** ANTARCTICA. Re last report, altho it was obviously on Saturday, I
somehow miswrote Wed & Fri at the end. Make that Wed & Sat (Glenn
Hauser, WOR)
** CUBA. 4765, Apr 24 at 0345, R. Progreso is missing; supposed to run
0030-0400. 5025 Rebelde is still on. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba.
4765, April 25 at 0028, S9+15/25 open carrier, RP must be about to
sign-on. Can`t hear the 4747/4783 spurs before any modulation.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9650, Apr 24 at 2320, RHC Spanish is back here, after jump to
9640 last night and this morning. Goodbye, Guinea (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 5040, April 24 at 2329, this RHC is off again. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. But see INDIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** INDIA. 5040, April 25 at 0016, JBA carrier in absence of RHC.
Unless it`s a CM exciter, only other SWBC station is Jeypore, one of
the few AIRs I think still active. Per VU2JOS, nominal sign-on is
*0025; no early Ramazan break-fast there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6928-USB, April 24 at 2315, SSTV beepery on 6930?
Could not tell reference frequency until started talking at 2315. Says
he is having transmitter troubles today; more SSTV: no variation in
pitches, same over and over until the end-tones, so a very boring
image? 2318 ``adiós, amigos, catch you on the flip side`` and maybe an
unreadable ID, off. Yes, many more logs here from 2143 to 2319* first
as unID, then Skunk House Radio, with Zeke:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80695.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, April 25 at 0019, ``Oklahoma`` at S7-S8
--- how does he know I`ve just tuned in? Must be the pirate playing
songs about states in alfabetical order; 0020 the next one I don`t
recognize would be about Oregon. Yes, many more logs with playlist:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80703.0.html
and I, myself retuned at 0056 via Knoxville remote still hear rock
music at S6-S7; 0100 ``This is WTF Radio Worldwide`` and now he has
reached John Denver for West Virginia ``Country Roads``, but China
beat him to it as I reported hearing that on 9790. O my, at 0100 he
has competition from 5950 WRMI with TRSW and 5850 WRMI with Encore;
what`ll I do? Compromise with classical, so rare on US SW (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6974.9-AM, April 25 at 0018, JBA music at S7 = noise
level; 0021 some beeps mix, QRM? Pirates seldom venture this high in
``their`` band. Three other reports as 6975 unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80705.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 3185-USB, April 25 at 0159 UT, I tune in for one of
the publicized Mystery Radio pirate broadcasts of the original
recordings of Radio Pancho Villa. I`m on the Knoxville SDR at first,
but that`s too close to all the storms over Georgia and Florida. I
keep trying other SDRs for better S/N, but not much, in MD, MO, NY.
Even in Ottawa and Fort Collins it`s too noisy. I suspect 90mb is not
the best choice in spring storm season. I didn`t try the earlier
broadcasts in the afternoon today as they would surely be too
daytimish. Anyhow these imply coming from eastern US as are most SW
pirates. If only I could hit upon a Kiwi at local range, but then I
shouldn`t say so. I stick with it mostly via NA5B in Maryland for a
semi-hour in order to qualify for a QSL, my copied details as vague as
they may be, but surely recognizable:
0159, a 3-note ``IS`` repeating
0200, Hola, hola, hola; mix of BBC? and other SW IDs; just music;
0208, yells mixed with music
0211, calling out to something/one?
0213, laughing & yelling
0215, Hello, hello, and a song
0217, cut to funny voice talking, only
0220, loop about QSL? mixing mx; briefly clear YL voice with gmail QSL
address but I can`t copy it
0221, VOPV theme song as heard during the 2021 SWL Fest broadcasts;
yelps & yells, VOPV ID, feedback loop, lots of weird vocal noises
0225, segué to trumpet tune; then ``turn it down!`` 2 or 3 times;
0226, distorted voice, can`t understand much, ``all f--ed up``
0227, guitar & C&W tune in English
So far I have heard no mention of one ``Glenn Hauser`` who is
allegedly invoked in many of these episodes, whew.
At 0212 I had made a quick check of 3185 on my own radio, but JBA.
0230, after putting up with awful noisy reception, I bail, hoping to
hear it better somewhen other; and go to WCLV webcast for the last
half of `Weekend Radio`, in pristine hifi stereo, during ``I can`t
wait to see you with clothes on``, by Orson Bean... I`ll get the first
half after 0300 on KUCO.
O o, a quick check at 0259 break, now VOPV about worshiping in the
direxion of Enid, Oklahoma. OK, since SNL is a rerun and I`ve now
heard the second and first halves of Weekend Radio, at 0330 I`m back
on 3185-USB, still stormnoisy via VE3HOA Ottawa remote; in a wild
song. Sic transit. Note: as I finish writing this, I have not looked
at anyone else`s report of same (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** PERU. 4752.5, April 25 at 0027, JBA carrier much weaker than CODAR
swirshes, no doubt R. Huanta 2000 as heard several times via Bonaire
remote, but this is all it can achieve direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring: confirmed UT Sun Apr 25 from
0321 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, Wentzville MO via nearby KB0FX SDR. Next:
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
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
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, California, for a generous
contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Thanks
for keeping accurate, reliable and timely DX info available all these
years. Enclosed is a bit to help out all the WOR activities. Cheers
from the Beach``
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds,
to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, sometime after 0300 UT Sat Apr 24, WRMI with `Classic
Redneck Radio` making totally irresponsible off-the-cuff remark that
``vaccines will kill tens of millions of people in a few months``.
Well, maybe COVID will get him totally unvaxed (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. 5950, April 25 at 0100, checking WRMI via Knoxville W8BUG
remote, `YROT` theme so it`s Texas Radio Shortwave, Third Mate Susan
says another in the Texas Music Tribute series, asking for reports to
be eQSLed; then Britrobo, or Cap`n Ric, introes an hour of Kenny
Rogers, first song `Planet Texas`. O my, WTFRWW pirate still going on
6930-USB, and `Encore` classical is just starting on another WRMI,
5850; I have to compromise with the latter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 6159.9, April 25 at 0025, WBCQ still here during Area 51/61
music, with RHC splash from stronger 6165, even when tuned to LSB; yet
6155 remains vacant! Other `BCQ, 7489.9, presents us with a Yeshua
fanatic; NTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, UT Sun April 25 at 0023, WTWW-2 just started `TOUTA`
as Bob Heil says it will be mostly music by George Wright at the
Chicago? Theatre. On the PL-880, bandwidth keeps jumping narrow/wide
with a mind of its own even tho locked, obscuring any distortion on
the transmission, anyhow causing me not to listen (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
This report dispatched at 0342 UT April 25
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20210425041501987