** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Saturday May 21 from 1450, no signal
yet from LRA36 into Brasil, Argentine SDRs. Finally *1510 but JBA into
Brasília, much better into Bs As with sign-on, 1512 Antártida
themesong. Talk but too weak to follow, S2/S3; 1520 song, 1523 siren,
interview; but being overridden by 5-second-long uteblaaps of noise
starting every 35 to 40 seconds hitting S3/S4. At 1622 I notice the
bursts have stopped, probably somewhat earlier. 1628 song and RNASG
ID. 1638 has improved to S3/S5; gone about 1647* without any formal
sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, May 21 at 0635, NO signal from R. Educación, XEPPM.
Sure hope it`s not the end of Mexico`s only surviving SW station!!! It
was last reported May 15 by Rick Barton, AZ. As of May 17-18-19, Ron
Howard says it was missing at 1024, audiblizing China. Still nothing
at earlier hours May 20 & 21. It had been running all-night till about
1100*? EiBi: 2100-1040. Aoki: 2100-1000. WRTH: 2200-1000, a.k.a. Señal
Cultura México, 5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** RUSSIA. 78.0 kHz, May 21 at 1904, Russian mentions ``Mayak``; on
the Izhevsk SDR I am about to try for 9370 R. Svoboda, already tuned
here. With BFO, carrier is slightly unstable, but steady S8/9+5, and
no QRM from 77.5 kHz German timesignal. 78 kHz of course is not where
any broadcaster is supposed to be. An image from MW or higher on LW?
No such frequency known in Russia for Mayak or anything anymore.
Zacharias Liangas had also heard this May 18 at 1615 and not on any
other remote. ??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** RUSSIA [non]. 9370, May 21 at 1902, checking for R. Svoboda relay
via Armenia? But no signal into UTwente, nor Izhevsk, Russia. Must be
off, or canceled? Still nothing at 1916 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2139 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday May 21 from a few seconds before 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela,
5129.976, S9+10 into Maryland SDR. No QRM but stormcrashes.

Meanwhile on another SDR in TN I view the waterfall around 4790. There
are still uteblaaps there but weak boxes maybe once a minute,
alternating, plus, zero, minus 4790. Below the clear 5130, I also see
some on the plus side of 5085, but probably inaudible vs huge WTWW
signal.

Also confirmed Sat May 21 at 1610 the 1600 on WRN N America. Next:

1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 15]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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This report dispatched at 1919 UT May 21

** BRAZIL. 11815.044V, May 20 at 0634, JBA carrier wavering and hard
to pinpoint. Presumed R. Brasil Central.

11815.040V, May 21 at 0043, S5/S9 music, RBC remains plus but varying
slightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 20 at 2309, RHC is S6/S8 but JBM, in English? as
scheduled to Africa. Should be // 5040 but that`s JBA carrier in HNL

11950, Fri May 20 at 2309, RHC in Spanish is S8/S9+25 and even
modulating. Is this the alternate Mesa Redonda TV soundtrack?
Schedules show it not on Fridays

15730, May 20 at 2310, RHC S9+10 but suptorted, sounds like fraxured
French = Kriyòl = Creole as scheduled, toward S America, not Haïti

15230, May 20 at 2311, RHC averages S9 but JBM, should be Brazuguese?
No, Spanish, after 22-23 Portuguese, per EiBi

11880, May 21 at 0046, still on with dead air at S9+20. Supposed to
last 22-24 UT only, but previously ran way late into the night.
Somethings` always wrong at Radio Propaganda Cuba. The other side:

Something's rotten in Cuba … and it heralds more hunger
While the Government spends $ 1.5 billion building hotels, it slashes
food imports and investment in agriculture.
RAFAELA CRUZ La Habana 17 Mayo 2022 - 19:42 CEST
https://diariodecuba.com/economia/1652809324_39564.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALTA. 18125 USB, May 20 at 2305, 9H5BZ contacting 6Y5TL Jamaica,
also audible weaker, and then beaming east to CQDX Australia/NZ.

9H5BZ Malta flag Malta
Dione Caruana
`Maria`
6, Church Street, Zebbug, Gozo ZBB1202
Malta

``If I am calling CQDX - and I frequently am as I am a DX Chaser - for
me, DX means a country at least 3000 km away. So do NOT call me if you
are nearer than that. If I am calling CQ (country or continent) then I
am only interested in contacts from that country or continent and will
NOT reply to anybody else.

My name is Dione. I live in the Island of Gozo in an old village of
Zebbug. I am a senior nurse and work in the Emergency Department in
one of our Local General Hospital. I am married to Ben and have 2
lovely daughters.``

Lots of illustrations, background info about Gozo on qrz.com page.
https://www.qrz.com/db/9H5BZ
Sounds and looks like a male person. At first I thought he was saying
9A5BZ until foneticized. I started with 10, 12, ``15`` m without
hearing any activity, very little on ``17`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 7260, May 21 at 0057, dead air at S8/9+10 or just barely
modulated; 0100 5+1 timesignal cuts thru, the last pip same pitch but
prolonged; still JBM at 0133. EiBi shows this has to be VOT Spanish to
S America at 0100-0200. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO ``monitoring and confirming the
latest for #2138, Go, Oilers Go, WRMI:
9395, 9455, QSB fading,
9395, static QRN, QSB fading, 0058, May 17 UT [Tue]
5850, the number was lost, late ending, 1059, May 18 UT [Wed]
9455, 9395, S7 signal, QSB fading,
9395, heard Standard saying twice, 0059, May 19 UT [Thu]
9395, static, QRN, QSB fading, 0141, 0143, 0158 (45343), 0159, May 19
UT [Thu] Good listening, Richard Lemke, AB, May 19, 2022``

WORLD OF RADIO 2139 monitoring: confirmed new second airing, UT Friday
May 20 at 0330 on WRMI 7780; at 0348 check, S7/S9 noisy into Durango,
Dgo. SDR and S9/+5 noisy into TWR Brownsville RGV TX SDR, also noisy.
It`s a shame that the 285 degree WNW antenna which should have been
used for this is no longer funxional, so a 222 aimed toward Central
America instead, i.e. SW. There are no Kiwis in that direxion, the
closest being the two above. 5985 during its 5 hours per week at
0400-0500 is also 222 and also VP here to the NW.

Also confirmed Friday May 20 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S6/S8 direct and no
jamming audible; following Tourette`s erupter Terry Blalock finishing
by 1429 for a bit of a Spanish song buffer.

Checked IRRS just in case third Fri May 20 on 7290 via Bulgaria into
UTwente; tuned to 7290 LSB to avoid warble, a brief tone/het came and
went at 1758:35. IRRS as always cut on about 1800:55, JIP rock music
from monthly preëmptor Radio City which IDs at 1809 and also on AM
Italia, 1323 and 918 kHz, but not LW 207. So no WOR at 1815 this week

WOR 2139 confirmed Friday May 20 at 2053 the 2030 on AM Italia, 1323
kHz at S9+3 with lite SAH QRM; slightly better on clear 918, S9+5, no
207.

Also confirmed UT Saturday May 21 at 0133 the 0130 on WRMI 9395,
S9/+20 direct. Next:

0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW [ex-4790]
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 15]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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appreciated, thanks this week to Radio Dan, Ohio; preferably by MO or
check in US$ on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490v & 6160v, UT Sat May 21 at 0055, WBCQ `AAAWWW` with
email about upcoming 50th anniversary on March 17 of pirate Radio Free
Naptown --- must be an oldie; off at hamvention? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, May 20 at 0632 check, R. Vanuatu is gone again
after one night back May 19 on 3 x 3945. Maybe to do with a
threatening tropical cyclone Gina as Ron Howard also points out, not
to be found on any other known frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0338 UT May 21

** OKLAHOMA. 92.1, May 19 at 1551 UT some tropo help for KFXI, ID:
``92.1, Foxy 92``; RDS: FOXY_92_ / __KFXI__ / THE_REAL / _GIANT_
Is 100/100 kW from Marlow.

94.1, May 19 at 1545 UT `The House FM` and indeed // 89.7. This one is
KTHM Waynoka, 9.8/9.8 kW, 122 m, not ordinarily audible (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 19 at 0501-0508, UR1 via WRMI, `Ukraine:
Security Issue`, war report for Day 84 = May 18. Really brings it home
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday May 19 at 0030 on WRMIs via Missouri SDR: 9395 S9+10/25; 9455
S9+10/20.

Also confirmed UT Thursday May 19 after 0130 on WRMIs direct: 9395
S+25 vs HNL; 5010 JBA.

WORLD OF RADIO 2139 contents: Antarctica, Brasil, Bulgaria, (Canada),
China non/Cuba, Egypt, (Frnce), Greece, Iran non, (Italy and non),
Kuwait, Maldives non, New Zealand, North America, Pridnestrovye,
Russia and non, Taiwan, USA, Vanuatu; Marconi; WRTH; propagation
outlook

WOR 2139 is available as of 0127 UT Friday May 20, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2139.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2139.mp3

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

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7730 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW [NEW]
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580; 1323 & 918?
& 207?-Italy [but pre-empted third Friday = May 20]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW [ex-4790]
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 15]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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First airings confirmed, 0130 UT Friday May 20 on WRMIs: 5850 good
with storm noise into Missouri and Oklahoma; 7730 good with storm
noise into Maryland; not bad onward to UTwente but also noisy (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 21525, May 19 at 1535, WRMI music with good signal due to
sporadic-E boost; also 15825 WWCR no longer JBA. 1557 beach music on
21525 strange for Radio Africa, but shortly soon IDed and 1600 into
gospel huxter. On DX-398 battery portable during local OG&E power
outage from 1327* until *1914 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9940, May 19 at 0031, WTWW is on playing ``Don`t Worry, Be
Happy``; had been absent whenever checked last few days in daytime.
Off again at 1535 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 93.7, May 19 at 1540 UT, Spanish overriding KSPI Stillwater,
soon ID as ``La Raza`` so it`s KNOR Krum TX again from The Metroplex,
tropopening into ground level DX-398 with whip only.

94.5, May 19 at 1554 UT, urban-sounding adstring in English, ``Magic
94.5 -- The Real Sound of the Dee-Eff-Dub. But it`s really another
rimshotter from far north of The Metroplex, closer to OK:

KZMJ Gainesville TX, Urban AC, Majic 94.5, 100/100 kW, 591.0 m,
R&B, per WTFDA db (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, May 19 at 0615, yay, R. Vanuatu is back on 3 x
3945, island music, S6/S9; and JBA carrier on 7890 = 2 x 3945. 0632
drumming. Had been missing May 14-18, but now also heard later by
Manuel Méndez, Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec, Ron Howard. Our harmonic spree
resumes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2139)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6000, May 19 at 0626, JBA 2-way seems USB - in obvious
absence of RHC by this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 93.1, May 19 at 1835 UT, burst of Mexmx over fringe KS
signal on the DX-398. WTFDA db has only 9 SS in USA of which only 5
are close enough in TX, but only one of those is above translator
level: KHCU Concan TX, 9.9/9.9 kW but religious. Concan, population
100, is north of Uvalde in S Central TX; doubt it. More likely a
full-power Mexican on meteor scatter, or sporadic E attempting; plenty
of them in range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0150 UT May 20

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 18 at 1443 tune-in via Campo Brasil
SDR, LRA36 is already on with music; 1453 song with whistling; 1500
sign-on with multilingual IDs including English to tell us it`s in
Spanish. 1502 all-female staff named by a male, ``Nacional, La Radio
Publica``; Esperanza/Antártida themesong. 1505 YL talking; 1507
temperatura máxima; 1508 exact geographical coordinates. 1509 contact
info of phone numbers, whatsaap, gmail, instagram, fb; streaming via
radio nacional, frequencies 15476 and FM 96.7 [NOT 97.6, a mixup which
keeps getting quoted, published]; 1512 song, 1514 siren.

At 1525 for the record I attempt to detect it direct on the R75 with
30m E/W longwire: less than imagination level JBA carrier; if it were
full rather than reduced -- what %? -- it might have a chance vs the S7
local line noise level in AM tuning. Next I switch to the LU1 SDR: 1536
ID, frequencies; 1545 full ID; still on past 1602, 1618+ with music but
apparently off, no longer heard from 1621 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9780-9835, May 18 at 0632, approx. range of jamming splatter
out of peak 9805 = S9 against nothing as R. Martí is never on 9805 at
this hour, in fact on no SW frequencies at all in 0600/1000 break.
Something`s very wrong at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command
where they also do not give a damn about collateral damage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EGYPT. 9440v, May 18 at 2225, NO signal today of R. Cairo English
into UTwente. Nor circa 9900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 18 at 2210, token English from REE, today`s
feature with Amy Egan about the Eurovision Song Contest won by Ukraine,
also with other entries such as Spain`s. VG into Maryland SDR (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.021, May 18 at 2225, VOT English, S9+40 into UTwente
with some hum, just concluding the `Feeling Supreme` theme (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
May 17 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9/+20 into Maryland SDR and no jamming
audible; also have UTwente running way outside target area and no
signal there, just clicking. At 2258 direct, 9955 is S9+10/20 and
jamming is building for the 2300 Radio Libertad until 2400: but at 2325
fill music is playing.

WOR also confirmed at new time of Tuesday May 17 at 2330 on WRMI 9395,
S9+5/20 into Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 18 at approx. 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490v, S7/S9
into Maryland SDR minus 70 Hz = 7489.93. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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

For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much
appreciated, by MO check in US$ on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. Slight correxions to 5130 Radio Angela report May 17: [...]
At 0200 starts `Marion`s Attic`. We have now escaped CODAR QRM and the
uteblaaps! No QRM to 5130, but still some storm crashes inevitably in
spring/summer. Yet listenable, and better than the original 7490v
airing too early direct at 21 UT Sundays. 0300 next show is `Bluegrass
State of Mind`. Or, is it ``Mine``? 5130 ex-4790 of course also applies
to WORLD OF RADIO at 0400 UT Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2332 UT May 18