** ALASKA. 6780-6815, approx. range of huge S9+20/30 HAARP noise,
active again March 30 at 0633. Also I detect an AM carrier amid on
6800 - is that part of HAARP? Nothing listed in Aoki. Others also
heard it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, March 30 at 0623, melodic Qur`aning, S8-S9
from TDA via Issoudun, FRANCE. Amuse yourself with this:
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A22&broadc=TDA
which mixes in numerous imaginary broadcasts covering 24 hours from
the still not completed own sites at Ourgla and Bechar, as in Arabic
only; while the real ISS listings include French and Aao.
That`s ``ao Algerian Saharan Arabic`` from huge language abbr. list
revised in December 2021, part of the A-22 zippack at HFCC; most of
them we have never heard of, let alone heard. There is no ao or aao in
EiBi`s less comprehensive yet extensive readme.txt language list
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, March 30 at 1434, LRA36 is on this
Wednesday, music and ID immediately, JBA into Brasília #1 SDR,
slightly better into Campo, where someone from Salem is already on it;
just noise at Pardinho. 1441 nominal schedule of ``miércoles 11 a
13``, = 14-16 UT; but already off by 1519 check (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** EGYPT. 9409.995, March 30 at 1544, R. Cairo terribly distorted with
humwhine into UTwente, new A22 frequency for 1500 Albanian hour,
ex-9440. Stays on past 1600 timesignal, music, 1604 Qur`an until cut
off at 1605*. Something`s always egregious in Egypt. Nothing from
Cairo is scheduled at 16-17. 9410 is a legacy BBC GOS/WS frequency,
once exclusively English from UK only. Now in use most of the day in
variety of languages and sites, English at 15-16 via Oman, but I could
not detect it under Cairo blob. USAGM and China are also on 9410 at
times (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GREECE. 9420, March 30 at 0339-0416+, great music selexion from
VOG, tune after tune seguéd but no announcements; some instrumental,
some vocal, some Greek, some not, e.g. Cuban rhythm at 0349, no
pauses. 0401 Greek timecheck as ``UTC: tessera``, ID ``Edho Athina, I
Foni tis Hellados`` and back to music. Good reception direct thru
interior longwire during storm, with selective fading to brand this as
via ``the dynamic medium of international shortwave, between the AM
and FM bands``. On what may be ERT`s penultimate day on the air
forever. Is there anything definite about the proposed closure as of
March 31? Hasten to hear it while we can (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 341 MCW kHz, March 30 at 0640, whoopee! Enid`s own and
only ND beacon, EI at Woodring Airport, is back on after long absence.
Still at 1757, ID every 8 seconds. I`ve been checking for it every
night and sometimes day. Meanwhile, noise level permitting, OIN in
Oberlin KS has been heard on 341: and often also audible along with
EI.
Last time I logged EI was August 1, 2021; and first time reported
missing, August 9. Since then there have been a few scattered reports
by others alleging they heard it. Possibly sporadic, on air at some
time I was not checking. The comprehensive classaxe.com RNA list shows
EI 341 last logged 2021-10-18 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
** RUSSIA [non]. 1395, March 30 at 1836, the 18-19 UT R. Svoboda relay
in Russian via ARMENIA is still going at this check, good S7/S9 into
Tambov, Russia SDR, but with splash from adjacent 1386 stronger S9+15
relay of same via closer LITHUANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9370, March 30 at 1911, the 19-20 UT R. Svoboda relay
via secret site, Armenia? is reconfirmed, S9+15 into Bryansk, Russia
SDR. No jamming but above some CCI? or rather voice-over translation
-- something which should be avoided on SW -- once established as such
for a few seconds. Still nothing about this in HFCC or Aoki. Left on
in background for rest of hour until 2000* and did not notice any
breaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Wed March 30 at 2200, token English from REE is VG
S9+30/40 for us; 15520 for ME S9/S5 off the back; 11940 S5/S7 for S
America; 11685 for Africa S3/S6. Amy Egan hosts, after news over to
Gil Carbajal with interviews about a revival produxion in Madrid of
Prokofiev`s opera `Fiery Angel`. It was suppressed by USSR and the
composer never witnessed a performance, how sad. He did rework many of
the themes into his Third Symphony. I`m not familiar with it and
wonder if and when The Met performed it? Wikipedia mentions no
performances in America, just western Europe except for a recording by
the Kirov Opera, Leningrad. Unfortunately, very little of the music is
heard during the REE interviews. I take this opportunity to urge that
despite Putin the Putrid, we must not reject Russian culture,
including the greatest composers ever. For me, no music is more moving
than that of Chaikofsky/Tschaikowsky --- whose treatment by other
despots was shameful (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, March 30 at 2204, nothing but RTTY audible direct, no
VOT English even switching to LSB only. Not checking UTwente until
2251, only S8/S9 of Chinese on 9830.004, i.e. CNR1 Beijing 572 site at
2025-0100, not a jammer. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, March 30 at 0500, Ukrainian Radio 1 via WRMI,
brief Ukrainian language opening, 0500.7 into English, `Ukraine:
Security Issues`, until 0506 back to UU. S9+15/20 into UTwente, but to
Russian SDRs: Khimki JBA, Izhevsk JBA; Pskov: better. So recording of
0000 broadcast now containing English bit, ex-0100, to play 5 hours
later is back in synch. There are no KiwiSDRs active in Ukraine, but
some nearby in Romania, Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2131 monitoring: zzz thru Wed Mar
30 at 1030 on WRMI 5850; did anyone hear it?
Confirmed Wednesday March 30 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490v. Monitoring direct
at first, not even a carrier can be detected in high storm noise
level: there is none nearby now, but plenty Blitz across Mississippi,
into LA/TN/KY; also scattered storms over NM mountains. So I have to
check via Maryland remote where it`s S7/S9 vs storm noise but OK on
webcast. An hour later at 2159 direct, JBA carrier detectable in storm
noise. Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW [new]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh
NC, who sent a generous equinoxial check on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702
One may also contribute, via PayPal not necessarily in US$ to
woradio at yahoo.com
Next new WOR 2132 should be ready for download early UT Friday April 1
for first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7730-ex-7780 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9975, March 30 at 0625, KVOH still on with praise music in
English, S9+10, rather than 0600*. I guess they turn off the
transmitter whenever they get around to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** URUGUAY. 28485 USB, March 30 at 2209, CX7RM and stronger Juan,
CX4RT both on frequency making faraway contacts if not each other:
CX7RM Uruguay flag Uruguay
Pablo Goldaracena Sommaruga
Pinares
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Lots of photos at:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/cx7rm
CX4RT Uruguay flag Uruguay
JUAN ADOLFO CONDE GAGGIONI
Avda Victor Hugo casi Lope De Vega
Punta del Este 20100
Uruguay
Lots of photos at:
https://www.qrz.com/lookup/cx4rt
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-oceanic JBA MW carrier search, March 30 at 0635
UT: 846, 1044, 1215-2, 774: likely Kiritimati, Spain, UK, Spain resp.:
774 a bit early for Japan or Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0002 UT March 31
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