** CANADA. 2749 USB, Nov 9 at 0112 UT, S7 of YL in French. The
immediately preceding scheduled time for Canadian marine info
broadcasts per dxinfocentre.com is: 0040 UT VCO Sydney NS 550 watts.
Next one would be at 0140, VAR-9 Yarmouth (Halifax), 1200 watts. Now
in `season` we should hear more of these, also on 2598 USB from
further NL area, but none right now; if noise level permit (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 17765-17770-17775, Nov 9 at 0127, S9 DRM noise. EiBi shows
CNR1 DIGITAL at 0100-0900 from site d. Aoki says ``17770 0047-0900 CHN
CNR 1 (DRM) xHE AAC 3EF Chi Dongfang Hainan 1-7`` - but also imagines
KVOH still exist on 17775! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6000, Nov 9 at 0108, S9+30 of dead air in English? from RHC,
SAWA. Only other active frequency found at 0124 is 13780, S9 but JBA
undermodulated Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 6180, Nov 9 at 0110, RNA Brasil with some CCI QRM,
and 11780 is not on air. CRI via Cuba is scheduled on 6180 at
0100-0300 - and this probably explains otherwise unaccounted for CCI
to RNA 6180 Nov 6 at 0801 - Cuban transmitters are notorious for
running far beyond their scheduled hours, modulated or not (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, Nov 9 at 0745, S9 Spanish music, as the R. Progreso
transmitter is obviously still on way beyond normal 0500*, very
unusual for it. But 5025 R. Rebelde is absent. Somethings always wrong
at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15233.0, Nov 9 at 1518, S6/S7 of dead air, or JBM? Obviously
RHC supposed to be silent on 15230.0, a slip of the finger in punch-up
error. Still at 1543, but it`s off by 1625 check. SAWA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140 wind howl S9+10 JBM in Spanish, Nov 9 at 1517. At 1519,
also found on 13780 S5 JBA // 11760 S9; something else? on 11880. At
1543 all // in music except 15233. At 1625 only 15140 & 11760 are on,
JBM? presumably weekly Sunday Esperanto from 1600. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11880.00, Sun Nov 9 at 1931, RHC introducing Kriyol ``en FM e
Internet`` -- they don`t even know about this VG newish SW frequency!
S9+5/20 into Georgia SDR and fine modulation; only // is 15140 still
with windhowl. 11760, 13780, 15233 not on air now. Both should
continue for English after 2000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CZECHIA [non]. 9455, Nov 9 at 0119, wild jazz S9+30/40 on WRMI.
Grid shows R. Prague not only here but also 7780 and 5050 during this
hour, unchecked. WRN A25 sked had Prague in English at 0000 daily, and
B25 shows it daily at 0100 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** FRANCE. 21660, Nov 9 at 1515, MiniTransAt marine weather from
Issoudun, just now starting English segment by heavily accented YL
voice. Poor signal and the OSOB. The winner should be reaching
Guadeloupe in next few days, but I suppose broadcasts will continue
until they are all safely in port (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY [non]. As seen on PBS World Channel via OETA, Nov 8 at
2200: ``Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer
Special | 56m 29s Video has Closed Captions | CC
Narrated by Keith Morrison of "Dateline," the breaking of Germany's
top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom was one
of World War II's biggest secrets, alongside the atomic bombs. Some
historians estimate that deciphering the German military code
shortened the war by two years and possibly saved 14 million lives.
11/01/2025 | Expires 01/01/2026 | Rating TV-PG``
I get this play link once I reveal my PBS is OETA:
https://www.pbs.org/video/breaking-enigma-a-world-war-ii-game-changer-mx5LiA/
You have to set up with ``your`` station. A more detailed description
at OETA.tv:
``The breaking of Germany's top-secret Enigma Code at Bletchley Park
in the United Kingdom was one of World War II's biggest secrets,
alongside the construction of the atomic bombs. Some historians
estimate that deciphering the German military code shortened the war
by two years and possibly saved 14 million lives. Though the Enigma
was deemed unbreakable, a British mathematician named Alan Turing
spearheaded the initiative to achieve the impossible and succeeded
unbeknownst to the German military. Narrated by Keith Morrison of
Dateline and filmed on location in England and the United States,
BREAKING ENIGMA: A WORLD WAR II GAME CHANGER tells this heroic story
in detail through a combination of interviews with historians,
veterans and modern scientists.``
A post-script says some of the women codebreakers interviewed died
just this year 2025. Roger in Germany replies:
``Thanks for sharing this information. It cannot be used with a German
IP address, but you can break the geo-blocking via VPN. 1920x1080 ca.
1,8 GB
The mention of the "Lorenz-Schlüsselmaschine was also interesting.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz-Schl%C3%BCsselmaschine
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptanalyse_der_Lorenz-Maschine
The aim was to simplify and automate machine encryption compared to
the cumbersome Enigma machine, and to achieve significantly higher
message volumes and transmission speeds than was possible with
manually operated Morse code. To this end, the Schlüssel-Zusatz (SZ)
was developed as an add-on device for a Lorenz teletypewriter. As is
usual with teletypewriters, the Baudot-Murray code (CCITT-2) with 5
bits was used for the transmission of 32 characters. The binary
representation is particularly well suited for the binary addition of
a pseudo-random key, thereby cryptographically implementing the
function of a mixer...
Starting in June 1941, the German Wehrmacht began securing its
telegraph communications between the highest command posts using a
newly developed encryption machine called Schlüssel-Zusatz 40 (SZ 40).
Above the Enigma machine, which continued to be used for tactical
communication, it served to encrypt strategic communications,
especially between the Army High Command (OKH), based in Wünsdorf near
Berlin, and the Army High Commands (AOK) in cities such as Vienna,
Rome, Paris, Athens, Copenhagen, Oslo, Königsberg, Riga, Belgrade,
Bucharest, and Tunis.
As early as the second half of 1940, British interception stations (Y
Stations) had noticed German radio telegraph traffic that sounded
distinctly different from the usual Morse code signals, and initially
gave it the nicknames “new music” and ‘NoMo’ for “No Morse.” A little
later, radio transmissions of this type were grouped under the code
name Fish. Due to a lack of capacity and resources, these messages
were initially given low priority and could not be deciphered.
....Presumably for convenience, the second time around he did not
enter the plain text into the teletypewriter identically to the first
time, but slightly abbreviated it. Right at the beginning of the
message, he did not write SPRUCHNUMMER (message number) as he had done
the first time, but abbreviated the word and wrote only SPRUCHNR. From
this point on, the two ciphertexts differed significantly, while the
plaintexts continued almost identically. The Germans did not notice
this, but for the British it was a “godsend.” Now they were in
possession of a so-called depth, i.e., two different ciphertexts based
on two nearly identical but slightly shifted plaintexts, both of which
had been encrypted with the same key. (In German technical
terminology, this case is also referred to as a “plaintext-plaintext
compromise.”)
This involuntary “gift” from the Germans allowed British code breaker
John Tiltman (1894–1982) at Bletchley Park in England to make the
decisive first breakthrough in SZ 40. After weeks of manual work, he
succeeded in determining the two slightly “phase-shifted” and almost
identical plaintexts. To do this, he calculated the difference between
the two intercepted radio messages and tried to insert probable words.
This enabled him to reconstruct not only the plaintexts, but also a
4,000-character section of the “pseudo-random” key. This ultimately
led to the exposure of the logical structure of the key supplement.
The combination of the two errors mentioned above proved fatal for the
German side, without them knowing or even suspecting it.
OT 2005:
https://www.elcomsoft.com/help/en/azpr/index.html?page=known_plaintext_attack.html
roger`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925 AM, Nov 9 at 0221, rock music S9. These say
it`s Liquid Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,153449.0.html
An hour earlier, no pirate could I hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9660.008-, Sun Nov 9 at 1745, VOT English VG S9+15/25 into
UTwente, ``with-you-every-hour`` promo and `The Pulse of Turkish
Foreign Policy` always quoting some external? observer, yawn. 1750
song. 1754 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 1755 `Letterbox`, Cemre has
a fresh cup of tea, and away we go: 1) Mr Siddartha Pappajarjee
[sounds like], W Bengal: Is World Public Transport Day Nov 10 observed
in Turkey? NO! but has plenty, well-developed. 2) Fritz? ---?, Port
Alberni, Vancouver Island, Canada. 3) Anatoly Klepov, Moscow, Rus-DX
editor, report for November QSL, about Nov 2 at 1730 on 11660 - sic!
Wrong frequency, really 9660 as we are listening right now. If they
really QSL that, quite a collector`s item. Cemre does not notice the
discrepancy, altho a previous report was correctly for 9660 at 1730.
4) Satoshi Tanaka, Tokyo, a 62-year-old care? worker. 5) André? --?,
Russia. 1807 that`s all. 1808 theme (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 407 MCW kHz, Nov 9 at 0755 UT, HRU is back after missing a
few weeks, not since Sept 29 per RNA list: 25 watts at HeRington KS.
Also in daytime at 1626 UT, close enough for groundwave, 266 km = 165
statute miles, still not bad for 25 watts. Herington is ESE of Salina,
S of Junxion City. It`s typically a much stronger NDB than adjacent
404 HU, 25 watts in much closer HUtchinson KS, if audible at all
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2320 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
November 8 at 1830 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975.003, S9/+5 into
UTwente.
From SW Gold Radio, Nov 8: ``Hi Glenn, FYI: Unfortunately we have to
cancel all of WOR's outputs after 1800 UT on 6160 kHz.
This is because of China on 6160 and 6155 until 2100 UT. After this,
MUF is rapidly going going down for European reception. East Coast of
the US was okay at that time on certain sensitive KIWI SDRs but
unfortunately WBCQ is putting us off starting on Oct. 1st. They even
produce severe heterodyne in the European mornings when we start at
0800 UT. We had the same problems years ago with WBCQ, until they
suddenly stopped transmissions last year. Before, we contacted Allan
Weiner a couple of times, and he assured us to correct the -70 Hz
offset of their 6160 kHz transmitter - nothing happened. We are
currently in negotiation with BNetzA (Bundesnetzagentur, FMO) in
Germany to consult FCC to put an end to violations to WBCQ's HFCC
registration and guidelines. Too much offset and way too much
bandwidth. We will report soon about the outcome. It is so sad, you
can't talk to the colleagues, and they think they are the kings of the
airwaves. Take my comments as you like, public or personal. 73s Andy
(Engineer, ShortwaveRadio from Winsen on the river Aller, Germany)``
So this means that 6160 is never on the air after 1800 UT any day of
the week, as in the Week 47 sked, probably already in effect.
Unfortunately there is not much frequency flexibility for licensed
German SW stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
Confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2039 already underway on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, Wentzville MO, inaudible into the closest IL Kiwis with high noise
levels, but audible S8 in western TN at KM4RT; and ending at 2106.5,
so started about 2037.
Also confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2030 on WRN via WRMI 9395, S9+10
into Knoxville SDR. Meanwhile WRMI webcast of music only despite WOR
on System B sked.
Also confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2100 on WRN Europe stream.
Also confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2210 the 2200 on WRMI 9395,
S9+10 into Knoxville SDR.
Also confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S9+10 into
Maryland SDR; not on 7730 but still SMTV cult.
Also confirmed Saturday November 8 at 2230 on WRMI 17790, JBA S5/S6
direct but S9/+10 VG into Brasília SDR.
Also confirmed UT Sunday November 9 from 0429 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
S9+12 into KM4RT SDR in TN. The 0415v perfectly timed to coincide with
SNL.
Surprise! As I cross 7570 in my final late-night bandscan, Sunday
November 9 at 0730 UT, there I am! WOR 2320 playback is starting on
WRMI, S9+25/30. I soon find me also on much weaker JBA 7780, and S9+25
on 5850. Maybe also 7730 but too weak to be sure direct and the
computer is closed down for the night, no SDR checking. When we`re
back up by 1600, WRMI sked shows WRN at 0700-0800 on all these: 7730,
7570, 15770, 5850, 7780. WRN still has not put up B25 program
schedules a fortnight after into effect! 0730 is nowhere near any
previous known time for WOR via WRN. This and other monitored examples
make it quite clear that current scheduling is not just shifting
everything one real UT hour later. Ron Trotto, IL, also caught WOR at
0730 on 5850.
Master Control at WRN sent me their full B25 schedules, which have
now been posted at the WOR iogroup. Indeed show a new time of 0730 UT
Sunday to NAm. The others remain as expected. To NAm Sat 1700, 2030,
Sun 0230, 0730, 1130, Mon 0230. To Europe: Sat 1700, 2100, Sun 1330,
2100. Next:
2000 UT Sunday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323;
2100 UT Sunday WRMI 15770 to NE;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [resumes Nov 16];
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW;
0000 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 9455 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0130 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
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** U S A. ``Re your UNID on 1580 with Mexican format, down here in the
South Pacific we are hearing KFCS Colorado on 1580 with such format
from time to time, which seems to confirm they run daytime power
overnight, at least occasionally. Regards, Bryan Clark, Mangawhai -
New Zealand`` Tnx, Bryan, that would be 10 kW ND day & night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4875 USB, November 9 at 0114, military-sounding traffic
net, only heard ``42-Oscar``? There is certainly no more Roraima to
object. Refer to my previous logs of 2024y and 2021:
U S A. 4875 USB, March 10 at 0109, Airforce MARS type net with NCS
asking about relays. Net designator: 4TX1 - does that refer to Texas?
Sounds familiar; yes, my previous log from 2021y: ``UNIDENTIFIED.
4875-USB, Oct 10 at 0046, MARS net designator 4IX7, and some
Airforce-type calls like AFZ4W#`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 1942 UT November 9