** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Jan 14 at 2302, R. Tirana via WRMI, news in
English, OM caster has a distinctive sing-song tonality. 2309 on to
mailbag with YL host, first from Richard Novak who reported this
transmission in September; then someone else from October, 5850 at
2300-2329 specifically mentioned. Also plans for Xmas programming, so
this may be a very old playback; I had not noticed any news items
which could be outdated or not. Explaining how Albanians are not so
much into celebrating Xmas like western Europeans, after years of
Commie suppression --- and Orthodoxy, Islam? 2316 on to a song.

The thing is, I was not aware of this broadcast, and neither is the
WRMI skedgrid for System H which is blank 7 days a week during this
slot! Yet apparently listeners have been running across it for months.
5850 is not in WRTH 2021 either, but other WRMI relays including 2230
on 7780 most days of the week, which I have been hearing. At 2300 too
much else is going on, such as Spain and Turkey in English, and for
me, BBC World News America on PBS/OETA.

This was like-a-local on the caradio since it`s aimed right at us; we
were on the way back from an out-of-town appointment to get our
Moderna vaccination #1. BTW within a few blox of the US 81 joint
antenna site inside Enid of LPFMs on 94.3 and 99.9, we got heavy FM
QRM to 5850 --- just overload, or does their separation of 5.6 MHz
have something to do with that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 376-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0725 UT, ND beacon dash and YAG, 40
watts from Fort Frances, Ontario. Last logged Nov 17, 2020 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) See USA for 3 more logs this session

** FRANCE [and non]. 5875-DRM, Jan 14 at 2330, I`m too busy to check
another night for RFI test, but meanwhile ideas about it have come in
to the WOR iog.

Alan Gale points out that a round-the-world yacht race is underway,
and since TDF has previously broadcast SW specials for such races,
this could be related, pure speculation.

This from Michel Fremy: ``Radio France International in DRM. TDF
performs irregular DRM broadcast tests during the month of January:
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 7405 kHz; from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on 9900 Khz;
from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on 15285 kHz; from 3:05 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
on 9905 kHz and from 11 p.m. to midnight on 5875 kHz. These are data
broadcasts mainly for tests of the DRMCAST system for ships.

The programs are broadcast by the Issoudun transmitter center (hours
in UTC). These emissions were not recorded in the HFCC Winter
database. Regular Radio France International [DRM] broadcasts continue
24 hours a day on 3965 kHz from Issoudun with 10 kW and an
omnidirectional antenna.
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https://www.media-radio.info
https://www.facebook.com/Radiosdumonde/
Michel FREMY``

Those times convert to 24h UT: 13-17 7405, 12-15 9900, 1430-1530
15285, 1505-1530 9905, 23-24 5875 -- but as I have noted, the last one
starts later, maybe 2330.

As for my remarx about DRM schedules on KiwiSDR players, Chris
Mackerell, NZ replies:

Hi Glenn, "They" in this case is myself as the maintainer of the
database that serves the schedules such as
https://www.drmrx.org/drm-broadcasts-bargraph-display/
and that feed into the KiwiSDR network.

"They" get their information from reports on various mailing lists,
in forums such as drmrx.org and "DRM Heard" KiwiSDR forum, and HFCC,
plus my own monitoring. I have them in the database as TDF since that
is what shows in the ID tag.

These TDF DRMcast tests have been heard on & off for several months
and I assume they are just transmitter tests, as with the sporadic
appearances by CNR on various odd frequencies, but I've had no
response from TDF or RFI. 73 Chris`` Mackerell (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 2069)

** U S A. 257-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0712 UT, ND beacon JYR, which is 25
watts from eclipse-land, York, Nebraska. Last logged Nov 29, 2020.

269-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0714 UT, ND beacon BEX, which is 25 watts from
Bloomfield, Iowa; I was tuned to 267-USB. Last logged a bimonth ago,
Nov 12; all these not often heard.

426-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0732 UT, ND beacon IZS, 25 watts from
Montezuma, Georgia. Last logged October 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday January 14 at 0130 on WRMI 5010 - only, no //s, S9/+10 VG to
Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2069 contents: Algeria non, Canada, China, Colombia,
Cyprus, Czechia non, Ethiopia non, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Korea South & North, Madagascar, Malaysia, Netherlands non, New
Zealand, Perú, Romania, Sudan, Taiwan non, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu,
Vatican, Venezuela; dating and DXing; and the propagation outlook
[egret a few upcuts of myvoice happening when in too big a hurry]

WOR 2069 is available as of 0054 UT Friday January 15, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2069.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2069.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [new]
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [to resume?]
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:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Brandon Jordan, TN, for a contribution via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``Heya Glenn. Thanks for all
you do for us SWDX’ers``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA.

First airing of WOR 2069 confirmed UT Friday January 15 at 0130 on
WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+40 steady to Missouri SDR; and 7780, fair S7-S9 to
UTwente SDR, Holland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835 & 7890, Jan 14 at 0733, JBA carriers from presumed
R. Vanuatu, third and second harmonix of 3945, which has just been
reactivated per Manuel Méndez; Ron Howard says they switched from 7260
to 3945 at 0600; no harmonix heard from the former, but why not? Maybe
too high at night, 14520, but check it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2069)

This report dispatched at 0553 UT January 15
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JRX  Logs  January 14, 2021Receiver  Degen DE1103Antenna  Sony AN-71 CompactAll  times  and  dates  in  UTC - GMT

BRAZIL** 11780. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1903-1920, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia-DF, in Portuguese. Woman announcer presents a variety program with brazilian musics, reads listener messages, news and interviews; 1913 A brazilian samba, requested by a woman listener. Exceptional very good reception this afternoon, rare in my area!

CLANDESTINE** 11745. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1851-1902, Al-Azm Radio, Jeddah-ARS (?), in Arabic. Man talks; 1859 A song by male singer. Fair to poor reception.

FRANCE** 13740. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1733-1743, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers in conversation with a woman. Good reception.

MALI** 13645. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1713-1723, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Swahili. Woman voice; 1720 Woman announcer in a nice conversation with a man. Very good reception.

SAO TOME E PRINCIPE** 15460. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1815-1825, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in Zimbabwean. Man announcer talks news, with a news reporters participation; 1820 Man says ID and returns news. Good reception.

SAUDI ARABIA** 13710. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1723-1733, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Arabic. The Holy Qur´an chant; 1726 The Qur´an recitation; 1730 Returns Qur´an chant. Very good reception.

USA** 13820. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1743-1758, Radio Marti, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. Man and woman talk news; A conversation with a woman news reporter, about human rights in Cuba. Fair reception.
** 13845. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1758-1808, WWCR-Brother Stair, Nashville-TN, in English. Man pastor preaching. Fair to poor reception.
** 15770. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1826-1840, WRMI-Supreme Master TV Audio, Okeechobee-FL, in English. A music; 1830 Man and woman announcers talk during this log. Fair reception.
** 15825. Thu, Jan 14, 2021. 1840-1850, WWCR-The Overcomer Ministry, Nashville-TN, in English. The man pastor preaching; 1843 "Playing the trumpets"! and returns the preaching by pastor, with his hoarse voice, calloused by the time of use; People manifestations during preaching. Fair reception.

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** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 13 at 2310, RNA with soft jazz,
good but occasional breakup; S9/+5, S/N 13 dB to Virginia SDR, 13.06
kbps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Jan 13 at 2332, TDF DRM noise at
Pardinho, Brasil SDR but not enough to decode: but good to Bonaire, 18
dB, S8/9, 8.08 kbps with usual label as TDF; French talk from RFI.
This and other frequencies now entered on the drop-down DRM sked in
the player as TDF not RFI, but in pink as not verified rather than
green as verified. Did they get it from Ivo and where did he get it?
Not HFCC. Shows 2300-2400 on 5875 like Ivo but it was *not* on when
checked at 2311, probably not starting until 2330; and off again after
2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 13590.061, Jan 13 at 1953, VP S5-S7 historical
narration mentioning Lusitania and President Wilson, slowish
specialish Americanish English. Bet it`s VOA via its least accurate
frequencish site, SAO TOME --- yes, scheduled this hour at 19-20.
2000, abrupt VOA ID and s/off, no YDD but dead air until 2002* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday January 13 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S7-S9 and noisy via
UTwente; a reactivated time first reported last week. Now WOR repeats
3 hours in a row toward the end of its weekly span:

Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 from 2200:20 on WBCQ, 7490.159, S9+5/15 as
measured in SAM mode by Virginia SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: S9/+15 at Virginia
SDR, over jamming; at 2312 via Bonaire SDR, *under* noise jamming
totalling S7-S9; at 2314 via Brasil SDR, over jamming, S9+10/30.
Next and last:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Robert Zerilli, Hazlet NJ, for a contribution via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL
and appreciate you being out there``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA.

WORLD OF RADIO 2069 should be ready by early UT Friday January 15 for
first airing at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0051 UT January 14
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JRX  Logs  January 13, 2021Receiver  Tecsun S-2000Antenna  LongwireAll  times  and  dates  in  UTC - GMT

ASCENSION ISLAND** 11660. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 1932-1942, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Hausa. Woman and man announcers present news; 1936 Now, news about Coronavirus in Nigeria and a nigerian news reporter participation. Good reception.

GREAT BRITAIN** 6090. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 2024-2034, KBS World Radio, Woofferton-G, in Arabic. Man and woman talks; 2028 A song by male singer; 2032 Woman talks. Poor reception.

MADAGASCAR** 9515. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 2001-2011, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in French Man pastor preaching; 2007 Woman talks, ID; 2008 Returns man communication. Fair with moments of good reception.
** 11985. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 2047-2057, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Yoruba. Man pastor makes a preaching, presumably; 2052 A short song; 2052 Woman talks, says ID, website and POBox; 2054 A brief song by choral and returns woman communication. Fair reception.
** 13670. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 1952-1958, MWV-Radio Feda, Mahajanga-MDG, in Arabic. Man and woman announcers talk; It seems to be questions and answers, presumed; 1956 A song by female singer and orchestra; 1958 Woman says ID and website; 1859 Ends programming. Good reception.
** 17570. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 2012-2024, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Moore. Man talks, preaching, presumably; 2018 Woman talks; Man talks, too. Fair reception.

NIGERIA** 11770. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 2035-2045, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-NIG, in Hausa. A nigerian tribal song; 2037 Man announcer talks; 2040 Other song; 2043 Man talks. Good signal and fair reception with moderate fading.

SAO TOME E PRINCIPE** 11900. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 1942-1952, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in French. Man announcer talks news; 1945 Woman talks, says "Le Journal", and news continues. Fair reception.

SAUDI ARABIA** 9870. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 1918-1931, Saudi Radio International, Riyadh-ARS, in Arabic. A song; 1920 Woman announcer talks and a long conversation with saudi man and woman, by phone. Good reception.

SPAIN** 11940. Wed, Jan 13, 2021. 1858-1918, Radio Exterior de Espana, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. IS; 1859 ID and REE frequencies this time; 1900 Time pips, ID and local time in de Canary Islands; 1902 Begins the program "24 Horas": All news by man and woman announcers, including news reporter participations. Very good reception.

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** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, dash and ML, 500-watt ND
beacon at La Malbaie / Charlevoix, Quebec; mixing with FMZ, Nebraska,
see USA, on same frequency but very different pitch and no dash. Not
to be confused with also on 392: ML and no dash, Monroe, Louisiana;
nor Monroe, Georgia with ID as JNM, both 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** FRANCE. More about RFI in DRM on unlisted frequencies besides 5875
where I have heard it twice until 2400* --- from Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria:

``Unscheduled broadcasts of Radio France International in DRM mode:
1300-1700 on 7405; 1200-1500 on 9900; 1430-1530 on 15285; 1500-1530 on
9905; 2300-2400 on 5875 via Issoudun, all unregistered in Winter B20
HFCC Database

0000-2400 on 3965 ISS 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered
0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 153 deg to SEEu French is registered
0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 267 deg to SWEu French is registered
1200-1500 on 6175 ISS 150 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered

January 13 NO SIGNAL on 7405, 9900, 15285 kHz. But 9905 kHz is on air
again. Good signal plus decoding, but not strong audio via SDR
Novosibirsk, Russia -- 73! Ivo Ivanov`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Wed Jan 13 at 0335, WRMI with discussion in
English about Cuba, no doubt `Freedom Synergy Radio` yet again
occupying this hour instead of scheduled programming as filed
previously under USA; FSR is pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, but from the POV
of anti-Commie Cubans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 338-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0415 UT, ND beacon UMP, which is 25
watts from Indianapolis / MetroPolitan. I was tuned to 336-USB.

392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, ND beacon FMZ, which is 25 watts from
Fairmont / Beklof, Nebraska; mixed with ML and dash, see CANADA, at a
very different pitch. What is Beklof? Folkeb spelt backwards. In
numerous airnav references, none explaining the name. Fairmont is
directly linked to Enid on US 81, 20 km south of York and I-80,
total-solar-eclipse territory.

412-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0420 UT, ND beacon CMY, which is 30 watts from
Sparta / Fort McCoY, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 410-USB (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring; next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed]
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:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Robert Zerilli, Hazlet NJ, for a contribution via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL
and appreciate you being out there``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA.

WORLD OF RADIO 2069 should be ready by early UT Friday January 15 for
first airing at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, Jan 13 at 0336, WTWW-1 with dead air, or maybe JBM as
it`s very weak S4-S6. Other TN signals degraded, WWCR 5890 & 5935, but
a few hours later resurged. Circa 1500, neither 5830 nor WTWW-2 5085
is on the air, unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Jan 13 at 0347, VP music at S6-S7, has to be
reactivated WRNO; no break at ToH, music with praise tinge continues
past 0400. WRNO is just too close, 1010 km = 628 st mi; while e.g.
WRMI at better further skip distance is still blasting in on 7570,
7730. And/or WRNO at QRP = reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS

Dear Glenn, Happy New Year! May you be blessed for your service to the
DX Radio community. Thank you for all your work on our behalf as
broadcasters and radio enthusiasts of all types. Sincerely, Tom
Roberts, PhD, western Idaho

This report dispatched at 1855 UT January 13
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