** ALBANIA [non]. 5800, UT Sun May 10 at 0235, Radio Tirana relay via WRMI confirmed at new time, feature about Albanian history; but it`s only UT Sun & Mon at 0230; good signal as usual here and the closing IS at 0259 leads into a new WOR time too (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, May 11 at 0618, RTA via FRANCE with Qur`an and self-QRM beepery (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-CUSB, May 13 at 1540, JBA carrier direct from LRA36, almost all-water path from Esperanza to Enid; tnx to Manuel Méndez` word from LRA36 that they are now on every Wednesday from 1400. Still there at 1607, so after breakfast of homemade fruit cocktail and English muffin, jams, bring up Pardinho Brasil SDR to find good signal there, nothing but songs except for ID at 1615.5, some long pauses, more songs and stops at 1623.7* without any sign-off or further announcement, still off at 1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL [and non]. 9665.301, May 13 at 0603, music no doubt Voz Missionária now askewed plus, and also JBA het from 9665.00, presumably N Korea already propagating its 22 hpd broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, May 13 at 0552, ND beacon dash and WG, i.e. 1000 watts from Winnipeg; no other Canadians audible and very little from USA on beacon band, yet a good signal here from our closest contact to Canada almost due north 1503 km = one sesquimegameter. Nearest storms along the TX Gulf coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 2749-USB, May 9 at 0606-0609*, Canadian Coast Guard, Nova-Scotia-area frequency, *two* roboYL in French, sound alike but unseem duplicative or echo, equal levels until both stop at 0609 after ``terminé``. I am now thinking this be a malfunxion out of a single transmitter rather than two clashing: Yarmouth/Halifax/Sydney/Escoumins, none of which are scheduled on air at this hour per http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15165, May 9 at 1359 ``Jump`` song, Chinese briefly, timesignal and off, CNR1 jammer against VOA Mandarin via Thailand, this hour only. 15110, May 9 at 1401, Chinese, CNR1 jammer vs VOA Mandarin via Philippines, this hour only. These encourage me to keep tuning downwards thru WOOB areas for more of them: 13130, May 9 at 1403, CNR1 jammer // 15110, but here against Sound of Hope. 13070, May 9 at 1405, open carrier with flutter, similar signal to 13130 but no modulation, just as the upper goes off. 13070 also SOH. 11170, May 9 at 1417, CNR1 jammer vs SOH. 11150, May 9 at 1418, CNR1 jammer vs SOH; altho Aoki/NDXC shows this one stops at 1000, unlike EiBi. I keep tuning WOOB down to 8 MHz but none further heard. But one more later: 11675, May 9 at 1520, Chinese dialog, CNR1 jammer vs RFA Mandarin via Saipan (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 2940.133, May 9 at 0610, JBA carrier detected for the record, despite heavy storms in the RGV and Louisiana coast, presumed HJNT, Radio Huellas, Cali, 2 x 1470.0665, South America`s most reliable MW harmonic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, May 8 at 1859-1910+, no signal from RHC English, as I let the white noise lull my nap. Nor on alternate frequency 16180 when it gets confused with Spy Numbers. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7380, May 8 at 2301, RHC in Spanish instead of English, which is heard only on 5040, not 11880 which 7380 replaced a few days ago. Spanish frequency announcement, partial? of 11850 and 6000: 11850 is also wrong, having moved onto Romania`s 11800. 7380 still in Spanish at 2321. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11670, May 9 at 0123, RHC S9+20 of dead air, then suptorted modulation, cutting in and out. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 9 at 1409, no signal from CRI Plus relay in English; oops, recheck at 1521, now it`s on, S9+20 but undermodulated; something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13700, May 9 at 1518, dead air of S9+20 from RHC. But no spurblobs today. 13740, May 9 at 1518, almost dead air of S9, but JBM of RHC; long after both are supposed to quit. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 7380, May 9 at 2207, RHC in undermodulated French, S9/+15, as it should be for African service, ex-11880; 2341 recheck now the English hour // 5040, back from slip/slop to Spanish stream yesterday. Something`s not wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, May 9 at 2216, RHC in Brazuguese, ex-11700; while 15270 is in Spanish, distorted and echoey unlike // 11800. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6072.34, 6081.58, 6090.86; 6109.22, 6118.30, 6127.50, 6135.10, May 10 from 0621 to 0624, all approximate, constantly varying wavering weak spurs out of 6100 RHC English, not monitored in that order as first noticed the 6090+ one. Something new always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13740, May 10 at 1420, RHC is JBM, while 13700 is fully modulated, but no spurblobs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760 // suptorted 15140, Sunday May 10 starting late at 1503, RHC weekly Esperanto; canned sign-on still gives own wrong schedule; what do they know? Do they never listen to confirm their own broadcasts? Sunday 0800 on 6100 --- should be at 0700 during DST and could be on some other 6 MHz channel if on the air at all; this one they claim is on 11760 (only) and at 1600 instead of 1503; the third one maybe right: 2230 on 15730. I`ve set an alarm to check on that today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 10 at 1510, China Plus relay is on in English. However, Wolfgang Bueschel said it was missing by 1456; so maybe they have deliberately deleted the first hour? Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15730, May 10 at 2233, RHC confirmed Sunday-only Esperanto, the only one of three still at correct announced time; VG signal level but distorted at Maine SDR, yet inaudible at others in N and S America. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13439, 13504, 13570, 13634; 13766, 13830, 13896, 13962, 14028 approx., May 11 at 1458, constellation of FM/AM spurblobs out of 13700-AM RHC at roughly 66 kHz intervals; this time the F# tone is louder than usual; closer ones quite strong & readable in FM mode; declining to only a trace of the tone at the edges. 13740 is already off. 13700 is dead air by 1509, but the spurs remain F#. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 11 at 1508, China Plus relay is S9+10/20 but distorted. Did not check in time whether on before 1500. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9640 // 9535, May 13 at 0002, both these are just barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15370, May 13 at 2105 distorted // not distorted 13740, RHC starting afternoon news in Spanish referring to a ``terrorist attack on the Cuban embassy in Washington`` --- but scarce on details, more concerned with how it relate to Cuba getting blacklisted again by US as not cooperating in anti-terrorism, like Venezuela and other malfactors. Normally I zone out for RHC ``news`` rife with anti-American propaganda, but curious about this, since I have heard nothing about such an attack on US news media. Is it recent, or an old grievance? Here`s a story on their current website, again without much detail, even a date, but with a surveillance shot stamped 30-4-20. Apparently blamed on some exile from Miami: http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/222497-ataque-a-embajada-de-cuba-inducido-por-politica-de-eeuu-afirma-canciller BTW, don`t forget the long-running sonic attax on the US Embassy in Habana. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** DENMARK [and non]. ``Wolfgang Bueschel - may I then suggest that you refrain from putting forward your personal opinions on music and other content being broadcast on various SW stations. Why not just report times, frequency and content without any prejudice!? I am sure that there are many DXers around that appreciate your work. Please don't be an idiot such as Glenn Hauser, who hardly cannot say a sentence without attacking his personal enemies (Cuba in particular) Best 73s Stig Hartvig Nielsen`` Wolfie on a log of 5840 WMR had said ``pop mx what else``. SHN took great offense to that. Wolfie replied, ``I never hate any music!`` Geez, Stig, I have gone out of my way to publicize your stations -- a fine effort to put a country back on the SW map, and this is your appreciation? Everyone is entitled to their opinions and to express them. May your skin become thickened. You might not be so happy about a country like Cuba if they jammed your broadcasts! I have treated you fairly. But I shall try to avoid reporting your stations in future, unless perhaps someone have something critical to say about them. Was going to mention Kuhl`s correxion on next WOR, but why should I? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRAN. 6160, May 10 at 0101, no WBCQ tonight, just Qur`an for the Turx from PARS/IRIB/VOIRI, to the end of Ramadan in another biweek (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 10 at 0103, S5-S8 of rock music from The Mighty Farty KBC, as its second outing this year on 9925 via GERMANY is failing, fading down to JBA by 0123. I suppose they are too inflexible to move to 7 MHz until and unless the MUF perk up to 10 MHz this summer? Since this is for North America anyway, why won`t Eric put it on WRMI? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NICARAGUA [non?]. 8989-USB, Sat May 9 at 2208, S4 in Spanish song sounds gospel, the Pescador Predicador indeed back. It would be nice to have some background about who and where he is, licensed or not? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6955-USB, May 10 at 0100, soul music at S9, but poor timing when my listening priority is `Encore` on 5850 WRMI. Many2 logs here with SSTV pix say it`s Wolverine Radio between 0031 and 0204: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,66874.0.html Skipmunk says the song at 0100 was ``There Goes My Baby`` by the Drifters; yes, theme tonight is Baby (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1580, May 10 at 0624 UT, stupid sports talk is dominant, and // 1020 KOKP, so presumed its sibling station KOKB Blackwell, which is licensed for only 49 watts ND at night; is close enough for groundwave at least when on 1000 watt day power; FSR affiliate when not doing own ``Triple Play`` stuff (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA [and non]. 11800, May 8 at 2302, RRI starts the Spanish hour atop RHC, but is losing out by 2309 to RHC // 7380 instead of English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.060, May 12 at 1756, JBA off-frequency talk until 1757*, my measurement just in time; it`s the HQS as scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850 VG // >> 5010, UT Sun May 10 at 0100, `Encore` another great hour of classical music via WRMI prevents me from listening to The Mighty KBC, Wolverine Radio, the Lumpy Gravy Radio Show or Shortwave Saturday Night --- why does everyone gang up on Saturday night? At least Encore has an alternative, UT Monday 0200 on WRMI 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, May 13 at 2229, REE to North America is S9+10 but dead air! The other three much weaker are all modulating, 11670, 11940, 12030. Keep checking 9690: still dead air at 2236, 2249, 2302; May 14 at 0030 by when only 11940 remains on with mod; 0054, 0100, 0140 by when silent 9690 has grown to S9+20/30 of DA; still past 0200 but off in a minute or two as scheduled. So nobody at Noblejas pays attention whether a 300-kW transmitter has modulation applied, for at least 3.5 hours. Something`s notorious at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 8 at 2237 check, VOT makes it on today, poor-fair music; 2249 CV precaution PSA; 2251 multi-lingual ID filler; 2253 sign-off as if the 1230 on 15450, IS until 2256*, off just in time to avoid fantastical German lead-in. Something`s always awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 9 at 2204, VOT is on today, no RTTY, still in opening news? but just too poor at S5-S8. This is what becomes of 500? kW over a 10-megameter path (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 10 at 2155, TRT IS already, so prospects good for English at 2200; no PR RTTY either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 11 at 2239 check, VOT is on at S7/S9+10 with music fill. On again May 12 at 2227 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830, May 13 at 2227, VOT is absent, after a record? 5-day run of successes I checked daily May 8-9-10-11-12! I knew that wouldn`t last. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U K [non]. 9615, May 12 at 1825 English lesson for Korean, S6-S9. Accent seemed American but this is tail of 3-hour BBC broadcast via Tinang, PHILIPPINES on the 21-degree azimuth carrying right on USward. I would not be so eager to teach the N Koreans English; so they can be more effective cybercriminals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 263-MCW kHz, May 10 at 0634 UT, ND beacon CVM, which is 25 watts from Alton - CiVic Memorial, Illinois. Not much else DX making it on the beacon band tonight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Regional_Airport ``Civic Memorial Airport opened in 1946 and received its current name in 1984.[4]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 380-MCW kHz, May 12 at 0628, ND beacon OEL, JBA under much stronger 379-MCW RUE in Arkansas. Both are 25 watts, OEL in Oakley, Kansas, which is just SE of Colby by I-70. OEL is also closer, 401 km vs 445 from Russellville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 2097.3-CW, May 9 at 0613, single-letter beacon A, every 10 seconds audible vs high noise level, anywhere but Quartzsite AZ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5896.5-USB, May 13 at 0010, MARS net, mostly JBA but at 0015 NCS3 is briefly stronger, calling AFZ6HP, fonetikally; also mentioned either as caller or callees: NCS307, NCS387, NCS027. These are not intruders per ITU, rather all the broadcasters 5900-5800. Searching on the AFZ- call the first hit I get says: ``CR> - Groups.io! groups.io › winfldigi › topic Jul 3, 2019 - On Jul 3, 2019, at 21:00, Hubert Peery wrote: I get an automatic after each line and after an enter from the keyboard printed`` but clicking on that directly, Hub`s call appears only as W5GYX. Looking up his ham call: ``W5GYX USA flag USA, HUBERT D PEERY, SHAWNEE, OK 74804-3620 USA``. This is a SHARES net frequency as explained with my first log July 27, 2016 at the same time http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1630.txt and there have been several since (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 18130-USB, May 12 at 1523, OSOB is KW6J/7 in contact with an unheard K5. I check this band for signs of sporadic E, even if nothing is making it on 17 MHz SWBC band like 17775; and 15825 WWCR is the usual JBA carrier under dead conditions in that direxion. I`ve heard him before on same band, last August 2 and April 12: ``KW6J/7 USA flag USA, BRIAN C STAPLETON, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625, USA`` but splits time in Arizona as the /7 implies. 18130-USB, May 12 at 1743 recheck same frequency and hear same? station. No, now OSOB is W7HX, who per qrz.com must have just moved up to Prescott Valley AZ: 1748 ``here in western Arizona, Lou``, and 1951 contact unheard W5RLW. Contrary to this almost 3-year-old entry, referred to living part-time in California; like Brian. ``W7HX USA flag USA, LOUIS E CALDWELL, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, USA` Ham since 1967, orig call WA7GYR, had W7HX since 1977. Pharmacist, (Wash State U 1962) retired end of 1998. Now completely retired, no more pills. Have moved to AZ permanently, winters in Sun City, summers (mid-May to early October in Prescott Valley. 4el steppir from WA put up in Prescott Valley, A ham location to die for, on the brow of a hill with green belt sloping down 20-30 feet to a road. Clear shot NE to S (thru east). 55ft tower plus sloping hill should be a killer location. 8183603 Last modified: 2017-06-27 04:23:36, 930 bytes`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9885, May 11 at 0616, VOA French is S9+10, apparently voicing-over something which sounds like QRM. It`s 0600-0630 M-F, and good signal this time implies it`s still Grimesland NC, rather than transferred to a Trans-Atlantic site; even tho it would be the only transmission between 0400 and 1000 with OCB/RM canceled overnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WOR 2033 is available as of 0442 UT Friday May 8 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2033.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2033.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 contents: Alaska, Algeria non, Australia, Bangladesh, Bougainville, Canada, China non, Cuba and non, Denmark, France, Greece, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea South, México, Netherlands non, North America, Perú, Philippines, Romania, Sarawak non, UK non, USA, Vatican non, Zambia; tsunamis influence ionosphere, propagation outlook The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780 0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring: confirmed first WRMI broadcast, Friday May 8 at 2200 on 9955 --- checking via remotes instead of here: very heavy pulse jamming at Brasil, Trinidad; Colombia SDRs gone; somewhat audible vs jamming at Bonaire, Dominican Republic, Maine. However, good at Alexandria VA, little or no jamming until fading down by 2225. Also confirmed UT Saturday May 9 at 0130 here on WRMIs: 5850 VG S9+20/30 despite omitted from new WRTH A-20 update, among other errors; also 5010 S9+10/20 slightly better than 7780 S9/+10, both noisy. Also confirmed Saturday May 9 at 1323 the 1300 on WRMI 15770, poor S6-S9, presumably much better NE of FL. Next: 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0300 UT Sunday WRMI 5800 [NEW] [to be confirmed] 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria confirms: ``Weak signal of World of Radio#2033 via WRMI-9 on May 9 https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/05/weak-signal-of-world-of-radio2033-via.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xByrx3jM0AU&feature=youtu.be 1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat`` Also confirmed at brand new time of 0300 UT Sunday May 10 on WRMI 5800; tnx, Jeff! G signal to Virginia SDR altho it`s aimed SSE like 9955, but unlike 9955 is not jammed or above the MUF. Also confirmed at 0325 UT Sun May 10 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM at the Algeria 6065 item, so just started at about 0322, Good via Indiana SDR. Next: 0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring; next: 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW 0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210 1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday May 11 at 0130 on WRMI 7780 good via Alexandria SDR. Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, but Alexandria SDR has crosstalk/QRM, overload from TOM or something on another frequency; while via Rockport SDR, WOR in the clear. Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, VG at a Rochester SDR. Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good via Rochester. Also confirmed Mon May 11 at 1801 on IRRS 7290; tune-in via UTwente SDR at 1756, big carrier already on with splash from 7275 and 7300; trace of modulation unclear whether CCI or leak from IRRS feed? 1758:45 cuts on mod about a book `Pio Pico` (?) by Roberto Garza, ending show from radiocurious.org - presumably the IRRS replacement for War Room Pandemic, not supposed to be on SW; 1800 IRRS ID but not the one misclaiming 7290 be in CUSB; but still giving postal address in Milano and Italian phone number 39-02-266-6971 --- aren`t they axually HQ in Ireland now? And discouraging reports by mail to Italy? Then three quick headlines from FSN in time for WOR 2033 to start by 1801. Now the splash QRM comes from 7280 & 7300, not avoidable even by narrowing bandwidth. Also all during WOR there is also a slight warble on 7290 as if a trace of RTTY or some ute QRM. Cut off my closing after ``2-0 ---``. Another IRRS ID with Milano P O Box. Altho still filed as ITALY, WRTH 2020 postal and phone are only for Dublin. Next: 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring, final repeats: 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday May 13 at 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.0v, very poor in hi noise level. Automation continues to start it at 20 seconds past after Financial Survival and canned ID. Frequency closer to nominal than usual. Also confirmed UT Thursday May 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but VP here in noise level; VG via UTWente SDR in Holland. Next WOR 2034 should be ready by early UT May 15, first American SW airing Friday at 2200 on WRMI 9955. Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle, who sent a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and remarx: ``Thanks Glenn for all you do. 73 John N8JJO`` PayPal not necessarily in US funds as they will convert. One may also contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, UT Mon May 11 at 0100, WRMI switches abruptly from Brother HyStairical to classic rock which continues past 0122 segués, and NO announcements. This is the time publicized for a new weekly airing of the monthly Radio Emma Toc from UK; Richard Langley reported the same thing happened a week ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490, UT Sat May 9 from 0000, WBCQ with `Allan & Angela Wiener Worldwide` --- John Carver reports: ``Tonight's show started on time on 7490. Music on 5130 and no signal on 6160. Program came up on 5130 at 0002 but still no signal on 6160. Allan and Angela in the studio but it is a repeat of last week's show as Allan removes his shirt because of the heat and then they talk about May Day. John Mid-North Indiana`` Yes, I also heard the first few minutes when it became obviously a repeat from last week. You were right, it was Allan who took off his shirt, not Angela; wishful thinking? He always introduces her as ``gorgeous``. See for yourself on a number of twits such as: https://twitter.com/AllanWBCQ/status/1251530237206282247/photo/1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490+, May 9 at 2203, S7-S2 of dead air from WBCQ. Still on the Saturday schedule for 100 minutes from 2200 is `Good Sounding Oldies` --- can`t say I`ve ever heard it and not now either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130, UT Sun May 10 at 0101, rock music presumably `Lumpy Gravy` on WBCQ; and 7490+ Valkyries theme opening `Shortwave Saturday Night` on the other WBCQ, but for rest of hour I am drawn to the bigsig of classical from `Encore` on 5850 WRMI. Why does everyone gang up on Saturday night at the same time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9385, May 10 at 0603, tuneby WEWN hears M. Angelica remark, ``Ya gotta make up your mind --- which way yer goin```. Immediately: 9330, May 10 at 0603, tuneby WLCR via WBCQ, ``Take a bath`` --- that`s enough late night advice for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.102V, May 11 at 1524, VP S4-S5 carrier, no mod audible; must be WBCQ typical offset; they have been starting Brother Scare at 1600 altho FCC A-20 does not authorize WBCQ before 1900. But they might as well take over as soon as WWCR finish 7490 at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, UT Sun May 10 about 0030, WTWW-2 finally switches from hamgab to TONITO. This signal is strong enough to be audible on my portable next to noisy equipment, but at best there is annoying selective fading distortion on the organ music; and it`s inconvenient for me to switch to the stereo webcast, tsk (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825 & 13845, May 10 at 1422, WWCRs getting sporadic E boost to S9+20 rather than JBA; there is lots of HF Es across the USA today, per DX Map, not reaching the FM band yet, but maybe reaching the lower VHF TV channels for those set up to pull in DTV DX. WTFDA has published an updated list of current lowband stations, in May VHF-UHF Digest; http://www.wtfda.org/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 3215, May 13 at 0557, S9+20 of dead air from this WWCR instead of Brother HyStairical. 4840, May 13 at 0557, WWCR OK mod here, outro about Alex Jones on this particular frequency, fragment of steel drum but not closing down. BTW, I am now bothered by local line noise up to S9+10 on the 4-5 MHz band. Hardly anything on 4885 from Brasil, or is Pará off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic just-barely-audible MW carrier search May 13; must do this earlier now with earlier sunrises; at 0439: none lower than 837, 891=where first noticed, 936(2), 999, 1089, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1305(2), 1566. Nearest storms are along TX Gulf coast down from Houston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5005, May 9 at 0100, VP carrier, much like we get from EQUATORIAL GUINEA after 0500; could that transmitter be onstuck? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9875+, May 9 at 0129, algo S6-S9, JBM. Nothing listed at this time in the Big 3 references; slightly off-frequency+plus, a clew (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 12535-USB, May 9 at 1407, 2-way in Spanish, laughing, one stronger than the other. Maybe legit, as was ship station channel 117 as of Klingenfuss 2002 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15125-USB, May 13 at 1541, JBA 2-way probably in Spanish, intruders (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15728.8-USB approx., May 10 at 2145, 2-way in Spanish, INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 17725.080, May 8 at 1854, JBA carrier, presumably one of those off-frequency sites --- but none listed in Aoki/NDXC or EiBi or HFCC. Since it is fading, suspect it be real rather than receiver birdie. Would be OSOB if not for 17530 trace of Grimesland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)