** CUBA. 5040, March 6 at 0123, RHC Kriyol is S9+30 but distorted.
5040 at 0650 recheck, S9+20 suppressed and very distorted English,
Something`s always wrong at RHC. Other English at 0650: 6100 S9+40 and
suptorted with hum; 6165 = 6000 undermodulated but sufficient; 6060 VG
S9+30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 101.5-WBFM, March 5 at 1942 UT, I notice Spanish cutting
off and on the air regularly. At first seemed it might have been due
to Vance aircraft scatter, but no. Later I monitor it closely:

It`s the new full FM station, KOCD in Okeene, which is a satellite of
an LPFM in OKC, as first reported in DXLD 19-06, KWDW-LP, 93.9, Radio
SalvaciÃn. I monitor continuously 2300-2313 UT March 5, and after a
partial ToH ID as Okeene, it`s absolutely regular: on for 7 seconds,
off for 25 seconds. The cut-offs are abrupt, while the cut-ons are a
gradual fadeup lasting a second or two. This is still going on the
next day March 6 at 1527 check. Is no one paying attention? Makes it
rather frustrating to follow the programming, mostly praise music.
Perhaps someone familiar with FM transmitters can explain this
peculiar behaviour? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. RF 27, March 6 at 1540 UT, one of my two
outside antennas fails to decode KFOR, OKC; must be due to DX QRM as
Hepburn tropo map shows level-1 minor enhancement in a small blob
between here and Tulsa. Tulsa does have a 27, per W9WI.com as a CP for
the 3ABN satellator, K40KC-D, i.e. in process of QSY after which it
will certainly get a K27## callsign, but it`s only 2 kW. More likely
the culprit is KFTA-TV, 600 kW in Fort Smith AR. But I am not seeing
any other signs of DTVDX, such as Bad signals on open channels (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 4020-USB, March 5 at 1335, net discussing whether a new
frequency will be necessary come DST. Hush-hush, no kHz mentioned,
only secret designators such as R71 or R73. After all, the Enemy might
overhear! A new frequency matrix came out in January, which one of
them has not received. How I`d love to see that; what level of
classification is upon it? Only abbr`d calls such as 5PL, 5PQ, 5DT;
poor signals. Presumably Air Force MARS. My last 4020 log had calls
starting with 7:

``4020-USB, March 30 [2018] at 1241, MARS net, contact between 7DP and
7DT, then AFA7DT formal ``closedown, out``. Hard to search out any
recent info on AFA7DT QTH`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1972 monitoring: confirmed first SW broadcast
Tuesday March 5 at 2048 the 2030 on WRMI 7780, fair.

Or maybe there was an earlier one, as Aussie Tim informed us at 0936
UT Tuesday: ``Listeners can hear a double episode of World of Radio on
Unique Radio 5045 kHz Tuesdays 0900 to 1000 UT. Great reception
normally on these SDR's : -
http://kiwisdr.northlandradio.nz:8073/
http://vk2dds.net:8073/
Best regards, Tim Gaynor, Unique Radio, Gunnedah NSW, Australia``.
Next:

0930 UT Wed Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
1030 UT Wed WRMI 5950 to WNW
2200 UT Wed WRMI *9955 to SSE
2200 UT Wed WBCQ *7490v to WSW [and 5130v? as last week]
0000 UT Thu WRMI 7730 to WNW
0100 UT Thu WRMI 7780 to NE
0930 UT Fri Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
0729 UT Sat HLR 6190-CUSB Germany to WSW
1200 UT Sat Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND [alt weeks: March 16/30]
1230 UT Sat WRMI *9955 to SSE
1531 UT Sat HLR 9485-CUSB Germany to WSW
2030vUT Sat WA0RCR 1860-AM MO non-direxional
2200 UT Sat WRMI *9955 to SSE
0030 UT Sun WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sun WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415], ND
0830 UT Sun WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sun HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sun WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Mon WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0300vUT Mon WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW [ex-0400v]
0330 UT Mon WRMI *9955 to SSE [ex-0430]
0930 UT Mon Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
1900 UT Mon IRRS/NEXUS-IBA/IPAR 7290 Romania [NEW]
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7505.035, March 5 at 1350, WRNO is still on with music,
Chinese announcement, S9+10/20 and slightly suptorted. Frequency
accuracy is improved but still far from spot-on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 17775, March 5 at 2232, JBA carrier and the OSOB; apparently
KVOH on extended schedule despite pitiful propagation. March 6 at
1525, no signal nor any whatsoever on 16m --- NSOB --- no signals on
band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1480, March 6 at 0119 UT, Vietnamese still in the mix, at
times atop, from KBXD Dallas. Is it 100% VV or at least SE Asian?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1716 UT March 6
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** CANADA. Correxion: what I meant to say:
332 kHz, March 2 at 0720, dash and QT, a kilowatt NDB from Thunder
Bay, Ontario. At first I copied it as QE -- is their dah a bit
curtailed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two more: see USA

** CUBA. 6100, Sunday March 3 at 0728, this and all other RHC
frequencies are off. 6100 should have and maybe did emit Esperanto
from 0700, finishing early, as confirmed multiple earlier Sundays,
rather than at 0800, the previously scheduled standard time for it
which is still announced in the sign-on schedule, as copied later Mar
3 from 1602 on 11760 // 15140: 08 to NAm on 6100, 16 to N/C/SAm on
11760 (only!), 2330 to SAm on 15730. The OM announcer also could not
escape his first language, Spanish when he uttered ``polÃtiko``
instead of ``politÃko`` --- Esperanto stress is absolutely regular,
always on the penultimate syllÃble, e.g. also ``radÃo`` without any
accent markings needed. Something`s always wrong at Radio Havano Kubo.

BTW, from next Sunday already, March 10, Cuba, as a Running Dog Of
Yanqui Imperialism, resumes daylight shifting time of UT -4 on the
same early date as America; cannot be coincidental. This will affect
some but not all RHC program and frequency scheduling --- maybe less
so than usual, as when Cuba went off DST last fall, after confusing
attempts to resume winter-time scheduling, RHC reverted to some
summer-timings, notably English evenings at 01-07 UT instead of 02-08.

BTW2, timeanddate.com shows other peripheral countries under undue
American influence, do the same thing March 10: Bahamas, Bermuda,
Greenland-Thule Air Base, Haiti, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, Turx &
Caicos --- and those parts of Canada and Mexico which normally observe
DST. In the case of Mexico, it`s border cities only, while most of the
rest of the country will not be catching up for another month until
April 7, which was the old USA change-date, before legislation passed
to impose irrational DST upon us for another month in spring, another
week in fall. Europe has been wrestling with whether to abolish it or
make it permanent yearound avoiding biyearly resets.

BTW3, daylight CANNOT BE SAVED, only SHIFTED by the clox, as I insist
on calling it. Its very name from the outset has been a Big Lie. You
may mull that over this week before being forced to accede to it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALI. 13685, March 3 at 1509, S5-S6 VP talk M&W conversation, //
about a second ahead of 15700 CRI English via CUBA. BUT, no 13685
signal at 1536. 13685 has been scheduled as CRI via Bamako, English at
14-16, but this and all other transmissions have been off the air for
months. Yesterday March 2, Ivo Ivanov reported some Bamako relays had
resumed, and then many others logged, but only one frequency /
transmitter at a time instead of two. Nothing audible here on 17630
which would have been // 13685 before 1600, but even if on, unlikely
would propagate as nothing else audible on 16m under pathetic
propagation conditions. 15125 was first heard yesterday during Arabic,
but today at 1639 I have no signal there. Now Ivo summarizes, but the
resumption may well continue sporadic:

``China Radio International CRI via Bamako is again on air, but only
via one transmitter, instead of two transmitters as follows:

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/china-radio-international-cri-via.html

0800-0857 on 7295 BKO 100 kW / non-dir to WeAf Hausa, very weak/JBA
1400-1557 on 13685*BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf English, fair/good
1400-1557 on 17630 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf English, not on air
1600-1657 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CEAf Arabic, very good
1600-1657 on 17880 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic, not on air
1700-1757 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf Swahili, fair/good
1700-1757 on 15125 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf Swahili, not on air
1800-1827 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to WCAf Hausa, good signal
1800-1827 on 13645 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to WeAf Hausa, not on air
1830-1927 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Arabic, very good
1830-1927 on 13685 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Arabic, not on air
1930-1957 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese, fair/good
1930-1957 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to SoAf Portuguese, not on air
2000-2127 on 11640 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English, fair signal
2000-2127 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf English, not on air
2130-2227 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to WeAf French, not on air
2130-2227 on 13630 BKO 100 kW / 111 deg to CEAf French, very poor/JBA
2230-2357 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Chinese, not on air
2230-2357 on 15505 BKO 100 kW / 085 deg to CeAf Chinese, very poor/JBA
2300-2357 on 7295 BKO 100 kW / non-dir to WeAf Chinese, very weak
2300-2357 on 11975 BKO 100 kW / 020 deg to NEAf Chinese, not on air
*til 1425 on 13685 EMR 500 kW / 072 deg to CeAs Uyghur VTurkey co-ch``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 1756 UT March 3
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** CANADA. 284 kHz, March 2 at 0715 UT, dash and QD, NDBeacon from The
Pas, Manitoba with 500 watts. Tuning up from 30 kHz, this is the first
beacon audible! Not to mention no LWBC stations.

300 kHz, March 2 at 0718, dash and YOG, NDB from (where else?) Ogoki
Post, Ontario, 500 watts. That`s certainly a new one here calling for
looking up that place. Not in my Rand McNally but coÃrdinates put it
just about in the center of the province between Pickle Lake and James
Bay; in the Marten Falls First Nation; ICAO: CYKP.

332 kHz, March 2 at 0720, dash and QT, a kilowatt NDB from Thunder
Bay, Ontario. At first I copied it as QE -- is their dit a bit too
prolonged? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Two more: see USA

** CUBA. 5040, March 2 at 0701, it`s time for RHC to have closed but
5040 is S9+20 and open carrier with hum; 6165 S9 to S7 dead air and
off at 0702*. 6000 & 6060 & 6100 already off. 5025 Rebelde is S9+20
like 5040 but at least undermodulated; Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 13700, March 2 at 1444, RHC is S9+30 of dead air except
whine, but shortly cut on talk JIP. No big FM spurs, but JBA blobitos
detected at 13728.288, 13756.586, 13671.716 and circa 13643.2, too
weak to pinpoint, i.e. plus and minus ~28.28 kHz multiples so
obviously spewing out from 13700 transmitter. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165 & 6000, March 3 at 0139, both RHC English are S9+20 and
quite undermodulated; whilst 6060 Spanish is VG S9+20. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 353 kHz, March 2 at 0723, a four-letter NDB, INLI?? But then
the IN and LI spread further and further apart. Two different ones at
same pitch: IN, 100 watts from International Falls (brrr) - Ray,
Minnesota; and much closer LI, 400 watts from Little Rock, Arkansas
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 3 more: see CANADA

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1971 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria reports: ``GERMANY, Reception of World of Radio via HLR on
6190 kHz CUSB, March 2:
https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-world-of-radio-via-hlr-on.html
0730-0800 6190 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg CEu English Sat very good signal``

Confirmed? on WRMI 9955, Sat March 2 sometime between 1230 and 1300,
good; or did I dream it? Not found on my log notes, zzzz.

Not confirmed after 1531 on HLR 9485-CUSB, never direct, but not
audible at UTwente either; and the Italia SDR was occupied by limit 4
users. Alan Gale, England, also reports: ``Hi Glenn, Nothing at all
heard on 9485 kHz here. Maybe it was down to the current solar
activity, or it may have been that the skip had just gone a bit long
again, but whatever it was I didn't hear World of Radio or anything
else on HLR this afternoon unfortunately. Better luck next week I
hope! Alan``

Confirmed Sat Mar 2 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, P-F S7-S9.

Also confirmed UT Sun Mar 3 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, very good.

Also confirmed UT Sun Mar 3 at 0449 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, S9+20/10,
about 7 minutes into so started circa 0442 (earlier check at 0428 was
running SSTV). Next:

0830 UT Sunday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5950 to WNW, 7730 to WNW
1130 UT Sunday HLR 7265-CUSB Germany to WSW
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 5950 to WNW, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ *5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
0930 UT Monday Unique 5045-LSB NSW ND
1901 UT Monday IRRS/NEXUS-IBA/IPAR 7290 Romania [NEW]
2330 UT Monday WRMI *9955 to SSE
* also webcast; direct linx to these and many others at:

Complete WOR sked, all affiliates, satellite, webcast, AM&FM, podcast:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 620, March 2 at 0709 UT, Spanish as previously
discovered from KEXB The Metroplex, overnight, giving phone numbers,
and 0732 mentions versÃculos, so these clues lead me to believe that
Radio Oasis is in fact religious, without having to listen to it much.
(OK has an Oasis network of gospel-huxtering in English, unrelated?)
but listening to it much now is difficultized by heavy QRM from
something with C&W music; what could that be on 620? NRC AM Log shows
only one US C&W station: KWAL Wallace ID, 1/1 kW U2. But far more
likely it`s CKRM Regina, 10/10 kW U4, which I have heard before. Did
not try to DF it, but would be roughly opposite from KEXB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 880-DSB, March 2 at 0736 UT, vigorous dance music in the
nightmiddle in Spanish, including ``ÂÂÂvivan los programadores, vivan
los locutores, vivan los bailadores!!! 0739 ``La Tremenda, 8-80, La
Raza``. Dominant signal despite KRVN, and certainly not KHAC-USB,
rather the ``Race`` station, WIJR, Highland IL (St Louis mkt),
1700/160 watts U4 --- probably day facilities. I wonder how much it
cut into WCBS` protected coverage area? 843 miles apart (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, March 3 at 0137, VOV news in Englishish.
Apparently this is not a mistake instead of Spanish. Peter W Hansen,
FL, says ``All of the broadcasts at 0130 UT that I have heard since
the beginning of the B18 season have been in English. First broadcast
is at 25 degrees for the northeast [0000]. Second broadcast is at 160
degrees to the south [0100]. And this third broadcast at 260 degrees
to the southwest.`` Indeed this one is very strong from WHRI,
S9+30/40. I guess that leaves Spanish at 0030 only, but at times I had
heard English during that semihour too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 3455-USB, March 3 at 0125, JBA air-ground comms in noise
level mentioning nautical miles, flight levels. EiBi lists as New
York, San Francisco and Guam, so a busy frequency. Hope the pirates
drawn to aero bands avoid this and other frequencies in use for vital
flight contacts. I was looking for Saturday night pirates and not
finding any, not even from SWL Winterfest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)

this report dispatched at 0612 UT March 3
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Make that 1470.065 or so for the computed fundamental, not 1470.65; fixed:

UNIDENTIFIED. 2940.129, March 1 at 0049, JBA carrier presumed second
harmonic from some LAm or NAm broadcaster on 1470.065 or so. Another
measurement March 1 at 0658 puts it on 2940.132. Others closer and/or
with better antenna gain and/or with less noise should be able to ID
this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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noted a lot of domestic and internat radio programs between 0200 and 0330 UT
this March 2nd.
3215even WWCR 02.15 UT
3264.911 WBCQ
3319.994 AFS  R Sonder Grense, SenTech Meyerton
4054.991 GTM  Frecuencia al Dia, 02.29 UT, KOL Israel interval signal
4765even CUB  R Progreso Bejucal
4812 heavy STANAG digital
4839.996 WWCR3 sermon
4885.025 BRA  R Clube do Para,
SW was 15 seconds ahead of Livestream audio access
<https://www.radioclubedopara.com.br/radio/>
 690 kHz MW, motos annmt in Belem Amazonia
4930even BOT  VoA carrier only already on air at 02.50 UT
4985.008 BRA  R Brasil Central, suffers totally covered by
digital UTE station.
5009.931 RN Malagasy Aubohidrano S=5 or -92dBm 0256 UT
5025even CUB R Rebelde Bauta, much LOW MODULATED signal
5040even CUB RHC Bauta, S=9+15dB, CARRIER ONLY, no audio 03.02 UT
5085even USA WTWW S=9+30dB, EXCELLENT AUDIO QUALITY !
5130.436 UNID on threshold, only exciter power ?
5829.985 WTWW S=9+35dB -37dBm powerhouse !
5850even USA WRMI only low power S=7-8
5889.996  WWCR Nashville S=9+25dB
5910even CUB  CRI English from Quivican TITAN San Felipe,
250kW relay site, S=9+25dB on remote in Massachusetts US state
BUT MIXED UP with overmodulated RHC 5999.996 kHz audio signal
also from Quivican site.
5999.996 CUB RHC S=9+35dB or -41dBm powerful signal.
And some logs from remote SDR at 4S7VK home at Piliyandala Ceylon Sri Lanka
4010.222 probably KGZ Bishkek S=6-7 late after fade-out twinlight time
03.20 UT
4760.003 could be parked IND AIR PortBlair exciter warm-hold ? 03.23 UT
4765.061 TJK  Yangi Yul at 0324 UT,
on threshold level during daytime path.
4910.005 IND AIR Jaipur, soft smooth Hindi singer, subcontinental mx,
S=9+15dB 03.25 UT March 2.
6195even OMA  BBCWS En, S=8-9, 03.27 UT
6140.021 IND AIR Aligarh Urdu sce, S=9+25dB at 03.30 UT.
6109.996 IND  AIR Srinagar, Kashmiri, MUCH DISTORTED AUDIO quality,
S=9+35dB at 04.10 UT.
6095even OMA  BBC Al Seela Arabic, S=9 at 04.11 UT.
5960 two signals of KWT and CHN hit each other on co-channel,
5959.877 R Kuwait, and
5959.940 kHz CHN  PBS Xinjiang, Urumqi Changji #523 bcast center at 04.15 UT
7240.005 TUR  TRT Emirler S=5 in Sri Lanka, S=9+40dB in Doha Qatar
7285even OMA  BBCWS En S=9+35db -41dBm powerhouse in Doha Qatar
7410even two bcaster hit each other co-channel
RRI Tiganesti ROU, and
SBA via MOCI Riyadh, HQ morning prayer, 10,5 kHz wideband signal,
S=9+25dB in Qatar, at 04.22 UT.
7420.003 IND  AIR Hyderabad, S=6 at 04.24 UT
7430.015 kHz IND AIR Bhopal, best Indian domestic signal
7459.996 BOT VoA knk lang, S=9 in Doha Qatar 94.26 UT.
7485even MDA Strongest signal in 41mb in Doha Qatar: BBC London in Persian
from Radiotelecentr (PRTC) transmitter Grigoriopol Maiac in Moldova,
S=9+40dB excellent modulation.
7585even KWT  Radio Farda in Persian, S=9+30dB 11 kHz wideband, 0430 UT
March 2
via IBB BBG VoA Kuwait al-Dschahra suburb, US IBB BBG VoA / RL / RFA bcast
center Kuwait relay site.

And a lot of CHN mainland CNR domestic programs heard on many channels
from Lhasa Tibet, and Kashgar site. Mostly S=9+10 in Sri Lanka and
Doha Qatar SDR's,  strongest signal is S=9+25 Mandarin from Lhasa.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb  df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 2)
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