** MALI. 5995, March 22 at 0700, ORTM S9 of non-DRM noise blob again, after a few days of OK modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 11514.901, March 22 at 1706, into KFS SE remote, S7/S8 of music, 1709 YL voice announcement in presumed Japanese, another one at 1713; extremely excited high-pitched voice at 1720-1722, like a child, artificial, cartoonish. Still at 1857, drifted to 11514.904. Further chex: at 2142, 11514.91, S7/S8. Never could make out an ID but pirate, Hikari FM, in Arizona or Sonora. A lot better than the usual JBA offset carrier I can get direct. If you can get into it vs all those wsprdaemons infesting it. Gary Pence has also been hearing this via same remote. Is it simply relaying this ``online radio station from Japan, Radio Hikari``? https://liveonlineradio.net/radio-hikari Why are they always trying to get me to install something extra merely to listen? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, March 22 at 1533, awful Riyadh roarer still here, S5 direct vs local noise level S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Mar 22 at 2300, token English from SNR, S9/+10 direct holding its own against my noise level. Preview, about World Theatre Day. News, first item about REE SW being defended in parliament, necessary vs Internet being blocked; new? transmitter to be installed at Noblejas. If & when a podcast for Mar 23 be availablized, maybe we can copy exactly what was said. Chris Campbell, Ohio, was also listening: ``The President endorsed shortwave in the wake of the Ukraine war even with transmissions to North America. They didn't mention any languages and they already do that even with English. It could be a bunch of fluff, but I hope not. I remember seeing someone actually had contact with Justin Coe. I wonder if he would know?`` -- well, he retired so may be out of the loop. 2308 about upcoming Semana Santa with big processions such as in Sevilla; apartments and even balconies-only are being rented out to spectators for prices like 700 Euro. 2309 announced own new A24 sked without any language details: M-F 15-23 to WAf/SAtl 15390; ME/IO 15520; 18-02 NAm 17855, SAm 17715. S/S same frequencies, all at 14-23. I wanted to be sure about ``17855`` - Might have said 17885 believed to be incorrect, but there was a distortion/fade right at that instant. 2312, World Poetry Day was March 21; World Theatre Day will be March 27 but celebrated on Sat Mar 30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 5960.005, March 22 at 2259, JBA carrier direct vs HLNL, but none heard at 2306 direct: was VOT on & off? By 2323 I`m on UTwente when measured, now VG S9+30/45, during music. 2328 `Turkish Folk Tales: The Nightingale` voiced by a different YL than usual. 2332 music. 2336 `That`s Why` the badax, something about food safety. 2342 ``always-by-your-side`` promo, music. 2348 `a-b-y-s`` again, music. 2352 multi-lingual 2-minute ID filler reel. 2354 s/off as if the 1330 broadcast only. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2355.5 IS plays only a sesquitime before chopoff, no finesse, uncovering XJRTV in Chinese; std genocidal denunciations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 11720, Friday March 22 after 2105, VOA `Music Time in Africa`, VG S9/+10 off the back from Grimesland as usual into central USA such as the Missouri SDR. We have one more week to hear this, March 29 before the A24 sked when this will be deleted, leaving only 6195 Botswana, useless to us back here. I enjoy some of the music but zone out during the talk/interviews, especially since there is competition such as `Samantha Brown`s Places to Love` on PBS/OETA Create, about Corning NY glass and vicinity (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: confirmed Friday March 22 after 2030 on WRMI webcast only; 9955 not checked before 2100 but supposed to be off; as before may have cut on during last few minutes of WOR; on after 2100. Also confirmed Friday March 22 at 2105 right after VOA News, via World FM, NZ webcast. Also confirmed Friday March 22 at 2130 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, VG S9+10 across Europe to UTwente. Also confirmed Friday March 22 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, first SWBC of the cycle, S7/S9 into Bonaire where it`s aimed, usually atop Cuban jamming which persists. JBA direct vs my noise level of S9+10. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 1530 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1830 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2233][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` WBCQ chex March 22 at 2353 into NH remote: 3265 off; 5130.336 ATATT S9/+8; 6159.934, TOMBS S9+5/10; 7489.968, FKB S9+20; 9330.000 WLCS Portuguese S9+22. 0100 March 23, I`m on 5130+ with ID as R. *rump International on Radio Angela, and switch to `AAAWWW`: opening remark mixed with WTO theme is `lies, lies, lies`` everywhere except WBCQ for The Truth. Spot check 0030 all about `*rump Derangement Syndrome`. `Bye. Supping toward the end, I might have retuned in case he were reading some items from a new Free Radio Weekly and stumble into the ``AI Trump`` pirate: that would have been fun, but FRW is not promptly published this week (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 980, March 22 at 0300 UT, Spanish mentioning an iglesia in Pasadena, Tejas. Surely KQUE, U4 5/4 kW, R. Aleluya, Rosenberg-Richmond TX. Dominant signal now without even trying. Night pattern has a notch due N but a lobe NW, so we are in between NNW. Day pattern very similar (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 7260, March 22 at 0645, R. Vanuatu S5/S7 better than usual direct, YL in Bislama talk -- frequent giveaway word ``b`long``, which means ``of`` in Pidgin; 0646 into music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier check March 22 at 0643: among likely spots, only 891, surely Algeria, and no beat from another this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0120 UT March 23
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