JRX Logs_ March 17-24, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW

ASCENSION ISLAND** 17745. Mar 24, 2020. 1746-1756, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, in Amharic. Man and woman announcers present a english class; ID and website; 1750 Man talks news; Woman talks, ID. Good reception.
AUSTRIA** 11800. Mar 24, 2020. 1720-1729, Adventist World Radio, Moosbrunn-AUT, in Swahili. Man preaching; 1722 ID by woman voice; 1723 Man talks and a hymn by chorus; 1729 Ends programming. Good reception.
BOTSWANA** 13630. Mar 23, 2020. 1710-1720, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in Portuguese. Man announcer and external reporters present news; 1719 Woman talks, ID. Fair reception.** 15580. Mar 23, 2020. 1723-1730, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in Amharic. Man talks; 1729 A brief song, ID and ends programming. Very poor reception with fading.
CHINA** 7205. Mar 22, 2020. 0106-0116, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Uyghur. Man and woman talks during this log. Fair reception with fading.** 7220. Mar 22, 2020. 0117-0125, China National Radio 2-China Business Radio, Golmud-Qinghai-CHN, in Chinese. Man and woman talk without interval. Poor reception.** 7240. Mar 22, 2020. 0125-0137, PBS Xizang, Lhasa-Tibet-CHN, in Chinese. Man and woman talk; 0136 Man and woman voices with music background. Fair reception.** 7520. Mar 22, 2020. 2001-2010, China National Radio 1-Voice of China, xx-CHN. Jammer/Firedrake transmission: Very treble musical audio with drums and violins. Good reception.
CLANDESTINE** 15285. Mar 24, 2020. 1648-1659, Manara Radio International, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Men voices; 1652 man talks news, presumed; ID sometimes; Conversation, by phone, with a man. Very good reception.
CUBA** 5040. Mar 20, 2020. 0456-0510, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. ID and sked of RHC in spanish; "Revista Informativa desde Habana"- variety news, including about the Coronavirus; ID. Fair reception.** 6145. Mar 20, 2020. 0444-0454, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in English. Woman announcer talks; 0450 Man talks, ID and next, woman voice returns. Fair to good reception.** 11530. Mar 24, 2020. 1701-1710, Cuban Spy Numbers-HM01, xx-CUB (Bejucal relay, probably) in Spanish. Numbers Station where the female announcer says a serial of five numbers at a time, with a brief interval between the dictions, in spanish language.Fair reception.** 11880. Mar 19, 2020. 2230-2300, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Portuguese. IS, ID, website and RHC e-mail; Date to remember; news Service by man announcer; 2245 Climate changes and global warming, by female announcer; 2248 Man talks about the immigration, USA borders and the deportations; 2255 A song and the ends of the programming. Good reception.** 15140. Mar 19, 2020. 1948-1958, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in English. Woman talks news; Man talks at 1951, ID; Returns news by man and woman announcers; ID and website. Fair reception.** 15140. Mar 19, 2020. 2011-2022, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in French. Man talks news; ID at 2016; A audio recorded by dead Fidel; Sport news by man voice at 2018; 2020 A cuban song. Fair to good reception.** 15140. Mar 21, 2020. 1844-1854, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Creole. Man talks; 1847 Woman talks about the cuban socialism. Fair reception.** 15370. Mar 19, 2020. 2000-2010, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Portuguese. IS, ID, website and  RHC e-mail; Date to Remember; Update news of the day. Fair to poor reception.** 15370. Mar 19, 2020. 2046-2058, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Arabic. Man talks; 2048 Woman says ID and returns man voice; 2052 A brief song and woman talks. Poor reception.
FRANCE** 9785. Mar 19, 2020. 1832-1847, Deutsche Welle, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Man announcer interviews a Coronavirus specialist; 1835 A brief song and returns interview, now with a female participation, too. Fair reception.** 11945. Mar 23, 2020. 1745-1755, NHK World Japan, Issoudun-F, in Japanese. A song; 1747 Woman talks and a song. Fair reception.** 13775. Mar 24, 2020. 1627-1637, Deutsche Welle, Issoudun-F, in Amharic. Woman and man voices; 1634 A song. Fair reception and fading.** 15300. Mar 24, 2020. 1638-1648, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Man talks news; 1640 ID and news by woman announcer, mainly about Nigeria; Man talks about Coronavirus. Very good reception.
GREAT BRITAIN** 7300. Mar 19, 2020. 2100-2114, HCJB-Radio Akhbar Mufriha, Woofferton-G, in Tachelhit. ID; Man pastor begins the sermon;  A song at 2108; 2110 ID and POBox to Málaga-E, among other addresses; 2113 Man repeats ID and addresses; 2114 Ends programming. Fair to good reception.** 7445. Mar 22, 2020. 0203-0213, BBC, Woofferton-G, in Pashto. Man and woman announcers talk news, presumed. Fair reception.
MADAGASCAR** 7445. Mar 22, 2020. 1935-1945, BBC, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in English. Man talks news during all log. Fair reception.** 11720. Mar 24, 2020. 1711-1720, Adventist World Radio, Talata-Volonondry-MDG, in Swahili. Man talks, preaching, during this log. Fair reception.
NIGERIA** 11770. Mar 19, 2020. 2023-2045, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja-NIG, in Hausa. Man talking; 2025-2033 Open carrier, dead modulation; 2033 Returns programming, now with The Qur´an chant and recitation, in arabic language. Very good reception before 2033 and fair reception after 2033!
SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE** 15460. Mar 23, 2020. 1734-1744, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in Zimbabwean languages. Woman and man announcers talk news, presumably; 1740 ID and woman talks. Poor reception with fading..
SPAIN** 11685. Mar 19, 2020. 1843-1910, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Man announcer talks about the Coronavirus desease; Inteview with a woman specialist; 1859 ID; 1900 News; 1905 Returns conversation and all about Coronavirus in Spain and in the World. Good reception.Parallel logs on 9690, poor reception; 12030, fair reception; 11940, excellent reception.
SRI LANKA** 11835. Mar 24, 2020. 1730-1742, Sri Lanka BC-Thendral FM, Trincomalee-CLN, in Tamil. Man announcer talks and songs; ID. Fair to good reception.
SUDAN** 9505. Mar 19, 2020. 1806-1819, Voice of Africa, Al-Aitahab-SDN, in Hausa. Man talks; A song; 1815 Man talks and other song. Fair reception.
THAILAND** 7445. Mar 22, 2020. 1946-1956, Radio Thailand, Udon-Thani-THA, in English. Man announcer presents a musical program: He talks before the songs; 1959 IS, ID and repeats. Very good reception.** 7585. Mar 22, 2020. 2015-2030, Radio Farda, Udon-Thani-THA,in Farsi. A song; Man and woman announcers present a musical program and talks before each song and ID too. Very good reception.
TURKEY** 7280. Mar 19, 2020. 0220-0255, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in Spanish. Woman announcer presenting El Buzón program: DX news and reception reports; 0228 Program Turquía, destino ideal para turistas; A turkish song; 0240 ID in various languages; 0244 Returns songs; 0254 ID, ends at 0255.Very good reception.
USA** 5800. Mar 17, 2020. 0102-0129, WRMI-Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. Man announcer says about RTI frequency tests; 0105 "Informativo RTI": All news, including about Coronavirus; 0112 RTI´s jingle and next, a program "Taiwan 360°" by female announcer; 0124 A song; 0128 Man and woman voices say ID and all addresses; 0129 IS. Fair to good reception.** 5800. Mar 18, 2020. 0116-0129, WRMI-Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. Man and woman present a chinese class in "Chinolandia"; 0126 ID and addresses; 0128 Ends. Good reception.** 5800. Mar 18, 2020. 0130-0159, WRMI-Radio Tirana, Okeechobee-FL, in English. IS; ID; News; 0132 A musical program with beautiful albanian songs; 0158 Ends: A piece of the National Anthem and a ID. Good reception.** 5800. Mar 18, 2020. 0200-0210, WRMI-Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. IS, ID; Female announcer talks news. RTI frequency test out of the previous sked tests. Fair to good reception.Parallel log on 5010, via Okeechobee, poor reception.** 5800. Mar 19, 2020. 0107-0129, WRMI-Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. RTI frequency test. Woman and man voices; 0115 "Chinolandia": A chinese class by woman and male announcers; 0127 Ends: Man and woman voices, ID and all RTI addresses, till 0129. Good reception.** 5800. Mar 19, 2020. 0200-0220, WRMI-Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. RTI frequency test. IS, ID; Woman announcer talks and comments about the collagen protein and its importance for human life; 0211 Invitation listeners to sent a reception reports; 0213 A chinese class in Chinolandia program. Good reception. Parallel logs on 5010, fair reception; 7780, barely audible reception.** 7305. Mar 22, 2020. 0138-0200, Vatican Radio, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. Man announcer talks news about Vatican State and the Catholic Church; Woman talks, ID; 0145 Summary news by woman announcer. Very good reception.** 17655. Mar 19, 2020. 1820-1830, Voice of America, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese. Mrs Ana Guedes interviews Dra Graça about Coronavirus and preventive measures, mainly a personal hygiene; 1824 Mr João Santa Cruz presents news about Coronavirus in the African Continent; A "country" song; 1830 Ends.
VATICAN** 9705. Mar 23, 2020. 1801-1810, Vatican Radio, SM di Galeria-CVA, in Portuguese. Man and woman talk news. Poor to barely audible reception.
ZAMBIA** 5915. Mar 20, 2020. 0433-0443, Zambia NBC-Radio 1, Lusaka-ZMB, in Vernacular language. Man announcer talks; A conversation with a woman. Poor reception.

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I'd been chasing a Fox Sports Radio affiliate on 1350khz on and off for an
hour or so here in Laramie, Wyoming this morning. There's KPWK San
Bernardino, CA and KDZA Pueblo, CA.
I've heard KDZA before which is an easy one around sunrise here but I
wasn't convinced what I had was them.. just my gut and the way the signal
was behaving.
About 6:48am mountain I finally got a locally identifying liner, "Dan
Patrick, mornings at 6 on The All New Fox Sports IE 1350". Here's my audio
from 6:48am mountain time this morning
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1deR3U3Nf_Xdhz-wH0LCUYXNfeOgvNYuA/view?usp=sharing
So my instinct was right and I have logged a new one, California's Inland
Empire KPWK San Bernardino!
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** ALBANIA [non]. 5800 // 9395, UT Wed Mar 25 tune in WRMIs at 0140,
nothing but songs in unID language, Tirana as usual? Not for sure
until 0159 a few notes of IS before RMI ID and onward. See also USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, UT Wed Mar 25 at 0100, RAE ATTW English
relay via WRMI, opening a ``new edition via WRMI 9395 at 2 AM [sic]``
--- but subject is conductor Daniel Barenboim as one of ten legendary
Argentines (well, at least born there), same evergreen edition we
heard last week; only wish I had time to listen to it straight thru.
RAE has supposedly closed down for COVID-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370, March 24 at 1858, RHC is S9+20/10 of dead air; next
check 1952 is musicking. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, March 24 at 1900, RHC opening English, first broadcast
of day, and as always this transmitter-frequency is awfully distorted.
Don`t they notice or care? Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, Tue Mar 24 at 2330, RHC English with `DXers Unlimited`
underway, Arnie talking about QRP antennas; mentions he [CO2-kaka]
tried one with 4 watts on 14060-CW and made 3 contacts. His speech is
fairly readable today, but MEGO subject matter of no interest here.
Wraps up at 2338. 11880 is becoming reliable so I will not remark
``SAWA`` this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, March 24 at 2330, RHC is JBM with music // 11760,
11700, and distorted 11670; plus and minus the 11850 JBA spur carriers
on 11840 & 11860. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11950 is also on
with separate Mesa Redonda TV soundtrack, S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Wed Mar 25 at 0100, RTI relay test via WRMI
is *still* running in Spanish, and handily announces the original date
in the opening, ``miércoles 18 de marzo``, so here`s another
auto-repeating a week-old file.

9395 // 7780 // 5010, UT Wed Mar 25 at 0200, RTI Spanish yet again
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 24 at 2347, VOT English to N America was on
today! By now in post-IS loop, S9/+10 but noisy. Pause at 2356
restarting loop about to lead-in to German, but shortly cut off*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, March 24 at 1853, TOMBS on WRMI is S9-S7, NVG but much
stronger than JBA carrier 9395. Both are on the same azimuth 355
degrees, same antenna type 805 in HFCC, and same power 100 kW. How can
this be? Something`s unequal. Rated powers of SW stations are just
that --- doesn`t mean they are really running anywhere near that
level. Propagation is pitiful today so even the Superstation on 9330
is a JBA carrier, leaving 9455 as the SSOB! Yet at 18z WWV reports K
index 0, solar flux 70, no storms past or future (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. Pro-forma search of all possible WRMI frequencies, March 24
at 2154, finds no sign of WORLD OF RADIO, despite System B scheduling
for Tuesday 2130 but with no frequencies shown. The 21-22 hour for
this and many other imaginary programs has been on the grid for many
months. WRMIs are either inaudible/off, JBA carriers, or emanating
something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI survey 0100-0300 UT Wed Mar 25; see also ALBANIA,
ARGENTINA, TAIWAN:

0100:
5010 // distorted 5850, 0103 BB ID and rockified `Joy to the World`!
7780, La Rosa de Tokio repeat about AWR

0140:
5010 // distorted 5850, Mideast music, so World?
7780, JBA, still LRT
9455, Hal Turner
9955, gospel huxter in English

0200:
5800, music of some sort
5850, different music, ME/World, distorted
9955, R. Praga, Spanish

0230:
5010 & 5800 now off
5850 // 9395, Slovakia in English
7780, Ukraine in English, VG at a NY state SDR
9455, music of some sort VG
9955, no signal, off? ought to be algo with 9395, 9455 arriving.

I`ve notified WRMI about the distortion on 5850 tonight and last night
and they were looking into it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1539.96 approx., March 25 at 0035 UT, low audible het stix
out vs KXEL 1540.00 et al., no doubt KGBC Galveston TX. Splitting with
LSB tuning, I think the classic rock I hear is coming from it while
KXEL talx (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, March 25 at
0040-0053 UT, right across our LSS at 0047; starting at top end, as I
have just got the KGBC het below 1540. 1584, 1575, 1539, 1521,
1511.99, 1503(2), 1485, 1467, 1458, 1431, 1422, 1305(2), 1296, 1215,
1179, 1107(2), 1053, 999, 936, 891, 882, 855(2), 837, 801, 774(3?),
747, 729, 711*, 693, 684+, 621 --- but none lower this close to
sunset.

Note 1521 where Saudi presumably still closes at 2230? Maybe it`s East
Turkistan instead. First one, TA tipping me off was 1512, and I tried
to measure it as a possible domestic spur. Lowest off-frequency in
mwoffsetts is the megawatt Saudi at Jeddah on .992 or .993.

Big het from 711 is by far the strongest, but not much modulation, at
0051, nor any timesignal audible at 0100. 300 kW from Morocco most
likely; also hi powers in Egypt, Iran, and Spain has 25 kW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0517 UT March 25
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** ALASKA. 11755, March 24 at 1515, praise song in English, 1517
Russian announcement from KNLS, fairly holding its own against
slightly stronger 11760 RHC; still at 1556+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13780, March 24 at 1512, RHC still on in dead air, while
13700 is still modulating; no spurs at all. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7295, March 23 circa 1845, end of the detestable Steve
Bannon`s `War Room Pandemic` via IRRS, expecting a second hour which
is not aired here; music fill until 1859 IRRS ID explaining that its
transmissions are in ``compatible USB``, so best reception by USB
tuning. This is NOT the case via current Romania (or Bulgaria?), but
may have been years ago when they were really out of Milano!

The only reason now to choose USB or LSB on these full DSB/AM
transmissions is to avoid adjacent channel interference from the
opposite side; of which there is plenty. All this via UTwente SDR.
Even 7290 has splatter from 7280 - Vietnam listed, not 7285, as IRRS
immediately jumped down to 7290 at 1900 for WORLD OF RADIO this
Monday, socially distant 5 kHz from 7295 CRI Urumqi, East Turkistan,
land of brainwashing Uighurs.

Note: from next week in A-20, different situation with IRRS shows one
UT hour earlier. Registered to jump from 7295 to 7290 at 1800,
whatever the adjacents may then be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Tue March 24 at 0100, WRMI still replaying
RTI relay test in Spanish, this one about the CV.

7780, UT Tue March 24 at 0200, WRMI replaying RTI Spanish relay test
dated March 17, automatically from one week ago rather than restoring
automation to previous whatever. See USA for another survey of what
WRMI is really airing these hours on other frequencies (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2026 monitoring:

Confirmed Monday March 23 at 1900+ on IRRS 7290, after a few FSN
headlines, VG via UTwente SDR, just jumped down from 7295. Note: from
next week WOR to be at 1800 instead on 7290.

Also confirmed UT Tuesday March 24 at 0100 on WRMI 7780. Next:

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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. See also TAIWAN [non]. Survey of what`s really on WRMI in
the 01-03 period UT Tue Mar 24; I hope I`ve got this all right from my
convoluted scribbled notes; using direct or various remotes as needed.
I ignore 5950 presumed SMTV; 7570 & 7730 presumed TOMBS:

0100:
5010 // 5850, Robobibling in Spanish, Alameda Bible Fellowship (why in
the world are they doing this? The entire Bible is available read and
recorded by human beings, which ought to be more effective. Maybe God
is really a robot? Or at least more relatable to inhumans)

5800, RTI Spanish test repeat from a week ago
7780, WORLD OF RADIO 2026
9395, RAE in English; presumably old show as closed down by CV

0130:
5010 // 5850, Wavescan
5800 // 9395, Radio Tirana
7780, ``pilot episode`` of new show! Missed name, music. Not WS.
9455, ``God Bless America`` music break in Hal Turner`s favorite
rendition

0200:
5010, 5800, nothing audible at Alexandria VA, off
5850, music in Spanish; then distorted, similar to 7780 & 9395, not
synchronized?
7780, another repeat of RTI Spanish March 17 test; music // 9395 at
0225
9955, Radio Praga, Spanish

0230:
5850, Slovakia in English, very distorted; // 9395 not distorted
7780, Ukraine in English
9455, rock music, oldies?
9955, Slovakia in Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4840, March 24 at 0612, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR instead
of TOMBS, but still modulating on 3215; 5935 DGS at S4-S9. 5890 not on
air, nor should it be (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1736 UT March 24
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INDIA  4799.996  AIR Hyderabad on air with sub-continental mx,
S=9+15dB in Delhi.
4810even kHz ever best 60 mb channel of AIR from Bhopal,
excellent audio, and work of the local technician there.
S=9+30dB, up to 30 kHz wideband audio.
4910.002 AIR Jaipur scheduled, Hindi px S=9+25dB.

4920even carrier of AIR Tamil from Madras seemingly ?
and co-channel too
4919.957 usual offset PBS Xizang Lhasa Baiding in Tibetan,
S=9+15dB strength.

4949.995 AIR Srinagar, S=9+15dB carrier, BUT LOW modulation.
5040.002 AIR Jeypore in pres. Hindi, fair signal in Delhi and Doha Qatar 
remote units.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 24)
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