World of Radio

** CANADA. Nov 26 at 0724-0745 UT, another quiet night for LW beacons, only minor storms in NAm along the BCS/BCN border and the Tamaulipas coast. Skipping relogs of some major Canadians stronger than usual: 276 MCW kHz, Nov 26 at 0730 UT, dash and YEL, 200 watt NDB at ELliott Lake, Ontario, to be decommissioned 2022-01-27. I always wish …

AUSTRALIA [and non]. 5055, Nov 25 at 0730, JBA carrier maybe Radio 4KZ; no signals from the other Pacificans on 5045, 5040, 5035, 5020. Solomons has been missing lately per Ron, and now there are reports of political unrest, as in RNZP news at 1300 on 7390 as monitored by Rodney Johnson, MN, Nov 24: “A police station and several …

** EGYPT. 9899.58 approx., Nov 24 at 2158, R. Cairo S7/S9 of carrier, maybe trace of English modulation direct, much like 24 hours ago. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Nov 24 at 2307, token English from REE admittedly repeating a 10-year-old interview, about the 15-M movement on `Face to Face` with Prof. Charles …

** CUBA. 5954, Nov 24 at 0306, pulse jamming: remnant against long-gone R. República which was on this frequency from Costa Rica. Something`s always incompetent at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Nov 24 at 1605, RHC Spanish S9+20 but very suptorted, also some F#? tone like heard on 13700`s spurs. Something`s always wrong at …

VOICE OF TURKEY B-21, current schedule: http://ab27.bplaced.net/trt.pdf VOICE OF TURKEY A-21, old schedule for documentation purposes: http://ab27.bplaced.net/trt-old.pdf At the beginning of Oct.2021, more than four weeks before the start of B-21 season, 5 TRT language sections were closed and their websites were deleted: – Portuguese – Japanese – Malay – Hausa – Swahili The gaps in the program schedule are …

** CANADA. 1610 kHz, Nov 23 at 0730 UT, CHHA ID celebrating its 17th anniversary, “ahora con 10 mil vatios, La Voz de la Comunidad“, so seems to have quit the “Voces Latinas“ slogan. Anyhow in Spanish now rather than Punjabi overnight. “Clear“ channel except for TIS, not even Anguilla, gives it huge advantage over bigger Toronto stations, 1010, 740 …

** CUBA. 11880, Nov 21 at 2235, S9+10/S8 of silence except for some hum, but at least the RHC `English` hour is on the dead air. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 11880, Nov 22 at 2253, RHC is S9/S7 but undermodulating in English, so they`re still attempting to do it from 2200. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, …

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat Nov 20 at 1523 check, NO LRA36 signal into Pardinho, Brasil SDR. Now it`s pretty clear they are in summer hiatus, so I may not keep reporting non-logs until resurgence, in Feb or Mar? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 401 MCW kHz, Nov 21 at 0729, dash and YPO, 500 watt ND beacon at …

Chinese DXers analyzed the B21 schedule of Gangxi Beibu Bay Radio as follows. Difference from A21 schedule -Relay of CRI Vietnamese program (2 times at 1000 and 1400 in A21) has been reduced to 1 time at 1000 (since August 2021) – Relay of CRI Chinese program at 0000 has been changed to that of CNR 9th “Story Radio” in …

Dave Kitteridge wrote on Facebook 19 November 2021 On 19th November 1991, a fierce storm broke the anchor chain on the Ross Revenge. Battered and bruised and without power she drifted 17 miles until she ran aground on the notorious Goodwin Sands. In the early light of the morning her crew was helicoptered off and she was left alone to …

Chinese DXers analyzed the B21 schedule of Gangxi Beibu Bay Radio as follows. Difference from A21 schedule -Relay of CRI Vietnamese program (2 times at 1000 and 1400 in A21) has been reduced to 1 time at 1000 (since August 2021) – Relay of CRI Chinese program at 0000 has been changed to that of CNR 9th “Story Radio” in …

** CUBA. 11880, Nov 19 at 2317, RHC dead air with hum, S9/+20 when French supposed to emit, as usually the case lately; I keep missing chex at 2200 when supposed to be in English; 2340 during Portuguese, with dead air, S9+10/20, but at 0000 Nov 20, 11880 is already off instead of English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn …