JRX Current Logs: February 21-22 & 25, 2021Receiver (s): Degen DE1103, Tecsun S-2000 & XHDATA D-808Antenna (s): Degen 31MS, Longwire & Sony AN-71All times and dates in UTC-GMT

ASCENSION ISLAND** 15400. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1801-1811, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. Man and woman talk during transmission game, live, and a people manifestation. Very good reception.
** 15490. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1812-1822, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in French. Man presents sport news, says Barcelona and Real Madrid; 1815 Woman and man announcers talk news, with a external news reporter participation from Senegal. Very good reception.
** 17780. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1659-1713, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in English. IS; 1700 ID and next, man and woman announcers talk, say about football transmission game, assistance manifestation. Excellent reception.
Parallel log on 17830asc, very good reception.

BENIN** 1566. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 0428-0445, TWR Africa. Parakou-BEN, in Twi language. IS-ID; Man Pastor makes a preaching; 0445 A brief song and beginning new program edition. Fair reception.

BOTSWANA** 15580. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1823-1833, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in English. Man and woman talk news and a news reporter participation. Fair reception.
** 17895. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1714-1725, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in English. Man and woman announcers talk news; ID; 1720 News continues. Fair reception.

BRAZIL** 9665. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 2043-2055, Radio Voz Missionaria, Camboriu-SC, in Portuguese. Men announcers present news; 2045 ID; Station´s religious announcements; 2052 A song by female singer. Fair reception. 
** 11780. Mon, Feb 22, 2021. 2201-2211, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia-DF, in Portuguese. Station transmitting the mandatory official program "A Voz do Brasil", with news of the three powers: Executive, legialative and Judicial, presente by man and woman announcers and a news reporters participation. Good reception.
** 11780. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 1248-1258, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia-DF, in Portuguese. News by man announcer and news reporters participation; 1255 News by woman announcer, too; Brasilia time and ID. Fair reception.
** 11815. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 1259-1309, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania-GO, in Portuguese. Man announcer talks. Very poor to barely audible reception.

CHINA** 9655. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1951-1957, China Radio International, Kunming-Anning-CHN, in Turkish. A song by male singer; 1956 Man announcer says CRI sked in turkish with frequencies; 1957 Ends programming of the day. Very good reception.
** 9800. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 2311-2321, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Spanish. Woman announcer says about food waste within the program that talks about sustainable development in China; ID. Very good reception.

CUBA** 13740. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 1236-1246, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. Man announcer talks sport news: Deportes; 1241 Man and woman present news in "Nuestros corresponsales informan"; ID. Fair reception.

FRANCE** 6040. Mon, Feb 22, 2021. 2228-2238, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man talks; 2231 The Qur´an chant; 2233 Qur´an recitation; 2237 Qur´an chant. Good reception.
** 9635. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1940-1950, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers talk about pandemia of the coronavirus in Africa; 1947 Woman says ID and a short music; 1948 Now, they talk about the Iran, mainly iranian economy and life. Very good.
** 15300. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1748-1758, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man announcer in conversation with a woman. Excellent reception.
** 17660. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 1218-1228, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers present news; 1221 ID and news continues. Very good reception.

GUAM** 11610. Mon, Feb 22, 2021. 2240-2250, AWR Guam-KSDA, Agat-GUM, in Vietnamese. Man talks, preaching. Fair to poor reception.
** 11870. Mon, Feb 22, 2021. 2212-2222, AWR Guam-KSDA, Agat-GUM, in Chinese. Woman talks, preaching, presumably; 2215 A song by choral; 2218 Man and woman talk; Man preaching. Good reception.

PHILIPPINES** 9795. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 2257-2310, FEBC Radio, Iba-PHL, in Mon language. IS till 2301; 2301 A brief song and man talks; 2303 A song; 2307 Returns man communication and other song, "Jesus". Good reception.
** 9795. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 2333-2343, FEBC Radio, Iba-PHL, in Lao. Man Pastor talks, preaching, presumably. Fair reception.
** 12120. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 1849-1910, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Tagalog. Man talks, speechs, says about The Philippines country; 1906 Ends man speech with applauses; 1907 Man ann says ID; Woman announcer talks. Very good reception.

SAUDI ARABIA** 15205. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1726-1736, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Arabic. The Holy Qur´an chant; 1729 Man says ID; 1730 The Qur´an recitation. Good reception.
** 15225. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1737-1747, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Arabic. Woman announcer talks during this log. Poor reception.

TURKEY** 9625. Thu, Feb 25, 2021. 2032-2042, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in French. Man and woman talk news, with a brief music space between them; ID. Fair reception.

USA** 6195. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 0400-0410, NHK World Japan, Furman-SC, in Spanish. IS-ID; Woman announcer presents NHK Newsletter. Very good reception.
** 7355. Mon, Feb 22, 2021. 2251-2300, Radio marti, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. Man announcer presents sport news, with a conversation by a external news reporter; 2255 A song, ID and more; marti IS. Fair reception.
** 9330. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 2350-0005, WBCQ-World´s Last Chance Radio, Monticello-ME, in Portuguese. Man talks about religious theme; 2354 Woman talks, too; 2355 A song, a IS song; 0000 IS song and begins the second part of the portuguese edition; ID and two man announcers says about religious themes with questions and answers. Good reception. 
** 9980. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 2322-2332, Brother Stair, Nashville-TN, in English. Man talks, preaching; 2330 Other man talks. Fair reception.
** 15610. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1905-1915, EWTN-Global Catholic Radio, Vandiver-AL, in English. Man and woman announcers talk, say about religious themes, with a very brief music between them. Fair reception.
** 15770. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1916-1926, WRMI-Supreme Master TV, Okeechobee-FL, in English. Woman talks; 1917 Man talks, preaching. Poor reception.
** 15825. Sun, Feb 21, 2021. 1928-1938, WWCR, Nashville-TN, in English. Pastor makes a preaching during this log. Good reception.

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** BRAZIL. Immediately after posting last log, Chris Mackerell, NZ
explains why RNA DRM is no longer making it to Bonaire: ``Change of
antenna beam. Good decoding here in New Zealand from 0400 UTC onwards.
Not 100% but some nice audio at times, and the Journaline news service
decodes. 73 Chris, Marahau, New Zealand`` --- Viz.:

``22 Feb --- In Brazil DRM on SW Being Redirected to the Populous
South-Central Part --- The Brazilian DRM shortwave transmission at
11910 kHz is now using an antenna that provides coverage for the
south-central part of the country.`` Plus the usual DRM hype:
https://www.drm.org/in-brazil-drm-on-sw-being-redirected-to-the-populous-south-central-part/
So now maybe some of the Brazilian SDRs are getting it sufficiently.
But, but, what about the dear Amazon, where DRM is so very much
needed? O wait, where were the receivers among the tribes? Is it still
carrying the Brasília 96.1 music FM channel?

Ivo Ivanov replies: ``Very good signal with decoding February 24 at
0550 UT on 11910 kHz via SDR São Bernardo do Campo, Brasil``.

So Feb 24 at 2356 I also check the SBC SDR and find an S8 signal but
solid decode of MPB and ID, 18+ dB SNR and 12.52 kbps, also headlines.
Distance 892 km = 554 stmi to SSE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

*** CUBA. 13765 approx., S9 FMish RHC spurblob with F# tone, Feb 24 at
1517, also circa 13836, 13634, 13566, first- and second-orders out of
13700-AM at about 65 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I
continue to be amazed that everyone else seems to ignore these. RHC
does not deserve a pass for constantly messing up our spectrum (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 24 at 1852, RHC mentioning that today is 60th
anniversary of first ``Onda Corta Experimental Cubana``, leading up to
RHC inauguration officially on Mayday. I`ve read some dispute that it
axually started a few weeks earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Must be the most self-congratulatory of SW stations. It`s always
something (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. Re 15215, Feb 21 at 1600-1658: ``On Sun, Feb 21,
2021 at 10:58 AM, Glenn Hauser wrote: `I assume Richard Langley or
someone will archive the entire hour for more convenient hoering.`

Finally archived here:
https://shortwavearchive.com/archive/radio-mrang-february-21-2021
and here:

https://archive.org/details/radio-oomrang-15.215-mhz-21-february-2021-1600-utc
-- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, Feb 24, WOR)

** SWAZILAND [and non]. 11780, Feb 24 at 1523, S7-S9 in HOA language,
certainly not Brasil which maybe is breaking at midday; TWR music-box
IS once and off by 1530*. It`s their Somali service at 1500-1530,
extended to 1545 weekends. Not much else TA of note on band, but
11705, Tamazuj via Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) a.k.a. ESWATINI

** U S A. 17700, Feb 24 at 1848, S7-S9 of open carrier, VOA Grimesland
already, prior to 1900-2000 French; do they really need to waste so
many kWh warming up? Taxpayers want to know. Hey, why not warm up with
a least a fragment of VOA English modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday February 24 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into Virginia SDR
but local noise bothers.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 24 from 2200:30 on WBCQ 7490.194v, S8 via
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 24 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S8-S9 into Bonaire SDR
but rather heavy pulse jamming; at 2328 check, S6-S8 but better S/N
ratio into SJ Campo, Brasil SDR. Next, and last:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 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 Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some
spare Canadian and US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds,
to woradio at yahoo.com.

Next WOR 2075 should be ready early UT Friday Feb 26 for first
broadcasts on WRMI 5850, 7780 at 0130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0018 UT February 25
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ONDA MEDIA.

DIURNA.

** CHILE. 1350. R. RIQUELME. FEB 22. 1527 - UTC. Avisos comerciales y luego
Música con avisos de ventas de terreno en sector "La rinconada del Sauce" .
45444. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar
de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

NOCTURNA.

** ARGENTINA 580. LU 20, R. CHUBUT. Feb 23. 0013 - UTC. Servicio
informativo provincial. 43443 con interferencia de R. Universidad de
Córdoba. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar
de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** ARGENTINA. 1580. R. 26 DE JULIO. 0220- UTC. Concierto de música
folklórica y luego avisos de la emisora. 34343. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor:
TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV
Región, Chile)

** BOLIVIA. 1540. R. BENDITA TRINIDAD. FEB 23. 0100 - 0120 UTC. Llamados
telefónicos con cánticos de canciones evangélicas, hechos por las personas
desde varias ciudades, además mujer que contesta dice: "Bendita Trinidad" .
35443. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar
de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** CHILE. 630. R. STELLA MARIS. FEB. 22. 0133 - 0143 UTC. Exposición sobre
el Concilio de Jerusalén referido en el libro de los Hechos de los
Apóstoles. 43443 con leve, pero permanente fading e interferencia de LW8 en
la misma frecuencia. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN
AN20, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** CHILE. 800. R. MARÍA DE VALPARAÍSO. FEB. 22. 0045 - UTC. Música
católica. 43433 con fading permanente e interferencia de otra emisora.
(Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de
escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** CHILE. 1350. R RIQUELME. Feb. 23 2333-2350 UTC. Programa de comentarios
sobre el equipo "Coquimbo Unido". 44444 con fading permanente e
interferencia de una emisora argentina. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO
V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región,
Chile)

**CHILE. 1510. R. LUIS ÁLVAREZ SIERRA. Feb 24. 0004 - 0008 UTC. Noticias de
Radio Cooperativa. 33333 con interferencia de otras emisoras. (Claudio
Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de escucha:
Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** PARAGUAY. 780. PRIMERO DE MARZO. FEB. 22. 0136 - UTC. Avisos comerciales
de Asunción, música y comentarios de la ignorancia periodística. 44444.
(Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de
escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** PERÚ. 540. INKA SAT. Feb 24. 0014 - UTC. Música de huaynos serranos.
35333. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar
de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** PERÚ. 730. RPP. Feb 22. 0113 - 0125 UTC. Información sobre deslizamiento
de tierras en la Provincia: "Madre de Dios" y luego comerciales. 0118, se
vuelve a las noticias de los deslizamientos de tierra, vacuna gate y de
conversación con indígenas. 43443. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111;
Antena: TECSUN AN20, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

ONDA CORTA.

** BOTSWANA [NON] **USA.. 13630. VOA. FEB 22. 1723 - 1731 UTC. Hombre habla
en idioma portugués, al parecer de deportes, luego cortina y otros
comentarios sobre comunidad, se menciona a Ginebra. 35343 a 45343. (Claudio
Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 50 metros, Lugar de
escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** CHINA [NON] **CUBA. 11850. CRI. FEB 24. 0040 - 0055 UTC. Programa sobre
provincia china Uiguyr y la "Ruta de la Seda" hasta las 0050, después ID y
música, cierre a las 0055. 45444, desde 0049 con 55555 audio:
https://youtu.be/cfFLoYX_rao // 15120 sin señal // 5990 45343. (Claudio
Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 50 metros, Lugar de
escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** Ecuador. 6050. HCJB. Feb 24. 0103 - UTC. Noticias policiales y
electorales. 44444 con leve interferencia de emisora PBS de China. (Claudio
Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 50 metros, Lugar de
escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV Región, Chile)

** KOREA SOUTH [NON] ** USA. 9605. KBS. FEB 24. 0125 - UTC. Se habla de una
receta de cocina. A las 0129, "Corea a diario" con tema de celebración de
graduaciones, agencias de viaje. Luego canción. Desde las 0140, "Coreano en
drama". Y a las 0145, "Páginas y autores" sobre una obra, llamada "El
sonido del Gong", referente a pescadores y aldeas, además del engaño de la
mujer del protagonista. 44444 a 45444. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TIVDIO
V-111; Antena: Hilo largo de 50 metros, Lugar de escucha: Barraza Bajo, IV
Región, Chile)
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** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Feb 24 at 0338 and earlier chex this
hour, RNA DRM noise JBA via Bonaire SDR, but waterfall shows it`s
there as the SSOB and virtually the OSOB on 25m. Only S5 and will not
even start to decode partially. Is it propagation, or a reduxion in
parameters? Was not getting it last night either (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CRIMEA. 5916.0-CW, Feb 24 at 0313, bandscanning 49/50 mb via TWR
Bonaire SDR, I hit upon some automated CW here QRMing weak broadcast
music station on 5915.0, presumably Zambia. Never caught an ID but may
have been one a few minutes later when switched to hand-keyed? EiBi
has the answer: Russian navy, RCV, 24 hours from se site for SE
Europe, i.e. ``Sevastopol 44N56-34E28``, which is really in Crimea,
its major port, not Russia; and in both Ukrainian and Russian the name
ends with a soft-sign, so append that apostrophe! Sevastopol`. It`s
the largest city in Krim, and not to be confused with the
second-largest but capital, Simferopol`, which used to host
(disinformation?) a R. Moscow transmitter site. And what does the
-opol` suffix mean?

BTW, I can`t help but notice that this Bonaire KiwiSDR altho above
average in most respects, suffers from some local noise blobs
especially on this band, which I find peaking roughly 15 kHz wide,
like 5812-5827, 5876-5885, 5942-5958, 6010-6025, 6076-6091, 6140-6155,
i.e.. about 65 kHz intervals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 23 at 1539, RHC is S9 fading to S1 but just barely
modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13836 S2 F# tone, 13768 best, 13633 S3, Feb 23 at 1540,
spurblobs out of 13700-AM which is S8-S9 but JBM like 15140, ending
`Sonido Cubano` music show. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13680, Feb 24 at 0006 and still 0020, Spanish is still on
despite European service supposed to run 2100-2400* only per EiBi, and
so it`s // 13740, nominally 2200-0500 for S America; but both VG
signals here. Something`s always wrong at RHC. I was checking 13750
for R. Thailand English to North America, but ha2, JBA as always
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring; next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 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 Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some
spare Canadian and US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA

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

** U S A. 1509.837 approx., Feb 24 at 0159 UT, big het tuned to
1510-AM, no doubt caused by KCTE Independence MO, as discussed at
length last time, which thinx it`s OK to be a daytimer at night and
off-frequency to boot? Well, yes, if it weren`t OK, the FCC would have
caught and fined them multiple times in the past decade, right? This
time I get the frequency by zero-beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1539.96 approx., Feb 24 at 0250 UT, usual low audible het to
1540.0 stations such as KXEL. Not as bad/off as KCTE three channels
lower, but just as obvious and persistent, altho not always, KGBC
Galveston TX per numerous previous logs; no idea about current format
as this be its DX claim to fame (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Marginal tropo enhancement around here to Wichita KS, tnx to
big warmup, Enid hi predicted 71F today Feb 23 after deepfreeze last
week. Less than 200 km, to broken antenna starting at 1626 UT, I get
lots of BAD signals mostly correlating with Wichita area: RF 10, 12,
20, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34; and two decoding, lineups all matching
rabbitears.info:

RF 15 [tnx to prolonged absence of KTBO OKC]:
3-1, KSNW-DT with NBC Today
3-2, T`Mundo [=Telemundo with an apostrophe]
3-3, ION [for now]
3-4, TCN [True Crime Network]

RF 31, CoL Derby KS
31-1, KDCU-DT [Spanish, = Derby, Cansas, Univision]
31-2, Grit
31-3, Escape [lower right bug: Mystery]
31-4, Laff
31-5, Court
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

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** CUBA. 13568-trace, 13633, 13766 S7-S9, 13833, Feb 22 at 1524. FMish
spurblobs at 66-67 kHz intervals, with F# tone out of 13700-AM music;
something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13680, Feb 22 at 2110, S9+10/20 of dead air instead of
European service. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 23 at 0309, is S7-S9 of dead air in Spanish;
something`s always wrong at RHC. But 6060 is Spanishing with rather
poor signal, while 9535 & 9650 are inaudible with K-index of 4 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5910, Feb 23 at 0316, CRI Plus in suptorted English relay at
S9/+30, but almost sufficient with volume up and close attention.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 6179.944, Feb 23 at 0311, S8-S9 of Aleluya hymn,
``Radiodifusora Cristiana Mundial presenta ---``, i.e. World Christian
Broadcasting, not the other TN station, and quite off-frequency. How
do you say ``worldwide`` in Spanish as opposed to merely ``world``?
Mundial already implies the greater -wide, and can`t be diminished as
an adjective (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Monday
February 22 until 1929:40 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria, tuned in just in time
via UTwente SDR having missed the start which should have been close
to 1900:40; poor S6-S8 vs usual splash. Then I check the NW Ireland
SDR during `Feature Story News` which follows, better at that skip
distance S8-S9. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 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 Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some
spare Canadian and US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA

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

** U S A. 5800, Feb 22 at 0709, S9+20 of dead air. Got to be the
WRMI-10 transmitter still/again on for some reason, amid supposed
0430-2200 (Sat -1400) break. Meanwhile, the next WRMI transmitter,
#12, 5850, which is supposed to be on until 1400, is stronger S9+40
with TOMBS, as apropos for 315 vs 160 degraz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Feb 23 at 0317, WWCR-4 with non-TOMBS gospel huxter
this hour but with buzz/frying sound, producing peaks around 3-4 kHz
plus and minus. May originate from programmer, E. C. Fulcher rather
than station but which does not filter it out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1509.835V, Feb 22 at 2335 UT, following these reports in
this week`s mv-eko of the Arctic Radio Club:

``1510 16.2 2300 KCTE Independence MO. Seriously offset this evening
at 1509.8395. OJS/L = Odd-Jørgen Sagdahl, Trondheim, remote Loran C
(close to Berlevåg [NE tip of Norway] – 1000 meter 305 grader)

Oid/Tent Nordamerika --- 1510 17.2 0415 Tent KCTE Independence MO
stark med diverse ESPN-promos. 0346 några Missouri-reklamer så
tämligen IDad. Speciellt som den ligger väldigt snett precis som
tidigare gånger jag hört dem. Drygt 160 Hz lågt! Brummar fint mot
jämnstarka CO-stationen som ligger rätt. BOS``

Despite being much closer to KCTE, I check for such a
far-off-frequency; on the DX-398 in offset SSB compared to 1500 &
1520, there is a 1510-minus looping about NNE/SSW. On the R75 I refine
it to 1509.835 and slightly wavering het against the 1510.00 stations.
Rather than measuring it directly which is difficult with all the QRM,
I match the het pitch I am hearing in AM mode, with same pitch on
1-Hz-step tuning in LSB mode. Also rocking back and forth, 1509.835 is
very close to the center of the signal, give or take a few Hz.

Altho OJS heard it at 23 UT, I`m expecting to get it only until 2400*
which is the official FCC sunset time in February (March: 0030*), for
this 10 kW direxional *daytimer* with major lobes to NNE & SSW. Signal
gradually improves and by 2355 I make out an OSHA PSA and ESPN
mention, and if tuned up to 1510.000-LSB, the audio sounds skewed in
pitch as it should from a lower frequency centre. No ID at top of
hour, however, nor does it go off!

Soon obvious it`s amid play-by-play of silly basketball game. Still
there obvious with its het at 0005, 0021. At 0032 I switch to the
Kansas City SDR of KD4HSO and hear exactly the same het on a stronger
semi-local signal. SAM mode readouts a carrier offset of minus 162v
Hz, plus or minus 1 Hz, which is another very neat fit equivalent to
1509.838v. More BKB, still past 0100 with no ID, starting coverage of
``second half``. Of course, KCTE has FM translators, so why don`t they
turn off the AM as legally required to do? Obviously local sunset is
no barrier, as the other log above was at 0415 UT.

Axually, such extrahourity and offfrequenciness are nothing new for
KCTE; I probably had it Dec 8, 2018. This was also reported in *2014y*
along with corroboration from others:

``1509.8 approx., Feb 26 at 0649 UT, KCTE Independence MO for at least
the fourth night is on the air illegally after daytime with
sportstalk, and far out of frequency tolerance, big het upon poor
WLAC.``

The first report in my archive was on the +plus side from *2011y*, ten
years ago: ``1510+, KCTE Independence MO is still off-frequency
producing audible het against weaker stations, Feb 9 at 1416; ID at
1417. Taped the day before and then checked against a keyboard, close
to F# below middle C, i.e. circa 185 Hz above 1510 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Now I wonder if I put it on the wrong side?

Strangely enough, current mwoffsets misses KCTE now and ago with only
an interim entry when it must have managed some accuracy as possible:
``1510,0002 KCTE (Independence MO)[-1510.0008] 1400-0200 2018-01-22``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0440 UT February 23
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