JRX Logs March 19, 2025
Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000
Antenna: Longwire 10m
All times Universal Time

ALGERIA

** 13855. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 1917-1936, Ifrikya FM, Ouargla-ALG, in French. Music; 1920 Woman announcer in conversation w/ external news reporter: He says about viral disease in Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope´s health and more themes. Good signal, moderate fading and poor modulation: 45422.

CHINA

** 9745. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 1957-2008, China Radio International, Kashi/Kashgar-CHN, Esperanto Svce. Woman announcer talking; Music; 2000 Woman talking w/ slight piano bg. Good reception: 45544.

** 13780. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 0210-0220, China Radio International, Kunming-Anning-CHN, in Nepali. A musical space; 0215 Starts program w/ "Chinese Lesson", presented by woman/man announcers. Good reception: 45544.

** 15390. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 0237-0247, China National Radio 13, Lingshi-CHN, Uyghur Svce. Woman announcer talking w/ music background and a brazilian song "Garota de Ipanema" in progress; 0240 She says ID and more communication w/ a piano music bg; 0247 A spanish flamenco melody; ID. Good reception: 45544.

GERMANY

** 11700. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 2021-2029, Adventist World Radio, Nauen-D, in Yoruba. Woman announcer talking, preaching; 2026 Brief music pause and returns woman communication; 2027 A piece of the AWR hymn and other music; 2029 She says ID; IS. Ending yoruba edition. Fair reception: 3-45433.

INDIA

** 11710. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 1937-1955, Akashvani-All India Radio, Bengaluru-Doddaballapur-IND, in French. Man announcer presents "Le Journal": All news in french; 1943 Woman talking, says about Le Journal and also says ID: She says ALL INDIA RADIO, and next, a musical program; 1950 Man says ID and talking Indian national news. Fair reception: 45533 or S9+15-20.

SPAIN

** 17715. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 1903-1915, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, Spanish Svce. "24 Horas", global news, national news including time condition in Spain by man/woman announcers; Interview; Sport news too. Good reception: 45544.

Note: Four frequencies on-air this time!

TAIWAN

** 17790. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 0221-0230, Radio NUG, Paochung-TWN, Burmese Svce. Man talking news, presumably; 0225 Woman talking news, too; Music; 0229 Woman talking; Ending program. Poor reception: 35322.

UNITED STATES

Radio Vaticana in Portuguese & Spanish on 7305kHz, relay USAGM Greenville ? Programming in progress.

** 7305. Wed, March 19, 2025. 0100-0120, Radio Vaticana, Greenville-NC (?), in Portuguese. Man announcer presents "Vatican News"; 0115 He says about "Lent Preaching"; 0116 Woman with news participation; A comments about Syria vs Israel crisis and more themes. Good reception this night: 45554.

** 7305. Wed, March 19, 2025. 0129-0140, Radio Vaticana, Greenville-NC, in Spanish. IS; ID; Woman announcer presents news of Catholic Church and the Pope. Poor reception: 25422. Low power.

VATICAN STATE

** 11870. Wed, Mar 19, 2025. 2009-2019, Radio Vaticana, SMdiGaleria-CVA, Africa Service in English. Man/woman announcers present news, w/ reporters collaborators. Good reception: 45554.

Parallel log on 9705smg, 45544.

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Some logs noted remotedly on Wednesday March 19 at Edmonton-AB-CAN Perseus
SDR installation, later on Doha Qatar ME installation. Cross checked with
some ham radio amateurish KIWInet installations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

strongest 11934.892kHz signal of Yemen Excile target radio via ARS facili-
ty showed on trace via local Jeddah KIWI unit via URL

<http://jeddahtestsdr.ddns.net:8073/>

and compared to KIWI sets at Riyadh location too

<http://21472.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/>

and two KIWI-Net units at Kuwait Middle East too
<http://kw9k2ra-4.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073>

<http://kw9k2ra-2.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073>

7249.857 kHz measured R Kuwait from Kabd location, Persian language sce
scheduled 08-10 UT daily. At 08.24 UT on March 19.
Still the ONLY SHORTWAVE outlet of R Kuwait Kabd. Signals like
S=9+30dB or -47dBm on Kiwi#4, and
S=9+15dB or -58dBm on Kiwi#2 unit.
S=9+10dB or -62dBm in Doha Qatar ME Perseus unit remotedly.

11509.997 ARM 'R Denge Gel' via Yerevan Gavar bcast center site,
S=9 signal in Doha Qatar ME at 07.50 UT. Kurdish folk music
played. Little stronger than neighbour channel signal on
11515.003 TUR TRT Erdogan security forces anti-Kurdish national radio
jamming of Osmanic trumpet/flute music program from Emirler at
07.55 UT; audio against 'Radio Denge Gel' from likely Gavar
Armenia now. S=8-9 signal.

Despite Ludo Maes of BRB Broadcast Belgium
<ludo.maes -at- broadcast.be> again requested relay time for
'Radio Denge Gel' via Grigoriopol Maiac in Moldova on Ukrainian
border in A-25 season database, after HFCC.org conference in UAE
held in Febr 2025. TRT jamming from Emirler was moved 5 kHz down
to
11510.010 kHz on co-channel mixture at 08.31 UT, same signal power level,
like both Gavar and Emirler outlets.

11710.021 TUR TRT Ankara via Emirler bcast center, IDs and Time Pips
Signal started at exact 08.00 UT like TRT Azeri service ID,
S=9+15dB strength. Holy Qaran during Ramadan holiday at 08.02 UT

11780.012 IRN V o IRIB from Sirjan, very low modulation but strong S=9+25
signal, Dari service to AFG/PAK at 08.07 UT.

11934.892 signal of Yemen Excile target radio via ARS facility at 08.09 UT
Likely via Jeddah bcast center,a lot of 120 Hertz apart distance
audio strings noted visible between 11931 and 11940 kHz.
Need more monitoring checks REMOTEDLY via various KIWI_net SDRs during
different time of the 24hrs day via

<http://jeddahtestsdr.ddns.net:8073/>

and compared to KIWI sets at Riyadh location too

<http://21472.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/>

and two KIWI-Net units at Kuwait Middle East too
<http://kw9k2ra-4.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073>

<http://kw9k2ra-2.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073>

Some logs noted remotedly on Wednesday March 19 at Edmonton-AB-CAN Perseus
SDR installation

5024.992 CUB Radio Rebelde Spanish music radio played with like low power
of 1 to 5 kW only and low modulation too. MX at 06.54UT March 19.
6010.052 BRA tentativelly R Inconfidencia, low signal S=4 only at 07.01UT
6049.994 EQA Surprised, surprised - cross checked Spanish signal on
TWR Bonaire KIWI_net signal, also at Brasilia and Sao Paulo KIWIs
It was 100% extended time schedule ?, Voz_Andes Media Quito from
Pico Pichincha txion site. S=7 in Edmonton-AB-CAN, at 07.08 UT
S=8 -72dBm on Kiwi_set at Bonaire Antilles at TWR location.
Schedule published is 21-05 UT and 09.20-14 UT.
6149.962 BRA R Saturno from Belo Horizonte in BrasPort language, poor and
tiny S=4 signal noted in in Alberta Canada North AM. 07.13 UT.
6185 kHz MEXico not on air today.

7260even VUT Excellent strong radio signal reached Alberta CAN Perseus
installation at 07.20 UT. R Vanuatu station ID heard at S=8 level
Nice 12 kHz wideband audio block seen on Perseus screen. Nice
technical aid/help of the NZ technicians to keep Radio Vanuatu on
regular Pacific wide shortwave service.
7380even JP KDDI national telecommunication provider at Koga-Ibaragi-
Yamata Japan site, NHK R Japan in Japanese, S=9 in Alberta-CAN at
07.25 UT, but powerhouse S=9+35dB in Hiroshima Akitakat JP,
scheduled 06.55-09.00 UT.
7433.894 kHz (registered 7433.5 kHz ) UTE Digital signal like
KOR HLL5 call, Meteo formerly Fax service from Seoul, strong
signal block even in Alberta on S=9+10dB signal level.

9665.047 BRA Radio Voz Missionaria, fluttery fair S=6 signal at 07.41 UT
today on March 19.

[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 19)
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** CHINA. 9610.002, March 18 at 2241, S9/+15 into UTwente, unknown
language announcement but not Italian, then rock song in English; more
anmts and pop music in other languages. Checking for possible
extraneous Italian from Turkey, overrunning English -2225* so not that
today. Must be Mongolian from CNR8, 100 kW, 286 degrees from Beijing
site, so not too unfavorable toward Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 5960.000, March 18 at *2315, PBS Xinjiang RTV, cuts
on JIP amid programming, S9+5/15 into UTwente. Nominal start is *2310
and after that provides Chinese Communist Chinese language co-channel
interference = CCCCCCI or 6CI to Turkey, but which is AWOL today; from
Urumqi, land of imperialist ChiCom genocide against Uighurs and other
Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Monday March 17 at 2300, token English from SNR,
S9+10/25 into Maryland SDR; also 12030 S7/S9, 17715 S7/S9, 17755 JBA;
preview topic interview with author of a book about women (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.004-, March 17 at 2255, VOT IS, S9+30/40
into UTwente. No time to listen, but 2340 check, TRTVOTVorld.com
promo, music. Considerable hum. 2346 ``always-by-your-side`` promo.
2350 ``a-b-y-s`` again! 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2353 s/off.
2354 IS for a bit and off* uncovering Chinese music; 2359 their own
neat IS, TS, 2400 NA, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Monday
March 17 at 2056 the 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003-, S9+10/15
into UTwente.

Also confirmed UT Tuesday March 18 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into
Maryland SDR.

Barely missed checking Tuesday March 18 at 1300 on WRMI 9955; anyone
hear it?

Confirmed Tuesday March 18 at 1415 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, JBA
direct.

Confirmed Tuesday March 18 at 2104 the 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
VP S6/S7 into UTwente across Europe. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.

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** U S A. 730, March 18 around 0630 UT, mixture none dominant, unlike
last night with `The Other Side of Midnight` - Greg Hardison replies:
``Glenn: — "The Other Side Of Midnight" matches up on the KQPN
webstream. I'd go with your own guess, as to the 730 unID. — the other
G H`` i.e. West Memphis AR, 1 kW minor lobe to west; day pattern is
NW/SE. An instance of `breaking main format`, sports, diversely to
fill overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1030 kHz, March 18 at 0645-0706+ UT, praise music in
Spanish again tonight. I stay with it hoping for any announcement,
even ToH ID, but none heard unless I dozed off. As on March 15, more
likely KCWJ MO than KCTA TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2321 UT March 18
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** CUBA [and non]. 6030, 7355, 7435, March 17 at 0447, weak pulse
jamming against nothing, tsk2, as Martí & Greenville have been turned
off by *rump. I bet they`re celebrating in Habana. I bet they take
plenty of time to turn off the jammers. Now`s your chance, CFVP! But
who knows, USAGM might get resurrected if enough oppo to *rump (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 660 kHz, UT Monday March 17 at 0431 ``Nuevo León en La Hora
Nacional``, so it`s the regional/stateish cutaway from the
``national`` hour, ergo on this frequency it`s XEFZ Monterrey. Quick
check of some other NLs, sounds similar but can`t make //, XEG 1050,
XEMR 1140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, March 17 before 0500 UT, strong talk station, 0503
``5 states, KGYN`` so Guymon is again failing to aim away from us,
take that!, WPHT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 9510, March 17 at 0453, S9+30/40 of folk music, from RRI
English for western N America.

Tentative A25 schedule from March 30; Wolfgang Bueschel excerpted from
HFCC and gh picked out English only; all shifting one UT hour earlier
due to irrelevant DST in Europe, so this will be at 0300 on 9740,
11620:

A-25 season shortwave requests of RRI Bucharest SW center
transmissions, in AM and DRM digital mode, 300 kW.
With CIRAF target zone, kW, azimuth, [no] slew, antenna type.

GAL = Galbeni site,  TIG = Tsiganeshti site.

9550 0000 0100 8        TIG 300 307  0 288
9740 0300 0400 6        GAL 300 320  0 286
9740 2030 2100 27N      GAL 300 300  0 206
9740 2200 2300 27N      GAL 300 300  0 206
9750 0530 0600 27N      TIG 300 307  0 288

11620 0000 0100 8        TIG 300 307  0 288
11620 0300 0400 6        TIG 300 337  0 288
11650 2200 2300 45N      TIG 300 52   0 288
11800 2200 2300 27N      GAL 300 300  0 206
11960 0530 0600 27N      GAL 300 300  0 206
11975 2030 2100 27N      GAL 300 300  0 206

13750 1700 1800 27N      TIG  90 307  0 288  DRM
15130 1100 1200 27N      GAL 300 290  0 286
15170 2200 2300 45N      TIG 300 52   0 288
15180 1700 1800 27N      TIG 300 307  0 288
15330 0300 0400 41       TIG  90 112  0 288  DRM
17580 2030 2100 8        TIG 300 307  0 288
17630 1100 1200 27N      GAL 300 290  0 286
17760 0530 0600 55,58,59 GAL 300 100  0 286
17790 0300 0400 41       GAL 300 110  0 286
21470 1100 1200 48W      TIG 300 172  0 288
21480 2030 2100 8        TIG 300 307  0 288
21510 1100 1200 48W      TIG 300 172  0 288
21550 0530 0600 55,58,59 TIG  90 97   0 288  DRM
(A-25 hfcc.org database)(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9610.006-, Sunday March 16 at 2149, VOT English is not off
the air, S9+20/30 into UTwente but with considerably more than usual
CNR Mongolian CCI, ending feature on Turkish foreign policy,
multi-lingual ID filler reel; 2152 music. 2156 ``with-you-every-hour``
promo, music. I`m listening now for `Letterbox` in case the 2300+
repeat be missing. Or rather I`m recording to listen a bit later, so
the times are approx. I never hear the `L`box` theme, but at 2200, YL
hostess gives her name but can`t understand it, talks about ``spring
has sprung``, something about Turkish folklore, natural enemas(?), but
it`s not the Folklore segment per se, as 2203 starts answering
correspondence, from 1) Mr. Max[?] in the UK, who is glad TRT is
keeping SW. 2) -- Danielson, Sweden, 67-year-old, wants QSL for 13635
& 6050. I think she says ``we also issue eQSLs`` which would be a new
policy, but will send hardcopy since he sent r.p. 2206 song break from
1974y. 3) 35-year-old from Canada; hostess is 43. 4) at 2212 André,
Romania. 5) at 2213 Siddartha --- wants to know if International
Women`s Day is celebrated in Turkey, and what is the gender ratio?
43.6 megamales, 43.8 megafemales, or 49.4 and 50% [sic] respectively.
2216 ``shoutout`` to Ricky Hein, South Dakota, who I think she said
was getting 11111 reception on 5960, 6125; maybe will improve at
Marchend with different frequencies. 2217 closing song. 2218 `L`Box`
theme outro, tune-out.

5959.992-, Sunday March 16 at 2303, VOT not off the air now either,
S9+40 into UTwente. Usually offset slightly plus (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 4930, March 17 at 0444, JBA carrier, no doubt VOA
BOTSWANA relay still on air, but others report no new programming, and
site expected to be closed down later this date.

9775, March 17 at 0455, S7/S9 of music with long pause between tunes,
presumably fill music, off by 0459: VOA English BOTSWANA scheduled
0300-0500, still running while HQ in Washington is locked up.

Various other relay sites are affected, MW and SW, disappearing from
air, replacing with other programming, etc., everyone trying to keep
up with this fast-breaking situation, reporting to the WOR iog. Of
course this also threatens innocent bystations using USAGM facilities
such as Radio Thailand, Pilipinas.

Greenville guys were told to shut the power off to the building. That
means no A/C and no heat. In NC the equipment will be ruined in a
month. It`s over for shortwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CUBA
[and non]

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: Also confirmed
Sunday March 16 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.997+, S9 into
UTwente across Europe.

Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 2236 the 2230 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.003-, S9/+10 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 2330 on WRMI 7780, S9+30 into S
Texas SDR; and same time on WRMI 7570, S9+35 into same.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 17 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9+15/35 into
S Texas SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 17 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; 5130-
WBCQ stayed on a bit longer but playing music instead. Next:

2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.

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OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5950, Mon Mar 17 at 0618, WRMI still on with TOMBS, running
a few words behind 5850. 5950 had been normally off at this hour. Xmtr
grid shows until 0400 only, but System E shows weekends only also
0600-1500. Does Monday morning count as ``weekend``? And is there
really a break 0400-0600? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 570, March 17 at 0631 UT, Sioux Falls ad, and plug for
Alaska cruise with WNAXtrips.com, which converts to
https://wnax.com/events/categories/trips/
Quite a sideline for a radio station, travel broker too, like WRMI.
Where`s KLIF, or XEBJB? WNAX Yankton SD barely reaches here on daytime
groundwave when KLIF is a problem (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 730, March 17 at 0634 UT, `The Other Side of Midnight`,
rather than XEX or anything else. I`m running across this show more
and more, but not among the `Shows and their Network Codes` on page
263 of the 2024 NRC AM Log; should be added. Originates at WABC, which
provides huge podcast archive,

https://wabcradio.com/podcast/the-other-side-of-midnight-with-frank-morano/
but I can`t find a mere affiliate list; is there one, anywhere? I
would guess KQPN West Memphis AR, which is talk format per NRC AM Log,
but website is about sports only. Also heard here is KKDA Grand
Prairie TX in The Metroplex, but it`s Korean. TOSOM not to be confused
with a book, movie of same name (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1330, UT Mon Mar 17 at 0438 UT, hymn in English with
chimes is dominating. Unseems my regular nearbie, KNSS Wichita, which
is news/talk with far right extremists such as Hannity scheduled this
hour. Too many other choices of REL/GOS formats with low power, bad
direxionality (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4790, March 17 at 0443, JBA carrier vs CODAR, intriguing
since no broadcasters listed except an hour of ChiCom jamming at 1230
per EiBi; could be ute, but nothing on this exact frequency per
Klingenfuß 2022. Not a third harmonic as 4+7+9 = 20, not a multiple of
3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4950, March 17 at 0445, JBA carrier, much weaker than
4940- Venezuela. Nothing listed in EiBi, Aoki, or Klingenfuß; but
could be 3 x 1650 or 5 x 990 or 9 x 550 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6882, March 17 at 0449, open carrier, pirate? None
reported currently in HFU; years ago, MRI appeared here. Ute? Nothing
on this exact frequency in Klingenfuß 2022 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7505, March 17 at 0451, JBA carrier; nothing but WRNO
listed except 25 minutes of ChiCom jamming at 2335. WRNO sometimes
runs much later than this; maybe Metairie merely excited? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 1902 UT March 17
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** TURKEY. 5960.003+, March 15 at 2259, VOT not off the air today,
unlike yesterday, ending IS, 2300 TS and s/on English -- announcer
sounds out of breath, like he just ran up the stairs, barely getting
into studio in time for live announcement, always awry in Ankara,
oblivious to the several repeats of the 1330 broadcast on 13635. VG
S9+40/50 but low hum and soon CCCCCCI. 2313 `The First Quarter of the
Millenium`` about Kyoto climate change protocol of 2005, but which
*rump withdrew the US from in his first term. 2320 multi-lingual ID
filler reel; 2322 music. 2331 unID feature about the Spanish
reconquista. 2339 TRTVOTVorld.com promo, music. 2340 the axentuated
about an Ottoman project, railway from Jordan, music. 2350
always-by-your-side promo, music. 2355 s/off as if it`s the 1330 on
13635, `thank you for lis---`` and chop off before 2356* even one note
of IS, no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

A-25 TRT EMR time slot sorted
[with CIRAF targets, kW, azimuth, slew, antenna type]
17620 1230 1330 18S,27,28            250 310   0 211
11660 1630 1730 30S,40E,41N          250 95  -10 215
9750 1830 1930 27,28                250 310   0 205
9875 2030 2130 41,49,51,54,55,58-60 300 105   7 219
11785 2200 2300 4,7,8,9,11N,27,28W   300 325   0 219
6165 0300 0400 38E,39,40W           250 150   0 205
7275 0300 0400 6E,7-11,27,28W       300 325   0 219
(A-25 hfcc.org database via Wolfgang Bueschel, gh English excerpted)

** U S A [and non]. VOA situation: Not all the staff at Greenville
[Grimesland] are full-time employees; seven technicians are personal
service contractors (PSC) and are to be put on administrative leave
until further notice, but not locked out, unlike some personnel in
Washington.

Five Government Service Employees remaining are: three supervisors,
the chief engineer and a secretary. One person already accepted a
buy-out. A former manager has returned. It`s unclear if there will be
enough staff to keep running the site 24/7.

Perhaps they will at least keep Radio Martí broadcasting as long as
the program feed remains. It seems there has been a lot of repetition
already in music and talk features to fill the 24-hour schedule.

Already planned: GB-8, a 500 kW AEG transmitter is to be retired, as
no high voltage transformer can be obtained for it. One of the Kuwait
senders, a Continental 417 will be moved in to replace it.

Now in doubt is a major expansion of the Kuwait site, three x 250 kW
Ampegons, to replace São Tomé, and others. Other relay sites? So far
it appears that Tinang, Philippines is still operating (Glenn Hauser,
0451 UT March 16, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Monitoring by gh: 13820, March 16 at 1457, open
carrier S6/S7, 1500 JIP Radio Martí with ID. 11860 was not on at 1457
but is on after 1500. 11930 already running at 1457, S7/9+5, all
Grimesland NC site. Presumably about to be abolished.

Greenville manager Willford Cooper could not find anything out at 1604
UT March 16. The computer network was down and Greenville getting its
Martí programs from satellite. Staff could not put in their time
cards, get the daily activity report of operational memos from DC. So
if they had been told to shut down they would never know.

But by 1654 UT: The order has been passed to Macon Dail, the Chief
Engineer, to shut Greenville down. All employees have been told not to
show up for work.

Alan Furst, Kansas City, reports: ``Martí went off at 16:30 today
3/16.  All transmitters appear to be off in 22 and 25 meters. It
happened abruptly, although I wasn't listening closely to know what
they said at the end. Was a surprise.``

Many USAGM services are missing frequencies, dead air, filling with
music or repeating old programming as the axe is falling; much
monitoring of details in the WOR indian ocean group. The White House
has quoted Dan Robinson`s critique of VOA as one justification. And
Kim Elliott says, ``The zombification of VOA has begun. Listening at
0400 UTC 15 March on 4930 kHz, Botswana relay via an SDR in South
Africa: It was the VOA "Worldwide in Five" newscast from March 9 at
0200 UTC.`` - he probably meant 0400 UT 16 March as this was posted a
few minutes after that.

VOA`s broadcasting of week-olds eclipses Voice of Turkey, where their
olds would be no more than 14.5 hours stale.

At 1900 UT March 16, via UTwente checking all VOA scheduled
frequencies per EiBi:
Tigrigna: 9485 BOT & 12040 CVA dead air; 13765 KWT music
English: 13590 D-L = Germany music
French: 17700 GB OFF
Korean: 7465 & 9800 PHT, 9575 THA all with music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2286 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
March 15 at 1928 about 4 minutes into so start circa 1928 UT on
WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+18 groundwave into nearby SDR.

Saturday March 15 at 2300, still no signal on WTWW, 9475, when WOR
appeared a few times in A-24 season before 9475 became inoperable.
Maybe to return?

UT Sunday March 16 at 0000, new non-time for WOR reconfirmed on WRMI
9955, preacher, instead of UT Sunday 0100, despite still on the
don`t-you-believe-it System B sked for Saturday 8:00 PM EDT.

Confirmed UT Sunday March 16 at 0349 UT on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20
groundwave into nearby SDR but with storm crashes from Alabama area, 5
minutes into so started circa 0344 the 0315v.

Also confirmed Sunday March 16 at 1047 the 1030 on WRMI 9955, S9
direct. (Also, after 0930, WRMI was still *not* on 9455, contrary to
own sked, when WOR is supposedly aired on Saturdays.) Next:

2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2230 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 7570 to NW [and/or 7780];
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
2030 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?];
2100 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
0030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2030 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160.

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program: thanks for a generous contribution from Peter Robinson,
Preston UK, via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com

Or by MO or check on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid
OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. 5950, Sat Mar 15 at 2251 into UTwente, ham radio
news in English, but with modulated pulse QRM once per second,
horrible. Same thing audible without QRM from WRMI into Georgia SDR.
Xmtr grid shows 5950 WRMI-10 does not start until 2300! Contradixion:
System L sked shows 5950 WRMI starts at 2100 including `Viva Miami` at
2245. Something`s always odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15138/15142/15146//15154/15158/15162/15166, March 16 at
1453, WMLK only S9/+10 on fundamental 15150 but manages to produce
unstable spurs at +/- ~4 kHz intervals. Something`s bonkers at Bethel
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2000 UT March 16
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