** CUBA. 13833 approx., March 22 at 1352, spurblob with no program
modulation but hum; 13766 undermodulated with hum and no F-natural
tone here either; source 13700-AM is S9+10 and undermodulated; 13635
S8-S9; 13570 better S7+ and tone; also weaker traces circa 13503,
13440, 13373. Approx. 65-kHz intervals. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN [and non]. Continued from last report: 6040, IRIB English from
*1920 March 21: at 1948 about pandemic, and now via UTwente, // 11880
is also VG, S9+25 while 6040 is S9+30. 2002 a lexure on Islam starting
with a bit of Arabic; billions of people have been informed about
Islam; something about ``good governance``; New World Order in Farsi,
Arabic. 2011 song. 2014 reading an article from National Geographic
about Amazon forests, greenhouse gases, not just CO2. Still in
progress when chopped off the 6040 air at 2020:32* and 11880 is also
gone.

Like at 1920 joining program in progress, obviously there is no
coördination between programming and transmission on the odd SW
timings of :20 past the hours. Altho news on the (half) hour aired
successfully, perhaps the rest of English programming be pulled from
their TV service? which operates on a different schedule.

Anyhow, English is still going, a day after all SW was feared to be
terminated. I`ve heard the whole hour altho not with undivided
attention vs my favorite Sunday afternoon music on public radio
stations. Nothing heard in English about a SW closedown, nor did Bryan
Clark, New Zealand.

Spanish had been announcing such a close, so am sure to check next
broadcast in that language, from 2350 on 5980, 7230. At 2349 via
UTwente, 7230 is S9/+10 with IRIB IS; 5980 comes on later at *2350 at
S9+20/30 but dumps off at 2351* while 7230 remains. *2352, 5980 back
on with Qur`an introduxion in *English* not Spanish, now not // 7230
which is in national anthem; 2354 into Spanish introduxion of Qur`an,
and by 2357 both in Spanish seemingly matching. Now 7230 has a SAH
from an understation: CNR via Xi`an the only other listee. On ForoDX,
Spaniards suggest SW programming is now coming from the HispanTV
channel; and a Spanish A-21 SW sked was announced.

At 0130 I check UTwente for other sked languages: 6040 Arabic not
heard. but on at 0131 JBA carrier then Qur`an; 7360 has algo, Tajik?
Enough for tonight.

7310 Arabic, 9800, 9870, 9390 at 1456 March 29 via UTwente, seem to be
occupied by regular VIRI S Asian languages as scheduled. 6 MHz
frequencies not heard, maybe not propagating this early.

7300, trying again March 29 for 1520 English, like yesterday, I can`t
hear any of it via UTwente or Kolkata SDRs, just the China/Taiwan
radio war. But maybe it`s still on. Next: *1920 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 660, UT Mon March 22 at 0407, `La Hora Nacional` so it`s an
XE, still on standard time until April 4, at 10 pm CST Sundays, after
which it goes to 0300 UT. Quick check of other frequencies finds LHN
on 730, 570, 540 but best on 660: likely XEEY Aguascalientes2, tho 4
or 5 others in IRCA listing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 770, March 22 at 0550, rock music, Spanish announcement;
string of PSAs including Secretaría de Salud Pública, Electoral
concluding with 3-tones which as pointed out in NRC IDXD is a giveaway
that it`s Mexico:

``Mike Jeziorski, Juriquilla, Querétaro, México; Sony ICF-2010, no
external antenna. International News MEXICO: If you are listening for
Mexican stations, pay close attention to the three-note chime at the
end of this announcement on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/R9LrXpVLpbE
The chimes end every announcement by the Instituto Nacional Electoral
(INE), which has been running PSA's very frequently on AM stations in
the months leading up to national elections. If you hear those notes
cut through the noise, then you have an XE coming in``

After that, PSA mentioning Tribuna Electoral, Zacatecas, so again it`s
XEFRTM in Fresnillo, rather than XEACH Monterrey or anyother (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) See also USA: WGN

** PANAMA. 18160-USB, March 21 at 2159*, HP9SAM, Steve is going QRT
but says he will be back next Sunday here or on ``56``, at same time
(starting when?) and returning frequency to normal ham usage. An
active ``17`` m guy logged before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
March 21 from 2200:20 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.93. Before 2200 was in
WBCQ IS & ID loop, then a bit of othermusic until WOR start. JBA
direct vs high local line noise level; but at 2320 check JBA carrier
into VA, MO remotes, as K-index is 5, G1 storms. No response yet to my
request to move us back into the night at 0300 UT Mondays.

Also confirmed Sun Mar 21 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, good S9+10/25 into VA
SDR, but poor only S7-S9 into UTwente; before 2300 there was only
music for several minutes, concluding with the anomalous ``PCJ Radio
International`` ID! again this week.

Confirmed UT Monday March 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG direct after
chimes inserted after ID.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 22 at 0230 on WRMIs: 5800 S9/+10 to MO
remote, 7780 S9+10 to ME remote; also on WRN webcast same time for one
more week, but by March 29 should be at 0130 UT.

Next:
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous check
to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, with comment,
``Equinoctial greetings to the Recording Angel of Shortwave,
who is in especially fine voice these days`` [sic]

One may also contribute, not necessarily in US funds, via PayPal to
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** U S A. 15825, March 29 at 1409, instead of JBA carrier, WWCR
inbooming at S9+10/20 clearly audiblizing the horrible squeal on #1
transmitter. Shares SSOB status with 15140 Cuba. Must be sporadic E
opening but unaccounted for by any MUF spot on DXMAP. At one megameter
distance, on 15 MHz, Nashville is too close for F2 propagation but not
too close for Es (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 720, UT Monday March 29 at 0554, tuning across WGN Chicago,
I pause because Rollye James is sounding like a DXer, discussing
whether WEDO is off the air as a caller claims; they`ve had a CP to
diplex non-direxional with something for 3 years but it should have
expired. Was simulcasting EZL from WKGO. Apparently this is a
trivia/quiz segment during her show. WEDO is or was an 810 daytimer in
McKeesport PA - Pittsburgh market. Per WGN sked, Rollye James is
supposed to be Mon-Thu at 10 pm-1 am CDT = 03-06 UT Tue-Fri; after 05
UT Mondays it`s `WGN Showcase`, reruns of previous week`s shows.

[non] BTW, at 0558 UT under WGN, I can hear the Mexican NA playing
from somewhere in the CST = midnight zone, so most likely XEDE
Saltillo, 24h as in IRCA Log; two of the three others supposedly
daytimers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1140, March 29 at 0355 UT, C&W music, ``100.1 and 1140 AM,
KXRB`` ID, plug a game with wine, mention Sioux Falls. From the north
dominating anyway on my E-W longwire despite night pattern supposed to
be totally to its NW from SE SD; likely really on ND day pattern, 10/5
kW -- unless it has an STA like more and more stations are getting to
run ND all the time with reduced power at night. Again at 0603 UT
check, KXRB country music jingle (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
++++++++++++++++++++++++

The Open Mind --- False Equivalency Created The Big Lie
03/15/2021 | 28m 15s | Video has closed captioning.

Daily Beast columnist Wajahat Ali discusses a culture of false
equivalence that has normalized domestic terrorism and disinformation.
Aired: 03/15/21 Rating: NR

https://www.pbs.org/video/false-equivalency-created-the-big-lie-ag4zs7/

This report dispatched at 1721 UT March 22

** CUBA. 6060, March 21 at 0619, RHC English with huge humbuzz and
spreading out plus/minus 15 blocking 6070 CFRX; 6100 still on but
S9+10/20 of dead air. 6000 is off, but by 0632, 9700 is still on VG
S9+30. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13376 trace, 13491 S2, 13506 S3 vs CODAR, 13571 S8, 13635 S8;
13765 S9, 13830 JBA, 13895 S3, 13960 trace, 14026 trace: March 21
after 1418, FMish spurblob panoply out of fundamental 13700-AM S9+20.
All approx., at ~65 kHz intervals with F-natural tones, on the fringes
the only reveal. Not in the order tuned. Something`s always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. Reply received March 20 from Dr Madrid at Radio Verdad,
not including a QSL per se:

``Thank you, Glenn, for your concern about Radio Truth. We are on the
air already with only 250 watts. We plan to fix another module very
soon, in order to increase power. May God bless you and keep you on a
good health.
Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid
General Manager and Director
Radio Truth
Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A.
--------------------------------------
Please download the attachments.``

The 5 attachments are:

1) one-sheet 2021 calendar with portraits of station people

2) Same calendar expanded to 8 pages pdf, enlarged month by month with
events, slogans; not including start of spring --- too pagan? Or
negligible in the tropix?

3) Pennant; I have several real ones

4) Bumper sticker, ditto

5) Huge 18-page pdf listing all reports received from 2000 to 2020 by
countries, departments, 938 towns in alfabetical order including #251
Enid (if anyone would like to see this I can forward, or ask him).
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRAN. Iran quitting SW as of today - Happy New Year
From new foroDX iog: ``LV De la República Islámica de Irán deja la OC
--- AER, 14 marzo 2021 22:22 22:22,
https://aer.org.es/archivos/26437

Según este audio difundido por el Whatsapp de La Voz de la República
Islámica de Irán y mandado por Dario Gabrielli, la emisora dejaría la
onda corta el próximo día 21 de marzo, pasando a solo emisión por
Internet. Debemos recordar que ya hubo un supuesto comunicado por
correo electrónico hace unos meses que decía que también dejaría la
onda corta, y no fue así.``

And from March 20: ``Hola, Al final del programa de hoy 20/03/2021 de
LV de la Rep. Islámica de Irán en español, Pars Today, han anunciado
que dejan de emitir en onda corta desde el día 21. Curiosamente, hoy
dia 20 de marzo es el último día del año persa. Un saludo -- Pedro
Sedano, Madrid, España``

``Juan Ignacio Gutiérrez Marí 11:34am #18 --- Bueno, otra emisora que
desaparece de la Onda Corta. Veremos si aumenta sus oyentes, a través
de Internet. Habrá que comprobar la calidad del streaming.``

``Hola, En teoría continuan en la web de Hispan TV, no en la de Pars
Today, es decir, https://www.hispantv.com/ aunque si haces clic en el
enlace superior de Radio, no pasa nada. Debes situar el ratón sobre TV
en Directo y entonces sale lo de la Radio en Directo; vaya chapuza. la
web es https://www.hispantv.com/directo-radio
Un saludo, Pedro Sedano, Madrid, España``

``Juan Ignacio Gutiérrez Marí 11:42am #20 --- Lo lógico es que
emitieran desde la web de Pars Today. Si hay que ir a otro sitio y
está escondido el acceso, les auguro poco éxito. Un saludo a todos.
⁣Asociación Española de Radioescucha``

From Célio Romais, Brasil, March 20: ``El viernes fue la última
edición del programa Conversando con Nuestros Oyentes y la despedida
de los locutores de Voz de Irán en la onda corta! Este domingo es la
última transmisión. Sigue el audio que grabé.``

To the WOR iog: ``Spanish still on the air this Sunday, as scheduled
(0723 on 15200 and 17630). Jean-Michel Aubier, France``

I post at 1518 March 21: `Célio Romais heard IRIB in Spanish announce
that their last SW broadcast would be today Sunday. Maybe that also
applies to English. Check it right now: English has been scheduled
only: 7300 at 1520-1620; 6040, 11880 at 1920-2020. Glenn``

``At 1520 into UTwente, China/Taiwan radio war is raging on 7300. Iran
is aimed 105 degrees for this English. New Delhi SDR gets nothing on
7300. Maybe better luck at 1920 when 6040 is 313, 11880 at 198
degrees. Glenn``

Jean-Michel AUBIER, Framce: ``Tehran heard on English at 1545 on 7300
with a feature about spring in Afghanistan mention on parstoday.com``

Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany, at 1732 UT:
``A LOT OF SERVICES ARE STILL on air TODAY MARCH 21 !

7310 1430-1730 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN Ara Zahedan
7310.004 S=9+40dB in Europe

9800 1430-1730 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN Ara Sirjan
9800.007 S=9+15dB in Europe

7290 1650-1750 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN Rus Sirjan
7290.007 S=9+35dB Russian, sonor lady announcer excellent audio.

6110 1720-1820 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN Bos Sirjan
6110.004 S=9+35dB National Anthem hymn heard 17.24 UT around.

5940 1720-1820 IRN VO ISLAMIC REP.IRAN Ger Sirjan
5940.004 S=9+35dB 17.26 UT German annmt. 73 wb``

gh: Here`s the full registered B20 schedule to keep checking:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbyfmo.php?seas=B20&fmor=IRB
By Monday, presumably all will be silent, not yet today Sunday.

Roberto Scaglione, Sicily at 1757: ``Italian is on air today....``

That would be 5930. At 1840 into UTwente, still Albanian on 7305,
5925; presumed Hausa on weaker 9475.

6040 last? 1918:10 carrier cut on briefly and off again. English is
just starting, cut on air to stay at *1920:45. Good into UTwente. But
JIP some program is closing?? Says 1920-2020 on 6040, 11880, FM 91.5,
satellites, internet, phone; music not IS. Program feed may have
really started an hour earlier due to DST confusion? We`ll see what
follows. No, 1929 ``This is IRIB English radio; coming up is the
news``. 1930 chimes and news starting with nuclear deal, Yemen vs
Saudi Arabia, anti-coronavirus restrixions. Music keeps playing during
headlines. Hmm, American accents but a bit of an anti-American slant
---. Right into an interview (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1940 UT March 21

** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 5960, March 21 at 0000, from the land of
ChiCom imperialist genocide against the Uyghurs, XJPBS Urumqi in
Chinese dominates The Mighty KBC, Holland via Germany, as heard via
UTwente SDR, Holland; it used to be off-frequency minus but now is
within subaudible heterodyne - SAH range of Nauen. Until a few minutes
earlier, however, VOTurkey IS covered it up (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 4075-AM, March 21 at 0236, pirate music S9+10,
stronger than 4055 TGAV only S9; 0237 segué to a heavy beat dance tune
and cut off air at 0241:15*, no announcements. More logs as unID, some
thinking it smacked of X-FM:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79347.0.html

Very sad news via NASWA: pirate enthusiast and columnist George Zeller
died the morning of March 20 from a house fire in Cleveland, caused by
electrical overloading. An obit is in the WOR iog (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 7570, Sat Mar 20 at 2300, `Encore` classical hour
from R. Tumbril is not to be heard on this WRMI when it has been for a
few months; not even on the air now until 0000, per new skedgrid
updated March 14. Contrary to this week`s promo from Brice Avery;
guests on WRMI cannot expect to be notified of schedule changes,
rather must keep monitoring and checking the skeds, which now show:

New On 5950: Tue & Sat at 2200
0100 UT Sun on 5850 & 7780, not a new simulcast; has been so for
several weeks. When I listen to it this week!
Still shown:
0200 UT Mon 5950
1300 UT Tue 15770
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring: confirmed Saturday
March 20 at 2130 on WRMI 9955, VG S9+10/20 tho aimed away, one real
hour earlier now, and NO jamming audible either.

Also confirmed Sat Mar 20 at 2300 on WRMI 7780, S9+5/15 into UTwente
SDR.

Also confirmed UT Sun Mar 21 at 0320 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 4
minutes into so started near nominal 0315, S9+20/30 direct and no
storm noise for a change. Per Blitzortung, in the entire Conterminous,
only one tiny storm in NE Wyoming, but a line east of FL and Bahamas
outinto the Atlantic. Might be good for LW beacon DX later, but for
K-index of 4 after G2 geomag storms. Next:

2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
[request to resume 0300 UT Mondays has been made]
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous check
to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, with comment,
``Equinoctial greetings to the Recording Angel of Shortwave,
who is in especially fine voice these days`` [sic]

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

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun March 21 at 0028, WTWW-2 starting `Theater
Organ Under the Arch`, new earlier nominal time for DST season, but as
always the distortion on this transmitter is intolerable, especially
during a fine music show. Once again I try the #2 webcast which is
hi-fi, $ tereo, but intercepted by this: ``Website blocked due to
suspicious activity --- Website blocked: wtww.us Malwarebytes Browser
Guard blocked this website because it may contain scam activity. We
strongly recommend you do not continue.`` I could try using a remote,
but of course GIGO, they are also picking up the original distorted SW
signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0439 UT March 21

Correxions to last report:
OKLAHOMA 1460 KZUE cutouts about 8 per second, not per minute
USA WBCQ AAAWWW at 0000 UT Sat Mar 20, no longer at 0100 UT.

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.96-RCUSB, March 20 at 1448 and 1525 chex on
Brazilian SDRs, NO signal from LRA36, which might have been active
this Saturday as it was last Wednesday (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13568 S4-S5, 13633 S9, 13767 S9, 13834 S4-S5, 13900 & 13500
traces, March 20 at 1436, all approx., spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM
which is S9+20. This time best audio is in FM mode, the two closest
ones attaining full quieting, with music and talk, tho lofi and with
loud F-natural tone imposed, which is all I can detect on the
third-orders; today`s intervals about 67 kHz tho broad and hard to
pinpoint. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, Green eQSL received in 6 minutes for my
report direct to Ball Smacker Radio <ballsmacker@protonmail.com>
https://www.w4uvh.net/BallSmacker_eQSL-20210319-Green.jpg
or #117 via
http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html
``200W from somewhere in the Northeast`` with this note: ``Thanks for
tuning us in and your reception report. Look for us most Friday
nights at 9PM EDT on 6960AM. We now have a website with show archives
at http://BallSmacker.net Here's an eQSL!`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 329-MCW kHz, March 20 at 0640 UT, ND beacon AAA, 25 watts at
Lincoln / Abraham Lincoln, Illinois. Yes, there is a 15K town named
Lincoln, midway between Springfield and Bloomington. I was tuned to
327-USB.

335-MCW kHz, March 20 at 0638 UT, NDB BV, 25 watts at Batesville,
Arkansas, which is west of Jonesboro and north of Searcy. Now you
know. I used to know someone from there.

347-MCW kHz, March 20 at 0635 UT, NDB AFK, 25 watts at Nebraska City,
Nebraska; with such a grandiose name, N.C. is only a minor 7K town in
the SE on the Missouri River, right next to the IA/MO borders, a true
tri-state area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring: almost confirmed
Sat Mar 20 at 1310, the 1300 on WRMI 15770, JBA but trace of audio
probably me; no better by 1328. At least I can more likely check it
now one hour ``later``, but really need to use a remote to the NE.

Also confirmed Sat Mar 20 at 1700 UT on WRN webcast --- shift to 1600
UT not until April 3 when BST have gone into effect.

Also confirmed Sat Mar 20 from 1935 UT on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, VG via
near-local SDR; following QSO-Today. Next:

2130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [request to resume
0300
UT Mondays has been made]
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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

Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous check
to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, with comment,
``Equinoctial greetings to the Recording Angel of Shortwave,
who is in especially fine voice these days`` [sic]

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

** U S A. 1540.205 kHz, March 20 at 0630 UT, strong het against
1540.00 stations, no doubt WKVQ, Georgia, 10 kW DAYTIMER as previously
tracked down; altho missing last night. If it be on the air at all, it
must be way off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2039 UT March 20

** CANADA [non]. Re 15300.055V, under GERMANY, BVB, March 19 at 1439:
altho EiBi shows site as Nauen, latest HFCC shows ISSoudun, FRANCE
started 01 February; not as BVB but generically as MBR multilingual.
ISS is more likely to be off-frequency than NAU, but it could be even
more likely TAC = Uzbekistan, as Wolfgang Bueschel points out
registered for A-21 by MBR BOTH for UZB and F; maybe already (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 11609.960, March 19 at 2144, Chinese from MWV is
considerably off-frequency; usual good signal far beyond target
Europe, not China.

[non] Recheck at 2235, now a JBA on 11610.00, which is KSDA GUAM in
Vietnamese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, UT Sat March 20 at 0128, only pirate
activity here at S8-S9, ``Proud to be an American``; 0131 Kermit The
Frog, ``It`s Not Easy Bein` Green``; 0133.6 ID missed, another
``green`` song? Maybe a theme à la Wolverine. ``Check out our new
website``, https://ballsmacker.net by YL with tenpins SFX. 0144 ``Ballad
of the Green Bérets``. 0146 ID, more music. 0200 Maxine offers
special eQSL for reports on this broadcast, to
ballsmacker@protonmail.com and then soft jazz arrangement of `What
Child Is This?`. 0207 ID mentioning 6960; still going past 0213.
Enjoyed the show. Above is from my own notes from the R75 with 100`
E-W longwire, written before consulting HF Underground where there are
bound to be many more reports:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,79272.0.html
starting at 0102, including from station herself, to be repeated
later, not yet in AM $ tereo but plans to do so (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1460, March 19 at 1826 UT on caradio, KZUE El Reno music
modulation is cutting out rapidly at rate of maybe 8 times per minute.
Maybe CD player malfunxion? Nothing done about it until fade to dead
air at 1831 which continues until at least 1837. I was going to
count/time the cutting per second against my watch, but driving, and
it stopped before I could stop (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Friday March 19 between precise timesignals at 2300:00
and 2330:00, REE token English M/W/F broadcast, starts with Justin Coe
with new schedule effective March 28 for REE in general, nothing about
English in particular, but likely shifting to 2200. Here is how he put
it:

M-F 15-23 W Africa, S Atlantic 11670; Mideast, Indian Ocean 15520
M-F 18-02 N America 17855; South America 11940
Sat & Sun same frequencies and targets at 14-22

Once again, no mention of present NAm frequency 9690, which BTW is
near-local-quality now, S9+30. A much higher frequency in the summer
daytime is certainly needed, 17855 as used a few years ago, and it
will be interesting to see how well and how long it hold up, as NO
other European, nor anywhere overseas, is even attempting to serve us
on 16m! But over mostly- or all-dark path a much lower frequency is
required, like 9690, after, say, 2200.

Anyhow, I listen to the rest of the semihour, as Alison Hughes
introduces a `Culture` show, first about Bellini`s opera `Norma` being
produced at the Teatro Real, including beautiful yet heard-rending
performances of the aria `Casta Diva`. Next topic at 2321, cinema
chain reopens after closing in February, with new COVID restrixions.
Then, film-music composer García Abril has died.

``Antón García Abril (Teruel, 19 de mayo de 1933 – Madrid, 17 de marzo
de 2021) fue un compositor y músico español, autor de música
orquestal, música de cámara, obras vocales y bandas sonoras para
películas y series de televisión.`` hit as I search on his name.

2327, refers to other platforms besides SW for hearing REE, with
detailed parameters of all their satellite feeds to different
worldparts. 2330 TS and into French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6994-USB, 0123 UT Sat March 20, MARS announcements, but
never caught the callsign of the individual reading. As I tune in, is
spelling e-mail address mallen@afmars.mil.us then on to paragraph 4.
Good S9+10 but bad news for the low-power Florida propagation carriers
JBA beating on 6993-AM. Considering starting an e-mail newsletter to
supplement this broadcast. A bit of CW QRM. ``Masters of the HF
domain``.

Info about next broadcasts, even revealing frequencies! 02 April 2021,
2300z, 11121.0 kHz; 2320z, 6994.0 kHz. 03 April 2021, 0100z, 11121.0
kHz; 0120z, 11121.0 kHz, and 6994.0 kHz. This broadcast is supported
by the 12th Air Force MARS Military Signal Squadron; out`` at 0127
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17314-USB, March 19 at 2253, S9+10 marine weather by roboOM,
very loud at first and modulation somewhat distorted as usual from
USCG stations, later fading considerably. Wind direxions and speeds in
knots, seas in feet, sometimes rain chances but little else, day by
day and night by night as far ahead as next Tuesday. ``Forecaster:
Huffman; Ocean Predixion Center, Washington DC``, phone number in
Norfolk; then forecasts for California coast. EiBi shows NMC, USCG
Point Reyes CA at 2230-2305 & 1630-1705; but also on 17314 at
1715-1750, NMN USCG Chesapeake VA. Probably sporadic E opening, as I
was just getting a ham in AZ on 18 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2078 monitoring; next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
2300 UT Saturday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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thanks this week to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous check
to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, with comment,
``Equinoctial greetings to the Recording Angel of Shortwave,
who is in especially fine voice these days`` [sic]

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** U S A. John Carver tells us about this week`s WBCQ `AAAWWW` at 0100
UT Sat Mar 20: ``Tonight's AAWWW started on time on 6160 and 7490.
Allan and Angela in the studio. Opening talk about being kids in high
school. Also some talk about still trying to find some more radio
engineers. We also find out that the B in WBCQ stands for Big Balls
Radio according to Allan. More talk about Allan teaching himself to be
an engineer. Then into general radio talk about AM, FM and SW. The
advent of digital radio and the implication of being controlled. Then
into talk of repairing old radios. Allan states that he's not
restoring as many radios as he used to and I don't understand his
reasoning. They've been talking about young people not being
interested in radio anymore and the lack of engineers and Allan states
he's not restoring as many radios so that young people can see what
they look like not being restored.

Angela held out until 0043 before mentioning Trump or politics in
general though she did make a remark early in the show about Covid and
the vaccine. Allan also stated that he believed that a lot of WBCQ
would be able to withstand an EMP pulse but that the superstation
probably wouldn't. Reading of emails at 0055 after Angela flashed
Allan. Cut off in mid email just before 0100 with no closing prayer
and then into dead air. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (via Glenn Hauser,
WOR)

This report dispatched at 0325 UT March 20