** ANTARCTICA [non?]. 15475.98 RC USB, again this Wed, April 26, I
neglect to check for LRA36 as early as 20 or 21 UT, but no one else
reports it either. I do tune from 2309 via Argentine remote, not
hearing it but instead some intermittent rather musical utilitones. Can
be roughly once a minute or much less often, to 2240. Sounds like same
sequence each time. They last only a few sex, never enough time to try
to pinpoint the reference/carrier frequency if any. I do also hear
them on 15478 where the tones are of course quite different. I suppose
these have nothing to do with LRA36? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17460.010, April 26 at 1519, S9+15 into UTwente
SDR of a speech, so a Recep Turkish jammer? While 17480.008 has a YL
talking, S9+20, so Dengê Welat? Anyhow they are failing to collide, so
what`s the point? Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Next check
at 1605: 17480 with OM talking over music background; 17460 with
choral music. At 1648: 17460 still music; but 17480 has changed to
17470, with talk at S9+25/35. At 1657 on 17470 I axually perceive a
``Dengê Welat`` ID. That means ``country voice``, preceded by sounded
similar to ``inja`` which appears in Farsi IDs as ``here``. Google
translate suggests it could be ``li vin`` = ``here`` in Kurmanji
Kurdish. At 1737, music and shouting on 17460, weaker than talk on
17470. At 1755, both are finally on same 17460 with a SAH. At 1800 the
dominant one crossfades from a vocal song to instrumental music,
shortly YL talk, mentioning ``Kurdistan`` several times, but no
explicit ID for D.W. heard. At 1839 both are still on 17460, talk
and/or music, and the SAH is 2 Hz, as fits for the original .008 and
.010 measurements on different frequencies. Not rechecked until 2033,
when there is only one signal and on 17470.008, talk S8/S9 with no
CCI, 2044 into music. All this via UTwente SDR (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed Apr 26 at 2200, token English from SNR is not off
the air today, rather sufficient direct tho with some deep fades,
better than 15520, 17715. News first about Bras. Pres. Lula visit to
Spain and reluctance to side with Ukraine against Russia. Feature from
2207 is about the opera ``Nixon in China`` being produced for first
time in Spain at Royal Opera House = Teatro Real. Interviews with
minimalist composer John Adams who considers himself a synthesizer,
not innovator, same difference among classical composers. Also with
various others involved in the produxion. It`s daunting, as part of
the time different singers are not in unison but singing different
texts in different keys simultaneously. First produced in 1987y, one
sesquidecade after the real event. Boner: Hélena refers to ``Mrs.
Tse-tung`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785, April 26 at 2158 & 2230 chex, NO VOT English signal
audible direct. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2187 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard’s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees.
Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2187, WRMI:
15770, 2234, 2246, 2259 (45433), April 22 UTC 2023 [Sat]
9395, 0031, 0045, 0059 S9 signal, April 25 UTC 2023 [Tue]
(Lemke, Richard -AB)``

Confirmed Tuesday April 25 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/25 into
Missouri SDR.

Also confirmed Wednesday April 26 at 2100+ on WBCQ 7490-, S9/S7 into
Maryland SDR. Next:

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

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** U S A. More from George McClintock about repairing WTWW with
captions to close-up multi-MB photos:

``Subject: WTWW: not enough control cards --- I have only 5 power
modules for 6 empty slots out of 48 in transmitter #1. 2 power modules
are now being repaired.

I have only 2 control cards to use for the 5 power cards. I am short 4
control cards. I have been unable to find any more on the property.
THEY have done something with the cards. NO CHANCE THEY will tell us
anything about where the cards are. Continental says they do not have
any and cannot make any more. George McClintock 4-23-2023``

``Subject: WTWW: typical repair problems --- Burned resistors on power
modules left by the GOOD OLD BOYS. Bad traces repaired. Burned in half
resistor. George McClintock 4-21-2023``

``Subject: WTWW: #1 transmitter repair --- This is what I face in
trying to get all of the transmitter burned up power modules
operational. I have replaced 7 burned transformers on the power
modules. I have only one transformer left and hope I do not need any
more as I only ordered 8. Of the required 48 power modules, I am short
one (1). The real problem is that I am short 4 control cards and they
are not anywhere to be found. THEY have done something with the cards
and I am sure THEY will not tell us. Continental says they do not make
these cards anymore. I will ask if they have some damaged or half
built cards lying around. George McClintock 4-24-2023`` (via Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report despatched at 2357 UT April 26

** BRAZIL [and non]. 28305 USB, April 25 at 2158, PV8AL, Hélio, making
quick contacts with 100 watts, ``QRZ DX`` including with a K5. Hardly
any other sigs on band: someone about Puerto Rico on 28315; not a
single CW beacon. QRZ.com:

``PV8AL Brazil flag Brazil, HÉLIO DE OLIVEIRA ALVES, POBOX 181, BOA
VISTA, RR 69301970, Brazil`` - that`s Roraima. Lots of antenna shots:
https://www.qrz.com/db/PV8AL
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CANADA. 248 MCW kHz, April 25 at 0655, no signal, no carrier from
WG, 1000 watt NDB at Winnipeg which was to be decommissioned on April
20, per dxinfocentre.com. Otherwise had been the one Canadian audible
if any. Also to go as of Apr 20 were 335, YLD, 1000 watts at Chapleau
ON, which I have heard a number of times; and 368, VX, 50 watts at
Dafoe SK, which I have not (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** COLOMBIA [and non]. 10125 CW, April 25 at 0644, HK3QQ with regular
keypad letters but also JBA USB talk, presumably Australian. Of course
with BFO on exactly 10125, one does not hear the CW (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA. 11462, April 25 at 0642, suspicious carrier and then JBA spy
numbers in Spanish, plus some digiblaaps. Usually these are loud &
clear, but still not recovered from geomag storm. Jamming against
nothing on 11860 & 11930 also weakened. However, EiBi shows sked for
this is: 0454-0550 & 0854-0950 Tue/Thu Sat. At this time supposed to
be on 14375. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** CUBA [and non]. 15230, April 25 at 2205, RHC S9+25 but JBM,
distorted and cutting out, in Portuguese? Without embargo was about to
award it SSOB, as hardly anything else but JBA Brasil 15190v and WRMI
15770 S9 relaying Taiwan in Spanish -- until at 2206 I got to 15120,
S9+44 of open carrier/dead air: presumably VOA Grimesland not turned
off yet after weekday 2130-2200 Bambara; rather than CRI via Cuba.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, April 25 at 0511 UT, JBV carrier trace on the
waterfall of Kaneohe, Oahu SDR, so R. Kiribati is on the air altho not
detected direct since April 10. Registers S7 but inaudible. However,
no trace at first check 0440. Still nothing direct at 0640 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7400, April 25 at 0648, JBA carrier, presumed R.
Vostochnaya Zvezda (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, April 25 at 2202, this REE is OFF, on an unEnglish
Tuesday but I check anyway; since 17715 for S America is fairly
audible at S2/S5, but 15520 back from ME beam is best, S4/S8; 11670
for Af JBA. Something`s not right at Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2187 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday April 25 at 0045 the 0030 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+20/30 direct.
Next:

2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
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; thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, for a
generous contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702;
``Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and throw a donation into
the `WOR vat of consistently useful and accurate DX info`. Thanks for
all your efforts to keep DX info non-trivial. Cheers, Dan``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9955, April 25 at 0646, WRMI is S5/S8 while 9395 & 9455 are
S9+30! Quite a difference; is it only because 9955 aims SSE while the
others go NNW or WNW? Or is 9955 axually underpowered. 9455 is SMTV,
the others, TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2326 UT April 25

** CUBA. 6100, April 24 at 0630, RHC English still on proper
frequency, during extreme propagation disturbance, but unusual flutter
on S9/+10 signal, and also some `rumble`, unclear source of that.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 15140, April 24 at 2045, distorted Portuguese on one of few
signals on band, S9+5/15 with squeal, and spurs about +/- 6.67 kHz.
WRTH update does not show any PP at 2030, and 15140 supposed to stop
at 2030 after French. Likewise per EiBi, while Aoki still shows winter
timings of 2000-2100 English, 2100-2130 French! Something`s always
wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, April 24 at 2045, REE is SSOB direct, but much weaker
than normal, not recovered from major geomag storm. Recheck 2227
toward end of token English, JBA carrier for us; but 15520 off the
back for ME is sufficient as she is talking about Don Quijote (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2187 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
April 23 at 2000 on IRRS SW via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10/20 into
nearby Noale SDR but with heavy subaudible heterodyne (SAH) fading
from an understation, less so by 2025.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 24 at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S9/+10 into
Louisiana SDR, but with heavy storm noise level (HSNL) from nearby
Gulf of Mexico; also blasted first 14 seconds by noise transmitter.

Also confirmed UT Monday April 24 from 0302 on WBCQ Area 51, during
severe propagation disturbance, 6160 minus 66 Hz = 6159.934 into
Maryland SDR also with HSNL from Gulf of Mexico? or smaller storms out
toward Bermuda. Slightly better than into NH SDR. Direct? JBA carrier
vs HSNL. Started slightly late after some SFX, also heard on webcast.
Next:

0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
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

Like our website, a noncommercial service for which financial support
is appreciated; thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, for a
generous contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702;
``Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and throw a donation into
the `WOR vat of consistently useful and accurate DX info`. Thanks for
all your efforts to keep DX info non-trivial. Cheers, Dan``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 5130 -16 Hz = 5129.984, UT Monday April 24 at 0200, WBCQ R.
Angela is back! on the air, as Bill Tilford notified us a few hours
earlier that Timtron had finally fixed the transmitter. Unfortunately
this coincides with extreme propagation disturbance, and high storm
noise levels. It`s `Concert Hall` with Sir Scratchy introducing UB,
but far too poor for any enjoyable listening, S9/+5 into Maryland SDR.
At 0219 I check it direct: JBA vs HSNL. At 0231 to Maryland has
declined to JBA at 5129.979; and Maine SDR is JBA at 5129.978. Wonder
if it`s back to previous power level. In summer anyway this should be
on a higher band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. Obs direct during severe geomagnetic storm, April
24 at 0627+. 6160 WBCQ: inaudible. 6070 CFRX: JBA carrier. 6115 & 6055
Japan: inaudible. Attenuated but stronger signals remaining exhibit
Doppler flutter, with BFO, not up and down but sideways: 5935 WWCR,
5850 WRMI, 4840 WWCR. At 0632, also 7505 WRNO, 7570 & 7780 WRMI.
Flutter also hits southerly sigs such as CUBA, VANUATU, q.v.

Checking bands at 1530 April 24: most signals still very attenuated or
absent. The only one more or less normally strong is 12160 WWCR.

``:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt Issued: 2023 Apr 24 1500
UTC Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather
Prediction Center Geophysical Alert Message:
Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 April follow.
Solar flux 135 and estimated planetary A-index 66.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 24 April was 3.67.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been severe.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G4 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. 7260, April 24 at 0632, RV is S4/S6 with talk, about
normal poor level, but with Doppler flutter caused by severe geomag
storm. This path is totally trans-equatorial entering the US thru Yuma
AZ; same direxion as Queensland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2349 UT April 24

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, re my April 22 LRA36 log:

``Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adrian Korol, of RAE who
shares the following announcement:
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE NEW LRA 36 DREAM TEAM?
The winter 2023 staff arrived to Base Antartica Conjunta Esperanza.
They are all Antarctic women:

LORENA DEL CARMEN ALVARADO
MARÍA VICTORIA MENENDEZ
NOEMÍ DEL VALLE CISNEROS
ARIADNA VERÓNICA BERRARDO
ADRIANA NOVAKOSKI
OP: Nicole Valdebenito {as in 2022; is Nicole a woman? gh}

LISTEN ON SHORTWAVE Saturday April 22 from 20:00 UTC to Sunday April
23 02:00 UTC 15476 khz (USB)

Coordination: Juan Carlos Benavente
TC Gustavo Cordero is our LRA 36 Season 2023 Director
{Teniente Coronel? = Lt. Col. - gh}
Overall Supervision : Adrian Korol (RAE Director)

LRA 36 URL AUDIO STREAM:

https://vmf.edge-apps.net/embed/live.php?streamname=sc_rad32-100131&autoplay=true

LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel
ask for your eQSL reception reports: lra36nacional@gmail.com
www.radionacional.com.ar
Spread the radio love`` (via gh, WOR iog)

** CUBA. 11760, UT Sunday April 23 at 0653, RHC jazz music, presumed
English hour on wrong frequency, only one still on air on any band;
also undermodulated but S9. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KIRITIMATI. 846 kHz, regular chex between 06 & 07 UT have not
detected even a JBA carrier lately from R. Kiribati. Last time was
April 10. Of course, summery storm noise levels are increasing, but
would like to reconfirm if really still on air, e.g. via Oahu remote.
Walt Salmaniw, BC, has been complaining of degraded trans-Pacific MW
conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, April 23, WOR)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 17470.008, April 23 at 1754, checking for Dengê
Welat and Turkish jammer: only signal now in area below 17500 is here,
VG S9+35 into UTwente, soft song by YL; 1758 change to OM & chorus
with martial music. 1800 YL speaking. Now a trace of something under,
but which is which? Splatters out to plus/minus 20 kHz. At 1810, the
strong 17470 signal jumps to 17480 as the YL is still speaking, so now
it`s splattering on 17470.010 where the other one has been uncovered,
about the same offset but only S9+20 with chanting, music.

``To Glenn: Administration of Pridnestrovsky Radiotelecentr informed
me on April 13 that Dengê Welat did not use its facilities in short
waves because they were out of service due to the attacks suffered.
On the frequencies 17450, 17460, 17470, 17475 and 17480 khz
alternately record musical programming of Kurdish origin. Broadcasts
between 21 and 2130 UT. Frequently, frequency changes are made during
broadcasts. Using the Shazam app I was able to find out the name of
one of the recordings: "Jin Jiyan Azadi" by Jinma. The translation
corresponds in Kurdish to "Woman, Life and Freedom" used by the
Kurdish autonomy movement. Information sites such as "Short Wave
info", "Short Wave schedules" do not record these transmissions. Any
information you publish about it will be valued. 73s Carlos Kostzer,
Tucumán, Argentina``

Kai Ludwig replies on the WOR iog to my previous comment:

>>> Some conclude that the current site is Uzbekistan, but not sure
how firm that be. Glenn <<<

``When they abandoned Kostinbrod again a new transmission appeared for
which Ivo Ivanov stated, as always just in three letters, that it came
from Tashkent. As a matter of fact it was, at this point!, always
noticeably off-frequency and the change from day to night frequency
took rather long, so apparently some old equipment, and always the
same transmitter.

That characteristic frequency offset appears to be gone now. Thus I
would say that the matter needs to be assessed again.

Grigoriopol could be called the primary transmission facility for
Denge Welat and all its previous incarnations (apparently it was
always the same radio station from studios at Denderleeuw near
Brussels, just with alternating licences and thus names), but it was
by no means the only one. Other site usages over the years I'm aware
of were Issoudun, Bijeljina, Kostinbrod, Gavar and Samara. Only
Bijeljina and Samara can be ruled out now, simply because both
stations no longer exist. And it was rather the norm than the
exception that more than one station was involved in day-to-day
operations, like the previous Grigoriopol-Issoudun combination.

References to a certain database are in my opinion of limited use, it
meanwhile contains too much outdated data. I fear we're at serious
risk of getting lost in a self-reference loop niow. Kai`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** NORTH AMERICA. 7400, April 23 at 0644, S5/S7 music, presumed R.
Eastern Star, Russian ethnic pirate. Reports lately he has been
talking about communism, socialism, capitalism, but not clear what`s
his POV, political agenda (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2187 monitoring: confirmed UT Sunday April 23
at 0030 on WRMI 7780, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR way offbeam, with storm
crashes.

Also confirmed UT Sunday April 23 at 0312 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO,
S9+18 by groundwave to nearby SDR, about 10 minutes into so started
early circa 0302. Next:

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
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035 USB [low power]
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; thanks this week to Dan Sheedy, Encinitas CA, for a
generous contribution to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702;
``Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday and throw a donation into
the `WOR vat of consistently useful and accurate DX info`. Thanks for
all your efforts to keep DX info non-trivial. Cheers, Dan``

One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 9330, April 23 at 0655, no signal from WLCR on WBCQ.
Something wrong again? Maybe just a break for beam change, as I think
they have to cut carrier while rotating. Did not get back to recheck
after 0700, zzzz.

It is on air April 23 at 1556 in English, only S9 into Missouri SDR,
pretends to sign off but stays on air straight thru resuming
programming at 1600, no change in strength either. What do skeds
show?

HFCC A23: at 1600 change English from 250 kW at 300 degrees, to 500 at
57. 05-09 continuous in English, 250 kW at 270 degrees. Not matching:

Own websked: 03-07 English at 250 degrees, 0700 change to Spanish at
57 degrees; 14-22 continuous in English, 256 degrees (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

** U S A. 7505, Sunday April 23 at 0646, WRNO ``Fort Worth`` still on
extended sked with praise music, S9+20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** VANUATU. Ron Howard says the report from him about RV I quoted in
last report was axually from April 20, not same date April 22 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 1956 UT April 23