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Logs from Michigan  View Printable Version 
Friday, April 02 2021

Logs


re 9700 kHz, likely the RHC Chicago beam outlet from Bauta site,
on test at this hour ?
Now in A-21 season on 6165 kHz in 49 mb instead.

In 2019 Prof. Arnaldo told the world about refurbished China Made
BBEF Beijing transmitter unit,
now also often heard with very respectable audio quality,
very tolerable, better as some test level reports in DX publications these
days mentioned.

73 wb df5sx
wwdxc


9700 kHz Very weak at first, but fading up to 344 0713-0738*


-- carrier dropped about 30 seconds after the audio
stopped 26/Mar RSP1 +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire --Zichi MI
Any help with IDing this or what the audio might be from even would be
most appreciated!

- - -

Some logs to report now of this April 2nd morning,
taken in Masset British Colombia far westerly in CAN, at Walt's SDR unit.

7275.016 TUR TRT Emirler in Turkish, Turkish folk mx, 03.45 UT, S=9+15dB.
7205even SDN R Omdurman Sudan, Arabic drums mx at 03.49 UT,
S=7-8 in BC CAN west coast on Pacific.
7260even CVA VoA Somali strong backlobe signal S=9+25dB at 03.52 UT from
from Santa Maria di Galeria bcast center in Vatican State.
7315even CVA R Tamazuj likely scheduled, similar strong from Vatican Radio
site near Rome, at 03.54 UT S=9+20dB backlobe into BC-CAN.
7375even ROU RRI powerhouse S=9+40dB into BC west coast, En scheduled from
RadioCom transmitter #2 at Tiganesti bcast center. At 03.55 UT the
total RRI English section schedule read, and address too, followed
by stn ID theme, signature at exact 03.56:24 UT.
7505.001 nearly exact frequency to mention these days ... not to mention the
fq oddity of WRNO in previous decades ... ladies chorus sung at
03.59 UT on April 2nd. S=9+10dB read out on screen in BC-CAN.
6120even AUT ORS Moosbrunn on relay of AWR US ministry program in muslim
Turkish service on GOOD FRIDAY holiday at 04.03 UT.
Requested at 04.00-04.28 UT S=9 - backlobe rest signal - from
Austria central Europe via North Sea - Greenland path towards
Masset BC.
6165even CUB RHC new 49 mb outlet (back from 9700 kHz in B-20 season)
from Bauta site broadcast center.
But still missed that fq data entry in AOKI list
from Nagoya DX Circle Japan database,
i.e. 'userlist1' control file of Perseus April 2nd at 01.00 UT
revision hour today.
6184.973 MEX Mexican marimba music this morning at 04.08 UT S=7 in BC-CAN,
of XEPPM Radio Educacion Mexico D.F.
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 2)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Zichi" Sent: Friday, April 02, 2021 5:37 AM


Subject: [WOR] Logs from Michigan


I'll include my logs with photos/audio that are about to be in the MARE
TipSheet.
As always, MI denotes logs from Williamston in South Central Lower
Michigan
Those denoted MI2 are from Port Hope in the Thumb of Michigan
SWBC:
Unknownia:
9700/AM ???? A pirate of some sort? Someone testing? NO
clue what this is but I'll include a minute or so of
audio to give you a 'flavor' of the thing. In essence
it was a "Radio Drama" of some sort with lots of sound
effects music and 'atmosphere'. Maybe the audio of
a movie? The plot was of battle/conflict of some sort
mentioning London, heavy on sound effects and not
really as expository as most radio scripts which
makes me think it might have been a movie soundtrack.
Anyone recognize this? A Sci-Fi movie maybe?
I have no idea what this was, but the production
quality and voice acting was quite good, rather
unlike most pirate things, and it clearly was not
either RHC (the modulation was too good!) or
RNZ, but that direction may make some sense given
the way the signal propagated. Does anyone have an
idea about this one? (brief audio attached)
Very weak at first, but fading up to 344 0713-0738*
-- carrier dropped about 30 seconds after the audio
stopped 26/Mar RSP1 +SDRuno +ANC-4 +randomwire --Zichi MI
inspiration running low: <insert your own witty saying here>
Ken Zichi

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JRX Current Logs: April 1, 2021  View Printable Version 
Thursday, April 01 2021

Logs
JRX Current Logs: April 1, 2021Receiver (s): Sony ICF-ICF-SW100Antenna (s): Sony AN-71All times and dates in UTC-GMT

CHINA** 7295. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1901-1913, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in English. Woman and man announcers talk news; 1805 Woman talks, says ID. Good reception.
** 7350. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1913-1930, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in French. Woman and man voices with music background; 1915 A song; 1917 Begins a chinese lesson, presented by woman and man announcers; 1924 A song; 1929 ID. Good reception.

FRANCE** 13740. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1846-1859, Radio France Internationale, Issoudun-F, in French. Man and woman announcers talk news; 1849 ID and news continues; 1854 A song; Announcers present a summary news. Excellent reception.

GREAT BRITAIN** 13590. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1743-1753, Voice of America, Woofferton-G, in English. Man announcer talks; A conversation with a man. Fair reception.
** 13660. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1816-1826, BBC, Woofferton-G, in English. Woman and man announcer talk news during this log. Fair to good reception.

MADAGASCAR** 13670. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1826-1836, African Pathways radiotheater, Mahajanga-MDG, in English. A song; Man talks, preaching; 1831 Man says ID and website. Very good reception.

MALI** 13685. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1836-1846, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Arabic. Man talks news, presumably, says "Corona" and repeats; 1845 Man talks with music background. Very good reception.
** 15125. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1731-1742, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Swahili. Man announcer in conversation with a woman; 1741 Woman says ID. Very good reception.
Parallel log on 13645bko, very good reception.

PHILIPPINES** 9960. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1805-1815, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Filipino. Man and woman talk; ID; 1808 A short song and announcers talk. Very good.
Parallel logs on 12120phl, fair reception; 15190phl, fair reception.

USA** 13605. Thu, Apr 1, 2021. 1754-1805, Radio Martí, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. Man announcer makes a interview with a woman about historic facts of the catolicism in Cuba and Latinamerica; 1759 A song jingle-ID of Radio Martí; 1800 Man says ID with IS sound background; News by man announcer. Very good reception.


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Glenn Hauser logs March 31-April 1, 2021  View Printable Version 
Thursday, April 01 2021

Logs
** BOLIVIA. 3310, April 1 at 0040, S7-S9 carrier but can`t make out
much mod, also with QRM from the 3308-USB MARS net. Since I logged R.
Mosoj Chaski direct last night, I proceed to S American SDRs to hear
it better? tonight: JBA carrier at Bonaire; at 0125 it`s JBA at
Vilhena, Brasil, better at Brasilia #2, and slightly better2 at
Pardinho tho further away. All are storm-noisy. Mostly YL talking in
Quechua, then some music mixed in by 0152. 0159 maybe a Spanish ID; at
least I copy ``3,310 kHz`` which may be bilingual. Then there`s that
200+ Hz tone! again from 0200.5 but off* before 0207. Next time: I`ll
listen to the live stream but which probably lax the postlude (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO [and non]. 700 kHz, April 1 at 0501 UT, WLW goes off for
maintenance, tnx to tip from MARE. It made a false stop at 0500, came
back on to include ID but nothing said about going off nor for how
long. This uncovers two weak Spanish signals at almost the same SW/NE
DF, inseparable. Main one has to be XEGD, Hidalgo del Parral,
Chihuahua: one music, one talk then both music, making SAH of
152/minute = 2.53 Hz. Mwoffsets is no help, no Mexican entries on
700.

At 0516, ``La Poderosa / 700 AM y 90.3 FM`` or vice versa at 0528,
which nails it as XEGD, per IRCA Mexican Log, but music is
predominantly romántica, not GRU/AC. At 0520, clear Poderosa MST TC as
``10:19``. Of course, its power is nothing to crow/brand about except
as a Big Lie, 5/1 kW.

The only further Mexicans per IRCA Log are in Jalisco and Michoacán,
but considerably CCW from HdP bearing. With these nulled, I hear
nothing from the few other USA/Canadians at night on 700, in AB. AK,
CA, OR, TX, UT, WA, which are low-powered and/or too far and/or aiming
away from here.

At 0555, WLW still off and something Spanish mentions ``101``, likely
an FM frequency but no known matches to 700 stations. At 0600 choral
Mexican NA, and suspect XEGD or something goes off, as the weak mix
after that is different. IRCA Log shows 0500* for it.

The two Texans, DFW and Houston to the SSE were not showing earlier
with their unfavorable patterns; by 0630 there is gospel music in
English roughly NNW/SSE but not the format of either TX. That could be
CJLI Calgary, 50/20 kW, or even KGRV Oregon, 23/0.47 kW. Has KDAZ
Albuquerque moved from 730 to 700 yet? I QRT at 0640*, causing me to
sleep far too late past 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, March 31 at 2200, no signal from VOT English; and no
RTTY either; tsk2. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 7275, April 1 at 0343, ME music at S9/+10. This is the
resumed A-21 frequency for VOT English to N America at 0300, INTRUDING
into our ham band. // 6165 eastward would be blocked by Cuba. Was
there no place for TRT above 7300? Note that 7275 is weaker even than
VOA via Vatican thataway on 7260 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 7260, April 1 at 0341, S9+10/20 strong but lo-fi talk,
mentions Somalia --- as it is VOA Somali via VATICAN, violating
Separation of Church and State, as sked 0330-0400 only. At this time
7260 also bears Vanuatu, East Turkistan, Mongolia per Aoki/NDXC.
American hams cannot be too happy about this intrusion by their own
VOA, ignoring the fact that SMG is notorious for sending bigsigs the
wrong way (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring: Richard Lemke, Alberta,
rounds up his confirmations, including Wed 1030 on 5850:

Program heard: World of Radio #2079, Date heard in UT: March 26, 29,
31 UT 2021. Monitoring, checking signal using SINPO code,

5850 kHz, QSB fading, 5850 kHz, 0132, 0145, 0150 (55444), (55443),
0159, 5850 kHz, March 26 UTC 2021 [Fri]

7730 kHz, static, QSB fading, QRN, 7730 kHz, 0059 (45333), (45433),
QRN, 0059, 7730 kHz, March 29 UT 2021 [Mon]

5800 kHz, 0248, 0250 (55433), 0257, 5800 kHz, March 29 UT [Mon]

5850 kHz, 1045 (554), 1044 half way mark, 1045, 5850 kHz, March 31 UT
2021 [Wed]

9955 kHz, S5 signal, QSB fading, 2214, words “This is, 9955 kHz,
finally heard ID at 2229, “2079” 2229, 9955 kHz, March 31 UTC 2021
[Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB, Canada)``

Confirmed here Wednesday March 31 at 2100 on WRMI 7780, JBA theme
direct; and starting ~20 seconds later on WBCQ 7490-, slightly better
direct, VP.

Also confirmed Wed Mar 31 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+25/30 over Cuban
pulse jamming, which is now running this early.

Also confirmed UT Thursday April 1 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S5-S7 into
Brasil SDRs but stormy.

Next WOR 2080 should be ready by early UT Fri April 2 for first
broadcasts at 0130 on WRMI 5850 & 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 6159.93, April 1 at 0050, WBCQ Area 61 Old Time
Radio with `Amos `n` Andy` recreation by Ed Tilton, S9+10 but with ACI
splash from S9+30 6165 RHC English, which unexpectedly resumed here
ex-9700, from about 0000, messing up the second hour of A61 and
anything later, even when tuned in LSB. Now I am not so eager to get
WOR back on at 0300 UT Mondays: bad choice between CubaRM or daytime
absorption. RHC could easily have resumed 6145 instead of 6165.

And at least before 0100, nothing on 6155, 6150 or 6145, where WBCQ
could shift if not RHC. But QSY is not so easy at WBCQ, by regulatory
approval, or by grinding new crystals. A further look at HFCC for
openings: nothing on 6155 until VOA at 0330, discounting wooden
Bulgaria until 0300. 6150 totally open our evenings. 6145 only maybe
China, and alternate for The Mighty KBC UT Sundays only, surely not to
be used before next winter, if ever. Aoki/NDXC sked has nothing
significant to add (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VENEZUELA. 6205, April 1 at 0013 tune-in via Bonaire SDR,
immediately hear ROCV Morse code ID, and spoken ID in Spanish with
numbers, phone? followed by --- Polish! Why not? S7-S8; had been AWOL
last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1729 UT April 1
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JRX Current Logs: March 30 & 31, 2021  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, March 31 2021

Logs
JRX Current Logs: March 30 & 31, 2021Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s): Degen 31MS Active LoopAll times and dates in UTC-GMT

BRAZIL** 11780. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1134-1147, Radio Nacional, Brasília-DF, in Portuguese. Woman and man announcers present news in "Reporter Nacional"; Weather by region. Good reception.

CHINA** 11750. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1107-1120, China Radio International, Beijing-CHN, in Chinese. Man and woman announcers talk, with music background, during this log. Fair reception.
** 11775. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1841-1851, China Radio International, Kashgar-CHN, in German. Woman and a man announcers talk; A song. Very good reception. 
** 11840. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1148-1200, CNR1, xx-CHN, in Chinese. Man announcer in conversation with a chinese man; 1155 Man talks, with music background; 1156 Woman talks. Very good reception.
Note: This transmission totally blocking RTI this time !
** 15390. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 0150-0200, CNR13, Lingshi-CHN, in Uyghur. Man and woman announcers talk news, presumably, and a brief music space, alternatively, between them; ID. Good reception.
** 15435. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 0203-0213, China Radio International, Xian-CHN, in Pashto. Woman and man announcers talk news, presumably. Very good reception.
** 15540. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 0214-0220, CNR2-China Business Radio, Lingshi-CHN, in Chinese. Man and woman talk; 0217 A music; 0218 Man announcer talks. Good reception.
** 15590. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1352-1405, China Radio International, Urumqi-CHN, in English. Man and woman announcers present a chinese lesson; 1400 Woman and man announcers present news.

CLANDESTINE** 15340. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 1737-1753, Dimtse Wegatha Tigray, Issoudun-F, in English. Man announcer talks, to seems be a speech, presumably; 1749 A song. Fair reception.

CUBA** 11760. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1121-1133, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Spanish. Man and woman announcers talk news; 1130 IS-ID and return announcers communication. Fair reception.
** 15230. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 0140-0149, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivicán-CUB, in Spanish. Men talk news; A interview with a man authority about cuban tourism, conducted by woman and man announcers. Fair to good reception.

FRANCE** 11945. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 1756-1806, NHK World Japan, Issoudun-F, in Japanese. Man and woman talk; 1800 Time pips, a brief music and man announcer talks. Fair reception with a slight interference by REE on 11940nob, beginning at 1758UT.
** 15215. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1830-1840, Deutsche Welle, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Man talks news; 1831 A song; A conversation with a man; ID-jingle; Repeats ID. Very good reception.

GERMANY** 15730. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1407-1417, Voice of America, Biblis-D, in Tibetan. Woman and man announcers talk during this log. Poor reception.

GREAT BRITAIN** 9820. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 1807-1824, KBS World Radio, Woofferton-G, in Russian. Man and woman announcers talking; 1820 A song. Fair to good reception.

MALI** 17630. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1429-1445, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in English. Woman and man announcers in conversation; 1430 ID; Programming announcements and next, conversation continues. Very good to excellent reception.

PHILIPPINES** 15190. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1851-1905, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL, in Filipino. A interview with the President of The Philippines, including the theme "Coronavirus"; Journalists make a questions: Mr President... Very good reception.

SPAIN** 17855. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1801-1815, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Man and woman talk news in "24 Horas" program. Very good to excellent reception.
Parallel logs on 11940nob, excellent; 15520nob, very good; 11670nob, out.

SRI LANKA** 11750. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 1724-1736, SLBC-City FM, Trincomalee-CLN, in Sinhalese. Songs; Man and woman communication; 1729 A song by female singer; 1734 Woman and man talk. Good reception.

UAE** 17745. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1446-1456, BBC, Al-Dhabbiya-UAE, in Somali. Woman talks; 1446 Woman in conversation with a man; 1451 A somali song; Man and woman communication. Fair reception.

USA** 5000. Wed, Mar 31, 2021. 0230-0240, WWV Colorado, Fort Collins-CO, in English. Time Signal Station: man announcer says UTC time each a minute, with a mix of bips each a second. Fair reception.
** 15770. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1418-1428, WRMI-Supreme Master TV Audio, Okeechobee-FL, in English. Woman and man talk; 1420 Man and woman talk, preaching, alternatively between them. Fair to poor reception.
** 17530. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1816-1829, Voice of America, Greenville-NC, in English. Men announcers talk news and a woman announcer participation, too; 1829 ID. Good reception.
** 17655. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1727-1746, Voice of America, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese. Sport News by João Santa Rita; 1730 Mr Alvaro Andrade says about ID and social media for VOA; 1732 Returns J.S. Rita with VOA news, with a news reporters participation. Very good reception.
** 17700. Tue, Mar 30, 2021. 1747-1800, World´s Last Chance Radio, Woofferton-G, in English. Man talks; 1752 Music; 1758 Woman says ID and website; Music; 1800 ID and address to USA. Good reception with fading.


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Glenn Hauser logs March 31, 2021  View Printable Version 
Wednesday, March 31 2021

Logs
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98-RCUSB, March 31 at 1534 tune-in via Brasília
SDR, another Wednesday, another LRA36, only S1-S3 with music, 1537
announcement, stops at 1538, off? No, just a pause, more rap music
which we hardly need from Base Esperanza, stops at 1551* and still off
by 1555 without despedida or any talk. It seems they always chop
themselves off at widely variable times: an hour later last week. Or
do they just run until transmitter craps out by itself? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** BOLIVIA. 3310, March 31 at 0155, Andean music, only broadcast
signal on 90m besides WWCR and CHU. It`s Radio Mosoj Chaski. First I
make sure the audio match neither KGWA nor KCRC, my two locals which
for many years ganged up to block 3310 (2 x 960 + 1390), both of which
are talkers, but with occasional musical bridges. That mixing product
fortuitously cleared up several years ago AFAIK, but I`m always
apprehensive about it.

This rates S7-S9, my best chance at Mosoj in a long time. No doubt I
could hear it better via a remote, but I`ve long wanted to log this
direct. Maybe I`ll check that another night to compare behaviour. The
music at tune-in is vocal; at 0158 there is an announcement I cannot
recognize as Spanish, so likely Quechua; 0159 another song; 0200
announcement with music mix.

At 0201 all that stops, replaced by a big hum/whine. Compared on my
keyboard, pitch is about G# or Ab below Cmiddle, i.e. 208 Hz or so. I
figure it`s signed off and quit feeding the STL, while the SW
transmitter remains on relaying the noise filling the STL
transmission. This continues without a break until transmitter off
finally at 0210.5*

Among others, Manuel Méndez in Spain often reports RMCh, as does
Robert Wilkner in Florida, predominantly in the hour or two before
0200. One recent log by Bob ended at 0211 but not as a sign-off, nor
any mention of the tone. MM just heard it last night: ``BOLIVIA, 3310,
Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cotapachi, 0118-0131, 30-03, Bolivian songs,
Quechua, comments. 25322.``

Our obs contradict WRTH 2021 with sked as 09-13 & 21-01; 10 kW from
Cochabamba, not Cotapachi/Cotapaxi, with website mosochaski.org which
is wrong, the j is required: https://www.mosojchaski.org/en/ According
to that, live broadcasts are at 5:00-8:30 am and 5:30-9:30 pm, which
at UT -4 yearound means 0900-1230 & 2130-0130. Must vary.

``Mosoj Chaski was founded in 1999 as a short-wave Christian radio
station to reach the Quechua people who are scattered across Bolivia.
Mosoj Chaski, which in Quechua means ¨The New Messenger¨, was started
by missionaries from SIM, New Tribes Mission and Pioneers
International, along with like-minded Bolivian nationals.``

SIM originally meant Sudan Interior Mission, the founders of ELWA
Liberia. ``Sudan`` once had a connotation well into west Africa beyond
present-day Sudan. Mali was previously colonized as French Sudan, then
part of French West Africa, AOF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 11745, March 31 at 1830, Firedragon jammer S7-S9 with deep
fading, against nothing, but RFA in Chinese via Kuwait is scheduled
this hour only. No sign of Sa`udi AFRS `Al-Azm` either, but even
without the jammer this would be a mess in target. Still past 1846.
Meanwhile I check the 11.0 and 13.0 MHz areas but still no sign of any
ChiCom jammers, CNR1 or FD (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6000, March 31 at 0058, RHC English has just popped
on, now // 6165 which has already been running an hour. A minute or
two earlier checking 6000, only had some very weak Qur`aning, as Iran
in Tajik is scheduled 0050-0220. Via TWR Bonaire SDR, which is not
responsible for Islamic or Commic content it forward (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** IRAN. 9835, March 31 at *1920:45, VIRI English chops on with
program in progress, discussion of Jeffery Epstein and sex
trafficking. Then I check // 9855 and find it much stronger S8 into
UTwente SDR. 1923 ID as ``Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran
broadcasting``, schedule as ``1920-2020 UT on 6040, 11880`` --- which
are the defunct B-20 channels: what do they know? Music fill depriving
us of standard opening in other languages, anthem and Qur`an! 1929 a
different ID, ``IRIB English Radio, coming up, the news``.

1930 three upward chimes, theme, and news headlines starting with
Hezbollah in Lebanon calling on Sa`udi Arabia to stop the war against
Yemen. 1934 changes to commentary about the Iran Nuclear Deal and how
Biden is not getting anywhere --- complete with music stinger SFX.

May I point out that the very name of the country and thus the station
is a Big Lie? Islamic and Republic are mutually exclusive, i.e. of
god, and of the people --- can`t be both, and we know who`s really in
charge, minority people who say they represent a god (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530 & 11540, March 31 at 1456, poor signals on
both, which implies as nothing else listed, one is Dengê Welat via
France, and the other is the Turkish jammer, named in Aoki as ``TRT
Radio Recep Erdoğan``, but certainly not what it call itself; i.e.
missing its target, which shifts back and forth between 11530 & 11540,
also when via Pridnestrovye.

BTW the curve over the g means it`s pronounced as h: ``The correct
pronunciation of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkish can be phonetically
transcribed as Reh-jep Tah-yeep Err-doh-han, as heard in the audio
file. The most important element in pronouncing Erdoğan correctly is
to remember that letter "ğ" must be pronounced as "h"``:
https://www.pronounceitright.com/pronunciation/recep-tayyip-erdogan-4782
No, it`s like w, per this; o my, which are we to believe?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJEJItHXmJU
Reason enough for his term to be -inated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN [and non]. 17855, March 31 at 1825 & 1913 chex, still zero
signal from REE to N America, direct or via Virginia, UTwente SDRs.
Here, 15520 and 11940 are JBA; further east 11940 is in silly ballgame
anyway. Only signal here on 16m is 17530 VOA Grimesland, JBA in very
poor propagation. Also checked ex-9690, not there either (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [non]. 9410, March 31 at 1500, last few notes of Yankee
Doodle Dandy, i.e. VOA signing off but S8-S9 carrier stays on a while.
It`s Korean via Tinang, PHILIPPINES scheduled 1400-1500 only, further
aimed USward.

Remember when 9410 was an exclusive BBCWS/GOS English OOB frequency,
only from domestic site? Still also used by BBC but only relays, in
various languages, and not continuously, e.g. before this VOA hour in
Bengali via Sri Lanka; after it, English via Oman. Other sites per
Aoki employed sometime during the 24 are UAE, Vatican, São Tomé,
Singapore, Ascension; in: Pashto, Dari, Arabic, Hausa. Taiwan and
China also squeeze in, seemingly well-coördinated time segments (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2079 monitoring, next:
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier survey, March 31 from
0141: not every single 9-kHz carrier this time, but of note: no 531
Algeria or 621 Canary which used to be staples, yet 612 Morocco? and
891-Algeria. We expect them all to be 24 hours, but maybe not. Also
noted are 1215, two on 1305. And one on 1431 which is surely the 600
kW VOA Djibouti on the east coast of Africa, as otherwise there are
only a few very low power in Europe, max 5 kW in Italy. Around 0530,
531 and 621 can now be detected (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2004 UT March 31
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