Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2020

** CHINA. 9215, Oct 2 at 1246, JBA carrier with flutter, a CNR1 jammer vs SOH frequency --- the only WOOB one I find below 14 MHz. Propagation is still degraded. K-index is 3. October is traditionally a month for a peak in SW reception conditions, but not yet! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, reply to my latest report:

``4.940 kHz 23.30 UTC 01-10-2020 SINPO 55545. Caribbean music in Spanish, including one song dedicated to Colombia (Cantando, cantando yo viviré/Colombia tierra querida) as well as Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra. Then, I also heard a program called Casados y felices, at 23.40, presented by Gladis and Enrique Saavedra, both speaking in Spanish with Colombian accent. As additional clue, they ended the program by inviting listeners to e-mail them to info@fuerzadepaz.com.

So, this is the new station Glenn Hauser has been recently reporting on the group. As far as I can remember the same frequency was used by Continental or Amazonas Internacional, both Venezuelan stations owned by the same people living in Barinas, but years ago. Now they're off the air! Therefore, although there was no clear station ID, some facts indicate that it broadcasts from Colombia, such as the Colombian Spanish, strong reception in relation to my location, and the e-mail address the aired which seems belongs to the Colombia para Cristo organisation.

In fact, I dare to say that this is another station operated by the Colombia para Cristo organisation, which also operated Marfil Stereo, La Voz de tu Conciencia and Alcaraván Radio. Maybe friend Rafael Rodríguez in Bogotá may give us some relevant and additional information about this new –tentative Colombian- radio station. (Leonardo Santiago, SW35, 5-meter longwire, Mérida, Venezuela)``

Tnx, Leonardo. 4940, Oct 2 at 0132 check via Bonaire SDR, on again in Spanish, S8-S9. At 0537 direct, tropical music S8-S9 above local noise level S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, Oct 2 at 0537, R. Rebelde, S9+20 of dead air --- well, at least it`s not distorted since there is no modulation! Still propagating post-sunrise at 1240 to S9/+10 and still dead. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 1210, open carrier with slow SAH of 184/minute = 3.07 Hz. Comes to life with Mexican NA, choral until 1215 ``Vd. escucha: El Fonógrafo 7-20 -- mil vatios -- Ciudad Juárez``. That would be XEJCC; maybe also mentioned call but not positive.

All this contradicts IRCA Mexican Log info which shows daytime only
with 25000 watts, sign on at 1159 with Chihuahua state anthem around
1205 after NA. WRTH does show only 1 kW.

Then follow a string of mandatory PSAs mostly governmental, except for one promoting a webstation-only, apparently, ``Radio Cid?, La Voz de los Juarenses``. 1219.6 Fonógrafo slogan ID again and fading down.

Aha, searching finds it`s really Radio STIRTT, as here: https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/ or https://www.facebook.com/StirttSeccionJuarez/ http://www.radiostirtt.org.mx

Ahh, the Mexicans love their cumbersome acronyms, initialisms! This means Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Radio, la Televisión y Telecomunicaciones, i.e. a labor union. We learn that 14 septiembre was Dia del Locutor, and today 2 de octubre is Día Internacional de la NO VIOLENCIA, e.g. against women in India. And 22 de noviembre will be their 72nd anniversary. Such celebrations are the major subject of these displays. This page is to listen-live: https://www.facebook.com/radiostirttjuarez/app/190322544333196/ where I hear some upbeat stereo songs; ID at 1847 as I write this sounds like ``Radio Estir``. But we digress!

711.27v & 728.73v kHz, two matching wobbly spurs making exactly same-pitched hets against other Mexicans on 710 & 730, are what first drew me to 720, since that would be the transmitter producing them exactly halfway between. This was first at 1208. Once modulating, late sign-on? from 1210, 720 itself sounds OK.

The spurs remain but by 1222 they are both gone, while 720 is back up with song in Spanish, talk, and not fading out until 1226. LSR Enid today is 1228 UT. There has been no other significant signal on 720 which could have been source of spurs, but the disparity in disappearances detracts from 100% certainty. Maybe XEJCC transmitter was tweaked in the meantime, or lost them once warmed up? BTW, at 1226 the other Chihuahuans, XEDP on 710 and XEHB 730 are still in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2054 contents: Antarctica, Argentina non, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brasil, Canada, China, Colombia?, Cuba, East Turkistan, Eritrea non, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea North and non, Korea South and non, Kurdistan non, Netherlands non, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines, Pridnestrovye, Somalia non, Sudan South non, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican non; IPhones; and the propagation outlook.

Confirmed first SW airing UT Friday October 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 VG S9+15 via Bonaire SDR where it`s aimed; 5850 VG here where it`s aimed, and good S8 at Rochester SDR. Next:

2200 UT Friday    WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE
1130 UT Saturday  WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday  WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday  WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday  WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday    WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
0030 UT Monday    WRMI 7730 to WNW
0130 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday    WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
0300vUT Monday    WBCQ 6160v Area 61 to WSW
0330 UT Monday    WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
1800vUT Monday    IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE
0330 UT Tuesday   WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE

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UNIDENTIFIED. Correcting date on this instead of Oct 2; fixed: 475.2 kHz, Oct 1 at 0624, looking for WA4SZE ham beacon, but am hearing seemingly random CW altho in repeating loop including 6X which stands out; other letters, lots of A, E, T, N.

475.2, when it`s really Oct 2, at 0552 UT, I can copy the full very slow Morse ID without much fading: ``WWW WA4SZE COM WA4SZE / BEACON`` Is that meant to refer to a website? No dots or slants, but yes! Enter that and it morphs to  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-VqtNY8vpw which is a 10+year-old 10-minute audiovideo headed thus: ``Navigation in the 1940s: The Four Course Radio Range 28,117 views •Apr 9, 2010 AirlineTransportComm 49 subscribers`` ATC is Dave WWRB Frantz`s major company. It`s not pure A1 CW but with other confusing carriers, I guess A2 MCW. There is also suspicious fast-clicking QRM only across the 630m band, roughly 465-483 kHz, not local? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 0547-0551: 585, 621, 684(2), 711, 774, 837, *855(2), 891, 999, 1044, 1098, 1107 kHz. *strongest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 2 at 1158 on the E-W longwire so no DFing: 585, 747(2 with a fast beat), 774(2 with a slow beat), 1035(2), 1098 kHz. Enid LSR today not until 1228 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1906 UT October 2