** CANADA. 366-MCW kHz, April 4 at 0604 UT, ND beacon dash and YMW, which is 500 watts from Maniwaki, Quebec. Where`s that? North of Gatineau on the way to Mont-Laurier. Where`s Gatineau? Probably the most under-rated city in Canada, overlooked as a mere suburb of Ottawa across the river/border. In fact, population of Gatineau is 265K, i.e. more than 4X Victoria BC which everyone has heard of; while Ottawa is 883K; but eclipsed by Maniwaki of only 4K yet with this continental signal.
413-MCW kHz, April 4 at 0603 UT, NDB dash and YHD, 250 watts from Dryden, Ontario. I am savouring the ones I can still detect as we head into the spring storm season. Tonight there is only a bit of Blitz in southern TX and the SE corner of NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6165, April 4 at 0537, RHC English is back here after 6145 last night; can`t decide which? Hard-soul music during `Music with a Message`, concentrating on 1971 US anti-war era. 6100 is S9+30 but now developing a squeal à la WWCR-1. 6060 is S9+10 not buzzy for a change but distorted. 6000 is S9+30 but lo-fi A/B comparing to audio bandwidth on 6060. 5040 is back in English for a change, S9+30. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15140 // 11760, Sunday April 4 at 1501, RHC opening weekly Esperanto; OM announcer still can`t shake his first-language Spanish, misaccenting politíko as polítiko --- those stripping accents out of my reports when quoting may have no idea what I`m talking about. Then standard sign-on announcement with schedule, so I listen closely: yes, still outdated as the Esperantists are clueless about their own SW broadcasts: claims Sundays at 0800 on 6100, but which wolfie just confirmed is really at the summer timing of 0700; 1600 for this one on 11760, only, the more recent addition of 15140 unknown to them; and 2230 on 15730, which maybe will chance to be correct, TBD. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13568, 13634, 13767, 13834, approx., April 4 at 1358, FM/AM spurblobs out of RHC 13700-AM, all with F# tone, at 66-67 kHz intervals and X2. But can`t hear any X3 third-order blobs. 13834 also QRMing a weak AM on 13835, which would be RFA Tibetan via Tajikistan about to close or more likely its ChiCom jammer. Spurs resumed after missing a few days; something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 15370, April 4 at 1926, open carrier at S9; 1930 RHC starting French program, cleaner modulation than on 15140 English with mailbag at S9+10. This is evidently the start of the European service, which RHC French page still shows at 2030 for B-season: https://www.radiohc.cu/fr/de-interes/frecuencias Something`s always wrong at RHC. Aoki/NDXC shows 15370 only at 1600-1900 in Spanish, which I think has never been correct (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 263-MCW kHz, April 4 at 0608 UT, CVM, 25-watt NDB at Alton - CiVic Memorial, Illinois.
347-MCW kHz, April 4 at 0605 UT, AFK, 25-watt NDB at Nebraska City, NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2080 monitoring; next:
2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
2300 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE
1801 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy [ex-1901]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2200 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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This report dispatched at 1949 UT April 4
