** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Apr 13 at 2145 tune-in early for LRA36, but it`s already running, VP into only BsAs remote working, Spanish but no match for S7 noise level. 2149 switch to Brasília SDR where it`s *much* better tho only S3/S6 with music, 2155 ID, 2214 & 2216 IDs in passing. Reduced carrier barely perceptible by tuning lower in USB. By 2235 faded down to only S2/S3, barely readable. 2340 next check is gone, just splash from 15480 China. So I wonder what time starting now, and still only on Saturday? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA [and non]. 332 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0648 UT, dash and QT, 1000 watt nondirexional beacon at Thunder Bay, Ontario, mixing with much closer but just as weak IC, wIChita KS, allegedly 400 watts per dxinfocentre, but I`ll go with 25 watts as in RNA list. 346 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0649 UT, dash and YXL, 1000 watt NDB at Sioux Lookout ON. These are JBA vs still high line noise level worst at LW and MW, no longer SW. Glad to be hearing any Canadians as they sink into general summer noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034 USB, April 12 at 1531, random tune to Trenton Military hits them with aviation weather *received!!* from Zagreb, etc. I wonder how many flights, even commercial, to Croatia depend on this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 11935.002, Apr 17 at 2330, into UTwente, a weak S6 signal of pop music, not noise and not to be expected from Yemen or Sa`udi Arabia, so presumed CNR5 in Mandarin, a.k.a. Cross Strait Radio, from Beijing site aimed at Taiwan, sked 2300-0900, except earlier closing at 0600 on Wed for weekly maintenance. Heavy ACI from much stronger 11930 Spanish, R. Martí, unless tuned in USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** COLOMBIA. 5909.96 approx., April 11 at 0639, S5 carrier, open? Cannot detect any mod, but signature offset of Alcaraván Radio. Several other recent nighttime bandscans had not detected it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 5025, April 11 at 0637, S9+35/40 of dead air yet again. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. WRTH says site is Bauta (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, April 12 at 1900, I check for RHC English: NO signal; retune to 11760 and there is a good signal with ``Ed Newman`` opening English hour - but chopped off the air before 1901! Hastening to QSY to 15140? NO, still nothing there by 1925. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Could English be shunted to an unknown third frequency? The Other Side: ``DIARIO DE CUBA - READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW April 9, 2024 Civil Society Five freedoms against totalitarianism in Cuba: a grassroots initiative The new movement aims to unite Cubans of all kinds to, first of all, put an end to 'five forms of internal state subjugation'. Ángeles Rosas, Madrid, 08 Abr 2024 - 18:21 CEST -- A woman promotes the Five Freedoms against Totalitarianism initiative. 5L Campaign [caption] On Thursday an anti-regime group launched the Five Freedoms (5L) citizens' initiative against Totalitarianism, "the people's answer to the economic package," which offers solutions to overcome the serious socio-economic crisis suffered by Cubans and put an end to the oligarchic state of GAESA... {¿Su nombre? Grupo de Administración Empresarial, SA (Gaesa), el grupo empresarial de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) con ramificaciones que van desde el sector hotelero hasta las tiendas minoristas de ventas de productos en divisas, pasando por las aduanas y los puertos, entre muchos otros.} ...Thus, "freedom from terror" consists of an "end to repression and the one-party political dictatorship;" "economic freedom," of an "end to the internal restrictions on free enterprise; "freedom of expression," of the "end of censorship;" "freedom association," of an "end to the prohibition of citizen organizations;" and "freedom of movement," of an "end to exile and the exclusion from Cuba's exiles as a community."...`` https://diariodecuba.com/derechos-humanos/1712593273_53987.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, April 14 at 1930, RHC English is on, S5/S6 into Maryland SDR with squeal; waterfall clearly shows two spurs wider than center frequency, about 15136.3 and 15143.7, the lower one slightly brighter. Also with stuff extending out from center to a sesquikHz or so. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Aside from that, program modulation is OK. AMNarrow gets rid of the squeal. 1934 Caribbean Island show: Grenada and its relations with Cuba. 11760 is off this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, Apr 16 at 1415, RHC Spanish flanked by diffuse spurblobs about plus/minus 3.5 kHz, and a weaker pair +/- 7~ kHz. 15230 also on, S5/S7 but suptorted = modulation suppressed and distorted. Somethings` always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 9880, Apr 16 at 2220, S8/S9 with flutter hard to read at first seems English intonation, then Esperanto, which is what`s listed this hour from CRI via Kashi-Saiba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 13600.1, Apr 15 at 0531, S6/S9 ``NHK World Radio Japan`` ID in English as required, otherwise in French. I bet it`s TDF warped relay transmitter like on 9490.1 for R. República. Yes, ISS listed at 0530-0550 for Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GERMANY. 6070, Sat Apr 13 after 1900, `From the Isle of Music` confirmed on its new schedule, monthly on second Saturday via Channel 292, S9+5/10 into UTwente. Monthly on third Sat will be `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 15440, Apr 16 at 1458, good signal in unID lang until 1459*. Aoki shows TWR Asia via Talata in Urdu at 1430-1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, April 13 at 0618, ORTM is on for a change, African song with strumming, S9+15/25 direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5990-6000, Apr 15 at 0613, Bamako resumes noiseblobbing instead of any program audio, S8/S9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, Apr 16 at 0654, ORTM with music modulation instead of noiseblob like last night; vs high storm noise level from nearby - a bit earlier we had a lite hailstorm (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6185-, April 11 at 0647, S9+20/30 of dead --- no, then some music just barely modulated, so unlike the DA on 6160, 5910, 5025 now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO. 6184.97 approx., April 13 at 0620, this time XEPPM air really is dead on S9/+30 signal. Something`s malo en México (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 6950, Apr 15 at 0609 UT, JBA 5 x 1390, local KCRC Enid, Intruder, not to be confused for a pirate, but stupid sportstalk. Axually good to hear it since it means my noise level has reduced. More common and a tad stronger is 4170 = 3 x 1390. 2780 = 2 x 1390 is always there, but rarely on 5560 = 4 x 1390, an area I don`t much patrol. Our other local, KGWA, used to be a neighbor on 2880 = 3 x 960, but not lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 27184.8 AM, April 12 at 2205 UT, Enid CB pirate is active again with gospel music, 2206 ``Kay-Love`` ID, as before from K288FX, 105.5 translator of KYLV 88.9 OKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 93.5, Apr 15 at 1500 UT, on caradio, expecting Kansas tropo like on 93.9, but ID as ``KPRO, Altus OK, K-pro rox``. Altus in SW corner of OK is often the hottest spot. 45 kW and website: https://paradisebroadcasting.com/93-5-kpro/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, Apr 15 at 1430 UT, Enid`s only local TV signal, K17JN-D is still mis-IDing as K17JI-D - main channel 17-1 3ABN is freezing and breaking up, while the higher subs are black. There is tropo now but I don`t think this be DX QRM. By 2300 recheck, more or less normal, but 17-3 is black, yet with equal signal to others on the STB meter (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** SAIPAN [and non]. 11894.945 approx., Apr 16 at 0649, S5/S7 direct, at first unseems Chinese, then it does seem. RFA sked at 0300-0700, surely jammed, but this may have a propagational advantage and more likely to be off-frequency. However, per Aoki, also on 11895 is CRI English via East Turkistan at 05-09. The SSOB except for similar signal on 12065, BBC Hausa via ASCENSION (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, April 11 at 2138, NO signal of Rep. of Yemen Radio via Riyadh. Was it on earlier today, or gone again, or moved? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935.001, April 12 at 0341, Arabic talk mixed with bits of Qur`aning, S9/+10 into UTwente, where there was no signal last time I checked at 2138 April 11. After 0400, continuous Qur`aning; it is after all, the Fribbath. No Yemen IDs noticed yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, April 14 at 1525 into UTwente, huge horrible roar again, S9+10, flailing trying to Synchlock, stops briefly on 11935.197, then 11934.717 -- merely instantaneous spotting. Still at next check 1926. The SA transmitter is haywire again. Had been clear starting April 2. Or are there two different transmitters? Why in the world would they let it transmit for long hours/days/months in such a condition? Inaudible programming presumably still Republic of Yemen Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 11935, Apr 16 at 1508 check direct, S3/S4 of roar but sounds loud. SAWA Riyadh. BTW, in ** country headers I dispense with diacritix in order not to confuse searching, but within an item I will spell it like Sa`udi Arabia; Qur`an, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Fri Apr 12 at 2200, token English from SNR is sufficient direct into DX-390 portable; 2210 feature after Beirut report is about protests in Canary Islands against government prioritizing tourism over protecting biodiversity. Seems islands` limited area is declining, due to development - and sea level rise? Population 2 million but 14M tourists per year and many vacation homes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Apr 17 at 2200, token English from SNR, VG S9+30 direct; 2207 feature interview about the Feria de Abril en Sevilla, which is apparently a big deal with millions of visitors, many from abroad (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SWAZILAND. 15105, April 12 at 1532, tinkling TWR IS, surely one of the most distinctive and recognizable, S5/S7. Aoki shows 1535-1920 in Tig language M-F. Surely that`s a typo for -1620. Yes, much more precisely, EiBi shows 1532-1621 M-F. Now the question is, why would they schedule a broadcast to start at the odd time of :32 or :35 past an hour? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TINIAN [non?]. 13795, Apr 16 at 1432, Chinese, S3/S7 with flutter. RFA Cantonese this hour only. So if really Mandarin instead, would be CNR1 *jammer. However, are the Chicom less thoro in jamming minority langs other than Tibetan? Only one signal audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 12 at 2200, VOT English not off the air but audible into DX-390 portable. VG via UTwente at 2235 when measured, ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, music. 2241 ``always-by-your-side`` promo and `That`s Why`, badax about brushing your teeth since there is a connexion between gum disease and heart conditions. 2247 music. 2252 s/off by badax as if the 1230 on 17620. 2253 IS plays one sesquitime before chopoff 2353.5*, no finesse, no German (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Apr 13 at 2155, VOT already on with long-form IS, VG S9+45 into UTwente; 2156 pause and restart short IS with English IDs. 2200 accurate timesignal but instead of s/on, plays the 2-minute multi-lingual ID filler reel! 2202 news in English for this date. 2212 `The Energy Agenda`, natural gas reserves in eastern Mediterranean around Cyprus worth a sesquiterabuck. 2217 song. 2224 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products` - baklava. 2227 music. 2231 another song. 2235 another2 song. 2238 another3 song. 2242 another4 song. 2246 another5 song. 2250 another6 song. 2253 s/off of the 1230 on 17620, the badax` voice for the first time this hour. 2254 IS. 2254.4* chopoff, no finesse. A semihour of music fill might also qualify as something`s awry at Ankara (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.019, Sunday April 14 at 2203, VOT English not off the air but S9+50 into UTwente, like-a-local-loud. Further off+frequency than usual. 2223 `Weekly Analysis` about Egypt economy being assisted by other Arab countries -- sounds familiar from last week(s), authored by John somebody. 2229 ``with-you-every hour`` promo, `Letterbox`. First someone referring to World Theatre Day on 27 March, never caught their name or location, maybe a perennial from S Asia. Then Konstantin Barshenko, St Pete, Russia. Then Ricky Hein, USA -- ``no comment`` as for the nth time is requesting an English schedule; was already exasperated with him last week. Ralf U-- from Germany. Peter Ng, Johore Bahru, Malaysia -- this sets our host off into a lengthy aside - he has visited/worked in Singapore, which is a workaholic, boring, stressful, suicidal place, and many of the natives escape to Malaysia for R&R. And his wife is from Malaysia. Anyhow Ng wants a QSL. Another from Lithuania, host might like to visit, why not? And Austrian Harald Suess. And why do so many of them say ``73`` -- their year of birth?? 2247 time`s up but still time for a tune before L`box closing at 2252, ``always-by-your-side``. 2253 canned s/off by the badax for the 1230 on 17620. Interval signal chopped after six notes and off by 2254*. No finesse, something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Apr 15 at 2200 I don`t listen beyond confirming on portable is is on the air; need to wean myself from this TRT habit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.010, Apr 16 standing by direct for TRT signal, not cut on until a few sex past 2200, some dead air, JIP programming. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler, mentions `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic] Products`, evidently a program preview and into headlines. S9+20 with flutter, ACI from 11780 Brasil unless USB tuning. By 2222 I notice lots of Doppler flutter on 11785, i.e. propagation-caused frequency wobbling/instability. 2250 into UTwente, more stable when measured in music, but more up-and-down fading than sidewise. 2252 ``always-by-your-side`` promo. 2253 badax s/off for the 1230 on 17620 only. 2254 IS. 2256 pause and restart IS, now with German ID heard once just before chopoff* ahead of 2257. BTW, VOT has been notifying German and English listeners, at least, about a planned maintenance break at Emirler for Thursday April 18 at 06-15 UT, as Paul Gager in Austria reports to BDXC-UK on April 15: ``I heard on Monday after the TRT-news in English: `and we have an announcement because of attendance(?)/repair works on our transmitter on April 18, our English broadcast will not be available from 9 am to 6 pm on Thursday on shortwave``` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.009, Apr 17 at 2200, VOT English not off the air, S9/+10 on meter direct but very inferior to Spain, and not easily copied. Sign-on as if this be the 1230 on 17620 - no doubt a playback of that original, but how can they ignore the several repeats later? They used to concede that the final two at 2200 and 0300 were repeats, but now apparently the news in all of them is olds, up to 14.5 hours stale. 2251 into UTwente when measured, S9+45, `Sports Panorama` about to end, mentioned Oklahoma? 2253 s/off for 17620 at 1230 only. Something`s always awry at Ankara. 2254 IS. 2256 restart IS with German IDs. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Chopoff just after 2259* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 365 MCW kHz, April 17 at 0650 UT, AA, 100 watt ND beacon as in RNA list: `Kenie`, Fargo, MN. ``Notes: 60' 'T'; Listed in airnav as in ND, but actually just over the border in MN.`` Not sure what ``60' 'T'`` mean. JBA, not new but only unusual one. See also CANADA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 17865, April 14 at 1542, R. Martí weekend service for Cuban forces for Russia in Ukraine, is still running, music at the moment, sked 13-17 S&S, and still 17-21 M-F on 17690. 17865 achieves S9+5/15 into UTwente, so presumably also audible by the mercenaries, should they care to listen, or even be aware of it. 1545 DJ mentions Peter Gabriel, Music without Frontiers, so this is not just music fill. Must be referring to and playing `Games without Frontiers`, which could be interpreted as anti-war: https://kanto.co/lyrics/peter-gabriel/games-without-frontiers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: ``From: Richard Lemke, Dear Glenn: Update, confirming WOR #2237, WRMI, 9395 kHz, 0131, 0159 (55433), QRN, April 11 UTC [Thu]`` Also confirmed UT Thursday April 11 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9/+10 into NH SDR; 5010 JBA S3/S4, USB tuning because of RTTY on LSB. Bonaire, 5010 S9/+10 also vs RTTY circa 5007. Never noted that before on any remote or direct. Also confirmed Thursday April 11 at 1636 the 1630 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9/+10 into UTwente. But ACI from 6165 CRI English `The World Today` ending at 1659 from ``CGTN Radio``: contrary to EiBi & Aoki which show 6165 with CRI Turkish until 1700 from Urumqi site; continues English after 1700, listed as Beijing site. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 contents: *Alaska, Algeria, (Botswana), Canada, Cuba and non, Czechia, *Germany, Indonesia, Korea South, Kuwait, *Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, North America, Oklahoma, *Philippines, Russia, Saint Helena, Sa`udi Arabia, Slovakia, Turkey and non, *UKQOGBANI, USA and non; electric roads; propagation outlook; (country mentioned along with other not in order); *with A24 schedules WOR 2238 available from 0108 UT Friday April 12: (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2238.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2238.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 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][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 Ron Howard, Monterey, California, for a check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in memory of Jari Savolainen [1951-2020], an excellent Finnish DXer, always very helpful. Thank you for your decades of service to our radio hobby!`` One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: confirmed Friday April 12 at 2047 the 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1322.996, S9+5 into UTwente, across Europe. Also confirmed first SWBC, Friday April 12 at 2206, the 2200 on WRMI 9955, JBA direct vs S9 noise level, compounded by seeming undermodulation. Also confirmed Friday April 12 at 2249 the 2230 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9+5/10 into UTwente. 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][SW suspended but still streamed?] 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 2238 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday April 13 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/25 direct. Don`t you believe also on 7730, as misdisplayed for months/years on the WRMI skedgrid. 7730 is JBA but not //. Altho now ``effective March 10, 2024``, the System F - redsked shows at 01-03 everything on both frequencies. Yet the frequency sked atop shows System L on 7730 during those hours. Yet the System L yellowsked itself shows 5950 only! This error affects many other programs and programmmes, such as Encore, RNEI, RFPI, R. Carpathia, CQ Calling, The Mighty KBC, Rosie`s Retro Wave. WOR 2238 also confirmed UT Saturday April 13 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, VG into NH remote. I`m pleased with how reliably and accurately Bob Biermann has been playing WOR each week, and tnx to George McClintock for availablizing the time and keeping the transmitter running. Also confirmed Saturday April 13 at 1450 the 1430 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9+5 into UTwente Also confirmed Saturday April 13 at 1613 the 1600 on WRN N America webcast. Also confirmed Saturday April 13 at 1930 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, already underway, mid-break at 1939 so started early circa 1925. Also confirmed Saturday April 13 after 1930 on WRMI webcast only and WRN webcast for North America. Also confirmed Saturday April 13 at 2012 the 2000 on WRN Europe webcast. Also confirmed Saturday April 13 at 2348 at mid-break on IRRS NEXUS-IBA stream only, so probably still starting circa 2334 leading to chopping off the last 3 minutes or so by 2400. 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][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 2238 monitoring: continued from last report: on IRRS/NEXUS/IBA/IPAR webcast only, the Sat 2334 airing is indeed out of kilter as always, still running by 0000 UT Sun April 14, when I hear via Argentine remote the WRMI 9955 play at 0000, S9+5 already starting, until about 0000.4 when I am faded out by IRRS to be replaced by fill music! This is because `Feature Story News` has to run at 2330. I have asked them before to let us air completely from 2330 to 2359 - then FSN, fill music or whatever! Also confirmed UT Sunday April 14 from 0340.5 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, S9+20 into nearby remote; delayed by the almost interminable Houston Hamsat net playback, and then for less than 15 minutes, ARRL News - so once you hear that you know WOR will be along shortly. Vern has to insert his own ID every dekaminute, often interrupting me in the middle of a word. 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 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][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 2238 monitoring: confirmed Sunday April 14 at 2000 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+5/10 into UTwente across Europe; lite CCI music with fast SAH, increases during our fade. Sounds like Qur`an, so Iran. Missed checking the Sunday 2130 on SWR, Germany, 3975 & 6160. Anyone? Confirmed UT Monday April 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9 offbeam into Maryland SDR, but that includes heavy continuous OTH radar? noise. To ear and to eye on the waterfall, it extends only from 7770 to 7783. I bring up another closer to bore for comparison, but stops abruptly at 0037 and does not resume. Anyhow, S7/S9+5 into Mississippi. It seems the one in Louisiana is still there but no longer IDed as Maurice, and anyhow does not connect now. There is also one showing later in Querétaro, closest to SW angle from Okee and indeed getting 7780 much better. I think owned by an American active MWDXer who lives there {MIKE JEZIORSKI, Juriquilla, Querétaro, México -- but next time checked, and usually, missing from map}. Confirmed UT Monday April 15 from 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.930, S9/+10 into NH SDR. Missed checking Mon Apr 15 at 0930 on SWR 6160 and 1930 on 6160 & 3975. Anyone hear them? Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW [not sked but confirmed Apr 9] 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 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2237][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 2238 monitoring: still confirmed UT Tuesday April 16 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, despite disappearing from the sked grid and also still there last week; S7/9+5 into Louisiana SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday April 16 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, only S5/S7 direct including heavier than usual Commie Cuban pulse jamming. ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2238 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday April 16 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20 into Peoria SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday April 16 after 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.003, S9/+5 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday April 17 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany into UTwente, 3975.002, S9+5/10; and 6160.001, S8/S9. Also confirmed Wednesday April 17 at 2100 on WBCQ, 7489.939, S7/9+5 into HFU 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 Ron Howard, Monterey, California, for a check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in memory of Jari Savolainen [1951-2020], an excellent Finnish DXer, always very helpful. Thank you for your decades of service to our radio hobby!`` One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.93, April 11 at 0646, S9 of dead air from WBCQ, no TOMBS. I suspect no one at station keep an ear on this overnight, tsk2. Surely there be someone on staff who can`t get enough BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Pre-`AAAWWW` check of WBCQs, April 12 at 2336 into NH SDR: 3265 off. 5130.189 S9 `ATATT`. 6159.930 S9+10 TOMBS. 7489.933 S9+10 FKB. 9330.000 S9+10/15 WLCR. April 13 at 0000, 5130 is a bit late switching to WTO theme after 7490 does. Seems like a new show; Angela is remote from Allan this week, on a phoneline while he is still in studio 1 with antiquated equipment. It`s going to be political, as among his first remarx, ``535 white-trash assholes,`` thus dissing the entire Senate and House. Retune at 0059 in prayer foreseeing that WBCQ may one day be the only SW station left in the world, running over a minute into Hal Turner time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``Glenn, The squeal on WWCR is caused by the solid state modulator control card telling the transmitter controller that the power module associated with that control card is ready to come on line but the power module is not working properly. The controller tries to fire the non-working power module. This causes a hole in the audio which is perceive as a SQUEAL on air. I have had problems at WTWW with this after repairing power modules that still had a problem. George McClintock, 4-11-2024`` (via Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 2238) ** U S A. 4840, Apr 16 at 0650, S9+45 of dead air from WWCR-3 instead of TOMBS. Std remark about no one at station paying attention, yet again - and not even a squeal to make it a bit more interesting: that may require some attempt at modulation to set it off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15825, Apr 16 at 1502, JBA carrier from WWCR-1. Usually more than that; conditions must be depressed. But lower channels are progressively stronger. 13845 at only S5/S7 but typically indicating the MUF somewhere between 14 and 16 MHz; 12160 S9 with squeal; 9980 S9+25 with a bit o` squeal. When 15825 inbooms at its one-megameter distance, we know it has to be sporadic E, even if it never reach the TV or FM bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9350, Apr 16 at 2216, WWCR-2, S9+20/30 gospelhuxterism with squeal, same transmitter as on 7490, 12160, 5935 at other dayparts. Something`s noxious in Nashville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. WTWW update from George McClintock 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 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, Apr 16 at 2217, WTWW S9+40/50 direct with love song, seemingly secular, then into a Native American singer; is there a specific program schedule? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 12050, Apr 15 at 0541, RCC stuff in Spanish, S4/S7, so WEWN, RCM must really be running until 0600 here rather than original night frequency 5970, unheard for ages. Only English frequency allegedly sked has also been AWOL again, 15610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 93.9, Apr 15 at 1446 UT, on caradio, Mexmx in Spanish, frequent IDs as ``La Mexicana, 101.5 y 93.9``, has overcome KIMY in OK, frantic pace, ads mention SW Kansas. The WTFDA FMDB is *still* out of commission and very much missed. Administrator, Mike Bugaj in CT explained on Apr 7-8: ``Our website host decided to no longer support a certain process that we need to make the database available on the website. This happened without much advance notice. We will be moving the site to another server, hopefully in the next week or so. Processes have been updated from scratch and much of the code has been rewritten. The database will be back. db.wtfda.org will be back. But it won't be on our current host. I bet that our webhost has quite a few customers mad at it right now.`` I found the website via radio-locator: https://www.swksradio.net/ksmm KSMM is the call in Liberal KS on 101.5, not checked. KZRD 93.9 is in Dodge City KS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also OKLAHOMA ** VANUATU. 7260, April 11 at 0647, S5/S7 of music. R. Vanuatu has been reliable lately around this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5080.0 & 5080.6, Apr 15 at 0623, matching open carriers S9 with some fading so not local, ute? in normally vacant area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)