** CUBA. 711, April 20 at 0600, presumed off-frequency Radio Rebelde
is still very much here making big het against legal 710 stations.
Someone reported hearing RR audio on 711, but I never have (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060 // 6100 // 6145, April 20 at 0550, all three RHCs are
splattering plus/minus 10 kHz during music, e.g. QRMing 6050 ECUADOR,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA, 13620, April 20 at 1357, RHC JBA on this leapfrog mixing
product; whew: just in time. While 13700 is still blasting, 13780 is
already in dead air and off at 1358* taking 13620 with it. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** DENMARK. 15805, Stig Hartvig Nielsen of World Music Radio replies
to my previous report, confirming defective modulation:

``WMR is broadcasting on 15805 kHz (Sa/Su 07-20 UTC) in AM and so
listeners (= DXers) are advised to listen in the AM mode.

Glenn Hauser reports "wobbling unstable carrier tuning USB or LSB" and
an "awful, unlistenable" signal and then questions whether I monitor
the signal on 15805 kHz. Of course I do, and that is why I repeatedly
have asked DXers to utilise AM and not SSB when listening to WMR on
15805 kHz.

If I had all the money in the world (which I haven't and this is of
course just an expensive hobby project) I could probably have the tx
fixed so it provided good audio also using SSB, but - sorry - this
just isn't a priority as long as 15805 kHz sounds ok in AM. And it
does:
Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZJWUEVXh44
Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWC46kROYM
Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgE-lmtcqic
Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2CZGcZCAqI
UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doNFJ3DOwU (rare short skip
propagation)
Bulgaria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g--fJAcEezA

Judging coverage of SW stations by using remote KiwiSDRs is not fair.
It should be a well-known fact that most of these KiwiSDRs are
connected to extremely inefficient aerials and often in environments
with a lot of manmade interference. In other words completely useless.
However there [are] a few good ones, and WMR can usually be heard
quite well on these SDRs:
W-Greece: http://sdr.telcosol.gr:8073/
Sardinia, Italy: http://sibamanna.duckdns.org:8073/
Bucharest, Romania: http://kiwisdr.yo3iul.ro:8074/
And is also regularly heard on these SDR's - though of course with a
much weaker signal:
Kuwait: http://9k2ra.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ (mornings UTC)
NH, USA: http://w1nt.onthewifi.com:8073/ (afternoons UTC)
Brazil: http://appr.org.br:8073/ (afternoons UTC)
South Africa: http://kp.twrmon.net:8073/ (late afternoons UTC)

Btw: If everything goes well, WMR will be returning to 5840 kHz with a
new and stronger transmitter (500 W) from a new transmitter site near
Bramming within the next two weeks. This will be on the air 24/7.
Best 73s, http://www.wmr.radio Stig Hartvig Nielsen`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ECUADOR. 6050, Monday April 20 at 0549, song in Spanish as HCJB
must be running late for second night in a row; bothered by splash
from 6060 RHC during its music; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. UNIDENTIFIED. 6205, April 20 at 0553, JBA carrier, smax of
a Europirate frequency. In fact Laser Hot Hits is reported in the next
hour:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65928.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN. 7290, Monday April 20 at 1744, surprised to hear Russian
instead of Steve Bannon`s `War Room - Pandemic` on IRRS, which has
been running on extended broadcast starting at 1700. IRRS in Russian?
No, it`s IRIB as I listen closely, which was already here in A-20 and
must have been bad QRM for IRRS, but supposed to end at 1750. Instead,
it keeps on going, switching to Italian! at 1753, rather excessively
calling itself ``Radio Italia`` and claiming to be on 5925!
Something`s wrong at Sirjan as they have failed to QSY to 5925 which
is scheduled for Italian at 1750-1820. All this as heard via UTwente
SDR, which seems now repaired antenna, back to normal with no
red-letter provisos on the website. Iran QRMs IRRS, see ITALY [non];
and WORLD OF RADIO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7290, no IRRS before 1800 UT April 20. I send three
quick messages to Alfredo Cotroneo:

``Alfredo, From 1745 UT Monday on 7290 via UTwente (back in service) I
am hearing ONLY Iran in Russian; and 1753 into unscheduled Italian.
Where`s IRRS? Glenn``

``They are still going at 1758 on 7290, announcing frequency as 5925
which is where IRIB Italian is supposed to be, but no trace of IRRS on
7290, 7285 or 7295. Glenn``

``At 1800 suddenly there you are, and there I am on 7290, but still
mixing with/under Iran. Where were you before 1800? Too bad we are not
on 7285 or 7295 right now. We can only hope Iran gets back on 5925
ASAP! Glenn``

By 1805 we are still colliding but seem to be gaining over Iran. Call
to lunch. May have lasted until their scheduled close at 1820. 1850
recheck, IRRS in clear with `Shortwave Report` recordings of NHK, RHC,
and final item from Sputnik is chopped off shortly after starting for
1859 IRRS sign-off. SWR always begins a few minutes after 1830 with
some FSN News intervening, not enough time to fit in a 29? minute
show. I get this reply from Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS:

``Glenn, No more War Room pandemic, they run out of funds, apparently,
or else. Our updated frequency sched:

https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/a20-schedule/
[but I get: ``no results found``]

Also: (force reload page to get fresh content)
https://www.nexus.org/covid-19/
https://www.nexus.org/coronavirus-qsl/ (updated)
Bests, Alfredo``

That means the other times and frequencies for WRP must be gone too. I
do eventually reach this Monday program schedule:

https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/monday-program-schedule/
reconfirming WOR, and also 594 kHz // the 7290 broadcasts, i.e. 2 kW
Challenger Radio, Villa Estense, real Italy per WRTH (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, April 20 at 0555, no signal from VON, and I
believe it was also absent last night. Admittedly propagation is
degraded, little from Europe or even CFRX, K index 3 at 0600. Always
unreliable, but wonder if staying off? How about the other frequency?

11769.9, April 20 at 1955, no signal here via UTwente, just heavy
splash from 11775 CRI German. Is anyone hearing VON on either, and how
long since anything definite? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, April 19 at 2346, C&W music S3-S5 with
storm noise, 2357 announcement, distorted; recheck 0008 April 20 is
gone. Many logs here say it`s Zeeky`s Attic until 0002* or 0003*:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65902.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2030 monitoring: missed check 0130
UT Monday April 20 on WRMI 7780, but Richard Langley probably got it.

Confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, only.

Confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, good to
a NY SDR; and 6160 is off.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good to the
TWR Bonaire SDR, not to Colombia.

Also confirmed Monday April 20 at 1800 on IRRS 7290 but with heavy CCI
from IRAN: See that and ITALY [non]. Next:

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 Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, who sent a generous 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. 7570, April 20 at 0557, TOMBS on this WRMI aimed right at us
is normally inbooming, but now is only S5-S7 very poor. K-index of 3
and SF of 69 will do it, per WWV at 0600, MUF way down, even:

4840, April 20 at 0557, TOMBS on WWCR is VP, but still VG on 3215
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1520, April 20 at 0607 UT, sports talk by YL is tearing up
`Red Eye Radio` on KOKC, and making fast SAH. Not exactly on topic,
she admits to pasting greeting cards on the wall behind her videos,
lacking any real art. I quickly hear the same she on 1390 KCRC, 1660
KWOD, 1670 WOZN, 1700 KBGG, all listed as CBS Sports affiliates in NRC
AM Log --- and which one on 1520?

I guessed it: KOLM Rochester MN, the only one. Had had an STA to run
low power, but now sounds like back on 10 kW day power QRMing equally
underpowered KOKC as usual until recently. CBS Sports confirms at 2-6
AM, presumably EDT, it`s `After Hours with Amy Lawrence`, their only
female host? Got to hand it to her, keeping on keeping on with no
sports to discuss! Except greeting-card hanging (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 2044 UT April 20

** CUBA. 5040, April 19 at 0615, RHC is still on but in mushy Spanish
when no SW frequency is supposedly scheduled; maybe it was in English
at 05-06. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700 & 13780, Sunday April 19 at 1335, RHC `En Contacto`
canned opening by voice of Marta Ríos, as outroed by this week`s
co-host María Elena Calderín, reading the script by Prof. Coro
Antich.. Arnie says he`s working from home due to CV isolation --- but
he`s always phoning in from home. Spends first 5 minutes on World
Music Radio, Denmark, q.v. Then, 6.1 earthquake hit western Cuba.
Record hi temps lead to tropo DX; hams from neighboring Jamaica,
Bahamas, Florida, Mexico have been getting into the nationwide 2-meter
repeater network. Also JBA on 13620 & 13860; see separate log.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13620 & 13860, April 19 at 1349, RHC `En Compañía del Doctor`
JBA enough modulation on these two leapfrog mixing products between
S9+30 13700 & 13780, another 80 kHz plus and minus. Once again, not
topic-V, but the value of aspirin vs infarxions. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, S9+10/20 clear // 15140 S9+10/20 distorted, April 19
at 1508, RHC in Spanish instead of Esperanto Sundays, kio okazis?
Io ĉiam estas malĝusta ĉe RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** DENMARK. 15805, Sunday April 19 at 1325, no signal direct from
World Music Radio, as reactivated weekends only. This time by 1521 I
bring up the KiwiSDRs in Europe to check it. Of the three in Spain,
only Barcelona has a trace of it. Of the 13 in Italy, the first one I
try, Rome, is getting it, but awful distortion from wobbling unstable
carrier tuning USB or LSB. Isn`t SHN monitoring his own output? 1525
break in pop music as YL mentions Denmark in English; can`t stand any
more of it by 1533.

1600 recheck still awful, unlistenable until I switch to AM, by which
it`s not so bad. Maybe this is why SHN advises not to tune in SSB,
which otherwise could improve such weak-signal reception! 1643 cuts
off suddenly, or at least most of the modulation as the mushy carrier
still seems there vs Roman noise level: nothing but squealing when
tuned to 15804-USB. 1856 recheck, much weaker with distorted music.
Earlier at 0915-0935, Manuel Méndez in Spain called it a ``clear
signal``.

BTW, in yesterday`s report I said WTWW has not been on 15805 for
months; in fact the frequency it has not been on is 15810. BTW2, Arnie
Coro devoted the first 5 minutes of his RHC Spanish DX show this week
to WMR, derived from SHN`s notice about it as on HCDX. Sked is Sat/Sun
only 0700-2000, 200 watts southwards. AC suggests yagi would raise ERP
to 800 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ECUADOR. 6050, April 19 at 0558, S8-S9 of hymn in Spanish, 0600 no
timesignal nor any announcement but another hymn, 0603 yet another.
Got to be HCJB running overtime instead of closing by 0500*. Only
QRM when the RHC news sounder bursts from 6060. HCJB has been
reported overnight before, by Wolfgang Bueschel March 15 = also
Sunday, at 0750-0805 via remote in Rochester NY (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, April 19 at 0604, JBA carrier, so it seems
Bata is back on air again, probably starting an hour earlier. Ron
Howard had found it absent April 16-17-18, and Manuel Méndez agrees it
was back today when checked at 0515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 23, KSBI ``52``, April 19 at 1300-1430+ is carrying
`CBS Sunday Morning`, which has been shunted here from RF 25 KWTV
``9`` because the big 4 OKC TV stations are all carrying a
pre-recorded commemoration at the 25th anniversary of the OKC bombing
--- normally they would all go live for the ceremony including reading
names of all 168 victims. At least KWTV provides this alternative on
its sub-station. I believe I previously denied that 52 is known as
``News 9 Plus``, but now I see such an ID slide at breaks, at least
when it is carrying KWTV programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 15460.069, April 19 at 1506, JBA talk, i.e.
VOA Hausa from the frequency-offable Pinheira site (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 15450.025, April 19 at 1321, I`m awake barely early enough
to check VOT 1230 English to WEu and NAm beyond: S4 to S8 peaks with
music, typically off-frequency, but could be worse. Brief unreadable
YL announcement and off 1325*. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 2097.3-CW, April 19 at 0610 UT, single-letter beacon A once
every dekasecond is back! I bandscan across here almost every night
and it`s been missing since my last log February 21; or rather I first
reported it missing as of March 4. A has been previously located as
anywhere but Quartzsite, Arizona (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Next WORLD OF RADIO 2030 SW airings:
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 and/or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
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 Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, who sent a generous 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 [and non]. 9839.8 approx., Sunday April 19 at 1328, lite het
upon WHRI weekend-only broadcast catches my ear, 9840 with gospel
huxter closing from Warsaw, Indiana, 1330 on to Kimberly Ann who thinx
it`s Friday. I`m expecting perpetual off-frequency Voice of Turkey as
sked on 9840 daily at 13-16, but Vietnam is also on here until 1530,
IIRC also off-frequency like 9839.9, but hard to find any recent logs
of that since Harold Frodge on 6 March 2011.

O, here`s a recent 2020 one indicating my het is Vietnam, not Turkey:

``9840.004, TRT Turkish mx program, S=9+15dB noted at Doha Qatar SDR
unit. And noted some adjacent whistle tone likely VoVTN Son Tay in
Japanese on 9839.774 kHz odd fq at 14.36 UT on March 31 (wb df5sx,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 31)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7890 & 11835, April 19 at 0606, JBA carriers on the second
and third harmonix of inaudible 3945. R. Vanuatu multiples are quite
the sensation for Pacificans, Ron Howard and remote receivers. So far
have seen no reports of harmonix of their other frequencies. See
previous log report for those to seek (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1956 UT April 19

A20 SHORTWAVE SCHEDULES: LINX TO MANY VARIETIES OF
http://www.worldofradio.com

** DENMARK. 15805, Sat April 18 at 1452, no signal from World Music
Radio, which Stig Hartvig Nielsen publicized last weekend has resumed
with 200 watts southward, Sat & Sun only at 0700-2000. I was not
really expecting to hear it direct, but here to spread the word for
Sunday tryers. At least no QRM now from 15800 China, and WTWW-3 has
not been testing 15805 for months (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA. 6090, April 18 at 0532, JBA carrier in the protracted
absence of Anguilla. Presumably Amhara State Radio, which has been
reported active by others; should be much better from *0300 when I am
seldom tuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, April 18 at 0535, S8-S9 of dead air from XEPPM. May
have been refurbished and extended schedule to 0800 but still needs
some work! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PHILIPPINES [non]. 9700, April 19 at 0022, tonal SE Asian language
and music bits, S9-S7 so one of better signals on band, exceeding e.g.
some WRMIs, until 0028*. O yes, it`s the *only* SW broadcast left from
Radio Veritas Asia, in Kachin, 250 kW, 72 degrees via SMG VATICAN site
daily from 0000, yet incredibly putting such a good signal back here
to deep North America, totally in wrong direxion, not even directly
off the back. Searching EiBi and NDXC on Veritas gets only this one
hit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 11950, fair April 18 at 1457, two rock songs, language
uncertain until 1500 timecheck in Romanian, and presumed news but
chopped off at 1500:15*. Yes, RRI scheduled 1300-1500, 285 degrees
from Galbeni to CIRAF 27SE = France. Romanian expatriates are among
the most fortunate to have SW linx from the patrie. And there are a
lot of them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_diaspora
including 700K+ in USA & Canada (Glenn Hauser
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850 // 5010, UT Sunday April 19 at 0100-0200,
`Encore` classical music hour from Radio Tumbril via WRMIs, VG and
fair respectively; Playlist is still up from last week. Another chance
UT Monday 02-03 on 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TINIAN. 13575.047, April 18 at 1450, VP Chinesish, off-frequency
signaling it`s probably USAGM on a Northern Mariana Island. In this
case RFA Cantonese this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9791.40V to 9791.22V, April 18 from 2056 to 2059* as I am
trying to measure it, Turkish talk and music, bit of TRT IS before cut
off at 2059*. Must be the 1600-2100 all-Turkish transmission to W
Europe, 500 kW, 310 degrees so also USward, which is supposed to be on
9460, unchecked. Others have noted this anomaly. Alan Holder, Isle of
Wight found them on 9780 at 1800 instead of 9460. The 1300-1600
Turkish on same azimuth is now scheduled on 9840. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler. However, quick check amid the 2200 hour to North
America finds music funxional on 9830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9800, April 18 at 2059-2100* JBA signal with talk, presumed
again World`s Last Chance via Woofferton, in Arabic, and not // 9330
Arabic via WBCQ which is playing the apocalyptic `Carol of the Bells`
IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2030 monitoring: unavoidably awake
Saturday April 18 at 1155, I can detect me on WRMI 9955 for the
revived 1130 airing, VP with Cuban Commie pulse jamming.

Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, reports: ``Reception of World of Radio #2030 via
WRMI-09 Okeechobee, April 18:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozCQ5urQ4EU&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOObH3UQyqg&feature=youtu.be

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/04/world-of-radio2030-via-wrmi-09.html
1300-1330 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Sat, fair signal``

Also confirmed UT Sunday April 19 starting at 0312 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO, fair via Peoria KiwiSDR. Next:

0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 and/or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
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 Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, who sent a generous 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. 6160v, April 19 at 0014, this WBCQ is still off, but 5130 is
S9, undermodulated and wobbly like 6160 was, so same transmitter? 0049
sounds better with music, tweaked, or swapped back to original
transmitter? This hour is scheduled as GRITS Radio on Area 51 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0320 UT April 19

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, April 18 at 0128, pirate music at S9-S7.
Many logs here say it`s Ballsmacker Radio:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65766.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830.03, April 17 at 2216, VOT is on with music, but so is
NAU RTTY, adding up to S9+10, diminished but not eliminated by ANF on
the R-75. A brief English comment by the OM announcer circa 2227, more
music, and RTTY finally stops by 2230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K. 9800, April 17 at 2058-2100*, BaBcoCk/Encompass IS, so must be
Woofferton, a test? No, I see in Aoki/NDXC that this is ``WBCQ``
World`s Last Chance in Arabic at 1800-2100. Well, this relay has
nothing to do with WBCQ; it started this month since the 500 kW from
Maine proved to be insufficient, but I had not sought nor heard it
until this random hit on the caradio memory bank. I believe others
have said this is not // the simulArabic on 9330 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 18140-USB, April 17 at 1812, KM6TS concluding a contact with
a KA2, and immediately into CQ, which draws another contact with
W7CDP. Mentions that he had had an unusually short distance QSO with
someone in Arizona. QRZ.com shows he is:
``KM6TS USA ELLIOT P QUICK, JR, PALMDALE, CA 93550 USA``

6m DXMaps show some Es MUFs sufficient for this but not into VHF, let
alone the 88+ MHz FM band. Then I find one other on 18 MHz band:

18150-USB, April 17 at 1814, from Vegas lamenting that it`s a ghost
town, everything on the Strip and beyond, closed. Eventually 1821 ID
as KE7JHA in contact with an AL7.
``KE7JHA USA David B Kutiej Las Vegas, NV 89108 USA``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2030 monitoring: due to a typo in
the file name to WRMI servers only, completely my fault, the new 2030
edition did not play, but instead 2029 repeated Friday April 17 at
2200 on 9955, which had VP reception vs lite pulse jamming; and UT
Saturday April 18 at 0130 on 5010 & 7780, both S9+10/20 but noisy, and
5850 VG S9+20/30. Now corrected, the remaining WRMI airings will be
#2030, and this did not affect any other affiliates or podcasts.

Next:
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 and/or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
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 Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, who sent a generous 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), UT Sat Apr 18 at 0000 I`m on the WBCQ webcast,
hearing the FKB gospel huxter still talking under the automatic WBCQ
ID, but quits before ``William Tell Overture`` starts. A&A are doing a
new show live from Deland of Fla, trying to be upbeat, main topix
being air conditioning, searchlights, and the superiority of
electro-mechanical equipment over solid state = not subject to RF
interference. While I record the rest of the webcast to check later,
at 0047 I move to monitor the SWs: 7490.1 and 5130 are on, but not
6160v, despite AW having twitted earlier that it would be.

The last quarter includes: 6160 has had some issues but will be
working on it; are understaffed in Maine, not enough engineers but
those working are doing the best they can, essential workers, also
observing social distancing from each other and anyone else.
Acknowledges that Hal Turner has been running on 6160 // 7490.

Spends several minutes scanning logs from the new Free Radio Weekly
just in, which includes more than usual from me, but AW never credits
the reporters, just goes over some stations, frequencies as if they be
permanent, and program content. Says that 4955-USB was playing
Peruvian music, while I only pointed out it was also frequency of a
legal Peruvian station, not heard. Out of time, no prayer even started
before canned ID cuts him off and into Hal Turner.

BTW, I`ve just heard from his son that John Carver, mid-north Indiana,
who usually monitors AAAWWW for us, is fine, but his computer is still
out of order (and I guess no library access either, which might also
explain the silence of Artie Bigley as mentioned at start of WOR
2030). (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7637-USB, April 18 at 0124, encrypted military traffic
except for one ID/codeword ``Moonshine``. In alfanumerix, he is
careful to pronounce 5 as ``fife``; that`s to make it less confusable
with another long-I number, 9 = ``niner``. I`ve previously logged this
frequency in the morning as a ``Triblade`` CAP net. But why the
mumbo-jumbo if it`s Civil? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0336 UT April 18

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-CUSB, April 17 at 1502, JJBBA carrier from
LRA-36 with another special broadcast, as tipped via Manuel Méndez on
the WOR iog by 0500, to start at 1400 with "FUNDACION INSTITUTO
ANTARTICO ARGENTINO".

Then I try the three KiwiSDRs in Brasil: Campo and Rio are getting
nothing but noise, but as soon as Pardinho opens to me at 1512, there
it is, altho quite poor compared to other occasions; propagation must
be degraded even that far/close. I keep on it, tho:

Too weak to understand much, but I can tell W&M are talking about
Antarctica. Is it really aimed 180 toward the South Pole as Ivo thinx?
That doesn`t make sense. 1530 some music for the first time, 1533 back
to talk; 1543 sudden fade-up and stays much more readable for the
remainder: was there any change in transmission? 1545 brief burst of
buzz QRM, fortunately only once. 1551 canned ID ``Nacional Antártida
en todo el país`` as show is no doubt being carried on the entire
Argentine network. 1554 resume discussion. 1600 contact info. 1602
song; 1608 abrazos to oyentes; acknowledging someone in Italy
listening on web; ``en todo el país, la radio pública``. 1614 the
moving ``Antárdida`` hymn. 1617 canned ID again as above and a bit of
music to cutoff*. These specials typically run 2+ hours. Pardinho had
one other listener to it, from Los Angeles (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. 11830.114, April 17 at 1417, JBA carrier. Of course,
it`s UAE site, known for its offfrequenciness, this half hour being
NHK World Radio Japan relay in English. Might we have better luck on
// 9450 via Tashkent? Hardly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 50135-USB, original report of XE2NBW, by Es, 2205 UT April
15, had one typo in callsign as XE2NBN but the other references were
correct. Fixed:

XE2NBW in Monterrey NL, making quick pro-forma contacts in accented
English as if there were a contest, adding only his own grid, DL95,
but the others generally inaudible here, one being in EN53.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAO TOME. 15460.068, April 16 until 1859*, JBA off-frequency
carrier. It`s VOA Shona service. Hope all those Zimbs can tune to
three decimal places (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TINIAN. 13795.049, April 16 at 1446, Chinesish talk at S5-S7. Off-
frequency must be Saipan? No, this time it`s sibling station across
the Saipan Channel, scheduled this hour only RFA in Cantonese, not
worth jamming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 293 kHz, April 16 at 0620 UT, regular ND beacon FBY in
Fairbury NE has QRM from another underneath --- hard to pull out but
slightly different pitch and period so that at times it`s mostly
sending during FBY pauses: UI, which is 30 watts from QUIncy IL.

FBY alone is audible again April 17 at 1344 UT, almost two hours after
sunrise here at 1155, so is this skywave or groundwave? Fairbury is in
SE Nebraska only a few miles from the Kansas border, 422 km = 262
statute miles from Enid. Quincy IL is 690 km = 429 stmi (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 395 kHz, April 17 at 1346, NDB CA, which is 25 watts from
Newton - Harvs, Kansas.

404 kHz, April 17 at 1347, NDB HU, which is 25 watts from Hutchinson
KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WOR 2030 is available as of 0033 UT Friday April 17
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2030.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2030.mp3

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

WORLD OF RADIO 2030 contents: Albania non, Argentina non, Armenia,
Bougainville, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia non,
Guatemala, India, Iran non, Israel, Japan, Korea North & South,
Madagascar, México, North America, Philippines, Romania, Sarawak non,
Scotland non, Sri Lanka, Sudan South non, Taiwan and non, Turkey, USA,
Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam; and the propagation outlook

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [maybe jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 and/or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
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 Gerald T. Pollard,
Raleigh NC, who sent a generous 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. 9955, Friday April 17 at 1422, surprised to find WRMI still
on, with World Music, sounds E European with accordion and voice till
cut off at 1426*; test? Supposed to quit at 1400 on weekdays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130, UT Fri April 17 at 0121, this WBCQ is back on, having
been away for maintenance since April 11 --- and with another
expansion of Hal Turner.

But 6160.017v, its substitute, is also still on //, S9+10 but
suptorted modulation. Previously it was on minus side of 6160. We
shall see if this lead to 6160v remaining airable (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 830 kHz, April 17 at 0614 UT, ID as ``102.9 The Wolf`` ---
what?? This has got to be the usual bigsig from WCCO Minneapolis. Long
string of PSAs; 0617 finally ID as ``WCCO 830 and AC on 102.9`` ---
what`s AC? Homepage https://wccoradio.radio.com/ shows nothing but
830, rather than promoting any FM. Searching leads to a few mentions
of 102.9 simulcasts.

WTFDA FM Database shows 102.9 in MN MN is not a mere translator, but
100/100 kW KMNB, country format, ``102.9 The Wolf``, but nothing about
a connexion to WCCO 830; I suppose they are referring to being buried
on a 102.9 ``HD`` subchannel.

0618 resumes `Our American Stories` --- show was supposed to be
non-political but this one features voice of David Green, Oklahoma
owner of Hobby Lobby, with his biblical propaganda. Good night, QRT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1729 UT April 17