Sideband Preacher Babble 15555 kHz USB WJHR Shortwave 15.555 MHz USB

[MDK2]

Glenn Hauser's "World of Radio" (I listen via podcast) talked about this some time ago and indeed concluded they're running a fraction of the 50 kW they're licensed for.

This past week's episode (April 2) includes an account of a listener trying to visit the station's transmitter site and not getting too far before turning around for fear of being shot at.

That said, that WJHR signal has been coming in stronger than usual lately to the upper-left corner of the U.S. where I'm located. (Of course, when I just checked it now, I couldn't hear it.)

Indeed.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,48394.0.html

[n4mxzimbabwe]

I am curious as to the mode of this station.

Per the FCC it should be transmitting aural telegraphy, lol
WJHR is authorized to transmit R3A, which is a single sideband mode with reduced or variable carrier, not a totally suppressed carrier. Curiously, the 'A' designator should be aural telegraphy, not voice and music. Indeed, I can see the carrier, and so the mode is in reality R3E, the 'E' defining voice and/or music. In fact the full FCC authorized mode is 4K50R3A, where the '4K50' defines 4.5 kHz as the authorized bandwidth.

https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/WJHR.txt

 

[sgreenstreet]

They're still out out there. I found their weak signal about 2100 today.  S5 with fading into western New York.  I'm still wondering why they're using USB.