** AUSTRALIA. 11825, May 14 at 1427, strong open carrier; 1429 music
sounds like Firedrake and off*. But must be Reach Beyond at end of
Burmese semihour; no reason for ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 15700, May 14 at 1515, CRI Plus English relay via CUBA
is still missing as it has been since at least May 4. About to
conclude it canceled. Not on 11880 either. How about all the others?
Not noticed any missing, but not checked thoroly. 9580 heard. Latest
HFCC shows La Habana relays thru the rest of A-21:
00-01 5990 & 15120 Spanish;
01-02 9580 English;
02-03 9580 Chinese;
03-04 9790 English;
04-05 9790 Yue = Cantonese;
12-13 9570 Yue;
15-16 11880 English [! not 15700 which started A-21];
23-24 5990 English;
23-24 13650 Portuguese [Music fill only]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, May 14 at 0620, RHC English check: this one is S9+20 of
dead air; 6000 & 5040 off; 6060 S7-S9 JBM or OCDA; only 6165 is VG
S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, May 14 at 1421, RHC Spanish only S8-S9 and
undermodulated, nor any spurblobs audible. These were last detected
weakly on April 25 & 27. Fixed? There have been dry spells before but
eventually resuming. 13740 also on now at S6-S8 but JBM. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9955, Fri May 14 at 1427, world music fill on
WRMI-3, only at 1430 JIP TOMBS // 9980 WWCR etc. Skedgrid claims TOMBS
start at 1400 M-F. JIP = join in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 28244-CW, May 13 at 1808, looking for 10m beacons tnx to HF
sporadic E, find only one and JBA, WA6APQ, which is 30 watts from a
vertical in Long Beach CA. Reference recently updated:
https://www.qsl.net/wj5o/bcn.htm

>From his qrz.com page: ``WA6APQ USA flag USA
DEWEY MYERS, 2903 Monogram Ave, LONG BEACH, CA 90815 USA

The WA6APQ BEACON on 28.2440 MHz is located on a 330 foot hill (Signal
Hill) in Long Beach, California. Radio is a Motorola Mitrek consolette
base station, 30 watts, antenna is Antron 99 vertical. Code speed is
approx. 10 wpm and operates 24/7. Since 1993.

If you would like a beacon QSL card, send SASE or SAE with $ 1.00 (no
IRC's) or email for a printable QSL card. Include the standard (RST)
signal report, UTC time and date. Audio/Video and Youtube recordings
are welcome. Thank you for looking.``

I was about to send him a report, but email address is censored unless
you are a ham member, even tho 2-way contacts with beacons are
impossible! So much for that. It was on the verge of inaudibility, and
could copy only fragments, some letters of which may be incorrect: E E
E DE WA6APQ LO CH CA It kept fading at the last letter which I
thought was G, but this call in -Q matches the listing as I missed one
dah. I assume the others were part of LONG BEACH.

There was a little more non-beacon activity: a phone QSO on 28380-USB
at 1807; and at 1818 on 28400-USB KB5RJ# in Albuquerque? with a K9;
two stations often talking over each other. Not much skip sweeping
thru the CB; At 1816 on 25000, WWV JBA from CO, both NM and CO in the
500-mile range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2086)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2086 contents: Brasil, (Bulgaria),
(China), Cuba. Eritrea non, Ethiopia non, Europe, (France), Germany,
Greece, India, Ireland, Italy non, Korea North non, Korea South,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Netherlands and non, North America, Romania, Spain,
Taiwan, Turkey, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu; propagation outlook

WOR 2086 is available as of 0055 UT Friday May 14, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2086.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2086.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
2030 UT Friday IRRS 918-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy
[pre-empted this week; see 2030]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2030 UT Saturday IRRS 918-Italy [May 15? failed May 8]
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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First broadcasts confirmed less than an hour after completion, UT Fri
May 14 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780, S9 but noisy; 5850 S9+20/30/40 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7570, May 14 at 0626, WRMI-11 is finally back on air, with
what else? Dead Brother Scare. S9+40 since it`s the NW/315 degree
antenna aimed right at us across mid-America. By April 6, it had
vanished shortly after his QRT April 3, in reduxion of total Overkill
hours? Or was it tech problem? 7570 had however stayed on the WRMI
sked fortuitously dated April 2 and still so tho certainly modified
since then, if not totally uptodate: WRMI-11 7570: at 00-11 TOMBS,
11-14 SMTV, 14-16 Sat only additional TOMBS. I never got around to
checking what became of those SMTV hours: was she still on 7570, or
elsefrequencied? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, May 14 at 0622, RV X 3 is S6-S8 of island music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1608 UT May 14

** CHINA. 11775, May 13 at 1405, CNR1 jammer atop a second carrier.
Aoki shows target Sound of Hope, Taiwan during very long hours. And
still lists Caribbean Beacon, Anguilla on 11775, which has been gone
for years! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, May 13 at 0036, RHC English is S9/+10 of dead air, or
maybe a trace of JBM? But 6165 is OK. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000 & 6165, May 13 at 0558, these RHC English are on but
6060 & 6100 are off; and 5040 is in Spanish. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GREECE. 9420, May 13 at 0034, VOG talk seems not distorted now tho
on P-F S6-S9 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 13685, May 13 at 1357, S9-S8 open carrier, off briefly at
1358, 1400 music opening CRI in English; with long path echo from
Bamako II. Was sked from 1300 French, 1400-1600 English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6974.914-AM, May 13 at 0045, S6-S7 of weak music,
undermodulated, CODAR QRM. Presumably Nowhere Radio again on signature
off-frequency. Two more tentative logs:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81538.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, May 13 at 0041, pirate music at S5-S7,
0059 maybe announcement over music, still 0106+. Much louder signal
than the 6974.914-AM station tho metering about the same. Several more
logs as unID:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81539.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2085 monitoring: confirmed Wed May
12 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, S6-S7 into VA SDR; and on WBCQ 7490-, S6-S5.

Also confirmed Wed May 12 at 2220 the 2200 on WRMI 9955, poor into
PL-880 portable.

Missed checking UT Thu May 13 at 0130 on WRMI 5010; anyone hear it?

New WOR 2086 should be ready early UT Friday May 14 for first airings
at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780; and then 0130 UT Sat on 9395 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6159.9, May 13 at 0038, WBCQ with Area 61 old time radio
suffers splash from stronger 6165 RHC. Still refuses to get away from
Cuba as I keep pointing out 6155 is available (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, May 13 at 1401, S9-S7 of dead air from WRMI instead
of SMTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4840, May 13 at 0601, this WWCR is S9/+10 of dead air; 3215
is OK; 5890 is JBA in disturbed propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, May 13 at 0602, RV presumed JBA on 3 x 3945 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7125-AM, May 13 at 0556, JBA carrier, maybe broadcast
intruder? But goes off and on and off more like a ham (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1700 UT May 13

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The latest one direct:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2021_0506_0512.txt

73, Glenn Hauser

** CUBA [and non]. 11850, May 12 at 0141, RHC Spanish is S9+20 and
suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Parasite 11840 is JBM;
11860 confronts another carrier beating, probably Yemen via Sa`udi
Arabia, and remnants of pulse jamming, Cuban Commies vs Commies (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, May 12 at 0607, RHC English with humbuzz, but 6165 &
6100 are still on for a change with OK modulation; 6000 is as usual
off by now; and 5040 is still on but in Spanish. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GREECE. 9420, May 11 at 1936 check via UTwente, ERT is S9+30 but
extremely distorted! A shame since they play so much music, not just
Greek. VOG`s last SW transmitter may be on the way out. This has been
a hot topic on the WOR iogroup. Many other reports of distortion, but
sometimes not. It was missing on May 9, causing concern for those who
did not realize that it always takes Sundays off into UT Mondays
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, May 11 at 2050 UT, KGYN Guymon audio is cutting on
and off rapidly, unusable. Is no one paying attention? This 10 kW ND
at 183 miles does barely reach Enid by daytime groundwave across the
Ogallala Aquifer. Per NRC AM Log, there is a CP to raise day power to
22 kW. Not the only problem at KGYN lately: Rick Dau reported on his
roadtrip to NRC:

``1210 KGYN OK Guymon - 4/24 2015 [converted by gh to UT] - Strong, of
course, but with OC, which was noted by me from the time I crossed the
Texas-Oklahoma state line south of Bryans Corner, Oklahoma on U.S.
Highway 83 (approx. 1930) to the Oklahoma-Kansas state line on
Oklahoma State Highway 136 (approx. 2045). Station should have been
airing the Steve Hartman Show via Fox Sports Radio at the time. Oops!
(RD-OK)`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO. 391-MCW kHz, May 12 at 0613 UT, ND beacon DDP is JBA
vs storm noise level, from Dorado/San Juan. Always nice to get this
but what about all the other NDBs in Latin America? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ROMANIA. 13650, May 11 at 2039, RRI half-hour English is F-G here,
S8-S5 but no signal on // 11850; about vaccines. At least one of their
transmitters is down again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, May 12 at 0143, zero signal from REE to North America
which is scheduled until 0200 weekdays. It had been detectable in the
afternoon, yet now totally unpropagating. But 11940 to S America is
sufficient, S9+10/20. Something`s always nonsensical at Noblejas
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2085 monitoring: can anyone confirm
the Wed May 12 at 1030 on WRMI 5850? Next:

[reception may be worse than usual with G3 geomagnetic storms past and
future, and K-index of 7 as of 1800 per WWV]

2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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excellent DX shows for the worldwide DX listening community!``

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, May 12 at 0605, R. Vanuatu X 3 is on again but JBA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 475.65 kHz, May 12 at 0613 fast CW is JBA, unreadable,
presumably a ham. Dave Frantz`s WA4SZE/BEACON from TN, conveying his
website would be much stronger and slower, but in virtually nightly
bandscans has not been heard since Dec 31 tho other reports ran until
Jan 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2054 UT May 12

** CUBA. 15370, May 9 at 2203, RHC unusually with classical music but
very distorted, then talking Spanish about a huelga, S9/+25.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140 & 15370, May 9 at 1954, maybe not too-late check for
the first RHC English hour from 1900: both frequencies absent.
Something`s always wrong at RHC. On May 10, Alan Roe says Hour 1 of
the now 2-hour English service appeared at 19. He`s trying to compile
monitored program schedules for both but they are --- flexible. On May
11 via Bonaire remote, after Kriyol I hear English start at 1900 on
15140, nothing on 15370. Should 15370 be heard with English after
1900, it may merely because turned on too early before scheduled 1930
French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 10 at 2157, RHC at S9+5 of dead air with some hum,
still so at 2201, 2203, 2208 chex when French should be underway.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, May 11 at 0606, this is the only RHC English frequency
left after-hours, and it`s the one with the big humbuzz. 6165/6145,
6060, 6000 and 5040 are all off. Cuba`s ``chief meteorologist`` is
already on with a 3-minute forecast, starting with Canada where there
will be scattered rain -- how`s that for precision? Storms across
southern States including OK. Gives temps in F & C, later getting back
to Toronto, also some US cities, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
and finally, Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 13760.258, May 11 at 1422, S2-S4 music way
off-frequency, no doubt VOK during French hour. Something`s always
preposterous at P`yongyang. At least it`s doing better than KBS on
15575, JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Monday May 10 at 2156, zero signal from REE to N
America, off? 15520 poor S3-S4 in Arabic; 11940 S7-S8, by 2202,
English is best here, interview about Nahuatl music from El Salvador
in New York?, 2210 some such song (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 9 at 2205, VOT is on but undermodulated, S5-S8,
no RTTY maybe because it`s Sunday. May 10 at 2156 no signal, but on by
2202, S5-S9 again no RTTY but undermodulated. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 18157.5-USB, May 10 at 1732, K5VWZ, Tom near Houston in QSO
with some Miguel who was JBA; during the 17-m activity net. Lots of
photos of his antennas and one of him at QRZ.com: ``K5VWZ USA flag
USA. THOMAS E LAYNE, BAY CITY, TX 77414`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 7460, Mon May 10 until 0528.7* cutoff, only music.
It`s VOA in Kin[yarwanda], 0430-0530 M-F and 0330-0430 daily, via
BOTSWANA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2085 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
May 9 from 2001 on IRRS via Italia-AM, 918 kHz, as heard via nearby
Noale remote: was getting worried as music played 1958-2001.

Also confirmed Sun May 9 from 2200:21 on Area 51/61 via WBCQ 6159.9+,
JBA vs storm noise. 2159 IS & ID loop were playing, bit of other music
until WOR start like on 7490 Wed from 2100:21, consistently 21 seconds
late; I guess so their clox are set a bit slow.

Also confirmed Sun May 9 at 2300 on WRMI 7780 S9+15/20 to Virginia
SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 10 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct, right
after Bob Zanotti gets to say only, Hello.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 10 at 0230 on WRMIs: 5800, S9+20 direct but
not enough to overcome storm crashes; and 7780 S9+10 direct. Next:

1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Artie Bigley, Columbus OH for a contribution via
PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [not necessarily in US funds] and
comments, ``Thank you for over 52 years of unselfishly producing
excellent DX shows for the worldwide DX listening community!``

One may also contribute via MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9395, May 10 at 2206 tuning across I hear Bishop Bob
Biermann remark that Fauci is a ``criminal doctor``. That tells us all
we need to know about BBB. His wacko commentaries on two different
programs now show for a total of 18 hours a week on WRMI skedgrid
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, May 9 at 2256, WTWW-2 with rock music. <23 hours
earlier at 0015, Mark Coady had it with ARNL on rarely activated 9930
-- but back to 5085 today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, after 0600 May 9 and 10, R. Vanuatu absent from
third harmonic and presumably 3945 & 7890 as well.

Ron Howard heard from Bryan Clark, NZ, that on May 10 RV was on 5040
instead; and then Ron heard 5040 at 0637 and switching to 7890 (2 X
3945) at 0659, but 11835 blocked by China. No 10080 audible which
would be 2 x 5040; and 15120 = 3 x 5040 blocked by China. If they keep
to 5040 it`s blocked by Cuba until before or after 0600. However on
May 11 RV was back to former pattern of 7260 to 3945/7890/11835 at
*0559. I was also hearing 11835 again May 11 at 0602 music, YL in
presumed Bislama; and a JBA carrier on 7890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re: ``7125, May 9 at 0613, JBA carrier, trace of
modulation? Could it be a stray broadcaster/intruder? Off shortly
later, so guess just a ham, tho AM mode not to be expected in this
area, it may be optional (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

Ron Howard replies: ``Hi Glenn, Yes, it seems to me it could be a
possible broadcaster on 7125? On May 10, listening from 0604 till
tuned out at 0614, heard a steady AM carrier; did not make out any
definite modulation, if any. As you noted, also off the air a short
time later. Didn't seem to fit the format to be a ham? More monitoring
needed. Ron, California``

7125, May 11 not checked until a few minutes after 0600, nothing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1916 UT May 11