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Subject: [WOR] Glenn Hauser log roundup April 2-9, 2020
SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. April 2 from 1812, via UTwente SDR, I cycle
thru the registered frequencies at this hour in HFCC B-19, since there
is nothing, yet? for A-20, not even an ARS page in the broadcasters`
list; and why is it Arabie Saoudite? O, yeah, English is a nothing
language for this SWBC, merely imagining 5 hours of it from 1600 on
9840, so I check that first:
9840, April 2 at 1812, ME music but Voice of Turkey ID in German at a
time it is supposed to appear, rather than after 2300 on 9830 failing
to turn off after English should it occasionally succeed. 


Otherwise presume some are axually SA without digging deeper:
9580, nothing
6100, algo, Arabic from Jeddah scheduled but is anything from Jeddah?
9555, Arabic, mentions A-S; ACI from plus side
9675, Turkish
9870, Arabic JBA
11820.044, Arabic -- still not audible in OK
11915, Arabic much weaker
11930, Spanish from OCB mainly, maybe CCI SA
13720, nothing but noise
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2028)
SAUDI ARABIA. 17615.064, April 6 at 1447, S5-S6 with music probably
Qur'an, as this always-offfrequency makes a showing despite no
registrations and nothing audible on 17660, 17705 or 17895; would be
the OSOB except for JBA 17630 CRI Mali.
Others have monitored extensively to confirm most but not all
previously scheduled KSA broadcasts are still running, notably WOR iog
members Dr Hansjoerg Biener and Wolfgang Bueschel; not including
French, per Antoello Napolitano:
"Any idea for the French broadcast scheduled at 1355-1600 on 17660
kHz? I tried a number of times in the last days but nothing was
detected. This has been quite regular for years so I am wondering if
they stopped broadcasting in French (the only European language still
used by Saudi Radio on shortwaves) or simply moved to a new
frequency. I confirm, instead, the broadcast in Indonesian on 21670
kHz heard here in the South Italy on 4th April at 1017" 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

Log of April 9 at 09.50 - 10.55 UT on southern Germany, Doha Qatar,
New Delhi, and Hiroshima Japan remote SDR rxs.
13600even OMA  Radio Sultanate Oman Thumrait, ID and nx in Arabic at 10 UT
         sharp, scheduled 04-10 UT, S=9+20dB in remote Doha Qatar unit.
         When checked again at 10.07 UT was switched OFF air then.
13590.004 IRN  VoIRI Zahedan, nx in Arabic at 10 UT, S=9+30dB powerful
         signal into Qatar target.
13780.045 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in HQ Holy Quran sce, at 10.07 UT
         S=9+10dB in Qatar target. 100kW Non-directional NE/ME sce target
13610.004 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in HQ Holy Quran sce, at 10.08 UT
         S=8-9 fair signal steep angle. 100kW Non-directional NE/ME sce
         target. But accompanied by heavy 120 Hertz string visible BUZZ
         audio tone.
         And accompanied by co-channel CNR1 Nanning-CHN outlet too.
13635.007 TUR  VoTurkey Emirler in Turkish, scheduled 06.00-12.55 UT, 
         noted at 10.12 UT on April 09. S=9+15dB signal in Qatar ME.

13669.964 CHN  CNR of PBS Xinjiang Urumqi, Uighur nationals service,
         childrens choir sung in Turk - Uighur language, 10.13 UT on
         April 9, S=8-9 in Doha Qatar ME.
13680.010 IRN  VoIRI Dari sce from Sirjan site, S=7-8 short skip northern
         azimuth suffer signal in ME. 09.20-12.20 UT, at 10.15 UT April 9
13700even CHN  CNR13rd program in Uighur from Lingshi bcast center, 10.16
         flute mx and female singer, CeAsian sound like. S=9+10dB strong.
13800.005 CHN  CNR1 jamming against - 13800even- US  KWT  RFA Tibetan sce
         USAGM exIBB exBBG Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb relay site. 10.20 UT
         powerful audio MIXTURE.
11935.045 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in BSKSA 1st sce, at 10.21 UT
         S=9+30dB powerful signal. Towards NE / EUR 310degr sce target.
         10.5 kHz wideband audio signal.
15490 kHz ARS service not on air in A-20 season.
15120even ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in their international Urdu/Bangla
         sce, at 10.24 UT. S=9+15dB in Delhi India signal. 09.00-11.57 UT
17570.002 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in BSKSA Holy Quran sce to Central
         Asia northwards azimuth target, at 10.25 UT on April 9.
         S=9+30dB powerful signal.
17615.019 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in BSKSA Holy Quran sce to UAE /
         Oman / Indonesia / Malaysia Asia eastwards azimuth target,
         at 10.29 UT on April 9. S=9+50dB hefty POWERHOUSE signal.
17760even KWT  MOI Radio Kuwait Kabd scheduled in Filipino, but not ! ,
         rather in Arabic(?), 10-12 UT scheduled, heard at 10.32 UT.
         S=9+40dB hefty POWERHOUSE signal noted in New Delhi India remote
         SDR rx unit. Broadband 21kHz wide audio block visible on Perseus
17775even CVA  USAGM VoA Somali sce to Horn ofAfrica, taken Radio Vaticano
         broadcast center site at Santa Maria die Galeria Vatican State.
         S=7-8 fair signal noted in Delhi India, at 10.34 UT on April 9.
17804.984 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in BSKSA 1st General sce towards
         Near East, NoEaAfrica, North Africa target. S=8-9 at 10.35 UT.
         Surprisingly heard orchestra mx.
17880.010 THA  US  Azadi Dari language sce of USAGM exIBB exBBG Udorn
         Thani relay site in north-eastern Thailand. S=9 signal in Delhi,
         ID at 10.39 UT on April 9.
17849.997 THA  Radio Thailand from USAGM Udorn Thani site in Thailand,
         At 10.40 UT S=9+20dB strong signal noted in Doha Qatar ME site.
         Azimuth target is CeAS, ME / NE at 295 degr azimuth to their
         Thai national worker on the Israel plantations.
         Young girl sung in western style, but in Thai language.
21670.024 ARS  SBA via MOCI Riyadh-ARS in Saudi International Indonesian /
         Malay language sce to South East Asia eastwards azimuth target,
         at 10.45 UT on April 9. S=8-9 signal, stronger on backlobe into
         Switzerland and Greece remote SDRs, but rather poor 13 m band
         signals at S=5-6 in Delhi and Hiroshima / Tokyo Japan remote
         SDRs in East Asia. 10.4 kHz wideband audio signal noted today.
21695.002 PHL  USAGM exIBB exBBG Tinang relay site in the Philippines
         carryed VoA Mandarin Chinese sce at 10.52 UT  11825 Tinang-PHL
         and accompanied underneath CNR1 music jamming from mainland
         China too.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews April 9)
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** AUSTRIA. John Figliozzi replies on the WOR iog to my 6155 log:
``OK, it’s not on HF and it’s not classical music… but those looking
for English language news from Austria will find plenty of it on the
bilingual (German/English) ORF domestic youth network fm4 streamed
over the Internet from: https://fm4.orf.at John Figliozzi`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13650, April 8 at 2329, CRI relay `Portuguese` service of
music only is S9+20/30 but extremely suptorted. Something`s always
wrong at RadioCuba. Why in the world haven`t they just turned off this
failed service months ago? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185-, April 8 by 1907 UT, now I can pull a JBA carrier
slightly off-frequency-minus as a 2-megameter day-path remnant of
reactivated XEPPM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27186, April 8 at 1910 and still 2243 recheck, some lokel
yokel is jamming the prime CB frequency with continuous S9+10 buzz.
Well, there are plenty of other channels, all with zero activity
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 8 at 2244, JBA signal presumed VOT active
today. Wonder if something else be erroneous at Emirler, like reduced
power, reception has been so poor lately even when on.

7275, April 9 at 0258, VOT IS & English IDs, fair via Alexandria SDR,
but undermodulated with some hum; timesignal one second late but may
have been internet delay. This time YL instead of usual OM announcer,
opening without full wrong English schedule but only ``this`` is the
1230 on 15450! plus satellite info; something`s always awry at Ankara;
into news of topic-V; 0307 enough already, into Turkish song. At least
no QRhaM to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2028 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday April 8
at 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.1v, fair via Alexandria SDR.

Also confirmed UT Thu April 9 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA in storm noise
level from along the Ohio Valley; good via Alexandria VA SDR; and not
via UTwente, now with this bad news in red:

``On April 8, the antenna seems to have developed a defect, so only
very few signals are still detectable. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic,
university buildings are closed, so it is currently unclear if and
when a repair can be attempted.``

WOR 2029 should be ready by early UT Fri April 10 and first American
SWBC at 2200 on WRMI 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5970, April 8 at 2327, S9+10 of dead air; must be WEWN on
early from second Spanish transmitter not scheduled to start until
0000; first one is still on 12050, VP with music. BTW, HFCC shows they
also employ two different antennas, a 206 and a 218 respectively at 5
degrees difference in azimuth, and both 500 kW transmitters run at
only 100. I wonder if they are still operable if desired or affordable
at 500? IIRC they used to be registered as 350 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0315 UT April 9
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** CHILE. 7710. RCW. Abril 8. 2139 - 2150 UTC. Programa de descripción de
las característica de Ámsterdam y espacios de radio teatro. SINPO: 45444
(Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de
largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** CHINA. 7445. CRI. Abril 8. 2119- 2130 UTC. Mujer habla en serbio y luego
música al cierre. SINPO: 35443 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660;
Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** CHINA. 9880. CRI. Abril 8. 2230 - 2240 UTC. Servicio en Esperanto.
Lección de idioma chino y avisos de contacto con el servicio. 2239,
espacio de música. SINPO: 55454 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660;
Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** CHINA. 11925. CNR-1. Abril 8. 2023- 2033 UTC. Avisos en mandarín con
leve interferencia desde R, Martí en 11930. SINPO: 44444 (Claudio Galaz,
Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de
escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** CUBA. 15230. RHC. Abril 8. 1420-1430 UTC. Programa de música. 45444
(Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de
largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** IRAN. 9570. IRIB. Abril 8. 1400 - 1420 UTC. Servicio en Kurdo. Música y
rezo del sagrado Corán desde las 1414 en hasta las 1418. Después cantos y
avisos. SINPO: 35343. (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo
de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** KOREA SOUTH [NON] ** USA. 9605. KBS. Abril 8. 0145- 0200 UTC. Vía WHRI.
Servicio en español. Programa: “Páginas y autores” con al descripción de un
cuento sobre los seres marginados y elementos de la vida común. SINPO:
45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de
largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** PERÚ. 5025. R. QUILLABAMBA. Abril 8. 2215 - 2228 UTC. Espacio musical.
SINPO: 35443(Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30
metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** PERÚ. 5980. R. CHASKI. Abril 8. 2150 - 2210 UTC. Música cristiana y
avisos de la emisora como Red Radio Integridad, hora local, devocional y
espacio de música. SINPO: 45444, desde las 2200 SINPO: 43444 con
interferencia continua de CRI / CNR en 5975 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor:
TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha:
Ovalle, Chile)

** SPAIN. 11940. REE. Abril 8. 2100- 2115 UTC. Noticias acerca del
Coronavirus, su efecto en la salud, política y economía tanto de España
como de Europa. Luego se habla de la discusión del eurogrupo y de
posibilidades al respecto. SINPO: 55555 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL
660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** TURKEY. 17770. V. Of Turkey. Abril 8. 1430 - UTC. Espacio de música
tradicional. SINPO: 45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena:
Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** USA. 17775. KVOH. Abril 8. 1442 - 1451 UTC. Música cristiana. SINPO:
45444 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL 660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de
largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)

** YEMEN [non] ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11860. R. Sana`a. Abril 8. 2033- 2347 UTC.
Aviso en árabe y música. SINPO: 44343 (Claudio Galaz, Receptor: TECSUN PL
660; Antena: Hilo de 30 metros de largo, Lugar de escucha: Ovalle, Chile)
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Some lockdown logs from online SDRs, mostly SW but the first is MW.
CAMBODIA
National Radio of Cambodia, 8 April 2020, 918 kHz, 1158 UTC, Time 
signals too early at 1158, then ID and news in English. At 1203 English 
song (ESC Europop style). At 1207 ID and frequencies again in English, 
thank you for listening, then the same in French: ID and news, 1212 song 
in French (same style of music), 1215 ID/merci, au revoir et bon sorée, 
back to Khmer programming. 44444 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR with another UNID 
weak station in the background.
CHINA
BPM 5000.0, 7 April 2020, 1835, time signals with scratchy audio, cw IDs 
at 1859, 35433 on Twente SDR
PBS Gannan, 8 April 2020, 1054, Chinese talk, 25322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
PBS Sichuan, 8 April 2020, 6060, talk in (listed) Tibetan, 35222 on 
Hanoi Kiwi SDR // 7225 at 33422
CUBA
Cuban Spy Numbers, 9065, 8 April 2020, 0818, Data burst and short number 
message (718?) before going into break with empty carrier at 0819, 44444 
on Twente SDR with RTTY QRM on 9068
ETHIOPIA
V.o.Tigray Revolution, 5950, 7 April 2020, 1939, call-in show, no 
callers? host saying "Hello Hello?", 35433 on Twente SDR, // 1359 which 
is O=3 on the Qatar SDR, inaudible in Twente due to UK QRM
GERMANY
Charleston Radio, 5140, 7 April 2020, 1842, songs from 1920s, 45433 on 
Twente SDR
DWD Pinneberg, 6180 and 5905, 7 April 2020, 2016, Weather forecast 
Madeira island, 34322 and 23422 on Twente SDR
KOREA REP.
Voice of Freedom, 5920, 7 April 2020, 1910, pop music, new frequency as 
also reported by Ron Howard, 35322 on Twente SDR
MALI
RTV du Mali, 5995, 7 April 2020, african music, Communiqué de santé, 
33432 on Twente SDR
MYANMAR
Myanma Radio 5915, 8 April 2020, 1033, Burmese talk, 35322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
NORWAY
R.Northern Star, 5894.96, 7 April 2020, 1904, American Country music, 
33433 on Twente SDR
TAIWAN
Sound of Hope checked on Hanoi Kiwi SDR, 8 April 2020, 1127 - 1159 UTC: 
6230 (25332), 6340(25311),6370(35322),6870(35222), 6900(25211), 
7730(35333), 9230(22432), 9920(22432), 9970(25311), 11070(25322), 
11500(25322)
SoH channels blocked by CNR jammer: 6280 (44433), 7460(35322), 
9180(54444), 9200(55444), 9215(55555), 9230(33333), 9280(42432), 
9320(55444), 9730(55544), 9920(43433), 10160(35443), 10920(45433), 
11100(55444), 11120(55433), 11150(55444), 11170(54333), 11440(35333), 
11460(42432 het), 11600(43433)
THAILAND
R.Thailand, 5875, 8 April 2020, 1104, News in Vietnamese, 35333 on Hanoi 
Kiwi SDR
UKRAINE
S06s Spy number station, 9082, 8 April 2020 (Wednesday), 0820, warm-up 
procedure with approx. 1200 Hz tones, 0824 empty carrier, 0825 txion ID 
in Russian "464", back to silence, actual broadcast at 0830. 45444 on 
Twente SDR.
Repeat of same broadcast, 9952, 8 April 2020, 0837 giving ID "464" in 
Russian, 0840 message "971 971 5 5 52401 52401 63919 63919 92699 92699 
14600 14600 74248 74248 971 971 5 5 0 0 0 0 0". Priyom website gives 
location in Rivne, Ukraine; this in confirmed by TdoA triangulation 
using the KiwiSDR network (once I get a spot between Luck and Rivne, 
once two spots roughly 10 km north and south of Rivne).
UNID
QSO in Spanish, USB, 5770, 7 April 2020, 1900, 35333 on Twente SDR
QSO in Spanish (only one side heard), 7875.0 USB, 8 April 2020, 25432 on 
Twente SDR
Polish numbers, USB+LSB (no carrier), 6201.5, 8 April 2020, 0745, man 
giving words in Polish, mostly numbers, end of txion at 0747, 35433 on 
Twente SDR
USA
WBCQ - World's Last Chance, 9330, 8 April 2020, 0855, End of English 
broadcast with strings and ID, 0858 c/d, 35422 (beamed to Western NAm) 
on Twente SDR; comes back late at 0902 at 55444 (now beamed to Southern 
Europe) in (Brazilian) Portuguese after quick WBCQ ID in English.
UZBEKISTAN
Iran International, 6270, 7 April 2020, 2019, Farsi talk, 35433 on 
Twente SDR, TXer location confirmed by TdoA on several Kiwi SDRs.
VIETNAM
Voice of Vietnam 2 (domestic network), 5925, 8 April 2020, 1219, had 
been missing when checked at 1100 and 1130, now strong with CNR in the 
background. Talk in Vietnamese. 54433 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR // local 549 
(55555) and more distant 729 (32322). At the same time NO signal on 
network 1 frequency 5975.
Voice of Vietnam 1 (domestic network), 9635, 8 April 2020, 1236, talk in 
Vietnamese, weak 33322 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR // 7210 (31321) // 675 (55555) 
// 630 (43333)
Ben Thuy Radio, 7906 USB, 8 April 2020, 1252, reports in Vietnamese, 
45333 on Hanoi Kiwi SDR
Ho Chi Minh Radio, 7906 USB, 8 April 2020, 1305, reports in Vietnamese 
(no English heard), end at 1315 with noise sequence, 35333 on Hanoi Kiwi 
SDR // 8294 which ended the broadcast at 1310 during a break, 35422, 
better audio than 7906
73!
Eike Bierwirth
Wiesbaden, Germany
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** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 8 at 0543, Arabic talk, not Qu`ran, as
RTA via FRANCE is scheduled this hour only. But strangely, also jammed
by rapid tone pips, or carriers beating, measured about 0.7 kHz both
above and below, circa 7294.3 and 7295.7. Nothing else scheduled here
worthy of jamming. Maybe by Ameriham p-o`d over this intrusion? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** AUSTRIA. 6155, April 8 at 0549, classical music at S9/+10, better
signal than usual, but noisy, in the last remnant of SW programming
from this country, the token relay of Ö1 scheduled with 300 kW ND at
0500-0620 except Sat/Sun to 0610. Remember when the end of this used
to include a few minutes of news in English? Not any more.

But I go looking for the website (not included on Hitlist --- Alan?)
and finally find this for today at 7:33-7:52 am local time:
https://radiothek.orf.at/oe1/20200408/600688
Audio and playlist of this `Guten Morgen Österreich` segment starting
with Brahms. The transmission is on the news network but includes bits
of classical music apparently promoting what will be played in full
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 7810, April 7 at 2222, JBA talk vs S5-S6 noise level.
Unusual to hear anything here, but yes, it`s one of a multitude of
Sound of Hope frequencies; Aoki/NDXC shows 24 hours including the
single hour in Cantonese at 15-16, 1 kW via Miaoli, Taiwan site and of
course *jammed, surely what I am hearing instead, CNR1.

Looking for any other E Asian signals on 7 MHz band, finds JBA talk on
7395, which could be CNR2 via Xianyang 594 site or CRI Chinese via
Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN, land of imprisoning and brainwashing Uyghurs.

This week`s FRONTLINE on PBS is an excellent hour about this issue:
"China Undercover" New, 4/07/2020, Season 37 / Episode 18,
Investigative, Documentary, Politics, Public Affairs, Social Topic

"Frontline" delivers a special undercover report from China's
secretive Xinjiang region, where the communist regime has imprisoned
masses of Muslims and is testing sophisticated surveillance technology
on the population. Credits: Will Lyman (Narrator)

Also streamable, 54+ minutes:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/china-undercover/
altho wolfie laments it`s geoblocked from reaching Germany (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145 >> // JBM 6000, UT Wed April 8 at 0001 tune-in, RHC
English already on amid Arnie on `DXers Unlimited` mit-week edition,
in fact closing at 0002. This segment is normally in the middle of
each English hour, like :25-:35 as in DX/SWL/MEDIA programs. RHC clox
must be way off. Was English axually running on these frequencies from
a semihour earlier? At 23-24 it would normally be on 5040 & 11880. Did
not get around to checking whether subsequent repeats were also askew,
at 01-07. Following DXUL, report from Puerto Rico on the COVID 19
situation there. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, April 7 at 2211, no trace of even JBA carrier from
XEPPM. Manuel Méndez, Spain had reported it:

``6185, Radio Educación, Ciudad de México, back on air, heard
1820-1830, 06-04 via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in Brownsville, South
Texas, identification and songs.``

6185, April 8 at 0001, now I have a carrier, just barely? modulated,
as so often before.

6185, April 8 at 1725, I myself tune the Brownsville SDR, courtesy of
TWR, and find a fairly good and well-modulated signal in Spanish,
interview about economy, water supply in Mexicali, class warfare, 1730
song break, slightly off-frequency-minus as usual; which has to be
XEPPM during its secret daytime broadcast; why can`t they do so well
at night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Convoluted tropo blobs over OK forecast by Bill Hepburn,
so I bandscan from 1513 UT April 8: Lots of BAD signals on open
channels including RF 45, no doubt KOTV Tulsa, but only two are
decoding, from Tulsa market:

RF 28, 44-1 Ion
RF 20, 19-1 KQCW-HD during Dr Oz show. This one in solid until finally
starts to break up and lose out at 1705 UT. And BTW has *no*
subchannels, unusual waste of spectrum but assures its only program
can be as HD as possible (GLenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, April 7 at 2211, VP signal from VOT, JBA talk,
unusable but at least is on today. Alan Roe reported to WOR iogroup:

``Programming on the Voice of Turkey (at least in the English service,
I've not checked other languages yet) seems to be reduced to a 5
minute news programme and a repeat of "Turkey's Tourist Attractions"
with the rest of the 50/55 minutes comprising Turkish music without
announcements. Noted today (7 April during 1230 transmission on 15450
kHz) and also a couple of times over recent days when checked. I'm
assuming another casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Alan Roe,
Teddington, UK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2028 monitoring: last two SWBCs:
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
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. What`s really on WRMIs, UT Wed Apr 8 at 0100?

5010 // 5850, music with BB IDs, Oldies?
5800, Taiwan in Spanish, maybe new show but missed hearing date
9395, RAE in Spanish only here; maybe to be multilingual
9455, Hal Turner
9955, Wavescan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, April 8 at 1359-1400+, no signal from WLCR via WBCQ,
nor on 13590 now registered starting at 1400. Are they keeping trying
to get the 500 kW monster to QSY?

9330, April 8 at 1708, now it`s on and audible but VP in English. Hard
to believe it`s even half-power 250 kW at 300 degrees as registered if
it were on 15105 at 15-19.

Neither WBCQ nor WLCR make it easy to find their basic SW schedule!
Finally reached this:
https://www.worldslastchance.com/wlc-radio-broadcast-schedule.html
which shows nothing but 9330 for unnamed WBCQ, but also what we know
is via Woofferton UK, in Arabic:
18-21 on 9800, 21-24 on 6015

Haven`t looked at AW`s twitfeed lately: just generic promotion;
hunkered down in FL and lately working on high-power spotlights,
another of his passions; and promoting UV light to kill virus (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, April 7 at 2216, WJHR gospel huxter is still on
past 2200 but even propagating at S5 level; must benefit from a bit of
HF sporadic E (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1753 UT April 8
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