Glenn Hauser logs October 18-19, 2020

** CANADA [and non]. 362-MCW kHz, Oct 19 at 0611 UT, dash and SB, 500 watt NDB at Greater Sudbury, Ont. I was tuned to 363-USB; yes, on the plus side, and simulhearing AA which is really on 365-MCW, 100 watts from Fargo - Harwood, North Dakota (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. CNR1 jammer search, Oct 19 at 1357: quick WOOB scan gets only 13150 JBA carrier and 10920 S1-S2 Chinese with flutter until timesignal and 1400* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA? 4940, Oct 19 at 0331, anonymous mystery missionary station, tropical music at S7-S9, AMS carrier offset -5v Hz to Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6080-6115, Oct 19 at 0550, RHC English, music distorted and splattering over this range from S9+30/40 overmodulated 6100. QRMs even whatever be on 6115, Congo or Japan. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

6130-6155, Oct 19 at 0552, RHC also overmod/distorted and splattering out of 6145. Austria USB barely escapes. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

Other // 6000, Oct 19 at 0553, is S9+20 but JBM and not a splatter problem. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 7435 // 7335, Oct 19 at 0545, Radio Martí is back on the air after 0400* when it was curtailed months ago, both S9+30/40 and no jamming audible; at 0551 also on 6030 S9+30 over jamming. But not 5980: see USA: WWCR. It seems OCB is getting a head start on B-20 registrations; I have pared down HFCC data to the essential parts:

kHz, times, kW, azimuth, slew, antenna type, days, dates, D=NOT DRM:

5980 1000 1100 250 172 12 146 1234567 251020 270321 D
5980 1100 1300 250 190  0 701 1234567 251020 270321 D
6030 0000 0400 250 205  0 893 1234567 251020 270321 D
6030 0400 0600 250 205  0 893 1234567 251020 051220 D
6030 1000 1200 250 205  0 893 1234567 251020 270321 D
6125 0000 0400 250 174  0 101   34567 251020 270321 D
6125 2300 2400 250 174  0 101  23456  251020 270321 D
7345 0000 0200  50 174  0 891 1234567 251020 270321 D [really DRM?]
7345 1700 2400  50 174  0 891 1234567 251020 270321 D [really DRM?]
7355 0200 0400 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7355 0400 0600 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 051220 D
7355 1000 1400 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7355 2200 2300 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7365 0000 0100 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7365 0100 0200 250 225  0 905 1234567 251020 270321 D
7375 2200 2300 250 184 24 216 1234567 251020 270321 D
7375 2300 2400 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7435 0000 0100 250 225  0 905 1234567 251020 270321 D
7435 0100 0200 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
7435 0200 0400 250 225  0 905 1234567 251020 270321 D
7435 0400 0600 250 225  0 905 1234567 251020 051220 D
7435 1200 1400 250 205  0 893 1234567 251020 270321 D
9565 2000 2400 250 164  0 891 1234567 251020 270321 D
11860 1400 2200 250 183  0 896 1234567 251020 270321 D
11930 1300 1400 250 184 24 216 1234567 251020 270321 D
11930 1400 2200 250 184 24 206 1234567 251020 270321 D
13820 1400 2000 250 184 24 216 1234567 251020 270321 D

Note that the tri-frequency 04-06 extension I discovered is effective only until 5 December; why? Also, 5980 in the eves, originally separate TV Martí audio, is again replaced by 6125, where the jamming may also expand past 0400 vs Turkey resuming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. [ITALY?] 6170-USB, Oct 18, Checked at 2240 via UTwente, nothing on 6170-USB or otherwise -- except clanking sounds out of the strong AM music on 6175, which would be CRI Portuguese default via Xi`an if not Albania. Checking for this as told to Manuel Mendez:

``De: "Marconi Radio" <marconiradiointernational@gmail.com>
Enviado: 18/10/2020 16:15:29
Asunto: Marconi Radio International on the air today, 18 October 2020,
at 2200-2300 UTC, on 6170 kHz USB
Marconi Radio International (MRI).``

No one else reported it, except Harold Frodge had something starting at 2200 ``but totally buried in the QRN``. Later MRI told MM they would be on air until 0605, but unchecked here further as I did not see that until next day. FWIW, Mike Terry and Manuel Méndez got this notice from MRI on Oct 19:

``Please be advised that Marconi Radio International (MRI) will be on the air this week with test transmissions on 20, 23, 24 and 25 October 2020, as follows: 0500-0600 UT. The frequency is 6170 kHz (USB mode). Reception reports (verified by eQSL) to this E-mail address: marconiradiointernational (at) gmail.com Some lucky listeners will also receive our printed QSL card. Please don't forget to include your postal/street address, too!``

That would be immediately following VOA Zimbabwe service via São Tomé on 6170 until 0500 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9v, Oct 19 at 0640, no signal from VON (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4764.034, Oct 19 at 0021, JBA carrier here before Cuba comes on 4765. Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Brasil, has been reporting R. Huanta 2000 on 4764, ex 4747v, as IDed by Rafael Rodríguez. A few minutes earlier I was seeking it via several SDRs, in Brasil, Chile, Argentina, Bonaire but none of them got any more than a JBA carrier either. At 0049 with R. Progreso on 4765, I could barely detect a JBA het on its minus. Why in the world would RH2K move from a clear frequency to collide with Cuba? Maybe out of control, but has lasted for several days (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 7320-7325-7330, Oct 19 at 0546, DRM noise, which is RRI English via Tsiganeshti, 90 kW, 307 degrees to W Europe, but also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 407-MCW kHz, Oct 19 at 0606 UT, ND beacon IL which is 25 watts from wILmington, Ohio, between Cincinnati and Columbus. I was tuned to 405-USB. There are also two other ILs in other wILmingtons, DE and NC, on other frequencies, and another in kILeen, Texas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2056 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday October 19 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+10 at 0050 check.

NOT confirmed on any WRMI 7780 broadcast, UT Mon Oct 19 at 0130 or
 0230, as this transmitter is still off the air. Bob Biermann of WRMI explained, ``Transmitter 1 is the oldest unit operating at WRMI. It is probably close to 60 years of age and originally was in the site up in Massachusetts. It is a Gates unit, so repairs may not be easy, and don’t expect anyone outside of “World’s Last Chance” to be buying a new transmitter anytime soon.`` Nothing about this on WRMI FB, its preferred method of listener contact. 

Richard Langley, NB: ``This is the same transmitter (#1) that was damaged in August and repaired. At that time, WRMI switched all programming on 7780 kHz over to 15770 kHz. That hasn't happened this time -- yet.`` Lack of 7780 really impacts WOR airings, of which six have been scheduled weekly, first noted gone Saturday October 17 at 2300. WOR confirmed anyway via WRN webcast at 0130 UT Mon Oct 19.

WOR 2056 still confirmed UT Mon Oct 19 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, S9+30 to Virginia SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon Oct 19 from 0300.5 on Area 61, 6159.915v, S9+25 to Virginia SDR; checked earlier at 0236 during Johnny Lightning, surprised to find WBCQ 6159.924+ Good S9 into UTwente, better than any Classic WBCQ normally achieves thataway opposite, but faded way down by 0330.

WOR 2056 also confirmed at 0330 UT Mon Oct 19 on WRMI 9955, S7-S8 into TWR Bonaire SDR. Next:

Also confirmed from 1801:40 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria, S9+15 to UTwente SDR. Lead-in: 1755 carrier already on; 1758:50 JIP Feature Story News [never the same thing from one week to next]; 1759:50 USFS/Ad Council PSA by Jeff Foxworthy for Smokey Bear about dousing campfires, etc. 1800:50 IRRS addresses including Milano PO Box. 1801:13 FSN headlines; 1801:40 finally WOR. VG except for perpetual splatter from 7280/7300 stations which cannot be avoided by narrowing bandwidth. WOR seems intact at various spotchex onwards. But started late so I am apprehensive: justifiably, since faded me out before propagation info finished, losing the last 30 seconds! 1830:10 IRRS ID, 1830:45 FSN. Next:

0100 UT Tuesday   WRMI 7780 to NE [off?]
0330 UT Tuesday   WRMI 5800 to SSE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE  [NEW]
0100 UT Thursday  WRMI 7780 to NE [off?]

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** U S A [and non]. 5980, Oct 19 at 0556, checking for R. Marti extension here [see CUBA [non]], there is some weak audio under jamming but not RM; soon recognize it as both TOMBS and University Network! So it`s a leapfrog mixing product of WWCR 5890 over 5935, both very strong, another 45 kHz higher. Maybe in B-20, 5980 will become open again for R. Chaski, PERU earlier until 00* or 01*. WWCR is not registered to start 5890 until *02, or after DST, *03. However Cuban jamming against no RM will probably lag, prolonged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6906.3v-CUSB, Oct 19 at 0332, presumed ROCV = LV del Tigre relay is only JBA S3 into Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1847 UT October 19