** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, Aug 3 at 1408: no WOOBs in the 13s, 12s,
but JBA carriers on 11100, 10920. No doubt would have been many more
before 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, Aug 3 at 2043, S9+10 of dead air from RHC; warmup?
well before scheduled *2100; no spurs.

15370, Aug 3 at 2046, S9 of suptorted Arabic, which even when
well-modulated sounds like choking. No spurblobs noted now.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND [non]. ITALY [non]. 7290, Mon Aug 3 at 1855 retune UTwente
for IRRS presumed Bulgaria as `The Shortwave Report` is concluding
with mandatory segment from Dan`s favorite station RHC, as he mislists
its frequencies ``from 6 pm [PDT] to midnight`` to include 6060 and
6165, both of which are long gone. The last item always gets cut off,
since IRRS inserts `Feature Story News` of about 5 minutes at 1830;
this week something from NHK Japan, chopped just before 1859 for IRRS
sign-off, which continues to give address as that 5-digit P O Box in
Milano, totally contradicting info that it is no longer in use! Such
as this note with eQSL received by Konstantin Bersankov, St. Pete in
the latest Rus-DX:

``Please also notice that we have discontinued our PO BOX or any
regular mail address for listeners' correspondence, and we are unable
to reply to QSL request by regular mail.

You may also find useful information on the following websites:
https://www.nexus.org
https://milanoventures.com
http://egradio.org
Let me know if we can further assist you. Hope this helps. Best
regards. Ron``

http://qsl-review.blogspot.com/2020/01/irrs-shortwave-nexus-iba.html

where it is assumed a QSL for 7290 at 1800-1900 June 20 [Saturday] was
for Romania; Altho nothing from IRRS specifies this as Romania --- now
believed to be Bulgaria. Furthermore, KB quotes this from their
website explaining why transmitter sites are kept secret, the only
non-Soviet broadcaster to do so:

``Since IRRS & NEXUS-IBA started relaying programs on shortwave in
1989, several organizations and individuals appeared on the market as
"competitors", offering similar services, sometimes in a fraudulent
and very un-professional way. We came across people charging for fake
(not existing) transmissions, and producing fake listeners' letters,
as well as broadcasts that are cheap, but so poor in quality that
cannot not be heard on the intended target, and those who commission
them have no means to check them.

In order to protect our interests and those of our members against
such competitors, our policy had to be changed in recent years not to
disclose information about our transmitter sites and our agreements
with our service providers and governments. Since we aim to to provide
top quality broadcasting services at the lowest possible cost to our
members, our transmitting sites may change as several technical and
contractual conditions change.

There is a simple way to explain this: when you buy anything at your
local shop, did you tried asking where exactly do they buy items that
they sell to you? I am sure no shop-keeper, service provider or
reseller will provide you information of their own sources for the
same reason.

Sometimes multiple transmitters are involved in order to provide
better coverage and/or redundancy. Nevertheless these sites will
remain confidential and are not disclosed to the general public. There
has been lots of speculations during the years (right and wrong) when
different "experts" tried to locate every and each
of our transmitter sites, and then published misleading information on
the internet and on other publications.

Only the power, time, program type, language and especially the target
area is clearly published in our schedules. We believe that this is
the information that our listeners need to know in order to tune into
our members' broadcasts.

Our programs are all originating from our Network Control Centre (NCC)
in Milan, Italy, where we operate all of our broadcasting services.``

This rationale makes no sense to me; the response to competitors
putting out fake info is to be completely transparent with real info.
If it change from time to time, fine, just acknowledge it. And then
there`s IRRS as HQ in IRELAND per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 10-m beacons with some sporadic E struggling to MUF:

28298.8-CW, Aug 3 at 1424, long pause and long message starting with
dits, VVV DE K4JDR/B and ending with SK run together which is hard to
render typographically. I copied as K4JGR, but must be per WJ5O:
``28.2988 K4JDR C RALEIGH, NC # 10W, VERTICAL QRT Dec 2010 reactivated
Feb 15 Jan 2018 reported(SWL)`` --- QRZ.com:
``K4JDR USA flag USA, RONNIE J CASEY, RALEIGH, NC 27603-7336``

28255-CW, Aug 3 at 1428 and again at 1447, KB4UPI/B:
``28.255 KB4UPI C GADADEN [sic], ALABAMA # 3 W, DIPOLE NEW 2 Dec 07
relocated (agn)1 April 14`` --- GADSDEN is on I-59 NE of Birmingham
about 1/3 on way to Chattanooga. Lots of illustrated info plus
hamautobio at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kb4upi

``I am located on Camden Cove Island in Etowah county AL. See our
28.255 Mhz Beacon, up since 1987. KB4UPI 10 Meter Beacon 28.255
EM73ax

Our 10 meter beacon runs 5 watts into a 10 meter vertical antenna on
the top of my boathouse. The beacon was first placed on the air in
October of 1987 on 28.224, and the first report came from Don, WB4YRJ,
who is now a SK. The frequency was chosen because it was the only
place I could make the converted CB transmit at due to the crystals I
had on hand. Later I changed it to 28.267 for much the same reason. It
was later changed to 28.255 at the request of the HF beacon
coordinator Bill, WJ50. Contact Bill before you start any intended
beacon operation. See the WJ5O Beacon List.

The beacon has received reports from all over the world over the
years. The most distant report was in March of 1990 and came from SWL,
Brian Webb, ZL2262 in New Zealand. That is 4998 (MPW) miles per watt.
See his report below.

I QSL 100 per cent worldwide to ham operators and SWL's. No SASE is
required. Send your QSL and I'll send mine. Copy the short message if
you wish. All I need for a QSL is the frequency, time, date, and
signal report. Email reception reports are always welcome and
appreciated. To send me a simple report via email you may send it to
MickUpi*Gmail.com. The at sign is replaced to prevent email
harvesting.

The picture above is the present setup in the attic of my boathouse at
my QTH on Camden Cove Island in AL. I am located in Gadsden Alabama on
the banks of the Coosa River and Neely Henry lake. I have had several
transmitters over the years. The present one is a RS HTX-100. It runs
on low power at 5 watts. This radio should never be run at high power
(25 watts) in beacon operation. It will burn out and require service.
It should also have a fan. See the fan below.

Radio --- Close up view of the RS HTX-100 radio running 5 watts. These
radios are still readily available on eBay for around $ 80 to $ 100.
Look closely at the knob on the top right. Above it is printed, "pull
for low power". I placed a 3/16" thick rubber washer behind the knob.
Without the washer it is easy to accidently bump the knob and put the
radio on high power.

Keyer --- Close up of the MFJ-447 memory keyer. It has keyed the
transmitter for many years. The keying transistor was burned out
during a lightning strike a few years ago, but it is easily replaced.

Meter --- This is a cheap and simple SWR/Power meter I bought at a
hamfest for $ 3. I use it to look at the meter when take a look in the
attic of the boathouse and see if the radio is transmitting. All it
takes is a quick glance.

Fan --- Not a good picture, but this is an AC fan blowing on the fins
on the back of the radio. It is vitally important to to protect your
transmitter. AC fans seem to be far more reliable than a DC fan. This
one is setting on some foam rubber pads to dampen the vibration and
make it less noisy. Even running at 5 watts the HTX-100 will get too
hot without the fan.

This is a Motorola model TPN1154A 16 amp power supply that runs the
radio and the keyer. These commercial power supplies are usually
overlooked at hamfests because people don't know what they are, and
it's not surprising because the units have no ratings on them showing
what the voltage or maximum amperage is. Depending on the model they
can be rated at 5 to 25 amps. You can buy them at hamfests for 10 to
15 dollars. The digital meter on the top right was added. It bounces
from 13.7 to 13.8 as the transmitter turns on and off. Curiously
Motorola made them and set them up to operate at 14.9 volts. A small
resistor can easily be added to the regulator board to bring the
voltage down to 13.8 volts. Many thanks to Kevin Custer, W3KKG and
others for providing info on these power supplies. To see more info on
the power supplies Click Here

This peice of coax is which a squirrel chewed the coax shield away
where I once had the equipment outdoors at another QTH. If outside I
have learned it is best to leave the coax hanging freely instead of
attaching it to trees. I can only wonder why squirrels do this.``

28289.3-CW, Aug 3 at 1447, AL DE WJ5O/B himself:
``28.2893 WJ5O C TROY ALABAMA # 2W VERTICAL New Frequency 25 Jan 14``

Almost always, including today, when such beacons are making it QRP,
tuning higher up to 28500 finds *no* phone hams, who could run up to
a kilowatt, contacting; where are they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2045 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday August 3 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG here +30 degrees off beam,
some deep fades.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 3 at 0130 & 0230 on WRMI 7780, VP for a
change at UTwente, but VG as far as Maine SDR; also WRN webcast at
0130.

Also confirmed UT Mon Aug 3 from 0303 on Area 51 webcast after Free
Radio Skybird runs a bit over, closing with an address in New
Hampshire. WBCQ sked shows it 0230-0300 and ``Free Radio Skybird,
Hermans Radio & Record Room, and other shows air Sunday evenings on
5130 every other week.`` WOR good into Rochester SDR; at 0322 check
direct on 5130, S9+10 but noisy.

Larry Will tells us: ``[WOR] Glenn Hauser interview on Radio NewYork
International, 2008:
https://archive.org/details/dan-lewis-rni
Hour 2 of this RNI show hosted by Dan Lewis features an interview with
Glenn Hauser. This media comes from the WBCQ archives. L.``

Tnx, Larry, that brings back some memories. Starts :17 minutes into
and lasts until :41, direct link:

https://ia801501.us.archive.org/29/items/dan-lewis-rni/Dan%20Lewis%20RNI%2028%20December%202008%20Hour%202.mp3
if the URL with spaces in it survive replaced here by all those %20;
otherwise it`s the fourth item on the download options, VBR MP3, and
the second sub-item.

BTW, whatever became of Dan Lewis? His blog
http://danlewisradioguy.blogspot.com/
stopped after Tuesday, April 17, 2018 --- some interesting reading
there such as about ``Randi Steele``.

WOR 2045 also confirmed UT Mon Aug 3 at 0330 on WRMI 9955; as usual on
this airing, R. Prague fill music runs right up to 0330 with no ID
break; that makes up for some double-IDs at other times. Here it`s
S8-S9 but fading vs pulse jamming. A few minutes earlier at 0324
check, 9955 was S9/+10 well above lite PJ.

BTW, WRMI escaped any hurricane outage, far enough inland from the
path to get no more than 20 mph gusts per NWS Okeechobee city info.

WOR 2045 also confirmed Monday August 3 at 1805 tune-in via UTwente,
well underway and no dropouts on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria; just the
usual rough modulation, warble from 7291 and plus/minus 10 splash.
Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13845, Aug 3 at 1908, zero signal from this WWCR while all
the others are inbooming, including higher 15825 at S9+20 tnx to Es,
so not a MUF issue; 12160 S9+30; 9980 S9+20; 2042 recheck, 13845 back
on with PMS at S9+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 12844.75-USB, Aug 3 at 1407, 2-way in Spanish mentioning
barco, numbers perhaps referring to cargo, unprofessional whistling
into mike (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2321 UT August 3

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, August 2 at 1356, mostly JBA: 13160,
12880, 11120, 11070, 10960, 9230, 9215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sunday August 2 at 1501, via Alexandria SDR, weekly
RHC Esperanto opening still alleges wrong info for this very
broadcast: Sunday 1600 on 11760 (only, ignoring 15140); after Sunday
0800 instead of 0700, on 6100, which may or may not be the frequency
extended after English; and 2230 on 15730 which at least is correct.
Another mispronounced word is politiko, as if it were Spanish,
``político``. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370, August 2 at 1933, RHC is S9+10 but dead air except for
some F# tone but no spurs around 40 kHz intervals away; 1938 recheck,
now JBM in unknown language and spurblobs detected circa 15412, 15329
and at least the F# audible circa 15290 but not 15450. Somethings`
always wrong at RHC.

15140, meanwhile,Aug 2 at 1935 is S9 but extremely suptorted, JBM, so
bad I can`t be sure it`s really in English as scheduled or something
else. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** DJIBOUTI [non]. 17870, August 2 at 1441 I`m looking for the weekly
Sunday-only broadcast of La Voix de Djibouti, via FRANCE. Little or no
signal at UTwente, too close to Issoudun; nor TWR South Africa, nor
Qatar; TWR Bengaluru blox me as having exceeded usage limit which I
certainly have not; but VG signal via the ham club KiwiSDR in Kuwait:
stilted French talk with two full-name IDs in passing, not just
``LVD``, about ending the regime, the time has come to liberate, etc.
1443 morphs into another language, maybe same voice, Afar? 1449 brings
up African choral music with drumming for rest of hour. 1457 fading
with announcements, 1458 cut to dead air until 1459* (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** IRELAND. 13264-USB, Aug 2 at 1344, weak VOLMET by YL voice; can`t
copy ID or locations but cites temp in C, ceiling in feet, visibility
in km; by 1355 JBA. EiBi shows it`s Shannon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, 9690-, 11770- and 15120, August 2 at 0602, NO
signal from VON on any possible frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28224.5-CW, August 2 at 1815, beacon K5GJR/B EL17, i.e.:
``28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL``
without any VVVs or DE just as above twice. Also a couple JBA circa
28168; WJ5O roster shows no US stations; closest is recently logged
28166 XE2O/B in NL. Closest DXMap MUF blob is 30 MHz circa The
Metroplex, less than halfway to Corpus (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2045 monitoring; next:
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

WOR program and website are totally non-commercial.
Contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com --
not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

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

This report dispatched at 1951 UT August 2

** CUBA. 15410 approx., August 1 at 2151, distorted spurblob with
music and telltale F# tone, so I know immediately it has to be coming
from the nearest RHC, i.e. 15370: Yes, undermodulated there at S7,
soon with poetry or lyrix recitation; where else at ~40-kHz intervals?
S5 15333 approx. at minus 37, while they are really diffuse, now
15407-15411 audible; JBA around 15447 but not around 15289. Event from
an echoey hall, mentions Moncada, perpetual revolutionary obsession,
living in the past. Surely same spurry transmitter recently on 11670
later, and less recently on 13700 earlier. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11800, Aug 1 at 2206, RHC is S7-S8 and suptorted while its
parasitic spurs on 11790 & 11810 are mere JBA carriers (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. 9675: after barely hearing `Encore` via Channel 292
on new 9670 via UTwente after 1700, I check again Aug 1 at 1855 to
find how bad the CCI be from EAST TURKISTAN, CRI in Persian already
there at 1800-1900 --- which taking Ivo`s advice, caused Uncle Bill to
reschedule his new Friday bihour on 9670 from August 7 to 16-18
instead of 18-20 UT. Yes, would certainly have a problem before 1900
on 9670, but a far greater problem is huge signal at UTwente on 9675,
Sa`udi Arabia in stilted Turkish, furthermore distorted
over-modulation breaking up! Riad at 1800-2100 per EiBi, 1755-2057 per
Aoki but missing from HFCC A-20! HFCC does show a further mess on
9675, 1900-2100 Egypt in Russian which I think is imaginary but not
checked after 1900; and from 2020 an hour from Iran in Spanish which
would collide with Sa`udi until it`s finished at 2057 or 2100. That`s
also likely to ACI 292 if anyprogram try to use it those hours. BTW
only two of the six airings of `Encore` classical music on WRMI are
any good here to the NW, and I do catch it UT Sunday Aug 2 at
0100-0200 on 5850 via OKC SDR; next is UT Monday 0200-0300 on 9455.
Always enjoyable and tnx to Brice Avery for producing it! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. Re my last report under unID MW: ``I was also checking page
59 of WRTH 2020, the glossy map of Europe, and notice there is a SW
site in red at San Fernando, on the SW coast of Spain just above
Gibraltar. When was there ever a SW site there, beyond Noblejas or
long-gone Arganda?? Maybe utility? I`ve always felt these maps should
be much more detailed if they would show at least major MW sites, but
they are only for SW``

Richard Langley explains that this refer to timesignal station EBC.
The diamond at the spot is in dark blue which the legend explains
refers to such SW outlets, as shown on page 669: 1 kW CW but on air
less than one hour weekdays only: 1000-1025 on 15006, 1030-1055 on
4998. Is it active? Can`t recall any recent reports of it and I`m
never listening at that hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, Aug 1 at 2200, no signal here from VOT English, but
at 2215 a JBA carrier; maybe came on late (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 14285-USB, Sat Aug 1 at 2159, ``Air Force Flyers Roundtable
Net``, no calls copied but someham remarx that duct tape is conductive
so where that matters, use black tape instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2045 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday August 2 at 0300 on WRMI 5800, S9+10/20.

Also confirmed UT Sun Aug 2 at 0328 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville
MO, about 12 minutes into so started circa 0316, nominal 0315. S9+20,
remarkably loud and clear; we had a small storm earlier but not much
storm noise now. Next:

0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

WOR program and website are totally non-commercial.
Contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com --
not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

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

** U S A. 5850, Sat Aug 1 at 2213, S9-S8 open carrier which I can only
assume is WRMI altho #12 is not sked until *0000; except Fridays from
2230; also a squeal or het on about 5850.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Aug 2 at 0020, WTWW-2 with TONITO organ music
already, until 0045 so must have started circa 0015 this week; I
always bring up the webcast in $ tereo once I find it on 5085 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0507 UT August 2

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer survey, August 1 at 1316-1325: none higher than:
12820 VP; 12795 S9-S5 after some dead air; 12210 & 12190 vs CODAR;
11440, 11170, 11150, 11120, 11100, 10920, 10870, 10820 S7-S9, 9215,
9200; at 1333, 6970 VP but same as // 12795 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, August 1 at 1658-1702, no signals from Channel 292
new frequency with 10 kW ND from Rohrbach, which per Ivo`s sked is
supposed to be airing `Encore` classical music at 17-18. I`m checking
both UTwente and another SDR further in Europe, Lisboa. 9670 has been
reported earlier today and July 31 testing sporadically. At 18-19 it
is to be occupied by CRI via Kashgar. But but by 1712 Encore is poorly
audible at both, better at Lisboa. No point in even trying for this
direct to deep North America; no signal at Maine SDR. Sorry, I`m back
to `Carmen` non-Met on L&C KUCO-FM stereo webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [non]. 14325-USB, Aug 1 at 1310, Hurricane
Watch Net, unID station citing position of Huracán Isaías (confounding
English-only speakers) as 24.3N, 77.5W = 30 km E of Andros, moving at
12 mph. Another QSO on 14343-USB apparently from coastal Floridians
concerned about flooding (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2045 monitoring: JB confirmed,
Saturday August 1 at 1326 on WRMI, 15770, my voice barely
recognizable, while at start 1300 was a JBA carrier.

Also confirmed Sat Aug 1 after 1600 on WRN North America webcast.

Note that Okeechobee is predicted to be not far west of the hurricane
path so WRMI may experience high CCW winds and have to close down for
safety if not blown away, inconveniently scheduled for WOR airings.

1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
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

WOR program and website are totally non-commercial.
Contributions via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com --
not necessarily in US funds as they will convert

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

** U S A. 17775-, Sat Aug 1 at 1500, JBA carrier at best from KVOH
when `AWR Wavescan` is scheduled; not checked on KiwiSDRs until 1530,
finding no signal at TWR Key West, very poor at Bonaire (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, August 1 at 0541:
from low end of band up to 900 at least, no 531 or 891 from Algeria,
but the only one on 9 kHz steps is 621, surely RNE 300 kW on Tenerife,
CANARY ISLANDS. It`s almost too late for anything from Europe, but LSR
there today was 0627 UT, while e.g. in Sevilla, upon the continent
it`s 0529 UT, if I have correctly converted the confusing listings at
gaisma.com -- where you will not find a Canary heading under Africa,
but under Europe: Spain: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, not under T.

I was also checking page 59 of WRTH 2020, the glossy map of Europe,
not including Canaries even as inset, and notice there is a SW site in
red at San Fernando, on the SW coast of Spain just above Gibraltar.
When was there ever a SW site there, beyond Noblejas or long-gone
Arganda?? Maybe utility? I`ve always felt these maps should be much
more detailed if they would show at least major MW sites, but they are
only for SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1722 UT August 1

** ALGERIA [non]. 13820, Friday July 31, via UTwente I record the
18-19 UT hour of RTA via FRANCE, that clattering self-jamming
transmitter, to detect just when and what will be aired in English.
Starts at 1829, ``Hello, Muslims``, OM lecture about a holiday
celebrated at the end of Hajj, so I suspect Moslems already know all
about it. Every time a Big Shot is mentioned, such as Ibrahim and
Prophet Ismail, must postscript ``Peace be upon him``, or even ``Peace
and Blessings be upon him``. Is this a requirement on merely a
courtesy? May mere mortals, even non-dead ones, also be saluted thus?
I`ve seen it condensed to ``PBUH``. 1836 into Spanish YL, first about
COVID 19, then about same subject Hajj Fiesta, this version with music
relief. 1849 into French, later Arabic; 1858 brief Qur`an before
cutoff 1859* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: ``6993, July 28 at 0054, at least two JBA carriers
beating against each other. Time for another occasional log of
presumed propagation research stations in Florida...``

Martin Potter replies on the ODXA iog:

``Hi, Glenn, Your item about the unmodulated carriers from Florida
piqued my curiosity, and I have logged them during two evenings now on
4443 and 6993 kHz. QTH here is just south of Ottawa, Canada (grid
FN25), a little ways from Florida (about 2000 km).

29 July 2020, 0148-0201 UT on 4443.00, 4443.01, and 4443.02 kHz, QSA
1-2 but clearly visible on the SpectrumLab waterfall display.
29 July 2020, 0203-0222 UT on 6992.99, 6993.00, 6993.01, and 6993.02
kHz, QSA 1-2 but clearly visible on the spectrum display.

Next night I used my GPS-disciplined oscillator as 10 MHz reference
for the HP signal generator for frequency measurement, and got the
following:
30 July 2020, 0205-0245 UT on 6993.000 and 6993.010 kHz, QSA 1-2 but
clearly visible on the spectrum display.
30 July 2020, 0246-0303 UT on 4443.000, 4443.010, and 4443.020 kHz,
QSA 2 and clearly visible.

The frequencies were measured without difficulty and there was no
great Doppler shifting of the signals on this north-south path, so I
believe my accuracy is within one hertz. For whatever it is worth, if
there was any difference in signal strength in my observations, the
signal on the whole kilohertz was always the strongest one. Not sure
what that means in practice.

I have attached the spectrum displays from 29 July {visible also in
the WOR iog}. Please ignore the accuracy of the frequency scale in
these as it is determined by offset of the receiver tuning, and is
good only for showing frequency differences, rather than absolute
frequency.

As you might expect, none of these carriers is heard here during the
daytime, only after sunset. I hope you can make something of all this.
Thanks and take care! Very 73, Martin Potter VE3OAT`` WORLD OF RADIO
2045)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2045 monitoring: NOT confirmed
Friday July 31 at 2200 on WRMI 9955 - first I am checking SDRs and
find no signal at the three Caribbean-area TWRs, not in Brazil either,
but at Bogotá, I realize there is a considerable carrier there but no
modulation! The webcast won`t run either. Then I check here direct and
also find S4-S6 of dead air. 2208 I e-mail WRMI about this, and Jeff
says they will check it out. But it`s still OC/DA at 2234 when I
survey the other WRMIs on air at this hour, and they all seem nominal:
9455, 9395, 5850, 5800; 5950 is on JBA but can`t be certain it`s
modulating. By 2305, 9955 is still DA vs jamming. 0039 August 1 seems
off while J continues; by 0128, 9955 is back on with music.

WOR 2045 is confirmed UT Sat August 1 at 0130 on WRMI trimulcast: 7780
fair S9, 5010 better S9+10 but both vs noise level, while 5850 is VG
S9+30/40. I listen straight thru on 5850 to be sure it`s OK as this
edition required a lot of editing due to technical problems. OK.

Next:

0700 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 to SSE
0700 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. (7490+), UT Sat August 1 at 0000 I start monitoring WBCQ
webcast of `Allan and Angela Weiner Worldwide` --- surprise! A very
frenetic jazzed-up version of ``William Tell Overture``. Allan thanks
Jason for that, sounds like the Siberian Orchestra? Initial topix:
``We all need to lighten up``; how beautiful Angela is, a wife he
loves so much; did you know that in the olden days of radio those on
the air would dress up even tho no one could see them: now we are
slobs. 0019 how AW listens to Rush and appreciates him; Angela says
for the elexion in November we have a choice between Donald Trump and
North Korea --- as the Democrats will turn US into a socialist
dictatorship; Allan would not go quite that far but says Biden is not
a real candidate, a joke. I can`t take any more of that, but check the
other frequencies via Alexandria remote: 5130 and 6160- are both on
but noisy. By 0053 I tune to 7490+ direct as he goes into a couple
e-mails; 0057 benedixion and wrapup.

Welcome back to John Carver, who`s back online, for his version of

``Tonight's AAWWW --- Tonight's show started on time on 5130, 6160 and
7490 with a different version of WTO. Allan and Angela in the studio.
Allan says Jason was responsible for the version of WTO that was
played this evening. Opening comments about the different version of
the opening theme song and how was dressed this evening. Allan states
that the biggest problem in this country is that people have lost
their sense of humor and take offense they don't like and free speech
be damned. A very wound up animated Angela again this evening. Lots
of virus talk and some political talk. Reading of emails at 0054 and
closing prayer at 0057. There was no transmitter or antenna talk this
evening and no station news at all. Program was off the air at 0100.
John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0407 UT August 1