** BRAZIL. 4885, March 10 at 2348, no signal from R. Clube do Pará
into three remotes, Pardinho, Brasília, Goiânia, nor a couple hours
later. Checking because of this item in NASWA Flashsheet:

``4885 BRAZIL. Rádio Clube do Pará, Belém, 3.6.25. weak but in the
clear here at 1010 well before the Korean fades in to take over the
fqy a little later on. OM with extended talks in PP. Nice to hear
again. Checked their website stream just to make sure and indeed //
(Ralphus W Perry – IL) {Hasn’t been heard in some time. – Ed. Mark
Taylor}``

Still nothing direct at 0638 March 11 on 4885. But happened to awaken
March 11 at 1011 UT and found a signal on 4885, S9+5, mostly talk with
some music bits, too weak to be certain of language but seemed more
like Portuguese than Korean.

Pará used to be all-night and should be on prime-time if serious. I`ve
brought this to attn of Rudolf Grimm, who recently ran a list of
active ZYs, not including this one. His reply:

``Hi Glenn, I'll take a look. I checked on the Rádio Clube do Pará
website and found that the only frequency currently in use is FM
(106.9 MHz).

I remember reading a while ago about the deactivation of RCP for both
medium waves (690 kHz) and the tropical band (4885 kHz).

It was made official. But the website doesn't mention use of MW and
tropical bands. There is no current positive reference on the Tudo
Radio website, nor on radios.com.br. It only mentions FM
transmission.

Based on your information, the recent listening time of RCP in
tropical waves coincides with the usual time of football matches in
Brazil.

{?? No, that was around 7 am local --- gh}

However, there is one fact to consider in this aspect that you report:
for some time now, we have had the occasional resurgence of Rádio
Cultura de Araraquara, 3365 kHz (remember this station?), even after
the deactivation of this frequency, on the days/nights of the
broadcast of soccer matches of Ferroviária FC, the city's main sports
team, only during the game times. At the end of the match, the 90 m
transmitter was put back to sleep until the next match of this team.

Today, March 11, the main team of Belém, Remo FC, plays tonight
against the team Criciuma FC, in a match for the 2025 Brazilian
Championship - Series C.
It is possible that the frequency of 4885 kHz will be used
extraordinarily. There is no reliable information. It is worth
observing from 2040 UTC to 0200 UTC today, according to the portal:
https://radioclube.dol.com.br/
73, Rudolf`` 4885, March 11 at 2242, nothing on 4885 into Brasília SDR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHAD [non]. 9535, March 11 at 0647, S4/S6 with flutter, music and
talk in uncertain language but one of better signals on band. EiBi
shows R. Ndarason International, in Kanuri via Woofferton UK, at
0600-0700. Similar signal quality on 9790, RFI from Issoudun (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. 15130, March 10 at 2058, S7/S9 in Japanese, OOFSOB =
one of few signals on band. It`s NHK via FRANCE to CAf at 19-21 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. ``FCC Grants & Actions for Monday March 10: K288FX 105.5
North Enid OK Silent 1/30, antenna system failure`` (via Mike Bugaj,
CT, WTFDA) Yes, still off as of March 10 and so is 91.1 KKRD at same
site in North Enid [non =  plain old Enid downtown], but nothing about
it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11934.893+, March 11 at 2037, Rep. of Yemen Radio,
Arabic, still with heavy buzz. Ed Sylvester explains on the WOR iog:
``I live in Riyadh and have had meetings with SBA. At that time (early
2024), they were on the fence as to whether to continue.

The transmitters/antennas are currently in a sector of Riyadh that has
been designated for future housing projects. Hence, the government
will either fund a move or have them shut down permanently.

Because there has not been funding to date, they are cannibalizing
older transmitters for replacement parts to at least keep Yemen radio
on the air.

Saudi Arabia is in the midst of full bore modernization in all sectors
and DAB+ has been touted as the new medium for widespread
broadcasting. They also rely on high-powered MW broadcasters that can
be heard throughout the region.

The future of SW broadcasting seems bleak in KSA as surveys of
listenership have been spotty and unconvincing. Will know more in the
coming months. Fingers crossed. 73, Ed 7Z1ES`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Mon Mar 10 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG into
Maryland SDR, better than 17715 better than 17755 much better than
nothing on 12030. Preview topic to be about Irish in Madrid
celebrating St Patrick`s Day already all week, not just Saturday? That
would be Ides of Mar, 15. First news item about debating defending
Ukraine; 2306 into feature (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 10 at 2259, NO signal from VOT into UTwente;
possible overrun alternative, 9610, bears Mongolian from China only.
By 2320, 5960 has a bigsig S9/+10, but it`s Chinese, as Urumqi starts
at odd time of *2310 per Aoki. Something`s erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9610.022+, March 11 at 2250, S9+40 into UTwente with VOT
multi-lingual ID filler reel, nothing on 5960. 2252 s/off in Italian!
That must be on the web at 2230, but the only Italian SWBC is supposed
to be at 0930-1000 on 11970, per WRTH! Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler. Considerable CCI from China making a rippling SAH. 2253 VOT
IS plays until finally off at 2257*. Still no signal on 5960 but I`m
QRX on it:

*2258 March 11, 5959.999- cut on at S9+40/45 with IS and English ID.
2300 TS and s/on English as if it were 13635 at 1330: something`s
always awry at Ankara. And into olds, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2285 monitoring: confirmed Monday
March 10 at 2030.6 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003-, S9/+10 into
UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Tuesday March 11 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+20/30 into
S Texas SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday March 11 at 1300 & again at 1400 on WRMI 9955,
S6/S8 direct.

Also confirmed Tuesday March 11 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.997-, S9/+5 into UTwente. Between their ID and start of WOR,
there was something extraneous about cyclone hitting Mozambique.
Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.

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program: MO or check on a US bank 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. WTWW: George McClintock advises me March 11 that the #2
transmitter started smoking as some caps were burning. Will replace
them and hope 5085 if not 9475, to be back on air today or tomorrow.
9930 WWCR-1 nominal at 2306 check with TOMBS moanin` & groanin` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1700 kHz, March 11 at 0657 UT, ``1700 The Champ`` and 101.3.
That`s KBGG Des Moines IA, the FM a mere translator (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21580, March 10 at 2054, S6/S8 open carrier is the OSOB,
except for again some DRMish noise centred on 21485. Nothing in HFCC,
EiBi or Aoki, suspect China for both. RFI does use 21580 a lot, but
not between 19 and 07 UT. The 13m SWBC band is drastically
underutilized, even now circa solar max. I`ve noticed some
intermittent SSB within too, intruders or mistuned hams? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2321 UT March 11
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