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May 30 2020 – Volume 57 Number 32 – Edition 1844 – ISSN 899-9733

Note, I’ve resurrected the IRCA Awards program... and updated info sheet was attached to the last DXM. If you missed it, let me know and I’ll send it again. Seattle deadline for our next issue (V57_N33) is Monday 06/08/20 1200 PLT (two weeks) – pb

2020 Convention

The 2020 IRCA/DecalcoMania Convention will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 1221 S Harbor Blvd, Anaheim CA 92805. (North of Disneyland) September 10-12 2020. Phone number for reservations is 714-758-0900 (mention convention). Guest room rate is $115 per night plus tax and includes all you can eat breakfast. Parking is $10 per day. Registration fee (not including banquet) is $25 payable to Mike Sanburn PO Box 1256, Bellflower CA 90707-1256. Activities will include station visits, IRCA business meeting and auction, and nightly fireworks show. Hotel amenities include free Wifi, 24 hour business center and 24 hour pool. Local eateries within walking distance are Starbucks Coffee, Taco Bell, and Shakeys Pizza. Cutoff date for room reservations will be August 20th. More details will appear soon. For information contact mikesanburn@hotmail.com. Website for Anaheim visitor’s information: www.visitanaheim.org. Here is the link for making reservation at Four Points https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1576099122178&key=GRP&app=resvlink

Folks can send their registration fee via PayPal at mikesanburn@hotmail.com (please include name, contact info and note that it is for convention registration).

5/24. Convention Update. As of this weekend, Orange County CA (where Anaheim is located) has been given the green light to completely reopen, restaurants, stores, etc... provided proper distancing is utilized. I will soon get in touch with Jagerhaus restaurant to find out any details regarding the proposed banquet there. Their banquet room is huge so having ample space will not be an issue. Yesterday I got several more station swag items for the event including a shirt, several koozies, stickers, and pens. Hopefully much more will come together as summer approaches. 73 Happy Memorial Day, and good DX. Mike

BROADCASTING INFORMATION – Robert J Wien – 8912 Oso Corridor PL NW – Albuquerque NM 87114 Email: wienbob@aol.com Phones: 505-898-1677 (home) 909-997-7904 (cell) Column Deadlines: Saturdays

DATE OF COLUMN: May 16 2020 Column data span: May 02-16 2020, Data courtesy of Stationintel.com, FCC database and member contributions.

CALL CHANGE

FREQ OLD CALL CITY OF LICENSE NEW CALLS

1520 WBZW Apopka, FL WNDO

FORMAT, SLOGAN AND SILENT STATUS CHANGES

FREQ CALL CITY OF LICENSE NEW INFORMATION

600 WICC Bridgeport, CT old slogan: “Today’s WICC”, new: “WICC 600” 630 KUAM Agana, GU now silent 690 XEWW Tijuana, BJ was Spanish news-talk, now ethnic, old slogan: “W-Radio 690”, new “U Radio 690” 970 WNNR Jacksonville, FL was tropical, now regional Mexican, old slogan: “Latina 92.1”, new: “La Raza 92.9” 980 WDDO Perry, GA was urban gospel, now modern/alternative rock, old slogan: “The Light”, new: “100.5 The X” 990 WLDX Fayette, AL was country, now classic hits, old slogan: “The Station You Grew Up With”, new: “Big Cat 97.1” 1010 WTZA Atlanta, GA old slogan: “Talk Of Atlanta”, new: “Fistful Of Radio” 1060 KIPA Hilo, HI now silent 1090 WBAF Barnesville, GA old slogan: “97.3 104.9 Fox FM”, new: “Georgia’s Hot Hits” 1110 WSLV Ardmore, TN old slogan: “Cat Country 1110-105.1”, new: “Outlaw 105.1” 1160 WEWC Callahan, FL was regional Mexican, now tropical, old slogan: “Latina 92.1”, new: “La Raza 92.9” 1220 WFWL Camden, TN old slogan: “The Catfish”, new: “The Catfish 99.7FM” KMVL Madisonville, TX old slogan: “Adult Standards 1220 AM/98.9 FM”, new: “America’s Best Music 1220 AM/98.9 FM” 1230 KCUP Toledo, OR adds talk as secondary format 1290 KIVY Crockett, TX old slogan: “AM 1290/102.9 FM America’s Best Music”, new: “America’s Best Music 1290 AM/102.9 FM” 1290 WJBI Batesville, MS was silent, now classic country, adds slogan: “Country Legends 106.9” 1310 WAUC Wauchula, FL old slogan: “Heartland’s Country Favorites”, new: “102.1 The Outlaw” KNOZ Grand Forks, ND old slogan: “KNOX News Radio 1310”, new: “KNOX News Radio 1310 AM and 107.9 FM” WOCV Oneida, TN now silent KZXR Prosser, WA was regional Mexican, now Romantica 1320 WDDV Venice, FL was news/talk, now oldies, old slogan: “News Radio 1320”, new: “Oldies 1320” 1370 WFDR Manchester, GA old slogan: “97.3 104.9 Fox FM”, new: “Georgia’s Hot Hits” WKMC Roaring Springs, PA was oldies, now classic hits, old slogan: “1370 WKMC Good Times, Great Oldies”, new: “Classic Hits 96.1” 1380 WVSA Vernon, AL was sports, now southern gospel, old slogan: “Sports 1380”, new: “WVSA 100.7 The Voice” WLIN Waynesboro, PA changes secondary format from sports to talk 1400 WNEX Macon, GA was urban gospel, now modern/alternative rock, old slogan: “The Light”, new: “100.5 The X” 1420 WEMB Erwin, TN old slogan: “NBC Sports Tri-Cities”, new: “1420 WEMB Sports Radio” 1440 KHLY Hailey, ID changes city of license from Pocatello to Hailey WNPV Lansdale, PA now silent 1450 KENA Mena, AR now silent 1510 KSPA Ontario, CA now silent 1540 WKXG Greenwood, MS adds slogan: “Gospel 1540” 1550 KXEX Fresno, CA was Spanish religion, now talk, old slogan: “Bendita Eucaristia Radio”, new: “Talk Radio 1550 KXEX” 1570 WVOJ Fernandina Beach, FL old slogan: “La Raza”, new: “La Raza 92.9” 1590 WCSL Cherryville, NC old slogan: “Big ‘O’ Country Radio”, new: “Caroline County Radio”

In This Issue: 2020 Convention… 1 Broadcasting Information… 1 Canadian Radio News… 3 Western DX Roundup… 3 Central DX Roundup… 4 Eastern DX Roundup… 5 DXpeditions… 5 DX Forum… 17 Verification Signers… 18 IRCA Contest Update… 18

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MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS

Jon Pearkins sends along the following dated 5/7/20:

https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/196228/wtlc-indianapolis-asks-fcc-for-ok-to-test-all-digi WTLC/Indianapolis Asks FCC For OK To Test All-Digital AM Multicast, May 5 2020 at 5:19 AM (PT). AM All-Digital RADIO ONE OF INDIANA, LLC has applied for experimental authority to operate Urban AC WTLC-A/INDIANAPOLIS in all-digital mode for one year beginning on or before June 1st. The station wants to test the MA3 mode of HD RADIO with a main channel and a digital multicast channel, the latter feature described as the "next step" in testing after the MA3 mode was tested in single-channel fashion at WWFD-A/FREDERICK, MD. "WTLC will introduce an HD RADIO MA3 multicast feature into a top 50 NIELSEN radio market with consequent publicity to gauge listener interest in the purchase of AM multicast receivers," the filing states. "Each of the multicast channels will be carried on in-market analog FM translators to encourage listeners to seek out AM multicast receivers." The station simulcasts on W236CR and W224DI.

Mike Sanburn of Bellflower CA sends along the following from Paul Walker Jr of Laramie WY and Martin Foltz of Mission Viejo CA via the IRCA IO Groups dated 5/7/20:

Both stations are owned by Compass Broadcasting which also owns Stockton's 105.9 The bull, KSTN 1420. KGED had been on 1680 and has been leased by the afternoon host and his mother. Regional Mexican music is now on 1680: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/186958/fresno-conservative-talker-moves-to-new-frequency/?fbclid=IwAR2eWICedcRxKH8dsHqyU3wtoZImnHo561k1tRLLRkVizeGez-nvbhmwUfo Fresno Conservative Talker Moves To New Frequency, By Lance Venta On May 7 2020 Talk Radio 1550 KXEX 1680 KGED Fresno Conservative Talk 1680 KGED Fresno moved its programming to 1550 KXEX Fresno on May 1. Both stations are owned by Compass Broadcasting with the Talk station LMA’d to afternoon host Guillermo Moreno and his mother Lisa Moreno. The Morenos began operating the brand in November 2018 after it was previously operating as “1680 The Answer” under a different operator. The station features Guillermo Moreno from 4-7 pm surrounded by a syndicated lineup of mostly Salem Radio Network hosts. The move drops the Conservative Talk format from the 10kW day/1kW night 1680 signal to the 5 kW day/2.5 kW night 1550 facility. KXEX most recently carried Spanish Catholic programming, while local observers noted Regional Mexican music currently airing on 1680. Subject: 1680 KGED Fresno Talk Moves To 1550 KXEX (from Martin Foltz-ye ed) I worked until midnight last night and tuned across the band after 1 AM and noticed 1680 was Spanish. That explains it.

Jon Pearkins sends along the following dated 5/8/20:

Another shoe dropped: https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/196374/wioe-a-fort-wayne-asks-for-fcc-ok-to-test-all-digi WIOE-A/Fort Wayne Asks For FCC OK To Test All-Digital Operation; Maryland Translator, Alaska AM-Translator Combo Sold. May 8 2020 at 6:26 AM (PT) Testing. Another AM station is proposing to run testing of all-digital broadcasting, with Brian R Walsh filing an STA request to operate Oldies WIOE-A/Fort Wayne in full-time HD Radio MA3 mode with an additional multicasting channel beginning on or before May 22nd. The station also simulcasts on W282CH/Fort Wayne. In other filings with the FCC, Miguel Rodriguez’ Radio Rodriguez LLC is selling W238BY/Crisfield MD to Roger Waters' Kingdom Media Partners LLC for $30,000. The translator's primary station is listed as Birach Broadcasting's WGOP-A/Pocomoke City MD. Peninsula Communications Inc is selling Silent KABN-A/Kenai AK and K253CQ/Kenai-Soldotna AK to Alaska Broadcast Television Inc. for $200,000. Eschaton Foundation has filed for an STA to take KBCD/Santa Cruz CA silent due to losing its transmitter site; the application was filed as STA request rather than a Silent STA request. Requesting silent STAs the traditional way were Light of Life Ministries Inc (WRNM/Ellsworth ME, silent while preparing to switch back to primary transmitter); New Orleans Community Radio (WXNO-LP/Marrero LA, lost transmitter site); and Intelli LLC (KSPA-A/Ontario CA, lost transmitter site). Ted Tucker's Cochise Media Licenses LLC has closed on the sale of Classic Rock KDVK/Dove Creek CO to Tom Troland and Michael Mallace's Desert Explorer Communications LLC for $40,000. Center of the World Festival Inc. has closed on the transfer of KCPK-LP/Frazier Park CA to California Family Counseling Network Inc for no consideration. Redrock Radio Group LLC has closed on the sale of Classic Hits KBDX (Redrock 92.7)/Blanding UT and K252FH/Moab UT to San Juan Record Inc. And Radio Sound Company LLC has closed on the sale of Silent WRSA-A-W262DH/St Albans VT to Radio Broadcasting Services Inc (Champlain Media Group) for $1 and assumption of liabilities.

Mike Sanburn and John Pearkins send along the following from Paul Walker Jr via the IRCA IO Groups dated 5/8/20:

The license for KIYU 910 Galena, Alaska has been officially handed in and deleted. Big River Public Broadcasting has largely had it off much of the last 12 years or so. You can apply for Class D FM licenses in Alaska at anytime without waiting for a filing window and that's what big River did because KIYU 910 was not on the power grid and fuel was $6-7 a gallon for the generator to power the AM transmitter. They'd spent many years trying to economically find ways to revive it and keep it on the air, but even with a financially responsible and technically capable GM, they weren't able to do it. I was a small part of the team that tried to help revive it. The AM covered 30-40 miles by day and maybe a bit farther at night. Now they have 11 Class D FM licenses. To give you an example of how small some of these villages are, 50 Watts at -387 feet more then covers the village the transmitter is in. The FM transmitter sites are at health clinics, fire departments, town halls, etc with an fm transmitter, a box specifically made to receive an internet feed and satellite internet. I credit former GM Brian Landrum with helping get KIYU into the sound technical and financial shape it’s in today. He was my boss while I was there and that was one of my most rewarding and challenging jobs I ever had while also being a fun learning experience.

Tim Hall of Chula Vista CA sends along the following via the IRCA IO Groups dated 5/10/20:

XECSCGU 1620 AM Guachochi, Chih signed on Thursday afternoon 7 May 2020. They are a religious station, based in a drug rehab ministry, but the music I have heard on their live stream this afternoon sounded like standard regional Mexican fare. Their Facebook page says they are raising money to buy a 2kW transmitter, so the current power must be lower than that. Web site: https://olivoministerio200.wixsite.com/creoradio Live stream: https://olivoministerio200.wixsite.com/creoradio?fbclid=IwAR3tGNZ56E9hgnB0Eeb5jMbkU69pMKSApt-u57MFX5HzSNW2NUXi1jsYnTo ...which this takes you to http://mixlr.com/oscarmo10/

Dennis Gibson of Salinas CA sends along the following dated 5/10/20:

FCC Report 5/10: Pair of Stations Attempt To Use Pandemic To Increase Power Fails https://radioinsight.com/headlines/187058/fcc-report-5-10-pair-of-stations-attempt-to-use-pandemic-to-increase-power-fails/ FCC Report 5/10: Pair of Stations Attempt to Use Pandemic to Increase Power Fails, By Lance Venta, On May 10 2020. Dismissals 101.5 KZYQ Eudora Larry Fuss Delta Radio. A pair of stations that sought to use the CoronaVirus to temporarily increase power saw their applications quickly dismissed. Larry Fuss’ Contemporary Communications sought to increase 101.5 KZYQ Eudora AR from 6kW to 14kW, while Damon Collins’ Blackbelt Broadcasting proposed increasing 96.3 WLYB Livingston AL from 3.4kW to 8kW both from their current towers. The stations both sought waivers for auxiliary licenses with the higher power to “improve reception inside houses, where more listening is now occurring due to people working from home in response to Covid-19″ on an indefinite or permanent basis, unless it causes actual interference with a neighboring station, in which case the Station would “return to its original licensed parameters.” The waiver request stated that any station that operated with less than 25,000 watts should be approved with LPFM’s the lesser of 250 watts or a 7.1 km 60 dBu contour, translators 500 watts, and Class A, B1 and C3 stations the lesser of 25,000 watts or a 39.1 km 60dBu contour.

Martin Foltz of Mission Viejo CA sends along the following dated 5/12/20:

Another station to report that's off the air. Found this on Wikipedia "As of May 4 2020, The station lost access to its tower site and knock the station off the air." 1510 KSPA Ontario CA first noted off the air on 5/8.

Mike Sanburn and Dennis Gibson of Salinas CA send along the following dated 5/13/20 re KLIV-1590 San Jose CA:

Today Pham Radio Communication LLC, the proposed licensee of KLIV has, with the authorization of Empire Broadcasting, filed an application for a CP to diplex at the KVVN-1430 site. Pham is the licensee of KVVN. The assignment of the license has been granted but hasn’t been consummated so Empire is still technically the licensee. The nondirectional daytime power will increase from 5 kW to 6.2 kW because the KVVN towers are 87 feet shorter than the tower used for nondirectional daytime at the old site. Daytime coverage will be virtually identical. Nighttime power will remain at 5 kW. The northwest and southeast nulls will be a bit deeper. https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101816012&qnum=5120&copynum=1&exhcnum=1

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Jon Pearkins sends along the following dated 5/16/20:

710 KXMR Bismarck, ND new slogan: “Fox Sports 7-10”. Heard several times in a 3-4 minute break last night, and their web site is now foxsports710.iheart.com

Tim Hall of Chula Vista CA sends along the following via the ABDX Groups dated 5/16/20:

Grupo Radio Centro in Mexico has gone bankrupt. Their operations had already been pretty volatile for the last 5 or 6 years. In Mexico City, XEQR-1030, which had just recently returned to the air after being silent for several years, has ceased operations and all staff were terminated. XERC-FM 97.7, which supplied the programming for XEDKR-700 and XESTN-1540, was sold to Grupo MVS earlier this week, so I'm unsure what programming XEDKR and XESTN are running at this time (the most likely scenario prior to today would have been that they would have relayed XEQR). I would assume additional sales, and additional stations going silent, will likely occur in the upcoming weeks and months.

Middle of May now, I’m starting to work 12-hour shifts dayshift training on my new job, so getting into the swing of things. Weather is gorgeous here in the 80s and sunny most of the time in Albuquerque, can get a bit windy sometimes. DX slowing down now as we approach the June solstice, then days start getting shorter again. New Mexico “opened up” Saturday 5/16 from COVID-19, so some stores can open up again, but still no casinos, movie theaters or barber shops (boy do I need a haircut!), maybe I’ll buy a Flowbee and do it myself, heh. Hope your DX isn’t hair-raising. 73’s Bob Wien

CANADIAN RADIO NEWS –Jon Pearkins Email: jon@pearkins.com

With a double Canadian postage stamp available May 20th, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Radio in Canada, a look-back at Canadian broadcasting events that occurred 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago is being introduced at the end of this column. The Facebook page Canadian Radio News by Dan Sys provides much of the information for this column.

580 AB Edmonton CHAH-cp Advertising for a full range of staff, including Hindi and Punjabi announcers, was suspended in mid-March due to government COVID-19 guidelines that hindered the face-to-face nature of Hiring and Training. Owner 1811258 Alberta Ltd. currently has a license requiring that they be on the air by Jan 21 2021, sharing CBX-740's towers with 10KW full-time.

1450 QC Montreal CHOU Still Arabic language programming under the new "Middle East Radio" branding shared with CHOU-1-FM Montreal and CHHU-FM Halifax NS. Previously, they had used the French equivalent, "Radio Moyen-Orient". Their web site is now meradio.ca

100 Years Ago – on May 20 1920, a live concert was performed in Montreal QC at Marconi's XWA (later CFCF) for an audience in Ottawa ON, marking the official beginning of Radio in Canada. 75 Years Ago – on May 1 1945, CKUA-580 Edmonton AB avoided losing its license by transferring control to Alberta Government Telephones from the University of Alberta, to avoid a federal government ruling that would stop provinces from owning radio stations. 50 Years Ago – on May 1 1970, CHNL-610 Kamloops BC first signed on, with a strong focus on local News, quickly building a mostly simulcast network with new licenses for CJNL-1230 Merritt BC, CINL-1400 Princeton BC, CHNL-1 1400 Clearwater BC, CHNL-2 1340 Ashcroft BC, and CHNL-3-FM Sorrento BC. 25 Years Ago – on May 1 1995, CBC's English and French language AM networks resumed 24 hour broadcasting, before being renamed CBC Radio One and Première chaîne, respectively, in 1997, to reflect the reality of some of the networks' major stations moving from AM to FM.

WESTERN DX ROUNDUP – Nancy Johnson – 2922 S Olivewood – Mesa AZ 85212-2923 Email: NancyJohnson@prodigy.net

WDXR DEADLINES: Thursday June 4, June 18, July 9, Aug. 6, Aug. 20, Sept. 3, Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1, Oct. 8. Please use Eastern Local Time. For reporters in AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY and the Canadian provinces of AB, BC and the Yukon Territory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE: (JCJ) John Johnson-2922 S Olivewood, Mesa AZ 85212 John_Johnson@prodigy.net SDRplay RSPduo, Wellbrook ALA1530LNP (GK) Glen Kippel-Yucca Valley CA gkippel@hotmail.com Icom R-75, K-180WLA amplified loop, combined with 10x7’ coaxial loop using ANC-4 (JP) Jon Pearkins-Edmonton AB jon@pearkins.com Sangean PR-D15 barefoot (MS) Mike Sanburn-PO Box 1256-Bellflower CA 90707-1256 mikesanburn@hotmail.com GE Superadio 2 ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** 580 KUBC CO, Montrose 5/18 0414:30 ID with 104.5 (their new translator) mentioned first and “AM 5-80” the last words between “Classic Hits” by U2 and

Rod Steward. In KIDO null, KUBC was all alone with a consistent signal, and remains the most often heard station on 580 since CKUA left the AM band. (JP-AB)

630 KHOW CO, Denver 5/13 0521 Red Eye Radio, COVID-19 PSA. (GK-CA) 710 KXMR ND, Bismarck 5/16 0019-0022 all alone while nulling KIRO. Local break from Fox Sport Radio network, with IDs as “Fox Sport 7-10” (their web site

is now foxsports710.iheart.com) with lots of mentions of owner iHeartRadio, but it is the many K-Fire mentions that can be the most confusing. KFYR-550 is their sister station, and they do run 30 second promos for programs on KFYR, but KXMR also runs PSAs and ads produced for KFYR, that make it sound like you are listening to KFYR, thanks to their mentions of K-Fire. (JP-AB)

730 KDBI ID, Boise 5/16 alone on 730, 0102 out of Spanish music with “KDBI Boise” ID in English. Mentions of “La Grande” slogan. Last logged as KNFL. (JCJ-AZ)

750 KOAL UT, Price 5/13 2340 sports talk with KAMA phased. (GK-CA) 820 WBAP TX, Fort Worth 5/17 2302 callsign ID and news, XEABCA partially nulled. (GK-CA) 860 KTRB CA San Francisco 5/14 0432 beginning old-time “Boston Blackie” drama. (GK-CA) 890 KIHC CA, Arroyo Grande 5/13 0600 Relevant Radio in partial KDXU null. (GK-CA) 1040 KCBR CO, Monument 5/13 0605 rap “music,” fairly good signal. (GK-CA) WHO IA, Des Moines 5/14 0527 callsign ID, talk. (GK-CA) 1060 KKVV NV, Las Vegas 5/11 under a nulled KDUS. 0100 out of a contest promo about how KKVV has helped you, send entry to kkvvradio-at-hotmail-dot-

com with “KKVV AM 1060, Las Vegas” legal ID. Station may have been on daytime power, first time heard. Station number 697 logged from Mesa. (JCJ-AZ)

1080 KRLD TX, Dallas 5/13 0611 weather for Dallas metro area and callsign ID. (GK-CA)

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1240 KSUE CA, Susanville 5/20 faded up in jumble 0100 out of a KSUE Facebook page promo with “KSUE Susanville. 1240. First with news, entertainment, and talk. KSUE 1240 AM” legal ID into ABC News. First time heard, station number 699 logged from Mesa. (JCJ-AZ)

1250 KWSU WA, Pullman 5/20 mixing with KHIL, KNEU and KZER. 0100 faded up to the top with “KWSU 1250 AM... also on 93.3... 91.3 Clarkston-Lewiston... 91.7... service of Washington State University” ID. First time heard from Mesa. Station #700 logged. (JCJ-AZ)

1340 KWXY CA, Cathedral City 5/6 0210 call letters then into Perry Como song. Later I heard a promo for kwxy.com. (MS-CA) KCBL CA, Fresno 5/13 0159 top of hour ID “KCBL Fresno.” (MS-CA) KTPI CA, Mojave 5/5 0402 call letters heard above mess. (MS-CA) KTOX CA, Needles 5/3 2204 coming out of spot for investment, ID “And now the news from KTOX.” (MS-CA) KCLU CA, Santa Barbara 5/11 0951 becoming dominant (rare here). Call letters read by woman then into weather forecast. (MS-CA) KKGK NV, Las Vegas 5/5 0302 ID “KKGK” into weather, many Fox Sports promos. (MS-CA) 1590 ?KVGB? KS, Grand Bend 5/21 0623-0633 tentative with some Westwood One and Jimbo mentions but mixing with KLFE made it difficult to know who was

saying what. Most notable was an event promo with an endless variety of Southern dishes, which appears to match up with the food trucks during the Great Bend Summer Street Stroll Farmers Market that resumes Jane 4. (JP-AB)

1680 KGED CA, Fresno 5/12 2335-2400 Spanish religious programming, slogan “Radio Catholica,” was English talk. (GK-CA)

There has been a little DXing done as the season comes to an end. The next WDXR deadline is Thursday June 4. – Nancy 5/22 1700

CENTRAL DX ROUNDUP – John C Johnson – 2922 S Olivewood – Mesa AZ 85212-2923 Email: John_Johnson@prodigy.net CDXR reports ONLY: cdxr@ircaonline.org

RIDING GAIN [EB-MO] Eric Bueneman, Hazelwood MO N0UIHEric@gmail.com CountyComm GP-5/SSB Ultralight receiver, Grundig AN-200 tunable loop, Yaesu FRG-7, Worcester Space Magnet II [WE-TX] Ward Elliott, Dallas TX dwrd759@yahoo.com PL 600, PL 380, PR-D5, PR-D4, ATS-803A, TCF-Antenna, MFJ-16010, 75’ random wire [GH-IL] Gregory Harris, Park Forest IL wdx8khy@sbcglobal.net FRG-100, Quantum Loop [RW-NM] Robert Wien, Albuquerque NM wienbob@aol.com C-Crane Radio

DOWN THE DIAL 690 CKGM QC, Montreal. 5/13 fair signal, mixing with WQNO in KSTL null. 0416 with local spots, "TSN Six-90" ID in promo into sports talk format. [EB-MO] 800 KREI MO, Farmington. 5/12 fair signal over CKLW. 0705 noted with local spot, "Super talk AM Eight Hundred KREI" ID, weather forecast into local

news. [EB-MO] CHAB SK, Moose Jaw. 5/7 fair to poor signal over CKLW, KQCV. 0435 noted with Oldies format, station promo, "Eight Hundred CHAB" ID. [EB-MO] 910 KCJB ND, Minot. 5/9 fair signal over KVIS. 0620 noted with weather forecast, "KCJB" jingle into Country format. [EB-MO] WSUI IA, Iowa City. 5/16 fair signal over KVIS, WAKO. 0654 noted with talk on the 1997 movie Titanic from BBC World Service, "IPR" mention,

underwriting announcement, membership drive promo, "WSUI Nine-Ten AM Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and KRNI Ten-Ten AM Mason City, Clear Lake" legal ID at 0700. [EB-MO]

+5/20 fair with some noise. 0703 with NPR and Iowa news. New. [GH-IL] 970 KJLT NE, North Platte. 5/5 in null of local KHVN. 2200 with “KJLT North Platte, Nebraska” legal ID. Mentioned translator information into Christian

music. 2209 noted with a call-in talk show. [WE-TX] WDAY ND, Fargo. 5/5 mixing with KJLT in KHVN null. 2231 with “WDAY... here on 970 WDAY radio....” [WE-TX] 1000 KCEO CA, Vista. 0135 poor, but readable through two other Spanish stations. 0135 with “Relevant Radio AM 1000” slogan. No ID, but according to

Relevant Radio’s website they are the only affiliate on 1000. [RW-NM] KKIM NM, Albuquerque. 5/12 at 0130 I noticed my local KKIM was off the air. A thunderstorm that day may have knocked them off. Noticed they were

back on at 0230. [RW-NM] 1020 KCKN NM, Roswell. 5/13 good signal over KDKA. 0640 noted with Contemporary Christian music, "Radio Visión Cristiana" ID, mention of New York

(Nueva York) into Scripture reading in Spanish. [EB-MO] 1070 KFTI KS, Wichita. 5/11 in with splash from KRLD. 0205 with country music, “...kicking back with a beer, get your country on, classic country 1070” and

various versions of their branding. DJ Kevin mentioned as well as studios in Wichita. [WE-TX] 1130 WISN WI, Milwaukee. 5/16 good to fair signal over KAAB, ACI from KMOX 1120. 0710 with a mention of Wisconsin into Outdoors Weekly. [EB-MO] 1140 WVEL IL, Pekin. 5/13 good signal over KHFX. 0645 noted with Urban Gospel format, "AM 11-40 WVEL" ID into Food for the Soul feature. [EB-MO] 1160 KSL UT, Salt Lake City. 5/13 fair signal in WYLL null. 0432 noted with ABC News update, weather forecast, mention of "from the KSL weather center"

into The Jim Bohannon Show. [EB-MO] 1180 WJNT MS, Pearl. 5/18 with Radio Marti nulled. 0200 with legal ID into Fox News. Also mentioned their FM information and “Jackson’s news talk station”

slogan. [WE-TX] 1190 WNWC WI, Sun Prairie. 5/19 fair signal, mixing with KDMR, WOWO. 0559 noted with University of Northwestern promos, "Thanks for listening to Faith

104-point-Seven FM and AM 11-90 WNWC Sun Prairie, Madison" legal ID into SRN News. Probably on day power. [EB-MO] 1240 KDOK TX, Kilgore. 5/14, 0802 with classic rock format, spots, “All hit radio KDOK” ID. [WE-TX] KFMO MO, Park Hills. 5/20 fair signal through WTAX. 0700 noted with sign-on announcement and US national anthem. [EB-MO] 1250 KDEI TX, Port Arthur. 5/18 with KFOG nulled. Dominant for an hour. 2301 with Radio Marina programming and group IDs. [WE-TX] KRRD AR, Fayetteville. 5/19 under KDEI and KZHN. 0052 with “Gospel every Sunday morning on the Red Dirt 106.7” promo. “We are Red Dirt” slogan,

mentioned area code and Bentonville as well as their 106.7 translator. [WE-TX] KZHN TX, Paris. 5/19 mixing with KDEI and KRRD. 0410 with Classic Country music, “Country legend, the Texan” slogan. [WE-TX] WGL IN, Fort Wayne. 5/16 fair signal over WSSP, ACI from WSDZ 1260. 0716 noted with "We're all about Fort Wayne, 103-Nine Wayne FM" ID into

Classic Hits format. [EB-MO] 1260 KBRH LA, Baton Rouge. 5/19 reception booming to quiet. 2357 with “KBRH AM” ID into funk music. Later “you’re listening to classic blues and rhythm

hits, FM... 1260 KBRH Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge ID. [WE-TX] KTAE TX, Elgin. 5/19, 0625 with PSA, Austin traffic report, “KTXX FM Round Rock” as well as “KTAE” IDs. [WE-TX] 1270 WQTT OH, Marysville. 5/19 fair signal over other stations. 0230 noted with "Classic Rock WQTT" ID into Classic Rock format. [EB-MO] 1300 WLXG KY, Lexington. 5/9 fair signal over WOAD, WOOD. 0525 noted with ESPN SportsCenter All Night, local spots and ESPN promos. [EB-MO] 1310 WTTL KY, Madisonville. 5/16 fair signal over WIBA, WTLC. 0527 noted with "Good times, great oldies, Cool 103" ID into Oldies format. [EB-MO] 1320 KXYZ TX, Houston. 5/8, 2328 with Spanish music, “Houston Tejas” mention. [WE-TX] 1330 KVOL LA, Lafayette. 5/13, 0434 with “The rewind, 1330, 97.7, 104.1” slogan into 70s-80s format. Noticed “97.9 Lafayette” and “Lafayette 1330 AM”

slogans as well as “...on the turntable” mention. [WE-TX] 1380 WMJR KY, Nicholasville. 5/7 fair to poor signal through KXFN. 0347 noted with "Relevant Radio" ID, mention of the Relevant Radio phone app into talk

on the COVID-19 pandemic. Probably on day power. [EB-MO] 1390 KCLN IA, Clinton. 5/9 good to fair signal, way over WLLI. 0503 noted with weather forecast, "AM 13-90 KCLN, Clinton's home for news, weather and

sports, AM 13-90 KCLN" ID into Oldies format. [EB-MO] WGRB IL, Chicago. 5/19 fair signal over WLLI, ACI from KXFN 1380. 0155 noted with Urban Gospel format, "Inspiration 13-90" ID. [EB-MO] 1400 KGMY MO, Springfield. 5/20 fair to poor, mixing with other stations. 0623 with Springfield area spots, including one mentioning Interstate 44. [EB-MO] KTUC AZ, Tucson. 5/12 faded up on top of 1400 briefly. 0215 with nostalgia music, ID, Tucson spots before going back into music, faded down into the

mud. New logging. [RW-NM] 1430 WYMC KY, Mayfield. 5/16 fair to poor signal, mixing with WBEV, WXNT and other stations. 0636 noted with Kentucky News Network news, local spots

into Oldies format. [EB-MO] 1450 WROX MS, Clarksdale. 5/15 fair to poor, mixing with WASK, WMOH and other stations. 0347 with "WROX radio" ID into R&B Oldies format. [EB-MO]

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1470 KLCL LA, Lake Charles. 5/20 mixing with KWRD and KYYW, some fades. 2141 with Urban format, IDs, “Magic 1470” slogan. [WE-TX] KWRD TX, Henderson. 5/11 mixing with KYYW, KLCL. 0000 ABC News. Mentions of “Radio’s heavy hitters” and “KWRD 1470 and 98.5” IDs. [WE-TX] 1490 KBUR IA, Burlington. 5/12 fair to poor signal, mixing with other stations. 0655 noted with "News radio 99-point-Three and 14-90 KBUR" ID into local

spots. [EB-MO] WKRO IL, Cairo. 5/12 poor signal, mixing with other stations, 0720 poked through with mention of 103.3 FM into Album Rock format. AM #140 from

Illinois at my present location; this completes the Land of Lincoln on 1490. [EB-MO] 1540 KBOA MO, Kennett. 5/19 fair signal, mixing with KXEL. 0335 noted with "24 hours a day, 15-40 AM and 98-Seven FM" ID into Adult Standards format.

Probably on day power. [EB-MO] 1570 KBCV MO, Hollister. 5/12 fair to poor signal, mixing with WFRL in WBGZ null. 0728 noted with Bott Radio Network promos into Grace to You. [EB-MO] KLEX MO, Lexington. 5/12 fair to poor, mixing with KBCV, WFRL in WBGZ null. 0737 echoing behind KBCV with Grace to You. [EB-MO] WFRL IL, Freeport. 5/12 fair signal in WBGZ null. 0700 noted with "WFRL, WFPS Freeport, K-92 FM, 15-70 the Giant" legal ID into local news. [EB-MO] 1660 WQLR MI, Kalamazoo. 5/12, 0612 with mentions of Michigan, “This is Kalamazoo’s sports talk” slogan. [WE-TX] 1670 WOZN WI, Madison. 5/12 with lightning interference. 0225 with “...nobody covers the Packers, Badgers, and Bucks like...” and “Mornings from 6 to 10 on

The Zone” slogan. [WE-TX]

DX TEST 880 KJJR MT, Whitefish. 5/2 DX Test. 0200 faded up very nicely at times over KHAC with KRVN nulled. Also, in the mix was a Spanish station (KWIP?).

Test heard with Morse code IDs, tones, other programming. New logging here in New México, had heard and verified on both 880 and 1400 when I was DXing in San Jose CA. [RW-NM]

OPEN MIKE Thanks to Eric, Gregory, Robert, and Ward for reporting this week. Eric said he managed to log 113 stations during the recent “shelter-in-place” event. 17 are new stations logged. There is no Flashback section this time because 25 years ago there was only one DX Monitor published during May. The next CDXR deadline is 6-5-20. IRCA members in AR, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, MN, MS, MO, NE, NM, ND, OK, SD, TX, WI, MB, SK, and NWT report to CDXR. All times are Eastern, loggings over one month are tossed, Mexican stations are to be reported to DXWW. This column was typed 5-22-20. 73, John

EASTERN DX ROUNDUP – Eric Bueneman (NØUIH) – 631 Coachway Lane – Hazelwood MO 63042-1347 Email: n0uiheric@gmail.com DEADLINES: Friday 2359 ELT

Report to this column if you live in AL, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV, NB, NF, NS, ON, PEI, QC and NU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TUNING THE DIALS THIS ISSUE: (KK-VA) Kraig Krist (KG4LAC), Manassas VA Winradio G33DDC software-defined receiver, Wellbrook ALA1530S+ Imperium loop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACROSS THE DIAL 1230 WBLQ RI, Westerly – 5/14 0206 noted with “News, Talk, Local Sports, Personalities and Great Music; this is 1230 WBLQ” ID by a male announcer. The

signal was heard mixing with the usual graveyard jumble. (KK-VA) 1240 WJNC NC, Jacksonville – 5/14 0205 noted with mention of “Wake-Up Call now three times every weekend; Saturday morning...” mention by a male

announcer. The signal was heard mixing with the usual graveyard jumble, in addition to off-frequency stations on 1240.085 kHz and 1239.98 kHz causing terrible heterodynes to 1240. (KK-VA)

1400 WHLJ GA, Moultrie – 5/8 0229 noted with “This is Your Station for... Gospel Radio WHLJ... 103.3 FM” ID by a male announcer. The signal was noted mixing with WAVQ, WHHV, WINC, WPCE and an unidentified station carrying Coast-to-Coast AM, echoing with WINC. First time heard since call change from WHBS. (KK-VA)

1400 WHHV VA, Hillsville – 5/8 0224 noted with “This is Victory 1400” ID by a male announcer. The signal was noted mixing with WAVQ, WHLJ, WINC, WPCE and an unidentified station carrying Coast-to-Coast AM, echoing with WINC. (KK-VA)

1490 WWIL NC, Wilmington – 5/11 0233 noted with “We invite you to call in and register your church, right here at Praise 104.9” mention by a female announcer. The signal was mixing with unidentified stations carrying ESPN Radio, Greek vocal music (probably CHTO-1), Oldies and talk formats. (KK-VA)

UnID 1490 UnID 5/11 0247 noted with “Only on ESPN” and mention of Milwaukee by a male announcer. Doing research, I don’t find an ESPN affiliate on 1490 in

Milwaukee. (KK-VA) (Kraig, the closest 1490s to Milwaukee are WGEZ Beloit WI, which has a Classic Country format, and WOSH Oshkosh WI, which has a News/Talk format, and would be carrying Red-Eye Radio at this time. The closest ESPN affiliate to your location is WWNB New Bern NC; the closest ones to Milwaukee are WDAN Danville IL and WKBV Richmond IN, according to the NRC Log – eb)

EDITOR’S NOTES Thanks to Kraig for his logs this fortnight. As most of the Shelter-in-Place orders are easing, many of us are venturing outside. Even if you plan on taking the radios on the road, just be safe out there. 73 and good DX from NØUIH, the Florissant Valley Dial Twister.

DXpeditions – Phil Bytheway – 9705 Mary Ave NW – Seattle WA 98117-2334 Email: DXM.EiC@gmail.com Unless otherwise noted, all contributions are from the IRCA eGroup

NOVEMBER 2017 NEWFOUNDLAND DXPEDITION LOGS (from Chuck Hutton) Jean Burnell (JB), John Fisher (JF), Chuck Hutton (CH), Jim Renfrew (JR)

1200’ North Beverage, 1500’ South Beverage, 160’ DKAZ

530 CUBA CMBV, Radio Caribe, Caribe. 1000 11/13. SINPO 22332 – 1000:28 W “Esta es CMBV, Radio Caribe, transmitiendo desde Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba” then music before being overwhelmed; under very strong Radio Enciclopedia. (JB)

531 ROMANIA Antena Satelor, Urziceni. 0158 11/15. Poor operatic singing //Satelor on 1314. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Petroșani/Aninoasa. 0100 11/10. Poor 4 pips under Algeria matches Radio România Actualități on 1404 and 1593.

(CH) 540 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Radio ABC, Santo Domingo. 2359 11/09. And the next few minutes on top of Newfoundland. (CH) +1000 11/13. SINPO 23333 – music, Lord's Prayer, man sings “Ave Maria”, 1002:40 ID, men it's a Catholic stn, 1003 “HICM-AM”; QRM CBT. (JB) HUNGARY Kossuth Radio. 0400 11/15. Strong ID on top of semi local CBC. (CH) IRAN Mashhad. 2158:50 11/14. IRAN. (JR) MOROCCO Sidi Bennour. 2359 11/11. Poor Arabic music //612. (CH) 549 UKRAINE Mykolaiv/Luch, Radio Persha program. 2057 11/14. SINPO 33343 – woman and man talk program w/ending anmts at 2059, 2100 IS/little theme,

man w/ID, pips, news; QRM Jil FM and other (JB) +2100 11/12. ToH ID, almost fair and alone. (CH) +2059:43 11/14. IS, “Ukrainski Radio”. (JR) +2100 11/14 better than fair with IS and ID. (CH) 550 VENEZUELA YVKE, Mundial, Caracas. 0301 11/13 multiple fair Mundial IDs. (CH) 558 IRAN Gheslagh Radio Iran. 1929:55 11/14. “Radio Iran”, chimes //558, 702, 765, 828, 837, 900, 918, 1017, 1224, 1242, 1314, 1323, 1413, 1431. (JR) IRAN Radio Iran, various. 2030 11/14 fair to almost good with clear 3 note chimes. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Târgu Jiu. 0258 11/15 poor Romanian anthem. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, San Sebastían, EU. 0645 11/16. SINPO 22332 – regional break, under La Coruña, but man “Radio Nacional de España, País

Vasco... Euskadi... 16 de noviembre” comes through, lost in a jumble, //639; QRM other RNE stations. (JB)

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560 BRAZIL ZYH887, Radio Educadora, Sao Luis. 2314:00 11/10 “Educadora”. (JR) +0800 11/13 fair or almost good with slogan and calls after MIL net affiliate list. (CH) 567 ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Brasov Bod/Satu Mare. 2059 11/24. SINPO 23332 – Kelly Clarkson “Catch My Breath,” ID, pips, news; QRM RNE 5.

(JB) +2300 11/14 better than fair with Radio România Actualități ID. (CH) SPAIN RNE, Murcia, MU. 0645-0645 11/14. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) 576 BULGARIA Vidin. 0300 better than fair 0300 11/13 with simple “Horizont” ID at ToH, burying Spain for once. (CH) 585 IRAN Tehran, Radio Farhang. 2030 11/14 3 chimes, “Tehran, Iran Radio”. (JR) IRAN Radio Farhang, Gheslagh. 0200 11/15 fair Farhang ID. Odd to get an ID at ToH. (CH) +0259 11/15. SINPO 33433 – male talk Farsi, 0300 woman w/ID, sounder, female talk over local music; QRM Spain. (JB) SCOTLAND BBC Radio Scotland, Dumfries. 2100 11/14 “BBC Radio Scotland” //810, under Iran. (JR) +2100 11/14. SINPO 22332 – pop music program ending, sounder, ID by woman starts w/FM range, “8-1-oh medium wave and on digital”, man w/“9

o'clock” TC and news, //810; QRM Iran but Spain comes up also after 2101:30. (JB) 603 ROMANIA Radio România Actualități synchros. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, 603, 711, 855, 909, 945, 1152, 1179, 1404, 1530. (JR) +2200 11/13 poor ToH ID. (CH) ROMANIA Antena Satelor, Bucuresti. 0059 11/15 poor operatic singing //1314. (CH) SPAIN RNE, Palencia, CL. 0645-0645 11/14. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) 610 COLOMBIA HJD90, Radio Nacional de Colombia, Riohacha. 0901 11/13 poor with mention of upcoming program from Radio Nacional. (CH) 620 BRAZIL ZYH590, Radio Asuncao, Fortaleza. 2200 11/13 dominant with fair+ ID. (CH) 621 BELGIUM RTBF International, Vivacité, Wavre/Overijse. 2300 11/14 almost good with news sounder and TC. (CH) +1959 11/16. SINPO 43443 – promo for TV program, ads, 2000 “Vivacité” jingle, one pip, TC, news, //1125; QRM Radio Nacional. (JB) 630 ROMANIA Antena Satelor, Voinesti. 0400 11/11 bits and pieces of poor music //1314. The parallel says Satelor, but wouldn't they have news at 0400? (CH) ROMANIA Radio Timosoara synchros. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio Timosoara”. (JR) +Almost fair 2300 11/12 with Timosoara jingle. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Quran channel, Najran. 2100 11/14 not quite fair with Quran //1512. (CH) TURKEY Radio Bir, Mersin-Kazanli. Talk mentioning Ankara several times, //954 to clinch it 0357-0400 11/12. (CH) 639 CZECH REPUBLIC CRo1 synchros (2). 2100:00 11/14 //954, 1332. (JR) OMAN Radio Sultanate of Oman, Mahda. 0129-0130 11/10 poor Quran //1242 and 1278. A first for me. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Ganguren/Bilbao, EU. 0645 11/16. SINPO 33333 – regional break, initially under La Coruña, but man “Radio Nacional de

España, País Vasco... muy buenos [dias]... Euskadi... 16 de noviembre” pokes through then fades up w/news headlines, 0645:45 woman w/traffic and temperature in San Sebastián, Vitoria, more news, //558; QRM RNE Coruña and some splatter from CBN-640. (JB)

640 VENEZUELA YVQO, Union Radio, Puerto la Cruz. 0401 11/11 fair Venezuelan anthem. (CH) 648 SLOVENIA Radio Murski Val, Murska Sobota. 0200-0202 11/15 not quite fair talk mentioned Slovenia, old fashioned music. 0400, poor possible Murski Val

ID and poor Murski Val jingle. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Badajoz, EX. 0645 11/16. SINPO 23332 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Extremadura”, man w/news; QRM

splatter from 650. (JB) 650 GREENLAND KN Radio, Qequertarsuaq. 1645-1645 11/10. Very Poor weak talk in LL//720. (JF) 657 IRAN Radio Gilan, Kiashahr. 2230:25 11/14 “Radio Gilan”. (JR) +2359 11/14 fair+ with music then good Radio Gilan ID. (CH) +0259 11/15. SINPO 34333 – local instrumental music, 0300 man w/“Inja Gilan, Radio Iran” then Quran. (JB) IRAN Radio Iran, Zahedan. 2030:02 11/14 Anthem //558, 3 chimes, “Radio Iran”, martial theme, 2 stations, but matches 783, 1377, so Zahedan? (JR) ISRAEL Kol Israel, Tel Aviv. 0157-0201 11/10. Fair pop music and theme music at 0159:52. //1206. (JF) +0028-0032 11/15 better than fair usually over Spain. (CH) ITALY RAI, Pisa. 2200:00 11/09 RAI SFX. (JR) SOUTH AFRICA Radio Pulpit, Meyerton. 2129 11/13. SINPO 23331 – female talk in English, //729. (JB) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Madrid, MA. 0645 11/16. SINPO 15332 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Madrid”, man w/news, //585. (JB) 666 INDIA AIR Delhi assumed. 0019-0022 11/15 with poor 1 kHz tone before sign on. (CH) IRAN Radio Iran, Shushtar. 2030:11 11/14 3 chimes, “Radio Iran”, martial theme music. (JR) +2030 11/14 not quite fair with chimes. (CH) PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1 synchros (6). 2057:00 11/11 Portuguese play-by-play //720, 828.18, 1287. (JR) SPAIN SER Barcelona, Barcelona, CA. 2257-2259 11/09. Poor ads, local ID at 2257:53, fanfare and into SER network programming at 2258:15. (JF) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio York, Fulford. 2029:43 11/14 “easily email at Georgy.bbc.co.uk” matches Radio York schedule. (JR) 670 USA WSCR, Chicago IL. 0100 11/18. SINPO 34444 – Land Rover ad, ID, promo for college basketball; QRM Radio Rebelde. (JB) 675 INDIA AIR 3 locations. 0021 11/15 very poor 1 kHz tone before sign on. (CH) +0024 11/15. SINPO 13331 – threshold level IS, one obvious cycle around 0024; QRM Arabic [three AIR transmitters on this freq]. (JB) IRAN IRIB, Hamadan. 0159 11/15 poor Quran seems //666 but difficult to be sure. (CH) QATAR Radio Qatar, Al-Arish. 2100 11/14 fair with classical music, ToH sounder. 2200 fair music and talk with mention of Qatar. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Afit/Abha. 2202 11/14 poor woman //1440. (CH) 680 BRAZIL ZYH885, Radio Difusora do Maranhao, São Luís MA. Good 0757 11/14 with ID. (CH) +0301 11/15. SINPO 23332 – repetitive singing, 0302:30 ID as “Difusora AM,” frequency, and clear call; QRM WRKO. (JB) PUERTO RICO WAPA, San Juan. 0002 11/16 fair “wah pah” ID. (CH) 684 IRAN Radio Khorason-e-Razavi, Mashhad. 2030:03 11/14. 2 tones, very weak under Spain, martial theme music, possible //1494 but earlier. (JR) +0030 11/15 fair with Quran. 0159 poor Quran seems //1494 but only 95% sure. (CH) 690 BRAZIL ZYH587, Radio Dragao do Mar, Fortaleza. With fair ID 0802 11/12. Surprised to hear this old ID as I thought they were always Shalom. (CH) 693 SPAIN RNE, Toledo, CM. 0645-0645 11/14. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) 700 ARGENTINA LV3, Cadena Tres, Córdoba. 0259 11/15. SINPO 33343 – announcer says the program for day is ending, woman gives wind warning for

Argentina, 0300 ID, orch national anthem. (JB) +0300-0300 11/15 Fair NA. (JF) COLOMBIA W Radio, HJCX, Cali, VA. 0958-1002 11/13. Poor pop music. Station promo at 0959:30, time pips and into possible news. (JF) ECUADOR Radio Sucre, HCRS2, Guayaquil, GU. 1000-1001 11/14. Fair Rooster crowing and man shouting “Radio Sucre”. (JF) 702 ALGERIA Radio Coran, Laghouat. 2300:00 11/09 National Anthem //1422. (JR) +2300 11/10 almost fair with Algerian anthem. (CH) EGYPT 2 possibilities. Poor 1959:43 11/14 with Big Ben chimes. (CH) IRAN Radio Bushehr, Bushehr. 1929:55 11/14 “Bushehr Iran”, chimes //558, 702, 765, 828, 837, 900, 918, 1017, 1224, 1242, 1314, 1323, 1413, 1431. (JR) IRAN Kiashahr. 1930 11/14 absolutely good with chimes. (CH) OMAN BBC Relay, A'Seela. 2058 11/14. SINPO 24332 – repetitive music, woman @ 2059 “Huna London... BBC... Huna BBC” w/BBC theme music, very

repetitive music; QRM mainly splatter from 710. (JB) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Jeddah, Duba. Almost fair 2300 11/14 with poor ID. (CH) SLOVAKIA SRo5, Čižatice. 0401:50 11/11 very poor few notes of music seem //1098. (CH) SOUTH AFRICA LM Radio, Welgedacht. 2128 11/13. SINPO 24332 – man w/ID and frequencies, Emeli Sandé “Read All About It, Part III”; splatter from

710 and crackling. (JB) +2130 11/13 a bit better than poor with an LM Radio ID. (CH) 711 IRAN Ahwaz Radio, Ahwaz. 2030:00 3 11/14 chimes... martial theme music, weak in slop. (JR) +0158-0202 11/15 poor Quran, approximately 20 Hz high. (CH) MOROCCO Laâyoune. 0159 11/16 better than fair with music //936. (CH) ROMANIA Radio Romania Actualităţi Sighetul. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, 603, 711, 855, 909, 945, 1152, 1179, 1404, 1530. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități Sighetu, Marmaţiei/Vadu Izei. 2200 11/14 better than fair with ToH ID. (CH) SPAIN COPE Murcia, Murcia. 2058:55 11/11 “COPE Murcia”. (JR)

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720 COLOMBIA Emisoras Unidas, Barranquilla. 0301 11/16 poor ID under Greenland, mostly. (CH) GREENLAND KN Radio, Simiutaq. 1645-1645 11/10. Poor weak talk in LL //650. (JF) INDIA All India Radio, Chennai. 0014 11/18. SINPO 13331 – threshold level two cycles of IS; QRM BBC and others. (JB) NORTHERN IRELAND BBC 4 synchros (3). 1900 11/14 BBC News. (JR) +2000 11/14 poor, //1449, assumed the Lisnagarvey 10 kW transmitter rather than the 250 W English transmitter. (CH) ` +2059 11/14. SINPO 23332 – promo for drama, ID, news; QRM Romania and Portugal. (JB) PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1 synchros (6). 2057:00 11/11 Portuguese play-by-play //666, 828.18, 1287. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualităţi synchros. 2059 11/14. SINPO 23322 – music, ID at 2100, news; QRM BBC and Portugal. (JB) +2100 11/14 a little better than poor with ID. (CH) +2100:00 11/14 “Radio Romania”. (JR) 729 INDIA AIR Guwahati. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone prior to sign on. (CH) SOUTH AFRICA Radio Pulpit, Klipheuwel/Cape Town. 2129 11/13. SINPO 23332 – female talk in English, //657. (JB) SPAIN RNE, Valladoid, CL. 0645-0645 11/14. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Málaga, AN. 0645 11/16. SINPO 23332 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Andalucia”, woman w/news, //747,

774; QRM other RNE stations. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Essex, Manningtree. 2059:51 11/14 “BBC Essex”. (JR) 730 COLOMBIA HJCU, Melodía Stereo, Bogotá. 0500 11/12. SINPO 22332 – IDs bracketed by chimes in a mess of signals. (JB) PARAGUAY Radio ABC Cardenal, Asuncion. 0159 11/12 fair with nice ID, possibly best ever. (CH) 738 IRAN IRIB Dayyer. 0100 11/15 poor, on 737.950. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Barcelona, CA. 0645 11/16. SINPO 34343 – regional break, woman “Radio Nacional de España, Cataluña”, woman in, I think,

Catalan w/news, weather, all talk by woman (JB) 747 SPAIN RNE, Cadiz, AN. 0645-0645 11/15. Fair-Good Regional program and ID. (JF) 756 IRAN Radio Chabar-Mahal, Shahr-e-Kord. 2029:53 3 11/14 chimes, announcement, martial theme music; unlisted in WRTH, MW List says it is Shahr-e-

Kord ex 765. (JR) +2030 11/14 poor with chimes. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Lugoj/Boldur. 2000 11/14 better than fair with Radio România Actualități ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Carlisle. 2202:55 11/13. BBC News. (JR) +Radio Cumbria. 2000 11/16. SINPO 22431 – “BBC Radio Cumbria” in a short gap in Romania, BBC news. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4, Redruth. 0200 11/16 several poor BBC World Service IDs. (CH) 760 PUERTO RICO WORA, NotiUno, Mayagüez. 0501 11/12. SINPO 33322 – fade up w/ID string for all network stations, but finishing w/“NotiUno 6-30”; QRM

Radio Uirapurú and stn in Spanish. (JB) 765 INDIA All India Radio, Dharwad. Poor 1 kHz tone at 0021 11/15 prior to sign on. This is 200 kW, and there is also a 20 kW outlet. (CH) +0029 11/15. SINPO 23342 – IS, 0030 “Vande Mataram,” 0031 W tk but muffled “...Service. Akashvani...” poss “Dharwad,” but too difficult to be sure,

traditional music; QRM Arabic. (JB) IRAN Radio Chah-Bahar, Chabahar. 2955 11/14 “Chabahar”, chimes //558, 702, 765, 828, 837, 900, 918, 1017, 1224, 1242, 1314, 1323, 1413, 1431. (JR) +0100 11/15 fair, on 764.965. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA 2 locations. Fair 2100 with Quran //1512. (CH) UKRAINE Radio Maiac, Kurisove. 2001 11/14 fair-good with music, Radio Mayak ID. (CH) +2101 11/14. SINPO 33343 – fades up and replaces Saudi as dominant w/instrumental version (brass) of “She Loves You”, 2102:40 ID by man, music

continues. (JB) +2102:29 11/14 “Radio Maiac” after Beatles and before Jazz. (JR) 770 ARGENTINA Radio Cooperativa, Valentín Alsina/Buenos Aires. 0302 11/15. SINPO 22332 – bits of talk by man, possible “Radio Cooperativa” at 0302,

0302:15 orchestral anthem; QRM Radio CBN [only ARG on the freq]. (JB) BRAZIL ZYI211, Radio CBN, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, ES. 0256 11/15 SINPO 23333 – Woman w/telephone interview program, 0301 program ending,

0301:30 man w/“CBN” and fanfares, more talk by woman, //860; QRM RCN, Radio Cooperativa [presumed this since no CBN listed but Globo is]. (JB) BRAZIL UnID. 2157-2158 11/14 with mentions of CBN and Jornal CBN but no affiliate listed on 770. (CH) 774 IRAN Radio Markasi, Arak. 2029:59 11/14. 3 chimes, announcement, martial theme music. (JR) +Poor chimes followed by better anthem. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Granada or La Línea, AN. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32332 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Andalucia”, woman

w/news but rapidly becomes a mess of signals, //729, 747; QRM other RNE stations. (JB) SPAIN RNE, Leon or Soria, CL. 0645-0645 11/14. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Cheltenham/Little Shurdington, 140 Watts. Almost fair 2100 11/13 with Smooth ID. (CH) +1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 780 BRAZIL ZYK279 Radio Caiçara, Porto Alegre, RS. 0301 11/19. SINPO 23332 – fade up w/ID, lively music; QRM religious Brazilian. (JB) BRAZIL ZYK695, CBN, Sao Paulo. 0800 11/15 almost good with CBN IDs. (CH) PARAGUAY Radio Primero de Marzo, Mariano Roque Alonso. 0202 11/12 almost fair with ID. (CH) +0256 11/19. SINPO 34323 – accordion music, 0257:15 ID w/web address then more music, deep fades; QRM Brazilians. (JB) 783 ALGERIA 2 stations listed. 2300 11/10 fair with Algeria anthem. (CH) IRAN IRIB, Iranshahr. 2001 11/14 better than fair, //Iran 765. (CH) +2329:37 11/09 Distinct tones //558, 1053, 1314, 1377.025, 1557. (JR) 790 VENEZUELA Radio Minuto, Barquisimeto. 0401 11/11 poor Venezuelan anthem. (CH) 792 CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Dechovna, Hradec Kralove. 0032 11/15 not quite fair with old fashioned Czech music //1233. (CH) IRAN IRIB, Zanjan. On 791.89, poor with woman talking 2059 11/14. (CH) SPAIN SER Sevilla, Sevilla, AN. 2257-2259 11/09. Poor ads, local ID at 2258:10, into SER network programming at 2258:15. (JF) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Bedford. 1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 801 SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Ciudad Real, CM. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32321 – regional break, initial ID buried by RNE Castilla y León but at 0645:18 man

says “en Castilla-La Mancha”, //864; QRM many other RNE stations, splatter from VOWR-800. (JB) 810 BRAZIL Verdes Mares, Fortaleza. Fair with news, 0402 11/11 ID with calls. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Rajkot. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone before sign on. Assumed this with 300 kW but there are 2 low power outlets. (CH) IRAN Khorramabad. Assumed the source of Mideast flute music since Saudi is Quran. Poor at 0049 11/16, no ToH break which matches Iran, nothing on

927 to check for a //. (CH) MACEDONIA Radio Macedonia, Ovce Pole. 0302 11/11 better than fair with ID and news. (CH) URUGUAY CX14, Radio El Espectador, Montevideo. 0457 11/12. SINPO 33343 – football play-by-play, last minutes of Juventud vs Penarol. (Uruguay 1st

div) w/quick ads inserted, on ID noted, Penarol scores at 0503; QRM over Caracol. (JB) 819 IRAN Radio Mazandaran, Sari/Khazarabad. 2030:04 11/14. 3 chimes, “Iran Radio Mazandaran”, martial theme music, weak in slop. (JR) +2030 11/14 fair chimes. (CH) 820 ARGENTINA LRA8, Radio Nacional, Formosa. 0100 11/18. SINPO 24323 – pips, no audio initially, but at 0100:20 “Nacional Informa” then woman w/news;

QRM sounds Caribbean music in English. (JB) BRAZIL ZYI212, Radio Gazeta, Vitoria, ES. 0701 11/15 poor ID. (CH) CUBA Radio Reloj, Ciego de Ávila. 0900 11/13. SINPO 33343 – audio a bit muffled, man and woman w/news, 0900 tone, ID, firemen's day, names of

readers, Morse “R”, headlines; QRM US station. (JB) 820.008 BRAZIL ZYH752, Radio Boa Vontade, Goiânia, GO. 0302 11/19. SINPO 23332 – fade up, music, woman few words of religious talk and ID as “Boa

Vontade de Rádio” then two IDs by man. (JB) 828 AZORES. 1958-2001 11/10 fair with soccer, pips, back to talk. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Panaji. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone before sign on. There are 2 other AIR stations but 1 should already have signed on at 0020 and

the other comes on at 0430. (CH) IRAN Radio Iran, Tabas. 1929:55 11/14 chimes //558, etc. (JR) +1957 11/14 better than fair but poor at 1930 with chimes. (CH)

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828c IRAN Radio Birjand. 2200:15 11/14 “Radio Birjand”. (JR) RUSSIA Radiogazeta, St Petersburg. 0001 11/15 poor woman in Russian. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Asian Network, Bournemouth/Fern Barrow. 2000 11/12 poor ID then Indian music. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio synchros (2). 1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 828.18 AZORES Monte de Cruzes, RDP Antena 1. 2057:00 11/11. Portuguese play-by-play //666, 720, 1287. (JR) 830 BRAZIL ZUJ224, Radio Iguacu, Araucária. 0701 11/14 almost fair with call letter ID, frequency and Iguacu ID. An unusual reception from Parana state.

(CH) BRAZIL ZYL244, Radio Gerais, Belo Horizonte. 0800 11/13 not quite fair with IDs for Radio America 750 and several programs. Odd that same program is

on 2 50 kW stations in the same city only 80 kHz apart. (CH) 837 ETHIOPIA Radio Oromia, Robe. 0359 11/15 poor anthem at sign on. (CH) IRAN Radio Esfahan, Esfahan. 0259 11/11 a regular but worth noting as it was almost at good level. (CH) IRAN Radio Isfahan, Habibabab. 2001:15 11/14 “Radio Isfahan”. (JR) SPAIN COPE, Ferrol. 2258 11/09 fair with local ID. (CH) +2258:44 11/09 “COPE Ferrol”. (JR) SPAIN COPE Sevilla, Sevilla. 2057:37 11/14 “COPE Sevilla”. (JR) UKRAINE Radio Ukraine. 1800 11/14 poor with IS and ID. (CH) UKRAINE NSTU synchros (2). 1759:50 11/14 signature tune //1404. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Cumbria, Barrow. 0200 11/10 poor with telephone # and BBC 5 Live ID. (CH) 840 ARGENTINA LV9, Radio Salta, Salta. 0300 11/15. SINPO 24333 – local music, 0300:45 intro news men Salta, 0301 “la temperatura en Salta...” and news,

fading. (JB) BRAZIL ZYH447, Radio Exelsior, Salvador. 0500 11/16 almost good with Aparecida program. (CH) BRAZIL ZYK687, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo. 0700 11/16 fair with ID. (CH) 846 INDIA All India Radio, Ahmedabad. 0047 11/13. Poor Indian music. (JF) +0018 11/15. SINPO 34343 – 1 kHz tone, 0018 IS, 0020 woman says “Vande Mataram” and the song follows, female talk inkling @ 0021:30 “Akashvani

Ahmedabad” and continues until 0022 when traditional music begins. (JB) +0019 11/15 fair with flute IS and Vende Mataram. (CH) IRAN Radio Tabriz, Mianeh. 1929:33 11/14 “Radio Tabriz” //1026. (JR) +0032 11/15 poor music //1026. (CH) IRELAND Radio North, Redcastle. 1959 11/14 better than fair with ending of program, non-stop music with no ID. (CH) +2052-2052 11/14. Fair pop music. Ad for Carpet City. (JF) SAUDI ARABIA Quran channel, Buraydah. 2001 11/14 better than fair with Quran //1512. (CH) SOUTH AFRICA Komga Umhlobo Wenene. 2202:18 11/11 “Umhlobo....” (JR) 850 BRAZIL ZYH772, Radio Tropical, Porangatu. 0758-0800 11/15 fair with several Tropical AM IDs and a mention of Porangatu. (CH) URUGUAY Radio Carve, Montevideo. 0101 11/16 fair with fútbol commentary and mention of “por Carve”. (CH) 855 ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Bucaresti. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Murcia, MU. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32442 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Murcia” then man “Buenos dias....”

mixing immediately w/RNE Santander. (JB) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Santander, CT. 0645 11/16. SINPO 33443 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Cantabria”, man mentions

“Radio Nacional de España en Cantabria” almost immediately; QRM RNE Murcia. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Norfolk, Postwick. 2100 11/14. SINPO 22322 – fairly clear ID by woman; behind Spain and Romania, also QRM from BBC

Radio Lancashire. (JB) +2100 11/14 poor ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Lancashire, Riley Green/Preston. 2100 11/14. SINPO 22322 – behind Spain and Romania, just the ID by man; QRM also

from BBC Radio Norfolk. (JB) 864 EGYPT ERTU Holy Quran Program, Santah. 2059 11/14. SINPO 44444 – religious talk, 2100 pips, ID, talk, 2101 Quran; QRM Spain. (JB) IRAN IRIB Radio Kernanshah, Qasr-e Shirin. 1959 11/14 poor with orchestral music //1278. (CH) +2030:07 11/14 martial theme music //1278, 1377 as in MW List. (JR) SPAIN RNE Radio Nacional, Socuéllamos, CM. 0645 11/16. SINPO 24343 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Castilla-La Mancha”, man

mentions “en Castilla-La Mancha” then news and sports. (JB) 873 HUNGARY Magtar 4 synchros (2). 1759 (early!) 11/12 with poor music under Spain, //1188 which was better. (CH) +1800:36 11/14. Signature tune //1188,1350. (JR) INDIA All India Radio, Jalandhar. 0059 11/15 still in and better than fair with Indian music. (CH) MOLDOVA Radio Moldova, Chisinau. 0500 11/10 poor with usual fanfare and 0600 poor news //1494. (CH) NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Radio Ulster, Eniskillen. 2200:00 11/11 “BBC Radio Ulster”. (JR) SPAIN SER Galicia, Santiago de Campostela. 1857:50 11/11 “SER Galicia”. (JR) +1858 11/11. SINPO 33333 – 1858 local break begins, “Radio Galicia”, ads w/first for event in Santiago de la Compostela; QRM Spanish which should be

SER but it has continuous chat. (JB) 880 BRAZIL ZYL275, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, MG. 0701 11/15 fair with ID. (CH) 882 IRAN Quran Program, Mahabad. 2329:00 11/09 Quranic reading //999, 1512. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Quran channel, Dammam. 0200 11/15 almost fair on peaks //1512. (CH) SPAIN COPE Andalucia, Malaga. 1859:30 11/11 “COPE Andalucia”. (JR) +1900 11/11 poor with mention of Comunidad de Andalucia. (CH) 890 BRAZIL ZYH464, Radio Itatiaia, CE. Fair 2102 11/13 with ID, calls and then into Ave Maria. (CH) BRAZIL ZYH706, Radio Planalto, Brasilia, DF. 0202 11/15 poor with several Planalto IDs. (CH) 891 IRAN IRIB Radio Dena synchros (2). 1858 11/14 poor Quran like singing //828 and 846. 1930 almost fair with chimes and ID. (CH) +2030:10 11/14 martial music theme, no chimes. (JR) TURKEY Radio Bir, Antalya. 0357-0400 11/12 better than fair on peaks with talk //954. (CH) 900 BARBADOS CBC, Bridgetown. 0900 11/15 ID “We are the stations of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation”. (JF) BRAZIL ZYI533, Radio Liberal AM, Belem. 1959:00 11/11 Lengthy ID, “Radio Liberal AM”. (JR) +2159 11/11 almost good with full ID. (CH) +0258 11/15. SINPO 44344 – music program, promo for station programming w/IDs, jingle, 0259 ID w/call also announcing 1330 [not audible], 0259:45

resume program “Liberal Musical” w/ballads. (JB) IRAN Radio Quran, Tehran. 1930:40 11/14 “Injo Tehrana”, “Radio Quran” 1930:40, chimes //many. (JR) +2030 11/14 fair with chimes. (CH) ITALY RAI Milano. 2200:00 11/09 RAI SFX. (JR) +0206-0206 11/10 poor presumed, Italian talk. (JF) SPAIN COPE Granada, Granada. 2258:44 11/09 “COPE Granada”. (JR) +1858 11/11. SINPO 24342 – 1858 local break begins, “COPE Granada” then ads; QRM other Spaniard but much static. (JB) +0600 11/16 better than fair with local Granada ID. (CH) VENEZUELA YVMD, Mara Ritmo 900, Maracaibo. 0957 11/16. SINPO 34444 – anthem ending, long ID as “Mara Ritmo 900”, announcing power as 25 kW,

0958 ad, more ID stuff but Radio Progreso appears and gets stronger. (JB) 900.537 COLOMBIA HJEY, La Voz de Cali, Cali. 0957 11/13. SINPO 13421 – talk fading up occasionally, “La Voz de Cali” twice, 0958 woman sings Christmas

song, 0959 “La Voz de Cali” again but signal fading away; QRM splatter from Mara Ritmo on 900. (JB) 909 BOTSWANA Voice of America, Moepeng Hill/Selebi-Phikwe. 2004 11/12 not quite fair with VoA ID, briefly on top of BBC. (CH) +0259 11/15. SINPO 22332 – 0259:15 “Yankee Doodle”, 0300 “This is the Voice of America, Washington... signing off”; far under BBC 5 Live. (JB) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități synchros (3). 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR)

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910 ARGENTINA LR5, Radio La Red, Buenos Aires. 0302 11/19.SINPO 33323 – fade up w/weather, temp for Buenos Aires, 0302:45 “Radio La Red, AM 910, pasión por la radio”, ad. (JB)

VENEZUELA YVRQ, RQ-910, Caracas. 0500 11/12. SINPO 33333 – lively Venezuelan music w/harp, 0501:25 doorbell chimes, “La hora en RQ 910, una hora un minuto”, chimes then exactly the same TC again, jingle, song by Hansel y Raúl “María Teresa y Danilo”; QRM prob Radio Red. (JB)

917p NIGERIA Radio Gotel, Yola. 1928:00 11/14. Talk, presumed Nigeria. (JR) 918 ETHIOPIA Dimsti Weghata, Mekelle. 0257-0259 11/12. Poor IS under Spain until lost to Spain at 0259 //359. (JF) INDIA All India Radio, Suratgarh. 0023 11/18. SINPO 33333 – 1 kHz tone, IS, 0025 “Vande Mataram”, man talk traditional Indian music; QRM Spain and

others. (JB) IRAN Radio Kernan, Jiroft. 0259 11/11 poor with unexpected ID at ToH. (CH) +1929:55 11/14 “Radio Kerman”, chimes //558, 702, 765, 828, 837, 900, 918, 1017, 1224, 1242, 1314, 1323, 1413, 1431. (JR) +2059 11/14. SINPO 32342 – male talk mentioned. “Radio Iran,” woman “Inja Kerman”, and more talk by man; QRM Radio Inter. (JB) 920 BRAZIL ZYK775, Radio Nacional Gospel, Cotia, SP. 0500 11/12. SINPO 23322 – woman w/religious talk, 0500:20 man w/ID w/call and location; QRM

Radio Nueva Esparta. (JB) +0759 11/13 a little better than poor with call letter ID. (CH) PARAGUAY Radio Nacional, Asuncion. 0157-0203 11/15 fair with Paraguay mentions. (CH) USA WDMC, Melbourne FL. 0858 11/13. SINPO 33343 – religious talk, 0859 “Your connection to Jesus, WDMC in Melbourne”, ad religious gift shop,

message about not going to mass, 0900 children's voice “WDMC” then EWTN ID; QRM Spanish station. (JB) VENEZUELA Radio Nueva Esparta, Porlamar. 0401 11/15 poor with Venezuelan anthem. (CH) 927 TURKEY Radio Bir, Izmir. Poor 0400 11/14 with man //891 and 954. Not heard on other days when the rest of the Turks were heard – intermittent? (CH) 930 BRAZIL ZYJ923, Radio Liberdade, Aracaju, SE. With CBN Nightline program 0700-0701 11/13. Thanks to Rocco for nailing it down. (CH) 936 IRAN IRIB, Radio Markaze, Fesanduz. 2100 11/12 better than fair with “Inka Kordestan” ID. (CH) +2029:56 11/14 3 chimes, martial theme music, MW List 1 site WRTH 2. (JR) +2059 11/14. SINPO 33323 – initially weak talk by woman, 2100 suddenly stronger w/man giving ID including “Radio Fesanduz”, piano guitar, 2100:30 male

“Shabhaye Iran” program ID; QRM Spain. (JB) MOROCCO SNRT, Agadir. A regular but 0658-0702 11/15 almost good with solid signal. (CH) 940 BRAZIL ZYJ453, Super Radio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. 0040-0055 ///15. Very Good PT religious program with lots of mentions of Rio de Janeiro. (JF) 945 IRAN IRIB Radio Kordestan, Dehgolan. 2030 11/14 fair with chimes. (CH) +2030:01 11/14 3 chimes, woman announcer, possible mention of “Kurdistan”, martial theme music, //999, 1476.28. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități ati, Miercurea. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) +2359 11/13 – 0000 11/14 fair with Radio România Actualități ID. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Hail. 1801:12 11/14. Flourish //900,945,1071,1260,1440,1467.00,1512. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Bexhill-on-Sea. 0359 11/11 better than fair with ToH ID. (CH) +2000:00 11/11“Smooth Radio”, //many. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Gold Radio, Derby. 2300 11/11 “Gold Radio”. (JR) 950t BRAZIL ZYI932, Radio São José dos Altos, Altos, PI. 0500 11/12. SINPO 23321 – just a poor ID “Rádio São José dos Altos” by man. (JB) 954 CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Dvoyka synchros (3). 2300:05 11/09 “Radio Dvoyka”. (JR) +Good! 2100, 2200 and 2259 11/13. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Najibabad. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone prior to sign on. (CH) +0023 11/15. SINPO 22322 – 1 kHz tone to 0023, IS from 0023:30, deep fade or off until 0025 “Vande Mataram”, man talk; QRM Onda Cero. (JB) TURKEY Radio Bir, Trabzon. 0357-0400 11/12 better than fair, best of the Turks with man talking //891 et al. (CH) 960 BOLIVIA Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz. 0900 11/13 fair with long jingle then religious program. No sign of the IS I used to hear at sign on. Signal about as

good as it gets with them. (CH) BRAZIL ZYH802, Radio Caraiba, Aparecida de Goiânia. 0801 11/14 poor with call letter ID and slogan of “Sociedade” instead of listed Caraiba. (CH) BRAZIL ZYK689, Radio São Paulo, São Paulo, SP. 0500 11/12. SINPO 23333 – religious talk by woman, 0501 man w/IDs w/calls for FM stn and Radio

São Paulo, then man w/religious talk; QRM Radio Yi. (JB) +Fair with ID 0501 11/12 taking turn with Yi. (CH) URUGUAY CW96, Radio Yi, Durazno. 0500 11/12 with fair, clear ID on top. Pronounced as “She”. 0600 better than fair with ID. (CH) +0500 11/12. SINPO 22332 – 0050:20 man ID “Radio Yi [sounds more like Si], __ 9-60, la radio __ valores”, lively music w/accordion; QRM Radio São

Paulo. (JB) 963 IRAN IRIB, Radio Birjand, Birjand. 2030 11/11 not quite fair with Iran chimes. (CH) +1929:45 11/14 Chimes, “Birjand”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Sunrise Radio, London. 0401-0402 11/10 poor with man talking sports //972. (CH) 972 ETHIOPIA Ethiopian National Radio, Robe. 0300 11/15 odd chime box plucked music poor, no ID. (CH) IRAN IRIB Radio Ilam, Ilam. 0100 11/10 better than fair with Quran. (CH) +2030:00 11/14 3 chimes. (JR) SPAIN RNE, Cabra, AN. 0645-0645 11/15. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN/MELILLA RNE Radio Nacional, Melilla. 0645 11/16. SINPO 34444 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Minelilla(?)”, man w/TC, local

news, woman with weather, 0646:20 “Radio Nacional de España, Melilla”, more news; QRM other RNE station. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Sunrise Radio, West London. 1829:50 11/14 “Sunrise Radio”. (JR) +2000 and 2128 11/14 fair IDs, Bollywood music. (CH) 981 CZECH REPUBLIC Cesky Impulse. 2301 not quite fair with Radio Cesky Impuls ID. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Raipur. 0025-0025 11/13. Good Indian music. (JF) +0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone before sign on. (CH) IRAN IRIB, Hamadan. 2200 11/09 poor female vocal //981. (CH) 990 INDIA All India Radio, Jammu. 0023 11/15. SINPO 11331 – IS very faintly beneath CBY and Spaniards. (JB) SPAIN SER Bilbao, Bilbao. 1857:50 11/11 “SER Bilbao”. (JR) SPAIN SER Cadiz, Cadiz. 1859:30 11/11 “Radio Cadiz”. (JR) +2100 11/15 fair with local Cadiz ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Hallam 2, Doncaster. 0200 11/13 poor Gold FM 2 ID. (CH) WALES BBC 5 Live, Tywyn. 2200 11/12 better than fair with 5 Live ID, can only be this with 5 Live programming in the evening. 400 Watts. (CH) +2200:15 “BBC Radio Five Live” //909. (JR) 999 IRAN Radio Kordestand, Baneh. 2030:08 11/14 2 tones, woman ancr “Iran”, martial theme music; //945, 1476.28. (JR) +2030 11/14 poor Iranian anthem. (CH) ITALY RAI, Volpiano. Poor with RAI ToH tones 2200 11/12. (CH) MOLDOVA TWR, Grigoriopol. 2029 11/11 better than fair with TWR IS. (CH) +2059 11/11 TWR IS begins. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Quran Program, Duba. 2329:00 11/09 Quranic reading //882, 1512. (JR) +Poor 2131 11/14 1512. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Rock FM 2, Longton/Preston. 2058 11/14. SINPO 33333 – bits of talk under TWR Moldova but TWR ends transmission at 2100 leaving

this w/“With the latest news for Lancashire, this is Rock FM 2” then news, music at 2102:30; QRM mainly COPE Spain. (JB) +2059:53 11/14 “...from Lancashire, this is Rock FM 2”. (JR) +ID poor 2100 11/14. (CH) 1000 BRAZIL ZYK522, Radio Record, Sao Paulo. Good 0701 11/14 with ID, jingle, music. (CH) 1008 NETHERLANDS Groot Nieuws Radio, Zeewolde. 2400 11/09 “Groot Nieuws Radio”. (JR) IRAN IRIB Radio Senman. 2201 11/14 woman talking //819 and 828. (CH) SPAIN SER, Badajoz. 1957 11/10 fair with local ads for Badajoz. (CH) 1010 BRAZIL CBN, Fortaleza. 2059-2100 11/10 good with Fortaleza ads. (CH) +2030 11/14 poor with U2 song. (CH)

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1017 INDIA All India Radio, Kolkata. 0021 11/15 poor with 1 kHz tone prior to sign on. Assumed this as the other AIR outlet is listed with a 0000 sign on. (CH) IRAN IRIB Radio Iran, Bandar-e Abbas. 0002 11/10 fair with man and bits of interspersed music //558. (CH) +1929:55 11/14 chimes //many. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Kerman. 1801:12 11/14. Flourish //900, 945, 1017, 1260, 1440, 1467.00, 1512. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Free Radio 80s, Shrewsbury. Poor pop rock //1359 11/11. (CH) 1020 BRAZIL Radio Eldorado, Porto Alegre, RS. 0500 and 0600 11/14 with a very distinctive Eldorado jingle. This is still listed as Radio Grenal and Rudolf

Grimm had to straighten this out. (CH) 1026 IRAN Radio Tabriz, Azarshahr. 2030:02 3 11/14 chimes, “Injo Tabriz ast”, possible mention of “Azarshahr”, martial theme music. (JR) +1930 11/14 good with nice ID. 2030 good with chimes and anthem. (CH) NORTHERN IRELAND Downtown Radio, Belfast. 2202:01 11/11 “Downtown Radio” following news. (JR) +0200 11/15 better than fair with ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Jaen, Jaen. 1759:50 11/14 “Cadena SER Jaen”. (JR) SPAIN SER Oviedo. 2957 11/11 poor with local ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Vigo, Vigo. 1859:30 11/11 “Radio Vigo”. (JR) 1030 BRAZIL ZYK253, Radio Reporter, Ijuí, RS. Poor 0700 11/13 with call letter ID, new for me. (CH) 1035 ESTONIA Radio Eli, Tartu. 2100:00 11/11 IS, then ID? (JR) +2359 11/11 better than fair with music, ToH sounder, chimes and ID. (CH) IRAN IRIB Radio Yazd. 2202 11/09 fair with female vocal //981 etc. (CH) +2030:06 11/14 3 chimes, “Radio Yazd”, martial theme music. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Jeddah, Rafha/Al-Jumaimah. 2302 11/15 poor standard Saudi news sounder. (CH) SCOTLAND West Sound, Ayr. 2332:30 “West Sound” after “My Sharona”. (JR) +Better than fair with ads, 2001 11/14 fair ID. (CH) SCOTLAND Northsound 2, Aberdeen. 1900:00 11/14 “Northsound 2”. (JR) +Fair 0458 11/16 with ID and mention of North Sound dating site. (CH) 1040 BRAZIL Radio Capital, Sao Paulo. 0701 11/16 almost good with Radio Capital ID. (CH) COLOMBIA HJHJ, Colmundo, Bogotá. 0957 11/13. SINPO 44434 – talk show giving phone numbers, 0958:10 Colmundo promo, fades away before 1000.

(JB) 1044 INDIA All India Radio, Mumbai. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tones prior to sign on. (CH) +0023 11/15. SINPO 22332 – 1 kHz tone, IS, 0025 “Vande Mataram”, man talk including very poor “Akashvani Madras”; QRM Spain. (JB) SPAIN SER San Sebastian, San Sebastian. 1857:50 11/11 “SER San Sebastian”. (JR) SPAIN SER Valladolid, Valladolid. 1857:50 11/11 “SER Valladolid” weak under San Sebastian. (JR) +2259 11/15 local break with fair Valladolid mentions. (CH) 1050 BRAZIL ZYI203, Radio Capixaba, Vitória, ES. Is a regular but notable at 2359:59 11/13 almost at good level with ID. (CH) 1053 IRAN IRIB synchros (2). 2030:10 11/14 martial theme music, weak; Khorramabad most likely, other stn s/off 1730. (JR) +2030 11/14 very poor start of Iranian anthem it seems. (CH) LIBYA Radio Libya, Tripoli. 2200 11/10 almost good, freq 1053.1. (CH) ROMANIA Radio Iasi, Iasi. 0359 11/15 good with anthem, ID and news. (CH) 1062 CZECH REPUBLIC Country Radio, Prague. 0500 to 0502 11/13 surprising at almost a good level with numerous IDs. Normally fair if it is in. (CH) IRAN Radio Kerman, Kerman. 1930:12 10/14 “Radio Kerman”. (JR) +0023 11/18. SINPO 34343 – male talk slowly, Bach Suite No 3 Air, 0024:15 W “Inja Kerman ast, sedaye Jumhuriye Islamia Iran”. (K pronounced like Ch),

orchestra music. (JB) +1900 fair Quran //1026, 2001 better than fair //918, 2939 almost good with chimes and anthem. (CH) ITALY Radio Uno synchros (3). 2300:00 11/09 Sign off with anthem. (JR) 1069.964 BRAZIL ZYK615, Radop Metropolitana, Mogi das Cruzes, SP. 0301 11/15. SINPO 24332 – fade up w/ID by man, music. (JB) 1071 EGYPT ERTU, Abu Za'bal. 0259 11/10 1 kHz tone test, Big Ben chimes and Koran, poor. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Rajkot. 0128 11/10 still in and almost good with Indian music, still fair at 0200. (CH) +0025-0050 11/13 Good Very strong Indian music, news at 0050. (JF) +0059 11/18. SINPO 33333 – local instrumental music, 0100 man in Urdu mention frequency and gave program info, 0101 more music; QRM Iran and

TalkSport. (JB) IRAN Radio Ma'aref. Better than fair 2030 11/14 with chimes and anthem. 2100 almost good with Radio Ma'aref ID. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Bisha. 2059:45 11/14. Flourish //900,945,1260,1440,1449,1467,1521. (JR) +0210 11/15 fair with ToH theme and news sounder. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport, Newcastle/Chipstone. 0300 11/15 poor with TalkSport IDs. (CH) 1080 BRAZIL ZYI784, Radio Jornal, Caruaru, PE. Fair 0700 11/14 with Jornal ID. (CH) BRAZIL ZYK280, Radio Universidade, Porto Alegre, RS. 0202 11/15 several IDs, poor. (CH) ECUADOR HCKD2, Sistema 2, Guayaquil, GU. 0957-1002 11/13. Poor ID at 0958:20 then music, mixing w/WTIC. (JF) +0958 11/13 better than fair, surprising with ID. (CH) IRAN IRIB World Service, Bandar-e Mahshahr. 2002 11/14 poor with man talking //1161 although MW List does not show them as //. (CH) +2029:53 3 11/14 chimes. (JR) ISRAEL Kol Israel. 1830:00 11/14 “Sowt Israel”, Arabic program. (JR) ISRAEL KAN MaKan, Tel Aviv. 2200 11/15 fair with Arabic program. (CH) PARAGUAY Radio Monumental, Luque. Better than fair 0700 11/14 with usual classical music. (CH) SPAIN Radio Huesca. 2229:38 11/14 “Radio Huesca”. (JR) SPAIN SER, Granada. 2300 11/15 better than fair with Granada local mentions, local ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Radio Coruña, La Coruña, GA. 2100 11/14. SINPO 22332 – mix of at least three Spaniards, 2059:45 woman briefly clear w/“en Radio Coruña”,

2100 network program. (JB) 1089 ALGERIA Adrar. 0457 11/16 fair Quran mixing with TalkSport. 0500-0503 French news behind UK. (CH) 1090 BRAZIL ZYH254, Radio Gazeta, Pão de Açúcar, AL. 0257 11/15. SINPO 33333 – 0257 religious Brazilian. (UnID) fades up followed a few seconds later by

this station, man w/“Boa noite amigos, Rádio Gazeta a voz do esporte...” and mentioned Alagoas, football goals replayed, faded by 0259. (JB) BRAZIL ZYJ468, Radio Metropolitana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. 0600 11/16 several IDs at not quite fair level. (CH) 1098 IRAN IRIB World Service, Zabol. 2030:00 11/14 Iran foreign service? Mention of Iran, no chimes; MW List says signed off earlier than this. (JR) +Fair 2030-2032 fair with woman in Farsi with a radio drama. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Jeddah, Dammam. 2059:54 11/11. Flourish //1440. (JR) +0300 11/15 poor with Saudi news sounder. (CH) SLOVAKIA SRo5, Nitra/Jarok. Poor with opera over the ToH, seems //opera at 0201 on 1521. 2300 11/15 poor bits of anthem //1521. (CH) 1107 AFGHANISTAN Radio Afghanistan, Pol-e Charkhi/Kabul. 0027 11/18. SINPO 23322 – tone to 0027, IS but fades under 80's pop music (likely MFR 2) but

back just before 0030 w/anthem then some talk; QRM British station(s) and RNE. (JB) ITALY RAI, Roma. 2200:00 11/09 RAI SFX. (JR) SCOTLAND Moray Firth Radio, Tarbat Ness (Inverness). 2100 11/14 almost good with local ads, ID. (CH) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Logroño, RI. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32422 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, La Rioja” beneath Santander, possible

female talk. (JB) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Santander, CT. 0645 11/16. SINPO 43443 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Cantabria”, man mentioned “Radio

Nacional de España en Cantabria” almost immediately. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros. 0100 11/15 mixing with Moray Firth Radio. (CH) 1110 BRAZIL ZYH246, Radio Vox. Fair 2301 11/13 with call ID and slogan. Ex 1600, a surprise. (CH) 1116 HUNGARY Danko Radio synchros (2). 1959:45 11/14 “Danko Radio”. (JR) +2000 11/14 better than fair with ID. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Srinigar. 0057 11/15 poor 1 kHz tone, 0058 a bit better with IS, 0059 Vende Mataram. Listed in MWList with 0020 sign on. (CH)

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1116c ITALY RAI, Palermo. 2200:00 11/09 RAI SFX. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Jeddah, Al-Madinah. 0159-0202 11/16 poor bits of Quran //1098. (CH) SPAIN SER Radio Pontevedra, Pontevedra, GA. 2255-2258 11/09. Very Good local ads, ID's, local program schedule for 2255 to 2300. (JF) +1857:50 11/11 “Radio Pontevedra”. (JR) 1120 BRAZIL ZYK274, Radio Rural, Porto Alegre, RS. 0600 11/18 fair D. (CH) +0100 11/18. SINPO 34323 – bits of audio fade up and down, 0102 woman talks then man ends w/ID. (JB) BRAZIL ZYH598, Radio Tupinamba, Sobral, CE. 0701 11/15 fair ID. (CH) 1124.96 IRAN synchros (2). 2030:01 11/14 3 chimes, martial music. (JR) 1125 BELGIUM RTBF Vivacité, Houdeng/La Louvière. Fair 0500 11/10 Vivacite jingle and ID. (CH) +1959 11/16. SINPO 33443 – promo for TV program, ads, 2000 “Vivacité” jingle, one pip, TC, news, //621; QRM Iran. (JB) IRAN IRIB, Qavzin. 2030 11/14 fair chimes and anthem. (CH) SPAIN RNE, Badajoz, EX. 0645-0645 11/15. Poor Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Toledo, CM. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32432 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Castilla-La Mancha”, man mentions “en

Castilla-La Mancha” then news and sports; QRM another RNE station. (JB) 1125.1 BELGIUM Radio Vivacite, Wavre. 2400:00 11/09 “Vivacite!” (JR) 1134 IRAN Radio Iran, Bojnurd. 2030:03 11/14 3 chimes, but sounds like two sets, one starting just ahead of the other, best in LSB; martial theme music. (JR) IRAN Radio Tabriz, Kalibar. 2030:03 11/14 3 chimes, but sounds like two sets, one starting just ahead of the other, best in LSB; martial theme music. (JR) +1831 11/14 poor with man //1026 so it is this station not Bojnurd. (CH) KUWAIT Radio Kuwait, Kabd. 2001 11/14 better than fair with “Idha'at al ? Kuwait” ID. (CH) +2057 11/14. SINPO 33333 – Arabic orchestral music, pips, 2100 female few words, military fanfare, woman w/ID and news; QRM COPE stations. (JB) SPAIN COPE Astorga, Astorga. 2058:55 11/11 “COPE Astorga”. (JR) SPAIN COPE Salamanca and COPE Pamplona. 2257 11/09 local Salamanca ID and Pamplona ads, mixed, fair. (CH) 1142.976 INDIA All India Radio, Ratnagiri. 0023 11/14. SINPO 13331 – threshold level, IS; under COPE [offset confirmed by Mauno Ritola/mwoffsets who said

“Yes, I also have a carrier on 1142.976 at 0100 11/15, not there at 0000. Today. (2 November) it is on 1142.971. At 1740 I could hear 1142.971 via Victor's Sri Lanka with ID for Ratnagiri”]. (JB)

1143 INDIA All India Radio, Ratnagiri or Rohtak. 0021 11/15 poor with 1 kHz tone before sign on. (CH) IRAN IRIB, Yasuj. Poor with chimes 1930 11/14. (CH) +2001:00 11/14. Music //837,900,999,1134,1143,1224,1296. (JR) SPAIN COPE Ourense, Ourense. 2058:55 11/11 “COPE Ourense”. (JR) 1150 BRAZIL ZYK656, Super Radio, São Paulo. 2357 11/15 good with ID. (CH) 1152 ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Cluj. 2200:00 11/09. “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) +0259 11/11 almost good with sign on although listed as 0230 s/on in MW List. (CH) +0300 11/18 almost good with Romanian anthem and news. (CH) SCOTLAND Clyde 2, Glasgow. A regular but at an impressive good level 0200 11/13 with ToH ID. (CH) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Kerala, Ras al-Khaimah. 1959 11/15 almost fair with Indian music. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio synchros (2). 1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 1161 EGYPT Mid Delta Radio, Tanta. 0400 11/10 fair 1 kHz tone, 0401 Big Ben chimes. (CH) HUNGARY Danko Radio synchros (2). 1900:00 11/14. Gypsy fiddle, “Danko Radio”. (JR) IRAN IRIB, Qasr-e-Shirin. 0201 11/14 almost fair with Quran //1224. (CH) +1829:50 11/14 3 chimes //900,1332,1557. (JR) +1900:00 11/14. Arabic talk //764.98. (JR) SCOTLAND Tay 2, Dundee. Good, solid 2000 11/13 with ToH ID. (CH) +1900:00 11/14 “Tay 2”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Sussex, Bexhill. 2400:00 11/09 “BBC Sussex”. (JR) +0500 11/10 poor BBC 5 Live ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Blunsdon. 0701 11/11 poor ID and jingle. (CH) +2000:00 11/11 “Smooth Radio” //many. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Viking 2, Goxhill/Hull. 2102 11/14. SINPO 22332 – mix of British all w/Sky news which ends at 2102, then man “Viking 2” and woman

“the greatest hits”, jingle, pop song. (JB) 1170 BRAZIL ZYJ273, Radio Atalaia, Curitiba, PR. 0500 and 0800 11/13 not unusual but the 0800 ID was almost at a good level. (CH) COLOMBIA HJGA, Vida AM, Tunja. 0957 11/13. SINPO 33322 – initially quite strong w/telephone number, 0957:20 “Desde Tunja, capital del departamento

de Boyacá... Vida, 1170 AM, HJGA...” fading out quickly. (JB) SLOVENIA Radio Capodistra, Beli Kriz. 2213-2213 11/14. Very Good ID and into pop music. (JF) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi FM, Al-Dhabbaya. 2000 11/14 almost good with music, ToH ID as “idha'at al Abu Dhabi”. (CH) +2001:40 11/14 “Idhat Abu Dhabi”. (JR) +2101 11/14. SINPO 34433 – long string of IDs including in English “Abu Dhabi Classic FM” and “Radio 2”, 2102 Arabic pop; QRM Brits. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Signal 2, Stoke on Trent. 1830 11/14 poor with “Come on Eileen” //1152 and 1161. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio synchros (2). 1830:00 11/14. Identical news and song selections //1152 and 1161. (JR) WALES Swansea Sound, Swansea. 2159 11/10 poor “Across the waters, this is Swansea Sound”. (CH) +2100 11/11 “Swansea Sound”. (JR) 1170.029 BRAZIL ZYJ273, Radio Atalaia, Curitiba, PR. 0300 11/19. SINPO 43343 – WWVA fades down revealing this w/ID at 0259:50 men also Rede Aleluja

and FM frequency, religious program starts; QRM WWVA. (JB) 1179 INDIA All India Rario, Rewa. 0021 11/15 poor 1 kHz tones before sign on. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități synchros (2). 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) +0258 11/11 good with anthem, sign on and ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Rioja, Rioja. 1759:36 11/14 “Radio Rioja”. (JR) SPAIN SER Valencia, Valencia. 1857:50 11/11 “Radio Valencia”. (JR) 1188 HUNGARY Magyar 4 synchros. 1801 11/12 fair, all alone and //873. (CH) +1800:36 11/14. Signature tune //873, 1350. (JR) +0700 11/15 better than fair with sign on. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Mumbai. 0025 11/15. SINPO 22321 – last notes of IS, “Vande Mataram”; far under Iran. (JB) +0032 11/15 woman mixing with Iran, poor, //846. (CH) IRAN Radio Payam, Tehran. 2029:56 11/14. Signature tune. (JR) +0059-0000 almost good with musical theme. (CH) 1190 BRAZIL ZYH459, Radio Juazeiro, Juazeiro. 2159 11/13 a little better than poor but clear and alone with calls and slogan. (CH) PUERTO RICO WBMJ, San Juan. 2201 11/11 fair ID with network stations also. (CH) 1197 IRAN IRIB Radio Ardabil, Moghan. 1900 11/14 fair Quran //1026. (CH) ROMANIA Radio Targu Mures, Brasov. 2000:00 11/14 “Rundfunk” ID then off, followed by OC tone til 2001 //1323 and 1593. (JR) +0357-0400 with Romanian anthem and possible poor Targu Mares ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros (5), 250W to 1 kW. A normal visitor but this time 2132 11/14 they weren’t quite good but at least better than

fair. (CH) 1197.03 IRAN Radio Ardabil, Moghan. 2030:05 11/14. 3 chimes, “Injo Ardabil”, martial theme music. (JR) 1200 CUBA CMHT, Radio Sancti Spíritus, Yaguajay. 1000 11/13. SINPO 23332 – hello to farmers, 1000:15 “por Radio Sancti Spíritus”, more talk, music. (JB) VENEZUELA YVOZ, Radio Tiempo, Caracas. 0458 11/12. SINPO 33333 – song ends, deep-voiced man w/program promos including “La Hora de la

Verdad” w/ID and “la única en Venezuela”, more music, ID again just before 0503. (JB) +0858 11/13 poor ID but always good to note whatever Venezuelan is still on the air. (CH)

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1206 IRAN IRIB Nehbandan. 2002 11/14 poor woman, //946. (CH) ISRAEL Kol Israel, Akko. 0157-0201 11/10. Fair pop music and theme music at 0159:52. //657. (JF) ISRAEL KAN Bet, Haifa. 0157-0202 11/11 fair //657 with jingle. (CH) MOZAMBIQUE Radio Mozambique, Inhambane. 2351-2351 11/10. Poor Tentative. African style music with PT talk and no break on the hour. (JF) +1959:55 11/11 “Inhambane!” repeated several times over next minute, not on North wire. (JR) +2000 11/15 fair with mention of Inhambane, not quite fair ID. (CH) +2000 11/16. SINPO 33333 – African talk, 2000:30 TC in Portuguese w/brief ID, African talk, flourish man and woman who IDs, deep fade. (JB) 1215 SPAIN COPE Huelva, Huelva .1859:30 11/11 “COPE Huelva”. (JR) 1224 IRAN World Service, Kish. 2040 11/14 not quite fair with chimes, about 1224.050. (CH) IRAN Radio Iran synchros (2). 1929:55 11/14 chimes //many. (JR) SPAIN COPE Almeria, Almeria. 2258:44 11/09 “COPE Almeria”. (JR) 1230 BRAZIL ZYH756, Radio Daqui, Goiânia, GO. 0201 11/15 poor ID. (CH) 1230.007 BRAZIL ZYJ816, Radio Guararema, São José, SC. 0259 11/15. SINPO 24332 – woman talk, possible ad, 0259:30 man w/ID, poss jingle, fades. (JB) 1233 CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Devochka synchros (5). 2200:00 11/09 “Radio Devochka”, oompah music. (JR) +2128 11/14 almost good with ID and old fashioned oompah type music. (CH) 1240 USA WMMB, Melbourne FL. 0500 11/12. SINPO 22332 – fades up w/ID, men Melbourne and iHeart Radio, ads. (JB) 1242 IRAN IRIB, Zanjan. 1929:55 11/14 chimes //many. (JR) +2030 11/14 not quite fair with chimes. (CH) OMAN Radio Sultanate of Oman, As Seeb. 0129 11/10 fair with Quran //1278. (CH) SPAIN COPE Lugo and Almeria. 2258 11/09 fair local IDs from both. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros (3). 1959 11/11 poor rock music //1215. (CH) +0259 11/15. SINPO 24332 – Black Keys “Lonely Boy”, woman and man w/canned ID, announcer says something about Green Day but next song is the

Connells “'74-'75”. (JB) 1250 BRAZIL ZYH594, Radio Educadora, Cratéus. 2301-2303 11/13 fair with jingle, call letters and ID. (CH) 1251 HUNGARY Danko Radio synchros (2). 1759:35 11/14 “Dusha Radio Danko Radio”, also at 1759:10, 1900 chimes and ID, synchros echo. (JR) +1900 11/12 almost good with several IDs. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Great Barton. 0059 11/11 fair with ID. (CH) +2057:00 11/11 //many. (JR) 1260 BRAZIL ZYK688, Radio Morada do Sul, São Paulo. Almost good 0400-0402 11/16 with IDs. (CH) CUBA Radio Progreso, Media Luna. 1000 11/13. SINPO 23332 – CKHJ fades down for 30 seconds, this evident with music program, male talk, “a travez

de Radio Progreso”, //900. (JB) MOZAMBIQUE Emissão Provincial do Niassa. Poor African music 2000 11/14, //1206. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Dammam. 2058 11/10 better than fair with Arabic music //1521. (CH) +1800:00 11/14. Singing //1440. (JR) SPAIN SER Murcia, Murcia, MU. 2257-2259 11/09. Fair local ID at 2257:25, local ads. (JF) +11/11 almost good with local Murcia ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Farndon. 1900 11/12 fair Smooth ID. (CH) +1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 1269 IRAN IRIB Radio Ardabil, Khalkha. 0100 11/10 a few poor fragments of string music //1197 and 1512. (CH) NIGERIA Radio Taraba, Jalingo. 2248 11/11 not quite fair with Nigerian anthem and off, under and sometimes almost even with Spain. (CH) SPAIN COPE Zamora, Zamora, CL. 1858 11/11. SINPO 44454 – 1858 local break begins, “COPE Zamora” then ads, another ID just before net pips. (JB) +1859:30 11/11 “COPE Zamora”. (JR) +2057 11/11 almost good with local ID as Zamora. (CH) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Asia, Ras al-Khaimah 3027. 0059 11/11 almost fair with Indian music. (CH) +1901:37 11/14 “Radio Asia” singing ID. (JR) 1270 BRAZIL ZYJ474, Radio Continental, Campos, RJ. 0301 11/19. SINPO 23322 – fade up w/ID “Rádio Continental AM” then essentially lost during slogans;

QRM CJCB and another Brazilian. (JB) 1278 IRAN IRIB Radio Kermanshah, Kermanshah. 1900 11/14 better than fair mixing with Ukraine and 2030 with chimes. (CH) +2029:55 11/14 3 chimes, “Injo Kermanshah”, martial theme music. (JR) UKRAINE Radio Ukraine International, Kurisove. 2000:00 11/11. IS, “Govorit Kiev”, so Russian program on International service. Nrcu.gov.ua given at

1958:55. (JR) +1958-2001 11/12 good with “Govorot Kiev” ID. (CH) +2057 11/14. SINPO 33343 – male talk Russian, dramatic song, 2058:45 seems promo for program, ID as “Radio Veshchenya Ukraina” and contact info,

seems off at 2100; QRM mainly Iran. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Pulse 2, Bradford/Tyersal Lane. 0500 11/12 poor ID. (CH) 1287 INDIA All India Radio, Panaji. 0023 11/15. SINPO 13332 – just the IS from about 0023:30 to 0025, then faded; QRM Spain and UnID Middle Eastern. (JB) ISRAEL Voice of Hope, She-ar-Yeshuv. 2000:00 11/14. “Christian radio with love, you're listening to the Voice of Hope”. (JR) +2000 11/14 fair ID. (CH) +2100 11/14. SINPO 22322 – far under SER stations, woman w/religious song, male ID “AM 12-87, the Voice of Hope”. (JB) PORTUGAL RDP Antena 1, Portalegre. 2057:00 11/11. Portuguese play-by-play //666, 720, 828.18. (JR) SPAIN SER Burgos, Burgos. 1859:30 11/11 “Burgos” in ad. (JR) SPAIN SER Lleida, Lleida. 2300:12 11/11 “Radio Lleida”. (JR) +2059 11/15 fair with local Radio Lleida ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Lugo, Lugo, CA. 2257-2259 11/09. Fair local ID at 2257:34, local ads. (JF) +2229:45 11/14 “COPE Zamora”. (JR) +0159 11/16 better than fair with local Lugo IDs. (CH) 1290.288 BRAZIL ZYH888, Radio Timbira do Maranhão, São Luís, MA. 0255 11/19. SINPO 34434 – program about health in Maranhão, 0256:30 mentions

“Rádio Timbira” but no other ID. (JB) 1290.3 BRAZIL ZYH888, Radio Timbira, São Luis. 2300-2300 11/10. (JF) +2301:00 11/10 “Timbira”. (JR) +0800 11/13 on 1290.3 with a perfect signal. (CH) 1296 IRAN IRIB Radio Zahedan, Zabol. 0102 11/13 fair Quran //1377. (CH) SPAIN COPE Valencia, Valencia. 1859:30 11/11 “COPE Valencia”. (JR) SUDAN Radio Sudan, Reiba. 0400 11/15 fair with Arabic talk, pips about half a minute late. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Radio XL, Birmingham. 0700 11/10 solid, good with jingle. (CH) 1300 BRAZIL ZYK649, Radio Onda, Presidente Prudente, SC. 0800 11/14 better than fair with surprise ID, calls and program intro. (CH) BRAZIL ZYL339, Radio Eldorado, Sete Lagoas, MG. 0100 11/16 poor Eldorado jingle. (CH) 1305 IRAN IRIB Radio Bushehr, Bushehr. 1900 11/14 poor Koran //1026 on 1305.085. Later //738. (CH) SPAIN RNE Ourense, GA. 0645-0645 11/14. Good Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Ciudad Real, CM. 0645 11/16. SINPO 32432 – regional break, man “Radio Nacional de España, Castilla-La Mancha”, man talking;

mixing with another Spanish station. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Premiere Christian Radio, Chingford. 2029:52 11/14 “Premiere Christian Radio”. (JR) +2030 11/14 a bit better than poor with ID. (CH) WALES Smooth Radio, Christchurch/Newport. 1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) +2100 11/14. SINPO 22322 – briefly though Spain w/woman “Smooth Radio”; QRM also from other Brits. (JB) 1305.02 IRAN Radio Bushehr, Bushehr. 2030:05 11/14 3 chimes, “Injo...” martial theme music. (JR) 1310 BRAZIL ZYI691, Radio Cidade, Esperança. 0100 11/16 not quite fair with Voz do Liberacao mention, Radio Cidade ID. (CH) COLOMBIA La Voz de la Patria Celestial, Barranquilla. 0400 11/15 poor with Radio Patria ID. Frequency 1309.69. (CH)

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1314 INDIA All India Radio, Bhuj. 0024 11/18. SINPO 22331 – just three cycles of the IS; QRM Spain. (JB) IRAN IRIB, Ardabil. Fair 1930 11/14 with chimes and ID. (CH) +2029:58 11/14 3 chimes, “Radio Iran”, martial theme music. (JR) ROMANIA Radio Cluj synchros. 1900:00 11/14. “Radio Cluj”, but not parallel to 1404 and 1593. (JR) ROMANIA Antena Satelor, Timisoara and Constansa. 0359 11/11 better than fair with ToH ID, child talking, rooster crow. (CH) 1323 IRAN Radio Jolfa, Jolfa. 1800:00 11/14 “Jolfa” mentioned twice. (JR) +Poor with Quran 0200 11/12. This is the only Mideast station on 1323. (CH) ROMANIA Radio Neumarkt, Targu Mures. 0400 11/11 fair with news, 2000 fair with 1 kHz tone after s/off. (CH) +2000:00 11/14 ID in German “Rundfunk”, then OC tone til 2001:00, this time //1197 and 1593. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Brighton. 0456:00 11/10 “Smooth Radio” //1359, 1431, 1557. (JR) 1330 BRAZIL ZYK736, Radio Terra, São Paulo. 0500 11/12 almost good with Terra jingle. (CH) 1332 IRAN Radio Tehran, Tehran. 2300:00 11/09 3 chimes. (JR) +2200 11/15 almost good with music more mid eastern than usual. 2259 better than fair with semi classical music. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități Galati/Barbosi. 0500 11/10 better than fair with ToH ID and news. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Peterborough. 1930:00 11/14 “Sitting by the Dock of the Bay” //many. (JR) 1340 BRAZIL ZYH661, Radio Pitaguary, Fortaleza. 0800 11/11 a poor ID. (CH) COLOMBIA HJFB, Radio Amor Estéreo, Bogotá. 0457 11/11/. SINPO 22332 – in a mess, bits of songs w/talk between, 0458 “Amor, la emisora más

romántica de Bogotá”, jingle, music; QRM mainly Brazil. (JB) 1350 ARGENTINA Radio Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. 2342-2342 11/12. Fair talk in Italian accented Spanish. (JF) ARMENIA TWR/Radio Al-Kul, Gavar. 1800 11/14 fair with IS. (CH) +2057 11/14. SINPO 34343 – news reports in Arabic, 2058:45 fanfare, ID w/frequency, fanfare, news; QRM CKAD. (JB) +2059:51 11/14 “Radio Alkul”. (JR) EGYPT Al-Qusayr. 1959 11/15 very poor Big Ben chimes and anthem. (CH) HUNGARY Magyar 4, Gyor. 1800:30 11/14. IS //1188. (JR) +Not quite fair with violin music //1188 11/14. (CH) 1359 ETHIOPIA Voice of Tigray Revolution/Dimtsi Woyane Tigray, Mekele. 1858:00 11/11. Talk w/Adis Ababa mentioned, flute, then off at 2000. (JR) +0257-0301 11/12 Good IS on stringed instrument //918, announcements at 0300 but dropping in strength. (JF) +0257 11/14 fair on north wire with IS. (CH) +0257 11/15. SINPO 24333 – flute IS to at least 0301 but fades around 0300, 0302 instrumental music in same style, //5950; QRM Smooth Radio. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Solent, Bournemouth. 2200 11/13 2013 poor with ID. (CH) +1900:00 11/14 “BBC Radio Solent”, mixing with Smooth Radio. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Free Radio 80s, Coventry. 2228:05 11/09. “Free Radio 80's”. (JR) +2000 11/14 better than fair with nice ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio synchros (2). 2200:00 11/09 “Smooth Radio”. (JR) +2100 11/13 fair with ID, fairly regular although only 280 Watts. (CH) 1360 USA WKAT, North Miami FL. 1000 11/13. SINPO 23332 – WKAT ID in English evident, begin Spanish program, telephone number. (JB) 1368 IRAN IRIB Gorgan, Gonbad Kavus. 2230:40 11/09. Middle Eastern program, 5 tones //1539. (JR) +0301 11/16 poor music //1539. (CH) ISLE OF MAN Manx Radio. 0600 11/10 almost good with ID and news. (CH) 1376.947 IRAN IRIB Radio Zahedan, Chah Bahar. 0259 11/15. SINPO 23332 – bits of talk and music, 0300 male ID mentioned “__estan __ Baluchestan”, local

music on oboe-like instrument. (JB) 1376.97 IRAN IRIB synchros (2). 2202:00 11/09. Distinctive female vocal //many. (JR) 1377 ARMENIA Trans World Radio, Gavar. A normal thing to hear but spectacular with a good signal 1828 11/14v with IS. (CH) +1832:00 11/14. Giving address in Austria, unknown language. (JR) +1959 11/16. SINPO 44454 – male talk in Farsi, abruptly cut off by one IS cycle at 1959:45, //spur on 1359; QRM station w/Quran recitation. (JB) IRAN IRIB Radio Kermanshah, Paveh. On 1376.96 almost fair, //1278 11/14. (CH) +2029:57 11/14. 3 chimes, announcement not quite audible as “Radio Kermanshah”, martial theme music. (JR) IRAN IRIB Sedaye Sistan va Baluchestan, Chan Bahar. 2030 11/11 assumed as source of the IRIB chimes. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Asian Sound Radio, Ashton Moss. 0031 11/15 poor flute music matches 963 at close to the same time. (CH) 1380 BRAZIL ZYL204, Radio Itaí, Iúna, ES. 0258 11/15. SINPO 33343 – woman w/religious talk, 0300 man “Ita-í... Rádio Deus e Amor”, “Rádio Deus e Amor”

jingle, “operadores....” IDs for 4 or 5 stations all in São Paulo, “A Voz da Libertação”, female talk and man w/promo for event in an IPDA. (JB) BRAZIL ZYL284, Radio Paranaíba, Rio de Janiero. Fair 0800 11/13 with jingle, call letters and slogan. (CH) 1386 LITHUANIA Radio Swoboda, Sitkunai. 2200:00 11/09 “Radio Swoboda”. (JR) +A regular, only reported as they had a perfect signal with IDs at 1900 and 2000 11/14. (CH) LITHUANIA Radio Liberty, Viešintos. 2057 11/14. SINPO 55555 – Belarusian listed, fanfares, man and woman, piano IS w/talk over, 2100 Russian ID,

news [new transmitter and site]. (JB) 1390 BRAZIL ZYJ242, Radio Cultura, Maringá. A little better than poor 0700 11/13 with IPDA net program, only listed IPDA station. (CH) 1395 ARMENIA Dengê Kurdistanê, Gavar. 2058 11/15 fair with what sounded like mid eastern music – Kurdish program is listed. (CH) INDIA All India Radio, Bikaner. 0024 11/15. SINPO 14331 – two cycles of IS from about 0024:15. (JB) IRAN IRIB Golestan. 1929:40 11/14 “Injo Golestan”? (JR) IRAN IRIB Radio Khalij-e Fars, Hajiabad. 1900 11/14 very poor Quran //1368. 2030 poor with Iranian anthem. (CH) +2030:04 11/14 3 chimes, very weak, martial music very weak. (JR) 1404 IRAN IRIB, Qir. 1959:45 11/11 “...Irana”, followed by 6 pips. (JR) ROMANIA Radio Cluj, Sighetu Marmatiei/Vadu Izei. 1058 11/11 fair pop music, a few words then 1 kHz tone. (CH) +1900:00 11/14 “Radio Cluj”, with jazz before and after //1593 but no others. (JR) ROMANIA Radio Sighet, Sighetul. 1759:20 11/14 “Sighet” interjection leads to identifying announcements. (JR) +0400 11/15 fair Radio Sighet ToH ID. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități synchros (2). 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) +0358 11/11 poor ID under Cluj. 2302 better than fair with news. (CH) UKRAINE NSTU/UR1, Izmail. 1759:50 11/14. Signature tune //837. (JR) +1800 11/14 poor with ToH sounder. (CH) 1410 BRAZIL ZYJ614, Radio Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz. Not quite fair with a mention of Santa Cruz at the end of an ID 2200 11/13. (CH) 1413 IRAN IRIB, Estabahn. 1929:55 11/14 very weak, chimes //many. (JR) MOLDOVA Vesti FM, Grigoriopol. 2159:45 11/11 “Vesti FM”, and again at 2300. (JR) +A bit better than fair with Vesti FM ID 11/13. (CH) SPAIN RNE Vigo, CL. 0645-0645 11/15. Fair Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN RNE Radio 5, Girona, CA. 0645 11/16. SINPO 22432 – regional break, woman “Radio Nacional de España, Cataluña”, woman talk, //738; QRM

RNE Vigo. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Gloucestershire synchros (2). 0300 11/10 almost fair with BBC 5 Live ID. (CH) +1859:50 11/14 “BBC Radio Gloucestershire” under Spain. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Premier Christian Radio (2). 0400 11/10 poor ToH ID. (CH) 1420 BRAZIL ZYJ754, Radio Guaruja, Florianopolis. 0157-0158 11/13 Banda FM News via Guaruja per Rocco. Poor. (CH) BRAZIL ZYL288, Radio Cultura, Sete Lagoas, MG. poor with Cultura jingle and calls at 2202 11/13. I expected 1 of the 3 coastal Cultura stations but

instead up popped Minas Gerais. (CH) 1422 ALGERIA Radio Algerienne, Ouled Fayet. 2300:00 11/09. National Anthem //702. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Ramnicu Valcea. 2100-2100 11/13. Poor ID and time pips. (JF) +2100 11/14. SINPO 32332 – Kelly Clarkson “Catch My Breath,” ID, pips, news; QRM Algeria. (JB) +0400 11/15 almost good with ToH Radio România Actualități ID. (CH)

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1430 BRAZIL ZYI430, Radio Libertadora, Mossoró, RN. 2359 11/14 fair ID. (CH) 1431 DJIBOUTI Radio Sawa, Djibouti. 1929:04 11/14 “Radio Sawa”. (JR) UKRAINE Radio Ukraine International, Mykolaiv/Luch. 2000:00 11/11. IS, but does not seem to match 1278 after that. Nrcu.gov.ua address given at

1958:55. (JR) +2000 11/12 good ID, awesome signal. (CH) +2058-2100 11/13 Good URI chimes, ID and web address in Ukraine. Faded under presumed Radio Sawa at 2100, //1278 not heard. (JF) +1958 11/16. SINPO 44444 – man and woman talk in Russian, theme music man w/info about station including web address, address, theme music, 2000

IS, ID, addresses again, fanfare, news; QRM Radio Sawa. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio, Southend/Rayleigh. 0400 11/10 fair with ID. (CH) +0456:00 11/10 “Smooth Radio” //1323, 1359, 1557. (JR) 1440 BRAZIL ZYH466, Radio Independencia, Santo Amaro, BA. 0600 call and slogan ID. 0700 IPDA program. (CH) NIGERIA Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola. 2059 11/11 sign off in accented English, children do a pledge of allegiance then Nigerian theme. (CH) +2057-2103 11/13. Fair African drum music with chorus. News bits at 2100. Pledge to Nigeria by a group at 2102:10. National Anthem. (JF) +2058 11/14. SINPO 32332 – music, 2057:45 male “How I wish to turn the hands of the clock... Live from the studios of Adamawa Broadcasting

Corporation in Yola” then frequencies “95 point 7 AM and 14-40... join us tomorrow...”, 2100 pledge of allegiance by children, choral anthem ending 2101; QRM Saudi Arabia. (JB)

SAUDI ARABIA Saudi B/C Corp-Riyadh program, Ras-al-Khair. 0215-0215 11/10. Poor Call to Prayer //1449, 1467. (JF) +1759:20 11/14 “Idhat Radio Riyadh” //1260,1440,1467,1521. (JR) +1900 and 2100 11/15 almost good with Saudi news. (CH) 1449 ITALY RAI, Belluno. 0500 11/15 poor modem tones at ToH. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Jeddah. 2259:40 11/09. Flourish //1260, 1440, 1467. (JR) +0215-0215 11/10 Fair Call to Prayer //1440, 1467. (JF) +2100 11/15 better than fair with Saudi news. (CH) SCOTLAND BBC Radio 4, Redmoss. Almost good at 2132 11/14. (CH) +2202:00 11/11. News //198. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Asian Net, Peterborough, 150 Watts. With woman giving a whoop that was clearly //1458 at 2300 11/13. Jean Burnell spotted the

whoop. (CH) 1458 GIBRALTAR Radio Gibraltar. 0400 11/12 better than fair with ID. (CH) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități, Constanta. 0259 11/15 poor Romanian anthem, 0500 Radio România Actualități ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Asian Network, Birmingham. 2300 11/13 Nov woman whoops, //1449, bothered by Gold and Lyca. (CH) +1900:06 11/14 “BBC Asian Network”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Newcastle, Wrekenton. 1859:35 11/14 “BBC Radio Newcastle”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Gold, Ashton Moss/Manchester. 1832:00 11/14 “Gold”. (JR) +2057 11/14. SINPO 33323 – 2057:30 fades up through Lyca Radio w/Elvis Presley “Return to Sender,” 2057:45 “Gold music marathon continues,” ad

string. (JB) 1460 BRAZIL ZYH774, Radio Independencia, Paraíso do Tocantins, TO. Fair 0300 11/13 with call letter and slogan ID. A new station from the rarely heard

Tocantins state. (CH) 1467 FRANCE Trans World Radio, Roumoules. 2057-2103 11/13 Good talk in listed Tamazight. (JF) IRAN IRIB Radio Qom. On 1467.38 any time 11/14 evening. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Hafar al-Batin. 0100 11/10 fair with news items separated by their news bumper. (CH) +0215 11/10. Poor Call to Prayer //1440, 1449. (JF) +1759:20 11/14 “Idhat Radio Riyadh” //1260, 1440, 1467, 1521. (JR) 1467.36 IRAN IRIB, Marivan. 1901:00 11/14 Quranic, later shown to be //1512 and others. (JR) 1476 EGYPT ERTU, Quran Channel, Al-Minya=Menya. Fair 1900 11/14 with Mideast music, 1959 ID, 2000 pips same as on 864. (CH) +1959:50 11/14 Egyptian National Anthem, WRTH 2000 s/off fits. (JR) +2100 11/14. SINPO 24332 – seems to start at 2100, pips, ID, talk, 2101 Quran, //864; QRM splatter from off-freq Iran. (JB) 1476.28 IRAN Radio Kordestan, Marivan. 2030:01 11/14. 3 chimes, announcement, martial theme music. MW List says //945, and it is exactly, possible “Marivan”

at end. (JR) 1480 BRAZIL ZYJ828, Radio Nova Cidade, Simão Dias, SE. 2200 11/14 with CBN ID, mention of their frequency, poor. (CH) 1485 SPAIN SER Santander, Santander, CT. 2257-2259 11/09. Fair local ID and ads. (JF) +1757:45 11/14 “Radio Santander”. (JR) SPAIN SER Zamora, Zamora. 1857:50 11/11 “SER Zamora”. (JR) +1858 11/11. SINPO 33443 – 1858 local break begins, “Radio Zamora, Cadena SER” almost alone, promos and ads, but another SER station rapidly

comes up and mixes. (JB) +2258 11/11 fair with local ads. (CH) SPAIN/MELILLA SER Melilla. 0159 11/16 poor with local Melilla ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Humberside, Hull. 0659 11/11 poor local ID and news. (CH) +2159:55 11/11 “This is... on BBC Radio Humberside”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Merseyside, Wallasey. 0558 11/11 fair with local ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4, Carlisle. 2159 11/15 poor mention of BBC World Service. (CH) 1494 IRAN Radio Khorason, Taybad. 2029:52 11/14 3 chimes, announcements, “Radio Iran”, martial theme music. (JR) +0159 11/15 poor Quran, hard to be sure but seems //684. (CH) MOLDOVA Radio Moldova, Cahul. 11/14 better than fair with music, IS and ID. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh Jeddah. 1759:20 11/14 “Radio Riyadh”, but not //1260, 1440, 1467, 1521. (JR) 1500 VENEZUELA YVRZ, Radio Dos Mil, Cumaná. 0059 11/18. SINPO 34354 – Venezuelan dance music, 0059:45 ID w/call, begin music program

VENEZUELA en sus expresiones”; QRM prob WFED. (JB) 1503 EGYPT ERTU Al Quran, El-Arish=Al-Arish. 0100 11/10 poor with Quran. (CH) SPAIN RNE La Linea, AN. 0645-0645 11/14. Fair-Good Regional program and ID. (JF) SPAIN RNE Monforte, GA. 0645-0645 11/15. Poor-Fair Regional program and ID. (JF) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Stoke on Trent. 0500 11/10 poor ToH ID. (CH) +1859:47 11/14 “BBC Radio Stoke”. (JR) 1509.821 PERU OCX4J, Radio Tarma, Tarma. 1000 11/13. SINPO 23332 – Andean flute music, 1001 possible talk, 1002 fading up w/talk, 1002:26 reverb

“Buenos Dias” three times, “...oyentes en Radio Tarma AM, FM estéreo”. (JB) 1510 USA WLAC, Nashville TN. 0259 11/15. SINPO 33333 – ads, 0300 ID, news [Boston off the air]. (JB) 1512 IRAN Radio Ardabil, Ardabil. 2029:55 11/14 3 chimes, “Ardabil”. (JR) +2030 11/14 almost good with chimes. (CH) SAUDI ARABIA Quran channel, Jeddah. 2329:00 11/09. Quranic reading //882, 999. (JR) +1900 11/14 better than fair with Quran. (CH) 1521 CHINA CRI, Urumqui. 0012-0012 11/15. Poor female talk in Chinese over Spain. (JF) IRAN. 2000:00 11/11. Martial music, possible mention of “Iran”. (JR) SAUDI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, Duba. 1759:20 11/14 “Idhat Radio Riyadh”. (JR) SLOVAKIA SRo5, Rimavská Sobota/Uzovská Panica. 2300 11/15 poor bits of anthem //1098. (CH) SPAIN SER Castellon, Castellon, VA. 2257-2259 11/09. Poor local ID and ads. (JF) +2358 11/15 fair local ads for Castellon. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Radio Panj, Coventry. 0500-0503 11/15 poor bits of Indian music. Listed as 40 Watts! (CH) 1529.994t PANAMA Radio Avivamiento, Pendragal. 1001 11/13. SINPO 23323 – In Spanish, woman w/religious talk w/WCKY faded down [suspect Avivamiento

but it's uncharacteristically good audio]. (JB)

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1530 ROMANIA Radio Constanta, Mahmudia. 1829:45 11/14 “Radio Constanta”. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități synchros (2). 2200:00 11/09 “Radio România Actualități”, //many. (JR) +0100 11/14 almost good with ToH ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Pulse 2, Huddersfield. 0100 11/16 not quite fair with ToH ID. (CH) +1759:55 11/14 “West Yorkshire... this is Pulse 2”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Essex, Southend-on-Sea. 2032:35 11/14. Soft pop song //729. (JR) 1539 IRAN IRIB Gorgan, Gorgan. 2230:40 11/09. Middle Eastern program, 5 tones //1368. (JR) +1831 11/14 poor with talk //1368 and 2030 poor anthem. (CH) IRAN Radio Zarbol, Zarbol. 1830:21 11/14 “Zarbol”. (JR) SPAIN SER Radio Eiche, Eiche, VA. 2258:10 11/09 “SER Elche”. (JR) +0620-0620 11/10. Fair local ID “Hoy por Hoy, Radio Eiche, Cadena SER” started a few seconds later than others. (JF) +2257 11/15 almost good with local Eiche IDs. (CH) SPAIN SER Manresa. 2259 11/10 fair with local ID. (CH) +2102:00 11/11. Play-by-play mentions team from Manresa. (JR) 1540 BRAZIL Radio Novo Milenio, Sertãozinho, SP, calls unknown. Poor 0400 11/12 with Radio Deos e Amor jingle and Radio Novo Milenio ID. (CH) +0501 11/12. SINPO 23332 – IPDA announcements, 0501:30 ID w/location as Sertãozinho SP (not Ribeirao Preto as in WRTH and MWLIST) then ID for

FM outlet, brass music. (JB) 1548 IRAN Radio Iran synchros (3). 0101 11/16 poor Quran //891 a few seconds earlier. (CH) MOLDOVA TWR, Grigoriopol. 2058-2103 11/13. Poor-Fair orchestral music, IS at 2100 fanfare then talk in UnID language. Listed as 2000* so on late. (JF) +1900 11/14 with religious music, poor. (CH) +2000:00 11/14 TWR IS begins. (JR) SCOTLAND Forth 2, Edinburgh. Fair 0800 11/12 with Sports 2 ID and Edinburgh mentions. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Radio City Talk, Bebington/Liverpool. 0300 11/15. SINPO 23322 – in a mix of weak signals, “This is Radio City Talk” at 0300. (JB) UNITED KINGDOM Radio Gold, London. 2202:00 11/11 “Radio Gold News”. (JR) 1550 COLOMBIA HJZI, G12 Radio, Bogotá. 1000 11/13. SINPO 23432 – possibly there earlier, but definite ID w/call at 1000 “G12 punto com”, slogan, jingle(?),

then possible woman w/religious talk later. (JB) 1550.02 ALGERIA Radio Nacional de RASD, Rabouni. 2300:00 11/09. Sign off with anthem. (JR) 1550.03 ALGERIA Radio Nacional de RASD, Rabouni. 2058-2101 11/13. Good local music and Quranic recitations. (?). (JF) 1557 IRAN Zabol Radio, Zabol. 2030:24 11/14 martial music theme. (JR) +0030 11/15 not quite fair with flute music //558. About 20 Hz high. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Smooth Radio synchros (2). 0456:00 11/10. “Smooth Radio” //1323, 1359, 1431. (JR) +0308-0308 11/12. Fair ID and “Crazy For You” by Madonna. (JF) +0200 11/15 poor Tracy Chapman //all the Smooth stations. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio Lancashire, Oxcliffe. 1895:50 11/14 “BBC Radio Lancashire”. (JR) +2000 11/15 fair with BBC Lancashire ID. (CH) 1560 BRAZIL ZYH526, Radio Povo, Ribeira do Pombal. 2200 11/13 poor Povo jingle. (CH) 1566 BENIN TWR, Parakou. 2057-2057 11/13. French relig talk. (JF) NETHERLANDS Vahon Hindustani Radio, Den Haag. 0148-0148 11/15. Fair – Good Subcontinent music. (JF) +0158 11/15 poor Indian music. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM BBC Somerset, Taunton. 2200:00 11/09 “BBC Somerset”. (JR) +2057 11/14. SINPO 35333 – program gathering money for “Children in Need” charity, BBC Somerset address, local entertainment. (JB) +2259 11/15 better than fair ToH ID. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Premier Christian Radio, Guildford/Peasmarsh. Very poor 0700 11/12 under BBC Somerset, seems //1413. (CH) 1575 ITALY RAI, Genova. 2200:00 11/09 RAI SFX, heavy Farda jamming. (JR) +2057-2103 11/13. Fair IT football match with jamming intended for Radio Farda. (JF) SPAIN SER Cordoba, Cordoba. 1859:30 11/11 “SER Cordoba”. (JR) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Farda, Al-Dhabbiya. 2319:00 11/09. Music, but with FOGHORN jammer. (JR) 1580 BRAZIL ZYK247, Radio Encanto, Encantado, RS. A new surprise 0800 11/13 with ads, Rocco IDed this. (CH) 1584 IRAN IRIB, Biarjmand. 2030 11/14 very poor anthem. (CH) IRAN Radio Semnan, Semnan. 2030:10 11/14 2 of the 3 chimes, very weak. (JR) ITALY Radio Studio X, Momigno. Fair 0301 11/10 with ID, temporarily clear with Spain and England QRM. (CH) SCOTLAND Tay 2, Perth. 2359-0001 11/09 poor football news //1161. (CH) SPAIN SER Ourense, Ourense. 1757:45 11/14 “Radio Ourense”. (JR) SPAIN SER Radio Gandia, Gandia 2-17. 2359 11/11 fair with local ID. (CH) SPAIN/CEUTA RadiOle, Ceuta. 2259:50 11/11 “Radiole”. (JR) +2158-2202 11/15 almost fair with sevillanas. 2302 RadiOle jingle. (CH) UNITED KINGDOM Panjab Radio, London. 2002 11/12 better than fair with nice Panjab Radio ID. (CH) +1759:55 11/14 “This is Panjab Radio”, followed by Sky News. (JR) +2100 11/14. SINPO 22322 – Indian music 2100 man fades in “...digital radio and on-line, this is Panjab Radio” then lost; QRM Spain and Tay 2. (JB) 1593 FRANCE Bretagne 5, St Goueno. 2228:00 11/09 “Bretagne Cinq”. (JR) ROMANIA Radio Cluj synchros (2). 1900:00 11/14 “Radio Cluj”, with jazz before and after //1404 but no others. (JR) +0500 11/15 better than fair with Cluj ID. (CH) ROMANIA Radio Sighet synchros. 1759:20 11/14 “Sighet” interjection leads to identifying announcements. (JR) ROMANIA Radio Targu Mares, Miercurea Ciuc. 0500 11/13 poor with Targu Mares ID. (CH) +2000:00 11/14 “Rundfunk” ID then off, followed by OC tone til 2001 //1197 and 1323. (JR) ROMANIA Radio România Actualități Ion, Corvin. 0200 11/13 almost fair with Radio România Actualități ID. (CH) 1600 BRAZIL ZYK779, Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, SP. 0100 11/14 poor ID. (CH) 1602 NETHERLANDS Radio Seagull, Ternaard. 1900 11/15 bird chirp “IS”, 2001 and 2301 poor news in English from an American network. No ID but Seagull is

in English. (CH) SPAIN SER Cartagena, Cartagena, MU. 2257-2259 11/09. Poor ads, local ID at 2258:01 “Radio Cartagena, muy toi(?)”and into SER network programming

at 2258:15 after chime. (JF) +2258:10 11/09 “Radio Cartagena”. (JR) +0031 11/10 fair local ID. (CH) SPAIN Radio Linares, Linares. 2228:33 11/14 “Radio Linares”. (JR) +2300 11/15 better than fair with local Linares ID. (CH) SPAIN SER Ontinyent, Ontinyent. 2258:10 11/09 “Radio Ontinyent”. (JR) UNITED KINGDOM Desi Radio, London. 0500-0503 11/15 bits of music that seemed Indian. 70 Watts, heard previously. (CH) 1625 GREECE UnID pirate. 0150-0150 11/11. Good Folk music and Greek talk. (JF) 1625 NETHERLANDS Radio Barones pirate. 2121-2121 11/11. Fair Dutch talk. (JF) 1628.98 NETHERLANDS Radio Columbia pirate. 1959 11/16. SINPO 15342 – rock music, 1959:45 man talking IDs three times seems in English once w/Email

address, ending with “Goedenavond”, 2001 Coldplay “Clocks”. (JB) 1629.03t GREECE Radio Anatolia pirate, Kilkis. 2018-2018 11/11. Fair Greek music. (JF) 1635.03 NETHERLANDS Radio B4 pirate. 1759 11/14. SINPO 25343 – Yazoo “The Other Side of Love”, 1831 man in English IDs and the tune continues. (JB) 1638 NETHERLANDS Bluebird Radio pirate. 2051-2111 11/12. Good Schlager version of “Jambalaya”, English announcer thanking reporters at 2107. ID at

2111. (JF) 1645 NETHERLANDS Radio Old-timer pirate. 2128 11/13. SINPO 25332 – Dutch music, man in Dutch “amateur... Radio Old-timer...” music continues, seems to

go off at 2132. (JB) 1663t SERBIA Radio Romeo pirate, Beograd. 2113-2113 11/11. Good Balkan folk music, best in USB. (JF)

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1677 SPAIN La Coruna Radio. 2305:00 11/09. Meteorological reports for regional ports. (JR) 5950 ETHIOPIA Dimtsi Woyane Tigray, Geja. 0254 11/15. SINPO 24333 – flute IS comes on at 0254:15; QRM splatter from NHK World. (Issoudun) on 5960.

(JB) 6090 ETHIOPIA Amhara State Radio, Geja. 0254 11/15. SINPO 35333 – IS comes on, 0300:30 upbeat instrumental music, 0301 ID by man, music continues,

0302 different music. (JB) 6110 ETHIOPIA Fana Broadcasting Corp, Geja. 0253 11/15/. SINPO 24333 – IS comes on, 0258:45 bit of music and IDs by woman then man, possibly news.

(JB) 10000 BRAZIL Observatorio Nacional PPE, Rio de Janeiro. 0417:00 11/11 Time Station. (JR)

Sandy Neck Beach DX 05/04/20

G-33 with 10 foot x 16 foot. Loop

0000 – 110°

540 USA WLIE NY. With Sports Talk New York. 1242 UnID with music.

0018 – 110°

783 SPAIN and SYRIA mixing. 945 SAUDI ARABIA SBA Radio Riyadh. With Quran in weak. //1071. 936 SPAIN and SAUDI ARABIA w/Quran. 1026 IRAN Quran in fair w/slop w/SPAIN creeping in. 1035 SAUDI ARABIA Quran in WBZ slop. 1071 SAUDI ARABIA Quran and unknown station. 1179 SPAIN then ROMANIA taking over with a ballad //1332.

1188 IRAN fair w/music. 1278t IRAN Quran in weak. 1332 ROMANIA with music //1179. 1377 UnID rumblings. 1512 SAUDI ARABIA Quran. 1593 ROMANIA singing //1179, 1332.

0100 – 120°

1071t INDIA woman singing a Mideastern type song w/table drums. 1602+ Producing a hum on USB.

That's it. Take care, Roy Barstow – Falmouth MA.

South Cape Beach – Mashpee MA 5/12-13/20

10 foot x16 foot loop with G-33 No amplifier. It was a moonlit calm night when the ladies from South of the border came out to dance much to my delight.

2300 – 140°

828 SAUDI ARABIA Magic 828. With music.

0000 – 140°

540 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, Taragal. Pips after NY goes to night power.

590 ARGEMTINA Radio Continental, Buenos Aires. Pips under WEZE. 610 BRAZIL talk. 700 BRAZIL Nossa Radio. 720 BRAZIL music. 760 COLOMBIA presume with 5+1 pips under BRAZIL.

870 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires. Argentina mentioned by a woman. Also pips.

910 ARGENTINA La Red. 5+1 pips in the mix. 1000 COLOMBIA presume them with 5+1 pips in the mix. 1110 UnID 5+1 pips in the mix. 1120 USA “WSMU Jacksonville” the man said. Is this a new station? 1270 UnID with pips under a local station.

0030 – 170°

540 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips in the mix. 590 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips in the mix. 620 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, Resistencia. 2+1 pips in the mix. 690 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, Salta. NEW – 2+1 pips 8 seconds after a

noise. Also CUBA in the mix. 720 BRAZIL and 2+1 or 3 pips weak.

820 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, Formosa. 2+1 pips. 1030 ARGENTINA La Plata. Equal to WBZ. 1110 ARGENTINA Radio de La Ciudad, Dique Lujan. 2+1 pips. 1170 BRAZIL woman in Portuguese. 1190 ARGENTINA Radio Nacional, San Miguel de Tucuman. 2+1 pips.

0100 – 170°

570 CUBA Reloj. Mixing with WMCA NY. 580 PUERTO RICO on top. 590 and 620 ARGENTINA in the mix.

870 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires. Good with pips into news. 910, 1110, 1190 ARGENTINA w/pips.

2130 – 170°

870 and 1110 ARGENTINA in the mix.

0200 – 170°. BTW This was a very good night for DX. I was at Sandy Neck Beach last night for a warm night but much static about every second.

828 Magic 828 – Weak. 830 WEEU PA. Taking out Boston.

0230 – 170°

540 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips in the mix. 550t COLOMBIA Spanish and mention of Colombia. 560 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips in the mix. 580 PUERTO RICO on top.

590 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips. Because of a good night with low wind speed and low K, but mostly not much thunder or static. This in USB.

870 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips in the mix.

Yes sir this night I was dancing with 11 senoritas from Argentina below the Equator. Take care, Roy Barstow

DX from South Cape Beach, Mashpee MA

10 x 16 foot loop w/G-33. 05/17/20

0030 – 120°.

820 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips along with Spanish talk. Pips. 1503 SPAIN on top at good level w/talk and EGYPT weak under them.

0100 – 120°

750t ARGENTINA 5+1 pips in the mix. 760 BRAZIL in the mix.

810 COLOMBIA Bogotá. On top into news. 1110 COLOMBIA or ARGENTINA with 5+1 pips in the mix.

0130 – 170°

870 ARGENTINA 2+1 pips mixing with CUBA. 1170 BRAZIL woman in Portuguese in the mix.

0200 – 170°

580 PUERTO RICO man w/ID in strong. 1030 ARGENTINA del Plata. Good off and on with WBZ.

That's it for now. OLD ROY FROM OLD CAPE COD

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DX FORUM – Richard C Evans – 3908 Grand Oak Ave Apt 4 – Indianapolis IN 46237 Email: REvans5435@yahoo.com DEADLINES: Saturdays

Deadlines: 6/6, 6/20, 7/11 and 8/8

Eric Bueneman, 631 Coachway Lane, Hazelwood MO 63042-1347

The Shelter-in-Place order for St Louis County MO expired on May 18 2020 at 0100 ELT. Just before the orders took effect, KQQZ 1190 and KZQZ 1430 signed off for good, clearing two more frequencies in my area. I DXed primarily AM and shortwave during the eight-week order due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I logged 113 AM stations during the order; 17 of which were new logs. The first new log of the lockdown was WDLB 1450 Marshfield WI, heard March 24 at 2257 ELT with a Classic Hits format and “1450 WDLB” ID. I noted a fair to poor signal, mixing with KMRY, WASK and other stations. KFLN 960 Baker MT heard at 0230 ELT March 25 with a mention of “Online at KFLN-dot-com” into Country music. A fair to poor signal was noted; judging from the signal strength, KFLN was probably on day power. KEBC 1560 Del City OK was heard March 31 at 0725 ELT with NBC Sports Radio programming and Oklahoma City ads. I noted this with a fair to poor signal, mixing with WGLB. I also noted this as KWCO Chickasha on a January 16 1994 DX Test. WMPL 920 Hancock MI noted April 2 at 0258 ELT with local ads and “WMPL” ID in promo. I noted a fair to poor signal, mixing with KARN and KDHL. KWDF 840 Ball LA heard at 0459 ELT on April 3 with an “AM 840 KWDF” ID, weather forecast and legal ID. A fair signal was noted through WHAS; this was apparently left on overnight. KROL 1430 Carrollton MO poked through at 0431 ELT April 5 with mention of 101.3 FM into a local ad. A poor signal was noted, mixing with other stations; this is the 130th AM station heard at my location from the Show-Me State. I should have noted this long ago, but WIJR 880 Highland IL was noted in the log for a call letter change at 0618 ELT on April 5 with local ads in Spanish; they were being pummeled at times by WCBS. WIIN 780 Ridgeland MS noted at 0610 ELT April 9 with Blues music, “Blues 93.1” ID and a local announcement. A fair signal was noted in a WBBM null. WKPR 1440 Kalamazoo MI noted at 0859 ELT April 11 with a mention of 105.1 FM, weather forecast, legal ID into a Christian teaching program. A fair signal was noted, mixing with WGEM; the station is the 50th Michigander heard on AM. WIGM 1490 Medford WI poked through at 0500 ELT April 18 with a “WIGM” ID. A fair to poor signal was noted, mixing with WOSH and other stations; this is not only the 75th AM heard from Wisconsin, but also completes America’s Dairyland on 1490. WLVJ 1020 Boynton Beach FL noted at 0601 ELT on April 22 with a “Radio Actualidad” ID, a brief promo into a newscast in Spanish. A fair to poor signal was noted, mixing with KMMQ in a KDKA null. WLVJ is the 40th Florida AM I’ve heard at my present location; I also noted this one as WYFX on 1040 on April 5 1996. WGLM 1380 Greenville MI heard April 25 at 0527 ELT with local ad and “WGLM-FM 106.3” ID before fading out. A fair to poor signal was noted, mixing with KLIZ, WLRM and other stations; local KXFN was off for maintenance. XEMP 710 Mexico City DF heard April 25 at 0645 ELT with a mix of Mariachi and classic Mexican music, “Radio 710” ID in Spanish into the Mexican national anthem at 0700. A fair to poor signal was heard in a WOR null with no sign of Cuba or WAQI. XELRDA 580 Piedras Negras CL noted for a call letter change at 0650 ELT April 30 with a “La Rancherita del Aire” ID in promo, local ads in Spanish into Ranchera music; faded before 0700. A fair to poor signal was heard with ACI from KFNS 590. WACC 830 Hialeah FL heard May 1 at 0324 ELT with a Catholic teaching program, mention of “Radio Paz” in a promo and local underwriting in Spanish. A fair signal was noted in a WCCO null; I’m guessing they were testing their 4.1 kW daytime CP. WKRO 1490 Cairo IL finally poked through on May 12 at 0720 ELT with mention of 103.3 FM and AOR. A poor signal was noted, mixing with other stations; this is the 140th AM heard from Illinois and completes 1490 from the Land of Lincoln. All I need is WRLL 1450 to complete the GYs in Illinois. The last new station logged during the lockdown was KLEX 1570 Lexington MO at 0737 ELT May 12; echoing behind KBCV with the “Grace to You” teaching program from the Bott Radio Network. A fair to poor signal was noted, mixing with KBCV and WFRL in a WBGZ null. Getting back the four St Louis area stations that lost their licenses: the loss of 1490 has made KTTR the daytime regular; at night, KDMO, KDRS, KTTR, KXLQ, WOSH and WZOE trade places dominating. 1510 is now just WCAZ during the daytime. 1190 and 1430 are pretty much clear during the daytime. At night, KDMR and WOWO battle it out on 1190, while WBEV, WXNT, WYMC and KRGI duke it out on 1430. If another Shelter-in-Place order happens, I’ll be at the dials, God willing. As of 0100 ELT May 18 2020, 1,839 stations are in the logbook. 73, stay safe, stay healthy and good DX from the Florissant Valley Dial Twister.

Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 wghauser@yahoo.com

Greetings. All times and dates strictly UT. Receivers: IC-R75 with E-W longwire; DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside random wire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified. This report covers May 11-24. Extracted from my daily all-band log reports as archived here: http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, May 13 at 0552, ND beacon dash and WG, i.e. 1000 watts from Winnipeg; no other Canadians audible and very little from USA on beacon band, yet a good signal here from our closest contact to Canada almost due north 1503 km = one sesquimegameter. Nearest storms along the TX Gulf coast. USA. 380-MCW kHz, May 12 at 0628, ND beacon OEL, JBA under much stronger 379-MCW RUE in Arkansas. Both are 25 watts, OEL in Oakley, Kansas, which is just SE of Colby by I-70. OEL is also closer, 401 km vs 445 from Russellville. USA. 417-MCW kHz, May 19 at 0540, ND beacon IY, which is 25 watts from Charles CItY, Iowa. I was tuned to 418-USB. Storm noise level not too bad now with closest lightnings over Montana and South Carolina. So look for more: 400-MCW kHz, May 19 at 0541, NDB AHQ, which is 25 watts from Wahoo, Nebraska. 379-MCW kHz, May 19 at 0544, NDB RUE, 25 watts from Russellville, Arkansas. I was tuned to 380-USB [or was it LSB?]. ITALY [and non]. {This SW log leads in inexorably to MW 594 log:} 7290, May 20 at 1759, I'm checking IRRS via secret unknown site, via UTwente Holland SDR, whether today there be any breakups in modulation feed like there were on Monday during WORLD OF RADIO. "Aïda" theme is already playing, very good signal and not too much ACI either, 1800 IRRS sign-on from "Milano" without any frequency or mode details, right into 'Feature Story News', not just headlines but 5 minutes' worth leading with Pompeo vs China; 1805 into 'News in Brief from the United Nations', which also seems current; 1809 to music, folk/rock ballad in English followed by a song in Chinese(?). 1819 starts 'Astronomy Cast', woman and man informally chatting, first 4 minutes about how they are coping with COVID-19, then not about astronomy but satellite repair in orbit and other space travel, not the same thing. So far so good, no interruptions, until 1845 dumps off to dead air except for the ute-warble background and ACI splat presumably from 7280 VoV German as there is nothing on first-adjacents 7285 or 7295. I let it run whether it will ever resume by 1900*? Yes, but not until 1857 when rock music fill is playing, 1859 standard sign off with another opera tune, chopped off at 1900* before it finish. 594, May 20 at 1837, meanwhile, I check for the publicized IRRS MW frequency during this hour only, and indeed there it is with same unsynchronized show plus some hum-buzz via KiwiSDR near Venezia. 594 is 1 kW Challenger Radio from Villa Estense, which is only 60 km = 37 miles away on opposite sides of Padova. Meanwhile, 'Astronomy Cast' is news to us since NEXUS/IBA schedule https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/wednesday-program-schedule/ for Wednesday merely shows in MESZ of+2: "20:00 Streaming + 7290+594 English EGR Hope For Today 20:15 Streaming + 7290+594 English News and features from our studio" So there was no Hope for Today, and generic info for 1815z could include what we heard, but is it on every week? Here it is: http://www.astronomycast.com/about-us/ It looks like this be episode #567 from a month(?) ago: http://www.astronomycast.com/2020/04/ep-567-when-satellites-need-a-house-call/ but the podcast with video starts as if already in progress, not where I heard it start on IRRS; it's 61 minutes long originally. UnID. Trans-Atlantic just-barely-audible MW carrier search May 13; must do this earlier now with earlier sunrises; at 0439: none lower than 837, 891=where first noticed, 936(2), 999, 1089, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1305(2), 1566. Nearest storms are along TX Gulf coast down from Houston. USA. 1190, May 16 at 0611, dominant signal is 'Clair de Lune' on piano, very nice to hear some classical on MW; but whence? 0613 ends with EWTN ID and into 'Stories from the Heart'. The lovely piece is only 5+ minutes long, so I hope they played the whole thing. My opinion of EWTN has just ascended a notch. This is of course KDMR Kansas City MO, U2 5/0.5 kW. USA [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: confirmed Sun May 17 at 0328 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 6 minutes into so started circa 0322. USA [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2035 monitoring: confirmed Sun May 24 starting way late at 0357 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, vs storm noise from IN/IL picked up by IN SDR. UnID. 2097.3-CW, May 19 at 0551, single-letter beacon, A, every dekasecond JBA vs noise level, as it has been almost every recent night checked, for the record; from anywhere but Quartzsite AZ.

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UnID. 5005, May 9 at 0100, very poor carrier, much like we get from EQUATORIAL GUINEA after 0500; could that transmitter be on-stuck? USA. 5050, Sat May 23 at 2307, Jim Roland, PO Box in Tullahoma TN 37388 repeatedly spelling out this and website address. (How many other ways are there to spell Tullahoma?). S9+10/20, no ID, but certainly WWRB Manchester TN, active weekends only and belatedly for A-season ex 3215/3195; first reported last week by Bob Butterfield. Beware: pirates have also appeared on 5050, and WWRB has been known to fill with jazz. USA. 5085, May 17 at 0607 as I am falling asleep, realize that WTWW-2 is playing the Star Spangled Banner in a piano version, but keeps cutting out toward the end before transmitter off 0609*; of course also with the spurs 5072.1 and 5097.9. Strange that hardly anyone else take note of such a long-standing defect. You can't miss them on 1-kHz BFO step tuning. USA. 5085, Wednesday May 20 at 0107, WTWW-2 with rock music instead of competing QSO ham show. USA. 5072.005 and 5097.993, May 23 at 0556, very weak parasitic spurs out of 5085 WTWW-2 with rock music still on at S9+40/50! measured at slightly different offsets than before, which were approximately. 12.9 kHz above and below, now much closer to 13.0. Did Ted touch them up? USA. (5085), Sunday May 24 between 00 and 02, numerous spot-checks of WTWW-2 stream hear nothing but hamgab, TONITO no-show [Theatre Organ NOT In The Ozarks] NORTH AMERICA. 5100.0, May 24 at 0615, JBA rock music, mushy audio, better in USB tuning, but trace of a wobbly reduced carrier? Or part of the music. 0621 unreadable announcement, peaks S8 in OK storm noise level, past 0627 but just too weak. This frequency could be harmonic of MW 1700 or 1020, but no matches there. 5085 WTWW is off already so not a spur from that. One report from Tom Quinn, west of Cleveland OH, says Sycko Radio was on 5100 earlier, testing in PSK at 0530, switching to RTTY at 0537 with texts as copied: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,67472.0.html USA. 5130, Wednesday May 20 at 0101, no signal from this WBCQ where W5KUB's Amateur Radio Roundtable is supposed to run; but it's on poorly in noise at 0108 check. Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!

VERIFICATION SIGNERS – Stephen S Howe – 9 Warner Dr – St Albans VT 05478-1575 Email: showe@albany.edu

My deadline is the last Monday of the month at 1500 ELT.

CONTRIBUTORS

PB Phil Bytheway, Seattle WA; phil.bytheway@gmail.com MF Martin Foltz, Mission Viejo CA; martinfoltz@cox.net JM Joe Miller, Desert Hot Springs CA; kj8o.ham@gmail.com

FREQ CALL NAME, TITLE; ADDRESS; WHAT; WHEN; WHO

880 KHAC Wayne Blankenship, Jr, ProgMgr; P O Box 9090, Window Rock AZ 86515; P; 8; MF [Station located in Tse Bonito NM] 880 KHAC* Wayne Blankenship; wayne.blankenship@acrossnations.cc; E; 1; JM [Station located in Tse Bonito NM] 880 KJJR Paul Walker; walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com; E; 1; PB [Station in Whitefish MT] 1340 KTOX Steve Rubin, Rubin Broadcasting, Inc; info@ktox1340.com; E; 1; MF [Station in Needles CA]

WHAT was received: L = Letter with personalized statement; F = Form letter; Q = QSL card, commercially printed; C = Postcard or similar card supplied by station; P = Prepared card or form supplied by DXer; R = DXer's report returned with statement; cf = Certificate; E = Verification by Email; fx = Verification by FAX; M = Coverage map; B = Bumper or other sticker; bc = Business card; + = Extra goodies WHEN the reply came: Number of days elapsed; f = Follow-up, by mail, FAX, Email, or visit; n = Return postage not used; r = Return postage returned NOTES: * [For this column] = Report sent to wim@westernindian.org

Thanks to Phil, Martin, and Joe for their tips this month. This column was prepared on 5/25/20. 73, SSH.

2019-2020 IRCA DX CONTEST – Manager: Nancy Johnson – 2922 S Olivewood – Mesa AZ 85212 Email: NancyJohnson@prodigy.net

May 15 2020 – Contest Update

1. John C Johnson 322 2. Larry Van Horne 296

3. Greg Hall 252 4. Dennis Vroom 215

5. Tim Noonan 199 6. Nancy Johnson 110

7. Peter Laws 98 8. Phil Bytheway 75

9. Mike Sanburn 66

The contest will end 2359 on May 31 2020. Final standings will appear in the second June issue of SDXM! – Nancy ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

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