** ALASKA. 11755, Feb 8 at 1511, expressive/assertive talk by OM in
Russian, presumably gospel huxter, response by YL with some laughter.
KNLS is now scheduled here this hour in HFCC as the only 11755
anywhen, anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 9665-9667, Feb 9 at 0142, no signal from Voz Missionária,
usually the strongest ZY remaining on 31m; propagation OK since I have
a JBA signal on 9818.6 where R. Nove de Julho resides. Aparecida
appears on 9630.3 much weaker than VM would be, hetting another weakie
on 9630.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 335-MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0708 UT, dash and YLD, ND beacon,
1000 watts from Chapleau, Ontario.

351-MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0710 UT, dash and YKQ, NDB, 500 watts from Fort
Rupert - Waskaganish, Quebec.

406-MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0718 UT, dash and YLJ, NDB 40 watts from Meadow
Lake, Saskatchewan; noise level is lower in the 400s than the 300s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA for two more

** CUBA [and non]. 6145, Feb 8 at 0528, RHC English undermodulated
S9+10 mixing about equally with another station, better modulation,
i.e. RRI in Romanian this hour intended no further than France. Both
would be in clear if RHC had stayed on 6165; but before and after
05-06, would conflict with other Europeans. Meanwhile, 6100 is
S9+20/30 but JBM, and so is 6000; 6060 is still in Spanish; and so is
5040 at 0534 and squealing too.

6145, Feb 8 at 0655, S9+10 and undermodulated; 6100 S9+30/40 and UM;
6000 S9+20/30 and suptorted; only 6060 with good modulation and
S9+30/40 now in English and so is 5040 and squealing too. Something`s
always wrong at RHC ::: (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, Feb 8 at 1501, this RHC is S9 but distorted; usually
its mod is OK, while // 15140 at S9+30 continues to be distorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13835, 13767, 13633, 13566, 13495 approx. vs CODAR, Feb 8 at
1504, FM/AM spurblobs with F# whine out of 13700-AM RHC, ~67 kHz
intervals, but each so wide it`s hard to pin them. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13610, 13674, 13806 approx., Feb 8 at 2318, FM/AM spurblobs
with F# tone at about 65 kHz intervals out of 13740-AM RHC, no doubt
same defective transmitter as in the mornings on 13700. Another might
be around 13870 but blocked by RTTY. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370, Feb 8 at 2320, RHC Spanish S9+20 but distorted, OSOB,
about the same sound as on mushy // 5040. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5820, Feb 9 at 0110, VP M&W in English mentioning some www.
and music. Nothing listed here and doubt it`s one of those Denmark
stations. Rather a leapfrog mixing product of 6180 CRI relay over 6000
RHC another 180 kHz beyond, both Quivicán site per Aoki/NDXC. But
neither he nor EiBi will make an entry for this real transmission on
5820. I did not think at the time to check for // audio, but this has
been reported before. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5010-5040, Feb 9 at 0135, Radio Rebelde is splattering out to
this range from 5025; while RHC is also splattering out to 5030-5050
from its 5040; axually, can`t tell where one transition to the other
between 5025 and 5040. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.7, Feb 8 at 0117, undermodulated talk; 0153 still with
jazz, also suptorted, typical of Radio Educación --- and there is no
signal on 6185.0. Someone must have bumped the XEPPM transmitter. At
least puts it a little further from the collision on 6180 but still
getting splashed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4045-USB, Feb 9 at 0119, S9+20 of blues, but already
off at 0124 check after some other tuning.

Many posts here say it`s Ze-ke`s Attic, which moved to 4107 at 0126:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63065.0.html
This thread covers logs on both frequencies.

4107-USB, I independently find him here at 0147, blues? song at S9+10,
0148 DJ Ze-ke recognized saying he`s waiting for a report from the
Mojave Desert; 0149 a familiar torch song, which someapp IDs as
``What`s New`` by Billie Holiday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 5980, Feb 8 at 2344, JBA carrier, and like the last few
nights I am not hearing any Cuban jamming above the general band noise
level. It won`t be long before Radio Chaski cutoff be too much before
night here if it stay around this time. At 14 degrees south, its
sunset varies only about one hour over the course of a year, as early
as 2230 in June, currently 2320; but ours gets later and later, 0005
UT now, a semihour later in a month. Anyhow, tonight the autocutoff
comes at 2352:59.5* having surpassed 2353:00. Last check was Feb 3
until 2353:10.5, i.e. 11 seconds later, 5 days earlier, averaging 2.2
seconds earlier per noctem (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960-, Feb 8 at 2328 no signal from VOT English,
only a JBA carrier offset-minus from XJPBS, EAST TURKISTAN, so Mighty
KBC may be clear tonight. Oops, 2343 recheck, VOT is on very late with
music at S9/+10. 2355 IS is still running; 2356 pause and restart IS,
now with one German ID at 2356:48 before cuts off at 2357:45*, just in
time for The Mighty Farty KBC, which lux out again (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 379-MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0712 UT, ND beacon copied as RSE on
380, but nonesuch listed. Probably really RUE, 25 watts in
Russellville, Arkansas.

410-MCW kHz, Feb 8 at 0720 UT, ND beacon JU, but nonesuch listed at
dxinfocentre. Maybe 25-watt JUH, Jefferson - Ashe, North Carolina.
Could it be miskeying? Was not hearing an H. Classaxe.com in fact does
show that one as JU only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: no confirmation in yet from
Ivo or anyone for the Sat 1300 on WRMI 15770. Next:

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. 5130.0, Feb 8 at 2355, this WBCQ is S9/+10 as IS and ID loop
plays prior to Saturday`s Area 51. Seems a better signal now than we
had been getting from it. Sometime after 0100 Feb 9, it`s GRITS Radio
with someone sounding rather like Marion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Feb 9 at 0124, WRMI is OFF, a rarity for this 24-hour
service; but no help for 5952.4v Bolivia, which is also off despite
being Saturday night. If 5950 still off around 0300, would be good for
Ethiopia; but I`m busy listening then to `Weekend Radio` on WCLV
webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, (and parasitic JBA spurs 5072.1 and 5097.9), UT Sun
Feb 9 at 0120, Bob Heil is talking on WTWW-2, evidently just starting
his anonymous theatre organ show at very odd time, which I continue to
enjoy from one radio to one ear while DXing another radio into the
other ear. Ends at 0152 with WTWW ID and promos (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 1090, Feb 8 at 0700:50 to 0705:30 duration of SRN
News hole of dead air after illegal ID as ``AM 1090 KAAY`` failing to
specify Little Rock CoL, and before resuming with gospel music. During
this, XEAU Monterrey dominant from south, Spanish infomercial making
SAH and another very weak unID with music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 15460, Feb 8 at 1459-1500* vocoder song, poor. HFCC shows
it`s USAGM 14-15 Sat & Sun only in Kin-yarwanda, i.e. VOA via SMG
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0416 UT February 9

** CANADA. 346-MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0706, ND beacon dash and YXL, which
is 500 watts from Sioux Lookout, Ontario. I was tuned to 347-USB.

382-MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0708, NDB dash and YPL, which is 1000 watts from
Pickle Lake, Ontario. Both audible despite storm noise crashes from SE
USA and I hope temporary local buzz noise level. See also USA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, Feb 7 at 1502, CRI Plus relay via CUBA is
S9+10/20 but undermodulated; in news all about how China is coping
with the Coronavirus; did they explain why the late Dr Li was
persecuted? Missed the first part; only one other item, about Iowa
caucuses before 1505 `World Today` discussion, calling up scholars(?)
in Glasgow and Barcelona who appear to be great admirers of China.
Enough of that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Feb 7 at 1451, RHC is still on here at S9, but JBM,
suptorted during `Estampas de Cuba`, non-philatelic. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13505, 13570, 13635, 13765, 13830, 13895, 13960 approx., Feb
7 at 1455, FM/AM spurblob constellation out of RHC 13700 at plus and
minus 65 kHz intervals. 13505 only a trace; 13895 louder than closer
13830 at least when I tune by. 13765 wipes out Radio Farda via
Lampertheim, Germany scheduled for a dekahour, 0530-1530. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.

Off topic on the IRCA MW iog, and quoted on WOR 2020, Phil Karn
explains: ``I'm thinking of how these spurs could have been generated.
Given that they seemed to be centered around the main transmission, I
can easily see how a conventional plate-modulated class-C AM
transmitter could develop spurious oscillations that would appear as
harmonically related sidebands of the main signal, with the varying
high voltage (due to the modulation) frequency modulating those
spurious emissions. They could really use a new transmitter, but I
suspect they won't get one for a while. Phil``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Feb 7 at 1508, RHC is S9/+10 of dead air; while weaker
// 15230 is OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1320.0, Feb 7 at 1621 UT check on the R75 with
E-W longwire, dominant signal is in political talk, not sports, so
KWHN, Fort Smith AR; with the rotatable DX-398 on 1319.96, I can
separately get sports talk from SW, which is modulation from KCLI
Clinton (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 7 at 2322, zero signal English to North America
from VOT, so expect no bonus German either at 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 365-MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0707, ND beacon AA, which is 100 watts
from Fargo - Harwood, North Dakota. Was tuned to 363-USB.

400-MCW kHz, Feb 7 at 0709, ND beacon AHQ, which is 25 watts from
Wahoo, Nebraska. Vs storm noise from SE USA and local buzz. See also
CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 12788-USB, Feb 7 at 2205, VP S1-S3, marine weather broadcast
obsessed with nothing but wind direxion and speed in knots; and seas
in feet, for various Atlantic ocean grids. EiBi shows only station on
this frequency is USCG New Orleans, NMG, with several broadcasts
including this one at 2130-2245. Unlike some other USCG, like
Chesapeake, NMG with decent modulation by OM robovoice (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7340-7345-7350, Feb 7 at 2312 check, Radio Martí well
received with few dropouts via Colombia KiwiSDR; no problem tuning it
here like some have been reporting; I understand the mode at GB is
DRM-B. Readout shows only RM, nothing on a second channel; bring back
Willis Conover! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 monitoring: confirmed first
WRMI airing, Friday Feb 7 at 2300 on 9955, VG via Colombia Kiwi SDR;
direct at 2321 check, S9+10, G/VG with no jamming audible.

Also confirmed UT Sat Feb 8 at 0130 direct on WRMIs: 5010, S7-S9 but
noisy; 5850 VG S9+20/30; 7780 good S9/+20. Next:

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. 7490.25v, UT Sat Feb 8 at 0009, checking reception of WBCQ,
as I tune in the FKB huxter is saying ``we had eight years of black
Barack Obama, a homosexual, and his transvestite wife``. What horrible
nonsense; ain`t Free Speech great?! Tnx to WBCQ, how many people will
be persuaded of that?

(7490.25v but via webcast), UT Sat Feb 8 at 0103, after WTO, `AAAWWW`
is
starting, but quickly familiar as a repeat: beautiful Angela is in a
string bikini,
as she likes to run around the house in her underwear when it`s warm,
i.e. 75 degrees in DeLand vs colder temps further north. But NWS now
shows it`s really only 52 degrees in DeLand. A twit from Allan Feb 7
says he`s still ``on sabbatical`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0232 UT February 8

** CANADA. 382-MCW kHz, Feb 6 at 0711 UT, ND beacon dash and YPL,
which is 1000 watts from Pickle Lake, Ontario.

326-MCW kHz, Feb 6 at 0712 UT, ND beacon dash and YQK, which is 200
watts from Kenora, Ontario.

Both audible despite storm crash noise from the southeastern USA,
while many more were not, like the 25-watt ones. As spring and summer
oncome, LW beacon DX will become untenable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, Feb 6 at 1512, CRI Plus relay is VP only S5-S8 and
JBM; normally much stronger than RHC on band, but now much weaker, vs
15140 S9-S7, but still distorted; while 15230 is S3-S5 with good
modulation. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba.

15140, later at 1837 Feb 6, this RHC is off, but 11760 still on. 15140
still off at 1917. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 730, Feb 6 at 1346, ``107.1, La Mexicana`` ID amid tunes,
i.e. 50/1 kW XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua; the only lowband
Mexican this morning at SRS. Apparently not moved yet to 104.7 as per
IRCA Log, as top end is being cleared out for non-commercial
broadcasting (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 11769.9, Feb 6 at 1835, always off-frequency VON is poor
with het, seems like English but not really readable; while
15115-15120-15125 DRM noise is louder and maybe would be listenable
with same broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1319.96, Feb 6 at 1831 UT, KCLI Clinton is finally
modulating again after at least 5 days of dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WORLD OF RADIO 2020)

** OKLAHOMA. 3740, Feb 6 at 0719 UT, JBA music and talk, local mix of
KCRC X 2 + KWGA (2780 + 960), apparently external mixing rather than
receiver-produced; 2780 harmonic is always there distorted, and ---

1390, Feb 6 at 0720 UT, as I check for KCRC // 3740 I find it`s in
dead air of stupid sports talk! Yet another AM station incapable of
unattended operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 6 at 2357, VOT IS still playing as twice-minutely
German IDs start; 0000 Feb 7, timesignal one sesquisecond late, not
recommended for navigation, opening German as today is another bonus
broadcast. Still going at 0015, but by 0028 is undermodulated with
hum. Always some error at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, Feb 6 at 1514, HIFER beacon K6FRC from CA, R5, S3,
best heard in quite a while, often inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13927-USB, Feb 6 at 1939, Yankee 75, a flight in contact
with MARS Radio 4YN, fonetik ID, carrying out a couple of phone
patches including a number in clear but I did not copy; nor much of
the content of very brief calls. Also on frequency, AM carrier comes
and goes, but not disrupting contacts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2020)

** U S A. 7340-7345-7350-DRM, Feb 6 at 1832, VOA Grimesland DRM noise
test remains audible here at midday, scheduled 1700-0200 with OCB and
VOA programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2020)

** U S A. 15730, Feb 6 at 1933, VOA French with pronounced long/short
path echo, from North Carolina; have previously calculated the delay
at speed of light, about 1/8 of a second. This happens when the
forward beam eastward propagates all the way around the world arriving
from the west, while off the back from the east, much, much, closer
has plenty signal but not enough to obscure the echo (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2020 contents: Armenia, Brasil,
Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, India,
Indonesia, Japan/Korea North non, Kashmir, Malaysia, New Zealand,
Nigeria, North America, Oklahoma, Perú, Turkey, UK, USA, Vanuatu;
propagation outlook

WOR 2020 is available as of 0103 UT Friday February 7
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2020.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2020.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. 650, Feb 6 at 1343 UT, just after sunrise here, ``The
Legend, WSM 650 AM`` Nashville is still in and not a sign of XETNT,
which used to be an SRS regular; only on XE audible, 730, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0237 UT February 7

** CUBA. 6145, Feb 5 at 0713, the only RHC frequency still on air, but
JBM at S7-S9. Other English channels of The Cuban Five are OFF: 5040,
6000, 6060, 6100. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 15696 & 15704 approx., Feb 5 at 1534, squealyspurs in
sidebands of CRI Plus relay in English; and a weaker one about 15692.
These are not evident every day; you never know, but something or
other is always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. Ron Howard replies to my 5955 log of Shiokaze:

``Hi Glenn, Feb 4, indeed found Shiokaze changed frequencies. Now ex:
7345, is clear for just CNR1 mixing with Thazin Radio, without
Shiokaze QRM (1300-1400). Found one Shiokaze frequency myself, on
6145, at 1352. Per Hiroshi: JSR Shiokaze, February 4:
1300-1400 6145 // 7245
1405-1435 6070 // 7325
1600-1700 5955 // 6020
Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1319.96, Feb 5 at 2112 UT, KCLI Clinton still dead air
while skywavers are QRMing already from AR/KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re my report of unID DRM-like noise on 7335-7350, Feb 4 at
1553, Walt Salmaniw, BC, replies UT Feb 5:

```Nothing noted DRM tonight at 0400 check. Note this posting at
DRMNA, though:

``On the 4th of February, USAGM Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB)
began testing Radio Marti in DRM from Greenville. The transmitter
being used is a venerable Continental Electronics 617-A 50 kW ISB
transmitter, a Transradio DMOD3 DRM modulator and a content server
from RF Mondiale. Antenna is a Rhombic (BR31) oriented 174 degrees
True. Peak power is around 50 kW but DRM average power is just over 5
kW. Check 41 Meters for further tests. Reception reports to
gstraub@usagm.gov`` 73, Walt``

Original was from Fibber. It linx to this more complete but no times
or frequencies!

http://drmnainfo.blogspot.com/

``Tuesday, February 4, 2020 == DRMNA EXCLUSIVE - Radio Marti on DRM!
Channeling the late and legendary Willis Conover, Radio Marti hit the
air today for the first time ever on DRM - playing JAZZ! You read that
right!

On the 4th of February, USAGM Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) began
testing Radio Marti in DRM from Greenville. The transmitter being used
is a venerable Continental Electronics 617-A 50 kW ISB transmitter, a
Transradio DMOD3 DRM modulator and a content server from RF Mondiale.
Antenna is a Rhombic (BR31) oriented 174 degrees True. Peak power is
around 50 kW but DRM average power is just over 5 kW. Check 41 Meters
for further tests. Reception reports to gstraub@usagm.gov

DRM North America indeed. How cool is this - DRM and Jazz on on the
North American continent. This is what DRMNA is all about!
Posted by us at 7:53 PM``

More from the DRMNA iog:

``I. I am receiving the VOA DRM transmission on 7345 kHz here in the
Atlanta area even though my shortwave antenna was blown down very
recently and is lying on the ground in several pieces! The Screen ID
shows two separate audio streams, Radio Marti and Voice of America.
{No time given! But post dated Feb 5}

2. I cannot decode the audio because it is using the latest xHE mode
and the Dream software does not have that capability.

3. The KiwiSDR web receivers do have the xHE decoders (DRM extension)
and I have listened to the audio on several KiwiSDR receivers in the
SE USA. 73, -Zyg- AF4MP

Brendan Wahl Feb 5 #7184
They're kinda/sorta visible out here on the West Coast, but I have a
faint CNR1 broadcast co-channel. No go in other words. Very weak on
the waterfall so far. Brendan {no time given!}

According to VOACAP the signal is directed towards Cuba, with most of
the signal covering the Atlantic Ocean south of North Carolina and
limited westwards to the Eastern States. As the day progresses the
signal area will expand, at first eastwards towards the night time,
and then westwards across the US as the night sets in. The coverage
will also expand southwards to South America as daylight fades away.
-Zyg- AF4MP`` {no time given!}

Look for further posts here:
https://groups.io/g/DRMNA/messages?start=2:2020:480

Were any of these before 1600 UT as in my first log? Recheck Feb 5 at
1538, no sign of DRM-like noise 7335-7350; but just now, 0158 UT Feb
6, there it is, DRM noise 7340-7345-7350; 7340-AM station RRI
separable by LSB tuning; and more RM on 7355-AM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2019 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday February 5 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, VP on portable.

Also confirmed Wed Feb 5 from 2200:30 on WBCQ 7490.25v, F-G S8-10.

Also confirmed UT Thu Feb 6 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, fair with storm QRN
via UTwente SDR.

WOR 2020 should be ready for download/podcasts by late Feb 6 or early
UT Feb 7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4840, Feb 5 at 0716, this VG WWCR signal is in dead air;
3215 is S9+10 but JBM, still with BS? 5890 is off tonight as it should
be; and the other one, 5935 S9+10/20, fair with DGS. Clearly, managing
more than one broadcast at a time is beyond their attention span;
altho the fourth may have been dumb luck, while everybody zzz at 1300
WWCR Ave., if any (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1090, Feb 5 at 0703 UT tune-in, dead air of course from KAAY
Little Rock, until 0705 cuts into tail of SRN news; 0705.5 starts
music, a few seconds later cuts to other music, gospel. Something`s
always wrong at Cumulus KAAY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Feb 5 at 1345: only
774 and 828 from the NW, surely the NHKs. A minute early could not
hear FEBC S Korea on 1566. Need to awaken earlier before LSR now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0210 UT February 6

** CUBA. 6060, Feb 4 at 0643, this is the best of The Cuban Five, in
strength and modulation; then 5040 good; 6145 weaker than 6100 but
with more modulation; 6000 is S9+20/30 but suptorted. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700 & 13740, Feb 4 at 1525, both RHC Spanish altho 13740 is
supposed to be off by now; and no spurs from 13700 for a change.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, Tue Feb 4 at 2222, RHC English, VG S9+20/30 with
`DXers Unlimited` until 2229, but Arnie refers to 2019 as ``this
year`` and to a ham DXpedition upcoming on November 26 --- so it must
be an old repeat, wherein any propagation info would also be very
outdated. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

11850, meanwhile, RHC Spanish, Feb 4 at 2230 is S9+10/20 but
suptorted/JBM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** IRELAND [non]. 7290, Tue Feb 4 at 1855, via UTwente SDR, open
carrier already for IRRS via Saftica? Romania, off at 1856*, back on
at *1858.5, 1900 joining `Aïda` theme late, also with a break in it,
sign-on and right into Brother Epston(?) at Crosscurrent(?)
Ministries, Cuba, Missouri, on European Gospel Radio. I was checking
how it would open after yesterday`s late join into WORLD OF RADIO
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 5955, Feb 4 at 1603 carrier, then with some rock music JBA,
presumably Shiokaze on latest frequency, altho Ukrainian from Romania
is also scheduled. Before 1600, CRI on here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. RF 29, ``48-1``, KOCY, OKC, Estrella TV
affiliate, has a new logo! Just noticed UT Feb 5, a 4-pointed star in
blue rather than 5, each point a different color:
http://www.estrellatv.com/
I can`t say this is an improvement. The old logo can still be seen on
some of their shows, like on a mug, but not on the bug; and KOCY will
have to redesign their ID slide. Why:

``Estrella TV @estrellatv
Nos gustaría presentar el nuevo nombre y nuevo logotipo de nuestra
empresa madre- @estrellamedia_
. Nos entusiasma iniciar esta nueva era con nuestro público fiel.
Están listos? http://Estrellamedia.com #BrillamosMas #Brillamoscontigo
#SoyEstrellatv
1:28 AM · Feb 4, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Estrella TV @estrellatv
The Estrella TV network is home to the most innovative and
entertaining Spanish TV programming on the planet: Tengo Talento, Rica
Famosa Latina, iTestigo, etc.

Estrella Media Inc @estrellamedia_
Estrella Media, is a leading vertically integrated, multi-platform,
Spanish-language media company in the U.S.``

It has ten O&O TV stations including LA, Dallas, Houston. Corporate HQ
in Burbank, CA, a.k.a. Liberman Broadcasting Media, Inc. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 353-MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0707 UT, mix of IN and LI, NDB beacons
of 100 and 400 watts resp. at International Falls MN and Little Rock
AR.

420-MCW kHz, Feb 4 at 0702 UT, mix of FQ and PK, NDB beacons, both 25
watts, at Fairmont MN, and Olathe+ KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13927-USB, Feb 5 at 1527, Roadie (sp?) 33 in contact about
engine issue, bound for Quonset, but turning around back to Andrews;
other ID fonetikaly as ``Mars Radio 3JI, out`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 15740, Feb 4 at 1922, big S9+10/20 open carrier from
Grimesland, no Marti modulation like yesterday, just warming up for
1930 jump to 15730 to continue VOA French up to that hour via Botswana,
a nonsensical site switch in the middle of the broadcast. Is there
some arcane rule about the number of hours or dollars each one may
expend?

11720, Tue Feb 4 at 2050, another Grimesland warmup already, 2100 news
and 2105, ``the best music today, now from VOA-One``.

In my quest to ascertain just what subgenres of music appear during
this hour, no help from VOA Africa program schedule, I should have
consulted Alan Roe`s Music on Shortwave first, which fills in gaps:

Sun Country Hits USA
Mon The Soul Lounge
Tue Wed Sat The Hits
Thu Top 20 Countdown
Fri Music Time in Africa

These are all part of VOA One, and besides 11720 grv are on only one
other SW frequency, 6195 bot. You will note huge variety of American
music genres are overlooked, notably classical (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 7490.2v, Feb 4 at 2245, WBCQ with an `AAAWWW` playback
answering question from caller, what is the model of the 500 kW
transmitter. He has to look it up: Continental 420-D-DRM (capable),
then plugs special $ 15/hour rate on 5130, and quotes some of the
programming there which is outdated; so a rather old show and I think
the $ 15 rate is also expired: rerunning such info as was could be
rather misleading to prospects.

Meanwhile, not a peep out of WBCQ-6 9330, since January 16, when that
Blown screen bypass capacitor - antenna piece failed; how`s that going
for repairs/replacement?

Meanwhile, I catch up on twits outlining further problems, captions:

``Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · Jan 31
Yes. Brand new transmitter and the PA tube socket screen ring shorts
out (again). So more downtime on the worlds Superstation. Sorry but
not of our doing. CEC-not quite designed the PA input stage right.
But-again-no one listens to Allan (me). 7490/5130khz still there for
you.

Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · Jan 30
We try. 9330khz superstation still down as the big 500kw PA tube
socket is being rebuilt. Sad but true. 7490/5130 kHz on with the best
in shortwave programming. It is always worth your listening in. Radio-
lots of fun. Still at it 100 years later 👏 😄

Allan Weiner @AllanWBCQ · Jan 23
Always doing the radio thing. Testing. Broadcasting. Tuning. All to
provide great radio for the shortwave masses. Kindly keep listening to
7490/5130/6160khz. More to come. Continental Electronics up pulling
the BIG tube socket on the 500killowatter. $ 2.5 million and this?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Feb 4 at 0638, S8 to S9+10 of dead air from WWCR,
wasted watts as frequently happens on Tuesdays, at a time when this
transmitter is supposed to be off. About same level as 5935 with PMS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5970, Feb 4 at 2356 tune-in, WEWN Spanish saying it`s about
to QSY from 12050 to 5970 --- but it`s already there! Then I check
12050 and it`s inaudible. However, WEWN has admitted that two
different transmitters are used, so they could overlap. 5970 now is
S9+10/20, into Salve Regina chanting/IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6055, Feb 4 at 1555 past 1628, S9-S6 of open carrier. R.
Nikkei is supposed to be off by 1500, and so is AWR Madagascar. One of
best signals on band, like 5955 CRI Beijing English, and 5845 BBC
Tinang, Philippines, Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7335-7350, Feb 4 at 1553, sounds like DRM noise over
this range but it`s 15, not 10 kHz wide; vs RHC 7340-AM remnant. No
DRM is known at any time on 7340 or 7345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0351 UT February 5