** BRAZIL [and non]. 11875-11880-11885, Nov 25 at 1949, TWR Bonaire
SDR is getting an S6 steady DRM noise signal here, ~9 dB SNR, but
nothing decoding to the ear. Via Richard Langley, this has just been
reported in the DRMNA iogroup as the new frequency for RNA DRM tests;
and it`s already shown on the SDR menu as available 24 hours. This
should make for an interesting collision with RHC-AM at 2100-2300 in
French, English for Africa. Further monitoring:

2055 & 2058.5, break of a few seconds in DRM noise and back on, more
to come: 2100 no sign of RHC yet, nor by 2108, just DRM. I have other
stuff to do and not rechecked until 2134 --- now RHC is on, in
Brazuguese, no less, along with the RNA DRM, roughly equal levels here
and Bonaire, then RHC mostly atop but with fades; 2139.5 & 2142, more
momentary breaks in DRM, but RHC is also off at 2141-2144. Meanwhile
someone else is trying to hear 11880-DRM via Bonaire from Patos e
Minas, Brazil. And so it goes --- (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 6020, Nov 25 at 1900, S8 via UTwente SDR, CRI theme, ID in
Chinese and then ``Ju Flet ---`` which nails it as Albanian. Then YL
narration with sound-effects, not just music.

This caused confusion when first reported from Europe, but now we know
from Albanian expert Ullmar Qvick in Sweden, BC-DX:

``CHINA/ALBANIA, RADIO EJANI on 6020 kHz heard at 1900-1957 UT has
caused confusion. This is the CRI service in Albanian using the
superpower tx in Shijiazhuang and carrying the program of the
China-owned FM station Radio Ejani (Radio Come! in Albanian)
broadcasting fram Tirana and Durres on 106.0 MHz since 2013.

Pop music programs with frequent IDs "Radio Ejani" and final CRI
announcement in Albanian from Beijing during the 1-hour transmission.
The tx then carries CRI in Polish at 2000 z (Ullmar Qvick,
Norrköping-SWEDEN, Nov 22)``

Like several other languages, CRI is unable to produce own programs in
Albanian, so this is the roundabout substitute. Kai Ludwig replies:

``In case I keep forgetting to check it: Should be // 7385 kHz. The
inserted CRI ID suggests that this simply replaces their own
Albanian-language radio productions.

Remember that in last year CRI made drastic cuts to its linear radio
programming, reducing many language services to hardly more than music
and already telling listeners in Brazil that the radio service in
Portuguese has ceased.

Radio Ejani just *is* CRI:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/RadioEjani/about/

No contacts in Albania whatsoever, so apparently the two FM
transmitters just take a feed from Beijing, and this program output is
now also routed to the transmitters in China previously used for
separate Albanian shortwave broadcasts, if they still did them for
some time after 2013 at all. Kai`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Nov 25 at 0636, VON is back on tonight, S9+10/20
but undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Re: 6924.884-AM, Nov 25 at 0223, VP S7-S8 music,
only pirate activity now; 0232 brief announcement, more music, LA?
0253 still going, at 0254 into MCW, but fading and only partially
copiable and perhaps with errors; ``CA - OA - OIAEN - ZAN - ORA -
ABEC``, until 0258*. Thought it might be Nova, which does CW IDs, but
no fit. I was hoping someone on HFU would have IDed this and/or copied
the code (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Ron Howard replied: ``Glenn, Was also listening to this station.
Please listen to my recording and let me know what you can make out.
Thanks.

Nov 25, on 6924.88 AM, tuned in at 0149 UT to non-stop LA music; 0206,
CW (assume ID?) followed by spoken ID (loop); 0209, test tone,
followed by more of the same type of music. Afraid I have no ability
to deal with CW and very little to deal with Spanish. My audio of one
minute of music, then CW ID, followed by spoken IDs (loop), posted at
https://bit.ly/3l1Dg03
Thanks very much for any help! Ron California``

I replied: ``Ron, Great, clear recording. CW is
ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
Then M&W repeat multiple times ``ésta es la zanahoria en escabeche``

Put that phrase in search and it means ``spicy pickled carrots`` --- a
Mexican dish; ah yes, I`ve had those without knowing their name -- but
-- now what? Well, Mexico is really in North America... Glenn``

Ron Howard refers to a belated log of this from Chris Smolinski at
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74793.0.html

``I received this station last night, after a somewhat laborious
session of listening to the SDR recordings I came up with this
logging:

ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE 6924.9 AM 0111 UTC 25 Nov 2020
« on: Today at 15:01 » SDR recording catch

0111 Carrier came on
0117 Music, Jorge Negrete "Ay Jaliso No Te Rajes", SIO 333
0121 Jorge Negrete "Yo Soy Mexicano"
0126 Jorge Negrete "Cocula"
0128 Jorge Negrete "Juan Charrasqueado"
0131 ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE repeated several times in CW
0134 SS OM "Esta es la ... " repeated, signal has faded by now, down
to SIO 222 and then most 111 with some occasional peaks.
0136 CW again: ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
0138 Music, too weak for Shazam.
0155 Mariachi Pablo Olmedo "Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes"
0206 CW again, weak.
0210 Back to music
0215 "Asunto Pendiente"
0254 CW, weak, sounds like ZANAHORIA EN ESCABECHE
0258 Carrier off

I would greatly appreciate an eQSL if the station operator happens to
see this logging, thank you! « Last Edit: Today at 15:05 by
ChrisSmolinski » Logged Chris Smolinski Westminster, MD``

As for the carrot pirate, no telling which side of border it`s on but
would be neat if it`s really in Mexico (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 420-MCW kHz, Nov 25 at 0650, ND beacon FQ, which is 25 watts
from Fairmont, Minnesota, also with a much weaker understation I can`t
fully copy with storm crashes, but rather sure there is an X in the
call. The only one listed around here is on 419, TX, 50 watts in
Lawrenceville - Gwinnett, Georgia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2061 monitoring; next:
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17545.06V, Nov 25 at 1539, JBA talk, off-frequency and
wobbling so it`s hard to measure to 3 decimal places. Only thing known
here is that Eritrean clandestine Bayto Yiakl, but it`s supposedly
Saturdays only at 1530-1600 via France, and this is Wednesday. Maybe
expanded as the conflict along the border with Ethiopia is heating up.
Would not expect ISSoudun to be that far off-frequency, so maybe some
other site like UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 18127-USB, Nov 25 at 1530 and earlier, ragchew sounds
like Plattdeutsch; mentions a VA9- call, not sure if his in Canada or
a contact (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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Great going Paul. A common catch here, but it is all water-path.

Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager

** ARMENIA. 9290, Nov 24 at 1355 past 1400 with no break, S Asian
language at S6-S9. Still there but weaker at 1417 vs running-H2O QRM.
It`s TWR-India via Gavar, in Hindi daily 1345-1415, amid a total span
of 1315-1445 in various languages. Aoki/NDXC shows Hindi until 1420 on
weekdays, otherwise English until 1425*, extended to 1445* weekends
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. UNIDENTIFIED. 4925, Nov 25 at 0217, JBA talk, equivalent VP
signal to S Americans on 4940, 4885. Only 4925 in EiBi is Korean
numbers not at this hour but if on would not be propagating. WRTH 2020
has 5 kW Rádio Rural, Tefé, Amazonas, Brasil as irregular. Aoki/NDXC
shows 0930-0200 as if regular. Not reported lately, but found this
from JRX in Brasil: ``4925. Apr 15, 2020. 0313-0333, Rádio Educação
Rural de Tefé, Tefé-AM, in Portuguese. A musical program with variety
songs; Female voice; A song; Male voice, ID and announcements; 0331 A
song; 0333 Ends and sign-off. Poor reception.`` I don`t get around to
checking TWR Bonaire SDR for this until 0333 --- nothing there (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer search WOOB November 24 at 1346: JBA Chinese or
JBA carriers: 11500, 11460, 11440, 11150, 11100, 10870; none in the
14s, 13s, 12s; 9315, 9300, 9180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, Nov 24 at 2205, RHC is dead air, then ramps up to JBM
Spanish, perhaps a typical sign-on warmup, only S4-S7 as is English on
11880. Something`s always wrong at RHC. But recheck at 2348, 11850 is
off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Nov 25 at 0222, RHC English is S5-S7, undermodulated,
unusable. Only //, 6000 is even worse, S9/+10 and JBM. Somethings are
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6924.884-AM, Nov 25 at 0223, VP S7-S8 music, only
pirate activity now; 0232 brief announcement, more music, LA? 0253
still going, at 0254 into MCW, but fading and only partially copiable
and perhaps with errors; ``CA - OA - OIAEN - ZAN - ORA - ABEC``, until
0258*. Thought it might be Nova, which does CW IDs, but no fit.

KIPM was reported on ``6925`` as late as 0130, but in USB:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74782.0.html

Stardust Five Laser Radio was on 6925-AM, but not since 2158 Nov 24:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,74777.0.html

I was hoping someone on HFU would have IDed this and/or copied the
code. Nor any old hits there on the exacter frequency 6924.9 -- but I
had such a log last Feb, which led back to Captain Morgan SW in May
2017 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PANAMA. 18146.8-USB, Nov 24 at 2155, HP3SS working US stations, at
30 miles from Costa Rican border in western Panamá. Sounds like an
American --- no, Canadian, without a specific address in QRZ.com:
``HP3SS Panama flag Panama, Robby Robertson, Volcan, Panama. QSL: via
AC2OV`` and: ``Please do not send mail to Panama. I will not recieve
it. Please do not QSL via buro. I do not recieve cards from the QSL
buro. I have been living in Panama since October 2015. I operated as
HP3/VY2SS for a year while I waited for my Panama call. I enjoy
contesting and DX. My equipment is: Flex 6400 and Ameritron AL-1200.
Antennas are: 20M-6M - 3 element Steppir yagi at 75 feet. Please QSL
direct to AC2OV with SAE and sufficient return postage. Previous calls
- VY2SS, CY9SS, VE2/VY2SS, VE7ARS, VE8HF, VE3FYB, VE1AGN``.

BTW, in my daytime bandscans between the ham and bc bands, I routinely
tune across the 17.9+ MHz aero band --- and *never* encounter any
activity. EiBi lists a number of stations around the world available
24 hours, starting with Albrook, Panamá on 17901. Maybe the aeronauts
are writing off this band as dead even when it isn`t (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 414-MCW kHz, Nov 24 at 0708 UT, ND beacon ATS, which is 25
watts from ArTeSia, New Mexico; also audible tuned to 412-USB. Last
logged Oct 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 21250-USB, Nov 24 at 1859, WW2DX calling CQDX 15, good
signal yet the OSOB; what a desirable vanity callsign: ``WW2DX USA
flag USA, Lee J Imber, Pawling, NY 12564 USA``. Per QRZ.com he`s quite
the DX-peditioner, including Sable Island postponed from Oct 2020 to
Oct 2021 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2061 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday
November 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+15/20 via UTwente; at 0121
check direct, poor S8-S9.

Also confirmed UT Tue Nov 24 at new time 0200 on WRMI 9955, S9+10
direct.

Also confirmed UT Tue Nov 24 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, S9+10/20 direct.
Next:

2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. I neglected to include the time of UB`s TG special, fixed:
(7490.1v), UT Tue Nov 24 from 0000, WBCQ webcast cuts off some wacko
conspiracy talk for 50% of `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`, replay from 25
hours ago when it all aired; starting with a scrotum song, but we have
been warned. Also plugs his TG special UT Fri Nov 27 *at 0300-0400* on
6160v & 7490v. I often catch this semi-repeat due to a scheduling
conflict the day before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Nov 25 at 0215, WTWW-2 is S9+30 with request request,
not so distorted as the music before and after it, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10533-USB, Nov 24 at 1348, 2-way in language, maybe
Indonesian, as I am patrolling for CNR1 jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

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JRX Logs_ Tuesday, November 24, 2020Receiver (s)_ Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s)_ Longwire
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

ASCENSION ISLAND** 15490.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 1932-1949, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Hausa. Woman and man announcers present BBCNews, including news by man report from Abuja, Nigeria. ID. Excellent reception.
Parallel logs on 9885asc, barely audible; 11660asc, very good reception.

BOTSWANA** 15580.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 1950-1958, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in English. Man announcer talks in slow english; 1958 Abrupt ends. Poor reception.

CHINA** 6100.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2302-2317, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Portuguese. Chinese instrumental music. No regular programming. Very good to excellent reception.
Parallel log on 13650hab, fair to good reception.
** 9640.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2100-2115, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Spanish. IS and ID; Woman announcer presents a newsletter; 2115 Man says ID. Fair to good reception.
Parallel log on 6020szg, good reception.

FRANCE** 6040.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2250-2300, Radio Algérienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man talks; A song; 2259 Man talks; Woman talks, too. Fair to good reception.

MALI** 11975.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2322-2340, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Chinese. Man and woman announcers talk, without interval. Fair reception.
Parallel logs on 7295bko, poor reception; 7300uru, fair reception.

NIGERIA** 11770.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 1851-1905, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-NIG, in English. Man and woman talk; 1858 Woman talks; 1859 IS; 1900 Man talks, ID and beginning the program in fulfulde language; Man and woman announcers talk. Fair to good reception.

PHILIPPINES** 15190.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 1913-1930, Radio Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Tagalog. Man announcer talks; Brief song; 1916 ID; 1921 Man talks and next two songs; 1928 Man says ID, frequencies, address; 1929 A piece of the National Anthem till 1930. Fair reception.
Parallel logs on 9925pht, very good reception; 12120pht, good reception.

TURKEY** 9625.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2046-2059, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in French. A song; 2049 Woman talks; 2053 A song by female singer; 2058 Woman talks. Good reception.
Parallel log on 5970emr, poor reception.

USA** 15610.Tue, Nov 24, 2020. 2000-2010, EWTN-Global Catholic Radio, Vandiver-AL, in English. Man announcer talks during this log. Barely audible reception!

JRX_José Ronaldo Xavier SWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)
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This is 15,000 Watt non directional KUAU 1570 Maui, Hawaii 2905 miles away
from my McGrath, Alaska listening post back on Thursday November 19th At
908pm AK/808pm HI/1008pm pacific time, using my CC Skywave and DeBeock FSL
Loop

The signal is pretty good for 20-30 seconds, fades down then it picks back
up at about 2 minutes 17 seconds during this “Adventures In Odyssey”
episode. The station is owned by King’s Cathedral Church Of Maui.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SRjtPmnndR93WXl31oxVPhInBf1i3m4D/view?usp=drivesdk
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