** CUBA. 9965, Apr 18 at 0641, S9 of pulse jamming against nothing,
the long-abandoned Costa Rican frequency of Radio República; also
recently but not logged, ditto against 5954. Meanwhile NO jamming on
9955 and no signal from WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 7420-7450 approx., Apr 18 at 0643, lite pulse
jamming bleeding from 7435 where it`s totally lost in huge Grimesland
signal of R. Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, Apr 18 at 0645, ORTM in French, S7/S9 rather than
noiseblob. BTW, press freedom has a problem there; Ricky Leong
forwards this April 12 report to the WOR iog:

AP: Mali’s junta bans the media from reporting on political activities
in a deepening crackdown

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In a deepening crackdown, Mali’s ruling junta on
Thursday banned the media from reporting on activities of political
parties and associations, a day after suspending all political
activities in the country until further notice.
The order, issued by Mali’s high authority for communication, was
distributed on social media. The notice said it applied to all forms
of the media, including television, radio, online and print
newspapers. […]

https://apnews.com/article/mali-junta-bans-media-reporting-72032e4b4b14d6717f42b495d1d20b89
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2239)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.8 AM, Apr 18 at 0139, Enid CB pirate again relaying
// 105.5 K288FX relay of 88.9 KYLV OKC, but only S7 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, April 18 at 1516, S2/S3 roarblob direct (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2239)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2238, WRMI:
5850, 0130, 0156 (55433-4), April 13 UTC [Sat]
9395, 2330, 2358 (45433), April 16 UTC [Tue]
9395, 0130 (4-55433), April 18 UTC 2024 [Thu]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Thursday April 18 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into
Peoria IL SDR. Direct at 0139, S7/9+25

Also confirmed UT Thursday April 18 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+10 into
Bonaire SDR, no QRM such as 5007 RTTY last week. Direct at 0139, JBA
vs HSNL, S9/+10.

WORLD OF RADIO 2239 contents: Abu Dhabi non, Antarctica, *Australia
and non, (Botswana), Canada and non, Canary Islands, *China, Congo DR,
Denmark, (Germany), India and non, Indonesia, Korea South, Mali,
México, Myanmar, *Netherlands, (Oman), Papua New Guinea and non,
(Philippines), Russia, (São Tomé), Sa`udi Arabia, (Thailand),
(Tinian), Ukraine non, (UAE), *UK and non, *USA and non, (Uzbekistan),
Vanuatu, Western Sahara; propagation outlook - (countries mentioned
along with others out of order) *with A24 schedules

WOR 2239 available from 0039 UT Friday April 19:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2239.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2239.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9, 16]
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2238][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to John N9JL Lutz, Shorewood IL, who sent a check in US funds to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702.

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

** VANUATU. 7260, Apr 18 at 0632, S7/S8 music, only broadcast signal
on 7200-7300 band, R. Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING

Best Description of *rump Ever Written
https://tonysthinktank.quora.com/This-is-probably-the-best-description-of-Trump-ever-written

This report despatched at 0100 UT April 19

** CANADA [and non]. 332 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0648 UT, dash and QT,
1000 watt nondirexional beacon at Thunder Bay, Ontario, mixing with
much closer but just as weak IC, wIChita KS, allegedly 400 watts per
dxinfocentre, but I`ll go with 25 watts as in RNA list.

346 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0649 UT, dash and YXL, 1000 watt NDB at Sioux
Lookout ON. These are JBA vs still high line noise level worst at LW
and MW, no longer SW. Glad to be hearing any Canadians as they sink
into general summer noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 11935.002, Apr 17 at 2330, into UTwente, a weak S6 signal of
pop music, not noise and not to be expected from Yemen or Sa`udi
Arabia, so presumed CNR5 in Mandarin, a.k.a. Cross Strait Radio, from
Beijing site aimed at Taiwan, sked 2300-0900, except earlier closing
at 0600 on Wed for weekly maintenance. Heavy ACI from much stronger
11930 Spanish, R. Martí, unless tuned in USB (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Apr 17 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG S9+30
direct; 2207 feature interview about the Feria de Abril en Sevilla,
which is apparently a big deal with millions of visitors, many from
abroad (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, Apr 17 at 2200, VOT English not off the air,
S9/+10 on meter direct but very inferior to Spain, and not easily
copied. Sign-on as if this be the 1230 on 17620 - no doubt a playback
of that original, but how can they ignore the several repeats later?
They used to concede that the final two at 2200 and 0300 were repeats,
but now apparently the news in all of them is olds, up to 14.5 hours
stale.

2251 into UTwente when measured, S9+45, `Sports Panorama` about to
end, mentioned Oklahoma? 2253 s/off for 17620 at 1230 only.
Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2254 IS. 2256 restart IS with
German IDs. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Chopoff just
after 2259* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0650 UT, AA, 100 watt ND beacon as
in RNA list: `Kenie`, Fargo, MN. ``Notes: 60' 'T'; Listed in airnav as
in ND, but actually just over the border in MN.`` Not sure what ``60'
'T'`` mean. JBA, not new but only unusual one. See also CANADA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
April 16 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 into Peoria SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday April 16 after 2330 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003, S9/+5 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Wednesday April 17 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany into
UTwente, 3975.002, S9+5/10; and 6160.001, S8/S9.

Also confirmed Wednesday April 17 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7489.939, S7/9+5
into HFU Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California, for a check in US funds on a
US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in memory of
Jari Savolainen [1951-2020], an excellent Finnish DXer, always very
helpful. Thank you for your decades of service to our radio hobby!``

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

This report dispatched at 2355 UT April 17

** CUBA. 15140, Apr 16 at 1415, RHC Spanish flanked by diffuse
spurblobs about plus/minus 3.5 kHz, and a weaker pair +/- 7~ kHz.
15230 also on, S5/S7 but suptorted = modulation suppressed and
distorted. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 9880, Apr 16 at 2220, S8/S9 with flutter hard to
read at first seems English intonation, then Esperanto, which is
what`s listed this hour from CRI via Kashi-Saiba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 15440, Apr 16 at 1458, good signal in unID lang until
1459*. Aoki shows TWR Asia via Talata in Urdu at 1430-1500 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, Apr 16 at 0654, ORTM with music modulation instead of
noiseblob like last night; vs high storm noise level from nearby - a
bit earlier we had a lite hailstorm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAIPAN [and non]. 11894.945 approx., Apr 16 at 0649, S5/S7 direct,
at first unseems Chinese, then it does seem. RFA sked at 0300-0700,
surely jammed, but this may have a propagational advantage and more
likely to be off-frequency. However, per Aoki, also on 11895 is CRI
English via East Turkistan at 05-09. The SSOB except for similar
signal on 12065, BBC Hausa via ASCENSION (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, Apr 16 at 1508 check direct, S3/S4 of roar but
sounds loud. SAWA Riyadh. BTW, in ** country headers I dispense with
diacritix in order not to confuse searching, but within an item I will
spell it like Sa`udi Arabia; Qur`an, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TINIAN [non?]. 13795, Apr 16 at 1432, Chinese, S3/S7 with flutter.
RFA Cantonese this hour only. So if really Mandarin instead, would be
CNR1 *jammer. However, are the Chicom less thoro in jamming minority
langs other than Tibetan? Only one signal audible (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.010, Apr 16 standing by direct for TRT signal, not
cut on until a few sex past 2200, some dead air, JIP programming.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, mentions `Turkey`s Geomarked
[sic] Products`, evidently a program preview and into headlines. S9+20
with flutter, ACI from 11780 Brasil unless USB tuning. By 2222 I
notice lots of Doppler flutter on 11785, i.e. propagation-caused
frequency wobbling/instability. 2250 into UTwente, more stable when
measured in music, but more up-and-down fading than sidewise. 2252
``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2253 badax s/off for the 1230 on 17620
only. 2254 IS. 2256 pause and restart IS, now with German ID heard
once just before chopoff* ahead of 2257.

BTW, VOT has been notifying German and English listeners, at least,
about a planned maintenance break at Emirler for Thursday April 18 at
06-15 UT, as Paul Gager in Austria reports to BDXC-UK on April 15: ``I
heard on Monday after the TRT-news in English: `and we have an
announcement because of attendance(?)/repair works on our transmitter
on April 18, our English broadcast will not be available from 9 am to
6 pm on Thursday on shortwave``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: still confirmed UT
Tuesday April 16 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, despite disappearing from the
sked grid and also still there last week; S7/9+5 into Louisiana SDR.

Also confirmed Tuesday April 16 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, only S5/S7
direct including heavier than usual Commie Cuban pulse jamming. Next:

** U S A. 4840, Apr 16 at 0650, S9+45 of dead air from WWCR-3 instead
of TOMBS. Std remark about no one at station paying attention, yet
again - and not even a squeal to make it a bit more interesting: that
may require some attempt at modulation to set it off (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825, Apr 16 at 1502, JBA carrier from WWCR-1. Usually more
than that; conditions must be depressed. But lower channels are
progressively stronger. 13845 at only S5/S7 but typically indicating
the MUF somewhere between 14 and 16 MHz; 12160 S9 with squeal; 9980
S9+25 with a bit o` squeal. When 15825 inbooms at its one-megameter
distance, we know it has to be sporadic E, even if it never reach the
TV or FM bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9350, Apr 16 at 2216, WWCR-2, S9+20/30 gospelhuxterism with
squeal, same transmitter as on 7490, 12160, 5935 at other dayparts.
Something`s noxious in Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9475, Apr 16 at 2217, WTWW S9+40/50 direct with love song,
seemingly secular, then into a Native American singer; is there a
specific program schedule? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2321 UT April 16