** CHINA [and non]. 15340, Oct 21 at 1457 song, 1459 quick Chinese
announcement, 5+1 timesignal to 1500, another announcement, open
carrier and soon cut. It`s the SSOB. Aoki shows CNR1 jamming and SOH
relaying RFA at 2130-1703, and only other 15340 is RRI in Romanian at
1300-1500. No sign of that but might have closed just before I
intuned; rather not listed by EiBi, probably one of their suspensions
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7285.003-, Oct 21 at 1840, gospel huxter in English,
must be IRRS hour via Bulgaria or Romania, S9+15 into UTwente. I have
been assuming it`s really on 7290 as per EiBi, Aoki, and latest HFCC
Oct 18, and that the s/off announcement for ``7285`` heard on 1323 at
1900 were incorrect. Have they always A24 been on 7285 or switched at
some point? Nothing on 7290 now, and nothing scheduled this hour on
7295 either to ACI. 1859 indeed NEXUS/IBA s/off 7285 to continue on
1323. Chopped off before can finish uttering website, but carrier
stays on to 1900.5 concluding with a tone. Now the B24 sked has been
posted, and it shows 7290, but still at 18-19 UT, not an hour later
and not 7285:
https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/b24-schedule/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11529.9, Oct 21 at 2208, JBA carrier from presumed
Hikari FM pirate in Mexico, on signature offset, and still often
reported by Rick Barton, AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.4 & 27224.9 approx., Oct 21 at 2205, Enid CB pirate
relaying gospel music // 105.5 FM K288FX translator of K-Love, KYLV
88.9 OKC. No carrier spoilers this time but heavy skip QRM on both
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, S9+20/30 direct //>17715 >15520, Monday October 21 at
2200, token English from SNR. Preview topic to be about diversity etc.
in sports. 2210 interviewing someone with too-heavy accent about
Lebanon at war since Israel attack Sept 23, but is staying in Leb with
wife and daughter: until 2212 it`s by REE`s Beirut correspondent, a
woman whose name I can never catch; and how come their only regular
foreign correspondent at least in the English service, is in Lebanon?
2212 about Brit embassy sponsoring something about sports diversity
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9875.006-, Sunday Oct 20 at 2040, I`m catching VOT
Letterbox early again instead of after 2200 on 11785. Into UTwente, at
first there is lite CCI from an understation, North Korea? but gone
long before scheduled to -2050. S9+5/15, VG. 2056 multi-lingual ID
filler reel. 2058 `Letterbox`, surprise with new host, a woman, not
the accentuated one, whew, who had just delivered the olds. Her name
is Oztan or something like that, says has been with VOT English for 25
years, and Halil Ibrahim has been transferred to the news department -
language?

VERY different presentation, no floundering around unable to read
handwriting, hardly any personal off-the-cuff remarx, apparently
planned if not scripted, brief greetings to 18 listeners, far more
than H could get to before running out of time. But most of them
pro-forma, tnx for listening on cited dates, QSL will be sent ASAP,
best wishes, etc., etc. At opening and closing she - finally! - spells
``Yenisehir``, not bothering with the s-cedilla or sh, and gives the
PO Box 333 instead as PK 33. Again there are many familiar names of
regular writers. I number them and try to keep up, guessing
spellings:

1) Jayanta Chakraborty, New Delhi. 2) Annan --, India, has listened
for 40 years. 3) Matthew Iliff?, refers him to trtvotworld.com. 4)
Siddartha - India, mentions International Tourism Day, 29 million of
them to Turkey in first 7 months this year. 5) Sirvan? Paul?, West
Bengal. Breaks for song by Alera Tikye? and title?? 6) Andrew
Kuznetsov, Riga, Latvia. 7) Christer Brunström, Sweden, comments about
proportion of women in civil service, parliament, etc., in answer to a
question? 8) Mohamed Shamin?, Kerala. 9) Francis -?, Dublin. 10)
Chandra?, W Bengal with only personal comment: she, the host I think,
takes care of stray dogs and cats, and World Food Day; but not as
food, I assume. 11) Najum?, W Bengal. 12) Andrew Kuznetsov, Russia.
13) Anatoly Klepov, Moscow. 14) Lithuania. 15) Mohamed Bashan?,
Pakistan. 16) -- Hussein --, Pakistan. 17) someone from Ithaca, USA.
18) Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, wants winter sked but they don`t have it
yet. [I do! The 2030 will be at 2130 on 9610 and the 2200 at 2300 on
5960.] 2113 song. 2115 outro show. 2116 theme and program ID with
Halil? voice. 2200 UTwente recheck, 11785.007- is not off the air but
S9/+15; by 2230 built up to S9+45/50 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.007+, Oct 21 at 2158, VOT English not off the air, IS
at S9+20/30 direct. 2201 olds leading with a terrorist ringleader has
died in the USA which refused to extradite him. Involved in attempted
coup 2016 at Istanbul airport. Could not catch his name but major US
newssites today can be reached searching on Fethullah Gülen. 2235 into
UTwente when measured, S9+15/20, sounds like `That`s Why`, 2239 music.
2243 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, music. 2242 TRTVOTVorld.com promo,
music. 2251 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo. 2252 s/off the 1230 on
17620, never mind now. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2253 IS
until 2255.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2265 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
October 20 at 2000 on WRN Europe stream.

Not confirmed Sunday October 20 at 2330 on WRMI 7570 since that
transmitter is still off the air post-Milton; BUT on a hunch check
other WRMIs which are on, and bingo! There I am on 7780 instead, poor
S8/S9 direct - presumably a temporary fix as 7780 would otherwise not
be on air until 0000 per skedgrid.

Also confirmed UT Monday October 21 at 0030 on WRMI 7780 again, S8/S9
into NA5B Maryland SDR, and S9+5/25 into NA5C Texas SDR = are those
two related?

Also confirmed UT Monday October 21 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ
6159.928 into NH SDR. This signal lately has been JBA direct, power
reduced?

Also confirmed Monday October 21 at 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
6160.001+, S9+5/15 into UTwente with RTTY ditter INTRUDER from 6164;
and 3975.003+, S9+5/10. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 9475, Oct 22 circa 0010, this WTWW is on presumably with
SFAW. George McClintock tells me it`s currently only at 0000-0100 as
there are still transmitter problems. Off at 0059* after announcing
change to 5085. I guess that rules out WOR on 9475 which had been sked
at 2300 Saturdays. 5085 does not come up immediately, but finally JIP
a few sex before *0104. Its sked is 0100-0300 except UT Saturdays till
0330 with WOR. I suspect all this may shift one UT hour later from Nov
4 to stay at the same Central time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 660, Oct 21 at 0448 UT, C&W music S9+45, KTNN again on 50 kW
ND day pattern at night. When this is not happening will be unusual
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Oct 21 at 2218, plenty of skip on 10m, beacons and
phone, including one from Japan, but almost vacant above 28.5, more
than a MHz going to waste -- except I encounter two apparent
repeaters: 29040 AM between US stations; and 29620 FM, S9+10 with a
KM0 from Colorado and W2FW. They are both horn players.

QRZ.com: ``W2FW USA flag USA, PETER J HARVEY, 6 CENTRAL AVE, TROY, NY,
12180-7292, USA`` Refers only to a 2-meter repeater, see thebig94.com
--- It seems Jock Elliott is involved in that. Two tones beep at
cambios. Where these 10m repeaters are, their own callsigns, and where
their inputs come from I have no idea, but I suppose there be some
reference for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0235 UT October 22

** CHINA. 21530, Oct 20 at 0055, JBA Chinese is the OSOB so also the
SSOB: CNR1 jammer against SOH; EiBi shows CNR1 DRM could also be on
here, but not now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 1141 kHz, Oct 20 at 0304, the het upon 1140
stations mainly XEMR, is back from presumed Cuba so the power must be
back on. Immediately retune to 890 to check for 889/891 carriers, not
yet, but WLS news is just now saying that power has been restored
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, Oct 20 at 0109 still no signal from RHC which might be
on if power be restored. Nor at 0306, but now 5025 R. Rebelde is back
with normal bigsig S9+20/40 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 800, Oct 20 at 0101 UT, heavy distorted music
QRMing KQCV, so now I have heard XEERG NL earlier than late at night
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6965 USB, Oct 20 at 0057, music and right into
Wolverine Radio ID and then SSTV beepery, S9/+15. Many more reports
here including a clear image of that same SSTV:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,135373.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950 usb, Oct 20 at 0058, song at S8 vs high storm
noise level = HSNL from eastern New Mexico. These say it`s Sycko
Radio, which I understand is pronounced ``psycho``:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,135371.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6970+ AM, Oct 20 at 0308, S9+10/20 of dead air,
presumably an unID pirate, now the OPOB. Others reported music
earlier, on and off:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,135382.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11529.9, Oct 20 at 1449, JBA music S5/S6, presumed
pirate Hikari FM allegedly in Sonora, signature offset (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 930, Oct 20 at 0659 UT, dead air from WKY OKC,
past 0700 during which I catch an ID for KCCC, Carlsbad NM, which is
only 60 watts at night. WKY resumes about 0700.5 with `sports animal`
WWLS ID. That`s 98.1, also on 640. No mention of WKY itself? Not sure
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1000 kHz, Oct 20 at 0302 UT dead air obviously
from my nearby KTOK OKC, presumably during newshole, maybe failed to
switch inputs compared to surrounding talk programming. Allows me to
hear under it some ESPN station, surely 50 kW WMVP Chicago, not
100-watt KSOO Sioux Falls (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.004, Oct 19 at 2200, VOT English not off
the air, but might as well be, VP *marginal* signal into UTwente,
S8/S9 on meter but with flutter. Propagation disturbance? K index at
21 only 3 and 2/3. Unlistenable but I let it run and recognize some
program outros/themes: 2221 `The Energy Agenda`, music. 2230 `Turkey`s
Geomarked Products`, music. 2251 headlines of the olds. Now it`s
drifted to 11785.002+ and slightly stronger S9/+5. 2254 s/off as if
this had been the 1230 on 17620. Something`s always awry at Ankara.
2254.7 IS for a semiminute until off 2255.3*.

I immediately retune UTwente to 11800 and catch the sign-off of
simulEnglish from ROMANIA: It`s blasting in loud and clear, VG S9+25
and one IS to 2256*. Therefore, awful reception of VOT is *not* due to
propagation: could be on much reduced power and/or more likely totally
wrong antenna not aimed toward WEu as supposed to be, 500! kW at 325
degrees from Emirler, where something`s always wrong. RRI 11800 is
only! 300 kW at 300 degrees from Galbeni, per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2265 monitoring: not confirmed Sat
Oct 19 at 2300 on WTWW because 9475 is still off the air; tho 9930 is
L&C with TOMBS.

Confirmed UT Sunday October 20 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, good into Georgia
SDR, and sufficient into Pardinho, Brasil SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sunday October 20 at 0402 about 3 minutes into so
started the 0315v circa 0359 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO. Heavy storm noise
direct but S9+18 into nearby remote.

Also confirmed Sunday October 20 at 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.996- kHz, S9 into UTwente across Europe. Next:

2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 4840, WWCR: one biweek ago I happened across this frequency
after 0315 UT Sunday Oct 6, and was astounded to hear an `Australian
DX Report` by Bob Padula that was soon very obviously more than FOUR
YEARS OUT OF DATE! See my log about that. I planned to check the
following week to hear what they would do then, but missed it. So this
week I make a point of monitoring it from the start. He never
explicitly gives a date it was recorded or to be originally broadcast.
This contains some of the *same* totally outdated DX loggings, but
it`s not identical. He starts by saying it`s almost summer time, so
would that be November? Certainly not June as previously. The dead
giveaway part about ``upcoming`` HFCC in Bulgaria canceled - which
would have been August *2020*, is never mentioned. Also dead giveaways
are the prop figures he cites initially: 10.7 cm flux at 70, SSN of
only 5, IPS says NO sunspots, so the new cycle has not yet started
(Now, of course, we are at solar max! someone could research exact
date for those). All his logs were between 1800-1830 UTC on some
unknown date, as if those would be of any particular use elsewhere
even when they were fresh. For amusement, I copy down all his tips. If
any of these are still correct, it`s pure coincidence!

7210 CRI Urumqi in Russian. 7235 VIRI in Hausa from 1820. 7265
Madagascar BBC English. Music pause at 0318. 7280 VOV Spanish. 7290
Romania with IRRS English [YES! still so, tho IRRS announces 7285!].
7315 CRI Kunming. 7340 CRI Kashi English. 7355 Singapore BBC Korean.
7395 CRI Kashi German. 7415 CRI Xian Persian. 7445 Madagascar BBC
English. 7465 Singapore BBC English. 7485 VOA Philippines Korean. 7540
VOA Udorn Pashto. 9360 RFA Kuwait Chinese. 9420 Voice of Greece Greek.
9460 Voice of Turkey Turkish. 9500 TWR Swaziland English. 9540 BBC
Oman Oromo. 9750 BBC Vatican French. 9800 WBCQ Woofferton Arabic! 9820
KBS Woofferton French. 9900 BBC Tajikistan Korean. 9920 R Thailand
Thai. 9940 TWR Swaziland Tigrinya. 9775 Woofferton with R. Ndarason
International in KANNADA [SIC, it`s Kanuri, don`t you know that this
is for Chad and Kannada is spoken in India?!?!]. Finishes at 0324, cut
to music.

I repeat, what a disservice WWCR provides with 4-year-old DX `news`.
Nor does Bob Padula himself know or care about this, or he could tell
them to stop it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UZBEKISTAN. 9509.9, Oct 20 at 0117, S5/S6 JBA talk off-frequency;
what could it be? Of course, as in EiBi, BBC English via Tashkent at
00-02; a site well-known? for offfrequenciness, and BBC apparently
oblivious to such damage to its reputation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15140, Oct 20 at 1444, S9/S6 JBA carrier, but soon off.
Could it be RHC? This frequency had been absent for weeks, long before
the latest National Blackouts. Nothing else scheduled now, but maybe
RFA Tajikistan tuning up for later Uighur at 16-17 or even VOA English
via Woofferton at 17-18? After 1500 nothing into Maryland SDR when RHC
would have been Esperanting on Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1958 UT October 20

** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, Oct 19 at 0627, HK3QQ at S5, usual Spanish
keyboard letters with errors (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11860 & 11930, Oct 19 at 0630, Cuba fails to jam against
nothing, since there is an island-wide power failure! 5025 Rebelde
also absent, but not unusual even when power is on. Press about that:

2041 GMT Oct 18, New York Times via Brock Whaley, Aiken, SC:
``Power Outage Plunges All of Cuba Into Darkness -- The Cuban
government had just announced emergency measures to reduce electricity
use — then the power went out across the entire nation.

Cuba’s power grid failed and the entire nation plunged into darkness
Friday, less than a day after the government stressed the need to
paralyze the economy to save electricity in the face of major gasoline
shortages and large-scale, regular outages.

The electricity went out nationwide Friday morning after a failure at
a thermoelectric power plant in Matanzas, east of Havana, Cuba’s
Energy Ministry said on X.

The blackout came less than a day after the prime minister, Manuel
Marrero Cruz, held a late-night television address with state
officials to discuss the ongoing electricity crisis, which experts
said was the worst the nation — long accustomed to food and
electricity shortages — had ever experienced.

For weeks, the country has lacked the fuel to run the power grid,
which has left large parts of the nation without electricity for 15 to
20 hour stretches.``

Via Vince Cavaseno, Mashpee MA, IRCA:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/world/americas/cuba-power-plant-blackout.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TE4.RWck.J1POdodh4z49&smid=url-share

And from RHC itself via Mike Cooper:

https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/nacionales/367734-cuba-combatting-the-electro-energy-challenge
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11529.896, Oct 19 at 1510, JBA carrier direct from
Hikari FM pirate, allegedly in Sonora; at 1539 into Utah SDR when
measured, correctly calibrated with WWV, music with heavy disco beat,
S9; 1601 pause for quick produced announcement, unreadable but unseems
Hikari ID. Also still at 1916, S8 disco beat = twice per second or
120/minute. See also UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.50 AM, Oct 18 at 2336, gospel music bigsig // 105.5
FM, K288FX, translator of KYLV 88.9 ``K-Love``, from local Enid CB
pirate, first time heard again in a while, but with equally strong
spoiler AM carrier on 27184.91 making huge het, but can be avoided by
LSB tuning. Same on 27224.81 AM with no spoiler.

Also: 27184.50 AM, Oct 19 at 1514 // 105.5 Hallelujah song, no spoiler
carrier but plenty of skip QRM; and also 27224.83 AM (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Oct 18 at 2201, token English from SNR, S9+20/30
direct, also audible on 17715, 15520, never 15390. Already missed
preview of topic as news is starting. For B24 from Oct 28, expect this
to be on 9690, M/W/F at 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.007-, Oct 18 at 2159, VOT not off the air with IS,
2200 accurate timesignal and s/on, S9+20/30 direct. At 2227 into
UTwente when measured, S9+15/25 but much clearer, with `Turkish Folk
tales`. 2252 s/off as if it had been the 1230 broadcast on 17620 --
something`s always awry at Ankara; 2253 IS; 2256 restart IS with
German IDs to chop 2259* -- something`s always erroneous at Emirler.
BTW, as expected in B24, this shifts to 5960 at 2300 UT (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2265 monitoring: confirmed Friday
October 18 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 direct but undermodulated;
no jamming as entire Cuba is blacked out, tsk3.

Also confirmed Friday October 18 at 2230 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S7/S9 into UTwente.

NOT confirmed UT Saturday October 19 at 0300 on WTWW 5085: cut off the
air at precisely that time, I know not why.

Confirmed Saturday October 19 at 1436 the 1430 on SW Gold Radio,
Germany, 6160.001-, S9/+5 into UTwente with dittering QRM from 6164.
Followed after 1500 by Weekend Music Radio at 1525 check.

Also confirmed Saturday October 19 after 1600 on WRN North America
webcast.

``World of Radio heard on 6160 on Shortwave Gold at 1730 via a SDR in
Netherlands - Ron Trotto-WDX4KWI, Virden, Illinois, USA``

Also confirmed Saturday October 19 at 1734 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
6160.001+, S9+15 into UTwente but heavy ACI from 6165 CRI English and
6164 RTTY - unless LSB tuned with reduced bandwidth. Also a few
syllables behind on 3975.003-, S9+8 with no QRM.

Also confirmed Saturday October 19 at 1930 on WRMI webcast only, and
on WRN North America stream.

Confirmed Saturday October 19 from 1940 the 1930v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO, S9+17 by groundwave into nearby SDR. Next:

2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [irregular];
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

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** U S A. 9475, October 19 before 0100, WTWW not on air here nor 5085,
but on by 0101 with SFAW? preacher, S9+40/52 direct, so bodes well for
WOR at 0300 --- NOT! 9475 unseems on the air at all lately, which may
nullify the only other scheduled WOR airing Saturday at 2300, which
was missing last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7489.93, October 19 at 2359, S9+15/20 direct, FKB preacher
gets 1-minute warning tone on WBCQ, quickly wraps up, but then dead
air; Oct 20 at 0000, one canned ID interrupted by another, and finally
Wm Tell Overture theme of `AAAWWW`. Considerable storm noise and I
can`t copy all his interjexions. A&A are at home = Studio 9 in Deland
of Floriduh, right into discussion of Hurricane Milton which hit them
last week, so this one is live, and the Oct 12 one a rerun. Storm
damage there but they hunkered down and were OK with power out for
only 3 days. They were ready with Coleman stove for some hot meals.
Also advises running lamps with charcoal starter fluid. Lots of big
oak trees were blown down, not much damage to own property. HM spawned
137 tornados, one of which went nearby. Angela ``dresses up`` for the
radio - I guess not seminude this time? Thanks God for Gov. Desantis
in a ``MAGA state``. I suspend at 0015. At 0048 reads some Free Radio
Weekly items from last week`s issue as this week`s not in yet,
including ``new`` Hikari FM, my log on 11529.9 but not credited. Runs
a minute overtime, 0101 JIP Hal Turner. Also checked 3265 and 5130
finding no signals, and 6160- was JBA direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 19 at 0625, R. Vanuatu, S7/S8 with announcements
in Bislama; unchecked after 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VATICAN. 15595, Oct 19 at 0632, VR in English, S7/S9, the SSOB
along with = 15770 WRMI in Spanish. Lucky me, English quarter hour at
0630 to ME is scheduled Saturdays only per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11515, Oct 19 at 0628, JBA carrier direct, and a
slightly stronger JBA carrier on 11530.02, probably Kurdo/Turko radio
war; see also NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1951 UT October 19

** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, Oct 18 at 0638, HK3QQ with keyboard letters. I
don`t hear this in the daytime, off or just not propagating? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NETHERLANDS. 6169.995, Oct 18 at 1905, very strong signal into
UTwente, Dutch announcement and rock music. It`s Radio Delta, 1909
inviting reports, in English. So will it be transmitting RSOA in an
hour? I was checking for R. Sound of Africa per this notice at 1840 on
HCDX: ``From: RSOA <radiosoundofafrica@gmail.com>
Subject: [HCDX] UPDATE - Radio Sound of Africa on air with tests on
6170/5 kHz
Radio Sound of Africa, with its unique format of music from all over
Africa, has resumed its test broadcasts on shortwaves. We are on the
air as follows:
on 18th, 19th  and 20th October
from 0400 to 0500 UTC on 6175 kHz
from 1400 to 1600 UTC on 6170 kHz.
from 2000 to 2200 UTC on 6170 kHz
Please check and if you hear us send a reception report to:
radiosoundofafrica@gmail.com - Radio Sound of Africa``

Not rechecked until 2017, when it`s not RSOA on 6170 but ID for R.
Delta AM, in English, then Dutch, bit of Beethoven`s Fifth, S9+10/15
into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11934.893+, Oct 18 at 1531, Arabic talk, S9+10/20
into UTwente, still no chirping QRM upon Rep. of Yemen Radio (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2265 monitoring: confirmed Friday
October 18 at 2033 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.995, S9+8 into UTwente.
Also confirmed on WRMI webcast only. Next:

2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085;
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW;
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475;
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As a noncommercial service, financial support welcome such as a
contribution via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
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One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to:  
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17790, Oct 18 at 1509, no signal from WRMI, the last one
missing post-Milton? 9455 also absent but has been erratic; 9395 &
9955 are on and audible, also 15770. At 2036, still nosig on 17790
into Pardinho. For B24, WRMI has registered a new one, 17775, 24h at
160 degrees: was old KVOH channel; wonder if RMI be ``holding`` it for
them? Or an alternate for 17790 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 18 at 0635, R. Vanuatu back here after missing a
few days, ``island music`` at S4/S6, vs 9955 WRMI S8/S9. But after
0700 moved to 3945 per Ron Howard monitoring remotedly (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11529.96 approx., Oct 18 at 1512, JBA carrier direct,
Hikari FM? But at 1530 no signal into Utah remote. Into UTwente at
1530, S9+15/25 of ME music and talk on 11530.010, Dengê Gel or Turkish
jammer; at 1510, Arthur Pozner reported 11530 with Turkish jammer,
11520 Dengê Gel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2046 UT October 18

** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, Oct 17 at 0638, HK3QQ, BOGOTA with QWETY+
keyboard letters slowly with pauses. Looks like becoming regular
again, 24 hours? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2265)

** TURKEY [and non]. Re VOT on 11785.014- at 2233 Oct 16: ``Glenn, the
"higher offset than usual" you 'measured' using UTwente yesterday, Oct
16, was caused by a malfunction for their AMSync-Function. They were 4
Hz +.

This function is derived at UTwente by using the German Mainflingen
timesignal DCF77 on 77.5 kHz. However this was off for one hour during
late European afternoon from 1315 to 1415 UT, when they returned, they
had some further two breaks in transmission. See attached pic from a
snippet out of yesterdays' UTwente fulltime-waterfall-display. I
noticed this non function of AMSync mode a couple of time these last
years, with AMSync sometimes 100 to 200 Hz away from carrier. It
usually takes a couple of hours for AMSync to be syncronized with
DCF77 again. BTW, Kiwi's use GPS data for AMSync - it is called SAM on
the Kiwis.

See, you logged SW Gold Radio on the 16th as well, with 4 Hz above
frequency {6160.004+ at 1813). Listened yesterday to WOF on 6145.004
at around 1915 UT and thought what`s wrong there. WOF is always "on
spot". As I said in a post before - UTwente is not the 'Gold Standard'
- antenna wise, high noise floor levels and often heavy interference
on certain parts of the band. Cheers from Bremerhaven, Lesley
Illingworth``

So need to check calibration of UTwente against WWV if audible, and
also of KiwiSDRs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2264 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday October 17 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S5/S7 into Brasília SDR vs
storm noise.

Also confirmed Thursday October 17 at 1630 on SW Gold Radio, Germany,
6160.001-, S9+5/15 into UTwente. This time I compare its calibration
to JBA WWVs: 19999999.8 and 24999999.5 - close enough! But later at
1657: 24999998.57/.55v, 19999999.64/.76v

WORLD OF RADIO 2265 contents: B24; Austria and non/AWR, Australia,
Brasil, Canada, Chile and non, China, Colombia, Finland, Germany,
Guam, Indonesia, International scouting, Israel, Korea South non,
(Madagascar), Malaysia, (Mexico), Nauru, North America, (Oman),
(Philippines), Russia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, UK and non,
USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam non; propagation outlook - (countries mentioned
along with others not in order)

WOR 2265 available from 0037 UT Friday October 18:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2265.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2265.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085;
0930 UT Saturday WRMI 9455 to WNW;
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100];
2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475;
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500];
1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [irregular];
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 [resumed];
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As a noncommercial service, financial support welcome such as a
contribution via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com

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

** U S A. WTWW: ``Glenn, Bob forgot to remove my spot about Peters
airtime on 9475. Thanks for the reminder. The 9475 transmitter driver
inductor was cleaned and returned the transmitter to normal operation
at 7 pm Central. We shall see what happens today at 7 pm. There is
always some problem with transmitters. George McClintock 10-17-2024``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11530.01 approx., Oct 17 at 0636, JBA carrier direct on
the plus side, so maybe not Hikari FM which has always been on the
minus side, 11529.9. Probably Dengê Gel or Turkish jammer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0104 UT October 18