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** BRAZIL. 28390 USB, May 7 at 2044, PU9FDO calling CQDX, working a
WA5, and W1RPG? About the OSOB, no beacons either. Not 100% sure of
call as infrequent and foneteix not clear, but this call exists in
qrz.com: PU9FDO Brazil flag Brazil, Zap +5567981106759, Fábio Costa "(
BIO )", Av.Santiago do Chile 399 (GRID GG29QO), CAMPO GRANDE, MS
79104370, Brazil (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, May 8 at 0645, RHC Spanish S8/S9 direct, again on air
way late, but was not 24 hours earlier. Flanked by matching wobbly
spurs about 11755.3 and 11764.7.

15140, May 8 at 1504, RHC Spanish, S9 with spurs at same displacement
as last night, so same transmitter: 15135.3 and 15144.7. // much
weaker S3 11760, no spurs audible now. Something`s always wrong at
RHC. The Other Side:

``A liter of oil or five pounds of sugar? What a Cuban retiree's
pension can buy --- 'They conned us, and the worst thing is the
humiliation of having to depend on others, even when you have a
pension', says a former state restaurant worker.
YOAN MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ PIEDRA | Holguín``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1715019230_54619.html
It`s not clear what unit of time the peso pensions refer to. They
think everyone would know that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. May 8 circa 18 UT I`m bandscanning on the caradio since
there has been Es DX into the FM band reported eastward from Arkansas,
but I get nothing more than a couple suspicious fadeups on some
semi-open frequencies, which could also be tropo scatter.

Instead I encounter more local stuff: 89.3, KIEL, Loyal, the ``Radio
74 Internationale`` outlet which is somehow associated with France and
the 3ABN TV network, which also carries it on an audio-only subchannel
of K17JN Enid, still mislabeled K17JI -- with dead air, then just
barely modulation of a tone? pinging at the rate of approx.
144/minute. Later at 2048 with a slightly stronger signal, it sounds
like a clipped syllable by a YL voice like ``dap-dap-dap``, etc. Not
convenient to check how it sound on K17JN.

87.9, May 8 at 1843 UT, dead air in stereo, full quieting. Was not
there an hour before. Suspected from strange vehicle now parked next
door, i.e. a mobile RF feeder not turned off when not in use. Later as
I drive away, its range is little more than one block.

87.7, May 8 at 2019 UT, dead air in stereo instead of 87.9, at the
busiest intersexion in Enid, US 412/81, but maintains, so from a
parker, not a passer (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, May 8 at 2200, token English from SNR is weaker than
usual with fades during degraded propagation direct, but still
sufficient with brute force; 2208 feature interview about
relations/negotiations with UKQOGBANI over Gibraltar, four years since
it joined BREXIT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, May 8 at 2200, no signal direct from VOT
English, either not on yet or propped out; but at 2233 into UTwente
when measured, VG S9+30/45. 2253 headlines, which they rarely repeat
at the end, 2254 s/off by the non-badax YL but she also claims we
``have been listening to`` 17620 at 1230! Something`s always awry at
Ankara; then only 3 or 4 notes of IS until chopoff before 2255*, no
finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2241 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees,
Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2241, WRMI:
5850, QRN, 0130, 0155 (45343), 0159, May 4 UTC 2024 [Sat]
9395, 2330, 2344, 2358 S5, below, 2359, May 7 UTC 2024 [Tue]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Tuesday May 7 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10 but noisy into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday May 7 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002,
S8/9+10 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 8 at 1931 on SW Radio, Germany, S9+10 on
6160.001, S9/+5 on 3975.001 both into UTwente.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 8 at 2100 on WBCQ 7489.931, only S6/S7
into Maryland SDR, and doubtless much less if I checked direct. Too
bad that The Planet won`t employ a higher band in summery daytimes.
Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA,
``Glenn, Feliz cumple-whosis & beeg thanks for all the DX info you &
the `WOR Crew` provide - Cheers from the beach, Dan``, to: Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to:
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This report dispatched at 0000 UT May 9
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** OKLAHOMA. Tornado outbreak early UT May 7. Already by 2227 UT May
6, tornado in next county. All four major OKC TV stations are
wall-to-wall, blowing away entire primetime schedules. FM bandscan
finds not a single OKC FM station plugged into TV coverage, business
as usual -- far-right extremist talk, stupid sports talk, commercials
and occasional music; nor at first around Enid. Finally by 0020, KFOR
is heard via 89.7 and 90.5 gospel huxters. KOFM 103.1 Enid finally
goes to weather coverage, local? much of it off-mike.

Each TV station has sibling ``sub`` stations where network prime can
be shunted. Not checked until 0350 UT when KSBI `52` has Colbert from
CBS instead of on KWTV `9`. NBC might have been shifted from KFOR `4`
to KAUT `43` but instead duplicating 4. KOCO `5` might have put ABC on
5.2, MeTV but not now, or ever? KOKH `25` Fox could go to KOCB `34`,
unchecked. All three of our TV screens in the studio are active,
leading us to conclude the same order of preference for storm
coverage, as the virtual channel numbers, 4, 5 and 9 [RF: 27, 7,
25].

A previous outbreak had WTW coverage blowing away NBC News at 5:30 CDT
as well as local KFOR news at 10 pm which normally plays back at 12:37
am - so we were pleased to find NBC News then instead, making it truly
`Nightly for once.

This night, as we are ready to run for our shelter, two tornado trax
storm just north of Enid and just south of Enid. How much longer can
our luck hold up? You may have seen what one of `our` tornadoes did
later to Barnsdall, Osage County (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, May 6 at 2206, VOT not off the air, S9+45/60
into UTwente, from news to `Review of the Turkish Press` at 2210
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.008, May 7 at 2158, VOT not off the air, IS audible
direct but insufficient vs noise level. Multi-hop propagation is still
degraded. After 2230 into Maryland SDR, it`s VG, S9+10/20. Badax is
talking for several minutes about what? I try to figure that out:
something about AI. 2245 outro as `Weekly Commentary`. They should let
the ``penner`` read it. 2246 ``always-by-your-side`` promo and
`Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` - honey produxion in eastern
Anatolia from Caucasian bees, somekind of ``-- flower honey``. 2249
``with-you-every-hour`` promo, song. 2252 s/off by the OM mentions NO
SW, just satellite and internet. 2253.5 IS plays until 2255.7* chop,
no finesse, depriving us of any extraneous German to follow (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2241 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday May 7 at 0344 the irregular 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+15 into
Querétaro SDR.

Confirmed Tuesday May 7 at 1320 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, but S7 JBA
direct, my voice recognizable, and seems like crosstalk but nothing
else should be on 9955; no jamming audible, anyway. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA,
``Glenn, Feliz cumple-whosis & beeg thanks for all the DX info you &
the `WOR Crew` provide - Cheers from the beach, Dan``, to: Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

This report dispatched at 2320 UT May 7
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** CANADA. 15034 USB, May 6 at 1459, JBA in degraded propagation,
Trenton Military, ``no report received`` from Victoria, Victoria, and
Comox, Comox; cuts off air at 1500* for usual ToH/BoH break as not
shown in EiBi. As if timeshared with another station - Not; was it
ever? Klingenfuss 2022 does show two other SSBs on 15034: CJX in St
John`s NF, and VXA in Edmonton AB, which I have *never* heard (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, May 6 at 1505, horrible humroar S2 audible
direct. Recheck at 1938, S9+15/20 into UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sun May 5 at 2231, I tune-in late to VOT
English, S9+30 into UTwente during music, but just in time for
`Letterbox` starting at 2234 --- NO, it`s ending, not starting. All
programs play exactly the same theme and ID for start and finish, so
they can never get them wrongly reversed. And the L`box always has
time to end with a tune after he`s running out of time; despite there
being plenty of fill music between shows and promos. Anyhow, I`ll have
to catch the final repeat 5 hours later. 2244 multi-lingual ID filler
reel. For this one, 2252 s/off by the OM rather than usual YLs, as if
closing the 1230 on ``15450`` -- not used since last summer!
Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2252.5 IS. 2256 restart IS with
German IDs, still 2300 TS and s/on extraneous German. I let it run in
the background until 2325 when I hear noise as it has finally cut off.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 7275.006, UT Mon May 6 at 0319 t/in to VOT English S8/9+10
INTRUDER in the N American 40m hamband, as `Letterbox` is already
underway, host learning what 73 means, from Alan Holder, IOW, as well
as 88 and 55. Then acknowledging reports from Breyel in Malaysia --
host misses KL, his ``second hometown``; India, India, India; someone
with a Russian name in ``Riga, Letonia`` -- that is the Spanish, and
Turkish? version of Latvia, just to further confusion with Lithuania;
0328 out of time, wrapping up, 0329 music before L`Box formally
closes, and we`re back to where we started one pentahour ago. This
time I recheck the closing: 0352 same ``15450`` boner, but IS and off*
well before 0356 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 305 MCW kHz, May 6 at 0644, RO, 400 watt `Topan` ND beacon
at Roswell NM, among few JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2241 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday May 5 at 2000 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz into UTwente,
S8/S9 and no QRM but noisy.

I can`t help but notice that some MW DX editors will never publish my
Italy 1323 kHz monitoring; perhaps they would if WOR were not
involved??

Also confirmed Sunday May 5 at 2154 the 2130 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.001, S9/+10 and noisy into UTwente, and 6160.001, S9/+10 not
noisy but with that RTTY dittery from about 6164 unless bandwidth
narrowed less than 8 kHz.

Also confirmed UT Monday May 6 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+10 into
Georgia SDR as Qro. is busy.

Not confirmed UT Monday May 6 at 0300 on Area 51 via 6160- WBCQ;
previous show ended on time and ID, but instead some extraneous drama.
It seems A51 at a whim can skip or delay WOR, but something is still
better than nothing, right? Still no WOR by 0319 as I need to catch
Turkey`s Letterbox anyway. But recheck at 0346 WOR is halfway and
ending about 0359 so must have started at 0330.

Also confirmed Monday May 6 at 1937 the 1930 on SW Radio, Germany,
S9+10/15 on 6160.000; S9+5/10 on 3975.002. Next:

0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA,
``Glenn, Feliz cumple-whosis & beeg thanks for all the DX info you &
the `WOR Crew` provide - Cheers from the beach, Dan``, to: Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

This report dispatched at 2227 UT May 6
under tornado watch, and in next county, tornado warning
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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST update

Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Belgium: R Onda: Updated links to point to new domain at
https://www.radioonda.be
2) Greece - Voice of Greece: Updated links to new website of Voice of
Greece for their internet broadcasts (I still miss their shortwave
broadcasts, though!) (Thanks to Howard Parker in FB post)
3) Netherlands - Mighty KBC: The existing website/domain at
http://www.kbcradio.eu
is due to be closed shortly; a separate page in English has been
added at
http://www.kbcradio.nl
for their shortwave broadcasts. All links updated accordingly.
4) Romania - RRI: Updated links to RRI's refreshed website
5) UK - BBC WS: Removed links to the BBC "six-month" schedules as
these have been removed from the website

The next update is scheduled for June. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe

** CUBA. 15230, May 5 at 0055, RHC, S9+10/20, Spanish? not sure since
this is yet again severely sup/torted. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Sun May 5 at 1500, RHC weekly Esperanto opening is JBA
S6/S7 and even worse on presumed // 15140, JJBBA. Following R3 level
radio blackout; and an X-ray event exceeded X1 at 1141-1243 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6940 AM, May 5 at 0036 JBA music vs HSNL: a
frequency to avoid due to ute about 6942, but not hearing it now. Many
much better logs of WLPR Long Play Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,129220.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, May 5 at 0037 pirate music at S9+10 vs
HSNL, better than the 6940-AM; and into Dr. Who theme, 0038-0040* off
some SSTV beepery. unID for me and for these but with fuzzy SSTV
image:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,129216.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.83 AM, May 5 at 0043, local Enid CB pirate on
again, relaying and // 105.5 K288FX of ``K-Love`` presenting ``top 3``
praise songs. S8/S9 atop but some QRM, hets from skippers. 27164.50,
May 5 at 0044, same a bit stronger here S9. Unfound on any other CB
channel; previously had it on three at once.

27184.79 AM at S9 and // 27164.48 AM at S9+3, May 5 at 1502, ID for
KYLV 88.9 OKC, as pirate relays presumably via Enid K288FX 105.5
translator (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SLOVAKIA [non]. 15770, May 5 at 0057, RSI closing English, S9+20/30
direct, almost as if switched from a NE to NW antenna, but WRMI never
does that? 0030 on System F shows // 5850, 7730, unchecked. As per
some press via WOR iog, the right-wing PM is trying to get parent
entity RTVS under his government control rather than an independent
public broadcaster (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO monitoring: ``Gary Drew Worldwide
name change --- Hi Glenn, Hope you're keeping well. GDWR has now
changed its name to Pirate Radio. This stands for Private Internet
Radio Alternative Trial Experiment P.I.R.A.T.E.

The new website is still under construction at
https://pirateradio.bravesites.com/

Pirate Radio - Private internet radio alternative trial experiment.
Playing Gary Drew shows past and present with restored archives from
the London Soul pirate stations of the 1980's and specialist
programmes at weekends and other radio material.

Nothing else has changed so the stream is the same. The new time for
World of Radio is now 08:30 BST / 07:30 UTC currently every Saturday
and Sunday.

The second channel is now merged onto the one site; see the tab Pirate
Radio channel 2 to hear all your favourite offshore and land-based
pirate radio programmes, documentaries and archives 24 hours a day.
73, Gary, Gary Drew Worldwide 🌐 May 5``

WORLD OF RADIO 2241 confirmed UT Sunday May 5 at 0000 on WRMI 9955,
S9/+10 into Missouri SDR above Cuban pulse jamming.

Also confirmed UT Sunday May 5 starting at 0342 the 0315v on WA0RCR,
1860 AM, MO, S9+15 groundwave into nearby SDR. Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [irregular];
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA,
``Glenn, Feliz cumple-whosis & beeg thanks for all the DX info you &
the `WOR Crew` provide - Cheers from the beach, Dan``, to: Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

** VATICAN. 11815, May 5 at 0642, RCC liturgy at S4/S7, one of best
signals on band. It`s weekly Ukrainian at 0605-0700 Sundays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 21495, May 5 at 0049, algo S3/S5 with Doppler flutter.
Likely FE such as China radio war, but only one hour a week for 21495
in Aoki & EiBi, RFA Tibetan via Tinian, Sat 10-11 UT. Maybe long hours
of jamming and SOH up from 21490 I`ve heard before but not now.

21529.91, May 5 at 0050, S5/S7 of music, Chinese? EiBi has SOH on
21529.7 and CNR1 jamming 21530. Stronger than the others.

21800, May 5 at 0051, S2/S3 with Doppler flutter. EiBi has SOH on
21799.6 and jamming on 21800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1950 UT May 5
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