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** NORTH AMERICA. 6885-USB, April 11 at 0000, pirate music at S9, tnx
to tip from Mickey Delmage in AB and Harold Frodge in MI; 0014 ``You
are listening to MRI, Mix Radio International`` and into YL cover of
``Wichita Lineman``, certainly not Glen Campbell; 0020 another
announcement, echoey about requests? but I was distracted. LOTS of
logs here, apparently has been on all day since 1537 April 10, first
on 6890-USB
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,80142.0.html
Well heard even in the daytime as far as Alberta and BC.

As for `Wichita Lineman` one logger says it`s by Paula West. I/we
always assumed this was about the city of Wichita, Kansas --- but
wait, if she`s a lineman for the *county*, that would be ``Sedgwick
Lineman``. But wait2, there is a Wichita county in Kansas, west
central, tiny population of about 2K. But wait3, there is one other
Wichita County, the one in Texas around Wichita Falls, 200+K. Not to
be confused with Washita, 11K in Oklahoma; or Ouachita, 26K in
Arkansas. I am not the only one questioning this song:

https://americansongwriter.com/glen-campbell-wichita-lineman-behind-the-song/

Peter B., about a year ago: ``I like this song a lot but the lyrics
don’t make any sense. He’s searching for an overload? What does that
mean? Jimmy has said this was about telephone lines but when a phone
network becomes overloaded, it doesn’t happen out on the lines, it
happens back at the phone company. There’s nothing a lineman can do to
fix it. And why does he work for the county and not the phone company?
And if he works for the county, why is he naming himself after a city?
He’s apparently way out in the middle of nowhere but calls himself the
Wichita lineman. And what kind of strain do you get from snow? Enough
snow with wind will cause lines to come down but is there a particular
section he knows about that’s prone to this (and not the rest of the
network)? And while the line “And I need you more than want you” is
interesting, it is far from romantic. Very confusing.``

Much more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40861326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9730 & 9550 & 7420 & 7375, April 11 at 0003, RRI news in
English, surprised to find on four good frequencies since only 9550
and 7375 are supposed to be in English, 9730 & 7420 in Romanian! All
at least S9, some up to +10 or +20. Another anomaly from RRO besides
English at 0530 on 9660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2081 monitoring via UTwente SDR:
confirmed new time on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria?, Saturday April 10 from
1800:30; ending intact at 1829:17, then finally IRRS ID, and ``Jesus
is Calling`` hymn. Once again like when it was on Mondays last few
weeks, WOR theme cut on in progress after dead air, no IRRS sign-on or
FS News headlines. Tuned in earlier at 1747 when IRIB was wrapping up
Russian, atop CCI from CNR China; after a neat ditty, Iran off at
1750* uncovering CNR. Meanwhile there is splash from 7300, Iran in
German.

Strong S9+20 IRRS 7290 carrier on from *1756.5 covering China, also
with pulsing/rumble noise on its own modulation. Continues into WOR
but abates somewhat. The same self-QRM is heard via Carlow, Eire SDR.
CNR timesignal audible under at 1800. I also notice that every breath
I take while speaking is exaggerated as they come out of these relays.
Later I go back and listen to my original soundfile and inhaling is
barely noticeable. At 1810 I check 14580 on both where a listener via
UTwente was also hearing me April 5, second harmonic. Not audible at
UTwente, but JBA at Carlow; LSB needed to avoid ute QRM on plus side.

WOR 2081 also confirmed from 1953:10 UT Sat Apr 10 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO, VG via almost-local KB0FX remote at Warrenton MO.

WOR 2081 NOT confirmed Sat April 10 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, instead the
April 11 edition on Wavescan --- one of some three dozen airings, as
has continued to show on the WRMI skedgrid, while in fact WOR had been
appearing since November 7, by mistake?

WOR 2081 NOT confirmed UT Sat Apr 10 at 2330 on IRRS webcast,
https://www.nexus.org/mp3/
as scheduled, rather Feature Story News, IRRS ID and THEN at 2334 WOR
starts, so will it be cut off incomplete before 2400? Audio is rather
muffled, and 594 is not on the air this late, 1:30+ AM CEST.
Unfortunately? I miss checking how it end. Next:

0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 594-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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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Randy Stewart, Battlefield MO, via PayPal to
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it's about time I contributed to your (virtually) lifelong efforts on
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One may also contribute, by 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. 7570, April 11 after 0000, still no signal from this WRMI
which used to be fully inhabited by TOMBS from 0000 until 1100 and
later on Saturdays. Presumably the major cutback so far from the
demise of Brother Scare, among others, if not a technical problem. I
am suggesting to Jeff that it would be great if this big 315-degree
signal across mid-America could resume at least a few hours in the
evenings with secular programming we would like to hear better, e.g.
some of the 9955 shows aimed away and subject to jamming (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 13570, April 10 at 1905, no signal from World`s
Last Chance on WBCQ; Ivo Ivanov reported that 13570 is a new HFCC
registration instead of 9330 at 17-02 UT including Arabic from 1900.
But WBCQ is still blasting in on 9330 in German.

More wishful thinking? When Superstation was first testing last year,
a bunch of other frequencies were registered, but WBCQ could never
figure out how to change from any frequency but 9330. That`s probably
what led WLC to buy more time elsewhere from Europe. Even 500 kW from
Maine to everywhere just won`t cut it on a single frequency every
season, every hour. Furthermore, 13570 is a very bad choice: on the
border with the ISM/HIFER band 13550-13570. Would blow away those very
lowpower signals, including RF IDs? down to 13560 if not even lower.

Could 13570 have meant via some site other than Maine? Or using WBCQ
as a placeholder while they arrange some other relays. Via UTwente I
do detect a VP signal sounding Arabic, zero-beating on about 13570.35,
but the SynchAM lox onto the signal at 13570.523. By 1917 it has
drifted down to JBA 13570.518.

I start to check other KiwiSDRs, such as Kuwait? Nothing there. Smax
of a spur. At UTwente I start bandscanning upward for some strong
Arabic signal which might be the source, soon finding two: 13670 MWV
Madagascar, R. Feda in Arabic, and even stronger 13685, which is CRI.
Back to 13570.512 at 1927, but it goes off at 1928*. CRI Mali is
scheduled in Arabic until 1930, and indeed is gone when I get back
there, so that`s a close match, altho could not make an audio
parallel. Also it`s at 20 degrees so puts a very strong signal onward
into Europe. There could also be a matching spur 114.48 kHz on the
plus side, i.e. 13799.48, no chance to check. MWV of course is still
going on 13670 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13570.52v, Arabic? spur: see USA: WBCQ

TECSUN PL-880 problems: this has been my main handy portable when I am
away from the main desktop receivers, or when I want to make a quick
check for a //. Mine is some 8 years old, and for the last year or
more has developed some real problems. Some of the number buttons hard
to engage, and so was the ON/OFF button until finally, I could not get
it to turn off, except by temporarily removing the Lithium Ion battery
(which was recently replaced after an 8-year run of the original
rechargeable --- not bad there!).

Now it`s off, but the button refuses to turn it back on. Fortunately
my savvy technical assistant fixed that by inserting a tiny bit of
plastic or something so it would make proper contact. Also inserted a
thin layer of foam over the keypad, as the original had deteriorated.
This came from fruit boxes in a grocery store!

Unfortunately, the other major problem, both fast and slow tuning
knobs going haywire with minds of their own, even when not even
touched; or going down when tuned upward or vice versa, could not be
so easily fixed without replacement parts. There will be no
bandscanning or fine-tuning. One can only punch in a frequency and
then hurriedly lock it in before it go away. There is also not a
chance to adjust bandwidth which also changes by itself. So I again
warn those expecting multi-year life out of this receiver to beware,
especially of used ones. I wonder if other Tecsuns behave so badly as
they age (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0218 UT April 11

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, Saturday April 10 at 1423, start
checking for LRA36 via remotes in Brasil, Uruguay, but no signals, now
nor 1446, 1500. However, by 1505 it`s on and in weakly, VP S3. During
next hour it`s about equally VP at three Brazilian SDRs and the CX8BIT
one in Uruguay. 1509 mentions Antártida Argentina, but immediately
``despedimos``, closing pre-recorded show which must have been
joined-in-progress - JIP. Esperanza song and stops at 1513. But not
off: after a pause, resumes with other music, but fading down at 1517.
1520 song again, 1522 contact info; 1537 generic ``Nacional, la Radio
Pública`` ID as uttered I think by all LRA stations, song; 1559
announcements, but chopped off the air in mid-word at 1603.5*.

Re my previous report, not hearing it after 1530 Wed April 7: Giovanni
Lorenzi, Italy replied on the PTSW iog, but without citing a time,
``Hi Glenn, I have heard today LRA36 using kiwi sdr receiver located
in Montevideo, Uruguay with fair signal. Attached mp3. 73 de Giovanni,
IT9TZZ`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11930 & 11860, April 10 at 0215, after-hours jamming against
nothing continues, not only noise, but those cute beeps I was hearing
six hours earlier around 13605. Partly 2-tones; when continuous they
are running at the rate of 72/minute. Probably only one of the
multiple jamming sites piling up on each Martí frequency does this.
Will we ever have access to jam site details in the Post-Revolución
Era? C.I.D.; ¡Cuba Libre! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6165, April 10 at 0306, JBA carrier could be Turkey
in English to Asia instead ofo RHC Englilsh, but not on 6145; while
6000 English is readable; 6060 in Spanish, but none can compete with
storm noise level around here. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, April 10 at 0602, this RHC is still in Spanish instead
of English, but at 0605, of The Cuban Five, the four sixes, 6000 &
6060 & 6100 & 6165 are still on in English, unlikely all for the full
hour; and all tough vs local high storm noise level. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA. 6090, April 10 at 0309, HOA music at S6-S7, presumably
Amhara State Radio. Not reported much from NAm, but Manuel Méndez,
Spain often logs it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, April 10 at *0559:15, RNZP cuts on with Bell
Bird chirps, tonight starting at scheduled time. I was waiting for it
a minute earlier after noting Vanuatu JBA carrier on 11835. Timesignal
at 0600 ends about one second *late*! compared to WWVH a minute later.
Is Rangitaiki, NI SW site getting a delayed internet feed, or
satellite, or what? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Saturday April 10 at 1337 UT, KOSU in NPR `Weekend
Edition Saturday`, when double audio starts, such as two different
NPR/KOSU promos colliding, and soon apparently start playback of 1400
UT show, `Wait2, Don`t Tell Me`, VERY early. This collision keeps
going for about 20 minutes! As I keep rechecking, can`t stand to
listen to it continually. Really screwed up, nohuman minding the store
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9660, April 10 at 0555, JBA carrier, presumed RRI again on
wrong frequency like IDed 24 hours ago; or a deliberate change? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Further checking for what remain of TOMBS via
WRMI, April 10 at 0310: 7570 still off; 7730 on; 7780 algo too weak to
tell; BS singing on 7730 and also 7490- WBCQ, 9395 WRMI. Something
else on 5950: see USA WRMI.

April 10 at 1401, the `live` TOM Sabbathday services, first week after
BS has died: WRMI 9955 instead running Tourette-screamer Terry
Blalock. Haven`t heard him erupt for a while. As for TOMBS, 7570 still
off, but 7730 on along with 9980 WWCR. Some non-BS gospel huxter is
speaking and singing: a successor? Who? Also on 9395, 9455, and 5850
in weekly daytime extension; JBA signals on 15770, 7780, 5950, can`t
be sure of content. The SW sked at TOMBS website is still dated last
August! Long out of date even before UT April 4* (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Saturday April 10 at 1359, REE citing its schedule:
first time in A-21 it`s been on and audible at the early weekend
opening time, over totally insolated path, attaining S9 but not over
S9 as one would hope. 15520 backward is only S6-S8, and offbeam 11940
JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2081 monitoring: confirmed Sat
April 10 at 1320 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, S9.

Also confirmed Sat Apr 10 after 1600 on WRN webcast. Next:
1801vUT Saturday IRRS 7290 14580 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-Mon]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 594-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

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 Randy Stewart, Battlefield MO, via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com Not necessarily in US funds, and says, ``Glenn,
it's about time I contributed to your (virtually) lifelong efforts on
behalf of DXers!``

One may also contribute, by 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. 5950, April 10 at 0311, soul? song but I guess an hymn,
since followed by gospel huxter constantly referring to ``Yahweh`` ---
woe betide other Christians who call it merely ``God``. Yahweh`ll get
`em for that! WRMI skedgrid shows it`s `Classic Redneck Radio` on
System L (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]

** U S A. 1319.717v, April 10 at 0607 UT, way-off-frequency het still
detectable from previously identified WCOG, Greensboro NC. But nothing
on 1540.200v from WKVQ Eatonton GA, daytimer which sometimes manages
to go off at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, April 10 at 0557, JBA carrier, OSOB again presumed
3 x 3945 R. Vanuatu; but NZ will soon take over 11725, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1734 UT April 10

** CUBA. 13606, April 9 at 2025, besides noise jamming against nothing
since R. Marti quit 13605 at 2000, there are now those curious beeps
--- irregularly sometimes 3 at a time; otherwise two tones
alternating, seem to be centered about 1 kHz above the channel. We
have noticed this before e.g. on 11930 after-hours from Cuban jammers;
perhaps just playing around. More of same still at 2256 recheck. Hard
to imagine any intelligence being conveyed by this non-coded beeping
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9650, April 9 at 2128, RHC is S9-S7 but suptorted.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY. IRRS MW/LW plans: see USA [and non] WORLD OF RADIO

** SPAIN. 11940, Fri April 9 at 2200, token English from REE can be
heard best here only on S8-S9 SAm frequency; 15520 about gone, 17855
never audible today and never on? Justin Coe starts with report about
Spanish official visiting Angola, Sénégal; 2203 problems with
AstraZeneca vaccine; music feature to follow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 9 at 2158, VOT IS on, vs RTTY adding up to
S7-S9; useless. Sunny here, but heavy storming in adjacent counties
crackle up the shortwaves. Winds so high the shack is shaking (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. As per new info from IRRS, I`m checking out the non-SW
broadcasts of WORLD OF RADIO on their schedule via 594 kHz which per
WRTH 2021 is Challenger Radio, 5/1 kW at Villa Estense, Italy, so
should be only 1 kW at night. But there are NO other Europeans on
594.

First broadcast of new WOR 2081 is at 2030 UT Friday April 9, and
there it is via Kiwi remote receivers. I try three in Italy; first via
IZ6BYY in central Italy, S8-S9 with some CCI, het from 595+. Better
via IW3HBX, at Noale where we`re a steady S9+15. That`s only 53 km
away, the two towns equally SW and NE of Padova just inland from
Venezia. I`m also getting it well on the other side of Europe, 858 km
away, via the UTwente SDR, S8-S9 and checking the autonotch gets
completely rid of the het.

The major QRM is the off-frequency Moroccan circa 596, 50 kW at Oujda.
MWOffsets shows Morocco at 595.898 as of 2020-09-23, but sometimes on
593 or 594.998. At Noale SDR the het zero-beats about 595.7. On 594
itself there are Africans in Malawi and Nigeria, and from the ME,
three Sa`udis, 2000, 50 and 10 kW. I never heard any Qur`an or other
Arabic; per WRTH the big gun is fortunately a daytimer quitting at
1500 UT; the 50 kW is 24 hours, and the 10 kW until 2300. It looks
like there would be nothing to impede Challenger from running much
higher power on 594, if they could. A sesquidecade ago there were
several high-power Europeans on 594, now all gone.

Anyhow, Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS tells me, ``WOR will also be repeated
on our IRN streaming channel and occasionally at other times on MW
and SW. The list of our public streaming channels are available at
https:/nexus.org/MP3

The program is simulcast on 7290 kHz and 594 kHz AM/Medium Wave. We
also anticipate a move from 594 kHz to 918 kHz (much better frequency)
later this summer, as soon as we receive final authorization from the
authorities. LW 207 kHz (Long Wave) will also be activated at around
the same time and we **may** also be able to schedule some broadcast
there. Thank you and take care. 73, Alfredo
-- Alfredo E. Cotroneo, CEO, NEXUS-Int'l Broadcasting Association``

The only broadcaster now on 207 kHz is 75 kW from Iceland. I`m not so
sure 918 will be better: WRTH shows on there are 20 kW from Madrid,
inactive, but I seem to recall it came back; 20 kW from Egypt, unknown
power from Greece, several very low powers from Holland, 50 kW from
Iran, and 30 kW from Nigeria. 918 is one other frequency also
suffering from an off-channel ~1 kHz het, this time from Nigeria on
917! I am adding in the other WOR airings by IRRS on 594 only. Next:

2030 UT Friday IRRS 594-Italy
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801vUT Saturday IRRS 7290 14580 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-Mon]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 594-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

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 Randy Stewart, Battlefield MO, via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com Not necessarily in US funds, and says, ``Glenn,
it's about time I contributed to your (virtually) lifelong efforts on
behalf of DXers!``

One may also contribute, by 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. (7489.9v), UT Sat April 10 at 0000-0100, WBCQ webcast of
`AAAWWW` I semi-monitor. As to be expected, major subject is the late
Brother Stair, and how beneficial he was financially to WBCQ and to
other SW stations, giving him much credit for keeping the SW medium
alive; 0021 datestamp as 9th of April, YOOL 2021; discuss Star Trek
A&A are into watching on Netflix without ads. 0030 Uncle Bill calls
from Chicago about BS being a true believer in SW; how he helped save
Channel 292 in Germany by buying up all spare airtime for a while.
Allan also credits World`s Last Chance for investing so much in SW via
WBCQ. 0048 Angela mentions that she doesn`t believe the `science`
about COVID --- apparently it is all a deliberate conspiracy to turn
everyone communist. IIRC Allan himself does condone vaccination; etc.,
etc. Closing prayer squeaked in, not cut off in webcast, but Hal
Turner JIP. Here`s John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started on time on 6160 and 7490 with 7490 having a
slightly better signal, 6160 having a het from 6165 [RHC] and a good
bit of static on both frequencies. Allan and Angela in the studio.
It's 76 degrees in Fla and Angela looks so pretty all dressed up.
Opening talk about Brother Stair's death. After twenty some minutes of
this the talk makes a big jump to the new Star Trek series.

Phone call at 0030 which picks up the Brother Stair thread and the
talk continues. During the second Brother Stair segment, Allan talks
about other religious programs and mentions the purchase of WHRI and
the plans to spiff up the station and get more religious programming
on the air. No other information about the purchase. The talk turns
somewhat political after a few minutes with discussions of covid and
about gun control. Reading of emails at 0051. Talk is cut off mid
sentence at 0100 with no closing prayer and no closing comments and
once again into dead air. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0152 UT April 10

** CUBA. 6040-6080, April 9 at 0602, RHC 6060 transmitter is not only
burying its English under big humbuzz, but splashing out over this
range, e.g. ruining 6070 CFRX. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

5040 & 6000 & 6100 are off, but 6165 remains with English at S9+10/20
tho undermodulated; not 6145 this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13505-trace, 13570, 13635; 13765, 13830, 13895, 13960-trace,
April 9 at 1350, RHC spurblobs with F# tones at approx. 65 kHz
intervals out to 4th order from source 13700-AM at S9-S4 weaker than
// 13740 which is clean. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, April 9 at 1358, this RHC is off; 1500 recheck is on
at S9+20/30 with good mod // 11760. Aoki says 15140 from *1400 but
EiBi from *1100. SAWA? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ERITREA [and non]. Re this: ``UNIDENTIFIED. 15340, April 3 at 1705,
I`m checking an A-21 frequency HFCC-registered for RMI via France,
q.v.: there is a JBA carrier, but it`s surrounded by DRM-like noise,
where nonesuch is scheduled. Weak, and I can`t get any remote to lock
and decode it as DRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)``

i.e.: ``15340 1700 1800 48W Mul 127 250 1234567 DTWT [Alameda BF?]``

Ivo Ivanov reported on April 4: ``Dimtse Wegahta Tigray Voice of Dawn
Tigray, 1700-1800 on 15340 ISS 250 kW / 127 deg to EaAf Tigrinya +
white noise jamming`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2081)

** HAWAII. Re the fonetix I heard ending the :50 minute announcement
on WWVH, I check 10000 again April 8 at 0550: it`s about MARS activity
on ``60`` meters, foneticizing website DOD.ORG. How is it that of all
USG/military activities, this merits time on WWV/H? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** INDONESIA. When checking HFCC for Romania A21 sked, I hit RRI
instead of RRO, and come up with this TOTALLY IMAGINARY sked for
Indonesia, including 3325 relay via Playa-de-Pals, the long-destroyed
R. Liberty site on the coast of Spain! Makes HFCC a laughingstock:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A21&broadc=RRI
53 entries; language for all, long-dead domestic sites is English! Why
not?! These are presumably sprinkled thruout the by-frequency A-21
schedule; beware! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 26, April 9 at 1508 UT, KOTV Tulsa on its repacked
channel ex-45; with level 1-2-3 tropoblobs between Tulsa and here,
barely decodes via my broken antenna for ID but not audiovideo: 6-1
KOTV-HD; 6-2 KQCW-SD; 6-3 NewsOn6. Also BAD signals on 15 and 21. Now
both Wichita and Tulsa are on some same channels, which would have
been unthinkable in the Analog Era.

Rabbitears.info shows the same KOTV trios also on RF 19 in McAlester
OK, RF 30 in Caney KS, low powers 1 kW ERP; same callsigns??

https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=kotv
I would check the other major reference, W9WI.com but even ``created
4-9-2021`` it`s still Canadian-only. FCC TV Query calls them all
KOTV-DT as ``Tulsa`` not mentioning far McAlester or Caney; only the
coördinates imply them! (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9660, April 9 at 0554, RRI closing 0530 English, S9-S7
citing further English times and frequencies. First time noticing this
right next to Brasil 9665-. Springy propagation improving? No, HFCC
shows NOT supposed to be on 9660 at 0530-0600, rather 0500-0530
French, and 0630-0700 Arabic! So stayed on an extra semihour? 0530
English supposed to be only on 6015, 7325 and 17760; one of which
probably DRM, not specified at
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A21&broadc=RRO
See also INDONESIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9395, April 9 at 0553, TOMBS via WRMI, only
poor S4-S6; something on 9455 JBA carrier, presumably SMTV. WRMI
skedgrid still dated April 2, the day before BS died, still shows him
on 6 frequencies during the 05-06 hour: 5850, 5950, 7570, 7730, 7780,
9395 --- but 7570 and 7780 are still gone. Not sure at what hour they
QRT, but TOM had been starting at 04 on 7780; was continuous 00-11 on
7570. The latter jamfree bigsig beamed NW across America could/should
be re-occupied with significant evening programming (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, April 7 at *1800, REE is S9 here but deep
fades and bound to expire in an hour or so; `24 Horas` domestic
newscast all about new regulations coping with COVID-19 in Spain. Poor
as it may be, is the SSOB, vs JBA carriers on adjacent 17850, 17720,
17700, i.e. per HFCC: 17850 RFI ISS; 17720 AWR Nauen? supposed to
finish Oromo at 1800; 17700 something from Woofferton, World`s Last
Chance in English per Aoki; no longer VOA NC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Alfredo Cotroneo advises me that IRRS will no
longer broadcast WOR Mondays at 1800 UT on 7290, replaced by something
else. A new time for WOR has now been found, SATURDAYS at 1800v on
7290 --- this means listeners will get more timely info on the program
produced late UT Thursdays. Tnx, Alfredo. In addition:

``Here is the new schedule of WOR on IRRS:
FRI 2030 UT on 594 kHz + streaming (*)
SAT 1800 UT on 7290 kHz+ 594 kHz + streaming
SAT 2330 UT streaming only
SUN 2100 UT 594 kHz
(*) this should provide best propagation to Europe on MW. It will be
even better when we move to 918 kHz, which will be less noisy.``

WORLD OF RADIO 2081 contents: Alaska, Andorra non, Angola, Antarctica,
Austria, Brasil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, East Turkistan,
Eritrea and non, France, Germany, India, Italy and non, Korea South,
México, Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Papua New Guinea,
Perú, Russia and non, South Carolina non, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey,
Ukraine, USA, Vanuatu, Zambia; propagation outlook [apologies for some
snags in the original recording]

WOR 2081 is available as of 0139 UT Friday April 9, 2021
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2081.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2081.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
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801vUT Saturday IRRS 7290 14580 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-Mon]
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
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 Randy Stewart, Battlefield MO, via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com Not necessarily in US funds, and says, ``Glenn,
it's about time I contributed to your (virtually) lifelong efforts on
behalf of DXers!``

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

First airings confirmed UT Fri April 9 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG
direct; 7780 VG via SDRs NE of FL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, April 7 at 2128, WRMI in French about a coup d`état,
interviewee with heavy African? accent vs pure-French interviewer,
pause for brief ID in English as Radio for Peace International, back
to French; as scheduled Wednesdays at 21-22 preceding WOR at 2200
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, April 9 at 0551, presumed R. Vanuatu X3 is JBA, yet
the OSOB, therefore also the SSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1745 UT April 9

** CUBA. 6145, April 8 at 0541, RHC English back here instead of 6165
instead of 9700, S9+20 but undermodulated. Now = UM on 6100 S9/+10,
6000 S9+20/30, and 5040 S9+20/30 --- but 6060 is dead air at S9+10
with some hum only instead of big humbuzz; progress? Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, April 8 at 1430, RHC Spanish back here during `Sonido
Cubano` music, S9+10/20 but no spurs and not on 13740 either where the
spurunit appeared yesterday. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 13710, April 8 at 1455, CRI S9+10/S7 with flutter,
in American-English chat, i.e. Kashgar scheduled this hour only, to be
replaced by Sa`udi Qur`an at 1457. From the land of ChiCom imperialist
persecution, even genocide against native Uyghurs and other Moslems
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 15720, April 8 at 0534, JBA carrier no doubt RNZP, far
too late to be useful here instead of 9, 11 or even 13 MHz channels;
now scheduled until 0558, but Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, has been hearing
it running even later until 0645* instead of 11725 from *0559 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6970-AM, April 8 at 0546, JBA nothing but talk,
sounds like a real station. Search for //s: not TOMBS on WRMI or WWCR;
not any of my 3 Enid locals 960, 1390, 1640. No big 7 MHz signals
which could leapfrog here. 6970 does not compute as any MW harmonic
either. I notice that 6970 happens to be 2 x 3485, where Gander VOLMET
is, but USB of course and not // either.

It`s S9 but so is the local noise level, so mostly unreadable. At 0600
fades up a bit, 0603 with anti-Biden talk, denouncing ``far left`` so
I bet it`s Fox News Channel TV audio. YES, I soon match it to FNC on
cable 48 here, a few seconds ahead of that during Sean Hannity repeat.
[BTW, our Suddenlink office was closed down yesterday for state tax
violations!] Also occasional machine-gun rat-a-tat-tat QRM, utility I
assume, tho the paranoid might conclude it be jamming.

Later I check HF Underground and find NO logs of it tonight as there
is hardly any pirate activity or DXing this late at night; but FNC has
been reported several times before on 6970, in full daytime, most
recently January 26 at 1755 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed April 7 at 2126, REE JBA carrier on so-called
North American service; 15520 to ME backwards is better but still poor
S3-S5; 11940 to S America best at S5-S8; 11685 to Africa JBA vs RTTY
11687.5 except with LSB tuning. By 2158, 11940 is fair-poor S4-S5 as
token M/W/F English is about to begin (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 7 at 2158, VOT IS is JBA vs RTTY CCI; still JBA
at 2226 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2080 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday April 7 at 2100 on WBCQ 7489.922, offset -78v Hz as measured
by Virginia SDR in SAM mode, S9/+20; while simul on WRMI 7780 is S9+10
but undermodulated in comparison. Also direct to here at 2125 check,
7490- is JBA S5, 7780 JBA S4-S8.

Also confirmed Wed Apr 7 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 generally over
pulse jamming, same by 2226 recheck.

Confirmed final repeat, UT Thursday April 8 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, good
S9/+10 into VA KiwiSDR.

Next WOR 2081 should be ready by early UT Friday April 9 for first
airings at 0130 on WRMIs, 5850 & 7780.

BTW, this week, April 5, the Monday 1801 broadcast on IRRS 7290,
Bulgaria? Romania? was also heard on X2 = 14580 via UTwente SDR,
reports Ralf Ladusch, Germany in A-DX via Wolfgang Büschel. I`m adding
14580 to my WOR schedules (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835, Ron Howard, CA, replies to my previous logs:

``Hi Glenn, Clearly the propagation conditions change a great deal for
11835 reception; changing on a daily basis. April 8 (Thursday),
checked 11835, from 0451 to 0705 UT. At tune in there was certainly
only one station being heard (R. Vanuatu harmonic), with no trace at
all of CNR2; at 0500, no hint of time pips from CNR2. About 0545,
started to hear CNR2 fading in; 0600, clear China time pips and RV
extremely weak (totally unusable) underneath; CNR2 continued to gain
in strength, while RV got harder to hear underneath. 7890 and 3945,
both unheard.

Normally RV does start the news about one minute or so after the hour.
Their intro is indeed always with the same theme music;
consisting of indigenous horns and drums, making for a very unique
sound; ending the news with a different theme music. Ron`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1651 UT April 8