** MALI. 5995, March 28 at 0634, noise blob again instead of ORTM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2236)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees,
Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2235, Happy Easter, WRMI:
5850, nothing heard, 0159, March 23 UTC 2024 [Sat]
9955, nothing heard, 0029, March 24 UTC 2024 [Sun]
9395, nothing heard, 2359, March 26 UTC 2024 [Tue]
9395, 0130, 0131, 0145 (55433), 0159, March 28 UTC 2024 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday March 28 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9+20 direct vs
HNL; 9395 much better. Into Georgia SDR, 5010 S9+10/20 and also 9395
S9+10/20 but much quieter.

Also confirmed Thursday March 28 at 1730 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.001, S9 into UTwente. From next week: 1630 on 6160.

WORLD OF RADIO 2236 contents: WOR podcast on YouTube; Afghanistan,
Bolivia, Brasil, Cuba, Ethiopia, (France), *Germany, Indonesia, Iran,
*Japan and non, Kuwait, Mali, Myanmar, New Zealand, North America,
Pakistan, Russia non?, Sa`udi Arabia, Spain, *Turkey, UK, USA,
Vatican; linguistix book; propagation outlook -- (country mentioned
along with others not in order) *with A24 schedule

WOR 2236 available from 0156 UT Friday March 29:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2236.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2236.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy [next week: 2030]
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1530 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160 [next week: 1430]
1830 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [next week: 1730]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2235][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

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week to Richard Colgan, TX for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
and says, ``Thanks for your work. Best wishes and 73``

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Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395 & 5085, UT Thu March 28 at 0350, VG via remotes in
Georgia, surprised to find this WRMI // WTWW, but far out of synch.
Incredibly, someone is suggesting that Joe Biden and the USA were
really behind the terrorist attack on a concert hall in Moscow!
Despite US having warned Russia that intelligence showed that ISIS-K
was planning such an attack. Don`t recognize the voice, so also
surprised when outro before hourtop is `Truth2Ponder`, Bob Biermann`s
show, but I did not recognize the voice as his, nor was he identified
by name. I see on the WRMI Programming page, ``Bob Biermann and a
group of talented and experienced individuals will sort through
today’s news`` so apparently really someone else. Of course the
recently updated WRMI System G program sked shows this 9395 hour
occupied by TOMBS. WTWW stays on another semihour until 0431* with
Christian music, A-W-R IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Thu Mar 28 at 0630, WRMI-8 with Bach solo `cello
music, but 0633 into an Irish song, S9+35/40 direct. Yet more
contradictory info on skedgrid. Transmitter sked shows TOMBS Tue-Sat
during this hour, but System E program sked of TOMBS shows the
opposite, 5950 starting at 0600 on weekends only! Anyway, this is
obviously not TOMBS! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5890, Thursday March 28 at 0628, S9+50 gospel huxter, WWCR-4
on air despite sked showing OFF air M-F at 05-12, otherwise TOMBS on
weekends: but this is not // 5850 WRMI where Scourby is Bibling on
TOMBS. What`s this? Seems I have caught such an anomaly before. Since
5935 is also on, they coöperate to produce the leapfrog mixing product
of both audios on 5980, providing Cuba with something to jam (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

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Via Wessex Twente is now or off or something happened

11520 Erdogan against Gel 1655 with -65dbm with its typical march songs there is a wandering hum heard in both side bands 1718  heard short address from an Turkish official
11510 RFA in Korean 1658 with -55 dbm max with talks bandwidth around 2x10 kHz part of the content:

Kim Il-sung once raised his finger.

Speaker 1: That is why Kim Il-sung's absurd dismissal record, which is said tohave been used as an emergency measure to respond to his young age by appearingin the dismissal record of a fake organization called the Electronically-ledROK Army Soldier Industrial Complex Corporation, is why China Let's let go offake history and be criticized for controlling it. Until now, it was KimKi-won, a defector.

Speaker 2: Regret заключ Cleaning Hello everyone, this is Suhyun Park from the2-hour talk about Aunt Cheongjin's life in South Korea. In North Korea, a womanwho worked at a university publishing company is a nurse in South Korea, takingcare of people's lives. Today, more than 10 years have passed since we settledin South Korea. Let's hear about Sunhee Lee's close relationship with heracademic life in South Korea. Hello Sunhee Lee. hello. Yes, what story are yougoing to tell us today? Oh, this time. Thais come to South Korea and(soff )
More logs on https://zliangaslogs.wordpress.com/2024/03/28/ksdr-2728-3/

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exMusic Producer Greek Music Refuge / Dangdut  and Beyond
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WORLD OF RADIO PODCAST ON YOUTUBE, replacing Google Podcast

Thanks to Keith Weston for arranging this: ``Hi Glenn, It looks like
the new "podcast" feed via YouTube is now fully active and reliable.
https://www.youtube.com/@WorldofRadio

Official details of what this is and why it is happening at :
https://support.google.com/podcast-publishers/thread/264592324

Basically, the iTunes-like Google Podcast service will cease to
function on 2 April 24. Anyone who uses the Google Podcast app (or a
play their podcasts via Google Smart speaker) will need to start using
YouTube or YouTube Music apps paired with their devices. It's a real
pain and I hate this decision, but that's the Googleverse we live in
now. Setting the new stuff up for smart speakers is a little tricky,
but your followers are smart cookies and I wager they'll figure it
out.

Best, -- Keith Weston``
http://keithweston.com
http://www.facebook.com/keithweston
All podcasts linked at http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html

** CUBA. 15140, March 27 at 1535, RHC Spanish, S9+10 direct, ending
sports report at 1538, with squeal, perhaps related to spurblob? about
15143.6, and weaker at 2x above, 15147.2; but not clear matches on
minus side. // 11760 also on but weaker S5/S7. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, March 27 at 0645, noise blob again instead of regular
modulation from ORTM; back and forth from one night to the next. Or
could it be jamming? Following a military coup in 2020, elexions
scheduled for Feb `24 were postponed, per VOA news (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, March 26 at 2335, horrible roar still on,
S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. March 27 at 1543, JBA direct. At 1613,
S9+10/22 into Kuwait SDR; at 1842, S9. 2220, S9 direct. UTwente
unreachable. 2238, S8/S9 into Kuwait. Still at 2345 into UTwente. As
for sites, Ed The Navydude in Riyadh says, ``Jeddah is not active.
Neither is Ha'il. Only Riyadh is active albeit barely. They're hoping
to get new transmitters if they end up continuing shortwave`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 27 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG
S9+40/45, today to be about Semana Santa activities, such as parades,
but lots of precip, some may be rained out. In recounting the
significance of the nigh dates about JC, which wander all over the
spring calendar, they never say ``allegedly`` - this is journalism?
2307 repeating the basic A24 SW sked, and yes, 17855 not 17885 for us.
Then quite a stretch explaining how one group which dresses in sheets
has nothing to do with the KKK, as American tourists are shocked. 2319
on to food. 2324 `Halleluyah Chorus`, 2327 report from Beirut about
some other easterish festival (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, continued from last report, March 27 at
0000, into UTwente, VOT`s 2300 English has not gone off, still on with
timesignal and extraneous German, and continues for some time, unknown
exactly when turned off, but by 0030 nothing but Chinese from EAST
TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March at 2300, no show of VOT English into
Maryland SDR, nor 2345 later in the hour, but *2311 XJRTV EAST
TURKISTAN in Chinese. Not on 9610 either, rather CNR in Mongolian.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K Q O G B A N I. 24970 USB, March 27 at 1530, G0VQO is one of two
phone signals on 12m band. QRZ.com: ``G0VQO England flag England, Nick
Haynes, 139 Hull Road, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6ST, England -- I no longer
send QSL cards Sorry. Hi I have been licenced since 1995 and still
enjoy radio, my favourite bands are 12m and 20m, I am active on all
the bands`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 8992 USB, March 27 at 1546, occasional syllables between
long pauses, presumably a failed EAM from Andrews or somebase, not
modulating properly. I usually start my 9-MHz-bandscans here; or if
circa 2230 on 8989 for the pescador predicador circa Nicaragua
uncaught for longtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
March 26 at 2335 the 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Maryland SDR.

NOT confirmed March 27 at 1425 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, as it is OFF the
air; too late to check webcast. 9395 is audible poorly and maybe
9455.

Confirmed Wednesday March 27 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975,
S9/+15 into western Ireland SDR as UTwente temporarily unavailable.
>From next week: 1930 on 6160 & 3975.

NOT confirmed March 27 at 2100 on WBCQ because 7490- is also OFF the
air, no signal into NH, ME, MD remotes. But confirmed on webcast. The
others are detectable: 5130+, 6160-, 9330.0. 7490 still AWOL past
2220, why? Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975

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check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK
73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check
celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC.

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

** U S A. 12160, March 27 at 1544, WWCR with chocolate commercial,
S9+35 with squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13563+ CW, March 27 at 2213, dash and RQ sent thrice,
JBA but fades up a bit and certain of the call. Noise blanker on the
R75 essential as OG&E has not fixed the line noise yet. NOT listed at
the LWCA HIFER roster nor any reports in HFUnderground. New? Where?
Not PCO as expected around this frequency, recently relogged (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** BRAZIL. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies to my previous report:
``Glenn, checking the Brasília Kiwi SDR around 0330 UT March 26 I’m
hearing R. Voz Missionária on both 5940 and 11750 with good signal
levels, but nothing on 9665``

Precise frequencies would be helpful. At 1723 I check the ``Brasila``
SDR: only S3 on 5940.110; S5/S6 on 9664.998; S5/S7 on 11750.132, all
// with screaming gospel huxter. Closely calibrated: on same, WWVH
15000 JBA ranging -1 to +3 Hz, no doubt instability of rx or prop, not
WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 15140, March 26 at 1940, RHC English VP with
squeal, S3 into Maryland SDR, waterfall showing squeals about 15137.3
and lesser at 15142.7. USB tuning might have helped except there is
much stronger S7/S9+5 Chinese traditional music on 15145, Firedragon
jamming? nothing listed there by Aoki & EiBi between 0800 and 0630,
nor trace of target. As expected, cuts off at 2000* sharp, never
announcement nor timesignal. 15140 better by 2030, RHC going from
French to Portuguese. Still with squeals, not only +/- 2.6 kHz, but
weaker ones about 5.2 around 15134.8 and 15145.2.

I`m checking 15140 because David Crawford, FL, just told me: ``The
Bauta Squealer is in full bloom today (1805Z) --- The RHC carrier freq
is the usual 15140. The diagonal voids are ionospheric fades sweeping
across the freqs. The good high-power Bauta tx is on HM01 duty today.
-- David E. Crawford, Indian River City, Florida`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. UTwente at 1620 March 26 is getting Arabic
on 11935 - the frequency which had been that horrible noise, believed
to be Sa`udi with the Rep of Yemen Radio. Is that it? EiBi also shows
Farda - Farsi until 1630 via Germany. Some other music underneath.
Vatican to start Arabic at 1630 on 11935. Glenn. Thread continues on
WOR iog:

``By 11935 kHz you mean what signal blob without carrier I had
ignored, believing it was a spur from some defective transmitter
operating elsewhere? Yes, something else, sounding like Arabic, too,
can now be heard in the background of the Vatican signal that provides
a carrier. So that could of course be a second Saudi shortwave
transmitter that is still active. Kai`` Ludwig, Germany, at 1638.

Yes, as I reported a number of times, the 11935 blob was the same as
previously on 11915, 11820, 11860 - where originally Rep of Yemen
relay was. Hardly to be ignored. Vatican Arabic did come on at 1629.5,
taking over UTwente. Vatican finished by 1730. At 1732, 11935 with
Qur`an in the clear. But is it Riyadh, and which program, Yemen`s or
not? Apparently SA has finally fixed that transmitter or changed to a
good one. Not // 11745 in Arabic.

Recheck UTwente at 1756, 11935, no signal but *1756 cuts on
immediately to the horrible buzzroar: it lives! past 1800+. So
something else on 11935 earlier, no roar. A few minutes qne hours
later, no signal direct on 11935, just not propagating, but still loud
to UTwente past 2038, 2243. Glenn

Kai Ludwig replies at 1858: ``I made the mistake to tune away from
11935 after 20 seconds or so. Could it be made out if The Buzz came up
with the same muezzin, i.e. the same programme feed? The question is
of course whether it is the same Saudi transmission, being handed over
to another transmitter.

Attached the last seconds of the good 11935 transmission until cutting
off at 1755. It had no faults, the described carrierless blob before
1700 was again something else.

Also attached a snippet of 11745 at 1800 top of the hour. Breaking up
audio as transmitted. The reference to Riyadh should be clear enough,
but no "Al-Azm" whatsoever, not in the whole period between 1756 and
1810 unless I overheard it. Instead some mentions of Al
Arabiya, for what it's worth, if anything.

And now I wonder if 11935 The Buzz is our good old friend from years
ago who, if I remember correct, at times splattered over hundreds of
kilohertz. If so it would mean that the Riyadh shortwave plant is
still alive. Kai``

*sic, confusing English: Even when referring to sound rather than
sight, the word is ``overlooked``. ``Overheard`` does not have a
parallel meaning, rather, hearing something by chance or when not
supposed to.

Further replies: ``Didn’t the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (ex-BSKSA)
install a number of new SW transmitters a few years back? I seem to
recall a number of discussions about that on various SW forums. Seems
odd that they would give up on the platform, unless they’ve determined
the audience has gone elsewhere. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``

``4 x new SW txs erected in Jeddah new antenna site a decade ago.
11935v, Saudi Riyadh faulty 9th TXitter unit, break / sudden
close-down at 1330 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Doha Qatar
Perseus SDR unit, March 26. But another Saudi SW txion in 25
meterband:

11745.008, Saudi Arab forces radio Al-Azm Radio from Jeddah site at
1332, S=9+25dB strength backlobe in Qatar SDR. Noted Arab Classical
singer program, like nice Egyptian classical from R Cairo in the
60ties. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb
df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 26)``

``Known for sure is the installation of four transmitters at Jeddah.
https://contelec.com/case-history-shortwave

I don't remember any real information about Riyadh. The 70s vintage
transmitters could still be in operation there, considering the
resurfacing of that long known fault.

But first I would focus on identifying the programming that goes out
on the (just two, it seems) remaining outlets now. Kai``

``Saudi had three transmitter sites and now down to only one, which is
Riyadh. They plan to dismantle that and either move to a new site or
discontinue shortwave. This has not yet been decided. It's Ramadan
here so things are in a slight state of flux. Will know more after the
Eid holiday (after April 15). 73, Ed 7Z1ES, Riyadh`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, March 26 from 2250, UTwente squelched
awaiting VOT to come on - can squelch level be adjusted? Keeps cutting
on and off with noise. Meanwhile, 9610 nice music presumably CNR
Mongolian, not VOT overrun in Italian, which has happened before.
*2300 abruptly on 5960: NOT VOT but Chinese! from XJRTV, EAST
TURKISTAN, which often doesn`t come up until about 2311 - and still no
VOT English on either frequency. About *2310 when I`m not listening
closely, VOT cuts on amid news; 2312 music and onward. 2317 `That`s
Why` repeat on smoking causing cancer. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2235 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT
Tuesday March 26 at 0330 on WRMI 7780 because it`s OFF the air: no
signal into several remotes checked. It had also been AWOL yesterday.
By 0648, however, 7780 is on but JBA direct vs OG&E noise level of
S9+25! Now the afternoon of March 26, the OG&E guy has visited and is
on the case.

Confirmed Tuesday March 26 at 1305 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, S6/S9 direct
atop Cuban Commie jamming. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2234][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated, by MO or
check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK
73702. Many thanks this week for a generous quarterly check
celebrating Equinox and Solstice, from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC.

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

** U S A. 9475, March 26 at 2253, WTWW is on with VG signal. George
McClintock says running 50 kW. Plans now are to run 20-22 UT with PPP,
22-24 with misc. programming; 00 switch to 5085 for Ancient Word
Radio, and extending to 0430 with religious music the extra half-hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2320 UT March 26
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