** AZORES [and non]. 6114, Feb 28 at 0715, RTTY INTRUDER believed to be US Navy, is back. Not strong and altho abutting 6115 Nikkei Japan, USB tuning on 6115 escapes it. Lou Johnson, Georgia, keeps complaining that the RTTY QRMs WWCR after 0100 when it`s on 6115 until 0200. But WWCR is so blasting here that it would not be a problem in the unlikely event I ever wanted to listen to it. Still, RTTY, by the USG no less, has no biz inside the exclusive 49m SWBC band (Glenn Hauser,OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 11850, Feb 28 at 0229, RHC Spanish is S9+20 but JBM and suptorted; also with parasitic spur carriers on 11840 & 11860, the upper one QRMing jamming against nothing (else except maybe Yemen [non]). Meanwhile, 11760 is S9+20 distorted, 11670 S9+10 undermodulated. Somethings` always wrong at RHC. In the NASWA Flashsheet, Jerry Lenamon in Waco puts it thus about 15730 QRMing 15720 NZ:
``Only a handful of frequencies in use with over a hundred to choose from but the Cubans have to infringe. I think the Cubans would be much better off if they retired half of their transmitters in order to devote their obviously inadequate budget to the remaining equipment. I’ve heard it said that the Cuban government pretends to pay their workers and the workers pretend to work. Perhaps their equipment problems are a result of this`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** IRAN. 7380, Feb 28 at 0234, S9/+10 of dead air - or is it just barely modulated. Per Aoki and EiBi, can only be VIRI in Arabic via Zahedan at 0230-0530. HFCC shows 500 kW at 289 degrees for CIRAFs 38 & 39 = Arabia to Turkey, Egypt, Libya (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ROMANIA. 5990 // 7410, UT Mon Feb 28 at 0239, lite jazz during the RRI Galbeni hour in French. Alan Roe`s Music on Shortwave says it`s `Les tubes du moment` on UT Mon & Tue while the 0230-0245 block contains other music every day except Fri. Tubes means hits in this sense, pour quoi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15740, Feb 28 at 1921, S9+10 of open carrier. Obviously SOP from VOA Grimesland, warming up on a frequency other than the one about to start, i.e. 15730 JBA already in French from another site, in order to avoid override/collision. At 1929.5 the OC jumps to 15730 and Botswana probably just turned off. 1930 JIP music in French service; pause, cut to news about Ukraine. Same signal level as was on 15740. Rationale for making site switch in middle of French hour remains unknown.
BTW, Mike Cooper reports:
``VOA English has a new program, "Flashpoint Ukraine," airing at 2105 UT weekdays. Here is the description from today's schedule:
16:05 - 16:30 [EST] FLASHPOINT UKRAINE: Russia and Ukraine hold talks as U.N. meets --- Ukraine demanded an immediate cease-fire and the withdrawal of Russian forces as it met with Russia. How the current war is impacting Europe and the plight of refugees as they struggle to cross the border to escape fighting.
Episodes can be found here:
https://www.voanews.com/z/6932
There is also an Apple podcast page:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flashpoint-ukraine-voice-of-america/id1610018620
Presenter: Steve Miller``
Fortunately, 2105 is the only hour in English still transmitted from North Carolina, on 11720 as long as B21 lasts, and VG here off the back to mid-America, aimed away toward Africa. Only other English SW frequency registered this hour is 6195 São Tomé. Otherwise, VOA has been getting low ratings for its breaking news coverage. This hour had been `wasted` on rock/African music (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2127 monitoring: confirmed Sunday February 27 at 2101 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, S9+10, no QRM but noisy, via nearby Noale SDR.
Missed checking Sun Feb 27 at 2330 on WRMI 5950; anyone hear it?
Confirmed UT Monday February 28 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, S9+15 into Missouri SDR.
Also confirmed at 0256 UT Mon Feb 28 the 0230 on WRN N America webcast.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 28 at 0425, S9/S7 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160 minus 28v Hz into Knoxville = 6159.972v, just as I am mentioning the `Taste of Radio Angela` which is on 4790 right now and have mainly been monitoring, WOR ending at 0429 so must have started on time.
Next:
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. 4790, UT Mon Feb 28 at 0300, WBCQ has signed on after IS & ID loop, initiating `Radio Angela`, with intro `A taste of` show. S9/+10 fading up and down and constant CODAR swishes covering from above and below, so it`s unpleasant listening direct to here. First part is about classical music which will be the entire 03-05 program henceforth on UT Mondays: unfortunately at same time as `Encore`! on WRMI 5950 at 0300-0400 - which tonight I have recorded off an SDR for later listening. By 0314 we hear Marion from her Attic; 0339 Radio Ohne Namen, etc., etc.
Radio Angela is deliberately not being webcast, as the point is to promote music and drama on SW. But I`ll have to use remotes further east to avoid the CODAR. Is WBCQ stuck on this 60mb frequency, no matter what? They are certainly aware of the CODAR. With perhaps the most innovative programming in store, yet by any objective standard, it`s WBCQ`s worst frequency; as long as 3265 is not even active: least coverage reach and facing most noise level which will only worsen into spring and summer storm seasons.
The detailed convoluted Radio Angela schedule for the remainder of Standard Time is to be distributed shortly by Bill Tilford, but still not showing at wbcq.com which displays nothing but Brother Scare on 4790, despite being withdrawn weeks ago. An advance look for the first night, UT Tuesday March 1: 0300 `Marion`s Attic`; 0400 `Bluegrass State of Mind` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9955, Mon Feb 28 at 1540, something in Spanish, a clip inside AWR Wavescan on WRMI. Since WOR was replaced on Fri at 1530, I was wondering whether other shows in the DX/media strip were also affected; but not, still there among some three dozen weekly WS airings on WRMI. Next on Tue: SW Radiogram beepery (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2019 UT February 28
