** CHAD [non]. 15505, May 13 at 0629, JBA signal, OOFSOB, trying to decide whether English or French; but must have been Kanuri, as EiBi shows it`s R. Ndarason International via Woofferton UK this hour, and following hour on same via Ascension. Outdated? Aoki listing shows 9535 at 06-07 via WOF, 07-08 12050 ASC, both of which we used to hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CHINA? 7360, May 10 at 2354, ME wailing is JBA direct, but EiBi and Aoki show it`s CNR2 = China Business Radio until 2400, and HFCC as site-x, 150 kW at 257 degrees, which would not send much signal thisaway. However, VOT in Turkish is sked to China from 0000, so maybe it were on early (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 870, May 8 at 0645 UT, occasional bits of wobbling under WWL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, May 11 at 1456, RHC with suptorted Spanish instead of dead air, S6/S9. Progress! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15230, May 13 at 2222, open carrier S9, trace of suptorted mod, probably Portuguese from RHC where something`s always wrong. Hear this more often in mornings than afternoons (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 9710, May 11 at 0002, S9+10 of instrumental Chinese music. Yes, it`s another CRI `Portuguese` hour to S America with music fill instead. Kashgar site (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** FRANCE. 5975-5980-5985, May 12 at 0411, DRMish noise, pitch seems to be shifting slightly. It`s one of the irregular tests of TDF, overriding the leapfrog mixing product from WWCR 5890 over 5935 another 45 kHz above (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** GUAM. 9320, May 8 at 1456, S5/S6 of hymn, virtually the SSOB, more even than 9330 WBCQ/WLCR. EiBi shows KTWR in Korean; but CNR1 jamming, SOH and/or RFA relay could also be here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** JAPAN. 18131.8 USB, May 9 at 2211, JF1EHM with fonetik call. QRZ.com: ``JF1EHM Japan flag Japan, Ishida Hiroaki, 2-5 Yoshino-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, 232-0014, Japan`` ``my name is Jim``. Not many phone sigs on band, but a minute later I`m hearing Malta, quite a range (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MADAGASCAR. 13790, May 12 at 0423, SSOB, really the OSOB, S9+10/20 unID language talk, but EiBi shows it`s BBC Somali, 0400-0430 M-F. HFCC shows 250 kW at 0 degrees - does that mean due north or non-direxional? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALTA. 18124 USB, May 9 after 2212, station working pileups of N Americans on same frequency, with every quick contact says he is on island of Gozo, Malta, but seldom with callsign which I never copy completely - and the contacts are mostly uttering only their own calls! One is VE9BS. DXheat cluster shows it`s 9H5BV, on Gozo, name Dionne which I also heard once; altho a few minutes away are reports of a 9H5BZ on same frequency. Oh oh, QRZ.com lookup shows the above reports are confused: both are on Gozo but: ``9H5BV Malta flag Malta, GEORGE CAMILLERI, CASA NAUTICA, TRIW GHAXQET L-GHAJN, M SCALA GOZO, VCT 108, Malta`` While Dione is this one: ``9H5BZ Malta flag Malta, Dione Caruana, `Maria`, 6, Church Street, Zebbug, Gozo ZBB1202, Malta`` - did not sound like a YL. Has strict rules about who she? will contact, at least 3000 km away, and ``My name is Dione. I live in the Island of Gozo in an old village of Zebbug. I am a senior nurse and work in the Emergency Department in one of our Local General Hospital. I am married to Ben and have 2 lovely daughters.`` Many photos on qrz.com indicate that 9H5BZ is indeed an OM; but you never know, trans one way or another? [non]. And their first contact also heard: ``VE9BS Canada flag Canada, Byron Smith, Deer Island, New Brunswick, Canada, QSL: No QSL at this time`` with lots of photos of the island, equipment (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MEXICO [non]. 800, May 11 at 0612 UT, KQCV OKC in the clear, no extremely distorted CCI, and not noted for several nights now, so maybe XEERG, Ojo de Agua NL, has finally been fixed or deleted! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. 13690, May 12 from *0558.4, Bellbird tweeting IS S8/S9, as RNZP has just QSYed from 17675 where I checked first to find nothing. Timesignal 0600 about a sesquisecond behind WWVH! I know which one I believe; can`t RNZ do better than that? If you can`t maintain a timesignal precisely, skip it. RNZ ID, introduces BBC relay for next half hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 6849.95, May 11 at 0113, pirate music with heavy beat, S9/+10. These say Liquid Radio on ``6850``: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,144845.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 7475, May 12 at 0356, S9 but JBA thin voice of Josiah on anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. Re my latest 7475 YHWH log: ``Hi Glenn - May 12, was a good day for YHWH (7475) reception, via Kiwi SDR remote at Palomar Mt. #2, So. Calif.; from 0405+ UT and still good at 0520, even with QRN (static). Attached remote audio. Ron (San Francisco)`` Howard (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 1550, May 12 at 0429 UT, ESPN, on E/W loop only, implying it`s close to that line. Very few ESPNs listed in NRC AM Log, but surely my closest, KYAL Sapulpa, tho only 40 watts at night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 6950, May 11 at 0124 UT, no signal from 5th harmonic of my closest local, 1390 KCRC; yet I did hear it a bit earlier without noting time; very weak but // 1390 on another radio. This of course must be avoided when hunting pirates. Is U3 which means direxional same pattern day and night, so should not be any change at official sundown: it seems FCC AM Query nor LMS do not provide monthly tables of SS/SR for each station any more? Also could not hear it on x4 = 5560. There is ordinarily at least a JBA carrier on x3 = 4170, and more on x2 = 2780 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. Re unID: "93.5 at 1709 UT, mono talk over KS C&W" --- ``Glenn: — Heard KAKC/1300 [Tulsa] just yesterday, on the Springfield/Republic SDR, now calling itself "93.5 & AM 1300", or similar. Tail waggeth the Dog! -- the other G H`` - Greg Hardison Maybe, but ~200 km is rather far for a translator to break thru in dead condx; WTFDA FM DB: ``K228BR relay of:KAKC 1300 93.5 TULSA OK 0.25 0.25 74.0 0.0 36-07-30 95-53-03 TALK 1300 THE PATRIOT //KTGX-HD2 68292`` KTGX is 106.1 100 kW Owasso, ``The Twister``. Years ago for too short a span, 106.1 was commercial classical KCMA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 95.5, May 9 circa 1930/2000 UT, LP pirate playing rock music still on, peaking around the intersexion of Cleveland and Garriott in Enid. Never heard any announcements, but I only hear it for a few minutes at a time as I drive thru; $tereo pilot is on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, May 10 circa 0300 UT, KFOR ``4`` OKC is not decoding, signal too weak - very unusual. RF 29, KTUZ likewise. Yet others such as RF 25 KWTV and RF 24 KOKH are normal. 27 and 29 on backup lower power? Or DX QRM? Tropo is up a bit but not much. My antenna at fault? On the rooftop it`s aimed about SE instead of SSE directly at OKC. I have allowed that to stay as it should help get easterly DX, but also reduces sigs from RF 13 OETA, and RF 7 KOCO, insufficient. By 1600 UT, 27 is improved but 29 still too weak (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Tropo map https://vhf.dxview.org/ shows big blob over Enid extending to W Kansas, E Oklahoma, so UHF bandscan at 1505-1515 UT May 14: DX Decoding; not taking time to explore subchannels: RF 31 3-1 OETA [KOET Eufaula] RF 20 19-1 KQCW-HD [KQCW-DT Muskogee] RF 14 8-1 ABC [KTUL Tulsa] RF 11 11-1 OETA HD [KOED-TV Tulsa] RF 22 23-1 KOKI-TV [Tulsa] RF 28 44-1 ION [KTPX-TV Okmulgee] RF 26 6-1 KOTV at 1545 [Tulsa] BAD signals: RF 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 36. There are still *no* RF 6 in OK, so must be KBSD Ensign KS = Dodge City, only one in KS. Takes some doing to show an RF 6 sig into my antenna for hiband 7+ and UHF only and aimed SE. There are however several low-power RF6 in TX, not LA (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR) ** PERU. 21265 USB, May 14 at 2207, OA4CHA calling CQ in English, then QSO in Spanish. We had trouble understanding his fonetik for H but I guess it was hotel. QRZ.com: ``OA4CHA Peru flag Peru, Luis Enrique "Luis" Meza Alvarado, Calle Andalucía 207, La Molina, Lima 15024, Peru`` - but his ``latest QSO`` shown there was on 4-28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA. Re Romania changes frequencies: RRI English at 0000 May 13 is already back? on 11620, not 9550. So temp sked over? See previous discussion: [WOR] Romania changes frequencies: Eike Bierwirth Sun, May 11 at 1:13 AM: Radio Romania has changed many of its frequencies again. According to their website, this is because of a malfunction at the Tsiganeshti site: "A malfunction has been recorded at one of the transmitters in Tiganesti, and we will temporarily be broadcasting on different frequencies." (dated 4 May 2025). The German section adds that the replacement transmitter is not capable of transmitting in DRM mode, while the Spanish section identifies the malfunctioning transmitter as BD 300-2 and the replacement transmitter as BD 300-1. The new frequencies had been registered with HFCC from the beginning of the A-25 season but had been unused so far. The same had happened for parts of the previous season. English broadcasts: Western Europe 0530-0600 9750 1100-1200 17630 1700-1800 15180 2030-2100 17580 2200-2300 9740 Africa 1100-1200 17860 North America, East coast 2030-2100 17580 0000-0100 9550 North America, West coast 0300-0400 11620 Japan 2200-2300 15170 Note: No DRM, none of the registered frequencies for Australia are currently in use GERMAN 0600-0630 11620 1400-1500 13740 1800-1900 11750 SPANISH to South America (no mention of other targets, not affected?) 2200-2300 15200 (new time!) The websites of other language services did not show this notice, but may just as well be affected. 73! Eike`` May 11: ``RRI in English to North America was very well heard in Masset, but tonight at 0335 tune-in, just a barely there signal on 11620, the listed alternate, but 9740 is booming in as per normal with Jazz music. 73, Walt`` Salmaniw. John A. Figliozzi: ``Could be wrong and hope I am, but sounds like this station is on life support, technologically speaking, as a shortwave station.`` ``Why would RRI need to change frequencies due to a transmitter failure when an alternate unit should simply run the same schedule? This makes no sense. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas`` ``Simply different feeder line and wave matching circuit, from TX #1 or #2 -- towards curtain arrays / azimuth directions – vy73 de wolfie df5sx`` ``I was assuming the antenna switching matrix could feed any transmitter to any antenna. Guess that is not the case for the RRI facilities. Stephen Luce`` ``Apparently not, and such limited commutation possibilities are common for old facilities. In addition they also appear to have numerous antennas that can be used only on two adjacent bands, hence the frequency changes. The modernization in the penultimate decade was obviously limited to replacing the transmitters. And now they run out of spare parts also for what has been installed back then. Kai Ludwig`` But May 13: ``RRI came on 9740 with English today at 2200 UTC with a very nice signal into the Washington, DC SDR. So, still on this replacement frequency, and not back to 11620 yet. Harold Sellers, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5850 WRMI & 5890 WWCR, May 12 at 0414, TOMBS VG on both as YL is anticipating riot control training coming up in September; then BS speaks from when he was undead. Why in the world does TOM think it`s useful to play such extremely dated recordings; trying to fool listeners into believing it`s all about now? Axual year never mentioned, as it was obvious back when it was live. Do they ever even mention that he`s deceased? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15500, 17715, 15520, 15390, Fri May 9 at 2200, token English from SNR on all direct, previewing interview about an Australian theatre group dealing with disabilities appearing in Madrid. 2201 news leads with ``gotta pappa`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15500, May 11 at 0008, S9/+10 of open carrier with some hum, stronger than anything on band except 15770 WRMI. Got to be Spain, Noblejas forgot to turn off transmitter, on Sats sked only until 2300* or rather -2305 after five minutes of earworm IS. Rechex: Still! at 0119 S9+30, and 0257. Nothing on the other three frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15500 S9/+20, 17715 S9+10/20, 15520 & 15390 also on air for 2200 token English from SNR at 2224 check Mon May 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15500, 17715, 15520, 15390, May 13 at 2221, all four REEs on air and G-VG, unEnglish Tuesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN [and non]. 17715 & 15390, May 14 at 2159, NO Signals from REE, must be off, while 15500 is S9+20/30 and 15520 S9+10. 17 MHz prop is OK since 17880 from Beijing site is audible - I had assumed it were Kashgar. The two REEs are SSOB along with 15770 WRMI. 2200, SNR token English previews something about Segovia; and San Ysidro en Madrid. 2201 news leads with scandal about leaked messages, the PM`s wife, and payoffs? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 9 at 2158, no signal from VOT English direct; nor at 2225 check into UTwente, nor on accidentalternate 9875. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.004+, May 10 at 2201 VOT English not off the air, S9+50/55 into UTwente. Spot chex: 2216 multi-lingual ID filler reel in progress. 2217 music. 2221 ``with-you-every-hour`` promo, music. 2225 feature mentioning early history of China, by Efsun the axentuated, did not get title. 2241 music. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel again. 2253 s/off for the 1330-1430 on 13635! Which was the B-season schedule; at least so far this season they had misreferred to the A25 1230-1330 on 17620, which this is not either, awry at Ankara. 2254 IS to 2254.5* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CHINA? 7360 ** TURKEY. 9875.018+, Sun May 11 at 2048, VOT English not off the air, S9+15/20 backwards into UTwente, `The Pulse of Turkish Foreign Policy` ending, multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2051 `Letterbox`, Cemre starts with 5 May the 98th anniversary of TRT Radio. 1) Alan Holder, UK, about access problems for tourists to his IOW; has been listening for 5+ decades, remembers former staff by names, used to be called ``Voice of Sunshine``. Tech matters: NAm antenna problems, new 300 kW transmitter? 11785 is too close to Brasil, should shift to 11790. 9875 has N Korea QRM at 2030, shift to 9405[?]. 1992-2001y was span of Sunshine Radio. No new equipment yet. CE will reassess frequencies with HFCC [Brasil refuses to participate in HFCC, so how could he possibly know about 11780? duh]. It`s already 2059 when she gets to 2) Ann? Irving? Pennsylvania ham gets 7275 well [and does not complain about it being an intruder into the American 40m hamband!]. 3) Akira? Saki?, Hokkaido, Japan heard Chinese broadcast, enjoyed music. 4) Ricky Hein, South Dakota wants to be notified when 11785 and 7275 have been fixed; he also phones. 5) Andre?, Russia listened to Arabic. 6) Canada, Turkey produce coffee? Not much due to climate. Originally imported from Yemen. 7) Ralf Urbantschik?, Germany. 2111 that`s it, song fill. 2115 `Lbox` theme and outro which is the same canned announcement played as intro, with same method for other programs. That way you can`t play the opening or closing by mistake. I continue to wonder why in the world they insert a song within the mailbag program, not a request, since more and more songs are scattered thruout each transmission. So I don`t need even to check the 2200 on 11785 repeat. Alan Holder writes about his reply on Lbox: ``[WOR] TURKIYE - Enquiry about Emirler transmitters -- re: ``Wolfgang Bueschel also pointed out that some HFCC listings for TRT include 300 kW power, which means that they have (or will) install a new transmitter at Emirler. {WRTH says they already have 5 x 500 kW}`` ``Some current HFCC listings for VOT are for 300 kW (the majority are at 250 kW - their 500 kW units have been operating at half power for some time now). I enquired about the possible installation of a new transmitter in my latest e-mail to VOT, which was read out on this week's "Letterbox" programme. Presenter Cemre (Jemre) had this response from an engineer at Emirler: "There has been no new equipment investment made yet. The power and frequency of the current broadcasts are deemed appropriate at this moment in time". So it seems that they are using an existing tx at 300 kW to try to give a few dB extra signal strength in more distant target areas. I also mentioned adjacent interference to VOT from Brazil on 11780 which affects VOT on 11785, as well as Voice of Korea co-channel to VOT on 9875 from 2030-2100.  The engineer's reply: "HFCC records show they are clear frequencies. If they are not registered frequencies as mentioned, we will reassess them". I suggested alternative frequencies, so maybe some changes will be made soon. Alan Holder, G4ZBH, Isle of Wight, U.K.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 12 at 2225, VOT not off the air, S9 direct but insufficient vs noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785 & 9875, May 13 at 2221 direct and 2238 into UTwente, NO signals from VOT English. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785, May 14 at 2203, VOT not off the air, but JBA direct, insuff. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. LW NDB survey, May 10 at 0610 UT, when local line noise level has lessened a bit, only S5/S6, allowing these to be JBA detectable not only with MCW carrier but IDs: nothing remarkable, but for the record: 255 SW, 293 FBY, 329 PMV, 332 IC, 346 YXL, 395 CA, 407 HRU (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** U S A. Armed Forces Day May 10: I missed most of the yearly crossband event, but at 2355 found NSS on 7535.0 CW calling CQ AFD DX, and a QSX frequency presumably in 40m hamband. In full bandscan hit NSS again at 0003 May 11 on 9945.0, ``CQ CQ AFD DE NSS ---`` And NSS voice on 7546.5 LSB May 11 at 0114, operated by Allan(sp?) in Maryland, QSX 7208. Worked N2JF. This was the sked on MARS website: ``NSS / US NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, MD (USB + CW) 10 May 1300Z – 11May 0200Z 4,038.5 kHz USB 5,330.5 kHz USB 7,533.5 kHz USB 9,944.0 kHz USB 14,487.0 kHz USB`` --- many others active but none encountered now without the frequencies in front of me (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7630.5 USB, UT Sunday May 11 at 0127, AF MARS net with AFA6CD as NCS; very pro-forma, calling each station for status report, with abbr`d calls like 6CD, 6JX, 6RJ, 6GT, 6CN, etc. This was a regular net, not part of AFD Crossband, altho one guy said he had enjoyed it. Can`t find AFA6CD on a broad google search, other than as some hex color code! Last logged this frequency on July 16, 2024 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. 28201 CW, May 13 at 2216, E times 20, and NST DE N4WLO/B very fast and a warbling tone. WGB list: ``28200.5 N4WLO - Theodore AL USA EM50uo - #0/3 (29 Apr 2025) Note: Sending ID only, every 10 min. at: 1/11/21/31 and so on + dashes from 22nd to 42nd second.`` {sic} QRZ.com: ``N4WLO USA flag USA, TIMOTHY W URBAN, 4801 WINKLER CT, THEODORE, AL 36582, USA`` - not much activity, only other 10m beacon, 28258 V31HQ Belize at 2215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 28209.5 CW, May 14 at 2218, VVV VVV VVV DE K7EMX/B. WGB list: ``28209.5 K7EMX/B - Kearns UT USA DN39xp - #0 (02 Mar 2025) Note: VVV de + ID + grid``. QRZ.com page is huge, full of anti-Trump amusement: ``K7EMX USA flag USA, PAUL R LARSON, 5057 LOOMIS LN, KEARNS, UT 84118, USA`` https://www.qrz.com/db/K7EMX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 25000, May 14 at 2205, WWV S9/+10 getting a sporadic E boost under 500 miles, also 20000 S9+20/30. Checked 30000 in case of a WWV harmonic at 2216, and there is an open carrier at S8, possibly local but slightly fading, no modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2293 monitoring: confirmed UT Thursday May 8 at 0135 the 0130 on WRMI 5010, JBA direct, but S9+10/20 at 0148 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed Thursday May 8 at 1653 the 1630 on SW Radio Germany, 6160.001-, S8/9+10 into UTwente, and not yet on 3975. Followed 1700 by Feature Story News originating in Austin, one of their worldwide bureaux, address someone`s apartment. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 contents: Australia, Canada, Chile, Egypt, (Germany), (India), Japan, Laos, Madagascar, Mongolia, Netherlands, North America, Pakistan and non, Papua New Guinea/Bougainville, (Russia non), Solomon Islands, Spain, Turkey, UK and non, USA and non, (Vatican); propagation outlook - (countries mentioned along with others not in order) WOR 2294 available from 0211 UT Friday May 9 (mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2294.m3u (mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2294.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html 1300 UT Friday WRMI 15770 [first SW broadcast]; 2030 UT Friday IRRS SW via AM Italia 1323v; 2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE; 2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 [resuming this week?]; 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100]; 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]; 2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended]; 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]; 1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW; or 7570? 7780?; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. Financial support appreciated for our non-commercial public service program, by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: confirmed Friday May 9 at 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA S1/S3, first weekly airing. Also confirmed Friday May 9 at 2051 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.995+, S8/9 but noisy into UTwente across Europe. Also confirmed Friday May 9 at 2206 the 2200 on WRMI 9955, S9+10/20 direct but undermodulated. Also confirmed Friday May 9 at 2230 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002+, S8/9+5 into UTwente. Next: 0300 UT Saturday WTWW 5085 [resuming this week?]; 1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM [1900/2100]; 2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE [NEW]; 2300 UT Saturday WTWW 9475 [suspended]; 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]; 1030 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1900 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW; or 7570? 7780?; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: NOT confirmed UT Saturday May 10 at 0300 on WTWW 5085, because it`s off the air - foiled again! It had been on when checked earlier after 0100, but had problems as I reported. Don`t know when it crashed as I had not checked again until 0258. Confirmed Saturday May 10 at 1447 the 1430 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001+, S9 into UTwente. Confirmed Saturday May 10 at 1600 on WRN North America stream. Confirmed Saturday May 10 at 1733 the 1730 on SW Radio, Germany 6160.001, S9/+10 into UTwente, a little ACI from 6165 but NO RTTYditty on 6164! Also confirmed Saturday May 10 at 1733 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.001+, S9 into UTwente, running about 14 words behind 6160; separate playouts? Also confirmed Saturday May 10 at 1946 about 2 minutes into so started circa 1944 the 1930v on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO; JBA vs noise level into K9VD SDR, Jerseyville IL, which is closest to WA0RCR, not Godfrey IL or any other Kiwi. Also confirmed Saturday May 10 after 1930 on WRN N America stream and after 2000 on WRN Europe stream. Also confirmed Saturday May 10 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S9 into Maryland SDR, and glad to hear it S9+5/10 into UTwente. Also confirmed UT Sunday May 11 at 0148 the 0130 on WRN North America stream. Since 5085 WTWW was still on by 0257, I suggested they could run WOR at 0300 since it was missed last night. Instead started Truth2Ponder but cut off the air a few minutes later. Also confirmed UT Sunday May 11 at 0315, right on time! on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, S5/S7 into Maryland SDR which on night path is getting it better than in Illinois. Also confirmed Sunday May 11 at 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.995+ kHz, S7/S8 into UTwente. Next: 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW; or 7570? 7780?; 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW; 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160; 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: Confirmed Sunday May 11 at 2133 the 2130 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.002, S9/+15 into UTwente. Also confirmed Sunday May 11 at 2333 the 2330 on WRMI 9455, S9+30/40 into S Texas SDR, and still contrary to own websked, NOT on 7780 which is off the air, nor on 7570 which is with TOMBS! Also confirmed UT Monday May 12 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, good into S Texas SDR. Also confirmed UT Monday May 12 from 0301 on Area 51 webcast only, after JL ``gotta go`` at 0300 on WBCQ 5130- which stayed on a few minutes with music. Also confirmed Monday May 12 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001+ S9+5/15 and 3975.002+ S9+10 into UTwente. Next: 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW; 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast]; 2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy; 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday May 13 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+20/40 into S Texas SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, JBA S9 direct. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 1415 the 1400 on WRMI 9955, JJBBA S5 direct. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1322.995+, S7/S8 into UTwente. Next: 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975; 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160; 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW; 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2294 monitoring: ``Richard Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, From the desk of Richard’s listening Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF (30 years of service), Antenna: random long wires in the trees. WRMI, USA, World of Radio #2294: 9455 kHz, voice was there 2344-2346 (45433), if you tune in late the ID gets missed, at end of broadcast, WRMI computer, 2358, May 11 UTC 2025 [Sun] 9395 kHz, static QRN, 2330, 2342, 2343 S5, S6 signal, 2359, May 13 UTC 2025 [Tue](Lemke, Richard -AB) Confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+30 into Georgia SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday May 13 at 2330 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.001+, S9+15 into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 14 at 1930 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.000, S9+20 into UTwente, and also 3975.002, S9+10 also into UTwente. Also confirmed Wednesday May 14 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490 -68 Hz = 7489.932, S6/S9 with storm crashes into Maryland SDR. Next: 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160. Financial support appreciated for our non-commercial public service program, by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 Or not necessarily in US funds via PayPal to: woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9930, May 9 at 2207 WTWW TOMBS without any spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, May 8 at 0150, this WTWW is finally back on air, S9+20/35 into Georgia SDR. George expects WOR to resume UT Saturday 0300. The new op forgot to push a ``high power`` button causing yesterday`s offness (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, May 10 at 0100, this WTWW is back on air, presumably Ancient Word Radio. Was watching the waterfall from W1NT NH as I had been monitoring 5130 WBCQ on it. Think 5085 just came on, at first more signal about 5087 then to 5085, and no spurs showing. at 0102 seems to put out 5087 modulation again briefly. At 0130, mod/noise on the low side. Hope they can keep it going until 0330 for WORLD OF RADIO at 0300 UT Saturday as originally scheduled (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5085, May 11 at 0123, this WTWW is on again with the plus/minus 12.9 kHz parasitic spurs and the modulation somewhat noisy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9930, May 11 at 1501, WTWW TOMBS S9+30 lacking spurs; non-synchronized 9980 WWCR also with TOMBS. Redundancy! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5050, May 11 at 0122, this WRMI is off; pretty sure I tuned across it earlier. Supposed to be on `Legends` at 0100-0400. Something`s odd at Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. ``[WOR] Ted Randall --- Saw a post on FB stating Ted Randall had passed away. I really liked his music shows on WTWW when he was there. RIP. 73 Chris KC5IIE Krug, Tulsa, OK`` That might explain why Legends and WRMI 5050 were off air when I checked as in previous report: (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Pre-AAAWWW WBCQ monitoring into NH SDR, May 9 at 2355: 7490 -70 Hz = 7489.93 with FKB S9/+10. 5130 IS & ID S9/+10. 3265 also on with FKB, S9/+10 but pulse QRM from 3250+. 6160 -73 Hz = 6159.927 with other music S9+10. 9330 off at 2358 for antenna rotation. at 2359 Allan comes on live on 5130 // 7490. May 10 at 0000, `WTO` theme and talkovers, first about new pope; ``enjoy it``; ``speed``? Now on 9330, 7490, 5130 and 3265. Brings up Angela on phone who must be back in Fla, while Allan is in Maine on maintenance visit. We hardly hear from her during the hour. Allan is quadricasting, from master control where they still have three copper-pair phone lines, two of which were dead. Took telco four days to fix. 0010 Freddy interrupts with a phone call, and long discussion about tractors (!) ensues. 0023 C&W song. 0035 datestamp as 9 of May YOOLF 2025, quadricasting. Except for SuperStition, most equipment is 40-70 years old. 5130 needed more voltage on driver; put in another plate transformer. 5130 now measured at 5129.919. 0052 talk about cars and other vehicles. 0057 emails. Did not get around to pinpointing 3265 before it went off, but in past has been way off more than 100 Hz to plus side, unlike the others (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 660, May 9 at 0625 UT, Navajo chanting, so KTNN AZ is obviously again failing to protect New York; when it is DA, really not heard here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1450 kHz, May 10 at 0641 UT, ID in passing as ``Co-co`` briefly topping the graveyard pileup. That`s all I need: KOKO, Warrensburg MO. See my previous log on Nov 8, 2024 at 0802 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1450 kHz, May 12 at 0607 UT from Fox `News`, to the ``Cocoa weather center`` for Warrensburg, i.e. KOKO, MO again topping the pileup (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. Looking for sporadic E on caradio, but instead, extended GW or tropo boost in the afternoon, May 14: 94.5, at 1945 UT, music, strong, surely Es instead of nothing? Fades completely out, but back up at 1950: adstring for Endurance Insurance, Campingworld, Almond Joy, PlutoTV, ABCmouse.com/radio, mattress firm; 1954 finally ``Big 94.5 Country``, so it`s WIBW Topeka, 100/100 kW, 370/370 m HAAT. Not shown with an -FM suffix, despite 580 being WIBW always audible here day and night. 354 km/220 stmi 96.5, at 1946 UT ``your home for Royals baseball, 96-5 The Fan``. WTFDA FMDB shows KFNZ-FM Kansas City MO, 98.5/98.5 kW, 335/335 m HAAT. 418 km/260 stmi 97.1 at 1948 UT, ad for Diamond Springs Ranch, and plug for supporting KPTS.org, public TV for Hutchinson/Wichita. Is KBOB in Haven KS, between those two cities, 18.5/18.5 kW, 251/251 m HAAT, ``Bob-FM``. Sheesh! Never heard before? 168 km/104 stmi (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 9960, May 14 at 0622, R. Vanuatu still here, JBA. Heard every night recently but not always logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 630.05, May 11 at 0609 UT, JBA het to 630.00 stations. KHOW Denver had been reported offset plus but not that much. Next time I should try to DF it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 630.05, May 12 at 0635 UT, het upon 630.00 stations: this time I do DF it on the hand-held DX-398 to find it nulling at WNW/ESE so that means it`s SSW/NNE, ruling out KHOW. Most likely XEFB Monterrey NL, or maybe XEPBGJ Guadalajara, by direxion but supposed to be daytimer. Otherwise, WREY St Paul MN, which is SS, `El Rey` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. From Arctic Radio Club mv-eko May 12, these two references to a Peruvian offset frequency closely match the unID I have been hearing and thought to be much closer XEREL in Morelia, Mexico! However WRTH 2025 and mwlist show hours of 3 kW OAM5M are 1100-0205 UT while I have been hearing that later overnight. Pisco is right near the coast south of Lima. More like SSE from here than Morelia SSW. I need to DF it again. ``1550 26.4 0230 OAM5M R Visión, Pisco med lokala program. (1549,820). FD [Fredrik Dourén]`` From the email Jan Edh 8.5.2025 [translated]: The nights are getting short now and soon it will be the end of the listening season. It is already light before 02 UTC and sunrise is a little over half an hour later. On 28/4 it was completely different on the band, but that doesn't mean it was better. At 00-00.30 there were some Peruvians like 1549.819 and 1469.983 but also Puerto Rico 1580, Colombia, and Venezuela, even CBI at 1140, and a little later also WDEA 1370. But nothing particularly good. Quite a few signals until 02.30 but also a lot of splatter and even some thunder crack. This after I switched to 285 degrees.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. Re my 1549.82 carrier, reported from Europe as "1550 26.4 0230 OAM5M R Visión, Pisco" ``Glenn: — For what it's worth: MW LIST has an mp3 link next to OAM5M's listing. I hit it just now, 0822 UT on 5/13, and got audio, in the form of music. Many of the times posted in MW LIST are wrong; perhaps this indicates round-the-clock operation? Just a thought. Decades ago, we on the Left Coast could sometimes hear Peru under TGV (I think it was) on 880 [TGJ -- gh]. Any Peru nowadays would be a helluva catch! — the other G H`` {Greg Hardison} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 1610 kHz, May 11 at 0621 UT, dead air at S9+, suspected CHHA Toronto again, the only N American on this `clear` channel - except for HAR/TIS: hundreds of them listed here, almost all 10 watts, including three in OK: OKC, Davis and Jet - the latter has been gone for a few years: https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=3&kHz=1610 Listening further, a trace of modulation, QRM? or CHHA? In S America there is one 1610 in Argentina +3 inactives, and two in Perú, all low-power (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 4850, May 12 at 0418, JBA carrier slightly on minus side where normally there is none; still at 0629 when I put it on 4849.94. The only in HFCC and Aoki is Urumqi`s Kazakh service but not at this hour and would not be propagating anyway from midday there -- and probably out of use during A seasons anyway tho registered in A25 HFCC. EiBi has *no* entries between 4840 and 4885! even tho utes are eligible, which this could be, or a pirate. Others heard it: ``[WOR] UNID Station 4850 kHz 0508 UTC (Pirate?/Other) --- I noticed this transmission tonight, 5/12 as I was monitoring WWCR 4840 kHz {for his own show VORW}. From at least 0430 UTC there seems to be a weak UNID station on 4850 kHz broadcasting mostly instrumental music (one selection was identified as a Contemporary Christian song), no ID heard nor any spoken word programming. Direct in Florida reception is weak (Tecsun PL-880 w/40ft wire), the best signal seems to be from an SDR in Ireland with S7 reception. Unsure what to make of this transmission, first time in a while that I'm hearing anything on 4850 kHz. All the best, John {Jurasek}, Orlando, Florida, United States`` ``Thanks, John, for the tip. May 12, listening to 4850 AM, from 0530+ UT, via Knoxville, TN, Kiwi SDR remote; very poor; music of some type; 0600, announcer, but too weak to make out anything, then back to music. Yes, Ireland clearly //, but not good enough to pull in any meaningful details. Still an UNID. Ron (San Francisco)`` {Howard} (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 5100.0, May 9 at 0630, beeps, i.e. CW-like carrier on & off at the precise rate of 26 times per minute. What`s this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 6865-6915 approx., May 12 at 0426, DRM-like noise S9+20 direct, but too wideband. What`s this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9123-9170 approx., May 13 at 0622, multi-carrier multi-tones beating over wide range peaking about S9+5 amid. What`s this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9236.0, May 12 at 1514, S4/S5 open carrier with clix, but too weak vs noise level to divine their extent. Previously logged February 26, March 12, 22. One of these clickers ending in -6. What are they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 9936.0, May 12 at 0420, open carrier with clix, again on a frequency ending in -6. Clix every 3 seconds = 20/minute, and at 0435 could detect them vs noise level out to 9923/9948. Still at 0556. What is this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL Lucas Willian Bocchi: ``Hello Glenn. Thanks for you shares. Reading your reports is one of the highlights of my day. I hope this email finds you in good health and peace. Keep your good work.`` -- Thank you, Lucas! gh