** ARGENTINA. 28464 USB, Jan 17 at 2314, LU7YZ calling CQDX and making
very quick contacts. QRZ.com: LU7YZ Argentina flag Argentina,
Alejandro "Alex" NAZRA, 8309 - Centenario, Neuquen, Argentina;
anti-paper-QSL, anti-FT8, illustrating antennas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 28548 USB, Jan 17 at 2316, CQDX from PY3PZ - fonetek for Y
is Yellow, not Yanqui: must be anti-American, hi. QRZ.com: PY3PZ
Brazil flag Brazil, PAULO ROBERTO NEVES BARBOZA (PY3PZ), P.O. BOX 86,
Sao Gabriel RS - CEP 97300-970, Brazil. Then long autobiographical
essay, in Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15340, Jan 17 at 1633, W&M dialog in Chinese, S9+5/25, the
SSOB except for 15825 WWCR splatterer. Same on 11600 S9/+5; 11670
S8/S9; and 11715. All CNR1 jammers vs unheard targets per Aoki: 15340
Sound of Hope, Taiwan, relaying RFA; 11600 SOH but supposedly only
until 1600, then TOMBS/Bulgaria; 11670 VOA Philippines in Tibetan;
11715 SOH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Jan 17 at 1639, S7/S9 of dead air in Spanish from R
Habana Cuba, where something is always wrong. Still nothing on 15140
or anywhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Jan 17 at 2155 amid the R. Cairo English sesquihour,
no signal into UTwente. Something`s amiss at Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Jan 17 at 2300, token English from SNR, sufficient
direct into reelout, preview topic to be interview with a Balearic
professor about RSA`s charge that Israel is committing genocide (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, Jan 17 at 2309, VOT not off the air,
S9+20/30 direct in news; next check into UTwente, S9+25/35 when
measured, 2348 multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2351 s/off as if this
were the 1330 on 13635; fragment of IS and off before 2352*. Before
trying 5960 I tuned 9610 in case VOT were overrunning there instead;
JBA algo, must be something else: Aoki shows CNR8 in Mongolian,
Beijing 491 site at 2100-0100, so TRT collides with that even before
its supposed 2226 close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 329 MCW kHz, Jan 17 at 0753 UT, PMV, 25-watt NDB at
Plattsmouth NE, JBA and hardly anything else on LW vs local noise
level. Hearing it first tuned to 328 USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: confirmed UT
Wednesday January 17 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/5 into Maryland
SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 1525 the secret 1500 on WRMI
9955, S5/S8, no jamming audible.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 2038 on Shortwave Radio,
Germany, 3975, about 5 minutes into so started about 2033, S9+5 into
Finland SDR but fading down by 2045; first check at 2035 into UTwente,
JBA S5/S6.

Also confirmed Wednesday January 17 at 2200 on WBCQ 7489.935, S9+10/20
into Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730vUT Thursday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Jan 17 at 1635, WWCR-1 is horribly overmodulated,
distorted again, S9+30 and splattering 15710/15860 approx. I had
reported it fixed back to normal as of Jan 5. Lou Johnson reported Jan
14:

``Announced on AskWWCR last night --- Brady Murray said the bad audio
on 6115 (and other frequencies) was due to a bad fiber optic cable.
Also other problems at their transmitter building was a roof leak over
a transmitter that was not on the air at the time. And they discovered
a burnt pole supporting a transmission line that they determined was
caused by lightning! So, I guess they're on top of it, at this point!
Lou KF4RCA Atlanta`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, WTWW: George McClintock informs me early UT Jan 17:
off the air tonight and last night, due to extreme cold circa 0 F in
Nashville, power outage and then water in some facility froze - I
think he was referring to transmitter cooling system. Hopes to be back
on by Jan 18, but still not by 2359 Jan 17 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 17 at
2321-2325, before LSS of 2342 UT today: 684, 774, 855, 909, 1017?,
1026, 1044-strongest, 1053, 1089, 1107, 1152, 1305?, 1413. Mostly
Spain and UK, probably (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0055 UT January 18

** CANADA. 730, besides the now IDed KQPN, see USA, Jan 16 at 0809 UT,
I hear a quick ID in passing from something else, sounds like ``730
WKDM``, then country music. I don`t see any W### close enough in NRC
AM Log, but there is CKDM in Dauphin MB, U2 10/5 kW, and C&W is one of
its formats. Bet that`s it. Natch, night pattern is supposed to have
null southward to protect US! I`ve heard it before: Sept 8, 2020 at
0630, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. Re VOT 5960 noshow after 2300 Jan 15; and often: ``TRT kept
the 9610 transmitter on air from 2125 until they cut it at around
2345. Normal schedule is 2125-2225v English s/off. But left it on with
Italian 2230-2255 then into English 2300-2345 off. So that’s most
likely why you didn’t hear it on 5960, Glenn. Someone asleep again at
the TRT transmitter site? Craig Tyson, Perth, Western Australia``

-- Tnx, Craig, yes, I must remember to check 9610 whenever 5960 be
AWOL. The only Italian is supposed to be at 0930: 2130 must be another
``stream-only`` time like 0000 German, 0100 Portuguese which
occasionally land on SW 5960 after English.

[and non] 5960.005, Jan 16 at 2259 IS, 2300 timesignal about 4 seconds
slow, s/on, S9/+10 direct, yet poor copy vs noise and fading. Measured
at 2345 into UTwente, S9+25/35 and VG, ``with-you-every-hour`` promo;
2346 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`` about a special bread on the
Black Sea coast which can last up to 5 years. 2352 correct s/off for
the 1330 broadcast only, on 13635; 2353 IS; 2356 restart IS but off at
2357*, no German; uncovering the CCCCCCI from EAST TURKISTAN, as I
stand with Aoki; std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday January 16 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, usual poor signal direct.

Also confirmed Tuesday January 16 at 1400 on WRMI 9955, S9/+10 direct.
Next:

0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2224][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10]
2030vUT Wednesday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730vUT Thursday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, Jan 16 at 2317 and still 2359, WTWW-2 not on air,
contrary to nominal schedule from *2300. Seems irregular (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 730, Dec 23 at 0750 UT, classical music,
a surprise as no stations are overtly so formatted; pause and more as
if album cuts. Not recognizable as ``holiday`` or ``religious`` but
maybe, and/or anomaly for The Season. Would KKDA Korean TX or XEX
Deportes CDMX do this? On 730, no CBC/SRC nor any US public radio
stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

``Glenn, The station on 730 kHz remains UNIDENTIFIED and continues to
play two Classical guitar music selections as performed by John De'Bey
- "Gavottes" from Suite No. 6 by Johann Sebastian Bach and "Largo"
from Concerto 93 by Antonio Vivaldi. This is playing on a loop
continuously with no station ID or call letters.

At my receiving location in the northern part of the state of Georgia,
the station on 730 kHz fades in and out during the evening hours.
Using a Tescun AN-200 antenna loop coupled with a Radiowow R-108
receiver, the best receiving direction seems to be a line directly
East-West. The station on 730 kHz is not WUMP in Huntsville, AL nor
WLTQ in Charleston, SC or WZGV in Charlotte, NC. Checking the KiwiSDRs
in Alabama, the station is strongest on the Birmingham, AL SDR so that
may be a candidate for the area this station is transmitting.

It is quite odd that absolutely no call letters or station ID has been
given as normally done and required by the FCC, even during testing
periods, if the station on 730 kHz is in the United States. Bermuda
could have been a very remote possibility, but there are no MW
stations remaining there and the station would have shown up on
KiwiSDRs in North Carolina if that were the case. Central Alabama
(Birmingham area perhaps?) seems a prime candidate for its location so
far. --Evan Bexley - Buford, Georgia, USA``

Posted to the WOR iog at 0631 UT Jan 16. I reply at 0708. ``Evan, VERY
interesting. Tnx for following up on this, and can anyone else? I have
not noticed it again.`` So this goes on all the time, not just
overnight. This led me to check again, Jan 16 at 0743 -- and there it
is again on 730, classical guitar music. I had not listened long
enough to realize it`s a two-piece loop. On the DX-398 I try to DF it,
roughly E/W, maybe slightly clockwise, but too much at right angle,
XEX, country? To get a tight null on the unID. Of course, the only AL
station on 730 is Huntsville, nothing legal circa Birmingham. The
*only* otherone along this line is KQPN West Memphis AR, U4 1000/1000,
24h talk format, ``OvC`` per NRC AM Log -- yes, that means Overcomer
Ministry = Brother Hystairical! in which case it should be shown as
REL. But no TOMBS heard now.

Yet KQPN on radio-locator is Yahoo! Sports Radio -
https://www.730sports.com/ homepage has a listen link:
https://tunein.com/radio/KQPN-730-s35522/
which runs a commercial for ``WGU``, whatever that be, then nothing;
or ``The Sports Giant of the mid-South`` fails:
gemini.tunein.com/embed/player/s35522?partnerId=RadioTime

There happens to be a KiWiSDR in Tipton County TN which ought to be in
the daytime coverage area of KQPN:
http://km4rt.ddns.net:8073/
Tuning that in at 1947 Jan 16 -- there it is! Our great classical
guitar music. Past 2000, pauses between repeats but no ID or any
announcement. Mystery solved - except why in the world KQPN would do
this. Perhaps a sale/format change pending?

Evidently Evan had not seen the above? when he posted this 55 minutes
later:

``Glenn, The station on 730 kHz is most likely KQPN West Memphis,
Arkansas based upon tuning in on the KiwiSDR located in Tipton County
just north of Memphis, Tennessee during the local daylight hours. The
station as monitored via this SDR is playing the same classical guitar
songs as mentioned maybe with one or more mixed in but in a constant
loop. Aside from the locally generated RFI at the SDR, the 730 kHz
signal at this SDR is at a steady level indicating a pure ground wave
mode propagation mode to this SDR during local daylight hours (for
instance at 20:00 UTC).

Based upon outdated listings on Wikipedia and Radio-Locator.com, the
KQPN station no longer carries the Sport Radio format. In looking up
the FCC database, KQPN station changed owners as of September 28,
2023.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-397387A1.pdf

No indication when this classical guitar music loop test period
started. However, it continues today with no station ID during the
hour monitored 19:45 to 20:45 UTC on January 16, 2024. Why the station
owners are doing this is quite perplexing. Are they trying to flip and
re-sell the station? Keep it on the air to keep up the license? But
why no station ID? -- Evan Bexley - Buford, Georgia USA`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, Jan 16 at 0748, weak talk S6/S8, no doubt R. Vanuatu
reactivated here but on different sked than before, ending at 0659*.
Tnx to Manuel Méndez, Spain, who caught it first:

``7260, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0701-0810, 15-01. Back on 7260.
Interval signal, news, male female, at 0710 interval signal again,
Island songs, more comments and news. 15421 at firs but later
25432.``

Zach Liangas, Greece, also heard it via Maui SDR Jan 15 at 0719 with
traditional music.

And Ron Howard: ``7260, R. Vanuatu (ex 3945), 0601-0740 UT, Jan 16.
Wonderful to have them return to a frequency that produces good
reception! Here are a few highlights:

0601-0603: "News Update" in Bislama; followed by some C&W songs.

0631-0634: The often heard service announcements in Bislama; notices
regarding the administration of the estate of a deceased person,
giving contact info for any persons claiming an interest in the
estate; started and ended with the usual distinctive indigenous drums.

0654+: Series of ads, PSA's and promos (one for the "National Lotto,"
BBCWS promo for 104 FM, etc.).

0700-0712: "News Bulletin" and sports, in Bislama (items about China
and Taiwan, "football," etc.).

0720: Promo for the upcoming “UB40 featuring Ali Campbell” music
concert; please see the new YouTube promo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHncFKVz3Vs .

Ron, Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey), Etón E1, external
antenna: 100 ft. long wire``

And Gary Pence, Dallas, reports: ``Hi Glenn, I read the nice report
from Manuel Mendez a couple of hours ago and thought I would check
7260 at my USA SDR go-to for South Pacific listening, which is KFS,
Southwest Array in Half Moon Bay, CA. And behold, they were still on,
0907 UT with a YL moderator and OM speaking bislama about some sort of
business till 0923, then played two Island songs until the ID at 0928.
They were coming in really well at S9 plus 10db average. Very happy
for Manuel alerting me of this catch. Well done. Gary, KM5X``

So we wonder what be the full schedule span now on 7260 and which
other frequencies? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re 1359.71 mystery carrier/het, matching WCGL Jax FL
entry om MW offsets, but another FL, WHNR was also on that exact
frequency many years ago:

Mauno Ritola, Finland, replied: ``Nothing so much off via Orlando
KiwiSDR at 2000 UT. Could it be, that there are two transmitters in
use as some do? Mauno``

I replied Jan 14: ``The one currently believed to be on 1359.71 is
WCGL Jaxonvil, not WHNR. Orlando is much closer to WHNR and may not
detect WCGL in daytime. Glenn`` Many tnx to David Crawford, FL, for
following up on this, first Jan 15 on the WOR iog, starting with 23 UT
Jan 14:

``It's neither. WHNR was heard this evening on .000 to .001 around
2300 Z, "Boss Hogg" nonIDs. No IDs were heard from Jacksonville, but
there was no evidence of .71 at that time either. If it was
Jacksonville FL, it would be easily visible on the SDR waterfall here
in Titusville, and probably even readable, during broad daylight.
I'll recheck both during daylight here.

Re-check at 0055 Z has 1359.715 in weakly, so it's further west than
Florida if it is a domestic station. The carrier was down to .714
after about 5 minutes, so it varies a bit, slowly. No audio was
detected.

Another long-term mystery carrier to my west or deep south is 859.976,
varying a few Hz slowly, and typically shuts down in the 0230-0300 Z
range; some nights it's not there at all. No audio, ever.``

And UT Jan 16: ``This evening, ~1359.715 popped up for all of one
minute around 0046 Z, and hasn't been back since, as of 0135 Z. So, we
couldn't watch it fade
in as hoped.

Daytime reception here was all WHNR, Boss Hogg Radio, Cypress Gardens,
fair level and listenable semi-local on the right antenna, on .000 --
.001 again.

The only other significant, distinct carrier visible daytime was WQVN,
North Miami, stable on .999, Haitian format, but no readable audio
from it. There was nothing seen on .715 during the day. WQVN took over
the channel quickly around 2130 Z when the greyline propagation set
in.

Around 2230 Z, still greyline, there were hints of black gospel music
parallel the WCGL webfeed, but not for long. It was buried in the
"spot-on pile" on .000. This is very uncertain, and there was no
other evidence that the station is even on the air. Jacksonville MW is
typically easily heard in daylight here, so if WCGL is on, it is very
low power, hiding behind another line on the waterfall, and not on
.715ish.

So, the mystery station is not from East Florida. WSAI, FoxSportsRadio
Cincinnati, is mostly dominating with NFL after full dark set in,
trading off with WQVN. David E. Crawford, Indian River City, Florida``
(via Glenn Hauser, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10125 USB, Jan 16 at 0756, ham QSO non-English. Sounds
like German intonation and a few words recognized on weak signals
S7/S9, such as ``wunderbar`` - but they say ``over`` in exchanging,
not ``über`` hi. I check this almost every night as I start
bandscanning below 10 MHz. As per logs months ago, Aussie accents in
English had been heard but never managed an ID. Australia supposedly
the only country allowing phone on otherwise CW/digital-only 29
(``30``)m band. Nothing caught for a long time. Well, some Aussies
could speak German. I am also alert for HK3QQ, that expired Bogotá ham
who transmitted defective CW letters in keyboard order for months on
10125, but never heard again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0020 UT January 17

** ALGERIA. 17600, Jan 15 at 1957 tune-in for some rare nap music on
SW, from Ifrikya FM --- just in time to hear it dump off air at
1957.6* amid music: no finesse. If has to get off without saying a
word, should at least fade down the music before cutting carrier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, Jan 15 at 1609 & still 2058, pulse jamming
against nothing, as the incompetent Jamming Command keeps running
where R. Martí appears only in A-seasons; now blasting on 13820, no
jamming audible t/here. How many undernourished Cubans could be fed
for the lost cost of this nonsense?

Per Aoki & EiBi, no other station uses 13605 at any hour, prudent
avoidance. But HFCC shows one: TDF France at 17-18 only at 120
degrees, but in DRM, so maybe occasionally testing? A suitable
conflict, noise v noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1500 kHz, Jan 15 at 1607 UT, ad with 620 AC,
must be usual KPGM Pawhuska in 918 AC but coverage bleeding into
KS=620, as there is no KS on 1500. Also with SAH at first, likely KSTP
MN via residual daytime skywave. See also USA: KXEL 1540 log at same
time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1600 kHz, Jan 15 at 2002 UT, dead air at S9+20,
obviously my nearby KUSH, Cushing. 2005 comes to life with ID and
cheekily demanding ``keep listening``, into music. Obviously a
news-hole, ABC? is not being filled. I`m back almost an hour later, at
2059, ID with announcer`s name, and ``You are listening to KUSH, 1600
and 101.5, Oklahoma`s Americana station, the Cush`` and: DEAD AIR
again, but 2105 recheck, music has resumed. Did not listen for entire
5-minute break, but a trace of something else on E/W longwire:
probably usual nemesis, KRVA, 25 kW day power Vietnamese for The
Metroplex but not yet skywaving much. KUSH day power is 5 kW but gets
a lot less coverage per watt than same power would achieve at bottom
end of MF band. When will stations ever learn that automation requires
constant human oversight? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Jan 15 at 2300, token English from SNR, intro
feature to be about visiting a Madrid warehouse of costumes used in a
thousand TV shows and movies: another item sorely lacking any visual
element; but first the news: they do a good job of integrating
axualities in Spanish and summarising them in English, screams of war,
bits of music. If you require great detail, no doubt kvz will have
that in weekly reports. 2310 to Paris Costumes in Madrid. This topic
seems familiar but I did not listen much to it before (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960.000, Jan 15 at *2312 signal cuts on, but it`s
Chinese from XJRTV, EAST TURKISTAN, land of imperialist ChiCom
genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems --- not English from VOT as
scheduled. From before 2300 I had UTwente running and squelched on
5958-USB so I would know immediately when something oncame; while I
was axually listening to simulSpain 9690. 2330: no Turkey! Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler. It`s a shame so many DXers, editors,
insist on endorsing E.T. as really CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0721, FBY, 25-watt NDB at Fairbury
NE, JBA vs still excessive local line noise on LW.

326 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0722, MA, 400-watt NDB at MidlAnd TX, JBA vs
still excessive local line noise.

515 MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0729, OS, 25-watt NDB at Ohio State, Columbus,
JBA under/mixing with near-local 25-watt PN Ponca City OK, which is
normally sole. BTW, Ohio State U. got domain OSU tied up first,
forcing Oklahoma State U. to the cumbersome okstate (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: also confirmed
Sunday January 14 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9/+5
into UTwente with ACI from 1314 heavy Castilian.

Also confirmed UT Monday January 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Durango2 SDR, again overridden by ute noise blast spoiler first 14
seconds.

Also confirmed UT Monday January 15 at 0400 on Area 51 via WBCQ
6159.9, S9+15 direct; outro music from preceding show overlapped WOR
opening. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2224][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10]
2030vUT Wednesday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730vUT Thursday Shortwave Radio, Germany 3975 [test?]

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9275, Jan 15 at 1955, WMLK is back on MLK Day with Yahweh
stuff, S9+10/20; still on at 2115, S9+20/30, sermon about glue and
guitars, citing Deuteronomy - of course! Tony Pavick, BC, already
heard it yesterday after some days/weeks? absence (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 1540, Jan 15 at 1605 UT, KXEL ID in passing as soon as I
tune in, then interview Vivek, mentions of Waterloo, because of IA`s
caucus day. Must be residual skywave possible at midwinter, i.e. 2h23m
after Enid LSR at 1342, now only 2 minutes earlier than latest of the
year. Also with 88/minute = 1.47 Hz SAH, perhaps one of two KS, as
there is no OK on 1540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier chex, not full search,
January 15 at 0402, finds 684, 693, 774, 855, 882, 891, 999, 1044,
1107. Note: local noise QRM on this rx makes 531 uncheckable (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0310 UT January 16

** BRAZIL. 4885, Jan 14 at 0450, R. Clube do Pará almost back to
normal? S9+10/20 in Portuguese talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, Jan 14 at 0451, R. Progreso is back on, unlike offness
last night - but modulation is breaking up, crackling while S9+20/30
carrier is steady. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sunday Jan 14 at 1622, RHC weekly Esperanto S9+20,
good mod, something about a meeting in Brazilo; no signal on 15140,
nor any RHC found anywhere else on any band. Something`s always wrong
at RHC.

Hey! They have finally updated their frequency sked for current season
B23:
https://www.radiohc.cu/de-interes/frecuencias
but this page is about Spanish only. How about English? To get to
other langs one must click on the globe icon at upper right of
homepage:
https://www.radiohc.cu/en/de-interes/frecuencias
shows ONLY THESE: S Fsco 6100 05-07 - imaginary, I NEVER hear it;
Chicago 15140 20-21 - usually off, sporadic? and Washington 6000 01-07
- of course irregular and usually poorly modulated if at all.

The Programming Schedule link in dropdown under Interesting, even from
the English subsite leads not to any specific program names/times, but
to a complete transmission sked presented in Spanish, of all languages
which is obviously extremely outdated with loads of dead frequencies,
but not dated:
https://www.radiohc.cu/en/de-interes/programacion

How about Esperanto? Lots of interesting illustrated stories with
text:
https://www.radiohc.cu/eo
while its Frekvencoj page is for B23, showing ONLY these two, Solo
Domingo:
S Fsco 6100 0800-0830 = NOT heard; N/C/SAm 11760 1600-1630.

Why are only Commies bothering to SW broadcast Esperantoly? Not even
gospel huxters, who employ the most minority langs, only Cuba and
China, see:
https://www.addx.de/cgi-bin/hfp.cgi
but with wrong imaginary time for Havanna, 0700 as in A-seasons.

One might explore the other languages, linking only to French,
Portuguese, Arabic -- forget about Guarani, Quechua, long gone. But
does Creole still exist? Haitian, that is, tho targeted on Rio de
Janeiro, Chicago. Manythings always wrong at RHC! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NETHERLANDS. 5954.96, re my log of presumed R. Veronica, JBA Jan 12
at 0735: ``Yes, it is Veronica in the WRTH Web App. And yes, exactly
on 5954.96 kHz. Mauno`` Ritola (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday January 14 at 0100 on WRMI 9955: I happen to have UTwente
running so check first there: dominated by S7/S9 pulse jamming over
there, a trace of WOR under. I also have Argentine SDR ready after
noshow of LRA36: WOR is fluttery S9/+15 and noisy but no jamming
audible down there.

Also confirmed UT Sunday January 14 at 0416 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG
S9+23 into nearby SDR, about 6 minutes into so started a bit early c.
0410.

Also confirmed Sunday January 14 at 1130 on WRMI 9955, S9+20 when I
happen to awaken. Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2220vUT Sunday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975 [? heard Dec 31]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2224][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 870, Jan 14 at 0750 UT, S9+20/25 of dead air, got
to be WWL silent, atop JBA others, occasional Cuban whooper (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1359.71, Jan 14 at 0259 UT, definite het upon 1360.00
stations dominated by sports coverage, no audio into E/W longwire.
Later lookup at mwoffsets finds this top entry!:
1360 1359,714 WCGL (Jacksonville, FL) 2022-12-06
It`s U1 5000/89 watts -- you think?
1359.71 carrier/het also detected on other rx at 0448.

Further research far back into my archives:
1360 1359.71 -290 Hz Cypress Gardens FL (WHNR)
(Medium Wave News 51/02 May/June 2005 via DXLD)

which probably derived from this 2004y log:

U S A. 1359.71, FLORIDA, WHNR, Winter Haven - 0914+ 31 October, US
soul and blues oldies, black female "I'm Debra McDowell and thank you
for listening... on your blues and oldies station..." Same off-
frequency observation here as Crawford logs. Fair signal at best
(Terry L Krueger, Clearwater, Florida, USA, 27.55.83 N, 82.46.08 W, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

WHNR still exists, U4 5000/2500 but nothing about it being so far
off-frequency in past bidecade; except now appears barely on wrong
side of .000 in mwoffsets:
1360 1360,0009 WHNR (Cypress Gardens, FL) 2022-02-18 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier check, Jan 14 at 0305, not
total 9/kHz scan but finds these when sought on the `545: 693, 711,
891 kHz.

Temp is down to 4F and falling. A bit later, Jan 14 at 0444, a full
9/kHz scan on the R75: 909, 1044, 1053-strongest, 1089 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1944 UT January 14

** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Jan 13 at first check
1958, NO signal from LRA36 into best Argentine SDR, just S6 noise
level. Of the four, another hears it not either despite only S3 noise
level; and the other two are maxed out. Nothing several chex later,
finally at 2340 nothing into the four. Could it be that Argentina`s
wacko new far-right Pres. ``Chainsaw`` Milei is already getting rid of
public broadcasting? Anyone hearing RNASG earlier or later today? RAE
relays via WRMI may become even more unreliable if at all. See these
press via Bill Tilford, WOR iog:
https://en.mercopress.com/2023/11/21/no-more-public-radio-tv-and-newsagency-under-milei
https://newsrnd.com/news/2024-01-05-famous-artists-and-journalists-on-the-list-of-500-dismissed-from-radio-nacional.r1bFR8cHOp.html
Remember, last week LRA36 was mostly a relay of Radio Nacional, little
local
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 4885, Jan 13 at 0817, R. Clube do Pará, S9+10 but VP with
music, then perceptibly Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 6100, Jan 13 at 2313, Chinese music S9+20 which
has occupied the entire CRI Portuguese service for years, except for
maybe an announcement, same as on 13650 relay via Cuba but not
synchronized, also S9+20. HFCC shows 6100 as 500 kW direct from
Beijing site aimed NW to far Brasil. Following my unID report of 6100
on Dec 26, Terry Krueger, FL now reports:

``T/in 2245 JAN 12, 2024 my tonight fair with nonstop traditional CH
instrumentals. No transmitter break 2257 nor time sounders TOH. 2340
revisit: indeed parallel 13650 from Commie brothers Cuba.
Surprisingly, very slight delay at Cuba, with 6100 very good, 13650
almost excellent and good modulation. Saving the best remaining
transmitters for CRI? But why is CRI running so many transmissions
with no content? I suppose I should be glad, as the content is better
than the nonsense economy verbiage.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 11615, Jan 13 at 2321, S9/+10 of double Chinese with echo,
i.e. CNR1 jammers against the only 11615 scheduled, this hour only,
RFA via Tinian, of which I hear nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Jan 13 at 0745, JBA Spanish S5 vs local noise bursts,
therefore RHC way overtime and way weak. Something`s always wrong at
RHC. At 2322, Spanish at S9+20/30 with plenty modulation. Is
difference only due to propagation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 6000-6005-6010, Sat Jan 13 at 0808, S9+30 of DRM noise, per
HFCC, TDF Issoudun daily 0800-0900, 100 KW at 350 degrees to CIRAF 17,
18, 27, 80 = Iceland, rest of Scandinavia, Finland, France, UK,
uninhabited central N Atlantic between Newfoundland and Ireland. Is
this really on every day, with what content? drmrx.org says irregular,
French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6955 USB, Jan 13 at 2310, hard rock S9/+20.
Initially many unID reports here, then Thunder Chicken Radio per SSTV:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,124057.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11514.9, Jan 13 at 1643, JBA music at S5 = noise
level, no doubt Hikari FM pirate. Also Jan 13 at 2320, JBA S6/S7
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1, UT Sat Jan 13 at 0759, I belatedly remember to
check KUCO for anomalous programming early Saturday morning, as first
noted a biweek ago; see my Dec 30 report. A few sex of ``ambient``
music before ToH ID, so maybe still `Beyond the Barrier` instead of
syndicated classical host Peter Van De Graaf. Then at 0800 UT starting
`Café Chill`! Another new show not on KUCO skedgrid in UT -6:
https://www.kucofm.com/program-grid/
nor on alfabetical list of programs:
https://www.kucofm.com/programming/

Here`s about Café Chill:
https://www.cafechill.org/

Awakened at 0935 UT by music blaring from the ENE paperboy car,
delivering the new ``Weekender`` merging the Sat & Sun editions,
Monday`s already deleted months ago; I quickcheck 90.1: music again
sounds ``ambient`` rather than classical.

BTW, KUCO reception has deteriorated. Under `dead` conditions it used
to make it to household radio with rod antenna; not any more. It
always has to compete with stronger 89.7 and 90.3 OK signals, and KHCC
R Kansas 90.1 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** RUSSIA. 9996 CW, Jan 13 at 0748, second pips at S4, doubtless RWM
Moskva/Taldom timesignal station; surprisingly MUF holding this high
thru winter night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.005, Jan 13 at 2312, VOT not off the air,
S9+20/30 direct, already past the news with recipe for something
involving lots of copper. Recheck via UTwente at 2344 when measured:
music at S9+35/40; 2354 s/off only for the 1330 on 13635! something`s
always awry at Ankara; 2355 IS about twice until off uncovering
Chinese from XJPBS - or ``Xinjiang Radio Televiziye``, as Zacharias
Liangas says XJRTV is now IDing, at least in Kazakh on 7340 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 356 MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0825 UT, ODX is JBA = 25 watt NDB at
Ord, Nebraska, occasionally heard. Not much else now vs HNL (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13563.5 CW, Jan 13 at 1641, PCO, HIFER beacon from Pine,
COlorado is JBA; getting to be regular. 2318 a bit better so I can
tell that there is a dash between each group of 3 PCO`s (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2225 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
January 13 at 1700 & 2030 on WRN N America webcast; also 2030 on WRMI
webcast only.

Also confirmed starting at 2032 Sat Jan 13 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
S9+23 into nearby SDR. Next:

0100 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0330vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0600]
1130 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2220vUT Sunday SW Radio Gold, Germany 3975 [? heard Dec 31]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2224][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1500 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [unsked but reconfirmed Jan 3, 10]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0230 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some spare US$ to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; preferably by MO or
check on a US bank

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WBCQs check Jan 13 at 0055, pre-AAAWWW into NH SDR: 3265+
OFF, 5130.275, 6159.935, 7489.965, 9330.017v. 0100 on 7490-, first
AAAWWW of New Year, so not a repeat like last week. Or, did he stamp
this as the first day of 2024? That would have been local Monday
instead of Friday. They are in Deland of Fla where it`s now warm, 72
degrees. Angela is either dressed up for the radio, or half-naked: I`m
confused. Opening topic is antique automobile repairing, etc., yawn,
his major hobby/business; at least preferable to politix; but plenty
of ``Democrats are Communists`` delusions at later check (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, WTWW update from George McClintock calling Jan 13:
still can`t get 9475 to go by #2 transmitter, with programming ready to
start. Ex-Continental engineer coming back at end of Jan to get #1
transmitter going and maybe #3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 4939.986, Jan 13 at 0559, Estación 4940, S9+12 into
Miami SDR with music thru hourtop, by 0607 YL Spanish talk presumably
sermon. Recheck 0815 in music, S9+20 direct. Hearing it in the 06/08
UT bihour is normal and rarely bothered to log, but checking now
following this report: I`m rarely monitoring around 0515 but never
heard a ``s/off``. If so, they must come right back on shortly:

``From: billmcdavitt via groups.io
<billmcdavitt=protonmail.com@groups.io>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2024 at 11:55:40 AM GMT+1
Subject: [bdxc-news] Estacion 4940 Venezuela

Estacion 4940 seems to be back on a regular daily schedule. Their
signals have been good here (Florida) lately. Not sure when they sign
on but they always abruptly shut down at 0515 UTC, typically in the
middle of a song. Station ID on the hour usually followed by the very
distinctive and long Venezuela National Anthem. Yesterday they played
a Willie Nelson song called "An Evening Prayer", of course in EE just
before station ID. Their programming seems to be very well put
together``

Also had QRM from 4942-USB: see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4942 USB, Jan 13 at 0602, listening to 4940 station via
Miami SDR, QRM from hi side: definitely in Russian, 2-way ``как ---
понимаете``, repeated a few times, word in between I could not copy.
Maybe asking if someone is hearing him (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9899.94, Jan 13 at 0750, JBA carrier. Nothing near this
time in Aoki or EiBi; HFCC has an ex?wooden registration for
Spaceline, Bulgaria at 0800-1300, 250 kW, 126 degrees to CIRAF 39 =
Turkey/Saudi/Yemen; but more likely to be off-frequency thus is
Tashkent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0057 UT January 14