WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE May 21

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Algeria - Ifrikya FM: Added entry for this new station to list
(with web home page, facebook page and YouTube Livestream link)

2) Germany - SM Radio Dessau: Added entry to list (Thanks in part to
Rafael Martinez for the tip)
The next update is scheduled for late June

Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe

** CANADA. 6754 USB, May 22 at 0648, NO signal from CHR, Trenton
Military VOLMET night frequency, just like 15034 day frequency also
AWOL lately.

At least we still have Gander on 3485, 6604, 10051, 13270, all USB
confirmed May 23 into Maryland SDR announcing correct! time 0020z.
Broadcasts start at :20 and :50 past each hour, for how long? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, May 22 at 0643, S9+20 of almost dead air except for
trace of sup/torted modulation, English? And squeal, and noise field
surrounding plus/minus 25 kHz. Something`s very wrong at RHC. No other
frequencies found on any band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. Reply via the WOR iog to my May 20 log on 9440:

``Hi Glenn, Actually, Radio Cairo English service made one of its rare
appearances on May 21, starting at 2115. The broadcast was clear and
the modulation level was good. There was a news round-up followed by
"Feature" which discussed the anniversary of the establishment of the
Egyptian Geographic Society on May 19, 1875. This was followed by
another short programme, but the announcer had a very strong local
accent and spoke so quickly, that I could not grasp what she was
saying. There was News headlines at 2130 followed by "History of
Egypt" discussing Deir-al-Medina - "the Place of Truth", an ancient
Egyptian workmen's village. Sadly, the broadcast cut off abruptly at
2138 and did not return, so I gave up listening at about 2145.

Of the other languages, German on 9410 at 1900 is co-channel to BBC
Dhabayya and Albanian has CRI co-channel on 9490 at 1500, but the
Albanian release has been off air for many weeks now.

The transmitter with the loud hum is now replaced by another unit from
5th - 11th May and from 17th May onwards. This third transmitter has a
buzzing sound, but it is lower level and I find it quite tolerable,
provided that they set the modulation level sufficiently high. I had
e-mailed them requesting that this alternative transmitter be used
from now on.

There is still the problem of many transmissions being off air or cut
off before time. I am beginning to wonder if there might be problems
with the electrical grid in Egypt, causing unexpected power outages.
Maybe our Egyptian contributor Tarek Zeidan can clarify the
situation?

[later:] Albanian service returned to the air May 22 at 1500 on 9490.
Still with CRI co-channel but interference only slight. Radio Cairo
modulation level and audio quality was good. Will this situation
continue or will things deteriorate again in the coming days? Alan
Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.``

Tnx, Alan. Despite all the other problems, when on, 9440 would
consistently read out as minus 5 Hz on 9439.995 into UTwente. It would
be helpful to find what that be now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday May 22 at 2208, SNR token English VG direct,
other frequencies not checked. Interviews with people involved in
Madrid International Dance Festival - sorely lacking any visual
element. O well (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 22 at 2229 check, VOT English is not off the air
today, but poorly received direct with splash from 11780 Brasil; not
to mention the heavy accents (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
May 21 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz only - no show on
918 or 207 for months: still possible? S9+10/15 into nearby Noale SDR,
with lite CCI presumably Smooth Radio, Brighton, England, UQKOGBANI.
BUT: suddenly stops at 2025, soon replaced by fill music. I am
confident there is nothing wrong with my file to cause that.

Also confirmed, UT Monday May 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S5/S7 into an
Athens, GA SDR, as always blasted by external noise transmitter for
first 14 seconds and some brief bits later. Better into boastful
Louisiana SDR at S7/S9, closer to southwesterly azimuth from Okee.

Also confirmed, UT Monday May 22 at 0259 from WBCQ Area 51, 6160 minus
68 Hz = 6159.932, S9+10/25 into NH SDR despite degraded propagation
conditions. Unlike last week when this airing was pre-empted without
notice or explanation later. 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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7730, May 22 at 0651, NO signal from WRMI-2 recently
reactivated as 24/7; and 7780 WRMI-13 but a JBA carrier during
degraded propagation. Could QRP 7730 still have been radiating?

Another check at 2308: no signal on 7730 nor 7780, while 7570 is only
S7/S9 and noisy. Yet lower frequencies are detectable: 5800, 5850,
5950. The nines are good: 9395 S9+20 with that guy visiting from Akron
interviewed on `Viva Miami` as per System G sked; 9455 with moanin` &
groanin` hour on TOMBS // 15770; 9955 weaker in Portuguese mentioning
Rádio Nacional de Brasília amid jamming. Of these, only 7780 is
scheduled not to be on air, until *0000. 9955 does not match as the
pro-Taiwan `Freedom Synergy Radio` is supposedly 23-24 UT M-F on
System G.

0008 check May 23: 7780 on now into Louisiana SDR, not 7730 there nor
into Maryland. Nothing on WRMI FB about this situation, but I see only
by consulting disgraced FB would we have known what`s now history 3
days ago: ``WRMI is broadcasting live from the Dayton Hamvention in
Dayton, Ohio today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) from 1500-2200 UTC
on 9395 kHz`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0025 UT May 23

** CANADA. 15034 USB, Trenton Military unheard at random daytime chex
lately, such as May 20 at 1747, May 21 at 1455. Wonder if CHR be gone,
or I happen to try at times which are transmission breaks --- or
degraded propagation.

``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2023 May 21 1500 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 May follow.
Solar flux 170 and estimated planetary A-index 35.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 21 May was 2.67.

Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred.

Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level are likely. ``

At the 1455 log, I find neighbor 14670 CHU is JBA, and so is Gander on
10051 USB. I haven`t really checked CHR night channel 6754 USB. At
1550 May 21, Maryland SDR is hearing nothing from 15034 or 14670 but
10051 is JBA. Let 15034 play past 1600: not a trace. FWIW, EiBi shows
6754 at 2310-1100, 15034 at 1010-2400: i.e. 50-minute overlaps. Does
that mean two separate transmitters, or allowing for variations in QSY
times? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 11670, UT Sunday May 21 at 0643, jazz and RHC ID in
English, S9/+10 extraneous frequency this time instead of 12200. Weak
music on 6000 is not //, so proper English channel is off already.
What could that be? EiBi and Aoki both show nothing but Akashvani,
Leh, India, from 0630, but can`t be that at local noon, even if really
active. Jose Jacob shows it is, with 2.5 kW from 0630:
https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw_top.htm
HFCC shows Leh not until 0700, and nothing now. Could be a mixing
product and soon vanished, or remnant of RHC anyway; I was switching
back and forth to evaluate parallelism rather than doubly-receiving
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT [non?]. 9440.005, May 20 circa 2140, nothing into UTwente;
I`m out of habit checking for Cairo, English sked 2115-2245; last
report I find was on April 12 from Andy Reid when there was some
modulation. At 2228 today I do have an open carrier, maybe JBM as
measured. But this hour only, BBC via VOA Tinang, PHILIPPINES is also
scheduled and heard before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 11815, May 21 just before 1500, ``NHK World, Radio Japan,
Tokyo`` ID in English but don`t get our hopes up as it`s all-Japanese
to follow; English has been degraded to only two emissions, at 05 &
14, neither intended for N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6935 AM, UT Sunday May 21 at 0116, unID S7/S9 but
JBM; 0156 still carrier. Many reports here
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,114107.0.html
``KMUD MOJAVE PHONE BOOTH RE-BROADCAST via NAPRS 6935 AM 0107 UTC 21
MAY 2023`` including SSTV ID images.

During the Saturday evening SW music glut I`m mainly listening to
`Encore` classical music from R. Tumbril this hour on 5850 WRMI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770, much stronger than // 7730, Sun May 21 at
0630, REI via WRMIs, again in Spanish, did not catch any datestamp,
but no news, as for weekends, plugs mailbag coming up but first,
Rincón Musical (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. Fareed Zakaria`s Take, on the elexions, is
excellent, on CNN May 21 at 1400 & 1700 UT:
Elexions in Turkey are Free but Unfair
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/05/21/fareeds-take-turkey-elections-erdogan-imamoglu-gps-vpx.cnn

Also the subject of his Washington Post column:
https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2023/5/19/turkey-points-to-a-global-trend-free-and-unfair-elections
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
May 20 at 2230 on WRMIs: 15770.000, S9/+10 into UTwente; and 5850,
S7/S8 into Georgia SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sunday May 21 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 direct but
amounting to VP, better than usual vs noise level; and with the
external noise blast as usual overriding the first 14 seconds.
Furthermore, break in transmission at 0050*-*0052, power failure? Also
off in quick check were 7730, 7570, 5950; while 5800, 5850 and the
three 9s were still on.

Also confirmed UT Sunday May 21 at 0330 about 19 minutes into so
started about 0311 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, VG S9+16/18 into nearby
SDR.

Also confirmed NEW time Sunday May 21 at 1330 on WRMI 9955 at 1339 &
1357 chex, about S9 direct and no jamming. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW [? no show May 15]
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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Sat May 20 at 2300-2400, Texas Radio SW via WRMI has
started replaying during this weekly hour, some of their very first
shows when on pirate radio, Mix Radio International. Nice to hear the
synthetic voice of Cap`n Ric again. Some versions of YROT included but
did not take detailed notes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490-, May 21 at 0109, this WBCQ is really ailing.
Undermodulated music, no comparison to neighbors 7505, 7520 or other
BCQs 6160, 5130. 0112 dead air with some frying sound; 0114 trace of
JBM talk. 0148 still DA/JBM. What`s scheduled now? `Shortwave Saturday
Night` - maybe problem in getting feed from WHVW, or in the 7490
transmitter itself. Recheck at 0310, now it`s OK into Maryland SDR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130-, UT Sunday May 21 0110, surprised to find this WBCQ on
early, American DJ playing country music from Britain, about an awards
show that lasted 10 hours with 10 winners each playing one-hour sets.
What is this? 0147 recheck with a faux ad for ``Granny-Be-Gone``. 0157
outro as ``-- -- Sessions``, address for donations, Jim Calhoun,
Thunderbird something, P O Box 163, Pershing, Nebraska, 69143 -- oh
noh, that would be Hershey, west of North Platte. 0200 Radio Angela ID
and something else.

I then see in the Angela sked that on UT Sundays only during May it is
starting an hour earlier than 0200:

``Saturdays (Sundays world date):
9pm-10pm EDT (Sundays 0100-0200 UTC)
Harmony Barn Sessions
Host: Jim Calhoun
Format: Original songs by the host and popular songs in the public
domain.
Email: harmonybarnsessions@protonmail.com``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1170, eQSL for WDFB DX test received May 21 from Les
Rayburn, CPC Chairman. It`s an EKKO stamp design, and generic,
identical copies sent to everyone without their names on them or
specific reception details such as time. Apparently the QSLing load is
too heavy to manage, and he`s put out a call for volunteers;
otherwise, no QSLs next year, even if tests can be arranged.

Accompanying text: ``This confirms your reception of a coordinated DX
Test on February 25, 2023. This test was
produced by the NRC/IRCA Courtesy Program Committee(CPC) & WDFB. The
submitted recording was verified by CPC members and is certified valid
by: Les Rayburn /signed/, N1LF, NRC/IRCA CPC Chairman
1170 KHz in Junction City, Kentucky.``

https://www.w4uvh.net/NRC%20IRCA%20DX%20Test%20QSL%20EKKO%20WDFB%20Feb%2025%2023.pdf
Or #144 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html

I hate the way URLs look with spaces in them replaced by %20 and had
been replacing_them with underscores to be sure they funxion, but that
appears not to be necessary.

My original full report:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2023_0223_0301.txt

1100 kHz: DITTO for the other one: ``This confirms your reception of a
coordinated DX Test on December 24, 2022. This test was produced by
the NRC/IRCA Courtesy Program Committee(CPC) & WCGA. The submitted
recording was verified by CPC members and is certified valid by: Les
Rayburn /signed/, N1LF, NRC/IRCA CPC Chairman
1100 KHz in St Simons Island, GA.``

https://www.w4uvh.net/NRC IRCA DX Test QSL EKKO WCGA Dec 24 22.pdf

Or #143 via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
My full report of this is in:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_1222_1228.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1953 UT May 21

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Sat May 20 at 2110, LRA36 is JBA S3/S5
into Argentine SDR, W&M conversation mentioning radioaficionados, then
fades in a bit better vs noise level. Today it was reported first at
*2003 direct to Spain by Manuel Méndez. It broke off but came back.
Nominal schedule is until 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12200, May 20 at 0619, RHC English, S9+10/20 with squeal on 2
x 6100, which is weaker, only S9/+10. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7290, Friday May 19 at 1828 I check IRRS SW,
presumably via Bulgaria, S9/+20 into UTwente, during the time WOR used
to air - and I briefly recognize the British voice of Ray Robinson, so
it must be `AWR Wavescan` --- but he`s chopped off at 1830 for
`Feature Story News`, 1833 rock music. TG when WOR was running at 1815
it would not be truncated -- tho another webcast-only, Sat at 2334,
misses the last 5 minutes so FSN can run first and something else at
0000 - altho I have not rechecked this lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, May 19 at 2020, only signal around here
weak speech in Turkish? S0/S1 direct so probably Recep`s jammer and/or
Dengê Welat (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, May 20 at 0623, VON is S9/+10 but JBM. Standard
remarx about futility, abysmalness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770 // 7730, May 20 at 0638, R. Eslovaquia
Internacional via WRMIs in Spanish instead of English. This was the
transmission repeating the Jan 30 English show forever and ever;
perhaps Jeff noted my report about that. No ID heard, but kept talking
about Slovakia. Nor do I know whether it were a new program, but
probably. In Spanish do they announce current date at opening, like
most of the time in English? The skedgrid dated May 12 has now been
updated to show Eslovaquia at 0630 daily on System H, 15770 & 7730.
When else? 5010 at 0030, and 9955 at 0330 on System H sked; but
frequency grid atop shows 0230 instead on 9955 System B. Also M-F 1230
on B 9955. The sked remains self-contradictory (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Fri May 19 at 2200, SNR in English, VG into NA5B
remote and I can`t help but notice that frequency displays as 17855,
offset minus 108 Hz! I don`t think so. Compared to Virginia remote,
shows only minus 3 Hz. UTwente, 17855.001. Then I check NA5B tuning
WWV as if on: 20000 -121 Hz, 15000 -92 Hz, 10000 -61 Hz - So this SDR
is now miscalibrated and the amount of error is proportional to
frequency. One of the topix previewed at s/on was about a classical
music festival in Andorra, but I missed it mainly monitoring Turkey
this time. Nor did I check the other three REE frequencies remotedly
or directedly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.007, May 19 cuts on a few sex before *2200, late
timesignal and opening VOT English, S9+50 into UTwente. As usual now
with some overmodulation/distortion, especially the music. 2213 about
May 19 being the Atatürk Youth & Sports holiday. 2214 `Weekly
Analysis` about the elexion, alleging there was 88.92% turnout,
proving T is a funxioning democracy. Recep got slightly less than 50%
requiring a runoff but confident he can make up the difference and
win: then over to a prof for further analysis. 2235 recheck going from
`The Healing Spring` to `Did You Know That` with their respective
theme musix, which are each always the same including announcement at
both opening and closing. DYKT, something about Atatürk having written
the first astronomy book in Turkish -- really? And getting a crater on
the Moon named for him. Then mostly music. By now has drifted down to
11785.003. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2253 standard s/off.
2354 IS. 2356 restart IS with German IDs -- and yes, extraneous German
starts at 2300 including same themetunes as in English. 2320
multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2324* chopped off air abruptly as the
sleepyrator finally awakens, tough luck, extraneous German listeners.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28224.5 CW, May 20 at 1542, K5GJR/B is the JBA OSOB, no
other beacons nor phones during quick 10m bandscan. Starts with call,
K, and gridsquare. Faded up enough to copy during several iterations.
WI5V roster:
28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL.

Have heard before only during summer Es seasons: 2022: July 3, June 5;
2021: July 22, June 11, June 3 and referring to some more in 2020y:

28224.5-CW, June 3 [2021] at 1805, beacon K5GJR/B EL17, i.e.:
``28.2245 K5GJR C CORPUS CHRISTI, TX # 5W, VERTICAL``
I also logged him several times last June, July & August 2020:
Randy L Bates, Corpus Christi, TX 78415 USA ``I have a 10mtr beacon
that runs 24/7 at 28.224.5, consisting of a Radio Shack HTX100,
putting out 2.5 watts, using a Pico keyer kit I assembled, into a
Antron A-99 vertical antenna at 40'... 73s Randy k5gjr`` CC is 957 km
= 595 statute miles from Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Gary Pence also reported him among others on Oct 30, 2022:
``10 meter beacons copied at KB1VWC rSDR (Remotely) East Falmouth, MA.
FN41rn ---

1627z, K5GJR, 28225.5 khz, Corpus Christi, Texas, Randy uses a
Radio Shack HTX 100 running 2.5 watts into a Vert. at 40 ft.

All of these have an expanded story to tell via QRZ.Com and most
welcome signal reports whereas LW NDB have their stories and my best
resource so far has been Wikipedia.
73,s and have fun. Gary, km5x`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed Friday
May 19 at 2030 on IRRS SW ``from northern Italy`` via AM Italia, 1323
kHz only, S9+15 into nearby Noale SDR with lite music CCI from
understation presumably Brighton. See also ITALY [non]

Confirmed UT Saturday May 20 at 0130, S9/+10 into Georgia SDR, but NOT
on reactivated 7730, rather Hal Turner hour continues, as now shown on
frequency skedgrid while System F still shows both 5850 & 7730 for WOR
and everything else during this hour.

Also confirmed UT Saturday May 20 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130
-25 Hz = 5129.75, S8/9+10 into NH SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday May 20 at 1600 on WRN North America webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday May 20 at 1949 about 19 minutes into so
started on-time at 1930, on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into nearby
SDR. Next:

2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
[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 [? no show May 15]
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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490-), UT Sat May 20 from 0000, WBCQ webcast with a new
`AAAWWW`. Angela again remote on the phone with occasional comments.
He first rails against reparations, as those today cannot be
accountable for what their ancestors did. Even as an admitted Jew he
thinx reparations are ridiculous. Quadricasting on 7490, 6160, 5130,
3265 announced at least twice at 0022 & 0039 on 19th of May YOOFL
2023. Good news about AM radio in cars as some bipartisan legislation
is pending. He and Timtron have been doing a lot of work on backup
transmitters; usual anti-screen, pro-knobs rant. Needs more paid
programming or may have to start turning off transmitters during
unpaid. 0050 about to go into Free Radio Weekly when our power cuts
off and on five times in a row; with no storms around here. Causing me
to have to rewrite parts of this report. I never got around to
checking any of the SW frequencies direct. Never heard any
anti-Democratic comments this week tho could have been in final
dekaminute missed when he usually quotes supportive emailers (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17763-17786, May 19 at 2017, rapid clicking like OTH
radar in the middle of the 16m BC band; fortunately no stations amid,
but right next to 17790 WRMI; roughly 25 kHz bandwidth (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2137 UT May 20

** ALGERIA. 9470, May 19 at 0503, algo S7/S9 but just barely
modulated, presumed Ifrikya FM, Béchar site as scheduled 03-06. Other
frequency at this hour should be 13790 Ouargla, unchecked. As with
many other items in this report, I`m making a point to monitor before
& after 05 UT, an earlier hour than habitually after 0600 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 21505, May 19 at 0455, two weak signals S0/S2
beating with a fast SAH, i.e. CNR1 jammer vs RFA Chinese via TINIAN
this hour. What else on 13m tnx to ``night`` propagation as we are
only one month from midnight-sun Solstice?

21530, something is here: a Sound of Hope frequency, therefore CNR1
jamming. Also a JBA carrier on 21560.1 but nothing listed and probably
one of those infernal internally generated Wellbrook birdies, rather
than a typically off-frequency Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910-, May 19 at 0511, in the expanse of one
minute, Alcaraván Radio is totally obliterated thrice by ``running
water`` ute QRM on and off. Never noticed that here before. 6010
Conciencia remains absent (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 10125 CW, May 19 at 0505, HK3QQ, Bogotá, the slow but
defective keyboard-letter sequences between VVVs and IDs, which I
would hear any night around 0630 chex. Wonder what the extent of its
schedule be? Strangely, I have not seen any other logs of this very
distinctive and unique programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, May 19 at 0443, RHC is S4/S8 but just barely
modulated, as is longstanding standard for this frequency. Beyond me
why they don`t just turn it off if can`t fix it. Also with plus/minus
10 kHz spur parasites but I neglected to check for those this time. No
comparison to loud and clear // 11760 in Spanish. // 11670 is also on
at 0445 May 19, weaker S5/S6 but decent modulation.

15230, May 19 at 0450, RHC also on here in Spanish, S3/S9 but
modulation suptorted = suppressed and distorted. Somethings` always
wrong at RHC. The Other Side:

``Fatalities and a dangerous lack of protection: what Cuban workers
cannot blow the whistle on
In recent years, several workers have died due to frequent violations
of occupational safety protocols.
Alfredo Herrera Sánchez, Madrid 17 Mayo 2023 - 21:16 CEST
Illustration. Diario de Cuba

Workers' Memorial day, sponsored by the United Nations (UN), was
celebrated on April 28. This day "explored the theme of safe and
healthy working environments as a fundamental principle and right at
work." This opened a cycle that closed this May Day, also recognized
by the UN as International Workers' Day. As throughout the last six
decades, in every municipality of Cuba there was a parade organized by
the regime, although this time it was held on May 5 due to the fuel
shortage.

In countries with totalitarian leftist systems, such as Cuba, May Day
is used to celebrate the supposed achievements that make the
"emancipated and empowered proletariat" proud. In democratic
countries, such as Spain, the date is used to demand labor rights (the
original purpose of the celebration). Castroism has hijacked the day
to the point that workers on the island cannot demand changes in their
work environment. May Day parades in Cuba are not conceived for that,
but to show support for the regime...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1684351002_47215.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 12000, UT Thu May 19 at 0446, `Chariots of Fire` theme
introducing `Arts Report` on RHC English, S4/S7 on this second
harmonic, but // 6000 is much stronger, S9+30/40, and nothing on 9700
which is often // English earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7355, May 19 at 0507, weak pulse jamming vs some
talker. It`s NHK Warudo R. Japan in one of its last two English
broadcasts, via FRANCE to Africa --- so foolish to pick a frequency
which has *ever* been used by R. Martí! Not this season, but much
heavier jamming on 7365 which is RM this season but not at this hour.
Okiro! frequency managers! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. See CUBA [and non] 7355

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, May 19 at 0454, Turkish? music at S0/S3,
presumably jammer against Dengê Welat but the only other signal nearby
is JBA talk on 17450, i.e. D.W. itself via Uzbekistan?; in another
failure to coöperate on same frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7400, May 19 at 0508, no signal from R. Vostochnaya
Zvezda, pirate. Had been just about every night, until this from
Lucas Bandura on the WOR iog May 15: ``Operator just posted this
message in the HF Underground discord chat: “no radio pushka {previous
name for same op, meaning rifle} for a while now. chinese
radio/exciter failed. its garbage anyways, lousy amplifier circuit and
very poor audio quality if using the built in modulator”`` and Arthur
Pozner replied:

``It was obvious he was not using anything reliable from the very
beginning. First started broadcasting in USB mode and later switched
to very poor AM and invariably the result was always very atrocious
audio; maybe he will find something that is made in the US or
Japan!``

The other 40m pirate, Station YHWH, not on 7475 this late but was
reported earlier, usually off by 0430v (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11740, May 19 at 0444, S8/S9 of rock music. It`s RRI
Romanian this hour, 300 kW at 285 degrees from Galbeni for CIRAF 27SE,
i.e. France, but also toward N America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 5870-5875-5880, May 19 at 0510, DRM noise. This hour only it`s
BBCWS in English via Woofferton, 78 degrees for France & Germany,
where there are bound to be a lot more non-DRM radios; like everywhere
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 9725, May 19 at 0504, S5/S8 in African language. It`s
VOA via VATICAN in Hausa this semihour only, violating Separation Of
Church And State. 9725 is underutilized, only other being CRI Russian
at 10-12. Long-gone is Brazil`s 9725v, R. Clube Paranaense, Curitiba
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2191 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday May 19 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, poor S7/S9 here direct as
usual in this daypart but no jamming audible. Next:

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 7730 to NE [NEW to be confirmed]
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
[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 [? no show May 15]
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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9265VV, May 19 at 0459, WINB ID, muffled modulation and
carrier horribly shaky, worse than usual, rapid clunking, and into
TOMBS, which is incomparably better on 9395 WRMI. Sounds like WINB is
about to collapse but has been on the precipice for years. Can`t help
but wonder how this affect all their hybrid DRM broadcasts later, if
it`s the same transmitter: but I guess it`s not, as WRTH 2023 says
there are 1 x 50 kW and 1 x 15 kW -- yet DRM and AM are never on air
at same time. Strength of DRMs seems like more than 15 kW. In fact,
WINB DRMs in HFCC are registered as 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, May 19 at 0500, TOMBS via WRMI as someone is trying to
sing ``time is windin` up`` --- sure, as perpetually it`s almost the
Last Day! // 9265 WINB horribly shaky, q.v. But 9455 WRMI is OFF the
air now. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1825 UT May 19

** ALGERIA. Correxion: original post typoed 12590 instead of 13590: I
have extracted complete schedule from HFCC as of May 12:

Béchar site, 300 kW at 131 degrees from the NW near Morocco:
03-06 9470 & 9500 [alternates; 9470 reported]
06-09 15110
09-11 17600
11-18 21550
18-21 17600
21-03 13590
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191)

** INTERNATIONAL INTERNET. Here`s another neat little program not only
on but produced at KUCO 90.1 and streaming. Many of the episodes are
in ``the rest of the story`` style with a big reveal at the end,
finding out who he has been talking about. I see that it is syndicated
by PRX to some other stations but I have not found an affiliate list.
They may be conveniently auditioned in groups of 5 at a time = less
than 14 minutes per week.

A Day to Remember with Kent Anderson
Weekdays: 8am & 5pm {CDT = 13 & 22 UT}

A Day To Remember is a daily journey into the treasures of history,
great and small.

Researched, written, and hosted by longtime KUCO broadcaster and
award-winning novelist Kent Anderson, A Day to Remember covers a wide
range of topics, ranging from ancient history to the 21st century:
battles and elections, inventions and adventures, art and culture,
science and spirit.

“It isn’t just a typical ‘this day in history’ module, and it isn’t a
lesson or a lecture,” says Anderson. “I’m telling stories. Some of
them will be familiar, famous events, and others will feature stories
from the past that we may not have heard so often.”

https://exchange.prx.org/series/44007-a-day-to-remember

Details
Date-based history modules. Run time 02:45 for all episodes
Related Site {with scripts and illustrations}:
facebook.com/ADayToRememberRadio
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, May 18 at 1520 UT, BAD undecodable signal from
Enid`s only local TV transmitter, K17JN-D with 3ABN network.
Presumably caused by DX QRM as there is mild tropo around here per
APRS map. Bandscan finds only two other BAD signals, on `open`
channels, RF 31 & 34. Soon K17JN recovers (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. Correxion to VOT English schedule previously posted with
two typos: Elexion returns: It might be more interesting than usual to
monitor VOT today and tonight. If they can make it onto air, don`t
expect any Breaking News rather than olds, but FWIW, English hours:
1830 5945, 2030 9875, 22 11785, 03 6165 7275, 1230 15450, 1630
11660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2191)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2190 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: Confirming World of Radio #2190, WRMI:

15770, very noisy, S7, S9 signal, 2230, 2242, 2255 (45433), 2259, May
13 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, static, QRN, QSB fading, 0031, 0045, 0059 (45433), (45343),
0059, May 16 UTC 2023 [Tue]
9395, 2331, 2342, 2359 (45343), 2359, May 16 UTC 2023 [Tue]
9395, 0030, 0044, 0059 (45343), 0059, May 18 UTC 2023 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday May 18 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thursday May 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S8/9+10 but
noisy into Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2191 contents: Algeria, Antarctica, Bangladesh, China
and non, Congo, Cuba, Hawai`i, International Internet, Korea North,
Myanmar, North America, Norway non, Oklahoma, Perú, Slovakia non,
Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UQKOGBANI non, USA, Vanuatu; DRM; FM & TV DX;
propagation outlook.

WORLD OF RADIO 2191 available from 0053 UT May 19:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2191.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2191.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
[usually, also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
1330 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
[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

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial
support is appreciated; thanks this week to Doug Brown, London, Ont.,
for a generous US$ check to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
USA, ``Thanks, Glen[n] for all you do for this great hobby of ours``

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130 -17 Hz = 5129.983, UT Thu May 18 from 0300 WBCQ R.
Angela transmitter at typical offset, `María Bonita` show of Mexican
music variety presented in Spanish, S9+10/20 including high storm
noise level from TX panhandle direct, unlistenable, but not very noisy
S9/+10 into NH SDR where measured; by 0354 drifted to 5129.981,
closing with a march, Zacatecas?

This is monthly on the UT Thursday following the third Wednesdays:
May 17 (May 18 world date):
Radio Maria Bonita (language: Spanish/Español)
Host: Luis Alejandro Vallebueno (Mexico)
Format: Luis, an historian associated with Mexico’s shortwave station,
Radio Educación, presents a different aspect of music from Mexico each
month.
Email: radiomariabonita@gmail.com

24 hours after I was hearing Radio Caroline via 5130 WBCQ, between 06
and 07 UT May 18 it`s off the air again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2191)

** U S A. ``Yesterday, I was able to adjust the frequency plungers so
that I can now change frequency on #2 transmitter by remote control
from my house or the car. day 9.475; night 5.085 -- George McClintock
5-18-2023`` But has either been on air lately? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11670-11675-11680, May 18 at 0617, DRM noise S9,
unlisted in HFCC, EiBi, Aoki, not even in
https://www.drmrx.org/drm-broadcasts-shortwave-by-frequency/
Same sound of noise on 11615-11620-11625 which is known to be Romania
in German during this semihour, slightly weaker S7. Per EiBi the only
other DRM stations at this time, in case they have QSYed from other
frequencies, are WINB, CRI and CNR1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0108 UT May 19