JRX Current Logs: January 15, 2021Receiver (s): Degen DE1103 & Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s): Sony AN-71 & LongwireAll times and dates in UTC - GMT

BRAZIL** 9820. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 1647-1702, Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo-SP, in Portuguese. A song; Man talks, in conversation with a man; Music; Man says ID; 1701 News. Fair to poor reception.
** 11780. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 1604-1636, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia-DF, in Portuguese. Woman announcer presents a variety program with musics, news, interviews. Good reception.
** 15190. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 1637-1647, Radio Inconfidencia, Contagem-MG, in Portuguese. Woman presents a musical program with variety songs; ID. Fair reception.

CHINA** 6115. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 2134-2147, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in French. Woman announcer interviews a french man; 2137 Woman announcer presents "Journal National"; 2143 A romantic song by female singer. Good reception.
** 9720. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 2046-2057, China Radio International, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Bulgarian. A brief song; Woman announcer talks; 2051 Man talks, with music background; 2056 Woman talks and CRI IS. Fair to good reception.

MADAGASCAR** 11610. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 2105-2115, MWV-The Light of Life, Mahajanga-MDG, in Chinese. Man pastor preaching; 2108 A short religious hymn, and next woman talks. Good reception.
** 11720. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 1713-1723, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Swahili. Man talks; 1715 A short song; 1717 Man talks and other song; 1719 Woman and man talk; 1721 A song by choral. Fair reception.
** 11965. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 2030-2045, MWV-African Pathways Radio, Mahajanga-MDG, in English. Man talks; A song; ID and website; 2042 Man talks. Good reception.

MALI** 13630. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 1943-1957, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Portuguese. Chinese instrumental songs; 1954 Man announcer says CRI sked in portuguese; IS; 1957 Ends. Good reception.

TURKEY** 7280. Fri, Jan 15, 2021. 0208-0225, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in Spanish. Woman announcer talks news; 0212 News of turkish press; 0217 Turkish songs. Good reception.

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** CANADA. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0724 UT, dash and XC, 500-watt ND
beacon at Cranbrook, BC; mixed with FS and EL, see USA. Distance to
Enid: only 2051 km = 1274 stmi since it`s in the SE corner, but new
here.

244-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0724 UT, dash and TH, 1000-watt NDB at
THompson, Manitoba; axually further than XC, due north at 2152 km =
1337 stmi. DXinfocentre has nothing else anywhere on 244, clear
channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9965, Jan 15 at 1607, rather strong pulse and noise jamming
against nothing; is it DentroCuban Jamming Command paranoia,
incompetence or really holding a grudge? Radio República via Costa
Rica drew the jamming here originally. That was last heard exactly 10
years ago! Currently the only occupant of 9965 is Palau and not at
this hour (and no jam now on 9955, despite WRMI being off) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13699.9 approx., Jan 15 at 1556, bandscan finds poor
off-frequency-minus music, but cuts off at 1557* before I can finish
measuring it. Surely RHC, one of the less frequent
something`s-always-wrongers, but has happened before. Nothing left,
not even TOMBulgaria, supposedly 13700 at 1400-1800 per Aoki/NDXC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 255-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0725 UT, SW, Stillwater NDB is
finally back on the air. Checked nightly since last heard Dec 31. Jan
1 snowstorm may have knocked it off.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0703 UT, EI, Enid NDB is finally back on air.
Checked nightly/daily since last heard Jan 2. I wonder if the same
engineer/entity were responsible for reactivating both at about the
same time. Both 25 watts, and altho further, SW always sounds louder
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.059, Jan 15 at 1603, JBA signal from Riyadh as
scheduled 1545-1757 per Aoki/NDXC; typically askew. There`s no shame
if your receiver cannot measure beyond the decimal point; but if it
can, you should do so (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0719 UT, ND beacon EL, which is 400
watts from, where ELse, EL Paso, Texas, a new one here. I was tuned to
240-USB. BTW there is also an LE on 242, Lexington KY.

On 242 itself at 0724 UT, I am hearing 3-way mix at different pitches
of EL; FS = 400 watts from Sioux Falls SD, normally the only/dominant;
and XC, see CANADA.

347-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0732 UT, NDB AFK, which is 25 watts from
Nebraska City, NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also OKLAHOMA

** SINGAPORE. 7355, Jan 15 at 1609, Korean at S9/+10, the SSOB by far
once 7490 WWCR begone; i.e., BBC via Kranji at 1530-1830 carrying on
far beyond NK and why isn`t it jammed? Per my NGS globe with geometer,
the 250 kW, 25-degree beam then crosses southern Alaska, central BC,
MT, WY and within a couple degrees of hitting Enid head-on (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. If you miss the hot-off-the-press Thursday evening
first airing of WORLD OF RADIO, UT Friday at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780,
you have to wait until Saturday morning for the next SW chance; unless
accessed otherwise such as via website or podcast. Next 2069s:

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [new; to be confirmed]
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`` -- and tnx to Brandon for the rx I use most.

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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13655-13660, Jan 15 at 1654, another try to tell what`s on
the WINB DRM. VG noise here as usual, so I try the Omaha KiwiSDR; S/N
varying around 12 dB, not enough altho S9+5; labeled 8.28 kbps, mode
B, Chan 5 kHz; never mind what`s on the rest of it, 13650-13655.
Occasional bits decode; 1656 a few more giving 504 area code,
Fellowship-something, .LA.org. 1658 ``Over the Rainbow`` music and
WINB ID, 1700 YL starts another gospel huxter, but cut off the air*.
Looking thru the program list at WINB.com I find none with Fellowship
in their name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6200, Jan 15 at 0713, S2-S3 of music, presumed ROCV
reactivated on new frequency, as first reported by Manuel Méndez.
Apparently runs all-night; alternate frequency to be 7375. Per
Aoki/NDXC the only other 6200s to beware of are: Tibet from 2050 to
1805 including English at 0700 --- but that`s circa noon there; and
Voice of Jinling, Nanjing, China at 12-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1927 UT January 15
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** 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.
-
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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