** CUBA. 15140, April 14 at 1930, RHC English is on, S5/S6 into Maryland SDR with squeal; waterfall clearly shows two spurs wider than center frequency, about 15136.3 and 15143.7, the lower one slightly brighter. Also with stuff extending out from center to a sesquikHz or so. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Aside from that, program modulation is OK. AMNarrow gets rid of the squeal. 1934 Caribbean Island show: Grenada and its relations with Cuba. 11760 is off this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, April 14 at 1525 into UTwente, huge horrible roar again, S9+10, flailing trying to Synchlock, stops briefly on 11935.197, then 11934.717 -- merely instantaneous spotting. Still at next check 1926. The SA transmitter is haywire again. Had been clear starting April 2. Or are there two different transmitters? Why in the world would they let it transmit for long hours/days/months in such a condition? Inaudible programming presumably still Republic of Yemen Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17865, April 14 at 1542, R. Martí weekend service for Cuban forces for Russia in Ukraine, is still running, music at the moment, sked 13-17 S&S, and still 17-21 M-F on 17690. 17865 achieves S9+5/15 into UTwente, so presumably also audible by the mercenaries, should they care to listen, or even be aware of it. 1545 DJ mentions Peter Gabriel, Music without Frontiers, so this is not just music fill. Must be referring to and playing `Games without Frontiers`, which could be interpreted as anti-war: https://kanto.co/lyrics/peter-gabriel/games-without-frontiers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: continued from last report: on IRRS/NEXUS/IBA/IPAR webcast only, the Sat 2334 airing is indeed out of kilter as always, still running by 0000 UT Sun April 14, when I hear via Argentine remote the WRMI 9955 play at 0000, S9+5 already starting, until about 0000.4 when I am faded out by IRRS to be replaced by fill music! This is because `Feature Story News` has to run at 2330. I have asked them before to let us air completely from 2330 to 2359 - then FSN, fill music or whatever! Also confirmed UT Sunday April 14 from 0340.5 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, S9+20 into nearby remote; delayed by the almost interminable Houston Hamsat net playback, and then for less than 15 minutes, ARRL News - so once you hear that you know WOR will be along shortly. Vern has to insert his own ID every dekaminute, often interrupting me in the middle of a word. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California, for a check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in memory of Jari Savolainen [1951-2020], an excellent Finnish DXer, always very helpful. Thank you for your decades of service to our radio hobby!`` One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 1949 UT April 14
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