** ARMENIA. 1395, April 4 at 1809, no significant signal into Khimki,
Russia remote; while 1386 with R. Svoboda via Lithuania is S9+15/20.
Latest update from Shortwaves for Freedom says the 1395 relay of R.
Svoboda has been retimed to 2100-2200 UT. They do not admit it`s via
Armenia, nor 9370 at 1900-2000; but Ivo Ivanov asserts that the latter
is too ``ERV`` = Yerevan, a.k.a. Gavar.
1395, April 4 at 1951 is making it to UTwente with Dead Brother Scare,
presumably still 1900-2100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA [and non]. 11675, April 4 at 1511, Chinese with fast SAH,
presumably CNR1 jammer atop rather than RFA Chinese via SAIPAN during
this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13700, April 4 at 1503, RHC is S9/+10 but just barely
modulated. 11760, April 4 at 1507, RHC is S9/+10 here of dead air
except for some hum. Somethings always wrongs at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** EGYPT [and non]. 9899.8, April 3 at 2209 direct, very weak carrier
with het from another 9900.0, presumed Cairo and China? Nothing around
9440, supposed English frequency at 2115-2245. Not checked at UTwente
this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995+, April 4 at 2133, typical R. Cairo, S9+35/40 into
UTwente of extremely distorted and suppressed modulation of music and
talk resembling English. 2158, also with humwhine. Something`s always
egregious in Egypt. But at least Qahiran frequency accuracy has
improved.
9899.99, April 4 at 2131 just before above log, tuned in here to an
open carrier, no mod and shortly off. Then checked 9909.99 and found
an S9 carrier with no mod. Somethings else? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GREECE [non]. 9420, Dave Kenny, BDXC-UK was surprised to hear ERT
back on air April 4 at 1500. This should not have been a surprise as
reprieve info indicated it would be M-F only. Some others also
reported it before 1700.
But at 1710 into UTwente, the one station on 9420 is NOT in Greek, nor
musical, continuous talk in unknown language. Maybe Uyghur as CNR13 is
scheduled from Lingshi until 1805, and ERT off again? 1727 a bit of
theme music, back to talk past 1730+. Heavy ACI from 9425 VOK in
Russian.
EiBi is up and 90% complete for A22; time version shows the Lingshi //
to 9420 is 9890; checked at 1741, it seems // but heavy music CCI on
9890, which per Aoki would be V of Korear in Ararbic.
I did not get back to 9420 until 1806, when nothing was left, but
Richard Langley heard via UTwente 9420 CNR13 going off about 1805.
Christos Rigas, Wood Dale, Illinois, says, ``I was hearing VO Greece
today via UTwente between 1445-1700 UT with quite a good signal. I
stopped listening at 1700. When I tuned in again at 1812, there was no
signal of any kind on 9420 kHz``. He speaks Greek fluently and is sure
it was VOG earlier.
9420.003, one more check at 2340 April 4, UTwente lox onto a very weak
carrier, obviously not Greece, maybe China. It seems that under the
reprieve, only two staff are paid for at Avlis, so operational hours
have to be much less than before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, April 4 at 1510, Kurdish? talk, presumed
Dengê Welat, and maybe a second signal under, Turkish jammer? Lately
they have both been here instead of 11540. As of April 4, Ivo Ivanov,
Observer Bulgaria, has this sked showing additional SCB = Bulgaria
relays, but nothing about the Turkish jamming; will that attack two
frequencies at once?
BRB Denge Welat
0230-0530 on 9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0400-0700 on 7285 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0530-1600 on 11530 KCH 300 kW / 130 deg to WeAs Kurdish
0700-1700 on 11775 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1600-1800 on 11530 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1700-2100 on 5935 SCB 050 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
1800-2100 on 9525 ISS 250 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Kurdish
So before 1600 when I logged, site would have been PRIDNESTROVYE. With
Putin`s war raging nearby, have there been any disruptions to Russia`s
KCH relays of many foreign services? Any payments going there are in
effect supporting genocide, even if they could agree on what currency
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, April 4 at 2200, REE token English on Monday, S7/S9+5
into Maryland SDR, the only station daring to 16-meter itself to us,
is on average holding up rather well this spring, at least until 2230,
I think better than last year now that sunspots and solar flux are
rising. First news item: about Spain increasing spending on microchips
due to shortages; Amy Egan`s feature after 2209 song, part 2 of
interview with director of Thyssen Museum [not Titian], but it`s hard
to get into a verbal discussion of a supremely visual medium. Sort of
like talking about music rather than playing it (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, April 3 at 2210, JBA carrier direct but no RTTY,
presumed VOT not making it due to propagation disturbance (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830.021, April 4 at 2200, VOT is S9+50 into UTwente,
allowing expansion to max bandwidth of 13.53 kHz --- but input audio
is lo-fi ``telco quality``! Worse than usual. Overmodulated and
distorted. 2213 `Feeling Supreme` sub-titled`Health Life` [sic?],
about natural cures for kidney stones --- long lists of foods and
beverages which are OK and those which may cause them --- now, which
was which? 2218.5 F.S. outro theme and on to another song. Off before
2300, no bonus German today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, April 4 at 0501-0506, UR1 via WRMI again with
brief English segment, `Ukraine: Security Issues`, YL announcer.
Richard Langley says there have been two different OMs. I listened a
while longer: there were some patriotic songs such as at 0509, not
just talk in Ukrainian (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2132 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
April 3 at 2001 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+7.
Also confirmed Sunday April 3 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S9+22 into
Knoxville SDR. Still not canceled altho not on sked. BTW, if anyone
run across a surprise WOR time on WRMI, do let me know.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 4 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, VP S8/S9
direct, after spurious ``Bob Zanotti`` between full canned ID and
WOR.
Also confirmed UT Monday April 4 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-,
S9+10 into Maryland remote; dead air at 0328 recheck so I hope that
did not apply to much of it. Did anyone note what happened earlier?
Next:
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Keith Konnerth, KC8YJW,
for a contribution via PayPal not necessarily in US$ to
woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``keep the Ukraine info coming.``
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P
O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15770, VOA [non], April 4 at 1951 via WRMI, `Flashpoint:
Ukraine`, final item in the 1935 program about hackers texting
individual Russian phones with the truth, S9 via UTwente (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9940, April 4 at 1504, S9/+10 of rock music from WTWW, just
what they are pining for in Ukraine per Ted`s imagination. Also a SAH,
as during this hour RFA in Chinese is also scheduled via Kuwait: I
doubt USAGM would appreciate the additional QRM to CNR1 jamming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** VANUATU. 7260, April 4 at 0615, S6/S8 of talk and music. R Vanuatu
has extended this frequency instead of QSY to 5040 at 0600, so now I`m
hearing more than a JBA carrier and in the clear, no worries about
QubaRM. And Nigeria has courteously de-adjacented itself from 7255,
but some QRhaM encourages LSB tuning. Ron Howard says there were
Tropical Low weather advisories, heard until modulation cut but still
carrier at 1101. Will RV stay on 7260? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11620, April 4 at 1509, S9/+20 in English evidently for
kids about drawing images of God? Vatican Radio not scheduled here
until *1530, and no English until 1615. Nothing in Aoki at this hour,
nor A-22 EiBi which is now up and 90% complete as of April 4. Nor in
HFCC which as of 1625 April 4 was last updated April 1! What is this??
So much for assuming one can look it up later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2354 UT April 4
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