** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, March 16 at 1508, LRA36 is active this Wednesday, music, only S2/S3 into Brasília #1 SDR, no signal into Campo. 1510 ``Nacional, la radio pública`` ID; 1519 Antártida themesong, gone off by 1523 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHILE. 28455 USB, March 16 at 2215, CE7VP, Javier is the only signal on 10m -- good thing I bandscanned anyway, and no CW beacons either. Says he is beyond Puerto Montt in southern Chile; island sounds like pronounced ``Quiloé``, contact with WB7JB in Washington state, even further than I, who am 9176 km = 5702 stmi; S4/S5, enough to combat my local hi noise level. QRZ.com: CE7VP Chile flag Chile Javier "Javi" Capdebilla Alvarado, P.O. Box : 42, Quellon, Chiloe Island, 5790000, Chile ``Saludos del Sur del Mundo --- Regards of the south of the world. Chiloe Is. (SA-018) *Chilean Patagonia*``, some nice photos at https://www.qrz.com/lookup/ce7vp Then I scanned 12 m, nothing; 15m one unID phone; 17m a couple phone signals, one Japanese sounding (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, March 16 at 1434, open carrier/dead air in Spanish except for a squeal from RHC, S9+10/20 much stronger than 15230 which does manage to modulate S8/S9. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, March 16 at 2226, RHC in French, S9+35 with hum, so apparently on DST-adjusted schedule of 2200 French, 2230 Portuguese?, 2300 English. 11850, March 16 at 2227, RHC S9+20 but JBM, suptorted Spanish and parasitic spur on 11840s. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE [non]. 15770, Wed Mar 16 at 1900, Radio for Peace International test in Russian as pre-publicized, via WRMI. If successful, will be prolonged. Opens with multi-lingual ID, news in Russian, occasional English IDs. VG into Maryland SDR but did not check in Europe, more concerned with 9370 R. Svoboda, but see later reports about that. That left a 15-minute gap before VOA news and `Flashpoint Ukraine` on 15770 at 1930, so I wondered what would fill at 1915? Old favorites from the World Music reel which Richard Langley and Bruce Churchill identified as including: ``First piece was "Amores Imortais" by Brazilian singer Eduardo Costa.`` Then more ``international music (Chariots of Fire, Verdum En Dibe Kadar (Turkish), Da Fing Der Sommer Noch Einmal An” (German) and a short interlude “Vraho Vraho” (Greek)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** INDIA. 15030, March 16 at 1434, JBA with Doppler flutter, i.e. AIR Dari at 1330-1500 via Bengaluru - no more sesquihour in English! a worthless language per AIR. BTW, is INTRUDER like any other broadcaster within the 15.0-15.1 MHz off-route aeronautical band, i.e. military; despite longstanding invasions pioneered by BBC on 15070 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RUSSIA [non]. 9370, March 16 at 1900 I`m checking various remotes to get a feel for reception on second day of R. Svoboda in Russian tnx to the crowdfunding initiative via secret site. It`s audible at TWR Bengaluru, India which certainly implies a ``central`` Asia site, only poor but at S9/+10. Armenia would fit and be most convenient after a known relay on MW 1395 the previous hour; really southwest Asia. Of the Eurussian SDRs, best into Izhevsk, which is way east of Moskva, VG S9+10 at 1906. At 1907 a beep and some jamming/OTH radar starts continually covering +9200-9550 or so, but still audible. Occasionally also beep and louder sweep tones intermittently. At 1920 I find Bryansk ``CrazySDR`` is getting a sufficient S5/S6 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, March 16 at 2300 it`s Wednesday so REE in English, feature to be about some American singer/songwriter, so over to TURKEY instead, but first checking all four frequencies into Maryland SDR: VG here and also 11940, 12030, while 11685 is noticeably weaker (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SRI LANKA. 15704.874, March 16 at 1437, JBA carrier way off-frequency, i.e. AWR in Chinese via Trincomalee. Also with Doppler flutter as befits such a transpolar signal. ChiCom probably do not bother to jam as harmless? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TIBET [non]. 17585, March 16 at 1431, JBA carrier with Doppler flutter, presumably ChiCom jammer against VOA Tibetan via Biblis, Germany, scheduled this hour only. Seemed OSOB until I came upon another JBA carrier on 17885, which would be VOA English via Botswana, this hour only. Nothing on Ascension or Mali frequencies: but per Aoki the only one to be on at this moment would be CRI Mali on 17630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960, March 16 at 2309, VOT English VG today into UTwente with just a hint of squeal, already into first feature, `Feeling Supreme`, on natural ways to keep memory sharp, by nutrition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7780, March 16 at 0500-0517+, Ukrainian Radio via WRMI; some online casts have included segments in English, originally after 0100 UT, but only Ukrainian language heard now. This is addition to original 12-13 UT relay on 5010 - not part of Shortwave for Freedom crowdfunding as WRMI relayed UR before that was formed. I`ve yet to confirm/listen to that, too early (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2129 monitoring: ``A short list, due to stormy conditions, From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn: World of Radio #2129, confirmed, below with Details: 9395, splashing sound, QRN, 0231, 0244, 0258 (45343), 0259, March 12 [Sat] 7730, hear nothing, 0059, March 13 [Sun] 9395, QRN, 0030, 0045, 0059 (45433), 0159 [sic], March 15 [Tue] 9955, 2230, just heard jingle, 2258, March 15 [Tue] 5850, hearing World of Radio #2129, and confirming it, 1029, 1044 (55433), 1030, March 16 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Wednesday March 16 at 1035 the 1030 on WRMI 5850, VG direct as I happen to awaken briefly. Also confirmed Wed Mar 16 at 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490v, good S8/S9+5 into Maryland SDR, unchecked direct to OK but no doubt inferior. Also confirmed UT Thu Mar 17 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9/+10 into Maryland SDR, and much weaker 9455 S8/S9 even tho the pair are allegedly exactly same parameters, 355 degree antennas. Next: 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 James Gershman, Warwick RI, for a contribution via PayPal in US$ but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Next WOR 2130 should be ready early UT Fri March 18 for first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850, 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, March 16 at 1445, WTWW-1 surprisingly active on a non-Sunday Wednesday, S9+20/30 with SFAW, so should 5085 WTWW-2 also be running? No (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** YEMEN [non]. 11860, March 16 at 2227, surprised to hear some ME music here, no Martí and even less jamming. Also overcoming the JBA parasitic spur of RHC 11850 matching the one in the clear on 11840. Aoki & EiBi show Martí off at 2230; Aoki has Republic of Yemen Radio in a 2-hour break 2200-2400; but EiBi and WRTH show this target broadcast as 24 hours, presumed via SA`UDI ARABIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0048 UT March 17
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