** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Jan 20 from 1721
checking the best Argentine remote, NO signal from LRA36. Still zilch
circa 1800, 1830, 1840, 1948, 2004, 2126, 2158, 2337. Like last week,
it`s gone, temporarily or permanently? Wacky new Arg. Pres.
``Motosierra`` Milei is dedicated to ``privatizing`` Radio Nacional,
with many personnel already fired. See:
https://www.radionacional.com.ar/hay-41-empresas-publicas-sujetas-a-privatizacion/

As Bill Tilford pointed out to me, Esperanza has been removed from the
drop-down list of streaming Radio Nacional Emisoras, not boding well,
at https://www.radionacional.com.ar/

The external service RAE would seem to be equally threatened, as it is
part of Radio Nacional, but its webpage is still up,
https://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae/
including an undated 27-minute interview with a RAE Italian guy who
visited Esperanza:
https://www.radionacional.com.ar/rae-en-la-antartida/

On Jan 19, I asked Manuel Méndez, Spain: ``We are concerned that LRA36
may have been deleted. Can you find out anything from your contacts?
Glenn`` - His reply with my translation interspersed:

``Hola, Glenn, LRA 36 en la pasada campaña, la de 2023, tuvo un gran
impulso gracias a Juan Benavente, un gran conocer de la radio,
radioaficionado y al que le gusta mucho el trabajo que hizo.

Hello, Glenn, LRA 36 in the latest campaign, of 2023, got a great
boost thanks to Juan Benavente, who really knows radio, is a ham, and
really enjoyed the work he did.

Yo escribí a Radio Nacional para decirles lo conveniente que sería que
Juan continuase a cargo de la emisora durante este nuevo año, o por lo
menos que asesorase al nuevo personal que cada año se renueva, con el
fin de seguir unas pautas similares a las del año 2023, además sé que
Juan Benavente continuaría muy satisfecho haciendo ese trabajo.

I wrote to Radio Nacional to tell them how convenient it would be for
Juan to continue in charge of the station during this new year, or at
least advise the new personnel who turn over every year, with the
objective of following guidelines similar to those of 2023; in
addition, I know that Juan Benavente would continue to be very
satisfied doing that job.

Personal de la Base y de Radio Nacional agradecieron mi email y por lo
que sé, hicieron todo lo posible para que Juan continuase, pero al
final nada de esto fue tenido en cuenta y Juan Benavente ya regresó a
la Argentina, así que al final, por lo que yo sé, LRA 36 volverá a los
años anteriores, es decir, seguramente tendremos que esperar semanas
para que el nuevo personal se forme, tenga los conocimientos
necesarios para operar la radio y puedan salir al aire.

Personnel at the base and of Radio Nacional thanked me for my email
and as far as I know did everything possible for Juan to continue, but
ultimately, nothing of this was taken into account, and Juan Benavente
has already returned to Argentina; so that means that as far as I
know, LRA 36 will return to previous years, that is, we shall surely
have to wait weeks for the new personnel to get organized, trained how
to operate the station, and then be able to go on the air.

Pero no sé nada de que LRA 36 haya cesado en sus transmisiones, no sé
de donde pudo saber esa información. Lo que a mi me han comunicado es
que volvereán con la campaña de verano cuando sea posible, pero no,
desde luego, tal como ha sido en el año 2023. Recibe un cordial
saludo. Habrá que estar atentos sobre todo los sábados. Manuel

But I don`t know at all whether LRA 36 has ceased transmissions, nor
do I know where to find out that information. From what they told me,
they will return with the summer session when possible, but not at
all, of course, like it was in 2023. Cordial greetings. We must be
alert especially on Saturdays. Manuel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 5910, Jan 20 at 0437 CRI via CUBA, S9+40 but
undermodulated song; cannot hear any COLOMBIA underneath, off? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, Jan 20 at 0433, R. Progreso, YL speaking softly over
somewhat distorted music, S9+30/40. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Jan 20 at 0438 RHC English, S9+30/40 undermodulated
flanked by awful wide noisy spurblobs approx. 5992-5996 & 6004-6008.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 3975, Jan 20 at 1601, SW Radio, VG into UTwente with
Weekend Music Radio, WMR, starting with bagpipes, Scotland the Brave,
morphing into othermusic. Following hour is that show with pop music
from DJ in Scotland. We had just QSYed from 6160 after WORLD OF RADIO,
see USA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6919 USB, Jan 20 at 0416, pirate with hard rock,
S9/+10, ``Don`t Call Me White`` [?]; 0444 rap with lots of swearing.
unID logs here
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,124343.0.html
but finally as Unknown Name Radio Network at s/off 0512* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9510, Jan 20 at 0449, RRI English outstanding S9+30/40
with excerpt of rock opera `Lucifer`, in English (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 9700, Jan 20 at 0415, TRT Turkish music, VG S9+30/40.
Better than:

6125, Jan 20 at 0441, VOT English service only S9+20/30, Turkish music
distorted, ``always-by-your-side`` promo and `That`s Why` segment
again.

5960.002, Jan 20 at 2306, VOT English not off the air, VG S9+40/45
into UTwente.

After news, at 2310, `The Energy Agenda` about efficiency. More music
than usual followed. 2337 recheck, `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`
repeat about the 5-year-bread. 2351, multi-lingual ID filler reel.
2354 s/off as if this were the 1330 on 13635 only. Seems to be the
only version used lately, correct if woefully incomplete, and into IS
in less than a minute before 2355 be reached. 2356 pause and restart
IS with German IDs interspersed. Off about 15 seconds before 2400
avoiding any further German, uncovering you-know-what:

In fairness, if I am going to denounce imperialist ChiCom genocide
against Uyghurs and other Moslems, concerning the East Turkistanish
QRM on 5960, I should also denounce the Turkish genocide of Armenians
a century ago, still denied by Turkey; as in:
https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/aurorasunrise/
which I just watched today via OETA; not that this genocide were news
to me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 257 MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0757 UT, JYR, 25-watt ND beacon at
York, Nebraska, manages to barely overcome the local line noise level.
Last logged almost a biyear ago, Feb 4, 2022 at 0717. This and the
next are not too far beyond Kansas:

293 MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0758 UT, FBY, 25-watt NDB at Fairbury NE (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 6080 & 9775, Sat Jan 20 at 0451 jazz from VOA but no
Willis Conover, // but not synchronized as 6080 is SAO TOME and 9775
is BOTSWANA; both S9+20 but 6080 sounds louder (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2226 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday January 20 at 0139 the 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+15/25 into
Missouri SDR.

Confirmed Saturday January 20 at 1551 the new 1530 on Shortwave Radio,
Germany, just as I am talking about SWR adding WOR, S9+10/15 into
UTwente and only 1 or 2 Hz from 6160.000, also VG modulation, sounds
like more than 1 kW. Page 549 of WRTH 2024 shows address as c/o WWDX
Club, PO Box 1214, D-61282 Bad Homburg, but site is Winsen an der
Aller, 2 x 1 kW. E-mail: studio@shortwaveradio.de That`s in Lower
Saxony, just NE of Hanover; in north-central Germany between Amsterdam
and Berlin. Who are the L.P.?

WOR was on time, ending at 1559, jingle ID as ``Shortwave Radio`` not
appending ``Gold`` as sometimes reported, ``due to Chinese invasion,
retune now to 3975; 6160 resumes tomorrow at 0900``. 6160 already had
splash from 6165 CRI, also S9+10/15. Per EiBi, CRI on 6165 at
1500-1700 is from Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, at 1600 going from Pashto to
Turkish; CNR6 from Beijing to Taiwan also on 6165 at 2155-1605. See
GERMANY for more on 3975.

WOR 2226 also confirmed Sat Jan 20 from 1832 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975, S9+5/10 into UTwente; after ADDX contact info in German.

Also confirmed Saturday January 20 at 2046 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
S9+23 groundwave into nearby SDR, about 4 minutes into, so started
about 2042, the 2030v; also on WRMI webcast only, and WRN N American
webcast, both no doubt from 2030. Next:

0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2225][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10, 17]
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW,
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975
[not all SW Radio Gold times confirmed; may be testing]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Hank Blackwood, Dalton GA, for a contribution via PayPal in US
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One may also contribute by money order or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Jan 20 at 0754, S6/S8 pop song, must be R. Vanuatu.
What is the full frequency sked of this now? It keeps changing.

Current EiBi shows only 1845-1959 on 3945, 1959-2259 & 2300-1105 on
7260. The break at 2259-2300 evidently formerly involved a QSY.

On the contrary, current Aoki shows: 1900-2000 3945, 2000-2400 5040,
2100-0100 5055, 0000-0559 7260, 0600-1000 3945 -- obviously
self-contradictory and outdated, like still showing defunct stations
such as WWRB on 5050.

In HFCC dated 17 Jan, very first entry is PVL 10 kW, VUT via RNZ FMO:
2485 10-19; 3945 07-10 & 19-24; 5040 20-23; 7260 01-07; 9960 01-07 --
some overlap to cover contingency adjustments but still not accounting
for 7260 after 07 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 20 at 0418:
684, 711, 774, 1044-strongest, 1053, 1089, 1125; then tune down on
other antenna catching a few more: 1107-2, 909, 891, 837 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0029 UT January 21

** CHINA [and non]. 11565, Jan 19 at 1621, CNR1 jammer, Chinese talk
S7/S9 atop something else, i.e. RFA Chinese via TINIAN at 16-19. CNR1
// on 11670, which is VOA Tibetan via Philippines at 16-17, but
nothing of that audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 17575, Fri Jan 19 at 1610, Horn-of-Africa music,
S8/9+5. NOTHING listed anywhen in Aoki or EiBi, but HFCC:
17575 1600 1630 48W ISS 250 127 0 217 1234567 291023 300324 D 17400
AmhMul F RMI TDF 1069 OPM
and also line 443 abottom the WRMI skedgrid as Oromia Public Media at
1600-1630 on days 1/3/5 only, 250 kW from Issoudun, FRANCE, in Amharic
[only]. With a name like that, shouldn`t it mainly be in Oromo?!

WRTH 2024 has this on pp 579-580: RAADIYOONII DIRREE SHAGGAR (RDS),
807 Irenic Court, Eagleville PA 19403, oromiapublicmedia.com,
www.fb.com/raadiyooniids and produced by the NGO, OPM. But website is
Unfound, with or without www. FB does connect, mainly lots of videos
from 2023y, presumably also audio. Eagleville is not indexed or shown
even in my 2013 large-scale RMcN road atlas! Found on the web, NW of
Phila, near Norristown in Montgomery County (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH. 11645, Jan 19 at 1622, sweet choral music in DPRK
style, S4/S5 - yes, per Aoki VOK at 15-18 in Arabic/English/Arabic
<one hour each (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11514.9, Jan 19 at 1620, JBA carrier, still
signature of Sonora or Arizona pirate, Hikari FM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Jan 19 at 2308, token English from SNR, feature
after news is about a plastic-pellet spill off Portugal, now washing
up on the shores of Galicia, and difficult to clean up; interview
someone from Worldwide Fund for Nature. Happened Dec 13 but took a
month for Gal government to take axion against this ``crisis`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.003, Jan 19 at 2303, VOT English not off the
air, S9+10/20 direct; 2337 when measured, S9+35/45 into UTwente,
``with-you-every-hour`` promo, music; 2341 ``always-by-your-side``
promo, `That`s Why`, about 3000-year old art: theatre, voiced by the
badax. Haven`t heard segment called that before. 2347 `w-y-e-h`,
again, song. 2353 s/off for the 1330 on 13635 only, plus satellite &
internet without any details. 2354 IS until 2355.5*, no extraneous
German, uncovering XJRTV in Chinese from East Turkistan, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 305 MCW kHz, Jan 19 at 0727 UT, JBA NDB, RO, maybe mixing
with another ID. I was tuned to 303-USB, but this must be 305, ROswell
NM, 150 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2226 monitoring: confirmed Friday
January 19 at 2143 the 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5
into UTwente, no QRM. Also confirmed on WRMI webcast-only.

Also confirmed Friday January 19 at 2300 on WRMI 9955, S9+20/30
direct. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio Gold, Germany 6160
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0930 UT Monday SW Radio Gold, Germany 6160
2030 UT Monday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2225][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10, 17]
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW,
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
[not all SW Radio Gold times confirmed; may be testing]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Hank Blackwood, Dalton GA, for a contribution via PayPal in US
funds but not necessarily, to: woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by money order or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` check of WBCQs, UT Sat Jan 20 at 0055 into NH
SDR: 3265+ OFF; 5130.304 `ATATT` S8/9+10; 6159.932 TOMBS S9/+10;
7489.970 FKB S9/+10; 9330.00 WLCR Portuguese S9+10/28. Then at 0100 on
7490-: other music and TimTron announces this episode originally aired
on Dec 1, 2023; then `WTO` theme and into rerun of UT Dec 2 which I
already reported at the time. Never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Jan 19 at 1614, WWCR-1 is the SSOB, S9+25/35 with
sporadic E boost, slightly distorted, squealing, and splashing some 30
kHz either side. SAWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1218.1 approx., Jan 19 at 0720 UT, weak carrier hetting
1220.0 stations; nothing this low at mwoffsets --- same as logged Dec
14, 2023 at 0751 in previous report. How about some help, others
checking for this? NRC AM Log shows there are 41 UStations on ``1220``
- with peanut power at night vs 50 kW WHKW Cleveland; and two 10 kW
Canadians aiming north. No biggies in USA west of Ohio, 1220 rather
owned by XEB CDMX, allegedly 100/100 kW, 24h but never heard. 1220
sounds like a graveyard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 8992 USB, Jan 19 at 1627, US military alfanumeric crypto
exercise, S9, all fonetik with self-imposed background noise for
effect. Repeating several times: ``ASWHLZ Stand By``. Then ``message
follows``, starts with same sextet, easily copied fully:
``ASWHJZORWNBKSYXR6RH7E7KSQ8X4SG - I say again ---`` - if there be any
errors, from my scribble confusing Y with 4 or S with 5. EiBi calls
8992 ``US Air Force Messages``, also on 4724, 11175, 15016 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13800 USB, Jan 19 at 1618, weak 2-way seems in Spanish,
INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0113 January 20

** CANADA [and non]. 300 MCW kHz, dash and YIV, Jan 18 at 0750 UT, 500
watt NDB at Island Lake MB, coords less than 54/95. Noise blanker on
the NRD 545 makes the difference, still awful. Not heard this one in a
longtime, since Jan 26, 2023 at 0706.

328 MCW kHz, dash and YTL, Jan 18 at 0752 UT, 1000 watts at Big Trout
Lake ON, coords <54/90, which was also last logged along with YIV, Jan
26, 2023 at 0707. This time first audible at 327-USB. More less rare
Canadians this time:

332 MCW kHz, dash and QT, Jan 18 at 0754 UT, 1000 watts at Thunder Bay
ON, and underneath it JBA, IC, 400 watts at Wichita KS.

346 MCW khz, dash and YXL, Jan 18 at 0758 UT, 500 watts at Sioux
Lookout ON, >50/<92 degrees. YXL and QT are the ones most likely to be
audible now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CONGO. 6115, Jan 18 at 0500-0604, no signal from R. Congo into
Canary Is SDR which ought to get it if reactivated in its morning, as
it was in the evening per Manuel Mendez ---- o wait, at 0607 there is
a JBA carrier on 6115 audible when tuned to 6114 USB; could that be
Japan, very long path? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2226)

** CUBA. 15140, Jan 18 at 2012, RHC English reactivated after quite an
absence, S9+25/30 direct, lite squeal, fairly good mod, the SSOB
except USA 15730, 15825. Something`s not wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2226) see also

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 7720, Jan 18 at 0746, Korean weak but noise
jamming also audible for first time here. Echo of Hope from S to N
Korea from Seoul site per Aoki at 07-03, not *marked as jammed. Gianni
Serra, Roma, also reported ``QRM moderate buzz noise``, Jan 12 at
1644-1705 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11685-11690-11695, Thu Jan 18 at 0740, surprised to
encounter S9+20 DRM noise here. Presumed RNZI in one of their midweek
transmitter tests as scheduled in drmrx.org only at 1756-1857 daily
except Sats, 25 kW at 35 degrees -- and it cuts off the air already at
0741.4*. Then at 0743, I check 13755 which is supposed to be on now in
AM, but no trace of it. Should be propagating or at least detectable
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PALAU [and non]. 9965, Jan 18 at 0813, Hope Radio weakly audible,
but about equal to pulse jamming from CUBA! Which persists despite
being unneeded since R. República quit Costa Rica site many years ago.
T8WH or whatever may not be too bothered in Pac/As target, but why in
the world choose a frequency ever jammed by Cuba? Sheer ignorance
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2226)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2225, WRMI, 9395:
QRN, 0030, 0044, 0059 (55443-4),
0230 music filler, January 17 UTC 2024 [Wed]
0130, music filler,
0230, 0244, 0259 (55433), 0259, January 18 UTC 2024 [Thu] (Lemke,
Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday January 18 on WRMI 5010, S9+25/30 into Georgia
SDR, but JBA carrier into Bonaire where it`s aimed!

Also confirmed UT Thursday January 18 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, S7/9+12
into Georgia SDR.

Also confirmed Thursday January 18 at 1734 the 1730 on Shortwave
Radio, Germany, 3975.001, S9/+5 into UTwente. Glad SWR decided to air
WOR, missing from SW in Europe since IRRS quit. I keep missing ID
times, but notice it`s still going with DJ/music shows, 1915
``commercial`` for ass-wipes, ha2; past 1938 but fading out (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2226)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2226 contents: Antarctica, Brasil,
Canada and non, China, Congo, Cuba, East Turkistan, Germany, Iceland,
Indonesia, Israel, (Japan), Korea North & South, Myanmar, Netherlands,
Palau and non, Perú, Sri Lanka, (Taiwan), Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA,
Vanuatu, Vietnam non; propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along
with others not in order)

WOR 2226 available from 0433 UT Friday January 19:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2226.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2226.mp3

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

2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio Gold, Germany 6160
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0930 UT Monday SW Radio Gold, Germany 6160
2030 UT Monday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2225][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10, 17]
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW,
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975
[not all SW Radio Gold times confirmed; may be testing]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Hank Blackwood, Dalton GA, for a contribution via PayPal in US
funds but not necessarily, to: woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by money order or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, WTWW: George McClintock informs us at 2130 Jan 18: the
heat exchanger was broken by freezing water, so #2 transmitter may be
down for 10 or 11 days. After recording that info for WORLD OF RADIO
2226, another update: thinks has found a way to repair it so may not
be off for quite that long. Also, once back in service, plans to
resume a WORLD OF RADIO airing on WTWW! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. {this item should have been included in my last report; was
already in WOR iog. It does appear in the latest log roundup instead
of the next one:}

On 2024-01-16 19:58, David Crawford wrote: ``1359.715 UNID carrier
popped on again at 0045 Z this evening, but unlike last evening, has
remained on. I'll speculate that this is someone switching from day
to night config using two separate transmitters.

So, what longitude currently makes the day to night switch at 0045Z?
Furthermore, a carrier disappeared about the same time on 1360.004
kHz, and appeared to be a bit stronger than .715, among multiple
co-ch lines on the waterfall by that time.``

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 02:09:05 AM GMT+1, David Crawford
wrote:

``The mystery station appears to be KPXQ, Phoenix, AZ, carrying J.
Vernon McGee at 0105Z, easy copy on the Surprise, AZ, kiwi,
paralleled on their website with some delay. Will report back here
if the BoH brings a different ID.``

Good work! And 0045 UT is the Jan FCC SS time for KPXQ `Glendale`:
https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/srsstime?dlat=33&mlat=30&slat=28.15&dlon=112&mlon=13&slon=03.55&tzone=C
Feb: 0115 UT. It appears they have one site for day and night; not
sure if or how FCC would show whether two separate transmitter units
be used (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2226)

This report dispatched at 0529 UT January 19

** ARGENTINA. 28464 USB, Jan 17 at 2314, LU7YZ calling CQDX and making
very quick contacts. QRZ.com: LU7YZ Argentina flag Argentina,
Alejandro "Alex" NAZRA, 8309 - Centenario, Neuquen, Argentina;
anti-paper-QSL, anti-FT8, illustrating antennas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 28548 USB, Jan 17 at 2316, CQDX from PY3PZ - fonetek for Y
is Yellow, not Yanqui: must be anti-American, hi. QRZ.com: PY3PZ
Brazil flag Brazil, PAULO ROBERTO NEVES BARBOZA (PY3PZ), P.O. BOX 86,
Sao Gabriel RS - CEP 97300-970, Brazil. Then long autobiographical
essay, in Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15340, Jan 17 at 1633, W&M dialog in Chinese, S9+5/25, the
SSOB except for 15825 WWCR splatterer. Same on 11600 S9/+5; 11670
S8/S9; and 11715. All CNR1 jammers vs unheard targets per Aoki: 15340
Sound of Hope, Taiwan, relaying RFA; 11600 SOH but supposedly only
until 1600, then TOMBS/Bulgaria; 11670 VOA Philippines in Tibetan;
11715 SOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Jan 17 at 1639, S7/S9 of dead air in Spanish from R
Habana Cuba, where something is always wrong. Still nothing on 15140
or anywhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Jan 17 at 2155 amid the R. Cairo English sesquihour,
no signal into UTwente. Something`s amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Jan 17 at 2300, token English from SNR, sufficient
direct into reelout, preview topic to be interview with a Balearic
professor about RSA`s charge that Israel is committing genocide (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Jan 17 at 2309, VOT not off the air,
S9+20/30 direct in news; next check into UTwente, S9+25/35 when
measured, 2348 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2351 s/off as if this
were the 1330 on 13635; fragment of IS and off before 2352*. Before
trying 5960 I tuned 9610 in case VOT were overrunning there instead;
JBA algo, must be something else: Aoki shows CNR8 in Mongolian,
Beijing 491 site at 2100-0100, so TRT collides with that even before
its supposed 2226 close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 329 MCW kHz, Jan 17 at 0753 UT, PMV, 25-watt NDB at
Plattsmouth NE, JBA and hardly anything else on LW vs local noise
level. Hearing it first tuned to 328 USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: confirmed UT
Wednesday January 17 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/5 into Maryland
SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 1525 the secret 1500 on WRMI
9955, S5/S8, no jamming audible.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 2038 on Shortwave Radio,
Germany, 3975, about 5 minutes into so started about 2033, S9+5 into
Finland SDR but fading down by 2045; first check at 2035 into UTwente,
JBA S5/S6.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 2200 on WBCQ 7489.935, S9+10/20
into Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730vUT Thursday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

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

** U S A. 15825, Jan 17 at 1635, WWCR-1 is horribly overmodulated,
distorted again, S9+30 and splattering 15710/15860 approx. I had
reported it fixed back to normal as of Jan 5. Lou Johnson reported Jan
14:

``Announced on AskWWCR last night --- Brady Murray said the bad audio
on 6115 (and other frequencies) was due to a bad fiber optic cable.
Also other problems at their transmitter building was a roof leak over
a transmitter that was not on the air at the time. And they discovered
a burnt pole supporting a transmission line that they determined was
caused by lightning! So, I guess they're on top of it, at this point!
Lou KF4RCA Atlanta`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, WTWW: George McClintock informs me early UT Jan 17:
off the air tonight and last night, due to extreme cold circa 0 F in
Nashville, power outage and then water in some facility froze - I
think he was referring to transmitter cooling system. Hopes to be back
on by Jan 18, but still not by 2359 Jan 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 17 at
2321-2325, before LSS of 2342 UT today: 684, 774, 855, 909, 1017?,
1026, 1044-strongest, 1053, 1089, 1107, 1152, 1305?, 1413. Mostly
Spain and UK, probably (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0055 UT January 18