** CANADA. 218 kHz, March 4 at 0725 UT, ND beacon dash and RL, which
is 975 watts from Red Lake, Ontario. Strangely enough I was tuned to
219-USB. Amid storm noise crashes (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. Glad to see that following my complaint, EiBi does now list
China via Cuba on 11980 as harm[onic] at 23-01. But searching entire
file, no others yet from this or any other country. See also VIETNAM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, March 4 at 0536, RHC is off already rather than running
until 07 or sometimes even later; but 5025 Rebelde is on. Others: 6060
now in Spanish instead of English; 6145, 6100 and 6000 in English for
now. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, March 4 at 1518, RHC is again S9+10 of dead air, or
JBM, while 13700 is S9+20 of good modulation and fails to produce any
spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 4 at 0341 UT, KOKC is off, tnx to
tip from Paul Walker; thought this might clear for longtime cheater
KOLM in MN, but no sign of it now, rather a heavy jumble of much
weaker signals. Paul said it would be only briefly for some tower
maintenance. By 0343 I am hearing a weak talkshow with YL host,
roughly NW/SE and gradually fading in stronger. This is apparently
KOKC on again already, in `The Dana Show` as scheduled. Maybe they
were axually turning the power level up. Paul also said it came back
but went off again, after I quit (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PERU. 5980, March 3 at 2350, JBA carrier from Radio Chaski under
Cuban jamming against nothing else, until autocutoff at 2352:11.5*,
which is 16 seconds earlier than last check Feb 24 until 2352:27.5*
which was 8 days ago, or averaging exactly 2.0 seconds per noctem,
which as I previously calculated was the long-term average as well.

If their timer is not reset (originally for 2400*?), by March 29, 26
days from now, will be 52 seconds earlier, or 2351:19.5*. But that
will probably be the end of our current tracking, as in A-20, Radio
Martí is expected to resume 5980 all the way from 22 to 03 UT, and
with heavier jamming to be sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. Anomalies continue with RRI, lacking the Romanian service
at 01-03 UT on any frequency, instead, UT March 4:
At 0150: 5910 and 7410 off; 6130 & 7325 in English
At 0203: 5910 and 7325 off, 6130 & 7410 in French
Strange they swapped 7325 & 7410 between English and French, almost
making me doubt my logging as accurate; what next? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, Tue March 3 at 2308, REE is on, VG with music but
Spanish announcements since it`s not M/W/F, the only days for English.
OTOH, off the air today English from TURKEY, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 3 at 2307, another day OFF for VOT English
which would have been to us. But SPAIN, q.v. is on today altho not in
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 4102+CW, March 4 at 0716 UT, ``W`` windy beacon JBA, first
time in a long time after frequent chex at night. Also some dits and
other letters/numbers, something to do with battery power or other
characteristix of the installation. Definitely on plus side tho too
weak to measure accurately, altho there was recently a report of it on
the minus side of 4102. Somewhere in the USA SW desert. Steve McGreevy
located and photographed this 19 years ago and says the FCC tolerates
it, yet the precise location is not being revealed:

http://www.auroralchorus.com/4095-5-kHz_DF_and_visit_to_the_WIND-BEACON_Spring-2001-SPMandEDH.jpg

Enlarge them and see an itty bitty anemometer atop a rock outcrop, a
small solar panel, and a dipole antenna. There is a huge amount of
other great info on his website.

2097.3-CW, Mar 4 at 0720 UT, no signal from ``A` single-letter beacon
while `W` etc. is audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 13555-CW, March 4 at 1516, HIFER beacon WV in West Virginia
is JBA, while K6FRC on 13565-CW from California is noticeably
stronger; but neither ever heard later in the day or at night. And
what about all the other beacons LWCA lists on the 13550-13570 ISM
band? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed Wed Mar 4 at 2100
on WRMI 7780, only poor via UTwente, with some lite SSB? ACI.
Following two Zanotti IDs at 2058 and 2059. Next:

2200 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 [and non?]. 9330, March 4 at 1903, WBCQ WLCR in Arabic on 81
degree beam, only S5-S7 if really 500 kW, but also with a low audible
heterodyne as if from a second station on a slightly different
frequency. Nothing else is ever scheduled here except Cuban spynumbers
4 nights a week at 0700, certainly not now. Maybe a WBCQ defect, or
old transmitter also on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WTWW still not on at 0205 UT Wed Mar 4, when the ham show
would normally be on 5085. {and still off at 0317}
(The competing ham show on WBCQ 5130 is running.)
Power outage and/or tornado damage? Anyone know or can inquire?

Wikipedia reports:

``In Lebanon, many homes and businesses suffered considerable damage,
including Walmart and Lowe's. The Wilson County Fairgrounds was
impacted as the tornado moved east out of town and continued along the
interstate to Smith County, producing EF1-type damage in the Tuckers
Crossroads, Grant, and New Middleton communities.``

Then I write to Doug Smith of W9WI.com:

``Hi Doug, Sure hope you and yours are OK! And eventually you can fill
us in on the impact to broadcast stations? (SW: WTWW Lebanon has not
been heard. It should be on 5085 at least, tonight). 73, Glenn``

Doug replies: ``Thanks! - Yep, I'm fine, except for sleep deprivation
:) I'm located in the western part of the city -- the tornado formed
roughly eight miles to the northeast. It ripped up an airport about
two miles north of my workplace -- but didn't even break sticks off
the trees at work.

I believe WHTN TV 39 is off but best I can tell everything else is on.
It did come awfully close to the AM 900/1490 tower in Lebanon but I'm
told the stations are still on. Haven't had an opportunity to scan
myself.

I suspect there are still massive power outages in Lebanon/Wilson
County. The folks behind WTWW are pretty active on social media -- and
conspicuously absent today. I suspect it's just a lack of power``

Further chex of WTWW frequencies find no signals: 0514, 1904 UT March
4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VIETNAM. After finding 11980 labeled harmonic in EiBi for China via
CUBA, q.v. I also search on ``spur`` and get 9 entries, all from
Vietnam, no Cubans or anywhere else: 6006.6, 6033.4, 7155, 7196.2,
7223.8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2117 UT March 4

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Tue March 3 at 0055, S9+10/20 of dead air from
TCB/DGS/PMS/TUN, while 5935 WWCR is modulating music break. Totally
overriding Iran, warming up for the *0100 broadcast UT Tue/Wed/Fri per
EiBi. There is a schedule for this and 11775, however convoluted
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370.0, March 2 at 2248, RHC is finally back on frequency!
S9 with OK modulation. Failing to transmit on 15369.23 where I think
it was still March 1 tho did not make it into logbook. That would have
been day 19. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13650, March 2 at 2304, CRI relay with Chinese
music fill instead of Portuguese, S9+20 but suptorted; had been absent
when last checked Feb 29. Today the // 6100 direct from Beijing is JBA
carrier. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 6060, March 3 at 0726 UT, this time RHC English is still on
here, much stronger than // 6145, which is much weaker than // 5040;
while 6000 & 6100 are off. You never know which combo of The Cuban
Five will be on air this final hour. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 13560, March 2 circa 2200 UT, I am checking various spots
in Enid with insensitive portable, whether the constant noise I get at
home is any stronger elsewhere: Yes, outside Walmart; yes, around
Aldi, but very different sound outside the store vs inside. Also
audible downtown at the PO. I suspect this stuff is pervasive anywhere
there are security systems and/or checkout scanning devices; really
impossible to pinpoint without being right next to sources and turning
them off and on. Hey, retailers, may I? I don`t see reports of such
from elsewhere. Does everybody hear this stuff and just put up with
it? Also suspect hospitals, doctors with ISM medical equipment (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** PHILIPPINES. 9450, March 2 at 2256, ``Jesus [allegedly] Saves``
music box IS; by 2301 into language, listed as Iu via FEBC Bocaue
site. Fair but with 9455 WRMI ACI.

9795, March 2 at 2258, same IS here but keeps going until 2302 finally
opening a different language, listed as Mon via Iba site. I thought it
sounded like Lao, probably related (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 5910 & 7340, March 3 at 0215, RRI in French instead of
scheduled Romanian, and also on the proper French frequencies 6130 &
7410. Checked because JRX Brasil had reported the previous hour
0105-0125 had 5910 in English instead of Romanian. Maybe they have
their feed routing mixed up. Romanian is supposed to be for two hours
at 01-03 on 5910 & 7340 both Tsiganeshti, with English & French one
hour each on the other two via Galbeni. Check again whether this
recur? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, March 2 at 2303, REE English to North America this
Monday is off the air; 11940 JBA maybe same station; 12030 JBA
carrier. This and Turkey, q.v. are the only significant overseas
stations still broadcasting English to us at this hour, but one or
both may be missing on any occasion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 2 at 2303, VOT is on today for English to us,
but poor S6-S8 and undermodulated, unusable. See SPAIN, our only
alternative, off the air today; they take turns? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [non]. 7290 via UTwente, concluding the WORLD OF RADIO 2023
monitoring report for Monday March 2: Almost made it to conclusion at
1929, cutting off only the last syllables of ``disclaimer``, ID this
time giving an IRRS phone number, into Feature Story News in more
detail than the headlines earlier.

Also confirmed UT Tue March 3 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, JBA S7-8 about
equal to noise level here. Not much better at UTwente where it usually
is; but much better at Rockport ME KiwiSDR. Next:

0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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. 15825, 13845, March 3 circa 2000, WWCR usual JBA carriers,
and more on 12160; after 2100 usual bigsigs on 9980 and 9350; ops
normal, not hit by tornado in downtown Nashville, as site is on the NW
outskirts.

In the ABDX.org group, David Slate in Hendersonville TN said, ``Hey
Gang, Last night there was a tornado that went though Nashville. We in
Hendersonville were lucky, just rain and wind at my QTH. The east
Nashville and Germantown {Memphis suburb} areas got hit and so did Mt
Juliet and Lebanon. It came close to WTVF TV ch 5 . In the
Cookeville market they also got hit hard. Just wanted to let you all
know I'm OK``

Good, and we surely hope all our other DX friends and broadcasters in
TN are too. Lebanon? That`s the site of WTWW. You never know whether
they will be on air with day or night frequencies, but the three
active lately, 9475, 5830 and 5085 are all absent March 3 at 1858,
2056 and 2248 UT chex. If any remain, #1 priority will be 5085
evenings with Ted`s rock and ham stuff. I also checked the WTWW
webcasts; while the website wtww.us still loads, nothing played, but I
don`t know if this be unusual in the daytime anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. I don`t normally watch the Dr Oz show, but ran
across it today March 3 when the topic is the Tony Alamo cult, and the
horrible things that monster did to his followers. You may be able to
find it today via a local syndicated affiliate; or see website:

https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/true-crime-child-bride-christian-sex-cult-speaks-out?video_id=6137735476001
https://www.doctoroz.com/episode/true-crime-child-bride-christian-sex-cult-speaks-out

``Dr. Oz Logo Now Playing
Sneak Peek: Behind Closed Doors of Tony Alamo’s Christian Sex Cult
True Crime: Child Bride From Christian Sex Cult Speaks Out

Autoplay: Originally aired on 3/03/2020

Dr. Oz investigates Christian cult leader and convicted child sex
abuser Tony Alamo, who controlled his devoted followers by fear and
punishment and took child brides as young as 8 years old.
Investigative reporter Mara Schiavocampo shares the story.``

This is on the first half hour of the TV show only. At its end Oz sez
they got no response from Alamo Ministries --- so we know that exist.

Unfortunately this is still relevant because dead Alamo has shown up
again on shortwave, thanks to MBR. Maybe someone should clue them in
about him:

EiBi:
1600 1700 Su USA Tony Alamo E ME 6120/D-n
1630 1730 Su USA Tony Alamo E SAs 5945/UZB 6060/UZB

Aoki:
5945 1630-1730 UZB Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Tashkent 1
6040 1630-1730 UZB Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Tashkent 1
6120 1600-1700 D Tony Alamo Christian Min Eng Nauen 1

HFCC:
5945 1630 1730 42,43,44 TAC 100 90 0 911 1 031119 280320 D 10650 Mul
UZB MBR MBR 16202 A.Asia
6040 1630 1730 41 TAC 100 163 0 911 1 031119 280320 D 9050 Mul
UZB MBR MBR 16204 A.ind
6060 1600 1630 29,3 NAU 250 80 0 146 7 271019 280320 D 9600 Mul
D MBR MBR 16066 A.345
6120 1600 1700 39 NAU 125 128 0 216 1 031119 280320 D 9600 Mul
D MBR MBR 16205 A.meara

And Ron Howard replies to this on the WOR iog:

``Hi Glenn, Is hard to believe he can still be heard on SW today. Am
amazed that there is still an active Website
http://www.alamoministries.com/audiomessages/index.html
with his recorded audio files available.

Years ago you and I often heard his programs via Equatorial Guinea.
The programs were provided back then by Pan American Broadcasting
(PAB), via their Radio Africa Network, which was broadcasting via
shortwave. PAB is still located in Pleasanton, CA.
https://www.radiopanam.com/
{and broadcasts via WRMI on 21525 --- gh}

Here is one of my logs from 2013:

EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa at 1603, on Nov 14, 2013, with
the start of Tony Alamo's program #493 (per his website - originally
recorded back on Nov 28, 2007); almost fair with good audio;
transmitter holding up well after having been recently fixed.
http://alamoministries.com/Programs4/program493.mp3
Ron California`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1460, March 3 at 1410 UT, YL anchor with world news in
AmerEnglish --- more than some network news-on-the-hour, and no
commercials, dominant at first. Like public radio, but certainly not
NPR Morning Edition. The only fit around here is KHOJ, St Charles MO,
which is Catholic, and there was one item about the Pope testing
negative for CoronaVirus but cancelling his public events, and at 1417
mention website mycatholic-something.com
Finally got KHOJ program schedule to load

https://ourcatholicradio.org/sites/default/files/station-schedules/WRYT-KHOJ%28Group-1-WEB%29_38.pdf
which shows Tuesdays at 8-9 am CT, `Catholic Connection` (Live), which
seems like a call-in rather than a newscast.

1460, March 3 at 1415 UT, overcoming KHOJ briefly, ``Welcome to the
Voice of America, in Vietnamese!`` And VOA jingle. The VV station
around here is KCLE Burleson TX, address in Cleburne (The Metroplex),
now on 11 kW day power. At first I thought it said Japanese, surely
not, and Vietnamese talk soon followed (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5050, March 3 at 0729, no mystery open carrier now,
which had been running the past several nights with no clues but lots
of guesses (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2300 UT March 3

** BULGARIA. 11660, March 2 at 1527, surprised to find a signal here
when none is scheduled. JBA, sounds like a few raspy words of Brother
Scare, then dead air past 1530; 1539 recheck someother voice or
language; 1604 check, off.

Meanwhile, 11600 has been off thruout, where TOMBS is scheduled via
Secretbrod at 1400-1700 - Aoki, or 1400-1555 - EiBi, and usually
poorly audible here. Therefore I conclude a punch up error putting
11660 on air instead of 11600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, March 2 at 0702, RHC in Spanish with
this-day-in-history, still on at an hour there is supposed to be no
Spanish. Was it in English during the previous hour? Some 6 MHzs are
still on in English. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13700 is off, 13740 is on VG, March 2 at 1525, instead of
vice-versa as allegedly scheduled. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

BTW, QRX for even more mixups and uncertainty during a month of
confusion from March 8 as the running-dog of yanqui imperialism goes
on DST along with us, but any A-20 changes not fully in effect until
at least a week after the season begin everywhere else March 29 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 17720.026, March 2 at 1518, JBA music/talk, significantly
off-frequency, i.e. VOT Arabic this hour only; almost the OSOB except
for 17615+ Sa`udi JBA carrier. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: via UTwente SDR,
tune in Monday March 2 at 1854, to find something already on 7290 with
rock music, heavy ACI from 7285 CRI. Stronger carrier comes on 7290 at
*1857 but music, main lyric ``everybody`` still audible. 1858.7 change
to another song, ``You Do Something to Me``, stops just before 1900
for IRRS sign-on ID, 1900 FSN news headlines, vs ACI now from 7295
CRI, and 1900:47 starts WORLD OF RADIO.

So it seems the music was coming all along from IRRS even tho not
supposed to start before 1900, and two different carriers / sites /
transmitters were involved today. Or one transmitter with power
bumpup? Aoki says Tsiganeshti, ROMANIA, or would if respelt
fonetikaly, during this hour without listing WOR. EiBi, OTOH says
Saftica including WOR; anyhow heard well with no CCI, and ACI evitable
by LSB tuning; some lightning crashes. Noel R. Green also reports on
this:

``Re World of Radio - A good signal at 1905 UT tune in today March 2
on 7290 averaging S9, peaking to S+5 and down to S7 in NW England``

Next:
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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. Re `Encore` new broadcast on WRMI, UT Sun March 1 0100-0200
on 5850, Dr Hansoerg Biener points out, ``The programme was also noted
on 5010 kHz.`` Yes, the two are normally in tandem during that hour,
e.g. WORLD OF RADIO 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2028 UT March 2

** CANADA. 6070, re my hearing the TED Radio Hour on CFRX, Eric
Bueneman, MO, ptsw iog replied:

``Eric Bueneman 4:54am #8688 TED is NOT an NPR show. It is a Canadian
show aired on commercial stations throughout Canada``

I reply: NPR thinx it`s an NPR show!
https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour?showDate=2020-02-28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_Radio_Hour

It`s a joint TED/NPR produxion, carried on NPR in USA, but iHeart in
Canada, CBC not being interested? I believe I have also heard it on
RNZ(I). Or is this a totally different TED show in Canada? I think
not. I did hear NPR mentioned on CFRX as it started (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, March 1 at 1518, RHC still on with S9+40 of dead air,
or rather with volume all the way up, trace of modulation, maybe same
as modulated 13700 which is much weaker than usual, only S9+10 and
spurless. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, March 1 at 1519, CRI Plus relay is much weaker than
usual, only S9-S8 and undermodulated to boot. Something`s always wrong
at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6184.974, March 2 at 0038, XEPPM is S9+10 but JBM ---
close, but not exactly back on-frequency. Wolfgang Bueschel
independently measured same offset via FL SDR at 2230 March 1, after
Vatican closed 6185.000 at 2230:03, having mixed with it from 2224
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 267 kHz, March 1 at 0730, ND beacon HET, which is 25
watts from Henryetta OK, not heard before, I think. Copying the very
weak signal, tuned to 265-USB, I was not sure whether there were a
space between the E and the T, or single letter A, i.e. HA, but there
is no HA anywhere around this frequency (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, March 2 at 0259 UT, bit of music from
KOKC and a minute of dead air --- just what we need to check for
sporadic daytimer KYND Cypress TX, which Paul Walker reported on air
last night with business barker loop it used to run a lot last year
--- but no sign of it now, just weak CCI from who knows what until
KOKC resume at 0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** RWANDA [non]. 15420, Feb 29 at 1857 African song S9-S8, cut off at
1859* with no announcement; but scheduled as Radio Itahuka, weekly
target/clandestine, Sat 18-19 via MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
[Date correct, overlooked for previous report]

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
March 1 at 2130 on WRMI 7780, JBA vs high noise level (HNL)

Also confirmed UT Monday March 2 at 0130 on WRMI 7780, fair-poor via
UTwente SDR, deep fades.

Also confirmed UT Monday March 2 at 0230 on WRMI 9395, VG via Rockport
ME KiwiSDR; 7780 fair-poor via UTwente; also confirmed on WRN webcast.
0256 recheck direct on R75: 7780 good S9+10, 9395 JBA carrier. Note: from
next week the 9395 airing *may* move back to 0130 UT Monday.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 2 at 0400 on Area 51 webcast; 5130 WBCQ good
via KiwiSDR in Maryland but not Massachusetts. Note: from next week this
will be at 0300 UT Monday.

Also confirmed UT Mon Mar 2 at 0430 on WRMI webcast, but 9955 direct
is JBA carrier; nor can I find it on any of several SDRs in South and
North America; maybe a trace of it at Ottawa. Note: from next week this
will be at 0330 UT Monday. Next:

0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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. (7490.16v), March 1 after 2300, WBCQ webcast of `Uncle
Bill`s Melting Pot` continues filling second half of hour with repeats
of vintage shows, rather than `Radio Free Chicago`, deal must have
fallen through, and UB says from April new UBMPs will be a full hour
long each week both on WBCQ and Channel 292.

Note, DST in North America starts already next Sunday March 8, so UBMP
will then be Sundays at 22-23 UT, as WBCQ operates by local time
despite being an international SW station.

`Encore` classical music from Radio Tumbril still on WBCQ 7490/webcast
after 0100 UT Monday March 2; not clear whether this be the last time
like it was on WWCR Feb 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, March 2 at 0256, this WRMI is JBA S4-S6, like 9395,
boding ill for `Encore` classical music on new relay at 0300. Recheck
at 0325 via Rockport ME KiwiSDR, it`s L&C VG! during operatic arias.
Almost as good via Bridgewater MA, but not so good further west (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0458 UT March 2

** ASCENSION [and non]. 15685, Feb 29 at 1900, hyper Hausa talk at
S8-S7, where normally there is nothing. This is BBC on Saturdays only
at 1700-1930, existing solely to broadcast silly ballgames; how
considerate. There is also some scratchy splatter on the plus side,
but no bigsig nearby to produce it. I think that as in times past it`s
spurious from afar 15825 WWCR-1, which is getting a sporadic E boost
to S9+10 also audiblizing the squeal. But I can`t hear anything like
it equally plus circa 15963; it`s asymmetric (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA [and non]. 245 kHz, Feb 29 at 0707 UT, dash and YZE, 1000
watt NDB from Gore Bay, Ontario; mixing with FS at different pitch,
which is 400 watts from Sioux Falls - Rock, South Dakota (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 332 kHz, Feb 29 at 0710 UT, dash and YFM, 2500 watt NDB
from La Grande 4, Quebec. New one here, from where, and why is there a
figure 4 in the place? ``The La Grande-4 is a hydroelectric generating
station on the La Grande River that is part of Hydro-Québec's James
Bay Project. The station can generate 2,779 MW and was commissioned in
1984–1986. It generates electricity through the reservoir and dam
system. Wikipedia``. Atop a weaker co-channel I can`t copy (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 6070-, always offset-minus, Feb 29 at 2304, `TED Radio
Hour` from NPR is starting! Bet you did not know that CFRX is an NPR
station. You would still not know that by consulting the sked which
hides it among `Viewpoints` at 6-9 pm ET Sat = 23-02 UT now, but in a
biweek 22-01 UT:
https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/shows/viewpoints-1.1761551
Evidently on other Canadian iHeart stations, and don`t depend on TED
being at the same, or any time, from week to week. Poor reception and
busy so I don`t try to determine the topic. Too bad there are no US SW
stations wanting to pick up NPR shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 9535, Feb 29 at 2315, Chinese overcoming weak RHC
Spanish with a medium SAH: CNR1 jamming against RFA Tibetan via Kuwait
this hour only (also sked: CRI English via Kunming). Commies vs
Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA [and non]. 13650, Feb 29 at 2329, JBA signal must be NHK, as
there is NO Chinese music fill from CRI via CUBA --- must be off the
air, as 13740 RHC is inbooming S9+45. Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba.

6100, fortunately can still be heard Feb 29 at 2327 with Chinese music
fill instead of CRI Portuguese direct to Brasil longpath from Beijing
site, S9+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, Feb 29 at 1907, RHC with S9 of dead air; while 15140
modulation is distorted as always. Somethings` always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15369.2+, Feb 29 at 2325, RHC JBA S3-S4, remaining way
off-frequency for day 18. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR) See also CHINA [and non]

** MEXICO. 6185.0, Feb 29 at 2306, undermodulated music must be XEPPM
since no signal any more on 6185.7, where it had been off-frequency
since Feb 8, two sesquiweeks ago. Someone must have rebumped the
transmitter. By 0052 March 1, better modulation and S9+30 with a song
on 6185.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 341 kHz, Feb 29 at 0711 UT, after inaudible a few days,
Enid`s own NDB, EI, is again audible despite HNL (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1210 kHz, UT March 1 at 0029 UT, KGYN Guymon is blasting
in S9+25 on presumed 10 kW ND day pattern. No one replied, not even me
until now, to my request to check whether it`s going direxional at
official LSS in Feb, 0030. During stupid ballgame involving some
``Lady Rebels`` and stays same past 0030, but signal suddenly drops
down at 0031:25 to only S9 and CCI is now audible. So yes, they are
--- but still seems more than it should be with null toward Philly.
Remains quite dominant. From tomorrow, the switch time will be 0045 UT
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 27185, Feb 29 at 1942, the #1 CB channel is
jammed locally by a big noise, which is on a lot of the time. Some
signals override it, or is it the same transmitter alternating
modulation? If you hear this during an opening, it could well be from
Enid. 27025 is full of hetting AM signals from the skip pileup (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, Feb 29 at 2302, VOT manages to transmit today, only
fair; at 2328 I can tell a `Letterbox` is underway but modulation and
signal too low to copy (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 6993.0, February 29 at 2309, at least two JBA carriers
beating a few Hz apart, i.e. presumed propagation researchers in
Florida, WH2XWF as explained in previous report (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 21305-USB, Feb 29 at 1948, ``CQ South Carolina QSO Party``
over and over from N4XL, Greenwood SC. Once in a while gets an unheard
reply surely from outside SC on this band. N4XL is Kevan K. Nason,
recently retired and into contesting. About to declare him the OSOB
until I hear an unID on 21285-USB. Also checked the 10, 12 and 17 m
bands, but heard no activity at all, unlike 11m CB. MUF maps show
sporadic E blobs in the 20/30 MHz range east of here (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2023 monitoring: Ivo Ivanov,
Bulgaria reports that WRMI-9 did not come up on 15770 until 1400
Saturday February 29 with SMTV, thus missing WOR at 1300 and SWRG at
1330. Has happened before; what about next weeks?

Confirmed UT Sunday March 1 at 0422 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, good via
Peoria KiwiSDR, about 8 minutes in so started circa 0414. Next:
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode]
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 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. 7490.16v, March 1 at 0037, surprised to hear TOMBS --- a new
time? There has long been strange gap in WBCQ online sked, 0040-0100
UT Sun after 100 minutes of `Good Time Oldies` and before `Available
Time Slot` usually occupied by an `AAAWWW` repeat (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 9955, Feb 29 at 2319, WRMI with gospel huxters in
Portuguese2, not Brasilian, i.e. Frank & Ernest as sked Sat 2315 ---
and NO jamming. Would that 24 hours earlier during WOR that were also
true (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5850, UT Sun March 1 at 0100, `Encore` classical music from
Scotland, first airing on WRMI, VG signal aimed thisaway but some
fading. Now one cannot be tempted to listen via webcast since there
isn`t any from WRMI except 9955 System B. Another play is coming UT
Monday 0300 on 9455 to the NNW. Tnx to Jeff White for WRMI now
`sponsoring` this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, UT Sun March 1 at 0127, anonymous theatre organ show
is underway on WTWW-2, unlike a few minutes earlier; recheck at 0155
is already over playing request for ``Jump``. Unfortunately now during
same hour as `Encore` on WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6920-LSB, March 1 at 0033, 2-way with squeals, Spanish
talking about animalitos, Chihuahuas. No sign of any North American
pirates on this or 5 or 4 MHz bands despite Saturday night and SWL
WinterFest (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0516 UT March 1