** CHAD [and non]. 12050, April 30 at 2002, R. Ndarason International
in presumed Kanuri is almost as strong as RCM, WEWN in Spanish. Quite
a collision here making SAH of 1 Hz, but who cares? RNI is 152 degrees
from Woofferton while WEWN is 155 from Vandiver. IIRC, RNI used to be
via Ascension which may have been more of a problem in WEWN LAm target
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, April 30 at 2245, somepirate is already on
tho Mystery Pirate Radio has publicized another set of Voice of Pancho
Villa shows to start at 2300. This one is S3-S5 talking about standing
wave ratio, music. 2256 DJ likes Patsy Cline and plays her greatest
hit; 2259 ``Big John``, 2303 pause, off? No, back with ``Hello, Emmy
Lou``. 2305 ``You are listening to ---`` but I can`t copy the name.

At 2314 I switch from own R75 to NA5B remote in MD, where this is
S8-S9 with songs; 2317 ``Wheels``, Zeke ID. Says he and wife have both
been shot and won`t wear masks going out to eat. Nothing digital ready
to play? 2318 Zekey`s Attic [Zichi?] is ``relinquishing frequency`` to
another pirate, steady noise but not SSTV, and off*. More:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80986.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-USB, April 30 at *2320, Mystery Pirate Radio
comes on late after Zekey finished. E mail address. Voice of Pancho
Villa theme, S6-S7, signature wild laughter and exaggerated
Mexi-accent (I hope the XEs are not offended?) Immediately starts
invoking a ``Glenn Hauser`` character, 1-900-PAYGLENN. Audio is rather
distorted. Glenn is a girl? 2327 1-800-PAYGLENN [Note: PHONY]. IDs in
real Spanish between segments; at 2342 says 1998 follows, skit about
Clinton and Lewinsky. 2349, year 2000: Tom Kneitel can`t be here,
because ---. 2354, year 2001(?), this segment with QRM, co-channel
talk about something else: another pirate or produxion mixture?

UT May 1, continuing, 0000 the VPV from 2002y, CCI gone. Stuff I have
heard before and reported anyway in too much detail. Now I am
distracted by AAAWWW panned to one ear and MPR/VPV to the other. See
USA: WBCQ. 0016 MPR address; 0019 it`s off after just about one hour
from late start. Many more reports here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80991.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925V-AM, May 1 at *0035 another pirate carrier
comes on same frequency still tuned via NA5B remote for Mystery until
0019*. 0037 starts rock music, but distorted; carrier is wobbling
severely, unlistenable in SSB mode. SAM carrier offset jumps around
plus 74/63/42 Hz within a few seconds. 0040 DJ about it being Friday
night, ``Light My Fire``. 0045 ID sounds like ``Ambient? Radio, 6925``
0054 acknowledging listeners in PA, KY, Indonesia. 0100 ``Million
Dollar Weekend Show``, refers to listeners on HFU. These say it`s Yeah
Man Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81000.0.html
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81016.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, May 1 at 0100, Mystery Pirate Radio is
supposed to repeat the Voice of Pancho Villa show via a station in the
West, while 6925-USB earlier was from the East. So now I bring up a
northern Utah remote, but accidentally in LSB so hear only traces at
first. 0106 in USB there it is underway, S9+10/15 referring to
Oklahoma, sounds like Beevis & Butthead about visiting ``gh``, but
then it`s a YL knocking on his door. Another episode I`ve heard
before. 0109 Spanish intro as one for 1996y to follow. 0112 back to
own R75 where it`s S9+10, (and no 6925). VPV still audible past 0131.
I`m adding all these refs to HFU only uplooked after my own writing:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81006.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, UT Sat May 1 at 0112 S9/+10 music, no doubt
Ball Smacker Radio on its regular schedule. Too much going on at same
time so not pursued further this week. More, agree:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81009.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6974.9-AM, May 1 at 0113, S7-S8 of undermodulated
music, no doubt Nowhere Radio as heard several times before on this
almost-exact frequency. More here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81001.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6952-USB, May 1 at 0131, yet another pirate is on
tonight, S9 music; something about a tree house in the state of
Washington? and ``Pooh-bah Radio`` (?); ``Sound of Silence``.
Intermittent buzz as if wiggling patchcord. 0147 mentions QSL, more
music. Many reports here of FUBAR Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81019.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6933-USB, May 1 at 0203 pirate music, 0204 repeating
8-note plus drum interval? signal. That`s the *Eighth* pirate tonight,
and at 0205 four of them are on at once; enough! 6933, 6952, 6960 and
6974.9. A final quick check of 4+ and 5+ MHz finds none in those
areas, not even Guatemala. These say it`s Voice of Communism from the
``Soviet Union`` for May Day:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81019.0.html
But I QRT before hearing any more of it. Besides all this I have been
trying to get one or two TV programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, April 30 at 2005, zero signal from REE North American
frequency; suspect it`s off and so do those further east. 15520 is a
JBA carrier.

11940, April 30 after 2200, the Friday token English broadcast is
fairly audible here on SAm frequency, devoted to history of Spain
after WWII especially about US military and NATO relations, and how
things have changed post-fascism with death of Franco in 1975*?
Well-produced including music bits and clips, the first I heard
sounded like HST (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 30 at 2245, VOT 2200- English is on today, good
S9/+10 with music, no RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring: Richard Lemke,
Alberta, confirms Wed April 28 at 1030 on WRMI 5850.

WORLD OF RADIO 2084 monitoring: just two days ago, IRRS via Challenger
Radio, Villa Estense, Italy, replaced 594 with 918 kHz, escaping the
595v Morocco het; including three WOR broadcasts, starting with Friday
2030 UT as of April 30. So I`m checking how it worx via Euremotes.
First the near-local Noale: tune in at 2022, JBA carrier at best! But
was something else or exciter, as pops on air at *2023, now steady
S9+18 with music.

2027 ID as WUSB, timecheck as 6:00, and `Off the Wall`, but then more
music, sounds like xylophone vamping. WUSB is 90.1 in Stony Brook LINY
where OTH is sked Tuesdays at that EDT. OTH is or was also on WBAI
99.5 NYC 25 hours later. It`s about hacking. NOT mentioned on IRRS
schedule for Fri 22:00 MESZ, just `world news`. WOR does show at 22:30
on the sked and as monitored after IRRS ID giving the PO Box in Milano
for reports, despite current e-mail advisories that they only accept
email!

Meanwhile I have been checking some other remotes: in quite well at
UTwente, S9+15 atop lite QRM perhaps Spain. Not making it to Arctic
Norway, JBA in southern Sweden. At Barcelona poorly audible but mixing
with Spanish, presumably the 20 kW in Madrid. Recheck Noale after
2100, 918 still on with music until 2111.5* UT cutoff, by a timer? No
sign of off-frequency 917 Nigerian. Next:

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, NEW 918-Italy ex-594
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
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

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California, in memory of
Noel Green, for a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
and Ron says, ``Appreciate all the wonderful things you do for our
hobby!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com.

BTW, NEXT Saturdays May 8 & 15, WOR will be pre-empted from IRRS 7290
& 918 at 1801 UT; but instead Sat at 2030 on 918 & webcast (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat May 1 from 0000, WBCQ webcast never even
checking SW, `AAAWWW` again live from Florida where it was 95 degrees
today so of course Angela is half-naked [? why not fully naked; this
is *radio; he could even tell us she is fully dressed and we would
have to believe it]. My attention is split with more than one real
pirate during same hour; see NORTH AMERICA.

Allan starts off trashing Tim Tron, a ``lazy bastard`` who apparently
hasn`t been to Monticello lately, and as the elder engineer cannot be
replaced. Long discussion of COVID; Allan says ``get the bloody
shots!`` OTOH, A&A think masks are useless since the viri are measured
in microns. 0048 plays an old clip from Paul Harvey lauding policemen.
[IIRC his father was one.] 0055 Allan says he convinced Angela to get
vaccinated, ending her holdout. Usual bits of email, prayer and out.
Here`s John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started on time on both 6160 and 7490 with 7490
having the better signal again. Allan in the studio in a very warm Fla
with a half naked Angela. Opening comments about how hard it is to
keep the station running and Allan is upset with the aging staff,
especially TimTron who hasn't been to the station much of late. Allan
stated that there was no retirement in radio and no money in radio
anymore.

Angela starts an Angela's Angle complaining about people walking
outside alone while wearing a mask or driving a car while wearing a
mask. Most of her Angle was Covid related but did move to diet saying
that people should eat less meat and drink more water.

Phone call at 0042 from Tony Straka for a bit. After the call Allan
plays a snippet of tape from an old Paul Harvey program concerning the
police. Reading some emails at 0057 then Angela wishes that Trump
could come back immediately to save the country and stop what Biden
has started. Closing prayer at 0059. Off the air at 0100 and
immediately into Hal Turner. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, April 30 at 0616, RV, 3 x 3945, is S3-S7, song
sounds like ``Be Happy``, Bislama talk, more music. 7890 = 2 x 3945 a
JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0456 UT May 1

** CUBA. 6165, 6100, 6060, 6000, 5040, April 29 at 0614 check, The
Cuban Five are all off already, in English. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, April 29 at 1443, RHC is only S4-S5, which may be why
there are no spurs audible, if any too weak by comparison. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9710, April 29 at 1451, RHC is still here, to stay? S9 but
undermodulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9475, April 29 at 1449, mixture of Chinese and
Korean talk and a song, only S3-S5. Scheduled is National Unity Radio
from Taiwan site at 1200-1458 per Aoki. Ron Howard reported the same
kind of thing 2 + 24 hours earlier:

``National Unity Radio, 9475, from 1249 to 1250 UT, on April 28. Brief
Chinese language lesson; started and ended with Joyce Chu singing "Hao
xiang ni - I Miss You“; mostly in Korean; a few words in Chinese and a
sentence using the words; "Wǒmen Tándélái" (we share the same view or
we understand each other); N. Korea no longer jamming this frequency,
so nice reception. My audio at http://bit.ly/3xvEgRv .`` Tmx to WTWW
hardly ever on 9475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SWEDEN [non]. 15510, April 29 at 1820, VP in African language,
fading after 1830. IBRA Radio via Woofferton UK in Fulfulde, 1830 into
Arabic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 29 at 2243 check, VOT is on with music, only
poor despite no RTTY (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, April 29 at 1443, trace of CW, then fades up just
enough to be positive of the K6FRC ID repeating, allegedly 1.8
milliwatt HIFER beacon from Patterson CA; vs slight CODAR swirshing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring: missed checking UT
Thu April 29 at 0130 on WRMI 5010; anyone hear it?

WORLD OF RADIO 2084 contents: Antarctica, China, Cuba and non, Eritrea
non, (France), Germany, Guam, India, Iran non, Italy and non, Korea
South & North, Myanmar and non, North America, Romania, Russia and
non, (Sa`udi Arabia), (Singapore), Spain, (Taiwan), Tibet, UK and non,
USA and non, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu, Yemen non; world ground
conductivity maps; propagation outlook [parenthesized are mentioned
somewhere out of alfabetical order related to other items]

WOR 2084 is available as of 0033 UT Friday April 30, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2084.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2084.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

First expected airings on WRMI, UT Fri Apr 30 at 0130 on 5850 & 7780,
replaced by a preacher from Mississippi. We hope to arrange some other
WRMI time on UT Friday or Saturday. --- O, Jeff has just replied,
``Glenn: This was a special program this week. It will be back to WOR
next week. Jeff``

Next shortwave broadcasts should be:

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, NEW 918-Italy ex-594
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
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

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California, in memory of
Noel Green, for a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702,
and Ron says, ``Appreciate all the wonderful things you do for our
hobby!``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com.

BTW, NEXT Saturdays May 8 & 15, WOR will be pre-empted from IRRS 7290
& 918 at 1801 UT; but instead Sat at 2030 on 918 & webcast (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, April 29 at 1441, WRMI is S9+10 of dead air from SMTV
in who knows what language (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, April 29 at 0602, R. Vanuatu x 3 is S3-S5 with YL
in Bislama, 0605 into a song (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2084)

This report dispatched at 0359 UT April 30

** AFGHANISTAN [non]. 12035, April 28 at 1438, VP talk, Arabish? No,
it`s Pashto, VOA Deewa Radio via THAILAND at 13-17; plus 17-19 via
Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, April 28 at 1518 tune-in via Pardinho,
Brasil, SDR, LRA36 is on this Wednesday, S5-S7. In USB-narrow mode,
audio bandwidth on waterfall is slightly less than full USB: 15476.2
to 15478.4. Canned ID at 1519, ``LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San
Gabriel``, music; 1522 email address; 1523 ``todo por hoy; hasta la
próxima`` in faux ``sign-off``, Antártida song to 1527. Pause. Restart
music, 1534.5 ``sign-on``, notice in Spanish, German, English and
fourth language that this is in Spanish.

I keep listening closely to #4, and believe there is a ``govorit`` in
it, therefore Russian. The ``imnida`` at the end of it really merely
``Argentina``. Korean is after all not a RAE language; but neither was
Russian; anyhow it`s relevant to Antarctic basing. But so is Korea
South. There are/were a lot more bases than you might think, including
by countries not really associated with Anta., including two from
South Korea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_stations_in_Antarctica

A further wikilink: ``Esperanza Base (Spanish: Base Esperanza, 'Hope
Base') is a permanent, all-year-round Argentine research station in
Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula (in Graham Land on the Antarctic
Peninsula). It is one of only two civilian settlements in Antarctica
(the other being the Chilean Villa Las Estrellas). The base's motto is
Permanencia, un acto de sacrificio ('Permanence, an act of
sacrifice').`` Civilian, really? Then why are all the LRA36 staff
bearing military ranx? as specified with a QSL I quote on WOR 2083. Of
course, obsessed with the Malvinas war. And I have never heard that
motto uttered on air.

Second program -- or repeat of the first one? continues: 1545 song;
1600 sharp, ID as ``Nacional Antártida Argentina, en todo el país, la
radio pública`` --- this slogan meant to imply that Argentina straddle
two continents; music. 1605 maybe this-day-in-history about Malvinas
war, Real Madrid; but then current headlines about Burkina Faso,
pandemia en India, Oscars, and more talk. 1622 song, 1625 ID, more
song until chopped off the air at 1628.6* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9710, April 28 at at 0104, RHC Spanish still here, S9+20
totally blotting any sign of CRI Spanish via East Turkistan, to Latin
America, where there could be more of a clash. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. Again on 9710, not 9650, April 28 at 2210 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, April 28 at 1441, S9 of dead air. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [non]. 17544.95479, another Wednesday April 28 at 1538, so
taking a break from LRA36, another attempt to hear Bayto Yaikl via RMI
as still allegedly scheduled via FRANCE. UTwente synch locks onto
steady frequency as above, but it`s S5 = noise level, far too weak to
copy. Kuwait SDR also gets JBA carrier at 17545 minus 48-53-60 Hz.
Maybe JBA carriers audible also at Bucharest, Thessaloniki, but too
weak to lock onto. Is it any better in Eritrea? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, April 28 at 0106, NO signal from REE to North
America; altho it held up well into Ladino[non] by 2215 April 27, and
supposed to last entire transmission until 0200*. 11940 for S America
is a JBA carrier? now, no good either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed April 28 at 2129, REE is S3-S7 in Castilian,
asking for reports via whatsapp! also // 11940 S3-S6, while 15520
S5-S7 has split into Arabic. 2220 all four rejoin for English: 17855
S9 but deep fades to S3, Justin Coe introes with news, later feature
to be about regional elexions next week in Madrid. After Burkina Faso
item, 2204 over to Alison Hughes for world news as if BF were not?
Spaniard long resident in Gaza working for NGO to aid Palestinians has
been arrested and held without charges by Israel. 2211 pandemic in
India, still VG signal on 17855 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 28 at 2158, nothing but RTTY; 2212 no RTTY and
still no VOT in English to America. That leaves the final repeat at
0300 on 7275 INTRUDING into our hamband which seems to be more
reliable. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, awry at Ankara
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7602-USB and stronger 7615-USB, UT Wednesday April 28 at
0109, the two paramilitary ``Civil`` Air Patrol nets again, some of
the stations beeping at each end of transmission, saving them the
trouble of uttering ``over`` over and over, just like CBers (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring: anyone hear the
Wed 1030 on WRMI 5850, April 28?

Confirmed Wed Apr 28 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, VG S9 into Maine SDR, no
signal into UTwente but strong continuous pulsing noise. At 2128
direct, S7 vs S5 noise level.

Also confirmed 21 seconds behind Wed Apr 28 after 2100 on WBCQ 7490
minus 65-68 Hz and only S3 at KB0FX SDR in Missouri; direct at 2128,
S5-S7.

Also confirmed Wed Apr 28 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S7-S9 direct and no
jamming audible. Next, and last:

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:
thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, California, for a generous
contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Thanks
for keeping accurate, reliable and timely DX info available all these
years. Enclosed is a bit to help out all the WOR activities. Cheers
from the Beach``

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

This report dispatched at 2351 UT April 28

** CUBA. 13634 & 13766 approx., April 27 at 1416, just a trace of
scratchy spurblobs out of 13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9710, April 27 at 1455, RHC Spanish S9+10 on new frequency!
Ex-9650 missing. Another error, experiment or permanent change? Same
transmitter a few days ago tried 9640 instead of 9650. As I researched
then, 9640 would have been conflict-free for the morning 1100-1500
transmission. So is 9710 better? NO, the big 3 references agree that
CNR1 from SZG sites runs 1100-1805; also Iran in Urdu at 1250-1420 due
east from Sirjan.

9710 might also show up for 21-05 tardemisión; clashes then would be
CNR1 until 2330, and CRI in Portuguese & Spanish via EAST TURKISTAN,
land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uyghurs and other Moslems,
at 0000-0300. 9640 would have clashed with China at 21-23. Something`s
always wrong at RHC. Anyhow, this revacates 9650 for GUINEA 06-24, if
and when they can get it on.

9710, later at 2219, RHC is indeed also afternooning instead of 9650,
but no China QRM audible. Will it last more than one day? Should be
problematic after 0000 with China to Latin America (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ITALY. From Alfredo Cotroneo, IRRS, April 27:

``Hi Glenn, We have received final approval for our new frequency. We
will be moving from 594 to 918 kHz (daily from 1900 to 2300 CET [17-21
UT]) effective April 28, 2021. 918 kHz will be cleaner and propagate
better into Central and Northern Europe at night.

WOR will also be moved from 594 to 918 kHz, at the usual times as
previously scheduled. Bests. Alfredo
--
Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association
email: alfredo@nexus.org http://www.nexus.org
+39-02-266 6971 - Toll free: 1-888-612-0039 fax: +39-02-706 38151``

I.e. for WORLD OF RADIO, UT: Friday 2030; Saturday 1801 with SW 7290 &
14580 Bulgaria; Sunday 2000. I already pointed out other stations on
917/918; hope he`s right about improvement (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9+, April 27 at 0605, VON is gone. I suppose there is
no point in re-non-logging this as more often than not, it is begone.
Till the next (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. Re RRI frequencies missing, Stephen Luce replies:

``Glenn, RRI now has English advisory about the transmitter outage:
https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/emitters_out_of_service-2636082

They also included the advisory at the end of their 0000 English
newscast UT April 27, as heard here in Houston on 7375. No signal
heard on 9550 at the same time. Later just before 0300 I could hear
the RRI IS with an extremely weak signal on 9850 via the UTwente SDR,
nothing on 7375. Reception above 7 MHz has been terrible the past week
or so, whether listening here in Houston or via UTwente.

The current RRI transmitters were installed in 2008, so relatively
youthful for SW. RRI also had a transmitter outage for several days at
the beginning of A21. I fear that continued problems might lead to
more pressure to shut down SW output. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``

Viz.: ``Dear friends, Radiocom, 2 of the 5 emitters transmitting RRI’s
broadcasts, one in Ţigăneşti (near Bucharest) and another one in
Galbeni (eastern Romania), are out of service, Radiocom, the company
transmitting Radio Romania International’s programmes has announced..

This will affect a number of shortwave frequencies for RRI’s
broadcasts in Romanian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian,
Arabic and Chinese.

Radiocom has given assurances it is making efforts to bring the
emitters back into service. We’ll keep you updated on the situation
and invite you to tune in to our working frequencies and our online
broadcasts (including on demand), via the download mobile applications
available in Google Play and App Store, via Eutelsat 16A and via your
land and mobile phones.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, April 27 at 2210, wow, REE is inbooming S9+25 in
interview with someone American-accented. Tue at 2200 should be the
Ladino service but they are defaulting to castellano. For once the N
American frequency is holding up from local ``midnight`` and better
than the others: 15520 to ME JBA; 11940 to SAm only S5-S7. 17855 is
still VG S9 by 2226. We shall see whether a fluke or hold up into
summer season. Of course we need that to happen at 2200 on M/W/F when
there is token English. BTW, at 2228, no signals at all on the 18 MHz
hamband. If any Spaniards had been trying, they surely would have been
audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring; 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

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, California, for a generous
contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Thanks
for keeping accurate, reliable and timely DX info available all these
years. Enclosed is a bit to help out all the WOR activities. Cheers
from the Beach``

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

** VANUATU. 11835, April 27 at 0606, no signal from RV X 3. Nor on
7260 which should have switched to 3945 at 0559. No JBA carrier on
7890, RV X 2, either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Apr 27 at 2220 something JBA, unseems // 9710
RHC nor as spur de 11850 RHC which is weak dead air and no spur either
on 11840. Also unusually no residual jamming audible on 11860 after
Martí finish at 2200. So this is probably Republic of Yemen Radio out
of SA`UDI ARABIA; as the Qur`an program on 11820+ is a good S9 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

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1,317,619 views •Apr 24, 2021

Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice in this country, but Joe Biden
is the right man for this moment precisely because he IS old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPSK7inXesA

STEPHEN COLBERT interview on FRESH AIR, with Terry Gross:

APRIL 27, 2021 --- Catching Up with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert has been taping 'The Late Show' without a studio
audience during the pandemic — but he's not always alone. Sometimes
his wife Evie is in the room. If she laughs, he knows he's on the
right track. "I got into show business in a way to not be alone. Like
a lot of comedians, I'm a bit of a broken toy," he says. Colbert and
Terry Gross catch up on the past four years, since the Trump
administration and COVID-19 changed his comedy.

LISTEN: 47:58
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air
(via gh)

This report dispatched at 2337 UT April 27

** CUBA. 1040, re my question with log of R. Mayabeque, why did Cuba
create two new provinces around Habana a decade ago? Wolfgang Bueschel
replies: ``from wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayabeque_Province#/media/File:Mapacarr_mayabeq.png

``The reduction of the distances between the municipal capitals and
their provincial capital facilitates the management and procedures of
the population. The capitals of the new provinces would be Artemisa
and San José de las Lajas``. Tnx, NWK. Now, what does Lajas mean?
Flagstones or slabs, also a TV site in Veracruz. Not clear what Saint
Joseph have to do with those; wiki? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, April 27 at 0137, this RHC still SNAFU: only S9-S7 of
dead air, occasional running-H2O QRM; yet too strong and too late to
be India. The other Cuban 60s? 5025 at 0138 is S9+20/30; 4765 at 0139
is S9+20/30, undermodulated, distorted and with the plus/minus ~18 kHz
ratchety spurblobs. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. But
immediately at tune in, ``La Onda de la Alegría, de La Habana``, nice
progressive slogan, i.e. Castro says, You shall be happy in Commie
dictatorship! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 7340-7345-7350, April 27 at 0210, DRM noise is still on
from Grimesland, rather than scheduled 0200*; R. Martí for all the
traitorous DRM listener in Cuba, rather than the two old-fashioned AM
signals nearby. At least I don`t hear jamming noise against it, altho
would be hard to tell the difference (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. eQSL received for 5185-AM, 2302-2430 UT April
25-26:

``Hello Glenn - I'm pleased you heard the real -- not pirated -- VPV
program (episodes 2014-2021). Your report's correct and here's your
eQSL. Look for a relay of the first 10 episodes -- 1994-2003 -- again
this weekend. Yours truly, The Mystery Pirate, I am a mystery to
myself``

https://www.w4uvh.net/MPR_VoiceofPanchoVilla_eQSL_2014-21_Hauser.pdf
or #122 via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, April 26, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6974.913-AM, April 27 at 0109, S7-S9 but
undermodulated talk and music with heavy beat; still past 0128. These
say it`s Nowhere Radio, on air as early as 2210 April 26:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80828.0.html
I also logged it 23 hours ago, last night on same frequency within
margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7470-AM, April 27 at 0212, the unmistakable urgent
sound of Josiah, his anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH back on the air!
But unreadable, too weak S9-S5, and too undermodulated.

Had been unheard since last August? But was first reported back here
at 0334 April 25:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80722.0.html
I looked for him next night = last night, April 26 after 0330 but no
show then. Following my notice to the WOR iogroup tonight, Walt
Salmaniw replies:

``I checked several times between 04 and 05 last night, with no luck.
Tonight, there he is at 0313 with the usual very low modulation/tinny
audio. Fair/good level into Victoria. Unfortunately, 41 m is marred
here by some local possible BPL interference between 7375 and 8065
kHz. Poor into Masset, but another hour until LSS there. Walt`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 100.7, KPNC Ponca City is tough to hear driving around
Enid on caradio, tnx to mere KGWA translator on 100.9. Certain spots
it`s slightly weakened, and maybe KPNC slightly strengthened. Also
depends on how much KGWA is modulating per moment. FM bandwidth on
PL-880 too wide; off-tune to 100.6 no help, then abutting 100.5. OKC.
Circa 1919 UT April 26, I did hear a KPNC ID and a ``Country 101``, no
sign of KASE Austin TX as I somehow heard a biday earlier (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9850, April 27 at 0300, JBA carrier to remote in
Maryland, maybe RRI English as scheduled to NAm; NO signal on 7375,
11825, or 15330-DRM. UTwente is not hearing any 7375 or 9850. Per
Aoki, 9850 could also be CNR1 jamming vs Sound of Hope, or PBS Qinghai
in Bod-Tibetan from Xining site.

RRI Spanish during 0200 hour also supposed to be on 4 frequencies, but
none audible at Boa Vista TWR SDR: 9700, 11780=Brasil!, 11945, 15330.
RRI notified Spanish listeners today that only two transmitters were
down, one each at Tsiganeshti and Galbeni, as publicized on AER list:

https://www.rri.ro/es_es/dos_transmisores_estan_fuera_de_servicio-2636081

Can`t find any advisory about English: This page has schedules of
several past seasons, of no use now, and also very old notices of
outages, but not currently!
https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/RadioRomaniaInternational/how_to_listen-309
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, April 26 at 2219, during token Monday
English from REE, so-called NAm frequency is JBA carrier; maybe better
at Walterboro target? 15520 JBA; 11940 S6-S1 so best of the worst;
11685 JBA S1-S3. Should be on 9690;

Altho Greece 9420 also USward is not doing very well either at S3-S5.
K index at 22 & 24 going up from 1 to 2, solar flux was 80, after G1
storming. Presumed toward N America, but can`t look up the azimuth or
CIRAF in HFCC as ERT is another station withdrawn: only one frequency
left on SW, so why bother to coördinate? I`ll tell you: to discourage
others from taking it over, like Russia and China which are registered
a number of hours on 9420. Azimuths are beyond the scope of WRTH and
EiBi. The full Aoki/NDXC does show VOG beam angles: 323 degrees right
across North America with the odd power of 170 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 26 at 2218, VOT music is VP S5-S7, no RTTY now
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2083 monitoring: Richard Langley, NB, already
confirms the one I missed, Sunday April 25 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, among
his weekly multi-hour recording of that frequency. 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

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, California, for a generous
contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``Thanks
for keeping accurate, reliable and timely DX info available all these
years. Enclosed is a bit to help out all the WOR activities. Cheers
from the Beach``

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

UNIDENTIFIED. 12190-USB, April 27 at 0144, 2-way in colloquial Spanish
vs CODAR swirshes; cambio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0422 UT April 27