World of Radio Hitlist Update

Hi Glenn, my latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm

1) Updated UTC offset notation for end of DST in New Zealand (RNZ)
2) Romania - RRI: Removed links to programme grids in English and
Romanian - both return server error, and have done so for many months
3) Switzerland - C M Obrecht Radio: Added entry
4) Taiwan - RTI: Updated link to new RTI program schedule effective 1
April
5) Ukraine - RUI: Updated links to Home and On-demand pages, and added
alternate link for live stream (with thanks to Alexander Miatlikov in
WORiog mail list)
6) USA - WRMI: Added link to Guero's useful alternative layout of the
WRMI sked grid (thanks to Guero for permission to use); also added
link to WRMI programme summaries

The next update is scheduled for early May.
Best wishes and 73, Alan Roe

** ANTARCTICA. 15475.98 RC USB, April 6 at 2207 tune-in via Buenos
Aires remote, S8 phone tones SFX from LRA36 in contact info, ID,
regular Saturday broadcast. Seems like another chaotic, soon unheard
and 2224 check definitely off, just S3/S5 noise level. Still nothing
audible at 2300, but a JBV trace on the waterfall! That SDR must have
failed, since it is audible when I move to Mendoza tho only S3/S4,
Spanish too weak for easy listening. And after 2300 there is some ACI
from that ChiCom on 15480. Before 2335, no LRA36 detectable there
either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5800, April 6 at 0630, pulse jamming against nothing, since
WRMI ruined the frequency by putting some exile programming on it
briefly months ago. Skedgrid now shows nothing needing to be jammed,
especially when WRMI is off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, April 6 at 0632, no signal nor noise from ORTM direct.
Richard Langley says it`s also off at 1745 when hoping to record
weekly Saturday English. Wolfgang Bueschel suggests absence may be due
to Ramadan; well, it had been going and coming. Ramadan ends around
April 9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** OKLAHOMA. 27184.8 AM, April 6 at 1830, gospel music broadcaster
relayed by local CB pirate - only S8/S9, weaker than last time when it
was // 105.5 so I check that first, and it`s a match again, K288FX
translator which in turn is allegedly a relay of ``K-Love``, KYLV 88.9
OKC. No skip QRM for a change on this busy channel; nor do I hear any
10m ham beacons on a quick scan. MUF must be down, not even sporadic
E? 6m DXMAP shows 71 MHz somewhere in NAm, but scattered spots are
below 27 MHz. I routinely check 27185 almost every day. BTW the WTFDA
FM Database is offline, rather DreamHost displays: ``db.wtfda.org is
almost here! Upload your website to get started.`` Huh? Surely not my
website. Still sidetracking thus at 2340 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 6 at 2206, VOT English, VG S9+25/35 into
UTwente. Lots of unID music. 2234-2236 `Turkey`s Geomarked [sic]
Products`, sounds like ``catsworth keeper`` something to do with
polishing oxcarts - another failure to communicate to an English
audience, not spelling out unfamiliar stuff. 2236 more music, really
nice with good modulation at least. 2251 multi-lingual ID filler reel.
2253 s/off as if the 1330-1430 on 13635. That`s multiply wrong,
outdated B23 emission. They should at least pretend this is the A24 at
1230 on 17620, as already accomplished some days. Something`s always
awry at Ankara. IS played one sesquitime and chopoff at 2254.8*, no
finesse. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: confirmed UT
Saturday April 6 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+25/35 direct.

Also confirmed UT Saturday April 6 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, S9/+10 into
NH SDR. 0429 to strange bit of music, unseems religious to off at
0430.8* without outro ID or any s/off announcement. I am pleased about
how reliably and precisely WOR has been aired each week.

Also confirmed Saturday April 6 at 1456 the now 1430 on SW Radio,
Germany, 6160.000, S9+5 into UTwente.

Also confirmed Saturday April 6 the now 1600 on WRN North America
webcast.

Also confirmed Saturday April 6 at 1732 the now 1730 on SW Radio,
Germany, 6160.000 S9/+15 and a few words behind on 3975.000, S9+5,
both into UTwente. Next:

Also confirmed Saturday April 6 from 1938 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM,
Wentzville MO, S9+18 into nearby Warrenton SDR.

Also confirmed Saturday April 6 until 1959 the 1930s on WRMI stream,
WRN North America stream; and from 2000 on WRN Europe stream. Next:

0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new]
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Michael Rosenbaum for a contribution via PayPal to
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One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5788 USB, April 6 at 0629, one side of 2-way in Spanish;
``cambio``, weak direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 2345 UT April 6

Typo on header of previous report: April 4, 2024, not 2023

** CANADA. 15034 USB, April 5 at 1527, Trenton Military, ``no report
received`` several in a row. Other random acrosstunes lately, also
6754 USB at night, hit nothing received. Is it completely unfunxional
yet again? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** CUBA. 5025, April 5 at 0709, S9+40 of dead air in Spanish; thus
can`t be positive whether it`s not R. Rebelde, not RHC, or even not
Habana Radio. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)

** KUWAIT. 15540, April 5 at 1820, checking for the alleged 18-21 UT
English from R. Kuwait: NO signal, AM nor DRM, into Kuwait SDR;
UTwente seems to have an S7 open carrier with het, synchlocking onto
15540.129, who knows what (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, April 5 at 0711, no signal from ORTM, not even noise
blob (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Friday April 5 at 2200, token English from SNR,
S9+20/40 direct, feature preview to be about World Health Day, but I
don`t have time to listen (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TAJIKISTAN [and non]. 13809.917, April 5 at 1532, two stations
mixing making low audible heterodyne. Per Aoki A24, RFA Chinese via
Dushanbe at 15-17, but which one is the jammer? Into UTwente at 1647
same horrible mix but synchlox onto frequency as measured above.
Jammer off at 1700* after CNR1 timesignal, victim off a few seconds
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 17815, April 5 at 1525, S9/+20 in Turkish, the SSOB >
17790, 17600. TRT now sked 13-16, 500 kW, 310 degrees for W Europe but
also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.009, April 5 at 2200, VOT English S9+20/30 direct but
vs high local line noise level. At 2232 I`m on UTwente when measured,
S9+40, `Turkish Folk Tale` with a moral about doing good. 2237 music.
2241 `That`s Why`, the badax about greeting each other, salaam, music.
2250 multi-lingual ID filler reel. 2252 s/off, 2253 IS to 2255* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. Line noise level abated somewhat on SW, but still severe on
MW and worst on LW; yet a couple are JBA from the periphery, April 5
at 0701 UT, 305 kHz RO, ROswell NM; and 326 kHz, MA, MidlAnd TX; both
400 watts per RNA Signals List (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 monitoring: Confirmed Friday
April 5 at 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S8/S9 into UTwente,
with some ACI from 1314. Since this was off the air last week, I was
concerned so checked earlier at 1830 when it was on with timesignal,
IRRS ID and Feature Story News. Also before 2030 it was AWR
`Wavescan`.

Also confirmed first SW airing, Friday April 5 at 2200 on WRMI 9955,
under S9+20 line noise level direct.

Confirmed new time of Friday April 5 at 2230 on SW Radio, Germany,
3975.002, S9+10 into UTwente - except last week`s #2236 was still
replaying. I hope they will get the new one on ASAP henceforth. Next:

0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new]
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Michael Rosenbaum for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com

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

** U S A. WBCQ pre-AAAWWW check April 5 at 2350, into NH SDR: 3265
off. 5130.207 S7/S9 ATATT. 6159.930 S9/+10 TOMBS. 7489.945 S9+20 FKB.
9330.000 S9+20/35 WLCR. 0000 UT Sat April 5, 5 & 7 go to `AAAWWW` so I
listen on 5130.207; A&A are both in Studio 1, Monticello. First 40
minutes or so all about the total solar eclipse; they are excited
because WBCQ is right in the path of totality. Then about nutrition,
from French fries to vegies. 0052 music. 0054 taking emails. Amazing
absence of delusional politix for a change. 0059 prayer running into
Hal Turner time as usual, JIP about a semiminute late (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0112 UT April 6

** IRELAND. 8957 USB, April 4 at 0643, S2/S3, YL voice with flight
weather, mentioned Durban a few times? Must have been Dublin, because
``Shannon VOLMET`` ID at 0644. EiBi shows this 24h, the only other
8957s comms from Bolivia, Iceland (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** MALI. 5995, April 4 at 0648, no signal from ORTM, no noise either
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17690, April 4 at 1822, immediate ID at tune-in, R. Martí,
1180 AM etc. and into Spanish podcast, ``Unmasking Russia``. S7/S9
into UTwente, so still going M-F 17-21 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2236 monitoring: conformed UT
Thursday April 4 at 0130 on WRMIs into Bonaire SDR: 5010. S9+10/18
where it`s aimed; 9395, S8/S9 off the back.

``This Thur April 4th morning log at Greece and Qatar remotedly:
9395even USA WRMI Okeechobee 01.30-02.00 UT Thurs S=9+45dB
powerhouse GH’s WOR program presence noted with sympathy. wb``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2237 contents: MWDXing Total Solar
Eclipse; *Alaska, (Ascension), Bahrein, Bolivia, Brasil, Canada non,
(China), Cuba, Egypt, (Falkland Islands), *Finland, Germany, (Guam),
India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Japan and non, Korea North
non, Korea South non, (Lithuania), (Madagascar), Maldives non, Mali,
Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, Oklahoma, (Qatar), *Romania, (Sa`udi
Arabia), Spain, *Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine non, UK and non, USA,
(Uzbekistan), *Vatican and non, Yemen non; Battery size matters; SWL
Fest registration; 6-meter DX; propagation outlook. *with A24 English
schedules

WOR 2237 available from 0244 UT Friday April 5:
(mp3 stream) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2237.m3u
(mp3 download) https://www.w4uvh.net/wor2237.mp3
Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
Also linx to podcast services.
Full schedule: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

2030 UT Friday IRRS 1323-Italy
2200 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also webcast, phonecast; jammed?]
2230 UT Friday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new]
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW
0400 UT Saturday WTWW 5085
1430 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1730 UT Saturday SW Radio, Germany 3975
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0000 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW
0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160
1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2330 UT Tuesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 [new]
1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB
[previous #2236][SW suspended but still streamed?]
1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Michael Rosenbaum for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com

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

** U S A. 15770, April 4 at 1607, unlike dead air in Italian
yesterday, WRMI with unique tones of John the VORW as scheduled
Thursdays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

This report dispatched at 0321 UT April 5

DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated April 4:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html

** ARGENTINA [non]. A Dario in Italy asked me whether RAE relay in
Italian is really airing at 12-13 M-F on 15770 as in WRMI skedgrid. I
try very hard to be asleep at that hour, but it shows another Italian
at 16-17 Mon-Thu on 15770, so I check that at 1610 Wed Apr 3: dead air
JBA into UTwente, and definitely dead air into Maine SDR. RAE relays
are extremely unreliable. There was also dead air at 1430 on 9955,
supposedly RAE in French. At best, there would be multilingual RAE IDs
over and over, but no programming. Note: ``dead air`` means a signal
transmitted but no modulation. If there is no signal at all, don`t
call it dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** JAPAN [and non]. 13650, April 2 at *2325, NHK IS starts, mixing
about equally into UTwente with CRI ``Portuguese`` fill music only
from 2300 on Cuban relay as has been the case for years. NHK
Vietnamese sked to start at 2330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** KUWAIT. 11970 & 15530, April 3 at 0502, and several chex past 0619,
NO signals from R. Kuwait into Kuwait SDR and UTwente. There used to
be two sesquihours of English at 05-08. At 0548 however, OTH radar was
hitting 11970. Yet WRTH A24 update also as of April 3:

``English Days Area kHz
0500-0800 daily Eu 15530kbd
0500-0800 daily SAs 11970kbd (D, i)
1800-2100 daily Eu 15540kbd (D, t)``
Does the 15540 broadcast exist, either? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** SPAIN. 17855, Wed April 3 at 2200, SNR finally gets its new NAm
frequency going on 4th day of A24 season, sufficient on DX-398 with
reelout clipon, but some deep fades. Topic to be the only museum in
the world about the Spanish Civil War, which is not in Spain, but
Canada! But first the news, leading with Spain recognizing Palestine
in the UN as an independent country? 2208 A24 sked in future tense but
this is the future, again nothing specific about English. 2209 feature
interview with a founder of that museum. I listen to the whole thing
but they never mention *where* in Canada it be! FYI, Canada is almost
20X the area of Spain. They did mention a website, once toward the end
so I could not copy it. So I go to google.

There is a *virtual* SCWM based in Barcelona,
https://spanishcivilwarmuseum.com/
and three other cities in Spain have some kind of lead. I never heard
about it being virtual during the interview, but here`s one with a
Canadian URL, still hiding any physical location:
https://www.vscw.ca/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** TURKEY. 11785.007, April 3 at 2200 check into DX398 with clipon,
VOT English confirmed active but quite inferior direct to Spain 17855
so that`s what I mainly listen to. Via UTwente at 2253 when measured,
S9+45/50, s/off as if the 1230 on 17620, and IS. 2256 restart IS with
German IDs interspersed. 2300 timesignal and s/on German, possibly
correct times and frequencies of earlier non-extraneous German.
Something`s always erroneous at Emirler. Wakes up and chops it off at
2311.7* (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A. 17690.000, April 3 at 1710, R. Martí in Spanish toward
Ukraine, ex-17680, audible at Maryland SDR but too close to NC.
S9+10/20 into UTwente --- also with ticking OTH radar ranging
17670-17710, suspiciously as if employed for jamming, but no bother on
center frequency at UTwente where measured. And radar gone by 1741
recheck.

Strangely enough, neither 17690 nor 17680 in latest HFCC April 3, the
only GB entries on 16m being VOA on 17530, 17850. Lower RMs for Cuba
do appear. Nor does 17865, if that still apply for R. Martisky on
weekends 13-17; no conflicts there. 17680 is out because now it`s NHK
via France at 17-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)

** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2236 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
April 2 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S8/9+10 into UTwente, surprisingly good
since it`s aimed NNW.

Also confirmed new time of Tuesday April 2 at 2330 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.002, S9/+5 into UTwente - just as I am announcing the
SWR WOR times but before this additional one was known.

Not confirmed Wednesday April 3 at 1400 on WRMI 9955, secret time but
had been there for several months, rather finally running as per sked,
`Frecuencia al Día`, in Spanish, VP direct, confirmed as that via
webcast at 1427. WOR had been on sked Thursday at 1400 (1500 winter),
but never airing, and now that is off the sked anyway. Altho heard
this week, I also see that the WOR, UT Tue 0330 on 7780 has been
eliminated. 1430 M-F on 9955 is supposedly RAE, Argentina in French
but abnormally nothing but multilingual IDs over and over, yet today
it was silence with transmitter still on the air. Something`s odd at
Okeechobee. More at separate WRMI log below.

WOR confirmed Wednesday April 3 from 1931 on SW Radio, Germany,
6160.001, S9+10 and 3975.001, S9+5/15, into UTwente.

Confirmed Wednesday April 3 at 2109 the 2100 on WBCQ, 7490-, S7/S9
into Maryland SDR. Next:

0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160

As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this
week to Richard Colgan, TX for a contribution via PayPal to
woradio at yahoo.com
and says, ``Thanks for your work. Best wishes and 73``

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

This report dispatched at 0116 UT April 4