** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Friday January 22 at 2300 checking secret R.
Tirana relay via WRMI: certainly not the same episode I heard 8 days
ago and seems current rather than pre-Xmas. As always sign-on claims
RT is heard ``only on internet`` refusing even to recognize this SW
airtime, probably donated. Program previews: news, press review,
profile. Caster is YL this time rather than OM. Signal very strong but
also high local noise level, plus accent makes it hard to follow. Does
mention date January 20, 2021 in connexion with something. 2307
so-called Press Review seems all about industrial and agricultural
produxion statistics just like in the good-ole Stalinist days; also
funding for a hydro power project with date mentioned January 27,
2021. 2313 into Profile of an opera singer born 24.1.35. His name
mentioned once at the start and I could not catch it at all; they
should at least spell names of such subjects for us ignorant
listeners. Example played: him singing the tune which is also RT`s
theme song; identity and source of which we discussed in detail last
year.

As for the Jan 14 show I heard before, Richard Lemke, St. Albert,
Alberta, replies about that: ``Dear Glenn: WRMI, 5850 kHz, 2300 UT.
After hearing the Mailbag Show on Radio Tirana on Jan 12, 13, 14, 15,
Yes, I did hearing confirming the same program with mail from FL and
how Albanians celebrate Christmas. According to information that I
heard from Sheldon Harvey, the building on site has been demolished,
is gone. I tried to send an e mail that got returned to me very fast.
Richard Lemke, January 21, 2021`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 11815+, Jan 22 at 0253, checking for something else at
Pardinho SP SDR, I find splatter down past 11810, from this with music
and Brazuguese talk, S9+15/25, in SynchAM mode displaying slight
carrier offset+plus varying 10-12 Hz; and to the ear rather distorted.
I.e. must be R. Brasil Central, Goiânia, active here but rarely
detected direct (nor on 4985); perhaps with summer sporadic E boost.
Distance 718 km = 446 statute miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 290-MCW kHz, Jan 22 at 0726 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt ND
beacon at Regina, Saskatchewan. This area of LW is often blocked by
local noise blob peak (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13629 & 13770 approx., Jan 22 at 1452, just traces of
spurblobs from RHC 13700; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 6115, Jan 22 at 0715, song at S9+10/20, seems too strong for
R. Nikkei, let alone Congo; quite a bit stronger than the other JOZ,
S9+10 on 6055. Fleeting thought, maybe RHC jumped off frequency? 0719
song, ``Love Was Made For Me And You``, letter by letter in English
and then announcement sounds Japanesish English; no J signals yet on
75m to compare vs hams. But must be Nikkei (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935-USB, Jan 22 at 2157, rock music past 2200, fair
signal; 2205 synthyl ID for Radio Nova and address
radionova2020@gmail.com; more music none recognized; 2221 ID; 2224
loon? calls mixed with voice ID by synthom, modulated Morse code RADIO
NOVA, ID again, 2226 repeat loons and MCW ID; 2227 occasional
bird/nature calls, about to go off? No, one more voice ID at 2228 and
SSTV beepery until 2230* seems really finished. SSTV pulsing was at
rate of about 144/minute, or 2.4 per second -- restarting each scan
line? More reports and images here, none of them sharp:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,77084.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2070 contents: Albania non,
Ascension, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, France,
Germany, India, Korea South, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, Madagascar,
Myanmar, New Zealand, Perú, Scotland non, Solomon Islands, Spain,
Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia; DX on 2 MHz band; and the
propagation outlook
[regret some editing upcuts; in too big a hurry]

WOR 2070 is available as of 0206 UT Friday January 22, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2070.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2070.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 [confirmed]
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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 anonymous, for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``My usual anonymous seasonal
donation to your always informative broadcast!``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

Confirmed first broadcast UT Friday January 22 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850
S9+20 VG direct except high local noise level is also S9+20! It goes
off at 0147 but back on after a few minutes; and 7780 poor but audible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6885 & weaker 6810, Jan 22 at 0711, mystery open AM
carriers find themselves here today; various other frequencies in the
area elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0030 UT January 23

** CANADA. Re: ```274-MCW, Jan 20 at 0737 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt
NDB from upnorth Pilangikum, Ontario, still in Hepburn list in red as
``back on``. Distance is 1741 km = 1082 stmi, or 43.28 watts per
mile.``` --- Should have read miles per watt, tnx to Richard Line in
MI for catching that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Re: ``U S A. 286-MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0735 UT, ND beacon
.-.-/... --- what??? .-.- is not a Roman letter but Russian ``ya``. I
listen again and again, and that`s what it sounds like, tuned to
284-USB. But this must be on 286, EKS in Ennis, Montana, heard without
a pause between dit for E and dah-dit-dah for K! Classaxe shows no
note about any such error``

Harold Frodge, MI, replies: ``No mystery --- 284 QD 0.4 The Pas MB, Le
Pas A/P; 01 Nov (DT), 06 Dec (KZ) [Has misskeyed as .-.-/...]``

Then I find this in classaxe.com about QD 284: ``Most often miskeys
with the first dash in each character replaced with a dot. Sounds like
AA S. 15Feb2020``

But not always: I have also heard correct QD. This seems about as
convoluted an explanation as mine of another station lacking a pause
between two letters. But pinning down the frequency to 284 implies
it`s QD --- and what I heard did have a dash, overlooked in my
original report, so it`s Canadian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 21 at 0126, RHC English only S6-S9 direct, but:

5040, Jan 21 at 0127, RHC off or below noise level here; 0135 checking
Bonaire SDR, only a JBA carrier, could be India? While 5025 Rebelde is
good. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13634, 13569, 13769, 13838 all approx., Jan 21 at 1443,
extremely distorted spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM. Something`s always
wrong at RHC.

13739.796, Jan 21 at 1445, the other RHC 22m frequency bears the
transmitter off-frequency from 13740.00. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. Re the 3+1 pips I heard at strange time of 1344 Jan 19
on 1566 kHz, ``One of the clubs has compiled a timesignal reference
but I have not found it again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

Richard Langley replies on the WOR iog: ``It is attached. See FEBC in
the list. You're welcome. -- Richard Langley``

And thank you. I see there are some others with 3+1, altho FEBC
appears to be the only one that fits on 1566; e.g. there are no NHKs
at all on 1566 per WRTH. I`m really quite sure that`s it, but curious
if others have noticed the pips at odd times like transmission changes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2069 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January
20 at 2100 ono WRMI 7780, S7-S9 to UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 20 from 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.189v, S8-S9
direct. Briefly some 2-way SSB QRM around 2102.

Missed checking Wed Jan 20 at 2300 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Thu Jan 21 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10 to Bonaire SDR.
JBA carrier here vs S9+10 high noise level.

New WOR 2070 should be ready by early UT Jan 22 for first airings
Friday at 0130 on WRMIs 5850, 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1729 UT January 21

Greetings from the United States of America, again under honest,
rational, competent, empathetic management!

** CANADA. 335-MCW, Jan 20 at 0731 UT, dash and YLD, 1000-watt ND
beacon at Chapleau, Ontario.

274-MCW, Jan 20 at 0737 UT, dash and YPM, 25-watt NDB from upnorth
Pilangikum, Ontario, still in Hepburn list in red as ``back on``.
Distance is 1741 km = 1082 stmi, or 43.28 watts per mile.

One of these quiet winter nights before spring storming set in, I
should report *every* Canadian beacon audible in one session; I tend
to avoid relogs of same ones over and over again (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, Jan 20 at 0742, JBA carrier but stronger than
837 and several other TA carriers still audible. This one surely R.
Kiribati, which has often been absent around this time; as there is
nothing more than 3 kW from W Europe = Ireland; 20/50 kW from Mideast
but too late for them, while it`s long after sunset in east Kiribati.
See also UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT. 1548 kHz, Jan 20 at 0153 UT, JBA carrier but really stands
out as nothing else at 9-kHz steps audible highband above 1107. There
are two 500 kW, R. Sawa, Kuwait 24 hours; and TWR via Pridnestrovye to
eastern Europe but only at 1930-2130 per WRTH 2021. See also
UNIDENTIFIED. 1548 is what`s left of the once great VOA Arabic service
on SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293-MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0733 UT, two NDBs mixing, TOR and
FBY. Commonly I only hear FBY, 25 watts from FairBurY, Nebraska. TOR
is 50 watts from TORrington, Wyoming. Previously but not now on 293 I
have also heard UI, qUIncy, Illinois.

286-MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0735 UT, ND beacon .-.-/... --- what??? .-.- is
not a Roman letter but Russian ``ya``. I listen again and again, and
that`s what it sounds like, tuned to 284-USB. But this must be on 286,
EKS in Ennis, Montana, heard without a pause between dit for E and
dah-dit-dah for K! Classaxe shows no note about any such error,
https://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rna/signal_list
and BTW is being replaced by:
https://rxx.classaxe.com/en/rna/signals

269-MCW kHz, Jan 20 at 0730 UT, ND beacon BEX, which is 25 watts from
Bloomfield, Iowa; I was tuned to 267-USB where it`s mixing about
equally with 25-watt HET, Henryetta, Oklahoma, which is usually alone
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2069 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January
20 at 1030 on WRMI 5850: it`s been on the skidgrid a while, but
finally checked it via timer recording, VG thisaway, and onward to
Asia?? Center beam crosses circa Saipan/NMI, but by then it should be
broad enough for east Asia too. How is it there or even in NZ/Au?
Next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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 Brandon Jordan, TN, for a contribution via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``Heya Glenn. Thanks for all
you do for us SWDX’ers`` - also tnx to Brandon for the rx I use most.

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

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 20 at 0217
following discovery of 1548 a few minutes earlier, see KUWAIT: 1548,
1512, 1215, 1179, 1125, 1089, 1044(2), 936, 891*, 882, 774; below that
blocked by high local noise level. *strongest, Algeria (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1937 UT January 20

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 20 at 0732:
starting with 846 which must be TP, see KIRITIMATI; otherwise: 837(2),
774, 711 but none lower above the high local noise level; upward: 855,
882, 1053, 1089, 1107(2), 1341 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13771 & 13630 & 13560, Jan 19 at 1413, FMish spurblobs with
F# tone from RHC 13700; 1511 recheck, 13770 at S6-S8, also 13631,
13564, all approx. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5960, Jan 19 at 2356-2400, as soon as Turkey off,
via UTwente, Chinese talk and traditional music until 5+1 timesignal,
i.e. PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi; land of Chicom genocide against the
Uighurs. BTW, in case you think I exaggerate unreasonably, hear this
starting at 24:10 into The World edition of Jan 19 as heard on KOSU:
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444246/pri-s-the-world
PBS Newshour also reports on this January 19
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 17720, Jan 19 at 1504, S6-S8 of unID talk, the
OSOB except for 17630 slightly better CRI English via MALI. 17720 is
VOT which has just started a 2-hour Arabic broadcast.

5960, Jan 19 at 2324, VOT English is on, unlike 24 hours earlier,
during feature on Turkish culture; 2353-2356* IS and off, uncovering
Xinjiang; as checked via UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, Jan 19, latest revision of WRMI skedgrid has finally
removed WOR UT Tue 0330 and all other programming at 0300-0400 in
favor of `Freedom Synergy Radio` daily, except: VORW on UT Fridays.
WORLD OF RADIO monitoring, next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [still needs confirmation]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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 Brandon Jordan, TN, for a contribution via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``Heya Glenn. Thanks for all
you do for us SWDX’ers`` - also tnx to Brandon for the rx I use most.

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

** U S A. 5850 & 5950, Jan 19 at 0709, WRMIs-12 and -8 are still off,
so presumably all the others too. Bob Biermann later informs that
power finally restored at 0739.

15770, Jan 19 at 1501, my first check finds WRMI-9 back on here, with
SMTV stuff about nim cruelty.

9955, Jan 19 at 1502, WRMI-3 still on with `Freedom Synergy Radio`
about smart farming in Taiwan, S9+20. Skedgrid has been updated again
contrarily to show TOMBS now at 1500-1530 M-F and 1530-1700 daily
along with other expansions. Yes, 9955 still on with BS at 1648 check,
VP via DR SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, January 19 at
1327-1345: Looping NW on the DX-398 so from Japan/E Asia: 594, 693,
747, 774, 828, 972, 1323, 1422, 1566. From WSW so Australia: 702,
1548. Uncertain DF: 1503, 1512, both nothing more than 10 kW from
either. LSR here was 1341 UT.

1566, from 1342 Jan 19, paying special attention to surely 250 kW
Jeju, South Korea, but seems to have a slight beat from second
carrier, China? But no more than 10 kW there. At 1344 a 3+1
timesignal(?) cuts thru and then the station weakens, i.e. when FEBC
change antenna patterns and languages from Japanese to Chinese. Is
that non-hour TS typical of HLAZ?

One of the clubs has compiled a timesignal reference but I have not
found it again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0028 UT January 20

** BRAZIL. 9630.324, Jan 18 at 2230, JBA off-frequency, S5-S7,
presumed R. Aparecida in Portuguese. I haven`t heard even the carrier
of this for a long time, but presumed as such on signature
off-frequency. Its 11856v has been gone even longer, while 6135v has
continued more or less active, but I think not 5035 either. My last
log of it on 9630.3 was Feb 7, 2020, but I find one from Manuel Méndez
on August 7, none since. Now it`s slightly stronger but less readable
than RVM on 9665v.

Recheck at 0320 Jan 19, 9630.3 is a JBA carrier, while 31m is
otherwise virtually dead of US signals, yet 11905-11915 RNA Brasil DRM
noise is detectable, but no AM signal on 11780. K-index is 3 with
strange conditions. But WRMI seems absent from all frequencies, see U
S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT. 5959.887 kHz, Jan 19 at 0353, via Bonaire SDR, first noted
as heavy splatter to 5950 when trying for WRMI, Arabic talk measured
here in SynchAM of 5960.000 minus 113v Hz carrier; 0355 music; 0358
two brief ~1 second breaks also visible on waterfall; 0400 Kuwait ID
and news, first about Yemen. This Kabd is always offset minus (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Jan 18 at 2235, REE North American frequency is back
on after missing a week or more, S9+20 in Castilian, and presumably
English after 2300 on this Monday when I heard some music. But after
2235 NO signals on // 11940, 12030 or 11685 to be heard here nor by
TWR DR SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 18 at 2305, no signal from VOT English to us,
checked at DR SDR and even UTwente. Something`s always erroneous at
Ermiler. KUWAIT was VG later, tho, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2069 monitoring: not confirmed UT Tuesday
January 19 at 0330 on WRMI 5800 since this and all transmitters are
off air during power outage; see separate report. FSR has pre-empted
WOR the past few weeks anyway contrary to skedgrid. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [still needs confirmation]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
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 Brandon Jordan, TN, for a contribution via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``Heya Glenn. Thanks for all
you do for us SWDX’ers`` - also tnx to Brandon for the rx I use most.

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

** U S A. 9975 KVOH, 9955 & 9395 WRMI, 9330 WBCQ, Jan 19 at 0323, no
signals or maybe traces, as K-index is 3 at 0300, but no storms
reported.

At 0325 I find 5800 WRMI also absent when FSR or WS should be on, and
still nothing after 0330 when FSR or WOR should be on. Then I check
all other possible WRMI frequencies, and hear no signals on 4980,
5010, 5850, 5950, 7570, 7730, 7780, so altho propagation is degraded,
WRMI must be totally silent for some reason. Just to be sure, also
check them to Bonaire SDR at 0352: none at all, including those aimed
thataway, 5800 & 9955.

Still at 0545 no signal e.g. on 5850 and I check disgraced FB:

``WRMI Radio Miami International 3 hrs · Power outage at WRMI: at
about 0115 UTC January 19, the electrical power went out here at the
WRMI transmission plant. This means that all transmitters are off the
air at this time. Our Internet stream of 9955 kHz is still on with
emergency power. Florida Power and Light estimates that power should
be restored by around 0300 UTC, but this is just an initial estimate.
Hopefully we will be back on the air soon`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 19 at
0334-0340 UT when K-index is 3 so not expecting much, but, beyond the
high local noise level at lowband: 639(2 with slow SAH of 108/minute =
1.8 Hz), *684(2), 693, *774(2), 837(2 slow), 882, 891, 909, 1017,
1044(2), *1053, 1107, 1215, 1224, 1296(2), 1305(3), 1665(?). * =
strongest. As for the SAH on 639, mwoffsets shows two of the RNE Spain
synchros are/were 1.8 Hz apart, but not including the big one of 300
kW at La Coruña (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

THE POWER WORSHIPPERS

Saw an interview on DW The Day, TV news January 18 about why so-called
Xians are so enamored of amoral sinner Drumpf; searching on names
finds many other appearances, including:

NEXT ON BOOK TV: KATHERINE STEWART ARGUES THAT RELIGIOUS NATIONALISTS
ARE WAGING POLITICAL WAR ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND INSTITUTIONS
https://www.c-span.org/video/?471142-1/the-power-worshippers
(via gh)

This report dispatched at 0558 UT January 19