** CANADA. 15034-USB, April 21 at 1731, CHR Trenton Military ID with
own timecheck almost correct as 1730z, only one minute off instead of
61, which went on for months and months. Maybe fixed a while ago as I
don`t often happen to tune across when this datum emit (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Correxion: I neglected to add: ``Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba``, to: 711, April 20 at 0600, presumed off-frequency Radio
Rebelde is still very much here making big het against legal 710
stations. Someone reported hearing RR audio on 711, but I never have
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Correxion: I forgot to add: ``Something`s always wrong at
RHC``, to: 6060 // 6100 // 6145, April 20 at 0550, all three RHCs are
splattering plus/minus 10 kHz during music, e.g. QRMing 6050 ECUADOR,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, April 21 at 0607, RHC English is suptorted while the
other three, 6060, 6100 and 6145 are well-modulated. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, April 21 at 0600, RNZI timesignal and news,
S8-S9, good to hear them again, not only on the air but also
propagating; the SSOB by far and virtually the OSOB except for a few
JBA carriers. Even 9 MHz band is empty except for domestix WRMI, WEWN
and WBCQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, April 21 at 0604, VON again audible at S9-S6,
weaker than usual. Would expect it to propagate from the tropix even
when signals from Europe be outwiped, but this may be relevant for
missing signals the night before, from https://spaceweather.com via
Mike Terry to the WOR io group:

``The first geomagnetic storm of 2020 (category G1) took forecasters
by surprise on April 20th when a CME hit Earth's magnetic field,
sparking bright auroras over Canada and some northern-tier US states.
The cause of the storm appears to be a faint slow-moving CME (coronal
mass ejection) that left the sun on April 15th. This CME was not
squarely Earth-directed, and forecasters did not think it was likely
to hit our planet. Nevertheless, it apparently did. Solar wind data
suggest that the CME sideswiped Earth with a snowplow-like buildup of
plasma shortly after 0130 UT on April 20th``

Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach near Monterey, California, also
replies April 20: ``Hi Glenn, My last VON reception was briefly noted
in tuning by on April 16, on 7254.94, at 0554, with African religious
song, in English and vernacular, titled "In The Name Of Jesus"(?);
0557, start of their usual musical IS; strong signal. Ron``

And on April 21: ``VON, on 7254.94, checking 0623-0630; heard with
fair-good signal; in vernacular; 0627, brief musical IS and sounded
like COVID-19 PSA. Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020 // 1580, April 21 at 1742 UT, two-thirds of the
Triple-Play sport stations, KOKP Perry and KOKB Blackwell,
respectively, are instead carrying what sound like a live event,
probably from Oklahoma News Network, chief of Otoe-Missouri tribe and
Gov. Stitt about to sign a ``gaming compact`` about sharing earnings
from stupid gamblers between tribe and state, which has been a very
contentious issue in OK, and presumably still so concerning several
other tribes.

A quick tune across the MW band finds *no* other stations carrying
this, not even talk formats in OKC and Tulsa --- after all, that would
pre-empt Rush on some of them! TPS has always had a secondary
non-sports talk format, evidently expanded with nothing to lose (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.055, April 21 at 1732, SBC with Qur`an, VP
S4-S5 and stable frequency. But:

15434.986V, April 21 at 1734, SBC in Arabic other General Service not
so far off-frequency but audibly wobbling as I measure it, slightly
stronger S6-S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830v, April 20 at 2227 check, no signal from VOT English
to N America. I did not try April 19, but Wolfgang Bueschel found it
absent also then: ``9830 kHz 22-23 UT TRT English - NOT ON AIR -
tonight. Not 22, 2205, nor at 2215 UT, only co-channel CNR1 Beijing
Chinese Mandarin sce, here in Western EUR at S=6-7 signal level``.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 245 kHz, April 21 at 0617 UT, ND beacon FS, which is 400
watts from Sioux Falls SD - Rock. Apparently the CV-19 outbreak there
has not yet silenced it. Under spring storm conditions, logging any of
these is difficult (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2030 monitoring: confirmed UT Tue Apr 21 at
0100 on WRMI 7780, fair-good via UTwente SDR, Holland. Next:

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. 7780, UT Tue April 21 at 0138, WRMI playing World Music fill
including own canned ID at 0141: instead of the unID ``pilot program``
of music I had heard on March 24 and April 7. So the pilot burned out?
What was it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, UT Tue April 21 at 0610, S9+10 open carrier, no doubt
WRMI on way late, but why? I had this before, but what day of week in
case it`s regular? As yet unfound that log (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4980, April 21 at 0610, JBA carrier, presumed still the WRMI
exciter-only test; and not even that much from 4990 if Suriname were
active (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2097.3-CW, April 21 at 0613, single-letter beacon A is
audible barely vs storm noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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JRX Logs_ April 2, 5, 9-10, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW
AUSTRIA** 11955. Apr 9, 2020. 1839-1849, Adventist World Radio, Moosbrunn-AUT, in Arabic. Man Pastor preaching; 1842 A brief music and woman talks; 1844 A short song and man talks. Very good reception.
BRAZIL** 4885. Apr 5, 2020. 0222-0232, Radio Clube do Pará, Belém-PA, in Portuguese. Man announcer presents a musical program with variety songs; 0229 ID and music continues. Fair reception.** 11780. Apr 2, 2020. 1928-1945, Radio Nacional da Amazônia, Brasilia-DF, in Portuguese. Woman talks ab the Autism disturbance; 1930 A song; 1934 Mr. Mauricio Rabello (in home office quarentine) in nice conversation, by phone, with a woman presenter of the program "Tarde Nacional"; 1943 Music. Good signal and fair reception because a strong interference by CRI on 11775kHz.
BULGARIA** 11680.Apr 9, 2020. 1820-1830, BBC, Sofia-Kostinbrod-BUL, in French. Female announcer in conversation with a woman;1828 Man and woman voices; ID - BBC Afrique. Fair reception.Parallel log on 11875 relay SM di Galeria, very good reception.
CHINA** 5985. Apr 9, 2020. 1923-1933, China Radio International, Beijing-Matoucun-CHN, in Portuguese. All instrumental chinese songs. Poor reception.Parallel log on 11750 relay Jinhua, very good reception.** 6100. Apr 2, 2020. 1917-1927, China Radio International, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in Russian. Woman announcer talks; 1921 ID by man and woman voices; Man and woman talk. Good reception.Parallel logs on 7245 relay Baoji-Xinjie, fair reception; And 9525 relay Beijing-Matoucun, poor reception.** 11790. Apr 10, 2020. 0040-0050, China Radio International, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in English. Woman and man talking news. Good reception.** 11845. Apr 10, 2020. 0030-0040, CNR2-China Business Radio, Xian-Xianyang-CHN, in Chinese. ID; Man and woman announcers talk, and a music background; 0035 Woman and man voices without interval. Very good reception.
CLANDESTINE** 12050. Apr 9, 2020. 1900-1910, Radio Ndarason International, Woofferton-G, in Kanuri. Man and woman talking; ID and conversation with a man, by phone. Reception with good signal and fair modulation.
FRANCE** 15215. Apr 2, 2020. 1813-1830, Deutsche Welle, Issoudun-F, in Hausa. Men announcers talk news, including a large time about Convid-19 Desease; 1818 Very brief music and return news; 1830 ID by female announcer. Very good reception.Parallel log on 11850 relay Issoudun, very good to excellent reception.
MADAGASCAR** 13670. Apr 2, 2020. 1835-1845, MWV-African Pathways Radio, Mahajanga-MDG, in English. A song; 1836 Men announcers talking about Bible themes: Questtions and answers; ID, website and station sked in english. Very good reception.
MALI** 5995. Apr 9, 2020. 1911-1923, TRV du Mali, Bamako-MLI, in Bambara language. Man and woman announcers talking; A short song and return communication.Fair to good reception.** 13645. Apr 9, 2020. 1809-1819, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Hausa. Man and woman announcers talk news; 1817 ID - Africa Service. Very good reception.
MOLDOVA** 9940. Apr 9, 2020. 1830-1839, TWR Africa, Maiac-MDA, in Tigrinya language.Man Pastor preaching, presumably. Poor to very poor reception.
ROMANIA** 5910. Apr 9, 2020. 1934-1944, Radio Romania International, Saftica-ROU, in Serbian language. Woman talks; A brief music and man says ID; Man announcer makes a interview with a man; 1941 Woman talks. Fair reception.** 6040. Apr 10, 2020. 0135-0153, Radio Romania International, Tiganesti-ROU, in French. A conversation with a man and woman inviteds; ID; Woman voice; A song. Fair reception.Parallel log on 7375 relay Tiganesti, fair reception.** 9610. Apr 2, 2020. 1902-1916, Radio Romania International, Tiganesti-ROU, in Spanish. Female announcer talking news of the day; 1905 A commentary about Convid-19 desease in Romania, by woman voice; 1913 Program about tourism in Romania this time; ID. Good reception.Parallel log on 11850 relay Tiganesti, good reception too.** 11850. Apr 9, 2020. 1944-1956, Radio Romania International, Tiganesti-ROU, in Spanish. Woman announcer talks about European Union; ID; 1945 A Romanian Class; 1950 Song of the day; 1954 Man and woman say about RRI sked in spanish and all station addresses; 1956 IS. Very good reception.Parallel log on 9610 relay Tiganesti, fair to good reception.** 11975. Apr 2, 2020. 1846-1856, Radio Romania International, Galbeni-ROU, in Romanian. Woman announcer talks, including about Coronavirus; 1850 ID and man talks a summary news. Very good reception.Parallel log on 9500 relay Galbeni, fair reception.
USA** 5800. Apr 10, 2020. 0112-0122, Radio Taiwan International, Okeechobee-FL, in Spanish. Woman announcer presents a program Coffee Time; ID; A song. Fair reception.** 7305. Apr 10, 2020. 0102-0112, Vatican Radio, Greenville-NC, in Portuguese. Man and woman talk news - Vatican News; Pope activities this Holy Friday. Good reception.** 9605. Apr 10, 2020. 0123-0134, KBS World Radio, Furman-SC, in Spanish. A song; 0125 Korea Day-by-Day: Tourism, economy, culture and more. Good reception.

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JRX Logs_ April 15-16, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ Mini Loop to SW
BOTSWANA** 4930. Apr 15, 2020. 0301-0312, Voice of America, Selebi-Phikwe-BOT, in English.Man announcer presents news; 0305 A brief music and return news by female and male voices. Fair reception.
BRAZIL** 4875. Apr 15, 2020. 0335-0345, Radio Difusora de Roraima, Boa Vista-RR, in Portuguese. A religious program presented by Pastor and evangelic songs. Fair reception.** 4925. Apr 15, 2020. 0313-0333, Radio Educação Rural de Tefé, Tefé-AM, in Portuguese. A musical program with variety songs; Female voice; A song; Male voice, ID and announcements; 0331 A song; 0333 Ends and sign-off. Poor reception.** 4985. Apr 15, 2020. 0348-0358, Radio Brasil Central, Goiânia-GO, in Portuguese. Man announcer presents a musical program with brazilian songs; 0353 Man talks, ID and website and music continues. Fair reception without interference.Note:  Since april 16, returns a unknown RTTY interference! It´s very bad!
CLANDESTINE** 12050. Apr 16, 2020. 1900-1910, Radio Ndarason International, Woofferton-G, in Kanuri. Man and woman voices say ID; A short tribal song; Man talks and a tribal song. Fair reception.
CUBA** 6145. Apr 15, 2020. 0207-0217, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in English. Man announcer presents news, including the brazilian President comments; 0211 Woman voice and programming announcement; ID and website; man talks news about the Covid-19 disease. Fair reception.** 11850. Apr 15, 2020. 0226-0236, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican-CUB, in Spanish. Man talks, ID and comments about dead Fidel, since revolution till actual days; 0234 News by man announcer. Fair to good reception.** 15140. Apr 16, 2020. 1816-1826, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in Arabic. Man talks news, presumed; 1820 Woman talks, ID and return news; 1824 A song. Poor reception.
FRANCE** 11985. Apr 16, 2020. 1926-1940, Radio Algérienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. Man announcer talks; 1927 The Qur´an chant. Very good signal and a interference by moderate jamming, impairing the reception.Parallel log on 12060kHz relay Issoudun, excellent reception without interference!** 13820. Apr 16, 2020. 1848-1859, Radio Algérienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic language. Man and woman talk news, presumed, including about Coronavirus. Reception with very good signal and a moderate interference by "Jamming", impairing the hearing of the program!
GERMANY** 9610. Apr 16, 2020. 1838-1848, Bible Voice, Nauen-D, in Farsi. Man talks; 1841 A religious song; 1846 Returns man voice. Fair reception.
KOREA SOUTH** 6155. Apr 15, 2020. 0802-0812, KBS World Radio, Kimjae-KOR, in Japanese. A musical program with traditional songs, presented by female announcer; Man voice. Fair reception.
MADAGASCAR** 9845. Apr 16, 2020. 1940-1950, MWV- New Life Station, Mahajanga-MDG, in Russian language. Man voice preaching, presumed; 1948 A song. Poor reception.
MOLDOVA** 9940. Apr 16, 2020. 1828-1838, TWR, Maiac-MDA, in Tigrinya. Man talks, preaching, presumably; 1830 A brief song and man returns with preaching. Poor reception.
ROMANIA** 6170. Apr 16, 2020. 2017-2026, Radio Romania International, Galbeni-ROU, in French. Woman and man announcers talk; 2024 ID, website, RRI sked in french and all addresses; IS at 2026. Fair reception.
THAILAND** 9920. Apr 16, 2020. 2005-2015, Radio Thailand, Udon-Thani-THA, in German. Woman announcer presents news; 2012 IS and ID by man voice, per two times; 2013 A very brief song and IS at 2015. Fair reception.
TURKEY** 7260. Apr 15, 2020. 0143-0155, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in Spanish. A song; 0145 Woman voice talks about Coronavirus and personal cares; 0147 Song; 0150 ID in various languages by woman and man announcers; 0152 A song. Fair reception.Parallel log on 9870 relay Emirler, barely audible reception.** 9635. Apr 16, 2020. 1955-2005, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in French. Woman and man voices; 1958 A song by female singer; 2002 Man talks and other song. Very poor reception.
UAE** 9895. Apr 15, 2020. 0238-0248, IBRA Radio-Sedaye Zindagi, Al-Dhabbiya-UAE, in Dari. Man Pastor makes a sermon, presumably; 0246 A religious song and/or hymn. Fair reception for this dari service of IBRA, here.
USA** 9330. Apr 15, 2020. 0157-0205, WBCQ 6-World´s Last Chance, Monticello-ME, in English. A IS station audio; 0200 Woman talks, says ID per two times; 0201 Man announcer begins reading pieces of the Scriptures. Good reception.

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JRX Logs_ April 11 & 14, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808Antenna (s)_ Degen 31MS
AUSTRIA** 11955. Apr 11, 2020. 1811-1823, AWR, Moosbrunn-AUT, in Arabic language. Pastor makes a sermon with enthusiasm. Very good reception.
CHINA** 9605. Apr 14, 2020. 1744-1757, China Radio International, Shijiazhuang-CHN, in Russian. A chinese melody; 1748 Man and woman talking; 1751 Other song; 1755 Ends and IS. Good reception.Parallel logs on 11875 relay Urumqi-Changji, very good reception; 9470 relay Xian-Xianyang, very good reception.** 11875. Apr 11, 2020. China Radio International, Urumqi-Changji-CHN, in Russian. A song; 1744 Man talks; ID; 1751 A song, a rap song. Good reception.** 11925. Apr 11, 2020. 1753-1800, CNR1, Lingshi-CHN, in Chinese. Man talks and next a chinese song by female singer; 1757 Man talks, with music background; 1800 Time pips, woman talks and ID (Radio Kitay). Very good reception.
CLANDESTINE** 9775. Apr 14, 2020. 1813-1822, Radio Ndarason International, Woofferton-G, in Kanuri language. A song; Woman and man announcers talk. Fair reception.** 11830. Apr 14, 2020. 1802-1812, Dandal Kura, Issoudun-F, in Kanuri. A song; 1805 Woman and man announcers talk; A short song; 1809 A brief song and man talking. Fair reception with moderate fading.** 11860. Apr 11, 2020. 1733-1743, Radio Sana´a, Jeddah or Riyadh-ARS (?), in Arabic language. Man announcer talks, in arabic language, during this log time. Poor reception.
FRANCE** 11995. Apr 11, 2020. 1834-1840, RFI, Issoudun-F, in French. Female announcer presented RFI news - RFI Afrique; External reporter participation; 1838 ID and news continues. Good reception.** 13820. Apr 14, 2020. 1823-1833, Radio Algérienne, Issoudun-F, in Arabic. A arabic song; 1825 Man talks and begins the Qur´an chant; 1827 Qur´an recitation; Man announcer in conversation with a man and says the word Coronavirus. Very good signal and a moderate interference by a strange audio to seems a Radar (It´s a radar audio or a unknown jamming?). It´s beginning since the new A20 period.
GREAT BRITAIN** 9820. Apr 14, 2020. 1834-1844, KBS World Radar, Woofferton-G, in Russian. A song; 1836 Man announcer talks news, presumed. Poor reception.
MADAGASCAR** 9880. Apr 14, 2020. 1844-1855, MWV-New Life Station, Mahajanga-MDG, in Russian. Man voice preaching; 1847 A song; 1849 Man talks; Other song. Poor reception.
MALI** 11640. Apr 11, 2020. 1907-1920, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Arabic. Man and woman announcers talk, with music background; 1909 A arabic song; 1911 Man and woman talk; ; 1914 Other arabic song by male singer. Good reception.Parallel log on 13685 relay Bamako, very good reception, but program in French, not Arabic!
ROMANIA** 11850. Apr 11, 2020. 1723-1733, Radio Romania International, Tiganesti-ROU, in English. Woman talks; 1729 Woman announcer talks, ID and a song. Poor reception.** 11975. Apr 11, 2020. 1824-1834, Radio Romania International, Galbeni-ROU, in Romanian language. A song; 1827 ID and man announcer talks; Woman announcer presents a musical program, to be seems a hit songs of  this week. Very good reception.Parallel log on 9500 relay Galbeni it´s out this time!
SPAIN** 11940. Apr 11, 2020. 1801-1811, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Man announcer talks news, mainly about Convid-19 disease in Spain and in the World; 1806 News continues about this same theme. Very good reception.** 12030. Apr 11, 2020. 1841-1855, Radio Exterior de España, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. Woman and man announcers present sport news in this Coronavirus time, in the program Radiogaceta de los Deportes. Very good reception.

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** CUBA. 711, April 20 at 0600, presumed off-frequency Radio Rebelde
is still very much here making big het against legal 710 stations.
Someone reported hearing RR audio on 711, but I never have (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6060 // 6100 // 6145, April 20 at 0550, all three RHCs are
splattering plus/minus 10 kHz during music, e.g. QRMing 6050 ECUADOR,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA, 13620, April 20 at 1357, RHC JBA on this leapfrog mixing
product; whew: just in time. While 13700 is still blasting, 13780 is
already in dead air and off at 1358* taking 13620 with it. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** DENMARK. 15805, Stig Hartvig Nielsen of World Music Radio replies
to my previous report, confirming defective modulation:

``WMR is broadcasting on 15805 kHz (Sa/Su 07-20 UTC) in AM and so
listeners (= DXers) are advised to listen in the AM mode.

Glenn Hauser reports "wobbling unstable carrier tuning USB or LSB" and
an "awful, unlistenable" signal and then questions whether I monitor
the signal on 15805 kHz. Of course I do, and that is why I repeatedly
have asked DXers to utilise AM and not SSB when listening to WMR on
15805 kHz.

If I had all the money in the world (which I haven't and this is of
course just an expensive hobby project) I could probably have the tx
fixed so it provided good audio also using SSB, but - sorry - this
just isn't a priority as long as 15805 kHz sounds ok in AM. And it
does:
Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZJWUEVXh44
Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWC46kROYM
Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgE-lmtcqic
Brazil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2CZGcZCAqI
UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0doNFJ3DOwU (rare short skip
propagation)
Bulgaria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g--fJAcEezA

Judging coverage of SW stations by using remote KiwiSDRs is not fair.
It should be a well-known fact that most of these KiwiSDRs are
connected to extremely inefficient aerials and often in environments
with a lot of manmade interference. In other words completely useless.
However there [are] a few good ones, and WMR can usually be heard
quite well on these SDRs:
W-Greece: http://sdr.telcosol.gr:8073/
Sardinia, Italy: http://sibamanna.duckdns.org:8073/
Bucharest, Romania: http://kiwisdr.yo3iul.ro:8074/
And is also regularly heard on these SDR's - though of course with a
much weaker signal:
Kuwait: http://9k2ra.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ (mornings UTC)
NH, USA: http://w1nt.onthewifi.com:8073/ (afternoons UTC)
Brazil: http://appr.org.br:8073/ (afternoons UTC)
South Africa: http://kp.twrmon.net:8073/ (late afternoons UTC)

Btw: If everything goes well, WMR will be returning to 5840 kHz with a
new and stronger transmitter (500 W) from a new transmitter site near
Bramming within the next two weeks. This will be on the air 24/7.
Best 73s, http://www.wmr.radio Stig Hartvig Nielsen`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ECUADOR. 6050, Monday April 20 at 0549, song in Spanish as HCJB
must be running late for second night in a row; bothered by splash
from 6060 RHC during its music; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EUROPE. UNIDENTIFIED. 6205, April 20 at 0553, JBA carrier, smax of
a Europirate frequency. In fact Laser Hot Hits is reported in the next
hour:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65928.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN. 7290, Monday April 20 at 1744, surprised to hear Russian
instead of Steve Bannon`s `War Room - Pandemic` on IRRS, which has
been running on extended broadcast starting at 1700. IRRS in Russian?
No, it`s IRIB as I listen closely, which was already here in A-20 and
must have been bad QRM for IRRS, but supposed to end at 1750. Instead,
it keeps on going, switching to Italian! at 1753, rather excessively
calling itself ``Radio Italia`` and claiming to be on 5925!
Something`s wrong at Sirjan as they have failed to QSY to 5925 which
is scheduled for Italian at 1750-1820. All this as heard via UTwente
SDR, which seems now repaired antenna, back to normal with no
red-letter provisos on the website. Iran QRMs IRRS, see ITALY [non];
and WORLD OF RADIO, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7290, no IRRS before 1800 UT April 20. I send three
quick messages to Alfredo Cotroneo:

``Alfredo, From 1745 UT Monday on 7290 via UTwente (back in service) I
am hearing ONLY Iran in Russian; and 1753 into unscheduled Italian.
Where`s IRRS? Glenn``

``They are still going at 1758 on 7290, announcing frequency as 5925
which is where IRIB Italian is supposed to be, but no trace of IRRS on
7290, 7285 or 7295. Glenn``

``At 1800 suddenly there you are, and there I am on 7290, but still
mixing with/under Iran. Where were you before 1800? Too bad we are not
on 7285 or 7295 right now. We can only hope Iran gets back on 5925
ASAP! Glenn``

By 1805 we are still colliding but seem to be gaining over Iran. Call
to lunch. May have lasted until their scheduled close at 1820. 1850
recheck, IRRS in clear with `Shortwave Report` recordings of NHK, RHC,
and final item from Sputnik is chopped off shortly after starting for
1859 IRRS sign-off. SWR always begins a few minutes after 1830 with
some FSN News intervening, not enough time to fit in a 29? minute
show. I get this reply from Alfredo Cotroneo of IRRS:

``Glenn, No more War Room pandemic, they run out of funds, apparently,
or else. Our updated frequency sched:

https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/a20-schedule/
[but I get: ``no results found``]

Also: (force reload page to get fresh content)
https://www.nexus.org/covid-19/
https://www.nexus.org/coronavirus-qsl/ (updated)
Bests, Alfredo``

That means the other times and frequencies for WRP must be gone too. I
do eventually reach this Monday program schedule:

https://www.nexus.org/member-services/radio-and-tv/schedules/monday-program-schedule/
reconfirming WOR, and also 594 kHz // the 7290 broadcasts, i.e. 2 kW
Challenger Radio, Villa Estense, real Italy per WRTH (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, April 20 at 0555, no signal from VON, and I
believe it was also absent last night. Admittedly propagation is
degraded, little from Europe or even CFRX, K index 3 at 0600. Always
unreliable, but wonder if staying off? How about the other frequency?

11769.9, April 20 at 1955, no signal here via UTwente, just heavy
splash from 11775 CRI German. Is anyone hearing VON on either, and how
long since anything definite? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6929-USB, April 19 at 2346, C&W music S3-S5 with
storm noise, 2357 announcement, distorted; recheck 0008 April 20 is
gone. Many logs here say it`s Zeeky`s Attic until 0002* or 0003*:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,65902.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2030 monitoring: missed check 0130
UT Monday April 20 on WRMI 7780, but Richard Langley probably got it.

Confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, only.

Confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, good to
a NY SDR; and 6160 is off.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 20 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good to the
TWR Bonaire SDR, not to Colombia.

Also confirmed Monday April 20 at 1800 on IRRS 7290 but with heavy CCI
from IRAN: See that and ITALY [non]. Next:

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. 7570, April 20 at 0557, TOMBS on this WRMI aimed right at us
is normally inbooming, but now is only S5-S7 very poor. K-index of 3
and SF of 69 will do it, per WWV at 0600, MUF way down, even:

4840, April 20 at 0557, TOMBS on WWCR is VP, but still VG on 3215
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1520, April 20 at 0607 UT, sports talk by YL is tearing up
`Red Eye Radio` on KOKC, and making fast SAH. Not exactly on topic,
she admits to pasting greeting cards on the wall behind her videos,
lacking any real art. I quickly hear the same she on 1390 KCRC, 1660
KWOD, 1670 WOZN, 1700 KBGG, all listed as CBS Sports affiliates in NRC
AM Log --- and which one on 1520?

I guessed it: KOLM Rochester MN, the only one. Had had an STA to run
low power, but now sounds like back on 10 kW day power QRMing equally
underpowered KOKC as usual until recently. CBS Sports confirms at 2-6
AM, presumably EDT, it`s `After Hours with Amy Lawrence`, their only
female host? Got to hand it to her, keeping on keeping on with no
sports to discuss! Except greeting-card hanging (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 2044 UT April 20
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