** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, Friday April 10 at 2100, the nominal
``Italian`` hour of RAE relay via WRMI starts in Spanish by host
Fernando Farías, 2102 into the voz of Arnaldo Slaen with abbr`d
Actualidad DX, about IRRS War Room Pandemic show, Honduran FM station,
Radio Cuarentena. 2110 into French introduced as the second of their
multi-lingual shows from homes; very much like if not identical to
what I was hearing last night, April 10 at 0100 on 9395. I am afraid
that listeners abroad may not appreciate the baggage and credibility
issues Steve Bannon drags with him into WRP, one who bears
considerable responsibility for the presence of the ignorant,
incompetent, forever-impeached acting president Drumpf (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, April 10 at 0553, R. Rebelde is S9+20/30 but
JBM/suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba; 5040 RHC in
English at same signal level and with usual squealy defective
modulation but readable. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

5025, April 11 at 0217 check, now it`s off, let us hope for
much-needed repairs; while 4765 R. Progreso and 5040 RHC remain on
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, April 11 at 0218 check, R. Verdad is off; despite
local noise level of S9+20, I should be able to detect at least a
carrier. A ``Good`` Friday thing? The perennial question: should pious
broadcasters transmit more, or less, upon holy days? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6931-USB, April 10 at 2323, pirate music S7-S8, 2326
W&M folksong with guitar; 2330 DJ maybe ID but caught only
``all-natural radio``, more music to close; 2342 another announcement,
being heard in northern New England; long reverb repeats every few
words. 2344, ``Yeti Radio signing off``, another song, still going
until 2350*. Oops, just a break, soon back on. More logs here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65375.0.html
I thought I heard some John Prine, as did others;

End of log above for Free Radio Weekly with 0000 UT deadline nigh. But
this station really keeps going: 2357, mentions Walmart, cut off for
music. April 11: 0009 announcement; 0023 WALMART plug as others have
noted; 0041 still going but frequent cut-outs. Without a carrier we
keep getting faked out that they`ve pulled the plug. 0110 ``gonna keep
goin` for a helluva long time``, ``Here Comes the Sun`` song to 0121*
apparently final stop (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6880-USB, April 10 at 2324, another pirate with
music at S5-S6. Many more logs here again as Radio 48:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65371.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15434.985, April 10 at 1518, poor signal in Arabic;
also seems to be a weaker carrier low-hetting closer to 15435.000, but
nothing else is scheduled. Not even KSA is in HFCC of course, but
Aoki/NDXC shows it at 1450-1700-1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 10 at 2229, with the Bogotá SDR still running
after monitoring WOR on 9955, I check whether VOT makes it to air
today: yes, poor signal there, but to my surprise it`s the IS and ID
in English, 2230 timesignal and sign-on --- 30 minutes late! A new
something-erroneous at Emirler, unless they have without notice and
inexplicably decided to retime the eastern North American service.
After a few minutes of news, now monitoring direct a bit better, back
to Turkish music fill, except at 2252 a brief spot with the
also-American advice about coping with COVID-19, and back to more
music until cut off the air right at 2300* when presumably only
slightly more than half of today`s broadcast has radiated (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2029 monitoring: confirmed first American
SWBC, Friday April 10 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, VG via Bogotá SDR with no
jamming audible. Since there were some problems with podcasts, I
monitor the whole thing to be sure it`s totally intact; it is.

Also confirmed starting at 0130 UT Sat Apr 11 and ending at 0159 on
all three WRMIs: 5010 VP, 5850 VG, 7780 JBA with erratic uteblasts on
the plus side. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB or 5045-USB
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB or 5045-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 32100-USB or 5045-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Thanks this week for financial support from Doug Brown of
London, Ontario and Seminole, Florida who sent a US$ cheque
to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US
funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Apr 11, tune-in WBCQ webcast with `Allan &
Angela Weiner WorldWide` in progress, as the couple are axually
arguing about some issue to do with COVID-19. At 0021 the 7490 webcast
goes silent but keeps running connected. So I switch to (5130) Area 51
webcast and hear them still going a little longer, until it too stops,
then several starts and stops; 0024 music fill as the outage is
upline, like between FL and MD or ME. Then 7490 webcast is back while
5130 in music. Maybe they eventually got back together.

Dipping in and out, seems to be same CV19 topic until last few minutes
when he gets into his repair super-power searchlights including
virus-killing UV; they were once used at Cape Canaveral to light up
night launches.

Still not hearing from our regular monitor of AAAWWW, John Carver in
mid-north Indiana; hope it`s only continued computer problems and he
can get a message to us that he`s OK.

Meanwhile, mark your calendar for May 5, per this from A & A April 9:

``Hi Glenn, Radio has been a beacon of hope and a way to spread good
feelings in bad times for over a century. In that spirit, WBCQ The
Planet will present WBCQ's Big Broadcast of 2020 as a special
simulcast on 5130 and 7490 on Tuesday, May 5 from 2200 to 2300 UTC
[presumably meaning 21-22 UT] (5pm-6pm EDT in the US).

This special broadcast will feature the presenters and music of some
of WBCQ's most innovative music offerings including Marion's Attic,
Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, From the Isle of Music, Behavior Night and
the Lost Discs Radio Show. This is a chance to escape that COVID-19
gloom for an hour and maybe discover a new favorite program in the
bargain. Hope you are well and safe, Allan & Angela`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, April 10 at 0552, WTWW-2 is so weak at only S9/+10
that I can`t hear the spurs on 5072.1 and 5097.9! Since neighbor 4840
WWCR is just as weak, we know the MUF has dropped out, a propagation
problem. The 5830 & 5935 pair are similar at JBA level. 18 hours
later, 5085 is already on and almost up to usual strength with spurs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 87.9 FM, a church in Detroit is transmitting services to
cars, per a tip from TRMS:

https://www.freep.com/story/life/2020/04/06/metro-detroit-churches-drive-in-coronavirus-pandemic/5100571002/

I haven`t heard it of course, but serves as a reminder to look for
more of these especially over Holy-Day weekend; others might be on AM
or even CB. Michigan is already full of 87.9 pirates, judging from
Harold Frodge`s logs around Midland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0409 UT April 11