 ** BRAZIL. 11780, UT Tue Apr 29 at 0151, token English from RNB via RNA, S5/S7 with considerable fading into local? `Brasila` SDR, English about cycles of rivers and rain in Amazonia; // 6180 is S7/S8 with some fading but less than 11780. 0153 IDs in English, Portuguese, switch to token Spanish about Belém, 0158 outro already. One needs to tune in NLT 0148 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** BRAZIL. 28222 CW, Apr 29 at 2210, dash and VVV DE PY2XW++/B, JBA beacon but must be this despite seemingly two more letters in call, as in WGB list: ``28222.0 PY2XW/B - Campinas SP BRA GG67lb - #0/1 (17 Apr 2025) Note: 5" carrier + VVV de ID + grid 10" off``. QRZ.com: ``PY2XW Brazil flag Brazil, BEACON PROJECT 50 Mhz/28 Mhz, MANAGER, CAMPINAS - SAO PAULO, Brazil`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MARTINIQUE. 4812, Apr 29 at 0627, NO STANAG 4285 mush signal from FUF, Fort-de--France, not even defaulting to a plain AM carrier; but no Perú 4810 or any other broadcaster to be uncovered (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 15520.000+, S9/+15 and 15389.992, S9+20, April 29 at 1543 into UTwente, REE back on air in Spanish, following massive Iberian power outage; the other two, 15500 & 17715, don`t start until 1800 on weekdays. 1844, 15500 & 17715 also on, all four roughly equal into UTwente, news about Canadian elexion with voiced-over clips in English. But if it`s Tuesday there must be no English at 2200, altho all four are still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY. 11785.004-, Apr 29 at 2207, VOT English not off the air, but JBA S9/+20 direct. At 2246 into UTwente when measured, S9+15/25 of Turkish rock music fill. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2253 s/off, 2254 IS first notes only once and off* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2292 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday April 29 at 0330 on WRMI 7780, S9+25/40 into S TX SDR. Also confirmed Tuesday April 29 at 1300 on WRMI 9955, S9+20 but JBA direct. Also confirmed Tuesday April 29 at 1400 on WRMI 9955, S5/S6 even more JBA. Missed checking Tue Apr 29 at 2000 on IRRS via AM Italia 1323. Did anyone hear it? 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. Financial support appreciated for our non-commercial public service program: thanks for a generous contribution from Dan Sheedy, Encinitas, California, ``Hey Glenn, big thanx 2 ya for all your efforts keeping DX info up 2 date - Cheers from the beach, Dan -- PS stay safe, strong & may we all survive `25!`` - to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702. One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9955, Apr 29 at 0620, this WRMI is off, so less TOMBSing. Not just propagation as 9395 WRMI is S9+5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** VANUATU. 9960, April 29 at 0630, RV island music S8/S9, while 9955 WRMI is OFF, tho rarely a problem for RV. Meanwhile, Ron Howard reported the day before: ``9960, Radio Vanuatu at 0448+ UT, April 28, via Palmerston North, NZ, Kiwi SDR remote; ABC Australia's "Pacific Beat" one hour segment in English; mostly about the recently deceased Catholic Pope, but also sports news (football), etc.; nicely readable. My remote audio - https://app.box.com/s/5xlviprq1z9wazihymwzzrzlx0rjzq20 Ron, Monterey, Calif.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** YEMEN [non]. 11935, Apr 29 at 1542, no signal from ROYR via SAUDI ARABIA, where alternatively filed. Ron Howard replied to my report yesterday: ``Hi Glenn - On April 29, I'm hearing an Arabic station on 11935.0 kHz, but transmitter occasionally, briefly cutting off and quickly back on again, but with good audio quality. Assume Rep. of Yemen Radio, being heard via Kiwi SDR remote at Doha, Qatar. My remote audio {at 1315; Yemen mentioned at 1:41 into the 2:00 minutes}: https://app.box.com/s/tu718it1im8i2zk8q95b52dqbmrs9oc6 Ron, Monterey, Calif.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2323 UT April 29 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
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