NOTE! Apparently due to icestorm in Enid, internet and cable access
was lost Wed Oct 28 at 1610 UT, and still not restored almost 48
hours later. I am attempting to get online at library ASAP on Fri Oct
30. At least we did not lose power at home like so many others.

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 1524, LRA36 is on the air for
final day of the 2020y winter season as previously publicized; S4-S7
via Brasil KiwiSDR, mostly chat by W&W, bits of music and canned IDs
such as at 1530 for ``Nacional -- la radio pública``. Some mentions of
Antártida along with Argentina; past 1546. At 1557 I really
concentrate, trying to understand what they are colloquially charlando.
1559 a song, 1602 ID and song, and they mention ``último programa --
miércoles``.

Nominally ending at 1600 but always running overtime, still going at
1610 when I suddenly lose Suddenlink internet, as well as cable, and
it`s still off 3 hours later, no doubt to be blamed on the OK icestorm.
SL robot tells me they hope to have it repaired by =20 UT. Nope. Then
=24 UT: nope. At 01 UT Oct 29 I call again: now it`s ASAP. Meanwhile my
datamining in preparation for next WOR 2058 has ground to a halt.

Manuel Méndez previously forwarded the latest notice he received from
Base Esperanza which I transcribe from jpg. Note names of staff. Next
winter`s crew could be partially or totally different, resuming in
February or March? I would rather spend a summer in Antarctica than a
winter, but that`s just me.

``El equipo de LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel se despide
del ciclo 2020. Te esperamos a las 11 (14 Hs UTC) hasta las 13 Hs para
que junto a

Eliana Baraldo, Julia Morena, Tamara Milán, Yanina Galeano, Damián
Tranamil y el director Norman Nahueltripay cerremos un gran año de la
radio mas austral del mundo.`` Tranamil is the one to whom go
reports (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

{late news from Mendez: ``final`` broadcast will be repeated Sat Oct 31}

** CUBA. 13700 & 13740, Oct 28 at 1506, RHC is running late with a
speech, live event? No doubt by some Commie; then also audible still
going past 1508 on 9535, 11760, 15140, JBA carrier 15230; past 1522,
7350 and 6000 also (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA [non]. 7255, Oct 29 at 0616, VON absent, while Qur`an makes
it on 7245, presumably Algeria via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, Oct 28 at 2356 UT, silly sports talk from WKY OKC
keeps hiccuping, modulation dropping out about once a second; with BFO
I can tell the carrier is also dropping off, timed at the rate of about
48/minute until it stop doing that (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, Oct 28 into Oct 29 past 1500 UT, KUCO-FM OKC appears
to be on the air but with weakened carrier only vs other classical
station KHCC Radio Kansas. KUCO studio if not transmitter probably part
of widespread power outage in OKC due to icestorm. Still the same Oct
30 past 1400 --- hearing KHCC Radio Kansas 90.1 but also seeming dead
carrier from KUCO (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 18130-USB, Oct 28 at 1510, W5KI concluding a contact; and just
before at 1509 on 18115-USB, another JBA ham, a WA3, discussing a silly
baseball game. I often scan the so-called 17m hamband for any signs of
activity, usually without. 16m too: now 17775- KVOH only JBA carrier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October 28
until 2129:19, so started circa 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490v, S7-S9.

Also confirmed Wed Oct 28 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S2-S5 via broken-LW-on-
the-ground-under-icy-tree-debris.

Not confirmed UT Thu Oct 29 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA carrier, but
probably.

Next WOR 2058 may be delayed depending on when internet outage be fixed
and on whether power be lost at HQ.

WOR 2057 did have to replay UT Fri Oct 30 at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 VG and
5010 fair-good.

Later: WOR 2058 has been produced but unable to upload to website or ftp
to affiliates. Instead will attempt to send as email attachment via
library computer, ASAP October 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, Oct 28 at 1502, this WRMI is still off, nor is that BS
replaced by extending 9955 into midday as was planned; yet 9455 remains
in well with own BS. It`s overkill anyway, when 9395 & 9455 carry same
programming 60 kHz apart on same parameters. But TOMBS fell for that,
too much sucker money to spend (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 870, Oct 28 at 2353 UT, WWL New Orleans still has plenty of
time for commercials as the eye of Hurricane Zeta is right over the
city. Eventually gets back to coverage, callers, and reports from
parish sheriff(s). 0000 Oct 29 into CBS News leading with a report from
the same WWL guy; some fades vs something hetting in its null. Then
locally explains the modified jock schedule overnight, including this
one coming back at 6 am [CDT] -- that is apparently his normal shift
as he keeps saying ``good morning`` now and swears at himself for
sodoing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Conservative Analyst Bill Kristol:
A Trump Second Term Would Be Dangerous

President Trump’s America has been characterized by political
polarization. Also notable has been the exodus of prominent Republicans
from the GOP. One high-profile example is Bill Kristol, who served in
the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He now
leads Defending Democracy Together, a coalition of anti-Trump
Republicans. He spoke with Walter Isaacson about the possible cost to
his former party, should its members continue to back this
administration unconditionally.

WATCH VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6EHvcKfcpg&feature=youtu.be
(Amanpour & Co., PBS)
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KUWAIT  7585even new fq US Radio Farda in Persian via
IBB exBBG USAGM VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb, US exIBB USAGM VoA RL RFA
bcast center Kuwait relay site is  n o t  at Kabd location,
rather 43 kilometers distance apart northerly at al-Dschahra suburb
29 30 45.59 N  47 40 17.84 E
<https:goo.gl/maps/mEfcyCVssEL2>
Report sent to: <manager_kuwait -at- kuw.ibb.gov>
Persian scheduled 02.30-08.30 UT, S=9+20dB in Doha Qatar remote SDR,
07.40 UT on Oct 30, S=8 signal still in Delhi India remote Perseus unit.
unusually hard rock pop mx played.

INDIA  6000 kHz NOT HEARD at 07.52 UT Oct 30, AIR Leh Ladakh NOT ON AIR.
6099.960  AIR Voice of Kashmir, scheduled 07.30-08.10 UT in Kashmiri,
via AIR Delhi Kampur shortwave center. S=9+35dB locally on remote
Delhi Perseus unit. Local subcontinent music heard. 07.55 UT on Oct 30.

CHINA/TAIWAN  9259.950  SOH TWN / CNR1 jamming Mandarin at 08.01 UT,
S=6 or -84dBm  signal into India remote rx.

UZBEKISTAN/ARMENIA  11550  Persian opposition radio 'Iran International
TV' from London once again measured with worldwide KiwiNet direction
finding option TDoA, and centered as RRTM Telecom Tashkent Uzbekistan
bcast center. Tashkent Shortwave Transmitting Station, c/o RRTM,
Amir Timur str. 109 "A", Central Asia.
S=9+15dB in Doha Qatar at 08.20 UT on Oct 30. Scheduled 02-13 UT,
later scheduled on 6270 kHz via Yerevan Gavar(ex Kamo-USSR) site
via local winter night time.

BULGARIA  11600even  Sermon roarer BS TOM transmission noted on Doha 
Qatar remote Perseus SDR rx, S=9+10dB signal at 08.33 UT on Oct 30.

Bcast via Spaceline Ltd. SPC-NURTS Sofia Kostinbrod Bulgaria relay site.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 30)
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JRX Logs_ Wednesday, October 28, 2020Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s)_  LongwireDate and Time in UTC/GMT

ASCENSION ISLAND** 12095. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 2033-2045, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Woman announcer interviews a man, during all log. Very good reception. 
CLANDESTINE** 12050. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 1914-1924, Radio Ndarason International, Woofferton-G, in Kanuri. Woman and man announcers in conversation; 1922 ID and a nice female announcer says about Coronavirus. Very good to excellent reception.
CUBA** 13740. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 2101-2112, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish, Woman talks news; 2110 ID and man talks. Fair reception.
FRANCE** 11995. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 1924-1934, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Woman and man announcers present news; Interview with a man. Very good reception.
MADAGASCAR** 11965. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 2000-2010, MWV-African Pathways Radio, Mahajanga-MDG, in English. A song; 2003 Man talks, ID and website africanpathways.com; 2005 Recorded audio with religious questions and answers, by woman and man announcers. Very good reception.** 11985. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 1934-1944, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Arabic. Woman talks; Man talks, too; 1940 A song. Poor reception.
MALI** 13630. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 2050-2100, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in English. Man and woman announcers present a "Chinese Class"; 2058 Woman talks. Good reception.
SPAIN** 11940. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 1944-1958, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Man announcer presents a sport program, with news and comments; 1950 Football game, live, and goal by Unión Deportiva. Excellent reception.
USA** 11930. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 2011-2028, Radio Martí, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. Man announcer makes a interview with a man, all about Cuba and USA relations. Very good reception. 
VATICAN** 12075. Wed, Oct 28, 2020. 1912-1923, Voice of America, SM di Galeria-CVA, in French. Man and woman announcers talk news; Interview. Fair to good reception.

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** CUBA. 9885 and 9805, Oct 26 at 0543, lite pulse jamming against
nothing; 9805 is an ex-Martí frequency but never at this hour, and
9885 is currently VOA French to Africa via Vatican, unheard.
Something`s always wrong at the Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR) Date correct, omitted from previous report

** OKLAHOMA. Except for a split-second glitch, we haven`t yet lost
power in this part of Enid, unlike 4 to 6 thousand other OG&E
customers; but circa 2300 UT Oct 27, my main 100-foot longwire antenna
for the R75 is broken and on the ground under tree debris felled by
severe ice storm. With a lot of icing on it, had been supported by
three trees in a row; and before that the last segment was already
down; once warmed up and cleared, fixing it or replacing it is not a
very big job, but I am so sad for our poor trees! Meanwhile I can
still try to use it, or switch to ``indoor longwire`` strung around
the ceilings of two rooms. A third wave of freezing rain is on the way
from El Paso (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU [and non]. 4764, Oct 28 at 0002, VP signal from presumed Radio
Huanta 2000, before Cuba sometimes start Progreso at 0030 on 4765, tnx
to tip from LOB in Brasil who was getting it a few minutes earlier,
and has not been active every night. I`m listening via a remote not
far from him which is getting it better than another remote which is
closer to Perú. To boot, it also gets a weaker het/carrier from 4765
and it`s still not Cuba. Must be TAJIKISTAN which per EiBi, not Aoki,
comes on at 2259. Here direct at 0017 via broken wire, I only have JBA
carrier on 4764 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Oct 27 at 2124, VOA rock music S9+30, as
B-season-only hour in English via Grimesland has resumed, 250 kW due
east and thus also with a bigsig opposite off the back at ideal skip
distance. This also means that on Fridays at 2105-2200 we may again
easily hear `Music Time in Africa` unlike in the A-seasons when the
only SW frequency is JBA 15580 Botswana --- and I bet hostess hyper
Heather is still unaware of this outsending. Now if I can only
remember, at an inconvenient time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 12075, Oct 27 at 2112, S9+10 English lesson for French
about buying shoes: it`s VOA, 100 kW, 350 degrees via BOTSWANA M-F at
2100-2130, and followed by Bambara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring, next:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

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One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US
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WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6905.930v-RCUSB, Oct 28 at 0057 via TWR Bonaire SDR,
peppy tropical tunes mostly vocal at S6-S7. At 0100 a 5+1 timesignal
which must be crosstalk from something, mixing with continuing music.
0105 automated timecheck for 9:04, and others are consistently one
minute slow. Canned IDs of 3 or 4 varieties play between every 2 or 3
songs, None mentioning Venezuela 93.7 nor the next station to be
relayed, LV del Tigre 980 --- just ``ROCV, 6906``. At 0111, grandiose
``transmitiendo a nivel mundial`` and contact info for reports too
rapid for me to copy and I`m as usual not recording, seeming e-mail,
phone, postal? ``Sus reportes son importante para nosotros`` but not
explicitly promising any QSL. 0119 another ID, etc., etc., and 0204
again the one with contact info (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Right-wing U.S. Christians have engineered an almost parallel version
of the faith, writes Michael Coren · for CBC News Opinion · Posted:
Oct 27, 2020 4:00 AM ET |

...One of the ironies of the United States is that a country that so
roars about the concept of the separation of church and state has a
political system so drenched in religiosity. The divinity's followers
vote in enormous numbers and many U.S. politicians are genuine
believers, whatever their party allegiance.

And then there is Donald Trump. Even though he won the support of more
than 80 per cent of white evangelicals in 2016 and is still highly
popular with Christians of many denominations, there's little sign
that he's an authentic person of faith. His personal behaviour is
unusual for someone who says he is a Christian, and his policies
routinely appear to be the antithesis of the Gospel values of peace,
love, and justice...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-christian-conservative-support-donald-trump-1.5776988
(via Richard Langley, NB)

This report dispatched at 0420 UT October 29
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** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Oct 27 at 1414: nothing found in the
13s, 12s or 11s WOOB until I get to a JBA carrier on 10870 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Oct 27 at 1411, RHC is S9 of dead air, while 13740 is
off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 840, WHAS Louisville KY to be off the air again for
tower maintenance from 0400 UT Oct 27: tnx to tip from Chris Gay, KU4A
to the WOR iog, which quickly spread to MW-only DX groups:

``I just learned that 840 WHAS will go off the air again tonight for
tower maintenance starting at midnight EDT (0400Z). The length of the
outage was not announced.``

At 0402 I tune in to find WHAS still on during Kentucky news, but
after asserting ``broadcasting live 24/7``, ha2, cuts off at 0405.7*
--- but back on in a few seconds, that was quick! During weather from
WLKY-TV; why not WHAS-TV??, 0406 into weird talkshow, `Ground Zero`
about ``shadow archetypes, lurkers showing up at 3 am``.

Recheck at 0425 now WHAS is off, and the only signals I am getting
loop SE/NW, but with splash from 850 KOA: music, 0428 Spanish? No sign
from the south of KVJY Pharr in the RGV of TX, U4 5/1 kW, also Spanish
which is normally the #1 competitor to WHAS. Main signal is surely 10
kW CMHW in Santa Clara, Cuba, but has a 1.1 Hz SAH, which could be the
other further 1 kW Cuban, CMKC, R. Revolución, Palma Soriano, Santiago
province; or some other LA. Not rechecked until 0535, WHAS still off,
some fading faster SAH carriers on E-W longwire, but on DX-398, music
with slow SAH dominant from SE. 0600 still that with no ID break, but
*0601 WHAS cuts back on JIP news; 0615 check it`s off again. One more
check before I quit, WHAS off and on at 0632*-*0633 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9605, Oct 27 at 0122, S9+10/20 of rock music,
presumably K-pop [what`s the big deal about that?], 0128 announcement
in Spanish, KBSWR relay still going via WHRI. It`s Oct 27 but HFCC
still has not published a non-tentative B-20 schedule, the latest
still dated Oct 23 despite season starting Oct 25! With double
registration for 9605 by FCC and by ENCompass, but also 5990 for same
broadcast via Grimesland NC, i.e. USAGM. Axual date of switchover
unknown, apparently depending on when the sale of WHRI to WBCQ close.
Nothing yet on 5990.

9605 0100 0200 12,14 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D
8922 Spa USA KBS ENC 580
9605 0100 0200 12,14,16 HRI 250 167 15 218 1234567 251020 280321 D
8500 Spa USA KBS FCC 909
5990 0100 0200 12,14 GB 250 172 12 216 1234567 251020 280321 D
9000 Spa USA KBS ENC 15212
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1 KUCO-FM and 91.7 KOSU, Oct 27 from 1430 UT, both our
public radio stations from OKC are suffering brief drops off air,
presumably due to icing on their antennas, as we are being hit by a
terrible ice storm. Cable and internet also lost in Enid circa 1600
UT, so we must rely only on OTA TV via roof antenna. Until we lose
power too? 282,000 Oklahoma customers of OG&E, PSO and others are
reported to be powerless as of 1700 on KWTV news; and the OG&E
systemwatch website was down even before we lost internet. Back online
by 1750 as I hasten to post this (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 426-MCW kHz, Oct 27 at 0625 UT, JBA NDB ID as IZS, which is
25 watts from Montezuma, Georgia, SW of Warner Robins and Perry, right
next to Oglethorpe. Nothing else unusual LW logged vs the noise level
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: confirmed Monday
October 26 from 1900.5 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, time-shifted one UT
hour later for 5 months; monitored via UTwente, carrier on from *1857;
1859.8 quick ID and FSN headlines before WOR. Heavy unevitable ACI
splash from 7295 CRI English westward from Urumqi, East Turkistan,
land of cultural genocide by the ChiCom against Uyghurs; and also from
7280 Voice of Vietnam: despite being -10 kHz away, it remains just as
bad as the +5, meaning switching LSB/USB tuning does not help. WOR
completely readable if you put up with the noise. Spotchex indicate
WOR airs intact, and ending at 1929.5 with no chopoff! Brief horn,
IRRS address with Milano P O Box they supposedly have quit using; and
into FSN more than headlines.

Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA S5-S7 here,
good S8-S9 into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Tue Oct 27 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+10 at Bonaire
SDR. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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One may also contribute via money order or check in US funds on a US
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WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 27 at 0120, WRNO is on with gospel huxter in
English at S9+10 but quite undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 840, WHAS Louisville KY off for maintenance: See CUBA [and
non]

This report dispatched at 1810 UT October 27
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