** BRAZIL. 9666v, Feb 25 at 0735, NO signal from RVM, normally always there overnight as it drifts upward toward 9667. Must be off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 9700, Feb 25 at 0733, S9+30 of dead air in English on RHC; 6060 also still on air, but S9+20/10 of DA except for some hum. Also still on at 0743 is 5040 in Spanish, S9+20, too bad for Vanuatu. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 9525.005, Feb 25 at 0406, via UTwente, S9+5/15 of martial choral music with few announcements. At first I expected Dengê Welat as previously scheduled here, but conclude it must be the Turkish jammer. It also has a slight squeal which is a defect of at least one Emirler transmitter, tho certainly not the only such station. Still going at 0424; past 0500 weakening some until cut off at 0530*.
7350, Feb 25 at 0409, mostly talk in presumed Kurdish, really Dengê Welat here now as scheduled 0330-0600 via Issoudun, FRANCE. Mentions Ukraine and Russia. No jamming but ACI from 7355 Martí in Spanish, even at UTwente. Meanwhile nothing on 9550, one of four new DW relays via Bulgaria per Ivo, that one only at 1700-1900.
EiBi shows DW and Turkish jammer on 9525 both at 1600-2100 only; while Aoki shows 9525 jamming not until *0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY [and non]. 5960.016, Feb 25 from 2301, VOT English is VG S9+35 into UTwente. It`s Friday so I have to decide whether to listen to this or Spainglés on 9690 - billboard there says feature will be about ILO, which sounds pretty boring, onward to Ankara. Partial notes for the hour: 2312 the COVID 19 PSA, with good advice but *still* claiming that ``a vaccine is yet to be found``! At 2328 `Feeling Supreme`, this episode about tachycardia, fortunately a word I can recognize despite the heavily-accented YL. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler: transmission breaks off in the middle of it, 2329*-*2332 by when she is talking about remedies such as lavender, cinnamon. May I suggest further reading about tachycardia first such as what Mayo Clinic has to say. 2344 the outro for `Did You Know That?` about whatever I will knever know. Then the 2-minute multi-lingual ID loop filler; 2346 sign-off enumerating in rather jumbled order the English times and frequencies; announcer obviously not understanding what he is reading, e.g. ``in the 49 meter band and on 6125...`` The ``and`` does not belong since that implies they are separate things. Also still claims the 22-23 and 03-04 broadcasts are recorded, i.e. the summer not winter timings. Something`s always awry at Ankara. Another version admits that all the airings after 1330? are repeats so don`t expect Breaking News. Then into IS loop but cuts off air at 2352.7* before any German. Uncovering the CCCCCCI which had been just an undercurrent from Xinjiang PBS, standard denunciation. Thruout VOT there was breakup/crackling more than once a minute, not clear whether problem at transmitter or UTwente receiver or in between. Since it`s still happening to the ChiCom, we can now rule out an Emirleric cause (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: confirmed first airings UT Friday February 25 at 0130 on WRMIs: UTwente maxed out at 750 users, unavailable, but 7780 S9+15 into Maryland SDR; 5850 S9+25/30 into Missouri SDR.
Also confirmed UT Fri Feb 25 at 0330 on WRMI 5985, S9+10/20 into Boa Vista, Brasil SDR, S9 into Knoxville, both with jamming ACI from 5980 unless narrowed.
NOT confirmed Fri Feb 26 at 1530 on WRMI 9955; gospel music instead at 1554 check direct. Without notice, but WOR still appears on the program skedgrid, along with 5 other DX/Media programs at 1530 every day except Sat TOMBS Sabbath. Are they gone too? This strip only started circa December 10.
NOT confirmed either Fri Feb 25 at 1915 on IRRS 7290 via Bulgaria. No signal at all into Carlow, Eire SDR while UTwente is still maxed out. This 19-20 UT transmission was missing already Feb 18, a 3rd Fri when WOR would have been pre-empted anyway, a fluke? But Feb 25, we see that 7290 has disappeared completely without notice from the IRRS/NEXUS-IBA schedules -- at least the days that will load, not including Thu, Sat, Sun. Are the other few IRRS SW segments gone too? With nothing but MW 1323 still added to streaming daily at 18-22 UT including the WOR times of Fri 1915, Fri 2130, and presumably Sun 2100; the only SW still exhibited is 15400 at 1600-1630 for Oromo National Media.
1323 monitoring at nearby Noale SDR Fri Feb 25, S9+5/10: 1901, usual Feature Story News in progress, 1905 UN News, 1908 music fill --- generally atop German from Romania, but at 1910 AM Italia fades down and Romania up; by 1915, AM Italia redominates with IRRS ``SW``! ID and right into WOR 2127, confirmed. Also confirmed Fri Feb 25 at 2130 on 1323, S9+10 with little QRM after Scottish music and IRRS address. Does not seem any stronger than before but this vague claim of increased power for Ukraine, a notice Feb 25 from Ron Norton via Alan Pennington, BDXC-UK:
``Hello There from NEXUS-IBA and IRRS in Milano, Italy! You have undoubtedly heard the latest news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine today. It has almost continuous coverage on Radio and TV in Europe as of this morning, and it makes everyone worried about the consequences for European stability. Just in case you hear from someone interested in Russia and Ukraine in these difficult moments, you should know that we have increased our power on 1323 kHz, and we can reach these regions with a fantastic signal also on AM/Medium Wave.
We increased our special news coverage, adding repeats of the most informative and inspirational programs in English from 7 PM to 11 PM Central European Time to support displaced people and cover the latest events. On AM/Medium Wave 1323 kHz, we broadcast daily from 19:00-23:00 CET...`` Well, I doubt it reach Ukraine very well as long as Romania be in the way, but that closes earlier than 2100 UT.
Next WORs:
0230 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415; as late as 0530]
1330 UT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2100 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2330 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW
0400vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0130 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW [NEW]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed?]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
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** U S A. 9950 & 9960, Feb 25 at 0732, TOMBS cult parasitic spurs are quite audible at S1/S2 out of very strong S9+20 9955 WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7490.1v), UT Sat Feb 26 at 0100, WBCQ webcast of `AAAWWW` --- soon recognized as a rerun since starts with ``X-rated pictures of my wife``, ``in a bad mood all day``, and ``as in Ted Nugent movie (?), open windows and yell `I`m mad as hell and not going to take it any more``` ... We`ve heard all this before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5810.43-USB, Feb 25 at 0740, 2-way in colloquial
Spanish; cambio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0119 UT February 26
