** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 17 at 0014, The Mighty farty
KBC via GERMANY [ex-EAST], is S9+10/20, inbooming this week for the
first time on its summer frequency after nogood past two weeks. But
will it hold up into deep North America until 0200*? At 0157 still
there but weaker at S9-S6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6950-USB, May 17 at 0039 tune-in to only pirate
around this Saturday night, S5-S6 of hard rock, DJ announcements. No
problem overcoming local KCRC fifth harmonic, but I have Alexandria
SDR up so tune to that, where it`s VG, incessant hard rock and
frequent DJ talkovers with WDOG IDs and/or SFX of barx, whines. Even
some songs about dogs. 0050 ID; 0100 ToH ID saying this WDOG is east
of the Mississippi, so KDOG should stay on the other side. 0113 barx
and yelps; 0114 comment and song re dogs; 0124 for first time hear a
WDOG ID in CW mix with music, again at 0128, 0129. 0131 voice ID,
thanks for tuning in on ladies` night; 0144 ID and woofs; 0150 ID,
etc, etc. Many more logs here:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,67172.0.html
and it seems the counterpart KDOG was on 6925-USB,
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,67176.0.html
Not checked here until 0158 when there`s an AM carrier on 6924.73, but
KDOG went off at 0145 after some SSTV of its fiery four letters one by
one (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 9830, May 16 at 2200, no signal from VOT English
to North America, tuned via Alexandria SDR, but plenty of RTTY from
NAU Isabela, Puerto Rico. Usually I dismiss VOT as another day off but
this time I leave 9829-USB on in the background, and at *2236 VOT
suddenly cuts on amid music adding to the RTTY. 2249 the virus hints.
2252 multi-lingual ID reel mixed with music --- Ivo says there are 36
of them. No sign-off heard but at 2254.5 already playing IS; 2256
restart IS in time for one ID in German before chopped off at 2257*
--- and today RTTY is still running past 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
May 16 at 1303 on WRMI 15770, JBA here; Ivo Ivanov reports:
``Fair signal of World of Radio#2034 via WRMI-9, May 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwvEhtbM3M8&feature=youtu.be

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/fair-signal-of-world-of-radio2034-via.html
1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat`` Next:
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert. 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. 7490+, Sat May 16 at 2308, moanin-n-groanin on WBCQ, got to
be vespers from TOM, yes indeed // 9455 WRMI. No wonder I haven`t
heard `Great Sounding Oldies` as still on WBCQ sked at 2200-2340 ---
unless that refer to dulcet tones of BS and his psychophants instead
of classic tunes as I had assumed. TOM supposedly runs Saturdays at
1600 only until 2200.

[and non] 7490+, UT Sun May 17 at 0038, WBCQ with an AAAWWW filling an
Available Time Slot, probably replay from 24 hours ago. So, what else?
VP 5130 not // music, presumably Area 51. VP 6160 not // either YL
talking --- but wait, checking that at 0042 via Alexandria, it`s in
Turkish, so Iran for Ramadan one more week, no WBCQ to het (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17775, Sat May 16 at 1508, NO signal, not even a JBA carrier
from KVOH, which is supposed to start its weekly English broadcast at
1500 with Wavescan. Not unusual to have no signal here less than 2
megameters from Rancho Simi, too close for F2 skip? There is lots of
HF sporadic E today but mostly east of here rather than west. When
there is some westward Es, can give KVOH a good boost into OK. Now the
only 16 mb signals are bits from far Sa`udi Arabia on 17895 and
17615+; JBA carriers where nothing is listed now on 17690, 17880.

KVOH target is Cuba and beyond at appropriate F2 skip distance. No
KiwiSDRs in Cuba of course, but also absolutely zero signal into Miami
and into TWR Dominican Republic. I keep checking these periodically at
1530, 1605, 1657, 1920. Supposed to run until 2000. At 1612 I also
check the closest SDR I can find to KVOH, at Laguna, but opposite side
across the vast LA metro area, so maybe groundwave would not reach
there anyway.

So all the evidence is that KVOH is not on the air, and this is not
unusual per my occasional chex of 17775 on various days. So Ray, is it
just off today, or more often, or continuously, and for what reason?
Is Covid-19 indirectly responsible as several SW stations say, or
pervasive transmitter problems? The website describes it as
``(Shoffner-Harris)`` --- that variety is a new one on me, more about
it? Searching on that combo of names leads to some individuals but
nothing about transmitters. Maybe SCG named it for some benefactor?
Claims 100,000 watts at 100 degrees central beam with potential
audience of 900,000,000 --- minus one.
{2010 combined population N & S America was just over 1 gigaperson.}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_continents_by_population

I should add another possibility --- the F2 MUF eastward from L.A. is
so low below 17 MHz even by local noontime today that all 100,000
watts are heading out into space with no ionospheric refraxion. Maybe
makes it to Moon when properly aligned?

Ray Robinson of KVOH soon replies on the WOR iogroup: ``Hi, Glenn.
KVOH has been off the air for a few days due to a component failure in
the transmitter, for which repairs are ongoing. We hope to be back on
again by Monday or Tuesday. Ray`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1190, May 16 at 0611 UT, dominant signal is `Clair de Lune`
on piano, very nice to hear some classical on MW; but whence? 0613
ends with EWTN ID and into `Stories from the Heart`. The lovely piece
is only 5+ minutes long, so I hope they played the whole thing. My
opinion of EWTN has just ascended a notch. This is of course KDMR
Kansas City MO, U2 5/0.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0225 UT May 17

** CUBA. 9790, May 16 at 0308, CRI relay S9+30 with music but very
distorted. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 11800, May 16 at 0312, RHC S9+20 of dead air, or rather a
trace of music with volume turned way up. 11670 has a bit more
modulation but badly distorted. 13740 is still on and propagating at
S9+10, undermodulated but not distorted. NZ 13840 is stronger.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9850, May 16 at 0305, RRI English VG S9+20/30, and // 7375
S9+10/20, and even // 11825 much weaker at 0310 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 15 at 2230, VOT English to NAm is on with Turkish
music.

7275, May 16 at 0304, no signal from next VOT broadcast; must be OFF,
since 7375 Romania is in well. But 0325 recheck, now it`s on with
music INTRUDING into the 40m hamband; still there at 0352, poor during
IS. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 monitoring: confirmed first
NAm SWBC, Friday May 15 at 2200 on WRMI 9955: good at Bonaire and
Colombia SDRs, no jamming until a bit of pulse starts to show by 2225
at Bonaire.

Also confirmed UT Sat May 16 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7780 & 5010 JBA vs
storm noise level across TX into southern OK but not here; 5850
S9+30/40 VG but storm noise still audible under. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert.
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. 7490.057, UT Sat May 16 at 0000, WBCQ starts playing WTO
theme to `AAAWWW`, then interrupts it with ID, but no further
interjexions, so is Allan really there? Yes, with Angela, spends first
few minutes in Monticello master control fiddling with mikes and
transmitters instead of setting those up in advance. Says they moved
back from Florida about a week ago, at 80 mph up I-95; and since then
have been self-quarantined at home near transmitter site until next
week, not clear exactly why, working on `classic` transmitters and
other projects, but not yet gone to the Super-Station site nor
approached other staff.

Says on *four* frequencies, 7490, 6160, 5130, 3265, except the remote
keeps turning 6160 off, guys please figure out why. It`s on when I am
measuring them about 0010: 6159.909 with fair signal almost equal to
7490; heavy storm noise here from all across TX into southern OK makes
5130 JBA and 3265 inaudible --- why is he running 90m mainly in the
summer instead of winter? Callers intrude by 0010; not until 0020 does
he announce that it`s the 14th of May, YOOL 2020. Over to John Carver
for a fuller report:

``Tonight's AAWWW --- Tonight's show started a few seconds early on
7490 and 5130. No signal on 6160 as of yet. Allan and Angela back in
Maine at studio one. 6160 transmitter doesn't want to turn on and
Allan asks over the air for Tom or Jason to go take a look at it. He
says they're also broadcasting on 3265 this evening.

Some talk about the trip North. Allan said the average speed on the
interstate was eighty miles an hour and people were passing him. Phone
call at 0009 from Adam in Indiana who called a couple of weeks ago.
General talk about moving around to places in this time of lock down.

Phone call at 0020 from Freddie. In answer to Freddie, Allan said that
he and Angela had been working on the house there and around the
grounds and on the classic transmitters as they are staying in semi
lock down for two weeks and haven't even been to the superstation as
of yet. Lots of things done to the classic transmitters. Freddie calls
again at 0033 and after that call Allan goes back to the transmitter
work. Said he'd increased the power on the 7490 transmitter by a
factor of four. He also had to do a lot of work on the 5130
transmitter as it didn't want to start. Then a longer discussion with
Angela explaining how radio tubes work.

Phone call at 0051 from Larry and Jane and tales swapped about the
lock down. Closing prayer at 0058 and program off the air at 0100.
John Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0444 UT May 16

** CHINA [non]. 11880, May 14 at 1441 check, CRI Plus English relay
via CUBA again absent; May 15 sometime after 1500 it is not absent. So
apparently the first hour has been dropped (Glenn Hauser, WOR)

** CUBA. 6100, May 15 at 0604, this is the strongest RHC English
frequency by far, S9+20 --- except it`s dead air. Weaker 6060 only
S9+10 is modulated; much weaker S9 6145 is modulated; 6000 and 5040
are off already. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 13660, May 15 at 1340, RHC leapfrog mixing product JBA //
13700 and 13740, 40 kHz beyond; also audible weaker on reverse 13780.
13700 is S9+10/20; 13740 is S9+20/30. No spurblobs today. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2034 contents: Albania non,
Antarctica, Armenia, Bougainville, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba,
Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran non, Japan,
Korea South and non, Laos, Mali, México, Netherlands, Nicaragua non?,
North America, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Spain,
Sudan, Turkey, USA, Zambia, Zanzibar; publications; and the
propagation outlook

WOR 2034 is available as of 0138 UT Friday May 15
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2034.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2034.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] to SSE
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 3210-USB
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Campbell, Columbus
OH, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com with
this comment: ``For your long and excellent dedication to a hobby that
has expanded my knowledge for a lifetime``

PsyPal not necessarily US funds as they will convert.
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

[Note, in my last report WOR numbers were one digit off. Last week`s
was 2033, this week`s 2034] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, May 15 at 1418, once again this Friday, WRMI on late
with ME song, presumably from World Music loop; S9 fading to S5; off
by 1422 recheck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, May 15 at 1531, WWCR-1 at S9+20 so getting sporadic E
boost, of which there is a lot across America, but MUF below the FM
band; 13845 WWCR-3 also S9+10 rather than JBA; but 12160 WWCR-2 must
be off, and not on 7490 either at 1536 check. Rather, a JBA carrier on
12160 when nothing else is scheduled, so maybe WWCR exciter only
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1730 UT May 15

** CUBA. 15370, May 13 at 2105 distorted // not distorted 13740, RHC
starting afternoon news in Spanish referring to a ``terrorist attack
on the Cuban embassy in Washington`` --- but scarce on details, more
concerned with how it relate to Cuba getting blacklisted again by US
as not cooperating in anti-terrorism, like Venezuela and other
malefactors.

Normally I zone out for RHC ``news`` rife with anti-American
propaganda, but curious about this, since I have heard nothing about
such an attack on US news media. Is it recent, or an old grievance?
Here`s a story on their current website, again without much detail,
even a date, but with a surveillance shot stamped 30-4-20. Apparently
blamed on some exile from Miami:

http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/222497-ataque-a-embajada-de-cuba-inducido-por-politica-de-eeuu-afirma-canciller
BTW, don`t forget the long-running sonic attax on the US Embassy in
Habana. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, May 13 at 2229, REE to North America is S9+10 but dead
air! The other three much weaker are all modulating, 11670, 11940,
12030. Keep checking 9690: still dead air at 2236, 2249, 2302; May 14
at 0030 by when only 11940 remains on with mod; 0054, 0100, 0140 by
when silent 9690 has grown to S9+20/30 of DA; still past 0200 but off
in a minute or two as scheduled. So nobody at Noblejas pays attention
whether a 300-kW transmitter has modulation applied, for at least 3.5
hours. Something`s notorious at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 13 at 2227, VOT is absent, after a record? 5-day
run of successes I checked daily May 8-9-10-11-12! I knew that
wouldn`t last. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday May 13 at 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.0v, very poor in hi noise
level. Automation continues to start it at 20 seconds past after
Financial Survival and canned ID. Frequency closer to nominal than
usual.

Also confirmed UT Thursday May 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but VP
here in noise level; VG via UTWente SDR in Holland.

Next WOR 2033 should be ready by early UT May 15, first American SW
airing Friday at 2200 on WRMI 9955.

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

Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle, who sent a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and remarx:
``Thanks Glenn for all you do. 73 John N8JJO``

PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. One may also
contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0321 UT May 14

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-CUSB, May 13 at 1540, JBA carrier direct from
LRA36, almost all-water path from Esperanza to Enid; tnx to Manuel
Méndez` word from LRA36 that they are now on every Wednesday from
1400. Still there at 1607, so after breakfast of homemade fruit
cocktail and English muffin, jams, bring up Pardinho Brasil SDR to
find good signal there, nothing but songs except for ID at 1615.5,
some long pauses, more songs and stops at 1623.7* without any sign-off
or further announcement, still off at 1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9665.301, May 13 at 0603, music no doubt Voz
Missionária now askewed plus, and also JBA het from 9665.00,
presumably N Korea already propagating its 22 hpd broadcast (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, May 13 at 0552, ND beacon dash and WG, i.e.
1000 watts from Winnipeg; no other Canadians audible and very little
from USA on beacon band, yet a good signal here from our closest
contact to Canada almost due north 1503 km = one sesquimegameter.
Nearest storms along the TX Gulf coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring, final repeats:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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

Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle, who sent a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and remarx:
``Thanks Glenn for all you do. 73 John N8JJO``

PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. One may also
contribute by money order 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. 3215, May 13 at 0557, S9+20 of dead air from this WWCR
instead of Brother HyStairical.

4840, May 13 at 0557, WWCR OK mod here, outro about Alex Jones on this
particular frequency, fragment of steel drum but not closing down.
BTW, I am now bothered by local line noise up to S9+10 on the 4-5 MHz
band. Hardly anything on 4885 from Brasil, or is Pará off? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic just-barely-audible MW carrier search May
13; must do this earlier now with earlier sunrises; at 0439: none
lower than 837, 891=where first noticed, 936(2), 999, 1089, 1107,
1125, 1152, 1305(2), 1566. Nearest storms are along TX Gulf coast down
from Houston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15125-USB, May 13 at 1541, JBA 2-way probably in
Spanish, intruders (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1940 UT May 13