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Today's Topics:
1. Stations heard in Reinante, Lugo, NW of Spain (Manuel M?ndez)
2. Strange Transmissions (Hector (Luigi) Perez)
3. JRX Logs Feb 22, 2026 (Jota Xavier)
4. Glenn Hauser logs February 21-22, 2026 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Re: [WOR] Unid 9420 kHz 1700 UTC (df5sx.p11_t.online.de)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:01:05 +0000
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX WOR Groups" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Stations heard in Reinante, Lugo, NW of Spain
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Log in Reinante, Lugo, NW of Spain
Sangean ATS 909X, Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters
BELARUS, 3940, Music Wave Radio, 1834-2133, 21-02, Russian songs and
comments. 25422.
BRAZIL
6180, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0731-0755, 21-02, Brazilian
songs, Portuguese, comments. 35433.
15189.8, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 2007-2111, 20-02,
Brazilian songs, Portuguese, comments, id. ?Inconfidencia?. 25422.
CANADA, 6070, CFRX, Toronto, 0755-0813, 21-02, English, comments, news.
13421.
CUBA, 5025, Radio Rebelde, Bauta, 0604-0711, 21-02, songs in English,
Cuban and Spanish songs, comments. 25422.
DENMARK, 25800, World Music Radio, Marslet, 1118-1139, 21-02, pop songs
and Latin American songs, id. ?World Music Radio?. // 15700. 25422.
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0405-0416, 22-02, Spanish, religious
comments and songs. 25422.
FINLAND, 5950, RealMix Radio, Raasepori, 0700-0714, 21-02, pop songs in
English, comments. 14422.
LIBERIA, 6050, ELWA Radio, Monrovia, *0556-0620, 22-02, interval signal,
English, id. ?ELWA Radio??, religious comments and songs. 25422.
LUXEMBOURG
6140, Radio Gloria, Switzerland, via Radio Onda, Junglinster,
*0700-0723, 21-02, German, religious songs and comments. 25422.
6140, Radio Onda, Junglinster, 1821-1834, 21-02, pop songs in English,
oldies, Brazilian songs, id. ?Vous ecoutez Radio Onda?. 25422.
MONGOLIA, 12085, Voice of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, *0900-0916, 21-02,
interval signal, English, id. ?Voice of Mongolia?, Welcome to the Voice
of Mongolia in English?, news, comments, Mongolian songs. 35433.
MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educaci?n, Ciudad de M?xico, 0541-0633, 21-02,
music, songs, Spanish, comments, id. ?Cultura M?xico Se?al
Internacional??. 25422.
NETHERLANDS, 12005, Radio Delta International, Elburg, 1055-1123, 21-02,
pop songs in English, id. ?Radio Delta?. 35444.
VANAUTU, 7260, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0721-0748, 21-02, Island songs,
songs in English, comments, female. 15422.
VENEZUELA, 4940, Estaci?n 4940, 0605-0642, 21-02, Spanish, religious
comments and songs. 15422.
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:04:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Hector (Luigi) Perez" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Strange Transmissions
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I wonder if someone could share some insight. I have heard within the 40 meters
ham band, a strange number of cw signals , using a bug type key cw signals,
without a code decoding. At first, I was under the impression these were the so
called number stations but they are not. Any comments
Luigi KPR-260 SWL?
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:19:43 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs Feb 22, 2026
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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JRX Logs Feb 22, 2026
Receiver Tecsun S-2000
Antenna Longwire 10m
All Times Universal Time
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CHINA
** 13780. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 0230-0240, China Radio International, Kunming-CHN,
in Nepali to Nepal/FE. IS; IDs in chinese and nepali by OM/YL, respectively;
Women announcers present news, presumably. Good reception: 45554.
FRANCE
** 9490. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 0243-0259, Radio Rep?blica, Issoudun-F, in Spanish
to Cuba. CLA Station. Man talking news; 0247 ID, and next, YL/OM present a
comments about USA vs. Cuba embargo and other themes; ID; 0252 One protest song
by female singer; 0256 Ends of edition w/ID, website, frequency and repeats
all; 0259 Ending program, closing carrier. Fair reception: 45433.
** 9490. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 0300-0310, Radio Rep?blica, Issoudun-F, in Spanish
to Cuba. Opening carrier, IS and ID: "La Voz del Directorio Democratico
Cubano"; News, comments and anti-government cuban themes, by YL/OM announcers.
Fair reception: 3~45433.
MADAGASCAR
** 6065. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 0312-0322, AWR, Talata Volonondry-MDG, in Malagasy
language to Madagascar/EAf. Woman talking, preaching, presumably; 0315 A fast
music pause and man announcer begins a preaching, too. Barely audible
reception: 25321.
** 13830. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 1629-1647, Radio Vaticana, Talata Volonondry-MDG,
in English to EAf. IS; 1630 ID; YL/OM present "Vatican News"; 1639 Sign-off and
returns w/news at 1640, almost 1 minute; Interview w/a cleric. Fair reception:
35433. Parallel on 15565smg, barely audible!
MALI
** 17880. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 1602-1615, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI,
in Arabic to NAf. Woman announcer talking; 1605 Arabic beautiful melody by
female singer; Man talking; 1611 Other arabic song by the same singer; Good!!?
Fair reception: 3~45433. Parallel on 15125bko to EAf, 45544.
OMAN
** 12065. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 0335-0346, BBC, Al-Seela-OMA, in Persian to Iran.
Man announcer talking, speechs; An? interview w/an iranian woman citizen. Fair
reception: 35433.
TURKEY
** 17650. Sun, Feb 22, 2026. 1542-1555, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in Arabic
to NAf. Woman announcer talking; 1547 A song; 1552 YLs/OM say multilingual IDs;
1553 YL says VOT arabic sked; 1554 IS, ending edition and closing carrier. Fair
reception: 3~45533.
-------------------
JRX (Jose Ronaldo Xavier)
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:53:56 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 21-22, 2026
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. 18970, Feb 22 at 0032, JBA carrier with Doppler flutter, no
doubt jammer against Sound of Hope. Also a steady weak carrier on
18985, presumably something local as also heard many other times. If
anyone else ever have a signal on 18985, please inform (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 17490, Feb 22 at 0033, Chinese music, English? S9/+10, CNR1
jammer listed; *Many* more weak Doppler flutter signals, like 17690,
17730, 17780, 17800, 17890, and inside 15, 13 and even 11 MHz bands,
no doubt mostly China or east Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140, Feb 22 at 0036, RHC with windhowl out to plus/minus 12
kHz, and obscuring mod on center, realized surprisingly at this hour in
English. 6000 not on air, nor 11950 where someone has reported
English. Also not on air at all: 11880, 11760, 9710 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** JAPAN. 21310 USB, Feb 22 at 0026, JL7GMN, CQ DX North America,
Hiro, then working KG7AKG, Mike, in Great Falls MT. QRZ.com: ``JL7GMN
Japan flag Japan, HIROKI "Hiro" WATANABE, 275-1,4-CHOME, KISAKATA,
NIKAHO-CITY, AKITA 018-0116, Japan``
On 28490 USB, Feb 22 at 0015, JI0LQJ, or JI7LQJ calling CQ, working
California; but neither in QRZ.com. Of course, no law that everyham
has to participate there. DXheat.com does have JI0LQJ on 28490 at 0051
with KG6COH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO. 590, Feb 22 at 0601, a few notes of the Mexican NA along
with USignals in absence of KXSP Omaha. IRCA Mexican Log shows four on
590, one of which does not anthemize around midnight, XEFD. That
leaves XEPH CDMX, XEE Durango2 and XEGTO Le?n (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, Feb 22 at 0322, pirate rock, S7/S9 into
Georgia SDR. 0326 ``This is Woodstock``. Other reports:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,159043.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6945 AM, Feb 22 at 0342, hard rock, S6/S7 into
Georgia SDR. Liquid Radio was reported here but no later than 0231:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,159036.0.html
Reported past 0400 was Band Aid Radio but on 6945 USB:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,159046.0.html
I wonder how careful everyone be to unmix AM and USB obs (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6955 AM, Feb 22 at 0343, pirate music S7; At 0349
(mis?)logged as 6955 USB, with ``Radio Free Fonia?, 43 meters`` at
0358, fadeout or off by 0402. These reports starting as unID but
someone got it as R. Free Euphonia ID at 0357 on 6955 AM:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,159047.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9660.004+, Sun Feb 22 at *1729, VOT English cuts on just in
time with IS & ID, S9+25 into UTwente. `Letterbox` starts at 1746 with
Cemre. They have been busy at the English desk, tasks such as
compiling the Turkish news pool for the entire dept. - I guess that
means writing news which is then translated into all the other
languages. Ramadan began Thursday, greetings. This week, Poland,
Canada, Isle of Wight, India, two from China. 1) Mr Marek Pisz?, SE
Poland, 1770 km from Emirler. 2) Mr Chris Marvo?, BC, Canada, asks
about museums? Lots, T is practically an open-air museum. 3) Mohammed
Breyel, KL, Malaysia, reports on Persian. 4) Alan Holder, Isle of
Wight with wet winter; spends more time with him than the others,
long-time correspondent. 5) Siddartha Papajarjee?, West Bengal weekly
report; is International Epilepsy Day Feb 9 observed in Turkey? Yes,
by people involved with that. 6) Wang Fudong?, Beijing, China. 7) Mr
Li Yamin?, Suzhou, China. Wrapup and at 1811 theme (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. 299 MCW kHz, Feb 22 at 0731 UT, HW, ND beacon at `Cubla`
Wilmington OH, power unknown to RNA list. 25 watts per
DXinfocentre.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 410 MCW kHz, Feb 22 at 0742 UT, BA, 25 watt NDB at Bakalar
IN per DXinfocentre.com, but RNA Signals List says 25 watts at
`Clifs`, Columbus IN. It seems there used to be a Bakalar AFB named
for a KIA 2Lt, later turned over to city of Columbus:
https://www.columbus.in.gov/airport/about/history/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 419 MCW kHz, Feb 22 at 0743 UT, RYS, 25-watt NDB at Grosse
Ile MI = Detroit. Was supposed to be decommissioned last April. Wonder
how that call was chosen (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2335 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
February 21 at 1633 the 1630 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/15 into Knoxville
SDR.
Also confirmed Saturday February 21 at 1700 on WRN via WRMI 7730,
S6/S8 into Miramar FL SDR, which gets this better than other remotes,
presumably groundwave altho not real close. As usual, FSN via WRN
chopped short for WRMI ID just before 1700.
But NOT confirmed Saturday February 21 at 1700 on WRN via WRMI 9395,
since 9395 is OFF the air! This will mean three more WORings will also
be missed today. Nothing explained about this on WRMI FB.
Confirmed Saturday February 21 at 2030 on SW Radio Gold, Germany,
3975.000+, S8/S9 into UTwente.
Confirmed Saturday February 21 from 2035 the 2030v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
MO, S7.5 into nearby N0WQ remote.
NOT confirmed on WRMI 9395 Sat Feb 21 at 2030, 2100 or 2200, as this
transmitter continues OFF the air, checked into several remotes and
direct. Around 2112 on the N9AZZ Cartersville IL remote waterfall, I
see and then hear cutting on & off, a local? station with commercials,
approx. 9341.5.
Not confirmed Saturday February 21 at 2230 on WRMI 17790, because this
is also off the air like 9395; maybe all day, not checked earlier.
Confirmed Saturday February 21 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S7/S8 into
Maryland SDR.
Also confirmed UT Sunday February 22 at 0406 about 8 minutes into, so
the 0415v started about 0358 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S7/S8 into nearby
Glen Carbon IL SDR.
Also confirmed Sunday February 22 at 0735 the 0730 on WRMIs: 5850
S9+20, 7570 S9+25/30; 7730 JBA S6/S9; 7780 S7/S9. And NOT 5950 which
was extra last week but normally not on air this late.
Also confirmed Sunday February 22 at 1136 the 1130 on WRMI 7570
S9+25/30 and 7780 S9+20/25 direct. Next:
2000 UT Sunday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW;
0000 UT Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
1500 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0130 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.
Thanks this week to Moises J Corilloclla, Rego Park NY, originally
from Peru, for a check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684,
Enid OK 73702.
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17790, R. Africa via WRMI, still off after 1600 Feb 22.
There was a JBA S7 at 1532, presumably Romania which has always been
overlapping with WRMI. 9395 also still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, WTWW: still off, but just heard Feb 22 from George
McClintock now that his power and internet are restored. Something in
the transmitter burned up, blackened everything; parts are on order
and hope to be back on air this week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 590, Feb 22 at 0600 UT, weak signal from ``Newsradio KLBJ``
Austin TX, not too unusual but normal dominator KXSP Omaha is
helpfully off, as Rick Dau tipped to IRCAns, since 19 UT Feb 21. WOW,
a chance to hear other 590s! KLBJ is U2 5/1 kW - I thought they were a
bigger station than that. NRC AM Log also shows they are on Fox
network; what would LBJ say? Night pattern
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KLBJ&service=AM&h=N
has a notch to the north from site slightly SE of Austin, and we are
almost due north (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 590, Feb 22 at 0723 UT, Red Eye Radio program ID, break for
USDA report and other PSAs, finally 0729 ID for ``97.3 FM and 590 AM,
WVLK`` - i.e., Lexington KY. Now it`s dominant on E/W LW, while it was
not to be heard at 0600 when KLBJ was incoming. All ears on 590 since
KXSP Omaha is off. WVLK is U4 5/1 kW. Night pattern
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WVLK&service=AM&h=N
has three major lobes, to NNE, SE and SW, but not too deep a notch
thisaway to the west. 97.3 is a mere translator, W247CT, yet gets top
billing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also unID; MEXICO
** U S A. 1700 kHz, Feb 22 at 0049 UT, ``Jalape?o Radio Network 95.7
FM`` ID in English, then Spanish music. Surely KKLF Richardson TX,
which had been reported as Spanish religion instead. This is a very
confusing situation. The main(?) R. Jalape?o is 1540 KEDA in San
Antonio, which has FM on 99.9, really a mere translator; NRC AM Log
shows 1700 KKLF Richardson with an address in far Corpus Christi. Of
the 13 Texans on 95.7, WTFDA FMDB has none in the DFW area, nor any
called Jalape?o. But radio-locator says: ``KKLF-AM also broadcasts its
primary channel from this additional transmitter K239DA 95.7 FM
Richardson, TX (60 watts). Ah?, WTFDA has it on 95.3!! ``K239DA relay
of:KKLF 1700 95.3 RICHARDSON TX TEJANO KICK 1700 202666 0.06 0.06 99.0
0.0 32-45-53 96-52-25`` - Guess what: channel 239 *is* 95.7, not 95.3
which is 237 - and the `Kick 1700` slogan has got to be wrong or at
least outdated. I sent this correxion to WTFDA already, and now is
correctly on 95.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** URUGUAY. 28390.1 USB, Feb 22 at 0012, CX5TM is JBA calling CQDX.
QRZ.com: ``CX5TM Uruguay flag Uruguay, WILSON RUBEN ACOSTA RAMIREZ,
INDIA, MUERTA 151, CHUY ROCHA 27100, Uruguay`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 590 kHz, Feb 22 at 0600 UT, in absence of KXSP Omaha
right after KLBJ ID, another station mentions 91.7. WTFDA FM Database
does not show any 91.7 relaying a 590, and NRC AM Log does not show
any non-commercial on 590; but possibly a gospel huxter might have
such a correlation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 25985 & 25955 LSB, Feb 22 at 0022, Brazilian 2-way,
sounds like CB; officially so or not? Yes, just below 26 MHz, not 27
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 1953 UT February 22
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:42:59 +0100
From: "df5sx.p11_t.online.de" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Unid 9420 kHz 1700 UTC
Message-ID: <7B79405B11774A8F98D258A8EF8C3C3A@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
CHINA 9420 kHz Scheduled request only of
domestic China National Radio #13 from Lingshi #725 site.
9420 kHz at 1600-1805 UT CHN CNR #13 -- Uyghur Turk language sce
from Lingshi center #725, daily.
UNIDENTIFIED
This Sunday Febr 22 at 07.05 UT noted a music PIRATE LIKE station on
13584.744 kHz much frq oddity transmission,
played some Austrian/Tyrolienne folk ?Schlager? music.
73 wb df5sx
wwdxc germany
From: martin.reynolds.math.phys via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 7:00 PM
Subject: [WOR] Unid 9420kHz 1700 UTC
This has been coming in around this time for a few days.
It's fairly weak but a tentative ID "96 The Voice of Kampalova".
Also "Radio Fantastique" and even "Radio Samsung".
After the hour they play a generic French chanson but on Accordion.
Can anyone help me with this?
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