** NIGERIA. 7255-, May 4 at 0638*, tune-in just in time to perceive
VON off-frequency carrier before it shuts off; seemed no modulation
and no time either to consult the strength. Something`s always awful
at Abuja (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7400 AM, May 4 at 0640, R. Vostochnaya Zvezda with
W&M dialog/drama in Russian with yelling, music background, S9 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2188 monitoring: confirmed UT
Thursday May 4 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+20 direct.

Also confirmed UT Thursday May 4 at 0130 on WRMI 5010, S9/+15 into
Bonaire SDR.

WORLD OF RADIO 2189 contents: Afghanistan and non, Antarctica,
(Armenia), Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Europe,
Germany, India, (Japan), Jordan, Korea North & South, (Lithuania), New
Zealand, Oklahoma, Russia, Sudan, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine non,
UAE, UK non, USA, (Uzbekistan), Vanuatu; propagation outlook
(countries mentioned along with others not in order)

WORLD OF RADIO 2189 available from 0135 UT May 5:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2189.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2189.mp3

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

The shortwave+ broadcasts should be:

1430 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE
[usually, also phonecast, webcast][jammed by Cuba?]
2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ Radio Angela 5130v to WSW
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
2230 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0245vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0457]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323 & 918? & 207?-Italy
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

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http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

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UNIDENTIFIED. 5958-5962 approx., May 4 at 0634, noise blob, louder
than DRM and narrower; out of some 5960 transmitter? S9 with
occasional split-second dropoffs (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0211 UT May 5

** CUBA. 11670, May 3 at 0619, RHC English on here and nowhere else,
including all 6 MHz channels off. S9+20 and with spurs about +/- 3
kHz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17480, May 3 at 1504, only JBA carrier direct
below 17500 is here, presumably Turkjammer and/or Dengê Welat (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed May 3 at 2130, REE Spanish show with a few songs
toward the end but mostly talk about them, and the final song had to
be interrupted at 2200 for accurate timesignal and into token English.
VG direct and other frequencies not checked. One news item about today
being the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. 2206 into Amy
Egan interview with a prof. from Edinburgh who specialises in Spanish
lit., in Madrid to moderate a discussion between a novelist and a very
different author. Don`t know them and can`t get interested so over to
TURKEY by 2222 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, May 3 at 2222 tune-in to VOT direct, VG today unlike
yesterday, just ending `Shipping Piles` ? about AI, and ``every hour``
promo liner, music. 2227 ``always by your side`` promo liner and
`Weekly Commentary` repeat of yesterday by Ibrahim ---. 2241 Feeling
Supreme/`The Healing Spring` about melissa ? tea, i.e. with honey? (I
agree with Alan Roe that T.H.S. name is clear as each episode starts,
but the canned opening & closing keep sounding like F.S.) 2249 music.
2253 s/off, off by 2254.6* without hearing any IS (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U A E. 15310.13v, May 3 at 1458, JBA carrier direct, BBC new Arabic
special for Sudan warming up via Dhabbaya site to start at 1500.
UTwente is inaccessible, so checking other SDRs: at 1518 Kenya gets it
S9/+10 at +42 Hz but I think its calibration is off; can`t get any 5,
10 or 15 MHz WWV to check. RSA remote is more like it, S9/+15 at +127
Hz. At 1527, Maryland SDR lox onto it altho inaudible, at 15310.132.
Back to Nairobi for closing: stops about 1529.5, dead air, and `World
Service` uttered before cut off 1530*.

Nicely correlating with such offfrequenciness is this about the other
Sudan service: ``Glenn, I'm listening to the new BBC Arabic Service to
the Sudan refugees on 21510.15 at 0702 (May 3), via the Kuwait SDR
(Chuck Albertson, Seattle, Wash.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2188 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
May 2 at 2336 the 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9/+20.

Also confirmed Wednesday May 3 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7490-: JBA carrier
direct: needs to be on higher band in summerish. S9/+10, minus 73 Hz
into Maryland SDR = 7489.927. Next:

0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702; One may also contribute via PayPal, not
necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 17790, 15770, 9455, 9395, May 3 at 1502-1505+, all WRMI
channels supposed to be on now, are OFF. Wonder what`s the problem?
Hope not serious. There is NO lightning in Florida at this time.
Nothing about this at disgraced FB. I am first checking direct; and
noting that 15825 WWCR and 15555-USB WJHR are both VG, with sporadic E
boosts. 1526 recheck at Maryland SDR, nothing on the four WRMI
frequencies. Ditto at 1652. What will happen at 2100? 9955 & 5950 are
supposed to start, 17790 to stop. Just after 2100, via Maryland
remote, 15770 is in well, and the 9s are poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 15555 USB, May 3 at 1502, WJHR VG direct at S9+10 tnx to
sporadic E boost, and 1503 ID as ``near Pensacola, Florida``, email
address. At this time 15825 WWCR is also boosted, but 15770 WRMI is
off, incomparable (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2354 UT May 3

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, May 2 at 0720, JBA carrier from R. Kiribati
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALDIVES [non]. 11620, May 2 at 1457, no signal direct until *1500
Voice of Martyrs Korea, opening Maldives service in English, from
secret site. Yesterday Ron Howard had BBC QRM; maybe a mistake. Ron
agrees no BBC today (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. Enid Commissioner accused of having white nationalist
ties sworn into City Commission [with audiovideo]

by: Natalie Clydesdale/KFOR
Posted: May 2, 2023 / 06:29 AM CDT Updated: May 1, 2023 / 11:35 PM CDT
[sic]

ENID, Okla. (KFOR) – Dozens of outraged Enid residents gathered both
inside and outside of Monday night’s city commission meeting to
demonstrate against the swearing in of a member accused of having ties
to a white nationalist group.

“It’s abhorrent. It’s inexcusable. Of course, as a priest, I pray for
him,” said Reverend James Neal of Holy Cross Enid.

Judd Blevins was elected to the Ward 1 seat on Enid’s City Commission
on Feb. 14 of this year. He was officially sworn into the position on
Monday night.

The protest of more than 50 community members at the City
Administration Building was sparked by Blevins’ alleged involvement
with a now disbanded white nationalist hate group called “Identity
Evropa.” ...
https://kfor.com/news/local/commissioner-accused-of-having-white-nationalist-ties-sworn-into-enid-city-commission/
(via gh, Enid, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, May 2 at 2203, VOT is not off the air today,
S9+55/60 into UTwente, stronger than ever but somewhat
overmodulated/distorted especially the music. After news and ROTP, I
start paying more attention: 2217 sad song. 2220 `Weekly Commentary`
by Ibrahim ---, journalist etc. specialising in Turkstuff, read by the
heavy-accentedess, ``again danger for Turkish armed forces`` about an
aircraft carrier whose name I can`t possibly copy. If these announcers
were interested in really *communicating* with a foreign/language
audience, they would spell out names likely unfamiliar. Same model as
a ship of Spain? About number of helicopters, tanx, catapult launching
of drones and light jets, hospital. 2229 music. 2231 multi-lingual ID
filler reel. 2233 music. 2239 `Turkey`s Geomarked Products` about a
bread whose name I can`t understand, from Trabzon. I wonder if they
are trying go say ``geo-marketed`` as in exported. 2241 music. 2245
``always by your side`` promo liner. 2246 music. 2249 `with you every
hour` promo liner. 2252 quick check of reception direct: S9/+10 on
generous meter but *very* inferior to 11780 Brasil splashing mostly
evitable by USB tuning of 11785. 2153 sign/off with the usual defects
no doubt same recording. 2254.6 IS plays for one minute until 2255.6*.
Something`s always awry at Ankara, erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U K [non]. 15310, Tue May 2 at 1523-1529.5* first edition of new
BBC Arabic at 1500-1530 Tue-Sat, special for Sudan to last two
sesquimonths per BBC publicity without site, but via Alan Pennington,
BDXC, it`s UAE, 250 kW at 250 degrees. Likewise the other one at
0700-0730 daily on 21510. At 1500 I had nothing on 15310 direct, but
then hearing it via remote in RSA. Whatever became of the KiwiSDR
world map of available receivers?

BBC News - BBC World Service launches emergency pop-up radio service
for Sudan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65447051
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2188 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday May 2 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20. Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power][suspended]
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S

Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702; One may also contribute via PayPal, not
necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A. 9330, May 2 at 0653, WBCQ-6 is back on air with WLCR in
English, but interrupted at 0654 for WBCQ ID and off for antenna
rotation. You`d think by now they would know how to coördinate breaks
with programming. Recheck at 0705 it`s back now in Spanish; maybe
resumed in time by 0700 but I was on Vanuatu (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9805-9810, Tue May 2 at 0709, DRM noise and different
digitalness at 9800-9805, i.e. WINB hybrid style which indeed is
scheduled now in HFCC: 0700-0900 M-F, 0800-1000 Sundays, 50 kW at 62
degrees targeting Europe; i.e. reverse of 242 degrees when on 9265 AM,
but these DRMs are plenty strong. Blox any residual Cuban jamming
against nothing on 9805: they deserve each other (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** VANUATU. 7290, May 2 at 0657, JBA talk and music from RV, cut off
at 0658:44*. By the time I can retune to 11835, 0659.5, it`s already
resumed with song at S7/S9, as always, best reception on third
harmonic, while 7890 is JBA carrier and not audible on 15780 = X4
where it`s possible and heard recently by Ron Howard; should always
check for that when 11835 audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9979.35 USB, approx., May 2 at 0711, 2-way in Spanish
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2316 UT May 2