** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, March 2 at 1510, no signal from LRA36
into three Brazil KiwiSDRs, missing this Wednesday. Someone in Salem
OR was also checking, no doubt Sam Sánchez (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** AZORES. 6114, March 2 at 0715, RTTY again vs 6115 Japan. Now I see
that Lou Johnson, Atlanta told me at 1330 Feb 27, presumably referring
to monitoring before 0200 when WWCR is on 6115: ``For the last 3
nights (2/24, 2/25. 2/26) I can hear some teletype, but it`s weak,
maybe 15% of the signal, and generally not a problem. Lou`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BELIZE. 21282-USB, March 2 at 2058, V31XX with quick contacts,
pileups, then says he is taking a break to rest his butt. QRZ.com:
``V31XX Belize flag Belize. QSL MANAGER: K4XS DIRECT ONLY WITH
SASE/GREEN STAMPS. Bill Kollenbaum, Consejo Shores, Corozal District,
Belize. I QSL 100! V31XX has been on the air since October 2021``.
It`s easy to assume 15m is not open, but full scan encounters a few
scattered DX signals, as 21525 WRMI is much more than usual JBA
carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9700, March 2 at 0712, S9+30 of dead air, the only RHC still
on air where something`s always wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CURACAO. 21275-USB, March 2 at 2101, QRZ and CQ15 de PJ2/AF4Z
making quick contacts; is a contest underway? Someone asks him,
``where`s Curacao`` -- NE of South America. Oh. QRZ.com:
``PJ2/AF4Z Curacao flag, DONNIE L WINN, 1882 BARKLEY AVE, MELBOURNE,
FL 32935, Curacao. I will be in Curacao operating from Febuary 25 to
March 5 2019 [sic]. I will at the contest station PJ2T and also
operating with a team in the ARRL International DX Contest as PJ2T.
While at PJ2T contest Station, I will be operating as PJ2/AF4Z during
the week as time permits. QSL will be via LOTW or Direct only`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9899.60, March 2 at 2221 direct, no need for a remote to
detect Cairo crashingly on the air, S9+30/40 of extreme distortion,
presumably English. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ITALY [non]. 7290, March 2 at 1902, checking how IRRS is doing this
Wednesday via Bulgaria: at UTwente weak vs heavy rapid steady pulsing
and heavy ACI from CRI on 7295. 1926 clear of pulsing with
anti-abortion show from AC 916, `Life Matters`; what has that to do
with Ukraine vs Russia? 1930 IRRS ID, `Feature Story News`; 1952
recheck, the rapid pulsing is back, also heard via Carlow, Eire SDR at
1902, so definitely something external, perhaps OTH radar (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KUWAIT [non?]. 11765, March 2 at 1547, surprisingly strong S9/+10
signal next to Cuba, in Chinese, music, not much else from Asia on
band. Scheduled is RFA via Kuwait this hour on M/W/F, so it could be
CNR1 jammer instead. Jumps around to: 11590 Sat/Sun, 11725 Tue/Thu
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 28, March 2 at 1515 UT, only one DX signal decoding
with marginal tropo enhancement, Ion on virtual 44, including the only
subchannel of any value, Newsy on 44-6, unlike 62-7 in OKC. This is
KTPX Okmulgee = Tulsa market. Rabbitears.info shows it`s direxional
toward the NE, but thisaway very much off the side close to a null,
belying it being one of the top `Tulsa` stations decoding here. There
were also BAD sigs into the STB on at least: 10, 12, 34? The other
major TV info site, W9WI.com is gone and Doug Smith says it`s not
coming back; now goes to a Wordpress sample page (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 2 at 2300, REE English VG into Maryland SDR;
after news at 2307 Amy introduces interview in Beirut with an
expeditioner to South Sudan to get acquainted with primitive tribes
and enjoying? being included in a flesh-cutting ritual. Just as this
is getting interesting, segment over already, 2311 on to Justin
visiting Madrid bookshops presumably with flesh intact (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 2 at 2300, after BBC 2259*, no signal
from VOT English into UTwente; by 2305 the CCCCCCI is on already: make
that CCCC as there is nothing to CCI with: PBS Xinjiang, land of
imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems. Still
no VOT by 2315 and not checked further, so SPAIN q.v. without
competition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4095+, March 2 at 0718 UT, upward sweeps and DW ID on CW for
Desert Whooper, heard twice in less than a minute. Very weak, JBA as
always (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 21282-USB, March 2 at 2059, KN2CZZ, John, close to center of
NY state, contacting unheard W5ZXV. Is he a novice?? Surely not now,
but displays his original novice license dated 4/17/53:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kn2czz
``KN2CZZ USA flag USA, John W Bell, 106 Stockton Pl, Syracuse, NY
13219, USA``. So you can still opt to op with novice call? 15m finally
a bit open but no activity on 12 or 10m, not even beacons (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: zzz thru Wed Mar 2 at 1030
on WRMI 5850; anyone hear it?
Confirmed Wed March 2 at 2222 the 2200:21 on WBCQ 7490.1v, S3-S6 in
the noise level. On average reception here will get worse and worse
into spring and summer, markedly March 16 when shifted to 2100:21, an
hour further into the dayside. I hope it`s listenable further east. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. 9955, Wed March 2 at 1548, music, then ``pigs in space`` on
WRMI. That would be Hobart R Intl. Seriously? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0048 UT March 3
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