** BRAZIL. 11780, Jan 11 at 1938, RNA is reactivated here, Brazuguese
at S9-S6 (and no 11775 Anguilla to bother). First reported by Jorge
Freitas, Bahia, ``11780 RNA volta a transmitir. 11 Jan Ãs 0013, o
sinal à bom com leve QRM desde a CRI na mesma frequÃncia``. Then
Wolfgang Bueschel measured it at 0037 on 11780.008.
http://radios.ebc.com.br/nacionalamazonia

I hear 11780 again at 0002 Jan 12, S9+10/20 with TC for 10:03, ID only
for EBC, 300 kW on 980. Nothing on 6180 as RNA continues to employ
only one transmitter. This alleviates the collision with China-via-
Cuba.

11780 sked is probably about 10-02 UT, like 6180 had been, i.e. 8 am
to midnight in EBDST. 0159 recheck, 11780 still on good, but signing
off a program, 0200 ``meia-noite`` TC and into news of Bolsinaro
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13089-USB, Jan 12 at 1530 tune-in, synthetic OM voice says
W8CEN, so at first I think I have a hamspur, but on into marine
weather, the readout rather garbled. EiBi shows 13089 is timeshared
among USCG Guam, Honolulu, Point Reyes CA, and Chesapeake VA --- with
NMN at the latter scheduled 1530-1605, and nothing immediately before
it.

As I was tuning up several minutes prior, I kept hitting bits of
distorted FMish talk spurring around various frequencies such as
12192, 12222, 12262; all I could confirm was that they were not // RHC
but now I wonder if they were from NMN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 15580, Friday Jan 11 at 2120, VOA GB inbooming during weekly
`Music Time in Africa` with extremely repetitive tune, but fading way
down by 2130. May have been getting a sporadic E boost (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1964 monitoring:

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio
via HLR on 6190 CUSB, Jan 12:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/01/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_12.html
0731-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sat, good signal``

And Manuel MÃndez, Spain, reports: ``6190, Hamburger LokalRadio,
Goehren, *0700-0800, 12-01, ID âHamburger LokalRadio, program âRadio
Netherlands Media Network, presented by Jonathan Marksâ, at 0730 Glenn
Hauserâs World of Radioâ. 35433``.

As often, I sleep past the Unique Radio/WINB/WRMI Saturday morning
airings, and I don`t get to UTwente quite in time to try HLR 9485
before 1600 UT Sat, but it`s usually inaudible. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, Sat Jan 12 at 1517, WRMI with Blalock the Blaster
exploding into huxtergasms* (* credit Harold Frodge for this coinage),
as it is now // 9955 which extends for him past 1500 only on weekends
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.13v, UT Sat Jan 12 at 0109, WBCQ `Allan Weiner
Worldwide` is VP, something about The Wall; if // on 9330+, that`s a
JBA carrier. 5130+ is also VP with something else. Computer is not on
so I won`t be hearing webcast.

Recheck at 0151, now 7490 is fading up sporadically as AW is saying
the Superstation project is running about 5 months behind because of
vendor delays so maybe not on air until summer; but he is very
impressed with the transmitter itself, state-of-the-art like a
spacecraft. Since will be out of FLA by Feb, maybe will attend SW
Winterfest, and maybe also with others such as Tom. Sad news: we lost
Goddess Irena, who died January 3. Her program will still be running
Thursdays at 7:30 pm EST on 7490. (How about Wednesdays at 5:30 pm ET
= 2230 UT right after World of Radio, as we have been hearing her?
WBCQ sked shows her only then, with `Camp Constitution Radio` at the
time AW thought). Over to John H. Carver for a fuller report on AWWW:

``Show started this evening on 7490 after a period of dead air. No
signal that I could detect. Buzz words over the theme song had to do
with the Wall. Allan and Angela in the studio in FLA. Opening
statement from Allan musing about rigging a microphone in their
bedroom so they could do the show from their bed. Talk immediately
jumped to the wall and why congress should support it.

Phone call from Freddie at 0111 urging Allan to continue his rant and
talk to him later. Poor signal on 7490 this evening with a lot of
noise and some fading. 5130 was carrying other programming. Freddie
finally gets to speak and backs Trump on the wall. He was on the phone
for twenty-one minutes and the two of them fed off of each other as
the political talk grew and grew. Into another phone call immediately
after Freddie disconnected continued the discussion but eventually
morphed into a discussion about the antenna for the superstation.

Another phone call at 0147 from Tony Straka. He asked if Allan and
Angela were going to make an appearance at this year's Winterfest as
they would be up North this year during the fest. Allan couldn't
promise but did say that it might happen.

Allan announced that Goddess Irena had died at the age of eighty-five.
He said that are still running her program and will continue to do so
until her spot is sold to someone else. Closing prayer at 0158.
Program was off the air at 0200 as was 7490. 5130 was still on the air
running other programming. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Sat Jan 12 at 1608, KVOH is a JBA carrier when its
only airing of Wavescan is supposed to emanate. At solar-minimum,
stations may want to reconsider putting their only egg in the 16m
basket.

This is supposed to be one of the first airings of each new WS which
are dated Sundays; at least the program sked linx to podcasts, not
including Jan 13 yet:
https://awr.org/program/engmi_wav-2/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1831 UT January 12

** CANADA. 218 kHz, Jan 11 at 0657 UT, ND beacon RL and dash: 975
watts from Red Lake, Ontario.

223 kHz, Jan 11 at 0658 UT, beacon YYW and dash, 1000 watts from
Armstrong, Ontario.

233 kHz, Jan 11 at 0659, beacon QN and dash, 500 watts from Nakina,
Ontario; all per http://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm

All three places are too insignificant to be indexed in my State Farm
Rand McNally atlas. Not surprising, since there is no complete map of
Ontario! cutting off the great north, all three too far into it.
Nakina and Armstrong are both not too far north of Thunder Bay and
Lake Superior. Red Lake is NNE of Kenora (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11820, Jan 11 at 0330, CRI English news S8/S9+10 and 100%
readable on new frequency, whence? O, of course it`s CUBA, 2 x 5910
for the 03-05 transmission, where it`s S9+10/20. 11820 is transmitted,
not receiver-produced overload, since it`s still there with ATT on and
PreAmps off. RHC Spanish itself also on 25m now, strongest 11670 but
distorted, weaker 11700 and 11840 + weakest JBA spurs 11830 & 11850.

But nothing on 12000, 2 x 6000 English which we hear after 0500. Maybe
it`s the same harmonic-prone transmitter on 5910 & 11820 now.
Something`s always wrong at RHC/RadioCuba. 6000 now is suptorted with
CCI tho Turkish from Turkey is supposed to stop at 0300 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6140, Jan 11 at 0623, RHC English is JBA // 6165, and the
other three, 6000, 6060 and 6100. 6140 is produced by 6060 leaping
over 6100 another 40 kHz higher. Also are audible JBA carriers from
the usual other leapfrogs on 6230 & 6270. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5039.927, Jan 11 at 0631, RHC English way off-frequency
again, S9+20/30 with scratchy overmodulation. Rebelde 5025 is
similarly distorted at steadier S9+20. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba/RHC. 24 hours ago I measured it on 5039.943 = 16 Hz higher
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15139.781, Jan 11 at 1457, RHC is S9+30, off-frequency but
modulation OK today; traces of the usual spurpairs, 14997 & 15283,
14968 & 15311. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 24 hours ago I
measured it on 15139.831 = 50 Hz higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13780.0, Jan 11 at 1459, RHC is off air already, but a few
minutes earlier I noticed it was not off-frequency today. Nor are
there any spurs de 13700 on band this time. Something`s not wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Jan 10 at 2104, no signal from MWV in
Portuguese. Have not checked specifically for the APR English hours,
18 on 13670 and 20 on 11965, but caradio memory scans have failed to
land on anything there for a day or two. That`s because, as Ivo Ivanov
reported:

``On Jan. 7 no signal of KNLS Madagascar World Voice MWV. From the
staff of Madagascar World Voice wrote: "We have a problem with
Madagascar here. Yesterday there was a storm and lightning struck the
station started a fire and the transformer burned out. So while
broadcasting of Madagascar will not. The exact date of repair is
unknown because the new transformer must be brought from the
mainland". Winter B18 of MWV:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/01/no-signal-of-knls-madagascar-world.html
(Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, WORLD OF RADIO 1964, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Apparently this knocked both transmitters out. Does ``mainland`` here
refer to Africa or America? Keep an ear on all frequencies for any
resumption (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAO TOME. 4960, Jan 11 at 0634, S7-S9 of open carrier. Obviously
VOA relay, scheduled for an 0630-0700 break between French and Hausa
--- so do they just leave it on for a semihour? Might as well modulate
it with something, like English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** TAIWAN. 7290, Jan 11 at 1505, undermodulated S9+10 talk in Korean.
HFCC shows it`s Encompass via Taiwan at 1500-1600, 300 kW at 352
degrees, but what is it, really? Aoki/NDXC shows Nippon no Kaze via
Paochung (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1964 monitoring [non]: 7780 & 5950, Thursday
January 10 at 2100, I`m ready to find out if WOR is really now on
these WRMIs as surprisingly displayed for at least a week on the
program schedule grid -- and still as of 1554 UT Jan 11:

NO! 7780 has VORW (as contradictorily shown on the transmission grid
for Thursdays only instead of RAE German); and 5950 is // 9395 with
music, presumably Oldies stream. Wondering how well 7780 get into
Europe where it`s aimed 44 degrees, I check 7780 on UTwente SDR at
2142: fair with VORW, John ending the program already, but music keeps
on playing with one or two more announcement breaks.

BTW, the WRMI sked also shows VORW an hour earlier, Thursdays at 20-21
on 7780 & 5950. Also imaginary are other System D 21-22 UT listings as
on 5950 & 7780, such as WOR Tuesdays at 2130, gone for *months*! See
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
Next:

0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
0930 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW [alt weeks; Jan 19?]
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique *9265 via WINB to WSW
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5970, Jan 11 at 0626 and 0635, dead air from WEWN Spanish;
while 11520 English is audible and nominal at 0640 when 5970 is still
dead. One wonders why a station bother to broadcast at all if it allow
this to happen again and again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9474.976, Jan 11 at 0628, weak talk at S3-S5 when normally
there is nothing. Checking the WTWW-1 day off-frequency, since 5830
night frequency is AWOL. More incompetence at SFAW; meanwhile, the
more important WTWW-2, 5085 is blasting rock at S9+30, plus parasite
JBA spurcarriers circa 5072.1 & 5097.9. Next chex 1502 & 1516, neither
9475- nor 5830 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.142v, Jan 11 at 1503, TOMBS via WBCQ on typical offset,
but I noticed yesterday it was much closer to 9330.00 --- and so it
goes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7200-LSB, Jan 11 at 1509, continuous C&W music jamming
by naughty ham, while others try to QSO through it, with denigrating
comments like the jammer`s IQ must be 75. They`d rather do this than
QSY out of it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1723 UT January 11

** BRAZIL. Jorge Freitas, Bahia, replies to my survey of 25 & 31m ZYs:

``Hi Glenn,
11915, R GaÃcha, closed
11895, R LegiÃo da Boa Vontade, on
11780, RNA off (Without definition)
11765, closed
9550, R Boa Vontade, on
9515, off (I believe it closed)
9565, Super RÃdio Deus à Amor, on
9675, CanÃÃo Nova, off (I believe it closed)``
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165 & 6100, Jan 10 at 0636, both English RHCs are off, which
also explains why I had no JBA carriers as I tuned down past 6270 &
6230, normally leapfrogs of 6060 over 6165, and 6100 over 6165.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. 6060 is still on VG as usual, and so
is 6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5039.943, Jan 10 at 0643, RHC English with a feature on JosÃ
Martà (named for the US radio service), way off-frequency again but
adequate modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13756.586, Jan 10 at 1429, JBA spur // 13700 RHC. This is not
one of the loud FM ones often heard circa 13765. Not clear if it`s out
of 13700 or 13780v which is also on. It`s 56.586 kHz from 13700 and
see next item. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13779.239, Jan 10 at 1433, RHC Spanish strong fundamental is
another way-off-frequency. (In case significant, note it is 22.653 kHz
from the 13756.586 spur.) Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13882.9, Jan 10 at 1440, JJBBA carrier, like another RHC spur but just
too weak to match any audio or add more digits. It`s 103.66 kHz from
13780- and 182.9 kHz from 13700. Does not match up as a multiple of
other spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15139.831, Jan 10 at 1504, RHC VG but off-frequency again.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

14968.253v, Jan 10 at 1502, wobbly very weak RHC spur, matched by
15311.403v, i.e. out of 15140v transmitter; but the closer pair circa
14997 & 15283 are not to be heard today.

Since 15140v is yet another off-frequency fundamental, its spurs
should also be offset slightly below their `normal` positions. The
independently measured separations now are: minus 171.578 kHz below;
plus 171.572 above --- a very close match by 6 Hz, within margin of
error! Something`s always wrong at RHC.

But we are indebted to the engineering staff for providing all these
monitoring and mathematical exercises on otherwise dull bands (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, Jan 10 at 1422, JBA AM carrier, presumed what`s
left of TGAV Radio Verdad, 38 minutes after sunrise here (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** HAWAII. 6501-USB, Jan 10 at 0633, rough modulation of marine
weather info, mainly ``seas``, i.e. wave heights in feet, for various
Pacific Ocean coÃrdinates.

Per EiBi it`s USCG Honolulu, NMO, scheduled at 0600-0635 & 1200-1235
only; 6501 time-shared with Alaska, Guam, Chesapeake, and Fuzhou. IIRC
this and/or other USCG stations have long suffered from lousy SSB
modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN. 9680, Jan 10 at 1528, W&M conversation in Japanese, poor.
It`s NHK, in clear after the China Radio War ends at 1400. NHK also on
9750, both for Asia of course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Jan 10 at 0635, undermodulated Spanish, S9-S7, as
XEPPM must be overrunning nominal 0600*; perhaps it`s still the RFI
news relay, cut off abruptly at 0638* during what may have been an ID.
For a long time now, earlier in evening, Radio EducaciÃn has been very
weak and also undermodulated, unusable. Clearly SW is the lowest
priority for them, as they are finally expanding into FM. We can only
hope they keep 6185 going as Mexico`s last SW station (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1964 monitoring: confirmed Wed Jan
9 at 2200 on WRMI 9955 and WBCQ 7490v, both good a few words apart.

Also confirmed new time of UT Thursday Jan 10 at 0100 on WRMI 7780,
poor S7-S9. Next:

2100 UT Thursday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 7780 to NE [NEW; unconfirmed]
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
0930 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW [alt weeks; Jan 19?]
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique *9265 via WINB to WSW
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6990-LSB, Jan 10 at 0628, there he is again, the guy
with long aaaaaahhhhhhs between seeming Japanese syllables. I try to
copy some of those, not necessarily accurately: inati, irata, nishida,
ishanata, oshito, kunitobo, ishado koto, ishina, kita, kata, shana,
koto, ikeda, isina, kata, kita, isoto, ishabata --- and finally,
koshira repeated 9 times in a row.

For kix, I paste these into Google Translate to see what come out.
Immediately detects language as Japanese, and into English:

``Pilgrimage, I needed, Nodai, Nagai, Oshita, Kuonbo, Oka, Okayama,
Ikeda, Kana, Kyoto, Ikeda, Ikebana, Ikeda, Katakana, Iwaso, Welcome``

Two more tries with slight changes get some different wild guesses:

``Pilgrimage, I needed, Nodai, Nagai, Oshita, Kuonbo, Oka, Okayama,
Ikeda, Kana, Kyoto, Ikeda, Ikebana, Ikeda, Katakana, Iwaso, Ishihara,
Kohra``

``Pilgrimage, I needed, Nodai, Nagai, Oshita, Kuonbo, Oka, Okayama,
Ikeda, Kana, Kyoto, Ikeda, Ikebana, Ikeda, Katakana, Iwaso, Buddy``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1744 UT January 10

** BRAZIL. I am surveying the ZYs on 9 and 11 MHz in the nightmiddle:

11815.014, Jan 9 at 0613, VP assumed R. Brasil Central. This one is
the winner for closeness to nominal frequency.

11855.915 and audibly wobbling, Jan 9 at 0614, some Portuguese talk
from R. Aparecida, S3-S6. This one varies a lot, sometimes above
11856.

Only other signals on 25 mb are JBACs from N Korea 11680, 11710,
11735; Cuban jamming or RHC on 11860, 11930, 12000.

9664.686, Jan 9 at 0618, R. Voz MissionÃria is S5-S7. But many other
31m stations are inaudible, presumed off, approx.:

9819-, 9725+, 9675-, 9630+. Maybe SRDA 9565- is still there under the
stupid Cuban jamming. 9725 and 9675 have been gone for some weeks, but
9819 was heard not long ago, and 9630.5 is usually there.

The other ZYs listed in WRTH 2019 without daggers or double-daggers, I
never hear; perhaps some still active at more limited dayparts, not
overnight: 11935, 11915, 11895, 11780, 11765, 9550, 9515; most likely
off-frequency if ever running (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 13645, Jan 9 at 0611, very weak talk signal, the OSOB except
for VP NZ on 13730, which is often really the OSOB until 0700. HFCC
shows 13645 must be CRI English via Xi`an at 06-07 only, 500 kW at 200
degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11860 & 11930, Jan 9 at 0616, totally wasted residual pulse
jamming against R. Martà frequencies used only in the daytime.

12000, Jan 9 at 0617, RHC English is R5, S9-S7, much stronger than the
jammers. Altho harmonic 2 x 6000, it`s hard not to conclude 12000 is
intentional. As usual, not a trace of 2x the other three 6 MHz band
frequencies from the other site. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13779.239, Jan 9 at 1459, RHC way off-frequency again; it was
not on at earlier check 1409. Something`s always wrong at RHC, but: No
FM spurs today on band from 13700.

15690 & 15710, Jan 9 at 1451, CRI English 15700 via Cuba has a tone
audible only with BFO on but I can`t zero beat it. Keyboard matches to
D# above Cmiddle, or about 311 Hz. The same tone is JBA at plus and
minus 10 kHz spurs, the only sign of them around this transmitter. Not
exactly the same situation as 11840 evenings which always has much
attenuated plus/minus 10 kHz spurs with program modulation.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15139.818, Jan 9 at 1413, this RHC is way off-frequency again
today and terribly distorted; spurs also detectable circa 14968,
14997, 15283 but not 15311. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority had a big
surprise in store for us. Ever since the digital transition, the
second of four OETA channels has been called OKLA --- a mixture of
repeats of PBS and OETA main-channel programs, kidvid, and shall we
say, second-tier PTV shows.

On Monday January 7, OKLA was suddenly gone, replaced by PBS World,
apparently a sub-service of PBS which has already been available
elsewhere. Break-ins with some OETA repeats remain on the new 13-2,
but overall it provides a much more diversified schedule.

For example, BBC World News America had been airing at 2200 UT on
OKLA, and again at 2300 weekdays on OETA-HD (main channel). Now on 13
-2 instead, we have NHK World news at 2200, and DW News at 2230. NHK
had been absent from any OETA service for more than a year. Now we can
get three major foreign TV news sources in a row for a sesquihour.

I have mixed feelings about the change, since there was already more
worthwhile programming on OETA than I had time to watch! Full
schedules of all four OETAs are available here:
http://www.oeta.tv/schedule/

I can get OETA off the air, sometimes, depending on slight tropo
enhancement, but often marginal with breakup, or not at all. I
strongly suspect that the problem is not a weak signal, but QRM from
the second harmonic of local KNID 107.1 on 214.2 MHz, right in the
middle of the RF channel 13, 210-216 MHz spectrum.

13-1 and 13-2 are also on Suddenlink cable, 13 & 145, but maddeningly
have been only with flat mono sound, which I had to endure even during
the recent holiday music specials, and lots of PBS programs, notably
Nature have excellent stereo music background soundtrax.

After prodding OETA repeatedly to get this fixed, instead I finally
reached someone at Enid Suddenlink to investigate. It turns out that
their main source for OKC channels including OETA is a fibre-optic
feed from competing cable company Cox, which owns the OKC market.

He switched to Suddenlink`s backup, an off-air pickup in Seminole OK
(the other side of OKC, rather indirect!), and voilÃ, I hear stereo
again (on headphones, so there is no ambiguity). Thus we again have
$ tereo on OETA via cable as long as they keep getting it via Seminole.
If I want to see something on OETA Create, their third channel, I
still have to get it off the air or not at all.

I have been unable to find any PR on the OETA website about the change
from OKLA to PBS WORLD, but here`s something of far more import,
behind-the-scenes problems we never would know about from watching TV:

``OETA Acts to Protect Donor Funds
Last Updated by Aaron Morvan on Jan 09, 2019 at 4:34 pm

http://www.oeta.tv/blogs/media/oeta-acts-to-protect-donor-funds/?preview

The Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA) Board of
Directors voted unanimously today to terminate its relationship with
OETA Foundation. In taking this action the Board is protecting donor
funds and the investment of Oklahomaâs taxpayers as well as the
integrity of OETA. OETA intends to fully comply with the intent of the
state law 1982 Okla. Sess. Laws 607, SB 454 to âencourage
contributions by private individuals, companies, foundations,
corporations and others in the private and public sectorsâ and will
immediately take steps to form a âpublic, nonprofit foundation which
will operate for the exclusive purpose of receiving, investing and
expending privately donated nonstate appropriated funds related to the
support, promotion, development and growth of educational and public
broadcasting in Oklahoma.â

In 1982 OETA collaborated with a diverse group of philanthropic
Oklahomans to create the OETA Foundation, Inc. The OETA Foundation and
OETA worked together for just over three decades with a shared goal to
bring Oklahomans quality, accessible, non-commercial programming
intended to entertain and enlighten.

OETA holds the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license for
public television in Oklahoma and as the licensee, OETA is closely
regulated by the FCC with sole responsibility for programming,
management, and content.

The once-cooperative and courteous relationship between OETA and the
OETA Foundation, Inc. has deteriorated dramatically. Recognizing this
serious situation, the OETA Board of Directors led intensive efforts
over a multi-year period to negotiate a modernized and reformed
operating agreement with the OETA Foundation, but unfortunately were
rebuffed by the OETA Foundation. As a result, multiple long-time OETA
Foundation Trustees resigned in 2018 in protest of this continued
irresponsible and harmful behavior towards OETA and the State of
Oklahoma.

In December of 2018, OETA Foundation filed suit against OETA to assert
control of the operations of OETA and to prevent donor funding from
reaching OETA. In response, OETA filed a petition asking the judge to
affirm OETAâs authority to select a more prudent and responsible
steward of OETAâs donor dollars and charitable gifts.

âAfter trying in good faith for over two years to reach an amicable
resolution we now find ourselves in the unfortunate position of being
forced to terminate our relationship with the OETA Foundation, Inc.,â
commented Garrett King of Weatherford, Chair of the OETA Board of
Directors. âThe OETA Foundation has precipitated this unfortunate
situation, but the OETA Board of Directors will uphold its
responsibilities to the public and to OETAâs generous donors. We will
protect and preserve OETA and its ability to execute the mission given
it by the Oklahoma Legislature.â

The OETA Board of Directors voted today in favor of a resolution which
provides the Chair of the Board the authority to proceed with
terminating the agreement with the OETA Foundation. As a result, OETA
intends to notify the OETA Foundation in writing directly of its
decision.

âWe took this action today pursuant to all applicable law and policy,
but we took no joy in being forced to do so by the OETA Foundationâs
reckless and damaging behavior,â King said. âIt is what we must do. We
have also taken the first crucial steps towards rebuilding OETAâs
capacity to fully cooperate with a new supporting charity as was
envisioned by the Legislature in 1982 and as was the reality for so
many positive, productive years. Private support has been and will be
crucial to OETAâs continued success and role as a positive force in
the lives of Oklahomans.â

King expressed his appreciation to the full OETA Board of Directors
for its engaged, resolute support of OETAâs employees and mission. He
also commended public media veteran Polly Anderson, the Executive
Director of OETA named by the Board in late 2017, for her
steadfastness in steering the organization through challenging times``

The root cause of this schism is totally unclear. Is it all about
money, or programming philosophy, or ?? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5830, Jan 9 at 1403, WTWW-1 is S9+20/30 of dead air for at
least a minute; by 1449 recheck it`s modulating SFAW; by 1505 day
frequency 9475- is still not on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15490, Jan 9 at 1450, S8-S9 of open carrier with some
hum; per HFCC, EiBi and Aoki, nothing is scheduled here between 1230
and 1630, after Woofferton, before Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1812 UT January 9

** BRAZIL [NON]. 6090.00, Jan 8 at 0047-0051, one signal S7-S9 very
poor but enthusiastic talk seems Spanish. IRAN is scheduled here, and
the same is inbooming via UTwente SDR. It`s an anti-American Cuban
talking.

I am checking this again, because another monitor has repeatedly said
he hears ``Bandeirantes`` and ``Sao Paulo`` mentioned on this
frequency, such as at this time on a previous date --- despite info
from Brazilian DXers that Bands. is long gone from SW and has even
dismantled its equipment. I also brought up Bands. webcasts which were
nice to hear in Portuguese of course, but not the same programming as
on 6090:
https://radiobandeirantes.band.uol.com.br/
http://www.radiosaovivo.net/bandeirantes/

BTW, Anguilla was absent, but next check at 0355 PMS is on, next2
check at 0635 is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 14968.44 & 15311.56 approx., Jan 7 at 1437, JBA spurs out of
RHC 15140 transmitter are detected and also the closer pair circa
15283 & 14997. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But today the 13 MHz
band is clean of spurs, just fundamentals 13700 & 13780 --- except:

13750, Jan 7 at 1503 surprised to hear RHC Spanish audio here but does
not compute as spur or mix of 13700, 13780. Instead it is 1390 kHz
below 15140! I.e. receiver overload mixing with my strongest local
KCRC. Not noted before; must be because distorted 15140 is unusually
strong. 13750 vanishes with preamps off or attenuation.

15140, Jan 8 at 1735 on caradio, this RHC is awful, more distorted
than ever, while 11760 is OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5039.936, UT Tue Jan 8 at 0640, RHC English is unusually way
off-frequency; ``Ed Newman`` is introducing the 2-weekly `Focus on
Africa`, claiming it is also transmitted to Africa on 11880! Which is
a long-gone frequency, now 9720. Complies with listener requests for
more music on this show.

Also, 15139.822, Jan 8 at 1401, RHC Spanish distorted; one thing RHC
usually manages to do, is stay close to nominal frequencies. The
latter cuts off at 1402, uncovering *no* Oman, but Ivo Ivanov says
that did come on by 1405. RHC is back on by 1407 at S9+20. No FM spurs
on 13 MHz band today, but something is always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1964, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521, Jan 8 at 1745 on caradio as I drive around
Enid, JBA het upon nearby KOKC. Hard to believe it be the 2000 kW from
Duba, even before noon here, but can`t think of a better explanation.
On the caradio so not a local device, altho I have also heard it on
home rigs. Close skywave is certainly in play now tnx to the lowsun on
highband, from at least Iowa to Texas. So if Saudi can get to the east
coast, it`s not too fantastic to reach this farther under the
circumstances. Are they hearing it in Massachusetts this early? Other
spots further from a local 1520 should listen for it too, and try to
get a bearing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9330 & 9395, Jan 8 at 1740 on caradio, TOMBS
with some reverb, unusual; makes the LDPOG sound really cool, ha.
Rails against those who do not believe he is: turn the dial. OK!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815.731, Jan 8 at 1411, TRT Turkish talk at S4-S8, way
off-frequency today, while English is relatively close at 12035.022
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7341-USB, Mon Jan 7 at 1506, crypto letter messages, calls
include Red Cloud 41 and Heartland 40? Presumably another CAP net
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1964 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on
7265 CUSB, Jan 6:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/01/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on_6.html
1131-1200 7265 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu English Sun, fair signal``

Confirmed Sunday January 6 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor

Confirmed UT Monday January 7 at 0230 on WRMI 5950 fair, 9395 JBA

Confirmed UT Monday January 7 from 0401 on Area 51 webcast and at 0429
on WBCQ 5130.4, very poor

Confirmed UT Monday January 7 at 0430 on WRMI, S9+10/20; exactly like
last week at same time, interrupting the song ``Hallelujah`` (not the
original version)

Confirmed Monday January 7 at 0930 on Unique Radio, NSW, by Matt
Francis, also NSW, 355 km or 208 statute miles away

Confirmed Monday January 7 at 2330 on WRMI 9955, good (but not 5950 as
on WRMI skedgrid, which is axually // 4980 & 9395, Supreme Master TV)

WOR 1963 on WRMI System B 9955, at least, had a strange glitch in the
opening when I cite the number: ``19--`` with the ``63`` missing. I
made sure it was OK for the remaining repeats, due to delay in
compiling all the information.

Confirmed UT Tuesday January 8 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good

Confirmed Tuesday January 8 at 2030 on WRMI 7780, fair

WORLD OF RADIO 1964 contents: Alaska, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Bangladesh, Congo DR, Cuba, Germany, Greece, India, Iran non,
Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Oman, PerÃ,
Russia, Sudan South non, Thailand, UK, USA; and the propagation
outlook

WOR 1964 ready for first airings January 9:

0930 UT Wednesday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI *9955 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI *7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [NEW]
2100 UT Thursday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 7780 to NE [NEW; unconfirmed]
0930 UT Friday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
0930 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW [alt weeks; Jan 19?]
1200 UT Saturday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique *9265 via WINB to WSW
1230 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
2200 UT Saturday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB ND NSW
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE [NEW]
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5970, Jan 7 at 0613 check, the sporadic WEWN is off again
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 800, Jan 8 at 1323 UT, ``Motown Radio, 92.5`` and another FM
frequency, ``back to oldies`` --- what? Surely not CKLW.

The excellent WTFDA FM Database
http://db.wtfda.org/fac_frequency/down/1
immediately has the answer as I search on the slogan even tho I am
hearing this on AM:
``K223CR KVOM-800 92.5 MORRILTON AR USA 0.25 0.25 0.0 0.0
35-08-52 92-52-05 OLDIES MOTOWN RADIO``

Morrilton is in central AR near LR, 300 miles away. KVOM is the
closest 800 to the east, but believe it is new here. Of course, this
was all with KQCV OKC nulled, and BTW nothing heard from XEROK (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Jan 8 at 1326: all
from the WSW, i.e. DU Au/NZ, not NW, i.e. Japan: 612, 702, 756, 837?,
882, 1035. We are at our latest sunrise now, 1344 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1570, Jan 8 at 1748 UT on caradio, low audible het from
some of the midday skywave, besides XERF and KTUZ (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0245 UT January 9