** BRAZIL. 28390 USB, May 7 at 2044, PU9FDO calling CQDX, working a WA5, and W1RPG? About the OSOB, no beacons either. Not 100% sure of call as infrequent and foneteix not clear, but this call exists in qrz.com: PU9FDO Brazil flag Brazil, Zap +5567981106759, Fábio Costa "( BIO )", Av.Santiago do Chile 399 (GRID GG29QO), CAMPO GRANDE, MS 79104370, Brazil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11760, May 8 at 0645, RHC Spanish S8/S9 direct, again on air way late, but was not 24 hours earlier. Flanked by matching wobbly spurs about 11755.3 and 11764.7. 15140, May 8 at 1504, RHC Spanish, S9 with spurs at same displacement as last night, so same transmitter: 15135.3 and 15144.7. // much weaker S3 11760, no spurs audible now. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side: ``A liter of oil or five pounds of sugar? What a Cuban retiree's pension can buy --- 'They conned us, and the worst thing is the humiliation of having to depend on others, even when you have a pension', says a former state restaurant worker. YOAN MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ PIEDRA | Holguín`` https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1715019230_54619.html It`s not clear what unit of time the peso pensions refer to. They think everyone would know that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. May 8 circa 18 UT I`m bandscanning on the caradio since there has been Es DX into the FM band reported eastward from Arkansas, but I get nothing more than a couple suspicious fadeups on some semi-open frequencies, which could also be tropo scatter. Instead I encounter more local stuff: 89.3, KIEL, Loyal, the ``Radio 74 Internationale`` outlet which is somehow associated with France and the 3ABN TV network, which also carries it on an audio-only subchannel of K17JN Enid, still mislabeled K17JI -- with dead air, then just barely modulation of a tone? pinging at the rate of approx. 144/minute. Later at 2048 with a slightly stronger signal, it sounds like a clipped syllable by a YL voice like ``dap-dap-dap``, etc. Not convenient to check how it sound on K17JN. 87.9, May 8 at 1843 UT, dead air in stereo, full quieting. Was not there an hour before. Suspected from strange vehicle now parked next door, i.e. a mobile RF feeder not turned off when not in use. Later as I drive away, its range is little more than one block. 87.7, May 8 at 2019 UT, dead air in stereo instead of 87.9, at the busiest intersexion in Enid, US 412/81, but maintains, so from a parker, not a passer (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, May 8 at 2200, token English from SNR is weaker than usual with fades during degraded propagation direct, but still sufficient with brute force; 2208 feature interview about relations/negotiations with UKQOGBANI over Gibraltar, four years since it joined BREXIT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, May 8 at 2200, no signal direct from VOT English, either not on yet or propped out; but at 2233 into UTwente when measured, VG S9+30/45. 2253 headlines, which they rarely repeat at the end, 2254 s/off by the non-badax YL but she also claims we ``have been listening to`` 17620 at 1230! Something`s always awry at Ankara; then only 3 or 4 notes of IS until chopoff before 2255*, no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2241 monitoring: ``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: Update, confirming WOR #2241, WRMI: 5850, QRN, 0130, 0155 (45343), 0159, May 4 UTC 2024 [Sat] 9395, 2330, 2344, 2358 S5, below, 2359, May 7 UTC 2024 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Tuesday May 7 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10 but noisy into Missouri SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday May 7 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S8/9+10 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 8 at 1931 on SW Radio, Germany, S9+10 on 6160.001, S9/+5 on 3975.001 both into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 8 at 2100 on WBCQ 7489.931, only S6/S7 into Maryland SDR, and doubtless much less if I checked direct. Too bad that The Planet won`t employ a higher band in summery daytimes. Next: 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 for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, ``Glenn, Feliz cumple-whosis & beeg thanks for all the DX info you & the `WOR Crew` provide - Cheers from the beach, Dan``, to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0000 UT May 9
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