** CANADA. Bedtime beacon bandscan concentrating on less- or
never-heard ones, Feb 13 at 0711-0719 UT finds these from four
provinces:

392-MCW kHz, dash and ML, 500 watts from La Malbaie - Charlevoix QC

385-MCW kHz, dash and QV, 100 watts from Yorkton, Saskatchewan

355-MCW kHz, dash and YWP, 200 watts from Webequie, Ontario. Where`s
that, and how is it pronounced? http://www.webequie.ca/

``Webequie is a growing Ojibway community located on the northern
peninsula of Eastwood Island on Winisk Lake, 540 km north of the city
of Thunder Bay. The 850+ community members originate from all over
Northwestern Ontario, and enjoy a life that embraces traditional
cultural practices. Surrounded by Winisk River Provincial Park,
Webequie provides tourists a pristine natural landscape with some of
the best fishing and hunting in Northern Ontario``

353-MCW kHz, dash and PG, 25 watts from Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba;
mixing with IN and LI, the confusing MN/AR overlapping pair

340-MCW kHz, dash and YY, 500 watts from Mont-Joli, Quebec
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 13 at 0646, RHC still in Spanish instead of
English, and suptorted altho S9+30; also with a big hum. Wiggle that
patchcord. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7405, Feb 13 at 0641, Cuban wall-of-noise and pulse
jamming altho not very strong, IIRC a frequency abandoned years ago by
OCB. Also jamming against nothing on 7335, where RM is never currently
scheduled; and Radio Martí over jamming on 7435 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, Feb 13 at 1538, NO spurs today --- how is it that
other days they are all over the band from same frequency? But 13740
is still on with dead air, so something`s still wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.23, Feb 13 at 2150, for third day, this RHC way
off-frequency at the same offset, S9+10/20 but suptorted in
Brazuguese. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, Feb 14 at 0114, RHC is S5-S7 and JBM, also with a JBA
spur carrier on 11840; but carrier on 11860 bears non-// music, see
UNIDENTIFIED. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.716v, Feb 14 at 0105, XEPPM is still way off-frequency
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU [and non]. 5980, Feb 13 at 2329, Cuban noise jamming is
running, altho could not detect it for a day or two; JB allowing the
Radio Chaski carrier to be heard, until autocutoff at 2352:50.5*. Last
check was Feb 8 until 2352:59.5*, 9 seconds later, 5 days ago,
averaging 1.8 earlier each night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 13 at 2353, VOT English is not only on today,
but still on running much later into the hour than usual, with
headlines, only at 2354 sign-off claiming this has been the 1330-1430
broadcast on 12035! Well, maybe it was as recorded without bothering
to update any `news` as supposedly done thru the 2130 show. 2354.6
starts playing IS but I don`t stay with to tell if German succeed.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler and/or Ankara (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 2097.3-CW, Feb 13 at 0651 UT, single-letter beacon A is
absent again. Last few nights had tuned across and heard it when I
paused for at least 10 seconds, without bothering to relog (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday February 13 after 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA here, but F-G via
UTwente SDR, and VG via Rockport ME KiwiSDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2021 contents: Alaska, Australia, Bhutan, Bougainville,
Brasil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iran non,
Israel, Japan, Korea South, México, Myanmar, New Zealand, North
America, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sweden non,
Turkmenistan, USA, Vanuatu, unidentified; SWLfest.com; propagation
outlook

WOR 2021 is available as of 0007 UT Friday February 14
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2021.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2021.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Feb 13 at 2329, this WRMI is finally back on with
usual weakish signal, TOMBS // much stronger 7570 & 7730. It had been
off due to damage since Feb 8 and still off early UT Feb 13, which is
what I based my WOR 2021 comment upon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11860, Feb 13 at 0113, music JBM at S5-S7, and not //
RHC 11850 which puts out spurs on 11840 & 11860. Could it be Saudi`s
Republic of Yemen Radio which I have not heard clearly in over a year?
Thanks to the Cuban radio war in the daytime. Aoki says Yemenish does
not start until *0200; EiBi *0300. Anything else? CRI Nepali service
not until *0130. Or could it really start at 0115, due to Nepal`s
wacko +5:45 timezone? BTW I can`t help but wonder if timezone
confusion has led to any Everest fatalities among all the visiting
foreigners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 14 at
0212-0216: 531, 549, 558, 567, 576, 621, 711(2), 774(2), 837, 855,
891=strongest, 909, 936(2), 1053, 1089, 1215, 1305 kHz (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1477+ & 1503-, Feb 14 at 0118, no sign of the FMish
spurblobs presumed to emanate from some defective 1490 kHz
graveyarder. Meanwhile, a resounding lack of interest, no replies
found to my previous reports of these posted ASAP to MW groups,
requesting other DXers try to get a DF fix on them. Should they recur
I shall certainly report them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0421 UT February 14

** CUBA. 13508-trace, 13572, 13636; 13765, 13831, 13896, 13958
approx., Feb 12 at 1448, spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM; the closer
stronger ones more readable FM than AM mode, not at all in SSB.
Averaging only ~64 kHz intervals, never landing on OCB/jamming.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.233V, Feb 12 at 2139, RHC way off-frequency for second
day, S9/+10 in Brazuguese, and // abnormally weak 11880.0 S7. 15140.0
is still on but dead air, after all-day distortion. Usually all three
are in Portuguese at 2100-2130 rather than 3 different languages. At
2130 supposedly scheduled are Arabic on 15370, Portuguese on 11880.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EL SALVADOR. 18120.06-USB, Feb 12 at 1919, one signal making it on
``17m`` phone: mostly repeating only callsign over and over
fonetikally, occasionally inserting CQ or QRZ. Accent makes it hard to
read, plus mixture of official ICAO and unofficial fonetix: at first I
thought he was saying ``Ocean United one ---`` something; then pretty
sure the suffix ``Delta Lima`` --- but then the first letter more like
``Hotel``. Only a few minutes later does he get a real contact. Yup,
QRZ.com lookup goes nowhere to OU1DL which might be in Belgium, but
hits upon HU1DL as:

``German DXpedition 2020
La Paz, El Salvador
QSL: OQRS, DL4SVA
Page managed by DL7VEE Lookups: 114976

German DXpedition to El Salvador from January 30 to February 13, 2020
Operators: Andy DH8WR, Tom DJ6TF, Werner DJ9KH, Frank DL1KWK, Dietmar
DL2HWA, Norbert DL2RNS, Georg DL4SVA, Olaf DL7JOM, Rolf, DL7VEE, Franz
DL9GFB

Thanks to YS1AG, YS1GMV, YS1MAE, YS1MS, YS1RS, CRAS, SIGET.
Planned are three kW-stations 24/7 from 160 to 6 m with wire
antennas.

Homepage: https://hu1dl.mydx.de
9927109 Last modified: 2020-02-10 00:29:10, 575 bytes``
Lots of info on homepage with photos, frequency list, etc. Hasten
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: confirmed Wed Feb
12 after 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA on portable.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 12 starting at 2200:20 on WBCQ 7490.110V,
S9+10/20 initially but soon fading down to S7-S9. Next:
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Feb 12 at 0702 UT, KAAY Little Rock drops to dead air
after lengthy PSA about veterans. The exact time this happens varies
somewhat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 12 at
0643-0649 UT: 585, 612, 639, 711, 747, 774(2), 837, 855, 882, 891,
909, 936, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1107, 1125, 1134, 1215, 1314 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1477 & 1503 kHz approx., Feb 12 at 1432 UT, spurblobs
out of some 1490 station are still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2325 UT February 12

** CANADA. 399-MCW kHz, Feb 11 at 0720 UT, ND Beacon dash and ZHD,
which is 25 watts from Dryden - Barclay, Ontario.

406-MCW kHz, Feb 11 at 0721 UT, NDB dash and YLJ, which is 40 watts
from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, I was tuned to 405-USB (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13491, 13558, 13630; 13770, 13841, 13911, 13982-trace
approx., Feb 11 at 1532, spurblobs at 70-71 kHz intervals out of RHC
13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.234, Feb 11 at 2124, RHC in Brazuguese knocked way
off-frequency, and distorted, S9/+10; and also // much better 15140.0
same S reading, but OK modulation; and just as they are all going into
music, also // 11880.0, S9+20 OK mod. Lest we forget per EiBi, these
are supposed to be in 3 different languages at 2100-2130, Portuguese,
Spanish and Arabic respectively. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 2337
recheck, has faded way down to S5-S8 in Spanish, audibly wavering and
remeasured at 15369.236 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.75, Feb 11 at 1544, S5-S7 JBM carrier from XEPPM still
way off-frequency and way off-time according to own schedule (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, KGYN Guymon, in the Panhandle continues to be quite
audible here in Enid at night, usually the dominant station on
frequency, making me suspect it`s not really nulling toward WPHT
Philadelphia; however, we are a bit south of that direxion. Closer to
the null line would be Wichita and Saint Louis, and points in between.
Could some listeners around there check whether KGYN be audible, and
more significantly, is there any change in signal at its nominal SS/SR
times which in February are officially: 0030/1330 UT (March: 0045/1300
UT). 10 kW day pattern is ND; 10 kW night pattern of three towers in a
row, is a somewhat broad cardioid favoring WSW with deep notch ENE
toward Philadelphia.

As seen in mv-eko, KGYN is often heard and QSLed from Scandinavia, but
that great circle is more northerly. It still has to get past WPHT et
al. The Feb issue reports three QSLs of KGYN, two of them signed by
owner Greg Steckline (who presumably is at corp HQ in Kansas), and in
fact NO other OK MW stations reported heard or QSLed, altho those guys
pull in hundreds of US stations more challenging than KGYN (Glenn
Hauser, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: missed checking UT
Tue Feb 11 at 0100 on WRMI 7780; did anyone hear it? Next:
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Feb 11 at 0651 UT, KAAY Little Rock AR in dead air
already, so not limited to hourtops; but 0656 resumed with music; did
not get back in time before 0705 to hear the usual news hole tonight
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1477.15V & 1502.85V, Feb 11 circa 0700 UT, distorted
weak matching spurblobs, unreadable FModulated, must be out of
defective 1490 kHz transmitter exactly halfway between them.

At 2340 UT, before 0008 UT sunset here, not being heard, implying, but
not certainly that this be westish rather than eastish from here.

1477.235V & 1502.765V, Feb 12 at 0021 UT, now they are reaudible, same
type of pairing varied to slightly different tho more closely measured
frequencies, i.e. plus and minus 12.765 from 1490.000. So far on the
R75 with E-W longwire only.

At 0110 UT Feb 12, I employ the hand-held wrist-altazimuth DX-398 with
BFO offset, to try to get a DF on them: peaks NE/SW on both of them.
This might imply out of my local 1390 KCRC, which used to be a bad
spur-producer closer in --- but does not work out mathematically, and
besides, the spurs are fading. Nevertheless, just in case, I check the
same displacements on the minus side of 1390, i.e. 1277.24 & 1302.76,
and hear nothing. On 1490 itself, of course, a pileup of graveyarders,
impossible to make any modulation peak match. There are none near
enough to here to dominate.

NE/SW axis implies most likely MO or TX, or possibly a state neighbor
to those, with TX the top choice because they were lacking pre-sunset.
So what stations are in that area? There are a dozen TX on 1490!
Closest to the SW axis are KZZN Littlefield and KBST Big Spring; a
little further CCW are KVWC Vernon (closest), KWMC Del Rio.
Also possible, XECJC Ciudad Juarez in the right direxion, one of few
Mexicans which may still be active on 1490. The three MO 1490s are
KDMO Carthage, KTTR Rolla and KDRO Sedalia.

I recall there was a similar pair of unID blobs a good many months ago
but haven`t been able to find them in archives by frequency searches.
I don`t believe that mystery was resolved.

Now it would be very helpful if others in the area from different
angles could at least get a DF bearing on them (they should match), if
not any readable audio to ID them directly, such as by matching
modulation peaks to a local 1490 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Feb 11 at
0653-0657 UT: 666, 693, 711, 747, 774(2), 846, 855, 882, 936(2), 1044,
1053, 1107, 1125, 1215, 1305. (2) means at least two carriers
beating.

Notably missing are the big Algerians, 531, 549, 576, 891 --- by now
they may be too far into the dayside; not much from BBC either. 846 is
extremely weak but is the only one suspected of being TP instead:
Kiritimati, where it`s still way after sunset, but I had not been
hearing any of it for some weeks; is it still on? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 356-MCW kHz, Feb 11 at 0716 UT, ND beacon PJ. None
listed at dxinfocenter on this or adjacent frequencies; no dash, but
if it were on 329 it would be in Whitehorse YT. Possibly a mixture of:
PI in Peoria IL, and SJ in San Angelo TX: .--. .. and ... .--- (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0347 UT February 12

** CANADA. 6977-USB, Sunday Feb 9 at 2223 while checking the Pirate
Band, instead find a CFARS net, mostly JBA inviting checkins from the
600`s. ``This is CIW311``, then contacting CIW401 loud and clear, and
CIW444. Most CFARS info is classified, login for members only, but

This has the net roster as public info:
http://www.cfarsoperations.ca/vncs.html

200 calls are BC, 300 Alberta then increase to 800's in the Maritimes.
Also linx to this:
http://cfarsoperations.ca/nr2020.html
showing CIW311 is Darcy, supposed to be NCS Feb 16, not today (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.69, Feb 9 at 2221, music JBM as XEPPM is still way
off-frequency; 6185.771, Feb 10 at 1504, JBM carrier remeasured, at a
time when otherwise it is difficult to confirm it`s really Radio
Educación on the air far beyond its nominal evening-only schedule. Or
was: WRTH 2020 says 1400-0500 and calls it instead Señal Cultura
México with 5 kW. Of course during standard time until first Sunday in
April it runs until 0600v* UT = local midnite, but starting when?

Current program grid here below several other outlets shows on air
only at 17-24 local time = 23-06 UT:
https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/carta-programatica-del-mes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11560, Feb 9 at 2106, anti-Christ pirate, Station
YHWH is back, JBA voice of Josiah, tnx to tip from Rick Barton, AZ, on
the WOR iog. Already off at 2136 recheck. Sweeps past 7470 following
evening did not find him back on his prime frequency, where Rick and I
had last logged him January 10. And no other reports since then (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Re my report of 1319.96, KCLI Clinton, mentioning in ID,
KWEY HD-4, Fredrik Douren points out that KWEY does have an FM, 18+ kW
on 95.5 -- but no info about its HD subchannels. Stephen Luce, Houston
TX, also replies:

``Glenn, yes, there are FMs with HD-4 subchannels; we have a few of
those here in Houston. Probably the limit as available allocated
bandwidth would otherwise be too narrow for decent audio--I have never
heard of anyone running an HD-5.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
February 9 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA here at S9 vs noise level.

Also confirmed, UT Monday February 10 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair-good
via UTwente SDR in Holland.

Also confirmed, UT Mon Feb 10 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, good via UTwente;
and 9395 aimed NNW is JBA over there. Also confirmed on WRN webcast
almost synchronised with 7780.

Also confirmed, UT Mon Feb 10 starting at 0401 on Area 51 webcast; via
WBCQ 5130 checked at 0427 it`s good here S9+10, altho not making it to
the Peoria IL KiwiSDR.

Also confirmed, UT Mon Feb 10 at 0430, JBA carrier here vs Cuban pulse
jamming; but VG at Rockport ME KiwiSDR, way atop JBA jamming.

Also confirmed, Mon Feb 10 from about 1901 on IRRS 7290 via Romania?
VG via UTwente SDR. Carrier already on at 1857, JIP Aida theme about
1900:18, lost internet connexion here but WOR must`ve started. Next:

0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.15v, Sun Feb 9 at 2220, WBCQ S9+20 with `Marion`s
Attic`.

BTW, I understand that a similar voice heard on GRITS Radio was Brad
Read, the host of GRITS. Someone who heard more of the latest show
says it was announced by his wife, Val, that he has a malignant tumor
on vocal cords or larynx. Doctors believe that radiation will take
care of the problem and he is scheduled to do so shortly and expected
to recover fully (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Feb 10 at 1545, WWCR-1 again boosted to S9+20 by
winter HF sporadic E, still squealing; 13845 also way above normal
level. DXmap shows MUF of 21-29-56 MHz over MI and adjacent ON, not
the right spot for this path which must have a blob at least 16 MHz
halfway between here and Nashville. By 1748 recheck, there`s 23 MHz
over NW corner of TN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1913 UT February 10

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 9 at 1452, RHC is distorted here and much stronger
than // 15230, which is not only distorted but also suppressed
modulation = suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1319.96 kHz, Feb 9 at 1859 UT, KCLI Clinton continues to
modulate, partial ID mentions KWEY HD-4(?), 1900 into Fox Sports
Radio. This time soon after local mean noon, no CCI from KWHN Fort
Smith. KWEY is 1590 in nearby Weatherford, once(?) a competitor yet
now jointly owned with KCLI, so there could be some cross-pollination,
but is there any such thing as HD-4? Maybe I misheard. Usual
references FCC and otherwise do not provide full, or any, info about
what`s on all those IBOC subchannels! It seems that neither KCLI nor
KWEY has a full FM counterpart, only translators (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 410-MCW kHz, re my log of NDBeacon JU, Harold Frodge agrees
that he and Ken Zichi in Michigan have also logged it, not JUH:
``410 JU 1.0 Jefferson NC, Ashe County A/P; 02, 23 Nov, 03 Dec (HF),
04 Nov (KZ,HF)`` --- meaning 2019y? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria reports: ``Fair signal of World of Radio#2020 and Shortwave
Radiogram#138 on February 8: 1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg
to WeEu English Sat World of Radio #2020``

Also confirmed UT Sun Feb 9 at 0524 UT about 16 minutes into so
started very late circa 0508 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO. Earlier was good
reception direct but later I`m listening via Peoria IL KiwiSDR.
Houston AMSAT net recording was playing until 0456 when ARRL News
started, so if no WOR was lost, ARRL must have lasted only 12 minutes.
Next:

2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Feb 9 at 1857, WWCR-1 hits S9+10/20, far more than
usual JBA, plenty to audiblize the squeal still spouting from this
transmitter: ergo, winter HF sporadic E opening. 15610 WEWN also
stronger than usual, S6-S8, getting ready to start with Salve Regina
prologue. Lower WWCRs also abnormally strengthened, 13845 S8-S9; 12160
S9+20/30 with `Martha Garvin Musical Memories` after 1900. Then I
check the dxmap for Es and some paths show just the right spots
between us for MUF blobs of 15 and 28 MHz. In these solar cycle
doldrums we cannot even depend on a bigsig daytime from 12160 WWCR.
BTW, WWCR program schedules have now been updated as of Feb 1:
http://www.wwcr.com/program-guides/WWCR_Program_Guide.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1948 UT February 9