** CUBA [and non]. Glad to have a report from a listener inside
Cuba!:

``Report about Radio Marti on AM from Cuba. Pavel Milanes Costa
(CO7WT) Sat, May 17 at 4:51 AM --- Hi, Pavel, CO7WT from Camagüey,
Cuba, about Radio Martí on AM on your World of Radio 2295 May 15 2025.
Radio Martí is heard routinely on Cuba on AM on 1180 kHz, there are
some funny situations that made that possible.

There is no secret on the long Cuba's energy crisis, and as you may
expect the local time 1700 (5pm) to 2100 (9pm) and sometimes up to
2300 (11pm) or later is the high demand period and they can't supply
the demand; then most of the country [but Havana, that is protected at
all costs] got routinely blackout at that times.

As a result a few of the local AM transmitters get powered from diesel
generators sometimes at reduced power; or usually just shut down
altogether. Lately the AM transmitters are just powered off during the
mentioned period and local diesel power is reserved for FM stations
[also on reduced power].

So, almost every province has an AM transmitter on 1180 kHz to jam the
Radio Martí one, but some AM listeners got a surprise when instead of
Radio Rebelde or a local station on the memory of his radio or they
dial spot get Radio Martí, mind the surprise of the listeners 😂

Attached is a recording of right now, local Radio Rebelde Transmitter
off and Radio Martí is coming strong, and here you have a picture of
the SDR waterfall. {visible in the WOR iog}

Receiver is a SDRplay with a 15m `long wire` connected to a 9:1
transformer for SW and MW monitoring, but you can pick it up decently
with almost any AM radio, my PL-880 on local setting has no problem to
hear Radio Martí on 1180 kHz most of the time.

Note: the heavy wiggly noise on the waterfall is my Battery inverter
system that makes some noise, but even with that noise it's easily
received, at this time the level of RM is down a little but around 8
pm local it's very strong here.

So, with the blackouts they are turning off the jamming stations and
at least in Camagüey Cuba it's normal to hear it with battery operated
radios.

73 and 88, a long time listener of your programs and lately an avid
SW/MW listener.``

Tnx, Pavel! More about him here:
https://www.qrz.com/db/CO7WT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 9790, May 18 at 0218, no signal from CRI relay, which had
been more reliable than RHC itself, other than insufficient
modulation. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** NEW ZEALAND. 11725 // 13690, May 18 at 0648, RNZP on two AM
frequencies at once! Anomaly? 11725 is S8/9+25 while 13690 is only
S6/S9. What does their websked now show?
00:00 - 05:58     17675 Updated 11 May 2025 Pacific     Daily;
05:59 - 07:58     13690 Pacific Daily;
07:59 - 10:58     9700 + 11725 Pacific Daily;
10:59 - 12:58     9700 + 11725 Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, PNG Daily
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6925- AM, May 18 at 0209, pirate music, still at
0232; slightly low in frequency. These say Liquid Radio, logs before
and after these times as plain old 6925:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,145147.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 6938 AM, May 18 at 0208 and still 0232, open carrier
vs HSNL; at least I can`t make out any mod if it be a pirate? Nothing
now reported in HFU, tho lots of older logs, unIDs, USB or AM (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 87.9, May 18 at 1608 UT, nearby dead air in $ tereo is on
again, idle feeder? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Sporadic E on FM is hopping around us, so I
bandscan on the caradio, getting none of that, but observing monophony
on nearer signals: i.e. no $ tereo icon, not going by how they sound
as  it`s not unusual for $ stations to emit monophonic content, even
music. Except for 89.7, correctly mono in WTDFA FMDB per my previous
input. This is 1600-1630 UT Sunday May 18:

89.3, KIEL Loyal
89.7, KJTH Ponca City, The House -- not noticed mono before, mostly
Christian music; anomaly? Yet its relay on 88.5, KZTH Piedmont is
$ tereo but sounds mono.
90.3, KHEV Fairview
92.1, KFXI Marlow - during church service, but always mono, music too
94.3, KCVW Kingman KS - since it`s Bott // 95.1
95.1, KQCV-FM Shawnee, Bott, // 94.3, mixed with KICT Wichita $
100.9, K265FL Enid of talker KGWA 960
105.1, KQSB Perry, sportstalk

91.7, KOSU OKC, normally mono all day with NPR/talk, M-F, is in $ tereo

Sunday in the 16-18 UT hour with music show: `The Toaster Brunch`

(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 102.7, May 18 at 1615, no KJYO signal or only a trace of
something, while other OKCs are normal/nominal: 100.5, 101.9, 104.1,
etc. (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. RF 13, May 18 at 0238 UT, three of the four OETA channels
are black except for lower-right bugs, i.e. they are getting no
programming input to put out, -2 World, -3 Create, -4 Kids - while -1
is nominal with main channel movie! Still so for a few minutes, but by
0245 check, they are all back. Storm is hitting OKC, maybe partial
power outage or satellite dishes disrupted.

** OKLAHOMA. I`ve been intending to survey all the sub/channels of the
OKC TV stations, as the lineups keep shifting - indeed I run across
some ``channel`` with names new to me. This is not via the rooftop
antenna, but rabbit ears on the second floor which I have very
carefully positioned for best/reliable reception of OETA RF 13. This
means that some other OKC channels don`t decode without messing with
the r-e which I don`t want to do: mainly KWTV 9 RF25, KSBI 52 RF23.
BTW, this handy dipole dates from my OKC era 1954-1961y, when they
were quite sufficient for local reception. No UHF loop included. These
names are read off the PSIP display, not from on-screen bugs which are
often different or variant! And note the capitalization and
punxuation, which I have copied exactly. This was accomplished around
0240-0315 UT May 18:

RF27:
4-1 KFOR DT
4-2 ANT-TV
4-3 TRUCRM
4-4 DEFY

RF7:
5-1 KOCO-HD
5-2 KOCO-ME
5-3 [skipped]
5-4 Story
5-5 Nosey
5-6 getTV
5-7 Quest

RF15:
14-1 TBN-HD
14-2 Merit [with boxing match?!]
14-3 Inspire
14-4 ONTV4U
14-5 POSITIV

RF17: [Enid`s only]
17-1 K17JI-D [WRONG! FCC says it`s K17JN-D]
17-2 3ABN-PR
17-3 3ABN-DD
17-4 3ABN-ES
17-5 3ABN-KD
17-6 3ABN-PH
17-7 3ABN-IL
17-8 [skipped]
17-9 3ABN-RL Audio only
17-10 3ABN-NR Audio only
17-11 Radio74 Audio only

RF24:
25-1 KOKH
25-2 Charge!
25-3 TheNest

RF25:
9-1 News9 [really KWTV, CBS affil.]
9-2 News9 N [as in Now?]
[on roof antenna; and nothing else]

RF29:
30-1 KTUZ
30-2 QVC
30-3 HSN 2
30-4 QVC-2
30-5 H&I
30-6 StartTV
30-7 MeToons

RF33:
34-1 KOCB
34-2 ROAR
34-3 Comet
34-4 Dabl

RF??: needs further investigation. There is an OKC area transmitter
altho KUOK is supposedly ch 35 in Woodward.
36-1 KUOK

RF19: tuner remembers when KAUT was ATSC 1.0 but cannot tune now that
it`s ATSC 3.0: 43-1, 43-2, 43-3, 43-4.

However alternating virtual 43s go to different RFs!:
43-1 KAUT-DT RF27 like KFOR which owns it
43-2 RewTV   RF24 which is competitor KOKH`s!
43-3 Mystery RF24!
43-4 COZI    RF33 which is KOCB`s!

RF18: breaking up but I manage to copy:
62-1 ION
62-2 Bounce
62-3 CourtTV
62-4 MOVIES!
62-5 BUSTED
62-6 GameSho
62-7 ShopLC
62-8 HSN

One might compare with rabbitears.info (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)

** PERU. 4810 & 4820, May 18 at 0225, JBA carriers vs HSNL, no doubt
the Peruvian pair not yet signed off for the night, R. Logos, Chazuta,
San Martín, and R. Senda Cristiana, Cotahuasi, Arequipa (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2295 monitoring: confirmed
Saturday  May 17 at 2230 on WRMI 15770, S9/+10 into UTwente where
we`re aimed, not even checking direct or domestic remotes.

Also confirmed UT Sunday May 18 from 0354.7 the 0315v on WA0RCR, 1860
AM, MO, S9/+10 with strange QRM/QRN but audible into N9AZZ remote in
IL, inaudible direct in heavy storm noise level elsewhere in OK.
Next:

Also confirmed Sunday May 18 at 1900 on IRRS SW via AM Italia,
1322.995+, S8/S9 into UTwente across Europe.

2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 9455 to NW;
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW;
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160;
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW;
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
1400 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast];
2000 UT Tuesday IRRS 1323-Italy;
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW;
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975;
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160;
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW;
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.

Thanks this week for generous financial support from Peter Robinson,
Preston UK, via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com

One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5085, May 18 at 0226, WTWW is off again, 24 hours after it
was on again (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9346.04 AM, May 18 at 0214 JBA talk, S9+10 vs HSNL direct
into the R75: but I can match the mod to 9330 WBCQ WLCR English into
the handy PL660 with no external antenna. First time I`ve heard such a
spur out of the SuperStition. Match 16+ kHz below? NO trace of any
circa 9314. 0233 recheck, now it`s drifted to 9346.09 or so.
Something`s messed up at Monticello (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5800, UT Sun May 18 at 0220, WRMI with talk about ham radio.
O, this axually matches the sked for WRMI-11 on System D: `CQ Calling`
at 0215-0230 UT Sundays. Entire hour on Tue-Sat is R. República (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9455, May 18 at 0645, unusually this WRMI-11 is ON, S9+30
direct, with SMTV // 9395 which is only S9+20. Maybe 9455 will finally
still be running System D during the 0900-1000 hour, including WOR
Saturdays at 0930?? System E TOMBS supposedly also 9455 daily
0800-0900. Xmtr grid still shows 9455 only at 2300-0400 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 1010 kHz, May 18 at 0229 UT in bandscan vs HSNL around here,
ad for Florida homeowners from Florida Pest Control. Gee, could this
be from Florida? Yes, WJXL Jaxonvil Beach *still* way out of whack, U4
50/30 kW, day and night patterns supposed to throw it all out
eastward  into the Atlantic. Surely the easiest way to DX Fla on MW
without really trying. Is better on my E/W loop than N/S shortwire. As
I last logged it in early March (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 4849.95 approx., May 18 at 0638, JBA carrier direct,
pirate? But too late for Europe? See previous report (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6110, May 18 at 0224, JBA carrier. Fana, Ethiopia should
not be on until 0255 or 0300. EiBi & Aoki agree TIBET is on 6110 now,
but it`s mid-morning there. Aoki also shows R. Delta, Holland but not
until 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2000 UT May 18