** CUBA. 6060, May 26 at 0644, RHC English S9+10/20 under humbuzz but
also still on 6100, S9/+10 in mailbag but overmodulated/distorted.
6165 also still on weaker. Something`s always wrong at RHC. The other
side:

``READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW May 26, 2022
SHORTAGES Blackouts and No Food: A Miserable May for Cubans
Inhabitants of Mayarí, Holguín say that the last few weeks have been
the most trying since the 'situation' began.
OSMEL RAMÍREZ ÁLVAREZ | Mayarí --- A line to buy oil in Mayarí,
Holguín. O. Ramírez Álvarez (Diario de Cuba)

"This month is proving the most critical, the most difficult to keep
our heads above water. The rice from the store was short, there’s no
oil or sugar on the street and, unfortunately, we have no electricity,
with one blackout after another," said Yoandris, a health worker in
Mayarí, Holguín, who lives with his elderly parents and also has a son
to support.

"This is no way to live. I wish I had money to leave, even if it were
for Haiti, for my mind’s sake. Living in Cuba is torture," he
said...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1653570245_39772.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, 0619 UT May 26: SW, ND beacon, Stillwater is
still on, JBA.

``Hi Glenn! In your report of beacon SW on 255 kHz, “u/s” means
“unserviceable” and is an abbreviation used in NOTAMs. Steve Howe,
Saint Albans, VT``

Tnx, so does that mean they have tried and tried to fix it, but can`t,
or merely that it is out of service?

350 MCW kHz, May 26 at 0623 UT, NO signal from RG, 400 watt NDB at
Will RoGers World Airport, OKC. This one has been the most reliable
Okie. Local line? noise level has spread below 350 kHz but not enough
to inaudiblize RG totally (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2140)

** U S A. 245 MCW kHz, May 26 at 0623 UT, FS, 400 watt NDB at Falls,
Sioux, SD. A regular in winter but not heard for a long time, with
storm noise level somewhat abated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2139 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: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for
#2139, Go, Oilers Go, WRMI:

9395, static, QSB fading, 0029, 0044, 0059, S7, S8 signal, 0059, May
26 UT [Thu]
9395, signal S9, static noise, other noise, 0130, 0131, 0159 (45433),
0159, May 26 UT [Thu] Good listening, Richard, May 26, 2022``

These two also confirmed: 0030 UT Thu May 26 on WRMI 9395, S9+15/20
into Missouri SDR, 9455 still off;

0145 UT Thu May 26 the 0130 on WRMIs: 9395, S9/+10 direct; 5010
S6/S9.

WORLD OF RADIO 2140 contents: (Algeria), Antarctica, Australia,
Bangladesh, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, France, Indonesia, Ireland,
Japan, México, Myanmar non, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma,
Perú, Romania, Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Scotland non, Solomon Islands,
(Taiwan), Tibet, Ukraine, (UAE), UK, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam;
propagation outlook () countries mentioned not in order

WOR 2140 is available as of 0120 UT Friday May 27, 2022

(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2140.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2140.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, 7730 to NE
0330 UT Friday WRMI 7780 to SW [NEW]
1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580; 1323 & 918?
& 207?-Italy
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 5130 to WSW [ex-4790]
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 22]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455? to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455? to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

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

For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much
appreciated, thanks this week to Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB, ``To support
GH’s excellent World of Radio programme. Thank you`` via PayPal, not
necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com

Or by MO or check in US$ on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

First airings confirmed UT Friday May 27 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850, VG
direct; 7730, VG S9+10/20 into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1570, May 26 at 0627 UT, dominant signal not XERF but Bott
Radio Network promos without any ID, after `Focus on the Family`. No
doubt KBCV Hollister MO, 5/3 kW U4. Night pattern is NW/SE with null
toward Ciudad Acuña, but enough more clockwise thisaway from site
axually near Branson. Address in Springfield, but ``distant`` night
contour barely reaches there (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0147 UT May 27
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** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 25 at 1430-1546, NO show of LRA36
this Wednesday; first checking via Bs As remote, from 1448 a few tones
like a birdcall repeating; at 1510 some unID 2-way QRM off-frequency.
I then check all three Argentine and three Brazilian SDRs which get
nothing from it. Better luck on Saturday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 290 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0621 UT, dash and QR, 100-watt ND
beacon at Regina, Sask., is JBA vs storm noise level, now from TX and
SE sextant of USA, not closer.

248 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0617 UT, dash and WG, 1000-watt NDB at
Winnipeg, Manitoba, the #1 Canadian to be audible if any (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 3330, May 25 at 0230, JBA carrier, perhaps not CHU, as no
signals on 7850 or 14670. Still not recovered from May 21 storm power
outage. If there were no axual damage, needs to be reset?? Apparently
a low priority at NRC; meanwhile, timeseeking Canux may have
permission to hear WWV. This uninformative notice appears on one
webpage but not the one about System Status:

``Due to the recent severe weather event in the Ottawa-Gatineau area,
the CHU time signal for shortwave radio has been impacted and is
currently unavailable. We are working to restore the service as
quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, May 25 at 0223, R. Progreso is off. Nominal span is
0030-0400. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, May 25 at 0225, RHC English is off, but attains 6165.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

[non]. 6060, at 0226 May 25, has two weak carriers with a beat. Altho
Aoki shows RHC from 0100, probably instead Zahedan, Iran in Arabic
until 0230; and if active, SRDA Curitiba, Brasil, seldom heard by
itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, May 25 at 0627, RHC is S9/+10 of huge humbuzz with
English JBA underneath; but 6100 is still on, S9+20/30 VG in English,
better than 6165, S9+10/20. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15730, May 25 at 2225, S7/S9 of dead air. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 255 MCW kHz, May 25 at 0616 UT, SW, ND beacon at
StillWater, is BACK!! Checked almost every night, or day, there has
been nothing until now. SW was first not heard here on June 16, 2021
--- many subsequent chex found it still missing. The MARE Log Summary
as of 29 April shows SW was last logged 15 Sept 2021, but I never
heard it even then.

Classaxe.com shows last logged 2021-04-04, 50 watts with this note:
``u/s to 19Apr22 // Extended to May 30, 2022`` --- what means u/s??
dxinfocenter.com shows 25 watts, certainly weak enough for that.

Storm noise is slightly less tonight, from TX and SE sextant of USA,
not closer to OK. I also detect at 0618 UT May 25, tuned to 265 USB:
267 MCW kHz, HET, 25 watt ND beacon at HenryEtTa; unknown if irregular
but seldom audible (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 25 at 0500-0507, YP1 via WRMI immediately
starting English segment `Ukraine: Security Issue` (Glenn Hauser, oK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2139 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:

From WRMI Facebook page,
`Regular listeners may have noted that our frequency of 9455 kHz is
off the air. We have some transmission line problems, and our
engineers are working to get 9455 back on as soon as possible`

World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for #2139,
Go, Oilers Go, WRMI:

9395, static noise, 0132, 0146, 0158 (45433), 0159, May 21 UT [Sat]
9395, S7 signal heard, 0052 (45443), 0059, May 24 UT [Mon]
5850, slight other QRN heard, 1029, 1043 (55433), 1100, May 25 [Wed]
(Lemke, Richard -AB) Good listening, Richard, May 25, 2022``

Confirmed Tuesday May 24 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9+5/10 into Bonaire
SDR, with rapid clicking, not the usual Cuban jamming roarsound; but
S9+30/35 into Knoxville SDR with no QRM, even tho off the back but
closer than Bonaire.

Clickjam grows after 2300 vs R. Libertad, and by 0045 May 25 has
become huge, sprawling 9950-9978, also blocking weaker 9975 KVOH as
monitored at Bonaire.

WOR 2139 also confirmed Tuesday May 24 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/S4 but
noisy.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 25 from 2100:32.5 on WBCQ 7490v, S7/S9
into Maryland SDR, while at 2055 direct, only JBA carrier. (Before
2100 the speaker on `Financial Survival` was propagating Russian
propaganda that Ukrainians commit war crimes.) Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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New WOR 2140 should be ready early UT Fri May 27 for first broadcasts
at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, May 25 at 0222, this WRMI is back on air with what
else? TOMBS, missing last night. Also 4975 parasitic spur (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, May 25 at 0228, WRNO is back on with gospel music,
missing for several nights; however, gone again at 0636 check rather
than all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re WEWN down to one frequency: ``[WOR] WEWN May 22 at 4:24
PM --- I dimly remember that Glenn or someone else here had contacts
to the Vandiver station or someone else responsible for the EWTN
shortwave operations?

It would not hurt to find out what's up there. Looks like English, the
hours for West Africa on 15610/9385 kHz left since 2018/2019, is
completely gone since mid-March, and I see the last mentions of 5970
kHz being heard in mid-April. I don't know if they did on 12050 kHz a
five minutes sign-on, like they do it now, already when it was just a
frequency change from 5970. But in the case of English I meanwhile
really suspect that it could this time be gone for good.

By the way, in last September the Pope made his opinion about EWTN
known...

https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/pope-francis-issues-thinly-veiled-criticism-ewtn-comments-gender-ideology
Kai Ludwig``

Must read that NCR story! Quite a schism as the Mother Angelicans
consider themselves ``more Catholic than the Pope``.

So on May 22 I sent this to Glen Tapley, but there has been no reply:

``Hi Glen, We can`t help but notice that after English broadcasts
disappeared, Spanish is now left with only the daytime frequency
12050. Could you enlighten us on what the situation is? Is EWTN
deliberately withdrawing from radio/SW broadcasting, are more and more
transmitters non-funxional, or what? Thanks, Glenn Hauser``

```[WOR] WEWN. May 25 at 5:25 PM --- Don't remember if if this info
has been posted recently:

``Thank you for the email. Due to supply issues and lack of parts
available, we are presently unable to broadcast our English
programming. Once the parts arrive, we will perform the necessary
maintenance and resume our English transmissions. Say howdy to Glenn
for me (Glen Tapley, EWTN)`` Jean-Michel Aubier, France```

So how long ago was that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU [non]. 11835.178V, May 25 at 0638, checking for R. Vanuatu
I find a JBA wobbly carrier, behaving like a local birdie, but which I
have not had before vs RV when it was on. No 7890 either (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 16-24 MHz, May 25 around 0100, viewing the Bonaire SDR
waterfall, which is set at very wideband, I see some JBV diagonal
lines starting about 16 MHz on up to fade around 21, 22 or max 24 MHz.
I assume these are from ionosonde somewhere, tracking the MUFs; and if
listening to one frequency between, might hear them cross. Probably
starting much below 16 but lost in the clutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2345 UT May 25
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JRX Current Logs: Wed, May 25, 2022
Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000
Antenna (s): Sony AN-71
All times and dates in UTC/GMT

CHINA
** 9685. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1800-1810, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in Hausa. Woman announcer talks; 1803 Music; 1805 Returns woman communication; 1808 Music. Fair reception: 35533.
** 9720. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1929-1939, CNR1 Jammer/Firedrake, xx-CHN. Treble audio by violins, drums and orchestra. Good reception: 45544.
** 11760. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1842-1850, CNR1 Jammer/Firedrake, xx-CHN. Music blocking the RFA transmission this time. Good reception: 45544.

CLANDESTINE
** 15420. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1754-1800, Voice of Oromo Liberation, Nauen-D, in Oromo language. Man talks; 1756 Music; 1757 Man and woman communication. Poor reception: 35422.  CLA

GERMANY
** 15310. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1744-1754, Bible Voice, Nauen-D, in Tigrinya. Man and assistance are praying. Fair reception: 35533.

GREAT BRITAIN
** 11610. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1916-1928, Voice of America, Woofferton-G, in Tigrinya. Woman and man announcers present news; Interview with a man; 1928 ID; Ends programming. Fair reception: 45533.
Parallel logs on 12070kwt, fair: 35533; 15660stp, fair to good: 35543.

INDIA
** 9620. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1811-1822, All India Radio, Bengaluru-IND, in Arabic. Music; 1812 Man talks. Poor reception: 35422.

IRAN
** 9470. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1902-1912, VOIRI, Sirjan-IRN, in Hausa. Man talks; 1909 Qur´an chant and recitation; 1909 Man announcer talks. Fair reception: 35533.

ROMANIA
** 11975. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1831-1841, Radio Romania International, Galbeni-ROU, in Romanian. Two man announcers say about romanian cultural theme. Fair reception: 45533.

SINGAPORE
**11735. Wed, May 25, 2022. 1850-1859, BBC, Kranji-SNG, in Pashto service. Woman announcer in conversation with a man; 1856 A brief pause and news by woman; 1856 ID and website by man announcer. Fair reception: 35543.

JRX (José Ronaldo Xavier)
SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo-Paraíba, Brazil (UTC-3)
QTH Locator HI22NX

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TIMES ARE UTC / GMT

** ISRAEL

7416 khz 0300z Station id 4XZ on CW mode Repeating VVV DE 4XZ then goes
into message at Toh...then stoped at 0304z.Signal was S7to S8 into Wenton
New Hampshire W1NT SDR.Www.numbers - stations .com Indicates this is run By
The Israeli Defense Force ( IDF ) Navy in Haifa...

** United Arab Emirates ( non)
15365 khz MASAAAL RADIO ID at 0616z by YL speaking Pashto and playing
Arabic music from AL - Dhabbiya with A weak Steady S5 signal into Wenton,
New Hampshire SDR...

DISPATCHED: 1535z
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