** CANADA. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0724 UT, dash and XC, 500-watt ND beacon at Cranbrook, BC; mixed with FS and EL, see USA. Distance to Enid: only 2051 km = 1274 stmi since it`s in the SE corner, but new here.
244-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0724 UT, dash and TH, 1000-watt NDB at THompson, Manitoba; axually further than XC, due north at 2152 km = 1337 stmi. DXinfocentre has nothing else anywhere on 244, clear channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9965, Jan 15 at 1607, rather strong pulse and noise jamming against nothing; is it DentroCuban Jamming Command paranoia, incompetence or really holding a grudge? Radio República via Costa Rica drew the jamming here originally. That was last heard exactly 10 years ago! Currently the only occupant of 9965 is Palau and not at this hour (and no jam now on 9955, despite WRMI being off) (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13699.9 approx., Jan 15 at 1556, bandscan finds poor off-frequency-minus music, but cuts off at 1557* before I can finish measuring it. Surely RHC, one of the less frequent something`s-always-wrongers, but has happened before. Nothing left, not even TOMBulgaria, supposedly 13700 at 1400-1800 per Aoki/NDXC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 255-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0725 UT, SW, Stillwater NDB is finally back on the air. Checked nightly since last heard Dec 31. Jan 1 snowstorm may have knocked it off.
341-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0703 UT, EI, Enid NDB is finally back on air. Checked nightly/daily since last heard Jan 2. I wonder if the same engineer/entity were responsible for reactivating both at about the same time. Both 25 watts, and altho further, SW always sounds louder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.059, Jan 15 at 1603, JBA signal from Riyadh as scheduled 1545-1757 per Aoki/NDXC; typically askew. There`s no shame if your receiver cannot measure beyond the decimal point; but if it can, you should do so (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0719 UT, ND beacon EL, which is 400 watts from, where ELse, EL Paso, Texas, a new one here. I was tuned to 240-USB. BTW there is also an LE on 242, Lexington KY.
On 242 itself at 0724 UT, I am hearing 3-way mix at different pitches of EL; FS = 400 watts from Sioux Falls SD, normally the only/dominant; and XC, see CANADA.
347-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0732 UT, NDB AFK, which is 25 watts from Nebraska City, NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also OKLAHOMA
** SINGAPORE. 7355, Jan 15 at 1609, Korean at S9/+10, the SSOB by far once 7490 WWCR begone; i.e., BBC via Kranji at 1530-1830 carrying on far beyond NK and why isn`t it jammed? Per my NGS globe with geometer, the 250 kW, 25-degree beam then crosses southern Alaska, central BC, MT, WY and within a couple degrees of hitting Enid head-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. If you miss the hot-off-the-press Thursday evening first airing of WORLD OF RADIO, UT Friday at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780, you have to wait until Saturday morning for the next SW chance; unless accessed otherwise such as via website or podcast. Next 2069s:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE [new; to be confirmed]
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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [to resume?]
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 Brandon Jordan, TN, for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and commenting: ``Heya Glenn. Thanks for all you do for us SWDX’ers`` -- and tnx to Brandon for the rx I use most.
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. 13655-13660, Jan 15 at 1654, another try to tell what`s on the WINB DRM. VG noise here as usual, so I try the Omaha KiwiSDR; S/N varying around 12 dB, not enough altho S9+5; labeled 8.28 kbps, mode B, Chan 5 kHz; never mind what`s on the rest of it, 13650-13655. Occasional bits decode; 1656 a few more giving 504 area code, Fellowship-something, .LA.org. 1658 ``Over the Rainbow`` music and WINB ID, 1700 YL starts another gospel huxter, but cut off the air*. Looking thru the program list at WINB.com I find none with Fellowship in their name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VENEZUELA. 6200, Jan 15 at 0713, S2-S3 of music, presumed ROCV reactivated on new frequency, as first reported by Manuel Méndez. Apparently runs all-night; alternate frequency to be 7375. Per Aoki/NDXC the only other 6200s to beware of are: Tibet from 2050 to 1805 including English at 0700 --- but that`s circa noon there; and Voice of Jinling, Nanjing, China at 12-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1927 UT January 15
