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Glenn Hauser logs April 26-27-28, 2022  View Printable Version 
Thursday, April 28 2022

Hauser
** ARGENTINA. 28480 USB, April 27 at 2306, mostly vacant 10m hamband
lets thru LU1JHD, Marc, making quick US contacts. Only other unID
signals sound Aussie on 28540 & 28460 USBs. QRZ.com:

``LU1JHD Argentina flag Argentina
MARCELO MARIANO ITZCOVICH (MARC)
BLAS PARERA 128 ( EL MARTILLO)
CONCORDIA, ER C.P.3200
Argentina``
ER stands for Entre Rios province, the one with J## calls, bordering
Uruguay to the east and immediately north of Bs As (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, April 28 at 0643, JBA carrier, no doubt R.
Kiribati, London, always the first and usually only 9-kHz TP carrier
this early since it`s so far east, roughly same longitude as Hawai`i
and thus well after LSS circa 0430 UT. Also this time of year, all TAs
should have faded out, well after LSR there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, April 28 at *1500, Voice of Martyrs Korea
via unknown site cuts on, S9+10/20 into Coimbatore India SDR while
Bengaluru is useless. Quick s/on announcement and starts English
preacher, but 1501 cut abruptly to presumed Dhivehi, one YL preacher
continuously, in the Maldivian local language, which VOMK has been
planning for weeks but so far all in English --- until yesterday when
I did not check, but Paul Walker, AK, says it was not English on April
27.

Despite my earlier findings, he thinx it`s via Vatican which follows
immediately in Arabic at 1530. BUT, today via that remote the two
stations axually *overlap* as VOMKM is still signing off, the English
announcement not starting until 1530 for maybe a semi-minute, then VR
uncovered and much weaker S8/S9. As I also said before, it`s
inconceivable that the RCC`s VR would relay a Protestant service. I.e.
anything Christian that is not Catholic or Orthodox (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NORFOLK ISLAND. 5045, April 28 at 0605, I find the Upper Hutt NZ
SDR already tuned by someone in Glen Innes NSW to 5044.98 AMN, so I
camp on it; noisy but getting S7/S8 music which I first expect to be
the co-channel Queensland station since Nick has criticized its rock
music. Brisbane SDR is not getting anything, but seems deaf on SW,
nothing on the waterfall and not even 5000 WWVH.

At 0611, there is my ``Radio DX`` ID, pause and starts playback of WOR
2135 again as test audio. Hardly any interruptions until briefly at
0618. I`m then offline but check out 5045 direct: trace of a JBA
carrier, in heavy splash from 5040 Cuba. The Cuban JBA leapfrog on
5055 is stronger than 5045, and not the other Aussie.

Meanwhile others are still monitoring 5045 via other remotes: Walt
Salmaniw, BC; Don Moman, AB; Ed Kusalik, AB; Matt Francis, NSW; Chris
Mackerell, NZ; Tim Gaynor, NSW of Unique Radio who suggests a move to
5060 as his station had to move from 5045 to 5035. And Bruce
Churchill, CA, says carrier off at 0738.5*, not reaching further than
Melbourne.

To be a new SWBC radio country, NI is no doubt far enough away from
mainland Australia. Norfolk is not on the official NASWA country list
-- surely because until now there has been no SWBC from there.
http://www.naswa.net/images/NASWA_country_list.pdf
I suppose they will eventually catch up (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2135 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday April 27 from 2100:42, good via Maryland remote on 7490.089;
following Global Star satellite network ID after preceding `Financial
Survival`.

Also confirmed UT Thursday April 28 at 0030 on WRMIs: 9395 S9+20/25;
9455 also S9+20/25 but less treble in the modulation, both into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thursday April 28 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 S9+5 into
Knoxville SDR; 9395 S9+15/20 into Missouri SDR. BTW, 5010 hardly
making it to St Lucia or Boa Vista SDRs, yet closer to its azimuth.

Richard Lemke, Alberta also reports on these: ``Dear Glenn:
9395, QRN, static, QSB fading,
9455, jamming [really??], 0042,
9455, 0030, 0041, 0059 (45533),
9395, 0040, 0043, 0058 (45433),
0059, 9455 kHz, April 28 UTC 2022 [Thu]
9395, static QRN, 0130, 0143, 0158 (55433), 0159, April 28 [Thu]
Good listening, Richard``

New WOR 2136 should be ready early UT Friday April 29 for downloads
and first airings at 0130 on WRMIs 5850, 7730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7780, April 26 at 0054, NO signal from WRMI-13, still
missing at 0141. Supposed to start at 2300. Date correct, overlooked
for previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7890, April 28 at 0639, R. Vanuatu S3/S4 on 2 x 3945;
S9/S6 with flutter on 11835 = 3 x 3945 with island music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1521 kHz, April 26 at 0607 UT, JBA het upon 1520 KOKC.
Nothing else on 9-kHz splits. Earlier was looking for Sa`udi Arabia,
reported reactive during Ramadan but not 24h. Of course at this very
late hour could not possibly be SA even with 2000 kW; so what? There
is a 5 kW in Spain, not too late for it? Or early TP? There is 1 kW in
NZ, 2 kW in NSW. Date correct: Overlooked in previous report (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1829 UT April 28

 

Glenn Hauser log roundup April 21-27, 2022  View Printable Version 
Thursday, April 28 2022

Hauser



Please note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily all-band but mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this a more convenient archive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their original form are posted early every UT Thursday via:

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

The latest one direct:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2022_0421_0427.txt

73, Glenn Hauser
_______________________________________________ Hauser mailing list Hauser@montreal.kotalampi.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hauser

 

Glenn Hauser logs April 27, 2022  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, April 27 2022

Hauser
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, April 27 at 1437-1440, again this
Wednesday NO signals from LRA36 into four Brazilian SDRs, but most are
getting some fast clicking, OTH radar? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 284 MCW kHz, April 27 at 0702 UT, dash and QD, 500 watt NDB
at The Pas, Manitoba. I would much rather hear the others on 284, RT
at Rankin InleT NU, or YOC at Old Crow YT.

[and non] 332 MCW kHz, April 27 at 0705 UT, dash and QT, 1000 watt NDB
at Thunder Bay ON, mixed with weaker but much closer IC Wichita KS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15970, 15920, 15800, April 27 at 0647, Chinese JBA, and
15760 S5/S9: all are CNR1 jammers against Sound of Hope per Aoki.

15785, April 27 at 0648, different Chinese as this is CRI via Xianyang
site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, April 27 at 0653, RHC in wrong language Spanish but
chopped off air at 0654*; leaving only 6165 in English. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORFOLK ISLAND. Radio DX Test transmission --- Conversation UT
April 27 with Nick Hacko, VK9DX as I posted exclusively on the WOR iog
at 0440:

NH: Hi Glenn - making some progress --- the vertical is up and tuned
to 5045 kHz and with bit of luck I hope to put at least a carrier
around local sunset.

GH: Nick, how much power will you be running? and How active is the
other 5045 station lately, at what hours?

NH: I could not detect any signals at my sunset until late for the
past week or so. The amp is not complaining at 300 W carrier, but that
would be probably max I could run right now.

GH: Last report I find is March 14 when Ron Howard, California was
hearing Bay Islands Radio from 1130 UT = not clear whether tune-in
time, or not audible until then. I see that your sunset today is 0618
UT, while in Brisbane it is 0720 UT.

So should we tip the group already to be alert tonight? Are you
prepared to QSL? Despite NI`s integration into Australia, it`s
probably considered a separate radio country by many.

NH: I will start tuning around in 2 hours or so {~0600 UT April 27}.
Feel free to give the group heads up, any report received - even just
a carrier - would be appreciated. vk9dx@clockmaker.com.au

Yes, I will print a special QSL card for this (and any future)
transmission. My only concern right now is to get the signal right, I
have no broadcast experience whatsoever. Check my QRZ.com page (VK9DX)
for photos of the actual location.
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/vk9dx

GH: Great! Nick says there will be a familiar voice on the tests.

GH later: At 0606 UT April 27 I had just tuned the Brisbane SDR to
5045, nothing at first but then a JBA carrier, too weak to lock.
Probably Norfolk, as if the Qsld 5045 were on it would surely be
stronger there.

At 0611 I move to the Upper Hutt NZ SDR, where I do hear IDs
intermittently in AM mode. I record some of them at 0613, and guess
what, it`s me! Nick had asked me a few hours before to record IDs for
this, and was also going to use the latest WOR as test audio. On next
WOR 2136 I shall include recordings as heard off air to remote, and
the original studio recording I sent him.

Computer is off and by 0642 I`m checking 5045 direct and do not detect
a JBA carrier. But at my final check 0717, there *is* a JBA carrier to
Enid.

I wonder if Radio DX has an official callsign? The other three private
SW stations in Australia are not shown with any in WRTH, but V- or A-
callsigns would be officially expected on licences even if never used
on air. I suppose Nick will be testing some more in this timespan as
long as Queensland be off.

Previous and further monitoring reports from WOR iog posts:

Walt Salmaniw, BC at 0616: I'm at the dials here in Masset. I don't
know whether it was Norfolk Island or not, but right at 0600 and a few
seconds before, I could see an intermittent carrier. On for, perhaps,
10 seconds and then off for a few seconds. Nothing again until carrier
on at about 0605:15 with a good loud carrier. Couldn't make anything
out, though. Strength really decreased over the next minute and
carrier off again at 0607:10 or so. Carrier on for a second or two
only, then off, then back and off again. Quite easy to hear the
carrier using CW. Back again 0608:25, relatively strong again. Just
seems to be an open carrier. I'd better send something off! There
might have been some speech at 0610, but too weak to be sure. Off, now
back again at 06:11. Yes, definitely some speech by OM at 0611:40, but
off immediately thereafter. "You are listening to..." seems to be
repeated a couple times, then carrier off. Repeated each time. Walt

Bruce Churchill, CA at 0620: Norfolk Island is in fact operating from
0606 tune at the KFS SW site in Half Moon Bay CA. “You are listening
to Radio DX, transmitting from Norfolk Island on 5,045 kilohertz”
[sic] repeated every few seconds, presumably by Nick [sic]. Carrier
being turned on and off. SINPO 35333.

Glenn, OK circa 0623: I`m also hearing it via the Upper Hutt NZ SDR.
S4/S5 but high noise level about the same. Nothing but IDs repeated
several times with long pauses, can`t tell if carrier stays on or not.
AM. At 0619 comes in much stronger, noise level down and/or power
bumped up. 0620 carrier off apparently as quieting gone, just noise.
0621 back on with ID. Recorded and will provide later. Have not yet
tried it direct but doubtful. Glenn

Chris Mackerell, NZ at 0634: Can you hear anything on my Marahau
Kiwis? I'm out for dinner but have left my Elad recording. Cheers,
Chris

Bruce at 0637+: Should be able to hear from any NZ Kiwi site – the
NZRDXL Mangawhai site was quite good at 0605.

First heard at 0605 from the NZRDXL Kiwi site but the signal was good
enough that I decided to switch to the KFS SW site near San Francisco
at 0606 using their SW TCI 532 antenna (pointed at 240 degrees, I
believe).

Music heard at 0641 with Nick [sic] speaking – hard to understand with
static level. Nice signal at S2-3, overall SINPO at 2v3/5/3/3/2.

Walt: Bruce, that's Glenn Hauser's WOR!

Bruce: Roger that! On again at 0643.

Walt: And guess who came on at 0641? Our very own, Mr Glenn Hauser
with WOR. Fantastic! Quite readable signal, and very little noise on
my brand new 290 deg DKAZ. Oops, looks like Glenn is off again at
0642:15. Walt in Masset, BC

Now some digital interference on the upper side, but short-lived, so
not too problematic. Glenn comes and goes with the transmitter! He's
off right now (0648 UT)

Bruce at 0703: Test may be over. Nothing heard since 0650:45 (last WOR
xmsn was 0649:15 to 0650:45). The good news is that Nick can be heard
in WCNA and very likely beyond when he becomes operational. If 300
watts is the power, it’s working!

Nick at 0707: [WOR] NF test transmission update: technical issues.
As you can clearly see - dealing with teething / technical issues. In
a nutshell: fluctuating between two extremes: exciter either not
producing enough power to drive the amp properly, or when it does, the
amp's temp protection kicks in and shuts it down. My apology to all
who tuned in to give it a go. The good news is that the antenna itself
is happy with whatever juice comes in and does good job radiation that
RF your way. I will continue to look for a solution, but most likely
there will be just more of this intermittent transmission until
daytime tomorrow. Hopefully you will be able to catch at least a
decent chunk. The plan is to stay up until West Coast sunrise. Thank
you again. Nick

Eric Fetters-Walp, Lake Stevens, Washington, USA: Via the SW-aimed
antenna on the KPH SDR in California, I caught some of Glenn's voice
fading in starting around 0713. Still audible at 0715 UT. Nothing
definitively audible at first on my own radio here in Lake Stevens,
Washington, but I did get faint talking, just barely audible, around
0717 UTC when I checked. Thanks for the testing!

Nick at 1008 UT: Norfolk Island RadioDX now off air --- At 0915 out of
blue, Island Music Radio from Queensland jumped on frequency with that
ungodly rock. Last thing we want is an on air shouting match :-) so
I've pulled the plug. The short term goal is to get the transmitter
running at a steady pace of 300W, lay more radials at the antenna base
and then transmit when channel is clear.

There is one major thing that would work for North American listeners
- Norfolk Island is 1500 km east from Australian mainland, meaning not
only that my signal will be stronger in NA but also an hour and half
advantage propagation wise. If Island Radio intends to transmit 24/7
on 5045 that would be an issue only for European listeners.

Once again, your reports and messages of encouragement are truly
appreciated. If you hear rock and profanities on 5045 rest assured
that wasn't Norfolk you've tuned in; SO those listening reports should
go to IMR. 73 Nick VK9DX RadioDX

Tom Daly: Nick, I just looked at your QRZ page & the pix of Norfolk
Is. are beautiful. Looks like the kind of place that when someone
visits they may never want to leave. Thanks for posting them. Tom
(all via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K [non]. 15490, April 27 at 0649, BBCWS surprisingly good
S9+10/20 in Sports discussing a stupid ballgame as if it really
mattered. HFCC and Aoki show site SMG VATICAN, switching to Ascension
at 0700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2135 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 #2135, confirmed, below with Details:

WBCQ:
6160, static QRN, QRM 6165 kHz, 0300, 0328 (53343), April 25 UT [Mon]
WRMI:
9395, QRN, TV noise, Static, 0130, 0144 (45343), 0159, April 23 [Sat]
9455, 0030, 0058 (45433), QRN, closing remarks, 0058,
9395, 0057, TV noise heard, (45433), April 26 UT [Tue]
5850, 1030, 1031 (55444), 1059, April 27 UTC 2022 [Wed]
Richard, Good listening, April 27, 2022`` Next:

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 Joe Caberlin, Ontario,
for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

** U S A. 4790, April 27 at 0359:03, 0402:03, 0405:03, unID uteblaaps
of noise, 1 second spaced exactly 3:00 minutes apart, QRMing `After
Midnight` segments of Radio Angela on WBCQ as heard via remote in
Maryland. Cannot be random; some other nights, exactly 4:00 or 5:00
minutes apart (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5970, April 27 at 0651, no signal from RCM WEWN Spanish; had
been reliable. 9385 & daytime 15610 English have also been absent as
Ivo Ivanov points out, leaving nothing but 12050 daytime Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 15780, April 27 at 0645, JBA carrier, presumed 4th
harmonic of R. Vanuatu 3945; as usual, best by far on X3 = 11835,
S8/S9 in Bislama, frequently with the word ``blong`` at 0644, and JBA
X2 = 7890 going into music on both at 0645. By 0659 I also have a JBA
carrier on fundamental 3945 which I don`t even bother to check earlier
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1855 UT April 27

 

Glenn Hauser logs April 26, 2022  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, April 27 2022

Hauser
Note: previous report should have been subjected April 24-25-26, not
23-24-25

** CANADA [and non]. 346 MCW kHz, April 26 at 0613 UT, dash and YXL,
500 watt ND beacon at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, JBA; only other one is
the 1000 watt dash and WG on 248 MCW from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Major
storm area in N America now is circa Tamaulipas. FYI, besides the high
atmospheric noise levels of the season, I am still stymied in the
380-420 kHz area by protracted elevated noise from local line or
unknown device. I did just manage to detect on 417 MCW, 25 watt IY
from Charles cItY, Iowa. Even under ideal conditions, I`m at point
where any new LW/MW beacon logs are sparse (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21530, April 26 at 0054, JBA caarrier; 18900 JBA music
S6-S8; 18970 weaker, all are known CNR1 jammers vs Sound of Hope; and
17560 JBA carrier, CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese via Philippines
this hour only. Interesting propagation beacons over the dayside
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 15800, April 26 at 1458, CNR1 with good strength, timesignal
to 1500*. Aoki shows only this jammer vs SOH at 0000-1600 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6165, April 26 at 0618, S9+30 of dead air in English from
RHC; only other one is 6060, S9+10/20 of English with some hum.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 26 at 2245, VOT is on and even audible direct
with music, fair S9/+10 as long as tuned LSB to evade RTTY USB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 1386, April 27 at 0000-0005, UR1 via LITHUANIA, with
`Ukraine: Security Issue` English segment, good into UTwente, but with
noise bursts mostly on with brief breaks, not jamming? Not so clear
into Bryansk, Russia, SDR, but constant background noise level no
different than adjacent frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2135 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday April 26 at 0030 on WRMIs into Knoxville SDR: 9395 S9+30, 9455
S9+10. Crisper modulation on 9395, lower fi with some warble on 9455.
At 0057 direct: 9455 S9+10/20, 9395 S8/9+10.

Also confirmed Tuesday April 26 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S8/S9 direct and
undermodulated but no jamming audible at first; by 2257 jamming is
building up, but by 2309 R. Libertad is still well audible here atop
it. Next:

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

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Joe Caberlin, Ontario,
for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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

This report dispatched at 0113 UT April 27

 

Glenn Hauser logs April 23-24-25, 2022  View Printable Version 
Tuesday, April 26 2022

Hauser
** AUSTRAL ISLANDS. 28485 USB, April 24 at 2210, TX5N making very
quick contacts ``plus 5/10``. Where? Really part of French Polynesia,
but hams may have declared them a separate radio country? QRZ.com:

``TX5N Austral Islands flag Austral Islands
Login is required for additional detail.
QSL: M0URX.com

Raivavae - Austral Islands DX-pedition
TX5N.net

Several members of the Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) will activate
Raivavae Island (Austral Islands), French Polynesia, April 15 – April
29, 2022 for approximately 12 operating days. The plan is to have
radios on the air continually, as propagation allows.

The call sign TX5N was issued for this project. Team members include:
Steve W1SRD, Doris K0BEE, Rob N7QT, Melanie N7BX, Heye DJ9RR, Walt
N6XG and Gene K5GS. The team is planning to operate 160m – 10m
(including 60m), CW, SSB and Digital.

The team will meet in Papeete, Tahiti on April 12th and fly to
Raivavae on April 16th, returning to Papeete on April 28th. The team
expects to make between 60,000 – 80,000 QSOs

The operating location, Tama Raivavae Resort, will provide a small
bungalow for each team member and a separate building for radio
operations. Tama Raivavae has hosted many past DX-peditions.

Equipment will include Elecraft K3 transceivers with 500 and 1.5K watt
linear amplifiers. Antennas will be verticals and a hexbeam, antenna
placement will be on the beach. We expect to have some internet
availability for daily log uploads to M0URX.com

This project is self-funded by the team. We welcome donations via the
Donate button or with OQRS to offset equipment shipping expenses.
We are hoping that Covid doesn’t interfere with the project.``

Strangely, now hardly any activity on the official 27 MHz CB, but a
few Latin freebanders circa 28.4-28.5 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 13755, April 25 at 1454, two Chinese signals
mixing with fast SAH. EiBi shows at 1400-1500 it`s CNR1 jamming vs VOA
Mandarin via SAIPAN, both on days 135 only and this is Day 1 = Monday.
But contrarily, Aoki shows on days 246, and this is Day 2 = Monday,
RFA Cantonese via unknown site; which is it? They agree that after
1500 daily, 13755 should be only CRI Mandarin via Kashgar, East
Turkistan, standard denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 21530, April 25 at 2212, JBA carrier unseems birdie, while
there is no 21525 overrun today from WRMI. A similar fadey JBA carrier
on 18900 --- both of which match up in Aoki/NDXC as CNR1 jammer
frequencies vs Sound of Hope, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COSTA RICA. 28510 USB, April 24 at 2211, TI5VMJ calling CQ, QRZ.
And random 10m bandscan 24 hours later, April 25 at 2207, hits him
again with CQ on 28490 USB, and contact. Only a few other phone
signals on band, 28460 algo and a Spanish pileup on 28315. QRZ.com:

``TI5VMJ Costa Rica flag Costa Rica
JEI SI
JUAN CARLOS "JC" MURILLO VINDAS
24-4059 SAN PEDRO DE POAS
ALAJUELA COSTA RICA 20801
Costa Rica`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 11655, April 25 at 1455, NHK IS, S6 with flutter. Bengali is
about to start direct from Yamata (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, April 25 at 1459, I`m standing by for V of
Martyrs Korea to start: *1500 cuts on with open carrier, 1500.5 cuts
on modulation in progress, usual Christian discussion in English,
mainly speaking the same one unID preacher; still no Dhivehi? Did not
listen to entire broadcast. S7/S9 with flutter direct. No ID or
introduxion of any sort. Time to check the references about this.
Still *nothing* in latest HFCC of April 24, nor ITU monitoring but
which was about the first quarter.

EiBi classifies as clandestine, i.e. because Sunni Islam is the only
state religion in target? but /XUU means unidentified site:
``11620 1500-1530 CLA Voice of Martyrs E MLD /XUU``

Aoki NDXC puts it in AUStralia, i.e. RBA Kununurra; unless Shepparton
be revived from the dead for this, but do they *know* it`s KNX or just
going along with some of our hypothesizing?:
``11620 1500-1530 AUS Voice of Martyrs Eng 1-7``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** RUSSIA [and non]. Following news of explosions in Bryansk, as the
war is hitting withing Russia, I check one of the few KiwiSDRs in
western Russia, the ``Crazy`` one of R3YBN, April 25 at 2242. Yes, it
is still active but not getting much on SW. The 5.8-7.2+ MHz area
appears to be blocked on it, especially the contentious 40m hamband,
but some broadcaster on 7300; and MW 1386 is getting Ukrainske Radio
via LITHUANIA just fine, S9, ID at 2300. Bryansk is SW of Moskva,
about equidistant close to the real borders of Ukraine, and of
Belarus` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 21310 USB, April 24 at 2222, EH4WRD calling CQ, QRZ.

``EH4WRD Spain flag Spain
World Radio Day
Apdo. de Correos: 69
San Fernando de Henares - MADRID, - 28830
Spain
QSL: EA4RCH``

QRZ.com leads to this:
https://www.radioclubhenares.org/eh4wrd/

Evidently I caught it toward the very end of its World Radio Day span
from April 8 ending April 24. Op voice sounds like a YL, but no info
found about handles or home calls. She`s laughing occasionally as if
with someone in the shack rather than on air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 25 at 2200, no signal from VOT English direct,
just some RTTY; but at 2238 into UTwente, nice Tuerkisch musik at
S9+30/45 on 9830.021. Unclear whether it oncame late or simply not
propagating at all this far into nominal target (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, re UR1 via WRMI, UT Sunday April 24 at 0500:
``Glenn: There WAS an English segment. It started at about 39 minutes
after the hour in my recorded UR1 Internet stream. So quite a bit
later in the hour than usual. And, yes, there was some nice religious
music. Could even have been a service as you suggest. -- Richard
Langley`` --- and also this:

``I had a discussion about this with Walt Salmaniw a few weeks back. I
had figured out that the Ukrainian word for dot (transliterated) is
"krapka" and thought the announcement might be an e-mail address. Walt
said it's a website: "It’s encouraging civilians to sign up (everyone
can contribute to defeating russia). Проти.??.go.ua. Proty means
against. I couldn’t make out the second word. Indeed, krapka means
period or dot." It would be nice if we could get the full URL to check
it out. -- Richard Langley``

And I missed checking on UT Monday April 25. UT Tuesday April 26 at
0001 I am listening to 1386 via Bryansk SDR - see RUSSIA. And there is
the English segment with the YL announcer until 0008, recommended!!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2135 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
April 24 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, steady S9+7 into
nearby Noale KiwiSDR; no signals this time on 918 or 207 kHz.

Also confirmed Sunday April 24 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S8/S9 into
Maryland SDR, but with considerable ACI from 5945 rock music, which is
Romania in English. Into Knoxville SDR less of that and S9+20. This
time continues instead of a replacement show on program sked. If
anyone run across any other unsked time on WRMI, do let me know.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 25 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Knoxville, S9+10 i.e. less fading into Maryland, both of which are
considerably off the southwesterly beam. BTW, just before, concluding
at 0029 was Antena DX from Chispa Estéreo in Panamá; which is supposed
to repeat at 0300 Monday on same, as I noticed too late.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 25 from 0259 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-,
S9+10/20 direct with considerable ACI from 6165 RHC. Measured at 0247
on 6159.941, but perpetual offset does not help, LSB tuning still
required. Why in the world are two SW stations in ``North America``
only 5.059 kHz apart? Stubbornness on both sides? Or failure to
recognize the opposition? Next:

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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for some US$ to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

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** U S A. 21525, April 24 at 2220, S1-S5 open carrier. Got to be the
only 21525 station, WRMI-7, supposed to run 15-21 UT with nothing but
PAB`s Radio Africa including some despicable dead gospel huxters.
Forgot to turn it off? Left on for propagation study? Sporadic E must
be in play boosting it to much more than the usual JBA carrier to
here. *Still* on at 0047 check April 25, and now it`s S9! Still on at
0126 check; 0158 JBA, and inaudible maybe off by 0215 check. Yet April
25 at 1506, no 21525 signal at all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490v), April 25 at 2300, secret Monday semi-repeat of
`UBMP` on WBCQ webcast, featuring melodic music for Ramadan, as Imam
UB declares there is nothing anti-musical in the Qur`an. Chopped off
at 2330 for `Camp Constitution Radio` with no extraneous commercial
any more.

[and non] BTW, earlier in Ramadan, the 2000 kW in NW corner of Sa`udi
Arabia on 1521 kHz was reported reactivated, presumably all-night for
Ramadan. Is it still? as Ramadan lasts until May 1. When 24h normally,
I`d sometimes hear its het upon 1520 KOKC even here in OK, and might
again in our evenings, if active. Well, April 25 at 2255, nothing on
1521 into Cyprus or Kuwait SDRs unlike some nearby frequencies altho
maybe not ideal for MW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0014 UT April 26

 

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