** CANADA [non]. Re 15300.055V, under GERMANY, BVB, March 19 at 1439:
altho EiBi shows site as Nauen, latest HFCC shows ISSoudun, FRANCE
started 01 February; not as BVB but generically as MBR multilingual.
ISS is more likely to be off-frequency than NAU, but it could be even
more likely TAC = Uzbekistan, as Wolfgang Bueschel points out
registered for A-21 by MBR BOTH for UZB and F; maybe already (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MADAGASCAR. 11609.960, March 19 at 2144, Chinese from MWV is
considerably off-frequency; usual good signal far beyond target
Europe, not China.
[non] Recheck at 2235, now a JBA on 11610.00, which is KSDA GUAM in
Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, UT Sat March 20 at 0128, only pirate
activity here at S8-S9, ``Proud to be an American``; 0131 Kermit The
Frog, ``It`s Not Easy Bein` Green``; 0133.6 ID missed, another
``green`` song? Maybe a theme à la Wolverine. ``Check out our new
website``, https://ballsmacker.net by YL with tenpins SFX. 0144 ``Ballad
of the Green Bérets``. 0146 ID, more music. 0200 Maxine offers
special eQSL for reports on this broadcast, to
ballsmacker@protonmail.com and then soft jazz arrangement of `What
Child Is This?`. 0207 ID mentioning 6960; still going past 0213.
Enjoyed the show. Above is from my own notes from the R75 with 100`
E-W longwire, written before consulting HF Underground where there are
bound to be many more reports:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79272.0.html
starting at 0102, including from station herself, to be repeated
later, not yet in AM $ tereo but plans to do so (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1460, March 19 at 1826 UT on caradio, KZUE El Reno music
modulation is cutting out rapidly at rate of maybe 8 times per minute.
Maybe CD player malfunxion? Nothing done about it until fade to dead
air at 1831 which continues until at least 1837. I was going to
count/time the cutting per second against my watch, but driving, and
it stopped before I could stop (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Friday March 19 between precise timesignals at 2300:00
and 2330:00, REE token English M/W/F broadcast, starts with Justin Coe
with new schedule effective March 28 for REE in general, nothing about
English in particular, but likely shifting to 2200. Here is how he put
it:
M-F 15-23 W Africa, S Atlantic 11670; Mideast, Indian Ocean 15520
M-F 18-02 N America 17855; South America 11940
Sat & Sun same frequencies and targets at 14-22
Once again, no mention of present NAm frequency 9690, which BTW is
near-local-quality now, S9+30. A much higher frequency in the summer
daytime is certainly needed, 17855 as used a few years ago, and it
will be interesting to see how well and how long it hold up, as NO
other European, nor anywhere overseas, is even attempting to serve us
on 16m! But over mostly- or all-dark path a much lower frequency is
required, like 9690, after, say, 2200.
Anyhow, I listen to the rest of the semihour, as Alison Hughes
introduces a `Culture` show, first about Bellini`s opera `Norma` being
produced at the Teatro Real, including beautiful yet heard-rending
performances of the aria `Casta Diva`. Next topic at 2321, cinema
chain reopens after closing in February, with new COVID restrixions.
Then, film-music composer García Abril has died.
``Antón García Abril (Teruel, 19 de mayo de 1933 – Madrid, 17 de marzo
de 2021) fue un compositor y músico español, autor de música
orquestal, música de cámara, obras vocales y bandas sonoras para
películas y series de televisión.`` hit as I search on his name.
2327, refers to other platforms besides SW for hearing REE, with
detailed parameters of all their satellite feeds to different
worldparts. 2330 TS and into French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 6994-USB, 0123 UT Sat March 20, MARS announcements, but
never caught the callsign of the individual reading. As I tune in, is
spelling e-mail address mallen@afmars.mil.us then on to paragraph 4.
Good S9+10 but bad news for the low-power Florida propagation carriers
JBA beating on 6993-AM. Considering starting an e-mail newsletter to
supplement this broadcast. A bit of CW QRM. ``Masters of the HF
domain``.
Info about next broadcasts, even revealing frequencies! 02 April 2021,
2300z, 11121.0 kHz; 2320z, 6994.0 kHz. 03 April 2021, 0100z, 11121.0
kHz; 0120z, 11121.0 kHz, and 6994.0 kHz. This broadcast is supported
by the 12th Air Force MARS Military Signal Squadron; out`` at 0127
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 17314-USB, March 19 at 2253, S9+10 marine weather by roboOM,
very loud at first and modulation somewhat distorted as usual from
USCG stations, later fading considerably. Wind direxions and speeds in
knots, seas in feet, sometimes rain chances but little else, day by
day and night by night as far ahead as next Tuesday. ``Forecaster:
Huffman; Ocean Predixion Center, Washington DC``, phone number in
Norfolk; then forecasts for California coast. EiBi shows NMC, USCG
Point Reyes CA at 2230-2305 & 1630-1705; but also on 17314 at
1715-1750, NMN USCG Chesapeake VA. Probably sporadic E opening, as I
was just getting a ham in AZ on 18 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring; next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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``Equinoctial greetings to the Recording Angel of Shortwave,
who is in especially fine voice these days`` [sic]
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** U S A. John Carver tells us about this week`s WBCQ `AAAWWW` at 0100
UT Sat Mar 20: ``Tonight's AAWWW started on time on 6160 and 7490.
Allan and Angela in the studio. Opening talk about being kids in high
school. Also some talk about still trying to find some more radio
engineers. We also find out that the B in WBCQ stands for Big Balls
Radio according to Allan. More talk about Allan teaching himself to be
an engineer. Then into general radio talk about AM, FM and SW. The
advent of digital radio and the implication of being controlled. Then
into talk of repairing old radios. Allan states that he's not
restoring as many radios as he used to and I don't understand his
reasoning. They've been talking about young people not being
interested in radio anymore and the lack of engineers and Allan states
he's not restoring as many radios so that young people can see what
they look like not being restored.
Angela held out until 0043 before mentioning Trump or politics in
general though she did make a remark early in the show about Covid and
the vaccine. Allan also stated that he believed that a lot of WBCQ
would be able to withstand an EMP pulse but that the superstation
probably wouldn't. Reading of emails at 0055 after Angela flashed
Allan. Cut off in mid email just before 0100 with no closing prayer
and then into dead air. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (via Glenn Hauser,
WOR)
This report dispatched at 0325 UT March 20
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