A24 SCHEDULE INFO LINX: http://www.worldofradio.com/index.html ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, April 6 at 2207 tune-in via Buenos Aires remote, S8 phone tones SFX from LRA36 in contact info, ID, regular Saturday broadcast. Seems like another chaotic, soon unheard and 2224 check definitely off, just S3/S5 noise level. Still nothing audible at 2300, but a JBV trace on the waterfall! That SDR must have failed, since it is audible when I move to Mendoza tho only S3/S4, Spanish too weak for easy listening. And after 2300 there is some ACI from that ChiCom on 15480. Before 2335, no LRA36 detectable there either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034 USB, April 5 at 1527, Trenton Military, ``no report received`` several in a row. Other random acrosstunes lately, also 6754 USB at night, hit nothing received. Is it completely unfunxional yet again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, April 5 at 0709, S9+40 of dead air in Spanish; thus can`t be positive whether it`s not R. Rebelde, not RHC, or even not Habana Radio. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5800, April 6 at 0630, pulse jamming against nothing, since WRMI ruined the frequency by putting some exile programming on it briefly months ago. Skedgrid now shows nothing needing to be jammed, especially when WRMI is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11760, Sunday April 7 at 1501, RHC Esperanto overmodulated/distorted here at S9/+20 // 15140 S8/S9 but mod OK, canned s/on info with usual mispronunciations, and wrong sked still winter timings, claiming Sundays at 08 on 6100, 16 on 11760-only -- and a third time I never can copy, but I think on a 17 MHz frequency where RHC never appears. Io ĉiam misas ĉe RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, April 8 at 2219, RHC S9/+10 but mod sup/torted. Unreadable, but intonation sounds Portuguese; 11760 not on for a Spanish comparison, rather Chinese music fill in Portuguese disservice. WRTH A24 update lax RHC PP at 22-23 on 15230 but is in Aoki. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, April 9 at 1530, RHC Spanish S9 but undermodulated and squeezing out spurblobs approx plus/minus 3 kHz, and weaker plus/minus 6. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 28425 USB, April 8 at 2227, HI8AT making quick yet friendly contacts; some guys do that even if no contest. QRZ.com: ``HI8AT Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic, Julio Cesar Jose, P O Box 951, Santo Domingo, D. N. 11101, Dominican Republic`` - only a few phone sigs and beacons on 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. 15625, April 8 at 2224, rock? music S7/S9 with flutter. Aoki shows this hour is Chinese from KSDA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** IRELAND. 8957 USB, April 4 at 0643, S2/S3, YL voice with flight weather, mentioned Durban a few times? Must have been Dublin, because ``Shannon VOLMET`` ID at 0644. EiBi shows this 24h, the only other 8957s comms from Bolivia, Iceland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9685-, April 9 at 1523, gospel? music from stronger of two close signals slightly offset minus. A24 EiBi & Aoki show Furusato no Kaze, from Japan via Paochung, TAIWAN with two Korean broadcasts at 1500-1530 & 1530-1559. Apparently jammed or collided, but nothing else at this hour listed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. Nippon no Kaze, 1500-1558 UT, in Korean, Not Furusato no Kaze --- ```Hi Glenn - A slight correction to your posting: Aoki database: A24 Shortwave Frequency List April 10 2024, 0100 UTC kHz Time(UTC) ITU Station Lang. Location 9685 1430-1500 TWN Furusato no kaze Jpn Paochung 9685 1500-1530 TWN Nippon no Kaze "il bon ue baram" Kor Paochung 9685 1530-1558 TWN Nippon no Kaze "il bon ue baram" Kor Paochung [il bon ue baram = Hometown Wind, ふるさとの風 - Ron] - - - Per Hiroshi - http://hiroshi.mediacat-blog.jp/e154169.html : April 9th: 1430's "Furusato no Kaze" is good at 15475, 9706, and 9685 kHz. No jamming could be confirmed at this time either. The same program as 1330 is on Tuesdays. And "Sally the Witch" has been added to 1457's nostalgic anime songs.`` Ron, California``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** KUWAIT. 15540, April 5 at 1820, checking for the alleged 18-21 UT English from R. Kuwait: NO signal, AM nor DRM, into Kuwait SDR; UTwente seems to have an S7 open carrier with het, synchlocking onto 15540.129, who knows what (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, April 4 at 0648, no signal from ORTM, no noise either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, April 5 at 0711, no signal from ORTM, not even noise blob (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, April 6 at 0632, no signal nor noise from ORTM direct. Richard Langley says it`s also off at 1745 when hoping to record weekly Saturday English. Wolfgang Bueschel suggests absence may be due to Ramadan; well, it had been going and coming. Ramadan ends around April 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, April 7 at 0625, again no signal from ORTM. If anyone ever hear them again on 5995, or 9635, let it be known. Not in latest A24 HFCC April 4, but was absent from B23 HFCC too. Far too many `domestic` SW services shun HFCC, tho it could help protect their frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. Re: ORTM --- Glenn, I believe Mali remains active, provisionally. Big roaring noise blob on 5995 at 0728Z today, 8 April. At precisely 0800, it appeared on 9635, so clearly the same transmitter. Terry Krueger, FL (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, April 7 at 0127, pirate rock music S9; 0149 SSTV beepery; 0151 nim or birdcalls; 0152 music; 0202 vamping music. No announcements heard but I am switching around with two other simulpirates. More logs here with SSTV and waterfall images, as Bad Dog Radio: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,128201.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920 USB, April 7 at 0128, pirate rock music, S9+10 so somewhat stronger than the other two. 0130 wolf? howl or is it a bird. 0137 owl hoots? and ``un-I-D Radio``? as ID. 0153 synth voice reading reception report, unID or not? 0200 another synth voice report and off*. Maybe an ID in there I can`t understand. More logs here as ``AN ID Radio``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,128203.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6875 USB, April 7 at 0129, pirate rock music, S9+5 so weaker than 6920 but stronger than 6930. 0130 Motel 6 ad, or parody? Address for reports to Radio 48. 0134 ``This free radio station closing down`` with boings, then Mix Radio International ID and continues with music. But off at next check 0155. More logs here from much earlier, last one at 0134 on page 2: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,128188.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.8 AM, April 6 at 1830, gospel music broadcaster relayed by local CB pirate - only S8/S9, weaker than last time when it was // 105.5 so I check that first, and it`s a match again, K288FX translator which in turn is allegedly a relay of ``K-Love``, KYLV 88.9 OKC. No skip QRM for a change on this busy channel; nor do I hear any 10m ham beacons on a quick scan. MUF must be down, not even sporadic E? 6m DXMAP shows 71 MHz somewhere in NAm, but scattered spots are below 27 MHz. I routinely check 27185 almost every day. BTW the WTFDA FM Database is offline, rather DreamHost displays: ``db.wtfda.org is almost here! Upload your website to get started.`` Huh? Surely not my website. Still sidetracking thus at 2340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.8, April 7 at 0059, turn radio back on tuned to here and local Enid CB pirate is again/still on, 0101 ID for KYLV 88.9 OKC, i.e. off the // K288FX 105.5 translator as in previous report at 1830 April 6. Next check April 7 at 1453, steady S8 carrier, no mod, on 27184.8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. OG&E guys visited again about 1545 UT April 8. Have not been able to locate source of noise, in fact say it`s widespread over entire Garfield County! We agree that it has abated a lot on MW, as I set the DX-398 on 1100 kHz - no longer any noise thereunto, no matter how rotated. They have done nothing, so it could just as easily resurge, whereupon I will notify them. I still hear considerable noise on LW via the 100-foot longwire, and on MW. Hope not enough to block any imminent Eclipse MW DX, perhaps from Texas or Louisiana beyond the totality path (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Just sent this to OETA in CDT: ``BBC News mixed up --- Could you please straighten out the scheduling of BBC News programmmes? Customarily and as still shown on your website schedule on weekdays, BBCWN America is at 4:30 on World, and 5:30 on HD. Yet today Tuesday something non-BBC was at 4:30 on World; and Context is on HD at 5:30 so we miss BBCWNA completely! However, about 5:35 HD froze both via Optimum cable and your own stream, as received here and as often the case not enough signal to my rooftop antenna to check it OTA. O, finally at 5:41, Tech Diffs... Aha, you were fixing the mixup so WNA starts 5:42 - but will be cut short? Oops, WNA opening, but it`s NOT news but some BBC docu about sickle cell -- I think that`s what was on World an hour before. I wonder if all this is caused at OETA or from PBS. Or BBC itself! BTW when there is Breaking News! it`s pretty obvious that WNA original feed is at 4:00. Maybe you should run it then ``live`` if that would not cause even more problems. Anyhow, I`m glad you are adding stream for World and Create! Regards, Glenn Hauser, Enid`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, April 9, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935.000, April 8 at 1605, Qur`an, S9+20 into UTwente but undermodulated and with heavy ACI from S9+30 11940, CRI English via Kashi, std. denunciation, this hour only. By 1642, Arabic talk. LSB tuning of 11935 helps very little. Republic of Yemen Radio relay is still going, tho some have questioned whether any SA SW transmitters be on the air. 11940 off at 1657* and 11935 is still on but no modulation; 1658 bits of mod cutting on and off, 1659 Arabic stays on, and level improves, but no ToH ID heard. 1700 now there is ChiCom splattering from 11925 starting with timesignal. Aoki says CNR1 via Lingshi already on since 1200. 1730 mostly in clear with declamatory speech by one voice, occasional interruptions by a calmer voice (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, April 8 at 1930, presumed Rep. of Yemen Radio, Arabic still going; into UTwente now has ACI from 11930 and AACI from 11925. That would now be Martí, and I guess VORW via France as sked this hour Mondays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11934.999, April 9 at 1803, Arabic S9+20/25 into UTwente; 1917 ME music {not 1907 original typo}, 1918 ``Yemen`` ID; no QRM or mod problems now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Friday April 5 at 2200, token English from SNR, S9+20/40 direct, feature preview to be about World Health Day, but I don`t have time to listen (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Mon Apr 8 at 2208, token English from REE VG direct tho some deep fading on the DX-390, feature today about manga/anime in Spain. Not interested. However, further tuning on R75 found quite sufficient signals on the other three, 15390 at S9+10; 15520 at S9+10/20; 17815 at S9+10/20; 17855 at S9+20/30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Apr 10 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG direct, feature to be about SARAH[?], an AI creature dispensing medical info in 7 languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. 13809.917, April 5 at 1532, two stations mixing making low audible heterodyne. Per Aoki A24, RFA Chinese via Dushanbe at 15-17, but which one is the jammer? Into UTwente at 1647 same horrible mix but synchlox onto frequency as measured above. Jammer off at 1700* after CNR1 timesignal, victim off a few seconds later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 17815, April 5 at 1525, S9/+20 in Turkish, the SSOB > 17790, 17600. TRT now sked 13-16, 500 kW, 310 degrees for W Europe but also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 5 at 2200, VOT English S9+20/30 direct but vs high local line noise level. At 2232 I`m on UTwente when measured, S9+40, `Turkish Folk Tale` with a moral about doing good. 2237 music. 2241 `That`s Why`, the badax about greeting each other, salaam, music. 2250 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2252 s/off, 2253 IS to 2255* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 6 at 2206, VOT English, VG S9+25/35 into UTwente. Lots of unID music. 2234-2236 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`, sounds like ``catsworth keeper`` something to do with polishing oxcarts - another failure to communicate to an English audience, not spelling out unfamiliar stuff. 2236 more music, really nice with good modulation at least. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2253 s/off as if the 1330-1430 on 13635. That`s multiply wrong, outdated B23 emission. They should at least pretend this is the A24 at 1230 on 17620, as already accomplished some days. Something`s always awry at Ankara. IS played one sesquitime and chopoff at 2254.8*, no finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Sunday April 7 at 2200, VOT English is not off the air, VG S9+50 into UTwente, VG modulation, like a local. I start to pay attention after the news, TRT World promo, `Weekly Analysis` about the March 21 local elexions, how different parties fared, but doesn`t mean much to me without further background knowledge; bottom line: good news or bad for RTE? They don`t say. 2225 music. 2229 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo. 2230 `Letterbox`, but first usual host talks about his Ramadan: has lost 6 kg, was difficult at first. He also had to abstain from smoking and drinking Turkish coffee thrice a day. Almost over with Eid on Wednesday. Letters: from India wanting souvenir stuff, but sorry, only postal QSLs; reads report including program details from whenever, he should skip over now; apparently followed by another from same guy; one from England; Young Stars Radio Club in India. And from Ricky Hein - seems he has received and emailed reply to ten or fifteen of the same request asking for English schedule. Is he not getting them?? Exasperated, wants his postal address [from South Dakota]. 2245 time`s up, music. But outro for L`box only after the song at 2249. Then more music. 2253 s/off by the badax for the 1230 on 17620 only. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2254 IS for a sesquiminute and off 2255.5*. No ChiCom genocidal understation any more like on ex-5960 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, April 8 at 2215, no signal direct from VOT English. 2230 I thought it had come on, rather bleed from 11780 Brasil in bandwidth too wide. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 9 at 2200 no VOT signal into portable; but by 2208 on R75, S9+20/30 but unfortunately, badax is reading the news. 2223 also her with a commentary mentioning Gaza and Biden but could not follow gist of it; also some ACI splash from 11780 Brasil. Via UTwente at 2250 when measured, S9+50/55! in songs. 2254 badax does the s/off too, for 1230 on 17620 only. 2255 IS. 2256* chopoff just before restart with German IDs. Something`s always awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, Apr 10 at 2200, VOT English is JBA to the DX-390, no comparison to 17855 Spain. On the R75 it`s S9+20/30 with ACI from 11780. Badax is speaking so no motivation to try to listen. Recheck after 2245 into Maryland SDR, mostly music, 2252 badax s/off as if the 1230 broadcast only, 2253 IS but chopoff before 2254* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Line noise level abated somewhat on SW, but still severe on MW and worst on LW; yet a couple are JBA from the periphery, April 5 at 0701 UT, 305 kHz RO, ROswell NM; and 326 kHz, MA, MidlAnd TX; both 400 watts per RNA Signals List (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 356 MCW kHz, April 10 at 0710 UT, ODX, 25-watt NDB at Ord NE, only somewhat unusual one vs high storm noise level. RNA Signals List notes: ``ULS WRLB2403 expires Feb 2025. Licensed to State of Nebraska`` --- first NDB I`ve run across with a *real* FCC callsign besides its nick-call. Do they all have a secret one? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 400 MCW kHz, April 8 at 0704, AHQ, ND beacon at Wahoo, Nebraska, not new but seldom heard. The LW line noise level has abated somewhat, as I also hear some other peripheral regulars, SW, AM, MA, FBY, IC and more. Also 407, HRU in KS, but just as clearly tuned to 404 USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13563 approx., April 10 at 2220, AN is the only HIFER beacon JBA now, very close to same frequency bearing others lately. This one is in the LWCA list as 13562.9~ in Somerton, AZ, which is in the SW corner next to Yuma. New one for me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {See also UNIDENTIFIED} ** U S A. 17690, April 4 at 1822, immediate ID at tune-in, R. Martí, 1180 AM etc. and into Spanish podcast, ``Unmasking Russia``. S7/S9 into UTwente, so still going M-F 17-21 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2236 monitoring: conformed UT Thursday April 4 at 0130 on WRMIs into Bonaire SDR: 5010. S9+10/18 where it`s aimed; 9395, S8/S9 off the back. ``This Thur April 4th morning log at Greece and Qatar remotedly: 9395even USA WRMI Okeechobee 01.30-02.00 UT Thurs S=9+45dB powerhouse GH’s WOR program presence noted with sympathy. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 contents: MWDXing Total Solar Eclipse; *Alaska, (Ascension), Bahrein, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada non, (China), Cuba, Egypt, (Falkland Islands), *Finland, Germany, (Guam), India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan and non, Korea North non, Korea South non, (Lithuania), (Madagascar), Maldives non, Mali, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Oklahoma, (Qatar), *Romania, (Sa`udi Arabia), Spain, *Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine non, UK and non, USA, (Uzbekistan), *Vatican and non, Yemen non; Battery size matters; SWL Fest registration; 6-meter DX; propagation outlook. *with A24 English schedules WOR 2237 available from 0244 UT Friday April 5: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2237.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2237.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?] 2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Michael Rosenbaum for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: Confirmed Friday April 5 at 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S8/S9 into UTwente, with some ACI from 1314. Since this was off the air last week, I was concerned so checked earlier at 1830 when it was on with timesignal, IRRS ID and Feature Story News. Also before 2030 it was AWR `Wavescan`. Also confirmed first SW airing, Friday April 5 at 2200 on WRMI 9955, under S9+20 line noise level direct. Confirmed new time of Friday April 5 at 2230 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+10 into UTwente - except last week`s #2236 was still replaying. I hope they will get the new one on ASAP henceforth. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW 0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday April 6 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+25/35 direct. Also confirmed UT Saturday April 6 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, S9/+10 into NH SDR. 0429 to strange bit of music, unseems religious to off at 0430.8* without outro ID or any s/off announcement. I am pleased about how reliably and precisely WOR has been aired each week. Also confirmed Saturday April 6 at 1456 the now 1430 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000, S9+5 into UTwente. Also confirmed Saturday April 6 the now 1600 on WRN North America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday April 6 at 1732 the now 1730 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000 S9/+15 and a few words behind on 3975.000, S9+5, both into UTwente. Next: Also confirmed Saturday April 6 from 1938 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, Wentzville MO, S9+18 into nearby Warrenton SDR. Also confirmed Saturday April 6 until 1959 the 1930s on WRMI stream, WRN North America stream; and from 2000 on WRN Europe stream. Next: 0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday April 7 at 0000 on WRMI 9955, S9 above Cuban pulse jamming into Bonaire SDR; S3/S7 into Mendoza SDR, no jamming audible. Also confirmed UT Sunday April 7 at 0321 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, about 6 minutes into so started close to nominal 0315; but audio skipping via nearby SDR, often a defect; while playing better into Peoria. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 7 at 2000 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.996 kHz, not on 207 or 918, S9+12/17 into nearby Noale SDR. UTwente agrees on the exact frequency, but much poorer now, too dusky? S8/S9 and with ACI. Also confirmed Sunday April 7 from 2131.2 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000, S9/+5 into UTwente but some dittering circa 6164; a word or two behind on // 3975.002, S9+10. Also confirmed UT Monday April 8 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, Louisiana & Durango2 SDRs offline, so I try Athens GA: S8/9+10; also S7/S8 roughly off the back into UTwente. Also confirmed UT Monday April 8 at 0300.0 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.930, S7/9+10 into NH SDR. Next: 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [off the sked, needs confirmation gone] {in fact we are still there, but in limbo?} 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed Monday April 8 at 1954 the 1930 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9+15 into UTwente; and a couple words behind on 3975.002, S9+5. Both close down at 2000* contrary to schedule. Storms? I had been hearing lightning crashes, and there was Blitz over the BeNeFra, but nowhere over Germany. Opened up 6159.929 for JBA WBCQ. Both still off at 2130. Confirmed UT Tuesday April 9 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, still there, I`ll take it, despite being replaced on the skedgrid by Wavescan. But now we are in limbo? Still no Lousiana or Durango2 kiwis, so I pick an Athens GA: one of them has overload on 7775 sounds like WLCR 9330! with the phony Brit accent. The other Athens is clear for a fair WOR signal. Next: 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new] 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 9 at 1305 the 1300 on WRMI 9955, S7/S9 direct, no jamming audible. Next: NOTE: There are always line breaks between each time entry, but some recipients eliminate them, like ABDX, merging them all into one unreadable blob, why? I should not have to put a semicolon after each line to separate them! 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees. Dear Glenn, Update, confirming WOR #2237, Happy Easter, WRMI: 5850, 0130 (55433-4), 0159, April 6 UTC 2024 [Sat] 9955, yes, slight voice heard, 0029, April 7 UTC 2024 [Sun] 9395, 2330, 2357 (45433), S5 signal, 2359, April 9 UTC 2024 [Tue] (Lemke, Richard -AB)`` Confirmed Tuesday April 9 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 into Peoria IL SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday April 9 at 2350 the 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+5/10 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday April 10 from 1931 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9/+10 and 3975.003, S9/+5 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday April 10 at 2121 the 2100 on WBCQ, 7489.941, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Michael Rosenbaum for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, April 4 at 1607, unlike dead air in Italian yesterday, WRMI with unique tones of John the VORW as scheduled Thursdays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WBCQ pre-AAAWWW check April 5 at 2350, into NH SDR: 3265 off. 5130.207 S7/S9 ATATT. 6159.930 S9/+10 TOMBS. 7489.945 S9+20 FKB. 9330.000 S9+20/35 WLCR. 0000 UT Sat April 5, 5 & 7 go to `AAAWWW` so I listen on 5130.207; A&A are both in Studio 1, Monticello. First 40 minutes or so all about the total solar eclipse; they are excited because WBCQ is right in the path of totality. Then about nutrition, from French fries to vegies. 0052 music. 0054 taking emails. Amazing absence of delusional politix for a change. 0059 prayer running into Hal Turner time as usual, JIP about a semiminute late (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7490v), Sun Apr 7 at 2256 UT, checking WBCQ stream as soon as Turkey is off: some classical music! Handel?, segué to `Easter Parade` song same as last week. And same confused announcement by YL, not Angela: Beginnning April 7, this 7-8 pm Sunday hour just heard is available airtime, stay tuned for the Plain Old Doug show at 9 pm Eastern. Well, 22-23 UT is 7-8 pm ADT not EDT! Guess what: website program guide still shows FTIOM/UBMP and two others at 22-23 and no sign of PODs later, or anywhen. Furthermore all the sked times are wrong labeled ``EST`` even tho they are four hours behind UTC, i.e. EDT. I continued listening past 23 to `Le Show`, as Harry is rerunning segments while he is busy making one more movie, but webcast, during last dekaminute keeps dropping off and back on as my Winamp goes wild (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Squeal on WWCR --- probably an easy fix. Probably a bad capacitor in the exciter. The capacitors are used to prevent crosstalk from occurring on the DC bus. The DC bus usually feeds several circuits and these signals are getting mixed and that is what you're hearing. Will only worsen over time. Probably just a 50 cent capacitor. Transmitter would have to be shut down and exciter disassembled. They probably don't have a component level technician there that can do the work. And the manufacturer wants an arm and a leg to do a board swap! So that's why we're hearing a squeal. Lou KF4RCA Atlanta`` (via Glenn Hauser, WOR) ** U S A. 12160, April 9 at 1541, WWCR-2 with annoying squeal, spurblobs peaking about plus/minus 1.4 kHz. #2 elsewhen on 5935, 7490, 5935. 9980, April 9 at 1543, also lesser squeal from WWCR-4 spurblobs peaking about plus/minus 3 kHz. #4 elsewhen on 5890, 7520. See previous report for explanation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, April 8, 2240-2300, WTWW on with bigsig. Checking since George McClintock called after 2200 saying it`s running 75 kW; I guess with A.W.R. programming, but dumps off the air and back on several times. Can`t keep it on or deliberately testing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475 & 5085, WTWW: George McClintock update as of 2010 UT April 9: 9475 back on air now: yesterday`s interruptions were due to driver overload, arcing and water leakage. Nominal sked is still 20-22 UT PPP & 22-24 others on 9475; 0000-0430 A.W.R. on 5085. Coincidentally I had been looking at the FCC (not HFCC) website which has finally been updated with A24 info as well as B23. As I told George, it does not show the two frequencies active, rather other old ones not in use: 5830, 9930, 12105. He also plans to get 15 MHz on the air; I don`t recall that frequency. 9475 will be starting earlier with additional programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) {Update before 2359 UT April 10; working OK now, 9475 power being increased gradually. Had to clean out some horrible green stuff Ted`s stepson had put in it. Bob may be adding a musical program.} ** U S A. 15555 USB, April 8 at 2223, WJHR gospel huxter overtime, S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MW DX MONITORING, April 8, 2024 from 1830 past 1900 UT. This is very close to local mean noon here which is always 1832 UT: With city-to-city distances, approx., not site to receiver. Mainly on the altazimuth wrist-mounted DX-398, internal ferrite antenna only, on declining battery power and not especially sensitive. From just outside the house facing south. But first: 1200 at 1832 on the R75 with N/S shortwire, JBA carrier, maybe two of them. WOAI? next closest is 1 kW KYOO in Bolivar MO; bigsigs in IL & ND unlikely. 1200 at 1848 faded up to VG level, 1849 network eclipse coverage from east coast, recorded: https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_WOAI_1200_20240408_1849.mp3 Got to be 50 kW WOAI San Antonio. Gone by 1905 check. 777 km/485 stmi 1560 at 1833, fringe KEBC, 1 kW Del City = OKC has some CCI. There are several unexpected little stations in KS, MO and TX, but 46 kW KGOW Bellaire [Houston] TX is my prime target, as its Vietnamese will be unmistakable and unique. Despite its patterns, easily heard here at night. Keeps growing past 1837, and by 1843 during totality in SE OK, it`s loud and clear in VV, overcoming KEBC, recorded: https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_KGOW_1560_20240408_1843.mp3 Still in at 1855, another clip with some singing: https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_KGOW_1560_20240408_1855.mp3 1901 still dominant but declining. 1908 gone. 777 km/483 stmi 1620 at 1845, talk station mentions Texas; nothing earlier. Got to be 10 kW WTAW College Station. Not often heard here even at night. 658 km/409 stmi 1700 at 1845, SAH between two carriers; 1858 San Antonio ad, AC 210; 1859 fade before ID! Trouble is, neither TX is near San Antonio: Brownsville and Richardson. NRC AM Log shows 5 kW KKLF Metroplex is Spanish, Jalapeño Radio; still? But address in Corpus Christi, so multi-station group? If it`s got to be English, that leaves much further KVNS Brownsville, 8.8 kW listed as Fox Sports. Maybe both unless Des Moines snuck in. Richardson: 395 km/246 stmi; Brownsville: 1167 km/725 stmi 1530 at 1846, baseball talk in Spanish. Maybe just KXTD Wagoner/Tulsa OK, but SS in TX are 50 KW KGBT Harlingen. More likely is the only other TX, KZNX Creedmoor, 10 kW Spanish; and despite address way out in El Paso, is really just south of Austin in the Eclipse zone. 701 km/436 stmi. Recorded: https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_KZNX_1530_20240408_1846.mp3 1480 at 1847, Spanish in mix, overcoming KQAM Wichita. Only SS in TX is 5 kW KLVL Pasadena [Houston]. 785 km/488 stmi 1120 at 1850, religion in English vs Spanish from KETU Catoosa [Tulsa]. Only TX on 1120 is religious 5.6 kW KTXW Manor [Austin], separable. 674 km/419 mi 1110 at 1850, mixture in English. Primary is 50 kW KVTT Mineral Wells [Plano, Metroplex] listed Asian format. Only other TX is 5 kW KTEK Alvin [Houston], religious. 813 km/505 stmi. KFAB Omaha can have remnant daytime signal, doubtful now. 990 at 1851, Spanish religion, surely 7 kW KFCD Farmersville [Dallas]. Not trans- but within Totality; more signal than should be in daytime. 385 km/239 stmi 870 at 1852, SAH of about 7 Hz looping SE. Hoping for WWL! The only TX is 1 kW KFJZ Fort Worth. They fit! MWoffsets in 2023 and 2024 measurements has WWL on 869.9928 and KFJZ on 869.9991, i.e. 6.3 Hz. My count-the-fades-per-second method was a tossup between 6 and 7. Gone by 1905 check. WWL: 1019 km/633 stmi. Recorded: https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_WWL_KFJZ_870_20240408_1852.mp3 1710 at 1857, steady open carrier, local? Not noticed before, maybe a TIS or Talking House. 1680 at 1900, gospel/CW music loops NW/SE. Got to be 10 kW KRJO Monroe LA. 683 km/424 stmi 1510 at 1902, traffic and WLAC IDs with 98.3, Nashville! Unexpected, way off the angle expected for trans-Eclipse propagation to here. 995 km/618 stmi 1530 at 1903, English ads from ENE, 1905 ``ESPN 1530`` so WCKY Cincinnati/KY, likewise! 1212 km/753 stmi. These two were also reported during the TSE from east/south of them. Also checked 600 several times, clear frequency locally, for 5 kW KTBB Tyler TX, but no sign of it. Of course highband worx much better. I also looked for KBEL 1240 in Idabel OK where there were loads of visitors in OK`s small Totality corner, not really expecting to hear my most distant 240-mile Okie never logged, and did not: just the usual fringemix of Elk City and Wichita. Since Allan Weiner made such a big deal of the TSE, I thought there might be live coverage on WBCQ. But after 1900, 7490 & 6160 webcasts were ordinary stuff, gospel huxter and music. Meanwhile, visual DX: glimpsed the eclipse several times thru ISO glasses, which sure don`t want to fit inside, or outside my spectacles. https://www.w4uvh.net/Eclipse_at_Enid_thru_cheap_filter_20240408.jpg There were some fleeting clouds but mostly clear. Not enough leaves on the trees yet for multiple crescent projexions; could see some thru pinholes. We witnessed the 2017 TSE in Nebraska, so decided to avoid the trouble, crowds and expense this decade, but enjoy it from home. Also noted local F temps: at 1814, 70.6. At 1840 as max begins, dropped to 65.3. Minimum 63.9 a few minutes later. After 1900 soon back up to 71 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** YEMEN [non]. See SAUDI ARABIA. BTW, I hear that USA has been intercepting arms shipments from Iran to the Houthis, and giving them to Ukraine - neat! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 891 kHz, April 8 at 0707 UT, het upon WLS. Rather late for Algiers, but what else could it be? 104 minutes after their sunrise 0523 today, per gaisma.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5788 USB, April 6 at 0629, one side of 2-way in Spanish; ``cambio``, weak direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5980-5985-5990, April 7 at 0625, weak DRM noise. Probably another TDF FRANCE test, in HFCC registered here irr. only at 02-03 UT. Edging 5980, the Cuban jamming against the WWCR leapfrog (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 13563.0, April 9 at 1534, JBA CW, a HIFER beacon I can`t copy. LWCA list https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm suggests YSO, Yellow Springs OH, 13563.04~ which I last heard Dec 19, 2023. Or: ``13563.05~ DAD St George, UT DM37 New, on soon? CW (2022/04)`` Still no entry for RQ, logged twice recently about 13563.5 -- ahá, topping the credit list is ``BH Bill Hensel AAØRQ, Pine, CO``, so ham call of the operator of PCO near same frequency is really AA0RQ as in ARRL/FCC Lookup, among 17 other Hensels. So suspect RQ is also at Pine CO, or even same as PCO. Later at 2220 April 9, it so happens I am hearing RQ again, RQ RQ RQ dash RQ RQ RQ dash, etc., JBA on 13563.5~ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 15466.85 USB approx., April 9 at 1531, 2-way in colloquial Spanish INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 27225 USB, April 9 at 2213, unhuman AI or text-reading voice stands oot among the CB cacophony, sometimes fading under it, about Hamas hostages and the Canadian government; later about robotic dogs vs Labrador retrievers at Korean AF bases, until 2217. Should we call this a N American pirate? It was like a broadcast, not a 2-way contact (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 35790, April 8 at 2228, JBA carrier, presumably R. Martí, 3 x 11930 where it`s S9+20/30. Maybe with a big summer sporadic E opening I can get more than that. Nothing on 23860 = x 2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 35790, April 9 at 2209, JBA carrier again, probably 3 x 11930 Radio Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) World of Radio Hitlist Update Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update. https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm 1) Updated UTC offset notation for end of DST in New Zealand (RNZ) 2) Romania - RRI: Removed links to programme grids in English and Romanian - both return server error, and have done so for many months 3) Switzerland - C M Obrecht Radio: Added entry 4) Taiwan - RTI: Updated link to new RTI program schedule effective 1 April 5) Ukraine - RUI: Updated links to Home and On-demand pages, and added alternate link for live stream (with thanks to Alexander Miatlikov in WORiog mail list) 6) USA - WRMI: Added link to Guero's useful alternative layout of the WRMI sked grid (thanks to Guero for permission to use); also added link to WRMI programme summaries The next update is scheduled for early May. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe