** CANADA. 6754-USB, May 21 at 0257, Trenton Military time check as 0255z! Only two minutes off rather than 61, but still not good enough. Let`s hope the meteo info be more accurate. At first: ``no report received`` from Winnipeg, Cold Lake, but then some others succeed. Why don`t all stations reliably send reports?? Or why can`t CHR reliably receive them? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13630, May 21 at 1403, JBA spurblob from RHC 13700 which is only S8-S9; can`t detect a match on 13770. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11880, May 21 at 2210, dead air from RHC when French is scheduled. At 2301 when English should start, dead signal. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MALI. 5995, May 21 at 0613, after two nights` absence, ORTM must be back on with S9+15 signal but just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925-AM, May 22 at 0107, pirate music S7-S9, not enough vs storm noise level; 0108 unreadable announcement. These say it`s WDOG: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81879.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6960-AM, May 22 at 0107 UT, pirate music S9/+10; must be Ball Smacker Radio on regular Friday-at-8-Central sked. Yes: ID with tenpins at 0132. Better than 6925 but still too much noise. Many more logs: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,81880.0.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 17, May 21 at 1552 and still at 2330 UT, Enid`s only TV signal, K17JN-D is on the air at usual local-strong level, but totally black and silent on all 5 subchannels of 3ABN network; including 17-5 which still triggers ``unsupported audio codec`` on my Sanyo screen but not with antenna feed split onto my CRT set via STB (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Friday May 21 at 2200, token English from REE starts with timesignal 1 second late compared to WWV; can`t they do any better? Justin Coe says later will feature a new album by José Luís Montón, of flamenco mixing classical, but first Amy Egan on what`s happening in Spain. This is VG S8-S9, better than the other three all audible, 15520, 11940 and 11685. Some of her topix: Those with first AstraZeneca shot may get their second from Pfizer with no problems. Fútbol game to resume in stadium at 30% capacity. DNA study by University of Granada to determine Colón`s ethnicity; Catalan from Aragón, maybe. 2208 into the music starting with ``Voy a quedarme`` which is Spain`s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, finale this Sunday in Holanda. 2210 versions of Schubert`s ``Ave Maria``. ``Song of Freedom`` inspired by Beethoven`s Pathétique Sonata, and more to 2330 mistimesignal (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 9830, May 21 at 2158, heavy S9 NSS RTTY only, no sign of VOT English to NAm; but at 2210 RTTY is off and VP music audible S6-S8 but undermodulated. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOE)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2087 monitoring: NOT confirmed Friday May 21 at 2030 on IRRS via Italia-AM, 918 kHz, via IZ3EAW nearby remote, steady S7.7. Some talk show cut off at 2030 for ID, but then FSN and FSN Spotlite, and then VOA News! WOR is still on the Friday 22:30 CEST program schedule of IRRS. We can only hope the SW broadcast on 7290 across Europe from Bulgaria will really resume as planned this Saturday at 1801 when also scheduled on 918. Next:
1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400]
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy
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
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
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support: thanks this week to William Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, for a check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``in observance of my second Moderna COVID-19 shot on Mon 3 May 2021`` --- that`s a good idea!
One may also contribute via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com [not necessarily in US funds]. (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9955, May 21 at 1400, opening gospel huxter from Pánama City, FL, especially on WRMI as he keeps mentioning. Subject is delusions suffered by Christians! But not the main one, surely. Wrapping up at 1413, says he`s on M-F; and 1415 into world music fill, heavy SE Asian? percussion piece; 1429 ``calling Ivory Coast`` etc., ID cribbed from WNYW, 1430 JIP BS. Skedgrid updated May 10 now shows this at 1400 as if a semi-hour long, with TOMBS not starting until 1430 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7489.9), May 22 from 0000, webcast of WBCQ `AAAWWW`. Not listening intently, but some notes: long discussion of UFOs --- maybe they are forms of pure intelligent energy, the ultimate evolution of us humans too? How long has it been since Angela sat down and wrote a letter with a pen or pencil? She can`t remember. 0036 first caller on the air does not identify himself yet he goes on for some 5? minutes uninterrupted until Allan finally asks who he is, so he can blow him off? Tim. 0044 finally datestamp as 21 May YOOL 2021 from studio 9 in Deland of Fla. He then emphasizes that WBCQ does QSL ``99.9%`` and reads a number of reception reports in some detail. 0054 `Angela`s Angle` does not amount to much, as then Allan mainly worries about the #2 pandemic: obesity; need to weigh airline passengers each to avoid overloading. John Carver`s version:
``Tonight's show started on time on 6160 and 7490. Angela looks beautiful this evening and if the show was on TV it would be X rated according to Allan. Opening talk about writing letters which morphs into talk of QSL cards and requesting same. A brief comment about 6160 being a busy transmitter and now carrying the old Area 51 which he named Area 61 moved the conversation to UFOs and Aliens. Phone call at 0036 talking about aliens amongst us.
Reading of some QSL requests at 0046. Angela's Angle at 0054 talking about weight limits on airplanes and a new practice of some airlines weighing passengers before they board implying that they would refuse access to terribly obese people as they break seats, have more health problems and could cause a crash because of the plane being overloaded. No reading of [any other] emails this evening. Closing prayer at 0059. Off at 0101. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0251 UT May 22
