** BRAZIL [non]. 4885, Dec 29 at 0456, R. Clube do Pará still off
overnight and presumably overday too, leaving 60m even more of a vast
wasteland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 346 MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0736, dash and YXL, 500-watt NDB at
SiouX Lookout, Ontario, JB penetrates the S9 local noise level.
[and non] 332 MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0737, dash and QT, 1000 watt NDB at
Thunder Bay, Ontario, also JBA mix from IC, 400 watts from Wichita KS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA
** CUBA. 4765, Dec 29 at 0453, R. Progreso, S9+20/30 but suptorted and
vs CODAR swirshes. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995, Dec 29 at 2136, no signal direct in English from
R. Cairo sesquihour; something`s always amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. First as UNIDENTIFIED: 11514.9, Dec 29 at 1530, JBA
music at S3/S4 direct. Still no other reports of this since my last
log Dec 25, so I check several remotes for it: nothing at UTwente,
Bandung, Qatar, nor Oita, Japan. In California the omni KFS gets it at
S6/S7, while inaudible on their NW antenna but agrees on offset
display of a trace; it`s JBA but I keep listening there to 11515 -96
Hz = 11514.904. Seems to be nothing but music, mainly soprano voice,
past 1700. By 1716, it`s a smidgen stronger, S7. Guess at Turkish
jammer vs Dengê Gel, but not that kind of music. Still same offset
into KFS at 1910, S7 now YL popsong in English. What is this???
Further chex, *still* audible on this off-frequency, at least into
KFS: 1957 hi-pitched YL voice speaking, English? mentions numbers?
goes past 2000 with no break. Next check 2147, still music S7/8. And
at 2306 really inaudible but KFS still synchs on 11515 -96 Hz.
Meanwhile I got replies on the WOR iog from Lucas Bandura: ``Hikari
FM, Arizona pirate. Moved from 11289.4 kHz`` and from Dan Robinson:
``Yes, operator of the former Pushka and Russian named station, now
Hikari FM was awaiting some equipment parts to make the move to this
frequency area``.
When first reported on 11289.4, I checked but never heard. I belatedly
check HFU for reports about this: on Dec 24 there were reports on
11520. A QSL of Dec 19 for 11289 said 10 watts and soon would be on
11520. Ex-6200 AM, where I was still alert for anything at night, but
nothing lately.
He once claimed to be just across the border from Arizona in NW
Sonora. That might discourage the FCC from seeking him, true or not
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** PUERTO RICO. 391 MCW kHz, Dec 29 at 0441 UT, ND beacon DDP, with
longish pauses between repeats. That`s more like it, real DX, from San
Juan - Dorado. I still have plenty local noise on LW, but this gets
thru it. Last time logged was Dec 30, 2021, almost exactly one biyear
ago. DXinfocentre lists as 1 kW, RNA as 2 kW, a period of 10.14
seconds with 6-second pauses. It seems there are hardly any other
beacons still existing in the Caribbean, e.g. Cayman Islands 415 kHz.
More logs this opening under CANADA, USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Dec 29 at 2308, VG into Maryland remote, token
English from SNR, Justin Coe announces that he is retiring from SNR
after 33+ years. Besides the external service he has had programs on
several domestic RNE networx. Appreciates his colleagues, management,
unions; and especially listener Alan Roe for program publicity.
External service has shrunk to only 12 people covering all the
languages; English will continue by Amy Egan and Marilyn Quintana. We
had already been hearing very little from JC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.004+, Dec 29 at 2303, VOT is not off the
air, VG S9+30/40 into UTwente, excepts cuts off air for less than a
minute during news, back on first with dead air, then picking up. 2337
`Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, topic foods good for lung
health, starting with apples, bananas. 2343 music. 2351 s/off with
totally wrong schedule +3 hours off. 2353 IS. 2354* chopoff uncovering
XJPBS, only S9+5/15 in Chinese from East Turkistan, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Wellbrook loop manages to audiblize some ND beacons vs local
noise level, not the shortwire, Dec 29 at 0432-0443 UT:
251, AM, Amarillo TX
275, GUY - at first seemed MSY or MUY, but it`s merely GUYmon OK
326, MA, Midland TX
375, RU, - nothing listed or similar. RUE in Arkansas has been sending
only RU, but on 379. Did I notedown wrong frequency?
408, JDM, Colby - Wheatfield KS
See also CANADA; PUERTO RICO (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2223 monitoring: confirmed Friday
December 29 at 2149 the 2130 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10
into UTwente and no QRM. (There are still some reports of very lowpower
UK stations on 1323.)
Also confirmed Friday December 29 at 2304 the 2300 first SWBC on WRMI
9955, S9/+15 into Maryland SDR. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed by
Cuba?]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2222]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [unsked but confirmed Dec 6-13-20]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW or 5130v?
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Thanks this week to William T Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a generous
check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4840, Dec 29 at 0455, WWCR, S9+10/20 but undermodulated.
Something`s not right at Nashville; certainly better than sometimes
dead air there; or worse if not into gospel huxterism (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 29 at
0444-0450: 684, 711, 774-2, 837, 855, 882, 891, 999, 1089, 1107, 1269.
I normally run the R75 ``wide-open`` but this time with only Preamp 1
instead of 2, which may have helped marginally vs splash. 1269 is
unusual; per WRTH 24, biggestsigs are 100 kW Kuwait, 50 kW Iran (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11550, Dec 29 at 1612, VOA Korean with heavy musical QRM
into UTwente, checking this after no 11514.9 unID. VOA on 11550 is
Saipan, at 15-19; // clear weaker 11510 which is Tinian at 15-17.
There may well be a third station on 11550, i.e. the Kurdo/Turco radio
war with VOA caused collateral damage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0120 UT December 30
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