** ALBANIA [non]. 5800, March 18 at 0130, WRMI starts Radio Tirana IS,
usual canned opening by Klara that ``you can hear us only on
internet``, yeah right; then I find also on // 9395 after Argentina,
q.v., concluded. Mixup in System feeds? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15475.97-CUSB, March 17 by 1904, no signal from
LRA36; they had told Manuel Méndez, Spain of a special `Corazón
Antártico` show at 1900 today. Not only no signal here but via several
SDRs checked; not could anyone else hear it. Then Manuel agrees it was
a no show but he heard it on webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 9395, UT Wed March 18 at 0124, RAE English via
WRMI, concluding Ten Argentines who became world-famous, with Daniel
Barenboim, as the finale of Beethoven`s Ninth is playing, then
applause. 0125 into multi-lingual RAE ID reel; S9+20 while some nights
it`s JBA. 0130 into Radio Tirana which is also on unscheduled 5800
which before 0130 was testing TAIWAN, q.v; see also ALBANIA [non].

As for RAE in Spanish, skedgrid updated March 8 now shows half an hour
of it at 0130 on 9395 --- where we just heard Albania following RAE in
English; and a full hour at 0100 on 5800 --- not, either! Where we
just heard Taiwan and Albania (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, March 17 at 1529, RHC S9+20, distorted and hummy as
usual. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370, March 17 at 1936, RHC S9/+10 of dead air except for
some hum. Wiggle that patchcord. Something`s always wrong at RHC.
Recheck at 2114, now in Spanish, big hum still at S9+35 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, March 17 at 2300, RHC starting English // much weaker
5040; as they now seem certain (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6145, March 18 at 0024, S9+20 of dead air from RHC -- so are
they attempting to start English at 0000? But at 0026, 6000 is JBM in
Spanish // much stronger 6060. Something`s always wrong at RHC. At
0129, both 6145 and 6000 feature Arnie Coro and both undermodulated so
impossible to make out what he is mumbling (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. 7295, March 17 at 1800 via UTwente SDR, IRRS VG signal
but intolerable CCI from Iran which was already here until 1820v. I
was going to listen to a bit of `War Room Pandemic` with an abundance
of skepticism since Steve Bannon is behind it (his voice?).

Check again concluding at 1850 saying second hour is coming up --- but
not here:

7290, March 17 at 1900, abrupt frequency jump amid IRRS ID, to avoid
CRI on 7295, and into EGR gospel huxter from a town called Cuba, no
more WRP (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [non]. 7450, March 17 at 0542, poor in high noise level,
S6-S7; in French thought I heard a Voix de l`Amérique ID, but
scheduled as NHK World Radio Japon, 0530-0600, 500 kW, 190 degrees via
Issoudun, FRANCE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 11640, March 17 at 2117 VP S1-S3 M&W conversation in English.
It`s a rare half-hour transmission from CRI at 2100-2130, 100 kW, 111
degrees away from Bamako (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.00, March 18 at 0021, XEPPM S9/+10 carrier, maybe JBM,
XEPPM back on frequency after stuck on 6185.7v equally useless for
several days altho I did not keep logging them (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 341-MCW kHz, March 17 at 1517 UT, no signal
from my only local ND beacon, EI at Woodring Airport; it goes and
comes. I strain vs high noise level and there seems to be a trace of
another, most likely OIN in Oberlin KS; both 25 watts. Had not been
hearing EI either for a couple of nights; at best it`s always much
weaker than constant day & night 515-MCW kHz, PN in out-of-town Ponca
City, despite also nominally 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.3 WBFM, March 16 circa 2230 UT, K202BY Enid is back on
after off a few days, with KJIL IDs, its new translator primary, and
again blocking not only 88.3 stations but 88.1 KWOU, and my RF feeders
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAO TOME. 13590.059V, March 17 at 1944, very weak talk, S5-S6,
language uncertain; carrier is wavering slightly as I measure it.
Scheduled is VOA via Pinheira, 19-20 UT in English. Yes, one of the
USAGM sites with broken frequency control (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, March 17 at 0121, Chinese lesson for Spanish,
practicing tones, so it`s the last of three RTI experiments via WRMI.
At 0130, 5800 goes into Radio Tirana // 9395; maybe a System switching
anomaly? See ALBANIA [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 17 at 2300, no signal from VOT English to us,
another day AWOL; or late maybe; did not recheck later (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5896.5-USB, March 18 at 0028, ``Region 6 SHARES net`` headed
by NCS 307 and stronger NCS 387; 0031 contact from even stronger
AFA6AG [fonetik] vs storm noise crashes. Fortunately no broadcasters
on 5890, 5895 or 5900 now. Who and where is AFA6AG? MARS IDs seem
well-concealed: no significant hits on web search, but lots of crazy
stuff including Latin.

Search of UDXF iog gets a few hits, this being latest:

``5896.5 (USB) SHARES night primary / Coordination Nets
FEMA joint amateur/government (digital) 5378.0 (ALE) FEMA 5402.0 (ALE)
FEMA 5403.5 (USB) FEMA Regions 1-4, 6; MERS Maynard, Thomasville,
Denton 5732.0 (ALE) COTHEN 5821.0 (ALE) FEMA 5896.5
By Utility World (Hugh Stegman) · #88956 · 09/01/19``

My previous log of this: ``5896.5-USB, UT Wednesday April 18, 2018, at
0008, MARS net headed by NCS387 with much weaker contacts AFA6AG and
AFA6TG. I wonder if FCC ordered WWCR off 5890 because of this, besides
their {temporarily! gh, 2020} banning Brother HyStairical with no
replacement; so could it resume that frequency if it wanted to?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13963.5-USB, March 17 at 1523, intermittent contacts, JBA,
involving BX, 1525 stronger 2AO, Tango, whether 030 be copied? Calls
fonetik, anyway. Correlates with this recent UDXF iog log:

``13963.5 HIGH CARD TANGO (US ARMY MARS Strategic Net) 1521 UTC ALE to
HIGH CARD GULF who passed MIL STD 110A to other stations but had tech
problems (31/01/20) (GWR) Gary W Russell, Central, IL`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. WRMI: see ALBANIA [non], ARGENTINA [non], TAIWAN [non]

** U S A. 9330, March 17 at 1532, WLCR via WBCQ is on today, unlike
yesterday morning, gospel huxter in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130, March 18 at 0035, surprised to find this WBCQ on early
with an AAAWWW replay of last week`s show where he reads a piece by an
anti-socialist young woman grad student; S9 but storm crashes from S/SW
of here hit S9+10. Then I find same on 7490.2, much stronger. At 0126,
5130 with presumed weekly UT Wed W5KUB ham show, discussing launching
$ 200 balloons (vs much stronger ham show on 5085 WTWW -- but W5KUB has
the advantage of mainly being a video webcast).

5130 is not sked to be on before 0100 with `Amateur Radio Roundtable`,
while 7490 at 00-01 is an Available Time Slot (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13785, March 17 at 1521-1522* gospel music, abruptly cut
off the air. What`s this? Nothing normally here. Saudi is scheduled
until 1400 and Oman after 1600, one or both probably imaginary.
Possibly WHRI test, which plans to use 13785 in A-20, Sundays only at
20-22 in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0443 UT March 18

** ARGENTINA [non]. Since WRMI 5800 has been running either Hal Turner
or Taiwan relay test, has RAE Spanish just been deleted at 0100 on
5800? Last UT Saturday I was surprised to hear Hal Turner on there //
9455. Whither RAE Spanish? Outdated sked has long shown 2200-2300 M-F
on 5010 System D. The transmission schedule shows 5010 not starting
until 2300, and indeed no signal here at 2200 & 2215 March 16. And the
Argentine DX bulletin Conexión Digital continues to publish every week
totally wrong info about their own RAE, including 6060 which was soon
replaced by 5800:

``ARGENTINA: RAE, Radiodifusión Argentina al Exterior:
HORA UTC KHZ DIAS
0100-0200 O-6060 23456
2200-2300 O-5010 12345``
Maybe another correxion like this will be noticed tho in English?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, 0036 UT March 17, WOR iogroup)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7480, March 17 at 0248, dulcet tones from Josiah of
anti-Christ pirate, Station YHWH, S9-S7; tnx to tip from Walt Salmaniw
on the WOR iog, noting the time as earlier than usual (could he be on
DST, i.e. not Arizona?); and also heard next hour by Rick Barton AZ,
who also reported him the night before on 7475 instead of 7470 instead
of 7480, so check them all (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5800, March 16 at 0059.5, WRMI ID by BZ after SMTV,
and instead of RAE Spanish relay repeat, 0100 into music, unseems the
publicized RTI relay test, but at 0102 I am hearing YL in Spanish with
Chinese accent, talking about Dia Mundial de la Radio which was back
on 13 febrero; S9+20/30. Soon mentions Radio Taiwán Internacional, so
that`s it with old program for test; includes music breaks and
sounders. 0129 RTI contact info; 0131 into some kind of music/fill.

The third series of relay tests, after two which went bust, is
supposed to be UT March 16-17-18: 0100 on 5800, 0200 on 5010, 2200 on
7780.

5010, March 16 at 0228 I barely tune in time to catch closing of RTI,
poor here, but guess what? It`s also on very poor 7780, and much
better 9395! (Just before WOR follows at 0230 on 7780.)

7780, March 16 at 2214, jazz music, 2221 RMI Spanish ID, more music.
Not RTI relay, maybe APS Radio as originally scheduled. However,RTI
did show here yesterday as Richard Langley, NB reported: ``Noted in
Spanish on my recording of yesterday (15 March) at 22:00 UTC on 7780
kHz instead of Voice of the Report of the Week``. That was a UT day
before the tests were supposed to start.

Let`s see what happen to these & other WRMI frequencies March 17-18.
See also ARGENTINA [non]. (Glenn Hauser, OK, 0036 UT March 17, WOR
iogroup)

And here`s what happens UT March 17: 5800, at 0100 WRMI starts Hal
Turner, who claims to have secret info about virus suppressed by
mainstream media; monitored via Colombia SDR, but at 0102 abrupt
switch to Spanish before HT can spill the beans. This proves to be the
RTI tests rather than RAE, as no Italian accent; they also about CV,
and sino-fobia, which surely affects Taiwanese too by the ignorant.
0112, RTI ID. At 0115 checking own receiver: both routes include a
squeal on the 5800 transmitter. 9455 at 0115 is still carrying Hal
Turner on his only nominal frequency.

At 0200, another scheduled test of RTI in Spanish via WRMI. Again on
three frequencies, not just one: 7780 good via UTwente; 5010 fair in
Colombia; 9395 good at Rockport (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2025 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
March 15 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, fair via UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 16 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10. But
9395 is playing something else until WOR start about 35 seconds late,
separate playout, good S9+10 but sounds better than 7780.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 16 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, fair. Also on
WRN webcast.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 16 at 0300 on Area 51 webcast; at 0327
also on WBCQ 5130, fair S9+10/20.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 16 at 0330 on WRMI webcast, and 9955 VG
S9/+10.

Also confirmed Monday March 16 from about 1900:40 on IRRS 7290 after
QSY from 7295, and a few seconds of FSN headlines. No CCI but heavy
ACI/splatter from 7295 and 7280 (not 7285); via UTwente SDR.

Also confirmed UT Tuesday March 17 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA in
Colombia but good at UTwente; and at 0115 check fair here. Next:

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. 5850 // >> 5010, March 17 at 0115, WRMIs Spanish
robobibling. See also ARGENTINA [non] and TAIWAN [non] (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, March 16 at 1555, NO signal from WLCR via WBCQ; what`s
wrong? A-20 registrations so maybe not yet in use, call for relays via
Woofferton, UK. After spending millions to build the 500 kW
``Super-station`` at WBCQ site, to cover the whole flat world, they
discover need for a relay closer to the Mideast! To convert all those
Egyptians to nihilism (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0447 UT March 17

** CANADA. 258-MCW kHz, March 15 at 0552, dash and ZSJ, which is a

1000-watt ND Beacon from Sandy Lake, Ontario, the only one on 258 per
dxinfocentre.com -- first time heard since Dec 28.

340-MCW kHz, March 15 at 0558, dash and YY, 500-watt NDB at Mont-Joli,
QC. See also UNIDENTIFIED 278 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13780, March 14 at 1343, RHC again here ex-13740 and // much
stronger 13700. By 1417, 13780 is still on with noisy dead air.

13756.580, March 14 at 1419, RHC spur VP. Not like the loud FM/AM
spurblobs sporadically out of 13700, rather clearly audible in AM mode
and precisely measurable with BFO; also is 56.58 kHz displaced, rather
than 66-70 kHz. I look for a match on the minus side and find a JBA
carrier on 13644.53, but calculated spot would be 13643.42 so maybe
that`s just a birdie. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370, March 14 at 2015, RHC S9+20 in distorted Brazuguese,
while 15140 is in French. Both these had been scheduled at 2100-2130,
so bumped one real hour earlier. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 17480, March 14 at 2247, 5-digit spy numbers alternating with
digibeepery, S1-S4 and nothing higher on the 17 or 18 MHz bands (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 6000, March 15 at 0543, RHC English JBM with crackle; 6060 VG
S9+10/20; 6100 S9+10 undermodulated; 6145 VP S7-S9; 5040 S9+10/20 and
distorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUAM. 12035, March 15 at 1456 VP music; thought it might be another
Turkey overrun past 1430, but KSDA is scheduled 1430-1500 in
Myanmarianese; VOT sandwiched between this and Kununurra in Hindi
before 1330. Much weaker than really TRT 11815v still on in Turkish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. This isn`t a log but wrapping up(?) discussion of postal
service here, following my log of 4055, Radio Truth announcing a
postal address, P O Box 5, Chiquimula. From Chuck Gessner, W3ON to the
WOR iogroup:

``Hi All, I sent an email to Dr. Madrid, the General Manager and
Director of Radio Verdad Guatemala yesterday, regarding postal mail to
and from Guatemala.

His comments were very interesting. Here is some of what he wrote.

`Here's how Postal Mail is in Guatemala: Private mail ceased
permanently, as they never got an agreement with the government.
The government is now operating to some extent the old official Post
Offices. The problem is that it is not operating fully. They are
operating on a partial way. We are not allowed to send any mail out,
but we may receive mail from other countries (very scarcely). I have
received several mail from the US and from Mexico, but not many. Mail
from other countries take much time to arrive, although they may
eventually get to us.

I have been checking for your registered mail you sent in January, but
is has not arrived yet. I was informed that we may send postal mail
within Guatemala already, but not to other countries. They have
announced several times that postal mail will start functioning
normally, but it hasn't happened yet.

Dr. Édgar Amílcar Madrid
General Manager and Director
Radio Truth
Chiquimula, Guatemala, C. A.`
------------------------------------

Glen[n], et al., In my perspective the best way to reach Radio Verdad
is via the 'radioverdad5@yahoo.com' email service. I do know that when
I asked for a QSL card for some monitoring a few months ago, he
responded via email, with email attachments. I had tried to send Radio
Verdad a donation via PayPal. But it was suspended at the time. I
don't know if that situation has been sorted out. I have also sent a
donation via U.S. Registered Mail in late January. As of this date in
mid March, Radio Verdad has not received it.

So, to say that regular postal mail is somewhat elusive, is not to
exaggerate. In my correspondence a while ago, I was going to try to
send a donation via some of those overseas banking systems, as it
appears that Radio Verdad can get monies that way. But my local bank
balked when I requested that. I suppose that one could send Radio
Verdad an email, and ask for guidance. To me, its such a shame that
the Guatemalan government doesn't have this straightened out as this
is a long time problem. I have read where one can use services such as
FedEx to send stuff to Guatemala. I have not tried that.

Anyway, that's what I know. I sure hope that gets straightened out.
Radio Verdad Guatemala does IMHO, very good work in its coverage area.
All you have to do is look at the Radio Verdad Guatemala YouTube
channel to see some of its activities. I believe there may be a link
to it on the Radio Verdad web page. 73 de Chuck W3ON`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** INDONESIA. 7165-LSB, March 14 at 1409, YD3BIH ham in contact and
foneticizing his call, so I can look it up for sure at QRZ.com:
``YD2BIH flag Indonesia AGUNG DWI SETYAWAN, KENDAL 51355, Indonesia``
Kendal is in Central Java. I was looking for special VI3RA in this
area of the 40m band, no luck (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT. 17550.550, March 14 at 2012, JBA carrier as I am trying to
hear the alleged 20-24 UT RK broadcast to C&W NAm in Arabic, contrary
to Propagation 101.

Last Sept 17 at 2121, I had an unID JBA carrier on 17550.6. While it
was propagating last summer, heard in August and June on 17550, not
offset; in May it had been offset-minus. However, Radio Kuwait often
aired off-frequencies by 0.6 or 0.7 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.3 WBFM, March 14 at 1721 UT, NO signal from K202BY,
even as we drive close by the site on a jaunt into the country west of
Enid. This was the original Family Radio satellator which crashed or
messed up the band for many months, then sold to translate 99.1 KJIL
Copeland KS, and came back on air Feb 1 with much improved signal --
new transmitter? in fact causing new ACI to 88.1 KWOU Woodward, and I
had to move my RF feeder frequencies somewhere else. May have been off
for a day or two but until now had seemed funxional with no problems.
Still off March 15 circa 1630 check.

BTW, via KWOU I heard GM Dick Pryor claim that thru its relays, KGOU
reaches 46 (of 77) OK counties. I wonder if he includes Garfield here
where the signal is so marginal. Absence of K202BY helps, especially
on the west side of Enid and/or with some tropo (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SCOTLAND [non]. 5850 // 5010, UT Sun Mar 15 at 0100, `Encore`
classical music from Radio Tumbril via WRMI succeeds this week, not
only on publicized 5850 but also on companion 5010; thisaway 5010 is
much weaker; at Bogotá KiwiSDR, 5010 is better but not very strong.

Next airing is to be the final one on WBCQ, UT Mon Mar 16 at 0000 on
7490.2v; and then at 0200 on WRMI 9455. Unfortunately this week`s
playlist is not up yet, rather last week`s for 07/3, at:
https://www.tumbril.co.uk/playlists
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SLOVENIA. 14275-USB, March 14 at 1427, CQ Contest over and over
from S57DX; see https://www.qrz.com/lookup/s57dx
``S57DXflag Slovenia, SLAVKO CELARC, OB IGRISCU 8, 1360 VRHNIKA,
Slovenia`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 12035, Sat Mar 14 at 1356-1403+, VOT English S8-S3 with
Turkish songs, a time when I was expecting to hear `Letterbox`.

5960, Sat Mar 14 at 2317, no signal from VOT English to us, another
no-show; so the Mighty farty KBC should have no worries this week from
5960 after 0000. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) See also GUAM

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2025 monitoring: 15770, Sat Mar 14
at 1340 I awaken to a JBA carrier from WRMI, so was probably also on
at 1300 for WOR. Yes, Ivo Ivanov reports from Bulgaria with clips of
the first and last parts; but did it join 3 minutes late after BS?:

Weak/fair signal of World of Radio #2025 and Shortwave Radiogram #143,
March 14

https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2020/03/world-of-radio2025-and-shortwave.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uUhYmGpgt0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OEkzsEfy0

``1200-1303 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Brother
HySTAIRical TOM and
1303-1330 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat World of
Radio#2025 and
1330-1400 on 15770 RMI 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English Sat Shortwave
Radiogram#143``

Also confirmed UT Sunday March 15 starting at 0330 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM,
Wentzville MO, sufficient at Peoria IL KiwiSDR, VG direct to here
S9+20/30 but with storm crashes from NE Texas. Next:

2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
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
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 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. 5085, March 15 at 0546 tune-in, just in time to hear some
dead air and turn off the air. WTWW-2 closings are extremely variable.
Earlier I found 5830 WTWW-1 on air weakly but it too off now (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 278-MCW kHz, March 15 at 0554 UT, beacon ND with long
dash, implying Canadian; no such listing at DXinfocentre.com and
classaxe.com --- miskeyed? Difficult copy amid lightning crashes from
NE Texas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 7473-7497 approx., March 15 at 0537, OTH radar pulsing
over almost 25-kHz range, Russian? Would bother 7490v WBCQ if on
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1953 UT March 15

** GUATEMALA [and non]. 4055, continuing postal discussion:

Vince Ferme, Ottawa ON, replies: ``I remember when this was announced.
It likely went to the UPU as well. In this case, any competent postal
service would not accept this piece of mail.

Now, check the following links, nothing newer, so the current
situation is anybody's guess:

https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/announcements/details.page?article=2017/10/05/guatemala&cattype=announcements&cat=updates

https://www.canadapost.ca/web/en/blogs/announcements/details.page?article=2018/11/06/mail_and_parcel_serv&cattype=announcements&cat=updates

Service on paper does not mean service in reality. The mailbags may
all be ending in a paper recycling facility in Guatemala City.
Regards, Vince, Ottawa, ON``

And from Leonardo Santiago, Mérida, Venezuela:

Hi Glenn, in a previous contact with Dr. Madrid at the end of 2019, he
told me the same thing; they cannot send out any postal correspondence
due to the lack of postal services in Guatemala since about a couple
of years (as far as I can remember). In fact, he sent me a scanned QSL
card instead of a printed one along various e-souvenirs for an
e-report on Radio Truth.

You also asked if there was another country in the world with a
similar situation, and I wanted to add my country. Venezuela is facing
a similar problem with the national public postal service known as
IPOSTEL, standing for Instituto Postal Telegráfico.

It happens that they are unable to send letters and packages out, but
they are handing out what enters to the country only. According to
them, it is due to the lack of transport, car parts and lack of
gasoline (this is what they have told me in my recent visits to the
local post office).

Notwithstanding, although dxer Jorge Medina in Punto Fijo, Falcon,
told me that he was receiving some QSLs in November last year, I sadly
say that I personally haven't received anything yet, although many
QSLs and packages were announced to me via e-mail even since June the
2019.

So, just in case somebody is reporting a radio station from Venezuela
attempting a QSL verification, my recommendation is to add his e-mail
address or WhatsApp contact for a more probable answer, although many
stations can be contacted via FB or e-mail. 73s, Leonardo Santiago,
Mérida, Venezuela``

Also, some extraneous punxuation dysfunxionalized URLs in Ron Howard`s
previous report; fixed:

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/guatemala/post

US Postal Service website currently shows service to Guatemala.
https://postcalc.usps.com/

Online I noted: "Effective April 6, 2019, the U.S. Postal Service™
restored mail service to Guatemala."
http://accessworldwide.net/2019/04/25/mail-services-to-guatemala-resumes/

Please do not attach any punxuation, like () or periods, to URLs
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2025 monitoring: confirmed 0130 UT
Saturday March 14 on WRMIs: 5010 fair as I am listening to Bogotá
remote; 7780 sufficiently fair via UTwente SDR; Direct: 5850 VG S9+20,
7780 JBA, 5010 VP S9 in noise. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
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 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
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
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 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. 7490.20V down to 7490.19V to 7490.18V during the hour, 2358
UT Friday March 13 to 0100 UT Saturday March 14, WBCQ at first closing
by the FKB gospel-huxter referring us to his further broadcasts,
Saturday 9-9:30 pm on WINB 9625 [sic], and 8-9 pm [zone?] on WWRB
3215. This is the guy who phones in his show in real time.

5130 never comes on tonight, but I am listening to 7490V direct on SW,
not webcast. At 0000 except for a few beeps, dead air until 0102:35
join in progress the end of ``William Tell Overture`` theme with time
for only one final interjexion, ``pot roast``, on `Allan and Angela
Weiner Worldwide`. He starts wondering how long they`ve been ``off the
air``. Referring to preceding gap, or ``has it been 3 months since the
last live show?`` Says interrupted hiatus because of ``craziness``,
i.e. run on toilet paper, on and on about that.

It`s God`s will to unfurl these particles visible only through an
electron microscope. ``God help us if we had any other president.``
He`s already been taking calls including annoying Freddie. ``It`s hot
in Florida; Angela likes to go around half-nekkid all the time.``
Finally at 0030 confirms it`s the 13th of March, YOOL 2020. Reads an
opinion piece by an anti-socialist college student who thinks the
Mainstream Media are brainwashing younger generation, until 0043. 0058
benedixion thanking God for something, again cut off incomplete at
0059:45, no Amen, by automation switch to canned ID and into Hal
Turner show right on time 0100. [see also WRMI: 5800]

Here`s John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's AAWWW --- show started a bit
over two minutes late this evening on 7490. There was no signal on
5130. Allan and Angela in the studio in Fla. Says they decided to do a
show because of all the craziness in the world. Opens with talk of the
Corona Virus and the shortage of toilet paper. Phone call at 0006 from
the April Time Lady which generates more toilet paper talk. Phone call
at 0011 from Freddie and more toilet paper talk.

Then a serious talk about the virus and other Corona types. Stressed
that the manufacture of medicines should be brought back to the US
instead of overseas. Long reading of an inspirational paper forwarded
to the station.

We are reassured several times that WBCQ will continue on for us no
matter what happens. Several spot checks during the first forty-five
minutes of the program never found a signal on 5130. Allan did say
that in the near future 6160 and 3265 would be returning to the air
with programming. Reading of emails at 0055. Closing prayer at 0058.
Program was off the air at 0100 in the middle of the closing prayer.
Other than the mention of 6160 and 3265 there was no station info this
evening. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, UT Sat Mar 14 at 0100, this WRMI is starting `Hal
Turner` show // much stronger 9455, and also // WBCQ 7490v, but thus
abolishing RAE relay in Spanish. No, it was not shifted to the
previous hour as SMTV was still on 5800 past 0000. Is it somewhere
else on schedule now? The transmission grid still shows RAE [Spanish]
at 0100 on 5800 from System H; but the H grid only shows Alameda and
Wavescan. It does show RAE Spanish at 22-23 M-F on System D 5010: I
have assumed this was long outdated info but have not deconfirmed it
lately. Note that in previous report, Taiwan is scheduled to
experiment with Spanish on WRMI 5800, at 0100-0130 UT March 16-17-18.

9395, UT Sat Mar 14 at 0110, I`m trying to tell whether Argentina in
English is now here one hour earlier, but direct and via numerous
remotes tried, just too weak to be sure. And why is this so much
weaker than Turner on 9455 if both are on same azimuth 355; not same
powers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0355 UT March 14

** COLOMBIA. 6010, March 13 after 2200 & 2300 check, no signal from
HJDH to Bogotá KiwiSDR. Not heard since test? UT March 10 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, still off the air March 13 at 2120 & 2155, but *2200
RHC on weakly direct in French. Via Bogotá KiwiSDR, in Portuguese
before 2300, 2300 switch to English, first item about someone killed
near the RHC studios. Sufficient but not super reception, while //
5040 is not making it there at all. Somethng`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUATEMALA. Re TGAV announcing a postal address on 4055: So I wonder
what happen if a North American send p-mail to P O Box 5. Is it
intercepted and returned before it go there? Or just vanish, along
with any r.p. enclosed. Someone must have tried it, perhaps unaware of
the ban.

Is there any other country in the world which has dispensed with
postal service??

Harold Sellers, Vernon BC, Canada replies: ``I was in Guatemala in
January. The people there told me that there has been no postal
service for a number of years. If important documents have to come in
or go out of the country, private courier companies must be used.``

And Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA replies on the WOR iog:

Hi Glenn, Curious situation with Guatemala mail. Found this online:

"The privatised Guatemalan postal service is currently suspended, due
to a years-long contract dispute with the government. For the time
being, the only option for sending or receiving mail / packages is
through an international courier. FedEx, UPS and DHL all operate in
Guatemala."
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/guatemala/post.

US Postal Service website currently shows service to Guatemala.
https://postcalc.usps.com/

Online I noted: "Effective April 6, 2019, the U.S. Postal Service™
restored mail service to Guatemala."

http://accessworldwide.net/2019/04/25/mail-services-to-guatemala-resumes/.

Ron, California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN. 774, March 13 at 1157 I`m awake so hasten to check out some
TP carriers -- NHK has some audio here, heralded by the ToH TS chime
prolonged at 1200. See UNIDENTIFIED for what else (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** MEXICO. 650, March 13 at 1229 some Mexican music mostly atop WSM,
1230 into choral NA, 1232 Radio 65 jingle and opening `Buenos Dias,
Yarderos`, signature wake-up show. Not a bigsig, but glad still to
hear XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, which really gets out; no other XEs
heard now in the 540-730 range. LSR here: 1244 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TAIWAN [non]. 7430, March 13 after 0100, no signal from the
publicized RTI Spanish test via unknown site. Via Nino Marabello, a
third series of tests has been scheduled, all these frequencies
obviously WRMI, so should be fulfilled:

``Estimado oyente, Las anteriores pruebas de frecuencia por la onda
corta de la sección española de Radio Taiwán Internacional no fueron
exitosas, por lo que realizaremos nuevas pruebas por 3 días, entre
lunes 16 y miércoles 18 de marzo de 2020.
Destinos: Sudamérica 16 al 18 de marzo 01:00-01:30 UTC 5800 kHz;
Centroamérica y Cuba 16 al 18 de marzo 02:00-02:30 UTC 5010 kHz;
España 16 al 18 de marzo 22:00-22:30 7780 kHz.``

5800 at 0100?? Won`t that pre-empt Argentina in Spanish, or has that
been moved? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2025 monitoring: confirmed Friday
March 13 at new time of 2200 UT, first American SWBC, fair-good S9/+10
on WRMI 9955 -- just a trace of pulse jamming at first, not later.
About the same quality via Bogotá KiwiSDR. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S, 7780 to NE
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
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 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
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
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? 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. 9330, March 13 at 1825, WLCR via WBCQ is off, still off
1905, but on with Arabic at 2006. Why the lapses? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, March 13 from 1200
after hearing the NHK chime timesignal at 1200 on 774; on the DX-398
with DF where obvious: 702, 693-NW, 666, 594-NW, 567 kHz.

702, at 1209 a slow SAH, one from WSW; also until 1215: 747-NW, 792,
828, 882-WSW, 972, 1035, 1125-WSW, 1297(2), 1512 kHz.

Then I switch to the R75 with E-W longwire, so no DFing, 1219-1229 UT:
657(2), 828, 1035, 1242, 1422, 1521; 558, 567, 594, 693, 729, 747(2),
711. Enid LSR: 1244 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2321 UT March 13