** AUSTRALIA. 28266, reply to my report to beacon VK4RST:

``Hi Glenn, Thanks very much for the report of Vk4rst, it’s great to
know the beacon is been heard and used. We also here heaps of USA
beacons heard here daily, there are only 6-7 active 10m beacons in Vk,
vk2rsy is another one to listen for on 28.262. Sorry I don’t eqsl, but
have being thinking of getting some dedicated qsls for Vk4rst. Thanks
again for the report Glenn. 73’s mate Vk4pr`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 6016.685, April 11 at 0044, Spanish pop music with
distortion and breakups, S8/9+10 into Bonaire SDR.

Tnx to tip from Lucas Bandura, BC in the WOR iog at 2318 April 10:
``Organización Radial El Prado 6016.68 kHz --- The Colombian pirate is
back on the air; it had been over a month since I last heard this
station. Listening on the Bonaire KiwiSDR, S9. At tune in 2248 UT,
there was little or no modulation. At 2304 some buzzing and the
modulation started. The music is very distorted and is cutting in and
out. The op spoke briefly at 2317 with lots of feedback.``

At 0125 I get it direct on 6016.685, but only a JBA carrier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 5909.950, April 11 at 0048, Spanish songs, S9 into
Bonaire SDR. Must be reactivated Alcaraván Radio as Rafael Rodríguez
R., QSL manager had said would soon happen after 6010, LV de tu
Conciencia. Now there is a much weaker signal on 6010, not LVC? Maybe
same transmitter now trying 5910. Announcement at 0059 but no ID
caught; 0104 about historia de Colombia.

Meanwhile, this from RRR at 0030: ``Emisoras Campaña de Fuerza de Paz
- Colombia para Cristo AL AIRE! Hi Dx friends, After almost 5 years
off the air and an effort led by Martin Ste[n]dal, today the three
signals originating from Lomalinda, Puerto Lleras, Meta are active:
1530 kHz, 5910 kHz and 6010 kHz. Monitoring and reports are
appreciated and will be confirmed with eQSL. Reports to
rafaelcoldx (at) yahoo.com Rafael Rodríguez R.``

At 0124 I found 5910- better direct, S8/S9 with music, than via
Bonaire with its local noise problem. At 0125 there seemed to be two
weak signals beating on 6010, Brasil & Colombia? 0304, 5910 in
preaching segment citing Matthew XXIV; music at 0405; still 0627 S8/S9
direct while 6010 is S8/S9 but softer with not // music. 5910 is a
good clear frequency this A-season, nothing else on it but Romania in
the Colombian daytime, 1430-1957 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, April 11 at 1524, music and this time the
only signal below 17490. Maybe both Denge Welat and Turkish jammer are
coinciding again. 17455, April 11 at 1857, JBA signal only here under
the 17450 area whine - maybe both stations, can`t tell (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, April 11 at 0631, XEPPM again in dead air, S9/+10,
too bad (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, April 11 at 0632, S9 open carrier vs CODAR swirshes, R.
Logos leaving it on all night? Unlike 4820, Senda Cristiana, no signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 11 at 2200, VOT English is not missing, VG
S9+40 into UTwente, somewhat overmodulated/distorted. Something`s
always erroneous at Emirler. Usual s/on with partial English sked not
including this one, OM with news. 2212.5-2213.7 barely more than a
minute of `Review of the Turkish Press`. 2214 std salute to foreign
search & rescue teams, music. 2218.5 `Weekly Commentary` penned by
Simon Fisher[sp?], PhD candidate somewhere, about the impact of AI,
read by the YL with horrible accent until 2231. I defy any native
speaker of English to follow, understand her. She could polish her
speech if she ever listened to VOA. Or if it was ``penned``, trouble
reading his handwriting? 2231 multi-lingual ID filler reel, music.
2243 `Turkey`s Geomarked Products` about quince, Turkish Delight
recipe. 2245 music. 2248 every hour TRT with you promo. 2253 s/off as
if this were one of those four other broadcasts. Something`s always
awry at Ankara. 2254.6 IS plays a few times, chopped off at 2255.7
before it can lead into German. Why do I keep monitoring this? Despite
critiques, grateful it`s one of few countries left broadcasting
English to us on SW! Hope Recep loses (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2185 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday April 11 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20/28 into Missouri SDR.
Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; by MO or check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
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** VATICAN. 15565, April 11 at 1528, VR IS, 1530 opening Amharic,
S9+10/20. Incredibly, this is the strongest signal on band = SSOB,
supposedly aimed 140 degrees from SMG toward Ethiopia. Another example
of off-target coverage by this site: maybe accidentally aimed
backwards toward us at 320 degrees; or back-radiation not suppressed
at all. 15565 runs from 1530 to 1830 in a variety of languages, 250 kW
with azimuth changes depending on the particular African destination.
Several other Eurosigs on 19m much weaker, not to mention NAmsigs on
15825, 15770 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6225 CW, April 11 at 0632, exactly 24 beeps per minute,
like a strange timesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2314 UT April 11

** ALGERIA. 9455, April 10 at 0549, rock music at S9+10/20, WRMI
reactivated #5? 5050 Legends already off. But 9455 at 0551 in Arabic.
SMTV? sked at 0500-0700. Recheck 0559 for ID, it`s off already. Not in
HFCC, but Aoki shows Algeria Qur`an service via Béchar site at
0300-0600. If WRMI reactivate, this will present a problem (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRALIA. 28266 CW, April 10 at 2225, dash DE VK4RST, and a quick
scan does not find any other 10m beacons. This is more like it, WI5V:
``28.266 VK4RST C SAINT GEORGE, AUSTRALIA 5W, VERTICAL New 1 December
2017 (SWL David Vitek)`` -- presumably Qsld -- I don`t know about
VK-land, but US call areas are meaningless as hams move around and
retain old calls. Yes, per QRZ.com but it has no humaname!

``VK4RST Australia flag Australia, 10m Propagation Beacon, 28.266 Mhz,
St George QLD 4487, Australia, QSL: Vk4pr. VK4RST is a 10m propagation
beacon in grid QG41hw St George, Southwest Queensland, approximately
550 km due west of Brisbane. The beacon`s power is 10 watts into a 1/2
wave vertical antenna 15m agl and 200m asl. Reports would be
appreciated via vk4rst@gmail.com `` But VK4PR is: ``VK4PR Australia
flag Australia, Peter "Mutchy" Mutch, 74 Grey St, St George QLD 4487,
Australia`` I have sent him a report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6000, April 10 at 0546, RHC English VG, only
frequency still on, except for harmonic 12000, S7 at 0555. Longtime //
6165 seems gone for good: At 0256, it`s the TRT IS instead prior to
its English not for us but Asia, and its higher pitch chirps tinkle
ACI against WBCQ dead air on 6160-. Previously 9700 seemed to be RHC`s
replacement but that`s not on at 0300 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11670, April 10 at 1515, RHC Spanish is S9+5/10, maybe atop
Spain? which starts at 1500 weekdays. This RHC frequency of course is
normally tarde-only. Mistake for 11760? That and 15140 are both AWOL,
nominally the only midday channels. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, April 10 at 0614, JJBBA carrier from R.
Kiribati, and no other 9/kHz splits below 1220.

I caught another airing of the documentary on PBS -- certainly fleshes
out a country beyond our JBA carriers! Shows considerable sympathy for
its sea-level-rise situation, but nothing very substantial to
compensate; Pres. Anote turned over to a successor who in a PS was
said to be dismantling his climate policies! Possible solutions:
floating countries or undersea ``skyscrapers``. Meanwhile one woman
migrated with difficulty to NZ, and government was seeking to buy
enough land on a Fiji island to relocate the 100K citizens. Did
anything come of that? but would risk diluting Kiribati Kulture (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470 & 17480, April 10 at 1513, two signals
around here again imply Dengê Welat and ``Radio Recep`` jammer are
failing to coincide, so why bother? 17480 is stroonger with S5/S8
talk. April 9 Aoki presents as if there be an exact frequency rotation
oddball sked for DW, while jammer stay on 17480:

17450 1040-1155 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17455 1750-1910 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17460 0330-1040 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17460 1510-1610 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17470 0430-0630 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17470 1910-2025 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17475 2136-2200 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17480 1610-1750 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17480 2025-2136 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7
17480 0400-2200 TUR TRT Recep. Erdogan Tur Emirler 1-7
17480 2155-2350 CUB Cuban Spy Numers Spa Bejucal 357
17485 0630-0800 UZB Radyo Denge Welat Kur Tashkent 1-7

If Tashkent really be the site, this must mean they have at least one
transmitter not perpetually off-frequency-minus. Also leaving in the
few extraneous entries in same range, EiBi rather differs as of Apr
6:

17450 0600-1900 CLA Dengê Welat KU ME /UZB
17453 0700-0710 Tu,Fr RUS E07 Russian Spy # E RUS m
17455 0600-1900 CLA Dengê Welat KU ME /UZB
17460 0600-1900 CLA Dengê Welat KU ME /UZB
17460 0600-1900 TUR Turkish Jammer TU ME e
17470 0600-1900 CLA Dengê Welat KU ME /UZB
17470 0600-0610 Th RUS E06 Russian Spy # E RUS xx
17480 0600-1900 CLA Dengê Welat KU ME /UZB
17480 2154-2250 246 CUB Cuban Spy Numbers S Am b
17480 0600-1900 TUR Turkish Jammer TU ME e
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 6224 USB, April 10 at 0545, JBA marine weather sounds
like NZ style with coastal names. Yes: EiBi shows ZLM, Taupo Maritime
Radio, never specified as SSB, with numerous 32-minute broadcasts
starting at :03 or :33 past hours, including 0533. Note that this is
circa local sundown. Should be much better for next emission at 0803
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7255-, April 10 at 0619, tune-in VON just in time, dead
air or maybe JBM until cutoff at 0619.8* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6915 USB, April 10 at 0001, rock music S9/+10. 0007
``What condition my condition was in``; interspersed with W&M voice
dialogs, 0007 about paying for transmitter; new sponsor: LifeAlert,
faux commercial ``I`ve fallen and can`t get up``, vs autophone reply,
your waiting time is: 4 hours, etc. Haha. ``You are listening to
Crapola Radio, shortwave pirate, all free, all the time. 0012 music.
0014 ``Brain Brothers shortwave radio net``, more faux ads. Off at
0027* already. Tnx to advance tip of upcoming broadcast on the WOR
iog. Pse QSL? Many more reports here with more details:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,112496.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 13645-13650-13655, April 9 at 2153, DRM noise. It`s RRI
Tsiganeshti this hour in Spanish. Before 2100 from 2030, English to
NAm on same is not DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, VG Monday April 10 at 2207, token English from SNR
feature is interviewing some novelist, not of interest, even tho
TURKEY is off, no competition (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 6165: see CUBA [and non]; jammer: see KURDISTAN [non].
11785, April 10 at 2200 and later chex, no signal direct from VOT
English, ceding the semihour to SPAIN but of no interest. 11785 not on
either at 2310 check into UTwente, no extra German. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2185 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday April 9 at 2000 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20
into nearby Noale SDR, with only lite CCI presumably Smooth Radio,
Brighton, England. Listened to 2015 to confirm we were not cut off
after 10 minutes this week, and hope the remaining 14 minutes also
aired. Preceding music show until 2000 is on the NEXUS-IBA sked as `16
Gwendoline Street`. What does that signify? Googling leads to some
real addresses in NZ, Australia.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 10 at 0038 the 0030 on WRMI 7780, JBA
S7 direct and noisy.

Not confirmed UT Monday April 10 at 0300 on WBCQ Area 51, 6160 -67 Hz
= 6159.933, S9/+5 into Maryland SDR which is DEAD AIR from 0256
tune-in until 0340! Something`s messed up at Monticello. However, WOR
does start at 0306 on A51 webcast only. Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; by MO or check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 1150 kHz, April 10 at 0600 UT, no sign of DX test from KSEN
Shelby MT, as delayed oopsie 24 hours; another no show? I`m listening
on DX-398 nulling KSAL as much as possible. At 0605 some tinkling
bells which could have been an else liner. But 0610 I finally copy JBA
Morse code as VVV VVV VVV DE KSEN, and repeated several times. First
few minutes might have been talk indistinguishable from the QRM. So
that`s it: no need to listen another bihour. Besides, I already QSLed
it on November 8, 2020:
https://www.w4uvh.net/KSEN1150DXghQSL.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Surprised and pleased to receive on April 10, 2023, an eQSL
letter for DX tests almost a year ago, and tnx also to arranger Harry
Dence for the reminder:

``"QSL" VERIFICATION --- Glenn . . . This correspondence serves to
verify your off air reception of radio stations: WWKY AM 990 khz (1
KW ND) Winchester, KY. and WMST AM 1150 khz (2.5 KW ND) Mount
Sterling, KY during our DX test period of April 10th 2022. (12:00
mid–2:00 am EDT / WWKY 0447 UT & WMST 0452 UT respectively). Your
accounting of both station receptions was most accurate. My apologies
for the delay in confirming this “QSL” report. Any questions,
comments, etc., please don’t hesitate to contact me. Kindest regards
. . . Hays McMakin, Gateway Radio Works, Inc. / 22 West Main
Street / Mount Sterling, KY 40353.
WMST-FM/AM | WKYN-FM | WIVY-FM | WKCA-FM | WWKY-FM/AM
hays@gatewayradio.net Office: (859) 498-1077 Cell: (606) 776-4200``

My original log reports of these are in here:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_0407_0413.txt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925, April 10 at 0005, only pirate besides 6915 Crapola
is very weak signal here. HFU reports of Damn Skippy on USB, mostly
before 0000:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,112493.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11900.9 USB, April 0554, 2-way in unID language. It
seems no one else bothers to document these INTRUDERS: unidentifiable,
not SWBC, so off-topic, who cares? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0003 UT April 11

** ANTARCTICA. 15476 RCUSB, LRA36, poor into Arg SDR at 2206 April 8,
another Saturday broadcast, getting to be routine. But off by next
check 2240. Did anyone hear it earlier, or later? Probably started
circa 2100. One reply on the WOR iog:

``I heard it at 2238, quality signal varied a lot, from strong to weak
in few minutes. Here is a 5 minute recording using Argentine Kiwi-SDR:
https://app.box.com/s/chscd02zugmk04eoboucs43eq1e13vge
Marcos Cox, Chile`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 346 MCW kHz, April 9 at 0708 UT, dash and YXL, 500 watt ND
beacon at Sioux Lookout, Ontario. A regular but less and less heard vs
storm noise level. Really wish I could hear some `new` ones (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 6010, April 9 at 0645, LV de tu Conciencia, S7/S9.
Earlier I requested eQSL for my April 8 reception:

``Hi Rafael, Would appreciate an eQSL for LV de tu Conciencia, which I
logged for certain last night, direct on my R75 with 30m E/W
longwire:

6010, April 8 at 0615, song at S7/S9, title or refrain, ``por qué``.
0620 announcement by OM and then YL with ID ``La Voz de tu
Conciencia`` as we have been assuming. Next song with yelling, ``El
19 de marzo...``, SINPO 25342.

May we expect Alcaraván to resume too on 5910? Either continuing past
Easter? Thanks, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, USA``

Promptly a reply:

``Greetings, after more than 5 years off the air, the signals at 1.530
kHz-HKV82 and 6.010 kHz-HJDH have been put into operation again, both
teams are still making adjustments to improve their signals. Work is
also underway to make a new local production, and link via internet
with the studios in Bogotá for live programs, this in the medium term.
Likewise, work is being done to put the signal on the air at 5910 kHz
in the short or medium term.

I send you the eQSL and Pennant from the station, you can print them
to be part of your collection.
dxdesdecolombia.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@DXdesdeColombia/video
Thanks, Rafael Rodríguez R. QSL Manager``

Nicely designed, even reproducing a real postage stamp:
https://www.w4uvh.net/eQSL_LV_de_tu_Conciencia_GHauser.pdf
https://www.w4uvh.net/Banderin_LVdetuConciencia_6010kHz.pdf
or Nos. 140 & 141 via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, Sunday April 9 at 0712, no signal here nor anywhere on
6, 9 or 11 MHz bands from RHC, so weekly Esperanto also missing. Still
announced as 0800 on 6100, initiating a real broadcast at 1500 Sunday
April 9 on S9 11760 and JBA 15140 instead of 1600 on 11760 only as the
Esperantists remain clueless about their own true schedule.

Unusual propagation now: NAm & Cuban sigs above 13 MHz much
attenuated, such as JBA carriers on WWCR 15825, 13845; but 9980 still
blasting, 12160 only S8/S9. Some further signals still making it on 15
& 17 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470 & 17480, April 9 at 1508, JBA carriers from
Dengê Welat & Recep the Turkish Jammer, or vice versa, failing to
collide. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauer, OK,
WOR)

** PERU. 4820, April 9 circa 0645, no signal from R. Senda Cristiana;
Ron Howard was not hearing it too at 0739, 0759, 0818. On April 8 he
got a reply from them:

``Hi Glenn, The following is an email from Brad Shaw, of Radio Senda
Cristiana. His info is at
https://quechuamissions.com/about
I have replied to his email with a number of questions I have about
the station. Will have to wait to see if he responds.

"Thank you for your kind words. Great to know you were able to hear
us. It must be working well. We are broadcasting with 1k watts, but we
are thinking of only 4-10pm [2100-0300 UT] and 4-8am [0900-1300 UT]
Peru time for the next year or so. Brad Shaw, Peru" -- Ron,
California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.023, April 8 at 2220, VOT is S9+45 into UTwente,
going from `Gripping Piles` to `Turkey`s Geomarked Products` - both
exact titles uncertain. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2224 a
different OM voice than usual with `Weekly Analysis` about fake yogurt
made with buffalo milk (?). Somewhat overmodulated/distorted.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. From 2230 mostly music. 2254
s/off; 2255* after IS played only twice. BTW we recently ran across an
off-air recording made years ago of their previous IS which was on
piano with variations: nostalgia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 347 MCW kHz, April 9 at 0709 UT, AFK, 25-watt NDB at
Nebraska City NE, JBA next to stronger YXL 346 Canada.

251 MCW kHz, April 9 at 0711 UT, AM, 100-watt NDB at Amarillo TX; not
often heard among few Texans despite neighborliness (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2185 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
April 8 at 1930 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 into nearby SDR, about
13 minutes into so started early circa 1917.

Also confirmed Saturday April 8 at 2239 the 2230 on WRMI 5850, S9+5/10
into Missouri SDR; and WRMI 15770, VG S9+30/42 into Maine SDR, and at
2257 also holding up at S9/+15 into UTwente where it`s targeted.

Also confirmed UT Sunday April 9 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 but
noisy into Missouri SDR; S9+10/15 into Louisiana SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sunday April 9 at 0326 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20
into nearby SDR, about 4 minutes into so started circa 0322. Next:

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
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
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; by MO or check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 9455, April 9 circa 1500 and many other random chex, no
signal from WRMI-5 supposedly scheduled 24 hours per transmission grid
still dated March 12 for B-22. Also, I have just noticed that both
WRMI-1 and WRMI-2 are shown as on 7730, zero hours per day, at 44 and
160 degree azimuths respectively. Yet 7730 remains for many blox on
the program/system skeds below. We never hear it nor have we for at
least 6 months. There are also lots of other blank hours on the grid;
at 16-21 UT only 4 frequencies in use of the remaining transmitters:
17790, 15770, 9455, 9395 - make that three!

BTW, this weekend Jeff & Thaïs White were to be visiting NSW and a DX
meeting to welcome them was organised (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1150 kHz, April 9 at 0601 UT another DX test from KSEN,
Shelby MT is scheduled to start. On the DX-398 with due north KSAL
nulled as much as possible, I briefly think I hear some sweep tones,
but must have been spurious sounds, wishful as absolutely nothing in
the nature of a DX test perceived until 0620 and another check around
0640; mainly two stations echoing with C2CAM. No one else heard it
either. Paul Walker then informed us: ``A little oopsie with the KSEN
test --- There was a bit of a mistake. KSEN programming staff
accidentally scheduled the test for Monday morning at 1201 [0601 UT
April 10]. KSEN has been lowered to proper night power and the test
will run as scheduled just a day late`` causing a lot of lost sleep,
not including me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7890, April 9 at 0704, JBA carrier, no doubt 2 x 3945
which R. Vanuatu has reactivated. Probably starts 0700 after 7260.

11835, April 9 at 0705, S9/+10 of W&M conversing in Bislama,
``b`long`` the keyword, as R. Vanuatu is back on 3 x 3945. One of my
best signals yet from this. Glad to have them again. The question
remains: are these harmonix really accidental? And why don`t they
occur when same? transmitter is on 5040, 7260. Marshall Reel, near
Washington DC, says 11835 cut off suddenly at 0859* (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7480.07, April 9 at 0650, S6/S8 dead air. No broadcaster
listed; ute, or possibly warmup channel only for a nearby frequency,
like VOA does (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7647.4 USB, April 9 at 0648, 2-way in Spanish (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1953 UT April 9

** COLOMBIA. 6010, April 8 at 0615, song at S7/S9, title or refrain,
``por qué``. 0620 announcement by OM and then YL with ID ``La Voz de
tu Conciencia`` as we have been assuming. Next song with yelling, ``El
19 de marzo...``, SINPO 25342. Ron Howard was simulistening:

``6010, LV de tu Conciencia, 0615-0645 UT, on April 8. Playing mostly
non-stop LA songs and several instrumental selections; pleased to hear
a definite, but faint ID; stronger reception today, probably a
reflection of the adjustments still being made to the transmitter. My
audio at
https://app.box.com/s/v0fsnz3fia4vn32mn47p9tpiv74pcpsv
Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 11760, April 8 at 0623, RHC English, S9 with
commentary. This time no // 9700, just German from Romania. All 6`s
are off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846, April 8 at 0632, no carrier detected from R.
Kiribati. Saul Broudy replies to my previous about the TV
documentary:

``Pacific Heartbeat --- Anote's Ark #901>>> If you go to the PBS app
(public TV in USA) or to
https://www.pbs.org/search/
and search for "Kiribati", you'll find this program video, as well as
Anote Tong's appearance on the Christiane Amanpour show and other
relevant links. -- 73, Saul Broudy (W3WHK) Philadelphia, PA USA``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460, April 8 at 1539 talk at S3/S5 with flutter,
no QRM; and 17470 JBA carrier, so evidently Dengê Welat and Recep`s
Turkish jammer again failing to collide. Is no one paying attention?
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7320, April 8 at 0611, rock song with heavy disco
beat, YL singer, not sure of language, S9 from R. Vostochnaya Zvezda,
pirate in SW USA, quite regular now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 15540, April 8 at 1532, mixture on & off of voices, one
sportstalk found // 1390 KCRC strong local, and not its // sibling
1640 KZLS which is not synchronized but a couple seconds delayed.
Usually these things are explained as external? mixing with a strong
real SW signal displaced 1390 kHz, but that does not compute now:
16930 or 14150 -- unless maybe a local ham on the latter, neither
checked at first before calculations (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810 open carrier stronger than 4820 carrier, April 8 at
0626, S6 vs CODAR pulse peaking S9 on 4810, i.e. Logos, Chazuta. 4820
then seems to cut off and on with a warble. Evidently new Senda
Cristiana is having problems. Other reports on the WOR iog:

``Hi Marcos, April 8, at 0752 UT and re-checking at 0835, found 4820
silent. No Perú! But later at 0936, heard a decent level open carrier
with no audio. Still working on the transmitter? Ron California``

``Hi Ron, Their transmitter was on when I heard them around 01-02 UT,
but they were silent, hopefully they are on the air with something
today. Marcos C [Chile?]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAO TOME. 4960, Sat April 8 at 0631, carrier on & off. That fits
VOA`s sked per EiBi: 0530-0630 M-F only in French, 0700-0730 daily in
Hausa. Starts at 0400 daily English, 0500-0530 Hausa (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2185 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday April 8 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday April 8 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5130, minus 19 Hz = 5129.981, S9+5/20 into Missouri SDR, vs storm
crashes from off the TX/LA Gulf coasts.

Also confirmed Saturday April 8 at 1600 on WRN N America webcast;
preceded by quick FSN, ID, intro, and always a pregnant pause before
playback start. Next:

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]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode]
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
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 880, April 8 at 0601 UT on R75 with E/W longwire, two news
stations mixing, Fox on KRVN Nebraska and WCBS NYC. DX test from KJJR
supposed to start at 0601, but not heard until 0605 on the DX398,
Morse code: VVV VVV VVV DE KJJR - and repeated several times. So
that`s it: won`t need to listen another bihour. Besides, this is not
the second, not the third, but the fourth DX special from KJJR,
Whitefish, Montana in last few years when I also heard it: Nov 8,
2020; Jan 8, 2022; Nov 5, 2022. It`s 10 kW on ND day pattern. Peaks
NW/SE but can`t eliminate KRVN, WCBS nor something in Spanish. At
0607 sounds like SSTV which is a new mode for these, and no way am I
going to be able to decode it. No doubt there will be countless other
reports about in IRCA. Tnx for the test. Sibling station KSEN 1150,
Shelby MT, to do the same thing 24 hours later. In this case day
pattern will be advantageous, SSE instead of NNW at night (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, April 8 at 0610, JBA carrier presumed RV still here.
I`m not up after 0700, so Gary Pence, KM5X, says: ``Same report as
last night. Report for April 8th, 2023: Hello Glenn, at 0713z from KFS
NW [antenna on California coast] just under S9 on 3945 and S9 on 7890
and S9+5/12db on 11835 kHz. 73, Gary``

He also followed up on April 7: ``Hi Glenn, just happened to check KFS
SW and Vanuatu seems to be off air sometime before 0900z. On all 3
frequencies heard after 07z. Gary``} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1907 UT April 8

** CANADA. 284 MCW kHz, April 7 at 0651 UT, dash and QD, 500 watt ND
beacon at The Pas, Manitoba. Also detectable, 332, QT, 1000 watts at
Thunder Bay ON; and 248 WG, 1000 watts at Winnipeg MB. WG to be
decommissioned on April 20. Will really miss that; has been most
reliable Canadian beacon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 6010.00, April 7 at 0630, S8/S9 music, noisy, presumed LV
de tu Conciencia as IDed last night. Within 1 or 2 Hz of exact
frequency; while Brasil if active would be further off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, April 7 at 0620, RHC English, S9+20 about T****; also
// 9700, April 7 at 0627, undermodulated S9+10. Unusual to have two
extra frequencies at once; all the 6`s are off. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM. 15385-15390-15395, April 7 at 1527, DRM noise. EiBi shows
it`s KTWR in English to S Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, April 7 at 0645, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati,
and no other 9/kHz splits.

Later, I just missed an hour about Kiribati, a low-lying island
country in danger of drowning with sea-level rise.* On the PBS World
channel as on OETA-2 in OK, check your own listings for repeat times.
It`s (c) 2018 and may well be available on web if you search it out:

``Pacific Heartbeat --- Anote's Ark #901

The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati (population: 100,000) is one of
the most remote places on the planet, seemingly far-removed from the
pressures of modern life. Yet it is one of the first countries that
must confront the main existential dilemma of our time: imminent
annihilation from sea-level rise. While Kiribati's President Anote
Tong races to find a way to protect his nation's people and maintain
their dignity, many Kiribati are already seeking safe harbour
overseas. Set against the backdrop of international climate and human
rights negotiations, Anote's struggle to save his nation is
intertwined with the extraordinary fate of Tiemeri, a young mother of
six, who fights to migrate her family to New Zealand. At stake is the
survival of Tiemeri's family, the Kiribati people, and 4,000 years of
Kiribati culture.
Broadcast In: English Duration: 0:56:46 CC N/N

Additional Airings [CDT]
10:01pm, 04/08/2023 | OETA WORLD [0301 UT Sun Apr 9]
2:01am, 04/09/2023 | OETA WORLD [0701 UT Sun Apr 9]
5:01pm, 04/09/2023 | OETA WORLD [2201 UT Sun Apr 9]``

*that reminds me, somewhere I saw a report about Barbados being in the
same situation -- not! They have 12 mountains of a few hundred metres,
tho the coastline could certainly shrink (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17480, April 7 at 1524 S8/S9 with flutter talk;
and algo on 17470 at same reading, modulation? Must be the Turco-Dengê
Welat radio war once again failing to coördinate collisions.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7320, April 7 at 0642, Russian song, S8/S9, R.
Vostochnaya Zvezda pirate (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday April 7 at 2200, token English from SNR
dispenses with any news: blame Jesus for that. Justin with first
feature about NYC ballet performances in Madrid, with bits of music
but no visuals, concluding with some interesting minimalism. 2209 over
to a repeat of an Amy Egan feature about Semana Santa en Sevilla,
emphasis on the music. 2216 playing the complete solemn march ``La
Madrugá``. 2225 a Miles Davis take on the Saeta. S9+15 VG into
Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 7 at 2200 VOT English on with usual
imprecise late timesignal, S9+50 into UTwente but I`m mainly listening
to simulSpain, q.v. TRT audio is breaking up, maybe rx problem. 2213
ends `Review of Turkish Press`, right into `Weekly Analysis` about the
meeting between Xi and Putin. 2218 music, overmodulated/distorted.
2227 in progress, `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring`, for at least
the third time as also April 3 & 5, about correct breathing exercises.
Also distorted music but not breaking up into Maryland SDR, S9+15/30.
Brasil 11780 quite weaker but still some ACI at wide bandwidth. 2253
s/off about 4 *other* English emissions. 2255 IS not chopped off for a
change. 2256 pause and restart IS now with German IDs mixed in. 2300
timesignal direct 13.5 seconds later than WWV. And sign-on German, for
how long? Still going at last check 2314. Somethings` always erroneous
at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2185 monitoring: confirmed first
SWBC, Friday April 7 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S4/S9 undermodulated and
persists until 1459. My R75 is now taking 12-15 minutes to fully
``warm up`` its audio output.

Also confirmed Friday April 7 at 2030 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323
kHz only, S9+10/20 into nearby Noale SDR. Lite CCI from understation
presumably Brighton, and some ACI unless tightened from 1314 & 1332,
both Romanian; fortunately the Rom. on 1323 goes off earlier. This WOR
airing not chopped after 10 minutes but all the way to 2059,
``sign-off`` but 2100 FSN, 2105 VOA News, not really cut until 2111*
Next:

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]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode]
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
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 9330, April 7 at 1520, WBCQ-6 is JBA S3/S4, not even sure
it`s English. Until now had been blasting in all the time after latest
repairs. Is it underpowered? Just antenna heading? Poor propagation?
At this hour 14-16 it`s registered as 300 degrees at only 250 kW in
English.

9330, again April 7 at 2017 it`s JBA direct but sked 19-22, 81
degrees, 500 kW in Arabic. UTwente registers S5/S7 enough to lock on
to 9329.999, but JBA to the ear. By 2156 I can tell it`s English, not
Arabic. Full A23 sked if it can be believed:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A23&broadc=BCQ

At 2017, WWCR is blasting in as usual on 9350 & 9980, but other
UStations are also weak: 9265, 9395; while 9275, 9455 and 9955 are off
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7489.930, April 7 at 2336, WBCQ direct is S9/+10 presumably
gospel huxter? but just barely modulated. See below. Recheck 0000
April 8, fully mod ID, and `WTO` theme intro `AAAWWW`, but soon fades
down to unlistenability. Then to Maryland SDR where it`s measured as
above. About car makers removing AM radio; thinx not only because of
noise levels, but `they` are trying to censor conservative talk radio,
a major format on the band. I say, of course there is nothing to stop
putting far-right talk on FM, and that is already happening in many
markets, translators or even full-power. Also concerns about AI. 0048
reading some items from Free Radio Weekly. It`s axually last week`s
issue which did not come out until Sunday morning, as I compare some
of the items. 0052 email. Fred Flintstone show is back, Sat 7-8 pm
[EDT], on 7490 heard by John in Bermuda. Or was that Friday? That
would be replacing the FKB gospel huxter! a.k.a. Pastor Ken, still on
the sked. Still on sked for Sat 23 UT is `Fluxedo Junxion` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, April 7 at 0643, S9+10 music, presumed R. Vanuatu. I
can`t stay awake past 0700, but Gary Pence reports:

``Hi Glenn, Ron is right about Vanuatu firing up 3945 plus any
harmonics that want to follow along. Heard at KFS SW, ToH thru 0729
zulu. On 3945 just under S9 and 7890 was S9 and finally I think, on
11835 very comfortable copy of S9+10db and about 2 or 3 more db. At
0730z started talking about Holy Week and today Good Friday and
explaining its significance, speaking ENGLISH`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0121 UT April 8