-band: 11460 S9-S7; 11170; 11150; 11100; 10920.

At 1417: 10820; 10960; 11070; 11100 S3-S6, 11440 S9-S6; 11460 S6-S9;
12190 JBAC; 12210 S5-S8; 12500 S6-S9; 12800 JBAC; 12820 JBAC; 12880
S6-S4. At 1423: 13020 S9/+10!; 14850 JBAC; 14920 JBAC.

At 1428: 15110 S8/S9+10 vs VOA Philippines, but no sign of it, just
this CNR1 // 13020. Scanned up thru entire 16 & 17 MHz band but none
more until:

At 1430: 17690, JBA but // 13020.

I seldom check after 1500 but I do today tuning down from 17690 which
is now off: at 1505, none higher than: 11440, 11100, 11070 (and two
JBA local mixes: 10770 = 12160 WWCR minus 1390 KCRC; 10490 = 11880 CRI
Cuba minus 1390 KCRC).

So there you have a fraxion of the hyper-paranoid ChiCom attempt to
block any dissent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE [and non]. 9805, June 9 at 0604, something is here under
heavy Cuban jamming, certainly not Radio Martí. It`s RFI in Hausa at
0600-0630! Yet another station which doesn`t have the sense to avoid
any frequency ever jammed by Cuba, at any time, any year. EiBi shows
one other daring to employ 9805, KBS World Radio four hours a day, one
of them axually overlapping RM at 10-11. See also ALGERIA [non] (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Since I no longer have a regular DXLD sexion
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS, I can`t resist quoting this nice response,
especially since some other guy brickbats me and wants me banned from
some list: (gh)

``Glenn, I always enjoy your detailed reports, writing style, and
commentary! This time, I particularly liked your discussion of

“** U S A. 1270, June 2 at 2014 UT, in full daytime conditions, KRXO
Claremore (Tulsa) OK silly sports talk at 5 kW with heavy SAH of
exactly 1 Hz from another groundwaver.”

Lotta good DX tech & thinking in that, good science and detective
work, plus I so agree with your assessment of “stupid sportstalk”
programming. It’s why I cannot sit on any station for more than a few
minutes these days, except the rare ones that run music. Can’t stand
the mindless talk of any flavor. // Thanks again for your
informative/entertaining reports, always a good read! – 73s de Fred in
Waynesburg, PA (with a wonderful ICOM 7300 I seldom get to use)``
Schroyer, IRCA iog. Tnx, Fred! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, June 9 at 2228, VOT English to us is on, but JBM if
not dead air. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. No RTTY QRM,
anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, June 9 at 1424, K6FRC beacon in Patterson CA is
JBA vs CODAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2037 monitoring: confirmed Monday
June 8 at 1801 on IRRS 7290 via BULGARIA. Recorded off UTwente SDR and
spotchecked later, apparently intact for the next 29 minutes.

I start setting up recording at 1702 when Iran`s Russian service from
1650 is running --- and I am already hearing the ``RTTY``-- like
warble underneath, so that sound is NOT coming out of IRRS as I
previously thought, but what? Is it an artifact at UTwente; or
somesignal on 7290 at broader hours? I have not compared to what
happen via other SDRs. BTW, Iran`s Russian hour on 7290 is somehow
missing from Aoki/NDXC, but correctly in EiBi.

[24 hours later, June 9 at 1750 during the break, I am trying other
SDRs, such as Bucharest, and after a VG signal from Iran, there is
definitely high-speed RTTY or something on 7291! What`s it doing in
the broadcast band? Intruder! And there is now a weaker unID 7290
broadcast signal with songs, which unseems either VIRI or IRRS; only
other 7290 scheduled is CNR1 Beijing site until 1805, Via UTwente,
it`s JBA under IRRS open carrier before it modulate at 1759. Back to
Bucharest, the unID has a 5+1 China-style timesignal at ToH. Talk
resumes and it does seem to stop at 1805. IRRS is sufficient at
Bucharest but much stronger at UTwente; `Wavescan` after 1830 Tue.]

Now back to June 8: My recording starts at 1750 when the VIRI IS is
briefly heard, and off*, this week in plenty of time before IRRS. The
warble is still heard with neither station in the break. After a few
minutes of open carrier, circa 1759, IRRS feed cuts on during a song;
soon ``From south of the Alps in northern Italy, you are tuned in to I
double-R S shortwave, address P O Box 10980 in N-20110 MILL-ah-noh,
Italy`` and phone number; right into FSN Washington quick headlines
before WOR.

Also confirmed UT Tue June 9 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG at Utwente, weak
ute ACI from 7784 evitable; direct check at 0129, S9 with different
co-channel uteblaaps on and off. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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UNIDENTIFIED. 11000-USB, June 9 at 1359, 2-way in English, military?
``stand by``; ``loud & clear``; noticed while bandscanning for CNR1
jammers. UDXF iog has some 2019y logs of Algerian Air Force; I don`t
think so, now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11130-11155, June 9 at 1358, local scratch-noise peak
blob around here during CNR1 jammer bandscan; others in the 10s as
usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1855 UT June 9