DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS massively updated for post-DST and B-18 season:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

WORLD OF RADIO schedule totally updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 13860, Nov 7 at 1455, very poor ME talk; it`s R.
Ashna in Pashto at 1430-1500, then Dari 1500-1630, 300 kW, 75 degrees
from Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANGUILLA. 11775, Nov 8 at 1535, PMS is on and managing to modulate
without the spurspikes plus/minus 100 kHz range I was getting before
2200 on Nov 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BULGARIA. 11945, Nov 7 at 1503, S Asian song at S7-S5. It`s AWR in
Tamil, 250 kW, 111 degrees via Sofia, says HFCC, so I guess the music
is pro-Adventist, or at least pro-Christian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Nov 7 at 0701, this RHC is still on opening final hour
of English replays, but 0703 cut to dead air just before news can
start; supposed to run at 0600-0700 only. After 0700, 6000, 6060 and
6165 remain, while 6100 is a JBA carrier, presumably still RHC too.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13700, Nov 8 at 1542, RHC Spanish still on here, unlike Nov
6, but weak S9-S6, // others also going: 15230, 11760, 9535, 7340, two
of them soon to be dropped.

Wolfgang Bueschel has received the new B-18 sked to go into effect
November 11; here are the morning and midday blox:
1200-1500 6000 QVC 250 305 NCAm Spanish
1200-1600 9535 BEJ 100 230 CeAm Spanish
1200-1600 9640 BEJ 050 110 Antill Spanish
1200-1600 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish
1200-1400 11950 BAU 100 340 WNAm Spanish
1200-1500 13780 BEJ 050 160 SoAm Spanish
1200-1600 15140 QVC 250 130 SoAm Spanish
1400-1600 13700 BAU 100 315 WNAm Spanish

1600-1630 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish Mon-Sat
1600-1630 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Esperanto Sun only
1600-1900 15140 BAU 100 010 ENAm Spanish
1630-1900 11760 BAU 100 n-d NCAm Spanish

Note that last Sunday I heard Esperanto on both 11760 and 15140. Also
of note, the new English frequency for ``Africa`` at 00-01 will be
9720, // 5040 Antilles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 13820, 11860, Nov 8 at 1543, nothing but WON
jamming here, not even a carrier detectable from Greenville MartÃ. JBA
carrier amid on 11930. Is it VP prop or GB off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [and non]. See USA: WRMI

** MADAGASCAR. 11965, Nov 7 at 2050, APR on MWV already signing off
with English schedule, and today`s outro song, ``A Place For Us``.
Usual good signal all the way from Mahajanga (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SINGAPORE. 7355, Nov 8 a 1550, poor signal in Asian language: BBC
Korean at 1530-1830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SRI LANKA. 12034.898, Nov 8 at 1536, JBA talk, from AWR Marathi at
1530-1600, 125 kW, 345 degrees from Trincomalee, always? off-frequency
now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday November 7 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, and about one second later
on WBCQ 7490+, both fair; and a fine example of coÃrdination, both
having latened exactly one hour post-DST. Next:

0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRN 5950 WRMI to WNW [sometimes? maybe no more]
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE

Complete updated WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, Nov 7 at 1421 check, this WRMI with JBA music and not
// 9955. Usage of 5950 is constantly changing, and at one time would
duplicate the 9955 morning block.0

5950, UT Thu Nov 8 at 0147, trying to check whether this WRMI is now
// 9395 as on the skedgrid --- 5950 with Oldies music, 9395 only a JBA
carrier, so can`t be sure. 0151 ``Moon River``, 0152 Oldies-style ID
(the word Oldies is never heard), 0153 VOA news, 0158 ad for cheap
airline tickets with 800 number, 0200 opening RAE with multi-lingual
ID reel, prior to English-only.

5950, one more WRMI check at 0558 Nov 8; very poor music, and not //
9395 fair with other music. Presumably one or both about to pick up
RFI via WRN relay. Speaking of which, Mike Cooper in GA says Nov 7:

``RFI ENGLISH CUTBACK =-= At the end of today's 1400 RFI English
broadcast, there was an announcement that RFI English morning
broadcasts will be discontinued later this month. The 1400 "Paris
Live" program will continue.`` And on Nov 8:

``I heard the announcement again today at the end of the 1400 UT
English hour. It said that effective Sunday, November 18, RFI English
morning broadcasts will come to an end. The announcement encourages us
to join RFI for "new Paris Live programs" at 1400 from Monday through
Friday every week. This implies there will be no more weekend
broadcasts. No mention was made of the daily 1600 broadcast (which is
a repeat of the 1400 hour, with a fresh newscast). I have yet to find
any mention of these changes on RFI's web site``

The 0600 only has been on SW, 7245 direct, new frequency for B-18 I`ve
yet to check, and also on WRN via WRMI 5950. Maybe also at 1600, tho
WRN sked is self-contradictory also showing New Zealand that hour M-F.
Of course, 5950 at 1600 is audible only circumchobee.

Meanwhile checked at 1750 UT Nov 8, Jeff White, logged into his WRMI
skedgrid spreadsheet flanked by anonymous moose, wombat, ferret and
hedgehog, has entered yet another change, now showing 5950 at 00-01
with Radio France International. Before that, in same bright green,
it`s generic WRN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1928 UT November 8

Starting with 18-44, besides first posting on the WOR io group, we are also putting Jacques` pdf and html versions on the website for unrestricted access:

http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1844.pdf
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1844.html

Jacques would appreciate feedback from those who find these versions useful

Glenn

DX/SWL/Media Programs major update for B-18:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

World of Radio schedule updated:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

73, Glenn Hauser

** ANGUILLA. 11650-11695, 11765-11790, 11850-11880, all very
approximate, Nov 6 at 2150, intermittent modulation spike spurs
matching PMS on 11775. I first noticed this when checking 11880 for
RHC, see CUBA. All disappear when 11775 goes off at 2156. Fortunately,
so-called Caribbean Beacon usage of 11775 is quite sporadic. Such
spurs had been reported previously:

``11775, Caribbean Beacon at 1726 with OC to 1729 when a sermon by the
late Dr. Gene Scott came on // 13845 (WWCR) to 1731 and OC to 1732 and
back to the late Dr. Gene Scott â Very Good Oct 13 â I guess Pastor
Melissa Scott's satellite feed was acting up as the carrier never
dropped dead but the still very dead Dr. Gene Scott kept dropping
dead. Also this one was noted later acting up by showing up plus and
minus 100 kHz (Mark Coady, Selwyn, Ontario, Kenwood TS440S or Ten-Tec
Argonaut II and 40 and 80 meter off centre-fed dipoles, ODXA iog via
DXLD) So spurs on 11675 & 11875? Seek those (gh)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 7780, Nov 6 at 2100, WRMI with disco-vamping theme
music from RAE, no opening in German until 2102.5.

7780 // much stronger 9395, Nov 6 at 2203, RAE via WRMI in Italian.

Above M-F only. Note that RAE English on 9395 UT Tue-Sat, is now
scheduled one hour later at 0200-0230, as yet unconfirmed by
monitoring. Nov 7 at 0200, 9395 is JBA!

And the one on 9955 has also shifted one UT hour later, RAE Portuguese
at 12-13 instead of 11-12 during the DST season, no doubt confusing to
Brazilians who have their own different DST changes to consider (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GERMANY [non]; USA: WRMI

** CUBA. 6000 // 6165, UT Tue Nov 6 at 0200, RHC beginning 6-hour
English span of 1-hour shows repeated over & over & over & over &
over, previewing content including ``DXers Unlimited with Arnie Coro``
--- what? That`s supposed to be a Sunday+UT Monday show; has it moved,
an announcer slip, or playback of yesterday instead of today`s
produxion? Did not listen to any full hours following to deconfirm.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. The mitweek edition should now be
imminent on UT Wednesday Nov 7.

Not checked again until 0711 Nov 6, when 6165 & 6100 & 6060 & 6000 are
all on, plus 6020 VP leapfrog of 6100 over 6060 another 40 kHz below.
But tonight at 0716, 5040 is off, unlike last night when it
accompanied the others into the sixth hour. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13740 // 13700, Nov 6 at 1452, RHC Spanish still on both,
starting `Estampas de Cuba` which is not about stamps but scenery; now
that the 1400 CRI English relay has moved to 15700, other transmitter
on 13740 can stay on without risking collision. But at 1504 recheck,
both of them are off. The exact nominal spans for each may not be
known until a sesquiweek or so when Arnie issue a new delayed B-18
schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX, LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11880, Nov 6 at 2200, no signal yet; RHC seems confused, or
undecided, about what to do with its second English hour of the day to
``Africa``. Had been at 2300 here during A-season, but in previous B-
season shifted *earlier* to 2200. Nov 5 it was sporadic after 0000
along with 5040. Recheck at 2350 Nov 6 finds 11880 on again with poor
-fair signal and barely modulated, distorted cutting in and out, like
before seemingly Kriyol, while 5040 is still in Spanish.

After 0000 UT November 7, 5040 is definitely in English, somewhat
suptorted still at 0030 check. By now 11880 is a JBA carrier, maybe
something else. RHC never used to run it after 2400 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 5950, Nov 6 at 0713, WRN via WRMI, African-accented
interview in English so is it RFI or DW? 0715 ID in passing as DW-
Africa, as sked from WRN this hour. See also USA: WRMI (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** JAPAN [and non]. 11815, Nov 6 a 1406, NHK World Radio in Japanese
is atop CCI from TRT, within a few Hz of each other today! By 1458,
however, near the end of this collision, Turkish music is dominant
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Nov 6 at 0600:26, XEPPM goes from othermusic without
a break right into choral Mexican NA, S9-S7 and then quick ID as a 100
kW station, i.e. their MW 1060 XEEP which is nominally only 20 kW at
night! And I do believe it is very night. SW supposedly signs off now,
but instead starts playing more music medley; what happened to the RFI
Spanish news relay which used to go on at 0600 at least on MW? Manuel
MÃndez, Spain has the answer to the WOR iogroup, since he was
listening at the exact same time, earlier and later:

``6185, Radio EducaciÃn, Ciudad de MÃxico, 0447-0619*, 06-11, Spanish
and Portuguese songs, at 0600 anthem, ID â1060 AM, medio siglo de
acompaÃar la transformaciÃn social, polÃtica y cultural de MÃxico,
100.000 watts de potencia, desde la Ciudad de MÃxico, Radio EducaciÃn,
una emisora del Servicio Nacional de ComunicaciÃn Cultural, crea,
colabora, comparteâ, classic music, at 0607 Radio France International
news in Spanish, âLas noticias de Radio Francia Internacionalâ, at
0619 close. At first 35433 and later 25422`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [non]. 11580, Nov 6 at 1408, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, via
WRMI back to northern Nigeria, yet hefty S9+10 in reverse to OK; is
playing some really wild rustic music, great fun to listen to; but at
1450-1457+ recheck it`s crapped out to dead air, WRMI doing nothing
about it. This has happened before, or defaulting to fill music,
Oldies, or other programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690 // 11940 // 12030, Nov 6 at 2155, REE same Spanish
programming now, while a previous day after 2200, 9690 // 11940 had
split from 11685 // 12030 for separate shows, the latter `Africa Hoy`.
Also, circa 2030 I am still hearing that low het from off-frequency
Nigeria below 9690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11815.00, November 6 at 1406, TRT collision with NHK finds
Japan the winner, today only a few Hz apart rather than ~700. But by
1458 recheck, VOT music is atop as Japan is about to sign off. The
other TRT, English is also not askew, on 12035.0 with poor signal at
1406 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15580, Nov 6 at 2105, end VOA news and into ``VOA-One, all
the hits and more!``, rock music, blasting in, wideband; what a pity
they do not emit any classical music this way (or *any* way).

[non] 9485, Nov 6 at 2158, similar music but not // 15580, maybe way
out of sync? Much weaker. Unlike 15580, this one at 2200 plays the
standard ``VOA, Washington DC`` sign-off and Yankee Doodle Dandy, as
it is getting whished by DRM noise which has started centred on 9490.
9485 is really the 2130 VOA Bambara service via BOTSWANA, while 9490
is Romania starting its DRM Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1955 monitoring: confirmed second
SW airing at new shifted time of 0200 UT Tuesday November 6 on WRMI
9955, fair-good. Also confirmed the third, Tue Nov 6 at 2054, the 2030
on WRMI 7780, fair S9-S8. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5935, Nov 6 at 2355, Brother Scare anticipating end of his
ministry since Jesus is almost recome. Yeah, sure; can hardly wait.
First noticed with bigsig on 11870 = 2 x 5935, as I am checking out
Cuba 11880 on the PL-880 with external antenna plugged in. Maybe
receiver overload, as soon on the R75 I am not hearing 11870 but 5935
is S9+40. WWCR of course, but own schedules are contradictory.
Transmitter sked effective Nov 4 shows WWCR-2 starting 5935 at 2300.
But program sked still dated Oct 1! Shows 5935 starting at 0000 UT = 7
pm CDT with DGS, not Scare, and no Scare anytime on 5935 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI skedgrids via
http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIfqs
have now been redated effective Nov 4 --- the individual System
program skeds, not really updated, still showing 5950 with various
outdated programming, while the frequency blox at the top now label
5950 as World Radio Network at 15-03 & 05-08 daily, 285 degrees from
XMTR 5, but no details. See also GERMANY [non]; and ARGENTINA [non].

Furthermore, Radio Martà is no longer mentioned anytime on 5950, so
maybe that different programming is over & done with, and we can also
only hope, the jamming it attracted even beyond its own hours (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15330-USB, Nov 6 at 1454, colloquial Spanish 2-way
INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report despatched at 0207 UT November 7

** CUBA. 15140, Nov 4 at 2040 check, yes, music and RHC in English
shifted one real UT hour later post-DST, 2000-2100. Frequency could
change in another week.

6000 // 6060 // 6165, Nov 5 at 0711, RHC English is running another
hour later until 0800 under winter timing, but 6100 is missing. 5040
had been going off an hour earlier than the others, but it`s still on
at 0713 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1955, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 5040, Nov 6 at 0000, RHC opening English here, VG and also
audible on // 11880, but that cuts to dead air at 0002, as not
supposed to accompany any more like they were in A-18 at 23-24 --- but
recheck at 0015, English has resumed on 11880, suptorted. Before 2400,
at 2354, I found 11880 quite undermodulated and suptorted, sounded
like Kriyol; wiggle that patchcord! While 5040 was VG in Spanish.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

6000 & 6165 are still off at 0105 UT Nov 6, so presumably the English
block has also moved startup an hour later to 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, Nov 5 at 2356, something poor but S9 in Spanish,
presumably XEPPM still active, and my previous note of no signal on
6185 an anomaly. Wolfgang Bueschel says he`s also heard them (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. 9690, Monday November 5 at 2327, tune-in just in time to
hear tail of REE`s revived English at 2300 M/W/F; 2328 cut to strange
bits of music repeating; 2329 ``thanks for tuning in``, timesignal and
presumably on to next language. 9690 is good enough; at 2353 I can
also hear much weaker // to S America 11940 during music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1954 monitoring: Manuel MÃndez,
Spain reports: ``GERMANY, 7265, Hambuerger LokalRadio, Goheren, 1130-
1200, 04-11, English, Glenn Hauser's program "World of Radio". 15321``

Also confirmed Sunday Nov 4 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair signal which is
quite an improvement with the sun a bit lower and less absorption.

Also confirmed Sun Nov 4 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, good with no jamming,
shifted one UT hour later like all programming on this frequency (and
remember it`s the only WRMI one with a webcast, even during its hours
silent on SW).

Also confirmed UT Monday November 5 from 0230:40 on WRN via WRMI 5950
but vs some heavy pulse jamming --- since last week at this time,
Radio Martà was being programmed instead. I knew 5950 would get
overjammed once WRMI started putting RM on it. Will they keep doing so
unpredictably?

Also confirmed UT Monday November 5 starting early at 0359 on Area 51
webcast, and 5129.83 WBCQ S9, just as WOR has ended at 0428:15 and
Hobart Radio International is starting. Back on the webcast, I notice
that HRI music is in stereo, as was the JL wrapup just before 0359. I
don`t think A51 was in stereo before (WOR is totally mono, even the
opening theme).

Also confirmed UT Monday Nov 5 after 0430 on WRMI webcast, while 9955
has faded to a JBA carrier.

WORLD OF RADIO 1955 contents: Alaska, Andaman Islands, Australia,
Bhutan, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Egypt, France non, Germany and non,
Guinea and non, Israel non, Japan non, Korea North non, Kuwait,
Liberia, Madagascar, PerÃ, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey,
USA, Yemen non, and the propagation outlook

WOR 1955 ready for first airing UT Tuesday November 6 at 0030 on WRMI,
7730, confirmed good. Next [note more un-DST changes, final version]:

0200 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2030 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Saturday Unique 9265 via WINB to WSW
1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
1700 UT Saturday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM non-direxional
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRN 5950 via WRMI to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330.17, Nov 5 at 0705, TOM via WBCQ confirmed back on the
air, right now with Scourby Bibleciting. No Cuban numbers QRM now;
must be one of the alternate nights it`s absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5850 // 7730, Monday Nov 5 at 0708, WRMI beepery, presumably
Broad Spectrum Radio. I checked the website
http://broadspectrumradio.com
circa Nov 2 and found it had not been updated since June! No info
about newer programs which have continued to air altho with many
repeats and mostly beepery. Webpage also autolaunches without
permission audio of an old show about Oklahoma matters I heard long
ago (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5950, Nov 5 at 0709, English newscast, presumably Deutsche
Welle on relayed WRN, item about New Caledonia independence referendum
--- but no, it`s really Radio France International as per 0710 ID. WRN
sked shows RFI at 0600, and DW at 0700; mistake, or change? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1955, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Nov 6 at 0003, WRMI with a `Viva Miami` in Spanish,
presumably the same episode running for several weeks about
Bratislava, but now vs heavy wall-of-noise jamming. Radio Libertad
clandestine now retimed to 0015-0100 Tue-Sat makes this hour primetime
for jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0138 UT November 6