** CUBA. 6000, Feb 28 at 0709, RHC in S9+30 of dead air, but 6100 is still modulating English at S9+10/20; while 6060, 5040 and 9700 are all off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR

** CANADA. 346-MCW kHz, Feb 27 at 0705 UT, dash and YXL, which is 500-watt NDB at SiouX Lookout, Ontario. Commonly heard, but about time I relog it for the record; tuned to 345-USB. See also USA [and

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Feb 27 at 0013 on the NA5B SDR near WDC which I had been pulling WBCQ on, EBC DRM noise is easily audible in SAS mode with ``stereo`` sound, but is too weak to decode exc

** CRIMEA. Re RCV on 5916-CW, derivation of ``-opol'`` place names, Jimmy James answers: ``"-opol" ending means "city" --- it is from the Greek "polis". That's because those cities on the border of th

** BRAZIL. Immediately after posting last log, Chris Mackerell, NZ explains why RNA DRM is no longer making it to Bonaire: ``Change of antenna beam. Good decoding here in New Zealand from 0400 UTC onw

** BRAZIL. 11905-11910-11915, Feb 24 at 0338 and earlier chex this hour, RNA DRM noise JBA via Bonaire SDR, but waterfall shows it`s there as the SSOB and virtually the OSOB on 25m. Only S5 and will n

From the Isle of Music, February 28-March 6: This week, special guest Yunior Romero, leader of Yunior Romero y su Sello Cubano, helps us present music from his two albums. The broadcasts take place: 1

** CUBA. 13568-trace, 13633, 13766 S7-S9, 13833, Feb 22 at 1524. FMish spurblobs at 66-67 kHz intervals, with F# tone out of 13700-AM music; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) **

** CUBA. 5040, UT Mon Feb 22 at 0240, RHC tropical, not in dead air, managing to modulate for a change! So I can listen to `En Contacto` which has just started, via Bonaire SDR. Main topic is generic

** CANADA. 18134-USB, Feb 21 at 1842, VA7VOC ID as ``Voice of Canada``, i.e. not RCI. Lots of bio and photos at: VA7VOC Canada flag Canada Rob Hatch, West Kelowna, British Columbia Canada https://www.

** CUBA. 9700, Feb 20 at 0651, S9/+10 of deadair instead of RHC English; meanwhile 6000 is VG S9+30, 6060 is off, 6100 is S9+20/30 but somewhat noisy modulation; 5040 also dead air of S9+10/20. Earlie

** CANADA. 266-MCW kHz, Feb 19 at 0722 UT, dash and XD, 32-watt NDB at Edmonton, Alberta. 2257 km = 1403 miles, or 43.8 miles per watt. I used to get occasionally high-power Edmonton CFRN-TV, NTSC ana

** CUBA. Correxion: first frequency in this report 13464 was typo; should have read 13564, fixed: 13564, 13632, 13768, 13836 approx., Feb 12 at 1509, extremely distorted spurblobs out of 13700-AM at ~

** FRANCE [and non]. 5870-5875-5880-DRM, Feb 17 at 2355, the TDF test is S8, SNR ~10 dB, 8.08 kbps --- but silent, no RFI audio out of Bonaire SDR, and goes off at scheduled 2400* sharp. Same rx does

** CANADA [and non]. Lots of NDBs, among many others skipped past this time, Feb 17 between 0737 and 0757 UT, not in order logged but rearranged by frequency; see also USA for some more at same sessio

From the Isle of Music, February 21-27: This week, we present a collection of new releases by various artists. The broadcasts take place: 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 16 at 0012, again tonight, S9+10/20 of dead air from RHC during English hour; still open carrier at 0030, 0040 and 0234 chex. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Not tried again until

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 15 at 0237, RHC is S9+10 of dead air when checked on Bonaire SDR, while 5025 Rebelde is VG OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9535, UT Mon Feb 15 a

** CUBA. 5040, Feb 14 at 0703, RHC still on here in Spanish plugging Dia Mundial de la Radio, a Big Deal at RHC, despite 06-07 hour supposed to be in English; was it? By now, 6000, 6060 and 9700 are o

** CUBA. 6060, Feb 13 at 0546, this RHC is back on but Spanish instead of English, SS also on // 6100, 5040; while English is only on 6000 // 9700. Maybe English got more after 0600? retiring ``early`