** CUBA. 13771 & 13630 & 13560, Jan 19 at 1413, FMish spurblobs with F# tone from RHC 13700; 1511 recheck, 13770 at S6-S8, also 13631, 13564, all approx. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,

Greetings from the United States of America, again under honest, rational, competent, empathetic management! ** CANADA. 335-MCW, Jan 20 at 0731 UT, dash and YLD, 1000-watt ND beacon at Chapleau, Ontar

From the Isle of Music, January 24-30: This week, we enjoy several vocal quartets including Los Modernistas, Tema IV, Gema 4, Los Meme and Los Brito. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe b

** BRAZIL. 9630.324, Jan 18 at 2230, JBA off-frequency, S5-S7, presumed R. Aparecida in Portuguese. I haven`t heard even the carrier of this for a long time, but presumed as such on signature off-freq

** CUBA. 9700, Jan 18 at 0711, S9+30 of dead air, as RHC refuses to modulate English plus refuses to turn off. Somethings always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13630 approx., Jan 18 at

** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Saturday January 16 at 2300, WRMI is OFF; while on Thursday we had R. Tirana relay VG; secret airing when it happen, not on the WRMI skedgrid. Tirana programs in English suppos

** CUBA. 13699.812, Jan 16 at 1541, RHC off-frequency again, S8-S9; as heard yesterday but not in time to measure. As in previous report, was also askew on 9699.879 at 0227. Both also weaker than norm

** CUBA. 9699.879, Jan 16 at 0227, RHC English way off-frequency and relatively weak S5-S7; same as happened this morning to 13700-minus before I could measure it, surely same transmitter. This kind o

** CANADA. 242-MCW kHz, Jan 15 at 0724 UT, dash and XC, 500-watt ND beacon at Cranbrook, BC; mixed with FS and EL, see USA. Distance to Enid: only 2051 km = 1274 stmi since it`s in the SE corner, but

** ALBANIA [non]. 5850, Jan 14 at 2302, R. Tirana via WRMI, news in English, OM caster has a distinctive sing-song tonality. 2309 on to mailbag with YL host, first from Richard Novak who reported this

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915-DRM, Jan 13 at 2310, RNA with soft jazz, good but occasional breakup; S9/+5, S/N 13 dB to Virginia SDR, 13.06 kbps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, J

** CANADA. 392-MCW kHz, Jan 13 at 0419 UT, dash and ML, 500-watt ND beacon at La Malbaie / Charlevoix, Quebec; mixing with FMZ, Nebraska, see USA, on same frequency but very different pitch and no das

** ALGERIA [non]. 7375, Jan 12 at 1920, RRI in Romanian is very strong via UTwente, but challenged by CCI from RTA via FRANCE, the defective transmitter with continuous rapid clickbeeping - or beepcli

From the Isle of Music, January 17-23: This week, we compare how Cuban bands recorded some popular songs with later versions by North American bands. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe b

** CANADA. 266-MCW kHz, Jan 11 at 0651 UT, dash and XD, 32-watt ND beacon at Edmonton, Alberta. City distance to Enid is 1403 miles, so 43.8 miles per watt (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5870-5875

** CANADA. 258-MCW kHz, Jan 10 at 0700, ND beacon dash and ZSJ, which is 1000 watts from Sandy Lake, Ontario. Per https://dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm it`s the only beacon anywhere on 258. See my Oct 14 l

** PHILIPPINES. 9794.97 approx., Jan 9 at 2304, really nice gospel harmonies by a small choir, led by one singer in unknown language so I cannot be converted, strong S9-S6 but considerable fading; 230

** BULGARIA. 11600, Jan 9 at 1505, S3-S7 of dead air, presumably TOMBS as scheduled 15-17 UT; altho SOH and CNR1 jamming also could be here, but not much coming from thataway. Not unusual for Brother

** CANADA. Re my log of 750 CKJH, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Murray Lycan, VA1CQ, Halifax, replies: ``As a former Saskatchewan resident long ago, I'll have you know CKJH studios (Beach Radio) are located

The correct featured country for this week is Belarus. Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, January 10-16: In episode 199, we enjoy traditional and modern music from Belarus. The transmissions take place: 1.Sund