** CUBA. 15370, May 13 at 2105 distorted // not distorted 13740, RHC
starting afternoon news in Spanish referring to a ``terrorist attack
on the Cuban embassy in Washington`` --- but scarce on details, more
concerned with how it relate to Cuba getting blacklisted again by US
as not cooperating in anti-terrorism, like Venezuela and other
malefactors.

Normally I zone out for RHC ``news`` rife with anti-American
propaganda, but curious about this, since I have heard nothing about
such an attack on US news media. Is it recent, or an old grievance?
Here`s a story on their current website, again without much detail,
even a date, but with a surveillance shot stamped 30-4-20. Apparently
blamed on some exile from Miami:

http://www.radiohc.cu/noticias/nacionales/222497-ataque-a-embajada-de-cuba-inducido-por-politica-de-eeuu-afirma-canciller
BTW, don`t forget the long-running sonic attax on the US Embassy in
Habana. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 9690, May 13 at 2229, REE to North America is S9+10 but dead
air! The other three much weaker are all modulating, 11670, 11940,
12030. Keep checking 9690: still dead air at 2236, 2249, 2302; May 14
at 0030 by when only 11940 remains on with mod; 0054, 0100, 0140 by
when silent 9690 has grown to S9+20/30 of DA; still past 0200 but off
in a minute or two as scheduled. So nobody at Noblejas pays attention
whether a 300-kW transmitter has modulation applied, for at least 3.5
hours. Something`s notorious at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 13 at 2227, VOT is absent, after a record? 5-day
run of successes I checked daily May 8-9-10-11-12! I knew that
wouldn`t last. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2032 monitoring: confirmed
Wednesday May 13 at 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.0v, very poor in hi noise
level. Automation continues to start it at 20 seconds past after
Financial Survival and canned ID. Frequency closer to nominal than
usual.

Also confirmed UT Thursday May 14 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 but VP
here in noise level; VG via UTWente SDR in Holland.

Next WOR 2033 should be ready by early UT May 15, first American SW
airing Friday at 2200 on WRMI 9955.

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** ANTARCTICA. 15475.97-CUSB, May 13 at 1540, JBA carrier direct from
LRA36, almost all-water path from Esperanza to Enid; tnx to Manuel
Méndez` word from LRA36 that they are now on every Wednesday from
1400. Still there at 1607, so after breakfast of homemade fruit
cocktail and English muffin, jams, bring up Pardinho Brasil SDR to
find good signal there, nothing but songs except for ID at 1615.5,
some long pauses, more songs and stops at 1623.7* without any sign-off
or further announcement, still off at 1630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** BRAZIL [and non]. 9665.301, May 13 at 0603, music no doubt Voz
Missionária now askewed plus, and also JBA het from 9665.00,
presumably N Korea already propagating its 22 hpd broadcast (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 248-MCW kHz, May 13 at 0552, ND beacon dash and WG, i.e.
1000 watts from Winnipeg; no other Canadians audible and very little
from USA on beacon band, yet a good signal here from our closest
contact to Canada almost due north 1503 km = one sesquimegameter.
Nearest storms along the TX Gulf coast (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring, final repeats:
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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** U S A. 3215, May 13 at 0557, S9+20 of dead air from this WWCR
instead of Brother HyStairical.

4840, May 13 at 0557, WWCR OK mod here, outro about Alex Jones on this
particular frequency, fragment of steel drum but not closing down.
BTW, I am now bothered by local line noise up to S9+10 on the 4-5 MHz
band. Hardly anything on 4885 from Brasil, or is Pará off? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic just-barely-audible MW carrier search May
13; must do this earlier now with earlier sunrises; at 0439: none
lower than 837, 891=where first noticed, 936(2), 999, 1089, 1107,
1125, 1152, 1305(2), 1566. Nearest storms are along TX Gulf coast down
from Houston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15125-USB, May 13 at 1541, JBA 2-way probably in
Spanish, intruders (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** CUBA. 9640 // 9535, May 13 at 0002, both these are just barely
modulated. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15205.060, May 12 at 1756, JBA off-frequency talk
until 1757*, my measurement just in time; it`s the HQS as scheduled
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 11 at 2239 check, VOT is on at S7/S9+10 with
music fill. On again May 12 at 2227 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U K [non]. 9615, May 12 at 1825 English lesson for Korean, S6-S9.
Accent seemed American but this is tail of 3-hour BBC broadcast via
Tinang, PHILIPPINES on the 21-degree azimuth carrying right on USward.
I would not be so eager to teach the N Koreans English; so they can be
more effective cybercriminals (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 380-MCW kHz, May 12 at 0628, ND beacon OEL, JBA under much
stronger 379-MCW RUE in Arkansas. Both are 25 watts, OEL in Oakley,
Kansas, which is just SE of Colby by I-70. OEL is also closer, 401 km
vs 445 from Russellville (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5896.5-USB, May 13 at 0010, MARS net, mostly JBA but at 0015
NCS3 is briefly stronger, calling AFZ6HP, fonetikally; also mentioned
either as caller or callees: NCS307, NCS387, NCS027. These are not
intruders per ITU, rather all the broadcasters 5900-5800. Searching on
the AFZ- call the first hit I get says:

``CR> - Groups.io! groups.io › winfldigi › topic Jul 3, 2019 - On Jul
3, 2019, at 21:00, Hubert Peery <afz6hp@...> wrote: I get an automatic
<CR> after each line and after an enter from the keyboard printed``
but clicking on that directly, Hub`s call appears only as W5GYX.
Looking up his ham call: ``W5GYX USA flag USA, HUBERT D PEERY,
SHAWNEE, OK 74804-3620 USA``.

This is a SHARES net frequency as explained with my first log July 27,
2016 at the same time
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1630.txt
and there have been several since (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 18130-USB, May 12 at 1523, OSOB is KW6J/7 in contact with an
unheard K5. I check this band for signs of sporadic E, even if nothing
is making it on 17 MHz SWBC band like 17775; and 15825 WWCR is the
usual JBA carrier under dead conditions in that direxion. I`ve heard
him before on same band, last August 2 and April 12: ``KW6J/7 USA flag
USA, BRIAN C STAPLETON, CORONA DEL MAR, CA 92625, USA`` but splits
time in Arizona as the /7 implies.

18130-USB, May 12 at 1743 recheck same frequency and hear same?
station. No, now OSOB is W7HX, who per qrz.com must have just moved up
to Prescott Valley AZ: 1748 ``here in western Arizona, Lou``, and 1951
contact unheard W5RLW. Contrary to this almost 3-year-old entry,
referred to living part-time in California; like Brian.

``W7HX USA flag USA, LOUIS E CALDWELL, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, USA`
Ham since 1967, orig call WA7GYR, had W7HX since 1977. Pharmacist,
(Wash State U 1962) retired end of 1998. Now completely retired, no
more pills. Have moved to AZ permanently, winters in Sun City, summers
(mid-May to early October in Prescott Valley. 4el steppir from WA put
up in Prescott Valley, A ham location to die for, on the brow of a
hill with green belt sloping down 20-30 feet to a road. Clear shot NE
to S (thru east). 55ft tower plus sloping hill should be a killer
location. 8183603 Last modified: 2017-06-27 04:23:36, 930 bytes``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** ALGERIA [non]. 9620, May 11 at 0618, RTA via FRANCE with Qur`an and
self-QRM beepery (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15730, May 10 at 2233, RHC confirmed Sunday-only Esperanto,
the only one of three still at correct announced time; VG signal level
but distorted at Maine SDR, yet inaudible at others in N and S
America. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13439, 13504, 13570, 13634; 13766, 13830, 13896, 13962, 14028
approx., May 11 at 1458, constellation of FM/AM spurblobs out of
13700-AM RHC at roughly 66 kHz intervals; this time the F# tone is
louder than usual; closer ones quite strong & readable in FM mode;
declining to only a trace of the tone at the edges. 13740 is already
off. 13700 is dead air by 1509, but the spurs remain F#. Something`s
always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 11 at 1508, China Plus relay is S9+10/20 but
distorted. Did not check in time whether on before 1500. Something`s
always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 9830, May 10 at 2155, TRT IS already, so prospects good for
English at 2200; no PR RTTY either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9885, May 11 at 0616, VOA French is S9+10, apparently
voicing-over something which sounds like QRM. It`s 0600-0630 M-F, and
good signal this time implies it`s still Grimesland NC, rather than
transferred to a Trans-Atlantic site; even tho it would be the only
transmission between 0400 and 1000 with OCB/RM canceled overnight
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring: confirmed UT
Monday May 11 at 0130 on WRMI 7780 good via Alexandria SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0230 on WRMI 7780, but Alexandria SDR
has crosstalk/QRM, overload from TOM or something on another
frequency; while via Rockport SDR, WOR in the clear.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0300 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5130, VG at a
Rochester SDR.

Also confirmed UT Mon May 11 at 0330 on WRMI 9955, good via
Rochester.

Also confirmed Mon May 11 at 1801 on IRRS 7290; tune-in via UTwente
SDR at 1756, big carrier already on with splash from 7275 and 7300;
trace of modulation unclear whether CCI or leak from IRRS feed?
1758:45 cuts on mod about a book `Pio Pico` (?) by Roberto Garza,
ending show from radiocurious.org - presumably the IRRS replacement
for War Room Pandemic, not supposed to be on SW; 1800 IRRS ID but not
the one misclaiming 7290 be in CUSB; but still giving postal address
in Milano and Italian phone number 39-02-266-6971 --- aren`t they
axually HQ in Ireland now? And discouraging reports by mail to Italy?
Then three quick headlines from FSN in time for WOR 2033 to start by
1801. Now the splash QRM comes from 7280 & 7300, not avoidable even by
narrowing bandwidth. Also all during WOR there is also a slight warble
on 7290 as if a trace of RTTY or some ute QRM. Cut off my closing
after ``2-0 ---``. Another IRRS ID with Milano P O Box. Altho still
filed as ITALY, WRTH 2020 postal and phone are only for Dublin.
Next:

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

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Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle, who sent a
contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and remarx:
``Thanks Glenn for all you do. 73 John N8JJO``

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contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, UT Mon May 11 at 0100, WRMI switches abruptly from
Brother HyStairical to classic rock which continues past 0122 segués,
and NO announcements. This is the time publicized for a new weekly
airing of the monthly Radio Emma Toc from UK; Richard Langley reported
the same thing happened a week ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7490.102V, May 11 at 1524, VP S4-S5 carrier, no mod audible;
must be WBCQ typical offset; they have been starting Brother Scare at
1600 altho FCC A-20 does not authorize WBCQ before 1900. But they
might as well take over as soon as WWCR finish 7490 at 1500 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15728.8-USB approx., May 10 at 2145, 2-way in Spanish,
INTRUDERS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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** CUBA. 6072.34, 6081.58, 6090.86; 6109.22, 6118.30, 6127.50,
6135.10, May 10 from 0621 to 0624, all approximate, constantly varying
wavering weak spurs out of 6100 RHC English, not monitored in that
order as first noticed the 6090+ one. Something new always wrong at
RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 13740, May 10 at 1420, RHC is JBM, while 13700 is fully
modulated, but no spurblobs. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11760 // suptorted 15140, Sunday May 10 starting late at
1503, RHC weekly Esperanto; canned sign-on still gives own wrong
schedule; what do they know? Do they never listen to confirm their own
broadcasts? Sunday 0800 on 6100 --- should be at 0700 during DST and
could be on some other 6 MHz channel if on the air at all; this one
they claim is on 11760 (only) and at 1600 instead of 1503; the third
one maybe right: 2230 on 15730. I`ve set an alarm to check on that
today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 11880, May 10 at 1510, China Plus relay is on in English.
However, Wolfgang Bueschel said it was missing by 1456; so maybe they
have deliberately deleted the first hour? Something`s always wrong at
RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 1580, May 10 at 0624 UT, stupid sports talk is dominant,
and // 1020 KOKP, so presumed its sibling station KOKB Blackwell,
which is licensed for only 49 watts ND at night; is close enough for
groundwave at least when on 1000 watt day power; FSR affiliate when
not doing own ``Triple Play`` stuff (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** U S A. 263-MCW kHz, May 10 at 0634 UT, ND beacon CVM, which is 25
watts from Alton - CiVic Memorial, Illinois. Not much else DX making
it on the beacon band tonight.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Regional_Airport
``Civic Memorial Airport opened in 1946 and received its current name
in 1984.[4]`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2033 monitoring; next:
0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 or 6160v to WSW
0330 UT Monday WRMI 9955 [may be jammed] to SSE
0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB or 3210
1800vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW, 594-Italy
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE

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Thanks this week for financial support from John Boyle, who sent a
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``Thanks Glenn for all you do. 73 John N8JJO``

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contribute by money order or check in US funds on a US bank to Glenn
Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9385, May 10 at 0603, tuneby WEWN hears M. Angelica remark,
``Ya gotta make up your mind --- which way yer goin```. Immediately:

9330, May 10 at 0603, tuneby WLCR via WBCQ, ``Take a bath`` --- that`s
enough late night advice for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15825 & 13845, May 10 at 1422, WWCRs getting sporadic E
boost to S9+20 rather than JBA; there is lots of HF Es across the USA
today, per DX Map, not reaching the FM band yet, but maybe reaching
the lower VHF TV channels for those set up to pull in DTV DX. WTFDA
has published an updated list of current lowband stations, in May
VHF-UHF Digest; http://www.wtfda.org/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

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