** ALGERIA [non]. 6060, Oct 29 at 0405 I`ve kept checking in case WRMI
show up here as planned instead of 5800 where really heard earlier. No
Cuba at all, but now there is something VP talk and music. TDA via
FRANCE is now scheduled at 04-06 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. See USA: WRMI!

** CANADA. 6754-USB, Oct 29 at 0043, Trenton Military with ``no report
received`` from Shearwater but the others are received. This is normal
as they *never* get all reports from everywhere.

15034-USB, Oct 29 at 1416, Trenton Military gives time as 1315z = 1
hour and 1 minute slow! Yet conditions from various aerodromes are as
of 1400. At the moment, ``no report received`` from Gander or Halifax,
but yes from some of the others. Something`s always wrong at CHR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 11070 & 11150, Oct 28 at 2328, S1-S2 Chinese with heavy
flutter, the only CNR1 jammers against SOH audible now (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 13650, Oct 28 at 2324, VG Chinese music on relay via
CUBA. S9+30 and no CCI from Japan audible here as Rick Barton, AZ
often reports; tho NHK is still scheduled B-19 at 23-24 in
Thai/Vietnamese/Myanmarianese.

This CRI hour for some weeks has been nothing but music fill instead
of Portuguese to Brasil -- quite an anomalous mystery for the world`s
major SW broadcaster. Ironically, Habana manages to modulate it well,
unlike the Spanish and English and Chinese CRI relays on other
frequencies! But nice to hear the music well.

This has been going on for at least a month, as JRX in Brasil reported
the preceding Portuguese hour September 29 on all four frequencies:
``9410. Sep 29, 2019. 2246-2256, China Radio International,
Kashgar-CHN, in Portuguese. A program with Chinese instrumental songs;
2254 Woman voice says the CRI sked in Portuguese, all with IS
backgrounds. Good reception, 45544. Parallel logs on 9685 via Kashgar,
45544; 7260 via Urumqi, 35533; 6175 via Cerrik, 35433`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA more CRI relays

** CUBA. 5990, Oct 28 at 2321, CRI English relay, suptorted as usual;
something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. See also CHINA [non] for more;
note that China relays are the only CUBA entries in HFCC, inserted by
the ChiCom, not the CubaCom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11700, Oct 28 at 2326, RHC Spanish is suptorted, but much
stronger than JBM // 11670 and much weaker than VG 11760. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040.05, Oct 29 at 0051, RHC still off-frequency and
undermodulated, again in wrong? language, Brazuguese instead of
French. This ``Antilles`` frequency ND with vertical? takeoff is
hardly appropriate for Brasil, except possibly the very northern
reaches if it were fully modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5910, Oct 29 at 0307, S9+10 of distorted big-band music, yet
I know immediately that this has to be the CRI relay ex-9790 as usual
for the B-seasons; soon another song in English, ``Beyond the Sea``,
and 0310 English story about Japanese robo-hotels. Still at 0403,
S9+40 of overmodulated Cantonese. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 4765, Oct 29 at 0304, S9+20 of suptorted music from Radio
Progreso, also vs CODAR swishes. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 15700, Oct 29 at 1413, CRI English relay is S9+30 but
suptorted: wiggle that patchcord! Prospects remain grim for reliably
decent modulation on this, any more than ex-11880 where the signal
would have remained just as huge. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, Oct 29 at 1500, RHC S9+10 but overmodulated,
distorted, and splattering. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OKO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [non]. 6125, Monday October 28 at 2302, TV Martí soundtrack on
new frequency from Grimesland NC, S9+20 and no jamming. Ex-5980 and
jamming still there altho maybe not full-bore. But at 2314 I compare
to *Radio* Martí frequencies 7355 & 7435, and they are //! So is it a
feed mixup, or special hookup for special occasion? Seem to be
chatting about some silly ballgame. Registrations make no distinxion
between Radio and TV Martí, but the 23-04 UT M-F-only schedule for
6125, and by dropping 5980, makes everything match TV Marti
scheduling.

Up there on 40m band, jamming is still on 7335, ex-RM channel. At 0045
Oct 29, 6125 still // 6030 which is now on with usual jamming noise.
At 0306, still 6030 // 6125 and jamming against nothing on 5980. After
0400, 6125 barely bears TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Oct 29 at 1409, this is the only active
frequency in the Kurdo-Turco radio-war band, VP only S3-S4 talk and
music. Still at 1459, chanting, but off at 1502, now shifted to 11530.
11530 at 1507, Kurdish is poor but now with SAH, indicating the
``Radio Recep Erdogan`` Turkish jammer is also on it. At 1514 check,
11540 is off, 11530 is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, Oct 28 at 2323, RNZP reactivated on this band
for springtime, but VP S8 so far; by 0040 Oct 29 it`s improved to
S6-S9 but still insufficient. Now scheduled 2259-0558; for our
late-night listening, will be much better from 0559 on 11725, 0759 on
9765, 1059 on 9700 but to the NNW; 1259 on 6115.

6115: I have not checked it yet but a risky choice, as in HFCC, WWCR
has registered same available all day and all night! But axual 6115
usage per own sked remains only 21-01 during the Week of Confusion,
then 22-02 from Nov 3. 6115, also presumably wooden entries for VOR
Khabarovsk at 11-15 and JIC MIC Japan at 13-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 11550, Oct 29 at 1502, while checking out
the Kurdistan sub-band, JBA algo here, but which would be USAGM Korean
via SAIPAN. Similar programming on 11520 at 1508. Both VP but I manage
to get enough signals into two receivers to tell they are not //. But
after 1500, 11520 is also scheduled as USAGM Korean, via TINIAN -- so
may well be // but deliberately non-synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 6090, Oct 29 at 0105, hearing PMS ANGUILLA on
her occasional schedule leads me to recheck RRI B-19 English sked as
in previous report, and correct it:

``I`ve yet to check the further one-hour Englishes toward us:
2300 on 6040 & 7220 designated for Eu only; 6090 & 7325 to E Asia
0100 on 6130 [not 6090 as in previous report], 7325 to ENAm
0400 on 6020, 7410 to WNAm; 9820-DRM, 11790 to S Asia``

So at 0100 how about 6130 and 7325? Oct 29 at 0105, 6130 is a JBA
carrier with splash from 6125 Radio Martí new frequency; 7325 very
poor with splash even from 7315 WHRI with VOV relay in Vietnamese, not
English! So both are unusable.

Our last chance: 0400 on 6020 & 7410 to western North America: nothing
audible on either at 0401! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Monday Oct 28 at 2300, REE English confirmed at
winter-shifted time ex-2200 on M/W/F. Must be Alison Hughes, the
reactivated hostess, but just like Justin Coe, right into music rather
than any new news about Spain -- something about protest songs
recorded by visiting Swedes in the Franco era, who then hightailed it
outta there! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 13745, Oct 29 at 0038, JBA carrier despite HSK9 B-19
registration on blank 13750 for North America, instead of 13745 in
B-18. We have been pining for the lower band, since all A-season,
15590 was useless for the 0000-0330 transmission including English at
0000-0100 & 0200-0230. Why the 5-kHz shift? To distance itself from
very strong 13740 CUBA which boycotts HFCC? That should help, but even
13750 would be too close when RHC inbooms; altho sometimes it does not
or is even AWOL.

Standard remark: in agreeing to the Udorn IBB relay, Thailand should
have insisted upon access to Grimesland for its broadcasts to North
America, and even other VOA relay sites when needed such as to reach
Europe; altho apparently HSK9 does much better direct to there. I
understand that the NAm broadcasts do make it pretty well to Alaska on
the way to the restofus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 28 at 2259, 2314 and 2332 chex, NO signal from
VOT English to N America as now sked; despite having successfully
transmitted here yesterday. Nor on ex-A-19 frequency 9830. Something`s
always wrong at the Emirler transmitter site. I`m sure it won`t be
long before it happens to be back and/or with extraneous German hour
following after 0000.

Other VOT English to NAm is now at 0400 on new 6125. I had been
warning about Cuban jamming overrun since TV Martí is also on new 6125
until 0400. So it is, but jammers have not caught up with it yet (and
is // Radio Martí, so are they all simulcasting now, or feed
mixup?).

So at 0400 Oct 29, I`m on 6125 as OCB has just finished --- but the
Grimesland S9+20 carrier is still on past 0401! The confused VOT
announcer is JBA underneath presumably with his still warped sign-on
info. Recheck at 0405: by now GB is off and indeed no jamming --- yet
--- with VOT audible but very poor S7-S8, unusable in noise level.
K-index is 3, so propagation could be better. See also ROMANIA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 12035, Oct 29 at 1410, VOT S5-S7 with music on the 1330
English to W Europe and USward; still insufficient on the third day of
B-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815.074, Oct 29 at 1501, song at S7-S9; surely not NHK
near hourtop nor off-frequency? Maybe RBC Brasil? But not reported
lately; yet stronger than 11780 which thus could not be RNA at this
hour, non-Brazuguese talk (rather: listed TWR Swaziland in Somali).
11815+ is instead TRT in Turkish as now scheduled 14-17 aimed USward;
and 1505 starts umlautish talking in Türkish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2005 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Oct 29 at
0100 on WRMI 7780, poor S9-S6. 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

Alfredo Cotroneo explains why IRRS was missing from 7290 Monday at
1816.5 when WOR was expected:

``Hi Glenn, Here are the [UT] days & times for WOR during B19
scheduled on IRRS-Shortwave @ 150 kW, also simulcast at
https://nexus.org/mp3 (IRN stream):

Mon 1902 approx (after the news) on 7290 to EU, N Africa, Mid East
Sun 0003 approx (after the news) (Streaming only)
Sun 2203 approx (after the news) (Streaming only)
and also at random several times during the week on IRN (streaming).

There may have been a glitch in the programming last night, so your
program *may* have not been aired. I have just corrected it, sorry.

During B19, we are starting 15 min earlier [sic] at 1900 UT and until
2000 on 7290 kHz, so your program starts 15 min earlier. 73s & take
care. Alfredo``

I reply: ``I checked today Tuesday via UTwente: 7290 carrier already
on at 1854 with severe splash from China 7285. 1900:30 cut on news
already in progress, then 1903 FSN program about Ukraine/Biden etc.

There is still heavy splash from China, but now from the other side
7295. LSB tuning on 7285 helps. Too bad we are still so close to so
much interference.

Could you provide a schedule of all programs on the 19-20 UT 7290
broadcast seven days a week?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 7490.1v, Monday Oct 28 at 2305, WBCQ with Kurdish songs,
very familiar, just like what I was hearing 25 hours earlier on `Uncle
Bill`s Melting Pot`. He`s getting a repeat to fill an ``Available Time
Slot`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5800, Oct 29 at 2309, WRMI extra frequency is slightly
better than usual, S9-S8 music undermodulated. Can`t find a parallel,
especially 9395 which is currently Oldies. At 2320 I confirm it`s not
// 9455 either with TOMBS.

6060, Oct 28 at 2311, 2332, Oct 29 at 0045, 0102 and later, *NO*
signal from WRMI, which was supposed to be a new frequency from today
to include RAE ATTW relay in Spanish at 0100 weekdays. The disgraced
FB announcement about this remained in place, no update or removal.

5800, however, Oct 29 at 0102 remains JBA sounding like Italian ---
no, listening closely it`s Spanish but porteño accent, as RAE Spanish
relay is here! About new president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández.
Instead of on 6060 which remains vacant of Cuba and thus available.
Rechecked, the WRMI skedgrid
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
shows 5800 finally gets recognized, as XMTR 3, 160 degrees, 21-01
SMTV, and 01-02 RAE español --- and no entry for 6060: perhaps fearful
that RHC may reclaim it? 6060 for RAE relay would have been neat as in
FB notice, since that was an old RAE frequency direct from General
Pacheco.

Anyhow, 5800 is replacing 4980, now gone from the air and the sked
(tho there is a mystery carrier on 4960: see unID); and 5010 which had
RAE Spanish at 22-23, now does not come on until 2300, heard at 2311
in Spanish with Fámily Radio. 5800 is off at 0307 check, presumably at
0200*, tho before it appeared on the sked at all, its JBA carrier
could show up later at night.

9395, Oct 29 at 0100, this WRMI still with RAE multi-lingual opening
prior to English, and not // anywhere; 5010 robohuxter in English,
4980 still off, 7780 WOR, etc., Brother HyStairical elsewhere (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9385, Oct 28 at 2317, RCC discussion in English, obviously
WEWN on new B-19 frequency, poor S6-S9, overnight to Africa ex-11610
--- but not supposed to start until 0000! Perhaps they are confused by
DST, and from Nov 3 will really start at 0000 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4840, Oct 29 at 0313, English voice-over translation of
Chinese, but the Chinese is too loud like QRM! Scheduled on WWCR-3 at
0200-0600 UT weeknights is `Info Wars` with the self-described
``psychotic`` Alex Jones; but why? I`m not hanging around to find out
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, Oct 29 at 1456, KVOH is back! Power back on so maybe
fires diminishing in the area? Preaching in Spanish, S7-S9; was not
audible at first check almost an hour earlier. Now is the SSOB,
otherwise only JBA carriers on 17660 (Sa`udi in French), and 17720
(Turkey in Arabic listed) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ZANZIBAR [non]. 6015, Oct 29 at 0404, looking for ZBC, a better
than usual signal but sounds like Arabish instead of Swahili. Oh2, R.
Tamazuj is B-19 scheduled here at 0329-0427 via MADAGASCAR, // 7315
via FRANCE, but risking collision with WHRI if & when it be on 7315
that late.

Ron Howard was also hearing 6015 as if it were a format change for ZBC
and on this date no second signal. In any event, very bad news for ZBC
and its would-be listeners in Africa, let alone America (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4960, Oct 28 at 2312, S7-S9 open carrier with flutter,
just as WRMI has quit 4980, but probably a coincidence. Best guess is
that USAGM São Tomé has neglected to turn off the transmitter
overnight between 2100 and 0400. Still there at 0040 Oct 29 at S9-S7,
but off at 0312. By then there is a JBA carrier on 4930 where VOA
starts English at 0300 via Botswana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

This report despatched at 2047 UT October 29
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JRX Logs_ October 26, 2019
Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808
Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW

CHINA
** 7275. Oct 26, 2019. 0024-0034, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Uyghur. Woman talks; 0026 A song; Man voice at 0030. Poor reception, 25422.
** 7385. Oct 26, 2019. 0045-0055, PBS Xizang, Tibet-CHN, in Tibetan. Woman announcer talks; 0049 Man talks with music background; 0050 Woman talks and a song by male singer. Very good reception, 55544.

GERMANY
** 5860. Oct 26, 2019. 0056-0105, Radio Farda, Biblis-D, in Farsi. A song; 0058 Man talks and songs. Poor reception, 35422.

GREAT BRITAIN
** 7300. Oct 26, 2019. 0035-0045, BBC, Woofferton-G, in English. Woman and man announcers in conversation with a man during this log. Good reception, 45544.

IRAN
** 7270. Oct 26, 2019. 0011-0020, Pars Today, Sirjan-IRN, in French. Man announcer talks; 0015 The Koran chant and recitation; 0019 A very brief song and next a IS till 0120. Good reception, 45544.

USA
** 9265. Oct 26, 2019. 0106-0116, WINB, Red Lion-PA, in English. Pastor makes a sermon with moments of very exciting. Reception with fair signal and poor modulation, 35422.

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** CANADA. 15034-USB, Oct 28 at 1413, YAY! CHR Trenton Military has
finally been fixed, reports really received! from Halifax, Shearwater,
Greenwood, Gander, Halifax again in this cycle. Modulation distortion
has also been repaired. It had been totally out of order since at
least Oct 4, when I first noted it and on frequent chex ever since
then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Oct 28 at 1405, CRI English relay back up here
for B-19, ex-11880. They`re right on the ball with QSY --- but *still*
totally useless, S9+30 but severely suppressed/distorted (suptorted)
modulation, and still so at 1454 recheck. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5990, Oct 27 at 2304, S9+10 of dead air except maybe a trace
of modulation and some humbuzz, i.e. CRI relay. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
CHINA [non]

** CUBA. 13571, 13636, 13764, 13829, 13898 approx., Oct 28 at 1403,
RHC spurblobs out of 13700-AM transmitter. I can no longer call them
FM, since they are much more readable in AM mode, but just grumble in
SSB trying to pinpoint them. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. As usual, the DentroCuban Jamming Command is lax to
catch up with totally predictable and public Radio-TV Martí seasonal
frequency changes: giving inside Cubans a twice-yearly chance to hear
RM without interference by their dictatorial mind-controlling
government.

13820, Oct 27 at 1947, RM VG in clear here, no jamming audible, while
jamming-only is heard on ex-13605. Still Oct 28 at 1406 same situation
during `Radio Revoltillo`:
https://www.radiotelevisionmarti.com/el-revoltillo

``El Revoltillo, programa matutino conducido por Gilberto Reyes, donde
compartimos sus correos, con anécdotas y simpáticas ocurrencias. De
lunes a viernes de 10:00 AM a 11:00 AM hora de Cuba.``

Note that as a running dog of Yanqui Imperialism (unlike Mexico beyond
the border), Cuba stays on EDT another week to match the gusanos in
Miami; which will lead to program times one UT hour later from Nov 3,
but no? changes in frequency usage.

7355 & 7435, Oct 28 at 0515, RM VG on both with no jamming, which
remains on ex-frequencies 7365 & 7335.

Here is the B19 USAGM schedule in HFCC for ``Greenville`` in Spanish:
Arnie, please pass on to your henchmen, so they don`t waste jamming on
wrong frequencies, innocent by-stations! Like AIR Bengaluru on 13605
at 1500-1730.

00-01 7435
00-04 6125 Tue-Sat [TV Martí]
00-06 7355
00-12 6030
01-02 7365
02-07 7435
06-13 5980
07-14 7355
12-14 7435
13-22 11930
14-20 13820
14-22 11860
20-24 9565
22-23 7375
22-24 7355
23-24 6125 M-F [TV Martí]
23-24 7435

6125 ex-5980 for TVM soundtrack indeed had not started Sunday Oct 27
at 2302 check, and still jamming against nothing (but a JBA carrier,
Chaski, Perú?) on 5980. When it does, expect jam bleedpast 0400 to
bother Turkey 6125 English to North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, Oct 28 at 1416, JBA carrier here and on
none of the other Dengê Welat/Turkish jamming channels, so maybe this
is it, with degraded propagation? But India is OK on 11560. Nothing on
9525 yet, which per Ivo yesterday would take over later: ``1600-2000
on 9525 Issoudun and 2000-2200 on 9525 Grigoriopol`` -- and as long as
it stayed stuck in their mornings 9525 had been jammed by an
off-frequency Emirler only.

Earlier today there were also reports by Ivo Ivanov and Wolfgang
Bueschel of various other jumparounds in the 11.5 MHz area, including
newly some frequencies ending in -5: 11515, 11525, 11535, but Ivo
reported ``From 1330 UT October 28, BRB Denge Welat is on new 11540.0
Grigoriopol, ex 11510 October 27. TRT Radio Recep Erdogan is on
11540.0 Emirler EVEN`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 570, Oct 28 at 0556, caught last part of ID for ``92.1,
regional mexicana`` looping SSW. Certainly XEBJB Monterrey NL, which
IRCA Log shows as 5000/500 watts, ``BJB Regional Mexicana, Música
Regiomontana`, 24 h, // XHGBO 92.1 FM General Bravo. Regiomontana is
the classier adjectival form instead of ``Monterreyana``. BTW, in NRC
IDXD someone reported 570 Monty as XEMON, which is really the one on
1370 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 690, Oct 28 at 0558-0602+, choral adult Mexican NA from
S/SSW with heavy CCI from KGGF et al. There are only three XEs on 690,
most likely XEN, CDMX, 100/5 kW, rather than Fresnillo or Monterrey.
Per the anthem appendix about XEN at
https://www.ircaonline.org/editor_upload/File/2019%20Mexican%20Log.pdf
``Fast adult choral version (2 verses about 2 minutes) at Midnight. ID
before and after anthem``, while XEMA has children`s version, and XERG
none?

NOTE: the Log at the bottom also provides hotlinx to station websites,
live audio, and when available, disgraced FB. Note that 0600 UT is now
midnight in central Mexico back on CST ex-CDT, except for border towns
wedded to US timeshifting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Oct 28 circa 0545, XEPPM still on the air an extra
real hour, now that DST is over in CDMX, unlike here. Nominal closing
should be 0600, but opening, when?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. More about Enid`s now reactivated beacon, EI on 341
kHz:

Rick Barton, AZ, replied earlier on the ABDX yg: ``The beacon EI at
Enid would have been a Location Outer Marker for (and south of)
Woodring airport. Has it been destroyed yet? I show its location here:
36.2750331 , -97.7907633

I see that both Vance and Woodring still have the VHF band omni
range navigation beacons at the field. Woodring has a VOR-DME on
109.0 MHz with the ID ODG, and the VORTAC at Vance AFB is END on
115.4 MHz. The reference name for the Enid NDB "EI" was "GARFY"
NDB. It is no longer depicted on aviation charts.

re: the comment about GPS: It is ironic that little puddle jumpers
in the wilds of Alaska use hi-tech GPS, but large commercial
aircraft still rely much on older technologies. 73 from the desert
southwest - rb`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. Oct 28 at 2130, I`m checking the four new frequencies of
RRI English for B-19, ex 2030 in A-19, when we had fairly reliable
reception on 13650, if not 11850 which had been missing for weeks. But
all four are JBA carriers at best; propagation is somewhat degraded,
but what a drastic descent from 13 and 11 MHz bands, to 7 and 6 for
the winter; maybe should improve as the season progresses.

The two for CIRAF 8, eastern NAm are 6170 and 7310, 300 kW, 307
degrees from Tsiganeshti; for CIRAF 27N, British Isles, are 7375 and
6030 from Galbeni, but the latter is only 90 kW at 300 degrees,
therefore must be the DRM one; while the former is 300 kW at 290
degrees. Since the same pair of bands are used for near and far
targets, I wonder if the European frequencies are at a higher takeoff
angle best for shorter paths?

I`ve yet to check the further one-hour Englishes toward us:
2300 on 6040 & 7220 designated for Eu only; 6090 & 7325 to E Asia
0100 on 6090, 7325 to ENAm
0400 on 6020, 7410 to WNAm; 9820-DRM, 11790 to S Asia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 5960, Oct 27 at 2301, tune-in to VOT English to North
America, S8-S9 on reactivated B-19 frequency, ex-9830 at 2200 in A-19.
Amid sign-on with English schedule and still making a mess of it:
claims a later repeat is still at 0300 on 9515! And another repeat at
0600 UTC! on 6165 --- there has *never* been such a broadcast, rather
a mistake giving local summer time, as it was really also at 0300 UT!
Somebody messed up the script at start of A-19 season and announcer
has been reading it that way ever since (or recorded). Top news
headline about ISIS guy killed and Turkey coordinated in the event;
but more time to the next one about some student protest (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2005 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 27 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, poor S4-S5.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0130 on 9395, S9/+10 and 7780
JBA. As usual, ID at 0129 on 9395 is for `Son-Power Radio from WRMI
Studios in Okeechobee on 5850, 7455, 9395``.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0230 on WMI 7780, VP S4-S7.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0230 on WRN stream to North
America, ex-0130 even tho we are on DST another week; with Slovakia
now at 0130. Ditto for the simulcasts on the Af/As/Pac stream. So the
Saturday 1600 on WRN should already be shifted to 1700 too.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 from 0259.5 on Area 51 webcast;
and on WBCQ 5130-, S7-S9 noisy at 0318 check.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 28 at 0330 on WRMI webcast; and JBA
on 9955 at 0340 check.

IRRS ``MILano`` is still registered B-19 for 7290 at 18-19 UT, so I
was hoping for no change to the Monday 1816 UT airing of WOR --- but
Oct 28 via UTwente SDR, NO signal, just huge splash from Chinese on
7285, listed as 500 kW, 317 degrees from Xian. Europeans would be
advised to catch the secret new Sat 1300 UT airing from WRMI 15770.
Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0800 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 5045-USB NSW [still suspended?]
0830 UT Tuesday Unique Radio 3210-USB NSW [another episode]
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, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, Oct 28 at 1404, WINB hybrid DRM is back
here as expected for B-19, M-F at 12-17, 50 kW at 62 degrees; ex
15115-15120-15125: the lower half secret digital data, the upper half
ordinary DRM noise; and is it too close for comfort to 13700 RHC-AM?

HFCC shows this as D = NOT DRM, instead of N = Numérique, as it does
for all WINB entries, including 7315 M-F at 07-10 which we know should
be DRM, at same parameters; and several overlapping entries for wobbly
9265 covering the entire 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775-, Oct 28 at 1452, NO signal from KVOH; could just be
propagation but not this time, per Ray Robinson, Oct 28 at 1327, to
the WOR iog:

``With a strong area of high pressure to the north of us, Southern
California is bracing for another high wind event today. Southern
California Edison (SCE) has enacted several preventative fire-related
power outages, including one that covers the KVOH mountain-top
transmitter site at Chatsworth Peak. 17775 kHz is therefore off the
air currently, and will have to remain so until the power returns.
Ray Robinson
Strategic Communications Group
Voice of Hope World Radio Network
www.voiceofhope.com``

Let`s hope the fires themselves spare KVOH. This leaves a trace of
Sa`udi on 17895 as the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 1857 UT October 28
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