** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, March 8 at 2318 check into Argentine
SDR, no signal from LRA36; we were somewhat expecting it if this be
Wednesday, but there was no advance notice either (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 4765, March 8 at 0437, R. Progreso, is AWOL; as is 5040 RHC,
but active on 9535, 9650. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. The
Other Side:

``Cuba: from the worst socialism to the worst capitalism --- Fidel
Castro's successors are dispensing with the Cuban Revolution and its
'achievements' while assembling a Frankenstein system comprised of
rotten pieces of oligarchical capitalism and the most vapid socialism.
Rafaela Cruz, La Habana 07 Mar 2023 - 18:29 CET
READ TODAY THE CUBA OF TOMORROW March 8, 2023

Fidel Castro was a master of the art of prostitution, auctioning off
Cuba to the highest bidder in his foreign policy, and fabricating a
myth of Cuba as an anti-imperialist titan, for decades he was able to
maintain an economically devastating model based on a centralized
economy. His heirs, however, politically speaking, have little to
sell, such that, although China, Vietnam, Russia, and, lately, even
Venezuela continue to humor Cuba, with its latest antics, the concrete
help they provide is scant.

When Fidel died, a major part of the Revolution's political capital
perished along with him, and the rest has dwindled due to the
cowardice and ineptitude of Raúl Castro and his accomplices, who have
been left with no choice but to dismantle the centralized economic
model (excellent for oppression, but terrible for production) so that
the country might advance, which means, simply speaking, returning to
capitalism, liberalizing the economy.

This is what Miguel Díaz-Canel and his band of obese henchmen,
educated in the Ñico López school, are up to, dismantling "socialism"
step by step, timorously, because they do not want end up like
Gorbachev...``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1678210141_45675.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 910 kHz, March 8 at 1845 UT, classic rock
music; surely at midday only 13 minutes after local mean noon, it`s my
nearest and usual groundwave station, KVIS, in Miamuh, NE corner of
the state. But I thought it was a gospel huxter. Tunes continue with
brief pauses, no DJ announcements or ads or any talk, as if playing
album. Surely they will legally ID at nearest top-of-hour opportunity?
NO, same deadair breaks at 1858, 1903.

Let`s see what radio-locator gets us about KVIS:
http://www.okradiostation.com/kvis-910am.html
brand is KINGS VISION --- no possessive apostrophe, so refers to more
than one king but only one vision? Ha, obviously means King Jesus. But
this is not a theocracy! So what does program sked show? It`s woefully
incomplete, me not deleting anything but Sat & Sun headers extracted
from running on at end of previous line. Times are 12-hour UT -6 soon
to be UT -5. Nothing about playing classic rock hour after hour:

``About Us --- King's Vision KVIS 910AM features Southern Gospel
music, nationally recognized family shows, preaching, and news and
weather at the top of each hour. [sic]

​Schedule Monday Through Friday:
7 am-9 am Morning show
7:30 am VeggieTales
8:20 am Everyday Moments w/ Joyce Meyer
8:45 am Family Minute -1 minute
Pastor Charles Clevenger (Monday ONLY)
9:30am DIAL-A-TRADE
11:00am Focus on the Family
11:30am Everyday Life w/ Joyce Meyer
2:07pm Everyday Life w/ Joyce Meyer
7:00pm Adventures in Odyssey
Saturday
10:00am Gaither Homecoming
7:00pm Adventures in Odyssey
Sunday
7:00am Gaither Homecoming``

So Joyce Meyer should be on after 20 UT, but no, more classic rock
after 2000 and 2052 check. Unless only 1 minute and I missed her? J.M.
is a Bible ministry. Looks like there is an awful lot of unsold g.h.
time.

I verify that the signal is from E/W, pointing to Miamuh, but there is
also a SAH of almost exactly 2 Hz = 120 fades per minute, too weak for
any audio even aimed N/S nulling KVIS. The second and third closest
910s to Enid are KINA Salina KS, 500 watts direxional, 273 km = 170
miles to the north; and KATHolic, Frisco TX, 1000 watts direxional,
373 km = 232 miles to the south, both approx., city-to-city. Neither
in the MWOffsets roster but KVIS was 0.9 Hz high, over 5 years ago!
Miamuh is also 273 km = 170 miles, but per coverage map on website,
pulls inward toward those two stations, not meward (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 27, March 8 at 2342 UT, KFOR ``4`` misses about a
minute of NBC Afternoonly News. I was watching direct via antenna when
it went black and silent, still on the air. By the time I got another
set tuned via Optimum cable, it was back. Maybe another solar transit
outage in the equinoxial season? If so must be via satellite way out
west as we are approaching sunset. STOs were a lot more fun in the
Analog Era, when the video would gradually fade into noise (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 12030, Wed March 8 at 2300, token English from SNR, VG into
UTwente. 2304 report from Beirut correspondent about International
Women`s Day and someone winning an award? What`s this Spain/Lebanon
connexion repeatedly? 2307 into major interview about equity, for IWD.
2330 into French, when I get around to checking the other frequencies:
9690 is on, 11685 is on with RTTY QRM into Maryland SDR, but 11940 is
OFF. Something`s not right at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.004, March 8 at 2300, NO signal from VOT or
anything into UTwente, when VOT English to us is supposed to air. I
let it run with offtuned BFO to notify me when anything oncome. That`s
at *2309.2, Chinese, XJPBS Urumqi, East Turkistan, std denunciation,
in its usual late opening. But still no VOT; until at 2327 I hear the
distinct `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` theme, apparently just
turned on the air, but the spot is closing, not opening. There are
split-second breaks in S9+25/35 transmission occupied by Chinese. Then
``Always By Your Side`` promo, music, and at 2347 another ``ABYS``,
music. 2351 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2353 s/off for 1330, 1930
and 0400 broadcasts only = something`s always awry at Ankara. 2354 IS.
2356 restart IS with GERMAN IDs interspersed. 0000 UT March 9,
timesignal, s/on German and keeps going until suddenly cut off at
0026* as the sleepyrator must have awakened. Something`s always
erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2180 monitoring: ``Hello Glenn, The
IRRS MW 1323 kHz relay Sunday night 2100-2130z has been a good and
reliable way of hearing WOR here in Central Europe. I attach 2 more
short snippets of this past Sunday [March 5] just fyi. Nothing heard
on 207 or 918 kHz. At times, a co-channel station beating at a few Hz
vs. IRRS fades in and out again, this must be Smooth Radio, Brighton,
UK, 500 Watts. When IRRS closes for the night by 2210z, Smooth Radio
is in the clear, but way weaker than IRRS. Best regards, SWL Tobias,
S. Germany``

``9395, UNITED STATES, WRMI 0130. World of Radio program. Good,
monitored on RS SW-2000629 and indoor wire, stayed steady, strong to
the end of the bx at 0200 -- Good Mar. 7 [Tue] (Rick Barton-AZ)``

``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: Confirming World of Radio #2180,
congratulations, WRMI: 9395 kHz, 0031, 0046, 0059 (45333), S9
signal, 0059, March 8 UTC 2023 [Wed] (Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed UT Wednesday March 8 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20/30 into
Missouri SDR.

Confirmed Wednesday March 8 at 2200 on WBCQ 7489.9; vs heavy storm
noise level from a lightning line across north-central TX. It`s a
strain merely to recognize my voice under all this. By 2226 I make
out a few key words including Vietnam, implying it`s really the
correct 2180 WOR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S [not on air last week]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; thanks this week to Kelley Sprout, KB3LR, Hughesville
PA, for a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute by cheque on a US bank to above address; or
via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, March 8 at 0437, no WTWW despite nominal sked of
0000-0530. Also not heard 9475 since test and then unID carrier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330v, March 8 at 0437, 1855 and later chex, WLCR/WBCQ still
AWOL. What`s wrong? Not a twit from AW about this, but last two
entries of March 6 and 4 mention only 7, 6 and 5 MHz frequencies, and
these words of wisdom: ``Biden adm going communist. War imminent. This
is your big plan? Nuts. Worst leadership since Hitler`` We beg to
differ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9275, Wed March 8 at 1855, WMLK is on with EJOM, S9/S7.
Someone found it AWOL on Sunday, while its day off is supposed to be
SaturSabbathDay.

9265V, meanwhile, neighbor WINB is *really* wobbly now (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, March 8 at 1840 UT check, KLEY Wellington KS back
to usual programming: DEAD AIR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0111 UT March 9

** BRAZIL. 11780, March 7 at 0752, RNA already on with music, S9+10,
nominally from 0800; 6180 // too at 0802 check (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CANADA. 2598 USB, March 7 at 0742 UT, surprisingly strong S9+10 CCG
marine weather robotess, while 2749 USB sounding the same, is only
S9. These are resp.: VCP-4, 3000 W Placentia NL from 0737; and VCO,
550 watts Sydney NS from 0740, both first broadcasts of a new day
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6030, March 7 at 0800, ``Radio Televisión Martí``
ID but where`s the video? Again on late maybe all-night vs jamming
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, March 7 at 1609, no signal from RHC which is supposed
to run past 1600 middays, but 15140 succeeds. Something`s always wrong
at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 15185, March 7 at 1607, S9+10 of dead air or maybe
just-barely-modulation, with flutter. Sked at 1600-1630 is Issoudun
carrying clandestine Oromiya Public Media in TIG to EAf per EiBi; but
Aoki calls it Yamaria Alamakas Radio! Anyhow, it`s failing. Exactly
same situation I logged January 26. Is anyone paying attention at ISS
or station HQ? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.004, March 7 at 2350, VOT with Turkish song, S9+30/40
into UTwente, so it`s on today altho at 2327 check direct, only a JBA
carrier. 2352 s/off of 1330, 1930 and 0400 broadcasts only. 2353 a bit
of ID, 2354* uncovering XJPBS, std denunciation (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2180 monitoring: confirmed just in
time UT Tuesday March 7 at 0158 the 0130 on WRMI 9395, good direct on
portable. Next:

0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S [not on air last week]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; thanks this week to Kelley Sprout, KB3LR, Hughesville
PA, for a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute by cheque on a US bank to above address; or
via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, March 7 at 0754, 1610 and March 8 at 0002, no signals
from WLCR/WBCQ; always off now? Wonder what`s the problem (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9380.44 approx., March 7 at 0756, S5/S7 of open
carrier. No broadcasts scheduled on 9380 around this time (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0023 UT March 8

** CUBA. 11760, March 6 at 0744, S9+10 of dead air except some hum,
RHC not turned off again. Nowhere else on 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 or 13 MHz
bands. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 6030, 7355 & 7435, March 6 at 0725, again tonight
R. Martí is on late, vs heavy jamming on 6030; way over any jam on
7355 & 7435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY. 9670, March 6 at 0736, S7/S9 with flutter, harmonious
music, 0738 ``A Boy Named Sue``; presumably Channel 292, just filling
time as on most of its schedule:
https://www.channel292.de/schedule-9670-khz/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI [and non]. 846 kHz, March 6 at 0643, JBA carrier from R.
Kiribati and no others except a JJBBA on 1521 hetting KOKC, quite a
mystery as nothing seems likely either TP or TA at this hour. Gary
Pence, KM5X, TX, was getting 846 at 0530 via Oahu SDR (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 13, OETA on KETA ``13``, March 7 at 0025 UT, PBS
NewsHour during poisoning girls in Iran story, signal goes dark and
two more times. At first I blame Optimum cable, of course, but as soon
as I switch to antenna direct, also dark, going and coming. And there
is no OETA bug in the LR corner. No fading or fuzzing, just off or on.
Maybe solar transit outage of network feed? `This the season. Some
stations/networx are notorious for living with those rather than
coping by alternate satellite feeds (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 12030, March 6 at 2300 for token English, SNR is back on
here while off air yesterday, along with all the other three,
sufficient 9690 & 11940, insufficient 11685, into Maryland SDR. 2307
feature something about Spanish-Irish cultural initiative, on a street
corner, chemists and hot air balloons - if I had kept listening
instead of Turking, that might have made more sense (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.001+, March 6 at 2258, S9+40/45, VOT IS &
English IDs already overriding BBC OMAN into UTwente. 2300+ timesignal
running quite behind SPAIN on another remote. Except for standard
recorded announcements, the news and all the features are voiced by
the heavily-accented woman. News followed by long sports segment 2314,
starting with a survey in France? that people are concerned about high
prices and complications in getting Olympic tickets; something about
Manchester United. 2318 `Review of the Turkish Press`. 2321 canned
salute to S&R workers from abroad. By now JBA CCCCCCI from Xinjiang
PBS, std denunciation. 2323 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Supring`
about dill, an herb rich in vitamins and other good things. 2329 music
break, more distorted than during talk. 2338 something about food or
recipes. 2347 `Did You Know That` copper-working handicrafts date back
a myriayear in Anatolia. 2353 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2354 s/off
still citing only the 1330, 1930 and 0400 frequencies. 2355.5 IS.
2356.7 German IDs mixed in till cutoff at 2357.7*. Uncovers XJPBS only
S9+10/15 at .000 to .001. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2180 monitoring: Missed checking
Sunday March 5 at 2100 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323. Anyone hear
it?

Confirmed UT Monday March 6 at 0037 the 0030 on WRMI 7780, S8/9+5 into
Louisiana SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 6 at 0359+ on WBCQ Area 51, 6160, S9
into Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S [not on air last week]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; thanks this week to Kelley Sprout, KB3LR, Hughesville
PA, for a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute by cheque on a US bank to above address; or
via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9475, March 6 at 0737, S6/S7 open carrier, suspect WTWW, as
nothing else is scheduled anywhen on 9475 per Aoki & EiBi except
0200-0330 R. Pilipinas. WTWW`s nominal sked is 21-24 UT only, soon to
be 20-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1130 kHz, March 5 circa 2030 UT, notice that KLEY Wellington
KS is no longer dead air, undermodulating some rock music. More or
less normal 24h later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1480, March 5 at 1952 UT, dead air from KQAM Wichita and for
at least a few minutes. Recheck 2004 remodulating with news, then a
medical advice talkshow (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. `Pipedreams`, the 2-hour organ music show, I normally listen
to at 18-20 UT Sundays [henceforth 17-19 UT], on the HD2 webcast of
WYSU Youngstown OH,
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/music-radio-schedule
but I missed it March 5; so looking for it on another station before
or after 04 UT Monday March 6 at
http://publicradiofan.com/cgibin/program.pl?programid=508
but tnx to linx to current program schedules, station after station no
longer has it at the listed times! Unfortunately, PRF`s huge database
is not kept uptodate: that would be a fulltime job in itself, and
repeated attempts to contact Kevin Kelly have met with no response. At
least it can give us ideas of where to look, and finally I find a
station really with Pipedreams at 04-06 UT Mondays [henceforth 03-05
UT], KBSU in Boise ID:
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/music-radio-schedule
if we bring up the classical rather than news or jazz channel. The
modulation level is strangely low but sufficient if played at max both
there and here (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, 7890, 11835, March 6 at 0730, no signals from RV.
Gary Pence says 7260 closed at 0659* and then not heard anywhere
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10020 USB, March 6 at 0730, 2-way in Spanish; not clear
if aero comms in aero band.

10122 LSB, March 6 at 0731, 2-way in non English, non Spanish voice.
Have been patrolling 10120-10130 area for any more 30m Australian
phone hams as supposedly authorized, but nothing closer than this,
maybe intruder (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13666 USB, March 6 at 0747, 2-way in non Spanish, with
``engine noise`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0042 UT March 7

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat March 4 at 2037 I posted to WOR
iog: ``[WOR] LRA36 imminent again --- Reminder that LRA36 Antarctica
is scheduled to start another 6-hour broadcast shortly at 2100 UT
Saturday March 4 on 15475.98 RC USB. Usually is on somewhat earlier
with musical prelude. Glenn``

Manuel Méndez, Spain, quickly replied that it came on at *2040, and
then many other reports of it, but I did not get it until 2335, S7/S9
into Argentine remote. 2342, Morse code and English: ``CQ, CQ from
LU1ZV,`` mentions Feb 24, and apparent replay here of the real ``ham
broadcast`` last week on 14336 USB, ``Antarctic Radio Bulletin`` with
efemérides for various Feb dates, ``Uniting Voices``. Seems to imply
that regular sked of LRA36 will be Wed at 20, Sat at 21 UT. 2359
mottoes, contact info, whatsapp for LU1ZV. March 5 at 0001 autoID in
Spanish, music; recheck at 0020 already off: so much for a ``6-hour``
broadcast. Bruce Churchill, listening via VE6JY remote in Edmonton,
says carrier cutoff in midsong at 0018:15* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. March 5 at 0747, NO RHCs to be found on 5, 6, 10 or 11 MHz
bands; boding ill for Esperanto Sunday at 0800. A carrier on 12120
might have been 2 x 6060, and no other broadcast now on 12120 per Aoki
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9330, Sun Mar 5 at 0759, Spy Numbers presumably about to end
non-daily 0700 transmission; and no sign of WBCQ/WLCR (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA [non]. 6030, 7355, 7435, Sun Mar 5 at 0749, 0806, R. Martí is
still on with bigsigs in Spanish, like S9+30/40 with hardly any
jamming audible. Had been totally off SW 05-11, or 7435 off at 05-13.
Wonder why the stepup now, all night? Cuban jamming had been running
already just in case (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 13860, March 5 at 0744, ballad song and Japanese talk,
S8/9+10, another bigsig on 22m besides 13755 NZ: NHK at 0655-0900.
HFCC shows 85 degrees for CIRAFs 14 & 16 = Southern Cone of Chile,
Argentina, and parts of neighboring countries: that`s 4-6 am local,
where there must be a lot of JJ migrant early-risers? Probably also VG
to Hawai`i flanking midnight (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, March 5 at 0808, no JBA carrier from R.
Kiribati, presumably another silent Sunday; nor any other 9/kHz splits
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 12030, March 4 at 2228, no signal from SNR ME frequency,
while the other three are well audible direct: 11940, 9690, 11685. If
it`s Sunday, there is no English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960.016, March 4 at 2319, VOT English is on, S9+25/40 into
UTwente with fast SAH, presumably from XJPBS closer to on-frequency.
At 2321, ``Always by your side`` promo but now reads 5960.004: unclear
if TRT axually shifted or is locking onto understation? And song. 2326
salute to foreign Search & Rescue teams. 2328 YL with ``whipping
piles``? about how gratitude is the path to happiness. 2333 `ABYS`
promo again. 2341 recheck ``VOT always with you`` variation promo,
`Turkey`s Geomarked Products`, i.e. apples. I`m trying to monitor
ANTARCTICA at same time. 2356 VOT IS is playing before closedown
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2180 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
March 4 from 2028 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+20 into nearby SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday March 4 at 2230.5 on WRMIs: 5850 S9/S7 direct
vs HNL; and // synchronized on 15770, bettter S6/S8.

Also confirmed UT Sunday March 5 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S8 into
Maryland SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sunday March 5 from 0414 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
nearby SDR not available, but respectable S5/S8 into Maryland SDR.
Next:

2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S [not on air last week]

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; thanks this week to Kelley Sprout, KB3LR, Hughesville
PA, for a postal MO to Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA

One may also contribute by cheque on a US bank to above address; or
via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15770, March 5 at 0745, JBA presumably really WRMI running
all-night on high band with TOMBS: yet amounts to SSOB vs several JBA
carriers lower on 15 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 11835 & 7890, March 5 at 0805, no signals from RV
harmonix. Manuel Méndez heard 7260 closing at 0659* but then not heard
on any other known frequency. Tony Rogers, BDXC-UK agrees but live
stream was working until 1102* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1710 kHz, March 5 at 0810 UT, concluding my 9/kHz split
TA/TP bandscan on 1709 USB detects two JBA carriers beating here;
usually just one. There is a part 15 Spanish church station in
Lexington KY, and TIS possibilities further east among many others
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1829 UT March 5

** CUBA. 11670 & 11760, March 4 at 0735, no overtime carriers from RHC
unlike most madrugadas recently. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 7242 LSB, March 4 at 0743, unusual call ZM4T making
rapid contest contacts with US states specified; sounds like American
accent. I failed to note exact frequency on 40m, but later found it at
dxheat for this very minute. Lots of info here, including layout
diagram of stations, photos:
https://www.qrz.com/db/ZM4T

``ZM4T New Zealand flag New Zealand
East Coast Contester
Hawkes Bay
New Zealand

We are a contest group, not simply a radio club. Contesting is what
binds us together and gets us going. It’s what makes us tick. The
group was initially formed and lead by Lee, ZL2AL (SK in 2015). ZM4T
is located in Hawke's Bay, 30 minutes South of the cities of Napier &
Hastings, New Zealand on the East Coast of the North Island. The
location changed in 2015 from 20 km North of Napier where we were
guests at a local farm site to the Kiwi-DX-Lodge (ZL3IO). We are now
about 3-4 km inland and about 320 m above sea level on a high ridge
looking out East across the Pacific Ocean towards North/South America.
We participate in many contests as Multi OP team but also in Single
Operator classes. We are regulars in world wide contests like WWDX,
WPX, WAE, ARRL DX, AA, Oceania DX and many others using SSB, CW &
RTTY.

Our local members are ZL2MY, ZL2IFB, ZL2WG, ZL3IO, ZL4YL and the
occasional guest operators that we always Welcome. Since we moved to
the Kiwi-DX-Lodge we can accommodate guest operators incl. their
families. It all started in 2006 as ZM2M. In 2009 we changed the call
to ZM4T.``

As I was checking for VON & VBTC on 7255 & 7260, I noticed that 40m
was crammed with phonehams in the 7100-7250 range, but hardly any
activity 7250-7300. Of course, outside Region 2, no hams above 7200
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.93, March 4 at 0738, VON dead air at S8/S9, when I
hear a ham calling CQ in English while I am listening in AM mode; i.e.
he is zero-beat on VON as BFO pretend-AM; but nothing further, no ID
caught (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2180 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday March 4 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, VG direct and S9+40/30 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed UT Saturday March 4 at 0500 on WBCQ Radio Angela, 5130
minus 9 Hz into Maryland SDR = 5129.991, S9/+10.

Also confirmed on WRN NAm webcast, Saturday March 4 at 1700.

At 1805 I check IRRS 7295 via UTwente: nope, usual rock music altho
WOR showed up unexpectedly on Sat Feb 11, not since. Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0345vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0557]
0800 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
0830 UT Sunday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [previous episode]
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0030 UT Wednesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S [not on air last week]

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

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(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat Mar 4 at 0100, WBCQ webcast for `AAAWWW`
soon obviously a playback of last week`s prayerful screed by Allan;
never mind (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9975, UT Sat Mar 4 at 0300, KVOH is certainly back on after
absence 6 nights ago, S9+20/30 with ID just as I tune in & out, saving
myself from salvation (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 12160, Sat Mar 4 at 1800, WWCR-2 listening mainly to
webcast: starts saying is returning to air after maintenance, then
`The Talking [sic] Machine Show`, the only WWCR produxion worth
listening to. At 1817, webcast restarts! while 12160 itself is dead
air; totally out of synch. By 1830, 12160 back to usual gospel huxter.
At 1834 webcast restarts! TTMS with ``Irish Eyes Are Smiling``.
WRecheck at 1852, *another* restart of same at least on the Winamp I
have wrunning. And *again* at 1908: music stops, pause, and
``returning to air``. At 1910 I click on the other streaming link, mp3
- and it is gospel huxtering apparently lively. I close and then
reopen the Winamp and now it`s `live`, no more Irish Eyes. Something`s
wreally wacky at WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re ex-720, how does KDWN manage to be on 101.5, only a
translator?

Frank Merrill Jr., Chicago, replies on HCDX: ``Glen[n] Hauser's
question about KDWN translator (now that KDWN-720 is gone) --- I think
that KDWN continues to exist as an HD-2 "primary" on one of the major
FM stations, and the FM is merely translating that. That's apparently
legal, because I've heard at least one that was doing that. A few
years ago I heard a Bonner Springs KS translator on 102.5 as "Comedy
102.5" - and their legal ID as the HD-2 for, I think, the 94.9 biggie.
So, yes, they can translate an HD subchannel, and in effect the
translator is the "primary" but they're allowed to run it as a
translator. Hard-Core-DX mailing list``

Greg Hardison, CA, also replies on WOR iog: ``"...how do they manage
that with no AM to relay?..."

101.5 echoes an HD-channel from one of Audacy's full-power FMs, an
FCC-legal and widely used method of preserving services such as KDWN &
KXST. I wonder if the talker still calls itself "K-Dawn", or even
"KDWN", while actually having no per se bonding with the call
letters?``

Yes, I later realized that when hearing the clear ``legal`` ID on the
YouTube clip. As in WTFDA db, the intermediary is KMXB, i.e. what
K268CS relays on 101.5, that is, the HD3 subchannel of KMXB which is a
100 kW on 94.1 licensed to Henderson, not LV.

It seems neither FCC nor WTFDA know what`s really programmed on that
HD3! HD subchannel info is very deficient; does anyone or anyentity
keep track of them?
73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, March 4 at 0738, RV is JBA here, despite Gary Pence
and Tony Rogers detecting them on 3945, 7890 and 11835 last night. Now
at 0734 I could hear nothing on the harmonix. But maybe they are about
to use 3945 fundamentally again?

Follow-up at 1918 UT March 4 from Tony Rogers, BDXC-UK:

``Radio Vanuatu was heard on 7260 kHz with good reception when checked
at 0950 UT this morning (4 March) on the Brisbane KiwiSDR. The
emergency broadcast was still in operation with a talk in Bislama
about the emergency situation throughout the country. The news
followed at 1000 UT (9 pm local time) with reports of damage that the
cyclones have caused to the various islands.

Checking this evening (4 March) at their usual sign-on time of 1830
(that would be for the start of the Sunday broadcast at 5.30 am local
time), there seemed to be no trace of them on shortwave 3945, 5040 or
7260 kHz (or any of the harmonics that are sometimes heard). The live
streams for Radio Vanuatu, Paradise FM and Femme Pawa FM were also
silent. The RNZ News website was reporting extensive power outages
though in Vanuatu. Tony`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7710 USB, March 4 at 0736, JBA 2-way seems like tonal
Asian language; one of them is quite lively, and there is a noise
burst after each transmission, like relay of FM squelching? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2011 UT March 4