** CUBA. 6060, May 18 at 0636, this RHC English is humbuzzy again, while 6165 & 6100 are both on and OK; 6000 & 5040 both off. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9700, May 18 at 1426, RHC Spanish ex-9710, just as it was for the tarde transmission earlier UT May 18. BUT:
9710, May 18 at 2155 back here after last evening and this morning on
9700 instead; so a one-day test, mistake, or what? Both have collision problems during their long spans as I already explained.
It will be recalled that for a few weeks, 9700 was employed for evening English instead of 6145 or 6165. RHC really *should* keep one 31mb frequency for that, especially in summer, instead of putting all their English eggs in the noisy 48-59m basket. Reasonable frequency diversity is always a good idea for best coverage. Wait a minute: what if the Commies take my advice? Never mind. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13610 & 13677 very approx., wideband FM spurblobs not from 13700 in the mornings, but now at 2152 May 18, from 13740-AM in the evening, the only RHC fundamental on band. Also telltale F# tone; also a trace circa 13811. But all gone at 2227 since 13740 has been turned off tho still scheduled.
13670 & 13810 spurs out of 13740-AM, all back on May 19 at 0033. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 6145 & 6165, May 19 at 0052 and still 0142, no RHC English on either, just 6000 which is S9+10/20 but undermodulated, vs storm noise. It does not help that main announcer Lina Valverde has such a thin, non-announcer voice. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, May 19 at 0143, REE to N America is still propagating midnightly, natch OSOB, S9-S7 and also until 0200 sign-off, 0201-0205* needless prolongation of earworm IS but SOP for REE at closings. Only // 11940 for S America does the same and is better at S9/+20. As non-useful as it may be for best listening, sticking to 17855 may be taken at least as an interesting propagational experiment for the summer A-21 season (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, May 18 at 2158 & still 2226 recheck, no signal from VOT English to N America tho no RTTY either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2086 monitoring; next:
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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** U S A. 5800, May 18 at 0638, S9+10/20 of open carrier, surely WRMI-10. Misprogrammed automation or test for some reason? Last time I caught same way after-hours was April 6, also a Tuesday, no coincidence? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0241 UT May 19
