Glenn Hauser logs January 31, 2021

** CANADA. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 31 at 0744 UT, ND beacon dash and XC, which is 500 watts from Cranbrook BC; undermixing with FS, which is really on 245 from Sioux Falls SD, a regular.

263-MCW kHz, Jan 31 at 0747 UT, dash and YGK, 230-watt NDB from Kingston, Ontario; presumably this tho copied as YMK, one dit off.

341-MCW kHz, Jan 31 at 0754 UT, dash and ZLP, mixing with my local EI Enid, and its #1 competitor OIN in Oberlin, Kansas. ZLP is 40 watts from Toronto - Meadowvale, Ontario, and per dxinfocentre.com ``to be decommissioned 2021-02-25``; pleased to have caught in time. Distancefromto goes to a Meadowvale beyond Ottawa, not Toronto; distance from Toronto is 1764 km = 1096 stmi or 27.4 miles per watt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non?]. 11590, Jan 31 at 1602, Chinese; in this case not sure if RFA via TINIAN as sked this hour daily, or CNR1 jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Jan 31 at 0515, RHC English is on again via frequency reactivated last night; maybe starts at 0500 for English? If not Spanish earlier.

5040, 6000, 6060, 6100, 6145 or 9700, Sunday January 31 at 0803 when I am unfortunately still awake, all RHCs are off when Esperanto is supposed to air on one of them. (However, SW Radiogram has just started on WRMIs 5850 & 7730). Something`s always wrong at RHC.

15140 // weaker 11760, Sun Jan 31 at 1602, this airing of Esperanto is starting a bit late with themesong and sign-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13496, 13564, 13632 S9, 13768 S9, 13837, 13906 all approx., Jan 31 at 1518, FMish RHC spurblobs out of 13700-AM, with reconfirmed F# tones; approx. 68-kHz intervals, the fringe ones JBA traces. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, Jan 31 at 1558, CRI English relay with discussion ending just in time as `The World Today`, rather than a 5-minute language-lesson buffer; S9+30, somewhat distorted and JBA F# tone like on the 13 MHz spurs. Mod stops by 1600 but carrier stays on a while. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1230 kHz, Jan 31 at 0738-0742 UT, concentrated continuous listening to my R75 with E-W longwire for any sign of the KCUP Toledo Oregon DX test, but nothing. That`s enough for me, but I have already heard it via remotes over a megameter away. Some guys were going to record the entire 8 hours and sift for it later; beyond me. Fleshing out my previous report starting two hours before the official test:

It so happens that there is a KiwiSDR in Newport OR, which city-to-city is only 6 miles from Toledo. Near-local quality KCUP it uppix but still with QRM audible under.

Surprised to be hearing Xmasmx! That`s the kind of thing out-of-season DX testers sometimes employ since it stands out sorethumbly. Could this be an intentional prélude to the test, or would KCUP really be playing that for local audience a month+ later?

0409: ``This is K-Cup``; ``O Little Town of Bethlehem``
0414: ``K-cup`` 2-syllable ID; ``I`ll Be Home for Xmas``
0418: ``O, Tannenbaum`` in German
0421: ``K-Cup``, PSA about adoption
0424: ``White Xmas``
0426: ``Favourite Things``
0428: ``I Want a Hippopotamus for Xmas``
0431: ``Silent Nite``
0433: ID about enjoying something
0442: ``K-Cup``, heart & stroke PSA; ``Lifestyles of the Central Oregon Coast``
0448: ``We Three Kings``

0600 again listening on local remote as DX test officially starts, robo-announced as such, Morse ID as VVV DE KCUP with repetitions.

At 0601 I switch to one of the KiwiSDRs in Northern Utah, labeled as: ``© bluebison.net Northern Utah SDR KiwiSDR #1 Corinne, Utah U.S.A. (TCI-530 Omni) Corinne, Utah | Grid: DN31uo, ASL: 1310, [map]``. The map link shows its G.C. as: 41-35-24 N / 112-16-12 W, or decimally: 41.59 / -112.27. I have not tried to compute exact distance with G.C. but city-to-city and distancefromto.net worx out to 632.58 statute miles. This is the one I checked earlier during Xmasmx with no go.

Now I *am* hearing KCUP over a megameter away, tuning LSB = USB mode:
0601: Morse ID, sweeps
0602.5: phone-off-hook, upward sweeps
0606: 1 kHz tone
0647: another final check into Utah: upward sweeps, 0650 tone.
Simultaneously have local Newport SDR still running, and easily compared and confirmed as //, tho hardly necessary after copying definite KCUP Morse ID in Utah. BTW, about 3 other further-flung DXers were also running Newport on 1230! But not this Corinne.

At first I was reluctant to try Corinne as it might be too close to the UT on 1230 in Murray, KJJC in the greater SLC market, but not a problem. Murray is SE of SLC; Corinne is quite further north, 30 miles from Idaho. For this path, Corinne #1 is at optimum distance, not too far, but not too close still to qualify as real DX.

Meanwhile I have also checked several other possible remotes, to find no KCUP or not funxioning: in CO, TX, AZ, HI, NZ. I was about to try VE6JY in Alberta but Malwarebytes blox, claiming possible trojan. Don Moman thinx it`s OK anyway, and any malware would have had to come from Kiwinet updates.

At 0615 UT I try Prince George BC`s VE7AV remote, and there is KCUP: beeps going upward // Newport; 0618 CCI in Korean! That would be intervening KWYZ in Everett WA; 0620 tone; distance city-to-city 644 miles with no G.C. provided by this remote.

FCC shows G.C. for KCUP:
44° 37' 52.00" N Latitude 44.631111
123° 56' 40.00" W Longitude -123.944444

Here`s the latest notification about the test, including grafik of the ``Cup`` logo: https://groups.io/g/IRCA/message/16676 Under the rules, as an NRC member, I could claim a new graveyard record distance for KCUP beyond Tim Hall`s standing one, except I am sure others heard it further, even without a remote. I would however like a QSL for picking it up in BC and UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1904 UT January 31

Media & Tech - 31/01/2021

Ascolti AM Treviso 31 gennaio

6005 31/1 0945 R.Ukraine International, D-Kall-Krekel Mx D 25533
6070 31/1 0946 RNI Goldrausch 6070, D-Rohrbach Waal Px D 35533
6085 31/1 0947 Radio Mi Amigo Inter. D-Kall-Krekel Mx D 25532
6160 31/1 0948 AM Shortwave Radio, D-Winsen Mx E 25522
7780 31/1 0948 The Overcomer Ministry,USA-Okeechobee 1 Px rel. E 35533
9510 31/1 1030 IRRS- Living The Bible, Tiganesti jingle ID Px rel. E 45544
9610 31/1 1031 AWR Europe, Nauen Px <RVS Magazine> It 54544
9610 31/1 1100 AWR KSDA, Guam-Agat info ID E Px rel. M 35533
9910 31/1 1102 KTWR Trans World Radio, Guam-Merino Px rel. E 35533
9965 31/1 1103 Hope Radio -The Whole Truth PLW-Palau Medor Mx E 35533
9975 31/1 1104 KTWR GUAM Do You Know -Agana Px rel. Mon 35533
11660 31/1 1105 Voice Of America, PHL-Tinang Px M 44544
11690 31/1 1158 AWR KSDA, Guam-Agat Px rel. jingle ID E M 45544
11725 31/1 1200 R.New Zealand Pacific, Rangitaiki TS ID Nx E 25533
11825 31/1 1201 Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra info ID E Px rel. E 35543
11945 31/1 1202 Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra Mx Px Mat 35543
12030 31/1 1203 KSDA-AWR, Guam-Agat Mx Px rel. M 35533
12095 31/1 1204 FEBC Radio Manila, Bocaue Px rel. Iu 35533
12120 31/1 1205 FEBC Radio Manila, Bocaue Px rel Mx Raw 35544
15770 31/1 1206 WRMI The Overcomer Ministry, USA-Okeechobee9 Px rel. E 45533

73 da Nino Marabello
QTH Treviso, Italy
RX: TECSUN PL-365
Tecsun 6m longwire antenna
https://acquamarina.blogspot.com

QSL Radio Milano 1602

QSL Radio 37

Log Roberto Pavanello

738 29/1 18.04 R.N.E. R.1 - Barcelona Catalano NX reg. Catalunya ottimo
828 25/1 23.05 Smooth R. - Bournemouth EE MX suff.
828 26/1 17.15 Pravoslavnoye R. - St. Peterburg Russo talk suff.
828 27/1 21.50 Tent. FRCN - Enugu Vern. talk suff.
828 27/1 22.10 BBC Asian Network - Birmingham EE MX indiana suff.
1026 26/1 23.20 R. Tabriz - Azero MX suff.
1026 26/1 23.35 R. Asturias - Oviedo SS ID e pubblicità locale suff.
1053 27/1 17.40 R. Iasi - Rumeno MX suff.
1053 28/1 21.57 COPE - Castellon SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1107 27/1 18.04 R.N.E. R.5 - Logrono SS NX reg. La Rioja buono
1116 29/1 22.59 R. Albacete - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1341 26/1 17.57 R. Onda Cero - Almeria SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1539 27/1 22.58 R. Elche - SS ID e pubblicità locale buono
1566 27/1 22.45 BBC R. Somerset - Taunton EE talk suff.
1617 26/1 21.40 R. Marianne - Dutch MX buono
1620 25/1 17.50 R. Casablanca - Dutch MX suff.
1622 28/1 21.30 R. Blauwe Koe - Dutch MX suff.
1625 25/1 22.05 R. Pandora - Dutch MX buono
1625 29/1 21.40 R. Turftrekker - Dutch MX buono
1629 29/1 17.30 R. Dolfjin - Dutch MX suff.
1636 29/1 21.15 R. Barones - Dutch ID e MX buono
1638 24/1 21.35 R. Bluebird - Dutch MX buono
1643 30/1 21.50 R. Mi Amigo - Dutch ID e MX buono
1644 25/1 17.35 R. Drukstroomjager - Dutch MX buono
1652 28/1 21.35 R. Moby Dick - Dutch MX suff.
1655 25/1 17.30 R. Belladonna - Dutch MX buono
1656 24/1 22.10 R. Witte Raaf - Dutch MX buono
1656 26/1 21.30 R. Armada - Dutch MX buono
1667 25/1 17.40 R. Digital - Dutch MX buono
1671 30/1 21.30 R. Twentana - Dutch MX suff.
1690 29/1 22.25 Lux - Thassos Greco MX buono
3905USB 26/1 17.15 Zenith Classic Rock - EE MX suff.
3920 24/1 17.05 R. Piepzender - Zwolle Dutch MX buono
3920 27/1 16.50 R. Gaar - EE MX buono
3920 31/1 10.10 R. Classic Sunday - EE MX suff.
3975 24/1 17.10 Shortwave R. - Wietze IT Scorribande suff.
4872 26/1 17.10 R. Mystery 21 - EE MX buono
5140 24/1 17.00 Charleston R. Int. - EE MX buono
5780 24/1 17.15 Harmony R. - EE MX buono
5800 30/1. 15.30 Mike R. - Heerde EE MX ottimo
5880 30/1 15.05 R. Rock Revolution - EE MX buono
5995 24/1 22.20 R. Mali - Bamako Vern. talk buono
6070 24/1 12.00 R. 37 - Danese talk buono
6070 26/1 12.00 Gbradio - EE MX jazz buono
6095 31/1 10.15 R. Scotland Int. - EE MX buono
6130 31/1 09.40 R. Casanova - EE ID e MX buono
6150 25/1 13.30 R. Europe 24 - Datteln Tedesco ID e NX buono
6210 30/1 15.10 R. King SW - EE MX suff.
6280 24/1 17.25 Laser Hot Hits - EE MX suff. // a 6205 KHz
6280 25/1 17.25 Coast FM - EE ID e MX buono
6280 31/1 15.15 Dazzle FM - EE MX buono
6295 24/1 17.20 Reflection Europe - EE predica buono
6305 24/1 22.00 R. Merlin Int. - EE MX suff.
6985 29/1 23.05 The Vault - EE MX buono
6994 30/1 17.15 R. Zeppelin - EE MX suff.
9380 25/1 18.10 TWR - Manzini Swahili MX afro buono
9395 25/1 22.45 WRMI - EE ID e MX buono ( e la RAE in IT ??? )
9470 28/1 13.25 KSDA - Guam Cinese MX suff.
9610 27/1 17.30 Voice of Oromo Liberation - Amarico talk buono
9610 31/1 10.00 AWR - Firenze IT Obiettivo DX by Roberto Scaglione ottimo
9665 24/1 22.15 Voz Missionaria - Camboriu PP predica buono
9920 28/1 13.10 FEBC - Pasig City Koho talk suff.
9975 28/1 13.20 KTWR - Guam Hakka talk suff.
11750 26/1 17.20 Sri Lanka BC - Colombo Cingalese talk buono
11825 28/1 13.15 Reach Beyond - Kilsyth Malayalam MX buono
17630 26/1 10.30 R. Thailand - Bangkok Thailandese talk buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

A cuore aperto: MARCONIPHONE TYPE 64 (1927)

Questa settimana ho pensato di smontare ed illustrare un altoparlante "a spillo" MARCONI del 1927, modello 64.

LOGO MARCONI

TARGHETTA POSTERIORE

POSTERIORE

Contenuto in un bel mobile in legno con decorazioni floreali, questo diffusore è costituito da un grande cono in cartone nero nel cui centro è fissata una borchia forata e dotata di una vite che serve a fissare il cono al trasduttore vero e proprio, che richiama quello che abbiamo visto nell'altoparlante ROLA.

INGRESSI

MANOPOLA REGOLAZIONE RENDIMENTO

LATERALE

Posteriormente troviamo la targhetta identificativa con numero di serie, modello e costruttore; più in basso c'è la manopola che regola il rendimento e cioè, provvede a mantenere l'ancoretta mobile in sospensione tra il campo magnetico generato dai poli dell'elettromagnete e quello generato da un magnete permanente a forma di ferro di cavallo.

APERTO

MAGNETE E CONO

CONO ED INNESTO

Ruotando la manopola, si sposta l'ancoretta fino a sentire, anche qui, il classico "click" che denota l'avvenuta regolazione. Sempre sul retro si trovano tre boccole per l'ingresso del segnale: combinandole tra loro, si ottengono diverse impedenze: 500, 750 e 1000 Ohm, per poter utilizzare l'altoparlante con vari apparecchi.

ALBERINO REGOLATORE RENDIMENTO

PARTICOLARE INGRESSI

INNESTO CONO

Sul mobile troviamo il logo MARCONI, con la classica firma ed il Mondo.

FRONTALE CONO

CONNESSIONE INGRESSI

TRASDUTTORE - ANCORETTA E SPILLO

La regolazione dell'ancoretta è micrometrica poiché lo spostamento che occorre a mantenerla al centro del campo magnetico è inferiore ad un millimetro. Il trasduttore, una volta percorso dal segnale audio, inizia a muoversi in maniera che l'ancoretta sposti lo spillo lateralmente a destra ed a sinistra, trasmettendo questa vibrazione al cono di cartone che la amplifica e la rende udibile.

ANCORETTA MOBILE

MECCANICA REGOLATORE RENDIMENTO

ANCORETTA E MAGNETE

Naturalmente, il cono è privo di qualsiasi elemento elettrico, essendo un semplice risuonatore di cartone. Questi altoparlanti erano più meccanici che elettrici.

BLOCCO TRASDUTTORE - CONNESSIONI E MATRICOLA

MAGNETE

AVVOLGIMENTO TRASDUTTORE

L'altoparlante è completamente originale e perfettamente funzionante. Non ho realizzato un video perchè intendo mostrarlo in funzione, collegato all'apparecchio con cui venne venduto nel 1927 e che mi è giunto da Leeds, Inghilterra, molti anni or sono.

TRASDUTTORE - ANCORETTA E REGOLATORE

SMONTATO

MOBILE VUOTO

Spero che anche questo oggetto, storico e raro, sia di interesse. Ora pensiamo agli apparecchi. Paolo Pierelli

Messaggi con Scintille, il Rocchetto di Ruhmkorff

Il titolo forse è troppo enigmatico per semplici parole tese a spiegare, per chi non lo conosce, questo dispositivo elettrico, senza perdersi nei meandri dei complessi fenomeni fisici che lo regolano. Il "Rocchetto di Ruhmkorff" è stato l'elemento fondamentale per arrivare alle prime trasmissioni senza fili, rese possibili da questo sistema ad induzione che al tempo esisteva già, ma che il fisico tedesco Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803-1877) portò allo stato dell'arte!

Heinrich Ruhmkorff, terminati gli studi, rimase affascinato dalle teorie di Faraday che già nel 1830 indagava sul fenomeno dell'induzione, fenomeno fisico che intercorre tra 2 avvolgimenti elettrici e da altri esperimenti simili condotti dai Fisici del tempo. Nel Suo laboratorio di strumenti scientifici, allestito nei pressi della Sorbona di Parigi, pensò di cimentarsi nella costruzione di questo dispositivo realizzandolo nel modo più perfezionato possibile.

In buona sostanza il "Rocchetto di Ruhmkorff' è basato sul principio del trasformatore che eleva una debole differenza di potenziale (quella fornita da una normale batteria) ad una molto più alta. Il segreto è trasformare la corrente continua della batteria in corrente alternata, ciò perché il sistema del trasformatore funziona solo con l'impiego di corrente alternata. Ruhmkorff provvede alla magia inserendo nel circuito un vibratore a lamine metalliche "martelletto" che interrompe il contatto con la batteria in sincrono con la magnetizzazione del nucleo di ferro dolce, nucleo che si magnetizza solo nel momento in cui scorre la corrente continua, a contatto interrotto cessa subito il magnetismo, il martelletto tramite una molla torna a riposo e quindi si richiude il contatto ripristinando il passaggio di corrente; il ciclo di aperto chiuso si ripete così all'infinito.

Il ciclo testé descritto fa nascere la corrente alternata necessaria per far funzionare il "sistema trasformatore". Avviene così che nell'avvolgimento del secondario ricchissimo di spire si crea l'alta differenza di potenziale che inviata a due sfere metalliche distanziate, dà origine a una scarica dì scintille (impulsi elettromagnetici) che controllate con l'impiego di un circuito ad hoc, permettono di irradiare messaggi nell'etere. Tornando alla costruzione del Rocchetto la cui alta tensione fa scoccare le scintille tra 2 sfere metalliche oppure tra 2 punte, la stessa è semplice; trattasi in termini moderni di un trasformatore ad altissima tensione composto da 2 avvolgimenti "primario" e "secondario" con un nucleo in ferro dolce più l'accessorio indispensabile che abbiamo visto essere costituito dal vibratore o martelletto.

L'insieme è chiamato "Rocchetto" per l'alto numero di sottili spire di filo in rame smaltato che forma l'avvolgimento secondario la cui tensione dipende dal rapporto tra primario e secondario ed anche per il modo di come queste spire vengono avvolte sopra l'avvolgimento primario il quale consta di poche spire di filo di rame di grosso diametro collegate alla batteria tramite il congegno del vibratore / martelletto. Ruhmkorff aggiunge in parallelo al martelletto un condensatore smorzatore di scintille (extracorrente di rottura ) per evitare che il calore delle stesse fonda i contatti, inoltre questa miglioria permette l'accelerazione delle vibrazioni con cambiamento del periodo e della frequenza. L'ingegnoso Guglielmo Marconi, forte delle esperienze di Maxwell e di Hertz sulle onde elettromagnetiche, fa tesoro del Rocchetto di Ruhmkorff e passando dalla teoria alla pratica lo impiega con successo nel Suo trasmettitore, anno 1895, aprendo così la via alle comunicazioni senza fili anche grazie alla Sua brillante idea dell'impiego del sistema Antenna - Terra, migliorando così via via gli impianti fino al famoso brevetto n°7777 (Circuito Sintonico) depositato il 26 aprile 1900, vera pietra miliare in campo radio, ma questa è un' altra bella storia dell'affascinante percorso della Scienza Radiotecnica!

LUCIO BELLE'

Dino Gianni I2HNX

Testo di Lucio Bellè. Foto del Rocchetto di Ruhmkorff (simile a quello in uso sul Titanic ) e altre foto, grazie alla Cortesia del Museo privato delle Comunicazioni di Vimercate - Direttore Dino Gianni I2HNX

Studio DX 918 - 31/01/21

Obiettivo DX 918 - 31/01/21

No signal of WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio on 9385 kHz, January 29-31

USA   No signal of WEWN-1 Global Catholic Radio Jan.29-31

0000-0900 on  9385 EWN 250 kW / 085 deg to WeAf English.

But WEWN-3 Radio Catolica Mundial is on air as scheduled

0000-1400 on  5970 EWN 100 kW / 160 deg to CeAm Spanish.

WBCQ World's Last Chance Radio on 9330 khz is still OFF!

 

-- 

 

73! Ivo Ivanov

 

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,

please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

 

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria

Receiver: Afedri SDR

Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)

Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

 

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria

Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D

Antenna: 30 m. long wire

New time/frequency/tx site of Trans World Radio India in Urdu

INDIA(non) New time/frequency/tx site of Trans World Radio India in Urdu:
1500-1530 on 9290 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu Daily relay FEBA Radio
1600-1630 on 7590 KCH 300 kW / 098 deg to SoAs Urdu IS CANCELLED, INACTIVE

--

73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

eQSLs Free Radio Service Holland

NETHERLANDS, FRS Holland, 7700, 8th November 40th Anniversary transmission, received eQSL in 70 days.
NETHERLANDS, FRS Holland, 7700, 27th December 40th Anniversary transmission, received eQSL in 32 days.
Reception reports sent to: frs@frsholland.nl

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Radio Classic Sunday on air today

NETHERLANS, 3920, Radio Classic Sunday via Radio Piepzender, Zwolle, will be on air today Sunday, 0900-1200 UTC. Reception reports can be sent via its website: https://www.radioclassicsunday.com/contact/

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Glenn Hauser logs January 30-31, 2021

** CHINA. 9230, Jan 31 at 0120, S4-S6 Chinese with flutter; and a weaker suspicious signal on 9120; both in Aoki/NDXC as CNR1 jammers with Sound of Hope, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 6060, Jan 31 at 0113, JBA algo presumed IRAN, no RHC, yet? which had resumed last night after 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, Sat Jan 30 at 2332, no signal from VOT English into UTwente, just Chinese from Xinjiang PBS, EAST TURKISTAN; so The Mighty KBC via GERMANY will not get a collision from TRT German this week after 0000; however, at 0032 Jan 31, the QRM in Europe from XPBS is pretty bad about equal level. Over here, just KBC to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2071 monitoring: confirmed Saturday January 30 at 2046 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM MO, via KB0FX nearby remote at S9+10 local quality, just started with Australia item; ending at 2114.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 30 at 2240 the 2230 on WRMI 9955, fair on caradio; 2250 check on homerig, VG S9+20/30 with pulse jamming JBA underneath.

Also confirmed Sat Jan 30 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, VG S9+5/15 into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Sun Jan 31 at 0422 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO via KB0FX neighbor remote, about 7 minutes in so started ontime 0415; VG but with heavy CWQRM on both sides. Got to be another 160mb contest, and they won`t give our AM station any leeway. Next:

0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary financial support: thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis, Wisconsin for a generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 9330, Jan 30 at 2045, WBCQ SuperStation is still OFF, nor is there any 9333 carrier now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re: Urgent: 5850 squeaking! On Jan 30 I notify WRMI:

``Jeff, No more of that last night, but now it`s doing it again: both before 2300 on 7780 with Tirana, and after 2300 on 5850 with Tirana. So I think it must be either a problem on the original recording, or on your particular System(s) playback equipment. Since I also heard it on Prague after 2330, that would imply the latter. You can see what you hear off-air or studio monitors, and also what their original recordings sound like. [later} 5850 still squeaking at 2344 during Prague. Glenn``

Jeff replies that they have already been working on the problem. Maybe audio processor is being over-driven, rather than other explanations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7570, Sat Jan 30 at 2300-2359, `Encore` classical music VG via WRMI; a few glitches, not clear whether on recording or playback. Toward the end during soft passage, trace of the ``bonker`` QRM from 7571.6 also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun Jan 31 at 0122, WTWW-2 with ham talk, S9/+10 on the meter, but VP *much* weaker than usual to the ear as ``skip is long`` so another loss for TOUTA which probably followed soon tho listening to webcast would have been inconvenient; before 0200 it`s back to distorted rock music. Neighbor WWCRs are much attenuated too, 5935, 5890 and even 4840. K index went up from 0 to 1 from 00 to 03 UT, not accounting for this nor any storms (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 3215, UT Sun Jan 31 at 0157, no signal from WWRB but WWCR-1 should cut on at hourtop. As a matter of fact, WWRB`s license expired last year, and this has been discussed on the WOR iog:

``[WOR] WWRB; Jan 27 at 6:35 PM It would appear that WWRB wants back in to SWBC. The parent company of this presently unlicensed station filed an application for Construction Permit with the FCC last week.

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/IHFC/P2021012200001&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number

What is the recent history of this station? Its website describes it
as an Internet station.
http://www.wwrb.org/
(Benn Kobb, WORLD OF RADIO 2071)``

``USA: WWRB - the station nobody missed?
My last logs of the station: {translated to Oct 11 & 18, 2020:}

201011 5050 0250 1110 USA WWRB, E, Predigt 15422 HjBi vergleichweise gut verständlich // http://www.wwrb.org/wwrbonline.php Global 1-Stream 201018 5050 0210 1810 USA WWRB, E, Predigt 25422 HjBi vergleichweise gut verständlich . I noted a surprisingly good audio as compared to earlier logs. (Dr Hansjoerg Biener 27 January 2021, WORLD OF RADIO 2071)``

``This appears to be my last log of it: `U S A. 3215, Sat Nov 28 at 2324, WWRB is on with S9+20/30 of dead air; recheck at 2332 now a gospel huxter about going to hell (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)`

At 0200 it would switch to 3185 when WWCR took over 3215. WWRB was active only on Sat/UT Sun and Sun/UT Mon. Did Dave overlook renewing the SW license? (Glenn, WORLD OF RADIO 2071)``

``Re: [WOR] WWRB Jan 30 at 11:47 AM --- And even without any RF signal whatsoever he still wants to charge $25 for 59 minutes... http://www.wwrb.org

He has two different streams running, but right now identical patterns of random noises, over a constant floor of hum and hiss, suggest that they are one and the same studio output. Could one go wrong by imaging a shabby shack with a 60s vintage rotary knob mixer and so on?

Do you remember his Radio Munansi relays? So called elections have just again been held in Uganda, and like five years ago there have been severe disruptions of internet connections. But one thing was different than in 2016: No additional attempts to reach audiences there via shortwave have been reported this time. Back then there had been an "Uganda Diaspora Radio" via Nauen and Issoudun and from South Africa, thus using Meyerton, another project called "Radio Lead Africa". The latter included Radio Munansi programming, and somehow they afterwards ended up at WWRB.

By the way, like yesterday at http://player.radiomunansi.com the embedded http://199.180.75.58:9001/stream.mp3 does not connect. Is it geoblocked or just not working? Kai Ludwig``

Does not work on any player. However ``we are live`` sets off the timer running. Nothing heard. I didn`t close the window and the clock was still going 6+ hours later. Well, that`s something. Glenn``

``Glenn asked, "Did Dave overlook renewing the SW license?"

>From FCC staff: "WWRB's license had expired. When notified of this he stopped operation of the station and is filing applications to get a license."

With the type of programming that station was known for, I might describe this as a "revoltin' development." (Benn Kobb, Jan 30)``

Furthermore, WWRB`s other frequency, 3185, was occupied by a pirate: ``3185 PIRATE (No. Am.) Sycko Radio, 0315, 1/24/21. Instrumental music into a long section of what sounded like random instruments and singing. Later Sycko explained that it was the asylum inmates all playing their instruments at once. Poor – fair (Mark Taylor, Madison WI, WORLD OF RADIO 2071)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1230 kHz, UT Sun Jan 31 at 0403-0443+ UT, KCUP, Toledo, Oregon, early check prior to 8-hour DX test to start at 0600, ``Eight solid hours of only legal voice IDs, Morse Code, and sweeps, sweeps, sweeps.`` 1474 miles from Enid, so I have little hope of hearing it direct, but strange noises might possibly be detected. For starters, I try a remote SDR 666 miles away, but just the graveyard jumble. How about the one which is 6 miles from Toledo? Yes! That gets it, altho not without QRM. Mostly Xmas tunes and ``Kay-Cup`` IDs, PSAs. It`s a bit late for Xmas so this fare might well be used for DX testing too. Will give it a try later on my own rx anyway. One could still set a distance record via some other SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0502 UT January 31

Agenda DX 31/01/2021

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Akaki Radio Station, Addis Abeba, Etiopia (1935)
CKLG, British Col., Canada 730 Khz (1955)
Radio Diario de Manha, Florianopolis, Brasile 740 Khz (1955)
Radio Nacional del Perù 6095 Khz (1937)
Radio Sargento Cabral, Argentina (1953)

Glenn Hauser logs January 30, 2021

** BELGIUM. 14266-USB, Jan 30 at 1615, OQ4U making quick pro-forma contacts with US stations, some kind of contest, giving signal reports as ``S9-315-VB``, consecutively increasing to 316, etc. Call fonetix always clear as ``Ocean Quebec Four Uniform`` -- doesn`t he know that O = Oscar in this paramilitary system? So many hams mix their fonetix, out of ignorance, or just to be distinctive? QRZ.com:

``OQ4U Belgium flag Belgium, MARC MICHIELS, HALENSEBAAN 137, TIELT-WINGE 3390, Belgium`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, Jan 30 at 0637, RHC in English, S9/+10, reactivated! This frequency had been off for months despite originally scheduled before 0500 in Spanish, afterwards in English. Is it back to stay? Also // 6000 & 6100 all with adequate modulation and 9700 undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13636 & 13765, Jan 30 at 1527, RHC extremely distorted FMish spurblobs with F# tone approx. plus/minus 64-65 kHz from fundamental 13700-AM; also second-order traces about 13572, 13828, vs Martí 13820. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Jan 30 at 1530, this RHC is S9+20 but modulation severely suptorted = suppressed & distorted; other frequencies sound OK, 13700, 11760, 9650. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. About corporate complicity in Uighur slave labor, as heard on NPR Weekend Edition Saturday Jan 30 via KOSU:

http://www-cf.npr.org/2021/01/30/962358073/amelia-pangs-book-explores-the-human-cost-of-our-cheap-goods (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4060-USB, John Carver replies to my pirate log:

``Bread and Puppet Radio --- Glenn, just finished reading your most recent log report. It might not be anything but I've always been fascinated by the sixties communes. Have three or four dozen books on the subject. About a year ago I read an overview of communes around Taos, New Mexico and right after that about communes in Vermont. I think it was in the New Mexico book but there was a piece about some crazy old fart who had been in the theater for most of his life. He built life sized puppets and started a commune to train people to build puppets and put on shows with them. His real passion though was baking bread and would make hundreds of loaves of bread at the same time. He'd sell it door to door, give it to people on street corners and when he had enough people to put on the puppet shows he'd give a loaf of bread to everyone in the audience. It was called the Bread and Puppet Theater. Perhaps Zekey has a thing about communes also. I'd have to dig out the books and look it up but I think the book was called Memoirs of a Taos Hippie or some such. At any rate that was the first thing that popped into my head when I read Bread and Puppet Radio. A hell of a coincidence. John`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. Re 6935-USB, my R. Nova eQSL and SSTV, https://www.w4uvh.net/RN-QSL34.jpg ``but what is it?`` Jonathan Rice replies:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g186245-d7278109-i337938524-Tintagel_King_Arthur_Walk_South_West_Coast_Path-Tintagel_Cornwall_Englan.html

``Photo: La statua in ferro di Re Artù --- Bossiney Road, Tintagel PL34 0AJ, England. Description: A 3.6 mile walk on part of the South West Coast Path around Tintagel`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7265-LSB, Sat Jan 30 at 1603, WB5ALM, as NCS of Salvation Army net reading boilerplate, reference website SATERN.org; says also liaison with another SA net on 14265 daily except Sundays at 16 (15?) UT. Also have a digital mode net on 14065. SA is currently still working on the Alabama tornado aftermath. 1605 opening for check-ins, but no replies! Some may have checked in earlier, then starts calling them. QRZ.com shows this is a club station:

``WB5ALM USA flag USA, WILLIAM H FEIST III, SATERN ALM Division, PO BOX 4857, Jackson, MS 39296 USA`` While Feist`s own call is WB8BZH.

But what does ALM stand for? First, what does SATERN mean? ``Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network``. Nothing about ALM on the About page. Maybe just refers to the word ``alms`` as in being helpful? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2071 monitoring: barely confirmed Saturday January 30 at 1315 the 1300 on WRMI 15770 JBA but sounds like my voice cadence. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary financial support: thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis, Wisconsin for a generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 9333.0, Jan 30 at 1601, open carrier, and *no* signal on 9330 from WBCQ SuperStation. When 9330 is operating, have never heard 9333 carrier/het on at same time, so suspect same defective transmitter. This was direct; and again at 1742 recheck via KB0FX remote in MO, still thus at S5-S6, with carrier offset varying minus 8.3 to 9.0 Hz. Unlikely the Cuban spy which is also on 9330 but only after 0700. I`ve heard 9333 previously under same circumstances, July 17 and June 24, 2020.

Last night on 6160v AAAWWW, John Carver reports: ``Phone call at 0134 from a gentleman who informed them that he thought the superstation was down again. Allan explained that they may have turned the antenna in another direction. Jason sent them a message stating that the superstation was indeed down due to another leak in the cooling system.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7778 & 7782, Jan 30 at 1605, carriers flanking 7780 WRMI; axually, 7780 is transmitting 2 kHz DSB tone, why? Trace of mod on center frequency, TOMBS as Sabbathly modulating properly on // 7570, 7730; 9395, 9455, 9955; 5800-carrier, 5850, 5950; while 15770 remains with SMTV and 21525 JBA carrier presumed still R. Africa, which is not in pan-America since Pangaea (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1914 UT January 30

Media & Tech - 30/01/2021

Media & Tech L'Approfondimento - 30/01/2021

Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, January 27

JAPAN(non) Frequency changes of JSR Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, January 27:
1300-1400 NF 6085 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs, ex 6145
1300-1400 NF 7280 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs, ex 7345
1300-1330 Japanese Mon/Tue/Sat/Sun; Korean Wed/Fri and English Thu;
1330-1400 Korean Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun; Japanese Mon/Tue and English Thu.
1600-1700 NF 5955 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs, ex 5990
1600-1700 NF 7285 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs various langs, ex 6110
1600-1630 Japanese Mon/Tue/Sat/Sun; Korean Wed/Fri and English Thu;
1630-1700 Korean Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun; Japanese Mon/Tue and English Thu.
And frequency changes of Furusato no Kaze via JSR Shiokaze, January 27:
1405-1435 NF 6070 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily, ex 6045
1405-1435 NF 7270 YAM 300 kW / 280 deg to NEAs Japanese Daily, ex 6095

--

73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Frequency change of Voice of Freedom in 49mb, January 28

KOREA SOUTH Frequency change of Voice of Freedom in 49mb, January 28:
0800-0400 on 6045*HWA 010 kW / non-dir to NEAs Korean + jamming, ex 5920
*1600-1630 on 6045 TSH 300 kW / 352 deg to NEAs Japanese Furusato no Kaze

--

73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2021

** ALBANIA [non]. See USA: WRMI 5850

** CHINA. 11520, Jan 29 at 2348-2350, JBA algo, suspected CNR1 jammer, so look for more below: 11170 S1 in Chinese? 11150 two? JBA carriers slightly apart; 10820 fluttery. 11520 chex as vs RFA Tinian; 11170 & 11150 & 10820 vs Sound of Hope, all per Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11820, Jan 30 at 0332, no signal from CRI relay harmonic 2 x 5910, which is S9+30/40. I keep checking for a reprise of the bigsig it achieved four nights ago but not since; operational or propagational? Latter continues poor with lower MUFs as 11850 is also inaudible if on, and 11670 is a JBA carrier; it seems 11760 is always off before now, which BTW briefly jumped to 11755 per Harold Sellers, Jan 29 at 2132. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CZECHIA [non]. See USA; WRMI 5850

** NORTH AMERICA. 4060-USB, Jan 30 at 0303, weak S6-S7 pirate with ballad, still at 0330 but off by 0342. These logs say it`s Bread and Puppet Radio International, another Zekey thing, altho no later than 0250; and as usual those further east reporting much better signals: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,77372.0.html No pirate activity heard on 42 mb, but there`s more on 74 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4030-AM, Jan 30 at 0305, weak music S6-S8, still 0330 and JBA past 0342. A few reports here say Ball Smacker Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,77375.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. See USA: WRMI 5850

** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 30 at 0002, VOT is still on opening German at S9/+10 direct, having failed to turn off by 2355 after English. Still going at 0023 when I tune via KB0FX remote in MO, also S9/+10 and finally turns off during music at 0036*. Should this recur 24 hours later, another collision with The Mighty KBC. Jim Leppard, PTSW iog, had wondered if I had anything to report about Romania or Turkey? No and yes. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2071 monitoring, next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary financial support: thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis, Wisconsin for a generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 5850, Jan 29 at 2300, R. Tirana via WRMI is marred by loud squeaking intermittently. It gets worse and worse and continues into R. Prague after 2330, so at 2334 I notify WRMI:

``Urgent --- 5850 squeaking! Since 2300 trying to listen to Tirana on 5850, heavy squeaking interrupting, getting worse. I thought it was a their problem. But it`s still happening after 2330 with Prague relay so it must be your problem. I think it stopped briefly during the ID up to 2330.``

And at 0048: ``It was still there after 2330 but abating. Did not listen continuously. After 0003 Jan 30 in Slovak it was gone. I`m rather sure this was coming out of your transmitter rather than QRM. At its worst toward the end of Tirana, it interrupted the program modulation. Initially on Tirana it did not, but was in addition to continuous program mod. "Is there a mouse in the house?"

Unlike the jamming-like QRM from a carrier CW-like beeping on 7571.6 which I had last night UT Jan 29 at 0234, rate of about 160 per minute. Glenn``

If anyone hear the 5850 squeaking again, let WRMI know ASAP. BTW, I was getting this both on my own rx and the KB0FX remote in MO.

As for the 7570 QRM problem, it`s happening again, Jan 30 at 0238 check vs BS, beeps from 7571.6, but different, à la ``bonker`` utes --- every fourth beat would be prolonged and mushy rather than a pure tone; and not always 4 apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6159.92v, Jan 30 at 0057, WBCQ concluding Area 61 truncated old-time-radio hour with ``we`re all being played`` --- at first I thought it was about 45-politix; S8 into KB0FX remote in MO which in SAM mode reads carrier minus 80v Hz from 6160.000.

7490.188v, Jan 30 at 0058, then I check the other WBCQ, when tuned to 7490.000 reads plus 188.3v Hz, stronger S8-S9, but the air is dead until just before 0100 ID and WTO opening `AAAWWW` which by now is also on 6160-. By the end of hour recheck, 7 has faded down to weaker than 6. As for what ensued between, welcome back to John Carver, mid-north Indiana, who is again online and able to hear it; his report has been posted on the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925-USB, Jan 30 at 0230, occasional weak syllables, unsure of language or piracy while two will be active 4+ MHz; see NORTH AMERICA (Glenn Hauser OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10790 very approx. and broad, Jan 29 at 2351 after tuning for CNR1 jammers, here`s a terrible spurblob with talk cadence modulation, occasional bits of music, totally unreadable, not even in FM mode, nor can I be sure it`s English or Spanish.

In this area I suspect 10.7 MHz IF radiation from some neighbor`s FM radio, so I quickly scan localish signals thruout the FM and AM bands on another receiver, but nothing matches. Then I check 31m for strong signals such as RHC, REE --- no match either. Goes off at 2400* which make it non-local, but likely originating on SW. R. Martí might have been, but Grimesland turned off 9565 several seconds earlier. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0530 UT January 30

Agenda DX 30/01/2021

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
Radio Marumby, Brasile 9665 Khz (1955)

Encore - Classical Music on Radio Tumbril - Special Broadcast 1st Feb.

Regular Broadcast times of Encore are:
11:00 - 12:00 UTC Saturday 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe - Simulcast on 9670 kHz
Repeated:
23:00 - 00:00 UTC Saturday 7570 kHz to the US and Canada
01:00 - 02:00 UTC Sunday 7780 kHz to Europe
03:00 – 04:00 UTC Sunday 5950 kHz WRMI to the US and Canada
17:00 – 18:00 UTC Sunday 9670 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
22:00 - 23:00 UTC Sunday 3955 kHz Channel 292 to Europe
13:00 - 14:00 UTC Tuesday 15770 kHz WRMI to Europe, east coast of US and Iceland.
20:00 – 21:00 UTC Friday 6070 kHz Channel 292 to Europe.

MONDAY 1st February - Channel 292 is ten years old. All day special broadcast on 6070 9670 and 3955 including Beethoven's Eroica Symphony from Radio Tumbril.
The Schedule is on the Channel 292 website - www.channel292.de/schedule-6070-khz/


Our email is encoretumbril@gmail.com. Informal reception reports as well as those requesting eQSL welcome.
The website is www.tumbril.co.uk where we show transmission times and frequencies, the playlist for the most recent programme, more information about Radio Tumbril, and the email link.

This week's programme starts with some of a xylophone sonata by Thomas Pitfield, A song from Richard Strauss, and Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien.
A Schubert piano duo after that and then the rest of the xylophone sonata played by Peter Donohoe.

Channel 292 can be pulled live off the internet if the reception is poor in your location. Easy to find their site with a google search.
A very good site for online SDR receivers all over the world is: http://kiwisdr.com/public/ Click the 'Map' button in the top left of the screen.

Thank you for spreading the word about Encore - Classical Music on Shortwave on Radio Tumbril.

Brice Avery - Encore - Radio Tumbril - Scotland

www.tumbril.co.uk

Glenn Hauser logs January 27-28-29, 2021

** CANADA. 223-MCW kHz, Jan 29 at 0707 UT, dash and YYW, 1000 watt ND beacon at Armstrong, Ontario. Often like now the first one audible tuning up the band; tho there are plenty more Canadians and Unitedstatesians listed starting at 200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. Correxion to a recent log: 600, VOA via HJHJ started at 0059 UT January 27, not 2359 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11820, Jan 29 at 0325, JBA carrier from presumed 2 x 5910 CRI relay; equivalent to 11850 JBA carrier of RHC itself. If putting out as much signal as before, still not propagating. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, Jan 29 at 0615, no signal from VON, not detectable on 9690- nor 11770- either. It`s been quite a while since the *0555 IS and Hausa on 7254.9 has been heard; when active it`s very strong but not always well modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. Correxion to a recent log: 4810 is Radio Logos, not R. Chazuta, which is the location (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SWITZERLAND. 18165-USB, Jan 28 at 1545-1555, quick pro-forma contacts with North American pileups; as usual have to listen multiple minutes to catch the callsign correctly, uttered too quickly altho fonetikaly by station and seldom by the pileuppers. Spells his name ROLF and is in NW Switzerland: HB9RDE

With views of his antennas, etc.:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/hb9rde

HB9RDE Switzerland flag Switzerland
Rolf Oppler
L`Oiseliere 4
CH-2912 Roche-d Or / Kt.JU
Switzerland
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 379-MCW kHz, Jan 29 at 0721 UT, ND beacon DL, mixing with weaker RUE, at slightly different pitches and periods. Normally only or dominant here is RUE, 25 watts at RUssellvillE, Arkansas. DL is 50 watts from DuLuth - Pike Lake, Minnesota. RNA Signal list explains: DL LSB/USB = 1028/1020, period 5.9 5 (means 5.95??) named `Pykla` RUE LSB/USB = 1015/1127, period 4.4 seconds These mostly JBA LW/MW logs are always on E-W longwire which I assume provides more gain than the DX-398 internal antenna which however would maybe allow nulling choices for such as these at right angles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2070 monitoring: confirmed final repeat UT Thursday January 28 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, VG S9/+15 into Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2071 contents: Albania non, Argentina, Australia and non, Bhutan, Brasil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba and non, Egypt?, Finland, France, Germany, India, Korea South,, Lithuania, North America, Perú, Russia and non, Spain, Sri Lanka, USA; and the propagation outlook

{slight correxion: USA, the AZ log of COVID TIS on 1650 was at ``1100`` which I now realize must have been EST, even tho it`s inapplicable in AZ! I converted to 18 UT as if it had been MST +7, instead of +5 = 16 UT}

WOR 2071 is available as of 0130 UT Friday January 29, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2071.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2071.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7780 to NE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0500]
2300vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary financial support: thanks this week to Steve Zimmerman, West Allis, Wisconsin for a generous check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

First broadcast of WOR 2071 just minutes after completion, confirmed UT Friday January 28 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct; 7780 G S8/S9+10 to UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7571.6, Jan 28 at 0234, WRMI TOMBS on 7570 has unusual QRM from rapid beeping at rate of about 160/minute, i.e. carrier cutting on and off from the upper side as if it were deliberate SE Asian style jamming. Normally blasting 7570 is only S9+10 with noisy modulation of its own as often the case out of Walterboro. 0326 recheck, QRM is off and 7570 has ascended to S9+10/20 but with undermodulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, Jan 29 at 0230 and still 0333, dead air from WTWW-1 instead of SFAW, SOB. During the hour signal had dropped from S9+10 to S7-S9; meanwhile, 5085 WTWW-2 continued rockmusicking distortedly at both times. Ted`s stuff is obviously primary, even tho the heirs of Laporte`s passé Pastor Pete Peters own the thing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search January 29 at 1335 since I`m unfortunately awake before sunrise now right at 1335; on the DX-398 so I can rotate DFing: 1566 from NW, no doubt FEBC S Korea, flanked by even weakers 1557 and 1575, but none lower by now, not even 972 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1927 UT January 29

Media & Tech - 29/01/2021

Propagation News – 31 January 2021

We are almost into February and still the Sun is not playing ball in terms of sunspots. This week saw groups 2797, 2799 and 2800 rotate out of view, but all were minuscule and didn’t contribute much. The solar flux index was 76 on Thursday with a sunspot number of 26. There is a plage area, which can be a precursor to sunspots, at the same latitude as group 2800, but we will have to wait and see what develops.

The STEREO Ahead spacecraft view shows little of note other than a coronal hole that will eventually become Earth-facing.

There was a geomagnetic storm late on Monday and in the early hours of Tuesday, which was caused by a high-speed stream from a coronal hole that we warned you about last week.

This week’s highlights have been short FT8 openings on 10 metres, possibly due to mid-Winter Sporadic-E. The French Alps, Poland, Ireland and Spain have all been spotted, and short F2-layer openings to Mauritius in the morning and Paraquay in the afternoon kept interest levels up. These winter Es openings are becoming rarer and shorter, but it is still worth keeping an eye on 10m.

Otherwise, the lower bands have brought the most action with 40 and 80m still providing good activity after dark.

With little scope for sunspots, NOAA predicts the SFI will be in the mid-70s next week. Unsettled geomagnetic conditions are forecast for Sunday or Monday, due to yet another high-speed stream from a coronal hole, which became Earth facing on Friday. The Kp index could rise to three or four, but once it passes the Kp index may be down to two.

Daytime MUFs over a 3,000km path are currently exceeding 21MHz during the daytime. Night-time critical frequencies of around 2.9-3.5MHz mean that 80m is marginal for local contacts at night while remaining fairly solid for European paths and DX.

VHF and up:

It looks like satellites will offer the best chance of working VHF DX, with not many prospects for Tropo, as the unsettled theme continues to drive our weather over the next week or so. The south and west of the British Isles, along with the north-eastern areas, will have some temporary weak ridges ahead of slowly-advancing Atlantic systems.

Overall then, with some borderline snow events on the northern edge of the rain areas, there could be some winter scatter options for the microwave bands, but otherwise another thin week.

Some models do introduce a weak ridge of high pressure over the country at the very end of next week, but this is not to be relied upon this far out, and probably with dry cold air near the surface it is not such a good prospect for Tropo.

Moon declination goes negative on Tuesday so as the week progresses, Moon windows will shorten and peak Moon elevations will fall. Perigee is on Wednesday, so path losses are at their lowest this week. 144 MHz Sky noise is moderate, but becomes high this coming weekend.

The Alpha Centaurids meteor shower is just over a week away so you may see some small improvement in meteor scatter conditions, but with a zenith hourly rate (ZHR) of just six, don’t expect any fireworks.

And that’s all from the propagation team this week. (rsgb.org)

The K7RA Solar Update

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity increased this week. We saw no spotless days, and the average daily sunspot number rose from 14.7 to 28.1. Average daily solar flux was up from 76.1 to 77.2.

Average daily planetary A index rose from 4 to 9.4, due to a minor geomagnetic storm on Monday. On that day Alaska’s High Latitude College A Index was 33.

Predicted solar flux for the next 30 days is 76, 75, 74, and 74 on January 29 – February 1; 72, 70, 70, and 72 on February 2 – 5; 76 on February 6 – 10; 77 on February 11 – 20; 76 on February 21 – 2, and 75 on February 25 – 27.

Predicted planetary A index is 5, 5, and 8 on January 29 – 31; 18, 12, and 8 on February 1 – 3; 5 on February 4 – 6; 10 on February 7 – 8; 5 on February 9 – 19; 8, 12, and 12 on February 20 – 22, and 5 on February 23 – 27.

Even after a nice stretch of days with sunspots, the 10.7-centimeter solar flux seems weak. Last week and this week we reported average daily solar flux of 73.8 and 78.6. But toward the end of 2020, the three bulletins reporting data from November 19 – December 9 had average daily solar flux at 90.1, 108.1, and 91.9.

On Thursday Spaceweather.com reported a sunspot number of 26 and showed an image of two active regions on the sun, 2800 and 2797, but NOAA SESC showed a sunspot number of zero for the same day. The NOAA SESC file is the only source used for sunspot numbers reported in this report.

Here’s the geomagnetic activity forecast for the period January 29 – February 24 from F.K Janda, OK1HH.

The geomagnetic field will be:

quiet on January 29 – 31, February 4, 10, (24)
quiet to unsettled on February 5 – 6, 9 – 13, 17, 19
quiet to active on February 1, 3, 7, 14 – 16, 18, 20, 22 – 23
unsettled to active February (2, 8, 21)
active to disturbed none predicted
Solar wind will intensify on January (31,) February (1,) 2 – 3, (4, 8 – 10, 15 – 17, 20 – 21,) 22 – 24, (25)

Parenthesis means lower probability of activity enhancement. The predictability of changes remains low, as indicators are ambiguous.

We ran across this Universe Today article about tree rings as an indicator of historical solar activity

This weekend is the CW portion of the CQ 160-Meter Contest. Geomagnetic activity is quite low, which is a favorable indication for 160 meters.

Imagine, if you will, the worst possible solar flare, maybe worse than the infamous Carrington Event, the one that made aurora visible all the way down to the equator and set fire to telegraph offices. Some smart people have done just that. Try not to scare yourself while reading this article from the American Geophysical Union.

Presentations from last weekend’s Propagation Summit are available.

The Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW, has a new mini-course.

KA3JAW enjoys monitoring the FM broadcast band and the 11-meter band for E-skip. He reported from Pennsylvania.

Nothing heard on the FM band, but Monday, January 25, was a great radio day for both single-hop and double-hop sporadic-e (Es) on 11 meters.

The spectacular event started early in the morning at 1145 UTC until late afternoon (2154 UTC). It all began with reception of short-hop Es into southern Maine at 7 AM. Signal was 20 dB over S-9 at a range of 300+ miles.

At 2 PM ET, double-hop Es western stations were heard, AZ, CA, UT, WA and Alberta, Canada.

And if that was not enough, I was hearing west coast stations calling out to HI.

Around 3:45 PM ET, western states, southern Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Waco) along with Florida (Tampa) were heard.

Twenty-one states, two Canadian (Ontario and Alberta) and one Mexican (Tijuana), were heard. The list includes AL, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, IN, KY, LA, ME, MI, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WA.

Sunspot numbers for January 21 – 27 were 26, 39, 34, 23, 26, 23, and 26, with a mean of 28.1. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 77.6, 78.2, 77.9, 77.6, 77.1, 75.7, and 76.3, with a mean of 77.2. Estimated planetary A indices were 3, 4, 5, 5, 17, 21, and 11, with a mean of 9.4. Middle latitude A index was 2, 3, 3, 4, 14, 9, and 9, with a mean of 6.3.

For more information concerning radio propagation, visit the ARRL Technical Information Service, read “What the Numbers Mean…,” and check out K9LA’s Propagation Page.

A propagation bulletin archive is available. For customizable propagation charts, visit the VOACAP Online for Ham Radio website.

Instructions for starting or ending email distribution of ARRL bulletins are on the ARRL website. (arrl.org)

Agenda DX 29/01/2021

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
ZK2ZN, Niue Island 594 Khz (1973)
Radio Federacion Shuar, Ecuador 4960 Khz (1968)
Swazi Commercial Radio 9705 Khz, Swaziland (1972)

Media & Tech - 28/01/2021

Frequency change of WRMI-05 Okeechobee from 4980 to new 9455 kHz, January 28

USA Frequency change of WRMI-05 Okeechobee from 4980 to new 9455 kHz, January 28
0100-0700 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Supreme Master TV
0700-0800 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Spanish Daily Family Radio
0800-0900 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Japanese Tue-Sat RAE Argentina
0800-0900 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Sun/Mon Varies WRMI programs
0900-1000 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Chinese Tue-Sat RAE Argentina
0900-1000 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Sun/Mon Varies WRMI programs
1000-1100 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Supreme Master TV
1100-0100 on 9455*RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Brother Stair TOM
*1500-1600 on 9455 KUN 150 kW / 191 deg to SEAs Chinese China Radio Int. co-channel
*1600-1700 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese Mo/We/Fr R. Free Asia co-ch
*1900-2000 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
*2000-2100 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
*2100-2200 on 9455 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
Very good signal at 1100UTC with Brother Stair / TOM via SDR Half Moon Bay, CA, USA

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73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Agenda DX 28/01/2021

ANNIVERSARIO EMITTENTI
KGVO, Montana 1290 Khz (1931)
WIPR, Puerto Rico 940 Khz

Glenn Hauser logs January 27, 2021 [more]

** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0734 UT, dash and ML, 500-watt NDB at La Malbaie / Charlevoix, in far Québec, down the SL Seaway beyond Quebec city almost to Rivière-du-Loup. Again, not to be confused with unheard *no* dash and ML on 392 which is 25 watts in Monroe, Louisiane (Glenn Hauser, OK) See also USA for more logs this session

** CUBA. 11820, Jan 27 at 0344, maybe a JBA carrier; what a difference a day make. Last night there was a bigsig here from CRI relay, 2 x 5910. Propagation is now degraded, as RHC fundamentals on 25m are also JBA carriers on 11850, 11670. 25m is almost dead; and even 31m also bears little with Cuba & USA signals very weak. K-index at 03 was 3. BTW, earlier when CRI was on 5990, checked x 2 = 11980 where it sometimes harmonizes but not this time. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13838, 13770, 13632 S8-S9, 13564, 13492, 13420; 13905, 13974, all approx.,Jan 27 at 1455-1500, extremely distorted and broad spurblobs from RHC 13700-AM; all with F# tone, and the closer ones almost clear in FM reception mode; 68-72 kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17545.065V, it`s Wednesday Jan 27 at 1534, so time for another check of Bayto Yaikl, the RMI-brokered clandestine via Issoudun, FRANCE, S5-S9, talk in local language. It`s the very last entry at the bottom of the WRMI skedgrid as ``Bayto Yaikl L`` -- what`s the L for? still claiming it`s only on Day 6 = Saturday despite having added Day 3 several weeks ago. As usual, the frequency is audibly wavering slightly, making it difficult to nail to the 3rd decimal place (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 397-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0725 UT, further checking of this anomaly ND beacon, evidently CIR in Cairo (Kay-roh), Illinois. Now the third letter sounds more like N -. than R ._. --- but there is not a clear space between the dash and dot, making it more like a T, single dash, as it seemed to sound in my previous log.

388-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0731 UT, mixture of two NDBs copied as OD and BR. BR would really be on 390, 25 watts at Burlington, Iowa - Burns, but there is no OD listed anywhere around here: maybe really OK in Okmulgee - Preston, OK on 388.

404-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0736 UT, XCR, 25-watt NDB at Little Falls / Camp Ripley, Minnesota; I was tuned to 402-USB.

412-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0737 UT, CMY, 30-watt NDB at Sparta / Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; I was tuned to 410-USB.

426-MCW kHz, Jan 27 at 0738 UT, UV, 25-watt NDB at Oxford / Tunng, Mississippi; I was tuned to 424-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2070 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday January 27 at 1050 check, the 1030 on WRMI 5850, VG. Next:

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to anonymous, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``My usual anonymous seasonal donation to your always informative broadcast!``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA.

Next WOR 2071 should be ready for first broadcast UT Friday Jan 29 at 0130 on WRMIs 5850, 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 9455, Jan 27 at 1504, checking for WRMI as reactivated here yesterday, but not on now, only a JBA carrier, presumably CRI Chinese via Kunming as scheduled this hour only; while 9395 WRMI BS is S8. But recheck at 1532, now 9455 is on with TOMBS at S9-S7, quite weaker than // 9395 S9/+10.

The skedgrid at http://www.tinyurl.com/WRMIgrid still has not been updated beyond January 15, showing WRMI-5 as on 4980 24 hours; but I noticed no signal from 4980 last night. Ivo Ivanov concludes that`s the transmitter now on 9455; and if on same antenna it would be 285 degrees, same as 7730 - which is *much* stronger here, at night. WRMI never got 4980 up to full strength, so have they given up on it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 18000, Jan 27 at 1537, open carrier; maybe CUBA 3 x 6000? Only JBA carrier there probably Asian, nor on 2 x = 12000. By the time I`m shortly back on 18000, it`s off.

BTW, 18 MHz hamband hopping with phone signals, but no time to weed out any inter/extra-continentals. There is intra sporadic E up to 70 MHz over eastern N America at least; in fact 92 MHz by 1757; FMDX?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1810 UT January 27

Media & Tech - 27/01/2021

Wolfgang Bueschel log

BRAZIL 6180.014 R Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia in BrasPort., S=9 in MA / NJ states US, 00.05 UT on Jan 27. Talk round program.

MEXICO 6184.971 XEPPM Radio Educacion in Mexico D.F., typical local Mariachi music, S=7 in NY, NJ, MA states at 00.17 UT on Jan 27.

USA 6159.935 Aoki Nagoya Perseus userlist database shows entry like 6160 0000-0200 UT USA WBCQ Area 61 Old Time English from Monticello on days 356. "Long Island Music Center Magazine" announced on weekends. 00.04 UT on Jan 27.

7490.187 WBCQ music program, S=5 poorly on skip zone in NY at 00.10 UT

CUBA at 00.20 UT: 6000 and 11950* Mon-Thur "Mesa Redonda" in Spanish. * 11949.997 kHz towards Chicago US / CAN northwards, S=7 signal strength in Rochester NY state remotedly.

RHC Spanish program on 9535, 9650, 11670, 11760, not 11850!, 13740 kHz, no propagation in 19 mb appeared so far.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 27)

January 27 again NO SIGNAL of All India Radio for those broadcasts planned to start from yesterday January 26

INDIA Again NO SIGNAL of All India Radio/AIR External Service
for those broadcasts planned to start from yesterday January 26
0400-0500 on 11739.8 DEL 100 kW / 102 deg to CeAs Nepali
0400-0500 on 15030.0 BGL 500 kW / 060 deg to CeAs Nepali
0500-0600 on 15030.0 BGL 500 kW / 300 deg to N/ME Arabic
0615-0645 on 11559.8 DEL 100 kW / 174 deg to SoAs Sinhala
0745-0845 on 11559.8 DEL 100 kW / 282 deg to WeAs Dari

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73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

More and more frequencies of China National Radio-1 in Chinese DRM mode, all unregistered in B-20 HFCC Database

CHINA More and more frequencies of China National Radio-1
in Chinese DRM mode, all unregistered in B-20 HFCC Database
0000-0300 on 12000, 13650, 13795 via unknown tx sites
0600-0800 on 13775 via unknown tx site
0800-1000 on 15670, 15735, 17855, 17860 via unknown tx sites
Good signal + decoding on 13775 via SDR Novosibirsk, Russia.

0800-1000 NO SIGNAL on 15670, 15735, 17855, 17860

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73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

Glenn Hauser logs January 27, 2021

** COLOMBIA. 600, Jan 27 at 0105, continued log of VOA Spanish via HJHJ, Barranquilla: ``Enlace Internacional`` now the program name, but taking a pause for some music; via Bonaire SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1550, Jan 27 at 0255 UT, another check of my unID ESPN station, whether it`s KICS Nebraska or KYAL in Sapulpa: string of ESPN promos; no ID at 2 minutes before the hour when I thought there was a hole in that network; but just before 0300: mentions Tulsa FM translator-style call, and `The Sports Animal`, which is the silly-ballgame subnetwork in OK. The real KYAL-FM is down in Muskogee on 97.1.

NRC AM Log does not have an FM frequency for it; on 1550, U4 2500/40 watts. Far be it from me to suggest the C-word that they might be on more than 40 watts these nights, near be it to me, only 164 km = 102 stmi city to city from that SW Tulsa suburb. Radio-locator shows 1550 site is axually just north of Sapulpa, night and day patterns with a notch to the NW, but a fair lobe to the west, but the distant night contour only goes about 20 miles.

However, with 100 kW, 97.1 is branded as Tulsa, and website fine print also claims 96.1 Vinita, 101.1 Bartlesville. WTFDA database says 97.1 is // 96.1 KITO which is 50 kW in Vinita. But no 101.1 in Bartlesville: in that market T.S.A. is on 99.1 and 1500 KPGM. Of the three 101.1s in OK, none near B`ville. How about nearby KS? Nor. Maybe KYAL`s 101.1 in BV be a pirate?

Wait: a big graphic on website equates ESPN Tulsa on 1550 AM and 99.9 FM! What`s that? WTFDA shows K260CR // KYAL-1550, ``Sapula`` which is of course a 250-watt translator a bit far from central Tulsa.

But wait! There`s more: on this page: http://sportsanimalradio.com/animal-lineup/ which is underlain with ``The Sports Animal Tulsa – 97.1 Tulsa and 96.1 Grand Lake (sportsanimalradio.com)`` And overtly says this: ``The Sports Animal-Tulsa programming is aired on 97.1 FM (Muskogee/Tulsa), 96.1 FM (Vinita), AM 1470 (Vinita) & 101.1 FM (Caney, Kansas).`` So that explains the 101.1 ``Bartlesville``? Caney is 29 km = 18 stmi = 15 nautical miles north of B`ville, just across the KS border. But WTFDA db has 101.1 there as KEOJ, Contemporary Christian, 6/6 kW. And above adds yet another outlet, 1470 which is 500/88 watt KGND as in ``Grand``.

Well, that`s the scoop despite my total disinterest in such silly sports programming. BTW, in DX research I have run across some other sports stations with cheesecake photo pages, but apparently not this one; no redeeming value (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 397-MCW, Jan 27 at 0331 UT, ND beacon CIT. Or so it sounds, JBA, but on 397, dxinfocentre.com shows no CIT, rather a CIN in Carroll, Iowa, decommissioned; and CIR, Cairo, Illinois, both 25 watts. While the more detailed RNA Signal List (classaxe.com) says of CIR: ``20181130 - Bill Stewart reports a 'hic-up' on the 'R'. Often sounds like CIN``. At 0518 I check it again, but it`s JBA to NAAA = not audible at all. Now I am hearing only two letters, CI. But seems like it`s CIR having even more trouble uttering its third letter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Jan 27 at 0322-0329: 531, 549, 558, 567, 576(2), 585, 612, 621(2), 639(2), 657, 684(2), 693, 711, 729(2), 747, 774(2), 801, 837, 855, 882, 891, 909, 936, 999(2), 1053, 1089, 1107, 1152, 1215 - and none higher, not even 1548 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0619 UT January 27

Frequency change of WRMI-05 Okeechobee from 4980 to new 9455 kHz, January 27

USA Frequency change of WRMI-05 Okeechobee from 4980 to new 9455 kHz, January 27
0000-0100 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Supreme Master TV
0100-0200 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Varies WRMI programs
0200-0700 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Supreme Master TV
0700-0800 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Spanish Daily Family Radio
0800-0900 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Japanese Tue-Sat RAE Argentina
0800-0900 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Sun/Mon Varies WRMI programs
0900-1000 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI Chinese Tue-Sat RAE Argentina
0900-1000 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Sun/Mon Varies WRMI programs
1000-1100 on 9455 RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Supreme Master TV
1100-2400 on 9455*RMI 100 kW / 285 deg to MEXI English Daily Brother Stair TOM
*1600-1700 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese Mo/We/Fr R.Free Asia co-ch
*1900-2000 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
*2000-2100 on 9455 SAI 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
*2100-2200 on 9455 KWT 250 kW / 078 deg to EaAs Chinese Daily Radio Free Asia co-ch
Fair to good signal at 0700UT Family Radio in Spanish via SDR Half Moon Bay, CA, USA

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73! Ivo Ivanov

More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com

QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.

QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire

WMR and Radio208 update

World Music Radio on 5930 kHz with 150 Watt since yesterday. And with improved audio. Radio208 expected back on shortwave 5970 kHz Thursday this week.

(Stig Hartvig Nielsen via WRTH - World Radio Tv Handbook Facebook Group, Tuesday 26 Jan via Alan Pennington via bdxc-news)

 

Glenn Hauser logs January 25-26-27, 2021

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 27 at 0110, Nacional FM with mostly music, via TWR Bonaire KiwiSDR, SNR fluxuating 9-10 dB, which is not quite enough to avoid dropouts and skips at 12.46 kbps; 0130-0135 break for interview about music to follow, now worsening circa 9, 0140 classical flute/violin/guitar; $tereo would be nice, but too taxing on DRM bandwith, can`t even maintain solid modul in mono. But the one-line Journaline news headlines rotating come thru unscathed at 2.30 kbps. I was trying to show a few, but altho hilited they will not copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 6900, Jan 25 at 2353, JBA carrier with flutter, presumed CNR1 jammer against a listed Sound of Hope frequency; with 2-way Spanish QRM on LSB only, a major frequency for that (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 6850, Jan 26 at 2357, JBA S5-S6 talk sounds Chinese, presumed CNR1 jammer against another listed SOH frequency; however there are two signals, at least one of which is slightly on the minus side. Cuts off a few seconds before 2400* like CNR1 but before the timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 600 kHz, Jan 27 at 2359, via TWR Bonaire SDR, checking for the VOA relay via Radio Libertad, HJHJ, Barranquilla, about which little has been seen since first report last September 19, of this way to get into hostile Venezuela without using any SW.

Nothing about this in WRTH 2021 under Colombia, pp 163/165, but VOA Spanish under USA, page 507 shows -- only -- 600-hjh site at 00-02 Sat/Sun, 00-03 M-F. QRM from piano riffs likely Rebelde/Cuba, but dominant is Spanish news, mentions ``Buenos Dias``, so maybe still replaying podcast of morning edition.

No ID for HJHJ at ToH, but 0101 switch to different W&M casters with news about USA and COVID; ID in passing as ``La Voz de América``. A Venezuelan MW transmitter was supposedly pressed into service to jam this, also about which nothing further has been reported, but if VOA/HJHJ get into Bonaire, probably also into Caracas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880, Jan 26 circa 2350, DRM noise still here, i.e. the tests of TDF with RFI programming. Then just in on the WOR iog, a reply that Jean-Michel Aubier got from TDF to an inquiry forwarded from Wolfgang Büschel; in translation:

``Hello, Since January 1, we have been carrying out new DRM tests from our Issoudun distribution center. These tests are initiated by TDF as part of our DRMCast project.

DRMCast is a SW receiver that we have developed on our own funds which makes it possible to locally rebroadcast DRM content over wifi. Through this gateway-type interface, any smartphone or tablet-type receiver is thus capable of receiving sound, text and images broadcast in DRM.

The first tests were carried out on the Minitransat in 2019 with a race report for boats crossing the Atlantic. We are not far enough advanced to date to address Vendée Globle type races, but the Maritime world is a track that we are considering for DRMCast.

For the time being, we have four 30-minute broadcasting slots with RFI world programs and some associated data:

13:00-13:30 11735
15:00-15:30 9905
17:30-18:00 9905
23:30-00:00 5875

These slots are likely to change in the days / weeks to come. These are tests to continue our development, we are not communicating at the moment`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Jan 26 at 2112, VOA-One with Afro?rock, split-second dropout of modulation, or is it also a break in carrier? S-meter also seems to dip. I have noticed such often before on this Grimesland transmitter. Switch to off-tuned SSB but no breaks detected in next couple minutes. Needs further checking; watching waterfall should make it more obvious; on air 21-22 UT only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. VOA Spanish MW relay: see COLOMBIA

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2070 monitoring; next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to anonymous, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``My usual anonymous seasonal donation to your always informative broadcast!``

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, Jan 26 at 2120, this reactivated WRMI is still on and now not // 9395. Still no sign of 9455 on the skedgrid at 0200 Jan 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9265, Tue Jan 26 at 2121, no signal from WINB, but gospel huxter going by 2208 recheck on the always-wobbly carrier. Usually starts earlier, but depends on airtime sales. New websked dated Jan 24 now shows starting at *2000 M-F, and on Tuesday:
``04:00P / Tue-2100...Bishop S. C. Johnson
06:30P / Tue-2330...The Essentials of Life and Wellness``
End-times of shows (nor of the World) are never specified, but assumed to run until the next one start; however that would make the Bishop show 2.5 hours long; so takes a break? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0208 UT January 27

FTIOM & UBMP, January 31-February 6

From the Isle of Music, January 31-February 6:
This week, we repeat a 2020 episode with Zule Guerra, one of Cuba's ascending jazz vocalists.
The broadcasts take place:
1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK)
2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0100-0200 on WBCQ, 7490 kHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EST in the US).
3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1300-1400 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany.
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Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, January 31-February 6:
In episode 202, special guest Julio Cesar Pereira from Brazil shares some excellent Brazilian Funk, Soul and Tropicalia with us.
The transmissions take place:
1.Sunday 2300-0000 (6:00PM -7:00PM EST) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 kHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe
2. Tuesday 2000-2100 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe.
3. Saturday 0800-0900 UTC on Channel 292, 9670 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe with a directional booster aimed eastward.
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