** BRAZIL. 10000, Nov 2 at 2229, pips every 10 seconds under WWV, and
confirmed on USB only, not LSB, as from PPE, O.N., Rio (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Nov 2 at 1836 UT, Trenton Military timecheck as
1735 zulu, no report received from some but not all. Will resumption
of standard time get their clock back in whack? NO! Nov 3 at 1451,
still 61 minutes slow as ``1350 zulu`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Nov 3 at 1447, CRI English via CUBA is S9+20
with good if not full modulation for a change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13766 & 13633 approx., Sunday Nov 3 at 1442, RHC amid `En
Contacto` at ``sección técnica`` with Arnie, FMish spurblobs out of
13700-AM, but first-order only, none heard further out; and 13740-AM
is also still on. At 1450 transitioning to medical show, also on 15230
suptorted S9. and good modulation on 15140, S9+10/20.

So as a running dog of Yanqui imperialism, matching DST offdate with
Miami gusanos, RHC has made its annual timeshift, the Spanish DX
program at 1435 ex-1335; and which will also affect other Spanish
programming, and many other but not all language broadcasts; also any
significant frequency changes post B-19 for the rest of us should now
start emerging by monitoring if not RHC website skeds still from B-18*
season displayed thru A-19!
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/frecuencias
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

First airing of English should now be at 2000 ex-1900, but still on
15140? Before 1900 Nov 3, 11760 & 15140 both in Spanish; after 1900,
11760 off and 15140 continues in Arabic, ex-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Sun Nov 3 at 1501, RHC still in Spanish. 15140 OK //
11760 overmodulation distortion at 1627, RHC in Esperanto, so expected
one-hour-later shift of that weekly language to 1600 is confirmed. Two
other airings will have to be confirmed Sundays circa 0700? 2230? on
whoknowswhat frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Nov 3 at 1445, wall-of-noise jamming remains
here a week after totally predictable and public B-19 Radio Martí
change to 13820 which is VG unjammed during song in English lyric ``I
know`` over and over. Something`s always wrong at DCJC.

11860 Grimesland VG and weaker // 11930, Nov 3 at 1456, RM ending song
vs no jammings here either, into oft-heard PSA about the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, which the Republic of Cuba sponsored and
ratified at the UN, Dec 10, 1948, dig dig about lack of H.R. in Cuba
since (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non?]. 9890, Nov 2 at 2224, NHK in Japanese, VG S9/S9+25
peaks. Still hard to believe this be direct from Yamata as scheduled
aimed away from us; rather an eastern relay like Madagascar or Europe;
signal equivalent to 9690 Spain, and as strong or even stronger than
9505 WHRI, 9395/9455/9955 WRMI. No other E Asian signals on band
anything like this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 11985, Nov 2 at 2127, ``Battle Hymn of the Republic``
on organ, nice rendition if politically incorrect, and VG signal until
2128.5* off with no announcement. B-19 listed as AWR at 2100 in
Nigerian Pidgin, 250 kW, 305 degrees also USward from Talata (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. RF-16, Nov 3 at 1515 UT, routine DTV bandscan finds no
signal from Daystar`s KOCM ``46`` in OKC market; it`s normally weaker,
but seems to be off as everything else is normal, and no tropo DX. Or
underpowered? By 1740 a Bad bar occasionally appears on the STB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4775-, Nov 2 at 2329, JBA carrier, also later in evening into
UT Nov 3; R. Tarma was just reported at 2228-2301+ ID by Bruce
Churchill with a good signal on 4774.9 into Iceland SDR, assumed the
new 2 kW transmitter, and no Congonhas; but no better here and still
off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PHILIPPINES. 9335, Nov 2 at 2221, poor signal in Khmer, USAGM via
Tinang, due west. Nothing on 9330 WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 12030, Nov 3 at 1457, REE IS and sign-on for weekend sked,
best here off the back of ME beam tho with some long-path echo, as REE
has never figured out that North America needs a higher full-day
frequency than 9690, which is poor S3-S7 also echoing; first audible
on 11940 to S America also weaker than 12030; and detected on 11685,
new African frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815, Nov 3 at 1454, silly ballgame coverage with
enthusiastic crowd noise, S9 but SAH of 5 or 6 Hz. Still gamy at 1500.
It`s VOT in Turkish as now sked 14-17 UT at 310 degrees USward,
overcoming NHK in Japanese at 10-17. Before 1400 TRT is on 15350
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15460, Sunday Nov 3 at 1448, African song, good S9-S7.
HFCC shows USAGM, i.e. VOA in Kinyarwanda, via VATICAN Sat & Sun only
1400-1500; violating Separation of Church & State (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PHILIPPINES

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2006 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria reports that none of the Hamburger Lokalradio broadcasts were
on the air this Sat or Sun. Also absent last week. What`s going on? I
have inquired of HLR, but no reply. From website, this ``ticker`` item
implying it is current or late news altho not dated. Does this affect
shortwave?

http://www.hamburger-lokalradio.de/

HLR – Ticker
„Liebe Hörerinnen und Hörer, bedingt durch eine schwere Erkrankung
unseres Chefredakteurs ist der Programmablauf ein wenig anders, als
sie es von uns vielleicht gewohnt sind! Wir bemühen uns aber weiterhin
Ihnen ein hoffentlich unterhaltsames Programm zu präsentieren! Danke
für Ihr Verständnis! Ihr Team vom Hamburger Lokalradio“

translated: "Dear female and male listeners, Due to a serious illness
of our editor in chief, the program is a little different than you may
be used to from us! We are still trying to present you a hopefully
entertaining program! Thank you for your understanding! Your team from
Hamburger Lokalradio". Is this about Herr Kraske? We hope he is
recovering!

New secret WOR broadcast on WRMI 15770, Saturday 1300 since Oct 12:
``Reception of World of Radio#2006 via WRMI-09 on November 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fVqESOS4Zw&feature=youtu.be

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/11/reception-of-world-of-radio2006-via.html
1300-1330 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat, fair``

Not confirmed on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO. Checked at 0330 UT
Sunday November 3, but at 0333 `This Week in Amateur Radio` starts and
runs all the way to 0455 (with ID breaks inserted every dekaminute),
then `Amateur Radio Newsline`, and 0513 `Handi-Ham World`. Maybe WOR
ran earlier around 0300, or really late, or not at all? I`ve asked
Vern, and how early/late WOR could appear because of other
programs/podcasts of variable length. The ones I heard and WOR are not
cited on the outdated? WA0RCR websked. TWIAR`s podcast site
http://twiar.net/?paged=2
shows this week`s duration was supposed to be only 1:09; the weeks
before, 1:22 and 1:33. Note: if 10:15 pm Sat remain the nominal time
for WOR, from next week due to CST instead of CDT that will be 0415 UT
Sunday. Next:

2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRN webcast & satellite [already last week]
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? [ex-0300] to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [ex-0330] to SSE
1902 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [ex-1816] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [ex-2100] to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
[to be updated shortly for standard season]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Sat Nov 2 at 2212, WRMI poor S3-S7 in English lexure,
music, presumably SMTV this hour; while 5950 is TOMBS. Ivo Ivanov
reports that as of Nov 3, WRMI is on 6060 ex-5800 at 2100-0200, as
originally planned a week earlier. I did not notice WRMI (or RHC) on
6060 early UT Nov 3. The skedgrid at
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
now dated Nov *4* does show XMTR 3 on 6060 at 0000-0200, but still on
5800 at 2100-2400! (Glenn Hauser, OK, Nov 3, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15770, Sun Nov 3 at 1446, WRMI with SMTV, indicating this
frequency will stay on same UT, i.e. variety programming hours still
13-14 & 20-21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Sat Nov 2 at 1834, JBA carrier is the OSOB, so seems
despite fires/power outages, KVOH English is on today if not really
propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Nov 3 at 0012 tune-in, WTWW-2 with `Theatre
Organ in the Ozarx` in progress, VG signal, but I immediately bring up
the stereo webcast. Soon obvious it`s an episode heard two or three
times before, Bob Heil with his Johnny Carson story at 0014.

Nice tunes but we are a bit tired of hearing the same ones again and
again. How about something new, like a song you have never heard on
organ or would never expect to? VG audio on webcast until the canned
outro at 0038-0039 with distorted sound. If about 35 minutes long,
must have started circa 0004 UT. Website still claims this show is at
8 pm Saturdays; no timezone, but everything else is expressed in
Central, i.e. UT-5 now, UT-6 henceforth. For a while it was really
starting circa 2330 UT Saturdays. Have not heard TOITO for several
weeks in sporadic chex, but might have missed it; just ham radio
stuff. Of course, TOITO appears here because Heil is also a well-known
ham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1925 UT November 3

** BRAZIL. 10000, Nov 1 at 0651, WWV and WWVH are equally weak,
allowing one to detect, especially during their atonal minutes,
exactly synchronized time pips every dekaseond, with continuous talk
in between. Can`t read the language announcements but format must be
PPE, Observatório Nacional, Rio, which may have been off for a while,
but recently reported at other hours by Manuel Méndez, Spain, and
Harold Frodge, Michigan. The 0652 minute marred by WWVH announcement
about hearing them via an 808 phone number --- but could that be
anywhere nearly as accurate as direct via SW? It`s not unusual for
WWV/H not to be propagating well inside North America, so keep an ear
out for PPE, WRTH-listed as 1 kW, 24 hours on AM+USB. Little heard now
inside 31m SWBC but the Brazilians on 9630v, 9665v and maybe 9819v
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2006, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 9640, Oct 30 at 2219, RHC Spanish here but only
poor, despite shift to 9630 yesterday. 2326 recheck, 9640 is quite
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC. That clears 9630.389
for always-off-frequency R. Aparecida, BRASIL in Brazuguese at 2220
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2006, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11980, Oct 30 at 2327, CRI relay is S6 but dead air as second
harmonic of 5990 which is S9+10, occasional trace of modulation trying
to break in. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6000, Oct 31 at 0622, RHC English is off; leaving 6100 S9+10
but JBM, while this time 6165 is S9+20 with sufficient modulation.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12000, Nov 1 at 1334, RHC is S5 here on second harmonic of
6000, which is S9+10; almost as if intentionally harmonicizing; at
least both of these happen to be in-band. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Nov 1 at 2159, RHC is JBM. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9640, Nov 1 at 2208, RHC seems AWOL tho there is a JBA
carrier from algo, listed CRI Spanish via EAST TURKISTAN, land of
brainwashing Uighurs; and not on 9630 either, but usual poor signal on
9535. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 7335, Oct 31 at 0618, heavy noise jamming against
nothing, since Radio Martí is not on this frequency anywhen in B-19.
7365 likewise, despite with RM for only one hour, 01-02. 7435 *is*
active now, VG despite some pulse jamming now audible underneath.
Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command.

5980, Oct 31 at 0624, RM now starts here at 0600, VG S9+10 and no
jamming audible yet/now, relating Human Rights to warning about the
Chikungunya virus in Cuba (which has also reached Florida). 5980 is
now much better than 6030 with heavy jamming. Something`s always wrong
at the DCJC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [non]. 6165, Oct 31 at 1421, JBA carrier, presumably NHK 1400
English, 100 kW SSE from UZBEKISTAN; only other frequency is 11925,
registered both as Palau due west and UAE due east. Palau is
supposedly closing down, at least for WHR`s own programming, but still
a JBA carrier here with flutter, very slightly on the minus side,
which implies UAE rather than Palau. Gone are the days when North
Americans had a chance of hearing NHK English tnx to Palau, despite
Radio Japan`s blowing off its NAm SW audience years ago.

11925 rechecked November 1 at 1336, when also registered from both
sites for the half-sesquihour NHK Indonesian before English, still JBA
carrier with flutter, but measured this time: 11924.988, vs heavy
splash from 11930 OCB Grimesland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2006, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 3905, 3930, 3980, 4450, 4885, 6520, 6595, 9100, Nov 1
at 1324-1326, quick survey of some of the Voice of People/Echo of Hope
jumparound frequencies finds JBA carriers, and/or in some cases
jamming noise. Also something on 3990-, probably PBS Gannan; and 4557,
N Korean jamming against nothing per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Nov 1 at 1339, JBA talk the only signal in
the Kurdo-Turco sub-band, so presumably Dengê Welat and/or Radio Recep
Erdogan.

Note this report of their higher frequency: ``Both stations were also
heard on 15175 - difficult to separate - at 1045 past 1100 UT today
the 1st of November at good strength. Noel R. Green [NW England]``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see TURKEY

** MEXICO. 6185, Oct 31 at 0621, S9-S7 of open carrier; presumably
XEPPM still not turned off after nominal closing at 0600 instead of
0500 during DST, already over in most of Mexico. Prolonged carriers
post-sign-off are not unusual from them.

What CCI must Radio Educación listeners confront in B-19? Worst will
be AWR Turkish via Austria at 0400-0430. During our daytimes, when
XEPPM may be on but too weak anyway, there is heavy 6185 usage by
Vatican and some by Turkey, China/Albania including 2300-2400 Xian
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Nov 1 at 0654, RNZI music is S7-S5, hardly
anything else on 25m except maybe some ZY carriers; now scheduled
0559-0758, preceded by 15720, proceeded by 9765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Nov 1 at 2158 UT, KOKB Blackwell is back on with ad
for Charlie`s Discount Drug in Stillwater, much weaker than // 1020
KOKP, seems underpowered. It was not on by sunrise today when KQFN AZ
came thru on 1580, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** PALAU. 15675, Oct 31 at 0001, no signal from T8WH, altho in HFCC
B-19 as HBN, 00-06 daily, due west in English/Vietnamese (and same
06-11 on 15680). What service could that be? Checking these highest
listed frequencies of T8WH, since the World Harvest Radio website says
as of Oct 27, WHR broadcasts only from South Carolina.

So is Palau totally off the air including relays? No, on Nov 1,
several monitors still hear them on frequencies in the 9.9s. All of
those are registered as 7 days a week, but likely excessive beyond
axual usage. Aoki/NDXC dated Nov 1 has deleted them all:
http://www1.m2.mediacat.ne.jp/binews/us/userlist1.txt
The final A-19 schedule still had numerous PLW entries, like 9930:
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/pc/ad/userlist1.txt

Beware: WHRI Cypress Creek could easily take over some listed T8WH
frequencies, altho coverage into Asia would hardly be comparable:

``I heard WHR at 1200 on 9930. But was it really from Palau? The
announcement mentioned Cypress Creek…. [and WHRI]
http://jm.aubier.pagesperso-orange.fr/t8wh3.mp3
Jean-Michel Aubier, France``

I`ve been told that the Palau site is for sale. If so, maybe USAGM
will buy it, as they have a history of acquiring failed private
American stations in the Pacific; but then, SW is going out of style
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2006, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also
JAPAN [non]

** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, Oct 31 at 1808, continuous talk VP S4-S6,
listed as Turkish from SRI/SBA. Not much else from over there on this
band at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 7425, Nov 1 at 2210, Qur`an poor S6-S8. Aoki says
it`s Riyadh now at 1755-2357; HFCC says 1900-2300, 100 kW ND to CIRAF
39S = their own peninsula. Come to think of it, KSA not heard much on
this band, or ever before? Currently only two other Riyadhs are in
HFCC, 7410 and 7240, and *none* lower on the 49mb! Jeddah site does
have two: 6100 and 6130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Oct 30 at 2326, VOT on air today in
English, but poor. When AWOL, look for PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi, East
Turkistan, off-frequency-minus, in the master-language, Mandarin;
might even het Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15350, Oct 31 at 1347, VOT Turkish with music, S5-S7 and
flutter; ouraway until 1357 or so. Meanwhile, 12035, VOT English is
about as weak but less fluttery during other music. And 11540, either
Jammirler or Dengê Welat, is VP, S4-S5 with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035.023, Nov 1 at 1331, VOT sign-on in English giving
correct time and frequency! Poor S4-S7 and only slightly off-frequency
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [nonish]. 4666-USB, Nov 1 at 1326, barely audible 2-way talk
with occasional selcal tones, so aero GTA comms. EiBi lists San
Francisco Radio CWP [= central/western Pacific, I guess] but only via
two transmitter sites, GUAM and HAWAII. Apparently SFO ATC
remote-controls and remote-contacts flights, no axual ATC on those
isles? At least not connected to this frequency. SFO has others for
closer flights direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11720, Wed Oct 30 at 2100, VOA VG with news, now the sole
Grimesland NC frequency during this hour only, aimed 94 degrees but
plenty backwards; includes two or three reports from AP --- nothing
wrong with AP! But shouldn`t VOA be able to call on its own
correspondents everywhere, or are there any left? Leading up to 2102,
``this is VOA News`` -- for the uninformed, that`s an ``optional
cutaway`` for affiliates to dump out, for whom only two minutes of
news on the hour is plenty! VOA news really continues until 2105 outro
by Marissa Melton. She stumbled a bit two or three times. Not that I
could do better on a live broadcast (let alone recorded), but one
might expect better from America`s Voice to the world. Searching her
name at voanews.com gets plenty of stories but no portrait or bio.

2105 ID as ``VOA One, today`s exclusive hits wrapped up in one
station``, i.e. rock music, yecch. We anticipate VG reception for a
change of `Music Time in Africa` if it still occupy this hour on
Fridays only. Did anyone hear it? I was intent on napping then and
forgot all about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2005 monitoring: confirmed Wed Oct 30 from
2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.1v, S8-S9. Like last week starting 20 seconds
late (not 30, my typo before), but no problem as nothing is cut off.

Also confirmed UT Thu Oct 31 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, poor and noisy
S9-S6.

WORLD OF RADIO 2006 contents: Alaska, Antarctica, Argentina non [time
omitted under USA WRMI relay: 0100], Australia, Brasil, Canada, Chile,
China and non, Cuba and non, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, France,
Germany, India*, Iran*, Kashmir, Korea North non, Korea South and
non*, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, Palau, Perú, Romania, Spain, Sudan,
Tibet, Turkey, USA*, Vanuatu*, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook;
*B-19 scheduling

WOR 2006 is available as of 0532 UT Friday November 1
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2006.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2006.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

[Unique Radio, NSW is off the air until 2020y]
[HLR, Germany, was off the air last week]

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5850 to NW, 5010 to S
0729vUT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN satellite and webcast [ex-1600]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 6160v? [ex-0300] to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [ex-0330] to SSE
1902 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania [ex-1816] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v [ex-2100] to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Confirmed first SWBC, Friday November 1 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, good
S9+10/20 (from next week: 2300).

Also confirmed UT Saturday November 2 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG
S9+10/20 following ID and an attempt to plug advertising on WRMI?
Before cut to WOR on time. At 0140 check also on WRMI 5010, poor S5-S9
and 7780 S5-S7. Next: see above, especially whether HLR be reactive
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, UT Sat Nov 2 at 0140, this WRMI is much stronger than
usual, maybe powered up? S9+10/20 --- but dead air! This is the new
time for RAE in Spanish which I left out of WOR 2006, just as well?
Wonder if has been silent ever since 0100? Other WRMIs after 0140:

4980, remains deleted; will 6060 ever come up instead of 5800?
5010, WOR
5850, WOR
5950, something, SMTV scheduled
7570 & 7730, TOMBS with biggest signals
7780, WOR
9395, Balkan music S9/+10, presumably Tirana
9455, hymn not // others; System L yellow sked very incomplete
9955, song, Angloparade scheduled
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Wed Oct 30 at 2106, WBCQ-6 is on with gospel
huxter, no doubt from WLC Radio; only S9-S6 with deep fades so
presumably aimed awaywards. You never know whether this will be active
or not; recheck at 2220 it`s off (and so is yet to be heard but
registered 11730) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 6160 & 3265 & 9330, Nov 1 at 2341, no signals from these
WBCQs; 5130- poor with music; 7490+ very poor with FKB preaching,
looks unpromising for `AAAWWW` in a few minutes, so I semi-listen on
webcast, which does not JIP WTO until 0002 Nov 2; starts extolling
analog AM broadcasting on MW and SW, referring to an article
somewhere; interrupted by call from annoying Freddie, but AW ``lets
him go`` earlier than usual. Rest of hour I am distracted by other
radio and TV programs. He does mention near the end being on 7490 only
again this week. Even less from John Carver, IN, this week:

``Tonight's AAWWW --- I give up. I copied 7490 earlier in the week.
Copied 5130 two minutes ago. Copied WRMI a minute ago. I have no
signal on any WBCQ frequency except 5130. Radio and antenna seem to be
working okay. Next step will take time as it requires removing antenna
tuner and pre-selector out of the chain. John`` O well, the ep will
probably get some repeats this week or later.

WWV reports nothing unusual at 00 & 03, K-index 0, solar flux 71, and
no storms past or future. Just crummy wintry propagation from the
subauroral zone. While it might not be sufficient, the brute force of
500 kW is very much needed for WBCQ`s own programming; too bad some
time guaranteed for that was not part of the contract with WLC (except
for some tests) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5890, Thu Oct 31 at 0627, WWCR is wasting its watts
off-schedule but transmitter running nothing at S9+30/40, eclipsed by
modulated 5935 at S9+40/50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Oct 31 at 1804, no signal from KVOH, presumably due
to Simi Valley wildfires and/or resulting power outages (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1560, Nov 1 at 1439 UT and still 1453, Vietnamese dominant
or audible vs KEBC OKC? So KGOW Bellaire TX is still propagating 2
hours after official November sunrise of 1245 UT. Axual sunrise today
in Houston was 1235 UT, as 1245 is an FCC-rounded average for
mid-month. No sign of Vietnamese from sibling station KYND or anything
on 1520 besides KOKC, so KYND presumably off again (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1580, Nov 1 at 1418 UT, mesaforklift.com ad dominant on
caradio instead of nearby KOKB Blackwell OK which must be off again;
and then an ad for something ``right here in the state of Arizona``
and ID as ``1580 the --something--``. Equilateral triangle with corner
dots, it`s the Tempe 50000/95 watt non-direxional station whose latest
call is KQFN, and per NRC AM Log ``The Fanatic``. sports format from
an address in Scottsdale. Official daytime in November is 1400-2430
UT. It`s been KQFN since 3/16/17, replacing KHEP from 10/20/15, and
KMIK which lasted almost 17 years from 12/04/98; but always Facility
7701 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1690, Nov 1 at 2259 UT, biz host signing off with a note of
finality saying will continue as podcast; must be KDMT Denver already
dominant instead of WVON Chicago, and not yet finished sale and new
format, but maybe imminent; fade for ToH ID but think 94.3 mentioned;
not correlating with either nor any other 1690 in NRC AM Log. Of
course I`m really looking for BR-LA pirate now on 1690, Radio Retén lo
que Tienes. Why not stay on clearer-channel 1710? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15632.4-USB, Nov 1 at 2203, 2-way in colloquial Spanish
INTRUDERS since the ITU broadcast band extends to 15800 ---
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/Pages/Bands.aspx
so WTWW, WWCR and any broadcaster above 15800 are also intruders, into
the fixed band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0407 UT November 2

** CANADA. 750, Oct 30 at 0642 UT, some FM station in Georgia is
easily nulled, at right angle a fast SAH and producing a song
``Innocence`` in its lyrix over and over; 0645 ``This is
Saskatchewan`s New Beach Radio, --- 80s to 90s`` or something like
that; i.e. CKJH Melfort, Sask., U4 25/25 kW, in recent format change.
There is certainly no coast anywhere near Melfort, but a number of
little lakes and the Saskatchewan River not far away (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 30 at 1735, ``no report received`` by
Trenton Military from Thule; but whew they got one from Zagreb (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9630.00, Oct 29 at 2203, RHC in Spanish, undermod with hum,
NOT on usual 9640; // 9535. A mistake or hint of thing to come when
Arnie gets around to his B-19 changes? No het from Aparecida now, must
be off as Missionária, Brasil is JBA on 9665-. However, by 2359
recheck, RHC is back on VP 9640. Or a split schedule using both?
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5910, Oct 30 at 0432, CRI Cantonese relay is still suptorted
during music, yet S9+30. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15140, Oct 30 at 1734, S9+10 of dead air from RHC, while the
only //, 11760 is OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 6125 // 7355 // 7435 // 6030, Oct 30 at 0009, OCB is //
on all, notably 6125 which is supposedly TV Martí soundtrack; during a
silly ballgame which may be why. Still no jamming audible on the 7s,
but on vacated 7335, 5980 and heavy on 6030. Something`s always wrong
at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Oct 30 at 1402, jamming is still here on Day
4 of B-19, while Radio Martí remains loud and clear on 13820.
Something`s always wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, Oct 30 at 0002, VOG music is S6-S8 with Doppler
flutter, i.e. the frequency itself is unstably fluttering with BFO.
Must be a prop disturbance, but nonesuch reported by WWV
simultaneously on 3-hourly update: SF 69, K index 1, no storms past or
expected. Ditto at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9890, Oct 29 at 2206, news in Japanese, good S9+10 so figure
it must be a new relay like Madagascar. No, HFCC shows NHK direct from
Yamata at 21-23, 300 kW aimed away at 235 degrees, bud directly off
the back would be good for us at 55 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Oct 30 at 1421, VP/JBA music on the only
active frequency in the Kurdo-Turco sub-band, so presumably this is DK
and/or Turkey jammer.

11530, Oct 30 at 1728 suspicious open carrier of S6-S7 is the only
activity around here; if the Radio War has gone by now to 9525, only a
JBA carrier there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO [and non]. 1050, Oct 30 at 0631, C&W song in English. If it
were not for the language and the music I would assume it`s XEG, as
loops from Monterrey direxion vs lots of CCI around. 0633 back
announcement in -- Spanish, but now there is QRM from another station
playing C&W --- that likely be CJNB North Battleford, Sask, U2 10/10
kW with C&W format. Of course, almost all its signal supposed to go
northward at night. See also CANADA for next Sask log a few minutes
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6115, Oct 30 at 1403, RNZP confirmed here in news,
ex-6170 after 1259. So far so good: S9/+10, no CCI audible, and WWCR
has not overtaken it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 6020 & 7410, Oct 30 at 0433, NO signals from RRI as now
scheduled English hour to W North America; of course, odds are at
least one transmitter AWOL. Not much point in checking the much higher
//s to S Asia, 9820-DRM and 11790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 13750, Oct 30 at 0011, JBA carrier, so HSK9 presumed,
made the correct B-19 switch 3 days late for the useless North
American service direct in English, no longer a JBA carrier on 13745.
But today, *no* signal from RHC on 13740 which, if on, would be a
barrier to either HSK9 frequency. You never know whether this one will
be active or not. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 29 at 2350, VOT has succeeded in transmitting on
the third day of B-19 unlike the second, Turkish rock music near end
of 2300 broadcast; recheck at 2353 it`s off already, hardly enough
time for a formal closing with headlines. So no German extra today.

6125, Oct 30 at 0432, VOT music is poor, S4-S9 with flutter, as they
attempt to continue broadcasting English to western North America. It
would be nice if OCB Grimesland would turn off 6125 a few minutes
before 0400 for us to hear VOT IS, but we`ll be lucky if they close it
by 0401.

12035, Oct 30 at 1408, Turkish song at S5-S7 with flutter, as VOT 1330
English to Europe and USward improves a little; but last half of
hours are mostly music fill; try to tune in earlier for the meat
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11720, Oct 29 at 2155, VOA S9+20 with rock music. As
expected this new frequency eastward from Grimesland in English for
Africa is VG for us in the opposite direxion; one hour only from 2100
but on Fridays should include `Music Time in Africa`; instead of 15580
previous B-seasons which would not be nearly as good under prevailing
MUFs at this <2 megameter skip distance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17655, Oct 30 at 1731, VOA in Portuguese Portuguese to
Africa, only fair S9-S7 --- now the only Grimesland frequency on this
band, no more English midday on 17530. PP is 1700-1800 daily, and also
until 1830 M-F. If SWLs in Brasil want to hear VOA, they must put up
with that accent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.1v, Tue Oct 29 at 2157, an `AAAWWW` playback is filling
this 21-22 `Available Time Slot` on S5-S7 WBCQ as he is talking
politically during the final e-mail segment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Final scheduled SW airings of WORLD OF RADIO 2005:

Wednesday Oct 30 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490.1v (last week started 20 seconds
late, not my typo 30)

UT Thursday Oct 31 at 0100 on WRMI 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.00, Oct 29 at 2200, WBCQ-6 is on after a long silent
period of over a week: the usual WLC Radio guys with very informal
chat designed to dupe younger listeners. Opening with a quiz, what do
these movies have in common, SF? It`s only S9+10/20 so could well be
on the 60 degree azimuth away from us. Nothing in last few days` twits
from AW that this would be testing again.

On Oct 30, Ivo Ivanov suggested they would be on 15330 in our
mornings:

``WBCQ-6 World's Last Chance Radio is [sic] on air October 30
0100-0457 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
0500-0657 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 300 deg to CAN English
0700-0857 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 057 deg to WeEu English
0900-1257 on 9330 BCQ 500 kW / 255 deg to MEX English, weak signal
at 1100
1300-1857 on 15330 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic
1900-0057 on 11730 BCQ 500 kW / 060 deg to N/ME Arabic``

but nothing there on 15330, Oct 30 at 1457, nor on 9330. At 1917,
nothing on 11730, nor 9330.

On last week`s AAAWWW he did say would be testing over the pole to
China `this week`. Someone did catch that one, Alan Holder, Isle of
Wight, UK: ``USA - WBCQ --- Superstation on test with WLC Radio
programming in the Chinese language. Heard on October 28 from 1000 to
1100 UT on 9330 kHz. Good signal in the U.K. (S-9+) with some fading.
I have checked out a number of SDRs in China, Japan and Korea, but no
reception of WLC on any of them. Thanks for the great work you do for
the SWL fraternity.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Oct 30 at 1730 check, KVOH is off again, having
reappeared yesterday. Wildfire news has been mentioning Simi Valley,
which is uncomfortably close to KVOH. Here`s the latest from Ray
Robinson to the WOR iog as of 1310 UT:

``High winds and no power again in Simi today, including Chatsworth
Peak. Plus there's a major wildfire now around the Reagan Library,
with evacuations in progress. KVOH is off the air today, hopefully
back tomorrow. The FM (KWSV, 99.1 MHz), which is much lower power than
the SW, is running on generator power. Ray Robinson, Voice of Hope
World Radio Network, Americas/Africa/Middle East,
www.voiceofhope.com`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR. 6015, Oct 30 at 0432, JBA carrier, maybe ZBC; as
discovered yesterday, before 0430 it`s blocked by Tamazuj via much
bigger Madagascar, but tuned in too late today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4960, Oct 29 at 2357, no open carrier unlike 24 hours
ago when USAGM Sao Tome was suspected of not turning off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9570, Oct 29 at 2202, open carrier, off already at 2203*
before I can read the S-meter, circa S9. Nothing scheduled this hour
but suspiciously Cuba uses it earlier, and Albania later, both for CRI
relays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

this report dispatched at 2055 UT October 30

** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Oct 29 at 0405 I`ve kept checking in case WRMI
show up here as planned instead of 5800 where really heard earlier. No
Cuba at all, but now there is something VP talk and music. TDA via
FRANCE is now scheduled at 04-06 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. See USA: WRMI!

** CANADA. 6754-USB, Oct 29 at 0043, Trenton Military with ``no report
received`` from Shearwater but the others are received. This is normal
as they *never* get all reports from everywhere.

15034-USB, Oct 29 at 1416, Trenton Military gives time as 1315z = 1
hour and 1 minute slow! Yet conditions from various aerodromes are as
of 1400. At the moment, ``no report received`` from Gander or Halifax,
but yes from some of the others. Something`s always wrong at CHR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11070 & 11150, Oct 28 at 2328, S1-S2 Chinese with heavy
flutter, the only CNR1 jammers against SOH audible now (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 13650, Oct 28 at 2324, VG Chinese music on relay via
CUBA. S9+30 and no CCI from Japan audible here as Rick Barton, AZ
often reports; tho NHK is still scheduled B-19 at 23-24 in
Thai/Vietnamese/Myanmarianese.

This CRI hour for some weeks has been nothing but music fill instead
of Portuguese to Brasil -- quite an anomalous mystery for the world`s
major SW broadcaster. Ironically, Habana manages to modulate it well,
unlike the Spanish and English and Chinese CRI relays on other
frequencies! But nice to hear the music well.

This has been going on for at least a month, as JRX in Brasil reported
the preceding Portuguese hour September 29 on all four frequencies:
``9410. Sep 29, 2019. 2246-2256, China Radio International,
Kashgar-CHN, in Portuguese. A program with Chinese instrumental songs;
2254 Woman voice says the CRI sked in Portuguese, all with IS
backgrounds. Good reception, 45544. Parallel logs on 9685 via Kashgar,
45544; 7260 via Urumqi, 35533; 6175 via Cerrik, 35433`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA more CRI relays

** CUBA. 5990, Oct 28 at 2321, CRI English relay, suptorted as usual;
something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. See also CHINA [non] for more;
note that China relays are the only CUBA entries in HFCC, inserted by
the ChiCom, not the CubaCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11700, Oct 28 at 2326, RHC Spanish is suptorted, but much
stronger than JBM // 11670 and much weaker than VG 11760. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040.05, Oct 29 at 0051, RHC still off-frequency and
undermodulated, again in wrong? language, Brazuguese instead of
French. This ``Antilles`` frequency ND with vertical? takeoff is
hardly appropriate for Brasil, except possibly the very northern
reaches if it were fully modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5910, Oct 29 at 0307, S9+10 of distorted big-band music, yet
I know immediately that this has to be the CRI relay ex-9790 as usual
for the B-seasons; soon another song in English, ``Beyond the Sea``,
and 0310 English story about Japanese robo-hotels. Still at 0403,
S9+40 of overmodulated Cantonese. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 4765, Oct 29 at 0304, S9+20 of suptorted music from Radio
Progreso, also vs CODAR swishes. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15700, Oct 29 at 1413, CRI English relay is S9+30 but
suptorted: wiggle that patchcord! Prospects remain grim for reliably
decent modulation on this, any more than ex-11880 where the signal
would have remained just as huge. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Oct 29 at 1500, RHC S9+10 but overmodulated,
distorted, and splattering. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OKO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 6125, Monday October 28 at 2302, TV Martí soundtrack on
new frequency from Grimesland NC, S9+20 and no jamming. Ex-5980 and
jamming still there altho maybe not full-bore. But at 2314 I compare
to *Radio* Martí frequencies 7355 & 7435, and they are //! So is it a
feed mixup, or special hookup for special occasion? Seem to be
chatting about some silly ballgame. Registrations make no distinxion
between Radio and TV Martí, but the 23-04 UT M-F-only schedule for
6125, and by dropping 5980, makes everything match TV Marti
scheduling.

Up there on 40m band, jamming is still on 7335, ex-RM channel. At 0045
Oct 29, 6125 still // 6030 which is now on with usual jamming noise.
At 0306, still 6030 // 6125 and jamming against nothing on 5980. After
0400, 6125 barely bears TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Oct 29 at 1409, this is the only active
frequency in the Kurdo-Turco radio-war band, VP only S3-S4 talk and
music. Still at 1459, chanting, but off at 1502, now shifted to 11530.
11530 at 1507, Kurdish is poor but now with SAH, indicating the
``Radio Recep Erdogan`` Turkish jammer is also on it. At 1514 check,
11540 is off, 11530 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, Oct 28 at 2323, RNZP reactivated on this band
for springtime, but VP S8 so far; by 0040 Oct 29 it`s improved to
S6-S9 but still insufficient. Now scheduled 2259-0558; for our
late-night listening, will be much better from 0559 on 11725, 0759 on
9765, 1059 on 9700 but to the NNW; 1259 on 6115.

6115: I have not checked it yet but a risky choice, as in HFCC, WWCR
has registered same available all day and all night! But axual 6115
usage per own sked remains only 21-01 during the Week of Confusion,
then 22-02 from Nov 3. 6115, also presumably wooden entries for VOR
Khabarovsk at 11-15 and JIC MIC Japan at 13-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11550, Oct 29 at 1502, while checking out
the Kurdistan sub-band, JBA algo here, but which would be USAGM Korean
via SAIPAN. Similar programming on 11520 at 1508. Both VP but I manage
to get enough signals into two receivers to tell they are not //. But
after 1500, 11520 is also scheduled as USAGM Korean, via TINIAN -- so
may well be // but deliberately non-synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 6090, Oct 29 at 0105, hearing PMS ANGUILLA on
her occasional schedule leads me to recheck RRI B-19 English sked as
in previous report, and correct it:

``I`ve yet to check the further one-hour Englishes toward us:
2300 on 6040 & 7220 designated for Eu only; 6090 & 7325 to E Asia
0100 on 6130 [not 6090 as in previous report], 7325 to ENAm
0400 on 6020, 7410 to WNAm; 9820-DRM, 11790 to S Asia``

So at 0100 how about 6130 and 7325? Oct 29 at 0105, 6130 is a JBA
carrier with splash from 6125 Radio Martí new frequency; 7325 very
poor with splash even from 7315 WHRI with VOV relay in Vietnamese, not
English! So both are unusable.

Our last chance: 0400 on 6020 & 7410 to western North America: nothing
audible on either at 0401! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Monday Oct 28 at 2300, REE English confirmed at
winter-shifted time ex-2200 on M/W/F. Must be Alison Hughes, the
reactivated hostess, but just like Justin Coe, right into music rather
than any new news about Spain -- something about protest songs
recorded by visiting Swedes in the Franco era, who then hightailed it
outta there! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 13745, Oct 29 at 0038, JBA carrier despite HSK9 B-19
registration on blank 13750 for North America, instead of 13745 in
B-18. We have been pining for the lower band, since all A-season,
15590 was useless for the 0000-0330 transmission including English at
0000-0100 & 0200-0230. Why the 5-kHz shift? To distance itself from
very strong 13740 CUBA which boycotts HFCC? That should help, but even
13750 would be too close when RHC inbooms; altho sometimes it does not
or is even AWOL.

Standard remark: in agreeing to the Udorn IBB relay, Thailand should
have insisted upon access to Grimesland for its broadcasts to North
America, and even other VOA relay sites when needed such as to reach
Europe; altho apparently HSK9 does much better direct to there. I
understand that the NAm broadcasts do make it pretty well to Alaska on
the way to the restofus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 28 at 2259, 2314 and 2332 chex, NO signal from
VOT English to N America as now sked; despite having successfully
transmitted here yesterday. Nor on ex-A-19 frequency 9830. Something`s
always wrong at the Emirler transmitter site. I`m sure it won`t be
long before it happens to be back and/or with extraneous German hour
following after 0000.

Other VOT English to NAm is now at 0400 on new 6125. I had been
warning about Cuban jamming overrun since TV Martí is also on new 6125
until 0400. So it is, but jammers have not caught up with it yet (and
is // Radio Martí, so are they all simulcasting now, or feed
mixup?).

So at 0400 Oct 29, I`m on 6125 as OCB has just finished --- but the
Grimesland S9+20 carrier is still on past 0401! The confused VOT
announcer is JBA underneath presumably with his still warped sign-on
info. Recheck at 0405: by now GB is off and indeed no jamming --- yet
--- with VOT audible but very poor S7-S8, unusable in noise level.
K-index is 3, so propagation could be better. See also ROMANIA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035, Oct 29 at 1410, VOT S5-S7 with music on the 1330
English to W Europe and USward; still insufficient on the third day of
B-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815.074, Oct 29 at 1501, song at S7-S9; surely not NHK
near hourtop nor off-frequency? Maybe RBC Brasil? But not reported
lately; yet stronger than 11780 which thus could not be RNA at this
hour, non-Brazuguese talk (rather: listed TWR Swaziland in Somali).
11815+ is instead TRT in Turkish as now scheduled 14-17 aimed USward;
and 1505 starts umlautish talking in Türkish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2005 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Oct 29 at
0100 on WRMI 7780, poor S9-S6. 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

Alfredo Cotroneo explains why IRRS was missing from 7290 Monday at
1816.5 when WOR was expected:

``Hi Glenn, Here are the [UT] days & times for WOR during B19
scheduled on IRRS-Shortwave @ 150 kW, also simulcast at
https://nexus.org/mp3 (IRN stream):

Mon 1902 approx (after the news) on 7290 to EU, N Africa, Mid East
Sun 0003 approx (after the news) (Streaming only)
Sun 2203 approx (after the news) (Streaming only)
and also at random several times during the week on IRN (streaming).

There may have been a glitch in the programming last night, so your
program *may* have not been aired. I have just corrected it, sorry.

During B19, we are starting 15 min earlier [sic] at 1900 UT and until
2000 on 7290 kHz, so your program starts 15 min earlier. 73s & take
care. Alfredo``

I reply: ``I checked today Tuesday via UTwente: 7290 carrier already
on at 1854 with severe splash from China 7285. 1900:30 cut on news
already in progress, then 1903 FSN program about Ukraine/Biden etc.

There is still heavy splash from China, but now from the other side
7295. LSB tuning on 7285 helps. Too bad we are still so close to so
much interference.

Could you provide a schedule of all programs on the 19-20 UT 7290
broadcast seven days a week?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.1v, Monday Oct 28 at 2305, WBCQ with Kurdish songs,
very familiar, just like what I was hearing 25 hours earlier on `Uncle
Bill`s Melting Pot`. He`s getting a repeat to fill an ``Available Time
Slot`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Oct 29 at 2309, WRMI extra frequency is slightly
better than usual, S9-S8 music undermodulated. Can`t find a parallel,
especially 9395 which is currently Oldies. At 2320 I confirm it`s not
// 9455 either with TOMBS.

6060, Oct 28 at 2311, 2332, Oct 29 at 0045, 0102 and later, *NO*
signal from WRMI, which was supposed to be a new frequency from today
to include RAE ATTW relay in Spanish at 0100 weekdays. The disgraced
FB announcement about this remained in place, no update or removal.

5800, however, Oct 29 at 0102 remains JBA sounding like Italian ---
no, listening closely it`s Spanish but porteño accent, as RAE Spanish
relay is here! About new president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández.
Instead of on 6060 which remains vacant of Cuba and thus available.
Rechecked, the WRMI skedgrid
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
shows 5800 finally gets recognized, as XMTR 3, 160 degrees, 21-01
SMTV, and 01-02 RAE español --- and no entry for 6060: perhaps fearful
that RHC may reclaim it? 6060 for RAE relay would have been neat as in
FB notice, since that was an old RAE frequency direct from General
Pacheco.

Anyhow, 5800 is replacing 4980, now gone from the air and the sked
(tho there is a mystery carrier on 4960: see unID); and 5010 which had
RAE Spanish at 22-23, now does not come on until 2300, heard at 2311
in Spanish with Fámily Radio. 5800 is off at 0307 check, presumably at
0200*, tho before it appeared on the sked at all, its JBA carrier
could show up later at night.

9395, Oct 29 at 0100, this WRMI still with RAE multi-lingual opening
prior to English, and not // anywhere; 5010 robohuxter in English,
4980 still off, 7780 WOR, etc., Brother HyStairical elsewhere (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9385, Oct 28 at 2317, RCC discussion in English, obviously
WEWN on new B-19 frequency, poor S6-S9, overnight to Africa ex-11610
--- but not supposed to start until 0000! Perhaps they are confused by
DST, and from Nov 3 will really start at 0000 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, Oct 29 at 0313, English voice-over translation of
Chinese, but the Chinese is too loud like QRM! Scheduled on WWCR-3 at
0200-0600 UT weeknights is `Info Wars` with the self-described
``psychotic`` Alex Jones; but why? I`m not hanging around to find out
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Oct 29 at 1456, KVOH is back! Power back on so maybe
fires diminishing in the area? Preaching in Spanish, S7-S9; was not
audible at first check almost an hour earlier. Now is the SSOB,
otherwise only JBA carriers on 17660 (Sa`udi in French), and 17720
(Turkey in Arabic listed) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR [non]. 6015, Oct 29 at 0404, looking for ZBC, a better
than usual signal but sounds like Arabish instead of Swahili. Oh2, R.
Tamazuj is B-19 scheduled here at 0329-0427 via MADAGASCAR, // 7315
via FRANCE, but risking collision with WHRI if & when it be on 7315
that late.

Ron Howard was also hearing 6015 as if it were a format change for ZBC
and on this date no second signal. In any event, very bad news for ZBC
and its would-be listeners in Africa, let alone America (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4960, Oct 28 at 2312, S7-S9 open carrier with flutter,
just as WRMI has quit 4980, but probably a coincidence. Best guess is
that USAGM São Tomé has neglected to turn off the transmitter
overnight between 2100 and 0400. Still there at 0040 Oct 29 at S9-S7,
but off at 0312. By then there is a JBA carrier on 4930 where VOA
starts English at 0300 via Botswana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report despatched at 2047 UT October 29

** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 28 at 1413, YAY! CHR Trenton Military has
finally been fixed, reports really received! from Halifax, Shearwater,
Greenwood, Gander, Halifax again in this cycle. Modulation distortion
has also been repaired. It had been totally out of order since at
least Oct 4, when I first noted it and on frequent chex ever since
then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Oct 28 at 1405, CRI English relay back up here
for B-19, ex-11880. They`re right on the ball with QSY --- but *still*
totally useless, S9+30 but severely suppressed/distorted (suptorted)
modulation, and still so at 1454 recheck. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5990, Oct 27 at 2304, S9+10 of dead air except maybe a trace
of modulation and some humbuzz, i.e. CRI relay. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
CHINA [non]

** CUBA. 13571, 13636, 13764, 13829, 13898 approx., Oct 28 at 1403,
RHC spurblobs out of 13700-AM transmitter. I can no longer call them
FM, since they are much more readable in AM mode, but just grumble in
SSB trying to pinpoint them. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. As usual, the DentroCuban Jamming Command is lax to
catch up with totally predictable and public Radio-TV Martí seasonal
frequency changes: giving inside Cubans a twice-yearly chance to hear
RM without interference by their dictatorial mind-controlling
government.

13820, Oct 27 at 1947, RM VG in clear here, no jamming audible, while
jamming-only is heard on ex-13605. Still Oct 28 at 1406 same situation
during `Radio Revoltillo`:
https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/el-revoltillo

``El Revoltillo, programa matutino conducido por Gilberto Reyes, donde
compartimos sus correos, con anécdotas y simpáticas ocurrencias. De
lunes a viernes de 10:00 AM a 11:00 AM hora de Cuba.``

Note that as a running dog of Yanqui Imperialism (unlike Mexico beyond
the border), Cuba stays on EDT another week to match the gusanos in
Miami; which will lead to program times one UT hour later from Nov 3,
but no? changes in frequency usage.

7355 & 7435, Oct 28 at 0515, RM VG on both with no jamming, which
remains on ex-frequencies 7365 & 7335.

Here is the B19 USAGM schedule in HFCC for ``Greenville`` in Spanish:
Arnie, please pass on to your henchmen, so they don`t waste jamming on
wrong frequencies, innocent by-stations! Like AIR Bengaluru on 13605
at 1500-1730.

00-01 7435
00-04 6125 Tue-Sat [TV Martí]
00-06 7355
00-12 6030
01-02 7365
02-07 7435
06-13 5980
07-14 7355
12-14 7435
13-22 11930
14-20 13820
14-22 11860
20-24 9565
22-23 7375
22-24 7355
23-24 6125 M-F [TV Martí]
23-24 7435

6125 ex-5980 for TVM soundtrack indeed had not started Sunday Oct 27
at 2302 check, and still jamming against nothing (but a JBA carrier,
Chaski, Perú?) on 5980. When it does, expect jam bleedpast 0400 to
bother Turkey 6125 English to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Oct 28 at 1416, JBA carrier here and on
none of the other Dengê Welat/Turkish jamming channels, so maybe this
is it, with degraded propagation? But India is OK on 11560. Nothing on
9525 yet, which per Ivo yesterday would take over later: ``1600-2000
on 9525 Issoudun and 2000-2200 on 9525 Grigoriopol`` -- and as long as
it stayed stuck in their mornings 9525 had been jammed by an
off-frequency Emirler only.

Earlier today there were also reports by Ivo Ivanov and Wolfgang
Bueschel of various other jumparounds in the 11.5 MHz area, including
newly some frequencies ending in -5: 11515, 11525, 11535, but Ivo
reported ``From 1330 UT October 28, BRB Denge Welat is on new 11540.0
Grigoriopol, ex 11510 October 27. TRT Radio Recep Erdogan is on
11540.0 Emirler EVEN`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Oct 28 at 0556, caught last part of ID for ``92.1,
regional mexicana`` looping SSW. Certainly XEBJB Monterrey NL, which
IRCA Log shows as 5000/500 watts, ``BJB Regional Mexicana, Música
Regiomontana`, 24 h, // XHGBO 92.1 FM General Bravo. Regiomontana is
the classier adjectival form instead of ``Monterreyana``. BTW, in NRC
IDXD someone reported 570 Monty as XEMON, which is really the one on
1370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, Oct 28 at 0558-0602+, choral adult Mexican NA from
S/SSW with heavy CCI from KGGF et al. There are only three XEs on 690,
most likely XEN, CDMX, 100/5 kW, rather than Fresnillo or Monterrey.
Per the anthem appendix about XEN at
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2019%20Mexican%20Log.pdf
``Fast adult choral version (2 verses about 2 minutes) at Midnight. ID
before and after anthem``, while XEMA has children`s version, and XERG
none?

NOTE: the Log at the bottom also provides hotlinx to station websites,
live audio, and when available, disgraced FB. Note that 0600 UT is now
midnight in central Mexico back on CST ex-CDT, except for border towns
wedded to US timeshifting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Oct 28 circa 0545, XEPPM still on the air an extra
real hour, now that DST is over in CDMX, unlike here. Nominal closing
should be 0600, but opening, when?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. More about Enid`s now reactivated beacon, EI on 341
kHz:

Rick Barton, AZ, replied earlier on the ABDX yg: ``The beacon EI at
Enid would have been a Location Outer Marker for (and south of)
Woodring airport. Has it been destroyed yet? I show its location here:
36.2750331 , -97.7907633

I see that both Vance and Woodring still have the VHF band omni
range navigation beacons at the field. Woodring has a VOR-DME on
109.0 MHz with the ID ODG, and the VORTAC at Vance AFB is END on
115.4 MHz. The reference name for the Enid NDB "EI" was "GARFY"
NDB. It is no longer depicted on aviation charts.

re: the comment about GPS: It is ironic that little puddle jumpers
in the wilds of Alaska use hi-tech GPS, but large commercial
aircraft still rely much on older technologies. 73 from the desert
southwest - rb`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. Oct 28 at 2130, I`m checking the four new frequencies of
RRI English for B-19, ex 2030 in A-19, when we had fairly reliable
reception on 13650, if not 11850 which had been missing for weeks. But
all four are JBA carriers at best; propagation is somewhat degraded,
but what a drastic descent from 13 and 11 MHz bands, to 7 and 6 for
the winter; maybe should improve as the season progresses.

The two for CIRAF 8, eastern NAm are 6170 and 7310, 300 kW, 307
degrees from Tsiganeshti; for CIRAF 27N, British Isles, are 7375 and
6030 from Galbeni, but the latter is only 90 kW at 300 degrees,
therefore must be the DRM one; while the former is 300 kW at 290
degrees. Since the same pair of bands are used for near and far
targets, I wonder if the European frequencies are at a higher takeoff
angle best for shorter paths?

I`ve yet to check the further one-hour Englishes toward us:
2300 on 6040 & 7220 designated for Eu only; 6090 & 7325 to E Asia
0100 on 6090, 7325 to ENAm
0400 on 6020, 7410 to WNAm; 9820-DRM, 11790 to S Asia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 27 at 2301, tune-in to VOT English to North
America, S8-S9 on reactivated B-19 frequency, ex-9830 at 2200 in A-19.
Amid sign-on with English schedule and still making a mess of it:
claims a later repeat is still at 0300 on 9515! And another repeat at
0600 UTC! on 6165 --- there has *never* been such a broadcast, rather
a mistake giving local summer time, as it was really also at 0300 UT!
Somebody messed up the script at start of A-19 season and announcer
has been reading it that way ever since (or recorded). Top news
headline about ISIS guy killed and Turkey coordinated in the event;
but more time to the next one about some student protest (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2005 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 27 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor S4-S5.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0130 on 9395, S9/+10 and 7780
JBA. As usual, ID at 0129 on 9395 is for `Son-Power Radio from WRMI
Studios in Okeechobee on 5850, 7455, 9395``.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0230 on WMI 7780, VP S4-S7.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0230 on WRN stream to North
America, ex-0130 even tho we are on DST another week; with Slovakia
now at 0130. Ditto for the simulcasts on the Af/As/Pac stream. So the
Saturday 1600 on WRN should already be shifted to 1700 too.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 from 0259.5 on Area 51 webcast;
and on WBCQ 5130-, S7-S9 noisy at 0318 check.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0330 on WRMI webcast; and JBA
on 9955 at 0340 check.

IRRS ``MILano`` is still registered B-19 for 7290 at 18-19 UT, so I
was hoping for no change to the Monday 1816 UT airing of WOR --- but
Oct 28 via UTwente SDR, NO signal, just huge splash from Chinese on
7285, listed as 500 kW, 317 degrees from Xian. Europeans would be
advised to catch the secret new Sat 1300 UT airing from WRMI 15770.
Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [still suspended?]
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Oct 28 at 1404, WINB hybrid DRM is back
here as expected for B-19, M-F at 12-17, 50 kW at 62 degrees; ex
15115-15120-15125: the lower half secret digital data, the upper half
ordinary DRM noise; and is it too close for comfort to 13700 RHC-AM?

HFCC shows this as D = NOT DRM, instead of N = Numérique, as it does
for all WINB entries, including 7315 M-F at 07-10 which we know should
be DRM, at same parameters; and several overlapping entries for wobbly
9265 covering the entire 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775-, Oct 28 at 1452, NO signal from KVOH; could just be
propagation but not this time, per Ray Robinson, Oct 28 at 1327, to
the WOR iog:

``With a strong area of high pressure to the north of us, Southern
California is bracing for another high wind event today. Southern
California Edison (SCE) has enacted several preventative fire-related
power outages, including one that covers the KVOH mountain-top
transmitter site at Chatsworth Peak. 17775 kHz is therefore off the
air currently, and will have to remain so until the power returns.
Ray Robinson
Strategic Communications Group
Voice of Hope World Radio Network
www.voiceofhope.com``

Let`s hope the fires themselves spare KVOH. This leaves a trace of
Sa`udi on 17895 as the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1857 UT October 28