DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS
updated for North American DST season
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST by Alan Roe
updated for Cuban & USA DST season:
http://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULE
updated for North American DST season
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

** BRAZIL. 9630v & 11856v, Sat March 7 at 2220, no signals at all from
R. Aparecida just when we wanted to hear their DX program. Propagation
OK with 11780 S9+10 RNA in SBG; some weak distorted talk on 11815,
probably RBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CHINA. 9155, March 8 at 0041, JBA maybe Chinese on one of the CNR1
jammer frequencies against Sound of Hope; no others around in the
lower 9`s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA [non]. 5910, March 7 around 2330 I check the two KiwiSDRs
in Colombia for any signal here or on 6010, but none; 47 hours ago,
Bob Wilkner in FL had a tentative something in Spanish where Alcaraván
radio used to abide, and there have been implications visiting gospel
huxters might refurbish it.

At 0005 UT March 8 on one of my radios I do get a JBA carrier
offset-minus from 5910, but no trace at 0014 on the other, so probably
a local birdie. 6010, March 8 at at 0018, JBA carrier, probably Brasil
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760, March 7 at 2219, RHC is S9 but very distorted --- just
in an axuality clip, OK once the announcer resume. Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 17480, March 7 at 2222, JBA carrier, the OSOB if you count
this as part of the 16 mb --- only thing listed in Aoki is Cuban Spy
Numbers at 2155-2350 on days 357 = including Saturday (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13635 & 13766 approx., Sunday March 8 at 1427, RHC spurblobs
out of 13700-AM transmitter, ending music show presumably `Sonido
Cubano` now one UT hour earlier, and plugging 22 de marzo as ``Dia
mundial del agua -- fuente de vida``; 1430 Música del Cine. 13740 is
off but 15230 and distorted 15140 are still on. At 1508, 13700 is
still on with dead air, making the spurs less obvious; and weekly
Esperanto confirmed on 11760 and distorted 15140 --- now one UT hour
earlier for DST season in step with Yankee Imperialists. Something`s
always wrong at RHC.

Despite being an international SW station, RHC allows local DST to
bump most but not all of its transmissions and programming around.
Something`s always wrong at RHC.

Based on what happened in the A-19 season, we expect first English to
be at 19-20 instead of 20-21, still on 15140? Next at 23-24 instead of
22-23 on 11880 --- yes, one real hour *later* rather than earlier in
this case. While the 5040 English at 00-01 should earlyize to 23-24,
i.e. same time as the 11880 --- but will that frequency maintain now
and/or into real A-20? Sometimes it`s been on 9720. Evening to NAm,
will English start at 00 reliably instead of 01? Will end at 07 rather
than 08 on constantly shifting batch of frequencies? TBD.

15140, March 8 at 1713, RHC still on here at S9+10 but suptorted while
// 11760 modulation is OK during music. Something`s always wrong at
RHC.

15140, March 8 at 1830, RHC starting Kriyol, moved an hour earlier
from the winter timing of 1930, so expect English too at 1900. But
this frequency is very suptorted. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

Yes, English now confirmed March 8 from 1900 on 15140, but who would
want to put up with its crummy modulation? Something`s always wrong at
RHC. 11880 has reliably provided the best signal and modulation back
here even tho it`s supposedly for Africa, now at 23 instead of 22?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13605, March 8 at 1827, lite pulse jamming altho Radio Martí
will not move here from 13820 until A-20 March 29. Something`s always
wrong at the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. Here`s my eQSL for Oromia Media Network via IRRS:
http://www.w4uvh.net/20200306-11990-kHz--Hauser-Glen-IRRS-QSL-2020-CoronovirusPandemic.pdf

BTW, while WRTH 2020 has only one cland to Ethiopia, not this one, the
2019 edition had four more. Have they all really disappeared, and why?
Situation improving? And why has OMN just started up along with IRRS`
expanded Corona virus broadcasts --- related? So far Ethiopia has had
very little infexion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUINEA. 9650, March 8 at 0044, no overtime signal from RTG tonight.
Ron Howard replies to last night`s report:

``Hi Glenn, There have been several cases recently of Radio Guinea
being on the air well beyond their normal schedule. Believe
this has to do with ongoing local events happening there. Here is the
"Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Conakry, Guinea":
https://gn.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-conakry-guinea-6/
Ron, California`` That`s about avoiding areas of violent protests, but
no info what they are about (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** IRELAND. Re my unID carrier on 5780, March 5 at 0715, here`s a
possibility from the logs of Carlos Gonçalves, SW coast of Portugal:
5780.0 2145-... 03/3 IRL Harmony R - pir. Oldies. 35343 CGS
5780.0 1439-... 04/3 IRL Harmony R - pir. Mx. 15341 CGS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. Re my obs of transmission overlap on 7290 IRRS just
before 1900 UT March 2, Richard Langley, NB, replies: ``Listening /
watching carefully today (7 March) at 19:00 UTC using the U. Twente
SDR receiver, I heard/saw no suggestion of a transmitter change from
before to after 19:00 UTC. Frequency stayed in the vicinity of
7289.998 kHz. -- Richard Langley`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5960, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0135, The Mighty Farty KBC
is VG as usual; Alan Roe reports already, ``NETHERLANDS/GERMANY. KBC
posted this on their Facebook page on 5 March: "On March 29 The Mighty
KBC is moving back to 9925 kHz for the summer period. Sunday 00:00 -
02:00 UTC." This is via Nauen. Alan Roe, Teddington, UK``

But normally 9925 is in use only May-August, following the Croatian
Radio Zagreb model. We`ll see whether MUF support 9925 a month+
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6923-LSB, March 8 at 0025, pirate with rock song,
0027 segué, 0030 ``Taste of Honey``, 0035 DJ says ``from the capital
of Argyle`` and something about Ireland, ``across the Great Plains of
the North Atlantic``; also pronounces ``oot`` Canadianish. 0043 ``Come
Together``, and gone by 0045. These logs say it`s Zekey`s Attic, first
heard at 1943 March 7 and another transmission in the evening:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63871.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6130 //> 7325, March 8 at 0058 RRI IS prior to English and
no signals on Romanian 5910 & 7410, as transmitters remain OOO.

5910, March 8 at 0129 recheck, however, now RRI is on with Romanian
rock and rap all with heavy beat, S9+20, but 7410 is still off. (I
should have checked 7340 next to 7345 OCB DRM.) Occasional quick two
or three words by YL DJ at 0138, 0149; 0157 ID barely discernible
under music. Alan Roe`s Music on Shortwave shows:
0100 - 0200 Su As We Like! (hour 2) (Club/party) 5910 7340
Wish I had kept listening after 0200 for:
0200 - 0256 Su Radio Concert Season (Classical) 5910 7340

6130, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0140-0145 meanwhile, RRI had its `DX Mailbag`
reading and replying to reports from Zeeland, Michigan; Finland; Japan
as poorly heard in DRM via SDR in Switzerland; and Dave Harries in
Bristol, England (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 420 kHz, March 8 at 0645 UT, ND beacon PK, Olathe KS,
difficult to separate from another one IDing at same pitch, same time,
presumably the usual FQ, Fairmont MN, both 25 watts (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: confirmed UT
Sunday March 8 at 0413 on WA0RCR, 1860-AM, MO, about 11 minutes in so
started early around 0402, VG S9+30 --- this rivals another St Louis
station with much more power, KMOX 1120! Note: from next week due to
DST, nominal start will be 0315 UT. 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, 9395? to NNW
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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday 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. 5950, March 8 at 0016, WRMI with a rare spot commercial for
Dish TV vs cable, then ``back to the music`` Oldies where such ads can
be accommodated. The transmission sked shows 5950 during this hour is
System G, but the System G grid shows that on 9395 only, among a
number of contradixions (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5010, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0059, Rudy Espinal, Dominican
Republic, WRMI Spanish ID, while 5850 runs a Bob Biermann English ID.
At 0100 they join when `Encore` classical music is supposed to play
but instead Bob introduces music, not Oldies, rather tunes from the
very familiar World Music reel, the first song sounding like gibberish
but maybe a real language, which? Still no Encore at 0112, 0132 chex.
Such a default is what happens when there is something wrong with the
proper scheduled file. I notified Brice Avery about this and he says
the problem should be fixed for the next airing, UT Monday March 9 at
0300 on 9455 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, March 8 at 1825, WLCR on WBCQ amid German hour as
previously scheduled, poor signal here. Ivo Ivanov and Alan Holder,
however, have heard some mixups or changes in times, languages,
azimuths now that Monticello is on EDT - which should be irrelevant to
overseas broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, March 7 at 2209, WTWW-2 is already on at S9+40 with
music this Saturday, unlike yesterday - early UT Sat when it was not
on at all. But no 5830 WTWW-1.

5085, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0113 and 0134, still rock, no sign of nameless
theatre organ show nor ham news (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 990, UT Sun Mar 8 at 0106, plug for bass event in
Birmingham, but no station there, then listing of fishing/hunting
events in FL, MO, WY so a network program, also plugging NRA.

This page
https://kwamthevoice.com/page-schedule
presents a ``weekly schedule`` without specifying *which* days!
Apparently means M-F only ignoring very different lineup on weekends.

Fortunately the host mentions his own website, bbkoradio.com which
converts to:
https://bigbillykinderoutdoors.com/
including KWAM-AM Saturdays 6-8 pm CT, from a well-designed affiliate
map at
https://bigbillykinderoutdoors.com/The-Show/Radio-Stations

0115 UT ID ``KWAM, The Voice, now on 107.9 and AM 990`` and
kwamtheoice.com --- Evidently the slogan is now just ``The Voice``
rather than ``Voice of Memphis``. This is dominant on my E-W longwire,
no CBW, which I do hear on the DX-398 aimed N/S; and on it E/W there
is also Spanish CCI.

107.9 is --- you guessed it --- a paltry 250-watt translator, W300DE.
Speaking of powers, when I heard 990 it was surely on 10 kW day power,
not 450 watt night power, which is supposed to start in March at 0000
UT! Day pattern is tight east-west, night also tight slightly
clockwise, both favoring us (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5915, March 8 at 0005, very weak talk, African? At 0015
carrier is either wobbling or beating with another --- both Zambia and
Myanmar? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6966v, March 8 at 0020 as I am checking the pirate band,
a hamspur here, chirpy signal constantly drifting downward, seems like
negative keying so I only copy a DE W0 - something before losing it. I
would have tried to match it to a fundamental above 7.0 MHz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9411.0-USB, March 8 at 0042, 2-way in Spanish,
INTRUDERS. While 9410 is unoccupied by BBC Singapore until 0100 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 1917 UT March 8

** CHINA. 9200, March 7 at 1413, Chinese fair signal, i.e. CNR1 jammer
against Sound of Hope; no others audible among several other low-9-MHz
possible frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, March 7 at 1403, S9+40 of dead air on CRI Plus relay;
did not get around to rechecking before 1600 whether modulation ever
came up. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba. BTW in A-20 this
transmission redescends to 11880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15230, March 7 at 1405, RHC reactivated from absence
yesterday, // distorted 15140. 1552 recheck, 15230 is dead air, 15140
is off, 11760 is on, and 11700 is also off, the latter running
yesterday morning by error. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, March 7 at 1651, this RHC is off, despite supposed to
run continuously 1200-2130 per Aoki; EiBi shows a 15-16 break, and
also a strange 5-minute French broadcast Sunday at 2110. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13635, 13570, 13766, 13832 approx., March 7 at 1607, RHC
succeeds in spurblobbing from 13700 transmitter, at 65-66 kHz
intervals plus and minus, the first order pair stronger; readable in
FM and AM, with F# tone, not in SSB. I had really been missing these:
none logged since February 16, quite a spell, almost two sesquiweeks!
Something`s always wrong at RHC. Are these more likely on weekends?
Last batch were Fri-Sat-Sun, Feb 14-15-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** GUINEA. 9650, March 7 at 0347, hilife music with no break at
hourtop, past 0412 at S9-S5, no announcements, still at 0450 tho
weaker. Surely it`s RTG which is nominally on air 06-24 only, and
nothing else normally here before North Korea at 0700. So why are they
running all-night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MEXICO. 6185.7, March 7 at 0342, XEPPM about here, not remeasured
precisely, and seems to be wobbling, or caused by local QRM.

6185.755, measured March 7 at 0452, dead air; still propagating at
1512 when I measure it on 6185.792, maybe JBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7480, March 7 at 0352, Station YHWH is VP, JBA,
S7-S9 undermodulated vs S5 noise level on vacant 7475. 7470 has a JBA
carrier, thus QRM from Deewa Radio, Germany, he avoids. I did make out
one mention of ``Yahweh``. Ron Howard was also hearing this with
difficulty at 0324-0405+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: I awaken at 1334 Saturday
March 7 to hear JBA beepery on 15770 WRMI, i.e. SW Radiogram, so
likely also on air before 1330 with WOR, unlike last week.

Also confirmed Sat Mar 7 at 1700 on all three WRN webcasts. Will the
NAm service have shifted to 1600 by next week, or wait till the others
do in April? Next:

2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
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, 9395? to NNW
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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday 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. Re VORW time changes on WRMI: Altho I did not get the
complete context of his announcement, I now suspect he was saying that
VORW times would be one hour later on 5850 et al., once DST has
started, i.e. by local clox, since they stay at same UT --- e.g., 0100
UT will become 9 pm EDT instead of 8 pm EST. We do not need all this
confusion caused by twice-yearly shifting! In the SW context, the
standard must be UT, which is *real, unchanging* time (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5830, March 7 at 0347, WTWW-1 is on again with VG signal,
SFAW sounds like live call-in, but mentions current date in passing as
26 March, so at least a year old, probably many more. 5085 WTWW-2 is
however AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1729 UT March 7

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-USB, continuing previous March 6 LRA36 log: as
expected not a trace of it direct to here just before 1900. After 1900
I`m listening via Iceland ``VHF`` KiwiSDR, where Dan Robinson says
it`s coming in well (a lot further than Brasil, but all over-water
path). All talk but mostly unreadable, then 1910 music past 1913. By
1954 JBA there; 1957 I`m back on Pardinho SP SDR which gets it best
of all. Talking about the ``campaña antártica``; 2014 contacting
someone at another base, Marambio until 2016, contact info, ID with
frequency 15476, some music, YL acknowledging reports and saludos;
brief fade-down; discussion of ``campaña de verano desde el 6 de
noviembre``. 2036 mentions a base uruguaya; 2037 current weather
including temp 5 grados = heatwave; 2050 music, song about Antarctica
including lyrix, hielo, cielo (ice and sky, which don`t rhyme as well
in English); some other songs and off before 2100.

Roger provides a 48+ minute segment starting ~1900z from the somewhat
bumpy webstream .... including weather conditions, IDs:
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vkce2ndwozd663g/2020-03-06-1900z-LRA36-cut-.mp3?dl=1

And here`s that nice song he also found:
https://youtu.be/o5EzpHiXU_Q
Base Esperanza (Canción Corazón Antártico) - Patricia Sosa
https://youtu.be/MkP18Q7wh28
Corazón Antártico - Patricia Sosa (con letra)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ARGENTINA [non]. 5800, UT Sat March 7 at 0132, RAE via WRMI with
`Actualidad DX.com.ar`, playing a clip of Radio Nyawa Sarawak. Too bad
this DX program is simultaneous with WOR X 3, not to mention AAAWWW
but the latter will be an hour earlier from next week due to the
imposition of DST and WBCQ acquiescence (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15370.0, March 6 at 2309, RHC remains on-frequency, but S9+20
of distortion and hum on modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 5080-USB, March 7 at 0118, soul, jazz music, no
announcements, stops at 0137 tho I tuned away a bit at 0128 to check
WOR frequencies. Fair with bubbling probably from local device. In the
absence of WTWW 5085! Mix Radio International per lots of reports
here, as early as 2136 March 6:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,63822.0.html
Could have stayed on later as no-show from WTWW by 0300 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 6130 // 7325, March 7 at 0116, another check of RRI finds
English on these frequencies, no Romanian or anything on 5910 & 7410.
Apparently two transmitters are out of order (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 6 at 2318, as some guy on WRMI mentions
that Spain and Turkey are the only overseas stations still in English
to us at this hour, I check and not today: another absence of VOT
where something`s always erroneous at Emirler. 2339 recheck, I do make
out a JBA carrier on 5960-minus, i.e. XJPBS. But English from Spain
before 2330 succeeds on 9690 vs WOR on 9955 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 11720, Friday March 6 at 2115, VOA `Music Time in Africa`
has hyper Heather talking about some award show coming up on Saturday
November 30! So this is a rerun. I wonder how often that happen less
obviously (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 monitoring: confirmed first
American SWBC, Friday March 6 at 2300 on WRMI 9955: this time very
light pulse jamming soon abates, and rest of show is in the clear,
100% readable to 2329.

Also confirmed UT Sat Mar 7 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5010 fair with trace of
LAH, Madagascar or India? As usual, Spanish Bibling is chopped off at
0129:30 for ID. Also on 5850, VG S9+30; and 7780, VP in HNL here, but
HjB in Germany confirms it at 0157 with SINPO 35443. Next:

0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week; please check!] to NE
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
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, 9395? to NNW
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
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday 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. 9955, March 6 at 2158, VORW ending on WRMI; John seems to be
saying all his times on WRMI including 5850 will be one hour later
with DST --- I don`t think so. If there were any retime they would be
one hour earlier, but unless there has been a drastic policy change,
most WRMIs stay on UT, except for System B on 9955; and System G which
is mainly 9395 but partly involving 7780, 5950 if we believe the
outdated grid. That sked in EST/EDT makes it hard to mesh with other
Systems employing those frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.2v, UT Sat March 7 at 0100, WBCQ with some other music
before WTO, and of course again ``Angela & Allan Weiner WorldWide``
without either of them, instead Pirate Joe subbing once again. Says he
had only 25 minutes` notice to prepare, and that was while he was on
air with WHVW classical music show; sorry, too much else is going on
this hour to devote time to monitoring all his random rambling in case
there be any nugget of info about what`s really going on at `BCQ. 5130
still not on air at 0100, but it is on when next checked at 0152 with
PJ here too //. John Carver`s version:

``Tonight's show started on time on 7490. No signal on 5130. Pirate
Joe is hosting again this evening. Stated that he only had thirty
minutes notice that he was hosting and he was in the middle of a
program on his station when he found out so had nothing planned for
this show. Rambled on for a bit and then played some music. Spent a
fair amount of time talking about the twenties. He tried several times
to compare the twenties to the sixties but never completed the
thought. Then he talked about prohibition, then into the Pony Express,
and into traveling cross country in different time periods, and then
into world travel in several different centuries.

A check at 0136 revealed still no program on 5130, but during a check
at 0158 the program was on 5130 so it came up sometime in the last
twenty-two minutes. Show was off the air at 0200. John, Mid-North
Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0325 UT March 7

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-USB, March 6 at 1820-1835+, LRA36 with songs,
poor signal via another Brazilian KiwiSDR since Pardinho is already
maxed out at 8 users. Hello to Dan Robinson, who has done the same.
Tnx to tip from Manuel Méndez, Spain, that it`s already on prior to
publicized special broadcast at 1900 about summer activities around
the bases (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 399 kHz, March 6 at 0650 UT, NDB dash and ZHD, which is 25
watts from Dryden - Barclay, Ontario (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, March 6 at 0727, TWO CCG stations with marine
weather in French QRMiing each other at about equal levels, same
roboyl voice, but apparently different content, not merely offset
echoing. As I have noted a number of times before, none scheduled
before 0737 or 0740; per http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm the possible
bilingual stations on 2749 are: VCO Sydney NS at 0740; VCN Escoumins,
Québec from 0847; and VAR-9 Yarmouth (Halifax) NS from 1040; and no
languages specified from VCS-21 Halifax at 0810. Canadian CG needs to
get its acts together, or rather separated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5040, March 6 at 0720, RHC is still on with dead air except
for humsqueal. 6060 is DA at S9+10; 6145 and 6100 are modulating
English; 6000 is off. Something`s always wrong at RHC. Once hit by
DST, I hope not to be awake and monitoring after 0630 UT (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15700, March 6 at 1502, CRI Plus relay is S9+30 but suptorted
also with tone. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

15230, March 6 at 1503, RHC is unusually off, while 15140 remains
distorted at S9+20. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

13740, March 6 at 1508, this RHC is off, while 13700 remains at S9+30
in Sonido Cubano music, no spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC.

11700, March 6 at 1511, RHC is ON this frequency // 11760, but 11700
is not supposed to be on at all in the mornings, only 2300-0600!
Suspect this is the transmitter missing now from 15230. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11990, March 6 at 1507 new IRRS broadcast in Oromo,
S4-S6; recheck via UTwente at 1557 more lively talk, chopped off at
1559* with no ID. Meanwhile, I asked IRRS what this is, and quickly
received a Coronavirius e-QSL along with ``OMN -- Oromia Media
Network``.

From that I quickly search out all this info but nothing about old or
new SW broadcasts; note the date on first one, 6 years ago:

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Surprisingly, WRTH 2020 COTB page 511 lists only one to Ethiopia, a
different one, Voice of Oromo Liberation, based in Berlin, via Nauen.
IRRS never confirms transmitter sites, so I don`t even ask, but Ivo
Ivanov says 11990 is via his own Bulgaria (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 400 kHz, March 6 at 0649 UT, ND beacon AHW vs storm crashes,
of which there are none closer per Blitzortung than off the coast of
FL north of Bahamas. AHW is 25 watts from Wahoo, Nebraska (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 contents: Antarctica,
Australia, Canada, Chile, Congo DR, Cuba, Ethiopia non, Italy non,
Korea South, México, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Rwanda non,
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia?; and
the propagation outlook

WOR 2024 is available as of 0228 UT Friday March 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:
[note time changes on Unique Radio, WRMI and WBCQ with DST]

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

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

** U S A. 5085, March 6 at 0531, WTWW-2 is now on with rock music,
plus and minus the very weak parasitic spurs on 5072.1 and 5097.9;
this had been off at earlier check 0335. Lebanon electrical fluid may
still be sporadic post-tornado. At 0722 I check again, when 5085 is
still VG, and 5830 is JBA, presumably WTWW-1 as neighbor 5935 WWCR is
also JBA. The MUF must be sharp between 5 and 6 MHz. Usually it`s
above 6 MHz allowing both to inboom when on (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1539.96 approx., March 6 at 0707 UT, tell-tale het against
1540 KXEL et al., prime suspect being KGBC Galveston TX, which
sometimes but not always, is askew. Careful LSB tuning manages to pull
it apart as signal increases, after 0714 music, ``Ain`t That a
Shame``, 0715 full ID for KGBC also FM 101.7, `Baytown, Houston, we`ve
got you covered`` --- also Enid.

As of last August, in NRC AM Log, KGBC format was Tejano --- not any
more; U4 2500/250 watts, address in Houston, and 101.7 is K269GS, no
mention of offfrequenciness from 1540.00. WTFDA DB shows 101.7 in
Houston proper, still Spanish/Tejano. Radio-locator.com also still
claims KGBC is ``Tejano``. Ain`t that a shame? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1837 UT March 6

** CUBA. 6060, March 5 at 0718, RHC is S9+20 but JBM in English; 6145
is S9+10 undermodulated but sufficient. Of the remaining Cuban Five,
5040 and 6000 are off; 6100 a JBA carrier likely something else:
perhaps KCBS P`yongyang altho a bit early for it, sunset not until
0934. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 13740, March 5 at 1524, RHC S9/+10 of dead air,
which is getting to be a habit; while 13700 is modulating OK at S9+20
without spurs. Something`s always wrong at RHC, which is supposed to
be OFF 13740 at 1500*-*2200.

13740, March 5 at 1856, S9 open carrier, still RHC? RFI in French is
scheduled here at 1700-2000, and I do briefly hear a bit of French
underneath at 1857-1900+ but by 1908 just the carrier, S9+10. At 1911
I check via UTwente SDR and find a weak OC. So is it RHC, ISS out of
order, or both? A day or two ago, my caradio stopped on 13740 during a
sufficiently modulated RFI French (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ETHIOPIA [non]. 11990, March 5 at 1530, language talk at S5-S8, HOA
music, ID sounds like ``Huna Radio ----`` but not Arabic; recheck 1600
is off.

Ron Norton notified me along with expanded IRRS English broadcasts for
Coronavirus: ``Additionally, new broadcasts have been started as of
today March 4, 2020 in Oromo language to Ethiopia on 11990 from
1500-1600 UTC (@ 250 kW)`` and the IRRS website says it`s daily. But
name of it or sponsorship NOT given; another new clandestine to this
area? Ivo Ivanov in Bulgaria says site is Secretbrod = Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria where the power is only 50 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF
RADIO 2024) See also ITALY [non]

** GREECE. 9420, March 6 at 0053, S9-S5 of open carrier --- yet
another station suffering from Dead Air Syndrome, Voice of Greece
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ITALY [non]. (7290), March 5 at 1824, via UTwente SDR, `War Room -
Pandemic`` new show about CoronaVirus on IRRS, interviewing someone
from a Los Angeles hospital, until 1845 music fill for rest of hour.
Part of expanded broadcasts from IRRS, starting 7290 at 1800 instead
of 1900: that explains why I was already hearing music on Monday March
2 before WORLD OF RADIO --- but there was some kind of change in
transmission before 1900, different sites? 7290 has been assumed to be
one of the Romanian sites, Saftica or Tsiganeshti.

Ron Norton wrote: ``Hello There from IRRS & EGR,

1.) While most of Northern Italy has come (nearly) to a halt due to
the recent coronavirus outbreak, we have just extended our global
coverage with daily broadcasts to reach out to Europe, the Middle
East, Asia/Pacific and Africa with daily news and commentaries on
COVID-19 in English.

Here are our new (daily) frequencies as of Feb. 21, 2020 (@ 150 kW):

9640 kHz (1400-1500 UTC) to Asia and Middle East
7290 kHz (1800-2000 UTC) to Europe
9660 kHz (2000-2100 UTC) to Africa
594 kHz (2100-2200 UTC/2200-2300 CET) AM/Medium Wave to N Italy and
Southern/Central Europe

Please check our blog for more details at:
https://nexus.org/coronavirus-qsl/

You may find our updated B19 frequency schedule at:
https://nexus.org/schedules

2.) On the occasion we have released our new QSL card available
electronically for all reception reports.

You may send your reception report for any of our broadcasts to
reports@nexus.org. We will gladly acknowledge all verified reception
reports with our new electronic QSL.

When requesting our QSL card, please consult our Privacy Policy at
https://nexus.org/privacy
and learn how we process your personal data according to the GDPR.
Stay home, stay safe: listen to Shortwave! 73s, Ron``

That`s the motto on the eQSL which several have already received along
with an illustration of the CV. Ivo Ivanov says 9640 is also via
Bulgaria since he can hear its second harmonic 19280 on local
groundwave and power is only 50 kW.

Richard Langley notes: ``Website mentions this: "A new program aired
via IRRS-Shortwave is called “War Room Pandemic” and produced in the
USA by Steve Bannon, political advisor, media executive, former
investment banker and former White House Chief Strategist." !!! Will
it be objective and science-based?`` --- Beware!

Dr Hansjoerg Biener says on 04 March: ``Bannon's website on the new
podcast is available at
https://pandemic.warroom.org/
His podcast seems to have started on 27 January 2020 but look at the
web address closely:
https://pandemic.warroom.org/category/war-room-impeachment/page/2/

SPECIAL – War Room: Pandemic, Why the Wuhan Coronavirus is So
Important
January 27, 2020 Steve Bannon, Jack Posobiec, Jack Maxey, Simone Gao,
Kyle Bass, Dr. Bradley Thayer, Bill Gertz, and Maura Moynihan take
part in a special, hour-long discussion about the coronavirus emerging
out of China, and the serious economic and health implications``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2024)

** MEXICO. 6185.710v, March 6 at 0048, oh2, XEPPM is off-frequency
again after someone bumped the transmitter, JBM Spanish. (Too late to
mention on WOR 2024, rather it had recently resumed 6184.974.) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** ROMANIA. 7325 & 6130, March 6 at 0102, the anomalies from RRI
continue, these two in English and no signals or Romanian on 7410 &
5910 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TIBET [non]. 5890, March 6 at 0046, JBA music and talk, S7-S9, off
at 0103 check. This hour only is VOA Tibetan via KUWAIT, so more
likely hearing the CNR1 jamming.

WWCR-4 may use 5890 at 03-13, but currently on air only 03-05 Tue-Sat,
plus later at night dead air occasionally. From March 8 with the
imposition of DST, all times above one UT hour earlier: new shifted
sked is up at:
http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 5960, March 5 at 2345, VOT English on today, enough
modulation to enjoy some music, 2351 headlines, 2352 sign-off claiming
this has been the 1330 broadcast on 12035! IS continues, and at 2356
restarts to include IDs in German twice a minute. 0000 March 6,
timesignal as usual a sesquisecond late, and opening German --- but
chopped off the air at 0003*. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2024 contents: Antarctica,
Australia, Canada, Chile, Congo DR, Cuba, Ethiopia non, Italy non,
Korea South, México, North America, Oklahoma, Romania, Rwanda non,
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and non, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia?; and
the propagation outlook

WOR 2024 is available as of 0228 UT Friday March 6
(mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.m3u
(mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2024.mp3

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

The shortwave broadcasts should be:
[note time changes on Unique Radio, WRMI and WBCQ with DST]

0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955
[usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850, 5010, 7780
0900 UT Saturday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 [not last week]
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415]
0900 UT Sunday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 9395?
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania?
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780

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

** U S A. 5085 & 5830, March 6 at 0335, both WTWWs are off, altho 24+
hours earlier, 5830 had resumed. Maybe power at Lebanon TN is still
sporadic after tornados (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VIETNAM [non]. 7315, March 6 at 0044, WHRI in S9+10 of dead air
when it`s supposed to relay VOV in Spanish; still dead until off at
0058* but back on at *0058:20 with stronger signal after beam change
with WHRI ID, music and promos, 0100 VOV starting Vietnamese hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 1520, March 6 at 0110 UT, some musical station with
songs considerably QRMing talker KOKC OKC, making 72/minute SAH = 1.2
Hz. Best heard with KOKC nulled as much as possible, but cannot get a
positive fix on it. What is KYND TX doing now? It`s almost the same
bearing from here as KOKC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5780, March 5 at 0715, JBA carrier, maybe trace of
modulation. No broadcasters known here. Not a MW harmonic. Not an RHC
leapfrog. Maybe pirate, Euro? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 0457 UT March 6