** 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)

** 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)

** 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)

** 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)

** 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)

** 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

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. 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. 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)

This report dispatched at 0113 UT May 14

** 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)

** 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)

** 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)

** 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. 9455, May 12 at 0631, this WRMI is S9+20/30 and distorted,
also throwing spurspikes widely to the lower side, audible to 9355 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. 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)

This report dispatched at 0449 UT May 13

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RCUSB, May 11 at 1528, NO signals from LRA36
into 8 KiwiSDRs, 4 in Argentina, 4 in Brasil. Manuel Méndez got a
whatsapp notification yesterday that RNASG was going to broadcast this
Wednesday at 1500 repeating the Saturday show. They started to, says
Kari Kallio, Finland, but dumped off the air already at 1508*. That
explains it (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GERMANY [non]. 11850, May 11 at 0634, YL talk in unknown language,
S4/S7 direct. Aoki shows it`s DW in Hausa via FRANCE.

I really have no ``feel`` for recognizing Hausa, one of the major
languages of Nigeria, no keywords like ``imnida``, a giveaway for
Korean. I investigate via Google Translate: how would they say ``Hier
ist die Deutsche Welle``? --- ``Ga Deutsche Welle``. How about ``This
is the Voice of America``? --- ``Wannan ita ce Muryar Amurka``. The
ADDX language schedules show Hausa still on SW via all these: AWR,
VOA, TRT, BBC, IRIB, RFI, VON, DW, CRI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 104.9, May 11 at 1702 UT, ``KQSN Ponca City,
oklahomabull.com, 104-7 The Bull`` also offering bull rides, and what
else? Country music. That URL converts to
https://www.myhometownpost.com/1047thebull
as part of a group also including WBBZ 1230, 95.9 Bob FM, KSOK 103.3 &
1280, the latters axually in Arkansas City, Kansas.

I`m bandscanning on the caradio as Hepburn tropo map for ``Ern No
America`` predicts as of 1800, a Level 5 = strong tropoblob almost to
Enid covering eastern OK, and large parts of the ArkLaTex --- but
nothing special now, not even Tulsa enhancement. Similar on the F5LEN
tropo map for the ``west coast``, but less extensive.

104.9 I also inspect, which bore The Metroplex S Asian station before:
now fading out and in is ``Wild 104-9`` which per WTFDA db is merely
KKWD Bethany OK, 6/6 kW, 100 m HAAT.

Whatever became of newish 104.9, KEUC Ringwood, much closer but only
0.1/0.1 kW, 21 m HAAT with EWTN; is it on the air? I haven`t heard it
even on the west side of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2137 monitoring ``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: World of Radio, monitoring and confirming the latest for
#2137, Go, Oilers Go, WRMI:

5850, 0132, 0140, 0158 (55343), 0159, May 6 UTC 2022 [Fri]
9395, static QRN, other noises, 0130, 0135, 0158 (45333), 0159, May 7
[Sat]
9395, 0031, 0045, 0059 (45343),
9455, 0042, 0058 (45443),
9395, 0058, static QRN, jamming, 0058, May 10 [Tue]
5850, 1043 confirmed 2135 ?? later static, heard 2137, 1059, May 11
[Wed] (Lemke, Richard - AB)``

Also confirmed Wednesday May 11 from 2100:59, S7/9+5 into Maryland SDR
on WBCQ 7490 minus 70v 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

Thanks this week for financial support from Robert W Gruska, Glendale
NY, who sent a PMO to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, and
says: ``World of Radio has been one of the few programs available on
radio that I look forward to listening to week after week since first
listening to the broadcasts on WRNO back in the 1980s using a portable
multi-band radio that included shortwave. Thanks for your efforts!``

One may also contribute by check in US$ on a US bank to the PO Box.
BTW, rental cost for the PO Box itself keeps escalating.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com

New WOR 2138 should be ready early UT Friday May 13 for download and
first broadcasts at 0130 on WRMIs 5850 & 7730 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2323 UT May 11

** OKLAHOMA. May 10 at 1715 UT on caradio in garage, another FM check
compared to yesterday noon:

93.9, KIMY Watonga has now managed to modulate, as one of
thegospelstation.com acknowledging support from the Pollard Theater,
Guthrie, which I had assumed was a secular institution.

Website has a coverage map centred in OK but with outliers in TX, AR,
OH, TN. Tho singularly named, it`s axually a 17-station network:

88.3 South Central OK
88.3 Broken Bow, OK
88.3 Dibrell, TN
90.1 HD2 Edmond OK
91.5 Henryetta/South Tulsa OK
91.5 Wichita Falls, TX/Lawton, Duncan, OK
91.9 Granite/Altus OK
93.9 Watonga/Kingfisher/Weatherford, OK
99.7 HD4 Amarillo, TX
100.1 Chickasha, OK
101.5 Oklahoma City Metro
102.7 Paris, TX
103.9 Bartlesville, OK
104.7 Amarillo, TX
105.1 Ada, OK
106.9 Hillsboro, OH
107.3 Edmond/Guthrie, OK

Note the 90.1 HD2 Edmond, which means is sapping some of the power out
of KUCO, our classical station with a signal much weaker than
equivalent commercial OKC stations. But renting the HD2 to gospel
huxters helps pay their bills. You would never know there is such a
connexion by inspecting the KUCOFM.com website.

88.3, at 1717 UT May 10, dead air in stereo from the KJIL 99.1
translator in Enid, K202BY, at least for a few minutes; modulating
when next checked at 0226 UT May 11.

104.7, at 1718 UT May 10, dead air in mono with some CCI. Normal
fringe dominator is KQSN Ponca City, 25/25 kW. 1830 recheck now
driving, is on with slogan ``The Maul`` -- or Moll -- or Mall? They
all sound alike, but in db as ``The Bull``. Why name station for a
stupid animal? Could the DA have been a silent unID unfed nearby RF
feeder instead? Would expect one of those to be $ tereo (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, WOR)

** ROMANIA. From Wolfgang Buschel, more about missing RRI frequencies:
``Sender Țigănești TX1, -- missing transmitter function since April 1,
2021: ... is the 2nd attempt, after a wrong order with a wrong
component to repair attempt in 2021. 73 wb`` and forwards this from
someone in translation:

``Good afternoon, here is the promised answer to the question about
the reactivation of the Țigănești TX1 transmitter: A conversation with
RADIOCOM revealed that they were [awaiting] the delivery of a
capacitor from China. Delivery date would be June at the earliest.
Kind regards, Alexander`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 10 at 2252, VOT English is S9+10/20 into
Marylandm reciting entire English transmission schedule as always in
somewhat jumbled form, and with quite a hum; IS and cut off at 2255*
before can switch to bonus German. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, May 10 at 0501-0506, UR1 via WRMI with
`Ukraine: Security Issue`, the fast-talker in English for May 9, Day
76 of the War, VG into Maryland SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2137 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday May 10 at 0037 the 0030 on WRMIs direct, 9395 & 9455 both
S9/+10 but somewhat lower modulation level on 9395.

Also confirmed Tuesday May 10 at 2230 on WRMI 9955: S6/9+10 direct
with no jamming audible; then at 2250 checking remotes to the SSE
where it`s allegedly aimed, little or nothing to Boa Vista or St
Lucia; nor even Knoxville to the NNW. But it`s S9/+10 to Maryland as
lite jamming becomes audible and builds toward 2300 for Radio
Libertad, since there is no liberty allowed in CUBA. The Other Side:

``Cuba touts itself as a 'medical powerhouse,' but many citizens have
to go abroad for treatment --- Most of them apply for humanitarian
visas to be treated in 'the belly of the monster'.
DDC Madrid 06 Mayo 2022 - 19:33 CEST``
https://diariodecuba.com/cuba/1651858422_39318.html

Next:
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

Thanks this week for financial support from Robert W Gruska, Glendale
NY, who sent a PMO to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, and
says: ``World of Radio has been one of the few programs available on
radio that I look forward to listening to week after week since first
listening to the broadcasts on WRNO back in the 1980s using a portable
multi-band radio that included shortwave. Thanks for your efforts!``

One may also contribute by check in US$ on a US bank to the PO Box.
BTW, rental cost for the PO Box itself keeps escalating.

Or via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Doug Smith replies re contradictory info about KKFI 90.1
KC/MO which I DXed at some 300 miles/500 km:

``The 5.31 kW KKFI facility is a backup transmitter. If you look in
the FCC LMS records, the "service" is "FS" instead of "FM". There's an
old permit (superseded) for a different site but both that permit and
the actual site in use are east of I-435, well inside Missouri``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. RF 12, May 10 at 1450 UT, tropo up again much like yesterday
morning, lots of BAD VHF & UHF DTV signals, but only this decodes,
KSCW 33-1 Wichita but carrying Eyewitness News from KWCH ``12`` on 12,
which itself is really on RF 19 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0320 UT May 11