FRANCE   17800+ kHz, on Nov 14 at 1517 UT, Minitransat special still going
2 days after original finish, meteo in French by OM, then YL in French
with rankings deuxieme, troisieme, etc., etc.
17800-DRM kHz, on Nov 14 at 1722 UT, YL again with lo-fi 8.08 kbps rank-
ings in French, mixing in numbers in English, via Maryland SDR, SNR 21 dB,
S=9+5dB.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, hcdx and wor Nov 14)
I'm guessing these broadcasts will continue until all the boats have
arrived safely in Guadeloupe. They can be tracked on the race website:
<https:www.minitransat.fr/en/>
The DRM signals haven't been reaching NZL.  73 Chris
(Chris Mackerell-NZL, wor Nov 15)
<https://minitransat.geovoile.com/2021/tracker/>
Ranking Wednesday Nov 17, 11.00 UTC. Arrival Guadeloupe - last - 22nd.
Wednesday 17 Nov 2021 12.47:13 UTC. Last time 18d 22h 47min 13s.
Thomas Grandin-France. (138) POCH'TROT boat.
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** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Nov 17 at 1512, still NO signal from
LRA36 into three Brazilian SDRs; nor at 1543 into one Argentine.
Formerly active bihour Wed around 14-16, so suspect summer hiatus in
progress until the new quadri-woman team take over in Feb or Mar
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** THAILAND. 13750, Nov 18 at 0002, checking out HSK9 North American
service of R. Thailand, as I am amazed by the decent to good reception
often reported elsewhere in the continent, but the 250 kW never any
good here. My generous meter claims S5-S8 but it sounds VP, with
flutter, unreadable. Will there be any change at 0030 when they
supposedly switch slews from east coast to west? Well, at 0032 it`s
even worse, JBA carrier.

Who cares about reaching the Great Center of North America? HFCC B21
shows CIRAF 7, central for the entire span 0000-0330 UT but axually on
periphery of E&W; center beam of 30 degrees only at 0030-0100 is
slewed -24 to 6 degrees at 0000-0030 and again 0200-0330 when CIRAF 8
is added = east coast; slewed +8 degrees to 38 for English at
0030-0100 only; English again at 0200-0230 for the east coast, same as
at 0000, scheduling which does not make much sense.

As for the approx. center targets of each beam: 6 degrees, north of
Alaska, into Detroit; 30 degrees skirting SW Alaska mainland, to
Portland to El Paso; 38 degrees, across Aleutians down California
coast such as Point Reyes.

Meanwhile, I am also checking remotes, for comparison: in Maryland
there is no signal before or after 0030. Of course this path is almost
transpolar, and would normally be inferior, less propagable.

However, the KPH remote at Point Reyes on the coast of California is
getting it at S3, yet sufficiently readable, also with quick
short/long path echo which I am hardly expecting: Comparing short to
long path from Udorn to KPH, the short path goes no further north than
the Aleutian islands, while LP crosses the Indian Ocean, the other
Prince Edward Island, ham DXpedition target Bouvet, across Argentina,
Galápagos and up the west coast of México. All this consulting my
trusty NGS globe with geometer.

Short distance is 7600 statute miles = 12231 km, per
distancefromto.net so long path would be 17300 stmi = 28360 km. The
difference between L&S = 16130 km. Compared to speed of light, 298
Mm/sec, that`s 0.054 second, or an echo delay of between 1/19 and 1/20
of one second. All approx., of course, and axual distances bouncing
off the ionosphere would be slightly more than great circles at ground
level.

Via KPH remote: 0025 a *commercial* for Subaru cars with cruise
control, 0026 news headlines. Probably the only government external
service with ads. Carrier drops for a few sex at 0029.5, interrupting
headlines, back on sounds slightly louder but not on the meter in USB
mode. In AM mode it makes S4. And now it switches to THAI rather than
another semi-hour in English! as had been the case in previous seasons
and still alleged in HFCC B21. Checking KPH again at 0208, reads S3
but sounds JBA in presumed English.

Further evidence that while accessing the VOA relay in Udorn, no doubt
as part of the bilateral deal, PRD ought to insist on using Greenville
for broadcasts to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 397 MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0725 UT, ND beacon which is broken.
CIN? Third letter stutters. It`s really CIR, 25 watts from Cairo IL,
and another listener also found this in RNA Signals List:
https://rxx.classaxe.com/en/rna/signals
``20181130 - Bill Stewart reports a 'hic-up' on the 'R'. Often sounds
like CIN``. Already went over this anomaly in my last log of January
27. They sure have had plenty of time to fix it! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 407 MCW kHz, Nov 17 at 0721 UT, regular HRU, 25-watt NDB at
Herington KS is mixing with a weaker one, but almost the same period,
currently obscuring its first letter, but it ends with OC. Aha, that`s
OOC, 25 watt NDB in Natchitoches LA, which I discussed at length
recently. RNA Signals List indeed shows a period of 7.90 seconds for
HRU, and 7.8 seconds for OOC. So it would take a long wait for them to
separate at the rate of 0.1 second per iteration. Eventually they
would be totally alternating. I was tuned to 405 USB where I hear them
much better than 407 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2111 monitoring: Richard Lemke, Alberta
corrects:

``Dear Glenn: So the 5950 kHz, 9955 kHz, were correct as all along
have been except for the last line as 9395 kHz, was typed myself
Nov 7 UTC, I had found the paper I wrote on it,

5950 kHz, 2332, 2343, very noisy, S9 signal, 9955 kHz, 2330, 2342, S9
signal, 2359, 5950, 9955 kHz, Nov 7 UTC 2021 [Sun]

World of Radio #2112, confirmed, below with details, B 21 season,

5950 kHz, utility noise, QRN, 5950 kHz, 2330, 2337, 2341 (55433),
(55434) 2359, 5950 kHz, Nov 12 UTC 2021 [Fri]

9955 kHz, 2332, 2341, 2355, S9 signal, 2359, 9955 kHz, Nov 14 UTC 2021
[Sun]

9955 kHz, 2330, 2343, 2350 (45433), 2357, 9955 kHz, Nov 16 UTC 2021
[Tue; New time]

5850 kHz, got it confirmed, 1030, 1057 (55433), (55434), 1059, Nov 17
UTC 2021 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday November 18 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 S7 into
Maryland; 9395 S7 into Winnipeg.

Next WOR 2113 should be ready early UT Fri Nov 19 for download and
first SWBCs on WRMIs 5850 & 7780 at 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0223 UT November 18
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** CUBA. 15370, Nov 16 at 2054, RHC S9+25 in suptorted French, while
English on 15140 is not so bad. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

Time for another episode of The Other Side, lest we be swayed by RHC
propaganda, even if we could understand it:

``The Success of #15NCuba --- For those who dreamed of a sudden end to
the dictatorship, not much happened…but for those who understand that
outcome as the result of an already- irreversible process, the
November 15 demonstrations were a triumph...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1637069576_35579.html

And as I write this on the PBS Newshour:
https://video.kqed.org/video/cuba-crackdown-1637101529/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KASHMIR [non]. 15170, Nov 16 at 1610, routine check for weekly
Tuesday clandestine Kashmir Civitas via IRRS via Romania: NO signal
into UTwente. Is it all over? I garbled it again last time as
``Citivas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. Re my lament that DDP beacon on 391 is not being
heard, this reply: ``Hi Glenn! Yes, I was the listener who last
reported hearing beacon DDP-391 on Nov 7 with complete details, which
is why my logging shows up in the RNA Signal List. On the NDB
Groups.io list, several listeners reported it off starting around Nov
10, but it has since been reported on the same list as being back on
around Nov 15. None of these listeners reported their reception
details, so their reports do not show up on the RNA Signal List. One
of the listeners who keeps careful track of NOTAMs reporting that
there was none issued for DDP during this period. Steve Howe, Saint
Albans, VT``

Guess what, in the meantime I did log DDP for the first time this
season: 391 MCW kHz, Nov 16 at 0735, DDP; also audible tuned to 389
USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 359 MCW kHz, Nov 16 at 0737, SDR, 25-watt ND beacon at
Snyder TX, not far from OK but seldom herd; tuned to 358 USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7240 LSB, Tue Nov 16 at 2105, ``No Name Net`` taking 15
check-ins, some talkovers, including from KS and OK. First QSO seemed
about random topix as to be expected. This appeared in final edition
of John Norfolk`s ``Nets to You`` schedule of April 2007 when it was
at 2200 M/W/F on 7230-LSB in Central US (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2112 monitoring: despite my best plans,
missed checking Tue Nov 16 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, which Richard Lemke
caught last week. But Jeff White now confirms it has started at that
new time and his schedule has been updated. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, Milwaukee WI for a
generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK
73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9275, Nov 16 at 2059, still no sign of a signal from the new
WMLK transmitter, which had been projected for end of October. So?
Nothing later than this at:

http://wmlkradio.net/2021/09/25/facebook-posts/

``Cover for WMLK Radio 436
Greetings and welcome to the WMLK Radio website. It has been the
purpose of WMLK to fulfill the prop {sic, cut off, --hecy etc.?}

3 weeks ago
Today (10/27/2021) The Ampegon Engineer Simon, gave a two hour seminar
on starting up the T-2300 Ampegon Transmitter to those that will be
responsible for the Broadcasting duties of WMLK Radio. We were glad to
realize how close to operational WMLK Radio is. In attendance was: T.
E. Jonathan S Meyer, Deacon Nathaniel A Meyer, John Dalton, Deacon G.
E. MacGavin (Taking the picture.) Photo

4 weeks ago
Balun feed line complete from transmitter to antenna switch!

1 month ago
Running the lines for the Glycol cooling system!

2 months ago
How Our Health Care System Is Run Right Now articles.mercola.com
Registered nurse Jodi O'Malley blows the whistle on how the federal
government is addressing COVID jab injuries. Find out what she exposed
here.

2 months ago
Today (9/26/2021) an extremely large group of people visited the WMLK
radio station! This was in anticipation of the future of the station
and the previewing of WMLK operational time frame! Deacon Nathaniel
Meyer was the audio guide explaining the various operating
peripherals. Thank You each and everyone for your interest and
support!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. RF 14, Nov 16 at 1658 UT, KERA-HD breaks thru with ``KERA
KIDS`` full-screen ID on 13-1. I get 13-2 to PSIP as kids -- lower
case, as another PBS station overdoes it with *two* channels for them
during daytime. Rabbitears.info shows KERA also with 13-3 Create and
13-4 World Channel; did not get to those before fadeout. KETA OKC has
its 2, 3 and 4 in different order: -2 World, -3 Create, -4 Kids.

I was sitting on RF 14 as it looked liable to decode: would it be KOCY
OKC LP? From 1630 I was getting lots of tropo-enhanced BAD signals,
such as 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 21, 26; while some `local` OKC channels
were not decoding, no doubt because of DX QRM, even really local Enid
powerhouse K17JN-D. Two Tulsa marketers did come thru, RF 20 and RF
28.

I was expecting KS instead of TX, since KHCC 90.1 was completely
overriding KUCO when trying to hear `Stardate` at 1558: only barely by
nulling R Kansas as much as possible by pointing the PL-880 rod toward
KS. KERA and DFW Metroplex happen to be almost same direxion from here
as OKC where the TV antenna is aimed. Rabbitears shows KERA`s 975 kW
ERP direxional for the northern hemisphere from Cedar Hill antenna
farm at SE corner of Dallas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0050 UT November 17
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JRX Current Logs: November 16, 2021Receiver (s): XHDATA D-808Antenna (s): Sony AN-71All times and dates in UTC-GMT

CHINA** 11590. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 1841-1850, CNR1, xx-CHN. Jammer/Firedrake transmission, blocking all RFA this time. Fair reception with fading: 453.
** 11980. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0214-0224, China Radio International, Xian-CHN, in Russian. Woman and man announcers talk news; 0221 A short song and returns news. Good reception: 454.
** 15390. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0238-0250, CNR13, Lingshi-CHN, in Uyghur. Woman talks; A instrumental song by guitar. Good reception: 454. Parallel log on 13700, Lingshi-CHN, fair reception: 353.

CLANDESTINE** 17710. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0136-0148, Public Radio NUG-The Voice of National Unity Government of Myanmar, Paochung-TWN, in Burmese. Man and woman announcers talk during this log. Fair reception: 353.

MADAGASCAR** 11965. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 2034-2045, MWV-WCB African Pathways Radio, Mahajanga-MDG, in English. A soul song; Man talks, ID; 2038 Man talks and piece of songs; 2000 Returns man communication with piece of songs; 2045 ID and address to Botswana. Good reception: 454.

SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE** 11850. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 1940-1950, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in Kinyarwanda-Kirundi. Woman and man announcers talk; A conversation with a man; 1945 Man and woman announcers in conversation with a woman. Fair reception: 453. 
** 11900. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 1951-2005, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in French. Man talks; 1955 Woman and man  announcers talk news; Man talks, ID; 2003 A song. Fair reception: 353.

SRI LANKA** 12020. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0150-0158, AWR Asia, Trincomalee-CLN, in Cantonese. Woman communication; 0155 Music. Poor reception: 252.

THAILAND** 11610. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 1851-1900, Voice of America, Udon Thani-THA, in English. A conversation between woman announcer and a man; 1859 Man announcer says ID; 1900 The end. Fair reception: 353.
** 12140. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0201-0210, VOA Radio Ashna, Udon Thani-THA, in Dari. Man and woman announcers talk; 0208 A short song and man talks. Poor reception: 252.

TURKEY** 7280. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0228-0235, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in Spanish. Woman announcer talks about tourism theme; 0230 ID and man announcer says about "Curious Things"; A song. Fair reception: 353.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA** 7305. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0115-0127, Radio Vaticana, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese.Man announcer presents "Vatican News"; ID; 0123 Woman talks news, too. Fair reception this night: 453.
** 11880. Tue, Nov 16, 2021. 0100-0115, KBS World Radio, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. IS, ID; Woman announcer presents a KBS Newsletter: News, weather and stok market; 0112 A korean song. Good reception: 454.

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