** CANADA. UT October 21, best night so far for LW ND beacons, low
noise level and good propagation, while the night before there was
hardly any propagation especially from the north. Originally
bandscanning downward, 0620-0643 UT:

248-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0643 UT, dash and WG, 1000 watts from Winnipeg
MB; traditionally one of the majors but lately obscured by birdies

269-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0639 UT, dash and UDE, 50 watts from Delta MB.
I was tuned to 267-USB

290-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0637 UT, dash and QR, 100 watts from Regina SK.
Logged as QD but must have been QR

300-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0635 UT, dash and YIV, 500 watts from Island
Lake MB

335-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0631 UT, dash and YLD, 1000 watts from Chapleau
ON

346-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0627 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watts from Sioux
Lookout ON

351-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0625 UT, dash and YKQ, 500 watts from Fort
Rupert / Waskaganish QC

362-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0623 UT, dash and SB, 500 watts at Greater
Sudbury ON

More interspersed under USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. UT October 21, best night so far for LW ND beacons, low
noise level and good propagation, while the night before there was
hardly any propagation especially from the north. Originally
bandscanning downward, 0620-0643 UT:

257-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0642 UT, FWC, 25 watts from Fairfield / Wayne
County IL. I was tuned to 255-USB

263-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0641 UT, CVM, 25 watts from Alton / Civic
Memorial IL

267-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0640 UT, HET, 25 watts from Henryetta OK,
seldom heard; tuned to 265-USB

278-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0638 UT, ADG, 25 watts from Adrian MI; tuned to
276-USB. New here; in SE corner near OH border

293-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0636 UT, FBY, 25 watts from Fairbury NE mixing
with UI, 30 watts from Quincy IL

329-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0634 UT, AAA, 25 watts from Lincoln / Abraham
Lincoln [sic] IL. Tuned to 327-USB

329-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0633 UT, PMV, 25 watts from Plattsmouth NE

338-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0630 UT, TT, 25 watts from StuTTgart AR; no
sign of intervening TU, Tulsa

341-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0628 UT, OIN, 25 watts from Oberlin KS,
difficult to unravel from CCI, probably DNI, 25 watts from Sherman -
Denison TX

344-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0629 UT, JL, 25 watts from Joplin MO; tuned to
341-USB where there is still no EI Enid

344-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0628 UT, JA, 400 watts from Jaxonvil FL; tuned
to 342-USB

347-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0626 UT, AFK, 25 watts from Nebraska City NE

352-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0624 UT, VM, 25 watts from Mena / Fench AR.
New

356-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0623 UT, ODX, 25 watts from Ord NE

365-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0622 UT, AA, 100 watts from Fargo / Harwood ND

379-MCW kHz, Oct 21 at 0620 UT, DL, 50 watts from Duluth MN; new.
Tuned to 377-USB

More interspersed under CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13563.5-CW, Oct 21 at 1445, HIFER beacon YSO, Yellow Springs
OH heard again and no 13565 K6FRC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2108 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, Dear Glenn: Remote location Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta. I was
out of town in Jasper for a few days, and missed the programs on
Sunday / UTC Monday, I didn’t come back in town Tuesday afternoon, I
had the cranberry vodka most of time with my meals. I was up late,
heard much of program on 5850 kHz, at 1043 half way mark ID,
repeated twice e mail, web site, World of Radio #2108, they will be
posted below the Details:

0130-0159, static, (55434), (55444), 0159, 5850 kHz, Oct 15 UTC 2021
[Fri]
9395 kHz, 0130, 0143, 0155 (45432), 0158, October 16 UTC 2021 [Sat]
1030-1100 UTC, 5850 kHz, 1043, 1056 (55443), 1056, October 20 UTC 2021
[Wed[.
Late addition, 9395 kHz, 0030, 0044, 0053, S6 signal 0057, October 21
UTC 2021 [Thu] (Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thu Oct 21 at 0030 on WRMIs 9455, S9+10/15 to MO SDR and
9395, S3-S5 to Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thu Oct 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S8/9+10 but noisy
to Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2109 contents: *Alaska, (Algeria), Antarctica,
Australia, Bangladesh, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba,
Ethiopia (and non), Germany, Greece, (India), (Indonesia), Korea
North and non, Korea South, Madagascar, Myanmar non, Poland,
(Russia), Sweden, (Taiwan), *Thailand, USA, (Uzbekistan); Chicago
museum; propagation outlook. *includes B-21 English schedule
() countries mentioned elsewhere not in order

WOR 2109 is available as of 0118 UT Friday October 22, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2109.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2109.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE [confirmeds]
0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy
2030 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
2230 UT Friday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2330 UT Saturday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1230 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW; 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary
support. Thanks this week to Chris Campbell, Ohio for a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Confirmed first broadcasts UT Friday October 22 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850
VG direct, 7780 S9/+15 into UTwente SDR; at 0156 direct: 5850
S9+20/30, 7780 S9/+10 but sounds much weaker and noisy (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [+non]. 15770, Oct 21 at 1447, unusually no signal from this WRMI;
comparing: too-close 15825 WWCR is a JBA carrier, as is 15230 Cuba;
but 15140 RHC is S9+10. At 1539 also no 15770 into UTwente or Maine
SDRs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0315 UT October 22

** SPAIN. Wed Oct 20 at 2200 it`s time for another token English
broadcast from REE, so I`m prepared to listen via Maryland SDR: but NO
signal on 17855 for NAm, nor 15520 backwards for ME. 11940 for SAm is
S9+5, much better than 11670 for Af JBA --- trouble is, 11940 is still
extremely distorted, so REE loses this and surely many other
listeners; as first item is about ETA. Instead I default to TURKEY,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Oct 20 at 2201, VOT is VG S9/+20 into Maryland SDR
showing frequency offset +17 Hz, nor is there any RTTY QRM! Since
SPAIN struck out, I`m devoting this semihour to listening to TRT
English in detail. News about: attacks in Syria, COVID vax rate in
Australia, NK subs, until 2207.5 music break.

2208, `Review of the Turkish Press``, about TRNC matters [no separate
review of foreign press this time]. 2210, that COVID PSA - maybe I
zoned out but did they finally delete the part about there being no
vaccine yet? 2212 music break.

2216 plugs the 41 languages of TRT, on TV? And quickly into `Feeling
Supreme - Healthy Life` with detailed recipes for various natural
remedies for influenza, with winter oncoming, involving such as ginger
tea, rose hip tea, a quantity for something based on the size of a
Turkish lira coin --- oh2, where is mine? 2223 music break.

2228, `Weekly Commentary` turns over to YL announcer, all the previous
by the same guy with the difficult name. She is harder to understand,
seems to be about virtualhub? Anyhow at 2230 it`s time for NBC Nightly
[sic] News (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2108 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday October
20 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S7-S8 into UTwente.

Also confirmed about 21 seconds later on WBCQ 7490-, better into
Maryland remote, carrier offset minus 97 Hz = 7489.903. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support,
which might have been sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

New WOR 2109 should be ready early UT Friday Oct 22 for first
broadcasts at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS

``Gracias Glenn, por compartir toda esta informacion y desde hace ya
tantos años. Gracias por tanto, usted es un historico para todos
quienes desde ya varias decadas tenemos como aficion y pasion la
escucha de la onda corta, media y frecuencia modulada. 73 Gabriel
Gomez, Uruguay`` --- unfortunately, he replied on a group which then
made it clear my participation was not welcome despite hardly any
traffic otherwise

This report dispatched at 2336 UT October 20

See also my separate post, ``Fun & Games at HFCC B-21`` Here`s another
one, INDIA full of inactive or kaput domestic and externals:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=AIR

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Oct 20 at 1534, LRA36 on again for a
Wednesday broadcast; of four KiwiSDRs in Brasil, best via Campo tho
only S3-S5, less buzzclick QRM than the others, OTH radar? Not local
to any of them. Later abating. 1538 ``sign-on`` routine in middle of
transmission, ``a partir de ---``, for miércoles 11-13 broadcast =
14-16 UT, also on 96.7 FM; history of station from 1979 -- or 1969?
And claiming to be first broadcast station in Anta.; but when did AFAN
start? Never mind the Yanquis. Says initially on 6036 kHz, meaning
6030? Raised power to 10 kW and moved permanently to ``15476 AM`` ---
no, it`s NOT AM, and now it`s NOT 10 kW, admittedly 700? watts. More
usual mix of songs, talkbits and frequent IDs such as 1555; chopped
off at 1607*, a minute before Campo SDR times out for reload, still
off.

Meanwhile, the 2022 crew for LRA36 has been selected, for the first
time all-female. Does this mean, about to close down for the summer
until Feborso? Via Manuel Mendez, WOR iog where it`s Englished:
https://admin.radionacional.com.ar/cuatro-mujeres-estaran-a-cargo-de-lra-36-radio-nacional-en-la-antartida/

This got the FM frequency wrong, ``97.6`` instead of 96.7 as I heard
it and as also in WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Oct 20 at 0140, RHC at S9+10/20 of dead air.
Something`s always wrong at RHC; 5025 & 4765 are nominal.

5040, Oct 20 at 0553, RHC is off already instead of 0600+ in Spanish
last night, clearing for JBA carrier presumably VANUATU (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMREICA. 6930-USB, Oct 20 at 0050, rock music at S9; 0054
unreadable announcement and off. No logs here but unID from 0101:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,87964.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 17895.070, Oct 20 at 1412, Qur`an JBA from
always askew SRI/SBA, and about to dub it the OSOB till I detect a JBA
carrier on 17770, which should be TURKEY in Arabic; thus the upperone
rates SSOB status only. No sign of other Sa`udi carriers supposedly on
16m now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3370.5-USB, Oct 20 at 0128, 6TX1, MARS net designator
fonetikaly, and AFA6DT, the NCS calling some other AF- stations,
without great success; lingo of ``roger`` and ``wilco`` -- the
opposite of ``wonco`` are uttered, then nothing more.

This frequency net last logged UT Fri March 18, 2016y at 0125, with
different calls as in:
https://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1612.txt
The MARS link then no longer worx:
http://www.afmars.net:8080/qilan/MARS/list_RMS_stations
and a broad search now on AFA6DT gets only one significant hit:
https://www.dxfuncluster.com/spots/AFA6DT
log by WS5ADV OKC: ``WS5ADV [Usuario de LOTW] 5332.0 [kHz] AFA6DT 60m
Interop Net Ham-MARS 17:00 01-May-21`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2108 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday October 20 at 1045 check the 1030 on WRMI 5850, VG. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support,
which might have been sent via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 5040, Oct 20 at 0553, JBA carrier in early absence of RHC,
suspect RV which appears to be stuck on this frequency only at all
hours instead of 4 others as sequentially registered with HFCC for
B-21. Port Vila sunset less than an hour away at 0649. Sob, if only
they would resumed 11835 as 3 x 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4940, Oct 20 at 0554, S9/+20 open carrier past hourtop
to 0602* --- seems too strong for Maicao Montana missionaries, but no
sign of that signal under it. Maybe testing a power increase? Also too
strong for VOA Botswana or São Tomé, compared to 4960 STP in fadey
dead air at only S9/S6; also far too early for China on 4940 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1646 UT October 20

Looking at projected B-21 skeds from Oct 31 now available from HFCC:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/b21/index.phtml

** ALASKA. KNLS B-21 English, FWIW in HFCC, tho abrupt changes happen:
08-09 6075, 10-11 9680, 12-13 9580 9625, 14-15 6110

** ALGERIA. TDA mixes in real schedules via FRANCE with extensive
imaginary 24h schedules via own sites Ourgla and Bechar, possibly
still under construxion?
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=TDA

** ANGUILLA. Did you know there is a broadcaster called ``Plummer
Applications``? 6090 & 11775 ex-Caribbean Beacon have been gone for
years but DOCTOR Jerry Plummer of WWCR must still think he`s the
frequency manager, on the payroll of PMS:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=PLA

** BRAZIL. This country has been totally AWOL from HFCC, not even RNA,
but B-21 has a place for R. Inconfidência complete with accents!
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=INC
Except there are no entries for this 6010v & 15190v station; a thing
to come?

** INDONESIA. Perhaps the greatest laughingstock is RRI which keeps
registering a huge totally imaginary schedule for external and
domestic transmitters, all in English! Including the only one which
exists, 3325, but for only one hour at 02-03 and as from Playa de
Pals, long-abandoned R. Liberty site in SPAIN, complete with its
coördinates! Really should be Palangkaraya, of course:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RRI

** MALAYSIA. RTM keeps on the books five long-gone imaginary
frequencies along with two more-or-less active ones:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RTM

** POLAND. Here`s an interesting new entry, not yet active?
SPW Radio Warsaw - Transatlantic Radio Station Cul [sic].
10 kW ND from Babice, 07-10 on 7430, 07-13 on 7415
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=SPW

** RUSSIA. The once-great R. Russia [sic] is shown with two Moskva and
one Khabarovsk frequency; maybe worth checking for DRM or something?
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RRS

But also a huge totally imaginary sked for Voice of Russia:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=VOR
Wow, we`re so impressed by this major broadcaster!

** SPAIN. Would you believe that REE is 100% in Spanish?
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=REE
Whew, 9690 is coming back for North America

** THAILAND. HSK9 B-21 sked shows the `traditional` times for English
rather than 30 minutes earlier as recently monitored. Mistake? Which?
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=NBT

** U S A. We see that WBCQ is supposed to be on 5130 for 24 hours,
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=BCQ
even tho it was abandoned months ago in favor of 4790, and AW has said
he`s not going back to 5130. They must have forgot that when
registering; or changed the plan?

** U S A. Would you believe that WHRI is still registered B-21 for an
extensive schedule despite being totally off the air and for sale?
Probably just copied from a previous season, when known as LeSEA:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=HRI

** U S A. Same old frequencies for WRMI Okeechobee, but note the other
site, Issoudun for certain target/clandestines not specified. And
besides 9490 for R. República, an alternate appears, 7225 from France,
which would violate the exclusive 40m hamband in Americas. But not
until 1 March which is not a time change date
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RMI

** U S A. WRNO still registered for an imaginary daytime frequency
15590 at 16-22, and much longer hours on 7505, 22-16, which is
sometimes on air at 01-04 only:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RNO

** U S A. Needlessly complex WWCR sked on same old frequencies except:
12180 at 12-24, also 12160 at 15-21 both on 85-degree antenna.
Possible alternate?
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=WCR

** VANUATU. VBT shows a neat schedule on four non-overlapping
frequencies at 01-24: 7260, 3945, 2485, 3945; and also 5040 at 20-23
only, which is apparently its only active frequency currently at any
time:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=VBT

** VATICAN. International Radio for Disaster Relief is still
registering 24/7 schedules on one frequency in every band 11 to 50
meters, all as if from SMG, surely place-holders; despite never having
done anything for all the disasters we have been suffering:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=RDR
O, each noted as: ``!IRDR! Dummy Req.`` OK! LOTS more dummies above
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)