** CUBA. 15140, May 8 at 1859-1910+, no signal from RHC English, as I
let the white noise lull my nap. Nor on alternate frequency 16180 when
it gets confused with Spy Numbers. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WOR 2033 is available as of 0442 UT Friday May 8
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2033.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2033.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO 2033 contents: Alaska, Algeria non, Australia,
Bangladesh, Bougainville, Canada, China non, Cuba and non, Denmark,
France, Greece, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea South, México,
Netherlands non, North America, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Sarawak
non, UK non, USA, Vatican non, Zambia; tsunamis influence ionosphere,
propagation outlook

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed]
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed]
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

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

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)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17725.080, May 8 at 1854, JBA carrier, presumably one of
those off-frequency sites --- but none listed in Aoki/NDXC or EiBi or
HFCC. Since it is fading, suspect it be real rather than receiver
birdie. Would be OSOB if not for 17530 trace of Grimesland (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

Note: I had no further loggings the UT day May 7 after WOR at 0100;
last report was dated May 6-7

This report dispatched at 2201 UT May 8

** CUBA [and non]. 7380, May 6 at 2300, RHC English still here, not
11880.

11800, May 6 at 2312 RHC Spanish still colliding with and atop RRI
Spanish from Romania; its // 11990 in clear while 11700 remains
vacant.

13740, May 6 at 2315, this RHC is off, so no spurs either; 13650 CRI
distorted music relay instead of Portuguese is on.

15730, May 6 at 2316, RHC Kriyol is VP S9 and suppressed/distorted
modulation; 15230 also on with Spanish, amounting to the SSOB and OSOB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NICARAGUA [non?]. 8989-USB, May 6 2309, JBA talk, seems like speech
rather than 2-way, can`t even be sure it`s Spanish, but it looks like
the fisher-preacher may have resumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed Wed May 6 at 2122
check, the 2100:20v on WBCQ 7490+, VP S4-S5 as always in the summer
thru the dayside.

Also confirmed UT Thu May 7 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via remote in
Maine.

WOR 2033 should be ready early UT Friday May 8, first US SWBC 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 Anne Fanelli, Elma NY, who
sent a US$ cheque to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

This report dispatched at 0201 UT May 7

** ALASKA. 9580, May 6 at 1452, KNLS is again on correct frequency
instead of 9695, S5-S7 ID as ``Your New Life Station``, P O Box
address in Anchor Point (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ALGERIA [non]. 13820, May 6 at 1753, via UTwente I am standing by
for RTA/TDA relay via FRANCE to start, meanwhile nothing but band
noise on frequency. Issoudun does cut on a few seconds before *1800
and at exactly the same time the beepery, so it does surely seem to be
defect of own transmitter, not jamming from somewhere else. The
relative level of beepery continues same thruout hour as I keep
listening. Altho the Qur`an Service, it`s far from total recitations;
first news in French, then a lot of talk in Arabic, various music
mixed with recitations.

That`s the only frequency for the first hour, but at 1900 I find the
beepery has switched to 11985; while the second frequency 12060 is
free of it. Both go off at 1957. *2000 next pair come on, 9655 beeped,
9510 clear, immediately into nothing but Qur`an.

If this self-QRM has been going on for years, it`s strange that so few
random logs by others mention it. Maybe worse now? Or people just have
ignored it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 711.00, May 6 at 0205, off-frequency het upon legit
710 stations such as KCMO; even stronger at 0222. Also a beat of about
3 Hz between two off-frequency 1 kHz het signals when tuned to
710-USB; At 0225, I isolate 711 as much as possible and attempt to
hear any modulation to match Radio Rebelde on 5025; JBA but not 100%
positive.

711 still there at 0601, vs Mexican NA in the 710 mix. At this time
there are no TA 9-kHz signals on the lower half of band; one JBA
carrier on 846, presumed from night-path Kiritimati.

Steven Wiseblood, Harlingen TX in the RGV, replied April 21-22:
``2-3 weeks ago Rebelde was measured at 710.5 kHz. As of April 15th
they have returned to nominal 710.00 kHz. When they were off frequency
they were producing a MASSIVE HET agaisnt semi-local 710 KURV
Edinburg.

I seem to remember a few years ago Rebelde was on 711 for a few days,
and were easily strong enough to be separable from 710. This time I
measured the audio beat to 710 kHz. At least on one early morning I
measured the audio beat from Rebelde at 510 Hz.``

However, I, gh, never caught anything around 710.51. Remember, there
are SEVEN Rebelde transmitters on 710 per WRTH 2020 page 172, ranging
from 200 to 1 kW, plus a Radio Guamá 10 kW in Pinar del Río. We really
can`t tell which two are on 711, and it`s definitely not right to say
``Radio Rebelde on 711 instead of 710`` as if there were only one of
them. DXers in FL might be able to sort this out; except for QRM from
``wacky`` WAQI 50 kW Miami, which is why all these CMBAs converged on
710 in the first place. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Ask
Arnie? Ha3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, Tue May 5 at 1934-1941, RHC English with `DXers
Unlimited` over this variable span. Hard to follow; I think he was
mainly talking about ham QRP operation; distorted, but less so this
time than French on 15370. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700, May 6 at 1350, no spurblobs from RHC today but 13700
itself is splattery. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 6 at 1448 check, CRI Plus English relay is gone
again after resuming yesterday after two days gone. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, May 6 at 0617, XEPPM fair modulation,
enough to tell that it`s the finale of Beethoven`s Ninth, but played
on keyboard, with a bit of choral; 0620 segué to Pomp & Circumstance.
They used to have a detailed playlist but now can`t even find a
program grid schedule at
https://radioeducacion.edu.mx/

QRM from irregular tones of same pitch; not clear whether own
transmitter defect or QRM. RHC on 6145 is intoning about plus/minus 4
kHz at music peaks, and so are 6100 & 6060, so a defect in their
program feed, maybe multiplied (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PHILIPPINES. After several weeks off, VOP is reported resumed by
Jose Jacob to the WOR iogroup May 5: ``Message is received from Radyo
Pilipinas that they are back on air from 1 May 2020. - Thanking you,
Yours sincerely, Jose Jacob, VU2JOS``

Alan Holder, Isle of Wight: ``Great to hear this good news. I tuned in
yesterday (May 5) at 1730 and heard them as follows:
9960 – poor signal strength, noisy, but in the clear;
12120 – fair signal – clear – but with atmospheric noise;
15190 – no propagation to the U.K. currently.
The broadcast opened with many public information ads on Covid-19.
A shame they do not have a mixture of Filipino and English on both the
0200 and 1730 releases. Alan Holder, Isle of Wight, U.K.``

However, no signals detected on any of the three frequencies scheduled
at 0200-0330, when I tried at 0305-0310 UT May 6 remotes in Vietnam,
India, Philippines, China, New Zealand. All are generally beamed
westward. 12010, 15640, 17820
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A20&broadc=PBS

But Ron Howard replies, ``Hi Glenn, Listening May 6, at 0238 UT, on
15640; was clearly in English, but not very readable; on 12010 and
17820, only had a carrier, with no audio. At least they are back on
the air again! Ron California``.

Keep in mind VOP is Duterte`s government station. Meanwhile he has
closed the largest commercial radio/TV network, ABS-CBN:

Among several press reports about it, via Matt Francis to WOR iog:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52548703

Via Vince Ferme, Ottawa, IRCA iog:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/philippines-largest-tv-network-abs-cbn-ordered-shut-200505084440098.html

Via Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA), ibid.:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/05/20/abs-cbn-shutdown-comes-at-worst-possible-time-amid-pandemic-says-rights-watchdog
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 5 at 2200, another day off for VOT English to N
America; possibly came on late, unrechecked (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 366-MCW kHz, May 6 at 0609 UT, ND beacon EGK(?) I`m certain
of the last letter but not the middle one. Best fit at
dxinfocentre.com is EOK, 25 watts in Keokuk, Iowa. Only thing unusual
vs spring noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non?]. 9885, May 6 at 0616, VP signal in French? VOA
Grimesland has been scheduled here M-F at 0600-0630, but wondering if
they would keep it with no OCB or anything else to diffuse overnight.
HFCC as of May 5 shows it still GB for the rest of A20. The previous
semihour is via Woofferton and could probably be extended from that or
some other site. This time of night, prop even from NC on this band
could be this poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: next and last:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

WOR 2033 should be ready early UT Friday May 8, first US SWBC 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 Anne Fanelli, Elma NY, who
sent a US$ cheque to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 7490.12v, May 5 at 2053, checking WBCQ direct just before
the heavily publicized `Big Broadcast of 2020`. Yep, VP S4-S5 in
daytime noise level, so useless. Instead I listen to the entire hour
via webcast 2100-2200, and enjoy presentations of several different
music shows; some of it even sounds $ tereophonic. 7490 reception is
just as bad toward the end recheck at 2157. Now if they can put it on
after dark, everyone will have a better chance to hear it on SW.
Meanwhile the 500 kW remains dedicated to flatearthism on 9330 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2024 UT May 6

** CUBA. 7350, May 5 at 1347, RHC still here but poor, ex-7340 where
there is algo, presumably NK clandestine from Tajikistan; but QSY may
be more to avoid own jamming and Radio Martí, very strong on 7335.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, May 5 at 1354, RHC is S9+10 but suptorted, unusual for
this legacy frequency; wiggle that patchcord!

13740, May 5 at 1358, S9 and suptorted even worse. Somethings always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13490, 13559, 13630; 13771, 13841, 13910, 13981 approx., May
5 at 1355, spurblob panoply at 70-71 kHz intervals out of RHC
13700-AM. Best audible in FM mode, always with F# tone above Cmiddle.
13559 and 13770 are VG S9, the outermost ones JBA. But at 1400 all go
silent as modulation stops; after breakfast of pineapple, next check
at 1432 they are all back. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 5 at 1518, CRI English relay is back on, after at
least two days` missing. Something`s not wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7457-USB, May 5 at 1345, MARS net 4TX2, presumably referring
to Texas, NCS AFA4VO calling for contacts and one comes from AFA4WP
with relays, both fonetik.

Much more detailed logs of this frequency including AFA4VO:
https://www.w4uvh.net/dxld8031.txt
from 12+ years ago, and briefly 3- years ago:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1735.txt
Google searching on AFA4VO it`s amazing how many non-MARS false hits,
like license plates, stuff in Chinese, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed Monday
May 4 from 1800:40 on IRRS 7290-Romania? via UTwente.

Strong carrier came on at *1756 diminishing but not eliminating splash
from 7280 & 7300; 1759 cut on modulation talking about crisis, RNA;
soon cut that off for canned IRRS sign-on again advising, wrongly,
that this is on compatible reduced-carrier USB, best tuned in that
mode! NOT, never by this site, just full carrier AM/DSB, but probably
was long ago when really out of Milano. 1800 three FSN headlines, then
into WOR. Despite no ACI from 7295 & 7285, even with narrow bandwidth,
7290 still suffers some kind of QRM, apparently splash from SSS -
stilted Spanish from 7280 Vietnam. And 7300 German is also strong from
Iran until 1820. 1830 longer FSN stories from Washngton, into Dan
Roberts` `Shortwave Report`; again his final brief item is from
Sputnik about dying Capitalism, but not brief enough, not to be
chopped off in time for 1859 IRRS sign-off.

WOR 2032 also confirmed UT Tue May 5 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9+10 but
noisy here from heavy storms in SE OK. Next:

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 Anne Fanelli, Elma NY, who
sent a US$ cheque to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

Just noticed May 5 on the WRMI skedgrid an additional time for WOR on
WRMI, finally back on the air Saturday night: UT Sunday 0300 on 5800
(and follows revived Radio Tirana at 0230 UT Sun & Mon); to be
confirmed. 5800 is WRMI-10 at 160 degrees, same as WRMI-3 on 9955, but
5800 is always good here, never MUFed out nor jammed like 9955 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. What`s on WRMI, UT Tue May 5 at 0112+:
5010 // 5850, Alameda Bible Fellowship Robotnik
5800, RTI in Spanish
9395, RAE in English, S9+10/20
9455, Hal Turner insanity, S9+10/30

This is another anomaly example: 9395 & 9455 are supposed to be on
exactly the same antenna azimuth 355 degrees, and 100 kW power, only
60 kHz apart so propagation identical. Yet, 9455 is noticeably
stronger.

As for Turner, Dr Hansjoerg Biener comments on my previous log:

``I was there too, but earlier. You should have heard what Hal Turner
had to say in defence of President Trump's disinfectant injection
ideas or rather his insulting politicians and anyone else who was not
really understanding what the President said. When I first saw the
press conference excerpt I was shocked that nobody of the medical
experts stood up against it immediately. In Germany, remarks like
these add to the view of a dysfunctional presidency and to fears that
this will carry on for another term. I was rebuked on this group for
getting off topic, but in my humble opinion the short wave listening
hobby is not only about logging and verifying rare stations, measuring
off frequencies or noting irregularities, but mainly and mostly about
learning about cultural differences and reflecting about what you hear
(Dr Hansjoerg Biener 1 May 2020)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1724 UT May 5

** ALGERIA [non]. 9655, May 3 at 2036, RTA with Qur`an is beep-jammed
here, but not on // 9510, as heard via UTwente.

5940, May 3 at 2101, RTA is beep-jammed here but not on // 5930, via
UTwente. BTW, the ToH ID is not only in Arabic but also French, and
English, ``Qur`an Radio, Algeria``.

It appears the jamentity has only one transmitter so RTA is clear when
running two frequencies, not always, but especially prime-time.

Wolfgang Bueschel says this has been going on for the past five years
in the Sahel zone. In that case, someone might have DFed the source by
now, but it`s never too late. However it may be difficult to separate
perpetrator from victim. Could be the jamming start/end a few seconds
apart from the Issoudun QSY times.

But later comes this reply from Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria: ``This is not
jamming; this is the typical one of two different types of tweet of
two transmitters via Issoudun. Only one type is used here for TDA. Two
different types was heard for Radio France International in French
0700-0800 UT on 13695 & 15300. -- 73! Ivo Ivanov``

Well! I simply could not imagine TDF/MBR could be so defective, doing
this to itself, especially for 5 years?! Ivo does not say how this was
determined, but I suggest: monitor whether the beepery start/stop at
exactly the same time the ISS transmitter go on and off. Something`s
always incredible at Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 11880, May 4 at 1438, no signal from CRI relay via
CUBA, supposed to be English at 1400-1600. Nor on ex-15700 nor
anywhere else in the 7-17 MHz bands during routine bandscans.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. Wolfgang Bueschel also reported
this missing yesterday:

``RHC in A-20 - after 32 days monitoring, and a lot of frequency
change IRRITATIONS by Radio CUBA
1400-1500 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English
1500-1600 11880 QVC 250 305 WeNoAM English
n o t on air today May 3. 73 wb``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, May 3 at 2127, this RHC is on today but no spurs;
however a bit distorted. One wonders if they swap around different
transmitter units. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 7380, May 3 at 2314, RHC English in `DXers Unlimited` instead
of 11880. Maybe Arnie saw wolfie`s comment that 11880 was too high to
propagate that late into alleged target Africa. So is this not wrong?

9340, BTW, has not been heard again one single time since I caught RHC
Spanish there, May 1 at 0020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13430, 13496, 13562, 13632; 13770, 13840, 13910, 13981,
14040-14068 approx., May 4 at 1350, FM/AM spurblobs out of RHC
13700-AM at 66-71 kHz intervals, in FM mode all with F# tone, the
fringe ones only that as a giveaway. 13562 at S6-S9, and
well-modulated if tuned in FM. The uppermost is very weak and diffuse
INTRUDING inside the 20m hamband, clued only by the tone. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 90.1-WBFM, Sunday May 3 as usual starting a bit late
after 2000 UT, KUCO-FM with `Wind & Rhythm`, an excellent program of
band music, but not exclusively. A few weeks ago the entire hour was
devoted to Carl Orff`s ``Carmina Burana``, one of my great favorites,
to which I sing along if no one can hear me. Lyrix can be found here:
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/orff-cb/carmlyr.php
I can handle the Latin a lot better than the Low-German.

This made it quite obvious that a number of sexions were skipped to
fit it into one hour, so I requested that on a future show they play
the rest. The first half this week, #570, did exactly that for ``Glenn
in Enid``. W&R has a huge archive of shows on demand, and this one
should be added soon. The first show from 14 months ago, which I heard
on a more recent repeat, was this:
http://www.windandrhythm.com/episodes/episode-516-carmina-burana
The player shows less than 30 minutes, but you get to the second half
by clicking on the forward arrows (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615.065, May 4 at 1347, JBA carrier is the OSOB and
therefore also the SSOB, signature always off-frequency plus. Tnx to
Allah for SRI/SBC, without which we would have no evidence of any
propagation on this band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday May 4 at 0130 & 0230 on WRMI 7780, good via Rochester.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 4 from 0300.5 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, good
via Rochester SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 4 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair with jamming at
Rochester, but good with no jamming at Bogotá. Next:

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 Anne Fanelli,
Elma NY, who sent a US$ cheque to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

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

** U S A. 15770, May 4 circa 1400, WRMI much stronger than usual and
so is 15825 WWCR --- both getting sporadic E boost. Checking DXMAP
later, there are lots of Es patches over eastern USA, at 1622 MUF
hitting 91 MHz over western TN/KY, so FM DX is in prospect (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, Sunday May 3 at 2126, I can tell that WJHR gospel
huxter is on, JBA; usually no signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1649 UT May 4