** CANADA. Altho there is still some storm noise, Blitzortung shows
only small spots on fringes of conterminous USA, far from here with
quietude in the Great Center, so with LW overall noise level abated,
Aug 18 at 0639-0647 UT I can relog a number of Canadian ND beacons as
well as Unitedstatesians, q.v.:

326-MCW, dash and YQK, 200 watts from Kenora, Ontario
332-MCW, dash and QT under IC Wichita, 1000 watts Thunder Bay, Ont.
346-MCW, dash and YXL, stronger, 500 watts from Sioux Lookout, Ont.
366-MCW, dash and YMW, 500 watts from Maniwaki, Quebec
382-MCW, dash and YPL, 1000 watts from Pickle Lake, Ontario

In reverse order as I was really downtuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 18 from 1444: 14850 JBA carrier,
none in 13s/12s until 12550 Chinese poor; 12210, 12190, 11460, 11440,
11120, 11100 all JBA carriers, 10870 VP Chinese. AND: good 15110 which
list-loggers would assume is VOA but confirmed // CNR1 on WOOB 12550.
Inband 13, 11 and 9 MHz not checked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, Aug 18 at 0634 UT, NDB PN Ponca City is
still off; 314-MCW EI Enid is still on nearby but JBA (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, Aug 18 at 0638 UT, DDP among the US &
Canadian ND beacons, qq. vv.; it`s 1000 watts from San Juan - Dorado.
I was tuned to 389-USB. Logged previously, rarely in Jan & March this
year. 3676 km = 2284 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 9830, Aug 17 at 2200, VOT timesignal about 0.5
second behind WWV, YL s/on claiming this be the 1230 broadcast on
15450! with heavy NSS RTTY QRM, still both at 2218. Something`s always
awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Lowered LW noise level allows some ND beacon logs again,
from CANADA, q.v., and, Aug 18 at 0635-0646 UT, in reverse order from
really tuning downward:

335-MCW, BV, 25 watts from Batesville - Almond, Arkansas
347-MCW, AFK, 25 watts from Nebraska City, Nebraska
365-MCW, AA, 100 watts, Fargo - Harwood, North Dakota, tuned 363-USB
389-MCW, DDP --- oops, see PUERTO RICO!
420-MCW, PK, 25 watts from Olathe - Herbb, Kansas
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2047 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Aug 18 at
0100 on WRMI 7780, VG at UTwente SDR, Holland. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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Capital Territory, for a contribution via PayPal originally
in Australian$ to woradio at yahoo.com

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Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (6159.9), Aug 17 at 2300, Area 51/61 WBCQ webcast starts
their new block of ``old tyme radio programs`` with Jean Shepherd`s
stream-of-consciousness including how Maine is like a different
country. Fun to hear him again, and once started, how can you stop?
Runs about 50 minutes. On Aug 15 we got this from WBCQ, too late to
mention on WOR 2047; to start Aug 17, and weeks to come?

``Hi Glenn, Hope you are doing well. Allan & Angela Weiner along with
Larry and Jane Will are presenting old tyme radio programs on our 6160
Khz transmitter. Monday-Friday 7pm-9pm eastern time {23-01 UT}
starting Monday August 17th. Known as Area 61 Old Tyme Radio it is a
presentation of WBCQ as a nice, pleasant, radio gift to a somewhat
troubled world. We hope all will tune in and enjoy the theatre of the
mind. Thanks, Allan & Angela Weiner``

Then these details; note the continuing patterns from night to night:

[WOR] Area 61 proposed schedule Aug 17 at 4:43 PM

Starting this evening, 23 until 01 next UT day on 6159.9 with webcast
link : (gh)

7-9PM [EDT] 6160
http://splatterbox.us:5110

Monday August 17 (2 hours)
Jean Shepherd 6/17/64 Maine
Chicken Man #1
Dragnet 6/10/49
Superman Origin #1 1939
Gunsmoke 4/26/52 Billy the Kid

Tuesday August 18 (2 hours)
Jean Shepherd 6/30/72 Old Man's Pontiac
Chicken Man #2
Dragnet 6/17/49
Superman Origin #2 1939
Martin & Lewis 9/3/49 Lucille Ball

Wednesday August 19 (2 hours)
Jean Shepherd 7/7/70 EH Scott Radio
Chicken Man #3
Dragnet 6/24/49
Superman The Shark #1 1939
Bob Hope 9/28/43 Orson Welles

Thursday August 20 (2 hours)
Jean Shepherd 2/1/68 Spy Stories
Chicken Man #4
Dragnet 7/7/49
Superman The Shark #2 1939
Dimension X 6/17/50 There will come soft rains
{Ray Bradbury, Martian Chronicles -- gh}

Friday August 21 (1 hour)
Jean Shepherd January 1975 Maine Media
Chicken Man #5
Superman 2/26/40 The Atomic Beam

Friday playlist is only one hour since AAWWW simulcasts at 8PM.

Lw (Larry Will)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Cursory trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier check Aug 18 at
0122: two on 684 kHz, Spain being the one off-frequency; 891 no doubt
Algeria, but no 711 at this time.

From 0327: 531, 621, 684, 693, 774, 855(2), 898, 1098(2), 1107*
strongest, 1215, 1305; and 711.0, so is that Cuba or not? No DFing.

At 0630, JBA carrier about 710.4, not 711. Months ago, Steve Wiseblood
in the RGV presumed he was getting Rebelde on 710.5 but I never did.
Also 621 presumed Canary, 846 Kiritimati/Pacific, maybe 1098,
Marshalls.

WOR iog discussion of my previous log: ``CUBA [and non]. 711.0, Aug 17
at 0602, JBA het presumably one of the Radios Rebeldes knocked
off-frequency again like a few months ago. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba. Too weak to get DF on it, but the only TA carrier this late
is 621 presumed Canary Islands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

``When nearby 621 kHz from Canary Islands could be heard easily in
North America, why not the 711 kHz Moroccon transmission too?

Right 3 kilometers distance to the Atlantic Ocean coastline.

MRC_Laayoune 711 / 864 kHz 300kW (El Aaiun), del 567/657 kHz 5/50kW
location G.C. 27°10'21.58"N 13°21'40.93"W

https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=e578e77b-a265-46e5-90e5-f86f630f0b38&cp=27.17377~-13.362753&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027
73 wb``

``Maybe SNRT antenna is too directional in El Aaiún. But I don't know
how it is behaving in practice. I also have no idea if the EMWG data
is valid or not today. In the former Euro-African Medium Wave Guide
(EMWG), the following data were:

711 kHz: AOE - SNRT Al-Idaâ al-Amazighia (El-Aaiún), El Aaiún (300,
directional 180°) - 24h in Tamazight (Berber), Tachelhit, Rifain,
Arabic exc. when local programmes are on air: Mo-Th 1800-1900 Arabic,
Fr 1800-2300 Arabic, Sat 0000-0200 Arabic, Sat 1800-2300 Arabic, Sun
1000-1300 Arabic, Sun 1800-0200 Arabic; relay of SNRT El-Aaiún: Fr-Sa
2200-2300 Arabic; Mon 0900-1300 Rabat programme; local ID "Maghribiyya
Laayoune"; very low audio - offset frequency of 710.9970 kHz (Tibor
Gaal, Hungary)``

Months ago when Cuba was skewed before, we had this same problem. If
it`s too weak to DF, another way to rule out Eurafrica is hearing it
later when it`s daytime there, still dark between here and Cuba, so
when I rouse circa 0900 UT Aug 18, quick check hears nothing above
710, so inconclusive. Need further chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, August 18 at 1151
UT, on the DX-398 so DFing: 657, 792 and 1008 all WSW; two? on 1242.
Enid LSR 1152, so almost too late but that was when I happened to
awaken. All of these have NZ or eastern Australia possibilities, under
50 kW except for one. Then a check of lowband 10-kHz channels for
Mexicans found none (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1901 UT August 18
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KQCV 800 Oklahoma City at 757pm mountain time in two segments.. the end of
Focus on the Family in segment 1 and a partially audible legal id segment
2. Not bad considering their night patter.

#1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1emjXYfmRHElHvcHhTZZAMOoBMC9ypH_z/view?usp=sharing

#2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1beo4jIpn60mKtEzbt4cXm3cJaWmp8mwJ/view?usp=sharing

XERCN 1470 Tijuana, BC. 5kw non directional
Holy Rosary in spanish on XERCN at 930pm mountain time, some of the audio
is a bit better then other parts, but you can hear it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RsyELc2OdFUfmbMdRGwCum9YMN83Aauq/view?usp=sharing

Paul Walker
Icom IC746Pro and giant loop antenna
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we have now winter conditions downunder,
a lot of African MW stations could be received easily
in past week here in central Europe.
see also mediumwave station locations south of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_of_Cancer
When nearby 621 kHz from Canary Islands
could be heard easily in North America,
why not the 711 kHz Moroccon transmission too ?
Right 3 kilometers distance to the Atlantic Ocean coastline.
MRC_Laayoune 711 / 864 kHz 300kW (El Aaiun), del 567/657 kHz 5/50kW
location G.C.  27°10'21.58"N  13°21'40.93"W
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=e578e77b-a265-46e5-90e5-f86f630f0b38&cp=27.17377~-13.362753&lvl=18&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027
73 wb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hungaroboy" <hungaroboy@freemail.hu>

Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 16-17, 2020
Maybe SNRT antenna is too directional in El Aaiún. But I don't know how it
is behaving in practice.
I also have no idea if the EMWG data is valid or not today.
In the former Euro-African Medium Wave Guide (EMWG), the following data
were:
711 kHz:
  AOE - SNRT Al-Idaâ al-Amazighia (El-Aaiún), El Aaiún (300, directional
  180°) - 24h in Tamazight (Berber), Tachelhit, Rifain, Arabic exc. when
  local programmes are on air: Mo-Th 1800-1900 Arabic, Fr 1800-2300
  Arabic, Sat 0000-0200 Arabic, Sat 1800-2300 Arabic, Sun 1000-1300
  Arabic, Sun 1800-0200 Arabic; relay of SNRT El-Aaiún: Fr-Sa 2200-2300
  Arabic; Mon 0900-1300 Rabat programme; local ID "Maghribiyya
  Laayoune"; very low audio - offset frequency of 710.9970 kHz
  <WOR@groups.io>, ezt írta:
 Why not 711 kHz 300 kW Morocco SNRT National Net Laayoune ?
page 521 on WRTH 2020
73 wb
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From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020

Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 16-17, 2020

CUBA [and non]. 711.0, Aug 17 at 0602, JBA het presumably one of
the Radios Rebeldes knocked off-frequency again like a few months ago.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Too weak to get DF on it, but
the only TA carrier this late is 621 presumed Canary Islands.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1827 UT August 17
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Why not 711 kHz 300 kW Morocco SNRT National Net Laayoune ?
page 521 on WRTH 2020
73 wb
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From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX"Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020

Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 16-17, 2020

CUBA [and non]. 711.0, Aug 17 at 0602, JBA het presumably one of
the Radios Rebeldes knocked off-frequency again like a few months ago.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Too weak to get DF on it, but
the only TA carrier this late is 621 presumed Canary Islands.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1827 UT August 17
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** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 17 at 1414, after most of them have
evaporated at 1400 --- below 15 MHz, no WOOBs found until 11120 JBA
Chinese, 11100 & 10920 JBA carriers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 711.0, Aug 17 at 0602, JBA het presumably one of
the Radios Rebeldes knocked off-frequency again like a few months ago.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Too weak to get DF on it, but
the only TA carrier this late is 621 presumed Canary Islands (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12200, Aug 17 at 0624, RHC English in mailbag from Utah,
S6-S9 from much stronger fundamental 6100. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Aug 17 at 0609, JBA carrier but with some
decent peaks, surely R. Kiribati, Xmas Island and not Europe, whence
this late the only TA carrier trace is 621 Canary/Africish. 846, 10 kW
is the closest TP split-frequency station, and it`s already well after
dark there; and anyway there are no Europeans on 846 more than 3 kW.
Additionally I get a rough DX-398 DF as closer to E/W than NE/SW. True
bearing is 252 degrees, distance only 4500 miles, and due south of
Hawaii, in the *western* hemisphere. As measured on my trusty NGS
globe.

Neither gaisma.com nor distancefromto.net can cope with the fact that
*this* part of Kiribati, the Line Islands, is *far* removed from the
main part to the west, giving out false readings for London,
Kiritimati as if it were on HQ island Tarawa, 6114 miles away and with
local time as UT+12 instead of +14! LSS varies only half an hour over
the course of a year, only 2 degrees from the Equator. It should be
similar to Honolulu which was 0500 UT today. But this gets it:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/@11185877
with LSS at 18:38 minus 14 hours = 0438 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Aug 17 at 0627, too-sweet orchestral music so
typical of this Eden, VOK, then YL talk in French so fraxured I have
to concentrate a while to be sure of language until ``bombe atomique``
heard, their signature subject; and onward with vocal songs in Korean?
Cuts off circa 0655* rousing me from my doze; for Latin America,
French at this hour a marvel of optimism. Returned on at 1404, there
it is again during Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 515-MCW kHz, Aug 17 at 0617, NDB PN Ponca City is still
off, and 341-MCW kHz, EI Enid JBA is still on (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, Aug 17 at 1741 UT, KMSI Moore Oasis Network cuts to
dead air briefly during interview; at 1742 their local translator on
89.1, K206CA is dead air too, but OK at 1747 recheck when it`s
confirmed // 88.1.

106.7, Aug 17 at 1747 UT $ tereo dead air here from KTUZ-FM Okarche,
the Spanish station, vying to outdo Oasis. I was bandscanning for Es
DX after a 100 MHz MUF spike was reported west of here: nada (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 16 at 2200, VOT English to us is not off today
but might as well be vs strong NSS RTTY adding up to S9. These
entities evidently do not recognize each other as problematic! Nor
does it speak well for their official? monitors (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 13089-USB, Aug 16 at 2159, somewhat distorted OM robovoice
obsessed with nothing but winds in knots and seas in feet --- what`s
the conversion factor between knots and feet per second, to make the
units match?? --- day by day thru Friday, then back to tonight for
Caribbean between 64 and 72 west, down to Venezuela. This is a shared
USCG frequency; per Eibi at 2130-2205 it`s NMN Chesapeake VA, elsewhen
Guam, Hawaii or California (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 25000 & 20000, Aug 16 at 2150, WWV is S9 on both tnx to
sporadic-E short-skip under 500 miles from CO to here, but there is
*no* activity to be heard on adjacent hambands 12, 15 meters. A couple
unID phoners are audible on 18134-USB and 18136.5-USB (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2047 monitoring, our Sunday evening
extravaganza of 5 opportunities on SW not to mention WRN satellite and
webcast:

Confirmed UT Monday August 17 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20/30.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 17 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, good at UTwente, VG
at Maine; also via WRN.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 17 at 0245 the 0230 on WRMI 7780, S8-S9
direct.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 17 starting at 0302.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ
5130, S9+10 but high storm noise level.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 17 after 0330 on WRMI 9955 and/or webcast, I
think but missed logging it.

Also confirmed Monday August 17 from 1801.7 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria,
S9+20 via UTwente but with storm crashes worse than the plus/minus 10
AACI. Runup check this week: carrier *1755.5 takes over from JBA algo,
dead air until 1758.9 sounds like Feature Story News --- yes, as not
chopped off before its outro; 1759.9 to UNESCO PSA in Spanish! about
CV; then IRRS sign-on again with deactivated? P O Box 10980 in Milano;
1801.3 FSN again where it usually inserts just before 1801.7 WOR,
which continues airing intact. Next:

1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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Thanks for financial support from Ivan Soldo, Australian
Capital Territory, for a contribution via PayPal originally
in Australian$ to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15610, Aug 16 at 2155, NO signal from WEWN, AWOL again from
English day transmitter, which should be more than JBA with sporadic E
inbooming neighbor 15825 WWCR S9; and even 15555-USB WJHR S3, 15770
WRMI S8. WEWN 12050 Spanish on when checked at 2301. And 9385 WEWN
night frequency in English VG at 0621 August 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Note: previous report should have been subjected August 15-16

This report dispatched at 1827 UT August 17
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