** CUBA. 6100, Sunday October 25 at 0720, RHC in weekly Esperanto
still here - tho missing last week per wb. S9+20 with hum. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. B-20 changes not there for a couple weeks, post
timezone shift in a week, as a Running Dog of Yanqui Imperialism,
coördinated with USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5959.923v: See NETHERLANDS [non] and TURKEY

** FRANCE. 7245, Oct 25 at 0620, Qur`an at S7-S8, something new next
to 7255 Nigeria. HFCC B-20 shows it`s RFI this hour, 500 kW at 170
degrees, multilingual across Africa. But I cannot believe RFI would be
Qur`aning. ALGERIA would be, but B-20 scheduled this hour only on 6105
for Issoudun relay, plus own imaginaries (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. 6165, Oct 25 at 0625, M&W in Arabic, S9/+10. It`s NHK
via FRANCE this semihour, 500 kW at 140 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, Oct 24 at *2359 shortly after TURKEY has
closed, fortunately, rather than another spurious hour in German,
which they have not done lately; Nauen carrier for The Mighty farty
KBC weekly UT Sunday 00-02 to NAm has come on, making LAH with
Xinjiang PBS, Urumqi, now scheduled to start at 2330, and always
off-frequency minus. In AMSynch mode, UTwente SDR locates that on
5959.923v, and stays locked to it rather than Nauen closer to 5960.00;
levels are roughly equal. I was hearing XPBS as early as 2356 when
Turkey went off and unseemed Mandarin until 2358; at 0000, 5+1
timesignal as KBC is also signing on. At 0006 October 25 I check
direct reception here and hear only KBC, so that`s what matters to
them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. UNIDENTIFIED: 6925-USB, Oct 25 at 0007, weak S3-S5
pirate music. More logs of this as unID, no guesses:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,73315.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 12055, Oct 25 at 1352, S7-S9 tonal
language. B-20 USAGM via TINian now scheduled 1330-1430 in
Myanmarianese. WEWN Spanish not on 12050 yet till 5970 change at
1400.

9390, Oct 25 at 1402, weak Chinese? No longer Thailand in English here
which has moved to 9940; HFCC shows 9390 this hour be USAGM in zho =
Chinese via TINIAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. RRI B-20 scheduling checked ASAP UT Oct 25, tuning UTwente
for English to North America one hour later: 0105, VG S9+30 on 7325 &
6130; 0452 at Maine SDR: 6020 VG and 7410 good but latter with noise
out to 7405 and 7415, residual Cuban jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 24 at 2344, VOT English to NAm has already made
B-20 seasonal change to 2300 on 5960 instead of 2200 on 9830. HFCC
seasons nominally start at 0100 UT Sundays, but it`s already Oct 25 in
Turkey --- first log of the season! Via UTwente SDR, Turkish music at
S9+10/20; 2349 ID, more music; 2354 YL canned sign-off as if it were
still A-20 at 1230 on 15450!! A bit more IS and now I can hear CCI
making a LAH from off-frequency-minus Xinjiang PBS Urumqi, East
Turkistan, land of cultural genocide by the ChiCom imperialists
against the Uyghurs. Continued at NETHERLANDS [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 6125, Oct 25 at 0403, VOT English to W North America
confirmed at new B-20 time and frequency, news to 0405, then that
COVID-19 PSA and music. Checked via Maine SDR, where there is noise in
the 6120-6130 range, presumed still Cuban jamming against Martí which
finishes 6125 in B-20 at 0400, too close for comfort! 0400 is the
final repeat of the original now 1330 UT VOT English; make that
``olds``.

Speaking of which, Oct 24 circa 1323, had a JBA carrier on the last
day of the real 15450 broadcast from 1230. Oct 25 at 1352, B-20
reactivation of 12035 from 1330 bears JBA music, not enough yet; aimed
for Europe but we be directly beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: not checked Sat
Oct 24 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, since sked shows without notice it has
been replaced.

Confirmed UT Sunday October 25 at 0324 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, S9+20
direct, about 8 minutes into so started circa 0316. Next:

0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Oct 25 at 0017, WTWW-2 starting `TOUTA`,
distorted as usual here but this week I bring up the $ tereo webcast.
Bob Heil is playing recordings of deceased colleagues` performances,
including some pre-echo audible during a pause, which means it`s
print-thru on a reel-to-reel tape. 0048 as soon as some applause
start, WTWW hastily cuts to ID and back to rock music, whew! Enough of
that theatre organ stuff (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5945, Oct 25 at 1356 and 1448, JBA carrier as I am
hunting for RNZI in B-20. HFCC shows something from UZBEKISTAN for Pan
American [sic] Broadcasting, like Tony Alamo? at 13-14 but on day 7 =
Saturday only and this is Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6170.090, Oct 25 at 1355 and still 1448, JBA
off-frequency carrier as I hunt for RNZI, which I later find from 1259
has moved from 6170 to 6115 as of October 26. Tentative B-20 HFCC even
shows Bangladesh at 13-14 on 6170! Most likely this be KOREA NORTH,
VOK with PBS relay to Europe as per Arnulf`s B-20 schedule (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1915 UT October 25
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SAUDI ARABIA  17615.066 much odd R Saudi HQ Arabic at 13.35 UT on Oct 25
12.50-15.53 UT scheduled. S=8-9.
17705even fq  R Saudi 1st px Arabic at 13.38 UT on Oct 25.
12.00-14.57 UT scheduled. S=9+25dB strength.
17895.019 R Saudi HQ Arabic  17615, at 13.44 UT on Oct 25.
12.00-14.57 UT scheduled. S=9+25dB strength.

MADAGASCAR   17770.019  AWR via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar relay
facility, Vietnamese? program, S=7-8 at 13.41 UT on Oct 25.

FRANCE   17800even fq  DWL Bonn via TDF Issoudun relay site, in Hausa to
West Africa at 13.42 UT on Oct 25. S=9+5dB strength.

MALI   17880even fq  CRI Africa relay Bamako Mali, in French language sce,
20 kHz wideband audio block, nice signal, S=9+15dB at 13.43 UT.

BRAZIL  Weak and tiny signal today Oct 25
15189.844 kHz on lower side of the channel,
R Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, Bras_Port, S=3 or -107dBm at 13.50 UT.
UNID   15255even AWR split location change usage at 13.30 and 14.00 UT.
I guess:
TRM AWR Bengali via SLBC relay site at Trincomalee facility
   at 13.00 UT to SoAS.
GUM AWR KSDA Agat 13.30 UT in Trp Kok Borok language, weak S=4-5.
MDG AWR Sinhalese to SoAS at 14.00 UT via MGLOB Talata Volonondry Madagascar
   relay facility, S=9+20dB strong in Delhi India SDR rx. 11.4 kHz wideband
   audio
13.30 UT other databases say Trp Kok Borok language in summer A-20 season 
via

UZB Tashkent CeAS relay site.
15255  1300-1330  TJK  ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Nep  Dushanbe-Orzu
15255  1330-1400  UZB  ADVENTIST WORLD R.  Kok  Tashkent

SRI LANKA  {CEYLON ITU call}  15705even AWR in Chinese via SLBC Trincomalee
relay site at 14.07 UT, S=9+5dB in remote SDR rx at Delhi India.

VATICAN STATE  15640even  US AGM R Azadi of R Free Afghanistan
in Dari language via Santa Maria di Galeria site near Rome Italy,
S=9+20dB in Delhi and Doha Qatar remotedly at 14.09 UT on Oct 25.
15460even US AGM Voice of America, in Kirghiz language via
Santa Maria di Galeria site near Rome Italy, S=9 sidelobe in Delhi remotedly
at 14.11 UT on Oct 25.

And Delhi India remote SDR rx log from 15.30 UT
4760even IND  AIR Leh, Ladakh language in Himalaya region, 15.30 UT Oct 25,
        scheduled 11.30-17.00 UT.  S=9+5dB -69dBm strength.
4750even BGD  Carrier appeared on service start S=9+20dB or -53dBm,
        Bangladesh Betar, SoAS typical singer noted at 15.35 UT.
CHINA / Xizang / Tibet etc on 4800, 4820, 4919.970 kHz. 15.37 UT
4949.997 IND  AIR Srinagar, Vernac S=9+10dB in peaks -66dBm at 15.40 UT.
5040.002 IND  AIR Jeypore likely Hindi(?), S=9+5dB at 15.43 UT on Oct 25.
5050even CHN  CNR Chinese of Nanning site, ?R Beibu Bay R?,
        S=9+10dB or -71dBm at 15.48 UT.
Mixture of 3 services on that channel:
5985.004 TUR  Voice of Turkey Emirler in Arabic before 16 UT.
        Emirler TX signing-OFF at 15.55 UT.
underneath weak and tiny
5984.995 MMR  seemingly old reserve unit at Myanmar Radio Yegi Yangoon site
        which is usually on 'even frequency',
        S=7 or -79dBm in 15.55-15.58 UT time slot.  and
5985even CHN  from 15.58:35 UT another appearance of S=9+5 or-61dBm signal
        CRI Beijing in Swahili language East Africa sce, program start
        at 15.59:55 UT.
6000.003 IRN  IRIB Sirjan Urdu language service, at 16.02 UT.
        in Delhi India S=9+10dB or -61dBm.
6070.003 TUR  TRT Emirler - likely - fair signal at 16.09 UT on Oct 25,
        in Persian S=9+15dB or -59dBm.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 25)
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4950kHz, R. Nacional de Angola, Angola, Mulenvos; 25/10, 0000 – 0006 time pips, ID and hour ToH announcements, pop music selections. Some improvement around 0000, after it, declining signal level, poor (LOB).
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/t6Uh

5952kHz, Emissoras Pio XII, Bolivia, Siglo Veinte; 20/10, 0010 – 0017 music, male and female in Spanish talks. Poor, few words readable, distorted (LOB).
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/fhhV

6355kHz, Echo of Hope, Korea South; 25/10, 0803 – 0806 male and female in Korean talks. Poor to fair (LOB).
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/2igN

Tecsun PL310et 
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CUBA  First check in ITU / private HFCC.org  B-20 season:
6100even kHz RHC Bauta site with single hour Sunday outlet of Esperanto
language, from tune-in at 07.24 UT, nice audio from Bauta site, S=9+20dB
medium strong in NJ, NY and Edmonton Alberta Canada remote SDR rxs.
Program end at at 07.28 UT,
then empty carrier until TX sign-off at 07.31:08 UT.
73 wb df5sx
wwdxc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser via groups.io" Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020

Subject: [WOR] Glenn Hauser logs October 23-24, 2020
** CUBA. 11845, Oct 23 at 1439, residual noise jamming on an ex-Radio
Martí daytime frequency, long-gone for how many years now? Other
broadcasters should beware if they think it`s available. Maybe they
are, for Aoki shows nothing but CNR2 at 00-11, the ChiCom being cool
anyway with jamming.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, Oct 24 at 0033, as soon as I tune in Radio Progreso
music it dumps off the air, back on at *0034.6, and now I also find
the extremely distorted but not very strong spurblob circa 4782, but
not much to match at minus 17 = 4748. Nor do I hear any Huanta on 4764
even while RP was off. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0334 UT October 24 


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** SWEDEN. (17.2 kHz VLF), it`s United Nations Day, Oct 24, 2020, and
time for another broadcast of SAQ in Grimeton, Sweden, 200 kW via the
historic Alexanderson Alternator.

https://alexander.n.se/saq-grimeton-transmission-on-october-24th-2020/?lang=en

I know I can`t get it direct, so monitor the event via their live
YouTube stream which was to start at 1430 UT. After breakfast, I bring
it up at 1449. A woman MC is speaking but we can`t hear a word she
says, drowned out by the huge noises of the machinery. And there is no
captioning. Perhaps in Swedish so I could not understand her anyway.
But as a camera wanders around, we have great views in the hall, not
only of the AA but associated stuff, huge control panels with lots of
switches and meters. At 1451, we can barely hearsee a test
transmission as the relays are clicking and flashing, VVV DE SAQ.

1453, a man is talking but again unhearable; at 1454 a full test ID,
VVV VVV VVV DE SAQ SAQ SAQ. 1456, camera goes outside for a quieter
view of the antenna towers, 1457 back inside, still noisy. The few
people in the hall are not masked, but some are wearing ear mufflers.

1500, the official transmission starts as we see the operator keying
with his right hand. Cannot hear it! But sporadic views of the readout
on a nearby laptop. Website says ``We are proud to announce that this
year’s message has been composed by Anders Tegnell – Chief
Epidemiologist Public Health Agency of Sweden.`` I notice one error in
the display, missing a dit, ``ewidemiologist``. This runs until 1509.
Of course he is warning about COVID-19.

Disappointingly, at no time during the broadcast could we see any
motion by the AA, just its huge black casing. Noise starts to
diminish; 1511 finally we have a view of AA shafts still spinning,
running down? Some of these look cupric, while exteriors are all
painted black. 1511.5 a bell rings. 1512 can overhear a bit of
conversation in Swedish, again at 1516. 1518 noise finally stops
completely, turned off.

A concert of song by soprano and keyboard accompaniment has been
scheduled for 1520. At 1527 several audience members start to take
their seats --- do not see any masks. MC speaks off-mike. Mike for
singer appears to be for PA in the very echoey hall, not direct
connect to camera, so we are picking them up out of the loudspeakers,
never a good idea. Most of the songs seem to be in Swedish, but at
1545, one in English which I still cannot understand. YT shows only
400 viewing, but declining toward 300 as time goes on. Music ends at
1558; back outside at 1559 for another view of the towers and a
fountain; finishes at 1601*. I assume this sesquihour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OErGFaT1esI
will remain available indefinitely for later audioviewing, just like
the previous half-sesquihour from July 5, 2020 which then started
autoplaying unbidden.

Meanwhile I was observing the live ``top chat`` sidebar, indicating
lots of people were trying to hear 17.2 kHz, some successfully, or at
least via UTwente. A few selected items:

``Pop Tibi​: yes the frequency drifts a bit, depending on the load on
the alternator's driving motor

David J.C. CORTVRIENT​: NO MASKS 😬 be carrefull PLEASE

David Newkirk: ​Long live the UN! Long live SAQ!
David Newkirk​: Karl-Arne: How much mains power v VLF output?
David Newkirk​: Radio as Art, and now Art after Radio.

Glenn Hauser: ​Tnx for streaming this as far as Oklahoma. Hello, David
Newkirk

Phil Erickson​: @Glenn Hauser --- Thanks for decades of DX and SW
listening reports - still receiving through WOR. W1PJE

David Newkirk: ​Hi, Glenn!

World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station: ​Stay tuned for a concert with
live music, when Anna-Louise Ekman perform beautiful tones in the
transmitter hall. Later on, we will also start the laser art work
"Transmission". [I missed that!]

World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station: ​Due to the non working
microphone, Managing Director Camilla Lugnet´s speech will be posted
in the comments after the transmission.``

This ended just in time for me to catch Independent Lens, which I also
recommend if you can find it via PBS:

``Independent Lens - Feels Good Man #2202 - OETA WORLD - DESCRIPTION:
Follow artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the
Frog, as he begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon
image from those who use it for their own purposes [such as Alex
Jones]. Duration: 1:26:46`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2057 monitoring: slept thru Sat Oct
24 at 1130 on WRMI 9955 - did anyone hear it?

Confirmed, Sat Oct 24 at 1318 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S9+10 but with
hum, and modulation rather than signal seems to be fading down at
times. Next:

1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?] [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 9395, I have not yet rechecked this WRMI myself, fortunately
not affecting WOR, but on the WOR iog October 24:

``Subject: [WOR] WRMI 9395 kHz Update ---- As posted to the WRMI FB
page: "0530 UTC Friday October 23 - Update on WRMI Transmitter 6 (9395
kHz). Our engineers repaired the capacitor problem and we were able to
get the transmitter back on the air. Unfortunately it appears that the
power surge which caused the initial problem also damaged something in
the modulator section, which means the audio is extremely distorted.
They are continuing to track down that problem. In the meantime, we
are moving the programs that are normally on 9395 kHz from 2200-0100
UTC over to the nearby frequency of 9455 kHz, and we are extending our
schedule on 9955 kHz to 1200-0400 UTC." -- Richard Langley``

Bob Biermann, GA, replies: ``I have been on the phone, and this one is
not going to be easy to fix. Many of the parts are no longer
available, and it may take a reworking of the audio section. For those
that think that these units are easy to fix, or can be affordably
replaced, they can’t. This type of problem may take a few days to a
few weeks to resolve`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, Oct 24 at 0535, no trace of WRMI, and not for some
time, I realize as I ponder the JBA carrier on 5040. Altho not on its
skedgrid, WRMI had been running 4980 QRP, maybe exciter only,
sometimes with music modulation detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Oct 24 at 0533, WTWW-2 with S9+40 of dead air, along
with JBA parasitic spurs about 5072 & 5098 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5040, Oct 24 at 0534, JBA carrier in absence of RHC
which has been off all evening. May be same one heard at 0030 which
could have been India, but certainly not now. Not Vanuatu either.
Possibly RHC with exciter only of a few watts; some utility; or who
knows? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1839 UT October 24
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