** CUBA [non]. 11760, April 15 at 1353, NO signal from RHC which is
supposed to run 1200-1800 here. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Instead, weak S6/S8 conversation in American English, so it must be
CRI -- yes, `Beijing Hour`, scheduled 1200-1400 via Kunming. Still
Commies but not vs other Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GREECE [and non]. 9420, Fri Apr 15 at 1530, Greek talk dominates
into UTwente, while CNR13 pop music dominates into Perth SDR. 1538,
ERT plays Dean Martin`s ``That`s Amore``; why? Anyway a fine old
Italianate tune. At 1700 timesignal from China as Greece goes off, as
Uighur service continues with CNR theme ID and more music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [and non]. 7290, Fri Apr 15 at 1759, UTwente gets music and
1800, 5+1 timesignal and CNR, but no IRRS. Third Friday is an off-week
for WORLD OF RADIO at 1815 and everything else normally on IRRS this
hour via Bulgaria. Then via Noale SDR near Villa Estense I check 918
and 1323 kHz at 1803. Unlike last week, 918 is off again. 1323 does
have rock music, marred by local noise spans on and off every minute;
over lite CCI presumably Romania in German; 1807 Radio City ID and DJ
in English, I think, but hard to understand. By 1812 recheck, 7290 is
now on with same Radio City music. Neither now nor earlier is 2 x 7290
= 14580 audible into UTwente, just a big ute warble on the upper side.
And so it goes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, April 15 at 1503, Voice of Martyrs - Korea
with TV preacher lecturing as if to children, taking The Trinity as a
given in total self-assuredness, S9+10/20 into Perth, better than
Kuwait or UTwente gets the secred site; 1525 fading down to S6/S9,
1529 wrapping up with email and off. Soon replaced by *1530 Vatican
Radio in Arabic, much stronger S9/+15 into Utwente (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday April 15 at 2200, token English from REE, VG
into Maryland SDR, news first from Justin Coe; then Amy Egan with
feature about Easter music in Spain; 2214 finally starts playing
`Madruga`, a dirgey march for ``Holy Week`` in Seville. Here`s a look
at Justin & Amy along with the podcast where she was introduced:

https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-panorama-07-01-21/5754541/
See also TURKEY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 15 at 2200, Voice of Türkiye opening English,
VG S9+20/25 strength into UTwente, first with transmission sked. On
M/W/F I usually check both this and SPAIN q.v. for English to us.
Aside from whether Spain`s subject may be of interest, it`s no contest
to choose the pleasant voice of Justin Coe in perfect English, over
the Türkiguy trying to be understood through the lo-fi overmodulation
and hum. Something`s always awry at Ankara and/or erroneous at
Emirler. I leave it on in the background and hear the beautiful IS
loop already running by 2250; chops off at 2354.6* before it`s about
to switch from English postlude to German prélude (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, April 15 at 0501-0506, YP1 via WRWI with
English `Ukraine: Security Issue` this time voiced by the guy who is
not in so big a hurry. Of course if they only get 5 minutes for
English, you can hardly blame them.

I happen to recheck 7730 at 0629 direct and surprised to hear the
Ukrainian national anthem, before it`s chopped off at 0629.5 for
canned WRMI ID, 0630 into TOMBS. The question is, what was airing
between 0600 and 0629 after the UR1 hour? It had been R. Tirana,
Albania relay, but on April 13, Ivo Ivanov said Radio for Peace
International aired instead in Russian and English. However, this may
be a weekly rather than daily broadcast?

1386 Lithuania relay of YP1 English news reconfirmed at 0001 UT April
16, VG into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 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:
World of Radio #2133, confirmed, below with Details:

WRMI:
9395, 9455, slight QRN,
9455, 0033, 0040 (45433),
9395, 0043 (45433),
9455, 0043, 0057 (45433), 0059, April 14 UTC 2022 [Thu]
9395, 0131, 0157 (45433), 0159, April 14 UTC 2022 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

WORLD OF RADIO 2134 monitoring: confirmed first broadcasts UT Friday
April 15 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850, S9+30 to Missouri SDR; 7730, S9+25/35
to Maryland SDR.

0330 on WRMI-2 5985 at 222 degrees continues to show on the skedgrid
for blue System D, daily with WOR on Fridays, yet 5985 has not been
confirmed on air for a few weeks. Also claims to run Eslovaquia at
0400, unheard either. Jeff has not explained what`s going on here, so
I am obliged to keep checking. In fact, into various N American and
Caribbean area remotes, there *is* a JBA carrier on 5985, enough for
Kiwis SAM to lock onto it, but no modulation audible. If not WRMI,
what could it be? Aoki and EiBi do not account for anything else at
this hour. HFCC has a totally imaginary Indonesian entry which even if
it existed would not be propagating from mid-day over there. However,
once before I could barely recognize my voice during this span, as if
WRMI were on a few watts of exciter only. Maybe that is still the case
without or with any identifiable modulation? Another remote
possibility: a leapfrog mixing product; but does not compute as
combination of any strong 49m Cuban or US fundamentals.

WOR 2134 confirmed Friday April 15 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, at least no
jamming at this hour, but JBA S3-S5 direct in degraded propagation.
WWV reports at 1500:

``# Geophysical Alert Message
Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 April follow.
Solar flux 103 and estimated planetary A-index 38.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 15 April was 3.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``

Third-Friday 1815 on IRRS preempted; see ITALY

Confirmed Friday April 15 at 2030, S9+7/8 on AM Italia 1323 but not
918 kHz, into nearby Noale SDR. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790 to WSW
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 918 & 1323-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still Apr 3]
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]
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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** U S A. 9330, April 15 at 1434, World`s Last Chance via WBCQ as I am
tuning by to find its signal weaker than the 9200 carrier, see
UNIDENTIFIED, is in matter-of-`fact` conversation about how the world
is flat, yet don`t worry about falling off the edge; then with
``evidence`` despite the alleged 40 MM circumference of a sphere. How
can Allan Weiner, a Man Of Science, countenance this? Free Speech, of
course. Free to make absolute fools of themselves as long as they paid
for it. And try to spread their nonsense. How about the permanent
damage such nonsense could do to the lives of their gullible listener
victims? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. In memory of John Henry Carver, Jr., mid-north Indiana, who
so faithfully filed with us his summaries of `AAAWWW` on WBCQ, and
died April 8 as previously reported.

There was no mention of him on this week`s program, which I monitored
on webcast of (7490v) starting at 0000 UT Saturday April 16: Skipping
the usual mike-fiddling and titillation, discussing a QSL card from a
listener with view of Grand Canyon, and lauds the program, if I could
only read my scribble of the exact words. They plug Easter, etc., with
the usual post-Jewish piety. Backs Elon Musk to take over Twitter ---
and how about a few of his billions to prop up all US SW stations?

Somehow blames the ``mistake`` of electing Biden President for Putin
making war. Isn`t T**** still saying that attacking Ukraine was a
smart thing to do?? The Lord could put a stop to all of that
immediately if persuaded by enough praying. 0034 skims thru some Free
Radio Weekly items just published, including YHWH on 7475. 0038 reads
Radio World follow-up, reader responses to Robinson & Perron`s article
that SW is kaput. Pronounces Keith as Pair-on. 0051 misc. e-mail. 0053
reading article about what it was like to drive antique cars 100 years
ago. 0059 prayer. 0101 joining in progress Hal Turner late as usual
[and I start getting an echo as 7780 WRMI has also brought him up]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7780, UT Sat April 16 at 0000, this WRMI to the southwest
has just come on, right into Bible study in Spanish, NOT Radio Free
America Latina, as alleged in a WRMI post on disgraced FB about such a
new program at 0000 UT Saturday, a repeat of 0000 UT Friday on 9955
which I am yet to catch. The System D program grid however shows the
7780 airing as 0030 UT Sat. This proves to be correct as I check that
while listening to WBCQ into the other ear. The wrong time on FB has
not been corrected!

We now know that the word Radio is pronounced as in Spanish, the word
Free as in English; and the rest in Spanish; why not Libre? A
perfectly good Spanish word. Opens with some jaunty, non-LA theme
music. Into TWR RGV SDR on 7780 it`s S8/S9+5. Editorial de la semana
is about guerra in Ucrania. As implied in their publicity, anti-Commie
and LA fellow travelers. Announcer Dolores speaks with artificial
voice. 0035 more jaunty music; 0037 another ID; 0044.5 it`s over, back
to Zanotti ID, fill music starting with `Sandunga` on marimba, one of
our favorites, and more fill to hourtop (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, April 15 at 0640, R. Vanuatu again here with music,
S7/S9 direct on 3 x 3945; 7890 = 2 x 3945 only a JBA carrier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 9200, April 15 at 1433, big open carrier
S9+20/30 but shortly cuts off. Such has been heard before. This is
stronger than any 9 MHz broadcaster as I quickly scan them: 9330 WBCQ
SuperStition is only S9/+10, and 9980 WWCR TOMBS only S9! Possibly an
idle RTTY transmitter if not a test-only broadcast frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0128 UT April 16

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, April 14 at 1527, VOM Korea Maldvies
service, S9/+10 into UTwente from unknown site; carrier offset 000.80
to 000.82; 1529 few notes of Blessed Assurance, maldives@vomkorea,com
address; *1530 Vatican Radio blasts on much louder in Arabic, S9+25 at
001.80 carrier offset. We can`t imagine VR willing to carry a
Protestant service, but if they did it would be top-secret (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, April 14 at 0232, Station YHWH barely audible
vs noise level into Missouri SDR, Josiah`s rants; 0327 can recognize
`Days of Hard Life` theme, but talks a while longer past 0329 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2134)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, April 14 at 0501-0507, UR1 via WRMI again with
English segment `Ukraine: Security Issue`, this time by the fast
talking guy. I wonder if those doing it mistakenly try to show off
their fluency. Says it`s 49th day of the war (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday April 13 at 2100 on WBCQ: not even a carrier audible direct,
but 7490v S9/+5 into Maryland SDR. (It seems that WBCQ has never
appreciated the value of higher frequencies, closer to the prevailing
MUF or OWF, and less subject to noise especially in the daytime,
especially in summer; never more than 7.5 MHz; except of course the
500/250 kW SuperStition originally planned to be multi-band but never
on any frequency except 9330; and totally leased to World`s Last
Chance.)

Confirmed UT Thu April 14 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9395 & 9455 synchronized
and both S9/+15 into Maryland & Missouri remotes respectively. Direct
at 0045, both read S9+10 but 9455 a bit louder

Also confirmed April 14 at 0130 on WRMIs: 9395 S9/+10 direct; 5010
S9/+10 too but JBA in storm noise level. At 0140, 5010 S9+10/20 into
Bonaire; 9395 S9 into Maryland

WORLD OF RADIO 2134 contents: Afghanistan non, Alaska, Antarctica,
Botswana, Brasil, China and non, Colombia, Cuba and non, Ethiopia
non,
(France), (Germany), Greece, Iran, (Italy), Korea South, Kuwait,
Maldives non, Mali, North America, Romania, Russia non, Swaziland,
(Taiwan), Turks & Caicos, UKOGBANI, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu;
Music on SW; propagation outlook - () countries mentioned not in
order

WOR 2134 is available as of 0033 UT Friday April 15, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2134.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2134.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 5985 to S [canceled?]
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580, 918 &
1323-Italy
[but pre-empted on 3rd Friday]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 918 & 1323-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790 to WSW
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 918 & 1323-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still Apr 3]
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]
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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One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to
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** U S A. 5870, 5878, 5898, 5909 very approx., April 14 at 0630,
squeals out of 5890 WWCR TOMBS which is S9+30: defects in the
modulation perhaps all the way from the Walterboro feed (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, Glenn Hauser wrote:

``11835, April 13 . . . Gives telephone numbers in English, repeated:
7710128 or 26829, for information -- about what?``

``Hi Glenn, Seems to be the phone numbers for Vanuatu Women
Development Scheme (VANWODS), which is a project of the Government of
Vanuatu, through the Department of Women Affairs, and UNDP to provide
poor and disadvantaged women with reliable and affordable micro-loans
to start income earning activities and to be able to save regularly.
The aim of the project is to put in place a beneficiary owned
microfinance scheme that is serving large numbers of poor women and
becoming progressively self-financing. Ron Howard`` (WOR iog)

11835 = 3 x 3945, audible again direct April 14 at quick 0635 check,
S5/S7; and 7890 = 2 x 3945 JBA vs storm noise across Alabama? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2134) Hurry up while 11835 lasts

This report dispatched at 0126 UT April 15

** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15475.98 RCUSB, Apr 13 at 1428 and 1520 chex, NO
LRA36 signal into Brasília #1 KiwiSDR. Misses another Wednesday (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. I am not kidding when I point out better uses for the cost of
juice for jamming: The Other Side, you will never hear from RHC:

DIARIO DE CUBA
Food --- There's no hunger in Cuba?
The hunger map developed by the World Food Program to monitor food
security globally states that there is not...
Sergio Ángel, Bogotá 11 Abr 2022 - 16:38 CEST
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1649687938_38740.html

Feeding a prisoner: a heavy burden for thousands of Cuban families
Jorge Enrique Rodríguez, La Habana 12 Abr 2022 - 15:55 CEST
Getting food and other essentials to a prisoner drains the finances of
thousands of families in a dollarized economy like Cuba's. The
alternative, not doing so, entails condemning a loved one to depend on
the paltry and generally inedible rations at the island's prisons.
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1649771719_38764.html
(via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See USA: WOR monitoring

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 15340, April 13 at *1729.5, carrier on vs CNR
co-channel as heard from 1725 tune-in; 1730 starts talking in unID
language, as monitored via UTwente; 1740 some Horn-of-Africa music and
off at 1744* re-uncovering China. Meanwhile there was a lot of ACI
from much stronger but dead Brother Scare from Bulgaria on 15335. I
never heard any ID but this is it, from Tony Rogers in the British DX
Club:

``Thanks to a recording sent to me by Wolfgang von Poellnitz in
Austria, a target broadcast to Ethiopia has been identified as "Radio
Axumite" on 15340 kHz at 1730-1745 UT. Further investigation by
Wolfgang and myself indicates that this is produced by Axumite Media:
https://axumitemedia.com/

Their profile says "Axumite Media Ltd is an independent media
organisation based in Nairobi-Kenya, with a radio and online presence
and aspiring to be on satellite TV soon. Axumite is established by
visionary journalists and media professionals who fled Ethiopia due to
the ongoing genocidal war in the country, ethnic profiling, a total
lack of media freedom, and communication blackout in Tigray, one of
the regional states in Ethiopia. All of the journalists working at
Axumite Media Ltd have horror personal stories and difficult times to
remember; escaped arrest and persecution, and most of them were
working in media institutions in Addis Ababa and Tigray."
https://axumitemedia.com/profile/ [for lots more]``

So I still wonder how in the world they pronounce Axumite. Obviously
this is pro-Tigray; site on 15340? Not in HFCC or EiBi, while Aoki
shows a Tig cland just before this which was not to be heard:
15340 1700-1730 F Dimtse Wegahta (V. of Dawn) Tig Issoudun 1-7
15340 0000-1703 TWN * SOH relay RFA Chi Pingtung 1-7
However, EiBi indicates SOH could be 24h on 15340, but with ChiCom
jamming stopping at 1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVE ISLANDS [non]. 11620, April 13 at 1522, checking Voice of
Martyrs Korea, still preaching in nothing but English: VP S9/S6 into
Kuwait SDR#3, with heavy ChiCom 2ACI from both 11610 & 11630. Not any
better elsewhere, like S4/S6 into Missouri; S7 into RSA. Perth is
best, S9/+10 with carrier offset +2.4 to 3.0 via secret site. Preacher
calls for listeners to refer to their Bible, as if they might have
one! In MI where Christianity is banned?? God`ll get`em by inundation;
or Allah`ll save them? Closing ID as Voice of Martyrs Maldives Radio.
After a few seconds carrier break, *1530 Vatican SMG with `Laudetur
Iesus Christus` tagline, stronger into Perth and carrier offset +0.8
to 1.6 Hz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
April 12 at 2230 on WRMI 9955: sometimes over, sometimes under heavy
Cuban jamming, adding up to S9+30. Let no one ever criticise me for
hostility toward never-jammed RHC, since Cuba has no cause to jam my
English DX broadcasts, even out of stupidity. There is hardly any
exile programming on 9955, except for R. Libertad at 2300-2400 M-F but
jamming expands to a much longer span. See CUBA above in this report
for The Other Side to their lying propaganda. Next WORs:

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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** U S A [non]. 9940, April 12 at 1505 no signal from WTWW like
previous days, as Ted has forsaken Ukraine, depriving them of his
preaching or rock music; rather, two Chinese signals, i.e. CNR1
jamming and RFA via KUWAIT, this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
{Date correct, overlooked in previous report}

** VANUATU. 11835, April 13 at 0627, amazingly good S9/S7 signal as if
it were a fundamental, but axually the reactivated 3rd harmonic of R.
Vanuatu 3945. Tnx to tip from LOB in Brasil that at 0600 they had
moved from 7260 to 3945 but he could only hear them on 7890 and 11835.
7890 is only a JBA carrier. But NZ 11725 inbooms at S9+20.

0627 Music at first sounds like ABBA. 0629 drumming/percussion,
bookending Bislama talk until again at 0632, apparently drawing
attention to a significant announcement. During that biminute, I do
make out mentions of ``National Radio``, and ``Radio Vanuatu`` ID in
passing, ``Insight``. Also lots of ``blongs``, which is Pidgin for
genitive, or ``of``. Gives telephone numbers in English, repeated:
7710128 or 26829, for information -- about what? Then briefly YL ID in
English, also mentions Tonga, Solomon Islands New Zealand.

This is the best I have ever heard it, direct. It`s past my bedtime,
so I decide to start recording it at 0639. I don`t like to record my
DX as it`s inconvenient; but mainly because I don`t have the time to
deal with all that later. I happen to awaken at 1149 and stop the 5+
hour recording. Maybe eventually I will post some excerpts from the 83
MB mp3 file.

Aoki and HFCC show absolutely nothing on 11835 at any time now, nor in
B-21 HFCC; while EiBi shows CNR2 from site-x at 0000-1300, except for
the Wednesday-only 0600-0855 siesta break, i.e. just when I started
listening. However, I can`t hear anything but Vanuatu during spot chex
of my recording, even toward the end as RV is fading down a lot. JBA
music about 1100 sounds like it could be an anthem, at sign-off. But
open carrier stays on until finally goes off about 1122*. Ron Howard
was also listening live and was still hearing RV past the news at 1000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1914 UT April 13

** CUBA. 7355, April 12 at 0655, three distinct styles of jamming
against nothing, probably from at least three different sites, against
no Marti: ``normal`` pulsejamming rate; slow PJ; and a different sound
hard to describe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5010, April 12 at 0658, S9/+10 leapfrog mixing product of
5040 RHC English over 5025 Rebelde Spanish another 15 kHz beyond. Just
as English is promising a second hour to follow. On 5010 their
modulation levels are about equal, while the reverse leap on 5055 is
but a JBA carrier. Last time I logged these, most of the mix was on
5055 not 5010. What changed? At 0701, 5040 defaults to dead air, but
the carrier remaining means the 5010 leap continues, but only with
5025 audio. Any such 5010 mix allowed could be a big problem for WRMI
during its hours: 2100-0300 at 181 degrees. But I have yet to capture
such a collision. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, April 12 at 1520, I`m checking Voice of
Martyrs Korea, still in English for Maldives via secret site at
1500-1530. First into one of the Kuwait SDRs: S9+10 and offset about 1
Hz plus, but with heavy AACI from S9+35, 11600 in American English,
which of course is CGTN Radio/CRI via Kashgar, East Turkistan, std
denunciation. At 1526, Missouri SDR finds 11620 S5/S7 and +3/5 Hz.
1528 at Kuwait, S9+10/20. At 1530 there is only a split-second break
before Vatican in Arabic takes over: extremely well-coordinated
transition. After 1530 into Missouri, VR signal is somewhat weaker
S4/S6 and carrier offset +5/6 Hz; implying that probably two different
sites are involved (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 341 MCW kHz, April 12 at 0705 UT, both EI Enid
and OIN Oberlin KS are JBA ND beacons alternating (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
WOR)

** RUSSIA [non]. 13600, April 12 at 1537, S9+10/20 in Russian, a new
target broadcast, good signal into Kuwait SDR; 1550 drops to dead air
but carrier stays on until 1559*. But who is behind this? Tnx to tips
in British DX Club:

``New high power broadcasts listed on C292 schedule from today
Hi All, The Channel 292 schedule is now showing that the 'Prawda dlja
Rossi' broadcasts will also take place with a 100 kW transmission from
1500 to 1600 utc on 13600.0 kHz on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
until at least the middle of May. These are only shown on the 9670 kHz
schedule page, and listed as beaming east, but I don't think C292 have
a 100 kW transmitter, so maybe Moosbrunn, but I can't confirm that,
perhaps someone knows for sure?
https://www.channel292.de/schedule-9670-khz/
The first of these higher powered broadcasts is today (12th of April).
(Alan Gale)``

``Thanks for the update, Alan. HFCC data base shows 13600 kHz as
Moosbrunn Austria 1500-1600 UTC from today on days 3,5 and 7:
13600 1500 1600 29,30 MOS 100 55 0 218 357 120422 291022 D Rus AUT C29
ORS 4764. 73, Alan Pennington, Caversham, UK``

Thanks for that, Alan, I should have thought to check there. The
signal is coming in very well here, and a good choice of frequency as
CRI had their Russian service on there before it, so hopefully a ready
made audience in the target area. Alan Gale``

``Address-Info from Radio DARC for radio prawda:
Twitter @Radio22_HF
email: radioprawda@outlook.com
73 paul gager, vienna``

``Full schedule per @Radio22_HF on Twitter today:
0500 UTC 9670 kHz (Mon Wed Fri) (low power)
1500 UTC 13600 kHz (Tues Thurs Sat) (high power)
1900 UTC 6070 and 9670 kHz (Tues Thurs Sat Sun) (low power)
(only 40 minute programmes re DARC post below?)

DARC on Facebook says this about the station:

"Uncensored radio for Russia --- New short wave program for Russia,
Belarus and Ukraine

Under the name "Radio Prawda dlja Rossii" started on the 09th April
2022 a new radio program specially for Russia. The targets of the
broadcast are serious and uncensored reporting as well as unfiltered
news for the Russian population. Due to the increasing state
censorship and administrative restrictions on the Internet as well as
the satellite broadcasts in reporting about Russia, this program will
be broadcasted again on short-term. It is available nationwide
throughout Eastern Europe and Siberia.

This program was founded by engineers and journalists in collaboration
with radio stations, which in part come from Russia and Ukraine. The
journalists already have years of experience in renowned public
broadcasting agencies.
That's about. The 40-minute program in the journal format is produced
voluntarily in the spare time and is funded entirely from private
donations. Although the first test broadcasts were only aired with low
broadcast performance and were little known so far, the editorial
office received a large number of feedback from Russia, Belarus and
Ukraine. The desire was expressed to continue the broadcasts and
please repeat it several times. The radio station considers this as a
clear signal for the need for such uncensored news."
73, Alan Pennington``

Back to gh monitoring: at 1900 UT Tue April 12 via UTwente, 6070 is VG
S9+20 opening in Russian, Ol`ga first with novosti, 1902 over to
Yulya. Not much on 9670, maybe too close skipping over. Keeps going
past 1940, and 1950; ID Radio Pravda dlya Rossii, again just before
ending at 2000; Ch 292 on to some other music. Yes, same hour as R
Svoboda via Armenia on 9370, still putting VG unjammed signal into
Pskov SDR; not to mention `Flashpoint Ukraine` on VOA [non] 15770 WRMI
at 1935. Must be prime time over there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. April 12 I`ve just received word from his son that John H
Carver, Indiana, died on April 8, in hospital of multiple ailments.
John was best known lately for his monitoring of Allan & Angela
Worldwide on WBCQ. He shall be missed, RIP (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565 CW, April 12 at 1456, HIFER beacon K6FRC is JBA;
seldom so and never beyond these morning hours despite bandscans at
manytimes; from Patterson CA, if really only 1.8 milliwatts as
claimed, each catch is of note (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 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:
World of Radio #2133, confirmed, below with details, A shorter week
because of Easter, Happy Easter everyone, Details:

WBCQ:
6160, times are different each time, 0240, 0245 noisy again, this time
6165 kHz, in the clear [no Cuba?], 0245, 6160, April 11 UT [Mon]

WRMI:
5850, noisy evening, 0130, 0141, 0144 S9 signal level, 0159, April 8
UT [Fri]
9395, QRN, 0129, 0142, 0151 (45433), 0159, 9395, April 9 UT [Sat]
9395, 0031, 0044 (45433), 9455 kHz, 0029, 0047 (45433), 0059, April 12
UT [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB) Good listening, Richard``

Confirmed UT Tuesday April 12 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9395, S9+30 into
Virginia SDR, but 9455 only S8/S9; into Missouri SDR, closer to the
azimuth of 9455, S9+20. Next:

2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
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

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Russell Lay, Nags Head NC,
for a contribution via PayPal in US$ but not necessarily, to
woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2022 UT April 12