WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST UPDATE MARCH 30

Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Updated UTC offsets under Croatia, Germany, Greece, Romania
2) Japan - R Japan: Added second link for archived/on-demand shows

The next update will be 5 April to reflect change to UTC offset due to
DST change in New Zealand. Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-CUSB, March 30 at 1531, RNASG, LRA36 on again
with a special, tnx tip from Manuel Méndez. Of three Brazilian
KiwiSDRs, Pardinho is maxed out as too often the case: the best one
has been getting too much publicity; wish they could increase its
capacity. JBA via the one near Rio; better at Campo, so I stick on
there for some Spanish mostly too weak to copy but ID in passing at
1538; 1545 brief feedback loop in talk, then music; 1553 full ID; 1602
this SDR times out after 30 minutes but may be restarted; Signal gone
sometime between 1615 and 1620 tho did not hear a sign-off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL. 6010, March 30 at 1530, good signal with song in
Brazuguese, on the Rio KiwiSDR still tuned here from my last Colombia
check; so R. Inconfidência is certainly active from BH, at least now
in the daytime; on my way to ANTARCTICA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. Re my two logs of VY2ZM, PEI on 1845-LSB and 1838-LSB:

``Hi Glenn, I just wanted to comment on this. WPX is the Worked
Prefixes contest, one of the big ones where they activate rarer call
letters for different countries. During contests, which go on for many
hours, the phone operators would lose their voices if they had to keep
calling CQ. So they have it pre-recorded. It often sounds much
different than their voice when they speak to stations which comes
back to the CQ. Contests are only allowed on the older bands 160 to
10, not the newer ones like 17. All the best from Ireland, and keep up
the good work. Regards, Patrick Fitzpatrick``

I was also going to enquire why bother with a VY- call instead of VE-
(or VA-). Not to deny anyone their fun, but this PX tactic seems
totally artificial; still from the same common place, PEI in this
case; administrations complicit in the game (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [non]. 11880, March 30 at 1505, CRI Plus relay via CUBA is
now here for A-20, ex-15700 at 14-16; S9+20 and undermodulated but
sufficient today. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** IRAN [non]. 12005, March 30 at 1509, S9-S5 of song, good ME music;
in HFCC parlance it`s USAGM in Fas via WOF, i.e. Radio Farda in
Persian via Woofferton UK at 13-18; also 11-13 via LAMpertheim,
Germany (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KOREA SOUTH. 9100, March 30 at 1517, JBA carrier, no doubt Echo of
Hope; Ron Howard and I agree it was on 9095 yesterday (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 23, March 30 circa 1525 UT, underpowered KSBI OKC is
decoding thru one of my antennas with a little tropo help, viz.: 52-1
KSBI-DT, 52-2 BOUNCE, 52-3 LAFF, 52-4 GRIT, 52-5 MYSTERY, each PSIP
all-caps. This matches rabbitears.info with 51-2 as MyNetwork, but not
a.k.a. nickname ``News 9 Plus`` --- that`s only on RF 25, KWTV 9-2.
52-1 takes CBS programming sometimes when bumped off KWTV 9-1,
especially tornado season and now CV to boot (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SWAZILAND [and non]. 9585, March 30 at 1523, fast SAH between two
equal signals colliding, one in Chinese? HFCC shows TWR in
Malgache/French until 1525 and CRI Japanese from Xi`an during whole
hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, UT Mon Mar 30 at 0129, tune-in WRMI just in
time to hear Spanish closing of RTI yet again, another week of tests
at 0100 --- or is this now permanent? Then at 0130.5 into R. Prague //
9395, replacing WOR which aired on both exactly one week ago (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 9830, March 29 at 2200, NO signal from VOT English to
N America on the first day of A-20, but no NAU RTTY either, just my
internal birdie. 2222 checking via UTwente, nothing there either, nor
on ex-5960 which was starting at 2300. Something`s always erroneous at
Emirler --- sporadic operation then and now (long before any CV
excuse).

9515, March 30 at 0337, trying again for VOT English to W North
America on new A-20 schedule from 0300. Oops, latest HFCC shows NOT
sked on 9515 like A-19, but on 7275 not only for Europe but North
America, invading our 40m hamband! and 7275 was heard the night before
by Jon Collins in UK. That I must check; the // for Asia now 6165
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring: reconfirmed gone
from Sunday March 29 airing at 2130 on WRMI 7780, rather something
musical on poor signal. Attrition of 7780 airings in the 21 UT hour to
zero means the remaining ones are all in the middle of the night in
European target, altho good in the evening for NE America, SE Canada
on the way.

7780, UT Mon Mar 30 at 0130, confirmed on WRMI, fair --- but NOT on
5800 like last week, nor 9395 which had been // before then. Both of
those are now carrying R. Prague International, in English, Sunday
Music Show. Permanent change, or confusion?

WRN via webcast and satellite, UT Mon Mar 30 at 0130, WOR 2027
confirmed here one UT hour earlier now that UK is on BST, even tho
this service is for N America, which timeshifted two sesquiweeks ago.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 30 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, fair.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 30 starting at 0303.5 on Area 51 webcast,
after raucous laughter from Julie`s Wild Kingdom; fair S9+10 on WBCQ
5130 at 0313 check.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 30 at 0337 the 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair S9
and no jamming.

Also confirmed Mon Mar 30 from 1800.5 on IRRS 7290, VG via UTwente
SDR, now shifted one UT hour earlier for summer time. Already on 7290
at 1757 with music fill, 1800 ID and one semi-minute of three FSN
headlines. And now, NO ACI from either side, nor is any sked in HFCC.
However there is some splash from 7280 Vietnam in Spanish, when
musical. Finishes at 1829.5, more FSN for about 5 minutes, then the
so-called `Shortwave Report` which if really 30 minutes (29?) long is
going to get chopped off by 1900*

Next WORs:
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Thanks last week for financial support from Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh
NC, a generous seasonal check in US funds on a US bank, to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Thanks this week for financial support from Robert Brunner via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com --- PP not necessarily in US funds

Full updated schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (7490v), UT Mon March 30 circa 0010 check, WBCQ webcast is
still encoring `Encore`, which supposedly ended a biweek ago. Heard an
announcement for Schumann Fantaisie in C, something by Rameau which
are not on this week`s playlist dated 28/3:
https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists
and apparently previous playlists are inaccessible. No complaints
about keeping classical going! Encore is still on the WBCQ 7490
program schedule for UT Monday 00-01.

9455, March 30 after 0200, `Encore` on WRMI with a good signal via
Rochester NY KiwiSDR.

BTW, Brice Avery says his day job is a hospital doctor, so he`s plenty
busy. He says there will be another Encore broadcast this Tuesday
March 31 at 1300 on WRMI 15770, which is NE toward Europe (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13685-13690-13695, March 30 at 1425, DRM noise from WINB is
gone for A20, not around 15115 either, but forgot the NF:
15745-15750-15755 at 11-17 M-F; the rest, per HFCC: 0830-1100 M-F on
9975-9980-9985; same frequency Sat & Sun 0700-1000 --- really on
weekends too now?? 0700-0830 M-F 7310-7315-7320 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 17774.991 approx., March 30 at 1501, KVOH propagating S4-S6
with jazz, nice for a change, but not for long: ID in English as on
``17.775``, into Spanish about CV-19 with some more jazz mentioned
with accompaniment; unseems like `Frecuencia al Dia` as sked now on
Monday & Friday. As always slightly off-frequency minus from old(?))
transmitter; also as compared to WWV/H carrier on 15000.000. I don`t
see jazz explicitly on the Spanish program schedule, but there is a
`Jazz Session` hour in English, at 1600 Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 17815, Mon Mar 30 at 1504, no signal from WHRI which could
be on here daily now; heard yesterday so more likely Sundays, a
Special Day for such adherents (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9795, March 29 at 2229, S9 tonal language, SE Asian?
Rising intonation at end of phrases like Burmese, but unseems that.
HFCC A-20 as of March 28 has a 9795 gap between 21 and 23: NHK
Japanese before, FEBC Iba multilingual westward afterwards. My guess
would be the latter, Philippines in some minolity language. No clues
in expired B-19 skeds either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2035 UT March 30

** CANADA. 1838-LSB, March 29 at 0615 UT, ``CQ Contest`` over and over
from VY2ZM --- same guy Jeff in Monticello PEI I heard last night on
1845-LSB, so New Frequency! And again, the *only* phone station
audible on entire 160m. His CQs are all identical, so I am suspecting
automated recordings. Is he sound asleep, also set up for automated
QSOs if anyone ever answers? CW hams are commonly automated, obviously
hand-keying being too much trouble at least for routine CQs, so why
not phone? But where are all the other contesters, and what contest is
it? Per
https://www.contestcalendar.com/weeklycont.php
``CQ WW WPX Contest, SSB: 0000Z, Mar 28 to 2359Z, Mar 29`` which is
multi-band, everyone else on 80, 40, 20, 15 or 10m --- never mind the
so-called WARC additional in-between bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 9200, March 29 at 1335, S2 JBM seems Chinese, like also on
stronger CNR1 jammer 11785 tho not tried to match. Presumably CNR1
jammer against Sound of Hope. Not the same as the open carrier often
heard here from the North American area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13780, March 29 at 1459, RHC still on here at S9+10 but JBM,
while // 13700 is much weaker but fully modulated. No spurs heard.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13605, March 29 at 1330, Radio Martí loud & clear
on revived A-20 channel, ex-13820 where wall-of-noise jamming
continues from the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command, too stupid
to figure out RM`s totally predictable and registered seasonal
changes; but then Arnie forbids involvement with yanqui-run HFCC, so
the jam frequency manager may not even be allowed to look at it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 13755, March 29 at 1459 open carrier, 1500 Chinese,
poor with flutter. It`s CRI via Kashgar, land of brainwashing Uighurs,
this hour only, 500 kW at 308 degrees for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** PHILIPPINES. 9320, March 29 at 1337, S9 ``Can`t Help Falling In
Love With You`` by Elvis. Something new here, and I bet it`s VOA
Korean which plays a lot from The American Songbook. Yes, soon
announcement in Korean mentioning Elvis and Streisand. HFCC A-20
confirms it`s VOA KK via Tinang, 12-14 UT, 250 kW at 21 degrees, their
beam toward Korea but also carrying right on USward (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 15450, March 29 at 1326, JBA carrier on the first day of
A-20, as VOT English to Europe and USward is back here from 1230, ex
starting at 1330 on 12035. Let`s hope this propagation improve into
summer. Off at 1331 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring, Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22; reconfirm]
0130 UT Monday WRN satellite and webcast, confirm ex-0230
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW; reconfirm new 5800 Mar 23 to
SSE
but since then 5800 has been off air by this hour
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Thanks last week for financial support from Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh
NC, a generous seasonal check in US funds on a US bank, to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Thanks this week for financial support from Robert Brunner via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com --- PP not necessarily in US funds

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
The Eurotimes to be earlied by an hour shortly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17815, March 29 at 1456, S9+10 gospel huxter in English, the
OSOB; as WHRI is now registered 250 kW at 85 degrees for Africa, daily
at 14-21 UT, but maybe not fully occupied (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 820, March 29 at 0647 UT, the guys at Red Eye Radio`s WBAP
are getting torn up by CCI from mostly women voices, also talk in
English. This should not be happening so close to a `clear` channel
from Fort Worth. Makes SAH of 128/minute, just over 2.0 Hz. But wait:
fortunately at 0653 UT two clear IDs for WCPT in program promo, so
it`s Chicago`s Progressive Talk. U2 5.8/1.5 kW from Willow Springs.

Night pattern is supposed to be all to the NNE, nothing thisaway:
https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1717086-128498.pdf

Daytime map is roughly circular but an expanded lobe to the SW.
https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/wcpt/contour-maps/

Obviously WCPT is on day facilities, invoked on emergency basis, or
error? Like to think the former. RER is anything but Progressive. WWBA
in FL used to collide with WBAP also with RER, but not now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Minor regional tropo morning of March 29, much less than
previous days. Hepburn maps predicted minor enhancement south of here,
not north, but only decodee circa 1500 UT is RF 31, 31-1 KDCU-DT Derby
KS; several other BAD VHF and UHF bars match for the Wichita market
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 2800, March 29 at 0613 UT, JBA carrier vs high storm
noise level --- likely second harmonic of one of the hundreds of 1400
kHz stations; rather than fourth harmonic of one of the few 700s, nor
5 x 560. Alert: worth further pursuit also by others (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1653 UT March 29

** CANADA [and non]. Some NOTB NDBs are still making it thru the wall
of storm noise from Nebraska eastward:

340-MCW kHz, March 28 at 0612 UT, dash and YY, which is 500 watts from
Mont-Joli, Quebec [still off: my local EI on 341].

351-MCW kHz, March 28 at 0617 UT, very tough copy amid storm crashes
and QRM from the differently-pitched USA mashup of LI Little Rock, and
IN International Falls; but there is a dash and seems like YDK --- but
there is no YDK on this or any frequency. Only listee on 351 is
500-watt YKQ in Fort Rupert -- Waskaganish, Quebec, also heard before.
I suppose the shattered Morse code I tried to copy could have been
that. Fits in with the other QC signals I am getting.

366-MCW kHz, March 28 at 0621 UT, dash and YMW, 500 watts from
Maniwaki, Quebec.

382-MCW kHz, March 28 at 0622 UT, dash and YPL, 1000 watts from Pickle
Lake, Ontario -- nice to hear one completely in the clear (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 1845-LSB, March 28 at 0642-0645+ UT, VY2ZM calling CQ
contest over and over with little response. Would you believe he`s the
only phone signal I hear now on the entire 160m band? Normally if
there`s a contest, and only then, the band is crammed. QRZ.com shows:

``VY2ZM Canada
Jeffrey T. Briggs
12958 NORTHSIDE RD - RTE 16
MONTICELLO, PE C0A 2B0
Canada

VY2ZM was established in 2001 in Eastern Kings County, Prince Edward
Island, Atlantic Canada. Please QSL via direct to EA7HBC only. VY2ZM
operates in many of the major contests, but specializes in lowband
operations with state of the art antennas. The various 160M contests
are my favorites, eg: ARRL 160, CQ160, etc. As of summer 2015, VY2ZM
operates using the following complement of antennas: 160
- 4el full-sized phased 2 x 2 vertical array producing 8db of gain in
6 patterns
- Inverted Vee Dipole NE/SW at 100 feet
- Flat Top Dipole 145 feet North/South

Please check out my website at
http://www.vy2zm.com
for additional information about the station- thanks, Please give us a
call during the various contests...thanks! 73 JEFF K1ZM/VY2ZM``

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/vy2zm
He`s also pushing a book about 160m DXing (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 711.00, March 29 at 0041 just before sunset here, that
presumed off-frequency Radio Rebelde carrier is still making a big het
against 710 stations such as KCMO. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, March 28 at 0513, thought I might catch
presumed RNGE turning on transmitter, but already JBA carrier at
tune-in (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MADAGASCAR. 5009.934, March 28 at *0247, making one last check for
WRMI, at first nothing, then this JBA carrier: I may have caught RNM
just turning on transmitter, typical offset (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185, March 28 at 0521, still no signal from XEPPM, or
anything else at this hour. Still off early UT March 29. Hope Mexico`s
last SW station is not gone for good; but they have had a lot of
problems with this, from lack of modulation to offfrequenciness;
clearly their lowest priority behind FM and AM (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 28 at 0627 UT tune-in, C&W music is
overriding QRP KOKC OKC talk, unusual. By 1600 watt night power and
proximity, #1 suspect is KRHW Sikeston MO, but if the NRC AM Log
format info still be oll korrect, unlikely with all the churn since
August, there are several other C&W formatted in USA: AL, IL, IN, MI,
another MI; some of them daytimers, but that`s no obstacle. There may
have been an ID or announcement between tunes at 0629, but fade of
course, nor can I get a DF bearing on it. Also possible, the
unpredictable 25 kW daytimer, KYND in TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 7375, March 29 at 0346, RRI English ID and headlines? Poor
via Peoria KiwiSDR, new A-20 0300 time and frequency, not audible on
// 9850 to us or 11825 to Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [and non]. 5960, March 28 at 2325, VOT makes it on the air,
still on B-season frequency and hour for English to us, poor. By A-20
tomorrow to be at 2200 on 9830, perhaps again vs RTTY QRM from NAU
PR.

9515, March 29 at 0305 & 0320, no signal yet from VOT`s A-20 frequency
for English to us an hour earlier, ex-6125 at 0400. Greece or
something on 9420 is detectable. Nor 9515 audible at UTwente. Maybe
not until tomorrow. RM and jamming are already off 6125, replaced by
5980 until 0300. Finally at 0400 checking UTwente for 6125, no VOT
either at old B-19 scheduling.

However, Jon Collins in Birmingham UK was hearing the Asian frequency
already on new A-20 schedule March 29 at 0317 UT: ``I`m listening to
the Voice of Turkey in English from 0300 UT on 7275 kHz at excellent
reception, strongest station I`ve heard. Tecsun PL-660, whip
antenna``. 9515 maybe on but above MUF (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13565-CW, March 28 at 1418, HIFER beacon K6FRC in much
stronger than usual, soon fades down; probably HF sporadic E (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring: confirmed our
trimulcast, UT Sat Mar 28 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, poor and fading; 7780
fair; 5850 very good S9+20/30.

Tnx to Richard Langley for confirming reactivated airing Sat Mar 28 at
1130 on WRMI: ``9955 kHz fading in and out way up here in NB but
confirmed. -- Richard Langley``

And tnx to Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria for the next as I still slept thru:
``Reception of World of Radio #2027 via WRMI-09 Okeechobee, March 28

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/world-of-radio2027-via-wrmi-09.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFXxfApaNb0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4J53mm6Cvk&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5LddJvigF8&feature=youtu.be
1300-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg WeEu English Sat, fair/good``

Also confirmed UT Sun Mar 29 at 0332 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, via
Peoria SDR with heavy storm noise about one minute into, so from 0331

Next:
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22; reconfirm]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, reconfirm new 5800 Mar 23 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Thanks last week for financial support from Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh
NC, a generous seasonal check in US funds on a US bank, to Glenn
Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702

Thanks this week for financial support from Robert Brunner via PayPal
to woradio at yahoo.com --- PP not necessarily in US funds

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
The Eurotimes to be earlied by an hour shortly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Survey of what`s really on WRMIs, UT Sat March 28:

0100, really checked at 0123+:
5010 // 5850, Alameda Bible Fellowship robobibling in Spanish
5800, OFF!
5950, SMTV in language
7570 & 7730, Brother Scare, and also next hour, ho hum
7780, song, from?
9395, different song
9455, Hal Turner
9955, folk music

0130:
5010 poor // 5850 VG S9+20/30, // 7780 fair, WORLD OF RADIO 2027
9395, about CV, Albania?
9955, gospel huxter in English

0200:
5010 // 7780 // JBA 9395, gospel? music but 0201, 3+1 timesignal,
Taiwan Spanish relay test yet again, dated 18 de marzo = Wednesday a
sesquiweek ago, as original span did not extend beyond Wed
5850, VORW Radio International dated Friday 27 March
5950, SMTV
9455, Oldies?
9955, JBA, Praga?

0230, really checked 0238-0243:
5010 & 5800, still off
5850, more VORW, music requests
5950, SMTV
7780, JBA unknown, presumed Ukraine
9395, JBA music, from?
9455, Oldies?
9955, JBA algo
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, March 29 from 0042
a few minutes before LSS, when the lowbanders are not yet coming:
891=strongest, 909, 999, 1044, 1053, 1089, 1107(2), 1152, 1215,
1305(2), 1413, 1422, 1575 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9200, March 28 at 0238, mystery open carrier steady at
S7. Have continued to hear this for many weeks, occasionally (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

this report despatched at 0421 UT March 29

** CANADA [and non]. 346-MCW kHz, March 27 at 0619 UT, dash and YXL,
500 watt ND beacon from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, not unusual but now
about the only Canadian making it vs the high storm noise level. Also
audible, 332-MCW kHz, IC, 400 watts from wIChita KS, tuned to 330-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA. 2940.036 kHz, March 27 at 0608 UT, JBA carrier. The 2-3
MHz band is a vast wasteland with hardly any signals except WWV and
the intermittent Canadian CG weather stations on 2598 & 2749. It would
be a great place to alleviate the packed MWBC range 530-1710 kHz! It`s
remarkable how seldom one hears any US harmonix from there.

But I keep bandscanning almost every night, and still detect an AM
carrier always offset plus from 2940 --- previously identified, and no
doubt still, the second harmonic of 5 kW 1470, Radio Huellas, Cali; or
rather the fundamental must be 1470.018. The harmonic is a bit
stronger than usual tonight but no match for the heavy storm noise
level (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13575, 13637, 13764, 13828, 13892 approx., March 27 at 1406,
FM/AM spurblobs with F# tones out of RHC 13700, this time multiples of
about 63-64 kHz. First noted on 13637 at S9+10. Other fundamental,
unrelated 13780, is still on at S9+30 but undermodulated. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, March 27 at 0547, JBA carrier, almost gone
by 0605. Presumed RNGE Bata reactivated after more than three months,
last heard by Manuel Méhdez, Spain on December 21. Tnx to tip from Ron
Howard via the WOR iogroup:

``Hi Manuel, March 26 - Checking 5005, from 0548+; heard a definite
signal; assume RNGE/R. Bata on the air again; sounded to be in Spanish
and some music; very poor reception. Wish I had caught this earlier,
when they might have had better reception. Perhaps you can check on
this and give us a definite confirmation? Thank you for all the
reports you have provided in the past regarding this station! Most
helpful. Ron California``, WORLD OF RADIO 2027

Its old schedule was roughly *0515/1700*. Manuel replies:

``GUINEA ECUATORIAL, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 0530-0555, 27-03.
Thank you very much to Ron Howard for the yesterday news about the
reactivation of this station. Today here in Lugo only carrier
detected. Unfortunately I can't check it from Friol where conditions
are better than in Lugo. Via SDR remote receivers in Pardinho, Brazil
and in Central Europe, only carrier detected as in Lugo. We will
continue checking next days. Best 73,s`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PUERTO RICO [non]. 18160-USB, March 27 at 2120, one signal is
propagating on this band, Spanish with deep fades, IDs as KP4AKB
without fonetix and eventually with, so certain. At 2124 he`s working
unheard WB7JB in Washington state; gives name as Edwin, in Columbus
OH. Huh? Prop from PR would be unexpected, way above F2 MUF, and too
far for sporadic E unless double-hop, also a rarity. Explained at

https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kp4akb ---

``KP4AKB USA flag EDWIN RIOS, COLUMBUS, OH 43220-4120 USA

My call is KP4AKB/W8 --- I was first licensed as a novice and my call
was WP4AKB in Ponce, Puerto Rico. That license expired after 1 year.
After obtaining my General Class in 1957 my call changed from "W" to
"K". In 1962 I came to Dayton, Ohio to study. Since then I have
operated as Portable W8. The FCC no longer requires US stations sign
as "portable". That is why my call appears as "KP4". Nowadays the
number and prefix may not relate to where the station is located. I
hope this clears up any confusion as to where I am located. Ed Rios
Columbus, OH USA

[caption] Antenna at KP4AKB. US Tower 55 ft with a 17 ft mast. Top
antenna is a 40m EAntenna 3 ele with a modified 4 ele SteppIR on a 24
ft boom just below. Transceiver is a Icom 7800 driving a Tokyo
Hi-Power 2.5Kfx``

And CLUBLOG displayed on his page axually shows the station I heard
him working, WB7JB. So this must be a short single-hop sporadic E
opening from OH to OK, correlating with the WJHR log a few minutes
earlier; tho I did not get around to checking the DX MAP Es MUF (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Friday March 27 at 2100 after YDD runup, VOA News,
the anchor ``reporting by remote``, with AP and Reuters voicers; 2102
already optional cutaway for all those affiliates believing that two
minutes of news is plenty! 3 minutes more for the rest of us until
2105 `Music Time in Africa` starts. Heather is as Hyper as ever, but
admits she is producing from ``portable home studio``, causing format
changes, but one could not tell the difference. She mentions Corona
Virus and later reports on how it has messed up music tours, such as
someone who had to try three different air carriers to get back from
Europe to Bamako, buying a ticket on one after another (no refunds?).
So at least we know this is new, not another repeat from November.

I make a point of listening to most of it, since it`s our last chance
until B-20 --- maybe --- as for A-20 this Grimesland reverse
supersignal is abandoned, back to Botswana on 15580 during this hour.
And this airing is still unknown to Heather herself, or some other
announcer promoting MTIA times, even webcasts! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2027 monitoring: confirmed first
USSWBC, Friday March 27 at 2200 on WRMI 9955; at first battling the
jamming but soon overcoming, fading up while jam fades down or away,
so almost 100% readable on fair signal. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to SSE, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [new, unconfirmed] to SSE

{I hope to be sound asleep at 1130, so could anyone awake please
confirm this on 9955 direct, via remote, or at least webcast? Tnx}

1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE {I may also still doze}
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, new 5800 March 23 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. (5130), UT Sat March 28 at 0000-0100, I partially listen to
WBCQ webcast during AAAWWW --- it`s little but a monolog by Allan
talking about CV and trying to sound optimistic, no news about WBCQ
technical or programmation. 0100 into ``Tie me kangaroo down, sport``,
which is quite an improvement over Hal Turner had I been on the 7490
stream. 0104 into some Latin music, Pérez Prado? but what program is
this? 0107: `Zombo`s Record Party`, into an interview. But sked shows
`Matt Boland Presents` ?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555-USB, March 27 at 2104, good signal from WJHR gospel
huxter, peaking S7; HF sporadic E enhancement? No such improvement
from extremely more powerful neighbor 15610 WEWN, JBA S3-S5. Have not
logged WJHR since January 9! Has it been off and/or just not
propagating with its peanut-power? This is the perfect excuse for me
to quote, just in from Terry Krueger, now living near to WJHR:

``All times/dates GMT, Niceville, FL (except mobile logs)
IC-R75, NRD-535, ICF-7600GR, active loop, random wire

15555 usb. FLORIDA. WJHR, Milton. 1515 3/13/20. Ventured to Milton,
specifically to 5920 Oak Manor Drive this day. A drive into a very
rural, "private property" series of narrow roads with
heavily-forested, large property homes. Got to the driveway of the
large house where WJHR is. The antenna wasn't even visible due to the
massive long-leaf pines and live oak trees. From the distance, the
garage doors were open, so someone (George S. Mock?) was presumably
home. Yet, we did not proceed. This looked like a place where you'd be
met by shotgun blasts and a series of attack dogs unleashed.

Earlier in the week, I called the phone number listed in the WRTH 2020
to inquire about visiting. It dropped to a fax. Then I emailed the
address listed. No reply. Shocker! So, that's about as far as we got
in an attempt to visit WJHR. And absolutely not on the air at just
after 1400 GMT check when back in downtown Milton. But a recheck at
1515, there it was! However, a very, very poor signal. You'd think at
this proximity, the signal would not be skipping over this much
despite their actual low power (and something remotely groundwave).
Yet, not. See: https://transition.fcc.gov/ib/sand/neg/hf_web/WJHR.txt
Suspect the FCC to date never visited this one. And never will``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Another tropo TVDX opening on March 27. I start checking at
1508 UT and find some signals from both Tulsa and Wichita markets are
decoding. There is a Level 5-strong blob over the SE corner of KS, but
Enid is again on the edge of Level 1.

RF 31, 31-1 KDCU-DT, Derby (Wichita) KS, Univision is solid along with
the subs 31-2 thru 31-5 as described yesterday. Tropo usually fades
away by noon, but this megawatt must be in a pipeline/duct to here.
Checking around 2200 UT, it`s even making it on rabbit ears via my
alternative TV and STB! And still past 2400. Altho PSIP still reads
Escape on 31-3, bug in LR the past hours has been MYSTERY, and
full-screen net ID shows MYSTERY as a subset of COURT! Yet by 2100 UT,
Hepburn map predixions showed NO tropo between here and Kansas.

Back at 1510, via the main rooftop antenna, BAD signals on: 9, 10, 11,
13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, some
of which are just OKC ruined by DX QRM.

RF 45, 6-1, KOTV Tulsa is in solid again

RF 12, 33-1, KSCW-DT again from Wichita

At 1654, RF 20, 19-1, KQCW-HD. Muskogee (Tulsa market), 550 kW with CP
to almost double power and tower HAAT, from site unknown, different?

And RF 28, 44-1 ION the only ID but we know it`s KTPX-TV Okmulgee
(Tulsa), megawatt

At 1656, BAD signal on RF 6 --- that takes some doing via my
highband/UHF only antenna for channels 7 and up! Per W9WI.com, the
ONLY ch 6 of any type or power in OK or KS is: KBSD-DT, Ensign KS
(Dodge City), the 31 kW ERP satellite of KWCH Wichita CBS, having
managed to retain its old analog channel. Note, this is in SW KS, not
the tropo epicenter of SE KS; and off the back of my antennas.

RF 9, another BAD. W9WI.com shows absolutely NO 9s of any power or
type in OK or KS (what became of the ``Enid`` LP CP axually in OKC?).
One in AR: 3 kW in Fort Smith.

My other antenna which is all-channel, is generally out of use with
broken VHF and reflector elements; is also half as high as the other
one, barely clearing roof level. But I energize it and its amp again
to compare: it is not getting anything on RF 6, but:

At 1702, RF 22, 23-1 KOKI-TV Tulsa, Fox with noon news unlike OKC`s;
23-2 MeTV; 23-3 EscapeT --- yes, looking very closely, the PSIP ends
with a capital T, not a !

RF 34, 41-1 KMYT-TV Tulsa with My, 41-2 GetTV, 41-3 GritTV, 41-4 HNI.
The STB confusingly mixes in my local virtual 41, K17JN-D, the 3ABN
satellator for which 41 never had anything to do with Enid, but rather
its flagship? station in far Ardmore! Those 41s go all the way to -9,
some of which are Audio-only.

RF 36, 17-1 TBN-HD, 17-2 Hillsong, 17-3 SMILE [kids], 17-4 Enlace
[Spanish], 17-5 POSITIV. This has to be megawatt KDOR-TV Bartlesville
OK, originally on NTSC and DTV 17, now repacked so at least no longer
can QRM Enid`s only station. W9WI.com has a different lineup for this
TBN and presumably the others: 17.3 JUCE, 17.5 Salsa (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0113 UT March 28

** CUBA. 13633 & 13767 approx., March 26 at 1449, weak spurblobs with
F# tone out of RHC 13700-AM. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11850, March 27 at 0007, RHC is S9+20 and just barely
modulated in Spanish; with flanking 11840 & 11860 JBA spurcarriers.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** FRANCE. 7295, March 26 at 0559, S9+10 of African music, 0600 RFI
opening in Hausa; direct from Issoudun, so good way over here
off-target. Compensates for no Nigeria on 7255-? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.0, March 26 at 2354, no signal from XEPPM, nor on
6185.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NIGERIA. 7254.9, March 26 at 0600, no signal from VON.

11769.96, March 26 at 1509, JBA carrier maybe the other offset VON
frequency, usually stronger thru midday but never enough for
listening; thought maybe VON would also be off here. I also have a
carrier on 11771.0, perhaps birdie (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Warmup provokes tropo TVDX opening morning of
March 26: see USA, Oklahoma included with TX, LA, KS (gh)

** U S A [and non]. WOR 2027 is available as of 0122 UT Fri March 27
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2027.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2027.mp3

Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.

WORLD OF RADIO 2027 contents: Argentina non, Australia, Bougainville,
Bulgaria, Canada, *China, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Europe, Germany
non, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy non, Korea North & South,
Kyrgyzstan, Monaco and non, Netherlands non, North America, Oklahoma,
Philippines, *Romania, *Russia, Sa`udi Arabia, Taiwan non, UK, USA,
*Vanuatu, *Vatican/IRDR, unidentified; propagation outlook
* = with A20 sked info

The shortwave broadcasts should be:

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 [maybe jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to SSE, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 [new, unconfirmed] to SSE
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 [canceled March 22]
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130.5 Monday WRMI 9395 to NNW, new 5800 March 23 to SSE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? [ex-1900] to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Survey of what`s really on WRMIs, UT Fri Mar 27, 01-03:

0100:
5800, Alameda robobibling in Spanish
5850, Alameda robobibling in English // 5010
7780, VORW
9395, RAE olde English from 0100.5 after BZ ID
9455, OFF!
9955, some music, praise in Spanish?

0130: unknown, not checked

0215:
5010 // 7780 // 9395, R. Prague in English
5800, off
5850, VORW
5950, SMTV music
9455, Oldies(?)
9955, R. Prague in Spanish, pulse jamming

0230:
5010, cuts off at this time
7780, Ukraine, Reading Lounge continues fairy tale; now S9+10. At 0215
it was JBA
9395, Oldies? rock concert with applause, S9+10
9455, different music, Love3 by Beatles, so this is Oldies?
9955, Slovakia in Spanish, pulse jamming
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Re my off-frequency 1539.96 log of KGBC Galveston, the one
with classic rock? Stephen Luce, Houston TX replies: ``Glenn,
regarding what you are hearing on 1540: KGBC is currently running
music fill, having lost its latest Spanish language religion paid
programming client. They are promoting something called "Edge Radio"
that is "coming soon." Music genres being played are all over the
place, but I am pretty sure it was KGBC you heard mixing with KXEL``
(Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 2027)

** U S A. Enid supposed to hit 85 degrees heat wave March 26 but only
made it to 77 at Woodring in the afternoon. By 10 am = 15 UT it`s 60,
but humid with considerable regional tropo; as often, we are at the
edge of level 1 enhancement, but rises to level 4-5 around Shreveport.
On my antenna aimed about SE I start bandscannng at 1510:

RF 45, KOTV ``6`` Tulsa *still* hasn`t repacked, in solid at 1510 on
6-1 CBS Price Is Right, along with 6-2 KQCW-SD, 6-3 NewsOn6.

At 1515, BAD DX signals not enough to decode: 35, 31, 28, 22, 21, 14,
12, 10, 9 --- and OKC signals also BAD due to DX QRM or QRP: 24, 23,
19, 18, 17=Enid, 16, 15, 13!

At 1521, RF 32, 21-1 KPXJ-HD with Judge Jerry; 21-2 KPXJ-ME, 21-3
KPXJ-MO, 21-4 KPXJ-AN, standing for MeTV, Movies, AntennaTV. 21-3 also
has a LR bug that looks like NOIR. KPXJ is 1000 kW from Minden LA,
east of Shreveport in that market. If really in Minden, 370 miles from
here

RF 26, 6-1 KTAL-DT, NBC, Shreveport-Texarkana; call originally stood
for TALlest tower for a while midway in Vivian LA, 329 miles from
here, which under current conditions is real DX. Marginal briefly, no
chance to explore its subs. No sign of KTEN Ada OK in the way, maybe
already repacked away from 26.

RF 22, 22-1 HSN1 -- only match is merely KTOU-LD, 15 kW in OKC, which
takes tropo to visiblize here.

RF 20, 19-1 KQCW-HD, unlike only SD on KOTV RF 45, 6-2

RF 11, 11-1, OETA-HD, i.e. KOED Tulsa with the same subs at 13 KETA

At 1638, now from the north: RF 26, 24-1, Fox, i.e. KSAS Wichita KS;
This popped in still tuned to 26 after KTAL gone. Better at 1719 check
along with 24-2 TBD; 24-3 Comet.

At 1720, RF 31, 31-1 KDCU-DT, Derby KS (Wichita) Univision, along
with: 31-2 Grit, 31-3 Escape, 31-4 Laff, 31-5 Court. Contrary to
W9WI.com which shows 31 KDCU as 46-1 Univision, 46-2 UniMas, only

RF 12, 33-1 KSCW-DT, 33-2 Decades, 33-3 Antenna, 33-4 StarTV. That`s
Wichita KS. W9WI.com has this on RF 12 with 36-1 CW only

RF 35, 36-1 MyTV, 36-2 Stadium, 36-3 Charge!, 36-4 Dabl --- this is
KMTW Hutchinson KS. NOT as in W9WI.com: 36-2 Zuus Country, 36-3 GetTV

At 1726, another survey of BAD signals: 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 23, 24

RF 10, KAKE-DT PSIP ID on both 10-1 & 10-2 with MeTV bug LR. Wichita
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, March 27 at
0050-0056, not in the order tuned: 576, 612, 621, 684+, 747, 774(2),
837, 891*, 1044, 1053, 1215, 1305(2), 1422, 1575. *891 strongest.

Also, 837 has a slow beat of 72/minute = 1.2 Hz. There are high-powers
in Iran, Ethiopia, Eritrea, but more likely low-powers in Canary
Islands/Spain, but no mwoffset matches (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 711 kHz, March 26 at 0615 UT, carrier still here beating
against 710 stations, and itself again with a 192/minute = 3.2 Hz SAH
as heard at 0032. Presumed one of the seven Radio Rebelde, CUBA
transmitters; if exactly 711.000, which TA could be 3.2 Hz away? A
near-match at mwoffsets, 3.0 Hz below: ``710.9970 AOE SNRT Al Idaâ Al
Amazighia (Laâyoune=El Aaiún) 24h 2018-02-16`` --- a.k.a. MOROCCO; not
sure why still abbr`d AOE, meaning Spanish West Africa? That place is
axually in occupied WESTERN SAHARA right across from Canary Islands.

711, March 27 at 0047 UT sunset check, the hetty carrier is still
there for the third night (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0517 UT March 27