** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Jan 14 at 2302, R. Tirana via WRMI, news in
English, OM caster has a distinctive sing-song tonality. 2309 on to
mailbag with YL host, first from Richard Novak who reported this
transmission in September; then someone else from October, 5850 at
2300-2329 specifically mentioned. Also plans for Xmas programming, so
this may be a very old playback; I had not noticed any news items
which could be outdated or not. Explaining how Albanians are not so
much into celebrating Xmas like western Europeans, after years of
Commie suppression --- and Orthodoxy, Islam? 2316 on to a song.

The thing is, I was not aware of this broadcast, and neither is the
WRMI skedgrid for System H which is blank 7 days a week during this
slot! Yet apparently listeners have been running across it for months.
5850 is not in WRTH 2021 either, but other WRMI relays including 2230
on 7780 most days of the week, which I have been hearing. At 2300 too
much else is going on, such as Spain and Turkey in English, and for
me, BBC World News America on PBS/OETA.

This was like-a-local on the caradio since it`s aimed right at us; we
were on the way back from an out-of-town appointment to get our
Moderna vaccination #1. BTW within a few blox of the US 81 joint
antenna site inside Enid of LPFMs on 94.3 and 99.9, we got heavy FM
QRM to 5850 --- just overload, or does their separation of 5.6 MHz
have something to do with that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 376-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0725 UT, ND beacon dash and YAG, 40
watts from Fort Frances, Ontario. Last logged Nov 17, 2020 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) See USA for 3 more logs this session

** FRANCE [and non]. 5875-DRM, Jan 14 at 2330, I`m too busy to check
another night for RFI test, but meanwhile ideas about it have come in
to the WOR iog.

Alan Gale points out that a round-the-world yacht race is underway,
and since TDF has previously broadcast SW specials for such races,
this could be related, pure speculation.

This from Michel Fremy: ``Radio France International in DRM. TDF
performs irregular DRM broadcast tests during the month of January:
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 7405 kHz; from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on 9900 Khz;
from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on 15285 kHz; from 3:05 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
on 9905 kHz and from 11 p.m. to midnight on 5875 kHz. These are data
broadcasts mainly for tests of the DRMCAST system for ships.

The programs are broadcast by the Issoudun transmitter center (hours
in UTC). These emissions were not recorded in the HFCC Winter
database. Regular Radio France International [DRM] broadcasts continue
24 hours a day on 3965 kHz from Issoudun with 10 kW and an
omnidirectional antenna.
-
https://www.media-radio.info
https://www.facebook.com/Radiosdumonde/
Michel FREMY``

Those times convert to 24h UT: 13-17 7405, 12-15 9900, 1430-1530
15285, 1505-1530 9905, 23-24 5875 -- but as I have noted, the last one
starts later, maybe 2330.

As for my remarx about DRM schedules on KiwiSDR players, Chris
Mackerell, NZ replies:

Hi Glenn, "They" in this case is myself as the maintainer of the
database that serves the schedules such as
https://www.drmrx.org/drm-broadcasts-bargraph-display/
and that feed into the KiwiSDR network.

"They" get their information from reports on various mailing lists,
in forums such as drmrx.org and "DRM Heard" KiwiSDR forum, and HFCC,
plus my own monitoring. I have them in the database as TDF since that
is what shows in the ID tag.

These TDF DRMcast tests have been heard on & off for several months
and I assume they are just transmitter tests, as with the sporadic
appearances by CNR on various odd frequencies, but I've had no
response from TDF or RFI. 73 Chris`` Mackerell (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF
RADIO 2069)

** U S A. 257-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0712 UT, ND beacon JYR, which is 25
watts from eclipse-land, York, Nebraska. Last logged Nov 29, 2020.

269-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0714 UT, ND beacon BEX, which is 25 watts from
Bloomfield, Iowa; I was tuned to 267-USB. Last logged a bimonth ago,
Nov 12; all these not often heard.

426-MCW kHz, Jan 14 at 0732 UT, ND beacon IZS, 25 watts from
Montezuma, Georgia. Last logged October 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday January 14 at 0130 on WRMI 5010 - only, no //s, S9/+10 VG to
Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2069 contents: Algeria non, Canada, China, Colombia,
Cyprus, Czechia non, Ethiopia non, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Korea South & North, Madagascar, Malaysia, Netherlands non, New
Zealand, Perú, Romania, Sudan, Taiwan non, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu,
Vatican, Venezuela; dating and DXing; and the propagation outlook
[egret a few upcuts of myvoice happening when in too big a hurry]

WOR 2069 is available as of 0054 UT Friday January 15, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2069.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2069.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
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [new]
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
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [to resume?]
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

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Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA.

First airing of WOR 2069 confirmed UT Friday January 15 at 0130 on
WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+40 steady to Missouri SDR; and 7780, fair S7-S9 to
UTwente SDR, Holland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835 & 7890, Jan 14 at 0733, JBA carriers from presumed
R. Vanuatu, third and second harmonix of 3945, which has just been
reactivated per Manuel Méndez; Ron Howard says they switched from 7260
to 3945 at 0600; no harmonix heard from the former, but why not? Maybe
too high at night, 14520, but check it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2069)

This report dispatched at 0553 UT January 15

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 13 at 2310, RNA with soft jazz,
good but occasional breakup; S9/+5, S/N 13 dB to Virginia SDR, 13.06
kbps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Jan 13 at 2332, TDF DRM noise at
Pardinho, Brasil SDR but not enough to decode: but good to Bonaire, 18
dB, S8/9, 8.08 kbps with usual label as TDF; French talk from RFI.
This and other frequencies now entered on the drop-down DRM sked in
the player as TDF not RFI, but in pink as not verified rather than
green as verified. Did they get it from Ivo and where did he get it?
Not HFCC. Shows 2300-2400 on 5875 like Ivo but it was *not* on when
checked at 2311, probably not starting until 2330; and off again after
2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 13590.061, Jan 13 at 1953, VP S5-S7 historical
narration mentioning Lusitania and President Wilson, slowish
specialish Americanish English. Bet it`s VOA via its least accurate
frequencish site, SAO TOME --- yes, scheduled this hour at 19-20.
2000, abrupt VOA ID and s/off, no YDD but dead air until 2002* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday January 13 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S7-S9 and noisy via
UTwente; a reactivated time first reported last week. Now WOR repeats
3 hours in a row toward the end of its weekly span:

Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 from 2200:20 on WBCQ, 7490.159, S9+5/15 as
measured in SAM mode by Virginia SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Jan 13 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: S9/+15 at Virginia
SDR, over jamming; at 2312 via Bonaire SDR, *under* noise jamming
totalling S7-S9; at 2314 via Brasil SDR, over jamming, S9+10/30.
Next and last:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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WORLD OF RADIO 2069 should be ready by early UT Friday January 15 for
first airing at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0051 UT January 14

** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, dash and ML, 500-watt ND
beacon at La Malbaie / Charlevoix, Quebec; mixing with FMZ, Nebraska,
see USA, on same frequency but very different pitch and no dash. Not
to be confused with also on 392: ML and no dash, Monroe, Louisiana;
nor Monroe, Georgia with ID as JNM, both 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** FRANCE. More about RFI in DRM on unlisted frequencies besides 5875
where I have heard it twice until 2400* --- from Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria:

``Unscheduled broadcasts of Radio France International in DRM mode:
1300-1700 on 7405; 1200-1500 on 9900; 1430-1530 on 15285; 1500-1530 on
9905; 2300-2400 on 5875 via Issoudun, all unregistered in Winter B20
HFCC Database

0000-2400 on 3965 ISS 010 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered
0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 153 deg to SEEu French is registered
0900-1200 on 6175 ISS 100 kW / 267 deg to SWEu French is registered
1200-1500 on 6175 ISS 150 kW / non-dir to WeEu French is registered

January 13 NO SIGNAL on 7405, 9900, 15285 kHz. But 9905 kHz is on air
again. Good signal plus decoding, but not strong audio via SDR
Novosibirsk, Russia -- 73! Ivo Ivanov`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Wed Jan 13 at 0335, WRMI with discussion in
English about Cuba, no doubt `Freedom Synergy Radio` yet again
occupying this hour instead of scheduled programming as filed
previously under USA; FSR is pro-Taiwan, anti-ChiCom, but from the POV
of anti-Commie Cubans (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 338-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0415 UT, ND beacon UMP, which is 25
watts from Indianapolis / MetroPolitan. I was tuned to 336-USB.

392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, ND beacon FMZ, which is 25 watts from
Fairmont / Beklof, Nebraska; mixed with ML and dash, see CANADA, at a
very different pitch. What is Beklof? Folkeb spelt backwards. In
numerous airnav references, none explaining the name. Fairmont is
directly linked to Enid on US 81, 20 km south of York and I-80,
total-solar-eclipse territory.

412-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0420 UT, ND beacon CMY, which is 30 watts from
Sparta / Fort McCoY, Wisconsin. I was tuned to 410-USB (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring; next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL
and appreciate you being out there``

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.

WORLD OF RADIO 2069 should be ready by early UT Friday January 15 for
first airing at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, Jan 13 at 0336, WTWW-1 with dead air, or maybe JBM as
it`s very weak S4-S6. Other TN signals degraded, WWCR 5890 & 5935, but
a few hours later resurged. Circa 1500, neither 5830 nor WTWW-2 5085
is on the air, unlike yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Jan 13 at 0347, VP music at S6-S7, has to be
reactivated WRNO; no break at ToH, music with praise tinge continues
past 0400. WRNO is just too close, 1010 km = 628 st mi; while e.g.
WRMI at better further skip distance is still blasting in on 7570,
7730. And/or WRNO at QRP = reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS

Dear Glenn, Happy New Year! May you be blessed for your service to the
DX Radio community. Thank you for all your work on our behalf as
broadcasters and radio enthusiasts of all types. Sincerely, Tom
Roberts, PhD, western Idaho

This report dispatched at 1855 UT January 13

** ALGERIA [non]. 7375, Jan 12 at 1920, RRI in Romanian is very strong
via UTwente, but challenged by CCI from RTA via FRANCE, the defective
transmitter with continuous rapid clickbeeping - or beepclicking?
Collision is obvious in HFCC B-20 registrations, quite a failure of
``coördination``. Meanwhile, RTA`s other frequency, 7315 is loud &
clear. Romania is also on 5990, unchecked; EiBi lax 7375, but HFCC,
Aoki & WRTH 2021 all show both Galbenis during these two sesquihours
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 12 at 2355 while exploring DRM
from FRANCE, q.v. on 5875, a quick check for RNA via Bonaire SDR:
occasionally blasts in with clanging sounds, horrible. Label for
Service 1 shows: ``XHC_AAC (A2B000) Brazil DRM Exper EEP 13.06 kbps``,
whatever all that mean; SNR around 10 dB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Jan 12 at 2337, like last night, unsked
DRM here again. Noise can be heard at OKC KiwiSDR but no DRM
capability; some closer ones lack enough S/N to decode: Rochester 7.3
and S5; Virginia 4.6 tho S9; Maine just noise. But Bonaire gets it,
13-14 dB, S8 and just a few dropouts from 2342 during choral/martial
music, then French artistic discussion. Now Virginia occasionally
drops in. Service #1 label, only, is same on both: ``AAC(1000) TDF EEP
Data 8.08 kbps``, whatever all that mean, but that`s where the TDF ID
is imbedded and probably I overlooked yesterday. Mostly talk till RFI
ID and off 2400* like last night.

DRM enthusiasts have not noticed this: at least not in the DRMNA
iogroup with open archives, nothing at all posted since Jan 2, and
before that mostly discussing equipment, not axual monitoring. It
seems they are not in the habit of bandscanning to discover new
things, rather waiting to be told where to tune by direct entry. I
expect there are more of these from TDF/RFI yet to be found.

Still nothing from France is on the Kiwi SDR DRM tuner drop-downs with
alleged skeds of various stations. Is no one paying attention?

Meanwhile, Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, had run across another one:

``FRANCE Unscheduled broadcast of RFI in DRM mode January 12
1500-1530 on 9905 ISS ??? kW / ??? deg to ???? French. Good
signal + decoding, but low audio via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia``

Originally he had reported this as 1500-1600, apparently assuming it
would last a semihour more. I would not call the audio I hear on 5875
``low``.

There is also still nothing about these in Aoki or EiBI, nor HFCC:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B20&broadc=TDF
shows 3 DRM transmissions, but neither of these. However, at this
hour, 3965 should be in DRM, shown as experimental, 24 hours except
for 0057-0100. UTwente lax DRM but in AM I can hear some DRM noise on
both 3965 and 5875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 684 kHz, Jan 12 at 0712 some audio seems Castilian, YL
talking, no doubt RNE1, Sevilla, one our best split TA frequencies.
WRTH 2021 shows 600 kW on page 367, 200 kW on page 527; which? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 15740, Jan 12 at 1926, S6-S9 of open carrier.
Obviously VOA Grimesland warming up here to take over 15730 from 1930
amid French hour, which at first is JBA via BOTSWANA. About 1929.4
jumps from 15740 to 15730 still dead air, 1930 starts modulating and
with some echo, long/short path, or still Botswana too? Can`t tell
when Botswana goes off. Meanwhile // 17700 Grimesland has been very
poor today, tho somedays very good (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Tue Jan 12 at 0330 on WRMI 5800, despite Jeff White`s reassurance last
week; rather after a break between two Freedom Synergy Radio episodes
with Jeff inviting reception reports for that. I was expecting this
since FSR was starting at 0300 presumably on System H which still
claims WS & WOR this hour; 5800 just having switched from System D,
RAE in Spanish with DX news until 0300. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
[to be confirmed; will appreciate anyone already awake checking this]

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL
and appreciate you being out there``

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. 5085, Jan 12 at 1523, WTWW-2, S9+30 with rock in daytime on
night frequency, still at 1611 and 1922 chex. Ditto 5830, WTWW-1,
S9+20/10, with SFAW. I think both were also on earlier past 0700, but
not logged as not that unusual. So all night and all day. Automation
operation out of control? What does FCC allow? I see it has belatedly
put up B-20 skeds as of Nov 23:
https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/B20FCC01.TXT
5085 00-24 but 5830 only 00-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11566.64-USB, approx., Jan 12 at 1610, weak 2-way in
Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0209 UT January 13

** CANADA. 266-MCW kHz, Jan 11 at 0651 UT, dash and XD, 32-watt ND
beacon at Edmonton, Alberta. City distance to Enid is 1403 miles, so
43.8 miles per watt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880, Jan 11 at 2348, surprised to hear DRM noise
here S9, stronger than Romania on 6035-6040-6045, but nothing
scheduled anywhere on 5875. I hasten to a DRM-capable SDR, one in
Rochester NY, and there it is, loud & clear, 100% copy with SNR circa
19 dB, discussion in English about Hungarian composer Kodály Zoltán
[BTW, accents in Hungarian do not denote stress] with voice-overs in
French. By 0000 Jan 12 sounded like they mentioned ``astronomie
afrique`` or haha, more likely gastronomie -, ID in French as R-F-I,
and off*. The visual DRM display did *not* include any ID. RFI is not
scheduled on 5875 this season at any time in any mode. Site not
positive either, but no reason to believe it`s not ISSoudun. No
mention of this in drmna.info or the iogroup. Wonder if it will be
back tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INDIA [and non]. 7380, Jan 12 at 0158, S9+10/20 of S Asian music
and YL sign-off giving e-mail in S Asian language, 0200 dead air until
0202.4*. It`s AIR at 0100-0200 via Bengaluru in Sindhi, for Pakistan.
Via Bonaire SDR I was checking 7375 whether Radio Onda Corta Venezuela
had come back, but only big adjacent splash from this. By 0230, Iran
is opening Arabic on 7380, weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2068 monitoring: confirmed Monday
January 11 from about 1901 UT on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria. No precise
timings since I am recording off UTwente for later listening. Sign-on
just before 1900 again falsely claims this is in reduced-carrier SSB,
a few FSN headlines, then WOR. Splash from 7295 & 7280 are worse than
usual and IRRS is weaker than usual, making it a chore to listen.
Recheck circa 1925 finds 7290 has faded even more to JBA, so I switch
to SDR in Ireland, where at greater skip distance it`s S9+20 which
would be sufficient but still awful inevitable splash from both sides.
At least I can tell my finale by 1930 is not chopped off; in fact a
brief pause before some music and then IRRS ID. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE
[resumed? last few weeks was pre-empted by Freedom Synergy Radio]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [to be confirmed]
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE [resumed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``I`m a long time SWL
and appreciate you being out there``

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)

This report dispatched at 0245 UT January 12