** ARGENTINA. 28193 CW, Feb 4 at 2259, beacon, VVV DE LU2DT. WGB list:
``28193 LU2DT - Mar Del Plata BA ARG GF11fx - #0/1/3 (29 Jan 2025)
Note: VVV de ID + grid 30" off - Pwr 10w`` - QRZ.com: ``LU2DT
Argentina flag Argentina, Radio Club MAR DEL PLATA, C.C. 664 Correo
Central, MAR DEL PLATA, BA 7600, Argentina`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 28535 USB, Feb 4 at 2306, PY2VM calling QRZ, CQDX. QRZ.com:
``PY2VM Brazil flag Brazil, Carlos Ad Carareto, Estrada Santo Amaro,
201, Sao Paulo - SP, SP 05544000, Brazil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CANADA. 28170 CW, Feb 4 at 2258, beacon, VVV DE VA3XCD/B... and
later, CAM... WGB list: ``28170 VA3XCD/B - Camden East ON CAN FN14nj
- #0 (04 Feb 2025) Note: VVV de ID + Camden East + grid - pwr 1.5w`` -
QRZ.com:``VA3XCD Canada flag Canada, William G Pooley, 400 DEWEY ROAD
RR3, YARKER, ON K0K 3N0, Canada`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 13920, Feb 4 at 2311, S8/S9 VP Chinese with Doppler flutter,
no doubt CNR1 jammer of SOH; also 14980 and even weaker 14920 JBA
carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 15755-15760-15765, Feb 4 at 2315, DRM noise. EiBi shows CNR1
DRM 21-17 UT, from qq site; and guess what, it`s also a SOH frequency.
Kudos to the DRM Consortium for providing another way to jam (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13650, Feb 4 at 2309, NO signal from CRI ``Portuguese``
relay. Its unreliability also noted by Rick Barton, Sun City AZ:
``13650 CUBA CRI (via Quivicán site) at 2300, carrier up on-the-hour,
and going straight into the canned Chinese restaurant mood music that
would otherwise be Portuguese to Brazil. (NOT heard at all on 1/28)
--- Poor to Fair 1/26 (Barton-AZ)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 12030, Tue Feb 4 at 2257, again NO signal from this REE for
ME, while 9690 unEnglish to NAm is VG S9+40; 17715 S9/+10 and 17755
JBA. Something`s not right at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0729 UT, mixture/alternating not only
usual FBY, FairBurY NE, 25 watt NDB, but also UI, 30 watts at qUIncy
IL. DXinfocentre.com shows only one other 293, TOR, 50 watts at
TORrington WY, which I have also logged, but not since Oct 4, 2022
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 314 MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0731 UT, VTN, 25-watt NDB at ValenTiNe
NE, seldom heard but last on Dec 10, 2024 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0735 UT, AA, 100-watt NDB at
Fargo/Harwood ND (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 13927 USB, Feb 4 at 2310, ``MARS Southeast`` VG signal
taking official phone patch from an aircraft, 7-digit number I do not
report, preceded by DSN? instead of area code, but no ring or contact
before I tune on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 28217.5, Feb 4 at 2301, beacon WA1LAD/B. WGB list:
``WA1LAD/B - West Warwick RI USA FN41fq - #0 (07 Jan 2025) Note: de
WA1LAD/B`` - QRZ.com: ``WA1LAD USA flag USA, GILBERT D "Gil" WOODSIDE,
III, 285 3rd Ave, Warwick, RI 02888, USA`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2280 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday February 4 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9/+20 into S Texas SDR.
Also confirmed Tuesday February 4 at 1404 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, S9+20
direct, no jamming audible.
Also confirmed Tuesday February 4 at 1520 the 1500 on WRMI 9955, JBA
direct.
Also confirmed Tuesday February 4 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.998-, S8/S9 into UTwente. Next:
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.
Thanks this week to Moises Corilloclla, formerly of Perú, now of Rego
Park, NY, for a contribution by check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P
O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, and says, ``Please take this humble
donation, a token of gratitude for all the years of dedication.
Wishing you the best for year 2025 and plenty of WOR editions!``
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VATICAN [non?]. Re 15565, VR in Amharic at 1530, supposedly SMG
site but incredibly strong way back here, Gianni Serra replies to my
obs that MADAGASCAR relay would be more likely:
``--- According to Vatican Radio (VR) B24 schedules:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/short-waves.html
VR 15565 kHz 1530-1600 in Ethiopian programme (Amharic) is via Santa
Maria di Galeria (SMG), Vatican (see schedules for Africa, as well as
VR Downloadable Global Short Wave Frequencies Chart)
--- I monitored on 15565, 02.04.2025 1525-1550 with s/on at 1526:44”,
VR Interval Signal loop, Laudetur Iesus Christus and some
announcements by man in German (presumed), music pause, and talk
program by man in listed Amharic; heard with FM like audio, with
always strong and steady signal in AM with aux audio filter (S9+25 of
peak); certainly from SMG site.
--- SMG site is in an area north-west from Roma, Italy, around 24 km
-14.9 miles circa - as the crow flies from my home in south of Roma.
73, Gianni Serra``
Missing/deleted in NASWA Flashsheet was an extremely important aspect
of my log of this, that at same time Feb 2, two ROMANIA frequencies on
19m, 15250 & 15370 were incredibly weak and with extreme Doppler
flutter during disturbed propagation; how could those be over similar
path from Europe while VR inbooms?
OK, if it has to be SMG, that further bolsters my original /
alternative explanation that VR is radiating at least equally off the
back of their SE azimuth, or even has their azimuths reversed. Hard to
dispute ``local`` quality reception in Roma, but note that if via MAD
to the NW, would also be aiming back toward Italy, and USA beyond.
More on this! From Terry Krueger, Niceville FL: ``13830, VATICAN,
Vatican Radio, Santa Maria di Galeria, 1550. 26 JAN 2025. Amharic
(listed) man, clear and fair. RV interval signal briefly at 1557. What
happens to this tiny and equally landlocked extraterritorial Holy See
property once Vatican Radio eventually shuts down? Retirement condos
for Catholics?`` and:
``13830, MADAGASCAR, Vatican Radio, Talata-Volonodry, 1600 26 JAN
2025. Seamlessly up after Amharic via Santa Maria di Galaria ends and
same level, supposedly in Swahili. Really via two sites?``
Unlike 15565, which is listed as SMG before and after 1600, // 13830
is listed as switching from SMG to Madagascar at 1600. More something
really fishy here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0018 February 5