** CUBA. Not to be outdone by dead air from only one WTWW, four of The
Cuban Five are deadairing, March 7 at 0704-0706 chex: 5040, S9+30/40;
6060, S9+10/20 with big hum; 6100, S9+20/30 with less hum; 9700, S9+30
of lower hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9490, March 7 at 0711, pulse jamming vs nothing, long after
Radio República via RMI via France is finished, from the incompetent
DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. CNN on unknown satellite frequency, into DTV
cable channel 50 of Suddenlink, Enid, March 6 at 2050-2100 UT is not
breaking up like it was 24 hours ago, when suspected due to solar
transit outage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 9895, March 7 at 0708, ME music at S9/S7, soon ID as
Radio Farda and then English song, ``Have I Told You Lately That I
Love You?`` --- that should win us friends over there. Something new?
Had not noticed before but scheduled all B-21 at 0430-0730, 100 kW at
85 degrees from Biblis, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11540, March 7 at 1536, about equal collision
between Turkish jammer and Dengê Welat teaming up on same frequency
except for a fast SAH, and nothing on 11530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9770, March 7, 1758-1830, one more check for the newly
HFCC-registered revived Russian language on BBCWS via Woofferton
effective March 3: still NO show, listening via UTwente and to
9771-LSB via Nizhny Novgorod KiwiSDR, to be alarmed should a carrier
come on, but never. At least this SDR is not blocked with plenty other
signals on the H2Ofall. Recheking HFCC as of March 7:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B21&broadc=BBC
that imaginary broadcast has been *removed* with nothing else in
Russian to replace it. So, never mind hearing BBC in Russian when
necessary on SW; let alone Ukrainian! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
March 6 at 2100.7 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, Villa Estense, VG
without QRM into nearby Noale KiwiSDR.

Also confirmed Sunday March 6 at 2330 on WRMI 5950, S9+15/25 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 7 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, S9+20 into
Missouri SDR with nearby storm crashes.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 7 starting late at 0405 on Area 51
webcast and presumably WBCQ 6160-, after JL runs over. Oops, it`s last
week`s 2127. I email Larry immediately that it should be 2128. Not
monitoring further but catch closing at 0434 by when it is # 2128.
Later Larry tells me that only about one minute of 2127 aired before
he noticed and corrected it. Next:

0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. 4790, UT Monday March 7 at 0300 initial show of WBCQ Concert
Hall on Radio Angela, Uncle Bill introducing, says may have guest
hosts later as show evolves; tonight: Act I of Rossini`s Barber of
Seville. Bill refers us to web for synopsis. I`m listening first via
Maryland remote but there is that pulsing whine and occasional
uteblaaps. To Missouri SDR it`s S8/+10, no whine but nearby storm
crashes. Hunting around for best remote, my comments to WOR iog:

Not so good - Traverse City MI gets storm crashes now at 0315 as would
any in a wide area within hundreds of miles of the storm front from TX
to IN centered over MO. CODAR also audible. I haven`t found a better
one tonight. Wash DC area with less storm noise, no CODAR, but some
other continuous whinepulsing. Brunt of signal is heading right into
the storm area. Not making it at all to UTwente. Chris Smolinski
provides seven Kiwis at Westminster MD. I`m trying 8074 which is
pretty good but still with the DC-area whinepulse in the background.
What is causing that??

It`s tempting to listen to `Encore` classical music on 5950 WRMI,
stronger signal and higher frequency amounting to less storm noise,
S9+10/35 into Missouri, starting with Poulenc, Les Biches. Back on
4790, Act I of BOS is over about 0435 and UB says Act II plays next
week. To fill out the bihour tonight, some PDQ Bach starting with the
1712 Overture. But competition now from another BCQ, 6160, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (6160-), UT Mon March 7 at 0434, Area 51 webcast via WBCQ,
as soon as late-starting WOR 2127/2128 finishes, not HRI but Voice
Pancho Villa, studio recording of a multi-ennial tradition, this
year`s SWL Fest broadcast, which had been reported axually on air
unlike rest of virtual-only proceedings, on 6955 March 6 at 2100-2115
including a full recording:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,94000.0.html
Pretty raunchy, including having Google speak translations into
Russian of various insults against Putin. About 0449 filled with Jean
Shepherd (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, March 7 at 1540, clips of R. Ukraine International,
about culture, music, said by Jeff to be from their final English
webcast before suspension, then about famous Ukrainians. 1543 about
Russian service of RUI, i.e. AWR Wavescan; and on to item about the
finale of Brazuguese DX program Encontro DX, canceled on Rádio
Aparecida. Dozens more opportunities to hear WS this week on WRMI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770 - this just in to the WOR iog via Martyn Williams:
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1500891270100799501
A crowdfunding campaign has resulted in VOA`s `Flashpoint Ukraine` via
WRMI, since VOA itself refuses to air it on SW, starting March 7 at
2105-2130 M-F after the news -- grid shows this will be at the expense
of Radio Prague! 15770 is aimed NE toward Europe, but remains to be
heard how far it may penetrate after dark.

I`ve hinted in the past to Jeff White that he should put at least some
NPR news on WRMI as a public service, offsetting crap like TOMBS,
SMTV, etc., etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, March 7 at 0702, S9+20/30 of dead air from WTWW-1,
while Ted`s Toy, 5085 WTWW-2 continues modublaring, prompting for rock
requests, and ``pinning the needle`` at S9+60 on my R75, hardly ever
happening with a non-local signal. Think of all the hot meals for
needy Lebanese which could have been purchased for the cost of all
that 5830 wasted juice. Unusually, Ivo Ivanov says 5830 was still on
the air and modulating Scriptures for America at 1058. Something`s
always loony at Lebanon (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6920-, AM, March 7 at 0211, Slavic? song at S8-S9,
noisy, 0216 English ID as ``--- Radio``, dramatic exchange, still past
0230, touch copy. Slightly off-frequency minus, smax of Radio Pushka
(Rifle). NO HFU reports of it now, but earlier in daytime March 6.
Still such a 6920-, AM signal at 0659, music at S5-S7 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925 LSB, 0153 UT Monday March 7, unusual pirate not on
USB: a ham accustomed to LSB on 40 meters? S9/+10 of a country song,
0157 YL sings about Dublin-Town. 0200 announcement unreadable at much
lower modulation level, same or different station? Another song. More
YL talk and JBM VP music past 0210. Many more unID logs here
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,94016.0.html
6925-LSB also reported earlier in the March 6 daytime, same?
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,93985.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2028 UT March 7

** AUSTRALIA [non]. (5035), Sat March 5 at 2040, no problem this month
connecting to live stream of `Calling All Radio Nutzz`, at
http://uk4-vn.mixstream.net:8104/index.html
I had just seen a reminder of it on the WOR iog altho it was posted at
1752, for the 1900-2100 show, so it`s almost over. Jen in S Florida
and GB in UK take turns with live-tuning segment, but don`t have much
success. He was trying to separate Bahrain from Spain on 1521 kHz
since Sa`udi is silent. Jen says they have two more monthly shows -
April and May, before taking off until September. Outro music runs
over until 2105 CARN and then Unique Radio IDs (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** AZORES. 6114, March 6 circa 0700 quick check, USN RTTY is still
rampant abutting 6115 Nikkei, Japan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. Ten meter contest F2 DX continues on 10 meters, quick check
at 0005 UT March 6, yes, yet mostly darkness path:
28350 USB, PY2YVN:
PY2YVN Brazil flag Brazil
Rafael Gonçalves, PO-Box 49 Votorantim São Paulo, Votorantim, SP
18110972, Brazil, of the Sorocaba DX Group. Lots of info in Portuguese
and photos at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/py2yvn

28372 USB, PY5AMF:
PY5AMF Brazil flag Brazil
(MAR) AMÉLIO ALVES DE MARINS FILHO, RUA SEZINO RAMOS 2097, GUARAGUAÇU
- PONTAL DO PARANÁ, PR 83255000, Brazil. More photos, smaller ones:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/py5amf

I also took the opportunity to make a quick scan for JBA carriers from
SWBC harmonics on 28-30, 27-28, 23-25 MHz. Maybe at solar max, but
there are so few fundamentals from Latin America any more on 6, 9, 11,
13 MHz bands which might be capable of harmonicizing if they still
existed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) more ham DX below

** EGYPT. 9899.609v, March 5 at 2114, S7-S8 of dead air from R. Cairo
into UTwente, 2115 can`t hear any timesignal, but then traces of
distorted modulation. Something`s always egregious in Egypt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** HAWAII. 28393.3 USB, March 6 at 0006, KH6LC making quick contest
contacts with a kW, S9 signal so wondering if this KH6 be really on
the Mainland? No. Told one contact he was off frequency, but what
about him? and waited for a `lid` to finish tuning up:
KH6LC Hawaii flag Hawaii
LLOYD J CABRAL, HCR 3 BOX 11046, KEAAU, HI 96749 USA
More info but not much photonic:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kh6lc
https://www.kh6lc.com/
IIRC, Keaau was BIHI QTH of Dr. Richard E Wood. See also my previous
report for a bunch of ham logs which were not filed under individual
countries: BELIZE, BRAZIL, CAYMAN BRAC, CHILE, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA,
PANAMA, URUGUAY. And BRAZIL in this report (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM. CNN, via Suddenlink digital cable ch 50 in
Enid, March 5 at 2053 UT suddenly breaks up video and audio. Could be
anything, but suspect it`s a solar transit outage. I quickly scan
other channels above and below and don`t find any others affected. In
2 or 3 minutes back to CNN, it`s recovered. See:
https://myvalunet.com/special-time-year-solar-interruptions/
Most systems find it too inconvenient to compensate with backup
alternative feeds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 11840, Sunday March 6 at 1807, urgent tones of
anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH, reactivated after months` absence,
S7-S8 into VE6JY remote Alberta, -10 Hz carrier offset. Tnx to tip
from Rick Barton, AZ in the WOR iogroup. Last previous report of it on
11840 was also by Rick, Saturday November 20, 2011 until 1811*
Maybe back too on night frequency 7470 or 7475? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U K. [bdxc-news] Still no BBC Russian --- Could someone with BBCWS
connexions enquire why the registered new Russian broadcast as of
March 3, 1800-1830 on 9770 via Woofferton, has still failed to appear;
if it is ever starting when and where? The war is on! There was about
one second of a weak carrier cutting on and off at 1759 today,
listening via UTwente. Nor anything at remotes in Russia. 73, (Glenn
Hauser [sent at 1807 UT, not posted until 1854 following moderation
delay], also immediately via WOR iog)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
March 5 from 2031.7 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, VG into nearby
Warrenton SDR.

Missed checking 0030 UT Sun March 6 on WRMI 7730; anyone hear it?

Confirmed UT Sunday March 6 at 0438 about 7 minutes into so started
circa 0431 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+15 into Knoxville with storm
crashes; S9+10 into nearby MO SDR with heavier crashes closer to the
storms.

As usual, zzz missed checking Sunday March 6 at 1330 on WMRI Europe
via Channel 292, Germany, 9670; did anyone hear it? Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. (5085), UT Sun Mar 6 at 0120 tune-in, WTWW-2 webcast for
`TOUTA`. Once you hear this pristine $ tereo webcast you won`t want to
put up with the lousy monaudio on 5085. Starting to wrap up at 0149
with last piece but Ted can`t wait to get back to rock, overriding it
after a few notes. Probably started early before 0100.

Meanwhile, `Encore` on WRMI is mostly simulmissed this time, and I see
that the latest Playlist anyway has not yet been loaded to
https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists
I do hear the last dekaminute on 5850 via Knoxville, while Missouri is
buried in storm noise, also audible at KXV. Only other feasible chance
on WRMI will be UT Mon 0300 on 5950 --- exactly same time as début of
WBCQ Concert Hall on 4790 Radio Angela. With so little classical on
SW, a shame has to be at same time as Encore, but UB says it`s the
best logistical time for him. And both will be shifting one UT hour
earlier next week from March 14, so imposition of wacky DST won`t help
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (104.9), UT Sun March 6 at 0442, WCLV Cleveland OH webcast
during `Quiet Hour` announces the date for QSY and power/coverage
increase to 90.3 MHz: March 28. Also during previous 03-04 UT hour,
`Weekend Radio` was a sesquidecade-old repeat from 2007y as revealed
by a `current` news reference; when Robert ``Sagebrush Bob`` Conrad
sounded and was much younger; no explanation. Hope he is not ailing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 27300 USB, March 6 at 0012, freebander I guess rather
than legal CBer, a mite with a distinct Oz accent, seems to ID as
``World Radio 304`` in contact with ``World Radio 918``. So where`s
the World Radio callbook? ``It looks like there aren't many great
matches for your search`` --- surely nothing to do with Tulsa or West
Virginia. Could it really be from Oztralia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

HAM DX CONTEST on 21 & 28 MHz:

Still running Sunday March 6 with lots of phone activity thru the F2
layer if not trans-equatorial, few quick logs with QRZ.com info:

21336 USB at 1547, PJ4G
PJ4G Bonaire flag BONAIRE
Special Contest Callsign Usually ARRL SSB Contest
Bonaire Netherlands Antilles Bonaire, QSL: K4BAI, Page managed by
K2NG. [somewhat stale info:] PJ4G will be active for the 2011 ARRL SSB
Contest. QSL to WA2NHA. 6301431 Last modified: 2015-07-16 00:29:14,
182 bytes

28517.5 USB at 1549, LT6M - why bother with split frequencies? Not
that crowded:
LT6M Argentina flag ARGENTINA
SEBASTIAN (SEBA) GALEAZZI, CORDOBA 544, LUJAN DE CUYO, MZ 5507,
Argentina [MZ = Mendoza]
LT6M CALL USE FOR CONTEST ONLY, OWNER LU8MHL.
also illustrates certificates, QSLs, two op photos:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/lt6m
also linx to a wine festival:
https://logdeargentina.com.ar/wp/?page_id=6967

28446 USB at 1551, VP5M
VP5M Turks and Caicos Islands flag TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
JAMES F JORDAN, 11013 FARMWOOD DR, RALEIGH, NC 27613, USA
lots of info about the T&C operation:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/vp5m
VP5- used to apply to Jamaica, converted to 6Y5
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1949 UT March 6

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, Saturday March 5 at 1520, LRA36 is on,
S1/S2 into Campo, Brasil, SDR, slightly better than into Brasília #2,
during Antártida themesong; 1521 LRA36 ID, `El Lejano Sur`, also FM
96.7; hi & lo temps: -2 and +6 C, not bad. 1524 surges to S3/S5, talk
about a rare Catholic chapel in Antarctica, at Esperanza? 1530
``Nacional Antártida Argentina, en todo el país, la radio pública``,
songs. 1542 another talk segment, off at 1545*. Sam Sánchez, Órygun
was also hearing it remotedly as early as 1413. We`ve been checking
for it only on Weds & Sats per normal behaviour, altho it could be
otherdays for special occasions; and had been no-show on Feb 19, 26
and March 2 but heard on Feb 23. It`s about time for the new
all-female crewe of four to take over as publicized last year (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 monitoring: checking out new
time of 0500 UT Saturday, March 5 on WBCQ 4790, appendage to Radio
Angela bihour, tnx to Bill Tilford and the Weiners: starts a bit early
at 0459. UTwente: S7-S8, pretty good for off the back. Bill says it
was getting further into Europe. Synch shows 4789.9985, occasional
uteblaaps. At KB0FX Missouri: S9+10 also blaaps. At VE6JY Alberta: S8
would be good except for heavy CODAR. At Ohio SDR: good S9 with lite
CODAR. blaaps, whine. At Alexandria VA: S9/+20 but with loud whine not
CODAR. At Maryland SDR; S9 with some whine but better than Alexa. At
PEI: S6/S7 with same whine. At OKC, JBA with S9+ of noise level! At
0517 direct to Enid: S9+10/20 with CODAR and storm crashes from
Nebraska, not too bad. At 0522 to Rockport, Maine: S9/+10 with whine,
what is that? Reads -14.7 Hz offset carrier. 0526 way offbeam at St
Lucia, S7/S9 fair with no QRM except occasional uteblaaps. Wanted to
check Maui but it`s maxed out with WSPR.

Also confirmed at 1716 Sat March 5 on WRN N America webcast. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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HAM DX on 10, 12, 15 metres

It takes a contest for hams to exploit MUFs rather than assuming bands
are closed with no activity. Nice thing about 10m is that skip
distances are so long that anything is likely to be DX rather than
domestic. Logged all this in 17 minutes, March 5 at 1603-1620, with
qrz.com lookup info:

21426 USB, at 1603, V31XX says he is QSYing to .495 on 10 meters.
Bill Kollenbaum, Consejo Shores, Corozal District, BELIZE

28420.8 USB, at 1605, HK3X:
HK3X Colombia flag Colombia
PEDRO J. ALLINA, CALLE 155 # 9 - 45 APP 1221 T 1
QSL MANAGER CHARLES.WILMOTT@M0OXO.COM COLOMBIA
So there`s his street address, but not his city! Says has previously
been active from Malpelo - separate radio country island, but is he
there now??

28405 USB, at 1607, XQ3PC, contesting. After ``5,9`` this and others
may say ``K`` presumably meaning both 1000 watts and, over to you:
XQ3PC Chile flag Chile
James Thurston, Capitan Orella 2775 Ñuñoa, - Santiago, CHILE
lots of info and photos at
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/xq3pc

28390 USB, at 1612, ZF5T with 100 watts:
ZF5T Cayman Islands flag Cayman Islands
Brac Radio Contest Club, PO Box 73, Siloam Springs, AR 72761 USA
Another one hiding exact location: presumably somewhere on CAYMAN BRAC
rather than Grand Cayman or Little Cayman

28431 USB, at 1613, HK3C:
HK3C Colombia flag Colombia
John QTH is north of Bogota
Bogotá, COLOMBIA
http://www.hk3c.ca/
lots of info but does he ever reveal where he is? Surname on QSL is
Bartlett

28450 USB, at 1613, HP9SAM:
HP9SAM Panama flag Panama
Stephen A. Myers, Pocri, Province of Los Santos 0758, PANAMÁ

28469 USB, at 1615, TI7W, CQ Contest, K:
TI7W Costa Rica flag Costa Rica
Contest Call, QSL VIA M0URX, Guanacaste, COSTA RICA

28480 USB, at 1615, CE1VP, S8, CQ Contest:
``Your Search by Callsign found no results for CE1VP. CE1VP looks like
a callsign from CHILE (DXCC Entity #112). Would you like to add CE1VP
to the database?`` Well, no, but I`ve logged only ones with certain
fonetix, or so I thought

28486 USB, at 1616, PY2PT, CQ Contest:
PY2PT Brazil flag Brazil
RICARDO RODRIGUES, Caixa Postal 42066, SÃO PAULO, SP 04082970, BRAZIL
has made lots of DX-peditions, especially Pacific islands:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/py2pt

28514.5 USB, at 1617, V31XX: finally find BELIZE on 10m QSY from 15

28524 USB, at 1619, CX5A, CQ contest:
CX5A Uruguay flag Uruguay
Radiogrupo Sur, P. O. Box 950, 11000-Montevideo, URUGUAY
lots of info and photos
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/cx5a

On 10m seems all phone activity is below 28550; No beacons heard in
the 28200-28300+ range, are they all off? Not much phone activity on
12 or 17m, bands not eligible for contest, but:

24980 USB, at 1620, one QSO concludes without ever giving own call

Later circa 1850 on caradio, the Crazy Band is hopping on 27025v-AM
but all sound very domestic.

DXMAPS at 2010 UT show 6m Es MUF at 72 MHz across N America, not
unusual, but never breaching 88 for FMDX. At 28 MHz, huge contacting
N/S America mostly F2 or TEP, not sporadic E (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2022 UT March 5

** EGYPT [and non]. 9899.6, March 4 at 2229, no R. Cairo signal into
UTwente, no lock until 2230 when Chinese oncomes at 9899.999.8v: in
fact two Chinese mixing, i.e. a China radiowar, CNR1 jamming vs R.
Taiwan International both from *2230; but no QahiRM which would last
until 2245 if on the air at all today from 2115 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ROMANIA [and non]. 7220, March 4 at 2325, RRI English with lots of
CCCCI as well as QRhaM direct. It`s CRI Vietnamese via Xianyang 59
site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Fri Mar 4 at 2300, token English from REE is VG direct
at S9+10/20, 2306 feature about an art thief I can skip. 12030, 11940
and 11685 also audible. First chex of 9690 via Virginia, St Lucia
remotes were noisier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 4 at 2310, VOT English is poor direct, S5-S9,
tho VG into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 monitoring: confirmed Friday
March 4 at 1915 on reactivated 7290, IRRS via Bulgaria. Tuned in
earlier, 7290: 1859 carrier already on 7289.999, S9+45 into UTwente
with 1377 users at the moment, but dead air until 1900.8 JIP Feature
Story News, 1905 IRRS ID and UN News in Brief, then music fill.
Harmonic 14580 not audible at UTwente or Carlow.

1323 kHz: first trying KiwiSDR at Tambov, Russia, just east of Ukraine
and 418 km SSE of Moskva. Headed by this with translation: ``I see an
extraordinary number of scripters. It's not good. I'll think about
what can be done so that the network flood from them does not
interfere with others. In the meantime, so as to cool the interest a
little. All of this temporarily.``

This one at http://sdr.tambov.gq:8901/ is labeled as covering only
1.6-10 MHz! But is tuning 1323, where at 1906 at S9 I am hearing
German only, i.e. the 15 kW Romanian station belying IRRS` claim to
get into Ukraine and Russia on 1323. At 1908 I compare it to Noale SDR
near 1323 where Romania now in music is mixing with IRRS music.

At 1915 I can hear WOR starting almost synch with 7290. But at 1920,
some horrible noise hits 7290, whine, roar with breakup, and I hear
the same via Carlow, Eire SDR, so it`s not an SDR problem. At 1923 I
can make out the same noise vs the other QRM on 1323, so it`s a
problem on the feed from `Milano`.

Via the Tambov SDR now at 1925 I am only hearing the music from
Romania. The noise continues on both frequencies past 1930 when I quit
in frustration. Recheck at 1959 finds 7290 clear with Ray Robinson
talking about Philippines, so it`s AWR Wavescan until he`s chopped off
for IRRS QSL offer which is also chopped off the air before finishing
with address. A ~29 minute program cannot possibly fit into a ~15
minute slot, assuming WOR played to completion at 1944. Just a WS
fragment as filler.

At 2001 I recheck Tambov on 1323 and hear a 1 kHz tone, presumably
Romania which has not turned off yet. Underneath is the Verdi theme of
IRRS. Vice versa which dominates at Noale, Italy. At 2005, Feature
Story News again detectable, but at Tambov more QRM in Hungarian:
another Romania broadcast not in WRTH, I guess until 2100? Recheck at
2115, Romania finally off allowing AM Italia into Tambov, American
English program about Black History, which turns out at 2120 to be
`Counterspin` from FAIR, also on many US public radio stations; then
about the Tulsa Race Massacre.

At 2130 the next WORLD OF RADIO 2128 broadcast on 1323 can be heard
both at Tambov and stronger at Noale.

Later at 0040 UT March 5 I bring Tambov up again to investigate its
tuning because as I noted earlier at 1800 March 4 it was blocked from
tuning 9770 for BBC in Russian which was not on air anyway. It turns
out that Tambov is blacked out for everything above 7200! The 40m
hamband 7000+ works except for blox at 7045-7055, where we know there
has long been a Russia/Ukraine ham radio war. I notice a user in North
Carolina tries it briefly on 4625, the buzzer frequency, but that is
also blocked.

WORLD OF RADIO 2128 also confirmed UT Saturday March 5 at 0230 on WRMI
9395, S9+5 into Minneapolis SDR. Next:

0500 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790! to WSW [NEW]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat March 5 from 0100, WBCQ webcast of
`AAAWWW`, a new one, starts with Uranus joke, which can be seen just
above the crescent Moon Sunday evening. Allan says that Moon ``rises``
just after sunset: axually it *sets* after sunset. Discussion of
horses, horseless carriages. Wreck closed all 4 lanes of I-95; thank
god for radio for info about it. Says WBCQ has 6 transmitters, the #6
one being the 9330. But there are only three other frequencies active,
so what about the other two? Does that include the one Jeff White gave
him?

A new music show began tonight at 6-7 pm ET [23-24 UT] Friday,
`Quality Control Live`. I missed the frequency so is it on the
websked? Of course not!

Electric bill expected to double in one or two years --- till a real
president comes back. WBCQ is running at a loss. Lots of maintenance
to be done this summer, postponed because of COVID. Would like to buy
more antennas and stations, and not just for religious programming.
Would welcome $ 5 or 10 million to do that, hint hint. Allan trying to
avoid politix, but Angela can`t help it, blasts left-wing media,
especially, under her breath, Rachel Maddow whom she can`t stand. Is
convinced elexion was stolen.

0133, finally datestamp for those who just tuned in [why?], 4th of
March YOOLF 2022, trimulcasting on 7490, 6160, 4760. Alan can`t take
the cold in Maine, as when he visited in January for maintenance.

0136, plugs Radio Angela programming -- a neat name, Angela thinx.
Tonight at 10pm ET it`s FTIOM [no, at 0340 check it`s Canadian Content
Radio, S9+10 to Missouri SDR but with storm crashes from SE Nebraska,
FTIOM from 0400 UT]; and at midnight [05 UT Sat], Glenn Hauser`s World
of Radio, the last true program of listeners digest news emphasizing
shortwave. Allan can`t remember when gh was not on SW. R. Angela is
for entertainment, ``anti-political`` on SW only, no streaming.

COVID diminishing, time to throw stupid masks away. Diet advuce: avoid
white food, like rice, milk, potatoes, and hydrate with lots of plain
H2O, not juice or soda.

0147, for nth time, Allan claims that Canadian government does not
allow any private ownership of SW stations! I reply equally nthly,
what about CFRX and CFVP??? Except for the SuperStation, WBCQ tries to
keep its equipment simple. 0150 items from Free Radio Weekly, just
out. Finally catches himself that SSTV means slow-scan TV, not ``SSB``
TV. 0155 some email, 0159 prayer, 0201.7 JIP Hal Turner late. Standard
disclaimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0404 UT March 5

** AZORES. 6114, March 4 at 0718, RTTY at S9+10 reportedly US Navy,
seems to be more active now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 5910.000, March 4 from 1727 no signal into UTwente from
Channel 1 satellite TV audio from Canoga Park clandestine via
Uzbekistan? S9+5/15 carrier with hum finally cuts on late at 1738.2 or
so and JIP talk modulation in Farsi? from 1739. Fridays only and no
one reported it last week. Two men conversing, nothing resembling an
ID heard, and they stop at 1753 while humcarrier stays on until
1800.5*. Previously also lasted well less than 30 or even 29 minutes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, March 4 at 0717, ORTM S5-S8 in French, back on air
after missing last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 4810, March 4 at 0714, no JBA carrier from R. Logos vs
STANAG, but sometimes there is (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS [and non]. Tonight March 4 from 0436 past 0500 past
0527, S5-S8 open carrier on 9545 into Maui SDR. Don`t see how it could
be anything but SIBC; unknown when may switch to 5020 and even
modulate it. 9545 finally cut off at 0549.5* - but 5020 not on yet by
0611. 9545 carrier was within 1 Hz of accurate. Recheck direct at
0711, JBA carrier now on 5020, as well as 5040 presumed Vanuatu.

Later replies via WOR iog: Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec: ``Hi all, At 0845
on 5020 male and female talks, poor signal, unreadable, must be SIBC.
73 Lucio, Embu Brasil``

Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, California: ``SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020,
SIBC, 1022 UT, March 4. Thanks to Glenn for noticing their
reactivation after a considerable silence; better audio level than
heard in the past, but still unreadable.

Glenn - My last check for SIBC (5020 or 9545) was on March 1, with no
signal heard. Same on Feb 28, from 0955+ UT. Was not listening at the
beach March 3`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9770, March 4 at 1800-1820+, again no signal into UTwente from
BBCWS daily in Russian, as in HFCC supposed to have started yesterday,
250 kW, 66 degrees from Woofferton. Hurry up! The war is on. No other
Russian language shown on entire BBC schedule. Also tried to check it
via Tambov, Russia, KiwiSDR. It appears to be running showing only
noise on 9770, no carrier to lock onto --- but no audio as if muted,
certainly not by me! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2128 contents: Algeria, Andorra
non, Antarctica, Austria, Belarus`, (Bulgaria), Canada and non, Cuba,
Germany and non, Italy and non, Kurdistan non, Kuwait, México, Poland,
(Russia), Sa`udi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Carolina non, Taiwan,
(Turkey), UKRAINE and non, UK and non, USA; propagation outlook ()
countries mentioned along with others not in order

WOR 2128 is available as of 0120 UT Friday March 4, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2128.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2128.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, 7780 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 5985 to S
1915 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580?; 1323-Italy
[7290 has been reactivated after missing 2 weeks]
2130 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0500 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790! to WSW [NEW]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on
voluntary support. One may contribute via PayPal
not necessarily in US$ , to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, USA

Confirmed first SWBCs, UT Friday March 4 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780,
S9/+15 into UTwente; 5850, S9+30/35 into Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Fri Mar 4 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, S9/+10 direct but
flutter in noise, and ACI de 5980 WWCR 5890/5935 leapfrog (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4905, March 4 at 0713, JBA carrier vs CODAR. Maybe
Brasil allegedly 24h; Tibet also scheduled on but too early (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4970, March 4 at 0712, JBA carrier where no broadcaster
is listed; ghost of R. Rumbos? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, March 4 at 0715, JBA carrier. It`s a Euro-pirate
frequency, Harmony Radio per EiBi; from Waterloo, Belgium per Aoki
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1820 UT March 4