** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-USB, continuing previous March 6 LRA36 log: as
expected not a trace of it direct to here just before 1900. After 1900
I`m listening via Iceland ``VHF`` KiwiSDR, where Dan Robinson says
it`s coming in well (a lot further than Brasil, but all over-water
path). All talk but mostly unreadable, then 1910 music past 1913. By
1954 JBA there; 1957 I`m back on Pardinho SP SDR which gets it best
of all. Talking about the ``campaña antártica``; 2014 contacting
someone at another base, Marambio until 2016, contact info, ID with
frequency 15476, some music, YL acknowledging reports and saludos;
brief fade-down; discussion of ``campaña de verano desde el 6 de
noviembre``. 2036 mentions a base uruguaya; 2037 current weather
including temp 5 grados = heatwave; 2050 music, song about Antarctica
including lyrix, hielo, cielo (ice and sky, which don`t rhyme as well
in English); some other songs and off before 2100.

Roger provides a 48+ minute segment starting ~1900z from the somewhat
bumpy webstream .... including weather conditions, IDs:
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vkce2ndwozd663g/2020-03-06-1900z-LRA36-cut-.mp3?dl=1

And here`s that nice song he also found:
https://youtu.be/o5EzpHiXU_Q
Base Esperanza (Canción Corazón Antártico) - Patricia Sosa
https://youtu.be/MkP18Q7wh28
Corazón Antártico - Patricia Sosa (con letra)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 5800, UT Sat March 7 at 0132, RAE via WRMI with
`Actualidad DX.com.ar`, playing a clip of Radio Nyawa Sarawak. Too bad
this DX program is simultaneous with WOR X 3, not to mention AAAWWW
but the latter will be an hour earlier from next week due to the
imposition of DST and WBCQ acquiescence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370.0, March 6 at 2309, RHC remains on-frequency, but S9+20
of distortion and hum on modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 5080-USB, March 7 at 0118, soul, jazz music, no
announcements, stops at 0137 tho I tuned away a bit at 0128 to check
WOR frequencies. Fair with bubbling probably from local device. In the
absence of WTWW 5085! Mix Radio International per lots of reports
here, as early as 2136 March 6:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63822.0.html
Could have stayed on later as no-show from WTWW by 0300 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6130 // 7325, March 7 at 0116, another check of RRI finds
English on these frequencies, no Romanian or anything on 5910 & 7410.
Apparently two transmitters are out of order (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 6 at 2318, as some guy on WRMI mentions
that Spain and Turkey are the only overseas stations still in English
to us at this hour, I check and not today: another absence of VOT
where something`s always erroneous at Emirler. 2339 recheck, I do make
out a JBA carrier on 5960-minus, i.e. XJPBS. But English from Spain
before 2330 succeeds on 9690 vs WOR on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Friday March 6 at 2115, VOA `Music Time in Africa`
has hyper Heather talking about some award show coming up on Saturday
November 30! So this is a rerun. I wonder how often that happen less
obviously (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: confirmed first
American SWBC, Friday March 6 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: this time very
light pulse jamming soon abates, and rest of show is in the clear,
100% readable to 2329.

Also confirmed UT Sat Mar 7 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 fair with trace of
LAH, Madagascar or India? As usual, Spanish Bibling is chopped off at
0129:30 for ID. Also on 5850, VG S9+30; and 7780, VP in HNL here, but
HjB in Germany confirms it at 0157 with SINPO 35443. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week; please check!] to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395? to NNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395? to NNW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, March 6 at 2158, VORW ending on WRMI; John seems to be
saying all his times on WRMI including 5850 will be one hour later
with DST --- I don`t think so. If there were any retime they would be
one hour earlier, but unless there has been a drastic policy change,
most WRMIs stay on UT, except for System B on 9955; and System G which
is mainly 9395 but partly involving 7780, 5950 if we believe the
outdated grid. That sked in EST/EDT makes it hard to mesh with other
Systems employing those frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.2v, UT Sat March 7 at 0100, WBCQ with some other music
before WTO, and of course again ``Angela & Allan Weiner WorldWide``
without either of them, instead Pirate Joe subbing once again. Says he
had only 25 minutes` notice to prepare, and that was while he was on
air with WHVW classical music show; sorry, too much else is going on
this hour to devote time to monitoring all his random rambling in case
there be any nugget of info about what`s really going on at `BCQ. 5130
still not on air at 0100, but it is on when next checked at 0152 with
PJ here too //. John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started on time on 7490. No signal on 5130. Pirate
Joe is hosting again this evening. Stated that he only had thirty
minutes notice that he was hosting and he was in the middle of a
program on his station when he found out so had nothing planned for
this show. Rambled on for a bit and then played some music. Spent a
fair amount of time talking about the twenties. He tried several times
to compare the twenties to the sixties but never completed the
thought. Then he talked about prohibition, then into the Pony Express,
and into traveling cross country in different time periods, and then
into world travel in several different centuries.

A check at 0136 revealed still no program on 5130, but during a check
at 0158 the program was on 5130 so it came up sometime in the last
twenty-two minutes. Show was off the air at 0200. John, Mid-North
Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0325 UT March 7

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-USB, March 6 at 1820-1835+, LRA36 with songs,
poor signal via another Brazilian KiwiSDR since Pardinho is already
maxed out at 8 users. Hello to Dan Robinson, who has done the same.
Tnx to tip from Manuel Méndez, Spain, that it`s already on prior to
publicized special broadcast at 1900 about summer activities around
the bases (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 399 kHz, March 6 at 0650 UT, NDB dash and ZHD, which is 25
watts from Dryden - Barclay, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, March 6 at 0727, TWO CCG stations with marine
weather in French QRMiing each other at about equal levels, same
roboyl voice, but apparently different content, not merely offset
echoing. As I have noted a number of times before, none scheduled
before 0737 or 0740; per http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm the possible
bilingual stations on 2749 are: VCO Sydney NS at 0740; VCN Escoumins,
Québec from 0847; and VAR-9 Yarmouth (Halifax) NS from 1040; and no
languages specified from VCS-21 Halifax at 0810. Canadian CG needs to
get its acts together, or rather separated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, March 6 at 0720, RHC is still on with dead air except
for humsqueal. 6060 is DA at S9+10; 6145 and 6100 are modulating
English; 6000 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Once hit by
DST, I hope not to be awake and monitoring after 0630 UT (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, March 6 at 1502, CRI Plus relay is S9+30 but suptorted
also with tone. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

15230, March 6 at 1503, RHC is unusually off, while 15140 remains
distorted at S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13740, March 6 at 1508, this RHC is off, while 13700 remains at S9+30
in Sonido Cubano music, no spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

11700, March 6 at 1511, RHC is ON this frequency // 11760, but 11700
is not supposed to be on at all in the mornings, only 2300-0600!
Suspect this is the transmitter missing now from 15230. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11990, March 6 at 1507 new IRRS broadcast in Oromo,
S4-S6; recheck via UTwente at 1557 more lively talk, chopped off at
1559* with no ID. Meanwhile, I asked IRRS what this is, and quickly
received a Coronavirius e-QSL along with ``OMN -- Oromia Media
Network``.

From that I quickly search out all this info but nothing about old or
new SW broadcasts; note the date on first one, 6 years ago:

Oromia Media Network Launch -- Live!
268,387 views
•Streamed live on Mar 1, 2014
1.3K 171 Share Save OMN 140K subscribers

Millions of Oromos now have the chance to enjoy quality media focusing
on the needs and aspirations of the Oromo people. Join us Live! as we
prepare to make history.

https://www.facebook.com/OromiaMedia/

OMN:ODUU Wax 8/2018
Oromia Media Network, Saint Paul, Minnesota. 1M likes. OMN is an
independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news enterprise whose mission
is to produce...

FIND US
1144 Larpenture Ave N
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m.me/OromiaMedia
Call (612) 294-6770

Founded on March 1, 2014
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mission is to produce original and citizen-driven reporting on Oromia.
Founding Date March 1, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5SN5HpwRrM

Surprisingly, WRTH 2020 COTB page 511 lists only one to Ethiopia, a
different one, Voice of Oromo Liberation, based in Berlin, via Nauen.
IRRS never confirms transmitter sites, so I don`t even ask, but Ivo
Ivanov says 11990 is via his own Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 400 kHz, March 6 at 0649 UT, ND beacon AHW vs storm crashes,
of which there are none closer per Blitzortung than off the coast of
FL north of Bahamas. AHW is 25 watts from Wahoo, Nebraska (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 contents: Antarctica,
Australia, Canada, Chile, Congo DR, Cuba, Ethiopia non, Italy non,
Korea South, México, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Rwanda non,
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia?; and
the propagation outlook

WOR 2024 is available as of 0228 UT Friday March 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:
[note time changes on Unique Radio, WRMI and WBCQ with DST]

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, March 6 at 0531, WTWW-2 is now on with rock music,
plus and minus the very weak parasitic spurs on 5072.1 and 5097.9;
this had been off at earlier check 0335. Lebanon electrical fluid may
still be sporadic post-tornado. At 0722 I check again, when 5085 is
still VG, and 5830 is JBA, presumably WTWW-1 as neighbor 5935 WWCR is
also JBA. The MUF must be sharp between 5 and 6 MHz. Usually it`s
above 6 MHz allowing both to inboom when on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1539.96 approx., March 6 at 0707 UT, tell-tale het against
1540 KXEL et al., prime suspect being KGBC Galveston TX, which
sometimes but not always, is askew. Careful LSB tuning manages to pull
it apart as signal increases, after 0714 music, ``Ain`t That a
Shame``, 0715 full ID for KGBC also FM 101.7, `Baytown, Houston, we`ve
got you covered`` --- also Enid.

As of last August, in NRC AM Log, KGBC format was Tejano --- not any
more; U4 2500/250 watts, address in Houston, and 101.7 is K269GS, no
mention of offfrequenciness from 1540.00. WTFDA DB shows 101.7 in
Houston proper, still Spanish/Tejano. Radio-locator.com also still
claims KGBC is ``Tejano``. Ain`t that a shame? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1837 UT March 6

** CUBA. 6060, March 5 at 0718, RHC is S9+20 but JBM in English; 6145
is S9+10 undermodulated but sufficient. Of the remaining Cuban Five,
5040 and 6000 are off; 6100 a JBA carrier likely something else:
perhaps KCBS P`yongyang altho a bit early for it, sunset not until
0934. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13740, March 5 at 1524, RHC S9/+10 of dead air,
which is getting to be a habit; while 13700 is modulating OK at S9+20
without spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC, which is supposed to
be OFF 13740 at 1500*-*2200.

13740, March 5 at 1856, S9 open carrier, still RHC? RFI in French is
scheduled here at 1700-2000, and I do briefly hear a bit of French
underneath at 1857-1900+ but by 1908 just the carrier, S9+10. At 1911
I check via UTwente SDR and find a weak OC. So is it RHC, ISS out of
order, or both? A day or two ago, my caradio stopped on 13740 during a
sufficiently modulated RFI French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11990, March 5 at 1530, language talk at S5-S8, HOA
music, ID sounds like ``Huna Radio ----`` but not Arabic; recheck 1600
is off.

Ron Norton notified me along with expanded IRRS English broadcasts for
Coronavirus: ``Additionally, new broadcasts have been started as of
today March 4, 2020 in Oromo language to Ethiopia on 11990 from
1500-1600 UTC (@ 250 kW)`` and the IRRS website says it`s daily. But
name of it or sponsorship NOT given; another new clandestine to this
area? Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria says site is Secretbrod = Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria where the power is only 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2024) See also ITALY [non]

** GREECE. 9420, March 6 at 0053, S9-S5 of open carrier --- yet
another station suffering from Dead Air Syndrome, Voice of Greece
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. (7290), March 5 at 1824, via UTwente SDR, `War Room -
Pandemic`` new show about CoronaVirus on IRRS, interviewing someone
from a Los Angeles hospital, until 1845 music fill for rest of hour.
Part of expanded broadcasts from IRRS, starting 7290 at 1800 instead
of 1900: that explains why I was already hearing music on Monday March
2 before WORLD OF RADIO --- but there was some kind of change in
transmission before 1900, different sites? 7290 has been assumed to be
one of the Romanian sites, Saftica or Tsiganeshti.

Ron Norton wrote: ``Hello There from IRRS & EGR,

1.) While most of Northern Italy has come (nearly) to a halt due to
the recent coronavirus outbreak, we have just extended our global
coverage with daily broadcasts to reach out to Europe, the Middle
East, Asia/Pacific and Africa with daily news and commentaries on
COVID-19 in English.

Here are our new (daily) frequencies as of Feb. 21, 2020 (@ 150 kW):

9640 kHz (1400-1500 UTC) to Asia and Middle East
7290 kHz (1800-2000 UTC) to Europe
9660 kHz (2000-2100 UTC) to Africa
594 kHz (2100-2200 UTC/2200-2300 CET) AM/Medium Wave to N Italy and
Southern/Central Europe

Please check our blog for more details at:
https://nexus.org/coronavirus-qsl/

You may find our updated B19 frequency schedule at:
https://nexus.org/schedules

2.) On the occasion we have released our new QSL card available
electronically for all reception reports.

You may send your reception report for any of our broadcasts to
reports@nexus.org. We will gladly acknowledge all verified reception
reports with our new electronic QSL.

When requesting our QSL card, please consult our Privacy Policy at
https://nexus.org/privacy
and learn how we process your personal data according to the GDPR.
Stay home, stay safe: listen to Shortwave! 73s, Ron``

That`s the motto on the eQSL which several have already received along
with an illustration of the CV. Ivo Ivanov says 9640 is also via
Bulgaria since he can hear its second harmonic 19280 on local
groundwave and power is only 50 kW.

Richard Langley notes: ``Website mentions this: "A new program aired
via IRRS-Shortwave is called “War Room Pandemic” and produced in the
USA by Steve Bannon, political advisor, media executive, former
investment banker and former White House Chief Strategist." !!! Will
it be objective and science-based?`` --- Beware!

Dr Hansjoerg Biener says on 04 March: ``Bannon's website on the new
podcast is available at
https://pandemic.warroom.org/
His podcast seems to have started on 27 January 2020 but look at the
web address closely:
https://pandemic.warroom.org/category/war-room-impeachment/page/2/

SPECIAL – War Room: Pandemic, Why the Wuhan Coronavirus is So
Important
January 27, 2020 Steve Bannon, Jack Posobiec, Jack Maxey, Simone Gao,
Kyle Bass, Dr. Bradley Thayer, Bill Gertz, and Maura Moynihan take
part in a special, hour-long discussion about the coronavirus emerging
out of China, and the serious economic and health implications``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2024)

** MEXICO. 6185.710v, March 6 at 0048, oh2, XEPPM is off-frequency
again after someone bumped the transmitter, JBM Spanish. (Too late to
mention on WOR 2024, rather it had recently resumed 6184.974.) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 7325 & 6130, March 6 at 0102, the anomalies from RRI
continue, these two in English and no signals or Romanian on 7410 &
5910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TIBET [non]. 5890, March 6 at 0046, JBA music and talk, S7-S9, off
at 0103 check. This hour only is VOA Tibetan via KUWAIT, so more
likely hearing the CNR1 jamming.

WWCR-4 may use 5890 at 03-13, but currently on air only 03-05 Tue-Sat,
plus later at night dead air occasionally. From March 8 with the
imposition of DST, all times above one UT hour earlier: new shifted
sked is up at:
http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 5 at 2345, VOT English on today, enough
modulation to enjoy some music, 2351 headlines, 2352 sign-off claiming
this has been the 1330 broadcast on 12035! IS continues, and at 2356
restarts to include IDs in German twice a minute. 0000 March 6,
timesignal as usual a sesquisecond late, and opening German --- but
chopped off the air at 0003*. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 contents: Antarctica,
Australia, Canada, Chile, Congo DR, Cuba, Ethiopia non, Italy non,
Korea South, México, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Rwanda non,
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia?; and
the propagation outlook

WOR 2024 is available as of 0228 UT Friday March 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:
[note time changes on Unique Radio, WRMI and WBCQ with DST]

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085 & 5830, March 6 at 0335, both WTWWs are off, altho 24+
hours earlier, 5830 had resumed. Maybe power at Lebanon TN is still
sporadic after tornados (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, March 6 at 0044, WHRI in S9+10 of dead air
when it`s supposed to relay VOV in Spanish; still dead until off at
0058* but back on at *0058:20 with stronger signal after beam change
with WHRI ID, music and promos, 0100 VOV starting Vietnamese hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, March 6 at 0110 UT, some musical station with
songs considerably QRMing talker KOKC OKC, making 72/minute SAH = 1.2
Hz. Best heard with KOKC nulled as much as possible, but cannot get a
positive fix on it. What is KYND TX doing now? It`s almost the same
bearing from here as KOKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, March 5 at 0715, JBA carrier, maybe trace of
modulation. No broadcasters known here. Not a MW harmonic. Not an RHC
leapfrog. Maybe pirate, Euro? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0457 UT March 6

** CUBA. 15370, March 4 at 2210, RHC is AWOL but on 15370.0 at 2329
check, S9+20/30 but overmodulated, distorted while // 13740 is good.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, March 4 at 2215, RHC Spanish is S9+10 but suptorted;
not English like on 11880. As always accompanied by much weaker
parasitic carrier on 11840, and probably one to match on 11860 vs
OCB/jamming. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. After last night`s anomalies from RRI in the 01-03 period,
I check again March 5 at 0058: 6130 & 7325 with RRI IS, 0100 opening
English with detailed satellite info and other platforms but NO
mention of SW frequencies! Meanwhile, 7410 and 5910 are off.

At 0200 I check all four via UTwente SDR: French is starting on 7410
and 6130; 5910 and 7325 are off. So the same as before; Romanian
missing, and swap 7 MHz frequencies by 0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Wed Mar 4 at 2328, caught tail of REE English back on
the air today as Alison is axually speaking news about Snowden, Boris
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 4 at 2329, VOT is on at S9+10 but JBM, no good
English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed the Wed 2100 on
WRMI 7780 at 2126 check March 4, JBA direct; fair via UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed Wed Mar 4 starting as usual at 2200:20 on WBCQ,
7490.2v, fair.

Also confirmed UT Thu March 5 at 0100, JBA on WRMI 7780, but VG via
UTwente SDR.

WOR 2024 should be ready by early UT March 6 for first NAm SWBC Friday
at 2300 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, March 5 at 0250, WTWW-1 is back on with SFAW from
tornado-ravaged Lebanon TN, but 5085 WTWW-2 is still off. 5830 had
been underpowered but now is quite strong. The WTWW-1 webcast is
running too, `Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting` with a caller from
Wisconsin at 0255; but not WTWW-2 stream (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5915, March 5 at 0057-0101+, carrier with heavy splash
from 5920 WHRI. By 0125 same talk is JBA. Checking because JRX in
Brasil reported ZAMBIA here around 0100 last night in vernacular. ZNBC
has run 24 hours before and might again, perhaps due to electric
``load shedding`` meaning no power during day or prime time but
available when demand is much lower overnight.

However, one other station is listed active before and after these
hours, MYANMAR, where it`s just after sunrise. I try the two KiwiSDRs
in RSA and one of them is getting it no better than I am, nor does
UTwente (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0313 UT March 5

** CANADA. 218 kHz, March 4 at 0725 UT, ND beacon dash and RL, which
is 975 watts from Red Lake, Ontario. Strangely enough I was tuned to
219-USB. Amid storm noise crashes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Glad to see that following my complaint, EiBi does now list
China via Cuba on 11980 as harm[onic] at 23-01. But searching entire
file, no others yet from this or any other country. See also VIETNAM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, March 4 at 0536, RHC is off already rather than running
until 07 or sometimes even later; but 5025 Rebelde is on. Others: 6060
now in Spanish instead of English; 6145, 6100 and 6000 in English for
now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, March 4 at 1518, RHC is again S9+10 of dead air, or
JBM, while 13700 is S9+20 of good modulation and fails to produce any
spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 4 at 0341 UT, KOKC is off, tnx to
tip from Paul Walker; thought this might clear for longtime cheater
KOLM in MN, but no sign of it now, rather a heavy jumble of much
weaker signals. Paul said it would be only briefly for some tower
maintenance. By 0343 I am hearing a weak talkshow with YL host,
roughly NW/SE and gradually fading in stronger. This is apparently
KOKC on again already, in `The Dana Show` as scheduled. Maybe they
were axually turning the power level up. Paul also said it came back
but went off again, after I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 5980, March 3 at 2350, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski under
Cuban jamming against nothing else, until autocutoff at 2352:11.5*,
which is 16 seconds earlier than last check Feb 24 until 2352:27.5*
which was 8 days ago, or averaging exactly 2.0 seconds per noctem,
which as I previously calculated was the long-term average as well.

If their timer is not reset (originally for 2400*?), by March 29, 26
days from now, will be 52 seconds earlier, or 2351:19.5*. But that
will probably be the end of our current tracking, as in A-20, Radio
Martí is expected to resume 5980 all the way from 22 to 03 UT, and
with heavier jamming to be sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. Anomalies continue with RRI, lacking the Romanian service
at 01-03 UT on any frequency, instead, UT March 4:
At 0150: 5910 and 7410 off; 6130 & 7325 in English
At 0203: 5910 and 7325 off, 6130 & 7410 in French
Strange they swapped 7325 & 7410 between English and French, almost
making me doubt my logging as accurate; what next? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Tue March 3 at 2308, REE is on, VG with music but
Spanish announcements since it`s not M/W/F, the only days for English.
OTOH, off the air today English from TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 3 at 2307, another day OFF for VOT English
which would have been to us. But SPAIN, q.v. is on today altho not in
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4102+CW, March 4 at 0716 UT, ``W`` windy beacon JBA, first
time in a long time after frequent chex at night. Also some dits and
other letters/numbers, something to do with battery power or other
characteristix of the installation. Definitely on plus side tho too
weak to measure accurately, altho there was recently a report of it on
the minus side of 4102. Somewhere in the USA SW desert. Steve McGreevy
located and photographed this 19 years ago and says the FCC tolerates
it, yet the precise location is not being revealed:

http://www.auroralchorus.com/4095-5-kHz_DF_and_visit_to_the_WIND-BEACON_Spring-2001-SPMandEDH.jpg

Enlarge them and see an itty bitty anemometer atop a rock outcrop, a
small solar panel, and a dipole antenna. There is a huge amount of
other great info on his website.

2097.3-CW, Mar 4 at 0720 UT, no signal from ``A` single-letter beacon
while `W` etc. is audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13555-CW, March 4 at 1516, HIFER beacon WV in West Virginia
is JBA, while K6FRC on 13565-CW from California is noticeably
stronger; but neither ever heard later in the day or at night. And
what about all the other beacons LWCA lists on the 13550-13570 ISM
band? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed Wed Mar 4 at 2100
on WRMI 7780, only poor via UTwente, with some lite SSB? ACI.
Following two Zanotti IDs at 2058 and 2059. Next:

2200 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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non?]. 9330, March 4 at 1903, WBCQ WLCR in Arabic on 81
degree beam, only S5-S7 if really 500 kW, but also with a low audible
heterodyne as if from a second station on a slightly different
frequency. Nothing else is ever scheduled here except Cuban spynumbers
4 nights a week at 0700, certainly not now. Maybe a WBCQ defect, or
old transmitter also on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WTWW still not on at 0205 UT Wed Mar 4, when the ham show
would normally be on 5085. {and still off at 0317}
(The competing ham show on WBCQ 5130 is running.)
Power outage and/or tornado damage? Anyone know or can inquire?

Wikipedia reports:

``In Lebanon, many homes and businesses suffered considerable damage,
including Walmart and Lowe's. The Wilson County Fairgrounds was
impacted as the tornado moved east out of town and continued along the
interstate to Smith County, producing EF1-type damage in the Tuckers
Crossroads, Grant, and New Middleton communities.``

Then I write to Doug Smith of W9WI.com:

``Hi Doug, Sure hope you and yours are OK! And eventually you can fill
us in on the impact to broadcast stations? (SW: WTWW Lebanon has not
been heard. It should be on 5085 at least, tonight). 73, Glenn``

Doug replies: ``Thanks! - Yep, I'm fine, except for sleep deprivation
:) I'm located in the western part of the city -- the tornado formed
roughly eight miles to the northeast. It ripped up an airport about
two miles north of my workplace -- but didn't even break sticks off
the trees at work.

I believe WHTN TV 39 is off but best I can tell everything else is on.
It did come awfully close to the AM 900/1490 tower in Lebanon but I'm
told the stations are still on. Haven't had an opportunity to scan
myself.

I suspect there are still massive power outages in Lebanon/Wilson
County. The folks behind WTWW are pretty active on social media -- and
conspicuously absent today. I suspect it's just a lack of power``

Further chex of WTWW frequencies find no signals: 0514, 1904 UT March
4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VIETNAM. After finding 11980 labeled harmonic in EiBi for China via
CUBA, q.v. I also search on ``spur`` and get 9 entries, all from
Vietnam, no Cubans or anywhere else: 6006.6, 6033.4, 7155, 7196.2,
7223.8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2117 UT March 4