** ALGERIA. 17600 within 2 Hz, May 3 at 1800, Ifrikya FM, true to
form, NO English which SHN had twice a few days ago. Instead drumming
and 3-minute mélange of languages, French, Arabic, and something? 1803
music, 1804 French, 1808 music, 1813 French as I break for lunch. But
next check 1846, S9+10/20 of faux timesignal via UTwente and into
English! Today is first anniversary of station which began on May 3,
2023. YL then interviews 3? guys in studio, apparently team members
from different countries including Cameroon. English ends at 1858, but
I bet not at same time tomorrow, if any (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.94, May 3 at 1509, S7/S9 open carrier; surely the
Enid CBer who otherwise relays FM stations such as K288FX from 105.5.
Fading due to mobility? Absolutely no skip, CB otherwise dead except
for one other local on 26975. 1523 recheck OC now up to S9+10/20
morelike 27184.95. 1614 still but steady S7. Again at 2006 check now
27184.93, S9+22 steady dead air (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 11981 approx., May 3 at 2017, INTRUDER
RTTY again, S7/S8. Can anyone ID it? I also ask the UDXF iog. Quick
replies:

``US Navy, 850 Hz shift 75 bd KW-46 Encrypted, Isabela, Porto Rico --
Martin - South West UK``

``hf_linkz 9:03pm #114757 It's right, that's NAU Isabela. I've TDoA'd
it on yesterday because it was 1.4 kHz upper (11980u > RATT 11982
cf)``

``I have a question I hope someone can answer. In Martin’s post he
positively identified this RTTY signal is coming from Puerto Rico. He
even knew what type of crypto was used.

My question is how do you know this? I mean is there some artifact
that says that it’s this a certain type of crypto and that it’s coming
from this exact location?

Not doubting anybody, I’m just curious to how you can positively
identify something that’s encrypted and pinpoint the exact location..
It would seem to me that these things would be closely guarded a more
then likely even classified? Thank much. Tom Anderson SDR_Radio@...``

``My guess is US Navy from Puerto Rico.
<Jon-FL> 11980.6 NAU: US NAVY ISABELA, PR FSK 50/850 STANAG-4481
(ENC) (19MAY20 2155) (JL)
<Jon-FL> 11980.6 NAU: US NAVY ISABELA, P.R. CF FSK 50/850 STANAG-4481
(ENC) (NO SPUR) (09MAY22 2140) (JL)
Encrypted. JL === Jack L Metcalfe was reporter in 2020 and 2022.
---------------
Jon-FL, Florida, @ #WUNclub IRC``

NAU is also the RTTY on 11688 long listed in EiBi, making 11685 &
11690 unusable for broadcasting much of the time. Someone ought to get
on the USN about these INTRUDERS! Also NSS on 9830 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday May 3 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG into
DX-390 portable with clipon. After news, first feature is for World
Portuguese Language Day, which is really May 5: interview colleague
from SNR PP department. 2214 switch to another interview about a group
of women artists known as the ``27``, who did not get the recognition
they deserved and still do not, because they were not male. A.k.a.,
``without hats``, seemingly alluding to not hiding their talents,
brainpower. They were born in the late 1800s to WWI, so maybe 1927 was
in their prime? Or were there just 27 of them? never clear (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, May 3 at 2200 VOT English not off the air, but
insufficient into DX-390 portable; anyhow I`m more interested in
simulSPAIN which is sufficient on 17855. Into UTwente at 2251 when
measured it`s S9+35/45 with song; 2253 s/off, for once mentions no SW,
just satellite and internet; 2254 IS, 2256 pause and restart IS with
German IDs, chopoff at 2258* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2241 monitoring: confirmed Friday
May 3 at 2038 the 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.995 kHz, S9 but
noisy into UTwente. And almost synchronized on WRMI webcast only.

Also confirmed Friday May 3 at 2207, the 2200 first SWBC on WRMI 9955,
but JBA direct into R75 vs band noise.

Also confirmed Friday May 3 at 2250 the 2230 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975001, S9/+10 into UTwente. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
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]
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 [irregular]
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
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

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Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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** U S A. Pre-AAAWWW chex of WBCQs, May 3 at 2332 into NH SDR: 3265
off. 5130.206 NOT ATATT but mistake? an AAAWWW repeat of last week or
two, S9/+10. 6159.930 g.h. presumably TOMBS, S9/+12. 7489.932 FKB
S9+10/20. 9330.000 WLCR Portuguese S9+20/30. At 2355, *rump back and
slid down to 5130.182. May 4 at 0000 on 7490v at least, AAAWWW sounds
familiar, knox all Members of Congress as ``535 white trash
assholes,`` so another repeat, never mind. At 0012, 5130v still ATATT
so AAAWWW on 7490v only. I suppose he might impose // on 5130 and 3265
if he had a new one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2240 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 #2240, WRMI:
5850, QRN, 0130, 0155 (4-55433), 0159, April 27 UTC 2024 [Sat]
9395, 2330, 2344, 2358 S6 barely audible, April 30 UTC [Tue]
9395, 0130, 0144, 0145, 0159 (4-55433), (55433), May 2 UTC 2024 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday May 2 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S8/9+10 into
Bonaire where it`s aimed; 9395, S9+10/15 into Peoria. Direct chex at
0158: 5010 inaudible in HSNL, 9395 S9+15/25.

Confirmed Thursday May 2 from 1631 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000,
S8/9+10 with storm crashes into UTwente.

WORLD OF RADIO 2241 contents: AfroEurAsia, (Antarctica), Algeria,
(Australia), Belize, Brasil, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Ethiopia non,
(France), Germany, Indonesia, Korea South and non, Kuwait, México,
Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Norway, Russia non?,
Sa`udi Arabia, Slovakia, (Taiwan), Turkey, (Ukraine non), UK and non,
USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu; MFJ closing; 69 kHz fishmitter;
propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in
order)

WOR 2241 available from 0217 UT Friday May 3:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2241.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2241.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
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]
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 [irregular]
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
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 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)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11981 approx. center, May 2 at 0640, very fast RTTY, S8,
INTRUDER, into SWBC band worldwide. I vaguely recall it once ended at
11970 but now per ITU it`s 11600-12100 --- that still leaves
broadcasters below 11600 and above 12100 as intruders into utility
bands. Klingenfuss 2022 has no ute between 11760.8 and 12109. Can
anyone ID this, should it recur? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** ALGERIA [and non]. This might have a bearing on the 2.3 Hz SAH I
hear on 891 kHz, Algeria and what? However, I have never heard any
carrier/tone on 889! Glenn

``Mark WA1ION Apr 28 #41056 --- Reviewing some recent captures I came
across a situation around 890 kHz. When listening in AM mode it is not
unusual to hear a 1 kHz tone on the channel. Prior experience has
pointed to the Algerian station on 891 as the source of this. As I was
trying to get clean 890 reception I flipped to lower sideband and
encountered a signal at 889 kHz similar in level to the 891 carrier
noted in upper sideband. A head scratcher for sure.

Has anyone else noted this? I would think that this would mostly be
noticed along the US/Canada East Coast and maybe by the Gulf of
Mexico.

890 here is dominated most nights by Radio Progreso, Cuba. King Kong
signal but often with distorted pirate-like audio, rather like the 910
garbage-fest of R. Metropolitana and the wanky audio from the 550
Venezuelan. Sometimes Progreso mysteriously disappears leaving a
weaker jumble of Colombia, WLS, and WAMG. These intermittent outages
and the dodgy audio point to technical problems.

Could the 889 and 891 products be originating at R. Progreso or maybe
somewhere else?
My strong suspicion is that one of the Cuban transmitters is the
source of the 889 and 891 tones. Too bad we don't have the Key West
SDR anymore. Mark Connelly, WA1ION | South Yarmouth, MA, USA |
FN41vq`` IRCA iog (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BELIZE. 28258 CW, May 1 at 2308, EEEEEEEEEE VVV DE V31HQ/B EK47##,
i.e. relog of the radio club beacon. Really stands out as hardly any
domestic ones audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000 & 11950, May 1 about 2310, no signals from RHC: so much
for `Mesa Redonda`; not even erroneous Chinese relays today.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. The Other Side:

``A Lesson in Semantics for Castroism --- Castroism's usual
instruments to control Cubans' consciousness have become obsolete, and
in many cases they have even backfired...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1714410293_54468.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also ALGERIA [and non]

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 1 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG into
DX-390 portable with a few meters clipped-on. No news, must be a
holiday; instead, entire semihour is docu narrated by former anchor
Alison Hughes and probably an evergreen, about unequeal military
relations between Spain and US during the Franco era/Cold War. US
basically had full control/sovereignty over bases in Spain despite
flying both flags (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 1 at 2200, VOT not off the air, almost
sufficient direct into DX-390 portable, but SPAIN has my full
attention until 2230. Then a feature I don`t recognize nor its name;
2241-2249 `Sports Panorama`, yawn. 2253 s/off of the 1230 only; 2254.5
IS until chop at 2256* before restarting with German (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. Two or three HIFER CW beacons unusually at once, May 1
direct: 2304, YSO on 13563; 2305, AN on 13564, i.e. relogs of Ohio and
Arizona; and also continuous dits or E`s about 13562. The LWCA list
has a few single-letter beacons but not this one. Maybe rather some
idling ISM ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17690, May 1 at 1710, again NO signal of R. Martí to Cuban
mercenaries for Russia in Ukraine. Was also missing and found nowhere
else on April 30. Again May 1 at 1720-1725 I do a quick but thorough
bandscan and find it nowhere else on the 21, 17, 15, 13 or 11 MHz
bands. Propagation is degraded but VOA still manages a good signal in
English from Grimesland on 17530, and Martí to Cuba on 13605, while
11930 & 11860 are JBA absorbed. It`s done for now but unconfirmed
whether permanently canceled. Could it be they got zero listener
response? I`m on a Martinoticias mailing list and never saw any
reference to this secret? service.

Now I search the website on Ucrania and get loads of hits on stories
mentioning it but nothing about the broadcasts; however this brief
about the mercenaries:

https://www.martinoticias.com/a/mercenarios-cubanos-en-la-invasi%C3%B3n-rusa-en-ucrania-7-meses-de-silencio/387853.html
Then no significant hits searching on the 4 frequencies used, 17680,
17690, 17865, 17870 -- but no hits on 13605 or 13.605 either as if SW
were irrelevant (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2240 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
April 30 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday April 30 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.001, S8/9+5 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 1 from 1931 on SW Radio, Germany, into
UTwente: 3975.001 at S9/+20 with some storm noise; 6160.001 at
S9+10/20.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 1 at 2100 on WBCQ 7489.929, S9/+10 into
Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

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USA  {OCB organization outlet to East European battle field target}
Four weeks test series of OCB Spanish to Ukraine battle field target via
USAGM Greenville-NC bcast center stopped 17870 kHz on April 28 at 17.00 UT.
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 1)

USAGM monitoring at Kiev Ukraine embassy.  OCB program in Spanish;
look-out   'OCB SPAN' Organisation via Greenville-NC state
Mon-Fri 17690 kHz 17-21 UT
Sat & Sun only
April 20/21  13-17 UT  17865 kHz
April 27/28  13-17 UT  17870 kHz
<https:ibbmonitor.appspot.com/status/RMS_LOG_KIEV_240429_133213.TXT>
USA   17690 kHz  May 1 at 1710 UT, again NO signal of R. Marti to Cuban
mercenaries for Russia in Ukraine. Was also missing and found nowhere
else on April 30. Again May 1 at 1720-1725 UT I do a quick but thorough
bandscan and find it nowhere else on the 21, 17, 15, 13 or 11 MHz bands.
Propagation is degraded but VOA still manages a good signal in English
from Grimesland on 17530 kHz, and Marti to Cuba on 13605 kHz, while 11930
& 11860 kHz are JBA absorbed. It's done for now but unconfirmed whether
permanently canceled. Could it be they got zero listener response? I'm on
a Martinoticias mailing list and never saw any reference to this secret?
service.
Now I search the website on Ucrania and get loads of hits on stories men-
tioning it but nothing about the broadcasts; however this brief about the
mercenaries:
<https:www.martinoticias.com/a/mercenarios-cubanos-en-la-invasi%C3%B3n-
rusa-en-ucrania-7-meses-de-silencio/387853.html>
Then no significant hits searching on the 4 frequencies used:
17680, 17690, 17865, 17870 kHz, but no hits on 13605 or 13.605 kHz either
as if SW were irrelevant.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor May 1)
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From: Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX

Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 30-May 1, 2024
U S A. 17690, May 1 at 1710, again NO signal of R. Martí to Cuban
mercenaries for Russia in Ukraine. Was also missing and found nowhere
else on April 30. Again May 1 at 1720-1725 I do a quick but thorough
bandscan and find it nowhere else on the 21, 17, 15, 13 or 11 MHz
bands. Propagation is degraded but VOA still manages a good signal in
English from Grimesland on 17530, and Martí to Cuba on 13605, while
11930 & 11860 are JBA absorbed. It`s done for now but unconfirmed
whether permanently canceled. Could it be they got zero listener
response? I`m on a Martinoticias mailing list and never saw any
reference to this secret? service.
Now I search the website on Ucrania and get loads of hits on stories
mentioning it but nothing about the broadcasts; however this brief
about the mercenaries:
https://www.martinoticias.com/a/mercenarios-cubanos-en-la-invasi%C3%B3n-rusa-en-ucrania-7-meses-de-silencio/387853.html
Then no significant hits searching on the 4 frequencies used, 17680,
17690, 17865, 17870 -- but no hits on 13605 or 13.605 either as if SW
were irrelevant.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0015 UT May 2
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