** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, July 5 18/21 UT, I neglected to check
this Wednesday for LRA36, and have seen no other reports of it; here
is why, via Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain:

``15476usb, LRA 36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel new schedule.
According with a whatsapp from the station here is the LRA 36 new
schedule: Mondays and Fridays from 1300 to 1500 UTC, Saturdays from
1800 to 2300 UTC. Mondays and Fridays they probably will issue the new
program "Ecos de la Antártida" and Saturdays the current program
"Uniendo Voces"`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198)

** CUBA. 9700, July 6 at 0621, RHC with huge humwhine atop talk mod in
Spanish rather than English, only frequency still on air. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198) The Other
Side:

``Cuba is a failed state, and there are at least 14 signs
demonstrating it ---
Before 1959 the economy was among Latin America′s best, with per
capita income higher than that of several European countries. Under
Communism, it became parasitic, and cannot even survive without
foreign subsidies.

Roberto Álvarez Quiñones Los Ángeles 05 Jul 2023 - 21:32 CEST

A few days ago I saw a photo of a group of people in front of the High
Court in London. They had turned out to support the lawsuit against
the Castro regime for its debt of 72 million euros. They carried a
large sign that read: "Cuba is a failed state."

True! This is one of the most powerful and patriotic flags that Cubans
can fly today because, without a doubt, Cuba today is a failed
state...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1688585564_48319.html
(via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6869.911 AM, July 6 at 0622, surprised to find some
pirate music this late here, S9+10/20, at first something like rap.
Only two other logs of this as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,115692.0.html

Quite a while since I have logged and reported any pirates except YHWH
and Eastern Star on 7.4 MHz; noisy summer condx, and usually otherwise
occupied during evening pirate primetime weekends (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: ``15770 USA WRMI
2230. Open of World of Radio with F/G, choppy, signal. Heard here
Saturday afternoons local at 3:30P, monitored on Drake SW1 and
longwire -- Fair/Good Jul. 1 Rick Barton-AZ``

``9395 WRMI FL Okeechobee w/ID and into GH World of Radio #2197
w/items about Andorra, Antarctica’s absence, the reactivation of Mali,
the end of wefax from NZ, and others, including a discussion of the
type of communication available to the “Titan” sub-submersible before
it imploded. 45*444 (RTTY intruding into USB so no QRM on LSB sync,
but pretty significant in DSB or USB. 0130-0200 2/Jul [Sunday] RSPdx
+SDRuno +randomwire --Kenneth Vito Zichi, Thumb MI2``

Confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+10 direct
including high storm noise level [HSNL]

Also confirmed UT Thursday July 6 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20
direct.

WORLD OF RADIO 2198 contents: (Alaska), Antarctica, Canada, Congo,
Cuba, Ethiopia non, France, India, Iran and non, Japan, Korea South
and non, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco,
Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Pakistan, (Romania), Russia,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, Syria, (Taiwan), Thailand, Turkey, (UK),
USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook --- (countries mentioned along with
others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2198 available from 0107 UT July 7:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2198.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2198.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [& 7730? Has been off air again]
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0130 UT Sunday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check 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)

** VANUATU. 7260, July 6 at 0627, RV is back after missing a couple
nights, island music, 0631 drumming intro to public notices segment,
S9/+10 but storm noisy. Ron Howard has received a prompt eQSL
specifying power at 10 kW -- as we have suspected, quadrupled from
last known listings of 2.5:

``Thanks very much to Pradip Chandar Kundu (Agartala, Tripura, India),
via ADXR (July 2023), for the contact info! Sent off a reception
report, with audio file, to Robert Warren < robertw @ vbtc.vu > and
received the attached e-QSL in about two hours. Please notice the
power "10 Kw." He is the senior technical officer at VBTC. Very happy
to have their current QSL! Ron California``. They are staying on 7260
after 0700, contrary to sked from Spain claiming 3945 and harmonix
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2198)

This report dispatched at 0121 UT July 7

** CUBA. 9700, July 5 at 0627, RHC English VG S9+20 on extra frequency
tonight, nowhere else; talking about baseball players, not currently
but historically in the 30s, 40s, etc., as DDC would remind us, all
the talented ones have fled Cuban Communism. Cannot detect any QRM,
but Romania may have just closed if not totally covered; and NZ stays
away this time. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 28, July 5 at 1735 UT, Enid on edge of some OK tropo
eastward so a bandscan: surprised on RF 28 remapping to be getting
``2-11``, KJRH `2 News at Noon`, decoding for a few minutes. Its prime
RF has long been on channel 8, not to be confused with original analog
competitor on 8, KTUL. RF 28 is really KTPX Okmulgee, primarily ION as
44-1, not unusual to be getting that. Now rabbitears.info does show
02-11 on 28.4 as KJRH-TV, the rest of the 28s being ION and the usual
assortment of shopping and rerun channels. Searching on callsign KJRH
still leads only to RF 8 Tulsa; we have to go directly to KTPX to
explore its other hidden channels topped by 02-11 KJRH. And why such a
high number -11? on Physical 28 there are .10 lower subchannels, but
no reason for KJRH on 28.4 to be called 2-11. Its own extensive
website has nothing labeled as basic tech info such as which
channel[s] it`s really on and from where! not even under About Us,
https://www.kjrh.com/antenna which is pushing antenna equipment in
general. Seems that more and more, a single ``station`` appear on more
than one ``channel`` in same market. CBS for Tulsa, KOTV ``6`` is on
three different UHF channels (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11800, July 5 at 2255, RRI concluding VG English hour into
UTwente, cut short during contact info at 2255.6*; something`s gone
wrong at Galbeni, in too big a hurry to change beams for Spanish at
2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed July 5 at 2200, token English from SNR, skips any
news; is this a holiday? and right into feature, interviewing four
Spaniards who are expats in other countries, starting with Poland.
S9+5/15 into Maryland SDR, also detecting that the other three
frequencies are not off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.023, July 4, continued from previous report
that bonus German from VOT was still running post-English, at 2316:
completed at 2352, into IS, still not turned off; 2356 restart IS, now
with Portuguese IDs. Still listening via UTwente. ```Stão ouvindo
Rádio TRT, Voz de Türkiye`` in Luso accent, not Brasilian.

I have no idea how we are supposed to spell ``Türkiye`` in PP. Are we
allowed to render it closer fonetikaly, like ``Túrquilhe``?? In
Portuguese there is no confusion with that low-IQ bird, which they
call ``Peru``! That opens a whole nother can of worms if that country
were as touchy as Recep. Spanish has a whole bunch of other names for
the bird per Google translate: pav@ [that means either -a or -o
depending on gender], el guajolote, el chompipe, el pato mareado,
el patoso.

July 5 UT: 0000 timesignal only 6 sex late as received, s/on in PP,
and still on past 0030, still squealing and +23 Hz offset transmitter.
We get the *whole* extra hour of PP as well as GG. That sort of
compensates for RHC failure to Portuguize at 2200 on 15230, tho I
doubt there were any collusion.

0056 resumes IS, now with IDs in Spanish, but chopped off air finally
TWO hours late at 0058*, as if intentional, uncovering a much weaker
S7 signal, still sync-locking now on 11785.000 - likely listed CNR
Xian, or CNR-2 Xianyang, which was already on air but totally covered
by TRT.

Somethings` always erroneous at Emirler if not awry at Ankara. Latest
A23 WRTH Update #13 July 1 still shows NO Portuguese at all on SW from
VOT, but Spanish at 0100 on 7260 & 9870: unknown when I was
monitoring, to check whether either be active. German: only 1130 on
15350; 1730 on 9840. Perhaps somewhere on website be total 24h sked of
langs on program feed line, beyond the scope of WRTH (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 11785.019, July 5 after 2200, VOT English is not
off the air, S9+40/45 into UTwente, somewhat undermodulated and
distorted, does not compare well to neighbor RRI English on 11800.000
which is louder and clearer. 2212 `Review of the Tuerkiyeish Press`,
something about an AI radio demonstration in Geneva? 2214, `Whipping
Piles/Gripping Files`, could not understand the topic; 2218
multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2220 `Weekly Commentary` about Turkey,
Sweden, PKK and NATO; 2243, `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` on
treating gas problems in babies; 2250 music. 2253 usual canned
sign-off; 2255 IS about once and off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
July 4 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+15 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday July 5 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490-, noisy S6/S9
into Maryland SDR. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California for a check to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``In memory of Noel Green. I
remember all the times he helped me with Radio Pakistan info [he was
an official monitor in the UK]. Thanks for all your help over the
Decades!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, July 5 at 0629, NO signal from RV, nor on 7890,
11835 which would be harmonix of 3945. Here we go again; where is it,
when will it resume somewhere? Manuel Méndez, Spain and Ron Howard,
California agree no signal this date but on July 4 it was on with
carrier only, no modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7834 USB, July 5 at 0630, very weak 2-way seems Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2351 UT July 5

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated July 4
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** CANADA. 15034 USB, July 4 at 2220 UT, CHR, a listed callsign
Trenton Military, Ontario, never utters with ID, ``time: 1820Z`` as
it`s still giving EDT and calling it UT!! Std remark about Forces
accuracy. To make matters worse, followed by ``No report received``
from: Calgary, Cold Lake, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and the list repeated
for good measure. But the wx obs and forecast times seem correct in Z.
Something`s always terribly wrong at Trenton (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 17880, July 4 at 2217, Chinese music S3/S6. Is CRI Spanish
to S America beamed NW 318 degrees from Beijing site, a long way
across Eurasia, Atlantic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21490 & 21530, July 4 at 2214, JBA Chinese and carrier, the
OSOBs, i.e. CNR1 jammers as Aoki lists both with nothing but * and
Sound of Hope but not until 2300. Likewise, EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, July 4 at 1432, RHC, S8/9+10 flanked by +/- ~4 kHz
much weaker but obvious parasitic spurs which I measure individually,
15136.982 and 15144.023; but each wavering so let`s just say 15135.98V
and 15144.02V. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, July 4 at 2222, RHC with S3/S5 of dead air. Supposed
to be in Portuguese from 2200; sorry, brasileiros, no Commie
propaganda today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570, Tue July 4 at 0652, WRMI-11 is OFF,
unusual; or, not any more, as latest skedgrid dated July 1 specifies
7570 on air, with TOMBS at 04-11 UT on Sat & Sun only; that leaves
14-15 and 00-04 daily. The 04-11 S/S only now also applies to WRMI-14
on 5010. Additional restrixions to S/S only TOMBS: 11-15 on WRMI-13
7780; 13-15 on WRMI-12 5850. And extended 15-16 on Sabbathdays only:
9955, 7780, 7570, 5850, 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.023, July 4 at 2245, VOT English with bit by the
badaccentedess, S9+35/45 into UTwente with squeal. Must narrow
bandwidth below 4 kHz to mimimize it. Probably different transmitter
than the .009 one with no squeal. 2252 theme and outro `Weekly
Commentary``: you never in what order or what hourpart any individual
feature may appear. 2253 jumbled s/off, 2254 IS. 2256 restart IS, now
with German IDs interspersed. 2300 TS and whoopee, a bonus German
Sendung today, until?? Still going at 2316. Earlier check direct at
2210 was only S3/S8 with squeal, news item about carbon-neutral,
sports. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday July 4
at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 direct: with usual intrusion by Jeff`s
attempt to sell a receiver, ``The World is in turmoil...` between ID
and WORplay. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California for a check to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``In memory of Noel Green. I
remember all the times he helped me with Radio Pakistan info [he was
an official monitor in the UK]. Thanks for all your help over the
Decades!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2322 UT July 4

** FRANCE. UNIDENTIFIED. 13690-13695-13700, July 2 at 2206, DRM noise
at S9 direct. Not listed anywhere, Aoki, EiBi, latest HFCC nor even
DRMrx. Suspect another DEMO TDF from FRANCE as a few days ago on
17755-17760-17765, nor listed anywhere, unrechecked now. Issoudun also
uses 13695 other dayparts in AM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 13690-13695-13700, July 3 at 2228 I remember just in time
to recheck for yesterday`s unID DRM: into Virginia SDR it is indeed
another DEMO TDF at 8.08 kbps, ex-17755-17760-17765 no longer there.
Off abruptly at 2230* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Re: ``Area tropo is up per APRS map, reaching Enid from
west,
south, east. RF 14, June 27 at 1520 UT, brief decode with PSIP ID for
KOCY as 48-3. That`s Telemundo, unnecessary since is also on a much
stronger subchannel of RF 29 KTUZ...``

Correxion, I meant to say it`s Estrella TV, not Telemundo. However,
this is no longer the case! Punch 48 or 48-3 and you get nowhere. Per
rabbitears.info, Estrella is only on lowpower KOCY-LD RF14. It`s still
Tyler Media, but among the 7 programs on RF29 KTUZ ``Shawnee`` are
Telemundo, Univision, and Unimas, no Estrella. Which means in effect
we can no longer get it in Enid as it`s not on any tier of Optimum
cable either. It was clearly an inferior net to UV and TM, with even
more lowbrow programming.

Lots of ondemand stuff here, and en vivo just playing one promo over
and over before supposedly joining programming, like novelas, silly
game and talk shows:
https://www.estrellatv.com/
HQ in Burbank CA, apparently not a Mexican subsidiary.

And my Zenith settopbox has resumed flashing on in only about 5
seconds instead of 5 or 6 times that long (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Mon July 3 at 2200, token M/W/F English from SNR;
2206 first feature is interview about a dance inspired by the first
trans-woman to undergo such surgery, in Denmark; 2217 second feature
about olive oil. VG to Maryland SDR and //s not checked (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** THAILAND [and non]. In last report I omitted one important step in
the discussion of 13750, replaced here:

...Yes, I heard them talking about events in Thailand. I hope to check
again at 0200 for their next English half-hour. Harold

*** Yes, it was CGTN Radio = CRI in English until 0100 on 13750,
replaced at 0100 by much stronger Deewa Radio = VOA Pashto which is
via Thailand, at 0100-0400 per Aoki. That could be a problem for R.
Thailand any later than now. Glenn ***

Heard again via the Indonesia SDR. Radio Thailand signing on in
English at 0200 on 13750. ID heard, but VOA Radio Deewa was stronger.
Radio Thailand needs to try another frequency. Harold Sellers, Vernon,
BC

As also noted here via Jak. If these are both really from Udon Thani
site, what a mess. Nobody noticed they already had a program on 13750?
Even if different sites, unacceptable. Maybe to Harold direct RT in
English rules? Later after 0200: no signal direct to here from
anything on 13750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, July 2 after 2200, VOT English confirmed not off the
air today in quick check, but only fair direct (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.004?, July 3 about *2200.7, VOT carrier cuts on late
as seen via UTwente, but right off again and never comes back for at
least 30 minutes. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17530, Mon July 3 at 1915, S9+10 of dead air, obviously VOA
Grimesland NC, scheduled for French at 1930-2030 following 1700-1830
English. Do they leave it on for a whole hour in between? Better not:
1830-1900 M-F is Kinyarwanda via Ascension. VOA uses 17530 in several
more languages and sites starting at 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
July 2 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20 into
nearby Noale SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday July 3 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Louisiana SDR, first 14 seconds holding up better than before to
external noise blast.

Also confirmed UT Monday July 3 from 0303 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 -67 Hz
= 6159.933, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR, preceded by a `Pirates Cove`
episode from 2003! with Allan Weiner in Kennebunkport, totally outdated
frequency of ``5105``; intermission feature an ancient clip of yours
truly non-singing a ``Slinky`` tune. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW

Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California for a check to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``In memory of Noel Green. I
remember all the times he helped me with Radio Pakistan info [he was
an official monitor in the UK]. Thanks for all your help over the
Decades!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2346 UT July 3