JRX Logs: January 1, 2021Receiver: Degen DE1103Antenna: Sony AN-71All times and dates in UTC/GMT.

CHINA** 6100. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2251-2300, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Spanish. A musical program; 2300 IS, ID and beginning program in portuguese language. Good reception.

CLANDESTINE** 7550. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2041-2054, Radio Free North Korea, Tashkent-UZB, in Korean. Man talks and talks, it seems to be a long and enthusiastic speech. Fair reception.

CUBA** 11880. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2241-2251, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in English. Music; Man announcer talks and more songs. Good reception.
** 15230. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2302-2312, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican-CUB, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers present a newsletter. Fair reception.

FRANCE** 6170. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2030-2040, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. The Qur´an chant; 2037 Man talks; 2038 Woman talks. Fair reception.

GUAM** 13089-USB. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2158-2217, NRV USCG Guam. Man announcer talks, in slow english, messages and repeats several times; 2217 Man talks, it seems to be the a Naval Station features (??). Fair reception.

MADAGASCAR** 9765. Fri, Jan 1, 2021. 2140-2153, MWV - Palavra Alegre, Mahajanga-MDG, in Portuguese. ID, and next, man pastor makes a preaching; 2146 IS, ID, website and repeat: ID and POBox to Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil; 2148 A song. Very good reception.

JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier SWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)QTH Locator: HI22NX
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re Cuban Number services ...
Guess the Bejucal - former big USSR shortwave relay site bunker towards
North America continent of 1965 built-up and 70ties -
the Cuban numbers station installations have refurbished some 10 years ago,
when Arnaldo also introduced the leisure music program 'Radio Progreso' on
4765 kHz in 60 meterband nightly, 50 kW TX of power.
HM01 antennas pattern may different, compared to Bauta NON-Directional
fountain like steep angle azimuth on 11760 kHz to all-Caribbean target.
HM01 CUB  Cuban spy Number stn did start female voice transmission in
Spanish language at 07.35 UT today Jan 4, S=9+20dB noted in Massachusetts,
Rochester and NJ, covered totally WBCQ on short skip zone in north-eastern
states, S=9+25dB, '...Ocho....Zero....'.
but the big Bejucal shortwave transmission site is close to
22°52'13.33"N  82°19'48.03"W
https://goo.gl/maps/iq2WgN73hT5wgdit9
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=841e9d55-8e3e-4759-9648-a2d442b5f4b2&cp=22.866511~-82.334812&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

CUB_Bejucal_electronic espionage base_18ant_10dishes
22°56'45.11"N  82°21'48.46"W
https://goo.gl/maps/RsUqmkQsteSUVCdy7
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=98fbb34e-9025-4900-bf93-85a32e9471f2&cp=22.945454~-82.364068&lvl=17&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

NIGERIA   7254.939  Proper northern winter propagation path into North
America, noted Voice of Nigeria in Fulfulde WeAF sce via Abuja at 07.38 UT
on Jan 4, male presenter, S=9+10dB or -71dBm this morning.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 4)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Pozner" <aspozner@gmail.com>

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Asilomar State Beach, CA logs - January 1, 2021

CUBA    HM01 on 11530 kHz is a regular Numbers service.They have used data
(RDFT) and other burst-like signals for a while. Always a very high level
RF transmission on the East Coast in the US. A total of 16 (!) different
frequencies are listed, according to Priyom.org ...
On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:35 PM Stephen Luce <stvlucetx@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
I also came across the Spanish numbers and data hiss/tones on 11530 around
1715 UT January 1.  Very strong signal into Houston, even better than RHC
on 11760.  Transmission was gone a short time later.  Guess the numbers
stations have adopted higher tech.
Stephen Luce
Houston, Texas 
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JRX Logs: December 30-31 , 2020Receivers: Degen DE1103Antennas: Degen 31MS
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

BRAZIL** 4885. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0353-0405, Radio Clube do Para, Belem-PA, in Portuguese.Man and woman announcers talk news. Fair reception.

CHILE** 4228-USB. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2231-2240, CBV Valparaiso Meteo Fax, Valparaiso-CHL. Meteorological Faz transmission. Fair reception.
Parallel logs on 8677-USB, poor reception; 17146-USB, out.

CHINA** 4905. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0205-0215, PBS Xizang, Lhasa-Tibet-CHN, in Tibetan. Woman talks; A song; 0208 Man talks and other song; 0212 Woman and man announcers talk. Poor reception.
 ** 4980. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0216-0229, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Uyghur. A song; Man and woman voices; 0219 Man talks with music background; 0222 A song; 0227 Man talks and other song. Fair reception.
** 6145. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0155-0205, PBS Qinghai, Xining-CHN, in Chinese. Woman and man announcers talk; 0200 Time pips, ID and return announcers communication, now with music background. Fair reception.
** 7335. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1740-1757, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Croatian. Chinese songs during this log; 1755 IS till 1757. Fair reception.
** 7340. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1800-1810, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Italian. IS and ID; 1801 Begins a newsletter by man announcer. Good reception.
** 7385. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1850-1900, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in French. A chinese class by woman and man announcers; 1855 Woman talks and says ID; A song. Very good reception till 1858. After 1858UT, begins a collision between CRI and CRI. See below:
** 7385. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1900-1910, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Albanian. A collision between CRI transmissions in Albanian, with music, and French, with news by female singer.
** 7395. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1910-1920, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in German. Woman announcer talks news; 1912 A song; 1916 Man talks. Very good reception.
** 7415. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1935-1950, China Radio International, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Czech. Man announcer talks news, presumably; 1940 A song "Mr Robinson"; 1943 Man talks; 1946 A song. Very good reception.
** 13650. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2301-2315, China Radio International, Habana-CUB, in Portuguese. Man announcer talks and begins a program with chinese instrumental music, only. Very good reception.

CUBA** 4765. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0330-0340, Radio Progreso, Bejucal-CUB, in Spanish. Man and woman announcers in a nice conversation; ID. Fair reception.
** 5025. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0240-0250, Radio Rebelde, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. Man says sport news; 0244 Men announcers present news. Fair reception.

FRANCE** 7375. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 1840-1850, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man announcer makes a interview with a man and says "Corona"; 1847 Woman talks. Fair reception, with a continuous bip disturbance. What´s it?

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS** 9580. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2215-2228, Vatican Radio, Saipan-MRA, in Chinese. Man talks with music background; 2225 A brief music and returns man communication; 2228 Woman talks and ends programming. Good reception.
Parallel logs on 6185smg, poor reception; 7410smg, poor reception.

PHILIPPINES** 9405. Thu, Dec 31, 2020. 0003-0013, FEBC - Radio Liangyou 3, Bocaue-PHL, in Chinese. Women announcers in conversation; 0009 Man announcer talks. Good reception.

USA** 4840. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0340-0352, WWCR 3, Nashville-TN, in English. Woman and man announcers in conversation about christian themes: Woman makes questions and man pastor answering; 0346 A song. Good reception.
** 5000. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 0230-0240, WWV Colorado, Fort Collins-CO, in English. Man announcer says UTC time each a minute; Says ID and features of the station. Fair reception.
** 9330. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2241-2257, WBCQ 6 - World´s Last Chance Radio, Monticello-ME, in Portuguese. Man and woman announcers, alternatively, talks about religious themes; 2246 Woman talks and says ID and website; 2250 Men talk about religious themes: Questions and aswers. Very good reception.
** 12050. Wed, Dec 30, 2020. 2152-2215, EWTN - Radio Catolica Mundial, Vandiver-AL, in Spanish. Woman makes a prayer with music background; 2135 ID jingle; 2157 A song; 2200 ID and begins a Vatican Radio news, repetition of today's morning program. Good reception.

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** AUSTRIA [and non]. From Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K. on
the WOR iog: ``Hello Glenn, Regarding the "No COVID at Wiener
Philharmoniker". According to the BBC commentator for the programme
screened in the U.K., apparently all members of the orchestra were
tested for COVID on a daily basis to ensure none was infected. It
seems that the programme went out "live" on January 1. I did notice
some unfamiliar faces among the players this year. They could be new
members, or maybe replacements for those who had to drop out because
they caught the virus. Like you, I always greatly enjoy this concert.
I can also get it via Astra satellite with German (Austrian accent)
commentary, which I much prefer to the English announcer.`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13632 & 13769 approx., Jan 3 at 1555, RHC spurblobs, S6,
unreadable even in FM mode, but with signature F# tone; also JBA on
13838 = 68-69 kHz intervals from 13700-AM which is S9+10/20.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, Jan 2 at 2300, ID as I tune in, ``Goat
Cheese Radio 2021``, S8-S9, ``As Time Goes By``, 2304 another song by
same singer, others report as Billie Holiday and I do not disagree.
But from 2305 keeps cutting out. Someone politely calls this a medley,
but sounds to me like CD skipping from one track to the next in bits
of a variety of songs by same singer. Since there is no carrier it`s
tantamount to turning the transmitter off and on. Enough of that;
anyhow I`ve got the ID. See:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,76413.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 0002 UT, ND beacon EI, Enid, is
back on; in fact I think it was already circa 0715 Jan 2, but did not
make it into my dozing log notes. But still AWOL are: 255-MCW, SW,
Stillwater; and 350-MCW, RG, Oklahoma City.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 3 at 1553, EI is off again, only OIN Oberlin KS
audible, and the other two Okies are still off (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** U K. BBCWS New Year`s Concert --- in case you missed or could not
hear it at 1906 UT Sat and/nor 1206 UT Sun, here it is:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1d06
73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR iog)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2067 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
January 2 at 2100 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM local quality via nearby
Warrenton MO KiwiSDR, until ending at 2110:25, so started circa 2041.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 2 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VP direct.

Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 3 from 0416:35 on WA0RCR, The Gateway
160-meter Radio Newsletter, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO, VG via Warrenton
SDR; and just before that was also audible tho poorly way out at
Token`s Mohave, California SDR, which I had up checking KVOH, 60 miles
away.

Making it almost coast-to-coast as Andy Robins tells me: ``Hi Glenn: I
thought you might like to hear how WOR sounds at some distance from
the Wentzville, Missouri, "160-Meter Gateway" station on 1860 kHz. The
attached recording was made using a KiwiSDR near Zion, Pennsylvania,
that has a 220-meter BOG antenna oriented at 60/240°. Reception
quality varied from poor to pretty good with a lot of fades, some of
which were rather lengthy. On this occasion (UT Sunday, January 3),
the program started at 0416.

I can't receive WAØRCR here at home. With WTOU 1660 kHz less than two
miles away (10 kW day/1 kW night), I must use a mediumwave stop-band
filter at all times. That effectively kills 160 meters too,
unfortunately. I hope you are getting started on a New Year that's
significantly better than the one before. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo,
Michigan USA``

Next:

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
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1901vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [presumed resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [ex-0100, presumed
resumed]
and also new 5010 to S [unconfirmed]

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 George McClintock, Nashville TN, who sent a check
in US$ on a US bank 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. 5085, UT Sun Jan 3 at 0120, WTWW-2 has just started `Theater
Organ Under the Arch`, so I switch to webcast for $ tereo; ends at 0153
in typical 30+ minute variable block (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Jan 3 at 1557, S6 JBA gospel huxter, as WJHR is
active again, quite irregularly audible, not necessarily on Sundays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re 1220, WCPH, Etowah, TN, "... how to pronounce it...",
Greg Hardison, CA, says: ``In North Georgia, it's [EHT' (as in
"EThnic", but with a hard-"T") - oh (as in "Ohio") - wa (as in
"WAter")]. EHT'-oh-wah: accent on the first syllable. Hope this
helps!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is again being
broadcast, presumably for a 13-week series which usually appears in
the second quarter as lead-in to the July/August event, e.g. Sundays
16-17 UT on KUCO-FM, January 3 featuring Mendelssohn`s Octet; outro as
recorded in *2019* since the 2020 probably was missed. Should be on
many other classical stations via the WFMT network (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Date and time were missing from this; now added!

Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carriers, not a thoro search but
stepping 10 kHz on USB I hear the telltale hets from plus 1 kHz
against the following domestic frequencies: 530, 620, 710, 890; and
1430; at 0052 UT January 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1917 UT January 3

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CUBA log on Jan 3rd,
noted at Cape Canaveral FL, Rochester NY, TWR Antilles Kiwi,
at EastBrazil and Sao Paulo Brazil Kiwi sets, access remotedly.
5999.998 CUB  RHC La Habana in Spanish, S=9+35dB not overmodulated at
         13.25 UT, 2 x 60 Hertz BUZZ strings visible. Excellent audio 
         today, maybe replaced Quivican 250 kW beast by 100 kW unit

         of BBEF Beijing type at Bauta transmission center site today ?
6100even CUB  RHC Bauta in Spanish, some Rumba and Bossa-Nova music
         played at 13.35 UT on Jan 3rd, S=9+15dB in Cape Canaveral FL.
         Either sideband 2 x 30 Hertz apart distance BUZZ string noted.
9264.986 USA  WINB Red Lion, English sermon, 13.40 UT, S=8-9 in Florida
9650.003 CUB  RHC Bejucal site former USSR 50 kW units, S=4 poor at
         -102dBm JBA level. 13.47 UT on Jan 3rd.
12035.007 TUR  TRT Emirler in English at 13.30-14.26 UT, S=5-6 weak 
         signal at 13.50 UT.

11859.962 ARS  Republic of Yemen EXCILE Radio via Riyadh, poor S=5-6 in
         NY and MI northeastern US states at 13.54 UT.
11815.017 TUR  Much early SWITCH-ON of TRT Emirler in Turkish on 13.57 UT 
         scheduled 14.00-16.57 UT, ME/NE singer program, S=7 or -89dBm.

11760even CUB  RHC Bauta Spanish sce, S=7 much fluttery fountain antenna
         signal at 14.30 UT on Jan 3rd in Rochester NY remotedly.
13700even CUB  RHC Bauta towards California and South America antenna 
         azimuth, S=9+10dB in NY, S=9+5dB in Eastern Brazil and 
         Sao Paulo, in Brazil.

But accompanied by some program audio spurious on 13564, 13632, 13786,
but  n o t  on symmetrical 13854 kHz, next to WWCR channel.
Same program also on
13740even CUB  RHC Bejucal, probably at 160 degrees azimuth ?
         S=9+10dB in Brazil at 14.11 UT.
"Gracia, La Vida ..." song heard on all channels ...
15140even CUB  RHC Bauta S=8 towards California / CAN ?, at 14.15 UT.
15230even CUB  RHC likely via Quivican San Felipe TITAN 250 kW site
         towards Brazil and eastern SoAM. S=6-7 in NY, S=9 in Brazil. 


No CRI program relay on 15700 / nor 11880 kHz noted so far at this hour via
Quivican relay site.   73 wb  df5sx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <dg1sbn@t-online.de>

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [A-DX] Log: CRI Relay Quivican 5990 kHz 2310 UTC
Die 250 kW gehen meist auch noch auf der HX 11980 kHz,
Versuch macht kluchchch.  73 wb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Robic" <patrick.robic@aon.at>

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2021 12:33 AM
Subject: [A-DX] Log: CRI Relay Quivican 5990 kHz 2310 UTC
CRI Englisch via Cuba. O=2
73,Patrick
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