** 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

** ALBANIA [non]. Re my report on Tirana via WRMI, WOR iog replies:

``As I reported earlier, the Radio Tirana program via WRMI on 7780 kHz
on 12 April at 2230 UT was (nominally) 30 minutes of polyphonic music.
I believe the announcer introduces the program with "Join us for some
information about Albanian Easter Holy Sunday ... Albanian Easter
polyphony is a traditional part ..." So, this was a special Easter
program. But new this year? -- Richard Langley, NB``

``Hi Glenn, I have monitored the podcasts of R Tirana as uploaded by
www.radio360.eu --- These were all 30 minute transmissions (although
Tuesday 7 April only really consisted of an 8 minute news broadcast
followed by music). Programmes monitored were as follows:

Sat 4 April: xx02 News; xx08 "Mosiac of the Week"; xx13 "Folk Music of
Albania"
Mon 6 April: xx02 News; xx08 "Albania in a Week"; xx12 Music
(standards & pop)
Tue 7 April: xx02 News; xx08 Music (standards & pop)
Wed 8 April: xx02 News; xx08 "Albania & EU Integration"; xx10 Music
"Hits Through the Years"
Thu 9 April: xx02 News; xx10 "Albania Economy and Facts"; xx12 Music;
xx17 "Around Albania" (Tourism); xx24 Music
Fr 10 April: Repeat of entire 9 April transmission
Sa 11 April: Undateable feature on Albania polyphonic music (which I
think I've heard before - possibly it's an "emergency reserve"
programme)
Mo 13 April: xx02 News; xx08 "Albania in a Week";
Tu 14 April: (8 min programme only described as "news edition")

By the way, the announcer on 4 April at (xx08) mentioned "you can hear
the English broadcast of R Tirana can be heard on the shortwave of
6005 kHz from 2 to 3 o'clock pm". That is local time of UT +2 - it's
actually 1230-1300 UT). Alan Roe Teddington, UK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 15 at 0545, RTA in Arabic via FRANCE is
still/again getting jammed(?) by tones/beeps (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 5800, April 16 at 0238, again no RAE as scheduled
and really heard 48 hours ago, but WRMI world music fill --
``Milonga`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. Just in at 0142 April 16: ``Hi Glenn, As of today Radio
Educación 6185 kHz "Cultura México" is going to broadcast from 2000 to
0800 UT. There has been an important improvement in its signal as they
are already using the 10 kW transmitter. They may adjust the schedule
depending on the results. Best wishes, Julián Santiago.
Enviado desde mi iPad`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. DXmap showing sporadic E into the FM band, so
since we have some essential grocery shopping to do, I also tune
around on the caradio, April 15. Strangely neither now nor later do I
hear a bit on the few somewhat open frequencies in the non-commercial
band, which would give the impression there be no DX happening. A
cardinal rule of Es DX is that it works upward from lower
frequencies.

93.3, not till I tune up to here do I hear something, and it`s not an
open frequency but occupied by 100 kW KJKE OKC. But something in
Spanish has captured, April 15 at 1911 UT, soon ID as ``Exa FM -- en
tu casa, carro``, etc. Search on WTFDA FM Database, essential
reference at:
https://db.wtfda.org/

finds only one Exa FM on 93.3, viz.:
``XHPS-FM 93.3 VERACRUZ VER MEX 30.94 kw ERP 208.0m 19-09-14 96-06-30
Spanish ---- EXA FM EN TODAD [sic] PARTES...PONTE EXA! SPANISH POP EXA
FM``

Spanish on 93.3 makes another resurgence at 1918 discussing something
on Netflix? mixing with the Jake FM C&W.

Veracruz is at prime Es distance, seen/heard many times before:
1919 km = 1193 statute miles. Then I keep bandscanning, alert for any
other hints of Spanish, notwithstanding some Okies and Kansies.

94.1, April 15 at 1912 UT, some weak Spanish mixed in the CCI.
Certainly not definite, but there is only one 94.1 in the Veracruz
state PTA:
``XHHV-FM AM 1310 94.1 BOCA DEL RÍO VER MEX 25.0 kW ERP 65.99m
19-07-58 96-07-50 Spanish ---- LA FIERA 94.1 FM SW 09 REGIONAL MEXICAN
LA FIERA``

Less likely but also a possible SS fullpower groundwave remnant from:
``KLNO 94.1 FORT WORTH TX 98.0 kW ERP 485.0m 32-35-22 96-58-10 Spanish
HD 2E6C QUE BUENA QUE BUENA Language REGIONAL MEXICAN 94.1 LA QUE
BUENA``

94.1 also has growing CCI at 1916 UT from our nearest fringe gospel
huxter with several other frequencies, ID as ``The House FM,
Stillwater 105-9``. Flagship is really 89.7 in Ponca City = local in
Enid:
``KTHM 94.1 WAYNOKA OK 9.8 kW 122.0m 36-34-55 98-52-12 VARIETY THE
HOUSE FM``

92.1, at 1932, some Spanish in and out quickly about películas. Again
there is only one in Veracruz:
``XHPG-FM 92.1 CÓRDOBA VER MEX 49.95 kW 213.0m 18-52-34 97-00-15
Spanish GRUPERA LA MEJOR`` [KAMG-LP Enid still silent]
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) See also USA [and non] for a Mexican ham
on 6m during this opening

** U S A [and non]. It may not feel like spring with lows near
freezing here, but it`s time to keep an eye on the sporadic-E map:
https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php
April 15 around 1800 UT, it shows MUF blobs *all* over the USA, mostly
below 30 MHz, but a few higher approaching the FM band.

There are a few short-skip contacts on the 18 MHz ham band, but no
phone activity at all on the 21 MHz band; a bit of CW/digital at the
low end. Nothing much on 24 MHz, but at 1814 UT, WWV is inbooming on
25000, less than 500 miles away and normally inaudible; much better
than on 20000.

And 11m CB is hopping, with pileups of hets on several channels:
26965, 27025, 27085, 27135, 27205, 27285 and various freebanders
beyond. 27185 is still blocked by constant noise from Enid jammer:
that should be getting out and no one anywhere else could locate it.

28 MHz hamband is also open, such as at 1821: 28380-USB, in the 10-10
club/net, N5MK, Mike in Louisiana, I thought he said but N5MK is
really an SK in Texas, per QRZ.com.

In the next hour I`m DXing FM on the caradio; see separate logs.

Ten is still open at 2200, with 28500-USB, N4RLD near Atlanta
contacting weaker AG7JS in northern Utah:
N4RLD USA Rickie L Dingler Moreland, GA 30259
AG7JS USA Warren C Bassett Wellsville, UT 84339

The R75 tunes up to 60000 kHz, but I seldom even try six meters as I
have no VHF antenna for it; but I tune anyway and find the same LW as
used for HF and MF has no trouble hearing at 2208 April 15:

XE2NBN 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.

XE2NBW Mexico YEPIZ RUIZ LUIS CARLOS, MONTERREY, NL 64000
Check out his Yaqui motto/oath:
https://www.qrz.com/db/XE2NBW

Simultaneously on exactly the same frequency, 50135-USB I hear a US
understation making his own QSOs but he and XE2NBW are obviously not
hearing each other. AC4TO in EM70:
AC4TO USA KEN L REECY, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32317

50120-USB, April 15 at 2218, N4CLJ contacting a KK5##; says he will
also be on 2m, 144.210:
N4CLJ USA Carl L Jones, Lecanto, FL 34461

In the following hour, more FM band DX also from FL as in separate log
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. The Sporadic E DX opening is still going April 15 at 2330 UT
when DXMaps shows an MUF of 107 MHz due east of Enid, so after a rest
it`s back to the caradio, now parked in garage, to hear what I can
hear; Once again there is NO DX to be found on marginally open
non-commercial frequencies like 89.5, 90.7; but there is CCI on a
number of 92+ channels, including 93.3 & 93.7 vs semi-local Okies.

92.9, April 15 at 2338, ``Hang in there, southwest Florida, we`re
Kix-country 92.9``, viz.:
``WIKX 92.9 CHARLOTTE HARBOR FL 100.0 kW 246.0m 26-53-47 82-14-27
COUNTRY KIX COUNTRY 92.9``. They have trouble spelling Ikx. C.H. is at
the mouth of Charlotte Harbor near Punta Gorda, 1823 km = 1133 stmi
from Enid.

96.5, April 15 at 2340 UT, talk show with fading but atop two fringe
Okies, hosted by ``Kevin and I``, saluting the ``Orlando Evening News
Scumbag of the Week``, someone complained by waiter Joe who left zero
tip for a $ 120 restaurant bill. This is:
``WDBO-FM 96.5 ORLANDO FL 99.0 kW 454.0m 28-34-07 81-03-16 HD 5CBC
96.5 NEWS/WEATHER 96.5 NEWS/WEATHER News TALK NEWS 96.5 //WDBO 580``

100.3, April 15 at 2342 UT, YL in Spanish talking about Florida
Polytechnic in Lakeland; soon fade out. It`s the only SS, nearby:
``WRUM 100.3 ORLANDO FL 95.0 kW 484.0 28-34-51 81-04-32 Spanish HD
13A0 - 'KBJS' LA RUMBA Song/Artist LA RUMBA Song/Artist Top 40
TROPICAL RUMBA 100.3 MAS MUSICA VARIADA`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
see also MEXICO [and non] for 6m and 10m Es ham logs

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2029 monitoring: confirmed Wed Apr 15 after
2100 on WBCQ 7490v, good via KiwiSDR in NY state

Also confirmed UT Thu Apr 16 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via Virginia
SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2030 should be ready early UT Friday April 17 and for
first US SW broadcast 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 Doug Brown of
London, Ontario and Seminole, Florida 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 0308 UT April 16