** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, LRA36 is due for another Saturday broadcast from 1500 May 14 so I start tuning Brazilian SDRs at 1435 - nothing yet; but at 1452 I`m getting some modulation, best but only S3/S4 into Campo, while the other three in Brazil get little or nothing. 1500 promptly official sign-on, multilingual canned in Spanish, German, English, Russian and maybe one other. 1502 the Antártida song. 1505 some historical talk about Patagonia. 1511 contact info. 1512 I switch to the LU4 SDR in Argentina which is getting it a bit better, during song. 1518 talk about the Malvinas war, 1521 interview on phone about ham radio involvement there --- ah, the nostalgia! for April 1982. 1534 song, 1537 more about hams, but 1539* abruptly chopped off the air and no return by 1600 as I let it play. It seems this is their `normal` closing routine, maybe involuntarily. The repeats at 1800 Saturdays are supposed to start in June. But just in case, I recheck today at 1852: No. BTW, a May 7 article on https://www.facebook.com/Radiosdumonde/ about LRA36 claims, ``C'était la première et unique station officielle au monde située en Antarctique``. Presumably written by the FB site`s owner, tho never signed, Michel Frémy in Belgium. Nor does he attribute his sources, but that info is a BIG LIE, probably propagated by LRA36 and/or R Nacional in Argentina themselves. If it began in 1979 as claimed, another ``official`` Antarctic SW station had been going already for five years, from 1974, American Forces Antarctic Network, which many of us DXed on 6012 kHz --- and even before that on MW. And another contradixion about the FM frequency at Esperanza: 97.6, while WRTH shows 96.7. More likely correct is whichever the Antarcticans axually announce. That item also linx to a 3-minute 2021y audiovideo from Argentina about LRA36; all the garble caused by accents: good luck. https://www.facebook.com/Radiosdumonde/videos/la-radio-%C3%A0-40-sous-z%C3%A9ro-lra-36/722874645696585/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 18 at 1443 tune-in via Campo Brasil SDR, LRA36 is already on with music; 1453 song with whistling; 1500 sign-on with multilingual IDs including English to tell us it`s in Spanish. 1502 all-female staff named by a male, ``Nacional, La Radio Publica``; Esperanza/Antártida themesong. 1505 YL talking; 1507 temperatura máxima; 1508 exact geographical coordinates. 1509 contact info of phone numbers, whatsaap, gmail, instagram, fb; streaming via radio nacional, frequencies 15476 and FM 96.7 [NOT 97.6, a mixup which keeps getting quoted, published]; 1512 song, 1514 siren. At 1525 for the record I attempt to detect it direct on the R75 with 30m E/W longwire: less than imagination level JBA carrier; if it were full rather than reduced -- what %? -- it might have a chance vs the S7 local line noise level in AM tuning. Next I switch to the LU1 SDR: 1536 ID, frequencies; 1545 full ID; still on past 1602, 1618+ with music but apparently off, no longer heard from 1621 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** AUSTRALIA. 10124 USB, May 17 at 0628, ragchew hamnet of Oz accents, more unID VKs in the Aussie-only phone subband on 29 m, 10120-10135 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** BRAZIL. 9667.177V, May 17 at 0635, RVM music, carrier wobbling audibly but still exceeding 9667 from nominal 9665 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 248 MCW kHz, May 16 at 0451 UT, dash and WG, powerful ND beacon at Winnipeg, glad to find it copiable despite HSNL, if no other Canadians and hardly any Americans beyond 341 EI Enid (Glenn Hauer, OK, WOR) ** CAYMAN ISLANDS. Re ZF2RX: ``Hi, I saw your comment about my QRZ page, and the fact that it was empty. I will fill it in soon. I only got the call for the ARRL DX SSB contest, and haven’t had time to do a page. I am operating from the station of ZF9CW, located on Cayman Brac. If you have any other questions, please let me know. I am more than happy to answer anything you’d like to know. Bray KC1KUG/ZF2RX, Sent from my iPhone`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non?]. 15555, May 13 at 2305, JBA AM with talk, music. Aoki shows besides WJHR USB until 2200, the only other 15555s are CNR1 jamming and RFA Chinese via SAIPAN, this hour only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA. 15800, 15760, 15360, May 15 at 1440, CNR1 jammers with bigsigs S7 to S9+10; Aoki shows all three are occupied only by Sound of Hope and jammers, all other stations prudently avoiding them at all hours. Also weaker but not synch, Chinese on 15110, which is CNR1 jamming against VOA Chinese via Philippines this hour only. At 1443 I find a couple more: 14980 JBA and 15920 S8/S9, also nothing but jammers and SOH per Aoki. 15 MHz is obviously the current OWF from East Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA [non]. 9790, May 16 at 0458, CRI Cantonese via CUBA is S9+40 atop CCI in French which is RFI from 0400. At 0506 check, RFI S9+15 in the clear on this 04-07 UT broadcast, huge collision during first hour. RHC not in HFCC so how could RFI possibly know of a problem? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6165, May 13 at 0616, RHC English here only, no other frequencies found on in 5, 6, 9, 11 or 13 MHz bands. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11880, May 13 at 2303, RHC English S9/+10 but just barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9650, May 15 at 0141, RHC Spanish S9/+20 undermodulated // 9535. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6000, May 16 at 0513, RHC with S9+35 of dead air in English, or maybe JBM; 6060 & 6100 are off already; 6165 is on S9+40/45 and modulating; 5040 in Spanish. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 13680, May 17 at 2001, RHC theme JBA and sounds like Portuguese/Brasilian. This frequency is still missing from EiBi and Aoki tho I reported it some time ago. Is anyone paying attention? 15140, May 17 at 2002, RHC definitely in Brazuguese, S6/S8 but not // 13680. Maybe two separate playouts. Aoki is way out of date, still showing winter timing for English on 15140 at 2000-2100. EiBi on 15140 at 2000-2030 shows French. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 9780-9835, May 18 at 0632, approx. range of jamming splatter out of peak 9805 = S9 against nothing as R. Martí is never on 9805 at this hour, in fact on no SW frequencies at all in 0600/1000 break. Something`s very wrong at the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command where they also do not give a damn about collateral damage (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9439.995, May 17 at 2201, R. Cairo still in extremely distorted English, plus hum S9+30/40 into UTwente. As Alan Holder quipped, ``something`s always amiss at Abis``, but that does not do this justice; rather, ``egregious in Egypt`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EGYPT. 9440v, May 18 at 2225, NO signal today of R. Cairo English into UTwente. Nor circa 9900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GREECE [and non]. 9420.002, Fri May 13 at 1625, ERT with great Greek music and announcements, VG S9+25/35 into UTwente. If China is on too, totally overridden. But chopped off air abruptly at 1655* uncovering CNR and something else making a medium SAH. This is also playing a nice song which could be mistaken for Greek. Only scheduled now until 1805 is CNR13 in Uighur via Lingshi 725 site, which is between Beijing and Xi`an. On its curtailed 1230-1700v UT schedule weekdays only, we can no longer hear VOG well direct in our evenings. Is on borrowed? time until another possible termination at Mayend (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ITALY [and non]. 7290, Sat May 14 at *1800.9, IRRS cut on via Bulgaria as always almost a minute late with `Feature Story News` JIP. Good into UTwente but must tune LSB to avoid RTTY warble. At 1831 during country music also on // 1323 AM Italia into Noale, but not on 918 or 207. Checking, since yesterday when WORLD OF RADIO should have aired Friday at 1815, 7290 was off and 1323 was fill music. BTW, next week, the latest possible third-Friday, May 20, is a scheduled preëmption of WOR from the 1815 slot only. I hope Eurarea WOR listeners are hearing me instead on WMRI via Channel 292, Sundays as early as 1324, nominal 1330, on 9670, if not WRMI or WBCQ or WRN or ---? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, May 13 at 1529, V of Martyrs Korea, Maldives service in Dhivehi, runs a bit late so s/off in English not until 1530.0, overlapping Vatican in Arabic until about 1530.4. Into S India SDR, was S9+10/20 from secret site, then VR weaker at S7/S9 and noisy. ``Dhivehi is an Indo-Aryan language derived from the Sinhalese language of Sri Lanka. Despite the countries' close proximity to one another, Maldivians and Sri Lankans do not always understand each other.`` - Wikipedia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9925, UT Sun May 15 at 0136, quick check of The Mighty KBC gets rock and Eric at S9+25/30 via EAST GERMANY, rivalling 9975 KVOH. Just another too much in the Saturday Night SW Music Glut (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND. 11725, Thu May 12 at 0624, no signal from RNZP where it normally inbooms, checked after first finding a big S7/9+10 open carrier on 13840, which is an earlier NZ channel. Maybe disrupted for maintenance day. By 0705 recheck, 11725 is on and 13840 is off. I was about to doze and checking my scribbles later, I wrote 13740 at 0624 but took it as NZ. If it were really 13740, might have been another Cuban anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6960 AM, May 15 at 0039, pirate S8/S9+5 vs high storm noise level -- HSNL, ``Games People Play`` and segué another song. 0109 YL ``Greatest hits of all time, Ball Smacker``, and tenpins SFX, now S9+15 between storm crashes. Off by 0147 check. Of the three simulpirates, this is #2 in overall quality. More: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,97162.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6930 USB, May 15 at 0101, S9+10 pirate with electric guitar; 0103 retune, DJ has spoken a bit and SSTV, 0104 music, ``Let`s Speak English, But Not My Salad[?]``, more electric guitar. 0127 SSTV is ending? then some more, 0128 music. 0148 SSTV? beepery sounds like looping past 0150 when DJ grunts, ``I Wanna Be a DJ`` song still playing until 0200 when there are some more noises unseeming SSTV, then off, or dead air as I am about to QRT. Of the three simulpirates, this is #1 in strength and quality. These say Wasteland Radio, did stop at 0200*, with noisy SSTV images: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,97163.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6920 USB, May 15 at 0102, third simulpirate and #3 in quality, S7 song vs HSNL; 0117 ``Time After Time``; 0122 off? No, was pause or fade. 0147 still on with weak music. WDOG, per: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,97164.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, May 14 at 1734 UT on caradio, surprised to hear the booming voice of the very late Paul Harvey, just concluding with ``Good Day?``. Immediately followed by a gospel huxter so this must be Bott, KQCV ``Shawnee`` which vies with KICT Wichita for control of 95.1. PH must have said something with religious over- or under-tones. Yet brings back fond memories of being a regular listener to his noontime commentaries, especially on Saturdays, despite his right-wing politix. Wonder if this be a reliable spot now. Altho he wound up in Chicago, he was an Okie, born in Tulsa *1918-2009* in Phœnix; on ABC air 1951-2008 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 21, May 12 at 1453 UT, tropo check of DTV finds lots of BAD signals into STB, but here is decoding 40-3 MeTV-RR in the PSIP. Not sure of last two letters in font, could be AA or some combo of squared-off letters. Lacking W9WI.com listings any more, I have to go to rabbitears.info network roster for MeTV, and scroll down hovering over each market until finally hit a match at #94 Fort Smith AR KHBS. Yes, that fits nicely with the tropo area, and is not too far away. Guess what: it`s in Oklahoma, as the FCC coverage map shows the circle centred considerably SW of FS near Poteau, OK, altho the exact location is not pinpointed; however its longitude is 94:40+ west, while the city of FS, right on the border, is only 94:24. I would not be surprised if there be several more Ft Smith `AR`, AM, FM, TV stations really in OK. We already know that 1650 AM is in OK. Anyone DXing anystation licensed to a stateline city better research true location. Only other decodee is RF 20 from Tulsa, as commonly. RF 9 does not develop but not often anything even BAD to be seen. FCC TV Query show not a single 9 of any type or power in OK - ex-KWTV-land, and none in KS either, altho several in TX including full powers. But in today`s PTA along with KHBS surely it is KAFT, ``13`` virtual, Fayetteville AR, of Ark Educ TV (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 9730, UT Sun May 15 at 0139, classical `cello music, S9+15/30, 0140 applause and Romanian announcement. This is the 00-02 Galbeni to E NAm. Alan Roe`s Music on SW shows `Radio Concert Season` during the entire 01 hour, // 7420. More in the Saturday Night SW Music Glut; wish I could keep listening (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. 13650, May 16 at 2037, RRI first English of the day for N America is huge S9+50 into UTwente, but absent from // 11850, the ailing transmitter. 2045 `History Show` about a great poet (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** RUSSIA. 9996 kHz, May 16 at 0456, binary code, no doubt RWM Taldom/Moskva. BTW, American media kept mispronouncing Móskva as the name of that downed naval vessel. They must never have heard any SW utterance of ``Govorit Moskvá`` with the stress obviously on the -a (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 18 at 2210, token English from REE, today`s feature with Amy Egan about the Eurovision Song Contest won by Ukraine, also with other entries such as Spain`s. VG into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SRI LANKA. 15709.979, May 16 at 1447, JBA carrier. Scheduled is AWR Chinese via Trincomallee on ``15710`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 9830.021, May 18 at 2225, VOT English, S9+40 into UTwente with some hum, just concluding the `Feeling Supreme` theme (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 15 at 0500 UT, UR1 via WRMI as I break away from the WBOB DX test to another SDR, Maryland. Not usual `Ukraine: Security Issue` war news review, but JIP originally live press conference about winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Mixture of English and Ukrainian, translations back and forth and rather frustrating when the English is interrupted. At 0508 ``Happy Birthday`` song in English; still gong past 0513 when I resume WBOB. At 0534 recheck, now `U:SI` is playing later in the hour than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 13 at 0500-0507, UR1 via WRMI, immediately into `Ukraine: Security Issue` in English with the well-spoken YL -- but marred by too much Ukrainian clips to voice over, or at times, under. VG into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 16 at 0500, UR1 via WRMI resuming `Ukraine: Security Issue` war summary in English; S9/S7 direct with storm crashes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 17 at 0500-0506, UR1 via WRMI, day 82 of Russia`s war, `Ukraine: Security Issue` in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2137 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday May 12 at 0030 on WRMIs: into Maryland SDR: 9395 S9/+10; 9455 S7/S9; considerably off boresight for both. Also confirmed UT Thursday May 12 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010, S9+5 back into Tennessee SDR with hi storm noise level; and 9395 into Missouri SDR, S9+10/25. Some of these also confirmed ``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: Here are my monitoring reports for Wednesday PM, World of Radio #2137, 9455, 0030, 0055 (45433); 9395, 0031, 0054, 0058 (45433); 0055, 9455, May 12 UT [Thu] 9395, 0131, 0142, 0158 (45433), May 12 UT [Thu] (Lemke, Richard)`` WORLD OF RADIO 2138 contents: Alaska, Algeria, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China non, Colombia, Cuba, Europe, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Romania, Russia non, Turkey, (UAE), UK, USA, Vanuatu; propagation outlook ()country referred to not in order WOR 2138 is available as of 0123 UT Friday May 13, 2022 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2138.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2138.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave+ broadcasts should be: 0130 UT Friday WRMI 5850 to NW, 7730 to NE 1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 1815 UT Friday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 14580; 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790 to WSW 0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 8] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, by MO check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com First airings confirmed UT Friday May 13 at 0130 on WRMIs: 7730 S9/+20 into Maryland SDR; 5850 S9+20/30 into Missouri but both storm noisy. At 0153 direct: 5850 S9+20/30 not noisy; 7730 S9+10 noisy and seems undermodulated. Before 0159, 5850 at least overrides my last few words, even tho, ``with a standard disclaimer; I say again, standard disclaimer`` was not enough for the first one to stand: maybe I need to say it thrice (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 13 at 1430 on WRMI 9955, S9 with deep fades to S3 direct, no jamming audible. NOT confirmed Friday May 13 at 1815 on IRRS 7290, nor AM Italia 1323. Tuned in earlier at 1754, no signal on 7290 from Bulgaria into UTwente, and instead of *1800.9, it never came on! 1323 tuned in at 1806 just as synthyl ID in English as on 207, 918 and 1323 kHz - more info from info@am-italia.it and ``Have a good listening``. Then music fill, no Feature Story News or UN News as usual. Guess what, it is not on 207 or 918 now either into nearby Noale SDR, only 1323. But no WOR here either at 1815.5. Same canned ID repeated amid music loops at 1817, 1828, 1840. This operation is *so* uncoördinated. Next airing of WOR 2138 however succeeds, on 1323 checked at 2056 and presumably from 2030, S9+13 steady, still no 918 or 207. I also check 1323 into UTwente where it`s JBA with CCI. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790 to WSW 0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 8] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday May 14 after 0130 on WRMI 9395, S9+10 vs HSNL. Also confirmed UT Saturday May 14 at 0400 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 4790, S6/S7 into Maryland SDR --- and yes, interrupted by those uteblaaps, appearing once a minute in two different interleaving cycles, per the waterfall some below, some right on, some above 4790, one at a time. Also confirmed Saturday May 14 at 1600 on WRN North America webcast. Next: 1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430] 1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 8] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed Saturday May 14 at 1930 on WRMI 15770, S9 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed at 1930 on WRN webcast to N America. Also confirmed starting at 1931 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+5 steady into nearby SDR. Not confirmed UT Sunday May 15 at 0030 on WRMI 7780 --- rather last week`s 2137 playing. Oh2, probably my fault, missed uploading to System D server. Fortunately this the first? airing by that, so 2138 is now ready for UT Mon 0030 on 7780, and UT Thu 0130 on 5010 --- and as I check the skedgrid find a NEW airing on D, UT Friday 0330 on 7780. And another new one without notice, Tuesday 2330 on System G 9395 - an hour after System B on 9955, jammed by Cuba. Also confirmed UT Sunday May 15 at 0321 about 3 minutes into so started circa 0318 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+5 direct vs HSNL. Also confirmed Sunday May 15 ending at 1356 on WMRI via Channel 292, Germany, 9670, so must have started a bit early at 1327; and immediately into Russian. S5/S7 into NW Eire SDR. Next: 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still May 8] 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed Sunday May 15 from 2000.7 UT on IRRS SW via AM Italia, Villa Estense, 1323 kHz, S9 and noisy into nearby Noale KiwiSDR; and not on 918 or 207. Also confirmed Sunday May 15 at 2230 on WRMI 5950, S9+10 into Knoxville SDR. This airing perpetuates despite axed from websked. Also confirmed UT Monday May 16 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/S9 and noisy into undirect Knoxville SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday May 16 at 0301 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160-. Dead air at first, then an F-explative in the voice of Allan Weiner, as A51 sometimes inserts such amusements; WOR itself sounded slightly overmodulated/distorted. Next: 0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 [NEW] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday May 17 at 0030 on WRMIs, into Missouri SDR: 9395, S9+22 and 9455, S8/S9+10. Next: 2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 [NEW] 1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2138 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday May 17 at 2230 on WRMI 9955, S9/+20 into Maryland SDR and no jamming audible; also have UTwente running way outside target area and no signal there, just clicking. At 2258 direct, 9955 is S9+10/20 and jamming is building for the 2300 Radio Libertad until 2400: but at 2325 fill music is playing. WOR also confirmed at new time of Tuesday May 17 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/20 into Maryland SDR. Also confirmed Wednesday May 18 at approx. 2100:21 on WBCQ 7490v, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR minus 70 Hz = 7489.93. Next: 0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much appreciated, by MO check in US$ on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or via PayPal not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9455, May 12 at 0631, this WRMI is S9+20/30 and distorted, also throwing spurspikes widely to the lower side, audible to 9335 vs 9330 WBCQ, and *still* audible as low as 9185, matching the spikes to mod on 9455 with a second radio. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Re 9455, WRMI: ``Glenn, the WRMI spurspikes below 9455 have been going on for at least a couple of weeks. I can hear them well up to 150 kHz below fundamental when reception is good. One night they pretty much ruined otherwise decent reception of BBCWS via SMG at 0500 on 9410. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, May 12 at 1930, WRMI with NO VOA news; after a pause, fill music starts, and no `Flashpoint Ukraine` either at 1935. Alan Roe reported the same problem yesterday, so I ask Jeff White. He says there was a problem on VOA`s side with audio streams and they are trying to fix it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2138) ** U S A. 9395, UT Sat May 14 at 0200, immediately following WORLD OF RADIO, show is `Cruisin the Decades` which claims to be on ``superpower WRMI``, and ``500 kW WBCQ``! Not unless it`s on the 9330 transmitter, which it is not. Outdated/incomplete blurb about it on WRMI programming page: ``Cruisin' The Decades Global Artwork.jpg --- "Cruisin' The Decades" is based on a love of music, and an appreciation for the history of popular music recordings. The show plays one song per decade (any song from any genre), from the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's, etc... right up to the 2020's. Hear over 100 years of recorded music history in the course of one hour. Hand-picked by Brad Savage in Akron, OH where the show originates on WAPS-FM "The Summit" (www.thesummit.FM)" Sundays at 5:00 pm Eastern Time (2200 [sic] UTC) on 9955 kHz and livestreamed at www.wrmi.net. Brad Savage Program Director The Summit Email: brad@thesummit.fm WAPS 91.3 FM Akron/Canton WKTL 90.7 FM Youngstown/Warren W211BT 90.1 FM Athens 309 Woolf Ave Akron OH 44312 Tel +1-330-761-3098`` The current? skedgrid dated April 20 shows Cruisin the Decades: Sat 0200 9395, Sun 0300 5950, Sun 2100 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5850, UT Sun May 15 at 0145, WRMI with `Encore` classical music, into Chinese opera, ``Liza Lim flies to the moon``, S9+15/40 atop HSNL. Due to all my pirate and other tuning this hour, I`m missing it! Must get next play UT Monday 0200 on 5950. 5850 has some hum unlike 5800, 5950. Now on 5950 is more music in the Saturday Night SW Music Glut, which I cannot possibly also audition, TRSW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5950, UT Monday May 16 at 0200 I do catch this week`s `Encore` of classical music via WRMI; almost sufficient into Knoxville SDR but a bit of Cuban jamming splat from 5955, whence Radio República has been kaput for a decade, unless BW narrowed, rather not for music, or LSBed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Monday May 16 at 1930 after R. Prague, WRMI with `Flashpoint Ukraine` from VOA webcast, soon specified as Friday May 13! Skipping the news first since it would have been 72 hours olds. Recall that FPU was missing Wed & Thu May 11 & 12, but I missed checking May 13: no problem: we`ve got it now! But, what about the Monday May 16 edition? Ended at 1954, then jive VOA ID, dead air; 1956 thumb piano music? WRMI ID and more music fill until Mistruths to Mistrust (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 15770, Tue May 17 at 1930, VOA News via WRMI, and 1935 `Flashpoint: Ukraine` dated today, not Mon May 16 edition which got lost, since 72-hour-previous Fri May 13 edition played yesterday. S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. But followed by another anomaly at 2000, faux-time-signal and VORW, John claiming it be Sunday May 15 on 5850 doing a full new show tho did not feel well (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 6159.9, May 15 at 0119, JBA carrier, must be WBCQ due to offset, but ailing very underpowered; vs S9+35/45 ACI de 6165 RHC. WBCQ refuses to deal with that clash (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4790, May 15 at 0152, checking for uteblaaps but none heard direct, just S9 HSNL; *0155 WBCQ starts IS & ID loop buried in the noise for Radio Angela to follow. Uncle Bill tells us May 15: ``Over the next several days, WBCQ's Radio Angela will be migrating from 4790 kHz to a previous WBCQ frequency, 5130 kHz. WBCQ hopes to maintain the same coverage area with this move, perhaps even slightly greater in the US and Canada as west coast CODAR will no longer be a factor. During the week of May 16-22, listeners might want to check both frequencies during broadcast hours (typically 0200-04xx UTC). -Bill Tilford, Lafayette, Indiana`` Not mentioned are the uteblaaps, a last straw for 4790. I have advocated for getting off the 4-5 MHz band completely, especially in summer, as even without the QRM, the storm QRN level is intolerable; should move to a higher band, even 11 MHz, for greater coverage and less noise. This has been futile (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), Sunday May 15 from 2200, WBCQ webcast of `Uncle Bill`s Melting Pot`, music from Ireland for St Patrix Day as originally broadcast in 2017y, rerun of the third episode when they were only a semihour. That should rereplay Monday at 2300. Sunday 2230 restart another episode of variety starting with Serbia, 2250 greeting Michigan ARE where they like hot women and cold beer, as Ep #4. Reruns still as UB is Covidailing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4790, UT Monday May 16 after 0200, WBCQ Radio Angela with another opera on `Concert Hall`, but unlistenable via Maryland SDR with uteblaaps every few seconds. Was last chance for 4790, as 5130 to replace it from UT May 17. If the blaaps follow it there, that will be really suspicious (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5130, May 17 at *0155, WBCQ IS & ID loop, just reactivated for first time, ex-4790 for Radio Angela. S9/+5 into Maryland SDR reading -22 Hz = 5129.978 as every Classic `BCQ frequency must be at least slightly askew. At 0200 starts `Marion`s Attic`. We have now escaped CODAR QRM and the uteblaaps! No QRM to 5130, but still some storm crashes inevitably in spring/summer. Yet listenable, and better than the original 7490v airing too early direct at 21 UT Sundays. 0300 next show is `Bluegrass State of Mind`. Or, is it ``Mine``? 5130 ex-4790 of course also applies to WORLD OF RADIO at 0400 UT Saturdays. 4790, from 0343 I inspect the ex-frequency via same remote: the uteblaaps are still there visible on waterfall and/or audible, once a minute near :00 and also near :42 past each minute. One at a time, in three different positions: below, right on, or above, 4790. They too are now free of WBCQRM - you`re welcome (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (5085), UT Sun May 15, WTWW-2 webcast despite scheduled from 0000, `Theatre Organ Under the Arch`, again no sign of it at these chex: 0015, 0037, rather hamstuff; nor direct on 5085: 0107 rock and ID from what used to be a cow pasture. O well, one less choice in the Saturday Evening SW Music Glut. 9940, BTW was not to be heard earlier in afternoon. `The Voice of Freedom` for Ukraine, seems quite irregular, at whim of Ted (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9940, May 16 at 2208, WTWW again/still absent as ``Voice of Freedom`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7505, May 17 at 0145, NO signal from WRNO which nominally starts at 0100. Also missing last night. Previous report to the WOR iog: ``7505even, ONLY EMPTY CARRIER of WRNO New Orleans at 1234 UT on May 13, S=9 in NY state, two 120 Hertz distance apart strings either sideband visible too.[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 8 / 13)`` Last reports were on UT May 14: ``Distorted audio of WRNO Worldwide Radio in English on 7505 kHz via New Orleans, May 14 from 0430 on 7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm English. Very good via SDR Frostburg MD, USA https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/05/wrno-worldwide-radio-in-english-on-7505_15.html Very good WRNO Worldwide Radio in Arabic on 7505 kHz via New Orleans, May 14 from 0733 on 7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm Arabic Sce via SDR Milford PA, USA https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/05/wrno-worldwide-radio-in-arabic-on-7505_15.html Very good WRNO Worldwide Radio in Chinese on 7505 kHz via New Orleans, May 14 from 0842 on 7505 RNO 050 kW / 020 deg to ENAm Chinese via SDR Frostburg MD, USA. https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2022/05/wrno-worldwide-radio-in-chinese-on-7505_15.html `` ``[WOR] WRNO 7505 missing --- For the 2nd night in a row, I note that WRNO is missing from their usual 7505 frequency. Walt`` Salmaniw, BC, 0218 UT May 16. This is not unusual: WRNO may disappear for nights or weeks at a time for no obvious reason: technical or operational? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9975, UT Sun May 15 at 0132, KVOH inbooms VG at S9+30/40, wideband near hifi, with a bit of jazz, then Pat Conrad announcement during `Saturday Night Jazz Session` --- one more in the Music Glut. He`s going to play some Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt and Coleman Hawkins, but first:: proselytizing quoting Hebrews, etc. 0134 finally music. He just ruined his own show, driving away Rational listeners (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 600 kHz, May 14 at 0423 UT tune-in via Athens GA SDR, last-minute DX test by WBOB, 50 kW, Jaxonvil FL. S8 and dominant signal there. None of the usual Morse code, tones, etc., but real live human Jerry is broadcasting from the hard-to-reach-thru-the-mud transmitter site, playing some complete genuine vinyl record songs on a real turntable there! Says he can hear the difference compared to digital recordings. When mike is open says nevermind the background noise [as it`s not a studio]. 0438 contact to BOBTX@protonmail.com But mail has to be forwarded to him. 0442 acknowledges Martin Foltz in Sarasota. Says the test is to assess the skywave coverage of the 50 kW daytime transmitter. Later will switch to night pattern. He and two others are at the site, but five are needed, and expect to do it again tomorrow night = UT Sunday 0400-0700. With lightning overhead I QRT the computer at 0444 nor can I use the E/W longwire direct. I don`t expect to hear WBOB here, nor do I on the interior longwire nor on the DX-398 with heavy T-storm noise, and 600 anyway dominated by WMT aiming thisaway, and some others closer than Jax (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 600 kHz, UT Sun May 15 at 0414, S7 via Athens GA SDR, shared with Dene Lynneberg, NZ: WBOB Jaxonvil FL is DX-testing again, with some ABBA. 0417 says running 20 KW now, different than last night, asking for emails. 0418 Monkees, 0419 cutoff or fade - certainly weaker than when was 50 kW. CPC said this time WBOB would be running DX test noises, sweeps, Morse IDs, etc. I do hear sweeps upward thrice at 0421. We have heavy lightning/storming nearby in Garfield County but not right here altho some flashes have been visible overhead. Yet I try for WBOB direct on the E/W longwire into R75: At 0425 HSNL; 0427 slow sweep up? 0429 more definite upsweeps in the QRM & QRN, so I can say I did get WBOB direct. Never heard any Morse IDs; were they ever emitted? Those would be best for DX test definite logging. Back to Athens SDR: 0432 rock music with cutouts; 0435 dead air; 0435.6 music; 0440 outro as Elton John, ND 20 kW, now different than last night, asking reports; muses about the mystery of daytime skywave. Currently working on ground loop problem. 0443 sweeps up, 0444 song; 0447 different sweeps; 0500 Sinatra ``The End is Near``. I tune away for Ukraine, q.v. 0514 recheck, says WBOB is back to full power and will be on a few minutes longer, music, and I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, May 13 at 1910-1920+ UT on caradio, dead air from KLEY Wellington KS. Had been holding up whenever occasionally checked since resuming mod Feb 20 after a long DA spell. 250 watt daytime, 1 watt, sure, nighttime. Need to check whether it again be on at night vs 50 kW KWKH, DA or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, May 14 at 1735-1745+ UT, KLEY Wellington KS, this Rocking M station in its second Dead Air Day (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, May 15 at 0116 UT, dead air atop presumed still weak KWKH, i.e. KLEY Wellington KS in its newest open-carrier service. By 0202, KWKH has built up, but still vs KLEY carrier, making a fast SAH. Our latest sunset of c. 0152 will be attained in less than a month, early June. KLEY`s official SR/SS times in UT for May: 1115/0130 UT; June: 1115/0145. That won`t stop them from running the 250 watt day power all night instead of ONE watt, modulated or not (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1130 kHz, May 16 circa 1730 & 1800 UT on caradio, and circa 2200 fixed, KLEY Wellington KS still providing air that is dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Sent to Robert Conrad, Weekend Radio, WCLV Cleveland: ``Weekend Radio disappearing May 15 at 7:09 PM Bob, I have to inform you that your carriage list is VERY out of date: https://www.ideastream.org/programs/weekend-radio/carriage-list Look at that - still dated 2017!!! There are bound to be changes over a 5-year period, no matter what. Please have Carmelita or someone get it up to date. We missed our Saturday night chances on WCLV and KUCO, so were planning on getting it at noon CDT Sunday on WUOT which we have done before as a backup. But it`s gone. Not on their schedule anytime either, now This American Life. Surely affiliates are obliged at least as a courtesy to notify the program when it is canceled (or added). But this can hardly be relied upon, as I have found in keeping track of stations carrying my own program, and when. Another source would be great except it is not kept up to date either: First you are prompted to set up your preferred timezone: http://publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=682 I have looked for other chances in the rest of Sunday and the only one I can find, still showing on own schedule, is KTXK Texarkana [not Lubbock, as guessed originally] 6 pm CDT -- (vs 60 Minutes on TV). I do NOT find W.R. on the current skeds of WBAA, WSND, WNMU, KVLU, KEDM! I have not investigated the other Saturday stations, as it`s too late to hear this week`s program there should they exist. It`s a shame that such a great show has been dropped by several stations. Hope you will keep on keeping on anyway. You might also consider availablizing it on demand, or podcast via WCLV site. Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK`` (via Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (91.5), Sunday May 15 from 2301 UT, KTXK Texarkana (about as far from Lubbock as possible in TX as I misplaced it last time, confused with KTXT), webcast of `Weekend Radio` originated with WCLV, on my last chance to hear this week`s episode on one of the fewer affiliates remaining. After a ToH commercial, another break at 2311 pushing buying a ``spot for $3 to support public radio``. Surely this is crossing the line into commercialism, and there were some brief spots later which sounded just like ads, not ``underwriting``. Yet to boot, show ended early at 2350 so some content must have been cut. HQ does provide a cue sheet confirming it was this week`s episode, but post facto could not figure what came out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 11835, May 15 at 0615, NO signal from R. Vanuatu on 3 x 3945. I had been checking it every night but did not do so on May 14 when this was later reported, so our third-harmonic spree suspends: ``Radio Vanuatu seems to be out of the air today 14-05 --- Manuel Méndez, Lugo, Spain: VANUATU, Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila seems to be out of the air today. Not even carrier heard on 7260 at 0550 and not even carrier heard on 11835 from 0600. Also checked via SDR Kiwi remote receiver in New Zealand, no signal on 3945, 5040, 7260 and 11835`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 28438 USB, May 14 at 2148, weak ham; and then on 28465 USB, another calling CQ 10, but nothing heard on either next few minutes, fadeouts? I mention merely to remind that 10m even seeming dead can pass thru a few signals if sought. However, DXMAPS shows a great many N/S paths, TE contacts. These probably were from South America (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)