** CUBA. 9600, Oct 19 at 0654, RHC Spanish, VG S9+10, starting
deportes report. Quite a while since I`ve found RHC on any overtime
frequency. Missing from Aoki but EiBi shows Spanish to S America at
00-05 only. Also absent from ITU latest A23 sked as of July 18, nor
B23. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO
2213)

** KOREA NORTH. 11735, Oct 19 at 0710, very distorted talk at S6/S8,
presumed VOK. Aoki shows nothing else on 11735 at any time, this hour
in Russian; EiBi adds Zanzibar with poor audio at 1459-2100, but have
seen no reports of it for many month (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6200, Oct 19 at 0633, JBA carrier, presumed pirate Hikari
FM, S7/S8 about equal to noise level. Nothing now from other NAm
pirates on 7300v, 7320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2213)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2212 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday October 19 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+15/25 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thursday October 19 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10
into Bonaire SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thursday October 19 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/22
into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed by Richard Lemke, Alberta: ``9395, 0031, 0045, 0059
(45343); 9395, 0131, 0159 (55433), October 19 UTC 2023 [Thu]``

WORLD OF RADIO 2213 contents: Australia, Brasil, Canada, China,
Colombia, Cuba, East Turkistan, (El Salvador non), Eritrea non, India,
Indonesia and non, Israel, (Japan non), Kaliningrad, (Korea North
non), (Madagascar), México, New Zealand, (Nigeria), North America,
Perú, Russia and non, Sa`udi Arabia, Scotland and non, Taiwan, UAE,
UK, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, (Yemen non); propagation outlook -
(countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WOR 2213 available from

UT Friday October 13:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2213.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2213.mp3

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

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1630 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [also webcast, phonecast; jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular?]
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [irregular?]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2212]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS

``Dear Mr. Hauser, Thank you very much for your work for the community
of shortwave enthusiastics! I really appreciate it. I listen to your
broadcast every Saturday via the Astra satellite. I hope you can go on
with W. of Radio as long as you want to do it. Therefore you find some
U$ in this letter as my contribution! Greetings from the Grand Dutchy
to Oklahoma. Yours sincerely, Arnold Heiles, Heinerscheid,
Luxembourg``

One may also contribute in US funds but not necessarily, via PayPal
to: woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Oct 19 at 0641, TOMBS via WRMI-3 with crackly
modulation as often here, but no such problem on // 5850 WRMI-12. So
is it a WRMI-3 transmitter problem? Nor noted on 9955 elsewhen (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Oct 19 at 0631, WWCR-4 is off again as scheduled
overweeknights; a fluke being on last night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Oct 19 at 0635, WRNO is OFF. We never know whether
they may run all-night, and have not checked for it earlier from 0100,
but Ron Howard says, ``USA[non-log]. 7505, WRNO, on Oct 18, believe
this has been off the air for three days now! Ron California`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2213)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 19 at 0640, RV at S5/S7 direct, music, then YL
with phone number (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6938.0 AM, Oct 19 at 0636, JBA carrier where usually
none; pirate? Nothing reported tonight at HFU but recently:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,118974.msg370373.html#msg370373
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0149 UT October 20

** CUBA. 15230, Oct 18 at 2219, dead air at S3/S7, maybe trace of JBM?
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM. 15440.00, Oct 18 at 2223, choral song in minor key, then SE
Asian Indonesianish talk, listed as KSDA in Sundanese alternate days
with English, S9/+10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH.. 15245.41 approx., Oct 18 at 2220, wobbling
off-frequency carrier, presumably perpetual VOK (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 6200, Oct 18 at 0656, S7/S8 carrier, silent, or trace of
mod? From presumed pirate Hikari FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, Oct 18 at 0645 UT, NDB in Stillwater, SW, is
JBA: reconfirmed on, but nowhere near the signal it once had (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Oct 18 at 2208, token English from SNR, feature
after news is interview about Spanish philosopher José Ortega y algo
on anniversary of his death. Still VG signal direct (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Oct 18 at 2210, VOT English not off the air,
S9+10/30, but only fair direct, 2214.7 `Review of Turkish Press`
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293 MCW kHz, Oct 18 at 0645, FBY, NDB in Fairbury NE, is JBA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2212 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Update, I did hear 5850, 9395, confirming WOR #2212, WRMI:
5850, 0133, 0146, 0159 (55433), October 14 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, 2330, 2346 (45443), 2359, October 17 UTC 2023 [Tue]
73’s, Richard, October 18, 2023 10:49 am``

Confirmed Tuesday October 17 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+35 into
Missouri SDR.

Confirmed Wednesday October 18 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -74 Hz = 7489.926,
S9/+12 into Maryland SDR. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

No new contributions to acknowledge this week, in US funds but not
necessarily, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, Oct 18 at 1511, World`s Last Chance Radio on WBCQ-6,
in pseudo-scientific discussion of how the earth is flat, as looking
at the stars surely confirms, Polaris visible in the south, the stars
being very nearby in the firmament. So ridiculing them as ``Flat
Earthers`` is still very much appropriate. Allan Weiner would never do
that but often reminds us he is a ``man of science`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Wed Oct 18 at 0654, WWCR-4 is on with unID gospel
huxter, not // 5850 WRMI so not TOMBS. This transmitter had been on
overnight only on UT Sat & Sun for TOMBS. WWCR-4 on 5890 could be on
anytime between 02 and 12. For axual scheduling, rather than 24/7
registered availability, we must look instead at the program
schedules.
The Oct 1 version still claims 5890 is OFF THE AIR, M-F 12-7 am
Central, misconverted to UT as 06-13 rather than 05-12. Could it be
something sked on another transmitter? NO, 5935 has University
Network, not that. 4840 is TOMBS, and 3215 is supposed to be OFF just
like 5890, altho I did not recheck 3215 at this time.

WWCR has already added B23 transmitter schedules, in two steps, the
first week Oct 29-Nov 5 while USA be still on DST; and then Nov 6
onward, off DST. Same old frequencies, but shifts in changeover times
for a few of them. 5890 will be available at 03-13 UT. On this xmtr
page it appears they get the CT/UT conversions correct, unlike on the
programming pages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15610, Oct 18 at 2226, RCC discussion in English, so WEWN is
back on; was AWOL last time I checked. S9+10 with squeal (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130, Oct 18 at 1512 UT, YL DJ on KLEY Wellington KS with
slogan in passing as ``The Wave``, NOT ``Red Dirt Country`` as in
2023-2024 NRC AM Log, and rock rather than country (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 18 0657, S4/S5 talk from R. Vanuatu still here,
vanishes sometime after 0658. I don`t think they make any retuning
announcement, do they? Leaving listeners hanging unless they be
DXer-like, in the know (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search October 18 at
0111-0120 UT. This time on the NRD-545 which doesn`t tune in 9-kHz
steps - or if it can, I don`t know how; rather than the IC-R75, so I
have to manually go in USB to 1 kHz below some of them, and do get
some hits, not in exact order tuned: 684, 711, 774-2 beating, 855,
891, 909-strongest, 999-2, 1053, 1107 kHz. Likely from Spain, Western
Sahara, Algeria, UKQOGBANI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15299.87 approx., Oct 18 at 1514, JBA carrier direct as
I am checking for MiniTransAt. At 1521 I check UTwente, but it has an
S7 open carrier right on 15300.000 but rough. Was it a birdie? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0025 UT October 19

** CANADA. 362 MCW kHz, Oct 17 at 0611 UT, dash and SB, 500 watt ND
beacon at Greater Sudbury, Ont.

346 MCW kHz, Oct 17 at 0714 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watt NDB at Sioux
Lookout, Ont. Tough copy but must be this regular (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440, Oct 17 at 2150, R. Cairo is on, YL talking English?
but distorted, S9+20 direct --- but 2152 drops to dead air.
Something`s amiss at Abis and/or cutoff at Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** GUAM. 15320, Oct 17 at 2158, open carrier with some hum, S7/9+10
direct; 2200 AWR theme, s/on in English mentions language on 15320 but
can`t copy it. Then heard ``Suara`` so Indonesian-related?

Aoki says ``Nga``, abbr. for what? EiBi says ``NJ`` to INS =
Indonesia, and his readme says ``NJ Ngaju Dayak: Indonesia-Borneo
(0.9m)[nij]``; WRTH UD under USA:AWR just calls it Dayak (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6200.00, Oct 17 at 0645, S7/S8 open carrier, presumably
Hikari FM, pirate still testing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7300.09 approx., Oct 17 at 0640, JBA S7/S9 talk
probably sermon from the hamish pirate heard before only on UT Sundays
but this is Tuesday. Nothing from another one now on 7320 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785+, Oct 17 at 2200, VOT on the air, VG S9+20/30 direct
in English, some distortion during music. 2218 ``always-by-your-side``
promo (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKQOGBANI. 15245, Oct 17 at 1327, no signal yet from Woofferton,
rather just barely audible carrier off-frequency, no doubt VOKorea.
This is for the one-hour special from 1330 marking the 80th
anniversary of Woofferton. 17785 eastward is on already with Encompass
IS. Back to 15245 at 1330, now it`s on aimed USward with no het or
other QRM, SINPO 45444 or S9/+20, so I listen mainly to it but 17785
is almost as good with a bit more fading. This on the NRD-545 with
100-ft E/W longwire; but heard the last few minutes sufficiently on
DX-398 portable with telescopic antenna only.

After sign/on, at 1331-1348, monolog by Dave Porter with great detail
about all the different transmitters the WOF site has used over the
years, concluding with RIZ from Croatia capable of DRM. 1348 asking
for reports to radio@encompass.tv for special eQSL and chance to win
something in a drawing. Then we hear voices of a number of other
current or former engineers and other staff; including at 1352 G8XYJ.
1358 the first YL voice, office manager; interspersed with more QSL
requests. 1402 Lilliburlero. At 1412 starts playing IS/IDs of: VOA
signing off with Yankee Doodle Dandy, London Calling, Bow Bells, RCI,
NHK, DW, RFE/RL Praha, B-B-C- chime notes, RNW. The same sequence
repeats over and over and over again until cut off the air at 1430
during NHK with no further announcements. Quite nice nostalgia, and
congrats to WOF. The WORLD OF RADIO iogroup was also flooded with
reports on this. It would have been nice if defunct sites, Rampisham,
Skelton had received similar treatment on their anniversaries (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, Oct 17 at 0704 UT, ND beacon SYZ, new one for
me, 25 watts at Shelbyville IL. Same frequency where recently heard
AA, Fargo/Harwood ND, but dxinfocentre.com places it in Minnesota
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2212 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Tuesday October 17 at 0030 on WRMI 9395; rather rock music from before
0030 continues; Legends? I asked Jeff White about this and the
off-and-on appearance of WOR UT Mondays at 0030 on 7780. He says these
are subject to pre-emption for specials and should both be on next week.

Confirmed UT Tuesday October 17 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+12 into
Louisiana SDR starting with that 14-second uteblast override.

Also confirmed Tuesday October 17 at 1326 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, S8/S9
direct. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2211]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

No new contributions to acknowledge this week, in US funds but not
necessarily, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 17 at 0652,
obvious het direct from 711 kHz when tuned to 710, likely this as in
mwlist: ``AOE SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia El Aaiún 24h Laâyoune=El Aaiún
300 kW languages: Tamazight (Berber), Tachelhit, Rifain, ar // 936``
--- AOE as country means Spanish West Africa - hardly anymore, rather
WESTERN SAHARA but occupied by MOROCCO imperialism, their station. At
this late hour, far more likely than lower-powereds further into Africa,
Europe, ME (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2325 UT October 17

** EGYPT [non]. 9440, Oct 16 at 2217, no Cairo direct, just BBCWS in
English which is via USAGM Tinang, PHILIPPINES. Something`s amiss at
Abis (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6200, Oct 16 at 0655, JBA carrier, probably Hikari
FM, the pirate in NW Mexico, which has been silent for quite a while.
First time I`ve heard a trace checking almost nightly. Now nothing
from other possible pirates on 7300v, 7320.

Then Ron Howard reports: ``[WOR] 6200 kHz. (pirate) testing again ---
6200 AM - For a long time I had not been hearing any Hikari FM
(pirate) signal and assumed he was having transmitter problems. Then
on both Oct 15 and 16, I heard an open carrier with good signal
strength (0450+ UT). Sent an email to the operator of Hikari FM,
inquiring if I was correct in assuming he was testing again. Here is
his reply, with the good news that he plans on returning to the air
before too long with actual audio. Ron (Calif.)

"Yes, I am having problems with my amplitude modulator. I need an
audio amplifier to modulate it. The previous modulator got very hot
and it was very inefficient which led to its failure. Right now the
setup is a modulation transformer and I am building a class E audio
amplifier. This setup allowed me to step up the power a little. The
carrier is on because I will be doing some testing and pretty soon
will be back on air with music. This is if all goes by plan. There is a
lot of new music that will be coming and another reformatting with
now separate time for electronic music and another time for Jpop.
Thank you very much for your support! Best regards."``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5, Oct 16 at 1955 UT, NO open carrier signal, no $
icon, so KOCD Okeene is finally turned off - but who knows whether
permanently this time (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, K17JN-D, Enid`s only local but useless TV signal
is *still* black and silent but at normal strength, Oct 16 at 1858 UT
check. Apparently there is no great demand for 3ABN and subnetworx; in
fact, I doubt many Enidians know it exist, or that it`s our very own,
should scantuning hit on it and save. Yet there are three 7DA churches
here, one of them in Spanish. 3ABN is on an upper tier ch 370 on
Optimum cable, likely directly off satellite rather than RF 17, as
it`s labeled -E, implying there be also a 3-hour delayed -W feed. Hmm,
before this went black there were crawlers warning of a change of
satellites. Online 3ABN program sked displays automatically in GMT
like my computer, including still rerunning `AWR360 Broadcast to
Baptism`, Saturdays at 1930, UT Thursdays at 0330 (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Oct 16 at 0701, TOMBS still via WRMI,
but modulation is crackling; also with Cuban jamming. Tnx a lot!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Oct 16 at 2200, token English from SNR still
holding up VG direct, S9+20. 2207 feature is interview with an
Uruguayan author of a book about survivors of a plane crash in South
America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, Oct 16 at 2200, VOT English not off the air today,
in fact just as big a sig direct as 17855 Spain, S9+10/20, but
modulation somewhat distorted, worst during music at 2223. Heavy
accent only makes it worse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler.
But 2256 check, already off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Next airings of WORLD OF RADIO 2212:
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [NEW]
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW; also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB [previous #2211]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

No new contributions to acknowledge this week, in US funds but not
necessarily, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

Or MO, check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 9960, Oct 16 at 0656, R. Vanuatu ID in passing, S3/S4
direct, with some ACI from 9955 WRMI even with USB tuning. Cuts off
about 0658.7* for presumed QSY to 3945 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0020 UT October 17