** ARMENIA [and non]. 1395, March 15 at 1819, Russian, VG S9+15/30
into Tambov, Russia KiwiSDR, not blocked and no jamming yet, long
interview above lots of crowdnoise background --- the new R. Liberty
one-hour relay by crowdfunding as USAGM is not interested. Site not
revealed but obviously Gavar, the only huge signal on 1395, 500 kW. As
to be expected, only 1403 km = 872 statute miles away. Another user is
also on this from Arlington VA, guess who?
Tambov also has Russian on 1386, in fact sounds like the same, i.e. R.
Baltic Waves relay from Lithuania. Strangely, this Kiwi does not block
1386 & 1395, but next channels, 1404, 1413, 1422 are blacked out. 1395
also audible at further Pskov, but lots more ACI from nearby 1386. At
1900, 1395 abruptly switches to TOMBS cult in South Carolina English!
No 1395 on the TOMBS website (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also
UNIDENTIFIED
** AUSTRIA. 15360.421, March 14 at 1923, something way off frequency,
African? language, S9+10 with fades to S7. Only thing scheduled
1900-1930 on ``15360`` is AWR Hausa via Moosbrunn; a major 300 kW site
where no one is paying attention (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140, March 14 at 1921, no signal from RHC when English
should have shifted; nor anywhere else on cursory bandcheck now, altho
I did confirm it yesterday. RHC is amid the biweek of confusion due to
imposition of Yanqui DST already. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11880, March 14 at 2159, RHC unscheduled Spanish on here,
S9+25 until chopped off at 2203.5* instead of English as had been at
2200 in B-season until DST imposed. Previous pattern would be to move
English one UT hour *later* to start at 2300, but none of that today,
still vacant after 2300 and no English found anywhere else.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11850, March 14 at 2204, surveying RHC besides no 11880 with
English: none on 13 MHz band; on 11 MHz, only 11850 dead air and
Spanish on 11760; on 9 MHz, audible on 9710 and much weaker 9535. By
2304, 9650 has replaced 9710, rather than previous swap time of 0000.
After 2300 the only Cuban on 13 MHz is 13650 with useless CRI music
relay fill instead of Portuguese. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5040, March 14 at 2318, RHC in Spanish, not English, which
ultimately in DST months may appear this hour instead of one real UT
hour later as it had been. 11880 still off, which typically matches
5040 at 23-24 when both attain English. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5040, UT Tue Mar 15 at 0000, RHC Spanish with frequencies,
probably incorrect but not copied. This is when English hour used to
start on tropical band. Tnx to DST making it already 8 pm local in
Habanamiami, English to USA ought to start somewhere, traditionally
6000 & 6165, but neither is on nor 9700 which mostly replaced 6165
this winter. So I keep checking but English is nowhere, tsk2. By 0032,
6165 is on --- in Spanish, still no 6000, or 6060. But 6165 is *not*
// 5040 Spanish. Maybe it`s the alternate TV audio `Mesa Redonda`, but
it was previously in the 23-24 UT hour during DST. It was 6000 //
11950 but nothing now on 11950.
At 0105: still no 6000; 6165 in Spanish entertainment, not // 11760 &
5040 & 9650 which match each other. By 0145 recheck, 6000 is finally
on but Spanish, not English, // 6165. At 0203 still Spanish music on
6000 // 6165, no English.
At 0307, 6000 finally in English with a drama about Czechia and
Marxism. 6165 is now off as well as 9700, 6100, 6060 not on yet,
At 0645, 6060 is Spanish, only S5/S7; 6100 with music, English,
S9+20/30 but overmodulated, distorted with hum. 6165, 6000 and 5040
are all off by now. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
I knew it would be pointless, but for the record check the RHC
website, which ought to show the very latest frequency schedule, ha2.
radiohc.cu homepage has dropdowns, the first one on the left, De
Interés, normally leads to Frecuencias, but refuses to drop on the
portada; if you go to some other page first, then it works, and guess
what, still displays the *B20* sked which expired a year ago!
Somethings` always multiply wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9899.798, March 14 at 2126, R. Cairo on new frequency some
0.2 kHz higher than before, into UTwente, S9+35 but extremely
distorted presumed English as usual. Also hit by big buzz QRM
9885-9915, OTHR? Would you believe that NASWA Journal log editor
strips off any precise frequencies reported beyond the decimal, which
some of us go to so much trouble to measure, making my previous report
nonsensical as if on ``9899``! Also approx. 9899.8 direct at 2207,
S7/S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9809.792, March 15 at 1907, I accidentally tune the Pskov,
Russia SDR here while checking 9370 R. Svoboda: extreme distortion
S6/S8 just like 9899.8 for the 2115 English. Scheduled now at 19-20 is
R. Cairo in German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ERITREA [non]. 11705, March 15 at 1525, Horn-of-Africa music S4-S7.
Aoki shows at 1500-1530 Radio Mazaris Samay, via Talata, MADAGASCAR.
In WRTH 2022 page 517 it`s the first Target Broadcast under Eritrea,
as Radio Maezer Semay, religious based in Dallas TX! also for
Ethiopia. Alt. freq. 11555 was anticipated from 1 Feb 2022 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 9690, REE`s N American frequency, is AWOL today March 14 at
2208 check; while 11940 SAm is S9, 12030 ME S7/S8. Still off at 2304
checking Knoxville SDR, and so is 11685 for Africa, nor 11670, leaving
only 12030 for English to be heard! Something`s always nonsensical at
Noblejas. BTW, don`t rely on W8BUG for accurate SAM frequency
displays: it thinx WWV 10000 is +40-41 Hz off! And 11940 as +57, so it
would really be only +16/17 unless the offness be nonlinear (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2129 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday March 15 at 0030 on WRMI 9395 and 9455, good and fair; retimed
from 0130, now axually adding 9455 despite wrong sked all winter when
as SMTV cult then and now is on 9455 after 0100. This means both 9395
& 9455 for us also UT Thu at 0030. Both are registered as on
355-degree NNW antenna, but they never sound identical in strength and
modulation. Next:
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW, 9455 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. 15770, March 14 at 1924, WRMI is S9+10 but undermodulated
with R. Prague in English as now scheduled; QRX for `Flashpoint
Ukraine` as VOA retimed it for 1935. First I try the PEI Kiwi SDR on
the 44-degree way to Europe, but JBA! Then the Maine SDR where it
inbooms S9+30: does not speak well for the PEI unit. I listen to VOA
via WRMI at 1930-2000 with news and FPUK; trouble is, this Kiwi times
out after 20 minutes, prompting reload but only get 10 minutes more in
max 30 min per 24 hours allowed.
15770, March 15 at 1935, VOA FPUK via WRMI is VG into Maryland SDR,
and sufficient S6/S7 into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7780, March 15 from 0200, WRMI with R. Svoboda relay in
Russian, but since Slovakia in English is still on 7780 after 0300, VG
into Maryland SDR, I asked Jeff White if R. Svoboda in Russian was
really expanding to 0200-0400 as per Shortwaves for Freedom info. He
replies:
``Glenn: No, Radio Svoboda in Russian is 0200-0300 and 0400-0500 UT on
7780. Ukrainian Radio in Ukrainian is 0500-0600 UT on 7780. And VOA
Flashpoint Ukraine is 1930-2000 UT [M-F] on 15770.``
Indeed, I do hear Svoboda again after 0400, another hour when USAGM
doesn`t care; and Ukrainian Ukraine --- could there be an English
segment? after 0500, hours when 7780 had been off the air. At 0509
March 15, 7780 is blocked at Tambov, but JBA at Pskov beneath heavy
pulsing, OTHR or jamming? At UTwente, 0514, 7780 is fair S9/+10 but
also with pulsing 7775-7800, OTHR or jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5850, Mon Mar 14 at 2200, WRMI-12 is not on yet vs hi local
noise level while 5950 can be detected. Skedgrid shows *2200 but
apparently applies to Saturday only for Soferiah International,
African gospel huxter from Brampton, Ont. per System F schedule. Yet
System K sked shows 5850 starting at 2230 daily including Saturday
with different programming: can`t be both, and anyhow today, 5850 is
still not on by 2254. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. (7490.1v), Mon March 14 from 2300, secret semi-replay of
`Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot` on WBCQ webcast now a real UT hour earlier.
When chopped off at 2330, `Camp Constitution Radio` starts without any
extraneous spot commercial inserted, nor was there one last week
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9275, March 14 at anytime, still no signal from WMLK; we can
wait forever for these gospel huxters finally to get their brand new
transmitter on the air. It`s been very slow-going, but a new 40-second
audiovideo dated March 11, 2022 is up on their disgraced FB:
https://www.facebook.com/www.wmlkradio.net/videos/successful-load-test-of-the-step-start/520841509763992/
whatever that means: no narration, just menacing location sound. Only
3 views so far, including me? who cares? Another noisy AV shows
demolition of building (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1670, March 15 at 0655, `Black Information Network` ID among
the QRM. Per this it can only be Macon:
https://www.binnews.com/stations/
and linx to https://macon.binnews.com/
where the callsign is invisible until the very bottom fine print:
WMGE, as also in NRC AM Log, but CoL is really Dry Branch, Georgia,
why? DB is unincorporated, just SE of Macon but around the transmitter
site. Anyway, unusual here with 1670 dominated by WOZN Wisconsin, and
the off+frequency new Mexican (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9370, March 15 from 1900, R. Svoboda in Russian, new
crowdfunding-supported relay since USAGM is not interested. Tambov SDR
in Russia blox SW above 7.2 MHz, but Pskov is getting this. Before
1900 it was VOA Pashto as scheduled via Thailand, and a SAH from the
Svoboda carrier on a few minutes earlier. After brief VOA s/off
without YDD variations, only R. Svoboda from somewhere. This is S7-S9
different strength and slightly different offset than VOA was. 1905,
`Radio Svoboda, novosti``. I can`t get TDOA to work but don`t trust it
anyway; so whence? Maybe Armenia like preceding hour on MW 1395
certainly was, q.v. I don`t know why some assume 9370 be via WRMI but
Jeff White confirms it is not and he does not know where 1395 comes
from either.
Note, here`s which side the Pskov SDR is on as emblazoned on its page:
``Make peace not war! The Ukrainian army has been killing people in
Donbass for 8 years. Pskov, Russia``. But Tambov SDR is noncommittal
textually, just blocking (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2021 UT March 15
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/article.php?story=20220315221502469